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The more things change, the more they stay the same. This is especially true with the saga of Metro’s name change.

Metro’s Board of Trustees voted 6-3 in favor of a resolution to change Metropolitan State College of Denver to Metropolitan State University of Denver, Feb. 2.

The vote will serve as the catalyst for Sen. Lucia Guzman and Rep. Crisanta Duran, both D-Denver, to introduce the bill to fellow lawmakers. From there, the state legislature and Gov. John Hickenlooper must also approve the new name — hopefully al-lowing rebranding to begin in the 2012-2013 academic year.

“I see no reason why some-where around July 1, we shouldn’t be celebrating a name change for Metropolitan State University [of Denver],” Metro President Stephen Jordan said.

The name change discussion began three years ago. The board extensively considered the politi-cal, legal, marketing, branding and communications aspects of a po-

tential name change this past year. Metro representatives met with the University of Denver five times due to objections to various names being considered.

“There’s no question that this has elicited a lot of passion,” Jordan said. “It has, I think, really brought to the forefront how important this institution is to so many people in the Denver metropolitan area.”

After meetings in December and January, the representatives for both institutions had developed a contractual coexistence agreement.

According to Cathy Lucas, Metro associate vice president of communications and advance-ment, the agreement will be made public only after it has passed through the state legislature.

In a letter obtained by The Metropolitan, DU Chancellor Robert D. Coombe told University of Denver alumni the coexistence agreement could serve as a solution to trademark issues.

Terrance Carroll, who has been on the board since March 2011, supports the name change.

“I think it will have a great impact in a positive way on Metro State,” Carroll said. “It will finally be a public acknowledgement of what Metro has become: a full-service, four-year institution.”

Carroll believes Metro will soon be recognized as one of the premier, urban higher education institutions in the country.

Trustee Melody Harris, a DU alumnus, voted against the name change citing the addition of a coexistence agreement between Metro and DU.

“The coexistence agreement be-fore us significantly limits what we can do with our brand. I’m telling you this because I’ve lived this. I’ve litigated this. This was my career,” said Harris, former president of Bad Boy Brands International.

“We have not, as a board, taken in any of the appropriate informa-tion around what we are agreeing to with the University of Denver. We are being driven by a political decision instead of what I think is the best interest of this institution,” she said.

If the coexistence agreement limits how Metro is able to brand itself, Metro assistant professor of English Vincent Piturro agrees with Harris.

“[The coexistence agreement] makes us a joke,” Piturro said. “We are the largest state university, and we have to do what a private insti-tution tells us to do? It’s a joke. If we have to approve everything we do through the University of Den-

ver, we aren’t looking out for the best interests of our students — we are looking out for DU’s students’ best interests.”

Jordan acknowledged not ev-eryone would be pleased with the outcome.

“Like with all agreements, there is something there for every-body to hate,” Jordan said. “But when it’s all said and done, this

agreement will give to each one of [Metro’s students] the recognition [they] have earned by what [they] have done over the course of the last 46 years.”

Metro Student Government Assembly Sen. Jeffery Washing-ton spoke in favor of the name Denver State University.

Washington doesn’t think changing the name to MSUD will do much for the reputation of the school. He didn’t want the word ‘metropolitan’ in the new name because he believes it is closely associated with many community colleges.

Although Robert Cohen, Board of Trustees chairman, voted ‘no,’ he said the name

change could be positive.“I think it elevates the status of

the degree and what we’re doing,” Cohen said. “This whole process has brought light to what’s going on at Metro and how important it is to the community as a whole.”

After the vote, Cohen asked the board and students to unite behind the decision that best served the institution.

“Like any democratic pro-cess, it’s bloody and messy, but it works,” Cohen said.

Trustee Bill Hanzlik speaks out in favor of the name change at the Feb. 2 Board of Trustees meeting in Baerrensen Ballroom in the Tivoli.Photo by Jessica Wacker • jwacker1@mscd.edu

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Republican presidential candi-date, Mitt Romney, spoke in Tivoli Turnhalle Feb. 7, in the midst of an uncomfortably tight Colorado caucus race between himself and Rick Santorum.

Santorum swept the GOP pri-maries Tuesday, winning Missouri and Minnesota by large margins and adding a close victory in Colorado just before midnight (40 percent to Romney’s 35 percent), according to Public Policy Polling.

Colorado House Speaker Frank McNulty, who announced his endorsement of Romney last year, said despite Romney’s projected loss in Colorado, the caucus on Tuesday would not affect the over-all nomination.

“The vote tonight is non-

binding. There are no delegates associated with that because Colo-rado still has our primary in June, which is where the delegates will be assigned,” he said.

Shortly after 9 p.m., Romney took the stage amid a roaring crowd of supporters and an-nounced that the results between himself and Rick Santorum were

neck-and-neck, but he remained optimistic about an eventual nomi-nation to the GOP ticket.

“The race is too close to call in Colorado, but I’m confident we’ll finish number one or number two,” Romney said. “This was a good night for Rick Santorum, but I still expect to become our nominee.”

The former governor of Mas-sachusetts then concentrated his speech on what he believes are the shortcomings of the Obama administration, citing the nation’s unemployment rate and economy as evidence of failure in the White House.

“Three years ago, President Obama, just after his inauguration, said that if he couldn’t turn this economy around in three years, he’d be looking at a one-term proposition and we are here to collect,” Romney said to a cheering

group of approximately 200 sup-porters on the floor.

Romney ended his address by reminding the crowd that he is the only nominee who comes from a business background, and has never served in Washington D.C., which, he said, characterizes his platform as the real American dream.

The event was sponsored by UCD’s Student Veteran’s Organi-zation, who agreed in principle to host the speech last Friday.

“While we don’t necessarily support Romney, we wanted to get our organization involved in the political process,” Adam Sut-ton, president of UCD’s Student Veteran’s Organization, said. “This was a great opportunity for us to get involved in something that’s a little bit out of our comfort zone, so to speak.”

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While students and faculty were enjoying the extra sleep on a rare snow day Feb. 3, Mike Nichols and his crew were busy clearing the sloppy snow from Auraria. A 103-year-old snowfall record was broken last week when more than

15 inches of snow blanketed the Denver metro area.

Nichols, the ground main-tenance supervisor for Auraria Higher Education Center said workers were put on a two, 12-hour shift schedule by midnight, Feb. 3.

“Most of my guys did more than 12 hours; they stayed late Friday,” Nichols said.

There are currently eight people staffed with grounds maintenance. Previously, Nichols worked with a crew of 16, but recent budget cuts have led to layoffs.

With the assistance of day service workers and other AHEC maintenance workers, Nichols had nearly 20 people helping to clear the snow.

“That’s the only way we even have a chance during a storm like this,” Nichols said. “We didn’t even get the [first] storm cleaned up. We have every piece of equipment pos-sible out here just trying to clear the walkways. We’ve run out of room to put the snow on campus “

When there is over a foot of snow, Nichols uses a device called a “snow melter.” The nearly 40-foot-long piece of equipment that looks like a semi-trailer, melts snow so it can be removed from campus through drainage pipes.

AHEC decided to close campus after consulting with Colorado State Patrol and the Denver Police Department. Both agencies agreed road conditions around the greater Denver area made travel hazardous for students, faculty and staff.

“We strive to make the decision [to close the campus] by 5 a.m.,” Blaine Nickeson chief of staff for AHEC, said. “I got the call around 4:30 a.m.”

An early decision allows time for AHEC to inform various media outlets of the closure.

“We put it out there pretty much everywhere,” Nickeson said.

The last full-day Auraria shut down due to inclement weather was March 24, 2010, according to @Metro, Metro’s official means of communication. The last multiple-day closure was Dec. 2006, during a blizzard that dumped two feet on the city.

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For six years, Mike Ramsdell documented some of the most extreme hate groups in the U.S. and abroad.

What he took away from the experience was a sense of human-ity and compassion for even the most venomous of people.

“What I found was, for me, life-changing,” Ramsdell said. “Th ere was no boogeyman, no devil, nor any single person or group of evil at the center of all this violence, war, and hate.”

Ramsdell directed the docu-mentary feature “Anatomy of Hate,” a fi lm that examines shared ideologies within diff erent cultures of hate.

Th e fi lm was screened Feb. 1 in the Tivoli Turnhalle, and was followed by a Q&A between par-ticipants and Ramsdell and Kerry Noble, one of the people featured in the fi lm.

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the Arm of the Lord, a Christian Identity hate group which encour-aged the use of violence and is clas-sifi ed as a domestic terrorist group in the U.S..

Noble entered a gay men’s Christian church in 1984 with the intention of bombing the building. At the last minute, he changed his mind and left .

Aft er spending time in federal prison for his involvement with Th e Covenant, Th e Sword and the Arm of the Lord, Noble worked to speak out against hate groups, and to bring understanding to the men-tality of those involved in them.

“It took me two years to learn to hate. It took me nine years to unlearn it,” Nobel said during the Q&A.

He now works full-time distributing children’s books, and occasionally speaks at law enforce-ment conferences, human rights organizations, schools and civic groups about the consequences of hate movements.

“To see his transformation is just amazing,” said Heather Mor-ris, Metro adjunct professor of

psychology. Ramsdell documented some of

the most extreme ideologies and violent confl icts pertinent to the U.S. and the Middle East, includ-ing the white supremacist move-ment, Christian fundamentalism as an anti-gay platform, Muslim extremism, the Palestinian Inti-fada, Israeli settlers and soldiers and U.S. troops in Iraq.

Ramsdell used the fi lm as a way to search for an answer to the reasons we as people hate, and examine what brings people past their fear of one another and into a place of understanding.

“It’s impossible now for me to ever say, that’s a bad guy and that’s a good guy,” Ramsdell said.

Metro student Joseph Do watched the fi lm with his psychol-ogy of violence and aggression class, taught by Morris.

Th e concept of humanizing and listening to those with radically diff erent views was the main thing he would take away from the fi lm, Do said.

“[Th e fi lm] was amazing in terms of the scenarios and case

studies they talked about,” Do said. “It makes you look at yourself and see how you may be harnessing that same energy in terms of hate. You can’t change a person but you can listen to them and hear where their fear is, what the source of their aggression is.”

As a member of the Auraria GLBT community, Do was most struck by Nobles story.

“What he was talking about was really poignant for me,” he said.

Th e event was sponsored by GLBT Student Services at Auraria, Metro Student Activities, Colorado University of Denver Student Life and Community College of Denver Student Life.

Film Director Mike Ramsdell listens to a question from the audience in Tivoli Turnhalle after the Feb. 1 viewing of the documentary fi lm, “The Anatomy of Hate.” During the Q&A, Ramsdell stressed the importance of sitting down with someone you vehemently disagree with and fi nding the human being in them.

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MetStaffLetter to University of Denver Alumni

Many of you may have read the recent editorial in The Denver Post concerning the efforts of Metropolitan State College of Denver to change its name and our related efforts to con-vince the leadership of Metro State to do so in a manner that does not compromise the DU brand. I’m writ-ing to you today to provide you with more information about the nature of this process, why we are involved, and where we stand.

First, we are certainly not trying to prevent Metro State from changing its name. Metro is one of the nation’s larg-est undergraduate colleges, with a well-defined and admirable mission focused on opportunity and access to higher education in Colorado. Metro recently established its first graduate pro-grams, and we understand its desire to become a university. While there are those who oppose such a move based on a concern about “mission creep,” that is not our issue. Starting with ini-tial discussions with Metro last spring, we made it clear that we do not op-pose its use of the words “University” and “Denver” in its name. Our only difference concerns where “Denver” is placed in the new name.

Our interest in this matter has been solely about defending our brand. That defense has two components, one of which has to do with brand confusion and the other, and likely less signifi-cant, with trademark infringement. We believe that the issue of trademark infringement is the more straight-forward of the two and can be solved contractually.

Brand confusion is a more difficult but potentially more damaging issue. For 148 years, a strong University of Denver brand has created great value for you, our alumni. In an increasingly complex world of electronic commu-nications, it is critical that our name is clear and distinct from other institu-tions. It is particularly critical as we compete against the finest universities worldwide for students and faculty of the highest capability.

Right now, DU and Metro State are rarely confused with one another, as we have very different academic and financial structures, missions, and

audiences. This allows us each to com-municate clearly with our prospec-tive students, donors and employers. On the other hand DU has for years been confused with the University of Colorado Denver (UCD), by audiences both in and out of state. As Metro State branches out and seeks a new name that communicates its evolution from a college to a university, we know from an independent, national research study that it runs the risk of choosing a name that creates significant ad-ditional marketplace confusion. This past August, the leaders at Metro State declined an invitation to join us in conducting a national research study to better understand the potential for brand confusion among the institu-tions of higher education along the Front Range. Committing substantial resources, we went forward. The study surveyed more than 1,500 respondents in key markets coast to coast, includ-ing prospective students, employers, high school counselors, community members, and alumni.

The results of that study are clear: not only is there already existing mar-ketplace confusion between DU and CU Denver, but if Metro State were to choose a name with Denver early in the name, it would significantly increase confusion with both DU and CU Denver, both in Colorado and even more so outside the state, where 65% of DU’s students are recruited. The study clearly illustrates the potential pitfalls and confusion that might arise from such a choice. Its conclusions have been confirmed in statements by uni-versity leaders in markets such as San Diego, San Francisco and Portland, where similar harmful name confu-sion among universities already exists. These findings have been consistently shared with Metro State. Very re-cently, nationally recognized branding experts on both coasts and in Denver have also weighed in on the dangers of serious brand confusion attendant to Metro’s name change, if the word “Denver” is placed too early in the name.

Nonetheless, the leaders at Metro State continue to pursue names that would significantly change its brand

by putting “Denver” in the first or second position, asserting that the marketplace is confused about Metro’s location. On the other hand, Metro’s mission requires that it serve the seven county Denver Metro area, 97% of its students live in the Denver area, and its own regional employer survey indi-cated that employers know that Metro State is located in Denver. Much of the commentary from Metro State alumni and students, both on the web and in the press, has concentrated on the de-sire to elevate the status of their degree. This would clearly be accomplished by adoption of the word “University.” Consequently, we continue to wonder what is to be gained by a name change which goes beyond the addition of the word “University” to a formulation which threatens to depreciate the value of DU’s brand.

To the extent that there are any trademark issues with a less confusing option like Metropolitan State Univer-sity Denver (Which Metro’s research shows to be the most popular with its alumni and students), we believe that such matters, which are clearly gov-erned by law, are amenable to solution via contractual co-existence agree-ments between the two institutions.

Throughout what has been a nearly year-long process, DU has worked with Metro State to resolve these matters, offering resources to help better under-stand marketplace confusion, agreeing to potential compromises, and explor-ing ne names that might allow Metro to better maintain its distinct brand identity rather than creating confu-sion with either DU or UCD. We will continue to do so, working toward a resolution with all involved, so that both institutions can again focus our energies on the business of educating our students.

As this process moves forward, please feel free to contact my office with any questions, concerns, or com-ments that you may have. I can be reached at chancellor@du.edu.

Sincerely,

Robert D. CoombeChancellor, University of Denver

This letter was sent to University of Denver alumni the week of Jan. 30 from DU Chancellor Robert D. Coombe. The Metropolitan received this letter anonymously.

>>Refer to page 7 for The Metropolitan’s reaction to the letter.

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The Metropolitan’s response to DU’s letterSince when does a private institution get

to have a say over a public institution?DU is so concerned about its brand. It’s

time for us to be concerned about Metro’s brand.

We have the opportunity to strengthen our degrees and we have a neighboring university telling us that they have a problem with how we’re doing it.

This bullying by DU is insulting and de-meaning. Our administration has cowered. Metro’s Board of Trustees have shown no backbone by even considering DU’s input throughout this process. Thanks for making us look like wimps.

Does our administration have our best interests at heart or DU’s?

DU is worried about “brand confusion?” Sorry DU, you’ve had, as you said, 148 years to establish your brand. If an institution is worried about a name change affecting that, how strong is your brand?

The esteemed DU brand shouldn’t feel

intimidated by Metro State trying to better identify our rapidly growing institution.

Should all universities start worrying that they will be confused with another university that has the word “university” in its title?

“National research study” and “nation-ally recognized branding experts?” Who conducted this research? Who did they talk to? Where are the hard numbers? Saying “the results of the study are clear” doesn’t automatically make it clear.

“Harmful name confusion.” It’s absurd. How stupid you must think people are if they were to confuse DU with MSUD.

Can you really say that “Metropolitan State College Denver” was our top choice? Denver State University was our top choice. That’s when you decided to step in.

You’re concerned with where we put the word “Denver” in our name? Who owns the rights to the word and our name? Appar-ently you’re arrogant enough to feel like you

can have a say. You say that 65 percent of your students come from out of state while 97 percent of our students live in the Denver area. Who represents a university in Denver better? We should be upset at your name.

We are proud of “Metro” being in our name. It represents our history and “brand.” We are the ones at risk of losing our legacy and brand recognition with a name change.

You say that Metro State is an “admi-rable mission focused on opportunity and access to higher education for a very broad audience.” Please define “broad audience,” DU. There’s no need to be polite about it. We clearly see how you feel about us. Trust us, we take pride in just how “broad” we are. Tell us about your “narrow audience.” Does that translate to DU being “narrow-minded?”

How haughty and arrogant of DU. Let’s not be quick to forget that DU almost went bankrupt in the mid-80s, when Metro was doing just fine. Had it not been for the efforts

of DU chancellor-to-be Dan Ritchie — he used his and his friends’ money to keep the school afloat — we wouldn’t be having this conversation. Hey, everybody needs a help-ing hand sometimes, right?

Why does this even need to be an issue? Here’s a question: What would happen if both our universities focused this time on improving our respected institutions? What if the money spent during this ordeal was put back into our universities? It seems like a better way to spend these resources.

Yes, DU, we know we are the new guy in the university “club.” Maybe you feel that we deserve some ribbing or a humiliating rite of passage to go through. If that’s the case, I think you’ve done more than enough. Let us be. What did we ever do to you?

Seriously DU, we have enough problems with our own administration. We don’t need another school’s administration to worry about.

“What do you think of Metro’s new name, Metropolitan State University of Denver?”

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“It sounds more prestigious. Personally, there isn’t really much of a huge difference between ‘state college’ and ‘university.’ It comes down to the professors and the degree and how much work you put into it.”

“I heard they were going to, but I didn’t know that they actually did. I like the name.”

“I’m kind of indifferent. It sounds neutral to me, but it sounds better than some of the ones I’ve heard.”

“To be perfectly honest, I didn’t know about it. I had no clue. I don’t really care. I think it might help with people’s view of it because a university sounds nicer.”

“I think it’s a great name but I think there’s something other than a name in a uni-versity. I hope that whatever changes they make along with the name go along with the curriculum so that everything matches up.”

“I think its better. It gives a location to the school rather than Metropolitan State College. University has more clout than just ‘col-lege,’ so I think it’s a positive thing.”

“I think its good. I think it might change the way peo-ple look at the school. Most people end up coming here for financial reasons and I guess a lot of people end up transferring out and end up going to a school that they think is going to be better for their degree.”

“I’m pretty indifferent about it either way. I think it’s stu-pid that they went through all this time and money, but it doesn’t affect me either way.”

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J. Sebastian Sinisisinisi2@msn.com

The future may not be what it used to be. The shiny world of tomorrow visions of mid-20th century world’s fairs never materi-alized as advertised. The future of the past is in good hands due to the efforts of preservationists to save historic legacies, in Colorado and elsewhere.

Last week, preservation profes-sionals — plus architects, planners, city officials and students from the University of Colorado at Den-ver’s College of Architecture and Planning — gathered in Denver for the 15th annual “Saving Places” conference hosted by Colorado Preservation Inc. More than 800 participants from 16 states at-tended the three-day gathering at the Denver Convention Center that ended Feb. 3, said CPI conference coordinator Nicole Moore.

One conference thread that ran through several sessions was “adaptive re-use” of historic build-ings for new purposes. Dana Craw-ford’s Larimer Square restoration, done from the late 1960s through the mid-’70s, is a prime Denver example and marks only the sec-ond venture of its kind in America; after San Francisco’s Ghirardelli Square that re-used a 19th-century chocolate factory. The Auraria campus Tivoli building — a former brewery — is another, and many LoDo former mercantile lofts are still other local examples.

Another recurring theme involved “heritage tourism,” a huge economic stimulator at the state and national levels. Heritage tourism is travel to experience places, artifacts and activities that authentically represent stories and people of the past and present. It could therefore range from a visit to Mesa Verde, Royal Gorge, a his-toric mining town or the Denver Museum of Nature and Science.

Studies done for the Colorado Tourism Office show that heritage visitors spend more money than recreational tourists. Heritage overnight tourists, according to one study, accounted for 11.8 mil-lion Colorado trips in 2008, with those visitors spending an average $114 more per person, per trip, than recreational visitors.

A Colorado Preservation Inc. session on Colorado’s historic rural landscapes looked at farms and ranchlands that are today threat-ened by developers buying up rural lands.

This is in response to economic shifts that have made smaller fam-ily farms less viable.

Losses to Colorado farm and cultural landscapes are not always as dramatic as the Army’s proposal to expand its Piñon Canyon ma-neuvers site — involving hundreds of thousands of acres in Southeast Colorado — said UCD professor Ekaterini “Kat” Vlahos, who heads the UCD Architecture Depart-ment’s Preservation Research Center. In far northeast Colorado,

rural Phillips Country has lost more than 500 family farms since the 1930s, she said, in favor of fewer, but much larger, farms.

“Farms representing rural cultural landscapes can’t be frozen in time and must evolve to remain viable,” Vlahos said. Part of the Preservation Research Center’s job, she added, “is to [using UCD students] survey and evaluate landscapes that are still evolving. It’s an effort to identify the past to better understand the present and to inform the future.”

CPI Survey Director Abbey Christman, who took part in the rural landscapes discussion, traced some of the history of roadside

architecture in America in another session. In the post-World War II era, she said, the number of American motels tripled — from 20,000 in 1948 to 60,000 in 1956. Many had distinctive architectural styles — colonial, western, Native American and even Tiki — before interstate highways and standard-ized chains like Holiday Inn killed individualized motel architecture in the 1960s.

History Colorado — formerly the Colorado Historical Society — presented its 26th annual Historic Preservation Awards Feb. 1 in His-tory Colorado’s new $111 million headquarters, designed by Tryba Architects, at 1200 Broadway,

which won’t officially open until April 28.

One of the awards went to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science for its discovery, near Snowmass, Colo., of an Ice Age mastodon skeleton, along with 4,000 bones of large Ice Age animals in 2010 and 2011. The site’s fossils are from an ecosystem between 40,000 and 150,000 years old and is one of the most complete sites of its kind ever found.

Accepting the award, Kirk Johnson, museum curator, quipped, “as paleontologists, we deal with things 160 million and more years old. So 150,000 years is kind of juvenile.”

Review: ‘The Artist’ paints great pictureSteve Guntlisguntli@mscd.edu

“The Artist” is a silent film, and for many people this will be a problem. If anyone reading this has any misgivings about watching a 90-minute movie with almost no spoken dialogue and only a handful of sound effects, I politely encourage you to get over it.

This is not a stuffy piece of film history, yellowed by time and thick with symbolism. Despite its classical trappings, it is as modern a piece of filmmaking as one could hope for. “The Artist” is a joyous tribute to the entire medium of film. It is funny, inventive, heart-breaking and endlessly entertain-ing. Simply put, it’s the best film of the year.

Dapper silent-film star George

Valentin (Jean Dujardin) is at the height of his fame in 1927, right before the introduction of talking pictures changed the medium for-ever. George, like Charlie Chaplin in real life, laughs talkies off as a fad, and refuses to make the transi-tion, to the detriment of his career.

At the same time, spunky starlet Peppy Miller (Bérénice Bejo) finds her star on the rise after a chance encounter with George thrusts her into the public eye. Peppy embraces the new cinematic medium, and becomes a giant star, but her deep love for George puts a damper on her success.

French Actors Dujardin and Bejo are practically unknown in America, but by the time the final credits roll, you’ll be left wondering where they’ve been all these years. The two have such an effortless

screen presence that they seem to have been born in front of the camera, and they succeed in mak-ing the characters vivid, realistic and utterly love-able. Without the crutch of dialogue to rely on, the viewer is allowed to bask in their gloriously expressive faces, and Dujardin and Bejo have the kind of smiles that make the entire screen glow.

The real scene-stealer, though, is Uggie, George’s adorable, impos-sibly well-trained Jack Russell ter-

rier. Dujardin and Uggie have a scene early on reminiscent of nothing less than the Oceana roll dance from Chaplin’s “The Gold Rush.” Look it up on YouTube and say that’s not impressive.

Be sure that director Michel Ha-zanavicius is

aware of the similarities, as his film is crammed with witty and know-ing references to films past. He shoots the film in a gloriously crisp black-and-white, granting the film

a timeless quality while simultane-ously appearing fresh. It’s a silent film, but it doesn’t look like an old silent film, and that saves it from being gimmicky.

“The Artist” is a movie refresh-ingly free of cynicism. The charac-ters don’t have ulterior motives or dark pasts. They all mean well but are passionate and proud, and it’s a sad truth of life that these are char-acter traits that don’t often come together with good intentions.

There are moments of sadness as pronounced as any tear-jerker you can name, but they serve only to feed into one of the most gloriously happy endings in recent memory. It’s one of those film mo-ments that make you smile days after seeing it. That’s a testament not only to this beautiful film, but also to the entire medium itself.

Protect the past, future by ‘Saving Places’

Image courtesy of The Weinstein Company

The Tivoli is an example of re-use for historic buildings, as promoted by CPI. Photo by Mike Fabricius • mfabrici@mscd.edu

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Metro’s Amazing RaceWhy are these guys eating ice?Photos by Rachel Fuenzalida • rfuenzal@mscd.edu

Above: Teammates Eric Lansing, left, and Kyle Poland transfer mouthfuls of ice to a bucket during the 2012 Amazing Race Feb. 7 on Auraria. Right: Matt Forcella eyes a marble as it glides down a wooden chute, one of the many chal-lenges. The race also included a grown-up Big Wheel rally, a segment in which participants had to move a cookie from their foreheads to their mouths without using their hands and — in a tie-breaker event — a scavenger hunt to recruit people to sing the Metro fight song. Ten teams of four participated in the races.

Visit www.metnews.org for a gallery of photos covering Metro’s Amazing Race 2012.

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Bar Chords

1up takes ‘barcades’ to next level

Interview by Wesley Reyna • wreyna1@mscd.edu

Dave Marion, left, and Zac Joe don’t play. They take games and bartending seriously.Photo by Luke Powell • lpowel18@mscd.edu

Ryan Adams once crooned about his attraction to saloons in his song, “The Bar Is A Beautiful Place.” And it’s true — many musicians have made connections on either side of the beer tap. The Metropolitan spoke with the manager of Lodo bar 1up, David Marion, vocalist for Fear Before and bartender Zac Joe who is the guitar-ist of local band Vimana, about the “grown-up” arcade, complete with beer, vintage arcade games and giant Jenga.

WR: What do you like about working in an arcade bar?DM: The games attract people that haven’t played them yet and the ones that have want-ed to play them for years but haven’t been able to. The clientele is more eclectic than almost any bar that you can imagine, just because of the nostalgia that brings people in — it’s all walks of life. I think that is what makes it so much fun for bands and stuff. WR: What makes 1up special or different from other arcade or pinball bars?DM: I think it’s totally the owner of the bar, Jourdan Adler. It’s his passion; he’s working everyday to make it a better place. It’s family run and the heart is in it. There are new ad-ditions every time. We want it to be a place that people don’t get tired of coming to.ZJ: Jourdan had a very strict, very imagina-tive vision and he stuck to it and it’s worked. [He went] to great lengths to make sure that they are the original cabinets, that the origi-nal cabinets work, that he has someone on hand at all times that is a professional that fixes them.

DM: [It’s] a community. If you come in here and you don’t know how to play a game, there’s going to be somebody here to teach you a pointer or two. Some pinball regulars that come in will see me play and give me a little bit of a hint on something. WR: Do you think 1up fits well with venues in LoDo, like The Marquis Theater and Summit Music Hall?DM: It’s great. People can go to a show and pop in to play some games. The bands that play there want something else to do before they hit the road again. You can sit in a mil-lion back rooms, and granted the Summit is really nice, but — ZJ: For example, Ryan Adams was in here. He tweeted that he was going to be here and there were people [waiting] three hours before he showed up. WR: How many games do you guys usually have out on the floor?DM: We have 45 on the floor, 12 pins and three Skee balls. We want to fill the place as much as we can, and we have — but we also have probably the same amount hiding in

garages. WR: I hear you guys have a free Skee ball tournament.DM: We’ve been doing free Skee ball night on Tuesday evenings, we have sign-ups at 7:30 p.m. and we roll at about 8 p.m. My wife Rochelle and I head that up, it’s fun.ZJ: Especially once a month on K2uesday.DM: K2 Snowboards comes in with a bunch of free swag, snowboards, skateboards, jackets, and there are three separate tourna-ments, one for video games, one for pinball and one for Skee ball and prizes.WR: Who are some of the more notable gam-ers you have had in 1up?DM: We brought Steve Wiebe in and he got the kill screen on Donkey Kong. He did a lesson earlier in the day where he answered everybody’s questions and told people some pointers. He was so nice and humble and just wanted to share his experience with the game. We’ve also had Dwyane Richard

in. He was 1985’s gamer-of-the-year and he came down from Canada. ZJ: The last person I remember coming here was Gary Stern. He walked in and it was like a fucking rock star was here. I was surprised — and I suck at pinball.DM: It’s fun because we have so many friends playing at The Marquis, Summit [Music Hall], friends that aren’t [usually] in town or you don’t get to see very often, you can be like, “come see me at work,” and they do. We’ve had Ryan Adams, members of Gwar, Every Time I Die, Saves The Day. WR: When is the worldwide “Kong Off” tournament?DM: In November we are going to be hold-ing the “Kong Off.” We’re going to have the top eight to 10 players in the world com-ing to play Donkey Kong. So we’re going to have a full on thing with Wiebe, along with [player] Billy Mitchell.

More UpCoMing showsThe Denver-based indie quartet, Achille Lauro, will be

releasing its third full-length album, Fight or Flight, at the Hi-Dive. Just like the band’s sophomore release, Indiscretions, this new album showcases Achille Lauro’s affinity for writing big, grooveable pop songs tinged with a hint of space rock and jazz. Beyond most of Achille’s intriguing songwriting elements, it’s the band’s overall dance ethic, as well as its inherent sense of humor, that allows for the most fun at a show. In the past, the band has even centered their album release shows on a quirky, but memorable, theme. However, the lush tunes of Mercuria and the Gem Stars and the fiery cello rock of Land Lines will stand out just the same.

Ian Gassman • igassman@mscd.edu

Cursive returns to Denver, as well as to the Larimer Lounge Feb. 12, just ahead of their seventh full-length release, I Am Gemini. The album officially drops Feb. 21 on the band’s longtime label, Saddle Creek. Each track conveys an overall concept about the struggle between two fictional twins, Cassius and Pollock. It’s hard to say if the concept will translate very well live, but Cursive’s signature heaviness always does. Local super-group and musical force, Il Cattivo, will be opening the show along with fel-low heavy-hitters, Ume.

Cursive9 p.m., Feb. 12 @Larimer Lounge, $18

Wesley Reyna • wreyna1@mscd.edu

Snake Rattle Rattle Snake are set to shake Feb. 11 at the Hi-Dive with local electronic-noise duo ManCub and fellow electronic rockers Men in Burka. According to the songsmith’s Facebook page, the band will debut some new tunes and play some classics at this gig, which is a kickoff for the band’s mini-tour. Not only will the sextet be play-ing a few dates at South by Southwest, but they also landed a spot at the recently established Treefort Music Fest, which takes place March 24 in Boise, Idaho.

Snake Rattle Rattle Snake9 p.m., Feb. 11 @ Hi-Dive, $10

Achille Lauro9 p.m., Feb. 10 @Hi-Dive, $10

Usually, Bop Skizzum likes to make people shimmy and shake, but Feb. 10, this local upbeat seven-piece will embrace it’s inner-nerdiness by hosting the first ever Nerd Prom at The Gothic Theatre in Englewood. The band itself will likely play some originals amongst a big list of nerdy, but hilarious, covers. According to the band’s guitar-ist, Andy Guerrero, the list includes the “Mos Eisley Cantina” song from Star Wars and a goofy rendition of “Earth Angel” from the end of the movie “Back to the Future.” No matter the covers, it’s sure to be a dorky good time.

Bop Skizzum8 p.m., Feb. 10 @Gothic Theatre, $13

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When Robert Richfield and Alex Mehm-en started broadcasting an internet-based ra-dio show from Richfield’s attic in 2006, they were two self-proclaimed “schmoes” who never expected to reach 68,000 listeners a month.

Six years later, Lakewood’s Jammin’ KZKO “The Vibe” has grown to include 15 live shows and to reach listeners in 40 coun-tries.

“It started growing with listeners each and every day,” chief executive Richfield said. “You’d see the numbers go up, and then you’d start getting bands hitting you up.”

That band con-tact is what created KZKO.

“We started to broadcast artists across the nation, which all of the sud-den became a really big thing,” he said. As they started to stream live performances of bands online, the station really came into its own.

KZKO is classified as a top-40 radio sta-tion, but beyond the label it has a large vari-ety of genres, including classic rock, jazz, hip hop and funk.

“We have a lot of exclusive stuff,” mar-keting director Bryan Moberg said. “We have exclusive labels, we have syndicated shows

and we have exclusive sports shows that no one else in Colorado has.”

The funk is brought to KZKO by the syndicated show “A Funk Above the Rest,” which is hosted by international radio per-sonality and station partner Skip Reeves. Though Reeves has worked on both digi-tal and terrestrial stations, he believes that KZKO exemplifies the direction of modern radio.

“One of the things that I’m really excited about is, because of modern technology be-ing what it is, internet radio is really start-ing to take off,” Reeves said. “I feel that this

station is going to become as big, or bigger than some of the terrestrial sta-tions that are in this town because of the collective support of everybody that’s here.”

That support reaches past the employees and past IP addresses.

KZKO supports many charities and local organizations, including several local high schools and the Make-a-Wish Foundation. The station is also dedicated to future radio broadcasters everywhere.

“Our big thing now is, we want to take our knowledge of radio and pass it on to oth-er kids who are up and coming and who are

learning all this stuff,” Mehmen said. Along with support for young radio hope-

fuls, KZKO also supports The Ohio Center of Broadcasting in Lakewood, where both Rich-field and Mehmen graduated in 2010.

“We want to pay it back to the people that gave us our opportunity and set us on our way,” Mehmen said.

Within minutes of meeting the KZKO staff, it became apparent how seriously they take their radio station, and how much fun they still have amongst themselves.

“We like razzing each other about every-thing,” Mehmen said.

With a down-to-earth nature about them-selves, the KZKO staff expects nothing less

than good humor on the air.“It’s a family atmosphere, we like to keep

it that way,” Richfield said. “It’s very impor-tant to us that it remains and keeps moral val-ues, class, and its dignity.”

And though the KZKO dynamic is com-plex, its focus is still on bringing their pas-sion, music, to listeners.

“If you have a love for this industry, you should be in this industry,” Mehmen said.

With a big smile and years of radio ex-perience to draw from, Reeves predicts, “KZKO is getting ready to take over.”

DJs and other local artists perform live in KZKO’s Lakewood studio for streaming online.Photo courtesy of Jammin’ KZKO

CheCk it oUt

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“If you have a love for this industry, you should be in this industry.” —Alex Mehmen

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Cougars pounce on Roadrunners againColorado Christian completes season sweep against MetroMatt Hollinsheadmhollin5@mscd.edu

� e Colorado Christian Uni-versity Cougars has had their way with the Metro women’s basketball team this season.

When the two squared o� Jan. 7, CCU defended well down the stretch and won by eight points in Lakewood.

In a rematch Feb. 4, the Cou-gars didn’t have to rely heavily on defense in the later phases of regulation. In fact, they got their o� ense going immediately in an 80-64 win over the Roadrunners at the Auraria Event Center.

Metro senior point guard Jasmine Cervantes surpassed 1,000 points in her collegiate career, but the Roadrunners fell to 18-2 (14-2 in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference), while Colorado Christian improved to 11-11 (9-7 in the RMAC).

“Our o� ense was OK, but our defense wasn’t there,” Cervantes said. “Any time we got any mo-mentum, it seemed like they would just score a three or shoot a really good shot.”

� e Cougars have now won back-to-back games against the Runners.

“� ese girls are starting to come together,” CCU head coach Tim Hays said of his squad. “Time and time again, people stepped up and made plays.”

CCU built a 30-18 lead in the

� rst 12 minutes, and carried that scoring persistency the rest of the way.

Metro managed to cut the de� cit to six points a minute into the second half, but CCU was too overwhelming.

“We missed some of those la-yups, especially early in the second half. I think that really a� ected us [and] our intensity on the defen-sive end,” Metro head coach Tanya Haave said. “We dug ourselves a hole that we weren’t going to get out of.”

With less than six minutes le� in the game, CCU had complete control with a commanding 73-49 lead.

Although Metro started scor-ing late, the Runners couldn’t over-come the damage CCU in� icted.

A� er bombarding the Road-runners with 25 points during the last game, Christina Whitelaw had another masterful performance with a game high 27 points.

“I think the momentum we’re going to get from this [win] is huge,” Whitelaw said.

Senior forward Caley Dow led Metro with 21 points, and Cer-vantes scored 12 to break 1,000 career points. � e game against Colorado School of Mines on Feb. 6 bumped Cervantes’ career point total to 1,022.

“I’m glad I was able to do that,” Cervantes said. “I wasn’t aware I was that close to accomplishing that goal.”

Candice Kohn goes for a layup against Colorado Christian University forward Kelsie Hert Feb. 4 at the Auraria Event Center. CCU upset Metro for the second time this season winning 80-64. Photo by Rachel Fuenzalida • rfuenzal@mscd.edu

� e Denver Nuggets have been a pleasant surprise this season. � ey are one of the top Western Conference teams, and they have a team-� rst mentality.

However, when it comes to crunch time, the Nuggets are like a 7-Eleven convenience store — they don’t close.

Whenever the Nuggets get into high-pressure situations, they have a tendency to fall instead of rise to the occasion.

� e most frustrating part for Nuggets fans is that they had a closer in Carmelo Anthony.

As we all remember, Anthony was a clutch, elite scorer while he was in Denver. Since Melo was traded to New York, the Nuggets

have had a hard time � nishing games. In game � ve of the Western Conference quarter� nals against the Oklahoma City � under in 2011, the Nuggets had the � under on the ropes, but failed to push them o� the ledge.

� is season, the Nuggets have had multiple opportunities to win

games during the � nal minutes, but have struggled.

Against the Los Angeles Clip-pers Jan. 29, the Nuggets could not close. In fact, former-Nugget Chauncey Billups showed his former team how to close.

In the � nal moments of a close game against the Los Angeles

Lakers, the Nuggets wanted to pass instead of going for the shot. When the Nuggets had a chance, Al Har-rington’s � nal look failed.

Even against average teams, the Nuggets have struggled.

When they played against the Memphis Grizzlies earlier this year, their o� ense � zzled down the stretch. Too many turnovers and a lack of defensive stops cost the

Nuggets a critical victory. So, if the Nuggets want to play

basketball in early June, they must get a closer or hope one of their players becomes a closer.

Of all the title contenders in the NBA, the Nuggets are the only team without a � nisher. � e Lakers have Kobe Bryant, the � under have Kevin Durant, and the Miami Heat have Dwayne Wade.

� e Nuggets? Well, they have nobody. Or do they? If there is one player who has the ability to � nish a game, it’s Arron A� alo.

Last season, A� alo showed some signs that he has a closer mentality against the NBA-cham-pion Dallas Mavericks. A� alo hit the game winning shot. When Af-

� alo hit that shot, NBA commenta-tor Kevin Harlan called A� alo an “assassin.”

I like A� alo’s game. He is an underrated 3-point shooter, and he is one of the best perimeter defend-ers in the game.

� is season, he looks to be 100 percent, but has not had a chance to close. � e Nuggets have tried Harrington, Andre Miller and Danilo Gallinari, all of those results have failed.

Moving forward, if the Nuggets were to get into a pressure situa-tion, I expect them to give the ball to A� alo and let him do his work.

Nick Ohlignohlig@mscd.edu

Nuggets have an opening to � ll: a closer

MEN2/10• Basketball @ home against Chadron State

2/11• Basketball @ home against Neb. Kearney

2/11-12• Baseball @ home against Neb. Kearney

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2/10-11• Track and fi eld at Air Force Invitational

Women2/10• Basketball @ home against Chadron State

2/11• Basketball @ home against Neb. Kearney

2/10-12• Softball in Las Vegas for tournament

2/9-11• Tennis in Arizona for matches

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Men’s basketball bested by Mines againRoadrunners lose their � rst home game this seasonBen Bruskinbbruskin@mscd.edu

� e much-anticipated men’s basketball rematch between Metro and Colorado School of Mines did not have the pre-game hype that accompanied Super Bowl XLVI, but it was just as thrilling.

� ough the Runners (now 18-4, 13-4 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference) played a closer game than their 11-point loss at Mines (now 19-2, 15-2 RMAC) in early January, Metro again came up short, losing 72-67.

A� er the Feb. 6 game at the Auraria Event Center, Mines main-tained the top seed in the RMAC, No. 4 in the National Association of Basketball Coaches Division II top-25 poll, while Metro remained second in the conference and moved up to 11th in the nation.

It was Metro’s � rst home loss of the season.

“[Mines] had a sense of urgency and they made the plays down the stretch to win the game,” Metro head coach Derrick Clark said.

“Unfortunately, that’s happened twice.”

� e � rst half featured � ve lead changes. Both teams were able to score 20 points in the paint and Metro scored 14 � eld goals while Mines had 13.

However, the Orediggers’ two 3-point shots was the di� erence, and Mines went into hal� ime with a 36-35 lead.

With Mines up 59-50 and less than 10 minutes le� , Metro senior forward Paul Brotherson fouled out. A� er that, something clicked for Metro.

� e Roadrunners went on a 17-10 run, bringing the score to 69-67 Mines with 11 seconds le� .

Metro was then forced to foul and hope that the Orediggers would miss free throws. However, Mines junior guard Brett Green made both shots to seal the victory.

Freshman center Nicholas Kay led all Runners in scoring with 17 points.

“It was a really, really hard fought game,” Mines head coach Pryor Orser said. “� ere was a time

where it could have gone either way. We’re just really fortunate we came out on top.”

Metro hit just 43 percent of their shots, and only three Runners were able to score in double digits.

“� ere’s a lot of o� ensive plays and defensive plays that we could have made to swing the game in our favor,” said Metro junior for-ward/center Jonathan Morse, who fouled out with 58 seconds le� . “It just didn’t happen tonight.”

Metro will look to bounce back homecoming weekend when they take on Chadron State College (Neb.) and University of Nebraska Kearney Feb. 10 and 11 at the Au-raria Event Center.

Metro senior guard Reggie Evans leaps toward the basket against School of Mines’ forward Brett Green during their Feb. 6 game at the Auraria Event Center. The Roadrunners lost 72-67. Photo by Steve Anderson • sande104@mscd.edu

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This Week

Valentine’s Day Fun More than 35 million heart-shaped boxes of chocolate will be sold for Valentine’s Day.

More than $1 billion worth of choco-late is purchased for Valentine’s Day in the U.S.

Valentine’s Day is also celebrated in Canada, Mexico, United Kingdom, France, Australia, Denmark and Italy.

About 15 percent of U.S. women send themselves � owers on Valen-tine’s Day.

Red roses are considered the � ower of love because the color red stands for strong romantic feelings. Source: www.sheknows.com

My Life Is AverageToday, at the beach, I saw a woman drowning. I immediately rushed over, trying to save her. When she saw me, she said “Get out of here, I want the hot life guard.” MLIA.

Today, I was eating a bowl of fruity pebbles, when i found a fruit loop. I am still confused. MLIA

Today, I went to WaWa and my total was $4.05. The cashier said “Your total today is four-hundred and � ve cents.” I paid with a 500 cents bill. MLIA

Today I was looking at dumb laws in the state of New York, where I live, and one was it’s illegal to where slip-pers after 10:00 pm. It’s 10:01 and I’m wearing slippers. MLIA

Valentine’s Day Fun More than 35 million heart-shaped boxes of chocolate will be sold for Valentine’s Day.

More than $1 billion worth of choco-late is purchased for Valentine’s Day in the U.S.

Valentine’s Day is also celebrated in Canada, Mexico, United Kingdom, France, Australia, Denmark and Italy.

About 15 percent of U.S. women send themselves � owers on Valen-tine’s Day.

Red roses are considered the � ower of love because the color red stands for strong romantic feelings. Source: www.sheknows.com

He’s home with a concussion now...but apparently i’m still the highlight of his freshman year

After the Patriots lost I punched him in the face. But I still feel like that isn’t a good reason to dump me.

You can’t start the super bowl without starting a kitchen � re making cole slaw. Its unamerican.

Texts From Last Night

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34- Heston’s org. 37- Fixed in position 38- All together 39- Coffee container 40- Sampling 41- Function 42- Erin 43- Superintendent 44- Tooth covering 47- Fancy home 49- Cry ___ River 50- Copycats 52- Sign of injury 54- Borodin’s prince 57- Nipper’s co. 58- Campaigned