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May 23, 2024 | 
mymetmedia.com | Katie Martinez |Bekah Powers
BIO:My name is Aya Itani, and I am a graphic design student minoring in digital marketing. I believe design and social change cannot stand alone, and so I always incorporate rising social, political, and environmental issues into my work. I think all social issues are intersectional, and as a designer, a duty falls on me to speak up about several topics. Originally from Beirut, Lebanon, activism is something I was born with, given the political and economic factors that my community has endured.
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May 2, 2024 | 
mymetmedia.com | Haley Williams |Juli Yanai |Bekah Powers
Kayli Cottonwood is the sole creator of the 7-foot-tall, 4-foot-wide sculpture on display at the Center for Visual Art. The display makes the piece even larger, reaching 9 feet in height. Their creation culminated in two years spent actively obtaining cottonwood branches and nine months of assembly time. “What Have We Lost” has no solid connections, plastics, or artificials. Only three materials are used: cottonwood, brass, and steel, all to highlight the beauty of nature on its own.
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May 2, 2024 | 
mymetmedia.com | Bekah Powers
When we grow up, I want a warm house. a bed made with crisp edgeslinen sheets that have already been softenedby the hands of someone who thought of my skin. I want oak stairs. Natural wood winding to the windowswith pits and grooves our children will stick their fingers inglossed, without splinters. They won’t have scars like mine. I will be able to see the floor of the laundry room.
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Apr 10, 2024 | 
mymetmedia.com | Bekah Powers
Looking back and forth once at my clay, then again at James, the cheap but handsome model l hired for my upcoming exhibition. Forming the clay to fit his plump curvature, the softness of his cheeks and belly. I try to keep my mind on the task, but the beauty before me is ever-encompassing. James has been my model for mere days, yet I find myself drawn to him. My work must take priority, but nothing seems important with him in my studio.
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Apr 9, 2024 | 
mymetmedia.com | Juli Yanai |Bekah Powers
Competition is a familiar territory for MSU Denver student athlete Jocelyn KorbeThe air is tense and anticipation fills the room. Athletes line up to do warm-ups for the 100m hurdles in The Steinhauer Fieldhouse at the University of Mines in Golden, Colorado. Among the quiet chaos is Jocelyn Korbe, a senior at MSU Denver, Korbe is composed, and she approaches me with a sort of buoyant optimism that’s surprising for someone who’s about to spend a long day competing.
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Apr 9, 2024 | 
shorturl.at | Juli Yanai |Bekah Powers
Competition is a familiar territory for MSU Denver student athlete Jocelyn KorbeThe air is tense and anticipation fills the room. Athletes line up to do warm-ups for the 100m hurdles in The Steinhauer Fieldhouse at the University of Mines in Golden, Colorado. Among the quiet chaos is Jocelyn Korbe, a senior at MSU Denver, Korbe is composed, and she approaches me with a sort of buoyant optimism that’s surprising for someone who’s about to spend a long day competing.
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Apr 9, 2024 | 
mymetmedia.com | Bekah Powers
Graphic created by Sophie ReeseYour love, a soft embrace, like laying on a bed of long grass, I linger, enchanted by the clouds we pass. Your love follows me, a comforting shadow in the blazing sun, A gentle caress of comforters cocooning us, two becoming one. A wish to sculpt a soul, to exclaim our love’s sweet song, For the world to know the reasons why, with you, I belong. You’re the balance in my life, like a steady hand in the sky. Before you, I was a balloon, soaring without knowing why.
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Apr 5, 2024 | 
mymetmedia.com | Joshua Glenn |Bekah Powers |Brenden Pachniak
Manufacturers search for solution to freezing car batteriesA promise to eliminate fuel costs and promote sustainable living has made electric vehicles — EVs — a popular choice among new car buyers despite a flurry of blizzards in Colorado and multiple cold fronts across the nation highlighting the battery life and reliability of electric vehicles. The Biden Administration is committed to its clean energy plan and aims for an emissions-free future.
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Apr 4, 2024 | 
mymetmedia.com | Bekah Powers
Tucked behind the Auraria library is a hidden basement. The classrooms might be a little dystopian, with their harsh lighting and 80s tech, but the filming studio is far from that. Nestled in the basement is a gathering of artists who share a passion for poetry and film, sharing their excitement in hushed whispers. The Journalism and Media Production poetry slam is underway. Center stage is a mic stand, backlit in red. The atmosphere is palpable.
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Apr 2, 2024 | 
mymetmedia.com | Katie Martinez |Brenden Pachniak |Sara Martin |Bekah Powers
On March 7, 2024, Denver’s Orchid Lounge was a portal to an entirely different dimension as Invisible Bird, featuring Scott Amendola, graced the crowd with a mosaic of jazz, blues, and electronica. As I looked around, I felt out of place. I had never seen jazz live before, let alone considered myself a cool cat. Those around me exuded a cool elegance that felt foreign to me. They certainly were cool cats.
