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Part-time faculty received a $50 raise per semester hour this fall--tbe first raise in nine years--but according to many teachers, it's just not good enough to blanket other problems. "It's too little too late," said Larry McGill, part-time physical education instructor. The raise brings part-time pay up to $525 per semester hour, but other complaints revolving around what many say is inferior treatment compared to full-time faculty still 4 exist. "The problem is twofold ," said Ben A very, a part-time speech and journalism instructor at MSC. "We have no job security, (part-time instructors are required to reapply for their jobs each year), and the chairs are given a standing edict not to give a reason when ... they dismiss a part-time instructor." Another unexpected issue came up this summer when teachers found their jobs advertised in The Denver Post. "We're like non-people," said McGill, who has taught at MSC for 22 years. "Even though we are part-time, we are more permanent than most administration." . . Last semester, part-time instructors formed union to collectively voice their concerns. "It has made everyone aware there's a problem," said McGill. "We do more for the school than most full-time faculty." Provost/Vice President of Academic Affairs Tobin Borrozo says that the college's treatment of part. time faculty is mandated by state and federal guidelines ~ regarding benefits and affirmative action. "The real issue here is definition. The state requires that we define exactly the difference between a full-time
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mstructor and a part-time instructor for purposes of benefits. As far as the posting of positions in The Post goes, we are required by federal mandate to post all our available teaching positions until we establish an applicant pool that contains protected class individuals. We post all of our available position, including those for full-time instructors," he said. Both CU-Denver and CCD post available positions as well. Nonetheless, part-time concerns are hiJ?h on newlyelected MSC president Dr. Thomas Brewer's list.
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"I've had a disct!S.5ion with two members of the parttime faculty, and I'm looking into their concerns," Brewer said. "At this point, I'm not going to take a position until I get some more facts.째' And Barozzo is quick to point out the importance of MSC part-time instructors. "Metro depends greatly on our part-time faculty, without whom we could not offer the same courses with the same expertise," he said. "We do value part-time faculty, and if we were not forced by o the state to make the distinction, we would not."
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I'm not afraid to ruffle any feathers." While Brewer isn't giving many clues into bis plans for Metro's future, he described his commitment to the role between the college and the community. "Metro is a partner in this community and can work to help the community with urban problems." Brewer believes that because of Metro's location, students have an opportunity to achieve an education outside the classroom. In order to sieze the opportunity, he suggested that students be required to serve community service hours as part of their degrees. "It's part oflearning to be a person, defining values and realizing you're part of a world beyond a job." Brewer comes by his dedication to urban
institutions from past administrative and teaching experience, most recently at Georgia State University where he was vice president of Academic Affairs. He received his doctorate in history from the University of Pennsylvania. He said he would like to teach a history class once he gets settled, but jokingly added that he "might give the history . department a bad name." Brewer believes the quality of teaching in the history department is representative of Metro's strength - the faculty. He said his belief that education is a continual growth applies to faculty as well as students. "The faculty will be engaged in lifelong learning . .. and it's up to the college to support them," he said. One way to support teachers is to pay them more, he said this year part-timers will
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receive their first raise in nine years. Despite a strong faculty, Brewer says Metro presents several cha lieges. He's counting on recent and ongoing degree program reviews to pin down the strengths and weaknesses of individual areas of study. And from there, he says the college can build a better academic foundation. With his long-range vision for the future success of Metro, it would seem the college has a president who plans to stick around. He also would like to see students get more than they traditionally bargin for. "Metro should be a place where when students leave they know they have received an outstanding education," he said. "Education should prepare students to do someo thing and to be somebody."
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Returning students will notice marked changes in Auraria's roadways but few actual completions, as the completion date for the Auraria Parkway has been pushed up
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"We had a few soft spots in there," said Dean Wolf, director of the Auraria Physical Plant. "This problem is typically encountered in areas that are being built over. But we hope to have local inbound traffic running on the parkway in the very near future." According to Joe Seitz, resident engineer for the Colorado Department of Highways, the near future translates into the end of next week, as Wazee traffic will be moved onto the new parkway to build outbound lanes in September. "The completed portions you see now will be all inbound at the project's completion, and outbound lanes will be all inbound at the project's completion, and outbound lanes will be built over what is now Wazee," he said. "However, if you are taking the viad uct (eastbound from 1-25), you will still be detoured through campus until the project is complete." Demolition of the Lawrence Street viaduct will also be coming to a close in early fall, with a projected completion date of mid-September. Wolf said AHEC had hoped to put out a bid this year for the final project, a pedestrian mall on Lawrence through campus, but winter will put that off until next year. "With the opening of the parkway pushed back to October, there won't be enough time to start any construction before the bad weather setsm. Hopefully, all campus construction (related to these projects) will be done a year from now," he said. When completed, a turnaround by St.
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Aurarla Parkway - Top photo depicts Wazee Street last year before construction began. bottom photo shows newly built Inbound lane of parkway. Completion Is slated for October.
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While construction around the campus this fall will not greatly reduce the number of parking spaces, drivers' frustration will be at a maximum due to the limited access to some parking lots. "There will be about the same number of spaces this fall as last fall. Getting (to the spaces) will be the difficult part," said Randy Ready, transportation coordinator of Auraria Higher Education Center. Construction of the Auraria Parkway will cause the closure of Larimer and Lawrence streets, and as a result, Seventh Street will become qne way southbound and Eighth Street will become one way northbound near campus. Daily fee lots A through E will be the most affected by construction, as these lots'
entrances will be relocated. This will force drivers to enter off New Walnut Street, via Fifth or Seventh street. Ready said the hardest time to find a parking space will be between the hours of 8 a.m. and 11 a.m., at which time parking spaces will be virtually unavailable. He suggested students either arrive early, or find alternative ways to get to school, such as using the Mile Hi Shuttle or a car pool. In addition to parking problems, rates in the daily lots have increased 25 cents, and monthly rates have increased 25 percent. The increase in rates is because of the planned construction of a four-story parking structure scheduled for completion in 1990, as well as the purchase of three blocks of land west of lots B and C also to be used for parking. Theses two projects will create an additional 1700 to 1900 parking spaces at an estimated cost of $18 million. D
Student government members won't get much use at all from their new IBM Model 50 Personal Computer. Th~ computer (or at least most of its components and software) was stolen from the Student Government offices in the Student Center sometime over the weekend of July 23-24, according to a report filed with the Auraria Public Safety Department July 27 by MSC Student Vice-President Stacy Sagara. The computer was kept in MSC Student President Bruce DeWitt's office, inside the suite of offices used by Student Government. Both the office and the main door were locked at the time of the theft. Neither the doors nor the locks showed any sign of forced entry, the report said. This indicates that the thief probably had a key, said Pat Calkins, Metro's representative to the Student Advisory Committee to the Auraria Board (SACAB). If that is true, the thief may be a member of Student Government, she said. However, Calkins also said that a faulty door leading from the government offices to the third floor patio could have let anyone in. Unless pulled firmly closed, the door does not latch, she said. To add more support to the idea that someone got in to the office without a key,
Calkins said handprints were found on the portion of a wall dividing the office from a common area. That could mean the thief removed some ceiling panels and climbed over the wall and into the office, she said. Both Calkins and Martin Norton said that members of the MSC Student Government opened the boxes containing computer equipment about two days before the theft and began installing software. Norton criticized their actions, saying they should have waited until a specialist from IBM came in to hook it up. "We were just advertising that we had a computer to steal," said Calkins. Among the components stolen were the central processing unit (CPU), the keyboard and several software packages. The total value of the items stolen is around $4000. Chances of replacing the computer anytime soon are not good, said Norton. While funds had been allocated to insure the equipment, a policy had not been taken out. It may be possible to replace the equipment through Auraria's Building Contents Insurance, said John Utterback, MSC business manager. However, he added that he can't act until the police report is filed with his office and a claim is then made to the State Division of Risk Management. At present, there are no suspects in the case, but Auraria Public Safety and the Campus Safety Committee are both conducting investigations into the theft. D
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Archeo/9gical dig unearths century-old Auraria history Eric Hobart Features Editor
King Tut's tomb it wasn't, but a summer campus archeological e~~yon dug up plenty of bricks, asphalt and history. Several students in Dr. Johnathan Kent's Introduction to Field Archaeology School conducted an "urban dig" on Auraria's campus, looking for clues to the lifestyles of
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Shawn Wier decided to start a scholarship in her husband's honor the day of his funeral. · She said she was suprised by the large crowd - over 5,000 attended. People and cars "- . filled the cemetery's roads. "The whole outpouring of support.. .it was mind-boggling," Wier said. "Over the last couple of days, I'd known I was going to do something..." James E. Wier, a 25-year-old rookie Denver cop, was killed June 3, 1987 by a shotgun blast. His slayer, Charles Tarr, then turned the shotgun on himself and took his own life. Darkness had just closed over the Wier's Greeley home when Shawn, Jim's wife of ten months, learned of the shooting. A few < minutes earlier her main concern had been feeding five-week-old Dustin. "That night was so wild and confusing," she said. "I was sitting on the couch watching the TV and nursing the baby. A news flash came on announcing two officers had been shot in the 40 South block of Pennsylvania, Jim's sector. "Then the phone rang and I froze. I couldn't answer it," she said. After the funeral, a member of the New York Patrolman's Benevolent Society (PBS) presented her with a $5,000 check. That's ~ when she resolved to create the scholarship - to thank those who had shown support and help future police officers with their education. She knows how expensive college can be. In 1985 Wier earned a degree in Speech Communication from MSC, but the Criminal Justice and Criminology School's (CJC) strong reputation also played a part in her decision to develop the award at MSC. Joseph Webb, coordinator of Denver Law Enforcement Recruitment and the Publie Safety Cadet Office, gives CJC high ~ marks. "Instead of trying to be a mini-academy," he said, "the Metro program concentrates more on the academic side of law enforcement."
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Libel and Slander by Dave Plank Scanning the lecture hall, Dean carefully selected a seat, arranged all his pens and pencils neatly on his desk, and examined the essay question thoroughly. After taking a few deep breaths and organizing his thoughts, he opened his bluebook and began to write: Dear Mom, I'vejustfinished up my World History 331 final and have a few minutes to drop you a line. Whew! Finals week is always a real bitch, and this one was no different. At Least this test wasn't too bad. I really enjoyed this
class all semester long (you know how I love history), and studying for it didn 't even seem like work. I'll bet you wonder what this is! It's a standard examination bluebook. We 're required to wn'te all our exams in these, and I thought you might like to actually see one so that you'll know I really am spending your money on school and not on drugs or Violent Femmes tapes or anything. Well, they just called time, so I'd bener close. Say hi to everyone for me, OK? Love, Dean. For the rest of the exam period, about an hour and 45 minutes, Dean wiggled around in his chair, rolled his eyes and frowned a lot. This was all for the benefit of nearby test proctors, present to prevent cheating. When time was really called, he handed in the letter
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EDITORIAL---------------Mexico program worth more than a few beers On the way home from work tonight, I stopped off at the liquor store for a six-pack of Bud. I think an Amazon ian would have considered this at least a marginally hot day, and I'd had a long day full of phone calls and dead ends. So, here I sit parked in front of the good old SmithCorona with an ashtray on one side and a "tall , cool one" on the other, readying myself to clean up a mess that has been on my desk since June. "Cerveza, si , books, nada" ran in The Metropolitan on May 6 of this year, about a week prior to the time I made the editorial office, and the concerns therein , mine. My first editorial decision involved moving a favored filing cabinet into my office. I progressed into several discussions concerning my visions for the paper this year. I hired a talented staff, began brainstorming about the fall , felt pretty good about the upcoming year. Things looked good. Then , the mail started pouring in. Things began looking strange. "Cerveza" looked into the possibility of too many tall , cool ones and not enough study on trips to Mexico, organized for MSC students through the Language and Culture Institute. Apparently, readers were angered by the fact that no positive aspects of the program were recorded in the article. I must say that I stand behind the decisions made by the editorial staff, as it is the right of an editor to print those things he or she deems important.
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But I would like to add a few things of my own. During July, 12 students participated in the latest cultural trip south of the border, and evaluations completed by the students scored the experience as 4.3 on a 5.0 scale. Not bad. However, it is important to note that the program ran a bit differently this time, due not to the article but to negotiations with the Universidad de las Americas in Puebla and MSC earlier in the year. The new regiment based the students at UDLA in Puebla for the four weeks they were in Mexico. After nine hours of study per day
throughout the week, students we re shuttled off to cultural and historical sites on the weekends. The interesting thing is that students said they preferred less intensive study and more hands-on touring of the archeological and anthropo logical sites. We're in the process of talking over the pros and cons of this type of trip," said David Conde, program coordinator. "It is departing from the original purpose of the program. This trip was 75 percent language and 25 percent culture." He said the original intent was to g ive students an opportunity to see historic anthropological and archeological sites from many past civilizations in Mexico. Now that we're caught up with the program, I'd like to address directly the alcohol issue. You can 't tell me that any responsible adult is going to fork over $979 for the expressed purpose of getting ripped on tequila. If that's the case, I think 1"11 open up a bar at Auraria. We can show slides of Mexico and keep the ashtrays clean . It could be profitable for the proprietors. My point is that, hypothetically, we all know when to stop. By the same token , we all know when we want a beer or two. And it makes no difference where you are, if you feel like a beer after a long hard day, you get one. I've had a drink many times with professors over at the Tivoli. And I've always managed to make it back to the lecture hall in the morning-without a babysitter, thank you. And another thing we gringos should understand: it's HOT in Mexico, especially on the bus. Last year, I spent a month and a half down there, and I got to know the buses very well. They're great--for about four hours. What, with all the families and pets, spontaneous musicians that drag out guitars just when you're bored wid all the chatting that goes on , how could you lose? For one, they are not air conditioned . They aren't even lightly fanned . For another, you can't drink the water, remember? Ever gotten carsick and all you have is a heated can of Coke? It gets old. One excur-
sion down Baja that was supposed to last 18 hours turned into an overnight on a stopped bus in the middle of the desert after the rear axle broke. It isn't Greyhound, guys. It's fix-it-yourself when the sun is out and the busdriver has managed to hitchhike for auto-parts to the closest town . Thirty-three hours, seven screaming babies, about six warm Cokes and probably 150 cigarettes later, we made it into La Paz sing ing the Mexican national anthem. And believe me, we a made a nosedive into the first building that had a "cerveza" sign on it. Out of 45 days, I probably spent four or f ive drunk. That was my preference and decision. I learned one hell of a lot about our neighbori ng nation from locals who loved the opportun ity to show "our beautiful town, mountain, zocalo, cathedral , etc." to a couple of gringos who were frantically trying to achieve a spanish vocabulary that exceeded ''Feliz Navidad." I made the trip because I already was on the road, had some extra money and had a friend on my back asking me to go. But how often does that happen in Denver, Co.? I firmly believe that any opportunity to go to any other country and learn a li ttle about life w ithout Quarter Pounders is a good one. Our society is too damned isolationist in nature as it is, and who better to show different cultures to than college students, still in the process of formulating intelligent (hopefully) opinions on the world around us? If somebody wants to waste that opportunity on four weeks of alternating drunks and hangovers. well then , it's his loss. But bravo to a school that sticks its neck and wallet out a bit to supply its students with an option like this.
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Editor's Note: Space does not allow the printing of all letters concerning "Cerveza, si, books, nada." In the interest of expressing the many points brought up by readers, the editorial staff has decided to print excerpts from a number of letters. We appreciate the amount of feedback, and hope that our readers continue to express their opinions.
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"My husband and a dear friend, both of whom have participated in the institute trips were contacted by phone by the journalists. They both gave the program an outstanding evaluation. Why was nothing good reported by this writer? She obviously started with a preconceived assignment to discredit the institute and Dr. Conde, and proceeded to write a nasty article to suit her own needs. I personally resent the insinuation that I had only partying and drinking as a motive for participation in the program. I am an adult and a professional and enjoy the continued pursuit of one of my chief interests: pre-Columbian Mexico. 'Cerveza, si , books, nada' is a 'cheap shot' and is not an example of objective journalism. This article does not belong in a college newspaper. Instead of the time wasted trying to discredit a legitimate, top- notch program, perhaps the writer and journalism staff of The Metropolitan should be investigated as to their ethics and truth in their journalistic practices. I respond with 'Malicioso si, Verdad, nada"'
- Lois J. Davies
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"I participated in the 'Yucatan '88' trip to Mesoamerica, along with a number of repeaters from previous trips. The party issue is completely overblown in your article, 'Cerveza,si, books, nada.' Was there ever a group of students who didn't li.ke to party? Whatever partying there was took place after hours and everyone was out early next morning for the day's activities. We had no curfew and no chaperones after hours because we were a group of adult students, not a missionary society. The article totally distorts the learning issue. The learning was there for anyone with a mind disciplined to learn. We were given advan ce study material. There were on site lectures and guided tours. We were required to keep daily journals and prepare original papers based upon our journals. The experience opened up an entirely new world of study and learning for me."
- Helen L. Mixon "In defense of the Metro State College Language and Culture Institute, I have been on two trips organized through the Institute, the most recent one being this last January to the Yucatan , Belize and Guatemala. I can only say that this trip would never have been possible for me through any other agency. The cost was 'bare bones' and the experiences we had and the amount of territory we covered were exceptional. In fact, it was a very strenuous excursion because we were making every moment count to learn and observe."
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The artist silently approaches his canvas at night, every sense finely tuned to pick up movement around him, takes out several cans of paint and begins to spray. In the morning hours, a jogger notices the intrinsic beauty of a colorful rendition of Denver's brown cloud painted on the cement wall lining Cherry Creek. A policeman who happens by on his routine patrol is not as pleased. But the artist has successfully evaded law and order long enough to make his statement known, only to steal into the night fr~m whence he came. Robin Hood of the spraycan has successfully robbed the private owner to give to the public. Such a romantic notion about the world of graffiti is as shortsighted as the opinion that all spraypaint art is a defacement and a slap in the face to "civilized society", as many Denverites both urbane and underground - have found since Mayor Federico Pena's Clean Up Denver project had its genesis in May.
Pena's war on the painted word originated with a citizen poll that asked Denver homeowners to prioritize issues of urban cleanliness. 65 percent of those polled decidedly placed graffiti high on the list, topping even litter, which had been the city's largest concern for the past decade. The original artillery included tougher enforcement of defacement laws (one youth was recently sentenced to 200 hours of civil work, including the erasure of his and others' art), implementation of an education program within the school system that teaches students the cons of graffiti and suggests alternate outlets for creative expression, and the recruitment of private property owners as a quicker, cheaper way for the city to renovate itself. The movement was forced to look at the other side of graffiti, however, through the eyes of a 17-year-old graffiti king who decided there may be a compromise. "Dennis called us with an idea for a legalized outlet for graffiti artists. His work down here (the mayor's office) has given us so much insight into the positive aspects of graffiti. He is an incredible young man," said
Amy Lingg, communi< Denver Public Works. "Most major cities hi lawed graffiti. The mayo himself out on a limb w feel it will prove benefic Lingg said. Thus, the 14th Street i two-block pedestria~ w Denver Convention Ce1 will remain intact for tw But Dennis, known street, was sticking his 01 project. "I wanted to rnaki:.ii ters," he said, speaking , want to give something b the city. I grew up in the proud of it. And I wante back to them (the people want people to say 'Hey, I want them to say ¡~n However, he said a b created where he hoped he no longer knows exac Writers of Denver supp< "Look at this junk," 1 "}
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1tions director for 1e completely outwas really sticking h this idea, but we ti in the long run," rtwa y was born. A lkway around the :er site, the artwav years. s 'Immix' on the n neck out for this >~ce for the Wrif graffiti artists. "I ck to the people of :ity poor. And I'm to give something >f Denver). I don't ou're really good.' y1~,' you know?" ttlezone has been o see beauty, and ly who among the this position. : ~id, pointing to
names (known as 'tags') and obscenities written over the murals painted on the artway. "This isn't what the 路writers are about. I'm giving it up. It just isn't worth it. Hell, yeah I'm disappointed." "I didn't do all this to have a battlezone going on down here. We're Sijpposed to be painting for ourselves and other people. But obviously, that's not what they (other Writers] want. I don't want to be a part of this crap," Dennis said. But part of the civil war between artists has arisen as a dirct result of the publicity graffiti has received lately, and many artists aren't as keen on having their work be a legal thing, appreciated by those they are attacking in their work. "I'm careful about where I do my pieces. I never paint anyone's property. But I do paint old, decrepit buildings, and there's something to be said for going out when you could get caught and painting something good in a short amount of time," said Bob Isaacs, another Denver painter. Isaacs said he is "pretty disillusioned" with the sudden influx of public projects, funded by and introduced by various groups
to save graffiti. Isaacs just completed work with a group from Werner Erhard and Associates to have several young artists paint a billboard, now displayed at 23rd and Curtis streets. The Werner Erhard project was called "Youth Crime to Youth Contribution," and
received both television and newspaper coverage. "They made it sound as if graffiti artists are nothing more than gang members and criminals. I am an artist. I work through a couple galleries, along with painting on the street," he said. "I didn't appreciate that." o
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who lives vicariously through the slam dunks, eagles, home runs, touchdowns, aces and yes, even the nine-ball-in-the-<x:>mer-pockets of other men. But his unabiding, unfaltering love of sports doesn't send me whirling too far as long as he's playing and not watching THAT station. Afterall, the exercise seems to clear his head. Besides, it takes a good four hours to play 18 holes (six if they stop for beers), and that's four hours worth of shopping, sunbathing or studying. Well, let's not get carried away. Four hours of studying may send even my fingers flipping to THAT station. I have this recurring nightmare - one I understand is shared by other sports widows. Long about December I envision my husband perched, channel-changer at the ready (kind of like Clint Eastwood cradles his .357), in front of the tube and THAT station. The dream usually lasts from December to January. I think it has something to do with the Super Bowl. It's a blur but I keep seeing orange. I have this vague and frightening image of my husband on the floor in his three-point stance, clutching the pigskin, screaming "You idiots! Even Pee Wee Herman could breeze through your swiss cheese defense." It's inevitable. Just as I wake up, I find myself looking at the man on the couch or on the floor - and mumbling "Oh my God, what have I done?" The other morning I walked into the bathroom and found him standing with his mouth full of white foam (he was brushing his teeth). He proceeded to comb his hair and got dressed. I asked, "Where are you going?" "Pro-Golf Discount," he replied noncommitally, as if he were expecting
oppos1tton. "Just to look at things." Ha! Anyone who has ever shopped with men knows they never just "look." Men shop from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Christmas Eve. If it weren't for holidays on which gifts are required, men probably would never experience the inside of a shopping mall. Anyway, an hour later he came home lugging a few items essential to the relaxing game of golf, principly a new bag and club covers. He was gearing up for the "13th-Annual Red-Man Open," a golf tournament no one has ever heard of because it takes place in Omaha, Nebraska during a sweltering July weekend between a bunch of guys who drink beer all night long and hook, slice, and duff all day long. It's probably good that they drink all night because it affords them the readymade excuse: "If only I weren't so hung over I'd play a lot better." Anyway, when he came home from the store he was dam near beside himself with his new equipment setup. It has always amazed me how otherwise reasonably intelligent, tasteful men will allow themselves to be seen with such ridiculous-looking paraphernalia. My favorites are the club covers, which as far as I can see consist of nothing more than fuzzy knit socks with fluffy balls dangling off the ends. Is this an attempt at a fashion statement or what? Once it was all together, he stepped back and asked: "Do these things match? I mean, is there a certain element of light and dark brown mingling together?" (He actually said this.) "Oh yes," I humored him. "I especially like the contrast between the bag and the fuzzy ends." o
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Fuller-Gage-Gillman Whodunit? Chances are we'll never know, but a lot of people are glad he did. Brad Snyder, director of support Services for the office of MSC lstitutional Advancement, had a ten-minute telephone conversation in late April. The caller didn't leave his name. But he did leave a $1500 scholarship for the Institute of Women's Studies. When he reads this article, he'll find out who it's been awarded to. "He said that a notice in the Met would be the only way he would have of knowing who had won the scholarship," Snyder said. A few facts about the donor can be deduced. When he stipulated the award be given to an Institute of Women's Studies and Services "contract major," he spoke
knowingly of a unique MSC option. The "contract major" allows students to build their own course of study and is the only major the institute offers. That criteria was met by MSC student Susan Brookman, and the 4.0 GPA she's carried since 1986 helped clinch her receipt of the award. The single mother said her children first persuaded her to re-enter school at age 48. Now she's determined to earn her BA and then pursue a master's degree. "When I first got there [ thought, 'God -who am I kidding? What am I doing here? College, at my age...,' and now [really can't imagine being anywhere else," she said. Brookman dropped out of CU-Boulder in the mid- l 950s when she married. Now she attends MSC alongside her son and youngest daughter. She said she's missed only one class since her return. "I planned on going to school no matter what the cost or sacrifice, but receiving the scholarship was a tremendous honor and helped a lot," Brookman saicr Dr. Jody Wetzel, the institute's director, said the name the donor gave the award indicates an extensive knowledge of women's history. It's name is the "FullerGage-Gillman Memorial Women's Studies and Scholarship." Margeret Fuller was a 19th century transce ndentali st , shari ng a philosophy emphasizi ng spi rituality with fellow members Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson. Matilda Joslyn Gage was a suffragist writer and feminist and Charlotte Perkins Gillman was a novelist and economist. o
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CRITIQUE--------------' Lab Rats' biting wit snares viewer Dave Perry Reporter
"Lab Rats," a new play by Larry Bograd. Produced by Writer's Lab. Directed by Paul Jefferson. World premier at MSC Theatre in Fine Arts Building Room 271 on the Auraria Campus. Aug. 11 through Sept. 3, 1988, Thursday through Saturday. All performances at 8 p.m. 556-3315 for information and reservations. Turn off the inane reruns, forget your homework and come let the Writer's Lab put you through Larry Bograd's mare by seeing his new play, Lab Rats. Bograd's play is a perfect example of how theatre does what celluloid entertainment media can't - come alive. And Lab Rats is more than just a living, breathing entity - it's a panting, passionate frolic that spares no one and no thing. Bograd, an MSC associate professor of English, has turned a biting wit on science, sex, love, sex, greed, sex, politics, sex and lawyers, all at 250 mph in his wry comedy. The play, revolving around a young researcher who tries to invent an artificial ovum, but ends up with a hair rejuvenator, sparkles with a well-crafted script, polished characters and creative direction. At times, however, its sparkle becomes blinding as the puns, malapropisms and oneliners come too fast for absorption. And as if inside one of psychologist B.F.
Skinner's mares, the play scampers furiously up and down through sometimes confusing and no-way-out corridors. For example, a lawyer, who might or might not exist, might or might not have been contacted by seemingly conscientious researcher Jake Mihlquist, played by Danis Kovanda, while he might or might not have been observed doing so by his recently scorned almostlover, Judy Goodman, played by Leigh Armor. But each trip down a bewildering avenue is always rewarded with yet another stab at what we fondly call society. Nancy Solomon competently mixes everybody's mother with provocative savvy in her portrayal of Dr. Lois Goodman. And as are all of the characters, hers is obviously a product of great energy. However, this same energy works against Art Ecoff's character, Arnold Snyder. He perfectly portrays a New York salesmanlike administrator with such believable, aggravating enthusiasm that onstage references to his "old age" only point out that he neither acts nor looks at all old. But the ardor shared among the cast makes the other two actors, Armor and Kovanda, the most compelling to watch especially when they're the only two on stage. They both go beyond stereotypes to create a very sensuous, yet introverted Judy and an arrogant, but insecure Jake. Their steadfast characters make an almost too fast love-then-hate relationship believ-
able. This high-energy cast, along with creative direction on a tough set - a lab table at center stage prohibits direct crosses--makes
Lab Rats a slick show. So, tum off your dead televisions; go see a movie some other time. Instead, come watch this rat race come to life. o
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Writers Lab brightens dim theatre scene ~
Dave Perry Reporter
Even though Denver's college theatre scene keeps getting darker, there is one new flicker of hope for its future - and MSC is the source of this light. In a joint project, MSC's Larry Bograd ' and Coleen Hubbard, formerly of the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, have created a playwright's "Writers Lab." The project's purpose is to bring playwrights together with professional literary and theatrical personnel for the development of < new plays, said Bograd, associate professor of English and author of several plays and novels.
Funded by a $5000 private grant, Writers Lab's first production, Lab Rats, is currently playing at MSC through Sept.3. But this initial support will be the last the fledgling project will see until MSC provides additional funds and administrative support, Bograd said. "The best of all possible worlds would be if Metro would give Writers Lab a home, if they would give us a little money and their administrative support," he said. He said MSC playwright students and Denver's theatre professionals would both benefit by Writers Lab because students would have professional actors to read scripts, integral to developing a play, and professional literary criticism of their work.
This exposure and subsequent play productions could put MSC on the theatrical map and fill a vacancy recently created by the closures of theatre departments at Colorado Women's College, Denver University and Loretto Heights College, Bograd said. Professionals would benefit by providing an outlet for their expertise and by becoming familiar with MSC's writing talent, and MSC would benefit because the project would recruit students attracted to the unique program, Bograd said. But without .quick action the program could lose one of its creators. Hubbard, also a playwright and former literary manager at the DCPA before budget
cuts eliminated her office last May, said she may have to leave Denver to continue her work. With DCPA, Hubbard read and criticized scripts needed to field new plays for production. "I would like to take five years of professional knowledge and reinvest it in the theatre without leaving Denver to dd it," Hubbard said. Bog rad said there is a great peal of talent at MSC and in the Denver area, and Writers Lab would serve as the forum to bring these talents together, but added that without support, the project won't survive. D
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, area at different times. Their history, which often went unrecorded, may be salvaged from this and similar digs. "The stuff that's written down in the history books isn't necessarily accurate," she said, "especially about the smaller groups." Jim Davis, another MSC senior and ;. anthropology ma1or, said the group devoted five weekends, from May 28th through June 26th, carefully removing dirt, asphalt and brick from 5 feet by 5 feet holes, or "units." He said they'd gather their equipment and ~ begin around 6:45 a.m., knocking off around 3: 15 p.m. The group "closed-out," or refilled two of the nine units early, after they struck a paved alley. But they found one wall of a church, built about a century ago, that at various times had been "The First German Presbyterian
Church," "The Congregational Free Evangelical Church" and a Sunday school. The building originally stood at 1017 Lawrence St., and its outhouse's foundation may have been one of the dig's best-preserved discoveries. "Personally, I think it was a privy," Davis said. "Except they built it out of solid brick all the way down. I wouldn't have wanted to be the one who cleaned it out." The foundation wall was over six feet high. Earlier digs were conducted at the Tivoli prior to its restoration and at 8th and Wazee streets. Artifacts recovered from the dig will be studied in a lab during the fall semester. Next summer the class will return to the lawn and continue the search. They may cross Lawrence Street and dig there too. D
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Soccer kick-off plagued by bad news John Gegner Sports Editor
With 11 returning lettermen, including eight starters, MSC men's soccer coach Bill Chambers' defending league champions should be sitting pretty. But after the championsh ip season, Chambers thought be would be fielding an even stronger squad this campaign until he received some bad news. "W e graduated only one senior, goalie Doug Lazeclo, but our stopper, Dave Biondi, had major reconstructive knee surgery and is through playing," Chambers said. "We also lost four players to academic ineligibility, including the loss of our sweeper Mitch Gorsevski. The loss of Gorsevski and Biondi will be one of the biggest questions we have to answer this season." Lazecki, Biondi and Gorsevski represented the central core of final line defense on last year's 8-5-2 squad. In addition to the loss of Gorsevski, forwards Rudy Kim, Mike Wachter and Larry Puls were academic casualties. Wachter was the team's second leading scorer last season. But Coach Chambers said he would rather emphasize the positive and focus on the upcoming season. "Quite simply our goals this year are to repeat as the Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate Soccer League champions and to
receive a bid to the NCAA Division Il soccer tournament," he said. Leading the returnees is 1987's most valuable player, senior forward D.J. Ruder. Ruder paced the Roadrunners with I 0 goals and three assists. Junior Joe Okoh, with his great quickness and ball-handling skills, anchors the forward line with Ruder. Okoh scored three goals and had three assists last season. Another prospective talent on the forward line is sophomore Tim Yunger who can play forward, midfield or defense. Preseason practice will help Chambers decide where Yunger can help the team the most. Returning to the midfield are senior Jeff Fletcher and sophomore David Hood, plagued by injuries last season. Fletcher, one of the team's tri-captains, along with Ruder and defender Mis Mrak, had five goals last year and Hood had one goal and an assist. Chambers is hoping Hood can avoid the injury jinx this season. Junior Scott Van Beek, three assists, started most of last fall in midfield, but could be moved to defense to fill the void left by the loss of the core defenders, Chambers said. MSC's outside defense is solid with the return of Mrak and Randy Tallent. Goalies Craig Lammering and Tom Vermilye give the Roadrunners an outstanding pair of defenders in the net. Last fall, Lammering had a 3-2 record with a 1.69 goals against average. Vermilye played for
the junior varsity team, gaining valuable experience. If holes in the defense can be plugged, Chambers anticipates another great year. "Last year we had great depth and we're hoping to find some outstanding walk-ons and add a few more recruits to help us in that area," he said.
Practices began Aug. 15 and are held at 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. daily. Chambers welcomes those interested in trying out for the team to stop by the soccer field for practice or contact the athletic office at 556-8300 . The squad kicks off the fall campaign with the MSC Alumni game Aug. 27 at 2
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First baseman swings into All-American slot John Gegner Spo rts Editor
Standout MSC senior first baseman and 1987 NCAA Division II national batting champion Torin Berge became the first baseball player in Metro's history to receive All-American honors. In being named to the 1988 Converse All-American Third Team in June, the 6-0, 180-pound infielder from Pueblo East High School, batted .487 for the second consecutive year. In 1987, Berge's .487 average topped the nation, while this year's mark ranked 6th nationally. The hard-hitting first baseman lashed out 75 hits in 154 trips to the plate, leading the Roadrunners in hits (75), runs (57), and doubles (24). His 24 doubles
in 48 games for a .SO per game average ranked third nationally. 1988 national batting champion Darryl Brinkley of Sacred Heart University of Bridgeport, Conn., paced the nation with a .529 batting average and led in doubles with a .59 per game average. Berge, who committed only two errors in the 48-game schedule for a .994 fielding percentage, also was selected to the North Central Converse All-Regional First Team for his 1988 exploits. The Pueblo native, a Sports Communications major, played in the Stan Musial League in Denver this summer and attended several Major League camps for prospects. With an eye on a pro career, Berge said, "Hopefully, I'll get drafted next year." o
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