Volume 1 Issue 3 - March 3, 1979 by Met Media

CAR SPILLS GUTS IN AURARIA PARKING LOT by Frank Mullen

A University of Colorado at Denver (UCD) student stood next to his car March 1 and watched his transmission fluid drain onto the asphalt of 12th Street. His car's transmission pan fell casualty to the uneven surface of an Auraria parking lot. Clarence Pate, who pays 50 cents.a day to park in the lot between Speer Blvd. and 12th Street, was leaving the campus when his car's bottom scraped one of the large bumps near the lot's driveway. One block later, all the transmission fluid drained from his car. "I've always had problems hitting and ~raping the bottom of my car in these lots," he said. "I really feel sorry for the people who drive in here in two-seaters. There is just n9 way to avoid the bumps

and holes in these two lots (lots P and Q). The obstacles are everywhere." Lots P and Q were called "a maintenance nightmare" by the head of campus Physical Plant. These lots, bordered by the Physical Education BuildinJ?. Speer Rlvd I arimer St. and Lawrence St. are plagued by huge pocholes and buckling asphalt. "P and Q are the older lots," said Larry Hodge, director of the Physical Plant. "We've filled up the potholes twice this year but the water and the freeze just pops the new surface right out." Hodge said P and Q were originally designed as grasS areas. He said if the areas are to remain parking lots they should be completely cleaned out and resurfaced. In the meantime, he said, Auraria will try and "stay on top" of maintenance.

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Auraria parking rates increase. by Emerson Schwartzkopf Changes in Auraria parking lot rate structures-approved last Thursday by the Auraria Board of Directors-could mean a possible doubling in costs to users this fall. By a unanimous vote of the four members present, the Board approved the implementation of an Auraria staff proposal recommending changes in parking lot rates ranging from a 50 percent reduction to two 100 percent inci:-eases effective Sept. l. The largest change in a lot rate is in Lot L (see map , p. 3), whern parking will be card access only for S20 per month. Dr.

J erome Wartgow, Auraria Higher Education Center (AHEC) Executive Director, said Thursday the lots would have electronic gates restricting general access. Holders of " blue specials "-permits al1owing special parking privileges on campus-would he given first priority on the new $20 lot, Wartgow said. He added any other spaces left in Lot L-currently a $10 per month parking lot-would be available "on a first-come, first-served basis." Lot N-currently the " blue special" lot in front of the St. Francis Interfaith Center-will be converted to a 20 cents per hour metered lot, .W artgow said. Wartgow also announced rate changes at five other Auraria parking lots included in the staff proposal. Lot G, directly adjacent to the Auraria Student Center, will be converted to an hourly lot staffed by an attendant, with a 25 cents per ho\]r rate- and a daily maxi· mum of $1. The rate change at Lot G- currently al 50 cents per day - would facilitate parking for shorl•term users at the Student Center and Learning Resource Center, Wartgow said. Lots P and Q. both directly northeast of the Physical Ed ucation and Recreation (PER) building, will go up from their cur· ren l 50 cents per day rate to 75 cents per day. Like Lot G, both lots P and Q will have an attendant present. Attendants at aU three lots will be on du· ty from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. Lot B, directly south wrsl of the Auraria tennis courts, will change from 23 cents for four houn, lo 50 cents per day. Lot A, across 8th St. from Lot B, will go down

from 25 cents for four hourst to 25 cents per day. Lots J and K (see map) will reverse their designations, with LotJ becoming a monthly permit lot, and Lot K changing to a 50 cents per day rate. Under th ~ pr~posal, Wartgow said, monthly permits bought by the month will go from $10 to $14-but permits bought for an entire semester will run only $12 per month. Wartgow added all lots will be restriped and upgraded. Wartgow said Auraria will also give up responsibility for Block 243, a parking lot owned. by the City and County of Denver.

Block 243, bounded by Larimer St., Speer Blvd., and Cherry Creek, will no longer be patrolled and maintained by Auraria, Wartgow said. Auraria currently receives 25 cents of every parking permit bought in the lot for services rendered. All other lots will retain their current rate structure. Other Auraria par~ng changes include moving the parking office from 9th St. to the Auraria Public Safety office- under the Lawrence St. viaduct at 7th St.-and expanding the hours to 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday-Friday. Changes also include tne implementation continued on page three

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NEWS Search for by John Stolz The search continued today to find the person who will have to fill the demanding-and vacated- position of President of Metropolitan State College (MSC). Dr. George Becker, MSC biology professor and chairman of the Institutional Advisory ~ommittee (l.A.C.) said Monday that more than 250 applications and nominations for the position had been processed. The chairman said the committee, drawn together for this purpose only, had screened applications since its creation Sept 21, and by Feb. 15 had narrowed the field to 11 "semi-finalists." The corrimittee will meet again Thursday to begin selection of three to five names to he submitted to the Trustees of the State Colleges Consortium in Colorado. The trustees, MSC's governing board, will make the final selection of a president at their .'.\farch 28-30 meeting. Becker also said the new president should be in office by September 1979. "They ca·n really choose anyone they (the Trustees) want," said Becker, "'but they 11 probabl) take one of our choices ... The full search committee of 15 consists of nine 1.A.C. members-Hecker, Dr. Charles AngeleLLi, Dr. Donald Bennelt, Dr. "-enne Lh CurLi~, Dr. Loii, Dilatush, David Edwardson,

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Dr. Robert Lucas, Charles Nori ck andJ oseph Sandova l; three trustees- Irene SweeLkind, Dr. Edmund VaHejo and Gladys FosLer;two students-Anne Smith and Mike Priest; and an alumnus, Nola Owens. The committee is also served by a Trustee staff member, Margaret Rivera, and an Affirmative Action Council (A.A.C.) representative, Bill Moland, said Becker. He said the students were selected by Student Government and the l.A.C. members by dection in their respective departments. The office, vacated by Dr. James Palmer in August in August of 1978, is now held by Acting President Richard 1etzel. l\ancy Munser, MSC assistant lo the president, said Palmer resign ed his post-which provided a salary of more than $45,000, a house, a car for business use-to take a position with the Department of Transportation in Washington, D.C. Becker said the committee would not release the names of any of the applicants aQd would publicize only Lhe name of the president after he is selected. "He's going lo have a hard time ," said Becker, citing the looming Auraria m erger, lack of financial support , and the possibility of having to deal with fa culty collec tive bargaining as major concerns to whomever assumes the po::t. "\Ve\<• been without a presiden t for six month~ in the middlr of all this merger debate." lw said, ··and that.":. not good.''

Becker said ads for the president were placed in the ew York Times Educalon Section and the Chronicle of Higher Education. Announcements were also sent to various college and university administrations and to names on a mailing list pro-

viaed by the A.A.C. '· inety-nine percenL of our applicants," Becker said, "have higher-education backgro unds, former deans an<l vice-presidents-people with a lot of experience."

One of the 11 semi-finalists for the Metropolitan State College (MSC) presidency responded to declining enrollment problems proposing a 13.6 per cent reduction in full-time faculty. Donna Jehrke, news editor for the Drake 1fmes-Delphic, said Dr. Hoke Smith, Drake University Vice President for Academic Affairs, proposed a cut of 41 full-time faculty earlier this year in the face of " financial pressure." J ehrke said the 1fmes-Delphic had already

learned Dr. Smith was a semi·finalist for th~ MSC presidency. . Drake, J e hrkc said, currently has 300 full-time faculty. The school,'located in Des Moines, Iowa, has a current enrollment of ''about 4800 full-time students and 2000-3000 part-timers," Jehrke added. Due lo Lhe rules governing the MSC presidential selection, members of the Institutional Advisory Committee are forhidden Lo comment on the sem i-finalists, and are also unable lo reveal if Dr. Smith is a finalist

Dr. Peggy Walsh, 47, Dies Peggy M. Walsh, former chairman of the MSC History Department, died February 28 in her home in Cherry Hills Village. She was 47. Her body was cremated following private services. She was born in Chicago. Lii. , on Oet. 22, 1931. She graduated sum ma cum laude from De Paul Univrn,il) , where she also receiv!'d her master 's degre<'. Shr received her Ph. I) from I he Cniversil) of Chicago. After Leaching at 01· Paul llniv1·r.:.il)' from

1957 to 1965, she was one of the first facul Ly members named lo MSC upon its establishment in 1965. Walsh taught al :\1SC until cancer forced her lo retire in 1976. She was chairman of the history departmen t from 1968 Lo 1976. She is s urvived b) her husband. Loui~ \Valsh, and a son, L~uis Thoma~ \\ alslt , of Ch err") llills Village. Contributions ma} he madl' to LniL\ Church. 3021 S. Lni-..e~il)' Blvd., lJ1·m r ;. 80210.

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of ··instilu lional sanctions" al the Cniversity of Colorado-Denver (UCD) and the Community College of Dcnver-Auraria (CCD-A). L nder the sanctions, anyone al the two institutions recei\ ing four tickets- and nolifica lion from ,\uraria- ca11 have services with held within the institution until the tickets are paid. For example, sludcnls could be barred from registering for another term until out standing tickets are paid- as overdue book fines al the Learning Resource Center are now handled. Metropolitan State College (MSC) students, faculty, and staff will continue to have their cars towed and booted for outstanding violations, \Vargow said, until "such time as MSC wishes to ·cooperate." Acting MSC President Richard Netzel said MSC will nol apply the sanctions-yet. We're willing to reconsider," he said. "The change (in Auraria parking)\could improve the si tuation:" "I 'II wait until my confidence factor builds up ," Netzel added. All cars having four ticke ts before the sanctions go into effect, Wartgow said, will still be towed or booted after notification. \Varlgow said the changes in Auraria parking rates and procedures were based on five reasons: a '·wider selection of parking options.'· sa fcty, reducing the need for enforcement of parking regulations. cncouragi n g other modes of transporation lo the campus. and insuring suffic ient revenues to repay the parki11g lot bonds. No Ont' al Llw !\larch l meeting protes ted against an) portion of the Auraria parking proposal. Board rnem hers present. wrre Dean Punkc, Lawrence llamilton , Donald Bai n , and Ri<'harcl Bernick.

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22. Voluntrers. l\.clle} said. would show a film providr.d by lhe March of Dimes to make lht> students aware of the problems of birth defects. At the Junior and Sen ior high schools, she added, volunteers would emp ha sizt• parlicipalion of studen ls in the "Sup<'rwa lk. " In the "Superwalk ," participants are sponsored on a prr-mil<' basis by individuals. For eHry mile walked, Lhc sponsors donalt' an agreed amounl lo the !\larch of Dirrw:-. f'rt•,t·11 Lalion,. 1'cll"} ~aid. "oultl onl~ Lak1· 1U-.5\I 111111ule" ·· unit'"" llwro· , a lot oJ qw·,,Lio11:-."' Tllf' siz1· o f gr.o up>< lalkt't..l lob~ volu11t1·1-r,,, , lw :-aid. would rang•· from t"lt-- . mentary school assemblies Lo s tudent councils al'Lhe se'condary schools. For more information, call Kelley al

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FEATURE

Regenerqting some by Emerson Schwartzkopf

Peter Max openings sure aren't what they used to be. Peter i\lax - the artist who put psychedelia into mass production, with simple, colorful, linear drawings adorning posters, · wallpaper, and bookcovers- came to Denver Feb. 22 to open a one-man show at the Cherry Creek Gallery of Fine Art, 211 Detroit St. A light snow fell in the night as the crowd, dressed in furry greatcoats, down parkas, sport jackets, and London Fog trenchcoats, waited. outside to enter the gaJlery. •\H lht• cro\\ d filt:d in. lh t:~ pa,.;."t'rl a ~mall, orange dectric car :;eemingly finger· painted b} the Jolly (;rt:en (.;ianl. The design of the car, with brown/blue strokes and pyramids, is the work of Peter Max just a few hours before the opening. Inside, a crowd of about 700 milled about, with small conversations maintaining a mild buzzing sound in the air. As bassless disco music poured· from several speakers, people drank California champagne-chilled in large galvanized buckets-from plastic champagne goblets. Ten years ago, this scene would only have been an acid-tinged nightmare of a Peter Max opening:

The sce ne- the 1960s counterculture (prderably San Francisco). The new Peter Max opening " happens" at a large art gallery. Outsidt:, the crowd -dressed in old shirts and jeans-wait to enter the gaJlery. Inside, patrons peer intently at the multi-colored prints of leaping dancers and smilin g faces. One observer, his mind frying a golden brown from Owsley purple, looks at one print for over twenty minutes. The tart, acrid smeU of Acapulco reefer wafts from a backroom. Depending on their indept'ndenl 'inclinations, people either avoid or drink heavily from a bowl of punch rumored to be spiced with chemical recreation aid:,. -r.· i\.lonsterous speakers blast out the latest Afrplime album, while a girl in horn-rimmed glasses, long skirt, and Janis Joplin hair bounces about, ever smiling, ever smiling.

Let's face it- Peter Vlax openi ngs aren 't what they used lo be. "Sha~e" floated over the heads of the crowd at the Cherry Creek Gallery as they viewed-or appeared to view-Max 's latest work. Man) " patrons," however, milled directly in front of -the paintings, making any real appreciation of the art nearly impossible. Two women raced through the crowd, apparently to see someone they recognize. As they passed, one of the women remarked, " I know you 're not interested in the art .... " · "No, not at all," the other replied.

''I know you 're not interested in the art... " Three men, all in mustaches and three piece suits, and in their twenties, stood gazing at a 1971 Max print. After a few minutes, one turned to the other two to speak. " They 're shipping more furniture than any other factory in too country today," he said. Nearly everyone at the gaJkry fell into three fashion categories- formal evening dress, slacks and collarless shirt, or plain shirt with French jeans rolled at the cuff. All the clothing appeared to be fitted to show the lack of any underwear. The art receiving the most attention in the gallery was a selection titled "Erte: Alphabet," where slink human figures mixed with moons, serpents, and other natural objects formed painted facsimilies of th e alphabet. Unfortunately, the selection wasn't by Peter Max. "You know," said one w-0man , dressed in tweed slacks and a a collarless blouse, "I've talked to over 50 people here, and none of them have seen Peter Max. 111 bet he's not here." Twent)' feet away , Peter Max appeared from around 1! corner and cleared a table in order to sign the back of a lithograph. Max reached inside his gray sport coat lo fetch a grubby pencil. After pulling tht' pencil out-slightl y brushing tht: lip against his blue turtleneck sweater- Max look tlw lithograph and looked at its owner. " It's Helen, right? '' he asks in a low,

scratchy, du ll voice. l\1ax pauses, then hastily scrawls 'To Helen With Love, Peter Max· across the back of the lithograph. The owner lakes her now-immortal work away, and Ylax shoves the pencil into a pocket of his slim-cul French jeans. He turns Lo find a few persons now recognize him. · "You 're getting a great reception for Denver," said a six-feel-Lall brunette, extending he.r hand tq Max. "Thanks," he said, offering a right hand disfigured by iodine and a Band-Aid. Another brunette, closer to Max's 5-9 stature, also shakes his hand. "I just wanted to come up and shake your hand," she says, flashing a smile as wide as a drive-in movie. "Thanks, " Max said. "You 're outdrawing the (United Bank) Tennis Classic," a voice offered from the back of the room. Vial. paused again. pullin!! an old tuhP of Lip-Halm out of his pant:; pocket and spreading it around his lips-lips surrounded by a moustache and five o 'cloc:k shadow stretching well underneath the nec k of his sweater. A short man in his fifties approached Max with a folded throw rug. " I've got something to show you," the older man said, proferring a hooked rug with a Ylax design from the Sixties. "That's very nice," Max said, handing the rug back to the now-pleased, smiling man. "Are you staying in Denver? " a blonde asks Max. "No," he replied, "I'm leaving

"You're getting a great reception for Denver." tomorrow." "Don't you ski?" "No." Max looked around, and then sl ipped i,nto a crowd of people- unrecogn ized. The Max exhibition will continue al th e Cherry Creek Gallery of Pine Art until March ] 8. You can still see the pain tings, but you won 'l srt' Peter \lax . Don 'l wo~. Over 600 persons walked past Peter \fa., Feb. 22, and they didn't see him, either. ·

principles I outlined, and. in many departments it is the hesl in the stale~ This fact, and the fac t that .. other" institutions are ti") ing like hell lo carve us up to rt'duce the competition, should br evidence enough of our success and abilitirs in this direction. i'iex t )' ou have lo face lht' simple fact that if we have lh<' L)' pe of ('gg head farm ~ ou suggest, it do('8 no good lo havt" Lons of Lookfo> no orn· of frw can afford . .. do you suggest free public education onl} lo Ll;ose who can afford it? Tlwre is also the cast' against your allegations on time: loo many of us have to work for a living! This isn 't fun Lime al the ole fraternity house with Daddy 's monthly check, it's economic reality, and if you don't havt: the time lo attack

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A Metropolitan St.ate College publication for the Auraria Higher Education Center wholly supported by student fees and advertising. EDITOR Emerson Schwartzkopf BUSINESS MANAGER Steve Wer~s PRODUCTION MANAGER S. Peter Duray-Bito REPORTERS Frank Mullen, Chris Ed'Nards, Winston Del PRODUCTION Libby Squires, Sal Ruibal ADVERTISING Verne Skagerberg, Don Davis

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LETTERS l would like lo thank l\lr. Joel Goldstein for his charming letter to the Editor con. cerning my column on book pricci:.. \Ir. Goldstein's poinL:. from well-taken lo absolutely uninformed. l must t.ake particular rxception to your supposition that modern methods of education resul l in second-rate schools. 'I ears of research an<l practical application of AV nwthods ·have proven lo be more effective lha11 making sludenL., go blind from reading all and every night. Retention is better from a visual experience than boring reading and is much quicker, allowing the student lo learn MORE! I ask you to look honestly at a few simpl~ facts of life. First, MSC was built on the

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a pillar of books. it makes no sense lo use them! 1\1} final confusion O\<er ) our letter is the cos ts. Increased AV will cost nothing since il s already in the budget and und,er-used. Ln case you didn' t know it. there is a full T\i station, photo and graphics labs born with the campus, specificall} for thr use~ I suggest. Finally, I fail lo see how paying less for books will increase our costs·~ Did you takt' your economic classes from an oil company"? Economically yours, Tom Paine

Tht• \l<'lropolilan is published every Wednesday by Mdropolitan State Coll cg•·. Opinions expressed within art· those of the writers, and do not nect•ssaril) refl ect the opiJJions of the paper's a<lv.. ritisers or \letropolitan Stalt· Coll1·g1·. Editorial and business offices are locate in Room 156 of the Auraria Student Center, 10th and Lawrence, Denver, CO. Phone: 629-8361. Mailing address: The Metropolitan Box 57 1006 11th St. Denver, CO 80204 The Metropolitan welcomes any ·nformation, free-lance articles, guest ditorials, or letters to the editor. Editorials and letters should be typed, ouble-spaced, and within t.w pa~s in 8f1

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'FEATURE

Recording studio - laying down the tunes on two-inch tape.

UCO COLLEGE OF MUSIC AIMS .AT THE REAL. WORLD Story and Photos by S. Peter Duray-Bito Casually riding through FM airwaves or .,drifting down aisles in a record store can convince anyone today's music is more diverse than every bdore. The gamut runs from soul Lo disco to new wave to sofl rock to rock-jazz lo jazz to avant-garde to classical lo . . . There is really no end lo Lhe variety of sounds .available, and very few ~eople real ize this variety creates a problem for Lhe very people who make music. The traditional mtJsic schools are inadequate lo pul bread on a musiciau 's table, contends Dr. Franz Roehmann, Lhc associate dean of the UCO <:;ollege of ~1usic. Dr. Roehmann, a massive man with an afro nearly indistinguishable from his beard, insists the money exists in the

commercial medium. "That is why UCO offers a B.S. in Music and Media," he says. "Aside from learning to do your own personal thing, our students can make jingles for commercials or run a 16-track recording console. It's essential to today's music world." This unorthodox program is lhe only one of its kind in the Rocky Mountain region. The curr icu lum in c ludes exte n sive instruction in scoring, recording and the music industry, along with more tradltional forms in music education. "Typically, other universities train music ed u cators, ." exp lain s Roehmann. "U nfortunately, thrre's no more baby boom and the demand for instructors has declined." I nslead, more and more media-oriented endeavors require the services of musicians.

Before Barry Manilow sang the song that made young girls cry, he made McDonald's and State Farm commercials. Studios need sit-in musicians for back-ups, entertainment acts, and TV and film scores. To back up their efforts to teach students all phases of the conemporary music world, the UCO College of Music has over $100,000 worth o{ studio equipment. Located on the second floor of the Arts Building, students can learn to operate two 16-track mixers that lay the tunes down on two-inch wide tape. "\Ve try to replicate the real world," emphasisizes Roehmann. " We can run a student through from learning a piece to performing it lo recording it- all in-house. With this kind of rxperil'nce . we avoid the ignorant musician who gets ripped off by agents or whose music is screwed up in the recording." Roehmann has also managed lo pull in

some big name professionals as Visiting Artis ts. Among others, Pat Williams, Mischa Mischakov, George Duke, Oliver Nelson, James Starker and Joseph Gingold have all passed through the sound-proofed rooms. Jesse Ceci, concertmaster of the Denver Symphony Orchestra, is the Artist-In-Residence, who along with faculty member Zoe Erisman, has formed the Denver Duo. Last Wednesday, with Ceci on violin and Erisman on piano, the Duo packed St. Cajetan 's Performance Hall, playing Brahms, Beethoven and Schubert. Âˇ'Eventually, I'd like to form an electronic-acoustic affair using electronic instruments, percussion, a full string section-the works," envisions Roehmann. "'The possibilities are limitless."

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they hide, where can they run to? Back to their territory, Coney Island! And as they bop and sock their way home, we get the play-by-play from the sensuous lips of an East Coast disc jockey. Here at long last is the kind of ooohhh and aaahhh violence you 're only dreamed about until now. The Warriors is a movie about identification, one-for-all and all-for-one and the possibilities of spraypaint on a ew York subway. Its characters are the kids down the block, the girl next door (a dreary little slut who tags along after the Warriors' leader) and the local heat. The rumbles between city gangs are halfway believable, although the social intercourse between gang members leaves much to be desired in the way of realism and is beneath the dignity of a respectable punk. In the face of real-life nuclear disaster and city-related strife, The Warriors comes to its audience as comic relief. Take your mother, take your brass knuckl es, and enjoy ....

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The Warriors (Aurora Mall, North Valley, Tamarac Six, Westland); directed by Walter Hill; stars Michael Beck and 90 other unknowns.

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Monkey see, monkey do .. Movie theaters on and between both coasts are reporting incidents of violence on the part of their patrons during the showing of Warriors. It seems the film brings out the worst in its audience; "icarious violence doesn't seem to satisfy the urge so viewers are getting in a few punches and jabs of their own between scenes. Some theaters have stepped up security measures in an effort to curtail rough-housing. The story on the screen centers upon the shooting death of Cyrus, fearless leader of over 100,000 New York street gang members. A member of the Warrior mob is unjustly accused of the slaying and every outfit in town is out to waste the warriors. Where can

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Metropolitan State College's (MSC) Bill lfenrv placed second overall in the longjnm p al Lhe 38th annual Frank Potts Tnvilalional Track and Field Championship Saturday afternoon al C. L. 's Balch Fieldhouse. ll e rir ) 's I ea p of 22 '7" was just two E inches short of first place fini sher Rober co \"\' agoner

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Veraldo of MSC took fourth in the College > Mile-Run (fast section) with a Lime of &1j 4: L9. 90. MSC sprint sl:U Coleman Harrison -.....s.....-• wa s beaten by .06 of a second in the semifinals o( the 60-yard dash. Adams State's Ivory Joe Hunt was the onlv return winner from la s t year's invitational , as he grabbed first place in the 60-yard low hurdles. Meet records were set

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of .Southern Colorado), 50'4". and in th'e 1000-Yard Run b y Jay Witherspoon (C.U.) with a J.ime of 2:12.00. Gi ll and With erspoo n also s har t:d the meet 's Outstanding Athlete Award. The hiuhlibrrht of the meet cam(' as C. U. !:> , and the Air Force Academy mil(' relay tearr/!l ran neck and neck through the transfer of three batons, with C. U. edging Air Force by .08 of a second. The lead changed hands four times in the race, bringing the capacity crowd at the fieldhou se to their feet. M. S.C. 's track team, hampered by the lack of indoor training facilities at t~e college, wound up their indoor season at th e m eet which f ea tured teams from throu g hout the Ro cky Mountain region - with the notable exception of C.S. U., who was not invited this year.

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A member of MSC's championship volson with a 34-0 record and came in seventh in lf!yball team won one of the 48 Sports- __ th_e_n_a_L_io_•_1al_fi_n_a_ls_.- - - - - - - - - - woman of Colorado awards sponsored by ~ the Denver Young Women's Christian Women 's So ftball Tryouts will be held Association (YWCA). this week from 3-5 p.m. every wee kday in Anita Mallhis, voted mos l valuable player the softball fi eld near Tivoli . . after MSC won the Regional Tournament in MSC coach Pat Johnson said the squad ovember, will accept the YMCA award at needs experienced players this year, especialthe Sportswoman of Colorado Banquet held ly pitchers and catchers . .Y1SC students in~ at the '.\1arriol Hold Marrh II. e;:;Led may ca ~I J olinson at 629-3145 or show Pat Johnson, coach of the championship up al practice. team, said :\laLLhis has bren ··one of the The '\ISC squad opens the season .Ylare h squad's oul~landing hillt-rs ''_for tlw last Lwo 19 al Colorado S tale Cniversity. yearis. fht• \ISC L1·am finished tlw 1978 ~a-

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Luenver Art \tfu,;eum, Stanlon Gallery. The first Western Slates Biennial Exhibilion. Contemporary Western Artists.

Saturday Night Fever, Studenl Center Rm. 330. 12:15, 2:15, 4:15, 7:30, 9 p. m. 50 cents admission.

Film: ··c eorgia 0 "Keefe." Denver i\rl l\luscum , Seminar Room l 1 a.m. Free. Denver Symphony Orchestra, Bruce (Jangen conducling. Phillippe Enlremonl, piano. 8 p.m.

'/alive· Amnican Youlh Can·cr Confc·r· ence. 8a.m.-6 p.m. lfaco 8-12 p.m. I

American Hot Wax, Student Center Brown Bag Lunch: "Anti-Crime (Auraria Escort Service)" St. Francis InterfaithCenter.12:10-1:10. KRMA channel 6, Great Performances. Dance i·n America; Balanchine iv. 8 p.m.

Colorado Herit.age Center. 1300 Broadway. Smithsonian Exhibits. 9-5 weekdays; 10-5 weekends. Free . .,.

330,'12:15, 2:15, 4:15, 7, & 9 p.m. 50 cents admission.

II um an Hess e's Siddhartha. Ogden Thealre, 935 Easl Colfax. First Patent for False Teeth 1882

Berg and Prince: a Pantomine_Duo. Arts Bldg. 278, 9-10 a.m., SttJdent Center., 11:30 -12:30. CCD Bldg. 128, 6:45-8 p.m. Free.

"Police Agencies Working Together" John Enright, Director, Colorado Bureau oflnvesligation. 5:15 p.m., St. Francis Interfaith Center.

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Denver Symphony Orchestra, Sarah Vaughan, Gerry Mulligan and Mel Torme,8p.m.

American Youth Career Conference, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. 8 p .m. concerlJ esse t- ··Eu" Davis.

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The Metropolitan, March 7, 1979

VIET VETS: WHEN JOHNNY COMES CRYING HOME \

by Lou Chapman Quietly. They quietly trickJed home; most coped wilh the ambivalence that greeted them; the majority quietly succeeded to put behind them the absurdities. Now, 14 years after the first Marine landed in Oanang, a significant percentage of Vietnam veterans have yet to adapt, or cope, and are quietly being forgotten. "Vietnam separated us," says ex-Vietnam medic Keith Gustin. "When you came home you didn't talk ·to old chums who didn't serve, or to \Vorld \Var II vets .. . there wen: only other Viet ve ts." Gustin is an Outreach Coordinator for the Dem er Community College.system. He's part of thP ,J,I majoritv ni' v.. i .. l'iill~ who made the t ran~iti<Jn back into thl' mainstream of American wcicty. He ,;peaks of the "culture shock'" the Vietnam veteran faced when he returned home.

has not held ole job for more than three months, believe the majority of Americans felt Lhe same s his mother. He believes they still do. oftly, with a heavy drawl reminiscent of OkJahoma, he reiterates what so frequently comes up in these conversations: ·'the only ones li stening were other Vietnam vets." ' Elements of society that previourly bent over backward lo help the American veteran seemingly turned their backs on the "criminal" that one day fought in Vietnam, and three or five aays later rummaged through hometown bars-looking for someone who would understand. "Maybe we set ourselves up ...We had no chance to readjust," says Gaylen Johnson. He is the size of a professional football

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bridge of feeling." Shortly after his discharge from the service, in 1971, Gustin was with his family, gathered around the television, watching the evening news. The clips were show.ing the "typical coverage of Vietnam. You know, the dust and the babies, the killing and stuff." He recalls the family "really couldn't feel anything about it. It was kind of like they were ~atching a movie." Gustin leans hack in his office chair, folds his hands calmly in front of his full, trimmed beard, stares out from a pair of over-sized wire-rimmed glasses, and after a brief pause, slowly explains: "There was no bridge of feeling." Bruce l'\itsche is another Vietnam veteran who made the transition. He is now the Denver National Service Organizer for the Disabled American Veterans, one of the few organizations that has made an active effort to help the Vietnam veteran. "The World War II vets came hack heroes and had parades," says Nitsche. "We came back psychotic, crazed killers and baby-burners, and came home one at a time." Nitsche toys with the black cane that became a permanent accessory after he lost his right leg three days before he was due to leave Southeast Asia. Explains Nitsche with a wry grin, "I found a landmine." · Ex-Marine Stephen Edwards thinks part of the problem was that "nobody her~ understood the jungle." Edwards is one of the minority of veterans who have yet to feel at home and involved in the America they left. His unit, a ~1arine rifle brigade, was one of the first to land in Danang in 1965. He feels one reason Ametica as a whole doesn't understand the Vietnam veteran is maybe because the Americans couldn't relate to Vietnam as a place. He tells of an incident that occured a few months after he got home:

near the Cambodian border.,. For a number of reasons, the Veterans Administration is specifically scorned by Vietnam veterans. Maybe, as one combat veteran expressed it, the red tape of the Veterans Administration is just too close to the illogical and absurd methods in Vietnam. A Vietnam veteran hospitalized for extreme depression within six mon~hs after his 1971 discharge tried "one or two years later" to get reimbursement from the Veterans Administration. "\Vhat they told me, basically, was that I had an unstable mental personality, because of ~am, but it wasn "t their fault that I went to Vietnam," the veteran said. He smiles a Ii ttle, shrugs off the story, wishes it really were a c~azy irony from a book and not from his own life. He says he's gfad he "can deal with it now," glad he can talk about it. During the next silent moment, he glances at the floor, the walls, his hands, and quietly cries. A recently concluded extensive psychological study of over 420 Vietnam veterans spends pages after pages defining and explaining, with factors and quotients and tables, a number of veterans are suffering from slowly festering, invisible wounds with names like survivor guilt, psychic numbing, identity diffusion, psychological crisis, ego-synthesis, distatiation, residual mistrust; of authority, identity fragmentation, and psychological time warp. The study. funded by the Disabled American Veterans and titled "The Forgotten Warrior Project," is the only one of its kind to date. It estimates that of the 2.8 million Vietnam veterans, 250,000- and

pl~yer and speaks in tones rarely rising in volume, bu! representing a quiet intensity; his blue eyes are always watching his listener. · The Vietnam veteran came home to a society that he felt lived on the myths created of him by the mass media. "Maybe we're paying for their guilt," sighed one ex-Marine. I didn't expect to hear a brass band or anything when I got off at Stapleton. But, shif ... " The voice trails off and one ex-Navyman, who was in Vietnam at the age of 17, and a third-class Petty Officer at 18, averts his steady gaze, and drops his head. He tells of the "shift in responsibility " that greeted the Vietnam veteran when he returned stateside: "I was a boat captain with- three guys dependent on me to get by," and, although he found a good job when he got home, he

uwe came back psychotic, crazed killers ... "

almost gets angry when he mentions a friend who, after being a helicopter pilot in Vietnam, "could' only get a job for $2.55 an hour as some clerk or something stocking shelves." If the Vietnam veteran believes the working class of America felt no trust in him, he "We were eating dinner with my family. generally feels the same lack of tru~t in his I guess I had shoveled it aU down pretty government and its extremities. fast. .\iy mom said I was eating like an One Vietnam veteran phrased it: "I was animal. I told her I was sorry. I had some suspicious of an} type of authority." habits to break. She just up and yelled that Outreach Coordinator Gustin explains it she was tired of hearing it, that I didn't was difficult to come home and deal with have habits to break. She said that I should an administration printing in the papers no just shape up and get with it- you know ... offesnive measures were being taken in And my mom's an understanding person." Vietnam at a time when "you knew units Edwards, who since his discharge in 1967 that were conducting night ambush raids

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possibly as many as 500,000-"need various forms of help in order to have a productive life in society unhampered by problems of adjustment." In response to the study and its conclusions, the Diashled American Veterans is organizing, in Denver, one of six pilot projects across the country hoping to reach the Vietnam-era veteran who, for any reason at all, is still on the outskirts of society. The ultimate goal, explains National Service Organizer Nitsche, is to have professional people at one location for on-the-spot help, to immediately help the veteran with his problem or problems. "We need to gain his first," says Nitsche. l'\itsche 's office is two desks on the second floor of a two-story prefabricated office building at 1330 Fox Street. The building also houses personnel working for the Denver Education and Training Act, the Work Incentive Program, the Downtown State Job Service Center, the Colorado Veterans Affairs Committee, and the downtown Unemployment Claims and Compensation center. The buildinu entrance is an in-ho~pitahle

douLlt· .stain,ell. Un each floor, . four-fed-tall 1110\1·aul1· 1fa1der~ corral the difft>rent \•Ork u1111,... . usually ' the area itsche works in is either so quiet that personal conversati°'l•s are embarrassingly overheard, or it is obnoxiously noisy with people on top of people, and phone calls ringing and interrupting like gunfire. But Nitsche manages to ease the person that has come to him for assistance. He

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j or their guilt." listens and responds, and knows what he n.. talking about. The veterans he talks with sense in him a feeling of sincerity, a feeling that i~ usually new for men who have given up on bureaucracies. An ex-marine who has been dealing with the Veterans Administration and other government agencies since his release fro~1 the service in 1967, says, "This iJ the first place l 've come to where they didn t ldl me, 'fill out these papers and well get in touch with you.' This guy helped me instead." "itsche's offi<'f'. th,, Disahlro i\mnir:it1 Veterans Vietnam Veteran~ Outreach Program, is only four week,; old, but Nitoche IB alreatl} seei11g lhe po:;iLiv" effect~ of the effort. One problem in helping .the veteran, ht• explains. is community organizations and agencies don't understand the procedures of the Veterans \drninistration. He tells thr slor' of a Vietnam veteran who wouldn "t be treated by the VA hospital because his problem was psychological and not service-connected, and wouldn't be treated at a Denver hospital because he was a veter~. This year, two hills concerning the Vietnam veteran and the Veterans Adminst.ration have been introduced into the United Stales SenatP. One provides for rt'adjustmen t counselin g, treatment for drug anti alcohol abuse, and other health-can: oervices that are related to psychologii-"111 disabilities. The other hill, introduced by Gary Hart, 0-Colorado, proposes to upgrade the review procedures of the Veterans Administration-the only federal agency that cannot have its final decisions contested in a cou,1:,t of law. Vietnam veteran Bill Holen, a staff assistant for Hart, says the saddest part is the "people with policy power," those who voted for and continued the fighting in Vietnam, are now conspicuously avoiding the Vietnam veteran issue. When one veteran was told that under new legislation he might he able to receive compensation for the psychological treatment he needed after his return from Vietnam, in a very soft voice he respondf'd without a pause: "No amount of moncyrl could get now would he worth the mental grief I'd have to go through to get it." He thinks that is the saddest part of all.

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