Volume 14, Issue 18 - Jan. 24, 1992

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

Fund flak sidelines scholarship Senate conflict forces emergency action; procedures questioned Philippe Marquis Kristopher Evans The Metropolitan

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The dramatic dancing of the Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble caught the eye of Auraria students and children as well, Jan. 21 on the Student Union Mezzanine. Crowds gathered along the balconies to see the show. The performance was part of MSCD Student Activities events celebrating the memory of Martin Luther King Jr. See story page 8.

Charges filed in harassment case Barry Tobin Staff Writer

A former University of Colorado at Denver student is scheduled to appear in Denver District Court Jan. 27. Render Wyatt, 29, of Denver, was wanted in connection with an alleged death threat made to Gwen Hill, 44, a UCO special projects coordinator in Student Services. Hill filed a complaint with authorities alleging that Wyatt bad threatened her life. "She is doing to me what she is accusing me of doing to her," Wyatt said during a

mostly spent off-campus Page3

telephone interview Jan. 18. "I am tired of saying this," Wyatt said. "I am innocent. It's not in my interest to make threats." Wyatt said he was considering a civil suit against Hill charging her with defamation of character. Hill declined to comment on recent events. But she sent a copy of the UCD Sexual Harassment Committee' s decision clearing her of Wyatt' s harassment charges to The Metropolitan. APS and Denver police, acting on a warrant, failed to locate the suspect after receiving a tip that the suspect was in the Student Union Jan. 8. 0

The student Senate passed a $4000 scholarship bill Jan.15 despite questions of due process and disbursement. 9 fk The Jan. 15 vote' s validity is currently being reviewed, said Sen. Charles Buchanan. During discussion, Sens. Marshall Michael and James Norris walked out of the James Norris meeting in an attempt to break the quorum (the minimum number needed to conduct official business) and prevent a final decision. Norris said he walked out because there was not enough time to debate the issne. Senate President Thomas Mestnik then instituted emergency procedures to approve the legislation. Norris said due process is being rushed. "No bill should be passed without at least two weeks of debate and consideration before becoming an action item on the Senate agenda," he said. "I don't believe we can possibly make a decision regarding 4 percent of our budget with only 15 minutes of discussion." Mestnik believes there was enough discussion and called Norris ' walkout a "Machiavellian political game." However, the bill has been discussed since early last semester, according to MSCD StudentGovernmentPresidentChip Wiman. Buchanan, co-sponsor of the bill, concurs with Wiman. "It's only taken us until now to put the plan into writing," Buchanan said. "It' s a sound bill with the amendments made at the last (Jan.15) Senate meeting."

Render Wyatt

Jazz and politics mix for MSCD Poli-Sci professor Page 17

see Scholarship page 6

27-point efforts lead men, women by CAC-rival DU Page 20


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