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Volume 27, Issue 1, July 29, 2004

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New students gather in Tivoli
new students seated at tables
(Photo by Danny Holland - The Metropolitan)
New Metro students gather in the Tivoli Turnhalle for the new student orientation July 27. All incoming students are required to attend an orientation session before classes.

Abelardo (Lalo) Delgado - in memoriam

Survivors include his wife, Lola Delgado of Arvada; sons Arturo Delgado of Denver and Alfredo “Pat” Delgado of Arvada; daughters Amelia Cruz of Denver; Ana Duran of Arvada; Alicia Delgado of Lakewood; Angelica Regla of Denver; Abby Vidal of Denver, and Andrea Brady of Broomfield; 19 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

Beloved Metro prof passed away, left legacy

by Armando Manzanares
The Metropolitan

The sound, of what seems like a mission bell, resonated across the cityscape and valley beneath the purple mountains. more >

Past Articles

Abelardo “Lalo” Delgado Day

Abelardo “Lalo” Delgado, a poet and community activist, has spent most of his lifetime making a difference in his community. more >

Art for the whole family

Lalo Delgado has been writing Chicano poetry for more than 50 years, since he first came to the United States from Juarez, via Chihuahua, Mexico. more >

NEWS

Tivoli still without campus bar

by Lindsay Sandham
The Metropolitan

The Tivoli’s Boiler Room has been closed for more than a year and the space has remained vacant since the previous owners defaulted on the rent July 17, 2003. more >

Auraria parking rates increased

by Lindsay Sandham & Ryan Donahue
The Metropolitan

As of July 1, parking rates at Auraria have increased an average of 25 cents per day. more >

Gay marriage ban denied

U.S. House of Representatives 12 votes shy of passing measure

by Svetlana Guineva
The Metropolitan

A proposed constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage died on the Senate floor July 14, 2004, but those who support it and those who oppose it do not intend to give up the fight for what they believe in. more >

News Briefs

 

OPINION

Guide to ‘04 conventions

Definitive Guide to the 2004 Democratic and Republican Conventions

by Crystal Preston
The Metropolitan

Today I am going to give you, mind-blowing look into the Democratic and Republican Conventions. I will not be going to either upcoming conventions but I have watched them on television in past election years (they preempted my normal television viewing. Did Martin and Gina ever get married?) more >

Positive publicity overlooked

by Bryan Goodland
The Metropolitan

As the Democratic rally cry continues to be heard and news of the war is an ever present din, the Bush administration presses forward. Despite rumors to the contrary there is still much to be done in the world besides confronting terrorism and raising interest rates. Fortunately the current administration is doing just that. more >

FEATURES

Tattoo You:

Getting a job in the square world without the shirt sleeves

by Kathryn Graham
The Metropolitan

Tattoos have worked themselves under the skin of the American culture and its economic market. more >

Planting seeds in the ashes

by Tabitha Dial
The Metropolitan

MSCD English Professor Sandra Doe’s campus voice mail message advised her Service Learning/Mountain Land Restoration Project participants to bring their rain gear and gaiters to Auraria’s King Center circle on Saturday, June 19, 2004. more >

Soldier Story - all past stories indexed here

MUSIC

I survived Warped Tour and all I got was this lousy article

Photo and story by Meg Schaeffer
The Metropolitan

When gazing out into the sea of youthful reaching arms, one would think they were looking upon a mock-up of the Gestapo. more >

Album reviews