Snack Attack store loses bid on lease; small businesses feeling squeezed
The future of an independently owned campus staple, The Daily Grind, lies in question, while another independent, the Snack Attack convenience store, has been outbid for its lease by Sodexho. 
Campus Village at Auraria and the Inn at Auraria, two new student-housing facilities, are on schedule for their move-in dates set for early August 2006.
Students planning to live in the new Campus Village apartments at 4th and Walnut streets may be able to move in as early as July, though the move-in date is still set for Aug.11, Community Manager Dan Hawley said Monday.
Chief attributes drop to awareness, still advises vigilance
Over 20,000 students walk amongst the buildings and courtyards of the Auraria campus, often riding expensive bikes, carrying iPods, PDA's, and even cash.
Reza Aslan is a scholar, a journalist and - most recently - an author.
Aslan is also an Iranian-American and a Muslim. But when Aslan spoke to professor Norman Provizer's political science senior seminar class on Jan. 18, he spoke, simply, as a crusader for truth and human rights.
Metro President Stephen Jordan asked lawmakers on Tuesday to approve the $8 million budget that the Colorado Center for Higher Education board has recommended during a special meeting that outlined his goals.
Colorado lawmakers met with Jordan during the first "college caucus" in Metro history. These eight lawmakers were encouraged by Jordan to approve CCHE recommended funding as part of the $74 million budget created by Referendum C. Jordan also presented his goals for the future and what Metro is currently working on.
I remember my Honors English 10 teacher Mr. Ransome explaining the concept of the perfect word. He told us, for every sentence, there was a right tone, delivery and word choice.
Strung together, these "perfect" words would form something beautiful; a complete, coherent thought that would be so provocative a reader couldn't help but stop, reflect and think.
At the age of 8, my father sat me down and taught me how to gouge someone's eye out.
It sounds dramatic, but he was a smart man with two young daughters in a time when one in three women are raped. Sure, he could have taught me how to punch and kick, but an 8-year-old hitting the knockout point is not a practical expectation. Instead, Dad taught me how to use my thumb to push into and then pull on someone's eyeball should they threaten my life.
In 1823, with European powers on the verge of a war to gain influence over Argentina, Chile and Venezuela, President James Monroe gave a speech. He declared any attempt on Europe's part to "extend their system to any portion of this hemisphere as dangerous to our peace and safety." This concept of American sovereignty is now known as the Monroe Doctrine, and has shaped nearly two centuries of United States foreign policy. However, its foundation is today being undermined by the shortsightedness of politicians concerned only with their own reputation.
I have made a few resolutions to kick off the new year. My ultimate goal is to be a better American!
In 1997, Comedy Central launched one of the most amusing and influential television programs in history- South Park. Created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone of Colorado, this show about the adventures of four young boys from a small mountain town has made fun of just about everything and everyone over the years. It has managed to evolve itself with each passing season, going from an obscure cable television experiment with a considerable focus on humor (no matter how immature) to becoming a significant political influence in the culture of America while still finding a way to maintain the laughs.
Taking time to live in the moment isn't easy to do. Travis Parr achieves this by bringing in several elements into his art that encourages his audience to get caught up in the everyday moments and look deeper.
Parr explains his art as a "new way to tell a story to the world." His large-scale acrylic paintings take one scene that may have easily fallen out of a fairy tale storybook. Filling each painting with the ultimate amount of detail and pushing the art of illustration to the edge, each piece of art attempts to stand on its own. They are visual chapters in an adventure without words.
A guide to the city's best pies
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Famous Pizza #2
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Denver Center's new production focuses on foibles
Before any actor appears, before any dialogue is spoken, before any music rings from the rafters, an imposing plastic Jesus silently watches as the audience shuffles into the Ricketson Theatre.
Imagine being sucked into a surreal, underwater world where every movement triggers sounds that coalesce into beautiful, bewildering music.
Now stop imagining because that world exists and it's called "Electroplankton."
"Electroplankton" is a unique musical entity created by renowned Japanese artist Toshio Iwai for Nintendo's portable DS system. As a piece of software created for a handheld gaming system "Electroplankton" could be called a videogame, but it has no goals, no score, and no ending. It would be just as accurate to call it a musical instrument, a toy, or an avant-garde audio-visual experience. Iwai, calls it a combination of a microscope, tape recorder, synthesizer and an NES (the original Nintendo Entertainment System). As strange as that may sound, it is actually a pretty accurate description of the elements that went into the game. Still, this is definitely a case where the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Depending on the perspective it could be considered all of these things and probably many more.
Hussalonia
The Broken Hearted Friends EP
The dreamy pop music and soft, lulling voices of Hussalonia are the perfect thing to escape the mundane reality of day-to-day life. On Hussalonia's The Broken Hearted Friends EP they cover four songs from four different, now-defunct bands, recreating them in their own soothing sound. According to the Beat the Indie Drum website, where the album can be found, the album was recorded out of frustration that the songs are disappearing into obscurity.
Commercial radio is finding itself in a deep pool of pickle juice. Music lovers are figuring out that there are many music outlets outside of what their town's radio is playing. As easy as slicing a piece of apple pie, music can be downloaded online or through a cell phone, and for a small price of $10-13 dollars a month, satellite radio can be blaring through car stereos. This easy access of music allows listeners to go beyond what is played on MTV and reiterated on commercial radio, and rather listen to music that isn't found from either of these sources.
Deadline
Getting Serious
(SOS Records, 2005)
Female vocals can be a double-edged sword for any punk band. On one hand it brings a fresh sound and a separation from the droves of male-fronted bands. On the other hand female vocals can bring a pop-punk air to even the toughest tracks.
Roadrunners win by combined 78 points in back-to-back games
If NCAA Division II rankings were determined by margin of victory alone, the Metro women's basketball team's 78 combined points over Colorado School of Mines and Colorado Christian University would place them at the top.
The Roadrunners' intelligent defense, combined with a relentless transition offense led to two of their biggest Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference wins this season, an 88-36 blowout of the Orediggers, and a 72-46 victory over the Cougars.
Within these sports pages, I've allowed a number of columns and articles about Metro's lack of a football team. It's old news. Like every sports editor before me, I've listened to the countless arguments for football. I'm still not convinced Metro needs it.
Now that college football season is over and the Broncos are finished, football stories are a thing of The Metropolitan's past. It's time to talk about something this school excels at: basketball.
Roadrunners fall to Mines in OT, recover against Colorado Christian
The Roadrunners' 47-game win streak ended in a surprising 69-65 overtime loss to Colorado School of Mines Jan. 20, in one of the most exciting men's basketball games this season.
The loss was Metro's first since Jan. 23, 2003, against the University of Nebraska-Kearney. It also ended a season-high eight-game win streak. The 'Runners recovered the following evening against Colorado Christian.
regis KOs METRO IN OT
The Metro and Regis University women's basketball teams are two of the biggest rivals in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, and it took until overtime Jan. 24 to decide a 79-69 Rangers win.
In the highly physical battle, both teams combined for more than 40 fouls, and four players departed early as a result. The win gave the Rangers a one-game advantage in the RMAC East Division. Regis went 10-0 in the conference, while Metro fell to 9-1.
Imagine a road race across one of Colorado's many byways and a field dominated by cyclists proudly wearing Metro jerseys.
That's what junior Ben Stein sees in the near future of the Metro cycling club.
Stein founded the school's latest athletic club last November, and the Roadrunner cyclists are a mere six weeks from their first race.
"We have to do our best to promote cycling, and that's one of the things I believe in," Stein said. "I want to get back to cycling and make sure everyone does it, because I don't want this thing to end."
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