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Auraria Hysteria Judith Henrickson .,. Reporter An insidious, fiendish and very user-unfriendly virus is afflicting certain college students on campuses acr~ the nation. And MSC students haven't escaped its wrath. The virus affects only graduating seniors in the final weeks of their last semester. Although it hasn't been officially ~cognized by the medical community, it can appropriately be called GRADUATION ANXIETY. It is characterized by a very distinct list of symptoms: • procrastination •apathy •obsessive/compulsive behavior (new ones) • vacillation • manic Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, etc ... • gl87.ed eyes, muttering to oneself •sudden overindulgence in anything that will provide a distraction • unusual willingness to grove~ on bended knee if necessary, in a teacher's office • paranoia, paralysis, paradox, panic, pandemonium • procrastination It also causes perfectly normal students (as normal as students can be) to make comments like: "I don't care if I pass, I just want a D." "T .. '""a"r if I can finish before I self-destruct?" "Let's go to the Boiler Room." (Any favorite bar may be inSerted here.) "I hate this feeling; what the hell is wrong with me?" "Let's go to the Boiler Room." "It doesn't matter (IDM)." "It never mattered (INM)." "Let's go to the Boiler Room." "I wish people would stop asking me what I'm going to do with my life." "I'm embroidering 'survivor' on my graduation gown." "Let's go to the Boiler Room."

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If you are graduating soon and have experienced any or all of the above symptoms, YOU HAVE IT. The cause of the syndrome is as yet unknown, and experts arc stymied as to how to treat it. It doesn't seem to be 1 connected with a fear of the real world or even the inevitable - argh - job search, according to most students. \ Some say it's related to a fear of the unknown. Or for those who have.made higher education a career - a kind of displacement disorder. Carmen Williams, as&stant director of the MSC Counseling Center, says she sees many students with the anxiety and says it's a normal reaction to change in one's life.

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"The college environment is safe, structured and familiar. Graduation is the flip side of that - unfamiliar and unstructured- especially for people who don't know what they want to do after they graduate," she says. Williams says counselors, in these cases, try to help studentS make concrete, specific goals and plans to reduce their anxiety level. She also tries to reassure students that everyone else has not had his/her entire life planned out since the age of three and they are not alone. "We can't get rid of a student's anxiety, but it's helpful for them to realize that the bizarreness that's happening is probablyilappcning to other people too and it's normal," she says.

So if you've identified with any of the problems associated with this strange malady, relax. Don't cringe when you hear the word resume or make any rash decisions about going to graduate school. The prognosis is good if you just repeat these words over and over to yourself - I'm normal, I'm normal, I'm normal, I'm normal, I'M NORMAL, I'M NORMAL .... ff that doesn't work, stand out in front of the Student Center, face the Administration building with arms raised upward and scream 0 "SET MY PEOPLE FREE!"

~Undercover narcotics: what the reality is contagious," says Andres. "You find yourself surrounded by people who are either dying of drugs or hooked on sheer lunacy." Andres, 25, graduated from Metro in 1984 with a criminal justice degree and is now seeking a teaching certificate. Andres worked undercover from 1984 to 1987 as a fisherman on shrimp boats that docked at Savannah Beach and, at one point, was a member of a "devil-worshipping biker gang" while working with the Tybee Island Police Department to uncover large quantities of drugs such as marijuana and cocaine. During this time, he was arrested repeatedly with vario~ groups, was shot

Kristin Hager Reporter

Miami Vice has successfully glamourized the world of undercover narcotics as a world of beautiful women and bulletproof vests under linen fashions. In reality, the work is far from glamourous and closer to a brush with insanity. When MSC student Todd Andres submerged himself into the narcotics scene for three years in Savannah, Ga., he found a world of shady police deals, live bullets and murder. "The insanity on the street is very

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twice, suffered several knife wounds and ultimately killed two people. "I can't say I've completely come to terms with it all yet," he says. Following the shootings, Andres returned to MSC to study elementary teaching, a career he feels will remove him from a lot of the "human ugliness" he experienced. uThere are still nights when I sit and think about it "I saw a lot of death, and after a while you see yourself start to decay," he says. "How many dead bodies must you see before you lose respect for the human body?"

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Election results are challenged Jana Cohlmla Assistant Editor

It's that time of year again. The annual contestation of the MSC student government elections is underway for 1988 and could result in a recall of the newlyelected president and vice president. Five complaints have been filed by MSC students against the president- and vice president-elect team of Bruce DeWitt and Stacey Sagara. The complaints include alleged ethical infractions ranging from candidates standing too near the voting booths to buying votes. In the past, nearly every student government election has been contested in some form. Recently defeated presidential candidate Kelly Martin has filed complaints with the election commission charging DeWitt and

Sagara with buying votes. She said the pizi.a coupons that appeared on their campaign posters were unethical. In her complaint, Martin stated: "It's like saying, 'Here, vote for me and I will give you a pizza coupon.' " Martin also took issue with a phrase beneath her photo on the winning team's campaign poster that read: No more B.S., vote for Bruce and Stacey. "I feel that by Bruce and Stacey calling Kelly Martin B.S. - which stands for bullshit - is an attack on my person," she said. In another complaint, student Debra Olenski stated that she witnessed several accounts of "poster switching." She said she saw DeWitt and Sagara's posters covering those of their opponents and that they were posted in improper locations such as bathroom mirrors and elevators. Another complaint by student Owen

Beaver charges DeWitt with standing closer than 30 feet to the voting booth, which violates the legal limit. In response to the complaints, DeWitt said he just wants to bury the hatchet and get on with the business of government. The five-member election commission will hear these and similar complaints at a meeting Friday, April 15. Martin Norton, current ASMSC president and a member of the commission, said it is difficult to say whether or not the complaints will result in a recall election. "It's hard to say," Norton said. "I would not try to put words of the commission into one point of view." Norton added that any decision made by the commission would not necessarily be the final word. If the complainants were disatisfied, they would still have the option of going to the Judicial Board which has the

Bruce DeWitt'â&#x20AC;˘ victory 11 not yet offlclal. final say in student government disputes. This year's election turnout was down 1 percent from last year, with only 6 percent of students voting, Norton said. He added that there weren't any ballot issues controversial enough to bring students to the polls. He contrasted this year's election with the one in 1986 when students voted on student fees. "This year, it wasn't enough to muster them," he said. o

See Election results, p. 12

Is the U.S. undermining the Nicaraguan Indians? Chad Morris Reporter

The United States government has tried for years to "undermine" the effort of Miskito Indians in Nicaragua to get back their lands and rights, the leader of a Miskito group said April 12. Brooklyn Rivera, seeking support for his group YAMATA l (a Miskito-translated acronym for the United Indigenous ' Nations of the Atlantic Coast), spoke to about 60 people the Auraria Student Center. He asked the audience to try to understand in a "human way" the situation his people are in, because even the most ideological people have trouble with it "Many haven't struggled for their rights," he said Since 1981, the Miskito have been fighting the Sandinista government to get back their traditional lands and the right to govern themselves. Instead of helping them, the United States has tried to prevent this, he said While hampering the Miskito, groups like the CIA and the U.S.-backed Contras have tried to usc the lndiam for their own ends, Rivera said. He said the United States has tried to usc them like pawns to fight the Sandinistas. And the Sandinistas have done the

Miskito lndl1n 1pokâ&#x20AC;˘m1n Broddyn Rivera same thing, asking the Miskitos to surrender and become their pawns, he said "No one has treated the Indians in a very fair way." Sound familiat1 Rivera also compared the Miskito struggle to that of indigenous (native) populations all over the world. "Everywhere else indigenous people have the same type

of fight," he said. They have had to fight for their lands and the right to govern themselves. But of Nicaragua, he says: "The winds of peace are blowing." Aside from being the first people to fight against the Sandinistas and the first to negotiate, the Miskito are the first to sign an accord with them. That preliminary accord, signed Feb. 2, would give the Miskito the right to govern themselves and the right to their native lands. This would mean that Miskito refugees in Honduras and Costa Rica could return to their homes, and those in Nicaragua would be free of persecution by the Sandinistas, he said "For this we have been fighting." Rivera hasn't always been a fighter. His originat goal in life was to become a math teacher. In 1978, he was elected to lead a Miskito group similar to YAMATA. In 1981, he was arrested for protesting the Sandinista nationaliz.ation of all lands in Nicaragua. Since then, he has been fighting that government for those lands. Rivera's speech was co-sponsored by the CU-Denver Political Science Club and the Native American Studies Organi7.ation: o

RTD proposes yet another transitway for school John Gegner Reporter

The Auraria campus would be connected to downtown Denver by a pedestrian transitway on Larimer Street similar to the 16th Street Mall under a plan released by the Regional Transportation District recently. The proposal calls for the closure of Larimer Street to all traffic except mall-type shuttle buses between Ninth Street and Speer Boulevard, and possibly extending all the way to the 16th Street Mall. Representatives of RTD and Auraria Higher Education Center, owners of both Larimer Square and Tivoli Denver (the Hahn Corp.), and the Mall Management Committee, which supervises the 16th Street Mall, agreed on the plan. "When all is said and done, we will have the unified campus planned for 15 years ago,'' said Randy Ready, transportation coordinator for AHEC. But it has not been decided if the transit-

way will run only to 10th Street or continue to Ninth Street. The extra block would cost an additional $150,000 to $250,000. Also, the decision whether to use regular buses or shuttles on the transitway remains undetermined. â&#x20AC;˘ Work on the transitway will begin when the Auraria Parkway, which will run around the north perimeter of the campus connecting 1-25 and Speer Boulevard, is completed. The parkway project is scheduled to begin in May and be completed by late August. Depending on the weather, construction on the Larimer Street transitway could be completed by mid-1989. Already, Auraria construction has been slowed. The closure of the Lawrence Street viaduct and the simultaneous opening of eastbound lanes on the Walnut Street viaduct has been delayed from April 9 until later in the month. Morgan Smith, executive director of AHEC, said the original transitway proposal called for RTD bus routes 0 and 15 to come

down Larimer as far as 10th and then turn around. But that plan was modified to extending the transitway to Ninth using mall-type shuttles. He said the shuttles are less polluting and easier to enter and exit than buses. Restaurants at the Tivoli have expressed an interest in having outdoor eating accommodations if they don't have to contend with fumes from idling buses at the turnaround, Smith said. AHEC has allocated part of the legislature's $2.5 million Auraria Parkway money for road work on Larimer Street. Tivoli would be responsible for paying for the 10th Street to the Ninth Street portion of the transitway, Smith said. The loss of about 700 parking spaces due to the Auraria Parkway construction and the inconvenience of transferring from regular buses to shuttles are two drawbacks of the plan for Auraria commuters. Parking along Wazee Street and lots S, SA, U and most of Twill be lost when the parkway is completed Ready said RTD is extremely concerned

about a possible loss of Auraria riders if a speedy connection can't be made at Speer. Currently, about 15 percent of Auraria's 31,000 students, faculty and staff - about 4,650 people - ride RTD. Smith said the Larimer Street transitway benefits both the Tivoli and the downtown business community. It ends Tivoli's isolation, and it gives Aurarians a convenient way of getting to and from downtown. "H you take everything that's going to happen, it's going to be a tremendous advantage to this campus," Smith said. He acknowledged the inconvenience of the campus-wide construction and the loss of parking. He said AHEC is frantically working to find a solution to the parking problem. "We have a tremendous opportunity to make this a much safer and more attractive place. But, to get there, we're going to have to go through some inconvenience," Smith said 0

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Undercover cops: a brush with insanity continued from pege 1

But Andres' work was not in vain. During his three-year term in the shade, he made several major busts, including the confiscation of 44 kilos of cocaine. Most of his time was spent on fishing boats, watching deals being made and working into purchases of his own. "I watched people dive down a few feet and plant a bag of cocaine on the Navy weather platforms off the coast. They're in international waters. Then, while the shrimp boat came by, someone would dive down and get it. You couldn't go onto one of those boats with the dogs and find stuff. Get some dead fish on a boat, and no dog will ever sniff out coke," he said. "Sometimes, I got arrested along with everybody else. Sure, I had rights and a cover, but the rights don't click in until you're back in the U.S." Andres' cover lasted 2~ years - a long time for a cover to work. The usual lifespan of a cover is six months. While undercover he kept his hair long and wore earrings. He carried modified guns and cash. Yet, it took arrests for dealers to trust him. "Once, while I was with a biker gang, I got arrested. Since I was carrying a license with a felony on..it, they took me in. At the time, I was carrying a Raven .22 that was modified by a guy in prison to carry 18 rounds. I also had $300 cash. All this stuff was given to me by the department When this police department found out I was a cop, they let me out and gave me $50 of the $300. I asked for the rest of my money and my gun, and they said they had spent it on themselves and were keeping the gun. 'Don't make any noise about it,' they said. But they

really had me in a position because they had my cover. It's just done that way sometimes. No, a lot (of times)," be concedes. "But once that happened, I was accepted as legit by the guys."

During the shoot-out, Andres was shot twice, once in the chest and once in the hip. Because of a bulletproof vest, only the lower shot entered 路him, although both caused damage.

"You become their friends on the outside, become Involved In their world, their friends, their famllles. I knew both the guys I kllled. I knew their chlldren. One time, one of them tried to sat ma up with his sister.'' - MSC student Todd Andres Even before an arrest, however, Andres bad to "party" with potential connections. He said be bought liquor and drugs, flashed money around and bung around the "scene" to earn acceptance. (The police department supplies pills to nullify the effects of alcohol.) For this reason, Andres says busts are rarely impersonal. "You become their friends on the outside, become involved in their world, their friends, their families," he says. "I knew both the guys I killed. I knew their children. One time, one of them tried to set me up With his sister. There I am talking to this girl in the backseat - talking to her and listening to the guys in the front seat. Was I playing with her emotions? I don't know, you sort ofjustify it to yourself in your head by figuring I'm lying to them, they're dealers, so I can lie to her. I have to. "After the shooting, I went to both of their funerals. I also went to the funeral of theeop who had been with me at the time and was killed."

"I walked up to the guys after I shot them - it was only about 10 feet - and I felt like saying, 'Well, we played cops and robbers game, and now you're dead. I won.' It felt so usel~.

"I thought about the things that could've been said, things those guys could've done and, well hell, I'd just taken it away from them." At this point, Andres took some time off and ultimately decided to return to school. At first, he thought of law school, but found it equally distressing. "I saw while I was a cop that lawyers spend all day busting a middle-class guy for a heavy traffic violation, but won't take a case involving major drug trafficking or rape or burglary because it doesn't bring as large a revenue to the system. It's also easier to deal with," be says. So Andres went back to a previous love, that of teaching. He has worked for near!y a year with third graders at a Jefferson County elementary school. He finds this work

extremely rewarding. "Am I a better person because I've seen ugliness and death? No, I don't think so. It doesn't take a lot to see humanity decay. But teaching is the opposite; you see hope and you see life. The littlest things are so rewarding with those kids," be says. Andres plans to graduate in 1989 and is currently looking for a permanent position with one of the Denver-area elementary schools. In addition, be bas written and illustrated a children's book entitled /, Myself. He is currently working with publishers to get the book in print. "That book is very important to me. I want to stress to children the importance of their individuality and personal strength," he says. "I look into the kindergarten and see incredible individuality, creativity and energy. Then I see it digress as the kids grow older and lose their self-assuredness. "So many kids have the potential for genius, and I want to help give them constant innovation and support." Andres says he has yet to resolve all of his feelings concerning his past experiences, but he is happy with his choice to change careers. "I asked myself so many times if that was bow I wanted to spend my life - talking to drunks and addicts. As I see it, I had to make a choice between surrounding myself with death or surrounding myself with life. And I feel good with my decision. These kids are alive and hopefully won't turn to the things I was fighting to stop." o

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The Auraria Office of Disabled Student Services is sponsoring a support group for any interested disabled individual from the Auraria campus. The group meets the last Monday of the month in the Auraria Library, noon to l p.m. For information contact Valerie Gully at 556-8387.

The Auraria Book Center presents its second annual Campus Author Week April 18 through 23. Book Center marketing coordinator Mary Reichenberg said the week is an opportunity to recognize Auraria instructors who write largely academic works not generally attractive to the general public. "Most books are written by specialists for special situations," she said. About 50 Auraria instructors, with books ranging from the "rites of sexual passage to the mathematics of this and that," will be recognii.ed, she said. Some of the best-known Auraria authors displaying works include: Eugenia Hepworth Berger, MSC education professor; Rex Burns, CU-Denver English professor, mystery writer; Larry Bograd, MSC English instructor, author of children's books; Anne Bolin, MSC anthropology instructor; Tom Noel, CU-Denver history professor, specializing in Denver history. Books will be on display throughout the week, and on Wednesday, April 20, from noon to l p.m. a reception for the authors will be held in the Book Center. Students and faculty are encouraged to attend, Reichenberger said.

Who wants war? A protest rally, "Stopping the War in Central America Starts Here," will be Saturday, April 30, beginning at noon at the west gate of Lowry Air Force Base, 6th Avenue and Quebec. Rally spokeswoman Julia Jenne said, "Though it seems far away, the war in Central America begins here, in communities across the U.S., in military bases, armament factories, etc." Jenne said Lowry oversees the shipment of "everything from helicopters to white phosphorous rockets" to Central America. The rally bas been endorsed by American Friends Service Committee, Central America Refugee Committee, Central America Support Alliance, Colorado Concerned Veterans, Committee for Health Rights in Central America, Denver Justice & Peace Committee, Justice & Peace Office - Archdiocese of Denver, Organizacion Latino Americana and Witness for Peace, she said. Anyone interested is encouraged to attend.

April art at Auraria The Emmanuel Gallery presents the works of CCD art instructor Mel Carter and Denver residents Elaine Ricklin and Leona Sophocles April 18 through May 12. Carter will show recent paintings and drawings. Sophocles and Ricklin present monotypes of the landscape. "Ricklin's landscapes reflect the mood of the existing landscape. "Sophocles' monoprints of cactus are more symbolic and allude to her love of the solitude of the west after living in a crowded urban Philadelphia environment," a gallery spokesman said. The gallery is open l l a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. For information: 556-2741.

Typing help As the semester's end draws near, so do the dreaded term-paper deadlines. H you're one of the many students who doesn't own a typewriter or a computer, many facilities are available on campus. For those who feel uncomfortable with computers and word processors, the Auraria Library bas 15 IBM Selectric typewriters in Room 201 for students' use. The typewriters cost 25¢ per 15 minutes and are self-correcting. Typewriters are available during regular library hours: 7:30 a.m. to 11 p.m., Monday through Thursday; 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday; and noon to 9 p.m., Sunday. H you feel sure of yourself on a wordprocessor, just show your MSC ID to a technician in a computer lab and you have access to IBM word perfect computers, complete with print-outs. There is no charge for the use of the computers, but students with assigned classwork have priority. The labs are located in WC Room 244, Room 132 and CN Room 221. The system used by the Central Classroom is DEC equipment. Students using any of the computer laboratories must provide their own data disks. The labs are open 8 a.m. to lO p.rn., Monday through Thursday; 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday; and 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., Saturday. The best times to use the labs are early in the morning, late in the afternoon or on Saturdays.

Another cash gain Applications are now being accepted for the Paralyzed Veterans of America/ Youth for Vietnam Veterans Scholarship Fund, according to PVA execut_ive director Jack Powell. "Applicants must be the natural or legally-adopted son or daughter of an honorably discharged veteran who served on active military duty in the Vietnam theater of war from August 4, 1964 to May

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8, l 975, who was: killed in action; died 'in country'; listed as missing in action; a prisoner of war; disabled with 100-percent service-connected rating. "Rated as 100-percent disabled for Veterans Administration pension purposes, as the result of a spinal cord injury or disease (such as multiple sclerosis)," be said. Each scholarship grant will be $1,500, and applicants must be enrolled in, or accepted by, an accredited four-year institution of higher learning. The student's academic performance, community and extracurricular activities, as well as financial need, will be considered in the award criteria, Powell said. For an application and more information contact: Scholarship Committee; clo Paralyzed Veterans of America; 801 18th Street, N.W.; Washington, D.C., 20006.

College symphony to play The MSC Symphony Orchestra will present a concert Sunday, April 17, at Foote Hall. in the Houston Fine Arts Center, Montview and Quebec, beginning at 8 p.m. The concert, conducted by Dr. William H. Morse, associate professor of music at MSC, will feature works by Rachmaninoff, Mendelssohn and Delius. The concert is free and open to the public. For more information: 556-3180.

Crlterium rescheduled The Civic Center Criterium, sponsored by the MSC Cycling Club, will be run April 17 at 9 a.m. The criterium, a short-course bicycle race of multiple laps, will circ;:uit the roads around the Civic Center Park. The events four races will range from 25 to 40 laps around the .62 mile course. Registration for the race will be held across from the Denver City and County Bt.Plding until 8:30 the morning of the race. The event will offer Men's A, Men's B, Women's and Citizen's races. For more information about the race or the club call Terry Trieu at 55~-3236 or Robin Hamm at 556-3321.

Watch out for that plane "Collision Avoidance" is the theme of the 9th Annual Safety Symposium Saturday, April 23, at the Auraria Student Center from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Cost of the seminar is $5 for preregistration and $7 at the door and includes a continental breakfast The symposium is sponsored by Alpha Eta Rho, an international aviation fraternity at MSC, and the Colorado Pilots ~on. Bill Greener, a faculty member in the aerospace science department at MSC and Greg Kief, a spokesman for the National Transportation Safety Board, will offer presentations and show films on aviation safety. A panel discussion on collision avoidance will also be on the agenda. A door priz.e of one hour of free simulation time in the cockpit will be presented to a lucky ticket holder. For information contact Bill Greener at 556-2921. - Complied by C. Patrick Cleary

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Student senator upset about group's inaction

Questiotis remain about CoPIRG's fate fee collection, CoPIRG won't begin to receive money until the summer semester's tuition bills have been paid.

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Dan Becker doesn't like the idea of students paying for a cause they may not believe in. Colorado Public Interest Research Group (CoPIRG) just wants a chance. And before the words stop flying, the numbers quit making sense, and the complaints and counter-complaints have all been filed, a potential $24,000 to $48,000 per semester of MSC students' money may have been spent on a false start. CoPIRG director Casey Padgett describes the organi7.ation as a public interest organi7.ation that, among other environmental and consumer areas, has written and lobbied for legislation to force companies to clean up their toxic waste and to create the Office of Consumer Council, which represents residential, small business and agricultural utility customers' interests before the Public Utilities Commission. They also lobbied for legislation to enact the high oxygen fuels program designed to reduce air pollution. The national organi7.ation, founded in the early '70s by consumer activist Ralph Nader, derives much of its money and manpower from college campuses and bills itself as an organi7.ation directed by students_. Each state has its own chapter. Colorado's is called CoPIRG. Much of its funding is obtained by what is known as a waivable fee or what some call a negative check-off. A student registering for classes will have a place on his form where he can refuse or waive the $3 fee that g0es to CoPIRG. If left unchecked, the fee will automatically be assessed to his tuition bill. Last spring Metro students voted to allow CoPIRG to establish a chapter on campus and to allow the waivable fee to begin. But as it turns out, CoPIRG's troubles may have then just begun. Fi:rst; there was the problem of how to implement the waiver into Metro's new telephone registration. The system, as it was, did not allow for anything other than registration and a payment code selection. According to Dr. Antonio Esquibel, Metro's vice president of Student Affairs, CoPIRG insisted that students be required to hang up and call again to waive the fee. But Padgett said that wasn't how it happened. The problem, according to Padgett, was that CoPIRG wanted the waivable-fee question to be in the "other options" part of the schedule where the wait list instructions are. Metro's administration wanted the question to be a part of the required registration process. The computer programmers said it would be easier to have the student dial twice rather than put it in the "other options" part. That's where it went. And that's what Becker, student senator, doesn't like. He says that the $3 fee being on the registration form legitimizes it and makes the student feel he must pay for it. Becker also says he's not impressed with the fact that CoPIRG has been conspicuously absent from campus since winning the referendum last spring. , Director Padgett says he understands Becker's dis.5atisfaction, but says CoPIRG can't afford to open the campus chapter until it begins to collect its money. Because of the problems associated with implementing the

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"I take full responsibility for our lack of visibility on campus," Padgett says. "But our hands have been tied because of the time it took us to work with the administration getting the contract worked out." Besides the problems of how to satisfy both parties with the computer system, Metro had to draw a contract stating the purpose ofthe fee, how it would be collected, what the school would charge for administering the fee collection and how CoPIRG would be paid. , After the contract was drawn, CoPIRG's attorneys had to approve it. 'fhen the Trustees of the Consortium of State Colleges, Metro's governing board, bad to approve it. Then the Colorado attorney general bad to approve it. Then it had to come back to the school for the vice president's and president's signatures and then CoP,IRG's signatures.

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The contract made its journey through all the stages - without any problems - back to Esqmbel's office in early March. But almost as soon as it landed on Esquibel's desk, he had a pain in his side. He went to the hospital, where he discovered he had appendicitis. Three weeks later he was back at work where the contract still sat unsigned - on his desk. Esquibel signed it and sent it to President William Fulkerson's office. The contract still sits unsigned in Fulkerson's office. "If the vote passes, we'll have some questions to answer. If it doesn't pass, I'll sign it," Fulkerson said By the time it got to Fulkerson's office, Becker had thrown a roadblock in its path in the form of a referendum question allowing the students to decide whether they liked the payment system. Since last spring, Metro's student government has taken on a new look - a more active and combative one. Spearheading this year's government especially in the realm of student money-is Becker. He says he doesn't like the idea of an organi7.ation that may or may not represent a student's environmental or consumer beliefs having such easy access to their money. "The point of donations is to give money to an organi7.ation that represents what you believe," Becker said. "As far as I'm concerned, CoPIRG hasn't educated the students as to what it stands for. Where do they stand

on issues like Two Forks, roxic waste and bad air?" In the Metro summer class schedule on page 17, the explanation for the fee is listed with a brief description of what CoPIRG does. It also says that every three or four years students have the right to reaffirm their desire to have it on campus Becker doesn't like that either. "Any organi7.ation or person that depends on someone else to fund them has to live with the idea that the people funding them may change their minds on how or when that money is given." So Becker authored and sponsored a bill responding to a petition calling for a new referendum question on whether the students favored the waivable fee process. The question appeared on a sample ballot a week before the election. CoPIRG didn't know anything about it until then. Padgett doesn't think that's fair. "That's like a jury reaching a verdict after hearing one side of the case," he says. Padgett says he doesn't doubt the question would pass. But before the election was over, Ralph Hagan, another PIRG member and Metro student, filed a complaint with the school's election commission alleging the question violated several election code laws as well as part of the school's constitution. Because of the complaint, an injunction was placed on the result of the referendum by the school's Judicial Board, a five-

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Term papers and exams - the things schools are made of. But if you tremble at the thought of writing a term paper or put off studying for a test because you don't understand the material, you might be glad to know there is help available. That's where the MSC Reading Lab and Writing Center come in handy. Don't get the idea that these facilities are for remedial students. They are designed to help average college students improve their written communication skills. Because much practice and repetition is involved in improving writing skills, Elsie Haley, director of the Writing Center, said drop-ins are considered lowest priority. In order to be effective, a time commitment of · two hours a week for five-week sessions is required of students who come to the center. "Writing is work. There's no way to get around that. It's not magical. It can't happen in one semester; it develops slowly over a period of time," Haley said. Stu<;J.ents can receive tutoring in the center for credit or non-credit. Those currently enrolled in a composition or writing class would sign up for non-credit. In this case, students could arrange a schedule at any time during the semester, provided space is available. Students who enroll with the Writing Center for credit would attend during a specific time period. While the center is especially helpful for

students for whom English is a second language, lab instructors also help students deal with writing anxiety. "(Even) very advanced writers can have anxiety," Haley said. "A lot of anxiety comes because students are looking for a way to write the perfect paper the first time. They have to learn they can't do that" Lab instructors teach students techniques for writing ideas. Once students have ideas, they realize they have something to say, and the anxiety dissipates, Haley said. Feedback is especially important, and lab instructors provide plenty of that. Although Haley said staff resources are limited, the instructor-to-student ratio is l-to4 or l-to3. This ratio allows for individualiz.ed instruction. Like the Writing Center, the Reading Lab endeavors to make students independent by teaching them effective methods for using their skills. Students in the Reading Lab learn more than just reading, though. This is the place for foundation building of good note-taking, test-studying and speed-reading skills as well. "Each student generally has one approach to studying a textbook. Some people wait until five days before the test and cram. And that strategy works for a while. All of a sudden you get to a situation where the strategies are no long working," said Dr. David Caverly, director of the Reading Lab. "We expand the repertoire of strategies. We teach them there are other ways of learning."

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While the Reading Lab doesn't offer drop-in service, students who are familiar with the facility can use it Others can use reading department courses to get acquainted with the lab. The reading department offers three onecredit reading improvement courses, which meet for the first five weeks of each semester. Reading 100 teaches students the basics of reading, including such skills as speed reading, vocabulary improving, spelling, notetaking and test taking. Reading 102 concentrates on studying techniques, while Reading 104, the most popular course, emphasizes reading and studying skills. Students take these courses as supplements to their regular course loads, rather than as additional courses. "Students take what we teach them and utiliz.e that in their other classes. Then they come back and tell us if it worked for them," Caverly said

What kind of students take these classes? ''The moot obvious warning signs is grades. If you have dropped a class or don't have time to study, if you really study hard for a test and still do bad, if the textbook is really confusing, if the professor is confusing and doesn't seem to be relating to the textbook, if you feel like you can't get your reading done, if you can't read quick enough or comprehend quick enough, you're going to have problems," he said. Both directors agreed that students must be willing to admit they need help and be Willing to work hard to improve their skills. The centers are designed to help students of all levels build on the skills they already have. For information on the Writing Center, call 556-8481 or 556-3211, or stop by CN 210. Information about the Reading Lab is available at 556-2418 in CN 203. o

Public Service Company and the Office of Consumer Council. "We've helped save Coloradans close to $100 million," he says. If the Metro chapter doesn't begin with the waivable fee intact, it would deprive CoPIRG qf additional funds to help pay for more staff and another state lobbyist to hopefully continue protecting Colorado's consumers and environment, Padgett says. The Judicial Board was scheduled to meet April 14 to decide on a hearing date.

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What the hel I • • 1s going on around here? When the current semester began, it held so much promise. Personally, January marked the start of my last semester in school after spending several years at several colleges with several different majors. It also meant that within three months (or so it was announced in January), Lawrence Street would be closed between Ninth Street and Speer Boulevard. That closure would signal the end of every Auraria student's daily nightmare - the dreaded dodge across Lawrence from the Student Center to class and back again. But it was announced last week that the plans have been changed. Now all downtown-bound traffic exiting 1-25 at the Walnut Street viaduct will be routed south on Seventh, east on Larimer, south on Ninth and then east on Lawrence. Now does that sound crazy to anyone but me? Do you want MORE traffic to contend with as you rush to class or sit outside the Student Center enjoying the sights (like a nice four-lane traffic jam)? At the average college or university in this country, the campus is more or less an island. Traffic is routed around most campuses and not allowed to pass through. That way the typical student can actually stroll (Have you ever watched a UCLA graduate walk?) around the campus without worrying about who has the right-of-way when a pedestrian is in the crosswalk. We all know tha t Auraria is a unique campus with its three separate institutions. But that doesn't mean it can't be an island also. My editor has suggested he may buy himself a helicopter to get back and forth from the Student Center to class. (Not a bad idea, but I've seen his paycheck, and he'll never afford it.) Why can't the traffic go down Larimer and then be forced t<> find a way out at the end of the day? Wouldn't it be fun to watch all those people scurrying around like rats in a maze trying to escape downtown Denver every night? And then we'd only be separated from the Tivoli and the only students in danger would be those athletic P.E. students who cross the street to play golf (or softball or football or tennis) every other morning. But that's not the poil1t. The point is, why do the plans change every week? And why can't we stick with one plan, a plan that makes the campus less hazardous and more green (as in a long strip of grass where Lawrence Street used to be)?

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To the Editor: After reading a recent feature article by reporter Andy Glaess "It's not just a job ..." on the Army ROTC unit at MSC, I was reasonably shocked at the bias that it presented. If the article had been prepared by a writer at the Department of Defense or appeared in The Stars and Stripes (a paper prepared for the armed forces) , it would have been right at home. As a combat veteran of the U.Sl Army (5th Special Forces, in the Republic of Vietnam 1971) and a graduate of a ROTC program, I respect the existence of the program, but have reservations over its being presented in the war preparation and glorification style that I perceived in the article. From personal observation, ROTC officers were placed in combat units, ordered into fire fights, and expended with relative frequency in comparison to regular Army officers, who commanded safely from their rear area command sites. Historically the precedence has been set, establishing the wi llingness of our government to burn off a whole generation of its own youth, not mentioning the i~digenous populations of other countries. Internationalism is not militarism. While th is may have been a feature article and thus may be exempt from journalistic objectivity, the article seemed to gloss over the inherent implication of the military in general, "If we are incapable of communicating, then physical force is OK!" Which may in turn be representative of our current society's viewpoint, though I certainly hope not!

I hoped that views supporting the future failure of diplomacy would be displaced by the attainment of learning. If this isn't so, please feel free to recru it for any of the armed forces and the CIA. Those of us who learned t hat the alternat ive for peace is death hope you survive your lemming-like rush to your doom. - Thomas E. Paul Frazier MSC student Combat Veteran & Author of War Hurts More Than Once

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Africa manifests something that social work has labored long to eradicate: institutionalized victim ization of innocent people. At the same time, I also abhor the indirect participation of the University of Colorado in perpetuating this assault on human worth and dignity, and support the Shantytown students in calling on the Board of Regents for immediate divestiture. Campus shantytowns are not the problem; the deprivation and suffering we inflict on our fellow human beings, whether by direct action or by doing nothing, is. Let us all continue working toward a better life for the many ... and not just the few. Sue Goodman MSC student

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A cool gentle breeze ... a warm indulgent sun ... lush inviting gras.5 .... That's a Colorado spring. Dodging out every now and then from winter's retreating back, it teases with a few bright rays and the melody of blooming buds. Luring the pale from hiding places, it beckons them to begin the trek into summer's sweet repose, only to surrender to the cold demands of winter. A Colorado spring .... It delights in the confusion wrought by natuJe's temperament, playing hide and seek until the losers become winners and the gentle warmth becomes a searing blaze. It is like no other. It defies the steamy sensuality of the tropics and the glaring severity of the north. It is reluctantly awakened from a slumber that it longs to return to, but knows it cannot. Borne of a universal song, it plays the keys of its own tune in Colorado .... From the mountains of cold superiority to the valleys of quiet warmth, it makes its debut. It is not shy, not here anyway. It boasts the nuances of color that few can claim. The glorious hues will grow bolder until a burst of radiance proclaims a job well done, and it tiptoes into a sister season. It is a welcome reprieve for the cold-weary, a sign of imminent change that lifts the spirit and caresses the soul. Rejoicing in itself, it reaches with gentle fingers and strokes with enveloping warmth. Those who worship the sun anticipate its arrival. Those who are troubled await their panacea, known to the

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begins for MSC sports Michael Turner Reporter

Forget all about the Broncos and the NFL. Forget about the Buffaloes and the Big · Eight. The bead coaches of the MSC Football Club and the Colorado Christian College (CCC) Football Club have formed a new eight-team league that will begin playing games this August. T.J. Cole, the second-year head coach at Metro State, said he and CCC bead coach Phil Huntsinger were having troubles finding opponents, so last July they formed the Colorado Football Conference (CFC). Cole said the CFC is made up of three semi-pro teams and five college clubs. The semi-pro teams are the Colorado Warriors, the Colorado Olympians and the Boulder Bandits. The college teams are the MSC Roadrunners, the CCC Cougars, the University of Denver Pioneers, the Air Force Prep Huskies and the Arapahoe Community College Arrows. Games will be played on Saturdays, with the winner of the league playing in a bowl game Nov. 19 against the league champion from an 18-tearn football conference in Mexico. The game will be called the "Toy Bowl" because fans will have to bring a toy instead of a ticket in order to enter Littleton Stadium. The toys will then be donated to Toys for Tots. If the Metro team is as successful as Cole,

then no doubt they will be playing in the bowl game. He said that when he volunteered bis time to coach at Metro a year ago, he started with about eight uniforms and a list of people who were interested in playing. Cole said he is probably the youngest college head coach in America. He is 22 and has already completed his first year of law school at DU. He and bis wife, also a law student, want to open a law firm in Denver and give free legal advice to people who can't afford an attorney. Born in Denver, Cole graduated from North High School in 1983 and played wide receiver at Colorado College. Besides being a lawyer, Cole would also like a career as a football coach. He said bis father always taught him to have a lot of options available because he was bound to be successful at one of them. He compared bis career options to a playboy. "It's like a real ladies' man who might ask out a million different women. Sure he's going to be turned down a lot, but be is also going to have lots of dates, too," Cole said. He said he is doing the same with the football league in trying to get sponsors, advertisers and coverage. Cole said the league should go over big with the "footballstarved fans of Denver." Cole said there is a cable staiion in Littleton and a radio station that want to broadcast some of the games. D

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Scholarship benefits MSC single mothers The MS<; football club i,s..anp.o~,......'I:'!. ....,......,.... ~.,...e.cl,_,u:;.;;.,~ b that..since.m · theestablishmentofa$1,000schoTarsbipfor mothers live 'below the povert leve, 1t single mothers. would devote the money to them. The Edward T. Cole Memorial Scholar"The response from the donors bas been ship is named for the late father of the club's great," Cole said. coach . Applications can be obtained at the "He was a man who believed that any Financial Aid Office, CN 105 or 108; PE athlete that made it to college was successful, 101 A; or Institutional Advancement, 1380 and believed that they should try and help Lawrence,-5.5..6-~24; QLJ2y _calling CQ).e llt those that weren't as fortunate," coach T.J. 393-6045 or 556-3210. D Cole said.

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After reading Renee Allen's Weekly Musings column titled "Neanderthals keep waitress in dark ages," I found myself wanting to apply for her job. Compared to working as a receptionist for The Metropolitan, cleaning sewers with a toothbrush seems a better career opportunity. I've served time in this prehistoric cave for two months, 16 days, six hours, 42 minutes and 13 seconds (more by the time you read this), but who's counting? During this time I've answered at least two million phone calls, typed 40 million letters, and made more photocopies than Mr. Kinlco. And though I've been a dedicated servant, I continue to serve as a punching bag for witless humor and heartless jokes. Take the other day, for example. I was sitting behind my desk, minding my own business, faithfully carrying out my daily tasks, when o~e of the

editors (who shall remain nameless) approached me. He asked, "Does your boyfriend take his seeing-eye dog along on dates?" and then he asked, "Does your boyfriend's seeing-eye dog growl at you?" So now everyone's asking me if my boyfriend is blind. NO, my boyfriend is NOT blind. In fact, he has exquisite taste in women. And then, this same, nameless editor calls the office, disguises his voice as if he were from some remote, unciviliz.ed country and asks if we have any newspapers left, and if we do, how much they cost. Now being the polite, kind-hearted receptionist that I am, I cheerfully answer the lost soul's question. Only after I answer the question do I realize who's at the other end of the receiver. The voice at the other end of the receiver belongs to the nameless editor, who yesterday while I was eating lunch, pressed his face against the office window. He turned up his nose, making it appear as a snout. And then he oinked. I wonder what he was implying. Another nameless editor (the head of the other nameless editors) comes out of his office every two minutes, and sounding as if he were a Gestapo, says, "Take a memo, Beckman. Take a memo, Beckman." I say, ''Take a flying leap, -!" If thl!-t isn't bad enough, every time the phone rings, he hollers from his office, "Phone's ringin', Beckman." Oh, really? I always thought the ring was a warning signal that his brain had overloaded. And then there's this third nameless editor who thinks he's Elvis Presley. He sings into a yardstick, which, in the same number, he

could still take the job. Seriously though, I have enjoyed my two months, 16 days, seven hours, 53 minutes and 22 seconds serving as The Metropolitan's receptionist. I just come to work to see what's going to happen next. After all, this isn't just a job; it's an adventure. o

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Information and Referral Services. "Those from out of town bad very little notion about what was going on." The need to serve students with more detailed information led to the beginning of public service announcements through local radio stations. "We tell people that we are looking for rental listings," Gutierrez said. "Those who , call the Off-Campus Housing Office get free advertisement throughout the campus." But landlords who show interest in doing business with students have to be free of prejudice. "The first thing we ask is if they comply with the Fair Housing Code," Gutierrez said. The Fair Housing Code is a state law making discrimination against race, creed, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, marital status or physical handicap illegal. There have been cases of landlords who did not comply, Gutierrez said, and in those cases, they did not get their listings on campus. Information obtained from landlords lists the type of housing, address, distance from campus, bus routes, furnishings, square footage, special features and monthly cost. There's also information such as work in exchange for rent, which provides yet another service for students. "We had a woman who lives with her husband and a 16-month-old baby and was · looking for a live-in student willing to coordinate schedules and take care of her baby while she comes to school," Gutierrez said. The housing office also informs the student of his rights and responsibilities, as well as his landlord's. Students receive an information packet and are invited to watch short video-taped segments detailing such pertinent information as subleases and leases. "What we are trying to do is help the students to become beter-informed consumers." he said. Students who have used the service have often commented on the comfort of having such a resource on campus, Gutierrez said. But many more could benefit from what is still a well-kept secret. D

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