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METROTARA MOBERLY. NEWS EDITOR. tmoberlv@mscd.edu

The Metro neighborhood o{the fwure is depicted in an anistt rendering. The L-shaped building across the street from the Tivoli will be thefirst structure built. The project could break ground as early as 2Ol O. (lllusrration byChrisGeddes of studio INS|TE)

MORE ROOM SOUGHT, TU ITION H IKE POSSIBLE

Metro searches for spaG€, moneyBy ANDREW FLOHR-SPENCE

andTARA MOBERLYTHE N4ETROPOLITAN

Mebo olEcials presentedits plans for the first phase ofthe college's future construc-tion at a series of meetingsthis week.

But with a projected pricetag of $52 million and a bleakoutlook on state funding forhigher education in the nextfew years, Meho ofrcials donot lnow how the buildingwill be funded, adding thathikes in student fees and tu-ition might be necessary topay for the construction,

The first structur€, a143,000 square foot Lshapedbuilding, will be the futurehome to 9ll student servicesand much of the college'sadministration, and willserve as the public identityfor Meho. One of the masterplan's objectives is to credte aneighborhood for each of theschools where they can createa unique identity

The building will be situ-

ated along Auraria Parkwaywhere the Tivoli parking lot iscurrently located.

Natalie Lutes, Metro's vicepresident of administrationand ffnance, said she did notwant to give any specifics, buther staff was looking at "mul-tiple options" to finance theMefro neighborhood.

One of the master plan'sobjectives is to deate a neigh-borhood for each of theschools where they can createa unique identity.

Metro plans to meet withits financial advisor Nov. 20 todiscuss the options in gr€aterdetail, Lutes said. but fund-ing for the first phase of thebuilding inight come from astudent fee, an increase in tu-ition, and,/or a new option: aloan taken out by Mebo.

Earlier fhis year, Gov. BillRitter signed a law allowingMeho to take out credit in itsovim name, whereas previ-ous financing went throughAuraria lligher EducationCenter, the institution that

collectively represents Mefto,UCD, and CCD, The changewill not affect AHBC. All build-ings already built and to bebuilt by AHEC will stay underits control. but each school'sneighborhood will be its ownresponsibility to fund.

Lutes said the solutionwould most likely be a mix offunding from fees, tuition andother sources.

"I am really excited aboutthe direction they're takingwith the newest designs,"president of Metro's StudentGovernment Assembly An-drew Bateman said.

The plans take into ac-count Metro's need for amore user-lbiendly front of-fice, a cenhal place that stu-dents identify with and feelcomfortable hanging out in,he said. "Overall, I am reallyhappy with the plan. My onlyreservation is to see wher€ thecosts fall."

Bateman said that whilehe aclnowledged the college'sneed for more space, he was

concerned about current stu-dents having to fund a build-ing they may never use. If astudent fee is needed to pay forthe future building, currentstudents should get something

. in return, he said.Bateman is glad to see the

adminlstration bringing stu-dents into the process withthe master plan public meet-ings. and he would like to seemore student participation inthe process. "I really do believestudents would approve a fee,but they would appreciate be-ing asked," he said.

Lutes said if a student feeis chosen, the college wouldask the students to approve ittlrough a vote.

Another concern is whatwill happen to parking at Au-raria. The first new buildingalone will eliminate nearly50 percent of the spaces inthe Tlvoli parking lot, andthe drawings of the pmjectedcampus in 2020 are visiblylacking any parking lots at all.

"This is long-term plan-

ning," said Chris Geddes, ar-chitect at Studio INSIIIE. oneof three design firms hired byMetro for the project. Whileas much existing parking aspossible will be maintained,Metro has a limited amountof space and buildings comebefore parking, Geddes said."We have to maximize the useof the 140 acres we have. Wehave to plan for future gro-lvth.Metro needs space."

At an earlier masterplanpres€ntation, Mefro PresidentStephen fordan said the col-lege would have to turn awaystudents within a few years ifmore space couldn't be found.

The latest update on thecollege's conshuction plansincludes a Mefro neighbor-hood and a central plaza sur-rounded by at least five newbuildings. The plans oudinethe size and general fm@rintof the buildings accordingto projected space needs butdon't detail not the exact de-sigp of the buildings.

"I canne up with the strategy of watch-ing the news while hanging upside

down some time ago."- JIMMIE BRALEY in InSight A8

THIS WEEK

11 .21 cou"nKey InternationalHonour Society newmember inductionceremony3 - 10 o.m.Tivoli 320 Section ABCBaerresen Ballroom

11.22Thanksgiving DanceBashNoon - 6 p.m.Sigis Cabaret

11 .24 Gampusclosed for Fall BreakThe Auraria Libraryw:ll be open Nov.24- Nov.26 8 a.m. to 6p.m., l!ov.28 8 a.m.to 5 p.m. and Nov.29 - Nov. 30 9 a.m. to5 p.m.The Library will beclosed on Nov.27in observance ofThanksgiving.Classes resume onDec. 1.

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. PEOPLEON THESTREETHow do you feelabout possibletuition increases tofund new buildingsat Auraria?

' "I don't feel like Ishould have to pay

more just because theyfeel like they have to

redesign the schools."-MELISSA REESE,

METRO STUDENT

"I,Vell, on one hand,Idon't want to paymone, but it.would

be cool to have newbuildings."

-CHRISWAYINNE&UCD STUDENT

"I think if the studentsare reaping the

benefits, then it's apositive thing."

-MELISSATENNANI,

METRO STUDENT

"That's not good.We're paying for our

classes, not to rebuildthe schools."

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Annual Metro charity eventgarners citywide recognitionDec. 3 declaredFrosty's Feast Dayby Hickenlooper

ByTARA MOBERTYtmobeily@mscd.edu

An annual Metro charity eventhas grabbed the attention of DenverMayor John Hickenlooper, resultingin his declaration that Dec. 3 be of-ficially recopized as Frosty's FeastDay in honor of the benefit,

Frosty's Feast is a luncheon andsilent auctlon held annually by theHospitality, Tourism and EventsManagement Department that ben-elits area seniors often forgotten dur-ing the holidays.

"Frosty's Feast is a great exampleof how our college students in thiscommunity are committed to reach-ing out to those in need during thisholiday season," Hickenlooper said."We are grateful for the leadership ofMetropolitan State College of Denverand the model thal they set as an in-stitution of higher education."

Now in its fourth year, the benefitgrew out of a class that centers oncrafting a charitable event, designedby tlIE professor Cynthia Vannucci.

Students work in committeesthroughout the semester to plan ev-ery detail of the event, from decora-tlons to food prepa ration.

This year, students gathered$19,000 worth of donated itemsthat will be auctioned at the lunch.

"The dedication and generosityIiom the community and our stu-dents raised funds to help make the

' holiday season enjoyable for every-one." Vannucci said.

The first Frosty's Feast brought in$5,000, with proffts and communityinterest incieasing each year since.

More than $ 13,50O llas raised atlast year's lucch and silent auction, afigure students aim to beat this year.

"It's made such a big impact onthe Denver community. This year, wehope to raise over $17,000," studentRachel Papp, media relations for the

. benefit, said.Papp, like every other hospitality

major student. is required to take theclass in order to complete her degree."It's put on entirely by students. Wecook the food. We sell the tables. andwe get all the items for the silent auc-tion. It's iust a great benefit to Den-ver," Papp said.

While the class has alnays hada philanthropic theme, the event,and those who benefit from it, hasevolved.

It has changed from a luggageand toy drive for children and, thanksin part to student Susan Conder, whozuggested the benefit shift its focus,seniors now benefit.

'T dialn't envision th\ event. Itgrew out of a collaboration of theclass. I wanted to do something forseniors," Conder, also the event planJner for the IIIE department, said.

"The first time, it went very ra/ell.We didn't really know what to ex-pect," she said,

What hasn't changed over theyears is the student's commitment togathering items a;d finding creativeways to put on the event while spend-ing little money.

"We start with a zem budget. Ev-erything we get is donated. We putout maybe $500," Conder said.

Those who were lucky enoughto purchase a table at the event willhave an array of iterns to bid onduring the auction, including yogaclasses, car detailing, restaurant giftcertifi cates and paintings.

"We have a lot of hotel stays.Maggiano's also donated a large

, item. It's for six to eight p€ople witha movie and dinner. They get to havedinner in a private room," Papp said.

The event is sold out for this year,a satisfying sign for Conder. Hicken-looper, along with Meho PlesidentStephen Jordan and members of theMetro's Board of Trustees, ar€ ex-pected to attend.

"Make your reservations earlyfor next year," Conder said.

"Frosty's Feast is agreat example of how

our college studentsin this communitv arecommitted to reaching

out to those in needduring this holiday

season. We are gratefulfor the leadership of

Metropolitan StateCollege of Denver and

the model that thevset as an institution of

higher education.". DENVER MAYORJOHN

HICKENLOOPER

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Barry McDonell work on a newspaper cnossword puzzle Nov. 18 at the Auraria Library.(Photo by DAWN MADUM. dmadura@mscd.edu)

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The Auraria Library will be accepting art work thatsuggests the spirit of AIDS for an upcoming exhibition.This includes how AIDS makes you feel, your perceptionsor experiences. lt can be a literal or an abstractsuggestion of AlDs.

- All entries will be accepted for the display that will be..- in the Auraria Library Gallery.Exhibit Dates: December 1 - December 14thAwards Reception in the Auraria Gallery will be onDecember 3, 2008 3:00 - 5:00.

!z Awards include a $100 Auraria Book Store certificate, Meininge/sand Kozo's gift certificates, a solo exhibition opportunity in theAuraria Library Gallery and olher prizes.

How to submit your art :

All entries need to be ready for display.Be prepared to submit a brief artist statement.All entries, limited to one per student, will be accepted.Entries will be accepted Nov. 1gth, 20th and 21st. .Deliver your actual piece to Rosemary Evetts, in theAuraria LibraryArchives Dept 10 an-12 pm or 1-4 pm.

Campus Contarts: Rosemary Evetts, Archivist, Auraria Library 301-556-3510Billi Mawomatis, Health Center at Auraria 303-556-3878Auraria World AIDS Day l{ebsite has additional information:http://www,mscd.edu /student/resources/health /worldaidsday.htm

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Graduates face tough job marketl runemployment

grows as economicI r loownlurn oeepens

By DANIELWILLIAMSdmartl45@mscd.edu

Massive layoffs, record unem-ployment rates and a stagnant econ-omy are making it tougher for wintergraduates and students looking lorseasonal iobs to find work.

"We have low economic growth.We are in a recession, and there iustaren't as many iobs," Arthur Fleish-er, chair of Metro's economic depart-ment. said. 'Unemployment is goingup, but it is not like you cannot find a

iob in this market right now"The nation's unemployment

rate ballooned to a 14-year high of6.5 percent in October, after an ad-ditional 240.O00 iobs were cut thatmonth, according to the U.S. BureauoI Labor Statistics-

The nation's joblessrate increasedto 6.5 percent in October from 6.1percent in September, matching therate in March 1994. Employers havecut jobs each month this year.

Unemployment has now sur-passed the high seen after the lastrecession in 2001.

fob losses are widespread. Fac-tories cut 90,000 jobs, constructioncompanies got rid of 49,000 iobs, re-tailers cut palrolls bj, 38,O00, profes-sional and business services reducedemployment by 45.O00, financialac-tivities cut 24,000 iobs. and leisureand hospitality fields a-xed 16,000positions.

A survey by SnagAJob.com

found that managers plan to hire,on average, 3,7 seasonal employees,34percent less than the 5.6 seasonalworkers they hired last year.

It sounds gloomy, but there are afew bright spots on the horizon. Col-orado's unemplo5zmenf rate is lowerthan the national average, with 5.2percent of people out of work inSeptembet a decrease of 0.2 percentfrom August, the Colorado Depart-ment of Labor and Unemploymentreported.

Last year at this time, the un-employment rate was 3.8 percent inColorado.

"Co to graduate school," Metroeconomic's professor Rey Hernan-dez-julian said, adding il.'s a decisionmany students are making. Tradi-tionally as unemployment numbersincrease, enrollments at universitiestend to increase as well.

Hernandez-Julian added thatthere are still some jobs out there - itjust may take a little longer lor freshg.raduates to find their desired posi-tion.

Fleisher agreed with Hernandez-

Julian, pointing out that if you cangtit into graduate school. now is asgood a time as ever to get that seconddegree.

Another positive for future grad-uates: some industries are now tend-ing to buy out older employees mak-ing high salaries and replace themwith recent graduates.

"I have already started to lookfor iobs online and around. but theredoesn't seem to be much out there."Metro business major Mark Selbysaid.

"Hopefully, when I start to lookharder, I will be able to find some-lhing. because i f not , I mayjustcomeback to school or look into graduate

school.""If I do not find the job I want, I

may look for a work study job or goback to teaching tennis," Metro stu-

dent Miriam Evangelista said. "Thebreak is usually when my financialaid check comes, so I may live offthat for a bit."

FIVE TIPS TO MAXIMIZEYOUR JOB SEARCH

. Maintain realistic qoalsYou might think that going ori-several interviews for different jobs might be a badsign, but the more interviews you go on, the more practice you get, and the moreopportunities you have of being offered a job. So stick with it.

. Seek out the help of friendsAsk a few of your close frienbs or family members for some honest feedback onyour interview techniques and resume presentation. Friends and family have yourbest interest in mind and will tell it to you straight. Util ize your list of contacts fornetworking purposes.

. Master the behavioral interviewWhen interviewing with a potential employer, don't talk about yourself. lt maysound crazy, but instead of tooting your own horn, research the company before theinterview and show olf your ability to problem solve. Be ready to discuss how you canhelp them tackle some of the issues you researched previously.

. Rethink your resumeDoes your resLime portray you in the best possible light? Writing a compelling resumethat tells employers and recruiters that you are the best candidate for the job posesquite a challenge to most job seekers regardless of their industry or career stage. lf thissounds like you, you may want to seek out the help of a professional resume writingservice to help transform Vou into a memorable candidate.

. Do what works best for youWhat you may be dolng to find a job might not be the same thing that someone elsein doing. The basic groundwork is the same, but each individual eiperiences differentthings throughout their search. When you're looking for a job, you want to find ways todifferentiate yourself from your competition, so embrace the fact that not everyone willland their dream job in the same way.

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Student reps pledge increased communicationBy ROCHETLE SMOLINSKI

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Representatives from all three schools atAuraria came together Nov 14 for the fourthannual Tri-Institutional Student GovernmentLunch, discussing the unique problems thatface the students they represent, while alsopledging to work together on campus-wide is-sues.

Rachel Wear, chief iustice of the StudentAdvisory Committee to the Auraria Board,spoke about uniting Auraria.

"We want to grow a community. We aretluee separate campuses, but we are one com-munity," she said before repres€ntatives fromall tbree governments agreed to collaborate tofind solutions to problerns that alTect Auraria's

students.Following Wear's speech, the presidents of

each SGA spoke briefly about the prominent is-sues they are dealing with this year. '

Meho SGA President Andrew Bateman hasmany plans for Metro, including making therecently delayed graduate program proposalbecome a reality. "The Metro State trustees de-layed the decision, but they are on board andthe faculty are on board as well, " he said.

Parking is another proiect the assemblywill be tackling, hoping to come up with morefluld options for students other than.iust pay-ing a daily rate,

"Parking is more about student fees thanparking. Students have a place at the table andshould be approving fees," Bateman said.

Bateman also said that the assembly wouldcontinue to address textbook affordability, anissue SGA worked on last year that resulted inthe passage of the state Textbook Affordabil-ity Act which requires instructors to know theprice of textbooks before ordering them as wellunbundle items so they can be sold separately

John Bryant, . president of UCD's SGA, isconcerned about the student government's vis-ibility to shdents. Bryant hopes to increase vis-ibility and outreach to students.

UCD has seen major growth in its freshmanclass, and Bryant hopes to get as many of thesenew students involved as possible. "We want totake the new students under our wing and getthem involved," Bryant said.

The overriding goal for Bryant is to increase

the SGAs profile and make every student awareof the location of its olfce.

CCD's SGA President Shanna Snider recog-nizes that the role and function of her assemblyis different than those at Meho and UCD.

Robert Kardockus, vice president of theCCD assembly, furthered Snider's thought,while also echoing Bryant's aspirations for in-creased student involvement.

"Being a two-year college, there's a limited

amount of time in gowmment and the dynam-ic changes every single year," Kardockus said.. Concerns about the closure of the satellitecampuses remaiD for the CCD assembly Threeof the four satellite sit€s, including CCD East,North and Southwest, are due to close Dec. 31to cut costs.

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End of Days

l l lustrated and written by ANDREW HOWERTON, ahowert2@mscd.edu

second-hand mar*et for your rehicle. Drivers overwhelmingty tellsurveys that they wordd not take

I?rat is anIt is alm6t c€rtainCcngress, whbhjobs' and fo

JIMMIE BRALEYjbraley@mscd.edu

with reality and does not correspond

with their perverted sense of what is

happening: about one in every l0 Af-

ghans is crippled and missing at least

one limb. Good lord almighty what a

disturbing statistic.All of the healthy people in Af-

ghanistan, relatively speaking, look

dourr on these poor souls and attri:

bute their misfortune to some mani-

festation of God s vengeance for some

terrible thing the!' must hale done

to piss him ofl They are outcasts in

societl'. Nobody n'ill hire them and

few. n ill even looli at them. They are

hopeless, forgotten. and will be loved

only by their mothers and their dogs

until they die of some horrible infec-

tion or canccr or whatever else. And

what's worse is that they are gener-

ally forbidden liom even ounring a

dog by the rery God who has cursed

them to wallow through the rest of

their liles as pitiful stains on the fab-

ric of Afghan societl'.

But of course that is bogus. In

truth, most of these people lost their

limbs as a result o[ ycars of war and

strife and inadequate medical ser-

vice. and their education has been

such that thel- believe phantom be-

ings from some other realm are us-

ing them as toys and punishing them

for reasons be1'ond the scope of hu-

man justice - u,'hich. aside from the

phantom beings part, is essontially

true. The United States has becrrpunishing villages antl mountain-

sides in Afghanistan with napalm

and gunfire for seven 1ears, and the

insurgenc5r has been planting road-

side traps and improvised explosivesall or,'er the transportation network

as a means of fighting back. Conse-quentll', many innocent people hal'e

been blown to shreds for simply trav-

eling about their o$'n countr]'.

But al-tlaeda, as cunning an or-ganization as it is, offers these people

salvation in the form of a Kevlar vest

strapped with explosir'cs. illow head-

first into the nearest ton n or Ameri-

can military encampment and go out

in a blaze of righteous fire, instead ol

rotting a$/ay in some desolate third-

lvorld crater where the crippled are

sure to be mocked and polrdered

with feces by confused and terrified

,{fghan children - lr'hich says noth-

ing of the prospect of being shelled

and shot at by Western invaders who

happen to be, at least in part. respon-

sible for the whole goddamn mess to

begin u.'ith. Wh5, not?

Yeah, I bet those lunatics on \!hll

Street or e!-en N,Iain Street don't think

about thrtt ever]' morning lvhen thel'

rv:rlie up :urd buy a $ 5 double latte to

help propel them through another

day sure to be filled with greed and

gambling ar rd lu nch breaks and ciga-

rettes and polished leather shoes. Hell

no, who in thei-r right mind would

think of something like that?

Nobody. Not rn'hen AIG is ask-

ing for another $150 bill ion to bail

its satanic ass out of the ditch and

Democrats are fying to give awaye\,€n more of the people's mone]' to

automal<ers in Michigan to incite

consumer conlidence in American

vehicles and American values. \4/e

have more important things to u'orry

aboul in this countr] than Arabian

misfortune. regardless of whcther or

not we caused it.

Perhaps. But at 1 a.m., all of the

narcissistic little capitalists and their

evil goons and their daft little slaves

arc asleep and dreaming aboul. in-

vestmenlreturns and their 401k. Thc

Afghan whose leg u'as just severed at

the knee isn't sleeping though. The

last tlring he cares about is your sor-

ry pension.

$anks f!4t as

"l'll miss you the most. ,

Choppy McChopperson

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Wau WaII Street and Afghan missing limb sI came up rrr'ith the strategy of

watch ing the nes 's whi le hanging

upside down some time ago, and itprobably r,l'ould hal'e stuck and er,en

slrucli a chord or two n'ith some

high-pon'ered individuals n-ere I

able to keep the blood, which rvas

graduall; building in m1' skull. from

overcoming my senses and nmking

me giddl' like a clorvn. I lvas obliged

to abandon the experiment. It didn't

r.r'ork - not in a protracted sense

anyway - but it was mere hypoth-

esis and r,r'ell lr'orth the try

So thc most effective alternative

to physical inversion for valuable

news consumption that I have found

is to simply wait around until one or

two o'clock in the morning. The BigNetr.l'ork is relatively unfastened in

the lree hours and a good deal more

accessible than during the day, lvhen

a multitude of dumb vagaries clogs

the pipes and renders the whole god-

damn operation almost crippled from

noise. But you have to be quick. Read

all the news you can before 5 a.m.,

since that is when the people start

to rearvaken en masse and flood the

wires oI universal thought with their

own paranoid and schizoph ren ic

fantasies and fanciful hallucinatrols

about realitl:

Which doesn't help an1'one, but

here is something that many of those

people wouldn't know since it deals

the risk when Mercedes and Tbyotamale perfeclb good alternatil'es.But $50 bitlion is a lot to stale on ahunch, A wiser bet is that what€v-

SteeL U the sfate is clcep the lndutrl

Ti ll death do us partThe 32nd annual Great American Smokeout

aims to help students quit their addictive habits

April Zemyanazemyan@mscd.edu

Around the brown leaves and tall buildings ofAuraria campus, the crisp fall air is clear and cool.That is, unttl a cloud of smoke enveloDes each en-trance to the buildings.

Students are standing outside the doors, lightingup cigarettes and blackening their lungs. For many,

.going one day without taking a puff may seem im-possible to most.

But Nov. 2O is different.Across America, people who give up the habit

just for that day will receive an abundance of sup-port, perks and inspiration to quit for good.

The Great American Smokeout is a nationwideevent that is put on by the American Cancer Societythe third Thursday of November. This year marks the32nd annual event.

The goal of the smokeout is to encourage Ameri-cans to quit smoking for a day, in hopes they'll stopforever.

Students at Auraria who participate in the smoke-out Nov. 20 will receive ftee "quit kits," informationabout quitting online, massages and free food.

According to Iulie Mancuso, assistant directorfor campus recreation. volunteers from the heallhprofessions and nutrition department, as well as therecreation club and health center, will give out re-sources and information.

Mancuso also mentioned the theat€r group ispufting on a skit about smoking. She said they hopeto give out 300-400 quit kits today.

Fifty-three percent of 18 to 24-year-olds tried toquit smoking in 2OO7. according to the Centers forDisease Control and Prevention.

"The smokeout is for everyone, We want to pro-vide resources and the opportunity to pick up a kitfor loved ones or friends; everyone is welcome," Man-cuso said.

Brian Neu, an education maior at UCD, said heplans to attend the smokeout and is currently in the

process of quitting."I am waiting for the tools to come in the mail.

I'm getting prescription Zyban, patches and gum,"Neu said.

He said he is getting his aid from the Veterans Ad-ministration, which sends free products for quittingsmoking for free to culrent and former members ofthe military.

Neu has been a smoker for eight years and said hewants to quit because he doesn't have time to smokeand he iust lost a family member to lung cancer.

Recently Neu cut down on the amount o[ ciga-rettes he smokes.

He said he used to smoke two packs a day and isnow down to l0 cigarettes a day.

Neu said he thinks that the key to getting morepeople to quit is awareness.

"More people should know r,r'hat damage it doesto their body," he said.

In 2007, 13.4 million adult smokers stoppedsmoking for more than one day because they weretrying to quit.

Jessica Lee, a psychology maior at UCD, said shehas smoked for nine years and has attempted to quitsel'eral times.

"If I got a quarter for every time I tried to quit, Icould buy UCD," Lee said.

She said she started shaking and then gainedweight when she didn't smoke.

According to the American Cancer Society, in-creased appetite is just one of the many symptoms asmoker who quits will experience. The symptoms canlast up to several weel$, the ACS reports.

However, the ACS also not€s that 15 years afterquitting, the risk of coronary heart disease for a for-mer smoker is the same as for a non-smoker.

Carson Barker, a Meho psychology major, saidhe has been smoking for a year and a half but hasnever tried to stop.

He said working in the stressful environments ofrestaurants where caused him to begin smoking.

However, he does not plan to stop, saying because

his girlfriend is a smoker it wouldn't last long.According to ACS, nicotine is iust as addictive as

heroin or cocaine. and smokers must deal with thephysical and psychological dependence to quit per-manently.

"Cigarettes are more addictive than crack. Thereal way to get people to quit is psychological," Bark-er said.

Barker said be believes the smokeout will have apositive effect.

"It's a good step in the right direction," he said.After a failed effort in 2007 to completely ban

smoking on all CU campuses, the Boulder school heldan early smokeout event the second week of Novem-ber.

According to Robin Kolbie, manager of the com-munity health department at CU Boulder, only 6Opeople stopped by to pick up inlormation about quit-ting at their smokeout event.

Kolble, who helps students one-on-one withquit-ting, said it is impossible to know how many havequit because once one student quits others see howeasy it is and quit also.

"I like to think rvorking with just one student af-fects a handful of others," Kolble said, who herselfstarted smoking in 2000.

The number of smokers has decreased from 3Opercent to l2 percent on Boulder's campus.

She said she thinks it is because more and morecommunities are becoming smoke-free and it is hard1o find places to smoke.

"It is hard to quit, but you can do it. The best wayto do it is to get support, make a plan and use as manyaids as you need," Kolble said.

Mancuso encourages all students to stop by. Shesaid. "it's a great place to get information. and it isbeneficial to take the time to get inspiration - plus,there's free food."

Information regarding quitting, including localresources and help lines, can be found on the CDCwebsite as well as at the Hea]th Center at Auraria,

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LET,S BE FRANCOtomes Fronco stors in the biopic

"Milk;' portraying Scott Smith, theboyfrtend of Horvey Milk, thefirstopenly goy politician electedtoSan Franciso Boord of Advisors

BYTARA MOBERLYtbmoberly@mscd.edu

' How iliil you get involveil withMilk?

James Franco: About tvr'o summers ago,I ras in london studying literature throughUCLA and my agent called me and told methat Gus (Van Sant) was going to do this movieabout Harvey Milk. I guess they knew I was abig fan of Gus. I iust learned everlthing I couldabout his movies. I'd watch My Own PrivateIdaho.. I grew up in the Bay Area, surprisinglylrnd sadly, I didn't know anything about HarveyMilk.

Ittoking back noru iust a few days afterCalilornia passeil Proposition 8, a Cdiforniaballot issue that ilefnes marriage as between aman anil a ioman, ilo you wish that Milk hadbeen releaseil belore the e lection?

/F: I lived in LA for about l0 years; I iustmorcd to New York. But I voted absentee in Cali-fornia, and I voted no, Somehow it passed, and itwas very close. Milk to me, it's just an inspiringmovie.

Sadly, not enough people know about HarveyMilk. I would hope that it would inlluence a lot ofpeople. One of the things people asked me wasiI it ca.rne out early, maybe it could hara swayedthe small percentage that passed Prop. 8. It justwasn't read;z With this movie, i thir i it's goingto be a rolling release. It would have had to beenreleased three to four months ago.

This fiIm was much dffirent lhan yourpast films, What preparation iliil you take?

/F: I guess it's different cause it has such animportant message, and it's telling the story ofa figure who had such an important life. I felt ahuge responsibility to get it right.

That aside, I do a lot of preparation for allmy films. On this movie, there were two levelsto the research. I had to research the time andplace in general, and mycharacter, Scott Smith.Harvey Milk's partner for four years. There's acouple of key pieces of research that.I found.The Oscar winning documentary The Times ofHaneA Milkand,Ihe book "The Mayor of CastroStreet" by Randy Shilts.

I went to the director. Rob Epstein, andasked if he had any old films from 30 years ago.

adapted to the screen through War-ner Bros. The Harry Potter merchan-dising empire has made Rowling oneof the richest women in Britain. andthe films are the highest-grossing se-ries. . . ever,

As with any empire, Wmrd,warns, there's going to be cor-ruption. How could Rowling haveknown that, like Dr. Frankenstein,she and the media gods at WarnerBros. would not be able to control themonster they created?

The massirre popularity of the seriesis due largely in part to this kind of net-working made poesible via the Internet.

The sub-industry of fan-gener-ated enlertainment that the Potterbooks' adrnirers has produced has

He had some film of Scott Smith and he trans-ferred it to DVD for me. That was a gold mine.

Do you preler fiIming comeily or ilrama?

/F; It's hard to say, Frsaks and Geeks waslhe first good thing I did. That was

kind of a comedy, but it was likene were almost playing it dra-matically for comic effect.My character Daniel, whowasn't necessarily a funnyperson, but the things thathappened to him werefunny

I didn't really do acomedy again until Pine-apple Erpress. That turnedout to be an amazing ex-perience because I got towork with my old friendsagain. It's like your iusthanging out, and in themeantime, you're mak-ing a movie.

It's the best timeand you happen tomake a pretty goodand funny movie. It'shard to find a lot ofcomedies that I reallylike. Milk is a very se-rious movie, but it was still a great experienceand a lot of fun. l ll iust do both from now on.

Was there mtg iliscon{oft kissing kmt Penn?

/F: Not really, ifwas a new thing lor bothof us. But we both kner,r'that it was coming; itwas in the script. There wasn't a ton of discus-sion about the scenes - thereusually isn't whenI have kissing or love scenes with a female ac-tor. I've never gone to one of my female co-starsand said, 'hey we should go practice this lovescene in my hotel room?' It came and we did it,and that was it. We didn't discuss it like, 'hev

you're a really good kisser.'Do you think the message of hope is still

relevant?

/F: When I was in California last week-end, Gus and Lance and I went to one of thesemarches and there were people of all ages. Butit was great to see how many young people thatwere out there.

It's really sad that I didn't know anythingabout Harvey Milk. I wish that they did teachmore about who he was aird more gay histori-cal figures. I don't know that that will happen

led to careers for the stats of W%ar.ds.To Warner Bros,. that's trademarkinfringement. The documentary swebsite even has a legal disclaimer toprotect Koury's production companyfrom litigation,

Harry Potter fans, like fans ofother movies or TV series. fall in lovewith a creative world and seek outothers of like mind.

Wizards shows how online fanfiction. fan animation. audio nar-ratives to accompany the films andeven a Harry Potter inspired musicalgenre - Wizard Rock - have had asmuch influence maintaining inter-est and generating revenue for theHany Potter market as the originalsource material did,

We Are Wizards dcxs a fine job ofillushating consumerism and capi-talism at their most insatiable, but itloses focus and becomes nedlesslyesoteric about halfway through. Well,perhaps not "needlessly," it is aboutRowlings' wizard culture, after all.

Imaginative, and sometimes tal-ented at thet best, dorky and fixatedat their worst, Koury takes care toemphasize these fan activities are allin harmless fun.

It's apparent early on that Wiz-ards is not fying to appeal to thoseoutside the Harry Potter community.Highbrow cultual elitists will con-tinue to sneer the legitimacy of theseries away long after this documen-tary makes the rounds.

We Are Wizards airs at the StarzFif m Center Nov. 24 -D€f..4.

Check www.starzfi | mcenter.<omfor showtimes.

The subject matter may garneronly passing interest, if at all, Iiomsociologists and economists. But Iry'dAre Wizards' sentiment and spirit be-longs to the Harry Potter zealots thedocumentary celebrates, who shouldreadily embrace it.

' THIS JUST IN: JAMBS SnANCO GMDUATBD IROM UCt ltU[TH A BACHEI.()RS IN BNGLISH nTBnATlrRa . 83 . 11.20.2008. THE METROPOLITAN

. TECH BYTES BY DREW JAYNES

Cheap shortcuts toword-processing

Internet and technology use has seen arise in the last s€veral years, and with that risecomes a demand for internet-geared and inex-pensive alternatives to traditional software so-lutions. Here are three popular alternatives topaid word-processing suites,Google Docs (docs.google.com)

In the last couple of years, Google has an-swered demand to expand its online app offer-ings to include word processing capabilities.In addition to writing tasks, you can createspreadsheets aDd presentations. Shareabilityof documents in this suite is one of the sellingpoints to people working in teams.

Since most of Google's apps are tied in withaccounts such as Gmail, its extremely versatile.Users can publish docs to the web and inviteothers to collaborate.

Google Docs also supports importing docu-ments by upload or e-mail. Allowed file ty'pesinclude HTML, txt, doc, Open OIfice documents,PowerPoint presentations and even PDF files.Open Office 3 (wwwopenolfice.org)

The latest offering from Open Office hasgotten a lot of people excited for a few reasons.As freeware, the software is completely free foranyone to download.

OO3 is not a server-side application likeZoho or Google Docs, so it offers more advancedfeatures. And since OO3's Writer is compatiblewith a whole host of file types, including MSOffice 2007 extensions like docx, you can open,edit and save existing files from a wide varietyof other leading programs.Z,oho (zoho.com)

'Zoho olTers a complete set of online apps forany project need you might have, as a student,teacher or professional. With three regish"a-tion, users get access to a wide range of apps,ranging from word processing to presentationmakers, to a wiki creator, Zoho also has inte-grated mail, calendars and other nifty apps tochoose from. Inside its Writer app, users canimport existing docs ln most major formatsincluding Open OIfice and online docs fromGoogle Docs.

With its integrated contacts app, Zohomakes it easy for users to share work and en-courage collaboration as well. The interfacecan look a little daunting the first time you useit, but after a while, you realize Zoho made agood effort to make it's interlace easy to useand navieate.

lamesFrancostarsin Milk,oPenrngNou26attheMayanTheatre.

in high schools anytime soon, but it can happen in universities.

I guessa lotof people are stillreally opposedto that sort of thing. I think that in the past 3Oyears since Hanrey's death, a lot of changes forthe better have been made.

lust look at the way gay lifestyles in mov-ies have been portrayed. A lot of things havechanged for the better and Prop. 8 showed thatthings still need to be changed.

Did making this film give gou a new Wr-sryctive onthe gaA communitv?

/F: I don't lmow. I think I believed in a lotof the issues presented in the movie already.It might have just reinforced them. It inspiredme to help fight for civil rights for whoever. Ob-viously Harvey Milk, a lot of his fight was forgay rights, but his example shows that you caDbe inspiring, not iust to people fighting for gayrights, but for everyone.

Prop. 8: I see it as isolating one group. say-ing you can't have the same rights as everyoneelse. And that's just wrong. This movie inspi.resme to fight for those rights.

Documenta ry fol lows wizard fa natics, m usicia nsBY KARA KIEHTEkkiehle@mscd.edu

The following information isprerequisite background for view-ing Josh Koury's We Are Wizards, adocumentary about extreme ritualsof worship by the most devout HarryPotter fans.

The Harry Potter fan phenom-enon is more aptly termed a religionthan a cult.

It's been an insidious presence lninternational pop culture since Britchildren's lit authorJ. K. Rowling pub-lished "Harry Potter and the Sorcer-els Stone" in 1997, heralding today'syoung adult fiction r€naissance.

There have been six more booksin tle series, all of which have been

84 " NOVEMBER 20, 2OO8

1. My favorite thingabout Denver is thesun.l love waking upto a big blue sky. Thesun lifts my spiritsand makes even afew moments outsidesomething to savor.JohnTemple, editor,preside nt a nd pu blisherof the Rocky MountainNews. (Photo by DawnMedura)

2. The push to alwaysbe a better city.

3. First Fridays onSanta Fe Drive.

4. The Taste ofColorado. The onlyplace you can get aturkey leg and a beer,and no onejudges.

5. CasaBonita.6. $8 tickets for the RockPile. Cheap seats +expensivebear -- a goodtime.

7.The antique shopson Broadway.

8. Civic Center Park.9. Tattered Cover BookStore.

lO. Escaping thesuburbs.

I l. Pete's Kitchen,or any otherestabliShment with"Pete" in the title.

12. (Emerging) MusicScene.

13. Still a twonewspaper town.

14. The BotanicalGardens.

15. Washington Park,l6-18. Local Bands:Dressy Bessy, Bad LuckCitv. The Flobots.-

19. The weeklies.

21. Smash Burger.22.Theoldneighborhoods.

23. Bike ride down theCherry Creek Bike Trail- Gov. Bill Ritter

24.L6thStreet Mall.25. Our city is youngand hot, and so are allthe transplants fromCalifornia.

26.The bums in CivicCenter Park.

27.Lannie's Cabaret."Off the Clock"Saturday nightburlesque and varietyshow. Oohla-la.

28. Market Street at1:45 a.m. -when

29. Burritoseverywhere.

3O. The Denver PressClub.

31. A jog around WashD^.1,

32. Tacos RapidosFederal and Evans.

33. Enzo's PtzzaonColfax and Madison.

34. The Shops on13th avenue:BuffaloExchange, Soul Haus,Pandora's Box and CitvO'City.

35. The DenverColiseum. Where youcan see a tattoo orgun expo in the samemonth.

36. Horse on a chair.37. Historical, recentand ongoing scandals.

38. Writer's Square.39. Larimer Squareduring Christmas.

4O. The Light Rail.Yes, it sucks beingcrammed next to a kidblasting house music,but it beats being stuckin traffic for an hour.

,:-. -. ,6Qi The sunny skyline

41. Vietnamese food onFederal Blvd.

42. Pedi-Cabs.43. Union Station.44. Double-widesandstone sidewalksall over town,

45. Kilgore Books.46. WaxTraxRecords on 13th andWashington.

47.It isin't Cleveland(or Colorado Springs).

48. Paris on the Platte.49. Salvation Army on17th St. Finding greatbuys without diggingholes in your pockets.

5O. Bike to REI Flagshipstore.

Pioneers hockey.53. Leela's Cafe.54-56. Boutiques onColfax: The Fabric Lab,the Shoppe, PlasticChapel.

57, Great Divide'sDenver Pale Ale.

58. The VIP bathroomat Vinyl, best in town.

59. Blinkv's Fun CIub.

61. The ghosts inCheesman Park.

62.The Four MileHistoric Park.

63. The KirklandMuseum.

64. Bump and Grind -Denver's best and onlydrag queen brunch.

65. Parki Hill and CityPark golf courses.

66. The irony of havinga seafood restaurantinside of the onlyaquarium we have.

67.The Gay PrideParade.

58. The Twister II atElitch's.

69. The fact that weare still talking aboutthe DNC three monthslater.

70. Suavecito ApparelCompany.

71. Wynkoop's RailyardAle.

T2.TheRunning Clubat the Irish Snug.73. Odell's 90 ShillingAle.

74. Twisted SoulTattooShop.

Thingsabolt

Its Denver's 7 5 Oth birthday is Saturtto g ether the gr e ate st thing

drunks, cars and police 51. Argonaut Liquors.collide. 52. Denver Universitv's

,.-f5;.,.; ;$ainst the cold,I . . rsnowv mountains in

on, ' . the middle of Februarv.

75. Bastien's SteakHouse.

76. Neal Cassady. Theprotagonist of JackKerouac's On the Roadgrew up in Denverwhen it was a roughand tumble town.

77.Bodder - still closeenough to visit, but farenough away to be amajor decision.

78. The Blue Bear.79. Patsy's-- the oldestItalian restaurant.

8O. Dinger. Thedinosaur of theRockies inspired bydinosaur bones foundburied underneathCoors Field.

81. The feel of a smallneighborhood while iliving in a city.

82. Finding burnedtram-line rails peelingthrough the asphalt.

83. Walking on the '

bridge over the PlatteRiver on a warm night.

84. Domo. One ofthe most authenticJapanese restaurants,including tree stumpsfor chairs.

85. The worst producedReal World in MTVhistory.

86. RockmountRanchwear. -

87. The Brown Palace.88. Caboose Hobbies.

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lO3.ferusalem'snexttoDU, thefastestMediterranean foodintown.

lO4. LakesideAmusementPark:scaring the crap out ofkids with rickety ridesfor 100 years andrunning.

lO5. Critical Mass bikeride the last Friday ofevery month.

lO6. Frank Edbrooke'sarchitecture,

lO7. The Denver Diner.lO8. TheBroncos.1O9. QueenSoopers betweenCorona andDowning.

I lO. A leisurleyscooter ridethrough Denver.-MayorlohnHickenlooper

I l l . TheHappyMeaI at theMarquisTheater. Howcan you gowrong witha shot anda beer for 5bucks?

I12. I don'twant to be inthose mountains; Iwant those mountainsin me. - Overlrcard.at aRockies game,

I13. The People's Fair.I14. Our 80s punkscene.

ll5. Don Cheadlegraduated from EastHigh School.

116.70 degree days inNovember.

118. Great AmericanBeer Fest.Three nightsof drink, drank drunk,and right on the lightrailto boot.I19. Free Irish Coffeeat McCormick's whenit snows.l2O. The Larimer

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138. Frank "TheStrong Arm" Azar.

139. Intimate musicsets atTwist & Shout.

l4O. Moe's onBroadway. Live music,food andbowling-a

. great Thursday night.l<ll. Playing chesswiththe hobos on16th Street Mall.

142. Nighttime soapopera, Dynasty, wasbased on our fair citv.

143. Bikerlim's hotdog stand on 16thStreet.

144. Steve's Snappin'Hot Dogs, alsofeaturing the SmashBurger.

l45.TheDenverOmelette.

146. Getting to adestination faster onbike than by car.

147. Only 10 hoursfrom Vegas. Road tripanvone?

148. The Paramount.l49.See#69.

150.The city's beauty- Ugly things do notplease.lt is mucheasier to have a thingof beauty - and thisapplies to cities.Fountaint statuetlights, music and parkmake people love theplace in which theyfive. - RobertSpeer,mayorofDenver l9M -1912.

Lounge. Rockingsocks in the bestroom in town.121. Sputnik.No socialism, iustgrd'food.122. Skipplngclass for thdpedStrian matlfive'ininutes away123. Auraria was

Denver' aA, and. thg Metropolitan has broughts ahoutthe MiIe High Citg.

89. The Frederic C.. Hamilton building an

adjacent to the DenverArtMuseum.

9O. Auraria's MasterPlan.' 9l . Cherry Creek - a bityuppie, but still great.

92. Dealin'Doug'srings.

93. The Bsquire andthe Mayan theaters,keeping it real since1930 and 1927,respectively.

94.The planetariumat the Denver Museumof Nature and Science.

,94. Shotgun Willie's.' Damn, that's a fun

time.

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96-lOO. Denver'sbus system. Peoplewatching on the 15 togetting out of town onthe Skyride.

lOl. Red Rocks for a concert. Any concert.

here first.124. The DIA

tram Jingle, eventhough they may havechanged it.

125. The overuse of ofthe number "5280."

126. LoDo - our cheapimpersonation of NewYork neighborhoods.

127. Frank Welker.Look him up.

128. So cool we turneddown the Olympics.

129. Carbone's ItalianSausage Deli.

l3O. The ghost of Maryand Lou's.

13 I . The fact thatthere's no real dresscode.

132. TarantulaBilliards.

l33.JakeJabs.134. Todd Helton'sSideburns.

135. The aliens outisdethe Denver PerformingArts Complex.

136. Mike Nelson-meterologist to thestars.

137. The Mercury Cafe.

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With just a pair of album releases undertheir collective cap, Clap Your Hands SayYeahis relalively green behind tle eirs in accumu-

lated indie years. But you lvouldn't knol'"'it tohear them. N,lulti-layered and deeply harmon-ic, CYHSY is both digitallli angelic and lyricallysinister (i.e. the track ' Lnder This Tidal !!hveof Young Blood." from their self-titled debut,and the single from 2007 album Some loud?hrndcr, "Satan Said Dance"). The quintet ofConnecticut Llollege grads has garnered theattention of some of rock ald roll's most influ-

FTASHBACKan audiofiles photo week in review

Photo by faitl in Glbbons. cgibbon4@mscd.ed u

Singer Sheryl Renee performs as Ella Fitzgerald in the Mizel Museum's produc-tion "Music of Freedom: an Homage to George and lra Gershwin," Nov. 13 at theTivoli Turnhalle. The one-act play features music written by the Gershwin broth-ers. Host Hazel Miller, along with Renee and Lori Cohen, created the production.in an effort to showcase the bonds formed by Jewish and African Americans inthe early days of the entertainment industry. More information on the perfor-mance can be found at the Mizel Museum website, www.mizelmuseum.com,

Long-time Denver concert promoter Barry Fey, right, Craig Ferguson, and otherindustry veterans, participate in a panel discussion Nov. '12 at the Tivoli Turn-halle. A flock of loyal music fans were in attendance to hear what the panel hadto say about the current state of the concert industry.Though insightful, theverdict on the future of arena rock is still out: "There's not a whole lot that canbe done (about high ticket prices). lt's just called tapitalism'and how you fixthaL well, that's the question, isn't it?" Ferguson said.

From left: Nate Snipe, Kevin Kniebel and J, Lenz are Pert'Near. The Minnesota-based folk-rock-bluegrass band put some pep in the crowd's step Nov. 'l5 atOwsleyt Golden Road. For more infonnation go to wwwmyspace.com/pert-nearsandstone

ential elder statesmen, including David Borvieand the Talking Heads' David Byrne. [n other

words, these young dudes know holv to makeyou Clap Your Hands Sa-v Yeah. I guess you

could say the devil, arld llavid Bowie, madethem do it.

11.21.08Clap Your Hands Say Yeahwww.myspace,com/clapyourhandssayyeah

It's nice to see lvell-trav-

eled. worldly musicians llke

DeVotchka still have time toplay for their home-state fans

... again. Despite thef recent

mainstream success, the Den-ver foursome. led by lounge-1'.

IvlcGonan-esque hontmanNick L'rata. have remained

true to their roots. finding

time to play a handful o1 locat

shows in between an aggres-

sive touring schedule in rvhich

they're promoting their latest

album, A ll'Iad arrd tuithJit TelI-

ing. the Friday Night Lightsseries comes on the heels of

De\btchka's Hallor.reen neek-end shor,r's and thelr pinnacle

moment, headlining the suc-

cessful l,{onolith Festival at

Red Rocks Amphitheatre. Sofill your flask with brandy and

narm up \ .ith a toast to one

of Dem'er's best.

11.28.08DeVotchkawww.mysPace.com/devotchkamusic

Born Cregg Gillis, the Pitt-

burgh natil'e and engineering

student better knorlr'n as Girl

Talk is a master of the elec-tronic music st-vle knorrrm as"mash-up, ' and his sample-healy remixes are a fresh spec-

tacle in an overly-saturated and

apathetic elecfonic market.

Digging deep into obrure vinyland dir,'erting from tlpical fur*

and sor samples, it's no u'on-der that ctul lblk's kurguage

of danceh'all techno is being

recognized all over the nation.

including a favorable spread in

last month's Spin Nlagazine.

Join Girl Talk s snor,ly slumberparbt and just pmy for an after-hours pillow fight.

12.05.08Gir lTalkwww.myspace.com/girltalk

and pr'tze gJrcaways, Proftach Society, a norsnow-sport-orient€d

is currently looking tothan 3,500 youth during the 2008-

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Oprah Winliey interviews lvlichael Jack-son dnqing a prime time television e\€nt. Jack-son'g$ist interview in 14 lears becomes the

most-watched interview in television histor]'.

GNRwraps up the monstrous Use Your Il-

lusion Tour, the last of its kind rvith their

"original" lineup.

Ninana frontman Kurt Cobain is found

dead h hisSeattle home from what is declared as

a "letlinlictea" strotgun blast l,o the head. GNR

begins its internal decline, and bassist DulT

NlcKagan calls the band "splintered.'lAfounding memberof theoriginal "gangsta

rap" qrovement and former member ol Comp-

ton's N.IV.A., Easy E, dies of complicatiorx duc

to AIDS. GNR lead guitarist, Slash, beg,ins

touring rvith his side proiect, Snakepit.

Tupac Shakur is killed in a drire-by shoot-

ing outside of a Las Vegas club orvned byDeath

Ror,r' Record's Suge Knight, lbllon'ing a boxing

match at the fuIGNI Grand. GRN drummer

Matt Sorum announces that the band

will begin working on another album.

Slash olffcially leaves GNR.

The Notorious B.I.G. is shot dead in his ctu

folbvdng a Soul Train Auards afterparty The

Spice Ghls rule the w'orld of music telelision and

sales. A.fter the departure of McKagan, GNR

frontman Arl Rose arnounces the new

lineup, including former Replacement's

bassist Tomrry Stinson, forrner drummer

of lhe Vandals, fohn Freese, and former

Nine Inch Nails guitarist Robin Finck.

Elton John is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II

at Brry.kir. rgham Palace. George Michaels is ar-

re*ed fo,r lewd public behavior after an incident

rrr'ith an undercover cop in a reslroom in Beverly

Hills. Irr an interview with Metnl Hrmmer,

Slash announces that hc is looking to work

with another "established" lcad singer.

A ne\.v generation ol scxpot performers

are born. with Britney Spears and Christina

Aguilera both releasing debut albums to min-

imal critical, but maximum tccnage, acclaim.

ln an intervierv with MTV's Kurt Loder,

Rose continues to insist a nelv GNR al-

bum is in the rvorks.

Mctallicir tik's a lawsuit against Napster irttd

other online music donerloading firnrs, chang-

ing intem* mwic dor,,.nloading lbrever. Slash's

Snakepit releases Ain'l Life Gmnil to con-

siderable critical acclairn.

.,.George Harrison dies in Nol'ember alter

a].laii.,bout with cancer. A revamped GNR

makes a comcback at the House of Blues

in Las Vegas.

American Idol debuts in the U.S. on Fox

TeleviSion. Kelly Clarkson is named the win-

ner of fhe flagship season debut. GNR closes

2OO2's MTV Music Awards at Radio City

Music Hall in Nen' York City. Slash's su-

pergroup side-proiect, I'clvet Revolver,

receivcs critical acclaim after a perfor-

mance in Los Angeles.

Country legend Johnny Cash dies o[

pneuslonia-related complications. N{adonna

spark more controversy after kissing Britney

Spears and Christina Aguilera at the 2001

NITV N{usic Arvards. Former Stone Temple

Pilots frontman Scott lVeiland ioins Vel-

vet Revoh'er as their lead singer,

Joey Ramone dies after a five-year battle

with prostatc cancer. Velvet Revolver re-

ledses their debut album, Contrabanil,

which enters the Billboard charts at No.

I and sells more than 25O,OOO copies in

the first weck alone.

Pink Floyd announced they would reunitc

r^'ith bimer bdssist Roger \,Vaters, who left the

band in 1985, for the Live 8 concert in I-on-

don. It was the first, and last, time Pink Floy'd

played together since lhe lVdll tour in 1981.

Rose has a voice cameo on Rockstar

Games' wildly popular Grand Theft Auto,

San Anilreas as ffctional radio DJ Tommy

"The Nightmare" Smith.

On Christmas day, the Godfather of Soul

Jaltrq'Brotu dies of congestive he:rt failure

in Ai{anta, Ga. Tommy Hilfiger is carried

away by his own securitv after trying to

start a ffght with Rose at NYC nightclub,

The Plumm.

Led Zeppclin, sans dead drummer JohnBonham, reunites for the lirst time in 2 5

]ears. in London. Bulking up to eight to-

tal members. GNR continues to tour in

preparation for the release oI Chinesc

I)cnlo :rrl..:A,:rn album in its l Oth year of

production, totalling morc than $ 15 mil-

lion in production costs,

The Crarlmy Art-ards celebrate their 50th

anniversary. Scott Weiland leaves !'elvet

Revolver and returns to STP. GNR an-

nounces new management, lrving Azoff

and Andy Gould. In October, GNR releas-

es their first single in nine years, the title

track from Chinese I)emocracy. rvhich is

slated for release Nov 23.

fl: TelI me a little bit about

Algenton,

David Miller: I originally

started the band in DeKalb.

Ill., which is where I went to

school, at Northern Illinois

Univbrsity. The.band started

as a fluke, actually I had a gig

u,ith another band I was lead-

ing at that time and about a

week before the gig, it turned

out that some of the people in

the band couldn't make it. So

I took the opporlunity to writc

some nerv music for the shorv,

based on some ideas that lverc

bumping around in my hcad.

So I wrote some music that

week and got some guys to-

gether. And that s basically

the music that ended up on

our first album. I think it really

reflects the diversity of music

that I enjoy listening to and it

all ends up, in a subconscious

rvay, coming out in your mu-

sic: what you enioy listening

to and rvhat influenccs you

... it 's just l ike my brain splat-

tered on a windshield.

Jl: Fronr u,hat I'te reail,

11otr yourselves evett adnit

that it 's hard to find a t ego-

ry for Algerttott's music, Brrt

roukl gorr t41 urtyhow?

DM: Neopsychedclic-

postrocklazz. W-ell. the rvork-

ing term wc have non. I guess

the three descriptors on our

NlirSpace page are expcri-

mcntal. indie and rock, which

doesn't refer really at all to ourjazz. But I wouldn t call it ' iazz

music.' Because of the diver-

sity of our music, it can rvork

in a rock club. it can rvork in ajaz club, it can rvork in an art

gallerir It kind of lends itself

to \^'orking into a lot of differ-

ent settings.

ll:\\/hat, or who, are sonrc

of Alge rnot t's influente s ?

DM: Wow that's tough. I

would say some of the musi-

cal influences n'ould be Sonic

Youth or Tortoise. l!'e kind of

draw not only from music, but

also from other areas of the

arts, as r.r'ell. And (our name ) is

a reference to the book "Flow-

ers lor Algernon."

ll: lVhat about your

crowd? What kind of demo-

graphic do 11ott usuallg finilplour music ntost appeals lo?

DNI: Delinitely the most

prominent demographic are

young people in therock scene.

the jazz scene and experimen-

tal music scene. There's a verl'.

very large experimental scene

in Chicago right now. But lve

also play with rock groups

and iazz groups, too. I guess it

depends on the night.

fi: Hate qou ever tourcd

through Denver anil Colorado

before, and if so, what do yorr

think?

DM: This nill be our first

time going to Colorado and

lve're really excited to get out

there, for sure... e!€n if iustfor the scenery and the natu-

ral element of it. We've made

a lot of friends along the r,r'ay

and that s part of &-hat got

this tour together.

Also. I'm detinitely a big

1'an of Ron l\'liles. the trumpet

plal'er. I guess he s from the

area. !!'e hope people rvill likc

our music and we hope they'll

get out to the shor.r'. The more.

the merrier.

A lno rnnn' " : J - " ' " ' '

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LL.22.O8@ Mango's MountainBar and Grill, Red Cliff11.23.08@Dazzle Jazz,Denver

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Yark,Asosoloartist;Walshhashadfour

top 20 albums,includingtheThe Smoker

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MORE UPCOMINGLike acid jazzon, well, acid, psychedelic Chi-

cago-based band Algernon, using traditionalhorn and percussion with exotic vibraphone andglockenspiel. offers f luttering, spacey. but cohe:sive iazz, $'ith elements of rock and electronica.Algernon makes the trip Nov. 23 to Dazzle Jazzin Denver. Turn on, tune in, drop out.

. By Jeremy Johns6n . jjohn3oS@mscd.edu

pseudo-cover alb umThe Spaghetti Incidenf?, was the lastrecording including all of the band's "original" mem-bers, and received mediocre reviews. But, accord-ing to an interview with recently-acquiredmanager Irving Azoff, the new releasemarks a "historic moment in rock and roll."So many years (and so many bandmembers)later, it's hard to say if the made-over GNR'sChinese Detnocracy can match its lofty expec-tations. But it's easy to agree that a lot hashappened in rock and roll since then. Audio-files break dolvn several other key momentssince 199 3, for both GNR, and the rock androll world at large.. By Jeremy Johnson . jjohn308@mscd,€du

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Chicago's neo-jazz, supercool Algernon will bring their

)Chinese Democracg. GNR's last previous release,

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ftddnut ffu jolloatin4 pointa: frgfuurtt %bminalinru Io:. Consider carefully, thoughtfully, and

ays in whic*r his personReverend Dr, King'se critical details that

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THE POINT: AMERICA NEEDS FIXING, NOTOBAMA-MANIA

Don'tbelieve thehapeAmerica, we have a pmblem.

There is an epidemic running rampantthrough our sfreets, our homes andour news reporters: Obama-mania.

Don't worry, I ran a test using thehigh-efliciency search tool of GoogleNews to mal<e sure that my diagnosiswas correct. I ran two searches basedon r@ent news articles written in thepast month.

In those searches I used two setsof key words; the first was "Obama"+ "Historic." Nearly 80,000 newsresults pop@ up. Next, I searchedfor "Obama" + "Revolution." Nearly8 ,000 news results came up for thosetwo terms.

My research (iI using the Googlesearch bar could be called research)proved to me that we truly are stupid-ly mesmerized with the implicationsof Obama winning the presidency. Itseems as though every current newsstory about Obama is about some his-toric thing he is doing' Of course hiselection is historic: he is the first Afri-can American president€lect ever.

What will we hear about next?The first "historic" shit taken byObama in the Oval Office bathroom?

What we are doing is self gratifi-cation at its worst. Hey. look at us. weelected a black president, aren't wethe greatest?

There are nearly 88,000 storiesabout how great thi: election of Obamais, u*rile there are only I,000 aboutthe rise in hate crimes since the elec-

ANDREW FORTIERafortier@mscd.edu

tion of Obama. What has happenedthis month is a defining moment inAmerican history However, it is prog-ress and does not mean that Americaas a whole has completely changed.

We easily forget that there aregays and lesbians who are not guar-anteed basic rights like the rest ofus. We forget that the govemmenJ ispushing itself ever further into ourlives and the way that we live them.We still have faults. we must not lookpast and we must remember we havea long, long distance to go.

We need to remember thatObama is only a man. This is not arelolution. Unless we switched ourbasic form of government, and wrotea new constitution when I wasn'tlooking, there was no revolution.

Electing a new president in a dem-ocratic election, even one u'ho is an

African American. is nowhere near arevolution. There will not be any great

changes: Obama will not create a bet-ter, more magnificent world with a tipof his top hat. He is golng to have thesame dilficulties as every otJrcr presi-

dent as he attempts to create a largerand more invasive government.

We cannot go into the next fouryears blindly following a man be-cause he has a pearly white smileand fantastic rhetoric. If we are notcareful, we will follow Obama to evenmore dangerous places than n'e fol-lowed George W. Bush.

It may be dilficult, but we have toget over the idea that $'e are so greatbecause we elected Obama. We musttake Obama off of his God-like ped-estal to make sure that we, and he,know that he is still only human.

If we don't, we will only continueon the dangerous path of the past

eight years. giving the presidentmoreand more pol,l'er. The path that leadsto a larger and mor€ invasiv€ govern-

ment doing what it believes is "best"lor the people, all the while takingmore and more constitutional rishtsaway lrom the average citizen.

This is huly a historic time tolive in - important events will cometo pass in the ne)(t few years and wehave to be ready The only way to beready is to get over our collective caseof Obama-mania and focus on whatwe must do to make sure that our na-tion is properly ffxed.

Tax-free status 0r pllitics, nlt bothCalifornia's Proposition 8 passed

last week, due largely in part tro sig-nificant contributions made by TheChurch of Jesus Christ of Latter-daySaints. Not only did the bill eliminatetheright of same-sex couples to mar-ry but it further defined marriage asexisting only between a man and awoman in California.

Ttre definition of rnarriage is notreal$ the big question here, but ratlrervvhere the line is drawn on First Amend-ment rights. Chwches and charities tra-ditionally fall under the federal 5ol(c)(3) filing status as nonprofib and aretherefore tax-er<empt These organiza-tions have to lollow strict guidelinesnfiere politics are concerned, and therule of.thumb is they may do some lob-bying, but not too much.

Read the tax code if you want,but keep some of these stats in mindwhen you do it: 'Yes on 8' estimatesthat about 40 percent of its fund-irrg came from Mormons alone. LDSboasted they had raised $lO millionthrough phone banking and otherfundraising. The church used its in-ner network trees of contacts and

members to spr€ad the word and en-courage active lobbying of Californiavoters to get Prop 8 passed.

The whole situafon reeks of the

THE POINT: MORMON MILLIONS MANIPULATE PROP BVOTE

DREWJANESajanesl @mscd.edu

smug arrogance LDS and other majorreligious organizations have in thiscountrJr

So since Prop 8 was passed lastweek, all sorts of gay and civil rightsorganizations have been up in armsabout what LDS did to influence Cali-fornia loters. They are staging protests

against the Mormon church in Los An-geles and other places, even promotinga boycott of the state of Utah.

I don't think these protests n'illcome to fruition though, especiallywith the unwillingness of LDS to re-lent on its poaitions. not to mentionthe fact that the measure was votedinto law by the citizeris of Califomia.

Protesters should be appealing !o theIRS and their representation in Wash-ington to get the tax code redefined forwhat role these organizations shouldplay in American policy-making.

Occasionally, a church loses its tax-exempt status and the world goes on.But i-f LDS were to lose its exemptionover this Prop 8 debacle. we're talkingabout a big change in perception o[separation betwe€n church and state.The LDS church is big business, count-ing approximately 60 percent of Utahin its membership alone. Just imagineunleashing all that morality on Amer-ican policy in one fell swoop.

They of course, realize this, andthat's r,r'hy they create such a giant

dilemma.There is little doubt of the LDS

church s value as a charitable organi-zation in this counfy but since whendoes the mlue of charity overshadowthe nrle of law? There is such a thing ashaving too much power, and the Mor-mon church reached that milestonea long time ago. It wants to inlluenceAmerican domestic policy t'lfiile simul-taneously hiding behind the veil o[ reli-gious freedoms. It shouldn't be allowedto have it both ways. ff this closet cor-poration wants to come out and play, itshould pay for the privilege.

IN RESPONSE:LETTERSTOTHE EDITOR

Voting a privilege, not rightRE: AURARIANS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT COUNTRY'S FUTURE, NOV 13,by Benio Morales and Rochelle Smolinski

I am writingin to point out one ofthe few mistakes in the Nov. 13 issue.Toward the end, when the authorswrote, "For Gavin Wisdom, voting forthe first time was little more than ex-ercising his constitutional right."

ls this some sort of loke? Werethe authors tr]ring to sneak a quickone by the readers? Or does the ma-

iority of today's youth really haveabsolutely no idea what our Constitu-tion actually says and does not say?

The Constitution does not guar-antee any private citDen the right tovote in a presidential election. It sim-

ply says that the right to vote cannotbe denied by anybody on the basis ofrace, age or a few other factors. Itjust so happens that all states haveimplemented a statewide election tochoose its electors. If anyone actu-ally disagrees with the fact that thereis no ."Constitutional right to vote,"I recommend tley review "Bush vGore" and, of course, the Crnstitu-tion of the United States of Amenca.

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SPORTS

METRO 1 MINNESOTA STATE-MANKATO O'Runners redemptionKATE FERRARO

kfenaro@mscd.edu

After losing against Min-nesota . stat€-Mankato intheir very first regular seasonmalch. the Metro women'ssoccex team took resenge witha 1-O victory over the Maver-Icks Nov. 16. at Aurarla Field.

The No. 7 Roadrunners(18-1-3) had a bye in thefirst round of playoffs, whileMankato (16-4-2) defeatedColorado School of Mines 3 - I.Meho lost to Minnesota State3-2 in overtime earlier in theseason, the loss being Metro'sonly shortfall this year.

The contest was a tough,physical battle to the very end.The ball was played more inthe middle of the field, ratherthan at the ends, the entiregame. The offense from each

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Metro midfielder Madison McQuilliams shuts down Minriesota State-Mankato defender Kelly SadlerS attempt to clear the ball out of theMaverickS zone Nov. 16 at Auraria Field. The Mavericks dbalt the Roadrunners their only loss earlier this season. Metro got their revenge andbeat the Maverick 1-0 in the second round of the NCAA playoffs. (photo by catrlin Gibbons . cgibbons4@mscd.edu)

play in the Rocky MountainAthletic Conference Tourna-ment because of an ankle in-jury, Thomas was excited to beback in the action. Althoughher ankle still hasn't fully re-cwered, she was happy to fi-nally be able to play.

"It was nice," Thomassaid. "I missed it. Hopefrrlynext weekend, it lyill be 100percent;"

The Roadrunners will faceRegis University once againin the Sweet 16 round of theNCAA Tournameni Nov 21on the Grand Valley StateCampus in Allendale, Mich.Regis defeated Winona State 3-I Nov. 16 in the second roundof playoffs. The Roadrunnersbeat the Rangers 6-0 Sept. 21and in the RMAC champion-ship garne l{ Nov. 9.

"Somehow (Proposition 8) passed, and it was very close. Milk tome, it's just an inspiring movie. Sadly, not enough people know

about Harvey Milk.I would hope it would influence a lot of people."-JAMES FRANCO in METROSPECTIVE, 83

SIDETINE

11 .21SoccerWomen 11 a.m.vs. Regis@ Allendale, Mich.

BasketballWomen 2 p.m. vs.Concordia- St Paul@ 5t. Paul, Minn.

BasketballMen 5 p.m,Colorado Christianvs. Dickinson State@ 5 p.m.AurariaEvents Center

BasketballMen 7 p.m.vs.Aquinas @ AurariaEvents Center

11.22BasketballWomen I p.m.vs.Bemidji @ St. Paul,Minn.

BasketballMen 5 p.m.vs.Colorado Christian@ Auraria EventsCenter

BasketballMen 7 p.m. vs.Dickinson State@ Auraria EventsCenter

Cross CountryNCAAChampionshipsTBA@ Slippery Rock, Pa.

"It was a battleto the very lastminute. Weknewitiryasgoing to be a

squad eventualf would breakaway and by to shine for theirteam, but the heavy defensewould stop them lu theirhacks.

The spotlight was on for-ward Becca Mays. After 2Ominutes of fast-paced com-petition, she scored the lonegoal of the game. Mays tooka shot about 30 yards out,and the ball sailed right overMavericks' goalkeeper SheilaReynolds, for Mays' 20th goalof the season.

"It was a great shot," headcoach A&ianne Almaraz said."I thin-k the wind had a littlecarry with it, and from tak-ing it almost 30 yards out, youdon't see thrcse very often, *pecially in a playolT game. "

The game continued inthe middle of the field for the

rcmainder of the first half. Thetwo teams tied with four shotsat halftlme.

fankato sOepped up theirgame in the beginning of thesecond hali creating more opportunities, and were more onMeho's side of the freld. Goal-keeper Becca Maloney was onher toes the entire game, mak-ing some tremendous saves inthe backfield. Defender NicoleRenko is confident with Ma-loney between the posts andfeels she's a huge part of thedefense.

"I wouldn't imagine any-one else in the back," Renkosaid.

The Roadrunners stepiredit up and found more opportu-nities but couldn't hit the backof the net. Toward the end ofthe game. the Roadrunners

decided to sit back and defendtheir goal, instead of trying foranother one.

'We defended the last tenminutes of the game," Alma-raz said. "When they werepushing numbers up top, wealso had numbers drop in. "

Metro's shong defenseheld together, pushing throughthe Mavericks' 13 shots com-pared to Metro's three in thesecond half. The Roadrunnerswon the game 1-0 and will beadvancing to the third roundof the tournament.

"It was a battle to the verylast minute," forward JenThomas said. "We knew itwasgoing to be a battle coming in,and we kind of wanted a littlebit of r€venge, so it.was great

to get the win."After not being able to

battle coming in,andwekindofwanteda littlebit of revenge,so it was great toget the win."Metro womenbsoccer forward JenThomas after thewoment soccerteamwon the secondround ofthe NCAAplayoffs.They beatMinnesota State-Mankato 1-0.

A11 ' SPORTS , NOVEMBER 20, 2008 ' THE tlo entire

METRO 2 - COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES 3

Metro sneaks into tourney'Runners advanceto NCAA despitefalling at Mines

BY ERIC LANSINGla nsing @m scd.ed u

It might have been the longest48 hours Metro's volleyball team hasever experienced.

After a stunning first-round lossto the Colorado School of Mines Nov.14 in the first round of the RockyMountain Athletic Conference Tour-nament, the Roadrunners had tosimrner for two full days with the ideathat their season was over.

The unexpected loss to theOrediggers was jaw-dropping as theteam rolled through their conferenceschedule with a 16-3 record.

''Everyone was iust shocked,"Mefo libero Amy Watanabe said onthe loss. "It was pretty shocking tolose to Mines. We had the game inour control, but we could have comeout and played stronger."

Metro came into the contest asthe No. 3 seed in the tournament,while Mines limped in as the No.6 seed, having lost their last tlreematches. including a 3-O drubbingat the hands of the 'Runners iust oneweek ago.

But season records and previous

matchups seemed to be meaninglessas Meho fell 3-2 to the 'Diggers.

"Mines was good that day, noquestion," Meho head coach DebbieHendricb said. "They got their bestplayer back, at least healthier than shewas when we played them last week. "

Middle blocker Lisa Jones attempts a kill against Colorado Chris-tian Nov, 1 , The Roadrunners lost to Mines in the first round of theRMAC tournament, but still clinched the No. 7 seed in the CentralRegion and will play in the NCAA. (Cora Kemp . ckemp4@mscd.edu)

Hendricks was speaking of added.RMAC All-First Team outside hitter The'Runners took an early lead,Elizabeth Serra-Hsu, who stepped it grabbing Game I byascoreof 25-19.

up big for the Orediggers, pounding The Orediggers committed 11 attackout 22 kills and recor<ling 13 digs. errors, while Metro junior Lisa Jones

"She had a big day. We had contributed four kills in the win.

trouble containing her," Hendricks Game I's have been bliss for

Metro, having won 19 in the team's27 total matches. But it also hasbeen one of their few weaknesses asthey tend to relax and allow their op-ponents to get back into the game.

Mines took full advantage. taking the

second game 2l-2 5.But the 'Runners bounced back

to take Game 3 25-L9. However the'Diggers punched right back, grab-

bing Game 4 2 5-1 7. This forced a de-ciding Game 5 after Metro had won

five of seven Game 5's during theregular season.

Mines jumped out to a 10-4 point

lead, but Metro rallied to tie the gameat 1,2-12 and even took a 13-12 leadafter an attack error by Mines' AnnieAuxier. But consecutive attack errorsand a kill by Serra-Hsu ended thematch and the tournament for the'Runners.

. Despite the early exit from thetournament, Metro had a very strong

season, and the NCAA Tournamentstiil seemed like a lock. But the upsetscontinued in the RMAC Tournamentas No. I seed Nebraska-Kearney loittheir first conference game all year,

falling to Adams State in the fustround later that night.

Kearney has been ranked in thetop 15 in Division II all season, sotheir NCAA Tournament bid is guar-

anteed. But the loss allected Meno'schances as someone other than theRoadrunners and the lopers wasgoing to get an automatic4ualifierspot.

That meant that Metro's chancesto earn &bid to their ninth straighttournament &?s in ieopardy.

"It was iust crazy on the bus,"

Watanabe said of the bus ride runhome. "We heard that Kearney lostand we thought our season $'as over.For tr.r'o days on Saturday and Sun-day, we thought we r.rere done."

Regis won the RMAC Tourna-ment over Mesa State on Nov. 16,giving them the AQ spot. With Ke-arney's regular season dominance,they were also assured of a spot. ButMetro could be the last team lookingin from the outside.

The NCAA released theirtourna-ment bracket on the evening of Nov16 and the Roadrunners were grventhe No. 7 seed in the Central Region.

It was a relief for Hendricks, whohopes that the team uses that 48-hour period, where they assumedthey had played their last match. asfuel to head into the NCAA Tourna-ment headstrong:

The team didn't know about theinvite until Hendricks called a team

meeting at 8 p.m. that Sunday night.The women figured the meeting wasto turn in their equipment and callit a season, but Hendricks told themotherwise and instructed them to get

ready for their first-round opponent."We all became so emotional,"

Watanabe said. "I started to cry oth-ers also came to tears. but we all wereso happy to still be playing. We had acrappy ending to one s€ason, now wehave a second chance to have a betterending to a new one."

The Roadrunners will tralel Nov.8 to St. Paul, Minn. to face off againstSouthwest Minnesota State, The Mus-tangs play in the Northern Sun Inter-collegiate Conference and are the sec-ond seed in the Central Region.

, '

Soccer falls to Skyhawks in first roundMETRO O - FORT LEWIS 1

Roadrunners endseason T2-7-3,8-3-3 in RMAC

BYVANESSA MAIS

. vmais@mscd.edu

The No. l9-ranked men's soccerteam lost to No.2-ranked Fort lewisNov. 13 for the tbird weekend in a row,but this time it was season-ending.

The Roadrunners and Skyhawkstraveled to Midwestern State in Wich-ita Falls, Texas.for the first round ofthe NCAA tournamenL In a natchwhere the. defense stood out. FortLewis needed lust one goal to put

Metro out of the tournament."We did our best, it tust wasn't

enough this year," Metro senior for-ward Ola Sandquist said.

There was not much action inthe first half, with both tearns com-bining for only three shots on goal.The game was tied 0-O at halftime.

In the 64th minute, Fort Lewisdefender farnie Cunningham stole aloose ball in the box and put it awayfrom 16 yards out for the go-aheadgoal. Only a minute later, Metro for-ward Ri Armstrong had a shot hit offthe right post.

In the 72nd minute . Metro mid-0elder Steven Emory found Sandquiston a fastbreak but Sandquist's shotwent wide right.

"We had more than a few good

looks." head coach Ken Parsons said."We iust didn't get it into the net, "

Metro had many opportunitiesto tie the game toward the end withfour free kicks and three corner kicksin the lastsix minutes. 'Runners mid-fielder Chris Yoder took a shot from

deep as the buzzer sounded, but it

was right into the arms of Skyhawksgoalkeeper Zane Wells.

The 'Runners ended their season12-7-3 and for the second year in arow have lost in the fust round of theNCAA tournament.

"We had a pretty decent season,"Sandquist said. " Considering howmany seniors we lost from last year,I don't think we could have donemuch better."

The 'Runners might not havetoo much to celebrate as a team,but they have a lot to celebrate in-dividually.

Metro forward Kellen Johnsonwas named the RMAC Player of theYear and Daktronics All-CentralRegion Player of the Year. lohnsonfinished the season with a team-leading 16 goals and eight assists,even without playing in the post-

season ,after suffering a collarbonelracture Nov. 2. fohnson was one oftwo players unanimously selected tothe First Team AII Conference alongwith Sandquist. Johnson led the con-ference in points and goals, and wasthird in assists.

Sandquist was named to the Da-ktronics First Team All-Cenft'al Re-gion and First Team All Conference,ending his season with 14 goals and1O assists.

Metro hamed two players to the

conference Second Team: midfielderEmory and goalkeeper Ryan VickeryEmory was also named to the Dak-

tronics Second Team All-Central Re-gion team. He ended the season withfive goals and one assist. Vickeryended the season with a 1.29 goals-

against average making 81 saves.

Juniors Hambrick and PatLauehlin were selected to the Third

Team All Conference. Also, Laughlinwas named to the Daktronics FirstTeam All-Central Reglon team andHambrick was named to the secondteam. Hambrick ended his seasonwith five goals and six assists. Laugh-lin is a stellar defender in the back forthe'Runners.

Meho named four players tothe RMAC A.ll-Tournament Team:midffelder Hambrick, defender RyanBrooks, midfielder Emory, and for-ward Sandquist.

Metro graduates three seniors:

fohnson, Sandquist, and Vickery,all three starters. Metro will returneight starters for their 2009 season.

"We were a little bit under-manned coming into this season,"Parsons said. "But I think oui play-

ers surpassed a lot of expectationsreplacing (last year's seniors)."

AI2 r SPORTS " NOVEMBER 20, 2008 " THE METROPOLITN . 'tt e. bolor. It'r o"t Uf..6n*"4 rhet yo" g.t

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h[o smiles for SmileyMetro defensman's Hockey Scores

size anilleadershipstand out on ice

8Y ROBERT DRANrdran@mscd.edu

Psychology is the key to win-ning, whether it's on the battlefieldor on the ice. Psychology major andMetro defenseman Erik Smiley hasa psychologically intimidating pres-ence. The 6-foot. 225-pound Sm eyeasily outweighs his tearnmates.

"I guess you can say I play aphysical, grinding style of hockey,"Smiley said.

He has five points this seas<.rn,all of which are assists, but statisticsdo not tell the whole story when itcomes to Smiley, In fact, many of histeammates are u€ary of him duringpractice and try to keep their headsup.

"I would not like to get hit by thatguy," forward Troy Oakes said.

Smiley's size and maturity arerare commodities on this undersizedand young team. Smiley outweighshis second-heaviest teammate, I€-ahy Connor. by 2 5 pounds.

"It's tough with such a youngteam. I think about 90 percent of ourguys are freshmen. n'hile I think UtalState has one guy under 24 (vears ofage). In that case. it's hard to matchup strength-wise, " assistant coachBrady Peecher explains.

Smiley is also the elder statesmanon the team. At 24, he tries to act asa leader for the young team.

Erik Smiley at hockey practice Nov. 1oth at Apex lce Arena.In hissecond year on the team, Smiley is the oldest player at 24. (photo byDrew Jaynes . ajaynes@mscd.edu)

'T feel like I have to pass down This may sound like a heavysome leadership and try to avoid burden for a player who is only insome of the mistakes.I made." his second year on Metro's hockey

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team, but Smiley has taken the re-sponsibility.

He v'.ould also like to see somedefensive improvements on theteam.

"l feel like our goaltending is sol-id, Overall, our problem is with for-wards coming back and helping thedefensemen. Smiley said."

Nevertheless, Smiley has an op-timistic vierv of Roadrunner hock-ey.

"trVe're working on building.chemistry," he said. "\A,te are com-ing together as a team. All of us re-ally make the effort to hang out alterpractice and develop that chemis-try. "

Smiley knows hockey n'ell.Thirteen years ago, he learned howto play in lvlinnesota, and playedclub hockey lbr the University ofDenl'er, where they have a well-knorvn tradition of winning.

Smiley will have a chanc€ toshow some out of state teams hisgrinding style 7 p.m. Nov. 2 1 atGeorge S. Eccles Ice Center i Logan,Utah, against Utah State University.Smiley also plays 8:3O p.m. on Nov.22 at The Ice Sheet in Ogden, Utah,against Weber State University.

New Metro coach steps up to plate'Runners baseballprogrammoves on

f t t .

Jrom rrcrce aearsBYZACTAYLOR

aaylor2pmscd.edu

In 1985, Jerry Schemmel leftWashburn University in Topeka,Kan., after fivc years as a baseballplaler and head coach. The formerTimberwoh'es' and currenr N u gget s'play-by-play announcer always in-tended to return to college baseball,but it $.asn't until Nov. 10, 2008.that he was able to get that chance.Schemmel will be the next headcoach of the Roadr:unners.

"Ever since I left college coach-ing, I've always thought about get-ting back," he said. "I've never beenhappier or had more fun than whenI played and coached. "

Schemmel isn't exactly fallingback into the world of baseball afteran absence of more than 20 years.He had been a ;,outh and high school

coach during thattime. and he finarlly

returned to the col-

legiate diamond two

]€ars ago as a volun-

teer assistant coach atN{etro under lbrmer

head coach BobbyPierce.

Pierce departed

the Roadrulners afterh'vo years, including

a record season last

spring, leaving a new .

winning pbilosophy

in the baseball pro-gram.

"He did a fantastic iob." assistantcoach Bill Brady said of Pierce. "He'syoulg, and if I were in his shoes, I'dsay yeah to a great opportunify in Di-vision I ball, too."

Pierce left Denver for IndianaUniversity-Purdue University FortWa]'ne after resigning from the pro-gram Aug. 15. Interim head coachGrant Birely soon ioined Pierce in In-diana, leaving lust the two volunteer

Metro head baseballcoach Jerry Schemmel.(Courtesv of Metro)

has held since 1992."I al ,-ays wanted to be a baseball

broadcaster, but it kind of just hap-pened that I got a chance in basket-ball first," he said.

Along the way, Schernmel mar-ried Diane, his wife of 23 years, andraised two kids: 16-year-old Maggieand 9-year-old Ryan, who is alreadygetting excited about playing thegirme.

coaches, Brady and

Schemmel."l could see right

away that he was ai,cry valuable part of

the team," Schem-mel said ol Brady,

whom he hds kept on

his staff for the 2009

season,

The new headcoach will be busy

in the upcoming

season, as he will

remain the Nuggets'

announcer for homegames, a position hc

Now back on th€ diamond.Schemmel is already hitting the re-cruiting trail and retooling the play-ers' hitting. He believes in a moreraditional swing than Pierce, butother than that tie will keep a similzuformula to try and repeat, or improveon, last year's success.

"I rvant to get the gu]rs to playwith great intensity and execute thefundamentals." he said. "I think wecan do as good or better than lasty6ar. "

Doing better than the 2008 sea-son may not mean matching lastseason's wins, but iust getting theteam to hit their shide at the righttime. Despite the loss of sluggersReece Gorman and Jake Palmer, pre-venting a late-season collapse likelast season could mean more in thelong run.

"[t's a really solid tearn. We're iustmissing a couple of big sticks," Schem-mel said. "I tust thirk we need to beplaying our best baseball at the end ofthe season, not the beginning,"

Cross-countryreaches firstNCAA tourney

BYZACTAYLORztaylo12@mscd.edu

Four years ago, Metro coach Pe-ter Julian started the cross-counfyprogram liom scratch. Now, hissteady buildup of recruiting andpractice has yielded the first NCAATournament berths for the men'sand women's squads.

"It's always easy for a team tosend one or two individuals to na-tionals," Julian said. "But for bothteams to go. it shows that Metro iscommitted to success."

Last season, Roadrunner Anthony Luna made it to the NCAA Cham-pionships as an individual, the seasonin ll'trich Julian had hoped to havethe full men's squad. Now the teamwill leave for Slipper_v Rock Univer-sit_v without their star runner, whowill stay home with a stress fracture."We'd rather have him than not havehim," Luna said. "But ].ou get a bet-ter response from the rest of the teamwhen a teammate goes dorrun."

The men's team has shown theirdepth by being able to continue with-out Luna, capped by a fifth-place runin the 10,000 meter by Todd Tolen-tino, who is the leader of the team,according to the coach.

\,!trere the men were expected tomake the NCAA Championship, thewomen were a surprise even to Julian,who rrvas thinking nert year for na-tionals. This season, they finished No.5 in the region to make the champion-ship, a I Gspot jump from last year.

"It's not so often that teamstransform themselves so much," Ju-lian said. "It's something I've neverseen as a coach or athlete."

The team is led by freshmanDanielle Kehoe and senior ChelseaRutter, the top two }letro runners inthe Central Region.

Although Chelsea Rutter and hersister Taebrooke came to the t€amIrom Washington, Julian has built histeams lr'ith a focus on local talent.

"lvlost teams are pretty healy onthe international side. but we feel likethere is plenty of talent in Colorado,"Julian said. "It was our vision to buildthe program the right way."

The program s coach is excitedto see how the NCAA berths increasehis ability to recruit talent for future

lears and his ability to build on hiscurrent success.

"lbu hope to use this as a catalystto bring in more talent and continueto chip away at the top prograrns."he said. "Next time, I think we can goand surprise some folks."

Both Metro teams travel to Slip-pery Rock University in Pennsylva-nia Nov. 22 for the championship.

The men will bring Tolentino.Brice Young, facob Schuman, ZachMares, Brandon fohnson, Scott In-gram and Rick Bogatay.

The women will take Kehoe, bothRutter sist€rs, Veronica Albo, ShaniseHamilton, Xenia Flores and MorganThomas.

the trttert blr&etbr[ platar i! hjirtort ru Vrsity AtLatFv of thc Soviet Unior. Hr rar ? fu, ?.3 ipcber'tall. . THE METROPOLITAN ' NOVEMBER 20, 2008 ' SPORTS 'A13

'Runners lose opener, star guardMetro fall 62-56;Alvssa Bensonout for season

By KATE FERRAROkferraro@mscd.edu

Metro women's basketball teamlost their home and season openeragainst Minnesota-Moorhead 62-56 Nov. 14 at the Auraria EventsCenter.

The Roadrunners began thegame in the first half a little slowly,shooting only 28 percent from thefield, compared to the Dragons' 42percent. They racked up a numberof turnovers right from the start, notbeing able to work with a decent pass-ing game.

At halftime, Minnesota was lead-ing 34-22, and continued their mo-mentum to grab a 38-26 lead $'ith12 minutes left in the game. ThenMetro picked up the intensity. goitig

on a 2O-9 run, and making a come-back to tighten the game 46-47.Yetthe Roadrunners missed a layup andtwo 3-pointers late in the game tocome a$'ay with the loss.

"We're going to learn from it,"

iunior guard Leandra Sands said."Next game, we're going to learnhow to come out harder. [t's onlyone game, so all we have to do is iustgrow from it, pick up our mistakesand continue."

Last year, the Roadrunners wonagainst the Dragons 75-71, but se-nior forward Megan Sinclair believesit's hard to compare those two games.especially with how dilTerent the teamis this year.

"We lost six seniors: we have sEnewcomers." Sinclair said. "We'revery young. We just weren't ready

Metro guard Jasmine Cervantet right goes net while (enter Meghan Reftke tries to stop

for the intensity in the 6rsr half. and that way the whole game." niors out of the I 3 players on the ros-

in the second half, we came out and Sinclair is the only senior on the ter. The lack of upperclassmen could

we were ready. Welust needed to play squad this year. along with four ju- hare had an effect oir the outcome

Metro vs Minnesota-Moorhead(11/14/08 in Denver)

GAMI SCoRE 1 2 TotalM€tro.....................22 34 - 56Minnesota..............,..34 28 - 62

tield Goal%: etm 38.2, Minne5ota ().03-point 96: l,letro 30, Minnesota 18.5Free thmw %:Metrc 66.7, Minnesota 56.7Iotal rcbounds: lilatt! 33, Minnesota 39Points olf turnov€6: f,letr0 18, Minn€sota 25Points in the Daint: l,l€fio 1 8, Minneiota 242nd chance oointJ: Metm 15,llinne$ta 3

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of the game. However, head coachLinda Lappe doesn't believe age wasthe issue.

"I think if you're an athlete,you're an athlete whether you're afreshman, sophomore, iunior, se-nior," Lappe said. "You come to play;you come to win. It was an eye-open-er for a few of our players, and now Ithink we know n'hat it's going to taketo win, and we iust have to be ready tobring it both halves."

Sophomore Alyssa Benson toreher ACL and will be out for the wholeseason. Benson logged signficantminutes scoring 5l field goals and 193-pointers in the 2007 season. '

The Roadrunners will travel toSt. Paul, Minn., to face Bemidji Stateand Concordia-St. Paul Nov. 21 and22 .

"It's a tough trip," Lappe said."We're going to face a couple teamsthat are similar to this. We haveConcordia-St, Paul who was a topteam last year-they're big. Theyhave good athletes, so we've iustgot to be ready to play two halvesmostly."

Nov. 15 at the Auraria Events Center. Illetro lost to Minnesota-Moorhead 62-56. (Linh Ngo . Ingo@mscd edu)

Basketball battles on boards in 1-1 road trip in MinnesotaBy ZACTAYLOR

aaylo126mscd.edu

Metro's basketball team looked totheir senior leaders in splitting theiropening games Nov. 15 and 16 in St.Cloud. Minn.

Meho head coach Brannon Hayspoints to seniors Jesse Wagstaff andMarquise Carrington as his go.toguys for the 2OO8-2009 season.

The Roadrunners dropped theiropener at St. Cloud State Nov. I 5, butstarting guard Carrington kept thegame close, scoring a career high I Jpoints in the 82-71 loss.

Hays was proud of Carrington seffort, but the rebounding mighthave been the key factor that the

coach was focusing on."Our guys really competed hard

on the glass," Hays said.Metro out-rebounded the bigger,

more physical Huskies 19-15 on theday, which may be a sign that theRoadrunners improved a categorythat plagued them for most of lasts€ason.

Out-rebounding St. Cloud Statealso allowed Metro to win the battleof second-chance points 15-14. Tak-ing advantage of those points adds asecond dimension to a team that al-ready shoots at a high percentage.

In addition to a longer. tallerteam, Hays feels he has more depth,which could make the 2008-2009Roadrunners a better defensive teamthan last season.

'"We're a bit bigger, more athlet-ic, have more depth than last year's

team," Hays said. "l think ne can bebetter than last year's team defen-sivell'."

In the second game of the rveek-end. I etro's defense held their ownin an 85-66 win over Minnesota-

Crookston. Forward Wagstaff nasthe leading man on offense, scoring27 points-Is coming from beyondthe arc.

Fellow seniors Cuiseppe Ciancioand Lawrence Billings added ninepoints apiece in the contest, display-ing veteran leadership,

"That's always good to have ex-perience," Hays said. 'And the new-er guys are picking things up realquick."

With five seniors securely set inthe starting lineup, the freshmenand incoming transfers will have toquickly adiust to the game in orderfor Metro to become a dominantforce.

Senior forward Daniel Bass addsmore veteran leadership up front,along r,l'ith surprising range on his

iump shot.The seniors combinewith nr€ ad-

ditions to the roster in guards Reggie

Evans, Brian Nlinor, Donte Nicholasand lorwards Meneptha Darden andNelson Ekeh.

"I'm curious to find outwho's go-ing to emerge," Hays said. "It's a ver-satile team; we've got some guys who

MetrcuSt OoudState(11/15/ll8 in 5t. Cloud, Minn.)

GAMESCORE 1 2 TOTAIMctro.................... 36 35 -71

5t000d...................41 4l - 82

tield Goal %: Metro 4t 5L Cloud State 49.13-point 96: l,l€tro 37J.5t.00{d State 35.7Fr€e thmw %:Meim78.9, st. Cloud State 6,4Iotalrebound5: Metrol5, SLCloud stite 28Pointi off turnovers: M€tm 12. 5t. Cloud slate 21Poinlsinthe Daint il€tro 34,5t.00ud State 242nd rhan(e Doints:M€tro 15,51Cloud State 14

5IAT5:Metro: Pts AM. Gfiington... l5 1D. Ni(h01as......,,. 6 0CRobinson.......5 IJ. Wagstaff......... 4 0

St.Cloud: PB A RT.Witt.............15 1 rA. Bernstetter 5 2 4M. S(hned.... 5 0 5,. ortmann......4 4 |

can really run the floor well."Meho returns home for a joint

tournament with Colorado Chris-tian, where the 'Runners will playAquinas Nov 2l and Dickinson Nov.22 at the Auraria Bvents Center.

iletro Ys llinnesoh-(rcokrton(1l/t6108 in 5t. Cloud Minn.)

GAMESCoRI 1 2 TotalM?trc.........,......,.,..59 26 -85

MinneJota................. 38 28 -65

tield Goal%: Merro 49.2,lilinn60la 47.93-point %: lihtro ,183, Minn€sota 50tr€e throw % i Metlo 75, Minnesola 69.2lotalrebounds: Meto 38, Minnesota 26Poinsofflumo{e6: Metro 22, Minn€sota 6PointJ in tlte Daint liietm 30,Minnesota 162nd (han(e Ddints:lihtro l6,Minne$ta 10

5]AT5:Metro: PtJ AJ.Wagftft....... 27!, Bill ing!.......... 9G. Ciancio.......... 9B. Baringer........ 8

Minnerota; Pts A RA. Cubie....... 19 0 5B.(ummingr..9 2 3A.Hendrid6...9 0 5M. Pelzer.,........ 8 5 6

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Gentle Yoga - Wednesdays, Noon{ p.m.Gentle Yoga is about gently bringing your bodyand mind back in touch with each other andgiving yourself a chance to heal. lt encouragesyour body to let go of built up tension and stress.This gentle, slower paced practice makes itaccessible to people ofall sizes, ages, and fitnesslevels.

Yoga as Therapy - Wednesdays, 115-2:15 p.m. Hansa's yoga teaching can adaptclassical yoga poses to people wh0 have physicalchallenges. Learn how you can benefit fromhatha yoga at any age and in any condition.

Crypto Science Society - Learnabout strange and unusual phenomena, discussmysteries, explore the unknown, experience thephenomena first hand and become a certifiedfield investigator. For details go to: www.mscd.edui-crypto/

Sigma Sigma Sigma Sorority- Learn about our sisterhood every Wednesdayin Sigi's 140 at 6:30p.m. For more information:trisigma.recruiter@g mail.com

Urban ilature- Urban Nature,the BotanicGardens' 2008 signature exhibiti0n, explores theintersection of nature and urban culture. Artand horticulture are the t00ls{ity dwellers canemploy to evoke the natural world as concreteand steel steadily encroa(h 0n our green space.The exhibit runs through November 30, 2008.

Free Blood Pressure Screenings- Fridays at the Health Center at Auraria, Plaza150 at 2 p.m.

Tobacco Cessation Support - IheHealth Center at Auraria offers many types ofassistance to stop. call 303-556-2525.

Free HIV Testing - 0ngoing atthe HealthCenter at Auraria. Call 303-556-2525.

December2,2008

Metro State Concert/CommunityBand and Symphic Band - King[enter Concert Hall - 7:30 p.m. Enjoy an eveningof fabulous band music. This event is free. Formore information contact the Music DeDartmentat 303-556-3180.

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Metro State Jazz Orchestra andVocal Jazz Ensemble - King (enterConcert Hall - 7:30 p.m. Bring in the holidays withan evening of bop, swing and ballads. Iickets510 general; 58 seniors; 55 students. Metro StateCommunity free with valid lD at King (enter Box0ffice. For more information contact the MusicDepartment at 303-556-3180.

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A Holiday Card to the City - KingCenter (oncert Hall - 7:30 p.m. Presented byMetro State Chorales, Wind Band, ChamberMusic Ensembles and faculty artists. Tickets520. 518, 515. Reserved seating. Metro StateCommunity free with valid lD at King (enter Box0ffice. For more informatisn contact the MusicDeoartment at 303-556-1180.

9 News Parade of Lights - DowntownDenver, starting in front ofGvic Center Park andthe City & tounty Building on Bannock Streetat l4th Avenue - Friday 8 p.m.; Saturday 6 p.m.Spectator viewing is free along the two-mileroute, as Downtown Denver's skyline providesa stunning background. For information go towww.denverparadeofl ights.com.

Decemberq 2008

African Dance for Everyone - St.Francls Atrium - 10 a.m. Enjoy the tremendousenergy ofthis natural dance accompanied by liveconga drums. For more information g0 t0 www.mscd.edu and click on H for Healthv Moves 0r e-mail wilkinli@mscd.edu.

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5 - 9 p.m. Come and experience a holiday lightsafari with more than 38 brilliantly-illuminatedanimal sculptures that swing through trees,jump across lawns, hide in bushes and appearin places where they're least expected.Purchase your tickets before December land receive an additional 52 discount onadult admission. For more information g0 towww.denverzoo.orglzoolights/index.asp.

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