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Adele Phelan, chairwoman of Metro's Board of Trustees testifies to members of the Colorado House Education Committee about House Bill1295 March 9 at the Capitol. Phelan expounded upon Metro3 eagerness to also offer graduate programs, as many graduating students todayhave had to seek those options elsewhere. Photo by Drew Jaynes . ajaynes l @mscd.edu

House moves grad bill forwardMetro one stepcloser to addingmaster's degrees

By Andrew Flohr-Spencespenceand@mscd.edu

Colorado legislators took a firstlook this week at a bill that would al-low Metro to offer master's programs,and so far, they like what they see.

The House Education Comrnitteevoted unanimously March 9 to moveHouse Bill 1295 forward.

The bill would amend the statestatutes governing Metro allowing thecollege to offer master's degrees. TheHouse is expected to vote on it in thecoming weeks. The bill will then moveto the Senate and, if approved, wouldneed Gov. Bill Ritter's siBnature.

"We know that Metro has beena champion of students of all back-grounds for many, many decadbs,"House Rep. Nancy Todd, DAurora, oneof the bill's sponsors, said to the com-mittee. Todd said the change would al-low Metro to broaden the opportunityfor its students, offering high-qualitydegrees at a more alfordable price thanother state schools.

"We are seeing it (Metro) move

with the times, making it more adapt-able, more flexible and more availableto more students so they can achievetheir dreams," Todd said.

John Karakoulakis, director of leg-islative affairs for the Colorado Com-mission on Higher Education, agreedwith Todd and said the commissionhad voted to approve the legislation.

Metro President Stephen fordanand chair of Metro's Board ofTrustees,Adele Phelan, testified to the commit-tee in support of the bill. fordan saidstudies show that offering a master'shelps a school retain both studentsand faculty. Offering teachers a rvayto continue their education, advanceprofessionally and earn more moneykeps them from moving on. Offering ahigher level of qualification attracts agreater number of students who mightotherwise look elsewhere. or low-in-come students might ordinarily be un-able to afford further education,

jordan outlined the three pro-grams the college wants to extend tothe graduate level: education, socialwork and accounting.

Jordan said the three departments

would quickly be ready to go, withenough Ph.D. accredited professors

necessary to teach at the level, and ahigh enough shrdent demand for the

added programs. Questionnaires thedepartments sent out to students cameback with overwhelming approval forthe idea, Jordan said.

"The board has taken this decisionvery seriously, " Phelan said. "We reallythink this continues Metro's mission."

The board set up a cornmithe tomake sure the areas the college de-veloped were able to sustain the newservices, and to make sure that all theproper steps were taken to establishthe programs. Phelan told the educa-tion committee that the plan so far hasreceived overwhelming endorsementfrom students, faculty, stall, alumniand the board of education.

There was no lack of support at themeeting. Numerous other Metro of-ficials. not to mention a few students.also came to the public hearing pre-pared to testify if needed.

Chair of teacher education Ellie-Ann Shahinian Baldwin said that ofthe nearly 2,000 students studyingin her department, around 510 stu-dents were potentially candidates forthe prograrn, She said the consider-able pay increase that a teacher with a

master's degree receives oler teacherswith a bachelor's degree, was some-thing nearly every education studentwas interested in.

"Not to mention the doors that thehigher degree opened if a person wasinterested in educational administra-tion." Baldwin said.

Baldwin brought along an idealcandidate for the program, BrianAdler, an education student currentlyworking on his certificate at Metro.Adler said he was very interested in themaster's prospect and currently he wasslowed down in his educational careerbecause Metro couldn't offer it,

Schools with master's programs

allow teachers to get the additionaldegree and their teacher certificationat the same time. Currendy, Adler hasto wait until he is done with the certifi-cate and then will hale to find anotherschool to do his graduate work.

Adler said he would sign up if Met-ro could make the change by 2010,,:therwise he'd have to go elsewhere.

But if the speed at which the billis moving through the house is anyindication, Adler won't have to leave.'Ihe committee didn't need to hearbom Baldwin or Adler: they were con-vinced.

"It's really nice when things can

move that quickly," President Stephen

[ordan said after the hearing. "It's tes-limony to all the hard work everybodyhad put in."

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March takes funding issue to CapitolStudents rallvto support budgetcap elimination

By Caitlin Gibbonscgibbon4@mscd.edu

More than 100 students gath-ered March 9 to march to the Capitolin support of increased funding forhigber education.

The event, sponsored by tlre Stu-dent Government Assembly and theAssociated Students of Colorado,rallied students to show support ofSenate Bill 228, which proposes toeliminate a state sp€nding cap, putin place by the Arveschoug-Bird pro-vision. A-Bird, as it's called, only al-lows the state's general fund to growby 6 percent a year &om Lhe previousyear's amount.

The mission of the ASC, accord-ing to chairman David Dore$ is towork toward accessibility, qualityand affordability - all things that arethreatened by Arveschough-Bird.

SGA President Andrew Batemanasked students to "sholv we value ed-ucation. " Bateman said governments"love to ignore students" becausestudents never speak up. If they didnot speak up, Bateman saidr studentswould continue to take enormouscuts for higher education, cuts theycan't allord. SGA handed out T-shirtsand signs at the Tivoli Commons be-fore the march. The SGA budgeted$f0,0OO for the march, accordingto Vice President C.f. Garbo. Howeveror y approxirnately $3,OOO of thebudget was used. A final tally of thecosts was not amilable at the time ofpublication.

The march led students downColfax to the Capitol with police es-corts to ensure the m-fety of the par-ticipants.

SGA members led students.inchants of "we are a nation that needsan educahon" and "frrnd our future."The march also spurred supporti\€honls and waves from passing cars.

Metro student Gennai Sawvel,an art major, said she lt'as march-ing because if tuition is raised as aresult of less funding for higher edu-cation, she would not be able to getstudent loans to cover her tuitioncosts. Sawvel transferred ftom theUniversity of Northern Colorado toMetro because the college r+"as moreaffordable.

Mefro is home to the . second-largest undergraduate population inColorado, but receives the least fund-ing per student - an issue manystudents are concerned about, likeMetro industrial design major PhillipMiller.

"Metro is already last in per cap-ita funding. Higher education is al-ways the first to be cut, and we can'thave that," Miller said.

One of the bill's sponsors, Sen.

Johl Morse, D-El Paso, addressedthe students on the west steps of theCapitol. "We've figured out ne've cut

Students march from the Tivoli Commons to the Capitol in Denver to support increased funding for higher education on March 9. TheStudent Government Assembly provided T-shirts and signs to march participants. Photo by Leah Mlllis . lmillis@mscd.edu

Colorado Senator John Morsg D-El Paso, speak to the crowdgathered March 9 at the state Capitol. Morse is one of the spon-sors for Senate Bill 228, which would eliminate the Arveschoug"Bird provision, potentially increasing funding for higher educa-tion. Morse told the crowd the very least he could do is carry theirvoices to the Senate floor. Photo by Andrew Bisset€bissetl @mscd.edu

our taxes to the point we can't evenfund higher education," Morse said."How are we supposed to make surethat the next generation has everybit as much opportunity as the cur-rent generation? "

Higher education funding in Col-orado is ranked 49th in the nation.

'A series of well-intentionedstatutory and con stitutional pmvi-sions to promote fiscal responsibilityhas produced a state of aflairs wherehigher education funding is the ab-solute last of our priorities," Doreysaid.

Higher education is one of manycomponents of the general firnd.Healthcare, K- I 2 education and cor-rections are also encompassed in thefund. Areas such as K-12 educationand corrections are constitutonallyprotected from severe budget cuts,making higher education a targetwhen it comes time to cut the statebudget.

"It is hard for us to make a casefor higher education funding if wecan't get the constituents it mattersmost to show up and show that it'simportant to them," Bateman said inregard to the purpose of the march,

Metro theater adiunct professorTerry Burnsed marched along rviththe students of Auraria.

'i{ll the schools in the nationneed, like all human services activi-ties, to not be the victims of this eco-nomic catastrophe," Burnsed said."Human services need not to be pit-ted against each other, but need toband together. The people advocat-ing health care should be shaking

hands with the people advocating foreducation."

The general fund encompassesall human services expenditures, not

iust higher education."It's important to make a state-

ment," Metro junior Kayla Kaulmansaid, adding that she doesn't wanttuition to go up. "(The march) reallyis for our future," she said.

Meho students joined otherColorado students at the Capitolfrom Arapahoe Community College,Colorado State Universiry, the Com-munity College of Denver, Pikes PeakCommunity College, Fort tewis Col-lege, UCD and UNC.

"This is a testament to the ur-gency of the iszue that we are herelobbying for," Dorey said. SenateBill 228, if passed, will repeal the 5percent spending cap. If the spend-ing cap is repealed, legislators willhave the freedom to decide where tospend funds and "restore fiscal san-ity to Colorado," said fack Wiley, ASCdirector of legislative affairs and for-mer Metro SGA president.

Sen. Rollie Heath, D-Boulder,thanked students for their supportof Senate Bill 228. "Repealing Arer-schoug-Bird does notcreate one moredollar. Think about that," Heath said."It gives us flexibility where we aregoing to spend the money Maybeoneyear we want to spend it all on roadsand bridges. But maybe the next yearwe want to spend it all on higher edu-cation."

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Taki ng out the electronic trashApprentices saveTVs, computersfrom landfills

By Clafton Woullardcwoullar@mscd.edu

Metro criminal justice majorBrandon Rice had some dead cellphones, an old computer and aPlayStation - and that was goodnews to Jesse Martinez and his team,who were educating people aboute-cpling March 4 at the Tivoli Com-morui.

Martinez, a senator in the Stu-dent Covernment Assembly, is takingpa in Metro's Apprentice Challengeon Team Cont€nder, the boys' team.Last week, he was working to outdoTbam Triple Threat, the girls' team,on educating people about e-cycling.

At the rally, amid break dancersmoving to the beats of Df Dozens,Martinez and other members of histeam inforrred students about ery-clin! and signed them up to unloadtheir defunct elechonics for free atComcast's Englewood location onMarch 7. It normalv costs $3G$50to recycle electronics, Martinez said.

The City and C,ounty of Denver,Comcast, gNews, Wast€ Manage-ment and IG Blectronics sponsoredthe errcnt, one of ffve e<ycling drives

. held that moming around the metroarca. It is the second of four chal-

,lenges the Apprentice teas$ mustface thie semester. The e-cycling mis-sion had Teem Contender ffrst setup an information campaign thatincluded a blog, online social mediathrough Facebook and MySpace, a

Twitter site and other online venues.According to the team's blog, one TVcontains, eight pouncls of lead andother to.ic nat€rial.

Team Triple Threat was taskedwith educahng people about thebenefits of e<ycling without using asbred of paper. Martinez's t€am wasslated to pr€sent to the challengejudges March l3 on how their teamdid better at educating p€ople aboute-cycling and how successful theyi,vere at getting people to come to theMarch 7 event,

At the rally, students wer€ askedto text 313131 and text ff\re liiendsabout the e-waste drop-oll event laterthat week, and if they did, they wereautomatically enterd to win fourColorado Rockies ticlcets, Anyonewho came to the March 7 event wasautomatically entered to win Rockies.tickets and the 500th ear won a year

of free Comcast cable TV service.Martinez said his team's initial goal

for the event was to see 500 cars andcollect 1.0O0 screens and 4O tons ofe-waste, They actually saw 4,908cars and collected nearly 35O tons ofe-waste.

"We're excited," Martinez said."We were nervous at first because(of our location), but after seeing somany cars, we were surprised by howmany people showed up through ouroutreaching ellorts."

Rice said he wasn t going tothrow away his old technology because he knows the hazards it cancause to landflls. When he heard hecould rocycle it for free, he signed upto tlrop ofl his old electronics.

"I think it helpc benefft the

Break dancer Lamar Williams "B boy Yuppie" perfoims during the E-cycling event as ThanaratPhvapaisalk'rj watches March 4 at the Tivoli Commons. The activities were intended to educatepeople about recycling electronics such as old computers and television screens. Photo by Mark Farnik.

was having on the ecosystem andhealth of the inhabitants of one cityin China and how Pndewmd - basedcompany kecutive Recycling wasshipping owaste collected at e<y-cling drirs to China. The companyhad a conbact to recycle e-wastewith the city and county of Denver,though that contract expircd lastyear.

Ecycling drives have gained pop

ularity in the past few years all acrocsthe nation, as the public becomesmore aware of the harmful materialsfound in discarded elechonics.

mfarnik@mscd.eduFarth,' Rice said. "I mean if you're

iust going throw stuIl in the lunk-yard ,,. it's never gping decompose, soI think they're helping out here."

Martinez said many pmple havetheir old elecbonics stored some-where in their house; they don'tLnow what to do with them and onlylO percent of the TVs and comput-ers'in Anerican hornes are recycled.Those that get thrown away make up2 percent of the country's landfills,but make up 70 percent of theh toxicwaste, he said.

Metro business management

major Adam Ford, on March 4, saidhe was planning to bring some oHcell phones to the dropolT evint,but that he was initially planning totake them to a ccll phone mmpany'sstore.

"It's not only irresponsible notto recycle everything you possiblycan in whatever manner is practical,

but it's actually overall, in. the grand

scheme of ihings, it's more cost ef-fective; it's just the right thing to do, "

Ford said. "It's silly not to."A November 2008 "6O Mlnutes"

segment showed the ellects e-waste

Students to vote on increasing RTD pass feeBy Tara Moberly

tmoberly@mscd.edu

Increases in RIII fares have trick-led down to Auraria, meaning thatshrdents will have to appmve anincteasod fee or face lostng the dis-countrd pass. .

On April 1 and 2, students willvote on whether or not to incr€asethe bus pass fee from $37 to $46 forthe 2OO9 - 2O I O school year. The in-crease follows the 14 oercent acrms-

the-board fare increase RID imple.mented in January.

The total cost for the Aurariapasses for the 2007 - 20O8 year was$2.8 rnillion, and the cost for nextyear has increased 0o $3.2 million,RID spokeswoman Daria Serna said.

Serna also noted that ridership isup among Auraria students, whichalso necessitated increasing the price6f the pass, tast par, 97 percent ofstudents voted to increase the bus

pass fee ftom $33 to $37, with morethan 3,000 students tuming.out tovote,

"What we really need is morestudents to vote," Rachel Wear, ame.mber of the Student AdvisoryCommittee to the Auraria Board said."Do you want to continue with thisfantastic deal or do you want it toabruptly end in August?"

Mana Raiai, a UCD student,doesn't agree with increasing the

co6t of the pass. 'I use the light rail

occasionally. I think $37 is enoughalready. We have to pay so much forthings already and it's iust going tokoep going up," Rajai said.

Metro student Kevin Torreswould vote to increase the fee, not-ing that the higher co6t is still far lessthan students would have to pay fona pass otherwise. "I know orerybodydoesn't want to pay more, but in thelong run you are saving morc."

A l2-month pass purchased

through RTD directly would costfrom $770 to $1,804. Even with thelncr€ased price, students will still pay

less than $ I 00 a year fora pass.Students can vote on both days at

institution-specific locations, Mehostudents vote in tho Crnhal Class-room Building. UCD students vote inthe North Classroom Building, andCCD students votc in the South Class.room Building.

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LocalAB and BC RegularIncludes all light-rail stations except County Line

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5770 for 12-month pass

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This pass is valid for all Express, light-rail fare zones A, B andC and all of the service listed above throughout the districtat all times. lt can also be used as a Credit of 53.50 on anyother regular RTD service.

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I knew why, of course. Som€o4e. . with the daunting prospect of ex-had convinced hlm that peopl?;likp plaining to a rather luxury-ladenme were making bombs inow base- .- group of people that there is some-ments with thtngs like perfumC and thing fundamentally wrong in thetoothpaste. And those sanerpeoplo idea that the world's 500 richestwere paying this dork to corifiscate individuals have a greater combinedand destroy improper quantities of tncome thdn that of theworld's poor-tlese materials as though he were est 416 million, and that the Chiq-the only thing standing between.toi- uita Banana Corporation is actuallyletry products and some clandestine a villainous criminal syndicate com-attack on America. plete with drug smugglers, hit men

But I wasn't making bombs. and miniature armies with which

to destoy the lives of non-whites inLatin America. Thturgs that peoplewho norma$_ y ffnd themselves atGold Ligted hbtels are not necessarilyr€ady to listen to meramble abouL

Once I arrived in Spokane androce&ed the electronic key card tomy hotel monl .I quickly realizedtlrat I was in way over my head,

I'm iust a hillbilly I don t knowanything ahout ffrst class, and it'sdifrcult enodgh fo5 me to fft in withthese people without fe€ling a pness-ing urge to'run tbrough the lobbyof the Davenport Hotel naked andscreaming about bananas and blooddlanonds and corporate manipu-lation and how eve4one who waswearing Jewelry and clothing wassurrepdflously supporting the mad-ness I was ther€ to combat with nrvpresentation.

But, in a shange ft\dst, it sudden-ly and unexpectedly became clear tome that I was lust as bereft of consid-eration for the people at the heart ofmy discussion as anyone else, fromthe elderly doorman in his ornate redand black suit (him and I promptlyfound ourselves in a perpetual stateof war alter I fust tried to ratlonalizewith him that his iob was useless and"alnost offensive on a number of lev-els) to the young people fiom collegesall across the West who were there tolook sharp and talk smarL

It rattled my mlnd. There wewere, each of us with a wonderfirlopportunity to gain graduate experi-

ence and make social comections forthe future, sleeping conlortably in ahotel where the cost of one night'sstay was well bepnd what a con-siderable chUnk of hunanity couldaltord with an entirE year's wages.And I was there to lxesent infonna-tion about those people as though Ihad any idea what their lives wereachrally like

I felt sick, like Ieopold the Butch-er - King Ieopold II of Belgirrmwho was responsible for mass kill-ings in Aliica - telklng about theliving conditions of ttlricans in theCongo. And without the support andencouragement of the brilliatrt stu-dents and faculty I was there with,my pr€sentation nrould harrc floppedand my bar tab would harre been as-tronomical. Things certainly couldhave been uglier.

But the situation turn€d outwell, t think. The presentation wasas much a su@ess as I could havehoped, since I got through it with mysanity more or less intact, and theadventure was wonderfirl, especiallybecause it gave me an appreciationfor ffrst-hand research and experi-ence as an alternative to academichobnobbing, which defiriitely has itsplacb.

All I can really say, in retrospect, -is that perhaps you ought to thinktwice before you allow some jackassto open a door at a four-star hotel foryoi. He may not be a$ considerate as

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By Sam Cowhickscowhick@mscd.edu

Ccldc lavern & DelaneyblSOr Bhke St.

March 14, the day of Denver's St. Patrick's DayParade, Celtic Tavern and the adioined Delaney's willopen for your drinking pleasur€ at 8 a.m.

The authentic bar and holiday menu will imm€ali-ately put you in an hish mood. Corned beef and cab-bage, ffsh and cbips and hish stew are just a few willprepare any ihinker for the day to come.

Sam Hill, a bartender at Delaney's, enjoys the dayever year.

'i,{fter the parade the bagpipers, face painters, localbands and step dancers take over till 2 a.m. It is non-stop people and just a realb fun time," Hill said.

fohn Higgins, one of Delaney's four owners, boastsof being one of the top spots for festivities.

"We are right on the lnrade route The entertain-ment, authentic atnosphert and food make us standout," he said.

On St, Patrick's Day, the two bars will open at 11a-m. and the menu and entertainment will be the sameas the l4th, lasting til 2 a.m. The bars have an enor-mous menu of beers and scotch as well as the vital 20Irish whiskrys on hand for any Irisbman's favorit€ shot.

Nallenb lrich Pub1429 Market St.

Nallen's hish Pubis simple but exheme-ly traditional in its16-year-old spot onMarket Street.

On the l4th, Nal-len's will open at aneye-opening 7 a.m.

As Keith Lawlor,a bartender at Nal-len s, puts it, "there

will be a line formingat about 6 a.m. and it will be there most of the day"

Bagpipers and dancers will be performing duringthe day on the l4th and 17th and drink prices will stayat their regular cheap rate.

According to Iawlor, Nallen's ls the oldest tradi-tional hish pub in Denver. Opened by hish native )ohnNallen, his establishment became a hangout for most

of Denver's kue Irish citizens."Her€, it is pr€tty much iust a good ol' drinHn bar.

It's kind of the hish comnunity bar with a lot of regu-lars," Iawlor said.

They boast 16 hish wbiskeys -6 2666ding toLawlor, have the second-largest scotch collection inDenrrer, totaling 60.

With most employees from Dublin or Mayo Coun-ty, Ireland, and many Irish regulars, Denverites mayfeel ouhumbered - but on St. Pat's,. every NaUen'spanon is lrish.

Katie Mullenb Irich Restaurant and PubI 5 5O Court Place

Katie Mullen's is on the end of the l6th SkeetMall. The new kid in town, the bar just opened on Feb.

to St, P atr ick's D ay w e ekend.

16. On March l3th. the 11.500 square-foot bar willbegiu its "Craic Fest" with four large bars in varyingthemes of Irish eras and a large patio.

Katie Mullen's will op€n at 8 a.m. on the I 4th. Themenu includes time-honored dishes like "The full hishbrealdast," shepherd's pie and even the haditionalboxty potato pancakes.

According to manager Heather Murray, the co-owner and president, Paul Maye, has flowD in a hadi-tional kish band called Pinch of SnuII to accompanythe equally haditional menu and atmosphere. Theywill play twice daily from the 13th to the 17th. Therewill also be bagpipers, Irish dancers and ballad singerson the 14th and l7th.

Maye had a clear vision of tradition when he choseDenver for the bar's home.

"I wanted to bring more great lrish quality and100 percent authenticity to a young vibrant popula-

tion in Denver" he said.The mahogany wood lining the walls and all four

bars, as well as the authentic lrish brand aihertise-ments and furniture, were all made in Ireland. .

Maye owns and operates four

other bars in heland andw€nt to 12 other cities Morechocing Denrrcr as his fustinternational bar.

The newcomer in townwill have a lot of competi-

ti,on on St. Patrick'sDay weekend but

if Maye's ffve-daycelebration is asgenuine as hisbar tben KatieMullen's will be ahot spot..

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Anirnal lovers nationwide are clam-oring for the new "it" thing: pets that canrelieve themselves in funny positions.

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By Dominic Grazianodgrazial @mscd.edu

the Met Hal., did. you endup writ-W directing and acling in"Miss MarcD"

Trevor Moore: Fox came to uswith a script that was written forZach and I - the characters wenenamed Zach and ltevor - but it wasnothing like the script that we endedup shooting.

Zach Cregger: Basically, it uasone of those things where we felt likewe had to do it. We're just so par-ticular about what we do where ifsomething isn't ours. To us it's kind

of pointless. .We have to'cherlsh what we're

doing, so we took their scripts and,basically, tossed them out the win-dow, and just kept the plot points ofcoma and playmate and started over.

IM: We spent a couple monthsrewriting it. The main thing we did- we had this idea to mal€ it sortof about these two different guys' at-titudes toward sex. Both Eugene andTucker kind of put sex up on a pedes-tal and they're obsessed with sex.

How did it endup that gouplaycdthe

chamcters you dtul with Ttevor plagingthefuwA guA andTachthe $mightmm?

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Time travel movie mind,-bendingly gooilBy Kara KSehle

kkiehle@mscd.edu

"Timecrimes" is a little like"Alice in Wonderland," if Al-ice were a suburban peepingTom, the looking glass was atime machine, and the curiousinhabitants of her nightmarewere all herself.

The narrative doesn't hes-itate before diving nose firstthrough the layers of weird-ness when, bird watching inhis backyard one afternoon, Hector (KarraElelalde) spots a woman undressing in thewoods while his wife is running an errand.

As night falls, he vetrtures into the woodsto get a closer look. He finds the naked wom-an - dead - and her masked murderer stab-bing distance away, and flees, taking shelterin another nearby building.

Like a rat in a maz e, Hector is led aroundits architecture, into a research lab, and intoa lluid-filled chamber. When he's released, .

it's day. It's yesterday, in fact, and he's on theoutside looking in on the events that had just

taken place. Since it hasn't happened yet, thescientist in charge of the lab (played by thefilm's writer/director Nacho Vigalondo) hasno memory of the night's events, but is deter-mined to help.

"Timecrimes" is aptly named because it'sguilty of breaking the same law of temporalphysics that other time havel movies have(e.g. " 12 Monkeys" imd "The Butterlly Effect")while trying to one-up prior time travel mov-ies by staying true to theories of metaphysics.

Hector finds a diagram of an -1N-Iump"

in the lab. Imag-ine an "x" drawnon either leg ofthe "N," which is how you draw a time traveltirneline. The first segment stops, jumpe

across to a second, parallel segment. andcontinues from there. Outside the world offiction, tumping into an earlier point on thetimeline won't create multiple, divergent fu-tures.

It will, however, q€ate multiple, diver-gent "you's-" Each of these clones must existsimultaneously, having diflerent experiencesof the same peqiod of time... the trick is not 0otbink about it too hard, so your brains don'trutr out your ears.

As Hector soon finds out, returning tothe same ftagment of time, things can getcrowded, confusing and ugly "Timecrimes"brings new meaning to the phrase, "you areyour own worst enemy"

If the scenery and actors are nothingpretty to look at, "Timecrimes" is fun, mind-bending, sci-fi horror - a creepy pu-zle that'sgenerous with the thrills.

"Timecrimes"and "lnk" air March 13 - 19at the Starz Film Center. For showtimescheck wwwstarzfi lmcenter.com.

ByJohn Mil lerjmil l201 @mscd.edu

Billed as an urbal fantasy, "Ink" is the sec-ond feature-length film by writer/director and

Denver native Jamin Winans. Produced by his

wife Kiowa K. Winans for their fledgling produc-

tion company, Double Edge Films, the film vt'as

shot using only Colorado locales and employing

only homegronm cast and crer,'r. members.

The film's narrative showc:rses the balance

between the good and evil forces that visit us

while we sleep. The good forces, known as Sto-

rytellers, supply uswith uplifting dreams.Alternatively, malevo-lent forces, known as

Incubi, bludgeon us with nighhnares,Against this backdrop is the plight of John

Sullivan (Chris Kellyt and his 9-year-old daugb-ter Emma (Quinn Hunchar). Iohn is an angry,intense man, an alcoholic and a workaholic.Driven by guilt and shame, and bitter over los-ing custody of Emma after his wife's death, hefocuses his remaining energy into his work andself-medication, completely ignoring ary4hingelse in his life.

That includes his daughter Emma, a bright,resilient child rvho pines for her father's affection.Even while he spurns her efforts to win him over,she refuses to give up.

The Storytellers visit Emma often, but thisdoesn't stop Ink, a mercenary working to becomeone of the Incubi, ftom kidnapping her soul onenight as she sleeps. Mth the Storytellers itr pur-

suit, Ink leads Emma through the fantastic andsordid underbelly of the dream world, intent ondelivering her to the Incubi and securing his place

among them.

The film hardly moves in a linear fashion.After the first 30-45 minutes, there are enoughflashbacks and camera trickery to leave one won-dering how some of it is relevant at all. As thefilm progresses, all of these pieces start to fall intoplace, and by the emotional, surprising ending, itall makes absolute perfect sense.

Visually, the film is stunning, beautifullyfilmed in a variety of shades and emotions by di-rector of photography Jeff Pointer.

From the Aspen forest in Crested Bufte, to theunderground tunnels of dolr.ntotrtm Deru€r, it ishard to belielre a major studio cor-rld have done a bet-ter job of caph:ring the essence of the locales andmatching them with the ambience of the snory.

Hunchar shows great promise, and a lot ofmoxie, in her portrayal of Emma. One sceneearly in the movie, when she is alone in her roomplalng make-believe with her dolls, is a tour deforce of creativity that is priceless.

Also outstanding is leremy Make as Jacob,playing a pivotal role as a special kind ot Story-teller called a Pathfinder. Mixing caustic wit withan otherworldly assuredness. he creates one ofthe film's most compelling characters.

As science-fiction fare, there is some concern

on how convincing special eflects would be on theshoestring budget that independent filrns have towork with. "Ink" features them sparingly, andthe effects used were simple and uncomplicated.Cheapo effects could have easily killed this movie.

As an independent fflm, "Ink" stands as anuplifting story of loss and redemption that works

on several levels. It is ar good as or better thananything Hoilywood has produced lately, and theproduction is pristine. Don't be aftaid to investsome time and money into seeing, and support-ing, this locally made movie.

to the bigger crazy characters, andZach gravitates toward the straightmen more. It wasn't a conversation

that we had, it just happened.' ZC: It was one of the things whenwe were writing when there was nodebate who was going to be what.

How do gou leel about the popular-ity of o ine virdvidns?

TM: I think it's great. I think theInternet is perfect for comedy be-cause people who go on the Interneteither want to see porn or want to seecomedy, for the most part, in theirfree time. Ev€ryone wants to findsomething that's relatively short, like3 0 seconds to two #inutes, tbat theycan iust forward to thelr fiends andeveryone kind of laughs. That playsinto sketch comedy very nicely

Everyone's getting their mate-rial otrt, and there are some reallygood groups out there, Youl\rbe hasbecome the greatest public accessstation ever. You don't need to getyour DVD or your reel to an agentan]'more.

Do Aou think stan&up still has q

plnce in comedg?TM: I think stand-up will always

be there. There's always gonna bevalue in people who can just walk upin front of a crowd and make peoplelaugh with just themselves.

Do gou preJer a live perJormanceor the scripteil comedy?

ZC: Personally, I prefer doing it

live. It's a bit riskier. you're more inthe moment and pegple are there.When you hit a ioke right, you getinstant gratification, You can tellimmediately how well the crowdis enjoying your per-formance. That's areally rewardingfeeling. or a mis-erable feelingif your bomb-ing, .but that'swhat makes it ,lworth it.

W h e ny o u ' r es h o o t i n gsomething,you don'tknow if it'sgolng to

be playingwell untilpeople seeit, and hopefully you get to be thereand watch people watch it. A lot oftimes you don't even get to see people

enioy what you've worked so hard on.Do you like sitting down with the

auilence durtng screenings?ZC: It's terrifying until you figure

ZachCregger

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TrevorMoorestar in"Miss

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uout which way it's going to go. If it'sgoing well, it's fantastic, if it's not,it's horrific. But the good thing withthis movie. and I can be honest wehad a couple things that failed in theearly stages, but that's why you havescreenings so you can be like, "oh

that joke didn't work, let's go tweakthat ioke and fix it." It's fantasticwhen you get to watch people enjoyit for the fust time.

Listnt to Zach and Trevor's inter\tiew atmscd-edu/-themet,

LocaIIy mqde indie fiIm dissects dreams

84 " MARCH 12, 2OO9 THE METT

THE SV/EETTASTE OF VICTORY A

Bodies battered,hearts torn atRMAC Tourney

/f seemingly innocent loose ball headed toward

A the baseline, Three players raced after it asL l-it their life deoended on it. As if their life ile-

pended on it? The players woultln't have it any other way.In the championship game of the Rocky Mountain

Athletic Conference Tournament, the Colorado School ofMines and Colorado State University ar Pueblo were on acrash course for history, but it was another collision thatcaused for pause.

CSU-Pueblo forward Mary Rehfeld swiped the ballfrom two Mines players who missed their chance at therebound, but unfortunately, didn't miss each other.

Mines forward Brecca Gaffney, 6-foot-8-inches ranhead first into MiDes guard Peanut Eickelman, 5-foot-8-i4ches. The smack echoed around the arena and the onceboisterous championship crowd quickly silenced and ev-eryone stared in horror, as two players lay injured on thecourt.

Galfney was knocked out cold, as the crown of herhead drove into Eickelman's face, which was slrelling upbefore she hit the floor. Trainers and families raced to theiraid. The crowd stood in awe of the train wreck they justwitnessed. Gaffney was taken to the hospital with possiblehead and neck inluries and Eickelman was carried to thelocker room with a possibly swollen face.

But despite the nightmare of this brutal event thatcould have ended the careers or even the lives of t}te twoathletes, this is how they leave everything they have onthe floor for the game they love.

"It's a testament to how hard they play this game,"Mines head coach Paula Krueger said. "They are wlllingto put their bodies on tle line. They are not going to godoryn with a fight."

This event epitomized what the 2009 RMAC Shootoutwas a]l about. The tournament beared witnessed to the1OO or so attrletes clawing, racing and screaming towarda championship.

From the conditioning exercises of the offseason to the waningseconds of the postseason, these Division tr athletes sacriffced ev-erything to be thatlastteam standing atthe end of thetournament.Fort lewis was the top seed entering the tournament, compilingan astonishing I 8- I record in the RMAC. The Skyhawks reachedNo. 2 on the national ranhngs and were the consummate favor-ites to win the RMAC crown.

CSU-Pueblo, their semifinal opponent, had other plans. TheThunderwolves had won two of the past three shootout titles, in-cluding a semifinal upset of the Skyhawks last year.

Pueblo guard Rachel Espinoza, who was an integral part oflast year's championship as a freshman, rose to the occasion againscoring 18 points, grabbing five rebounds and dishing out six as-sists to take down the No. 1 seed for the second straight year.

Fort [ewis head coach Mark Kellogg could only hang his headin wonderment, as his team failed for the second year in a rowto come away with the title, despite leading the best team duringregular season.

"It's no fun to play Pueblo in Pueblo every single year whichseems to be our matchup," Kellogg said. "It would be a l.ie to saythat they don't have a home<ourt aifuantage. But when we laidthe egg, we just laid. It wouldn't have mattered."

While the women's team had to unexpectedly pack up andhead home, the men's leam was iust heating up, [,ast year'sRMAC tournament champs rode the shoulders of a big man newto the shootout.

In his team's semifinal contest with Colorado Christian onMarch 7, Fort Lewis center Kirk Archibeque, the 6-foot-9-inch255-pound behemoth displayed raw power and emotion withrim-rocking dunla and brute strength. He scored 3 6 of his team's92 points leading his team one step closer to RMAC gold.

In the other semifnal games, No. 3 seecled Mines women ull-s€t No. 2 seed Nebraska-Kearney in a game of gritty half-courtbasketball that outlasted the Lopers' run-and-gun offense. TheNo. I Metro Roadrunners outlasted a scrappy CSU-Pueblo teamto advance to the men's ftle game.

While there wasno tomorrow for fourof the eigbt teansthat began the shoo-tout, the remainingteams had to musterup enough energyand stamina to fightthrough another emo-tionally chargedgame, However,championship glo-ry was at stake for March 8 winners.

The first of the day's battles featured the slugfest betweenMines and Thunderwolves women's team. Not only was the RMACtrophy up for grabs, but also a trip to the NCAA Tournament wasron the line. The winner moved on to the big dance, while the loserpicked up their basketball and left to think "what if."

ERIC LANSINGlansing@mscd.edu

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Clockwise from left:

Fort Lewis college center Kirk Archibeque slams a dunk March 6, during the first dayofthe RMAC Shootout at the colorado state Fair Events center in Pueblo. Aftel beatingColorado Christian, 92-79, the Skyhawks went up against tvl,etro State and were defeated,8zl-78. Photo by Dawn Madura . dmadura@mscd.edu

Colorado School of Mines forward Brecca Gaffney lays on a gurney as her teammates sur-round her before she is taken to a local hospital March 7 at the Colorado State Fair EventsCenter in Pueblo. Gaffney and teammate guard Peanut Eickelman collided during thechampionship game. Photo by Cora Kemp ' ckemp4@mscd.edu

Metro guard Daniel Bass grips his piece of the championship net as the individual -memb;rs cut it off the hoop one by one March 7 at the Colondo State Fair Events Center.Metro took the RMAC Shootout title against Fort Lewis winnin978-44. Photo by Cora Kemp. ckemp4@mscd.edu

Fort Lewis point guard Claire Janusz look up at the scoreboard in the final seconds of

the semifinal game against colorado State university at Pueblo, Skyhawks lost-65-83.This was the s-econd fear in a row that the Skyhawks have been knocked out ofthe semi-frnals in the RMAC shootout even though they finished first an the Gonference. Photo by

This game was one of attrition as bodies banged in the paint

and exhaustion left players panting during timeouts.

The 'Wolves raced out to a 3G22 point halftime lead, as Es-

Iinoza was onc€ again ready for showtime, piling up 14 first-halfpoitrts. Frustration was evident in Krueger as she flung her body

and arms in a wild tornado moti'on, as her team missed layup af-

ter layup.The heavyweight bout continued into the second-half and

Pueblo drew first blood, literallyMires center Savannah Afoa had her back to the rim and

looked to make a spin move with the basketball. Instead, a hand

or an elbow from an invisible player - it was so fast it was unsure

who made the contact - popped Afoa in the nose and she quickly

went to the floor.The game continued on as Pueblo was in possession of the

balt. Afoa began bleeding profusely from her nose' Remnants

of the blood remained on tle floor after the center went to the

bench.

Corb Kemp . ckemp4@mscd.edu

The Galhey Eickelman incident took place four minutes later

and the 'Diggers had to finish out the game without two of their

superstars. Pueblo easily went on to win theh third RMAC tide in

four years, but the brutatity of what happened in the second half

lingered on.During the Mines press conference, Krueger and Afoa entered

the room with tears streaming down their faces' Emotions had

overcome the fierce competitors. Not only had they lost the game

they strived for all season long, they sat worried about their fallen

t€ammat€s. And to top it all off, tlree of their senior teammates

had played their last game for the school, which is always an emo-

tion sendoff for the team."I am very proud of this t€am," Krueger said trying to fight

off the crying. "It is very hard to continue to play after two of

your sisters leave a game the way they did. It was too much for

them to overcome to win a ballgame, but at least they went down

frghting."Metro fought tooth and nail with Fort Lewis in t}le men's fi-

nal. The Skyhawls went for the kill leading by 12 with less than

12 mfucutes to go. But the'Runners stayed focused and patient

and rallied for the 84-78 win for their eigttr tournament title'

The emotions wert lower than low ior the women's Mines'

team, but the Roadrunner men were flying higher than high as

six seniors celebrated their last RMAC game with cheers, hugs

and smiles. Some could not help themselves, as they celebrated

with the Meho Pep Band.The 2O09 RMAC Tournament brought out every emotion

one could withstand and it provided a physical display that Rocky

Balboa would have been Proud ofAltitude Sports did show the finals on their channel, but it

was a long way from the coverag: Division II basketball deserves.

University of Colorado at Boulder and Colorado State University

continue to get headlines and first-rate coverage despite sporting

losing records.At the end of the day, despite the bloodshed, the tears and the

sweat, is basketball iust a game? Yeah right!

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:1"0^::1''^'l: :y._,: 7 p.m. @ the MarquisTheateremDhasize sonswritins

over rapping orlcratch- 510' al l agesing itsell and I think we

you do before gefting together to make music? Joy Division or Bauhaus. AEd I like dark, gothicYonnes The Pirate Signal is me Yormas, Df A-What stufl, trut I like mtxicality and instrumentation andand Joey Krrc. And perhaps many, many more. Be- dynamics and color, too.fore we lcner.r' each other. we rvere &ifting aimlessly, ,fJ: whar rules need to be broken in order to keepsearching for meaning in this cold, dark world. contemporary hip-hop fresh?/N \.{'hat is it about your brand of hiphop that dis- Yr We need to have different influences outside oftinguishes it from a lot of the other stuff out there the genre to filter and contribute rdth. new tex-right now? tures and new sounds. Everything should be re-

considered and tested.

//. Speaking of anti-

authoritarianism, Li\€

Nation and Ticketmas-

ter have bccn discuss-ing a merger, maling

for a very monopolisticdefinitely use melodrama and epic proportions ticket sales market. What do J,ou think that meansuniquel5r And our shit bangs, hard. to the future of music and ticket sales?

//: On your MySpace. you list l,-our influences as Y: They're merging because independent music issex, violence and Radiohead. Yet your music has toppling the corporate structure and it's strugglinga much more positive energy than that might sug- to try and meet their ridiculous quotas and bloateclgest. what else fuels The Ptuate signal? overheads. say w'hat you r,r.ill about stealing, butY: I think I would like to maintain the air of dark- piracy means free, and lieedom is the stone thatness like my favorite bands, not necessarilv Radio- busted Goliath's head open.

Denver's own Yerkish are making music that is hard to describe. Theircomplex blend of influences creates a vibrant and intricate sound. Freshfrom recording their new album, Fear Conquers America, and on theverge of hitting the road for their first West Coast tour, drummer RyanEschenbach explains that Yerkish are not monkeying around.. By Matt Pusatory . mpusator@mscd.edu

A{P; For those unlamiliar vt'jth the band. it-hat is RD: Art rock has bcen very loosell'delinccl. it seems.Yerkish all about? l 'ht'Denr.er art rock collective has sort of i lrcorpo-Ryan Eschenbach: lcrkish is an artificial lan- rated bands that fall beru€en thc crack. the oneslluage using geometric forms to represcnt words, that bridge gaps betw-een genres. our art rock cancreated for the experimental communication be- hale seven or eight dillicult passages, as opposed totu,'een chimpanzees and humans. Since 2005, your usual structure. Artrock tries to do somethingu,e've aimed to dish out an experimental. neo- more than just rock, but still wants to rock. so. \'es,grunge. fuzz-jammin'. progressive rocklian and/ !'erkish is art rock.

l"fP: What has the general

reaction been to Fear Con-quers Arnerfua?

RE: The reaction has beenhumbling. !Ve'r'e gotten

other bands that are in-

spired by it, my friend paintshal'e such an incredibly diverse and often conhast- with it on, someone uses it as a coaster, my dog lovesed musical background, but we somehol'r. smash it the smell of it and the local l)enver music criticsdown into a cohesive composition. seem to eniov it as well.

or roll. \4/e also believe ,,, r; i;; ;;.;;i ",*" Yerkisho[ a live show always 3.14.09complementing our ^;;;;;;i;;;.."";;; 8 p.m. @ the road ravernprojected imagery and 56, 21 +texture. The four of us

MP: You recently played an acoustic show Hon, dtrsan acoustic shor,r,'differ from your electric shons?RE: We must be smashingly stoned to play anacoustic set. Kidding! The energy of the acousticshow (lvas) stripped down, more rhythmic, muchmore jazz-influenced, and overall more dynamic.With electric shows. rve project a more mtense on-stage energy. barreling through songs, often bleed-ing lrom one to the next.MP: The complexif of your music has garnished the la-bel of "art rock." D,o you consider y,our music art rock?

MP: The band is setting up a West Coast tour in\lay. I4;hat are you looking for',vard to most aboutthe tour?

RE: I think rve are all looking fonlard to getting outof Denver and playing in front of people lvho havenever heard of us before. Meeting other bands,and soaliing up as much nerv live music as we can.I also thinh it's a sort of social experiment as rru-ellbetween the four of us, to see hon'we handle eachother under such ext reme condi l ion5.

PHOTO FTASHBACKMIS$ING DUFRENES & GATA NEGRA

photos by Andrew Bisset . abisseti @mscd.eduABOVE: Jeff Weincrot and Jonathan 5nyder of the MissingDuFrenes get down and dirty March 6 at the Larimer Loungefor the CD release party of their self-titled, debut album. Fora review of Missing Dufrenes' new album, see page 87 ofAudiofiles.

BELOW: Gata Negra's Whitney Rehr goes solo during the open-ing act of Missing DuFrenes'CD release party. Rehr will bejoining Missing DuFrenes as their new lead guitarist,

strip@ guitar riffs (frour singer and guitarist

IUichael Daboll) and haunting organ accompani-

ment {Eddie Briedenbach) - The Omens are still ver5r

mucb a garage-punk band at heart, and the proof is in

Flowers' frantic delivery of 1O tracks in iust under 25

minutes. \4/hal The Omens lack in varieqv. they ma.kc

up for with consistently electric vitality, aloubly empha-

sizedbyDaboll's incessant howling and his sweaty,lgi-

cal delivery The exception to The Omens' typical whirl-

wind detivery is the third track, "You Can't Come Back,"

a monstrously enterprising number full of tempo shifts and false crescendos

that leave the listener dizz,y, and the poppy. tongue-in-cheek "You Don't Know

Me at All. " And in case you don't know The Omens, I susp€ct' if you've got any

indie-rock sense at all, you soon will.

. ByJJ

DAN CRAIG , ACCIDENTS (EP)

. ' lccii ienls u'as. quite litcrali\1 an accident. \\ihile

linalizing his second Iull-length alburn in thc studio,

the talented singer-songwriter Dan Cr:rig couldrr't

stop writing. l lnder more relaxed terms. this live-

song EP rvas born. "lt r.,'as really casual compared

to the full-length album." Craig said. 'There was

no pressure. it r4'as great.'Although it was an "ac-

cident," it certainl)' is a transient treat that leaves

you vl'anting more. In an otherlvisc sweet-sounding

tune such as "Quietly,'' Craig surprises the listener with lyrics like "l watch you

burn, and I lor,'e you quietly." Iirin Donavan's vocals complement Craig's rr'''ith a

haunting echo, adding an extra layer to his othent'ise scratchl" albeit soothing.

vocals. His mesmerizing guitar is set off perfectly wlth instruments like the cello

and piano, which blend effortlessly The track "There ts Still Time" brings the EP

to a bittersweet close with an instrumentalll--rich sound, both quiet and bold' in

lvhich Craig croons "Lor,e. oh love, come back. There is still time." And with that'

Craig will keep listeners, and lovers, coming back lor more.

. By Julie Maas . pretko@mscd.edu

N.A.S.A. , THE SPIRIT OF APOLLO

MISSING DUFRENES . MISSING DUFRENES

lVith inf luences includin g "tomfoolerl'. hij inks

and rigamarole ," Denver's \l issing Dul]rencs make

rock and roll with a bit of an Ultimatc Fakebook-

esque, sugary coating. On thcir sclf-tit led debut af

bum. liontman Jonathan Sn1'der shifts gears lrom

upbeat, ahnost poppy sorgs like thc well-named"(They Don't Put Nobodies) on Llereal Boxes to

harder. more ernotk)nal rock riffs like'All I \{/ant-

ed With Ya," a gritt],, deep-ttn'oated ballad that

could very n'ell have come from thc l)etroit garage of the \bn llondies. Snyder is

straight and to thc point, as he tclls a lover, "l'd rather h:ing from ml orvn gallows

than dang,e on your hook. Snydcr continues rhis shifting tl iroughout the al-

bum. giving us a nosta)gic. back-porch-in-the-surnmer ballad on "'l 'he Same llad

Tunes." and cvetr a doo-rvop track. "On the Hour," rvhere Snyder dcclares "l,et s

beant isoc ia l together .a l ienatecveryonc inour l ives. ' lh isd ivers i t ) ' i s \ t 'hatg ives

the l)u]'renes thcir reputation as a great bar band therc's something herc for

cver]'one. \,Vith a neu'release atrd a nerv guilirrist (Gata Nt'gra s Whitney Rehr)'

the Missing l)uFrenes can only go up lrom here

. By Andrew Bisset . abissetl @mscd.edu

HARTEM SHAKES . TECHNICOLOR HEAHHThe dcbut album by Nen Ytrrk live-piecc Har-

Iem Shakcs is a lantastic cxample of what indie

rock should be. ?ery'rnittrlor Hcalth, due out ]! arch

24, is a nice blend of catchl guitar hooks. memo-

rablc lyrics and sirnple bcats. r,\,'it h slight electronic

vibes to kcep the listencr guessing. '[he additiorr

of horns on somc tracks rcally brirtgs the rvirole

paclitrge together. \bcallt ', sirrger [,ex]' Benaim may

dralv comparisons to ltl lorv ll ig:\ppie resident r\lec

Ounsnorth ol Clap \bur llands Sal'Yeah. Ilenaim's voice ma1'be high-pitched

but it is srloothcr artd more rclined than Ounsrlorth s

Highlights include "strictly (l irme," which is itlstantly likahle and radio-

li icndly with a chorus thirt is buiit around the optinlistic nalrtra, 'fhis

rvil l be a

bctter ! 'erir. ' "sturlight" is anolher '"r'ell-cralted song, building up to a raucoLts fcr

vrr follo,,ved \,! ' ith vcrses Ii l led nith $'ittr- l] 'rics ' l 'he Shakes' debut is a solid one.

and n'ith such catchy songs, you can't help but shake along wiLh the music.

. By Matt Pusatory

COUNCIT OF WORD . CO": AHEAW GASSince Zulu Nation-inlluenced hip-hop bcgan

walring in the early 90s, artists of the constantly-

transforlnin!!, genre have continually tricd to rnim-

ic the sound that Ied bands like De l,a Soul and A

Tribc Called Quest to commercial success. Unfortu-

natcl)', most fail. l)envcr's lorward-thinkers Cloun-

cil of !!brd cite such influences in the liner notes of

their independent release ('O,: A Hear? G{is, an am-

bitious display ol delicious sampling. Iightly tunky

undertones and wise lyricism about famiiy, pride and personal growth.'l lhat's

not to say Council has fully succeeded in r.'\ ' iving the genre. but tracks such as

"Council Gcts Down" and "Don't Change Your Lot'c" - with percussive-heavy,

Latin-spiced rhythm and Del Tha Funky Homosapien-like lyrical bravado - are

examples oI rvhat hip-hop has been and, rightfully, should be again. The Council

can be a bit chunliy at times, r,r'ilh typical turntable intros and a mishmash of

ringing bass lines, but the duo of Danny One Shoe (Dan Overby) and Deep Rawk

Dave (l)ave Ashton) keep it real, if you will, $'ith uitticism, lively tempr;s and

pure, positive energy. That's the Word. and they're sticking to it.

. ByJJ

Some albums rvere

meant to be the sound-

track lbr jungle juice,

hazl' l iving rooms and

the groping of slrang-

ers. ?]re Stririt OI4;ollo

is one of those.

The protluct ol'

tn'o hip-hop producers- Spike fonze s brother Sam Spie!,el (it l ia Squcali E

Clcan o[ North -.\merica) and pro skalcr Zt: Conza-

les (aka Dl Zegon of South Anlerical :1po//rr was

six ]€ars in thc maliing, and it shows, especially irr

the deitly crafted production. \{one1'." tht irlbuur's

shir)in!! slar. sees the talents ol forrner ' l 'alking Ilcad

David Byrne, Z-Trip, Chuck l), lL:rs Congo and Seu

Jorge but, surprisingLy enough, is only unusual in its

secrningly odd guest list."\4ra1' l)own. " is :urolher highligh t that features

Barble [latch's ghostly l'ocals swirling perlcctly with

a l)an Thc ,{utomator-esquc beat, folrn Frr.tsciiinte s

spitse. liltered guitar and [V-\s usr.ttd ir]triguing librel-

to. lr4rich arc found clsevr'herc on the aibum's hidden

ll,rnr,r 61acli. N{y personal lhvorite, 'lllectric Fiol'ers"

leatures a sultrl Nina Persson of 'l'he Cardi3,ans

On "Slrang.L'Enough." Kareu O li ls perfecllv orl

a rugg,cd beat among lairly lveah vcrscs tiotr t]rc

lirte Ol Dirt],l lastartl ancl Fatlip, 'Ciltcd is a bleep 1'

hip-hopiFrench electrortlc Santogolcl sorlg Ieatur-

ing Ka[ye \\/est and Lykke l,i that v[orks bctter than

you'd think. 'Whatchadoin?, ' leaturing Spank Rock,

Ir,,l.LA.. Santogold and Nick Zinr)er, is easill ' thc most

annoying song (it has \,l.LA.) r.t'ith a scrawnl- iungle

beat and pooril.placetl guitar ri lfs. And "Spacious'fhoughts" is the most odd of thc collaborators with

Kool Keith and a huskl lbrr \\,'aits ovcr a gloon.tl' t.terl

\brli beat that has a hard tirne liguring itself out.

Fhcn though N.A.S.A. risLied spreading thcmselves

too thin uith sontL' +0 collaborators. it doesrl t take

an'a)' liorn its pla-virbilitl'because. orertrll. this is a laud-

able venture lbr thc hip-hop lovi:r's' and the cottsum-

matc partJ,er's ears.

R73.12.2009

TI|BMENOPOLITAN

JeremyJohnconiiohni}08onrcd.edu

MusicBditor

fonnerBeqtleSlrPaulM6artne,/supcomingApril19

NewJointattheHardRockHotel

and Casinosold outin seven seconds,or 400 seatspersecond, setting a

newGuinnesswoildrecord,

two-minut€ breakup dntlems such as "Pray

forYou," "She's fust Fine" and "[t's Down on

You. " Despite their iqner, comp,ositional com-plexities - including incredlbly coherent, \

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. By Clayton Woullard. cwoullar@mscd.edu

SPECIAL COMMENTARY: BY COLIN sEGER

Learning about other utltures puts spotlight 0n lwnRecently, MeEo hosted the Rocky

Mountain regional Model Arableague. lbe event brought togetherdelegates ftom the University ofUtah, Air-Force Acadenry, Universityof Northern C,olorado, R€gis Univer-sity and Mebo. Bach school repre-sented one or morc nation within the2 2-nation Arab league and each del-egate was €rpected to carry the for-eip policy, including the traditionalalliances, antagonisvns and currentstrains of their respctive countries,to the parliamentary discussion fo-rum.

The Model Arab lcague provides

insight into the nations and people ina part of the world that is too oftenneglected and misunderstood by theWest.

For me, it provided not only in-sight into the Arab world, it also of-fered an unparalleled learning expe-rienc€ about America. Most of thewomen who participat€d for Mefrowore the Hijab regardless of theirpersonal religious belie$. Only twowomen, a student liaison and orga-nizer of the event, and a participantrepresenting part of the delegationfrom Saudi Arabia. were Muslim and

wear the Hiiab everyday, the restof the women hom Metro were notMuslim and largely had no enperi-ence with the haditional scarf wornby some women in the Muslim world.The ffrst insight into how Americansview Muslims is how we as a cul-ture apparently like to stare. Muslimwomen who wear the Hijab in Amer-ica have the unenviable position oflooking different from most Ameri-cans and, therefore, attracting thegaze of many. During a break fromthe Model Arab league, I decided toask one of the non-Muslin partici-pants if she had been treated any clif-ferendy while wearing the Hijab. Sheresponded with an emphatic, "yrcah.Men especially stare at you, and ifyou look at them they hrm awayquickly."

"Yeah, you get used to that,"chimed in one of the Muslim womenin our group as we w'alked to dinner.Curious, I decidd to watch otherpeople as we walked. At first I tlialn'tthink that such a uniform r€sponsewas possible, but as we crosed SpeerBoulevard. heads cocked to the rightb:acking our group as we made ourway. Then as we got close enough to

each car, their gaze snapped forward resporue and then iust echoed the

to the car ahead as iI their inatten- same."tion !o driving had suddenly shocked I do not know what possesses

them back to attention. Still, the uni- a man to fe€l it necessary to harass

form reaction of drivers downtown women, especially because theyat someone wearing a Hilab was wear the Hijab. Did he really harnessenough to pique mycuriosity and elicit afurther inquiry.

After dinner Iappmached anothernon-Muslim womanwho was wearing theHiiab. Emboldenedby the success of my recent staring and stove? I do lnow, however, that

experiment I asked the same ques- by simply hearing about tlre incident

tion to her: "have you noticed anyone I learned a great deal about the inter-

staring while wearing the Hiiab?" connectedness of haEed and igno-"No," she answered, "but some rance.

guy iust yelled at us." The election of Bar:ack ObanaExprecting a "yeah, maybe," I was did not usher in an era of "post-ra-

talan aback by what she had said cial" American discourse, no mafier

and asked her to elaborate. She had how much the popular media hiedbeen walking with the student orga- to push the story. Hahed and its big .nizer of the Arab league, herseU a brother ignorance are alive and well.

Muslim, and both were wearing the Hower€r, I do not hold with thoseIlijab. A man wallad by and said, who argue that hahed is an aber-"5'ou re in America." Her companion ration solely evident in the Western"must have boen used to iL" she said, world, or those who claim rhis nation"as she instantly addressed the man churns out ignorance and hanedas "ignorant" while I fumbled on h like a lucrative puppy mill. It is, nev-

ertheless, a lesson learned throughthe demonshation of a particularlyvirulent and nasty form of Americanthinking. It is a way of thinking thatis forged tbrougb intimacy with allthings bigoted and culturally centic,

The situation as I observed it wasthis: with no small amount of poeticjustice and irony, an angry man toldtwo Americans, they were "in Amer-ica."

The man who felt compelledenough to forcefrrlly display his igno-ran@ was a man who allowed him-self to be governed by hatred and in-tolerance. Presumably the outwarddisplay was meant to exhibit his pref-erence that they not be Muslim, eventlough one was not.

The lesson I learned is this: nomatter who is elected to office, as longas boastful ideological ignorance is acherished and encouraged founda-tion for cu.ltural literacy, there willcontinue to be social int€ractionsbuilt on introlerance And more im-portantly, when someone seeks tolearn about a dillerent culhrre, theymight learn more about tleir own.

xTty n t to b.coa e rnn of rnccctb:t e rrrn of vdqr." - Albcrt Stutdn . THE METROPOLITAN. MARCH 12,2009 .INSIGI{T 'A9

enongh hate that itColin Seger is a simply coultl not bepoliti€al sc:ence contained and sud-

Student at MetrO. denly like a boiling

Contact him at oot sPilled over theside in a hissing and

cseger@mscd.edu. splanering messthat stains both pot

THE POINT: SOCIAL SECURITY WON'T BE THERE

Students should start planningfor retirement now

If students need a rcason to vote.

iust look at the federal budget. Thebiggest go\rernment expenditures,such as Medicare and Socid Security,go to the elderly Education expendi-tures are nowhere close to Social Se-curity expenditues. It makes sense:the elderly vote and students gener-ally don't, so the elderly get a hookupand students don't.

Simply pul Socid Security isthe labor of the current work forceffnancing the gevious generation'sretirement. Unfortunately, this sys-tem is demographically unstable. Ascounhies develop their populationincreases because people live longer.At the same tine, tle birth rati dropsand the ratio of people paylng intoSocial Security to the people collect-ing social security rlrops as well. Withthe drop in work force a counbymust increase immigration or face ff-nancial collapse. This is the situationEurope and Japan find themselves in.Europe is increasing immigration: Ja-pan is not and maintains very gener-

ous benefits. |apan is clearly headingto the edge of a fiscal cliff.

If the situation continues in theU.S., it is unlikely the current genera-tion's work force will see any of themoney they are paying into Social Se-curitv. Students are befter off learn-

ROBERTDRANrdran@mscd.edu

ing where their closest polling stationis and voting !o keep more of theirmoney bo use for their own retire-ment, How much confidencc shonldpeople have in the government tak-ing their money on the premise theywill see it again when they are readyto retire? My answer is probably thesame irs yours - none at all.

One of the few positive but llawedBush proposals is privatizing SocialSecurity. I understand the argument:diiln't the stock market just crash?My answer is it sure did, and that'swhy people should keep more of theirown money The best way for citizensto spend thea money, especially forshrdents, is to start investing lor re-tirement. Stocks are cheap, so now isthe time to start buying. Stocks havea high return over the long run. As

you get closer to retirement, you get

less risk adverse. Start hansferringtheir inveshents from stocks in0obonds and CDs which are much saferdespit€ their lower returns. This couldbe done l0 years before retirement incase of a market downturn.

I hrow this is a bitter pill to swal-low. Everyone wants a system wherewe can have a decent retirement andno one is left behind. The pmblem issuch a system does not exist, Anyonewho tells you they hara perfect eco-norfc or political system, whetherit's a large welfare state or a capital-ist utopia, is lying tq you. AII syst€mshave flaws. As voters we simply havetwo choices: worse and better, Con-tinuing our curr€nt path on SocialSecurity is clearly the worse option,

The key here is it takes a bit ofeflort and discipline to save for retire-ment. Students should be doing thisnow and the best way is to get ridof Social Security since we will notbe seeing tlat money anyway. Givepeople what they've already paid

into Social Security so people can usetheir money for a better future, Somepeople may lose this money, but themoney is gone anyway - everyonelosing their entire Social Security is'much worse than a few not savingproperly for retirement.

f,DIT1)R-IN-CIIIBSJames !(rqer

jlaryerl@nxn.Pnu

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SPORTSKingsof the RMAC

By Kate Ferrarokferra ro6mscd.edu

Metro men's basketball team ral-lied in the second half against FortIcwis College to clinch the RockyN{ountain Athletic Conference shoo-tout title March 7 at the ColoradoState Fair Events Center in Pueblo.

"I feel great," forward NelsonFlreh said. "This is one of the firsttimes that I actually feel a little bit re-

. laxed. The hard work all paid ofi, butthis isn't it. We're ready to get rightback after it nett week."

The Skyhan'ks led in the secondhalf by four points and were on fire,scoring their next eight points to tal<ea l2-point advantage, their biggestlead of the night at 65-53 with 12minutes remaining. The Roadrun-ners then went orr a lO-O run withthe help of two free throws by Ekeh,a.iumper by forward Daniel Bass andMarquise Carrington's first pointsof the night, cutting the Skyhawks'lead to 65-63.

"We adjusted our defense a littlebit," head coach Brannon Hays said."We changed our press and ourmatchup. It helped, just working ourway back one possession at a time. "

Trailing 7O-69 with less thansix minutes to play, the Roadrunnersscored the game's next nine points.Fornard Chris Robinson hit two fteethrows, while Wagstaff scored alayup, putting Metro ahead 73-70.After Bass pulled down a rebound,he was fouled by Fort Lewis forwardKirk Archibeque, who received hisfifth personal foul and forced FortIewis' leading scorer to sit on fhebench the remainder of the game.

With 59 seconds left, the Slry-hawks cut the Roadrunners' lead to78-75. Forward Brian Minor, Wag-staff and Carrin€iton scored two freethrows each in the final 48 secondsto seal the 84-78 victory, Hays saidhe believes the significant amount ofseniors on the team helped the otherplayers keep their focus, despite be-ing down by 12 points.

"We've got slx seniors," Hayssaid. "They've been through quite abit. The team knows how to win. Thecomposure of the group is fantastic. "

The Roadrunners (18-l in theRMAC, 2 7-3 overall) lost to the Sky-hawks (13-6 in the RMAC, 24-9overall) earlier in the season, andwas one out of only three teams todefeat them.

Wagstaff led all scorers with 22points and hit 9-of-12 at the line. Asa team, the Roadrunners scored 33-of- 3 8 at the line, while the Skvhawks

KATE FERRARO . SPORTS EDITOR. kferraro@mscd.edu

METRO 76 - CSU-PUEBLO 65, METRO 84 - FORT LEWIS 78

Metro guard Brian Minor puts up a shot against CSU-Pueblo guard Marc Williams March 6 duringthe first day of the RMAC Shootout at the Colorado State Fair Events C€nter in Pueblo. photo by DjwnMadura . dmadura@mscd.edu

6-seed Mnona State. ff the Road-runners win, they will move on tothe second round March 15 agains{either St. Cloud State or Augustana.

"I'm doing it for the seniors,"Nicholas said. "I know this year hasbeen a lot of hard work. They'vebeen doing it for four years. lryhat-ever I can do to help them and keepthe season going."

"I think the Internet is perfect for comedy,because people who go on the Internet either

want to see porn or want to see comedy."'-TREVOR MOORE, INTERVIEW METROSPECTIVE, 83

SIDETINE

3.1 3Baseball3 p.m.

vs. N.M. Highlands@ Auraria Field

TrackAl lday

NCAA IndoorChampionships@ Houston

3.14Tennis1Oa.m.

vs. Colo. Christian@ Lakewood

BasketballMen 11 a.m.vs. Winona State@ Marshall, Minn.

SoftballNoon and 2 p.m.

vs.Western N.M.@ Auraria Field

BaseballNoon and 3 p.m.

vs. N.M. Highlands@ Auraria Field

TrackAl lday

NCAA IndoorChampionships@ Houston

3.1 5Softball11 a.m. and 1 p.m.vs.Western N.M.@ Auraria Field

BaseballNoon

vs. N.M. Highlands@ Auraria Field

TennisMen 1 p.m.

vs. Air Force@ USAFA

3.1 6TennisMen I p.m.

vs. Ha.stings@ Auraria Courts

3.19TennisWomen 2 p.m.

vs. Dixie state@ Auraria Courts

only scored 2o-of-36. Wagstaff wasnamed RMAC Shootout MVP for thesecond time in his career. Ekeh andDonte Nicholas were also namedto the All-tournament leam. Car-rington scored five points in the en-tire game, his lowest all season.

"I think Marquise's game is de-ceiving." Wagstalf said. "He cancontribute in so manv wavs other

than scoring. He's an energy leader,a leader all around."

Metro previouslv won thei.r semi-final game against Colorado StateUniversity at Pueblo 76-65 March 6in Pueblo.

The Roadrunners earned theNo, 3 seed in the NCAA Tournamentand will travel to Minnesota for thefirst round March 14 against the No.

Wben bareball firrt became a the number of balb reeded for a walk to fltst base w.s nine. ' THE METROPoLITAN ' MARCH 2008.sPoRTS.A11

METRO 4 - NEW MEXICO HIGHLANDS O

Softba I I sweep Cowg i rls with offenseRoadrunnersscore 52 runs infour games

By Josiah Kaanjkaan@mscd.edu

Metro softball put their hittingon display March 7 and 8, rackingup 52 total runs in four road wins atNew Mexico Highlands University.

'1Any time you win four on theroad, it's a pretty good weekend,"head coach fennifer Fisher said,"This team seems to be a team thattravels well together."

As of March 7, the Roatlrunnerslead the Rocky Mountain AthleticConference in batting, scoring 167runs in 185 hits with 156 runs bat-ted in.

There wce no signs of fabguethe first day of the weekend as Metroscored 30 runs, winning both games

l8-2 and 12-0.In the first game up bY three,

going into the top of the seventh in-

ning, Metro sealed the game in a bigway with 13 runs. Pitcher Christie

Robinson tfuew a frrll garne and onlygave up two runs in 27 atbats'

"(Lauren) Hainlen led off the toP

of the seventh with a home run; thenwe smred twelve more runs afterthat," Fisher said. "Christie Robin-son pitched another great game "

Metro continued their solid hit-ting in the second game of the day,

scoring 1O runs in the top of the sec-ond inning. leading to a I2-O win.

The solid hitting of the fust day

Shortstop Jessica Haab center, pitcher Christie Robinson, right'and third baseman Corrie Nishikida celebrate their win againstRegis March 3. Photo by Leah Millis ' lmillis@mscd.edu

placed three players in the top five Roundtree 1, center fielder Kellie

of two RMAC leader-board catego- Nishlkida 3, second baseman Sarah

ries: runs scored (shortstop Amber Rusch 5) and home runs (third base-

man Jennessa Tesone 3. Roundtree4, first baseman Jessica Haab 5).

''We did really good offensively,"Robinson said. "We got a lot of hitsand a lot of runs. As a team, I thinkthat we just came out and came to-gether and did really great."

The second day of the weekendsavr. more of the same, as Metro'spersistent offensive production drovehome 22 runs in two wins.

Metro won the first game 9-5 dueto great pitching and a steady streamof runs being driven in.

Going into the top of the fourthinning up by a single run, first base-man Haab hit, what Fisher describedas, "three-run bomb, " bringing homepilcher Corrie Nishikida and desig-nated hitter NicoleYoung. The Road-runners scored another three runs

in the fifth inning before holding offa late run by New Mexico Highlandswith great pitching by relief pitcherCorrie Nishikida in the bottom of thesixth inning.

"I'm really happy with what weare doing," Haab said, "We're doing

rea.lly well as a team, and we can onlyget bett€r."

The Roadrunners' series sweePwas completed inthe last game of the

weekend with a 13-0 shutout win,which ended in six innings becauseof a mercy-run rule, as Metro scoredseven runs in the inning.

With the success of the weekend,Metro improved their overall recordto 16-4 with a 9-l conference re-

cord, pulling the Roadrunners into

first place over Regis University in theRMAC East Division, The Roadrun-

ners will continue con-ference play

March 14 and 15 against Western

New Mexico University al Aura-ria

Fields.

Sof$all Pltcherof theWiek

Mefto softball freshman pitcherMttany Mosswas named Ro€l(yMountain'Athletic Conference/Rawlings Ptkher of the WeekI\[arch 1O by tbe conference. Mosswent 2-O.qgainst New Mexico -Higblands March 7 and 8, thmw-iqg her first two career sbutouts.the freshman threw a ffve-inningtbree-hitter March 7] foIqrrtEd byh six-inning ftree-hitter, whiletying a career{igh nine sbikeouts. This is the second fiqe thisseasons a Metro softball pitcherhas received Pitcher 0f the Week.

Roadrunners come from behind forvictotyMETRO3_CCU 1

By Robert Dranrdran@mscd.edu

Metro baseball went 3-for-4 ina four-game set against ColoradoChristi-an University March 6-8 inParker. Though Metro came out ontop, the team was glad to get threewins. as all four games had a marginof victory of three runs or less.

In the fust game, Metro overcamesix errors and a nhe-run seventh in-ning to get the win after 1l innings.Designated hitter Brett Bowman fol-

lowed up his two-out rally startinghit against Mesa with another two-

out single that helped Metro graba come-from-behind win. CatcherTlree Abshire provided a key two-run home run to seal Metro's third

victory of the series ."I wish we could have had a

sweep," head coach jerry Schemmelsaid, "But all the games were close.

CCU is a much improved team."First baseman Jordan Stouffer

was a little bit more disappointed in

the team's attitude toward CCU."It was our toughest r,teekend,"

Stouffer said, "The problem with ateam like CCU is that it's easy to takethem lightl5r, and we took them toolightly. They battled hard."

Stouffer did hit arother homerun during the weekend, which washis ninth home run this season. BothSchemmel and Stouffer agreed theteam's strength was their offense.

"We were kind of unluckY thisweekend as we kept hitting the ballhard. but half the time it seemed thatit went directly to the other team,"Stouffer said. "(Next week againstNew Mexico) Highlands - they willattack the strike zone, which is ex-citing for me. I don't think a pitcher

can attack the strike zone and get too

many balls past us."Metro s defense. while improving

througlrout the season since the firstgames against Regis, took a step back

when they gave up six errors in thefust game, Metro was able to calmdown the defense and only allowed

Metro first baseman Jordan Stouffer applies a tag td CCU out-

fielder Chris Guyer on a pickoff play March 3 at Double AngelField in Parker, Metro beat CCU 8-6. Photo by Jonathan Ingraham 'ji 'rgral'1 @mscd.edu

one error for the rest of the game, in his leam's defense, but said the

"There were still plays that we team could practice more in the in-

should have made that we didn't, but field.they counted as hits," left flelder Mar- "The Eeld was particularly rough

cel Dominguez said of the final three with AstroTurf and tough sand on

games. the infield," Stouffer said. "It wasn't

Schemmel expressed confidence very well-groomed either, but excus-

es aside we are spoiled on otlr prac-

tice field."

Schemmel's main concern head-

ing into next week against New Mex-

ico Highlands University is pitching

Highlands is known for haviqg a Po-teol offense.\' 'Our starting pitching

needs to be more consistent. Outside

of (Highland's pitcher) loel Lockhart

rve need to find a way to be more con-

sistent." Schemmel said.

Metro's defense and pftching

will be a concern against Highlands

as the team beat CCU in a rout 35-5

earlier in the season. The team, as a

whole, claimed not to take Higblands

lightly."With Highlands and their of-

fense, we need to pitch well and plaY

good defense or we will get swept,"

Dominguez said. "We can't PlaYdown to their level like we did against

ccu."Metro will play a fiour-game set

against New Mexico University High-lands March 13-15 at Auraria Field.

Meares maki ng a differenceBy Enrico Dominguezedoming26mscd.edu

Meho's new head tennis coach,Beck Meares, isn't new around theblock. She has been the assistantcoach for the past three years and is inher fifth season on the sta-ff at Meho.But even before that, she was 20O4Rocky Mountain Ath-lefic ConferenceWomen's Tennis Player of the Yearas a senior at Meho. Meares made itto the national tournar4ent all fouryears of her college tennis careex,

"That type of experiedce and thattype of success, you just lave such adifferent outlook," Meares said. "Itmade tennis so fun, and it was awe-some to know that you achieved onething, but then you push yourselfa little bit harder, and 1'ou can do itagain."

She led the Roadrunners in2OO2, 2OO3 and 2004 to the RMACchampionships, while earning flrst-team A]j-RMAC honors at No. I sin-gles and No. I doubles n'ith her sisterJessica Meares. Her senior season,Meares was in the top 30 nationallyin singles, and No. 12 in doubles withher sister. All while pursuing a bach-elor's degree in adult fitness exercisescience at Metro.

She started in the fall 2008 sea-son as the new head coach, using hereducation from Metro to make theteam stronger and faster.

"I think if. you want to reachcertain goals and be successful, thenyou have to plan out practices andhave certain things that are short-term goals during practice to get youto your long-term, " Meares said. "Wechanged a lot of discipline on thepractice.court, which uc've alreadyseen reflect in matches, and schoolwork, everything. "

Although she made huge chang-es to the program, she doesn't quitedescribe her coaching style as anenforcer like Bobby Knight either.Meares believes the biggest challengeof coaching both the men's andwomen's team is how different thetwo teams pla14

"Guys - you're coaching egos,and girls - you're coaching emo-tions," Meares said. "I have a differ-ent style for coaching both. Definitelynever a Bobby Knight. I krow whatthey can do, and I know how hard Ican push them to get the best out ofthem."

Ivnb:a Hirad, who plays on the

Metro head tennis coach Beck Meares ttands Mar.2 at the Auraria Courts. MearGs, the 2fi)4 Rocky Mountain Arhletii ConferenceWome,n3 Tennis Player of the Year, played four years of tennis at Metro and led the Roadrunners io RMAC championships in 2002, 2oO3and 2004. Meares and Metro won the regi6nal title in 2002 and 2003, while the 2oo3 team advanced to th€ NCAA EfiteEight. phoio byLinh Ngo . Ingo@mscd.edu

because there's nethlng I can do afterpractice is done. After that, it's out ofmy hands, and I know when theywant it, and I want them to achieveall their goals."

Oue of the goals for the men'steam is to win the RMAC Tourna-ment, finish first in the region and getto the NCAA National Tournament.Th€ last three years, the men havelost once in the first round, and twicein the second round. The women'sgoal is to get to the RMAC finals, placein the top three in the RMAC Tourna-ment and go to regircnals.

u/omen's tennis t€am, thinls hlgh.ly ofher coach and almost quit t€nnis be-fore Meares was named head coactr-

"I was about done with teunis,"Hirad said. "Our coach prior was al-ways busy If there wasn't a change. Idon't think I would be here."

Tearnmate Mirian Evangelistaagrees with Hirad.

"She is very dedicated," Evange-Iista saii. "She never misses a prac-tice for any reason. She is alwaysthere and is in tune to our needs, andwhatever we need to be a better team,she's on top of it."

Meares tries not to be too hardon her players, but shares her knowl-edge and €xperiences she has withthe game. Her loyalty to the gamecomes from deep instilnents fromher family, which drir,nes her to stayat Metro to bring the Roadrunnersvictories.

"I picked up my first racket when Iwas ffve," Meares said. "My mom andmy dad even met on a tennis court.I have fi,ro younger sisters, and thethree of us all grew up playing tennilibogether as a family."

With how dedicated she is, it's

hard to believe she can lust sit backand watch the game being played af-ter all these years of great play. Thebiggest difference between playingand coaching for Meares is it's dif-flcult to not be able to control any-thing. She muld play her best ma0chwhen she was in school but wouldstill be critical about how she's play-mg.

"With my players. I don't put thatkind of pressure on them like that,"Meares said. 'T think I get more ner-vous as a coach than I ever did play-ing. It's weird - I don't know if it's

ir better andbest. Never let it rett. Urrtil better ir bert." -TiD Duncan r THE METROPOLITAN ' MARCH 2009.sPoRTS.A13

TRACKlr{etro runner Anthony Luna

qualified for the 800-meter runand u'ill be competing in theNCAA lndoor Track and Fieldchampionship March 13 and 14in Houston. The distance medleyrelay tearn rruill be joining Luna.

IN.LINE ROLLERHOCKEY

The Meho inJine hockey team

will be participating in the Division

II Colliegiate Roller Hockey Na-

tional Championships April 2-5 in

Feasterville. Penn. Metro will start

play April 2 and are guaranteed

four games. The Division II cham-

pionship game will be played April

5 at I p.m.

SWIMMINGMetro's swimming and diving

team will be competing in the re-

gional meet March 13 and 14 at

University of Colorado at Boulder.

Nationals will be held in Ohio April

+ ano ) .

BASEBALLFormer Metro baseball players

Reece Gorman and lake Palmer

signed professional contracts to

play for Evansville in Indiana of the

indepedent Frontier League. Gor-

man, who is a catcher, sigrred Dec.

22, while Palmer, who is an out-

fielder, signed Feb. 4.

MrU,ocoachinto&eIIEII of I

Club sports lookfor5t5,000 budget incease

By Kimberly Gunningkgunninl @mscd.edu

Campus recreation and the Metroathletic department asked the StudentAffairs Board for a club sports budgetincrease Feb. 23.

Club sports, a tri-institutionalprogram for all three Auraria colleges,currently receive an estimated $ 5,000yearly budget that is split between15 teams. They are asking SAB for a

$20,000 budget to further help withteams' insurance fees and variousleague expenses,

"The club sports program hasblossomed and $5.000 doesn't meetthe needs anymore," said Peter Julian,club sports coordinator. "It has gron'n

threefold in the past four years. "

With 15 teams sharing the cur-rent budget, student athletes look tovarious fun<lraising ideas to come upwith the money needed to play.

Metro's ice hockey team holds anannual lundraiser to help with someof the team costs, and each PlaYerpays a seasonal fee of $1,500.

"It (a brrdget increase) would defi-nitely take some pressure off of the

funclraiser," said Curtis Duffus. Metrohockey head coach. "The cheapest iceintown is $195 per hour."

Ice time for practices and homesames reach an estimated $15,500

eacn ]€ar,"We (the athletic department) are

!€ry supporti\€ of club sports grow-

ing and the funding of it," said loanMcDermott. llletro's athletic director.

McDermott and fulian both ex-

plained the frustration of limited play

space for these athletes.

The varsity field north of the gym

is resened for those athletes and par-

ticipants receiving academic credit,

leaving club teams to find practice

space off campus.

According to McDermolt, Auraria

acquired land south of Colfax. There is

no set plan for the land at this time, but

there are intentions to use part of it for

a multipurpose field that club teams

can play on."The need for traditional ameni-

ties is apparent," Julian said.

He explained that having a club-

sports program for students to partici

pate in is an important dimension to

campus life: however, it is currently

limited by the inadequate budget and

the lack of play space.

"We feel it is important to meet

them halfway," Julian said.'Any little bit of money can help

out." said Tony Price, director of cam-

pus recreation.

For the past six years, the club-

sports program has been run by the

athletic department. [t has been pro-

vided n'ith a $ 5.0(X) flxed yearly bud-

get from the general fund, which is

salaried by the state of Colorado and

student tuition."Campus recreation rvould like to

assistin co-managing club sports with

the athletic department," Price said.

With the campus recreation de-

partment involved, club sports will be-

come a student fee-funded program.

This enables the decision for a budget

increase to be made by SAB.

Because of the repositioning of

club sports, the recent higher educa-

tion budget cut does not eliminate the

opportunity for a program budget in-

crease.

"Enrollment is up significaltly. "

Price said. Higher enrollment means

more student fees. However, "other

programs want a piece of the pie too."

Metro is becoming a more tradi-

tional college campus. The enrollment

is increasing and the average student

age is decreasing. The new budget

proposal has not yet been approved by

SAB.

Based on these observations and

the growth of club sports over the

past several years, the club-sports pro-

gram is a "testament to the fact that

students want to be more engaged,"

Price said.

'st6ods outettplaFrsIotra Iaplstate.titl6hfdrrthe

From left, seniors Marquise Carrington, Daniel Bass, Lawrence Billings, Brian Barringer, Jesse Wagstaff and Guiseppe Ciancio look attheir families with the championship net in their grins after their final win in the RMAC Shootout March 7 at the Colorado State FairEvent Center. Next year3 season could fall short of the 'Runners'27-3 season this year because ofthe loss of six core seniors. Photo byCora Kemp . ckemp4@mscd.edu

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