Volume 13, Issue 2 - Aug. 31, 1990

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The Metropolitan State College of Denver student newspaper serving the Auraria Campus since 1979

Denver, Colorado

Volume 13, Issue 2

August 31, 1990

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New tests get students co~ing and going Gayle Neyman The Metropolitan

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Colorado's college freshmen are facing a testing program that could dash their hopes of attending a four-year college and plunk them into remedial courses at a junior college - and even if they pass the entrance tests, they still face the spectre of failing a proficiency test required fortheir degree.

At Metro, entrance tests began last year for first-time degree-seeking students.

If students fail to show a minimum level of proficiency in the three categories being tested -math, writing and readingtbcy can't. e-.nroll .in MSC'D courses_ that require the testing prerequisite. Students are still allowed to take classes that don't require the tests, said David Moore, interim executive director of the Freshman Year Program and assessment testing. , • The testing is required under a state\rpandated program that requires state four,\ year colleges to assess and track college students, Moore said.

"The w_o rd here is accountability and it is just as much an assessment of curriculum as it is of student ability," Moore said.

Frieda Holley, a math professor and the director of program evaluation, said the testing is forthe benefit of the students.

She acknowledged that there are ways to get around the requirement.

Since the tests are only required for first-time, degree-seeking students, students could apply as non-degree-seeking students, take a few classes, switch to degree-seeking status and evade the testing requirement.

"If they did that, they would only be hurting themselves," Hawley said, because they could get into classes they aren't prepared for academically and find themselves floundering.

Metro is working to expand the program to transfer students. Now the program involves only a small population at Metro, Hawley said.

In addition to the entrance tests, the students will need to take more tests before they' ve completed 60 credit hours at Metro. These tests would give the students an.idea of where they are falling c;hort and give them another two years to work on those areas before the final tests they need to pass to graduate, Hawley said.

Hawley said the assessment and proficiency tests will help students in course placement and also raise the level of respect for an MSCD degree.

MSCD doesn't want employers to hire graduates and say, "How come you have a college education and can't do this?"

Hawley said.

Moore said that last year approximately 2,500 students were tested and so far this year 1,900 have been tested.

The percentage of students failing the tests have not yet been made available, Moore said.

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Mid East turmoil sparks campus preparedness Carolyn Bauer The Metropolitan The current turmoil in the Middle East has activated some and elevated the level of readiness among military personnel and reservists working and studying at MSCD, according to campus and state officials.

"The way the National Guard and reservists are responding is just super," Lt. Col. Larry Tatum, chair of military science at MSCD said. None of Tatum's current crop of 42 Army ROTC students is eligible for immediate military service because they must fini sh a four-year college degree before receiving an officer's commission. But Tatum, 44, a Vietnam vet, and someofhis staff could be deployed

as part of the massive U.S. military mobilization in Saudi Arabia.

"If my president and the people of my country decide that I should go, then I go," Tatum said. "That's probably the opinion of every person in uniform in the United States military."

Glenn Morris, director of Veteran 's Upward Bound at MSCD and a former Marine sergeant who also served in Vietnam, suspects the current crisis will raise military enlistments. " If it comes to war, I don't think a new draft will need to be started," Morris said.

He added that he believes young adults will enlist on their own. " It is exciting at first. Some of these young men are going to think it's a chance to check their manhood, but the reality is that a lot of young people will end up fighting for their Jives

if it really comes to war."

ButMorris, 47, wouldn't hesitate to reenlist if he was needed. "I'd be on a plane tomorrow," he said.

According to Petty Officer 1st Class IV,tike Byrd, Morris' prediction about en-· listments is right on the money. "It's been easier to sign up candidates," Byrd said from the Naval Reserve office in Lakewood.

Byrd added that recruitment has been "doing a roller coaster thing," depending on the daily events in Iraq, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. As the tension grows, phone calls increase. When events cool down, phone calls to his office lag, he said.

While many ponder the possiblity of enlistment, for others participation in the military deployment isn 't optional.

Auraria Public Safety employee and

naval reservist Phillip S~vage was ordered to report for duty at Norfolk, Virginia as of Aug. 27., David Rivera, director of public safety said. Rivera said that he believed Savage would be on duty with the navy for 21 days, after which he would return to his job at Auraria.

At Veteran's Upreach, Morris has yet to lose any of his staff to the current deployments, but he said that three of his staffers have received "green light warnings" as notice of possible future activation.

Though the effect of the Middle East tensions on MSCD students and staff doesn't appear significant at this point, if the turmoil overseas heats up, campus departments could well find themselves ·in a battle against attrition during the coming academ ic year.

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ext book sales competition heats up Popular prof suffers stroke Human Services professor Tony Ledesma had a stroke on Aug. 22.

Human Services chair Ben Monroe ill said the department maintains hope that Ledesma will be returning to teach classes this semester.

Monroe said Ledesma is home, but would not comment on his condition.

"People" mag reporter to speak Vicki Bane, correspondent for "People" magazine and freelance reporter for "Sentinel" newspapers will speak at_ 7 p.m. , Sept. 11 at Westland Shopping Center, 10405 W. Colfax Ave., in the Community Room.

Bane has. written for "People" and "Sentinel" since 1988 and has been published in "Empire" magazine.

Admission for National Writers Club Foothills Chapter meeting is $3 for non-members.

For membership information, contact Paul McKowen at 989-5147

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local company, The Student ABC Price/ Publisher Resource Inc., Title Pri has captured "six percent" of Did you shudder at your text"Strategies for the textbook $24.50 $26.00 $18.75 book tally when you thought you Successful Writing" market share on 30.7% 38.7% might find relief at the end of a Prentice-Hall, Inc. campus. long Auraria Book Center line The comlast week? Believe it or not, there "Understanding pany began as is justification for such seemingly an idea for Human Behavior'' outrageous prices on the books $42.00 $36.50 $31.50 former student Holt Rinehart & your required to have for class.

15.9% 33.34% Stephen Perry Winston Gretchen Kloten Minney, diwho was parrector of the Auraria Book Centicipating in a "Calculus & Analytic ter, said the price of publishing project for the $57.09 $47.16 $63.00 Geometry" has gone up because of the proEntrepreneur21% 33.6% duction, the expertise and the Addison - Wesley ship Institute at technology it takes to produce Metro. innovative, educational learning Since then , tools.

Perry, now the Also, the price may reflect the retail." lisher may be out of stock, or the cost a publisher must absorb after chairman of the company, has ex"We mark-up books between facu lty might not have ordered some manufactured texts go un- panded the concept to five other 20 and 25 percent from the net campuses. enough texts. And another frequent used because they fail to meet price," said Kreusser.

"We offer students advantages faculty standards. situation that occurs is an increase On the other hand, Minney said in student enrollm_ent so large that a Economists attribute the in- over the bookstore and students creasing cost of higher education have basically been encouraged to the book center has a 23 percent shortage results. to the 1980 inflation rate that go through the system already in markup on new books and 25 perKreusser said, "this problem jumped way ahead of income place," said The Student Resource cent on used texts. happens at the Resource as well. necessary to keep up.

Director Sandra Kreusser.

However, both the Book CenBut competition is not a factor The company advertises a stu- terand the Student Resource mark- But we order ,so many books, and for textbook prices on Auraria dent savings of 5 to 20 percent over up claims do not correspond with we have a better ordering system, Campus. the book store because it's a that it only takes five to seven days Since January of 1989, one "warehouse" and not a "year-round the percentages found in comparito get them." son with the publishers' prices.

"It depends on the publisher how Last year, 78 percent of the bookstore's sales are in new and fast we get them after they're orused texts, as well as other books. dered," Minney said, "but it averThe remaining 22 percent of sales ages seven days."

Three books were randomly seare in school supplies and acceslected from the Auraria Book Cen"tl sories. :I" 2.

"Any profit, beyond operation ter, " Strategies for Successful 0 !I costs, goes back into the student Writing," Prentice-Hall, Inc., "Un&> bond fund which goes back into derstanding Human Behavior," Holt the student body," said Minney.

Rinehart & Winston, "Calculus ~ And how does the competition and Analytic Geometry," AddisonWfare with the "out of stock" stu- Wesley. Auraria and Student Rei dent dilemma? source prices and mark-up percentIll F3' According to Minney, stock ages were compared with price Student Resource flyers detail text book alternatlves problems occur because the pub- quoted by the publisher. 0

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COP SHOP Vicki Engeman Police Reporter

Defiant, defoliant, defused

Maybe it was his white T-shirt and blue jeans that gave him that carefree, rebellious attitude.

Maybe he was just having a bad day. On Saturday, Aug. 25, an MSCD student went on what could be termed a one-man crime wave. The student was observed _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___. breaking three tree limbs off of

three separate trees. If this wasn't bad enough, a heavy composit trash container was pushed over as well.

The Denver Police Department report stated that the container "shattered upon impact." The student was placed under arrest for Destruction of Public Property. D

the machine with a "wooden dowd

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shaft," or, in laymen's terms, a

Science Building by a transient.

broom handle. An attempt to lift

Kerlee was asked several times by

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had any spare change.

$25.00. There are no leads or suspects at this time.

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The Auraria Public Safety report also indicated the transient had been drinking. When confronted

One of those female problems On Friday, Aug. 20, unknown people attempted to pry open a tampon machine at St. Cajetan's.

The burgalars were trying to open

by an APS officer, the transient

Minstral misses money He came. He saw. He begged.

He played the guitar. Thomas Kerlee, student, reported to police Aug. 23, that he was being ha-

replied,"I was just leaving." It turns out that the transient had been warned by APS 11 previous times not to be in the buildings and five times not to panhandle. Transient was then taken into custody for unlawful conduct.

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Cooperation results in bash, council Lawrence Jones The Metropolitan Believe it or not. Free food, free soft drinks and free beer greeted students as the first Budweiser Back-to-School Bash got under way Aug. 23 and 24.

The bash, which took place between the North Classroom Building and the Science Building, was the brainchild of both the MSCD and CU-D student body governments.

According to Dan Holden, MSCD student body president, the idea for the party was born when he heard that Julie Robbins, CU-D Student Body Vice President, was planning a volleyball tournament for the first two days of classes. Holden wanted to combine a party for the students with the tournament and offered $2,000 from the MSCD student government budget to finance it.

CJ. Wera,CU-Dstudentbodypresident, also got involved and the CU-D Student Government matched the $2,000 for the party.

Holden said that CCD had also planned participation in the event, but they already had another event planned that couldn't be changed.

Wera described the event as a beginning, "a new era of cooperation between the three schools." The efforts of planning the event helped create the new Tri-Institutional Student Executive Council. The council will work to reach more of the students from all three schools on Auraria Campus, according

to Wera. Future events planned by the council include a voter registration day for all students and a "friendship day," which will serve as a mixer among the three schools.

Although the event was put together in three weeks, Amy Montoya, MSCD administrative aide to student government and the official Budweiser representative on the Auraria Campus said, "I had a really great time doing it. We'll probably do it again next year."

Although the 24 kegs of beer donated by Budweiser seemed to be the most popular attraction, students also lined up for the free hot dogs grilled by members of the student governments. Smartfood, Subway Sandwiches and Salads, and Pepsi also donated refreshments for the students.

Radio stations KYGO, XL- I 00 and KAZY were also present, providing music for the event. Two local bands, "Sideways Down" and "Roots Redemption" performed at the event, Aug. 24.

Reactions from students were positive.

"We should have one every Friday," said Jeff Smith, an MSCD junior.

CU-D freshman, Lisa Goff, was more enthusiastic. "Do it every day!" she said."

Few problems resulted from the event, despite the fact that approximately 19 kegs of free beer were consumed over the two days. Robbins said that stud~nts and security cooperated with the guidelines set by the student governments. Auraria Public Safety officerG.K. Casias agreed by saying that the event had gone well.

Several students complained of the three beer limit. According to Holden, the limit

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Grad agreement deadline ext~nded graduation agreement by then would need to

Gayle Neyman The Metropolitan

fulfill the new requirements.

If you've been frantically racing to finish your graduation agreement before the Aug.

line to check up on everybody, they are

31 "deadline" your friends have told you

next year, said Frieda HolJey, director of

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But, because the administration hasn't been able to get their computer program on-

relax. The deadline has been ex-

postponing starting the requirements until

A graduation agreement is the form stu-

tended for one year.

Originally, the new general education

dents filJ out listing their intended course

program included revised math and science

work, classes taken and classes to be taken.

requirements for graduation. These were

The graduation agreement deadline for

scheduled to go into effect on Aug. 31, and

seniors graduating next spring is Friday,

all students who had not submitted a

Oct. 5.

Students dance to the music of "Roots Redemption."

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Move 10 years ahead of the class.

omen's occer kicks into season While the 1989 women's soccer team was shooting enough goals last season to outscore their opponents 112 to 43, coach

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Ed Montojo said his team was also shooting for something else -

recognition. )

Recognition is exactly what the Roadrunners got, finishing the season 10-6-1 and ranked 10th in the nation in NCAA Division II. "At one point in the season," Montojo said, "we were ranked as high as sixth."

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Post-season honors went to Bobbi Geist, a senior defender who was selected to the AU-Region first team. Jami Cobb made the second team, and Tonja Ridgeway and Leslie Zimmerman received honorable mentions.

Returning forward Bridgette Leisure was the team '-s leading scorer last season with 10 goals in 17 games. Other leaders in individual scoring were Ridgeway, Cobb and Cindi Weishapl.

The '89 Roadrunners scored an average of 2.34 goals a game while holding their opponents to a 1.03 goal average.

Since eight seniors off this team graduated, Montojo said 1990 will be a year to rebuild.

"We're optimistic," he said. "We had a good recruiting class, and there were key. positions we tiad to fill and we did!'

Although this year's schedule is "the toughest we've ever had," according to Montojo, he expects the team to be "as good or better than last year's."

"We'll be (a) young (team)," he said.

"It'11 just take time."

The Roadrunners' season opener is Sept. 1 against Western Washington University. Game time is 3:15 p.m. at the Auraria Field.O

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How open is CUDenver's door?

Gary Williams The Metropolitan The University of Colorado at Denver has signed an agreement with the Colorado Commission on Higher Education that will allow all students who have completed the necessary course work at a junior college, to enroll at CU-D with full junior status.

Before this agreement was signed, all students who completed the necessary course work at a junior college could enroll at CUD or any other state college, including Metro, with full junior status.

So, what exactly was accomplished? "[CU-DJ managed to get itself into the news and take credit for something that CCHE required of all of us," said Dorothy Snozek, associate vice president for Academic Affairs at Metro.

Linda Holland, also of the Academic Affairs office at Metro said, " CCHE has required all state schools to undertake this process. [CU-DJ did not make this up."

In 1985, the state legislature empowered CCHE to develop a transfer policy, according to Sharon Sampson, an academic officer atCCHE. The institutions themselves had to implement the programs. CCHE mandated that they be ill place this year.

"It provides an alternate way to getting your degree, and provides options for students," Sampson said.

This new "open-door" policy should pro-

vide broader access to CU-D for minority students according to John Buechner, chancellor of CU-D. Transfer students must complete the Community College General Education Core Transfer Program. Minimum standard requirements for admission will apply to the transfer student, as well as having 60 transferrable credits, according to the agreement.

Jerome W artgow, president of the Colorado Community College and Occupational Education System, said that students entering a four-year institution from a community college have been succeeding better than many students who entered a four-year institution as freshman .

However, George Walker, candidate for CU 's Board of Regents, said it is simply a ploy to keep minorities out of CU for two years. "Junior colleges are a dead end for minority students," said Walker. "Minorities should start at CU and get the support needed. " Walker contends that there is no substantive proof to Wartgow 's claims. "IfWartgow can prove his case then be would be the first in the nation to do so," Walker said. "He (Wartgow) has failed to provide me with statistics backing up his claims. And if he can prove it, he should share it with everyone," he added.

Holland said that Metro bas not looked at the agreement in terms of distinguishing between minority and non-minority students.O

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Mission possibl~: big-boy beer at bar Lawrence Jones and Armanda Olivera The Metropolitan

The Mission Bar, a popular watering hole on the Auraria Campus, will soon be adding wine and 6 percent beer to its menu according to Emerson Holliday, director of the Student Union.

The decision was reached as a result of a 1987 state law that has been gradually phasing out the sale of 3.2 percent beer to anyone under21. As of July 30, no one under21 can buy beer in Colorado.

Field Majors, a bartender at the Mission, said "I don't think it's going to hurt the Mission, because the campus has an older crowd."

The start-up date for serving the wine and stronger beer is still up in the air. Holliday said that Auraria first applied to the local licensing authority last spring, but that the original application had some problems.

The licensing authority requires signatures and brief financial statements of bar owners, or, in this case, the Auraria board members, in order to determine possible conflicts of interest.

The next Auraria Board meeting is Sept. l 0, so the application cannot be re-filed until then. Holliday predicted the Mission could

start serving 6 percent within a month of the re-filing if there are no problems.

"I thought for sure we were a lot farther along than we are," Holliday said, adding that, if there are problems with the application, the 6 percent start-up date might be much later.

"If it's.fate in the fall semester, we would probably start in spring semester," he said.

Until the new license is received, the Mission will continue to serve 3.2 percent beer. The 3.2 license expires in 1991, but it can be renewed if necessary, Holliday said.

Student reaction to the change was generally positive.

Josh Goldberg, 22, a communications major at MSCD, said that students should have to be of legal age to drink anyway.

"The younger a person is, the more likely an addiction can occur," Goldberg said.

MSCD Student Senator Gerri Madrid, chair of the rules committee, said that she agrees with the change. She said the change will give the campus a new atmosphere.

If the change is made before spring semester, Madrid said she thinks it could help attendance at the comedy series scheduled to begin this fall. "Since most comedy clubs in town are 21 (age requirement) and people expect beer and wine, the change might help draw people to the series," Madrid said. 0

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EPITAPH Student says goodbye to a· rock legend David 0. Williams News Editor It was Aug. 16, 1983. A single, piercing spot framed the figure on the stage of the old Rainbow Music Hall. He was seated, a floppy hat tilted down over his eyes, and a guitar across his lap.

I didn't know this man. I had never heard of him before that day. And yet I had thrown my money down and waited four and a half hours in the hot, August sun in order to get second row seats.

At $5.20 a pop it wasn 't much of a gamble. Besides, I had just graduated from high school in June and, after two months of "i promise l'IJ get a job tomorrow" thrown to my parents like scraps to the dog, I was seriously bored.

AIJ I knew about this guy was that he bad played lead guitar on David Bowie's latest album, "Let's Dance," which explained the oh-so-hip, head-to-toe-in-black crowd. But the Skoal-circles-on-their-pockets, countryblues long hairs had me baffled.

I didn't spend a lot of time pondering this paradox. I was happy hacking and skipping frisbees off the Rainbow's parking lot, and, oh yeah, doing a few 12-ounce curls. You used to be able to do that at Colorado's alltirne greatest rock venue before Barry Fey's storm troopers descended, eventually succeeding in turning the historical hall into a Walgreen's.

Someone rolled down the windows of theirGTO arid let Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple rip through the afternoon air from eight speakers of powerboosted Pioneer. Right on, dude.

You see, my generation isn't very original. We borrowed the classics, minus the revolutionary spirit, and air-guitared halfheartedly into the night. So what if we didn't have our own music? man just died Aug. 27 in a helicopter crash I didn't know it at the time, but we were in Wisconsin. about to get some - in a powerful way.

The man, of course, was Stevie Ray You may be thinking that in my semiVaughan. toasty state, Barry Manilow could have de- .

People like Hendrix (the master), Jim livered his rendition of "Walk This Way" Morrison, Janis Joplin, and Keith Moon that night and I would have foamed at the departed the spotlight before their time, too, mouth and hurled myself at the stage like a but their passing was distant and somewhat Shea-stadium teenage Beatle's fan in the untouchable for my generation.

'60s. And you might be right.

I was there in the infancy of Ray But, truth be told, when the lights went Vaughan's career, and his fluency in the down and that single spot came up, I was universal language of the blues took me surrounded by some hard-core doubters, somewhere all those Hendrix and Morrison among them, Charles Maysby, a confirmed fans had already been, somewhere musiFunkadelic fan, and my girlfriend, at the cally my own. time, who normally didn't listen to music His struggle with alcohol and drugs unless Jerry Garcia played the lead . . seemed to parallel my friends' and my own Then the man came out, sat down as battles with brain cell barbecues, and, in silence settled over the crowd, and promost cases, our decision to get away from ceeded to apply gifted fingers to blessed the stuff. strings and tear through a musical repertoire Now he's archives, and his seven years of so soul-shatteringly_pure, sweet and bluesy sixteenth notes so precisely packaged will that it got inside my head the haid way- up begin to fade. But to this blues Jover, he will under my eyelids, like a physical thing. It's remain my generatiorfs Pride and Joy. still kicking around in there even though the 0 Goodbye, Stevie.

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Preacher condemns

Students, speaker debate rel·igion at Auraria David 0. Williams News Editor "Mohammed is dead. Jesus Christ is alive!," Dan Moriarity, sidewalk preacher, shouts. " Yeah? Well, so is Elvis!" screams somebody from the crowd of about 40 students circling Moriarity.

And so begins the fall theological debate season on the Lawrence Street Mall.

Moriarity is one of the migratory campus preachers that seem to hit campus every fall, Sgt. Jim Ferguson of Auraria Public Safety said.

"We get about three or four of them every year," Ferguson said. "What he' s doing is protected by First Amendment rights."

"I'm a born-again Christian. I'm a child of a living god," Moriarity proclaimed on Aug. 28 to the growing lunch crowd. "I have mercy and compassion in my heart."

"Then why are you torturing us?" a student yeUs. "We come down here a lot," Kay Moriarity, Dan's wife, said. "It's just that today everyone stopped. They seem to really like debating. It's a college mentality."

Kay turned away to exchange literature with Henrietta, the Oink' s Pig, who pro.claimed herself "God in a pig suit" and added that "it's his (Moriarity's) constitutional right to do this (preach). People don't

have to listen."

Many students seemed to enjoy the spirited exchange. "I think it's good for the amusement," Scott Andrews, an MSCD student, said. "They're (the students) just having fun, I think."

Others took it a little more seriously.

"He' s a fool. Obviously hedoesn 't know the Bible," MSCD student Mike Walker said. "I think he could be locked up somewhere.

He's crazy."

And still others tried to put things in perspective. "I don't understand why everyone has to attack," Bryan Perry, a CU-D student, said. "If you don't agree with him, just don't agree with him."

Ferguson said that none of these sidewalk debates has ever gotten out of hand at Metro. "What we usually try to do is keep it in a fairly public area where it doesn't disturb classes. When they .start disturbing classes, that's when they (the religious speakers) create some legal problems for themselves," he said.

Ferguson said that, though the speakers are not required to get a license, they should get clearance from the Student" Union in order to avoid problems.

"Mainly what we do is ask them to register with our office," Emerson Holliday, director of the Student Union, said. "What we look at is for the minister's benefit as well, because they say some things that are quite inflammatory."

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OP/ED Contemplating choices:

Consequences of decisions made at 17 Dave Plank Ever since the United States waved goodbye to the draft, every American kid has been able to expect a visit from a military recruiter some time in high school, offering them extra money for college, experience that will serve them the rest of their life, or both.

For my friend Mike and me, that visit came when we were 17. We were a lot alike then, almost certainly because we spent so much time together doing whatever it is that being 17 dictates you do. For us, that . meant talking about girls (he had to do almost all of the talking, unfortunately,) and seeing how fast we could get his mom's Mazda station wagon to go if we messed around with the engine and took all the doors off.

We talked to the recruiter the same day. Mike was much more impressed with what he heard than I was, and signed up for two years in the Army on the spot, almost a whole year before he was going to graduate.

The two of us spent that year laughing about how, after we graduated, he would be earning extra money for college and having experiences that would serve him the rest of his life-while I was flipping hamburgers for Ronald, if I was lucky.

We graduated, and Mike went off to basic training

while I moved here and got ready for college, which ended up not liking me much. The Army liked him, however, so much that it offered him a lot of special training, and he took advantage of its generosity.

Well, it's been almost five years now, and Mike's a Green Beret. I'm a junior.

I read a story once in a magazine about how sometimes in Vietnam, Green Berets would slip into Viet Cong villages in the middle of the night, barefoot so they wouldn't make any noise, and slit the throat of every other person they came across, so that in the morning the rest of the villagers would freak out and give themselves up.

Mike called me once in a while for the first couple of years after high school, usually after 1Oor 15 beers at whatever dive bar was closestto his base du jour. We'd talk for an hour or so about old times, whlle he stuffed quarters into the pay phone and yelled at the waitress to get him another beer. He never really said that much about what exactly he was learning, and based on what I'd read in that story, I always decided not to ask.

I haven't actually spoken to him for a couple of years now. My dad works with his mom, though, so I hear about him through the grapevine. When I talked to my dad last December, I found out that, while I was trying to decide what color scarf to get my mom for Christmas, Mike was getting into a cargo plane to go over-

throw the government of another country on another continent.

I talked to my dad again last night. Tensions are running high in anotherpartoftheworld now, and Mike is getting on that plane again.

Actually, he's already there. He was there before anyone else, because America has spent big bucks teaching him to jump out of airplanes and drive tanks and fly gunships and do unspeakable things to people he's never met.

So this time, I'm trying to get used to school again after a summer off-and Mike's watching cargo planes land in Saudi Arabia every 10 minutes, forcing himself to drink a quart of water an hour and trying to keep sand from getting in his underwear or plugging up the barrel of his M-16.

And he's probably wondering when the order will come for him to take off his boots, get out his knife, slip into Bhagdad and start paying America back for its investment in him.

I've been thinking a lot today about blowing down the highway at 100 miles per hour in a Mazda station wagon with no doors-and a choice I made when I was 17.

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LETTERS American opinion controlled by propaganda Editor, The American propaganda machine has shifted into high gear, teaching every good patriotic citizen to hate Saddam Hussein and all things Iraqi. The war mongers are wrapping themselves in the flag while beating the drums calling the country to war, to war, to defend truth, justice and the American way.

But I ask this question, which road is the correct one, which is just? Is it the way of Confucious, of the Buddah, of Jesus Christ, Gandhi, Bertand Russell, Martin Luther King? Or is it the way of Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan, Napoleon, Mussolini, Tojo, Hitler, President Nixon, President Bush?

The time to speak out is now. Do not believe the hype. Read between the lines. What we are not told is as important as what we are told. Think, speak, act.

By Lawrence Jones

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Thomas Mestnik MSCD student

LETTERS POLICY The Metropolitan encourages submission of letters to the editor and guest editorials on relevant and timely topics.

All submissions must be typed or submitted on Macintosh compatible disks.

Libelous or offensive material will not be published.

Letters must include the name, title, school and phone number of the author.

Letters may be printed with name withheld only if they are signed on submission. The editor must verify

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EDITORIAL Trite concerns bewildering in serious world Teresa Lenway Editor Everyday a gradual, unstoppable escalation takes place in the Middle East.

It is rare, if not unheard of, for a leader in the Middle East to calm down, apologize for getting everyone worked up and go home.

At least not without getting bombed first. Remember Kaddafi (Quaddafi, Kadaffi , Kadiddle or whatever)? When Reagan ordered the bombing of Libya, he tried to convince everyone back in the states that the military aimed away from people, but a maverick missile or two broke away from the herd and stampeded on through a couple of tents. Oops. It worked , though, and Ronnie was the hero.

Saudi Arabia. Guess they'll have to FAX a transcript.

In any case, more and more Americans are being called to service in the Middle East. People at Auraria are disappearing as Uncle Sam's fingers gently pluck them from their desks. It is frightening. If the escalation continues, the draft could be implemented.

These are serious times with serious implications for the future of everyone in this country.

So, I would like to take this moment to ask anyone reading this editorial to thumb through the rest of the paper. · What's here? There's a story about the vitally important assessment test. This test's reason for existence is to assure taxpayers that their money is not spent in vain. Johnnie really can read ... if he can afford books.

Which brings up the Auraria Book Center story.

Gretchen Minnie was terribly concerned that the reporter was going to mess up the article.

First of all, the reporter, like the majority of people on this campus, is a student. In an institution of learning,

There's increasing evidence that Georgie has simi-

students learn. I know. How revolutionary.

Under the news briefs, The Metropolitan attempted

lar megalomaniacal tendencies. There is also evidence that he may not know.quite what he's doing.

to inform students of the condition of a teacher who has taken ill. I believe stone-walling is the correct term for

For example, on the morning of Aug. 29, Georgie gave a moving speech to the troops in Saudi Arabia over American Armed Forces Radio - unfortunately, there is no relay for American Armed Forces Radio in

the treatment we received.

For some reason, for as long as I have been even remotely associated with The Metropolitan, some administrators, faculty and staff seem to think the future

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Many refuse to interview, behave in a hostile manner, do not return phone calls or are rude toward Metropolitan staff members at social gatherings.

Thanks for the opportunity to learn.

My point is this: don't these people see more important issues in the world than the contents of a short article in a college newspaper that will be forgotten in a week?

If a person must take a stand on an issue, shouldn't it be something at least a bit meaningful? Like a war?

The draft? Peace on earth?

I come from a wonderfully peculiar family. My mother has said to me, on more than one occasion, "How would feel about treating your brother that way if he died tomorrow?"

Well, terrible, of course, Mom. But I still think that way: "If I died tomorrow, would I be satisfied with my accomplishments and ideals?"

Assuming that I retained the capacity for satisfaction and that I don't do anything stupid between now and tomorrow, yes, I would.

One of my focuses is the newspaper, but I'm the editor, it has to be. I am not an occasional source with a vendetta.

For those administrators, faculty and staffwho are helpful, and there are many, thank you. You are credits to the institution and to the ideals of learning.

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Future uncertain for four-wheeled creature David Heacock The Metropolitan

In 1950, there were 50 million cars worldwide, 75 percent of them in the United States. This number doubled by 1960, redoubled by 1970 and redoubled again by 1990, an increase to 400 million cars. U.S. drivers now own only one-third of the world's total, but one-half of all Americans own two cars. In Europe, car ownership is growing faster than the population, with eag~r car buyers in Eastern Europe ready to swell the car population there. The stream ofTrabants heading west will seem a trickle compared to the .flood of Fiats and Ford Escorts that will head east just as soon as Western and Japanese auto makers are able to sell in Eastern markets.

Today, auto makers dream of 100 million new potential customers in Eastern Europe or the 120 million middle-class Indians now able to afford inexpensive compact cars like the Maruti Udyog. The potential for growth is enonnous, especially in countries like the Soviet Union, where there is one car for every 24 people, or India, where the ratio is l to 515. Analysts expect the European car fleet to double in the next 20 years and more than double in Asia and Latin America. If only 10 percent of this new market bought U.S. cars, the "big three" could double their annual production.

There are two problems with the world's car population explosion. First, it is obvious that the earth is ill equipped to handle the increasing quantity of air-pollution gases emitted by cars, gases that deplete the ozone, warm the planet, acidify its waters and ruin human health. And second, the earth is plainly incapable, in the not-too-distant future; of providing fossil fuels to run this growing gas-guzzling fleet.

Our children' s children will live in a world without oil. The world's growing car population will make sure of that.

Cars are getting better gas mileage, but there are more of them. World oil consumption continues to rise, topping 225 billion gallons this year, an eight-fold increase since

1950. At current levels of consumption, optimistic oil industry analysts expect oil to last another 45 years. But if consumption increases, which seems likely, this forecast will have to be shortened.

Great amounts of oil consumption creates both economic and environmental problems. In the economic scene, the purchase of $32 billion worth of oil in ·1988 for use in the United States contributed more than one-third of the trade deficit. The United States now obtains nearly one-half of its oil from foreign sources. This share is expected to increase as the nation taps remaining domestic supplies.

The growing demand for oil has sent the industry scurrying to find supplies on marginal lands, in dangerous seas and sensitive off-shore areas, resulting in spills around the world from Alaska to Antarctica. But errant oil tankers are not the only ones to blame for environmental problems. In the United States, do-it-yourself mechanics dump an "Exxon Valdez" worth of used motor oil down drains and sewers every two and one-half weeks. And drivers in Los Angeles use one of every four gallons idling their cars in traffic. This amount is 80 times greater than the amount spilled from the Exxon Valdez. Analysts predict that the average speeds in Los Angeles will drop from 33 mph today to 15 mph by the year 2000.

Car waste doesn't end there. Consumers have discarded or buried 650 million cars in the United States since 1900. And billions of discarded tires have piled up in dumps across the country, creating long-burning fires which release toxic gases into the atmosphere and oil into the groundwater.

The automobile may be the most destructive machine ever invented, more deadly than the atomic bomb. Every year, cars worldwide kill 300,000 people - nearly twice as many people than the atomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki - and injure IO million more.

In the United States, cars claimed their first million deaths by 1952, their second million by 1975. A third million will likely perish by the mid- l 990s. To put this toll in perspective, nearly twice as many Ameri-

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We rely far too much on the car. When the growing car population consumes the resources needed to fuel it, then we will learn just how much we depend on it. The coming crisis will bring an end to the auto age. The issue for the world is not whether it will end, but when, and how, and at what cost? The rapid growth of the world's car population will end its future sooneror later, one way or another. From the environmental perspective, better that it end sooner, if for no other reason than humans cannot tolerate a dramatic increase in the Earth's temperatures as a result of the Greenhouse effect.

Greenpeace recently commissioned a group of British scientists· to examine the measures that would be necessary to stabi-

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PLAIN &FANCYBALL Person of the year, 'legend in her own time' M.K. Wagner The Metropolitan

MSCD will honor Rachel B. Noel in recognition of her outstanding lifetime commitment to equal opportunity, equality and education as the Plain and Fancy Person of the Year at the third annual Plain and Fancy Ball, held Oct. 6.

The ball will highlight the cgllege's yearlong 25th anniversary celebration and all proceeds from the gala will benefit student scholarships and departmental programs. A committee representing the college's foundation, alumni boards and administration selected Noel to receive the college's highest community honor.

Noel, 72, moved to Denver in 1950 with her husl::!and, the late Edmond F. Noel, who was a general practice physician and surgeon. Noel was an Afro-American studies & sociology professor at MSCD, 1969-71, and chair of the Afro-American studies department in 1971. Noel received a bachelor's in education from Hampton University and a master's in sociology from Fisk University.

"I'm overwhelmed," said Noel referring to the honor, "and it is nice to be remembered as part of MSCD." During her time at MSCD, Noel believes the students were her favorite people. She enjoyed teaching and interacting with the

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student body and had the respect of both students and faculty. " Rachel Noel represents, in her life and career, the very highest humanitarian ideals," MSCD President Thomas Brewer said.

Long-time associate and close friend, Dr. Gwendolyn A. Thomas, assistant vice president of Student Affairs, said Noel is a truly dedicated activist and cited her many years of tireless campaigning for constructive change in the field of education.

"Rachel is a soft-spoken, dynamic person," Thomas said. "She believes all people

should work together for common goals.

Citizens, teachers and students should all be concerned about education."

In 1965, Noel was the first AfricanAmerican resident elected to the Denver School Board. She introduced what later became known as The Noel Resolution which led to the integration of Denver Public Schools.

Noel was the first African-American resident elected to the University of Colorado Board of Regents where she served from 1976. to 1984. She is the co-founder of the Colorado Association of African Americans for Higher Education and, in 1990, received the Martin Luther King Humanitarian Award. "Essence Magazine" recognized Noel in its 20th anniversary issue as one of several women who are "Legends in Their Own Time."

Jane Wasson, president of Metro's League of Women Voters in the '70s has known Noel since the 'SOs. In 1971, Wasson took a class in Afro~American Studies being taught by Noel. She is amazed at the effect Noel has on people.

"It's so fascinating for me to watch Rachel," said Wasson. "She has this quality, this aura about her. The class was an eyeopening experience. Rachel is such a powerful person, with such graciousness, and she alone, through her class, developed in her students an awareness on the perception we have at looking at American history."

Dave Ball, former MSCI? student body

president ( 1971) and former editor of "The Paper" (now The Metropolitan), recalls a student meeting during the '70s when Noel's presence calmed a developing conflict.

"We had gathered to discuss issues about the college, and the Vietnam war, when suddenly the talk turned into a mini-riot," Ball said. "Rachel Noel walked into the room, and quietly said no more than four words." Ball remembered that, although he didn't overbear what Noel said, the angry students did and the minute the words were spoken, the conflict ended with students scattering in all directions. "The students had such respect for this woman," Ball said.

Ball is now controller at Construction Management Technical Services. He is working for King Harris, another former student at MSCD who is chairman of the board. According to Harris, CMTS is considered at this time to be Colorado's largest employer of blacks.

"Noel is an integral part in the institutional history of improving participation of minority people in the entire educational system," Harris said. "Clearly, Rachel is one of those people who has done more for the school system during those years than most people do in a lifetime."

Currently, Noel is chairman of Mayor Pena's Black Advisory Committee, a member of the Denver Housing Authority's Commission and on the Advisory Committee for Minorities for the University of Colorado system.

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"Any exhibit in the New World Department that has a Hispanic artist or is of Hispanic origin will be bilingual, " said '.rturo Dell-Acqua, assistant director of Education for Hispanic Collection's Outreach Program at the Denver Art Museum.

"The Hispanic community of Denver' s metropolitan area is large, and we owe it to them. Ifthey don't speak English, they won't

Evidence of this new program can be seenatthemuseum'scurrentexhibit, "Little People of the Earth: Ceramic Figures from Ancient America. Object labels and explanatory wall labels are bilingual along with the introductory panel in the exhibit hall. An "Eye Spy" visual search game that encourages all ages to look for details of the objects, and a photographic time line that parallels the dates these figurines were made.

Other cultural events such as Egypt ' s Rameses and England's Stonehenge are also interpreted.

The collection, which belongs to the museum, dates back to 3500 B.C. These ceramic "little people," ranging from 3/8" to 11 inches tall, appeal to both adults and children. These particular objects have never been shown before, partly because they are so tiny, compared to monumental pieces, they disappear," Dell-Acqua said.

They may be tiny but they rise above it all with their own history and distinct style.

Found scattered from Mexico to Chile, some came from peasant villages; others were found in urban centers of more sophisticated societies.

The one-dimensional, simplistic figures that look like a Gumby doll are primitive, yet intriguing. Exaggerated beak-like noses, coffee-bean shaped eyes, and straight to heavy-hipped bodies add some character to a more advanced grouping. The three-dimensional, more human-looking figures are adorned with jewelry and headgear. Impish and ornery expressions OBsome from Mexico enliven the pieces. Those that look Li.I<e they're dancing stringed puppets in a magic act show creative genius.

This art is fun as well as mysterious for the viewer and the scholar. "Curators do not agree 100 percent on the time and place of these objects," says Dell- Acqua. "We can decipher some origins but not everything.

Most are just objects like we would have in our homes. For those found in tombs of kings and priests, we assume the context is different."

The exhibit runs through Jan. 26 at the Denver Art Museum. For more information 0 call 575-2794.

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PEOPLE Professor extends commercial experience to classes Brett Hoff The Metropolitan

Standby in the studio. Ready to fade in audio. Ready to fade in camera one.

Three...two.~.one ...fade ....

And with these directions, another video production begins. James Craig, an associate professor in the speech department at Metro for more than four years, has been issuing commands like these for more than 25 years.

Craig, 52, has taught hundreds of students the finer points of audio and video production in this time, and has produced or directed dozens of TV and radio programs since he first became enamored of electronic media while still in high school.

A graduate of the University of Cincinnati, with a masters degree from Indiana University, Craig has taught video and radio production at high schools in Indiana, graduate and undergraduate programs at the University of Oregon, as well as classes at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio.

In between teachingjobs, Craig was also in charge of several different video production endeavors in both educational and commercial fields. He has worked with Sesame Street characters, soap opera actors, handicapped people, and directed raw footARS from page 14

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More stringent emission standards will elp clean up the air, but only for a time. As ·t is, much of the car's toxic pollutants have en removed from new cars. Any future ains will be undermined by the increasing ize of the car fleet.

The trouble with raising the cost of car wnership is that it is unfair and inefficient. the United States and around the world, ar ownership and use increases sharply ith income. A household in the top I 0 rcent of the population owns 3 to 4 times s many cars, uses three times as much gas d drives them 3 times as far as a carwning household in the bottom 10 percent. general increase in car costs forces poorer ivers off the road first, since they spend a reater percentage of their income on transrtation than richer motorists. Assuming at the rich and poor have an equal need to

"I got to do a age for ABC, lot of cultural CBS, NBC, and things, which has CNN, though alway s fasc imost of his work nated me," Craig has dealt with said. "I like instructional or working with aceducational tors, musicians video projects. and dancers." bad Not One of his credits, bu then most memorable this comes from productions ina man who bevolveddance and gan life in the the handicapped, same vein as which took more Abraham Lincoln. Craig says than two years to complete. "The his family home most meaningful Kokomo, in thing that I did Ind., where he was a project for was born, was the National built around a log cabin. "As Committee: Arts for the Handisoon as I was James Craig comes to MSCD via born they took capped," Craig Sesame Street. me to the log said. "It touched cabin and dried me off by the pot-bellied me. It's still used in various mediums stove," Craig said. throughout the world now. It was the most From this bucolic upbringing, Craig gratifying thing I've ever done." moved on to more urban and electronic And though it was personally his most activities. He got a job at a radio station, meaningful production, on another level it writing and producing radio spots, while in was his most frustrating project. After taphigh school. Radio leact to television and ing for two years, Craig said the day before just a few years later Craig was producing he was to leave to Detroit to edit the program, all of his funding was cut, and he and directing TV programming. go to work or to visit Mom, this solution is obviously unfair.

In environmental terms, it makes even less sense, because it targets the sensible car users for extinction and does little to slow the most extravagant car users. Small wonder that the oil and auto industries are able to employ environmental regulation in "elitist" colors.

The only good feature of the regulatory approach is that revenue from increased gas taxes be devoted to public transit, helping clear the air and provide alternative transportation for displaced motorists. This will help buy time for the transition. But more is necessary.

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already had a scheduled air date for the program. He had to edit at a lesser facility , and he said the production never achieved its potential.

"It was sort of ironic to me that it was the most touching thing I've ever done and to have it not be what it could've been," he remembered, "'Course, everything's like that."

On a more positive note, Craig thinks things at Metro have improved since he started here. He said a few years ago, "Metro had an attitude that they were second-class citizens. I don' t see that now."

What he does see about the school, he likes. He says one thing about Metro that stands out compared to some of the other schools he has taught at are the students.

"They mean business," Craig said. "So many of them mean business. They're more serious about what they 're doing. Even the younger students...are goal oriented. ''The next thing that really sticks out to me is the faculty, and the interest of the faculty in their fields, and also their interest in teaching, and in their students."

Although, Craig said there is room for improvement at Metro. He said his department could be better with new facility, more money and better equipment.

As far as his personal future is concerned, Craig is upbeat. "I'm going to continue to preach that television is an art form, and someday I will convince somebody." 0

This may be so, but it's difficult to imag dealing with rising oil prices. It preserves household access to cars regardless of in- ine Congress passing laws to achieve thes come, provides equal mileage to all users changes. "We have a fundamental prob and , by rationing the supply of gas, keeps it lem," says car analyst Michael. "We haven' affordable longer. It would also speed the come up with political institutions that tak transition to higher mileage and pollution- the long view of serious problems. The c free cars. is a major cause of the deficit and of glob The problem with this approach is that it warming and air pollution. Any serious at is not likely to happen in the United States. tempt to deal with these problems will While European and other countries have painful. Trouble is, we just don't have th high taxes on new cars and gasoline (gas political mechanisms to impose pain o costs $3.03 a gallon in Portugal, $3.80 in . citizens in a democratic society."

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Off-·c ampus gallery: dream becomes reality V. M. Utterback The Metropolitan The "MSCD Center for the Visual Arts;'' at 170 I Wazee St., in the heart of Denver's lower downtown art district, will officially open its doors on Sept. 7.

According to Barbara Houghton, chair of MSCD's art department, the dream of an off-campus art gallery/center has been a long one - planning began almost four years ago.

"This final site is at least the third location we've dealt with," Houghton said, "and we' ve re-written the proposal over and over again before coming to the final one."

Houghton is enthusiastic about what the center will mean to students and the MSCD art department.

"It will be an incredible resource for our art students," she said. "This will really help us strengthen our reputation and give us [the MSCD art department] credibility in the community."

Dennis Lucero, director of the center, said he feels that the community is a key factor.

"A lot of what MSCD bas been about is providing for the needs of the urban community," he said. "This arts center should enhance and reinforce that concept."

The Sept. 7 opening wilJ be an MSCD alumni reunion exhibition, in conjunction with the celebration of MSCD's 25th anniversary.

"There will be a very wide and diverse group of art exhibited at the show," Lucero explained. "All types of media - sculpture,

Dennis Lucero supervises preparation tor gallery opening, Sept. 7. painting, print-making, ceramics, drawings -will be represented. We wantto highlight Metro art graduates who have been successful over the years."

The exhibiting MSCD alumni span the years from the first graduating class of 1969 to the class of 1989, Lucero said.

"The majority of the artists are local and regional," he added, "and several of them are currently show ing in area galleries as well."

However, not all exhibitors stayed in Colorado. One 1976 MSCD graduate, Susana Amundarain, has become an international success in Caracas, Venezuela.

Lucero is an MSCD graduate success story himself. One of those "rare" Denver natives, he graduated from MSCD with a

fine arts degree in 1976. Before being hired recently as the center' s director, he taught at MSCD part-time for the past seven years.

He has owned an art gallery of his own and is currently serving on the Denver Commission for Cultural Affairs and the Mayor's blue-ribbon committee to oversee the design of the new airport.

The location of the new gallery is historic and colorful. Looking directly across the street out the huge front display windows of the center, two doormen in maroon tuxedos stand at the entrance to the Oxford Hotel.

Further down 17th Street is the massive Union Station. And art is everywhere commercial art galleries of all sorts surround the center. The shows at the center will be diverse and education-oriented. Not

all of them will be student-based, however.

The center's commitment, according to Lucero, is for a minimum of one exhibition each year of the following: senior MSCD art students, consortium students/faculty (which will include all four state colleges in the consortium- Mesa, Western, Adams and Metro) and a "culturally diverse" exhibition. In the 4,000 square feet of exhibition space, an area will be reserved permanently for art work of current MSCD art students to be displayed and sold.

"The academic and professional interests of our students are our main concern," Lucero said.

Harry Gianneschi , vice president for Institutional Advancement and a member of the original "dream team" for the center, echoes the student benefit concept.

"One of the hardest things for a student who wants to be an artist," Gianneschi said, "is that 'first show.' The center will give access for many people to show their work that would not otherwise have it.

"It's also going to be great for the cityhaving an educational type of gallery. They [the other area art galleries] will help us and we will help them by the different types of people we will bring into the area.

"It's nice to be closing in on it all. This is one of those projects I felJ in love with, and it's really good to get it done."

Houghton also takes great satisfaction in knowing the plans of four years ago are soon to become a reality.

"I feel ," Houghton said, "like it's a dream that I had for a long time that I wasn' t sure was ever going to come true. But it is. It finally is." · 0

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ew coach -brings high hopes ter, but McMullen expects great things. " I think we'll struggle a little bit, but near the end we should be putting it together. I've been really impressed with the team's ability to change. They've done more adapting to my style, and I think there are a couple ofjuniors and seniors who will make an impact right away."

McCulleo brings with her Jennifer Drees, a junior from Montana Tech. Drees was an NAIA All-American as a sophomore, ranked 4th nationally in service aces and 9th in setting assists.

"I think Jennifer will really settle in well here and could be a real key for us," McMullen said.

"All the girls have great attitudes and great work ethics," continued McMullen.

My main goal is to try to get this group of athletes to become a team. It's harder than it looks to d<r- to gel and get that sense of being a real team. Without it you can be fair, but with it, you can be great."

Jenny Scott, a senior on the volleyball team, says McMullen does everything she can to achieve that "team" feeling.

"She has a strong personality and a strong way of coaching. She keeps us up if we don't keep each other up. I believe she really wants a close-knit unit. And she's concerned about you as a person altogether, not just the way you play volleyball."

Away from volleyball, McMullen enjoys golf and skiing, and said that she and her husband are very active, outdoor people.

Looking down the road, McMullen has

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The Metropolitan State College of Denver women's volleyball team has a lot of new faces, including that of their coach.

Rhonda McMullen replaces Joan Tamblin as the coach of the women's volleyball team. McMullen hails from Bozeman, Mont., where she grew up playing volleyball.

McMullen played for four years at Montana State University under Bill Neville, who is now the U.S. Men's Olympic coach.

She then coached under him at MSU. She was head coach at Montana Tech University from 1987 through 1989. In that time, she took her team from a 25-20 record in 1987 to a 33-7 record in 1989, which earned them a ranking of 11th in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics.

"It was a hard decision to come to MSCD," said McMullen. "I've been successful where I've been, but I am ready for a new challenge. Joan left huge shoes to fill; I just hope I can continue where she left off."

The volleyball team is currently ranked 14th, and McMullen sees her position here as a great opportunity.

"MSCD has put a priority on volleyball, and I like that. I think it's a good chance for me to get what I need."

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Stadium in final inning Herzog says to himself. So he goes over to baseball coaches Eric Larson and Bill Sports Editor Helman and starts asking around. Pretty soon, Herzog has learned what a success As any semi-conscious person knows, Metro's team has been the last few years and Denver-or should I say the surrounding he starts spreading the word about what a suburbs, with the pitiful exception of Adams good program Metro has. A well-respected County-passed the stadium tax just over man like Herzog probably has more contacts two weeks ago. The only remaining problem, in baseball than he'll ever need, so word will then, was who would be willing to step travel quickly. forward as a potential owner and pay the Then, at the very least, Metro will have incredible amounts of money necessary to blue-chip high school players knocking on bring Denver a team. Now that has apparent! y our door, asking for a chance to play. The been solved, too. That leaves just one ques- Roadrunners will be a highlight on other tion: teams' schedules and be a regular in the Where to put the stadium.

NCAA Division II playoffs. That will draw In its Aug. 24 edition, "The Denver Post" scouts from all 26---excuse me, 28-major reported that the city of Denver favors the league teams, who are looking for future Central Platte Valley site across Auraria stars. Some of the players will get a shot at Parkway, nearby KDVR-Channel 31. Co- playing in the minor leagues. And maybe, incidentally, The Met' s front-page article just maybe, a former Metro star will get a Aug. 24 detailed the possible salvation of chance to star in the Big Show, perhaps even the struggling Tivoli if the stadium were to in Denver. Don't laugh. It could happen be built across the street. Besides making us someday. look extremely good, the "Post's" article, if Besides that, it would be good for Auraria true, could do wonders for Metro and Auraria. in general. Residents and tourists will drive Let's take a short voyage into the future. down here and see the remodeled campus, Suppose it's 1992 and .the stadium is actu- the new parking garage, the bustling Tivoli, ally built on the land across,AurariaParkway. which are all a few minutes' walk from Suppose the Colorado Eagles are taking· on downtown Denver and the 16th Street Mall. the Chicago Cubs and George Steinbrenner It will be good public relations (ugh, did I has gone into play-by-play work. There are actually say that?) for Auraria to cooperate going to be several thousand people flock- with Major League baseball, not to mention ing here daily (myselflikely included) to see that it could be financially beneficial. Having the games and just spend their time and a little extra money in AHEC's pocket money in general. wouldn't hurt our pocketbooks any, would Denver would be inundated with more it? people than they know what to do with.

Want another reason? It would save the Since we would be the only team in the city a fair amount of money, specifically Rocky Mountain time zone, people from all $80,000 to $100,000 for analysis of each over states like Wyoming, Montana, the potential sjte. How it could cost one hundred Dakotas, Nebraska and Kansas will be grand to discover if a stadium can be built at driving here to see a baseball game or two. a certain place is beyond me, but that's For most of these people, a trip to Coors beside the point. If a site can be named Stadium would likely be their family vaca- quickly, it will save the residents of the City tion for the year, so they will be spending and County of Denver a good amount of money wherever they go. We could even money. make a mrnor mint charging these people to If Denver picks the Central Platte Valley park in our lots (or that nifty garage). site, it's conceivable that maybe Anschutz If you think this is all an assumption could become a player in the ownership because Denver hasn't been awarded a team game. While potential owners Steve Ehrhart yet, then don't think ever again. Phoenix and Mike Nicklous have deep pockets, it was our only regional competition, but they would be a tremendous help if a billionaire ran into problems when the potential owner like Anschutz offered his credit card to help decided he couldn't afford the probable total out. That 's only speculation on my part, but ofroughly $150 million to get a team fielded again, it could happen. by 1993 or sooner. Buffalo won't get a team Plus, ifthe stadium is built by the Tivoli, because there are already two teams in New it won't be far from the highway, which will York (the Mets and Yankees, for those ease traffic. Downtown Denver has enough boneheads who don't know). Of course, the traffic without tourists getting lost and Tampa-St. Petersburg area in Florida will confusing the poor metro area residents who get a team because they already have a barely know Denver's odd street system domed stadium built. anyway.

So that leaves Denver. We have the go. One last reason to put the stadium across ahead to build a stadium, we have the po- from Auraria: Mile High Stadium and tential owners, and we have a good site in the McNichols Arena are within shuttle distance Central Platte Valley. We even have Whitey of the campus and the baseball stadium Herzog to manage the team, ifwe can believe would create the impression of a serious Norm Clarke of the "Rocky Mountain sports area. If you've ever been to Kansas News." Go ahead and sell the bike shop, City, you know what I'm talking about.

Orville, Major League baseball is coming to Arrowhead Stadium, which houses the NFL Denver. By the way, how do red and gold Chiefs, and Royals Stadium (where Bo plays sound for team colors? baseball), are literally across the street from each other. You can almost reach out and Back to our voyage. Whitey Herzog is take hold of the atmosphere with two big taking a break from practice to get a bite to stadiums next to each other. With the three eat. He stops as Oink' s Diner and on the way major sports buildings in Denver all within out of the Tivoli, he notices Metro's base- eyeball distance of each other, the aura will ball team beating the snot out of Colorado be almost electric.

State. He stops and looks at the pitcher or And Auraria and Metro will be right third baseman. there.

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CALENDAR SATURDAY, Sept.1 The Dunraven Grille in the Stanley Hotel, Estes Park, is presenting, The Cat's Night Out Band, September L& 2 from 8:30 p .m. to I2:30 p.m. on Saturday and 7:30 p.m. to I I :30 p.m. on Sunday, free and open to the public, for more information, call I -800ROCKIES. The Second Annual Ultralight Regional Competition. Sport-flying and introductory flights, Watkins, Colorado, 8 a.m. - 7 p.m., admission is $2 to benefit KEMPE Children's Foundation, call Dave at Ultralight Adventures at 366-3808 for more information.

Open AA Meeting, noon - 1 p.m., Auraria Library Room 206, 556-2525.

THURSDAY, Sept. 6

TUESDAY, Sept.11

Skills and Your Career Path, 9:00 - 11 :00 a.m., Office of Career Services, Arts Building Room I 77, for more information, call 556-3477.

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

Resumes That Work, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m., Office of Career Services, Arts Building Room 177, 556-3477.

MSCD Student Activities presents, " Dave Wehner and Nora Lynch," as part of their comedy series, 12:30 - 1:30 p.m., at the Mission, call 556-2595 for more info.

"Food for Thought Literacy Drive," 10 a.m.

-4 p.m.,Labor Day Weekend at King Soopers locations throughout the Denver Metro and Boulder areas. King Soopers will host donation centers for customers to donate new or used preschool books.

Recruitment and Retention Subcommittee Meeting, 4 p.m., Room 340 D, Student Government, for more information, please contact Leez, 556-2595.

SUNDAY, Sept. 2

Job Search Strategies, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., Office of Career Services, Arts Building Room 177, for more information, call 556-3477.

Santana performs at Fiddler's Green, 7:30 p.m., tickets are still available through Ticketmaster locations, to order or for more information call 220-7000.

The Second Annual Ultralight Regional Competition. Sport-flying and introductory flights, Watkins, Colorado, 8 a.m. - 7 p.m., admission is $2 to benefit KEMPE Children's Foundation, call Dave at Ultralight Adventures at 366-3808 for more information.

TUESDAY, Sept. 4 Mock Interview, 1:00-3:30 p.m., Office of Career Services, Arts Building Room 177, for more information, call 556-3477.

MONDAY, Sept.10

of Career Services, Arts Building Room 177, for more information, call 556-3477.

Open AA Meeting, noon - 1 p.m., Auraria Library Room 206, 556-2525.

FRIDAY, Sept. 7

Little Feat/John Hiatt perform at Fiddler's Green, 7:30 p.m., tickets are still available through Ticketmaster locations, to order and for more information, call 220-7000.

Metropolitan State College announces the opening of The Center for the Visual Arts opening show, "Twenty-five years of Metro Art," featuring original works by 25 MSCD Art Department Alumni artists, 6 - 9 p.m., Center for the Visual Arts, 1701 Wazee Street, open to the public, call 294-5207 or 294-5208 for more information.

WEDNESDAY, Sept.12 Recruitment and Retention Subcommittee will be sponsoring a Campus Service Fair, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., Student Union, for more information contact Leez at 556-2595, Student Government.

Future Educators monthly meeting with Dr. Shive, the new director of Teacher Certification, 4 - 5 p.m., Child Developement Center, call 388-3353 for more information.

Open AA Meeting, noon - I p.m., Auraria Library Room 206, 556-2525.

THURSDAY, Sept. 13 MSC.Q Student Activities presents New Talent Showcase, L2:30 - 1:30 p.m., The Mission, call Jeanine at 556-2595 for more information.

Researching Your Career and Decision Making, 10 a.m. - noon, Office of Career Services, Arts Building Room 177, 5563477.

FRIDAY, Sept.14 ALAGA, AurariaLesbian and Gay Alliance general meeting, 7:30 p.m., Student Union Room 254 & 256, for more information call Carl at 860-7183.

WEDNESDAY, Sept. 5 Moody Blues perform at Fiddler's Green, 7:30 p.m., tickets are still available at Ticketmaster locations, to order and for more information call 220-7000.

Interviewing Skills, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m., Office

A Forum; The Future of Socialism, concerning the future of socialism and progressive social change, I - 6 p.m., North Side Community Center, 3555 Pecos Street, call 388-1065 between 2 and 6 p.m. for more information.

SUNDAY, Sept. 9 Evangelist, Reinhard Bonnke will speak at the Calvary Temple, 200 S. University Boulevard at Alameda, 6 p.m., admission is free.

Mock Interview, 11 :30 a.m. - 2 p.m., Office of Career Services, Arts Building Room 177, 556-3477.

MSCD Student Activities sponsors, F.A.C. (Friday Afternoon Club), 11 :30 a.m. - I :30 p.m., The Mission, featuring band, "Llucious Pink," for more information, call 556-2595.

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The Metro Accounting Honor Society and Alumni begins sign-up August 29 for Mock Interviews to be held September 12 and 13.

Accounting seniors should sign up in Arts Building Room 177. Deadline to tum in resumes is September 5. For more information, caJI 556-8580.

The Eighth Annual Career Exploration Day will be held on Wednesday, September 26.

Over sixty employers will be will be represented and 25 workshops offered at the Auraria Higher Education Center. The event will be held in the Student Union from 10 a.m. - 3:30 p.m., it is free and open to Auraria students and alumni. Sponsored by the Auraria Office of Career Services, CCD, MSCD, and UCD. For more information call the Auraria Office of Career Services at 556-3477 or 556-8320.

ATTENTION ALL AURARIA STUDENTS! The Annual Club Recruitment Day will be held September 12 from 10 a.m.

- 5 p.m. on the Student Union Plaza. The event offers the perfect opportunity to catch up with old friends, plus make some new ones. Live music will be provided by "Leslie Drayton and Fun" and refreshments will also be served. Clubs interested in setting up a table should contact their Student Activities Department. This event is sponsored by the MSCD Student Activities and the CCD Office of Student Activities, and the UCO Office of Student Life. For¡ more information call 556-2595 (MSCD), 556-2597 (CCD) or 556-3335 (UCD).

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The MSCD Student Health Center is sponsoring a 12-step smoking cessation group, open .to anyone at any stage of quitting, 11 a.m. - noon, Central Classroom Room 203, cost is free, call 556-2525 for more information.

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