News
by Korene Gallegos
The Metropolitan
The Bell Policy Center released its annual report last Wednesday, finding Colorado to be lagging in education opportunity for its lower-income residents. more>>
Founder of Earth Day visits Auraria to celebrate planet
by Barbara Hernandez
The Metropolitan
By the time the 1,091 ballots were counted on Thursday, members of the Clean Energy campaign knew they had won. more>>
Creative Resistance protests against proposed changes in Auraria library
by Tabithal Dial
The Metropolitan
The student organization Creative Resistance protested plans for the library's disabled accessibility center Monday, weeks after Metro's administration said they were considering a new floor plan that addressed students' concerns. more>>
by Laura Barbre
The Metropolita
Silent protests hung in the air when gay students and members of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Student Services (GLBTSS) at Auraria joined 250,000 other students across the nation last Wednesday in a day of silence to protest gay discrimination. more>>
by Steve Knapp
Special to The Metropolitan
On a summer's day, you might find Metro professor Jonathan Kent sweating under the burning rays of a ferocious sun, laboring from dawn to dark, scratching his way into a hard, dry, stony patch of ground. more>>
by Noelle Leavitt
The Metropolitan
The unofficial election results have been released for Metro's 2004-2005 Student Government Assembly. more>>
OPINION
by Nick Bahl
The Metropolitan
Colorado Senate Bill 189 is literally a tragedy for Metro. So it comes as no surprise that our Board of Trustees are supportive of the bill -what did you think would happen to a socialistic institution under a capitalistic regime? more>>
by Justin Breuer
The Metropolitan
Does anyone remember Hulk Hogan from when they were a kid? more>>
by Jennifer Goodland
Guest Columnist
"People fear miracles because they fear being changed-though ignoring them will change you also... No miracle happens without a witness. Here's what I saw. Here's how it went. Make of it what you will." more>>
FEATURES
by Tabitha Dial
The Metropolitan
Jane Wampler, president of the Colorado Springs-based organization, Poetry West, and winner of a Poets & Writers Exchange Award and a Colorado Council on the Arts Fellowship participated in the Denver Poetry Festival by reading her poetry at the Tivoli on Wednesday, April 21. The following are excerpts from an interview for The Metropolitan. more>>
by Terresa Redding
The Metropolitan
Aaron Abeyta has read his poetry in front of many audiences. Pressed to explain what poetry is by a kid in a blue jacket when he read his work at a Montrose high school, Abeyta wrote a poem that shares his definition of poetry. more>>
A neighborhood remembers the past, looks to the future
by William Moore
The Metropolitan
Littleton, Colo. had always seemed like an ideal neighborhood. A safe, non-threatening, suburban environment to raise kids. more>>
Yarrrrrr! A good-old fashioned operetta brings relief from general entertainment mayhem
by Paul Trevor
The MetropolitanIn
this modern age where explosions, murder and mayhem pass for entertainment, it's refreshing to enjoy a classic romp and rollick as in the operetta Pirates of Penzance, now playing at the Eugenia Rawls Courtyard Theatre in the King Center. more>>
Soldier Story - all past stories indexed here
MUSIC
Animal-friendly ideals run rampant in the punk and hardcore scene
by Sarah Conway
The MetropolitanIn
Using their art as an outlet for their not-so-mainstream views, bands like Good Riddance, Propaghandi, Fugazi, Midtown, Earth Crisis and Minor Threat are often synonymous with animal activism. more>>
bills, bills, bills,
oh, and some CDs to review
by Adam Brown
The MetropolitanIn
Summer is just around the corner, music fans, and with it those oh-so-attractive, but likewise pricey blockbuster concerts at venues like Red Rocks, Pepsi Center, Invesco Field or the newly renamed Coors (formerly Fiddler's Green) Amphitheater. more>>
SPORTS
by Donald Smith
The MetropolitanIn
This week is a week in which we have a sport coming to a close, a sport hanging in the balance and a sport whose players only get better and their season gets brighter. more>>
by Mark Held
The Metropolitan
Metro baseball (22-23-1, 9-11 RMAC) split a high scoring, four-game series against Fort Hays State (28-16, 10-11 RMAC) in which the teams combined for 76 runs. more>>
by Justin Kuntz
The Metropolitan
Metro men's tennis was seeded No. 4 when they faced the No. 5 seed and host school Mesa State in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Tournament. more>>
by Elin Otter
The Metropolitan
With a 5-0 win over CU-Colorado Springs and a 5-1 win over CSU-Pueblo, Metro women's tennis captured its third consecutive RMAC Tournament Championship and improved its overall record to 12-6. more>> |
