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ETROPOLITAN The MSC student newspaper serving the Auraria Campus since 1979

Volume 12

Issue 15

December 1, 1989

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, and The Tivoli is doing its part by creating a Charles Dickens scene in the main lobby. Entertainment will be provided daily through December 24.

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First-time student loan borrowers will have to go through a pre--loan counseling before receiving any loan money, according .~to Susan McGinley, assistant director of financial aid for MSC. McGinley said that with a new regulation adopted by the U.S. Department ofEducation and Congress, students receiving loans for the first time and those who have not had a

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loan in the last three years will have to be counseled before receiving any funds.

This program, called Default Initiative, is designed to help cut back on the number of schools that have high rates of students not paying back loans, according to McGinley.

MSC's default rate is about 10.8 percent.

Metro's rate is low compared to many private schools, where default rates may exceed 60 percent, according to Cheryl Judson of MSC financial aid.

Part of the counseling is a 10-minute video tape detailing repayment options and

deferments. The major thrust of the tape is to remind students that the money they will receive is a loan and must be paid back.

Students also receive a financial planning and debt management information booklet which includes a worksheet so students can budget their funds.

"The regulation was passed June 5, and was to be implemented on Aug. 24," McGinley said. "We received it on Aug. 24, the first day of class."

Right now, MSC is playing catch-up by trying to counsel fall '89 borrowers as well as

those who have applied for spring '90 loans, according to Judson.

Colorado Student Loan Program sends representatives to the schools to do the counseling presentations, McGinley said.

MSC has a full-time temporary counselor through December to try to accommodate the students' schedules.

If this seems like a pain, be thankful that you're not at one of those private schools with a high default rate. There, they do in-depth credit checks on both the borrower and the co-signer. o

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If you wish to be considered for one or more of these awards, ydu may obtain an application from the School of Business (WC 257) , the School of Letters, Arts and Sciences (SI 101), the School of Professional Studies (WC 136), or your major department. Completed forms are due by Friday, February 16, 1990, in the school office of your major department.

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Name change seeking approval BRIEFS New PCB Report "

A report has been issued by Linn D. Havelick, a certified industrial hygienist, re$llding contaminated soil on Public Service property at Fifth and Walnut. The property is sche~ duled to open as an Auraria parking lot in January. Havelick's report states that after cleanup is complete, the site should be ready for parking lot construction and should not pose a health threat to students from PBCs (polychlorinated biphenyls).

Havelick was hired by Auraria at the request of SA CAB (Student Advisory Committee to the Auraria Board) to audit ~ Public Service cleanup methods at the site, which was previously a transformer storage and repair facility. His sampling, which concurred with the Public Service analysis performed by Central Chemistry Laboratory in Englewood, indicated that post-cleanup excavation uncovered previously undetected contamination caused by demolition and redistribution of the soil. ..

"Since most of the excavation and movement of the soils is now complete," the report states, "it is unlikely that additional contamination will be found once the additional removal and decontamination is complete."

The process should be concluded some time next week and results of a final inspection provided at that time.

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Teresa Lenway The Metropolitan Apparently, there is now only room for one MSC in Colorado and Metropolitan State College's 24-year-old name is now at the mercy of the state legislature.

The proposed name, Metropolitan State College of Denver, came from the desk of MSC president Thomas Brewer with the support of the Alumni Association at the beginning of October.

Brewer said the addition of "of Denver" to the name will provide the college a stronger identity, which is necessary because there are five other "Metro States" across the country. He said it has nothing to do with the credibility of the school.

Earlier this year, Metro was given an award for its Plain and Fancy Ball by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education Brewer said, but a newsletter reported that Metro was located in St. Pau~ Minn.

Metro's Student Government pledged its support to the name change on Oct. 11, but after much criticism, reversed its decision on Nov. 22. The bill to withdraw support must be signed by ASMSC

name has been considered for change, the Alumni Association has wanted the name changed for 20 years.

to Denver State College. According to Freeman, 64 percent favored the change. The reason cited then too was a need for identity.

Agaqt in the spring of 1987, In spring, 1986 Metro geography DenverStateCollegewassuggested Professor Allen Freeman polled when then Student Sen. John Bialik 253 students on changing the name organized a student rally to show support for the new name.

Bialik said at the time that people always asked him if Metro was a two-year college. He thought a name change would correct that.

There is a theory among some that a major reason for the change is to distinguish Metro from Mesa State College's acronym. Mesa changed its name last year without opposition from Metro.

Brewer said the name change will not cost anything. All departments that use forms with the name on them will use up their current inventories before reordering and as far as any signs "it won't cost much to tag 'of Denver' on -0 =r- them." ~ ~ Brewer did not mention athletic ~ uniforms or the school song "The 8. Fire of MSC." ~¡ en There is no indication how soon 3- a vote can be expected from the ~ legislature, but Brewer said he sees MSC PresidentThomas Brewer proposes Metropolitan State College ofDenver as no reason why the new name MSC's new name. wouldn't be approved. o

Senate's productivity scrutinized Teresa Lenway The Metropolitan At the Metro Senate's Nov. 22 meeting, MSC Vice President of Student Affairs, Antonio &quibel, sharply criticiz.ed the Senate's activities this semester.

F.c;qwbel said his ooncems include meetings that last up to three hours, threats of lawsuits/physical violence, resignations and impeachments as well as violations of the Student Code and some state statutes.

"One student even asked for the ~lving of Student Senate," Esquibel said He said out of 32 articles and letters printed in The MetropoliJan, only six contained ~itive information about Student Government. &quibel said the state statutes that have been violated are disorderly conduct and the ethnic intimidation act.

"I became increasingly ooncemed 11 days ago (Nov. 11) when I heard a Student Senator was carrying a gun," &qwbel said, "After meeting with the student, I found that was not the case." &qwbel suggested the Senate "tone down the rhetoric," move the meeting to a closed room to quell the grandstanding and work at improving the racial climate on campus.

He said that because of the

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President Kelly Martin, and then letters will be sent to the state legislature, the Alumni Association and President Brewer.

If the state legislature approves the name change, it will go into effect July 1, 1990.

This is not the first time Metro's

problems this Senate has had, it could write off its goals for this semester.

Also at the meeting, Sen. Joel Kleg made his public apology to the students at Metro, the Black Student Alliance and all those who took offense to the statements be made last semester.

The Chairman ofStudent Affalrs.

Tony Ledesma, addressed the Senate regarding a recent proposal sent to Faculty Senate that would require faculty to do research for promotions and tenure.

Ledesma said research requirements would detract from time spent teaching and the faculty a1ready researches enough to stay current in its respective fields.

Student Trustee Terry Thomas reported Metro's enrollment is up 4.4 percent over last year and the Board of Trustees is currently oonsidering a 17 percent tuition increase for Metro next year.

The Senate unanimously p~ a bill that will establish a oommittee to determine the needs and wishes of the student body in order to better represent it.

Alsop~ was a bill to rescind the Senate's appr:oval of changing the name of Metropolitan State College to Metropolitan State College of Denver. HStudent President Kelly Martin signs the bill, letters will be written to MSC President Thomas Brewer, the Alumni ~ sociation and the state lePtature.

The proposed new name is waiting for approval from the legislature and, if passed, will go into effect July 1, 1990.

According to the bill ''This letter shall state that upon further investigation, the Student Senate discovered the full student body does not support a name change. Therefore, the Student Senate must with-

draw its support of said actions."

One new bill introduced at the meeting will require a letter that recommends President Brewer reconsider his decision to restrict commencement ceremonies to students who have completed all coursework prior to ceremonies in spring, since Metro has only one o commencement per year.

MSC vice president of student affairs, Antonio Esquib81.

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Child care still campus concern Diana M. Cordova The Metropolitan

The Auraria Child Care Center is designed to serve the child care needs of students, staff and faculty of the Auraria campus, but even after adding a second facility, Osage Child Care Center, needs are not being met.

The Osage Center was opened in January of 1989, four blocks south of the Auraria campus. The center accepts 60 children, between the ages of six weeks and five years, of Auraria students, faculty and staff. The Auraria Child Care Center has the capacity for 140 children, ages 18 months through six years. .

According to Sue Okerson, assistant director of the Auraria Child Care Center, there is a waiting list of 300, with a wait of eight months to one year.

A needs assessment is scheduled to take place in the next two months. The assessment will determine if the demand can support another center. If it is determined that the need is there, the center will not be completed for two to three years. Until the center is open, the Auraria and Osage

directors are referring parents to the United Way, Okerson said.

Okerson said, "It's everybody's responsibility to address the child care situation."

She added that good child care contributes to society by enabling mothers to work without fear about how their children are being cared for. Good child care centers

allow mothers to provide for their families_. eliminating the need for welfare.

They must be children ofAuraria students. faculty or staff members, be six years old or younger, and attend two half days of day care a week. Parents must also be enroll~ for a minimum of three credit hours. o

'With 30,000 families on the campus we don't begin to touch the need'

"With 30,000 families on the campus we don't begin to touch the need," Okerson said According to Okerson, the size of the waiting list is in direct response to the need of a second income and the pressure on women by society to be working professionals.

"Women want to be educated," Okerson said.

Children from the first child care facility on campus let off excess energy at the gym. The addition of a second facility has helped, but has not begun to shorten the current waiting list of more than 300 children.

Budget is only fear of flight team Robert Brown The Metropolitan

The flight team at Metropolitan State College is on to the national Safe Con (safety convention) again this year with hopes of finishing in the top I 0.

Even after placing second in the regionals and being invited to the 1990 convention in Champaign, ID., many people don't know that the school has a flight team, said Trine

Jorgenson, team captain.

The team placed behind the Air Force Academy and ahead of Aims Community College at the meet, winning the overall ground events and the safety award, but losing out in the actual flying events to AFA, said George McCrillis, the faculty adviser for the team.

The team has met another obstacle on the way to its goals besides the AFA and the University of North Dakota (which has taken first place in the national competition for the last five years) - its budget. The

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He said he plans to have Jorgenson and the team's treasurer, Kassie Peritt, take the proposal to the Student Activity Board at its next meeting and ask for $12,000 - about $5,000 short of the estimated cost for

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One thing that both McCrillis and Jorgenson said they are afraid may hurt their chances in the plea for more money is the fact they overspent on their budget last year by $3,000. Both said that it was uninten-. tional, but the money was already spent. The overdraft was taken out of the initial budget, but the team still owes the board $600, which Jorgenson said will be paid back this week. However, Jorgenson said the overspending is still a concern in awarding more'" money. o

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Most male students at Metropolitan State College will probably never take a women's studies course, let alone have a reason to visit Iii the department at 1033 Ninth St. - Comments for not taking a class range from "not wanting to be the focal point of· female anger" to the mere relevance of the course for a man.

Two male MSC students, Jim McDo' nougb, 45, and Casey Burley, 26, took a class and bad mixed emotions.

"I was a little apprehensive at first, but the women that I encountered were warm, intelligent, extraordinary. It was a delightful experience," said McDonough, an MSC ... honors student. _ Concern that be could be the focus for anger didn't discourage him from taking the course, said McDonough.

Burley, a marketing major, said he took the class with few reservations and felt no problem being male in a predominantly ·9' female class. In fact, he said he decided to· take another class, but because of a work conflict, he had to drop it.

Both men had other deciding factors in taking the classes.

For Burley, it was his mother. .,_ "My mother gave the initial suggestion of taking the class. But for myself, today,

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· women are becoming more a part of executive positions in business corporations. I'll deal with them every day and now I have a better understanding of women and what they go through," said Burley.

And for McDonough, it was his career.

"I want to practice a special kind of law called elder law - for older people.

Women outlive males by a significant amount· and I anticipate that a large percentage of my clientele will be women. Therefore, it's impomi.ot that I be as sensitive and understanding of female issues as possible," said McDonough.

Burley said he feels that every man should be exposed to a women's studies program and said he'd take another class.

However, McDonough felt a little doubtful that he would.

"In view of the grade I received (B), I wouldn't take another class. I don't know if any man will ever be able to achieve an A in that department. I was real disappointed about that."

Jody Wetzel, Director of the Institute for Women's Studies and Services, said she hadn't had enough men in the classes to make a decision, but added that grades are not related to sex.

"People who study do the same in a women's studies course as they do in any other course," said Wetzel. o

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A Metro View The Metropolitan posed the following question to several people on campus to gauge their reactions to Metropolitan State College's proposed name change: Do you think MSC should change its name?

Photos by Jodie Skinner

David Sowar, junior MSC "I think it should remain MSC. It has a reputation with the name it has now."

"I really do not have an opinion. It is the institution not the name. The name is a minuscule thing to change.

There is too much bureaucracy around here."

Brigid Butler, sophomore MSC "No I do not think they should change. To change it would get people confused. It has had its name since the beginning."

Jenny DeBruno, freshman MSC "I did not even know about it"

Aris Nevins, freshman MSC "The name is just fine the way it is. I will never get Metropolitan State College of Denver on the envelope."

Sue Walden, freshman MSC ''That's fine. I do not see any big deal about a change. It is just MSC - nobody knows where it is from."

Randall S. Crumpine, freshman MSC

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Library gets index Lisa Newman

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Auraria Library has acquired an unusual index for an old information source. It is a computer called the NewsBank Electronic Index, and it complements the information source, NewsBank.

NewsBank is an information service that the Auraria Library has subscribed to for years.

NewsBank, which is based in New Canaan, Conn., sends the microfiche and a printed index cataloging the articles to subscnbing hbraries.

A few months ago the NewsBank company sent Auraria Library the NewsBank Electronic Index free for subscnbing to its service.

Articles are listed under subject headings in the index, which gives the microfiche locator code. Microfiche is kept behind the periodicals desk and is categorized by codes.

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NewsBank breaks its information into seven subjects. Originally the Auraria Library subscribed to only one service of NewsBank, the information source for urban and public affairs.

Now Auraria has broadened its subscription to include all that NewsBank offers: film and television, business, names in the news, performing arts, fine arts and architecture, and literature.

Previously the printed indexes to the seven subjects were scattered throughout the• index stacks. Students had to locate the various indexes before finding the microfiche codes.

Now, the printed indexes have been integrated into the NewsBank Electronic Index. Microfiche locator codes are cr~­ referenced under several different headings, and a printer connected to the index prints the locator codes.

The electronic index is faster and easier to use than the printed indexes and is updated more often. Every six weeks NewsBank ' sends a new compact disc for the terminal.

NewsBank gives students ~ to over 900,000 newspaper articles across the country. . .

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Library funds overdue Joni Zigan The Metropolitan

Imagine sitting in the library talking to a friend about the test you have in an hour.

Suddenly, you hear sirens. A puff of white smoke rises from the empty book shelves, and out comes - the library noise patrol.

The giant librarian shouts, "You are disturbing a quiet zone. Have you no respect for others?"

Those dozing nearby stare coldly because of the rude awakening.

Publicly humiliated, you and your friend crawl out of the library, never to speak in a quiet zone again.

While noise is one ofthe biggest complaints students have about the Auraria Library, it is not one the library has decided to enforce.

"We don't have library patrol people," said Margie Shurgot, public relations director of the library, "nor, probably, should we."

A rule that the library has decided to enforce concerns eating and drinking.

The library has put two mice, "Jim and Tammie Faye" in a glass cage, to show students what happens to books when food or drink is spilled on them.

Some students would probably be happier with a noise patrol.

"It's the noisiest library in town," Metro student, Margaret McKenzie said.

Michelle Reaux, a sophomore at Metro, said the noise that irritates her is the buzzing of the lights, but that is not her only complaint.

"It seems kind of smalJ," Reaux said, ''There's not enough places to sit."

The library is aware of complaints about space because the graduate school at UCD has conducted student satisfaction surveys.

(Half of the survey was done in randomly picked classes last spring. The other half was done in the library in the sum.mer.)

One student complained because she almost paid an undeserved fine. Betty Lewis, a journalism student at Metro, said that before she paid the fine, she remembered the

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book that she was accused of not returning.

"It was heavy," Lewis said. "I remember specifically turning it in."

Lewis told the woman behind the counter she had given the book back. When they looked on the shelf, the book was there._.

Lewis was relieved, but frustrated.

"She (the woman behind the counter) said they can't catch every book that's turned in," Lewis said.

Some students find other frustrations.

Copy machines are conveniently placed in the library, but problems with them are inevitable. Though it may not be obvious, people actually fix these machines.

Steve Betkoski, with Coin-Op, fixed one machine. Shortly after he left, aviation management student Wayne Johncock tried ito~ • "It works," Johncock said and smiled.

Interestingly enough, Betkoski was working on the machines again the next day.

A set of tools stood waiting beside two microfiche machines sporting fluorescent orange repair stickers.

The library administration is well aware that there are problems with the facilities.

"We've basically been underfunded for years," Shurgot said. "We've been doing a whole lot with very little."

Shurgot said a task force made up of, community members is volunteering to advise the library on the community's needs. Faculty and library personnel are also part of the task force.

"They think the library is important enough to this community," Shurgot said. • There are no students in the group now, but Shurgot said the administration hopes that will change.

Adding students to the force should be easy. Students initiated a library awareness day on Oct. 25 to help students at all three schools realize that the library is underfunded.• The administration knows that students are complaining. Without an increased budget changes will continue, but without anything as fancy as white smoke and 0 sirens.

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PEOPLE Vice prez 路unlikely nonconformist :

Judy Floyd The Metropolitan

Gwen Thomas puts the lie to the popular belief that administrators are a dull bunch.

The assistant vice president of student affairs speaks with a rare spontaneity and ~ peppers her answers with humor. Her title may be forbidding, but Thomas compensates with her down-t~, ''tell-it-like-it-is," style. Few in her position would admit to being both a fan of psychologist Carl Jung and a potential believer in reincarnation. r The interview in Thomas' book-lined office begins ordinarily enough. Five minutes into the two-hour discussion, however, Thomas abandons her administrator's pose altogether when she suddenly and unceremoniously grabs a handful of popcorn from t the paper bag on her desk.

"Do you want some?" she asks between bites.

Although she may not be typical, Thomas has been an administrator for a good many years. She began her career as an English teacher in North Carolina more than 40 >

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years ago. She was an original member of Metro's faculty in 1965, and she taught English for almost eight years. She moved on to the University of Denver for another seven years. In 1980 she returned to Metro as the dean of the school of community and human services and as a full professor of English.

"It was exciting," Thomas said. "I loved it."

As dean, Thomas had a great deal of contact with students. ''I got to know the students," she said. "The heart and soul of a college is the students."

She left full-time teaching, Thomas freely acknowledged, because she could make more money as an administrator.

Last year Thomas moved up another rung on the career ladder when she was named to her current position.

Thomas supervises an array of programs that fall under the auspices of student affairs: the Ambassador Program, the High School Upward Bound Program, the Veteran's Upward Bound Program, CASET and the Minority Mentor Program.

Through the Ambassador Program, 44 high school students who had once been identified as "under-achievers" have graduated from high school and are pursuing college educations. They have received scholarships to Metro and are bolstered by "mentors" throughout their freshman year.

The Coors Foundation contributed start-up funds, and proceeds from the annual Plain and Fancy Ball provide scholarship money.

Both Upward Bound programs help students finish high school and encourage them to attend college.

Thomas' office also oversees Metro's participation in the National Youth Sports Program. Each summer, approximately

400 inner-city youths spend their afternoons at Metro, participating in sports and enrichment activities.

"In this way, the college can make a contribution to the community," Thomas said. This year, the school plans to add a winter program.

"We're involved in CASET," Thomas said. Unable to recall the exact words of the acronym, Thomas searches through her records. "Ah, here it is - 'Career Advancement in Science, Engineering, and Technology.'"

CASETs goal, Thomas said, is to encourage sixth-grade female and minority students to take more science and math courses and to eventually pursue careers in these areas.

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Under the Minority Mentor Program, a pilot program, 19 freshman are being guided through the rigors of their first year in college by selected juniors and seniors.

"The purpose is to see that the 'protege' finishes bis/her freshman year with academic success," Thomas said. "The mentor builds

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National Student Hunger and Homelessness week was acknowledged Nov. 13-18 at Auraria campus with each day focusing on an event to help support the homeless and hungry, and to heighten student awareness.

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The events were sponsored by CoPIRG, Auraria Interfaith Ministries, SHARE and MSC cheerleaders.

On the first day, Nov. 13, Scott Houser gave a speech in the Student Union focusing on the problems of the homeless. He offered some solutions on how to help the homeless, said Jon Goldin, MSC CoPIRG organizer, such as getting involved in voluntary work passing out food or collecting and giving away clothes, and being sympathetic toward homeless people's needs.

Also on that Monday, CoPIRG sent a letter to Senators about what they consider injustices of the food stamp program. The ;,- letter urged Senators to look into the issue.

CoPIRG said in order to get food stamps a whole family has to apply together and that if one family member refuses, the whole family is disqualified from the food stamp program. ~ On Nov. 15 and 16, SHARE sponsored a food line from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. They served cream of broccoli soup or beef soup and crackers. They also took money donations.

The soup was donated by PFM, the company that serves the food in the cafeterias at - - Auraria.

"We are trying to make people aware of the type of food we serve in the food lines," said Elaine Ryan, who is on the CCD SHARE committee. "This is all - we serve either soup or sandwiches."

Also on Wednesday, Nov. 15, CoPIRG sponsored a tour through the Samaritan house at 230 l Lawrence St. so people could see the conditions homeless people live in, Goldin said. About 10 people attended the event.

On Saturday, Nov. 18, CoPIRG and SHARE Colorado distributed food to lowerincome families and the elderly. There were 14 volunteers from CoPIRG. They distributed the food from three churches in the city.

"There were not as many volunteers as we hoped, but we were really pleased." Sue Walden, a CoPIRG member, said. She said she was surprised to find out that the donated food lasted the people one month.

"It's amazing that they stretch it (the food) so far," Walden said.

And, of course, you have probably seen: the large SHARE boxes set up around the1 campus where people can donate food or, clothing.

The programs turned out to be very successful," Goldin said. "Of course, we would like more participation, but a lot of people came by giving their support. The amount received had not been determined yet, be said.

The daily events took about one month to organize, Goldin said. Members from CoPIRG performed "class raps" where they would go the classrooms to alert people of the upcoming events on the hungry and homeless. o

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Thursday, Nov. 16, CoPIRG with Oxfam (Oxford Committee for Famine Relief) sponsored a fast for the whole day. A table was set up in the Student Union, and students were asked to fast for the day and donate the money they would have spent on food. The money donated would go primarily to Africa or Southeast Asia, Goldin said. The money is used to buy seeds, tools, irrigation systems and training, according to a handout from Oxfam.

Applicants must submit by December 11, 1989 by 5:00 p.m.

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December I, 1989

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Brewer clarifies position Fit To Be Tied

By John C. Roper Hey everybody, guess what? MSC Sen. Joel Kleg is ALLEGEDLY packing heat!!!

You know, I've finally figured out what my favorite word in the English language is - ALLEGEDLY. With this single adverb, I can write about things that are merely hearsay. Now that doesn 't necessarily mean that these tidbits of information that are sometimes told to me are true, but on the other hand, it doesn't mean they're necessarily false either, does it?

Here's a prime example: A friend of mine, who's worked at KCNC TV, told me that Ron Zappolo, the station's sports anchor, is ALLEGEDLY bald. This of course is hearsay since she has never seen Ron Zappolo without his ALLEGED hairpiece on. But by not using the word "ALLEGEDLY," I wouldn't be able to say in my column that since Zappolo is ALLEGEDLY bald, he should paint his head green, go into a supermarket, lean over into the melon section and wait for housewives to thump him.

You see, the magic of the word "ALLEGEDLY" allows me to do this and many other things .

For instance, several Student Senators, I swear this true, have _said that our beloved Sen. Kleg is living in fear ~f retribution from certain groups on campus after making (note: not ALLEGEDLY making) racist and distasteful public statements about blacks and homosexuals. So fearful, they say, that he is ALLEGEDL y carrying a gun on campus to protect himself.

Some members of the Student Senate have taken the rumor seriously enough that they have checked with Auraria Public Safety to see if this was legal or not.

Although I could not get in touch with Kleg, he is said to categorically deny the allegations.

For the moment, let's forget about Sen. Kleg ALLEGEDLY carrying a gun and look at what we have here for a student representative at MSC. First, I don't like the idea of having anybody who is featherbrained enough to make the comments that Kleg has to represent me in Student Government.

Anyone who says that white police officers are being used in black neighborhoods because "you can't see black cops at night," is ALLEGEDLY 1) most likely racist; or 2) has the l.Q. of a Wheat Thin.

Second, I don't like the idea of having someone in a position of leadership that has genocidal tendencies.

"They (homosexuals) are an abomination and should not be allowed on this Earth," said Klegin a complaint to the election committee on April 8, 1988. I hesitate to bring about the analogy, but that's not too far from what Hitler said about Jews before he tried to wipe them off the planet.

Third, I'm not thrilled with having a Student Senator that everybody seems so keyed-up to get impeached from his office. Not only do the students want him out, but so do many of his fellow senators as well. I mean, there's got to be a reason, right?

Fourth, I'm not too keen on a Student Senator (or anyone else for that matter) ALLEGEDLY carrying a gun on campus.

Boy, here's a dandy idea! Let's all start ALLEGEDLY carrying guns to class so we can protect ourselves.

Teacher: You! You in the back of the room with the blue shirt.

Student: Who me?

Teacher: Yes, you. In keeping pace with the relationship between quantum physics and the average Wisconsin badger, what is the approximate amount of time a human will ALLEGEDLY take to digest a Twinkie?

Student: (Click ... Bang!)

Regardless of whether Sen. Kleg is ALLEGEDLY brandishing a gun on campus or not, the insinuations made by his fellow senators that he is (not to mention his track record) should be enough to tell us that this is not the best person to be ALLEGEDLY representing the student body. Right?

Editor, Sometimes it is said that one cannot see the forest for the trees; the converse is equally true - that one sometimes sees the forest and not the trees. This really is another way of stating that different people in an institution will view the same situation from very different perspectives. I think such a situation has arisen at Metropolitan State College.

In the past two weeks, I have received comments from departments and individual faculty on the fourth school reorganization proposal. I have read them all, and I appreciate the obvious concern you share with me for this institution. I sense, however, that some of you have worries that I do not have; I also sense that I have some worries you do not share. These worries, I believe, must receive attention before we can continue discussions on the proposal.

Metropolitan State College has experienced a measure of instability not typically found in American higher education. The institution has passed through many stages of maturation -from commencing operation through expansion of today's level of excellence -in a relatively brief period of time. The institution exists in the unique milieu of the Auraria Higher Education Center. Over the years, the issue of merger has arisen , most recently in fall 1988, which threatened the institution's very existence. Lastly, there has been a regrettably high rate of turnover in the presidency of the college. I can imagine that many members of the college community would view any change as threatening, even when such change is needed and desirable.

Let me address the issue of institutional instability quite clearly. After nearly a quarter century, Metropolitan State College has become an educational powerhouse, tightly woven into the fabric of the metropolitan ¡ Denver area. The so-called Auraria Bill last year has not only put the threat of merger behind us; it also has ushered in a new era of stability and cooperation on the Auraria campus. I can state quite positively that the relationship between the UCO Chancellor, John Buechner, the CCD President, Byron McClenney and me is warm, friendly, and helping all three institutions meet their missions wthout the hassles and difficulties of the past. The new Auraria board of directors will play a vital role in creating the new partnership on the campus.

Similarly, I have worked hard, as have the president of the State Colleges in Colorado, Houston Elam, and the Board of Trustees, in repairing the relationships strained by the instability and events of past years.

Communication is frequent and open; our needs, our hopes, our goals receive a warm reception from the central office and the trustees.

I look forward to the focused site visit in two years from the North Central Association of College and Universities. As many of you remember, when the

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college underwent accreditation review several years ago, the NCA site team were concerned about two and, really, only two items: stability in the presidency of the college and the relationship of the college president to â&#x20AC;˘ the system president and the board of trustees. We have met and will continue to meet those concerns.

I do have concerns about the future. Metropolitan State College has been so involved in battling for its continued existence that it has not been able to plan adequately for the future. To help the institution meet the challenges of the future, the college brought on board a director of planning who will help establish and coordinate a planning process. I have a vision of continued growth and expansion, of a college serving more and more residents of the metropolitan Denver community. I have a vision of a college using new technologies to improve already excellent classroom instruction and student support services.

However, the college does not have an administrative structure that can meet the challenges of the future. As you may know, the business affairs, student affairs and computing areas are undergoing review; the resulting strengthening of operations in these areas will help the college function more effectively. After meeting re- -ot gularly with the Faculty Senate Executive Committee department chairs, program directors, and academi~ departments, after reading letters from many of you, speaking with administrators, and from my observation based on 20 years in central administration, it seemed clear to me that we are not as responsive and as effective administratively as we all want and need it to be. I have concerns that the span of responsibility-the number of reporting areas - was too great for school administrators to manage effectively. The proposed school reorganization proposal was a means to satisfy the concerns of many in the area of administrative effectiveness.

Since many of the department and individual responses to the proposed school reorganization indicated concerns with institutional instability as well as the particular rearrangement of academic departments, I am placing the reorganization discussion on hold.

Reviewing administrative structure within the Office of Academic Affairs will become a part of the planning process with a July 1, 1990 deadline for reporting that aspect of planning. The deadline is intentional, because the institution must address the issue of effective administration within academic affairs.

Again, I appreciate your views on the issue of reorganization as I appreciate your views on any aspect of college operations. As president, I am charged with overall responsibility for guiding the institution towards the 21st century. The adventure continues!

Dave Plank Richard Scibelli Jr. G.D. Turner Gayle Neyman Sue Evans Knute Nelson

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Editor, I came to Denver from West Germany two months ago to attend Metropolitan State College as a student of political science and journalism. I was born 50 miles from the border to East Germany in Hanover, and my family has strong ties to East Germany. My father fled from Stettin (today Polish territory) to West Germany.

The night in Germany when the Wall ceased to exist as a barrier, I received an emergency call from Hanover.

My parents and my brother told me that they were all right. I could feel the excitement as well as the tension in their voices. They promised to call every two days, just to assure me that everything was fine. I don't know if every American can understand how concerned we Germans are, and especially what we are concerned about.

Valerie Assette, Colorado State University political science professor, was right in saying in the Rocky Mountain News that even the West Germans are feeling uneasy about a reunified Germany. I don't want a neutral Germany between the blocs. I don't want a Germany that is not bound by treaty any longer and would have to start at point zero. Even the West German Constitution, the "Grundgesetz," ratified in 1949, would cease to exist because it was adopted as a temporary law until Germany was unified agai n. I especially don 't want it in the present situation.

West Germany has had a constant unemployment

rate of 10 percent, which means that 2 million people waited for employment even before the mass escape. In the latest elections ultra-right parties like the German republicans (not comparable to the Amer ican republicans), with strong ties to fascist organizations, got up to 20 percent of votes in Bavaria. West Germany's government, under the moderate right Christian democrats, lost many votes to the extreme right. It is not astonishing that West German politicians, of the right and the left, are very concerned about what to think about the migration from East Germany. The situation will be more complicated when the 200,000 East German immigrants have to be integrated. A majority of those who came over are trying to find work.

The German republicans, who already took political advantage of the serious employment and housing problems, would have another reason to deport foreign workers. In the last few months there have already been reports about the growing hostility of Germans towards foreign workers.

The housing problem was critical before. Especially in metropolitan areas, cheap housing (or housing at all) is not possible any more. In Cologne, the city made plans to set up tents on the university campus to provide shelter for new students until they could be supplied with the last free apartments squeezed out of the market. Some students are still sleeping in one of the university's physical education buildings. Nobody

will know what will happen next, with the additional problem of East German immigrants.

What the West Germans are most concerned about right now is how to stabilize the East German struggle for democracy and how to prevent a destabilization of their own political and economic system. Therefore fast help is needed. I welcome President Bush's caution on reunification issues, to prevent offending the European order and challenging Russia to react and reestablish the Wall. Nevertheless the State Department has to act now. East and West Germany need both superpowers to agree on a strategy for how the German problem can be solved. It is not a time for speculation.

East German economy collapses because people flee to the Western part. Promised free elections and pluralism are not enough to destroy the distrust the East German people have of their own government, which supressed them for 40 years. They want immediate improvements of their living conditions.

One can only hope that one German nation with two states can be established, with freedom and well-being in both parts. If the borders are opened there will be no need for unification because there will be no barriers preventing the exchange of culture and contact. NATO and the Warsaw Pact can survive in two open Germanies, still integrated in different systems.

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MISCELLANEOUS RAMBLINGS

Turkey day fun, yeah right

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So, my friend Nan and I thought it would be a positively delightful idea to prepare a sumptuous Thanksgiving feast for our fathers.

Yeah, right.

We're off to a good start: we already have the turkey (Nan's boss gave it to her last Christmas). All we need now is all the crap that we're not quite sure how to prepare.

You know, King Soopers is a pretty lonely place at 11 p.m; on Thanksgiving eve.

But we have a list so we are sure to get everything we need and no extras. Yeah, right.

OK, stuffing. The bag claims that it is "more than enough for a 14 pound turkey."

Well, we love stuffing, and our turkey is 15 pounds - so let's get two bags. Yeah, right.

Our cranberry recipe calls for one pound of berries. They only have 12-ounce bags.

Now what do we do? Get three bags and double the recipe. Hey, it's good stuffl Yeah, right, All right, how many potatoes do we need to make mashies for five people (Dad is bringing a date)? I'm just sure that even with the butter and sour cream the volume of potatoes decreases when you mash them.

Yeah, right. Oh, look. A 10-pound bag of · potatoes for 99 cents.

Rolls. Let's get some of that pop'n fresh stuff; it's fun. Now we have a choice: crescent rolls (yuck), or one of 643 varieties of biscuits (double yuck). Fine, we'll get pre-made. How about home-style butter rolls? Those look tasty. Yeah, right.

And the corn? Man, the Green Giant's niblets in butter sauce are the best! Well gee, those boxes are quite deceiving; there's never as much in them as they lead you to believe.

Let's get one box for each person. Yeah, right.

Now what are we going to do for dessert?

Ooooh, Pepperidge Farm's Distinctive Cookies, yeah. Wow, a variety pack! Maybe we should get two boxes. You know, just in case some of them are broken. Yeah, right.

So we get up really early (the crack of 9 a.m.) to begin preparation of this bountiful feast. First, clean the turkey. Oh, ick. What do we do with the giblets ('cause they ain't

going in the gravy!)? Let's give them to the cats so they stay off the table while we're eating. Nan undertakes the gruesome task of cutting them up for the little monsters.

OK, stuff the bird. For some strange reason, only about two tablespoons of stuffing will fit into the damn thing. That's just fine. Where are those four-quart casserole dishes? You can never have too much stuffing. Yeah, right.

Thankfully, the rest of the preparation went without a proverbial hitch ... except the gravy. Don't ask.

Finally. Time to graze. Oops, we almost forgot. Dig that turkey guts stuff out of the fridge for the cats. Oh my God ... it grew back together! You know, like a worm or something. Actually, it's appearance was not unlike that of the gravy. Nasty. Oh well, the cats won't mind. They'll eat it anyway.

Yeah, right (the little ingrates.).

Well, our food was fabulous. I must admit, we were a little concerned about the freezer life of a Butterball. But it was perfect.

Evervthin_g was, except for the serving sizes.

As everyone assumed the "Boy, I'm full" position and asked about coffee, Nan and I exchanged horrified glances. I swear, there was more food left over than we made.

We pawned off as much as we could, but ... no problem. We'll eat stuffing sandwiches D for a couple of days. Yeah, right.

HERE IS YOUR BIG CHANCE!!

The FSAC needs your input on the food service conditions of THE MISSION, THE CAFETERIA and THE NORTH CLASSROOM. If you have a complaint, commendation, or request, completing this survey will let the FSAC know. Remember: If we don't know, we can't act! So fill this out today!

THE MISSION 1) D O YOU FEEL T HAT THE MISSION SHOULD SERVE ALCOH O L? A) Yes Bl No 1a) IF YES, SHOULD THE ALCO HO L SER VED BE: Circle on e.

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In a move to create more visibility for its student watch force, APS has changed uniform colors (from gray) and the name (from student guard) to flashier red satin jackets and red shirts, and a new identity - student monitors.

"It's a new approach to providing service," said Sgt. Elmer Daugherty, technical service manager for the APS. Student monitors are paid an aboveminimum hourly wage by the APS to watch parking lots and other areas of the campus for possible crimes in progress. They also provide information and escorts for students while keeping in touch with APS officers and dispatchers via walkie-talkies, Daugherty said.

"It kind of fills a gap, because some campuses have those phones placed all over the campus," he said, referring to the help phone systems in place on some college campuses for emergency assistance.

"We don't have that, so we try to make up for it with the student monitors," Daugherty said.

Five monitors currently comprise .the APS student force, but Daugherty said he would like to see the program expand.

"Budget allowed, and if the reception on the campus is good, I'd like to have twice that many," he said.

APS has no prerequisites for students wishing to become student monitors, other than social skills and a certain degree of

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physical fitness. A major in criminal justice or a desire for a career in law enforcement is not essential, Daugherty said.

"We prefer that that's (police work) not their emphasis," he said.

"Otherwise, they would be disappointed, and they would have a tendency to do more than is expected, and that could result in a problem for them," he said.

Because of this, student monitors receive no speciaJ training in self-defense or suspect apprehension techniques, Daugherty said.

"If we give them that (the training), then there is the expectation that they'll use it," he said.

"We do look at people who are physically fit, because under Colorado state law, the police officers can command anyone to help them, and that person, so commanded, has the same authority to arrest as a police officer. So if we were going to have some help, and it was one of our student monitors, we'd certainly like to have them physically fit."

Daugherty said the program is open to any student, male or female, willing to work four to six hours per day, depending on their class schedule. It is also good experience for anyone considering future full-time employment with APS. The student monitor program ... gives a chance for our Public Safety to watch these young folks and observe their performance," Daugherty said. ''Should they apply for a position in Public Safety at a later time, we have a better feel for how they'd do, and it would give them a little bit of an edge," he said.

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up a relationship (with the protege) to see that the student gets the necessary help."

Metro's mentoring program is unique, Thomas said, because community groups participate. Each month mentor and protege are invited to several civic events. This month a computer company, the Urban League Guild, and the League of Women Voters have issued invitations.

"No one has ever done a mentoring program like this and involved the community," Thomas said.

In addition to her official duties, Thomas serves on dozens of committees.

In fact, Thomas is involved in so many civic and professional activities that she has difficulty remembering them all and refers to her resume to refresh her memory. Since 1982, she has been a member of more than 25 different organiz.ations.

The list reads like a Who's Who of agencies that have been involved in social change in American life during the past three decades: the American Civil Liberties Union, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, the Colorado Black Roundtable, the Colorado Women's Agenda, the Big Sisters ofColorado and the Women's Forum of Colorado.

Thomas is proud, yet off-hand, about her accomplishments and activities. ''It (the Women's Forum of Colorado) is an organiz.ation made up of outstanding

women achievers, women who do something in their own right," Thomas said "They are an exciting bunch of women," she said of the 175 women from business, government and the arts who are elected into that body.

And then, in typical fashion, she added, "When I was elected, it wasn't that hard to get in."

Thomas is more than an administrator and committee woman. She is first and foremost, she says, a teacher. She is currently teaching a course in African-American literature at Metro.

"I have more direct contact with my discipline," said Thomas, who has a doctorate in English. "Plus, it's like a shot in the arm working with students."

Thomas may eventually return to the classroom on a full-time basis, she said. "I love to teach; it's the most important thing."

Perhaps it really isn't so strange that the assistant vice _president for student affairs has been a long-time disciple of Carl Jung and is almost ready to believe in reincarnation.

The life-long teacher is also a life-long student.

"It's all crazy stuff, but it's interesting. I'm reading them all," Thomas said of the books about her "new-found interest."

"I gain and grow from everything," Thomas said "There is no situation in which I stagnate. I grow and learn in everything I do." o

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Program brings AHEC extra help Jennifer Karkl The Metropolitan

Gary Wittman, 36, wakes up at 5 a.m. to start his day at Auraria campus. Wittman lives with his sister, and a community center bus picks him up at 6:30 a.m. at his home and takes him to a building at the center he calls "tops."

From the center, Wittman rides the bus with a group of 10 other handicapped workers to Auraria campus.

Wittman is involved with the supportive program at Jefferson County Community Center. The program employs handicapped people and trains them to increase their productivity in the work force, said David Warren, program manager. The main goal is to help handicapped people fill an individual placement position, Warren said. "'The supportive-group individuals usually ride the bus on their own, but some families were uncomfortable with that, so we decided to pick them up at their homes and let them go as a group. It has worked out really well," Warren said.

At Auraria, the workers usually meet their supervisor, Lynn Kerr. Work starts at 7:45 a.m., but sometimes Wittman starts work without checking with his supervisor because he said that be knows what to do.

"I got a key to open the can. I take a sack out and a barrel with wheels," Wittman said. ''Then I start work."

Kerr supervises the crew to make sure that the contracted areas of Auraria campus are cleaned. She also works individually with her crew members to help them reach their long-term goals, Warren said.

Kerr also works directly with Mike Thornton, grounds manager at AHEC's

physical plant.

"We give Lynn a list of things we would like cleaned, usually the regular route, and she makes sure they get done," Thornton said. "They have gotten better. They do a good job."

Wittman cleans almost all areas of the campus.

"I pick up the North Classroom, the picnic tables and paper in the bushes. People are sloppy. That's my job to clean up after them," he said.

"I like picking up the paper. I like sweeping the trash. I have one of those things on a stick that you sweep trash into," Wittman said.

For diversity, Thornton said, he assigns different projects such as washing down porches and shoveling the handicapped ramps when it snows. The crew also planted 300 to 400 day lilies south of the St. Francis Center. ''They enjoyed the planting. They need change just like anyone does in their daily schedule," Thornton said.

He also said that because of the added mall area at Auraria, the plant has increased the number of workers.

Wittman said that he is glad that he got this job.

"I like this place. It's a nice place," Wittman said "rve worked at parks. The people are nice here.

"Students smoke; there's cigarette butts, sunflower seeds, newspapers; it's a mess.

That's my job. I pick up the trash."

Thornton said that he is pleased with the job that this year's crew of 11 is doing.

Wittman also collects cans for recycling! but he said he gives them to his partner so he can make some extra money.

"I got a job," Wittman said "I don't need any cans."

Wittman doesn't know how much money he makes. He said his sister takes care of his money.

AHEC's physical plant takes bids on services every year. Thornton said that three or four companies made bids this year, and the Jefferson County facility of the developmentally disabled won, bidding the lowest hourly wage.

Warren said that the pay to the handicapped depends on the individual's productivity.

For example, a handicapped person gets 50 percent of a regular hourly wage if working at 50 percent of the speed of nondevelopmentally disabled.

But Warren said that as productivity goes

up, the person's wage goes up. The center does regular checking on an individual's speed.

MSC telephone operator Noella Baumgardner said that Wittman occasionally pops in her office to wish her a good day.

"He is such a nice person and very friendly," Baumgardner said.

"I helped Noella get food out of her trunk once," Wittman said At noon the crew gets ready to go home.

"The church will go ding," Wittman said.

"We wait for the church bell and then it will go ding, ding, ding (many dings) and then we catch the bus and then we leave."

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'Small-town' boy adjusts to big city Susan R. Stutzman The Metropolitan

The 6-foot-8-inch Dan Kennedy, at first, appears to be a small fish in a big pond.

Kennedy, a small-town boy from Holyoke, Colo., is being forced to make some big adjustments to metropolitan life, but he doesn't intend to let it get in his way.

"I feel like I've got an advantage because I'm from a small town," said Kennedy. "A lot of people don't realize it, but you get a

better education there."

As a freshman on the Metropolitan State basketball team, Kennedy is faced with changes in almost every aspect of his life.

Coming from a high school where most senior classes average 40 students, Kennedy is experiencing the realities of living in the city for the first time.

Basketball, the main focus of Kennedy's life, is another story. According to Kennedy, C:ollege basketball is a full-time, year-round job. It's also a lot different from high school

basketball.

"Holyoke is in the single A division of Colorado schools," said Kennedy. "The game here at Metro or any other college is a lot faster and more physical."

According to Kennedy, it's not easy to adjust to a new style of play and coaching.

He is no longer the tallest player in the league, and as he found out early, there is more to basketball than he ever realized.

"Practice is so different than in high school," said Kennedy. "You're expected to

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Kennedy, a first team all-stater his senior .... year, expected to be red-shirted for his first college season. Because he has adjusted so well to the system, he may be seeing playing time sooner than he thought.

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We are looking for: -Black/white artwork, photographs and graphics -Poetry, any length and style -Short fiction -Non-fiction articles, essays and interviews For more information call 556-3940 or drop off submissions at Metrosphere Student Union Rm. 156, the English Department, Central Classroom 211 or mail it to: Metropolitan State College Office of Student Publications-Metrosphere P.O. Box 4615,57 Denver, CO. 80204

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Allison's "Butoh Traid #8."

"Kind of gruesome," a student said about Vaida Daukantas' "510,000 'Cool Characters' Per Year."

Art profs ; strut stuff at showing

"This one's definitely trying to make a statement," Tim Hanagan, a UCO graduate said about David Griggs' "Fools Trophy."

"The tusk is my favorite," said another passer-by about Griggs' piece.

All of the people at the opening agreed, however, that the exhibit was creative and lively.

Lynn Hanagan, secretary for the art department, also got involved by hanging her quilt "Hawaiian Hangover."

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UCO art Professor Charles Moone presented four of his pastel drawings, all of women models.

"I love pastels," Moone said, "they are very responsive. Working with a brush you are at arm's distance from the paper."

He also said that working from a model is a challenge because an artist spends a long time working in the presence of another person.

"You don't want to make a bad picture of a person you know well," Moone said.

The diversityof artwork goes from bright and colorful to dark and moody.

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at this showing," Hanagan said. She said she worked on the piece for a couple of intense weeks.

UCO Professor Christine Moran has three scenic photographs using the old fashion method of pinhole lighting with her camera. the photographs were taken on the Eastern Seaboard. In the photos, what appears to be a lake is really a small pond, Moran sliid.

"If you know how to use your materials you can make things look different," Moran said.

"I like the use of colors," Paulie Rainbow said of Moran's photos.

Jennifer Karki The fu'letropolitan

The UCO faculty art exhibition at the Emmanuel Gallery gives UCO art professors a chance to show their works to students, and gives students a chance to view their professors' artwork.

At the opening, Monday Nov. 20, the UCO art club provided snacks of teriyaki chicken wings, an assortment of fruits, vegetables, dip, cheese, crackers, chips, tortilla skins wrapped around cream cheese and soda or wine to drink.

"The teachers' paintings are just like they teach their class," said UCO art student Melissa Rick as we stood in front of Sally Elliot's painting "Tempera."

"Sally's pictures are free and colorful, and she encourages her students to be free with their art work," Rick said.

She added that Earnest Porps' "One Way, Way One" painting was "big and bold," a teaching technique he passes to his students.

"It has a surrealistic landscape," said UCO art student Darin Smith about Porps' painting. He added that it was his favorite.

There were many opinions about the works being presented in the gallery.

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Metro artist mastering diversity Sue Evans The Metropolitan

Called "Myne, All Myne," Teresa Castaneda's one woman show is a diverse collection of multi-media works.

More than 40 works, including photographs, jewelry and drawings, will be displayed in Room 199 of the Arts Building through Dec. 1.

against the outside of a building with the image of a man reflected in the glass.

Castaneda sees photography as her primary medium. It has become the strongest intermediary for her imagery, she said.

Most of the pieces on display are images of people. Viewers got definite feelings from the prints. Many nodded in understanding or shook their heads in sympathy at the emotion of the photographs.

Castaneda held an open reception Tuesday, Nov. 28. More than 75 people came to see her display.

Her drawings range from abstract imagery to human profiles. In "Chrisme," a drawing using colored pencil, shows the distorted relection of a face in a Christmas tree ornarnent.

Jerry Vaughan, MSC art student, enjoyed the exhibit, saying, "I'm impressed. I like it a lot. I see freedom in the printmaking stuff ... and the jewelry."

Castaneda's display is part of her senior thesis work. Most students share a display, unless they request a solo exhibit, she said.

Castaneda is a fine arts major and will graduate this spring.

Castaneda describes her art as "an explorative use of media and technique. It is an ongoing search for sensitivity and emotion with regard to imagery."

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Several of her photographic works are self-portraits. Castaneda doesn't alter her photographs in any way, calling her selfportraits, "truthful interpretations of myself.

"Does the lens of my camera reflect outwards or inwardsT' she asks herself. "I believe a good photograph is a balance of both."

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Her future plans are not solid yet, but she said she really enjoys doing photographic artwork for newspapers and magazines. She is currently doing artwork for the Denver ·Art Museum.

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'Immediate Family' adopts good feeling Sue Evans The Metropolitan

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Michael and Linda Spector (James Woods and Glenn Close) have everything it takes to make good parents, except the biological ability.

At a birthday party for one of their friend's children, they see a group of happy parents of which they can't be a part. Linda sits with a group of women (one of whom is pregnant and eating a glazed donut with lox and purple onions) and listens quietly to their tales of parenthood.

After fruitless fertility pills, testing and sperm samples, the Spectors talk adoption.

Through a lawyer, they enroll in an open adoption program. Their first call is from Lucy Moore (Mary Stuart Masterson}, 17 years old, unmarried and pregnant.

Lucy and her boyfriend, Sam (Kevin Dillon), are very much in love, but know they cannot raise a child at this point in their lives.

Lucy comes from a small industrial town in Ohio to Seattle to meet the Spectors, and an unusual relationship develops.

In one particularly moving scene, Lucy and Linda cement their bond by dancing to Van Morrison's "Into the Mystic."

Lucy, convinced that the Spectors can provide the kind of home that her baby deserves, asks Sam to come out to meet them.

Sam is a very likable guy with an offbeat sense of humor. At his first meeting with Michael and Linda, he screams that his finger is slammed in the car door. When Michael and Linda try frantically to open the door, Sam confesses that it was a joke.

The couples come to trust each other and a solid foundation is laid for the adoption.

The rest of the story unfolds to show the heartache and joy both couples experience with the birth of the child.

Woods and Close give sympathetic performances as the childless couple constantly reminded of their unsuccessful attempts to conceive.

Commanding feeling for their characters,

Masterson and Dillon are credible as the young parents-to-be.

The music lends to the ambiance of the film. From Talking Heads to Beethoven, from The Pretenders to Otis Redding, the score complements the scenes.

Executive Producer Lawrence Kasdan and writer Barbara Benedek last worked

together on "The Big Chill," and "Immediate Family" has much the same feel.

The film <lelivers many humorous scenes, but also takes the viewer on two couples' often painful journey to parenthood.

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Senior defender Bobbi Geist was named to the first-team aU-West Regional women's ' soccet squad. former Northglenn High School standout had a goal and an ~ist this year in helping the women's soccer team to a l 0th place national ranking. She is now eligible for all-American honors.

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Also named to the all-conference team , werejunior Becky Kofoedand junior Nancy

Aviation Careers Day, 8 a.m. - 3 p.m., Student Union Room 330 A-D, for more information, call 556-3318.

Your Legal and Emotional Divorce Workshop, Nov. 16 - Dec. 21, Arapahoe Community College, for more information, call 797-5805.

Holiday Ornaments Sale, 10 a.m. - 8 p.m., Arapahoe Community College, for more information, call 797-5650.

Metro Student Art Club Meeting, 5 p.m., Arts Building Room 287, for further information, call 280-7794.

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Career Values and The Work Environment, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m., Office of Career Services, Arts Building Room 177, 556-3477.

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FRIDAY, December 8 Metropolitan State Men's Swimming vs.

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Researching Your Career, 9-11 a.m., Office of Career Services, Arts Building Room 177, 556-3477.

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THURSDAY, December 7 Interviewing Skills, 9:30 - 11 :30 a.m., Office of Career Services, Arts Building Room 177, 556-3477.

Holiday Market, Dec. 8 and 9, 9 a.m. - 5 . 556-2595. p.m., student umon,

The Dave Hosick Benefit MSC Rugby SUNDAY, December 10 Hospitality, Meeting Travel Administration presents from Noon - 6 p.m. at Funplex.

Holiday Cheer Party, 5-9 p.m., Auraria Faculty Staff Club, 1014 Ninth St. Park, SUNDAY, December 3 Auraria Tae Kwon Do Tournament, 8 a.m. 556-3152.

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WEDNESDAY, December 13 Resumes That Work, Office of Career Decision Making and Career Planning, 2:30 Services, Arts Building Room 177, - 4:30 p.m., Office of Career Services, Arts 556-3477.

Building Room 177, 556-3477.

Arvada Center Youth Ballet Winter Cancer!

Open AA Meeting, 1- 2 p.m, Auraria Library

Dec. 5&6, 7:30p.m., ArvadaCenterforthe Room 206, 556-2525.

Arts and Humanities.

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WEDNESDAY, December 6 Extreme Skier, Dan Egan, video presentation, Coors Auditorium, Golden, 7:30 p.m., for more information, call 937-0536.

THURSDAY, December 14 CD Rom Seminar, 7-9 p.m., Colorado School of Mines, Room 108 of Berthoud Hall, for more information, call 278-8550.

Open AA Meeting, 1-2 p.m., Auraria Library Mock Interview, 1:00 - 3:30 p.m, Office of Room 206, 556-2525.

Career Services, Arts Building Room 177, 556-3477.

Second Annual Black Affairs Council Christmas Extravaganza/ Open House, December FRIDAY, December IS 6 & 7, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., St. Cajetan's, Metro Student Art Oub Meeting, 5 p.m., Arts Building Room 287, 280-7794.

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GOVERNMENT SEIZED VEHICLES from $100. Fords, Mercedes, Corvettes, Chevys, surplus. Buyer's Guide: 1-805-678-6000, ext. S-7716.

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ATTENTION - GOVERNMENT SEIZED VEHICLES from $100. Fords, Mercedes, Corvettes, Chevys. Surplus Buyers Guide. 1-602-838-8885 Ext. A5638.

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SOS TYPING SERVICE. I would like to help you with your typing needs. Sincerely, Sandi 234-1095.

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EARN MONEY reading books! $30,000/yr. income potential. Details 1-80!>-687-6000, ext. Y-7716.

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FOR SALE: Brand new TVA Touring I Cross Country Skis - never used $25.00, 789-3535.

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LETTER QUALITY FOR LESS THAN A BUCK A PAGEi Word processing/typing by professional writer.

Labels, letters, term papers, manuscripts, theses and more. 733-3053.

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ATTENTION: EARN MONEY READING BOOKSI $32,000/year income potential. Details. (1) 602-838-8885 Ext. Bk5683.

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KEYBOARD - Yamaha DX275 with ultimate stand -$425.00 GUITAR - Yamaha FG295, 6-string $175.00 -Don, 421-4895.

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TYPING SERVICES/LETTER QUALITY WORD PROCESSING for business, student or personal needs.

Reasonable rates, central location. Call Kathy at 751-1788.

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DOWNTOWN LAW FIRM seeking organized, detailminded students for full-time Clerical Assistant and Office Assistant positions. Send letter/application I resume to Kirkland & Ellis, 1999 Broadway, Suite 4000, Denver 80202.

12/8

FOR SALE: 4 all season tires (2 studded), size 165 SR15(vw) $75 (less than 3,000 miles on them).

Sears 50 battery (4 months old) $30Call 388-3353 and leave name and number.

12/1

FREE COUNSELING! Relationships-Study ProblemsPersonal Issues-WE CAN HELP! CU-Denver Counselor Training Center. Call Dr. Strandburg, 556-4372, Room 4030 NC. 1218

ATTENTION - HIRING! Government jobs - your area. Many immediate openings without waiting list or test. $17,840 - 69,485. Call (1)-602-8388885, Ext. R-5683.

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PROFESSIONAL PC-BASED WORD PROCESSING with technical and math equation capability. WORDSTAR 4.0, WORDPERFECT 5.0 and TECHWRITER software. LASERJET PRINTING. Jane Cohen, 232-3915.

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EXCELLENT WAGES FDR SPARE TIME ASSEMBLY. EASY WORK AT HOME. NO EXPERIENCE NEEDED. CALL 1-800-282-3659 EXT. 1097. OPEN 24 HOURS, INCLUDING SUNDAY. 12/1

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gives FREE legal advice to students on matters of Landlord/Tenant disputes, Collections, Traffic Citations, DUI, Domesllc/Famlly, Immigration, etc. call 556-3333, 3332 or stop by the Student Union, South Wing, Rms. 255 A&B. 4/4 WDRDPRO WORD PROCESSING - Reports, term papers, theses, graphs, tables, resumes. Fast accurate, dependable letter quality documents.

Solid reputation on campus. Call Ann Shuman 766-0091.

1218 RESUMES. TYPING. PROOFREADING, EDITING. Excellence guaranteed. Diane - 789-3535.

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ATTENTION: EARN MONEY TYPING AT HOMEI 32,000/yr. income potential. Details. (1) 602-8388885, Ext. T-5683.

2/9 ACTIVISTS/WOMEN'S ISSUES Students, work on women's issues in a supportive and challenging feminist environment. Paid positions available during the holiday break. Call 329-9928, 11 a.m. 2 p.m., Mon.-Fri 1211 OVERSEAS JOBS. $900-2,000 mo. Summer, Yr. round . All countries, All fields. Free info. Write IJC, P.O. Box 52-C002 Corona Del Mar, Calif. 92625 1/26

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DON'T FORGET YOUR MOTHER OVER THE HOLIDAYS. Campaign for a safe environment with CoPIRG the states largest environmental and consumer group. PT/FT, earn $165-225 a week. Offices in Boulder and Denver. Call Chris, 355-1863. 12/1

WORD PROCESSING $1.50/ds page. Student or business needs. Transcription available.

Medical/Psych . a specialty. Diane, 399-4301.

1211 WORD PROCESSING All Kinds. Student discounts. 5 minutes from Metro. Fast and Accurate.

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GREAT HOLIDAY JOB OPPORTUNITY Going home for the Holidays? Need a fun parttime job? The HONEY BAKED HAM CO. is in search of seasonal help to fill our sales counter and production positions. We have stores located in the following markets: Raleigh, Durham, Greensboro, Winston-5alem, Wilmington, Charlotte, Atlanta and other major cities throughout the country. Please check the white pages or information for the store nearest your home.

LEGAL SERVICES- DUI, Traffic, Divorce and other services available. Student Rate. Joseph Bloch, attorney 355-0928.

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Typewriter will accept 15-inch wide paper. 3 sizes of type. $2 per double-spaced page. Elise Hakes, 1535 Franklin St., 119M, Denver, 80218.

832-4400.

1218 CHILD CARE on campus at Community College of Denver's Child Development Center. Special Learning, growing and loving environment. 2% to 5 years. 7:45 a.m. - 5 p.m. Call Kathleen, 556-2439.

1/26 PROFESSIONAL WORD PROCESSING & TYPING; Notary Public; Term Papers, Resumes, Etc. Gloria 399-4813. Will pick up and deliver.

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FREE COUNSELING! Relationships-Study Problems - Personal Issues - WE CAN HELP! CU-Denver Counselor Training Center. Call Dr. Strandburg, 556-4372, Room 4030 NC. 12/8 MOCK TRIAL is drawing near. All those interested in participating contact Jeff Yon or Michael Green in Room 340 or call , 556-3312.

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