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Designed to encourage respectful and informative dialoguesabout the cultures of others

Opportunities to learn about: Festival will include:. Cultural Booths. Cultural Traditions

. Cultural Values . Cultural Foods

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. Study Abroad Opportunities

. Forming Student Cultural OrganizationsAuroro compus foculty, stoff, ond students ore invited to ottend this event ot no chorge.

For more informotion, cqll (303l'556-4044MSCD Counseling Center Diveriiff Project

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Proposal streamlines credit transferBill in General , ssembly would also penalize studmts for taking too mar4t classes

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Transferring credits among Colorado colleges and universitiescould become easier if a bill passes the General Assembly.

If the bill is passed, students who complete core classes at onecollege or university would satisfr core class requirements at anotherschool in Colorado, The bill also states that students have a right toknow which courses are transferable between public colleges anduniversities in Colorado, and requires the Colorado Commission onHigher Education to provide an online catalogue for common coreclasses, which would provide students rvith information on transferringcredits.

Metro graphic design major Jennifer Nacino transferred to Metrotrlo years ago from the Colorado Mountain College in GlenwoodSprings. She said she felt the process was inconsistent anddisorganized. She said rhe law would have helped.

'After I tnnsferred, I still had to find out if the courses were in thelist," she said. "l had to go almost a year before I found out. lf I knewright then and there when I came over, it would have been easier Youhave to find out on yourown. There's a lot of people here on campusrvho can help you, but you just have to ask the right questions."

Jeanne Adkins, director of policy and planning for the commisionsaid she agrees universities need to be more accountable to students,

"lf a student is asking an appropriate question, they should be ableto get answers," she said. "We agree students should hare fullknowledge up front."

The bill would also penalize students who go beyond the necessarycredit hours required to get a bachelor's degree. Under Colorado law,a student needs 120 hours for a bachelor's degree, If a student n'ouldtake more than 150 credit hours, they would be charged an additionalj0 percent of tuition. According to CCHE studies, 21 percent ofstudents in Colorado accumulate more than 150 credit hours to obtaintheir bachelor's degree. The bill has a provision for an appeals processto address students who take more than 150 hours.

"Vhile we might not agree rvith the hours, we agree with thephilosophv,'' Adkins said. "Taxpayers shouldn't be funding an indefrnrteeducation. lr's not appropriate policv."

tr{etro student Aaron Villiams said he disagrees with penalizingstudents who go bey'ond a certain amount of credit hours.

"What happens if you are a sophomore. and you realize that's notwhat y"ou want to do and you srvitch majors," he asked. "Thathappens. '

lvletro student Cindv Wilson agreed."Vhat if you just want to go to school more," she asked. "You

shouldn'r be penalized for that."The House Education Committee voted unanimously Feb. 21 to

refer House Bill 1263 ro the appropriations committee.lf the bill is passed, it would apply to incoming freshmen during

and after the 2002/2003 school yearDena Henning. 24, studys tor aHuman Resource Managrnenttest March 7 in the AurariaLibrary. She is a Junaor at Meuomajo(ing in Home Managemnent.A bill introdrced in the ColoradoGeneral Assembly would provideDena, as well as all Coloradostudents wath mole infomauonon degree requirements andetigability for credit transfers.

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Microwaves removedAuraria Police found rwo microwaves out of

their proper storage arel within the ScienceBuilding. The police report smtes after anincident near the Science Building, the AurariaPolice conducted an investigation.

The two microwaves were removed from theshelfwithin the Science Building lounge area, therepon said. During the investigation, the policefound rhe wo microwaves: one located on top ofa trash can with the pwer cord ripped from it inthe Science Building lounge. The damage to themicrowave is estimated at $100. The othermicrotave, qtlich had no damage, was found onthe east side of the Science Building about 20feet east of the Arapahoe wall founnin.

Backpack stoten from Tivoti

A Metro student reported a theft of hisbelongings from the second floor of the Tivoli onlvlarch 2.

The student, Dustin Forehand, said in thepolice report that he had been sitting on a benchnzu the south end of the Tivoli on the secondfloor with his backpack underneath the bencharound 11:15 a.m. Forehand then said in thereport that he left his backpack unattended,under the bench and went to Sigi's Pool Hall andArcade to play an arcade game. Vhen Forehandreturned at 11:50 a.m., the report said, thebackpack and is contents were gone.

In the missing backpack there was severaltextbook worth a toal of $ 110, as well as a Tooslnstrument 85 calculator, estimatd at 160, aclipboard and binderaveraging $41, and $20. Theblue backpack was estimated at a value of$i.

The report said Forehand had checked thelost and found of the Auraria Bookstore, as wellas other areas within the Tivoli, and did notlocate his backpack.

Man arrested for traffic viotations

Eddie Valdez was arrestd for a trafficviolation on March 3. Valdez was released to theDenver Police Department on Much 3.

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At the opening celebration for Emmanuel Gallery Tosca Maresh admires A Matter of Space by Gary Rawson. EmmanuelGallery opened March 1 and will be open the lest of this semester.

m and the Community College of Denver willshowcase student work in late March and midApril, respectively.

Most of those in attendance said theyenjoyed.kedso/Sacces. "l think it has actuallyturned out really good," CU-Denver anstudent Megan Haupman said. "There's a lotof quality stuff here."

Hauptman has two untitled pieces in theshow. One is a collection of eggs, each ofrvhich has a word on it, inside a metalbox; theother is a series offour photographs depictinga woman tied to a bed.

keds of Srcces features student t'ork inphotogaphy, painting, and sculpture. Somevie*ers preferred certain mediums to others.'A lot of the sculpture is nice, some of thephotography too," Litman said. "That's whatI'm most impressed by."

."There are some works here that

challenge the aesthetic sense of the viewer,"Metro art major Mark Lopopolo said of the arton display.

The subject maner depicted nas a variedas the mediums used to depict it. From stilllifes and ponraits ro jars with a drum petal andbacklit phalluses, Seeds of Succes highltghtedthe varietv of artistic sryles studied at CU-Denver

''This is probably one of the bener shorsto come through here," UCD student tr'larkNtaresh said. Ifaresh's \arz&er One in Blueras on display at the gallery. "Hopefully(Emmanuel) will stay open. Hopefully,hopetully, hopetulty.''

"i like this space," Nikki Pike, whosescufpture The kanrstres is pan of the show,said. "l think it should stay open for an,"

"lt's essential to education," Hauptmansald.

Gallery reopens with UCD showChris Wardn. lctr.?cn n

The Emmanuel Gallery opened its frstshow in more than nine months March 1. Theshow, dded Saeds o/Sacces, features work byUniversity of Colorado at Denver students, andwill run tlrough March 16.

"l'm so happy it's open again," Metro anmajor Vendy Litman said at the opening.

Several others echoed her opinion.Emmanuel had closed July 1, 2000, after theposirion of gallery director was cut to savemoney. After protests from campus artstudents and professors, the position n'asreinstared and Kathryn Charles was hired asthe gallery's interim director.

keds ol Succes is the first of three showsscheduled at Emmanuel this semester; Metro

The Metropolitan recieves 25 awards from the Wyoming Press Assoc.The Metropoliun won 25 awards from the

Vyoming Pres Association Jan. 13.. Micaela Duarte - First place in news story

- Reaeation package stories.Chris Vhrd - honorable mention in news

story - Emmanuel Gallery's direcnr positionuacant after budget dice.

. Eric Eames - Second place in sportsfeature story -/an ice Armstrung ofi tbe feld

.Jennifer Youngman - Third place in sporsfeature story - Uz itd tbey Sand.

.Jaime Janett - First place in feature story- Hi*ory amongtbe dead.

. Danielle Huaburda - Fint place in thecolumn writing category.

. Chris Wud - First place in special section- Denuer Film Festiual pullout section.

.Sean Veaver - Second place in specialsection - New studml orient^lion.

. Jennifer Youngman - Third place inspecial section- Roadrz nnm rule Diuision II.

.Sean Weaver - Thud place in open pagedeign- Fred Hesk keEingtltelaitb

'Sean Veaver - honorable mention in openpage design - Miles More.

. Sean rVeaver - Second place and

honorable mention in use of editorial color -Repm. and Rewiting History,

. Scott Smeltzer - First phce in news photo- harryqed.

.Cathi Boerder - Second and third place insports photo - Men's soccer and Mm's sucercelebration.

.Kelli McVhiner - honorable mention insports photo - /oDn Bynum dunk.

.Scott Smeluer - honorable mendon inspons photo - Eal my dusl.

. Sean V/eaver - First place in ponrait photo- Miles More, Ron Miles

. Roberr Morabito - Second place in portraitphoto.

. Kelli McVhirter - First place in photostory - Prcgran enbodies persoml ftnes.

. Rie Tanabe-Speer - Second place in housead.

. Rie Tanabe-Speer - Second place in use ofcolor in an ad.

.Jessica Rouch - First phce in institutionalad

'David Menard - First place in use ofamvork.

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Student group protests high energy billsfiJennifer Greylll frc rcroCdfor

Metro biology major, Taryn Browne heardthat the Public Utilities Commission had called apublic hearing, concerning another rate increaserequest from Xcel, on Jan. 21. She spearheadedthe formation of a Consumen Union aftermeeting the "average, normal, non-activistmixture of pissedoff people." Their reacting tothe natural gas price incrgases and its impact onpeopte, especially working-poor families andsmall busineses. She made a list, passed itaround and by the end of the meeting, peopleapproached her to sign up.

'This has the potential to bring togetheranlbody who gets a bill, apecially those whocan't pay," said Browne. "l don't think peopleunderstood the magnitude of how much they(Xcel) were asking for and what that meant. Theaverage person doesn't pay attention and itdropped them when what happened with thegas bills shifted people's class status. I live bymyrlf and pay $500 per month and mv bill is$175. 'fVhat does that mean to hmilies? They'renot talking about that."

A couple of days after the public hearing,Browne contacted the 30 people from the listand called a meeting. About eight showed up.They planned a demonstration for Feb. 14 infroht of the Xcel building at 17th and Larimer

Strees.Only a few people braved that cold, snowy

day to demonstrate, but it was enough to getXcel executives to request a meeting withBrowne and David Casiano, who is heading upthe union with her

Casiano said he was excited but cautiouslyoptimistic about the meeting with Xcel March 2.

'The situation wirh Xcel is exasperating.Many questions need to be answered concerningtheir lack of planning, their 'fuzzy math,' as wellas, where is the crisis?" he said.

Browne said she and Casiano asked manyobvious questions at the meeting but onlyscratched the surhce trying to get answers tothem. They scheduled another meeting andcontinue preparing for the next planneddemonstration at 4 p.m., lvlarch 30 at 1i50 1ith.

Last year, the utiliry company filed with thePUC for a tmnsport fee increase and a profitmargin increase. Then, wholesale prices soaredttree times and the cost was pased on toconsumers, although Xcel made no additionalprofit. Their rata have built-in profit margins thatare set by government regulators, Advertisingcosts are paid for from those profits along withdividends to shareholders and donations. Profitsalso bought Xcel the naming rights for a hockeyarena in St. Paul, Minn.

They maintain that in addition to higher

wholesale prices, the increases represent a largercustomer base and a harsher winter than lastye r.

Browne contends that when Xcbl took overfublic Service Co. they could have bought thenaturalgas on long+erm contract, keeping priceslorver They decided to buy smaller amounts ofgas for the current market rate uponrecommendation from the PUC. Customer's billsincrsased dramatically when the gas prices wentup.

The commission is made up of officialsappointed"by the govemor

The Consumen Union calls for the electionof our public utilities commisionem and utilizingmore renewable, alternative energy.

"lf natural gas is so expensive, isn't it justlogical to find something else?" she said stnkingher head.

"l mean. if Levit ieans all of the sudden cost$150 then you have the choice to get somethingcheaper But we don't have a choice forsomething cheaper. And I'm not complainingabout a monopoly because I know deregulationhas a bad rap since what's happened in Californiabut we have to deregulate to have a consumerorvned coop. Although I think it's a bad thing toopen the market to all porver companies."

Mark Birnbaum from the Disability Centerfor Independent living said at the demonstration

that he was there representing many of hisclients who have had to make a choice beweenbuying groceries and paying their heating billsthis winter,

Browne said she's concerned about the factthat we're led to believe someone else owns ourutilities and how people have forgonen rhatbased on our very existence, we have a humanright to those necessities. She says theConsumers Union and the demonstrations are anopportuniry for so many pmple to rise up andsay something such as "l can't pay this and whyshould I?"

"l want to talk to therir Scel) about poplegening shut off and, eventually, I'd like to seeservices municipally owned or a consumerowned coop," she said. Browne thinla thatwhen people don't have enough money and areconstantly stressed out about it, they snn tothink ['s their fault and get depressed. But theypay, all the way through the summer monthsputting them at a disadvantage for next year'sbills, which are already forecasted to be evenwone. She believes that people fetl they're notgoing to be heard because they don't havemoney.

"Ve have to claim what's ours. Utilities areours. Natural gas is all of oun. Ve let a lot of it gobecause we're led to believe someone else ownsir."

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from each person.Those images will be shown in a mulitrnedia

presntation March 14 in Tivoli 120 A & B at noon.!t includes video of each photographer providinginsight into their vision of sanctuary and thepurpose of the trip for them.

"My purpose was twofold," said Kenn Bisio,chair of the joumalism depanment and faciliamrfor the Social Documentary clas, explaining hisreasons for choosing Sana Fe, and specifically,sanctuary as the subject for the clas. "First, Iwanted to get the students out of their comfonzor'e. Second, I wanted to give them anassignment that is not easy to define visually. lt wasby design that all 20 students went to Bandelier tophotograph sanctuary. I knew that many sodenswould photograph the same things, yet come outwith different images, I wanted to prove to themthe subjectiveness of photojournalism."

Top: Footsteps in TheGreat Sand Dunes.photographed by BillRoss.

Center: A skull erodedinto a wall of rock inBandelier ltlationalPa*, photgraphed byAmber Tamburello

Bottom: Birds scatteraboue a church inChimayo,photographed by ChdsBryan 1S"

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It was a graveyard at dusk, It was the sanddunes ar dawn. It was the ruins of civilization inBandelier National Park. It was whatever eachindividual photographer wanted it to be - it wassanctuarv.

In early January, 20 students from Metro'sSocial Documentary class traveled to Sana Fe,N.M. to visually define the word "sanctuary."Vrhether the definition was personal or on a largerscale was up to each person.

In their search. the iournalism students visitedBandelier, Chunayo, Taos and Madrid, looking for,and finding, pictures wherever they tumed.

The results were numerous of rolls of film,both black and white and coloq that were thennarrowed down into just a few incredible unages

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Leave Santana Highalone to heal wounds

(U-v4Rt) C0LUMBLTS, ohio - Break out thecanvas and the rigging. The media circus is back intown. Be sure to bring some nails and wood; acrucilxion will follow.

Charles Andrew Williams allegedly killed two ofhis classmates and wounded 13 others, sixseriously, in an erratic shooting spree March 5. Hrsmotives remain unknown.

Last rr,ednesday, Santana High School rvillreopen for a "Day of Suppon." Suppon forstudents who were not friends of \t'illiams.

Mliams has been portrayed as the guy thatever,vone picked on. The lorv man on the pole ,

"People called him freak, dork, nerd, stuff likethat," fellow studentJessica trloore said.

According to reporters for the Los AngelesTimes, kids stole shoes off of his feet and thingsfrom his backpack. All he did rvas look on parsivelyor crack jokes about it. Apparently something elsecracked in the young man over the rveekend. Hetold seleral people that he was going to shootpeople at school.

"You don't have the guts to do it,'" KatieHunter, a 12-yearold who knew Villiams, told himon March 4, ''Next thing I heard, he shor at m.vsister. And that is just not cool."

So here we have a young man, mercilesslyinsulted, robbed and eren beat up by his peers,who finally snaps and goes on a shrnting spree.Sounds like good made-for-TV movie fare. And thatis one of the problems.

Every little thing involving this San Diegosuburban high school will be analyzed and re.analyzed for the next six months. Then civillawsuits will blossom and fingers will be pointedafter the criminal case is settled. V4rile all this isgoing on, any of !filliams friends (and theirfamilies) will be forced tc move from the area byindignant public reacrion to the killings. All rhewhile, cameras will be dicking and rideos rollingrvhile the media waits for the next trasedv tounrvind from the original.

Enough.Vhat this California town need is prir,acy. It

needs to reflect, to catch its thoughts and to askitself: V4ry?

Vhy was the constant hamssment of Villiamspermitted? Vhere were the school ofticials, socialservices, police, parens and other adults rvhileVrilliams tas being beaten and robbed? And whydid he feel that shooting his tormentors rvas hisonlv option?

Think of this: V'illiams will be chargcd as anadult for his reactions to a situation that any adultwould either lvalk anay from or react in nruch thcsame manner. Except, he $'as a iuvenile and legallvforced to attend the school where hc wasbedeviled daily. His response rvas completelyrvrong, but undcrstandablc on cenain levels.

The entire nation needs to collectivelv take astep back from this latest tragedy. \{ie need to thinkabout our own schools, our o\r'n actions, andreflect. Othenvise, we might as u'ell stan sellingtickets ro the next circus.

Denver's poor lose out with CSAPThe controversial Colorado Student

Assessment Program has begun in schools allthroughtout the state, The test holds seriousimplications for all parties urvolved, Teachersand students have been bombarded with testtaking propaganda for the last lrar and a half

It's no secret that most poor schooldistncm are always given the shon end of the

stick n'hile ncher communities rrap benefits.of newer bools, moreexperienced teachers, and other beneficial advantages. The CSAPtest will eventually force schools that don't perform as well aswealthier schools into charter schools. Schools in the JeffersonCounry district have $20 million riding on their performance in theCSAP test. Schools such as N{anual High School hare basicallyconceded defeat and are currently considering the chafier schooloption.

Charter schools are schools that hara a special contract with theschool board that exempts rhem from different public schoolpolicies. They can be best describcd as publiclv funded prirateschools.

Why would a school like lvlanual quit before thev've even takenthe tests? The reason is money, lt's basically a matter of rich andpoor. Regardless of how r','ell the sludents in Jefferson County do,they already hare a leg up on Manual, or any inner-city school for thatmatter Pmple can say what they want about the test. but all rhat'sgoing on is politics and racism.

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Politics shouldnt be rearing its ugly head throughout theschool sptems, but it will. The tests aren't racist, in that theydon't know who's rich or poor The problem staru with the wayteachen teach. The teachers have a valid point by saying thatthey shouldn t have to teach toward a test. The truth is this test'r'ouldn t be a big problem if high school students were alreadyreading at a high school level. There is no excuse for students toslip through the cracls, not if a teacher is actually teaching. Theonly reason someone should read at a level lower than their ownis in the case of a learning disability.

This brings me to my next subject; the parents. You have heardvery little about how the parenrs feel, Especially the parents who willbe affected. It's a shame that more parents aren t involved, but soonthis will become a serious communiqv issue, I'm not saying that allparents are at fault, but if \\'e, as minorities, don't stan to open oure1'es our children are going to miss out on equal opportunities, It'sgoing to take more than Big brothers, Big sisten, and overallcommuniry activism to start to correct the wrongs in our schools.

So, is the CSAP a good idea? In mv eyes it's not. The CSAP andother standardized tests won't do any good until there is an actual setcriterian that erery school must cover thoroughly. Until the richschools get as much as the poor schools in the areas of teaching,materials, and other activities, these tests will continue to look racist.The schools throughout the cit,v will continue to fail the tests untilthere is more dedication from teachers, parents and students,

Walter Gant

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Innocent lraqis are real victimsI'm an kaqi living in the United Sutes. I've

been here since 1989; before the Persian GulfVar. I didn t come here to escape anithing, myparents just liked to move around a lot. I'vespent a linle more than a half of my life in theUS, and I must say, in the last year and a half, I'vecome to many great realiztions.

I'm not going to tell .vou what all my

realizations rvere, but I will try to keep it narrol and tell you aboutdealing with "my part of the wodd." Here in the U.S., not muchexposure is given to the number of people, panicularly children,dfing in Iraq on a daily basis.Ihat's right, daily. These children are notplaying with guns, they're not uking ecstasy (he,v're mostly tooyoung to do these things before the age five) they're simply living atthe wrong trne in the wrong place,

Since the beginning of the Persian Gulf Vhr, children have beendoing most of the dying. Vrhether it be bv bombs, malnurition or thealmostcxtinct disease cholera, these children are dying for stupidreasons. Though there's a decade rvorth of 1'oung lives lost, I ammostly outraged by the latest air raids against Iraq rvhich took place a

Dear Editor,l'm thankful for Thomas }{cPherson's Feb. 23 article in Tbe

Tletropolitnn concerning protests by Students for a Free Tibet against BPAmoco.

Over the past ferv y'ears, repression and human rights violations inTibet (as well as China and surrounding territories) have been steadilyworsening, thanks to the corporate American/Clintonian "poliq ofengagement" (free trade) with China. The recent release of the U.S.Department of State's annual human righs revierv (accesible online)detaik the vilest crimes committed against indiriduak as a resuh of thecommunist governed People's Republic of China,

The billions of American dollzLr.s spent on Chinese consumer goodsare funneled to the communist Peoph s Liberation Army through PIAowned manufacturing and diunbution companies. The sales of Chinese.made consumer goods in the United States is often the practicalequivalent of the American consumer supporting the Chinese miliury(with the threat it presents to the U,S.) and the perpetuation of PLAbruulities in Tibet, Burma and other countries in the region (refer to thebook "Red Dragon Rising," 'limpedake and Triplen, pgs. 7533.) Ve havethe U.S. government to thank, both Republicans and Democrats alike, forsupponing the "poliry of engagement" by first passing Most faloredNation trading satus for China, followed by Normalized tading Relationsstatus. t

[et's put a face on human rights issues: Vihat ifa local drvision oftheU.S. Army came to Larimer Squate on repons of a gathering $f collegestudents from all over Colorado, intent on demonstrating againstgovernment opposition to their political fieedoms, such as the nght toprotest over environmental rssues? And rvhat if that local fumy divisiondecided to stop the demonstration by crushing studenm under tanktreads and opening fire into the crorvd rvith batteries 0f.50

12 lThe Metropotitan March 9, 2fi)1

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Members of the Metrohockey club gather for apep talk dudng a gameagainst the Unversity ofNonhen Colorado Bears,Feb. 17 at the FamllySpons Center inCentennial. The teamstied rH.

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Saturaay Night at the Family Spons Center in Englewood is season." Hash said. "Given the fact that this was a first yeara.hve with the sights and sounds of hockel'.

Skates cuning across ice and pucksand bodies slamming rnto the boardsmix with enthusiastic cheers from thespect rtors in the bleachen. Inside andoutside the center, plal'ers garbed inhockey sweaters n'ith their team logoson them heft bul$,' equipment bags toone of the center's mo ice rinks andnait for their game to begin.

Among the man.v hockeyparticipan6 waiting for their time is PaulHash, coach of the N{etroNfetropolians. It is the final game of theNfetropolimns' inaugural season. And,as Hash r,ill tell I'ou, it has been aseason of tremendous surprise andsuccess.

\)flith this past season theMenopolitans have successfullybrought competitive hockey to thecollege and Meuo's Club Sponsprogram.

The team, which played 30 gamesthis year, finished n'ith a respecublerrcordof 12-1M.

"My expectatlon at the beginning ofthe szuon was that if we had come out

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Matt Richardson, one of his former plavers, came to Mero anddiscovered that the college didnt have a hockev program. This

didn't sit well withRichardson who gottogether with his old hrghschool friend and theMetropolitans' forward,Chance Haugen. The ts'oset out to form the men'shockey club. They hit theumpus and posted flyersannouncing a meeting todiscuss the dub s formation.

Haugen, a musiceducation major who willgraduate from Metro nextyear, said he was surprisedwith the interest in theteam,

"V were lust w-oriedabout getting enoughplavers," Haugen said. "lt'samazng we rere even ableto skate. Vie didn't evenex?ect it to happen."

They got more thanenough, however At theinitial meetings all theinterested plaven convened

somewhere near 500, I would have considered it a successful Hash's involvement v/ith the team began last spring when and formed the club's board. The principle players were set, Now

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could potentiallv get the program off the ground." last weekend with the twoday Mile I|$hGetting enough plaven, however, wasn't a problem. Collegiate XV's tourn4ment drat tle teamIn the initial meetings, the team had 25 interested playen ntro hosted at Auraria Campu,g lhetournameni

were already 0n campus. To add to rhis number, Hash sent out is a major fundraiser for pfu dub:fid rhb

all the team needed was a coach.It was then, llash said, that Haugen and Richardson asked him

to coach the team."l was actually coaching another hockey game. and Matt w'as

refereeing on the ice during the game," Hash said, laughing. "lhadn't seen him in a couple of I'ears. Matt skated over and sad'Paul, we're rf ing to do something down at Metro. Do ,vou wantto coach?' So I said, 'that's great N{an, but we've got a game goingon here. Vhv don't we talk later?"'

After a little persuasion. Hash accepted the job.Hash. n'ho grew up in lllinois and Denrar, brings a solid

hockey background to the Metropolitans. He played junior hockeyin Onario, &nada. After juniors he went to college, where heplal'ed club hockey for the Universitv of Colorado. When hegraduated, Hash said he "sloged" around the mnor leagues for acouple of y'ears where he plal,ed in Providence, R.l.

He admits that when he took the coaching job he wasskepdcal abour the elub being a succes.

"lt has alwals seemed that here in Colorado there's alml's alot of people who w'ould like to see higher level hockey* plaledhere at a more competitive level," Hash said. "But that interestdidnt necessarily mean that there rws the ability to do it. I hadseen teams come and go before that had lasted half aseason. . .lucky to eke out a season, Once you get above the highschool age level, trying to hare organized hockey rvtrether it's asenior club team or a college program, it's jusnery difficult.

"That's why we did some of those preliminarv meedngs roreally sit donn and look at how this was going to pan out. DidMetro and the schools on the Auraria campus have enbugh playersright there that a team could be formed? And once re figured thatout we had to sit back and anallze - did n'e have the talent? Notonly from the school, but malfie from the freshman class that

students who are responsible fofmakng them successful.

Cost plap a big hctor in howsuccessful a dub will be. Club Sportshas an annual budget of $3,000 for dlclubs to divide, n'hether it is hockey,rugby, or badminton. It is up to tledubs to raise the rest of the monev'themselves.

Bob Dunne, treasurer for theMetropoliuns, said it costs $20,000 ayear to keep the hockey teamrunning. Nine hundred dollan of theannual cost, Dunne said, is providedby Club Spons. Twelve thousandcomes from player dues, and theremaining $8,000 comes from fundraising.

Dunne said that the team hasbeen very successfir.l at fund raising.

The team held a skate-athon lastfull to hck offthe season. Each playerskated 330laps and raised more than

$100. Out of the skate-a-thonmoney, the team got jersel6. Theteam also sells Old Chicagocoupons for the Pizza Palsprogram. Most of the team'smoney, horel-er, comes fromworking concessions for elens atthe Pepsi Center. Playersr,'olunteer to work ftve events amonth and earn $45 a nrght.

"Ve've definitely done it themost," Dume said, adding theteam's fundraising effons har,'ebeen so successful, in fact. thatsomeone anonmously donated$2,000 to the program.

\ihat makes it so expensive torun the club, Dunne said, is thecost of ice time for practice andgames.

Practice is an earl,v excursionfor metrc area hockey clubs. Theil{etropolitans pracdce ereryTuesday and Thursdav at 6:40 in the morning. They go for an hour-and-a-half; ice time is $i25. Ice time for games is $400 for mohours. Throw in another $200 for thereferees. ard 1'ou have a malor pan of thedub s budgdt.

A, *,. Metropoliuns season ends, theMetro M'eni Rugby Club is iust gearing up.

The club officially kcked off its season

Scott Smeltse/The MetropolltanGoalle Heather Volmerly listens to coach Paul Hash talk strategy dudng a break Inthe action at a game Feb. 17. Volmedy was the only gfd on the team.

wav that it's either on or ofi. You can't really play rugby half way.With rugby you've got to go all the way or else you'll get hun."

Adam Housemanf he metrcpolltanRugby team captian Nlck lonardwatches an earlier game beforeMtro's March 3 match agalmtmesa State.

Shannon said an,vone may join therugby dub at any time during the schoolyear and jump right into the game.

'You don't even have to have even seenit. You can just know somebody who plays,and they can invite you out. Vhen I startedhere I had never played before. Half thepeople on the team probably suned playingwfren they got here.'

IBven thgugh the Metropolians' season isover Paul Hash"s vork is just beginning., In addition to continuing his off-seasonrecruiting efforts, Hash will underrake thedaunting task of forming a nw league withabout 8-10 sdrools from the area. Theschools will register with the AmericanCollegiate Hockey Asociadon and USAHockey.

The ACIIA is a national college dubhockey organization with three divisionsand more than 100 teams. TheMeropolitrns and the new league will berccognued as a division III tean and theya spot in the National Championship

't- leners to local high schools announcing ro graduating seniors that year.. club president Shawn ShEMetro wa.s forming a hockey team. From those leuers;lk$-c4!{-, qla*sr" thq 15!h rephe received 30 inquiries. And out of those letters, 15 students hosting the tournament.ended up on campus and became part of the team, There is much spmiation about just

"They wanted to plav hockey," Hash said. "Thev wanted to get how long the Men s Rugby Club has beenin on the ground floor of a new organiztion," together. If you ask Scou Reeu he will say

Flash and Haugen aren't the only ones excited about the 15 years. Shannon said he thinks it is moresucces ofthe club. Assistant Director of Campus Recreation Scott like 19 years. Whatever the numberReez said the Metropoliuns will be a realdraw for the college. though, it is the longest running club in

"l think it's going to get blgger and brgger," Reetz said. "We get Metro Club Spom.alot ofstudents w{ro come to Metro and University ofColorado at The club has never struggled to find

z Denver iust because we have these dubs.' memben. There are 35 players on the teamA.lthough Reez and Club Spons are there to help students - regular players who will stay and play all

make their dubs a realiry it is the semester long,., Rugby ll a yearlong

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Center Joe Kemp flglrts it out on the boaldsdudng a game agalnst the Unlve6lty ofN'orthem Colomdo Bats Feb, 17.

sport, with tlie season begining thefirst Thursday of erery school year,and team practices werv Tuesday andThursday. The only time the leamdoesn't play is half of November, all ofDecember, andJanuary.

Unlike the hockE dub, whereyou have to know how to skate toplay, rugby offen more opportuiritiesto the novice player who wants to getout and do something atlrletic,

Shannon said he hasn't alwaysplayed rugby. He got involved withthe spon when hb came to Mero inthe fall of 1996. He said to play youdon't necessuily have to haveexperience, just a desire to plav andhave a good trne. And, Shannon adds,it isn t tm diftcult to learn the game.

"lt lools complicated but it's not,"Shannon said. "If vou get ackled youjust let go of the ball and somebodyelse pich it up. But it's fficult in the

will compete forToumament.

"l ttrink honestly nen year to have ACHA registration with allthse teams would probably be a n'onhy, hefty goal iust tocomplete," Hash said. 'i{nd I think honesdv, f not next yeu, Iwould say that within two ysus that the front range conferencewould most likely be formed. i'm trving to push that duough andget all rhe politics and all the people on the same gage of theprogram. Working all of that out is probably gorng to be quite aask to get orgamzed."

In fact, if Hash could get the league formed and ready to go bythe stan of nst season it would be another surprise in a projectthat began with two players' desire to play hockey where theywent n school.

"For us, just having gonen on the ice this year was amazinggiren the fact that we didn't smn until last Aprd," Ilash said. 'Thishas all grown at such a quick pace it wouldn't surprise me to see aconference born for nen season's play,

'i{nd all the organizations, and all the teams and clubs are somoti ted to get this to a highly competitive and organized qntem- dont count us out. I wouldn t bet against us, put it that way.Arything's possible."

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The theater setting this evening was anunusual one, with the audience seated on eachside of the stage with metal bleachers enclosedby chain link fencing. The stage was covered insand and at one end had what looked like a oanofa house. It was Thursday evening, and theplayers were holding one of the lastperformances of Becoming Non Grata, anoriginal production from the University ofColorado at Denver's Theatre depafiment. fu .the actors.and actreses embraced their roles,the area above sported screens made toresemble windows, upon which wereprojected images of a time more *nn fiftyyears ago. All served to ponray a dark andoften overlooked aspect ofAmerica's history.

During the course of Vorld \!br II, manyJapanese in the United States were sent torelocation slmps, one of which was here inColorado. The camp was called CampAnache. kcuning Non Grata is pan one ofrhe Awrhe Trilogl, rhe first of three piecesabout Amache and the Japanese and theJapanese-American experience during Vorldt!(ar II in general.

Beconing .Non Grata 'B ahe inauguralproduction in the brand new Universiry ofColorado aa Denver Production Theatre,located in the newly built Kenneth King Centerfor the Ferforming Arts. The production iswholly original, the brainchild oflaura Cuetara, aprofesor afiliated with CU-Denver who has beenteaching for 22 yean.

"lt's called image-based theatre," Cuetarasaid about the production. "l[ stsrtd in a class Itaught called Production Development," sheadded, saying that the play's content consists of"stories that we found and researched."

Cueura and her students painstakinglyresearched this particular piece. One of thememben of Cueara's Pnrduction Developmentclass, and a performer in the plaS Gia MoraChhisci, said the study included national archivedocuments, teacher reports and audio filessunounding the Amache experience.

"We studied our brains out..,hours uponhours of research." Chinisci said. She derribedthe room in which theydid most oftheir srudyingsurrounded by the multitude of researchmaterials as looking.like "a library had exploded."

Cuetara and her clas also visited the site,upon which they drew inspiration for the setdesign - from the chain link fencng ro rhe sand-covered flmr - all of which was used to tell thestory of Camp Amache.

It is a largely unconventional piece, notfollowing any single storyline or cast ofcharacters. It is more of a slmbolic performance,commenting on the injustices visited uponJapanese immigrants and Japanese-Americansduring Vodd Var ll. The performance held somesurprises as well, one being the part of rhe stagethat originally looked like a house shedding itshgade and revealing iself to be a watchtoweqmaking the setting immedrately resemble a Nzi

concentxatlon camp.As Petra Ulrych, another player n kcoming

Non Grata said prior to a rehearsal on Tueday"lt's a performance piece about history."

t0flhen asked why Cuetara decided on such anambitious proiert to christen the CU-DenverProduction Studio, she replied that such a piecelent itself to being presented within the dynamics

"The idea is to get the audience to feelthings," Cuetara said,

The production as a whole is an emotionaluperience, providing an unflinching look at howracism and paranoia undermined some of thevery principles America was fighting for in bothEurope and the Pacific. The play's dialogue doesnot avoid any of the harsh language and

most of her education about Vorld War II did notreach for outside aJapanese perspective.

"Before this I knew only about Hiroshimaand Nagauh,' she said, referring to the twonuclear attack waged by the United States thatultimately defeated Japan, "We kind of ignoredPearl tlarbor But here in U.S, history theymention more." Nrgashima said the second pan

of the trilogy might indude the account ofVlodd V/ar II through her mother's eyes.

According to Nagashima, her mothercould recall the fligha of B-2h on bombingruns and the subsequent dash for shelters."She was alwals scared," Nagashima said. Sheadded that most of her mother's friends grewup without fathers because they were killed inthe war. She also mentioned that the secondpan of the trilogy might include more of thewar from Japan s point of view.

Tro audience members who canremember America during Vbrld War Il areJames Brown and his wife Flora. Both wereattending Butler University in Annapolis, Md.,during the 1940s. James Brown said thisbrought out more of the emotional impact hewas not an'are of back then.

I already knew whar happened," he said,"The fact that this made you feel it was its mainbenefit."

Flora Brown echoed such sentiments. "lhad read about it, but until you had it

dramatized, you don t feel the impact," she said.James Brown said any sentiments conceming

the mistreatment of Japanese individuals inArirerica at the dme was largely overshadowed bythe wu effort abroad. "lts impact really didn'tregisteq" he said.

The praise that people like James and FloraBrown have given this project has encouragedthe players. "Ve've been getting so much it'samazing," Chinisci uid.

Performances of Becoming Non Gratawrapped up on l{arch 3. The exact productiondate and content of the second pan of the trilogyis not yet planned, but with reaction as positive asit is, it look to be soon.

Photo curtesy of ?. trk tThe cast ol Becoming Non &ata, wJtach played at the University of Colorado at Denver'sProducuon Theatre from Feb. 21 thlough March 3.

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of the space. She also added that such a piecegave them an oppomrnity to "rethink how we dotheater."

'The purpose of theater is to delclop newwork," Cuetara said.

The performances began kb. 21 and weremet with laryely hvorable reviews. The playenassembled on the Tuesday night preceding thefinal run of shows to do a quick run-rhough oftheir lines. In addresing her cast prior to the'rehearsal, Cueura told her players how well rhepiece was being received. But while she praisedthe performen on their ta.lents, she warned themnot to become too emotionally swayed by theolav's content.

sefrmens leveled at the Japanese-Americancommunity of the 1940s, including suchstatements as "Ve should jusr send rhem all backtoJapan," and "TheirJap blood keeps them lolzlto their emperol"

But such language is importrnr in poffayingthe story ofJapanese internment camps duringVorld War II, and such unsettling ponrap.ls ofAmerica are supplemented with facts andsutistics of the Amache experience.

This ras also a learning experience forstudents who had learned of the conflict betweenJapan and the Unired States from a diferentperspective. Mio Nagashima, a Japanese studentcurrently majoring in theater at CU-Denver, said

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Junlor Mlke BuggF (cent|) puts hls arns around runlor Lee Bethea (left) and senlor Jody Holllns (dght) after the Roadrunners 94-85wln ovr it|e Unlysrslty of Nobaskal(eamey In the champlonshh gam of the Rocky Moontaln Athletlc ConferNrco toumamnt.

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If you want to know how to build achampionship team, look no further than Metrobasketballcoach Mike Dunlap. He's aken six newplayers and six individuals and glued themtogether, when no one else thought they wouldstick.

He let them grow, and if there is a teamplaying at the Roadrunners' Ievel, you won t findthem in the Rocky Mounain Athletic Conference.

Not after Metro defeated the Univenity ofNebraska-Kearney 9435 at the HamihonGymnasium at the University of Denver March 3,

Metro (22-6) caprured is drird consecutiveRMAC title and received its fourth straightinvitation to the NCM Division II Tournament,each coming under Dunlap's guidance.

The defending Dvision II national championswill open the North Central regional in St. Cloud,Minn. as they ake on South Dakou Sute March 9.

"lt feeh awesome from that perspective ofbuilding ttnt tradition, which we are trying to doand we've taken a big step tonight," said Dunlap,the fourth-year head coach. "Secondly, this is themot remrding, becaur of the youth of thegroup. Because I know how inexperienced theyreally are."

Inexperienced? Yes. Talented? Oh, yeah.And against the lopers (21-7), wo Australians

- tumed - Roadrunnen caried the load afterleading scorer Rashawn Fulcher went to the benchwith early foul trouble.

Frahman luke Kendall, ntro eamed a spot onthe RMAC all.tournament tslm, scored 22 pointson 9of-11 shooting. But first there was senior

center Kane Oakley, rtro meked the lopers withhis 20 poins in the fint half He finished the gamewith 24 poins and 15 boards.

"Kane was the man tonight," Fulcher said. "Hewas an animal. He was all over the place -offensively and defensively. His numben spoke forthemselves."

And with a total tournament line of 57 poinson 23of-39 shooting and 30 rebounds, Oakley wasawuded as the toumament's most valuable player.

From the start, OaklE silenced the lopers'crowd with jumpen. He squared from the frec-tlrow line and bombed away. Swish. He went tothe elbow and shot another 15-fmtec Swish. Hetook a dish from Claiton Smith. Iay up.

Score: Roadruffiers 10, Lopen 8.Metro had the lead and the Kearney would

never take it away from them.Oakley continued to own the fint half by

pullinf up for one jumper in the lane, thenanother and yet anothen

"Thafs the best he's played since I've beenhere and he is certainly capable," Dunlap uid. '1think this game will go a long way in hisprrjfesional career in Australia,"

Another bucket by Oakley gave Merro a 47-39lead with a.minute left in the first half. But thenKeamey senior John l|kbber converted a four.point play when he was fouled after burying athree-pointer and sophomore Nick SveNa scoredon a lay up.

Metro's lead now dwindled to nvo poina andthe momentum was going to Keamey s lavor.

But it wouldnt last."Ve wanted to come out and make a

statement in the first five minutes of the secondha[" Smith said.

It took longer ttran that, but after Kzuneypoint guard Anthony Harms' three-pointer madethe score 6O59, the Roadrunners' proceeded toturn that one.point lead nto doubledigirs.

Metro guardJoe Kelly hit a deep three-pointerOakley drilled an l&fmter Jody Hollns dunkedoff an inbound play. Kendall sank two from thecharity strip and a shot from the comer Fulcherqueezed between trvo defenders for a laprp.

They were up 9040 with two minutes to phy,but rhe celebration didn't begin until a minutelatu. That's when Hollins raced ahead, took a passfrom Smith. dribbled once. flered down a dunkand cued to the critics to kindly orit suge left.

"(Ihis championship) is up there with all ofthem," added Fulcher, who was with Memo for thefi$t tv,o RMAC tides. "Because in the beginning

there was so much placed on this team and wewent drough so much adversity as a team.

"Climbing a mounain is not as hard as sittingat the top. I'm not saying we are at the top, but weare on our way."

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Roelru ilountain Athletic Gonferenceunament GhamilonshiR game

NCAA Regional: ltAetro men'sbasketball vs. South DakotaState @ St. Cloud State, }larch9, 6 p.m.: The last time these rwo teamsmet in a NCM Regional game was four yearsago with South Dakoa Sate knocking outthe Roadrunnen 9179.

NCAA Reg iona l : A4e t romen's/South Dakota Statewinner vs. St. Cloud State,filarch 1 0, 6 p.m.: If Metro gerspastSouth Dakoa Sute, they will hce host Sr.Cloud Sate, who is the North CentralConference champions.

NCAA Regional: iletro/SouthDakota State/St. Cloud Statewinner vs. WnonaState/Southwest State/FortHays State winner, Marh 11, 7P.m.: This is the .North Centralchampionship game. A Roadrunner winrnds thern back to the Elire Eght for *rethird straight year and a pcsible stnwdownwith Kentucky-Wesleyan in the fint game.

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Metro basketball coach Mike Dunlap admits that he is hardon his players. But three weeks ago, Dunlap made a decision to,"turn the team loose a little bit.''

The move is paying off as lvletro bounced top-seeded FortHays State University' from the Rocky Mountain AthleticConference tournament rvith a 92-81 victorv March 2.

N{etro (21-6) advanced to the finals, where thev rvill meet theNo.3-seed University of Nebraska-Kearney (21-6) for thechampionship, More importantly. I{etro kept alive their quesrfor an invitation to the NCM Dn ision I Tournament.

"Ve have to win (the RMAC title) to guarantee ourselves aspot and leave it in our orvn hands, our own destiny to make it."Metro senior center Kane Oakley said. "lf rve don't rvin, then rveput it into the hands of the voters of the conferences to see if rvecan get in, so we want to keep it in our hands.'

The best rvay to influence the future is bv what I'ou do today,and when it comes to basketball, trletro ignores the idea thatstealing is a bad thing.

Against the Tigers, they had 14 steals and sophomore guardClawon Smith had five of them. The,v resembled defensive backs,reading the passer and making interceptions, which led to theRoadrunners transition game that makes the opponents pay fortheir mistakes.

After Tigers' Geoffrey Riley hil a three-pointer to pull theTigers within a point, Metro launched a 35-17 run to closeout the

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first half with Metro guard lee Bethea playing like a one manteam.

In a span of a minute and a half, Bethea rolled in two layups,drained two three-pointers, blocked a shot, caused a turnoverand punched the air hard enough to split a tree.

"Just taking it one step at a time," Bethea said, downplayinghis performance.

While Bethea may think he's just doing his job, ferv do it tonear perfection. He hit his first eight shos rn the game and byhalftime, he had scored 16 points and Nletro's 55-37 lead at thebreak nearly borvled over Dunlap.

"The only thing Isaid to them was,'Hey, if someone came tome and said rve rvould have a l8-point iead against Hays, I rvouldo[ passcd out,"' the fourth-year coach said, "l rvas elated and weiust tried to carry it '

Bethea finished the contest with 24 points on 1i-o[17shooting, But Nletro's seniors came to the center of attentionrvhen Fort Ha,vs tried to make a final comeback, eventuallycutting the NIetro lead to nine.

Jody Hollins rvas redirecting missed shots for put-backbaskets. The 6-10 center grabbed sir offensive rebounds, 12or,erall and scored 10 points. The other senion, Oaklev (17points; eight boards) and Rasharvn Fulcher (15r seven), roundedout lvletro's dramatic offensive attack.

"Coach has loosened up the reins a little bit. but that comesbecause the team rvas showing a lot of responsibility rvith theball," Fulcher said. 'At some point the team has to take it over''

The Roadrunners' are having fun, within Dunlap's bounds ofcourse.

scott Smeltzer/lL ndtctcllo.Senior Rashawn Fulcher goes up fot the lebound over aFort Hays State dfander as the Roadrunne6 defeated theTlge6 921 ln tfte seml-finals of the RMJTC toumarEnt.

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