Volume 28, Issue 03, September 8, 2005
News
Friends and family of students living at the Regency were invited to tour the newly opened first phase of Auraria’s first student housing community last Thursday evening, Sept 1 more >>>
African-American Studies' new chair looks to expand courses, faculty
Ronald Stephens has a dream.
He wants to make Metro's African-American Studies department one of the best undergraduate programs in the country. more >>>
The $28 million Tivoli renovations are set to be completed by January 2006, barring any major weather.
The removal of the white paint and restoring or replacing of the original brick on the outside of the Tivoli building has been the main focus of the renovations, which began in July 2003. Other major projects include updating the fire alarms, replacing the wooden windows and installing a new ventilation system throughout the building. The construction crew has also repaired most of the roof, with just a few more sections to go.
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Metro will be taking part in the efforts to provide relief to the survivors of Hurricane Katrina which devastated parts of Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana, while flooding the city of New Orleans last week. more >>>
Metro's new President Stephen Jordan sat down one-on-one with The Metropolitan last week to talk about his vision for Metro's future. He discussed community partnerships, Metro's growth, the importance of having more full-time faculty, the implications of referendums C & D, his commitment to student involvement in decision-making and his goal of making Metro the preeminent public, urban, baccalaureate college in the country.
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Plagiarism doesn't pay, but in many Metro classrooms it will cost to detect.
Last spring, Metro tested Turnitin.com as part of a pilot program. Now it's one of many schools across the nation to use the service to discourage students from submitting work that is not their own. more >>>
Insight
Life in The Tivoli is a little dimmer today.
There once was a smile that lit up the entire building. The smile belonged to Karen Bensen and she gave it to anyone, everyone. I never saw Bensen without a smile on her face. Even if it was just a half smile, she always wore it, unimpeachably, in style. more >>>
These days, it seems that the wrists of virtually every student on the Auraria campus are adorned with a colored rubber band featuring some uplifting message or another. The official name for these wristbands, I'm told, is the Powerband. more >>>
Being overweight is not that rare anymore. More than half of the people in this country are obese, and the same holds true on this campus. Though advertisers still use people whose body types are considered "slim" or "healthy," the average consumer is getting wider and heavier. more >>>
CONSERVING GAS WILL BENEFIT ALL
At the end of my days I take the bus home. Juggling school, work and trouble making is a stressful endeavor, but nothing compares to my commute home. more >>>
Find your happiness
I had been driving around Denver for most of my Monday a few weeks ago, running errands, which seemed to lead me to opposite ends of the city. I had been stuck in traffic, dodged careless drivers and struggled against becoming the homicidal road-raging freak that driving for more than a couple of hours in an urban environment will usually make me. more >>>
metrospective
Big Gene peers at the screen from beneath a white towel. When he's playing, he's in the zone. But when he's waiting for his opponent to pick his play or waiting for his next challenger, he looks impatient. more >>>
Starz series brings the suspense and terror of cinema legend Alfred Hitchcock to Auraria with seven classic films
In the upcoming film series, "Dial S for Suspense," the Denver Art Museum's fall film series pays tribute to one of the most innovative and commercially successful masters of suspense and horror on film, Alfred Hitchcock. The series will include 7 films that span the director's diverse career, from his low-budget British beginnings to his culturally synonymous staples. more >>>
Audio-Files
Kanye West is back and doubters beware: the man is a force to be reckoned with-now and for the foreseeable future. more >>>
As record store shelves overflow with sugary bubble-gum pop bands that have the audacity to call themselves "punk," it's easy to give up, toss the world the finger and declare that real punk is dead.
Easy, but wrong. more >>>
Donovan Welsh needed something to pull him away from his barroom fights.
As he stood facing possible charges for assault, he decided he needed a new crowd and a new hobby. So, in 2001, he learned to play the bass and started a band. more >>>
Unauthorized downloading of music is a crime, but should it be? Who downloads music illegally? Millions of people around the world, including me. more >>>
sports
Metro volleyball faces premier weekend challenge
Twelve top teams from across the nation were in Denver sharpening their skills and testing their teamwork in the annual Colorado Premier Volleyball Tournament. more >>>
The Metro women's soccer team pushed their early-season winning streak to three games by winning two matches over the Labor Day weekend at Auraria Field, including their first victory over a ranked team.
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It's in the sweat and the fun. It's in the camaraderie. It's in the pain and the gain. It's in the game and it's all in Campus Recreation at Auraria. more >>>
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