Volume 6, Issue 9 - Oct. 19, 1983 by Met Media

Volume 6 Issue 9

"Growing with a growing commun!ty."

October 19,_1 g83

Will the Circle Be Unbroken? .

Salary Gate: •

- By and By, Maybe But Not This Time

Curt Wright is grist for MSC rumor mill

by Susan Skorupa The white haired woman in sensible walking shoes came to Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant on Saturday morning to save the world. A west wind unfurled her hand painted banner which proclaimed "Spirit of Peace" in bright, glowing letters against a sky blue background. "We have to save the world for the next generation," she said. A veteran of peace demonstrations , the grandmother of six spent nearly seven years protesting the war in Vietnam. "Look around you," she said, gesturing with one hand toward the Flatiron. "How can anyone want to destroy this?" The Encirclement of Rocky Flats brought together all the elements of the Colorado peace community - from the Vietnamera grandmother to the pink haired new-waver in tight, pegged pants. They stretched their homemade signs across the barbed wire fence,. ("No more bombs-Come stop Rocky . Flats") and took each other's hands trying to complete the circle.

by Carson Reed and K~ren Ziebell

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Spurred by rumors that MSC Vice President of Business and Finance Curt Wright is about to be axed because of past discrepancies in administrative salary increases, members of his office have circulated a "statement of support" petition among faculty and administration this past week. The petition was presented to President Fontera by MSC Treasurer Charles Norick and Associate Vice President for Business and Finance James Vanderhye last Friday afternoon. Norick said the petition was signed by 160 faculty, administrators, and staff. During the meeting "Dr. Fontera told us that he supported Wright," Vanderhye said. Since the ultimate hiring and firing of MSC personnel is·under the direct jurisdiction and control of Fontera, the question remains: why, specifically, is Wright currently under fire, and from whom? · The controversy first erupted on September 12, when an article in the Rocky Mountain News said that

Fontera said the petition ivas nothing more than a response to rumors "that just aren't true. ,. salary data compiled by Wright for use by the Trustees of the Consortium of State Colleges showed salaries higher than actually earned for some administrators, resulting in inflated salary adjustments. In addition to the increasedpercentage adjustments reported by the News, the higher figures were retained in administrators' base salaries, resulting in "hidden raises" much targer than the increases shown on the report to the Trustees. Wright told the Rocky Mountain News' that the adjustments were made as part of a program to reach "target salaries" similar to those of administrators at other schools, and that the Trustees were aware of the procedure. The procedure was investiga~ed continued on page 3

continued on page 5

Young and old linked arms at Rocky Flats on Saturday to protest the nuclear arms race photo by Jack Affleck

Parking Forum -Debate Generates

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Questions concerning AHEC's parking revenues were put forth by MSC Student President Brendan Kelly in an AHEC Parking Committee open forum on Wednesday. AHEC Director of Administrative Services Raul Gomez challenged Kelly's figures in a tenminute · exchange over parking· revenues. Gomez said the figures used by Kelly in an MSC Government report printed in The Metropolitan were inaccurate. After several exchanges between Kelly and Gomez, Kelly said he would check the figures further. Gome2 invited him to check directly with his office for information and chided Kelly for not doing so earlier. About 25 people, including student government representatives and the members of the Parking Committee attended the meeting. continued on page 3

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Delegates from around the state .;,,, in the oonferenCe. "I felf overall it was a very good gathererd at Auraria last week for a conference dealing with Affir- ·• conference," Moland said. "I think we acoomplished what we set out mative Action Directors and their to do" roles in higher education. · M~land said most of the ·parThe two.-day conference was ·ticipants were involved in higher hosted by Metropolitan State Coleducation in one way or another, lege and the Auraria Higher and that there were also represenEducation Center and was titled tatives of federal and state agencies "Affirmative Action: Supported. or who took part in the ~vent. . Suppr~ ... According to Bill Moland, DirecThe keynote speaker at the bantor of Affirmative Action at MSC ql}et, ~pich was held last Thursd~y · . and oo0rdinator of the event, over itight, was State Representative . 80 p00ple registered and took part Wilma Webb. Webb is a member .

Saga of SalnryGate Continued from page 1

as part of the state audit of the Auraria campus. Results of that audit are in, but the executive officers of the three schools and AHEC are not at liberty to discuss how much of those findings they are aware of or what they contain. As of this writing, there is no definite date on when the audit will be released publicly. Multiple sources . who did not wish to be.identified have insisted that the matter was a topic of discussion in an executive session meeting of the Trustees and Fontera September 29 and 30 in Gunnison. President of the Consortium Rich Laughlan declined to comment on either the matter of Curt Wright or of the meeting held in executive session. President Fontera denied that the matter was discussed either publicly or privately · in his presence. Chairman of the trustees Mary Buss also denied that any mandate was given to Fontera at that time. "We do not make recommenda-

Parking

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Other points made by Gomez were: - A $914,000 surplus parking fund exists but a large portion of the money is pledged as a guarantee to bond holders. - The $3.5 million parking bond will expire in 1996. - Two lots will be Closed when

tions in executive sessions," Buss said. "If the trustees wish to make a rec"ommendation, we have to go back out into a formal, open session." Buss said it was totally bevond the scope and philosophy of the Trustees to demand the resignation ot an employee at a consortium college. "We are a governing body, but we do not try to administer our institutions that's what administrators are for," said Buss. "We are very careful to keep the separations of power." In direct conflict with Buss's statements, Treasurer Charles Norick told The Metropolitan "A date has been set for a report to go to the Board of Trustees." That date, according to Norick, is November 15. Norick felt the report from Fontera would be in support of Wright. But Fontera said no ,meeting with the trustees has been scheduled for November. "I .can't give a report at a meeting that doesn't exist," Fontera said.

; of the Joint Budget Co.mmittee in the legislature. , Also featured was Con~ ' gresswoman Patricia Schroeder, ' who made opening remarks Friday , to kick off the second day of ac1 tivities.

As well as containing a series of lectures, the conference featured· nine workshops, including ones on women's issues and the workplace, politics versus law, federal and state regulations, remedies and causes of burnout, the application Vanderhye and Norick both said that the petition was an attempt to respond p9sitively to the administrative salary controversy. . "The idea was to show that Wright still had a broad base of support," said Norick. "We know that Wright has been damaged already. We all have been damaged by that article (in the Rocky Mountain News. )" Both Vanderhye and Norick are upset that information relating to the budget was made available outside the campus. "Why is it necessary to go outside the organization?" asked Vanderhye. Norick agreed, and offered this ominous statement: "We would like to find out who went to the newspapers." Norick hoped that the matter

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of computers to affirmativ e action, legal 'implications of recent court cases and sexual harrassment in the workplace. He also said that plans are being made for another conference next year, and that input from this year's participants would be taken into consideration when plans are made for next fall's gathering. Moland predicted that the 1984 conference would "be hot and hea"r: because it's an election · 0 year. _ . - ~evin Vaughan would be fully resolved as soon as possible. "We are not crooks," he said, "This year's budget is in the budget office." Fontera said he is currently waiting for release of the auditor's report to see what recomm·e ndations are made. "But," said Fontera, " I think it is highly unlikely that the report would recommend that I fire Curt Wright or anybody else." Fo.ntera said tlre petition was nothing more than a -i-esponse to rumors "that just aren't true. A group of people at Metro, believing that an associate who they have worked with for a long time was threatened, have come out in his behalf. "Whatever happens, I don't do my business by petition. It doesn't mean anything to me. " 0

MSC LECTURE SERIES "The Value of Data As an Asset To Business and Government

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Tiyoli opens for business in 1984. The lease between AHEC and Tivoli could net AHEC $2 million annually if Tivolis' projected profits are correct. - A $45,000 study is being conducted jointly with Denver's RTD to determine the best alternatives to AHEC's parking problems. ' 0

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by Lisa Dell'Amore Two years or less spent in school is a small price to pay for a career

well as the human aspects of the profession. The other part of the program offers a certificate of completion in nuclear medicine to those people who already have a bachelor's degree in either biology, chemistry or mathematics. .

with big rewards. Nuclear medicine, a highly specialized field~ offers high salaries and job satisfaction. Too often, however, most people don't Nuclear medicine is the st.udy 01 know what nuclear medicine is or science that uses radioactive else they have the wrong idea about materials to diagnose specific it. · human diseases including coronary artery diseases, cancer symptoms Nuclear medicine does not make you light up like a neo~ sign. Nor and thyroid malfunctions. Using will it tum your skin a perfect radioactive materials is simply shade of green. Nuclear medicine is employing another form of energy, like electrical or chemical energy, a growing technical field and Wheeler said. DACC is the only school in Colorado to offer an associate's degree However, the · amount of in the field. radioactive material the patient According to Coordinator Gretreceives is very little and is able to chen Wheeler, the program decay readily or release itself from the patient's body. operates under a two-part system. The first offers a two-year "It is radiation, it is given to the associate's degree in applied patient and we always want to science. Students who participate keep the radiation given to the in this program are required to take general public very low," Wheeler basic academic course resaid, "but the benefits received far quirements their first two semesters outweigh the risks for the very low The final two semesters,"students amounts we give." work in participating Denver area Once students complete the prohospitals receiving "hands-on exgram and successfully ·pass the Naperience" about the technical as tional Certificational Exam they _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _c_a_n_a.:.1:p.£p_,ly~'.:.:fo:..::.r_jobs as nµclear

A classroom in nuclear medicine at St. Luke's. medicine technologists. Nuclear medicine technologists conduct laboratory studies, work with equipment that detects radiation, prepare and apply radiopharmaceuticals, work with quality control, determine calculations for specimen analysis and oversee the safety of radiation. In Denver, the average annual starting salary for nuclear medicine technologists is $20,000-$21,000. Presently, there are 10 Denver area hospitals participating in· the program. Students are required to spend three days a week in the hospital for an entire calendar year and two days a week in class. "They (students) actu~ly get hands-on experience," Wheeler said, "starting . out with quality . control and other experimental

type studies. They graduate to working with the patients on a limited basis. By the time they are completely finished, they are doing full patients' studies from beginning to end." After a student diagnoses a patient, the patient is referred back to his or her doctor for treatment of the disease. Students do not treat patients. "When it comes to giving treatment, it's an irreversible procedure that you're performing on the patient," Wheeler said, "and so they (students) just do those at a very high level of observation. They· don't do them on their own." For more information on the Nuclear Medicine Technology program at DACC, call Ms. Wheeler at 629-2478. 0

frightful? fu.~n·y? Rocky Flats

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There were gaps and breaks in the chain. The hoped-for 20,000 participants were more like 10,000. While hundreds of people crowded the west entrance of the F1ats, the southeait comer of the perimeter was empty except for small bands of demonstrators scanning the highway for reinforcements. The Colorado Highway Patrol and Jefferson County Sheriffs Department patrolled the crowd from the air and on the highways. They stopped to answer questions. They kept traffic moving and urged people to walk next to the roads. It was i}ossible to drive around the entire perimeter at the height of the demonstration without encountering traffic jams or cars or people. The Rolling Gourmet catering truck drew a crowd. Stockton Bail Bonds' mobile unit didn't. The western boundary drew the most protestors. i\ solid line of them stretched for miles. Some faced the plant with bowed heads. Others faced the highway, urging passers-by. to park their cars and join them. Where the crowd thinned· out people linked themselves to thei;

neighbors with ropes, jackets and belts - anything to fill the gaps. A small airplane flew over the area, trailing a banner that said "Up with nukes, down with pukes." The · crowd on the western boundary whistled, waved and shook their own banners at the unseen pilot. ("You can't hug your kids with nuclear arms.") On a tiny corner of private property, just off the southeast perimeter of the F1ats, the Colorado Conservative Union staged a counter demonstration. Chanting "Remember flight 7" and "A freeze is not the answer", a group of about 100 walked in a slow, tight circle waving more banners and placards. All around the perimeter, the 10,000 demonstrators were stretching out the human chain, heading east and south, trying to dose up the gap and forge the final link around the southeast corner of Rocky Flats. A young photographer carried • an American flag like a standard bearer in a marching band. "The freeze people have a nice dream." he said, struggling to keep the flagpole upright in the high wind, "But I honestly think Russia won't settle for anything less than total power." D

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A Persbltence of Vision The future of humanity ~ everything - may depend on our perception of the U.S.-Soviet relations and our strategy regarding these relations. The pathological condition of the relationship suggests that our perception and our strategy must change, but there are many obstacles in the way. The psychological and physical effects of the cold war cannot be easily undone. 路 The origin of the cold war and the arms race can be traced to World War II. In a sense, the war never ended. Like the continuance of an effect after the removal of its cause; our elders experienced persistence of vision - their vision of war refused . to go away. As a result, an entire generation was brought up on the idea that the future of democracy hinges on our opposition to Russia in particular and Communism in general. Innocent children were spoon-fed the brutal notion of freedom, peace and prosperity depends on our willingness to not only hate Communism, but to conquer it as well. To this end, our government sacrificed the lives of a hundred thousand Americans, and severely damaged a half million more. The total failure of arms negotiations, along with recent developments in Central America and the Middle East, indicates that our government is quite willing to sacrifice others, perhaps everyone, to get the job done. . 路 From an economic perspective, the cold war is a complete disaster, a total disgrace. More than two trillion (American) dollars have been squandered since the arms race began. If the cold warriors are successful, his figure may double within the decade. (Members of the working cl~ who think we really can't afford to subsidize health and education had bet-

ter open their eyes.) The key justification for the arms race has always been and will continue to be " national security", but -there has never been a consensus, a general opinion, of what constitutes national security, so the term can mean anything the user chooses. At face value, the term implies protection from physical harm - s9mething that gives or assures safety. The definition could be expanded to include freedom from fear, anxiety or doubt. In 1983, it is total nonsense to argue that the arms race provides security for anyone, on any level, in any way. Therefore, it is _no longer appropriate for opponents of the arms race to defend their criticism. The burden of proof is not ours. It is the responsibility of the cold warriors to explain their rationale. Why have they retreated from the principle of disarmament? Why have they turned our planet into a deathtrap? Impervious to human reason and compassion, the cold warriors will continue to spew forth intellectual rubbish. They will rationalize their behavior by citing our vital interests. They will command us to consider the balance of power, the final analysis, the moral struggle. They will proceed with their objective, which is to perplex the populace, to make us uncertain, doubtful, and confused. They will say that black is white and expect us to agree. (They may shock us into silence and view our silence as acceptance.) When will they understand that they must abandon their deadly game? 0

Reader: Who Has Power to Draft Ne"W Constitution? ..

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To the Editor: When the questfon of validity presents itself, and that question remains unanswered, then persons of good conscience must take a stand. For the past six months Metropolitan State College's student government has been wrestling with the question of validity. With this in mind the members of the Joint Board consisting of the Student Affairs Committee and Curriculum Committee have been busily working on a new Constitution in order to correct the wrongs of the old and current instrument. But, is this group so authorized to do so, and if so why, and if not why not? To answer this will not be easy. The difficulties are many but solvable. And in closing: Dear students of Metropolitan State College: Your student leadership needs your strength and prayers in order to answer the question of validity. I call upon you to assist your leadership this way. Perhaps then this question may be laid to rest. Attest. Tom T. Urano Jr. Concerned Student and Student Leader

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Carson Reed BUSINFSS MANAGER

Katie Lutrey PRODUCTION MANAGER

Jack Affteck ASSISTANT El)ITORS

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'No' to Beer., Rock-n-Roll ''Invaders'' Campy, Fun

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Editor, I'm afraid I must disagree with Mr. Fortin's review of "Strange In~aders" (October 5, 1983). 1 I think the main problem with this review is that Mr: Fortin seems to be 'too young to have a first-hand knowledge of 50s science fiction. Obviously his experience with this genre comes from the films which emerged in the 70's and BO's, a decidedly different type of sci-fi. "Strange Invaders" was a movie modeled after the 'B' movie of the 50's, and in this respect it is extremely effective. It is composed of many of the devices and special effects common in 50's sci-fi, and is as campy and fun as an original. There are Sffi{eral places where the viewer isn't quite sure what's going on or why, but as with movies of the 50's, that is acceptable. Besides, before the film ends everything is made clear. Mr. Fortin also failed to mention the man from the insane asylum, the people which turn into floating balls of light, and the kidnapped daughter. But you'll have to go see the film for the details -. I'm not about to spoil a · · good flick. So, if you like the sci-fi of the SO's, and especially if you're old enough to be thoroughly familiar with these wonderful films, go see "Strange Invaders". I promise you it will be a welcome walk through your past. Susan K. Schwinn

Dear Editor: In The Metropolitan last week there was a story concerning the surplus fonds in the student activity fund at Metro. When I read about Steve Shepherd's proposal to use these funds to put on a free rock concert with free beer, I could not believe what I was reading. "He's got to be kidding," I thought. He wasn't kidding! As a mature adult student, I think I speak for a large number of Metro students who are, because of age and experience, well past the beer and rock&roll stage. Surely a more worthwhile use can be made of OUR funds. Since the activity fund belongs to all of us, the money needs tci be used in a manner that will benefit all students and that will have a longer term use than would a wild Saturday afternoon "beer bust." A variety of alternatives come to mind. Sponsor a lecture series that would address a number of topics of concern·to MSC students; expand the number and quality of movies shown on campus; provide a pool of tutors for the student body; establish a scholarship to encourage academic performance; etc. etc. These are by no means necessarily the best suggestions, but the point is that the surplus must be used in a much less frivolous manner than that which has been proposed. I encourage all MSC students to contact the Student Affairs Board (an elected body) and demand that our money be used in a more representative and less superficial manner. However, if I am the only MSC student who is too "square" to be able to appreciate a beer and rock&roll bash, then I abstain from further protest. I feel confident that I am not in the minority, howev~r.

M.R. Smith, MSC Student

Campus 'Artistic Cuisine' Needs Ketchup Editor, Upon my arrival at the Auraria Student Center on October 10, I was greeted by an apparition of regrettably concrete composition. Feeling like the prototypical man in 2001: A Space Odyssey being confronted with the obelisk, I attempted to make sense out of it. A solar heat collector? Some method of measuring atmospheric poisons from the autos zooming by on Lawrence Street? Part of an automatic door opening system? I came to find out that the structure was attached to art. Art,. of course. Part of the Non-Two Dimensional Art exhibition. Bright, loud, and motorizd (perpetually inflat~d by electric fans). Does it have a name. How about Freudian Implications? That speaks well to the features of this wonder. This.little gem has a relative on the east side of Emmanuel Gallery and a whole family inside also. It's a good thing that the majority of skeletons are inside the closet.

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GOOD: The student governments from all three schools have some 40,000 Student Saving Cards to be distributed amongst the campus. These cards are to be used by the students, faculty and staff to save big bucks on things like hairstyling, computers, dental care, automotives and liquor. Colorado Public Interest Research Group (CoPIRG) will have a table in the Student Center October 19 and 20th. CoPIRG is looking to hire students for a forthcoming canvas drive. The Student Affairs Committee (SAC) funds all clubs and organizations and is located in Room 255E of the Student Center. This committee also sits on the Student Affairs Board (SAB) and I would encourage you to talk to them about ideas to spend some of the surplus student fee money. THe SAB, at their last meeting, approved additional funding for the drama club and ' new uniforms for the fliP:ht team. Also. come out to the drama club's produc·tion of 'The Mask,' playing October 20-22 at 8 p.m. and the 27 and 28 at · p.m. in the Arts Building, !i.oom 't.'I 1.

I know this sounds insulting, and it's meant .to. I may lack the esthetic, esoteric capacity to appreciate these sculptures, but if this is artistic cuisine, it needs lots of ketchup. One interesting note: I asked the Student Center Director, Gary McManus, about these atrocities, and he informed me that student fees helped pay for the exhibit. Your student fees have come a long way, baby! First we were graced with "Shootout" on UCD's vacant lot at Lawrence and Speer. With its blatantly chauvinistic theme of subjugation and stereotyping, it was protested and quickly disposed of. Now we have these wonderful creations which cannot be considered insulting to any group of people (though women might be able to infer some insinuations about their anatomies by the sculpture on the front of the Student Center), so that we can only act the parts of the unenlightened and ignorant masses in condemning them. The Student Center and the Auraria campus have been defaced by these obscenities, and their forthwith removal only makes sense. ust an opinion). Loring Crepeau

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It seems we will have to wait a long time for any classroom building. The

governing boards that represent each of the schools refuse to work with the Auraria Board and lobby for the replacement facilities and new classr:ooms on our campus. The Parking Committee met and addressed my concerns. It was suggested that instead of just complaining that we come up with some solutions to the problems. One idea I do have is that AHEC should take out a c~lumn in The Metropolitan to inform students as to what they are doing. Our student government does this and it works very well. Campus recreation has arranged to get lighted message boards to advertise events on campus. The only problem is that although they arranged for the signs, they can't put one up in the PER building. So we will be trying to get support to have a marquis erected in front of the Emmanuel Gallery. UGLY: Did you know that there are mice in the library? I wonder if they are eating the books or are former students coming back to pay fines? When we talk about the East Classroom we're talking uuuglyl We are led to believe by their actions or lack of them, that they would rather see it become condemned. But if the building becomes condemned we might get a new building?! Lastly, if you wonder why a footbridge hasn't been built across Lawrence St., it is because if we do, we may never get the road closed off. However, if vou want to become a hero. all it takes is one person killed or two people maimed. Who knows, you may even get a statue erected in your honor. See ya at the movies. Brendan M. Kelly ASMSC President '"d ~

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a motley c'ew' th,.,. 'ag-tag schools plagued by a kind of ·homeless anonymity. CCD and MSC operated out of a beggar's banquet of rented offices and warehouses that sprawled through the downtown area. Only UCD, which had moved into what is now the East Classroom Building in 1957, truly had a permanent home of its own. Even so, it was a home that looked like a converted warehouse and smelled a little like creosote. The only telltale sign of the three 'campuses' was an assortment of flak-jacketed and blue-jeaned students moving from building to building. But even the students were different - older, a little cynical; not likely to take any bullshit. More often than not, the flak jackets were souvenirs from a recent trip to Southeast Asia, not Army Surplus. With their books tucked into a knapsack, many of the students looked like they might be heading from Berkely to Baton Rouge rather than from sociology to physics.

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. T e n yean ago, MSC wm a .apidly gromng lorn Y""' institution, with no place to go. Only eight-years-old, MSC was an awkward adolescent suffering through an amazing growth spurt. UCD, on the other hand, had been around for just about forever - since 1938, but only as an appendage to CU in Boulder. Ten years ago, it was celebrating its one-year anniversary as a full-fledged, state institution of higher learning. In that year the Regents officially changed the name to University of Colorado at Denver, although people still had a tendency to refer tQ it as a CU extension. DACC, then CCD, centered around a rather sleazy section of Broadway. It was only six-years-old, and also growing. Both students and faculty at CCD seemed to go about the business of education oblivious to the ramshackle surroundings. For the students, at least, there was frequently a sense of wonder that they could afford to be in school at all. Legislative declaration of Section 23-70-10 l, - which established the Auraria Higher Education Center, was still a full year away. But that isn't to . say all was quiet on the Front Range. To the contrary, voters had already made preliminary approval of the concept in 1969 and, as a consequence, the Denver Urban Renewal Authority (DURA) was quietly buying up and clearing the 169 acres of community and businf',S.5€5 necessary to build the campus. Frequently, for members of the Auraria community and the surrounding Westside community, the coming of the Auraria campus represented very little except headaches - and heartaches. In addition to the many displaced families, 237 businesses in the area were forced to relocate. Of those, 46 took the money and ran. A number of others simply folded, unable to reestablish their businesses in a new location. Feeling that they had not been adequately compensated by DURA, a group of businessmen formed a coalition called the Auraria Businessmen Against Confiscation, and filed suit against DURA ten years ago, in 1973. The Supreme Court ruled against them, however, and progress on the Auraria Campus continued. Simultaneous to the legislature's creation of a single campus for Denver's three urban schools was the creation of AHEC. The idea of tossing three schools together on one campus was innovative, daring and perplexing. Creating a managing institution for the campus was one way, though nobody was convinced the best way, to solve some of the inevitable problems. Throwing three schools on the same campus was also cheap - and, some might say, cheapness was a highly motivating factor within Legislature. Denver was slow to begin with in creating viable urban education for its citizens. Denver was, in fact, one of the last major cities in the country to provide undergraduate opportunities for its students. When MSC opened its doors in 1965, 1,189 students enrolled. Programs were literally created for them as they went along, junior and senior level classes actually being designed as there became juniors and seniors to attend them. Ten years later, over 13,000 students enrolled for the fall semester. Time was ripe for new facilities - the Burger Chef on Colfax no longer had the

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ability to handle the crush of students. Little relief was given by the "student center" - a tin quonset hut in a vacant field. Looking back, one might get the impression that students could hardly · contafu themselves in anticipation of the new campus. But in 1975, only the freshman class could look forward to spending much time on the new campus. And later, when the first dull brick buildings started to rise, the muddy, unpaved and unlandscaped campus looked more foreboding than appealing. Only the faculty -looked forward to ·the new.digs, hoping to get real office space of some kind, real classrooms, and a real career in a 'real' school. Each of the three schools had already developed their·own, unique sense of school spirit, although spirit might be a strong word to use. There was a quiet elan to each of the institutions, building into characters thah have somehow been retained despite the close quarters. UCD, with its legislative mandate to provide post-secondary graduate education, has always kept more of the tenor of academe in its positions and attitudes than either MSC or CCD. There is ail air of the platonic pursuit of knowledge that- is almost tangible still in the East Classrooms. At MSC, the spirit tended toward a feeling that education was at least a practical· manner, if not necessarily geared toward some specific job description. MSC tended to be both businesslike and earthy. At CCD, the heart and soul of student activism was always its most identifiable feature. Students at CCD were often embroiled in political controversies on both the local and national level. Ten years ago, Nixon was in trouble but not yet gone. That he had survived that long was surely not the fault of the students at CCD. There was a strong sense, at all three insti~tions, that the middle of Denver's u!-"b-an tangle was exactly the right place for a college to be. Collectively, the three schools were changing the lives of the people who attended them. In 1978 MSC President James Palmer addressed the Interim Committee on Higher Education on the effect of MSC on its students. In part, he said: "We know that we have altered the behavior patterns of the families of our alumni. Over 55 percent come from families in which neither the father or the mother attended school beyond high school." CCD was the first to desert its buUdings, which soon either disappeared or returned their inte-nded functions as warehouses or office buildings. For UCD, the transition was easy, since they retained· the Tramway building as an incorporated part of the campus. . MSC, far too big for its britches, must have heaved a collective sigh of relief when, in January of 197.7, the multitudes made the trek a~ross Speer and Colfax to the new buildings, still smelling of paint. No trumpets blared, no bacchanalian festival ensued: For UCD, it was business as usual. For MSC, it was down to business, now that the appropriate tools bad been acquired. For CCD, a small grave suspicion growing that the little guy on the block might be in for a tough time. Down the road, Burger Chef quietly folded, the derelicts retired to the doorways of the vacant buildings, and in the words of one administrator of the time, the "incestuous marriage" of the three schools had only just begun .. 0

October 19, 1983

The ·Mask-Halloween Treat "The Maalc," written by Dave Fox, directed by Edward Osborn.

Halloween creeps upon us. The subject of costumes begins to pop up, and party invitations are being passed out to friends and fiends. It is time again for scary stories. The MSC Players have one ready and waiting. At the Ninth Street Theatre, the stage is set for dark, darker, darkest doings ln the American premier of "The Mask," a multi-leveled Gothic melodrama of horror and ' "The Mask" plays on integrated levels, pltysically and psychologically. The unit set consists of a series of platforms to create multiples in time and space. Backgrounds are left to viewer discretion - each to our own vile dungeon and hateful laboratory, each to our own inner horrors. The brew of characters is a standard recipe. Mad Dr. Waldo (the name means "catcher of souls") has conducted his evil experiments in the interest of science from Frankenstein's castle to the jungles

Of the 13 characters (played by 12 actors, to. deepen the mystery), five are silent. The spirits fade and jump in and out of sight and setting, visible to some and not to others. But we know that they are there. We can't help it. They are compelling black bodies, menacing yet seductive, harbingers of murder and mayhem, riveting in their unvoiced presence. Icing it all is good wit. "The Mask" is an affectionate spoof of the late-night horrors we use to scare ourselves. The humor is not confined to dialogue, but extends to the implicit makeup of character and dilemma, conflict and reaction. We get a good-natured laugh over how far astray ego and self.. concept can lead us as we choose our own masks.

Metrosphere Metropolitan State College students celebrated their new literary magazine with a publicity photo s~ion at Washington Park. The staff of Metrosphere, under the supervision of English professor Robert J . Pugel, is currently laying the groundwork for its premier issue, which is expected to be printed and distributed next spring, semiannually thereafter.

of Brazil. We all know him, laughing madly in his laboratory. As a matter of fact, we know all the characters, which is part of the reason the show is so fun. We are not disappointed in the dashing hero, beautiful heroine, or mute girl. Everyone is as they should be, as we expect them.

by Mary Lindsey

~tudents will control every aspect of the publication, from designing official stationary to establishing editorial guidelines. It's projected that the first edition will comprise 5,000 copies, distributed primarily to students and faculty, and to the communi'ty. "We have a crack advisory board and editorial staff," said Pugel, who intends to achieve the highest literary quality in Metrosphere. O

Playwright David Fox discusses script with MSC Player Kathryn Meistrell. The show opens Thursday, October 20, at 8 p.m. Playing dates are Oct. 20-22, and 27-31. Three special performances will go at midnight on the 29th, 30th and 31st.

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Admission for MSC students, faculty or staff with an ID is $1.50. General admission is $3.50, with a discount rate of $2 for groups of 10 or more. Seating is limited to 78. For information and reservations, 0 call 629-3033.

The MSC Chapter of Psi Chi is hosting an informal FAC at -Soapy Smith's Eagle Bar at 1317 14th St. on Friday, October 21, 1983, from 2 p.m. on. The gather~ng is open to all interested psychology students.

Symphony Orchestra Launches Season. concert. The brass section was remarkably crisp, as were the woodwinds. This piece was well chosen to be the opener as its somber tone was in perfect contrast to the jovial piece to follow.

by Renee Fenton St. Cajetan's was the site Sunday night of the debut concert of the MSC Symphony Orchestra's 1983-84 season. This marks the ninth season the orchestra has been in existence. The orchestra performed three · pieces: "Tragic Overture" by Johannes Brahms, "Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite II" by Ottorino Respighi, and "Symphony No. 1" by Ludwig von Beethoven. The opening piece, "Tragic Overture" illustrated quickly the enormous sound produced by such a small orchestra. As the piece progressed, a hint of discord was heard originating in the strings. This touch of discord remained prevalent throughout the entire

"Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite II'' was the second piece and was by far the best performed by the orchestra this concert. The oboe solo at the beginning was excellent, giving the audience a taste of the magnificence of the rest of the piece. The strings were still a bit discordant, but well-covered by the rest of the orchestr~. The harp, placed toward the front of the stage was an excellent idea, giving the audience the chance to see as well as hear this beautiful instrument. This suggestion might be made to

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the Denver Symphony, whose belief must be better seen and not_ heard. The harpsichord should also be placed in the front as it was barely heard and many people in the audience were wondering what exactly a harpsichord looked like. This piece was well-situated in the middle as the pieces before and after are both subdued while this is much more spirited. The final piece, "Symphony No. 1" seemed a bit more difficult for the orchestra. The tuning before \ and during the piece did nothing to rid the orchestra of its tinnysounding strings, of which much of this piece centered on. Here, as before, the brass was wonderfully precise and clear. This piece was well chosen as the finale as ·Beethoven's work is much more dramatic than other composers.

Dr. William Morse, MSC music director and conductor, has obviously achieved a wonderful relationship with the orchestra that few conductors have. Both work well with the other, giving the audience a wonderful performance. Morse also doesn't detract from the music by resorting to flamboyant, comical gestures so common in his profession. Instead, he appeared graceful and easy for the orchestra to follow. 'this concert was an excellenr preview to the upcoming, season. The orchestra is very professional in both its performance both on and off the stage. The orchestra is too good to give only four concerts a season. Again, bravo to Dr. William Morse and the MSC Symphony Orchestra for giving a marvelous concert. 0

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Feminist Sees Progress In Rights Struggle by Laura J. Clark Last Tuesday, -Oct. 11, Gloria Steinem came to the Auraria Campus Bookstore to promote her book, "Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions . " (Holt, Rinehart, Winston, $14.95) Greeted at noon by a lengthy line of book-buyers and well-wishers, she qalmly sat down at a table surrounded by geometric-shaped stacks of her book and began a twohour book signing.

"We need to learn, but so do men. Together we can create a shared culture that includes the most useful and creative features of each." from Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions is a collection of poignant essays Ms. Steinem has written in the past twenty years, many of which appeared in "Ms." magazine when it was a mere insert of "New York" magazine. Classics. In the article entitled "Why Young Women Are ,More Conservative'', Steinem wrote, "We have · to uproot the sexual caste system that is the most pervasive power structure in our society, and that means transforming the patriarchal values of those who run the institu-

tions, whether they are politically the "right" or the "left", the fathers or the sons." Since then, Steinem has seen a slow shift in cultural values. · "It's a very long and profound process, but I do think that we see it happening." "For instance: that there are many young men who now challenge the idea that they have to indulge in violence and militarism and go to war in order to prove their masculinity is a very heartening sign." "That there is a move toward equal parenthood is also a heartening sign," she said. "There are two · great values of having both men and women raise-children: the children see both men and women as loving and nurturing, and that helps them to stop dividing our natures into masculine and feminine, aggressive and nonnurturing. And the care of little children creates flexibility and patience; it helps nurture many virtures in the caretaker, and at this point, as a general statement, men probably need that more than women do." Ms. Steinem, ~ho, according to her new book, views herself as a "radical feminist", maintained ·a calm, easy-going demeanor as she discussed soine very controversial issues.

said that, he apparently thought he could find a woman as conservative as he was. I'm ·happy to say he couldn't." As far as the future is concerned, . Ms. Steinem said that she thought our pursuit of the Equal Rights Amendment was "only a small part" of what we needed to do to keep change headed in the right direction. But, she added that the changes thus far accomplished are not invisible. "There's not a community that doesn't have a whole set of institutions that weren't there ten years ago; women·s centers, rape/ crisis hotlines, battered women's shelters, feminist publications, women's music and poetry. There's a whole burgeoning of 0 alternate culture."

Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor has not lived up to Ms . Steinem ' s expectations . "Reagan had promised to appoint a woman to the Supreme Court as part of his recognition of the gender gap in 1980. At the time he

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'Endgame' Between Terror and Farce by Prof. Robert J. Pugel Samuel Beckett's personal anguish over the human condition is mirrored in his literary and dramatic works. In Happy Days, his heroine, Winnie (called Win), is imbedded in dung up to her breasts. Bathed in a "hellish light," she gazes out on the desolate and barren world and sighs, " another heavenly day." Waiting for Godot, the play that launched the modern theatre movement, is a horrific play about the transitoriness of existence ("One day we were born, one day we shall die, the same day, the same second ... " and "Astride of a grave and a difficult birth. Down in the hole, lingeringly, the grave digger puts on the forceps.") and, paradoxically, about the interminable slowness of time for those who wait, and the games people play while waiting. In Endgame, there is no longer any hope that anyone may come, games are at an end, and nobody feels like playing. Beckett called Endgame (named for the third division of a chess game) "difficult and elliptic. It depends on the power of the text to claw. It is more inhuman than

Godot." The Town House Arts Center's production of Endgame was spare, sparse, suffiently gloomy, and very well acted. The Art Center is Littleton's old re-furbished Town Hall. Theatre goers are greeted at the door by the town crier, appropriately attired in colonial garb. The Art Center interior is modernistic and attractive. And the theatre itself very ade-

humankind is at hand. And good riddance! The physical situation on stage is grimmer than anything ever seen before (or since) in theatre. We see a dim room, bare interior, grey light (the lighting at this production was too bright, not the gloomy grey Beckett specified), two high, tiny windows facing earth and sea (curtained and shuttered), a lone picture with i~ face to the wall.

Hamm, at one point in this theatre of the absurd drama, questions, "We're not beginning to, to .mean something?" and later "vehemently" shouts, "To think, perhaps, it won't all have been for nothing!" Hamm swin~ from horror to hope. 'You're on earth, there's no cure for thatl" And later "The end is the beginning. And yet you go on."

A catastrophic holocaust laas destroyed the earth. Beckett's monstrous theme here is that the end of the world is nigh. The end of humankind is at hand. And good riddance/

Beckett invents a word to summarize the world of Endgame. Clov, on a ladder, peers out on the earth and sea ana reports, "Zero, zero and zero. Nothing stirs. All is. All is. Corpsed."

quate. I settled into my comfortable seat (in an, alas, overly hot theatre) and got set to see my 13th version of the play (after rereading it again for the·30th something time) . I was not disappointed. Endgame is set within the claustrophobic strictures of a "shelter" on the day after tomorrow. ("Outside here is death." and "Beyond this hell is the other hell.") A catastrophic holocaust has destroyed the earth. Beckett's monstrous theme here is that the end of the world is nigh. The end of

Francine Davis directed this Hamm, the anti-hero, blind, most stirring and enjoyable proconfined to a throne-like wheel duction. She obviously knows her chair on castors, Clov his "son, Beckett! menial, creature, dog," is mobile, If you want to know more but incapable of sitting down, and Hamm's parents, Nagg and Nell, , Beckett, check out Waiting for Godot at the Germinal Stage legless, confined to trash cans, Theatre. comprise the four characters in Endgame. If you want an enjoyable outing, The plot is nakedly built on in a plush new Art Center, at inexcruelty, suffering, and death. pensive prices (student tickets are Beckett calls it simply "A Play," only $2), then check out the curbut it is a tragedy filled with comic rent and future programs at the elements, a tragedy that vacillates Town House Art Center in Litbetween terror and farce. tleton. D

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Wild Life Guidebook Ac~rding to legend, there are more armed men assaulting Colorado wild life during hunting season than there were Marines storming Pacific islands during World War II. According to fact, a good number of these people have .far less firearms discipline than the average jarhead. As a result, backpacking or day hiking in the high country during the next several weeks could get a little more exciting t~an usual. The main reasons for this added fun are slob hunters and buck fever. Slob hunters are generallv a few tlfban di,rtballs who are of the opinion that, because they are out in the Wild they can act worse than animals. Slob hunters trespass, leave gates open, throw trash around and try to kill anything they see. They are the people who wimp liberals focus on when sniveling and whining about the "brutality" of hunting - which must now be employed to control surviving animal populations now that human beings have essentially exterminated all of their brutal natural predators. Buck fever is a psychological phenomenon similar to shellshock. Like the occasional soldiers in war who freak out in the intensity of combat and lose touch with reality, a small percentage of Colorado hunters get so overwhelmed by the heat of the chase they start blazing away at anything that moves. Documentary evidence shows that blue paint, yellow ribbons, two legs or a red blanket that says "COW" has little effect in dislodging from the deluded minds of these dolts the hallucination that what they are firing at is, in fact, a trophy buck. Prior to 1970, about ten people a year.were killed by slobs or the feverish. Since then, a law requiring hunters to wear blaze orange clothing has reduced the annual toll by 50 percent (no one keeps track of dogs, cats, cows, pigs, horses and goats). In terms of risk, this means you're still safer dodging bullets in the woods than you are ducking Dodges on the freeway. But just because it's safe doesn't mean it isn't enjoyable. For one thing, this is perhaps the best time of year to spend time outside in the mountains. The bugs are dead, the weather's pleasant and dry and, when you're amid the autumn splendor of Colorado's high country, Totally Awesome is no Valspeak hyperbole. More importantly, it's amazing how much more you appreciate this stuff when you're walking around with a funny little tingle at the back of your neck, wondering if somebody's going to start launching in your direction high-velocity projectiles outlawed by the Geneva Conventions as being too nasty to use in war. If you like this kind of stimulation, though, there are several parts of the state you'll want to visit in the coming month or two. According to Colorado Division of Wildlife statistics, over 5,000 deer were killed in the Unit 3 area west and northwest of Craig. More than 3,000 were taken in both the Strawberry Creek locale south of Craig and on the Uncompahgre Plateau west of Montrose. Elk hunters got almost 3,000 animals around Meeker. These areas and a few others will provide the best opportunities for aficionados of natural.beauty and adrenalin. And do wonders for your time in the40-yarddash. 0

SA11JRDAY,Oct.22 WEDNESDAY, Oct. 19

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MSC Women's Soccer vs. CC, home, 11 a.m. MSC Women's Volleyball vs. Western St., away, 2 p.m. Ft. LeWis, at Western St. 4 p .m. MSC Men's Varsity Soccer vs. Bartlesville, Oklahoma, TBA

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by Mike Wright The MSC Women's Soccer team has outdone itself these past two weeks. Under the direction of firstyear coach Steve Schwartz, the squad improved its record to 8-5-f, far better than last year's 6-7-2. On Thursday, Oct. 6, the women had a bad day against CSU as another notch was placed in the loss column. MSC seems to have a . mental block when it comes to scoring against CSU, as the 4-0 score would indicate. Schwartz is confident the kickettes will top them in the future. Two days later, the squad fought back to tie DU, 1-1, sending the game into overtime. Maybe it was the pressure, or maybe it was the urge to win, but Barb Frost rose to ·the occasion. With supreme athletic grace and the adrenalin pumping, Frost pounded two goals past an amazed DU goalie to lead the kickettes in the 3-1 victory. As the women celebrated their triumph, it looked as if there was nothing that could stop them from making it to the regionals. On Wednesday, Oct. 12, Colorado Mines attempted to dampen MSC's spirits only to have the kickettes discover that the pot-ofgold lay not at the end of the rainbow but in the Mines' net. The

women walked home with the booty in a 4-1 win. This past weekend the kickettes played three games in the Colorado College Invitational. Cindy Sebum led MSC to a 1-0 victory over DU in game 1 while Barb Frost notched a goal to tie Santa Clara, 1-1. The University of Wisconsin was too strong for MSC, as WU walked off with an easy 5-0 win. The kickettes will host CU on Wednesday and CC on Saturday. On Monday, they will travel to UNC for a 4 p.m. game. 0

Gymnastics Needs You The MSC Gymnastics team is currently seeking to expand its roster. Any.one with gymnastics talent and would like to join the team is urged to contact Kevin Labbe at 934-9982, or 629-8300. MONDAY, Oct. 2•

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