Rutan's celebrity rockets contest to another plane
Anyone walking through the Auraria Event Center Nov. 12 might have thought they landed in Hollywood and spotted a superstar.
A tall, grey-haired man with sideburns racing down his jaw was mobbed by dozens of photographers and people who just wanted to hear him speak.
Most Metro students do not know who Burt Rutan is, but in the aviation world Rutan is a superstar. Rutan made a visit to campus Saturday to speak to students about his prolific role in private space travel. more >>>
The only candidate for Metro's Vice President of Student Services was appointed to the position Nov. 11, and, pending an approval by Metro's Board of Trustees, will start in mid-January.
The board is expected to formally approve Metro President Stephen Jordan's appointment of Douglas Samuels at the next board meeting, Dec. 7, said Metro spokeswoman Cathy Lucas. more >>>
Aaron "Jack" Wylie was elected as the new president of Metro's Student Government Assembly two weeks ago with 262 votes to the 129 cast for his opponent, Inayet Hadi. Wylie-who was slated to be inaugurated, along with 11 other senators, Nov. 16-sat down this week with News Editor Clayton Woullard to talk about his vision for the future of the student government and how it should serve students.
Editor's note: Some answers have been cut or abbreviated for space. more >>>
A bill that would cut approx $8.7 billion in federal funds to the student loan program has stalled in the U.S. House of Representatives after it failed to gain enough votes.
House Resolution 609, a provision of the Budget Reconciliation Bill, is scheduled for a vote on the House floor before the end of the year, but has been stalled because the larger bill failed to gain enough votes. Sponsors and proponents of the Budget Reconciliation Bill have delayed voting for another week. more >>>
Witness to the human condition
Photojournalists are often categorized as heartless and unfeeling. We hold a camera where we should hold out our hand. We stare through glass and hide behind black boxes. We capture emotion without showing emotion. We are seen as vultures: hovering, waiting for the next tragic event. more >>>
I have been told that the reason many people enjoy reading my columns week after week is because they aren't angry, bitter or raging, like what is typically found in college media outlets. Many college newspaper writers think a columnist's job is simply an outlet to vent and, to a point, they are correct. I have tried to hold back my true feelings and gripes, but I have found I can no longer keep my silence. I will, at last, rant about something that irritates and troubles me to my core: standardized testing. more >>>
'Tis a turbulent plight to be a socially conscious individual on Thanksgiving. There's the history of conquest and destruction of indigenous societies marking the occasion, the sampling of all-American gluttony in our methods of celebration and of course, the greatest kick-in-the-pants, making the holiday even more difficult: veganism.
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There is a liberal bias in the media, say the conservatives (Fox News notwithstanding). Well, maybe. The Metropolitan does, most certainly, have a liberal bias. The Advocate does, too, and so does The Community News-all of our Auraria publications. Why is that? more >>>
New director, 27, will lead GLBT community into new, cutting-edge territories
They say life goes in circles. And for this friend of Dorothy, the Yellow Brick Road has done a 360 of sorts.
Last week, after two years away from Auraria Campus, D. Nico Baker returned to take on one of the most daunting tasks imaginable.
Baker is the newly appointed director of the Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Student Services. And the ruby slippers he has to fill are pretty big: Karen Bensen, who had been in that position for more than 12 years, wore them. But Baker knows that all too well. He told me replacing Bensen might be impossible. He worked alongside her for six semesters as a student and intern and he saw first-hand the magic she had with students, fellow directors, administrators and members of the community at large. more >>>
By Jerry Geisler, Debbie Gilliard and Raj Khandekar
Strategic planning key to Metro's future
Imagine two futures for Metro. The first one, without strategic planning, would have Metro operating without a vision, mission, strategic objectives, a strategy that fits, knowledge of how well Metro is performing, and would be unable to correct our deficiencies or to learn from our successes. To put it simply, Metro would only be reacting to changes in the external environment and solving problems as they arose. more >>>
28th Starz Denver International Film Festival premieres with 'World's Fastest Indian'
On Nov. 10, "The World's Fastest Indian" premiered in the Ellie Caulkins Opera House at the Denver Performing Arts Complex. With all of the expected ceremony and fanfare, the premiere of the 28th Annual Starz Film Festival did not disappoint. Honored guests and Denver elite joined together to celebrate the beginning of a festival devoted to independent films. more >>>
Nishikawa's new film explores importance of Japanese-American pilots during WWII
Lane Nishikawa's "Only the Brave" was a runaway hit during the opening days of the 28th Starz International Film Festival. The two initial showings sold out; a third was added and quickly sold out as well. more >>
Lelouch premieres new film, explores past at SDIFF
For all its abstraction and artsy liberties, Claude Lelouch's new film, "The Courage to Love," aims to appeal to an American audience.
"The first version was very French," Lelouch said through an interpreter. "Even French people wouldn't have understood it."
After screening his film for an enthusiastic crowd at the King Center Saturday night, the legendary French director explained that the featured version was only one of several different edits. more >>>
Four albums=four reasons to be thankful for Brian Eno
Brian Eno should have starred in "The Man Who Fell to Earth."
The 1976 cult film about an alien masquerading as a human starred David Bowie, a reasonable choice considering his cultivated, self-consciously weird image and frequent use of sci-fi imagery. Eno, though, managed to be a lot weirder than Bowie without ever seeming to try. Bowie leaned on lyrical cues to express his futurism, but Eno's records exude a pervasive aura of other-worldliness; rock and roll as interpreted by The Man From Mars, pop songs from Jupiter, soundtracks from deep space. Beginning with Here Come the Warm Jets in 1973 and ending with Before and After Science in 1977, Eno's rock phase combined that alien quality with a prodigious talent and what he termed "idiot energy" to produce four of the best, most original rock albums of all time. more >>>
into a 98-pound weakling obsessed with Frank Zappa
I will never forget the lunch period in ninth grade when I discovered Frank Zappa.
I was a socially awkward and alienated teen in the midst of puberty, a perfect target for any number of petulant performers or genres. On that day at the local record store, however, I would find an artist who did not stand for morose nonsense. more >>>
Last Sunday was a sweet day for the Metro women's soccer team. The Roadrunners won a sweet thing called the Sweet 16 off a super-sweet shot by junior forward Kylee Hanavan.
With the NCAA Division II regional win, the 'Runners are running to compete with the elite in the tournament quarterfinals Saturday, Nov. 19 in Seattle. more >>>
The Metro women's soccer team defeated Regis University last Sunday to win the Midwest Regional championship. The Roadrunners return to the Elite Eight for the second time in as many seasons.
Metro will attempt to defend its national Division II title against the second-best team in the nation. The Roadrunners will take on Seattle Pacific University at 1 p.m. on Saturday at Interbay Stadium in Seattle. Both Metro (23-0-0) and the Falcons (19-0-3) come into the game undefeated. more >>>
A new look for 'Runners men
Although there are many new faces on the Roadrunners men's basketball team this season, it's business as usual for head coach Mike Dunlap.
Metro graduated four of last year's starting five. Dunlap said he sees the new lineup as an opportunity. more >>>
Women add to strong foundation
The Metro women's basketball team begins 2005 on the heels of its best season in more than 10 years.
Last year, the Roadrunners surprised much of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference on their way to a 24-7 regular season record and the RMAC championship.
"I think this year should be a good compliment to last year and I think we have the ability to pick up where we left off," sophomore Paige Powers said. more >>>
Before becoming serious about a college education, I spent four years as a stadium operations assistant in the Colorado Rockies Baseball Club. Four years spent believing that a career in hanging flags and fixing plastic seats was going to take me somewhere. more >>>
Metro volleyball took its regular season success all the way through the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference tournament. Though the team fell to the University of Nebraska-Kearney in the final, the 'Runners showed they were ready for the NCAA tournament. more >>>
The off-season left a number of holes to fill on the Metro men's basketball team-both on the court and on the bench. Metro is returning only one starter from last year's NCAA Elite 8 team, and was forced to fill a couple of assistant coach vacancies as well.
A part of the solution was to bring back Brannon Hays, who was a part of Metro's national championship team in 1999, and also coached the 2000 national runner-up team. In his tenure as a head coach, Hays led Colorado Christian to its first appearance in the Division II top-25 poll. more >>>
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