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Peace camp .in 2nd week Campus group experiencing support, opposition to their demonstration for peace

by Stephen Shultz The Metropolitan

Auraria anti-war group calling themselves peace campers sleep in tents at the flagpole on campus, and claim they will continue to stay there and voice their message of non-vio­lence until the war ends and American troops are sent home. Thursday marks their 11th consecutive day of protest.

Peace camper and CCD student, Ivy Bekket, 20, says she is not sure exactly how long she is going to be camped out on cam­pus, but stands firm in relaying her anti-war message until signs of peace can be seen, to anyone who wants to listen.

"We'll stop when the war is over, when the troops are sent home," Bekket said. "As long as it takes. If it lasts two weeks or two years .. .I'll be here."

The peace campers are outraged at the number of civilian deaths and unnecessary violence brought about by the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Tuer<? have been 1,140 civilian deaths as of Thursday, Bekket said.

"With the U.S. and coalition there has

been 136 deaths," Bekket said. "But it does­n't matter who it is (being ki lled). It 's human li fe."

The main message the campers are try­ing to convey is a greater understanding of peaceful solutions. With greater education, peace prevails; whereas ignorance of world­ly situations gives rise to violence, Bekket said.

"People should know what's really going on," Bekket said. "We want to make sure this (war) doesn't happen again ... there are more ways to solve (problems) other than violence and war."

Metro student and fine art/English dou­ble major, Joel Tagert, 26, said the peace camper's program is focused on a nonvio­lent means of attaining world peace. If peo­ple came together to work on peaceful solutions to world problems, rather than prac­ticing violence, we would not be in such a state of war, Tagert said.

"We believe in nonviolent reactions," Tagert said. "We need to change the world ... change people's minds and spirits."

The rise of heated conflicts between the world's superpowers is putting the world on

by Shannon Davidson -The Metropolitan

Peace camp on campus has wown to a dozen ''pennanent residents." Metro sophomore Erin Durban set up her tent <Ner the weekend and enjoys being able to study before class on April 10.

the brink of total destruction, Tagert said. "This war is a big problem," Tagert said.

"We are becoming an increasingly nuclear world. World War III will be the last world war ... we will not be here. This world will be destroyed."

The campers were required to have per­mits, signed by a faculty member from each of the three Auraria schools . The advisors, as well as campus police, have been very sup-

portive of their cause, , Bekket said, and the only negative feedback has come from other students.

Computer science major Upendra Nesbitt, 24, said although the campers may not have any effect on the world situation, they are def­initely having an effect on people's opinions of the war. The discussions held between the

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The Metropolitan

WBPAS (Why Black People Ain't Shouting) started at the beginning of this semes-. ter to raise awareness of issues plaguing the population so that people can start implement­ing solutions to problems.

A discussion forum was held in the multi­cultural lounge of the Tivoli Tuesday, which covered issues of sex and family in the black community.

The forum was the second of three WBPAS events; the third will be held April 22 at 11 a.m. in the same place.

"The purpose of these forums is to start an action committee," said Metro sophomore and Black Student Alliance Vice President Marcus Washington. "What we ask people of the action committee is to donate something such as time, fund-raising, money, awareness or word-of­mouth."

AIDS activist, Brother Jeff, and Imani S. Latif, who started working with disease preven­tion at the New York City health department in 1980, voiced their opinions and gave possible solutions to the AIDS epidemic and also stressed the importance of educating children about sex.

Forum panelist Vern Howard, who serves on the executive board of the NAACP, said it is important to discuss homosexuality with chi!-

dren because it is a fact of life. " It is something that is around them day in

and day out," Howard said. Forum speaker Felicia Woodson, Student

Government Assembly vice president of com­munications said. "We live in a world that has all kinds of people and it is important that they (children) understand that."

Another panelist, Almer Combs, a licensed and ordained minister with Pentecostal Assemblies of the World, agreed that people should share with their children the varying sex­ual lifestyles.

" When I was growing up, if a man or woman was gay, they also pinned the title pedophile on them," Howard said. "So you stay away from them, they're gonna hurt you, they're gonna do dirty things to you. And believe it or not, they do the same thing today on television with the black community."

Howard used the children's program "Power Rangers" as an example, and said the Red Ranger is Indian, the Yellow Ranger is Asian, the White Ranger is the superhero and the Black Ranger is the villain.

He also added that the roles given to African-Americans are generally demeaning and since "The Cosby Show" went off the air, there has not been a positive television program that represents the black community.

Woodson said white children are getting something negative out of television programs, and movies, such as Disney's "The Jungle

by Joshua Buck- The Metropolitan Metro's Black Student Alliance discussion panelists Vern Howard, right, and SGA member FeHcia Woodson, middle, talk about families while !>anther, left, listens.

Book". She recounted a story of a young white boy

in the mall with his mother who saw a group of African-American •children playing on the merry-go-round, and asked his mother if they were the same as the monkeys from the film.

"This blew my mind," Woodson said. "And what blew my mind more so was the mother that did not take the time to educate her child and say 'You know what? That was just a story and not all African-Americans are portrayed in this way'."

"The media is very powerful," Combs said. "They often times sensationalize the problems of the African-American community."

He added that many other racial and ethnic gr.oups have the same problems, but the public does not hear about them as often.

Washington founded WBPAS and said it has been successful thus far in raising awareness.

He said next week's forum will address such issues as why black people are alienated aca­demically, and affirmative action and who it benefits.

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by Layle Mcfatridge The Metropolitan

The Colorado Student Association has been lobbying the state legislature in the hope of pass­ing the Higher Education Financing Act of 2003 before the end of the legislative session in May.

The act, also known as the College Opportunity Fund, is a stipend program that would establish student savings accounts with state funds for higher education.

The stipend would be about $133 per credit hour for undergraduates and would be available to graduate pr9grams, community colleges and voca­tional schools.

A variety of organizations have been involved in the creation · of the College Opportunity Fund and in seeing it move forward in the legislative process in Colorado. One of the organizations is the Colorado Student Association, a full-time lob­bying organization supported by colleges within the state, who sought out representation at the cap­ital.

Ryan McMaken, current CSA president, has been working on the fund for 18 months. His involvement began in the early stages while work­ing with the Blue Ribbon Panel for Higher Education in the 21st Century, the group that sug­gested the system of funding being proposed.

The panel devised a plan of change for fund-

given to the schools, but rather each student would be able to bring their allocated funds to any school in Colorado.

McMaken, who has been with the association for three years said, "I have an interest in seeing the organization succeed." That success is success for the students who are represented in state and local government by the CSA.

If the Higher Education Financing Act of2003 is passed, it will benefit students from the perspec­tive of the Colorado Student Association, the Colorado Commission on Higher Education

and the Blue Ribbon Panel, all organizations that have, in the interest of students, pursued this fund­ing change. One of the primary goals of the bill, McMaken said, is to attract attention to higher education funding on the whole, and to highlight for students and their parents the effect budget cuts have on them individually.

McMaken, who has been included in the

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ing higher education, which is outlined in the Financing Act being considered by the legislature. The change would be to fund individual students instead of funding institutions of higher education.

Lump sums of money would no longer be

process from the beginning, said tuition and cred­it-hour flexibility have been a major issue in the negotiations of changes to the bill.

He also said, "We've managed to get virtually all of our amendments in," so that all of the major

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concerns that the CSA had have been addressed. Regarding how this change in funding could

potentially impact students, he said, "I don 't think it's going to make students rich; I don't think it's going to make them broke."

He also added that, "Nobody claims this is going to solve all higher education problems."

Students aren't the only ones to benefit from the bill, said McMaken.

"The public benefits from higher education funding," McMaken said.

One of the goals of the bill is to increase the number of Coloradoans receiving higher educa­tion in Colorado, who may eventually contribute to business in the state.

Thus far, the bill has passed the House Education Committee, but must pass six more committees before becoming law. The legislative session ends in May, and unless the bill is passed, it will die out until the next legislative session, which begins in January of 2004.

Metro administration faces lawsuit by Shannon Hasty

The Metropolitan

In a recent press conference, Metro alumnus, Alvertis Simmons, said the ReverendAJ Sharpton would join him in a boycott on campus in protest of what he called an elimination process that has rid Metro of African-American faculty and staff.

"This press conference is to talk about two issues," Simmons said. "Number one, the actions by president Sheila Kaplan and the Metropolitan administration to commit genocide on African­American faculty and staff."

Simmons said that under Kaplan's leadership, the African-American presence in Metro's admin­istration has suffered.

"You know, it's so ironic that I'm here," Simmons said. "Ten years ago when I went to Metro we had an African-American Provost, an African-American Vice President, several African-American directors, an African­American leadership institute, an African­American program head, etc."

Simmons said his other purpose in holding the press conference was to protest Metro's treat­ment of Richard Jackson, a Metro criminal justice professor who has filed a Federal lawsuit against

the school citing racial discrimination. "Number two (of the two reasons for the pub­

lic forum) to protest the racism, hostility, discrim­ination and retaliation against Dr. Richard Jackson by the MSCD administration and crimi­nal justice department chair Dr. Joe Sandoval," Simmons said. ' 'We, the African-American com­munity, will not sit by and tolerate the continued racism, harassment and retaliation against our brother, and my friend, Dr. Richard Jackson, the elimination and exclusion of African-Americans

Sharpton, would act in protest of Metro's alleged discriminatory conduct.

"I've been in contact with my friend, the Reverend Al Sharpton, who will help me lead a rally and boycott of Metro State College in 30 days if this college, if the college trustees do not step in and remedy this situation." Simmons said. "We will shut this college down."

Jackson fi led a suit against the school and various individual faculty members, including President Sheila Kaplan, alleging discrimination

'Dr. Jackson's claim's have absolutely no "t ' men ...

from leadership positions at this college must and will stop now."

Lee Combs, Metro attorney, said the claims are false and will be met with a tenacious defense.

"I can only say, on the college's behalf, that Dr. Jackson's claims have absolutely no merit and the Attorney General's office will defend the case vigorously," Combs said.

Simmons said that he, in cooperation with the

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based on his race in the terms of his employment at Metro.

"Generally, this complaint alleges a hostile environment at Metro based upon his race," the suit said. "It further alleges that there was a pay differential between Richard Jackson and similar­ly situated white faculty members."

The suit is currently being heard in federal court.

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' Police Briefs

Campus thefts continue

A Community College of Denver stu­dent reported his mountain bike stolen April 7 at 7:35 pm. The student said his bike was taken from a bike rack near the South Classroom.

The total loss including the mountain bike, cable lock and saddle storage bag: $745.

There are no suspects or leads at this time.

Car break-ins on the on the rise

A University of Colorado at Denver staff member reported items stolen from her vehicle April 8 in Parking Lot R. The passenger side rear window was smashed and several items were taken.

Total loss of items, which included a raincoat, jumper cables, umbrella, and 44K additive for auto: $190.

There are no suspects or leads at this time.

A UCD student reperted items stolen from his vehicle April 10; also in parking Lot R. The passenger side window was smashed and the dash board damaged. Total loss of items, which include a CD stereo system, assortment of currency, and CDs: $180.

The suspect is an Asian male, last seen wearing a white t-shirt, green pants and a red cap. He was heading East on Market toward downtown.

Arrests on campus

A man with no campus affiliation was arrested on an outstanding warrant April 8 at 11th and Curtis Street.

A man with no campus affiliation was arrested for possession of marijuana on April 8 at 8th and Walnut Street.

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News Briefs

Policy change voted down

A proposed policy which would pro­hibit mandatory student fees from funding "ideological, political or religious activi­ties or groups," was unanimously voted against by th"e Board of Trustees during a four-hour public hearing on the proposed Trustees Policy Manual and Handbook for Professional Personnel. A revised edition of the manual will be handed out to stu­dents, faculty and staff prior to the next board meeting on May 7. A new manual and handbook is expected to be imple­mented by July 1.

Metro Alumnus killed at war

Army Ranger Captain. Russell B. Rippetoe, was killed the first week of April during a suicide bombing at an Iraqi checkpoint. Rippetoe was 27. He graduat­ed from Metro, with a degree in criminol­ogy with an emphasis in law enforcement and public safety, in August 1999. He was one of three soldiers killed during the bombing.

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Chair of the Election Commission Che Derrera, front left, explains the limitations on c.ampa¥i adver­tising ~ e-mailed and placed around campus to the candidates in TlVoli 3208 on April 8. Voting for SGA will be held online April 21-24.

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by Noelle Leavitt The Metropolitan

Metro's Student Government Assembly elections are underway and

, two candidate debates are scheduled to take place in front of the Auraria flagpole followed by online voting for Metro stu­dents.

The first debate is on April 17, between 1-2 p.m. The second debate is

.y . scheduled for April 21; also between 1-- 2 p.m. Voting will take place April 21-24.

Both current SGA members and the office of Student Life stress the impor­tance of getting Metro students involved in the voting process.

"People have died for th~ chance for students to be able to vote. It was a strug­gle it was actually a hardship people went through to obtain this, and not to vote is basically saying, 'I don't care'," said Joy Walker, current SGA vice presi-

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Last spring only 392 Metro students voted out of 18, 170 enrolled, said Joanna Duanus, assistant dean of Student Life.

This year the SGA hopes for more student participation.

"It's who you want to put into office. Ideally the best candidate gets in the office," Walker said.

The positions students are running for include a president, seven vice presi­dents, attorney general, board of trustees, and two student advisory committee to the Auraria Board reps.

On April 29 the election commission will announce the election results.

The candidates listed at right (see sidebar) are running for SGA office and students can visit www.mscd.edu to vote.

Voting Info

A list of the candidates running for SGA office are available at right, To vote in the election, log on to www.mscd.edu. For more informa­tion call, (303)556-3312.

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SGA candidate list

OFFICIAL 2003-2004 STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSEMBLY

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PRESIDENT . Chris Chandler (Che) (PAC)

David Gallivan (SAVE)

Felicia Woodson Mending Bridges

V.P. ACADEMIC AFFAIRS ·sara Moreno (PAC) Krista Kaufmann Mending Bridges

V.P. STUDENT SERVICES Sarah Prouty (SAVE)

LaShanta Smith (PAC)

V.P. STUDENT FEES Candace Gill Mending Bridges

Kirsten Krieg Independent

Mark Ross (PAC)

V.P. ADMINISTRATION & FINANCE Anna Davis Mending Bridges Marcus I. Washington (PAC)

V.P. DIVERSITY Christina Quissek Mending Bridges Joy Walker (PAC)

V.P. STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS Linda (Lynn) Cordova Mending Bridges lnayet Hadi (PAC) Mikel Stone Independent

V.P. COMMUNICATIONS Cetin Amirak Independent Joel Danforth Independent Rachel Miller (PAC)

Bernie Sena Independent

SA CAB Robert Haight (SAVE)

Latoya Mosley Independent Amanda Peterson Mending Bridges Jessica Steinke (SAVE)

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IN:Mo SOPhomore Ml'kel Stone listens to Che Derrera wring an April 8 mandatory meeting for candidates. Stone is a c.andidate for the vice­president of student organizations position.

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Peace campers work, go to class by day, sleep in tents by night

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from CAMP on 3 ------------­protestors and other students are good for peace, Nesbitt said.

There are over a dozen peace campers, Bekket said, all of whom are students at Auraria, and who have jobs as well. They still go to classes and work; they just stay at the camp­site during free time and they sleep there.

UCD student and multimedia major, Eric Novack, 26, said the peace campers are sitting there for a good reason, and they still take care of their responsibilities as students and employees.

"This is not an excuse to be a freeloader," Novack said, as he was on his way to work.

Some students sit in for only a night or two, lending their support. Tagert set his tent up last Wednesday, and although he may stay only one day, he said he wanted to show his sup­port and solidarity.

"I think the war is a bad idea," Tagert said. "I'm shocked and amazed at people who seem not to realize the seriousness of the world situation. At any given time we are 20 minutes away from nuclear destruction."

UCD student and recording arts major, Zach Tron, who stops by the flagpole off and on between classes, said any neg­ativity received from pro-war students doesn' t affect the group much.

"It's an interesting place to be on campus," Tron said. "There's no overwhelming negativity."

CCD student Dona Glovinsky, 20, has been at the site since April 8 and calls the group "Positive Resistance." Other peace rallies originally brought her attention to the peace

campers. " I was inspired by a peace camp in Indiana ... when they

started bombing Iraq," Glovinsky said. There has been very little negative feedback, Glovinsky

said. Most people that stop by to talk have positive and con­structive things to say. Glovinsky, however, said she would not be staying until the end of the war, unless it ends in two months.

"In a couple of months I 'm going to Mexico," Glovinsky said. "Hopefully it'll be over by then."

There have been rumors floating around campus about the peace campers putting on unpatriotic displays of protest. Although the campers have received occasional negative attention from students, it doesn't stand in the way of their program, Bekket said.

"The rumors about burning American flags, and all other forms of violent, anti-war protest are completely untrue," Bekket said. "The only thing we bum around here are ciga­rettes."

Metro student and English major, Danica Schworm, 20, said the peace campers' display is not improving the situation of war, and that they are wasting their time. The campers should try to get more people involved with their cause, Schworm said.

"I think they should support the people risking their lives ... out there," Schworm said. "They (soldiers) should stay until the war is resolved. It's their job to protect the country."

by Joshua Buck -The Metropolitan

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I have read in several sources over the years that we pay taxes until about Cinco de Mayo before we have money of our own. And so what, right? Money is called a liquid asset because it needs to be flowing. I suppose my concern is over where the money goes.

Everyone needs a job, and government jobs, well, it's really bard to get fired from a government job. I have, however, known people who have managed to get themselves fired, but that's another story for anoth­er day.

Secure jobs are hard to find and that is what the government offers its employees: security. My taxes pay for that That's okay. What's not okay is people being paid by my tax dollars with fewer customer service skills than most fa.51-food restaurant employees have. You and I both know that 98 percent of the~ pie (ballpark figure) at Big Bob's Burger Barn are worlcing there only to get the skills to someday work elsewhere.

For a long time, actually since I was 23, I decided that everyone should be required to wmk for a time at one of the following three types of establishments fur . their own betterment: a low to middle-prioed retail store during Christmas, a full service restaurant as a waiter, or a convenience store.

The experience can be eye-opening. Really, all the CEO's and Presidents, all the trust-fund babies and spoiled rich kids, hell, even the "poor-me-why-does­n't-anybody-GIVE-me-what-I-want" types could have a valuable experience by walking a mile in the other man's moccasins.

Thing is, I don'tknow anyone who actually wants to e.xperience the suffering of another, and yet every­one I know wants the rest of his phenomenological world to suffer with him Paradoxical indeed, n'est pas?

Back to the G-men. Let's require that the people we pay with our taxes be customer-service oriented. My definition in this case would be to change their mantra from "I'm sorry I can't help you. NEXT!" to

"I'm sony 1 can't help you, but let me find out who can."

I give my solemn oath that if I ever hear that phrase come out of the mouth of an employee of the City and County of Denver; I will wait patiently, pos­sibly \vith a smile on my face, for the sheer gratitude of being treated like a person. That would be an effective use of my tax dollars.

That and the SCFD thing - gotta have art!

• 01ces A ril 17 2003

Opponents of war are wrong You don' t ever have to agree with what a

person says, but you should always LISTEN to what they have to say.

The TRUTH is that all you conscientious, war protesting objectors who wanted the U.S. to

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sit idly by while the United Nations sat around another twelve years to try and rid Hussein of his weapons, were wrong!

You were also wrong to question the U.S. going to war with Iraq to free its people!

The proof you are all wrong was in the reaction of the lraqi citizens when they found out their leader was no longer in control. In that part of the

world, when you slap someone on the face with the bottom of your shoe, it's like spitting in some­one's face. In that part of the world, the lowest derogatory remark you can make toward a person is showing them the bottom of your shoes.

This symbolizes that they hated this man and are no longer afraid to show their hatred toward Hussein. You know why they are no longer afraid? It's because the United States military has proven that they are there to free Iraqis from Hussein and his regime, period!

Another thing: an Iraqi woman gave away the location to where an American woman soldier was held hostage, and Iraqis gave away the loca­tion to seven American POWs. Hmmm, seems odd to me that you war protesters would argue against a war that has obviously proven to be the

right choice. This is why your arguments are wrong, why this war is necessary, and why it's not about oil!

The mere argument that the only reason we have done this is to take control of their oil is crap! Nevertheless, let us, just for fun, say this is the only reason we have done this. Why not build up their government and buy oil from them? This is a perfect solution to the economic troubles of the Iraqi citizens and to the dying children under the age of five, who have died due to Hussein's

mistreatment of the oil-for-food program. The reason the oil-for-food program has not

worked is Hussein takes the money he makes and spends it on lush palaces, weapons, and his per­sonal aids. It takes 60 million dollars to build one of Hussein's palaces and he has 24 of them. Then you have to add all the little "necessities" he likes from a 20,000 bed, to solid-gold toilets. This information comes from web page \'.'WW.evening­times.co.uk/hi/5014634.html

If the United States helps lraq build a demo-

cratic government and backs it like it does Japan, Iraq will have the control it needs to regulate the selling of its oil and will make enough money from other counties to help its citizens.

So sit there, call me a hate-monger, a baby killer for serving in the Armed Fdtces, and tell me that I'm an asshole for saying what I have just said. The truth is, you war protesters are wrong for not supporting the President, our military, and the people ofiraq!

Like it not, everyone is an Atnerican Relax, don't worry, I won't even attempt to

take a stand on the war. The Auraria Campus stu­dent body is anything but apathetic, and trying to justify war with Iraq is tantamount to beating a

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dead horse. Any op. ed. writer should know bet­ter when surrounded by vandalized campus walls that say, "Drop bush not bombs" or plywood ban­ners that say "We Ain't stoppin, till bombs quit droppin".

Therefore, instead of spreading my "poison­ous conservatism", or "right-wing idealism" or just plain barbaric think­

ing (sarcasm?), I will offer you a little bit of hard truth. (If you're looking for on opinion column to argue with, you've picked the wrong one.) The truth; which needs to be brought to everyone's attention, is this: you are an American, whether you like it, or not.

In a nutshell, whether you are a war-hungry "dog of war'' or you are an anti-war extremist. Liberal or conservative, Republican or Democrat, legally benefiting or illegally benefiting. Whatever color (even rainbow striped), religion; man,

woman or child. Whether you are a Dixie Chick, an uneducated celebrity, or even a member of the newly established Auraria campground. Whether you hate your president, government or country, or whether you support it, or just don't care. That is the American Dream, and whether you like it or not, you are fuel to the American spirit.

In any shape, size, religion or color, we all share a miraculous gift called the 1st Amendment, and even more, one calJed choice. And whether or not you choose to recognize it, many people in this world hate you, because of it. You have the ability to get away with a whole lot more then the rest of the world does, and that, is just not fair! Many Islamic radicalists say you are all infidels; to the Iraqi regime you are Imperialists-Canada boo's your national anthem, and France---well, we all know about France.

Soldier or ci"ilian, for or against the war; we are all in this together. And whether or not you choose to accept it , as Americans, we all share the same amount of negativity that comes with being one. As much as you may hate being American or as much as you cannot stand it, guess what? Because you are allowed to feel that way, makes you one.

lfyou think that our supposed ''biased media" is brainwashing you, or that we are being influ­enced by war supporting views, which tries to cor-

rupt our way of thinking, well, cry me a river, because nobody is making you do anything. As an American, you have the right to read it, listen to it, or watch it. It is up to you, to decide, think and say whatever you want to. We are not becoming zom­bies. If you want to start a revolution and over­throw this government, get over it, you are in the wrong country.

Do not fear your country; if you don't like your president, then say so. But, we do not segregate this country because of opposing views, we've been down that road far too many times! If you don't like something, then argue, curse, kick, scream and "cry me a river". Rip this newspaper up if you want to; that is your right. Hell, if you want, boycott me for exercising my freedom of .speech; we're already doing it to others on campus.

Either you can choose to be oppressed by your president, government or even the whole dam country, or you can choose not to. That is your choice, as an American. Can you hear i1;? That, my fellow Americans, is the ringing of freedom.

So take that to the bank; take it on your cam­pus marches and shout it through your bullhorn. Maybe I'm just a little aggressive when addressing this issue, but that is my right as an American.

Take it, or leave it, America, that is your right. Not all minds think alike, and we never will. So, isn't it great to be an American?

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Losing it in Denver I recently lost it. When my dad was fired last Monday, I had

a mental breakdown. I couldn't stop crying, feeling anger and worry, natural emotions in

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that type of situation. But it wasn't just a normal, healthy kind of emotional outburst. Mine lasted for nearly two days and involved moments of extreme happiness and extreme doubt and fear. At one point, I cried for nearly three hours straight. I just couldn't stop thinking. My mind was all over the place. My stream of conscious­

ness was literally like this: What's going to happen to my health insur­

ance? And Mom and Dad have been supporting me ... how will I get by? Will I have to get a sec­ond job and work more hours ... if so, then how will I keep up in school? How are my parents going to be able to support three kids going to college? Will Dad be able to find another job ... his job was so specialized . .. what will he be able to do? The economy is so terrible. Will he be able to find anything in Sterling? Oh, God! What if they have to move .. . will I lose my childhood home? What about Mom's job ... what would she do if they moved? I have so many ties to Sterling, how would I deal with them moving? What if he finds a job out of state . .. what if he doesn 't find a job at all? I depend on them for so much. I'm so scared . . .

A hundred miles a minute, all of that kept cycling through my head. I couldn't escape my out-of-control thought process. I was at the bot­tom, in an extreme depressive state.

Then, all of a sudden, it hit me what else had happened that day. I had been chosen as the

Editor of Metrosphere, Metro's literary maga­zine. A position that I had spent a lot of time putting together my resume, begging for and gathering letters of recommendation, hiking the great distance to Central Classroom for an offi­cial transcript and writing the perfect cover let­ter to describe why I was perfect for the job.

My interview was on Monday, five hours before I found out about Dad. I was chosen for the position directly after the interview and my immediate reaction was to jump up and down repeatedly, saying "Oh My God!" repeatedly, and, finally, "Thank you!" to Deb Hurley, who was the one to tell me the good news.

I spent the next five hours on top of the world, calling everyone I've ever known and proclaiming the good news. I envisioned over and over what I could do with the magazine and how I would be able to create this wonderful book that would reach the campus. I was over­joyed that I would be able to stay in the "Pubs" office and see what happens with The Metropolitan and offer my advice and help. I had won the title and beat the competition. I was special and the Board of Student Publications recognized my specialness.

It was when I called my Dad to tell him the great news that I found out what had happened to him at work. I told him about getting Editor, and he softly said ''That's great Pumpkin," (which is what he calls me), but his voice said something was really wrong. So after all this had happened, I asked him point blank what had happened.

My mind immediately began to circle all the horrible things that could have happened, like Grandma Jackie or Grandpa Bill had died, or Mom's cancer had come back, or my brother or one of my sisters getting had been hurt or killed, or Dad had had a relapse from his stomach sur­gery last winter.

One thing that didn't go through my head

was what actually happened. He asked where I was and I told him outside

of class. He didn't want to tell me what had hap­pened, but I insisted. I was one of the first peo­ple he told. I was immediately devastated, and instantly my mind began swirling with all of the thoughts listed above and more. I started crying and didn't stop for several hours. My teacher sent me home from class and I (scarily enough) made my way up 1-25 at rush hour to my Mom's parent's house where my sister Heidi lives. I didn't want to tell her, but knew I had to and I needed her support and to be able to comfort her.

Heidi helped me so much. She was calm where I was a mess. It was her strength that pulled me out of my depressive funk.

And then I got excited again about being the new Metrosphere Editor. It was a vicious cycle of both positive and negative excitement.

Officially Dad hadn't been fired. He was asked to resign and was offered three months of administrative leave, which helps, but basically, be was fired. If he badn ' t resigned, he really would have been fired, with no administrative leave or severance.

Monday was a hard day for me. I went from one extreme to the other; I overreacted to both bits of news and paid for it in knots in my back, chewed-to-the-nub nails, unfinished homework, unpreparedness for the newspaper's production and a blankety-blank face breakout.

It's a scary world we live in right now. I see and bear about people being laid off, down­sized, terminated, rightsized, let go, demoted, turned back, asked to resign, take early retire­ment, etc. All those euphemisms for being FIRED. But I never thought it would happen to my family. I guess you never do.

Yet, in the same day, I was hired .. . Oh the irony.

Goldberg wrestles with Chomsky What was the best thing that Jonah Goldberg

could have done for every conservative in the greater Denver area on Monday afternoon? The answer is almost too simple: be could have

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answered Chomsky. But Goldberg

wasn't prepared. He did­n't know whether he was supposed to be speaking on the war in Iraq or on the liberal media bias. He didn't focus on either topic exclusively, rather, he hopped back and forth between the two and jumped through a few other subjects alopg the way.

Conservatives and liberals alike gathered in the Tumhalle on Monday afternoon to hear what the Student Activities Board billed with the lead, "Hot on the heels of Noam Chomsky, Student Activities is pleased to present a vastly different viewpoint on current events ... " Instead of the much-anticipated contrasting viewpoint, Goldberg brought a mixed bag of humor, social commentary, statistics, and observations - which, although not bad in and of themselves, failed to win any ground for the conservative contingent in the wake of Chomsky's brilliant address.

Goldberg was aware that Chomsky had paid a visit to Denver not too long ago, evidenced by his off-handed remark to the effect ot: "like Chomsky might argue - I understand he's been here recently ... " but this still put no sense of urgency or direction into Goldberg's speech.

Although Goldberg unintentionally began to answer Chomsky in his analysis of major televi­sion networks' styles of war reporting and through his repeated descriptions of atrocities allegedly wrought by Saddam Hussein and his accompanying regime, when Goldberg deliber­ately aimed a response to Chomsky, all he could say was that supporting the war in Iraq was justi­fied because Chomsky opposed it.

Later, Goldberg observed that if"we created [the monster] Saddam," then we're responsible for cleaning up our own mess. This argument rings true almost unilaterally, but its impact was eroded by Goldberg's utter and complete failure to address whether or not the media say what the government tells them to say.

Although addressing the issue of whether or not the media is biased has distinct merit, the mat-

say, ' if I say something long enough and loud enough then other people will think about it and , take action on it and maybe we can change the world."

Such a definition seems acceptable, espe­cially given his perspective, until one sees the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary's third definition of liberalism: "a political philosophy based on belief in progress, the essential good­ness of the human race, and the autonomy of the individual and standing for the protection of polit­ical and civil liberties."

Suddenly, Goldberg's definition seems oddly accusing. It sounds like it involves brain­washing, but to say that either liberals or conser­vatives are brainwashing people is only true if the people who listen to their rhetoric accept it with­out question.

Chomsky had paid a visit to Denver . but this still put no sense of urgency or direction into Goldberg's speech.

ter that had to be dealt with was Chomsky's insin­uation that the media here were brainwashing us just as much as Iraqi National Television brain­swashed Iraqis into wild, chauvinistic support of Saddam.

Goldberg's definition of "liberalism" clearly exposed how be skirted the issue of media brain­washing. "Liberals," be said, "are people who

Who would do that? Sadly enough, we might. If we don't do our own research and come to our own conclusions as well as listen to noted thinkers and critics, we will become what both Chomsky and Goldberg preach against: undered­ucated, presumptuous political reactionaries with nothing better to do than follow the best orator.

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Brian P. Reed

Consider the herds thaJ are feeding yonder: they know not the meaning of yesterday or today; they graze and rominate, move or res~ from morning to night, from day to day, taken up with their loves and hates and the men::y of the momem, feeling neither melancholy nor satiety.

-Nietzsche The Use and Abuse of HISlory

Has my activity been quickened? I am easily bored and, often, misunderstood. I like that

A lice lml" beginning to gel. very tired sitting by her sister on the bank . ..

and there is a small town in Paonia, Colo., that was in despair. This little town has a problem. The town is old

Filled with either ranchers who "earned" their property or envirorunentalists who have "turned on, tuned in & cJrowed out, " there is great chagrin. The question: To spray or not to spray.

Around Paonia, pesticides have semi-regularly been used to kill mosquitoes. Usually, the mosquitoes are pesky little ba.5tards that suck blood and go and use that blood to reproduce.

Unfortunately, the new mosquitoes have a new agenda----apart from sucking blood to reproduce (curiously, my black widow ex had this covered years ago }-they can kill herds of cattle. But, beef has a price in Paonia.

Easily observable fiom afur, the dialectic contin­ues. Like a nad (yes, I said "nad") salad ~ these two sides battle over pesticides like a sycophant cheers for an existentialist

In a nutshell, the mosquito company got bombed and all bell hath no finy like a women scorned.

I wish I was my dog. You see. And I pray you know where I'm going

to go ... The pro-beefers are pis.5ed at the anti-pesticiders.

While all do not like mosquitoes, many do not see them as a threat So, half pro-beefers are anti-mos­quitoes and anti-pesticides and the othel" half are anti­mosquitoes and pro-pesticides. The other anti-pesticiders are split, about in bait: as well That is, while many anti-pesticiders are pro-beef: they are still anti-pesticide.This is in conjunction with the true fuct that many are anti-beefers and ~ders (we call these ''vegetarians"). Now, some are still pro-beefers and remain anti-pesticiders, but we 'II call them anti­darwinists (and, forthesakeofthis column, let's leave it at that). Trust me, ad ahswrlum.

Curiouser and curiouser! cried Alice . .. Be still my beating heart. The neighboring com­

munity of Delta may be wary. You see, they want beef

They are not concerned about pesticides and mosquitoes. They do not give a shit that the pesticides sprayed in Paonia kill mosquitoes, help the cattle ranchers, kill citiz.en.5 downwind, jeopardize global­warming, affect the greenhouse and probably help ~ a virus at least as bad as SARS, because they want beef More so, they need beef!

And, the ca1erpi/Jar said: Soon, we will bold close and embrace their great­

est enemies if only to destroy them. Breathe down the bastard's neck and give education, knowledge, hber­ty, vision, and a world we will never see because we are history's slave, trusting in our hearts, we were just

So, enough, about the looking glass. Trusting the end from the beginning:

'1Was brillig, and the slithy loves

Did gyre and gimble in the wabe; All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe. ' Having sought refuge from the storm, the travel­

er found solace in a small OOm, sans child or cheating girlfiiend. Cool.

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Afghanistan conflict still needs time

Thursday. April tenth. at the Tivoli, Emamudin Ghiasi, President of Afghan Refugee Association, and Dr. Sayed K. Hashemeyan. Chairman of Linguistics

Dept. at Kabul Guest Universit). 1979. met

Columnist to di><.:u>> th.: future of

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Afghanistan. If )OU don't know

the history. a good link to get up to speed would be: http: ww~.afghan ­

info.com/ Po litics/Hamid Karzai.htm Bas ically, the US, and Afghanistan.

ha ve trusted some kooks, (Taliban. Osama bin Laden, and jihad army he amassed) and given them power and money and now we're trying to right the wrong.

As you can imagine, it 's not an easy job with fundamentalist armies we gave power to, murdering, suicide bombing, and ravaging the country.

Hashemeyan suggested the US con­sult the Afghans for a leader. He felt the current choice, Hamid Karzai , was not appointed "By the people, for the peo­ple."

You can read about it at: http // www.afghan-info.com/ Pol i tics/ Interim_ AfghanGovt.h tm He stated that the country is being run by " Warlordism" and will continue under the current " interim government."

For me, reading the facts, that Karzai is a " Warrior turned Peacemaker" is a lit­tle shaky. At the same time, it's hard to know whom to trust with current history.

Hashemeyan endorsed Professors and Bureaucratic men who were in place before the original coup in 1979. He named people who should have been invited lo the talks in Bonn.

He criticized the role of the United States in Afghanistan as not fulfilling their promises of estab li shing law and order, un it ing the country, or capturing Osama bin Ladin.

The majority of students in the audi­ence, some Afghans, commented it"s too early to tell. "Give it time," an MSCD student suggested.

I see both sides. However, time has Afghanistan steeping in its own blood. Seldom has Afghanistan had peace. As Mr. Ghiasi presented in his presentation of the Afghan history, since October 2000, 67,000 people have been killed. That's twenty-two times September 11.

We can only hope that the United States keeps actively involved with the role and rulers of the transitional govern­ment .

We can only hope Iraq wi ll not be the next in line for such a history of tragedies.

Ill etropolitan Editor-In-Chief Jenni Grubbs

grubbs@mscd.edu

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Letters to the Editor

by Joshua Buck - The Metropolitan

Protesting the war with Iraq, Peace Campers assemble at the flagpole area of campus April 1. The camp, sponsored in part by the activist group Creative Resistance1 plans on staying on campus until the war subsides. ·

Peace campers speak out Dear Editor, "Democracy fails without education" read

the sidewalks. Between 12 and 20 of us sleep here each

night, and by day, as many as 50 conversations will be held with complete strangers.

Discussions of war, diplomacy, Iraq, Israel, power, money, ethics, government, religion, . ..

Nothing defines our camp more than this­that we are talking to people, and they are talking back. No two of us agree with each other.

We are only here to ensure that this war, our

government, and the world get discussed and researched frequently and fervently.

This is democracy. This is what a people governing themselves

looks like. The Peace Camp

Peace cainpers only disturb the cainpus Dear Editor, Can we as students do anythi ng to get rid

of the peace camp assemb led in the center of campus? They are a huge disturbance to stu­dents education.

The only thing they are doing is causing problems and starting trouble. [ saw the

idiots burning an American flag today and it made me sick to my stomach to think that this could be going on, right here on our own campus.

I was so pissed that l could not even foc us in class.

Please help by doing something to get rid

of this filthy, disease that has inflected our campus and disrupted our education.

I have friends and fellow students who are fighting for this country right now as I am typing this email.

Adam Pomranka Student

Liberals ~asy prey to anything/everything Dear Editor, What was Joel Tagert thinking when he

wrote his article "Find the will to camp for Peace?" He illustrates j ust how willing democrats are to accept anything pleasing that they hear.

It seems obvious to me that nonviolence doesn ' t always work.

It hit me like a slap in the face, that non-

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violence has never worked in the way Joel Tagert suggests.

Nonviolent activists always quote Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. What ever hap­pened to all the other nonviolent activists? They failed. Why? You ask? Because unlike Gandhi and Dr. King, they didn't have the law on their sides.

Ganshi had British law on his side in

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South Africa and India. Dr. King had a little thing we call the Constitution on his side.

ls Mr. Tagert neglecting these important facts or did his emotions carry him right passed them?

Joseph Carroll Student

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Finance major says he inherited work ethic

by Jonathan Kuenne The Metropolitan

I · Not every college student has the desire, determination and diligence to put all their ener­gy into what they do. Not everyone has the opportunity to combine two things they love in order to make a living. Meet Eric Forington.

Forington, 24, a Metro finance major, expe-_. rienced guitarist, and Colorado native says he

puts all his energy and resources into what he does in order to succeed. He says he wants to combine the two things he loves - business and music - and make a career out of them.

When he was only eight, Eric began to play the clarinet and saxophone. He auditioned for

c the Colorado Honor Band - again, when he was only eight - and was selected to be part of the group. Eric played with the CHB until he was 14, making it to the fourth of five symphony lev­els.

"The clarinet and the saxophone weren't 'cool' in middle school anymore," Forington

1"= said. "I then picked up a guitar and have not put ~ it down since." That first guitar, an Ibanez

Roadstar 11, was just the beginning. Forington has been playing guitar since he

was twelve and can play just about anything imaginable on his Fender Stratocaster. "I've played blues, rock, classical, jazz, almost every-

·r thing but country - you have to draw the line somewhere," Forington said.

After leaving the Colorado Honor Band, Forington wanted to form a band of his own. "The CHB really didn't meet my needs. They didn't have a guitar program, and that is what I

·r really wanted to do" Forington said. Forington went on to the Denver School of

the Arts when he was twelve. He practiced jazz guitar and attended regular classes. It was when Eric came to Metro that he began formal classi­cal guitar lessons. "I taught myself just about everything until I had formal lessons,"

~- Forington said. Ever since he began listening to music, Eric

has dreamed of making it in the music industry. "If I could make it, that would be my dream job," Forington said. "I love all of the aspects of music: composing, playing, listening and pro­ducing."

)- Not only does Eric thrive with his Fender Stratocaster; he also excels in the classroom.

by Joshua Lawton -The Metropolitan

Eric Forington, a A4etro finance student, has put hi~ musical career on hot~ ~ focus on finishing his education in an effort to make his way mto the business aspect of the mUSlC industry.

wonder, Forington is dedicated to his school­work. Originally, Eric wanted to pursue a career in the music field, but later switched his focus to finance. "I decided I wanted to make money, instead," he said.

"I want to do something where I can com­bine something finance-wise in business with music," Eric said.

cellular phone retailer in Park Meadows mall. "I like to interact with people," he said. " It 's nice to do something you enjoy when they pay you really well," he added.

Forington sees himself as a leader. He wants to be CEO of his own company in the future. "I'm outgoing, inspirational to others around me and I'm focused on what I want to do," Forington said.

'I want to do something where Eric also enjoys his 1999 Honda CBR 600

F4 "crotch rocket" - especially during the spring.

- Eric Forington, Metro finance major

~ Eric currently maintains a 3.0 G.P.A. at Metro, while working full time.

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Forington was involved in a blues band for a year and a half but was forced to quit. "My finance classes were becoming too overwhelm­ing, and I had to quit the band," Forington said.

In addition to excelling on his six stringed

Forington has always been inspired by adversity, he says. "My family inspires me, too. They are all very hard workers. My grandpa still works at 70, but doesn't have to - he just does."

Eric says that this hard work ethic is inherit­ed from his family.

Eric is lead salesperson at Phones Plus, a

He says that ifhe ever does become a CEO, you can bet he will be pulling in on his bike, weather permitting. That is, if he is able to drive. "I'm trying avidly to avoid losing my license," Forington said.

Eric's love of motorcycling was inspired by his late uncle, Jim Forington, who passed away in a 1998 moto-cross accident.

Until he earns a CEO position, or is noticed by a music agent, Eric is having the time of his life and working hard in school, working full time, partying with friends and family - and rid­ing his 1999 Honda CBR 600 F4-with his Fender Stratocaster strapped on his back.

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Eric Forington Age: 24 Birthday: January 1, 1979 Pet Peeve: Ignorant people If I had one million dollars I would: Buy a house for mom, a Ferrari, a music studio, and invest. Favorites Pastime: Spending time with family and friends. Movie: Lord of the Rings Actor: Jackie Chan, Arnold Schwarzenegger Actress: Angelina Jolie, Salma Hayek Quote: "Badges, we don't need no stinking badges" (from Treasure of The Sierra Madre starring Humphrey Bogart) Fast Food Joint: The Taco Cart at Alameda and Pecos Fast Food Meal: Asado Quesadilla Restaurant: 11 Fomaio Vacation Spot: Lake Powell Childhood memory: Tipping over dad's ·motorcycle at age 5.

by Joshua Lawton - The Metropolitan Trumpet player and MSCD Monday Night Jazz Band member Josh Trinidad focuses on his sheet music while playing April 12 in the King Center Concert Hall. The Jazz Celebration at Metro State, which featured one-hour clinics from some of the industry's lead­ing performers throughout the week, was sponsored by Metro, Denver School of the Arts and Denver Public Schools.

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Top: Jazz saxophonist Lee Konitz plays a sole du ing the April 12 concert in the King Center co7'ce Hall. Konitz has been playing for 50 years and regarded by some as a "true jazz living legend."

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Right: Victor Mendoza adds his unique touches to the jazz sounds with the vibraphone. Mendoza, an instructor at Berklee College of Music in Boston, offered an open clinic to music enthusiasts on April 11 , in St. Cajetan's.

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Students stage medical traumas by Travis Combs The Metropolitan

An earthquake shook a school cafe­teria to its foundation last Saturday, leav­ing six people with serious injuries. including severed limbs and heavy bleed­ing. Emergency crews were unavailable and panic quickly set in among the wounded.

Fortunately. students in Metro's First Responder and C.P.R class

Once a semester, William Saville. Metro facu lty member and Instructor for the First Response and C.P.R course, requires his students to perform their skills in a life-like situation.

'"We get a group of four individuals to administer first aid to the victims we have prearranged in the scenario," Saville said ... It's a practical exam. It's an exam we set through four scenarios: medical, trauma, environmental. and mass causali­ties, with actual mobile-type injuries with

fl ' had an amputated hand.

"I had an amputated hand," said Eames. "'We had blood packets with this pump thi ng on it pumping and squirting blood everywhere."

Both Eames and Saville said that basic first response is a very important skill to know because professional med­ical attention is often unavailable, espe­cially in places such as rural areas.

With the ability to make quick deci­sions comes the abi lity to respond quick­ly as well, and Saville said that he uses

repetition to '·brain­wash" his students

were on hand at the scene and responded to the crisis by performing First Aid on the

- Eric Eames,Metro Student who participated in one of the emergency scenarios. to be able to admin­ister first

injured while observers stood in the background, taking notes on their performance.

Though the earthquake never actual­ly happened, and the school cafeteria was actually the racquetball court in the Event Center on the Auraria Campus, and the victim's injuries were actually faked; the students performed first aid as ifthe scene were one of a great tragedy. The observers in the background are actually certified paramedics who critique the student's per­formance. "The critique improves their skills and they' re able to ask questions," Saville said. " In real life they would be better able to react to the emergency and give care."

blood flowing." Saville, a First Responder for the

Denver Fire Department for 38 years, said he teaches his students to make quick decisions, an ability many people fail to possess.

"He wants us to be the twenty per­cent (of the population) who can make a quick decision and know what to do," said Metro student, Eric Eames. "You know what to do and don't panic like somebody else might."

Six students from the class role­played victims in the exam with fake injuries applied with make-up ranging from a severed hand to protruding bone fractures.

aid effec-tively.

" I could say that I brainwash them," Saville said. "I get letters from former students who say that they're afraid that they've forgotten everything, but if they deem it important, they have instant recall to deal with the situation if it is called for."

ln addition to a mock earthquake, some of the other scenarios included in the exam were a crystal-meth lab explo­sion, a battered child, a man with dia­betes and a man hit by a falling boulder

Students also set splints on "bro­ken" bones and secured a person with neck injuries to a backboard.

by Joshua Buck - The Metropolitan

Metro first response student Brian Morrison, plays the~ of an amputated victiTI trapped in Ml earthquake sc:enario April 12 in the Events Center. The i::fass provides students with real-wortd emer­gency scenarios, complete with fake blood and vital statistics.

Metro alumna writes action novel by Ian Neligh

The Metropolitan

Metro alumna, Air Force Captain, commer­cial pilot, and first time author, Jacqueline Randolph took a break from her busy schedule to talk about her time at Metro, the war in Iraq, and her new book "Deception's Guard."

Met: When did you go to school here at Metro? And what did you study?

J: I attended MSCD 1983-1989 changing majors twice. First choice was commercial pilot before I switched to accounting and subsequently was awarded a B.S. in 1989.

Met: What was it like here as a student at that time?

J: I had to pay my own way through college.

travel during this time included Morocco, Israel, Turkey, all of Europe Also participated in Space Shuttle recovery missions, Special Operations/DEA mis­sions, etc. The next 3 years involved serving as a missile launch officer in Minot ND, the next three years involved serving as an assistant of aerospace stud­ies (AFROTC) at two colleges in the Mississippi Delta (Mississippi Valley State

I worked full time at various jobs such as the National Transportation Safety Board (Denver Field Office) and the Air Force Accounting and Finance Center (as a civilian). Consequently, I worked full time during the day and went to school full time during evenings and weekends­hence the five years at MSCD.

Met: What were students doing on campus at that time? Any government or war protests?

Netro a lumna Jacqueline Randolph's first book Deception's Guard, can be found at www.pdbookstore.com

University and Delta State University). Currently, I am assigned in Colorado Springs as a Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) operations crew com­mander. GPS is used for every­thing to include ATM machines, cell phones, Commercial /mili­tary airplane navigation, preci­sion weapons, and ground troop navigation, etc. Aside from the military, I am also a commercial

pilot, first time author, and busi-ness owner (own several con­dos/duplexes).

J: I don't remember any war protests going on at the time---things were pretty normal. Of course, two years after my graduation we went in after Saddam Hussein in Iraq and I decided 1 wanted to be part of that action, so l joined the Air Force.

Met: What are you doing now? J: Currently, I am an officer (Captain) in The US Air Force­

l've been in the Air Force since 1991. During the two years after MSCD graduation I was an auditor with the Defense Contract Audit Agency (Denver Field Office). My Air Force career has consisted of3 years as a C-130 aircrew member in which I trans­ported military troops to war zones (Bosnia, Iraq, etc.) and deliv­ered United Nations Humanitarian relief to the same. Worldwide

Met: What are your opinions on the war and the Air Force academy?

J: The war is necessary. To all the war protesters- given their "logic" on the US not going to war on Iraq/Saddam- those same arguments must also apply to WWII and Hitler and the Concentration Camps. If the war protesters had lived during WWII they would have protested U.S. involvement as it was none of our business, and we should have done nothing and allowed all of Europe, and an entire people, to be slaughtered and oppressed. After all, war solves nothing and perhaps Hitler would have been swayed by our peaceful stance (non-involvement) and decided to abandon his Nazi goals! The only thing necessary for evil to spread is for good people to do nothing! As for the Air Force

Academy, the media is notorious in twisting and mutilating. Was there a problem perpetrated by a very small minority of which needed to be addressed? - YES! Was it necessary for the media to conduct witch trials and all but act as j udge, juror and the offense lawyers? -NO!

Met: Tell me a little about your book, and if you are working on another book?

J: The book is a fictionalized version of my many travels and adventures. I awoke one morning with the entire story in my head - not an outline or sketch-and proceeded to write the entire 300-page novel in four days. After sending the manuscript to several publishers, I immediately received several publishing contracts and finally decided to go with American Book Publishing as they offered to help through the entire process (editing, cover design, publicity/promotion, etc.). My publishers have been encouraging me to write a sequel, and I confess I do have the outline in my head- I was hoping God would give me another 4-day bolt of lightning, but I think I'm going to have to write the sequel the con­ventional way.

Met: Are you earning money from it yet? J: The book is currently in the pre-release stage, which means

publicity/book reviews are going on now-it can still be ordered now at the Publisher's Direct bookstore-but won,'t filter into Amazon, Barnes and Noble, etc. until the formal release date l July 2003.

' Met: Who are some of your favorite authors? J: Favorite authors include: Clive Cussler, Dee Henderson,

Tracie Peterson, Agatha Christie, Dorothy Sayers, Diane Gabaldon, Og Mandino, Arthur Conan Doyle

Met: What kind of advice can you offer to students who wish to be authors themselves?

J: Write about what you know and what is passionate to you! I am an adrenaline junkie and adventurer, so of course it was SHEER pleasure and effortless to write about what has given me a "rush." Second: Since writing the book, so many people have confided that they have a book in their head or always wanted to write a book. DO IT! NO FEAR! There are too many avenues for publishing one's work to not act on your desires.

Jacqueline Randolph's new book "Deception's Guard" can be found at www.pdbookstore.com under both the suspense and romance genres.

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Fong Jones jams on campus by Chelsy Klein The Metropolitan

Once upon a time, in the not so distant past, there once was a band by the name of Big Head Todd and the Monsters. They were Colorado's sweethearts, hometown boys whom everyone seemed to love. But gone are the days of Big Head Todd, and now Colorado is looking for a new band to call its own. Our dreams have final­ly come true with the arrival of The Fong Jones Band. That's Fong, not thong. The Fong Jones Band is comprised of four guys who love to play music - really good music. The band has a sor­did beginning, as do many bands, and it goes something like this: Lead singer, Derrick Camasso, originally from Biloxi, MS., met gui­tarist Jody Calhoun from Grand Junction back in 1999, at the place where the two worked.

Originally, they didn't like each other, but found that they both shared an appreciation for music; so they started to ')am" together and eventually started to write lyrics. Matt Helms,

when they looked to see the engineers' names, they saw the name Fong, with a last name that no one could pronounce, so they called him Fong Jones, and it stuck.

Derrick's version is that an original mem­ber of the band, Shane, said that they were either going to be called Naked Jesus or The Fong Jones Band. No one wanted to be named after Jesus, so they settled on The Fong Jones Band.

Matt's version of the story is the most out­rageous. Matt says that Shane was doing an internship at the Immigration and Naturalization Service, and was asked to do follow up calls to people looking to take English-as-a-second-lan­guage classes. As he was going down his list, he came upon the name Fong Jones. The name was so unusual that it stuck with him, and thus, The Fong Jones Band was created.

No one buys Matt's version of the story, because, for all anyone know, Shane never actu­ally worked for the INS. Ryan's story is the most simple: ''They were already named The Fong Jones Band when I joined, and l hated it; but now it's who we are." They all agree, however,

'Whether you're 8 to 80, blind, crippled, crazy, sick, dumb, or lazy - you'll get into it.'

- Jody Calhoun, guitarist for The Fong Jones Band

born in Dallas, played dnnps and became an addition to the band in 2002. Finally, bassist Ryan Nicholl, another Colorado native, com­pleted the band in February of2003.

These guys have a down to Earth appeal both in their music and in their personal lives. They made sure to mention that their music wouldn't be as good, either live or on their CD, if not for their "sound pilot" Nate Camasso. Nate is the brother of lead man Derrick and also a student at Metro.

When asked to describe thei r musical backgrounds, the Fong Jones boys gave a gamut of answers, which included everything from rock-a-billy to country to punk rock. "Being so diverse in (musical) backgrounds forces us to be ourselves," said singer, Jody Calhoun. "This band is the complete package - technically pro­ficient and musical," said bassist Ryan Nicholl.

So, where did the name that is so often mis­taken for "The Thong Jones Band" come from? The story behind the name is as diverse among as the band mates' musical influences. They each have a different version of how they became "The Fong Jones Band." Guitarist Jody Calhoun's version is that one-day, Derrick bought a mixing board made by the Roland company. The directions were written in an exact translation rrom Japanese to English, so

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that the name will not change. Derrick and Jody write all of the lyrics to

their songs. They draw from their personal lives and experiences, which makes for fantastic, heart-felt music. For example, the song last Day, is about a car accident that put singer Derrick Camasso in the hospital with serious injuries, and killed the other driver. The song has profound lyrics with a lot of emotion, but, sur­prisingly, it's not sad and dreary.

"The songs have a good remembrance that people enjoy." Drummer, Matt Helms reflected. He is absolutely correct: the songs they perform and write are not only catchy, but interesting as well.

In a recent performance at The Boiler Room on Auraria Campus, the Fong Jones Band put on an extraordinary show. They drew the crowd in and entertained with a style and dedi­cation that is not often seen in novice musicians.

"(We have) emotion - the same heartbeat - when we play together," said Jody. Matt compares the diversity of their live performanc­es to driving in your car and flipping around from one radio station to another. - And he was­n't kidding! They performed quiet a few songs from their demo CD, Tiny Flaws and Imperfections, as well as, a song from Kenny Wayne Shepherd, and the Sugar Hill Gang!

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"The live performance grabs (the audi­ence). The lead singer has a quality voice and the bassist is very playful. It pulls you in." Concert-goer, Brian DeWitt said. Another audi­ence member commented, "The lyrics are really good, so is the beat. This is something J'd buy for myself."

Ironically, when asked to describe the music they make, this very talkative band was at a loss for words.

"You can't classify this band," said Jody. The same reaction was given by many of the fans at The Boiler Room performance. "They're awesome. They sound so different," said one fan. The band members say that they "sound

like Dave Matthews Band or Creed, but not real­ly." Some of the patrons of the show Friday night likened them to bands such as Collective Soul or 3 Doors Down.

Jody made the interesting comment about their music and their fan base when he said, "Whether you're 8 to 80, blind, crippled, crazy, sick, dumb, or lazy - you'll get into it." One thing is for sure, everyone at The Boiler Room performance agreed that these guys will be play­ing in a bigger venue some day. The Fong Jones Band is going places.

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APRIL 22 & 23 Your Student Advisory Committee to the Auraria Board wants you to know about the upcoming issue.

QUESTION: "Shall the students of the Auraria Campus authorize the Board of Directors of the Auraria Higher Education Center to assess each institution a supple­mental student fee not to exceed $22.00 per student for the Fall 2003 semester plus the established institutional collection fee, for the purpose of establishing an extension* of the Student Bus Pass Program from August 11, 2003 through December 31, 2003?"

*This Referendum is an extension of the current Student Bus Pass Program. Upon its conclusion, a new contract between RTD and Board of Directors/SACAB/Students may be negotiated and submitted to the Student Body of Auraria for approval by Referendum Vote Fall 2003.

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Polling places will be open from 7:30 am to 7:00 pm Students need a current Auraria Campus (CCD, MSCD, UCD) Student ID in order to vote.

Community College of Denver Students will vote at South Classroom Metropolitan State College of Denver Students will vote at Central Classroom University of Colorado at Denver Students will vote at North Classroom

PROGRAM: Your Auraria Campus Student ID with current semester decal doubles as an RTD Pass around Denver. RTD Services which will continue with the passage of the Referendum include:

COSTS:

-o- Free Local/Limited Denver Bus Service with valid ID -o- Free Light Rail Service with valid ID -o- Free Express Routes with valid ID -o- Free Regional Routes with valid ID -o- $2.00 Discount on SkyRide Service to DIA

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Metro's No. 23 nationally ranked women's singles tennis player Jasmon Crabb returns the ball during an April 11 match against Southern Colorado at Auraria.

Tennis aces conference Men clinch RMAC title, women on the verge of second in a row

by Andrew MacPhail The Metropolitan

The Metro men and women's tennis teams beat both Colorado College and University of Colorado-Colorado Springs in 9-0 routs April 12 at Auraria Campus.

The men's team also toppled Southern Colorado 9-0 April 11 , and Colorado Christian 8-1 April 10, to improve their unde­feated Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference record to 5-0 ( 13-3 overall).

With the wins, the men were able to lock up their fourth RMAC regular-season title in five years.

The women, ranked No. 33 in Division 11, also beat Colorado Christian 8- 1 and bounced

back from their first loss of the season, a 5-1 decision to Air Force April LO, to blank Southern Colorado 9-0. They' ll look to clinch their second-straight RMAC title with a win over Mesa State April 15.

The most recent national ranking is the highest the Metro women have ever been ranked in school history. They are also ranked as the No. 1 team in the North Central Regional.

Individually, sophomore Hande Gorur is ranked No. 16 nationally and No. I regionally in singles play, whi le junior Jasmon Crabb is ranked No. 23 and No. 2, respectively.

Gorur and Crabb a lso form the second­best doub les team in the region, No. 18 in the nation. while Rebecca Meares and her sister

Jess are the No. 5 doubles team in the region. On the men's side, the Roadrunners are

ranked No. 3 in the same region and sopho­more Magnus Bohman is ranked No. 5 region­ally.

Against Colorado College, the men 's Carlos Delgado and James Schumacher, who are the No. 6 team in the region, placed 70 percent of their serves and fought through a few cold spells to dominate Troy Rabner and Naren C lark.

On the second court, partners Jojo Mmopi and Bohman rode to an easy victory, 8-1, over Brad Miller and Perry Wright. Karabo Makgale and Andre Nilsson stopped a late surge by Andrew Appell and Tim Macguire to w in 8-5 in the third doubles pairing.

In singles, Bohman got into a groove early against C lark. Taking advantage of Clark's inconsistent serve and forcing Clark to return fast shots at alternate comers, Bohman domi­nated most every volley of four shots o; more.

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Baseball's woes continue by Eric Eames

The Metropolitan

Jn the laundry room toward the back of Metro head baseball coach Vince Porreco's "office," which is just a desk stuck in the comer of a storage unit, the washer chums and foams with soap that strangely leaks and oozes down the side. Hanging in rows are blue and white uniforms dripping dry.

After Northern Colorado gangster-slapped the Roadrunners 31-9 April 8, and a ho-hum weekend series against conference catfish Nebraska­Keamey, Metro's own preseason expectations, like their game jerseys, are hanging upside.

"Our team had a ton of potential and sti ll has a ton of potential with the players we have, it j ust hasn't come through for all season," said junior

outfielder Brian Edwards, who is batting .399. "The expectations were definitely going to regionals and be able to succeed through regionals. Coming in we had a lot of good players, we have a lot of good potential on the team: we just haven't played up to that potential."

Metro is unranked in the.West Region and sits fourth in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Standings at7-9 (20-17 overall) with 13 games left to play. New Mexico Highlands echoes behind them with a 5-7 conference record and only the top four teams enter the RMAC Championship Tournament in May.

If the Roadrunners can win out, Porreco believes they move up to at least second in the conference. However, even if Metro goes undefeated the rest of the way, a di stinct

possibility given the team's continued struggles on the pitching mound and defensively, it won't be enough for them to crack into the regional tourna­ment. Winning the conference tournament might not be enough eid1er as d1ey learned last year when they were snubbed from making a NCAA tournament appearance.

"We just have to do our job and not worry about the other teams," Porreco said. "There is still some season left and right now some guys have to play for a little bit of pride and put things together. Obviously, a lot of things have to happen in order for us to win conference."

Northern Colorado's shellaclcing broke one Division II team record and tied three others, none

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WEEKLY RESULTS April 8

Baseball lost at Northern Colorado 9-31

Men Tennis wins at Colorado Mines 8-1

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Men: W 9-0 Women: W 9-0

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Metro's Magnus Bohman serves one up during a men's Si11$les match April 11 against Southern Colorado. Bohman is the No. 5 ranked singles player in the North Central Region and the reigning Conference Player-of-the­Year. The sophomore won the match and has a 11-4 record so far this season.

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Clark's soft cross-court backhands also kept Bohman in the driver's seat as Bohman won the sets handily, 6-2, 6-2. _

In the No. 2 singles pairing, Delgado fought off a cold streak at the end of the sec­ond set to beat Rahner 6-2 and 7-5.

Dominant in the first set, Delgado showed excellent court sense and placed his shots marvelously.

During the second set, Rabner made many of Delgado's errors good and took the lead 5-4, showing a toughness not apparent in the early going. But after several games in which he consistently overshot the baseline, Delgado kept the ball down and dropped it for two final games to win the tiebreaker.

The UCCS doubles teams fell 8-4, 8-5, and 8-4 respectively as Metro's top pairs took control of the match from the start.

Tim Hurlbert and Adam Stratton served inconsistently and suffered at the hands of Schumacher's front-court returns.

In sets with much potential unseen on the sco recard, Bohman trounced Ronnie Stutz 6-1 and 6-0.

Stutz's serve was exceptional, but he only placed it 20 percent of the time. When Stutz did place his serv"e, Bohman had difficulty making a fair return. lt was clear that had Stutz placed even half of hi s serves, the match would have been bitterly contested to the last point.

Forced to ease off in an attempt to avoid double faults because of wavering accuracy. Stutz quickly fell prey to Bohman's dominant volley skills.

In sets laced with hot and cold streaks on both sides of the net, Hurlbert and Delgado

squared off in an exciting second court battle. Delgado's strong serve, reliable volley and instinct fo r positioning made the difference as he found ways to sneak shots past Hurlbert's front-court play.

Brilliant near the net, Hurlbert's reflexes won him several games as he seldom let a shot get past him when he gained the service line_

Delgado's quickness, however, show­cased the turning point when the senior picked a low dribbler three feet from the net and lofted it at a difficult angle.

After winning that point, Delgado's confi­dence swelled and his grip on the match tight­ened slowly but surely, bringing him to a 6-4, 6-3 victory.

With their win, the Metro men clenched the RMAC title for the third consecutive year. They now prepare for their final road swing at Mesa State April 15 and will return home for games May 4 and 5 in the first round of the Division 11 National Tournament.

Head tennis coach Eduardo Provencio is confident that both of his teams will win on the road against Mesa, hoping the final game primes them for the playoffs, which starts with the conference championship tourna­ment April 18-20, at UCCS.

Having missed many days of practice due to the blizzard, Provencio said that he would like to see hi s teams have a few more games under their belt than they will prior to starting championship play.

However, Provencio also said that he has a very gifted squad capable of getting hot enough to compete with the best of Division II on any given day.

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Sophomore Magnus Bohman, Metro's No. 1 men's singles players, returns a shot in an April 11 match against Southern Colorado at Auraria.

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of which included the 18 runs the Bears scored in the bottom of the seventh. That is surprisingly only the sixth-best single inning effort.

"It was a situation I've never been associated with in my life, to see that many runs scored in just one inning," said the 11th-year head coach. "Everything we threw up, they just hit."

The Bears' 35 total bases in the inning broke a

Division II record held by Metro when they _ totaled 31 bases in a 1989 win against Colorado

College. The Bears also tied national records for homeruns (six), hits ( 15) and grand slams (two) in an inning. The Roadrunners used fotir pitchers in the nightmare seventh.

"Can we act like that game never happened?," said James Edwards, the team's homerun (nine) and batting leader (.433). "Not much to say when you lose 31-9."

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Senior Dan Morasci pitches to a Fort Hays player during the fi rst game of their doubleheader on April 5. Morasci threw a complete game at Nebraska-Kearney in a 10-2 win April 12.

The Roadrunners had to quickly leave the carnage behind as they traveled to Kearney two days later for a four-game series that they split with the Lopers.

Showing no ill effects, Metro beat Kearney (14-23; 4-12 RMAC) 7-4 April 11, getting seven strong innings from starter Blake Eager, whose record improved to 6-2, while Brad Swartzlander picked up the save. James Edwards collected two RBis with his ninth homerun, while C.J. Brown and Clint Cleland went a combined 4-for-8 and scored three runs to set the table.

The other \vin came in Game 2 of an April 12 doubleheader. With the bases loaded in the third, Metro senior Jared Devine stepped to the plate and promptly doubled to center field to clear the bases. Devine moved to third on a sacrifice bunt and scored on a sacrifice fly to give the Roadrunners a 6- l lead, which expanded to 10-2 for the final score.

Along with Devine, who hit fifth, the bottom part of Metro's lineup collected six hits, nine RBls and scored five times.

"(Devine) had the bases loaded and hit a dou­ble and scored three runs and that is what we need out of all of our guys and Jared came through," Porreco said. "'Sometimes the game is won by how the six, seven, eight and nine hole guys do, not necessarily the (top of the order), because those guys in the later order are going to have guys on base."

In the losses, though, Metro couldn't put all three parts of the game together, where the pitching, defense and hitting compliment each other. The Roadrunners all know how talented they are, but for the most of the season, and they'll

be the first to agree, Metro has often played like a undisciplined high school orchestra, each section riffing at a different tune.

"In order for all cylinders to be clicking, all three things need to be happening," Porreco said. "You make an error, the pitcher gets on the mound gets another ground ball. They score two, we come back and we score three.

"It's just coming together and playing togeth­er and playing like it is a 0-0 ball game. It is just taking some time for us to really grasp it and to understand that we do have a good club."

In the 11-6 loss in Game l of the doubleheader, Metro's pitching staff gave up five runs in the third. In the 12-IO loss April 13, after being up 6-0, the Roadrunners spotted the Lopers eight runs in the fourth. The defense was equally unequal to the task, botching balls with three errors, allowing Kearney to extend the inning.

"We walked lead off hitters and you cannot walk lead off hitters," Porreco said. "You have to get the first guy out. Then we had opportunities to make some plays and we just didn't make the plays_ And when you don't make plays, one hit now turns into four runs.

"The story of our season is we have been giv­ing up the big inning and when you give up the big inning and you don't nip it in the butt both pitch­ing wiseand defensive wise. You lose ball games."

While several hitters remain on torrid streaks, especially the two Edwards, Metro has missed its own opportunities as well.

"I can't speak for everyone else, but we have left a lot of runners on base all year," Brian Edwards said. "We've had chances to \vin a lot of games and we haven't."

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Thursday, May 1st Rally for Change Alan Gilbert- Keynote Speaker Room 444 2:00pm The rally will focus on a march for change. Youth will write and recite essays for academic change. There will be a variety of organizations that will speak on the need for change based on organizational focus. There will be a focus on social issues, health issues, and world con­ditions.

Floetry Competition Apostle (Hip Hop coalition Coffee Shop (first floor Tivoli tower) 6:00pm It is floetry- A combination of poetry and music. Not excluding lyrics, Rhythm and Rhyme, Hip Hop, bring your own style of Spoken Word Performance and SLAM it, RECITE it, or SING it- Categories Novice, Intermediate, Master.

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Ongoing

Mat Pi/ates. - Mondays 12-lpm, in Tivoli 444. It improves flexibility and increases strength. For more information, call (303) 556-2525.

Yoga: For Everyone 3 Classes Weekly. -Tuesdays 12-1 pm, & 5-6pm, & Wednesdays 12-lpm, in Tivoli 444. Yoga helps relieve built up stress. For more information call (303) 556-2525.

T'Al CHI for the Body and Mind. -Thursdays 12-lpm, in Tivoli 440. T'ai Chi's purpose is to moderately exercise all the muscles and to achieve integration between mind and body. For more infor­mation, call (303) 556-2525.

Strides: Lunchtime Walking Program. -Walk at your own pace and get committed to walking on a regular basis. Call Linda at (303) 556-6954 for more details.

Anger Management. - On Wednesdays from 3-4:30pm through April 30. Held in Tivoli 651. For more information call (303) 556-2525.

A.A. Meetings on Campus - 12-lpm in Tivoli 319. For more information, call Billi at (303) 556-2525.

Truth Bible Studies - Wednesday and Thursday from 3-4pm in Tivoli 542. Messianic studies. For more information, call Jeff at (303) 355-2009.

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April 17

Federal Career Fair - In the PE Event Center from 9am-4pm. Sponsored by the Denver Federal Executive Board and the Career Centers of Metro, UCO and CCD, this Auraria only fair will feature 60+ fed­eral agencies providing information about career and intern/co-op opportunities. For more information, call the Metro Career Services Center at (303) 556-3664

April 21

Mondays at Metro: Student Recital- In the King Center in the Recital Hal at 12pm. This event is free. For more infor­mation, call (303) 556-3180.

April 22

Leadership & Change - In Tivoli 329, from 11 :30arn - 1 pm. How do organiza­tions deal with transition, reorganization, and change? How can you assist other leaders continuing your work? Free work­shop, but space is limited so please RSVP the Friday prior to the workshop. To RSVP or for additional information, con­tact Gretta Mincer at (303) 556-2595 or at mincer@mscd.edu.

April 25

Senior Recital: Eddie Dowdie, Percussion - In the King Center Recital Hall,at 7:30pm This event is free. Senior recitals are tentatively scheduled, contin­gent upon successful completion of the recital hearing. For more information, call (303) 556-3180.

April 27

Brahms German Requiem - In the King Center Concert Hall at 7:30pm. General Admission: $5, Students and Seniors: S3, Metro Students: Free.Proceeds to benefit H. William Morse Scholarship Fund For more information, call (303) 556-3180.

April 28

Academic Dates and Deadlines Summer 2003 Application for Graduation Cards Available - Deadline for submitting the cards is Friday, June 6, 2003. For infor­mation please contact the Office of the Registrar. Location:Central Classroom Room 105. Phone: (303) 556-3991, Email: regquery@mscd.edu

Mondays at Metro: Student Recital - In the King Center Recital Hall, at 2pm. This event is free. For more information, call (303) 556-3180.

IN THE PAST 48 HOURS? Call The Health Center at Auraria NOW and find out if you are eligible* to take part in a pain reliever medical research study.

If you qualify, you will receive financial compensation and study-related care at NO COST to you

Monday-Friday, 8:00am-4:00pm, call (303) ·556-2525

After 4:00pm & on weekenf.jj, page (303) 266-7063

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April 29

Concert Band: Thomas Blomster, Director - In the King Center Concert Hal at 7:30pm. This event is free. For more information, call (303) 556-3180.

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Vocal Music Showcase: Michael J Komelsen, MB Krueger, Directors - In the King Center Recital Hall, at 7:30pm This event is free. For more information, call (303) 556-3180.

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Artist Series: Mee-Ae Cecilia Nam, soprano, with Tamara Goldstein, piano -In the King Center Recital Hall at 7:30pm. General Admission: $10, Students and Seniors: $5, Metro Students: Free. For more information, call (303) 556-3180.

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Mondays at Metro: Student Composition Recital - King Center Recital Hall 2pm. This event is free. Compositions of stu­dents will be performed. For more infor­mation, call 303-556-3180.

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Jazz Combos Ron Miles., director Tuesday, April 22, 2003, 7:30 p.m. King Center Recital Hall, Free

Senior Recital: Eddie Dowdle, percussion Friday, April 25, 2003, 7:30 p.m. King Center Recital Hall, Free

Senior Recital: Brian Heflen, guitar Saturday, April 26, 2003, 7:30 p.m. King Center Recital Hall, Free

Symphony Orchestra and Choral Ensembles:

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Sunday, April 27, 2003, 7:30 p.m. King Center Concert Hall Admission: $5; Students/Seniors: $3; MSCD Students: Free

*Proceeds to benefit the H. William Morse Scholarship Fund

For more infonnation call Music at Metro at 303-556-3180. For tickets call 303-556-2296.

Music at Metro would like to thank the Music Activities Committee and the MSCD Student Affairs Board for their support in sponsoring our events.

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