Volume 6, Issue 2 - Aug. 31, 1983 by Met Media

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"Growing with a growing community."

Parking lots at capacity With the beginning of the fall semester, parking problems are once again painfully evident on campus. Lots filled to capacity, sporadic 路 traffic snarls, and overflo)V into the Westside neighborhood are just three of the problems facing the AHEC parking office this week. "Weve got 5,000 parking spaces available for an anticipated 35,000 students, faculty and staff," said Auraria's parking director, Raul Gomez. "Of course, everybody isn't going to be here at once. But if even half of the campus population is here at one time we are faced with three and a half people for every available parking space. The first two weeks of each semester are the heaviest, Gomez said, with every lot on campus filling to capacity during peak rushes. "At 10:00 Monday morning we had filled every space in every lot on campus," he said. "Spaces didn't start to open up again until after noon." Even when spaces start to open up, preferred lots may continue to stay full throughout the day, said Gomez. "That's why we place attendants in the lots for the first two weeks," he said. "They can direct traffic to where there are vacancies." "After the first two weeks, something happens. People make arrangements for carpooling, they get familiar with bus schedules, I don't know what. But after the initial rush there are always . spaces available, especially in the outlying lots." Along with full parking 路 lots, traffic congestion is a continuing problem. To help alleviate the problem, Gomez said they "flip-flopped" the price of two lots, raising the price on "the lot most responsible for the traffic problems at 8th and Curtis, while lowering the rate at a less strategically placed lot down the road. In addition to the problems f~ by students trying to park, residents in the Westside neighborhood are once again being inconvenienced by students and faculty who have discovered continued on page 3

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Film series Has setback

Tom Wathen, CoPIRG's top watchdog. see page 12

Telecourses page 8_

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Hoser humor page 16

With great hopes for the future, the newlyreorganized MSC Student Activities Office is battling with the uncertainties of new people and new positions, and running headlong into Auraria's notorious problems with communication. Six new positions were created this summer to be filled by MSC students, in the hope of providing greater student input into the use of the student fee monies allocated to Student Activities. The new positions divided the office into distinct areas, with a film series manager, a lecture series manager, a special events co-ordinator, a public relations manager, and a club and organization coordinator. Currently, the.five student co-ordinators answer t6 a student assistant director, who, in turn, answers to the Director of Student Activities, a profes.sional position. Problems developed early on, as the responsibilities of each co-ordinator began to overlap. The first program to suffer was the film series, whose dates have had to be reshuffled because of a snafu in making room reservations. "Three of us ended up making room reservations for the films." admits film coordinator Mark Eikerman. "We overlapped on dates and times, and there were a number of conflicts,'' he said. As a result, acting Director of Student Activities Peggy Raab has had to sit down and piece together aseries of dates for the films with Student Center Facilities Coordinator Barbara Weiske. Some of the dates now set for the films differ from the movie schedule published in The Metropolitan. In addition to the film series, the MSC Lecture Series has had problems related to the re-organization, said Raab. "I think that (lecture series co-ordinator) Jackie Weigand has had some problems figuring out how much responsibility is hers, and how much belongs to Student Affairs. In addition, there have been some problems negotiating contracts with speakers," said Raab. But despite the uncertainties, the continued on page 3

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Lecture Series appears to be on solid ground, with an ambitious line-up of speakers culled from a poll of MSC faculty. The biggest problem to face the new co-ordinators so far has been space, or the lack thereof. "We have six new officers to share one telephone and one desk," said Raab. "Jackie carries her office around in a big black briefcase." But despite the problems, the co-ordinators have great expectations for the coming year. "It's going to take a little while for all of us to get the hang of it," said AMistant Director Mike Maggard. "We're finding out what the channels are. We're asking ourselves 'where do I go, who

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Mike Maggard ~istant Director do I talk to?' " "All thin~ considered, I think we're doing a damn good job," said Maggard. "We're trying to work together as a team. We all get along well, and that's what I like to see in this office." "It would have been helpful to have more planned before school started," said Raab, "So much is still in the planning stage. When all of that is settled, hopefully we'll have a more well-rounded program than in past years. Last year, there were basically two people in Student Activities, and it was just too much. Now we have one person to concentrate in each area. And because they are all students, we have a way of finding out what students want." 0

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faculty who have discovered "free" parking in front of their homes. "Residents have complained for years that they can't even leave to go shopping for fear of having their parking place taken when they return," Gomez said. In the interest of community relations, the parking office has distributed posters alerting people at Auraria to the plight of the folks in the Westside area. In the meantime, solutions to campus parking problems are not as simple as building more lots. "The land that is available around this campus doesn't amount to a drop in the bucket," said Gomez. The most promising solution, that of running a "people-mover" from Mile High Stadium to the campus, is being studied jointly by AHEC and RTD. If the results of the study are positive, says AHEC Community Relations Coordinator Larry Ambrose, a rail-type system could be moving thousands of students and downtown commuters by

1985. Until then, the parking situation will continue ' to deteriorate, ascerbated by the loss of a considerable amount of parking space to new construction. "This time next year we'll lose 616 parking spaces to the Tivoli," said Gomez. "In addition to that, we stand to lose 425 additional spaces if plans for the East Classrooms replacement building were to come through." And still more precious space could be lost if plans to build a Center for Public Policy on campus ever get off the drawing board. In the meantime, the solution to the parking problems is in the hands of the students, faculty, and staff themselves, said Gomez. "What we're trying to do is push people to consider alternatives to getting in their cars and driving down here by themselves. That's why we created the position .of Vanpool-Carpool Coordinator, and so far Paula (Sakofs) has done a terrific job. People should consider taking a bike, taking the bus, whatever they can do." 0

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Reality of alcoholism· separated by Bill Kendelberger "Our natures do pursue, Like rat. that ravin down the proper bane, A dainty evil; and when we drink, we die."

Though Shakespeare was speaking of liberty, this quote may well be the creed of a reformed alcoholic, or potential bywords of Alcoholics Anonymous. The "nature" of alcoholism was the subject of a lecture given on campus this weekend by Dr . James Milam, an authority on alcoholism, and a clinical psychologist. The word "alcoholic," to some people, might conjure up images of a drunk in the gutter, an irresponsible and weak individual who hasn't the strength of character or willpower necessary to pull himself up onto the sidewalk. But, according to Dr. Milam, "He is, in most cases, a psychologically and emotionally stable person. His childhood was normal, his family life comfortable; he is

a patient father, a loving spouse, and a responsible employee." Alcoholics begin as average people wjth average problems. Milam stresses this point in his effort to dispell common myths associated with alcoholism. In his book, co-authored with Katherine Ketcham, "Under the Influence: A Guide to the Myths and Realities of .Alcoholism," he outlines his theory of the .misconceptions a majority of non-alcoholics and society might hold:

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Addiction to alcohol is primarily physiological. Alcohol is an addictive drug, and anyone drinks long and hard enough will become addicted.

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Alcohol is a se1e ct iv el y addictive drug; it is addictive for only a minority of its users. MYTH: People become alcoholics because they have psychoMYTH: Alcohol has the logical and emosame chemical tio nal problems and physiological which they try to effect on everyone · relieve by drinking. who drinks. REALITY: Alcohol, like REALITY: Alcoholics have every other food the same psywe take into our chological and emotional probbodies, affects lems as everyone different people else. These in different ways. problems are MYTH: Addiction to alcoaggravated by their addiction hol is often psycho. to alcohol. logical.

If people would drink responsibly, they would not become alcoholics. REALITY: Many responsible drinkers become alcoholics. Because of the nature of the disease - not the person - they be-

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The crux of Milam's concern over the attitude toward alcoholism is this idea of it being a "disease." The nature of becoming an alcoholic is already inherent in several ways in its potential victim. Alcohol would then be a mere catalyst, the virus or germ that triggers the onset to the illness. An alcoholic.is· predisposed to its onslaught prior to ever taking a gulp. Some of the factors Milam mentioned in his lecture and book are somewhat surprising: Heredity, ethnic susceptibility, abnormal metabolism, preference, and prenatal influences. These criteria, or a combination, may determine an individual's bent toward alcoholism. Many studies have been accomplished relating heredity to alcoholism. Milam discusses some of them in his book, and compares the psychological to the physiological: "People do not inherit functional, or nonorganic, psychological problems." H mental problems were inherited, he says, then alcoholism would, perhaps, follow. Milam contends that psychological stress does not cause alcoholism. Alcoholism, or the potential for it, exists in the susceptible individual. It is there betore the anxiety of a first date, the pressure of a job, or the responsibilities of family life. . Ethnic susceptibility to alcohol has also been evidenced by studies. Physical factors in some groups will regard their reaction to alcohol differently. There are rates of susceptibility for certain ethnic groups: low, medium, or high. Time is also a factor here. The time a group has been exposed to alcohol may determine their susceptibility rate. Milam poses the question: "Does the alcoholic drink too much because his body is somehow abnormal, or does his body become abnormal because he drinks too much?" Coupled with the in-

herited traits of the alcoholic, it would appear that an alcoholic's future may lie in a liver cell malfunction, creating an abnormal metabolism. ThiS is a body reaction to alcohol, awaiting the first · drink. Preference is an individual choice to the taste and effect of alcohol. This "initial liking or disliking" constitutes further action on the part of the alcoholic. There are those who do not enjoy the euphoric feeling alcohol provides, and some can't stand the taste. And there are those who love it. Loving it, however, does not necessarily mean addiction. Not being able to give up the affair for other love, nor money, may.

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1re . OcE; Cruntry Coach Brian Janssen expects even better team performance this year. (The 1981-82 season Prenatal influence involves a woman who drinks during her was one of the best in the pregnancy. Providing the fetus with nourishment, taking in what school's history.) the mother takes in, the infant will get his first swig of the stuff. ·. Seven returning athletes In large quantity, the fetus may manifest an addiction, becoming this year include some of Colorado's finest. John Liese, an "instant alcoholic." Early stages of alcoholism are difficult to diagnose in the begin- two-time All American, will ning drinker. There exists a distinction between alcoholism and be returning as will George irresponsible drinking. Later stages are readily diagnosed, but Frushour. Frushour placed often tragic physical degradation, or death. There are signs and tenth in the Sports Fest symptoms to look for, such as craving or blackouts, but the· Marathon. The MSC Cross alcoholic may not be willing to admit the obvious. Coercion into Country team should bring treatment is usually necessary, but Milam says to keep in mind even more attention to the that the alcoholic is "a sick person, not a bad person." Above all, growing quality and dedicahe or she needs help. tion of MSC Athletes during Alcoholism is a devastating and deadly disease. It is indeed "a the 1983-84 season. thirsty evil." But if what Dr. Milam says is true, the "evil" lies dormant, awaiting the first touch of a beer glass. Those with the potential for becoming alcoholic, and certainly those that have, may do well to heed the latter half of Shakespeare's phrase: "and when we drink, we die." 0

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'Big lies' a military tactjc for getting big buck; A basic principle of democracy is that civilian control must outweigh the military. The population must decide the issues that lead to peace and war, and the military must abide by its will. In America, it is the duty of our civilian Legislature to uphold this principle. The job should be easy since Congress controls the money which ultimately determines. the extent and influence of the military. Alexander Hamilton believed that "They (the Legislature) are not at liberty to invest in the executive department permanent funds for the support of the army, if they were even incautious enough to be willing to repose in it so improper a confidence." Our. great grandparents understood and respected Hamilton's message. Their children and grandchildren do not. We lost sight of it after World War Two when, for illogical reasons, we allowed the Legislature to relinquish control of the military. The military now controls itself, and the role of Congress is reduced to supplying the funds, no matter how exhorbitant, upon demand. How did this deviant and dangerous condition arise and how does it manage to persist? The Nazi government believed that propaganda is the art of induced belief. Our post war Legislature exemplifies the point. If we could return to 1947, we would find the nation in a frenzy over the issue of peace-time conscription. The military had launched a highly emotional campaign, designed to convince the population that a huge, permanent army was necessary to stave off chaos and civil disorder - the inevitable consequences of the imminent Soviet invasion which might, incidentally, include the "dusting" of American soil with radioactive clouds dropped from communist tankers. Colonel William H. Neblett, Legislative and Llason Division of the Pentagon, an inside observer, commented, "I know from my own knowledge of the men who worked up the fear campaign that they do not believe what they say... " If the men who started the campaign didn't believe what they were saying, why in the world did the Legislature believe them? The Colonel observed that, "With few exceptions, Senators and Representatives have accepted on faith everything told to them by the Pentagon. The members of Congress seem to have some sort of idolatrous complex for generals and admirals, whose words are accepted by them as law without question."' Veteran newsman, Fred J. Cook, explained the situation bluntly: "It was the old technique of using the "Big Lie," repeated so often it is accepted as truth, to whip up the kind of emotional frenzy that overrides reason and permits the accomplishment of ends no logic could justify... ln the end, what had started out as a madman's illogic became the sane man's common sense." Propaganda is the name of the game in big-time politics. An unprecedented

peace-time draft was a big challenge for the military; requiring extra effort . and, more importantly, a lot of money. The House subcommittee on the Com- . mittee on Expenditures in the Executive Department, in a July, '47 report, stated: "It has become apparent to your committee that government propaganda is designed in most instances, to make the individual believe he is thinking for himself. In reality, Government propaganda distorts facts, with such authority that the person becomes pre;udiced or biased in the direction which GovernÂˇ ment propagandists wish to lead national thinking. It is the authority and the supposed objectivity of Government which leads people to accept, without question, the words released by Government officials and agencies... On the basis of the evidence at hand, the War Department, i.ts personnel, and civilian employees have gone far beyond the limits of their proper duty of providing factual information to the people and the Congress and have engaged in propaganda supported by taxpayers' money to influence legislation now pending before Congress." The Legislature wasn't totally duped, however. During the campaign, a small group of black sheep representatives, fearful of the growing influence of the military, lashed out at the Pentagon, saying; "The considerable degree of hysteria prevalent today is in a large measure due to the propaganda efforts of the Armed Services themselves ... The army is spending large amounts of the taxpayers' money to obtain a permanent system of conscription ... The army has acted as if it is the policy-making body of the nation ... Congress cannot permit itself to become the rubber stamp of a willful group of officers who want to Prussianize this nation, and who are prepared to sabotage our defenses in the Process." It was a futile attempt to bring sanity to an insane and cowardly Legislature. In the end, the military got its peace-time draft, which set the precedent for everything else the military has since demanded and received - all at the expense of civilian control. (The boys were beginning to "revel in the pleasures of rank privilege" and nobqdy was going to break up their party.) Standing before the first graduating class of the Armed Forces Information School in 1948, Secretary of Defense James Forrestal wa5 pondering the difficulties t~e class faced in trying to overcome the traditional American suspicion of militarism. "It is difficult," he said, "because our democracy and our country are founded upon an underlying suspicion of armies and of the force that they reflect and represent ... Part of your task is to make people realize that the Army, Navy, and Air Force are not external creations, but come from and are part of the people. It is your responsibility to make citizens aware of their responsibility to the services." 0

by Carson Reed

Too mUch information causes disorientation r

Have you looked around at the world you live in recently? It's really weird out there. All kinds of crazy things are going on. It's hard not to notice, but that doesn't stop us from trying. , In fact, lots of people have stopped watching the news and reading the newspapers altogether. It's a deliberate decision they make, and they do it because the mental wash of information causes them not only mental, but physical problems. Time after time, I've heard people confess to a sensation close to vertigo as a result of consuming tob much information. The feeling, a persistent nausea and dizziness, is not substantially different from the symptoms of consuming too many corn dogs, or, in extreme cases, too much Jose Cuervo. For lack of a better name, I'll call it media burnout. Someone has probably already called it that, so I'll take no credit. . Media burnout is similar to what happens when you drive a car very fast for a long distance. It's like having epoxy number one squeezed into the left ear and epoxy number two squeezed into the right. A rock-hard blob spreads out from the center, until the brain petrifies into a substance as impermeable and stupid as obsidian. The reason for this phenomenon is simple: people were designed to take in information only as fast as. they are able t.o run. Anything over and above about 15 miles an hour is a stress on the senses. The brain reaches its critical mass, then melts down. In a similar way, news tends to accumulate in great fermenting heaps unless 1 we are given the time to slowly digest it. It is disorienting, to say the least, to be whisked from Tripoli to San Salvador to a Kentucky mine shaft to a Wyoming

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mi_ssile silo to Saturn in the space of a minutes. All of that would be bearable if it were simply information provided as a matter of public interest. Unfortunately, the implication written into the bylaws of our constitution is that, by the very nature of democracy, each of us is held personally responsible for knowing all that stuff. Now, nobody can absorb that mushy crap in a single sitting, let alone retain it. And when a person feels overwhelmed by his responsibilities, the natural reaction is to turn on the automatic pilot and take a nap. At that point, responsibility for the fate of the earth is in the hands of dumb luck. But the bottom line is that dumb luck just isn~t going to cut it anymore. Unless we all start taking some kind of responsibility for the future the experiment called "democracy is going to fall flat, and the experiment called civilization might tumble down right behind it. So, what the hell do we do, since we have to know what's going on, and yet are biologically ill-equipped to do so? . The answer, which is beginning to loom evident in every discipline of the arts and sciences, is that we have to learn to synthesjze information very quickly. New facts have to be_placed in the context of a broad, overall impression of what's going on, rather than being stored in their own little cubbyhole inside Âˇ our heads. . Words gaining currency in the language, such !lS paradigm, Gestalt, wholism, futurism, .thinktank, megatrends, and others are all significators of the direction that the thing we call reason is going. Things used to be things, items that 90uld be studied all by themselves. Not anymore. Now, experts speak of biological communities, .physical relationships, and cultural demographics. continued on page 22

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Auraria welcomes first fraternity. I am writing on behalf of a group of mep on this campus who many perhaps have not heard of yet. We are Delta Sigma Phi, Auraria's first social fraternity. 1 There has been a lot of bad press about fraternities in the past, .a nd we'd like to clear some things up so that folks don't get the wrong impression of us. Delta Sigma Phi is a national organization consisting of over 90 chapters and over 20 colonies. It has been in existence since 1899, where it was started at the College of the City of New York. Since then it has grown to include over 70,000 alumni in every state, every Canadian province and over 50 countries around the world. So you can see that this is no rinky dink, fly by night operation we've got here. Members from all three schools are eligible to join, thus removing the fear that we are biased to one institution over another. Unlike professional organizations (Psi ~hi, etc.) we welcome men from all studies. We feel that this diversity adds to our overall chapter strength, while it intensifies the learning possibilities. Right now we've got men studying everything from pre-med to engineering, from finance to journalism . . Our fraternity is totally self-sufficient. We use no school money for our activities on or off campus. All of our events are funded by the dues which Delta Sigs must pay. Our fratern1ty does a lot of charity work, too. Our cause is the March of Dimes, but we help other groups as well. Last April some of the guys, led by our President, Tony Patino, donated time to work security at the Loretto Heights Bluegrass Festival. In addition they passed the hat and collected over $75 in an hour and a half. The proceeds from that event went to the Leukemia Society. Just as universities and colleges have academic requirements so do we. Members must maintain a m.inimum GPA of 2.25 in order to remain in good standing with the fraternity. That is not to say that a man could not pledge Delta Sigma Phi with a lower GPA, but in time he's got to make an effort to

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raise his grades. Right now our group has an aggregate GPA of 3.2. That's one of the highest of all the Delta Sigs in the nation. We're also working on a plan to recruit group of faculty advisers. If a brother needs a helping hand that can't come from within, then he'll have an alternative source to turn to. These advisers aren't meant to be tutors, rather 'they are a place to turn when a student runs up against the brick wall that we all hit at one time or anot~er. This program is proving to be most promising. Hazing. The ritual of "Thank you sir, may I have another" that was made famous in Animal House is out. More and more fraternities are banning hazing these days. Delta Sigma Phi has banned it since the 1920's. In our manual it states: " ... no practices which endanger the health of the initiate can be tolerated ... none-of the activities... may have any element of physical danger ... " Since the idea of a fraternity came about last spring we've been working hard to bring it to fruition. We had meetings to elect officers, meetings with national officials, meetings to form committees, meetings to pledge folks, and, when summer rolled around (the time when most fraternities become dormant), we had six more meetings. We met for rush parties, we met with the deans or their representatives to form a governing council, and on and on. It's something we believe in and are willing to work for. Fraternities are a college tradition and we think that with as many people as Auraria has, this campus is ready to join that tradition enjoyed by other major city and state ~nstitutions around the country. · You'll be seeing a lot more of Delta Sigma Phi this fall. So whether you're just out of high school or working on your last year, if you think we're right for you, come check us out. Being a Delta Sig is a lifetime experience.

-Tony Roszel, Sgt. at Arms/Rush Chairman Delta Sigma Phi - Auraria Colony

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Welcome back fellow students, ' I sincerely hope that your summer vacation was filled with fun and relaxation. At this time I would like to review last year and tell you some about the plans we have for this year. You'll be pleased to know thaf after long negotiations, Student Activities has been broadened to involve six students. In the past we had little student input into the types of activities held on campus for us to enjoy. I would like to congradulate Joy Goldbaum, Special :E:vents Manager, Terry Sprague, Publicity Manager, Carol "Jake" Jacobs, Club and Organization Manager; Jackie Weigard, Public Forum Manager, Mark Erkerman, Movie Manager, and Mike Maggard, Assistant Director of Student Activities. I would also like to thank Geneva Johnson and Yolanda Ortega for their time and effort spent in the negotiations to accomplish the goal of greater student control over student activities. You'll be pleased to know that after the reorganization of the Student Support, the office is now operating in the black for the first time, and helping more students than ever. Steven Sheperd and Sandy Kirkpatrick look forward to another semester of serving your needs. I would also like to thank them for all the hard work they have done. I hope that you are pleased with the new Metropolitan, and I would like to wish them a very good year. The Board of Publications has great plans to serve your needs as students through the Student Handbook as well as other publications. I would like to thank Joe Deleo for all the time he has put in as our student government rep on the board. ·

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This past spring I attended the Trustees Meeting in Grand Junction. I was there to speak in support of the forming of a chapter of the Colorado Public Interest Research Group for the students at Metro. The issue was heard as a discussion item and the Trustees will vote on the matter at their meeting in September. Brendan M. Kelly has been elected to represent all the students at the Auraria Campus on the Auratia Board of Directors. This is a first for any Metro student and we are proud that he is from our school. I hope that you will confact him on any matter dealing with AHEC you might have. Thts year looks to be an exciting and challenging one. Several positions are open for appointment in student government and I am encouraging students to get involved with the Associated Students of Metropolitan State College. Some of the committees that are available are, the Judicial Board, Legal Services, the Election Commission, Campus Recreation, Parking, Public Safety, and the Joint Board of Academic Standards. We also have a position open on our Curriculum Committee, and on the Student Affairs Committee. We always need more students to help. For more information contact us at 629-3253, or come by room 340C in the Student Center. Let me reassure you that your Student Government is working hard to provide you a say in the operation of this campus. Respectfully, Michael Johnson, President ASMSC

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In the beginning of television, American viewers were introduced to such zany characters as Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz through tiny, black and white video screens. _ Television was harmless, and a mindless entertainment. It was not very enlightening. The evolution of television has been a slow and painful process, but toqay, television as entertainment has evolved into television · as education. In addition to general interest programs like NOVA and COSMOS, television is increasingly becoming an extension of traditional higher education. . The word "university" is no longer confip.ed to ceilings, walls, classrooms and desks. Instructors, unlike doctors, are now malcing house calls via television. The little black box in your living room is now offering quality education in the convenience of your own home. Telecourses are on the upswin$. As college -credlt courses, they · are broadcast for beginning or continuing students who, because · of schedule conflicts, home responsibilities or lack of trans~rta tion to a college campus, have not been able to pursue their college educations. . . "Telecourses don't provide 120 hours of graduate credit m brain surgery for a student," s!Jid Dan Flenniken, coordinator ?f adult education at Channel 6 which airs the telecourses m Denver, "but they

do provide a good introductory experience for many students in a way to get back into higher education if they choose." · This fall, telecourses will be offered for the third year through some 250 national pµblic television stations, Flenniken said. Since the inception of telecourses two years ago, 600 colleges nationally have participated in the program including MSC . and Denver Auraria Community College (DACC). UCD will offer a telecourse for the first time this fall on the history of the Vietnam war. Each college modifies the telecourses to fit its own departmental standards. Courses are offered at different credit levels in the areas of business, education, English, history, philosophy and political science. Students are urged to meet with the instructor before the first telecast to discuss the requirements of the course. According to Flenniken, a telecourse lecture is broadcast twice a week. Students are required to watch two lessons a week, usually shown back-toback in two 30-minute segments. !f students miss a lesson, they may view the broadcast at the Auraria Library where tapes are kept of each segment. It's not as easy as it sounds however. Flenniken explained that the telecourse student needs to be self-directed, self-disciplined and self-reliant; "A lot of people think that you can watch a telecourse and sort of sit back like you're watching 'The Dukes of Hazzard', he said, "and that's the first notion that's wrong." He explained that telecourses usually pack a large amount of information into a 30 minute lesson and students that take telecourses experience a different type of learning. "I think students.that complete a telecourse really feel that they've sort of directed their own learning in a sense," he said.

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If the last name on the registration does not match the last name on your 1.0., you must obtain a letter of authority and responsibility (available from the Parking Office) to be completed by owner.

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$1.00. This decal Is required for use of all Aurarla Campus lots except G.P, and Q.(P and $4.00/Day without decal, $1.00 with decal; G - 50e/Hour). Purchase of a decal ls not payment for parking. Its proper display in the bottom left-hand corner of the vehicle wind- shield gives you on-campus parking privileges.

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The intersection of East Colfax Avenue and York Street sits smack in the middle of one of those neighborhoods that Denverites call "diverse," Prominent environmental groups share a storefront with the nefarious New Yorker bar. Intrepid joggers dodge shattered Nighttrain bottles and the afterdark life expectancy of an in-dash tape deck in a parked car is about six minutes. What better place for a young, idealistic public interest group to set up shop than in this conglomeration of 60's flashback and 80's flameout? The new kid in town is the Colorado Public Interest Research Group (CoPIRG), a student run, student funded group with chapters at CSU in Fort Collirs and UNC in Greeley. If all goes according to the plan, the newest CoPIRG chapter will be at MSC this fall. CoPIRG is one of a number of campus "PIRGs" that have sprouted up across the country in the last decade. They are bound together only by common goals, each group mairtaining its autonomy. CoPIRG's student volunteers tackle issues ranging from consumer protection and environmentalism to student rights. Its main goal is to $ve students hands-on experience in dealing with the "system" from within, by use of lobbying, research, litigation and through various consumer publications. Tom Wathen runs the state CoPIRG office at 1520 York St. The manicured lawn and smart portico give way inside to a stark, businesslike disarray metal folding chairs, gray institutional desla and -random stacks of CoPIRG literature and magazines. Wathen s cubbyhole office is punctuated with CoPIRG wall posters. More literature and a telephone sit on the floor in front of the desk. , -

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think we have a different approach," he says, "more in response to problems that can't be dedt with in a couple of years of popular unrest." The PIRG idea first surfaced on an Oregon camous in the earlv 70's when the Vietnam War and

bi"il nightr were still sparking student demonstrations. A group of students working with Ralph

Nader organized the first chapter incorporating Nader's idea that research, Iitigation and lobbying were more effective than street protests. Aside from beins the inspiration behind the idea' Nader has no formil ties to any of the chapters. The groups which make up CoPIRG - CSU' LJNC and until recently CU - have had some success lobbying the stati legislature this year-- They won some points on a hazatdous waste bill with some amendments giving the State Board of Health rnore control of waste site inspections. CoPIRG has also set up a team of graduate students to study water policy in the state and is pushing fbr consumer representation before the Public Utilities Commission in utility rate hike hearinss. A te-nant housing

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though direction and choice of issues are directed by these groups, the real PIRC mainstay seems to be the student volunteer. · Volunteers do everything from tacking up posters to lobbying legislators. Right now most of CoPIRC's volunteers are intheir early 20's. Shaun Cothwaite, 24, is an MSC biology ed major who has been with CoPIRP since the beginning of the referendum drive last spring. "I like the idea that it's student run and funded yet it's outside of the student governement," she says. "I think Col>IRG can have a big impact on a lot of issues." Gothwaite hopes to be able to do research in her field and get more involved in community issues through CoPIRG. "There are a lot of better things to come," she says. "It's been a good experience working within the ' system and getting involved in the democratic process." Mark Bussinger, 23, went to work as a volunteer this summer. An MSC psychology major, he was looking for an organization that was trying to constructively change. the system. For him, CoPIRG is that organization. "The system doesn't work for the average person these days," he says. "CoPIRC is trying to help the little guy. I see it as a dual purpose organization working for s6cial change and a good training ground for students." Gothwaite and Bussinger are both currently in. volved in the lobbbying process to get Board approval for the chapter. If _that approval is given, Wathen and his staff of volunteers will start trying fo recruit membership on campus. What may · possibly be an uphill battle doesn't seem to intimidate them. · "We may have to work.harder and put in more time to get something going," Wathen admits. "It's simply a matter of putting in that time. A school like Metro may need CoPIRG more tharr other · schools. Students live with these issues, they are ·directly affected. No one can argue that if you go to Metro you're sheltered in an ivory tower." CoPIBG's goal of student activism within the system to foster change may or may not go over at MSC but enthusiasm seems to be running high on York Street. Wathen shrugs off accusations of starry-eyed idealism with a smile. "CoPIRG does foster idealism about things," he says, "but the opposite of idealism isn't realism it's resignation and that's what we are trying to fight against." 0

Conservatives W"age war on PIRGs (CPS)--In a move that may auger a new kind of assault on campus Public Interest Groups (PIRGs) nationwide~ a group of conservative students have tried to infiltrate and change the policies of the statewide Minnesota PIRG board. Though tfie conservatives failed in their summer attempt, they have already succeeded in gaining control over the smaller Twin Cities PIRG chapter. Both the national College Republicans and the local conservative insurgents deny any attempt to destroy PIRCs or any coordinated efforts in Minnesota. But PIRCS - the national network of some 160 campus-based consumer advocacy groups founded by Ralph Nader in the early seventies - have long been targets of some conservative groups. The Mid-Atlantic Legal Foundation, a Philadelphia-based conservative advocacy group, has sued the New Jersey PIRG over its method of collecting student fees. Last spring, the College Republicans, which is largely funded by •the · Republican National Committee, issued a lengthy memo calling on its campus chapters to mount local challenges to the PIRC's funding methods, according to syndicated columnists Maxwell Glena and Cody Shearer. At about the same time, 13 conservative University of Minnesota students managed to gain control of the Twin Cities chapter. Chapter leaders were surprised. "We didn't expect a group of opponents to misrepresent themselves and get· on one of our boards," says John Gastovich, head of Minnesota PIRC (MPIRC). MPIRC has been among the most active state PIRCs in the country. Its lawsuit questioning the constitutionality of the law requiring male financial aid applicants to show proof of selective service registration is now before the U.S. Supreme Court. Gastovich accuses the Twin Cities 13 of being College Republicans' puppets id

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Culture Club will tumble for you on the Rocks on September 11, at 7:30 p.m. Culture Club is a group on the move, with such hits as Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?, Clock of the Heart, and I'll Tumble for You which have enjoyed simultaneous success on both soul and rock charts. Capturing the ears of those two distinct markets is an unusual achievement that ensures Culture Club of an enviable and seldom-reached place in American music. "(We aim to be) a bridge between the tremendous separation taht still exists between white rock and black soul," say Boy George, lead vocalist and founder of the group . .George says that the group'l look is an extensio11 of their own personal attitudes and lifestyles. "(We wear) basically workmen's fabrics with provocative patterns." he said. "A very clean, very spiritual, very unsexy look. It is comprised of symbols which represent all the_peoples that are looked down on." George himself has the most unorthodox look of any in the group. But, he insists, it isn't just a gimmick. "It's not stage wear," he said, "It's the way I live and we take advantage of it without pretense." . Boy George, who was thrown out of school at the tender age of 15, tried everything from fruit packing to window dressing to doing make-up for the Royal Shakespeare Company before he made his debut with the rock band Bow Wow Wow. It was there that his individual talents became apparent, and band members advised him to start his own group. The result, is something new in the music industry, something called Culture Club. "You what you want from Culture Club," he said. "It's not an essay, a novel or political treatise. Here it is. Take it." D

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Photo and story by Jack Affleck David Byrne and company, a.k.a. the Talking Heads, Friday night gave the capacity crowd at Red Rocks reason to believe that they are the superband of the 80s. Without the competition of an intro band to muddle up our senses, the Talking Heads spoke to us in tongues and by the end of the evening we understood, the Heads have found a comfortable voice. Byrne's high-jolt haunting vocal style coupled with the funky rhythms of bassist Tina Weymouth, and the crisp percussion work of drummer Chris Frantz, gave the audience a casual challenge to remain seated reserved,(thanks anyway Barry). · From The beginning the Heads took us on a tour of some of their earlier works including Al Green's "Take Me To The River" and that haunting masterpiece "Water Flowing Under Ground" ... same as it ever was. The Blazing climax came with the pop hit "Burning Down The House", and the rocks were left smoldering. In contrast with other super groups of the new wave era, the Heads have no intension of raising high any political flags for us to salute, just good funky sounds and quirky lyrics. What's in store for the band's future? Well hold onto your HBO antennas. Byrne, who gets such a thrill from producing and directing the grou~ rock videos plans to write what he terms a "lengthy musical novel of some s0rt." Well whatever is in store there is no doubt that they will talk in the silver tongue of rock. D

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Haser humor brews in movi.e, eh? Bluegrass Festival Scheduled Labor Day by Jim Bailey . White North" mania, simply because Bob and Doug, on their · own are one of the funniest comedy teams existing today. Only in Back in 1980, Canadians Rick Moranis and Dave ·Thomas this ~ovie could you find Doug trying to play a floppy disk on .his started their parody on what they called "normal Canadian boys record player, or bob drinking 10,000 gallons of beer and puttmg drinking beer and eating back-bacon" · in a mandatory two- a fire out in two minutes, or a constant barrage of hoser jokes, minute Canadian culture spot on the SCTV network. They were I sight gags (some good) and the like. an instant success both in Canada and the "lower 48." In 1981, · If you don't know anything at all about these two w?nderful Moranis and Thomas released the "Great White North" album, characters risk it anyway. Just remember, keep the faith after the first hill-hour or so. The last two minutes are worth it. which has sold over a million copies to date. D Now they have released their first full-length feature film titled "Strange Brew, The Adventures of Bob and Doug McKenzie." Unfortunately, a great deal of this strange movie wallows around a floundering plot barely supporting these characters Moranis and Thomas have so successfully created. The first half-hour and the last two minutes are the funniest parts of this film. Whenever "Strange Brew" focuses on Doug (Thomas) or Bob (Moranis) it really isn't all that bad, eh? But where the movie falters is the terribly disjointed plot about our hoser-heroes going out to get some beer for .dad and somehow stumbling upon a beer-polishing plan at the Elsinore Brewery. Ok, so this nefarious scheme has been concocted by Brewmeister Smith (Max Von Sydow.) Smith wants to turn the entire beer-drinking world into catatonic, mindless zombies who play hockey and will be his slaves and will, hey, get this - "rule the world." But, like, Bob and Doug have no minds, eh? So maybe they can stop him. Beauty. I happen to like the humor of the McKenzie brothers because they seem to be so innocent and naive to the chaos happening around them. But the non-existent acting abilities of the supporting cast (V.on Sydow included) and the dysfun9tional plot make this movie a risk to someone that does not know about hoser humor. No beauty to them, eh? However, I can still recommend this film to victims of "Great

The Greenway Foundation, Larimer Square and the Coors Distributing Company of Denver present the 7th annual Hoedown and Country Fair this weekend at Larimer Square. Three days of bluegrass music, Appalachian dancing, folk arts, craft demonstrations and food will be featured beginning on Saturday from 1 p.m. to 10 p.m. Festivities will begin Sunday at the same time and then again on Monday from 1 p.m. .to 8 p.m.

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In the vaulted hall of the church

On the front steps '.of the church that my mother once climbed I stop to find a trace of her. Each stair is crumbling from the shadows of footprints that ascended here on Sundays and funeral nights. I touch the dust left by a once-young bride and find the rhythms of her walk that echo in each step of mine.

where my mother spoke her vows I can smell the burnt prayer candles that mingle with sacrificial frankincense smoke. They are shadows in the still air, untouched by time. Only stray sunrays permeate the colored glass to chase the silent ghosts that still sing in the choir loft.

Through the double doors of the church that my mother once opened I hear the slight grind of a hinge. It provides passage from my present to her past mysterious years. I search through more fossils of dust left by peeled paint to find the lost wedding day. It hides in scrolled cornices and hollows of moving shadows.

From the twin towers of the church where my mother was wed I hear the birds' song before they fly away in a trembling of win~. Church bells thunder the old Aurarian marriage. The bride walks down the aisle towards the church's front steps _where shadows of holy crosses sanction the crossing of shadows.

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Open auditions and interviews will be held Wednesday, August 31 and Thursday, September 1 for UCD's ·fall production of Moon Children by Michael Weller, directed by Laura Cuetara. Written in 1970, the play is an affectionate look back at the lives and times of the "flower children" of the late sixties. All roles are available and include 8 men and women, ages 18-25 as well as 4 men and women "over 30." Several positions on the - artistic staff are also open. Auditions and interviews for those interested in becoming involved in this production of Moon Children are scheduled from 7-10 p.m. on

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Wednesday, August 31 and from 8:30-10 p.m. on Thursday, September 1 in the Arts Building, Room 278, of the Auraria Campus. Call )>aclcs will be held from 2-5 p.m. on Saturday, September 2. Rehearsals will begin immediately and production dates are October 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22. Appointments are recommended and may be made by calling 629-2730 during regular business hours. Resumes are requested but not required. Auditioners may. either perform a prepared 3 minute dramatic or comic monologue or read a selection from the script. For further information, call

Wednesday, September 7, from noon to 4i00 p.m. Room 156, in the basement of the Student Center.

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:A liop, skip, and a jump away Hello again sports fans. Good news for all of you basketball followers. Wo~d has reach- 1 ed this sports scribe that MSC will have a varsity basketball team on the floor for the 84-85 season. No kidding, remember you heard it here first. . Just think of it. Someday soon we'll have our very own version of Akeem "The Dream" Olajuwon roaming the "paint" (Al McGuire eat your heart out) , swatting shots and working the boards. I can see it now, a six-foot-nine skywalker taking off from the free-throw line and dunking the game's winning shot. I'll bet he'll never have any trouble crossing Lawrence Street, late for class. Instead of taking off from the free throw line, he.,11 take off

from a don't walk sign and land somewhere near the library. Our team is going to need a nickname, and I've thought about this carefuRy. A basketball team is a fraternity of sorts, so it's only fair that our team have a fraternity of its own. How about Omega Runna Gunna? Or possibly Delta Alley Oop? Go ahead and pick one, I'll take a·poll later. They're cute, they're catchy and besides they can have neat little t-shirts made for the whole team. Now .that we know what we'll call them, we have to know where we can see them play. For starters the PERH building will be just peachy; it can hold a couple of hundred fans. But what do we do when the NCAA asks us to host the final four? Certainly we can't expect CBS or ABC to pack into our little gym .

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My suggestion is that once our basketball program really soars, MSC or AHEC or the powers on high look into leasing the Auditorium Arena from the city. My reasons for doing this are two-fold. First, the city of Denver would be more than willing to lease a building that is empty twice as often as it is full, and at a very good price I would suspect. Secondly, the revenue from increased fan attendance could be used to improve other sports such as track, wrestling, tennis, swimming and soccer. Now we come to a very important aspect of having a basketball team. We need players. They shouldn't be hard to find, just look in our gym. There are a lot of quality players from Colorado high schools that had their basketball scholarships go to Stilts McNulty from Halfcourt High School. There's also the crowd that simply can't pay for Marquette's tuition. No one knows what kind of talent we have here because no one ,·has ever taken the time to look. Of course, no basketball team is complete without a coach. Maybe we could look into getting Larry Brown from KU, he should be getting bored by now. Even better yet, how about John Wooden of UCLA fame? Help us out please, Mr. Wizard · of Westwood, come out of retirement and bring us a championship. Well, whoever they get, make sure they have the proper creden- · tials. No coach is worth taking without two years experience in the YMCA leagues. We have a product to .sell here, and the best way to do it is with media coverage. We have to get someone besides myself to do it, I can't carry all l}le weight. Some names off of the top of my head: Harry Carey, the voice of the Chicago Cubs; Hunter S. Thompson and Elise Cagan, wherever she may be. With this line-up we can't miss, believe me. 0

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White water rafting is one of those adventure sports people argue about a lot. It seems that for every fun lover who considers it a potentially dangerous but generally controllable and exciting pastime, there's some wimp politician screaming about the spectre of death which hovers at every rapids over poor unsuspecting slobs who entrust their lives to dirtball river guides out to make a buck... and how the only way to end this clear and present danger, of course, is through ever more strict and irrelevant government regulations. What there doesn't seem to be much argument about, however, is that rafting is a damn nice way to experience a lot of natural beauty while getting in some exercise away from the city. . Riskwise, white water rafting is a good way to get the old adrenal glands pumping without getting too close to The Edge. Drowning you see, while it is a possibility, is pretty low on the probabili~ chart, as long as you sort of know what you're doing or go with somebody who does. "The greatest risk is not knowing the river," says Dave Wiggins, of American Wilderness Adventure in Boulder. "Professional guides will pull over upstream of rapids and scout them for a half hour - even though they run it every day all summer. Inexperienced people will usually just go right through." He goes on to explain that many people who try rafting on their own get into additional trouble through improper equipment. "They can't afford a $4,000 boat so they try this stuff in something they got for $150 at Cart Brothers, and that doesn't cut it." Broken bones and other serious injuries are rare, too. In fact, most outfitters report that the few mishaps of this type which do occur usually take place during stops, when peopl!'l jump into shallow water, tumble down a trail, or fall intd a campfire. Crashing and burning aside, white water rafting can be rewarding from several standpoints. "It's a real rush," declares guide Margot Coudert of Steamboat's Colorado Adventures. "There's also good companionship; the people who are attracted to it are pretty cool." Many people also find the roar of water and the beauty of the surroundings a perfect way to relax from the pressures of daily life. "There's a sense of being in the wilderness, away from the crazy world, refreshing your spirit," says Dave Wiggins. "Man against the wilderness is an old cliche but it fits: in the high-tech society we live· in, we need escape and adventure, and rafting offers that." Normally, the rafting season is about ove! by now, but heavy . spring runoff and frequent rains have made it possible to enjoy the sport into September. Costs range from $25-$60 per person for one-day trips to $50-$75 for multi-day excursions. Prices generally include everything except suntan lotion and film. At least one place even lets you explore on your own; Whitewater Rafting and Rentals will give you a boat and gear for $11 per person per day and turn you loose on a gentle section of the Colorado or Roaring Fork River. Finding white water guides and outfitters is easy; just_look in the Yellow Pages under "Float Trips.'' Getting a good one is a lit.tle more tricky. Generally, companies belonging to the Colorado River Outfitters or Western River Guides associations know what they're doing. Checking with the local Chamber of Commerce or Better Business Bureau can help you avoid serious incom~ents. If you do end up with a bozo, however, you'll probably live through it anyway - and think how much more interesting your stories will be. . . D

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Women's Volleyball Tryouts Women's Soccer Hopes to Show Well . Incoming Women's Soccer Coach Steve Schwartz is looking forward to an excellent 1983 season for the. MSC team. Ten returning players, .as well as three outstanding new players, have helped to provide Schwartz wi~ a strong team. Colorado College, the University of Denver, and Colorado State University are going to be strong competitors this year. With the talent on the MSC team, we have a great chance at showing well in the division. Steve Schwartz joins the MSC coaching staff after five successful years working with Mike Hartman and the champion under 19 team, "The Banclt'ts."

Pat Johnson, the Womens' Volleyball coach at MSC is looking for more volleyball players. "Even though we had a strong year last year, we are in trouble this year if we don't attract some additional experienced players. At present, we do not have enough people to . support both the varsity and junior varsity programs we have set up.'' Team rebuilding after losing three seniors is the first order of business for Johnson. "We could be a strong threat in NAIA in the -1983 season, and have a chance for NCAA honors," Coach Johnson said last week. All in all, the Women's 1983 MSC Volleyball team will combine experience and effort and enthusiasm to be a strong competitor in the 1983 season. Prospective players should contact Coach Johnson in Room 217 of the PER building, or call 629-3145: Tryouts will be open 3-5:30 every day until September 2.

Exciting Season For Men's Soccer Harry Temmer, Head Coach, is looking forward to the best quality soccer competition ever for the MSC 1983 men's team. With eleven out-of-town games scheduled, the team will be facing some stiff competitors. Two All Americans, Lorne Donaldson and Oscar Lara, lead a list of thirteeen or fourteen returning players. Coach Temmer is looking forward to working with this mature team. "Donaldson will provide fine team leadership as senior ,captain this year," said the coach. Tim Vetter, returning back, will be junior captain.

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Disorientation information continued For all but the specialized expert, the isolated fact is a dead issue. The only way to make sense of a world moving this fast is to do the same thing you do naturally when you are driving throµgh Nevada at a hundred miles an hour. You unfocus the old eyeballs and ignore particular cacti and particular rocks. Instead, you gauge the road at a far-away enough distance that it appears to come at you more slowly, giving you time to digest the information and make adjustments. In the same way, our futures can only be dealt with by focusing somewhere out there near the horiron, making the great long-range plan. And just as we would quickly refocus if a rabbit ran into the road. we have to quickly take action in the present-tense when our futures are suddenly threatened in the here-and-now, rBut we can no longer afford to live ten minutes behind ourselves, windmilling punches ineffectually, like a man boxing a swarm of bees. It really is weird out there,if you look at it close up. But just like the dot matrix on a television screen, the images of the present make sense as long as you keep a little distance, concentrating not on the dots themselves, but on the whole, technicolor picture. Your mother surely wanted you not to sit too close to the t.v. set. Likewise, try not to sit too close to the swW"ming buzz of current 0 events. They can make you dizzy, sick - and even blind. ·'

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Fri 2 "Urban Sights" • Three diverse Interpretations of the Urban Scene, an exh I b It at Emmanuael Gallery, 10th &. Lawrence. Reception from 6 to 9 p.m. 629-3291. Open Auditions for play "The Mask" to be produced by the MSC Players, 7-10 p.m., Arts Building Room 271. "The Scarfet Empress" at the Denver Center Cinema, 7 p .m. 893-4000.

Mon 5 "George Daniels • The Boogie Man's Band" at the Mercury Cafe, 1308 Peart St. 863-8298. MSC Men's Soccer plays St. Johns at 2 p .m. Home -629-3145. Hoedown and Country Faire at Larimer Square. Last day of the Annual Bluegrass Celebration. Non-stop Bluegrass music . 1to8 p.m. .

Tues 6 MSC Women's Soccer Alumni game. 7:30 p .m., Home. 629-2969. "Heart of Glass" at the Denver Center Cinema. 8 p.m. 893-4000.

Earth Science Club Meeting for old and new members, 11 :30 a.m ., Science Building, Room 110, 629-2867. Lecture by Professor Edward T. Hall, Internationally acclaimed anthropologist, at the Aurarla Student Center, Room 330. Links arms to end the arms race - encircle Rocky Flats, Saturday October 15, 1983. Come to the volunteer meeting, TuesSat 3 day, September 6th, 7:30 Hoedown and Country p.m. at the American Faire at Larimer Square. Friends Service Committee The 7th Annual Bluegrass . Office, 1660 Lafayette, celebration . Non-stop Denver. Coll 832-4508 for music, crafts, country cook- more information. ing. 1 p.m. to 10 p.m. MSC Earth Science Club "At The Circus", "The meets In the Science Scarlet Empress", "A Taste Building, Room 110 at for Love", "Mogambe", at 11:30 a.m. the Denver Center Cinema 1:30. 3:30, 7:00, 9:00 p.m. 893-4000.

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at The Albert King at the Mercury Reception Cafe, 1308 Pearl Street. Metropolitan noon to 4 p.m. Open to the public. 863-8298. Open House held by the "Metropolis". "Dragon Inn", "Nosferatu the Vam- Resource Center for disablpire", at the Denver Center ed J)ersons. 11 a.m. till 1 Cinema, 6:45, 8:00, 8:30. ·p.m. In the Aurarla Library, 629-2805. 893-4000. Hoedown and Country "Mid-day Break", one hour Faire at the Larimer of free entertaining short Square. The 7th Annual films at the Denver Center Bluegrass Celebration . Cinema. 893-4000. Featuring Colorado's finest "The Graduate" and "A bluegrass groups, folk arts, Small Circle of Friends" at beer, country cooking. 1 the Aurarla Student Center. 12:30 and 1 p .m. p.m. to 10 p .m.

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AURARIA CHILD CARE CENTER needs teacher's aides full or part-time. $3.35 an hour. Call 629-3188. EARN $500 OR MORE each school year. F1exible hours. Monthly payment for placing posters on campus. Bonus based results. Prizes awarded as well. 800-5~. Pd. 9-7

WANTED: roughly 100 each cockroaches, grasshoppers, fire ants, beetles, or other obnoxious but harmless pests. Also wanted, one or two large hairy spiders and one or two deadly-looking, but not deadly, snakes. All or part. Cash. Call Ben at 936-6491. Serious offers only.

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' T.I. CALCULATORSll Near new model 55, $20. Model 55II $25 or best offer. 795-4323 or 534-25().(. NEED TO SELL: Two 35mm bodies, motordrive, 3 lens; 28mm zeiss, 35mm 135mm, and hand held meter all for only $300. Call Jack at 629-8353 or 388-7108 evenings. GUITARS: Eplphone box, 6 string wfcase In excellent condition, $150. Classic nylon 6-string wf case $75. (Prices negotiable.) Call John at 781-1571.

WORKSTUDY • P.R. POSmON available for fall semester In the Of. fice of Public Information · UCD. Assist in proofreading/layout; and learn various· aspects of printing. OrganiT.e mailing of news releases. Assist In cataloging and editing of public affairs radio program. Typing required. Only MSC and UCD students with flnancJal aid -workstudy fUnds may apply: Please call 629-2523 for an interview.

PERSONALS THE JACK OF HEARTS, a U.C.D. business major, was recently discarded by The Queen of Diamonds In a Royal F1ush. He would like The Queen of Hearts t!> join him In a new deal, your deck or mine. P.S. This is no fast shuffle. Please play your cards In The Metropolitan.

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imes and Dates are ubject to change and will e osted weekl·:.:==================-::=-....::--=~:::;Aug. 31·Sept. 1 All That Jazz - The exhllaratlon of body movement comes alive In a film of which almost every Broadway dance movie since has been a cheap Imitation. A great way to relax during the hassles of registration. Directed by Bob Fosse. Starring Roy Scheider and Jessica Lange. Rated (R).

Nov. 2-3 The Great Santini • A superlative performance by Robert Duvall as Bull Meachum and a great supporting cast of the family who must live with him. If you miss this one your professors will fall you. Directed by Lewis John Carlino (PG).

Sept. 7-8 The Graduata and A Small Circle of Friends • What can you say? These two are just plain good. The Graduate Is a college classic and A Small Clrcle of Ftlends should be a college classlc. Undergraduates are welcome also. Deflnltely see theseiwo before the routine of the semester sets In!! Starring respectlvely Dustin Hoffman and Karen Allen; Directors Mike Nichols (The Graduate) and Rob Cohen, 1967 and 1980 both(R)

Nov. 9-10 Prince of the City· The· critics say th ts Is the one that got away. Don't let It get away again, It may be your last chance to see this Intense police action-drama In the mode of "Hiii Street Blues". A consumante film directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Treat Wiiiiams, 1981 . (R).

Sept. 14-15 The Year of Living Dangerously - A great fllm and even a better movie, If you have or If you haven't seen It. I know three In a row Is asking alot but this Is the best. Starring Mel (too cute) Gibson and Sigourney Weaver (Steve Schraders friend). Directed by Peter Weir, (R).

Nov. 11 Das Boot -This Is the best German fllm since Gone With the Wind and one of the best films In America In 1983. See It. (R).

Sept. 21·~ Blue Collar and The Big Brawl · Blue Collar Is an excellent movie for the times, a good hard-driving action fllm. The Big Brawl Is an action-comedy extrodlnalre with a lot of good unfaked martial arts. Blue Collar Is directed by Paul Scharader and stars Richard Pryor. The Big Brawl stars Jackie Chan; both (R).

Nov 16-17 An Officer and A Gentleman· Leave the kids at home for this one, It sizzles with Intense drama, love and sex the way you always thought It should be. Also a good performance by Lou Gossett Jr. Directed by Taylor Hackford starring Richard (gorgeous) Gere and Debra (wow) winger, 1982. (R).

Sept. 28-29 Dr. Strangelove or How I Leamed to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. This Is a marvelous movie with a message for man. Black comedy at Its best. If you haven't seen this one then you haven't seen much. Directed by Stanley Kubrick; Starring Peter Sellers and George C. Scott, 1964, (R).

Nov. 21·22 Marathon Man - The movie that set dentistry back several hundred years. This film has It all, good action-drama combined with great acting. Gives you the feeling of being In Hoffman's nightmare. A1so starring Lawrence Oliver and directed by John Schlesinger, 1976. (R).

October 5-8 Diva· A French high-tech thriller, but don't let the subtltles scare you off. It's worth seeing several times. Directed by Jean Jacques Belnlex, 1982. Diner - Another fresh look at growing up In the 1950's. Young Adults In pursuit of hap. plness and sexual fulflllment. Dlr~cted by Berry Levinson and starring Dan Stern and several other good young actors, 1983. (R). (Diner wm be shown onl on October 6.

Nov. 38-Dec. 1 Emmanuelle the Joys of a Woman - A sensual movie for the whole family except only adults can attend. Starring Sylvia Kristel directed by Francis Glacobettl. English language version.

Oct. 12·13 A Cloc:tcwork Oranga ·The.scene Is twenty-first century England where the language Is psuedo-Russlan and the culture Is violent delinquency. A good look Into the future In this bizarre fllm based on the great book by Anthony Burgess. Directed by Stanley Kubrick starring Malcolm McDowell, 1971 (R).

Dec. 7-8 Manhattan • A great Woody Allen comedy examines modern urban living and the search for Ideal love In the young, neurotic, and Intellectual backdrop of the Big Apple. Directed by Woody Allen with Diane Keaton and Muriel Hemmingway. 1979, (R). _

Oct. 19·20 An American Werewolf In London - "Don't go out tonight It's bound to take your life," come and see this movie Instead, espec@lly If you're planning to travel the moors of England In the near future. An Interesting combination of comedy and terror. Directed by John Landis starring David Naughten, 1981 (R).

Dec. 14-15 Barbarella - Contrary to popular belief Jane did not buy up all the prints and we have one. Jane Is a sexy 41st century astronaut romping her way around the cosmos. Starring Jane Fonda, directed by Rodger Vadlm, (R):

Oct. 27·29 Allen and The Fearless Vampire Kiiiers • Sigourney Weaver Is back but this time she's In her underwear and there's an alle'n chasing her. /Things that go bump In the night and other funny gore In Polanski's The Fearless Vampire Kiiiers. This Is the perfect way to start out your Halloween festivities, 1979 and 1967 respectively, (R).

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