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December 4, 1985

Issue 14

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srsirns ~Contributing cartoonist Jon Walteris an MSC Speech Professor

Fists of Fury?

Students Debate Lactics in Cap Battle Mark LaPedus Reporter

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Metro students are using karate to defend themselves against the enrollment cap.

But their fighting tactics to raise the cap may be chopped to bits by the martial artists at the Legislature, according to Blenda Wilson, executive director of the Colorado Commission on Higher Education, who spoke at a student leaders conference on campus · last week.

"It's unlikely the students will win the battle (to raise the cap}." Wilson said. "Financially, there's a lot of resistance by the Legislature to raise the cap."

She said that, as students practice their combat techniques to lift the cap, the real battle determining the fate of Metro's enrollment will be fought amongst the black belts at the Legislature.

"Whether the cap will be raised will be a political struggle," she said.

The conference, attended by students from colleges around the state and members of the CCHE, dealt with topics including admissions standards:H.B. 1187, affirmative action, the community college system and enrollment caps.

Some of the issues kicked around between students and the CCHE were far from aimiable skirmishes.

Students from Metro and the Univeristy of Southern Colorado became especially fiesty discussing the reasons for having an enrollment cap placed on their respective colleges.

But the CCHE, lowering its guard for just a moment, had a difficult time defending the purpose for having the cap, which was imposed by the Joint

Budget Committee last year.

"The purpose of state-wide caps is a mystery to me," Wilson said. "They are arbitrary numbers determined by the enrollment figures from last December.

But they are artificial in our judgement."

Schools are funded by the Legislature based upon the number of fulltim·e equivalent stu9ents (FTES), but the cap serves as an artificial tool to limit money granted to state colleges, she said.

Michael Moore, chairman of the CCHE, said the cap may prevent many students from entering Metro, an open-enrollment institution since 1963.

"I have some problems with the cap," Moore said. "It's hard to have a cap without being insensitive to the accessibility to the college.

"Metropolitan State College was designed as an open-enrollment institution to serve both the traditional and large populations of non-traditional students. Now you may have a system that could diminish."

Last year, Metro had 10,38.5 FTES. But it is limited to 10,257 FTES by this year's cap.

Several students, recognizing that M~tro's open-door policy soon may be chopped into a pile of firewood by the Legislature, seemed eager to defend the school.

Frank Visconti, student body president at Western State College, said he was willing to help Metro students in their petitioning campaign to raise MSC's cap by floating petition forms around Western State.

Because of the declining enrollments at Western State College over the past five years, however, students at Gunnison may not empathize with Metro's opposition to the cap, he said.

Who You Callin' a Chicken?

State Rep. Phil Hernandez, DDenver, reminded Chicken Littlethe Metro students-that the sky isn't falling on MSC. "There's a lot of people running around the Legislature saying the sky is falling at Metro because of the enrollment cap," said Hernandez, a UCD history professor speaking at a meeting on campus last week. "But I don't think it's true."

The enrolln.ent cap, like the acorn that hit Chicken Little, bas caused a commotion among many students and faculty.

But Hernandez said the cap, imposed by the Joint Budget Committee, is actually set at the appropriate level.

"I don't think the cap is too high or too low," he said.

The meeting was sponsored by the MSC CoPIRG Organizing Committee.

CoPIRG, the Colorado Pulbic Interest Research Group, was established by students as an advocacy organization to take an active role in protecting consumers and the environment.

Hernandez suggested that students also can take an active role in raising the enrollment cap.

"I think the students could raise the cap by negotiating with the Joint Budget Committee and the Colorado Commission on Higher Education. But a protest at the Capitol would be counter-productive because some of the Legislators think students should be seen and not heard."

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"I will do anything to help out a sisThe "Memorandum of Understandter school," he said. "But I don't know ing," orginally set by the Joint Budget what the students on our campus will Committee, calls for 80 percent of think." incoming MSC freshman to meet two Admission standards also caused of the following three requirements: controversy at the meeting. Students • Have a high school grade point from the University of Colorado and average of 2.5 the University of Southern Colorado •Rank in the upper 66 2/3 percent were enraged over the new admission of their high school graduating class. standards, which may be imposed at • Score an overall score of 19 on the their colleges next year.

ACT or 810 on the SAT. Wilson attempted to pacify the stuThose standards, however, could dents by specifying what kinds of change again after a one-year trial standards may be implemented at period.

Colorado colleges next year.

"In the short term, admissions She said the standards, which will be standards could be like those in the established by the CCHE, could 'Memorandum of Understanding','' resemble the criteria outlined under Wilson said. "But in the long run, they the "Memorllidumof Understanding," · · may be different."

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.Downtown Area Plan Paints a Space-Age Picture of Denver Tom Smith Reporter

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.. Lets catch a boat down one of the canals to the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, George," says Jane Jetson.

It's the year 2,000 and George replies that he would rather take a trolley to the park on the east side of the river by theDCPA. As they arrive, they notice Judy, Elroy and Astra crossing a pedestrian walkway over Speer Boulevard from the Auraria campus.

In the old days, back in 1985, Speer was on both sides of the South Platte.

But ever since the Downtown Area Plan set the wheels of progress in motion, downtown has taken on a different look.

The Downtown Area Plan gave a glimpse of what it would like to see downtown Denver look like in the year 2,000 and beyond.

A slide presentation was shown Nov. 22 at the Denver Center Cinema. Using four slide projectors and a pre-recorded tape, the 29-member steering committee appointed by Mayor Pena showed 40 people in attendance what it envisioned for downtown Denver.

The most striking feature was that the south-bound lanes of Speer Boulevard would be removed. Traffic would be on the west side (the Auraria side) of the South Platte. Parks would extend from existing buildings down to the river.

During the slide presentation, a pie-

ture of what the area looks like presently was shown. Then a slide of an artist's conception of what it might look like was shown. Pictures from other cities also were shown to provide examples of possible future looks for downtown.

The Platte river also will provide a means of transportation into downtown. The committee envisioned canals connecting Larimer Square to the Civic Center and the 16th Street Mall Union Station is a part of the plan. It would be renovated and the mall would extend to it. Two more major department stores would be sought for the downtown area.

The plan projected that an additional 50,000 people would live in downtown by the year 2,000. Apartment complexeS were envisioned in the area behind Union Station and in lower downtown.

Lower downtown would be renovated. Money would be invested in remodeling existing buildings. New buildings would have to be designed to fit into older neighborhoods.

Most of the first year's work would center around the 16th Street Mall.

Then the plan had a vision for the outlying areas of downtown.

Trolley systems would go farther from downtown, and the canals would be extended farther away from downtown also.

George J etson would probably like the futuristic look of downtown Denver, but perhaps not the price tag-the one thing the planners didn't show.

MSC serves diverse students of varying ages. Here, two students sit on the edge of their seats while studying advanced stick figure drawing.

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Grimmwel Crime Causation Theory In Edwin Sutherland's learning the-

The fallowing is a crime-causation theory developed by Prof. David Dunne's class on criminal behavior and criminal careers.

ory (1947), he stated that the process of learning by association with criminal and anticriminal patterns involves all of the mechanisms that are involved in any other learning process. Sutherland said that criminal behavior is learned in interaction with other persons in a process of communication, occurs within intimate personal groups, learning includes techniques of committing the crime, and learning may vary in frequency, duration, priority, and

Ov~the semester, a number of theories of crime causation have been discussed and rejected on the basis that it was inadequate and misleading in suggesting that a person is forced into deviance, or the delinquent cannot conform to a different set of standards · accepted by the larger society. All of the ideas of the weat criminology inten~ity . thinkers have been dissected and what According to control bond theorremains is the GRIMMWEL theory. ist Travis Hirschi (1971), a person is This theory is a blend of two highly free to commit deliquent acts because complex concepts, the bond of the his ties to the conventional order have individual to society and that of ordisomehow been broken. The bonds nary learned behavior. First, both which are included in this theory are: criminal and non-criminal learned attachment-to any object outside of behavior is a normal learned process. one's self, home, parents, or a friend; Crime is conceived of as a pattern of involvement-in activities such as behavior learned in the course of time schools, churches and community and in contact with definitions of groups; belief-a state of mind in which behavior favorable to criminality in confidence is placed in social rules; the world of experience surrounding commitment-an obligation to one's the individual. Secondly, why don't self to reach their Qwn goals; moralspeople commit deviance is answered . ideals of acceptable human behavior by the fact that it is the individual's by the individual; and social responsioonct to society that makes the differ- bility-the individual accountability for ence. This theory assumes that delin- the welfare of other people as members quent acts results when an individual's of society. bond or values to society is weak or This theory emphasizes that the broken. These bonds are created in the strength and weakness of these bonds individual's youth in their contact with influences the probability of learned conventional society. deviant behavior. A person with strong bonds is less likely to associate with delinquents and thereby less likely to learn deviant behavior. Bonds may be In the "State Auditor Takes Auraria to broken due to other cultural and Task" article by Tom Smith the fol- environmental influences. Thus crime lowing information was mistakenly is a learned behavior influenced by the omitted: "In 1983, AHEC borrowed strength of bonds.

CJC Section 2, Criminal Behavior $1.2 million from the State Treasurer, bank for AHEC. This amount was to and Criminal Careers. Instructor: David be reduced by $100,000 the next year J. Dunne. Students: Victoria Goetz, and by $100,000 each year thereafter Mark Ihme, David Lutter, Tamara Mechem, Gail Mikula, Bryan Ruth, until the annual amount was zero. But D when AHEC went back in 1984, they Tom Everett, Pamela Wood. borrowed $2.3 million, not $1.1 million."

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spring at MSC for students to meet and discuss education issues with state legislators. The chapter plans to sponsor a second symposium Feb. 19.

Dr. J. Douglas Cawley, reading professor and advisor to the MSC chapter, said it's unusual for one chapter to produce two national scholarship recipients, especially in the same year.

"That shows what high caliber these (women) are," Cawley said of the two seniors. "They have only been chartered here for a couple years. They've done outstanding work here on the campus."

Short.Stuff

M.E.CH.A. A national organization formed in 1962 to recruit Chicano students into higher education has named a Community College of Denver student as the recipient of a $2.50 scholarship.

The MSC and UCO chapters of M.E.CH.A. (El Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan) have selected Armanda L. Olivera, a communications major at CCD, to receive the scholarship.

The award is part of a $3,000 scholarship fund provided to M.E.CH.A. by the College Bound with Coke Campaign, which raised $40,000 for Hispanic student scholarships this summer.

Applications for other scholarships are being accepted until Dec. 31. Scholarships will be awarded Jan. 31.

For more information, call M.E.CH.A. at 556-3325 or write: M.E.CH.A. Scholarships 1006 Uth ST. Denver, Colo. 80204.

Campus Cable Yearn for bright lights ...cameras ... action?

Get involved with Auraria'sup-andcoming student cable TV/radio station, sponsored by A.S.T.R.O. -The

Auraria Student Telecommunications and Radio Organization.

The first broadca'St is scheduled for Jan. 20, and staff is needed now to meet this target date.

Applications for about 35 positions are being accepted by the Metro and UCO Co-op Education offices. On-air talent, writers, technicians, engineers and support staff are needed.

The jobs are offered on a volunteer basis, with a possibility of paid positions in the future.

For more information, call the Metro Co-op Education office at 5.56-3290 or UCD Co-op Education at 5.56-2892.

Break a leg!

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The school spirit at Metro in recent years could hardly rouse a squirrel lazing in the Ninth Street Park.

But sponsors of MSC's first Homecoming, Metro Madness, hope to rouse students to get involved in more acti ities.

Metro Madness includes· the MSC men's basketball game against the University of Puget Sound at 6 p.m. and a performance by comedian Robert Klein at 8 p .m., both in the Auditorium Arena on Dec. 7.

Tickets are available for $5 at Select-a-Seat outlets or .in the Student Center room 156.

So, come one, come all and we'll have a ball at Metro's first Homecoming, sponsored by Metro Student Ac.tivities, student government and the athletic department.

For more information, call 5.56-2.595.

Education Scholars Sharon Clark and Connilee White, MSC elementary education majors, have been awarded $500 scholarships from the Kappa Delta Pi Educational Foundation, whose headquarters are in West Lafayette, Ind. The foundation awarded eight scholarships nationally for the 1985-86 academic year, based on applicants' leadership and participation in local chapters of Kappa Delta Pi, an international honor society in education.

White, 37, current president of MSC's chapter, and Clark, 38, last year's president, helped plan a symposium last

CoPIRG The group trying to organize a chapter of the Colorado Public Interest Research Group on campus will meet next week to discuss, among other things, the $3 fee that would be charged if a CoPIRG was formed at Auraria.

The senior state official along with the executive director of CoPIRG will be in room 230A of the Student Center at Noon on Monday, Dec. 9.

The group focuses on legislative actions and claims to have been instrumental in passing toxic waste and voter registration reforms.

The group tried to form on campus several years ago but was successfully blocked by Metro's student government, according to student government officials who refused to be named.

"They considered it a threat to what they were trying to do," one current official said.

To be accepted, the group must prove an interest with the use of a petition drive and referendum passed during the spring semester.

Hispanic Scholars Cynthia E. Chavez and Kevin A. Trujillo recently received onesemester scholarships to Metropolitan State College from the MSC Hispanic Faculty and Staff Association in recognition of their outstanding academic achievements and contributions to the college and community.

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Pell Process Poop

Finding Financial First-Aid Tom Smith Reporter

The taxpayers may be happy, but the students are not-about the reevaluation of the Pell Grant awards.

All 3,000 students who submitted applications for financial aid last fall had their files re-evaluated by the Financial Aid Office before they could receive aid.

This because of a new set of rules Congress set down concerning the Pell Grant.

Of 3,000 students, 1,000 received letters asking them for further information. When that information was turned in, the stude~t files were re-evaluated by financial aid counslers.

"The majority of those students, after it was recalculated, weren't eligible for the Pell Grant or the amount they thought they were going to get was vastly reduced," said Cheryl Judson, director of financial aid at Metro.

"They keep forgetting to put the non-taxable income on (their applications)," she said.

Non-taxable income includes child support, welfare benefits, workmen's compensation, veterans' benefits, interest on tax-free bonds and untaxed portions of pensions.

To those who were eligible after the re-evaluation process, an award letter was sent. But students still had to wait as long as two weeks before they could see their grants because of time schedules in the financial aid office and the business office, where the checks originate.

The business office writes checks once a week, so a student had to turn in the signed award letter on just the right day to get it in one week.

But there is an option, Judson said.

When a student has been awarded a Pell Grant, he can go to financial aid and get as much as 75 percent of his award the next day as an emergency loan.

About 100 students have taken advantage of this, Judson said. The remaining 2.5 percent of the award goes through the regular process, and the student receives the remaining amount when it is processed through the business office.

Of the $545,000 that Metro has on its line of credit with the Federal government for Pell Grants, $352,000 has been dispersed to about 765 students. That's

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The remaining $193,000 is for the students who are awaiting their award letters and for approximately 600 others who have been requested to tum in more information and haven't: H the latter don't, they will not get any money, Judson said.

"From the taxpayer's perspective, I suppose the verification process is good because it eliminated students who should not have receiyed the Pell in terms of misinformation on their applications.

"From the student's perspective, it was deadly because he had to wait so long to get the money," she said. D

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ON CAMPUS Faculty, Staff Cramming for Accreditation Exams "Everyone was involved at some level," Langton said. "Either they're digging up information, or they're compiling information."

He said the self-study may be finished by January 1986, and the site team should be at MSC the following fall.

Most schools accredited by the NCA are evaluated every 10 years, unless an evaluation reveals problems that the association thinks should be reviewed more frequently.

MSC was evaluated in 1975, but the association granted an extension requested by MSC President Paul Magelli, who has been a· member of the two NCA evaluating committees, and thus postponed the upcoming evaluation until 1986.

Dr. Joseph Semrow, associate director of the NCA's higher-education division, said the extension was approved because of the short time Magelli has been at MSC. "The extension gives a school time so they can get their self-study in somewhat better order," Semrow said.

Charlotte Murphy, assistant to Dr. Magelli, said the extension should give Magelli time to clean up some prob-

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Exams-hours in front of a book that you haven't seen since you bought it sometime back in September when you had money, gallons of coffee and cartons of cigarettes, and frustration so intense it inspires the timeless curse, "I wish those bastards had to go through this just once."

Well, guess what?

While you're struggling to master math, science or history, the faculty and administration at Metro have been doing some cramming of their own.

MSC is preparing for an evaluation by the North Central Association, which examines schools for accreditation.

The NCA evaluation has two phases: a self-study conducted by the college and a site-team report compiled by a committee sent to examine how the institution uses its human and financial resources.

Larry Langton, an MSC English professor, has been working on MSC's self-study report since September. He is compiling information gathered by seven task forces that examined departments at MSC.

]ems he has inherited from past MSC administrations.

"He (Magelli) wanted time to get us back on line," Murphy said.

She said many of the problems lie with the school's budget practices and long-range planning.

Tim Greene, MSC budget director, blamed the budget problems on an ineffecient system of accounting.

"That system was developed in 196.5," Greene said. "It's antiquated."

Currently, department budgets, except those that handle student funds, are submitted to the budget office listing only the amount of money allocated to that department and the amount the department spent.

The budget office doesn't require a breakdown of department expeditures and lacks a way to determine how the money is spent.

An Institutional B1~dget Advisory Council reviews budget increase requests from individual departments, but it only requires departments to justify the increase, not to explain what the money they alreay have is b eing used for.

Greene said the system is being replaced by a more efficient one, which

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"We're making some significant headway," he said.

Changes in Metro's long-range plans also are making headway.

Magelli's reorganization of MSC, which cut the number of academic departments to three-the School of Business, the School of Educational, Professional and Technological Studies and the School of Letters, Arts and Sciences-resulted in an increased supply budget, something the last NCA evaluation said needed to be improved.

The reorganization also eliminated some unneccessary administration and allowed Magelli to establish the department for Institutional Advancement.

"He's (Magelli) created an awful lot of activity around here," Larry Langton said.

And Murphy agreed, saying it's all in the name of improvement.

"Once you start looking and dig deep enough, you find you can reset your priorities," Murphy said.

"By next year, they'll (NCA) say, 'Well, that's okay, but what else are you doing?' " D

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OPINION Check Your Brochure, Is This the Pretty Life Bob Haas Imagine the reaction of the passengers on the Achille Lauro. Those legitimate passengers of that cruise ship could have been nothing short of astounded at the moment when the four desperate and violent sea-pirates distinguished themselves from their more middle-class sun and vacation seekers, at the moment when, with guns and much seriousness, they took control of the ship. Certainly, at least one of those vacationers must have looked at his or her cabin hunky, must have shown awe and great fear, must have reflected that, "This is not the cruise I signed up for. This is not what was shown to me in the brochure."

How much like our planet is this cruise ship. How so like our reaction from day to following day. How often do we find ourselves reflecting on life, or, less philosophically, on our own lives, in this manner. How often do we feel that, "This is not what I signed up for. This is not the life that was shown to me in the brochure."

Indeed, the brochure that most of us perused as children was filled with sun drenched swimming pools and an outpouring of gaiety and contented pleasure.

Sure, we all remember the occasional sunburn, the odd malaria or other exotic discomfort, but all in all, the brochure promised a life of responsible hedonism, of mostly grins and good times.

How many of us have felt, at least once, that "there has been a mistake here," that through some inexplicable bureaucratic bumbling, "someone bas put me on the wrong planet?"

One might guess that this thought has passed through the mind of Christine Karim over the previous few days. Karim is the director of the Denver branch of the Eritrean Relief Committee. Over the last few weeks, her job has included the publicizing of and raising funds for the war torn and famine burned nation of Eritrea, a northern province in Ethiopia.

The November 13 issue of this newspaper reported on her efforts, discussed the fund-raising film, "Even the Stones Are Burning" This newspaper encouraged readers to do their small part-to see the film and contribute five dollars. This newspaper implied that one could not go wrong in donating this small amount in order to help feed hungry people.

This newspaper miscalculated the planet of its publication.

Last Tuesday, the home of Christine Karim was burglarized. Among other things, the thieves stole $450 in cash and checks. That money was the fruit of Karim's fund-raising and film-showing efforts. The money had been donated by Denver area human beings, concerned about suffering human beings living far ' away.

The money is now packing a punk's nose, or lining a pimp's pocket.

The irony of this burglary is remarkable.

It is reminiscent of another irony, one unknowingly reported by many newspapers, a couple years back. Apparently, a grown man abducted a small child from her front lawn, and treated her to a perverse piece of real life. Then the man drove the child to the mountains and dumped her into the slimy shit-pit of an outhouse. Certainly the man could not have believed that this was like Disneyland for the child. Certainly he meant her to rot in that hole. The irony is that he could not be charged with murder, as by a remarkable coincidence, the child was discovered by travelling tourists. The man was charged with gross naughtiness or something, and will undoubtedly be out and about one day. At the least, he should have been castrated with a pool cue.

Suffice to say that this planet is often nothing like discriptions or brochures of Disneyland.

Few will conclude, however, that the answer is some form of social isolationism, where all members of society seek only to protecfthemselves. Few will conclude that the answer is to ignore our continuing responsibility of creating civilized society.

One can only breath a frustrated sigh, can continue to breath support for those like Karim and others, who attempt to effect in some small way the relationship between this planet and that description in the travel brochure.

The effort of those who care, of those who attempt to nullify the affect of scofflaw burglars, or power-tripped politicians, or assholes in orange Datsuns, must be lauded. It is the effort of these people which provides the flame for our vigil, which allows the constancy of our panning in the slime of outhouse pits in search of those gold nuggets of humanity.

It is this effort that will find the pretty planet.

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OPINION Good Ole Yankee-doodle School Reform David I. Colson School reform is a big question. According to Michael Kirst (author of Who Contro/.s Ours Schoo/.s) and according to Christopher Hurn (author ofThe Limits and Possibilities of Schooling); the states in these United States spend a lot of dollars on public education and add to that some local dollars, some federal dollars and the Word Yahtzee game a teacher buys and you're looking at a question bracketed by dollar signs too big to light up on the Las Vegas strip. And big bucks plus government involvement translates into big bureaucracy. And bureaucracy is about as easy to change as the taste of liver. But at these prices call it pate.

Critics of the expansion of education complain that the big bucks that have been poured into education have not resulted in big pay-offs. They cite dropping test scores and inferior ratings when compared with countries like Japan. They believe the investment is not paying dividends.

It's true test scores have dropped in recent decades.

It's true that in the tournament for statistics Japan and other countries have out scored the U.S. in teaching fundamentals.

But what do these truths add up to? Answer: a series of half truths. In recent decades the U.S. has expanded education in an attempt to give everyone a better opportunity to pursue happiness. And there is ample evidence and testimony to support the advancement of minorities and handicapped persons in recent decades. Not only does the U.S. teach a larger percentage of its people but the U.S. also teaches a wider variety of subjects. So, in net knowledge, (rote and discovered) comparing education in Japan to education in the U.S. is like comparing checkers to baseball. Not only do we have strategy but we've got hot dogs, history and a bunch of guys who can steal second base like you've never seen.

So I say, let's continue this trend toward expanding education. It's very Yankee-doodle-dandy. But let's take it a little farther. To these attempts to make education fair, let's add programs and policies to give students who have aptitudes that standout an environment in which they can really excell.

After a sort of standard course of study through the eighth grade let students

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UCO Student Government Defends Its Support of Advocate Editor, Your November 6, 1985 editorial concerning the CU-Denver ADVOCATE newspaper ("ADVOCATE, Up and Coming") contained one distinct error. The CU-Denver Student Government, under the Kennedy-Frank administration, has actively supported the ADVOCATE in the past and will continue'to do so in the future. Examples of this support range from reallocations to the newspaper's operating budget to expanded office space that will aid in the growth and improvement of the paper.

You could have compiled this information by contacting any one of twenty people on campus, both in Student Government and in the administration. Your lackadaisical appro~ch to news reporting is distressing and sets a poor example for your reporters.

Katte Lutrey

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gravitate to their best interests. Let them experiment. Let a kid interested in math go crazy over math. Sure, his head will be a little lopsided but he'll be a hell of a mathematician. If he changes his direction, so what. All the better in fact. If he . wants to follow a general course of study let him. If he wants to study the classics let him. If he wants to prepare for college, well that's okay too. If he wants to apprentice with a welder he can do that too. Even if he wants to play ball for credit in Texas it's his life, his pursuit, his happiness, his right.

Let's create an educational environment that is serious and fun. Imagine a history classroom where the history buff is not hampered by the disruptive, uninterested humming of the music nut who doesn't want to be there anyway.

And as a teacher, I'd love to tum everyone on to literature. But the fact is-some people wowd rather talk about automotive rubber.

Get the best buy for the money. That means teach people what they want to ' l earn.I Get out of the institution mold. Stop conducting high school like a mental ward in some combine. This is America I Americans are free. Teach freedom. Demand freedom.

Traditional high school is not a necessity; it's a credential. What is important is self esteem and skill. Let's emphasize what a young person can do. Let's de-emphasize the amount of prescribed paper work a young person is required to carry in order to be a successful individual. Let's create a system of secondary education that rewards young people for "being into something" and staying out of trouble.

Make high school education a microcosm of The United States of Americathe ideal for which it stands-freedom to pursue happiness. With adult guidance, with parental care, let young people be responsible for their own educational choices. Let's create an education that is supportive: help them when they fail and encourage them to try again, help them when they succeed and encourage them to break any perceived limits.

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Editor Asks: How do you spell support?

Assistant News Editor Davf.dKtng AdverdslnaSale8 DortanRowe. Philltp Sandoval

Type-ttere Penny Faust, BonnteNtenhut.B Distribution Manacer Jcuhyang Lee Photop-apbera Pteter Van Court. Alec Pearce Illustrator Robert Selman Columnist Dave Sutherland Receptlo:nlata Dedy Johnaon. Peggy Moore. MarvtnRat:r;laJJ Edltorlal;Productlon Statt P . Beckman. s. Brent. T. Deppe. M. Grosskreuz. P . IngaUs.J.Jenaen.

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THE METROPOLITAN ts publtshed every Wednesday durt.ng the .school y ear .

The optntons ezpessed withtn are those of the wrtte r s. anct do not necessartly reflect the optntons of THE METROPOLITAN or tts adverttsers.

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Advertising deadline ts Fri.day at 3:00 p.m. D eadltne for cal endar ite >ns, press releases and letters to the ectttor ts also Fri.day at 3:00 p. m. Submtssions should be typed and double spaced.

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Dear Confused, . .

I'm really glad you sent in your opinions. So many people worlt let us know what they really feel.

Thanks.

Now, I think you should crawl back into your Kennedy-Frank administration and do some homework before you write again.

Support (outside of the Kennedy-Frank Administration)means some type of action.

I Frankly don't see how supportive you were in returning less than half of what was robbed from the Advocate last year ($6,000 cut off the top of their budget proposal). It was a nice jesture, but I don't think the Advocate should be on their knees. I don't think they should have to take money from you in the first place. It traps them like a convict: Don't be naughty or you won't eat.

I missed you administrative people at the space allocation meeting. Where were you sitting? I was the one testifying (often mistaken for supporting) in favor of the competative paper getting more space and recognition.

Are you sure you were even there? Nobody remembers you being there.

But I shouldn't be so 'critical. Pravda seems to be effective, maybe Colorado University of Colorado knows what_they're doing?

As for my setting a bad example, you have one distinct error.

My staff is a group of devoted, ethical, hard-working looney-farm escapees.

They are absolutely gone. You know, "Click. Click. See ya later. Lights on.

Nobody home."

They have certainly been the bad influence around here.

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Editor, Your article in the Nov. 6 issue of The Metropolitan on student feedback, which may or may not be a big deal to teachers, calls for an additional point of view: the difficulty of evaluating a teachers performance.

In 1976, J. Shoemaker, the departing chairman of the Joint Budget Committee of the Colorado Legislature, gave his successors the following advice, "Remember, performance is the name of the game. Think it. Legislate it. No more money unless you get it." (Rocky Mountain News, p.5 Nov. 18,1976) In 1982, the Board of Trustees mandated the use of faculty evaluations by students on a yearly basis. While the demand for performance by itself is laudable, the implication for higher education is ominous. In order to measure accurately the performance of teaching, one needs a specific definition of the desired outcome and an adequate method of assessing the effectiveness of teaching.

An adequate definition of desired outcomes in teaching may never be found.

One can usually measure accurately how much information was presented in a course, and one can then see how many facts the students have learned. This transmission of factual material from teacher to student is clearly very important (as in chemistry, physics, medicine, languages, etc.), but mastery of the subject alone is not the only desired outcome to be pursued by the teacher.

A teacher of German; whose students can read, write and speak the language, but do so with no pleasure and appreciation of the unique aspects of the language, has not really fulfilled his mission and could probably be replaced by a good text book and some electronic teaching devices.

Similarly, a teacher of biochemistry has not reached-his goal if his students have merely learned about the chemical reactions that sustain living systems but have never been stimulated to wonder at the beauty of the system as a whole.

The interaction between teacher and student is extremely subtle and the processes that lead to successful outcomes are not identical for any two students or teachers. There is also an extreme diversity of cultural and educational backgrounds in any student population, as well as a variety of reasons why a student registers for a class, which makes it not surprising that each student's

educational expectations will be different, at least to some extent. These differing expectations are necessarily reflected in students' evaluations and will cause variations in assessments of a teacher. In addition, there is a list of factors that also will cause variations in student ratings: 1) student sex 2) student class (upper or lower division) 3) student age 4) student grade point average 5) subject matter area 6) class size 7) elective or required course 8) sex of instructor 9) academic rank of instructor (See: D.S. Sheehan, On the invalidity of student ratings for administrative personnel decisions. J. Higher Ed. 46:687-700,1975.)

The role of a teacher is to stimulate the student to learn and to induce growth and development. The productivity of each teacher lies in striving toward this intangible goal. And that productivity is very difficult to measure because of its intangibility. Since we teachers will always be judged and compared, we must be concerned with the fairness of the evaluation process.

Conventional wisdom holds that one gets what one pays for, and that seems to be valid for teacher evaluations. Students' ratings cost very little and are of little value-as they are gathered now. However, it can hardly be stated forcefully enough that quality teaching and its successful evaluation are of extreme importance, especially at a teaching institution like MSC. Therefore, the importance of being able to judge teaching and thereby identify areas of strength and deficiency fully justify additional investment.

Only if the current system of teacher evaluation is changed to make it capable of providing comprehensive, meaningful and unequivocably reliable data will teachers be in a position to furnish proof of performance.

Dr. Gudren Clay Associate Professor of German

Health Center Funding Must be Protected Student Says Editor, I am a full-time senior in the study of Health Care Management with some concerns about the budget cuts aimed at out health clinic. I have used the clinic many times and have found the care to be of very high quality. In addition, the convenience of the clinic's location has enabled me to attend classes that might have been missed had I needed to seek medical care elsewhere.

I am writing not only as a student who uses the clinic but also as a student advocate. The student advocate works as a liason between those who use the clinic and the staff. My experiences while serving in this position have provided me with certain insights about the clinic and its utilization. In talking with students, I have often times heard that they would like to be seen more expediently. Students requesting appointments with staff members must sometimes wait as long as a wek. This is because of budget constraints and resulting human-resource contraints.

I have noticed a significant increase in the awareness on campus of the clinic's existence. Furthermore, word of mouth concerning the accessibility and quality care provided has made for increased utilization. These factors, combined with

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the clinic's ability to provide students with the care needed to get them well and to class, argues for another look at what kind of fiscal priority this institution wishes to place on the health of its student population.

It is my hope that those responsible for the allocation of funds will consider the tremendous contribution to this institution that the health clinic has made and would like to continue to make. Moreover, I hope that the clinic will be given the resources needed to improve the accessibility for students and thereby, enhance the academic life for the student body of Metropolitan State College.

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Recently The Metropolitan titled an article, "Gentle Barbarians Booze Under Viaduct." While not done maliciously, the article made Rugby look like a game for boozers. Not conditioned athletes.

Rugby consists of two 40-minute halves. Rugby players run for 80 minutes, ....___ non-stop, an average of 5 miles per game, not to mention the hard physical . contact that accompanies the game. There are few sports on campus that _. requires the physical exertion it takes to play Rugby.

It is true that the Rugby players party after games. This is a tradition as old as the game itself, which dates back to 1873. The reason for the party is to share a ..-~!!!:! mug-of-good-will with your opponent. A very civilized gesture in itself.

The Metro State Rugby Football Club has been on campus for four years now.

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21 November 1985 Letter to the Editor of The Metropolit.nn Why now. afler appearin8 lhree limes on lhe Auraria campus. is Kwame Ture racisl? Is it because he is anli-zionisl and supports Minisler Farrakhan? If so. lhen Mr. Qussell Means musl also be racisl and anli-semilic. Where was the Denver z\nti-Defamalion Lea8ue and the Auraria Jewish 6tudenl Alliance when he appeared on campus in &plember and October? Why now are sludenl fees in queslion. when this is an open forum inslilulion where ideas are lo be exchan8ed and discussed? We. as students. not only have lhe conslilulional ri8hl but a moral responsibility to provide an open forum for the exchan8e of ideals and ideas; lo freely discuss issues perlinenl lo our personal and educalional 8rowth. Why have parlicular 8roups crossed the lines of ethics to insure that their ideolo8ies are upheld? One could conside r this unconstilulional.

The Auraria Jewish 6tudent Alliance used queslionable methods to irradicale somethin8 they felt stron81Y about. A letler. addressed to the Auraria Black Council. was forwarded slaling their posilion re8ardin8 Mr. Ture. 6imullaniously. the same letter was sent lo all other student organizations. Why could we nol have lalked as an organized body with represen-tation from both consliluencies before any action was laken? further. a letter was sent to KNU6 in the 路 hopes of prohibilin8 Mr. Tu re's appoinlmenl to speak on the pro8ram.

LasUy. it was disturbing to read the adverlisement in The Metropolitan.

The advertisement fabricated Mr. Ture's speech and it further falsely slated its supporters of the ad as sludents. faculty. administrators and ministers of the Auraria ca~pus. The ad was paid for <Y>OLELYby the Denver Anti-Defamation League. Why was this not slated? further. one musl queslion the intent. validily and ethics of this organizalion.

Mr. Ture stated his views on Zionism and Judaism. tte slated that he could. in no way. be an anti-semitic due to the fact that Judaism was born in Africa and lhal the Paleslinian people are also semitic and. therefore. his allegiance is with a semitic people. He stated lhat Judaism is a reli8ion and Zionism is a polilical ideology using Judaism lo push its polilical beliefs. Webesler路s definition of Zionism is a MOVEMENT formerly for re-establishing. but now for advancing the Jewish nalional slale in Palestine.

Our quesUon is. since Mr. Loren Finklestein. from the Denver Anti-Defamation League. and many Jewish scholars in ttistory and PoliUcal &ience were in attendance. why were there no rebullles in response lo Mr. Ture'sslalements? lfit is not t rue thal Jewish capital was not used lo finance t he slave trade and other capilalist oppressive ventures. where were these voices in lhe forum?

Our conce rn. as students and Black Americans. is why has it become an issue wilh the Jewish communily that every Black leader is anlisemilic? ls it because路they do not support Zionism. which supports aparlheid? furlher. ifZionism is Judaism. which we cannot accept. then who should be considered racisl? Ifbeing Jewish i8nites its members lo operate unelhically then we believe lhal the Tora should be studied closer. Any book of God. whether il be Tora. Kuran. or Kin8 James ask th.at we have failh and believe in truth knowin8 l hat God will lake care and that truth will prevail. IfKwame Ture preached racism his speech would have exemplified this. conlrary to his inte rview on KNU6 and the Rocky Mounlain News arlicle. One need not resorl to such ladies when led by God and truth.

The t\uraria Black Council would like lo formerly thank lhe 6ludent Covernmenl at CCD. lhe Club Affairs Commiltee al MOC. and the 6tudenl Organizations Board al CU-Denver for funding this event.

We would like lo slale that juslice was served and because of lhis we will conlinue lo operate actively and effectively.

The AURARIA BLACK COUNCIL Wilh the support of the following organizaUons, M6C Black 6ludenl Alliance: lhe Associated Black 6tudent.s ofCU-Denver: CCD 6lude11l Government: CU-Denver Green Coalilion: CU-Denver Nalive American 6ludent Organization: the i\uraria Coalition Against Aparlheid: CU-Denver Apartheid Awarness Group: M6C Apartheid Walch; CU-Denver Uniled Mexican American 6ludenls: M6C MECH/\; and lhe i\uraria United Ministries.

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Walking through the west entrance into the Central Classroom Building, Jill Scicluna wonders who can answer her questions. Once inside the long corridor, she pauses and looks around for a minute. On her right is a row of 19 windows, on her left, five doors.

The light shining through window number two catches her eye. She walks up to it. The sign above the window says Veteran Services. Since she is not a veteran, she looks down the row of windows and spots the next ray of light-the next ray of hope that her questions will be answered. The light is coming through window number five.

Approaching slowly, not sure if this is the right place, she steps up to the window and asks, "Is this the place where I can get information about getting into classes so I can get my Colorado Teaching Certificate?"

"Yes, how can I help you," replies Roxeen Brienza-Bollum. Scicluna smiles as she proceeds to ask questions about admissions and classes. BrienzaBollum has the answers, as she does to most questions. If she doesn't, she knows who to call to get them.

Scicluna is just one of about 50 persons Brienza-Bollum talks to every hour, 10 hours a day, four days a week.

While she sits at window five in the Admissions and Records Office.

That's nearly a person a minute, a question a minute, about 500 questions a day. More questions than the average student will answer in a year of school.

Many of the 500 questions are similar. The most frequently asked question during the last week of October was whether students could pick up class schedules, rather than wait until they arrived in the mail.

"If you don't receive one by Nov. 6, come down here and pick one up. You must pre-register," she says to a student. Her response is quick but pleasant. She has repeated the line so many times, it rolls off her tongue like a prerecorded message at double speed without distortion.

"I must say that 6,000 time a day," she says. Well almost.

Between 10:30 and 11:30 a.m. one ,Tqes~y, ~Qe rep~ated the !ii)e 26. times .

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That's close to half the questions she handled that hour.

Each time she repeated the answer in a pleasant voice, even though just above and to the left of where the questioner stands, a computer display ... board, flashed the same information in red letters on a black screen.

The other pressing question from students that week was about graduation agreements. The answer to this question was 3 inches to the right of window five. There, three signs told when graduation agreements were due.

But perhaps students don't read signs, or don't believe them because they still ask, "When are graduation agreements due?"

Brienza-Bollum doesn't get upset at~ students asking questions, even when the answers are written right in front of their noses. She just tells them they are

Roxeen Brienza-Bollom waits to assist the world of Metro. due N路o v.16, then gives them a peice of paper with the sam~ information on it.

The line in front of window five is usually four- or five-people deep. It's rare when she can take a minute to answer a reporter's questions. But she manages to squeeze in an answer here and there.

She's been working at window five for five years, she says, and likes it.

"The students keep me going.

"I keep seeing the same faces year after year, and they get to know me and stop by to say hello."

One such student stopped by to say ~ello and report on a mutual friend.

But he only stayed for a minute as the line behine him grew from one to five people in 60 seconds.

The next person in line needed a catalog and an application for admission. The person after him wanted transcripts sent to two colleges.

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Students hold the key to their success in the war against the paper bureaucracy, she says.

"The problems are usually caused by the student not doing their paper wbrk," she says. But she's always willing to help out and tell a student what must be done to complete the forms they are working on.

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She punches the number into the keyboard. The screen lights up to reveal the student's records. Brienza~llum says a library encumbrance is on her records. The student says she can't graduate until that is taken care of. She lost a book, she explains and the library wants her to pay $50 to replace it.

Brienza-Bollum suggests that the student go over and talk to the librarians to see if she can make payments or something, so the student can graduate on time.

"Thanks, 111 try that," the student says and walks off, a smile replacing h~ frown. A possible solution to a problem, an answer to one of the hundreds-.<\)拢 questions asked each day at window five.

Questions all day long, one right after another. Brienza-Bollum rarely

pauses to catch her breath during the day.

Afternoons are less busy than mornings, but once afternoon classes let out, another rush begins.

The toughest questions for B:denza7 Bollum are those concerning graduation agreements. When she doesn't have an answer, she refers the student to someone who does.

The oddest questions, she gets are "Where is room 312?" and "What floor is it on." But she has heard the queries often and answers politely.

"No one is to be sent away frustrated by order of Dr. Ken Curtis, head of Admissions and Records," she says.

The next person in line tests her abil. ity to be polite. He wanted to have his records sent from Arizona State to Washington State. Brienza-Bollum kept asking what she could do to help. He wanted to have his records sent from Arizona to Washington, he repeated.

She told him he must talk to Arizona and have them send the records to Washington, Metro couldn't do that.

He stands at the window pondering his next move, while she says hello to a student passing by in the corridor behind him.

The man says that he can't go to Arizona. Brienza-Bollum suggests that he call them. He slides away sheepishly.

Brienza-Bollum spins in her seat to answer the phone. "MSC Admissions.

Can you hold please?" Punch, punch.

"MSC Admissions. Can you hold please?" she says in a friendly but firm voice, punch. Spinning back around~ she talks to the next person in line at the window.

After answering the student's question at the window, something rare happens. There is no one in line, no one with a question, no one with a problem.

Brienza-Bollum whirls around to handle one of the phone calls. The person wants a catalog sent to his home.

She takes the needed information, writes it on a sticker, places it immediately on a catalog and puts it into a box with the others to be mailed out today. This takes a minute and a half.

The other phone call has been taken by another office worker. So BrienzaBollum spins back around to face the window. A line has formed while she was on the phone- it is five-persons deep.

At window five another minute means another question.

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CONSTITUTION OF ASSOCIATED STUDENTS OF METROPOLITAN STATE COLLEGE Dear Student, The Student Government of Metropolitan State College is offering this constitution for referendum on December 11-13, 1985. Polls will be open from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Any contestations made must be

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Section 2 - The student Government shall consist of an executive branch. a legislative branch, a judicial branch, and a student trustee.

Section '·The Executive Coblnet a . The Executive Cobinet shall consist of those permanent and created positions os specified by this ARTICLE. b. The permanent Cobinet shall consist of o Treasurer, a Chief of staff and an Administrative Aide. c . The President Is nat compelled to fill these positions but may appoint to these posts as needed d . The Cob inet member shall be responsib le to the President for the execution of their duties and will be subject to removal from office by the President. e. The Pre sident may c reate. with t he approval of the Senate, such addit ional cabinet positions the President deems necessary and appropriate to the functioning of the Executive Branch. f. The President may appoint to the created and approved positions a she would for permanent cabinet positions. g. Quoilflcatlons for appointment to the office shall be as per ARTICLES IX and X. h. The President shall define the duties of each cabinet position. i. Appointments to Executive Coblnet and created position s must first be approved by the Senate.

Section 5 · Student Representatives a . student Representatives to c ollege and other committees and organizations shall be appointed by the President and approved by the Senate except as specified by this Constitut ion and the Consortium of state Colleges Trustee Polley Manual. b . student Representatives shall be responsib le to the President for execution of their duties and will be subject to removal from office by the President. c . Student Representatives shall make reports to the student Senate through the Office of the President. d . Qualifications for appointment to office shall be as per ARTICLES IX and X.

ARTICLE V EXECUTIVE BRANCH

ARTICLE VI LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

PREAMBLE We, the ASSOCIATED Students of Metropolitan state College, In order to further academic. social, cultural and the physical welfare of the students. do ordain and establish thl~ ConstlMlon.

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The nome a this ~nl.rolion shall be the ASSOCIAlED Students a Metropomon State College (ASMSC).

ARTICLE II PURPOSE Section 1 - The purpose of the ASMSC Is to stimulate and encourage actille student Interest and partic ipation In matter affecting the general welfae ot Metropolitan state College and Auraria Higher Education Center.

Section 2 - The purpose will be accomplished by establishing and maintaining student government. enacting and enforcing just laws and promoting such actMtles as are appropriate for the students.

ARTICLE Ill MEMBERSHIP

The membelship ot the ASMSC shall consist of all students officially enrolled In courses at Metropolitan State College.

ARTICLE r.I STUDENT GOVERNMENT

Section 1 • The Executive Branch shall consist ot a President. Vice President and appointed cabinet and committee members as specified In this Constitution.

Section 2 • The President a . The executive po.Net' of the ASMSC shall be vested in the Student President and such administrative

officers as the President shall appoint in accordance with this Constitution. b. The President shall be the principle student representative ot the students and the student government. c.The President shall hove the power to represent and the duty to protect the rights and interests of the student body. d . The President shall make monthly reports to the ASMSC on Student Government activities using appropriate media. e. The President shall sign or veto within three (3) full school days of receipt all bills passed by the Student Senate. Such bills will automatically become low If the President takes no action. f. The President shall ensure that all provisions of this Constitution and the lows passed by the Student Senate ore faithfully executed. g. The President shall establish procedures for soliciting and accepting input from the membelshlp of the ASMSC on all matters of student Interest and will report to the student Senate concerning this Input. h. The President shall be responsible for and coordlate all activities ot the Executive Branch.

I. The President shall hove the PQ'N9I' to delegate authority to cabinet members. but shall accept all responslbllltles for the Executive Branch. j. The President shall prepare and present a proposed student Government budget to the student Affairs Board annually. k. The President shall appoint cabinet members according to Secion 4 ot this ARl'lCLE. l. ThePresldentshollappointwlthappro110loftheSenateallcommitteemembeBtocol~eandother

committees and organizations requiring student representation according to Section 5 of this AATICLE. m. The President shall appoint a Judicial Board, with the approval otthe Senate. as per ARTICLES IX and

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n. The President or his designate shall report on Executive Bmnch octMtles to the Student Senate. o. The President or his designate shall argue cases before the Judicial Board concemlng the executive Branch specifically. p. The President may request that the Judicial Branch Interpret and clarify the lows of the ASMSC and the Mieles ot this ConstlMlon. q. Qualifications for appointment to otttce shall be as per AATICLE IX. r. The President shall appoint with the Senate approval, the student members ot the election comml~ sion as per ARTICLES IX and X. Section 3 • Vice President a. The Vice President shall assist the President In the execution ot the Presldenrs duties. b . The Vice President shall assume thedutlesotthe President In the event the President becomes unable to perform his duties. c. The Vice President shall serve as the President of the Student Senate. The Vice President shall hove no vote unless the Senate be equally divided. d . The Vice President shall be responsible for the publication and pieseMJtlon ot the records of the student G<::Nemment. e.TheVlcePresldentshollberesponsibleforthecompllationofcurrentrecords.documentsmlnutesand Information of the Student Gollemment and the timely dissemination ot the some. f. Qualifications for ond election to the ol'llce shall be the some as the President.

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section 1 · Authonty All legislative po.vars ot the ASMSC shall be vested in the Student Senate.

Section 2 • Purpose The purpose of the Student Senate shall be to accomplish the object ives and purposes of thisConstitution by means of the legislative process.

Section 3 · Composition a . The student Senate shall be composed of 25 members of the ASMSC. b . Quollflcotions of office and election of Senators shall be as per ARTICLES IX and X. Section 4 · Duties and Responsibilities · a. The Student Senate shall have the power to enact, by majority vote. laws of the ASMSC necessary to the well being of the student community. If the student President does not veto the measure within three ( 3) full school days of receipt. the measure will become low. b. The student Senate shall have the power to impeach any elected or appointed official otthe Student Government on grounds of malfeosonce. non-feosnace or m ls.feasonce In office by the concurrence ot two-thirds ( 2/3) vote of the current membership of the Student Senate. The President or President Pro-tempore of the Student Senate shall then present and proeecute the case before the Judiclol Soord. d . The Student Senate, through the Rnanclol Affairs Committee, shall hove the authority to review and recommend approval or d isapproval of all student Fee funded activities. e. In the event ot the absence of the Judicial Board, the Senate through the rules committee, will be empowered to function as the Judicial Boord. f. The student Senate shall have the power to approve or disapprove the Appointments made by the President to committees requiring student representation and Appolntments to cabinet position. g . The Student Senate may overrule the veto of the student President by two-thirds (2/3) ma]Olttyvote ot the current Senate men')bershlp. , h. The Student Senate may request that the Judicial Branch Interpret and clarify the laws of the ASMSC and the ARTICLES of this Constitution.

I. The student Senate may request that the Judlclol Branch determine the constiM ionallty ot pending legislation.

J. The student Senate shall conduct business by means of par11mentary proced'-'9 as specified in the latest edition of Robert's Rules of Order Revised which will be amended and supplemented by the provisions ot this ConstlMlon and the bylaws and amended bylaws ot the Student Senate. k. The Student Senate shall set a regular meeting date and time for Its general meetings In Its first meeting. In the event that no such date Is set, the student Senate will be requred to meet fNfKY second Wednesday beginning with the first WednfJ!scr.{ ot each semester at 3:00 pm. l. SubjecttotheoppllcoblelowsondregulotlonsottheStoteofColorodoandthepollclesoftheTruslees of the Consortium ot state Colleges In Colorodo the student Senate shall have the power to determine ondapproveollstlpends.salartesandexpensereimbursementstobepayedtoanystudentGcM:lmment official on a semester basis. m. The student Senate shall elect a President Pro Tern to preside In the ab9ence of the President of the Senate. n. The student Senate quorum for meei'!rig will be a majority ot the cunent membership. section 5 ·Committees a. The standlng committees of the Senate shall be the Club Affairs Committee (CAC). the Academic Affairs Committee (A/>C), the Rnanclal Affairs Committee (FAC) and the Rules Committee (RC). b . All authortty and power ot the Senate committees shall be vested In the Senate. c. The Senate Committee shall be directly responsible to the Senate for the accomplbhment of their

duties. d . Each committee shall establish rules and procedures to be approwd by the Senate for conducilng committee business. e. The Chair ot each committee shall be a Senator. elected by the Senate.

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committees ~II oo dlssolVed when Its pu~ is completed. The Senate ~ dissolve an ad hoc committee on Its own authority. Each ad hoc committee shall conduct business as does a standing committee. g. The Academic Affairs Committee (MC).

1. The MC shall consist of eleven ( 11) members of the Student Senate.

2. The MC shall oo responsible for the Input concerning the academic affairs of the college Including but not limited to student representation concerning curriculum matters, n&N programs, revised programs, basic studies requirements and other matters of an academic nature.

3. The MC shall meet regularly with the Faculty Senate Curriculum Committee to advise the College on curriculum changes.

4. The MC shall provide the student representation to the Joint Board of Academic Standards and exceptions and such other committees that are of an academic nature. h. The Club Affairs Committee ( CAC) 1. The CAC shall consist of frve ( 5) members of the student Senate.

2. Subject to the applicable laws and regulations of the State of Colorado and the policies of the Trustees of the Consortium of State Colleges In Colorado the CAC shall approve or reject all requests for funding, trcrvel, support and fund raising from recognized ASMSC clubs and organizations.

3. The CAC shall establish and direct policies and procedures for club recognition forfunding subject to Senate approvol.

4. The CAC shall oo the primary Input for lnfOITTlOtion and opinion from recognized clubs and funding subject to Senate approval. · 5. The CAC shall provide guidelines for and generally assist clubs In pursuit of their objectives.

6. TheCAC ~II establish an organization for club representation to oo known as the Club Council ~lch ~II serve to Improve communications and relations oo1ween Student Government and student clubs and organizations.

I. Anancial Affairs Committee (FAC) 1. The FAC shall consist ot six ( 6) members of the Student Senate.

2. Subject to the applicable laws and regulations of the State of Colorado and the policies of the Trustees of the Consortium of State Colleges In Colorado the FAC shall oo responslble for all matters pertaining to the appropriation, budgeting and use of Student fees.

3. The FAC shall oo responsible for Implementing the policies ot the Senate concerning financial matters.

5. Subject to the applicable laws and regulations ot the State of Colorado and the policies of the Trustees of the Consortium of State Colleges In Colorado and the FAC shall report to the Senate prior to final approval of budgetary matters for the purpose of gaining student Input and direction.

6. The FAC shall oo responsible for reviewing all budgetory matters on a monthly basis and reporting said reviews and descrepancles to the SA8 and the Student Senate.

J. The Rules Committee (RC) 1. The RC shall consist of a chair and the Individual chairs of the FAC. CAC, MC and the President Pro Tern.

2. The RC shall establish Senate bylaws. rules ond procedures for Senate approval.

3. The RC shall rule on conflicts among the Senate membership.

4. The RC shall make committee assignments subject to Senate nned,ond the member's abilities and desires. All ossignements made by the RC shall oo subject to Senate approved, con only oo made by 2/3 vote ot the Senate.

5. The RC shall meet prior to each regular Senate meeting to set the agenda and prepare for the meeting.

ARTICLE VII THE JUDICIAL BRANCH 5ectlon 1 ·The Judlclol Board a . Memoorship 1. The Judicial Board shall consist ot five ( 5) memoors of the ASMSC. 2. Qualifications for office and appointment of Judicial Board members shall oo as per ARTICLES IX and

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b. Powe!S and Duties 1. The Judicial Board shall oo empowered to Interpret this ConstiMlon and the lows of the ASMSC. 2. The Judicial Board shall settle disputes ootween the branches of government.

3. The Judicial Board shall hear and settle all coses brought oofore It by any memoor of the ASMSC against the Student Government.

4. All decisions mode by the Judicial Board ~II oo binding upon the ASMSC and the Student Government.

5. The Judicial Board shall hear and decide upon all Impeachments brought by the Student Senate. a . In the case that a Judicial Board Member Is Impeached, the case ~II oo heard by the Board excluding the lmpead1ed member.

6. All members of the ASMSC shall have the right to give evidence and oo heard by the Judicial Board.

Any parties~ are not ASMSC members may oo heard at the discretion of the Judicial Board.

7. The Judlclal Board shall elect a chair from Its own members as chief proceeding officer.

8. The Judicial Board shall establish procedures, In concurrence ~th the State Attorney General, for conducting legal proceedings.

9. The Judicial Board shall have the power to determine If lndMdual members of Student Go.lemment meet the quallficottons of ARTICLES IX and X. 10. TheJudlclal Board may exercise ltsJudlclal powerootyln coses brought before it bya member ofthe ASMSC other than the Judicial Board membe1s themselYes. Sec1lon 3 ·The Election Commission a. The Electlon Commission shall consist of three ( 3) members of the ASMSC, one ( 1) faculty member and one ( 1) administrative staff member. b. The Election Commission shall agonize and opeiate all elections tor the elective offices as specified within this Constitution. c . The Election Commisslon shall agonize and opeiate all refelendums and ratifications as specified within this ConstlMlon. d The Electfon Commission shall draft and lfr4)1ement the rules tor elections and referendums. Such rules will be approved by the Legislative Bronch. e. The Electton Commission shall review and amend all election rules annually with approval of the Legislative Bronch. f. The Electlon Commission shall draft and lmplementrulesC<Mll1ng specific electtons at least thirty ( 30) dayS prior to the election. g. The Election Commission shall rule on all disputes and questions ooncemlng the elections and pertaining to ellglblllty. procedures and vlolatlans.

ARTICLE VIII ASMSC student Representative to the Student Advisory ggr~~ to the Trustees of the Consortium of State Colleges In Section 1 ·The Name of this position shall oo the ASMSC Student Representative to the Colorado Consortium of State Colleges Trustee Student Advisory Committee.

Sec:llon 2 - P\Jrpose a. The purpose of the ARTICLE Is to provide guidelines and procedures tor the ASMSC Representative to the Student Advisory Committee of the Board of Trustees.

Sec:llon 3 • Duties and Responsibilities a. The student elected to thisposition must attend all meetings ofthe Trustees of the Consortium of State Colleges In Colorado and Student Advlsaty Committee meetings.

1. In the event that the elected Student Advisory Committee member of the ASMSC cannot attend a meeting of the Trustees. the President ofthe ASMSC or another elected official must attend as an alternate for lnfoonatlon purposes. b . The ASMSC Student Advisory Committee member shall serve the ASMSC on at least one of the Councils of the Trustees of the Consortium of State Colleges In Colorado. c. The Councils are: Council for Academic Affairs. Council for Business and Plant Affairs, Council for Personal Welfare, and Council tor Student Affairs. d . The ASMSC Trustee must report to the Executive Legislative and Judicial branches of the Student Government on any matter concerning or pertaining to the affected branch.

Section 4 • Election and Term of Office a . The term of office shall oo one year beginning July first. b. The ASMSC Student Trustee ~II be elected durtng the general elections of the ASMSC. c. The quallflcatlons for office shall oo as described In the Trustee Polley Manual.

ARTICLE IX QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICE Section 1 • Gereral Requirements All elected and appointed Student Government official shall maintain a cumulative GPA of 2.0~lle in office. Officials must oo degree seeking and have completed ten (10) semester hours at MSC and maintain sic ( 6) credit hours ~ile In office.

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ARTICLE X ELECTION AND APPOINTMENT OF GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS Section 1 · Elected Officials a . Elections shall oo conducted the third week oofore the end of Spring Semester b . Officials to be elected ore President, Vice President. twenty-five (25) Senators and a student Trustee. c. Terms of office are 1 year beginning the last day ot the Spring Semester and ending on the lost dayot the following Spring Semester.

1. In the event that elected officials are delayed from taking otflce, the current officials wtll remain In office until delays are rectified. d . All elections wtll oo conducted according to rules set by the election commission. e. Senators shall oo elected from the different schools they represent with each school having at least 1 representative with rules for electing those representatives set down by the election commission.

Section 2 ·Appointments a~ Judicial Board members shall oo appointed by the President and approved by the Senate.

1. Terms of office shall oo 2 years. Each term shall oo staggered so that no two terms end during the same month. Terms ~ be shortened by the Senate to maintain this requirement. b. The student members of the Electlon Commission shall oo appointed by the President and approved by the Senate.

1. The term of office shall oo 1 year beginning the date of Senate appr011al. c . Appointments to vacated elected office.

1. In the event of office ot President Is vacated. the Vice President shall assume the office. In the event that both the President and Vice Presidential offices are vacated. the President Pro Tern of the Senate shall assume the office of the President.

2. In ~event of vacancy of elected office. the President shall appoint a member of the ASMSC to the elected office. with Senate approvol. a . Such Appointments wtll oo made within ten regular school days upon notlficot1on of vacancy. b. Such Appointments must oo as per ARTICLES IX and X.

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ARTICLE IX IMPEACHMENT Section 1 • Eligibility a . Thegroundsforall lmpeachmentproceedlngsshall ooanyvlolatlonoftheConstitutionorby-lawsot theASMSC. b . Impeachment proceedings~ oo Initiated ogalnst any elected and/or appointed official ot the Student Government. c . The Judicial Board shall determine. by due process. If a violation of the Constitution has occurred.

Section 2 • Indictment a. AfOITTlOI occusotlonagolnstthe official shall oo presented bya memberoftheASMSCtotheSenate.

The Senate~ then, by a two-thirds (2/3) majority vote, Initiate Indictment proceedings and bring the case before the Judicial Branch for trlol. The same accusing ASMSC member shall pre~nt the case to the Judicial Board otter authority has been granted by the Student Senate. b . If a fOITTlOI accusation Is brought against a Senate member. the Senator~ not vote on the motion to Initiate Indictment proceedings. · Section 3 ·Trial of Impeachment a . The Judicial Board shall have the r:>ON81 to try lrnpeachements. b. The Impeached offlcial wtll oo found guilty only upon a majority vote ot present Judlclal Board members~ agree on the guilty verdict.

Section 4 • Penalty for Conviction a. The penalty for conviction shall oo Immediate removal from office and disquallflcatlan to hold any future Student Government office for a period so deemed by the Judicial Board. b. Penalty may extend no further than the Items In this section.

ARTICLE XII INITIATIVE AND REFFERENDUM Sec:llon 1 ·Any blll signed by one ( 1) percent of the membership of the ASMSC shall be Slbmltted to the Senate ~lch wtll then consider and vote on the measue without amendment.

Sec:tlon2-Nlyblllslgnedbyten(10)percentotthememberlhlpottheASMSCshalloosubmlttedtothe membelshlp ot the ASMSC tor REFERENDUM. The bill wtll become law upon a majority vote of those balloting.

Section 3 ·Any effort at Initiative and referendum shall oo accomplished by membel(s) of the ASMSC In behalf cl the membership cl the ASMSC.

ARTICLE XIII AMENDMENT Section 1 • Initiation a. Amendments may oo Initiated by a two-thirds (2/3) majority vote of the Senate. b. Amendments may oo Initiated by a petition signed by ten (10) percent of the membership of the ASMSC. c.Anyeffortatlnlttattveforamendmentshallooaccorrpllshedbymembel(s)cltheASMSClnbehalfcl the membership cl the ASMSC. d . Any proposed amendment to this Constitution must first go to the Attorney General tor an opinion before going to the student body tor ratification.

Sec:llon 2 • Ratification a . Amendments shall become a IXJlf of this ConstiMlon upon a concurring majority vote of those membeB cl the ASMSC costing ballots. b. Thirty (30) days shall elapse ootween proposal of and voting on amendments during which the Executive Branch ot the Student Goll'emment shall give publicity to the proposal beginning at least ten ( 10) school days prior to the REFERENDUM of the ASMSC. c. All procedures of conducting referendums tor amendments. shall oo conducted by the election commission.

ARTICLE XIV RATIRCATION This ConstiMlon shall take affect upon the majority approYOI of those members of the ASMSC casting bollotsandattheendofthesemesterinwhlchthevotetakesplace. Also.theConstitutlonshallsupeBede any previous ASMSC Constitutions.

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Coach Bob Hull maps out a play during Metro's season opening win at McNichols Sports Arena.

In the opener, played at McNichols Sports Arena before a sparse crowd of about 200, the Roadrunners feasted on Montana Tech behind the play of senior point guard Kevin Trujillo.

MSC lead at the half by 21 and held off an Oredigger comeback to record a 63-51 victory. Trujillo paved the way

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for MSC by going 7-7 from the field and tallying 16 points to lead all scorers.

"They packed a zone in the second half, and they shot a little better," Coach Bob Hull said of Tech's second half comeback.

The Roadrunners shot 58 percent in the first half compared to 23 percent for the Orediggers. Tech then heated up in the second half to make several furious runs at MSC. Besides Trujillo, Hull singled out Rick Grosz, Ambrose Slaughter and Craig Emery as having particularly good games.

The revenge factor was in line for the Orediggers when the two teams met for a second time, this time on Tech's territory. Despite some aggressive inside play by Grosz, Slaughter and Craig Hyman, Tech got its revenge by dropping Metro 84-66.

"They came out ready to play," Hull said. "We.didn't attack their zone very well, and it forced us to take shots from the outside. It's a combination of things, and the problem compounds itself."

Senior Steve Crigler, a transfer from UNC, led Metro with 11 points.

Slaughter led the Roadrunners defensively with nine rebounds.

The following night MSC was faced <=tate, with the task of playing Mont a Division I school and member ui •he Big Sky Conference. The Fighting Bobcats, who started a frontline that consisted of 7'0" Greg Walters, 6'8" Tom Domako and 6'6" Kral Ferch, crushed Metro 84-66.

"Height was quite a big factor," Hull admitted. "Not only were they taller, their guards were quicker. They were lightning quick."

Hull was speaking of Ray Willis and Tony Hampton, who outran MSC's guards most of the game. Shan Ferch, younger brother of Kral, came off the bench to contribute 15 points for Montana State.

Boise State, another Big Sky Conference school, toppled the Roadrunners Saturday to put an end to the roadtrip. Grosz, who played bis best game to date, lead MSC with 15 points

and 10 rebounds. Trujillo and Crigler also kept Metro close with 12 and 10 points respectively.

"We played the best of any game up there. They (MSC) really took it to them," Hull commented. "We really kept our composure .. .. We shot 52 percent."

Through four games, the Roadrunners have out-rebounded the opposition 132-111 and are averaging 59.8 points per game. MSC has a higher field-goal and free-throw percentage, but are standing at 1-3 heading into this Friday's game against Adams State.

On the other hand, the deciding factor for Metro has been the number of turnovers the team bas committed. So far it has given up the ball 87 times compared to 56 for the other teams.

Hull said the problems come from the guys on the team not being used to one another. He also said that playing against Division I schools hasn't helped matters, but promised the turnovers will go down as the season progresses.

Individually, Trujillo is pacing the team with an 11.8 scoring average.

Grosz has chipped in 11 points a game and Craig Hyman 9.3. Grosz is the leading rebounder pulling in 6.5 boards a game, while Slaughter has 5 a game.

"It really wasn't too unexpected, playing two Division I Schools," Hull said of the losses. "I wasn't going up there expecting to beat both of them.

We caught both teams at the wrong time.

"We're coming back a better team than we left. We need to try and find ways to get the ball to Kevin Trujillo. more."

Friday's game will be at 8 p.m. following the women's game at 6 p.m.

Then Saturday, Metro will be at home (Auditorium Arena) for it's homecoming match against Puget Sound University.

Following the Puget Sound game, comedian Robert Klein will host a concert. Tickets will be $5 to the concert plus a Select-a-Seat charge. The game is free.

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Skiers interested in attending the Steamboat Springs ski trip as part of the National Ski Association Collegiate Ski Week still have time to sign up for the Jan. 5 trip.

Outdoor Adventure Program director Tim Jorgensen has set the deadline for fees at Dec. 6. He said about 75 people are expected to attend.

The trip will cost students $190 and non-students $195. An additional $20 damage deposit is required and will be returned approximately 30 days after the trip, as long as there is no damage done to the hotel or motorcoach.

Round-trip transportation and five nights lodging at the Sheraton Village Hotel and a four-day lift ticket are included. Two WQd West parties and an .pn mountain Beer and Cheese party will be part of the package, as will entry to two NASTAR races with

prizes going to the top male and female winners.

Otis Day and the Nights, who starred in the movie "Animal House," will appear one night.

Those who don't have their own equipment will be able to rent skis, boots and poles for $7.50 per day. A Never Ever full-day ski lesson will be offered to beginning skiers for .$5.00, $20 off the regular rate.

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Thia Fall was incredible.

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Ed Montojo Pat Beckman Reporter

Soccer and science have more in common than in..the fact that both the earth and the soccer ball are round.

Soccer and science have Bill Chambers and Ed Montojo in common.

Chambers coaches Metro's men's soccer team, and Montojo coaches the women's soccer team. But when they're coaching soccer, they're teaching science.

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Chambers teaches ecology, physics and chemistry at Aurora Central High School, and Montojo teaches anatomy and physiology at Henry Junior High School.

Between science and soccer, each maintains a heavy schedule that's almost as fast-paced at soccer itself.

Montojo teaches from 7:45 a.m. to 1:30 p .m. and arrives at Metro around 2p.m.

"Then I spend half an hour finding an open (parking) lot," Montojo says.

Before coming to Metro this fall, Montojo coached both men's and women's soccer at Llncoln High School and finding a parking space at the high school wasn't a problem.

Perhaps finding a parking space at Metro gave Montojo a challenge, but he says the real challenge has been "trying to pull off (soccer) coaching on a college level."

When Metro's women's soccer team lost to Colorado College, 8-1, in its opening game this season, Montojo's challenge looked big.

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Bill Chambers And he's the coach of the new NAIA District 7 Champions.

The N AIA title was tough to achieve, especially for a team with a new coach and five new starters.

"I didn't expect a great season," he says. "This fall was incredible."

Both coaches agree that Metro's soccer department has a bright future and a lot of talented players.

And mixing soccer and science makes for quite a chemical reaction-a winning one indeed.

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When Chambers started coaching at Metro this fall, he understood Auraria's parking system and knew just how big Auraria is.

Chambers graduated from Metro in 1983 with a degree in biology. He was Metro's assistant coach for both men's and women's soccer teams from 1978 to 1982.

Like Montojo, Chambers maintains a full schedule. He teaches at Aurora Central High from 7 :30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and gets to Metro at 1:30 p.m.

Chambers says his schedule is a bit lighter than it was a few weeks ago when he played for two soccer teams, coached for two teams and refereed for another.

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When I stepped onto the 16th Street shuttle, I could feel the cold appraisal and nervousness of those wearing tailored suits and carrying briefcases.

Everything that would keep me safe from the elements and my fellow humans for the next 24 hours was in my pockets or in my arms. I was not a pretty sight, and I was embarrassed.

So it was on the first winterv weekend of this semester when 15 ragged students hit the streets. Questions nagged in our minds of where we'd find our next meal and if we'd have a warm bed at night.

These UCD graduate students and I, a motley looking reporter from The Metropolitan, embarked on a homework assignment for Communication and Interpersonal Relationships, a class team-taught by Dr. Karen Harvey and Bruce Koranski.

The assignment, called the Urban Plunge, was intended to open the eyes of future teachers to the culture of poverty.

The participants, dressed in their worst clean-the-garage clothes, reported on a sunny Friday afternoon to the East Classroom Building. The Plunge was to last 24 hours-until noon on Saturday.

The weatherman bad predicted snow, so we wore long johns and two pairs of socks under our tattered ulue jeans.

Flannel shirts, stocking caps and mufflers abounded. No one bad holes in their gloves.

Even at that, we were dressed like students during finals week at CUBoulder, everyone's hair was clean, the men's beards and moustaches were trimmed, our fingernails well scrubbed (I had cut mine just for the occasion), and most ot our clothes smelled like Downey.

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We were grouped into pairs. Harvey said that each group would go to two different community centers that help the poor and offer to serve food, clean, sweep or do anything to help in return for an opportunity to talk with the people inside. At 8:30 p.m. we were to meet at a soup kitchen, 2412 Welton, to report what had happened and to get our sleeping assignments. We were forbidden to use our cars; we rode public transportation or we walked.

My partner was Roland Conners from Golden, who went on this trip because his wife had gone on it the year before and everytime she saw a bum she went over to him and carried on a conversation that was nonsensical

to Connors. He wanted to know what they were talking about.

Our first stop was the East Side Action Center, 2855 .Tremont Place.

Ten steps out of the East Classroom, Connors told me that he wasn't very familiar with Denver, he'd never taken the RTD before, and he got turned around easily-navigation was up to me.

I'd been riding the bus from Wheat Ridge to Metro for the last two years, but familiarity with the No. 32 schedule didn't qualify me to coordinate a trek through Five Points. We walked.

We arrived at the East Side Action Center at 2:20-20 minutes late. I walked to the desk: no one was there.

A poster of the kings and queens of Africa hung on the wall behind the desk. A tall black man wearing pressed, gray pants and a tailored creme-colored shirt walked by. I asked him where we could find Ron Thompson, the director of the center and the man we were supposed to meet. He looked us up and down, then directed us upstairs to Thompson's office. We found the office locked and dark.

As we descended the stairs, a charcoal portrait of Martin Luther King Jr. stared at us. The picture hung above the lobby, and the image seemed to be praying for everyone who passed below it. continued on page 4

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Metro leased nine and a half of the building's 10 floors. The 10th floor was divided among former Metro president Kenneth Phillips and lawyers whose offices remained in the building.

The nine floors below included classrooms, a student lounge, a reading room and a food-service unit. No breakfast burritos for sale here-vending machines were the closest this campus came to fine dining.

In its first year, Metro also leased the Kentucky Central Life Insurance BWlding. Referred to as the Triple T Building, the building was on 333 W. Colfax Ave., one long block north of the Forum Building.

If students scheduled classes in both buildings, they'd have 10 minutes and two traffic lights to battle before getting to class.

Taking the scenic route meant crossing 14th Avenue, sprinting north on Cherokee Street past the U.S. Mint and the City and County Building and then crossing Colfax.

Thus Metro's mascot, the Roadrunner, was born.

Each successive year after Metro opened, the school continued to lease new buildings, scattering its facilities across downtown Denver.

Between 1966 and 1968, Metro added these additional facilities to its campus: the Cherokee Building, 1090 Cherokee St.; the American Ascomycetous (AA) Building, 13th Avenue and Glenarm Street; the Olympic Building, 11th Avenue and Elati; the Gold Building, 1440 Fox St.; and the Fox Building, 1443 Fox St.

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wo bars, a porno flick and the Civic Center helped characterize Metropolitan State College in the late 1960s.

Metro's architects hadn't yet constructed the 169-acre Auraria, the 25yard swimming pool or the 700,000 volumed library. And Metro blueprints didn't include any ivy walls or lecture halls.

Two leased buildings that were part of the Emily Griffith Opportunity School and part of a University of Denver building constituted Metro when the school opened in October 196.5.

The college's boundaries formed a triangle from West 14th Avenue to 12.50 Welton St. to 1445 Cleveland Place.

"Metro was no fem hangout," says former student Pat Mahoney. "The only thing green here was in the refrigerator of the White Mule Bar." Mahoney started attending Metro in 1968 and vividly remembers the White Mule, now Copperfields on West Colfax Avenue. "(The bar) was 10 years older than God," he says, "and it suddenly struck "' gold when the~ampus surrounded it."

The White Mule was Metro's 1960s equivalent to the Mission, a social headquarters for students.

English Professor Wayne Rollins recalls how classes would adjourn to the bar to discuss lecture topics and to sip beer.

"You could find faculty and students rapping all hours of the day at the round table," Rollins says. The round table in the rear of the bar provided a sounding board for diverse subjects.

Mahoney tells about the time one drunk knocked another off his barstool as Mahoney's professor continued to discuss the Great Pyramid of King Khufu.

"Maybe we ought to break it up," Mahoney suggested at the time, referring not to the pyramid, but to the wrestling match in the comer of the

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ne anonymous student contributed this to the Oct. 7, 1968 issue of The Paper, campus newspaper:

"Happiness is-discovering that you can make it from the Glenarm Building to the Cherokee Building in exactly (on a clear day-with stoplights out of

commission-and your 'tennies' on) 13 1/2 minutes, running all the way."

Perhaps Metro's first graduating class of 53 students received degrees in marathon running. But even marathon graduates didn't run everywhere; they drove to school.

Metro lacked parking lots A through L, and students parked anywhere.

On Jan. 12, ·1972, The Paper published the article, "A Vehicular Nightmare." It read: "Ask any student at ... Metro ... what his number one gripe about the school is and chances are that his answer will be a loud, resounding P-A-R-K-1-N-G. "Many a Metro student has had to dash out of a class in the middle of a two-hour lecture to ;tick another nickei into a one-hour meter.

Meter maids are seen on campus just as frequently, if not more so than profs. And what street around Metro isn't dotted with ticketed and booted cars?"

The caption under a picture of a ticketed car said this in an April 29, 1968 Paper edition: "Denver should have no trouble purchasing the land for MSC's Auraria Campus. If MSC's students' autos continue to be ticketed at the present rate, the state will be able to begin construction hexf week:'' • : . : If parking tickets didn't thin the students' wallets, Metro's bookstore did.

The Paper published an investigative piece on this one: "The required text of Chemistry 190, A Shorter History of Science, retails for $3.95 in the bookstore. The July 1970 catalog price is $2.45."

Speaking of books, "MSC Needs Books to Fill Library" headlined page one of The Paper's April 15, 1968 edition.

Before 1968, Metro students researched term papers at the Denver Public Library. It was quite convenient when Metro transformed the fourth floor of the Forum Building into a library.

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tape tour of the library. Nor could they press a button on a Public Access Catalog (PAC) to have the computer search and list every possible source available from Metro to CU Boulder.

Bookstores and libraries rarely made The Paper's headlines though. Perhaps if such subject had remained in The Paper's headlines, the Catholic Register would have continued to print the MSC publication.

The Catholic Register, then The Paper's publisher, finally refused to print Metro's publication.

The Paper's language and aco°Ul?le. of its .headlines included some four- . letter words.

Joe Fuentes, former Paper editor and riow . a Rocky Mountain News reporte..rh said The Paper only used such la11guage when necessary to the story.

The-PaP,er provided entertainment as well as irilormation.

Each week, The Paper sometimes took a light approach to stories concerning Metro, the publication helped the scattered facilities obtain a campus spirit. es, indeed the two bars, the porno flick and the Civic Center added character to Metro, but it was really the "thundering herd from the lower third" that gave this school its personality.

The college administrator who coined this phrase referred not to a herd of bulls stampeding down an eight-foot-wide hallway, but to Metro's unique students.

How glad he was, announced another administrator, "that they (the Legislature) established a place for the unscholarly student."

After all, Metro welcomed anyone who had a high-school diploma or the equivalent thereof to learn in the school's urban towers.

Well, that thundering herd must have parked up quite a storm. Why else would the University of Colorado want to merge with a "flunkie institution?"

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The people we saw inside the center were black and well dressed. The women wore dresses and heels and the men dress slacks or suits. I felt very out of place.

The man I had previously spoken to was now behind the desk. When we asked him where Thompson was and if he knew about the UCD class, he said he was just the building manager and didn't know anything about it-his manner was strange, as if he could see we were playing a role and thought we were mocking him.

We stayed a few minutes longer.

Everyone in the place avoided our gaze-we slipped out the back door.

It took us about half an hour to reach the Salvation Army Safe Harbor, 2162 Lawrence St. Scheduled to appear at 5 p.m., we arrived two hours early.

Lt. Roy Chappell, a director, and Jim Hansen, a cook, didn't mind that we were so early. We talked for two hours in the office about the Salvation Army and why they were involved in it.

Chappell had been with the Salvation Army for five years. He is a recovered alcoholic who was "saved" on the streets in California. Before he was saved, Chappell had lived in an old car for two years.

Hansen was a practicing Zen Buddhist, but he stayed with this Christian organization because he liked the way the people involved "gave until there was no more to give."

While we were talking, two men and a woman, all in their mid-twenties and speaking in Arkansas accents, came in and asked for gas money. They wanted five dollars, but Chappell wouldn't give it to them.

"Different organizations have different purposes. Ours is to train men who have had negative work experience (his euphemism for prison) get

and keep jobs. We feel that having money on the premises is dangerous, for obvious reasons." Chappell was afraid the men would steal or fight each other over it.

About 20 minutes later, Bobby staggered in. Bobby, about 5' 6", thin, in his mid-50s, wiped a string of greasy shoulder-length hair from his face and ' took a long drag from his cigarette, his hand shaking as he fumbled with it.

"Could I please speak with you, sir," Bobby said to Chappell.

'Tm busy now, Bobby, you'll have to wait," Chappell answered.

Bobby looked down at his feet, paused and then shuffled out. We talked for about five minutes more, and then we heard banging and loud voices in the hall. Chappell went out to investigate.

When Chappell returned, he explain---: ed that Bobby had been kicked out of the shelter a week ago because he had stolen frozen pizzas donated to the organization and sold them to buy booze. He'd been drinking ever since and Chappell could not allow him tq set that kind of precedent for the other' men. Chappell had tears in his eyes.

At about 4 p.m., Capt. George White came in asking for Mrs. White. White6' 3", about 275 pounds, silver-grey hair and neatly trimmed beard molded to his round pink face-looked like a路 cross between Santa Claus and the Skipper on Gilligan's Island. White manages the shelter and oversees the training programs. He told us about the types of people he works with, explaining the concept of the "best -~ decision."

"The men on the streets made their best decision when they picked up a bottle-or it seemed so to them when they did it," he said.

"Young men are especially susceptible; they think the world owes them' something.

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"The world don't owe you nothinghad English but good sense."

White said these men play games, but the'ir games are more honest thaD those other people play.

"A man will say something that is not true, and he knows it's not true. But he also knows that you know it's not true, "and he doesn't change his story. A 'normal' person, if he knows that you know he's lying, will change his story."

According to White, this is a way of backing into the truth-a way of tell· ing it without facing it.

"These men have never learned how ~olive in society. They'll buy an ounce of toothpaste and a pound of candy."

Weary of talking, White took us to a. warehouse at 2440 Blake St. The warehouse had 140 beds and more places for people to sleep on the floor-enough for 200 to 230 men. White expected the place would be filled that evening.

At 6 p.m. men began lining up in an alley behind the warehouse, an alley littered with Night Train and whiskey bottles.

• Inside the warehouse, a wellscrubbed couple in their mid-twenties were holding a meeting. They played a tape by a man wounded in Viet Nam who was speaking about how Jesus had helped him cope. ._ At one point, the man on the tape asked everyone who was a veteran to stand so he could pray for them. A blond man stood up and turned in a circle, holding up two fingers on each hand in a peace sign. His glazed eyes hid behind two half-mast eyelids. Then pe sat down, put his head in his hands and fell asleep.

Closer than 20 feet from this man, another lay on the floor reading "Ted Bundy; the Killer Next Door." He seemed oblivious to the others walking around and, sometimes, over him. ,.,. The majority whom I saw in the warehouse were white.

Dinner was being served at the Safe Harbor, so White took us back. We ate trout, potatoes and salad. After dinner, we ladled soup into five-gallon con,_J:ainers for the soup run. White said they feed 300 to 400 people a nightthey keep track by counting paper cups.

At 8 p .m., we told White that we had to go. He insisted on driving us to the soup kitchen where we were to meet tlarvey and the rest of the class. We told him that using vehicles was not allowed, but he refused to let us walk the streets in that neighborhood at night. He won.

The group chattered and giggled as jt gathered. We passed around bottles of Night Train and blackberry brandy in paper sacks as we talked of the day's adventures.

Several people had gotten lost on busses; several (like us) had gotten lost on foot. We took turns telling our stor-ies as we sat on the floor in a room full of crates of food. A pungent aroma of

almost-overripe broccoli and peaches added an earthy ambiance to the discussion.

A shadow of shame fell across the room when we finished telling the woes we had encountered, and Irma Ayoua, a student from Peru, told of poverty in her country.

"In Peru, poverty is having no place to live, nothing to eat and no one to help you. This (she looked around the room full of food for those who were considered down and out) is not poverty in my country."

When Harvey gave us sleeping assignments, five of us went to the Sacred Heart House, 2844 Lawrence St., a shelter for families and single women.

We started walking down Welton at 9:30 p.m. As we approached 26th Street, two black teen-agers asked if we'd like to buy some "stuff." It was green and in a plastic baggie. We said no thank you, smiled and walked away a little faster than we'd walked before.

Laughter echoed behind us.

We crossed the street and were almost to 28th, when two middle-age black men walked towards us. One of them looked at us and said, "If you don't give me some room oq this mother-fucking sidewalk I'm gon'na cut your mother-fucking ear off."

We moved over and walked even faster.

Finally, we arrived at the shelter, a little past 10 p.m. The door was locked and barred, but they let us in-no one is usually allowed in after 10.

We stripped down to our long johns and slept on the floor and two couches in the front sitting room. Iron rods

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barred the front window and doors.

Through the night we were awakened by .people banging on them to get in.

The door wasn't opened.

After a breakfast of coffee and toast, we headed for the bus station. The sky was a dark gray. Wet, sloppy snow pelted our faces and stuck to our clothes.

We hung around the bus station, observing the locals, until 9:45. I saw many of the men I had seen the night before at the warehouse. They were sitting in the plastic seats and looking like they were waiting for a bus, or they stood in the phone booths and pretended to talk.

Occasionally, a security guard would ask one to leave, so he'd move to the other end of the building where the guard wouldn't see him.

We walked to the Holy Ghost Catholic Church at 19th and California. At 10 a.m., the church sponsors a sandwich line.

About 40 people were milling around. some had gone inside to pray or sleep on the pews.

As I walked from the church to the sandwich line across the street, a man behind me put his hand on my shoulder.

I whipped around to face him, bu~ before I could say anything he told-me I was pretty. I thanked him and looked around desperately for a familiar face from .the class.

Three of them huddled in a nook of the building; I went over to them, and he followed me.

Unlike the others there, he wore a new ski jacket and corduroy pants. He was about 6' 4" and looked Hispanic.

He told us that he'd just found a job and that his girlfriend had been arrested the night before- the two incidents weren't related.

He became angry as he told us how he and his girlfriend had argued the night before. She had pulled a switchblade on him.

"She's a really tough chick, you know, man,'' he said.

A "cop" was standing behind her, and he tried to warn her, but she didn't believe him. The cop threw her on the ground, put "cuffs" on her and took her away, he said. He had $500 in cash at home and he was going to bail her out.

"Women just don't have brains when they get mad, you know, man," he said.

At this point, I extricated myself from the conversation and stood in the sandwich line.

The truck with the goodies was late, so I tried to look at my fellow line inhabitants without being too obvious.

The man in front of me was tall and skinny. Dirty blond hair poked out from under his flaming orange cap. He had no chin. His scruffy beard grew from his earlobes around to his lower lip and down to his Adam's apple with a slope like the bunny hill at Arapahoe Basin. His eyes were wild and scared-

like a caged animal's.

When he looked at me, I avoided his eyes.

The man behind me looked like a male version of my aunt, so I struck up a conversation.

Pat, 54, has a daughter in Avon, but he lives in a warehouse by the train station. He puts carpet padding under and over his sleeping bag to keep warm.

Pat had ,_frail build-he was about 5 feet 5 inches and 140 pounds. He wore thin, clean trousers, a cotton shirt and a flannel shirt as a jacket. His hair was short and combed. He looked like he had shaved that morning.

Pat's cowboy boots were speckled with paint so I asked him about his work.

"The thing rd like to be doing now is working full time," he said. He was painting rooms part time for an antique dealer on Larimer Street. He had come to Denver in 1942 and worked in warehouses but was too old for that now, he said.

Pat's nose, swollen and red from raised blood vessels, and his eyes, roadmapped with capillaries, tattled on his alcoholism.

A class member said it w~ time to g0;so.1 g~e Pa~a-peclC on t& ..cheekand walked away. I had fallen in love with my aunt's male twin .

The day grew colder as the wind chased its tail around the skyscrapers and slapped hardening sleet across anything in its path.

We hurried toward the campus and caught the 16th shuttle to avoid the wind.

A reddish-brown skinned man came over to me and told me I was pretty (if you ever want to be picked up in downtown Denver, don't wear makeup and stuff your hair into a ratty brown cap-it works every time).

A deep gash split the skin over his left brow, across his eye and onto his cheek. The first two knuckles of his right hand were bruised-his whole hand was swollen.

"This guy, he was foolin' around with my woman .. .. If I ever see him again, I'll kill him," he said.

He said that he was Chicano but he grew his hair so he looked Indian and could travel more freely in the city.

He asked my name.

"Is that like the Wild Irish Rose?" he kidded. I told him I was Irish. We laughed.

I felt just as comfortable talking to this wounded stranger in my street clothes as I did riding the shuttle two days before when I was wearing my yuppie-in-training clothes and shopping with my cousin.

In fact, I would have felt embarrassed if I were wearing my normal clothes.

Our stop came and before I got off I -shook his hand. I knew that I probably couldn't survive in his world, and I admired him for his strength.

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THE WORKS In the Company of Babies

A poem by Carson Reed

Men in the company of babies are changed men Their scales are tilted with the weight of baby's placid heart And something can be seen there that was hidden.

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Men in the company of babies are less like Moses screaming And more like Solomon, singing Singing: "Behold, thou art fair my love; behold thou art fair.

Thou hast doves' eyes."

Men, getting older, marching toward death Kiss a baby's head with the same awe and reverence With which they once kissed a young woman's breast.

Babies teach men how to hold babies Which is an important secret knowledge that changes them forever.

Men in the company of babies are less like Clint Eastwood And more like Soupy Sales They stick their tongues out, and make funny faces And they make funny noises, like: Booby booby booby boo.

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Men in the company of babies are more like men More like what we could be or would be If only we could keep keeping such saintly company If only we could stay home, and sit, and sing: "How fair and how pleasant art thou, 0 love, for delights!

Thou art the work of the hands of a cunning workman."

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From Jesus to John: Yet Another Unique Dismantling

by Bob Haas The place where I live is a machine, unlike the internal combustion engine which motors my car. One of the few differences is that the place . where I live is powered by carbohydrates, whereas an internal combustion engine is fueled by hydrocarbons.

For quite some time now the need for fuel plaguing my machine and others like it has made the planet kind of a stinky place to live, as many machines seem to want the things that other machines have. Sometimes carbohydrate eating machines dismantle other carbohydrate eating machines in hideous fashion in order to get things that they want. The rationale for this behavior is usually called nationalism, which is a belief more akin to the only good red is a dead red than it is to the imagination of a world without possessions, a world without things to kill or die for.

Here is a connection: Sometimes many carbohydrate eaters are dismantled in hideous fashion so that the surviving machines can fuel the hydrocarbon eaters. This is called the spoils of war. Sometimes a carbohydrate eater might be hideously dismantled to facilitate the acquisition and the utility of power. This is called political pragmatism.

Sometimes there emerges a unique, compassionate variety of a carbohydrate eater and that machine looks around itself and is appalled when it sees another machine allowing more importance to the care and maintenance of any particular hydrocarbon machine than it does to machines of its own kind which are also roaming about, seeking to con-

sume things like tortillas or strawberries. These compassionate varieties sometimes meet their end hanging in the air nailed to a tree, questioning the creator of all things and possibly wishing that they were vacationing in Rome, rather than hanging around with their juices pouring out all over the place.

One of these compassionate varieties made a real mess five years ago. It was a man machine. Other machines that knew and liked him back in the old days when he was running fine and well oiled made water come out of their eyes when they heard the hideous news.

(This thing about liking some machines and not likin.g some machines is a funny thing.)

Other machines that did not like the newly dismantled one asked, kind of sarcastically, what the big deal was about because "after all machines of this sort are dismantled all the time and he has not been around for a long time and he married a slanty eyed machine from a far away place and besides that I did not think his music was very good."

An interesting thing here: The machine from a far away place is a woman machine and she told an anecdote to a machine from a magazine with pictures of sleek looking women machines that wear very little cotton to hide their paint jobs.

(Incidentally, the woman machine from a far away place probably agreed with her husband, the newly dismantled one, that whenever machines of their type become dismantled in hideous fashion it is not something to be happy about.) The anecdote was this: She was asked how a pacifist like she could advocate peace when there are in fact some pretty crazy machines running about who like to dismantle others by the millions. The question referred to this machine that had already been dismantled but who had, nonetheless, come up with a brilliant method of dismantling thousands at a time by packing those that he did not like into rooms that got very hot and turning the unlucky ones inside into ashes. The woman machine from a far away place said this, "I would still be peaceful with that machine, I would make love to him for ten days." She was referring to this thing that carbohydrate eaters do with

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(Incidentally, that machine was in It would work better if those embarthis state of hideous dismantle for rassed machines became embarrassaying give peace a chance. Peace is sed then angry by the process of an idea where machines like other hideously dismantling machines machines.)

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Boettcher Concert Hall • 13th & Curtis Streets General Admission $3.00 James Setapen, Conducting selections from: Dvorak/New World SymRbQny Rossini/Y'.ariations for Clarinet and Orchestra Handel/Messiah Tickets: DSO box otfice. 910 Fifteenth. Room 356. Auroria Student Center.

Sound W::Jrehouse (Downing at Evans and Havana at So. Parker Rd.) and one hoor prior to concert at Boettcher Concert Holl. lnfOllTIOtion 556-2714.

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