Volume 7, Issue 15 - Dec. 5, 1984

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Volume 7 Issue 15

~ember 5, 1984

New Book Recalls ...

Dellver's First Christmas

-Merry Christnias Fron1 The Metropolitan ,

MSC Pres.

Applicants

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by Nikki Jackson Repmer, The Metropolitan

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It had been a mild, balmy day on December 22, 1858. Three days before Christmas, and it didn't even seem like winter!

Even ·so, Denver's first Christmas came. Thanks to Edith Eudora Kohl .J and her book, Den·v er's First Christmas, and the State Historical· Society, a re-cap of that day is at hand.

Colorado's first pioneers came 'from Georgia, Kansas, Iowa and Nebraska in search of that glittery gold. They set up camps along Cherry Creek and the ·>Platte; Auraria, Curtis, Arapahoe City and Denver City, just to name a few.

The men were too busy to spend much time panning for gold, much less remember Christmas. Until one man from a camp named "Spooner" picked. up an old calendar and saw that ~ Christmas was only three days away.

"Christmas. Well what's Christmas to us? A million miles from home-from-- anywhere," one man groaned.

Another reflected, "Who'd ever think · ;....of Christmas with weather like summer. And our folks worrying for fear · we have frozen to death ... " "If we hadn't looked at that calendar."

With their wives and children so far away things looked pretty dismal.

Despite their dejection the Spooner camp organized a Christmas festival.

And a celebration it was!

The ·men had such delights as Venison a la mode, Buffalo smothered, Elk, Wild turkey and Sage Hen. There . were potatoes and beans and bread 4 puc;lding for dessert.

Fifty guests were invited from the other camps. Among them was William Larimer, the founder of Denver city and the man for whom the first street was named. cont. on page 18

by R~rt Davis Reporter, The Metropolitan

Metropolitan State College presidential candidate Paul Magelli shared some· · of his opinions of the needs of the colleg_e while fielding questions from the community last Tuesday.

The Vice President of A~ademic Administration for Drake University was on campus for two days of interviews as one of the final two candidates for the executive position. , Magelli said the college faculty must engage in research to stay academically fit.

"You can't survive on the amount of knowledge you brought to this school and I can't survive with the amount of knowledge I brought," Magelli said. "I want to bring people onto and into this campus, political people and business

''There's amazing instability in many institutions in Colorado. It's important for Colorado to provide answers for that instability. n -Paul Magelli

The staff of The Metropolitan would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

For now, vacation fooms for all and most will likely welcome the six week hiatus from teachers and tests. See you next yearl -Photo by Roly T. Oly

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people, to support research."

The economics professor said a successful president needs to bring in the dollars the state doesn't prov\de..

"I think I can relate well with an urban institution," he said, observing. that MSC is fortunate to be in a dynamic and growing city and should work to create a sense of importance for education. · He suggested student ambassadors meet with high school students to encourage -enrollment. The director of admissions, he said, is central to the budget of the school.

"The 80s is the time for admission and enrollment managers," he predicted. "It's a war out there."

Magelli contended that more comµiunication with the public is vital to the growth of the school.

"A good basketball team provides visibility in the community," he said, applaudin~ the newl}'. formed Roadrunners. "It makes good sense." In a meeting with student government members, Magelli warned that criticism can have a significant effect on morale.

"If they tell you that you're thirdrate, you start acting third-rate," he \ said, reminding the group there are many highly rated schools that ··aren't cont. on page 3

Everyone knew what Jeffrey should do with his life.

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,NEJWS , Presidential Applicant Meets Faculty -. December 5, 1984

by Kevin Vaughan Edltcr, The Metropolitan \

The two finalists for the presidential opening at Metropolitan State College were on campus last week to meet with faculty and administrators and to tour the facilities.

One of the final applicants, James E. Gilbert, met with faculty members last .,. Thursday and outlined what he would like to see for MSC in the future.

Gilbert, vice president for academic affairs at Pittsburg State University, Kansas, said he would like to see Metro take greater advantage of its alumni -many of whom still reside in the <t'- Denver area. · Gilbert said that an urban college suc.h as Metro had access to its former students that many other colleges don't have because of large out-of-state populations. .

Gilbert said Metro is "Colorado's best J. kept secret," and scoffed at attempts to merge the school with the University of Colorado under control of the CU Board of Regents.

"All wisdom does not reside in Boulder," Gilbert said.

Gilbert also called for the college to plan ahead to be able to meet bucfget reductions when and if they become a reality.

He said Metro should "have

mechanism in place long before it fs necessary to make those decisions."

Gilbert vowed to take a long, hard look at programs before deciding which · ones should suffer under those expected future budget cuts. · "Even though the old west lives in Colorado," Gilbert said, "it is impossible to shoot an academic program in the head."

Gilbert also said he expects that the fight over control of Metro, the largest state college in Colorado has just begun.

"What the Metro campus has seen thus far is skirmish," and that past legislative decisions have been "too much like a quick fix."

Gilbert said his role of president of the college would be the head of all of its efforts, but added that it was.not his job to enhance the image of the school.

That responsibility, he said, lies with the students and faculty.

"The president is the presiding member of the faculty and the academic community," he said. "I would not accept the responsibility for the enhancement of our fmage."

Gilbert further called for departmental break down and for the continuance of general studies throughout a student's four year college career.

"Enrollment needs to be marketed

and managed," Gilbert said. · "Any institution has to pay attention to retention."

In backing up his claim of better retention, Gilbert said that at Pittsburg -state there- are a large number of students which just disappear after the end of each semester, never to be heard from again.

"Retention is everybody's business," he said.

In addition, Gilbert said, community

college credits should be accepted by four year institutions for consideration of academic credit.

"Why are community colleges second class citizens?" he asked.

Gilbert also called for a funding system which is not totally driven by enrollment. At the present time, the state funds Metro based on its full-time equivalency-a method whieh does not take into account fixed costs which are always present.

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worth the paper their diplomas are printed on." He demanded that students strive for excellence.

"You have to show them you're the best urban campus you know how."

The 20 year veteran of higher education administration further warned the' public group that many of the state's schools are off-balance.

"There's amazing instability in many institutions in ColoradQ," he said. "It's important for Colorado to provide answers (for that instability).''

He said schools should break from traditional roles, such as placing too much emphasis on enrollment requirements, and begin focusing on what is needed to complete the education.

The student who meets stiff graduating requirements, he said, will tend better against others in an interview situation.

"The important thing is how that student is able to function in a competitive world," Magelli said. · The candidate said communicating with the faculty is an invaluable resource.

"All of you have at least threethousand years here and I haven't been here day one," he observed. "That's why I need to meet with the faculty.''

Magelli said it's important to be on campus to meet people and hear different views of campus happenings. rn probably be jogging arourul campus at 5 p.m.," he predicted, "if you want to go with me.''

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A NEW MATT DILLON ... ONTHEMOVE

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OK, smart' guy! What would· you do if you were Jeffrey Wjllis? It's your last summer before choosing bet we-en college and jobless oblivion. Now comes a summer dream job at the ritzy El Flamingo Bead~ ClUb, a luxurious haunt of the New York rich absolutely dripping easy money and overrun wit.h beautiful girls. You rub more than shoulders with· a gorgeous blonde coed visiting from California, you are taken under the wing of the Club's resident "getrich-quick" artist and, suddenly, college is coming in a very distant second. '

Matt and Janet - a breath of fresh air.

So, in September, what will it be?

For Matt Dillon as Jeffrey Willis in Twentieth Century Fox' s "The Flamingo Kid," the decision won't be easy. Everyone has an idea about what he should do with his !ife. and they're ALL wrong.

Flair for comedy

Matt Dillon is"The Flamingo Kid."

As the bright but less than "Easy Street" smart Jeffrey, Matt Dillon takes on a role tailored to show the talent~d young actor in a new light.

Sure, he's still a legend in his own neighborhood, but in "The Flamingo Kid," Dillon is a rumblefish out of water with a flair for comedy and a crush on shapely

newcomer Jam.•I. Jones. The tall, sunny blonde shines in her first major film role after brief appearances in "One From the Heart" <and "Grease II." A veteran at age 22 of fi ve seasons on TV's "Dance Fever" team, Janet Jones will follow her role in "The Flamingo Kld'' by starring in the eagerly awaited film version of "A Chorus Line."

Also starring is a seasoned trio of top performers. Richard Crenna (as slick sports car dealer Phil Brody) recently made his mark in "Body Heat'~ and "First Blood," and will soon reteam with Sylvester

Shapely newcomer Janet Jones.

For director Garry Marshall, "The Flamingo Kid" is a comedy right up his alley. Known for his knack with youthful casts of hit TV shows such as "Happy Days" and " Laverne & Shirley," Marshall guides "The Flamingo Kid" on the heels of his first hilarious feature, "Young Doctors in Love."

For a dash of summer in the dead of winter, here comes "The Flamingo Kid." Your last days before college were never this hot and bothered.

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December5, 1984

Eating Disorders Affiict Brightest, Best

by Jesnca Snyder Reporter, The Metropolitan

Severe eating disorders, psychological illnesses with physical consequences that can include internal bleeding, heart arrhythmia and q,ath, have become an epidemic among the "brightest and best" female college students, psychologist Mary Teasley told her audience at Auraria Student Center Wednesday.

"Were not talking about crazy weirdos," she said. "We're talking about the most prominent young girls... the brightest and best on college campuses."

Teasley, who holds a master's degree in social work and specializes in treating women with eating disorders, was the final guest speaker in MSC's fall lecture series.

Teasley warned that strict dieting

some sort of compulsive eating problem, Teasley said. One of five has an extreme and consistent pattern of frequent self-starvation (called anorexia nervosa) or gorging followed by vomiting or laxative abuse (called bulimia), she said.

Of the estimated half million Americans who are caught in one of these two illnesses, only five percent are men, Teasley said. These men are generally athletes keeping their weight down to compete in sports such as wrestling and gymnastics.

The typical anorexic or bulimic is female, young, and a high achiever who applies the same demand of perfection to her body that she does to the rest of her life, Teasley said.

"These seem to be women who have bought into the belief that you can't be too rich or too thin," she said. "They believe they're not worthwhile unless

"These seem to be women who have bought into the belief that you can't be too rich or too thin. They believe they're not wo·r thwhile unless they're skinny."

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often leads to an eating disorder.

"Of five teenage girls who decide to follow a diet together, three of them end up with anorexia or bulimia,"Teasley said.

"I want people who are thinking of dabbling in (bulimia or anorexia) as forms of dieting; or even just thinking of fasting to lose weight, to realize how easy it is to deteriorate into someting much more serious," Teasley said.

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they're skinny."

Teasley said she has seen a dramatic increase in the number of women seeking help for eating disorders over the past two years. Eating disorders are not a new problem, she sl\id, but have long been kept hidden by sufferers who are confused and shocked by their own behavior. .

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The MSC counseling center and MSC ' health clinic concluded their first series of group workshops for the compulsive eater last week.

The workshops will likely be · repeated next semester, said Jerene Anderson, health education nurse at the health clinic.

The topics covered included stress management and assertiveness training as well as nutritional counseling, she said.

Anderson, together with Elsa Robinson, triage nurse at th~ clinic and Dr. Susan Richardson, a psychologist in MSC's counseling center organized and led the six-session course.

"The group w~ designed to be a beginning step; providing information, sharing and looking at the problems and finding alternatives to compulsive eating," Robinson said.

Of the group's 17 participants, two were men.

Though eating disorders are generally associated with women, an increasing pressure on men to look good is also increasing the incidence of eating disorders among men, Robinson said.

"A real pressure to be physical and to

be macho is being turned on men now," she said. "I think men are experiencing more female stress-related problems, just as women are experiencing highblood pressure and coronaries that were considered male stress- related illnesses."

The program grew out of a weightloss class that the clinic had been offering.

"We realized that the weight problems went much deeper," Anderson said. "People have learned (compulsive) eating as a way to cope with serious problems, and it's not a good way."

Compulsive eating includes anorexia nervosa, bulimia and out-of-control overeating. Both Anderson and Robinson further defined the compulsive eater as a person who spends most of his or her time eating or thinking about food.

"Our focus is to let people know they're not alone, they're not weirdos, and there's help available," Anderson said.

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Musician Karen Carpenter, recovering from years as an anorexic, died of heart failure, a consequence of the disease.

Pat Boone's daughter Cherry wrote a book about her struggle with bulimia in which she admits eating dogfood during the worst of her binges.

sound of her vomiting."

With the enormous amounts of food eaten, bulimia can easily be a $20 a day habit, Teasley said. Up to 24 percent of bulimics become compulsive shoplifters to support their habit.

"Bulimics are often discovered through their stealing efforts,'' she said.

"8'Neral of my clients started counsel-

"We're not talking about crazy weirdos. • We're talking about the most prominent young girls ... the brightest ·and best on college campuses. " Jane Fonda has admitted being bulimic for the past 20 years, beginning · as a teenager when she decided the vomitoriums of Rome were not such a bad idea.

The anorexics and bulimics are realizing that they lire not alone and they need help, Teasley said.

Through her lecturing, Teasley said she hoped to further educate people to recognize eating disorders in friends, family or in themselves and to realize that the consequences are serious.

"It's important to have psychological help," Teasley said. "They need to gain an added sense of self-value other than thinness."

Treatment includes nutritional guidance and an understanding of why the patient is pu,nishing herself, Teasley · said. · Teasley claimed that the roots .of anorexia· and bulimia are social, coming from family pressures to be not only thin, but also totally self-disciplined.

The anorexic maintains rigid self con! trol, Teasley said. "She has learned all too well how to diet."

The anorexic's diet ~mprises 300 to 600 calories a day. A normal diet for an average woman is 2,000 calories. The anorexic's self-starvation results in a dramatic drop of about 20 percent of her h<?dY weight, Teasley reported.

Ten to 15 percent of anorexics die from their illness, she said.

"Her body seems like the one thing she has control of. She'll refuse to eat and, if forced, will vomit. She exercises to the extreme, five hours of exercise a day," Teasley said.

Anorexia is not always recognizable, Teasley said. Thinness is often hidden by the baggy clothes she typically wears.

Less recognizable, but with equally dangerous consequences, is bulimia.

The bulimic is usually within fO to 15 pounds of her normal body weight, Teasley said. But her weight may fluc!!.late dramatically because of alternating periods of bingeing and fasting.

Binges are often 15,000 calories kt a sitting and up to 40,000 calories in a day. The binges are followed by vomiting, laxative abuse and days of semi-starvation.

"The bulimic is usually a master at covering up her problem, Teasley said.

"Even roommates are deceived. She may turn on the shower to cover up. the

ing because they were picked up for shoplifting." · Bulimics share the anorexics' overriding desire to be thin and disciplined, Teasley said. . .

"Most bulimics are in total control in every other aspect of their lives. In the binge, they are letting go for awhile.

Then they purge to get back in control." ' "Imagine this," Teasley said. "You've come home tired and lonely to an emp- • ty house. You're hungry from dieting all day and your emotions. are churning. You begin to nibble, you don't mean, to binge, but you continue. You go through everything in the fridge and then clean out the pantry... now you ... feel bloated and guilty. Your.stomach is distended. You're angry and ,want to get back in control.. .it takes a half hour or longer to vomit it all up."

"They swear they will never get out of control again," Teasly said. But the following days of rigid dieting trigger another binge.

The bulimic's habitual vomiting can cause ulcers, erosion and bleeding of the esophagus, and erosion of dental enamel. Bulimics who regularly purge with laxatives not only become • laxative-dependent, but severely upset their bodies' electrolyte balance, (a potassium and sodium equilibrium that . regulates the nervous system); which can result in heart failure.

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The grave consequences of bulimia and anorexia brought several parents to Teasley's Wednesday lecture, as well as several persons who said they had friends they were worried about.

"How do I know that I'm not contributing to her problem?" one man _ asked Teasley.

"Do we force her to go to therapy?" asked a tired-looking mother.

Teasley encouraged these people to tell the anorexic -0r bulimic that they recognize the problem and · to en• courage that person to seek help.

"But don't push," she said. Pushing too hard is exactly what they're fighting against ... we do, sometimes, unwittingly contribute to the pressure that is the problem ... But if you can value your friend or relative even with their disorder, they may begin to value themselves."

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stitution and, therefore, has fewer fixed burdensome. costs.

"We do things by · committ~ (at News Editor, The Metropolitan Adams, Western and Mesa, on the AHEC) when line officers should. be other hand, have comparatively higher making decisions," Geiger saidThe Consortium of State Colleges, costs. They depend more on highly paid For example, he said, it was four which now governs Metro, and the CU tenured staff and less on part-time help years before the schools decided on cer; Board of Regents both have good than MSC. tain budget agreements for the library.' reason for wanting to govern Without · MSC, Nelson, said, the Further, Geiger said, he needed to MSC-money and power.

Legislature would need to raise the obtain the approval of the chancellor, Although the two goyerning board's average aniount allocated per student the Regents, AHEC, and CU's presistances for seeking control over Metro is to keep the other institutions funded at dent recently just to rent some addiappll:!'ently benovelent and politically their present level, · a move the tional office space. neutral, neither side could disagree Legislature is unlikely to make.

Similar management problems ~that economic and political gains go to With enrollments already dropping would be reduced or eliminated by the entity which governs MSC. or remaining steady at Western, Mesa merging the two institutions, Geiger The major political advantage in and Adams State, the Consortium said. controlling Metro, or any large school, would be forced to cut the budgets of Also, he said, the fear that MSC will according to former state representhe three schools, Nelson said. lose its role and status is unfounded. tative Don. Friedman, is that loyal alma Nelson, and others who oppose a "The Regents are willing to have maters of the institution can be called merger of MSC with UCO, believe the MSC' s status legislated," Geiger said, upon to form cowhide-tough constiRegents, if given control of Metro, thus gauranteeing its role, and waylaytuencies. would slowly divert greater amounts of ing faculty fears.

But the economic benefits that come · money · from MSC to research and He said · believing that CU is confrom overseeing MSC are less esoteric. graduate programs at CU. cerned only with Boulder is ridiculous.

Representative Paul Schauer, in callOver a long period, he said, the role Minnesota has a campus much like ing MSC the "money cow" of the Conand mission of MSC would be affected Auraria, Geiger said, gov~ned by one ._.sortium, may have coined the most sucand the emphasis of under-graduate board, and 'the Regents have based cinct acrinomious definition -yet to programs would diminish. their idea on that model. describe the unequal proportion of The Consortium, in its stance against By eliminating AHEC as a governing funds Metro recieves from the a merger, uses the same argument. boatd, merging MSC With UCD and appropriated budget. · Since Metro would go through creating an "internal operating strucAccording to Vern Nelson, MSC gradual changes, Nelson said, the ture," Geiger said, "more time could be math instructor and a member of the critics who are now crying wolf would spent managing a:nd·less time could be • MSC Budget Council, Schauer's definibe silenced. spent coordinating." tion is as accurate as an atomic clock.

For example, he said, the Regents Through sud:~ measures, time and State funding of higher education, could av.oid hiring ne.w professors to money would be saved on operating the Nelson observed, is based on full time replace MSC tenured instructors who campus and the savings put back into equivalency enrollment-the number retire, and, by using graduate assistants education, Geiger said. of in-state students enrolled for 12 or to replace them, both cut costs ahd gain · And Geiger excused any attempt by .. more credit hours. more funding. the Legislature to persuade MSC, UCO When FrE based funding was first The Regents, nec~rily, deny any and AHEC to come to an agreement on used, Nelson said, education costs were such motives. , managing the facilities. added to determine the average cost Joe Geiger, UCD Vice Chancellor of The Legislature has tried to perstlade per student.

Administration and Finance, said the institutions to agree for the laSt: 10 Last year the . average cost used by · Nelson's opinions are fundamentally years, he said, but expectations have the Legislature, in appropriating funds flawed. always fell short because the manage,.,,..to the Consortium, was $2008 per stuAlthough not a member of the ment structure is too complex. dent.

Regents, Geiger said, he has talked Putting management under the In theory then, multiplying $2008 by individually with board members and Board of Regents is the next logical Metro's approximately 10,5000 FTE attended several meetings at which the step, Geiger said. students shows that MSC was apmerger was discussed.

CU, he said, has the experience to propriated more than $21 million by The Regents, he said, favor a merger manage Auraria; MSC, he noted is only the Legislature last year. essentially because the management 1 All the_money appropriated by the as large as CU's arts and sciences structure at Auraria is defective and department. state, however, is tran5ferred to the Consortium, which allocated funds to the fpur schools under its authority.

Metro's actual share of better than $35 million appropriated last year to ,t he Consortium, was roughly $18.2 million.

About a third of that figure included funds for the AHEC library, for which MSC retains little control, Nelson said.

By using the $18.2 million figure, Metro received approximately only Keystone, Ralston Purina's all season resort is seeking peo"$1740 for each FTE student enrolled at ple from Dec. 17th through Jan. 6th for temporary Christmas the school. help. We have approximately 30 temporary positions, the In comparison, Adams State College majority of them entry level food service/housekeeping received $2871 for each of its 1775 FrE oriented. Free room and board will be provided for most positions. There are some entry level positions available students, while Mesa and Western State contingent upon providing your own temporary local also receive higher per student fundip.g. housing. { Theoretically, the schools work in such a way that one institution in FREE SKI PASS FOR EACH DAY financial difficulty would be helped by EMPLOYED TO BE USED ON the others. · YOUR FREE TIME! But MSC now stands as the only If you're looking for a Christmas break adventure, please financially sound institution in the apply in person between Dec. 10 and Dec. 21, 9 am Consortium, and the other schools have 3 pm, at the Keystone Personnel Office, located 72 miles . "<11 history of erratic enrollment. west of Denver off of 1-70, near Dillon, CO. (303) 468-4157.

Metro's expenses are lower, Nelson explained, because it is a younger in-

by Michael Ocrant

.CHRISTMAS HELP TEMPORARYFULL TIME

And if a merger is what the Legislature decides, Geiger said, then Metro's assurance will have to be one of good faith, backed by a formal board committment and legislative statute.

Whether that will be n~ary or not remains for the Legislature to decide.

If the Regents do become the governi!1g body for Metro there will certainly be some .changes, as there would be with any riew administration.

One of the biggest fears of merger opponents is precisely that no one knows what will be changed and what w i 11

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remain the same.

The Regents, like the Consortium, are certainly aware of the economic and financial benefits in running MSC, both because of Metro's low cost per student and its high student population.

Furthermore, giving the Regents governing power, would, according to oponents, create the strongest governing board in the state · after the Legislature.

Whatever the assessment or the outcome one group or the other will be disappointed.

But before a decision is reached the Legislature should look thoroughly at the potential for MSC to be a political tool, and ruch possible . abuses circumvented through precise, extensive legislation.

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Mayor Pena

by Mike Grosskreuz Reporter, The Metropolitan

Denver Mayor Federico Pena opposes the MSC-UCD merger proposal, ·saymg· ·he wo.uld not want Metro's unique campus environment to be "radically disturbed,". and that Denver needs a college like Metro to serve its varied population.

PeIUl also voiced support for the planned People Mover and the Better Air campaign.

Mayor Pena said Denyer is not like

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Boulder and that many students attend on a part-time basis.

"Therefore,'' he said, "we have a need for an institution which is different from the University of Colorado."

He questioned the reason for no Hispanic freshman law students beirlg admitted to CU last year. Pena said this has been a problem he constantly raised while in the legislature.

"CU must recognl7.e that it can have a quality institution and yet have a more open policy to admitting

students," Pena said.

Pena also supports the People Mover plan. He said he believes we can learn from it by evaluating whether people are willing to use it, and that will help officials make conclusions about Light Rail or similiar methods of transportation.

With regard to higher education, Pena stressed that there is a need to plan ahead and not do things which are "politically expedient."

He recalled that several years ago when there was a buqget surplus, the legislature decided to put that into tax ' relief. Then, a year later, cutbacks ~ere needed because of severe budget defecits. Part of that affected education. . .

Pena said we need to recogruz~

Coors Controversy

" ... that education is one of the most important functions that we have in Colorado."

Even though the state's Better Air campaign has only reduced ridership by one percent, Pena supports the program. There will not be a need in the near future to make not driving on certain days mandatory, he said. The .20 percent reduction in traffic so often talked about is a three-year ·goal. The goal in the first year is only five percent.

It concerns Pena that "every poll we have taken shows that air pollution is the number one or number two most important concern that people have."

He thinks that it will take time and education to change peciples' lifestyles so that they drive less O

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Coors will be sold in the Mission.

Coors won't be sold in the Mission. It all depends on what day it is.

At last Friday's SFPC meeting the members went another round with the Coors controversy. ·This time MECHA, the chicano student organization, won, maybe.

The board voted seven to four ."to maintain the status quo by continuing to sell Coors in the Mercantile, but not in the Mission, and to ask the Mercantile to sell George Killians in the

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Two weeks ago the board voted to sell Coors in the bottle in the Mission.

This came about because the previous vote was illegal because a non- • voting member submitteq the motion to be voted on. That also happened at the meeting two weeks ago.

So the Coors issue came up again last Friday.

Stay tuned, you never know what might happen next week.

-Tom Smith

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Help Needed for Bud_ and Topper Dear Friends at Auraria: We are sure you have noticed in your time on our campus Bud MacMillan and his dog Topper. You may not have known Bud's name.:.._ he is the gentleman who puslies his grocery cart with his belongings with his dog Topper at his side.

Bud has been a member of our college community for the past foµr years and makes his living by collecting and selling recyclable cans. Bud tells us that the price for a pound of cans has gone from 24• to 18• and on a good day he might collect 20 pounds, which means $3.60, and on a bad day he may not be able to collect more than 8 pounds. If you are down here early during the week you might see Bud going through the trash bins by the Arts Building looking for his livelihood. ~we begin our holiday vacation you can imagine what this will do to Bud's business as he is depending on his can collecting and the sandwiches that are given

out by the St. Elizabeth food as.9stant program at noon to make his way. Not only does Bud have himself to support but as you can imagine he has to p~ovide for Topper.

During this season of giving you might want to check your list to see if you have room for a can of Alpo for Topper and a good wish for Bud. You could leave your can of Alpo either by the dumpster by the Arts Building or by the kiln in the Arts Building.

Have a happy holiday, Gary H. Holbrook MSC Speech Communications Roger Lang MSC Art Department

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The time has come for the women in Student Government to stand up and be heard. We have many issues to deal with and our first move has been to create a women's caucus.

Why a· women's caNctis? There are several reasons. It's a known fact that the voice of a group is more effective than that of a single person. Therefore, the women in Student Government have decided to form a group in which they'll have more clout than standing alone.

Also, the number of women in Student Government is growing all the time. The need for an organization for women is increasing.

At our first informal meeting, we brainstormed for ideas with which we could sponsor bills in the Student S~nate. Some of our ideas included:

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1. A position paper for the merger issue.

2. Code of ethics for senate meetings.

3. A questionaire dealing with what students expect from Student Govern ment.

4. A scholarship for an outstanding woman in Student Government.

These are just a few of the ideas we came up with. Since we are just getting organized, we are focusing on women in Student Government for the time being.

Later we plan to include all wom~n on this campus. If you would like more information about the newly formed women's caucus call 629-325~ or stop by the office in room 340 C of the Student Center.

Another group that's being formed is the Metro State Kazooleiers, by Chief Justice Christopher T. Dahle.

The first meeting of the Kazootleiers.is set for Friday,Dreember 7th, at noon in room 340 D in the Student Government office at which time they will endeavor to attend the next MSC Basketball game against Doane College on December 8th.

What is the purpose of the Kazooleiers? Their purpose is a simple one; it's to promote school spirit. Basketball is an exciting sport and Metro has an exciting tea~. It won its first game agiiin5t Kansas Wesleyan at the auditorium arena.

How can you.promote school spirit? Buy a kazoo and join the Kazootleiers. The in,tent of the Kazootleiers is to attend all the basketball games, drink large quantities of pale yellow carbonated beverage, and try to play coherent music/noise on the Kazoo, according to Dahle, the benevolent dictator of the Kazootleiers.

So, don't forget to show your school spirit and join the Kazootleiers.

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by Kevm Vaughan Edlk>r, The Metropolitan

One of the many clubs which has formed on the Auraria campus recently is the Presidential Scholars Club-formed for students who have been recognized for outstanding academic achievements with Presidential Scholarships.

Club President Cynthia Dennis has planned a number of activities to help make life at Auraria more enjoyable for both present students and ones who are planning to come here in the future.

For instance, members of the club are looking at potential students and are planning to bring them on campus for a day with a club member. Dennis sees this as a way to not only acquaint students with the campus but to also let .outsiders know what is going on here.

Lisa Espiritu, Associated Students of Metropolitan State College president, serves as vice president of the Presidential Scholars Club, Sue Jensen is treasurer and Betsy Taylor recently became secretary after spending most of the fall semester in charge of club communications.

In addition, Pauline Reece, director of new student contact at MSC, sponsors the club.

There are about 30 students in the

club now., and Dennis hopei to see it grow even more next semester.

At the beginning of the semester, the club had a barbeque for incoming freshmen, and a Christmas party is in the works for the upcoming bre.ak.

But the club's functions are not all social. It meets once a week to carry out business, and is planning to offer scholarships for books to outstanding students in the future.

"We're trying to take things slowly as we get started," Dennis said. "One of our main objectives is to socially and academically enrich our campus. People feel lost as freshmen. We need to get them interested in school so they can assume leadership roles in the community.''

When the club first started, Dennis said, it operated with little or no money all of the time.

"I think the only objective we have left before we can get on our way is funding, once we can do that we will have money for some of our ideas-like scholarships-then I think it'll be really easy from there."

But Dennis is not in the venture solely to raise money, she.sees broader goals which will improve campus life for all students.

"Since Metro is a commuter campus, I think one of the things we are trying to promote is school feeling and

camaraderie."

"This is one way to get people In addition to comaraderie between together," she said, "I never even got to. fellow students, Dennis finally got a meet the people when they gave the chance to meet the people who gave her ' scholarship to me, and now they are her scholarship. more involved in our lives."

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· Eritrean Strife Hunger Never-Ending

by Ann Trudeau Special to The Metropolitan

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Not many, in this country, receivepersonai requests from war-torn starving refugees as Christine Karim has. She spent three 1¥1d a half years in the Sudan and reports some of her obsertations.

"Eritreans were crossing the border into Sudan," Karim said. "Coming on foot though at great risk to themselves. A particularly brutal year was 1975-76. Young men of draft-age and university students were executed. r "The refugees 1 coming through the village I was in, asked me to do something. I took the request very literally, and now I'm here." · For Karim, here is the Eritrean Relief Committee-Denver Branch as chair_person. She is also a student in t4e Community Development J;>rogram of MSC. This course is in the administration of non-profit organizations.

Some history of Eritrea will help understand what is happening at the present time.

Eritrea was federated to Ethiopia by a U.N. Resolution in 1952. Under this federation, Er.itrea was given autonomy and the right to vote. Sometime during the next ten-year-period Eritreans, who had their own µag, Congress, and police force, were to decide their own future.

"Instead of protecting Eritrea, Ethiopia took over, disbanded their'Congress and declared it their own fourteenth province," Karim said. "Legally, the U.N. ._ should have monitored the situation," she added . . .. But the FUNK & WAGNALLS NEW ENCYCLOPEDIA disagrees with Karim. It states that in 1962 the Legislature of Eritrea voted to completely merge with Ethiopia and that in 1965 an independence movement r started which has since escalated into the civil warfare now going on.

For 23 years there has been a war between Ethiopia and Eriteria.

Population norms are hard te base or are non-existant because of the war.

'Tve read reports that call this war 1 ' - one of the ten bloodiest," Karim stated.

A quote of John Foster Dulles, Secretij.Jj' of•State, helps to show how mu~dled the international support of Eritrea has become. His statement was made before the beginning of the ,, Korean War. The source used is from Part I-Eritrea Chapter by Mr. Colin Legum in ERITREA AND TIGRAY 1983 EDITION, _published by Minorities Rights Group-an international research and information unit-United Kingdom.

John Foster Dulles said: From the point of view of justice, the opinions of the Eritrean people must receive consideration. Never the less, the strategic interest of the United ·States in the Red Sea Basin and considerations of security and world peace make it necessary that the country has to be linked with our ally, Ethiopia.

"The USSR had originally supported complete independence (of Eritera). Now they have done a turn-around, arming and advising Ethiopia," Karim said.

There is no access to the Red Sea for landlocked Ethiopia except through Eritrea.

Adding to Eritrea's problems of warfare is a long series of droughts.

"All the news is about Ethiopia but not about the north, into Eritrea," Karim claimed. · .

"They (Ethiopia) make an excuse and don't do anything. (That the) Ethiopian regime is not feeding the starving peoples is the issue," Karim stated. She said there had been reports that the Ethiopian Army has " ... poisoned wells, burned crops and has disrupted farming efforts of Eritrea." · A government structure is in place in the liberated cities of Eritrea.

"The Eritrean Relief Association is already in-place inside the country," Karim said about the organiz.a tion that distributes food to the starving Eritreans.

"Here in the US the Eritrean Relief Committee publicizes the (country's internal) events and collects funds. All the relief donations go directly to New York City which arrang~ to purchase food as close to Eritrea as possible." Thus the organization saves transportation costs.

There is no airstrip in Eritrea so that makes it very difficult to get food into the country without having to go through Ethiopia.

Food supplies can be purchased or received in Port Sudan and trucked into Eritrea.

"We can do our work without interfacing with Ethiopia but we're not well known," Karim said. "Ethiopia continues to call the established government in · Eretrea, since 1975, a bunch of bandits.

"Eritrea Peopie's Liberation Front has called for a cease fire but the Ethiopians have stated that they won't deal with terrorists.

"Ethiopia is in control of two Eritrean ports; Massawa and Assab. The grain is off-loaded there and sent south into· Ethiopia," Karim said. "We know that the grain isn't getting into Eritrea: · ' "Marva Teklai was a military depot and harbor on the Red Sea for the EthioJ pian Army," Karim said, quoting an eyewitn.ess report from the committee's most recent newsletter. "Marva Tekli was liberated by Eritrean forces in March 1984.

The woman who wrote the report discovered among the (stored) Rus.sian bomb shells, boxes with the inscription, 'Butter Oil- Food Aid of the European Economic Community to the People of Ethiopia'."

"No civilian population had been in that area for sometime," Karim continued, making the ~ertion that the food is staying in the hands of the Ethiopian Army and not getting to .the starving peoples. Kari.m also claimed that Ethiopia has the largest standing army in Africa. She estimated that there were 250,000 troops in 1982 and that now it is closer to 400,000.

A 1980-83 survey of one third of the population of Sahel, a P.rovince of Eritrea, showed that 10,546 deaths were due to causes from malnutrition as a result of the drought. Expanding t.hese figures tells of the misery tl~at abounds.

Karim revealed the most recent information about the drought. The Telex frem-the Eritrean Relief Association in Eritrea was one month old, written in October, and there seems to be a great delay in information getting out of the country.

Drinking water supply si~uation has been critical more than anythi~g else,' which Karim explains is African-English and that it means that though food is scarce, water is even more scarce than food.

Continuing the Telex: 'To get 5 to 10 liters of water, people have to walk four to five hours and sometimes a whole day. The ERA has been forced to relocate people in some of the displaced persons camps and supply them with water from tank trucks.'

In response to the question of what other agencies support ERA Karim said that Luthern World Relief and the Dutch Inter-Church Aid Association had recently i~ed their facilities inside the country plus some other organizations had given support. But Photo by ~o-Erik Gyberg, The Family of Children more is needed.

"I don't know why other agencies don't come through us," questioned. Karim.

A great deal of the problem is the war and the lack of good available transportation and roads. But there are administrative decisions and other considerations said Betit Griffin, the spokesperson for Catholic Relief Services in New York City.

On a recent Nightline show CRS had come under attack from one of the guests as to how it distributes food while the representative of the US who deals with relief agencies strongly countered the allegations. There is now some controversy as to whether the speaker was accurately stating the views of the organization ·he was representing. CRS has protested to that organization in England. !'Catholic Telief Services uses for distribution-.purposes "pre-existing organiza tions that are already in the country," Griffin said.

To the charge that the Ethiopian Army was holding food meant to go directly to starving people Griffin stated: "We are very sure that CRS food is reaching the people it was meant for. We have 36 staff people monitoring the situation and we tie in with other indigineous volunteer agencies. Anyone can come in and look over the records we keep."

The policy of CRS is not to get involved in the politics of the area a·n d not to ask people who need food what their political leanings are. Ethiopia has not impeded help in the last 16 to 18 months.

"This particular drought has been in the making for the last two years," Griffin said. "There has been a series of droughts where the people have not had the chance to recover from the one before.

"Small irrigation ,Projects by relief agencies have kept some areas productive for a longer period," Griffin said,. "but it is nowhere near whal is needed."

The war goes on, making it difficult if not impossible to get food to the starving people ~nd the international. community has to tread very · carefuiiy in these political waters if they are to help. · Meanwhile thousands are starving to death.

Those interested may contact the Chairman of African Studies at MSC, Dr. Akbarali Thobhani, who serves on the board of advisors at 629-293.5 or chair person Cristine Karim at 825-3651. Donations and inquiries may be sent to Eritrean Relief Com,mittee-Denver Branch, P.O. 18866, Denver, 80218.

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SHORT STORY CO Time in a Bottk Editors Note: We are pZ-ed to announce the winners In The Metropolitan-Tattered Cover Book Store Short Story Contat. "Time In a Bottle" by John F. Tara! captured first place. Mr. Tara! won a U-0 gift certificate from the Tattered Cover. "Michael" by Mary ThomplOn won 8eCOnd place and a •25 gift certificate. And finally, "The Robot Maid" by Bob Shepard and "Balancing Act" by Birgit Hegewald tied for third place. Both wUl redeoe •15 gift certificatea. There were many fine stoiiea In the batch of 25 entered, and the fudging proce&1 proved V"'J difficult.

We, at The Metropolitan, found the olncenltlea and racial slurs in the winning story' outright offen· sive, but llnce three of the five fudge. picked thu aa the winning story we are obligated to n.in ft as It WOI written. We do not, however, condone thu type of language In any way rhape or form, and would hope that It ii not used In everyday converaaCIDn. Congratulations are in order to all who entered, for there were many fine norla.

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Keith turned toward Wes and John, winked, then punched the accelerator, sending clouds of dust into the air as the car lurched forward and almost threw Curt out the window.

"Asshole," Curt said, settling back into the seat and slapping the back of Keith's head. Keith fust laughed. The car raced through the intersection. Keith then slammed the brake and sent the car skidding sideways.

"Shit/" Wes screamed, 'his harn:is gripping the dash, "we're all going to _die."""

The car came to a stop with its rear tires a half foot from a shtillow-"Bitch.

"Maniaci Maniaci" Curt wheezed from the back seat, his left arm dangling out the window, his right grabbing his chest. Wes opened the c(Jr door, jell t, crawled on his hands and knees, and pretended to kiss the-ground Curt, Keith and John got out of-the car-; and Wes johled them. TMy l:af4gfiea Q8,,. they walked across the field to the barn.;?1'1ie-¢ltweeili'scraped their--fegs; heours.. clung to their cut-ojf feans. They.reached tM}fam and Keith stuck ~in an· opening in ther~oo'den planks. When 'M'-prfl.led his head ou~ his;fei.~ were_ rounding the co~ toward the door. "Reif, iqait1'p,-!!: b.~-J;alled o((t as he r,an after them. ?::" The door to the.barn was four ro1ted one~bf='fours nailed tog(ther .and atiaf?hed.. to a pair of rusty hinges. It tpas afar by two.f~et, qnd when: John tried opening \ further he found it stuck firmly in the we~Then Keith tried pulling the dooropen, but only succeded in rippfog off one of the four planks. ~ _. ~ The boys finally decided to squeeze through the narrow opening~Qji€'by o~ they went into the cool damyness of the barn. Missing planks -in--the;111#(er n s~ender sha~ of light. The floo~- mnk::aluu!t d ~t-belojv the ~t~ndth tion. Decaying straw lay strewn acro~.JL_ _· - ~ -;;;-. _ ~ __. ~-:"" "It's code in here," Wes _said.

"That's cold, not code, you gook,'::.]Ehirsata:-He skirted the foundatiop., starin~ 1 at the floor. Wes walkedy.--~thering to reply. Curt followed Wes. ~eith never moved fro'!}Jhe door, arms folded across his chest, watching! his jtjends.

"What a~i!Ulooking for?" Curt asked, walking--:ti.,fto Johnf who was on his 1 hau~ eking at the straw. / / 1 ' 'Bloodt~' ___.~ · "You find any?" Keith asked, his voice flat . He still stood by the door.

"Nope," John answered. He stood and wiped his hands on his sho The three walked on along the foundation occasionally kic]{ around with their tennis shoes.

"What made him do it?" Keith asked.

The blue '68 Falcon rumbled the road, swaying from one side to the other, kwking up a trail of dust and occasionally fishtailing on the loose gravel. The open windows showed fhe heads of four boys. Their laughter mixed with the crackling voice of Bob Seger singlng "Turn the Page. " As they passed a sign that read Washtenaw County, one of the boys hung his half-naked, tanned body out the passenger-side window and threw an empty Stroh's bottle at the green rectangular sign: He missed it by three feet.

"Nice shot," Keith, the driver, said.

"Give me another beer," said Wes, riding shotgun, whose marksmanship was giving Curt and John in the back seat uncontrollable fits of laughter. Curt gulped at his beer, tried to hold back a laugh, then sprayed the beer out his nose. This caused more laughter from Wes and John as Keith craned his head to the rear view mirror to see what was so funny.

A burst of static ended the song prematurely.

"Put in a tave," Curt called from the back, as he wiped the beer off his chest.

"What do you want to hear?" Wes asked. He reac}Jedfor the three 8-track ta on the dash.

"Elton John," John answered. lie upended a Stroh's bottle to his mout , illing most of the beer down his chin. Wes grabbed the Yellow Brick Road tape fro between. two Jim Croce tapes and inserted it in the tape player.

Elton John's piano playing blasted from speakers mounted on the rear window ledge 06 the car raced toward a four way intersection. The car skidded to an abrupt halt. The boys were thrown forward, then back again, spilling beer an:~~~!!~~i~~~ laughing. They waited for the dust cloud to pass as Keith coughed and waved his~~~~~;;~~!S!~lfiS~~rrlfk.~ hands in front of him to clear the dust that invaded the car. ; On the corner stood a metal sign, shot beyond recognition; a wooden sign: .. eu\J'hii1~1i~~~~~~~~~lf'ius. reading CAMPING with a green arrow pointing to the right was auached below =====+nf=fifjJUWF.~ -~·.~..'5~~~~~~~;;;;J

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"Give me a bottle," Wes said.

John grabbed an empty bottle off the floor and handed it over the seat. Wes barn . ..__ it. leaned out, aimed, fired, and missed.

-~"Oh fuck," Keith mu , · ~~;~~~-~~ '.'.Not bad fo! standing still," Keith laughed. fo'f_n;--:hjs ~~nd eyes angry, as t~ . \'._ ~a~ ~ ~ Fuck you/ Lets go, 'W,tis_~ oo . \ , ' ' \ \, ~ Across the road ·stood an old barn, worn and weathered, with missing planks John leaned bacTC, -nis-fiand to -' " · ., all WTUM~n.M'l that exposed darkness within. Waist-high weeds ftdl of brown burs surrounded was attached. In the web ii ~ltdi:!.h!te-pl.QJ ~ggk4IJJs'1l · . the barn, almost hiding the stone foundation. ~ith long, hairy legs, stood within inche's-A ~~ the s~ "Yeah, I think leaving is a good id~~,!oh~e: and JwJ.il"M';;JI;, "Do you guys know what that is?" Keith asked, pointing toward the unpainted structure.

Keith's stare.

----,,,___ ·~\'\~ '1''" · "Sure," John said, leaning forward and resting his arms on the back of the front They walked back to the door where 'eiffe::J!fftJ;_gu ady exited and s·.,.,.~Ni seat, "it's a jucldng barn." back through into the field of weeds and sunshine.

Curt began laughing, dropping his Stroh's bottle as he choked on his b.eer.

"Ah, the sun feels good." Keith opened his arms wide and leaned back~ o look at the sun, rotating in a circle.. "Oh shit/" he said suddenly, grabbing hlittilii . "Funny, very funny. It's a fucking barn," Keith mimiced in a high squ,eaky foot and hopping around on his left. ~ voice. "You're a real chameleon today," he said, using the boys' slang for "comedian." "That's the barn where Collins killed his second victim."

"What did you do?" John asked.

"Bullshit," Wes said.

"Nothing, it's a new dance," Keith replied sarcastically: "It isl" They all started laughing again.

"He's right," Curt said. He reached down ta pick up the bottle he'd dropped, "Hey," John said, "the beers are getting warm." which was spillingfoamy beer on the carpet. "Except it was the third girl he killed "I can hear them calling," Wes laughed. He started running for the car still there." parked sideways on the dirt road. Curt burst after hitn, caught him and tackled "Second." Keith rolled his eyes at Wes. him in the high weeds. Their laughter rose above the stalks. " "Who cares," John said, staring at the barn. "Let's check it out."

Keith took his shoe off and examined his foot, still hopping on his other for "Why don't we set up camp first?" Wes asked. balance but refusing to lean against the barn for support.

"What's the matter Wes, you scared?" John poked Wes in the ribs with his "You OK?" John asked, nearing him. ftn~er.

"Yeah," Keith said. He put his shoe on, then stomped his foot a couple of times. ;'Fuck you, you god-damn Polack," Wes snapped. He turned around in his seat .

"Just cut my toe on a rock or something: Sorry about in there," he added, briefly to face John. ~ - glancing at John.

Elton John came out singing "Love Lies Bleeding" as Wes and John sat there "It's OK." John shoved his hands into the pockets of his shorts.

"Why were you looking for blood?" staring face to face. Soon they both started laughing.

"You smell like a brewery, you damn chink," John laughed.

"I don't know." John kicked at a weed. "I guess I'm fust fascinated with death, I "This whole car smells like a brewery," Keith added. "We're going to clean it kinda wanted to rub my face in it." up when we get to camp."

"Have you thought much about death?" Keith asked, shoving his own hands "Yeah, but let's check out the barn first," Curt said. He leaned out the window into his pockets. to get a better look.

"A little," John answered. Both of them stared at the ground.

"You ever think about suicide?" Keith asked. He looked back up at John.

Keith turned toward Wes and John, winked, then punched the accelerator, ''Nah, I'm too much of a chicken," John smiled. He looked at Keith. "I can't sending clouds of dust into the air as the car_lurched forward and almost threw

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An lmaginati~e_ Search For Eternity

by Keith Levise

most . pecuhar-illummatmg scenes · tuck in a ditch of light." wherem .teeth. chatter like a flock of s' At the same time, he teams up with a enamel 1ays, where men blush like. woman named Kudra, who advises blood's rich uncle, and the earth lay as him, "To eliminate the agitation and It is with shame and fear that I rest passive as an eyeless potato. disappointment of desire, we need but tonight, thought the king. The way Within this odd mindscape, a great awaken to the fact that we have bewilderment lies upon me, I have no hero named Alobar wanders, and everything we want and need right need of blanket.

Alobar ' wanders again. For a thoQSand years, now." in fact. Alobar who begins a king and But Alobar doesn't buy it. He desires ends up a janitor, seeks fulfillment of to be immortal. He sees death as a his individuality, though he's willing to · rude, intrusive situation which settle for eternal life. threatens to rub out his identity. "Our As a king, his world is simple. individuality," Alobar explains, "is all, Alobar to concubine: "I'v.e a mind to all that we have. There are those who lay you down and split you ljke a rack barter it for security, those who repress. ' of mutton. What would you say to it for what they believe is the betterthat? You know very well what I would ment of the whole society, buf blessed say. I would say those half-formed, in the tWinkle of the morning star is the half-crazed words the she-panther one who nurtures it and rides it, in speaks when in the delirium of her grace and love and wit, from peculiar seasonal heat she is mounted by her station to peculiar station along life's mate." bittersweet route."

As a wanderer, however, Hfe It is precisely life's bittersw~et route, becomes difficult. accurately charted by Alobar in JitterAlobar in search of food: "With a bug Perfume, which- allows Tom Robflock so close, there must be a shephard bins' genius to shine.

A minor character, Wiggs, seems to in the vicinity. Maybe I can talk him out of a few crumbs of breakfast ere I delineate Robbin's true lament. "The get me to a prettier smelling place." , .sixties/' he says, "constituted a As Alobar trods through eternity, he breakthrough, a fleeting moment of starts getting big ideas about .things. glory, a time when a significant chunk "Existence can be rearranged," he of humanity briefly realized its moral thinks. He travels.to the.east, resides in potentia~ and flirted with its , Somewhere in· the dark regions of a lamasery for twenty years, then neurological destiny, a collective Tom Robbins' brain, the tiny flame of leaves when he senses "his wheel (is) spiritual awakening that flared genius flickers. The light is real and Amnant Editor, The Metropolitan

brilliantly until the barbaric and mediocre impulses of the species drew tight once more the curtains of darkn~."

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"He's still having marr1age problems, huh?" Wes said with a little sigh . .

"Yeah, but it's more than that. It seems that all he cares about is money. Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't mind having some, but it's not my whole life."

"I don't know if this is a good time to tell you this," Wes said laughing a little "but I fust bought a new car." ' ' · "Oh shit," John said. He slumped on the couch. "Really?"

"Yeah."

"What kind?"

"A Mazda RX7." Wes' pride oozed over the pft,one.

"Njce <;ar, " John said, "hope you get killed in it."

"Thanks," Wes laughed. "How's school going?" .

"I don't know," John said, "I just don'.t know bunch of anything nowadays," John paused, rubbing his temple. "I love to write, but Ffust don't think I'm good enough to be a writer. It's too damn much pain." · "You don't have to write; nobody's forcing you."

"You don't understand, Wes," John sighed, "and I don't think I can explain it to you." . _ ' "Well listen, " Wes said. "I have to go anyways, so m4ybe we can meet in Vegas in the Spring. " ' ~'Yeah," John said, "maybe." Then he added, "It was really good hearing from you. Really. Have a good trip." , "Say hello to Renee for me. 111 send you a post card."

"Allright, I'll talk to you later, Wes." "Bye." "Bye." John reached over the sofa arm and returned the phone to its cradle. He sat up, threw his head back and rubbed his forehead with both hands. He got up, walked into the bedroom and turned on the light.

He put Jim Croce's Greatest Hits album on the stereo, turned off the light, and fell on the bed. Croce's "You Don't Mess Around With Jim" began as John lay there, arms across his eyes. \ The door to the apartment opened and closed. Renee's voice announced "Hello, I'm home. " . ' John didn't bother to answer. He lay there, not moving, listening to Jim Croce.

Footsteps. John looked up to see Renee standing before him.in her blue Albertson's uniform..

"What's the matter?" she asked. "Why are you listening to music in the dark?"

"I like it," John said, rubbing his temple again. "I have this headache that's kill:· Wig· me.,. . • . .

Renee bent down and took his right hand in both of hers, her long black hair falling in big curls over her shoulder. ''I'm OK," he said, "/ just need to take something for this damn headache."

Renee got up and turned on the overhead light. It hurt John's eyes. .He got up and walked into the kitchen. The cat was nowhere to be found. John walked up to the cupboard above the sink. Water dripped rhythmically, drip, drip, drip. "By the way, Wes called today," John called over his shoulder to Renee, whom he could see through the ·doorway. She stood in the other room picking up the TIME magazine from the floor.

"What difl. he say?" she asked, setting the magazine on the endtable.

"Not much." John opened the cupboard and brought down the plastic bottle filled with aspirins. "He's going to Australia; he also bought a new car."

"How nice. He must be excited," she said. She walked to the kitchen and leaned against the doorway.

"Yeah, he asked about you." John shook three aspirins into his palm.

"Telling you not to marry me, I suppose."

"Yep." John turned and smiled at her.

"Anythirtg else?" Renee asked.

"He said something about Keith. Something like he thought about him lately."

John threw the aspirins into his mouth, grabbed the bottle of Cutty Sark from next to the sink, upturned it, and swallowed a mouth full with the aspirin.

The water continued dripping like a Chinese water clock.

"Did I ever tell you how Keith killed himself?" John asked, examining the aspirin bottle. _ · • ''No.,, "He took an overdose of his mother's sleeping pills," John said. He held the aspirin bottle up to the reddish light slanting through the venetian blinds. "I bet that's a painless way to go," he added.

Renee walked up to him, took the aspirin bottle from his hands, capped it, and stuck it back in the cupboard. · Jim Croce came drifting faintly into the kitchen singing "Time in a Bottle." The water kept time to the song.

Renee turned, faced John, and leaned against his chest, holding him tightly.

John returned her hug, smelling the sweet perfume he liked so much. He could never recall the perfume's name. He stared at the cupboard where Renee had put the aspirin, then looked to the window.

The sunset lit the sky a deep, dark red. A block away a McDonald's sign flickered to life. .John hugged·Renee tightly, and buried his face in her soft, black hair.

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December 5, 1984

, Conformity ·Assailed In MSC Play

by Norma Restivo

and goes on to the afterlife, ~e is iri for a big surprise. All manner friend and • foe now keep him company. There's an The MSC Players' latest production, old man guilty of killing his mother "The Adding Machine," is a stark (played by George Keros) and even an journey through the mind of a man old love interest of Zero's with the innolabeled Mr. Zero. He is a frantic, cent name of Daisy Diana Dorothea hysterical drone, a nameless insect Devore (played by Laurel Hunter) . caught in the web of life's routine.

Both of these performances were well tuned, Keros was a meek but maniacal Actor John Fortin Portrayed Zero with just the right edge of manic v despair. His voice, an expressive wail, filled the small theatre . His movements, so coarse and wild, suggested those of a caged animal.

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old coot, drenched in the ·guilt of his crime and anticipating the worst ' vengeance. Hunter's Daisy shone with just the right touch of sniveling sincerity. She killed herself with gas because life just wasn't worth bothering With anymore.

The background music of the play, like the performances, enhanced the production. From dissonant bells to

driving disco, it wound neatly through the eveninll;.

"The Adding Machine," overall, was interesting if not a bit depressing. The movements and voices of the actors, against the barren stage, make for a thought-provoking evening. The play continues for two more weeks in Arts Building Room 271 . For ticket information call 629-3033.

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The play, written in the 1920's, is one of the genre labeled expressionism. The expressionists believed that truth is to be found within man, his spirit, soul, and desires. They were opposed to ._ materialism and industrialism.

Zero is indeed caught in the material grind. He is the dutiful laborer who has never missed a day of work, never talked back to the bo5s. And he is, in the final analysis, desperate.

Mrs. Zero, played by Marian O'Brien, is not far behind him. In a bitchy wail she reminds Ze!o that he is indeed a zero.

"If you was any kind of man you'd _, have a decent job by now."

O'Brien thrust her character right on stage, but at times seemed to be trying too hard. Her lines, though delivered in a strong, forceful tone, had a slight ,...sing-songish quality to'i:hem.

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The stage was stark and threadbare with a few -crisscrossed poles placed haphazardly about it, providing an effective backdrop for the taut emotions played against it. Lights splashed various colors ,on the eerie scene. We have entered Zero's mind and there is no turning back. .

When Zero finally cracks and kills his heartless boss (a man who would have no qualms replacing his faithful worker 1 with a mere adding machine) the audience then sees his equally heartless "friends".

Like Zero they're named after numbers-Mr. Three, Mrs. Two, Mr. One. In one particular scene they -.. mimic a typical social gathering. Dressed much the same, each with a broad bar painted across his or her face, they wheel and twirl about the stage. Irr stacatto question and answer conversations they banter about the weather,_ politics, and the latest gossip. It's an oddly realistic e~actment of the human animal's need to socialize.

The costuming, like the scenery, was rather sparse and drab. The Matronly dresses of the women, the vests and ties of the men (even without shirts) seem to suggest a conformist attitude.

When Zero is executed for his crime

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COMMU,TERS IN LOVE; An Understated Romance

by Tom Deppe Entertainment Editor, The Metropolitan

Like moths to a flame, the names of Robert DeNiro and Meryl Streep will attract you to "Falling in Love." You won't be rewarded by an incendiary screen romance, but a rather ordinary portrayal of a bitter-sweet love affair between two ordinary people. , Those of you who are refugees from the East are going to love the scenes of

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upstate New York, the hustle- andbustle of Grand Central Station, and Christmas time in New York City, as the scene for the affair is set through a series of chance encounters as DeNiro and Streep go through their lives as urban commuters.

As Frank Raftis, DeNiro makes a radical departure from the usual 0££the-wall characters he is known for. He portrays Frank as such a nice, sensitive ordinary guy, it's like watching your next-door neighbor.

You can't describe it as a powerful performance, but it's uncanny how DeNiro gets into his role as a suburban commuter with a loving wife and two adorable children and pulls it off in such a believable ordinary style.

Streep is her usual fine-chiseled screen presence as Molly Gilmore, a suburban wife who often journeys into New York City to visit her sick father.

Streep's role suffers from too many trite • dialogue lines, casuing her character to come off as somewhat flat.

In her supporting role as Ann Raftis, Jane Kaczmarek gives a strong performance as a loving wife and mother, leaving you wondering· why Frank would want to have an affair in the first place.

David 'Clennon in his role as Molly's husband, Brian, CO(J!es across as a sensitive and caring individual who is perhaps a bit too caught up in his work as a doctor to notice his wife's drift toward another man.

One of, "Falling in Love's" weaknesses is that Ann and Brian are not given enough screen time so that we can discover character flaws in them that would lead Frank and Molly toward an affair.

Then again, that may be one of the movie's main points-the chance happenin~ in a busy lifestyle that lead to something that has no apparent logic to it, causing two oh so normal people to screw up their oh so normal lives for each other.

"Falling in Love" is a .p ortrayal ~f two very ordinary people being drawn toward something that they know is wrong, yet are irresistably pulled . toward it. I suppose a lot of us can relate to that.

I find it hard to write glowing praise for "Falling in Love." It's probably the most understated and ·underplayed romance to hit the screen.in some time.

The movie reeks of "ordinariness," yet it still, somehow, manages to reach out and grab your emotions. ·Catch a cmatinee and make your own judgement.

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December5, 1984 ,

· off-season meet this weekend at the Air Force Academy at the Rocky Mountain Open, traditionally the first Colorado meet of the year. / -But because the NAIA officially dropped all of its involvement in men's gymnastics last season, the men will be competing against NCAA division II competitors.

Craft said the team will most likely compete in the Western Athletic Conference at its national qualifying meet.

He added that because there are only two gymnastic programs in the state, the team will do a lot of traveling to other states, such as Utah and Texas, to compete. ' While Craft sees a lot of potential for MSC because it is one of two gymnastic programs in the state, sophmore Bill Orton said he thinks it's terrible that other colleges in the state aren't havi.ng . programs because he feels there needs to be more competition.

Orton said gymnastics in genereal is suffering. He said he doesn't agree with the fact that many high schools have dropped their programs as well. Orton felt that the Olympics last summer helped to promote involvement into gymnastics. However, he said the Americans won the Olympics this year, but he doesn't think they will continue to dominate due to the overall decline

by Curt Sandoval Sporn Editor, The Metropolitan

It was on the verge of being dropped, but it is still alive; none other than MSC men's gymnastics.

Last year intercollegiate athletics closely examined the pos.9bility of discontinuing men's gymnastics at Metro State. But because the decision was to keep the program going for at least another season, MSC and the Air Force Academy are now the only two colleges in the state of Colorado that carry men's gymnastics programs.

Head coach Wayne Craft, in his first year at Metro, sees this as an advantage for the program. · "Only so many people can get accepted to Air Force and we're the only other men's team in the state," he said.

He said he is hoping to do some recruiting for next season from the high schools around the state.

"There are some good high school programs here," he said. He said he has also received some inquires from other out-of-state schools about Metro's program.

Craft, a 1973 gr~duate of UNC, said he sees a lot of talent in the team this season. ,The team has been practicing since October ~ and will compete in an

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MSC 80phmore Mike Aitken worb on his high bar routine during Monday's gymnat1tic practice. The Men's team will be competing in the Rocky Mountain Open this weekend at the Air Force Acadamy. of gymnastics.

Orton said he is looking to score nines on all of his events this year as he will be competing in the all-around division. .

Orton also said the team this year is well balanced.

"Everyone has their strengths and weaknesses." But, he said, the team isn't weak in any of the events. .

Senior Mike Tschanz is the only member that participated on the team - last season. Tschanz, in his third season, said it is rough getting used to a new coach every season.

Last year the Roadrunners only had a four member ~quad. Tschanz said one of his goals for this season is to get a good strong team so the program won't fold.

While MSC has an eight member

squad this season, Tschanz said they are a lot stronger this year compared to last. He added that the last season had · some coaching problems and he sees Craft as a good ~ach for the team this year.

Tschanz said one of the problems laSt ~ season was the fact that the coach, Kevin Labbe, didn't spot the gymnasts on their routines.

"Anything is better than last year," Tschanz said.

Craft said the team of "very , dedicated young men" will prove to be tough this season. He said he has seen so much improvement over the last couple weeks alone that he is anxious to see how the team looks later in the year.

The men officially begin their season after Christmas on January 26 at home , against the Air Force at 2 p.m.

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Swimmers Struggling, Refuse to go Urider

The MSC Women's swim team had two meets last week. Th·ev lost both meets, b~t the team, head coach John Bockstahler said, has been ~howing a lot of improvement.

The women lost to Colorado School of Mines 69-22 and to Regis 56-29.

Bockstahler said the lack of depth is the biggest problem for the women this season.

This is the first year MSC has _spon~ored a women's intercdllegiate swim ·- team. Bockstahler said with only five girls on the team it is hard to score the points needed to win meets.

Bockstahler said for a first year pro. gram, the team is looking very good and should be respectable for recruiting next season.

The men were also dropped by Mines, 65-29, but beat Regis 64-21:1 tor the·tearn's first win of the season.

Mike Jones had an exceptional meet as he qualified for the NAIA Naitonals in the 200 meter butterfly with a 2:04:7 time. The mark also enabled Jones to ~ bre~ his own school record in th<: event.

In addition, Jones won the 1000 meter freestyle for MSC. But he wasn't the only individual winner. Don Hutt, , a · freshman, won the 100 meter 1.M. with a 2:11:7 time. · Bockstahler sai~ ineligible swimmers

are still hurting the men in dual meets.

He also said overall the men have shown great improvement and are now starting to move in the right direction.

The men have just one more meet before Christmas break, on Dec. 7 .

The MSC women's basketball program has resumed. Last season the ladies didn't have the most su~ful year. As a matter of fact, they didn't win a game all season.

But this year the women are looking to upgrade the program. The women will be playing 24 games, three of which will be home-game double headers at the Auditorium Arena with the men's team.

Last season the women were victims of much criticism with their winless record. But because of the vast ,amount of improvement the ladies made during last season, this season hopes to be more successful.

On addition to the women's program this year ·will be that of an assistant

coach, Jane Kober.

Kober will team up with Betty Krueger, the women's head coach.

Krueger is a Pamona High School teacher and coach as well.

Kober, Metro's•women's tennis head coach, said she is only going to ~ist the team for qne year. She a!so said sne is excited abouqp.e team this year. · With not much carry over from last se!lSon Kober said she will try and help the team on playing as a team and exercising basic fundamental concepts.

The women opened theiJ season . against Chadrom State (Nebraska) last Monday night, but lost 5& to 50. The trip was made with the men's team as the games were a men's and women's 0 double header.

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against Colorado College. Bockstahler said he is hoping fo be 2-4 at the break and come back strong next semester to finish at leastrwith a 500 season.

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.--M-etr-0-sta-te-1+-,c-h-adr-on-6~1 Metro State (H) Blackmore 0 0-0 0, Kutze 2 0-0 +, Trujillo 3 5-5 11, Hyman 5 0-0 10, Robinson 7 5-8 19, Good 2 0-0 +,Roper 1 0-0 2, Slaughter 2 0-0 +,Darden 5 +.+ I+, Grosz 3 0-0 6. Totals 30 1+-17 7+.

Chadron State (61) Stith 1 5-6 7, Blachly 7 0-2 I+, Woods 5 0-0 10, R. King 5 2-2 12, Wright+ 5-5 13, J. King 0 Q.O 0, Katsampes 2 1-1 5, Anderson 0 0-0 0. Totals 2+ 13-16 61.

Halftime score-Metro 30, Chadron 30 Total fouls Metro 18, Chadron 15.

The men will bring their 2-0 record back home to the Auditorium Arena this Saturday night against Doane College at 7:30 p.m. MSC students admitted free.

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The Colorado Choir wlll present a Christmas Concert at Boettcher Concert Hall at 6 p .m.

Community Corol Sing with MSC Concert Choir and Metro Singers In St. Cajetans at noon, Call 629-3160 for more Information.

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Two' lectures o-rrMextcon Baroque Art at 2 p .m. In Student Center 330. Call 629-2906 for more Information.

MSC College for Living Banquet. Student Center 330. 7 to 10 p .m. Call 629-3394 for more Information.

"Annie" will be showing as part of the Kids Serles at· the Arvada Center. 6901 Wadsworth Blvd. Showtlme at 2 p.m. Call 431-3060 for more Information.

Alpha Eta Rho/Aviation Fraternity meeting.

Student Center. 230 CID. at noon. Call 629-3316 for more Information.

"The Adding Machine" a play by MSC Players In Arts Building. 271 at 6 p .m. Call 629-3033 for more Information.

lrazlllon Music at Union Station Restouroht 1701 Wynkoop, at 6:30 p .m. Call 623-5606 for more Information.

"Ollver" a ploy at the Arvada Center. 6901 Wadsworth Blvd. at 6 p .m. Call 431-3063 for more Information.

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UCD Music Recital. St. Cajetah's, 1 p .m .

Call 629-2727 for more Information.

MSC student Allociotton for Social Work meeting. Student Center 254/6, 11:30 o .m . to 12:30 p.m . Call 629-2595 tot more Information.

CU Alumni and Friends, Holiday Open House. East Classroom Lobby, 2 to 4 p .m.

Call 623-6423 for more Information.

Radio Station Committee meeHng. Student Center. 255 A at t 1 a .m. Call 629- 2797 for more Information.

land In the Miiiion-"The Hot Tomatoes," 1to4 p.m .

MSC Right Team PracHce. Tri County Airport at 6:30 a .m. Coll 629-3316 for more Information.

"The Adding Machine" a play presented

by MSC Players In Arts Building, 271 at 6 p.m. Call-629-3033 for more Information.

"Th• Adding Machine" a play presented

by MSC Players. In Arts Bulldlng, 271 at 8 p.m. Call 629-3033.for more Information.

MSC Block student Alllance and UCO Associated Block Students meeting. Student Center. 351 , G. 5 to 6 p.m. Call 629-3322 for more Information.

Follow those Roadrunner Hoopatera. They take on Doane College at 7:30 p.m. at the Denve~ Arena.

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"Chrlttmos Under the Stars" at Gates Planetarium. Showtlmes 11 o .m .. 1, 3 and 7:30 p.m. Call 322-7009 for more· Information.

Friday 7 MSC Block Student Alliance and UCD Associated Black Students meeting. Student Center. 351 , G, 10 to 11 a .m. Call 629-3322 for more Information.

The Colorado Artist Crofllman Exhibit and sole at the Arvada Center. 6901 Wadsworth Blvd. 9 a .m. to 10 p .m. Call 421-3060 for more Information.

Sunday 9 "Prtvote Lives" a play about marriage, divorce and love at the Slightly Off Center Theatre. 2549 15th St. Coll 572-7613 for more Information.

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Tuesday 11 Alcohollc'a Anonymous meeting. Student Center, 257, 2 to 3 p .m.

"George Orwell-The Man Remembered" a traveling exhibit of photographs with text. On display In the Auraria library Gallery.

Splendors of Baroque Mexico: Gloria In Excelsls on display at the Denver Art Museum. Call 575-5928 for more Information.

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"Small Workl" a beneftt art sole for Emmanuel Gallery at the Gallery. 11 a .m. to 5 p.m. Call 629-6337 for more Information.

MSC Alumni AllocloHon meeHng. 1020 9th St. A. 6 to 9 p.m. Call 629-6320 for more · Information.

Wednesday 12 Aurarlo Nuclear Education .Project meeting. Student Center. 351 E at 12:15 p.m. Call, 629-3320 during meeting times for more Information.

MSC Flight Team meeting. Student Center.

230 C/D at 1 p .m. Call 629-3316 for more information.

Aurarla Jewish student Alllance meeting.

Student Center 251 . Call 629-3333 for more Information.

Transcendental Meditation technl· que-free lecture. Student Center. 254 at 3 p.m. Call 661-5111 for more Information.

MSC Black Student Alllance and UCD Associated Black Students meeting. Student Center, 351 , G. noon to 1 p .m. Coll 629-3322 for more Information .

Pioneer Christmas Celebration coot. from page 1

In their merriment the men ate, drank and sang son~. Toasts were made to their homes and families and a jovial B. Franklin made this toast to the paSt and the future. "Let the first ever be in our remembrance. And may hoptr be our guiding star."

Our founders now had the spirit of Christmas in them, with hopes and dreams for the future.

General Larimer stood dignified as he began his much asked for speech.

He expresred gratitude for the rare sunny climate.

"Here we are in the midst of winter on this glorious Christmas day· and what do we find? On my way down to your camp, walking without an overcoat, I found the perspiration running down my face. The only snow we can see is on yonder peakS.._."

"We have laid the foundation for a city, an outlet, for this gold bonanza and for the Rocky Mountain region."

And I, like Edith· Kohl will let A. 0.

Mcgrew, bona fide reporter of the .event, Iinish the story.

"As we dispersed into the open, the sun was setting behind the summits of the snow-capped peaks, bathing the mist-covered valley with a golden light, while gentle breezes laden with warmth and fragrance wafted over the

vale. It.had been a great day, leaving us inspired with a new purpose. But we were lonely. So we adjourned to Auraria. We found that camp alive with an influx of miners. They gave the ~ Spooner Camp a warm welcome. Some of them were dressed in the most fantastic and grotesque manner that imagination and the skins of w-ild beasts could possilby devise.

We had been cursed with savage beasts. Our lives had been in constantdanger. not from the Indians w.ho seemed friendly enough but whom we felt we had to watch, but from the ferocious animals that stalked our camps: mountain lions, wolves, wildcats, prairie tigers. And that beast that walks around here as monarch of them· all, the grizzly bear. By now we were more at ease for the rifles, and strychnine brought along for the purpose, were driving them back to the mountains. But it had been easy for • these men to get all kinds of skins.

Soon an immense fire was blazing in the square around which the wagons and the shacks stood. Active feet went into motion and in the weird light we danced until midnight. Groups of Indians with their squaws and papooses filled the shadowy background. It was· a picture that Rembrandt would have loved."

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