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MSC, UCD Students Recognized

by Rose Jackson

Assistant Editor, The Metropolitan

Colorado Senator Dennis Gallagher was the Keynote speaker at the inaugural meeting of the MSC-UCD chapter of the Golden Key National Honor Society last Friday night. an unexpectedly large crowd for a snowy Friday night.

"I wish they could be here tonight," Magelli said.

Sen. Gallagher, who was honored because of his "enthusiastic support of

higher education, according to Dr. Kurt Kraiger, UCD faculty advisor, gave the key-note address.

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MSC Not Scrapping Open Enrollment

by Robert Davis News Editor, The Metropolitan

An article that appeared in the Rocky News last Sunday predicting that MSC Trustees and President Paul Magelli would soon sign an agreement to restrict enrollment admissions standards was inacc.u rate, Magelli announced yesterday.

In a memo addressed to the college faculty and staff, Magelli said that ::while "ongoing negotiations are now taking place which may cause some change in Metropolitan State College's present open admissions policy," the Memorandum of Understanding-part of the Governance Bill, H.B. 1187 -was still in committee and no ·decision has been reached.

The proposed changes would call for 90 percent of MSC freshmen to meet Mounta~n

Listening Post Invades Country

by Michael Ocrant

Reporter, The Metropolitan

Official recognition of academic excellence was given Friday night to about 280 MSC students and 20 UCD tudents during the chartering reception of the Golden Key National Honoi: Society's MSC and UCO chapters.

Two students from each school won scholarships, and four honorary members were inducted, two chosen by each chapter.

Randi Jeanne Lasnick, a junior majoring in psychology, and Stephanie S. Platt, a senior majoring in English, won the MSC chapter's scholarships.

The two UCD scholarship winners were Ha T. N. Tran, a junior majoring in electrical engineering, and Brian R. ' Propp, a senior majoring in business administration.

Dr. Paul Magelli, MSC president, and Colorado Senator Dennis J. Gallagher were made honorary members of the MSC chapter.

And Dana H. Crawford, who led the Larimer Street restoration project, and Dr. Phyllis Schultz, UCD professor of biology, were made honorary members of the UCO chapter.

"Many members of the general p_ublic and legislature have failed to gnize MSC as a college of academic excellence," said President Magelli to

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two of three requirements.

Students would need a high school grade point average of 2.5, an overall score on the ACT of 19 and 810 on the SAT, or rank in the top 33 percent of their high school graduating class.

The memorandum offers increased

"Ongoing negotiations' are now taking place which may cause some change in Metropolitan State College's present open admissions policy.,, General Fund money to schools that adopt the tougher admissions standards, saying it demonstrates the school is upgrading the quality of education being offered.

Schools that don't comply, according to the Bill, will be pe~alized bv

budgetary cutbacks.

Magelli said he would discuss the details of the memo today when he addresses the college community at 3:30 p.m. in St. Cajetan's The Memorandum of Understanding first surfaced three weeks ago, and proposed radical changes in the admissions standards of other Colorado colleges and universities in addition to MSC. "General Fund monies will be appropriated by the CCHE and made available to institutions who have demonstrated that they are improving and upgrading the quality of education they are offering," the Memorandum of Understanding states.

The legislature's memo also calls for an elimination of the emphasis on the line item budget method to give ~hools more flexibility in how they spend money.

Needing a place to" ... put into practice the theories I learned," whitishgrey-haired, "mature-" aged Mabel Barth opened, on April 3, 1979, the first Listening Post on the Auraria c~mShe had just graduated with a degree in Interpersonal Communication from Denver University.

Now, six years later, Barth's idea, along with The Listening Post's 80-page handbook she published, has spread· to 23 campuses throughout the country.

From as far east as John Hopkins University in New York, to as far west as Los Angeles City College, and from Austin, Texas to Michigan State University, The Listening Post(s) have become an established and needed part of campus for many students.

The popularity of The Listening Post grew, Barth said, following episodes at the University of Southern Colorado and Wyoming Western College, in which individuals were talked out of committing suicide by Post "listener I communicators."

The appeal of the idea has grown so much that the book has been distributed in 42 states and thiee foreign countries.

"We don't want people with a mis$ion," Barth said. "We never give advice, but we ask questions to open doors and let a person find their own solutions."

Barth and the other "listenerI communicators" who man the station each Monday and Tuesday from 10 a.m. until 4 p. m., are also there to hear good news.

"If you have something good to share and there's nobody to tell, it doesn't mean as much;" Barth said.

Many times, however, according to Barth and listener/communicator Jack Mackey, a retired Alcoa executive, those who come to Ttie Listening Post are there venting deep anger or dealing with an event of "tremendous emotional impact."

A large number of those with difficulties continue coming each week to share their problems and, Mackey said, "It's a great source of satisfaction. I know I've helped a number of people." . Mackey said those people have helped him, too.

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MSC members include people such as Carol Taylor Little, 43, majority whip of the Colorado legislature, who is seeking an urban studies degree; and Lavonne Shank, 55, a registered nurse and certified occupational health nurse, who pioneered several health programs for Frontier Airlines during 11 years of employment there.

Students initiated the entire process of instituting Golden Key at MSC. In the summer of 1984, MSC student Laura Ridgel heard about the Golden Key and presented the idea to David Conde, assistant vice- president of student affairs, who approved it and started searching for a faculty advisor.

Dr. Alain Ranwez, associate professor of French at MSC, was chosen because of his, according to Conde, " . .. bent toward the deeper side of studies. Not just textbooks, but the ~ subtleties of research." '; "MSC is an urban institution. ~ Because of the open-door policy," said ;=., Ranwez, "it would be difficult to get Julian Jimenez Golden Key presi- - Phi Beta Kappa in here beCause of the ' untraditional student body." de~t, MSC chapter "This will give MSC. a lot of exposure cont. from page 1 nationwide and more academic clout," memorable teachers he had when Ranwe"L said. growing up, and how they had made Julian Jimenez, a senior majoring in him love the subjects they taught. financial accounting, became president He encouraged the audience to purof the MSC chapter in October 1984 sue academic achievements, but cauand began applying for the charter. tioned them to remember that some "The reason for this great outcome," things_are more important than prosaid Jimenez, "is that up till now we've ductivity, " ... some things are good for had nothing on a national level that their own sakes." acknowledges these students as being Golden Key is the first national superior." honor society instituted at MSC. It is a Golden Key, according to Jimenez, non-profit organizaton in which caters to the non-traditional student membership is by invitation only, and body because of the purely academic goes to students with a minimum of 60 criteria for membership.

- credit hours and a 3.3 grade-point "This (Golden Key) will give average. recognition to people who come back a Initiates are required to pay a $40 second t-ime and succeed," said fee~ which entitles them to a lifetime Jimenez. membership. A portion of the fee goes "My purpose for doing this is to build to the scholarship fund and the rest is a comraderie between students and used to support the society and to fund break down that 'why go to Metro' barJ the activities of the individual chapters. rier."

After joining, members participate in Golden Key National Honor Society honoring outstanding faculty, sponsorwas founded in 1977 at Georgia State ing lectures and tutoring.

University by undergraduate James Over 1,100 invitations went to MSC Lewis " ... to recognize scholastic students, about 350 responded. achievement . and excellence among

upper division · students in all undergraduate fields of study," according to Concepts 1984, Golden Key's annual magazine.

Since then, Golden Key has grown into an organization which encompasses five regions and has over 51,000 members, said Timothy G. Clement, southwestern regional director.

The MSC chapter officers are Julian Jimenez, president; Richard Litzman, vice president; Bernadette O'Bry~,

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UCD chapter officers are David A. Scarbeary, president; Theodore Dunst, vice president; Kelly Shawver, secretary, and Kimberly D. Ladd, treasurer. Faculty advisors for UCD are Barbara Brown and Dr. Kurt Kraiger.

A meeting for those interested in becoming involved in either chapter will be held from 3-5 p.m. April 16 at 1029 Ninth St., on the Auraria campus.

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In a rebuttal session with Wylie, Hassett maintained that reaching out to the non-violent Northern Irish majority would deprive the extremists on both sides from being able to destroy the reunification of Ireland.

Taylor opened his attack on the reunification issue by telling the story of an Irish Jew who is stopped on a Belfast street by a terrorist group .and asked, "Are ye Catholic or are ye Protestant?" When he replies that he is Jewish, the confused terrorists ask him,-..

"Well are ye Catholic Jewish or are ye § Protestant Jewish?"· ·

by Tom Deppe Entertainment Editor, The Metropolilau

The Irish Times debating competition winners made their annual invasion of the MSC campus and delighted the near-capacity audience at St. Cajetan's Center with an afternoon of verbal jousting last Wednesday.

This year's winners of the prestigious debating contest hefd annually in Ireland are: Bryan Hassett, a first year Electrical Engineering student from University College, Cork; David Holland, a third year law student also from University College, Cork; and Gideon Taylor, a third year law student from Trinity College, Dublin.

Joining the trio of Irishmen for this year's Irish Debate Series was Herman Wylie, a senior majoring in Speech .Communication at MSC. The MSC Irish Debate Series is an annual event on campus sponsored by the MSC Lecture Series, Enrichment Programs of the Consortium, and Friends of the Irish Debate Series.

The topic of this year's debate was: "Resolved: This house favors the reunification of Ireland to be in the best interests of the Western hemisphere."

Speaking for the affirmative side, Hassett characterized Northern Ireland as a "province that is drowning in its own ignorance and prejudice."

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______..,.§. Ireland because: Irish debater Gideon Taylor tries to stress a point as his peer, David Holland, reluctantly yields the floor.

Hassett supported the reunification of Ireland for three reasons: -Direct rule of Northern Ireland by the British has failed.

-All forms of power sharing in Northern Ireland have failed completely.

- Northern Ireland has failed as a separate entity.

"Unification is the only alternative left for all the peoples of Ireland," Hassett said. "It will be a long and a hard road, but a path which must be followed, for the goal at the end of it is

both attainable and is the right and the correct goal for the peoples of Ireland."

Hassett stressed the common Celtic heritage of both Catholic and Protestant in Northern Ireland, and suggested that by combining both traditions, a prosperous and peaceful Irish society will come about.

Hassett concluded by quoting Robert Kennedy's famous statement. "Some men see things as they are and ask, 'Why?'; we see things as they ought to be and ask, 'Why not?' "

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- The economic cost of unity is too high for the Irish Parliament to bear. .: - The cost of unity in human lives would be too high .

-The political cost is too high for the Irish Republic to make in accommodating Northern Irish Unionist opinion in a united Ireland.

He stressed reunification's pqtential for violence by noting the Northern Irish Unionist:S tendency to choose extremists such as Ian Paisley to represent them.

Taylor said he wasn't willing to see a massive civil war with its associated bloodshed to gain control of a piece of land.

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This years Irish Debate participants (L to R): David Holland, Bryan Hassett, MSC's Herman Wylie, and Gideon Taylor.

Taylor also emphasized the inherent political conflict between the largely Catholic Irish Republic and Protestantdominated Northern Ireland.

Holland challenged, in a lively rebuttal ses.9on, arnqng other thin~, Taylor's assertion of the Catholic domination of the Irish Republic, by noting a recent vote by the Irish Parliament that legalized the availability of contraceptives for unmarried young ' people. · He opened his affirmative stance ip the debate by quoting Irish politician Brian Faulkner, who once said, "You can do three thin~ in Irish politics; you can do the right thing, you can to wrong ,, - thing and you can do nothing at aU. r Further paraphrasing Faulkner, Holland maintained in his impassioned delivery that even if what :1ou try "is the wrong thing," reunification is the only solution that hasn't been tried and hasn't failed in attempting to solve the Northern Ireland dilemma.

Acknowleging the possibility of violence, Holland said, "Maybe it's also time to stop living in fear of the men of violence . .. maybe we should be tired of being afraid of violence , from whatever side it comes from."

Holland also mentioned the economic benefits of a unlted Ireland.

He scorned the "economic lunacy" of the present situation where an island that is a quarter the size of the state of Colorado has two power companies, two postal services; two sets of civil servants, two railway companies and other redundant services. · The final debater was Wylie, who restated for the opposition the deep and seemingly irreconcilable religious difl

ferences between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.

Wylie also str~ the high economic cost to Ireland of reunification. He cited statistics that showed the Irish Republic to be the poorest member of the European Economic Community, incapable of absorbing the eco~omic burden of Northern Ireland, whose economy is in even worse shape that that of the Irish Republic. · In order to bring the social benefits of the Irish Republic into line with the public benefits of Northern Ireland, Wylie asserted that it would take a 12 percent increase in per capita taxes for the Irish Republic residents- a price that a majority of them aren't willing to pay according to. public opinion polls quoted by Wylie.

"The issue is not how to get unity, but how to share an island under peaceful and fair conditions," Wylie said in his ,concluding statement.

Hassett engaged Wylie in a spirited rebuttal, drawing parallels between the struggles of the Catholic minority in Northern Ireland, and blacks in America 9uring the civil rights era.

Both sides were then allowed a five minute period for final rebuttal statements. Has.sett, · speaking for the affirmative, and Taylor, for the negative, eloquently restated their respective positions. The audience was left to make its own judgment as to which side to support.

After the debate, Wylie, on behalf of the debate's organizers, presented Hassett, Taylor and Holland with copies of a book op Colorado history, as souvenirs of their 1985 visit to the Centennial State.

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The Metropolitan State College Department of English, in cooperation with the MSC office of Student Activities, is sponsoring the 17th annual Metrofest creative writing contest.

The contest is broken into three categories: fiction, poetry, and nonfiction.

The contest is open to all MSC students, and the. deadline for submissions is Thursday, April 18 at noon.

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Bikers Rally to Save Parking Rights The fuss started March 25, when signs informing motorcyclists they need an AHEC parking decal were posted on a narrow strip of unpaved land l~ated northeast of the Physical Education building. . In the past individuals who parked ' motorcycles in the undesignated area weren't required to buy decals and parking there was free.

After the signs were posted, and for fhe next two to three days, AHEC park- . ing attendants began issuing yellow warning tickets to bikes parked without .decals.

If cyclists didn't buy and display the decals, the tickets explain~ , citations would be issued next and fines would have to be paid.

By then the bikers were already preparing themselves for action against unknown bureaucrats-bureaucrats that will apparently stay unknown.

by Michael Ocrant

Chris Dahl, chief justice of the MSC Judicial Board, and a cyclist himself, - said h~ received more than 40 calls durAHEC cyclists may not have an ing the week from concerned bikers upset about the sudden change in rules organized club, but last week they showed they were as protective of their· and the lack of prior warning or discusturf as any of the infamous biker clubs. sion.

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So, by Thursday Dahl had reserved St. Cajetan's Center for the following week and had intended to invite Parking Director Dick Alfultis to come explain and answer complaints from an expected 200 motorcyclists.

The bikers were upset further, Dahl said, at having to pay for parking in space essentially unused and unneeded by any other group on campus.

Also, he said, they didn't like the idea of putting adhesive stickers on their bikes.

misunderstanding, Alfultis wasn't sayi~g.

"I realize I'm probably asking for trouble," Alfultis said, but he still refused to reveal who was responsible.

He would say that "an individual working through an organization" ordered the signs posted within the last 10 days. · Alfultis said revealing the name of the individual might create a bad working environment for that person.

"I have to work with these people," he said.

The purpose behind getting motor"My message (is that) it was a cyclists to buy the decals, Alfultis said, big misunderstanding and I regret was to develop a file of cycle registrait, but it happened, and the best tions.

"Unfortunately they went through thing we can do now is straighten · it out." · parking to do it," he said.

But, he said, he understood the good intentions of the individual trying to On Friday, however, Alfultis get motorcycle owners to register their telephoned Dahl to say the whole vehicles. episode was due to "massive miscomIn the event of accident of injury, munication," according to Dahl. The and the need for quick identification, signs, Alfultis told Dahl, would be Alfultis said, it's a good idea to have all removed, no more warnings would be vehicles regularly on campus issued, and cyclists could continue registered. · . parking near the Physical Education "My messagel" Alfultis said, is that building gratis. "it was a big misunderstanding and I Contacted on Friday, Alfultis repeated that putting ·up the signs was . regret it, but it happened, and the best thing we can do now is straighten it due to a "misund.erstanding." out."

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Ewing Responds to "Women's Fare" Controversy ...

Dear Editor, groups, from battered women's shelters to PMS consultants, and ·m any women's As the Special Events Coordinator for MSC Student Activities and tl~e concep- bwinesses. tualist behind "Women's Fare 85," I would like to respond to alleged issues surIn my planning I tend to bring in elements from other areas that people like rounding the fair. This is my own opinion and I leave MSC Student Activities' myself just never have access to. For instance: we were able to observe Prima position out.

Ballerinas in routines, also jazz, tap and bellydancers. I never ever saw a fashion I suggested to the CWC _(Coalition of Women's Centers) late in 1984, that, in show live. On March 6, we saw three. Spring fashions, furs and hats. I arranged light of the re-election of brother Reagan to the White House, that many unin- for many of our students and stu.dent center staff to model some wares. That formed people might feel that women's issues and the ERA fight had been experience alone was worth it. Sometimes distant things can become personal. declared "history." I stated then, that the CWC should take the election as a clear They'll treasure those days.

So what did we do-oh yes, there was a celebration of women for everybody signal that: "Tough Woqien Get Tougher." It was a time-to re-think strategies and to re-assess positions. The CWC and it's sisters must find new ways to get the and the house was packed. The men didn't mind and I suspect we'll throw another message across. I proposed a women's fair that would present an opportunity to one and they won't object. The bellydancers made $25 in tips, the line of fur laden appeal to a broad cross-section of "people," not just a certain corner of the female women received a standing ovation as I brought them thru the cafeteria, Scott ,.. . population. I stated that any appeal has to reach even men as they are the subject Bennett faced Bic lighters held high in demand for more music (in the Mission). of deep frustration, they need to be educated too.

And I went home a dead man and slept for a day.

As an event planner, my point of observation is a non-political one. Social P.S. I know the folks who staff The Metropolitan. Believe me when I say, they events can solve most of m)i environmental problems. With the elimination of : are honest, fair and the most hard working people on campus any day of the week. "threat" & political rock throwing, an attractive and informative event can be a I don't think it reasonable to ask them to J!:O QUt and trap_all the news or even vehicle for "message.'' Consider Women's Fare 85: two musical arenas carried to grasp the urgency of every item given them via the sender's perspective. I pergospel, pop and jazz. A fitness fair with martial arts. massage demonstrations sonally talk to those people about my items and read the understanding in their etc ... , an arts & crafts fair had rare crafts. A support and services fair had 23 eyes. Especially if I'm talking about coverage of a large campus-wide event.

I encourage the readers to take good care of The Metropolitan and its supporting cast. Get to know them, it only takes a minute to develop a relationship of cooperation. Trust me, they're a riot when you get to know-em.

Dear Editor, Al Ewing On behalf of myself and the Irish debaters, I want to thank our college-university community for their support and participation in the recent Irish Debate Series. Each of you extended a warm welcome and a sense of western hospitality that these debaters had not witnessed before.

The series was most successful and any measure of success was due to the participation and the interest of our academic community. It would be im~ble to thank all Well, the time for decision is here again! Two weeks from today, the ASMSC of you directly for your support and assistance, but it should not go without saying Election Commission will open the polls for you who are wise enough to vote. Up that we should all be proud of our Irish Debate Series this year, and the Irish debaters for election are President, Vice-President, Student Trustee and 25 Senators. extend their best wishes and thanks to all of you. r It behooves you to take a personal interest in your student government and Professor Gary H. .ijolbrook make your choice on Election Day. The Associated Students of Metropolitan St.ate Director, Irish Debate -Series --College is your direct representative organization in all matters pertaining to academic, social, cultural and your physical welfare. The ASMSC can be your voice in matters before the Administration.

This year's Student Government regrettably acco~plished little of what they are capable of and organized for. Those of you that have leadership skills and drive, I would like to see you join Student Government. ASMSC NEEDS YOU! By the time this report is printed it would be too late for an additional candidate to be certified for the ballot-but you can run as a write-in EDITOR candidate.

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F,FJN, ,OBifjj China Expert Teaches World View

AprU3, 1985

Dr. Lu-tao Sophia Wang

by Rose Jackson Reporter, The Metropolitan

While people in the United States in the late 1960s and early 1970s were marvelling .at the advent of man landing on the moon, reacting in disgust and horror at a corrupt presidency, and trying to pull themselves from the disgrace of Vietnam, Lu-tao Sophia Wang was studying a culture, past and present, that has lived longer than almost all other cultures the world has

known-her culture, that of China.

Wang came to the United States after graduatini;i;, with a degree in history from the National Taiwan University, because she did not have access to many documents in the archives of the Nationalist government necessary to · her continued education.

She studied at the University of Iowa for two years and earned her master's degree in modern Chinese history.

Wang went to Massachusetts where she studied toward her doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technolos.rv.

In 1982, Wang moved to Denver while still working on her doctoral · dissertation with her husbaQd, who had earned a doctorate degree in biophysics from Harvard and had accepted a position at the National Jewish Hospital in Denver.

Wang recieved her doctorate in · 1984, and in January of 1985 began teaching a course on China in the political science department of Metropolitan State College.

Wang came to MSC because "Metro didn't have an expert on Chinese politics."

Wang has two main purposes to teaching this course. The first is to give students a non-Western perspective of historical world development.

"Chinese culture, along with Indian civilization, has such a long history of

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"The success of China depends on the The second purpose is for students to success of the current economic prolearn about China. "Students can learn gram. It has been quite successful at about China through its food, its literature, its art-but especially its ' least in the past two or three years in politics. rural China when trying to introduce market mechanics and allow a free "China became very politicized durinarket and private lots. ing the Communist rule-everything "The peasants -.ar-e much more now is somehow related to politics. motivated to increase products and ''I don't want to scare people away government officials want to introduce because this subject is quite new for this into urban areas, especially inmost college students," continued dustries.'\ Wang, "but I think this is a way to This move, however, will cause promake people interested in the material. blems, according to Wang, because if "If the student has an interest, this officials try to use material incentives to interest will push him to get more make workers work harder and there is knowledge. This is an essential part of an increase in income, then inflation the whole structure of the Metro educawill become a problem. . tion."

The government may have a difficult , Wang became interested in China time controlling prices if the individual because of her own personal in the market is allowed to .play an background. She was born in Taiwan, important role in economics. If this but her parents were born in mainland were to happen, the Maoists could China. regain power.

Her mother was a teacher and her "We'll have to see how the Chinese father an official in the government, a leaders work out their economic violinist in the national orchestra and a reforms. Predictions are very hard for member of the Nationalist Party. When social scientists.·~ the Communists took over the country Wang has enjoyed her teaching in 1949, they fled to Taiwan. experience at Metro so far.

"I am not only interested in the con"I like the concept (of open enrolltemporary historical pattern of China ment), and I like -the students-parbut also the traditional influence," said ticularly those in my class.

Wang.

"I have people who have a high "There are many theoretical quesschool graduate equivalency and some tions in the social sciences. China has a who are college graduates-this is a very particular, specific historical patgood challenge for my teaching. tern . .. in Europe modern states "I like this challenge because I have developed from feudal states and it was to address myself to people of different the same in Japan ... backgrounds.

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by Greg Pearson, who was a correspondent in Vietnam in 1965 and 66. Pearson, the director of the ;ournalism program at Metropolitan State College, has worked for both the Rocky Mountain News and The Denver Post, as well as other newspapers.

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by Greg Pearson The names come zinging from the news columns as if blasted from rifles-Da Nang, Tam Ky, Hue, Chu Lai, Khe San, Phu Bai. And all the while, other names, non-Oriental names, pop into my mind: Delgado, Martira, Clifton, Bedwell, Feeny, Dohse, Adams. It's a maddening wordassociation game that claws into one's mind almost a decade after leaving Vietnam. And the outcome is always the same: Why? Why? Why? All those places with the strang~sounding names, all those hidden little villages with the quiet, bewildered people, all the suffering, the carnage. And yes, the wasted hopes. For there was hope. In the minds of good men like Jim Lau, like Sam Adams, like Rudy Delgado, like Gunther Dohse, in their minds and in countless others, there was hope.

That somehow suffering could be alleviated. That somehow a degree of tranquility could be restored to this lost little niche of the world. That somehow some way could be found so that these people who had been kicked around for so long might experience a bit of normalcy, so that their troubles wouldn't so grotesquely outweigh the little joys that others so take for granted.

These young Americans I knew, they weren't callous mercenaries, professional killers, conquerors, drug. .inspired sadists. They were simple men, really. Simple, decent men. Some were career Marines fighting in their second war, like Sam Adams, the son of a barber in the hills of West Virginia. Some were just kids off the streets, like Sal Martira and Danny Manzaro. Some were insurance salesmen out of places like Salisbury, N. C., like Paul Clifton. Simple men. Compassionate men. Decent men. Perhaps unwise in the ways of international relatf'ons, unwise about the ambitions and limitations of politicians and so-called statesmen and military leaders of whatever ilk. Unwise, really, to the helplessn~ of simple men. But there was hope.

And they paid profusely for that hope.

They paid for it in buckets of sweat; they paid for it in weeks and months of gross discomfort--the discomfort that comes from leeches biting, sucking into your legs, in mosquitos puncturing and stinging your flesh, of hundreds of hours of tramping through jungles, through muck, through nights of torrential rains, through days of unbearable, sapping heat; they paid for it with shattered eyes that would no longer see the beauty of their ·women, with mangled legs that could never again feel the joy of-chasing after a child, with torn arms, with blown up hands that could never again lift even a spoonful of soup, or a glass of beer. And they paid for it with their lives, did so many of them. So many thousands of them.

And so did the others, the tens of thousands of Vietnamese, north and south, ripped to 'pieces in that godawful, prolonged catastrophe into which politicians had plunged and imprisoned them.

And where is the hope now?

I 'WODder if Paul Clifton-if he's still ~has any hope

left. Paul Clifton, an insurance peddler from the Carolinas, had been a Navy hospital corpsman from 1957 to 1961.

He majored in languages and biology in college, he spoke fluent French and modern Greek. In 1965--at the age of 31--he learned he was going to be called back on active duty in the Naval Reserves. He asked to be called back immediately and sent to Vietnam.

"I figured as long as I was going to be called up, I might as well go back in and volunteer for Vietnam," he told me one day in the village of Duong Lam. "I didn't want to be stuck in the states counting aspirin in some hospital when there was such a need over here."

In Vietnam he was assigned as a corpsman to a Marine rifle company. In his spare time he huddled with the company's Vietnamese interpreters, studying the language and trying to learn more about their country.

Within a few months he was assigned to the dusty, road-

"Sir, it felt like a sledge hammer hit-1 titJg me. It was the machinegun. The machinegun. I was getting ready to jump when he got me. The god-dammed

machinegun. Felt like a tank hit me. It was the longest day of my life, sir." side village of Duong Lam, the only American living there.

He became Duong Lam's "bac si," its doctor.

If you lived in that village, .and if you suffered from any kind of ailment--a tumor, a mashed finger, an infected leg, a skin disease, pneumonia, or whatever--you would go to see this quiet speaking Carolinian with the drawn, tired face and the deep-set eyes. He would care for you.

89mehow, the sadness of the people, their suffering, was reflected in the face of this Southerner who wanted to do more than "just count aspirin." The sadness, for instance, that comes when an infant boy dies in your arms.

It happened to Clifton.

"I felt so helpless, so damned ignorant," he said. "The little boy's mother and father carried him to me. They wailed and begged me to save the.boy. They trusted · me. They thought I could."

The infant, about three months old, was dying of

pneumonia. Clifton did everything he could to save him.

"But I~ I didn't know enough. He died. In my care, in my arms. I felt so ignorant, so blasted dumb. I didn't know how to save him. It really tore me up."

Paul Clifton, who had treated hundreds of people, was tom up because an jnfant had died in his arms while all about him scores were_dying daily in the carnage of war.

Does Clifton--if he's ali~7still have hope for the village of Duong Lam? And how does Gunther Dohse feel about the village of Yen Bae? Dohse was a Marine civil affairs officer. If ever a man in the military service was picked for the right job, it was German-born Gunther Dohse. Born in Bonn, he saw his city ravaged in World War II oy Allied bombs and bullets. He was just a boy. He lost a finger on his right band when a Russian soldier threw a grenade at him.

"I know deprivation," he told me in Yen Bae. "I do not sell my life cheaply."

During four of his years in the Marine Corps, Dohle was stationed in New Mexico. While there his curiosity--and his familiarity with deprivation--drew him to Indian reservations, and he began devoting his spare time to working among the Indians. That was his first taste of "civic action." And in Vietnam he was applying some of the lessons he had learned among the Indians of New Mexico. He was a whopping success.

You could see that in the way the kids constantly flocked about him, in the way the village elders spoke respectfully with him.

"The kids, the kids, they are something else." That was Gunther Dohse's battle cry. · "This is where - it begins," he says. "With the children. Sometimes I think there is no hope for the older people. Over there is an 18-year-old girl, the mother of four children. It is too late for her. But the kids, the kids are something else.

"As soon as we secured this area, we began to draw on our resources to help the people. Our corpsmen, for instance, treat more villagers than Marines. Marines are healthy. These people are sick.

"The n~ most desperate need is education, to blot out illiteracy. Our -goal for next fall is to put every child in school."

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Gunther Dohse was walking along the main path through Yen Bae as he spoke.

"This is our bulletin board. This trail maybe doesn't look like it, but it is the main thoroughfare to Da Nang. Hundreds of feet pad past every day. · __. "The bulletin board says, in Vietnamese: 'This Thursday, the local government, courtesy of the U.S. Marine Corps, will release one sack of cement for a public works project.'

"This notice is posted for all--including, the Viet Cong--to see. Thursday therewill be a bag of cement. ~ That will be a fulfilled promise. Next week the notice will be for five sacks of cement. The next, 10 sacks.

"The gifts in the beginning are valid. Yet, eventually, the people must respond to their own needs. For instance, there was fallow land, untilled because of flooding. I said 'Why don't you get off your duffs and . dig a drainage ditch?' Next day, the people of the village dug a drainage ditch, and now the fields are in production."

Dohse -glanced at some children in a playground built for them by Marines. They were laughing and playing on swings, see-saws, and a merry-go-round us.:ing a Jeep wheel for a bearing. And you could almost hear Dohse repeating: "The kids, the kids, they are something else."

Will all the kids in Yen Bae be in school this fall?

Does Guntb_er Dohse still have hope?

For Danny Manzaro, I know, there is no such thing as hope. He died in Vietnam. And a part of Sal Martira died with him.

Both youngsters had met while waiting in New York for a flight to Marine Corps boot camp at Parris Island, S.C. Sal had just enlisted in Warwich, R.I., while Danny had done so in Worchester, Mass. They ~ hit it off immediately, both in their late teens, both from Italian-American families, both Roman Catholic, both adventuresome, youthful, bubbling.

They had a lot i~ common, they discovered, and from that they formed an enduring friendship. A lifetime friendship--they thought.

For almost three years they were together, through .. further training in North Carolina, duty on Okinawa, more duty back in the states, and then side by side in Vietnam, fighting together, living together, playing together' sharing common joys, common fears. It was always "Me and Danny" or "Me and Sal." Martira and Manzaro. Like Brothers. Inseparable. Then it was t over.

Danny had gone out on an ambush, one of the few times the two hadn't been together in their entire time in Vietnam. Sal, sitting in his tent, heard the men returning late at night. He ran out to meet them.

"Then I heard someone say Danny'd got it. You know how rumors and things get started. I got teed-off when I heard that. I ran over to punch out whoever' d said it 'cause I knew nothing'd happened to Danny.

"Then I found out it was true. Danny was dead.

He'd been killed in the ambush. I cried."

He paused as he fought back the tears even now · welling in his eyes, then resumed.

"Been years since I cried. But I cry a lot lately. Not a day goes by I don't think of Danny. '\'.ou just can't say enough about him. He was too good a guy for this to happen.

"Sometimes, sometimes when I'm out on an am- • · bush, or a patrol, I say 'nothing can happen to me, Danny's watchin' over me,' that's how I feel. Danny's watching over me."

And on that particular day in Vietnam he could say no more. He could but sit and cry, for Sal Martira hadn't yet adjusted to a world without Danny Man-

Two young men. Two decent, friendly, bubbly young men. One died in a hopeless cause. Why? Was it worth it? What-would Sal Martira's answer be?

What about Jim Lau, of Kearney, N.J., a brilliant young Chinese-American, a military academy graduate who commanded a company in the 7th Marine Regiment? Will he ever forget the day he led his company smash into a Viet Cong regimental command post, the two sides grappling hour after hour, often in hand-to-hand combat? Several of his men had been killed in that bloody encounter near Quang Ngai; several others were wounded.

After the battle I accompanied Jim Lau in a helicopter which took us to the USS Repose, a Navy hospital ship steaming offshore in the South China Sea. Lau would visit his wounded men. Through the flight he was quiet, subdued, unsure of himself. A

"I didn't even know I was hit. I went to help one of the guys. There were five or six VC coming at him. I emptied my rifle at 'em, then started dragging the wounded guy. I carried him a long way.

He looked so bad. It made me lick. I puked. Then the mortars came in again.

The blast knocked me over." deep pensiveness was etched on his brown face. His eyes were muted.

Now he was standing alongside a bed with one of his men.

"You did a real fine job up there,'' he tells the youngster. "If it hadn't been for you we'd have lost a lot more people on that hill."

Hesitantly the youngster replies: "That's all right, sir. How's the rest of the guys?"

"They're in good shape. They're all asking about you."

Suddenly, words gushed from the youngster like air from a punctured tire .

"Sir, it felt like a sledge hammer hitting me. It was the machinegun. The machinegun. I was getting 'ready to jump when he got me. The god-damned machinegun. Felt like a tank hit me. It was the longest day of my life, sir."

Lau let the young Marine talk. But just as suddenly as the torrent of words had been unleashed, it halted.

The youngster, wounded in the stomach, became quiet. There was pain, and something deeper than that in his eyes.

Lau saw it. What could he say? He tried to put a few words together. Then he moved down a row of bunks to another of his men. Lau patted the youngster on the chest, then reached for his hand.

"I didn't even know I was hit," the Marine said after a few minutes of fumbling conversation. "I went to help one of the guys. There were five or six VC coming at him. I emptied my rifle at 'em, then started dragging the wounded guy.

"I carried him a long way. He looked so bad. It made me sick. I puked. Then the mortars came in again. The blast knocked me over. I didn't feel any hurt, so I got up. I didn't even think I'd been hit. ~'When I got up I fell back over. I couldn't stand. I couldn't stand, sir. God was I scared.''

And on and on it went, man after man. Lying there in the loneliness, lying there with their pain and fears, wondering how close they had come. There really wasn't much Lau could say to his wounded men. How do you prepare a speech for such an occasion? What words do you use? What do you say to a young man

who has just returned from the border of death and is still seared by its flames? ' How often does Jim Lau think back to that holocaust and back to the countless other battles he and his young men waged in that hopeless cause? How has he adjusted to the ever-careening "whys?" How does he cope with those photos in his mind of bodies of men--his men--lying torn in the forlorn soil around Chu Lai and Quang Ngai?

And what about all the other good, decent men I recall, such as: --Maj. Sam Adams, who enlisted in the Marines in 1943 because there was a war going on and he felt he should be there. Bougainville, Guam, the Philippine Islands, Korea, Vietnam. Sam's life was a map of battles. Yet he was a gentle man, was this son of a West Virginia barber, who said, without pomp, without braggadocio:"To me it's always been an honor to serve my country. I can't describe it exactly. I don't know the right words. It's a feeling I have. It's very important to me."

--Dave Pereira, of Hampton, Va., who was finishing his first enlistment in the Marine Corps and was getting ready to go to Bible college to prepare to become a minister when the Vietnam " thing" flared up. A handsome, blue-eyed blond, he re-enlisted in the Marines and asked to be sent to Vietnam. On his helmet he had drawn, in clear, black letters, "Psalm 91:1." "That's the first verse of the 9lst Psalm," he explained. "It says that 'he that dwelleth in the secret place of the most high shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.' It's not that I think God's going to st-0p a bullet from hitting me. That's nonsense. You just try to fulfill whatever his plans are, you do what you think has to be done and you won't worry too much about whatever the price is." Does Dave Pereira worry a little about the price now?

--Rudy Delgado of San Antonio was, in his midthirties, a platoon sergeant in the 7th Marine Regiment. I think back to one night during a so-called sea~ch and clear operation along the Tra Bong River.

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thrust forth to meet the attack, the women !lnd something valuable had been taken from me. I children scrambling to their underground hiding .couldn't explain it. · "But soon Honey reappeared, guiding a stooped old place. .

"After the second attack was silenced, McFarland woman. It was evident the woman was blind. The moved his company command post to the other side of beautiful young lass with the serene eyes and the old, old woman with the unseeing eyes came toward me. the hamlet, away from Honey and the other children and women. The night that followed was relativeley..., Honey was whispering to her .

"They stopped in front of me. The old woman stuck quiet ..

"At .daybreak the Marines packed up to proceed furout a gnarled hand. I set a piece of chewing gum in it ther into Viet Cong territory. Some went hurriedly to and a few cigarettes and -matches. There was no recognition of my gesture on the old woman's face. But fill their canteens, for word had spread that a little girl Honey smiled again. Then· she gently led the old was ladlii:ig out water from a well by the hut where the woman away. command post had been the day before. I followed. , "There was something about that smile--something · two other Marines there. And I saw Honey again.

"She was spooning water out of a large earthenware about the sadness, the maturity, the want, the goodness, in those almond eyes of hers--that ignited a uni into a Marine's canteen. As I approached she fierce emotional response within me. It seemed as if I looked up, almost as if she expected to see me. She smiled. It was like the sun arising in full glory after a had known Honey a long, long time. That she, too, cold, damp, dark night. had known me. Without a word passing between us a "I began to remove a canteen. Suddenly, small arms bond had been established. fire tore through the air, a slug thudding into a tree "And I fell in love with that little, wispy Asian girl trunk near Honey. The men grabbed their canteens in the hamlet of Phu Nam during a military operation and rifles, running to rejoin their platoons. I remainin which my countrymen were engaged in a mortal ed. Honey calmly began filling my canteen. All the struggle with and against men of her own race.

"Within a few minutes oJ that silent, indescribable while whe was smiling up at me, but not utteri,ng a _. word. exchange, bullets began ripping into Phu Nam, whizz"The firing intensified. There was a full scale fight ing and ricocheting among the tall palms and erupting on the other side of Phu Nam. The smile delapidated huts. The Viet Cong, who had apparently been waiting to ambush 'M' Company but had grown disappeared, and sadness now shone on Honey's face; her eyes became misty; it looked as if she were trying· impatient when the Marines failed to walk into their trap, decided to pour their deadly venom into the to speak. But without a word she handed the ladle to me. Brushing a hand across her eyes, she ran to the hamlet. nearest hut, picking up an infan~ and once again mak"The Marines grabbed their rifles and scattered. ing the maddening trip to the protecting shelter.

The Vietnamese youngsters, terror replacing the smiles "I finished filling my canteen, then hurried off, on their faces, ran and scrambled into an underground passing w!thin a few feet of the shelter's entrance. ''They get 80 excited even we just Honey was peering out at me. I smiled and waved to her, fighting back a terrible urge to reach in and carry · give 'em a pill, or rob a little iodine into her with me, to take her far away from the sad little a sore. You'd think we was giving 'em hamlet of Phu Nam. Honey gently waved back. gold. It does something to you to see the Through the wistfulness of her lovely, lonely face came the warmth of another tender smile. That was 'looks on their faces when you're kind to the last I saw of Honey. 'em."

"That day the Marines of 'M' Company trekked and '"' fought their way to another hamlet a couple of miles shelter near the hut. Honey went, too. But first she fet- from Phu Nam. As nightfall came the Viet Cong again ched the blind woman, patiently, unafraid, leading unleashed their mortars, machineguns and rifles · her to the underground hideaway. against the Marines. It was an awesome, terrifying "I passed the shelter to follow McFarland as he ran thing, the mortars raining down their terror from the forth to direct the fight against the enemy. I looked sky. The screams of the wounded rent the night as. 1 toward the entrance to the shelter. Honey.was watch- · flames from burning trees and huts knifed into the sky. ing me. There was concern on her face, but she smiled "After the attack had been beaten out, the Marines as I passed within a few feet of her. gathered up their wounded, including their company "The firefight on the fringe of Phu Nam lasted about commander, treating them and carrying them to a 15 minutes. Then it grew quiet again around Phu point where helicopters could come in and evacuate Nam. them.

"We returned to the hamlet as the children were "It was dark and forebodingly quiet as the last climbing out of their underground shelter, bewilder- helicopter pulled up and away with the wounded ment painted on their faces. The last one to come out men. Stars glittered in the alien sky. Burning wood was Honey. She looked up at me calmly. Again, there and thatch still crackled. Angry men prepared for the was an indescribable sense of understanding next attack. They thought of the Viet Cong and of emanating from those penetrating, dark eyes as she their own wounded comrades. guided the old woman back to the hut.

"So did I. But I also thought of a little doe-eyed lass - ,-;One of the men remarked that the fathers of some in the distaJ!t, sad little hamlet' of Phu Nam. I know I o( the youngsters were probably in the ban~ that had shall remember Honey for a long time." fired into Phu Nam. Some of the others agreed. But And I do, even to this day. this didn't seem to faze them as they went about setAs I do Da Nang and Hue, Phu Bai and Quang Ngai, ting up their positions for the night. And they con- Chu Lai and Tam Ky. And Delgado and Dohse and- . tinued to share their food and to play with the Martira and Lau and Adams. As I remember the innoding. youngsters.

Could Honey's father have been one of cent hope built on quicksand which transformed into "I watched her closely as she observed what was tak'ing place. Possibly 10 minutes passed. Then Honey's those who had fired on us? an ugly quagmire. As I think back to the countless "At sunset the Viet Cong again opened fire on the wounded friends. As I think back to friends who were eyes met mine. I smiled at her. Honey smiled back at me. I was nearly hypnotized. She looked steadily at hamlet of Phu Nam. This time they also used mortars, killed. As I think back to so many whom I never knew, me, and I at her. Neither of us spoke. After a few · the projectiles bursting hellishly, chWlks of metal slit- to bodies wrapped in plastic bags. minutes Honey slipped out of my view. I felt as if ting through the huts. So once again the Marines Why did we let it h~ppen to us?

cont. from JHl(fl 11 late at night. Delgado's right leg was swollen to one and a half times its normal size after infection from a minor wound had set in. We were lying in a field, rain splattering us. The lights from flares being dropped from a plane high above us glimmered in Delgado's . round, brown face as he talked to get his mind off his own pain.

"You know what's really pathetic? To see these old Vietnamese people come hobbling to us for some kind of medical treatment. Most of 'em never seen a doctor before.

"They get so excited even if we just give' em a pill, or rub a little iodine into a sore. You'd think we was giving 'em gold. It does something to you to see the looks on their faces when you're kind to 'em."· Can Rudy Delgado still picture those looks which so moved him 10 years ago?

And finally I think of a story I wrote in Vietnam about a little girl. Ten years old, she was, and to this day ~e picture of that wispy little girl epitomizes for me that sad, sad place called Vietnam. The story, in part, went like this: "Da Nang--I'll call her Honey.

"She has dark, doe-like eyes; black, shiny hair that flows halfway down her back; smooth, honey-hued skin. And an enchanting smile. In each ear she wears a little gold-colored earring. She's about 10 years old.

"We met Honey on the third day of 'Operation Mallard' after the men of 'M' Co~pany, 7th Marine Regiment had entered the hamlet of Phu Nam, 15 miles southwest of Da Nang.

"Capt. Thomas G. McFarland of Oceanside, Calif., son of a retired Marine general, had set up his company command post outside a large thatched hut on the edge of the hamlet. Several Vietnamese children and a few women peered suspiciously from the hut, the women trying to shush the children and to hold them back.

"As McFarland went about establishing his defenses around Phu Nam and instructing his platoon leaders on patrol plans, some of the children began slipping quietly from the hut. They stared at the big men covered with grime, with the fearsome weapons in their hands, and the strange stubble on their chins; what kind of awesome giants were these?

"A man handed a piece of gum to one child. The youn~ter accepted it hesitantly, not knowing what to do with it. The Marine took the gum back and unwrapped it, then handed it again to the youngster. At first the. boy was more intrigued with the silver foil wrapping. The Marine pointed to his mouth and made a chewing motion.

"The little boy did as instructed. Soon he was chomping on the gum. A smile lit his face. The othctr children pressed foreward.

"Soon the strangers from across the sea--most likely the first Americans ever seen in Phu Nam--were passing out more gum, and candy, and sharing their C-rations with the Vietnamese youngsters. But, inside the hut, one child remained. It was Honey. She watched the other youngsters. She watched the strangers with the funny looking pots on their heads, listened to the strange, unintelligible words coming from their mouths.

"She watched and she said nothing. There was something in those wise, serene eyes of hers that spoke neither approval nor disapproval. Call it understan-

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A misuse of Biblical passages, twisting of events and silly affectations make the movie King David a travesty. ~ This "saga" is based on the first and second books of Samuel, Second Chronicles and Psalms'.

The story begins in the throne room of King Saul (Edward Woodward)-the first king of Israel.

- -He has just conquered the Philistine army and, instead of killing every living creature-man and beast-as God through the prophet Samuel has commanded him, Saul kept the women, children and animals, and has taken the king of the Philistines hostage. < Samuel rushes into the throne room and rebukes Saul, grabs hiS .sword and cuts off the head of the Philistine king.

Saul falls to his knees and grabs the hem of Samuel's garment as ~e is walk~ ing out and rips it.

Samuel turns and prophesies, "As you have rent my garment in two, so shall God rend this kingdom from you and give it to a man after his own heart."

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All you did was mouth those three words from across the room, spinning them in the air like a drunken butterfly and I danced dizzily out of the arms of a would-be lover to catch them in my hands.

I wanted to press the air between us without words, without lights.

I couldn't bear to see your eyes staring at her face on the pillow beside me.

You kept me waiting for the gravel sound of your car in the driveway, the quiet knock of your knuckles on my bedroom door, the taste of you on my sheets '" in the morning.

I waited and squeezed the empty spaces in my hands, trying to feel the small flutterings qf your words, "I love you."

When you didn't come I opened my hands slowly like a young child, thinking I was setting you free, all the while hoping to find a dead butterfly; as some small consolation, for my collection.

The man spoken of is· David, the shepard boy (Ian Sears), who is soon to become David, king of Israel (Richard Gere).

This movie, however, does not portray David as a man after God's own heart, but a man after his own. In so doing, the movie loses the motivation which the scripture reveals for David's success-his absolute love and delight in the presence of God. The movie takes ma~y liberties in the dialogue. Several examples are so blatant they are almost comical, for instance: one morning Absalom (David's son, played by Jean-Marc Barr) is looking for his half-brother Solomon and bumps into his halfbrother Amnon (James Coombes), Whose reply to Absalom's query is, "Am I my brother's keeper?"

Another example: Saul, when he discovers that Samuel has annointed David king of Israel, cries out, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?"

Several liberties were taken with the events of the story also. It took David four shots to nail Goliath, versus the

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Bible's account of only one. I guess God's performance lacked the necessary dramatic suspense for filmmaking.

Further, Bathsheba (Alice Krige) rationalized her affair with David on the basis of the beatings her husband Uri!lh (James Lister) gave her. I don't remember that part in Sunday school.

I realize that filmmakers are not bound to remain totally faithful to the original text, but they are bound to make the story believable and credible.

Several sequences were impossible to understand if one did not have a knowledge of the Old Testament.

When David finally achieves a lifetime goal of returning the ark of the covenant to Jerusalem, he dances through the city in front of the procession. Richard Gere looks like he's having an epileptic fit. The Nazis in the scene from Raiders of. the Lost Ark when they are dressed as rabbinical priests have more credibility than does King David in tliis sequence.

Several other anomalies exist: David lives in a castle (with tu~ets and everything) and it snows. All of the Israelites speak with English accents (some with blues eyes), and act like they just stepped out of King Lear.

Master Classes Scheduled

Performers from the instrumental and operatic areas of the music world highlight the next two events in the Metropolitan State College Master Class Series being presented at St. Cajetan's Center on the Auraria ca,mpus.

Larry Graham, a pianist, "will give his class at 7:15 p.m., Monday, April 8, and opera singer Pablo Elvira, will give his presentation at 2 p.m., Thursday, April 11.

Graham, a member of CU Boulder's music department faculty, is internationally known as the pianist in the highly-acclaimed Pablo Casals Trio.

He won the coveted "Prize of the Public" at the 1975 Queen Elizabeth Councours in Brussels, Belgium and - was the top-rated American in the 1977 Authur Rubenstein Competition in TelAviv, Israel.

He is also a rock-climbing enthusiast and has been known to literally "climb the walls" at Macky Auditorium on the the University of Colorado campus.

Elvira is a principal baritone at the Metropolitan Opera and has been seen in several Live from the Met public television performances. He has also been featured with such companies as the New York City Opera, Chicago's Lyric Opera, the San Francisco Opera, the Paris Opera and the Hamburg Opera.

In his Master Class, Elvira will be working with outstanding voice students from Colorado colleges and finalists from this year's area Metropolitan Opera auditions.

Admission is free for MSC students, $2.50 for other students and $5 for the general public.

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Adam's 'Hitchhiker' Afoot Again

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by Meredith Ray Special to The Metropolitan

I don't like science fiction.

And even though I can tolerate a scifi flick after a few glasses of wine late Friday night, there is no way I would ever read science fiction.

So I thought.

However, while wandering through a book store recently, I found it impossible to ignore a best-seller by Douglas Adams entitled, So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish. . ___ 1 Science fiction or not, I had to admit that was a catchy title. I also liked the cover picture of the planet Earth sticking out its tongue and laughin2;.

But what finally got me was the smaller print at the bottom of the cover, identifying the book as the fourth in the Hitchhiker's Trilogy.

This couldn't be very serious science fiction so I bought it and I even read it.

But to top it all off, I enjoyed it.

I guess So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish is science fiction, but mainly it is a well-written, funny book that contains no space age jargon, or unpronounceable names or planets.

There are no deep m~ges. Adams pokes fun at man's ways, but lightheartedly. He makes us wonder just what man's insanity on earth might lead to, but he never lectures.

The story focuses on Arthur Dent, who has returned to earth after hitchhiking around the galaxy, even though h..e is certain that the earth had been blown up several years earlier.

He meets and falls in love with a woman named Fenchurch, so named because she was conceived in a ticket line at Fenchurch Street Station. "You wouldn't believe how bored it is possible to get in a ticket queue."

Both Arthur and Fenchurch seem to have forgotten something that happened right around the time the earth was destroyed-even though it really wasn't.

The story follows their quest for the

missing pieces and a search for God's final message to his creation. They find the answers, sort of, but that seems relatively unimportant.

The search is Adams' chance to introduce zany characters and to poke fun at everything from language to gravity.

We meet Wonko the Sane, aka John Watson.

And there's Bob McKenna, who is corutantly being rained upon, and has thus categorized 231 types of precipitation.

Then there's Know Nothing Bozo, the Non-Wonder Dog, so named because "The way its hair stood up on its head reminded people of the President of the United States of America."

Bozo is the stupidest dog in the . universe.

If you are amused by these characters, you will be equally delighted by Adams' fresh writing style. No one could ever accuse him of being trite. l:Ie says that Wonko the Sane vaguely resembles what you'd have if you took a couple of David Bowies and stuck one of the David Bowies on top ot the other David Bowie then attached another David Bowie to the end of each of the arms of the upper of the first two David Bowies and wrapped the whole business up in a dirty beach robe."

No mundane metaphors here.

At one point Adams even interrupts the story while Arthur and Fenchurch are floating above London, and explains that he hasn't included information about Arthur brushing his teeth or going to the bathroom, because: "It's

guff. It doesn't advance the action. It makes for nice fat books such as the American market thrives on, but it doesn't actually get you anywltere."

He suggests that if we want to know .., about Arthur's sex life, we should read on. If not, we can skip to the last chapter which is a good bit and has Marvin in it.

I read on.

And now I'm reading The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which is the book that started the four part trilogy. I imagine I will also read The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, followed by Life, the Universe and Everything.

You may want to read the series in order, but it doesn't matter all that much. It's still fun.

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Carmen' a P~rist' s Delight techniques of film medium.

Most notably is Rosi's use of space, greatly exaggerated so that the location shooting takes on an alluring openness, a mythic quality. ' Pasq.ualino De Santis' cinematography ' is crisp, often delightful and occasionally magnificent; combined with the choreography in the first act, the effect is a delicious • springtime celebration of the lustiness in life.

Ruggero Raimond is Escan:iillo, the famed matador celebrated in the famous aria, "Toreador." The opening shots of the film are a slow motion ·. montage of Escam!llo's victory over a ~, bull. The bull falls, succumbing to the sword, snorting and bleeding, crushed · and defeated.

The film is about a sensuous woman bringing tragedy to herself and to 'her Julia Migenes-Johnson's performance highlights "Bizet's Cannen" lover more than it is about bullfighting. medium. Don Jo~ is a slow-witted and co-star Placido Domingo, for whom However the opening shots provide a dull boy, a corporal, ~nd when with the film marks "more than one huncurious, slow motion tension which Carmen, a dupe. Domingo's portrayal dred" portrayals of Don Jose', has said ends in the death of the bull. This death lacks the energy to convince us that of Migenes-Johnson, "For me she is suggests the sjmilar fate of Carmen, Carmen, there is no other."

Migenes-Johnson's Carmen could love who falls in a flamboyant heap, dressed him. Have we mentioned "vibrantly One ·of the world's finest tenors, in red, of a knife wielded by her jealous erotic" here?

Domingo symbolizes the difficulty of and impassioned lover, Don Jose'. transferring opera to film. He never Bizet's Carmen is a fulfilling way to American soprano Julia MigenesJohnson is wonderful as the freedom convincibgly makes the transition, he is, "get some 'cultua'." One departs the stilted- as a stuffed soldier. He is an theatre with the foot tapping to the loving gypsy, Carmen. Her perforopera star being filmed, a tenor lost tun~ of classic arias and with the mind mance is erotic and arrestingly vibrant. within the expanse of the larger visual full of fine film images.

0 Her Carmen is a film triumph. Indeed, . ,.

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In March of 1984 Francesco Rosi's >ilm adaptation . of George Bizet's ~assic opera of tragic love, Carmen, opened in Paris. On March 29 of this year, the film, Bizet's. Garmen opened in Denver at the Ogden Theatre.

The popular , opera has often been interpreted in film, and Rosi's effort'is · --well-titled, as it meticulously maintains the spirit of Bizet's intent. Commented Rosi at one point during the production, "Opera on film is really quite new-no one knows for sure what it is." Bizet's Carmen is an opera enhanced by film. ~ Rosi has wisely left Bizet alone, thus the title. He hasn't interpreted nor modernized the opera so that opera purists will discover what they seek.

However, Bizet's Carmen is ·a film, and Rosi enhances the experience with

The MSC Players present Hot L Baltimore April-4,5,6 and 11,12,13.

Performances will be at 8:00 p.m. in the Arts Building, Room 271.

Admission is free for MSC students, $2.00 for other students and $3.so·for the general public. .

Reservations can be made at 556-3033.

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The women's softball team is finally getting some of the credit it deserves.

Last week the Roadrunners were ranked 18th in the nation by the National Association of Intercollegiate · Athletics, a ranking that Head Coach Jim Romero feels is long overdue.

"Part of this ranking is due to our batting (average)," Romero said. The team has a batting average of .339, with Sophomore Kristy Heckman top ping the list with a personal batting average of .548.

The Roadrunners were scheduled to play Mesa College last Friday and Saturday, but the games were cancelled because of inclement weather. Romero is more than ready to take them on.

The 1985 MSC Women's Softball team received its first ranking.

"Mesa has had a reputation in the past as being very good," said Ro~ro.

Mary's College Tournament. Eight Romero has 14 players and the luxury Mesa's record stands at 13-1, Metro's at. teams are divided into two pools which of substitutes.

9-1. But Romero said he feels Mesa has play head to head Friday and play not been challenged yet, "because finals on Saturday. Romero feels the · This weekend's toi.lrnament consists (Mesa) hasn't played teams yet that are Roadrunners are as ready as ever. of two pools of four: '.fhe blue pool that tough . .. I really want to play "There is no reason in the world why comprises the College of St. Mary's, Mesa, 'cause I want to beat them bad." we can't win it," Romero said.

Lindenwood College; University of Mesa recieved votes for the NAIA rankLast year the Roadrunners had nine Wisconsin, Eau Clair; and MSC. The ing, but was not in the top 20 in final players-just 'tmough to field a team. gold pool comprises the University of balloting.

Despite the absence of' a bench, they Nebraska, Omaha; Kearny State; The Roadrunners travel to Omaha, finished with a 13-11 record and went Southwest State; and the University of to the disbict play-offs. This year Neb., this weekend to play in the St. Wisconsin,RiverFalls.

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•Men's Tennis Wed., Ap. 3, Regis, away.

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It was the bottom of the ninth inning when the Roadrunners could taste it the most. They had lost their first game against DU on Tuesday, 7-6, and their losing streak had extended to five games.

But it was not to be.

Leaving the tying run on third in the bottom of the ninth, the MSC men's baseball team lost its second game to DU last Thursday, 5-4.

"We were finally starting to hit them," said Head Coach Bill Helman.

"Their starting pitcher stayed in for the full nine, and I thought he was getting tired."

Not tired enough. DU's Junior pitcher Steve Randecker is accredited with the win while Senior pitcher Bob Weber is accredited with the loss.

Weber was replaced by Freshman pitcher Jay Estrada in the fourth, Estrada was replaced by Junior first baseman and relief pitcher Ronn ~ells in the . seventh.

Coach Helman stressed the need to beat DU and Regis in final standin~, to secure a play-off spot in the division finals. .

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Two women's softball games, two men's baseball games, and a track invitational were cancelled last week because of rough weather. The softhall • games, both against Mesa College, and the baseball games, both against Regis College, will be rescheduled for play sometime later this season.

The Colorado State Invitational will also be rescheduled, but Head CoJlch , Michael Peterson says the track team's sc;hedule is too full for it to participate at a later date. ,, 0

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Your feet hurt. Your legs hurf. Even your teeth hurt.

But your friends thought .you looked terrifi~. And with them urging you on, your first 10 kilometer race didn't finish you. You finished it.

Now that you have something to celebrate, make sure your support team has the beer it deserves.

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Lori" Martin-Schneider, a junior in the MSC Journalism school, has been a reporter for The Metropolitan for the , last year and has worked for the Lit" tleton Independent as a general assignment intern.

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Wednesday3 Star Wara: A OllcUlllon of High·Tech Suicide-a talk given by MSC Chemistry Professor Neils Schonbeck. 2 to 4 p.m. In the Student Center. Rm. 254/6. Sponsored by Aurorla Nuclear Education Project. For fur· · ther Information call 556-3320.

MSC Job Fair from 11 o.m. to 5 p.m. In the Student Center. 330. Stop by and talk to representatives from major corporations.

For further Information call 556-3326.

MSC Data Proce11lng Management AaoclaHon meeting, from 4:30 to 5:30 p .m. In the Student Center. 230 A/B. For fur· ther Information call 556-2595.

Aurarla Nuclear Education Project will meet In room 351E student Center at 2:00.

All Interested people welcome. Coll 556-3320 for more Information.

MSC Black student Alliance meeting In the Student Center. 351/G at noon. For further Information call 556-3322. laptllt student Union FelloWlhlp Group at 1 p.m. In StUdent Center. 254. For further Information coll 623-2340.

Health Prof8111ont Night from 7 to 9 p.m.

In the Student Center. 230. Come and explore different health career options.

Speaking will be on M.D., Dentist, Nurse, Physical Therapist and a Chiropractor.

Sponsored by the UCO Health Careers Club. For further Information call451·1945.

Fll'lt Blood and Slap Shot are showing at noon and then again at 5 p.m In the Mission. Sponsored by the MSC student Ac· tlvltles and the Rugby Club.

C.P.R. CIOll presented by the MSC Student Health Cllnlc and Counseling Center. For times. further Information or to pre-register call 556-2525.

Self Allellment/ute PICJnnlng workshop. from 3 to 5 p.m. The first of three sessions (the others ore Aprll 10 and 17). Sponsored by the MSC Counseling Ce('lter. To register stop by CN 104, or for further Information call 556-3132. .

Introduction to Biofeedback Training, from 1 to 2 p.m. The first of 2 sessions (the other Is April 10). Sponsored by the MSC Counseling Center. To register stop by CN 104. -0i:-for-furth_ei__in!Qr__mation call 556-3132.

Non Profit AccOuntlng a talk by Joyce :Neville from 3 to 5 p.m. In the student CenJer. 230 CID. She will be speaking at the MSC Accounting students Association meeting. For further Information coll 556-3326.

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Air Force Academy Falconalr. . Jou land at 3 p.m. In St. Cojeton's. Sponsored by UCO Music. For further Information coll 556-2727.

Concert and Talent Show from 7 to 11 p.m.

In the Mission. Sponsored by the MSC Chi Alpha club. For further Information call 556-3330.

Hori Baltimore a contemporary comedy ploy at 8 p.m. In the Arts Building. 271. For further Information call 556-3033.

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Parenting our Parenti· a talk by Patricia Rub·at noon to 1 p .m. In St. Francis Center meeting room 1. Rub is from the Colorado Catholic Conference Aging Advocacy Group. For further Information call 623-2340. .

Bibi• study on the look of Jarnea at 7. p.m. at 2333 South University. Sponsored by the Baptist Student Union. For further Information call 233-5320. ·

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Compulsive Eatlng/Anorexlallullmla a workshop with Pam Craig speaking on "Eating Disorders" and a ftlm at noon to 1 p.m. In the East Classroom. 34. Sponsored by the UCO Women's Center. For further Information call 556-2815.

MSC American Society of Mechanical Englneera Regional Conference. 8 a.m. to 6 p .m . In St. Cojetan's and the Science Building. with the "Tightrope Bomber Contesf' at 9 a .m. In Science 119. For further Information call 556-2976.

MSC laaeball double-header against University of Southern Colorado at 1 and 3 p.m. at the PERH Fields.

Hofl Baltimore a contemporary comedy ploy performed by the MSC Players at 8 p.m. In the Arts Building. 271. For further Information call 556-3033.

MSC Varsity lalketball and Denver Nuggell basketball clinic from 1 to 5 p .m. In PERH 104. For further Information coll 556-8300.

Colorado state Hlgway meeting concerning Lawrence Street replacement, at 7:30 to 10 p.m. In the student Center. 25416. For further Information coll 556-8533.

Compulllv• Eating·The Slender Balance the first of six sessions. al 3 to 4:30 p.m.

Sponsored by the MSC Counseling Center and the MSC Student Health Clinic. For fur· ther Information call 556-3132.

Winter Park All Campus Ski Party -mandatory meeting to make plans at 11 a .m. In PERH. 208. For further lnformalon call 556-3210.

Clolllfted Council meeting at 2 p.m. In the -Central Classroom, 301. For further lnformatlon call 556-3058.

C.P.R. Clou presented by the MSC Student Health Clinic. For times and further Information coll 556-2525.

Concentric Circles of Concern Study Group at 10 a.m. In Student Center. 247.

Sponsored by the Baptist student Union. For further Information coll 623-2340.

llble Reading Group at 1 p.m. In Student Center. 257. Sponsored by the Baptist Stu· dent Union. For further Information call 623-2340.

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Hot'l Baltimore a contemporary comedy play at 8 p.m. In the Arts Building. 271 . For further Information call 556-3033.

Chicago Cuba v1 5eattl• Mariners exhlbl· tlon baseball at 1:30 p .m . at Mlle High.

Stadium. Tickets are available at Select-A· Seat. 788-0700.

FREE Income tax aiil1tance· for low Income, elderly, non-English speaking and hondloapped taxpayers by the MSC tax accounting students from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

In room 201 of the Aurorlo Library. For fur· ther Information call 556-2948.

Sunday 7

Student Facllltlel Polley Council meeting from 2 to 3 p.m. In the Student Center. 230 CID. For further Information call 556-3328.

MSC laMball double-header vs Colorado School of Mines at noon and 2 p.m. at the PERH Fields. For further Information coll 556-8300

MSC American Society of Mechanical Engineers Regional Conference. 8 o.m. to 10 p.m. In St. Cojeton's and the Science Building. For further Information call 556-2976.

Chicago Cuba vs seattte Marlnera exhlbl· tlon baseball at 1:30 p.m. at Mlle High stuadlum. Tickets are available at SelectA·Seat. 788-0700.

Dr. Detroit and Frankenstein with Andy Warhol ore showing at noon and at 5 p.m.

In the Mission. Sponsored by the MSC Stu· dent Activities.

The Denver Nuggets do battle with the Gol· dent State Warriors at 7 p.m. at McNlchols Arena. Tickets are available at Datatlx outlets. 988-6712.

Moonlight Ski Trip, sponsored by the Cam· pus Recreation Outdoor Adventure Program. For further Information call 556-3210.

Dark Victory at 5:30 p.m. staring Bette Davis and Humphrey Bogart and "Bye Bye Brazil" at 7:30 p.m. Both shows ore at the Denver Center Cinema. 1245 Champa St. .For further Information call 892-9087.

Polntlnga by Unda Lowry are on display In the Aurorlo Library Gallery.

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Ron Wohlauer, coordinator for the DACC Photography Department, displays over 60 photos at the Denver Art Museum. 100 West 14th Avenue Parkway. For further Information call 575-2794.

Mondays Fiddler on the Roof and D. c. Cab are showing at noon and 5 p .m. in the Mission.

Sponsored by the MSC Student Activities and the Auraria Jewish student Alliance.

Aurarla Board meeting from 4 to 7 p.m. In the student Center. 330. For further Information call 556-3291.

MSC Music Malter Cla11 by Lorry Graham at 7:15 p .m. in St. Cojetan's. A fee Is charged. For further Information call 556-3180.

Peace Gathering by the Rocky Flats Peace Actlvlstl at 12:30 p .m. at 19th and Stout. For further Information coll 480-1966.

Council of Contract Administrators open meeting from 9 to 10 o.m. In the Central Classroom. 301. For further Information call 556-3376.

Alumni Board of Directors meeting from 6:30 to 9 p.m. In the 1020 Ninth Street building. For further Information coll 556-8320.

Cr1111 In Central America a four part series.

"The Yankee Years," the first. will air at 9 p .m. on KRMA·TV 6.

Scripture Memory Group at 10 a.m. In the Student Center. 257. Sponsored by the Baptist Student Union. For further Information call 623-2340.

llble study on the Book of Jomes at 2 p.m.

In the Student Center. 257. Sponsored by the Baptist Student Union. For further lnfor· motion call 233-5320.

Alcohollcs Anonymous meetings; 11 :30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 4 to 5 p .m. In the Student Center. 258. For further Information coll 556-2951.

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Star Wara a tal,lvby Neils Schonbeck from 1 to 2 p .mJn.St. Francis meeting room 1. Part of the1JU .Brown Bog Lecture Serles. For further Information call 556-3863.

MSC Men's Tennll team vs Colorado State University at. 2:30 p.m. at the PERH Tennis Courts. For further information coll 556-8300.

MSC Students International Medttatlon Society meeting from 3 to 5 p.m. In the Stu· dent Center. 254/6. For further information call 556-2595.

MSC A11oclated Minority lu1l"e11 Students meetng from 3:30 to 5 p.m. In the Student Center. 256. For further Information coll 556-3326.

Moscow on the Hudson and Blade Runner ore showing at noon and 5 p.m. In the Mis· slon. Sponsored by MSC student Activities and the Earth Science Club.

Animal Dentistry a talk from 7 to 9 p.m. by Vetodontlc Dr. Pele Emily, of the Denver Zoo. In the Student Center, 230. Sponsored by the UCO Health Careers Club.

FREE DAY at the Natural Hjstory Museum of Denver for Denver residents. The Museum Is localed al City Part. For further Information oall 322· 7009.

Aurarla Nuclear Education Project will meet In room 351E student Center at 2:00.

All Interested people welcome. Call 556-3320 for more Information.

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