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The Metropolitan State College of Denver student newspaper, serving the Auraria Campus since 1979
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September 27, 1991
Graduation fee soars
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Volume 14, Issue 6
Student government Vice President Vander Horst submits profane resignation
Experiment goes awry
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Sibling revelry: Brothers join each other on Auraria Campus after 27 years Page 8 Shson Dunn I The Metropobtan
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Sports
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Grade-school teammates provide men's soccer team with 1-2 scoring punch Page 18
The Denver Fire Department was called to Auraria Campus Wednesday after an ether experiment in Science Building Room 330 went awry. A tube of ether was accidentally hooked into the wrong valve allowing ether to seep into the building's ventilation system. There were no injuries reported·and the building was declared safe after firefighters arrived.
Ask not what your student government can do for you, but ask when they're going to do it Page 12
Prospective graduates at MSCD are facing a new requirement this fall - a $20 graduation fee. Previously, this fee was $3. Students planning to graduate this semester must pay the fee by Oct. 4, said Debby Protsman, a graduation evaluator for MSCD. O~er students must pay the fee during the semester they plan to graduate, she said . Student reactions to the new fee were negative. "This school nickels and dimes you to death," said Tonya Garris, a senior at MSCD. However, she is relieved to see only a $20 fee. "Other schools have graduation fees as high as $100," she said. "I think I pay this school enough in order to graduate," said Carol Roll, also an MSCD student. "I do not want to pay them more." Letters explaining the new policy along with graduation application cards were sent last week to this semester's prospective graduates by MSCD 's Office of Admissions and Records. The graduation application cards will be validated when the fee is paid. Students can mail the fee to the college or drop it by the Office of Admissions and Records. "The money will not go in to school accounts," said Protsman. It is used for diploma printing costs, mailing costs and the graduation ceremony. "Maybe now I will go to the graduation ceremony since I am paying for it," Roll said.
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Responsibility for ending racism rests with.individuals, activist says Barry Tobin Staff Writer
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EDITORIAL
Libby Becker The Metropolitan
Individual actions, not government regulations, must eliminate "hate speech" and racist and sexist remarks, an American Civil Liberties Union representative said Sept. 18 to students and faculty. · "If someone said. 'nigger' in my houSe, I'd throw him out,:' said James !oy, executive director of the Colorado ACLU, during a speech at St. Cajetan'sCenter. "But I would not ever allow the government to tell me or you what can be said or heard no matter how offensive the expression may be." Joy said that he has spent his
adult life fighting discrimination _ and prejudice. Though we have a responsibility and an obligation to resist government control of any sort, he said, this alone· is not enough to stop hate speech. We must not keep the cycle going by repeating the hate that we hear, Joy said. He explained that words reinforce our behaviors. "You have an obligation to go to the next, much more difficult step, and take the responsibility yourself to stop hate speech by speaking out against racist, sexist and other hate remarks," he said. "Nothing will stop hate speech until the individual decides that we have had enough of that kind of talk. We must speak
out affirmatively every time we hear 'hate speech.' When that happens, we will have taken a big step toward becoming a freer society." He answered questions on political correctness, a contemporary issue that has assailed campuses across the nation. Political correctness dictates what is proper terminology for race and gender. L.a111Grogg-Tom1 1111eMeVcpolilan Joy disagreed with those James Joy loathes 'hate speech.' who say that political correctness ful examples of free speech and the is a major campus issue. protection of American rights," he "The only things I've read about said. "When those kind of people tell political correctness are from Jesse Helms and (syndicated columnist) you that your rights are being vioGeorge Will," Joy said. lated, I'd listen with a very careful NeitherSen.Helms,R-N.C.,nor ear," Joy said. Will is known for being "wondersee Racism page 6