Volume 27, Issue 31, May 5, 2005
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Election commission says candidate prevented free, fair election with
illegal polling station
By Clayton Woullard
The Metropolitan
The Student Government Assembly election has resumed with the disqualification of presidential candidate Zoë Williams, as well as 11 other students her campaign had supported. more >>>
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SGA elections will resume Monday
VOTE starting Monday, May 9 at 8am, ending Wednesday, May 11 at 7am.
VOTE ONLINE AT MetroConnect.
Check back for more information as it comes available.
Trustees name head of search committee acting president
By Clayton Woullard
The Metropolitan
New Metro President Stephen Jordan has been approved for a three-year contract with an annual salary of $270,000, more than any past president has been paid. more >>>
[Editors Note: This story was written before the Election Commission released their decision.]
Commission to wait on second hearing result
by Matt Quane
The Metropolitan
Matthew Jonas / The Metropp;itan
The Student Government Assembly election is on hold indefinitely and will likely not happen this Spring.
In addition to an election commission hearing April 28, the commission held a brief meeting May 3 to disclose information to defendants SGA Attorney General William Safford and presidential candidate Zo Williams so that a second hearing could be held in which the defendants are able to properly defend themselves. more >>>
Student housing project was once popular hotel that became haven for crime, homeless´ squat
by Boyd Fletcher
The Metropolitan
Driving past it on 1-25, you can see the transformation slowly beginning.
The top six to seven stores of the tower have new, clear glass windows, which are slowly replacing the many cracked, shattered and darkly tinted ones that were in place for so long. The golden dome has long since stopped booming with the oom-pa-pa of Tejano music and the golden domed entry way sits awaiting its transformation to a lounge/pool hall. more >>>
by Svetlana Guineva
The Metropolitan
The future of the Center for Visual Arts will become uncertain after July 1 when a proposed budget cut and structural management changes are to take place.
Created as a college art gallery in 1990, the CVA, located at 1734 Wazee St., has featured prominent local, national, and international artists with an accent on various multi-cultural themes and ideas. Its mission, however, has been to unite Denver´s diverse community, to serve as a urban link connecting races, ethnic groups, and traditions, just like Metro does. more >>>
As Metro urges students to sign up for the College Opportunity Fund to avoid paying the money, some may wonder what COF is or why they need it. more >>>
by Armando Manzanares
The Metropolitan
Referendum C and D, both the offspring of the Colorado Tax Cut and Economic Recovery Act, will go to Colorado voters this November and will finally give some relief to public colleges and universities if it passes. more >>>
Faculty senate joins national teachersĖ group
Student Involvement Leadership Award ceremony today
Outstanding women of Metro to be recognized
Zo Williams
Columnist
Metro, I am sorry. I am sorry that this school´s democratic process has been subverted to mimic a Soviet model of elections because the incumbent doesn´t understand a constitution and this illegitimate Election Commission cannot read their own by-laws. I am sorry, because this is not democracy.
I would love to use this space to address the complaint that was used as a pretext to halt the election, but I can´t. The reason is simple, I have yet to be informed by the illegitimate Election Commission that I am even mentioned in the complaint. I have yet to see this document, and I was never alerted that I was expected to be present in a hearing as a defendant. more >>>
Candice Gill
Guest Columnist
The cancellation of this election was as much of a surprise to me as it was to many of you. I strongly encourage that each of you, as students of this college, take a look at the Student Government Assembly (SGA) and realize that the SGA deserves better than these partisan politics. I really feel that the students deserve legitimately elected representatives versus those with fraudulent bias motives. It is important to realize that the people that are getting hurt are the student body, and we need to have our house in order with the new president, Dr. Jordan, coming in to take advantage of what we desire to see within our past commitments, at Metro, and for the Student "Voice." more >>>
Bryan Goodland
Columnist
Some people are calling her the runaway bride, but I think that Jennifer Wilbanks, the woman who ran away from her 600-guest wedding, should be treated like a criminal.
I can understand that people get cold feet, but what she did was ridiculous. It would have been fine if she just ran away, rude, but fine. Instead of doing that, she decided to call the police and say that a man and woman in a van kidnapped her. What this did was cause 100 officers and several volunteers, including some guest from the wedding, to go searching for her. Not only was it a waste of those people´s time, but it´s dangerous to send officers on a wild goose chase, because who knows what crimes were committed while they were searching for someone who was in no danger at all. more >>>
Maya Angelou: Poet, Scholar, Activist
Literary figure speaks to sold out crowd, praises poetic art form
Words by Tabitha Dial
Photos by Kristin Skvorc
The Metropolitan
Born April 4, 1928 as Marguerite Johnson, Dr. Maya Angelou has become a leading voice of feminism, equality and love.
"The honorary duty of a human being is to love," said Angelou. Her works are a testament to her saying.
She has been a historian, an editor, a producer, a playwright, a civil-rights activist, a director, a poet and a streetcar conductor. more >>>
Barking up the wrong tree can be a precarious thing. Self-indulgent and unkind, Chicago's Tusk knows the consequences of looking for something that isn't there. Released in August of 2004, Tree of No Return is Tusk's aural documentation of a maddening descent into oblivion. It's a mess of noise and guttural guitars, shaky screams and bass tones to move bowels. It's like camping in the woods with a serial killer on the loose and the sunrise hours away.
Not quite doom metal, not quite stoner rock, and just barely on the artsy hardcore side, Tusk reaches for experimentation. They blend moody atmosphere with heavy beating and come out with blood on their knees. more >>>
In a documentary filmed after the death of Frank Zappa in 1993, a film crew descended into the late musician's vault. The underground space, devoted entirely to his audio and video recordings, was so vast that the visitors were forced to don miner's helmets in order to navigate its labyrinthine depths.
Vautlernative records, headed by Zappa's widow Gail and engineer Joe Travers (dubbed impressively as the "Vaultmaster") is dedicated to exploring this largely untapped resource. more >>>
Dave Watkins
Music Columnist
I love to drive. Piloting a well-tuned machine through a high-speed technical corner is pure bliss. A great drive connects me to my soul, but my soul feels its best when it has a good soundtrack. Music invigorates everyone's soul, but I think it's best served while racing a 12-second car down a mountain pass. Driving is just better when it has a sublime soundtrack.
I've driven all kinds of cars, from a Geo Metro to single-seat formula racecars, and the best by far are those with great audio systems on board. more >>>
Baseball team ties series with Hays
by Nick Tacinas
The Metropolitan
In a wet snow shower, the Metro baseball team split a doubleheader Saturday, April 30, against the Fort Hays Tigers.
In game one, the Tigers pulled ahead 3-2 in the ninth inning and the ´Runners (25-24, 10-11 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference) did not manage to keep up, giving Fort Hays the first win of the back-to-back games.
However, the outcome of the second game was different. more >>>
by Donald Smith — Sports columnist
The Metropolitan
Volleyball
WomenĖs Soccer
MenĖs Soccer
and more >>>
Donald Smith
Sports Columnist
After four years of talking about others, it is really difficult to talk about myself, but IĖll try. First, I have been blessed with the opportunity to write for The Metropolitan.
I have also been lucky enough to have Metro fans, athletes and even coaches read my articles and columns; but, just as all good things must come to an end, this is mine. more >>>
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