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On a Thursday, chef GilbertAbeyta stands next to The Mercantile'sgri flipping burgers and droppingfrench fries into the fryer. lt's businessas usual except for one thing. He knewThe Mercantile would close the nextday.

'This place has been a restauanthere since I started college here back in1981," said Abeyta "I think it's moreofa landmark than a business. I lovethe kids that come in, and I try to befunny and keep them entertained and,you know, ry and help relieve theirstress when they're obviously bummedout for finals."

Outweighed by food service giantSodexho lnc., The Mercantile stop@serving burgers and fries Jrme 27, clear-ing the way for an Einstein Bros.Bagels to set up shop.

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MetoConnect utilizes a single login, wherethc old process iook users thmugh three systernsseporately. The portal ofrers a customized interfacewith infonnation relevant to the user's role at thecollege.

Stdents can now rcgisrer for classes, print

Since the poral was initiated, many usershave had both negative and positive feedbacbmainly about the email process.

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Internet access is required in order toaccess the portal. Go to Metro's home page:www.mscd.edu.

On the right hand side of the page there isan area named "Quick Links." Under that is abulton labeled "MetroConnect" which linksto the portal login page.

The portal is currently only for students,faculty and staff.

User.names will remain the same if theuser had an old Metro WebMail account, butall users will need a newly assigned pass-word.

If a student does not have a computer orInternet access, the college offers l0 opencomputer labs and 17 departmental computerlabs with complete, free Internet access.

Users can also access the portal fro4 theAuraria library and the new E-Den computerlounge in the Tivoli.

Since being activated, there has beenreports of users not being able access old e-mail folders. More training classes have beenadded because of high demand from dsers.Log onto Metroconnect to check class sched-ules and times.

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Legal office at Aurariacloses; director retires

Auraria legal offrce closed April 29,due to alleged mismanagement by formerdirector Chrislian Rataj.

The office will be closed for the sum-mer semester and will reopen in the fall"The ofiice provides legal counseling forstudents at Meho, University of Coloradoat Denver and Community College ofDenver,

It is unclear as to why Raej wasaccused of mismanagement, but in theJune 28, issue of l'ie Roclqt MountainNer,rs Beth Ott, a student and the parilegalmanager of the office, said that Rataj oftengave Auraria parking passes to privatelegal clients.

Eleven students worked in the legaloffrce before it closed, but Metro offrcialssaid they all have found work-study posi-tions elsewhere on campus.

Auraria Library nowcharges for printing

On July. l, the Auraria library put aprinting charge into effect for all students.A summer update from the library said thatthey pay over $100,000 a year on printing,and with the budget crisis they cannotafford it anymore.

Students will now pay l5 cents perpage. The library said that students wouldrather pay than have the library disappearaltogether.

Altematives to paying for copies are toemail or save articles to a disk.

Yolanda Otega-Ericksenappointed toHickenlooper's team

Yolanda Otega-Erickson retired fromMetro after 30 years and is now joiningMayor-elect John Hickenlooper's hansinon team.

The team consists of 29 comniitteesthat review the city's govemment opera-tion. Otega-Erickson will serve as the co-chair on the Theaters and Arenascommrttee.

Metro's StudentGovernment Assemblyseeks volunteers

The SGA is currently looking for stu-dents to act as justices of Student Court.Students would sit on a judicial board toheai disputes with the SGA, or students atlarge and make justified decisions regard-ing a particular complaint.

Students must contact SGA attorneygeneral Rustin Tonn at tonn@mscd.edu ifinterested in joining the sMent judicialboard.

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Denver smoking ban deniedCouncil members vote 7-5 againstproposed ban to eliminate smokingin Denver bart restaurants

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On June 30, the Denver City Councilquashed a proposed bill that would haveextinguished smoking in all Denver restau-rants and many of the city's bars. Had itpassed, the bill would have banned smokingin any establishment where food was 25percent or more of their business.

"We're obviously deeply disappointedwith the decision," said Rita Aragon,spokeswoman for Councilwoman Allegra(Happy) Haynes, one of the chief supportersof the measure. Aragon said that Haynes'office had received hundreds of calls andemails in support of the ban and that she isconfident the issue will be brought before

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a hearing on the matter by city council pres-ident Cathy Reynolds. The rest ofthe coun-cil could not come up with thd two-thirdsvote required to override her decision.

"l'm very contenl with the decision,"said Denver smoker Andy Levine on thedefeat of the smoking ban. "Not just for myown selfish reasons, but I think it's betterfor the ecofromy right now to allow smokingin restaurants and bars."

Levine, however, said that Reynolds'decision to cancel the public hearing on thematter was "politically irresponsible."

"l'm disappointed with the decisibn, butnot surprised," said Denver non-smokerShannon Liberatore. "There are certainthings that I won't even wear oul to listen tomusic because the stench of cigarettes staysin your clothes and I don't want to pay to

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Council members voting against the banwere: Charlie Brown, Polly Flobeck, JoyceFoster, Ted Hackworth, Ed Thomas, ElbraWedgeworth and Cathy Reynolds. Thosevoting for the ban were: Susan Barnes-Gelt,Dennis Gallagher, Happy Haynes, KathleenMacKenzie and Ramona Martinez.Councilwoman Debbie Ortega was absentfrom the session.

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Metro has dnnounced the appoinnnent ofthree lew members of the board of tnrstees,Gov. Bill Owens appointed them on July l,expanding the voting board members fromftven to nine.

The board of kustees began to operate atMetro a year ago to fulfill a vision formerMetro President Sheila Kaplan had for thecollege.

Kaplan wanted Metro to be independentfrom the state board of trustees, and afteradvocating to the governor numerous times,Owens formed a board of tnrstees to oparatesepdiately from the state board.

The three new trustqes are Maria Garcia-Berry, president of public affairs frm CLRAssociales; John Osbom, real estate execu-tive. founder and chief executive officer ofVillage Hom.es; and Sean Tonner, formerdeputy of staff for the govemor, who also ranOwens' latest re-election bid.

Re-appoitrted to the board was TrusteeGin Butler, who will serve a one year term.

. Truste€ Patrick Winesner is finishing hisone-year term and will then leave Metro totake a qimilar position at Western StateCollege in Gunnison,.Colorado.

The board chair is Bruce Benson. At thelast board meeting June 24, the board electedRay Kieft as interim president of Metro whowill hold office until a permanent presidentis selected.

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lnronsSelf reflection on societal trends

- by Richard Boettner

Why do we hate ourselves so much? This isone of the hardest articles I've ,,rritten. You see,I can identi$ with those boys who *'ere picked

on by their classmates before they resorted toshooting them. I never shot anyone, I just

accepted that I was an outsider, that I didn'tbelong. I hid my feelings and my anger. I triedto be as invisible as possible most ofthe time. Inmy senior year, a few good teachers saw some-thing in me that I couldn't see at the time. Theysaw someone who felt deeply, cared a lot, anintelligent young man, who would amount tosomething. They supported my outspoken voiceby having me wnte and that led to poetry, whichI've never shared. I leamed to stand my groundthrough words. What can I possibly say afteryet another school shooting, adding to howmany in the last few yean? We Americans donot know what communitv is. Christians thinkthe answer is simply to pray to ajealous God and forget the com-mandment, 'Love thy neighboras thyne own self.' People musthate themselves, seeing lhe waypeople treat. one another I seetoo much anger, people yelling ateach other, punching and shoot-ing each other. It will take a lotmore effort from many sidesbefore this ends.

As Corporations becamemore greedy and top manage-ment demands more from itsemployees, to make morernoney, people have been forcedto make due with less and less,each year. Recently, a newspaperheading read: 'Americans faceanother 2Yo decline in theirStandard of Living.' In the1960's, a single-family eamercould make around $8,500 ayear; buy a house, a car and raisea family of two children. Today,if wages had kept up with thecost of living, minimum wagewould be around $52,000 a yearor $25 an hour, a far cry from the$S-something per hour that min-imum wage is today. To have thesame standard of living as a family in the 60'shad, a Single wage earner today would have tomake $75,000 to $85,000 a year.

Americans talk about community, but notmany klow what it really means to live in acommunity. The Hopi people have demonstrat-ed the best example of community. Everyone intheir society was responsible to raise the chil-dren and not just their own. lfthe children wereptaying outside and one ofthem did somethhgunacceptable, they would feel the sting from apebble tossed lrom one of the adults. Thisreminds the children that they are always under

the watchful eye of an adult and need to con-form Io community rules. They would also haveinformal classes where stories were used toteach the children what was acceptable andwhat wasn't. It was a community of trust andrespect with a shared. responsibility. Theydemonstrated the ph.rase,'Love thy neighbor,'the best.

People keep to themselves; they stay busyin order to avoid the present, the truth. Mostparents, if interviewed, would reveal that theywere treated the same way in school, but didnothing to stop it, to end the cycle of angerMaybe they did nothing when they were goingto school. but what about now. when their chil-dren are in school? Parents don't want to taketime to be with their children because they don'twant to be reminded of their ]'outh. I see somany people, both children and adults, avoidingthe present by taking drugs, drinking alcohol,overeating, listening to loud music, involving

themselves deeply in movies, watching mind-less TV, endlessly playing video games, surfingthe Internet, shopping a lot, and not being pres-

ent in the moment.I don't claim to have all the answers, but

here is where I would start. Parents need to starttaking part in their children's lives. Ifthat meansgoing to the skate park with them, then do it.Ard I don't mean drive there. Walk, it gives you

time with your children. Visit their friends' par-ents' homes and get to know them. Get theschool to hold a parent-child social severaltimes a vear. so evervone can meet and leam

more about each other. Force schools to do abetter job at having student support groups andmore student-run counseling programs wherekids can be themselves and say anything ontheir minds. Find solutions to their problemsthat don't involve fighting or kil l ing. Gettogether.with other parents and force the state toraise the minimum wage so people uon't haveto work so much and can spend more time withtheir children.

One group of people rvill have you believethat spending more time in church is the onlysolution. Well, I hate to disappoint but church isnol the solution. Most of these groups are onlylooking to increase their membership toincrease their prohts, nothing more. lfyou don'tbelieve me, do an audit on these churches to seehow much money they bring in and where it isgoing. These groups are self-serving and havelittle interest in bringing about real change, andwe shouldn't rely upon them. The problem is

much deeper than a lack ofreligion or prayer in a per-son's life. Also, it's anotherway for parents to pass theirresponsibility off onto some-one or something else bysending their children tothese tlpe of churches.

As I said, this was a hardarticle to write. Now that it'sfina.lly done, .l 'm glad,because I've taken posses-sion of how I feel and myvoice is my strength. I feelvery strongly about peoplefighthg for their rights andso many Americans just sitby and let others stomp allover them. If you can't findthe stength to stand up andsay, "I've had enough!" thenmaybe you need to just wal-low in your self-pity andmove over for those of uswho will make a differenceand not stand in our way.Alyone who thinls that theirloice doesn't matter, please

do the rest of us a favor andshut up. We don'l need to betold we can't change things,

that politicians ard rich people are too powerful.I am powerful and I want all the whiners to

get out of my way ,because before I die, thingswill have changed for the better. If there isn't agroup in your area to join, then create one, butpeople need to start standing up for themselvesand force the politicians they elect to make laws

that bsnefit them and not the rich or the corpo-rations. lfyou won't stand up for yourself, don'tblame anvone else for vour life.

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Iuty 1993 call to action-by Mark Thrice, a pseudonymn

By the winter of 1989, terrorists were nolonger just hijacking airplanes and shooting upimportant people with anti-tank guns. Theywere much more radical. They were usingrocket launchers to down entire aircraft, and onthe ground they rvere blowing up not only soli-tary human targets, but their bodyguards, thecars in which they rode, and the roads on whichthey traveled.

Terrorist activities have suddenly becomemuch grander in scale and as a result, counter-terrorist activities will probably place evenmore emphasis on disinformation and assassi-nations (this is already happening, ofcourse; somuch so that amateur speculation becomespractically meaningless). Globalization and ashrinking world is said to have made infiltrationeven more diflicult than it used to be, while atthe same time it has spawned an increase in oddnetworks of terrorists around the world. Livingin such a peaceful place, it is hard to understandwhy people can't come up with a settlement orcompromise, or a "third way." But any suchthinking quickly starls to sound naive as soon assomeone asks, How can anyone possibly under-stand a penon without a homeland? or, Howcan you understand what it's like to have yowwhole family murdered? Then we realize thatthe world, really, is driven by emotions.

How do you get people to make friendswith each other ifthey have hated each other forgenerations? Isn't it somehow possible toacknowledge each other and co-exist? Whenthe shells start coming in, fire back. That's thenormal human reaction.

Yet we can't just stand back and watchsmugly. With increased globalization - in thevery ordinary sense - the danger of terroristactivities had increased, even here in America.Are the American people really aware of this?Would America's anti-terrorist special forcesreally be of any use in a real terrorist incident,or are they achrally far more secret and effectivethan anyone imagines? At any rate, it'll cer-tainly become necessary to keep more informa-tion on individuals (such as when and wherethey do things, and with whom they do them).

The environment's also a mess. The vear

1989 began and ended with the collapse of theYalta Agreements. The media raves about thecollapse of communism, but capitalism isn't inmuch ofa position to rejoice. My hat goes offto the communists for the reforms they'vemade, even if they really had no choice. The '

West is rich and has technology and materialwealth, but it has been devouring the planet.What will happen to the Earth if the Communistnations become like those of the West? Why,it'll be like pouring gasoline on fire! The Westcan'tjust sit back and ignore what's going on inCommunist nations. It's time for us to pay up,to help the Communist nations and to curb ourown profligacy, to put our energy into develop-ing clean technologies. and - even though it'smuch easier to talk about these things than toactually do them - to pool our intelligence totry and bring about peace.

Humans are infinitely greedy, but shouldwe really just passively follow science andtechnology? As the famous scientist Hawkingonce said on TV, " It's up to each person to dohis or her best in the circumstances in which heor she has been placed." These are words toremember.

If one were to write a story depicting thepost-war world and try to make such lofty state-menls, it would be very unconvincing. But Iwant very much to believe in the good inten-tions of people who stop using freon themoment they hear about the destruction of therain forests, or start sending donations and aidwhen they hear about starvation abroad. Somepeople say, The world is doomed! Who careswhat happens? Let's have fun! I don't com-pletely reject this line of thought, but fiankly, Ihate it. I want to believe that some new tech-nology we don't even know about yet will bedeveloped and will help us. This may be themost deluded type of wishful thinking, but thealternate would be tragedy. Life would be toodepressing. I want to live in a world ofhope. Ican't imagine anything more terri$ing than aworld without a future. Of course, when I saythis, I'm refering to a wodd centered aroundhurnans, and I know that on one level we'rereally quite insignificant. But on another level,we're one of the most important aspects of thecosmos.

word "HOPE" in the bleachers. Thus com-menced the survivor lap to give those who havesurvived cancer a chance to walk together. Willand Tenilyn, another of our teammates, walkedtogether because they both survived skin cancer.It was inspiring to see people ofall walks oflife,ages and colors walking together because theyshared a common bond - they beat cancer.

Almost eVeryone tried to get some sleepbefore they had to walk their next shift. Thetemperature had dropped and after being out inthe hot sun all day any drop in temperature feelssignificant. Also, the moisture in the air hadcondensed onto the ground, which made every-thing feel wet and sticky, which made sleepeven less likely, but we did our best.

The next moming, the sunrise was s1r€ctac-ular which made me even more glad to be aliveand proud to be doing something good for oth-ers. Breakfast was served, which brought the

event back to life after a cold, wet night with nosleep. There were people walking the track,doing yoga and soaking up the beautiful sur-roundings, when we were all called to the bigtent for closing ceremonies. Mo talked her wayout of getting the pie - it went to one of theother event participants - but the crowd wasappeased none-the-less.

Next. it was time to announce the winnerof the team spirit competition. Our team stoodtogether proudly. Kelley announced that wewere this year's winner of the spirit award.Happiness and relief came from all of us as Iheaded toward the stage to accept the prize bagon behalf of our team. The event was nearlyover, but we still had one last lap before wecould pack up and go home. We walked the lastlaD as a team.

Shared experiences finish first in realy for lifeWoodstock was revived once again, this

time to help raise money and awareness aboulcancer.

It's 9 a.m. on Saturday, June 2lst and myhusband Will and I are unloading and setting up

our tents, canopies, tablesand chairs onto theColorado School ofMines football field whenI stop to look around atwhat is going on aroundme. I realize that Will andI are about to embark onanother great year at theGolden Relay for Life,sponsored by theAinerican CancerSociety. All of our plan-

ning, team building and fund-raising is finallycoming to fruition. Now the "work" begins.

The day started slow; we set up our camp{themed "Team Woodstock") and wait for therest ofour team to arrive. Our team of 13 peo-ple, five of whom are either current Metro stu-dents (Pat Lugo, Paul Pitcheq Suresh Maha{anand myself) or Metro alumni (Sandra Picco)stagger in around noon, just in time for theopening ceremonies. Mo, one of the event'scoordinators, calls everyone to the big tentwhere ceremonies will be held for the next twodays. Mo broadcasts that it is time for one ofourteam members to be on the track. (The purposeof camping on the football field is so that each

team can have one oftheir member's walking orjogging around the track, in shifts, at all times.)Will takes the first shift, so he heads for thetrack where he will walk for one hour. Ttre restofus head back to camp.

The goal this year is to win the team spiritaward. I tell the team that since our theme isWoodstock, we are going to dress as hippy-ishas possible, which meant that we would be tie-dying our shirts. I show them how to tie-dyeusing Sharpie markers and rubbing alcohol, andthen explain that this activity is one that ourcamp will be providing for everyone to partakein. By the end ofthe information session. every-one was on the same page and rarein' to go.

Lunch was served after the commencementceremonies, which gave us a chance to sit backand relax a bit before it was the next person'stum to either walk the track or help out with ourcamp's fund-raising events of a pie{oss andprize raffle. We had people coming to our campto tie-dye their shirts and enter the ra{fle and,/orpie-toss; they were especially excited when toldthat Mo and Kelley, two of the event coordina-tors, were the ones getting the pies-in-the-face.We pitted Mo and Kelley against each other toraise more money. Because of Kelley's sawyfund-raising skills, Mo was the loser ofthe pie-toss, which meant that she would get a pie-in-the-face before closing ceremonies. Our team'sgrand total was $2,600.

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Twenty yea$ ago, the restaurant'sbatenent was a bar where shrdents could''- trdy while they dmnk oa beer aod wine.This summer, students from the High

UpftTd Bound prognm went to.dt The ldeitantile.

Noiv, tte Mercantile stands empty,.next to the hsh grass of the Ninth Street

..' houes sad the flat dirt of a parking lot inprogress.

When The Mercantile's lease nearedits en4 own€rs Mark Roberts and VincentHoyos thought they would be the winnersof the subsequent bidding process becausethey were already an established business.But it was Sodexho Inc.. the No.l food

service company in the world, that won.They will operate the Einstein Bros Bagels.

'We expected they'd renew us," saidRoberts, who picked up the restaurant'slease along with Hoyos on November 200 1 ."We didnl expect that Sodexho wouldcome in and take over everything.

"Right now, this is the only place youcan [come in] and-get a sandwich to orderor hamburgers. Mcdonald's may be theonly place where you can get a burgernow"

Dave Caldwell, finance manager ofStudent Auxiliary Services at the AurariaCampus, said that anyone interes@d in tak-ing over The Mercantile's lease was free toplace a bid. Tbe owners of The Mercantilehad an advantage, he sai4 because theylnew the habits of the students and whatthey liked, but everyone had the samechance of getting the lease.

And it was not just abeutlzho placedthe highest monetary bid, he said. Bidders

w€re evaluated on how they met such crite-ria as the financial package, adequacy andcreativity ofproposed food plan, shength ofoperational plan, marketing and evidence ofsocial responsibility, as well as experience.

"So, the bidders then gave us their pro-posal on how they would handle these dif-ferent things that we have interest id andthat's how they were evaluated," Caldwellsaid.

A committee that included me,mbersfrom , Auraria's Studenr .AdvisoryConrmittee evaluated the proposals andsubmitted their recommendation for a Dar-ticular vendor.

Einstein Bms Bagels will open some-time bi:fore the fall semester begins, but nodate has be€n set.

"Until we can identiff the scope ofwork, so we can identify a constuctionschedule and a remodel schedute, I can'ttell you the exact date that it will be open,"Caldwell said.

Sandra Weber, the general manager ofSodexho campus services said the entirefust floor section will be re,nodeled, andeventually so will the bas€meot and upp€r-floor. But because The Mercantile is a his-toric building, the ouside will not betouched. Also, the name of the buildingwrll stay.

The last month of .The

Mercantileattracted modest busineq b{rt RoberB saidthat during the fall od sprirg semest€rs,with a higher student population, businesswas good.

Presently, Roberts and Hoyos arelooking for a place where they can rebuildthe laid-back atmosphere of TheMercantile. They might even have a pooltable or two. For now, they have packed upand left-

"We have to clean everything out,"Roberts said. "Take our loys and go playsomewhere else."

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This is an unusual story but you'd be hard-pr_essed to find anyone who'd say that we aten'tliving in unusu4l times. I have a friend withwhom I've been in sporadic correspondencesince he left the Texas desert for the one in haq.

He has agieed to relate his story for thereaders of The Menopolian as it unfolds infront of him. He has found himself in the mid-dle of a war that few will understand and evenfewer will adrnit is still waged. At times I haveknown hin !o be wildly patriotic - he has beenin two branches of the armed sdrvice - butbecause of the nature of his predicament, hewishes for the time io remain nameless.

' Ttris is part-four of a series of storiesattempting to illustrate a cross-section of this'conflict. He has found himsell like so manyother Americans before him, waiting for a tick-et home.

-lan Neligh

TikritRoad weary, he pulled his assigned

Humvee to a stop near what would becomehome for the remainder of his tour in Iraq. Notknowing what to do or where to go next, hewaited in the dusty vehicle for some sort ofsignftom above. His NCOIC (Non CommissionedOfrcer in Charge) came walking up to wherehis vehicle was parked and told them to getsome sleep.

"Seeing as how it was nearly dawn, Ithought itwas a stupid idea, but I was loo tiredo argue. I hopped up on the top ofthe Humveeand dozed into sweet oblivion."

As he slept atop the vehicle, the Iraqi srmcrept across the ground, fmally resting on top ofhim. Hot and bleary eyed, he sat up strugglingto understand where last night's driving had puthirn.

"My morale vanishe4 and the chicken ofdepression once again clambered onto my win-dowsill as I looked across the war tom com-pound. The damage had been pretty light here,leading me to irnagine little, if any, enemyopposition. Then again, I have no idea as to howwell manned this place was."

As is customary to waking he washed hissand-crusted face with his drinking water andbrushed his teeth.. "I was bungry and weak from the last fewdays on the road, and. the toll the sickness andheat had taken on my body could be weigbedout in pounds of muscle and ounces of water.

After a few hours and the realization thatno one kneq what was going on, with the blaz-ing hot Iraqi sun tearing through myHumvee window. I knew I had waitedlong enough.

After four or five davson the road withoutthe conven-i-en c e

.o f a

7 t 1 lto stopat, my bow-els had reached rnaximumcapacity. Now was the time foraction.

My trusty E-Tool (entrenching tool) inhand, I scanned the area for a secluded spot torelieve the pressure in my intesiines.

After a short, sweaty search of some ofthebuildings nearby, I located just the spot for arelaxing intermission. A few swift chops withthe fold out shovel and I was in business, my'tat-hole" providing a place to drop off my

cargo, and the E-tool becoming my seal. I haveleamed that while one may have deep, philo-sophical thoughts from time to time in one'slife, there is no better place to sit back and med-itate ori life's little nuances than when answer-ing the call ofnature."

As he sat there, partially concealed behinda dilapidated brick wall, he took a moment toreflect on his sunoundings. The sun hadwarmed the grasses growing inside the littlearea and lhe place had a distinct, earthy smellthat brougbt memories of warm autumn days onthe farm he grew up on in Alabama.

"I was exiausted, farther ftomhome than I have ever been, totallywithout faith in those appointedover me, lost, confused, lone'.lv. and had no idea whatto exp€ct next. I was atpeace with the world;utter complacencyhad come overme. Here, in abrick ruin that had stoodfor who knows howlong, had wit-nessedhistoricalpenings, andbelonged to SaddamHussein himself, I found amoment of comfort."

As he filled the "cat-hole" with dirt he started todread his return to the vehi-cle, knowing the day hqd merely begrm. And'there was no end in sight.

"The D-Main, our mobile command postencompassing many large, heavy objece, hadyet to be constructed, and it was already hot.

Wondering if the place had been checkedfor mines, I packed up my E-tool, tossed myshades back on my face, grinned at the irony ofit all, and tramped back to my Humvee."

There he waited for several hours, check-ing his gear and supplies, There hewaited until one of his NCOs toldhim,to drive them dom th€ road efew feet to the left.

' After arguing with him just tosee if I could induce a heart attack, Icomplied.

' We parked the Humveeatoo a small hill and Iwas amazedat the

scene before me: A vast, green, peaceful gar-den, larger by far than several football fieldsencompasses a structure which can only bedescribed as immense. A road stretching sever-al miles from the large gate topped by massivestatues of mounted warriors in typical Arabianaccoutrements. Along this road the first halfofour convoy had crawled to waiting positions asthe higher ups haggled where they should beginsetting up."

As all this was happening, a sergeant heknew well, came over and asked if he would be

interested in seeing the inside of thepalace. Havingnever seen one,

he readily agreed."The palace I

saw first was small incomparrsonto the one Ihad seen at

the end of the

s m a l l e rthan the

one Io c c u p y

. Being my firstexperience, how-ever, I was awedby its marblefloors and royal

decor, as well as the fully oper-ational toilets, showers and air conditioning."

After the sergeant gave him a quick rundown on what it was he was seeing he pulledhinto the side. Saying in hushed tones that i1was in his best interest to keep an eye on the ser-geant he was riding with because he was knownhave stolen food and water from other troops.

"With this in min4 I joumeyed back to myHumvee and counted my MRI'S.

When fmishe4 I strolled casually throughthe lush foliage to

the road where thelarger trucks wereparked.

While all themovers and shakenwere arguing andblabbering, I took a

walk through whatcould hav-e only been

a royal rose garden.Spying one par-

ticularly beautifulpink rose I decidedthen and there to

pluck it andmail il

home to my wife.This I did and with good timing as well, for

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only a few short days later the roses were gone,.as was the garden and it's greenery, sand andtmcks. taking the placb of irigation hoses andcare. Now, as I look about the space where suchbeauty once lingered, the winds ofchange blowchoking dust into my face and I wonder whatwill become of this place when I am gone.

After they decided where and how, thefligher ups started yelling at their soldiers,respectively, and I became a target for myNCOIC. Though I had done nothing wrong, I-was instantly labeled as a lazy, worthless bumsince I was just standing there awaiting ordersand not 'making something happen.'

The long hot day turned into an evil, fes-lering aftemoon, filled mainly with sweat,fatigue, hunger and idiocy rts we moved thingsseveral times. Only then to move them back,and so on, until finally we had the trucks wherethey wanted them and the heavy, steel ramps setin place beween them."

It wasn't long before he began to hearrumors from the other soldiers of a palace withworking showers.

"And although we were tired, we werehopefirl and excited at the pmspecl"

He volunteered to help unload the gearfrom the many vehicles as his comrades showedup to the palace in their own vehicles. After hehad finally finished and retumed most of histeam was fast asleep.

. "Their duffel bags weighed heavy in myhands. Unfomrnarcly, L was not alone, I hadsucceeded in keeping the one Specialist, who'dbeen kind enough to help me, awake as well.

One of my fellows had been graciousenough to set me up a cot inside a large, ronndroom where everyone else was bedding down,and for that I was thankfi .

By now it was midnight. I was tired andweary from the day's stupidity, not to mentiondisheartened by the abandonment of the othersoldier and myself by all the upper echelon.

One of the other Specialists was stillawake and I spoke with him as I set my thingsabout me in some sort of order. He said heknew where the showers were, and that the elec-triciry was out.

That meant cold water.Sometime around 0200 I found myself

crouched in a large, white, porcelain tub, shiv-ering but thankful to be cleaning the five or sixdays of filth from my body.

Cold but refreshed, I collapsed upon myco! sleeping deeply and dreaming for the firsttime in what seemed an eternity.

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India.arie - A hometown girl returnsbyOnlsyl(leinTheM*WIiton

. Singer India.Arie returned to her homelownofDenver with a taste ofher new "acoustic soul."

Arie hebdlined a performance at theUniversal Lending Pavilion, which is situated inthe Pepsi Center parking lot. Arie's performancefollowed singers Hazel Miller and Wendy Woo,who are also Denverites. The three women pro-vided an amazing evening of soul- moving musicand entertainment.

As if seeing Woo and Miller, who aretwo of Denver's most talented female musicians,was not enough to satisry, the audience was ahotreated to a stellar performance by Arie. By thetime Arie took the stage at around 9:45 PM, thecrowd was ready to burst with anticipation. Theywere not disappointed.

Arie was bom in Denver on October 3,1975.

and her listeners.Arie is the type of artist who was not

looking to be signed by a record label in thebeginning of her career, she just wanted toplay music and have people listen to her mes-sages and ideas. While on tour with the LilithFaL Arie was discovered by a scout forUniversal Music Group. This encounter leadto her meeting the president of MotownRecords, Kedar Masstinburg, who assured herthat if she signed with him, he would "nevermake me [Arie] compromise my artisticintegxity."

Arie has redefined hip-hop and R&B byfusing acoustic guitar and rustic percussions,and socially conscious lyrics, thus creating asound that is fresh and unique.

Her efforts have not gone umecognized.Arie is a two-time Grammy award winner, andhas also received awards from the NAACPHer debut album "Acoustic Soul," addresses

"Music gave her [Arie] an avenue to not onlyspeak her mind, but to encourage and strengthenherself and her listeners."'Her parents, basketbafl player Ralph Sampsonand her mother who is called "Sampson" by herfamily, encouraged young Arie to explore hercreative ambitions. Arie decided to attendSavanna College of Art and Design where shestudied jewelry making, but soon discov€red that

. she had a hidden talent for playing the guitar andsinging. Arie had been musical since childhood;she played the trumpet, French hom, and theflute, as well as singing in a choir.

Arie's rmique name came as a tribute toMahatma Gandhi because, according toTreehouse.com, "Her due-dal€ matched his birth-day." The Arie part of her name was somethingthat her mother made up, but discovercd later thatit means *lion." Ironicatly, Arie is a self-pro-fessed girl who was "afraid to speak her rnind-"Music gave her an avenue to not only speak hermind but to encourage and snengthen herself

social issues that center primarily aroundwomen leaming to love themselves and appre-ciate their inner-beauty. Her song "Video" fea-

' tures lyrics such as, '? m not the average girl

from your video/ My worth is not determinedby the picb of ny clothes/ I love to love myself

- unconditionally/ Becawe I am a queen. "In her Denver performance, Arie showed

the audience why fans and critics alike revereher. The crowd danced, sang, and even cried toher music during the performance, furthershowing how softly intense Arie's music canbe. As if amazing vocals were not enough,Arie also tantalizes her audience with stellarlwics and soulful insrumentals.

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Shakespeare's Much Ado takes a stop in old west Arizona

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ln a program note, director Jane Page stat-ed that she hoped her seting of Much Ado AboutNothing in the Old West would provide audi-ences with a "fresh" look at the comedy.Unfortunatelt there is nothing fresh about cow-boys on the stages of the Denver mefropolitanarea.

As an understudy for the secorid ballet ofColorado Ballet's 1997 Western-themed triplebill, I was forced to sit through eight perform-ances of Bufralo Bill's Saloon, an episodicnightmare danced in spandex and co;rvboy boots.The work had no plot or aesthetic and wasapparently created for the sole purpose ofluringcowboy audiences to the ballet. The worst part?As the run progressed, the audience grew 0o acheering, whistling full house. I sought refugefrom the hootenanny .in the coffeehouse nextdoor.

There is no argument that cowboy-themedperforming arts works well around here as ameans to attract a new audience to the theater.The July 3 preview performance of Much AdoAbout Norhtng, performed in Boulder as part of

the Colorado Shakespeare Festival, was packed.However, I am afraid for the future, which willbe h the hands of people who saw a hugesaguaro cachrs downstage left at their first per-formance of Shakespeare.

All vegetation aside, Page's productionretained much artistic merit. Thoueh I cannot

iff, played by Dennis R. Elkins. Elkins adaptedthe bumbling fellow to the new setting withease, and lost nothing from either side in theprocess.

In Page's version, Leonato (James E. L.Esely) owns the town hotel and bar, which hisbrother Antonio (Sam Sandoe) tends. Don

"I cannot see how setting the play in Messina County,Arizona, in the late 19th century added anything of worth to the

work,"production, it did not detract too greatly .from Shakespeare's

see how setting the play in Messina County,Arizona, in the late 19th century added anythingofworth to the production, it did not detract toog€atly from Shakespeare's work. With theexception of a few exclamatory Westernisms,the language of the play was kept intact.Though most characters spoke their greetingsand short lines with a Southern drawl, they deft-ly dropped the accent - with no dramatic effectin the rhythms of their speech - by the timethey reached full-fledged dialogue. The excep-tion was Dogberry, in this version the town sher-

Pedro (Frank J. Mihelich) is a "wagon masted'and the villain Don John (Geoftey Kem) is agunsmith. As in the original version of the play,these posts are rarely identified, and serve most-ly to establish a hierarchy among the characters.

The masked reveling in the play could havepresented a problem, as no such thing existed inthe Old West. Page decided t6 take the dispari-ty 0o the absurd, and gave the .men brightly ctil-ored masks of various homed animals. Theresult was a comical, fantastical romp in a sur-real settine.

The Old West s€tting of the play presentedlots of opportunities for action and physicalcomedy; however, most ofthe stunts and tricks,though carefully choreographed, were too delib-erate and slow to be exciting. One hopes thatdris inadequacy was due to the preview nature ofthis performance, and that the timing willimprove with the number ofperfiormances. Thescenes in which Beatrice (Hollis McCarthy) andBenedick (Tony Marble) "eavesdmp" on theirfriends were well executed and funny, as theeavesdroppers tried to hide in the most obviousofplaces.

All ofthe actors did well in projecting theirvoices throughout the Gr€ek-style Mary RipponOutdoor Theatrre, wilhout the help of hiddenmicrophones.

Much Ado continues in Boulder untilAugust 16, The Festival's other three produc-tions are Taming of the Sirew, which is set in1950's Miami, ard Hamlel md Cynbeline,which-are both presented, more or less, in their

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