Volume 28, Issue 01, August 24, 2005
news
Bergquist named interim president; Williams won't run; Gill undecided
Metro's Student Court has ordered a special election to be held this fall to decide the position of Student Government Assembly president and 10 remaining senate seats.
The Student Court ruled the special election must be held by Oct. 31 more >>>
Regency will open Aug. 29
As students on the Auraria campus prepare to start the new semester in the classroom, some are finding themselves preparing for a new semester in the first student housing ever available for Auraria campus students.
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Adjunct instructors at Metro are banding together in an effort to attain better pay and benefits. more >>>
Some of them will wear armbands in class this semester to gain support for their campaign. A group of adjunct instructors at Metro met over the summer to discuss their strategy for obtaining better conditions and have also created a Website (www.denveradjuncts.org) with information on their campaign.
Nearly 91 percent of eligible Metro students made Metro's Aug. 19 deadline to apply for their College Opportunity Fund stipend. more >>>
The 22-foot tall little giant sits in a corner peering out across the floor filled with treadmills and barbells looking for somebody to play with. more >>>
Metro’s new president has launched provost search, convened his first cabinet meeting, met with community groups and leaders and has more activities on the way. more >>>
Insight
My parents knew a married couple that had AIDS when I was much younger, maybe 7 or 8 years old. I remember we visited them once for dinner. As we drove to their apartment, my parents told us about the sickness they had. They told us we couldn't get it from them and to act as though everything was fine.
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I'm fairly certain Bush and Co. would love to kick all the 'mos-that's short for gay-out of the good old U-S-of-A. Ha, I rhymed. His religious right company wouldn't mind if the Muslims got the boot, too. But that's for a different column. more >>>
When I was a wee lad, it was traditional to start each school year anew-new clothes, new shoes, new pencils and notebooks, new classes in a new grade. Each year was a fresh start, a new beginning, if you will. With the slate wiped clean, new possibilities were limitless. more >>>
Well folks, it's Back-To-School time and you know what that means, right? Of course you don't. You're in college now. more >>>
This is your last chance: drop that class!
Every student has suffered through classes that were not merely bad, but awful; and this is nearly always the professor's fault. It would be nice if every teacher at Metro was great, but that's just not the case. At Metro, there are a few teachers who are really excellent, many mediocre, and a few hideously bad. more >>>
Coffee is my lord and savior.
I know no experience more religious than having my first cup of the morning. I have seen the miracle of a triple shot of espresso while trying to remain in this world after three nights of paper writing. Coffee has complimented my conversations with professors, friends, enemies and loves. It has brought me closer to my fellow human beings. Not to mention that my inky and stimulating deity provides a high comparable to any drink I've ever had. Plus, it's legal and readily available. more >>>
MetroSpective
An Odyssey In Images
Audio Files
The most important figure in the past 50 years of music wasn't a musician or a composer, but an engineer. From the moment Robert Moog (pronounced to rhyme with vogue) built his first synthesizer in 1964, the sound of music was forever changed. more >>>
Turning Frowns Upside Down
Everyone has a favorite Beach Boys song. From the early songs about riding waves to the orchestrated majesty of the Pet Sounds era to the R&B influence of Wild Honey, the Beach Boys' catalog offers something for nearly all tastes. more >>>
Tour doesn't make any sense. Especially in the hands of an underground rock band, the entire idea of it is just impractical. Take one van and cram an entire band plus equipment and maybe throw in one or two friends for good measure. Then route a city by city itinerary trusting that across each new horizon there will be a venue to rock out in and hopefully a couch/floor to sleep on. Become accustomed to the delicacies of truck stop food and rely on selling t-shirts and other cheap merchandise to make gas and food money. Really, tour is an acquired taste. more >>>
Sports
Fall teams ready for more championships
As the summer ends, Metro's fall teams begin a new season with hopes of defending championships, reaching new levels of success and building a legacy. more >>>
Metro's club has been playing this 'cerebral' game for 24 years
It's rugby season again and player recruitment is in full swing. The Metro Rugby Club, The Glorious Bastards, needs students to join the team. more >>>
Since Aug. 8, when the volleyball team is "allowed" to arrive on campus, head coach Debbie Hendricks and her coaching staff have been vigorously training the team and getting the players to pre-2005 season functionality.
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