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Resignation wave hits assembly
By David Pollan
The Student Government Assembly recently lost two more members, leaving a total of four of its seats vacant, according to the SGA President, Jack Wylie.

Honors conference explores Asia
By Allison Bailey
Every year, the Metro Honors Program holds a conference to raise money and awareness for the program. The topic this year was East Asia, and the conference featured several speakers on East Asian politics, culture and economy, as well as a demonstration of Japanese taiko drums in the Tivoli atrium.

Health Center helps ensure students are of sound mind, body
By Ruthanne Johnson
Employees at the Health Center at Auraria are not only concerned about the physical well-being of Metro students who visit the clinic, but also with testing the pulse of each student’s academic health.

CD-ROM drives gone in a flash
By Barbara Hernandez
Floppy drives are prehistoric. Zip drives are endangered. Soon CD drives may meet a familiar fate. Over the next three years Metro’s Information Technology department plans to update all student computer labs with a new alternative for storing data: USB flash drives.

Israeli journalist addresses conflict
By Geof Wollerman
Despite a blanket of wet early morning snow on Denver’s streets, dozens of students and faculty gathered in the Tivoli Multicultural Lounge on Oct. 26 to hear Jerusalem Post journalist Herb Keinon talk about the ongoing Arab-Israeli conflict.

Metro offers change of venue for thousands of transfer students
By Michael Godfrey
More than 4,000 students transferred to Metro last year, making the school one of the most popular transfer schools in the nation, according to the Colorado Commission of Higher Education.

Campus faculty endeavors to define Asian-American identity
By Joe Nguyen
Professors from UCD and the University of Colorado at Boulder discussed the struggles of Asian-American identity Oct. 25 at St. Cajetan’s Center.

Election '06: Campus women: Ritter Mr. Right
By Geof Wollerman
Opinions on Auraria Campus may turn out to be accurate indicators of whom Colorado elects as its next governor, and just which portion of the population will be the deciding factor in the election.

Election '06: Denver voters get new option at Tivoli booths
By Steven Sinclair
The Tivoli Student Union will host a voting center on Election Day, Nov. 7, bringing the total number of Denver County voting centers to 55.

New Black Panther Party starts in Denver
By Amy Woodward
Settled quietly on East 22nd Ave., address 1426 doesn’t resemble the shops next to it. While the other shops have signs for their operations, 1426 has only a few advertisements on the window that read, “Shea Butter Sold Here.”

Metro hosts Air Force Leadership Lab
By Amy Woodward
Metro hosted its first Leadership Lab, or LLAB, for the 105th detachment of the U.S. Air Force ROTC program Oct. 19 at St. Cajetan’s.