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\ngchta means “little angel
When uni meet \ngehta Rodrigue/, urn |ust might git
the connection Imt don’t let the glowing smile and
petite Ir.nne ol this S toot -7 -inch Wetropolit.m State
( ollege ol Denver |Unior tool vou It you e.night her ama
teur boxing match, or saw her training in a sweats hovm,
gym, vou would understand the other side ol this little
angel
In her first amateur tight, she displaced lightning last
combinations even though she lost when she suffered an
asthma attack in the third round and wasn't allowed to take
medication
"1 wasn’t in the right shape to have a real tight vet," she
sav s " I \ er\ c me w ho saw tile tight said I was a better In net
than her, though." I hesc >la\s she climbs m the ring onlv
tor intense workouts, not crtticial fights
I ler tamih is supportive of her liming, but that’s no stir
prise, since Vngelita’s grandfather, KihIoIIo (ron/ales, was
a worlil class lightweight hover m the l*t'fk
Others are not so supportive
ANGEL,
When people coll furwor Angelita Rodriguez a knockout, they might mean more ihon you think
Kotlriguez has i-\|KTicmc«l mixcil reactions from her dates, .mil sin s.i\s
some men are intimidated when tiles find out that she Ikixcs
"Some guys sa\ they hope 1 don’t lieat them up she says. “I'm tired ot stereo
types. It’s just a uorkout, and / know that I’m a woman
brightening one ot her dates is something Rodrigue/ t an usually lust laugh nil
She's used to dealing with intolerance. In tael, she witnessed a lug dose ot it attet
hemg profiled m the student newspaper
\ eop\ <il the story was plat fil unilri the I anno student union other door,
.n nos her pteture mimcime had m i.iuled '( m hat k to Meano, Miss Spu
1 Ins shouldn't hap|K-n on a college campus," sin- savs “ 1 Ins is (lie (^K, .m<l
people still don't know what's up "
I he [tropic resjmnsihle lor the r.n lal graffiti did themselves a favor In remain
ing anonymous 1 he wrath of this "little angel’’ might not he so angeln
■ Michael Hel>an,//re Metropolitan, Mctro|>olitan Stale ( ollege of Denver
MADE IN THE SHADES
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I veil Intiire I mi) ( rinse I up (iiinncd his was in
si.irilmn lichiml .1 pair ot ulna hip avulm shailcs, sun
classes were tool \ni) histors shows us, il tht\ re hip,
college students want them lint are sunglasses mereK
a eosmetie luxury
Hell no, s.ns our crack team ot l opticians, headed
up In 1 ou Marandola, ot
Providence, R
Musi sun
glasses today
arc made to
block out
ultraviolet
ra\s, which can
cause retinal
damage
I he annoying tae dangling
over \<iui nose will ull you whether th.it pair has
l V protection Dr I .on s.ns there .»rt dilterein lewis
ol L \ block, with surprise' 11M) percent Ih-i.u:
the pinnacle ol e\e wear saleu
Nowadays, even the glasses \ou buy in drugstores
ma\ have 11MI pericnt protection, so what ill the name
ot Maury Poxich would motivate (K'ople to shell out
their hard-earned cash tor top-ol-the-line? (.andicc
Mfono, a student at Johnson & M ales l in
Providence. R I , works at I ycland (a retail eyeglass
outlet) and sa\s the >200 and S'<MI brands haie a lot
ot perks that are missing in the >10 \\ al Mait xartety
“It's like the difference between a Hyundai and a
Mercedes,” Mtono explains
Vdmittedly. shades don't have the same raw
sexual appeal found 111 a I uropcan sports sedan
But don't look so glum, chum I hex can have a lot ot
tancy features, like photochromahe lenses that auto
matualls adjust to changing intensities of light, or
polarized lenses, which reduce glare (dass lenses arc
another pruts lirnm. suite tins last longer than the
plastic kind anil arc Ices hkcls to warp when you am
dcntallv lease sour tasontc shades on the dashboard
during the heat wave of the icnturs
Despite all tlx luxuries mones > an hus, \ltono
re|»orts that college students raids opt lor the cxjren
sise models " 1 lus prst want something that
liMiks cool," she sa\s
I i)oin.is tic Mntuhuux, .1
Brow i) l senior, iv the
reluctant owner ot .1 cheap
pair ot sunglasses Once upon
a time, Motuhaux owned an
:\pcnsivc pair, a vtvlivh design he
i
tach a
able lenses, which ainuicd me ’
ill lost them <>n v .11 it ion, m explains, ■
adding, “ I’hcy weren’t real!) sunglasses ™
much .is super ‘high tec h, \ \S \ tyjK- optic al
instruments.”
1 he high rate of loscamlit) seems t«» Ik* a strong
motivating factoi lor some devotees of cheap
shades Susie Shaw, .1 |unii>r .11 Itatcs
( Illicit' m I ewiston, Manic, saxs sllc wears
the i heap knnl liecauxc "I'm IkhiihI to lose
them nr sit on them."
Shaw’s roommate lane Millie. pretefs
the expensive kiml I ortunalely, this ills
erepatu x in eve wear habits has not ruineil
their 11 v1111> relationship 111 laet, they are
both tolerant, it not downright rcs|iccttul,
ot eat h other's sunglasses
Milkic says slit- selected high 11u.ihI\ glasses Iks jiisi
she liked the s!\ It*. \ml, she a<hls, IK t .1 use her mother
looted the hill tor them
ll you're going to go the expensive route, both
\!.ii jmlol.i ami \lfono reeommeml R.t\ Han and
Kevo tor <|u.tilts ami style. \ml it vou ran t afford
those brands' Well, the cheap kind will shade vour
eves, keep you from getting crow’s feet, hide disas
trous eyebrow plucking accidents and maybe even
protect those sexy retinas of yours.
Hut it vou’rc absolutely set on getting a pair of name
brand sunglasses, you might just want to trv being
really nice to J Milkie's mother. ■ Vlison l.obron,
Hro tew Daily Her a hi. Brown l'.