Participants Race for the Cure at Auraria
Edward Hajek / The Metropolitan
Participants of the 12th annual Race for the Cure travel down Auraria
Parkway Oct. 4. More than 63,000 people registered for the event to help
organizers raise an expected $2.2 million for research, education and
screenings to fight breast cancer.
News
by Adam Goldstein
The Metropolitan
With less than a month remaining before the presidential election, Gen.
Merrill A. McPeak (Ret.) campaigned for Kerry at the Auraria campus Wednesday,
Sept. 29. more >>
 by
Maggie McMahon
The Metropolitan
It was an opportunity to support Democratic Senate candidate Ken Salazar,
hear the Eagles, and hang out at a giant cocktail party.
more >>
by Clayton Woullard
The Metropolitan
While the Metro administration has yet to announce its decision regarding
a complaint filed against a professor, a top Metro administrator said
the administration would support faculty members in their academic freedom.
more >>
by Armando Manzanares
The Metropolitan
October is not only known for the tricks and treats you get should you
dress up as your favorite dead celebrity come Halloween, but it is also
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Awareness Month at Auraria. more
>>
by Dana J. Parker
The Metropolitan
Inspiration for the film “A Day Without a Mexican” came to
its creators in two American cities on opposite coasts. more
>>
Opinion
by Heather Wahle
Columnist
 What
do beer bans at college football games, a freeze on issuing liquor licenses,
and the closing of fraternity houses all have in common? These are all
preventative measures made locally in response to the recent alcohol related
deaths. more >>
by Mark Martinez
Board of Trustees
Put yourself for a moment into the shoes of a young student who recently
graduated with honors from a Colorado high school with a 3.25 GPA and
applied to Metro. more >>
by Bryan Goodland
Columnist
In an odd twist of global political fate, Russian President Vladimir
Putin wants to change Russia’s political system. After the end to
Cold War and the continuous struggle for democracy in Russia, it would
appear that Russia is about to take a giant leap backwards. more
>>
by Justin Breuer
Columnist
The American political process has entered the final stretch. The dull,
superfluous headlines and debate the media-consuming public has had to
endure over the summer have ended. more >>
by Zoë Williams
Guest Columnist
You say criminal like it’s a bad thing. The people I love and admire
the most in my life are criminals of the past and present. Martin Luther
King, Dolores Huerta, Abbe Hoffman, Mother Jones, Malcolm X, Rosa Luxemburg,
Emma Goldman—their words speak truth to me, their actions inspire
me. more >>
Features
Travis Combs
The Metropolitan
Fact: a case of beer consists of 24 bottles of 12-ounce beer.
Pseudo-fact: most average 175-pound males would be roaring drunk after
consuming 24 beers, and most would vomit and/or pass out. more
>>
by Kathryn Grahm
The Metropolitan
Trends are not our friends but good marketing paired with mass production have made them impossible to ignore. There have always been fashion trends, but not so long ago, clothes were hand-sewn by the owner and used for practical utility only. more >>
Audio-Files
by Cory Casciato
The Metropolitan
How can you not love "American Idol?" Sure, it epitomizes everything
that's wrong with the record industry, television and people in general,
but that's the appeal. more >>
by Zach Brooks
The Metropolitan
If you ever shopped at Wax Trax Boulder, you may have come across Bob.
more >>
Additional web stories
More of the same can be good to some, after all there's comfort in consistency. The moribund sound of Voodoo Glow Skulls Adiccion, Tradicion y Revolucion, keeps veteran fans running in place. Working a familiar groove, the sound is good but progression over the sixteen years they have been a band is absent. more >>
Finally we have a completed follow up to Pet Sounds . SmiLE
is an exuberant song cycle of loss, longing, and redemption. more
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Sports
by Sam DeWitt
The Metropolitan
The Midwest Region of NCAA Division II women's soccer is officially on notice, and the message is clear: the No. 5 Metro Roadrunners are a force to be reckoned with. more >>
Metro uses fifth-year senior to set up two important road wins over conference rivals
by Nate Timmons
The Metropolitan
The Metro volleyball team finished their five-game road swing with two
victories against Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference West Division teams.
more >>
by Donald Smith
The Metropolitan
Metro midfielder Phillip Owen settles the ball during the Roadrunners
4-0 victory over St. Edwards University on Wednesday, Sept. 29 at Auraria
Field. Owen scored the second goal in the game. more
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by Donald Smith
The Metropolitan
Volleyball (7-10 overall, 4-4 RMAC) There is life in this team after all! After the volleyball team looked
to have a dismal year ahead of them; losing six of their eight games,
which included a horrid showing at conference rival Regis on Sept. 25,
Metro is showing signs of competitiveness as they defeated conference
foes Adams State and Fort Lewis in straight sets this past weekend. more
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