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Volume 4 Issue 26 © Metropress April 14, 1982
KHUM request turned down
Fontera selected as new MSC president. It may be too early to talk of a new era for Metro, but listening to the enthusiasm accompanying last Friday's announcement of - Richard Fontera as the new MSC president, it is tempting to indulge in such phraseology. The selection climaxed an ex..tensive search and screening pro.. cess conducted by a threemember subcommittee of the Trustees of the Consortium of State Colleges, headed by John Vigil, and a nine-member lnstitu- tional Advisory Committee, S chaired by Faculty Senate President Brooks Van Everen. These groups narrowed the initial field of 149 candidates to three -who met with student, faculty, ' administration, and minority groups over the past two weeks and submitted evaluations to Van Everen. Van Everen then reported on 41 the results to the Trustees, who made the final decision. 4
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spired and stimulated." "He's personable and open, and has a tough academic and administrative background. It's a rare combination," Vigil added . What about Fontera's weaknesses? "Oh sure," Van Everen said. "He talks too much. He can tend to monopolize a 'conversation." ·· "I had a speech impediment when I was young ilnd l still pra~ tice correcting it a lot," Fontera explained. Fontera SU<:!ceeds Donald Macintyre who resigned July 1, 1981 to be president of Canada College in California, Mcintyre beat Fontera by one-trustee vote in 1979. A native of Wisconsin, Fontera is 46 years old. He has been a college administrator for 15 years, serving the last 11 as Dean of Faculty and Graduate School at Southeastern Massachusetts University. Fontera holds a doctorate from "I'm not interested in education that only certifies you for s0me career. We've got to keep the service emphasis alive in this country, to establish better linkage between the classroom an_d the rest of the world. It's important for students to bring something they've learned back to the community."
Richard Fontera new MSC president
by Randy Golkin
Complaints prompt invalidation of MSC ·elections .
Tl1e MSC election commissioner decided Tuesday to recommend that the recent student governmer.t election be overturned. Gene Watts, an appointee of ASMSC President Loring Crepeau, submitted his recommendation to Antonio Esquibel, vice-president, MSC Student ·Affairs. . The ruling came after complaints from students that a proposed amendment · was not publicized enough time in advance of the election, and that many students could not vote because their names could not be found in the list of eligible voters. Watts said those two complaints were the biggest factors in his decision. "Student's names were listed by zip code, not alphabetically or by student number," Watts said. "As a result, many people could not vote." The proposed amendment concerned whether to serve Coors beer in the Mi5sion.
Fontera got near unanimous New York University in politic~ support and praise from the par- science, was a Fulbright Scholar twice, taught for 12 years and has ~ ticipants in the process. "There was an overwhelming written numerous articles on such consensus," Van Everen said. topics as colonialism and social "Almost everyone was saying that change. · He also has experience in a sucFontera has a good feel for the Watts has recommended that .,... unique role of an urban college." cessful fight against a merger ef- the current administration stay in "Fontera was able to touch fort while in his last position-an office until the fall semester. It people from all constituencies," obvious asset for MSC which may had been scheduled to step down Vigil said, "He captured the en- face a threat of merger with CU. at the end of this semester. Watts · also recommended that another tire institution. People were in- with CU. continued on page 5 election be held in the fall.
The concept introduced by KHUM Denver Educational Broadcasting Inc., to start a radio station on campus will remain just a concept for at least a year-if not permanently. During a recent conference with administrators and student government representatives from all three schools, KHUM's general manager Bob Steele was told he wouldn't receive any funds from student fees this year. Steele, who was requesting a dollar per student per semester for KHUM, was informed of the procedures and legal implications complicating KHUM's request. KHUM, which has Denver's last unowned FM frequency at 89.3, needs about $50,000 to go on-the-air, which would take approximately one year after receiving the amount they requested from student fees. The station is already $30,000 in debt because of layers fees to obtain their FCC frequency and other outstanding bills. This raises the question of - who's liable for this debt? "It was a moral and ethical issue of students taking over their debt, as well as a legal issue," Roberta Smilnak, .assqciate vice continued on page 5
Editor to editor: Looking for potential Pulitzer material? The Foreman case has it. Page 8