(photo courtesy of Denise Robinson)
Bush addressing supporters during a visit to Colorado Tuesday, Sept. 14 at Coors Amphitheatre in Greenwood Village. His appearance came just after Democrats asserted the state is still a tossup in the November election, even though Republicans have a 185,000-vote advantage in registration.
News
by Jerry Roys
The Metropolitan
Abelardo “Lalo” Delgado was a part-time instructor in the
Chicano Studies program at Metro for 17 years. Even when death was near,
he was still worried about his classes and his students, former Chicano
Studies Chair Luis Torres said. more >>
by N. S. Garcia
The Metropolitan
Auraria College Republicans Chairman Jesse Samora and members Danielle
Robinson and Joe Reese shared the stage with President George W. Bush
while he was in town to discuss the economy and war.
more >>
Metro student accuses SGA members of plotting to kidnap, kill him
by Clayton Woullard
The Metropolitan
A Metro student and former Auraria College Republican has filed a complaint
against two Student Government Assembly officials he claims discussed
killing him. more >>
by Grover Greer
The Metropolitan
A record-sized grant, four prospects for the vacant college presidency
and a task force created to help freshmen succeed were all discussed at
Metro’s Board of Trustees meeting Wednesday, Sept. 8.
more >>
Opposition says bill is written vaguely; taxpayers may pay more
by Boyd Fletcher
The Metropolitan
On Nov. 4 voters in the seven-county metro area will vote on the 0.4
percent sales tax increase proposed by the FasTracks campaign to fund
its plan of broadening the reach of the Regional Transportation District’s
commuter rail and bus systems. more >>
Convention brings together top dogs of journalism; reinvigorates mission
to members
by Armando Manzanares
The Metropolitan
In a place known as the epicenter of American art, fashion and theatre,
New York City is also home base for all major American media outlets.
The city hosted The Society of Professional Journalists 2004 National
Convention this past week. The convention offered over 38 seminars, some
specifically for the student journalist, and three prominent keynote addresses,
along with an opening night reception, awards luncheon and closing banquet.
more >>
Within a Nation
All photos , Lindsay Sandham / The Metropolitan
Three years after the 9/11 attacks, our nation is still divided and questions
remain unanswered. New Yorkers somehow find a way to go forward with their
lives. more >>
by Lindsay Sandham
News Editor
New York, New York, the city that never sleeps. What better place to
hold a Journalism convention—and not just any Journalism convention—but
one where keynote speakers included “the most trusted man in America,”
anchorman Walter Cronkite. more >>
Opinion
by Joel Tagert
Columnist
This week I offer you a sordid tale of two amoral young men, one twisted
state senator, and the professor they targeted to advance their political
careers. It’s a spy story loaded with deception, death threats,
and political intrigue. more >>
by Crystal Preston
Columnist
There are nine weeks left until Election Day. Only nine more weeks of
deciding which partisan ketchup to put on your freedom fries, staring
at the hypnotic mole on John Edwards’ upper lip and hoping a real
candidate will join the race. I don’t want to overdo the Election
issue before the big day (and I haven’t watched the news since the
first day of class so I don’t have a clue of what has happened)
so in this week’s column I have decided to take a break. more
>>
Features
Nuclear waste in a new age
by Kathryn Graham
The Metropolitan
As the cold war ended, efforts to clean up the massive excess of nuclear
and toxic waste began. Some believe our cold war victory has given us
security. It certainly depleted a huge portion of our budget and is still
doing so today, due to cleanup costs. But has it given us more security,
and, if so, at what cost to our health?
more >>
by Svetlana Guineva
The Metropolitan
The Lost Boys of Sudan have finally found a home and someone to care.
The running stopped, the monotonous life in the refugee camp ceased to
be an everyday reality and they were offered a new chance, a new start.
more >>
Audio-Files
by Tuyet Nguyen
The Metropolitan
Ryan Fox doesn't have a home. The multi-instrumentalist for The Good
Life is on the road so much that when he does end up back in his hometown
of Omaha, Neb. he has neither a job nor a place to live. more
>>
by Chip Boehm
The Metropolitan
The Butthole Surfers arrived on the scene in the 1980s from California
by way of Texas. On stage, the band's live performances were a musical
hurricane of dense instrumental noise and distorted megaphonic vocals
backed by disturbing and intense visual projections. Fronting this psychotic
cyclone was Gibby Haynes.
more >>
by Adam Goldstein
The Metropolitan
The day and month of his birth are definite: Sept. 20. Yet, the year,
like so many other aspects of the life of Ferdinand "Jelly Roll"
Morton, is shrouded in myth, hearsay, and conflicting accounts.
more
>>
by Zach Brooks
The Metropolitan
I have to confess that I've never been to a Metro sporting event (or
a CU sporting event for that matter). In fact, I have never been to any
sporting event where I was not with either my family or various friends'
families. more >>
Sports
by Sam DeWitt
The Metropolitan
Forget the Roadrunners. Let's call them the Road-Warriors. more
>>
by Nate Timmons
The Metropolitan The 'Runners lost to two Top 25 teams over the weekend, No. 1 Nebraska-Kearney
Lopers and No. 15 Fort Hays State Tigers (Kansas). more
>>
by Donald Smith
The Metropolitan I guess you could call this a numbers game, because over the weekend, the
Metro women's soccer team went 2-0; the men's team went 1-1 and the 'Runners
volleyball team went 0-2. more >>
by Donald Smith
The Metropolitan The men's soccer team played two games of their four game road trip this
weekend, winning the first one 3-0 against the Regis Rangers and losing
to the No. 17 Fort Lewis Skyhawks 4-2. more >>
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