Volume 14, Issue 15 - Dec. 6, 1991

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

Denver, Colorado

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NEWS Briefly Paper investigated after complaint WORCESTER, Mass.- The Scarlet, the student newspaper of Clark University, is under investigation by Clark's Committee on Organizations after refusing to retract to a story about a clash between campus police and students of color on campus. The minority students involved in the incident demanded that the original news story be rettactedafter The Scarlet refused to allow them to write their own account of the incident in the news section of the

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HAMILTON, NJ.- Accused of "messingwitbwomyn,"severalHamilton College students received a threatening letter on Nov. 8 from a group called "Womyn Interested in Toppling Chauvinistic Hamilton" (WITCH). Many of the students receiving the letter have filed harassment charges with the dean of students.

Students compete In energy olympics MADISON, Wis.- Students at the University of Wisconsin at Madison kicked off the Ecolympics this month. The energy conservation program is expected to save $10,000 in utility costs over a five-month period. Students from the dorms with the lowest energy consumption will be awarded an ice orearn party by the Dairy Land School.

Student to meet top aviation people Carmen Munns, a senior aviation management student at MSCD, has been selected to attend a national seminar focusing on aviation policy in January. The most gifted aviation students from 100 colleges in America have been selected to gather at the Washington Center Internship sponsored by the University Aviation Association Munns was selected by MSCD's Aerospace Department Committee from a pool of full-time students possessing a 3.5 GPA or better. Munns will be accompanied by Jonathan Burke, an MSCD professor of aerospace. 1

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The future arrives at MSCD classroom On Wednesday,Dec.11, MSCDwill unveilastate-of-theartcomputerlaboratory to the public. Twenty micro-computers and software have been installed and are now in use at South Classro()m for MSCD students. "These are the future tools of engineering," said John Reed, director of Academic Computer User Services.

Survey: Sex harassment affects 50% Or, if wishing to remain anonymous, a victim can report the incident to the Office of Equal Opportunity, located in the president's office, Central Classroom 315. You can also contact Tara Tull, coordinator of women's studies at 1022 Ninth St.; or go to Ron Veatch, counseling center director, in Central Llln GfWT-IThe MelropOli1lwl According to a recent national survey, 50 percent of all students and Classroom 203. "Fear of retalia- teachers could have experienced sexual harassment. tion is the main reason harassment does not get reported," said ment, and these issues are raised at student Morehouse. However, state and federal laws, orientation. Morehouse also plans on workas well as college policies, exist to protect ing with student government to promote further student awareness. victims from retaliation. W aming signs include staring, leering, Also, confidentiality can be maintained if the stiident just wants the harassment to and ogling; frequent comments on personal stop. However, if the student wants a repri- appearance; touching out of context; excesmand, a formal investigation is required and sive flattery and praise; injecting a "male vs. female" tone; and persistently emphasizing confidentiality cannot be guaranteed. Education is one weapon the college is sexuality in all comments Any of these behaviors could indicate using against harassment. People need to know what harassment is and the conse- sexual harassment. One ofthe easiest indicaquences of it, Morehouse said. Teachers at tors is if the victim feels uncomfortable with Q MSCD have attended meetings on harass- a teacher's or student's behavior.

Libby Becker The Metropolitan Nearly half of the men and women who replied to a 1991 survey conducted by the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board said they had experienced some form of sexual harassment. "Sexual harassment is an issue that isn't swept under the carpet at this institution," said Percy Morehouse, equal opportunity director and assistant to the president at MSCD. Students have the right to learn in an environment free of harassment. To protect this right, MSCD has adopted several policies.to deter harassment of both students and empl_o yees, Morehouse said. Sexual harassment has many forms. It can involve unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors or other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature. Other examples of harassment include sexist remarks, jokes, behavior or graffiti; persistent requests for unwanted dates; or sexual assault, Morehouse explained. There are basically two paths people can take if they feel they have been harassed. One is to confront the harasser and tell him or her to stop, and then go to the appropriate department chair or dean if the situation is not rectified.

VO IUnta ry segregation not a problem, officials say "If the perception is that students of color perceive racist problems, then the institution should be concerned," Morehouse said. Despite student concerns about the selfThe situation in the Student Union and imposed segregation that occurs in the Stu- campus lounges has made some students at dent Union and campus l!lunges, adminis- MSCD uncomfortable, however. In fact, trators maintain the situation is normal. some students who sit in their college classes "As an administrator, I don't see it as a learning that discriminating and not mixing problem," said Manuel Escamilla, assistant with other races is wrong question if the to the vice president of Academic Affairs. college is doing enough to deal with Students of the same multicultural issues. race gather together beAnd some adminiscause they have the same trators concede probinterests, and the situalems exist. Ron Veatch, execution can be beneficial for students at times, he said. tive director of the OfIt gives blacks, Asians fice of Student Affairs, and Hispanics, as well as said the college is concerned with creating an interest groups like cowboys and athletes, the environment hospitable chance to share common to multicultural underinterests without having standing. to explain or educate "It isn't an easily other people. overcome situation," "All of us need opVeatch said. "ldon'tsee it as a huge problem . portunities to congregate Manuel Escamilla with people we are comIt's a symptom ofpeople fortable with for whatever reasons," not being able to get beyond certain feelEscamilla said. ings." Veatch said MSCD has taken steps toEscamilla said that if students gather together with plans of harming someone, ward helping students assimilate. The colthen it would warrant concern. lege has started requiring new students to Percy Morehouse, director of Equal Op- take multicultural classes. Also, MSCD, portunity at MSCD, agrees with Escamilla. along with the University of Colorado at He said that if students want to gather in Denver and Community College of Denver, separate racial groups, he doesn't view that has instituted programs such as the Institute as a real concern. see Segregation page 24

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Insurance policy details escape most students J. Featherstone The Metropolitan Each semester, full-time students are charged a $165 health insurance premium in addition to registration fees and tuition costs. James Joy, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union, said requiring an insurance plan for students is legal. "When an insurance company grants these type of programs, it ups the cost if only the high-risk students are getting coverage," he said. "Including everyone in the plan represents a balance." Paul Spangler, insurance analyst for the state's Division of Insurance, said a college can set the policy for its students as to whether they are required to have insurance or not. "The bottom line is: If it's policy at a school for a student to have insurance, the choices are to get your own insurance, take the school's insurance, or don't go to school," he said. Students can waive the school's insurance plan, but they must be eligible. To be eligible to waive the school's insurance, full-time students must provide evidence that they are insured under another comparable plan, said Mable Wilmont, coordinator of student insursee Insurance page 5


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Cans of food will buy amnesty from library fines if the book is declared lost. "This creates a bigger problem for other students, because Staff Writer the library collection is there for everyone, so if someone wants to keep it forever, that If you've committed the atrocious crime creates a big problem," Yang said. "We of not returning your library books on time, wantto encourage the return of library books now's your chance for amnesty. Some so other students and staff can use those canned food is all it will take to clear your books." name. To add to the embarrassment ofreturning Students should take advantage of this an overdue book, the library will soon be pardon, because this is the first, and probably turning offenders over to a collection agency. the last, time that they will be able to receive As of Jan. I, the library will be required amnesty from the Auraria Library for over- to enforce Colorado Revised Statute 24-30due books. It's a now-or-never situation, 202.4, which requires state-supported lisaid Eveline Yang, head of circulation. braries to use the state collection agency to The Amnesty Program at Auraria Li- collect debts from fines generated from brary means that if you have overdue books, overdue and lost books. whether they be from one month ago, four "Our circulation system is an automated years ago, or from the day the library opened computer system," Yang said. "The record in I 976, all you have to do is tum them in at will never go away, until we clear it- until the front desk. the fine is paid." From Dec. 1Yang said the 18, the library Amnesty Prostaff does not exgram gives pect you to pay people holding your overdue fine overdue books a in cash, but they chance to redo expect you to deem thembring in some selves in, by renon-perishable turning the foods - to free books and aidyour conscience ing a charity. of any wrongdoShe said the liing, and to help brary wants to those that are less "wipe the whole fortunate. slate clean and In turn, the listart a new brary will turn the year." food over to St. The library will be advertisElizabeth's Soup Laura Bale, MSCD junior, saved $36 by bringing Kitchen, a pro- eight cans for the eight books that were due Nov. 21. ing the program gram on campus on campus, as that runs a rood service for the homeless. well as in the community, to try to reach • out a book at Yang estimates that close to 1,000 books anyone who has ever checked are missing from the library's permanent Auraria and not returned it. collection of 600,000-plus items. That av"This is a good thing. It's a win-win erages out to at least $50,000 in lost inven- situation for everyone," Yang said. tory, and does not account for current overdue "It's good for the library users, it's good books. for the library, and it's good for the people The library is offering this one-time-only who need food. So why don't we all chip in amnesty for three reasons: Auraria wants to and do everything we can to make everybody get the books back, to extend goodwill and happy?" to heighten awareness of library users, and Yang said there is no requirement for the to promote the spirit of giving during the number of cans donated, but added: "Charholiday months. ity comes from the heart. If you are really Yang said fines up to $20 can accumulate ashamed, bring in a case." Q

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We would like to thank the following merchants for donating the prizes which were awarded during the Great American Smoke-Out, November 21, 1991.

King Soopers Turkey

MSCD Office of Communications & Public Relations Colorado Symphony Tickets

Rockies Bagel coupons

Auraria Book Center $25.00 Giff Certificates

MSCD Office of Development MSCD T-Shirt

Student Union Gameroom Two hours of Pool

AMC Tivoli 72 Theater Movie Tickets

I· Auraria Student Union Ticket Service Passes to Comedy Works

, Auraria Student Union Ticket Service Passes to Jazz Works

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Student Health Center Well Physical & Cholesterol Test

MSCD Alumni Association MSCD Notepads

Thank You The Auraria Great American Smok.e -out was brought to you by the Health Issues Committee which has representation from AHEC, CCD, CU-D & MSCD.

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ance. Wilmont said providing evidence of insurance could include showing the MSCD Business Office an insurance card or having the insurer sign an exemption form provided by the office. "Of the l 0,000 full-time students on campus, we insure around 3,600," she said. Christina Nguyen, supervisor of student accounts, said the mandatory insurance policy has caused many problems for the Business Office. "A lot of students pay the premium without knowing they have the insurance," Nguyen said. "Then, they come screaming at us, wanting to waive it. It causes us a lot of extra paperwork." To waive the insurance program for the spring semester, a form must be completed and submitted to the Business Office by Feb. 11. Explanation of the benefits of the plan can be difficult to obtain unless students inquire in the right places about what they are paying for. Those who are mandated to have this coverage can get information or services at the Student Health Center at the west side of the Student Union in Room 140. Southland Life Insurance Co. of Dallas provides the insurance for students under policy number G-3392. The fall-semester policy expires on Jan. 13. If a student is registered for the spring semester, coverage begins on Jan. 14 and continues until May 25. Summer enrollment gives coverage from May 26 until Aug. 28, when a fall plan would go into effect.

Exclusions of coverage include:

Preferred Provider Institutions:

A semi-private room in a hospital. Intensive Care Unit charges that don't exceed twice the cost of a semi-private room. Prescription drugs Psychometric testing and psychotherapy. Diagnosis or treatment by a radiologist or laboratory. Ambulance service to the nearest hospital. , Initial artificial limbs replacing natural ones lost while insured. Pregnancy. Home Health Care services up to 60 times a year.

Any expenses due to an illness for which treatment was given 180 days preceding the effective date of this insurance. Charges for spinal manipulation. Hearing aids or eye glasses. Newborn baby care that is not care for an illness, injury or congenital disease. Dental care or Cosmetic surgery. Injuries received as a result of Varsity sports. Self-inflicted injuries. Treatment for injuries incurred during a fight in which the student is the aggressor. Treatment for illness or injuries incurred as a result of use of narcotics. Treatment of injuries incurred while flying or parachuting. Charges for services performed by a relative. Treatment for injuries or illness incurred while involved in a riot or illegal act. Weight reduction, control or physical fitness instruction unless it is treatment of an eating disorder.

The cost of insurance for the summer semester is $165. If students want to continue coverage during the summer session, but are not enrolled in classes, they can pay the premium by the deadline date and continue coverage until the fall semester begins. The deductible for an individual plan is $150 a year. There is a family plan available with a deductible of $450 for a family of three. The cost of a plan that would insure a student and spouse is $819 each semester, with a $300 deductible. Any services performed at the Student Health Center are covered I 00 percent, in-

eluding lab tests and prescriptions. The Health Center has a pharmacy where prescriptions can be filled, but they must be prescribed by a Health Center physician. However, a student must have symptoms of a health problem before the insurance comes into play. "This is an injury and illness plan," Wilmont said. "You can't come in for a check-up or physical without having symptoms of a problem first." For services performed outside the Health Center, sick care is covered 80 percent, while psychiatric-related charges are cov-

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ered 50 percent. Eighty percent of hospital care expenses are reimbursed if one of the seven preferred provider institutions are used. Care at any other institution would be covered 70 percent. Provisions of the plan state that a student would be insured when travelling outside the country. However, what the plan doesn't , state is that an injury outside the country that required hospitalization would still be covered for only 70 percent of the costs. The plan does not cover preventative medicine, such as birth control, but a student would be covered for sterilization, such as tubal ligation or a vasectomy. If a student were to become seriously injured or die, the policy would pay a maximum of $25,000. Once the $25,000 maximum is met, Southland Insurance would drop the insured, and no coverage would be required for that student. Out-patient services formental ornervous problems, eating disorders or alcohol-abuse problemsarecovered50percentupto$1,000 a year. Crisis intervention is paid 80 percent for up to seven days a year. There is no insurance coverage for drug treatment. "The way it was explained to me is that alcohol is legal, but drugs are illegal," Wilmont said. Insurance claims should be made at the Student Health Center rather than the insurancecompany.Aclaimform will be provided by Health Center officials. There is a 20-day deadline for the insurance company to be notified from the date the injury or illness occurred. 0

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Hot Topics Tuition- We are hearing that tuition may be increased 9 to 10% next semester. We will be lobbying to keep any increase to a minimal amount. Enrollment Cap- At this point it is too early to decide what the positive and negative impacts of a cap might be on the student community and for future Metro students. Community Service Requir~ment- This idea has received little support from the student population. The Faculty will be considering it as a part of the curriculum. MSCD Student Government Elections- The Spring elections will be March 31, April 1 and 2. If you are interested in serving on the Election Commission contact Angie at 556-2797. More information will be available in January.


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Each year Metropolitan Stat. College of Denver honors students who are shining examples of academic and personal achievement. • ASMSCD - Outstanding Student Leadership Award • Special Service Award from Academic Affairs • Special Service Award from Student Affairs • Who's Who Award • American Association of University Women Award • Outstanding Student from each School • Outstanding Students at Large • President's Award

Awards are limited to seniors graduating by August 1992. Criteria for these awards include grade point average, college and community service, professional memberships, previous honors and awards, outstanding achievements and number of hours completed.

If you wish to be considered for one or more of these awards, you may obtain an application from the office of your major department. Completed forms are due by Friday, February 28, 1992, in the office of your major department.

For more information, please call the Student Affairs Office, 556-3908.

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Some toys have potential risk as Christmas gifts, survey says Riki Doherty The Metropolitan

Toys that pose a potential hazard to children should prompt parents to check their lists twice, according to safety researchers. Consumers are warned that some toys may not be properly labeled to make holiday shoppers aware of dangers that could prove lethal. The information was provided by a national survey titled ''Trouble in Toyland,'' conducted in part by CoPIRG (Colorado Public Interest Research Group) along with PIRGs from 25 other states. There are 20 toys on the list ranging form wind-up toys to water balloon kits. "We've made a lot of progress in the last 20 years,'' said Chuck Malick, CoPIRG legislative director. "We notice that toys that show up on the list get pulled; about half of the ones on last year's list got pulled." The labeling of the toys may be a major problem, according to the survey. Age limit warnings, even if included, may not make it clear that there is a danger if a child younger than the suggested age plays with the toy. Some parents may assume that the labeling is only a suggestion for the developmental age of the child and not a warning of danger to a younger child. Many toys on the list have removable pieces that may be inviting to children who put things in their mouths, posing a danger

of choking, Malick said. Uninflated balloons or pieces of a broken balloon also are hazardous to children. Balloons, more than any other single product, are involved in choking deaths. About 15 deaths a year in the U.S. involve toys, and they also are responsible for hundreds of thousands of emergency room injuries, a number that is increasing yearly, according to estimates by the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Choke-hazard labeling on toys and other products is currently being considered by theCPSC. "We fully support the CPSC proposal, but the agency has been slow to act and has no time line for when or if the regulations will be finalized," Malick said. "Ifthe parent isn't aware of the hazard, seeing a warning may kind of jog their memory." The Auraria chapter of CoPIRG was not directly involved with the survey. However, one-third of the refundable $3 fee students pay each semester goes to the state CoPIRG to be used for this and similar legislative efforts. CoPIR.G, in its state capacity, has called for the passage of the Toy Injury Reduction Act, introduced in Congress by Rep. Cardiss Collins, D-Ill. The bill would require cautionary labeling of toys that may present choking hazards to children under three. Copies of the survey can be received for $6 from U.S. PIRG, 215 Pennsylvania Ave. S.E., Washington, D.C. 20003. 0 -r

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THE FACTS ABOUT TUITION BY THE CREDIT HOUR The administration is considering going to tuition by the credit hour because it is concerned that the present system is unfair to part time students. The average part time student takes 6 credit hours per semester. This means it takes them 20 semesters or 10 years to graduate. With the way things are now, that means that if there is a 8% tuition increase every year, the average part time student will pay $12,753.00 The average full time student takes 14 credit hours per semester. This means it takes them 9 semesters (the 9th semester is 8 credit hours). With the way things are now, this means that if there is a 8% tuition increase every year, the average full time student will pay $6469.50 This means to get the same education over a 10 year period, the part time student will pay 97.ll more than the full time stÂľdent.

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The table also shows what tuition by the credit hour might look like according to Student Senate research. This data is merely a possibility, and assumes that the students do not change their enrollment habits based on the new rates. Obviously, this is a bad assumption. Some full time students will not be able to afford the new rates, where on the other hand, some part time students might be able to afford to take more credit hours per semester under the new system. The final column shows as a percentage how much the tuition goes up or down under this possible tuition by the dredit hour plan. However, if students did not change their enrollment on the basis of the new rates, then 63.5% of the students would SPEND LESS under this plan and 36.51 of the students would SPEND MORE under this plan What Tuition and Fees were in the Fall of '91

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Colorado Community College $49.50 $99.00 $148.50 $198.00 $247.50 $297.00 $346.50 $396.00 $445.50 $495.00 $544.50 $594.00 $637.00 "$680. 00 $723.00 $766.00 $809.00 $852.00 $895.00 $938.00 $981.00

University of Colorado at Denyer $184.50 $281.50 $378.50 $475.50 $572.50 $669.50 $766.50 $863.50 $896.50 $896.50 $896.50 $896.50 $896.50 $896.50 $896.50 $993.50 $1090.50 $1187.50 $1284.50 $1381.50 $1478.50

Mesa State College $72.00 $144.00 $216.00 $288.00 $360.00 $432.00 $504.00 $576.00 $648.00 $773.00 $773.00 $773.00 $773.00 $773.00 $773.00 $773.00 $773.00 $773.00 $773.00 $773.00 $773.00

Metropolitan State College $138.50 $203.50 $268.50 $337 .50 $403.50 $468.50 $542.50 $608.50 $670.50 $738.50 $738.50 $738.50 $738.50 $738.50 $738.50 $742.50 $742.50 $742.50 $804.50 $866.50 $928.50

PROJECTED Metropolitan State College $126.98 $180.26 $233.64 $290.02 $344.40 $397.78 $460.16 $514.54 $564.92 $619.30 $669.68 $720.06 $770.44 $820.82 $871. 20 $925.58 $975.96 $1,026.34 $1,076.72 $1,127.10 $1,177.48

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Any change in student enrollment patterns can and will affect what the tuition by the credit hour rate will be. For this reason, the ASMSCD Student Senate will run a survey at the beginning of the Spring term in '92 to find out what the student body thinks its reaction would be to this possible plan so that we can determine what the real rate would have to be. ' RESEARCHED AND COMPILED BY: James Norris~ ASMSCD Student Senator - - -- - -- ---- -------------- ---- __ .APPRO.."\ZED_.BY:. __ Chip _W.iman"# _..ASMSOO-~A~.&>dy_P..z;es~-.,.-... _ ..

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Hanukkah and education connect for teacher Lawrence Jones Editor When the Jews defeated an invasion 2, 125 years ago, they provided an education in courage and faith. Now, an MSCD teacher is doing the same for students. Hanukkah is being celebrated this week by Jews throughout the world. It is a time of reflection, dedication and education for the fatih. It is not a "Jewish Christmas," as many believe, but a remembrance of a miracle that occurred after a military victory. Dr. William Elefant, a part-time instructor at MSCD, is bringing the "miracle of education" to students in his Cognitive Strategies for Analytical Reading class. Elefant' s new reading strategies were introduced to MSCD students last spring. The Metropolitan reported on his Maimonidean philosophy in April ("Learning from past provides key to unlocking present" -The Met 4/12/91). It utilizes a method based on an innovative 12th-century educator, Moses Maimonides. Inspired by the Maimonidean philosophies, Elefant developed his own unique system, which identify the central issue, or "black box," of any article or text so students may more readily utilize it in their studies. Elefant began to develop his teaching method while in Israel in 1964. Now he has brought this lesson from the past to the

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present. Jews observe Hanukkah so they, too, may learn from the past. Roughly 125 years before the birth of Jesus, the Jewish people were being oppressed by the Syrians, who forced them away from their faith and desecrated and vandalized the Temple at Jerusalem. Finally, led by Judah Macabee, the Jews drove out the Syrians. They then rededicated the temple and wanted to light the grand candelabra, or menorah, in thanks to God for their victory. They found only enough oil to light the menorah for a day. They prayed for it to last longer, and miraculously, it lasted for eight days. Thus the reason for lighting candles for eight days in observance of Hanukkah. The root words of Hanukkah stand for dedication and education. Elefant integrates these ideas with his own in educating students, and said he wants to "heal the sickness of ignorance" that has spread throughout American education by bringing what he learned in Israel to students at MSCD. "I want to do something !or America," he said. Elefant had been trying to introduce his theories here, but it took time. Finally, Douglas Cawley, chair of the reading department, hired him as a part-time instructor. Elefant praises Cawley as a saint, but Cawley doesn't claim the title. "I didn't think I did that much ," Cawley

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was recording the meeting, when in fact he was, according to her. The board of advisers then suggested that the meeting be terminated "for their own protection" and Kelley remained the queen. "I was upset and really hurt that after we had arranged the meeting to transfer the crown," Hailey said, "she not only had the audacity not to show up, but sent someone to secretly record the meeting."

drop the lawsuit she has filed against Diggs for the return of the crown and sash, Hailey said she is not yet willing to do that. "Cameo is still going around impersonating Miss Black Colorado USA," she said. In the meantime, Kelley said she sees her title as Miss Black Colorado USA as an opportunity to be a positive role model for teen-agers. She said she plans on going to local junior higrr and high schools to speak to the students about issues such as gangs, drugs and teen pregnancy. "A lot of my friends turned towards gangs and drugs and a lot of them had babies while we were still in school," she said. Kelley recently completed training for a

volunteer program called "Empowerment" which helps girls between the ages of9 and 19 who are at high risk of being involved in gangs, or are in a gang and want out. "Stay clear of gangs and don't get involved with drugs. Be strong. Be smart. And always finish what you start," is Kelley's advice to children and teen-agers. Before buying Kelley a new sash, Hailey said that the pageant is considering redesigning it but must have the approval of the national pageant. "It's going to be a new sash, new crown and new queen, and we're moving on," Kelley said. Kelley will represent Colorado 0 in the Miss Black USA pageant.

MSCD is also home to Miss Colorado USA L.M. Pollock The Metropolitan

Kelley said she had agreed to step down because she felt that maybe the situation wasn't handled correctly, but now she feels it is in the best interest of the pageant for her to remain Miss Black Colorado USA. Kelley said she was not shocked when Diggs appeared wearing her crown and sash on the Maury Povich talk show when the two of them, along with Bailey and Hailey, were guests on the show. "She has said, and probably will continue to say, that as far as she's concerned, she is still Miss Black Colorado USA," Kelly said. Although pageant officials have advised Hailey to "let bygones be bygones" and to

The spotlight found its way to an MSCD senior Nov. 17 when Laura DeWilde was crowned Miss Colorado USA 1992 . As the finalists were being called, DeWilde said all she could think was, "God, just this once, let it be me." In an instant her dream became a reality and now she will be heading off to the national Miss USA pageant held in Wichita, Kan. The pageant will be televiseg live from Wichita on Feb. 4. Laura DeWilde Before she attends the national competition, DeWilde said that Frank Sweeney, Colorado Director for the childhood development. She is a 4.0 stuMiss USA Pageant, is flying her to New dent and is working in a program where YorkformoretrainingDec.13. DeWilde she tutors homeless children. is planning on taking her finals early so Winning the pageant, DeWilde was that she will be able to go. awarded $2,400 cash and a red fox jacket. Besides representing our state as Miss 1be photogenic winner at the pageant Colorado USA, DeWilde is majoring in was another MSCD student, Tiffany behavioral sciences and minoring in early Riedesel. 0

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EDITORIAL

Now is time to reflect on selves Lawrence Jones Editor

There is one thing fundamentally wrong with college students. We think like college students. The college is guilty of promoting this idea, and we are guilty for buying into it. It is a shame, really. All sides -the administration, the teachers and the studentswaste what could be a period of great learning by behaving as if we were in school. Think about it. When we began school at the age of 5 or 6, we needed molding and teaching. We had to learn how to behave and socialize. We needed basic skills that would help us survive in our complex world, and hopefully we acquired them. We passed through grade school and into high school, where we began to explore our dreams and ambitions. Then we came to college. Not all of-us came here directly. Some did come straight from high school, but many of us experienced a bit of the outside world first. There we learned that what happens here, at the institutions of higher learning, really doesn't matter. It doesn't matter how we got here or what kind of grades we escape this academic world with; what matters is what we DO and how we act after we have made that escape. Unfortunately, many seem very unclear as to what that means. Where is it written in the college catalog that we must behave like students, like children, like immature individuals who want to brainlessly shuttle through classes and behave like asses during our free time? Doesn't it make more sense that we should behave as

adults? Doesn't it seem more logical and clear that we Consider this, student government. If by the end of take this time, before entering the competitive mun- finals nothing has issued forth from your not-so-haldane world of careers and mortgages, to learn profes- lowed halls but rhetoric, spending and posturing by sionalism and mature behavior? It should, for that is pseudo-political hopefuls, then you have learned nothing more from experiences than a 5-year-old in a why we are really here. Our grades will have little or no importance to the candy shop with a few cents of change. outside world. Our class curriculum is as real to them Consider this, professors and teachers. If you as Santa Claus was to Ebeneezer Scrooge. Nothing have managed to wedge enough information into your we do here at college will have half as much impact on students' minds so they could regurgitate it back to you our lives as how we behave when we are thrust out of accurately without giving them a chance to explore this institution on graduation day. their own ideas and imaginations, then you have Christmas is coming taught them nothing of soon, and we will all be survival outside this intaking a break from the - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - stitution. pressure of finals, profesAnd finally, consider sors and homework as- Christmas is coming soon, and this, members of the adsignments. Now is a good ministration. If you have time for us to take a mo- we will all be taking a break managed this institution ment and reflect on how from the pressure of finals, prowithout thought for the the semester has gone students, without taking and what lies ahead of us. fessors and homework assignthe time to address them For some, it means personally or get to know graduation - a time of ments. Now is a good time for these "children" that you greatfearofthe unknown. have been given charge us to take a moment and reflect of For the rest of us, it is to teach and nurture, simply a return to what on how the semester has gone without considering how h~s gone before - but is your every action could and what lies ahead of us. it? affect them for good or No. ltisatimetostand for ill, then you have adup ~nd learn what it means - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ministered nothing other t6 be a responsible adult. than your own ego and it is time to accept the consequences of our actions pride. And when you come right down to it, those are when they are wrong and be rightfully proud when commodities worth little. those actions are right. But how do we tell which is So think about it. We all have the time. We all have which? Simple. By what is accomplished. the opportunity. Now we must take advantage of it and Consider this, fellow students. If by the end of this examine ourselves in the mirror known as truth. It is not semester you have accomplished nothing more than a pretty picture most of the time, but it is a view that will good grades, happy teachers and a bulk of information teach us more about the world around us than any that is instantly forgotten as soon as the final is university, college or professor. finished, then you have accomplished nothing more The holidays are a time when gifts are exchanged. than what you did in the first grade. Not much to be Let's all give ourselves the greatest gifts of all. Let's all proud of for a person who is supposed to be an "adult." do what we came here to do- learn and teach.

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Editor, It's about time some a~ention was given to the fact that student votes are not binding (Referendums not binding: The Met Nov. 22). This should be an outrage. When students at CU-Boulder voted in 1982 to assess themselves a $3 CoPIRG fee to lobby on environmental and consumer issues, the CU Board of Regents turned them down. What happened to DEMOCRACY? We are citizens who pay taxes, tuition, and student fees, and should have decision-making power over how these monies are spent, or if we want to pay them at all. Sure, student government is given a little money to play with in their little sandbox, but students are NOT sufficiently represented where the most important decisions are made that directly affect us. Students are not represented in the student grievance process, in curriculum decisions, on the Colorado Commission on Higher Education, on enrollment issues, on student fees, or on higher education funding. Our student trustee doesn't even have a vote on the Board of Trustees. Who pays for higher education anyway? NOTAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION!!! Barbara J. Ferrill, MSCD student

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VIEWPOINTS Male or female, racism is racism As an African-American male, I witness and experience racism everyday. I have recently been informed that African-American females experience a "dual" oppression of racism combined with sexism by virtue of being Black and female. I have no problem with seeing how one might logically arrive at this conclusion, but I am concerned about what the idea of African-American female dual oppression suggests about African-American males. To say that African-American women are dually oppressed is to suggest, directly or indirectly, that they are more oppressed than their male counterparts. If one believes, thinks and or assumes that AfricanAmerican females are more oppressed ih this society than African-American males, then one might believe, think and/or assume that African-American males experience some sort of privilege in this society reserved for Whites. This belief, thought and/or assumption is incorrect and a brief socio-historical examination of the Black Experience in America, with primary attention being paid to African-American males, can refute this notion. First we will examine the labor roles of AfricanAmerican males, after northern migration. Here we find African-American males who were fortunate enough to receive employment, assuming jobs that were traditionally performed by White males. The majority of African-American males performed blue collar labor as opposed to the majority of AfricanAmerican females performing domestic work, which is associated with subservience. While African-American males were not subjected to subservience, they did experience economic exploitation. African-American males historically have been paid drastically less than White males for performing the same degree and amount of-tabor for no other reason than being-61ack. Secondly, African-American males have fought and died in every military conflict the United States has conducted and participated in. From the Revolutionary War to the Korean War, as slaves and as "free" men, African-American males have fought and died for the ideals of democracy and justice while not having these ideals legally ensured to them under the Constitution

of this country. It is also important to remember that African-American males served in segregated militaries up until the Vietnam Conflict for less pay than White males. To add to this injustice, during the Vietnam Conflict, African-American males composed 25 percent of the battlefield casualties while only composing five percent of the United States domestic population. This is blatant perverse exploitation. After briefly re-examining the Black Experience in America, we can now safely conclude that AfricanAmerican males have had the privilege of being exploited. In no way am I trying to suggest that AfricanAmerican males have been exploited and suffered more than African-American females. This is the very misconception that I am trying to eradicate. If we are under the notion that African-American females have been more oppressed than African-American males, then we will falsely assume that there are different degrees of oppression in the African-American community. This assumption has the potential of causing division in the African-American community which is counterproductive to the African-American struggle for equality. It is more correct for one to believe, think and or assume that racism imposed or inflicted on any member of the African-American community, regardless of sex, is an attack against the group, not the individual. To sum it up, African-American females and males have been - and still are - oppressed in different "fashion" due only to their difference in anatomy. The source of their "custom tailored" oppression is racism administered by Whites. Thus, we can conclude that African-American females and males are equal in this society because of their common experience of racial oppression. When we can look past the superficial of the "custom tailored" oppression experienced by African-American females and males, we come to realize that African-American females and males have more in common with each other than anyone else. They both share the burden of living under racism

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Michael C. Jackson, MSCD student

America faces a tyranny of Supreme Court justice Of 105 past Supreme Court justices, all have belonged to political parties: Federalist, Whig, Democrat-Republican, Democrat or Republican. Clarence Thomas is now the eighth Republican and likely the seventh conservative on the court. There should never be a seventh conservative on the court for the same reason that there should never be a seventh liberal or even a sixth. The best seven liberals available or the best seven conservatives available would each engender deeply abusive courts. There should be several centrists; real centrists, not posers conspiring to prepare the way for further packing. Democracy thrives on diversity. It is ethically obscene for Presidents Reagan and Bush to pack an entire branch of government with "politically correct" conservatives. Democrats FDR and Truman made deliberate compromise appointments because of imbalanced courts at parallel points of Court history. FDR promoted moderately conservative Republican Harlan Stone to the doubly powerful chief justice position, and Truman appointed moderately conservative Republican Howard Burton. These were not "mistakes" - their politics were known, they have impressive conservative records. Bush appears to plot an all-conservative court, mostly youthful. Conceivably, the court with Thomas will be the most imbalanced since George Washington's all-Federalist court, but that was 200 years ago. It has since evolved into a superpolitical institution expressing its politics not through the parties but through liberalism and conservatism. It can never again be

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non-political for the same reason we cannot back the water up Niagara Falls. Thus, it must never be all liberal or all conservative, or even heavily imbalanced as today. Why does Bush deal conservatism a seventh ace? With the soon-coming resignation of 82-year-old Justice Blackmun, Bush will likely deal himself an eighth ace - unless people scream bloody murder. The court is already obscenely packed-what point in an eighth ace, even a ninth? He actually threatens the legitimacy of the conservative court already formed. Assume the court has been on best behavior waiting for the predictable eminent replacement of three 82-year-old liberals by conservatives. The work is nearly done. Expect Hell to break loose soon. We're locked in for four or five decades of judicial tyrannyone dictatorship under the Supreme Court. Furthermore, some justices will wait to resign during the term of a president of "appropriate" politics, thus perpetuating their seats in the conservative column for several generations. Are you ready for the Hundred Years Court? It.is possible. The political makeup of the court comes entirely potluck. By vast majorities the Democrats control both houses of Congress, the vast majority of state House seats, Senate seats and even governorships. For winning one theater in six, Republican presidents pack the third branch, the judicial. Thousands of elections ignored, only one really matters? Apparently. With an imperial presidency, are we truly a democracy?

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wolves and an assortment of other animals. She said, in example, that the battle to protect the spotted owl is also waged to protect the forest where it lives - a place that contains natural resources that may one day improve our lives. "Everything is connected to everythir1g else," Daugherty said. McFarland told how the wolf population in the country dwindled from 2 m~lion at the beginning of the 16th century to near extinction by 1926. She said the result in the last60yearshas been a rapidly growing deer • population and the spread of the coyote into every state in the country. The wolf is the

A wolf hunted the halls of Auraria last week. Its prey was the students in Carolyn Daugherty's Introduction to Environmental Science class. Hopes to open some mindsJanet McFarland brought her 85-pound wolf named Ashley to the class. She.wanted students to hear her plea for balance within the ecosystem. "The wolf has bad a bad rap since the beginning of time but we have no excuses now. The wolf belongs in the wild," McFarland said. The front row of seats in the classroom was empty as McFarland spoke on Nov. 26. Ashley alternated with pacing before them and curling into a ball at McFarland's feet. Both guests held the attention of the students. Daugherty said McFarland was in class because they had been studying animal resources and the importanceof predators. She wanted students to realize that if we don't have natural predators, man has to compensate. With the wolf bunted and nearly starved into extinction in the S. Elliott Fey I The Mettopolitan United States, Ashley Ashley (left) kisses the face of her owner, Janet McFarland, offered a glimpse of while visiting an environmental class Nov. 26. They spoke of an animal that occu- the importance of balance in the Earth's ecosystem. pies an important link in the ecosystem, a link that, according to only natural predator of the coyote. Brown said the Cattlemen's Association McFarland, is missing. Contrary to the image of the big bad wolf, is not uniformly opposed to the snarling and salivating with fangs bared, reintroduction of the wolf. What they do ready to devour Little Red Riding Hood, oppose is rushing into it without studying McFarland said the wolf is actually a shy the accompanying problems: What do you and timid creature who is unsuccessful more do with the wolf when it leaves its boundtimes than not in its bunting expeditions. ary? How do you compensate for property She said the wolf turned to livestock as a damage? He said Minnesota, a state where the wolf food source after the deer and elk supply had been depleted during westward expansion lives, is trying to deal with these problems. The fund to pay for property damage has spurred by the gold rush. Reeves Brown, vice president of the almost dried up and proving a wolf kill is a Colorado Cattlemen's Association, agreed difficulttask due to the terrain a wolf usually that the wolf originally didn't hunt live- lives in, according to Brown. In most cases, he says the livestock owner just comes up stock, because it wasn't there. Now it is. "They're a pack animal, a predator, a short in his herd count with no accounting survivor. They're going to take what they for the difference. McFarland acts as a missionary in her can get," he said. McFarland believes, however, that most work, giving three to four programs a week people are missing the reasons for the battles in attempts to bring her message to the waged to protect seemingly unimportant people. "If there's a glimmer of hope, I have to species of animals. "What everybody is missing is it's an keep doing it," she said. And while her neighbors in Black Hawk irreplaceable resource," she said. A member of the American Endangered have staked their futures on gambling, Species Foundation, McFarland lives in the McFarland is placing her bets on the Black Hawk- area with her husband; six - wolf. 0

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History resides in I have a wonderful relationship with my husband and am doing exceptionally well in school. My life goes well during most of the year, that is, until the holiday season. It seems that the pressure and stress begin to mount about this time and the people in my life begin to expect too much of me, especially my in-laws. I develop intense guilt the few times I manage to set limits. When the guilt gets to me, my limits go out the window and I get mad at myself. By the new year, I get so frustrated and angry that I blow up at everyone, make my New Year's resolution to get my life back together, and take charge to feel great again. What can I do to prevent this emotional roller coaster ride during the holidays?

Feeling Crazy Dear Feeling Crazy, The holiday season does provide opportunities for feeling more pressure and stress. Many people view this time of the year as one to spend with friends and loved ones. This includes parties, dinners, and other added activities that require planning, preparation, time, and energy for everyone concerned. What starts out as a good intention quickly turns into an unwanted obligation. The amount of stress and resentment accumulates with each experience of this tyjle. It is important to closely monitor the things that effect our stress level, especially during the holidays. Here are several tips to follow to protect you from overdoing and ending up feeling miserable.

The Metropolitan Many people are surprised to learn that Denver played an important part in the early life of fonner Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir. Few p~ople realize that the house she lived in is right here on Auraria Campus. And almost no one is aware that this house is quite possibly one of the most "welltraveled" houses in the world. The Auraria Foundation, with the assistance of the MSCD technical communications department, has produced a videotape to help raise funds to complete work on the Golda Meir house, which was moved to the north end of the historic Ninth Street Park in the summer of 1990. The move ended a nine-year journey that took the dwelling to three different sites around the city. The three-room duplex, built in 1912, was originally located on 16th Avenue and Julian Street, where Meir Jived with her sister's family from 1913 until 1915. Scheduled for demolition in 1981 , the house was moved by a group of concerned citizens to a site near West Florida Avenue and South Santa Fe Drive. For political and financial reasons, it was uprooted again and moved to West Louisiana Avenue and South Lipan Street. There, it sat on its moving rig waiting to be placed on a foundation. Again, due to lack of funds, the foundation was

house. When the Auraria Foundation became involved in the preservation effort, the house once again took to the road, but this trip would prove to be its last. It had found a pennanent "home" on the Ninth Street Park. The 80-year-old dwelling was placed on a new foundation and the outside was restored and landscaped. Money needed to restore the inside is not available. The video program, produced entirely by volunteers, gives a brief history of the house and explains what still needs to be done. It is slated for completion early next spring, and will be shown to organizations in this country and organizations in Israel - anyone

6. Do special things for yourself. You do special things for those who are dear to you but aren't you important too? 7. Watch the movie "It's A Wonderful Life" at least once during the holiday season. When things seem impossible, it can help to create a more positive perspective on life. This article is w ritten by the students and staff at the MSCD Counseling Center.

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3. Nutrition, rest, and health are more critical during the holiday season because of the additonal activity. Set limits regarding your eating and drinking, and allow adequate time for sleep.

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willing to help preserve the house. Plans call for making one side of the duplex into a museum, which will be restored to the way it was when Meir and her family occupied it. "We have a pretty good idea what the house looked like," said Larry Ambrose, secretary of the Auraria Foundation. The other half will serve as a conference room. Plans for the newIy constructed 1,200square -foot basement are tentative. "We think of Golda Meir as someone who never gave up hcpe that there would be peace in the Middle East," Ambrose said, "and that is an idea that is very important to keep alive." Q

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Reduce end-of-semester stress with biofeedback Traci L. Towery The Metropolitan

Between homework, dates, family; friends, going to work and final exams sometimes you wonder how you can keep up this fast-track pace. Relax. The Counseling Center is here to help overwhelmed students with its biofeedback program. What is biofeedback? It is not a transporter malfunction aboard the Starship Enterprise. It is not negative input from your personal dietary counselor. Biofeedback is an eight-week stress management program available to all students at MSCD. "When you think of the word, it's feedback from your biology," said Barbara Mclntire,seniorcounseloratMSCD'sCounseling Center. She is in charge of the biofeedback program and the two student technicians who operate it. Mcintire said biofeedback usually means a person is getting feedback from machines that measure certain physiological responses. "We do biofeedback all the time without machines," Mcintire said. "If you have a pain in your neck, you notice the pain, that's the biofeedback; then the biofeedback training is, you take your hand and kind of rub your neck, or maybe you relax your jaw if you 're feeling tense. So doing what you've learned helps to relieve the pain, and that's

deeply relax your body. If you 're breathing said. biofeedback." We use biofeedback when we take our mainly from your diaphragm, it's very hard Most of the students that come into the temperature and when we step on a scale. for your body to be uptight because you're counseling center for biofeedback also are feel ing overwhelmed. "They usually have The thermometer tells us whether we're oxygenating the whole body." running a fever, the scale whether we've As the students listen to the tapes, the some kind of physiological symptoms such gained weight. Both devices "feed back" EMG picks up electrical signals in the as headaches, backaches, upset stomachs, information about our body's condition. We muscles, and translates these signals into a even hypertension," Mcintire said. "People can then take steps to improve the condition, form that can be detected. It triggers a flash- know they are feeling stressed and they want based on what we've - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - inglightbulboracti- to learn to relax." The typical MSCD student is under a learned. 'We are so oriented to try, try, vates a beeper every tremendous amount of pressure, especially What's involved try ... , but learning to 'let go' is time muscles grow with biofeedback more tense. When the non-traditional student. So why do people these muscles are re- let themselves reach burnout? therapy? Students come real important healthwise... ' "We are so oriented to try, try, try," she into the counseling cenBarbara Mcintire, !axed, the beeping or ter once a week for an flashing becomes said, "and we're trying to help people see hour, where they sit in a MSCD Counseling Center slower. Thus the per- that there's nothing with trying. But learncomfortable reclining son is learning con- ing to 'let go' - in terms of helping your chair. They first undergo a diagnostic ses- scious things he or she can do to relax. body keep a lower arousal level - is real sion in which they are led through a series of Worries about test-taking bring a lot of important healthwise, emotionally and in situations, both positive and negative, and students into the Counseling Center for terms of a general sense of well-being. periods of relaxation, all to give the techni- biofeedback, Mcintire said. "There is an unrealistic expectation," <::ian baseline readings. The technician hooks "So it's not only the physiological things Mcintire said, "that we should be able to do the student up to an Electromyograph that you 're learning here," Mcintire said, everything well. You don't have to give up (EMG), a Thermal Feedback Machine and "but you 're also learning that some of your your expectations. You may have to modify an Electroderrnal Response Machine. These cognitive stuff is creating tensions for you, them, and you may have to realize that are used to measure muscle tension, skin too. Part of the object of biofeedback train- you're going to be more productive in the temperature and sweat gland activity in the ing is to help people see the mind-body long run if you take a break," she said. hands - all possible indicators of stress. connection." And, "she said, "that connec- "With the pressures of living in today's world, we need some balance in our lives." Over the next eight weeks of the pro- tion is very important." gram, students hook up to the machines and Her goal is for people to become more For more information on biofeedback trainlisten to a series of tapes that give relaxation aware of their bodies, and to become aware . ing, contact the MSCD Counseling Center techniquesandsuggestions,aswellasdeep- of what's causing their tension, Mcintire at556-3132. :::l breathing exercises. "Diaphragmatic breathing," Mcintire said, "is probably number one in learning to

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Automatic doors used by more than disabled the button- with his shoe. Nice kick, but watch out for that mud if you're next. One of the most common non-hand techniques is to give the button a bump with the Feeling a little lazy today? Push the red rump. This works particularly well when button. That's right. The red button that harried students are carrying a full load, and automatically opens many of the doors to makes for some interesting body English. Auraria Campus buildings. Some students are not amused by the lack A recent independent survey of one cam- of effort displayed by button pushers. pus building with automatic door openers "It's my belief that able-bodied people found that many students find it much easier are the laziest people in the world," Dave to push the button than to open doors them- Hosick, an MSCD psychology and criminal selves. The openers were designed to make justice major, said from his wheelchair. life on campus easier for handicapped stu- Hosick has been confined to the chair for dents and faculty. two years, the result of a broken neck he The survey, conducted over five hours, received while playing rugby. found that nearly 40 percent of the people "What I would pay to be able to open a going through the northwest entrance of the door by myself one of these days," Hosick Arts Building chose the easy way to open said as he watched students stream in through the doors. Both the exterior and the airlock the automatic doors. Rick Parmelee, an MSCD management doors have button-activated openers at that entrance. major, agreed with Hosick. He's been on the Why do people push the button instead of Auraria Campus for three years, all in a opening the doors the old-fashioned way? wheelchair. He broke bis back in a diving "It's easier and quicker," said Commu- accident in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico . "It makes me think people are pretty lazy. nity College of Denver art student Debbie Perrine. In fact, many art students do have You wonder about them," he said, rolling their hands full, so they feel justified in his eyes. using the openers. But the button-addicted keep at it. One "I love them, because when I'm carrying student, in a coat and tie and carrying a small tea, I can't grab the door," said MSCD art briefcase, walked up to the door, stopped, student Helen Wacaser. then looked for the button. By the time he Many of the button pushers have distinct found it, he could have easily been through styles. the second door in the airlock . He managed One student, encumbered by nary an to find the button anyway, and the automatic item in his hands, swung his leg up and hit opener did its job.

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The youngest person attending classes <>t MSCD this fall might well be Kara Janel Atkinson. Kara is only 14 weeks old and attends class with het mother six hours each week.

Kara Atkinson is the daughter of Tami Atkinson, an MSCD senior psychology major. As some students whiz by on mountain bikes and Rollerblades, Tami gently pushes her stroller through the campus twice weekly. Atkinson is a single parent and is determined to complete her degree and establish a comfortable life for herself and her child. "I thought bringing Kara to school with

Christmas with Ars Nova The Ars Nova Chamher Singers is an ensemble of 34 select voices from the Denver/Boulder metropolitan area. Join us for an evening of holiday music from the Renaissance to the 20th century, in the dramatic setting of one of Denver's most beautiful churches. With our special guests, The Bellmont Duo (classical guitar and cello). Tickets: $7 .50 adults/$5.00 students & seniors. On sale at the door (credit cards accepted). For information, please call: 440-5561.

Thursday, December 12 - 8:00 p.m. St. Elizabeth's Church, Auraria campus, Denver This program will also be performed at 8:00 p.m. on December 19 and 20 at St. John's Episcopal Church, 1419 Pine Street In downtown Boulder. The Ars Nova Chamber Singers, Inc. is supported in part by grants from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities Tax District, the Neodata Endowment for the Arts, and the Boulder Arts Commission.

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MUSIC REVIEW Jackson reclaims title as King of Pop with 'Dangerous' Jenny Jenny Music Writer

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But perhaps the best tracks on Danger- be better/But you got to keep the faith." with a metallic guitar that succumbs to a forceful beat and a funkier, Minneapolis- ous are the eloquent, spiritually-inspired Jackson belts out the message, again backed influenced riff. Jackson's breathy, impas- ballads. Will You Be There is a gorgeous divinely by the Andrae Crouch Singers. As he continues to be a pioneer in the sioned delivery is enveloped by swirling song that starts off with an ancient-sounding layers of his own voice stacked on top of choir that eventually gives way to a sono- music industry with a new mature, aggreseach other, creating a wall of vocals to back rous arrangement. Jackson's sultry vocals sive funk and adult verve, the power and the lead as he lashes out virulently: "They are superbly backed by the Andrae Crouch energy of Dangerous will definitely reessay I'm different/They don't understand/ Singers, who collectively build drama into tablish Michael Jackson as the renowned King of Pop. Cl But there's a bigger problem/That's much the song as it continues to build. Keep The Faith is an uplifting, inspiramore in demand/You got world hunger/Not Special thanks toJB&H Records & Tapes enough to eat/So there's really no time to be tional song: "Lift up your head and show/ CD provided courtesy of Sony Music The world you got pride/Go for what you trippin' on me." Distribution Bad' s Dirty Diana is reincarnated through want/Don't let •em get in your way/You can Give In To Me, which gradually builds dra- . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - matically into a rocking track featuring Slash's (of Guns N' Roses) moody, tenebrous riffs behind fierce lead vocals. The song breaks down and rebuilds the tension behind the forceful lyrics: "Love is a feeling/Give it when I want it/'Cause I'm on fire/Quench my desire/Give it when 1

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The MSCD women's basketball team won' t play its first home game at the new Events Center until New Year's Eve. But apparently the Roadrunners don' t need any home cooking to win games. The ' Runners improved their record to 50 with a championship at the Colorado College Tournament Nov. 29 and 30 and a 82-42 drubbing of Colorado School of Mines Dec. 2. An 86-71 victory over New Mexico Highlands in the final game of the CC Tourney brought the team its second tournament championship in as many tries. Under second-year Head Coach Darryl Smith the Roadrunners were impressive as they easily won the Cal-State San Bernardino Tournament Nov. 22 and 23. They beat Northwood Institute 68-47 in the first game and then trounced the host squad 76-43. Junior guard Cindy Dalton was named to the all-tournament team and sophomore forward Natalie Dittmer played well off the bench, scoring acareer-high 18 points against San Bernardino. The team then traveled to CC where it defeated Hastings (Neb.) College 78-66 and Highlands for its second championship. Junior center Holly Roberts played up to her all-american potential and was named the tournament MVP. She dominated in the paint, averaging 20.5 points and 17 .5 rebounds in the two games. Senior point guard Stephanie Robinson

was also named to the all-tournament squad. In the Mines tilt, Roberts had 23 points and 12 rebounds as the team increased its MSCD-best winning streak to eight games. With her sixth rebound of the game, Roberts became the school's career leader in boards. Smith said the reason for the early suecess is a simple one - defense. "We'vedonearealgoodjobdefensively," Smith said. "(Opposing teams) don' t get good shots because we're so aggressive." The stats back up Smith's statements.

The Roadrunners have held the opposition to 30 percent shooting from the floor and 53.8 points per game. Dittmer agreed that the defense is responsible for the quick start. "We 're playing great defense," Dittmer said. "We're getting a lot of turnovers and rebounds and turning them into fast breaks." While the stingy defense is winning the games, the offense has also been a factor. The Roadrunners have three players Roberts, Robinson and Dalton - averaging double figures and are scoring 77 points per game as a team. Dittmer singled out the play of Robinson, who is averaging 14 points and 4.5 assists per game. "I think that we have a lot of leadership, especially with Steph," Dittmersaid. Robinson agreed that she is playing well, but said that it isthetearnasa whole that has put the 'Runners where they are. "We' ve got great balance and a good bench," Robinson said. "Plus, we're on a mission." Llura GragR-T01111 / The Metropolitan That mission is a Natalie Dittmer goes to the hoop as MSCD prepares for road trip. Colorado Athletic Conference championship and a berth in the NCAA playoffs. MSCD will find out j ust how realistic those goals are Dec. 5-7 when they go for their third straight tournament championship at the Nebraska-Kearney Loper Classic. Among the teams playing at Kearney will be No. 19 Augustana, a good test for the 0 up-and-coming ' Runners.

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Santa Willie gives out his Christmas Awards Will Hinton Sports Editor In honor of licking face under the mistletoe, powerful egg nog and the fatman himself, I present to you the semester-ending Christmas edition of the Willie Awards: The Purple Heart/Ankle Award goes to volleyball star Diane Dibble. This woman has played all year with an injured left ankle that should have been in a cast two years ago. She played brilliantly with what doctors have finally discovered to be an extra bone in the joint, a little piece of calcium and marrow that will require off-season surgery. All "Double-D" did was win second-team All-America honors, despite serious pain every time her Nikes hit the floor. Diane, my darlin', you ' re a great inspiration or a fool, I can't figure out which, but this much I am sure of: You are one helluva tough cookie. Speaking of volleyball, I would like to take this time to thank the NCAA and give it the Thorn in the Side of My Spike Award. Once again the NCAA showed it is on the ball and a considerate organization when it waited until four days before Thanksgiving to announce its seedings and sites for the regional tournament, which started Nov. 29. They could have made the announcements almost a week earlier than they did, but when game preparation and holiday planning are the issue, who cares? Obviously the people at the No one Cares Anyway Association don't. When Assistant Sports Information Director Doug Montgomery called

the NCAA Nov. 20, there was a recording announcing the field, and MSCD wasn't in it. After informing coach Rhonda McMullen and exaspirating over MSCD's absence, Monty called back to complain. Whoops. It seems the Rhodes Scholars at headquarters had accidentally been playing last year's message. What class. Also, while the suspense of a never-ending wait to see if they even made the tourney almost killed the 'Runners, the short notice did do them in as they lost in the first round. The winner of the Will's Build Award is hooperT.J. Milan. T.J. came to MSCD five long years ago as a skinny guard from Simeon High School in Chicago. After a few meals and a serious ankle injury that kept him from even thinking about exercising, he put on a few pounds. Some of it was muscle, but more of it wasn't, which prompted coach Bob Hull to jokingly say that T.J. had gotten so large that he was going to play him with the centers. Well, the joke was on Hull. With center Dan Kennedy getting three fouls just walking out for the tipoff, Hull decided to experiment and start the 6-foot-3 Milan at power forward. The move has paid off as Milan has come through in a big way in the paint. Problem is, T.J.'s losing weight with every fast break and slimming down again, so now I have to find a new rotund role model to emulate when I throw my big butt around in the post. Dominating the post is old hat to Holly Roberts, winner of the Monopoly Award. Monopoly is a board game, and that is just what Roberts plays, the boards. She was

second in the nation in Division II rebounding last season and has grabbed more balls off the glass than any woman in MSCD history. The fact that she achieved this before playing her sixth game as a junior is proof that she runs the show down low. Hey, Holly, can you say All-America? The Chio Music/Wrong Tune Award goes to Roadrunner pitcher John Bakovich. This Bach must have had a piano wire snap underneath his flat-top when he took the mound in the annual varsity-alumni game this fall. When the afore mentioned Montgomery, who I kiddingly told had a bounty on his head all that week, stepped up to the plate, Bakovich beaned him with ball four. It hit Monty in the arm so it couldn't have hurt too bad, considering those Schwarzeneggarian guns that hang from his shoulders (cruel sarcasm, sorry). Seeing as Monty does the stats for the Department of Athletics, Bakovich could have some pretty astounding, or appalling, numbers in 1992. Bak's one of our better hurlers, but I foresee a possible I 0.00 era and a winless season on

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Men's home streak ends guard where he is averaging 14.6 points and 4.2 assists. Lewis has relieved McCoy from off the bench and is averaging 7.2 points and a team-high 5.2 assists. Simms is hitting 14.2 points from the bench and sports a .400 three-point percentage. The key to the season, however,wm be Head Coach Bob Hull's new frountcourt rotation of senior T.J. Milan and junior Dan Kennedy. Kennedy, who has a history of getting into early foul trouble, has been replaced by Milan in the starting lineup, but the two are sharing time on the court. Kennedy leads the team with an average of 8 rebounds per game and Milan is averaging 7.6 points and 4.4 boards. According to Hull, everyone involved is happy with the change. "T.J. is a fifth-year senior and he's been working hard so we thought we would give him a try," Hull said of the former guard who has adapted his game to the post. "He's responded real well. "Dan's playing well and getting just as much, if not more, time than he was before." 0

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The 20th-ranked MSCD men's basketball team lostto Cameron (Okla.)University 88-74 Dec. 3, dropping its record to 3-2 on the season and ending its home winning streak at 29 games. The Roadrunners looked uninspired as the much quicker Cameron squad continually ran by seemingly motionless defenders. The visitors outhustled MSCD, pulling 14 offensive rebounds and adding 10 steals. Particularly rough on the 'Runners were CU's Eric Wiley, who had 19 points an lO rebounds, and Sean Thomas. who scored a game-high 27 points. The loss came on the heels of a successful showing at the MSCD Thanksgiving Tournament Nov. 29 to Dec. 1. The 'Runners pounded William Penn (Iowa) College 90-61, and then won over Rocky Mountain College 92-78. The squad started the season in Arizona with a 146-65 laugher over American Indian Bible College Nov. 22, but suffered its first loss of the year the next day to Grand Canyon College, 81-74. The Roadrunners will seek redemption when Grand Canyon visits Denver for the MSCD Christmas Tournament. As usual, it is senior guard.Ralph Rivers who is leading the way for MSCD. He has been MSCD 's high scorer in every game, averaging 20.2 points and 5.8 rebounds a _game. Junior forward Ken Turner is also playing well, contributing 15.6 points and 7 .4 boards per game. Helping Rivers in the backcourt have been junior Calvin 1 McCoy, senior Michael ' Lewis and freshman Myron Simms. McCoy has taken over the Dom1n1caiavez1Tue Melropoilan starting duties at point MSCD's Myron Simms pulls a rebound as Andy Owens blocks out.

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6Friday Comedy Sports of Denver continues at Govn'rs Park. Ensemble comedy is presented as a team sport 7:30 and 9:30 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays at Govn'rs Park Restaurant, 672 Logan St. Student discounts are available. Call 860-9782 for reservations.

7 Saturday Sisters in Support of Change Organization and MSCD's Black Student Alliance are hosting a Black Fraternity Step Show and ~nd of semester Jam 7:30 p.m. to 2 a.m. Admission is $5 or $3 with Greek membership card. Call 556-4508 for information.

MSCD Counseling Center offers several sessions to help students. All sessions are in Central Classroom Room 203. Parenting Skills Group 3 - 4 p.m. (dates to be announced). Personal Change Group 1 - 1:50 p.m. (dates to be announced). For information call 556-3132. The film Planning for Study Abroad will be shown in the Arts Building, Room 177 at 9:30 a.m. today. Sponsored by MSCD Office of International Programs. This film is for any student interested in studying abroad .

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9Monday Closed AA meeting, noon to 1 p.m. Aurana Library, Room 206. Menorah Ministries Bible Study 1:30 every Monday in 351C. Call 556-3319 for informatoin.

On-Campus Al-Anon Famlly Group will have weekly meetings, noon to 1 p.m. every Wednesday in Library Room 207. Adult children of alcoholics are encourged to come. Call Ann at 690-1669 for information. Closed AA meeting

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A.A.A.E (American Assoc. of Airport Executives) meets every Monday at noon in WC 133. Call Susan at 694-1673 for information. The Aurarla Hemp Club will have an information table in the Student Union 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. every Monday. Stop by to learn how and why to re-legalize hemp or call 470-1100, ex. 321 .

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