news
by Tabitha Dial
The Metropolitan
Metro graduate Urban Hamid was held hostage for two hours April 8 after three armed men from the Mujah Hadeen jumped into his car outside of Fallujah and pointed their AK-47s at him. more>>
by Lindsay Sandham
The Metropolitan
A lawsuit has been filed against Metro's Board of Trustees by the faculty union because of changes made to the handbook that affect contractual rights of tenured faculty. more>>
by Neil Bergin
The Metropolitan
A huge anti-abortion exhibit that was displayed in the center of the Auraria campus for all to see last week has caused an eruption of controversy. more>>
Students set to vote this week on a new proposal that could allow them to have access to internet from their home
by Amanda Jo Frazier
The Metropolitan
Metro students will be able to vote this week on a proposed mandatory student fee that would provide nationwide, unlimited Internet access for $6 or less a month. more>>
by Clayton Woullard
The Metropolitan
Democratic Presidential Nominee front-runner John Kerry finished up his nation-wide campus tour last week in which he promised a proposed $75 billion to help make higher education more affordable for students. more>>
With the help of wind turbines and Denver mayor John Hickenlooper, Auraria may be on the right path to realizing clean energy. more>>
by Korene Gallegos
The Metropolitan
In the lobby of The Metropolitan hangs a momentous picture of four average guys who started a legacy. more>>
OPINION
Nick Bahl
The Metropolitan
In class this Monday, a student went on and on about how badly the war in Iraq is going for the United States. He continually reminded the class that 700 Americans have died, and that this is a tragedy (historically, what is "tragedy?"). I can't say I don't wish this didn't ever have to happen, but who honestly expects a war to go 'as planned;' who honestly expects life to end up in any way other than what we expected: any way other than death? more>>
by Tim Dunbar
The Metropolitan
When I was a kid, we were taught that The Litter Bug was a real thing to be feared and respected, something that, if we didn't dispose of our litter properly, would bite us. I always imagined the bite to be more of a sting since the cartoon depiction of The Litter Bug looked-to me, anyway-like a malevolent mosquito. Later, I found out there was no Litter Bug, but by then it was too late. I had already learned that littering was a bad thing and that, bite or not, it was just something I should not do. more>>
Joel Tagert
The Metropolitan
Let me tell you, there's nothing to convert people to your cause like a dripping-red, twenty-foot-tall display of pictures of aborted fetuses, plunked right down in the middle of campus for three days. more>>
FEATURES
by Lindsay Sandham
The Metropolitan
Doctors told him he would not live past the age of 20. He was determined to prove them wrong, and he did. UCD student Carlos Gibson was diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, the worst form of MD, at around age seven or eight. more>>
by Travis Combs
The Metropolitan
"I don't give interviews," said Peter Mayhew, his large and tall frame lounging in a chair behind an autograph booth, "It's bad for the convention." more>>
by Terresa Redding
The Metropolitan
"Steamboat Willie"-the black and white Mickey Mouse, stands at one corner of the room. Shrek, the green, computer-generated ogre, stands at the other. They study each other, each wondering what the other is supposed to be. Shrek eventually ventures his way over to Mickey, while Mickey frantically searches for an escape. more>>
by Terresa Redding
The Metropolitan
The Metro Student Government Assembly sponsored a panel discussion and an open debate for students to discuss Homeland Security and the Patriot Act Thursday, April 15 at the Multicultural Lounge in the Tivoli. more>>
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MUSIC
In a world of angry rappers and angst- ridden singers, Polyphonic Spree are absolutely illuminating
by Cory Casciato
The Metropolitan
Remember the feeling of being a kid, sitting in the sun without a care and hearing the ice cream man approaching? Or the swooping, soaring joy of falling in love for the first time? Now, imagine that feeling as an explosion of symphonic pop music. How does that sound? more>>
by tuyet nguyen
The Metropolitan The (International) Noise Conspiracy is a smart band. Using music as a Trojan horse, they've infested the hipster garage rock scene with their political commentary and subversive world views. more>>
by Chris Tarver
The Metropolitan
Because of the lack of good shows, people rarely want to spend their hard-earned cash to see hip-hoppers perform live. more>>
Brian Anderson
The Metropolitan
Sex, sex, sex-don't forget drugs, alcohol, and social deviancy.
Britney Spears' live broadcast of a concert caused some parents to become outraged. The parents argued that Spears has a negative influence on their children's actions. more>>
SPORTS
by Mark Held
The Metropolitan Metro baseball (20-21-1, 7-9 RMAC) completed a four game sweep last weekend on the strength of solid pitching against the Colorado Mines Orediggers. more>>
by Justin Kuntz
The Metropolitan
Although its early season might have seemed like an unforced error with a 1-9 start, Metro men's tennis has come together by ending its Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference schedule with a 3-3 record. more>>
by Elin Otter
The Metropolitan
With wins last weekend over Mesa State and CSU-Pueblo, Metro women's tennis (10-6, 6-0 RMAC) clinched its third straight regular season RMAC title Sunday, April 18, which could catapult the team into the conference tournament with great confidence. more>>
Donald Smith
The Metropolitan
I've only got one more of these things left, so I better make it good. more>>
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