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pearance of the encumbrances raised the suspicions of those involved. Sutherland said Boltz, who worked News Editor, The Metropolitan at a computer terminal ..!uring registraMSC student government Vice Presition, could have removed the hold dent Dave Sutherland resigned last himself. "Ben could just walk around and not Wednesday, citing unfair be noticed in the business office," administrative "games" that forced him to remove a student senator from Sutherland said. "I would get challengoffice. . ed like, ·can I help you?' But if you're supposed to be there they won't quesOn Feb. l, Student Senator Ben Boltz was administratively withdrawn tion you." Boltz denied tampering with his own from the college due to an unpaid sturecords and said when he went to the dent support loan. During the senate business office to see why he was meeting Feb. 6, Sutherland said that_ encumbered again he was shown his since Boltz was no longer a student he name underlined on a list that 5:::- could no longer function as a student indicated he shouldn't have been on senator. hold. Boltz was able to register, accor_ding to Helen Foreman, business office supervisor, because Boltz paid his fall tuition debt. But the question of a list of students not to be encumbered fueled the fire of · those skeptical of the situation. Roberta Smilnak, associate vice president of student affairs, said such a list never existed. Jared Johnson, business affairs officer, agreed that no such list existed but could offer no explanation for the student's comments. 'Tm not aware of any list," Johnson said. "There is no such list, we deal with a lot of paperwork here and based on what I've seen and heard I know of no list. Unless someone can give me more information about the list I just don't know of any list." Ben Boltz (left) and Dave Sutherland are· at the center of the latest ASMSC shakeup. Photos By Beagle Johnson said he knew of a list of those who should be encumbered but he couldn't look for Boltz's name. "Helen (Foreman) is sick today and I don't know where it is in her office," Johnson said Monday. Yesterday Foreman was back in her tion Act, said that most employees therefore, Gasser had either to retire, "by Michael Ocrant office and produced a list of couldn't be given mandatory retireor, with the permwionof the college Alrirtant Editor, The Metropolitan encumbereti students with names ment before the age of 70. president, contil)ue teachinp; on a temThe precise, underlying wues that underlined, including Boltz, of Congress apparently was reacting to porary year-to-year contract. led the MSC's sociology department students who should not be the fact that the average longevity 0£ Metro policy stated further that a r.:: chairman to give up the post he held for professor on temporary contract could encumbered. Americans had increased sharply since 11 years may never be revealed and as "That list didn't even pop into my 1934, when the Social Security Act was not hold the position of department I far as the principal characters in the mind yesterday,''. Johnson said. "It's paSsed and the age for retirement was chairman. controversy are concerned the mues, more of an internal worksheet." fixed at 65. If policy were strictly followed it whatever they were, are dead. A worksheet i'-.·, used to mark the Colleges and Universities, however, meant G~r should have been given a The central character of the story, students names who clear the debts so were given exemption from the law; temporary contract beginning July 1, their records can be adjusted, Foreman .... Dr. Robert-Louis G~r. ex-sociology such institutions could still require 1982, the beginning of the fiscal year. depa'rtment chairman and current said. His position as department chairman faculty to retire at age 65. Swm Consul, though obviously bitter, Checking again o.n the status of The exemption apparently was given should also have ended at that time. is saying nothing. due to lobbying efforts by higher It was not to be. Boltz, Buenconsejos found the hold had Gasser continued to work under "I can't see any good coming from again been lifted without receipt of talking-it won't change -anything," regular contract and remained the payment for the student loan. department chairman through the end Gasser said during one of several brief Again he advised the Bi.lsiness Office of the '83-'84 school year - two years to put a hold on Boltz. telephone conversations .. "That's all education administrators. after reaching mandatory retirement done and past." Then on Feb. l, Boltz was advisWhat did change for Gasser, in age. Effective July 1, 1982, though, the ed of the problem and he contacted October 1981, was his age. Somehow, somewhere, questions Smilnak. exemption would be nullified and colThat's when Gasser turned 65, and so arose which caused delays in lege professors, too, could work, if they She sent him to Johnson. became eligible for retirement. implementing school policy. so desired, until they reached the age of Boltz and Johnson arranged for an . But by law, and. by the rules of the What happened, according to Sandy . administrative withdrawal ·so Boltz 70. icollege, G~r would have little to say Jones, director of contract ~rsonnel wouldn't have to pay a late fee for his Gasser missed the July expiration :about his future employment. date by nine months. services, was that Gasser's contract Spring cl~. A late fee is charged to cont. on pace 3 cont on pap 4 : The National Anti-age DiscriminaUnder MSC's governing board rules, I
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But in his letter of resignation, Sutherland said he felt he had made an error in relieving Boltz from his job and had done a "dmervice to Ben, the Executive Branch of student government, the Associated Students of MSC and the school." "I took this- action believing that I was looking out for the best interest of the students," Sutherland said. "I feel that I was the victim of some game the administration was playing with Ben and his student status." Sutherland said there was an encumbrance on Boltz's record that should have prevented him from registering this semester. Bennett Buenconsejo, Director of
Student Support Services, said Boltz had a $120 debt to his office. "I saw Ben' at registration and knew he should have an encumbrance so I checked and saw that it had been lifted," Beunconsejo said. When Buenconsejo verified that Boltz hadn't paid his student support loan the encumbrance was reapplied. According to Boltz and business office personnel, when Boltz's fall tuition, which had not been paid, was received two weeks ago the encumbrance was lifted. What the business office employees didn't realize is that Boltz had another hold from the Student Support office. The disappearance and reap-
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contained a "special condition" allowing him a regular contract. Employees with regular contracts, Jones said, have more protection if the school should find cutbacks or layoffs necessary. According to Stan Sunderwirth, MSC vice president of academic affairs, a · '.'technicality" over age emerged when former MSC President Richard Fontera began discussing ._ Gasser's future status. Fontera, Sunderwirth said, felt strict · adherence to the rule required that he sign Gasser on a temporary contract and ask him to step down as department chairman. Gasser agreed with Fontera's deci• sion after.disc~ions continued "all last year," Sunderwirth said. According to .Gasser the disc~ions continued for more than a year. After agreeing to the change, Sunderwirth said, Gasser assumed other responsibilities as the chairman of >!' the Committee- on International Education, which reviews academic policies and procedures for studying abroad. For his work on the committee Gasser waS relieved from teaching one three-hour course per semester, accorc. ding to Sunderwirth. Gasser, though, was not pleased with the outcome:of events.
"How can you be," Gasser replied, when asked if, after agreeing to the changes and assuming new responsibilities, he was satisfied. It's obvious, Gasser said, that by his remaining at MSC despite differences it · wasn't his choice to retire or have his status in the department changed. What those differences were remain unclear. His age and his contract "wasn't" t.be whole is.rue," Gasser said. What was the whole issue? "You can talk to Dean Boxer," Gasser said, "he has all the details." But Dr. Phillip Boxer, Dean of Liberal Arts and Sciences and acting head of the sociology department, refused to comment about the issue. Unless a matt.er "emerges as official business," Boxer . said, he generally refuses to comment. It's better anyway, he said, to talk with "primary sources," in this case Gasser or former President Fontera, who died unexpectedly last year. Boxer said he didn't want to compound any rumors. But despite a lack of "rumors," questions concerning the fairness of both the law and school policy, as well as application of the policy, remain. While Gasser continued for two years in the same capacity, others weren't as lucky. Denver Attorney and. former MSC
Criminal Justice Professor Yale Huffman was forced to retire in May, 1981 . Huffman said he didn't want to retire and would have challenged the federal law had he not had his law practice to return to. The courts probably would have declared the Anti-Age Discrimination Act unconstitutional, Huffman said, because it singled out college professors for mandatory retirement at age 65. Conversely, he said, he supports mandatory retirement from the viewpoint of the college, based purely on economic reasons. By age 65 professors are drawing salaries which could support two newly
hired teachers, Huffman said. Further, he said, there is a "presumption that a person at age 65 has lost some of the enthusiasm to c(lrry on class at a good rate." Proper management of the college requires some discretion in hiring and firing personnel, Huffman said. Discretionary policies, however, require general guidelines for equal application. . And, although college professors may now continue working until age 70 before retirement is mandatory, it appears the policy was not always applied equally before the law 0 changed.
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Dr. Ruth W ams ~of Sexual Ignorance .
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Dr. Ruth Westheimer lectured before a full house at St. Cajetao's Center Monday night and people hoping to attend were turned away at the door because of the large crowd. . Dr. Ruth, as she is known, was born in Frankfurt, Germany. She moved to Israel when she was 16 to work 'OD a Jcubutz and graduated from the New
School for Social Research. She also received her masters from Columbia University. Although Dr. Ruth is known primarily as a sex therapist she started the lecture by stating: "Not for one moment do I think that sex is everything in a relationship. There are many other components. There is love and there is caring. There is responsibility, there is raising of children and there is companionship
During the course of her lecture, Dr. Ruth said she is not a theotogian or a politician, she is an educator. She is also an entertainer.
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and intellectual and emotional stimulation." Dr. Ruth's lecture convered a wide range of sexual matter, from masturbation, to contraceptives, to homosexuality. The common theme among her subjects was beware of ignorance. Such ignorance, she said, that is formed in a victorian society where on the. night of a young girl's wedding the mother told h.er daughter to " ... lie back and think of England."
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Throughout the night she had her audience laughing, cheering and listening attentively to every word. It is the humor in Dr. Ruth's lectures that give them such mass appeal. At one point in the lecture Dr. Ruth talked about the myths of masturbation such as " ... if you masturbate, if you bring yourself to sexual satisfaction, hair grows in the palm of your hand." At which point, members of the audience started checking the palms of their hands for hair. On the serious and hot issue of abortion Dr. Ruth said, "The abortion law must remain legal ... before the abortion law became legal only women with money could have an abortion because they used to go to Mexico or Europe, _and women without money had to
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anyone who registers and doesn't pay tuition the same day. Boltz then needed to pay his student support loan and he would be allowed to register for spring. The / following Wednesday Sutherland announced that Boltz was no longer a student and Boltz left the meeting, cleared· his debt and ·registered for six hours of classes.
Although Boltz was not officially a student less than four working days student government president Lisa Espiritu no longer considers Boltz a senator and said he must be appointed \.. by her to return to his position. Asked if she would appoint Boltz, a key supporter of last semester's impeachment procedures against Espiritu, she said: "I doubt it." 0 ,
Music Dept. Percussionist Honored An MSC music student wasrecently invited to play with the Denver Symphony Orchestra for winning the top award in the DSO's third annual Young Artists Concerto Competition. Michelle Rozales, a sophomore who plays marimba, piano and percussion instruments, took first place in the competition held Dec. 1, 1984. As her award she played with the symphony on Feb. 3. According to Dee Netzel, MSC music department staff accompanist, Rozales competed with about 30 individuals to win the honor. The February concert was sponsored jointly by Sigma Alpha Iota, an international music fraternity for women, of .which Rozales and Netzel are members, and the Musicians Society of Denver. ' A new chapter of the fraternity opened on the Auraria campus November 2, 1984, and for the first time in the nation, Netzel said, two schools formed
one fraternity, specifically MSC and UCD. In the concert Rozales played the first movement of Paul Creston's Concerto for Marimba. O
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A big part of Metropolitan State College, the old renovated buildings on the Auraria campus often go unnoticed by most students. The buildings include the Ninth Street Historic Park, the oldest Denver residential block left intact; the Tivoli Brewery, built in 1890; St. Cajetan's Church; St. Elizabeth's Church; and the Emmanuel Gallery, Denver's oldest church structure.
They are all that remain of the city of Auraria, established in 1858 during the gold rush to the Rocki~ . They are usually seen in passing in the rush to get "-· to class.
tion of Denver's past. While attention was being focused on the Tivoli building and Ninth Street, St. Cajetan's, which was built in 1926, and St. Elizabeth's, built in 1896, were also in danger. Wartgow says raising
Enough money was eventually raised to restore both structures. St. Cajetan's now houses offices and an auditorium and St. Elizabeth's is still an active parish with a regular Sunday schedule. The Ninth Street block is now the home of numerous school department offices and organizations. For example, the house at 1027 is home for AHEC. ROT.C offices are located in another house with a wood balustrade. "People want to have their offices in the park. It is ·considered something very positive,'' Wartgow says. "We take a tremendous amount of pride in Ninth Street Historic Park. I for one think I have the most attractive office location in Denver." The Ninth Street buildings are typical of middle class housing in early Denver. The buildings range in age
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In fact, the Auraria Board was sued by DURA over the fight to save the Tivoli Brewery. The Board persisted, howe~r. and won.
While Wartgow does not ·doubt the persistence of the people behind the , original preservation effort, he believes it would not hawi been successful without the Bicentennial-Centennial celebration in 1976. That brought attention to Denver's wealth of new skyscrapers and its lack of buildings representing Denver's beginnings. It ~ also prompted numerous monetary donations. According to Wartgow, the restorations at Ninth Street were made possible because of a modest Open Space grant, individual contributions and ._ corporate donations. Over 900 contributions raised about $900,000. Exterior renovation and modest interior remodelling used up $750,000, he says. The rest of the funds went for improving the surrounding land. The preservation effort was coordinated by ·< Historic Denver Incorporated, a nonprofit group interested in the preserva-
· All of the surrounding gai:dens are planted in 19th century style. Wartgow says since hollyhocks were popular then, they are planted today. The long grass section used to be the street'itself, and the original granite curbing was left along the street. The sidewalks are made of old flagstone gathered from demolished sections of the Auraria site. / . Several homes along Ninth Street could take one back in time. At 1024 the winding staircase with its wooden banister, lit only by a second-floor window light, makes one imagine old family portraits hanging on the red brick wall. And while looking from the balcony of 1033, it's easy to picture how the small garden between it and 1027 might have looked during a Victorian spring. W artgow says that keeping all of the old buildings on campus properly maintained will help bring more attention their way. Walking tours of Ninth Street, various festivals and continued promotion of the Emmanuel Gallery will also help keep these buildings in the public eye, he says. 0
Even so, " there is a definite philosophy in favor of (historic) preservation," at Metro, says Jerry Wartgow, Executive Director of the Auraria Higher Education Center. But, he says, it's been an " uphill battle" to preserve these buildings because of the Auraria Urban Renewal Project, the Denver Urban Renewal Authority's plan to raze all the existing buildings to build the Auraria campus. ;..
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Mothers Find Common Ties '
by Kevin Vaughan Editor, The Metropolitan
When MSC students Erla Smith and Inge Hollingsworth met last week, neither could have suspected that they had more in common than similar first names. But last Thursday in a surprise getto-know each other session in the class they share, Irla and Inga found out otherwise. Both, they discovered, go by nicknames; Erla by "Kit" and Inge by "Chris." However, the biggest coincidence was yet to come. Kit Smith's daughter Robin and Chris Hollingsworth's son Sc0tt, .it turns out, are both serving in the Peace Corps in Honduras. Only 90 miles of the Honduran countryside separates them. kind of work they would be doing, after Further, each · of the mothers has they got there. spent one of the last two Christmases in Robin is a strings specialist in a colHonduras-Hollingsworth last year lege in San Pedro Sula, the country's and Smith in 1983. · second largest city. Scott works as a Hollingsworth's son has been in Honforester in Copan Ruinas. duras since last Jun-e, while Smith's And the chance meeting of the two daughter has been there since March of mothers caught Hollingsworth totally 1982 and will be coming home soon. off guard. Hollingsworth said she feared for her "I . was very excited, I couldn't son after he first moved to Honduras believe it,'' Hollingsworth said of her but said that fear has subsided. ' meeting Smith. "I have never met "I have to tell you," Hollingsworth another person who had a child in the said, "this was quite an emotional thing Peace Corps. I heard her say her to overcome. I still think there is a daughter was in• the corps and I potential of danger, but after we got thought 'Oh, my,' and then I heard her some letters and phone calls, I started say Honduras and I couldn't believe it." to realize he is all right. Smith, however, said not many Smith, on the other hand, said havthings surprise her anymore. "I have seen so many things in my life that seems to be coincedences," Smith said. "Nothing surprises me anymore." She also said people have reacted positively when they found out her daughter is in Honduras, while Holl-
been for her too.'' Both mothers agreed that Honduran Christmases were not at all like they thought they'd be, and Smith in particular was amazed by the rampant poverty in the Central American country. "I came away wondering how poverty gets so ingrained in a place where the food literally falls off the trees and rots at their feet, if" Smith said. "Their climate isn't such that they have disasters, I mean they don't have earthquakes and that type of thing." She also said she enjoyed the people
of Honduras; that many of them were 1' "friendly and fun-loving." And while both nave different perceptions of the country and its people, the mothers are fiercely proud of what their children are doing. , "She wanted to do something to be of help to her fellow human being," Smith ~ said. "We're proud of her. I think it's a very good experience for her." Hollingsworth agreed. "I realize this is the kind of life he wants to lead, and he has to do his own thing," she said. "It's what you want to do-that's what it's all about." D ~
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Robin ingsworth said she has had a lot of negative reactions to the news. "I have had a lot of adverse comments made when people find out he is down there," Hollingsworth said. "They say things like 'Oh, he'll get down there and they'll give him a gun and he'll fight for the CIA.' And that's really a stupid thing to say. Or others will say 'Oh, he'll go down there and get blown up by the terrorists,' and that's a hard thing to hear when your child is down there." ...To me," Smith said, . "it's been a positive experience, and I know it has
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_, Federal Gall in- Grandma's Closet These madcap spending cuts in social She brought out a big paper bag fillprograms will leave us with nothing to ed with little plastic fishhook conmake commemorative stamps for in the tainers, homemade envelopes, 5000 future. Standard Bostitch staples boxes and a Never again will there be great. Penney's Towncraft men's brief bag. Every container stuffed with stamps like the 3• stamp to Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross stamps. Grandma's stamps. or the 3• stam~ to Juliet Gordon Low, "She doesn't collect stamps, she gathers them," said Sue Davis, a friend America in 1949. of Grandma's. the founder of the Girl Scouts of There won't be any stamps like the Grandma gathers anything she thinks could have a use one day in the BY JAMES CHURCHES 3• stamp celebrating the 50th Anniverdistant imagined future. She opened a - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - / sary of Devil's Tower National Monuhall closet stuffed with papers and ment because we don't have funds for trinkets and a multitude·of other things she calls "junk." national monuments anymore. , They won't have cause to make another beautiful stamp like the 100 year "I used to know exactly what I had in this closet, but for the last thirty years I've Anniversary of the National Education Association in l957. ' been stuffing things in there not knowing what they were," Grandma said. And who will see the necessity for a 3• Wildlife Conservation stamp for the Immediately I thought of the federal government. It occurred to me that the whooping crane? national debt and Grandma's closet have a lot in common. I'm sure the United Nations will have to be sliced, marking the end of stamps GROWING GROWING GROWING GONE! 1111 like the Franklin Delano Roosevelt 5• "Tgward United Nations" stamp. ' No Smithsonian Institution 1946 stamp that says, "for the Increase and DiffuAnd those stamps-they're just as bad-stuffed in little bags and boxes, prosion of Knowledge Among Men." liferating like bacteria. No 50 years of the American Legion stamp celebrating "Veterans as Citiz.ens." Stamps are the perfect stamp of the federal government. No Davy Crockett, Daniel Boone, Walt Disney, Grandma Moses or The price is going up again but they won't take a letter any further than they W .C. Hardy "Father of the Blues," blowing on a violet colored trutnpet stamp. ever did. No money for frivolous stamps like "Plant for More Beautiful Streets" showing The scene is depicted perfect!y in the 20• Hot Air Ballooning stamp of a couple pink leafed trees along city streets and yellow buttercups along the interstate. years ago. . You know what will be left to make stamps about? The American flag, exThe balloons are floating away on a breeze to they don't care where, on a hot presidents and military accomplishments. air ride starting they don't know when. There will still be stamps like the Apollo VIII stamp showing the earth setting It's just like the government. on the moon with the words, "In the Beginning God . .. " It's just like the 20• Jim Thorpe stamp. There stands big Jim Thorpe in fullThe stamp commemorating the 25th Anniversary of the United State Savings football-gear holding his helmet, a tes'timony to the great Amencan sport. "we appreciate our servicemen," will live. Only in the future they will add, Bond, Big thugs bash bulky pads and crack horn-like helmets on a non-stop march "and we can finance them to fight but not to live after the war." to .. . the end zone. And there will still be room for stamps like the 15• American flag stamp with The same place government spending is taking the American people. the flag blowing in the wind with the slogan, "The Land of the Free, The Home of Oh now wait a second Under a Rock. The boys in the capitol are trimming the the Brave." budget like a bunch of mad butchers. Give 'em a break. There's always room in the budget for propaganda. I will not. The butchers are cutting off the meat and leaving the lard. It's the And there will be the inevitable smiling layers of loose chin skin from the same as if Grandma got a wild hair one day, dived into her closet and chucked out glorious 90• Ronnie Reagan commemorative stamps. all her old rosary beads and family photographs and saved the jar holding her gall NO GRANDMA. DON'T GO INTO THE CLOSET! 1111 D stones.
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Editor, Regarding the article printed in last week's edition of The Metropolitan concerning the delay in transcript evaluations, I was unjustly referred to as a betrayer, a robbing hitchhiker and a disappointment. Are these titles deserving of a student whos main concern is to graduate from college o~ time? ._ My quest for my transcript evaluation began on January 2. Seven weeks after my transcripts had been received by the Admissions and Records Office. At window number 5, I was told they were not ready. I smiled and said "O.K., thanks." Over three weeks later, I again approached window number 5 and was told my transcripts had not yet been evaluated. Being concerned about my graduation date and what classes to take, I asked for a higher authority to speak to. After three days and speaking with eight "higher authorities," I found a lot of genuine concern but no one could help. I was surprised to learn that there were only tw..o. "evaluators" who could help me with a problem that' was shared by 500 other students. Frustration guided me to The Metropolitan where I let them know of my concerns.
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Editor: The Auraria collegiate experience means ·m ore than thousands of students coming together in pursuit of a degree and career. Auraria is more than a journey of passage or preparation. Most of all, Auraria is its PEOPLE and the quality of their lives which is the catalyst for the nurturance and growth of our shared personhood. Fellow student. Friend. Of smiles and kind words and energy and intelligence and exuberance for life, Nancy Stuckless, you were blessed with it ·all, as you and your Community College paralegal classmates spent many happy hours together. Chatting with a cup of coffee, hearty congratulations for a well-earned A on an ,exam, and a longing for that one, special day when we would become paralegals in our new careers. But now, our loneliness of sadly learning of your death. Your warmth and w,onderment imbued us all with a rare mutuality of respect and dignity. Nancy, we will all miss you. . . 1 Lee Carrillo and the Denver Auraria Community College Paralegal Class
I believe the students at Metropolitan State College come first. When staffing problems cost a student time -and money, these problems should be handled with utmost priority. , I believe it is beneficial for the students to understand why the problems are occuring and to know that steps are being taken to resolve them. _My actions through the ordeal should not have been taken personally. But in fact, should have been understood as a true complaint by a concerned studen~ · Sincerely, Brad A. Ramsey
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Editor: On February 1, 1985, I was unlawfully detained and harassed by Auraria Campus Security Guards Van Dyke (No. 253) and Curtis (No. 102) . Acting on an anonymous call, without checking for corroborative evidence, and having seen no evidence or any other reason to be suspicious, these guards detained me as I was using the drinking fountain on the 2nd floor of the Auraria Library (SW side) at approximately 4:30 p .m. They detained me, demanded identification, harassed and intimidated me for about 20 minutes, and then, without charging me with any crime, ordered me to leave the building under threat of arrest. As this is a public library and I am a Denver citizen. I had every right to be there. Their procedure was illegal and arbitrary and I demand an immediate investigation. At one point, Officer Curtis called me a "punk." This is unprofessional and I demand he be disciplined for it. At ,; mother point, as I was being physically escorted out of the building, Officer Van Dyke remarked that, as I was not a student, I had no right to be in the library at all. This is an insult to-us members of the business community and evidence of poor training by his superiors. I demand that he and his superiors be disciplined at once. This arbitrary behavior of official representatives of the Auraria Higher Education Center is an affront to all the citizens of Denver, who are subject to similar treatment at the hands of these goons. I demand an official apology and evidence that action has been taken to prevent this kind of thing from ever happening again. Thomas Winslow
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gone through hell, to heaven and back again. Since that night, Miller said he feels he's been given a 5econd chance by the powers that be. A man with a mWion, he said he aims to make a lot of noise about the hidden agony of cocaine addiction. Everything about the game exposes the junkie's lifestyle, Miller said. The black • s~ver ~nd gray colors of the game board rei}resent the colors the junkie sees when: still wired on coke, he looks out the window to see the sunrise. Each player takes turns being buyer, dealer and narc. Dealers can e(lJ'll extra money or dru~ by "ripping off' unwary buyers. When money runs out, players can hock tokens representing h~. caft and stereos. The life-situation cards speak for themselves. "YQu're lying in bed watching your heart pound against your chest. You realize this could be the Big One. Give: each player $100 to pray for you."
by Jemca Snyder You haven't slept in days' coked-out and paranoid, you're driving down the street with three grams in your pocket. You think every car behind you is a cop. "Throw three grams out the window, PAY $300 to the DEALERS BANK," says the game card. Junkies' Monopoly? Cocaine Pursuit? The box is labeled "The ultimate game board . .. for discriminating adults." On the. front, "Cocaine" is written in grainy, white letters trailing a long snowy line that appears ready for · snorting. Looking like a warning from the surgeon general, a disclaimer on the side of the box l'Ej'lds: "This game neither promotes nor glorifies the use of cocaine. Our intent
The game is ..kind of serious, kind of fun," Miller said. "I want to bring (the cocaine problem) out in the open in a non-brainwashy way."
It takea the player through the nightmare, the comedy and farce (of coke uae).
To date, Miller said he has invested $30,000 to research, Copyright and market the game. He has sold 100 games and given away 100 more. Miller said he is adamant about marketing the game as a rehabilitation ~ tool. "I've been offered ~r $50,000 from (drug) dealers who went to impl'e§
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drug." "It's a psychodrama," said game designer George Miller of Wheat Ridge. "It takes the player through the nightmare, the Cf:)medy and farce (of coke use)." · MUler's game puts the player out on the street, looking to make a score and get home without getting busted. Much like in Monopoly, the player who lands on a life-situation square (marked by a razor blade) .Picks up a card. "You've ji'ist completed your first Big Deal, unfortunately to a narc. GO TO PRISON." . Mill~r, 37, developed the game about the time he kicked his own cocaine habit. A habit he said cost at least $50,000 in 18 months and ended in a hotel room on East Colfax where he tried to take his life with 34 grams of coke, a case of beer and a bottle of rum. "I spel].t eight months trvin51; to quit ... I was in debt beyond belief. I couldn't get in the car without getting the shakes. I was so paranoi<;l. I couldn't cope with my life-anymore." On the night he tried to kill himself, Miller recalled filling ashtrays with cocaine, emptying them with a straw. "I remember seeing my fingernails turn blue, and the muscles in my arms .knot up. I was just sucking for air, my heart was pounding .. . I watched myself go into cardiac arrest." The last thing Miller said he remembered before passing out was his digital watch glowing 5:50 a.m. Before he came to at 6:12, Miller said he literally had
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their friends with jt," he said. He also said he has turned down marketing firms who wanted to exploit the trendy use of cocaine among the upper class.. Miller admitted some people play the game using real dru~. · "But at least they're not sitting alone in a room doing toot all night. It becomes a kind of group therapy. They end up talking about how ridiculous it all is." Parkside Lodge of Colorado, a drug-rehabilitation hospital in Boulder, uses the game with its teenage patients. Miller also claimed non-users play the game. "A couple bought the game 'from me one day. And the next day they came back to thank me. They had been considering getting into (cocaine use). The game convinced them otherwise," Miller said. "You don't have to use cocaine to get the message," Miller said. !'Playing with
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Roth's First Solo Albulll Features Unique Style by Chris Deutsch Special ro The Metropolitan
David Lee Roth's first solo album, Crazy From the Heat is a lot of thin~ you· might not have expected from Van Halen's lead vocalist, that is unless you've actually taken some time to really listen to what the band has to offer. Fact is, if you've only seen Van Halen in concert or only heard the stuff on the
radio, you might mistakenly assume they're just another Rock and Roll band after women, money and true musical nirvana. Well, they are, but there is another side to them. Edward Van Halen has long been recognized as a truly virtuoso guitarist, and now David Lee Roth proves that there's more to his style than a quick wit and a silly grin. To understand this four -song LP, the latest in a recent glut of all-star solo projects from the world of rock'n 'roll, all it takes is going through the
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I suppose the typical Hollywood approach to the murder mystery/· ' romance category of film is to cram "them with as much graphic violence, screaming car chases and gratuitous sex gopd (or bad) taste will permit; then slickly package and market them to us, the ever-receptive cinema audiences. · Producer Edward S. "Feldman and ,., director Peter Weir go against the pattern in Witness and deemphasize nonstop action as well as blood and gore. Instead, -the movie concentrates more on the interaction of a 20th century lawman and the Pennsylvania Amish people whose values and ~- lifestyles remain rooted in the 1800s. Witness begins with Rachel Lapp (Kelly McGillis), a young Amish widow and her son Samuel (Lukas Haas) being rudely shaken out of their isolated existence after Samuel . . _ accidently witnesses the murder of a man in a Philadelphia train-station bathroom. The murdered man turns out to have been a Philadelphia cop, which brings John Book (Harrison Ford), a police captain, on the scene and in contact .... with the Lapps as the investigating officer. Book's investigation of the murdered policeman leads to corruption in the highest levels of the police department. After being betrayed and wounded in a shoot-out, Book realizes that he as well ~ - as Rachel and Samuel are no longer safe in Philadelphia and must leave the city. Book drives them to Rachel's father's - farm in Lancaster County, near Philadelphia, and attempts to leave. However, weak from loss of blood, he passes out and crashes his car into a bird house in the Lapp's yard, forcing the Lapps to reluctantly take Book in to treat his gunshot wound. Most of Witness's action takes place on the Lapp's farm and in the sur rounding Amish community. After Book is nursed back to health by Rachel, he is sheltered by the Lapps until he can figure how to get back to Philadelphia and unmask the corruption. A large part 0£ Witness concerns itself with Book's exposure to, and somewhat amusing attempts to adapt
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Harrison Ford becomes a reluctant guest of the Amish in "Witness" to the Amish ways while he is being protected by the Lapps. John Book is perhaps the most multidimensional character Harrison Ford has attempted to portray so far in his career. Ford's John Book is still full of the cynical, wise-cracking "Indiana Jones" image we have gotten used to seeing. However, in scenes with Rachel and in particular with young Samuel, he gives indications of a reserve of forceful sensitivity within himself that he has not had much opportunity to show in his major starring roles. Kelly McGillis, seen previously as Tom Conti's · girlfriend in Reuben, Reuben, plays Rachel in a freshscrubbed, chaste manner that one would associate with the Amish way of life. Right away though, we know that she is attracted to this outsider (Book) no matter what the cost to her is in community standing. Eight-year-old Lukas Haas reveals himself as a talented child ·actor in his role as Samuel Lapp. Haas plays Samuel in a self-reliant manner when it comes to witnessing ·the murder and escaping being detected, and in an endearing, inquisitive manner when he is suddenly thrust into tthe modern society (his scenes in the railroad and police stations are hilarious) that surrounds the Amish. Jan Rubes puts in a convincing performance as Eli Lapp, Rachel's stern
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father. Rub~, who is primarily known as a Canadian opera singer, is the onscreen embodiment of the stolid, earthy, self-reliant image- of the Amish farmer. Rubes also manages to sneak some humor into his characterization of Eli Lapp. Rounding out the list of principal characters is Alexander Godunov, the celebrated ballet dancer, who plays the farm~r Daniel Hochleitner who is also
attracted to Rachel. Godunov I,>Uts in a fail'ly good performance, but is just a little too handsome and worldly looking to come off as a simple Amish farmer. Weir skillfully weaves the plot of Witness around the murder and corruption that Book must hid~ from and expose, which is at the core of the movie, and Book's exposure to the Amish way of life. His cinematic , images highlight the rural simplicity of the Amish way of life, and the sense of community that seems to sustain them. The deepening relationship between · Rachel and Book also brings out the flip side to the Amish way of life- the drabness that the single- minded emphasis on "plainness" in _manner and -dress brings on, and the joylessness of the unforgiving, absolute morality they must conform to. Perhaps the bittersweet romance between Rachel and Book is symbolic of the inherent conflict between the timelessness and steadfast morality of the Amish,.. and our fast-paced 20th century culture. Witness is a refreshing combination of action and suspense (the ending had me sitting on the edge of my seat), subtle romance, and a fascinating glimpse into Amish society. There's soqiething for everyone in this movie. 0 .,
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Roadrunner Pitching Heats up by LuAnn Smidt Special to The Metropolitan
Oblivious to the February chill, something hot has been stirring in the Metro State gym. Yes, it's baseball time again. With 14 pitchers-five returning and nine recruited-the Roadrunners' baseball season promises to be sizzling. Head Coach Bill Helman said three pitchers have had fastballs clocked at over 90 mph, including seniors Bob Weber and Tim Collins, and junior Herb Darden. Helman plans to keep 10 · pitchers on the final roster. "The competition favors me," said Ronn Wells, the only left-handed pitcher. "Left-handed pitchers are a special commodity." "Everyone will have roles, once the starters have been announced," Weber said. Last year the Roadrunners started out with eight pitchers, lost three to injuries and ended the season with five. Last season's record, a disappointing 20-22, was probably due to the lack of pitching, Helman said. "We missed the district playoffs by·one game," he said. District playoffs are the number one goal of this year's team, Helman said. Realistic team and individual goal setting is a major focus for the team, he
, said. "Previously, we've set goals-some outrageous-posted them in the locker room, and let them go. This year we plan to periodically review each one rather than merely post and forget," he said. Although the team is young, with only three seniors, the more experienced Junior College transfer players will help them reach their goals. "This team talent-wise is probably the best I've coached," Helman said. Despite the large player turnover with only 10 players returning, the nucleus of the team is back, Weber said. Besides strong pitching, the Roadrunners will support another strong hitting team. "We've always had a good hitting team and should be good again this year,'! Helman said. · The leading hitters last year were; Mark Bryant, sophomore, with a .351 batting average; Randy Hodges 1 junior, with a .333; Shawn Hoben, junior, with a .321; Keith Schulz, junior, with a .306; and Craig Bonato, sophomore, with a .300. The attitude and talent of this tearr. seems to be better than in the past, Wells said. "Most of the time when there's talent there's attitude problems," he added. "But this group is
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team oriented." Team unity is goal number two for the Roadrunners. A poem about teamwork brought in by one of the players summarized their idea about team unity, Wells said. One passage read: ... Take a bucket and fill it with water, Put your hand in it up to the wrist, Pull it out, and the hole that remains Is a measure of how much you'll be missed ...
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Experience Key to Win by Chris Webster Special ro The Metropolitan
The MSC women's softball team is looking forward to a winning season as 18 players have tried QUt for positions on the squad. "I definitely think we'll have a winning record this year," Head Coach Jim Romero said in referring to this year's team. "This year it's going to be hard to pick the starting nine," Assistant Coach Wil Canzona said. Canzona said the large turnout and fierce competition will make for a better team because the coaches have more players to choose from. Of the 18 women who are trying out, three seniors, five sophomores, and one junior are returning to the squad. Though she played the year before last, sophomore Liz Miret is not listed as a returning player because she was ineligible last season. Miret is the pitcher for the team and is very versatile, the assistant coach said. "If she's not pitching we can use here anywhere," Canzona said. Other returning players who the coaches feel are outstanding are: Senior shortstop Marie Martian, junior centerfielder Cathy Magda, and senior outfielder Jan Julis. Julis also plays third base. According to Canzona, the two
strongest new players on the team are junior infielder Heather Bell and sophomore infielder Kristy Heckman. The two impressed both coaches and should h~lp the team with depth. The schedule for the team is tougher than last year and will require a lot more talent than they've had, the coaches said. "I've got a good outlook for the season; we have a solid ball-team with a lot of talent," Romero said. Canzona said that the girls who don't start for the team are good enough to where they could start for another college. , Stacy Bedell, the only freshman on the squad, will have a lot of playing, according to Canzona. In addition to Bedell, the team consists of four seniors, five juniors, and eight sophomores. Canzona. characterized the squad as a "fairly young team, which means a lot of players will be around for a long ti me. " The competition this year is going to be about the same as last year, with Southern Utah, Mesa, and Adams State at the top, the coaches said. Conzona said that the team should do better than last year's team, which went to the regional playoffs. The season 'starts March 7 with a tournament all day and the coaches are hoping to have a large turnout for the games. 0
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On Jan. 5, at the Denver University Field House, DU's Mark Langkamp hit a pair of free throws with just six seconds left to lift the Pioneers of Denver over Metro State 59-57. - The Roadrunner loss ended Metro's hopes of trying to stop the nation's longest home court winning streak, that of DUs. After the game, Langkamp was interviewed by KUSA-TV channel 9. He was• very sarcastic about the r•number of MSC supporters at the game, saying,."lt looked like Metro had their whole school here." MSC had approximately 500 supporters at the game. excellent opportunity for Langkamp and the rest of the Pioneers of DU to get a taste of the size of Metro's student body will be at the DU- Metro game at the Auditorium Arena, Monday Feb. 18 Not only will the game be a double header, but it is also Coors Sickle Cell Anemia Recognition Night. MSC has .., donated 2,000 tickets, with a face value of $3 each, to the Denver Metropolitan Sickle-Cell Association. The game against cross town rival DU is the final and most prestigious home game for Metro State. Metro State and the DMSCA are cosponsors of Sickle-Cell Night with the Adolph Coors Company and Coors Distributing Company, who have pur-
chased the first 500 tickets for distribution in Col.orado. Denver Bronco running back Rick Parros has volunteered to be the evening's ~pecial guest and halftime speaker. Sickle-cell anemia is the most common inherited blood disorder in man.
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Good friends won't leave you-flat.
This Week in Sports Men's Basketball Wednesday, Feb. 13 vs. Colorado School of Mines at Auditorium 7:30 Saturday, Feb. 16 vs. Mesa at Grand Junction Monday, Feb. 18 vs. Denver University at Auditorium 7 :30 Wednesday, Feb. 20 vs. Regis College at Regis
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Indoor Tr~ck
Saturday, Feb. 16 at Kansas University all-comers meet, Lawrence, Kansas
Men's Gymnastics Saturday, Feb. 16 vs. UNC at Greeley
Swimming Friday and Saturday, Feb. 22, 23 Intermountain Swim League Championships at Colorado Springs
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FRIDAY 15 • MSC Admlulons Luncheon, 11 :30 a.m. to 1 p.m. In Student Center 230 CID. For further Information call 556-3058.
DACC Developmental studies Advisory meeting. 12:30 to 4 p .m. In Student Center MSC Men's lalketball Team will take on the Colorado School of Mines team at 7:30 230 NB. For further Information call 556-8455. p .m. at the Denver Sports Arena. For more Elizabeth Seymore, education officer for Information call 5..56·8300. MSC Womens lalketbaU Team wlll take on - Denver Water Board. will speak at a the Colorado School of Mines team at 5:30 workshop, 2 to 4 p.m. Sponsored by Comp .m. at the Denver Sports Arena. For more plete Health Awareness and Promotion. South Classroom 227. For further InformaInformation cal! 556-8300. tion call 556-8415. A loch's Lunch: music and lecture, noon to 1 p.m. In St. Francis Lounge. For more tnfor- Dr. Jim Reagan, founder of tnternattonat Conflict Resolution, will speak at 7:30 p .cn . mCriton call 623-2340. at Regis Jesuit High School Chapel. A fee Is FacuttyfStaff Social, 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. In charged. For further Information call St. Francis Lounge. For more Information 831-7692. call 623-2340. Bride of Frankenstein, starring Boris Karloff Auoclatlon of Minority Business Students at 9 p.m. at the Denver Center Cinema. meeting, 3:30 p.m. In Student Center 254. 1245 Champa St. For further Information call 892-0987. For more lnformat•on call 629-3326. Music Master Class with guest musician Eliot Fisk, guitarist. at 3 p.m. In St. Cojetan's. For more Information call 629-1307. A Three Stooges short and a Daffy Duck cartoon. for only 50 cents at the Mid-Day Break, 12:15 p .m. at the Denver Center Cinema. 1245 Champa St. For further Information call 892-0987.
Street Poetry Readings, 7 to 9 p .m. at the Media Center, 4625 E. 68th, Adams City High School. For further Information call 287-3925. Wine Tasting to raise funds_. 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. In St. Francis. For further Information · call 623-2340.
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Exploring Male/Female Images In the 80'1, presented by UCO Women's Center. Noon to 1 p.m. In UCO Administration building. 515. For further Information call 556-2815.
Mozart and Mahler will be performed by the Denver Symphony Orchestra at 8 o .m. in Boettcher Concert Hall. Tickets are available at Datatix, 988-6712.
MSC Health Education Table, 10 a .m. to 2 p .m. West Classroom Second floor. Free blood pressure checks.
Hockey DU vs Minnesota. 7:35 p .m. at the DU tee Arena. Tickets are available at Datatix, 988-6712.
St. Valentine's Day Party and Talent Show "Ftnais." 6 p.m. in the Student Center Mission. For further information call 556-2595.
A Winters Eve will be performed by The Cotorado Ballet. For further information and tickets call Datatlx. 988-6712.
Job Search Strategies, a workshop at 1:30 to 3:30 p .m . Presented by the Office of career Planning and .Placement. To participate you must sign up two days prior to workshop. For further information call 556-3474.
News Analysis on Channel 12: at 6 p .m. "European Journal," 6:30 p .m. " Washington Week in Review," 7 p.m. "The Mclaughlin Group." and at 7:30 p.m. "International Edition."
Auararla Jewish Student Alliance meeting. Noon in the Student Center. 251. For further Information call 556-3333.
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner at 3:15 p.m. at the Denver Center Cinema. 1245 Champa St. For further information call 892-0987.
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MSC Music Scholarshlp AudlHons, 8 a .m. to 4 p .m . In SI. Cajetan's. For further information call 556-3130.
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The Children's Hour. A Liiiian Hellman iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii~ drama at 8 p.m. al the Arvada Center. 6901 Wadsworth Blve. For further informa- Acoustical Jazz at the Student Center tion call 431-3083. Fireplace Lounge, noon to 1 p.m. Sponsored by DACC Student Activities.
SUNDAY 17 Anti-Israel Pro~g_anda a lecture by Perry 'Goldenberg. at 7:30 p.m. For further information call 556-3333. Mozart and Mahler will be performed by the Denver Sumphony Orchestra at 2:30 p .m . In Boettcher Concert Hall. Tickets are available al Datatix. 988-6712. A Star Is Bom starring James Mason and Judy Garland will show at 2:30 p .m .. "Grand Illusion" at 5:45 p.m. In French with English subtitl_es, and "Odd Man Out" at 8 p .m. starring James Mason and Robert Newton. All shows are at the Denver Center Cinema, 1245 Champa St. For further Information call 892-0987. The Art of the Wiid West, Works from the Whitney Gallery. Cody. Wyoming . On display at the Museum of Western Art. 1727 Tremont Place. For further Information call 296-1880.
MONDAY 18 MSC Women's Basketball team vs DU at 5:30 p.m. at the Denver Arena. For further information call 556-8300. MSC Men's Basketball team vs DU at 7:30 p .m . at the Denver Arena. For further information call 556-8300. Black Spirituals will be sung by Peggy and Jim Wiiiiams of the Denver Symphony Orchestra Chorus. from noon to 1 p .m. in St. Francis meeting room 1. For further information call 623-2340.
Alcohollc's Anonymous meeting. 11 :30 a .m. to 12:30 p .m. and 4 to 5 p.m. in Student Center 258. For further Information coll 556-2511 . Karen Hutchison, a protegee of Phlllppe Entremont. will be in recttal at 8 p.m . .at the University of Colorado Music Hali. 18th and , tuc11a . t-or further information call 861 -71 46. career Planning: Information Gathering, a workshop, 9 to 11 a.m. Presented by the Office of career Planning and Placement. To participate you must sign up two days prior to the workshop. For further information call 556-3474. Frontllne examines ethics of professional boxing at 9 p.m. on Channel 6, a documentary entitled "Down for the Count."
WEDNESDAY 20 MSC Clubs Council and Potluck, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Student Center 330. For further information call 556-2595. A Bach's Lunch. music and lecture. noon to 1 p.m. in St. Francis Lounge. For further information call 623-2340. Scott Hansen opens tonight at the CGmedy Works, 122615th St.. on Larimer Square. For further Information caU-592-1178. The-'- Affalr of the Pink Pearl, An Agatha Christie Partners in .Crime mystery at 8:30 p .m. on Channel 12.
Bubbling Brown Sugar opens tonight at 8 p.m. al the Bo-Ban's Cabaret. downstairs at the Bonfils Theatre. East Colfax at Elizabeth. For further information call 322-7725.
Downtowner Movie Break, an early silent comedy and a BBC-tv documentary. FREE at 12:15 p .m. "Murder. My Sweet" at 7:30 _ p.m .. both at the Denver Center Cinema. 1245 Champa St. For further information Some Men Need Help, on American call 892-0987. Playhouse at 9 p.m. on Channel 6.
Smithsonian World "A Desk in the Jungle"-Four biolog ists descend 2.000 feet in a tiny submarine where no sunlight can penetrate. at 8 p.m. on Channel 12.
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Personal CoCo, May all your days be sunshine and may you always be as happy as you make me. Happy Valentine's Doy -Kevin Edward.
Dear Kl.I, Roses ore red Violets ore blue You'd be perfect If you hod money, too. Love, JU
To Mike Katz My mind spends a lot of time hovering over the places where we were happy. Rah 1012 Apple St. Colorado Springs. Colo.
SICS ... Smith-Coronas ore brown Chevy pick-ups ore green There Is nothing I hate more In this world Thon Stouffer's Leon Culslne ...HVD, Love JI
PA, It's not just the way you comb your hair ... Ifs the "cool" way in which you flip It that makes me love you sooo much. OXOXOXOMA
To My Favorite Berry. A happy Volentine Doy because you do me up. Better than jazz. scoops or Roxy. Really. You're absolutely wonderful.
A Hearty Happy Valentlne'1 Day to the staff of The Metropolitan from your loving editor.
To the mother of two furthering her education: Happy Valentine's Doy from your trolley buddy. You've made the campus a nicer place to be news editor.
Cheryl lonego I love you I miss you Happy Valentines Doy A.J.
Mon llloux, Lo distance est loungue mais mon amour est pres de tol. Je roime a 10 folle pour toujours mon bebe. Be My Volentine. Nanou Tazl
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