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America’s ship is sinking
Increasing tax rates won’t solve US’s problems I’ve been fretting about the health care bill currently being pushed through congress. I know there is talk of it reducing deficits and health care...
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Civil rights slideshow
A bombed church reduced to rubble, a bus burning with victims trapped inside, vicious dogs attacking children, a police officer blasting demonstrators with a fire hose, the camaraderie of black and...
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Census reveals Metro trends
Spring enrollment numbers reflect retention programs Metro students are older, signing up for heavier schedules, dropping out less and taking more courses online, according to the college’s census...
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Health club teaches members professional skills
An important way for college students to advance their careers is through networking within their fields. Metro Student Health Care Executive Club allows health care majors to do just that. The club is...
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The health care bill that wouldn’t die
After the January special election in Massachusetts, I thought we’d seen the last of the current health care monstrosity. I figured the Democrats would see passing health care would lose their...
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Advocate’s satire draws Auraria ire
Alfredo Reyes, far left, holds the Advocate, April 5, while Elaine Gezahagne, center, and Marcus Steward discuss the article written by Jef Otte, during a rally at the Tivoli Commons. Photo by Tiffany...
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What’s funny about hating Muslims and illegal Mexicans?
Jef Otte’s recent satire article, “Enjoy Obamacare if you like payin for illegal Mexicans,” published in the April Fools’ edition of the UCD Advocate, has drawn up a firestorm from Muslim, Chicano and...
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Solo acts shine light on female sexuality
Moans will fill the room: the “almost moan,” the “militant, uninhibited bisexual moan,” the “surprise triple-orgasm moan” … On April 15, 16 and 17, Auraria students will perform Eve Ensler’s famous...
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Students rally to snuff fires of hate
The Auraria Gay Straight Alliance held the first Stop the Hate Rally April 13. The rally consisted of an estimated 30 volunteers from across campus who wanted to inform students of ways to deter acts...
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Coming to terms with assault
April is Sexual Assault and Awareness Month, a time dedicated to shining light on a dark subject. According to the Center of Disease Control and Prevention, 20-25 percent of women in college reported...
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Honoring ‘grandfather’ of Chicano poetry
Assistant Professor of Art Carlos Fresquez and eight art students painted this mural in honor of poet, civil rights activist and former Metro professor Lalo Delgado. The painting was unveiled at the...
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Metro graduate brings HIV testing to campus
Azul Mares-Delgrasso, a Metro alumnus, wants students to know that it’s OK to get tested for HIV. Mares-Delgrasso, who graduated from Metro in 2001 with a fine-arts and modern languages degree and...
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Economic pressure burdens poor tax-payers
You’ve heard it said before, perhaps you’ve said it yourself, “the rich don’t pay their fair share” of taxes. Yes, those rich folk are making their fortunes off the backs of the poor! This populist...
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Musings from down under
While the semester is drawing to a close at Metro, I still have class until the end of June since New Zealand is entering winter now and like the rest of the world, they get summers off. When I came...
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Students protest Arizona law
A dozen Auraria students stood shivering at the campus flagpole as a surprise April snowstorm blew across banners and bullhorns. But they hoped their voices would be heard someplace warmer: Arizona....
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Baby beaten to death: social construction of gender
I recently heard about a 17-month-old toddler, Roy Jones, being beaten to death by his mother’s boyfriend. I was sickened, not just because of the brutality toward an innocent child but also because...
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Dear Dr. Laura, rethink the N-word
The thought of the N-word makes me sick to my stomach, and never would I go around referring to my colleagues as a N-word. I am embarrassed and appalled by Dr. Laura’s (psychology radio personality)...
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Extra money strengthens Student Support Services
Federal grant brings $1.4 million into program focused on advising, tutoring Metro’s Student Support Services program is receiving one of the largest grants it has seen from the Federal Trio program...
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Auraria celebrates Indigenous Peoples Day showcasing Native artists
Kate Rigot krigot@mscd.edu Auraria celebrated Indigenous Peoples Day Oct. 7 by hosting Café Cultura, a monthly open mic and poetry slam focusing on Indigenous and Latino/a artists. “It’s strange...
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