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October 28. 2004 The voice of student:- $ 1 n c e 1 c 3 1 \·olume i~ • Issue O Election 2004 Candidates visit GJ Cheney, others rally support days before general election David Goe Reporter Bush-Cheney '04 signs waved in the air as Republican supporters chanted "four more years!" during Vice Presi dent Dick Cheney's visit to Grand Junction. Air Force 'Iwo landed at Walker field as the theme to "Top Gun" played in the hangar where the rally was held. After an introduction from his wife, Lynne, Cheney took to the stage and promised to put Senator John Kerry in "The Danger Zone." "It's good to be back in Colorado, what is obviously Bush-Cheney country," Cheney said. Along with his wife, Cheney was joined onstage by Congressman Scott Mcinnis and wife Lori, U.S. Senate Photos Erik Lincoln/Criterion candidate Pete Coors and wife Marilyn, and Congressio Top: Pete Coors (sec nal candidate GregWalcher and wife Diana. Coors and ond from left), candi Walch er both received plugs from Cheney in their bids date for U.S. Senate, against "the Salazar brothers," Ken and John. his wife Marilyn Coors The crowd cheered the vice president on as he let in to (second from right) Kerry over the Senator's stance on the War on Terror. and candidate for "Our job is Colorado's open 3rd not to conduct Congressional District "You can put all international seat Greg Walcher (far opinion polls," right) walk Vice Presi the lipstick you Cheney said dent Dick Cheney and in reference to wife Lynne from Air want on a pig, but Kerry's desire Force Two to a West for a global test Star Aviation hangar it's still a pig:' for fighting ter for a rally, Saturday. rorism abroad. - Vice President Dick Cheney "Our job is to Elizabeth Edwards, referring to Senator Kerry during a defend Amer wife of Democratic vice Republican rally in Grand Junction ica. We will presidential candidate on Sat urday never seek a John Edwards, answers permission slip a question during a to defend the town hall meeting at United States of America." Mesa State College on The vice president referred to Kerry's recent goose Oct. 18. hunting trip in Ohio as an "October disguise" for gun rights. Wife of Edwards promotes Kerry at town hall meeting . "You and I know the Second Amendment is more than a photo opportunity," Cheney told the crowd. Erik Lincoln A Mesa State College student asked tard seed. Cheney also characterized Kerry as a flip-flopper. Managing Editor Edwards what were her two most Edwards also spoke of a woman "As we say in Wyoming, you can put all the lipstick you Elizabeth Edwards, wife of Dem memorable campaign experiences. who froze her children's medicine so want on a pig, but it's still a pig." ocratic vice presidential candidate Edwards told a story about a woman that it would last longer because the Some members of the crowd needed medical atten John Edwards, conducted a town hall she met whose son had died in Iraq. woman could not afford more medi tion. The Grand Junction Emergency Medical Service meeting in a crowded LiffAuditorium The woman gave Edwards a mustard cine. treated four spectators and transported three to the hos on Oct. 18. seed pin which Edwards wore during Local media repeatedly asked Ed pital, according to Grand Junction Fire Department Para For an hour, Edwards took ques the town hall meeting. wards about recent coverage con medic Joe White. tions from the audience about na The pin represents a Chinese prov cerning Mary Cheney, the lesbi After delivering his speech, Cheney shook hands with tional security, school vouchers, erb in which a woman travels to a an daughter of Vice President Dick members of the crowd and reminded them to vote. health care, stem-cell research and priest to ask that her child be saved. Cheney. Edwards responded that the The crowd consisted mostly of whites, b ut that did not funding for the No Child Left Behind The priest tells the woman he can topic distracted people and the re- Su RALLY, p•g• thrH Act. not help her unless she bums a mus- s.. EDWARDS, p•g• three "' Generals launch offensive on Bush during GJ rally

David Goe and Becky Raney on the speakers as they listed reasons why Senator John were in combat," Shevlin said. Staff Kerry would be a better fit as president. He added that troops were over extende1d and they The warm feeling of the Palisade Veterans Memorial Iraq veteran Shevlin returned from a tour spanning didn't have enough man power to guard the lhoarder be Community Center quickly turned cold as war veterans form February 2003 to October 2003 and spoke about the tween Iraq and Iran. pointed out Presidents Bush's incompetence as a leader. downfalls of the current occupation. "The world considers the United States of !America the Gen. Merrill McPeak, Gen. Claudia Kennedy, Gen. During his tour, fellow marines were "forced to buy biggest threat to world peace," Gen. Merrill Mlr:Peak said, Dave McGinnis, Gen. Melvyn Montano, Maj. Gen. Ger their own uniforms" and didn't have enough supplies to "North Korea was number two." · ald Sajer and Iraq Veteran Jim Shevlin spoke to a group of keep tanks operational. The Vietnam veteran and "recovering ffiepublican" about 50. Veterans from World War II to Vietnam cheered "The president wanted to cut combat pay while troops See W,, page three HAVA changes voting procedures, requires I.D. to vote

-David Goe An I.D. issued by the federal or any local government is handicapped people and minorities. At least ome machine Reporter needed to cast a vote. Acceptable forms of identification will be handicapped-accessible, and all machlines will be If you plan to cast a vote this year, bring an I.D. with include a driver's license, birth certificate, U.S. passport, capable of providing ballots in Spanish or otlner languag you to the polls. or state-issued ID card. es. The Helping America Vote Act, which was passed by HAVA has led to modernized voting machines, made About $700 mHlion from the federal gove1rnment will Congress last year, is intended to improve the voting pro voter registration easier, and secured ballots from tam be spent replacing old machines with touch--screen ma cess, specifically to prevent problems like those encoun pering, according to the Act's proponents. chines, and each state will get a minimum olf $5 million tered in Florida in the last presidential election. Under HAVA, punch card and lever voting systems will to do so. "The biggest impact will be the I.D. requirements," said be replaced by touch-screen machines. The machines HAVA orders each state to create a databaise of regis Amy Storm-Farley of the Mesa County Clerk and Record will alert voters if they have selected multiple candidates tered voters by 2006. The databases are expeccted to stop er's office. "You didn't need to have an I.D. to vote in the for one position, and will not have hanging chads. In ad voters from being purged from registration list:s and, along past, but this year you do." dition, the new voting machines will increase access for with I.D. requirements, help prevent voter frawd. Chiefjustice diagnosed with cancer, building tension in Colorado Senate race Rachel Alexander If Rehnquist chooses to resign or if he point a new justice to the Supreme Court. ity another, the appointment \Will be more News Editor dies, the president will appoint the new According to Casey, the balance of the difficult. The party in the Senattce will try to Chief]ustice William Rehnquist has un chief justice; this appointment must be Senate and the man elected to be presi block the president's appoint1ment if the dergone throat surgery after a diagnosis of approved by the Senate. dent will be important to future appoint nominee is to far to the right Oir left. thyroid cancer, according to the U.S. Su According to Tim Casey, professor of ments. "Colorado could tip the ballance in the preme Court. political science, there has not been an If President George Bush is reelected Senate," Casey said. - The chief justice was admitted to Na appointment to the Supreme Court in 10 and the Senate remains in the hands of the Gizzi predicts that at least tlnree justices tional Naval Medical Center in Bathesda, years. He said it is rare for the nation to go Republicans, Bush will have an easy time will most likely retire in the nexct four years: Md., on Friday and underwent a trache this long without a new appointment. Mi appointing his choice to the court. Simi Rehnquist, O'Connor and the isenior mis.o otomy on Saturday, according to court chael Gizzi, associate professor of political larly, if Sen. John Kerry is elected and the ciate justice John Paul Stevens.. spokeswoman Kathy Arberg. science said that this is the longest period Senate shifts to a Democratic majority, The balance of the court is at stake Arberg said the chief justice will be re in the history of the court that there has Kerry will have a simple time appointing when a justice retires. The comrt has a del leased from the hospital this week and will been no vacancy. his choice. icate balance between conserrvatives and return to the bench when oral arguments This illness brings to the forefront the If the government is split with the presi liberals with conservatives norrmally hold resume next week. possibility that the next president will ap- dency of one party and the Senate major- ing a 5 to 4 majority.

n Kerry Social Security - Supports allowing individuals to invest Social Security- Opposes allowing individuals to invest any some of their Social Security taxes in the stock market of their Social Security taxes; vows not to raise the retirement Taxes - Signed bills cutting taxes for all income levels age Renewable energy - Proposed using $1.7 billion to devel Taxes -Wants to repeal tax cuts for those who make $200,000 op hydrogen-powered fuel cells; favors opening the Arctic Na or more a year tional Wildlife Refuge to gas and oil exploration; wants to ex Energy - Opposes opening the Arctic National Wildlife Ref plore for more domestic energy sources uge to gas or oil exploration; wants to reduce American depen Gay issues - Backs constitutional amendment banning dency on oil by 2 million barrels per day same-sex marriage; opposes adoptions by gay couples Gay issues - Opposes constitutional amendment banning Abortion - Opposes abortion except in cases of rape, incest same-sex marriage; opposes gay marriage; supports domestic or to save the woman's life partnerships and civil unions for gay couples Defense - Initially opposed U.N. involvement in the recon Abortion - Supports Roe vs. Wade; will appoint only pro struction of Iraq, but now invites it; announced policy of pre choice judges to the Supreme Court emption in June 2002, which favors attacking terrorist-harbor Defense - Wants more international involvement in War on ing nations; proposed more than $1 billion for reconstruction Terror; wants to expand active-duty military by 40,000 people in Afghanistan Economy -Wants to end tax breaks for companies that out Economy-Wants to expand]ast year's tax cuts; wants to cut source jobs overseas; wants to reduce Laxes for companies thal the cost of doing business by decreasing regulations employ workers in the United States Source: CNN.com, Time.com Source: Foxnews.com Compiled by: David Goe Compiled by: Amie Smith

2 Criterion October 28, 2004 Election 2004 11m11111 mommo Rally marked by nmmm Kerry attacks llillllillililD Continued from page one worryWalcher. He said he is "not worried about it" mmm'D m1111m1 and "the Hispanic popula tion here is very small." According to the U.S. 11mom1J11m Census Bureau, 10 percent of Mesa County was His panic in 2000. liDllDfJID "We are trying to appeal to everybody, and their cul Take a class tural heritage doesn't mat ter," said Barbara Brewer, Mesa County Republican January Term 970-248-2010 Chairwoman. "Just because we are conservative doesn't mean we are exclusive." Jan.3-14, 2005 Brewer added that the crowd "reflects the demo graphics of the area." Erik Lincoln/Criterion Several Mesa State stu Lynne and Vice President Dick Cheney lead a Choose from over dents were at the rally. crowd in a chant of "four more years!' at a rally in Check out "Seeing the vice presi Grand Junction, Saturday. dent is quite a draw," said 50 classes www.mesastate.eduOanuary Kathrine Stadelman, 19. where the vice president's plane landed. Secret Service agents were positioned As one of the reporters went back to in and around the crowd, and local law his car to get equipment, the other was enforcement officers watched from a approached by a Secret Service agent who rooftop across from the rally. asked how the intrepid journalists got There were no major security prob through security. lems at the rally, however two Criterion "I'm surprised they didn't arrest you at reporters garnered some attention when gunpoint," the agent said, then escorted they were buzzed through a security door the errant reporter to the press check-in and onto the West Star Aviation ramp at the secure entrance to the rally. •Thursday October 28th• HALLOWEEN uCOLLEGE NIGHT" Edwards: public distracted by Always 18+ Party• 21+ Sky Bar• 9PM Mary Cheney discussion •Friday October 29TH. Cult Classic Vilrn Continutd from page ont into their policies. I know what they stand Rockv Horror Picture Show was that the American public had been for. Some people are interested in what I l 8+ • 2 I+ Bar • $7 • 9PM Doors • lOPM Film shortchanged. would do." "The focus of the media should be on Before the meeting began, Edwards, ·Saturday October 30th· the issues," Edwards said. a lawyer and mother of four children, re Edwards reiterated earlier comments ceived word that her daughter had lost her Halloween Costume Craze about the 65,000 jobs lost in Colorado un second tooth, but it did not stop Edwards der the current administration, and the from going on with the event. "Biggest Halloween Party6 Years Running" $35 million "shortchange" in funding for "My dad was in the military, and we're No Child Left Behind Act-mandates in used to having someone in the family go $600 Cash Prizes -21 + Only- 9pm • $6 Colorado. ing off and doing something important," Edwards spoke about her role in the Edwards said. "I refuse to complain about Kerry-Edwards campaign. the small sacrifices." Upcoming Shows "My role, I think, is to be a window Warren Millers "Impact"• November 6th and 7th

W stands for wrong, according to a U.S. general Shakedown Street • November 13th Continued from page two said. said, "These people in charge are the "We know that Al-Qaeda is in 60 coun Metal Fest November • 20th most radical group of people we have ever tries. President Bush is fighting them in had in charge." two," Sajer added. Authority Zero December • 11th All six speakers pounded the president The rally for Kerry was summed up by on foreign policy and homeland security. Gen. Kennedy. "What does 'W' stand for? "On Mr. Bush's watch we have had two 'W' stands for wrong," of the biggest inteligence failures in our history," retired Maj. Gen. Gerald Sajer

October 28, 2004 Criterion 3 State of the Student is 'strong' Mesa State creates January term Colleen Roach The spring 2005 course !Schedule lists Rachel Alexander fairs in the hands of students. Reporter the ]-term courses, how mwch they cost. News Editor "Since the end of spring semester 2004, Taking courses for credit over winter their times and instructorrs, and brief The State of the Student address was the Associated Student Government has break is now an option at Mesa State Col- course descriptions. give Monday by Associated Student Gov met its challenges head-on," Wright said. lege. Registration will begin Noiv. I. Early reg- ernment Preside·nt Jared Wright. He discussed ASG's fight to maintain The college has added a January term, istration is encouraged so ttnat classes are Wright focused on what students and control of student fees, the student in also known as a "J-term." The term will be not canceled due to a lack mf enrollment. student government accomplished since volvement in campus organizations, the from Jan. 3-14, during which concentrat- Any class cancellations willl b~ made by he took office six months ago. addition of the word "balanced" the facul ed courses will be offered to Mesa State Dec. 15. "I am pleased to stand before you today ty handbook, Lhe ASG sponsored debates students, students from other institutions When asked to estimatre enrollment, to tell yon that the state of the student is on campus, the ASG fund-raiser "Kiss My who are home for the holidays and mem- Breckel said, "We've never dlone anything strong," Wright said. Mav" which raised $1,000 for the tutoring bers ofthe community. like this before. We'll find out. Poss.ibly Wright demonstrated that the student program and Lhe launch of a December Some of the J-term courses are clas- a couple hundred students; will get in government needed to be a strong entity graduation ceremony. sified as general education, while others volved." to provide control and influence for Lhe He talked about the student fee alloca cover topics like IV certification and -the The residence halls will not be open student body in Lhe governance of the col tion process and the fiscal responsibility politics of Dr. Seuss. All the courses are during J-term, but students, who already lege. being practiced by ASG. guaranteed to transfer statewide. have a contract with housin~ will have the After describing several Mesa Stare "I have kept another promise I made The term gives students the opportu- opportunity to return to the~ir room early College students, Wright said, "I have no six months ago by cutting the ASG oper nity to take courses that they otherwise for a fee. doubt in my mind that it is student gov ating budget by?.5 percent, amounting in would not be able to take, as some courses Mesa State plans to offer· courses dur- ernment who can better serve these indi nearly $4,0UO that will now be available for are not offered during the rest of the year. ing subsequent winter breakis. viduals and ultimately who can look after use by other Mesa State student organiza Andrew Breckel, dean of students, said, The college will solicit feedback from the greater good of the Mesa State College tions," Wright said. "There are some very practical ways this students who take the couirs1!s and w,e student body." Wright finished his address by discuss can be used," as he pointed out that stu- that information to try and dreterrnine who This is because the administrators are ing parking and campus expansion, ad dents can use J-terrn credits to meet fi- decided not to take the cour'.ses, why, and not students and cannot know what the monishing careful planning. nancial aid requirements for the spring se- what the college can do to, improve the students' needs are, Wright said. mester. term. He added that this is the reason he made it his top priority to keep student af-

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Army recruiters can't fill their quotas. weapons of mass destruction. Thatt Re-enlistments are plummeting. Saddam was linked to 9/11. And thlat Soldiers are being forced to stay past Iraqis would welcome us with open their contracted time. arms. He was dead wrong every tinne. Meanwhile, Iraq is a quagmire With George Bush stubbornly that's only going to get worse. determined to go it alone, our allie5 won't join us. American troops With America's armed forces will still be 90 percent of the already stretched to the "coalition." And 90 percent of its breaking point in Iraq and dead and wounded. Afghanistan, where are tomorrow's troops going And the volunteer military will be to come from? a casualty of war. As college students today, So unless you like the idea of we ought to seriously graduate school in Fallujah, we need consider that question. to pay careful attention to what ou,r Oh yes, President Bush insists president is saying, versus what it really means. he won't bring back the draft. But remember: this is the same Now do you feel that draft? president who swore that Iraq had

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October 28, 2004 Criterion 5 Opinions Letters to the Editor Longing to believe Letters to the editor are encouraged. However, gal suits are nice, we all recognize back together. and we were bound to b1e disap the editorial staff reserves the charade. We know about the The voice of a cynic will proba pointed. the right to reject any army of image consultants who bly want to burst in about now. If we are looking for ho1pe in an submission. Letters may spend weeks on every aesthetic We do not like lo admit tbat we other person, we are alwmys going be edited for grammar, aspect. long for hope. We tend to think a to he disappointed. Kerryr will not spate and content, includ·· But at the same time. we love to desire for hope is a sign of weak inspire hope any better tlhan any ing but not limited to dabble in the game. It is refresh ness. Hope also involves placing one else. Deep down imside, we removal of any libelous ing to allow ourselves to believe our trust in something outside of know we need to put ourr hope in or obscene material. All in someone-even for just a mo ourselves and out of our control. something outside of ourrselves letters must be e-mailed ment. Indeed, there is something We do not like that. We see it as a higher than ourselves. to cricerionc,tmesastate. inside of us that desperately wants threat lo our comfortable image of The cynic in us may nnock this edu. signed and accom to believe. our independence. So, we tend to notion and laugh it off, butt even as panied by an address We want to believe Bush can put hope in something distant and we laugh. we hope no orne notices and telephone number; solve the problems in Iraq. We uninvolved-namely our presi how hollow it sounds. anonymous letters will want to believe Kerry will fix our dent. Our leaders can inspiire us to not be accepted. Letters image around the world. But our president is fallible and be the best we can be. amd that is must be submitted by 2 We want to believe that both a poor source of hope. Perhaps certainly a good quality.. But we p.m. on Friday for consid men will make health care more part of the reason Bush is hated so need to look past the immges and eration for publication Ben Sullivan affordable and government less much is because we dared lo put the rhetoric and realize a presi in the next issue. Shorter Columnist imposing. our hope in him. dent can never give us tthe hope letters generally have a During the last presidential de But deeper still, we want to be After 9 / 11, we all felt so violated that will sustain us. If we mr-c look better chance for publica bate, President Bush looked pret lieve these men will give ns the and vulnerable. We put our hope ing for that hope from 01ur presi tion, and no letter should ty spiffy in his blue tie. John Kerry hope we all long for. We hope we in our president to make every dent, then we are expectiing more exceed 200 words. looked pretty distinguished him can still shape our own futures, thing right and to gather up all the than he could ever proviide. Real, self. that good will triumph in the end frantic factions of our society to sustaining hope can only lbe found Criterion WhHe the inspirational speech and ultimately, that the shattered unite us once again. But our hopes when we place our trust iin some es, the dazzling smiles and the re- pieces of our lives really can be put were too big for one man to bear, thing that can be trusted. Policies The Criterion is a student-· run publication, and is funded by Mesa State College student fees, and To draft or not to draft advertising revenue. The opinions expressed mails. These emails cite want it. Democrats are less defend our home, maybe I served forr several in the public forum are two pending pieces of leg likely to even say the word we just voted against the years; while therre are lots those of the writers and islation in congress and an out loud-their point al mission. If we ever reach of people between eigh not necessarily those of increased effort by the se ready having been made. a time where Americans teen and twenty,.five that the Criterion and/or Mesa lective service board to mt The military seems unin will not defend America at I like, there are ncot many I State College and/or lts vacancies. terested as well, preferring home. maybe we just voted would choose to sink next administration. I got one of these. and it volunteer professionals to for regime change. to in a foxhole iff they did kind of freaked me out. potential lame-duck con As for development, not choose to be tthere. The The Criterion is published Suffice to say, the cited scripts. it starts before kids are draft is a bygone iidea. every Tilursday during the legislation was introduced The idea of a draft is grown. Asking our armed However, if tthe pub regular school year, ex by Democrats to ask fel hardly popular, but some services to raise our chil lic draft pendulu1m swings cept during some college low legislators the ques still favor it. dren is a hit like asking our the other way, nnaybe we vacations. tion: "How would you feel Most arguments hinge schools to do it-neither can compromise· the type The Criterion 1s a member if your kid had to go?" either on beefing up the novel nor necessarily ef of service and get: the_same of the Mesa State College Prior to military action military in a time of dire fective. "responsible" reswlt on two Media Board, and abides in Iraq and the selective need or the development Gratitude also falls in fronts. by its policies, procedures service board, the current of the men and women of the parenting category. For more infcormation, and code of ethics. version of which has exist America's future to make Certainly, making a person visit www.factcherck.org. For more than four cop Bill Laurenti ed since 1979 began trying them responsible adults miserable will make them ies, pfease come to The Columnist to fill vacancies in 1999 as and make them apprecia long for the happy things Criterion office, located in Much of the hubbub its members began to hit tive of what they have. and appreciate them. By Suite 113 of the College over the possibility of a re their twenty-year term lim If we can not mnster a that logic, we stand more Center. instated draft began with its in large numbers. military large enough to to gain as squatters than All rights and copyrights a recent circulation of e- Republicans do not both fulfill a mission and soldiers. reserved. Not to be reproduced in whole or In part without the written consent of the editorial Have an ax to grind? staff. Taking more than five copies of the Criterion is Write a letter to the editor. prohibited. © Copyright 2004-2005 Send letters to [email protected] Only signed letters accompanied with a valid phone number and address will be accepted.

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Staff Editor ln Chief Secky Raney Voti1ng and the gridiron Managing Editor E:r"ik Unccki was, "Get out of our way. comes a young woman. to lead and foster women lieve in, it is mow. Get out News Editor You are a girl, and girls In 1920, with the pas iuto leadership positions there and edmcate your Rachel Alexander don't play sports." Still, I sage of the 19th Amend including the presidency. self through re:ading mate Opinions Editor walked around with my ment, women were granted Both are intended to edu rial, forums amd anything Chri.s1ina M. Ovalle shirt off, took my earings the right to vote. According cate young women on vot else that will emhance your Features Editor out and wore dresses with to the United States Census ing issues and encourage knowledge abo1ut the polit Arny Jablkowsk1 colored-tnbe socks. I tried Bureau, 28.7 million wom them to run for political of ical arena. Sports Editor so bard to be like the boys, en between the ages of 18 fice. After all, tlhere wm; a Lance Manganello but it never quite worked and 34 were eligible to vote According to Vote, Run, time when the world so of out that way. ln the end, I but only 47.1 percent voted Lead's Web site, the varions "A Copy Editor ten heard: ,woman can Torn Keller never did learn football or during the 2000 presiden initiatives inspire and mo do it better." )So why not any other "boy" sport for tial election. tivate a new women's po· get ont there amd show the Assistant Copy Editor that matter. The White House Project Taylor Stonehouse litical movement that will world that a ~n.man can I do uot remember my and Vote, Run, Lead, under impact local and national become the ne!xt President Photo Editor parents ever watching the the White House Project, elections as well as future of the United Sltates? Valerie Balogh presidential debates or are national non-partisan political decision making As for football, that, too, Page Designers talking to us children about organizations that are ded and lawmaking in the Unit can be learne

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By Matt Soper and organizer of the event at Red Rocks. Special to the Criterion There was a security checkpoint at the en Four J1,,te-ira ~tate College Btudents ven lrance to the park. The state patrol offi tured to see President George W. Bush at cer wanted to sec everyone's tickets along the Denver Red Rocks Amphitheater Oct. with a driver'sJicense. 11. "This was not good since Al didn't have The day started at 7 a.m. in the parking a ticket," Jared said. lot of the Clifton McDonalds as Mesa State The state patrol officer motioned for student" Al Haggerty, Andrew Weber, Jared them to pull off the road and wait for their Wright. and Matt Soper climbed into a sil fourth ticket. ver 2005 Dodge Magnum rental car. Jared and .Matt managed to convince The four students joked about John Ker him that they were good, honest, respect ry and the Democrat Party. Jared Wright able Republicans. The officer gave Al a was driving. On Interstate 70 near West Ri five-day old ticket from Minnesota, the of fle, Jared noticed a Ford Taurus stopped in ficer marked the front side with a perma the middle of the highway. nent marker and instructed Al to print his , The driver of the Taurus, Joanna. name on the backside. !fi,;.,.w...-.J stopped on the interstate in tilt' middle of The four students went inside the park a construction zone and asked a group of and drove up to the parking lot where they 20 Colorado Department of Transporta hoped to track

8 Criterion October 28, 2004 Features Urban legends of the falls Reporter investigates; finding all lies Colleen Roach at seeing a real live gangsta came and Reporter went. After searching for gangstas to no avail, This week, I've done the entire campus a favor by vol I moped back to my computer to record unteering to be the victim. I'll be playing the role of the my results. As I got in my car, I checked brave reporter who, alone, courageously marches out to the backseat as a precaution, being the ur the battle lines of urban legends, where I will lay myself ban legend guru that I claim to be. I wasn't at the mercy of the supernatural, and simultaneously in about to be taken that easily. vestigate and aholish urban legends and their respective cliches. Urban Legend No. 3 -Virgins Yes, I realize we're on a college campus Urban Legend No. l - Bloody Mary and virgins are about as common as grades Legend has it that if you look deep into a mirror and re that were actually earned, but it's a classic peat "Bloody Mary" three times, Bloody Mary herself will legend and therefore it must be "touched" appear before you in all her blood-spattered glory. upon (see Madonna, circa the Immaculate My trial run took place on a Monday night. I went alone Collection). to the mirror in my house and fearlessly, courageously re Normally, there needs to be a murder peated the cursed words-"Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary, er on the loose, but I was not going to wait Bloody Mary." Nothing. Maybe it was supposed to be five around for a virgin-slaughtering serial kill times, I reasoned, so I tried that. It didn't work. I lit can er to appear, so I decided that a Tuesday dles, burned incense, dropped some acid. Not one com night would work just fine. bination I thought of worked. I braved the

Urban Legend No. 4 - Razors/poison in Halloween candy Because this article goes to print before "Halloween Urban Legend No. 6 - Killer's call 2004" (and people tended to frown upon out-of-season Normally, I would simply avoid answering my phone trick-or-treating the last time I tried it) I decided to use unless caller I.D. showed me who was calling. If the kill my extensive past trick-or-treating experiences as a way er wasn't able to get ahold of his victim, do you think he'd of tackling this legend. I thought long and hard, hut never simply give up until she answered? Would he resort to e have I had razors in my candy-none that I couldn't di mail? Or (gasp) snail mail? gest, anyway. Same goes for poison. Now, that's not to say I started answering all my calls, I.D. available or not. that I haven't been sick on Halloween night, but those bel just in case I caught one, but my Friday nights are a bit ly aches were entirely my own fault (and that one lasted lonely these days and I got no calls for more than thr~ nine months). days. I tried to encourage others to call me by prank calling them. After six rounds of'Tm looking for a Mr. Butts, first Urban Legend No. 5 - Haunted houses that kill name Seymour" and no call backs-threatening or oth I don't even have to find a haunted house to try this erwise-I resorted to simply hanging up when they an one out. The whole concept of something being so scary swered. Fifteen minutes later I got the only call of the that no one's ever survived it is rubbish. If there were no night. It was my mom. Apparently, they have caller I.D. in survivors, who is spreading the legend? If it's the carnies rural Minnesota now. After all that work, all that summon Photo illustrations by Matt Windsor/Criterion that run the haunted house who are making the claim, ing and begging to be murdered, I relented and went to one should check their sources. bed. Urban legends suck.

October 28, 2004 Criterion 9 ost int e maize• Grand Valley welcomes holiday celebration

Ashley Rossmann Reporter

Halloween fun is right around the corner. There are inexpensive local events available to Mesa State College students including a corn maze, haunted house, and The Dark Show (not to be confused with the dark side). Bill and Kathy English, residents of Delta, own the Kra , zy Korn Maze that is open to the public. It is located three miles east of Delta directly off Highway 92. The Krazy Korn Maze is open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m through this Sunday. There is a $6 entrance fee which in ·- eludes a complimentary pumpkin from the pumpkin patch, according to Kathy English. During the day, 2004 Top 10 visitors can also enjoy hayrides at no additional charge. Halloween If you come af. ter dusk, Kathy English suggest Costumes ed that you bring 1. Spiderman flashlights and dress in warm 2. Princess clothes. If you like the 3. Witch classic haunt ed honse, Mesa 4.Vampire County Part ners, a "one-to 5. Monster one" mentoring group for youth, 6. SpongeBob is co-sponsoring the Jaycees Hal 7. Ninja loween Haunted Aaron Krabacher/Criterion House this year. the show including Katherin Griest, Anja Goerky and Tim 8. Athlete "It's one of the Herrara. Herrara has entered a rubix painting that can be newest, but the hung at different angles, Lowry explained. 9. Ghost most quality and Lowry is inviting anyone to come celebrate at the Dark 10. Power Rangers reasonable spook Show reception on Friday. house around," The gallery ' Based on a consumer according to Ray is located on survey conducted Aug. 31 Coca, the assis 524 Colorado through Sept. 8 for the Na tant director of Ave. The re tional Retail Federation Partners. "This ception begins is only the sec- at 7 p.m. Bev ond year for the erages will be haunted house," provided and a Coca said there $2 donation at were over l,000 visitors last weekend and he expects just the door is re as many this weekend. Coca said to expect lots of scary quested. There surprises. will also be live Jaycees Haunted House will be open from 6:30 p.m. - 11 music, belly p.m this Thursday through Saturday. It is located on the dancers and a corner of 24 l /2 Road and H Road. There is a $4 entrance DJ at 10 p.m. ·charge and all proceeds go to benefit Partners. Lowry said the party last year went until 3:30 a.m. Planet Earth and the 4 Directions Gallery is hosting The All participants are encouraged to atlend the party in Dark Show, an art exhibit "dedicated to darkness." costume. This is the 8th annual Dark Show for owner Caole Low "I've got two costumes," Lowry said. "By day, I'm an old ry. Although Lowry thought last year's show would be the bat, and by night, a witch." For more information contact peak, she believes this year's will be even better. Planet Earth and the 4 Directions Gallery at 256-9630. "I think we're gonna top it," Lowry said. "The art work Also this Friday, the Mesa Theater and Club is showing [this year) is excellent." a movie: The Rocky Horror Picture Show. The club is lo cat- Matt Windsor/Criterion The pieces displayed in the Dark Show range from art ed at 528 Main. Doors open at 9 p.m. and show starts at 10 Top: The Krazy Korn Maze is located east of Delta ists in high school to veterans over 60 years old. The art p.m. There is a $7 cover charge, a 21+ Sky Bar will be open, and costs $6 to enter. Above: Jaycees Haunted work includes clay work, 30 work, masks, and paintings. and prizes will be awarded. House is located on the corner of 24 1/2 Road Several Mesa State students have entered their work in and H Road. Admission is $4.

10 Criterion October 2e; 2004 ween Histor mals and ravaging their crops. Mayhem would break loose termined to make the formidable holiday a church sanc and the fire would continuously creep skyward. Keeping tioned event, declared Nov. 1 as All Saints Day. The day with historical findings documented by the History Chan before was thus called All-Hallows Eve from the Middle u~.-..''"~IW."aking the trees shiver nel, the ceremony would dwindle to a hush, and the Celts English translation of All Saints, Alholowmesse. ess corn those intruding the would light their own hearths from the flame of the sa In A.O. 1,000, the Pope declared Nov. 2 as All Souls Day anxious shouts whisper among the cred fire. This act would ensure a safe winter for those yet to remember the dead. This short period of days came to ·sted and senile traits of such a mo r to join the afterlife. be celebrated among Christianity and other cultures, re t echoes of a rancid past. The tradition remained breathing as long as the Celts viving the festival of past. Halloweeu, a h iday famously beholding children could preserve it; however, new additions to the celebra Much like those who first celebrated Samhain, the cos in costumes, pillowcases parading candy, and the dim tion were added in the years to come. tumes and feasting of sinister treasures used today has porch-lit glow of the jack-o-lantem, was derived of an an Christianity flourished around A.O. 800. The reli clenched onto the lurking memory of earlier traditions. cient tradition of the Celtics, an ancient Indo-European gion influenced the pope himself to make some chang The appetite for the realm beyond has fascinated chil culture. es. Pope Boniface IV; dren, wanting to scare their neighbors with the fun, fran- ' Arouud 2,000 years ago in the bewitched lands of Ire tic, treat giving phrase "Trick or Treat." land, United Kingdom, and Northern France, the While modern celebrating of Halloween isn't quite as Celtics were celebrating the festival they sacrificial, perhaps those beings who once feast called "Samhain." According to the His ed among the Celts prefer to revisit on this tory Channel, the Celtic new year be night and celebrate among the living once gan Nov. 1, the last day of the year again. being Oct. 31. Nov. 1 not only meant the slithering in of a new year but also the coming of death. In the months drudging after the first, the Celts would experience the loss of several souls among them due to the cold darkness of the drizzling winter. Because of this change in existence, . - Oct. 31 came to sym- bolize the blur between life and death. .., It was believed tbat on this last night, the souls once living among them would make a grand appearance. The people celebrated this time, calling it Samhain. It was believed that the ghosts haunting the land on this night enabled the priests to foretell the future, bringing prophecies to help those still among the living to survive the coming winter. His torians have described the event revolving around a scorching bonfire. The people would dress in costumes, sacrificing ani- de -

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"One year when my mom "I never really "Probably when I was "My mom dressed me made me this queen of celebrated Halloween Dracula. Because I was hearts costume. It was after I was six. I just up as a mummy when I Dracula, like, four years was 1 O years old:' a white dress with little burned poo on peoples' in a row when I was hearts and a crown:' doorsteps:' young:' -Joe Shane, 19, freshman -Lianne Arnold, 18, -Gabe Hunter, 20, -John Branch, 21, freshman sophomore sophomore

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John Kerry and Michael Moore Are Trying To Scare Young People Into Thinking President Bush Wants to Draft Them. But Just Who Would Institute The Draft?

No President Has the Authority to Start the Draft - It Must be Done by Congress.

lt was Democrats, Charlie Rangel & Fritz Hollings and five other Democrats that recently introduced bills that would start the Military Draft. It only got 2 votes in the house, October 5th (Both Democrats)

Republican Richard Nixon Proposed & Congress ended the Draft in 1973.

Democrat Jimmy Carter signed a bill reinstating the Selective Service registration requirement in the summer of 1980.

President 8u...;h's Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld Has Said He Absolutely Opposes The Draft. It is not needed.

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12 Criterion October 28, 2004 Student Feature: Feagil "Dru" Katana Blake-Ashley Fergus to be spending most of the rest of the week in Paonia and D I St t Reporter working up there. ru $ a $ C: But you do drive it back and forth? It's a bird. It's a plane. No wait- it's a bus! A bus with Dr. FK: Well, I have a little bit of an obligation to keep mov Non-traditional student Seuss on one side, volcanoes on the other and a trampo ing it, because [of] the authorities, actually, they seem to line on the roof. Yes, a trampoline, 12 feet off the ground. be getting friendlier and friendlier. But at first they were Age:40 The bus belongs to Mesa State College student Feagil very concerned and they came around all the time and "Dru" Katana. pestered me saying, "you're not sleeping in this bus, are Hometown: Denver Criterion: How old is the bus? you? We know you're sleeping in this thing," they would Feagil Katana: The funny thing ahout the age of the bus say. And I would say "you do not. I've never slept in this Motto: "It's better to make the la,ws is that it is also the age that I am. Both of us were born in thing." You know, in theory any vehicle which is on the than break the laws:' the same year, '64. street more than 72 hours in the same spot is liable to be C: How did you get the bus? . considered abandoned. And of course, they only use this Forms o.f exercise: Health and sp1orts FK: The bus was used by a hunter over in Crawford when there's a complaint. The bus has a certain political class, dance, trampoline, walking which is a small town next to the town my mother lived in, vibration that bothers lots of people and so lots of people Paonia. And the bus was acquired really by my mother. are calling up and saying, I guess, I mean, I assume, call Favorite food: Rice C:How? ing up the police and saying, "what is this bus doing here? FK: By running a little ad in the paper. My mother did. Get it out of here!" Favorite drink: "Got milk?" She wanted to get a bus. C: Do people ask you a lot if they can jump on it? C:Forwhat? FK: I assume they always do. I've never come lo the Favorite school subject: Love FK: I think because of things I was telling her about bus and found people on [it]. Actually, there was a guy last Grateful Dead. Concerts and tours which I was doing at year who used to come and hang out inside the bus once Favorite new music: "Who cares??" the time. in a while. The doors are always open and I used to put C: How old were you when this was going on? signs on it that said 'welcome' in Chinese. But people are Person whose lifestyle he'd mostt like to FK: This was in '95 probably or '96. The bus has really scared. There was a guy casting demons on it with a bible emulate:"! don't believe in this:' not been used that much until the war started in Iraq, and last year. I decided to bring it down and paint it. C: Would you mind ifpeople were to come when you're Proudest feat: Growing pumpkims C: Are those Dr. Seuss characters painted on the bus1 not around and jump on the trampoline? FK: Yeah. The Sneetches. FK: I wouldn't know. [ have not much interest in tell Bedside book: "I'm not reading v1ery C: Why did you choose those? ing other people what to do. My feeling is, if someone can much:1 FK: I don't know. You never know. This is something do something with respect I remember distinctly from growing up. We read a lot of and not damage some- Sneetches and Star-bellies. The anti war theme sort of ap thing, then it's OK. I wish peals to me. I had a friend that owed me a little hit of mon the world worked a little Holiday Cleaners, Inc. &Washtime Laundromat ey, and she's an artist, and she or I suggested, "why don't more like that. you paint the side of the bus instead of paying me this C: Do you have any- money?" And so she did. thing else to add? C: Where did the trampoline come from? FK: I have a premoni FREE pick up and delivery Alterations and repairs FK: The trampoline I actually won in a poker game. I tion of doom this week. Dry cleaning and shirt service Drapery cle.aning won the money for it probably four or five years ago. I was You know, there's elections Fluff and fold service ( by the pound) Wedd~ng dress preserv01tion at an Indian casino in New Mexico and I won $500 or $600. coming. I think the world And I was then passing through Denver and went by this is much more dangerous trampoline place. I mean, I grew up on a trampoline. So I than people realize. I'm not bought the trampoline. confident that the lives that C: What about the missile? Where did that come we're living are going to 10% off dry cleaning with this ad 10/28/04-11/4/04 from? continue to be so much the FK: We built that for the parade. It sort of goes with the same. I think that it's not • Clean • Good fighting • Full time attendant• Video security • 47 washers & 293 dryers idea of this business in Iraq which we think is a disaster. outrageous to expect that with C: So you don't agree the war in Iraq? there will be catastroph Open 6:30 am-11 pm FK: My sense is that it's the same old song and dance. ic changes in the way the Just a typical kind of blunder for the powerful. world turns. C: Do you live in the bus? 1251 North 3rd Street in Grand Junction FK: No, I can't currently live in the bus, although I am in 1/2 block north of North Ave. on 3rd Street (behind Harbert Lumberr) a situation where I'd like to be sleeping in the bus. I have to be at school here Tuesdays and Thursdays. And I'd like Junction News Love Toys • DVDs Magazines • Lotions Lubes • Games Video Arcade

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Come hang out with FCA, and worship the Lord! Monday nights, 7 p.m., Saunders 132. You do not have to be an athlete to join us. Christian Student Fellowship Come for music, inspirational messages, and friendships. College Place/North Ave. Old St. Matthews Church Thurs. 7-9 p.m. Pizza! Join Association of Information Technology Professionals this Thursday @ 6 p.m. in Houston Hall for pizza as they discuss exciting new plans for this semester and tell you can become a member .. Applications for Director & Assistant Directors of Club Advisory Board (CAB) now available inside of the CAB office. Contact Katy at ext. 1111 with questions. Calling all clubs! Contact Katy or Matt in the CAB office or call 248-1111

14 Criterion October 28, 2oo.l Sports Crick says goodbye after 23 years Volleyball coach announces retirement after 541 victories

Ashley Thorsen State College Mountaineers 3-0 on Tuesday, and Reporter won a barn burner with the Fort Lewis College Sky After nearly a quarter century spent coaching hawks 3-2 on Friday. Maverick volleyball, Head Coach Rusty Crick will The Mavericks (16-8 overall. 11-4 RMAC) have retire. two more games at home hefore Crick retires. The "It is time to go," Crick said in a press release. Mavs will take on the Adams State College Griz "I have spent most of my ca zlies at 7 p.m. reer with my other family, the on Nov. 5 and volleyball team, and now I will challenge want to spend time with my the New Mex own family. The years have ico Highlands been kind to me. I've had the University privilege of being a part of Cowgirls at 7 the Maverick volleyball pro "It is time to go. I p.m. on Nov. gram and its many success 6. Both match es on and off the court, and have spent most of es will be at of watching my players grow Brownson Are- and mature." my career with my na. Many members of the Crick's 23 team wish Crick would stay. other family-the years at the "He is a really good helm of the coach," said Krista Bellman, volleyball team Mesa State a freshman. "He is definite volleyball pro ly the reason that our team and now I want to gram make is doing well this year. He him the lon is the sole reason I came to spend time with gest-serving Mesa to play volleyball. The head coach whole team is very, very sad in the Rocky to see him go.... Maybe when my own family:' Mountain he reads this, he'll reconsider -Rusty Crick Athletic Con his retirement." ference. His 'Tm sad he's retiring be 541 career cause I wanted to graduate wins make at the same time he retired," him the win said Nikki Green, captain of ningest volley the volleyhall team. 'Tm go ball coach in ing to miss him. He's a great the RMACand Keith Kitchen/Criterion person." ninth nationally. Head Coach Rusty Crick shows some excitement after Nikki On a happier note, the team won both of its Green makes a kill. Crick has announced that he will retire games last week. The women beat the Western after the 2004 season. Cycling preparing for Division I nationals

Lance Manganello ericks participated in the that finishes with two ad ers went around twice. Edwards, club president lost Ross Schnell, but we Challenge. ditional laps, which de In the women's A-level and an A-level rider, said have a lot of great riders The Mesa State College There were races for rid termine where each racer race, AmyDrumm took sec he thinks the Challenge is that can make up for his Cycling team hosted the ers of three ability levels places. ond with a time of 1:32:33, a great way to get ready for loss. CU and Fon Lewis will Mesa State College-Ruby A, B and C. According to In the A-level short five minutes behind first nationals. be our biggest challenges." Canyon Collegiate Moun club adviser Bob Anthony, course race, Mesa State place finisher Nina Baum "It is good preparation. Mesa State took third tain Bike Challenge last the A-level riders are the rider Ryan Edwards took of the University of New It's a very technical course, place at nationals last fall, weekend. most skilled. fourth place among the Mexico. and a very rocky course, and the team hopes to be Teams from around the "The A-level riders are men, while teammate Amy Mesa State rider Nathan just like the course at na successful this weekend. region, including the Uni usually nationally ranked. Drumm snatched second Keck placed tenth among tionals," Edwards said. "There is a lot of good versity of Colorado Buf They are great riders that place for the women. the A-level men with a time This weekend, the cy Eastern teams, but I'm im faloes, Fort Lewis College have a lot of skill in the Sunday showcased a of2:00:18. cling team is off to Sev pressed with the new talent Skyhawks, Colorado State challenges," Anthony said. cross country race on a 6. 7 At the B-level, Mesa en Springs Resort, Penn., we have," Edwards said. University Rams, Univer The two-day Challenge mile-long course near the State's Garret Griffin about 90 miles south of "We'd love to improve our sity of New Mexico Lobos, began Saturday with a Tabeguache Trail. placed third with a time of Pittsburgh, to compete in third-place finish from last Air Force Academy Fal short course competition The men's A-level rac 1:25:17. the USA Cycling Division I year." cons, University of Wyo near Walker Field Airport. ers circled the track three At the C-level, Mason Nationals. ming Cowboys, and the A short course competi times while the women's A Sharp took first with a time "I think they will do Mesa State College Mav- tion is a 20-25 minute race level and men's B-level rac- of 1:05:31. well," Anthony said. uwe

October 28, 20CM Criterion 15 \ ,:;,,< Ri lre r Break the 'curse1 Lance Manganello 490 28 1/4 Road Sports Edjtor

What can I say? Arn l good or am I can shed tears for their Yankees every good? . season from now to etennity. Halloween Partv I predicted that the Boston lled Sox Let m e make another ]prediction: the would win the American League Cham Yankees will not win anmther Series for pionship Series in five games. Il went at least five more years.. I will cherish Saturdav October 30™ seven games. So what? All that matters every minute of their s;truggles. They is that the Bo Sox are in the World Se have 26 world champiomships. W 1y do 21 and over ries-just like I knew they would be. the Yanks need anymore\? The first three games of the ALCS On to the Series. La,;t1fhutsday, I pre made my stomach drop. I thought my dicted on KMSA's "Damm Good Sport<; Costume Contest boys were going to choke and miss their Show" that the Bo Sox ,would win the ,·hance at gelling into the Series. Every world championship in isix games, and body thought it was over when the New I will stick with that predlictian until the York Yankees took a 3-0 lead-every end. I may eat my wordls, but I highly $500 1n Place body except the Red Sox and their be doubt it. There is too mU

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