Metro's adjunct faculty was compared to migrant farm workers based on its compensation and benefits in a meeting Nov. 29.
According to the American Association of University Professors, there are two major types of adjunct, or part-time professors: the first are those who teach part-time and the second are those who teach full-time, but are not tenured or on track to be tenured. more >>>
The Auraria board approved the spending of roughly $130,000 toward clean energy for Auraria on Nov. 16.
A 2004 referendum allows the Student Advisory Committee to the Auraria Board to collect $1 per student, per semester for three years to put toward a clean energy program for Auraria.
According to SACAB spokesperson Shaun Lally, the clean energy sub-committee researched alternative energy sources for the campus all last year.
"Our goal is to have the Tivoli powered by 100 percent wind; which is, I think, a really great example to set," Lally said. more >>>
Every year, hundreds of students graduate from Metro, a college celebrating 40 years of higher education. And yet, many of those students are blind to the neighborhood and memories the Auraria Campus once held.
In the wake of an opportunity to give lower income and non-traditional students a chance to attend college, several hundred residents were asked to leave their homes in the 1970s so that the Auraria Campus could be built. The campus is now home to Metro, CCD and UCD. more >>>
A Kenyan woman being sponsored by Metro's African American Studies department spoke to a class Nov. 16 about going from being homeless to building a home for orphans.
During her brief return to Denver, Eunice Kihenjo, the founder of Tumaini Ministries, a Kenyan orphanage, spoke to professor Derrick Hudson's African Politics and Government class.
Kihenjo said she did not escape struggle or hardship before reaching her decision to move back to Kenya and start an orphanage. In 1986, she moved from Kenya to the United States in pursuit of the American dream. She lived on the East Coast for 15 years before her marriage came to an end. more >>>
Before perhaps one of the largest crowds ever assembled for a Metro Student Government Assembly meeting, newly-elected SGA president Aaron "Jack" Wylie and 11 senators were sworn in to their offices.
SGA Vice President Dennis Bergquist called the crowd, which included Metro President Stephen Jordan and Wylie's opponent during the special election, Inayet Hadi, the best turnout he had ever seen for an SGA event - free food from Jerusalem's was offered, which may have helped with the attendance numbers. more >>>
I'd like to take this opportunity to say in my last column for the Fall semester that I have enjoyed writing this parlay between philosophy, political commentary, and pop culture and really address the need for students at Metro to challenge their own thinking-and mine if need be. more >>>
Every year my family asks me to make a list of things I want for the holidays. As an anti-capitalist, this tradition never fails to be telling of my application of politics to personal life. No matter how much my conscience aches, I scrawl out a list of the sweatshop-free sneakers, recently released albums and books my inner-consumer craves. more >>>
Of ice and men
The season for rock-climbing is over, but ice-climbing is well under way. However, sometimes ice-climbers resort to illegal activities to create the walls of ice necessary for their sport. For example, sometimes holes appear in the pipes that line Boulder Canyon, punched out by a welding torch after dark, as illustrated in the above photo.
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I am sad to report this will be my last column for The Metropolitan. Please, stop crying.
However, I am not leaving you so I can go drinking or carousing with loose women (I think my girlfriend would kill me for the latter). I am leaving to pursue my student teaching in the spring. I will miss spending my Thursday afternoon writing these gems for you, the reading community, and I hope I was able to give you something in return. more >>>
Dec. 25 is a very special day, honey. Besides being showered with gifts, and rightly so, it is the day Jesus was born many, many years ago, even before your mother and I were born and, as you know, we're very old.
Your mother has probably told you a lot about the big J.C.-that's what his best friends called him. He was a very special person, you know. Not as special as you, of course, but nonetheless a VIP all the way. He always got into the best clubs and threw the best parties. Everyone liked him. more >>>
BETH HANNON
bhannon@mscd.edu
Christmas is supposed to be "the most wonderful time of the year." All too often it isn't. Christmas can make your heart complete or it can be a heartbreaker.
What really makes a holiday as special as it is? Is it the presents we get, the tree we decorate and the candles we light? Or is it the people who surround us with love-the love that fills our lives. What really fills us up, and makes us as happy as we are on these cold and starry nights? And if we don't have somebody we love with us on these cold Christmas nights, is it still a special time? more >>>
Stairway to shreddin'
Playstation 2's "Guitar Hero" trains players for rock 'n' roll glory with virtual music lessons,Gibson replica
Guitar Hero
Publisher: Red Octane
Price: $69.99
Platform: Playstation 2
"Guitar Hero" is the perfect video game for any air guitarist who feels just a little too empty-handed. It is one of the most entertaining and interactive music games to be released for Sony Playstation 2.
The PS2 exclusive combines the best elements of rhythm and music games and backs it up with a 47-song hard rock soundtrack. Players become part of the band, playing everything from classics by David Bowie and Jimi Hendrix to new rock standards by Queens of the Stone Age and Franz Ferdinand. more >>>
For many years, my grandma has been interested in going to Italy. The country of her birth has been in the back of her mind since she came to America. It has been a constant presence in her subconscious since she was a toddler.
Three weeks ago, my grandmother, along with nine other members of my family and I, traveled overseas for the first time in an attempt to find a place known to us only by maps, vague stories and my grandmother's birth certificate. more >>>
Long ago (i.e. the '70s), dinosaurs ruled the earth; filling arenas with the thunderous roar of oversexed guitar gods high on life and whatever else they could lay their hands on. For more than a decade, these beasts defined the sound of rock's golden age before stronger, more specialized creatures evolved and took over, ending the reign of colossal riffage, dumb-as-a-post lyrics and macho, sexist swagger. more >>>
Boys & Girls Club brings educational program to Denver youth
While A&R reps are busy conjuring up the next ghetto persona for urban (and not so urban) America to fall obsessively in love with, youth advocates are playing their role in a counter-attack on the negative impact these marketing strategies will have on a much younger generation. more >>>
Denver's rockabilly scene: 10 years and going strong
Smokey bars, tattooed greasers, guitars and girls. The Denver rockabilly scene is coming back.
Rockabilly is a genre with roots deep in the past. It is one of the very few genres of music that has lasted over five decades and, despite a few alterations, has managed to stay true to its original sound. more >>>
Wilco's new album, Kicking Television: Live in Chicago plays like a sonic collage. All the varied musical and atmospheric fruits of the band's past labors coalesce in a live setting.
Electronic sound experiments, earthy alt-rock timbre and extended forays into white noise come together in a single setting, on a single stage. more >>>
In the past weeks, I have explored a few bars that provide karaoke enjoyment. They are scattered and sometimes dead. But one thing is for sure, when your friends crap out on you, getting up on stage to sing a horrible rendition of "Oops, I Did It Again" will perk you up right away. more >>>
Los Burbanks
Odd Little Nightmare EP
(INFIDEL Records, 2005)
Upon first listen, Los Burbanks sounds like many other bands that have emerged from the Seattle music scene: loud, somewhat snotty and mired in the grunge/garage tradition that has shaped the city's musical image since the late '80s. Listen a little deeper, though, and it becomes apparent that Los Burbanks is more than just one of the many copycat bands that call the Northwest home. The band is an amalgam of styles and cultures that writhe and meld in the form of simple and unabashed rock 'n' roll. more >>>
The Roots
Home Grown! The Beginner's Guide to The Roots, Vols. 1 & 2
(Geffen, 2005)
Any band takes a risk with a greatest hits collection. They risk alienating longtime fans by not offering anything new and they risk shutting out newcomers by not offering their most popular hits. Luckily, The Roots have avoided both with Home Grown! The Beginner's Guide to The Roots, Volumes 1 & 2, a 30-song collection of the group's most successful singles, fan favorites, b-sides and previously unreleased tracks. more >>>
R&B and hip-hop have fused over the last decade, breeding a new genre that has yet to be named or even acknowledged. Notorious B.I.G. and Faith Evans, 2Pac and Jon B., and more recently, Jay Z and R. Kelly sealed the deal between R&B and hip-hop. Nonetheless, this nameless genre exists, and Hersh has spent the past three years with the Unbelievable Music label trying to equally satisfy the cravings of neo-soul fans and hip- hop heads.
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The stage is set; the lights are dimmed, while the delicate chandelier awaits the unsuspecting audience. "The Phantom of the Opera" returns to Denver with all its glorious music of the night. more >>>
Roadrunner men off to 3-2 start in first two weeks
The Roadrunner men's basketball team opened the season 3-2, enduring the early season challenge of building a new team.
The 'Runners started at 2-0 with an 84-74 win over St. Gregory's University, followed by a 65-64 nail-biter over Westmont College in the Comfort Inn Downtown Denver Classic. more >>>
The Metro women's basketball team hasn't faltered since opening this season with a loss. The Roadrunners won three straight games and earned a 3-1 record in the first two weeks of play.
Metro lost to Tarleton State University 75-73 on Nov. 18, in the Al Kaly Shrine Classic in Pueblo. The 'Runners built a 13-point lead with just under five minutes remaining. A number of missed shots and fouls led to the Roadrunners' demise. more >>>
The Metro women's soccer team's quest for a second-straight NCAA Division II championship came to end in a disappointing shoot-out loss in Seattle on Nov. 19 in the Elite Eight.
It was the second time an undefeated No.1-seeded Roadrunner team lost on penalty kicks in the quarterfinals in three years. After winning 21 regular-season games in 2003, Metro lost to the University of California, San Diego in the same manner. more >>>
My friend's best friend was in an accident the Sunday before Thanksgiving.
Jeff Klein is one of my very best friends. I've known him as long as I've lived in Denver, and that's been a while. Jeff is a cross between a motivational guru and a future senatorial candidate. His enthusiasm and energy know no bounds. more >>>
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