History
In 1979, staff from previous student publications, The Paper, Cherry Creek Pioneer and The Auraria Times joined together and started The Metropolitan. Frank X. Mullen, Emerson Schwartzkopf, S. Peter Duray-Bito and Steve Werges are credited for launching The Metropolitan, Metropolitan State University of Denver’s current student newspaper.
The original newspaper offices were located in the Plaza Building. After the renovations on the Tivoli Student Union were completed in 1994, The Metropolitan moved to its current office at the Tivoli for a larger working and production space.
Since 1982, Kate Lutrey, Carson Reed, Doug Conarroe, Doug Bell, Kenn Bisio, Dianne Harrison-Miller and Steve Haigh have all at one time held the Director of Student Media position.
A major point in history for The Metropolitan occurred in 1992 when Editor Shawn Christopher Cox requested the names of the candidates running for the Dean of Letters, Arts and Sciences position. A six-week battle ensued between The Metropolitan staff who wanted to release those names to the public and members of the search committee, including Jodi Wetzel, who would not give up the information. Finally, in December 1992, Cox obtained the names of the three candidates and printed them in the Dec. 4 issue of The Metropolitan. This remains an important time in The Metropolitan’s history since the requested information was and still is public record, but there continues to be debate over whether names of Metro candidates should be released on the basis for the candidate’s privacy.
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