Kieft withdraws candidacy for Metro President

by Grover Greer
The Metropolitan

Although Metro´s search for a new president will continue, one candidate has withdrawn his name from the list of possible candidates. more >>>

No pucks, no bucks

by Dmitry Rashnitsov
The Metropolitan

With the National Hockey League work stoppage going into its fifth month, many local businesses are worried about the economic impact the lockout is having. more  >>>

Metro sees decrease in black profs

by Svetlana Guineva
The Metropolitan

The number of tenured African-American faculty at Metro has decreased in recent years while the percentage of other racial minorities has increased or remained the same, and the college is using various strategies to ensure minority diversity. more  >>>

Passenger identification process at DIA questioned

by Justin Breuer
The Metropolitan

Much like peeling layers of an onion, the security measures set in place at airports range from checking passenger identification, to screening passengers and luggage for threats with the aid of high-tech equipment, to planting civilian-attired air marshals on planes during flights. more  >>>

SGA paves road for future members

Potential tuition hike a major obstacle for SGA, AHEC, students

by Matt Quane
The Metropolitan

Metro´s Student Government Assembly discussed its plans for the remainder of the semester and conferred over what they could do about the possibility of a tuition hike or the raising of student fees at their most recent meeting last Thursday. more  >>>

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Metro community to build Habitat for Humanity home

The Metro community will be building a new home for a family in need on Feb. 11 and 12.

The project, which was made possible by Habitat for Humanity of Denver, will take place from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 14701 East 18th Place (18th and Eagle) in Aurora. The Metro community is invited to help with the construction. more >>>

When "Push" comes to shove off

Tim Dunbar
Columnist

"I may disagree with what you have to say, but I shall defend, to the death, your right to say it." ~Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire. more >>>

Womenís wartime effort

Zoë Williams
Columnist

There are some very bad people in this world. They hate your freedom. They hate that you have rights. They want to keep women silent in the home, viewing their only purpose as mothers and servants to men. They are religious fundamentalists and want to impose their beliefs on you. They want to kill your children. They are willing to kill thousands indiscriminately just to get what they want. They will attack with bombs, aircraft and guns. They do not care about women, children, or noncombatants.  more >>>

Recollections of Ghana

Students, professor kick off Black History Month with memories of a momentous journey

by Elena Brown
The Metropolitan

On Feb. 1, the 22 nd Black World Conference kicked off a series of Black History Month events.  more >>>

ëEngagement' balances conflict, devotion

Film Review by Heather Wahle
The Metropolitan

"A Very Long Engagement" expertly weaves a tale that maintains an element of hopeful dedication while exploring the cruelty of war. 
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Oedipan Complexities

Denver Centerës production of Sophocles' "Oedipus Rex" Draws on Tragic Tradition, Classical Design

by Chelsea Chorpenning and Adam Goldstein
The Metropolitan

The Denver Center's current production of "Oedipus Rex" is marked by anonymity. The players' faces are hidden behind finely crafted masks, obscuring their individual traits and imbuing the ancient drama with a deeper, more resonant message. Indeed, the uniform appearance of the actors seems to hint that Sophocles' drama holds a profoundly human themeóa conflict, which resonates in any age, in any setting, and for any audience. more  >>>

Deconstructing Aztla'n

by Armando Manzanares
The Metropolitan

Re-examine. Re-interpret. Re-define. Three words that come to mind after attempting to interpret and describe the new exhibit at the Center for Visual Art of Metro State. more >>>

Hardship, Revolution, Hope

words by Justin Rennolds
photos by Jason Chevarria

"We didn't know there were other African- Americans in this country except for Jet and Ebony which told us so," Afeni Shakur

Behind every legend is the legend's mother.  more  >>>

Roadrunners stomp Tigers

by Elin Otter
The Metropolitan

With two wins this weekend, the men's basketball team redeemed themselves from the last weeks' letdowns and proved that they still contends for the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference title. more >>>

Women’s hoops roll towards best season ever

by Matthew Gunn
The Metropolitan

The Metro women's basketball team (17-4, 11-2 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference) showed its potential last weekend in two resounding conference wins. The Roadrunners beat Chadron State and Fort Hays by a combined margin of 59 points. With six games remaining in the season, the ëRunners control their own destiny.  more >>>

‘Runners off to perfect start

Pape delivers three big hits as Metro starts 3-0

By Sam W. DeWitt
The Metropolitan

Let's be honest: most people don't begin thinking about baseball until after the Super Bowl is over, its pageantry and pomp getting small in the rear-view mirror as spring training opens for the professional clubs and pitchers and catchers report to Arizona and Florida sometime in March.  more >>>

You lookin' for something to do on a Friday night?

Donald Smith
Sports Columnist

( What if you could see two of the best men and women's teams in the conference take on two of the better teams in the conference? What if you could go to banging party and all you had to do wear clothing from another era (or not)? And how about if all of this were for FREE! Well, Metro State student, you're in luck! Because Coaches Dave Murphy and Mike Dunlap proudly bring to you two of the best teams in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference as they take on the University of Nebraska-Kearney Antelopes beginning with the women's game at 5 and the men's game at 7 p.m. The game will immediately be followed by the party in the Tivoli .)  more  >>>