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Fees forfurnlture?SGA's plans to remodeloffice using student feescauses dispute in SenateByJAMES KRUGERjkrugerl,omscd.edu

Plans to use more than $25,000in student fees to remodel the of-fice of Metro's student governmentsparked dissent in the senate withsome members arguing the moneycould be better spent.

The senate voted to approvethe use of $28,650 last month toremodel their omce located in theTivoli. but senators abandoned theplan last week in an effort to draft aplan with more long-lasting elTectsthan the original.

The SGA plans to redraft a planand approach the senate again witha new proposal.

"I think it is ridiculous that themoney could be used for that (theremodel) when so many people losttheir money for school because ofPerkins loans," one senator whowished not to be identified said, re-ferring to the 753 low-income stu-dents whose loans of $1.50O werecancelled by Metro due to a lack offunds.

Despite opposition, others in theassembly said a plan is necessary toimprove the appearance and func-tion of the student government ofEc-es because of space limitations andold equipment.

"We understand that this mightbe a controversial thing - usingstudent fees for this - but we haveoperated as a student government ina horribly laid-out space with zub-standard equipment for a long time, "SGA President Aaron Wylie said.

"We'd continue to do that, butwe d like to see the student govern-ment increase in importance andincrease in its ability to elfect changeand represent the students . "

The primary expenditure tolunds was a complete restruchrringof the space for a conference roomand the purchase of new furniture.

SGA Vice President AndrewBateman said a better-designed olficewould promote a professional image,increase efficiency, and the Iimitedspace they currently have doesn'tallow a desk to be provided to each

the Student Govemment ksembly is planning on rcnovating the office in the Tivoli Building.lhey have rcceived newcomputers and arc hoping to replace the setondhad fumitureto make it look morc prufessional.

of its 20 members - something thatthe SGA constitution written by itsmembers requires.

"Giving a lvhole bunch of stu-dent groups money is great and Iwas happ,y we were able to do thatlast year," Bateman said. "But thatonly helps a very small percentageof shrdents. Making our olfice anefficient working body is somethingthat would be beneficial to the entirecampus."

Senator Kyle Haley voted againstthe measure and said while he feelsthe intentions are good, he doesn'tagree with arguments that a moreprofessional looking olfice wouldbenefit the students, adding that thecurrent facilities are adequate.

"I felt like that amount of moneybeing spent that way would not bethe most responsible way to spendit," he said. "We can impress peoplewith our professionalism and ourcharacter. not bv how our ofrce

looks. "The money is partly from a bud-

get surplus of around $50,000,which has accumulated during thepast three years.

The SGA has sought variousways of utilizing the money includ-ing a foru-m asking students forideas. although most suggestionswere beyond the SGAs means, suchas building a new RTD station.

According to Bateman, the ex-cess money did allow the assemblyto provide more funds to groupsaround campus.

Last year, the SGA gave $3 5,713to various groups for events such asconferences, the Martin Luther KingPeace Breakfast and the Metro State5K run.

The SGA receives most of itsequipment used from other depart-ments, and earlier this year newcomputers were purchased as mostof their old PC's were on the verge of

breakdown, according to Wylie.Metro freshman Zack Klimecki

said using the money for a new SGAoffice isn't best for the students butrecognized the SGAs need for ad-equate eqniFment and space.

"I think that (the remodelingplan) is silly," he said. "If it's Studentmoney, then it should be going to thestudents. But they (the SGA) shouldhave the same standard as we haveto do their job. "

With the plan in the review pro-cess, no set amount of money hasbeen determined, although Batemansaid that the new plan wouldn't ex-ceed $25,000 and would be effectivefor future assemblies.

"We want to make sure the stu-dent government has quality equipment for at least l0 years," Wyliesaid. "When people have bettermaterials tley're able to do betterwork."

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Task force prioritizes H ispanic initiativelinal Retommendations from the ]|Sl Task lorcer.(reate a different name for the HSI campaign.Create an interadive HSI website.Declantion for Major by completion offint 45 credit houn.Provide scholarships for fi rst-generation college students.Esublish on+ite admissions services in local high schools.Review and evaluate Metro3 online classes.ldentifr new programs that will aftract and retain Latino/a students.Revise Last Grade Stands Policy and Forgiveness Policy

PresidentJordan plansto review agenda toachieve HSI statusByROBFISHBRrfishelSemscd.edu

It seems people may have thevurong iilea about Mefro's HispanicServing Insfltution initiafive. Andchanging the nane of the initiativeis one of 55 ffnal recomnendationssubmitted by the IISI task force lasturcek.

Changing the name of the initia-ti/e is something Luis Torres, co<hairof the IISI task force and interim as-sociat€ d€an of letters, arB and sci-

ences, still had mixed feelings aboutafter the last meeting.

"We are working under the titlethe liederal government gives, butthere is really no need to," Torres said."I think that the committe€ thoughtit may be nisleading, especially whenyou consider that many ofthe recom-mendations really are to change theinfrastucture of the instituton. "

the prinary goal of Metro'sIISI initiative is to raise full-tirne La-tino student enrollment to 2 5 percentwith 5O perrent of those latino stu-dents defined as low-income by theU,S. Census Bureau. Doing so willmake Meho efuible for millions ofdollars in federal gmnt monery, which

would benefit all students. Latino stu-dents mmprise l3 percent of Metro'sstudent population,

"It really is important for us to beclear to the public that Metoo wantsto serve the students in its populationarea and a large percentage of thocestudents are latino, " Torres said.

In April 2007, Meho's board oftustees charged President Stephen

Jordan with developing rtcotnmen-dations to help the college achieveHSI status.

fordan called upon the facultyand stalt to help with this endeavorand have recomrnendations by FeEruary 2OO8.

In Jury 2007, a 65-member task

force was formed and divided into sixsubcommittees responsible hr draft-ing recommendations.

These subcommittees then lookedat a wide range of challenges the col-

lege rvould face, from improvlng stu-dent recruitnent and retention tolooking at public relations and cur-riculum development.

TASK FORCB Cmtinued onA6r

Violence in Kenya hits close t0 home for Metro studentsByANDRBW ILOHR-SPBNCEspencandemscd-edu

I(enya may be haII a world awayfrom the Mile High City, but the dailyreports of rioting mobs, police bru-tality and ethnically moflvat€d at-tacks since the disputed elecdon onemonth ago have a number of Meudstudents and professors paylng closeattention.

For many, the news ls not ftoman nnknowo, abstract coun[.y,

Metro has professors from Ke-

nya on the faculty, Kenyan e,:rchangestudents and students who havetraveled to trfunya participatlng tn asrunmer prcgram from the Africanand African-American studies de-parhent,

In fact, Ralla Odinga, one of thepresldenflal candidates enb,rolled inthe electiorts€ispute, visit€d Metrolast September and spoke at St. Ca-jetar's Cent€r,

"I talk wlth Kenya eve.ry morn-ing on the phone - I watch liveKenyan television on the Internet

every day," said assistant professorLucas Shamala, who is from Kenyaand has spent the past month anx-iously watching for news on peopleand placcs he knows.

He has brothers and sisters thereand extended family, not to mentioncountless frienils,

So far in the town where theylive, Shamala said there was someviolence at the beginning, but "thereal problems are tn the Rift Valley- witbin walhng distance."

He said the problem for his fan-

ily is that no one is able to go to workand food is becomlng hard to get.

The election was suppooed to bedifferent Shanala, who was part|responsible for bringing Odlnga toMetro when he haveled through theU.S. last year, sald he believes theproblem in Kenya is that incumbentMwai Kibald refuses to submit to thewill of the people and has rigged theelection to stay in power,

'You just have to loot at whathappened, " Shamala said. "The elec-don itsell was so peacefi.rl, and the KBNYA Continued onA?r

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HSI D Money needed for programsContinued from A5

The final recommendafions that were sub- ing and expanding Metro's recruiting roles inmitted by the task force are available on Metro's local high schools.HSI website. Metro's Excel Outreach Program work

Members of the task force were expected to with four local high schools, but the subcom-l'ote on the recommendations byJan.29. Only mittee recommends expanding the program's

the members of the task force are allowed to role "to create a pipeline of diverse high school!'ote on the remmmendations. students at Metro State."

AJter the vote is completed and the recom- But in order to implement some of thesemendations have been prioritized, Jordan will recommendations, it will cost money.present them to the board of trustees in April The expansion of the kcel Ouheach Pro-for their review and final vote. gram would cost in excess of $ 100,000.

Of the six subcommittees, the Recruitrnent/ The OIfice of Admissions provides less thanRetention & Student Development group sub- 10 percent of that amount from its budget for

mitted the most with 2 7 recommendations. the current programAlthough the bulk of their ideas focused on ....... Metrols Director of Admissions Elena San-

retention, there are a number aimed at improv- doval-Lucero said these prograrns will not r€-ceive federal grant money obtained with an HSIstatus but rather are designed to help achieve

"Those programs would need to be fundedin order to help achieve HSI status because theywould build prpelines of students who bavealready built a relationship with Metro andcoming into Metro once they graduate fromhigh school," Sandoval-Lucero said. '1{l thedifferent subcommittees wer€ requt€d to put

how we thought a program would be funded ifimplemented."

A.fter the members have voted on T\resday,their work on the task force will be complete.

"The task force is ending as far as our regu-lar meetings, " Sandoval-Lucero said.

"But all of the different recommendationsinvolve faculty, stalf, studelts and deparfinentsand we are all prepared to implement those rec-ommendations. "

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Must file an Application for Graduation in theOffice of the Registrar (CN105) byFriday, February 1, 2008.

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Maestro finds his rhythm at MetroBy DAVID CARDBNASdcarden4@mscd.edu

Whenever Aleiandro Rivas rais-es his baton in the air leading Metrostudents through complex notes andmelodies, he feels at home.

For Rivas, standing on stage issomething indescribable, alrn6's1strrreal.

"From the moment I raise mybaton, I iust think about music frombeeinning to end," he said.

The second-year orchestra con-ductor, a native of Venezuela, hasfound hiruseU at Metro where heencourages his students to pushthemselves to a higher level of mu-sicianship.

He also recognizes the lack ofinterest at Meho toward classicalmusic.

The one thing that the musicdepartment wants to improve is get-ting the student body at Meho moreinvolved in the arts.

"The faculty here has workedhard in telling the students, not onlymusic minors or maiors, about allthe great opportunities bere to enjoyensemble concerts or musicals," hesaid.

"Our goal is to see an increaseof int€rest in our Metro studentstoward arts by making them awareabout all the great stuff the musicdeparhnent has to offer ... more than60 concerts are programmed for thespring semester alone,"

Meho students can enjoy or-chesha concerts on campus at nocharge, but Rivas said that if theywere able to attend performancesoutside of Auraria, it would enrichtheir lives inrnensely.

"It's easy for a student to stayhome with an iPod, even if they likeclassical music,' he said.

"It's expensive to go to perfor-mances. We need to mate life easierfor students so they can enjoy thesethings without worrying how much

Metrds new symphony conductor Alejandrc Rivas stands in the King Gmer @n(en hall on Jan 28. Rivu conducted orhestns in 0hio for five year after nceiv-ing his maste/sanddoctoratedegnafrom UniverityofGndnnati(ollege-(onserratoryof Musirin 1999. Heryen&summerin hisnativeVemzuela where heconducts symphonies, ordestras, choir and r,vorkhops,

"He is an amazing, passionabconductor who tuly believes in themusic ... he feels it in his heart, andit's really inspiring," she said. "Thewhole ensemble has gready im-proved in the last two years that hehas been here. "

Meho's next orchestra concertis March 9 performing Beethoven's5th Symphony. Also included in theconcert is a Greek piano conc€rtofeaturing Thmara Goldstein.

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they're going to spnd."The music departnent hie6 to

catch the attention of Auraria stu-dents throush different music fes-fvals during the year such as theString Festival, Jaz Festlval, the Cho-ral Celebration and dozens more.

"These are a]l events free forMetro students and really fun to at-tend," Rivas said.

Not only are the perfonnancesentertainiDg, but watching Rivas

conduct is just as amusing.A cellist at age 8, Rivas began

touring Venezuela performing as asoloist and a part of various ensem-bles. Ten years later, showing inter-est in conducting, Rivas studied un-der his father, a fellow musiciatr.

He was then accepted to one ofthe most prestigious music conser-vatories in the nation in Cincinnati,where he earned his master's anddoctorate in orchestral conducting.

I-mpressed by Meho's music pro-gram, he was excited about whatDenver had to oller culturally.

Rivas' passion for the arts is seentbrough his conducting. and lt is evi-dent that his students feel the same.

A-my Medina, who has playedthe clarinet for Meho's orchestra forfour years, talks about Rivas in highesteem and commented on the sig-nificant changes he has brought toMeko's orchesha.

Kenya > Political conflicts not tribal relate{ elections riggedContinued from A5

exit polls and early results wereshowing the winner as Odinga ,,.they were about to announce the re-sults and suddenly everything wentblack."

Shamala said Kenyans had noradio, no TV and communicationswere cut off for two days. 1And thenthey came back and said Kibaki won,and the people just erupted."

Shamala cites the Eurolran andU.S. election observers who said tleyhad evidence of widespread irregu-larities.

Shamala said the media coverageof the situation has falsely porbayed

the fighting as ethnic rivalry.The reasons behind the conflict

are complex, going back to the co-lonial borders drawn by Europeanswithout regard for the people livingthere.

"This conflict did not start onDec. 27 - there are also historicalfactors that people need to look at -

this is about land, wealth and power,about the haves and the have-nots."he said.

"If this was Hbal, if they re-ally hated each othet then why werethey not killing each other before?"

Shanala said to reducing this

to etlnicity is to miss a very impor-tant point, The colonial structures

were desiped for exploitation of thecounFy and when the colonial pow-ers left, those same structures wereleft behind and taken by the newpower.

"The executlve branch is tooshong in Kenya," Sharnala said."The judges are appoint€d by thepresldent. and in Kenya the presi-dent's cabinet members arc oltenchosen ftom members of parliament- there is not enough dlvision ofpower between the three branchesof government. "

Associate professor Derrick Hud-son, who led the 2007 Meho bip toKenya, agrees that the role of eth-nicity in the ffghting was being over-

stated."My take is that he (Odinga) rep

resents the yorrng - he tends to bea bit more crossing etbnic boundriesrepresenting the younger generationagainst the old guard, and in the endKibaki has used etbnicity to stay inpower," Hudson said.

"Most of the power in Kenya iscentered around the Cenhal Prov-ince where Kibaki is from, and oneof the main points of Odinga is todecenfralize power."

Hudson said the Kenya trip forthis summer would probably nottake place. The office will keep up onbreaking developments, but he saidhe doubted it would happen.

Both professors, thongh they aresaddened and concerned about thecurrent sihration, ended with posi-tive reflections,

'One of the very importantthings Kenya needs to learn is to dis-agree without resorting to violence, "he said- Hudson said that while hewas disappointed, it was importartto remember that democracy is newin Africa.

"In the short term, this is verybad for Kenya and its people," Sha-mala said, 'but in tle long run thisis a revolution and rrvill turn out good

... it may tale a while but when thedust settles, whoever is president willhave !o think o[ the people."

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EIIITOHIAI:A fool and his money ...

campus.The original proposal, which is now in the process of being re-

vamped, would have allocated $28,650 to provide for a conferenceroom, new frrrniture and additional ofrce space. Ttre plan has goneback to the drawing board, but could total no more than $2 5,000when all is said and done, according to SGA Vice President AndrewBateman. This is assu-ming the senate approves the new draft of theplan when it is bmught back to a vote.

The money stems from a $50,0O0 budget surplus that has ac-cumulated during the past three years, much of which has alreadybeen put to good use. The SGA gave $3 5,713 to various groups oncampus for evenb such as the Martin Luther King Peace brealdastand Meho State 5k run. This was an elficient use of the budget sur-plus; an ofrce renovation is not.

Reasons given by the president and vice president of the ass€mblyas to why the rernodeling is needed are appalling and self-serving.

"Giving a whole bunch of student groups money is great, andI was happy we were able to do that last year," Bateman said. "Butthat only helps a very small percentage of students. Making our of-fice an efficient working'Wy is something that would be beneficialto the entire campus"'

Really? How sol.lteordingto Bateman, a better-designed officewouH gomtrtd'a profeii;sfonal image and increase elEciency. SGAPresident Aamn \,Vytb said, "Wlren people have better materials,they're able to do better wbrk."

A main reason for the budget surplus is due to chililish squab-bles that led to resignations, which left a number of paid positionsvacant for extended periods of time. But clearly, the inefficiency wasbecause it had "operated as a student gwernment in a horribly laid-out space with substandard equipment for a long time," to quotePresident Wyhe.

If this prorres a valid argument, then with renovation comes sta-bility, production and results. floubffirl. If anything, all it will accom-plish is to give members of the SGA a sense of importance and style.

t 1" o6uisus this proposal is fueled by the self-indulgence of theexecutive branch and only benefits members of the student govern-ment, no matter what rhetoric is spewed from the powers that be.Since the money stems from student fees, surplus or not, the deci-sion whether or not to use the money for an office renovation shouldhave been brought before the students of Metro and voted upon.

There are other ways to more eflectively spend the mone5r waysthat will actually serve the student body. For example, the extra mon-ey could be put into a frrnd to assist students with the highest amountof need, who are academically sound but do not have the resources topay for a college education. A scholarship fund, if you will.

The money could also be used to provide funds for incomingfreshman who commit to a four-year completion plan, have proventhemselves academicalty astute and have a need for financial assis-tance. The money given to these students would be earmarked ex-clusively for personal computers that would further their education.Unlike a loan, this money would not have to be paid back.

These are iust two feasible options that would actually servethe student body Imagine the ideas that would stem from a seriousbrainstorming session of the elected leaders of the assemb$

A new renovation plan is in the works and will go before the SGAsenate for a vote of approval. Se[ators of t]e SGA need to revokethis plan and make better use of the mone5r

The fime for leadership is now. It's time to put aside personalpreferences, agendas and empty rhetoric. The student body of Met-ro does not need its elected olfrcials to be comfortable and self-indul-gent. It longs for its elected officials to step up and do what they wereput in olfce to do: to serve the people and not themselves.

End oI llays

Written by GE0F WOLtERMAltf r glrrollerm@mscd.eduIllustrated by ANDREW H0WERT0N " ahowertZ@mscd.edu

Poper ba or ioiniAts?Technology is often a good thing. clidn't work. Because oGftSr, dsroc-

Who woulil want to go back to a time racy was sudilenly:hlfavailable tobefore the wheel, plastics, or the In- 20,000 citizei$.ternet? And yet, iust because some ltub4 it was a

paper dispenser. or say, a 0ashy new these people had to go

voting system, doesn't mean the didn't harrc ttp rime

mad scientist invents a befter toilet- their frtnilauental B€causeof

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A}IIIREW Tt|lHR-SFENGEspencand@mscd.edu

over the world.How cool would it be to have a

little metal friend who could cook.calculate odcls, speak every languageand shoot lasers when things gotrough? But then, there is the fact wehave all thought about if robots everdid start thinking for themselves,thery would obviously decide human-ity is too dangerous and too stupidto leave in charge of the planet andeither kill us off or use us as batterieswhen the atmosphere burns off.

The threat of computerDed vot-ing, therefore, is clear. We will only behelping the computers come one stepcloser to enslaving us and/or run-ning us off their planet.

The censw among many elec-fion ofrcials appears to be that it'stime to go back to the drawing board,we iust have to figure out tle kinks.But why not forget the drawing boardaltogether? The danger here is toogreat - of disenfranchting voters,of helping humanity's overthrow bythe robots. An)rlay we already havea voting system that works just fine.

whole world needs it. people, I arn sure, did have thisAt fi$t thought. Denver's iils-a-of problem. The

sounds like a great idea. No more the street by an anSrY ngb, is baflingripped paper, no more stuffing ballot to me, but that is another subjectboxes, and counting the votes is as The point here is that if we do not

easy as hitting return. have a vote, then we are uot living inIn reality, however, when Denver a democraclz Having the vote is the

rolled out its redesigned, computer- whole enchilada - and as anyone

age voting system two years ago, the who goes to lhco Bell can tell you

system performed as well as, say, my - you don't leave the enchilada up

computer when I have a paper due to a computer.the nent morning. It lust whAred a While Gov Bill Ritter's decisionbit, and then crashed. this week to rcturn to paper ballots

Anyone who has a computer for November's election is because the

knows the feelings of depression and computers we used in 2006's electionanger, loss and confusion that they recently lost their certification, the

can carse when they myst€riously real reason we should stick to paper

don't work. I can only imagine how is because paper is the only trustableDenver's voting commissi,:rn felt on technology when our vot€ is con-

Nov. 7, 20O6. The system started cerned, thator malte stone tablets.

slowing down in the morning, had Paper ballots work, they don't

to be rebooted several times during crash and any human can use them.the day and ended up taking days to Computers (and the people who pro-

tally the votes. An estimated 20,000 gram them) cannot be trusted withvoters did not get the chance, most$ our vote.because they didn't have three hours And this isn't even the deeper,

to wait in line. underlying danger of computers inThe experiment in technol- voting,

ogy lailed - for all the same reasons Having grown up in a time influ-

technology will always be viewed by enced by the philosophical ideals ofhumans with suspicion: the appear- Star Wars and The Terminator, The

ance of mysterious gremlins and hu- Jetsons and Futurarrra, I have both

man error - but this wds not iust always dreamed of one day having

another tsustrating aftemoon try- my own robot and at the same timeing to figure out rvhy the computer feared that robots will one day take

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wayne repeatedly apologizes for bothering me. His

voice comes out shalq,'. Questions on his face die at his

lips and fall to the concrete where he sits, hidden be-

tween a support beam and a chain link fence. He employs

his nervous hands to smoking and looks around at the ar-

chitecture of the bridge that wraps him in noisy isolation.He feels awkward, trite and illl ill likely due to the bottle of

cheap wine he polished olf last night. Dwayne hies hard

to look like he's at home, to identify and defeat whatever ismaking him feel Jike he's hespassing.

Then I know. I am trespassing. I have broken one of thegreat rules that allows the city to function so smoothly: Igal'e up the charade. To know that people live r,r'ithout shel-ter, without water, r,r'ithout security, hurts. The best r,r'ay

to abate that pain is to treat the homeless as if they are in-

risible. They play along too. They rest during the day andr.r.ander through the veil of darkness, finding nooks under

and behind our infrastructure, spealing up only to ask for

money with the cliche, "God bless."

I grew up follolr.ing the rules and by sitting in this tun-nel. having tbis conversation, by photographing thisperson,

I admit that he is here. Here are my feelings of discomfort,

my apologies ald awkn'ardness I continue to project onto

Dwayne. My mind is cluttered rrn'ith self-consciousness and

anxiety, tryhg to think for both him and me.

Dwayne is self-possesed. He speaks slorvly ra-hile look-

ing right at me. although the left eye kind of does its own

thing. Constructing his story backwards, Dwalere talks

about waiting for the small Social Security checks he gets

for his disability living alone under the bridge. overcoming

his drug addictions, and choosing to leave his family in Ne-

braska at 19 years old because they were too hard on him.

This story ends with the beginning of Dwayne's hou-

bles: he was hit by a huck at the age of 15. Alter r,r'aking

from a 1O-day coma, Dwa5me recovered, but neler fully."The eyes don't work right, the body don't work right,"

Dwa5'ne said.Sometimes he thinks about trying to get housing, but

he has lived like this since he was 19. Alter all this time,

Dwayne says he lust likes to stick to himself.When the conversation lulls, Dr.r'a1'ne resumes listening

to National Public Radio through his headphones.

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Readers clinging to misbehaving celebsCelebrities in the paparazi-filled

world seem to be living by the wordsof Britney Spears' "Oops, I did itagain."

From Nicole Richie to BriheySpears, from ilrug addiction to malorbreakups, celebrities' dirty launtlryis aired weekly - even nightly - onTV networks, in weekly magazinesand blogs liLe perezhilton.com, forthe world to criticize.

Who is actually interested in fhisovedy publicized gossip and why?

"I personally love to keep up withmy idols such as Linilsay Iohan andParis Hilton. Some people choose towatch reality shoras, while I love tobuy the newest gossip magazine andwatch EtNews. Each prson has a lit-tle passion for gossip, it just manifestsin dilTerent ways," sophomore fenni-fer Iguenza said.

Personally, I subscribe to USWeekly and visit the ElNews websit€daib. I do this because I enjoy keepturg up with the fashion trends ofthe dry, and a great measure of thisis what celebrities wear. However, alittle gossip with my coutur€ lsn't abad deal.

"I love to keep up on all the gossipwith celebrities. As crazy as it sounds,it can be vcry addictive," freshmanDesiree Bichardson said.

Some television networks suchas MIV repeatedly feed the hype ofthe gossip world by updating view-ers on the latest and greatest of theirfaraorite celebrities. While that worksfor some viewers. others couldn'tcare less.

"I can't stand to be intermptedwhile I watrh CNN with the (ticlar)at the bottom of the screen withthe ridiculous updates about JessicaSinpson or Tom Cluise J think peo-ple are so imresGd with these storiesbecause they harc nothing.better todo," lunior Ben Jehers said.

Today's society iust car't getenough of the gossip. After BribreySpears' infamous breakdown in2007, she has failed to stay out ofthe media for more than 24 hours,whether it is for having a bad hairdry or attending child custody murt.

On a national level, the Associ-ated Press pmjected that giossip in-dustry profits have recently exceededthe $1 billion mark

PeoPle magazine sells an al'erageof 1.5 million copies in the U.S. perweek and milli,ons worlilwide viewweblogs daily to follow the real-lifesoapopera of Britrey and Lindsay, thearticle said. And when news breakslike Britney's removal from her homeon a gurney hundreds of thousandsmore copies are sold. Nearly 10 mil-lion people visited perezbilton.com inthe 24 hours after that sOory bmke.

Some people ag€e that gossipis something 1ou cannot hide from,

that we all watch television andskim timugh magazines from timeto time. The question becomes howmuch is enough?

"If pmple stop buying into me-dia through natching television andbuying magadnes, the media willstop airing the secrets of celebrities,"Iguenza ailds.

Some are t'red of always hear-ing about the lives of celebrities, whohave somehow becone what nanvmnsider "su;rrhuman. "

"I don't follow that garbage. Noone should because a vast majorityof what we s€e is not creditable ataII," freshrnan Mike Solomon said.

On the other hand, displaying ce-lebrities' personal lifestyles has beenvery successfrrl bocause people con-tinue to tune in, proving that gossipdoes sell But some also argue that,except {or their bank accounts, ce-lebrities are just like any other personand they are owed a bit of privacy.Homever, one shrdent believes celeb-rities are asking for it.

"I feel that celebrities are reqxtn-sible for their own negative publicity.They are in the eyes of the media asrole models, and they choose !o act inways tlrat are not respected, but endin being made fun of," senior GinaGarcia said.

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followthe real-life soap opera ofBritney and Lindsay, the articlesaid. And when news breakslike Britney3 removalfrom herhome on a gurney, hundredsofthousands more coDies aresold. Nearly 10 million peoplevisited perezhilton.com in the24 hours after that $orv broke.

gllnlne fi010 02417 madnessNo one gamers the attention ofthepaparazi, publishers and the publicquite like Bdtney Speart

The popstar tumed trainwreck hasffeated such a whirlwind in thepublic eye she is worth more to theU.5. now than ever before.

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"Burlesqueitabout embraciyour body anrIovingit and

puttingitout there for

everyone elseappreciate ansaying,'This ibeautiful antthis is sexy.'2

- MidniteMartini

left: Head mistress ofBurlesqlAs lt Was, Vivienne VaVoom, ruoffthe stage after her rcveal trpacked house opening night alPink Elephant Room on (olfaxMadison Avenue.i

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"We do not accept dollar bills here on stagewhen we perfonn," Charlie Champale, hand-somely clad in a white tuxedo and top hat, saysto the eager audience. "T\^/enties, perhaps," hesays with a smile. "No, our gratuity is your hootsand hollers, so let's warm up the tip jar, people,"

Champale pmds. The opening night. sold-outcrowd at the Pink Elephant Room at Colfax andMadison quickly complies with the congenialhost and the cozy room bursts out in shrill whis-tles and catcalls.

Within moments Champale (r,r'ho wascrowned Mr. Exotic World 2007 last summerin las Vegas) introduces Vivienne VaVoom, theMother of exotic dance troupe Burlesque As ItWas, to a boisterous crowd clrunk on elephant-sized cocktails made ftom fresh-squezed fruit.And at that very moment, VaVoom, donned in acutesy cowboy numberadorned in sequins, is see-ing 1O years of hard work come to fruition.

After seeing variations of burlesque shows inDenver and New York in the mid-90s, VaVoombegan voraciously studying up on the aged arlof striptease. A writer, publisher and generallyselfdescribed "nerd," VaVoom scoured the local

library for any information she could find aboutthe history and lore of burlesque.

"Eventually a few people listened to me andwere insane enough to follow me and we createda burlesque show," Vavoom said. 'l{fter that, ev-erything just kind of came together. "

Since then, nerils have never been sexiec andbwlesque in Denver has never been more popular.

Derwer ioints such as the Oriental Theat€r, the

Gothic Theafte and *re Skylark, began to open theirarrns to the troupe's rmique brand of silly and sexy,and more girls began joining in on VaVoom's vi-sion, including the voluptuous Fannie Spankings,acrobatic aerial act fidnite Martini and the alwayscharismatic Champale. The shor,l' often includesvarious other dancers, musicians, magicians, come-dians and any others afrliated with Vaudeville-styleperformance.

Many of the dalcers, including VaVoom andSpankings, were in{uenced by burlesque art-ist, model and actor Dita Von Teese. Von Teeseis credited for reviving mainstream interest inburlesque.

"I was at a burlesque show in New Orleansat the Shim Sham Club and it was a relrre with

the Southern Jezebelles a-nd Miss Dita Von Teese."Spankings said. "It just took my breath away. Itwas beautiful. it was [un. it was loud and interac-tive. It was just amazing."

Thanks to the mainstream revitalization(plus a rvhole lot of glitter, grit and the old bumpand grind) the koupe eventually landed a perma-

nent gig at Lannie's Cloc}tower Cabaret, u,*rerea naughty little "hetero-flexible" Frenchmannamed Pierre St. Jean St. Pierre hosts their Thurs-day night theaFics. While bartending part timeat Lannie's. Anika Zappe. frontwoman for localband Hemiciida and general manager ofThe PinkElephant Room, saw a r,r'indow of opportunity

"I just wanted to do something in this space,"Zappe said, gesturing toward the Pink's classic in-t$ior and subtle mood lighting, "It's a big spaceand it has a cabaret license. I saw how fun theburlesque shows were and I think there's a great-

er need for it and a bigger demand and so the PinkElephant was born

VaVoom also saw a demand in the qrt of bur-lesque and began her oun workshop, wlrcre wom-en of all shapes, sizes, ages and ethnicities can learnto bump and grind, shake and shimmy. Spankings

"(Burlesque is) a different language of dance, basically. It's about titillationand sennality and it's definitely a differentlangunge." - Vivienne VaVoom

#ffiffiffiffiffffiffiffiffiollers a coinciding makeup class that gives girls tipson how to accentuate their onstage flair.

"I've been teaching for the last year or so andfrom that there's been a lot of girls who've learnedhow to do it and are branching out and hitting thestage," VaVoom said. "That's been a huge part ofthe gmwing popularity of burlesque, too."

And the kitschy strip routine continues to rile I

up patrons and fill burlesque parlors throughoutDenver, despite the fact that some detractors ofthe art may clairn it degrades the people whoparticipate.

'A lot of people might view it as shallow ordemeaning because we are teasing and rmdress-ing," Martini said. "But it's really all about sensu-ality and independence."

So it appears the squares can suck on it. Bur-lesque is here to stay.

"[ think in general burlesque is making acomeback and I think it's going to last," Cham-pale said. "You hrow you see a lot of things, espe-cially on the retro tip, that make a comeback, like.swingdancing for instance. But with burlesque,you don't even hale to do the dancing. Iust sitback and enjoy the show. "

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Comstockt lie worth millionsBy DESIREE CLARKdclark6Temscd.edu

Eric Clapton's legendary ode "Llo-

caine" is playing in the backgroundrvhile the DJ promises to keep the clas-

sic rock coming. A Pabst Blue Ribbon

snon'board is being raflled off as the

members of local band Comstock Lie

enjoy the grand reopening of OldeTyme Drafts and Dan'gs on South

Broadway and Harvard Street.

The thrash, hardcore, punk,

crust-metal band consists of Tom

Carmichael (guitar and vocais),

Tim [€r,'is (guitar and voca]s), JohnObenchain (bass guitari, Luke Kohut(drurns) and newest edition fay Shed-

lin (lead ','ocals).

\Vithout a record label represent-

ing them and without a consistent

space to practice, it's sometimes hard

for them to make their dreams a real-

it]'. Despibe their struggles, they rvere

invited to play in 2007 at the rvell-

lcrown South by Southnast festival in

Austin, Texas,"\4ie consider that tour to b€ the

best musical experience ne ever had, '

Carmichael said. "We had the opportunity to play with Weather the

Storm. Lyin' Bitch and the Restrain-

ing Orders and Under the Drone, all

really talented bands. "

To keep up their energy and com-

mitment to their band as rvell as their

fans, Comstock Lie has upcoming

shows Feb. 2 and lMarch 8 at the 12

Volt Tavern, and Feb. 23 at The Ori-

ental Theater, follorved by their sec-

ond invitation to South by Southwest

March 13-1 7.

The group has decided that hav-

ing innovative management over

their music is more important thengetting signed by a record label.

"If a record label vl.ere to r,l'alk up

right now and offer us a $1 million

contract, but r,r'anled us to perform

lame music that we diiln't write, there

is no n'ay. We need to have creative

control," Carmichael said.

That doesn't stop them from an-

swering the clich6 question of "\t'hat

would 1.ou buy with 1'our first million

if you made it mainstream?" Each

member answered very differently"I would ift'est it all. straight up,

and I would buy a sick guitar, " Carmi-

chael said. lervis commented on irt.r$,

the IRS n'ould steal his money an1wa1,,

so he rvould only be able to pay off his

house. Obenchain ansfi€red practi-

cally and offered to foot the bill for a

real practice space. But it uas Kohut s

ansr4'er that r4?s most interesting: "I

t'ould gel a haircut-an er?ensive

one-and maybe a gold grill with dia-

monds in it. That n'ould be sick. "

Strong convictions and creativitlt

are lvhat keep this band true to their

craft. ,{nd when it comes to their fans.

they &?nt them to be just as genuine."lt doesn t realll' matter, but r,l-e

appreciate old-school punk rockers,"

Obenchain said.

Carmichael had a different take

on their fans."I want kids that are into the mu-

sic and not into the scene. becausc

that's rvhat we're all about. the rlu-

sic. I hate fashion punks," Carmi-

chael said.

Comstock is a refreshing take on

music and the music industry and it's

hard to find honest bands that per-

form honest music like they do. Some

bands do it for the fame and some for

the money, otlers for meaningless

sex with groupies. Comstock doesn'tplay music for any of those reasons,

but for the simple reason that they re-

spect music and are inspired by it."My dad was the one that encour-

aged me to play music," Kohut said."He ltould listen to Frank Zappa and

(fimi) Henrlrix, which is also another

reason I play music."

Kohut wasn't the only one that

dedicated their love of music to

Frank Zappa."I wouldn't think music was worth

playing without Zappa, " [ei,r'is said.

When asked what their favorite

songs were, they all had diverse re-

Lead guitarist and vocalistTom Carmichael has a musicaneurysm during arecording session with his band Comstock lie. The crust-metal quintet rvillplay a handful ofshows in Arvada and Denver before heading to the South bySouthwestTour in Austin, TX.

sponses, but the best reply was lrom

Leu4s: "Don't Stop Believing" by

fournel'. But he quickly took back his

ans$'er. 'I lil'e by the llrics of that

song. butlt's not my favorite.It's zuch

a hard question, but I would have to

go with 'The Loneliness of the Long

Distance Rumer' by Iron Maiden, " as

he gestured to the Iron Maiden patch

that was ser^{r onto his jacket. "I love

that band."

The name Comstock Lie originat-

ed from a man named Henry Com-

stock, a car€taker of an estate that was

built over a sil ver mine worth millions

of dollars. Once the actual owners

died, Comstock lied and claimed the

land for himself, hence Comstock Lie.

Comstock may have lied about being

the real owner of the silver mine, but

as for the band Comstock Lie, they are

a true opposit€ of their title.

NewYork dance.punkers The Liars are cordng Feb. I to theMarquis Theater. Or so they say anyhow. They're very hard toqust.

One thing you cdn count on, though; is a rowdy and rock-ing show from a band that continues to change their musicalimage with ev€ry new release, including their fourth, self-ttledrecord.

The Liars have gone anay from their dance-punk roots andinst€ad seem 0o have embraced a more ex?€rinrental kind o{noise rock d la Sonic Youth. Not exactbt .lance music, to be surc.The Liars do, hor,vevec offer complicated mmpositions that digdeep into the psyche and stir the soul wi& their layeled vocals,pounding percussion and grinding guitax, It's almost as if theold Liars stole themselves a new idenfty.

Better check their ID's, iust to make sure.

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new album The Atmue and shoot-ing the ensuing music video upand down Colfax Avenue, hip-hophams UmConcsious will be bustingrhymes and rhythms Feb. I at TheFalcon at 329 5 S. Broadway Ave. inEnglewood.

Described as "hiphop meetsRadiohead" by producer Dick |onesof BrotlerHood Studios, tlese Den-ver Dfs promise to "insphe everyonefrom hiphop heads to punk rockersto dump truck funk lovers." And thisgoofr foursome (Johnny L, r'ocals,bass and prcussion: Boogie B. vo-cals and guitar: BeatNick, drums; DJAJ, turntables) might just be seriousabout that, if nothing else. Tracks

Afriday 2.1UmConscious w/ Bold Type andTwo Strikes9 p.m. @The Falcon56,16+thursday 1.31 D(hie lmaizumi 0rchestra

such as 'The Avenue." "Road Rage"and "Play Games" offer an eclecticmix of sill,T-smooth but powerfulbeats and grinding, smart, subcon-sciously funny lgics that inspire anoccasional chuckle or guffalr'.

Umconscious has shared tlestage with national acts such asPharcyde, B-Side Players. BoneThugs and the late Ol'Dirty Bastardof the Wu Tang Clan. Bold Tlpe andTwo Strikes u'ill warm the stage forthis weekend's crowd at The Falcon.

According to UmConscious'mission statement, "all we want todo is play and make money. You?

We iust want to feel like we'regetting $'hat we paid for. UmCon-scious promises to offer just that.

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Ihafs dght,the/s gettin'their hair did.You wanna make something ofit? JohnnyI Boogie B and BeatNi* are Um(onscious and Feb. 1 thefe bringing theirweaves and beati to The talcon to promote their upcoming album,lhe Avenue,

Provizer said, 'iA.fter listening to onenight of her vital, creative and en-gaging music ... Imaizumi was onmy short list of new composer/ar-rangers to watch."

Originally solely a performer,Chie shifted her focus to compositionwhile attending Berklee College ofMusic in Boston. Chie has performedat various maior jaz festivals and inseveral European countries, as wellas her homeland. Chie also performsregularly at Denver's Dan)e jaz,

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The 2002 Rocky Mountain Ja-zArtist of the Year, Chie Imaizumi,and her orchestra will perform afree concert lan. 3l at 7:3O p,m.

at the King Center Concert Hall atAuraria.

The up-and-coming Japanesenative is promoting her latest al-bum, Unfailing Kindness, which hasreceived critical acclaim as a large-ensemble recording.

In his weekly ia.z column forThe Rocky Mountain News, Metropolitical science professor Norman

The kings of alternaflve college rock, R.E.M.,have drafted indie heavy-hitters Modest Mouseand The Nationals as supporting acts for theirupcoming North American tour, which beginsMay 23 in Vancouver, The tour will follow onthe heels of the April Fool's Day release of theirnew afbum Au:elemtz, which has already beenpraised for its strippeddown and fast-paced0empo. The 1l-track, 34-minute-long album isthe 14ft for the hio from Athens, Ga.

The New York band The Nationals grabbedR.E.M. frontman Michael Stipes' attention

theywon'tlet you into

rchab dressedlikeftis.SottWeiland, <ur-lent frontman

of super-groupvelvetRevolver, isteaming upwith hisoldband Stone

Temple Pilosfor a bdef

$umme]tour.

r,r'hen the eccentric singer caught one of their

shows in london last year.

Modest Mouse, who ,ust wrapped up a tour

in mid-December promoting their latest album

We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank, has re-

cently filled the alternative college rock shoes

that were created by R.E.M. in the early 19 80s

with their unique brand of cynical and semi-

sweet indie/noise rock.

R.E.M. will play fune 3 at Red Rocks Am-phitheatre in Morrison as one of the band'ssparse 13 tour stops.

Following his spring tour with hard rock super-group Velvet Revolver (promoting their sophomorealbum, tribertad) fronbnan Scott Weiland has plans torejoin his former Stone Temple Pilots bandrnates fiora handful of summer stops, Revoher's infamous gui-tarist Slash told Billboard.com on Jan. 2 5.

STP broke up in 2002, one year after releasingtheir fifth and least commercially successful album,Shangri-htDeeDa. A year after the break-up and amidrehab stints, Weiland was approached by former Guns'N' Ros€s ba,ssist Duff McKagan and asked to ftont the

Forefathersofcollegerock, R.E.M.(fiom leftMikeMilk,MichaelStipe andPeter Buck)arc theelite ofthealternativealumni,

impressive ensemble that was Velvet Revolver (which,aside from McKagan and Slash. includes forrner GNRdrummer Matt Sorum and Wasted Youth lead euitar-ist Dar€ Kushner).

Weiland and VR will continue their promotiona-ltour of Dbertad t}rough April. There is a.lso a rumorthat Revolver is vvorking on a third album betweentours.

Velvet Revolver has recently taken to doing cov-ers of GNR and STP tunes, but there is little chance ofSlash's former band reuniting in the near future.

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this day in music history r1965"You've Lost That Lovin'Feelin"'hits the too ofthe Billboard charts for the singing duo TheRighteous Brothers. Tom Cruise's versi0n 0ftheballad in the blockbuster Iop 6un would latercause movie audiences t0 lose that lovin'feelin'for Cruise and his hee-haw singing voice.

1956Johnny Lydon (aka Johnny Rotten)ofthe Sex Pistols is born. Aforefather ofpunk, the pop iconinspired many young Brits ofthetime to stop brushing their teeth.Ihree of Englandl four toothpastefactories were forced to close0own.

1951Harold Wayne Casey of K.C &IheSunshine Band is born in Hialeah, Fla.Controversy would later ensue when itwas revealed that The Sunshine Bandwas not born in the Sunshine State butrather in rainy and 0vercast Washington.K.C. & The 0oudy Skies fell upon hardtimes.

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F inding y our spliff b alanceSometimes a mere hit of lo'

cal4rown high-grade mariiuana isenougb to send some indMduals fly-ing into a terrible void of paranoia,fear and unreasonable behavior. Thissmall slice of hunanity, the focalpoint of the 1930s reefer madness,should not be.what we use to judgethe masses of today. There are peoplewho shouldn't moke lveed, and theyusually don't. .

The worst pq! ahxrt the stonercommunity is the hi*of'commudty.There is one large-scale communitycelebration, and unlike the gay-pridefestival that gets a parade down C-ol-fax or the Great Arnerican Beer Festi-val that occupies the convention cen-ter for a weekend, the April 20 hemprally doesn't even get vendors.

The hemp rally is a place for themost open and fearless of all ston-ers to come together and burn onedorryn at the park but most rcspect-able people wouldn't darr go to one.College-age tokers are usually abovesuch a place, looking dov,'n on it likean Aaron Spelling charactea the.are simpb too good. Not iust the in-the-closet, clean-cut, quiet success-ftrI stoners but also the addicts whoclambate - smoke in tIrc car with thewindows up during time off.

The group of people who stand tolose the moet by obtuse federal drug

laws are college students. They areafraid to show themselves, and theyare the backbone of the community.The familiar example of a mariiuanasmoker is not an accurate measure of[6u/ things r€ally are"

I recently labeled a student a pinkelephant and I must apologize to herand her lawyer. The shrdent in ques-

tion is a hard-worting student whomade an erncr in judpent. I haveSrnce decidd not to tlrow peopleunder the bus for talking to me. Iast

'names don't belong in a college col-urnnist's paperi,about a part of lifethat happens to be illegal.

My last column sparked atten-tion from a surprise demographic.The baby boomiis responded in full.I can't go a day without a hippiestory from the'70s in the hallwaybefore class. A professor handed mea piece of literature printed ftom theNational Organization for Reform ofMarijuana Iaw website stapled to theback of my last quiz.

Mile, a se@ned smoker, toldme about how he stepped out for ajoint during class one day to clear hismind after a squabble with a teacher.He stepp€d into his customary placeand thought real hard about a classwhere he was lost"

Fot moke, sinilar to calfeine ornicotine, has a soothing elfect on reg-

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ular users. Focusing power is height-ened and the willpower to squabblewith a professor simply goes up insmoke. Clogged synapses are shakenclear with a mighty cough.

By smoking out the kinks, Mikefound a place he could be coherent inhis shrdies and went back to class.

He kept on his colege path formore than a decaile, as determined tofinish Mefio as he had been to Hck her-oln, a mle model for anyone in r€cov-ery or nfio has said they uue too oldfor school. "I made it lvlren everybodyelse midl couldn't graduate on ihugs."Mke conquaed a human services degree in 20O6 from IVIetro at age 5 6.

"The key is moderation," Mkesaid, He conhasts his smoking withwhat he learned from abusing hero-in. "I know nten fm getting back to

my old ways, so I put the litde lointback in the bay and go get ftesh air. "

If a smoker ffnrls bis or herselfabusing mariiuana, thoughts be-come hard to complete and dailytasks go uncompleted. Homeworkgets put off for video games and classis spent ogling girls. Burning out isa terrible, self<onscious and unpro-ductive feeling - like slpping into thevoid. This is the state of being I thinkm6t people associate with stoner-kind. It only gets worse n'hen the fogclears to reveal a few weeks of un-done homework and an angry familythat feels neglected.

The people who live their wholelives in perilous proximity to theburnout stage are the ones who showup to the hemp rally every 1ear. Theyare not afraid to be the public identityof the stoner community even if theytake on the title of criminal for do-ing so. They can be arrested. Peoplewith something to lose won't subiectthemselves 0o that risk.

"Idisagree on a pbilosophical ba-sis with the idea that we should denyanyone labeled a 'criminal' an educa-tion," said Catherine M. Gaither, as-sistant professor of antbropologr atMeto, "In fact, if we want to preventcrime (and I could argue drug and al-cohol abuse as well) more educationis iust what we need."

Goddaffift, we need some gridironI was yawning tbrough a syn-

opsis of the odd social impacb ofthe upcoming presidential electionwhen I was hit with a shoke of bril-liance alerting my otherwise feebleand oblivious mind to a rotten anddeplettng psychosis I seem to har€been aflicted by: I have never w'rittenabout football.

This mental liberation came tome in an e-mail sent by a man namedEd, After reading some kind of hog-wash about Satan that I had suppos-edly written, he requested that I writesomething about Metro's football deficiency.

Now we are not talking aboutany queer, Frenchman sport or any-thing anyone from Canada couldpossibly understand. Hell no. Thisis America and we play real footballhere. Anlthing else would be pre-posterously second-rate. It is a bloodsport in the truest and purest sense.Cowdrds, cheaters and anyone elsewithout elechic nerves of rawhideand real fucking determination neednot apply

Any place where football is beingplayed is smiled upon by every righ-teous god in the universe, and ev-ery time a gridiron warrior scores atouchdovm, angels receive their fieryswords of death and slay evil demonswho keep football out of places likeMetro.

Whose fault is it that Meho doesnot have a football team? I will acceptpart of the blane due to the tempo-rary insanity I seemed to have beentroubled by. I could have been peti-tioning for a football team all alonginstead of pushing these awkwardand delirious notions of corruptionand vice taking hold of our planet.

But there are others in the shad-olvs still filching from all of us of ourright to demolish competing schoolsin the greatest sport of all time. Andanyone who has ever made the trekacross campus lnows that Meho willhave no shortage of huge moronsand meatheads of all shapes, colorsand sizes with which to bulldoze anvcompetition.

Inagine it. Cheerleaders wouldparade down the main walkwaysevery week in preparation for the biggame, and their infectious optimismwould surely drown out all of thosescumbags hollering about Jesus, theenvimnment and gay rights. Thosepeople just want your money, but tlecheerleaders will want your supportin a truly noble and dignified cause.

Dear God, we are fools for hav-ing gone this long without football.Think of the exhavagance, pag-eanFy and respect that such a divinesport would bring to our humbleschool. We could finalV stomp thoselatte-drinking snobs at UCD in just

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the right kind of way. In fact, it wouldnot surprise me if those pompousnerds were a part of what is quicklyshowing itself to be a secretive andlongstanding, underground, anti-football society.

But I have exposed it for what itis: a dtty congregation of no-talentintellectuals and sophists of the veryworst kind with a clandestine goal ofkeeping the brave and true of heartfrom their greatest passion. Somemight say that it is all deserved con-sidering the years of torment andbullying that these geeks have sus-tained, but to hell with tlem. Theycan never defeat us,

This is a rallying cry AII able-bodied shrdents and faculty are toreport outside the office of Steve Jor-dan with huge signs, noisemakers,

a colossal letter D accompanied by afence and a myriad of foam fingers,bobble-head dolls, cheerleaders, beer,bratwursts and GMC pickups for tail-gating. Ieave the beer, food and ve-hicles outside, They will sustain ourvitaliry while we take turns posiuon-ing our bodies behind the wheels of

Jordan's car so that he cannot lealtuntil he sims our petition to imple-ment a football program.

We have sulfered for far too long,my friends, The time has come to riseup and raise hell. Have no fear whenyou are out there on your own, walk-ing to class or stopping for a quicksmoke. The footbdl gods will watchover 1ou and bless you with the annor

1ou need to stand up to these acadenr-ic goons. Take me at my uord, friends.

I will tike the fall should our end-zone ilreams collapse and becomewarp€d into some kind of ioke, I willbe the face for a new campus order.Our demands will be met. or we willbare our teeth. Rest assured, fellowlovers of freedom and liberty, we shallsee the day when we can play footballwithout resfaint and are judged notby the content of our character, butby the ferociff and violence we dis-play on the field.

Ed had a dream, and I have acolumn. Together we shall scale themountain.

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Australian men and women neering whiz, maybe iust a fan of his cultural differences between Austra- and watching cricket too, although really not for me," Wagstaff said.p |ay ingco | | egebaske tba l | i n thena t i on ' sc r i cke tand . rugby teams . l i aan r l t } r eU .S . ,andspo r t i sde fn i t e l yhea< lm i t shehasa Isog rownaccus - Ins tead ,he takesa fe r

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AUSS.eS Ol fte team: fufWafdS stalT mentioned about following the crowds back home. There is also a dif- love football actually." lia in Canberra. If he returns to his

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staff is more than just a supporter. "You could say we have a par- tralian pro team. "It's one of the nic- program at Meho has helped.

tl|ilBtRs G[ttE n H::tyjtrI*"*1ffiffi l;tuyf".T.*:5t";',il1* est cities I've been to,''wagstall said

*."T;"j,ff";'H:;*JJ,,:lxo rhot versus the School of Mines on system." Although his future isn't clear at league back home," he said. "They'veO Jan. 19. The differences in cultures extend the moment, it is apparent that the had so many Aussies come through

NUmbef Of 3-pOintefS MetfO "He brings composure to the past sports as well, including the food. junior won't accept anything less here that it's got zuch a good reputa-

women3 baskgtballguafd group," Hays said. "He plays very well 'A big old meat pie or something," than his best effort. Being a student- tion.'

Stghanie Sauter made in the r,ttren we're down." Wagstall said on one of his favorite athlete, Wagstaff has to fit his upper That's the reason WagstalT came

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last homestand. Of course the mod- offseason, and Wagstalf has an ex- both his parents were teachers. But

Al2 r 5P0RR r IAIIUARY 31.2008 r TllE MEIR0POLIIA},|

Rtlnneru lose grip on win streakMetro gets 30th

tbroughout the garne.

win over Mountain Lions,Regis breals Metro streakByZACTAYLORztaylor2omscd.edu

Reboundng was a key factor inMehols men's basketball t€ans' twogdmes this past weekend. they out-rebounded University of Colorado-Colorado Springs and left with a 71-58 win, before losing on the boardsand eventually on the scoreboard,75-59, against Regis in home gamesat Auaria E!€nt C€nter.

"We've had some inconsistentrebounding, " Metro coach BrannonHays said.

the Roadrunners also had win-nlng streaks at stake in each game,

as they extended one by defeating theMountaln Lions for the 30s sb:aighttime, but Regis snapped a 13-garneloclng streak egainst Meho.

Against UCCS, two Metro play-

ers led the domination in the paint

in the quest to continue theh win-nlng streak. Star forward fesse Wag-stalT scored 19 points and grabbedntne rebounds, while fellow forwardDaniel Bass netted his s€cond careerdoubledouble with 14 polnts and 14rebounils.

With these performances alongwtth feiver turnovers allowed, Metro

Phoro by I0GAN LYu5llylfl@m(d.€du

Metrc guardlerell Burges dives foi a loose ball during the second half of the Roadrunnen 71-58 victory wer RoctyIrloudtaln Athletic(onfennce opponmt U({olondo SpdngonJan 25. Buryessored eight poinb and had six usisb.

East Division,At halftime, tbe Roadrunners left

the court having shown their poten-tial in staying witbin four points ofthe Rangers despite hitting on! l-of-3 from 3-point range.

But in the second hall Registumed up the tempo with a 4&pointperformance, and Mefro struggldto keep up after missing 11 layups

"We had a big run to get back in,but we missed layups, and they hittheir shots," Ilays said.

Losing the battle of the boarils,48-24, dt'.dn't help a team alreadyshuggling with their shooting. [r ad-dition to the missed layups, the Road-runners made just three 3-pointers,ty'ing their lowest total of the season.

Ihe stingy Regis defense ditlnlstop there, looking past a 26-pointperfonnance by WagstalT and an ad-ditional 17 by Metro guard TbrrellBurgess, no other 'Runners scoredmore than five poinb.

The 59 points scored were alsothe lowest point total for Meho in agame versus Regis since the 19941995 season, complef,rng the Rang-ers' dominance on defense.

Desplte the loss, }detro is confi-dent tn its ability to male the RMACtournament with eight regular sea-son games remainhg.

"You want to be playing Sour bestbasLetball in February," Ilays saidabout making the strong fnish to thes€ason.

And the tean has been improv-lng slnce opentng the conferenceseason 1-3 and.sits on the edge of atournament appearance.

"We're working onthe lifrle pointsof execudon,' Meko forward HaydenSmith said. "We feel like we're close toperfecfrng the little rhings."

climbed to a 45-24 Iead with 15:52remalning in the game.

"The effort of the guys is fantas-tic," Hays said, "Our turnovers aredown (from earlier in the season)."

Wtrile L 7 turnovers against UCCSis still cause for concern, scoring onlysix points as a result of those severelyreduced the turnovers' elfectiveness.And despite a late run by the Moun-

tain Lions, the 'Furnners held strongfor the eventual win that gave Mehoa 5-5 record in the Rocky MountainAttrletic Conference. It was the firsttime they didn't have a losing recordin the conferenc€.

Unfortunately the .500 oonfer-ence record would only last for a dayas Metro fell to a sftong Regis teamthat held on to second place in the

Metro women's basketball holdingstrong, push win streak to 8 gamesWomen's basketball usesdefense, Sauter to blastRMAC foes at homeByBRIC LANSINGlansingemscd.edu

Mefro guard Stephanie Sau-ter scored 21 of her career-high 24points in the first half to help herteam cruise to a 6749 victory overcross-town rival Regis fan. 26 at theAuraria Bvent C€nter.

Sauter scored all of her polntsftom downtown and the 5-foot-9-inch guard ftom Aurora couldn'tfigure out how she got so many openopportunities.

"I'm not sure," Sauter said. "Wedrove a lot to the basket, and we hada lot of kick outs. It opned up a lot ofshots for us."

The blowout win over the Rang-ers extended the Roadrunnero' win-ning sfeak to eight games includ-ing their defensive 6I-47 etrort we.rthe University of Colorado4oloradoSprings the night before.

Metro took home their seventhshaight victory Ian 25 after they

pressured the Mountain Lions fromevery spot on the court forcing themto tala lll-advised shots that led to alow 26 perccnt shooting fmm thefield on the Roadrunners' home floor,Metro's stingy deferxe also forced 21turnovers that led to 22 points.

The 'Runners offense hasn't al-ways been on target during headcoach Linda Lappe's first season, buttheir defense has given the oppositionfib as their 58.8 points per g'ame al-lowed is tied for second with the Colo-rado School of Mines in the RockvMountain Athletic Conference.

Metro's win over the last-placeMountain Lions wasn't a surprise toanyone, but their win over their bit-ter rival Regis was a breath of freshair for the Roaclrunners. Iast season,they fell three times to the Rangers ln-cluding losses in the RMAC Tourna-ment Finals and in the first round ofthe NCAA Tournament.

"lt's always good to beat an in-town school, " Lappe said on defeatingRegis $'hose school is only five milesfrom Metro. ',The rhing about Regis isthat we hav€ to play them in anothercouple of weeks, so we will have to bereaaly again,"

The 'Runners flew out of the gatesstarting the game on a 2G5 run thatsaw Regis miss their first eight shots.Sauter had 12 of those points, and theearly explosion allowed Mefro to con-[oI the tempo of the game, neler al-lowing the Rangers to get closer thaneigbt points for the rest of the game.

'I was really proud of the team,"Iappe said. "You tnow, they beat usthree tirnes last year and that was oneof the things that I came into this job

and said, 'Hey, are we gonna let thathappen again?' and they responded."

The Roadrunners now headeast to take on Chadron Stat€ Jan.31 and Nebraska-Kearney Feb. 2 inNebraska.

Photo by IYttR W l.T0t{,tvralton2@med.edu

Metro guar* Ashley Mickens, left, and Stephanie Sauter, dghg try to slow downUnivenity of (olondo"Colondo Spring forwad Jazmin Awa-Wlliam5, centet,as she takes the ball to the basket Jan. 25 at the Aunda EwrB (entei Metmlrld the triountain Lions to urly 47 poinB on 35 perent rhooting fiom the field.

THE MEIR0P0UTAi{ * JAI{UARY 312qp i gpQfficAl3

Fightfor No. 1 in RMACBy ERIC IIINSINGlansingemscd.edu

The 2007-2008 season has gonein two different directions for Meho'sbasketball tearns. The men's team isstruggling to find consistent basket-ball play for their second-year headcoach Brannon HaJrs.. But the women's team has thrivedunder new head coach Linda Lappeand are riding an eighl-Bame win-ning streak, including an undefeatedrecord in January. That streak couldbe in jeopardy for the Roaclrunners asthey venture to lGarney Nebraska totake on the ffrst-place lopers in theRocky Mountain AtHetic Confer-ence's East Division.

For lappe and her team, thisgarne could be the biggest for boththe 'Runners and the [opers whomeet with identical 9-2 records in theconference.

"I think it is a big game," she said.i{nytime 1ou have a chance to geta game up on anybody and Mineshelped us out a litde defeating Kear-ne.y (in Neb.). But you gotta lnow (TheIopers) are going to be ready for us."

Iappe is new to the rhaby but shegot some much needed info from an-otlrer Meho head coach who has erperienced many collisions with Keame.y

"Fmm Debbie (Henilricks, volley-ball bead coach), she said it's goingto be loud, it's a gr€at atnosphere,"Lappe said.

Meho guard Paige Powers has

Iived through many encounters witbKearney in her tlree years at Metroand she knows a win over the divisionleaders will help out her team at play-off seeding time.

"This is definitely big because wewant to have the edge at the end ofthe conference (schedule) and it's re-ally going to help us out so we don'thave to come from behind," Pow-ers said on gaining that win now sothe Roadrunners won't have to havemust-win games during the last fewweeks of the regular season.

IGamey has held strong in theirfirst-place spot in the RMAC dnce tlrcbeginning of the season and carried ase\rcn-game winning streak that sawthe Iopers awrage 80 points p€r game

Kearney forward Amy tlatbis iskey to the [opers success in mnfer-ence play with her 19.5 points per

RMAC cont€sl Lappe has been an

expert in not necessarily holdingdown her oppositions' top scorcr, butheeping in check the r€st of the team,making sure role players don't breakout for huge games.

"To tell you the truth, I haven'tseen much film on Keamey yet,"Lappe said. "But we've just got totrust our defensive principles. To stopa player is not one person's job, eler.It's a team eflort. We will probabtyput our best defender on her, but it'snot her job, it's our 0eam's job to stoptheir top players. "

A win will give Metro the insidetrack to take the regular season con-ference title, which will allow them tohost \e first couple of rounils in theRMAC Shootout in March.

"Every game with Kearney isalways tough," Powers said. "Everyga-me I have plalrd against them hasbeen hard."

SWIMMINGMeho's swimming team was reIF

resented well at the Colorado CollegeClassic Jan. 25-27 , as the women'steam placed third overall, the menfifth, and diver Kenny Rhoades onceagain showed his prowess by winningboth events.

IndividuallylisaBlackwastheonlyMebo wornan l,o win two e!€nts, tak-ing both the l0O-and 2oo-yard back-shoke. Ihe only other Meho woman totake gold was fessica Shaddock who tri-umphed in the l0Gyard fteestyle, As ateam the unmen also took first in the4oGyad freestyle relay to mund outtheir tbird-place 6nish.

On the men's side Metro swim-mers Bvan Venrick and Kevin Braun

.iust missed top ffnishes, while Alejan-

dro Hernandez took the lone gold forthe men in the 2oo-yard butterfly

TRACKMetro's track team posted some

individual successes including a first-place finish at the Colorado School ofMines' Davies Opn Jan. 2 6.

Metro runner Gabe Luna sprintedpast the competition for the top finishof 52.02 seconds to win the 40Gme-ter and lead the Meho squad.

The Meho women showed depthin Golden, despite no podium fin-ishes. Runner fessica Jenkins fin-ished fourth in the mile while fe[owrunners Shanise Hamilton, ChelseaRutter and Therese Panian finishedfourth, sixth and seventh r€spectivelyin the 600-meter race.

EAST DIVISION MATCHUP#2 #1

Metro vs. KearneyFeb.3 in Kearney, Neb.

)adrunners Nebraska-Kearney Lopers

136,92 in the RMAC Record: l6-5,9-2 in the RMAC

l st year, Linda Lappe Coach: 6th year, Carol RussellAshley Mickens, G: Key olayers: Amy Mathis, F:

3.1 ppg, 7.6 rpg. 42 assists, 17.8 ppg,7.8 rpg, Jade Meads,Sauter, G.: 10.8 ppg, G: 14.0 ppg,3.6 rpg, Melissa

I percent from 3-point range Hinkley F: 1 I ppg, 7.0 rpg

Plpto By J. ISAA( 5MlAu.4cnall4@msd.edu

MetrcjuniorMafaneh Gnssspdns dudng the60-metetdash duringtheJimDavies 0pen at Mines 0n Jan.25. Glossfinished the race in 8.67 seconds.

Metro sports briefs

Sports editors puII out crystal baII for Super BowI picksZAC,S PICICTHE G!AIII]s

The season record for pointsscored, the top quarterback, the topwide r€ceft/er, and tbree rings: yes,there is a reason the Pahiots havegone 184, [Iere's the stat f]at willgive them thelr ffrst loss: 10 strai8fitroad wins by the New York Giants.Gleodale, AZ is not the Meadowlands,so the Giants will make it 11 shaightagainst one of the best teams in hiemry.

A blg reason for an upset in Su-per Bon'l )(LtrI on Feb. 3 will be thererrenge factor. Brery coach will agreethat teams learn more from a lossthan they do from a win. So if a teamhas the chance to leam from a loasand turrr around and play the sameteam again, the outcome will oftenresult in a dilferent winner. The Gi-ants already pr@ed this twice.

[r the regular season, the G-menlost both of their divisional match-ups witb the Dallas Cowboys. Butwhen they met for l.he tbird time inthe divisional round of the playolTs,the Gianb finally had their num-ber. Although they couldn't s&op theCowboys' running garne, the Giants'defense held quarterback Tony Romoin check, which allowed Bi Manningand Co. to score both on the groundand in the air.

ZNG TATIOR "ztaylsr?@mscd.edu

In week two, the Packers gaveNew York a 35-13 drubbing withBrctt Favle having a career dayIhen, in the NFC Chanpionshipgame, Manning stole the show whileFavre reverted to last year's mental-iE, throwing two int€rc€ptions, Andoren though it took three attemptsby hcker lawrence 1}nes !o send theG-Men to the big game, they have thelook of a team that has the t€nacitv towin tbe day

One dilfercnce between the Gi-ants' first two reinatches and theupcoming rematch with the Patriotsis tlnt, unlike their losses in the ini-tial games versus the Cowboys andthe Packers, the Giants nearly wonin Week 17, losing 38-35. So as re-matches go, therc is no neason to

believe the Giants will be outgunnedin this one. Because of the close fin-ish, they also have the confidence towin, something I don't believe anyother t€am the Patriots hme facedhas enjoyed. The Giants can and willwin because they truly believe it'spossible. Brady won't be making hissame fourth4uarter comeback inthis match because the G-men havethe will, and that is enough for themto stop \is aelv f,vil hpire from tak-ing a fourth ring to |rlslv Fngland.

ERK'S PICIC THE PATRIOI''ISCan any arg;ument be made that

will tilt the world's view of why thePabiots won't win on Feb. 3? Did thePatriots rcally come this far, winning18 staight games or y to fall to theNew York Giants, a 12-point uDder-dog team? Did Tom Brady tbrow anNFl'record 50 touchdowns, 23 ofwhich to Pandy Moss - also an NFLrecord - only to harze those acco-lades tossed aside because they planto choke in the big game?

ERIG tAItlSIt{E u lansing@mscd.edu

Don't plan on it.New England has perhion in

its sighb, and to the ire of many NFLfars who have prayed to the footballgods every week hoping to see themhip up at least once, head coach BillBelichick will ultimatrb' guide thePats to an undefeated season and theteam's fourth title iD sev€n years.

My assistant Zac llaylor will tellyou that the G-men come into theSuper Bowl extnemely hot, winningtheir previous 1O road games, andthat their defensive line will be inBrady's facemask from play one.

As impressive as the Giants harcbeen playing as mad warriors thisseason, there has nerrcr been a hottertean than the Patriots rryho blaze intoSuper BowI )(Ltr after defeating boththe Chargers and faguars who boasttop 10 totals in sac.ks.

As much as I appreciate Mr. Thy-lor filling up space in ry sporb sec-tion every r,veek, he rryoo't sway meor any other krowledgeable fan intothinking that New York can pull offone of the biggest upeets in the his-tory of the NFL.

Sorry Zac, the Pats make it 19,and the Giants will only be knownas the team who helped them makehistory.

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