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Bradley Walofl /The lvletopolitanSophomore Kylee Hanavan defends a cornerkick by Regis Nov 14 in lhe Midwest R€gional Championship hdd atAuraria. The'Runners ddeated theRangers l-0 after a goal byjunior Marina MacDonald- Metro will host thc quart€rfnal matdr against l5th ranked Seattle Universitf at 12 p.m, Nov.2t.

With the regional portion of the NationalCollegiate Athletic Association woment soccertournament over, the No. 2 Metro women! soc-cer team have yet to allow a goal in postseason.After the Roadrunners 2-0 shutout win over thefourth-seeded West Texas A&M Lady Buffs andtheir I-0 victory over the Regis Rangers, it is onto the Elite Eight for the'Runners.

Regional action began on Friday, Nov.12, with the opening match between theRoadrunners (22-l) and the West Texas A&MLady Buffs (13-6-l). Freshman Back, lamieGwinner started the 'Runners off rvith a goal 15minutes into the first half. Iunior Amy leichliterwas credited with the assist.

Metro dominated the game offensivelS win-ning l0-0 on corners and out-shooting the LadyBuffaloes by a staggering margin of 43-8. TheRoadrunners had three players with more oyer-all shots than the entire West Texas A&M. Oneof those three players, senior Ymara Guante,was responsible for Metroi second goal, whichcame in the second half rvhen junior MarinaMacDonald slipped a pass across the box to anunmarked Guante. Guante made no mistake asshe calmly placed the bali past famie Roach inthe l:dy Buffs' goal.

As always, the Roadrunner defense wasstrong, keeping scoring chances low and stop-

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Re-Constructing Opportunities for Students?them, something happened.

The one-for-all mentalit)' disappeared.Fighting within the rank began and continuesto this day.

On Nov. 18, the clan lyill meel with anotherwizard to try and regain the strength they oncehad in order to finish their job for the students.

GHOSTS

To say there have been problems withMetrot SGAs would be an understatement.In the spring of 2003, then-SGA PresidentBrotha Seku was suspended fiom Metro untilthe fall of 2004.

Seku was found guilty of verbal abuse,intimidation, failure to comply with directionsof college officials and abuse of the college judi-cial system.

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Analysis by l{.$. Garcia

Once upon a time, in the land of Auraria, inthe state of Metro, students came together andselected a group of peers to represent them.

They called themselves ConstructingOpportunities for Students and they rvouldrepair the damages done by student govern-ments of the past.

And by alt rights, they were brave knights,led by a princess, with the sole mission ofsavingstudents ftom the torment of student fees and anever-ending dynasty of interim rulers.

All seemed well. A battle-plan was drawn upin a fort outside of Nederland. Under the coun-sel of a senior wizard, the brave princess led hertroops into battle in August. Progress was beingmade, the town was being rebuilt and the t'-r-anny of the rulers was being questioned.

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Minority enrollment increases

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by Clayton WoullardThe MstroDolitan

Metro's minority enrollment has jumped

since last year, boosting the college's status ashaving more minority students than any collegein the state.

According to recent statistics provided byMetro's Office of Institutional Research, enroll-ment as of the beginning of this semester ofMetro students dassified as ethnic minoritieshas increased from 4,713 students to 4,922students, or 4.4 percent, over last Fall semester.This number correlates with the orerall increasein enrolhnent at Metro, which increased from20,230 students to 20,791, or 2.8 percent.

Minority enrollment, and overall enroll-ment at the college has gradually increased overthe past four years with the largest spike betweenFall 2002 and Fall 2003 \,!fien it jumped from4,401 to 4,713, or 7.1 percent. Metro Directorof Admissions Bill Hathaway-Clar:k said whileMetro does not have the highest percentage ofethnic minorities, it has the highest numberof students of color on campus. IIe said othercolleges in the state, like Adams State College,have a higher percentage of minority enrollmentbecause they have much fewer students overall.

"Clearly, the total number of students haveincreased over time and what we wanted to havehappen is that the students of color increaseoverall as the number of students increase,"Hathaway-Clark said.

Metro Vice President of Academic AFairsand Provost Joan Foster credits the continuousincrease to the schoolt departme.nts and aca-demic opportunities.

"I think that we have some very strong pro-grams for all students," Foster said. "I think thereis good leadership in clubs and departments likeAfrican-American Studies and Chicano Studiesand Native American Studies." She said theincrease in minority enmllrnent is beneficialand important because it refl€cts the increasingdiversity in society, and it makes Metro moreappealing.

*The more diverse the institution becomes,the more attractive it becomes to all groups ofstudentsj' Foster said. "Success breeds succes."

The number of minority students graduat-ing has also increased since last fall by 3.8 per-cent, as opposed to a 5.9 percent decrease from

Fall 2001 to Fall 2002. But minorities onlv madeup 19.3 percent ofstudents graduating in the lastacademic year, whereas minorities made up 20.1percent of students graduating in the 2001-02school year.

H a t h a w a y - C l a r ksaid while it's good thatminority enrollment isup, tlat doesn't meanMetro should just sitback and relax.

"We could be doinga better job," he said. "Wewant to €ontinue to keepthe word out there thatwe are a place where stu-dents of color feel com-fortable, feel welcorne. Ithink there are a numberof things we're trying tomake sure happens."

Another category not included is "AllOthers," which make up 6 p€rcent, a groupthe college appeals to because they could alterminority enrollment numbers, even if onlyslightly. Hathaway-C1ark said the 6 percent are

students who either didnot select an ethnicityor selected "Other" whenregistering. He saidAdmissions will send outletters to those studentsto ask them if they wouldchoose an ethnicity orremain as 'Other."

"If we keep up thiseffort over several years,we will be able to get abetter sense of the stu-dent body or a betteridentification of theirethnicities," Hathaway-

Affairs David Conde, said this is positive becauseit brings Metro closer to becoming a HispanicServing Institution, which requires that a collegehave 25 percent Hispanic enro[ment. Metro isabout halfway there with Hispanics making up13.2 percent of the student population.

Conde said if Metro were to become aHispanic Serving Institution, the college wouldbe open to receiving Title V grants, which areless competitive than Title III grants, for whichMetro applies and competes. The federal moneyhelps the college fund development proiects,for example, improving the skills of part-timefaculty and building computer labs. Conde saidcompetition for Title III funds is tough and thecollege can only apply at certain times. UnderTitle V he said, those restrictions would beremoved and Metro would be guaranteed thefunds almost every time they apply.

"It may not be more money, but it'd be moresecure," Conde said. "We d qualifr for more con-sistent funding."

Because historically the federal governmenthas provided funds for historic black collegesand universities which have struggled in thepast century Conde said it provided the sameopportunity for schools with high Hispanicenrollment.

Justice Jackson, Metro student and presidentof the campus-wide Black Student Alliance, seidwhile enrollment of black students has increasedover the past four years, not enough blacla aregoing into higher education and staying th€re.

'I just think that the majority of black youth,being in school for four years ... just isn t a tan-gible reality for black youth," lackon said. "Theredity that's pushed is athletics and entertain-ment and not enough about academic achieve-ment." Jackon said the emphasis on recruitingblack students needs to be on staying in college,not only on just attending.

Hathaway-Clark said Metro is trying torecruit minority students, one way beingthrough Metro student ambassadors, who workat high schools in the Denver Public School sys-tem, which have large minority student popula-tions, encouraging students to go on to collegeand helping them in whatever way they need.

'We do want to do more," he said. "It's amajor thrust of our admissions omce to recruitmore students of color, especially from the puLlic sdtool sl'stem."

UCD stud€nt Abeir Salaymeh, center, chats with UCD students Alex Mayster, right, and Ruba Wahdan,left at the flagpole Nov. 15. Minority emollment has increased on campus and by 4.4 p€rcent at Metro.

Ethnicities included as ethnic minorities in Clark said-the college census are American Indian, Asian, Hispanics made up the largest part of theBlack and Hispanic. Whites, which make up 69.5 increase in minority enrollment, going ftompercent of the student population, and interna- 2,556 students in Fall2003 fo 2,739 in Fdl 2004,tional students, which make up 0.9 percent, are or by 7.2 percent.not included as ethnic minorifies. Associate Vice President for Academic

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New parking garage to open next fallalready on campus.

The new spaces will help to alleviate thestress caused by the roughly 1.9 million peoplewho use the parking facilities every year forschool, work or special events.

According to Gallagher, the gamge will costroughly $24 million.

Money for the garage comes from a $19.5million revenue bond loan to be paid ba& overthe nefi 20 years,.as well as about $5 million inreserve money from parking and transportationservices.

Recent parking rate increases of up to 75cents in oth€r lots around campus go towardpaying off the loan, but also go toward otherservices such as the completion of l0 "smart"classrooms and repairing part of the EventsCenter roof.

Parking rates for the new garage have beenset at $5, with no plans to increase the currentrate of $3.75 in the Parking and TransportationCenter.

Like the PTC, in the new garage studentswill pay as they exiq however Gallagher plansto convert to pay-as-you-park for non-school-related ev€nts.

The location was carefully selected to maxi-

mize its use for both school and non-schoolrelated activity and to help irnprove the flow oftraffic around campus during school hours.

The garage entrance on Walnut Street will

"One shorthllthisyearwasthelossof theAvalancle games.That$350,000 isprcfit o\r€randabo\reourbudget3'

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help the flow of traffic in and out of campus.Studens will have to tum off Auraria Parkwaysouth onto Ninth Street, then left on Wahutinto the entrance.

According to Gallagher, this will help allevi-ate tramc congestion.

"Having the entrance on Walnut is stackingprevention so Ninth Street doesn t back up andclog Auraria Parkway," Gallagher said.

The garage will be available for Pepsi Centerand other downtown events as well, Gdlaghersaid.

Non-school-related events are an expectedsource of income for the Auraria Parking andTiansportation Center.

'One shortfall this year was the loss of theAvalanche games," Gallagher said.

With the NHL on strike this season, nearly$350,000 dollars in parking revenue is lost as thePqri Center sis dormant most weeknights,

'That $350,000 is pm6t over and above ourbudgeti Gallagher said. "We'll still be within ourbudget without it."

The new garage is being built in place of theold tennis courts that have been unused since theMetro tennis team began practicing at the GatesTennis Center in Cherry Creek last spring.

According to Gallagher, six new tenniscourts will be built at the northeast comer ofthe athletic 6elds with funds from PTC.

$24M project maybe ready as earlyas next summer,price rate set at $5by Boyd FletchelThe Mefopolitan

Students rnay have access to the new park-ing garage being built at the corner of NinthStreet and Auraria Parhrvay by nort summer.

According to Mark Gallagher, director ofparking and transportation for the AurariaHigher Education C.enter, groundbreaking forthe five-story garage started on time aroundIabor Day, and while not in time for the startof summer classes, construction should be com-plete by the start of classes next Fall semester.

Gallagher said the new garage, north of theTivoli and west of the Metro baseball field. willadd 800 parking spaces to the roughly 6,000

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Danrry Holland /The l/etropolitanInterim president Ray Kieft (right), and Chair of the Board of Trustees Bruce Benson (left), laughwhile listening to athletic director Joan McDermott deliver an update on the athletics department irthe Board of Trustees meeting Nov. 10. The board also heard frour Auraria Higher Education Centerregarding the possibility of a new M0 per semester student fee for controlled maintenance.

by il.S. GarciaThe Metropolitan

Interim President Ray Kieft agreed in theNov. l0 meeting to run M'rtro through theSpring semester or until the Board of Tiusteeshires a permanent president .

Vowing to find "The President" for Metro,Board of Tiust€es Chairman Ilruce Benson saidhe wants the entire community to take part inthe search.

"When you do a search it is not always thepeople who send in their res:mes in responseto ads in the newspaper, it's the ones you go outand look for," he said.

Facing a petition by stuCents to appointKieft, and a staff wanting a president, Bensonsaid he and the presidential search advisorycommittee are doing all they can and questionedthe community involvement.

"'I'd like to ask how many of ,vou have actu-ally gone out anC solicited and tried to find apresident?" he asked- "I would urge everyone toparticipate-this is an open process and everv-body should be working on it so we can find thatgreat president."

Benson suggested the committee wouldsoon move to a short list of candidates .

'I think that Ray Kieft has done a fabulousjob for us. He came in, took over, and het donea lot of really important things and there's still afew more things for him to keep doing," Bensoncommented.

Kieft, who has been the interim presidentsince Shelia Kaplant departure in Iune of 2003,submitted his resume to the trustees on Aug. 4.

"They're moving as quickly as they can,"he said. He said he's staying positive about theprocess.

Metro's Student Government Assemblysent a letter to the Board of Trustees endorsineKieft

The letter, signed by President Candace Gillreads, "Dr. Raymond Kieft is the best choice forPresident of MSCD based on a year of strongleadership and cooperative management at thecollege. Metro State is suffering under its ongo-ing status as an 'interim' college, and needs aproactive president, who combines knowledgeof this unique school with the expertise andpositive ideology that will get the job done. Thatpresident is already serving the college..-"

In the same meeting, Metro's trustees alsoapproved the hiring on an internal auditor,whose responsibiliw would be to audit Metro

and Auraria Higher Education Center, the stateorganization responsible for the upkeep of theAuraria campus.

Communications, Institutional Relationsand Equal Employment Officer of AHEC lulieHughes said AHEC is already audited by thestate. Howev€r, she and Dean Wolf, AHEC'sexecutive vice president for administration, wel-comes any chance to be more efficient.

"We don't have a problem with it," Hughessaid. "Our records are open. We feel pretty con-fident."

Local TV reporter shares storyNews 4's BrianMaass discusseshis career, howto get interviewsby Lindsay SandhamThe Metropolitan

News 4 investigative reporter Brian Maassspoke to Auraria students Nov. 12 about hiscareer in journalism and how he got the fustinterview with Pfc. Lynndie Xngland, a focus ofthe Abu Ghraib prison scandal in Iraq.

In early April, some photos of Americansoldiers torturing Iraqi prisoners in the AbuGhraib prison facility were leaked to the media.The photos dated back as early as August, 2003.England was one of the soldiers featured inmany of the photos, and became known as the"leash girl," because she was holding a nakedIraqi prisoner on a leash in one ofthe photos.

Maass was able to get an interview withEngland before any ofthe major stations or big-time news anchors, and she hasn't done manyinterviews since.

"This is an interview that Diane Sawyer wastrying to get, Katie Couric was trying to get, DanRather was trying to get," Maass said. "This isthe girl everybody wanted to talk to. So how didsome dope in Denver get this?"

Maass explained the importance of strongworking relationships within the journalism

industry and said it was because of his profes-sionalism in work he had done on a previous

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Brian Maass, one of channel 4's investigative re-porters, sp€aks to students Nov 12 in the Tivoli.He discussed his career as a journalist and howhe rnanaged to g€t an exclusive interview withPfc. Lynndie England of the Abu Ghraib prisonscandals, before any other reporters.

story that landed him the interview."I got a call about five days before that

interview happened ftom an attorney who Ihad worked with before on a story," he said. i{very inconsequential story we had done a fewmonths earlier."

The attorneyt nam€ was Rose Mary Zaporard Maass said he had spoken with her 20 or

30 times while working on that story. He alsosaid they spent quite a bit of time on that piece,which, according to him, was a very'brdinary"story.

Zapor called Maass and told him therewas a strong possibility that she and someother Denver attorneys would be representingEngland because their firm had some militaryexpertise. Military justice is quite different fiomcivilian justice, he said.

"She said to me 'you know, you treated usso fairly and you were so responsible with thatstory that you did previously,"' Maass said. Shesaid she felt comfortable working with him andthat should her firm get the case, they wouldwant England to talk and she wanted Maass tobe the first one to know

"Believe me,I didn t really think I was gonnaget to interview Lynndie England," he said.

Zapor called Maass back a couple days laterto let him know her firm had been assignedto the case. He told her the fact that a groupof Denver attorneys representing England wasa story in itself, but he wanted to interviewEngland, regardless.

He said that it was a hectic couple of daysbetween the time Zapor agreed to let him do theinterview and the time he actually interviewedEngland in Fayetteville, N.C., where she wasstationed at the Ft. Bragg military base.

The attorney who was going to Fayettevillewas an unusual guy, Maass said. He was "allover the place," very hard to reach and neveranswered his cell phone.

"We got in lhere (Raleigh-Durham Airport)around midnight, it was about a two-hourdrive. We sp€nt a lot of time talking in the car

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Metro student group to makeappearance on nationallysyndacated radio show

Members of Metro's Students In FreeEnterprise will join "Troubleshooter" TomMartino on his nationally-syndicated consumeradvocate radio talk show from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.Dec. 1 .

The show originates from KHOW 630 Alv{in Denyet but is heard on 212 stations in 46states.

N{artino's show will continue to handlecaller complaints, but SIFE students will bringa different twist to the show by handling callsfrom consumers across America who rvishto share their most unusual customer servicestories. Prizes rsill be awarded each hour to thecaller rvith the best story

The show will also include examples ofgood customer service from national holidays,and because the show rvill air during the peak ofthe holida;r shopping season, students \vill rec-ommend national retail companies where cus-tomers can expect to find exceptional service.

If the show is successfr.rl, it could turn into amonthly gig for SIFE members.

The SIFE rnembers scheduled to appearon the Dec. I show are Todd Zinck, president,Conor Simbeck, director of communicationsand Mick Jackowski, faculty advisor-

Auraria to hold fund-raiser fordisadvantaged children

Auraria Shares, a holiday fund-raiser to col-lect canned foods, mittens and holiday gifu forDenvert underprivileged children, will kick offwith a tree-trimming party Dec 2 at the chiid-care center.

The fund-raiser started l0 years ago and asthe number of less fortunate children rises inColorado and crisis relief centers are floodedwith requests durilg the holidays, Aurariabegins its annual donation drive.

Last year, members of the Auraria commu-nity donated more than 300 gifts to the drive.Each year, the gifts are donated to local orga-nizations and charities that provide services fordisadvantaged people within the community.

The "Share Tree" will be located on the 6rstfloor of the Tivoli. Anyone who wishes to par-ticipate can pull a tag fiom the tree and mustreturn the original color-coded tag to TirroliRoorn 303 or 305 by noon Dec. 16. Cannedfood donations will also be accepted throughDec. 16.

Metro to switch e-mail servens

On Dec. 30, Metro will update the campus-wide portal system, Mehoconnect. As part ofthe upgrade, the college will get a new e-mailsystem that promises faster performance andmore features.

The change is being made based on feed-back from Metro users, said Ben Zastrocky,director of Web services. "The performalceand features enhancements will better meet theneeds of our constituents."

In addition to faster sending and retrievalof e-mail, the new system will allow users tosort messages and conduct thorough e-mailsearches. Because the system is Web-based, italso permits people to send and receive e-mailfrom remote locations using their regularaddress books, which will reside on the Web.

While the new system has a different lookand feel, Zastrocky says, itt very intuitive andeasy to use. "The interface is different, but aftera few minutes, people should feel comfortableusing it. Itt pretty straighdorwardJ'

The new e-mail system is scheduled to goonline Dec. 30.

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SGA: Before mediation, ffiembers hope for bestmntinued from cover

In October of 2003, Seku's successor, FeliciaWoodson, was removed from office after anSGA member filed a complaint saying she vio-lated her job description and failed to live up toher duties.

GO TEAM!

In the spring of 2004 there were two par-ties-COS and Positive Action Coalition. Bothwanted their members elected to the SGA.

In the end COS won every office. The firsttime ever in Metrot history, Never before hadone party won all 12 s€ats.

1,045 shrdents voted-just 5.9 percent ofthe entire student body.

'I'm really orcited it was a clean sweepJ'Candace Gill, SGAs president said in the April29 isue of The Metropoliun.'We've all beenworking together since January, so I feel likewdve had an opportunity to build a team andget to know one another."

COS said they would be focusing on studentfees and having better communication with thestudents and administration. Amending theconstitution was also a goal.

One thing they never thought they'd have todeal with is intemal communication problems.

'I want to create a liaison between the stu-dent govemment and the administration," Gillsaid during a debate with other presidentialcandidates.

One thing that has never been a questionis how diverse the elected officers were. Someare old, some are young. Some are Democrats,some are Republicans. Some were born inAmerica, some were not. Some have a lawsuitpending with the school, some do not.

aThe indiyid,rrls elected have differentleadership qualities, and I think we would beable to bring that together and mobilize our-selves for the studeatsi' Gill said at the April 31,SGA inauguration.

In the late summer it seemed the SGAwould conquer their demons and bring forth an€w hope to Metro.

A $5,m0 LESS0il

Nestled in the mountains near Nederland,the SGA came fogether under the directionof Butch Orandine, executive director of theAmeri€an Student Govemment Association.

It cost the SGA $5,000 to fly Oxendine outfor the r.rrcekend- Sure it was costly, but the SGAargued it was worth it. After all, Metro was thefust college in Colorado to join ASGA.

From Aug. 6-8 rhey discussed and workedon isues from representing the student bodyto the relationship between the SGA and theMetro administration.

School hadn't even started and there wasalready a bump in the ride to paradise.

SGA Vice President of CommunicationsRuss Tonn had left his office, citing personalreasons. Irr his place, Beth Ott, the campaignmanager for COS was appointed. Ott is mariedto WiU Safford, the SGlfs Attorney General.

New member aside, the SGA was readyto buck the trend of defunct SGAs, or so itseemed,

THEY TIIAY HAVEIYOI{ TIIE BATTIE..,

The first big victory came on Sept. 30. Gillannounced after a month of talla and e-mailsthat Interim Vice President of Student ServicesKaren Raforth wrote her saying the administra-tion was interested in talking about autonomy.

"An effective relationship between SGA andthe college administration is important and theadministration as well as the Cabinet is com-mitted to such a relationship," Raforth wrote.

Every SGA member smiled as Gill discussedthe letter. They were instructed to meet withYolanda Ortega-Ericksen, interim associatevice president of student services. Shet usually

Top: SGA Attorney General Will Saffor4 left, and President Candace Gill at an SGA meeting earlierthis semesier. Bottom: At the Nov. 16 Elertion Comnission neeting, Satrord far left, listens as Gill, farright, speaks about the proposed SGA @nstitution.

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the only one who attends the SGA meetingsbesides tJre elrecutir'e committee and the newrmedia. To say the least, she is an ally, willing towork more in favor of the SGA than any otheradministrator.

More batdes were won.Vice President for Student Fees Brian

Glotzbach was working on providing the bestdeal for students' money. Vice President forAcademic Affairs ]essica Greiner was work-ing with the administration and the deans ofthe schools. Vice President for Administrationand Finance Dennis Bergquist was work-ing on the SGA budget. Vice President forCommunications Beth Ott was spreading theword about the good things SGA was doing,Vice President for Diversity Marziya Kaka wasworking on improving student orientation.Vice President for Student Organizatiirns ClaraOrdonez was improving the Club Hub.

The list goes on. All the SGA memberswere busy, each doing what they needed todo to make the school better. And they'll eachtell you that. Thirteen SGA members went 13directions, with one common goal serving thestudents.

PARTY POTITICS

No one really knows when it happened.

Some things just changed.Maybe it was former Auraria College

Republican Chairman George Culpepper'scomplaint against Safford and Ott.

Culpepper claimed the two, who are alsoa part of Native American Students for Un-American Activities, knew of a possible deaththreat against his life.

Safford fired right back, filing a complaintsaying Culpepper had slandered him and Ott.

Both complains were later dropped, but theeffects still linger today. The complaint seemedto pit SGA member against SGA member.

Both Glozbach and Bergquist are associ-ated with the ACR. And Culpeppert name iss)'nonymous with the organization. Glotzbachwas the former chairman of ACR and Bergquisthas been a member. Both have associations withCulpepper, While no one is saying Glotzbachand Bergquist are accusing Safford and On, aline was drawn in the dirt between SGA andparty politics.

Malte it was the polarized national elec-tion. Again, Glotzbach and Bergquist arevocal Republicans. Safford and Ott are vocalDemocrats.

Maybe it was the proposed constitution.l.ater in the semester, the SGA tacHed its mostdaunting task re-writing the constitution thatthe prior SGA started but didn t finish. Gill andCo., come hell or high water, were determinedto accomplish this unfinished business. Afterweeks of writing and rewriting, debates andmore debates, the constitution committee hadproposed a titled version 4.0.

Safford had strong words about the con-stitution. His main complaint was the senate.If the new constitution is passed, a legislative

branch will be formed, But nowhere in the 19-page document does it specifically say how thesenators will represent the student body.

Even after that meeting, more debatesand rewrites took place. For an entire week inOctober, Gill, Bergquist, Glotzbach and Saffordmet at 7 a.m. to hash out the problems. In theend, Safford wasn t pleased and version 4.0 waspassed 5-0-2 by the executive committee. Ottand Greiner did not attend that meeting.

The attorney general says he will campaignagainst the document and fears if it is passed theSGA $rill have more porfler over the students.Despite all pleas ftom his fellow members toremain silent, Safford has decided to voice hisopinion about the document.

"I don't work for Candice. I dont work forthe executive committee," Safford said. 'I'm nottheir lackey, I'm not their rnouth piece. I am anelected official,I dont work for tlem, I work forthe studentsi

Or malte conflict was inevitable. The 13tfpe-A personalities. The diverse background.The committee style. Could these all be mereexcuses?

BETNEAT!

At the Oct. f,$ alseting, Associate Directorof Student Life Zav Dadabhoy approached theexecutive committee and suggested a reteat. Hesaid, before the situation gets worse, the SGAneeds to reevaluate theA mission and persona.lconflicts, He offered to host the retreat, butbecause of scheduling conflicts a retreat wasn'tposible.

"I thought it was important for the studentgovemment, at this- stage to refocus on theirvision," Dadabhoy said. "They have to com-mit and try to solve their problems for thestudents."

Dadabhoy said conflia was inevitablebecause of the group size. He said het seencountless SGAs fight among themselves, some-times without resolving their conflicts.

Dadabhoy has been at Metro for l0 yearsand said, "The majority of SGAs have becomeembroiled in tense conflict at some stage or theother: this is no different."

So, the SGA decided to take part in media-tion. larry Lopez" an associate professor and atrained mediator, will participate.

He said he could not comment on themediation,

Reasons aside, the SGA is in serious trouble.As they head into mediation, new e-mails arecirculating within the SGA. Penonal disputeshave moved into the digital world. Nothing isnew here, according to SGA members, harsh e-mails have been sent out since October.

"I will not wait any longeri writesGlotzbach. "I have been silent long enough, andwill not wait until Thursday to continue to letmemben of this group destroy what we hadworked so hard to attempt to build."

Glotzbach wrote an e-mail to Safford aboutthe Web site he and Ott created for a petitionthey started. The petition asl$ students to sup-port a pro-diversity campus. The petition alsonames Cu.lpepper and the ACR as being racist.

'I'm frustrated that it has come to tlispoint, but I will not stand down and allow youto run over the rest of the SGAI Glotzbachcontinued in his e-mail, which was forwardedto the entire SGA.

All members of the SGA are optimisticabout the session. They all think they can comeout stronger than ever.

However, one problem seems to be the dif-ference in opinion about what will be the bestoutcome. While most members see a unitedSGA as the best, others are more realistic andbelieve the committee needs to learn to dis-agree.

In the end, one question remains: Can theSGA agree to disagree?

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and kind of getting to know each other," Maasssaid. "And still, it just kept getting stranger andstranger."

Maass, the News 4 cameraman who wentwith him and the attorney all checked into thehotel and then the attorney disappeared up tohis room, without ever formulating a plan forthe following da,v.

So Maass and the cameraman sat aroundthe hotel lhe whole next day, until the lawyerfinally showed up with England.

"Ard then it kept getting stranger andstranger, he (England's attorney) actually Ieftme alone with her," he said. "Then rve rventshopping for a dress with her."

Maass finall;- interviewed England on cam-era around 6 p.m. that evening and had abouttwo hours to edit the piece and send it off intime for the nine'o clock news.

Although only a few small clips from thehour-long interview aired that evening, Maasssaid eventually every piece of tape was used.

"\4/e used everlthing, frankly, that she eversaid;" Maass said.

He went on to say that the whole experiencewas very surreal and every once in a while hewould stop and realize that he was doing thebiggest interview in the country at that time.

A general fear as a reporter is lvhether or notyou ask all the right questions, he said.

"This is an interview where I really felt like Iasked the right questions," Maass said.

He also said England was difficult to inter-view because it was apparent she did not havemuch experience with the media and didn't goin-depth with many of her responses.

During the News 4 interview, England toldMaass she was only doing what her higher-upstold her to do and basically her and the six othersoldiers who were charged were scapegoats forthe U.S. military.

"She seemed like the kind of person to mewho could be manipulated pretty easily. She's apretty simple person," Maass said. "I mean untilshe joined the army-I think she was from \,l'estVirginia-she had never been further from herhome than, I think she said she had to go to St.Louis to sign up or get processed to get into thearmy."

England is an unworldly kind of person,he said.

"But having said that I mean, I've wonderedto myself if tlrere might have been some manip-ulation and if she might have been used, but atthe same time, you know, she's an adult. You cansay no. You can say that's not right or I'm notgoing to take part in that," he saic.

Maass said he believes her story for the mostpart and a lot of soldiers have come out sincethen and supported her story. He also said sheis someone who hadn't had a very dramatic orexciting life, and she probably never had a lot ofcontrol over things.

'Now all of a sudden, she's in a foreigncountry-she'd never been out of the U.S.,"Maass said. "Shet in a foreign country, she'sin charge of all these guys. I mean you got thisamazing power all of a sudden. And I think thatcan make you a little bit crazy too."

He also said he is unsure what would havehappened to her if she didn't follow orders.

"I don't think anybody ever said put theguy on a leash necessaril;r or anything like thatbut I think they were then encouraged," he said."What would have happened to her career? Ihave no idea. She couldn't get a lot lower."

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It's been a couple of weeks since the elec-tions. Protest crowds have settled down and themedia mania has quieted. Still, the bullets andair fire across Iraq continues, without reflectionof any possible political change.

Images of the Iraq war have been shorvn onthe front pages and TV screens countless timesacross America, In some sense, as Americans, wecan become immune to these scenes.

Last Thursday, I sarv a different angle. Outof routine, daily combat in lraq, somethingextraordinary-the unthinkable, happened.

In the New York Times, buried within thepages, I read a report about one Iraqi sniperwho held up 150 American marines in the townof Falluja. According to the article, the marinescalled in air strikes, dropped 500-pound bombs,firing 155-millimeter artillery shells, l0 muzzleshots from Abram tanks and thousands ofrounds from automatic rifles.

As the smoke cleared and the buildingsburned in ruins, the sniper kept on shooting.

I was amazed by this. Our American militaryhas the most powerfi.rl weapons and best-tainedsoldiers compared to the almost third-worldstandard armory of this Middle Eastern country.While our soldiers wear high-tech bullet-proofgear and helmets, I can't help but imagine thisone Iraqi sniper with just the worn clothes onhis back a carrying a couple of rifles across hisshoulder.

The story continued to report the Marines'opinion of the situation. The shots were accu-rate and took out three marines and pinned

down other soldiers throughout the day. Theshots came from one direction, then stoppedand started again from another sector. TheMarines finally spotted a man running betweenthe buildings.

Ironically, a highly-armed Marine captainyelled out, "He's on a bikel" In my mind I canhear the rat-tat-tat of the rusty bicycle chainrunning off in the distance.

There is something to be said about oneagainst many. I am not condoning violence or

taking sides. War is ugly, no matter how you lookat it. Still, I couldn't help but have some sense ofrespect for the single sniper. In a country tornby violence and confusion, he took it upon him-self to fight for his own convictions. He stoodagainst great odds and didn't break.

I'm reminded of the stories of David andGoliath, Joan of Arc, Che Guevata, the young

man in Tienanmen Square and even Arafat to

some degree.All these people came from different times,

cultures, political views, and religions.what stands out in all these cases is: they

lvere one against many, whether you agree withtheir cause or not.

The Iraqi sniper may not Iive up to thesehistorical martyrs I listed. No one knows where

he is fiom, how he was trained, if he is associatedrvith anyone, or even what his personal convic-tlons are.

The bottom line is that what he did tookguts. He rvas committed to follow throughagainst all odds.

He could have given up, surrendered andfound a way to run away, but he didn't. He keptrunning back and forth betlveen buildings, eachmoment risking his orcn life to continue his goal

to fight.How many ot us can say that about our-

selves?As I look at my own life, I wonder about

my own convictions and beliefs. Am I willing tofight for them regardless of the odds? Am I will-

ing to die for them?I wish I could say with great ease and pro-

found confidence. In my heart, I do, but I knowas situations unfold and the predictability ofpain or even heartache approaches, the majorityof us do buckle.

Therefore, when I see someone reach beyondthe ordinary and the fear, I have to say there issome honor in that.

The article ended by giving the final accountsof that day. As night approached, the Marinesmade their advance. As thev crossed into thesmoked-out buildings, no one was found.

Shortly afterward, the sniper's shots rangout aqaln.

'Killing is different in wideo garnes ... You'll never see their little

animated family crying for the loss of a loved one.'-ZoE Williams

One against many

Arafat's death brings grief, hopeYasser Arafatk death on Thursday brought

grief to Palestinians and international hope fordemocracy, peacefi:l leadership, and compromisewith Israel.

Heather Wahle-

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Arafat, 75, died ofmultiple organ failure ina French military hospitalon Nov. 10. Specific causeof death is still unknown,but his health was failing inrecent months and he wasin a coma for a week priorto his death.

Arafat was confinedto his compound for overtwo years by Israelis, whoblamed him for backing

the wave of suicide bombings that have plaguedthe region for four years. He had only beenreleased to the hospital when he suffered fromsevere muscle pains on Oct. 29.

The death of the leader of Palestine wasmourned by over 20,000 people crowding thestreets surrounding the Muqata compound priorto the burial. The Israeli army closed the WestBank entrance, Gaza strip, and four surroundingArab countries, not allowing the Palestinians totravel to the funeral ceremonies. This restrictedthe crowds to mainl,v Ramallah residents andlimited the participants from possible millions.

Citizens scaled the walls to fuafat'scompoundand broke through the gates. Shots rang through

the crowd as they all became increasingly restlesswhile helicopters delivered Arafatt concrete andmarble casket. Plans to leave Arafat lying in thisstate until burial at sunset were abandoned dueto riot fears. The coffin was passed through thecrowds and when it disappeared briefl5 the police

shot above the people's heads in warning.\\hat was planned as a dignified and sol-

emn ceremony became chaotic and dangerous.Ambulances tried to treat the wounded and

overwhelmed.Many u'ere distraught that fuafat could not

be buried in lerusalem, due to Israeli refrxal. Soilfiom the site where they s'ished to lay Arafatto rest was placed on the casket, and rvith per-mission the casket can eventually be buried in

Jerusalem after land negotiations.Heads of state attended a military funeral for

Yaser Arafat that was closed to the public andheld in Cairo on Friday. The Palestinian Authorityhas called for a 40-day mourning period.

Israel and the United States have not beenable to put genuine peace efforts in place becausedealing with fuafat had become increasinglytroublesome in recent years. The general con-sensrls wils that Arafat was a terrorist and had

become an obstacle to peace.Arafat spoke ofhow he didn't srive for peace

in 1969, "The end of lsrael is the goal of ourstruggle, and it allows lor neither compromisenor mediation ... We don t want peace. \^re wantrvar; victorv."

This seemed to be the philosophy Arafatmaintained throughout his 1'ears as a leader. Hispassion and fierce stance on not backing downat any cost was what made him popular with hispmple. Yet, regardles of being wel.lJiked, Arafatdid not progress in land and peace negotjationsrvith Israel.

He withdrerv fiom the compromise withIsrael that would have allowed Palestine to gaina state and outlying sections of Jerusalem sayingit wasn't enough. Few know rvhat would havebeen enough land for Arafat. The gain of land

in ferusalem was offered in trade for part of theWest Bank, and Arafat's refusal to surrender anyland was ultimately what blocked further negotia-tions.

Israel relied on Arafat's lack of compromiseas the reason they were unable to settle their landdispute. With nelv leadership, Israel maybe forced

to acknor,'4edge that Amfatt lack of cooperationwas one obstacle, not the whole problem. Israelmust be diligent in negotiations and progresswith the new government.

Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Querisaid that fuafaCs death signals a time for peacenegotiations to resume and proceed swiftly. OnSaturday just one day after the former leader'sburial, Qurei stated that peace is possible in aver)' short time.

Progress in peace between Palestine andIsrael does not seem likely rvithout the UnitedStates' help, and Queri has requested that inter-national efforts be made to resume Middle Eastpeace talks.

Queri announced, "l'm saying to theAmerican administration, to President Bush, tothe Israelis. and to the whole world: now is theperiod where we should be more serious."

President Bush and British Prime MinisterTony Blair spoke on Friday fiom \4/ashington say-ing they have hopes for renewed peace progress,but were not specific on any new plans to assist.

Qurei also asked for international assistanceto ensure that occupied territories hare the stron-gest voter registration possible in order to instatea new leader in Pa.lestine.

Bush has spoken of the importance ofdemocracy in Israel and the end of violenceagainst Israelis. Hon'ever, neither he nor Blair hasaddresed the fact that the lack of democracy is

onl), one part of the problem.While democracy is needed and would

improve the situation, the heart ofthe problem isthe land dispute. Democracy did not bring Iordanand Eglpt peace rvith Israel, compromise broughtpeace. Israel did not pursue the claim to the West

Bank and that resolved the situation with }ordan.Israel also returned land taken fiom Egypt, andthat, again, resolved the conflict.

lVith serious commitment to a timetable,negotiations could be underway before a specialelection is held within 60 days. This may be thebest course of action, considering the new leadercould be as troublesome as Arafat had been in

the past.N,lany consider West Bank Fatah leader

Marwan Barghouti to be the logical choice tofollow fuafat's leadership because he is the mostpopular among the people. Barghouti is currentlyserving five consecutive life sentences in an Israelijail. His wife Fadu'a says that he is considering abid for the tide fiom prison.

If democrary is brought forth and Palestineelects its next leader, it will just be the beginning.The newly elected leader would have to be mod-erate in negotiations and have realistic goals. Itwould also help the situation if a ceasefire werecalled for The lack of attention to thes€ details

could undermine serious attempts for peace.The actions of Palestine are crucial in nego-

tiations but the possibility of conflict resolutionis ultirnately dependant on lsrael's decisions. Anyhope of resolution relies on Israel's rvillingness tocompromise by ceding land.

Parliament speaker Rarvhi Fattuh hasassumed responsibility over the PalenstineAuthority in Arafatk absence until a special elec-tion is held by Jan. 9.

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Killing is difierent in the U.S. Army. Thepeople you shoot are different than you- Theyhave dark skin, speak different languages, andworship a different god, They live in far-awaylands that are nothing like the good ol' U,S. of ,A.When they die, they get pushed off in a cart.

You wont hear another thing of it, and nei-ther will the people back home. You are fightingfor freedom, Iiberation, and America. They arefighting only to kill you. If you do not kill themfirst, they not only may kill you, they may try tohurt your country.

You are a hero.At least that is what recruits are told. Then

they go to boot camp, and get shipped off toIraq. These people were promised opportunity,dignity, a free trip, and a tank ride. They plowthrough the country like video game heroes, kill-ing all in their path.

But what do I know, I'd never join the mili-tary. I€t the soldiers speak for themselves.

Take the words of 25-year-old veteran, MikeHoftnan, to Mother lones magazine regardinghis time in Iraq.'I dont know what I did.., I

All is fair in the game of warKilling is different in video games. The peo-

ple you shoot are different than you. They looklike little cartoon humans. They live in a differ-

ent realm. You'll never seetheir litde animated fam-ily crying for the loss ofa loved one. Besideg yourcause is right, just, andnoble. The little pmpleon the screen, well, theyhave no cause but to killyou. That's why you haveto kill them first and killthem good. You are not arnurderer, but a freedomfighter.

Last week the upcoming sure-to-be-a-smash-hit video game'Halo 2" was brought toAuraria for a tournament. Set up on four televi-sions &aped in camouflage netting, Halo 2 kepta constant crowd looming in the Tivoli hallwaynear the e.den, waiting their turn to plop downon a stool and mastr buttons to blow dozens oflittle animated people to smithereens.

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came home and read reports that six chil&enwere killed in an artillery strike near where Iwas. I donl really know if it was my unit or aBritish unit. But I feel responsible for everphingthat happened when I was there."

In the same article, Staff Sgt. Jimmy Masseyrecalls working road blocla in Iraq. His unitof Marines would raise their arms to stop carsapproaching. If the cars kept going, Massey said"we would just Iight'em up."

Weels later, Massey learned that their handsignal is a way of greeting someone in lraq. Heestimated kining thirty cifians in a 48-hourperiod.

'We are committing genocide." Massey toldhis commanding officer. He was released afterbeing diagnosed with post-traumatic str€ssdisorder.

Operation Truth reports Army suicides havejumped 40 percent in Iraq over the past year. A2003 Gallup Poll states at least one fi:fth of sol-diers felt the war was "the wrong thing to do."This was before reports from fohns HopkinsUniversity, of 100,000 civilian deaths since theUS invasion and the bloodbath in Fallujah.

Doesn't sound like a game anymore, doesit?

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GTAscores again, lives up to hypecommitting crimes. Now, in an attempt to playoff the success of The Sims, you can eat, exercise,change clothes and hairstyles.

God is in the details in San Andreas. Severalof the new features, like eating and exercising,affect how you interact with the environmentand the people. Eat too much, you get fat, moveslow and garner insults from pedestrians. Eattoo little and you lose health and energy, not tomention becoming a thin rail. You can balancethis all out by visiting the gym occasionallyand lifting weights and hitting the treadmilland bicycle. Exercising is beneficial because itburns fat, increases your muscle mass and yourstamina, all of which aliorv you to sprint, pedal(,ves there are bicycles) and swim (yes you canswim, finally) faster, as well as pack more punchinto your punches.

The game's soundtrack, rvhich can be heardthrough San Andreas' li radio stations, is alsosuperb. The game designers captured the bestmusic of the time, especiall,v gargsta rap by themost notorious [.A rappers including 2Pac, Dr.Dre and Ice Cube. The game also features an all-star cast with voices by Samuel L. Jackson, ChrisPenn, Ice T and Peter Fonda.

But mostly the game\ value comes frorn jts

enormitl'. Not only are there so many things to

do outside of the gamet regular missions. Ontop of carrying out police vigilante, ambulanceand fire rescue, and taxi-driving missions asin previous games, you can go on pimpingmissions, play Atari-like videogames, dalce,box, and gamble in one of Las Venturas' gloriouscasinos. Unfortunately, ,vour luck gamblingmatches that in any ofVegas' casinos.

The plethora of activities not to mention themassive size of San Andreas are what make thisgame so fun, and unending. It can take you l0- l5minutes, in real time, to get from the edge of SanFierro back to Carl's neighborhood, with smallhick towns on the rvay, with even more to do, andmore people to kill.

Ah, yes, the killing and violence. There arenot onl,v new \veapons including hearseekingmissiles, C-4 explosives and silenced pistols,

but thev feature auto aim and manual aim- animprorement from Vice City.

Another great enhancernent is that, like withyour physical characteristics, your skill levelsimprole with weapons and land and air vehiclcs,

mL'dn ing bct ter a im and handl ing.The only real flalvs in Srrr Attdrcits come

rvith occasional glitches when you rnove around,inprorctl, but stil l not thr: greatest graphics,rvhich take ar.a,v ftom the crispness of the game,

and, my personal problem with the garne, havingto get used to using only the PS2's analog sticks.

But, really, I'm nit picking. What will mostlikely be a larger issue with many people is thegame's violence. It's the crux of the game. Mostof the missions involve killing someone ordestroying something. The GTA series has takenmuch flak from the media, the government andmoral crusaders because of it.

As Vice City was modeled after the 80s TVshow "Miami Vice ," San Andreas is a comb inationof such films as "Menace II Society" and "Boyz

To The Hood," which took place in SouthernCalifornia in the early 90s. It's also based onthe stories of \Alest Coast rappers like 2Pac,IceCube and Eazy-E (who looks a lot like Carl'sfiiend Rvder in the game). So, it's important toremember there is a historical and cultural basisfor the s tory l ine, and the v io lence.

Still, ifyou're not able to distinguish betweenright and wrong, between reality and the virtualworld, or if gratuitous violence disturbs you,don't bother with this game.

For everyone else, this is the most fungame out this season, which means you shouldschedule your t ime wise ly because i t canbe addicting. Just remember to check yourconscience at the door.

Look Ma, a drive-by! Reviewer Clalton Woullard enjoys his new career as a gangsta in the new release by Rockstar Games,Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.

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by Clayton WoullardThe Metropolitan

Some games are simply worth the hype.This fall, games like Halo 2,The Sims 2 and

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas have already soldmillions, beating out pre\.ious sales records forvideogames. Much of this has to do with all theword-of-mouth before the release date.

Fortunately, Sarz Andreas lives up to its hypeand more.

With this new game, the G714 series mol'esfrom Vice City, modeled after Miami in the'80s,to San Andreas, a land five times the size of ViceCiry including Los Santos (Los Angeles), SanFierro (San Francisco) and Las Venturas (Las

Yegas). San Andreas takes place in the early'90s,rvhen gang violence on the West Coast cameinto the national spotlight. You star as Carl "Cf"

Johnson, a former gang banger who's ;ust beenreleased from prison in Liberty City (the settingfor 2001's GTA UI). He's called back to his oldneighborhood in Los Santos after his mom ismurdered, and is sucked back into his old life asa member of the Grove Street Gang.

The first few missions are mostlY tointroduce you to the new features in thegame, u.hich expand G7i{ wa,v beyond simply

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The allure of the red planet remainsfrorn Mrs p9.12

these questions fuel the qrcitement for NASAsMars Exploration Program.

Recendy, scientists involved in the programvisited Denver to talk about the progress of theirmission. The Planetary Geology Division ofthe Geological Society ofAmerica hosted TheIatest (Red) Dirt From the Mission Makers atthe Denver Convention Center. Informationgathered by the two solar-powered robot royers,Spirit and Opportunitf, as well as informationfrom other e<isting rovers and orbiters, was pre-sented at the Mars Forum.

'Nice thing about a rover mission is that ifyou don't like what you see, you can move," said

Steven w' Squyres, professor of astronomy atComell University in lthaca, NY, and the princi-pal investigator for the Mars Exploration Team.Squyres, a panelist at the forum, was deeplyinvolved widr the engineering and design ofboth Spirit and Opportunity.

Opportunity detected not only hematite,but also sulfates, which suggests that it has vis-ited what was once the shoreline of a salty sea.Rich basalts have been discovered on Mars, saidSquyres.

In the course of this mission, Opportunit),has enplored the Endurance and Eagle Craters.Ro& layers deep within Endurance are olderand thicker than those found in the Eagle Crater.The older and thicker rock layers of Endurance

could reveal an earlier Mars upon further, in-depth, oramination.

"There's layered rock in the ColumbiaHills," Squyres said- While Opportunity was inthe craters, NASAT Spirit rover landed on Mars'Columbia Hills, which was named to honorthe astronauts who died aboard the SoacecraftColumbia.

'We found some really strange stuff (onMars)i Squyres said.

One mysterious fnding mentioned at theforum concemed Mars' polar ice caps. Marshas two large polar ice caps made of frozencarbon dioide (dry ice) sublimating from theatmosphere. Scientists thhk there is some pos-sibility of ftozen water being underneath the

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polar caps.The cap's unusual pits enlarge ftorn ewapo-

rating carbon dioxide-more than expectedfrom seasons alone, said forum panelist, MichaelMalin, president and chief scientist of MalinSpace Science Systems and member of the MarsGlobal Surveyor team.

Pits in the ice will make the ice melt faster.but the ice melts faster than scientists are used toobserying here on Earth.

'What it means is that the ice propertiesare probably different. That's one of the reasonsthey re really not sure about what is happen-ing," says Dr. Kamran Sahami, Metro physicsprofessor.

'I think the geology is very interesting andspecifically, I think the history of water couldmean so many tiings," he said.

Where did the water go and how long agowas it there? These are questions that, thanks toNASAs Mars exploration program, are begin-ning to be answered.

"We discovered guliies there that appear tobe relatively young," said Malin. The continuedexploration of the geology of Mars will confirmjust how long ago the water flowed rhroughthose gullies and how young they actually are.

"Follow the wateri said Daniel McCleese,a chief scientist for NASAs Jet PropulsionIaboratory in Pasadena, California- 'We're ask-ing the question: Was there ever life on Mars?"McCleese said. To aid in unveiling Mars' per-plexing past, rovers are eventually expected toreturn Martian rock samples to scientists onEarth for closer oramination,

'Wdre also interested in clirnate as a field initself," McCleese said.

The Mars Odyssey, produced by ArizonaState University, was launched with a thermalemission imaging s)stem (THEMIS) onboard.It is a camera that is mapping Mars by usingthermal infrared images. THEMIS has threeinstruments in one.-a visible light camera, athermal camera and a multi-spectral infraredcamera. Also, tlte images TTIEMIS produces willdetermine the mineral content of Mars,

"The purpose of THEMIS is to give thegeology and temperature of the surface," saidPhilip Christensen, geophysicist and PrincipalInvestigator for the Mars Global Surveyor, ftomArizona state universitr.

The agenda will remain eventfrrl for theteam of scientiss who will continue to researchthe mysterious red plana. NASA will send theMars Reconnaissance Orbiter, in 2005. The rov-ers already there visiting will be sent to exploreMard polar regions in 2007 and a rover that car-ries its own analytic laboratory is to be sent in2009. Also, some of the equipment sent to Marsfrom previous rnissions such as the robot, MarsExpress, and the 200I Odyssey orbiter are stillintact and making discoveries, .

"Today, we think the question is: Was itever habitable?" McCleese said. Other scientistsseem to agree that is the question most likely tobe answered during the course of this mission.Hopes of finding any forms of life that are stillthriving seem less likely, although not beingruled out, as so far the discoveries there havebeen unpredictable.

"It might be too cold and dry now. Findingpast life is more likely," said Sahami.

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Cathy and Curt Bradner pedaled hard.Hunched over in some calm persistence, theirgaze groped the unknown ahead, while onelongtime nurtured idea was paving the road totheir self-discoverv.

The scenery changed like kaleidoscopepieces-Madrid, Portugal, Italy, Greece, Indiaand Turkey, then Kenya, through cities andvillages, plains and mountains, they kept moving-through overwhelming contrasts of wealthand poverty that almost discouraged them toeven try to make a difference. It would have feltlike a lonely drop in the ocean of human needand despair, they thought.

The destination was uncertain, but the willto do something extraordinary with their liveswas there. The Bradners reached Thailand.

Back in 1998 the couple made a life-alteringdecision. They sold everything they owned: theirhouse with all of their belongings and their

business for building bicycle machinery, fiberoptics and offering help to people in developingdifferent products. They kept a tent, two sleepingbags and their bicycles.

"Cathy and I wanted to do something else,"Bradner said with a playftl smile, a prelude tothe unique story he was about to tell. "Somehow

we didnt feel Ihlfilled."The journey started with two plane tickets

to Madrid, where they rode their bicycles,determined to find another lifestyle down theroad---+omething more substantial, he said.

Thailand offered such a possibility. Whileexploring the country, the Bradners met awoman simply called Dr. Cynthia. She founded aclinic on the Thai-Burmese border and devotedher time and energy to taking care of40 Burmeseorphans ftom 8 to 18 years of age.

Burma is an ex-British colony that gainedits independence in 1948. Today, it is one of thepoorest countries in the world with destroyededucationai and health care slrstems, and an

A charcoal painting by Nay Thit, a Burmese refugee, ms one ofmany pieces of artwork on displsf at a silent auction itr DowlttownDqryer, Nov. 13, to nisc mon€y for the BurmeseYouth Proicct

The ditference individuals can makeepidemic AIDS situation partly-because of thefact that Burma has become one of the world'slargest heroin producers.

The country is home to over one hundredethnic groups, each with its own culture, languageand religion. The Burmese account for about 60percent of the population. In the unbreakablepattern of post-colonial development seen in allformer colonies, Burma has been through majorpolitical and economic turmoil that resultedin a military coup in March 1962. The humanrights abuses are widespread and are normallydirected toward the ethnic minorities, Poverty,repression, and forced relocation based oneconomic slrategy are arnong the main reasonsfor mass exodus of refugees to the neighboringcountries. There are about 1,5 million displacedBurmese; about 9 percent live in refugee campsalong the Thai-Burma border primarily ftomthe Karen, Karenni and t}le Mon ethnic groups.Practically speaking, the Burmese military hasno problem crossing the Thai border, due touncontrollable corruption, and continue toharass the refugees who are originally recognizedas such and offered asylum by the Royal Thai

Govemment (RTG).

After spending one month in Dr. Cynthiatclinic in 1999, the Bradners decided to start aprograrn called The Burmese Youth Project in

the Umpium Mai refugee camp located severalmiles away. The camp sheltered 25,000 Burmese,most of them from the Karen ethnic group. Itwas a vocational program meant to offer notsimply aid, but an opportunity.

'After spending time in Thailand I becameless political, less judgmental," Curt Bradnersaid. 'I realized that individual people are worthsupporting and encouraging because among therefugees there are people with great potential."

Using donations &om friends, along withtheir own savings, the couple bought fromThailand a number of bicycles, $12 each andopened a shop in the camp to teach the refugeeshow to repair them. "It was a huge success,"Bradner said and smiled.

Backed by the Boulder-based AsianTranspacific Foundation, which raised moneyfor orphaned and disadvantaged childrenin Asia, the Bradners launched the YouthDeyelopment Center (YDC) project in 2001 andthe Vocational Incentive Program (VIP) in 2003.The YDC began offering classes in art, sewing,pottery and photography. The most importantpan: the teacher were refugees themselves andwere better educated and experienced so theycan share their knowledge with the rest.

Each costs $10.50 and providesclean drinking water to a family of six and it canlast up to three years.

Curt BradRer kept talking with rapidgesticulation and with a constant smile on hisface. With the same warmth he managed quicklyto navigate through the memories of theirhardships and the endless challenges of theirgood doing on the other side of the globe. Noharsh feelings.

The night before, on Nov 13, Sisto's Salonon Ianimer Square in DowntownDenver hosted a special fund-raisingevent to support the Burmese YouthProject A silent auction of refugee artand photography went on supported byfriends and strangers.

While chewing the tasty Thaiappetizers the guests star€d at theexhibited .paintings with awe-filledeyes. It made them wonder how such araw talent was brought up to blossomwith breathtaking sophistication andcharisma-how the time-stili life in thecamp provoked such inspiration thatdisturbed with its cry for humanity.The foreigners, comfortably sippingwine and beer, thousands of miles away,understood-goodness planted in thehuman nature can do miracles.

The Bradners felt that their missionon the Thai-Burmese border wascompleted. They were ready to embarkon a new one, to some other part of theworld in need of rescue.

Some $ I I ,000 was raised that night.Eriough to buy a large number of waterfilters, food and clothing. Curt Bradnershook his head happily:'The feelingof satisfaction is indescribable. Andagain, it goes back to our motto, if youthink you re too small to be effectiveyou've never spent a night in bed with amosquito," he continues laughing.

'Everyone is capable of whatwe did. All they need is courage and

strengtl to carrF on."

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"It proved to be a great ide:r,Bradner said. "It gave the refugeesself- confidence and self-esteem. Ithelped building their communitypride."

For most of the artists, this isall the education they are goingto get, and it is all up to theirpracticing habits to master thecraft. Nevertheless, some of thepieces produced in the art studio '- J

can rival the work of many whohave received university training.The Bradners used the refugees'paintings for fund-raisingpurposes, so far with great profits

for the community.The VIP's sole purpose was

to teach the refugee youth howto build a ceramic water filterfacility-starting from erectingthe building, to leaming howto build molds, presses, kilns,and finally, learning to make aceramic water filter. The filterswere of crucial importance to thes€ttlement, which had extremelypoor sanitation in addition tothe "unconventional" cleaningmethods of the population.

Because of the increasingproduction (50 a day), waterfilt r,

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communities across the borde r.

Curt Bradrcr t€ach€s Burmese refugees how to repair birycles at the Umpiun Mai camp. Bradner and his wife founded Oe Burmese Youth Proi€rt to provide oplnrtunitiesfor a better life and self-su6ciency.

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-Woody Guthrie

It is impossible to separate the life of Woody

Guthrie liom his art. His private dreams and

dramas were inextricably woven into the reams

of his lyrics and poems. The cartoons he drew

reflected a 6nely honed political conscience,

while the simpler store signs he painted for

wages spoke of a more utilitarian talent. But it

was the simple, stark melodies that sprung from

his guitar and the gruff, welcoming voice that

boomed ftom his wiry frame that served as his

most forcefirl autobiography.

Guthrie sang of rambling and roving ftom

firsrhand experience. He began his career as an

itinerant jack-of-all-trades at the age of 15 after

his mother, suffering from a mysterious malady

that would ultimately claim her son, had been

committed to a mental hospital. At roughly the

same tirne, Guthrie's father was carted away after

being gravely injured in a fire.

Although he would reunite briefly with his

hther, this practical parental loss would forever

change the child, who subsequently set up camp

in an isolated clubhouse in the wilderness,

Guthrie, wracked by his personal tragedy and

loss, took refuge in a life without roots, without

attachments, without the accompanying pain

and vulnerability.

His adult life would follow a similar pattern

of restlessness and endless drifting. From his

homestead in Okemah, Okla., _Guthrie headed

to Pampa, Texas in 1929 to ioin extended family.

He found a passion for music, quickly [eam-

ing guitar, mandolin, and violin. The historical

forces that blew in the arid southern air shaped

his budding art, and as the worst of dust storms

drove scores of migrants from their homes,

"I feel lil.e I was drownirft in an ocean full'of burning oil and youp"ll.d me out. All I feel like I oweyou is my work and my life,"

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This Monft in Music HistoryGuthrie transposed this living drama

into simple ballads.

By 1942, Guthrie had built anational reputation as a championof the downtrodden. He composedanthems for the dispossessed: "DustBowl Ballads" that brutally exposedthe plight of the nation's workers. He

lived in Los Angeles and New York,

crisscrossed the entire country in

between, slept under bridges, stole

rides on trains, shared meals with

hobos, and rallied the hungry in the

migrant camps. He captured the

sympathy of a nation in his song,

"This I^and Is Your tand," a folk

anthem that still resonates witJr its

heartfelt intensity.During his rise to acclaim, Guthrie

seeped himself in change: His art reflected his

ephemeral lifestyle, and his ephemeral life-

style found its roots in the tragedies that had

stained his early life. It seerned that Guthrie

was destined to float between homes, between

women, between bases ... until he met Mariorie

Mazia in 1943.

Mazia, a young dancer who was moved to

tears by Guthriet songs and stories, found a

grizded traveler brimming with verses and sto-

ries, tall tales and heartbreaking poetrf. Guthrie

found the constang that he had.so long eluded.

Both found love at first sight.

Guthrie and Mazia were married in

November, 1945 while Woody was on furlough

from the Merchant Marines. The long engage-

ment was marked bv drama and strifq Mazia

met. Guthrie was reluctant toabandon his wanderings (and ultimately neversucceeded), and both were plagued by doubts.Yet, for aII the troubles and struggles thatmarked their relationship, before and after theirmarriage, their union represented a watershed inboth their lives.

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was engaged when the two

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As a magazine junkie, I love finding litde

nuggets of information strewn amongst the

oh-so-coy advertise-ments. But there exists a

magazine filled cover to

cover with real informa-

tion and entertainment.

nach and every month the

one magazine for which I

wait with anticipation and

bated breath ]s MOJO.

Chip Boehm The British musicMuic Colunnist press is an entirely dif,

ferent beast than their

American brethren and serve as an interesting

counterpoint to Spin, Rolling Stone, et al. NME,

being a weekly, is often filled with fluff and tries

way too hard to set the trends while hyping any

new band to come along. Q has decent music

coverage but retains too much of an emphasis

on the current pop culture. Uncut can d,efrnitely

come to the rescue if you enjoy extensive filrn

and D\rD coverage, but MOJO rises above

through willpower and bang-for-your-buck.

While the writers worship at the feet of the

late Lester Bangs, they retain the very embodi-

ment of being more "rawk" than the music

itself. They engage the reader with some of the

most descriptive and awestruck verbosity ever

conceived. Each article is filled with such enthu-

siasm and passion for the craft you want to hear

lwant my MOJOthe album of focus immediately.

Each issue comes with a free CD and these

compilations are better than any you could pur-

chase for the magazine's cost. Past compilations

include the 'MOIO Music Guide" series. The

first four volumes are entitled "Instant Garage,

Roots of Hip Hop, Raw Soul and Blues Power."

The accompanying issues are filled with the back

stories and wild tales of the artists, songs, and

recording sessions.

The Norember issue is just the latest exam-

ple of the perfect publication. The dark soulful

eyes of johnny Cash gaze out from the cover as

,vou flip it open to the feature consisting of an

l8-page, ftont and back, ad-free overview of

the American icon's unbelievable story. Even if

you've read the Man in Black's autobiography

there are ftesh insights to be found including a

hi.larious rundown of the five funniest fohnnyCash songs.

The magazine enjoys kudos ftom musi-

cians themselves who make regular appearances

in some of the columns. "Last Night a Record

Changed My Life" asks artists to dissect an

album they've probably worn out a couple times."All Back To My Place" offers mini-interviews

with stars on the topic ofaural obsessions.

Issue 106 found The Stooges' Ron Asheton

waxing philosophical on "The Teietubbies"

worth as a Sunday morning listening experience

subverted by crystal meth or cocaine. The sec-

tions themselves tend to su4rrise and sometimes

lean toward diametric opposiiion such as Alice

Cooper sensing evil foreshadowed in "West Side

Story."

MOJO Colbaions was a short-lived spin-

off publication focusing on record collectors

and crate-diggers. The Spring '02 issue is a

bastion of genre-hopping and artist-shuffling

through 150 pages featuring'A Day in the Life

of Lee 'Scratch Perry," "The Story of the Beach

Boys'Holland" and fifteen obscurities, Top 50

Northern Soul, The Byrds transition to country

and Gram Parsons discography, "Psychedelic

Poster Art from The Fillmore," "Factory Records

Memorabilia," and buyers guides to ftee jazz,

Tommy Boy Records, Carole King, American

garage, The Fall and |oy Division bootlegs.

Their Web site and accompanfng message

board (mojo4music.com) offer even deeper

inroads of magical discoveries beneath topics

such as "Coolest quote from an album sle€ve,""Amazing songs nearly ruined by the bad soios," '

plus a epigrammatic thread entitled 'Manson

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"If you looked at this team eight weeks ago thiscouldnt have happenedr"-Volleyball head coach Debbie Hendricks lsiloflTS'Runners back to Loper-landby NateTimmonsThe Metropolitan

The Roadrunner volleyball team accom-plished two things during the Rocky MountainAthletic Conference tournament this pastweekend. First, they defeated the New MexicoHighlands Cowgirls, 3-0, for the second timethis season. Second, they earned a trip back toKearney, Neb., for the regional eight-team tour-nament Nov. 19-21.

Metro (17-14) dismantled the Cowgirls(13-14) in the fust round of the RMAC touma-ment (30-15, 30-26, 30-19). Junior outside hit-ter Sheena Mclaughlin led the 'Runners with a

Fatch-high 14 kills on a .300 hit percentage andshe led the defensive effort with 15 digs.

In the semi-find match against theNebraska-Kearney Lopers (36-0), Metro wasagain defeated in three games (30-16, 30- 17, 30-26). Sophomore outside hitter Stefanie Allisonled Metro with ll kills on a .308 hit percent-age. Putting up monster numbers again for theLopers was middle hitter Erin Gudmundson:'19 kills on a .516 hit percentage along with sixblocks. The game marked the third sweep thisseason for the Iopers against the 'Runners.

Doubt loomed Sunday wening as the teamgathered to find out if a bid to the regional tour-nament would be extended.

"I was pissed (after the Kearney loss)i saidoutside hitter lulie Green. 'I wanted to hearfrom our coaches that we made it."

The team was anxious to find out if theirseason would continue and what team theywould play, according to Mckughlin.

The doubt was gone as Metro learned theyhad indeed received a bid.

"If you looked at this team eight weeks agothis couldn't have happened," said head coachDebbie Hendrick.i The'Runners record stood at 5-10 after suf-

fering an embarrassing loss to Regis on Sept. 25, '

0-3. The los seemed to awaken the team as theyfinished the season, induding the RMAC tour-nament. with a l2-4 record.

Their effort did not go unnoticed by theregional panel.

The Roadrunners enter the Division IIWoment Volleyball Championship Tournamentas the eighth seed in the Southwest region. Theywill play Friday, Noy. 19 at 7:30 p.m. against thetop-seeded Lopers, for an unprecedented fourthmatch.

After learning of their opponent,Mclaughlin, Allison and Green agreed that"revenge" is on their minds. The three alsolike the hct they will again be the "underdogs"against the Lopers.

Metro has not scored more than 26 ooints

in any game against the Lopers this year. That

mark was reached in the third games againstKearney the first time they played (Sept. l0) and

the last time (Nov. l3). Having seen the Lopersmany times this year, Hendricks said her teamis focusing much of its attention on Kearney'sweaknesses which Metro has exploited at timesthis year.

The 'Runners will use direct serves and amore pinpoint offense to their advantage. Theymust also find a way to shut down Kearney'smiddle hitters, who have wreaked havoc onMetro this year.

The undefeated Lopers do not seem to have

many cracls in their armor, but the Roadrunners

are not shying away from the challenge.'We are going to surprise a lot of peoplej'

Allison said.

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The volleyball team received an NCAA tournament berth Monday after rnaking it to the RMAC semifi-nal. The eighth-ranked Roadrunners travel to Kearney, Neb., where they will face first-ranked Lopers.

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Senior forward Morse also received Pre-sea-son honors being voted All-East Division in theRoclcy Mountain Athletic Conference.

Team captains this year are seniors Morseand Ryon Nickle, a choice that might have somepeople raising their eyebrows. Despite the lack ofplrying time, Nickle was the undeniable choicefor Dunlap.

"(Nickle) was a leader from the day hewalked in the door," Dunlap said. "Het justgrown into a role n4rere he takes care of all the

little things that youneed from your leaders.He's the best leader I'veever coached, by fari

The basketballseason begins at 7p,m. Friday, Nov. 19, atAuraria Event Centeragainst the LangstonLions from Oklahoma.

First Team All-Conference. The senior said hewanted to contribute to the team more this yearby playing a tougher defense and grabbing rnorerebounds.

"Hopefrrlly, me and my teammates can takeit to the next leveli Worthington said with aconfident smile.

Dunlap said the key is to sustain and put agood team on the floor. Defensively, the teamcan give their opponents grief, but offensively, itis hard to predict.

The starting line-upwill consist of Worthington, Morse, MichaelBahl, Muth and Borgan, according to Dunlap.

"Harms and Ben Ortner will come off thebench on Friday night," Dunlap said. "We'll seehow that combinations goes. But, in the first fiveto seven games, I will be juggling the startingline-up just so we citn see what combinations

work."The'Runners return to the hardwood at

Auraria Saturday, Nov, 20, when they take onthe Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs at 7 p.m.

Men s hoops ready to take the hardwoodReturning players have tostep up and carry Metro'sstrong basketball tradition

by Elin OtterThe Metrooolitan

The men's basketball team kicks off their sea-son with the Metro Stat€ Thanl6giving Classic

.this upcoming weekend, The Roadrunners,ranked lTth in the NABC/Division II PreseasonPoll, retum seven players from last year's squadthat made it to the Final Four and bring in fir,enew players.

"We are not as atl etic as last yeari saidsenior Mark Worthington. "But we can go justas far, if not farther, We have some emart kidson the team."- Eight-year head coach Mike Dunlap saidthe two transfers Dustin Ballard and DrewWilliamson and the three freshmen BrianBarringer, Andrew Harms and David Luedtkehave a lot to learn about the team system,

"The teaching is excessive a this point, sowe're just trying to be careful, not to overwhelmthem," Dunlap said.

About Harms, Dunlap has nothing but goodto say.

'(tlarms has) a lot to leam," Dunlap said.sBut het definitely our kind of player and it'sjust a matter of opportunity, time and experi-

ence for him to become a very fine player."Coming off one of the best seasons in the

programt history the team could find tiem-selves having some growing pains.

By losing players like C.I. Massingale, LukeKend^ll and lrster Strong, the returners have tostep it up wen though they may not have beenstarters in the past, Dunlap said.

It is time for players like Midrael Morse,Keith Borgan, Greg Muth and Worthingon tocarry Metro's strong basketball tradition andtake care of the new-comers. These playershaYe been in the fuebefore-and a part ofa winning teanr-andnow it is time forthem to lead the way.

Worthington hasalrerady received hon-ors this season as hewas voted Pre-season

Defense willdecide who'sgoing to theFinal Four

It's one and done time again for theRoadnrnner women's soccer team (and possi-

bly volleyball as well) and once again the ticketto the Final Four comes through Metro. The

Roadrunners went to the Final Four two sea-sbns ago after hosting the quarterfinals, and ifhistory could repeat itself once more it will thisSunday when Metro will play Seatde Universityhere at Auraria Field for the chance to play forthe national championship.

Volleybal (16-13)Well, the good

news for Metro isthat they are in theRegional tournamentonce again; the badnews is that they haveto return to Nebraska-Keamey. The Neb-Kearney 'Lopers beatthe Roadrunners, andin dramatic fashion, asonce again they beatMetro in thrce straight

games. Though the 'Lopers beat the 'Runners,

Metro will get another chance to beat Neb-Kearney in the Regional this weekend ... but Idoubt it.

No 2 Women's Soccer (22-l)Defensive backs Meisha Pyke and faime

Gwinner, midfielder Yrrara Guante, and forwardAmy kichliter were part of the All-Tournamentteam during this weekend's playoffs, but it wasTournament MVP Marina MacDonald whostole the show when she took advantage of aRegis miscue and put the ball and her team pastthe Rangers . Finally rid of Regis, the countdownto tide time is down to a thr€e-game win streakThree wins, one championship: itt just thatsimple.

As far as this weekend's RegionalTournament went, my heart went out to WestTexas A&M, who fought until they had nothingleft. Watching West Tixas break down showedhow great sports ar#e€use they wanted itso badly and although they lost, everything theyhad was left on Auraria Field.

Anyway, with Metro in search of its fustnational title, the'Runners will have to defeata team that looks like it shouldnl even be play-ing right now. Why? Well, for startos, Ky'eeHanavan alone has more points (65) thanSeatde's top three players combined (64). NeNd,Seatde scored more than two goals four timesthis season----only two times less than the num-ber of times Metro has scored under three goalsa game. But, before Metro fans start reservingtheir flight tickets to Wichita Falls, Texas, it'sSeattle's defense they need to fear.

The Redhawla have won 12 of thek 22matches by shutout and they only allowed threeopponents to score more than one goal. So, inother words, they don't need to score much tobeat their opponents.

Though the Redhawks defense is good,Metro is arguably just as nice. Metro has onlyallowed one squad to score two goals (Cal-State

Bakersfield 2-0 loss). Metro only allows an aver-age of seven shots a game while Seattle gives upeleven. All in all, this game looks like a defensivebatde in the rnakhg, and hopefully, Metro will

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Mandy Alien played a solid game as she recordedher first of two shutouts over the w€ekend.

"ltt all about the defense in ftont of me,"Allen said. "They were wonderful out there."

Sunday's game was another close affair, andan important Roadrunner win, as Metro onceagain beat the Regis Rangers (19-5). Sunday'sgame marked the teams' third meeting in fourweeks and Metro's second l-0 shutout of Regis.The familiar rivals, Regis and Metro, squared upfor a fourth and final match on Sunday, Nov. t4.This year, no two teams in NCAA soccer havehad to face each other as often as these cross-town adversaries.

The crowd of 368 was one of the largest andloudest to attend a game at Auraria Field thisseason. They were not disappointed by whatthey saw.

"We had a great crowd today," said Metrohead coach Danny Sanchez. "Slowly but surelyit's building and for these big games they showup, so it's awesome."

In the highly physical game, each team hadto fight for any opportunities in the offensivezone. MacDonald scored the only goal of thegame, which came just over 10 minutes into thefirst half and was assisted by iunior midfielder

Jodi McGann.At no time did the intensity level drop for

either tearn as was evidenced by the yellowcard given to Regis' coach J.B. Belzer for callingout a referee. The Rangers grew desperate foropportunities late in the second half, but Metro'sdefense held firm. Each time Regis started for theoffensive zone, the 'Runners slowed them downand forced the Rangers to regroup in their ownend. It became apparent that Metro wouldn'tgive up a score as time ticked away on Regis'season.

The Rangers out-shot the'Runners 13-12in the match, but Allen was forced to make onlythree saves for the shutout.

With the Rangers out of the wa5 theRoadrunners look forward to hosting the NCAA

Quarterfinal this weekend. Metro is looking tocontinue the momentum they have built bymaking the most of home fieid advantage. Theteam has not lost at Auraria Field since Sept. 6,2N2.

Seattle University will be in town on Sunday,Nov. 21, for the Elite Eight. ln getting this far,the Redhawks upset No. I Paci.fic University2-0 to $.in the West Regional. With Pacific out,the'Runners remain the top team in the NCAAtournament.

"I haven't seen them, but if they won theWest Region, then they're loaded," Sanchezsaid about the upcoming competition. "We'reexpecting a battle similar to today''

The Roadrunners look strong this yearand are yet to allow a postseason goal. The

regional championship has Metro facing theright direction for the final rounds of theNCAA Tournament. Thanks to the great teamperformance, five players were named to theAll-Regional Tournament Team. Meisha Pyke,Gwinner, Guante, and Leichliter were all awardedfor their great effiort, and MacDonald was namedTournament Most Valuable Player.

"It feels great," MacDonald said, "Right nowI'm just in shock. lt's a nice feeling to be regionalMVP, but in the end, it's all about the team."

This is the third straight year in which Metrohas gone at least this far in the postseason. TheRoadrunners control their destiny and will host

the Elite Eight at 12 p.m. on Sunday Nov.21 atAuraria Field.

After combining for the second goal in the ffrst round of the NCAA Division II Midwest RegionalChampionship, junior midfielder Marina MacDonald hugs senior Ymare Guante.

2004 RMAC All-Conference Teams

First Team:Elin Otter BackAdrianne Almaraz MidfielderYmara Guante MidfielderAmy Leichliter ForwardKylee Hanavan Forward

SecondTeam:Marina MacDonald Midfielder

Player of the Year: Ymara GuanteDefensive Player of the Year: Elin Otter

Coach oftheYear Danny Sanchez

Bradley Wakoff / The Metropolitan

2004 Midwest Regional All-Tournament Team

Meisha Pyke BackJamie Gwinner BackYmara Guante MidfielderAmy Leichliter ForwardMarina MacDonald-Most Valuable Player

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Adrianne Almaraz MidfielderMarina MacDonald MidfielderAmy Leichliter ForwardKylee Hanavan ForwardMeisha Pyke-Most Valuable Player

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