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Student body President accused of misusing funds by Lisa Arndt Mark Gerhart, MSC student government president, resigned Feb. 3 as a result of allegations that he charged his course textbooks to a student government account. The resignation came after the Senate told Gerhart he had until noon Feb. 3 to resign. If Gerhart had not resigned, the Senate planned to meet Feb. 4 to consider impeachment proceedings. David Conde, assistant vice president of student affairs, said Gerhart had temporarily stepped down from the presidency Jan. 30 after school officials learned that Gerhart charged seven textbooks and four spiral notebooks - a total value of $113 - to an account belonging to the Associated Students of Metropolitan State

books by saying his intention was to merely borrow the money until he received a check from the school reimbursing him for travel expenses from last semester. "I've been waiting for the school to give me reimbursement from a trip in October," Gerhart said, adding that the paperwork for the check request was lost twice, delaying the check by months. Gerhart said he was waiting for the check, about $290, to buy his books, but he needed them to do homework. "I didn't think it was a good idea to bounce a check on the book store, but I'd already received three assignments. I figured it was high time to buy books," he said. "It's in the constitution that I have to keep a 2.0 or higher grade (point) average.

"Our first concern is fiscal integrity. Anytime you're dealing with money, you're dealing with possible felonies." David Conde Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs Mark Gerhart fonner ASMSC President, "I got my own pennission." College (ASMSC). "He appeared to have used the account in a questionable manner," Conde said. "I did thorough research on the matter, and indeed it was inappropriate." Upon learning of the situation, Antonio Esquibel, vice president of Student Affairs, requested that Gerhart return the money and temporarily step down from office until the matter was resolved by constitutional procedure. "He promised to make restitution to the student government account," Conde said, "though he indicated it was not an admission of guilt." Gerhart defended charging the text-

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"111 pay the debt back as soon as I get my reimbursement check. That was my intention. It isn't that outrageous." Conde said the $113 was deducted from the reimbursement check as soon as the matter was discovered. "Our first concern is fiscal integrity," he said. "Any time you're dealing with money, you're dealing with possible felonies." Gerhart said he told Chris Dahle, former ASMSC president, and Shannon Kolman, ASMSC treasurer, his intentions to charge the books before he did it to avoid the appearence of wrong-doing. "He told me he figured out a way

to get a discount on books," Dahle said, explaining that books charged on departmental invoices get 15 percent discounts. Gerhart denied this. "We don't get a discount," he said. "(The bookstore) took away our discount last year." Kolman said she thought Gerhart's intentions were good. "I set it up on the books," she said. "I just figured Mark knew what he was doing." Gerhart said he did not seek permission from the administration. "I got my own permission," he

said. "But it was, of course, with the understanding that I would pay it back." Ironically, it was Gerhart who filed a formal grievance last November against former senator Stephen Brame for allegedly allocating a salary for himself. Brame, who was also accused of misusing his power on the Club Affairs Committee, was the last student government member to resign when faced with impeachment proceedings. Brame, too, said he intended to repay the money with a school check he was waiting for. D

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It was lunchtime on campus. A sunny, warm Friday afternoon was slowly sliding into the weekend. Students and faculty were beginning to unwind from a week of academic grind, and in front of the Mercantile on Ninth Street Park the atmosphere was quiet - peaceful. Students were strolling between classes or sitting in the park enjoying the bright January sunshine. Then came the faint popping sounds. Thinking the sounds were car backfires, some students turned toward a vehicle slowly cruising down Curtis Street. "At first I thought it was a car backfiring, but the sounds were different," said MSC Art student Nancy Karnes. "Then I noticed two students running towards the Mere with the strangest looks on their faces," Nancy said. When she saw a group of students begin to gather around a grey Honda in Lot I, her mind finally made the connection - the sounds were gunshots. "I knew they were shots right away," said student Cecilia Turner. "They sound phoney, not like you hear on TV." At this point the people in the area began to have two different but normal reactions. For some, their initial reflex was to flee. "My first instinct was to get the heck out of there," said Nancy. She went straight to the office of The Metropolitan to report there had been a shooting on campus. Cecilia, who is a trained Emergency Medical Technician, had a different reaction. She knew immediately there was trouble and she began to move towards the parking lot to look for people in need of help. "It was a gut reaction," Cecilia said

After the area was cleared, the violence replayed itself over again in the minds of witnesses. later. "We're trained to respond immediately and that training just took over." Near the scene, Cecilia asked Jill Podgruski, who had recently graduated from a nursing program, where the problem was. Jill pointed to a man ·lying between two cars, his head on the sidewalk in a pool of blood. The two women went to work immediately. Finding a pulse but then losing it, they noticed the man wasn't breathing and began CPR procedures. They didn't notice the woman lying inside the grey Accord. Meanwhile the 911 machine began

to grind to life. Harold Kerr, a public safety guard, called in on his hand-held radio the first report of the shooting. Public Safety officers responded and began to assess the situation. They could find no vital signs on the woman in the car so they turned their attentions to assisting Cecilia and Jill with ·their efforts on the man and to crowd control. The crowd began to grow. Two ambulances from Denver General Hospital arrived along with Denver police officers and homicide detectives. Soon the area was surrounded by the familiar yellow police tape. The media arrived and the pea-

ple with microphones began interviewing the people on the sidelines. The air was filled with questions. "What happened - who was it - do we know them - are they dead." Over and over again, "What happened, what happened." Then the shock of it all set in. A family dispute had turned into a violent tragedy and changed a peaceful afternoon into a scene of sadness :mcl horror. Even after the victims were taken away and the area cleared, the violent act replayed itself over and over again

Mcintyre-Marcum remembered as caring educator

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Pamela Mcintyre-Marcum will be remembered as a tough but caring educator and a concerned and involved faculty member by students and coworkers. Pat Stark. a marketing professor, said the School of Business faculty and staff, as well as students who knew Mcintyre-Marcum, were shocked and saddened by her death. "It's a tragedy," Stark said. "She spent a lot of time with a lot of students." Tears were common in the marketing classes that met Feb. 2, as students' memories of the teacher were shared. "It didn't take ~uch to get to know

her," Patti Kirgan, an MSC marketing major, said. "She was a really warm individual, a really caring individual." But in the classroom, "She was demanding," Kirgan said, though that was part of what made Mcintrye-Marcum an exceptional teacher. Mcintyre-Marcum, 41, was involved in many activities, and had numerous affiliations, honors and awards. She received her Bachelor of Science and Master of Arts degrees from the University of Florida-Gainesville and taught at Santa Fe Community College, Colorado Women's College and Regis College as well as Metro. In her 14-year association with MSC, Mcintyre-Marcum was the faculty span-

sor of the Metropolitan Advertising Association and Phi Chi Theta, a business fraternity. She also served as marketing director of Metropolitan Magazine from 1985 until last month, and was an MSC Board of Publications member since 1974. Further. a few of her many contributions to Metro included serving on the President's Enrollment Cap Management Committee, the Admissions/ Financial Aid Committee, the Faculty Senate and the Parking Committee. She also served as a liaison for student internships with Mountain Bell, Denver Advertising Federation and Tracy-Locke Advertising Agency. · Mclntyre-Marcum's h~nors and

awards include being named Educator of the Year in 1980 by the Associated Students of Metropolitan State College, and being named Outstanding Volunteer by Gove Community School in 1981. She is survived by her son, Brendan, and daughter, Michaela, of Denver; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. Hart Mcintyre and sister, Sandra Johnson, of Fort Myers, Fla.; and two brothers, R. Hart Mcintyre III, of Spokane, Wash., and Bruce H. Mcintyre of Vero Beach, Fla. A memorial service will be held on campus today, Feb. 6, at 11 a.m. in St. Elizabeth's Church.

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Ca111pus tragedy/ in the minds of those who witnessed it.

.According to Dr. Susan Richardson of MSC's counseling center, many of the witnesses and participants at the scene will have trouble coping with what they saw and did. "Witnesses to violent acts often suffer from post-trauma-stress-syndrome much like the symptoms we associate with Vietnam combat veterans," Dr. Richardson said. "They may find they're suffering from sleeping disorders or mental disorganization from

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two days to two weeks afterwards," she said. Valerie Anderson who works in MSC's accounting department and is a student, has trouble articulating what she actually saw. "I can't tell you the facts of all I saw, but I can tell you how I felt,"she said in an interview several days later. Valerie remembers hearing the shots and seeing a woman falling over in a car and a man moving in a strange fashion around it. "Inside I knew what had happened

but outside - no. I just went on to my next class," she said. But for the rest of the day she was in a confused mental state and that night had a series of nightmares. Those are common responses to viewing a violent act according to Dr. Richardson. "First there is shock followed by denial and possible depression and disorganization. Then anger or guilt over your own actions. Hopefully you reach a bargaining stage where you

work things out with yourself," she said. "The best thing to do is talk about it in a non-threatening, secure place. Reliving the horror of it with a friend you trust helps a lot." Cecilia had trouble coping with her. actions at the scene. "You always wonder whether you did the right thing, made the 'right decisions," she said. "Plus the fact that the man we worked so hard on didn't make it." Cecilia later turned to a friend on the Mayflower group (Critical Incident Stress Debriefing Team) for help. The group, which is associated with Swedish Hospital, is made up of volunteers in the medical profession who help "de-brief" those involved in traumatic acts. Jill Podgruski found a strong support system in Cecilia and at home. Both women were glad to find out they kept the male victim alive long enough to become an organ donor. "It's a small thing but it does help," Jill said. Dr. Richardson has set aside time for individual or group counseling on Thursday and Friday, Feb. 5 and 6 from 12 to 1 p.m. at the counseling center, room 104, CN. "Or come in anytime if you feel the need," she said. D

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Cheerleaders insulted Apology In the January 23 edition of The Metropolitan I ran an editorial that was intended to make fun of my relationship with the department of intercollegiate athletics. In my commentary I pointed out that former Denver Broncos coach Red Miller had been selected as the new Roadrunner Booster chairman. I joked that the selection of Miller bothered me because I had been promised the job by an athletics employee, J. R. Smith. Smith was - obviously - joking when he talked to me about heading the boosters. I was joking when I wrote the editorial. What's not funny is that I implied Smith offered cheerleaders as part of my payment. Smith never offered cheerleaders. Another student who was clowning with us offered me date with them and Smith and I just laughed at the weirdness of the now silly conversation. I deeply regret having made J. R. Smith appear as an individual who barters in cheerleaders. He certainly doesn't. Smith is one of the hardestworking, conscientious people behind our sports program. The piece was meant in jest and was intended to poke fun at the paper's preoccupation with this athletics issue. I sincerely hope that anyone who was offended by my opinion will accept my apology.

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'Newspaper courageous ' Editor, You and your staff deserve every kind of congratulations on being Metro's first independent paper. It's not important whether you or Paul Magelli are "right" when you disagree. The glory is that you refuse to be silenced, intimidated, bullied, coerced or co-opted. A student newspaper is a newspaper and it is not a house organ for the management, CEO or PR department. Some of us happen to agree with your position on sports news: if it's news, it goes with the news and not in some private sports ghetto. Some of us applaud your investigative work on the "school song" caper. Unimportant: what DOES count is that you held your ground and continue to. Bravo I You're an example to editors and readers everywhere, not just on campus. Thank you for your courage and professionalism. Julius Green

Editor, As a result of one of the articles in the "Our View" secton of the January 23rd edition of The Metropolitan, R.M.D. is not the only one "Seeing Red." In his article, R.M.D. stated that J .R. Smith offered him "Something to do with Cheerleaders." The ambiguity of this statement left one to infer a sexual connotation. He then proceeded to directly insult the Cheerleaders when he replied to his equivocal proposition by stating that he would take "everything but the cheerleaders." I found this affront to be unfounded, rude and in poor taste. It is in turn ill-ID{lnnered of The Metropolitan to condone such articles by printing them. If the Met. continues to find it necessary to print such things, I would encourage Mr. Davis to direct his attentions elsewhere in his search for a subject worthy of his condescendence because the Metropolitan State Cheerleaders are not appropriate and refuse to tolerate such abuse. Rose Lawless President of the Cheerleading and Pep Club

Prof peeved at prices Editor, In reference to your editorial "Rising text prices examined," we faculty may be playing a significant role in the spiraling costs of textbooks. For example, in 1985 I bought a book on family law for my home library from a publisher whose retail target was the general public for about $12. I found it more suitable for one of my classes than the one I was using and had it ordered through the bookstore as a textbook - which cost my students $14.95. It was hard cover, of superior quality and students liked it. But I was astonished to learn that after I had selected a textbook for another course (when a previous text was out of print), it cost my students $321 It was smaller, had fewer pages and was in no way superior to the one that cost $14.95. Many excellent textbooks are available on the market. And I will ascertain in the future from the publication representatives (who constantly hound me) ~hat their prices are before I adopt a textbook for any course. Clyde W. PuUey, Asst. Professor Criminal Justice and Criminology

Life not so complicated Editor, I would like to respond to the article by LLA;January 30, 1987, "The Complicated College Life." It seems to me that many people spend a lot of time searching for fault at Metro rather than taking a look at Metro's positive points. More often than not The Metropolitan is filled with gripes and complaints about Metro or Auraria. LLA complained about the complications of the Auraria trolley service, the enrollment cap, telephone registration and grade reports, academic advising encumbrance and RTD. In my opinion, every complaint was totally unfounded. · First of all, I don't think making sure you have a quarter for the trolley ticket machine is too much to be expected from an adult. Second, the drop fees are expensive, but implemented for good reason. They are there to prevent abuse of the registration system thus allowing as many students to register as possible under the enrollment cap; a benefit to us as students. Third, telephone registration and grade reports have been enormous time-savers and an incredible convenience to me. If LLA has so much trouble with the system, maybe he/ she should make an appointment with a reading tutor as the directions are simple and clearly spelled out in the MSC registration booklet. In addition, I would be very surprised if anyone in Asia would be interested in using the system. Fourth, what's wrong with academic advising for the newer, younger students? Shouldn't they be pointed in the right direction now to avoid problems that later on might hinder the graduation? Fifth, mastering the RTD system is accomplishing a new skill which is only an advantage to oneself. Aren't we in college to learn new skills anyway? Metro is filled with many, many d edicated, exc.ellent instructors and my experience at Metro thus far has only been positive. Besides learning and gaining new skills, the personal growth and self-confide~ce I have gained outweigh the minor inconveniences that are inevitable in the administration of any academic settjng. Beverly Brown MSC Senior

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·Metro State an exception/ HE president Of York College in Pennsylvania can't be popular with T his peers. On the other hand, Robert losue doesn't seem to be the type who cares. He is. refreshingly candid about the state of higher education - even its unpleasant truths. In a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, losue argued that college costs have been rising more rapidly than inflation for the simple reason that productivity has declined and educational bureaucracies mushroomed. Actually, Josue put the matter more bluntly (and maybe a trifle unfairly): "The average professor," he wrote, "is underworked." .. A few decades ago professors taught 15 credits a semester . . . and were expected . to engage in research. Today, some teach 12 credits, but nine credits is the norm at many colleges." Perhaps we can buck up Iosue's spirits. He should be pleased to learn that

Colorado is home to an exception to his dismal thesis. It is called Metro State College. No kidding. Metro has the lowest cost per student credit hour in Colorado. In part that's because salaries tend to be smaller and classes larger than at some other state schools. Yet it's also due to a more praiseworthy reason: Metro facul- . ty usually teach more than their colleagues elsewhere. They average 12 hours a week, or roughly four classes per semester. This is obviously no accident. As an institution, Metro is committed to teaching. Faculty evaluations put the greatest weight on classroom performance. What's more, the faculty seem to endorse this emphasis. A survey of faculty attitudes found, in the words of the task force conducting it, that "faculty members feel a high regard for their function as te_achers." Research, professional development

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Reprinted with permission from The Rocky Mountain News and community service are also encouraged, naturally, and Metro faculty do a great deal of all three. Still, the core of Metro's gift to the Denver area is a staff willing to spend unusual amounts of time communicating with students. Admittedly, not every college and university should model itself after Metro. As Iosue himself concedes, "If professors are capable of doing valuable and original research, it makes sense to limit their teaching loads . ..." He adds, however, that "the fact that some professors do valuable research doesn't mean that all of them do." Unfortunately, professors at other institutions who don't conduct valuable research tend to have the same light teaching loads as their colleagues who break ground in scholarship. Once again, losue puts the problem in perspective: "Teaching is what many professors do best, and they ought to do more of it, not less."

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Robert Davis Campus Editor

Lisa Arndt

Editor, • 1• We are writing our combined responses to the questions raised by the "Our View" article regarding what we want to read in The Metropolitan. First, we would like to see reviews of videos, movies, theatre and books. Don't bother with the reflections of the Vietnam Vet, as we have heard enough about war, but do give us some profiles of teachers. We would especially like to know their hobbies, views on teaching and achievements, such as what are they publishing, and where? And yes, we do want to hear about their exploits. Do profiles of and interviews with students too. Ask them what they think about the current issues affecting Auraria students. Keep us informed on the issues, such as school policy and legislative decisions that affect Metro. Give us updates on what they are doing to resolve the parking situation. We want to see both sides of important campus issues. And since you asked, we do want news of political/bureaucratic scandals, should they occur. How about some political cartoons on college issues? Don't bother telling the two of us about events re: football, basketball, baseball, tennis, soccer, swimming . . . need we go on? But, we still want to be informed on athletic budget controversies. For instance, tell us where the money is coming to expand the Phys. Ed. building. Also, we want to know what influenced the decision to give athletics the huge budget and The Metropolitan the puny raise. (We enjoyed "11 Reasons"). We want to know about the future and past school activities. Our interests are in concerts, science fairs, speeches on campus by public figures, book signings and any more upcoming Master's Music classes that we may attend as spectators. Last of all, we would like to see freelanced work by the students, particularly word search puzzles, poetry and maybe a fiction piece per issue for the sheer "escapism" of it. Carl suggests science fiction and Lil would like humorous pieces. An exa~ple would be the ones done by Lance Murphy (I hope that's spelled right) in CU's paper which spoofed college controversies. We hope this will help you select the "news that's fit to print," and the scandals that some would rather you didn't, but that you will anyway. Meanwhile, we want you to know we always read The Metropolitan and when we have time, we read any and all of the papers on campus. To conclude, we would like to say, "Please don't refer to us as aprthetic," in your articles. I, for one, (Lil) go to school part or full-time, keep house for myself, -a husband and one son who is in college, help out friends and relatives when I can, and do some volunteer work. I am freelance writer and when I have time I play the guitar, bellydance, sew, read and pursue other hobbies. I'm not apathetic. I'm TIRED! Especially at the end of the semesters. Let us get our degrees, and keep us informed, but don't bother us. If it's important enough, we will get involved.

Sincerely, Lillian and Carl Wyles (Two NON-apathetic Metro students)

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"We were very fortunate in that incident," Lolly Ferguson, Public Safety technical services manager said. "A Public Safety guard was eating at The Mercantile at the time. He aired the message to us via radio. Really, no response time was lost." Except for the telephones, the power failure affected the campus for only a brief amount of time. "The power went out about 8:30 (a.m.)," Jim Fasano, Auraria Physical Plant manager, said. "Public Safety, Physical Plant and business office were affected, as well as the Student Center, the Arts building and the new construction site." Power was restored to these locations by 9 a.m., Fasano said.

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T eallls lose, Hor by Young Ml Lee Despite dual losses by the men's and women's basketball teams Saturday night, Metropolitan State College's second annual homecoming celebration was a success. MSC's men's basketball team suffered a 64-52 defeat to Eastern Montana College, while the women's team lost 76-65 to the EMC women's squad. Nevertheless, the spectators at the games supported the Roadrunners enthusiastically with the help of the MSC cheerleaders and the Columbine High School marching band. "The turnout for the homecoming is phenomenal,'' Jay Frederick, a student government senator, said.

The blue, wbit• streamers on the C€ balloons, the food, rock 'n' roll of "The I excitement to the fe Continuing the b coming, four MSC float competitiol1. First-place prize c Sports Medicine Cl tion of the "Roadn cheerleaders receiv second-place float. Paula Hudson of l ing and Travel -Ac that the lasagna dinr $2, did very well. The students and cribed this year's hor success.

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she s~d. "(Discrimipation) is something that you really have to be looking for. The discrimination that does exist . is a lot more subtle tlian it used to be.·~ Wetzel said thing~ like mo~e eye contact given to male students oy professors in class are haracteristic of' covert sexism on campus. A thrust of the Women's Institute is to teach students ho;, identify elusive discnmination. '" The Women's Institute was bom out

MSC's JnstitUtefor Woinen' s Studies and Services is one year-old this week, but whether it has .been successful .• lk. .· . . h d ~pend 5 .on w 0 you .ta · to. '· -•.''The jUry'is still out," MSC President Paul Magelli said. "t

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of the merger of the historically .separateWomen'sDepartmentandWomen's Center in February of '86. The Women's Center component of the institute concentrates on providing career and counseling services to women, while the Women's Studies portion offers a contract major, a for-

black studit(S and e,thn,icstu<;iies,.areon the decline, despite the growing number of minorities in higher education. By the year 2000, ~agelltsaid, two thirds of ,the colleg~ classes in America will consist of minorities and women. Magelli has no intention of eliminat~ th · d h l ing e institute or hninis ing lts ro e, but, he said, the further the institute pushes and the more progress it makes

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But, as supportive as the institute may be; there is little interest in its services d among the younger women stu ents, Wetzel said. Most of the wom~n who use the institute for support Ot'~ncouragement - 127 students received advising this semester - are re-entry students, Wetzel said. Those with more "life experience" and awareness of sexual discrimination, Wetzel said. Conversely, younger women or "traditional student~" (ages 21 or under}, by virtue of inexperience, generally perceive an equitable atmospher-e on campus and are less apt to approach the institute for its services, she.said. ·i; But Shirley_ ~.imms, coordinator of .ilie instituters ofitreacb program, said thatthe s_•tudent conto~t "nrob.Iem." is ~ ~. J!' .-.-. __.., l.e,..~nse l· o£.,. poor communic.atton , 7j·'fil¥"" 1[rr1f ,A ~~ . m: • • ·. ' ., ano/or mefij,cteot marketing; . ·. ,, ''We do need tobew lmore)in.touch . , h 'tud' ts " b " ..li '* wit -· s en 'S e sa1u. ,,. Wt, x _. _ _._ _ . 0_;._,

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"Homecoming is a success if everyone can enjoy themselves," Gloria Schaefer, senator for student government, said. Even though homecoming at MSC is built around basketball instead of football, the people involved were not discouraged from reaching their goal. "Homecoming is to get the momentum together," J.R. Smith, coordinator of stu-:lent's sports promotion, said. Homecoming was sponsored by the student government, the Alumni Association, Intercollegiate Athletics and Student Activities. "Since there is no football, we are building around basketball," Yvonne Spaulding, director of alumni relations, said. "This is a chance to show the alumni how to have a good time." D

Yellowjackets ·sting Roadrunners by Robert Ritter An impatient MSC men's basketball team squandered a chance to sit alone atop the Great Northwest Conference standings after a 64-52 loss to Eastern Montana College Saturday night in the Auraria gym. The teams, with identical 3-1 conference records, met to determine who would claim first place with half the conference schedule left. The Roadrunners jumped to a 17-11 lead when center Rich Grosz's free throw completed a three-point play with 11:10 left in the first half. But EMC stormed back and when reserve center Pat Reynolds nailed two consecutive 10-foot jumpers, the Yellowjackets held a 29-27 halftime lead. The Yellowjackets pushed their lead

to as much as eight in the second half. Then a Herb Darden jumper, a lay up from Shefrie Staples and a three pointer from Thomas Murphy brought Metro back to within a point, 44-43, with a little over nine minutes remaining. Three consecutive Metro State fouls led to a seven-point run by the Yellowjackets, and the Roadrunners were forced to play catch-up. The Roadrunners got as close as five at 57-52 when Darden connected on a 17-foot jumper with 49 seconds left. But EMC's Jerome Johnson, the game's high scorer with 21 points, converted six of six free throws in the final 45 seconds and the Yellowjackets put a one game cushion between themselves and the rest of the conference. Afterwards, Metro coach Bob Hull continued on page 10

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But, Simms said, she also blames the three times that the institute has moved, making it difficult for students to find it, let alone use it. According to Sandra Doe, former director of the institute and predecessor to Jody Wetzel, the institute has been housed in two different offices in the West Classroom and is now located in 9th Street Park. "They (preceding MSC presidents) keep reorganizing for whatever reasons," she said. "Every time there's a new president, there's a shift. They think it's just like moving furniture." Magell~ agreed. "It (the institute) needs a permanent physical facility that is visible," he said. "That is a concern." But, Doe said, the institute's present location on 9th Street is out of the mainstream and might contribute to the lack of student contact. But after a moment, she offered a different view to the problem. "It is a different era where women are trying to mainstream themselves, instead of being different. They maybe disregard the battles of the 60's and 70's,'' she said.

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In the beginning, binging and purging seemed like an easy way to control your weight Now, it's controlling your whole life. Because bulimia isn't a miracle diet Its a dangerous disease. A potentially fatal obsession that consumes your mind while it destroys your body. And no matter how many times you tell yourself you can stop, that this time is the last time, the truth is: you can't quit alone. But there is a place where you're not alone. The Eating Disorders Program. Our medical staff and counselors have helped hundreds of women suffering from bulimia, so we know what you're going through. And we can help you end your physical and mental pain through a confidential, medically supervised inpatient program. H you or someone you love has a problem with bu~imia, anorexia or overeating, call the Eating Disorders Program. Because throwing up all that food you"re consuming won't help. You need care and understanding to eliminate the helpless feeling thats consuming you.

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Pashke says. "All the cholesterol builds up like a plaque inside them. Your blood cannot flow as smoothly, and your heart has to work that much harder." The attraction of high fatty foods is two-fold: they usually taste better, and they stay in the system longer. "Fat stays in the system longer - for at least six hours," Berry says. "So you feel full longer, and for people who don't have time to be eating, that's a pretty strong attraction. But the price you may eventually pay outweighs the seeming convenience." You might be sitting there thinking "So what? I'm young. That only happens to older people. Think again. Hypertension favors no age group. Poor eating habits now can lead to poor eating habits later - not to mention poor health. At any age.

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was upset with the Roadrunners' lack of emotion and patience. "We were not patient enough on offense tonight,'' he said. "We didn't show enough discipline to get the shot we wanted. We weren't emotional enough. They played with more emotion than we did." Hull was also unhappy that Metro was out-rebounded by a 37-28 margin "We weren't ready to play, but that doesn't bother me as much as being was out-rebounded,'' Hull said. "They played good defensively. They worked harder, but we let them." Darden finished with team highs of 17 points and 37 minutes and grabbed four rebounds. "If we'd kept them off the boards, we'd have been all right," Darden said.

Although the traditional-age students generally disregard the institute for support against discrimination, they do make up the majority of students in 1 women's courses, Wetzel said. According to Wetzel, there are 215 students enrolled in the 23 women's courses offered this semester. There are, however, only nine contract majors and 22 minors. "There will never be many Women'i Studies majors," Magelli said, "because they are unsure of where it (the degree) will fit in the market place." But, he added, women's courses would continue to be taken in great ,., numbers for individual growth. In response to the question of male discrimination in light of the Women's Studies program, Wetzel said. "We do have men's studies; it's called the college curriculum." But MSC student Eric High struck an opposing chord: "Men have needs too," 路 he said simply. "If a man gets beat up, so what? If a woman gets beat up, she gets a crisis center." "There needs to be men's center," he said. "Everyone needs a center." o ~

a Another problem with eating salty, fatty foods is that you take your body on a mental and physical rollercoaster. You're up after you eat that hotdog and Coke, but after a few hours, you're down again. So what's a college student to do? -. Berry offers some suggestions. "First, try eating healthy alternatives. Salad bars are always a good choice, and they're filling. If you don't have time to sit and eat, a turkey sandwich with lettuce is an excellent low salt, lower calorie, high protein and car= bohydrate choice,'' Berry says. "Also, chili and salad make a wellrounded meal. And you can make any of this at home - just freeze what you don't use. It's a lot cheaper than buy.ing every day." So the next time your stomach blows ' the lunch-break whistle - answer it. Just make the right choices. D

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ling us, it was the second and third shots." The Roadrunners, 12-7 overall, have five conference games left, three on< the road, where Darden said it will be tough. "It's not going to get any easier, but as this team matures, we'll do well down the road," he said. The Yellowjackets connected on 15 of 23 free throws compared to Metro's 2 of 4 from the line. The Roadrunners also finished with 23 personal fouls while the Yellowjackets were whistled for only nine. Monday will be the first of four consecutive games in the Roadrunner.$ final home stand of the year. They will host Southern Utah for a 6:30 p.m. game in the Auraria gym. o

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Classy comedy gets silly with seriousness by Bob Haas Judd Nelson is back as everyone's favorite yuppie -this time as a theatrical and opportunistic young lawyer in Bob Clark's soft-hitting but skillful comedy, From The Hip. Nelson plays Robin Weathers, a recent law school graduate who bends the rules of ethical behavior to create bis· b-ig opportunity within a prestigious Boston law finn. He wins the case utilizing zany court-

room theatrics, and wins a media following - it dubs him "Stormy" Weathers. Stormy is made a partner in the firm and his career appears promising. But a conservative and stodgy partner in the firm (Darren McGavin), annoyed with Weathers' unconventional courtroom behavior, assigns him as unwinable case - the defense of a man accused of a vicious, claw-hammer murder. (A wonderful performance by John Hurt, who plays a Raskol-

nikov kind of super-man with a superego.) The plot thickens and the movie settles into an examination of ethics and morality, as Weathers is forced to defend a madman whose innocence he doubts. It is at this point that the film falters. Torn between the ethics of winning an acquittal throuJdi theatrics (the swelling courtroom audience often stand and applauds Weathers' performance), and the morality of defending a man

film makes no attempt to seriously address any of these issues, finally basing its resolution on "the truth and the good guy" theory. (Weathers' method of uncovering the truth is compelling, even sophisticated, and Nelson is explosive in this climactic ending.) Though short on depth, From The Hip is satisfying, even enjoyable. Nelson has a well-timed sense of offbeat humor, and his performance is imminently likable. It is a classy comedy with a silly ,..

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he believes is dangerous and guilty, Weathers seeks solace from his girlfriend (Elizabeth Perkins). He asks her, "How can the ethical thing not be moral?" She consoles him with advice about being "a good guy" and finding "the truth," and he decides he wants to quit the case. But that's not ethical behavior for a lawyer, and his quandary grows. Director Bob Clark describes the film as a "comedy with a lot on its mind." Too much, really, because the

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Indians have stopped talking about Custer. We've all got different things happening. I'm not going to turn down a role because I'm busy drinking beer with Rob Lowe." He's now toying with his third piece of fruit, etching fingernail lines into an orange. He's pre-occupied, · concerned with making his 5:30 p.m. flight to Chicago. An avid reader, he talks about his current fare, the works of Ionesco, and a film script John Huston soli-

cited from Jean Paul Sartre. ("It was too long,'' Nelson says, "John Hust.an joked that it was 'as long as my leg'." Nelson points to his crotch.) The glimmer of a serious professional peeks out, a man who remains involved in local theater but doesn't attend much because "it's too expensive. "I haven't bought anything new in, years. If I got a house mortgage, I'd have to do Fantasy Island to pay it off."

Frivolous? Hardly. More like Spanky of Our Gang - humorous and pleasantly self-deprecating. He's concerned with "serving the material" - disdainful of making personal statements through his film work. And presently, he's concerned with making it to Stapleton in time for his flight to Chicago, where he'll talk about working with John Hurt, and the unfairness of the Brat Pack label. , Who knows what he'll do with his D fruit.

the Boston Celtics," but "due to an unfortunate genetic oversight, I've ;;. got a 5'10" body. Everybody knows I deserve to be 6'7"." And sure enough, these answers show up verbatim in similar interviews with other local writers. Insincere, media-pumping rote-bynumbers promotional hype? Unlikely - the man is just doing his job, he knows his lines, and it's not his fault if he heard the same questions in San Francisco the night before, and will hear the same ones the next day in Chicago. Nelson is exasperated, yet patient with the Brat Pack inquiries. "One journalist gave us that label, and everyone else picked up on it. The Brat Pack is old stuff - even the

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MSC has been awarded three grants by the Colorado Coounission on Higher Education. The Department of Accounting received a $50,000 grant in the category of Recognition of Excellence. The Institute for Entrepreneurship and Creativity was awarded a $47,000 grant in the category of Promotion and Encouragement of Excellence. Also in this category, MSC Student Academic Programs was awarded $38,000 for The Freshman Year, a program designed to increase the college's retention of new students. The competition included statefunded community colleges, four-year colleges and universities. For more information, call Dr. Charles Dobbs, the Office of Academic Affairs, at 5156-3040.

Professor discovers perfect love potion After 23 years of research, Dr. Rufus T. Valentine, noted romanceologist, has discovered the perfect love potion. Said Dr. Valentine, 'The FTD® Sweetheart" ' Bouquet is a perfect combination of flowers and a heartshaped potpourri in a ceramic powder jar. Lab studies have shown it to have a powerful, romantic effect on both ser.der and recipient. "However;· Dr. Valentine warns, "the effect seems to peak around February 14. And you must make sure to go to an FTD Florist Otherwise:· he added, "you may find yourself spending Valentine's Day alone in a most unromantic place-the library:·

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MSC is sponsoring the eighth annual Irish Debate Series this spring and fulltime students are needed to debate the Irish team. The debate is to be held on Mar. 17. Auditions for the MSC team will be held at 3 p.m. on Feb. 11 in Arts • Building room 273. Students interested in auditioning must prepare a five minute speech on why the powers of the presidency should be significantly curtailed. The auditions will be videotaped. Art For additional information contact the More than 40 pieces of art including Speech Department at 5156-3033. sculptures, drawings, paintings and photographs will be displayed at the UCD student art show from Feb. 9 to Stress Feb. 26 at the Emmanuel Gallery, 10th UCD's Center for Women's and Lawrence Streets. Resources is sponsoring its second "' The gallery is open Monday through workshop on personal and professional Friday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturday growth entitled "Stress Management." from noon to 4 p.m. Admission is free. The workshop will be Feb. 11 from The public is invited to the opening 6 to 7:30 p .m. at the St. Francis Center reception on Tuesday, Feb. 10 from on the Auraria Campus. Techniques 7 to 10 p.m. at Emmanuel Gallery. for managing stress will be taught as well as cognitive/behavior approaches, visualization and progressive relaxation. Peter Brown Art scholar Peter Brown will discuss The cost is $2. For more information call 5156-2815. the $1.5 million restoraton of Britain's renowned Fairfax House on Feb. 10 at 7 p.m . at the Design Center at the Ice Rock Play House, 1801 Wynkoop St. The MSC Identity Club will present ~ History buffs, antique collectors and a play about rock musicians. "Zodiac interior designers are encouraged to Affair" will play at St. Cajetan's on attend the lecture, sponsored by CU- Feb. 14 at 8 p .m. Denver's interior design program. Two bands, Mau Mau 55 and Human Admission to the lecture is $5. CU Head Transplant, will also play their students may attend free of charge. brand of experimental music at the For reservations or more information event. Admission for the events will be call 5156-2755. $5.

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