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A 25-year-old freshman MSC student was sexually assaulted Monday, Oct. 5 in a campus parking lot, The Metropolitan learned this week.

Auraria Public Safety Technical Services Manager Lolly Ferguson confirmed Oct. 13 that a third-degree sexual assault report has been filed. '\i\lhen a victim is contacted sexually by grabbing or physical control without their consent, this constitutes third-degree sexual assault, said David Rivera, director of Public Safety.

Just before 11 a.m., the woman got out of her car in lot "O" across Colfax Avenue and Speer Boulevard in front of the former district attorney's office, a Metropolitan reporter was told.

She was reaching into the back seat of her car for her book bag when she was attacked from behind, she said.

The assailant threw his arm around her chest and grabbed her crotch, pushing her back into the car, the woman said.

She then turned and hit him with her books, but he was undaunted, she said.

"He looked at me with this blank face, with dead eyes, - like he hated me - and said, 'It's your fault because you have a nice ass,' and he came right back at me," she said.

She hit him again with her books and was able to get around him .

"I started running for the school, towards the South Classroom building. I was running and screaming 'Oh my god, oh my god' the whole time."

The man pursued her, she said.

Once across Colfax, she turned, screaming that she was going to call the police when he disappeared into the shrubbery near Burger King, she said.

Hysterical, she ran, crying and screaming, into the Central Classroom building where a classmate intercepted her in the hall, she said.

"I wasn't thinking, I was caught in this mode, all I could say was 'Oh my god,' I couldn't believe that this was happening to me," she said.

Her friend helped her find an Auraria Public Safety officer and they sat in a patrol car near the South Classroom and

filed the report, she said.

"They (Auraria Public Safety) were very nice to me, but - and I don't mean to sound critical - but I had this overwhelming feeling that they felt like 'Hey, he didn't hurt you - feel lucky, '"she said.

"I wish instead that they would have told me about counseling, or let me sit and pull myself together in some safe place. Instead they offered to drive me back to my car back to the same place it had just happened."

Although she was not physically injured during the assault, the woman said she was hurt mentally more than she had ever been.

"I cried a lot that day," she said. "It was like my skin was stripped off - I felt so exposed. I took three baths - I felt slimed.

I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy."

"I walk around the campus and look for him. He is still out there."

- assault victim Now, the woman says she is doing better, feeling stronger, less vulnerable and much more aware.

"I had been excited about coming here, about my classes, about learning. I'm paying for school myself, I saved for it. This was like someone pulling the rug out from under me," she said.

"It infuriates me that I ran past so many people and she (her friend) was the first person to stop me,'' she said.

But she said she is trying to see something positive in it.

"I want other women to be aware. I always thought I was so tough, so selfsufficient, that I would know when someone was threatening me," she said. "How did he get so close to me? The 'hows' and 'what ifs' can kill you."

The man is described as 5 feet 6 inches tall, about 20, white, overweight with brown hair and a mustache. He was wearing a white T-shirt with a black leather or vinyl vest at the time of the assault.

"I walk around the campus and look for him," she said. "Is he gojng to be there? He is still out there."

Public Safety is aware of a possible second, similar incident, but as of Oct. 13 an official report had not been fil ed, Ferguson said.

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Overcoming silence key to campus safety Debra Schluter Karl Braun Reporters In the past 10 months, there have been a num her of third-degree sexual assaults and a "number of close calls," on the Auraria Can1pus, said Lolly Ferguson, public safety

technical services manager.

Only two rapes (first-degree sexual assaults) have been reported in the history of the campus, Ferguson said.

"Rape is so under-reported. It's a matter of being embarrassed about it, or not aware that the assault was unlawful," she said. contin u ed on pages

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------NEWS-----,Parking: to expand or not to expand • Shirley Roberts Reporter To park close and pay more or to park far away and pay less, that is the question.

Members of the Auraria Parking and Transportation Advisory Committee, stu-• dent representatives from the three schools and AHEC members took the first steps towards answering this question in an open forum Oct.8.

"We can't take a small group and figure out a solution. Unless there is support of the solution (we) all come up with, the answer -< won't be a satisfactory solution," said Morgan Smith, executive director of AHEC. There are two options, Smith said. Build a multi-story parking structure, which is more expensive, or build additional parking lots, which is cheaper.

"What is the trade off and what do ~ students want?" Smith asked.

In 1984, Auraria had 5,000 parking spaces for 20,000 students. Lots P and Q were where the replacement building is under construction; there were temporary lots; Mile High Stadium was open f~r the first ...,.. time and Auraria negotiated with the Denver Center for the Performing Arts to allow UCD students to park in the garage at 14th and Arapahoe Streets, said Mike Gallagher, assistant director of Parking and Transportation for AHEC. A 5-1 ratio existed then, Gallagher said .. )..

In 1987, there were 6,699 spaces for 28,6&5 students, creating a more crowded 7-1 ratio, Gallagher said.

A survey will be distributed to students to determine needs and wants, but any ~ survey has to be keyed, to some extent, on convenience, Gallagher said.

"How much are students w illing to pay for convenience?" he asked.

A professional consultant will be hired within two weeks to conduct the survey to ensure the results accurately reflect the -" desires of students, faculty and staff, Gallagher said.

"We have to look into the future to make sure the solution would be effective five years from now," Gallagher said.

Kelly Martin, vice president of the MSC student government, addressed some student concerns.

The primary concern to students is ease of access to parking and the loss of parking during the construction of the parkway, she said.

Safety to and from classes at night is also essential to all students, ~fartin said.

Students favor the multi-story parking structure because it will be closer to the well-lighted student center, the main campus and police protection, giving students a greater sense of security, she said.

Michelle Pope, treasurer of the CCD student government, expressed similar concerns for safety because the South Classroom, where most CCD classes are held, is even further away from the parking areas.

Any parking solution should provide greater access to the South Classroom, Pope said.

The lack of convenient parking has an impact on CCD's recruiting efforts, Pope said. The image of the school is not enhanced when potential students experience difficulty with parking, she said .

Leasing or buying the land on Seventh Street from the Anschutz Corporation for temporary lots, buying a half city lot located behind lot C between Larimer and Walnut Streets on Seventh Street, negotiating with the Tivoli Center for space in its lots or buying the land where the old Walnut Street viaduct is being tom down are a few possible alternatives under consideration by the parking and transportation department, Gallagher said.

However, not everyone favors the expansion of parking on campus, Gallagher said.

Several local businesses surrounding the campus feel the new construction will threaten their economic survival, he said. A contingent of these business people is lobbying Mayor Pena to control student parking in their private lots.

With the recent contruction on campus, some RTD routes have been eliminated.

Randy Ready, director of parking and transportation, said RTD is aware of the construction proposals and has been

advised of the situation.

He said he hopes to restore many of the bus routes discontinued during the construction of the replacement building.

Perhaps a shuttle arrangement can be worked worked out to transport students to the RTD terminals on the 16th Street Mall from the campus, Ready said.

Gallagher said many fears of parking structures are perpetuated by a psychology created by television - car chases through

garages, murders in dark corners, mafiatype business transactions in garages among other things.

Garages can be very safe areas, he said, citing glass-enclosed and lighted stairwells, highly visible elevator areas, electronic surveillance and audio/ visual monitoring systems, Gallagher said.

But the economy will p lay a large part in o the construction of a garage, he said.

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Condoms, the compass concept, complaints and collecting signatures were among the concerns considered by the MSC student senate at its regular bi-weekly meeting.

Members of an ad-hoc committee of representatives from Auraria's three schools are discussing the possibility of p lacing prophylactic dispensers in campus bathrooms.

The machines will be placed in both men and women's restrooms, ASMSC President Martin J. Norton said.

Norton also said AHEC is considering naming the new UCD building the North Classroom Building, keeping the name scheme within the compass concept.

He explained that a campus building cannot carry an individual's name because a name may be seen as an affiliation with one school - which could be misconstrued as a bias against the other schools.

Norton said AHEC will hold several open planning sessions concerning the parking problem on campus. He urged the senators to encourage all students to get involved in the planning for the proposed parking structure.

ASMSC Vice President Kelly Martin said she is still receiving student complaints about the financial aid situation.

Martin said she talked with the director of financial aid, who explained that a staffing shortage and a large increase in requests for financial aid have delayed operations at the office. The director told Martin that more staff will soon be hired to ease the burden on current staff.

Martin said students with complaints should contact her for the office telephone number of the director of financial aid, who has promised to help students as much as possible.

Senator Russ Larson reported the Academic Affairs Committee ad hoc group is still working on the evaluation form to be used for student evaluation of instructors.

Evaluations were scheduled to begin Oct. I. Senator Dan Becker, chairman of the Financial Affairs Committee, said that the Board of Publications has requested a review of the policies regarding the content of Metrosphere Magazine, MSC's literary magazine.

The F AC has made a preliminary recommendation that the magazine contain at least 80 percent MSC student work. The

remaining 20 percent would be written by UCD students , CCD students and offcampus authors, in that order.

The change is pending a decision from the Student Affairs Board, Becker said, but the staff is already soliciting for writers through trade journals.

He questioned the use of outside authors when MSC absorbs the full production cost of the magazine.

Senator Richard Link distributed petitions that require "excess" funds generated

by AHEC to go toward financing a parking garage. Link asked the senators to collect signatures from students.

Link said the petition will'demonstrate to AHEC, the state legislature and Gov. Romer the student solidarity and opinion favoring the parking structure over other proposed alternatives. o

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Anything and everything concerning buildings on the Auraria campus dominated discussion at an AHEC board meeting Oct. 12.

A long, heated discussion concerning L'CD's proposal to purchase the Dravo building outweighed all other issues addressed to a packed house in the student center.

The 149,000 square foot Dravo building which lies between Lawrence and Larimer on 14th Street, would solve a long-term rent and space problem for UCO, as well as benefit MSC and CCD by freeing space in existing buildings as UCO consolidates into the Dravo building, said UCO Chancellor Glendon Drake.

Since UCO has been paying $600,000 a be year to rent the building, and paying $900,000 a year, Drake said the newly negotiated price of $12 million is a "very favorable price,'' and termed the proposal an "advantageous real estate transaction."

Of the 149,000 square feet available, UCO plans to occupy 100,000 square feet and rent out 37,000 square feet of office space, which leaves about 12,000 square feet that Drake said UCO would be willing to make available to C9D and MSC. Although tuition will rise regardless of whether UCO purchases the building, Student Advisory Committee to the Auraria Board (SA.CAB) representative Henrv A. Thomas III said he was concerned about exactly how much student-tuition would be allocated for the purchase of the building and what programs would be cut.

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precise figures in response to his questions.

In light of all the unanswered questions about the purchase of the Dravo building, the board postponed action on the issue until Oct. 29.

"If this thing turns out to be a dud in 10 years, we're going to look dumb," said Don Bain, chairman of the Auraria Board of Directors.

The board also gave authorization to the Auraria Foundation to proceed with feasibilty and p lanning studies to relocate the Golda Meir House to '.'\inth Street Park.

If AHEC approves the relocation, the 1,200 square foot building would be placed between St. Cajetan's and the existing Ninth Street Park, according to Larry Ambrose, AHEC director of development.

This is part of a long-term plan to extend the park to Lawrence Street once the Lawrence viaduct and Eighth Street are closed.

Ambrose also said the Foundation has estimated the cost of moving the building to be approximately $75,000. The Foundation would also be responsible for initiating a program to raise funds for the relocation, projected to begin May 1988.

Finally, board members approved nam· ing the new replacement building the North Classroom, completing Auraria's weather· vane concept. Some students expressed disapproval, wanting a more historical name. '"Instead of using generic names, use names that would enhance our campus,'' Thomas said.

However, James Schoemer, deputy executive director of AHEC, said it was crucial that the board approve the name as is, so that construction could be completed as soon as possible and the building be opened for operation.

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Program relieves first-year concerns George White Reporter

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Do you know how to use the library? Do you know how to get involved in student government? Do you know what your career will be? Do you know what health services are available to you? Do you realize there is more to Metropolitan State College than classroom buildings and overcrowded parking.lots?

Some of you answered "no" to these questions, didn't you? U you did, please welcome David Moore and Renee Ruderman of the Freshman Year Program. Have they got a class for you.

The Freshman Year Program and the Freshman Seminar (LAS 190) course were designed last year to help freshmen get the most out of their first year at MSC, and thus come back for their sophomore year, according to David Moore, the director of the Freshman Year Program.

"What we want to do is bond the students to the college, to help them avoid the parking lot-to-class-to-parking lot complex," said Moore.

MSC suffers, along with many other colleges nationwide, a loss of about 50 percent of the freshman class between the first two years of their higher education, Moore said.

"What we see is about half of the freshman students leaving school before their sophomore year.

"What we're aiming to do is cut the attrition rate by enhancing the freshman year experience," Moore said.

The program is based primarily on the

Freshman Seminar class and the Freshman Club.

The Freshman Seminar course is a threecredit omnibus course (a course not connected with any particular department) first offered to students last year. Four sections are being offered this fall and the instructors are p leased with the student turnout.

"We have about 112 students taking the course now, almost all of whom are traditional freshmen under 20 (years old)," said Renee Ruderman, the Freshman Year Program developer, who teaches two sections of the course. "We had a lot of people on waiting lists and had to move into bigger classrooms to accommodate all the students," she added.

The response was so encouraging Moore and Ruderman plan to have six sections offered in the spring semester.

The classes stress interaction between the students and the instructors and try to provide "a good sense of the school and philosophy behind higher education," Ruderman said.

The class this semester will discuss and examim: the following: the school catalog, student services, career choices, student government, academic goals, communication, personal assessments and other topics to help the freshmen learn about their college, their peers, their goals and themselves.

The Freshman Year Program iS still in its infancy here at MSC. The program received a $40,000 grant from the Colorado Commission on I ligher Education which enabled :\loore and others to visit seminars and other successful programs in the United States and abroad .

"We really feel like the program has been improved through the research and consulting," said Moore. "The program has grown and has been received enthusiastically by everyone - the students, the instructors and the administration."

Ruderman and Moore will keep track of the progress made by this year's students and present their findings to the Metropolitan State College Curric:ulum Committee in hope that the class can be mainstreamed into the college's regular curriculum, Moore said. "\.\'e will probably he an omnibus c:ourse for another year at least, until we can generate retention rates of our present students," he said.

Omnibus or not, however, is not the issue for the heads of the Frl•shman Year Program.

"We just want the students to discover what is available to them here at Metro, encourage them to take advantage of their opportunities, and make them want to stay here at Metro for their c:ollege years," Moore said.

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Ruderman said she binds the topics together with a lot of writing exercises and discussions, and said the other two sections are taught by assistant math professor Thomas Kelley and assistant philosophy professor Timothy Could.

The Freshman C lub has about 50 members. They meet ·weekly and share problems or concerns with one another.

The club has yet to hold any events, but it plans some for the future . . ..We'll be sponsoring some events in the next few months and we encourage any freshmen to come down and get involved," Ruderman said.

Anyone interested in more inforn1ation about the club can call 556-8447.

Between the club and the course the freshman class can identify with one another and form an identity for the rest of the college to recognize, Moore said.

"We want these students to know the college cares about them and thus, perhaps, they11 care more about the college,"' Moore said.

The transition between high school and college is a hard one, especially with outside pressures from work and family, Moore said.

"A lot of these students are the first ones in their families to go to college," he said.

"Moreover, 75 percent of them work in addition to attending school."

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Many sexual assault reports are made a day or two after the attack, Ferguson said, "usually after the woman has confided in someone and has been encouraged to report · the incident."

Ferguson said Public Safety still wants people to report these incidents and let them know what is happening.

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As long as there is reasonable suspicion, Public Safety can talk to someone.

"Everyone has their constitutional rights. It's a fine line we draw," Ferguson said.

A group of women on campus is considering organizing a petition drive to change the way Public Safety bandies these incidents.

They would like Public Safety, the MSC Counseling Center and the MSC Student Health Clinic to cooperate in assisting the victims, said Kathy Johnson, a women's history instructor at MSC. Ferguson will have a completed report on crimes against women on the Auraria Campus within the next few weeks. The report will cover incidents that have occurred since January 1987.

"We have a great safety record when ·compared with other urban campuses," Ferguson said. "But that doesn't mean we don't have crime. No one should feel safe at any time on campus."

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munity low-life, I could count on Rick for something interesting. One thing I like about Rick's job, unlike others where policy dictates the customer is always right, is that the customer is always wrong. I like that kind of thinking. As a result he doesn't trust the press from here to the phone.

(Rick coined the phrase while talking on the phone.) I explained the problem I was having finding a topic. Rick said, "I d on't trust the press from here to the ... " I hung up .

Writer's block strikes, suggestions, anyone?

Laurence C.Washington Reporter My editor, on hands and knees, m ind you, begged me to write a column. (This lie will probably get me in trouble, but it's the story I'm sticking with.) I tenatively agreed, but wasn't sure what topic to cover. There was always the controversial Dipaolo issue; I had written an article about that earlier.

Nab, I already earned the wrath of the administration for dealing in facts. I needed something inconspicuous but interesting. (\Vhen I have time, I'll grow a large mustache and purchase dark glasses.)

I decided to ask my girlfriend what I should write about. Actually she's my exgirlfriend. My ex-girlfriend with all my money. My ex-girlfriend who spent money so fast I thought my wallet was in a time warp. I have to admit she has polish unfortunately it's all on her nails. Had her hands in everything, that one did - especially my pockets. V.ben we first met, I said, "I beg your pardon, but I don't think your hand and my pocket have been properly introduced."-} asked her what I should write about. She asked me for a hundred dollars, as if it was the time of day.

Last week I was cutting through an Aura-

ria parking lot, still looking for a topic, when I came upon a heart-stopping brunette. Her car (a black Porsche 924) had a flat. She asked if I could be of assistance. I replied I was in a rush. She walked forward, stopping inches in front of me. 'TU do anything," she said.

"I asked (my mother) what subject I should write about. She reminded me to clean my apartm ent."

I insisted that I was in a hurry. She grabbed my arm. Her breath was warm and moist, so close to my lips. 'TII do anything."

I changed the tire, and made her promise to introduce me to one of her girlfriends.

I decided to call my best friend , Rick, a member of the law enforcement community. Rick deals with murders, thugs and misfits. Surely there was a story in that, somewhere. With his knowledge of com-

I called my mother. I remember when I lived at home, my friends would come over, she would meet them at the door, direct them to my room, issue them a knife, a can of Raid, and say good luck. So I asked her what subject I should write about. She reminded me to clean my apartment.

The last person I decided to bounce my problem off was my friend Robert. He's a master of sarcasm and wit. He once masqueraded as a widow at a funeral and had the real widow arrested.

Of course I wouldn't do anything that tasteless. Well, I did have my monkey, Oscar, climb on top of the coffin and play dead. But that's neither here nor there.

Robert said he was busy planning an eulogy for a Denver Chamber of Commerce meeting.

Now that I think about it, I shouldn't \.\.Tite a column after all. Maybe someone else, someone with something to say, should write it instead.

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Learning process focuses on vision Miryam Wiley

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A vision problem does not have to be in the eye, a New York optometrist told 80 people attending the 22nd Annual Forum "' on Vision and Learning at MSC Oct. 9 and

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Dr. Arnold Sherman stressed the need for teachers and parents to understand that vision actually involves body orientation and, therefore, it is directly related to gross motor skills, posture and balance of the body.

"If I asked you to stand on one foot with your eyes closed, you'd have a lot of difficulty doing that for 30 seconds," said Sherman, president of the Sports Vision Enhancement Institute, Ltd. As a children's optometrist who specializes in learning disabilities related to vision, Sherman has seen many young students who have vision problems that cannot be detected by the traditional eye chart test.

He explained that 20 percent of the optic nerve fibers, which send messages to the brain, actually never get to the seeing part of the brain. They are involved in posture.

"Of the remaining 80 percent that do get to the seeing part of the brain, 80 percent again are tied up with the motor part of the body," he said.

"So that leaves only 16 percent of our optic nerve fibers as being purely sensory or seeing fibers.

"The examination done by the nurses in schools is based on 16 percent of our vision," he added.

The test will determine if the child has a good long distance vision, he said. But the problems start when that child needs to focus his eyes for reading.

"It may sound ridiculous, but kids do need a coach," he said.

"Kids need to learn how to use their focusing muscle for near. v.·hen you're looking far away, you're not using your focusing muscle at all."

In one of his three presentations during the forum, which was sponsored by the department of reading and the School of Professional Studies, Sherman demonstrated exercises he would like to see teachers and pupils doing every day.

Those are the best help to teach the children how to move their eyes, he said. "[n China, every single day, before starting school, kids do warm-up exercises for their eyes. The incidents of eye problems are much smaller than in the U.S.," he said.

Sherman said that many children who do have eye movement problems and some consequent reading problems go for years compensating their difficulties. Educators are seldom aware of it.

"A lot of these kids are very bright. They sit in the classroom and learn through their ears. They can do well up to high school," he said.

But keeping up with reading in college becomes difficult, he added.

He also said that dyslexia, which is difficulty in decoding words, is a rare problem.

"In my 20 years of practice, I don't think I've seen more than two kids who are dyslexic," he said.

Most children diagnosed as dyslexic usually have some kind of vision problem, he said.

"The eyes are like two cameras that have to be in precise alignment," he said.

Sometimes they are not, although the child may not have any physical evidence of it, he explained.

For these reasons and for children's sake, Sherman advocates a basic change in the school systems' eye exam procedures.

"One of the major things that I think should he done is an early screening program on every child to determine whether he has some vision problem that might interfere with learning," he said.

That screening should be done by an optometrist, he added.

An optometrist is a vision specialist whose expertise is the function of the eyes and how they gather information and send it to the brain. An ophthalmologist is a skilled surgeon in the treatment of eye diseases

and eye injuries, said Denver optometrist Dr. John Thomas.

Thomas coordinates a local effort to make vision screenings mandatory for all public schools.

There are some schools in the Denver area that already do it, he said, although he said he hopes it will be mandatory in two years. "'Ifs happening, one school district at a time. But for it to be highly effective through our whole society, it's going to have to become law."

Sherman acknm.vledged that many states have vision screenings, hut said that other steps must he taken. "'\\"hat I think would he better than screening would he if every single child b efore entering school every year had a complete eye examination," he said.

Sherman also advised parents to ·watch their children for signs of vision problems.

"If a child at age three avoids puzzles or doesn't like to p lay crayons, that's a warning sign,"' he said.

But for those who reach adulthood with undetected eye movement difficulties, he offered words of hope.

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OP-ED Rumors spread faster than AIDS "Honey, don't touch that doorknob. It might have AIDS on it."

Is the doorknob somehow intimately involved with someone?

But sayings like this are all too common these days. Is it brought on by a fear of a disease that is responsible for the deaths of thousands of people around the world?

Everyone from movie stars to children with bad blood are vulnerable. Homosexuals to heterosexuals and everyone in between.

And it seems that anytime someone dies these days, a rumor gets started.

"They said it was cancer, but I know better.... " "Y'know, he was always hanging out in those funny bars .... " First it was just the homosexuals. Then the people needing blood transfusions. And then the junkies.

And even the straight folk.

And everyone seems to have his own answers to all this.

There are the idiots who think this is God's way of getting back at the homosexuals.

"That's just not natural. Men just ain't supposed to do stuff like that. It's God's way .... "

Then there's the rumor.that some twisted person went to Africa and purposely contracted the disease from a monkey just so he could infect homosexuals.

Yeah , sure.

What about the community in Ohio that tried to stop those hemophiliac boys from attending elementary school? That makes a lot of sense. Like it was their fault for needing blood transfusions.

Don't these people know that it can't be contracted that easily?

And AIDS seems to be playing right into the hands of both the conservatives and the liberals.

On one side the conservatives are using the "just say no" drug campaign to fit this situation.

No drugs.

No sex.

No thinking.

No reality.

"Hey, how about a cup of coffee?" " NO!" A bunch of other people have jumped on the condom band wagon .

It seems like the best thing that cou ld have happened to them.

There's even one ad on the college-oriented market

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that pictures a beautiful woman saying she won't have sex with anyone if he doesn't have a condom.

"Got a rubber? Great, let's go. By the way, what's your name?"

What about love and everything else that goes into a relationship? .

Whether anyone is righ t or wrong is not the question . Be it a wrath-of-God-type thing or a mad monkey molester or a clever ad campaign it seems that everyone has his own answer.

But what about the questions?

Yes, we know some of the questions we want to ask. Like where does this disease come from? And / how can it be cured? And why has it only appeared so recently? And does anyone we know have it?

But these would be better questions to ask until we find some answers: How will AIDS affect me? Or how much do I really know about AIDS? ~ If you don't know, you'd better look at the questions again. This is not a test. This is real.

Eric Mees Assistant Editor

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What's in a name?

Scabs.

Do we really have to call them that? You know who I mean, the substitute NFL football players.

These guys are football players, too-Joe Dudek, running back; Walt Bowyer, linebacker; Mike Knox, linebacker; and Ken Karcher, quarterback- to list a few.

OK, OK, so they are not the John Elways, Karl Mecklenburgs and Vance Johnsons we all know and love. But they can still play football.

Dudek, Bowyer, Knox and Tim Lucas, another substitute player, were the most valuable players in the Bronco's victory over the Raiders in Monday night's football game Oct. 12. Dudek rushed for 128 yards, and Lucas intercepted a pass and forced a fumbie. The team walked away from the contest with an impressive 30-14 win .

Scab football?

Come on, let's give these guys a break. After all these guys need to earn a living too.

It's been said that talent has been diluted by the strike. Sure you 're angry. Your weekend leisure time has been replaced by mediocre football , played by

this season's cuts, USFL rejects and past Arena Football players.

But, tell me. Would you give up the chance of a lifetime - to play professional football before large crowds? I think not.

Sure the issues are important. Free agency, pensions and management's demand for a six-year contract, instead of a three-year pact, are sticky subjects.

Yet , my heart does not bleed for the average NFL football player who makes a yearly salary of $200,000.

I also don't think the fans really care who plays the game as long as they can watch football . The crowd at Mile High Stadium for Monday night's game was an estimated 61 ,230, the largest crowd at an NFL game since the 3-week-old strike began. This shows Denver's loyalty to anyone who will put on a Bronco uniform.

So who is the bigger "scab"?

A player who didn't cut mustard in the NFL, or a striking Denver Bronco player who can't rise above "bad" working conditions to sign an autograph for an 8-year-old?

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Letters Dear Editor: I would like to take this opportunity to thank ACES for their generous hand in helping me finish an assignment that no one else on campus had either the time or the equipment for use on a student project that included a video presentation.

I vehemently dislike group projects, yet I have found myself involved in several this semester.

When one nears a deadline and the people you were relyi ng on fail to ac complish their tasks for various reasons, one is left with a deep sink ing feeling . Not to mention the other members of your group that are relying on you to finish the project. A project that is a large portion of your grade. Members of my group had threaten ed me with putting a portion of my anatomy in a jar. I would like to thank Owen Beaver, Daren Cambell and Thom Skrtich. Thank you ACES for keeping me from becoming a soprano.

It never ceases to amaze me how just the hint that someone may receive something they have requested, or in this case not requested, starts a

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misinformed editor barking at shadows. I am graduating in December and have been on campus for several years. So have many of my friends, and this is the first time any of us have ever heard of the Prospector. We have a combined campus, why can't we have a combined newspaper? It seems a waste of student and taxpayer's money. I guess that it's a good thing that I don't have the power to allocate space on campus, because I would be in favor of giving ACES the room it hasn't requested , even if it cost the campus a student publication that few even know exists.

Another alternat ive would be giving ACES the area that the bar occupies. The cam pus should be in the business to educate, not intoxicate. Besides, Colorado no longer has an eighteen-year-old drinking age, and the large space the bar pervades would make an excellent studio .

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CORRECTIONS From the Oct. 9 issue: Dan Becker is Chairman of T he Student Center Advisory Board (SCAB).

In the p age four story Fried a Holley said ... T he policies for the assessment p lan ...

The ACES story was written by Shirley Bonner.

We have pulled our "flashing" man out of consid eration to those who were o ffended.

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October 16, 1987

Patients not dummies Joan Davies Reporter

The doctor and surgical technicians, secured in their surgical greens, hunch over the operating table. The patient lies perilously close to death. The team is anxious - this is a delicate case.

No, this isn't a scene from "St. Elsewhere." But students who pass by South Classroom 219 will find a scene as realistically riveting. The technicians are students in CCD's surgical technology d epartment.

Around the corner in room 215, nursing students attend "patients" in a mock hospital room . There they learn the rudiments of patient care before venturing out to real clinics.

The patients may just be plastic, but for these medical world hopefuls, the job is just as demanding as the "real thing."

The nursing and surgical technology programs are part of CCD's Health and Human Services department. Other programs include diagnostic radiology, nuclear medicine and radiation therapy.

Geraldine Fears, the division dean of Health and Human Services and previous coordinator of the nursing program, calls the program the "best in Colorado."

"I measure that by the national scores on the National Council license examination," she said. "Our students score higher than any other nursing program in Colorado, and we are proud of that."

Fears, who has a master's in nursing and is a registered nurse, said students need to recognize that nursing is a service, rather than the "fantasy of the hospital soap operas."

"It's a giving of the self; it's a real hardworking kind of occupation," she said, adding that students who complete the program have a reality of nursing.

After two years in the program, students earn an Associate of Applied Science of Nursing degree. The degree enables them to take the ational Council licensing examination to become registered nurses.

"They learn skills of sterile techniques, blood pressure, vital signs, making beds, medication administration," Fears said.

After five weeks of lab work, students begin working with real patients in hospitals.

She said that while the program is very demanding, most students are pleased with it. The majority are older students who are seeking career changes, who already have a degree and who have chosen nursing as a way to administer to people.

And although the majority are females, Fears said the number of male nursing students is increasing.

"When I first came here six years ago, we had about two in each class. low we're having eight or nine," she said. "Males are becoming very comfortable with nursing.

We hope to see more, and it has been my philosophy that that will be one of the innovative changes in nursing."

Like the nursing program, most students in surgical technology are females. Ted Salaiz, coordinatorandprofessorofsurgical technology, attributes this to public conceptions of health careers.

"I think that health careers are generally-regarded as careers for women, and most men - generally - prefer masculine careers. It's a feminine domin-

JU..__ ated job," he said.

While nursing students learn to work with patients, surgical technology students learn to work with instruments.

"What this does is allow the surgeon to concentrate on the operation without having to concentrate on instrumentation," Salaiz explained. "They (technicians) have to do counts; they have to keep track of things; they have to get things ready while the surgeon is performing the surgery."

The first semester introduces students to surgical technology theories. Then students work in the lab. In the third semester, students work in hospitals.

Salaiz said the lab must be as realistic as possible, which includes him, as the surgeon, "being nice and sweet and then changing abruptly, because things happen in the operating room."

Lab consists of a basic routine, he said.

Whatever the situation, students learn to work confidently, quickly and efficiently with the·in~truments.

The program runs for three semesters, after wl1ich student~ receive a Certificate of Surgical Technology and are ready for entry level positions.

Students can also b ecome nationally certified with the Liaison Council of Certification. i'\ational certification, unlike a state license, allows technicians to practice anywhere in the United States.

Salaiz, like Fears, agrees that it takes a special person to pursue the health career field .

"It requires a different personality as opposed to, say, an accountant, bookkeeper or auto mechanic," he said.

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AIDS Offriends and fears

Sometimes I can't find what to say to you and I trip over words that really don't mean much. I wonder if you can read what is in my heart. Be strong, I keep telling myself, be positive. \.\bile I watch myself choosing every word carefully, hoping there are no indications that I'm not always strong or positive.

It's so hard to look into the eyes of a friend, a friend who's dying. I remember when you first told me you were ill. Yes, I heard you, I listened - and you know how I pride myself on being a good listener. I can even remember the wall that I started building, one brick at a time. Your words, straight as arrows, would fly toward the wall and fall as they collided with the hard brick, some sticking, yet not able to penetrate the thick, tough surface. It was easy to start building that wall, almost automatic. I suppose psychologists would define it as employing a defense mechanism . But what am I defending? It's you who's ill. \\.'hat am I so afraid of and what causes me to avert my eyes from yours? And to laugh at the wrong time?

You know what I did that night? After you told me how serious your condition was becoming. How your T-8 cell count was extremely low. The doctors referred to you as an anamo ly. They couldn't understand why you were healthy and not developing more serious symptoms. I went and bought a six-pack of beer, called up sonw old friends and talked about every-

thing except what was really on my mind.

Listened to George Winston's December tape and wrote. I don't write too often anymore.

Then the reality hit me. I was ready to deal with it, me and my six-pack.

The reality is that 70 percent of all people with AIDS die within two years of diagnosis.

The reality is that most people who have died of AIDS had someone who loved them very much. A family member, a friend.

Surgeon General Koop says that "AIDS is an epidemic that has already killed thousands of people, mostly young, productive Americans. In addition to illness, disability, and death, AIDS has brought fear to the hearts of most Americans - fear of disease and fear of the unknown."

Is that what I'm so afraid of, Dr. Koop?

Or is it the expectant loss of a loved one?

And his suffering. That's what it's all about, my dear friend. Your own suffering and pain. You already told me you don't want to and will not allow yourself to suffer.

And I ask myself what am I afraid of.

God, the pain you must be going through.

Remember that Thursday we accidentally met in the park. I had skipped a class and you had left work early that day. As I'm jogging through City Park, who should I happen upon but my friend and, of course, Basinger the dog. It couldn't have been planned better. \.\'hat a b eautiful afternoon it was. As we jogged through the park, we

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did our usual amount of complaining abou~ our jobs. But you also talked about yourself and how you were changing your life and becoming aware of yourself. Sort of a spiritual awareness and development. And that awareness felt good and positive.

Out of this debilitating illness and out of your pain you find something positive.

That's the miracle of this.

Why can't others act so positively instead of with fear? I know, that's a stupid question, and fear is not necessarily negative.

It's what one does with fear that counts.

Why can't we as human beings rise above our fear and ignorance? I have a friend who once said that "gays deserve exactly what they're getting." And in the same breath tajked of being tested herself for the AIDS virus. If gays deserve exactly what they're getting, then what does she deserve?

As Surgeon General Koop states in his report on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, "Fear can be useful when it helps people avoid behavior that puts them at risk for AIDS. On the other hand, unreasonable fear can be as crippling as the disease itself."

Anyway my dear friend, I'll step down from my soap box and get to the bottom line. \\.'hich is that I love you and I want to be there for you, not in fear or ignorance and not averting my eyes from yours, but with the support and understanding that you deserve as a friend and as a human being.

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Education one possible cure for AIDS

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The mounting number of people exposed to AIDS has confirmed health officials' fears that the public is inadequately informed about AIDS and its prevention. ..Half of these kids, who are under 25, don't even know what safe sex is," said disease control specialist, Carritt Bakken, of the Colorado Health Department. "Misconceptions are born out of ignorance which can be fatal. There is no room for error."

By last month, 41,73.5 Americans had been diagnosed as having AIDS. Of that number, 462 victims lived in Colorado.

Approximately one-half of those infected have died - 20,000 nationally and 273 locally - accordfng to a report from the Public Health Service.

In the age category, those between 20 and 29 represent the second largest group of AIDS carriers, the local figures report.

Representing 20.8 percent (95 cases), the group stands behind the 30- to 39- yearolds, who account for 47.8 percent (221 cases).

"Education is the only effective tool we have to prevent AIDS," Bakken said.

It is paramount that the public realizes that the disease can lie dormant for 10 years before erupting into a full-blown AIDS, Bakken said.

During the incubation stage, carriers can appear healthy - not suspecting that they are infected - and sexually transmit the virus to others .

Through learning the facts about the disease, the public will realize the misconceptions shrouding facts about the virus, said Mary Peterson, a registered nurse at the American Red Cross.

In spite of stressing that AIDS cannot be transmitted through casual contact, the majority of the public fearfully believes this to be true.

Officials say that the public must realize that the disease is a blood-borne virus, which is transmitted through blood and other body fluids during intimate contact, Bakken said.

The erroneous belief that heterosexuals cannot suffer from the disease has faded.

Colorado Health Department statistics show that heterosexuals account for 1.3 percent of the reported AIDS cases.

Attempting to quiet the fear that AIDS can be transmitted via mosquitos, medical officials have reported that no scientific research supports this belief.

And, contrary to the belief of many, AIDS is not a new disease, Bakken said.

The first American case surfaced in 1979.

Research has shown that the disease has

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been present since the mid-1950s when people of central Africa b egan suffering what the Africans term the "slim ing disease."

The Center for Disease Control disseminates accurate and updated information about the virus via telephone hotlines.

Some of the callers using the hotline are stricken AIDS carriers who are at the point of suicide and must be talked out of the act.

Other callers are homophobiacs, who express an unnatural fear toward homosexuals, according to a CDC counselor.

The homophobiacs frequently call the center to condemn the agency for helping AIDS victims. Homophobiacs' threats to blow up the CDC facility has lead to counsdors keeping their own identities confidential. Instead of a name, they use a number, CDC' :'\o. 252 said.

The public's fear and contempt of AIDS carriers has led to discrimination against the victims, No. 252 said. Some lose their jobs, others lose their medical insurance.

The majority of the AIDS victims b elong to a high -risk catagory; however, anyone can he stricken, ~o. 252 said.

"This virus does not discriminate by sex, age, race, ethnic group or sexual orientation," a Public Health Service report said.

Of the 462 reported AIDS victims in Colorado, 97 percent (448) were males and three percent (14) were women.

In the high-risk group, homosexual males topped the list at 74 percent (342 ca~es). In second place, intravenous drug users lagged behind at 4.3 p ercent (20 cases) Hemophiliacs accounted for 2.2 percent ( 10 cases). And heterosexual contact with high-risk individuals made the list of 1.3 percent (six cases).

Screening tests are available to those who suspect that they may have the disease.

A negative test result does not necessarily mean that AIDS antibodies have not infected the body. If one is tested within six months of an at-risk encounter, a secondary test, performed six months later, can verify whether AIDS is not present.

A positive test result does not mean that the AIDS antibodies are present in the body, either. A secondary test is performed to-i.:erify the presence of the antibodies.

AIDS cripples the body's immune system, making it defenseless against bacteria, No. 2.52 said. Therefore, any persistent, unexplained or re-occurring disease may be a sign of AIDS, No. 252 added.

Those who suffer from AIDS often develop Pneumocystic carinnipneumonia; kaposis sarcoma, a cancer of the blood vessels which appears as blotchy patches on homosexual males; and thrush, a thick cottage-cheese-like fungus which coats the tongue.

These symptoms can be accompanied by weight loss, shortness of breath, swollen glands, persistent fever or chills, severe diarrhea, fatigue and severe skin rashes.

The average patient survives three years after b eing exposed to the virus.

Researchers are working to find a vaccine and cure. If and when a vaccine is discovered, it will not b e able to save those already infected.

Their only hope is a cure, of which none is known, said o. 252.

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Metro prof lobbies for sports Pam Rivers

eliminating sports programs because of the fear of being sued for injuries," Rabinoff said.

He said the problem runs from activities like recreational sports to weight-training to Little League Baseball.

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Karl Braun Reporter Dr. Marc Rabin off, p rofessor of physical education and chairman of MSC's Physical Education Department, was fo rmally appointed as one of the national spokesmen for Product Liability-Sports, an organization dedicated to reforming tort-liability laws that adversely affect the American sports industry.

Rabinoff will travel nationwide to address two issues, sports liability laws and increased-insurance rates, which threaten to eliminate some sports activities and sports-equipment products.

"Sch ools and oth er institutions are

"People have to realize that in sports, accidents can happen."

Howard Burns PLS president "Instead of battling insurance companies and lawyers, we want to use our resources to keep programs we now must eliminate," said Dick Feuerborn, director of campus recreation.

If the legal system is reformed, we will be able to continue things, like our outdoor

programs, with much less fear," Feuerborn said.

Under current liability laws, the "deeppocket" pays for damages, Rabinoff said .

"The wrong people are receiving the blame and paying costly legal settlements."

In other words, whoever has the most money - usually sports manufacturers, educational institutions and weight-training facilities - end up paying regardless of who is actually at fault, according to Rabinoff.

"We need to put the blame where it should be, with whomever is at fault," he said.

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This problem is the third greatest national concern, he said. It ranks up there with the national debt, he said.

Yet, American sports have never been safer, except the problem in the courts has gotten ten-fold worse. He said the ultimate change should begin with the individual.

"People have to take responsibility for their lives and realize that in sports, accidents can happen," Bruns said.

Bruns advocates a litigation system like that of Japan, Canada or the United Kingdom. Under these systems, only the guilty are prosecuted.

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Sh len ker solicits funds for college Linda Cuyler Reporter

Metropolitan State College Foundation, Inc., received about $9,000 in alumni contributions Oct. 6 at a dinner hosted by 'Denver Nuggets owner Sidney Shlenker, to kick off its 1987 fund-raising campaign.

During the 1987-88 campaign, the Foundation wants to target MSC's 36,000 alumni and secure 5,000 pledges of about $20 each, said Harry Gianneschi, MSC's vice president for Institutional Advancement.

Established two years ago, the Foundation hopes to bring private endowments into the college for student scholarships, faculty research and professional development.

Although the Foundation had about $145,000 in its scholarship fund as of June, it has already awarded about $30,000 of that money, which is the majority of funds intended for scholarships this academic year, he said.

A total of 30-50 endowment scholarships, ranging from $100 to full tuition and fees , will be awarded by the Foundation during 1987-88, Gianneschi said.

Even though $145,000 may sound like a lot of money, it represents peanut~ in the world of endowments.

"This is a baby school, an infant. We're at point zero in comparison to schools that have been in existence for 100-200 years," said Cheryl Judson, MSC's director of financial aid.

Harvard University, established in 1636, boasts an endowment fund of $3.7 billion, roughly the 1983 operating budget of the state of Colorado.

But Harvard's enormous endowment fund can be attributed to the rising stock market, said Len Meyer, MSC's acting director of development.

"If the feds keep cutting billions, it doesn't help for us to raise millions."

- Harry Glanneschl Their funds rose about $1.7 billion when stocks went up, he said.

But Colorado schools don't do too badly, either, Judson said.

"Look at places like the University of Denver - they're slick fund-raisers. It takes awhile to get the momentum up and make the contacts," she said.

For example, during 1985-86, the last year for which the Colorado Commission on Higher Education has figures compiled, DU awarded $7,675,816and the University of Colorado at Boulder disbursed $5,894,247 in private endowments.

Gianneschi also said he realizes students get frustrated going from department to department trying to find out what scholarships are available, and he intends to . centralize the entire scholarship process, from posting to awarding, at the Department of Institutional Advancement.

That department currently occupies offices on the 12th floor at 1380 Lawrence, across Speer Boulevard from the main Auraria campus.

"We're not trying to defend the runaround, we're trying to correct it. By next fall, I think student will have the opportunity to see 75 percent ot all scholarships in one place," he said.

Gianneschi also said part of MSC's need for endowments comes from the depletion of resources aimed at public education.

"We can't come up with enough money to compensate for the federal government cutting funds. If the feds keep cutting billions, it doesn't help for us to raise millions," he said.

He said he also believes loans have become as important as scholarships · at MSC in the last year and a half.

"During fall semester we gave out more than 55 emergency student loans, ranging · from $200-$600 each. They're interest-free with no red tape, but they must be paid back by next semester," he said.

"It's a bridge loan for many to cover tuition and fees. But the problem is that more and more people need them for true emergencies - their cars break down, their kids get sick, there's a death in the family."

But most authorities agreed that private institutions have had a greater need for fund-raising than public schools in the past.

"Historically, it has always been more expensive to attend private schools. \\'e invest the money that is donated and only

award the interest earned - the principal is never touched," Karen Webber, director of financial aid at Regis College.

"For 1987-88 we have awarded 81 scholarships, ranging from $500 to the full tuition of $7,358, for a total of about $180,000," she said.

According to Father James J. Callagher S.J., vice president for development and public affairs at Regis, "Right now we are in the middle of a five-year campaign to raise 815 million - and $3 million of that will go to scholarships."

But Gianneschi said he feels that a reeducation of the public is necessary to redirect some of the money targeted for private schools into private institutions because of the changing times and the needs 'lf the students.

"MSC has a c:ouple of things about it that make it uni4ue. For one thing, it's new.

And, second, as a non-residential college it reflects a lot of inner-city institutions in America where scholarships weren't pushed heavily," he said.

"MSC has a lot of minorities and single, returning parents. \\'e know that we need to come up with different policies for people with different needs because so many of our students are so different."

Gianneschi said that although most funds have already been disbursed for 1987-88, endowments do trickle in throughout the year.

I le encouraged students to check with financial aid periodi<.:ally to see if any new sc:holarships have been posted.

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October 16, 1987

Metro students explore Germany Chad Morris Reporter

'Tm very student oriented," says MSC German instructor Dr. Gudrun Clay.

And she means it. When students asked last spring about the possibility of going to Germany to study the language and culture, she immediately began organizing a trip.

As a result of her efforts, 23 students spent three weeks in July at a German language academy in northern West Germany.

The first trip was so successful - selling out in two weeks - that Clay is planning a second trip for next summer. According to Clay, 48 people have already applied, and the trip has not even been advertised.

She also said next year's trip should include a three-day stay in Berlin. Of course, in order to go, students need at least one year of college German.

Clay, who began teaching at MSC in 1972, is a soft-spoken but energetic person with bright eyes and an Ingrid Bergmanlike accent.

She came to the United States from Berlin in 1962 originally intending to stay for one semester and improve her English.

Instead, she was awarded a full scholarship from DU and has been here ever since.

Her life seems tu revolve around the German language and culture. She said she makes frequent trips to Germany to keep up on the language and culture.

Last summer, the ',~1est German government offered her a scholarship to study German business practices.

The scholarship included visiting Krupp Steel, one of the world's largest steel manufacuturers; the Ministry of Economics; and the Deutsche Bank, West Germany's answer to Chase-Manhattan.

"The scholarship really opened a lot of doors. For instance, the Deutsche Bank invited the students to come there next year," she said.

The student trip to Germany is a first for Metro. While many larger colleges have extensive study-abroad programs, Metro is just developing its program.

So Clay was basically on her own when she b egan organizing her program. After researching for a school whose programs matched Metro's, she chose the Akademie Klausenhof in Rhede, West Germany.

Students funded the trip. Each paid a $1,779 fee which covered room, food (in Germany, food means four meals a day) and travel excursions. Many students cut costs by getting Early Bird airfare rates.

After a four-hour tour of Paris, the stu· dents arrived in Rhede to begin their three· week intensive language studies.

Clay said the students had to rely almost entirely on German to communicate. The instructors would not speak English. The villagers could not speak English and neither could many of the 45 nationalities represented at the school. ·whether they liked it or not, German became the common language.

For the most part, Clay said, this went well aside from a few slips and a bit of culture shock, which students had not been

prepared for in the orientation class - like the fact that German pizza is topped with carrots and beans. There is no "Cap'n Crunch" cereal, and the difference between soap and starch is one letter.

One student who made that mistake will probably never make it again. The German word for soap is "seife" and the word for starch is "steife." Apparently the student missed the "t'' and ended up with his clothes "standing in the closet."

Besides making these discoveries and consuming local beer, the students concentrated on language development.

But students also had ample leisure "time, Clay said. They visited Cologne, took a cruise up the Rhine River, went to the world's largest inland harbor at Duisberg, toured a 17th-century castle and hiked through a local forest .

Students still had to use German all the time, even on these recreational trips.

Clay said nearly everyone left a boyfriend or girlfriend behind. She said the villagers were very friendly about helping the students with the language, and the instructors at the Akademie said "they had

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Studenf response to the program reads like the one-word remarks used to advertise movies - "worthwhile," "much needed" and "excellent."

"We got to meet real people. It wasn't like we were tourists," said MSC student Gayle Olguin.

She added that even with only two semesters of German, she was surprised at how well she was able to adapt.

"I even lost a package (while traveling) and had to locate it again using German,'' she explained.

The response was positive about Clay's participation in the trip as well.

"Frau Clay really bent over backward to help us and to make things go well," said student Robert Krouitz.

The success of last summer's program had made it possible for the program to continue, and it would not have happened had there not been someone like Dr. Clay, the student said.

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Despite spotty winds in Denver, about 15-20 people turned out on the Auraria campus Oct. 11 to fly kites as a demonstration of their desire for world peace.

The campus d emonstration was part of the second annual world wide peace festival, One Sky, One World, in which people all over the world simultaneously fly kites to express the need for a peaceful future.

Denver was among the 170 global sites chosen to participate in the festival. Similar demonstrations were held in England, Spain, Belgium and Denmark.

"The only problem (with Denver's demonstration) was that it was too darn nice," said Nelson Bock of the Auraria Interfaitli _Ministry, which sponsored the event in Denver this year.

Bock said that it was a perfect, sunny day, but that spotty winds made it difficult to fly kites for more than a few minutes at a time.

Many of the kites flown were made in workshops on campus out of pieces of plastic trash bags and bamboo sticks, Bock said.

Tammy Mulligan, an MSC student, took her nephew, 18 months, and two nieces, 8 and 12, to the demonstration on campus.

"At first, there wasn't anyone down there," she said. "But then later people started showing up."

Mulligan said that her small group intended to simply watch the demonstration, but that when they got there they were encouraged to join in the kite-making.

"It was a nice day," she said. "Like the gesture."

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Friend$, food make a festive feast Kelly Pasta Reporter

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Auraria students had a taste of international cuisine for two days at the Annual World Friendship Festival.

The festival promoted intercultural awareness on campus by featuring various ethnic foods, entertainment and crafts.

Held on Oct. 13 and 14 at the St. Francis Center, the festival was designed as a fund-raiser for Auraria's student groups and to celebrate the diversity of students on campus.

"Everybody loves a chance to party," said Nelson Boch, a member of the· Interfaith Ministry team. He stressed the absence of international and institutional politics.

"There's room for everybody and without competition and rivalry," said Boch.

"Everyone is here to celebrate and appreciate what the world is all about."

A total of 35 groups participated in this year's festival, which offered everything from egg rolls to linen to authentic Indian tribal dancing.

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The film is not new. It was released in Italy in 1982 and has been seen by over 100,000 school children there. Both the United Nations and the Pope have approved of the film as a statement to the world about nature and man.

The film has no plot, but it does have action. The movie begins with ice melting into little streams, watering plants. Then the streams begin to gain in strength and force, and soon the viewer is in the middle of a raging river. Trees by the riverside sway in the breeze.

Then, the scene switches to one of complete calm. A man and woman are kissing and holding hands. Soon, although it is not shown, the couple begin to make love.

These scenes are intermingled with scenes of snails copiously making love. The film examines people and nature so closely that theGaromals seem almost human - both fight , eat, make love and work. Man and nature have things in common.

There is sound too - a melody of nature.

Frogs croak, wind blows through a valley, water drips and flows, insects chirp, buzz, and hum, and children play loudly while adults sleep.

The Blue Planet struggles between being a biology film of nature's changes and an abstract analysis of nature and man. The film subtly points out that everything we see, hear, taste or touch is real life. Everything is a wonder to behold.

While the movie seems to be a humanitarian statement for the preservation of the planet, the film remains free of any clear ideology or purpose. Because the images flow so freely, viewers can interpret different meanings and leave the theater feeling involved with the movie. This movie makes you feel.

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A 0-0 tie with the University of New Mexico Oct. 10 and a 3-0 win over the University of Denver Oct. 12 places the MSC men's soccer team in a first place league tie with Air Force.

The Roadrunners, now 4-2-1 in the Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate Soccer League, has four league games left this season and could end up playing Air Force for the championship, said coach Bill Chambers.

Metro outshot UNM 3-1 in the game but failed to score in the overtime.

"We have b~en making some mistakes in defense and other teams have been taking advantage of them," Chambers said. "We made some changes in the lineup that seem to have worked."

Against league rival DC , ~SC's Joe Okoh opened scoring on an unassisted breakaway 16 minutes into the game.

Junior Jeff Fletcher scored 11 minutes ater on an assist from Scott Van Beek.

Freshman Tim Yunger scored the first goal of his college career with 10 minutes left in the game on an assist from Mike Wachter.

"He (Yunger) ha~ been playing at forward for the last two games," Cham hers said. "It looks like we found the right spot for him.

"We will probably stick with this lineup," he said.

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Junior Jeff Fletcher, above in striped shirt, scored one of the Roadrunners' three goals in the Oct. 12 win over DU. "There are some nagging injuries but we have great depth; I had five subs I used quite a b it against DU," he said.

"We split home and away with DU and Regis but beat them in total goals," C hambers said.

"If we w in the next couple of league games (Mines and Westminster College) it

could mean the game against Air Force could be the title, but I don't want to look that far ahead," Chambers said .

The Roadrunners beat Mines 2-1 on Sept. 16.

The rematch against the Colorado School of Mines will be at 3 p.m. Oct. 16 at MSC, before the team leaves for two games in Utah Oct. 23 and 24.

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The MSC women's volleyball team won its home opener against Colorado Mines Oct. 7, b ut dropped a five-game match to Regis on Oct. 9.

The Roadrunners won their second match of the season against the Orediggers 15-10, 15-5, 17-15. Head coach Pat Johnson said the scores look deceptively close.

"It was not something we were not in control of," she said. "I told them they would have an extra 18 laps at practice if they d idn't pull (the third game) out."

MSC couldn't rebound over Mesa, which is ranked 20th in the :\'ational Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. Down two games, the Roadrunners battled back to take it to a fifth, but dropped the match 12-15, 13-15, 16-14, 15-7, 9-15.

"I really felt we played inconsistently," Johnson said. "We had a very slow start, came back strong and all of a sudden in the fifth game, we relaxed.

"This time we depended too much on our comeback ability."

MSC, 11-6, plays host to 15 teams Oct. 16-18 at the 8th Annual Metropolitan State College Volleyball Tournament.

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Tackling book lifts Meck's spirits Robert Ritter Associate Editor

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From the way Karl Mecklenburg chatted amiably and joked with fans while signing books, you would never know he was out of a job.

Mecklenburg, with a little time on his hands during the :\FL Players strike, autographed his new book, Meck For The Defense, Oct. 13 at the Auraria Book Center. The book is a diary Mecklenburg kept of the Denver Broncos' drive last season to the Super Bowl.

Meanwhile, a protester sat outside holding hvo signs: "Mecklenburg: apologize, don't rationalize."

"8-year-old boys need big brothers, not big bullies."

Both signs referred to the controversy surrounding Mecklenburg' s actions toward a young autograph seeker. Mecklenburg tore up an autograph he had given an 8year-old fan Oct. 4 in front of Mile High Stadium after he discovered the boy was going in to the stadium to watch the Denver-Houston game.

Jerry Dwight said his protest was to show passers-by his distaste for Mecklen-

burg's actions.

"He can do what he wants to, but I want to make people aware that he's not acting in the best interests of his career,'' he said.

"I don't think that was a very professional attitude. Especially his statement 'U you're going to the game, you don't get my autograph ,'" Dwight said. "I don't think he set a very good example for our young kids who idolize him."

Inside, the big defensive lineman discussed the strike, the autograph controversy and his book.

Mecklenburg nodded in agreement with the many fans w ho called for an end to the strike, and he called this week a "pivotal week in negotiations."

As for the young fan , Mecklenburg said he took back the autograph because of a policy of not giving signatures to fans attending games played during the strike.

"I didn't do it out of anger or frustration.

It's been a policy" to not give autographs to fans crossing the picket line, he said.

Mecklenburg said the book was really the idea of co-author Bob Diddlebock.

"He (Diddlebock) interviewed me for a magazine article last year. He said he thought I had a lot of ideas and insights that hadn't been expressed that people would

Soccer streak ends Renee Allen Reporter

The streak is over.

The MSC women's soccer team extended its winning streak to nine straight with a 3-2 win Saturday, Oct. 10, over the University of New Mexico.

But the streak ended abruptly on Sunday with a 2-1 loss to the University of Missouri-St. Louis.

In Saturday's game, the team played a little "sluggish" in the first half, said coach Ed Montojo.

"We came back in the second half playing quicker and passing better," he said.

New Mexico scored in the first half on a 35-yard goal that hit the cross bar. But Jodi Lucero tied the score for MSC on an unassisted goal.

In the second half, Bobbi Geist scored on a free kick and Cindi Weishapl on an assist from Geist for the final margin.

Sunday, it all ended.

"We played sluggish in the first half again but then came together more in the second half, especially when we scored near the end," Montojo said.

"We were just behind a step," he said.

UMSL scored 12 minutes into the first half on a long shot that rebounded off the post. Their second goal was scored by Kathy Boch almost 12 minutes into the second half.

MSC's only goal was scored b y Leslie Zimmerman near the end of the game on an assist by Weishapl.

"Bobbi Geist p layed really well on defense in both games and Jan Holland was back in the goal," said Montojo.

"We need to play with a little more consistency and just put this loss behind us and start over with our next game," Montojo said.

The Roadrunners play Hardin-Simmons of Texas Oct. 17 at 10 a.m. at the Air Force Academy.

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Denver Bronco Karl Mecklenburg receives an affectionate tackle from a loyal fan in the Auraria Book Center. like to read and see."

He said the sports books he's been reading lately are not his idea of what a true sports book should be.

"The other books I've read were about partying. That's not my lifestyle."

Nor did he want to write a tell-all book.

"It's not an expose about anything. It's a week-by-week book," Mecklenburg said.

"It's very educational. It gives a flavor of

what a professional athlete goes through.

"It also deals with my views on steroids, drug use and free agency. My union stance is not a big part of the book."

Mecklenburg said his union views have changed much since last season.

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FRIDAY 16 Campus A.A. meetings begin from noon-1 p.m. and 1-2 p.m. in WC 236J. For additional information, call Billi at 556-2525.

SATURDAY 17 Pablo De La Croz, a classical Spanish guitarist, performs in concert at 2 p.m. in the student center room 330.

Admission is $2. Call the MSC Department of Modern Languages at 556-2908 for ticket information.

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SATURDAY "Financial Planning for the Sandwiched Generation," a UCO workshop, is held from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. at 3300 E. First Ave., Suite ·420. Cost is $25. Call the CU-Denver division of continuing education at 556-2735 for information.

SUNDAY 18 The Rev. Robert H. lies, Episcopal priest and psychotherapist, leads an AIDS healing service in the St. John's Cathedral at 7:30 p.m. For more information, call 831-7115.

19 MONDAY Denver Center Cinema shows "Beyond the Walls" at 7:30 p.m. to benefit the Rocky Mountain Middle East Forum. The film depicts the reconciliation between Arab and Jew. Tickets for the film, held the Denver Center Cinema, 13th and Curtis streets, are $6. Call 322-1732 for more information.

20 TUESDAY Student Health Center has a health education table in the library from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Find out about the clinic and get a free blood pressure screening. Call 556-2525 for more information.

WEDNESDAY Sally Bowlley of Capitol Federal speaks on employee benefits at 4 p.m. during a CSPA meeting. Members are urged to attend for election of officers. Meeting held in student center room 254-256.

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WEDNESDAY "The Last Straw," a stress management workshop, will be held 6-7:30 p.m. in the St. Francis Center. Cost is $2. For more information call 556-2815.

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22 THURSDAY "The Artist in All of Us: Planning the City of the Future" is the topic at the Metro on the Mall lecture series from noon-12:50 p.m. at the Kyle Belding Gallery, Westin Hotel, 17th and Arapahoe streets. David Middlebrook, internationally acclaimed sculptor and art critic, speaks.

23 FRIDAY Tickets can be purchased at the ticket booth through Friday for that evening's Theatre Under Glass fall dance in The Mission. Tickets also available at the door. Admission is $2 per person.

24 SATURDAY A convention to rewrite the constitution of the Associated Students of Metropolitan State College will be held from 8 a.m.-noon at the Viscount Hotel on 1-25 at 1-70. All interested students are urged to attend. For more information, visit SC 341 or call 556-3253.

Calendar items are free. Please send all calendar notices to The Metropolitan, Attn. Editor, or bring in to our office, Student Center Room 156. All notices will be edited for content and space consideration. On campus events will take priority. Deadline for calendar Items is Monday at noon.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

The MSC Players theatre company presents "The Chalk Garden" by Enid Bagnold at 8 p.m. on ThursdaySaturday and 7 p.m. on Sunday. Admission is $3 for general public, $2 for students and seniors, and free to MSC students with l.D. Performances will be held in MSC Players Theatre, Arts Building room 271. Call 556-3403 for information or 556-3185 for ticket reservations.

Auraria Library Gallery displays "Ten Year Reunion," a collection of works by former students of Craig M. Smith. Oct. 19-Nov. 12. A reception is set for Oct. 23 from 6-9 p.m.

Institute for Women's Studies and Services offers weekly support groups: Women's Support Group is Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12:15-2:00 p.m., Parenting Support Group is Tuesdays from 4-5 p.m., "T ransistions: Directions in our Lives" is Wednesdays from 3:30-5:30 p.m., "Un-Aerobics/Fun-Aerobics" is Wednesday from 9-9:50 a.m. All of these groups meet at 1033 9th Street. "The Left Brain: Learning to Eat from Right to Left" is on Wednesdays from 5:30-6:30 p.m. at 1020 9th Street. Cost is $5 pe; session. "Un-Aerobics/Fun-Aerobics" meets Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7-8 a.m. in PE 104. For more information, call 556-8441.

The Auraria Jewish Student Alliance is available for students. Stop by during office hours: Mon/Wed from 8-9 a.m., Tues/Thurs from 8-9:15, 9:30-10:45 a.m., 11 a.m.-1 p.m., and 6-8 p.m., and Fridays from 9:30-10:45 a.m. The group is actively involved with the Denver Bnai Hillel House. Visit student center room 255D or call 556-3330 for more information.

For more information about the Outdoor Adventure Program of Campus Recreation, call 556-8363/3210.

Rose Medical Center's Institute for Sports Medicine offers free sports injury evaluations every Saturday through Dec. 19 from 8-11 a.m. at the Greenwood Medical Center, 7180 E. Orchard Road. For injuries requiring immediate attention, call the Rose Institute for Sports Medicine's 24-hour hotline, 741-0UCH. The hotline is free.

Students have until Oct. 20 to submit names for a free semester's tuition drawing held by Murray's Shoes in the Tivoli. Students from any of the three Auraria institutions are eligible for the drawing. Value is limited to in-state tuition and no purchase is necessary.

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