Bill would shield profs

Metro professor proposes bill to protect faculty’s politics, religion

by Boyd Fletcher
The Metropolitan

The issue of freedom of speech and open discussion of ideas in our college classrooms has again reached the state capitol. more >>>

Consultant rips SGA in report

by Matt Quane
The Metropolitan

Metro’s Student Government Assembly last Thursday addressed a consultant report that is highly critical of the group, which raised the ire of several members. more >>>

AHEC puts tuition boost, fee funding fixes on hold

by Grover Greer
The Metropolitan

Raising tuition and student fees will remain on hold until all other resources have been exhausted in trying to fund controlled maintenance fees on the Auraria Campus. more >>>

Bush proposes private retirement accounts aimed at young workers

by Clayton Woullard
The Metropolitan

President Bush introduced the outline for a proposed Social Security reform plan that would allow young workers to place their money into private investment accounts in his first State of the Union address of his second term Feb. 2. more >>>

oncampus & corrections

Students can win $100 by taking Health survey

Ninth annual women’s leadership and etiquette luncheon

Projects in works for campus housing projects

corrections

They're doing it anyway

by Zoë Williams
Columnist

America has a big problem with sex, a really big problem. What, with rape, STDs, young pregnancy, and AIDS/HIV as very real issues in our society, should teachers be telling students? more >>>

He was right under our noses

by Tim Dunbar
Columnist

Last week, interim President Ray Kieft withdrew his candidacy for Metro President. His reason was simple: after 18 months of proving himself as a fine leader of this institution and gaining … more >>>

A columnist who makes you think

This letter is to let you know how much I appreciate you running the columns of Zoë Williams. more >>>

All irony lost on ill–informed rhetoric

In Zoë Williams' Feb. 10 editorial, "Women's wartime effort," she makes the assertions that conservatives "want to kill your children," calls President George W. Bush a "cold-blooded killer," and degrades the brave men and women serving in the military. more >>>

Dazed and confused in the Communist dream

Response to Zoë Williams "Women's Wartime Effort"

Once again Zoë Williams has it wrong! Her facts are misconstrued and her mind is full of hate. more >>>

Denver museum boasts diverse collection, unique legacy

Story and photos by Clayton Woullard
The Metropolitan

Golden portraits of faces donning cowboy hats mark the sidewalk to a house brimming with history. The portraits have names like "Deadwood Dick," "Stagecoach Mary" and "The Bronze Buckaroo," names of black cowboys and cowgirls of the past and present. Without the sign outside, you might not be able to tell that this old house shelters a fascinating segment of black history.  more >>>

African Echoes

Evocative student exhibit offers stunning cultural viewpoints

by Svetlana Guineva / The Metropolitan

Go back to your past and build on it- only then you will understand the meaning of today. This is what Sankofa symbolizes.  more >>>

Shadows of an American Hero

Shadow Theatre Company highlights the life of Paul Robeson in their latest production

Review by Adam H. Goldstein
The Metropolitan

History-to a large extent-has been written by the victors.

The names and deeds of an age's heroes are easily forgotten. They are subject to the short attention span of subsequent generations, the vulnerability of documentation and the personal biases of historians.  more >>>

This Month in Music History

illustration and story
by Adam Goldstein

In 1937, a young jazz composer named Raymond Scott gave a music reporter a tour of his cramped New York City apartment. The writer was impressed by the neat division of the space into two distinct spheres: one side was neatly stocked with a piano and a phonograph machine, while the other was filled with futuristic electronic equipment. The floor was obscured by the trails of microphone wires.  more >>>

emo kids, meet hell's angels

by zach brooks
The Metropolitan

Planes Mistaken for Stars are often referred to as the best underground band in Denver. While taste is certainly a matter of opinion, Planes does have the stats to validate this claim. They tour relentlessly; they have a large, local draw; they have records on the indie label No Idea and have been courted (unsuccessfully) by the big boys.  more >>>

Dodgeball: A True Metro Story

photo essay by
Matthew Jonas & Wayne Bart
The Metropolitan

'Runners buck visiting Broncos

by Sam DeWitt
The Metropolitan

Metro State's athletic teams have a history of being poor hosts when other teams come to Denver to play. The Roadrunner National Champion women's soccer team didn't lose a game at home this year (and technically didn't lose a game on the road either; their one setback to Cal State-Bakersfield was at a neutral site - Durango).  more  >>>

ëRunners exact their revenge on Lopers

by Elin Otter
The Metropolitan

The No. 2 Metro men's basketball won their 33rd consecutive home game Friday when they beat conference foe Nebraska-Kearney 88-80 in front of 1,503 pumped-up fans at Auraria Events Center. more >>>

Roadrunners down Regis in nailbiter

by Matthew Gunn
The Metropolitan

With two weeks remaining in the regular season, the Roadrunners women's basketball team has completed its most significant stretch of conference games. more >>>

Tennis season already rough

by Nick Tacinas
The Metropolitan

The tennis team was struck with a loss before they even took the court this season after losing one of their players to an airplane accident December 17. Second year head coach for the men's and woman's team Dave Alden said this season is being dedicated to their lost member Nadia Barghelame. more >>>

'Birdbrains' will not see 'Runners lay eggs

Donald Smith
Sports Columnist

The best thing about last week's homecoming had to be both basketball teams defeating the Nebraska-Kearney Lopers. Although both squads won, the Metro women's team not only beat Kearney, they embarrassed them 77-62 in a game that might have been enough to secure a home playoff game.  more >>>