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A student walks to the parking lot Nov. 15. Campus crime reports show that the Auraria campus has had more reported cases of car theft in 1999 than 11 other colleges and universities in Colorado.

Car thefts rank No. 1 in campus crime Government statistics show Metro safer than several colleges

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According to the department's statistics, the University of Colorado at Boulder leads other Colorado campuses in the number of reported burglaries. The university reported 141 burglary cases in 1999, eight more that in 1998. CU-Boulder also reported three rapes,

The Auraria Campus had more reported cases of car theft in 1999 three robberies, seven cases of aggravated assault, three car thefts and

than 11 other colleges and 1999 reported crimes on campuses in Colorado 15 cases of arson in universities in Colorado, according to 1999. Department of Education statistics. motor vehicle theft Colorado State University in Fe. Collins

Campus police reported 11 cases of car reported more rapes than other major theft to the Department of Education in 1999, campus in Colorado. In 1999, CSU and 13 cases in 1998. reported IO rapes, seven less than

dd h f . 1• aggarvated auult . Th I In a ition to car t e ts, Aurana po ice the previous year. e campus a so reported 11 cases of burglary on campus reported three robberies, six aggravated assaults, 57 and 204 cases of theft last year, ranging burglaries, seven car thefts, and 9 cases of arson. from a missing teddy bear to more tha According to department statistics, Colorado $8,500 in video and digital photograph Christian and Regis universities have the lowest equipment. number of crimes reported in 1999 on major campuses

"Theft is a crime of opportunity," said in Colorado with 5 cases each. CU-Boulder has the · Auraria Chief of Police Joe Ortiz. "We do a highest at 169 cases. Auraria reported 32

campaign every semester to remind students cases, the University of Southern Colorado to keep an eye on valuables." Ortiz said the theft in Pueblo reported 9 cases, Western State rate for this year has decreased to 152 reported cases. College in Gunnison reported 17

In addition to a decrease in property crimes on campus, most crimes, the University of Northern violent crime have remained the same or decreased as well. Colorado in Greeley reported 22

In 1998 and 1999, campus police reported one case of rape Source: crimes, the University of Denver Department of for each year. Seven cases of aggravated assault were reported in Education reported 19 cases, the University of

1998, and two cases were reported in 1999. In both years, no Colorado at Colorado Springs murders or cases of manslaughter were reported. The only reported 7 crimes, Mesa State College increase for violent crimes during the two years was robbery. No in Grand Junction reported 15 cases, Ft. cases were reported in 1998, and two were reported in 1999, Lewis College in Durango reported 9 according to the Department of Education. crimes, Colorado State University in Ft. Collins

"It 's really amazing (most numbers have decreased), considering reported 98 crimes, the Colorado School of Mines in Golden reported how low the numbers were," said college spokeswoman Debbie 11 crimes, and Adams State College in Alamosa reported 28 crimes. Thomas. "This is a really safe campus."

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Edna Mosley, right, and Gwendolyn Thomas listen to a speaker during an open hearing about the discontinuance of the African American Studies major as a result of the Colorado Commission of Higher Education's policy on low demand programs. Both Mosley and Thomas spoke in support of the current African American Studies major at Metro.

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Members of Metro's faculty, administration, and student body, as well as members of the Denver community, met at an open hearing Nov. 17 to discuss the future of the African American Studies program at Metro.

The Colorado Commission on Higher Education has cut Metro's African American Studies major. But because of a policy change in June, Metro is no longer able to appeal the cut; CCHE requires a likelihood of 10 graduates within the next year for a cut major to be appealed.

Senate's opposition to the discontinuation of his department's major.

Vice President of Academic Affairs Cheryl Norton then described the process by which the African American Studies major had been selected for termination

"This is not a course of action that we are pleased about," Norton said. "However, institutions have rules that must be adhered to."

Following Norton's comments, Hagen turned opened the meeting to comments from those in attendance.

The Rev. Gill Ford, who attended the meeting as a representative of the NMCP, brought up the recent increase in

excluding not only current African American Studies majors, but also any undecided students who might be considering the major.

Debate team coach Scott y[atson. further criticized CCHE, pointing out the discussion of multi-cultural issues during this year's vice-presidential debates.

"If these issues are going to be reaching all the way up there, why isn't Metro keeping them?" Gratson asked.

"Do you believe that we would be here if the department in question was philosophy?" Maureen Lancaster, director of the Center for Individualized Learning, asked, questioning CCHE's motivation

"It was a v i r t u a I impossibility," Chicano Studies chair Luis Torres

''[)o·you believe that we would be here if the department in question

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behind targeting African American Studies.

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graduate Maureen Lancaster, Director, Center for lndividuaJized Learning member of Metro's first requirement.

Torres cited Metro's low graduation rcue, saying 200 students would have had to begin the program at its conception in 1995 in order to meet CCHE's standards.

History professor Monys Hagen led the meeting, which she introduced as "a very unfortunate task."

"It is not the choice of the administration, nor the faculty, nor the program on this campus," Hagen said of the decision to cut the major. "I personally don't believe it 's a done deal yet."

After beginning the meeting, Hagen turned the floor over to Akbarali Thobhani, interim chair of the African American Studies department, who read a prepared resolution stating the Faculty

sensitivity training for police officers, as well as members of other professions. Ford said the need for people to conduct sensitivity training reinforced the value of an African American Studies program.

"Sometimes we fail to recognize the need for education," Ford said. "There are so many facets in the community that are willing to pay (for people who can teach African American Studies)."

Metro student Kendra Lassiter said teaching isn't the only field as African American Studies major can go into.

"There's so much that an African American person, or anyone who takes this major, can accomplish," Lassiter said. She also warned that CCHE would be

graduating class, expressed concern about CCHE applying traditional standards to the non-traditional Metro.

Retired Lt. Col. john Mosely seconded her concerns, saying he was "somewhat disappointed that this is taking place at a college that is designed... for the community."

The Faculty Senate recorded the hearing, and plans to prepare a transcript by Nov. 27. The transcript, along with a letter concerning the future of the African American Studies major, will be sent co CCHE in late ovember or early December.

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police briefs

Items stolen after being left alone A Metro student reported a theft from the Garage

Study Lounge in the Tivoli on Nov. 8. Metro student, Christopher Hunter, stated in the

report that he placed his cell phone, calculator and a mechanical pen underneath his books and then left the lounge area brietty. Hunter said in the report that when he returned the aforementioned items were missing .

. Credit cards stolen from bag A Community College of Denver student reported

her credit card holder; assorted credit cards and an ATM card were taken from the victim's bag in the Arts Building on Nov. 8.

The student, Lue Davis, said in the report that her bag was left unattended in room 175F of the Arts Building.

The report said there were unknown persons who entered the room between 12-12:50 p.m. Later when Davis returned to the room, she found her Master Card, Visa Card, Wells Fargo ATM Card, burgundy credit card holder and $100.00 were missing.

AHEC golf cart goes for joyride A golf cart registered to the Auraria Higher

Education Center was reported stolen on Nov. 8. The golf cart, belonging to the Facilities

Management department of Auraria, was parked and left unattended at 10519th St. with the keys left in the ignitiqn, the report said. : ~

The report Lhen stated two unknown white men entered the golf cart and then proceeded to drive away in a southbound direction.

A witness, Kenneth Culler, said in the report he observed rhe golf cart with the two men in it traveling eastbound along Colfax Avenue. Culler then stated in the report that he saw .Lh_e <:art cr0¥i Colfax Avenue, southbound, at the intersection of Colfax Avenue. and Lipan Street. The witness' said that the C\VO men then drove the cart through .tl)e Burger Ki!lg parking lot and then turned south on Kalamath.

Both the Auraria and Denver Police units searched the area and were unable to recover the stolen golf cart, at that time. A hltlf hour later the golf cart was found by a Denver Police unit unatended and with no damage or items missing, at 601 W. 9th St.

Money stolen from athletic office A Metro employee reported about $1300.00 in

cash, checks and credit card receipts missing from the

Intercollegiate Athletics office on Nov. 6. The employee, Laura Lempe, secretary of the

Inter-collegiate office, state in a report that the money was from ticket sales for the Metro men's basketball game against the Harlem Globetrotters on Nov. 10. She said the moneybag was taken between 11:45-12:45 p.m. Lempe said in the report that the moneybag with ticket sales was usually kept in a certain place within the Inter-collegiate Athletics office in rm. 355 in the Tivoli. Lempe also said in the report that due to the amount of ticket sales, the bag may have been left on cop of a desk.

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Computer lab to help students with disabilities m Bernadette Baca

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A computer lab that offers enhanced technology to students with disabilities and one that will serve as a one-stop service for students from all three schools opened in the Auraria Library Nov. 14.

The Combined Computer Access Center and the Auraria Library Computer Commons celebrated it's opening with an open house and a ribbon cutcing ceremony. The two labs are located on the first floor of the library.

The center offers the latest in adaptive technology that assists students

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with disabilities. Dragon Dictate/ Naturally is a software that has voice recognition and allows input for word processing and basic computer commands. Another program

available that magnifies the screen for people with visual impairments is Zoom Text. The Juliet Brailler prints Braille from Windows and DOS programs.

Kevin Joel Hardin, a University of Colorado at Denver graduate student , is visually impaired. He uses the program job Access With Speech (JAWS). This computer program reads to people who can not see the screen. He said he is happy the lab is open and has more room than what it used to.

"Well, I'm real glad it's opening," Hardin said. "It's much easier."

"We are now able to serve them [students with disabilities] in a much better fashion than we have before," Kaplan said. "We have more breathing room, more elbow room, new equipment, and that's what it's all about."

Will Spence, a graduate of Metro and who suffers from Duschene Muscular Dystrophy, is the adaptive technical specialists for the center. He said the center is a blessing and is an instrumental element to students with disabilities.

"When I first started my college experience a computer lab for people with a disability was not even in existence," Spence said. "Not only does the CCAC provide technological support for people with disabilities, it also provides a community network for people with disabilities."

To be able to use the center students muse be enrolled at Metro, the University of Colorado at Denver, or the Community College of Denver and have proof that he or she has a disability.

The Auraria Library Computer Commons is a lab where students from Metro, UCO, and CCD can do research, check e-mail, and find information resources.

Cynthia Martinez is in charge if the Auraria Library Computer Commons. She said she is there to assist anyone who comes into the commons.

Two years ago, the center had 500 square feet of space. Today it shares more than 1300 square feet of space with the computer commons. Laverne Donelson, the director of the center, wrote two grants to get more space to make the center larger.

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Kevin Joel Hardin, a University of Colorado at Denver graduate student who is visually impaired, uses the program Job Access With Speech (JAWS> at the Combined Computer Access

Center in the Auraria library Nov 14. This computer program reads to people who can not see

The lab is che first computer commons area where any student, faculty, staff, and the general public can come in and use it. It provides word processing programs, spreadsheet software, and access to the library's on-line services. "When I came here, the wheelchairs the screen.

were clanging together we were pushing one another and I said, 'This has got to stop,"'

Donelson said. Sheila Kaplan, president of Metro, said

there are about 400-500 students on the Auraria campus with a disability.

Metro sexual harassment prevention training moves online

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Sexual harassment prevention training just got easier.

Under the old system, faculty and staff of Metro were required to auend an hour-long workshop that included a 20 · minute video and covered what constitutes sexual harassment and the roles and responsibilities faculty and staff has as well as a quest-ion an answer session scheduled periodically throughout the semester.

Beginning chis semester, they may attend the workshops or take the training online. The

information will still remain largely the same. Percy Morehouse, executive director of the

Equal Opportunity office and assistant to the president, said the online training was created "for the convenience of the faculty and staff who were having a hard time taking time out from their schedules."

Faculty and staff are required to get an 80 percent on the test and while they can take the test as many times as needed, they cannot simply go back and change the answers until they get the right one.

"Whoever is taking the test really has to understand the information provided for them," Morehouse said. He said wrong, the right answer

is explained for the test-taker. , Both Morehouse and Lee Combs, Metro's

attorney said they had gotten a lot of positive feedback about the training. Morehouse said he had received a few comments that the test-takers missed the interaction with the presenter, which he considers one of the online courses drawbacks, but that the test-takers had commented that the course was well<leveloped, written with clarity and convenient.

"The existence of the training is an example of the commitment we have to ending sexual harassment on campus," Combs said.

Morehouse said a reduction in the amount of sexual harassment complaints occurred during

the semesters when the seminar was being held and he hopes it will continue to decline with the online course.

''As far as we're concerned, it's a good learning tool," Morehouse said. "If you educate people they won't make the same mistakes, there is prevention through education. We take sexual harassment seriously."

Beginning in spring 2001, follow-up workshops will be available for the online course.

Faculty and staff can contact the Equal Opportunity office at 303-556-2939 if they have any questions.

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Things you could live without.

Overlapping class schedules.

We've redesigned the class time block schedule. Now most classes begin on the hour,

making it possible for you to schedule back-to-back classes.

Classes five days a week. We've added more

Monday/Wednesday classes. We've also added more Friday-only classes, giving you more

options to plan your week.

Wasted weekends. We've added more

weekend classes, so you can make going to college work with

the rest of your life. Or beat the crowds and ski during the week.

Hassles. We're listening.

And we're working hard. to take the hassles out of scheduling classes.

I n addition to the three improvements l i sted above, we're moving the registration date up nearly three weeks for Summer 2001,

Fall 2001 and Spring 2002, to make it easier for you to plan your next semester.

We're just getting started. Watch for more improvements.

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Class schedule online at www-banner.mscd.edu

Questions? Call the Registrar's Office at 556-3991.

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Colorado legislator proposes Internet voting m Steven K. Paulson

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DENVER (AP) - A state legislator is hoping Colorado voters will nock to an Internet voting site even though it does not have the cachet of an eBay ore-Trade.

State Rep. Lauri Clapp, R-Englewood, said voting irregularities and ballot problems in Florida show the time for Internet voting in Colorado has arrived.

"Greater accessibility to the ballot box, and more accurate and immediate results will greatly benefit the vote counting process, but

President of community college system quits abruptly

DENVER (AP) - The president of Colorado's community college system has abruptly resigned, surprising board members and shocking staffers.

Dorothy Horrell, 49, resigned late Nov. 9. She told staff members in an e­mail Nov. 10 she wanted to spend more time with her family.

Horrell took Nov. 10 off and was unavailable for comment. Her last day is Dec. 22.

Horrell oversees the Community Colleges of Colorado system, which serves 247,300 students at 14 colleges and seven vocational schools.

The system has a $200 million budget, 40 satellite campuses and career programs in more than 150 school districts. Sixty percent of Colorado's college freshman attend schools in the system.

· ·"She· was the perfect person for the job," said Robert E. Smith, chairman of the community college board. "She'll have all kinds of local and national offers anywhere she wants."

Horrell was credited with helping local industry. meet the explosive need for high-tech employees.

She recently spearheaded a drive to bring e-business programs to all community colleges with $50,000 grants for each.

She signed an agreement with Cisco Systems that established a high-tech worker-training program aimed at high school students,some of whom entered the job market earning $35,000 to $50,000 a year.

Horrell worked for the community college system for 27 years.

Smith said her resignation surprised the board The board will outline a search process next week, he said.

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we must be careful not to rush headlong into 21st century voting practices at the expense of the system's integrity," Clapp said.

Clapp is drafting legislation that would set up a pilot program to allow a test of Internet voting in a controlled and secure situation, preferably in a small water district or fire district where Secretary of State Donetta Davidson could monitor the results.

Davidson has opposed any move to

Internet voting until it can be shown to be secure from tampering.

Clapp said Internet voting would not be forced on county clerks and participation would be voluntary. She said libraries across

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voters to test the system in the state's Democratic presidential primary. Voters there logged on to election.com, an Internet election company, and used a personal identification number and other private information to access their ballots.

who have trouble getting to the polls. It also would be available to overseas residents and military personnel who qualify for absentee ballots.

"We must not , however, shun this opportunity simply because of fears about issues that may or may not arise," she said.

She said more Democrats registered and voted in that Internet primary than in previous primary elections.

Clapp said if Colorado's pilot program is a success, she will lead an effort to expand it.

She said the Internet can help voters who need bilingual ballots and disabled voters

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Popular vote better represents people

Jessica Rouch

It's time Americans had a democratic say in choosing our president. Since the recent presidential election debacle, the Electoral College has become one of the most debated mandates of the federal government. It is important to examine the roots of this system.

The main reason the founding fathers decided to use this system was for efficiency.

With the communication and tran5portation devices available at the time, it would've taken years to campaign or collect results. However, with the vast communication technology available in the 21st century, gathering votes quickly is no longer a valid concern.

We are represented in the Electoral College through party-chosen electors. In Colorado, we have 8 electoral votes and our elector is nominated by the ruling party (typically Republican). These candidates are legally bound to vote for that particular parry, and the Supreme Court backs this legality. In most stares, it's a winner-take-all system. Whichever party wins the majority of votes gets to cast its electoral vote for its party's candidate. Maine and Nebraska are the only states that divide the electoral votes based on popular vote.

This is why so many people question the Electoral College. If a state's popular vote is split 50/50 or even 20/80, shouldn't our electoral votes reflect these numbers?

Alan Natapoff, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Physicist, says that the Electoral College "allows the citizen's vote to make more of a difference." Making an analogy to the World Series, he says, it protects a team winning just because they had several blowout victories, but allows the number of games won in the series to

determine the winner. However, the American Bar Association, the U.S. Chamber of

Commerce, and the AFL-CIO are among many groups who oppose this current system. In 1977, these groups, along with many others, proposed a constitutional amendment to change our electoral process to a direct election. This failed to get the necessary two-thirds vote, but I believe a proposal by such large factions deserves further discussion.

The common arguments against a direct election are easily thwarted. One such complaint is of "majority fraud," the concern that all types of corruption occurs when each state's individual votes are counted. The solution? Take the corruption out of the system. Using a non-partisan group to oversee the process easily solves this problem.

Another concern is of "minority rule," that the possibility of electing a person with less than 40 percent of the vote, in the case of a popular third party, could upset the election. I say it's about time. As it is now, the winner-takes-all approach of the Electoral College discourages any third party participation.

Some say we would be swamped with candidates. This is almost insulting. Consider that for the past 50 years, Americans have elected national representatives with many candidates available and have effectively managed to narrow the field.

I am neither a physicist nor political analyst, but I can't help but think a direct vote would better represent the people, especially in the event of electing the president of the United States. America's Electoral College system puts a stamp on every voter's decision and keeps everyone's voice from being heard.

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Robert lvker gives a lecture on the holistic approach to the prevention and

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The season is upon us. Classrooms grow smaller and smaller each day as more and more students are out with some type of ailment, usually the oh-so-pleasant respiratory infection. There are coughs, sneezes, and blown noses coming from all sides and around every corner. A representative from the student health center said that there is one particular virus this year that continues to plague the infected for four weeks, and who can afford to lose four weeks of school?

Robert Ivker, author of Sinus Survival, spoke at the Tivoli Nov. 15 about ways to avoid the respiratory ailments that so many endure every winter in Colorado, which cause many to miss work and school.

Ivker was a family practitioner until becoming interested in the values of holistic medicine. Now he travels all over the world to introduce holistic medicine through the sinus survival seminars and workshops.

"I feel in some ways almost like a missionary preaching the gospel of holistic medicine, and that basic message is love heals," Ivker said.

lvker told of the problems he encountered after moving to Denver. He told about how chronic sinus infections became more and more prevalent and the antibiotics that were once fighting his infections were no longer working as well. The final solutions presented by his ear, nose, and throat doctor were not ones he was willing to live with. His doctor said he would have to take antibiotics regularly, undergo surgery, which may or may not fix the problem permanently, or learn to live with the infections.

"It was really at that point that I made a decision and a commitment. I made a decision to explore beyond the bounds of the conventional medicine that I was trained in," Ivker said.

Since 1981, chronic sinusitis has been Americas most common chronic disease which affects over 40 million Americans each year, allergies comes in as number four and bronchitis is number nine on this list according to lvker. This means that over 92 million Americans are plagued with some type of chronic sinus disease every year.

"I am calling respiratory disease, America's first environmental epidemic. And what really struck me now in retrospect is that in the 1960s not one of those four conditions

were in the top ten," Ivker said. "Well, I don't think we have to look too much further than the air we are breathing, and unfortunately we can look at the air we are breathing, and air pollution both indoor and outdoor is the number one primary cause qf this epiqemic of respiratory d¥ase."

Ivker explained the first thing he had to do was eliminate milk and dairy from his diet, which can be extremely difficult for people. But part of the problem with any chronic symptom is that there needs to be a lifestyle change.

"In order to cure a chronic condition such as sinusitis it really entailed healing my life rather than treating the symptoms-," Ivker said.

He decided to go back to his training at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic medicine. Students of osteopathic medicine are taught the holistic concept of the totality of man, Ivker said. The freshman medical students were told that when evaluating a new patient they should take into account the patient's mental, emotional, social and spiritual status to help determine why they became ill.

"Then I realized that the Mds were not going about it with ·a whole person approach, it really was focused on treating the body, and it was strictly a scientific approach to basically treating symptoms," Ivker said. "Medical school was really focused on diagnosing and treating disease, it had nothing whatsoever to do with health."

Holistic medicine encompasses terms like alternative, complimentary or integrative medicine, which is an extension of conventional medicine. Where the focus is till on treating disease and treating symptoms, but instead of using drugs and surgery, the patient turns toward herbs and acupuncture or other homeopathic options, lvker said.

"Holistic medicine is the art and science of healing that addresses the whole person. It is a body, mind, and spirit approach," lvker said.

Holistic physicians do not rely solely on natural treatments. They do integrate alternative and complimentary therapies with conventional therapies to prevent and treat disease but most importantly to create a condition of optimal health. Most students consider being healthy as simply being without illness, when this in fact is not the meaning of health. According to Ivker, health is actually a condition of wholeness.

"I am talking about a condition of well-being that

encompasses a state of high energy and vitality, piece of mind, sense of contentment, high self esteem and self acceptance, a greater degree of intimacy with another person and with your god, whatever that term means to you," lvker said. "That's the true meaning of health."

So the practice of holistic medicine is not only treating the disease or chronic ailment but also looking at other factors surrounding the individual. It addresses the multiple causes of the ailment rather than just treating the symptoms.

One of the causes according to Ivker is the fact that there is no separation between the mind and body. There has been some very strong research that supports the fact that our thoughts, attitudes, beliefs, and especially our feelings can either weaken or strengthen our immune system.

''In my thirty years as a family physician, stress has been the leading factor in weakening immunity and allowing people to get sick," Ivker said.

One study performed at the National Institute of Health, took a group of multiple personality patients. The doctors performed different sets of allergy tests on these patients and found that in one personality the person could have a very strong skin reaction in one personality and in another personality, same body, there was no reaction at all to the same allergy. They found women who were menstruating in one personality and were on a different menstrual cycle in another personality.

"What I have found in this incredible specificity between mind and body is that I have been able to identify repressed anger as the primary emotional trigger of sinus infections," lvker said. "So, with the allergic patient it is more important to ask who or what situation you are allergic to rather than what food or pollen you may be allergic to. Fear and anxiety may be the primary emotional triggers for allergies."

Ivker goes on to explain some of the patterns that studies have shown on asthmatic patients. Usually there is a smothering love between the mother and patient and along with that smothering there is usually a lack of bonding, and this lack of bonding is usually a lack of physical affection. Massage has been proven to encourage improvement in the symptoms of the asthmatic patients, Ivker said.

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Trashformation: Recycled Materials in Contemporary American Art & Design is an exhibition demonstrating how artists use discarded and recycled materials in contemporary American art and design.

"The premise of the exhibition is rooted in history," said Sally Perisho is the director and curator of the Center for the Visual Arts where Trashformation is exhibited.

"The tradition of recycling goes back to the 19th century, when American pioneers had to re-use items instead of discarding them," she said.

Hammer handles become chairs, frying pans turn into elephant trunks and the labels from clothing hang in a quilt. Wedding rings become the fabric of an apron and baled newspaper, a bowl.

recycled everyday objects into art. The dawn of the environmental movement as a reaction to the post World War II throw away society opened the door for more artists to use trash in unconventional ways.

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granted now as most of us think we're doing our duty by filling up those purple bins. Their work reminds us that even though Americans, representing 5 percent of the world population, produce 50 percent of the world's solid waste. They remind us by using transm1ss1ons and motorcycle handlebars that we take for granted all we have readily available for use and refuse. They breathe new life into our junk and give it back to us as an example of how each of us has a responsibility to buy less and use it up.

Trashformation will be exhibited until December 15th at the Center for the Visual Arts located at 1734 Wazee

The exhibition is on a three-year national tour and includes sculpture, jewelry, furniture, textiles and clothing from artists across the country.

n. Cfft.f fot U.. Yiluol Aftl Street in Denver. The gallery is open Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. and on Saturdays from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. Call 303-294-5207 for more information.

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every disease is energetically held in the heart and that every chronic condition to some extent is caused by a lack of love and I don't care what the disease is," Ivker said. "Most important to distinguish holistic medicine from the others is the fundamental belief that unconditional love is life's most powerful healer."

Along with love, there are eight essential elements to maintaining optimal health during the cold winter days in Denver. The first and most critical nutrient is the air all around. lvker states that the air must be moist, clean, and warm, contain negative ions, which are proved to increase feelings of well being, and must contain 20 percent oxygen. All of which do not describe the air in Denver. Ivker suggests using things such as a negative ion generator, which attracts heavier particles in the air, such as dust, pollen and mold which contain a positive ion, and turns them into negative ions so they fall to the ground do not enter your lungs. Humidifiers also help moisten the air. Also he suggests cleaning the air ducts in your house and replacing the furnace filter.

Water is another important element. Ivker recommended that one half ounce of water per pound of body weight is the proper amount of water needed to sustain a well-hydrated body. Along with drinking filtered or bottled water all day, he also suggested using a steam inhaler and adding oils like eucalyptus to encourage proper breathing.

The third element is food. It is important to maintain a healthy diet filled with organic fruits and vegetables, with lots of grains as well. Dairy and milk need to be eliminated from the diet as well. Medicinal herbs can be implemented in your diet. Things like Echinacea, golden seal, grapefruit seed, garlic act as a natural antibiotic, Jvker said.

Exercise is the fourth element that received a few groans from the audience. He recommended that to achieve optimal health it is important to reach your target heart rate three

times a week for 20 to 30 minutes each time out. Your target heart rate can be calculated by taking 220 and subtract your age and multiply by 60 - 85 percent.

lvker stated that another important element was play and passion, and meaning and purpose .

"I ask my patients, what is your greatest desire, what is it that you want to do?" Ivker said. "I have them list them and then I create some daily affirmations for them, all in positive words."

Journalizing is also a very powerful form of healing. Just releasing the anger or emotion may release the block in your system which is causing the symptoms, he said.

The sixth element is gratitude and prayer. lvker states that if you remain thankful for the things that you do have and the things that are positive it will spill over into you r mental health and help create a strengthened immune system.

Intimacy is the seventh element and forgiveness is the eighth element. These two seem to be the hardest for some to conquer for the simple fact that they both rely on communication. Relationships rely on open lines of communication, which is the foundation of trust. Forgiveness is very difficult for most especially if it is themselves they have to forgive.

"The people who have worked with terminally ill patients · describe the most often expressed regret on a person's death bed is most often unfinished business in relationships, it is never the fact that gee I wish I could have worked harder or made more money. It is always about relationships," Ivker said. ''And I told you that anger is a major cause of sinusitis, most often we are angry at ourselves for making a mistake."

This is a blueprint of what the sinus survival is all about and works with other health ailments that may be plaguing a patient. Even if you are not dealing with any problems, the program is health enhancing and beneficial to everyone.

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Classic films are best left as classics

One of the advantages of film, as a medium, is its longevity. Especially with recent restoration efforts, audiences can enjoy great performances for decades after they are first recorded.

Now there is nothing wrong with live theater. Seeing a performance in person

Chris Ward is an experience that can never be fully captured by a camera. However, if Buster

Keaton, Audrey Hepburn, or Humphery Bogart had been only stage actors, their work would have lost to this and future generations.

If a play is good, it can be performed again with a different cast. With live theatre, the script is the only element guaranteed to stay close to its original form; actors, directors, and even the look and feel of the play can vary drastically between performances. These changes are often necessary, because the people involved with the production want to move 'on co other projects.

With film on the other hand, the acting, direction, lighting, and everything else is captured along with the screenplay. No new actors need to be brought in, and no one needs to recreate what has already been done.

For some reason, however, several filmmakers feel the need co give up on finding new ideas and remake old movies. While they often believe the existing film can be improved upon, the filmmakers rarely create anything that is even as good as the original.

Occasionally there surfaces a remake like 1956's The Man Who Knew Too Much, which probably succeeded largely because the movie's director, Alfred Hitchcock, was remaking his own 1934 film.

At the other extreme are films such as Gus Van Sam's 1998 remake of Psycho (another Hitchcock film). Van Sant confessed entirely co having no originality by not only using the same script as the original, but also copying Hitchcock's direction and cinematography shot-for shot throughout the movie. The only difference was the cast, who, while talented, were not right for the roles Van Sant placed them in.

For the most part, however, remakes are mediocre modernization of lesser-known classics. Recent remakes such as 1995's Sabrina and this year's Bedazzled, when compared with the originals (filmed in 1954 and 1967, respectively), exemplify how reworking a film of ten results in a moderately entertaining shadow of the original.

The most recent revamping of a film is another revisit to a timeless classic. How the Grinch Stole Christmas is a holiday staple for many. The new version triples the length of the original, which had to add several musical numbers just to fill a half-hour television spot. I have not yet had the chance to see it, but I am always skeptical about movies that try to improve or update classics that are still enjoyable today.

Why to filmmakers consistently return co what has already been done? Is it really an attempt to improve upon what's already been done? Or is it a thinly veiled confession that many over-paid filmmakers have run out of their own ideas?

Whatever the case, most moviegoers would benefit from seeking out the original versions of these films; if nothing else, they will have something to compare the remake to. In most cases, they will find something much better.

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make way for a new approach. Time out may be a welcome change in your love life -although there is love, the day to day routine may have become boring and tedious.

GEMINI: Your need for solitude and quiet may be hard to achieve. Make the necessary compromises, meeting all responsibilities, but keep your input at a minimum. Try not to be so generous with money, or you may come up short yourself. Expect defiance from chose not wanting change.

CANCER: Use all available resources in the most economic and efficient way possible in order to reach your goal. You might have to do some juggling, but the extra effort will be worth ic. Others will end up amazed at how much you were able to do, with so few resources.

LEO: Perfection is not required, and will no doubt be impossible to achieve. Assuming any type of superior stance will aggravate those around you, try to leave well enough alone. You have a great deal to think about, especially concerning personal matters, take time to do so.

VIRGO: Resist any suggestion or manipulation that tries co get you to give more than you've got in terms of time, money and energy. Standing up for yourself will give you a great feeling of success, boosting your confidence tenfold. Don't budge on what you believe.

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The Metro men's basketball team isn't defensive ... about some things. After winning the Division II National Championship last March, senior

Kane Oakley is adamant about the fact that the 2000-01 season is not a title defense for the Roadrunners.

"It's not like we're defending anything," he said. "We're going after another (national championship). We're attacking."

Yet, the preseason No. 3 Roadrunners will have to rely on their pressure defense to keep them in the hunt, while the players come together on offense, said coach Mike Dunlap.

Men looking "We're not familiar with each other in battle yet, there's a lack of

experience as a group," Dunlap said. "Our defense will keep us in the game." The return of 6-10 senior Jody HoUins at will help both defensively and

offensively. Hollins, who red shirted last season, not only has the height to rebound in traffic, but also sets a ''vicious screen" to get his teammates open for shots, Dunlap said.

Hollins will be starting for the Roadrunners, along with Oakley, sophomore Clayton Smith at the point, and juniors Joe Kelly and · Lee Bethea.

Dunlap added that senior Rashawn Fulcher would be the first off the bench for Metro. Fulcher scored a game-high 20

Senior Rashawn Fulcher goes for a tip In a game last season. The defending NCAA Division II champions Roadrunners are ranked In the top five to start off the 2000·01 season.

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It is going to be a totally different ball game when the Metro women's basketball team steps out on the court to begin the 2000-01 season.

For the first time under coach Mike Power, the Roadrunners boast a team that relies on height to succeed . . Powered by several new recruits and four returners from last year's team, Metro is expected to rise co the top of the conference in the coming season.

"I really think we should be in the running for the [Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference] championship," senior guard Sara Gordon ·said. "I don't think we have the talent in the guard positions like we did last year, but we should step it up in the post area."

Gordon is referring to the loss . of guards Stephanie Allen and Sarah Coleman, and the addition of two strong post players in junior ce.nt.er Natasha Zacharova and sophomore forward Malene Lindhotm.

Power said that the loss of Allen and Coleman will

not hurt the team as much as people may think, and gives high remarks to his new post players.

"Natasha has a lot of nice post moves on the block," Power said. "She's definitely capable of playing at a Division I school."

Zacharova was actually recruited by several Division I schools, including Florida State, Louisville, and Old Dominion. She signed with Louisville, but could not attend there.

He also said that she is surprisingly quick for such a tall player, and expects her to have an advantage over other centers in the conference based on her quickness and ball-handling skills.

. Lindholm, a native of Denmark, is regarded as the most accurate shooter on the team, with great range and an array of post moves that will leave her defenders frozen.

"Malene is probably the best player on our team as far as pure post moves," Power said. He also said she is deadly from the free throw line and three-point range, giving her a combination that could make her one of the top scorers in the conference.

Gordon feels that no other team in the conference can match up to the 1-2 punch that the 6-

4 Zacharova and the 6-2 Lindholm provide. "I haven't seen anybody in our conference that

can hold our post," Gordon said. "I mean, 6-4 and 6-2, you don't see that very often at this level."

Another new player who has been inserted into the starting lineup is freshman Tessa Balsick. Power expects the 5-11 guard to contribute mostly on the defensive side of the ball, but will give the team height in the perimeter on both sides.

The remaining two starters, Gordon and senior Jodie Jennison, both return from last year's 16-11 squad. Co-captains of this year's team, they combined for 18 points and 12 rebounds per game in their first year here.

Gordon will begin the year playing as a point guard, but will move to the shooting guard as soon as junior Stacy Koehler recovers from an injury. Jennison will start at forward, but can play guard as well.

"[Gordon! can play any position for us ... she's the type of player that has the whole package," Power said, adding that he expects her offensive numbers to go up a bit from last year.

Jennison is a strong, physical player that will pay dividends to the team as long as she stays on the

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sports points in the Roadrunners' 76-09 exhibition los.s to the Harlem Globetrotters on Nov. 10.

Dunlap credits the closeness of the Globetrotter game to the Roadrunners' defense and was optimistic, despite the los.s.

"We showed we were able to play with probably the biggest and most athletic team we'll see all year," Dunlap said.

He added that the game gave him a chance to experiment with different player combinations on the floor and learn which ones worked and which ones didn't.

Dunlap's experimentation is something to be

Kelly's strength is his three-point shot who last season was the best three-point shooter in California. Bethea is also a threat behind the arc, but Dunlap is especially fond of his defensive prowess.

Juniors OJ. Thomas and Mike Buggs also transferred from California to play basketball for Metro. Thomas, from Moorpark College, is a penetrating point guard who can defend, while Buggs, from Chabot College, is an offensive threat and a strong post player.

The two other new faces on this year's Roadrunners are freshman from Australia, Luke Kendall and Daniel George. Dunlap anticipates that both these young players will need time to get used to college basketball,

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reaching high standards instead. He said teams get into trouble when they aim for one specific win, but succeed when they want to play consistently, and if pos.sible, perfectly, day-in and day-out.

Off the court, Dunlap wants his players to strive for excellence as well. He demands truth and commitment from within the group and for them to be good citizens and responsible academically, he said.

And, after all that, Dunlap said wants co remain one of the to~helon teams in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, the conference the Roadrunners have dominated under his three-year reign. · Oakley wants to rake that dominance a little further

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expected after the turnover between this season and last. He's realistic about the los.s of experience and calent, but said he's excited about the turnover.

"There's a freshness to college basketball," he said, "every four years it's completely different. It's neat to see young guys move up the ladder and earn their positions."

The Roadrunners lost two All-Americans, DeMarcos Anzures and lee Barlow. Seniors Jason Johnson, Mike Alcock and John Bynum also graduated. Shane Ah Matt and Todd Gower also left the team after last year's championship run.

To ftll the void left by those players, Dunlap did some heavy recruiting during the off-season. He brought in both Kelly and Bethea, who transferred from California colleges (Kelly from West Valley College and Bethea from Joaquin Delta College).

but will be strong players after some meaningful minutes. Despite the los.s of so many familiar friends and the

addition of new players, the Roadrunners remain a close­knit family with just a different team chemistry.

"It's a different group of guys," Fulcher said. "If you put different molecules together you get different chemistry, not necessarily better or worse, just different."

In fact , one of Fulcher's individual goals is to get to know each of his teammates even better throughout the season and to enjoy the camaraderie they share, he said.

The new players fit easily into Dunlap's goals as well. "There are new faces, but there's still the quest for

the tradition that we are trying to establish," he said. Dunlap, who was named the National Coach-0f-the­

Year by the National As.sociation of Basketball Coaches last season, also stressed that his goals for the Roadrunners are not about achieving things, but

women's hoops court. Last year alone.Jennison fouled out of a school-record 11 games.

"She [Jennison] knows that it (fouls) is a weakness to her game, and she's done a good job of working on that," Power said. "If she can continue what she was doing at the end of last year, she will be okay. I'd be surprised if you didn't see a big change from her."

Off the bench, Power will rely on two returners and three newcomers. junior Michelle McArthur, who started in 22 games last year and averaged 10 points and six

::- rebounds, will join the team at semester. She returned to her native Australia for the summer and fall, and should give the team a shot in the arm when she returns.

Senior Rachel Passama also returns after seeing minimal time her first year here. Power said he expects to use her a lot more, mainly because her conditioning has improved drastically over last year.

Perhaps the top bench player for Power will be Rachael Grove, a freshman from Faith Christian High School, who he said is a very tenacious player on the court.

"Rachael already has a step up on other players because she loves to play physical," Power said. "She never gives up on a ball."

Shawne Koch, a freshman from Iowa, and Jes.ska Wanrow, a freshman from Brighton High School, will also be reserves that Power can look to off the bench.

r Power expects the trend of having a pretty solid scoring offense to continue, but the inside game will be much more present compared to the past. Offensive rebounding will be a key factor, as will quick points and transition points off turnovers.

"We're going to be more up-and-down on offense than we ever have, at least since I've been here," Power added.

Defensively, the team as a whole will be much improved, and should keep their

road trip in January. If Metro could beat both teams, it would be the first time in history that any team has been able to

accomplish the feat. Last season, Metro squeaked past Nebraska-Kearney 98-92, but Fort Hays State made sure that the Roadrunners would not be the first team to complete the sweep, defeating Metro 88-02.

Whether the Roadrunners can beat Nebraska­Kearney and Fort Hays that weekend, get their offense to gel quickly, and make another title run is unclear at this point. Even to Dunlap.

"I don't have a crystal ball," he said. However, the future might just become a bit clearer

Nov. 21 when the Roadrunners and their 12-game winning streak, open the regular season at the University of Northern Colorado.

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see PREVIEW page18 Seniors Jodie Jennison and Sara Gordon celebrate during a game last season. The Roadrunners wlll have four players returning for the 2000-01 season.

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Metro's volleyball team stood on the cusp of playing for the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Championship. They were up 12-8 against Western State in the final game of its semifinal match. But like a recent presidential election, they couldn't come to a befitting conclusion. They became gun-shy, instead.

"(Western State was) taking the big swings," said coach Debbie Hendricks. "They were being aggressive and we were being passive and that was the difference in the match."

The Roadrunners (21-8) won't get a recount, but for being the fourth ranked team in the Southwest Region they do get to continue with its season. Perhaps now, as they head to the regional playoffs (Nov. 16-18), the increased weight to win is off its back.

"This is a group that at the beginning of the

season people didn't know what to expect from," Hendricks said. ':a.nd I think we surpassed a lot of people's expectations ... I don't know if we handled all that pressure as a group, well.

"But going into the regional tournament, we are a bit more of a underdog, and I'm hoping that will take a little bit more pressure off this group and allow them to play to their potential."

Minus host and No. 1 seed West Texas A&M (33-1), who gets a first round bye, every team is considered an underdog.

Since losing to Auguc;tana at the Auraria Events Center during the Colorado Premier Tournament, the No. 3 Lady Buffs have won 26 straight matches the Lone Star Conference Championship, and are gunning for their second straight regional title.

They beat Western State last year for the crown and may face them again. After winning the RMAC title, the Mountaineers (24-5) are the No. 2 seed in the region and will play either Nebraska-Kearney (27-5) or New Mexico Highlands (22-6) in the

semi-finals. At West Texas A&M, the six teams will be

playing in a volleyball atmosphere that is "a real show," Hendricks said. She and Metro assistant coach Sarah Butler would know better than anyone.

Three years ago, Hendricks was pacing in front of the Lady Buffs' bench, flashing signals to Butler, then a player, on the way to capturing a Division II National Championship for West Texas A&M.

With the two returning to Canyon, Texas, where they still have a strong fan base, emotions might flare if Metro plays them in the semi-finals.

"There will be some (emotions involved)," she said. "But it's something that you have to put in the back of your mind and you have to avoid letting it affect you.

"I realize that if I allow my emotions to affect me, there is no reason why it won't affect the team."

While Hendricks versus her old team paints

the perfect tableau, let it be known that Metro first must get past Regis (21-9) to set the stage.

"To be honest,· I'm not spending that much time looking that far ahead, because we got to beat Regis," Hendricks said. "We got our hands full (against them)."

A glance at past history reveals that Regis has been more than that.

Regis, who enters as the No. 5 seed in the region, is a thorn in the side of Metro, having amas.sed a 25-14 all-time record against the Roadrunners dating to 1985.

"It's only appropriate that we get to play Metro, because of the tradition involved," said Regis coach Frank Lavrisha. "We are looking forward to it."

The teams split wins on their home floor this season, so they have each other figured out.

"We are going to have to match their defensive effort-bottom line," Hendricks said. "Defense wins championship. It wins big games."

Defense was the focus of improvement in off seasOn PREVIEW from 17

opponents from scoring the high numbers that they have in the recent past. Shot blocking and rebounding will be necessary, and Power said he feels both these areas will be better.

The defense will be much more effective all­around, and Gordon says that is due to the new­found philosophy that Power has this year.

"Last year the guards had to go down and help defend the post," Gordon said. 'This year, we can leave them alone."

"We've always had a decent perimeter defense, but I think it is only going to get better now," Power added. "When you are playing tight on the perimeter, you worry about 'Who's going to back me up'' or 'If she beats me, who's going to be there to help?' Now I think we are going to be

able to play a little more aggressive on the perimeter."

The defense will rely on the ability of the players to cover man-to-man, but there will be several sets that Power will employ. He also said that they will do a lot of pressing, varying the press throughout the duration of the game.

"We want to be able to dictate on defense what the other team's offense is going to do," he

said. While both sides look to be improved, don't

expect the team to go undefeated. They are young, and have little experience playing with each other. Nevertheless, things are looking up and Power has a team that can be looking forward to post-season play in .'Yiarch.

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Globetrotters hold off late Metro rally, win 7 6-69 Globetrotters jump out to big halftime lead, have to hold off Roadrunners in the end

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Break dancing, Michael Jackson imitations and jitterbug moves made for a hilarious sice and the only one of the night for that matter.

When the Harlem Globetrotters and Metro men's basketball team took over center court from the pirouetting boys and girls at the Auraria Events Center Nov. 10, the atmosphere turned down right serious.

After all, a streak of over a 1,000 straight wins daring back to 1995 was riding on the line.

"We want to get che W, each and every night," said first-year Globetrocter Donnie Boyce. ''That's our main objective-is co just win the game."

Renown for their vaudeville appearances, the "Magic Circle" and the whistled version of "Sweet Georgia Brown," the Globetrotters are a basketball prowess as well, and mustered a 76-69 win over the 2000 NCAA Division II Champions.

The Globetrotters led by as many as 17 points in the first half, but Metro wasn't about to let this game, this chance of lifetime, turn into hilarity. The Roadrunners forged a second half comeback, much co the delight of the school record 2,490 fans, ~hich packed the gym and began rooting for an upset.

"In the second half we just claimed down, got rid of the jitters and just said 'Hey, we can really beat these guys. We can play with these guys,"' said senior Rashawn Fulcher.

Upset by the turn of events in the

beginning minutes of the second half, Globetrotter coach Joby Wright, low key for most of the game, called a time-out and exhorted his players for not keeping up with Metro. It was a sign.

"We are happy that he was doing that," said Metro coach Mike Dunlap.

Fulcher led the charge with 12 of his game-high 20 points coming in the second half. And when he muscled his way past 6-foot, 6-inch guard Wun Vesher for a lay-up with 30 seconds left, the Roadrunners were within striking distance at 73-67.

A couple of seconds later, Metro guard Joe Kelly had a chance to cut the led in half, but his three-point shot bounced off the rim and the Globetrotters iced their 1,270 consecutive victory wich three free throws.

''All the college teams are going to play us tough," added Boyce, who had six points in the game and is the all-time leading scorer at the University of Colorado. "They want to be the ones to stop the streak and they want to gauge themselves againsc a professional team.''

Metro guard Clayton Smith, who had the dubious task of guarding former Denver Nuggets player Tyson Wheeler, said the exhibition match only makes the Roadrunners that much better.

"They helped us out a lot," Smith said, who held Wheeler to six points. "Not too many teams are going to be this talented. They have a lot of ex-NBA players, everyone of them has played (NCAA Division I basketball). We're not going to see too many teams like this."

The Globetrotters were led by Alex Sanders (17 points) and Tony Tolbert (11 points). Metro center Jody Hollins seemed primed to make a big return, after sitting out last season. He finished with 12 points, nine rebounds and a couple of animated dunks.

While Dunlap likes the experience his players can gain from playing a team of the Globecrotters caliber, he knows the Roadrunners need work hard if they want to successfully defend its Division II Championship.

"I thought che play of everyone was fine," Dunlap said. "We are a works in progress team

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Harlem Globetrotter Mike St. Julien goes for a lay up while Metro basketball player Rashawn Fulcher looks on during the Metro 76-69 loss to the Globetrotters on

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right now. I'm just pleased at what we did defensively and I know we can play a lot betcer offensively once we gee settled."

Metro did outscore the Globetrotters 46-40 in che second half.

"Time," Fulcher said. "I think in time everything will happen and workout well."

This time, the game didn't count, but Metro will put its own win streak (12 games) on the line against Northern Colorado Nov. 21. Metro also has a 25-game home winning streak chey will put on the line Nov. 24 againsc conference foe Colorado Christian in the Thanksgiving Classic.

Metro unveils long awaited championship banner First ever championship banner raised before the start of the Globetrotters game

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It has hung regally all summer long. Throughout this fall as well.

It's the first and only piece of cloth of its kind in Colorado. Before Metro's exhibition game against the Harlem

Globetrotters on Nov. 10, balloons rained down from the rafrers

to unveil the Roadrunners' 2000 NCAA Division II Championship banner, which hangs right where it belongs-above everyone else.

So unique is the flag that no ocher collegiate school in Colorado holds the distinction of owning a basketball championship banner like it. Bue it represents so much more than its priceless fact value.

Jt represents the start of a growing tradition "I took over achletics about six years ago and we had a goal

to be No. l in athletics and to put the name of the school out," said Joe Arcese, vice president of administration and finance at Metro.

Arcese has been at Metro for 11 years and has witnessed the raising of most of the banners ac the Auraria Events Center. All the banners took hard work. From upgrading facilities to giving

scholarships to quality student athletes to bringing in the best coaches, the banner took more than one season to achieve.

"These banners are just showing the results of six years of hard labor, and all of the administration's help to build a strong athletic program," Arcese added.

Exactly what basketball coach Mike Dunlap has tried to achieve since the day he set foot at Metro three years ago.

"I never sold my players the hard way of winning a national championship," Dunlap said. "It was always, first let's establish something here at Metro State and I think we are still trying to sustain ourselves in that form.

"J really have tried to establish, along with the administration, to provide an environment that these guys want to come back year in and year out, and just compete in the classroom."

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2000-01 Men's Basketball Schedule Numerical Roster- Men's

> Date Day Opponent Time

Nov. 21 Tues. at Northern Colorado 8 p.m. No Name Pos Ht Wt Yr

Nov. 24-25 Fri.-Sat Thanksgiving Classic (@ Metro State) 4 Joe Kelly G 6-2 185 Jr. Nov. 24 Fri. Colorado Christian 7 p.m . 5 Rashawn Fulcher F 6-2 220 Sr.

Nov. 25 Sat. Eastern New Mexico 7 p.m. 10 Lee Bethea G 6-3 200 Jr. Dec. 1 Fri. Great Falls, Montana 7 p.m. 12 Luke Kendall G 6-4 195 Fr. Dec. 7 Thur. * at Fort Lewis 7 p.m. 14 O.]. Thomas G 5-9 160 Jr. Dec. 9 Sat. * at New Mexico Highlands 8 p.m. 15 Patrick Mutombo G 6-5 190 So. Dec . 15 Fri. * Western State 7 p.m. 20 Kane Oakley c 6-8 220 Sr. Dec. 16 Sat. * Mesa State 7 p.m. 21 Mike Buggs F 6-4 255 Jr. Dec. 29 Fri. at Cal-State Stanislaus 8 p.m. 32 Chris Ford G 6-2 180 Jr.

".' Dec. 30 Sat. at Patten College, Cailf. 8:30 p.m. 33 Daniel George F 6-10 215 Fr. Jan. 1 Mon. at Holy Names 5 p.m. 44 Jody Hollins c 6-10 240 Sr. Jan. 6 Sat. • at Adams State 8 p.m. 55 Clayton Smith G 5-7 150 So. Jan. 12 Fri. * CU-Colorado Springs 7 p.m.

Jan. 13 Sat. • Southern Colorado 7 p .m. .........

Jan. 16 Tues. * Colorado Mines 7 p.m. Head Coach: Mike Dunlap Jan. 18 Thur. * Chadron State 7 p .m. Assistants: Derrick Clark, Kelley Crosby, Jesse Teplitzky Jan. 26 Fri. * at Nebraska-Kearney 8 p.m. Captains: Chris Ford, Rashawn Fulcher, Kane Oakley Jan. 27 Sat. • at Fort Hays State 8 p.m. Feb. 2 Fri. • Regis 7 p .m.

Feb. 3 Sat. * Colorado Christian 7 p.m. ~ Feb. 6 Tue. * at Colorado Mines 8 p.m.

Feb. 10 Sat. • at Chadron State 8p.m. Feb. 16 Fri. * Fort Hays State 7 p.m. Feb. 17 Sat. * Nebraska-Kearney 7 p.m.

Feb. 23 Fri. • at Colorado Christian 8 p.m.

Feb. 24 Sat. *at Regis 5:30 p.m. Feb. 27 Tues. First round of RMAC TBA _ .. Mar. 3-4 Sat.-Sun. Semi's & finals of RMAC TBA Mar. 8-10 Thurs.-Sat. North Central Regional TBA

Numerical Roster- Worn.en's 2000-01 Women's Basketball Schedule

N~o Name Pos Ht Yr 04 Jessica Wanrow G 5-6 Fr.

Date Day Opponent Time 11 Shawne Koch G 5-5 Fr. Nov. 17-18 Fri.-Sat. At Central Missouri Statejennies Classic 12 Michelle Mcarthur F 6-1 Jr. Nov. 17 Fri. vs. Southern Illinois-Edwardsville 5:30 p.m. 20 Rachael Grove c 5-11 Fr. Nov. 18 Sat. Consolation /Championship 3:30 or 5:30 p.m. 22 Tessa Balsick G 5-11 Fr.

~- Nov. 24-25 Fri.-Sat. Metro State Roadrunner Classic 23 Stacy Koehler G 5-6 Jr. Nov. 24 Fri. Fort Lewis 3 p.m. 24 Natasha Zacharova c 6-4 Jr. Nov. 25 Sat. Consolation 1 p.m. 32 Jodie Jennison G/F 5-9 Sr.

Championship 3p.m. 33 . Sara Gordon G/F 5-10 Sr. Dec. 1 Fri. Northern Colorado 5 p.m. 34 Rachel Passama F 5-9 Sr.

~ Dec. 7 Thur. • at Fort Lewis 5 p.m. 42 Malene Lindholm F/C 6-2 So. Dec. 9 Sat. * at New Mexico Highlands 6 p.m. .riec·:,.:.15 Fri. • Western State 5 p.m. Head · Coach: Mike Power Dec. 16 Sat. • Mesa State · 5 p.m~ ·

Assistant Coach: Lori Henderson Dec. 19 Tue. at South Dakota State 7p.m. Dec. 21 Thur. at Briar Cliff 7:30 p.m.

~ jan. 6 Sat. * at Adams State 6p.m. Jan. 12 Fri. • CU-Colorado Springs S p.m. Jan. 13 Sat. • Southern Colorado S p.m. Jan. 16 Tue. * Colorado Mines S p.m. Jan. 18 Thur. • Chadron State S p.m. jan. 26 Fri. * at Nebraska-Kearney 6p.m.

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Feb. 3 Sat, * Colorado Christian 5 p.m. Feb. 6 · Tue. • at Colorado Mines 6 p.m. Feb. 10 Sat. * at Chadron State 6p.m. Feb. 16 Fri. * Fort Hays State S p.m.

· Feb. 17 Sat. * Nebraska-Kearney S p .m. Feb. 23 Fri .. * at Colorado Christian 6 p.m. Feb. 24 Sat. •at Regis 7:30 p.m. Feb. 27 Tues. First Round of RMAC TBA Mar. 3-4 Sat.-Sun. Semi's & Finals of Rmac TBA -

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