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METROTARA MOBERLY. NEWS EDITOR. tmoberlvomscd.edu

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Justin Johnson of Ellicott gets vocal with some Texas longhorns as he tries to d]ive them into a horse trailer after the National Western StockShow Parade on Jan. 13 in downtown Denver. The Stock Show runs through Jan. 25.(Photo by Jeremy Papasso . jpapasso@mscd.edu)

Fund free zeequals tuition hikeBy GABRIELIE PORTER

gporte186mscd.edu

Colorado's prolected $ 600million budget shortfall couldcause the price of tuition atMetro, and colleges across thestate, to increase next fall.

"It appears that there willbe a 2.5 percent budget cutthis fiscal year for all of highereducation, and an additionalbase cut for next fiscal year,"Metro President Stephen Jor-dan said,

Gov Bill Rifter has pro-posed a "tiered approach" tothe cuts, beginning with a re-duction in base state spendingfrom $250 million to $2OOmillion.

Recendy, higher educa-tion has often been one of thefirst casualties of budget cuts.Higher education in Colorado

saw a decrease in state fund-ing between 2OO2 and 2005when a recession forced law-makers to make cuts.

Several Colorado universities are developing plans thatwill allow them to break awayfrom state regu.lations and settheir own tuition rates, law-mal<ers said.

The idea of a separationcame up after state legislatorsmet with tl-re Colorado Com-mission on Higher Educationin December and refused thema budget increase they had re-quested, Rep. Don Marostica,of l,oveland, said.

The University of Colora-do, Colorado State University,Colorado School of Mines andthe University of NorthernColorado are all drafting plansto present to the Joint BudgetCommittee to allow them to

raise their own tuition rates tomake up for the lack in statefu nding, Marostica said.

Though Jordan had ex-pressed his support for theidea, Metro has not decided toioin the other schools in themove to break away.

Gov. Ritter has said therewill be an overall 2.5 percentbudget decrease this year, butMetro won't know until theend of this month how muchthat will affect its budget, Met-ro spokeswoman Cathy Lucassaid.

The tuition numbers willnotbe clear until Metro knowshow much state funding it willactually receive, Lucas said.

The tuition update takesplace every year in May and isapproved in fune. The schoolwill not make any legislativedecisions before it knows how

much money it will be receiv-ing, Lucas said.

Metro has a budget ofabout $153 million, which

. $103 million comes from statefunding, Lucas said.

Metro's in-state tuition,which is approximately$5,OOO per year includingfees, is half of nhat compa-rable schools in other stat€scharge,

jordan would like to in-crease tuition 3 - 5 percenteach year over a couple of de-cades.

Marostica. who is one ofthe six-member Joint BudgetCommittee, supports the ideaof the schools breaking awayfrom the state to set their owntuition rates.

Higher education institu-tions are businesses, Marosti-ca said, and they need to have

flexibility in order to functionlike mature businesses.

"We cannot afford highereducation in the future." Ma-msticasaid.It is also importantthe percentage of students re-ceiving financial aid stays thesame. Marostica said.

However, Trey Fleisher,chair of Metro's Departmentof Economics. said that withthe economic downturn, andresulting job losses, now isan ideal time to raise tuitionprices.

With so few lob openings,Fleisher said, more peoplecoming out of high school willchoose to go to college.

The state of t}le economyand how it will ellect Metrowill be addressed in Februaryat a town meeting that fordanplans to invite faculty, staffand students to attend.

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Trustees green light grad programProposal mustnow be approvedby legislature

By SARAH WALKERswalke43@mscd.edu

Metro's Board of Trustees approved a plan to tale the graduatedegree program proposal to the nextlevel anC seek legislative approval,though not without some hesitation.

In a 7-to-1 vote at its Dec. Imeeting, the board approved MetroPresident Stephen Iordan's pitch toadd master's degree programs to thecollege's olTerings.

"Thjs vote gives me the go-aheadto continue testing the water regard-ing legislative approval for us to offermaster's degrees," Jordan said. "Thetiming is the right timing with the

. Ieadership we have in place."The vote followed a presentation

by lordan and a lengthy discussionamongst the board members, all ofwhom outlined their reasons for sulrporting or not endorsing the motion.

Mixed feelings still lingered fromtle board's Nov, 4 meeting, with some

members concerned that enough in-formation had not yet been gatheredto present the plan to the legislatureand that Metro should wait urtil the2010 legislative session to presentthe plan.

At the November meeting, theboard was fust presented with thegraduat€ progr:rm proposal andunanimous$ decided to wait beforegiving their approrzal as they felt moreinformation, including an economicanalysis, needed to be conducted.

"Why the rush to iudgment onsuch a major issue?" Trustee MarkMartinez said. Some board memberslike Martinez felt that even with theeconomic anal5rsis and feasibility'studies,

there was still not enoughinformation to go directly to the leg-islature.

Before the vote was taken, boardmember Robert Cohen motioned tocontinue researching the idea. "If wemake the assessment that as we aregoing on that it isn't going to work...I'm sure the board doesn't want topull the trigger and have it blow upin our face," Jordan said. "So I thinkwhat we're trying to do is recognizethe good advice being given by tle

members of this board." Cohen said.For other members of the board,

it was clear that enough informationhad been gathered and now is thetime to move forward.

"I interact with a lot of commu-nity leaders, and I have not encoun-tered anyone who thinks this is not agood idea,'l board member AntonioEsquivel said.

. "I think again, if we wait, we'reputting ourselves behind," boardmember Michelle Lucero said. "I toobelieve that we have our base missionand ]€s, it is flexible, it is changed.We are an older institution in a sense- we're a newer one at the sarne tirne.I would hate to have our graduateprograms detract from our main mis-sion because I don't think that's anyof our intentions. It should add to it,it should complement it."

Metro bills itself as a urdque, ur-ban institution that aims to provide '

a highauality, accessible, enrichingeducation that prepares students forsuccessfirl careers, post-graduateeducation, and lifelong learning ina multicultural, global, and techno-logical society.

"We've featurcd three academic

programs for the discussion to dem-onstrate how oflering graduate pro-grams can further support MetroState's urban rnission" fordan said,

The programs discussed wereteacher education, accounting andsocial work Students maioring inall three deparunents were surveyedabout their thoughts of potentiallyreceivilg graduate degrees lhomMeho.

According to Jordan, the teachereducation program has 2,160 stu-dents with 275 earning their certi-fication after their initial degree. Anoverwhelrning 90 percent of uirder-graduate students in the programsaid they plan on seeking a gradu-ate degree and 91 percent would liketo attend Metro to receive it, Jordansaid.

"We believe resources for imple-mentation for a graduate degree pro-gram in teacher education would beminimal at start. All the faculty inthe department of teacher educationhave the requisite terminate degreesand are prepared to direct graduatestudy," fordan said.

"I think the process has been ex-hemely useful,", Adele Phelan, chair

'lhisvotegivesme thego-aheadto aontinue

testingthe waterregaiding legislative

appmvalforustooffermaster's degrees

Ttre timing istherighttimingwiththeleadership wehave in

place."-Metro PresidentStephen Jordan

of the board of trus@s said. "It'sreally a privilege to have this kindof discussion and I think we have aconclusion."

"This will be a deliberative pro-cess with decisions and iudgmentsevery step of the way," Jordan said."We already have been meeting one-on-one with legislators and many ofthe other higher educatiop and com-munity leaders to gauge their support, and if, at any time, we decide itis not prudent to continue, the pro-cess will be stopped."

New apprentices ready to get'Trumped'First assignment hashopefuls cooking upplan for food bank

By CAITLIN GIBBONScgibbon4@mscd.edu

Meho's s€cond annual Appren-tice Challenge has officially

'begun,

and a new group of eigbt Metro iu-niors are ready to compete for thechance to hear the words, "You'reHrred.

The challenge is loosely basedon the TV realiff show. Ho$'ever,instead of getting fired in dramaticDonald Trump style, the contestantsare competing for a chance to wina full-tuition scholarship lor theirsenior year liom the Metro AlumniAssociation and a paid internshipopportunity with a local companSr

The eight potential apprenticesmet fan. 12 to discover their firstchallenge: to act as a mnzulting firmto the Metro Food Bank.

The cont€stants will be workingas one team, with two project lead-ers, with the goal of designing a planfor the food bank to olrrate more el[-ciently and to help better serve moreAuraria students in need.

"I hope that we will get betterideas and more eflective ideas thanwe havti now," said Natalie Ramero,a representative for the forcd bank"They can come and ask us ques-tions. we are here as a resourc€." Ra-mero said.

The contestants will develop astrategic plan for the food bank cov-

ering four key areas: ffnancial, man-aging growth, community partnersand communications.

- As part of their first task, thecompetitors will also conduct re-search on Denver's hunger issue andhowhunger alfects Auraria.

The students will also be volun-teering their time at either St. Eliza-beth's Church. or at the Food Bank ofthe Rockies.

"The students will experiencefirst hand how hunger affects thecornmunity," Jannelle Lindsey ofAlurnni Relations said.

Restaurateur and philanthro-pist Noel Cunningham spoke to the '

contestants about world hunger andsome of his personal efforts to helpalleviate the problem.

Cunningham, who owrx therestaurants Strings and 240 Union.started the Cunningham Foundationwith his wife Tammy tn 2OO3 afterwihessing the effects of poverty inEthiopia nearly 10 years ago. Thefoundation's rnission is to help peoplein impoveiished areas of the counhyhelp themselves.

Cunningham challenged thecoDtestanb to think outside the boxto ffnd ways to cr€ate revenue fortheir project.

In its inaugural year, 10 contes-tants competed for a chance to benamed the Apprentice, with Geidr€Stasiunait€ taking home the prize.She won an inErnship with theColorado "I have a Drearn" Founda-tion, a dropout-prevend.on program

that works with students from disad-

Restaurateur Noel Cuninngham displays a HOPE bracelet to Apprehtice Challenge contestant RachelFisher Jan. 12 at the Apprentice Challenge training session. €unningham challenged the apprentices'to find alternative ways to create revenue for their frst task, creating a plan for Metrot food banlqciting the bracelets as an example. The bracelets sell for $100 with proceeds beneftting the Cun-ningham Foundation.(Photo by Caitlin Gibbons/cgibbon4@mscd.edu)

vantaged communities in the metno ing with Comcast to promote E-re- Chantay Banks, Rachael Fishec Alanea. cycling, collaborating with the Colo- Lindoerfer, Jeannine Malm, Felipe

C,ontestants will compete in three rado Housing and Finance Authority Mosqueda, Jesus 'Jesse" Martinez,

challenges in the months ahead be- on foreclosure prevention and pro- Erik Skelton and Lar:ren Shviraga.fore a winner is announced at the moting healthy living with Kaiser For the fust task, Mosqueda andfinal boarrlroom event on May 4. Permanente. Skelton will serve as the pmject lead-

Tickes wlll be sold for the final Sponsors for this year's challenge ers.boardroom event and those in atten- includeKaiser Permanente, Comcast, The contestants will hav€ t$/o I

dance will help decide who the next Live Well Colorado and Colorado's and a half weeks to design a plan forapprentice will be. Housing and Financial Authority. the food bank and will present their

Future challenges include nork- This year's contestants are plan Jan, 30 to the panel of judges,

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Classrooms get face-lift during break.Empty buildingsgive maintenancespace to work

By BRANDON NETSONbnelso55@mscd.edu

While students u/ere awiry, con-shuction and remodeling at Aurariahas been underway.

Winter break provided FacilitiesManagement with an opportunityto give the campus a face-lift. Main-tenance teams focused on cleaningand remodeling to ensure it wasfunctional for students when thevarrive back.

Many classrooms and buildingsboast new coats of paint, new lightfixtures and modified elevators. Thebathrooms in several buildings werecleaned and revam@ with energy-efficient technology. Classrooms withstadium seating were also upgraded,

'i{lthough nany of the proiectswere basic maintenance projects forcampus facilities, all of the proiecbare intended to create a morc func-tional space for students,". Directorof Ficilities Management Jim Frasiersaid.

Dale Hart, head of operationsand maint€nance, oversaw the re-modeling of the battrooms in theC.enhal Cla.ssroom.

"The nerffacilities are very cool,"Hart said. "Even the batbrooms arernnning on state-of-the-art tech-nology, which allows us to continueworting toward being morc environ-mentally fiendly."

The Central Classroom buildingwas repainted ih many areas andthe maintenance teams detailed thefloors and carpets.

The teams painted batbroom

Chairs are lined up in the hallway between Central Classroom and West Classroom during winter break, for cleaning and improvementsthat can only be done while students are not on campus. During this seasonal cleaning the upgrades that were made are considered tobe more environmentally friendly.(Photo by Jamie Moore . moorjami@mscd.edu)

stalls and refurbished much of theplunbing. The bathrooms have newanti-bacterial sinks, and high-techflush vaives prcvent €r(cessive wasteof water, keeping up with Auraria'sgoal of becorning a groener campus.

"The crafts people were tickledpink by the opportunity to completethese projects for the students," Hartsaid.

Funding for the repairs cameftom the budgets of all tbree schoolsat Auraria, campus spokeswoman

fulie Hughes said. "It's always builtin each year.lheir season is so short,that the break is the best time to get itdone," Hughes said.

The basic maintenance projectsrequhed large tearns to ensure theircompletion. Maiateuance teams for

each building included a floor crewto wax hallways, a crew to spot cleancarpets, a resboom crew and a class-room crew.

Not all of the scheduled proiectswere completed during the break.Many proiects were delayed as a re-sult of weather, including plans to re-pair the fencec on the playing fields.The precedence of larg€r proiects de-

layed the complefion of smaller ones,but the maintenanse t€ams plan toftnish them over the course of thespring s€mester.

'I am pleased by eve4'one's dedi-cation to detail," Hart said. "We arekeeping a running list of all we aredoing to enzure the campus-is savingwater, going green and benefitfingthe shrdents."

Flailing economy could aid provost searchBudget cuts mayattract candidatesto apply at Metro

ByTARA MOBERTYtmoberlyPmscd.edu

The search for Mefto's neld pro-vost will contiuue this semester, iron-ically, aided by the current economiccrisis.

"With these economic condi-tions, it's a whole new ballgame. Youhave individuals who are facing bud-get cuts," Alberto Pimentel, manag-ing partner of consulting firm Stor-beck/Pirnentel & Associates, said. "you look at Nevada, they're taking a3O percentcut,"

Pimentel believes the economicdownhrn, which has left many col-leges facing mvere budget and pro-gram cuts, could athact more highcaliber applicants to Metro.

"This is when you get your dia-mond in the rough," search com-mittee spokeswoman Carrie Besneftesaid, "I'm opfimistic, regardless. I'ma big believer in its finding the rightperson at the right time."

The Snal candidatc for the posi-tion, Enrique Rivems-Schtfer, associ-ate vice president of academic affairsat San Francisco State University,withdrew his name from contentionin December for personal reasons,

"While it was very disappointingthat Enrique declined, it is very clearthat there is interest from some qual-ity candidates in this instihrtion," Pi-mentel said.

Pimentel and his fum workedwith Meho's l4-member provostsearch committee, conducting pre-liminary reviews of possible candi-dates, greatly narrowing the candi-date field for the committee.

Since learning of Rir€ros-Schdfer's decision not to join the

Meho stalf, the firm has continued towork to find the next provost, t'kingonly a short break for the holidays.

Riveros-Schiifer's ftrme wasadded to the pool of candidates afterMeho had anDounced a list of thr€efinal candidates, ia6luding interimhovost Linda Curran.

Rounding out the list r,ras \tckiGolich, dean of the Collegg of Arts &Sciences at California State Univer-sity San Marcos, and Ronald Hy, act-ing provost at Texas A&M UniversityKingsville.

Curran withdrew her riamefrom contention while Hy was noti-fied that Metro had decided to go inanother direction.

Golich, who worked at UCD from1981 to 1984, withdrew ftom con-tention shortly after the announce-ment when she learned her mother'was ill.

"I was devastated, it was a job

I would love to have," Golich said.

"There's all kinds of reasons I wouldlove to be in Denver. If Me hadn'tdealt that out of the expected change,maybe I'd be out there."

After Golich ilropped out, Rive-ros-Schiifer, who had been out of thecounEy and did not submit his application until after the finalists wereannounced, was added to the list ofcandidates.

"In these search pmcesses, it isvery prudent for a search to con-tinue until you have somebody whois ready to sign on the dotted line,"Pimentel said. "We explained to thecommittee that we would have thesame criteria for every candidate, butthat the timing would be different."

Both Besnefte and Pimentelnoted that the prolonged search, andRiveros-Schiifer's withdrawal, is notunusual.

"This is not out of the ordinary,You get to that place and when pushcomes to shove and 'I'm going to

move my family' ,.. there's a wholehost of factors. In the end, we'regoing !o find the best candidate,"Besnette said.

Like Storbeck/Pimentel. thesearch committee has continuedto work and will meet next we€k tobegin anew looking for an applicantthat embodies the spirit of Metro andhas the leadership presence requiredof a provost.

"We're not starting from scratch,we've got our engines going. I thinkthe process last time really pointedus to and helped us understand whatwe want," Besnette said. "You knowit when you see it. The college needs

. a candidate of excalibur,"Metro has been without a provost

since May 2O07, when then provostRodolfo Rocha took a medical leaveof absence.

While Metro searches lor a per-manent replacement, Cunan hasbeen acting as interim provost.

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Loose chains bring big gainsBy Julie Vitkovskayauvitkovs@mscd.edu

y the time Elizabeth Es-cobar's name is called.the weather has turned

colder and the only light comesfrom street lamps. As they be-gin to search for a bike, Escobaris not shy explaining what shewants - handlebars that makeher arms hang relaxed andsomething with a vintage touch.The best advice volunteer LuisaZamora gives to Escobar is to pickone that's the most completeand one that fits her body frame.

From the buffet of bikes,Zamora pulls on a baby bluebeach cruiser from the be-ginning of a row. She standsit up to show Escobar.

"Is tlds kinda what you werelooking for?" Tamora asks.

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After finding inspirationfrom other bike co-ops, Limarl'stwo-car garage on 1O34 LipanSt. turned into a frenzy of peo-ple and bikes. Liman estimatesas many as 50 to 60 peopleused the space on a given day.

Then, the wheels turned onthem.

In a publicized court orderin 2006. Derailer was askedto shut down its do-gooder"scheme" and find a differentlocation on the basis of air il-legal operation. After hearingof its circumstances, resident-activist Randle Loeb introducedDavid Nestor to Derailer. Nestorowns a block of buildings onLipan Street that houses vari-ous nonprofits. Interfaith Hos-pitality Network, AIR Foun-dation and United Church ofChrist all create what Nestorcalls "a village of nonprofits."

In August 2006, the collec-tive found its new home amongfriends only six blocks south oftheir former location.

Story continues on 84.

Luisa Zamora, lefL of Derailer Bike Collective shows Elizabeth Escobar how to tune hernew bike. The pair chose a cruiser for Escobar from among the many donated bikesthat the Derailer Collective provides free for those willing to put in the time to fixthem, (Photo by DAWN MADURA,z dmadura@mscd.edu) '

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happenings in andaround the city. See one orsee them all, but do yourselfa favor and see something.

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Comedy Works is hosting YouT\rbesensation Bo Burnham this weekend attheir Greenwood Vrllage location.

Burnham achieved Internet fame inOecember 2006 after releasing a videofeaturing his performance of an origi-nal song, 'My Whole Family Thinks I'mGay", on YouTube, which has receivedover 2 million views as of November.

Over the following year, Burnhamreleased 13 videos gamering a combinedtotal of 22.4 million views.

Good news for Denver minors thougb,the Works is opening its doors to the kid-dies for the ffrst time.

Burnharn's stand-up is 16 and olderthis time amund, but the club has moreall ages dates planned.7130 p.rn. fan 15, 7:3O and 9 p.m. fan,1 6, 7 and 9: 30 p,m. fan. I 7Comedy Works South, 5345 tandmark

anyone in the process.

|oe plays the local horse racesand hows some pretty neat sleight-of-hand tricks with loaded dice andcards. He and his small circle of lik-able friends pull cons on outsidersat local poker and craps games, andhave even figured out how to makeblacHight-sensitive loaded dice thatare undetectable by surveillancecameras, But now Joe has a biggerexpense.

foe's son (Mqstic River ar'd, Scot-lan4 PA's Tom Guiry) has Down syn-drome, with all its guileless and po-tentially disturbing symptoms. He'sbeen raised in a private group hbme,but expressions of unconhollableanger at the world that's isolated himhas landed him in his father's care

Place, Greenwood Village.$20.

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form in Stories on Stage, a program wherelocal actors read stories involving infidel-ity written by local writers.

The two-time Heartland Emmy nomi-nee will read the story "Roman Fever" byEdith Wharton.

The event will also feature stories byJody Romero, Etgar Keret and RichardFord read by jonathon Nichols and Adri-ana Sevan,

Call the Denver Performing Arts Com-plex box office ahead of time to set yourown price, iust ask for the IcDo ticket.

In addition, the tickets are fee-free on-line and at the box office, another addedbonus for the broke and broke alike.Stori.rs On Stage7:30 p.m. fan. l5-16

Iones Theal€r at the DenvenPerformingArb Complex, 1245 Champa St.S€t )our own price up to $22.

+++Horror movie legend Ltroyd Kaufman

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\uire.The writer/director will answer ques-

tions about the story of Melvin, a mildmannered health club mop boy who ispicked on and haumatize until he falls ina barrel with "toxic material."

Melvin becomes a mutant-superhero,mving the tolrrr from corruption andthuggish bullies.Toxlc AvengerMidnight, fan. 16-17

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for the first time in years. Joe needsto make a lot of money to either placehim in another institution - fast - orffgure out how to channel his owncool-headed foresight into patienceand practical patemal love.

His only hope is the big moneyin Vegas, which could land him inprison and leave his son a ward of thestate if he gets busted.

Inok at Yonkers loe as a less glossyMatchstick Men, but with double theheart and ten times the tension. Theemotional stakes in this particularcasino flick exceed the flash and bansof Ocean's whatever.

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bands like Zombie Hate Parade, ForthYeer Freshman, The Pinkoes and theVelvet Elvis, in addition to scantily cladwomen dressed as mutants, zombies andmutant zombies.

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Journal's award-winning columnist (wholeft the Rocky Mountain News in 1999),has spent years at the epicenter of Vegas'sizling celebrity scene writing his widelyread "Vegas Confdential" column.

Clarke will discuss and sign his secondbook "Vegas Confidential: Sinsational Ce-lebrity Thles," which offers an inside lookat one of the wildest eras in the entertain-ment capital of the world.

The eye-patched celebrity colurnnist,who rvrites six columns a week.and cov-ers breaking neis 24-7 at NormClarke.com, has been at the for€front of celebritynews and it's all in "Vegas Confidential. "Norm Clarke7:30 p.m,, fan. 19Tattered Cover IoDo, 1528 l6thSt.Free

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PechaKucha Night, devised by AstridKlein and Mark Dytham, was conceivedin 2OO3 as a place for young designers tomeet. network. and show their work inpublic.

But here lies the problem: give a micto a designer and you'll be trappd forhours. The key for Klein and Dytham wasavoiding this fate.

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Apple Inc. announced last week its intentions to abandon itscurrent pricing structure of 99 c€nts per song for a multitiered,open-format one.

Since 2001, when Apple first launched the iTunes musicstore, Apple has employed the use of a Digital Rights Manage-ment software known as Fatplalr

Fairplay encodes all music with device reshictions and iden-tiflng information about the downloader. One of the biggestcomplaints about Apple's use of Fairplay is consumers' inabilityto play purchased music on any non-Apple devices or programsother than iTunes.

In order to maintain the single-price sales model and mitigate the growth of music piracy, Apple was forced by the majorrecord labels to protect th€ files with DRM-

Music sales through iT\rnes haw grown exponentially withthe increasing popularity of the Internet seen in the last decade.In fact, some industry analysts have speculated that Apple'sil\rnes is responsible for up to 70 percent of all online musicsales at any given time.

In early 2007, Apple founder and CEO Steve fobs publisheda letter in which he threw his support behind abolishing the useof DRMs in music sales.

In May ofthat year, Apple announced its intentioDs to beginselling some of EMI's b.acks through a new pricing model callediT\rnes Plus. Music would be of higher quality, cost 30 centsmore at $1.29 each and be DRM-lhee.

Some might say Apple's move to unveil iT\rnes Plus mayhave been spurred by Anaz.on.com's announc€ment that theywere also in talks with EMI to b€gin selling DRM-free hacks.AmazonMP3 launched in the third ouarter of 2007 and hasbeen thriving since.

Fast-forward to Ianuary 2009. Apple says its entire musiccollection will be shifted to a tbree-price structure by April. TheDRM will be gone and device restrictions will be gone, but a new,more complicated pricing structure will be inhoduced.

Songs will be priced at either 69 cents, 99 cents or $1.29.Since all of the malor labels are involved in the transition, themusic you wa.nt could fall anywhere in the pricing specEurn.

Some of the labels have hinted that pricing will be based onpopularity, so don't look for that brand new music to be debut-ing at 69 cents a song.

In addition, any DRM-free song don'rcloailed through iT\rneswill be encoded with the downloader's e-mail address.

For the millions of consumers who already own DRM-pro-tected tunes, there is a way out. It is easy, but it c€rtainly isn'tfree. Any previously downloaded tracks can be "upgraded" toiTunes Plus for a fee of 30 cents per track

Users will have to re-download the songs to replace the oldones, but the new ones will come in a DRM-fre.e AAC format andbe of higher quality

Dicey heartfelt gambler supports disabled son in YonkersKara Kiehle

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Yonfters /oe is an ideal movie expe-rience for yourpost-holiday catharsis,If your seasonal family get-togethersare full of moral ambiguity and fi-nancial dishess, then the domesticcrisis of foe, a dirty eambler who hasbeen running ftom his fatherly du-ties, may offer you some perspectiveand ent€rtainment.

Yonkers Joe stars Chaz Palmin-tari (Diaholirye, AnaJgze This), whois olten cast as the Italian-AmericanMafioso stereotype. As titular upstateNew Yorker foe, Palmintari is any-thing but an angrygod goodfella.He is, in fact, an average 'Joe' tryingto make a buck, financially supporthis son and girlfriend, and not hurt

character actors, including MichaelLerner (29 Palms, When Do We Eat?)and Chrisfrne I"ahtt (Smart People,I^eaving Normal.)

Lahti gives a noteworthy perfor-mance as Joe's no-nonsense lady, thetempering fema.le force in a world ofmale angst.

Celestino paints gambling as ametaphor for the uncertainty of life,a game of odds and chance where.we have to carefully gauge what wecan't and can't control, and learnthe value of taking risks where itscares us most.

Yonlers Je afus atthe Star2 Rlm CentelJan. l6 - Jan. 22. F'or showtimes, checkrvwwstarzfi lmcenter.com.

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Phil Hodgkinson, left, and Ray Valentine repair a biket gear system together at the Derailer Bike Collective, Jan. 8, in Denver.(Photo by DAWN N4ADURA,/ dmadura@mscd.edu)

Nonprofit shifts gears fort's the quintessential gypsy's driveway.The front yard has a collection of it's own;a basketball hoop hangs sideways on a

fence. large wooden spools used for cable nowserve as avant-garde furniture and gralfiti artsplashes color on the wall.

Between rusted railroad tracks and small busi-ness offices, commercial vans and trucks filterthrough a curving street past an awaiting groupof people.

It's a pretty dismal sight. Some sit on the bro-ken, sandy asphalt r,r'hile others lean against theslightly bent fence adorned with barbed wire.

Bentley Yazzie is part of the early crowd. Hewalks around from person to clique, biding a beercan iirside of his unzipped leather jacket. It's hissecond time back at Derailer altdr gefting his bikefixed. Recently released from priion, Yazzie norksat a packaging iob and needs his bike to get him towork. He hies to avoid the brn fare.

Not everyone is displaced or lives in halfiuayhousing. Some, like Justin Sator, just need basictransportation, Sator has come to Derailer BikeCollective to build a bike. Like his tsiends, he hasdonad parts to the collective, 1'et, rhis time, he'shoping the collective will return the favor. It's anhour walk from Five Points and Sator doesn't wantto repeat the venture. He's hoping that building abike will help him cover more ground in job hunt-ing. In his opinion, Sator believes that the collectivecan grow without bemming a large nonprofit.

"There's quite a bit of dedication," Sator said,. Yet on the inside, the dedicatircn st€ms thin.

It's quickly clear that the problem is not enoughbikes or people to fix them. Volunteers are scarce.

On this day, there are only five volunteers tohelp more than 4O people and in the summer theamount of people who seek help doubles.

The names are listed on a piece of cardboardand split into two lists. One list is for fixing an exist-ing bike and the other is for building one up. Onceeach list reaches lO, a line is drawn to indicatecapacity,

One of the first volunleers to arrive is LuisaZamora.

She explains in Sparish and English that theremight not be enough volunteers to help everyoneand encourages the crowd to fix their own bikesfrom prevlbus knowledge. Sator is number I I onthe list, Yazaie is five.

In an outdoor section gated from the frontyard, bikes lean against each other in rows Thereare a whole slew of styles ranging from children's,Btr/D(, mountain and racing. For bikes that needserious repair, Derailer allows people to keep tin-kering and store theb pmiects over a period of twoweeks. If abandoned, the bike goes back to the pilewhere it start€d.

It may seem 'rnlikcly, but the shop is compre-hensively organized and each part has its place.Everything is labeled in both Spanish and English.

Yet the shop is not a buffet. One does not sim-ply walk into Mordor requesting a bike, At first,rebuilding a broken bike seems overwhelming inthe four-hour time slot, There are numerous partsto at{ach, reattach, replace, tighten, find and frt.

Each wheel requires the right size of rim and thecorrect$ sized paA of inner tubes to match and itis highly likely that one will have to get his or herhands dirty searching through the greasy pa-rtsleft by predecessors.

The shop ignites with activif.After the air pump has finished its monoto-

nous loud hum, a Mexican mariachi band startsto play on the radio. Immediately, all of the bikestands are occupied. The phone rings and Zamoraruns to grab it; another patron wants to donate.

In the hullabaloo, Barbara Fernandez, a regt-lar at Derailer, recognizes some of the individualsworking in the shop. She asks them about their dayand tells others she hop€s to see them next week asthey're leaving. After su{Tering from seler€ trau-ma, which cost her job, Fernandez became home-less. When Fernandez was in need. Derailer servedas a haven to relax.

"The shelters don't protect the homeless," Fer-nandez said.

After Fernandez recovered, she started comingfrequently to the collective, helping build bikes andspreading the word about Derailer in the commu-nity for more than six years. Fernandez look atthe shop as something that is really needed in hardtimes. Knowing that she can come and fix her bikefor free is already a relief. Last year, Fernandez tookher two kids to get bikes o[ their own.

Like any regular Hd, they whined - 'Mom,

that's not a cool bike."Fernandez recognizes that the shop can use

more help. In her perspective, the place could use

better drinting water and a bigger place to

wind. Yet those items can hardly fit on the pr

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real hierarchy, but there are sometimes flaky ohausted vplunteers and a varied consensus ofthe shop should be associated.

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be involved as much as possible. Not only doeshop try to cater to thos€ in need, but it's aIearning tool for women in mechanics.

Every Thesday. Derailer offers a program oS.P.I.N. -Super Power Inclusion Night. For onening during the week, the shop is open exclusfor women, gender queer, or hansgender worThe night was created in response to the comexclusion of gender queer individuals, Lima;Like the idea of a bike collective the specific:rwas inspired by other bike projects aroundcountry hostitrg-"Women in Tlans Night. "

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Larry Walls repairs the back spoiler on his bike at the Derailer Bike Collective Jan. I in Denver. Walls hasbeen using the parts, space and expertise he finds at Derailer for one year.(Photo by DAWN MADURA/ dmadura@mscd.edu)

Timmy Moen searches a bin for a read deraileratthe Derailer Bike Collective on Jan. 8 in Denver.Moen helps build and repair bikes for those whowould not otherwise be able to afford them.(Photo by J. lsaac Small /.jsmall4gmscd.edu)

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Situation?' Securing funding is a major issue for aplace run solely tl-rough donations. Although De-railer does not ofrcially have a lease with Nestor,they still operate on a month-to-month basis on anegotiable figure of $300.

That's if vandals don't sleal it first. Recently theoffice cabinet, which holds the money, was brokenin0o using a crowbar, Mor€ often, criminals breakin0o Derailer to find something less appealing.'- "We iust have piles of junk," rjman said.

Sdll, barbed wire lines the perimeter of theshop. The razor wire was taken dorm once De- .railer moved in.

"It seems kind of silly that I would have thesecommunity [spacesl and have them'surroundedb5/ barbed wh€," Nestor said.

Nestor realized that vandalism as well as crimeis part of the neigbborhood's culture so, in return,some prtcautionary measures still need to be tak-en..

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It is l:30 on a brisk Sunday afternoon andVolunteer Day was supposed to start 30 min-utes ago. Hackworth heard the shop was espe-cially looking for children's bikes and decidedto drop two of them off along with one sparetire.

Although no one is there, Hackworth de-cides to leave his donations leaning against thefence.

"I would've sold it on Craig's List, but I'vefigured it would be better to bring them here,"Hackworth said.

As quickly as Hackworth leaves, Limancomes flyiug down the hill.

It's as if the ends could never meet. Patrons at the Derailer Eike Collective use hand soap to in-

Like the bikes they put together, Derelier stall bicycle handgrips Jan.8 in-Denver.The slick llquid soap

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//: You'lr made quite a name for yourself inDenver and across the nation. What distin-guishes your music from many of the otheracts in the Denver. and national, music scenetoday?KM: At tle moment, I don't feel like I'm do-ing anything that really allows me to standout. But I do plan on eventually reachingthat point as I continue to nrite, And whenpeople hear my soon-to-be released album(Mad Pamnoiil, which will feahre producerChristophe Eagleton of Astra Moveo), I thiikthey'll notice a change in the older songs tothe most recent ones. My mind is headingsomewhere new, and that excites me./f Who are some of your inlluences? Whatdrives you musically?KM: I could go on forever with this answer(laughs). But the bands that continue to driveme and have left a lasting impression are TheStills, The Jezus and Mary Chain, Ryan Ad-ams, LCD Soundsystem, The hesets, ThlkingHeads, Oasis, The Verve, Kasabian, PrimalScream, The Killers and many more.

l}: What's your favorite part of the Denver,and national, music scene? Not-so-favorite?KM: I believe Denver is a great city for music,but at the same time, it has a hard time re-ally discovering those bands who are doing itright. In my opinion, there have been somebands to break out of here that I personallywould never listen to. And with that said.there are many wonderful bands who don'tget as much recognition as I think they de-serve. But some of my favorites (locals) areThe Fray Paperbird, fonathan Stark, NaturalSelection, Born In The Flood, Young Coyotesand A Novel Form.

lf. What kind of success have you had in thepast year? Tell me a little about it.KM: Last year was pretty nuts for me.Though I still relatir,'ely see myself as a rela-tively unknown artist, a lot of bigger thingshave come my way The city of Denver be-gan to notice what I've been up to atdWest-word named me "Best Electro" act il theirannual awards. I did a two month tour sup-porting 3OH!3. I released a mixtape/remixtype album. And most importantly, I thinka lot of people finally began to view thisproject as something more than most mighthave thought, I'm never going to release thesame album twice, and I'm happy to knowthat people have begun to realize that, andto expect the unexpected with my music.

lI: What's with the name? What inspiredit? Why call yourself a Chain Gang, whenthere's just one person?KM: Itiust has a good ring to it. (Laughs)Thename sticks with people. An image comes tomind. There's an aggressive factor to it. Andrecently I've truly noticed how aggressive mymusic may come across. So it works for me.

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UPCOMINGlocal shows for those in the know

The SwaybackAccording to The Swayback's opening hack, "The Night's Never Dark Enough." Perhaps

that's because they're just so damned bright, In case you've Gen waiting for some substantial,thought-provoking, freestyle/indie/dance music to come home to Denver, don't overlook TheSwayback's latest relearr-, Long Gone Izds. Released in April 2008, Izds has legs, and leagues

of ette fars in the music industry and outside of it, in Denver and abroad, Granted, The Sway-back got a running start toward success witl the studio wizardry of Rocky Mountain Re-corders producer Andrew Vastpla (whose resum€ iircludes production work with such local

notables as The Photo Aflas, Born [r The Flood, Hearts of Palm and The laylights), but thereal magic comes from gripping rel'erb (opening hack "Concrete Blocks" ), compositions rang-

ing bom ambient ("Forewarned" and "Meircats" ) to flat-out funky ("Queen's Dance") and the

brooding, baritoue lyrics of ft,ontrnan ard bassist, Eric Halborg, throughout. Whiletheir instrumental nuanc-es suggest a cercain ftanticenergy, their production

values and keen compo-sitions suggest a far more

concenhated and disciplinedundertaking. And their cover ofVehet Unilerground's "I'm Wait-ing for the Man" is worth the

weight of most mediocre art-rockers entire efforts,

Despite a slew of local(The Denver Post, Westworill

and national (Spin) press, theselads still loie the dives, and can be

seen this month at welcome water-ing holes, The Hi-Dive fan. 20) and

The Swayback like to be high.

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Having opened up for such national actsas Gnarls Barkley The Pharcyde and Iitfu-Tang's GZA, Denver's own rap revivalistsManeline arr looLirg to become the head-liners. The hio of tied and eue tumtablemasters (aka ManeRok, Inkr.ine and DeelayTense) cash in on fly rhymes and staid, steadybeats, and their smart sampling is given evenmorr credibility when coupled with their im-pcting and harmonic hooks (such as in self-serving anthem nubmatic Classic"). Since

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Lion's lair (Ian. 30). . ,l

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1O p.m. @ Lion's Lair

the release of their debut album ...& Ssw ItsSeams - 61ld tfis slsning public accoladesonline and in print - Manellne's beencreating big lines outside a slew of venuesthroughout Colorado, including a crowd ofmore than 800 at their release party in Oc-tober at the Oriental, Expect a frdl house anda floo{ of fflthy dance antics when Manel-ineheadlines the grand opening of Live At TheLoft Jan. 17 with guests Filthy T and InfiniteMindz. Check, check it. .!t

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Andrew Bird does his best Archie Bunker.

: ANDREW BIRD - sira's fffth studio album Noble Beast ts

- due fan. 2O, and promises to be lust as whimsical as his previous

work. Plenty of skillful violin, warm, intimate and wttty llrics,and of course his incredible, impromptu w[btling s[euld mal<e

this album just as strong, if not more so, than 20D7's.ArmchnirAwrypha.k stlIe to catch him Feb. 26 at the Ogden Theatre.

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DAN AUERBACH - one half of the blues duo The BtackKeys, Auerbach will be tying his hand at some solo work with his

debutKeep lt Hiil, dueFeb.lO. The guitari51.,/sqcalist has been hon-ing his blues chops. with The Black Keys since 2OO2 , and his soloellort promises to be drenched in ttre same down-home, roots-styleblues. At its worst , Keep ltHiilmigh;tend up sounding like anotlerBlack Keys album, but that is certainly not a bad thing.

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. IOIIN FRUSCIANTE - After releasing six solo alburnsin six months back in 20O4, the Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist's

output has slowed down sigrrificantly. Rightfrrlly so, we suppose.His ffrst solo album since 2004, and l0th overall, will be released

Jan 20. Frusciante's solo work is much more experimental, andsometimes almost ambient when compared to his work withthe Peppers, but his deeply personal lyricism rrakas his solo worksomething to behold, nonetheless. The new album is said to be a

concept album and will feature a wide array of guest musicians,including The Smiths' guitarist fohnny Marr,

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Yerkish anything but primal on debut albumF?ar C-anqtc6 Anerifris the debut album from the foursome of

deprcking Denm nathres, Yertisb. And man, is it e!€r ar angst-drieen gern FuIl of epic rilB and plunging, dis]ointed lyricisrn, Fearbrings out sheer paranoia and comfletre r€solution" all at once.Channeling lbol The Msffts and Alice In Chains, Yerkish some-how manages, arguably er,rn more mmpo'sitional complexity and

Dersusstre depth than anything lene Staley er.,er did. With windingbass lines and shifting tempos, (for instance opening back "X-Pay

Spocs," and the deeping fiftlr, samplericlden media-attack hack'A"P"), baclcd b,y ft,onhan llm Kaminski's semi-peychotic locals("When Glaoers" ),.this iunk gets under JDur skin. That's not to sayftaris a bad bip-it has tb soothing norrents, urch as in the luring

secondback "Vote" and the sicklybitters,veetseventh hack "Bitten."

But there remains an undetying theme of urgency. And, sue theirlyrics sometimes smack of orart political undertones and occa,sionalpontificating, but in the end, their pure and haunting underscoresand intelligent, scathing skepticism prevails. Hell, lDu might eveuget back in touch with your own inn€r angst - again.

Tbough Yerhsh happens to be ttre ndme of an artificial lan-guage taught to pdmates by humans, these Denver dud€s dotr't

monlry amund.lheir sound is inte[igent and mdng and thoughthe ilebut fs a palry eight b:acks, Fear's orreral cohernveness gives it

a great deal of weigbtiness. Lr the concrete j 'ngle that is mntempo-rary art rock, these martmonkerys got all the bananas. . tl

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88. THE METROPOLITAN. JANUARY 15, 2009

Il\SIGHT"I want to finish strong in the RMAC. We have all conferencegames left, so we're trying to finish out strong, win the RMAC

Championship and pretty much host the regionals here."- METRO MEN'S BASKETBALL GUARD DONTE NICHOLAS A7

End of DaysMichael Bennet

"l know I need to earn your trust

lllustrated and written by ANDREW HOWERTON, ahowert2@mscd.edu

THE POINT: BE AFRAID, VERY VERY AFRAID

l{ew administration doeslittle to ease fearThere is no shortage o[ things to

worry about these days. In the verynear future, ne are faced with theinauguration of a dangerously inex-perienced new president, a whole na-tion full of anxious Jews threateningto catapult an already tumultuousMiddle East into a doomsday breed-ing ground, the arrival of salmonel-laladen peanut butter which hasinvaded lhe stomachs of people in

Park which is rumbling and churn-ing and threalening to explode its in-sides all over the continental UnitedStates, from Canada to San Diegoand all the rvay down to the Gulf ofMexico.

And that doesn't even begin tomention the post-immediate falloutof the thing. Nobody is safe from thisbehemoth. Park Rangers and peoplewho live on the edge of the Calderahave been rushing to dusty cabinetsand murlry cellars like cockroachesto reemploy the use of their cher-ished Bibles and thef miraculousprowess over the realm of salvationand predicfion. But unless it is madeof future-grade titanium, 15 feet indiameter and conshucted like a hol-loured-out bomb shelter containingprovisions able to last for at least two

4 ] stales. an ever-flagging economvwhich has already put -,."r'"i jbraley@mscd'edu

otherwise hard-working Americansface to face with terminal poverba or three years, there isn't much thatand a huge underground volcano the good book is going to be able to dounderneath Yellowstone National' when that monster wal<es uo.

JIMMIE BRALEY

But most scientists, according tomost reliable sources, do not foreseethe bastard releasing its holocaustupon the earth for some time, eventhough they say it is about 40,000years overdue. And we in the jour-nalism business are hoping that itstays lazy and dormant because theinauguration of Barack Obama andwhatever is to follow is sure to be ahotbed of juicy mat€rial that u.edon't want to miss.

The realization of the coming ofthe newcommander became as clearas glass on ]an, 12 when a torturedand belligerent George Bush pleadedhis case with the Washington Pressand defended his presidency againstgrueling criticism of what manyfeel has been the most ineffectiveand utterly backward presidency in

the nation's history. Among otherconcessions and feeble attempts torationalize the blood-spattered andhumiliating ignorance of his admin-

istration, Bush said that peopleought

not to consider the lederal resporse tothe delastation of Hurricane Katrinaa failure, which it was to milllons ofpeople, but to recognize that he didall he could and that he cares atrout

those people.

...Well, hooray for that. The manlooked like a child defending himself

after he had been caught with hishand in the cookie jar, or his grand-

parent's retirement savings. Which

made me wonder: what if it had beenObama behind the proverbial helm

of the counhy when the proverbial

shit hit the proverbial fan? CertainlyObama would have been better spG.ken and could have, in the very least,

feigned a more serious look about thestate of the nation. That question

caused me no shortage of anxiety

after Bush's speech, especially con-sidering the fact that the country isat least one hundred times rvorse offnow than it was when Bush first took

olfice in 2O0l .

The question followed me all theway into my dreams that night whereI found myself locked in a goddamn

liquor store somewhere in the middle

of Nebraska with some manner of

natural disaster happening outside.I was trapped in there, for whatever

reason, and I remember visualizing

a curtain of black, bmwn and greydeath outside far too vivid and heart-rrrrenching to explain here. Probablyit all had something to do with theeruption of that cursed volcano Ihave been so terribly conscious o[

I was there, locked in that liquorstore, with the poor foes of that hill-billy town helping them to cope withthe terrible destruction happeningoutside, which, upon recollection, Iwas never really able to do. But thespecter of Obama weighed in onthose people like french fries on apregnant woman.

You see, dreams always happenthis way. Nothing explainable evertakes place, but there is no need forexplanation when you're stuck in themidst of the charade. Obama's pres-ence in the world seemed to ffx every-thing for those poor suckers, and no-body seemed to recognize the terribleblack, brown and grey death whichwas still ravaging its way across theNebraskan plains just outside.

What in the name of Jesus didit all mean? I had no idea. and I stilldon't. All I can remember is beingovercome with pity and urging thosepoor suckers trapped inside that li-quor store with me to pay the ownerfor all the booze they had consumed.And when the money diiln't show,all I could do was urge the ownerto solicit the federal government. Itseemed like the right thing to do. Outwith the old and in with the new.

A7. THE METROPOTITAN. JANUARY 15, 2OO9

SPORTS but we have our reasons.-MACKENZIE L!MON, CO-FOUNDER OF DERAILER

BIKE COLLECTIVE in METROSPECTIVE, 81

KATE FERRARO . SPORTS EDITOR. kferraro@mscd.edu

METRO 84 - W.N.M. 68, METRO 78 _ JOHNSON AND WALES 75 SIDELINE

'Runners rallyon roadMetro erasestwo deficitsin weekend

BY KATE FERRAROKenaro@mscd.edu

The men's basketball

team won their last two games .against Western New Mexico

and johnson and Wales Jan.8 and 1O in Silver City, New

Mexico and Denver.

Metro's season is off to a

good start with a record of 4-1

in the Rocky Mountain Ath-

letic Conference, 1O-3 overall

so far.

The Western New Mexico

game started out a little slow

for Metro, as the Mustangs

held a 41-39 lead at halftime.

With 12 minutes left in t}le

gnme, forward fesse Wagstaff

started a l5-O run with ajumper, holding the Mustangs

scoreless lor more than six

minutes.

"It was a tough game vs.

New Mexico," Wagstaff said.

"I think we showed a lot of

character coming back, and

we went on a pretty good run,

played some great defense to

bring it back."

The Roadrunners posted

an 86-68 win over Western

New Mexico and outscored

the Mustangs 48-28 in the

paint. Wagstaff finished the

game with 21 points and 15

reboulds."Jesse is our go-to guy in

the paint," head coach Bran-

non Hays said. "He's been do-

ing a great job of keeping the

game simple and battling on

the glass. His scoring is staying

very consistent even though

opponents are really trying to

take him out of the g,ame. "

Thc game against Johnsonand !!hles began the same way

as the game againsl !!'estern

Nerv l,Iexico. The Roac]run-

ners came out a little llat and

were dorvn at halftime by onepoint. F-or the second straight

gape, Metro rallied back and

rvon the match 78-75. Wag-

staff scored 2l points while

guard Donte Nicholas tallied,

20 points.

"Donte is starting to come

Metro guard Marquise Carrington juggles the ball in mid-flight as Johnson andWales forward Andrew Baker tries to deflect the shot Jan. l0 at Manual HighSchool .The Metro Roadrunners bested theWildcats 78-75. (Photo by Lnh Ngo'lngo@mscd.edu)

''\\,'e've brought some

guys in a litt le more athletic, a

little more versatile," Wagstaff

said. "I think rve'l'e done well

this ]€ar."The Roadrulners will

come home to play Colorado

State-Pueblo and New Mexico

Highlands Jan. 16 and 17 at

the Auraria Events Center.

"I \r'ant to finish strong

in the RMAC," Nicholas said.

MBN'S BASXETAALLTllACSCEBDI'IA

Jan.16 r:.CSU{ucbloJan.l7 vs.t{.tl.'H[hlandsJdr2o ls.n gis,Hr.23 vrsClf{ofiq

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'LrmryFeb.2l oChadronStateFeb.24 @ReglsFeb.28 @Cu<okiSprings

MEN,S SASKIXtsAILSTANDINGS

r) Metro4-1 (10-3overalll2) Colorado Christian3-2 (8-5 overall)3)UC-Sprlngs 3-2(3-1O overall)4)Nebraska-Keamey3-3 (67 overall)5) Regia 2-3{5-8 overall)6) Mines 1-4(6-7 overall)7l Chadron State 1-5(5-8 overall)

"I think we showed alot of character comingback, and we went on apretty good run, played

some good delense tobring it back."Jesse Wagstaff

. Metro Forward

"We have all conference

games now left so we're try-

ing to filish out strong, win

the RI\{AC Championship and

pretty much host the region-

als here."

1.16BasketballWomen 5 p.m.

vs. CSU-Pueblo@ Auraria EventsCenter

BasketballMen 7 p.mvs. CSU-Pueblo@ Auraria EventsCenter

1.17BasketballWomen 5 p.mvs. New MexicoHighlands@ Auraria EventsCenter

BasketballMen 7 p.mvs. New MexicoHighlands@ AurariaEvent Center

1.20BasketballWom€n 5 p.m.

vs. Regis@ Auraria EventsCenter

Men 7 p.m.vs. Regis@ AurariaEvents Center

'As a player,it wasphenomenal, ascaptain, it wasphenomenal.When I won itas an assistant,it felt morerewarding,because you seewhere the teamstarts from andwhere theyprogress to."Metro women's soc-cer head coach Adri-anne Almaraz saidof her experiencein winning nationaltit les as a player andassistant coach forMetro in 2004 and2006

"We don't know what we're doing,

around a litt le bit." Hays said."He's fipiuring out rvhirt n'e're

doing offensively and delen-

siruely He's becoming more

comfortable. and now he's

shooting the ball a lot better."

Nicholas was added to

the team as a transfer student

from the Montgomery College-

Rockville in \\hshington l).C.

"I played one year there,

and I had a pretty good sea-

son,' l-icholas said. "I guess

I caught thc eye ol one of the

assistant coaches here, coach

Tang. and kind o[ kept in con-

tact rvith me pretty much the

whole season. I came out for

a visit and I liked u'hat I had

seen."

As a senior. Wagstaff

believes the team is coming

along and is better than last

years team.

A8 " SPORTS , JANUARY 15, 2009 " THE METROPOLITAN . Metro nen's b.rketball ir ranked gth itr hone but 2Dd in road atteldatrc€.

METRO 72_ WESTERN NEW MEXICO 58

Metro sharp versus'stangsBY ERIC LANSINGla nsing6rmscd.edu

Metro women's basketball teamshot an impressive 58 percent fromthe lield in the first half en route to a

72-5 8 win over lVestern Nelv Mexrco

fan. 8 in Sih''er Cit1,: N.N{.

The Roadrunners {6-7 overall.

4-1 in the Rocky N{ountain r\thleticConlbrence) hit I l.l-of-31 shots in thefirst frame, including 6-of-9 frorn be-

1'ond the arc to build a comfortable42-2ll lead.

"It u'as iust a lot of ball move-ment, and v!€ were just makingsmarter choices tvith shot selection,"said Metro forn'ard Rae Bean, who

scored half of her 16 points in rhatfust half. "I think n€ just played re-ally well together as a team."

Metro s delense was equally im-pressive, as the conference's stingiestdefense held rhe lvlustangs to ]7 per-

cent shooting in the fust hall \Vest-ern Nerv Mexico came into the con-test boasling the second best scoringoffense in the RI,IAC a\€raging 7].9n. t in t ( nPr oamp

"We knew that nas theirstrength," Metro head coach LindaLappe said. "We knew they wantedthe game in the 80s, and we al-ways tell our tean that we're betterwhen the game is in the 5Os or 60s."Lappe said it was a great reboundperformance from their previousgame where they gave up 85 pointsto Academy of Art, allowing theUrban Knights to shoot 53 percentfrom the field.

"The players worked a ton allweek on .iust fundamenlal defensivethings, " Lappe said. "We were nothappy with our play against Acad-

emy of Art."

The 'Stzurgs also carry theconference's top scorer in forn'ardAudra N{ajor. who usually puts up20 points on a normal night, but thestifling 'Runner

defense kept the post

player to only 14 points on 5-ol-12

shooting. But Lappe says she didn't

change a thing, to try and stop her"It lvas normal delense as always,"Lappr. said. '\\ i"re nor going ttlr,vin 1-on-l battles. but nc u'i l l r,r,in

5-on- I battles."

Bcan, who played some minuLeson Major, also said it $'as a team ef-fort to slor,r'down \A/c'stern \ew [,[ex-ico S top scorer.

"lt raasn t just her against one of

us," Bean said. "lt was her againstour rvhole team. We had our help

there and we just all use each other

on defense."

The teams split the second halfscoring 3O points each and lvletronerer allowed Western New Nlexrcoto get closer than nine the rest of thegame.

Metro guard Sharaya Selsor leadall scorers with 18 points and alsograbbed five rebounds. Fellow guard

Iasmine Cervantes added 16 points

of her own.

Despite losing their fust fourgames of the season and first 6-of-8,the 'Runners have come out on topof the important conference games

recording a 4-l record in the RMAC.The lone loss came to Fort l-€wis,who is 5-0 atop of the RMAC WestDivision.

The four wins have come against

bottom of the barrel conference foes.

Adams State, Mesa State, WesternState and Western New Mexico com-

bine for a 5-17 record.

Metro basketball guard Jasmine Cervantes dribbles around Minnesota State University Mooreheadguard Chris Falzon during a game on Nov. l5 at Auraria Events Center.The Roadrunners won 72-58on the road against Western New Mexico Jan. 8 in Silver City, N.M. Metro shot 58 per<ent from thefield and the win now ties the team for first place in the Eastern Division with Colorado Christian andColorado School of Mines. Photo by (Linh Ngo . Ingo@mscd.eciu)

But with a very young team that road wins, it is a good thing," Lappe the defending RMAC .TournamentLappe has to put on the court, it is a said. "With our next 8-of-10 at champions CSU-Pueblo Jan. 16 andgood sign the team is winning games home, we just gotta protect our home winless New Mexico Highlands Jan.they should win, Two of those wins court." l7 at the Auraria Bvents Center.came on the road. The Roadrunners will continue

'Anytime you come away with conference play when they host

Forward's discipline stands outBY ROBERT DRANrdran@mscd.edu

Montana loundagin might

not be the most vocal player onthe team, but his play on the ice

speaks volumes. The 2O-year-old sophomore, who is actuallyfrom Montana. is fourth on the

team in points with 14, r,r'hich

are evenly split lr.ith seven goals

and seven assists in his second

season at Metro."Points are good, but this

has been a Iower than averageyear from me rr"hen it comes to

scoring," Loundagin said.

Additionalll: Loundagin isoneof the more disciplined play-

ers on the team. He has only

taken a single penalty so lar this

scason. Chris Koppel is the oul1,

skater for }fetro u'ith no pcnal-

ties. lVhile Kyle Obuhanick leads

the team with 54 penalty min-utes. The team averages 18.7penalty minutes a game. which

males Loundagin stand out ona Metro team that resembles thePaul Ner,r'rnan classic Slap Sholmore thal actual college clubhockey team.

Loundagin's lack of penalty

minutes is e\,€n more surpris-

ing considering he used to play

in Canada, which is known fora rough, old-style of hockey.

However, most of Loundagin's

hockey experience comes fromplaying in Littleton and last sea-son plaled for tr{etro where the

style of play is lcss rough andmore about skill.

Head coach Curtis Duffus's

New Ye:r's resolution is to focus

on discipline.' 'Over the holidays, w-e as a

tcam decidecl to har,'c more dis-

cipline and more structure. Weinstituted some new team rules

and it looks like t}ley are helping

us," he explained.

In spite of being one themost consistent plavers on theteam Loundagin sees his role onthe team as simply being a tearnplayer. Nevertheless, Duffus rvilllook to Loundagin to set an ex-ample when it comes to on-ice

discipline.

Though Loundagin scoredin his last game against Colo-

rado State Ilniversitla he had aminor shoulder sprain and satout for part of practice, but theinjurv is not serious and he just

needed some rest.

Loundagin has been playing

hockey since he lvas 5 years oldand plans on continuing to play

the next trvo or three lcars for-\Ieho.

HOCKETSCEEDI'LE

Jan. 15 -G' Univ. ofCalifornia Los Angeles

Jan. 16 @ Loyola .ItlarFnou nt Uniyef 3ity

Jan. l7@Univ.ofCaEfomia Long Eeach

Jan.23 vs.Univ.ofDenver

Jan.24 @Uni%ofNevada Las Vegas

Jan.30 @Univ.ofDenver

Jan.31 ys.Univ.ofDenver

Feb.6 vs. Arizona Stata 'Univ.

Feb. 7 vs. ErigharnYoung Univ.

Forward Montana Loundagin at practice Jan. 12.Photo by (Drev/ laynes .alaynes6mscd.edu)

Shy's the limit for Almararz8Y KATE FERRAROKenaro@mscd.edu

Metro women's soccer head coach Ailri-anne Almaraz has national titles following heras she has won championship games in 2OO4and 2006.

Alnaraz played on the squad as a seniorand captain in 2004, and t'as the assistantcoach under lormer head coach Danny San-chez when the team won nationals in 2006.Despite not winning the national title in the2008 season, Almaraz claims all three years

on the team have been worthwhile, and feelsevery year has been great but different.

'As a player, it was phenomenal, as acaptain, it, was phenomenal," Almaraz said."When I won it as a-n assistant, it felt morerewarding, because you see where the teamstarts from and where t}ley progress to. Nowcoming in as a head coach this year, it was alsoa great feeling. I wouldn't take anlthing awayfrom any single one of them, I don't think oneis better than the-other, but they're all differentfeelings and they're all great feelings."

Alm.irraz and Co, lost in the s€mifinal matchagainst Seattle-Pacific 3-1 in Tampa, Fla,, end-ing their 2008 season with an outstanding2O-2-3 rec.ord.

Regardless of the team losing in the semis,Almdraz believes tle season was suQcessful.The Caliiornia native says there are a numberof variables of what success is. If you win a na-tional championship, you're succesdul, whichshe admits is a little exheme.

"Once you get out of that initial elementof your emotions going and you step back andyod'see in the big picture, I think the seasonwas a huge swidS3 ancl I'm very proud of thegirls," she said.

Alnaraz played soccer her first two years atCal State Bakersfield, then transferred to Metroand led the team to a 2 5- 1-O overall record andto 23 straight victories her senior year. After

Woment soccer head coach Adrianne Almaraz stands outside the Tlvoli Jan, 8. Almaraz took the team to semi-finals in her firstyear as head coach. Almaraz won nationals in 2OO4 as a player at Metro and in 2006 as an assistant coach. (Photo by Cora Kemp'ckemp4@mscd.edu)

will follow and step into their shoes."I'm iust very exclted for next season, be-

cause l think tlis season there was a lot ofunknowns. Now, this mming year, there are

knowns, and so it won't be as tough. They'llknow what the expectations are, they'll knowmy style of coaching as well as the coachingstaff. I'm just very excited to see how we donext year," Almaraz said.

Almaraz is currently working on. her' MBA,and likes to play indoor soccer when she's notbusy with coaching. She doesn't know whatEhe wants to do in the future, but is hoping shewill still be at Metro.

assisting Sanchez in 2OO6 and 2007, she wasnamed head co'ach in March 2008, Almaraznot only felt pressure having to follow San-chez's footiteps, but also t]e pressure she put

on herself wanting the program to continue tosucceed.

"There's pressure because of the fact ofwhere t}te program has bOen the last six years,"

Almaraz said. "If anything I didn't want tocome in and take away what has been built bythe players, and by Danny and by the admin-istration. It was very, very important for me tosustain what we have achieved."

Former senior defender Nlcole Cito felt

confident when she found out Almaraz wouldbecome the new head coach for the tearrr.

"She knows what it takes, she has experi-ence and got to see both sides," Cito said. "We

were mbre successful than anyone thought wewould be."

Forward Becca Mays agrees with Cito."She knew what the program was like and

obviously she knew what was needed to get

there," Mays said.Almaraz is looking forward to going all the

$/ay next season. Even though the t€am lostthree important seniors, she believes they ledtheir teammates in a way that the new seniors

Metro gives up 20 goa,Is in 3-game seta-

BY ROBERT DRANrdran@mscd.edu

Metro hockey went l-2 last weekend, butmanaged to grab their fourth win this seasonagainst the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Metro played back-to-back-to-back games

starting with top-ranked Wagner State. Metrolost 8-2 against Wagner with Metro's two goalsscored by team captain Turner Bahn and TroyOakes. The garne was a tough contest that fea-hued several big hits and skirmishes after thewhistle. Head coach Curtis Duffus was particu-

larly upset at a check in the first period."It was a vicious check from behind, We

diih't like it, so of course, they dirln't call it,"he said.

The end of that first game featured a five-minute cross-check penalty from Meto for-ward Tim Underwood. Because the cross checkwas to the back of the head, there was someconfusion as to whether the penalty was agame misconduct, but instead he was issued afi!€-minute penalty with less than three min-utes in the ganie, leading to Underwood's earlydismissal.

The jan. 9 game against CU Boulder was

a better contest for Mefo. The Roadrunnersdominated the second period with four straightgoals scored by forwards Turner Bahn, Kyleobuhanick, Steve Call, and Ryan Yudez.

The one-sided play prompted one CU Boul-der fan to shout, 'Stop suckingl"

However, in the last six minutes of thesecond period, CU-Boulder stormed back withthree goals and tied the game midway throughthe third period only to have Obuhanick scoreagain with five minut€s left in the third.

CU-Boulder made the game interesting asthey tied it again with 82 seconds left in thegame, but Obuhanick's goal put Metro ahead19 seconds later. Bahn managed to score anempty net goal with 13.5 seconds left in thegame where Metro won 7-5.

"That was a big win. We needed tlat," ex-plained leading scorer and C! Young candidateDan Golden. "Second semester will be differ-ent. "

In the final game of the weekend, Mehosandwiched their win with a 7-2 loss to Colo-rado State University. Forward Montana [oun-dagin and defenseman Chris Koppel eachscored for Metro.

"[t was a good game. CSU is one of the topteams, but we are happy with our playing," as-

Forward Kyle Obuhanick had a hat trick including the game-winning goal Jan. 10against CU Boulder. Metro went on to finish the game with a 7-5 victory. Obuhanickhas eight goals and four assists which adds up to 12 points. (Photo by Drew Jaynes '-ajaynes 1@mscd.edu)

sistant coach Brady Peecher said. against University of California tos Angeles'Metro will look to bring their shonger play Ioyola Marymount University and University

to l,os Angeles as they will play three games of California long Beach fan. 15-17.

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Yoga Programs - Mats & props areprovided. All sessions will be held at the St.Francis Atrium. Wear comfortable clothing forthe sessions listed below. For more information,please e-mail wilkinli@rnscd.edu or call303- 556-6954.

Mat Pilates Mondays, Noon-'1 p.m. Pilatesfocus on improvinq flexibil i ty and strength forthe total body. People of all ages and physicalconditions can benefit.

Hotha Yogo - Tuesdays, Noon-1 p.m. Forall levels. Learn how t0 rejuvenate your bodyand mind with simple yoga postures whilediscovering how yoga connects the body, mindand spirit.

Gentle Yoga - Wednesdays, Noonl p.m.6entle Yoga is about gently bringing your bodyand mind back in touch with each other andgiving yourself a chance to heal. l t encouragesyour body to let g0 of built up tension andstres. This gentle, slower paced practice makesit accessible to people of all sizes, ages andfitness levels.

Yogo os Therapy - Wednesdays,l:15-215 p.m. Whether you are recovering froman operation or physical injury or lack the abilityt0 pra(tice a normal exercise program, Hansa'sy0ga tea(hing can adapt classical poses topeople who have phsycical challenges.

Crypto Science Society - Learnab0ut strange and unusual phenomena, discussmysteries, explore the unknown, experiencethe phenomena first hand and become acertified field investigator. For details go to:www.mscd.edu/-crypto/

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Learn about our sisterhood every Wednesdayin Sigi's 140 at 6:30 p.m. For more informatione-mail: tr isigma,recruiter@gmail.com

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January 19,2009

FREE DAY - The Denver Botanic Gardens1005 York 5t. - 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Colorado has a dryclimate but the Denver Botanic Gardens alwaysprovide inspiration and encouragement. F0rmore information call 720-865-3500.

FREE DAY - The Denver Zoo 2300 Steel 5t.- 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. (ome and see Darby, an infant[olobus Monkey, atthe Primate Panorama. VisitAmaya and Takeo, Red Panda cubs. [heck outNick, a young orphaned (alifornian 5ea Lionwho is now call ing Denver home. For moreinformation call 303-376-4800.

January23,2009

Advocacy 1O1: Support MetroState at the Capitol - 7:30 a.m.Learn how Y0U can shape the legislativeprocess and make an impact! This trainingsession wil l include a discussion on how thelegislative proces works, advocacy basics,talking points on issues pertinent t0 the (ollegeand an insider's view from a state legislator.Registration is open through Friday, January 16,2009 and is l imited to the first 75 registrants.REGISTER N0W at www.mscdtaskforce.orq.

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Febuary 14,2009

FAN APPRECIATION - Pack TheHouse - Join us as our men's and women'sbasketball teams take on (olorado ChristianUniversitv. ADULT FAN PA(K: includes oneticket, one hot dog and one regular soda forjust 5Z FAMILY PA[K; includes four tickets, fourhot dogs and four regular sodas for just $20.The men's game at I p.m. wil l be nationallytelevised on C85 (ollegeSports ((omcast ,170 a ndDirecIV 6'i3). Ihe women's game will follow at3 p.m. The 0ffice of Alumni Relations wil l bethere to cheer the Roadrunners to victory andwill have prizes and giveaways for alumni andtheir families. Visit [4etr0 State athletics atwww.q0metr0state.com. 5ee you therel

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