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SGA battles over VP slot
By David Pollan
The extended delay in naming a nominee for Student Government Assembly vice president could lead to an impeachment of SGA President Jack Wylie.

Honors director steps down amid disagreements
By Allison Bailey
Director of the Metro Honors program, Adolph Grundman, is stepping down after 10 years in the position due to changes in the program.

Dalai Lama enlightens Denver crowd
By Geof Wollerman
In front of a crowd of about 15,500 on Sunday at the Pepsi Center, the Dalai Lama expressed his hopes for more education and compassion among peoples of the world, which he believes will lead to a “new reality” of peace, understanding and “external disarmament.”

Thousands travel across the globe to attend Denver's PeaceJam
By Taylor Sullivan
A Global Call to Action was declared on Sept. 15 by 10 Nobel Peace laureates and the international organization PeaceJam, kicking off a worldwide campaign to mobilize young people to commit one billion acts of peace in the next 10 years.

Clean energy gets a boost from MTV
By Josie Klemaier
The Student Advisory Committee to the Auraria Board and Auraria’s student chapter of the Colorado Public Interest Research Group are working together to raise awareness across campus about alternative energy and the environment as part of MTV’s Break the Addiction Challenge.

Metro's mascot retires
By Ruthanne Johnson
Metro’s athletics department held tryouts for mascot Rowdy the Roadrunner though no students tried out on Aug. 15 at the Auraria Event Center.

'Copter rides sweep over Auraria
By Michael Godfrey
The sound of a helicopter filled the air around Metro’s World Friendship Festival on Sept. 13 and 14 as it gave scenic flights around downtown to Auraria students.

Alternative healing
By Kristi Peregoy
A new holistic medicine degree introduced this fall will make Metro the first school in the country to offer a four-year degree in the practice.