Photo by Tyler William Walton • twalton2@mscd.edu UCD professor and Virginia Tech alumnus Ron Rorrer spoke to students during the candlelight vigil organized for Auraria students by the UCDHSC Office of Student Life April 17 in the Campus Village courtyard.

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Tuition hike on horizon
By Geof Wollerman
If approved by the Metro Board of Trustees, a 5 percent tuition increase for Metro students will go into effect this fall. The increase would amount to approximately $3 million in additional revenue for the college next year.

Tuskegees recount WWII heroics
By Elena Brown
Reverence was in the air April 11 when the Tuskegee Airmen made their way into the Tivoli Turnhalle.

Night on the town
By Adam Goldstein
A long, bitter winter has finally submitted to a hesitant spring in Denver. As the weather turns tolerable and the seemingly endless series of snowstorms recedes, The Metropolitan set out to see what the city has to offer on a Saturday night in way of food, fun and libations on a modest budget.

'Runners fly high over Mines
By Eric Lansing
Metro’s baseball team outscored the Colorado School of Mines 63-20 April 14 and 15 to sweep the Orediggers in a four-game series in Golden.

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Metrospective
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Sport
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