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Alumnus hosts Karaokecompetition on campus

byChelsyl&inThetle@ftan

For a college student, wakingup before 6 a.m. on a Friday, in thesummer, is about as natural asAstroTuri Surprisingly, there weresome students who braved themorning sun to sing karaoke on theWB2 morning news last Friday.

WB2 manirE personality Dan Daru h6ts lGbrado Karaokc -krly 18 at the flagrle. The contestdrts qrpd for the drarce to ruuE m to the n€rc lurd and t Ed nce to wfn a vldeo gime bo<, a rrcuntain bike or a [6 \r€tE Eip.

Kolorado Karaoke is a segmenthosted by TV reporter and Metroalumnus Dan Daru. Daru and hiscrew go to locations all overColorado and persuade people tosing karaoke on live TV for foodand prizes.

Contestants are judged by TomGreen, Natalie Tysdal and Ar:gieAustin..The finalists from eachlocation compete for a trip to Las

Vegas.Auraria campus was chosen

because "Dan is an alum, so hewanted to show off the college thathe went to," said Cathy Lucas,Director of Communications forMetro.

Students who were int€restedin participating gathered by theflagpole in the center of campuswhere they were greeted by Daru

and his crew. Despite being up at anungodly hour, the students waitingtheir turn to sing couldn't help butlaugh at Daru's impersonations andgeneral hilariousness.

Daru admits that he was notthe most serious student in class.

"I was a goof-ball then, I'm agoof-ball now," Daru said.

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Students at Auraria havethe option to get insuredthrough their school if they donot bave a provider prior to reg-

' istration. ifthey have their owninsurance they can waive theinsurance offered on campus.

When students sign up forclasses and pay for their tuitionand fees, they are also payingfor health insurance offered bytheir oarticular school at

Auraria. Students can choose towaive ihe health care if they arecovered.by altemate insurance.

The cost for the Metro healthinsurance is $426 per semester,which comes out to about $106.50per month, Benefits include a non-deductible, 100 percent coveragefor benefits, a $5.00 co-pay plan forprescriptions, and a waiver for anypre-existing conditions.

Metro's mandatory healthcare well receivedPhoto by $6re

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24,2003

Thition increase in placeMetro receives small tuition increase comparedto other colleges and universities acrossColoradq putting 51.9 million back into schools

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The effects of &e state's cripplirg highereducation budget are .being felt direotly byMetro's students after another $100 million wascut. This comes as an even bigger blow lo Metrobecause it is already the lowest state fundedfour-year college

With rhe current budget deficits; Metro islooking at $ 1.5 million l6ss to work with duringthe 2003-O4 fiscal year.

In order to maintain the quality of educationat M€tro and offset some of the budget cuts, atuition increase was recommended by theColorado Commission on Higher Education.

The CCTIE recommended that communitycolleges and 4-year institutions increase tuitionand student fees up to six percent.

Research schools such as University ofColorado at Denver, Colorado State University,and University of Northem Colorado were able

to increase tuition by utrr to nine percent, butlvhen student fees were raised as well. theirincreases came out to 10-15 percent.

The Board of Trustees at Metro approved amodest 4.7 percent increase for the college. This

tuition goes; however, some students are con-cemed that the quality of their education willsuffer.

"Metro is honibly, honibly funded, " saidHarris Singer, Student Trustee at Metro. "Not

is one of the smallest tuition increases in thestate.

Tuition rates are raised yearly.by smallamounts and generally go unnoticed. However,with the rising cost of living and employment atan all-time low, even the smallest increases canhurt.

With the economy already suffering andenrollment on the rise, CCHE spokeswomanJoan Ringle said, "There are cuts to beabsorbed...tuition can help make up thesereductioDs."

So how does the CCHE decide who canimplement the biggest tuition increases?

"\lVe look at the cost there is to provide theeducation. Research schools such as CU andCSU qre the mosl expensive to run because ofthe courses and degrees offered," Ringle said.

With a 15 percent incr@se, University ofColorado at Boulder is curently facing one ofthe largest tuition increases they have seen in 2!years. Metro students will suffer less as far as

??.,' ,l here are cuts to bd absorbed....tuitionican hetp make up these reductions. t' - Joan Ringte, Colorodo Commission on Higher Education Spokeswoman

1987, Caldwellsaid.

T i v o l imanagemen twill .now gothrough thepublic bidprocess rihere ar€quest for pro-posal (RFP) iscreated.

'We putthat out to thepublic via then e w s p a p e r sand stafi get-ting bids andSACAB reviewand recomrnen-d a t i o n s , "Caldwell said.'

SACAB is the Shrdent Advisory Committeeto the Auraria Board and is responsible for pro-viding representation on anything involving useof student fees and Arnaria bond money.

Rotert Haight, one of Metro's reprcsenta-

Jure c6E p6eB q, ""'r,

Jffi#HmBdler RmrB. The Boller Rriorn wa the mlv br on canbr-s aril vmsfuit do.{n by Trrcli nEn4erEnt for not fuffili'E tftek'b6e.

They willselect only oneof the biddersand forwardthem to Tivolimanagementfor confirma-tion. At thispoint, no newtenet has beenformd for the

haven't evenlooked at it. Ihaven't heardany feedbackfrom SACABon what theywould like to

move forward widi, " Caldwell said. "We'll kindafollow SACAB's direction on what to look for asfar as product mix to put in that marches andworks well, in fte building rnix of services andrestaurants and vendors."

Because The Boiler Room has been in ooera-

tion for over 15 years, that space requir€s maiote-nalc€.

Tivoli nanagement will access the space andmake determinations on what is useable and whatwould need fxing, and then anybody coming inwould probably want to bring their concept in andtlat may rcquire renovation to meet the needs ofthe concept Caldwell said

He also said, "I wouldn't put any stipulationson cr€ativity, so ifthere was something (pr€sent-ed) and needs meet the student's and desires, yeah

.g€at, but I donl think at lhis jrmct[e (weshould) put any consn-ains."

According to Haight, the last proposalinvolving a campus vendor took abont a month tocompletg including a review ofall ofthe submit-ted proposals, selecting one and notifing. theselected bidder.

He also mentioned that the new pizza joint inthe Tloli, Pete's Arena, which is direcdy acrossthe patio area from fte Starz Filmcent€r, hasexpr€ssed intq€sted in obtainirig a liquor licensein order to offer beer on ap and other alcoholicbeverages.

With The Boiler Room's lease terminated andno new tenant in the foreseeable future. tlrere is adefinite possibility that there will be no bar onqunpus cone lhe fiISt day nf

";ssse5 rhis Fall

Semester.

space." W e

f,kfrosujdentkiae.Uilhffed,4]tt, pays her trltion b Tha Tra d ttE G6tde/s ffie llt laUnderuEod said th€ 4.796 hitim Incr€Ed via hot a bt deat

raising tuition would mean fewer classesoffered which may increase the time a studentobtains their degree, less qualified faculty, lessacademic and student resources available."

Students can expect to pay roughly'$5omore per semester (based on 12 credit hours).This extra $100 per year will create extra rev-enue that will go back into helping the schoolbetter serve Metro students.

The hrition increase will put about $l.9 mil-

lion back into fte school. Of that, $183,0m willgo to providing nore financial aid to studenb.

Another portion of that money will go intohiring 42 tenured-hack faculty. Tenured-trackfaculty members have a 6- | 0 year contract withthe school and offer a better educition, mbreexperience, and more defined curriculum.

Part-time faculty at Metro will also see apay increase from $680 per credii hour to $720.

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Boiler Room's lease terminatedU AfmandO MananarcS *At this point, they haven't talked to us," tives for SACAB said, "We will review (pmpos-

@ Caldwell said dls) based on factors of financial reliability, stu-The Boiler Room has been in the Tivoli since dent applicability and social responsibility."

A three{ay notice was placed on the south-east doors ofThe Boiler Room July 17, explaip-ing that they1ave violated their lease agr€enentto the point where the Tivoli Student Union uasforced to close The Boiler Room's doors.

According to the notice, The Boiler Roomhas y* o pay the monthly rent of I I I ,8 I 2.93 forJuly. They have also defaulted on rent three othertimes in the past year: February, April and June.

According to the lease terms, this. constitutes?m "Event ofDefault'' which is cause frir termina-tion ofthe lease.

Dave Caldwell, finance manaser for theTivoli Student Union said'The BoilJ Room hasbeqr closed down because they, "Failed to meetlease obligations. "

The dates ofthe lease were from July l, 1998to June 30, 2005. Thrce years into the leasg theownership had changed and a new ownerassumed the lease agreement.

Contact information for the current owner isgiven as their Tivoli address and suite number.Att€rrpts to contact the owner were unsuccessful.Since the notice has been postd the Tivoli hasnot r€ceived a rcsponse fiom tbe owners of TheBoiler Room-

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Have voulogged-in to

metr0mnnectval?J \ r r .

More than 8,000 Metro studentshave logged in to l&E@!99!

in the first two weeks sincethe launch, activating their

student e-mail accountand course calendar

Log in tometroconnect, mscd, edutoday to get your new

username andpassword

You'll find great features, includingchats, groups, e-mail, headline news,campus events and easy access to

Banner Web registration and services

Need Internet access.your own computer, or at least

easy access to both? Visitwww.mscd.edu/metroconnect

and click on Accessing MetroConnect

ATTENTION:Current Metro

StudentsMetro State College's

"Electronic Communication" policystates that e-mail and portal

personal announcements areofficial means of communication

between the college and students.

All students are exoected to checktheir MetroConnect e-mail and

personal announcements regularlyfor imoortant. official informationregarding the college and their

standing at the college.

To review the college policy onelectronic communications, go to

www.mscd.edu/policies/ecom munication. htm

Auraria o ffers ditferent

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health plans to studentsAuraria Health Center is a full clinic with of, life was good."

specialists in four areas: orthopedics, gynecol- Other schools, such as University ofogy, sports medicihe; and dermatology. Northern Colorado, offer similar health insur-

ance plans.UNC offers a premium of $504 for each

semester, which also includes the summerwhether a student is attendhg classes or not.

The plan provides benefits for injury andillness for 12 months, 24 hours a day,Colorado State University provides physicaltherapy, nutritional counseling, mental healthvisits, X.rays, massage therapy, dermatologyand laboratory procedures.

Students who have CSU health insurancepay a health fee and have access to differentservices.

"I feel a lot safer with the health insur-Auraria HealthCenter by payingout of their ownpocket.

"This cover-age allows stu-dents not. to gobankrupt if theydon't have . healthinsurance," saidSandra Dumancas,Metro InsuranceCoordinator. 'It isc o n v e n i e n tbecause it's oncampus, and cov-drs any major hos-pitalization. ", . The CCDhealth insurance issimilar to Metro's;

The annual feeis $1,480 per stu-dent. A studentcan choose to payin full at the begin-ning of the year orpay by semester.

In the fall, astudent will pay by Shve Sbner Tfe lvr@itan

*i:: , lpdi!: fleuro sudent Jetr woobn b r€flected in the wirdorv crtdde fE l.leafth center Juty 2z wbfrn h6 been tr€*ed d the cent€rt, z t i and ror 5s€ral tim6 and h very satifed with tfc quality of care he ha received.summer, $352.CCD also offers insurance for a spouse and

, children.For each child, the annual fee is $2,428

and for a spouse the annual fee is $3,458.With a health insurance plan o{fered by

Auraria, students are able to get seen by aphysician at school, on campus, saidDumancas.

Students must be taking at least lO credithours a semester to qualify for the plan.

The plan covers all medical care, hospitaland surgical expenses.

"I'm glad that Metro students me requiredto have insurance, and being able to have med--ical treatment is wonderful," said LeahBluntschli, a Metro student.

She also said she thinks the insuranceshould be cheaper, because without financial'aid

she would not be able to afford it.Metro has offered a health insurance plan

for 20 years and will continue to offer it.Students who chose to get the Metro insur-

ance waived are still able to get feated at the

The doctors at the center are from theUniversity of Colorado Health SciencesCenter. The clinic also has nurse practition-ers, medical assistants, physician's assistants,and Allied Health professionals.

The health center is a walk-in center forstudents and staff, open 7:50 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

There is also a physician refenal networkavailable for the limited amount of conditionsnot lreatable at the center.

The center also has at on-site laboratory,X-ray medication dispensing, a prescriptionrefill phone number and many outpatient serv-rces.

JULY 24,2@3 - f'IE MEnROP<'LNAN - PAGE 5

Metro's faculty joinunion against the col-lege's board of trustees

Twenty percent of Metro's full-timetenured faculty have joined a unionbecause of changes made to Metro's boardoftrustee manual conceming tenured fac-ulty.

Tenured faculty are professo'rs whohave taught for a certain nlrnber of years.To be signed on as a tenured faculty, onehas to have taught at Metro for five years.

After five years they can sign a long-tenn contract with the college. The con-

. tract is what som€. call a long termrelationship with the college.

The changes made to Metro1 trusteemanual were over the college's reduction-in-force policy. The old policy protectedtenured-track faculty. The new one makestenured faculty jobs eligible for termina-tion.

The new policy makes it possible forthe college's president to lay of tenured,highly paid faculty. It used to be that thelower paid new faculty, who had onlytaught at the college for a couple years,would be the first to be laid off

Concems from tenured faculty wereput before the board. When the board dis-regarded lhose concems, tenured facultydecided to form a union under theAmerican Federation of Teachers, thelargest college faculty union in the nation.

Faculty,Senate President Joan Foster'said she does not understand why the col-lege would change policies if the boardwas nof planning on utilizing the changes.

She also said the reason for tenuredfaculty is so teachers can form curriculumand departrnents under a stable educationsystem. With the new policy, quality ofeducation is at risk.

For more information, look for the fac-ulty union story in the fust issue ofthe fall,available Aue. 14.

Students spend day incourt against Metro

On July 18, three joumalism studentshad their second court hearing againSMetro.

The students took the couege to courtfor what they said was a violation ofColorado's open meeting statues.

At the hearing, the defense for the col-lege and the student's lawyers from Faegreand Benson law firm presented the judgewith legal argument. The judge did notmake a decision on the case.

Read more in the Aug. 14 issup.

The health center also provides healthservices for faculty and staff.

"For me, this is affordable because itcomes out of my paycheck. It seems fine tome," said Mike Herzog, a Metro speech pro-fessor. "I went to the doctor when I had pneu-monia last spring and I did not have a problemwith the insurance, everything was taken care

ance for Metro, but as of my final year here Ihave never nbeded or used it," said JessicaManson a senior at Metro.

"But, it'6 still good to know that it's thereif I need it," she said.

Small increase could hurt educationfromTlflTK)il on3--

. Other small cuts are being made to savemoney.

Students who visit the library and want toprint something will discover that this oncefree service now cosls 15 cents a page.

This alone will save close to $100,000 in. paper" ink and toner-' Current faculty and staff are being askedto e-mail syllabuses to students in order tosave on coplng costs, and class scheduleswill no longer be printed in the reader-friend-ly book form.

Class schedules can now only be accessedonline. These changes can save thousands ofdollars each year.

One ioncem of raising tuition is making

higher education inaccessible to some. GeoffBarsch, director of budgets at the ColoradoCommunity College System, is facing an$18.2 millibn cut for the 13 colleges in thesystem.

CCCS will be raiqing their tuition andhop-es that the increase will aid in their risingenrollment.

"The one thing about community coll€lesis that we have no admission standards, whichopens the doors to anyone wanting a highereducation or firtherjob training. The increas-es in tuition will actually help us get morestudents in here and provide more financialaid," said Barsch.

Barcsh said that nearly 70 percent ofcom-munity college students receive some sort offinancial aid, and when state budget cuts are

made, financial aid suffers.All colleges in the Colorado Community

College System will increase tuition by 5 per-cent this fall. For the Community College ofDenver, this means tuition will increase byabout $40 per semester.

UCD will be increasing tuition by 9.4 per-cent in the fall.'

An exact dollar amount could not bedecided because of their varying tuition ratesfor different degree programs.

Despite the current tuition increase, allcolleges have an increase every year.

This year, due an to economic downfall,the increases have been bigger than in thepast. Many said Metro is lucky to havereceived the small cut.

In the July 10, issue of TfteMetropolitan the story "Bagel Bros.beats back The Mercantile?' was creditedto the wrong reporter.

The article'was written bv lvanMoreno Ferrel.

24,2003 rnronsPETA takes a bite out of the Colonel

by Tim Dunbar

People for the Ethical Treatrnent ofAnimals(PETA) - a group known for wearing theirfanaticism on their sleeves - is at it once again.Their latest target? Colonel Samders and thefine folks at K.FC (formerly known as KentuckyFried Chicken; that is, until some marketingfolks, in their inlmite wisdom, decided that theword "fried" was, for whatever reason, bad).

PETA rccently filed suit against KIC,claiming they were sending the public erro-neous messages by denying that they misti€atthe chickens sold in their restaurants.

According to Gary Gentile of theAssociated Press, PETA claims that "more than700 nillion chickens slaughtered each year'often endure suffering, often intense, for mostof their lives."' The animal rights group issuing to force KFC to adopt shndards "toimpmve the exist€nce of the chickens .--" -and here comes is my favorite part - "... andslaughf€r them more humanely."

ln case you didn't get that, allow me to haveit printed again, this time in really big letters:PETA wants, a1d is taking up the valuable

resources of the already overworked judicialsystem of the Los Angeles County SuperiorCourt to try and get, CHICKENS SLAUGH-TERED MORE HUMAI{ELY! The folks atPETA are apparently oblivi-ous to good irony,even whenthey're knee deepin it. I hate tospring it on.whatever nut-jobis spearheading thiswaste of taxpayermoney, but "slaughter"and "humanely" are aboutas high up in theContrddiction of Terms hierar-chy as you can get.

Hoq exactly, does one"humanely slaughter" anything?Maybe a better question would be, whywould anyone care? These are chickens; forcrying out loud! Their sole purpose on this plan-et is to eat, lay eggs and, in one role or the other,make more chickens. They have brains the sizeof baby peas and are incapable of any kind of

thought process whatsoever. I have personallywitnessed, on a

farm in north-c e n t r a lMinnesota, ac h i c k e nbeing killed

by having itshead cut offwith an ax.Damn thingwas so stupid itdidn't knowenough to lay

down and die.Instead, it ran

like (say it with me) achicken with its head cutoff. Had anyone fromPETA been there, I pmba-

bly would have been next tohave my head on the stump used

as a chopping blockKFC, with information and press releases

posted on its Web site (www.K-Fc.com), claims

that they have, among odrer things, formed anAnimal Welfare Advisory Council. I'm curiousto know what this council does at their meet-ings. Do they sit around and ponder whether toredecorate the chicken coops with wall to wallshag and drapes to match, or maybe to pipe iniatellite TV and provide movies in DTS sur-rormd sound? Do they hire people to pet thechickens and walk them before they're led offtoslaughter? Though KFC's parent company,Yum! Brands Inc. claims that "KFC is commirted to the well-being and humane Eeatment ofpoultry," my guess is that they sit around a bigtable with a few buckets of Extra Crispy, someof the colonel's cole slaw and mashed potatoesand make fim of the PETA people. Committeeslike this probably explain why KFC's priceskeep going up.

Nol that I have anything against having acause; I certainly don't, as long as the cause isworthy of anlthing more than a bad punchJine.Or worse, as a means to gain attention, which iswhat PETA seems to thrive on. I'm not evenagainst organizations like PETA, as long as theydon't cross the line between cause and special-efrects.

in contact withsomeone in need.

People give

:"*"fiil:-,'#l 'Giving shoutd be less about money or l:#?'i::*:5q{:;i"-: things, but about giving from the heart' i""T. ll.,Htbig wads of cash.They give oldclothes, books and other things to charity, butthere are always more needed. It is as if we areonly hearing one part of the wisdom, 'Give me afish and I eat for a day.'All people are doing isfeeding people for a day. They are not helpingthem. People are ignoring, or deliberately forget-ting, the second half of that wise saying: 'Teach

me to fish, I eat for a lifetime.'What happened tothe l-ifetime?

Is it the corporations who only look at quar-terly eamings and never 5 or ten or even fiftyyears into the futurc, which has made so near-sighted? '

Is it our schools who never teach children tothink for lhemselves. to solve problems, realprob-

ested in the fuh, dran our parents or grandparentswere. We just seem to keep marching forward, butled by whom? No one seems to know. We buythitrgs because we are told to by the ad. We blind-ly do as someone asks at wodq even though wemay know it is wmng. We give to charity, becauseit is what we do.

The cycle needs to be broken. We need tothink for ourselves again. We need to wal<e upscreaming, "Enough!" and mean it. We need to setour own pace and rhythm and not follow some-one else's, ever again. We need to set ourselvesfree, truly free.

We can continue to give to a charity; that isn'tthe pmblem. What we need to do is insist that our

help themselves and take the flowers to a mentalhospital, or group home - I'm sure they don't getenough.

We, as a society, need to stop looking out forourselves, and start looking at helping each otheragain. We need to loose the suspicion, the fear, thelack of trust, and start reaching out again. Thereare people probably living not far from where youare, maybe even right next door. Talk with them,see what they need and how yorr might help.

Maybe it is something simple or maybe not. Butwhatever it ig see how you can help. If you needto, speak to othen in the neighborhood, naybethey can help out too.

but about giving from the heart. See how you canhelp, you might be surprised at how simple it canbe. And, after helping someone, don't forgetthem; ask them to help you help someone else.Pass it on.

them to someonein need of a

dens of bothflowers and food,so at harvest theycan invite thosein need to come

Charity in the Good Old United States!

by Richard Boetmer

We gile. We give so much, tbat we see somany charities asking and more springing upevery yezir. Yet, there seems to be something lack-ing. People are often out ofouch with their giv-tng. How many actually know someone whocould use a helping hand? We sometimes seethem on TV. Some who volmteer may even come

lems? Is it that teachexs have forgotten how tothink for themselves and only shove infonnationinto the rninds of children like a mama bird shov-ing the next meal down the throat ofhatchling?

Is it that we are all blindly following theadagq 'Don't make nouble?' Or, 'Dont rock theboat?'

People these days seem to be more asleep,blinder, more stupid, less educated and less inter-

employers give us the time to meke real change.Some progressive employers acnrally pay theiremployees io vo.lmteer and make a change.People need to come face to face vrith the home-less, speak with them and rmderstand them tobring about effective change. People need to workin a4<itchen preparing meals for those who cannotafford a meal. People need to buy up older homesor apartment buildings, fix them up and then give

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financial benefit for the city," as the bill

requires, except for religion. All ofthcse otherthings would have to be started or financed bythe city if lts citizens are going to be provided

these services free ofnew costs to them and thegovemment. Religion is already in place and isalready a self-sufficient corporation that only

asks for "donations." Donations are glven atwill and would require no ncw funding from thegovemment or taxpayers. Sure, religion might

collapse under its own doctrine because atten-

dance just might increase and revenue wouldcrash through the floor, but that's how capital-ism works doesn't the church support capital-ism?

However, there isa kink in the religiousafinor as well. The billrequires the city to do allthese things both "locally

and globally." Locallyand personally, religionmay as all the activities- be stress reducing.Globally, religion isn'tanything but a stress-inducing nuisanca, to saythe very least. Althoughthis is reason enough todiscredit this bill, rvehaven't even identified thefundamental problem!

Finalll', we stum-ble upon the idea the onethat works that makesthis ideal tenible in all ofthese ways and even as anideal in itself. The essen-

tial separation of church and state that makestieedom possible also makes "Safety ThroughPeace" look like a term of ncgation possibleand exciting only in that it 's not possible. TheRoclq ivlountain Nex.'s and the council membersare caught up on the "goofy" aspects of this bill.l 'm caught up in the unconstitutional implica-tions of this bill.

In sum, what's going to stop this bill from

strangling the country and our citl '$'ith legalbattles over its constitutionaliry while at thesame time it defeats the essence ofthis bill itself

bv creat ing conf l ic ls o f " re l ig ious and po l i t rca l "nature? lf anyone can hgure out somethingpositive that this bill can constitutionally andrealistically create, let me knou,(bahln(ltmscd.edu)l Am I wrong or does thisbill ask for all the things the bill itsclf seeks toremedy while defeating itself, bccause it's an

ideal derived simply to negate an idea thatworks?

Stress free DenverYou u.ant, ifpossible and there ls no more

insane "ifpossible" - to abolish suffering.- Nietzsche

NickBahl

Some of the bestideals are terrible ideas.Not because they don'twork or is it? - butbecause of better ideasthat do work. Change forthe sake of change isabsurd when it comes togovemment. Herein liesthe problem with u'hatthe Roclq Mountain

,Vews calls the "lunaticfringe" of the lefi is itjust a fringe, the majority,or the whole? In this case.l'm talking about the"Safety Through Peace"hitiative that dive-bombedin Denver's City Councilon July 14, and comesbefore voters inNovember Have you everheard of it?

The bill calls upon thecity to "ensure public safe-ty by increasing peaceful-ness - that is, by defusingpolitical. religious, and

ethnic tensions." Isn't thisalready one of the govem-ment's util it ies? The billcontinues to say that this isto be done by "idcntifica-tion and implementation of any systematic,stress-reducing techniques or programs,whether mcntal, physical, etc." This soundsjust a little too good, and too vague. to be trxe.But aren't all the best ideals?

If I read the bill in the same way that mostol the ciry council members must have read it,it says that massages, shopping, tattoo andpiercing rvorkshops, fire dancing, meditation,strip club memberships, drugs, su'ord fightinglessons, and raves would all be legal and alsosponsored by the city. Oh yeah, how could Iforget the most obvious "stress-reducing" activ-ity of them all, religion! who is going to tryand tell me that someone out there isn't going toclaim that religion and drug use are "stress-

reducing" techniques and have the rcsearch toprovc it?

Common sense and capitalism like rt ornot, \\e are capitalists - show that none ofthese activities I have listed would "be of net

? The promise of Kazaa not deadby Justin Breuer

One of our greatest tools and freedoms hasbeen taken liom us recently. Kazaa, a file-shar-urg program. has been deemed illegal by our gov-emment because the music industry was losingtoo much money. The truth of the matter, though,is that the music industr_v bas been altere{whether anyone likes it or not, by our insanelyrapid rechnology breakthroughs.

Music moves the soul, calms the beast andinspires us all. Besides concerts and gigs at barsand clubs the music industry made money by sell-ing consumers a medium with which to listen toour music. There *ere records, eighftracks, tapecassettes and CDs created for this reason.

Now that u,e've gone digital and havealready invested in a computer and intemet con-nection, we no longer need the medium the musicindustry sold to us. I'll gladly pay a company fora product that enables me to listen to music, butto charge me for the pnvilege of listening tomusic is beyond my abiliry to rationalize.

Music comes fiom us. lhe human species.Music is not a privilcge but a part ofwhat we are.

an aspect of ourselves sent crashing in waves toany ear u.illing to listen.

I can understand buying bottled water, forinstance. But I can't understand paying for drink-ing the rain. Music is our right.

There is the issue ofcopyright infringement.The artist should at least receive some sort ofcompensation for the use of the artist's creation.Why not then charge Kazaa for royalties forevery song that is dosnloaded instead of dis-banding it all together? Advertising alone shouldbe able to pay for any charges acquired. One

need simply look at radio stations and follow themodel, allow only a certain amormt of downloadsa day and there should be no problems whatsoev-er.

The tidc is changing and thc music industrl',or those in the music industry that are ighting thechange, will eventually be swept out to sea. Ialready know some friends of mine arc going lo-tech. It's a littlc of 'let me bs6e$, )rour CDs and

I'l l let you bonow mine'and a lot of time waitingfor a CD to hnish buming. The death of Kazaahasn't preYentcd the inevitabie. It has only

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Metro switches entert&inment gears with college radioUyfravlsCornUsTheMetrqolitar,

The continugus echo ofa bass track can bediscerned within earshot of Metro's StudentPublications oflice in the Tivoli building.

THUMB BOOM, THUMB BOOM. Thebass line for a hip-hop song becomes increas-ingly crisper as the door leading into the officeopens. Once inside, a light shines through thebottom and side of a door, slightly ajar, wbere

. the music clearly originates.The song carries itselfto an end and a lone

voice becomes apparent. Throug! the door, afigrre can be seen, surrounded by expensivelooking consoles, sound boards, LP tumtables,and padded microphones mounted on lnaneu-verable steel arms, all within a room the size ofa large closet.

Radio has killed the video star, at least alMetRadio, Meho's campus-wide radio station.

The recent acquisition of the frequency88.3 FM was a giant leap from the conftnes ofthe InterDel and is the new on-air home toMetRadio, Metro's fledgling mdio station ofnearly three years. The new FM band limits itsreaches only to the Auraria Campus, with thesignal lqosing significant strength past SpeerBlvd.

Justice Jackson, general manager ofMetRadio, as well as a the host of severalunderground hip-hop oriented programs, isatteinping to bring the station to the level of

Justhe, tfE g€rPral naqr d ttrH-Ratfo b ledi! ttE ctErge to erFdd the ralo statbl. i/htfo recently sdtctntt O dl FM siFal ard he hG dean6 d er4rl

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other larger university stations, with a widerbroadcasting range and increased quality ofboth the disc jockeys and programs.

"I think the role of a college radio campusis to provide a link between the students and themusic world" Jackson said. "To provide a linkto the campus and the students and the worldaround them. I just want to provide a link togood music."

The link that Jackson is attempting to prG'vide through the medium of a college radiocampus is an opportunity for those who nor-mally remain silent a voice to be heard by amass audience.

Jackson. whose own show runs in thelater evening hours and attempts to provide asocially and politically conscious message'allocates time slots for many forms of music,including a future slot devoted solely to classi-cal music.

Though working at MetRadio for only oneacademic year, Jackson has been a disc jockeyfor fifieen, and has always known that hewould one day be on the radio.

Jackson said that the role of a collegeradio station is invalirable, and can provide aconduit for the rapid dissemination of informa-tion, which normally would take much longerthrough other means, such as word of mouth orthe written w.ord.

"I think it's invaluable," Jackson said."We have invaluable rcsources here. We can.bring conceds here, personalities and spedkers.

All this information can just go through theradio station. This is a communications center."

Ever socially and politically conscious,Jackson has known for most of his adult lifethat he would one day be on lhe air, and that bybeing on the air he could in some way promotethe causes he cares about.

"Even before I enrolled in Metro, I told allmy friends that before this year was out, I wasgoing to b€ on tlle radio," Jackson said. "This isonly because I feel I can make a contribution."

Jackson compared the techniques thatradio stations use in New York City andDenver, and says the primary difference is thaton stations in New York have DJ's on the airtwenty-four hours a daY.

Jackson hopes to one day have radio pro-gmms with live DJs on MetRadio on a contin-uous twenty-four hour basis.

The importance of the role of the DJshould not be underestimated said Jackson,who claims that the downplay of the impor-tance of MP3's and the recent court ordereddisbandment of intemet music download sftes,such as Napster and Kazaa, will result in risingsocial impodance for the DJ.

"The DJ is the link to eYerything exceptmaybe food,' Jackson said "The DJ is the linkto fashion, music and entertainment' The DJ ispretty much everything. Almost like a coun-selor, because people even have shows wherethey just call in and talt<.'

The fteedoms that Jackson and the otler

contributors to MetRadio have are far andabove mainstream radio stations in both theDenver metro area and nation wide.

"In some stations, you hear the same songplayed, like, fifteen times an hour," Jacksonsaid. "l don't need to play the same song morethan twice an hour. Another advantage is thatwe don't get paid for advertising. We're a fieestation. We're student run. If we don't acceptmoney for advertising, we don't get shut down.

Jackson went on to say that the DJs, by thenature of their profession, tend to have theirpulse more centered around current and up-and-coming trends, musically, fashion wise andsocially.

"Just by virtue of being a DJ, you'reexposed to everything," Jackson said. "Thereare people out there who really pay attention towhat is coming out."

Jackson hopes to take the station to newheights by increasing the range of its recentlyacquired FM frequenry and by implemenringDJ-run programs around the clcck.

"I can compete with any station in thiscity," Jackson said. "What we lack, though, isthe range. I think an increased range (of broad-cast) would put us on an entirely different play-ing field."

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This is an rmusual slory, but you'd be hard-pressedto find anyone who'd say thal we aren't living in unusu-al times. I have a friend with whom I've been in spo-radic correspondence since he left the Texas desert forthe one in haq.

He has agreed to relate his story for the readers ofThe Menopolitan as it unfolds in front of him. He tasfound himself in the middle of a war that few will under-stand and even fewer will admit is still waged, At timesI have known him to be wildly patriotic - he has beenin two branches ofthe armed service - but because ofthe natur€ of his predicament, he wishes for the time toremain nameless.

This is pad-five of a series of stmies attempt-ins! to illustrate a qoss-section of this conflict. He

has found himself, like so many other Americansbefore hirl bi<fing his time while waiting for a

ticket home.-IanNeligh

T b e o l d m a n . . .

One of his sergeants, who,while sitting in a five-ton fruck

washing the dirt tom his facewith a baby wipe, t6lls him astory of how he had seen anold haqi man get ipto a fightwith a gang of teenagerserlier that day.

The sergeanlsets the sceneexplaining howcrowds fill the

with their ex-leader's face printed on it. -

"Sometimes they're a real nuisance, and impedeconvoy operations. On this particular day, it seems, thethrongs ofpeople lining the narrow streets were, in fact,slowing the convoy down, Along one particular stretchof property stood several industrious youths waitingtheir tum 1e hasgle some Joe out of his pay. It wouldseem, however, that one old man who apparently owned -the land on which they were waiti.g was none toopleased with this sort ofbehavior from his countym€n,or the teenage equilalent thereof. I suppose he hadsonehow understood that they pestered us to no end andwas so grateful to the U.S. for our part in the liberationeffort that he would have nothing to do with this sort ofbehavior on his properry."

The sergeant begins, 'So ftere I was, right justwashing my face, when this old man comes out andstarts yelling at these kaqi E€regers inAtabic. He stepsup !o one ofthem and gets in his face. You can lell theold man is hot but the kidjust kind ofblows him off. Sothe old rnan grabs up a stick and waves it at the kids ina threaening manner, yelling all the while. Then one ofthe kids gets bmve, but he also gets hit with a stick bythe old man. The old man drops the stick and grabs thehd-by the collar, effectively bending hitn over at thewaist, while steadily aplying liberal amouts of rightfist to the kid's mouth."

The seBeant continues the slory by elling howanother one ofthe sbeet kids tries to help his fiiend getaway fiom the old man. But the old mar\ even afterreceiving "a mighty blow to the face," remains persist-ent and just keeps a hold of thaf fint teunger and con-tinues the "beasting."

'Man, I ried to h€ak it up," said the sergeant. "lwas, like, 'hey! tt{EY!'

But they wasn't listening. So I just sat back and atesome crackers."

'Next thing I lnow he's got all the kids - I'd sayabout six of 'em - all wailing away at him. But henever lets go. All ofa sudden this three or four- year-oldkid comes flying out of nowhere to his fatho or grand-father's aid with a shovel. He hits one of the pmksacross his dome and drops him like a hot potato. Theirgrandpa grabs the shovel, and that's when it all goeswrong for the punks. Instead of concentrating on thecme, he breaks 'em all ofra piece and they nm offso fastthat their shoes come off. The old man snatch€s l4 theshoes and tosses thsm in his yard while daring (inArabic) the punks to come retrieve them

WeU a little bit later, while the old nen is recover-ing the punks come back with reinforcements, likeGangs of New York style."

1'lts 6ld rnan yells to his neighbots and sends oneof his sons to rally the people in the neighbortood aswell.

"AIl of a srdden it's like werybody and theirmomma is nrming out with picks and shovels and rocksand sticls. Moms, dads, kids, all of 'em. Right tber€ inthe sh€st they all just go at it."

Tbe U.S. soldiers, sqprised by the sudden aod violent comrnotiorl begin rurming toward where ttr fight istaking place, leav'mg their own vehicles

The Sergeant ends the story by adding,'Not tohelp, but to watch. To watch the punks get their assesbeat, and nm off"

"So ends tfie tale of the valiant old man. He wasdoing his part io help, and to do what he saw as righgand in the end he won, but at the price of some severelumps. Bravo, Old haqi Man, bravo.

"l think Budweiser owes this guy a commercial."

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A call to come out and sing was postedon the new Metroconnect website. Lucas saidthat the new portal was instrumental in get-ting people to come. The portal had between25 to 30 people respond to the ad; othersheard about it through word of mouth.

Metro student Fetien Gbbre-Michaelcommented, "The only reason people would-n't come is because it's so early." JosephGraves, a recent UCD graduate; agreed that itwas way tog early to be up, but said, "Theearly bird catches the worm."

tDan is an atum, so he wanted to show offthe cottege he went to. t

- Cathy Lucas, Director of Communications for hletro

Daru said that the campus as we know itdidn't always look the way it does now when

' he commented, "This campus is cool. It'shuge. It doesn't look the way it used to. This(the center of campus) didn't used to b€ here- it was a street that I used to have to run-acrbss. The Plaza Building used to have the. cafeteria.'l, "'

'Ironically, Daru was surpiised to leam

that all of the.students runnia€ across that

Daru's original plan was to bringKolorado Karaok6 to Metro's campus lastMay because there would be more students,but it did not work out because of d-06iflictwith finals week.

"We tried to do itsin Mirg,hrt'iiwas dur-ing finals week, so it wouldn't ha'it workedout." said Lucas.

Graves was right, he scored 25 points,becoming one of the top three finalists bysingirlg the Tom Jones song, "It's not unusu-al." Graves then lost to Metro studetrt Tsehai

' Teklehaimanot who won by singing BillieHoliday's "Grary Train."

After winning the Auraria KoloradoKaraoke, Teklehairmanot said, "I am stillnervous. [t (karaoke) was really nice. I'venever done anything life this, and I'm reallyihy when it comes to irerforming in front of

'people.s Tel.tetrairmantit is-undecided aboutwhat to major in, but is considering majoringin music, which might be a perfect match con-sidering her recent win.

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Ridt Tselul Tekhtuftnanot rvm WB2's l(olradoKa-raoke, held at the flagpole July 18.- -Teldehaimenot rov r|Ev€s to fE next aq.nd oflGbrFdo lGrad(e ard SF dtEe to wh a trit @td \reg6"

days.Friday's headliner on'the main. stage (the

AT&T Wireless Stage) was The BoDeans who,lezqlsd thq audience with their exciting per-fotmance. Singer Joan Osbome, lmown for hersong "One of Us," took the AI&T stage late;she was scheduled to start at 10:15 p.m., but6nded up going on at 11 because the stage crewwas slow in getting her inshuments set up.Once set up, Osbome gave an electrifing per-formance that lasted for an hour and a half. Shecame back and performed "Spider web" for herencote.

Osbome and The BoDea:ns were not theonly acts to perforrn on the main stage. Therewas a thick cloud of "love" over the crowd dur-ing the Steel Pulse performance.

Steel Pulse, a reggae band, entranced theiraudience with their politically motivating lyricsand their sweet rhythms.

There were three other stages besides theAT&T stage that provided music to serve every

musical palette. The Chipotle stage showcasedThe Iguanas, a Latin music band along with rapartists Rob Base and Kurtis Blorv, (Base is bestknown for the song "It takes two') and manymore,

Patrons of the festival could wanderaround the festival site which was located nextto Coors Fiel4 and be entenained by steet per-formers such as the trio of &ummers who calltbemselves "The New York Sreet Boys,'i orsimply relax and enjoy the food and music inthe Tanqueray Tiki Lounge. Other events topartake in included the Urban Drum Circle.The Urban Drum Circle allowed festival-goersthe chance to enter the circle and play percus-sion instruments together in rhythm.

Like so many events, the LoDo festivalover-charged for their foo4 but most of it wasworth it. Attefldeeswere offered a wide selec-tion, both in music and food- Tbere were foodstands from all over the metro area iniluding aThai stand catled the "Thai Pepper" that offered"monkey balls on a sticlC' (for $5) which werethree pork meatballs covered in a Thai sauce.Then there was the Glacier lce Cream stand,which had incredibte sorbet and handmade icecream. And of course there were beer andliquor stands on just about every comer.

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Daru received a criminal justice degreein 1984 theo came back to pursue anotherdegree, this time in sfeech communications;he graduated for the second time in 1989.

While at Metro. Daru was a member ofthe Gblden Key Ndtional Honors Society. Hewas privileged to kmw and study under thelate Tom Cook, who established the broad-

-iasting curriculum back when Metro firstopened in 1965.

Daru's original plan

Summer festival brings food, streetentertainment and live music to lowerdowntown Denverfor the 1 lth year

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The LoDo Music Festival made its annualappeamnce last Friday and Satrirday in lowerdowntorvn, bringing with it fun, food, streetentertainers, and four stages of live music.

The LoDo festival is one of Denver's bestmusical highlights, bringing big time musicianssuch as The Indigo Girls, James Brown and t}teNeville Brothers to town, but the festival alsobrings, and in some cases htroduces, somelesser known acts.

For exarnple, in 1998 the band Sisterllazel was on the rise when they played theLoDo festival, the following year everyone wassinging their'song, 'All for you."

'This year the LoDo team kept with tradi-

tion by'bringing a fresh cmp of new andupcoming musicians along with some well-known acts. Forjust $20 a day attendees couldwatch 29 performances over the course of two

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