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

Denver, Colorado

Volume 13, Special Edition

January 1991

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The birth of Auraria

Campus: A tri-institutional adventure

Carson Reed The Metropolitan October 19, 1983- Ten years ago, MSC was a rapidly growing four year institution, but with no place to go. Only eight-yearsol~. MSC was an awkward adolescent suffering through an amazing growth spurt. UCD, on the other band, had been around for just about forever - since 1938, but only as an appendage to CU in Boulder. Ten years ago, it was celebrating its one-year

anniversary as a full-fledged, state institution of higher learning. In that year the Regents officially changed the name to University of Colorado at Denver, although people still had a tendency to refer to-it as a CU extension. DACC, then CCD, centered around a rather sleazy section of Broadway. It was only six-years-old, and also gr<?wing. Both students and faculty at CCD seemed to go about the business of education oblivious to the ramshackle surroundings. For the students, at least, there was frequently a sense

of wonder that they could afford to be ir. school at all. Legislative declaration of Section 23-70101, which established the Auraria Higher Education C_enter, was still a full.year away. Butthat isn'tto say all was quiet on the Front Range. To the contrary, voters had already made preliminary approval of the concept in 1969 and, as a consequence, the Denver Urban Renewal Authority (DURA) was quietly buying up and clearing the 169 acres of see AURARIA page 9

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Jn commemoration of Metro's 25th Anniversary, the Student publishing a "Metro Memories" Year Book. The book will celebra Metro by remembering its past, celebrating its present, and looking future. It will include history, photographs, anecdotes, and memori into one high quality publication.

irs Office is 25 years at rward to its all compiled

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need your photographs, memories, memorabilia, anecdotes, vignettes, and ideas which portray the eclectic spirit of Metro - both past and present. We will also be taking photographs of current Metro clubs and organizations, so be prepared when your organization is asked to appear for a photography session early in the Spring Semester.

Pi.ease send your items, ideas, and remembrances to the Student Affairs Office - CN 313 (Campus Box 23), or call 556-4434 for more information. While we cannot guarantee that everything sent to us for inclusion in the publication will be used, we will carefully review all items and assure that they are returned.

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MSCD 25TH ANNIVERSARY Anniversary Address

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areas where the college helps transfer the expertise of its faculty , I staff, and students to the community to benefit the taxpayers who support us. The Metro story is one of constancy and change. One major constant has been the institution's continuing commitment to serving students first. As a mid-December editorial in the Rocky Mountain News noted, MSCD is a teaching-oriented inPresident Thomas 8. Brewer stitution where serving undergraduate students is the college's Over the course of the past reason for existence. twenty-five years, Metropolitan There are no teaching assistants; State College of Denver has pro- experienced faculty meet classes gressed from a dream by a group of and are available outside of class visionaries to a powerful educa- to see students. Similarly, academic and student support services at tional reality. Theoriginal l,189studentshave Metro seek to help students in their increased to more than 17,000 on academic careers and in their perthe Auraria Campus and at Metro sonal development. There are many co-curricular South and Metro North. Since 1965, more than 200,000 residents activities, including intramurals, of the metropolitan Denver area club sports, intercollegiate athlethave taken at least one course at ics, student clubs and organizaMetro; over25,000 have graduated, tions, campus lectures, musical and that number increases by 2,000 events, and theater. The breadth alumni per year. and depth of such co-curricular The original 35 faculty now total involvement is truly amazing. more than 800 full- and part-tfme A second, related constant has faculty. There can be no doubts been the dedicated and talented that Metro is one of the greatest faculty at Metro. An institution of educational success stories of the higher education is only as good as past quarter century. Equally im- its people, and MSCD has outportant, Metro is a major player in standing people. the life of the metropolitan Denver Faculty atMetroenjoyteaching, community. and engage in professional develThe college is deeply involved opment to keep their courses timeIy in K-12 school linkages, economic and accurate. In nearly thirty years development, minority outreach, in higher education, I have never gerontology services, and other been associated with such a com-

mitted, teaching-oriented faculty. A third, related constant has been the continuing commitment to all residents of metropolitan Denver. One of Metro's great strengths is the diversity among students, faculty, and staff. Over the years, Metro has created new and needed services to meet the needs of students generally and to recruit, retain, and graduate minority students. Outreach programs help identify students in the high schools, and help them strengthen basic academic and 路 affective skills. Academic and student support programs provide such services as advising, counseling, mentoring, and tutoring. A faculty diversity program will increase the number of qualified minority faculty at MSCD. While statistics from the Colorado Commission on Higher Education indicate that MSCD is doing a better job in this area than most other Colorado colleges and universities, Metro is committed to doing better. There has been change. The institution's great growth has meant change. New programs of study have commenced; new student support programs are now operating. Metro has moved from rented buildings across Speer Boulevard to the present Auraria campus, which has taken on new beauty. We are rapidly outgrowing facilities at Auraria, so some administrative functions have been moved

across Speer, and an increasing working at Martin Marietta and number of courses are being of- hundreds more at several other fered at Metro North and Metro major area corporations. In the South - two conveniently located, media, education, government, and business, MSCD graduates are suburban extended campus sites. Throughout the history of occupying increasingly responsible Metro, a continuing commitment positions. But, we want more. Because of to excellence has been central to it commitment, the college is a highly the continuing growth of quality at regarded baccalaureate degree MSCD, I believe that the graduates granting institution. of today are better prepared than There have been continual revi- the graduates of ten years ago. sions of the curriculum, the moveThat quality will continue to ment toward incorporating com- increase, and graduates of ten years puters and information technology from now will be better prepared into all aspects of the institution, than today's graduates. 路 and other important and needed Plans are underway for the fuadvances. ture. A College Planning CommitBut the major factor in estab- tee is working with all segments of lishing the excellence of MSCD the MSCD community to put toare the students and, more specifi- gether a strategic plan. cally, the alumni. Task forces are working out As MSCD alumni progress in specific priorities. The result will their careers and continue to enjoy be guidance how better to meet the great successes, those successes challenges of the years ahead. reflect favorably on this institution. Central to the plan is the commitConsider for a moment the suc- ment to teaching students and the cesses of your predecessors. For classroom experience. This will never change. example, the publisheroftheRocky Mountain News, Larry Strutton is Our goal is for the next quarter century to be as full of accoman MSCD graduate. State legislators Steve Ruddick plishments as the first quarter and Gloria Tanner are MSCD century. Because of the commitment of graduates. Denver City Councilwoman the faculty, staff, students, alumni, Mary DeGroot is an MSCD and friends, Metropolitan State graduate. College of Denver looks to the Arapahoe County Sheriff Pat future with excitement and a quiet Sullivan is an MSCD graduate, as confidence that MSCD will flourare most area police chiefs. Impor- ish as the metropolitan college for tant community figures such as Denver. Rich Castro also are Metro graduates. Thomas B. Brewer There are 500 MSCD graduates MSCD president

Boiler Room's original concept evaporated over the years Sean-Michael Gilmore The Metropolitan ,-

February 20, 1987 -- Sitting in class listening to a lecture on a subject that's as dry as your throat, dreaming of a frosty one. But where to have it? Let's face it, the Mere and the Mission are fine for an emergency 3.2 but as a real adult type bar they're pretty lame. Imagine a great bar. No, imagine a great student bar. A comfortable but rugged place right next door to campus where a guy (or gal) can hang out with no hassles. Maybe a place with chest-high barrels of free peanuts with the floor covered with shells. And 25 different kinds of -- wait 50 different -- no, wait, 100 different kinds of beer. Specials for students every day of the week and maybe something to eat like deli sandwiches and the world's best hotdog with nothing over, say, $5. Well, someone has already imagined it. Steele Platt, owner of Kailua's restaurant, is building just such a bar at the Tivoli in the old machine shop underneath the fourstory smokestack. The new bar, to be called The Boiler Room, will be a place where

"students can hang out," according to Platt. "We wanted to build a bar that would be comfortable for the (Auraria) students." Platt is one of a group of bright young men who are all recent graduates of University of Denver's Hotel and Restaurant Management Program and who have been changing Denver's restaurant scene. Platt's Kailua's is already well known for its Hawaiian decor, rock and roll sushi bar and the Pink Wave - a pink Cadillac that transports diners free of charge. Kailua's, however, has never caught on with the students. The Boiler Room won't have that problem, according to_platt. "We're going to feature 75垄 draws and things like the Beer in Your Face Club where you put on a poncho and get a beer thrown on you." The first thing patrons will see when they walk in the door will be the huge U-shaped bar, Platt said. "It's going to be a bar with a restaurant, not a restaurant with a bar." Platt will be offering several interesting menu items like "designer" hotdogs, delistyle sandwiches anq baby-back ribs. "We're also going to run some all-you-

can-eat specials for the students," he said. The plans call for seating for l 00 with room for twice that many to belly up to the bar. Screens for sports programs and rock videos will be installed in both rooms and in the loft. Originally Platt planned to call the bar "Stacks" for the Tivoli smokestack that is actually part of one wall. But since a computer company in town already has that name, Platt decided on The Boiler Room.

The two rooms where the bar i's located still contain two huge boilers that once powered the brewery. And yes the bar will offer transportation like the Pink Wave. "But it will probably be an old black Studebaker with chrome mag wheels, Platt said. Platt and his right-hand man, John Reyhaus, plan to open The Boiler Room sometime in May.

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Reference librarian 路not ready to shelve his . c~reer Dale Shrull The Metropolitan Books to the right, periodicals to the lef'.t, computer terminals straight ahead. Where do you go? Which way do you tum? Enter Dene Clark, Auraria reference librarian extraordinaire. Since 1973, Clark, 59, has been playing library traffic cop at Metropolitan State College of Denver. Clark may be one of the most noticeable employees at the Auraria Library: medium height, gray-hair, distinctive thick-framed glasses and seldom - ifever-wiJI you see Clark not wearing a jacket and tie. Another conspicuous trait Clark possesses is his voice. Clark's voice is more suited for a career in broadcasting than library work. "Yes, I've had many people comment on my voice," Clark said, somewhat shyly. "I've belonged to a toastmasters group for about seven years, and I think I've become accustomed to speaking loud and clearly." There's one subject that Clark isn't a bit shy to talk about and that's his career as a librarian at Auraria. "I love it, the clientele is so varied, it's a fascinating experience," Clark said. "One day is neverli:1ce the next, it's very challenging." Working as a librarian seemed to be Clark's destiny. After graduating from the University of Iowa with a bachelor's degree, Clark then received bis master' s in library science from the University of Minnesota. WorKing as a librarian since 1960, Clark finds his position as a reference librarian to be a very rewarding experience. "Each person comes up with a different reference question and you have to do a Jot of thinking on your feet," Clark said. When Clark, a lifelong bachelor, began

his career at Auraria, there were three separate libraries-one for each school. In 1976 they merged, forming the Auraria Library. Clark said that the li!Jrary now staffs about 125 people. Clark began his career in the public library system, but since 1968 he has worked in college and university libraries, which he enjoys more. Clark said that questions at public libraries were at an elementary or high school level, where people who go to college and university libraries ask much more technical questions. Another aspect of the college library system he enjoys is working with the students. Clark couldn't remember one individual student that stood out in his mind, but said that he's dealt with a lot of interesting people. " I concentrate so much on each individual and give them my full attention," he said. Clark, being a reference librarian, often deals with students facing research problems. This gives him the opportunity to help students individuaJiy and work with them in depth. The "term paper" is one area from which Clark fields a lot of questions. Clark finds this part of his job very interesting, because many students will come back to him when they run into new problems concerning term papers. "Helping (students) with some of the research on a major term paper is interesting because you see them at different stages of their paper," Clark said, beaming with satisfaction. "They come back and ~sk for some additional he\p and you can sort of see how they're progressing ... In a sense you do the term paper with them, it's intere~ting to see the development," he said. Being in the library field for so many years, Clark has seen the modernization of

The Auraria Library at a time when Lawrence Street still bisected the campus. the library system. The computerizing of libraries is a "fairly current phenomenon," according to Clark. "Book catalogs such as (Auraria's) have are becoming more and more common, but they have been in use probably five years," Clark said. The computers at Auraria have proved to be intriguing to Clark. "Some people have to overcome a phobia of going to the terminal, but once they get over that, they love it." Clark said it's mostly the older students who are a "little afraid" of the computer terminals. When asked what he would do if he owned his own library, Clark leaned back and smiled. He said that there are things that he could criticize about the Auraria Library, but he understands why certain things happen. 'There are tremendous financial constraints. We are state supported and money just doesn 't cover everything," Clark said. One thing Clark said he would do if the library was his, was getthe books re-shelved

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more quickly. But he said the reason they aren't shelved more rapidly is because of a lack of money. Clark said that he would also try and enlarge the materials budget and that 's one area that Auraria is concentrating on now. According to Clark, there was an agreement reached by MSCD, the University of Colorado at Denver and the Community College of Denver this past summer. The agreement will mean that the three institutions will be contributing more money to Auraria's materials budget each year over the next five years, CU-D will be the main contributor, Clark said. Clark lives in the Capitol Hill area where he owns a "Victorian conversion" and that takes up much of his time. After 17 years at Auraria, Clark doesn ' t plan on changing careers from the library field. "I can't think of anything I'd rather do," Clark said. 0

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Left, the Emmanuel Gallery in 19n before renovations turned it into a happenin' artsy place. Above, The Auraria Student Union and the former Lawrence Street viaduct as seen througtfthe second-floor, front window of the Emmanuel Gallery. Met File Photos

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English dept. celebra·t es 25 years of MSCD writing published writer, quipped with the audience Denver Magazine, Odyssey West, The by "warning" that his poem was somewhat Boulder Daily Camera, The Denver BusiThe Metropolitan se~ual in nature. He said, "I mention the ness Journal. He also served as the editor of word sex and naked, as well as virgin, but- MSCD's alumni publication, Metro Magazine, for two-and-half years. Kicking off Metropolitan State College tocks, and make love." Reed said that his most valuable underof Denver's 25th Anniversary, the MSCD He went on to read his story, "Turned On English department celebrated 25 years of and Shut Off' which entailed a young graduate experience was working as the couple's deliberation over their first sexual editor of the Metropolitan. writing achievements. A group of 50 people turned out Nov. 14 encounter, and the ensuing discovery of their As for creative writing, he praised Robert to share readings of poetry and short stories decision by surprise party celebrants -- who Pugel, who he said encouraged him to pursue creative writing and acted as his first and to applaud the successes of many catch the couple in the buff. graduates. . While the crowd titillated with some of cheerleader. Amid the contemplative nature of the the readings, they fell silent while listening Robert Pugel, professor of creative writevent, MSCD graduate Carson Reed read to others. Merle Rigdon, a memberof Sigma ing at MSCD for the last 20 years and bis poem, "There's a Man With a Hairy Tau Delta, read her poem,"So Fine," which organizer forthe celebration, proudly smiled as he walked among the crowd. He said, "I Bugger Hanging Out of His Nose," and lyrically told of a son' s suicide. drew surprised laughter from the crowd. Many graduates thanked their professors, get as much of a kick out of having students The theme of Reed's poem was about who were seated in the audience, for their get published as I do myself." He introduced the group gathered as having the best and " being in uncomfortable social situations." instruction and encouragement. Carson Reed, an '83 graduate, said in a brightest writers in the community. The celebration reunited MSCD graduates with professors, students and Sigma recent interview, "I had a lot of good teachOne such writer, Sharon Nastick, author Tau Delta members, and in tum, called ers at Metro." He said that the combination of two books for young adults, delighted the attention to the literary successes of gradu- of quality students and the commitment of crowd with a section of her latest novel, " Mr ates who were involved in the creative teachers at MSCD create a conducive learn- .Radagast Makes an Unexpected Journey." writing program. Members of Sigma Tau ing environment. The excerpt described fictional students who Delta, a literature and linguistic club, hosted Reed's success after graduation includes accidentally evaporate their teacher by usthe event. the publication of four books of poetry. He ing the powers of mental telepathy. The selection ofreadings -- many award- said that writing poetry is an avocation, During an interview, Nastick, who winning -- varied in tone. Some of the while writing and editing have been bis graduated in '77, reminisced about her unpoems and stories resonated with lilting vocation. dergraduate · experience. "Metro attracts undertones, while others mingled comedy Reed works at the Colorado Business people of many ages and occupations," she with pathos. A few selections were inspired Magazine as an associate editor. His resume said. "Learning from other ~tudents was just by tragedy, and yet others took a sultry turn. includes bis previous employment as a writer as valuable as the actual classes." MSCD student Matthew Wyllyamz, a for the publications: Up The Creek; The She considers the most valuable asset

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from MSCD's creative writing program to be the interaction between students. She said th&t this was important·because, " writing is a solitary effort." She recommended Puget's course work to fledgl ing writers. Another graduate, John Davis, who received his diploma in '85, turned a love of writing int<J a lucrative venture. In cooperation with Lucasfilm Ltd., Davis and a business partner publish "The Lucasfilm Fan Club Magazine," which is 35,000 subscribers strong. Davis projected that in the near future the number of subscriptions should swell to 60,000."John Davis makes more money than his professors," Pugel said. During the celebration, Davis read excerpts from his interviews with celebrities: Sean Connery, Val Kilmer, and Corbin Bernson. Davis handed out writers' guidelines to the audience and encouraged them to submit articles to the magazine. In the final hour of the event, MSCD student Judy Sands enlivened the crowd with a reading she described as "erotica." In her poem, "I Long to Try You On," she wove a tapestry of images such as, "the fevered dancing ofour flesh ," and "quivering hear," to describe "nearly worshipful activities," for the audience to contemplate. The Celebration of 25 Years of Writing at MSCD proved to be more than a reunion. It was a celebration of the supple, textured and rich love of the language. 0

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AURARIA from page 1 community and businesses necessary to build the campus. Frequently, for.members of the Auraria community and the surrounding Westside community, the coming of the Auraria campus represented very little except headaches-and heartaches. In addition to the many displaced families, 237 businesses in the area were forced to relocate. Of those, 46 took the money and ran. A number of others simply folded, unable to reestablish their businesses in a new location. Feeling that they had not been adequately compensated by DURA, a group of businessmen formed a coalition called the Auraria Businessmen Against Confiscation, and filed suit against DURA ten years ago, in 1973. The Supreme Court ruled against them, however, and progress on the Auraria Campus continued. Simultaneous to the legislature's creation of a single campus for Denver'~ three urban schools was the creation of AHEC. The idea of tossing three schools together on one campus was innovative, daring and perplexing. Creating a managing institution for the campus was one way, though nobody was convinced the best way, to solve some of the inevitable problems. Throwing three schools on the same campus was also cheap - and, some might say, cheapness was a highly motivating factor within Legislature. Denver was slow to begin with in creating

viable urban education for its citizens. Denver was, in fact, one of the last major cities in the country to provide undergraduate opportunities for its students. When MSC opened its doors in 1965, 1, 189 students enrolled. Programs were literally created for them as they went along, junior and senior level classes actually being designed as there became juniors and seniors to attend them. Ten years later, over 13,000 students enrolled for the fall semester. Time was ripe for new facilities-the Burger Chef on Colfax no longer had the ability to handle the crush of students. Little relief was given by the "student center" - a tin Quonset hut in a vacant field. Looking back, one might get the impression that students could hardly contain themselves in anticipation of the new campus. But in 1975, only the freshman class could look forward to spending much time on the new campus. And later, when the first dull brick buildings started to rise, the muddy, unpaved and unlandscaped campus looked more foreboding than appealing. Only the faculty looked forward to the new digs, hoping to get real office space of some kind, real classrooms, and a real career in a 'real' school. Each of the three schools had already developed their own, unique sense of school spirit, although spirit might be a strong word to use. There was a quiet elan to each of the institutions, building into characters than have somehow been retained despite the

close quarters. UCD, with its legislative mandate to provide post-secondary graduate education, has always kept more of the tenor of academe in its positions and attitudes than either MSC or CCD. There is an air of the platonic pursuit of knowledge that is almost tangible still in the East Classrooms. At MSC, the spirit tended toward a feeling • that education was at least a practical manner, if not necessarily geared toward some specific job description. MSC tended.to be both businesslike and earthy. At CCD, the heart and soul of student activism was always its most identifiable feature. Students at CCD were often embroiled in political controversies on both the local and national level. Ten years ago, Nixon was in trouble but not yet gone. That he had survived that long was surely not the fault of the students at CCD. There was a strong sense, at all three institutions, that the middle of Denver's urban tangle was exactly the right place for a college to be. Collectively, the three schools were changing the lives of the people who attended them. In 1978 MSC President James Palmer ad-

dressed the Interim Committee on Higher.Education on the effect of MSC on its students. In part, he said: "We know that we have altered the behavior see AURARIA page 11

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AURARIA from page 9 patterns of the families of our alumni. Over 55 percent come from families in which neither the father or the mother attended school beyond high school." CCD was the first to desert its buildings, which soon either disappeared or returned their intended functions as warehouses or office buildings. For UCD, the transition was easy, since they retained the Tramway building as an incor-

porated part of the campus. MSC, far too big for its britches, must have heaved a collective sigh of relief when, in January of 1977, the multitudes made the trek across Speer and Colfax to the new buildings; still smelling of paint. No trumpets blared, no bacchanalian festival ensued. For UCO, it was business as usual. For MSC, it was down to business,

now that the appropriate tools had been acquired. For CCD, a small grave suspicion was growing that the little guy on the block might be in for a tough time. Down the road, Burger Chef quietly folded, the derelicts retired to the doorways of the vacant buildings, and in the words of one administrator of the time, the "incestuous marriage" of the three schools had only just begun.a

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14. 31 Emmanuel Gallery presents "Latvian Journey," a photography exhibit by Kay Obering, Auraria Library Gallery, 10th and Lawrence Street Mall, for library hours and more information call 5562741.

Monday,14 Metropolitan Outreach Coalition Bake Sale, begins 7 a.m., I st floor Central Classroom, call 556-8468 for more information.

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MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY -NO CLASSES Tuesday, 22 Interclub Council (ICC) Newsletter Committee meeting, 2-3 p.m., Student Union Room 252 to discuss changes and goals for Spring Semester, call Leez at556-2595 for more information.

Friday, 25 - August 1991

Tuesday,15 Metropolitan State College of Denver, Community College of Denver and the University of Colorado/Denver are sponsoring a Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Commemoration, 12:30 p.m. 8 p.m., St. Francis Center, free refreshments, everyone is welcome to attend, call 556-8468 for more information.

riday, 18 Comedy Sports of Denver, 8 p.m., Governor'sPark,672Logan,Students$5 with school ID, call 860-9782 for reservations and more information.

Saturday, 19 Comedy Sports of Denver, 8 p.m., Governor's Park, 672 Logan, Students $5 with school ID, call 860-9782 for reservations and more information.

Sunday, 20 Hispanic Leadership Association (HLA) general meeting, 10 a.m., call 556-33~1 for further information.

Metropolitan State College of Denver and the Urban League of Metropolitan Denver are sponsoring African American Leadership Institute, a series of leadership training classes, call 5563040 for more information.

Wednesday, January 30 MSCD Student Activities Club Recruitment Day, Wednesday, January 30, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m., Student Uruon · Mezzanine, call Ed at 556-2595 for more information. Students in need of correct class locations and/or classroom changes may get a daily updated.listing of classes at locations including Arts Building Room 177, Auraria Book Cente~ Information desk and Central Classroom, First floor main hall and Auraria Library's Reference desk. For other locations and questions, call 556-8376.

WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH Irish Debates, 12th Annual Friends of the Irish Debate Series, The Honorable Margaret Heckler, former Ambassador to Ireland from U.S. -Auraria Student Union, Rooms 330 A, B, & C.

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SPRING BREAK - CAMPUS OPEN - NO CLASSES Monday, March 18 ·Friday, March 22

Outstanding Women Awards, Sunday, March 31 .

Associated Student's of Metropolitan State College of Denver (ASMSCD) elections, April 2 - 5. Health Fair - Auraria Student Union, Wednesday, April. I 0 - 11. National Chicano Student Conference, Friday, April 12 - 14. George McGovern visits Auraria's campus, April 18. Carlos Fuentes, award-winning novelist will visit Auraria campus April 9 & 10. Fuentes will be speaking on such topics as U.S. and Latin American Relations.

EARTH DAY, April 1991 Comedy Sports of Denver, Friday's and Saturday's, 8 p.m., Governor's Park, 672 Logan, Students - $5 with school ID, call 860-9782 for reservations and more information.

PRESIDENT'S DAY MSCD Institute for Intercultural Studies and Services will present on Tues- CAMPUS OPEN day, February 5th, The Eighth Black World Conference. The conference will examine trends and issues of impor- MSCD Student Activities will be tance to the black community. Topics bringing Mr. John Graham as first Leader of discussion will include, "Poetry and in Residency and Executive Director of the African American Experience," and the Giraffe Project to Auraria' s campus, "The African American Experience: February 26-28. His visit will comprise Varied Dimensions and Interpreta- of small group discussions and lectures tions." The conference is open to edu- to promote political and social involvecators, students and members of the ment. More detailed information concommunity. There is no charge to at- cerning Mr. Graham's visit will be intend. Registration will begin at 8:30 cluded in upcoming issues of the Met. a.m. at the door. Conference activities will begin at 9 a.m. at St. Cajetan's Center, 9th and Lawrence Streets, call the MSCD Institute for Intercultural Studies and Services at 556-4004, for more information. Metropolitan State College of Denver's Theatre Program presents, "Jacque's Brei is Alive and Living in Paris," February 14 - 17 and February 21 - 24, 7:30p.m. withmatineesat2:30p.m.on the 17th and 24th, MSCD's Theatre, Arts Building, Room 271, call 5563033 or 556-3403 for more informa-

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Third Annual Retirement Dinner, Pinehurst Country Club, Friday, May

3. Mother's Day, Sunday, May 12. Student Awards Banquet, Friday, May 17. Commencement Brunch and Commencement, Saturday, May 18.

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