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Plans fe1 funding the new scl-ence building are under conshuctionagain, as Auraria seeks to tap into oiland gas royalties to pay for the pmj-ect.

Iegislators demolished plans forfunding the proiect March 21 afterlow stat€ revenue projections fore-casted a $7OO million shordall overthe next five years.

In fact, the outlook was so lowthat vhtually all state-funded con-sEuction was rcduced to a total of$16 million for the next fiscal year.

However, at a March 25 pressconference, Gov. Bill Ritter and legis-lators announced a blueprint !o fullyfund the buildlng under a certificateof participation, or royalties that are

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paid from drilling on federal land,backed by Federal Mineral Irase rev-enue at $63,5 million over two Jrears,

"There's never been a doubtabout the need for funding," BernieBuescher, D-Grand Junction, chair-man of the Ioint Budget Committeesaid. "The only question was whetheror not we had the dollars to do theproject."

Once it was realized the money

would no longer be made availablefor the proiect, state leaders scram-bled to find other alt€ruatives to pro-vide money to complet€ the proiect,Buescher said.

How€ver, no money is guar-anteed as the plan is still teeteringon two bills that are expected to beinhoduced the week of furil 7, ac-cording to Metro's lobbyist ChristineStaberg of the Capstone Group. Theffrst bill would allow trigher educa-tion capital consfruction proiectsaccess to Federal Mineral Iease rev-enue growth,

The second bill would permitthe state to lend $ 150 million to theprolects, providing Metro and otherinstitutions with Certificate of Par-ticipadon funds needed for consEuc-tion costs.

COPs work similarly to mortgag-es, according to Staberg, meaningthe college would borrow the moneyand then make payments on the

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Funding falling apart at AurariaByROB FISHERrfishel8omscd.edu

Buildings at Auraria are agingfaster than they can be maintained,and the bottom line is there sirnply isnot enough money to keep up.

Jim Fraser, division director forfacilities managemerrt at Auraria,said state funds have fallen well shortfor many years in a ron'.

"The net result of that, frankly,is that the buildings are in decline."Fraser said. "The backlog of deferredmaintenance has been rampingup. "

Deferred maintenance is mainte-nance that should be done but isn'tbecause of a lack of funds.

"It is like when you should goget your oil changed at 3,OOO miles,but if you don't have the money youwait until iou get to 5,O00 miles,"Fraser said.

Another concern is the age ofthe buildings, as most are 25 to 30years old and will soon require criti-cal maintenance.

But students and staff will con-tinue to see employees of facilitiesmanagement, who maintain Au-raria's grounds and buildings. givebuildings like the West Classroomtouch-ups even when money isticht.

AHBC is the organization chargedwith the stewardship of state-ownedAuraria. Sandy Sales, AHEC CTOsaid every year since 20&1, Mehohas received approximately $2.5 to$3 million in state funds for con-trolled maintenance, such as roofand elevator repairs. However, statefrrnils are not the only resource ofrevenue AHBC has. It also collectsrevenue ftom auxiliar5r parking, the6*a66 5ampus Bootstore and stu-dent unions, but it is not enough.

"We have very litde money forrepairs,' Sales said. "We hy to relyon state funding, but that is only $2(million) to $3 mtllion."

Some budget cuts have been

more subtle, such as tash emptiedin offices every other night ratherthan every night.

Sdes said there is no money ear-marked for classroom equipmentIike wipe boards or audiovisualequipme , and trying to work in$ 10O,0OO for classroom resources tothe 2OO8-2009 budget is a shetch.

"We don't even harze $1OO,OOOto do that. There is no way we will beable to repair buildings," Sales said.

Cathy Lucas, director of commu-nication for Mero, said the college isplanning to ask the board of trusteesto appror€ a tuition increase to helppay for building maintenance. The

state has cap@ tuition increasq at7.51rrcent.

There are several reasons fo{!elack of tunding. i;

In the early '90s when the @erado economy was booming, the Col-orado's Tax Payer Bi]l of Rights, alsoknown as the TABOR Amendment,was passed restricting the anountof rerzenue the state could talce in butnot on the state's spending limits. By1997, the state's economy was ex-perienciug a high growth rate, andColoradoans were receiving refundchecks.

However, tle TABOR Amend-ment passed when the state econo'

my was on an upswing. So when the2OOl recession hit the state foundItsetr i[ a tougb situation having al-reatly restricted ibelf on the amruntof money lt could take from staterevenue,

Referendum C was passed in2006 to alleviate the strangle-hold the ecotromy and the TABORAmendment created.

Although the TABOR Amend-meDt was designed to allow votersto decide what to do with a budgetsurplus, by deciding to put moneyin their pockets and oot into the sys-tem, voters denied what policy mak-ers call a "rainy-day fund." Because

the bill is an amendment to thestate's constihrtion, special actioD isrcquired to have it omitted.

As the deferment list growsthere is also the concern of addingnew buildhgs to Auraria, and con-sequently the maintenance involvedonce these buildings are on line.

"For the last tlree buildings thathave landed on tlis campus, we havenot received any additional sta{I oroperdting budget increases," Frasersaid, "and what that represents is abudget cut, and that has been largelyunrecogDiz ed. "

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After amendments and revisions made toMetro's 20O8-09 state budget called the longBlll, the college may receFe $5 million tom thestate's general fund next year.

Ite initial funding proposal developd bI'the C-olorado Deparhent of Higher Educationwas replaced March 14 by a plan cr,eated by the

Joint Budget Committ€e of the state legislature.Under this new budget pmposal Meto

would receive rougbly $1.8 million more thanit would have under the CDHB model.lhe longBill was released to the House March 24, and itssecond reading is expected on March 26.

the April 4 deadline hr applications to re-ceive a scholarship through CoUegelnvest is fastapproaching.

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If you are lnterested in running for office inthe Metro Stats Student Goeernment Assem-bly's upcoming elections, the iDtent form mustbe huned in to the SGA office in fivoli 307.

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The Geraldine Gonzales and llre Rodolfo"Corlry" Gonzales Commemoradve Commifteewill be hosting tlrc second annual symposiumhonoring Rodolfo Gonzales 8 a.m. April 4 at thellvoli Student Union.

Later in the day a tribute reception will beheld at 5:30 p.m. ln the the King Center at Au-raria, where a fflm relating to Gonzales' rvorkwill be shown.

Gonzales is considered one of the foundersof the Chicano Movement and was an early ac-tivist in the fight for equal rights for Mexican-Americans. The Denver native was also a buerand a distinguished poet before his death onApril 12,2005.

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Apparently hard drives needtime off for spring break, too,

Meho's banner system toot anunann. ounced vacation on March28 and diiln't come back until ttrenight of March 31.

Ihe outage frustrated students,staff and teachers who were unableto access online accounts and forcedthe college to delay the begipning ofsrrmrner and fall class registrationuntil Aprtl 3.

While the exact causes of thesystem failure ar€ yet unclear, VicrPresident for Infonnation Technol-ogy Carl Fowell said t[6 main ssry-er shut down at amund 7 p.q. onMarch 28 after the fallure of one orqore of the many hard drfires thatmake up the heart of the system.The backup system then failed totake over as intstrded.

-One thing led to another - itwab a sort of cascading elloct - andbefore we hew it the system wasout," Powell said.

The college's fI maintenance

servic€, contracted to Ilewlitt Pack-ard, arrived an hour later and beganworking on the problem, Servicewas not fully restored undl March31 around miilnight. "The worstpart is that thes€ servers are sched-uled to be replaced in late May any-

' way," said Porvell, who started asMetro's fI chief ainost exactly onemontl ago. "lhere's nothing like ali$le trial by fire to get you into theswing of things."

Only the banner system wentdown, but because that's where

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other services are usually ua"atr"a,stud€xrts were initially unable to ac-cess e-mail and.online courses.

The school's website was updat€d to instruct students how to di-rectly access the functional sites.

'We really owe Il a lot of kudoson tlds - they worked around theclock to .get the problem. solved,"Meho Communications DirectorCathy Lucas said.'They did a fan-tastic job: ltere was a pnoblem, theyfound a solution and they fred it."

Porvell, who has worked in lnfor-mation technology for more than 20years, said he.has seen many such

system failures in his experience.lllnfortunately, no one situaton

is ever identical, given the complex-ity of the systems."

Powell said that while the out-age meant a lot of frusEation for theusers, perhaps he one positive wasthat it gave him a chance to get tohow his stalT.

"It helped me understand thebreadth and width of Meho's IIgrorrp," said Powell, who addedthat most.of the II staff, inclutlingmenbers of the malntenance tEam,worked day and nigbt over the week-end to get the syst€m running.

'What we learned can help us inthe future."

hurell said HP was "very supportive" and stayed until 8 a.m.

dpril I to make sure the system wasworUng.

'"We all worked around the clockon the problem. I had to kick themout at nigbt so they unuld go getsome sleep," Powell said"

the offce of It will be conduct-ing an investigation to .establishwhat caused the failures of both theserver and the back-up system and

. to ass€ss how the deparhent re-acted and what could be done betternext time..

"Fortunatoly, as it looks now thecosts for repairing the system werecovered by tbe maint€nance con-tract" Powell said. He said HP re-placed several of the hard drives andtwo of tle system's controllers, "Sobesides some blood, sweat and lotsfrustration - it will cost the schoolnothing"

Student john Shulf, howe ter,said the outage was more than alittle annoying for hirn.

"I found out Saturday nightwheu I went to log in and it didn'tnork," the history education majorsaid. Shufr s'aid he wonders if they

. could hdve fixed it faster.. "I attended college in Greeley

and Pucblo and the II systems therelvere much r,vorse than Mebo's," headded.

"It didn't male any difrerrnco tome. I dftln't chec.k ti.ll Monday morn-ing." Sandy Nigor, biologr major,said.

"I actually took a break this year,so lt didn't alfect me."

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March 31The bannersystem was repaird

What is Banner?Banner is Mefio! e-mail server,regisfation application and how theschool manages most of iB financialaid. Studens also use Bannei foronline coures and sdrool employeescan access the[ pay recod

(AUIE/ttttffnSummer enrollmentEnrollment for subsequeil seneste6mn delayd until Apdl 2. Studentswerc experting to have thatopportunity March 31

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loa[ over a set period of tim:. fordansaid any interest would be paid bythe state.

Auraria school leaders were ha;rpy to continue with the construc-tion, which began in December andwill cost an estimated $lIl million.

But nothing is set in stone yet,with two bills still requiring approv-aI by the House and Senate to allowAuraria access to the funds.

Meho President Stephen fordansaid he anficipates the bills will passbecause of their bipartisan and gu-bernatorial support.

He alsb stoessed the importanceof the unified ftont of the leaders ofthe three scbools sharing a stake inthe science building, namely him-self, Bruce Benson, president ofCU-Boulder, and Nancy McCallin,pr€sident of Colorado CommunityCollege System-

hll three of us had a very uni-fied vision of moving forward, interms of working together to get asolutiou that would allow us to moveforward, " fordan said.

"We're very gratefuI for the lead-ership pmvided by the governor andthe legislative leadership.:'

fondan added that the role ofBenson, vfro was recently electedpresident of CU-Bbulder amid tre-mendous opposition, was cruclal lnmoving the construction forward.

Iast year, there were doubts asto UCD'S commitment to the project,

Jbrdan said.Staberg said Metro's stake in

those funtls has been assured, butopposition to the bills is expected.

'I think we have a key commlt-ment from tle giwernor and there isbipartisan support, but the devil is inthe details," she said.

Rep. Cory Gardner, R-Yurna, haspublicly argued for using arry exhafunds tir relieve Coloradans' tax bur-den, althougb phone calls were notreturned to The Mehopolitan as ofpress time.

Dean Wolf, enecutiw vice presi-dent for adminisFation of the Atr-raria Higher Bducation board, an-sr,yered critics oi the ptzin by saying,'We have 39,000 studenb on thecannpus that are ln desperate neeilof this space."

"I'n not sure pulling the moneyoriginally uras in the best inte.rest ofthe citizens of Colorado," he said.

fordan agreed and said that thebuilding is crucial in furthering thegovernor's vision of lncreasing thenumb€r of high school students en-tering college by 5O percent.

While Wolf said he's confi&ntthe money will be made available, noplans have ben fnallzed if it is uot.

'We'd have to go back to thedrawing board tf this doesn't hap

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The Metropolitan Majors Fairwas held on March 17 at the TrvoliTurnhalle. Paculty members fromdepartments as diverse as African-American shrdies, crininal iustice,criminology andbiology familiarizdstudents with the many najors andminors that Metro offers.

"I hope to €xpose students tovaluable info should they want to

1nrsue a che.mistry maJor," KellyFlkins of the chemistry deparbnentsaiil

At each departnent table, hand-

ogts and pampblets explained najorand mlnor r€quirrements, careersamilable in a particular maior andthe reconmended conrse sequenoe.Studenb also received a list of aMls-ers and people to contact for moreinformadon.

"Ihe Maiors Fair gave me a sens€of rvho I should talk to," Metm stu- .dent kica Padilla said.

Faculty menbers representiug-the dillerent acadernic ikparhe,ntsmotivated and encouraged studentsto ffnd thefu path and pursue thelr

chosen career as soon as possible.Mike Martinez from the criminal

justice deparh€nt said the MajorsFair gives students direction.

Helen Giron was enthusiasticabout promotiug the Chicana andChicano studies department whereshe works.

"The more we know about ourdiversity, tle dore we come to acc€ptit." she said.

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Theater students in shape for professional workBySARAWIIITNEYstevesar@mscd.edu

The Denver theater scene is getting ahealthy injection of fresh talent from Meho'stheater department with a strong lineup ofMeho alumni in the Hunger Artists EnsembleTheater's production of "The Shape of Things"by Neil LaBute.

Two cast members and four productionmembers for "The Shape of Things," whichclosed March 29. are either current or formerMeho tleater students, as are eight of the 10members of Hunger Artists. The show was atthe fohn Hand Theater in the new lowry neigh-borhood.

The production "showed a lot of range ofemotion." Meho theater student Karah Brittonsaid- "It showed a lot of growth" in the studentsshe has seen perform before.

According to its website, wr,r'w.hungerar-tists.org, Hunger Artists was created in 1979and "has grown through the years to includesome of the finest directors, designers. techn!

cians and actors in Denver,''Neil LaBute is infamous for exploring the

obsession with physical perfection and the sear-ing battle between men and women," accordingto the website.

The show centers around Evelyn Thompson, an art student who will admittedly do any-thing for art, and Adam Sorenson, who will doanything for Evelyn's love. Evelyn was playedby Metro alum Stary Nelms. Evelyn and Adammeet at the art museum where Adam work asa security guard when Evelyn prepares to defacea statue with spray paint, as part of her n ork onher master's thesis. She writes her number withthe spray paint on the inside of his blazer.

As the show progresses, Evebn influencesAdam in both physical and emotional ways.She gets him to eat better and work out to loseweight, cut and style his hair more fashion-ably, change his clothing style and get a nose

.iob. However, Evelyn also manages to steer

him away ftom the few liiends he has, narnelythe engaged couple Phillip and Jenny, played

by Metro alumna Deni-Marie Warren, and atlength forces Adam to choose her over them.

The end of the show turns the audienceinto the crowd at the unveiling of Evelyn's thesisproject. The finale shocked the responsive au&-ence Saturday into silence, a silence that lastedinto the curtain call.

"The ending r,r'as like a slap in the face,"Britton said.

Among those in attendance was CbristyMontour-Larson, who teaches acting and direct-ing for l{etro's theater department and taughtNelms and Warren in her directing class.

"I enioyed the show" Montour-Iarson said."It's very rewarding when you see a show liketonight and when they take those skills and apply them."

"The cast chemistry was incredible," saidaudience member Amanda Van Noshand, who

has seen a previous production of "The Shapeof Things." "It's always nice to see a alilTerenttake on a show ... tonigbt's show was great."

Nelms and Warren are both Hunger Artistsmembers and Meho theater graduates. War-ren is working on her applied communicationsmaster at the University of Denver.

'AIl the training I received at Metro has defi-nitely prepared me to work in the professionalfield," Warren said. "I think Denver is rapidlygrowing as a theat€r community, and there areopportunities for thos€ that want them. "

She also said she enjoyed working with theother actors in the show

"It doesn't feel like work, " she said. "We just

get up, and we play. They (the cast members) areamazing."

The next Hunger Artists show "letters toHome," will be performed fune 13 through |uly6.

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HB0 series explores the streets 0f Baltimore - and finds the ugly truthByGEOFWOLLERMANgwollerm@mscd.edu

Home Box OIEce recendy airedthe series finale of "The Wire," a po-lice drama that transcended policedramas. lent a gritty voice l,o pressingissues and was one of the best televi-sion shows ever made.

Set in crumbling, post-indus-trial Baltimore, "The Wire" followeda band of police detectives bent onbusting up an entrenched drug net-work tlat u'as shredding the fabricof the city's sheets. The show alsodelved into Baltimore's culture ofpolitical corruption that allolred theburgeoning drug trade to fester. It isthis bold exploration into new televi-sion territory that made "The Wire"so compelling and different from anyother show of its kind.

Bach of the five seasons focusedon a different aspect of Baltimore life:from streetwise corner hustlers to

blue.coliar unionized dockworkers toscheming local politicians who knowbefter than to buck the system thatservid them so well.

Among the show's central andrecwring characters were detectives

fimmy McNulty and Bunk Moreland,longtime veterans of the homicide di-vision. McNulty was the police force'sharddrinking maverick, averse toorders and determined to do the rightthing - even if it meant breaking thelaw. He was "realpolice," as Morelandmight say. Bunk, as he was knor,rm onthe show was often seen chewing on

. the nub of an unlit cigar, crackingcynicisms and, for better or for worse,acting as McNulty's voice of reason.

Other key characters includedIJster Freamon, a dogged detectivebrought up to work the vyiretap ofthe show's name: Omar Little, a ruth-less sheet tl-lug who ripped off deal-ers and answered only to himself;Bubbles. a conllicted heroin addict

'^fhe Whe"painled ilsell en-tirely in shades olgrel: riolent dnrgileders showed

momEnls ol com-passion, while

high-minded oI-lieids walked inthe gutters oI im-

moraliry.nho occasionally turned snitch forthe cops; and state Senator R. Clayton"Clay" Davis, r,r'hose knack for back-room dealing made him the shadowyepicenter of Baltimore and Marylandnolitics.

The three-dimensional nature ofthe characters - down to the name-less street kids - made the showdy'namic. Instead of the black-and-lvhite divisions so casually drawnin typical police shows, "The Wire"painted itself entirely in shades ofgrey: violent drug dealers shoraredmoments of compassion, while high-minded olficials walked in the guttersof immora-tity without remorse.

But it was the dialogue that madeeach episode a gem. And there wouldhave been no dialogue without theshow's creators: David Simon. whoworked 13 years at The BaltimoreSun. and Ed Burns. a former Ba]ti-more police detective and Baltimorepublic school teacher. Together, theycreated an environment so eerily realit was easy for viewers to forget theywere watching a fictional show. Many

of the show's plot lines and charac-lers were drawn from real situationsand real people (some of the show's

actors were actual criminals whospent time on Baltimore's sfteets andinside its jails).

Perhaps this is what made theshow so good: Even though a viewermay never have been to Baltimore, heor she would still be hard-pressed toquestion the show's r€racity

Particularly relevant for aspiringjournalists, "The Wire's fifth and finalseason looked at the way the media- in this case The Baltimore Sun- approaches crime and cormption,and how the media today faces iustas many questions of integrity as dopoliticians and gangsters.

Denver may not have the cultureof corruption so rampant on the EastCoast, but "The Wire" spoke for thestate of all things everlvhere: vio-lence, corruption. public assistanceand politics, and the listlessnessamong our policy makers andcitizenswho have brought us so dangerouslyclose to the crumbling edge.

St. Martin's choir to bring joyful music to campus churchThis loyful [asteftide rSt. Martin's Chamber ChoirTickets: 520 for adults, 517 forseniors, 55 for students

Performances:7:30 p.m. Apdl 4 at St. John'sEpiscopal (athedral; April 6 atSt. Elizabeth3 Church; June 6 atBethany Lutheran fturch4 p.m. June 8 at 5t. Elizabeth3Church

0n the web:www.stma rtinschamberchoir.org

ByRYANARMSTRONGrarmstlT@mscd.edu

Singing u'ill fill St. Elizabeth'sChurch when the St. Martin's Charn-ber Choir performs their "This Joy-firl Eastertide" concert April 6 atAuraria.

St. Martin's isn't your averagechoA. They perform standard re-ligious pieces but add a variety ofclassical world music to their reper-toire. Works for the Eastertide con-cert range from Gregorian chants to20th century pieces. "Crux Fidelis,"by King John IV of Portugal, EdmundRubba's "Missa in honorem SancfiDominici, Heinrich Biber's "Tenebraefactae sunt," Sigismund Biechteler's

"Victimae Paschali laudes," and CarlPhillip Emrnanuel Bach's 'Alles wasOdem hat," are included in the con-cert.

Metro music professot TimKrueger is the artistic director for St.Martin's.

The choir is a professional esnem-ble of 22 balanced voices and takes itsname ftom the site of its first concerts.St. Martin's Chapel at St. fohn's Epsico-pal Cathedral in Denver. They are notaffilitated with any church or denomi-nation, according to their website.

The group has released seven ac-claimed CD recordings that have beenfeatured on the nationally syndicatedradio program "The First Art," andon classical radio nlavlists across the

counfy. St. Martin's has becomerecognized as the region's foremostchamber choir, according to theirwebsite.

Brock Erickson, the executive di-rector of St. Martin's Chamber Choir,said the chot would love to gain morestudents in their audience. Christo-pher Bueno, Brittany lombardi and

Jennifer Iong work with the choir todraw a diverse audience.

"St. Martin's is becoming moreyouthful and wanti to bring inyounger members with their regularcror,rd." Bueno said.

St. Elizabeth's offers a stunninsvenue for the group,

"We love performing at St. Eliz-abeth's because of such wonderful

acoustics," Erickson said. "Our fanslove it too."

The public relations strategicplanning class at Metro is workingthe marketing for the event.

St. Martin's will be singing thesame concert prior to the Aurariadate at 7:30 p.m. on April 4 at St.

fohn's Episcopal Cathedral in Denver.The St. Martin's Chamber Choir hasbeen performing since 1994 and willbe concluding thet l4th season inDenver.

The St. Martin's Chamber Choirwill conclude their l4th season inDenver with two concerts in June,performing a double choir concert inCherry Hills on June 6, and back atAumria at St. Elizabeth's on ]une 8.

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California Dreamin'Journalismstudents seethe sights of.MontereyBy Drew Jaynes, ajaynesT@mscil.eilu

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t began with a thought, that historytransoends time, whether tbmugb spo-ken word, written text or photographyIt was the indepth shrdy of a place morethan I,O0O miles away nrhere the sights,

souncls, smells and thoughts were differen! fromthose at home. It was a social documentary classo{Iered at Metro, and it gave us a chance to reporton social and economic issues in an unfamiliarplace. It wasn't just a class, it was an adventureand also a great opportunity.

Teamwork was the purpose, and experiencewas the goal. Being student writers and photog-raphers alfords little chance of working togetherbefore we graduate. This opportunity gave us theopportunity to tell great stories of far-off placesand hone our cralts to make us more viable in thework force.

As a class, there were 15 of us, traveling inodd groups by air or car, all to arrive in Monterey,Calif. eager to start working. Some had done ex-tensive research prior to going. others franticallybrainstormed ideas for what to cover and wheirto coser it.

\Are traveled all over the llonterey Peninsulafor a week's time. taking in the culture of Califor-nia while simultaneously bombarding local busi-nesses with questions and camera flashes.

Some of us covered economic issues such asthe looming salmon fishing ban that goes into ef-fect in May. Others delved into the lives of artists,individuals or businesses. Think of it as a swarmof amateur media students, eager to practicetheir skills and to discover and share the mvster-ies of the peninsula.

The views were fantastic. and the culture wasamazing, but this wasn't a vacation. We did agreat amount of r€search before b:aleling to thisplace from Colorado. As working professionals,we can look forward to conditions similar to oreven more tighdy controlled than those we expe-rienced in Monterey This trip was an extensionand culmination of all the skills we had learnedto date.

The idea of the course is to bring writers andphotographers together. Together, we learnedhow to write better, take better photographsand more effectively share our experiences. Welearned tlat the issues of the world are not su-garcoated, and issues can affect real people andreal industries.

Through this process we grew as individualsand as a group. One of the most important les-sons we learned was that stories can be found inany nook and cranny. Every person or place has aunique story to t€ll, an experience to share. Thistrip forced us to open our eyes to see what wewere missing and share it for others to see.

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0ay Philips of Sacramento tries hisluck at fishing off the pier on March 20in Monterey, (alif. Salmon fishing inthe region has been halted and manyfisherman, like Philips, are woniedabout the impact i t wi l i have on theirjobs and the economy. Many speciesare in danger ofextincti0n in the baydue to overfishino.

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By IAN GASSMAN fok to blues and jazz-inspired bal-igassman@mscd'edu

lads. summeril's plucky banjo andDenver band Paper Bird proves DeHaven's springy guitar match

birds made out of paper can sing as well with the new, bouncy, warrnwell as any other group of swallows, bass. The jazzy but old-timey es-nightingales or mockingbirds. Yeq sence is enhanced by ftler's wooryif these seven band members could and woody hombone. The ladies'fransform from paper to an actual harmonies hickle over the backingsongbird, I would guess they would band like fresh, southern rain.be beautiful and extravagant larks. Yet, Paper Bird never intended

You see, larks are not typical on playing in a set styb; A "just hapbirds. Like Paper Bird's harmonic pened"" according !o DeHaven. "Wemelodies, they are qnnbols of ioy, had vocals, banios, guitam... we iusthappiness,hopeandcreativity. starteddoingit,"Summerilsaid.Paper

The first half of Paper Bird is the Bird fomred early last year at a moun-ever-resonant and always beautifirl tain cabin dubbed "UncleJohn's" neargroup of vocalists: Sarah Anderson, BreclanridgeEsrne Patterson and her sistet Gene- "We started wriring songs, Wevieve. When asked what feelings they spent all everiing writing and allwould posses if they were larks, they day,'l they recalled. By the end ofhumbly replied, "all of them." their stay in Breckenridge, they had

The second half of Paper Bird ailded Genevieve to the group be-is the strong-willed multi-instru- cause of her amazing voice. Eachmentalists: Paul DeHaven, TVler band member emphasized that orig-Archuletta, Caleb Summeril and inally 'itwas more about us all beingttreir new addition Macon Terry on friends. We got together, not exactlythe upright bass. These four solidi& pursuing a band" and saw what wethe melodies while letting listeners could do."know what ,genre suits Paper Bird While the production may seemthe besu Americana! synrso b today:s standards, ftrper

Songs rangefrom bluegrass and Bird's 'full-length albrm :Arrything

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Tapping into you r'U m(onscious'ByJEREMYJOHNSONi inhn?08amsrd pr| r

With their self-proclaimed blend

of hip-hop, funk and big beats. Den-

ver's fiercc foursome UmConscitlus

is, ironicalll,, quite ccrmpositionally

cognizant, tapping an obscurevein of

the local music scene. rvhile address-

ing larger. political issues."\,!'e're living in an age right now,

of consciousness. that vle can tap into

as -v-ounger generalions are becoming

more involved lvith rvhat's happen-

ing worldltide," said co-frontman and

Um's bassist Johnny L, "There's defi-

nite$ a political edge that comes out. "

And when that edge comes out,

so does their distinctive, driving

basslines. fun\,. lorceful percussion

andrigid guitar riIls. During their fullypolitically charged moments ("Road

Rage," "Play Games" and "The Ave-

nue"), The Um is something like Rage

Against the Machine combined with

Chuck D. But in a moment's notice,

they transcend as easily into sexy.

booming funk and eren coy, candid

and alluring Caribbean beats that

Ieare the listener feeling the heat of

the moment,"I like to t}int rve have music

that taps into both edges," Johnnysaid. "When I make art I don't want

only one element to come out."

lttose different elements ate eas-ily accessible thanls to the blend of

Johnny's big bass (which is nearly asbig as he), Bootie B's blues-bondedguitar and the tempo and timing ofdrummer Seth "The Transformer"Beltram and DJ Aaron, on turntables.So, although Johmy iuguab\; sets thetone for The Um's compositions, therest of the band is without a doubt thejunk in the trunk that makes up Um'sbrand of particular power-furk.

"I don't think anyone, stylisti-cally is doing what rve're doing rightnow (in Denrer)," Johnny said.

Nor are they having as much fundoing it.

"We just love the interaction with*re crowd," Johlny said. "We lovegetting energDed by entertahing. "

And considering the dynamics ofThe Um's onstage efforts, the crowd iscertain to loi€ the energy as well. Be-cause, though The Um can cast outsome serious political fodder. they'requirlry off-stage antics and occasionalparty ballads prove that they're alsohip to a good time.

"You lcrorv, we're just regular peo-ple, and we're alTected by worldly mat-ter, too," Johnny said. "But there aredays n'hen lre hare to let that go. Noterery day is going to be a cup of tea, butit's not going to be a hurricane, either."

Nameless or loymaking is anythingbut lacking. The album was record-ed within 30 hours at Global SoundStudios in Broomffekl and capturesthe raw, live and ever-energetic sig-nature sound of Paper Bird.

As for now Paper Bird plans totour their album and many newsongs extensively this summer. Forabout four months they will be trav-eling, letting their sound resonatetbroughout the United States, allwhile founding what they hope willbe a new, musical community, in theform of an independent record labelnamed [-ong Spoon.

Long Spoon's headquarters willbe based right here in Denver andoffer help to any local musiciarulooking for management, a place torecord or a place to gig. Paper Birdknows they "owe a lot to Denrer'smusic scene and community Thereare 9o many people that have helpedus and olrned doors for us," Andthey want tong Spoon to do thesame. "More success means moteability to help people. We want a

, grhssroots, Iiiendly atrnosphere anda deit-yourself spirit {incorporatedwith loug Spoon), " Genevieve said-

With the help of Bn:ok's Centerfor Spirituality and ib manager,IaumGoldhamer, Iong Spoon rnay be upand rurining after Paper Bird's tour.Golilhamc manages the Brook s Gn-ter. located on 146 and Williams inCapitol Hill. "Iaura is a gr€at, grcalawesome friend, one of the most in-spiring people," Esrne said

As I sat at the end of the crowd-ed table in the Sputnik CofTee House,I could see that these Paper Birdshad become a large group of jovial,laughing, community-lovingfr iends.They had nothing mort than a songin their hearts and love-filled, openminds. Ttanscending music, genreand time, they now grasp a moremeaningfu I concepl togethernes.s.

For more information on PaperBird visit wwwmyspace.com/paperthebird.

saturday 4.12Paper Bird at BizarreDenver Bazaar10 a.m. @The Brooks CenterDonation suggested, all ages

Photo (ourtesy ol Umconsdous

Clockwise ftom front: Johnny [, Bootie & Seth "TheTnnsfomef Beltnm andDJ Aaron are the hip-hop high plains dilftets known as Um(onsdous.

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The old B-52s bring back New WaveAfter 15-year recording hiatus, sexy, hiptunpleilivel up to its name

It's probably mfe to say that after more than 30 years, New Wave muricisn't as fresh and new as it once was and, o\ier recent years, is often hid-den ln the shadows of the arguably more comflex musical stylings andmuses of pop indie rcdc But in their first release of new material since1992's God StuJ[, the &52s prcve that everything old can, indeed, benew again.

FwWIa ls an aptly named album, full of typically irrcsistible dance beae,boistenous backing hanmonies and, of course, quirky allusions to doing the nasty,heard ln such tracks as in the highenergy "Illftaviolet," in which an openb ecstaticM Scbneider screamingly suggests: "lhere's a rest stop, let's hit the G-spot. " Alongwith tracls such as radio siogle 'Pump," as well as "Hot Comer" and "Iove In The Year30OO" (with its fuhrristic-sounding kyboards and speculation of 'robots, booty-botsand erotibotsJ Funpler certainly exudes an attitude that life aft€r 50 can still be sexy.And The F52s are iust that.

While Funpler is certainly cognitive of their demark nuf-binl, Nerru Wate and spo-ken-word style that made them so succes$rl in the 1980s, The &52s risk complacencywith their rather wer-urorked shticks (Schneider's squawk borderlines on irritable) andtired party thernes. Fortunately for The F52s, it s a market that's more or less been cor-nered fu them alone and, thanla to their exuberance and energy they manage to pull it off.

As tlrc final hack on Funplex implies, it seems The &52s want to "Keep The PartyGolng. " And rvhile thet amiable music antics aren't Iikety to enlighten the listener,per se, their identifiable disco ditties do a giood job of prolongng the pop part5i

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ooooForefathers of Goth, Bauhaus, show their brighter side in finale Go Away White ondPolner

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official "Goth-rock" band,Bauhaus dugitself out of the

Bela lugosi may be dead but David J, Peter Muryhy, Kevin Haskins and DanielAsh of Bauhaus arc alive and well, if only a bit tired. 6on9 Away White,thefifthalbum for the 30-year-old Bdt band, may proye to be the last for the covetedforufathers ofGoth, OOOOO *T-1':Bird Records

Bauhaus rGoAwayWhitesticlry mire of post-punk English rockand inspired generaflons to self-ob'sess and cry again.

Go Away Wite, the band's fifthalbum and first release since 1983'sBurning From the Inside, is to be the fi-nal work from the original lineup andis Bauhaus' subtle way of saying thatthe more things change, the morethey stay the same.

This time around, Bauhaus roundsits gothic edginess with a bit of psyche-delic influence. It's late Beatles meetyour friendly neighborhood vampirecult. The combination conFasts the

innate moodiness of our boys in blackwith solid upbeat harmonlr

In "Too Much 2ls C€ntury" and"International Bulletproof Talent,"uneasy cheer{b.lness, poplike basslines and upbeat guitar rilB back leadsinger Peter Murphy's sulking croonswith absurd cooleess.

Bauhaus bows out gracefully withGo Awag White dtsplaying a comfort-able progression in sound from theirlast LP It reinvents no wheel, but itdoesn't imply any degree of ffnalityeither. It's as if there was a one-yearlull between proiects rather than 2 5 .

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lnole l|p(o|ning shows lSeether, My Chem ica I Romance to rock the Fil lmore

Alternative rock and healy metalare making their way through the Fill-more Auditorium this month. Sched-uled to perform April 8 is Seether withspecial guest FlyleaI, followed on April14 by My Chemical Romance.

Seether just released their newestdbum, Finding BeautA in Negatve SWegin 2OO7.The band has not taken a breaksince the millennium began. releasingsix albums in the last seven years. KeeFing a solid fan base. the South Africanshave pla@ in the company of othermalor alternative rock groupe includingEvanesence, 3 Doors Down, Three DaysGrace and most recently Flyleaf sincethe start of their music care€r.

Flyleaf's selftitled album, originallyreleased in 20O4, was re-released in Octo-

ber 2007 to long awaited praise. Frontedby l^acey Mosley, the band was recentlynamed MIV's Artist of the Week and hasgamered kudm for their hit song "I'm SoSick" featured on Lnr Flee or De HardandResidmt Evil: Extittction.

My Chemical Romance last per-formed in Denver in August 2007 atthe Proiekt Revolution Tour with LinkinPark. MCR continues to promote their2006 album, The Black Parade, beloregoing back into the stu&o to make theirfourth record, to be released in 2009.Opening for MCR this time around isCanadian punk-rock band Billy Talentand Drive By (releasing their newest al-bvrlr ADelicate Situntion April 8).

-By DESIREE CLARK, fola*67@nacil.eiht

Bob Bryar, MikeylVay,Genrd Way, Fnnk lero and RayToroof MyftemiolRomance bring their heavy metaland had look to Denverforthe secondtime in less than a year on Apdl 14 when they play tte tillmote Auditorium.

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Channeling y our inner hobbyA number of people took to chas-

tising me earlier this week for beingtoo angry and incoherent to be con-sidered worth their rirne. I told themto go straight to hel and to kick Ron-ald Reagan in the nuts rten they getthere. As if I gave a darnn wl21g fis5rconsider their time to be worth. ...

But the nervous tension that afr l load of classes can higger withina person at this time of the semestercan lrrsuade people to say thing5they may not have intended. Indeed,I also made some rather boorish com-ments about yoga being a mtten pla-cebo and a poor excuse for the samefeeling people get by living active andpurposeful lives.

I have always loved yoga and I donot hqv'lrb*:brought me to criti-cize it. I fufudatereal. reading 3ome-thing about yoga programs on oneof the pages of this fascist newspaper,and I decided that perhapa a little bitof spiritual channeling would be iustthe right kind of antidote for my new-found antipathy and, especially myrecent unenplainable hatred for yoga.

I do not, however, have anythingresembling a span of atGnuon, soI was instantly taken far and awaytbm my original aim of signing upfor spiritual therapy by a calendar adfor something called the "ColoradoMutual IIFO Network."

'Xte Network appears to be af-filiated with a group of students whocall themselves the Crypto ScienceSociety. We've all seen them lurkingaround campus. They are the ghoul-ishJooking rlrips haneing arcund thedelivery doors of the Plaza Buildingsmoking marijuana cigarettes underthe stahs. I met one of them once,He wore sunglasses with hologramlenses depicting 3-D epballs shrck ina swirling vortex of some kind, whichmade it difrcult to ma.ke sense of any-thing he said. He also had sonie veryfine weed, but his level of awkward-ness, though not too much for me tohandle, was far beyond anything Iwas willing to endure after smokingwith htun.

My encounter with that freak un-der the stain was more than enoughr€ason, ewryfling including the prm-pect of snoking hntastic marijuanaconsider€d" tocolvitrce me that a rreet-ing of the Crypto Science Society wasnot a place I needed to show up at.

Ah but I am getting ahead ofmyself here, making assumptionsand claims about people without fol-lowing through with the right kindof j ournalistic underpinnings. ButI am no journalist for God's sake.Ieave me out of that forsaken moldof cretins. I will not ioin them, I willnever ioin them ... sigh, nevermind

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this column, I need the yoga, and theweed for that matter.

But back to business, and as I wastrying to imply, the creep from under-neath the stairs never actuallyclaimedto be involved in the society of cryptoscientists, but his vibe betrayed him. Isuspect that such a gathering shouldhave been right up his alley, and t alsosuspect that there are others just likehim at these things.

And so I never w€nt to one oftheir meetings, and t would say thatboth the Scienf,rsts and I are beter oIIfor it. These people seem quite fond ofrumor and even go so fai as to claimto have the utility to sponsor "expedi-tions to areas of interest. i.e.. IJFO hotspots. hauntings. and Bigfoot terri-tory,"-brdeed, I averted a $5 door feeand a possible trip to the boondocks

by deciding not to go.Don't get me wrong. I am a finn

believer in the realm of the mystic.But it seems at least doubtfr:I thatthe same type of bizarre heteroclit€slike the one I smohed grass with un-derneath those stairs would knowexactly where to find aliens, ghosts

and huge mythical apes. Had thatfreak tied to convince me to tourneyinto the wilderness with him to hacknuminous creatures back when I methim,I would have stolen hls weed andcalled the police.

Certainv it seems that I arn criticb.ing the CY5pto ftientisb in sonre way,but I am not. Nor do I wish to do so forany reason at all. They cannot possi-bly be any bss sensibb than the arm-age business u political science maiornalking amund campus r€guryitatngthe sarne rnanner of utterty mind-numbing balogna lve can all hear if weturn on the Cable News Netr,tor*-

I encourage e\€ryone within thereach of this newspaper producfionto attend one of these meetings, and if

. you do, send word on whether or not itis legif h the nreantime, I will ease ryway into a yogaroutine and attdnpt touse my channeled spidtual en€rgy tocontact the sup€rnatural )wels thatbe. I do not need meetings or lunaticsunderneath dark stairwells to discoverthe hidden truths all around us.

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Former plal€r, assistantlooks to lead storied teamMetro women's soccerhires Adrianne Almarazas head coach for 2008

ByERIC LANSINGlansing@ms cd. edu

. Winning games is a rewardingfeeling for most players and coaches,but winning a championship cannever be talen away from you. Win-ning two cha mpionships, however,will take you places you never imag-ined.

This rang frue for former pla]€rand assistant coach Adrianne Al-maraz, who was announced the newhead coach of Metro women's socrrrteam.

"It's alnxost like a dream comeFue," Alnaraz said. "If you worildhave asked me four years ago, that infour years you're going to be the headsoccer coach at Metro, I would havesaid, you're kidding me."

Metro's athletic director Joan Mc-Dermott had a laundry list of coacheswho wanted to try their hand inmaintaining the high standard ofMeho soccer, but McDermott felt Al-maraz had everlthing it took to keepthe program on the right back.

'Adrianne has been an int€gralpart of both our national champion-ships as a student-athlete and an as-sistant coach," McDermoft said. "Shehas the knowledge, experience andpassion to maintain our program at anational level."

"I how how rhir program works,and I how this scbool," Almarazsaid. "Metro is an exceptional insti-tution, and (McDermott) loows thatI have the passion, the commitmentand the dedication to not only &ecollege, but to the program and to theplayers to continue what we have ac-complished so far."

Almanz tales over for DannySanchez who left Metro to take overa shuggling Dvision I program atWyoming.

Sanchez manned the sidelinesat Auraria Field guiding the Road-runners to two Division tr NationalChampionships while compiling a103-15-5 record in six years.

Needless to say, Metro's fourthhead coach in the history of the pro-

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Metro senior Adrianne Almaraz dribbles by 6U-Pueblot midfielder dudng a victoty over the Ihunderwolves Sept. 26,2fi15. After the season, Almanz became an assistant oach under fomer head coach Danny Sandez for two years.

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a lotof success, it is adream come truei"- Addanne Almaraa women3head soccer coadr, on beingnamed bthe oaching positionafortwo yeaEasa Mefroasrishit oach and fuulyegnasaplapr,irdwf,rythedampbnship 2004 s€ason.

37t'lumber of times CSU-Pueblopitchers walhd Mefro battersduring their weekend series from3/28 - 3/30. The Roadrunnersswept the series.,H) and irprovet0 27-5; 19{ in the RlilAC.

grarn has some mighty big shoes tofilt.

"They're l'ery big," Almaraz said."When he was here, he did exception-al things. He's a great coach, and lvelearned a lot from him. In the samesense, there is a lot of pressure. I'malways going to be compared to himand I knew that when I applied. Butit didn't scare me or anything, it iustmotivat€s me to keep on going and dowhat I believe this program catr con-tinue to do."

Sanchez knows he left the program in good hands saying Alnarazknows what it takes to win as a player

and as a coach at Meho.Almaraz came to Meto in 2OO3

as a iunior and added depth to a teamthat took part in the Final Four theprevious season. Almaraz had noproblems adjusting to Meho's systemand helped the team to a 2l-l-l re-cord, while making an Elite Eight appearance.

As successful as that season was.it was Alrnaraz 's senior year that wit-nessed another outstanding regdarseason with a 25-1 record and her

team ending the season with theschool's first national championshipin women's soccer.

Alrnaraz later tasted champion-ship glory for a second time in 2OO6as an assistant coach as the teamonce again hounced the conFtitionwith a 24-2 mark including a 1-0victory over C'rand Valley State in thechampionship game,

So how much change can theteam and the fars expect to see witha new coach overseeing the program?It almost seems to be a moot point tochange a system Sanchez has imple-mented that has brought home twoDivision tr titles. But with change,some intangibles are bound to comeabout.

'Fgr the most part, Ive learned a ,lot ftom Danny, so 21p \ings going !ochange drastically? They're not," Al-maraz said. "But is therc gping to bechange? Of course 1[sre is. I am a dif-ferent person, and I expect dilferentthings."

But don't expect losing, as Alrna-raz's history gives ttre program everychance to keep up Metro's winninghadition

"My goal is to not skip a beat. I'vehad a lot of success, and I have beengiven a gl€at opportunity to continuethe success that we've had," Alrrrarazsaid.

il&ianne llmanrtcfromleerstatisti$Player2003-2004: ledeam to25-1{ rcod and nationaldampionship as cpbin in 2004.

Assistant coach2006-2fr17: tmm had 40{-2record overtwo years, wonnational championship in 2006.

Al2 r SP0RTSr APRlL 3.2008 rTHE MEIR0POLlTAl'l'Runners enjoy home GookingMetro softballteamsweeps NM Highlandsat Auraria Field 4-0ByI(ATEFERRAROkferraro@mscd.edu

After three weeks of breakingeven in conference play, Metro's soft-ball team finally took all four gamesof a series March 21-22 against Nen'Mexim Highlands at Auraria Field.

Metro pitcher Casey Thompsonstarted the series off slow in the firstgame, allordng the Cowgirls to take a2-0 lead in the ffrst inning.

New Mexico Highiands remainedin conhol until the third inning whenMetro scored ff.ve runs, The damagecontinued in the fourth when thirdbaseman Jennessa Tesone and catch-er Nicole Lyles both hit two-run homeruns.

Thompson finished off the Cow-girls in the fi{th inning, which forcedthe mercy rule to take effect, giving

the 'Runners a 10-2 victory.If the two runs allor,rcd by

Thompson weren't impr€ssiveenough, the runs scored carne olfonly three hits. The senior pitlher hascome away witl some geat pitchingperformances over the season, butshe won't give the credit to herself asthe defcnse pla3'ed a huge part in thevictory.

'I have my teamm3lBs 16 ftank,"Thompcon said. "lhey plck me up alol"

Ihe second game of the double-header on ftiday was a closer game,as the Roadrunners allovved the Cow-girls to tak another ear$ lead.

thompson was relieved in theff5gt innln g after $ving up three runs,by pttcher Ubby Balogb, who ffnishedthe game wtrile givlng up four moreruDs.

But lt was Mefro center flelderMolly Clark, who got he,r team on thescoreboard after hitting a home runto left ffeld in the bottom of the fifthinning.

the Runners found themselvestrailing 74 in the bottom of the sixthinnlng, before making a triumphantcomeback scoring four mole runs,winning the game 8-7. Partial Geditgoes to Balogh who kep her team inthe game recording eight strikeoutsin the final six innings.

"The pitchers kept throwingstrikes, and we were playing really

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good defense," coach Fisher said"Metro's softball team isn't a

stranger to home runs, and the 6rstg,ame of Saturday's doubleheadershowed that slugging six long ballsover the fence, However, Fisher haspreached that damage doesn't comeftom home runs, it comes fromhome runs with runners on base.The Roadrunners hit three of thosehome runs with seven runners on .

base,"We uere ready to play and jump

on it," right ffelder Ashley johnsonsaid. "Bcrybody was on it and hit-ting the ball well."

ltailing 3-0 in the bottom of thefust, Metro struck back quickly andit on! took one hit to left field. TheRoadrunners started off the inningwith two walks and a single, load-ing up the bases, leaving fohnson toclean them up, hitting the secondgrand slan of her softball career, andher team-leading nhth home run ofthe season.

"I did it my freshman year," ]obn-son said. "It feels sreat."

Thompson started the day olT alittle rough, allor,rring three runs inthe ffrst inning, but quickly r€giainedher conffdence as she started sEikingout Cowgirls.

"I was trying to tbink about noth-ing," said Thompson, who had ffvestrikeouts in the game. "I Just clearedmy mind, relaxed and got the job

done. I stopped ttrinking about whatelse was going on."

Metro went on to hit home runs inall but one lnning including two eachtom shortstops Amber Roundheeand Clark. Tesone and left ffelder CariThompson also shared in the horrerun glory gxriding their t€ammatesto a l3-7lead going into the seventhinning,

Thompson started olT the inningby walhng the ffrst two batters andloading up the bases for the Cowgirlsafter an error by Roundtnee. Thompson managed to record back-to.backouts.

HoweveB that didn't stop NewMexico from hitting a single followedby a double, tightening the score to

13-11. Roundtree made another er-ror, which cut Metro's lead to one.

Ihe next batter hit a groundballto Thompson, and she quickly got theout at first. Ihomlrson pitched a mm-plete g;ame, winning 13-12, record-ing her sixth win of the season.

"We stuck with her because weknew she would get us out of it,"Fisher said. 'She helps keep her teamup and brings a lot of energy."

Balogh pitched a solid game inthe second match of the doublehead-er, allowing only six hiB and one runleading her team to a 9-1 victory tocomplete the series sweep.

Metro coultln't keep their sheakalive splitting a quick two.game se-ries agaiost Regis on March 27 andtlropped two games in Golden againstthe Colorado School of Mines onMarch 29.

The Roadrunners have fallen to a13-9 record in the Rocky MountainAthletic Conference and l7-14 over-all. Metro will next host a four-gameseries April 5-6 against UGColoradoSprings at Auraria Field.

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Metro gives'Wolves walking papers'Runners use 37 walks,51 runs to sweep series,rank in nation's top 10ByERIC LANSINGlansingomscd.edu

Mero's baseball team scored 51runs March 28-30 to clobber theircon-ference foes CSU-Pueblo in a four-game sweep at Auraria Field.

The Roadrunners (27-5, I9-7RMAC) took aclvantage of the strug-gling Thunderwotves (13-19, 5-15RMAC) who came into the series withonly five conference wins and an ERAof more than eight. Meho won byscores of 17-9. 104. 16-3 and 8-6.

Metro head coach Bobby Piercehas seen his team dismantle aboleaverage teams such as Mesa Stat€and Regis, but the second-year headcoach Lnows you cannot overlookthe teams that reside at the bottomof the standings because they are theones who will catch you oIT guard.

"It's all about our system in olfense," Pierce said. "We really haveto stay task orientated. and tlere arecheck marh we have to do every sin-gle game no matter who we're play-ing or what the score is."

In the first game of the series,Meho scored in every inning to eas-ily take the gane l7-9 in front of thehome crowd,

Mefto left fielder Jake Palmer ledthe rlay going 4for-5, scoring three

runs and collecting three RBI.The following day saw the Road-

runners outscore CSU-Pueblo 26-7to continue their masterful play at theplate. This time however, the pitchingcame along with the hitting as Ar-mando Casas sbuck out five Thun-derwolves in the first game, whilefellow pitcher Joel Inckhart gale uponly three earned runs in the 16-3win in game two of the doubleheader.The wins gave both pitrhers their fifthwins on the season.

Meho right fielder Mike Coffey'sfour RBI hehed lead the 'Runners toan 8-6 win to complete the sweep ofthe Thunderwolves on Sunday.

Palmer has swung the mightiestof bats this season for the 'Runners.

The senior is batting .500 on the yearwith nine home runs and 63 RBI andhas helped his tearn score 1O or moreruns in 17 games this year.

"Our ollense is hitting lrrcll,"Palner said. "It is nice for our offenseto put up some runs and take pres-sure off our pitchers."

Amongst aII the ru.ns the Road-runners brought home, it was the 3 7ralks issued by the Thunderwolves'pirching that could never find theskike zone all weekend. Meho, byfar, leads the Rocky Mountain Ath-letic Conference in walks forced with185. A null stat unless you can makethe opposition pay for their mistakes,which Metro has consistently done totheir opponents.

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Metro fudrman Brennan Bn wR diyes from his leadqfrhckto first base in thefnt game of fouragainst GU-PuebloMardr 28 at Aurada Field.lhe Roadrunners swept tfie thundenyolves in all four RltilAC games over the $ries.

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strikes, we'll just take them," Palnersaid on the patience that fuels theiroffense. "lf they are going to make amistake, we'll punish them for it."

The 'Runners' four wins keepthem alop the RMAC standings, 4% games above second place MesaState. Metro looks to extBnd that leadagainst Nebraska-Kearney April 4-6in Nebraska.

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Baseball team a big hit after swing-and-miss seasonsByZACTAYLORztaylor2@rnscd.edu

On March 31, Mefro's baseballtearn made history.

For the fust time in the program,the Roailrunners have cracked thetop 10 in the Division tr nationalrankings.

After sweeping CSU-Pueblo March30, Mefro is now ranked ninth afterstuegling through dismal seasons in-cluding a 1 7-3 5 record last year,

Second year head coach Bobby' Pierce has led the charge to a topspot in the Rocky Mountain Atl eticConference and to national recogni-tion just past the midway point of theseason.

"It feels great knowing we're theteam people are gunning for," Metroleft fielder Jake Palner said.

The outstanding play of the 'Run-

ners this season wouldn't have appeared possible after a 2007 seasonthat left many more questions thananswers.

The team suJlered tlrough grow-

ing pains of a new system that Piercebrought over from Arkansas-LittleRock. To start the 2008 season, Met-ro was predicted to ffnish far down in

the RMAC once again, but Pierce hadother plans for his second year.

"We worked hard on the recruit-ing trail," Pierce said about the off-season improrrements. "We've gone19-1 in the conference because ofour depth. "

To increase talent and depth,Pierce snakhed up some of the topprospects in both Colorado and thesurrounding states aft€r the 2OO7season. Pitching was the priority,and the coach found aces from junior

colleges and high schools to fill outa pitching staff that had struggledthrough last season with 7.49 ERA.

The two additions, and strongstarts ftom seniors Armando Casasand Ted Jamison, have lowered theteam ERA to 6.3 7. second in the con-ference.

"If you want to be a serious con-tender," Pierce said. "You have tohave quality people on the mound. "

With Casas, lunior college trans-fer Steven Green and senior Ted

famison leading the league in stike-outs, Meho has dominated from themound.

led by senior slugger Palmer,Mero has the top scoring oflense inthe RMAC, scoring 230 runs, 30 runs

above second-place Regis in the con-ference. Like pirching, hitting has alsobeen spurred on by new additions, al-though seniors Palmet Reece Gormanand Ttoy Spahn have led the way

"The run support's amazing,"Green said. "It allows you to relax asa pitcher."

Palmer has made a huge contri-bution to the run support, hittingover .500, leading the conference inruns batted in and is in the thick ofthe RMAC home-run race.

His team-leading nine homersthis season have already doubled his2007 total of four.

"Having this team behind youtakes some of the pressure off," Palm-er said. "I just get up there and try toput the ball in play "

Behind him, all-conference player

Gorman hasn't drawn the spotlighthe did last season, but he has quietlybeen a solid contributor leading theteam with 18 extra bas€ hits and hit-ting an impressive .414 batting aver-age.

Spahn has been the surprise of2008 after taking a medical redshirtand missing the entire 2007 season.The senior second baseman is hit-ting over .30O, but his biggest con-

tribution has been burning the basepaths. Through March 31, he leatlsthe RMAC with 23 stolen bases. Elcnmore incredible is he has been caushtstealing only once.

with these tlree seniors, Metrobrings a formidable offense to the dia-mond. With two new additions to theoffense, the lineup becomes deadly

Maft McConnell is a hansfer homCenhal Arizona Junior College, andhe has continued to hit well at the Division tr level with a .442 avenge.

Freshman ouffielder BrennanBrown has worked his way into thestarting lineup, proving to be the bluechip recruit Pierce thought he wasfrom Denver's Iegacy High School. Sofar this season he is hitting .425 andhas hrocked 16 extra bas€ hits andone home run in his first collegiaoeseason,

The additions Pierce has made tothe 2008 roster have catapulted Met-ro to the top spot in the RMAC. Witha sweep of last year's RMAC champsMesa State earlier in the season anda top ten ranking in the nation, thesky's the limit for the Roarlrunners,who have a lot to prove and enoughtalent to continue to rewrite the his-iorv books at Meho.

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Home runs3rd - 32 (Mesa State - 52)

Earned run average2nd - 6.37 (Mesa State - 6.04)

Strikeoutslst - 232

RunsTied for lst - 334 (Mesa State)

Earned runs allowedlst- 179

Bases on ballslst- 198

Stolen baseslst - 98

Fielding percentage4$ - .959 (6lj-Pueblo.967)

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