Surviving the Scars of Abuse - Part three of a three-part series
About one in three people may be walking wounded.
As they age, these walking wounded may develop depression, anorexia, bulimia, self-mutilation, drug addiction or alcoholism. They may also develop a propensity for violence and repeat the damage with their partners and with, or to, their own children. more >>>
Colorado voters said yes to Referendum C last week, warding off significant tuition increases for Metro students.
Students faced tuition increases of up to 51 percent if the referendum failed.
The Colorado Commission on Higher Education announced Nov. 7 that it approved a plan to cap tuition increases at the state's public colleges and universities at 2.5 percent. The plan asks the legislature to increase higher education funds by $65 million next year. more >>>
The cost of commuting to campus for students may be increasing in more ways than one.
Meetings are being held this month to allow for public opinion on the proposed parking fees at Regional Transportation District park-n-rides for out-of-district commuters. more >>>
Fewer cars are parking on campus this year due to high gas prices and more students in online classes.
"I park at the light rail to save gas and to save money on parking," said Metro freshman Dustin Hastings. "I am already paying for the pass, so I might as well use it."
According to Mark Gallagher, Auraria director of parking, at the end of October, his department saw a decrease of 1,300 cars per week. Last year, AHEC parked two million cars, one hundred thousand of which were for special events. more >>>
A new fraternity on campus is looking for a few good men.
Sigma Nu is a fraternity that is against hazing and has a no alcohol policy. The core beliefs of Sigma Nu are love, honor and truth-not beer, bongs and togas, which is currently the typical view of other fraternities.
Sigma Nu is based out of Lexington, Va. and has had 220,000 members in 182 active chapters since its founding in 1869. more >>>
Metro students pitch in for new baseball fields
A group of Metro sport industry operations students recently helped give the gift of baseball to Parker youth while gaining practical experience in their chosen field.
In partnership with the Double Angel Foundation, Dianne Harrison Miller’s class took on the task of marketing a nonprofit organization, raising awareness of carbon monoxide poisoning and building baseball fields. The students ran everything from promotions and corporate sponsorships to the creation of a Website. more >>>
Mother's absence brings lost hope
This week marks one month that I am a motherless child.
Regardless of physical age, to our parents we are eternal children. I know this as I look at my daughters. My children exude this youthful fascination, much younger than their years, even though they are nowhere near the physical realms of adulthood. more >>>
I dedicate this column to all the authentic individuals out there (you know who you are), and to all of you who know who Ayn Rand is and appreciate her work.
Our campus is somewhat diverse; all of the obvious commentary applies, different races, genders, etc.
Some look like they just rolled out of bed (me), and some look like they're strolling on the catwalk (the chicks in stilettos, ouch!). more >>>
Last week, I was sitting in a coffee shop reading from the Al Jazeera Website and an over-stimulated suburbanite bustled up to inform me that she could not read "Eastern News" because she just couldn't understand "why the heck those folks hate us so darn much." I replied by turning my computer screen in her direction to point at the headline of the story I was reading: "C.I.A. has secret terror jails." more >>>
Lies, lies and more lies. The Bush administration has told so many I can hardly keep track. This time, the lie is the impending doom of the world population that can be found in the form of the Avian Flu.
Whenever Bush proposes a plan or asks congress for money, I always think, who will get rich off of this scam? Bush asked congress for over $7 billion to prepare for the potential pandemic and more than $2 billion will go toward vaccines. The obvious answer to the "who is getting rich" question is clear: Donald Rumsfeld. more >>>
 SEAN G. DONOVAN sdonova3@mscd.edu
I want you to look around you right now. Find everything within arm's reach that has an electrical circuit and hold it in your hands, or if it's a computer look at the box in front of you. Take a good look at these objects of yours. Wait a second...now they're obsolete. It doesn't matter if you just took it out of the box, what you possess has just been outdated, outmoded, upgraded, and reinvented to make what you have fodder for eBay. more >>>
Nothing will save you from being ridiculously nervous on a first date.
What is this war we all have between our hearts and our heads? My heart beats like crazy in anticipation of the first date.
My head tells me to quickly call and cancel. Reschedule with the trusty TiVo. more >>>
Time is the ultimate sanitizer. Age can tame the risqu‚, rendering the most scandalous piece of art a piece of family entertainment. more >>>
Metro students take steps toward professional career in thesis exhibit
Transitioning from student life to the professional life is a daunting task.
A new exhibit at Metro's Center for Visual Art may make this change easier for art majors. The exhibit features Metro seniors as they attempt to break into the professional art world by producing innovative exhibition pieces. "Mish Mash," the Metro BFA Thesis Exhibition, provides artists about to graduate an outlet for their most brilliant works. more >>>
Boston band erases line between indie, jam scenes
I've been into the "jam band" scene so long I lost touch with the rest of the music world. However, I realized lately, I need to quit making judgments based on the pigeonholing and labeling of bands. When I came across the "Phish of indie rock" (as they were so wonderfully described to me), it sounded like a good opportunity to broaden my range without straying too far from my comfort zone. more >>>
spotlight! sippin' on Jin and juice
Jin has been compared to Eminem because he's a quick-tongued rapper with witty lines and a knack for free-styling and, as one of his verses goes, "the only reason you compare me to him is 'cause I'm not black, neither." more >>>
Pursuing pop perfection
Vanity is the term for one who exhibits excessive pride or conceit, and it's a common trait among the self-absorbed, pretentious hipsters in the indie scene.
It's somewhat ironic that the Denver band, The Vanity, doesn't fit the description at all.
They took the name as a way of "poking fun at ourselves," said guitarist Kamruz Mohager. A love of pop music of all kinds, from acceptably cool indie pop to reviled mainstream acts (the name Hanson came up) is the basis for their sound. more >>>
Warning! This is not a test. Thrash-metal aliens have come to enslave the planet and ravish our women.
GWAR, an acronym for "God, What an Awful Racket," has been offending people for 20 years. Their perverted hedonistic style of thrash-metal is matched only by the absurdity of their live performances. They are headed out to bring more shock-rock to the masses this year for their 20th anniversary tour more >>>
Women beat Regis 4-1 en route to third conference title in four years
For the third time since Metro head coach Danny Sanchez took over four years ago, the No. 1-seeded women's soccer team captured the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference tournament championship by defeating No. 3-ranked Regis, 4-1. more >>>
The upstart Metro men and women's cross country teams ran in the NCAA North Central Regional meet Nov. 5 in Fort Hays, Kan., finishing ninth and 19th respectively.
The 315 points scored by the men's team tied the Roadrunners with Wayne State for ninth place. The performance was more than head coach Peter Julian expected. more >>>
The odds are usually against a team away from home, but not for Metro women's volleyball. The women kept their scoring high and their opponents' points low during last week's game against Colorado Christian and took advantage of a home game against Chadron State. more >>>
The Broncos are just days away from starting the second half of their season. Apart from the cover-your-eyes awful game that opened the season, the team has looked as good as any time in recent years. Deprived of Broncos football this past weekend, I spent the time like any good Broncomaniac: evaluating the season so far and arguing about the Broncos' playoff prospects. more >>>
The Metro men's soccer team suffered its toughest loss of the season on Friday, falling to Colorado School of Mines in a 3-2 shootout.
The shootout came after a 2-2 double overtime tie and eliminated the Roadrunners from the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference championship. more >>>
Building a program from scratch is one of the challenges facing students who participate in club sports. One group took the challenge this fall and formed Auraria's first women's club soccer team.
The team submitted its registration too late to receive funding from the Metro Intercollegiate Athletics, but they continued anyway, and pulled together enough money to get through the fall season. more >>
Tri-meet challenges team's endurance
Outnumbered and overpowered, the Metro women's swim team finished third in a three-way meet Saturday, Nov. 5 at the Auraria Event Center. Omaha took first with 137 points to Mines 52 with Metro trailing at 43. more >>>
Metro club hockey was 4-2 coming into its two-game set with Colorado State University over the weekend. The CSU men, currently third in the region, struck hard and fast to earn the 8-2 win Friday, Nov. 4, on their way to a two-game sweep of the 'Runners. more >>>
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