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Are the Desert Storm Veterans true heroes_? Todd Burgess Assistant Editor Today on Flag Day many Americans will pay tribute to the U.S. troops that served in the Persian Gulf, but a group of veterans questions whether these soldiers should be considered heroes. Students in Veterans Upward Bound, a program that helps veterans achieve their GED or prepare for college, said the flat terrain in Iraq and the technological superiority of the coalition forces made the Persian Gulf War a relatively easy one for American soldiers. "I worry about the soldiers," said Art Sims, a counselor for VUB who has 24 years of military experience. ''I'm afraid they will get big-headed. That wasn' t war." Sims said he is afraid that U.S. soldiers who fought in the war might get the impression that future wars will be as easy. But, he said, there are other countries with more military power and better leadership than Iraq. Anthony Atencio, a VUB student, agrees that in the future wars will be more difficult. "As war goes, this (the Persian Gulf War) wasn' tmuch ofone. As far as this one goes it was a walk on the beach, a walk through the park," he said. Sims said the VUB students monitored and discussed the developments in the Persian Gulflast semester and many were afraid of what would happen when the ground war started. "We did a lot of talking in here that in the ground war there would be a lot of casualties. I'm glad it
didn't happen that way," Sims said. Tony Smith, who was headed for combat duty in Vietnam but escaped when President Nixon called off the war, said that the soldiers are not to blame for being called heroes. They fought from the air and did well, he said. But, he sai~ the troops are getting too much attention. ''They joined the militarytodoajob," Smith said. "Pat them on the back. Don't give them a parade." Stephen Walker, a VUB student, said that the troops deserve the parades. In his mind all soldiers U.S. Military: The old guard meets the new. ClthyV1nSchwartz/TheMM-opolian are heroes, he said. Laurie Cathcart, an enlisted specialist at Fitzsimons Medical Center, and Jake Lindsay, program "I respect all solspecialist for Veterans Upward Bound, sit beneath their country's flag. diers," Walker said. "I respect the ones in the Vietnam "It helped the morale." jumped in and wanted to make War as well as I respect the ones in Steines said his father, a Viet- sure they didn't make the same the Persian Gulf." nam veteran, was shocked at how mistake," he said. DJ. Steines, a CU-Denver stu- well the Desert Storm veterans have But Sims thinks the parades are dent who served in the Persian been treated. going too far. He said the parades Gulf War, said that th.e soldiers in Jake Lindsay, a program spe- are really for the " big brass" and the Persian Gulf appreciate the cialist with VUB, said the parades that all the soldiers really want is a warm reception the American are a guilt-release for the Ameri- pat on the back and a beer. people have given them. During can public. He said AJnericans re• the war it helped knowing that alize how cruel they were to VietThe irony is that some of the Americans were behind them, he nam veterans and are now trying to soldiers returning from the Middle said. make up for it. East aren't old enough to legally "We heard. a lot about how Ed Roberts, a VUB student who drink. Being old enough to fight for people were really supportive of served six months in the Persian your country still won't get you a the troops and I think that helped Gulf during the Iran-Iraq war, beer when you are 20, according to everyone out there," Steines said. agrees. "The American people Steines. Cl
Student survives Scud attack rrodd Burgess Assistant Editor
While most of us saw American Patriot missiles destroy Iraqi Scuds on CNN, a CU-Denver student had an even better angle-He stood beneath a ScudPatriot collision. "It seemed like it blew up right over my head," said Dwain (D.J.) Steines Jr., 20, who was serving as a medical specialist in the Persian Gulf War. "At first (the Scud) sounded like a really fast plane going right over my head. I dropped down to my knees. I thought our barracks were bein,g attacked." After that first attack, Scud alerts became common but the fear remained, Steines said. Steines was sent to the Persian Gulf after training with the MSCD Army ROTC program. "I think the ROTC program really helped me a lot," Steines said. "It helped me deal with the pressures. We had some excellent captains that trained us like we might be going to war - and we might be going really soon." On November 12, Steines' National Guard unit was activated, forcing the sophomore to wit]Jdraw from his classes. When his unit was deployed to the Middle East, Steines said 400500 people lined the streets of Cortez,Colo. to say goodbye. During the war Steines drove an ambulance and treated injured soldiers, but the ones he helped only required minor care. It wasn't until the end of the war that the hard work began. Iraqi refugees mobbed Steines' ambulance in southern See ATIACK page 3
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NEWS T. V. and radio work toward student benefit
Auraria parking opens to public Sharon Dunn News Editor A summer routine of allowing students to park at Auraria without decals will continue into the fall semester on an experimental basis. For an indefinite time, students will be able to park on campus without having to purchase parking decals, but they could have to fend off non-campus traffic as the parking lots will be deemed open to the public. If students begin losing spaces to the general public, campus identification cards will need to be shown before parking. In past years, parking at Auraria became an evolving route of long waits in lines after a quick tour of the campus where finding a parking space was near impossible. The addition of the $12.5 million parking garage erected last semester brought new visions of hope for those foreversearching students, but with this addition came some unanticipated empty spaces that Auraria is having a tough time filling. "The idea to eliminate decals came from the Parking Advisory Committee," said JoAnn Soker, executive vice president for administration for the Auraria Higher Education Center. "It is certainly made possible by the garage, because now we have tons of parking," she said. Soker said this new idea will, in effect, help students rather than hinder them to the point of having to fight for space with non-campus traffic. The lots that could eventually become a problem are Lot R (next to North Class-
Gary Williams The Metropolitan Students at Metropolitan State College ofDenvershould soon be reaping the rewards of a unique partnership set up by the school with public television station KB DI-Channel 12 and public radio station KUYO. The program, which could eventually offer up to 60 internships for Metro students, was finalized this week, according to Ann Dickerson, director of promotions and JoAnn Soker contemplates the empty parking places at Auraria . advertising at Metro. KBDl and KUVO are currently sharing room) and Lot H (closest to Central Class- parking)," Castonguay said. office and production space at 2264 Federal AHEC's cost for keeping the decal room), Soker said. Blvd. Metro will also have an office in the When school begins in the fall, Lot R, program running was about $110,000 per building, cementing the partnership. which is heavily used and could conceivably year, said Dick Alfultis, division director When the public stations were in the be used in great amounts by the Denver of parking and transportation. The decals process of relocating, Metro initiated this brought in about $135 ,000 a year. public, will require a campus I.D. joint effort, providing a situation that is Although money will be lost by such a Chip Wiman, MSCD student government beneficial to both parties. Dickerson said president, said he is concerned students may move, Alfultis said, parking will be able the bottom line in the deal was money. lose parking spaces to Denver workers. "At to break even. Daily parking fees and Metro did not have the capability to produce this point, we 're going to have to agree to see violation fees are expected to cover the shows, while KBDI and KUVO needed fihow it goes. If we have a plethora of students bond payments for the garage. Also, daily nancial complaining (in the fall), then we're going parking fees are not expected to increase backing for 'With this partnerto jump all over parking." next fall. a new facilAHEC doesn't plan tD advertise the new "The reason we did this is because we ity. ship, opportunities parking policy, but some people fear that felt the students were paying for some"With are endless.' word-of-mouth will do the advertising it- thingthey didn't need," Alfultissaid.Soker this partnerself. said the plan is to make Auraria parking "a ship,opporAnn Dickerson, Judy Castonguay, a member of the Stu- kinder, gentler parking office." tunities are Promotions Director dent Advisory Committee to the Auraria 'The difference is that we have enough endless, " Board, voted against the idea when AHEC parking so we can afford not to be so Dickerson brought it to the committee. rigorous," Soker said. said. The "I don 't think it will take long for the The monthly permit lots will not be alliance creates an opportunity for receiving 0 word to get out on the streets (about the new effected by the change. federal grants, as well as hands-on experience for the students,Dickerson explained. Many universities around the country have become involved with public broadcasting per semester. stations in their area, she added, including Deb Brown The bonds will be issued in August and schools in Boston and Pittsburgh, as well as The Metropolitan the renovations will begin in late October or the University of Southern Colorado in early November if everything goes on Pueblo. schedule, Holliday said. KBDI-Channel 12 is a community-based The excitement is brewing but there is no The amount of the new bond is $10.3 station which airs PBS programs and news, deal-yet. million and will be used for the lease acqui- and special programs. KUVO is a HispanicThe final stage of the contract to convert sition, construction, renovation, operation owned public station which airs jazz, news the Tivoli brewery into the student center and maintenance. Trizec, a Canadian and specialty programs. will be signed any day, according to Emerson company, is the current leaseholder and has . Internships are available in virtually evHolliday, division director for the Auraria spent $30 million on renovations. ery aspect of public broadcast. "Internships Student Union. The conversion ofthe historic Holliday said there are 280,000 square wiJI cover everything our operation is inbrewery will make the Tivoli one of the feet of space in the Tivoli and that 67 percent volved in," said Ted Krichels, General most unique student centers in the country, of that will be used as student-assigned Manager of Channel 12. Most of the interest he said. space and 33 percent will be used for retail is focused on production Krichels said, with A Tivoli planning committee was formed operations. There are 12,067 square feet of some in marketing and public relations. to make recommendations on the optimal unimproved space which will be renovated Dickerson said that internships wilJ range use of the space for student and retail use, as needed, he said. from "production to fund-raising to set deHolliday said. The committee includes 12 "What we're trying to do is look at the sign, graphics design and scriptwriting." students and nine administrative members needs for all the space and then we'll start Students will also be able to take courses and will meet weekly on Tuesdays. putting everything together," Holliday said. specifically geared towards public broadRecently the committee received results "We have to get the basic needs down first, casting. from its student survey ofpreferable uses for mainly spatial relationships." In the long term plans of the station, the new student union. The most popular The attitude of the students has been Krichels said he would like to integrate requests were for convenience services. The supportive, he said, and most are looking students into the operations while expandTivoli planning committee plans to use these forward to the increased space and shopping ing the station's capability. ideas to formulate its final plans. opportunities that will be available. "We are already seeking funding to The Tivoli Union referendum passed af"It's too bad they didn't do that in the first create a unique program that would bring ter a campus-wide vote in April and will place," said Rebecca Lloyd, a senior at a diverse student background into public raise the student-bond fee from $19 to $22 MSCD. 0 0 broadcasting," Krichels said.
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Iraq, wanting food, water and medical care. He treated dehydrated and malnourished babies, people with gunshot wounds and Iraqis who had picked up cluster bombs. "I liked working with the refugees," Steines said. "It made me feel like we were really trying to help the nation rather than destroy it. 'The refugees wanted the U.S. to stay there. They were fearful of what Saddam would do when (the U.S. forces) left." Steines returned from the Persian Gulf on May 5 and is preparing to transfer to CUBoulder. He said that because of the money he saved in the Persian Gulf - "there really isn't anything to buy in the desert"- he can now afford to move out of his parents' Littleton home and live in Boulder. When asked if the victory in the Persian Gulf might make future soldiers over-confident, Steines made a sports analogy. "It's like winning a basketball game," he said. "S ure, maybe the next time they go out they'll be a little cocky. But when there's the pressure, when the NBA title is on the line, you go out and do all you can." 0
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Sharon Dunn News Editor Getting a child into the Auraria Childcare Center has always been a little tough, but it could get even tougher with the elimination of the center's second site. With the ·closing of the Osage Child Care Center in July, the Auraria Child Care Center will be given an additional 39 children to care for. Ordinarily, summer graduations would allow for openings at the Auraria center. but now, openings will be · filled with children transferring from the Osage center. "The increase in children at the child care center will add to the present wait list difficulties," said Debbie Jump, director at the Auraria facility. Lack of funding was the prime element in the closing of the Osage center, because the center couldn't come up with its share of the subsidy, Jump said. To get a child into the Auraria center, student-parents must wait six to 18 months for an opening. Currently, there are about 800 students on the wait list, with an additional 120 being added each semester. The Osage Center was set up as a second site for the Auraria Child Care Center, and also a site for infant childcare. Currently the Auraria center is not licensed for infant care. "It's going to be a major problem," Jump said. "We were only one of two campuses in Colorado that served infants. We only had IO infants (at the Osage center), but still, we had an infant program. Now, we have more than 100 people on the wait list for infant care." Although chances of placing a child into the center may be few and far between, there are some alternatives. Students who apply to place their child into the Auraria center are usually referred to the United Way Childcare Referral data base system, which locates available programs for children through zip codes. Also, on campus, MSCD and the Community ·College of Denver have early childhood development centers, which both offer morning and afternoon programs. "Here, it is more academic (rather than all-day childcare)," said Robbin Kitashima,
a secretary at the Child Development Center at MSCD. "For the regular fall and spring programs, children have to be at least 2 1/2 years old and potty trained, and we take children up to 6 years old." Kitashima said that the center likes to k~p its class sizes at about 18 children for both the morning and afternoon classes. Currently, she said, there is no wait list for the fall semester. At the Community College of Denver, the wait list can be as high as 24 students. Now, the list is undetermined because of shifting in the openings. CCD's development center prefers to accommodate students from CCD, but will take other Auraria students, although students from CCD receive top priority. Last month, MSCD Student Government conducted a survey asking students what they would like their money to be used for. Childcare was ranked in the top three of that survey, said Chip Wiman, MSCD student government president. Wiman said that one of his concerns with childcare is the absence of an emergency drop-off system at Auraria where, in an emergency situation, parents would be able to drop their child off for a small amount of time to take a test, for example, or if their baby-sitter canceled . Currently, such a system would not work at Auraria because state law requires that a parent be in the same building as the child if an emergency drop off was used. "The way to eliminate that is to get the campus declared as one building," Wiman said. Jump said that one way an emergency drop-off system could work at Auraria is to have a full account of emergency numbers and immunization records of the child. Even if that were possible, Jump said, there isn't enough space at the center to allow for such a prognm. Future expansion plans for the center are being considered by the Auraria Board and officials at the Auraria Child Care Center have been asked to submit a plan of ideas to the board by the end of the summer. Jump said several childcare programs will be looked at for expansion purposes, such as emergency drop-in care, sickchild care and infant care, among others. 0
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Sci-fi writer Frederik Pohl cautions America on future Shawn C. Cox The Metropolitan
There is nothing wrong with our government, just something wrong with us, said Frederik Pohl, one of the most prolific science fiction writers of our time, speaki ng at the Auraria Book Center June 11. Pohl, who came to Denver underc.thy VlllSchnrtr/The Metropolilan written by ABC, exFrederik Pohl signs copies of his book at the Auraria Book Store. pressed a deep concern for the environment. Pohl said that he is also concerned about "Our Angry Earth," a book by Pohl due education. "I spend a lot of time worrying out around October, concerns "various ca- about the future of education," he said. tastrophes that are happening to our envi- "Schools should encourage students on how ronment," he said. to live and go on learning after they leave This book is "a blueprint for action," school." Pohl said. The best thing to do is become Too many schools concentrate on what politically active and "get involved," he can be used towards a career and in the work said. "Biggest solutions come from govern- place, but not enough on living life, he said. ment action." Awaiting students in the future are " big Pohl has also made a name for himself by environmental bills (that) will have to be writing about futuristic problems. Themes paid," Pohl said. His hope for the future is of his works have included exploited re- that we will deal with environmental, politisources, overpopulation, computerization, cal, and social problems facing us before and pollution. they become lethal. 0
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Auraria uses well water .t o keep grounds green Kenneth Lee Stipech The Metropolitan
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In these days ofenvironmental consciousness with awareness of resources like water and use of tax dollars, it is hard to imagine the Auraria Campus allowing for 40 acres of grass and shrubs to be planted around campus. However, because of some well-thoughtout ideas and careful planning by both the Auraria Campus Planning Board and the physical plant managers, the cost of watering this great green land mass will not add up to another drainage of public funds, according to Mike Thorton, grounds manager for the Auraria Campus.
"We are using well water for most parts of the new landscaping," said Thorton, who has been with the Auraria Physical Plant for the past four years. "Only the South Classroom area is still using city water." The well is the old Flour Mill well, located at the north end of Auraria, which has been in use for over 75 years, according to plant officials. " Well water is considerably cheaper than city water," Thorton said. "In the last four years, we' ve saved $27,000 by not using city water." The newly-sodded land takes approximately 120 acre-feet of water every season. An acre-foot equals 325.851 gallons of water. By using the well, the Auraria campus
will be saving about $15,000 each year. Three years ago, when this undertaking was in its initial stage, the ideaofxeriscapelandscaping that requires no maintenance and little water use-was brought up. The image desired by the Auraria board for the campus area was that of an urban park, a look something like the Civic Center or the Capitol grounds, Thorton said. This thought process also included the area of water conservation. By planting the shrubs in separate areas they could be watered only when needed. Also, watering at night-except in the winter, when it gets too cold-means better absorption forthe grass and plants. A central computer has also been set up to regulate the watering cycles.
The system now in place allows for the grass to be watered with precision timing each day, usually between five and seven minutes at a ti~e , Thorton said. Since soil will absorb water for only the first five to seven minutes, this process has already saved many gallons of water and thousands of taxpayers· dollars. The South Platte River is the mai n provider for the well. The low ground and the shallow well allow for most of the run-off from the campus watering to go directly back into the ground and into the river, Thorton said. This makes it possible for some of the water to actuaJly be used again, like a built-in recycle system. conserving both money and water, Thorton said. 0
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OP/ED Hey~ Betsy Editorial Todd Burgess Assistant Editor Flag Day is the day we're supposed to pay tribute to the Stars and Stripes and everything it symbolizes. During most years it's perfectly acceptable to say, "Oh that Betsy Ross. She sure kicked some butt on her little arts and crafts project,"then move on. Nothing more to think about. No real reason to dwell on Old Glory. Nothing to celebrate. After all, we don't get Flag Day off from school, and we don't get over-time pay at work. We don't give presents, or eat turkey or drink green beer or shoot fireworks, or anything we do on a real holiday. Flag Day is just another ho-hum day ... most years. But this year America werit to war. We practiced our flagwaving technique while the troops were gone, and now that they're back we're ready for a big celebration. So out with the flags and buttons; out with the yellow ribbons until all of
The Flag Looks Great! the soldiers come home. And out with the marching bands and ticker tape. Patriotism is now in. This Flag Day it will be proper to be thankful for living in America. It will be "cool" to think about liberty and freedom and the other ideals America was founded on. It won't be cool to poke fun at Betsy Ross. So don't ask if Ms. Ross was really trying to make a funky pair of pants with left-over fabric when out popped the flag. Our patriotism is being milked gradually. George Bush announced that this year we would celebrate Flag Week, not just Flag Day. Apparently he too realized that Flag Day traditionally isn't considered a bona fide holiday by most Americans. Then , there was The Parade. Somewhere between 1 million and 75 billion people attended the New York event. Twelve million pounds of paper were used to make the ticker tape for the postwar celebration. Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney and Commander-One-Minute-Hollywood-Star-The-Next Stormin' Norman Schwarzkopf led the way. Who are the parades for? I don't think even the most patriotic of patriotic parade-givers will tell you the parades
are just for the troops. They're for everyone. They're for the people who wrote letters to the soldiers and the people who wore buttons advertising their support for the American troops. The parades are for the knowledge that not counting Iraqi and environmental casualties, the Persian Gulf War was good and clean. The parades are for the anti-war protesters who keep our country moral and the Vietnam veterans who showed us how not to fight a war and how not to treat a returning American soldier. The parades are also for the Americans who stayed at home and led cheers across the Atlantic Ocean: Be careful. Do your job. Come home soon. It's too bad it took a war to bring our country closer together. It's too bad it took a war for us to honor our flag. But I hope the momentum doesn't stop. I hope we can remain patriotic and in the near future get to know our neighbors again. So far the signs are looking good-as we approach Flag Day I'm noticing more and more flags. Which leads me to believe, as incredible as all this celebration is, it's really just the pre-game show for the Fourth of July. Sorry, Betsy.
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Lawrence E. Jones Editor Parking is an obvious problem for any campus located within a major metropolitan city. Auraria is no exception. When I began attending Metropolitan State College of Denver, my biggest gripe was the difficulty of finding a decent place to park. The cost of parking five days a week has also been a great drain on my finances. I originate from a city much smaller than Denver. However, the university I attended there had a student body population comparable to all of Auraria campus. Parking areas were assigned at registration and the cost of a semester's parking was added to the student fees. The total tuition and fees was perhaps $50 higher than Metro's. I always had a place to park and I never had to worry about whether or not I left the house with money.
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Why then does it cost approximately $100 more per semester to park at Auraria? The facilities are certainly no better than those at my old school, despite the addition of the new multi-million dollar parking garage. So, why the high cost of parking? Now the Auraria Higher Education Center has decided to no longer require a sticker to park at Auraria. No longer will students have to go through the hassle of obtaining a $3. 75 sticker to park. Small comfort this will be as I comp~te with downtown workers, who earn five-figure salaries, for the comparitively inexpensive parking at Auraria. Apparently Auraria has also had a problem with visitors parking in the new parking garage and subsequently being ticketed for not having a student parking sticker. This is cited as one of the reasons motivating the elimination of the parking sticker. Instead of opening up most of the parking areas to the public, why not make a bigger sign indicating where visitors can park? And if the greater problem is simply filling up those parking areas, why not devote more time and money to recruiting more students for Metro, CU-
Denver, and CCD? I doubt any of us will ever see the answers to these questions. Students rarely do. That is possibly the main problem I have with this decision to open up the student parking to the public. Once again a major decision affecting the entire student body at Auraria was made without consulting, or even informing those affected-the students. I have heard that the roadrunner "mascot" of our school has nothing to do with the fleet-footed, purple-plumaged bird of desert fame, but rather goes back to the idea of Metro's students dashing across the road to classes from where they are parked. After 25 years I would have hoped that better alternatives might have been developed to make it easier to park atAuraria and MSCD. Until there are improvements, all this Roadrunner can do is continue to hunt for a parking place, dig up the money to pay for it, and hope that none of the drivers I dodge every morning on the way to class are named Wile E. Coyote.
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LETTERS Plank misused power of the press Editor,
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The national poll published in The Denver Post on Monday April 29, 1991, said that America's moral barometer is on the blink-Dave Plank's April 26 column proved it. Using the considerable power of the press for petty vengeance and character assassination is immoral. The founder of the Journalism Department at MSCD, the late Greg Pearson, would be appalled at such smug indifference to the ethics he taught. Metro journalism professors must certainly be embarrassed at having their names
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attached to the journalism program at a college where the student newspaper has allowed its standards to sink to such a level. Plank's column uncovered some pretty basic character flaws-but they belong to the staff that allowed such viciousness to be printed.
MSCD Journalism Students: Mary Wagner Jennifer Karki Gayle Neyman
LETTERS POLICY The Metropolitan encourages submission of letters to the editor and guest editorials on relevant and timely topics. All submissions must be typed. Libelous or offensive material will not be published. Errors in grammar, spelling and/or fact will not be corrected by the editorial staff. Errors found by the writer after submission, but before press time on Wednesdays will be corrected if the writer informs the editorial staff. Letters must include name, title, school and phone number. Letters will be printed with name withheld only if they are signed upon submission. The editor must verify the identity of every submitter. Letters are printed on a space available basis. The Metropolitan reserves the right to refuse to publish letters it deems unsuitable for whatever reason. All letters become the property of The Metropolitan upon submission. Letters may be brought to The Metropolitan office in Student Union Room 156, or malled to campus box 57. For additional information, call The Metropolitan at 556-8361.
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GUEST COLUMN RTD should stand for "Reason To Drive" Kim Brown
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I've heard that the acronym for RTD is IlQ1 "Regional Transportation District," but rather "Reason To Drive." It's not too bad all the time, but there are days when I wished I had driven instead of taking the Ride. I'm sure that those of us who depend on the Ride have a lot of horror stories to tell. There's one Ride I'll never forget... Remember the time when it was 20 degrees below zero? Christmas season 1990. I had to catch the Ride for a dentist appointment-a bummer in itself. This was in the days before I was wise enough to buy a bus pass so I was looking around the apartment for the correct change, which was 50 cents. With the help of five pennies, I had my 50 cents and a $1 O bill that I'd have to break up for change later. I bundled up for my five block walk in the sub-zero weather and put the 50 cents in my coat pocket for easy access. Each step to the bus stop added a new iceberg to my face. As I took the miserable trek I had visions of dying somewhere on the way. I had to keep my hands warm by putting them in and out of my pockets. In the process, I must have lost some of it-a dime to be exact. I got to the bus stop and waited ... and waited. I had gotten there 10 minutes early and the Ride was 20 minutes late. By the time I got on the bus, I was numb and hating life. I dug for my fare with my numb hand and restraining eskimo outfit. I stuck the change in the change taker and noticed that I was a dime short. I didn't think much of it, considering the weather, the Christmas spirit and the fact that I didn't look like a Ride bummer. I asked the madam bus driver for a transfer. "Not until you put the rest of the money in there," she said. I was flabbergasted-too much so to respond, like telling her off or begging her. I just said, "It's only a dime!?"
She didn't seem to be lightened by that fact. "So you mean I have to get off?" I asked. She didn't make eye contact with me but just said, "No, I'll give you a ride to where you're going, but you can't have a transfer until you put the rest of the money in." I couldn't believe it!! I wound up having to get off at the 16th Street Mall stop so I could break my $10 for another 50 cents. I thought about all the times that inexperienced Riders overpaid the fare and how that woman would look in the unemployment line. By the time I thawed out later that night, I was so mad I was ready to tell her off-a slightly delayed reaction. I couldn't forget her spiteful look and I wished I would have at least asked her what her power trip was all about. I tried to analyze the scene again. I wondered why she derived such pleasure from seeing me suffer. I kept expecting her to break down from her own guilt and say, "Oh, OK. Here's a transfer. Sorry I was such a wench about it. Merry Christmas!" No such luck. How could she live with herself, even to this date? I told my brother about this woman-bus-driver-from-hell and he was mad enough to call RTD and complain for me. They offered their condolences, but I never received a free bus token for it. Now I know all of the drivers are not like this. Some are worse-there are those who enjoy arguing with patronsbut some are much nicer. Once, on "the Ride" home, a bus driver let two people on without paying anything. They were both indigents. One man asked the bus driver if he'd take a much-handled package of "Donut Gems" for a ride. The bus driver said no to the sad looking donuts, but told the guy, "Oh, just get on!" The other guy (on the same trip) asked if he could just get a ride a couple blocks down. The bus driver was annoyed, but said, "Go ahead!" See? Why wasn't this guy driving when I was-fort he first time ever-a dime short?
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ENTERTAINMENT & THE ARTS Gail Spencer The Metropolitan Theater workshops and diverse art displays are taking the ho-hum out of the partial • hibernation of the fine and performing arts -• on the MSCD campus this summer. "Surprise," a theater workshop of the script that won the Spring '91 Metrofest drama contest, will be be performed 7:30 p.m. June 21and22 at the MSCD Theatre, room 271 of the arts building. Billed as a r- Lesbian one-act play, "Surprise" offers an entertaining look at women relating from different perspectives according to its author, producer and director Mary Traynor. "I do aspire to do more of these," said Traynor, 49, a MSCD English major whose • play began as a class assignment. The work in progress, which Traynor hopes eventually to produce as a two- act production, is assistant directed by Laura Leonard. A short reading of feminist poetry will ... precede each performance which is free to students and to the public. At the MSCD Center for the Visual Arts, 1701 Wazee St., the college is anticipating the arrival of a new director chosen after a national search. The appointment by Larry Johnson, dean of the school of letters, arts and sciences, of Sally Perisho as gallery director is a feather in MSCD's cap. "I'm very delighted to get her," Johnson said. "She's got an excellent background."
Perisho most recently has been director of the art gallery at CU-Colorado Springs and developed the gallery at Arapahoe Community College. She will start at MSCD July I. In the meantime, MSCD Center for the Visual Arts acting Director Dennis Lucero is on hand to talk to you about the gallery's current exhibit of selected artworks by students from Adams State College in Alamosa, Mesa State College in Grand Junction, and Western State College in Gunnison. The student works, chosen by faculty members from each college, are diverse and some are immature, but several of them are well worth a visit to this delightful, bright gallery space located across from the Oxford Hotel. Of note among the 80 pieces on exhibit are: "The Maze," a crisp, colorful abstract in watercolor and airbrush by Lincoln Crandall of Western State; two untitled pieces that range from Escher-esque to comic horror by Lon Elliott of Mesa State; a series of three artworks in graphite and oil pastel entitled "Josh" by Mitsuru Orgami of Mesa State; and three oil pastels by Sean Hughs of Mesa State. Sculpture works include two playful cast bronze figures--one of a chicken little figure entitled "But the Sky Wasn't Falling," and one of a rabbit in "Repose"-by Jeff Neumann of Adams State and a figure entitled "Arabesque," beautifully carved from peachwood by Keith Tucker of Mesa State. The show is open until July 3. Opening July 9 is an art display showcasing the work of black artists in conjunction
with the Denver Black Arts Festival. The show will include I 0 artists including the renowned Ed Dwight, scenic painter Bob Raglund and dollmaker Gladys Drew in a show to include sculpture, carvings, paintings, dolls and stained glass relating to the theme "African American Odyssey." "This is the first time that the Black Arts Festival will have a professional venue for art," said MSCD Art Department Chair Susan Josepher. "Metro's delighted to be a first." Gallery hours are Tuesday through Friday. l l a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from noon until 4 p.m. For information c~ll 2945207. On campus, the Auraria Library Gallery is showing "Crossing Boundaries" featuring the work of Catherine Carilli through June 27. Carilli's oil on canvas paintings focus on the inner landscape of psychological expression through her use of color, symbols and the application of paint. At the Emmanuel Gallery on the Auraria mall is a gripping exhibit of installations featuring the mind-bending works of Tim Weaver, Mark Villarreal , Sheryl Uhlmann, Dean Habegger and Andrew Connelly. The Emmanuel Gallery, the oldest standing church structure in Denver and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is located at 10th and the Lawrence Street Mall on the Auraria Campus. For more information call 556-8337. 0
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A touch of the California-beach lifestyle will visit the Auraria campus this weekend in the form of a doubles volleyball tournament that is being put on by the MSCD women's volleyball team. The Summer Sizzler tournament will be held on June 15-16 at the Auraria campus athletic field. It is the first of two events the team has planned for this summer. The Metro Summer Classic is scheduled for Aug. 1011.
Rhonda McMullen, head coach of the team, said she is expecting a large turnout for the tourney. " We're looking for a Jot of people and it should be a Jot of fun," she said. "We would like to get at least 150 teams." T-shirts for the first 50 teams registered and a free barbecue for all participants are among the incentives being offered to beef up the crowd, McMullen said. Doug Montgomery, MSCD assistant sports-information director, said that sponsors have donated prizes that will be raffled during the tournament. Sponsors include Subway restaurants, Avia shoes and Pizza Hut. McMullen said players can participate in one of the three divisions being offered for men and women. The divisions are "B" for beginning players, " BB" for intermediates
registered in each division. McMullen said last year's " BB" champions received $65 while the "A" winners went home with $75. Eric Mercer, a 21-yearold MSCD student, is playing in the "A" division with his partner Mitch Stapleton. Last year, Mercer and Stapleton placed fourth in "BB" at the Metro tourney, and have already took second place in "A" at the Top of the Rockies Challenge held in May. "We know there will be a lot of competition," Mercer said, "but hopefully we'll fare well." The Mercer-Stapleton Cllhy V111SchwlrtzlThe Me•OJ)(llilan team has been together for Students play volleyball in front of the Student Union, a about one year and has been popular pastime at Auraria. practicing for three hours and "A" for advanced players. every other night in preparation for this On Saturday, teams in each division will weekend's tournament. be split into pools of five. Each team in the McMullen said proceeds from the tourpool will play in a round-robin format and nament will be used for additional funding the two teams with the best records will for the MSCD women's volleyball team's advance to a double-elimination play-off on travel expenses and equipment needs. Sunday. Teams interested in registering for the Cash prizes will be awarded to the top tournament can receive information by callthree teams in each division. The amount ing 556-2875 or sign up at the athletic field Saturday morning at 8 a.m. Q will be determined by how many teams are
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J Will Hinton ' Sports Editor On March 19, 1991, the new physcialeducation-recreation-events center opened its gymnasium doors for the first time to a "t:'" sold-out audience. The virgin seats were filled to capacity for the historic first event in the new and improved events center even though it was still in the midst of a multimillion dollar renovation. ~ And what, do you ask, was the special event that had drawn a sell-out crowd the first time around in what is supposed to become the sports mecca of the Auraria Campus? Who drew the masses to the new home of Roadrunner athletics? George Carlin. This is a facility that is undergoing what will be approximately a $5 million face-lift to generate an improved playing atmosphere and fan support for the campus' athletes and teams, as well as better facilities for the , student body. With this in mind, it is fairly reasonable to expect the first action to take place on the new hardwood floor to be a thunderous slam dunk, a rocket-like spike, or a hundred pairs of Reeboks bouncing up and down in an aerobics marathon. ~Nope. The gym was broken in by a joke. This is not to say that having a comedian or any other kind of entertainer in the events center, which at this time remains unnamed, is a bad thing. In fact, since the building is now the entertainment hub of the campus, it ? should be encouraged. But, it just seems to be a poetic injusticefrom a sports viewpoint at least-to have to write about. the unveiling of a magnificent new athletic paradise knowing the only sweat was caused by an intense spotlight pointed ~ at a guy who exercises by walking around with a microphone and jokes about how he has suffered two heart attacks. This is the future home ofa men's basketball team and women's volleyball team that have been nationally ranked in past NCAA Division II polls, and there is no reason to believe their winning ways won't continue. Last year the teams were forced to play every game on the road (West High School is not the Roadrunners' home court) while the new gym was being constructed. They -. didn't complain, but rather acknowledged the fact that a new gym was needed., So how did the administration repay these athletes for their personal sacrifices and patience? It gave the honor of performing for the first crowd to a comic. But what is done is done, and at least Carlin is a comic who has been known to incorporate the funny side of sports into his act. It's no slam dunk or vicious jumpserve, but it will have to do. However, aside from its ironic, and per-- - ~ haps improper, opening, the recreation cen路 ter is apparently flawless. Facility director Dick Feuerborn is looking forward to what he thinks will be a very productive and healthy fall semester. The new facility, which began construe-
tion in the middle of September of last year and is scheduled to be completed by midJuly, will offer everything any athlete, both serious and recreational, or fan could want. First, there is the renovation of the old gymnasium and the addition of another at the east end of the building. The main gym now has permanent seating areas with a capacity of 2158, and a mezzanine which can bold up to 200 more people. The ugly and, according to some athletes, unhealthy rubber floor of old has been replaced by a polished hardwood floor. The days of sitting in those uncomfortable portable stands and watching our athletes perform on a grotesque playing surface are over. The east gym will keep the main gym from getting congested and, according to Feuerborn, has been furnished with new gymnastics equipment for the campus' more flexible students. For all the Arnold Schwarzenegger and Hanz and Franz fans, a second weight room has been added to pump you up. Feuerborn says it will be open during all regular facility hours and will not be shared with the Physical Education Department which will use the old weight room. That means that all those looking to become truly buff, or just toned, will no longer have to wait for P.E. classes to finish before they can pump a little iron. Feuerborn is also proud of the broad range of cardiovascular equ ipment that has been added for those aiming not so much at pumping iron but rather at improving their body's blood pumping capabilities. For those into dodging little rubber balls that travel at the speed of light for fun, two more racquetball/handball courts have been built to accommodate you . The dressing and showering areas have been improved and will be used by both the varsity athletes and students. Towel and equipment desks have been placed in monitoring positions by the doorways to help prevent locker room theft. Finally, along with the mezzanine area, a conference room, large lobby, office complex and a green room for interviews have been added to the facility. The varsity sports, which have gradually been gaining in campus popularity and visibility, will now have a facility built to support a major athletic program and the increasing media coverage and fan support that comes with success. The new facility appears to have everything. Everything but a name, that is.
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EVENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS MSCD Comedy Series The Comedy Series at the Mission continue every Thursday with a New Talent Showcase, 12 :30-1 :30. Professional headliners appear at The Mission every other Thursday evening. Call 556-2593.
Menorah Ministries Metro Club Jewish roots of Christianity, free literature and info. is available in the Loggia of the Student Union Bldg. every Thursday 9-5.
Auraria Tai Chi Club Meetings on Mondays,77:50 p .m . All students and faculty encouraged to join .
Closed A.A. Meetings Meetings are in PE 2 1 5. For more info., call Laina Gorgdan 321 -3240
On-Campus Al-Anon Family Group Weekly meetings are held every Wednesday in Library room 20 5 11 :30-12:30
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Meetings are held every Monday, Wednesday , and Friday in room 206 of the Library . Call Tom at 7410099 for more info .
Comedy Sports of Denver Every Friday and Saturday the Governor's Park Restaurant hosts ensemble comedy as a team sport! Beginning at 8p.m. at 672 Logan St. $ 5 with student 1.Q.
Career/Life Planning Seminar The MSCD Counseling Cen ter will offer two sessions of programs during the summer. Session 1 : Tuesdays, June
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Big Brothers needs Volunteers The Big Brothers organiza lion in Denver needs volunteers to help staff its food concession at various events throughout the summer. Lend a helping hand to the nearly six hundred chil- .路 dren who are waiting for a special adult friend. For more information , call 377-8827. Clubs and organizations are reminded that events are published in the calendar for free on a first come, first served basis when space is available. 路 , - Deadline for calendar 路 events is Monday at noon prior to that Friday's edition .
June 14, 1991
CLASSIFIED FOR SALE REPOSSESSED VA & HUD HOMES available from government from $1 without credit check. You repair. Also tax delinquent foreclosures Call 1-805-682-7555 Ext. H-3369 for repo list your area. 7/12 SEIZED CARS, trucks, boats, 4wheelers, motorhomes, by FBI, IRS, DEA. Available your area now. Call 1-805-682-7555 Ext. C-2842 7112 CARS-TRUCKS- JEEPS Under $125call Rita (303) 563-9397 Ext. 51 . 6/14 \.
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CAMPUS REP NEEDED. 5 hours per week. No selling, great pay. Call Gordon, 1-800-542-5174. 6114
TUTOR FOR GERMAN & FRENCH. Qualified, experienced, reliable. B.A. in German, minor in French, 4.0 GPA. Help with homework, test preparation, pronunciation. On campus M/T/F. $6/hr., less for small groups. Call for details. Leonore Dvorkin, 985-2327. 7/12 TYPING SERVICES/LETTER QUALITY [LASER] WORD PROCESSING forbusiness, student or personal needs. Reasonable rates. Call Kathy at 751 -1788. 7/1 2
PERSONALS ARE YOU WORTH 5 FIGURES A MONTH? If you feel you are, I will recruit and train you into "the fastest growing corporation and best money making opportunity in America today." 369-4979. 6/14 ATTENTION ENTREPRENEURS: I represent the world's largest, most lucrative Network Marketing Company. I will be in the Denver area this summer to train 10 12 people who want to make $40,000 next year. Interested? Write for info.: Paul Abramson, 6629 Sabado Tarde Rd., Isla Vista, CA 93117. -6/14
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