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Volume 26, Issue 32, april 8, 2004

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Dunlap finalist at San Fran

by Eric Scott
The Metropolitan

NCAA Division I institution University of San Francisco has named Metro men's basketball head coach Mike Dunlap as a finalist for its vacant head coaching position. more>>

Military looks to youth for defense

by Korene Gallegos
The Metropolitan

One year ago this month, President Bush stood on top of an aircraft carrier and announced to the troops and the rest of the world an end to the heavy combat in Iraq. more>>

UCD janitors' jobs in jeopardy

by Lindsay Sandham
The Metropolitan

Creative Resistance, an organization of liberal students on campus, is working with Justice for Janitors, and the Service Employees International Union in protest of 12 UCD janitors who may lose their jobs. more>>

Campus crime rates low

Arrests, thefts, mischief down from last year; police expect trend to continue

by Neil Bergin
The Metropolitan

Crime on the Auraria campus is lower than other areas in downtown Denver. According to a recent report released by the Denver Police department, the 626th precinct has a lower crime rate than any other precinct. more>>

Scalpers infest public venues

by Johnathan Kuenne
The Metropolitan

On a warm spring evening outside the Pepsi Center, crowds gather before Metallica takes the stage. A couple of guys are tossing a football. Others are grabbing dinner at Brauns', while some are soaking up the last few rays of the sun before it disappears behind the foothills. The music of Metallica pounds out of large speakers set up by a radio station. more>>

Auraria News Flash

News briefs

world news

OPINION

O Candidates, where art thou

by Joel Tagert
The Metropolitan

Dean rose and fell like Icarus, Gephardt faded away, Lieberman slunk back to his den, and even John Edwards' determined optimism couldn't save him in the end. After an exciting primary season, the Democratic Party has (almost) selected its candidate for president: Senator Al Gore. more>>

Vote for Nader and revolution

by Nick Bahl
The Metropolitan

Anyone who thinks Americans can handle a third party, let alone a true democracy, is naïve. Anyone who advocates for a third party is either na‹ve or heartless - I'm the latter. more>>

Campus Voice

What do you think about the FCC crackdown on radio and television content? more>>

Letters to the Editor

S G A constitution

Hello Metro students, As the college is changing, so is Student Government and we need your help in defining what Student Government will look like in the future. more>>

Peace in our Time

Wild accusations! Libel! Slander! To hear the average student tell it, the Right and the Left are at war, and that war is threatening to swallow Metro whole! In one corner, the Auraria College Republicans. In the other, Creative Resistance. more>>

features

Colfax Ave.

America's longest street, Everything from the sublime to the grime is here more>>

Speaker says feminism failed

by Tabitha Dial
The Metropolitan

Angela "Bay" Buchanan believes the Feminist Movement has not raised the standards of women, but has lowered them. She is the president of The American Cause, an educational foundation dedicated to advancing traditional conservative issues. more>>

Visionaries before the movement

by Teressa Redding
The Metropolitan

Before feminism was considered "chic" and before the feminist movement, there were female artists who made sure their work was seen and their voices were heard. more>>

Soldier Story - all past stories indexed here

MUSIC

The art of music snobbery

by Cory Casciato
The Metropolitan

Music writers are a bunch of self-important, egotistical snobs. It's true; we are. We're worse than the new friend who laughs at your CD collection. Worse than that guy at the concert who puts you down for liking the band's new stuff better than the old. more>>

[ two for one show reviews ] Tracking The Unicorns

by Tuyet Nguyen
The Metropolitan

Awkward youth gathered at each other's houses to exchange obscure band references; music filtered through a bad stereo; a coffee table pushed out of the way; suddenly feet were tapping and hips were shaking. It wasn't ever planned, but it wasn't unexpected. more>>

N.E.R.D. strikes back

by Clayton Woullard
The Metropolitan

Shaking the interior of the Fillmore Auditorium wasn't enough for N.E.R.D. Sunday night. Frontman Pharrell Williams wanted to feel the energy. more>>

Club Dates

sports

Budget cuts affect athletics

by Justin Kuntz
The Metropolitan

If the state were Wile E. Coyote, they would be blowing up the Roadrunners' money that funds the athletic program. more>>

T'Wolves sweep 'Runners baseball

by Mark Held
The Metropolitan

Metro baseball (14-21-1, 3-9 RMAC) got swept this weekend by Colorado State-Pueblo to run their losing streak to eight. more>>

'Runners stumble 5-1

by Elin Otter
The Metropolitan

Competing against an NCAA Division I team turned out to be a more difficult task than Metro women's tennis could handle as the Roadrunners (7-6) lost 5-1 to Northern Arizona University (8-10) Sunday, April 4. more>>

Baseball struck by pitching woes

by Donald Smith
The Metropolitan

Slowly, I am beginning to feel the end of the semester coming as everything in the world of Metro athletics has begun to slow down. more>>