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15, lssUE 12

1992

DENVER COLORADO

Clinton wins presid ency Shawn Christopher Cox Editor

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For the first time in 16 years a Democrat has won the presidential election Gov. Bill Clinton of Arkansas garnered 50.38 percent of the vote. Ross Perot came in a surprising second with 30.42 percent and President George Bush received a meager 15.59 percent. However, an unprecedented low turnout had only about 1.75 percent of the voting population participating. This reveals the anger and frustration of the American people. Of course, this is only true of how a very few people cast their vote in a mock election Oct. 21 on the Auraria Campus.

Only 526 students voted in the mock election. In other election results, Ben Nighthorse Campbell received 325 votes to Terry Considine's 112 votes. AMENDMENT

Amendment l: Amendment 2: Amendment 3: Amendment 4: Amendment 5: Amendment 6: Amendment 7: Amendment 8: Amendment 9: Amendment 10:

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Students representing .the three__presidential candidates debate over the issues Wednesday at the Student Union Amphitheater. Two hundred students came to watch and participate. The debates were sponsored by the Young Democrats the College Republicans, the Colorado Public Interest Res~arch Group and the Auraria Lesbian and Gay Alliance.

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ELECTION

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Amendment 1: ÂˇThrowing taxes to the voters Students unclear about tax limitation amendment William Johnson The Metropolitan

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Requiring tax increases to be approved by voters, Amendment l is being met with opposition from Auraria students, past and present. The initiative would restrict funds availiable for emergencies, said Margaret Cox, a teacher for Aurora Public Schools, who earned her teaching certificate at MSCD. If an emergency or disaster occurs, voters would have to approve a tax increase so funds could be raised to repair the damage, Cox said. Also, public servants, such as firefighters and police officers, might not get paid for the overtime they log during an emergency unless voters approve the increase, Cox said. MSCD freshman Don Lamb is concerned Colorado could not tax itself more during good years in case of lean years ahead if Amendment l passes. "When things are growing fast, you run out of money," Lamb said about tax limitations for areas growing faster the the

cost of living, such as education. Amendment 1 does provide for cost of living increases for taxes. " I think Amendment l will create more bureau-cracy, more problems in the future, " said UCO junior Jennifer Hart. It is the responsibility of elected officials to regulate taxation, said Hart. "It' s their job. If everyone does their duty, then we don't need this amendment." Supporters say Amendment 1 will make taxation accountable to the public. "I'm voting for it because of the way the competition is using double talk," said MSCD junior Brad Edison. While lines have been draytn on the issue of tax limitations, there are still some MSCD students who said that they do not have enough information on Amendment 1.

"All the little sub-provisions, they are not saying anything about," said MSCD sophomore Robert Chase. MSCD senior Ron Montoya said he

needs to research the initiative before he votes. "I never vote on anything I don ' t understand."

Amendment 2: battle of sexual preferences "-~\I\\.\. Katarina Ahlfort Staff Writer

The second proposed amendment to the state' s constitution is embroiled in bringing people's right to sexual preferences to voters this Nov. 3. If passed, the initiative called " No Protected Status" would prohibit the state to adopt laws that would entitle any person to claim discrimination , based on homosexual, lesbian or bisexual orientation. The amendment would also make all ex1strng policies prohibiting discrimination, based on sexual orientation, unconstitutional. Colorado for Family Values , a Colorado Springs-based organization, gathered enough petition signatures to place the initiative on the ballot. Kevin Tebedo , co-founder of the group, said the issue is about whether to grant civil rights identity to homosexuals. . "Their sexuality is nobody's business but their own. The danger in granting civil rights identity to gays is that sexuality is an ind~vidual behavior," Tebedo said. The Equal Protection Campaign of Colorado (EPOC) bas strongly campaigned against the amendment. "The ' special rights' part is a slogan borrowed from David Duke," said Bobbie McCallum, a representative of EPOC. "We all agree that gays should not get special rights in society. This is about equal rights." Kevin Vogel, an MSCD student

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government senator, said he is undecided on how to vote on Amendment 2. 't\\t " At first , I was convinced that I would vote no on the amendment, but I have to read through the whole thing to see what it's really about ," Vogel said. "Right now, I'm leaning for the amendment. I'm questioning the motivation behind it." According to Jeff Davidson, coordinator of . Auraria Lesbian and Gay Alliance, the motivation behind the amendment is to "slam down" the gay Students at the Auraria Campus rally in opposition community. "The good thing that awareness." came out of Amendment 2 is that the gay McCallum said the ballot initiative communities in the state have come has been a conscience raising issue in together, to face a common battle," society. Davidson said. "People have looked discrimination People who usually do not take a square in the face and seen it for what it stand in political issues have made up their is," she said. mind about Amendment 2, Davidson said . The Aurari a Student Republicans He added that people now are less ignorant were the first organization on campus to about gay issues, as an effect of the ballot vote in favor of Amendment 2. However, initiative. Chairman Jeff Rosenberg voted against it. Tebedo said the fight will continue if "Both sides are guilty of distorting the the amendment fails to pass this election. facts. They are not even touching the real " If Amendment 2 fails , the issue," Rosenberg said. homosexuals ' political agenda won 't stop The issue Rosenberg said he would moving, so we won' t either," Tebedo said. like to see addressed in the campaigns "Win or lose, we've reached our goal of surrounding Amendment 2 is that of equal educating people, to raise their protection.

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Everybody, he said, should have the same rights to protection, regardless of sexual orientation. "Gays aren't criminals. Even criminals have rights in this society, and we can't strip one group of people off their bas ic rights," Rosenberg said. "I think the amendment will be defeated. If not, it will be challenged in Supreme Court, since it is unconstitutional." Rosenberg said keeping the party line during election times is not always the correct way to vote. "The Republican party has gone too far to the right in a lot of ways ," Rosenberg said. "I'm showing people that to be a leader, you don ' t have to be an extremist."

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Amendments 3, 5: 27 tQwns pushing to stake claim with low stake gambling Supporters hope to revive economies of small towns but opponents say initiatives too much of a gamble Chris Austin Staff Writer

Voters will have the chance to decide the fate of limited stakes. gambling in 27 towns and six counties when they go to the polls on Nov. 3. The only thing supporters and opponents of legalized gambling agree on is that voters will also be deciding the fates of these communities. Amendment 3 would legalize limited stakes gambling in selected western and southern Colorado cities and counties. Included on the list are the towns of Trinidad, Walsenburg, Leadville and Silverton and Las Animas, Huerfano and Hinsdale counties. The legalization would be subject to a local vote so the communities would still have final approval of gambling in those cities. If Amendment 5 is passed, limited stakes gambling will be legal in the town of Parachute. It would also limit gambling to Central City , Black Hawk,

Cripple Creek and Parachute for Legalized Gambling. municipalities are not until Jan. 1, 2000. Jeff Light, co-chairman of ·concerned enough with zoning Both amendments have Colorado Coalition against when they bring gambling in. provisions that provide for the Legalized Gambling, dis"The thing that concerns allocations of tax money agrees. me about Central City is that provided by gambling. "Tourism is a pretty broad there are no grocery stores or Amendment 3 lowers the base," he said. "Tourists don't gas stations any more," Wilson maximum tax on gambling come to Colorado to gamble. said . "The towns are not from 40 to 15 percent. They come to spend time in the concerned enough about Amendment 5 calls for the tax, mountains." preserving the quality of life of set by the ·Gaming --------------t-h_e_residents who already live there." Commission, to remain at 40 percent until Jan. 1, ' Klodzinski contends 2000. If both amendments the geographies of 0 0 towns in southern pass, this creates a conflict. Colorado would be According to several better suited for sources, there is . , gambling than the discrepancy as to which mountain towns that amendment would preside. h already have gambling. Proponents of eff L1g "Trinidad and legalized gambling say gambling opponent Walsenburg are conducive to gambling," gambling would help the struggling economies of Light said his group is Klodzinski said. "Their small communities. Opponents concerned that the impact of location would allow them to claim gambling does not gambling has a high cost, both spread out as tourism indeliver o~what it promises. creases." economically And socially. "Legalizing limited stakes "That is too much for "We hope the voters will gambling in these communities these small towns to absorb," give the residents of these town would enhance the overall Light said. the opportunity to have the tourist area of the state," said Jim Wilson, a partner in local option vote," Klodzinski Jim Klodzinski, chairman of the lobbying firm of Hays, said. "Then the residents can the Historic Rule Committee Hays, and Wilson, is said vote for themselves."

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If passed, Amendment 4 will legalize limited gambling in eastern and southern Colorado cities and counties by Oct. I, 1993. Provisions of the amendment include: •that each city, town or county to call a special election by March I, 1993 to determine whether limited gambling will be permitted within those boundaries. •the addition of six big wheels to existing gambling activities. • that each game will have a maximum single bet unless increased by the General Assembly. •cities, towns and counties will determine the location and the amount of space to be used for gambling. •allowing a 40 percent maximum state sales tax of the adjusted gross gambling proceeds. •a monthly distribution of tax revenues. Seventy-five percent of sales tax funds go to the Public School Fund, 25 percent to gambling cities, towns and counties. •amends tax revenue distribution from existing and future gambling towns to have 50 percent of funds go the the Public School Fund instead of the General Fund. •distribution of revenue to the Public School Funds will be in addition to present legislative appropriations to education. Supporters for the amendment say gambling revenues will economically benefit the cities, towns and counties. Some of these cities and counties have experienced decreasing population in the last ten years.

Additionally, proponents say gambling will attract visitors and tourists which will help create jobs and encourage businesses. The infrastructure of these cities, towns and counties are adequate to support gambling and have room to grow and expand. Tax revenues will provide needed revenues for education and the amended provision of 50 percent of revenue from other gambling cities to the Public School Fund will also benefit the cost of education. Monthly distribution will allow local governments to pay the administrative costs of gambling and allow a way to have a more precise and immediate budgetary plan. Each city, town and county will vote on whether it wants gambling and how it will be established, ensuring that gambling is regulated in the best interest of the communities. Opponents to the amendment say gambling revenues will have a small impact on educational funding. In addition, there is no guarantee that the distribution plan stated in the amendment will be followed as this proposal is different from other gambling proposals. Distribution would need to be decided by the courts. The proposal extends beyond the original restrictions on gambling by allowing the extension of gambling to fourteen cities and towns and three counties. -Antoinette Vecchio

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Amendment 9: Limited gaming in Lo-Do If Amendment 9 passes on Nov. 3, gambling in areas of lower downtown Denver would be legal. Gambling in the Central Platte Valley would need to comply with existing regulations of the Colorado Limited Gaming Control Commission. The amendment provides annual distribution of 40 percent of the gambling proceeds, the maximum allowable state tax on gambling, to be distributed as follows: •50 percent the State General Fund for education. •25 percent to the counties of Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Denver, Douglas and Jefferson based on population. •25 percent to cities in those counties, according to population. The amendment will also impose a 5 percent local surtax on gambling proceeds to the general fund of the City and County of Denver and a 2 percent real estate tax on the transfer of real estate property in the area. The amendment will prohibit future expansion of limited gambling in the City and County of Denver and in the counties of Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Douglas and Jefferson. Supporters of the amendment say the proposed 35 acre site, which will be adjacent to Coors Field and the relocation site of Elitch Gardens, will attract both tourists and residents. Proponents say gambling will help stimulate further downtown development and help increase tourist activity, thereby benefiting retail stores, creating new jobs and housing developments. Gambling will increase state sales tax revenues and provide money for education. Also, property value will go up, benefiting property tax collections for the City and County of Denver. • Opponents of the amendment say the permission of gambling in the downtown area - will open the door to the potential of legalized gambling state wide. Also, the reasons for having gambling downtown do not coincide with reasons for gambling in other cities, towns and counties. Denver is not in need of revitalization nor in need of historic preservation. The high visibility of gambling near Coors Field and Elitch Gardens is undesirable as many young people will see gambling as part of normal business operations. Although the amendment prohibits the expansion of gambling to other counties, the word "prohibition" can be removed from the amendment by either a citizen ' s initiative or a proposal referred by the General Assembly, thu s permitting an expansion of gambling. -Antoinette Vecchio

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New partnerships pave way for the future Although the Mentorship Program is just now beginning to take roots, students and their mentors are already laying the groundwork for a successful and rewarding year. Both Cedric Cox and his mentor, Dr. Jim Dixon, an associate professor of philosophy at MSCD are looking forward to a productive year getting to know each other and working together. "Human success is the function of human connectdness," said Dixon of the importance of mentors. "It's a mistake to suppose that anyone pulls themselves up by their bootstraps. There has not been a place where there hasn't been someone there for me." "I am who I am because of the people around me." Dixon , originally from St. Louis, came to MSCD after teaching at the United States Air Force Academy for 14 years and serving as dean of Fayetteville University in North Carolina for two years. His wife is currently an attorney with Holland & Hart, a large

legal firm in Denver. In his field of expertise, Dixon admires the works of philosophers Emmanuel Kant and David Hume. He likes Kant due to his "fundamental regard for human dignity" and his willingness to "protect the moral standard of one in the community." Although teaching several classes keeps Dixon busy, he still finds time for his favorite activities, which include fishing and hiking. He also enjoys reading and listening to music. Some of his favorite writers include the likes of Toni Morrison, Jim Baldwin, Jim Conrad and Fyodor Dosteovesky. "They have an exquisite command of the language in addition to thoughtful philosophical views and thoughtful moral views," Dixon said of his favorite authors. As far as his choices of music, he has what he calls a "cross-cultural appreciation for music," listening to Eastern Indian and Middle Eastern music. Like Dixon, Cedric Cox became involved in the program

because he also believes in the importance of a mentoring relationship. "Having a mentor opens your eyes toward a new perspective," said Cox, a senior and a music major at MSCD. He hopes to · attend law school after graduating in the winter of 1993. Cox has returned to school after postponing his education at Jackson State University to travel as a m~sician for seven years. Playing with a band named Rush Hour, he visited several cities across the nation - such as Las Vegas , Chicago and Cincinnati to name a few. Cox grew up in Cleveland, Miss., in the northern part of the state, the youngest of three boys. He also has two sisters. "My hero was my father an entrepeneur. He did it all with a high school diploma. He really inspired me," Cox remembers of his family. Even rhough every relationship is different, Cox acknowledgd that there are some fundam~ntal qualities that makes a rela-

Mentor brings worldly experience to program Dr. Robin Quizar, assistant pro- Mayans learning linguistics. women in spite of the violence they fessor of English at MSCD, hopes "They're still working on the dictio- had witnessed and experienced, yet to draw on her own worldly experi- nary." they were running a day-care center ence and her love of learning to In 1988 Quizar returned to and seemed happy," Quizar said. make her new partnership a success. Central America, but this time she "They were very strong." Quizar returned to teaching worked with and studied Salvadoran Even in Central America, after working with Mayan Indians women and children who were Quizar found a mentor. in Guatemala and Salvadoran refugees in Costa Rica. She is now "I had a friend, someone I'd refugee women and children in writing a book about her experi- known for a while - she was in Costa Rica for several years. ences with the refugees. Costa Rica and Guatemala at the With both a masters and a doc"I remember the strength of the same time I was," she recalls. torate in linguistics, Quizar "Because of her greater applied for a special Peace experience she helped me see things that I would not have seen Corps project to work with Mayan Indians in Guatemala. otherwise and she helped me to From 1975 to 1978, be more comfortable." Quizar helped Mayans learn to Quizar currently teaches Semantics, Nature of Language read and write their own language. Among other things, and Freshman Composition: she helped them to begin writResearch , Analysis, ing a bi-lingual dictionary for Documentation on the word their Mayan language (there processor. are 30 different Mayan lanOutside of the classroom, guages). Quizar loves to travel, visiting "Working with the Mayans Central America whenever possi,,_.__.._____, ble. She plans to go to Belise was incredible. They were determined to get it and they next to study the Salvadoran got it," Quizare said of the Chorti Mayan Indians - Guatemala refugees that have moved there.

Cedric Cox, right, walks with his mentor, Dr. Jim Dixon. tionship work or fail. "A mentor should be diverse. People need to reach out; sit down and talk with each other - that's what works best. There's a personal satisfaction from having someone to talk to; having a friend."

About the Program The Mentorship Program is a campus-wide initiative through the Student Development Center that supports students' academic development and success. Martelle Chapital, director of the Student Devefopment Center, created the program to not only nurture students but also to help guide students through the higher education maze. You can find the Mentorship Program in CN 112, 556-4737.

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Amendment 7: The Hopes and Fears for a School .v oucher System MSCD students have different views Hero Montilla Staff Writer

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If Amendment 7 is passed Nov. 3, state funds spent for education would be appropriated to parents, guardians and emancipated minors in the form of vouchers. Vouchers would be accepted or redeemed by parents as payment for the equcational services at private or public schools. Since the voucher system has never been used in Colorado, the effects that Amendment 7 would have are speculative. Still, there are strong arguments for and against it.

'It gives parents choices about where to send their children, a choice parents don't have today.' -Ron Pierce The voucher system would give parents the option of deciding at which school to invest the tax money they spend on education for their children instead of the money going directly into the public school system. Each voucher issued would have to be worth at least 50 percent of the regular per-pupil expenditure in the school district of each child. The voucher system would give lower income families the financial means by which to send their children to alternative schools. "It gives parents choices about where to send their children, a choice parents

don't have today," said Ron Pierce, of Coloradans for School Choice. Pierce said the voucher system would encourage public schools to compete with private schools for students, improving the quality of education all around. In a free market environment, schools would have to maintain certain standards and quality to continue to attract prospective students that are 'shopping around'. Today, if parents cannot provide the financial means to send their children to private school, they are stuck with the public school system, even if they are dissatisfied. And some people have been dissatisfied with the system. "For me, it's a symbolic vote. It will send the message to the public schools that people aren't happy," said MSCD Sophomore Gretchen Dubois. MSCD student John McWhite agrees. "I'm for it, to shake up the system," he said. Though some of the effects of Amendment 7 may be beneficial, it is possible that it could have damaging consequences if passed. Opponents argue Amendment 7 would violate the First Amendment of the Constitution, which separates church and state. Vouchers for education would come through the state but would be used by parents to pay for educational services at parochial schools. "I think its a bad precedent to wave state constitutional provisions that allow for separation of church and state," said MSCD graduate Marilyn Startlett. Another concern is that the voucher system will take money away from public schools, an institution that already suffers from insufficient funding.

"It is going to take $85 million of public school funding from the state," said Deborah Fallin, director of public relations for the Colorado Education Association. Though parents will have more

'For me, it's a symbolic vote. It will send the message to thepubIi c schools that people aren't happy.' - Gretchen Dubois MSCD Sophomore choices about education, there is a chance that the voucher system will encourage discrimination in private schools against students. "I'm for it as long as there aren't any discriminatory practices. That's what worries me," said Linda Lockett, an MSCD junior. Private schools, unlike public schools, have the final say in which students they chose to admit. Private schools may go as far as to discriminate against students because of intelligence, gender, religion and race. These practices would go unmonitored. Amendment 7 is navigating unchartered waters in that Colorado has never adopted such a policy. The potential success of Amendment 7 on our educational system cannot be determined as of yet, but it is the uncertainty of its effects and consequences that will sway voters at the polls.

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Presidential candidates speak out on student loans Denver. " People are defaulting on their !~ans left, right and center. So we would The Metropolitan Viewing student loans defaults as the try to collect the billions of dollars that are · plague of higher education, George Bush currently owed on student loans." Clinton would replace the Guaranteed prescribes treating the ailing federal Joan system, while Bill Clinton promises to pull Student Loan program with his National Service Trust Fund, blueprinted to offer the plug on it. more Americans a chance to attend college By embracing guaranteed s tudent by tying repayment of loans from the fund loans, Bush would pump $2. l biJlion more into the Joans and, among other measures, to a student's employment after college. " Anyone who signed up for this allow borrowers to deduct the interest program would have their student loan from their income tax. Clinton would junk the federal loans follow them to whatever job they took, and implement his national trust fund from which is only fair, until the obligation is which students could borrow for a college met," Rouse said. "Or you could go education then pay back through payroll through two years of national service and deductions or by working in community pay it back through that." The national service would require service positions for two years. Ross Perot, on the other hand, would that borrowers work in communities as ignore higher education altogether and "teachers, la.w -enforcement officers, focus on balancing the budget and health-care workers or peer counselors helping children stay off drugs," according reducing the national deficit. to position literature from the Clinton "Whenever we're $400 billion in debt • campaign . Students opting instead to every year, you really can' t afford to do a whole lot of anything," said Tommy borrow from the trust fund would pay back Attaway, an official at Perot's campaign the loan through deductions from their headquarters in Dallas. "Until we get that paychecks. Proposing a different type of problem fixed, we're not going to be able deduction, Bush would permit borrowers to afford health care, higher education, the of guaranteed student loans to deduct whole nine yards." interest they pay on the school loans. Bush and Cl.inton see a greater urgency for treating the problems ailing Students owing $10,000 at 8 percent higher education, such as skyrocketing interest would reduce their income taxes student loan defaults, (in some schools between $100 and $300, according to a upwards of 50 percent), and the high cost statement from the Bush campaign. Bush ' s 1993 budget proposal also of a college education. would increase Guaranteed Student Loan "We would scrap the student-loan spending from $2.l billion to $16 billion program," said Jay Rouse, field director for Clinton's Colorado headquarters in and boost the Pell Grant maximum from

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Schools, prisons and the great outdoors: Amendments In 1980, Colorado voters approved an amendment for a state lottery from which all net proceeds were to go to parks, outdoor recreation, and open space. However, because of a clause in the amendment, 62% of the money goes to the state's Capital Construction Fund. Amendment 8, dubbed the Great Outdoors Colorado initiative, would eventually dedicate the bulk of lottery money to the management and enhancement of the state's wildlife and open space heritage. A closer look, however, reveals the possible effect that Amendment 8 may have on higher education. Since the lottery began in 1982, $227 .5 million have gone to the state's capital construction program, a program that repairs and rehabilitates state buildings such as the North Classroom Btlilding on the Auraria Campus. "If this passes, it will eat in heavily and really eliminate capital construction," said MSCD president Thomas Brewer. "This would be a disaster for higher education." Andrew Purkey, campaign coordinator for Great Outdoors Colorado, said most of the money given to the capital construction program has been spent elsewhere. "From 1982 to 1992, neatly $200 million from the Capital Construction Fund has been spent on prisons and institutions," Purkey said. Quoting a recent article from the Denver Post, Purkey said that "the rate of violent crime has remained relatively constant between 1978 and 1990, while property crimes have decreased slightly, yet the prison population went from 2,000 in 1978 to nearly 9,000 this year. "We need to stop throwing nonviolent offenders in jail for five years for selling an ounce of pot," Purkey said. "Other states work them through the system in other less expensive and beneficial ways." According to a flyer distributed by Coloradans for the Future, a group opposed to Amendment 8. $41 .4 million has been spent on higher education construction projects. If the amendment passes, over the next six years the bulk of the lottery money will be used to pay off most of the state's outstanding construction debts. Once the debts are paid, up to $35 million a year, will be distributed as follows: 40% will go to the conservation trust fund for local parks, I0% to state parks and 50% to the state board of the Great Outdoors Colorado trust fund, a new board that would be appointed by the governor if the initiative is passed. Funds remaining will be transferred to the state's general fund. Through Great Outdoors Colorado, funds would be available to the state Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation, the state Division of Wildlife and for specified purposes related to open space, parks, environmental education and preservation of natural areas. David Crespo, campaign coordinator for Coloradans for the Future, said Amendment 8 is a bad idea. "Next year we will allocate $12 million dollars to improve access for the handicapped to public institutions, and we can't afford not to do that simply because we wanted to spend money on a study of the hognose skunk," Crespo said. Students on the Auraria campus had varied opinions. "I think that distribution of the lottery money should be more ba lanced ," MSCD student Lori Wolfson said. "I already voted no." MSCD student body President Thomas Mestnik also opposes Amendment 8. "I hate to see prisons get any money_from the lottery because I think it's a poor solution to 'societal problems. But I feel that it's important to fund higher education," Mestnik. said. " I live in Colorado because of its quality of outdoor life," MSCD student David Reeves said. "But I also choose to go to school here. I guess it's kind ofa double edged sword."

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A recent Gallup poll indicated that 70 percent of Americans support some sort of schools of choice or voucher system. In addition, 84 percent of blacks polled favored vouchers. Wait, there is more: 86 percent of Hispanics polled were in favor of schools of choice. In view of these numbers, it would seem to follow that professional educators would think Amendment 7 on the Nov. 3 ballot would be a good idea. But that would pre-suppose thinking in the first place. The howls of indignation that eminate from Colorado educators in opposition to vouchers is choked with scare tactics that would make any demagogue proud. Denver Public Schools Superintendent Evie Dennis calls the voucher proposal "frightening ... (it) will take us back to pre-Brown versus Topeka." Jefferson County School Superintendent Lewis Finch says the nationwide move toward allowing parents to choose their own schools is "an elitist wolf wrapped in egalitarian sheepskin." Voters should not be Jed astray by the utterances of the public school.bureaucrats.This type of baloney-mongering is common in political campaigns. Dennis and Finch are only displaying the condescending attitude government employees have toward taxpayers in general. "We'll be damned if we will let the taxpayers have any say in how their money is spent," is the upshot of the public employee's position on most issues. They sometimes forget that people who send their children to private schools pay taxes also. Well, you say, how about our elected representatives in the statehouse, or in the governor's mansion? According to Roy Romer's office, the governor is opposed to vouchers because it would drain money from the public schools. The

governor has so much faith in the public schools, he has sent some of his own children through private schools. State Senator Pat Pascoe said in published accounts "The voucher proposal would blow away the underpinning of democracy, a good education for every child." The fact of the matter is that elected officials in Colorado roll over for the educational. lobby. The reason this initiative is on the ballot is due to the inability of the legislature and the governor to respond to the taxpayer's concerns over a mediocre public school system. Pascoe's comments on

'A more dynamic, responsive school system is what the taxpayers want - and should get.' vouchers speaks to the inordinate influence of the public employees and teachers unions on Colorado state government. They will not stand up to the lobby for fear of reprisals - such as no campaign funds for re-election war chests if a politician bucks the status quo. What the opponents to Amendment 7 are trying to hide is that parents can use the voucher for other public schools. Most of the movement by students if vouchers pass would be laterally - within the public school system. Americans have demonstrated for decades that they want a thriving public school system and will gladly pay for it. The smoke being blown by the teachers and their sycophants in the media and in the halls of government has to do more with a perceived loss of control, than with the Boogiema!1 foisting religious and racist beliefs on unsuspecting, secular students. The educational powers that be are incapable of change, and fail to recognize that vouchers would be a boon to the excellent teachers in the

system. Vouchers would allow schools to emphasize areas that patents might want. For instance, if science is your kid's strong suit, school X down the street emphasizes that. School Y is known for its excellent English curricula, and so on. With the changes that have taken place in American society, a more dynamic, responsive school system is what the taxpayers want - and should get. Vouchers are not a nostrum - just the equivalent of a swift kick in the rump to wake up the school system that at times appears more concerned with furthering their social agenda than teaching children. Lewis Finch's claims that the public school system would fall apart would seem to make the argument for vouchers, acknowledging that their product is inferior. Such claims are nonsense, of course, and only someone who has spent years in a educational graduate school could employ such tortured logic. With the passage of Amendment 7, there would be enough paperwork to keep pencil-pushing pedagogues busy pestering pupils and parents in perpetuity. The other specious argument against vouchers is that it would be a windfall for the rich. Wealthy people can avoid the public school system anyway. As the Gallup po11 indicated, minorities overwhelmingly support the opportunity to have a choice in education. In this era of "tax the rich", it would be political suicide to propose tax credits for private education students. That would be a windfall for the wealthy. Vouchers would allow low income and middleclass families to have a shot at the types of schools the wealthy already enjoy. Strip away the false arguments by those who perceive their ox is being gored, and see Amendment 7 for what it is, an opportunity to be responsive to the people who foot the bills - the taxpayer.

Give bears a sporting chance Patricia Straub Staff Writer Mahatma Gandhi said that one can judge the values of a nation by the way it treats its animals. In Colorado black bears, one of Colorado's rarest big game animals, are hunted using bait and dogs. In addition, although illegal, nursing female black bears are mistakenly killed leaving her cubs to die of starvation, accident or predation. Emerging from their dens in May, mother bears nurse their dependent cubs until late August, and the mother usually stays with them until next Spring. Amendment 10 seeks to limit the bear hunt between March 1 and September 1 of any year when the

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mother bears and cubs are vulnerable. Last year biologists of the Division of Wildlife recommended an end to the spring bear hunt, but the Colorado Division of Wildlife instead extended the hunt an extra 16 days. As a result, biologists found that at least 22 nursing females were killed in 1992. Remember, when the mother dies, the cubs die too. This amendment will also outlaw the use of bait and dogs. Fair is fair. Bait is commonly used by poachers in capturing bears, and bait may increase bears' association of food with humans thus contributing to the problem of human contact. Making bait illegal will help make catching poachers using the bait method easier. Most hunters use radio telemetry

collars on their dogs . They then simply wait until the dogs chase the frightened bear up a tree and then fires point blank at the stationary animal. Some sport. Wh.y don 't they go step on some baby chics? Hunting in this manner is no sport. It is killing. Hunting is violence and children of hunters blindly inherit this disrespect for nature. Animals are sensitive creatures. They are a part of this dynamic world and deserve to live and to live peacefully. We must stop thinking we are above nature and that animals are here for our pleasure only because this type of mentality reflects the way we are destroying our environment. The Denver Pos t endorses Amendment IO. Vote yes and support your right to arm bears.

THE METROPOLITAN Shawn Christopher Cox Editor in Chief Joe Chopyak Keith Coffman Copy Editor News Editor Kris Morwood Mike Robuck Features Editor Sports Editor Dominic Chavez Photo Editor Editorial Assistant: Antoinette Vecchio Staff Writers: Katarina Ahlfort, Chris Austin, Christy Lane, Hero Montilla, Mike Sallier, Patricia Straub

Reporters: Mike Hall, William Johnson, David Thibodeau

Photographers: Chas Gordon, Deahn Hendrixson, Morgan Keiser, Jane Raley

Production Manager: Paul Brown Graphic Artists: Jason Gerboth, Lawrence Jones Advertising Manager: Alfonso Suazo, Jr. Advertising Staff: Maria Rodriguez, Jed Ward Office Staff: Patricia Connell, Deb Florin, Heidi Hollingsworth, Jean Straub

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No person, without prior written permission of THE METROPOLITAN, may take more than one copy of each weekly issue. This is a publication for and by students of Metropolitan State College of Denver, supported by advertising revenue and MSCD student fees. THE METROPOLITAN is published every Friday during the academic year and is distributed to all campus buildings. Any questions, compliments and/or comments should be directed to the MSCD Board of Publications, c/o THE METROPOLITAN. Opinions expressed within are those of the writers and do not necessarily reflect those of THE METROPOLITAN or its advertisers. Deadline for calendar items. is Friday at 5 :00 p.m. Deadline for press releases or letters to the editor is Monday at 10 a.m. Submissions must be typed or submitted on a Macintosh compatible disk. Letters under 250 words will be considered first. THE METROPOUTAN reserves the right to edit copy to conform to the limitations of space. The display advertising deadline is Friday at 3:00 p.m. , Classified ad deadline is Monday at NOON. Editorial and business offices are located in Room 156 of the Student Union, 955 Lawrence St. The mailing address is Campus Box 57, P.O. Box 173362, Denver, CO 80217-3362. All rights reserved.漏

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Overload policy impacts enrollment Shawn Christopher Cox Editor

Paramedics wheel out unconscious man from the library Tuesday.

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Man passes out; alcohol poisoning suspected Shawn Christopher Cox Editor A man passed out in the Auraria Library Tuesday between 2: I 0 p.m. and 2: 13 p.m. by the reserves department, according to an Auraria Public Safety report. APS did not release his name. "He fell off his chair and passed out," said Rick Boeder, a librarian who works in reserves media and who called APS. Christopher Reinhart , library technician in circulation services, said, "I just called Public Safety when he fell off the chair. He's out cold." He said that they called Auraria

Public Safety once before but that APS4' could not legally evict him. The police report said that witnesses stated that the man was coughing strongly, fell straight back out of his chair, hit his head and did not get up. The report also said that the man was unconscious with a strong pulse and was breathing when APS officers arrived. The man was "pretty obviously drunk or stoned," Reinhart said. At one point, the man got up from his chair and walked around. A b.ottle of isopropyl alcohol 91

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percent, or rubbing alcohol, was found in the man's bag, police reports said. l>aramedics told police that they beli~ve the man was drinking the rubbing alcohol and overdosed on it. The man was taken to Denver General Hospital. He had a terrible cough and had just been watching a blank screen for about two hours where v.ideos are played, said Marvel Markin, who works in reserves media. "He was here since 9 or 9:30 (a.m.)," Reinhart added. According to the report, the man was not a student on campus.

The revised overload policy has had a "substantial impact" on enrollment, said Jett Conner, MSCD associate vice president of Academic Affairs. "We were off on our projections," concerning how the overload policy would affect enrollment, Conner said. GPA requirements and appeals for the overload policy were changed this year affecting students taking more than 16 credit hours, compared to last year when the policy went into affect for students taking more than 18 credit ho urs. In relation to this policy change, census data for the college shows that 785 fewer students are taking more than 16 credit hours. The biggest impact of the policy was for students taking 17 and 18 credit hours, where the overload policy went into affect this year. In Fall 1991, 604 students who did not have a 3.25 GPA took 17 or 18 credit hours. This fall, however, that number has dropped to 81 students showing the impact of the policy. The revised overload policy is being opposed by faculty and students. The Faculty Senate passed a resolution Oct. 14 opposing the re~ised overload policy and supporting a return to the former one. Elizabeth Friot, president of the senate, said, "The faculty had not been consulted," concerning the change in the overload policy. The resolution states that the rationale for the overload policy is not clear, a great deal of paperwork has been created because of the policy and that Llie policy seems "overly paternalistic." Furthermore , the resolution states, "the customary college procedure was circumvented because the curricu lu m overload policy was developed and implemented without the appropriate advice and consent of the Faculty Senate." Conner said that the Provost Council w ill evaluate the overload policy after the Spring 1993 census is taken to examine if the results are similar to this fall.

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Wilma Webb, right, and Rita Kahn share a laugh at the Plain and Fancy Ball.

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With my ticket in hand and notebook tucked away, I nervously went in the Hyatt Regency at the Denver Tech Center. As a student reporter covering the MSCD Plain and Fancy Ball, I did not know what to expect. While anything goes for dress at the Plain and Fancy Ball, most of the attendees were dressed in tuxedos and fancy dresses. If going by style, the Plain and Fancy Ball was a classy affair. Arriving at about 6 p.m. I wandered around aimlessly till a fellow student helped me out. Lucian LeMak, of the MSCD student government, took my leather jacket and checked it in for me. He then pointed me toward the President's Reception and told me to get a free drink at the bar. The $120 rather than the normal $60 ticket price had attracted some heavyhitters such as Josie Heath, Denver Mayor Wellington Webb and Congresswoman Pat Schroeder. A silent auction was taking place in the next room. Bids were written down for the items being auctioned such as artwork, trips and sports paraphernalia. Dinner started at 8 p.m. and I made my way to the table provided for The

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Metropolitan. Being strategically positioned close to the stage, I had a great view of the oral auction. The auction was handled by Channel 7's Bertha Lynn and Cliff Morrison. The items up for bid included golfing with Bronco Michael Young, trips to see the tapings of Murphy Brown and Oprah Winfrey, a trip to a space camp and a fantasy ski weekend. Even with the pleading of Lynn and Morrison, the auctioned items were sold for less than their value. The total amount raised from the oral auction was $13,390. After the auction, we watched a multi-media screening of MSCD President Thomas Brewer and the honorees of the ball; Virginia Castro, Miriam Goldberg, Wilma Webb, Sister Loretto Anne Madden and Kay Schomp presented by Channel 7. Brewer then gave awards to the five honored women. The ball's cost was about $100,000, LeMak said, and maybe $40,000 more would go to scholarships. He also said it was a lot smaller affair than last year. The Plain and Fancy Ball has raised $170,000 for scholarships since it beginning five years ago. The Plain and Fancy Ball celebrated this as the "Year of the Woman."

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SPORTS

Colorado Athletic Conference player of the week Stacy Goldsberry ranked Southern Illionios UniversityEdwardsviUe Oct. 24 ,1-0, in overtime. The Roadrunners ' winning goal was booted by freshman Jennifer Duran. MSCD out shot its opponents 13-4. The Roadrunners eighth overtime game of the season against the University of Missouri-St Louis ended in a 1-1 tie Oct. 25. Sophomore Anna Martinez increased her team lead in goals scored, 7, against St Louis.

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For the first time, a few years ago, I saw a wild black bear as a friend and I walked a trail in the Arapahoe National Forest near Kremmling, Colo. The cinnamon-colored sow meandered her way down the trail as her two cubs playfully wrestled and tumbled their way down the grassy west slope of the mountain. It was a moment I will never forget. Of all the years I had spent wandering through those mountains fishing for the native Brook Trout and hunting for the majestic Wapati (Elk), this was my frrst glim]Jse at a creature that has become the center of emotional, economical and political controversy during this election year. Amendment I 0, if passed, will end the spring bear hunting season in Colorado. Also, methods of bear hunting, such as using bait or dogs, will become illegal. The reason? Proponents say black bear populations are vulnerable to over-hunting, and therefore, the spring bear season should be eliminated because hunters kill sows still nursing their young during that time of year. But the bidden agenda of this amendment cries out for voters, either prohunting or anti-hunting, to vote against the initiative. The Committee to Save the Bears, an independent group of people working for black bear preservation in Colorado, has undertaken the campaign to vote against Amendment 10. "We have no hunting affiliation. And while the committee does support the goals of the 1992 bear hunting initiative, namely an end to spring bear hunting and the use of bait and dogs , we strongly oppose this measure because of its legal ramifications," said a press release that came to the offices of The Metropolitan. Last year, nearly $2 billion were pumped into the state's economy from hunting and fishing. That $2 billion keeps this state alive. like it or not.

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Without that money, small towns, such as Kremmling, in Middle Park, would die a death worse than what they suffer now. Hunting and fishing are viewed as the lifeblood of their economies. Without the sportsmen coming to their towns to buy supplies, these remnants of thriving towns, once supported by the now-defunct mining and timber industries, would hang a " We're Closed" sign in town. State wildlife managers consider black bear populations stable (between 8,00012,000). The habitat cannot support more than this, and therefore, hunting licences are issued for both spring and fall seasons, to cull their numbers. But what happens if Amendment l 0 is passed. Read the amendment carefully, and you will find the answer. One provision of the amendment gives exemption for hunting of bears by state wildlife managers (acting in their official capacity). An analysis of all IO amendments, provided by the Legislative Council of the Colorado General Assembly, explains the exemption. "(Amendment 10 will) provide exemptions from the above restrictions (prohibit hunting of bears with bait and dogs) for employees of the Division of Wildlife and the United States Department of Agriculture, when acting in their official capacities... " It's all there, ready for voters perusal. Government wildlife managers will have the right to control bear populations by using any method, even bait and dogs. This forces wildlife managers to hunt and kill a certain percentage of the bear population every year in order to protect the bears from overpopulation. They do not want to do it, and the state bas sportsmen willing to hunt for them. Pass the amendment and you will force the government to kill for you. The same number of bears will be killed every year, but the public will not hear abo-ut the hunt because the government will have to carry out the missions in a covert manner. This initiative attacks a legal, traditional

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President: Bill Clinton. One does not even have to think about this one. As Gov. Zell Miller of Georgia so aptly put it, this race is between "an aristocrat, an autocrat and a Democrat. I know which one I'm voting for." The American people have given George Bush four years and he still does not get it. What this country needs is new leadership and new direction without fear of conspiracies ruling over the actions of the president or one who will not even admit this country is in recession. Remember, however, that after Clinton occupies the White House Jan. 20, 1993, it will take time to turn this country around. But you can be a part of this change by casting your vote for Clinton Nov. 3. This country needs a people president, not an "I don't get it" president or a billionaire who lives in a world of conspiracies. Vote your heart. Vote for change. Vote for America. VOTE FOR CLINTON.

Amendment 1 - Tax Limitation : VOTE NO. If one wants to destroy representative democracy and inhibit the Colorado government from doing its proper job, then this is your amendment. This amendment will have devastating effects for educational funding and will result in a loss of services, not to mention the fact that courts will determine the interpretation of some of the language in the amendment. If one thinks government services are bad now, just wait to see what happens if this amendment passes. It is time for Douglas Bruce, author of the amendment, to quit his own barking and go back to his real estate and actually take care of his tenant houses. VOTE NO.

Amendment 2 - No Protected Status for "Homosexuals, Lesbians and Bisexuals": VOTE NO. Fear does not belong in this state, and only three cities (Aspen, Boulder and Denver) have anti-discrimination laws concerning sexual orientation. There are bigger issues about sexual orientation that need to be debated, but Amendment 2 goes about it in the wrong way. Everyone should have the right to hold a job, the right to have a roof over one's head and the right to live without fear. Additionally, voting no leaves the decision up to each community. Do not vote out of hate and fear. VOTE NO. Amendments 3, 4, 5 and 9 - Limited Gaming/Gambling in Rural Towns and Counties and Lower Downtown Denver: VOTE NO. People in this state have just witnessed the open door effect. Gambling was approved by the voters and installed in Central City, Black Hawk and Cripple Creek and now other parts of the state want gambling. Although up to 75 percent of tax revenues are earmarked to go to public education in one of the amendments, gambling is not a secure source of income for education. Generally, I am in favor of letting towns decide what is best for their communities, but the image of the state is at stake. This state has gambling in three mountain towns, which are experiencing the negative effects of it, and to allow more gambling sites will take away from the novelty of gambling. What message does this state want to send to the nation? Next, there will be limited prostitution. VOTE NO on Amendments 3, 4, 5 and 9. Amendment 6 - Ed,ucation Reform-Sales Tax: VOTE YES. The education system in this state is in dire straits. To maintain the current funding levels, this one percent sales tax is needed. Money is not the answer to solve all of the problems of the education system. But without adequate funding, educational reforms will be even more difficult to institute. If this amendment is defeated, higher education will be adversely affected. It has already been shown

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freedom away. Whether we choose to live by these laws is up to us as individuals. But what about these new laws? When these laws are written in stone, and they will be , not following these laws will have more repercussions than perhaps one day being judged by our maker. When these amendments are passed, we will be judged by our makers here on earth, the legal system of the United States of America. Some may think that these new 1O Amendments will not affect them personally if they are straight, childless, non-gambling, out-of-work and retired bear hunters. Think again. If some or all of these Amendments ' pass, good or bad, they pave the way for new amendments to be put on the table; new ' amendments that m~X take rights and privileges away and give them to gay/lesbian, overly-reproductive, gambling, hard working, bear hunters. Take a peek at the issues and candidates before you go to the polls. Don't make your decision based on tasteless and manipulative television commercials, strategically placed front yard signs or witty bumper stickers. Make a personal choice to be informed about the candidates and the issues, by voting for what you think is right.

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Reform schools; vote Yes on 7 Our education system in the state of Colorado is in need of reform. Both proponents and opponents of Amendment 7, vouchers for education, acknowledge this fact. You 've probably heard many good reasons to vote yes on Amendment 7: free market competition, increased parental involvement in public education, necessary restructuring of the state's educational system, etc. In addition to those reasons, I believe you should vote 'Yes on 7' because it will: (1) enhance the dignity of the family; and (2) allow the expression of ideas which are "off-limits" in our public schools. I

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Our current public education system enforces a paternalistic notion that the state, not parents, know what is best for a child's education . Most people recognize that the responsibility for raising children rests with the child's parents; that parents have the freedom and responsibility to instill mo~al , ethical and religious values in their children. Unfortunately, our public education system tells parents that their beliefs have no place in the school day; that if parents desire any particular moral or ethical ideas presented to their children, they must have the money to send their children to a private or religious school. Parents should not be financially penalized for sending their children to a private or religiously affiliated school. Opponents of vouchers claim that lower income families may not have the time to research various schools or may lack the initiative to send their children to better schools (See Colorado General Assembly, Research Publication No. 369, page 38). Yes, some non-rich parents will lack the time, money or initiative to find the best school for their child. However, all parents, rich and poor, deserve to be trusted and taken seriously by society. We will be taking poor families seriously by empowering them with vouchers. Certainly, some non - rich parents will make poor choices in their child 's education. All parents, rich or poor, should be given the opportunity to succeed, as well as to fail. Parents do not always make good decisions for their children. However, they are the best ones to make these decisions. Through vouchers for education, Coloradans will affirm that parents (rich and poor) are responsible for their child's education. Additionally,

we will give parents the means to freely choose, without an additional financial burden, the best possible education for their child. School ·curriculum

No one would suggest that public schools never present controversial ideas or opinions. But one of public education's greatest defects is the fact that its curriculum is defined and limited by a political process. Ideas about religion, sexuality, immorality, the meaning of life, gender roles, etc., are not freely discussed. These issues are either ignored or presented in a so-called "neutral" manner . For example, if a child asks her public school teacher why she shouldn't hurt people, "because it's against the law" or "because it's not nice" is the most a public school teacher can say. Private and religious schools have the additional freedom to say, "You shouldn't hurt people because the Ten Commandments say so," or "because Jesus wouldn't," or "because you 'll return as a pig in your next life." Views and opinions which cannot be presented in the public schools can be expressed in private and religious schools. Parents , rich and poor , deserve the opportunity to decide what and how their children are taught. Additionally, in our public schools, the state is placed in the unhappy position of acting as the censor of ideas. Increased access to private and religious schools with the passage of Amendment 7 will give parents the ability to decide what ideas and in what manner the children will be exposed. An example of government censorship is the Supreme Court's Lee v. Weisman (June 24, 1992) decision which concluded that prayer at a school graduation ceremony is not protected speech. We will always have some form of censorship in society. The question is, "Will the state or parents act as a censor?" Let's give parents that role, giving them the freedom to choose their child's school. We Coloradans have an opportunity to improve the quality and diversity of education this Nov. 3. Let us not be misled by the scare tactics of the education bureaucrats. Let us, instead, have the courage to empower the non-rich through school vouchers and say "no" to government censorship. Vote Yes on 7. "

School choice initiative gives teachers control of curriculum, success The School Choice Initiative offers our state the most interesting proposition I have ever seen on a ballot, even for childless people who have no immediate stake in education. Those people are often only interested in saving tax dollars for this subject. They should vote for school choice simply because competition nearly always reduces prices. The rest of us are primarily concerned with academic quality and most of the debate about this proposition centers on this subject. Our nation's schools have been desperately trying many things in recent years and school choice is the resounding winner in excellence and consistency of results. Test scores have risen dramatically wherever it has been instituted. One of the most intractable districts, East Harlem, New York, was understandably New York City's worst school district some years ago, and then they allowed students to choose from 50 programs in 23 buildings. The results were so dramatic that the school attracted wealthy students from private schools. Overlooked in this debate is the effect schools may have on the crime rate , yet that may be the most important issue of all. Most crime is perpetrated by young people 16 to 24 years old, the age when young people leave school. Is that coincidence? The fact is that this nation once had a lower crime rate and it has been rising intractably since the 1962 Supreme Court decision banning school prayer. If the crime rate can rise, can it not be

lowered? Prior to 1962, religion was shoved down everyone's throat and we have a strong determination not to go back to that. But is it really any more constitutional to say your kids can be trained with no God and no character development for free? But if religion is important to you, you must pay for it. If we pass the proposition, Colorado will be the only state in the nation to experiment with religious freedom in education. We will have "the Bible back in school," but without shoving it down anyone's throat. It is really the only way to live up to the intention of the Constitution. Colorado Springs Juvenile Court Judge Toth says the delinquents he sees are almost all from public schools, too poor to attord anything .else, and that they have no character guidance. School choice allows character development under many different philosophies. Colorado is now an attractive state with above-average schools and economy. After school choice , it would become an extremely attractive place to live and would attract many new employers. Teachers are being told that this issue is against their vested interests, but it will give them freedom to choose their own curriculum, true control over their classrooms . Teachers should be in charge and it is probably this very factor that _. es school choice such an ac _ ;r: mic success. Vote for it.

Matt McGuiness MSCD Student

Amendment 7 undermines public education system Amendment 7 on the Nov. 3 Colorado ballot is part of a nationwide campaign to undermine public education and the fundamental liberty of all citizens to choose which religious institutions, if any , they wish to support. Amendment 7 would tax all Colorado citizens to support private schools, none of which are under meaningful public control , none of

which are required to follow the same democratic rules applicable to public schools and many of which actively promote prejudice against people of non-fundamentalist religions. In a book published this month , "Visions of Reality : What Fundamentalist Schools Teach " (Prometheus Books), religious liberty expert Albert J. Menendez shows that fundamentalist school history and

literature textbooks persistently denigrate Catholics, Episcopalians, Unitarians, Quakers, Jews and other non-fundamentalists. Amendment 7 would cost Colorado taxpayers at least $85 million annually, which would undoubtedly come out of the budgets of hard pressed public schools. Voters in other states, from Massachusetts and New York on the

East Coast to Oregon and Washington on the West, have consistently voted down all proposals similar to Amendment 7. Colorado voters would do well to do likewise.

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Vote yes on Amendment 6, Colorado's economy determined vote no on路Amendment 7 by Amendments 1,6,7 and 8 Amendment 6, the Children First Initiative, and Amendment 7, the Voucher initiative, are two important issues facing voters in the Nov. 3 elections. They both are going to have important implications on the future of education in Colorado and will affect us all financially. The underlying issue in both amendments is whether they will serve to raise the standards of education for all children or whether they will widen the gap in education. Now, children from more affluent backgrounds receive access to the best quality education while everyone else is struggling. According to national studies recently released in the press, Chicanos and Latinos have the highest drop-out rates , and those rates continue to soar while everyone else's are declining . However, AfricanAmerican drop-out rates are still very high as well as low-income inner-city white youths. The education system is in need of major reform . The promise of education as a right and not a privilege has yet to be achieved. Amendment 6 promises us new reforms aimed at increased accountability and performance in the schools. It offers a possibility of better monitoring and provides incentives in the schools to raise the standards in education. However, Amendment 6 asks us to pay an extra one percent in sales taxes. According to Gov. Roy Romer, if we don't increase taxes, then school districts will be forced to cut many programs because they will face a major deficit. The Colorado Statewide Chicano Student Network and the Colorado Statewide Parent Coalition have polled many grass roots people around the state on this issue and have learned that people are willing to pay the tax increase because it benefits children. But, they are concerned that the children who need it the most won't receive the benefits of the reforms. Amendment 6 is needed.

However, it should be used to overcome the inequalities in education and not used to maintain the status quo. If it passes, coalitions should be built to monitor its implementation and ensure that it serves everyone. Amendment 7 rallies the sentiments of disgruntled parents who are frustrated with the poor performance of the public school systems on their children's educations. However, it raises false hopes, leading people to believe that they will be able to send their children to other "better" schools, and offers them a $2000$2500 voucher to do it. The vouchers won 't cover the costs of most private schools. Part of their success is that they can refuse to admit students who they perceive as problem children, which allows them to refuse teaching learning disabled, handicapped and other children who have different cultural backgrounds. The voucher system will mean that public funds will be used to subsidize private institutions who pander to families who can afford to send their children to private schools to begin with. The voucher system will draw needed funds from the public school system, which will continue to be utilized by the low-income, minority, handicapped and students with special needs. It will cut necessary programs and will further undermine the quality of education being taught in the public schools. The voucher system will widen the difference in the quality of education received by children on an economic and racial level. It reinforces an educational system that caters to the wealthier sectors of the population while undermining the needs of the rest. I have two daughters in Denver Public Schools. I want them to receive a quality education. They deserve it. It's their right. Don't take it aw Vote YES on Amendment 6 a O on Amendment 7. Joe Navarro

MSCD student

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On Oct. 13, I read stories in both the Rocky Mountain News and The Denver Post about how one of Jesse Jackson's local Rainbow Coalition organizers (identified in the News article as Alvertis Simmons) took a Bush-Quayle campaign poster from the hands of 18-year-old Mollie Ziegler and tore it up during their march to the Election Commission office on Oct. 12. Jesse Jackson is supposed to be a "Civil Rights Leader ." The Constitution's First Amendment right to free speech is about the most basic civil right we have. Carrying a political campaign poster across the Auraria Campus and down Colfax Avenue to the City and County Building is an exercise of that right to free speech , and nobody

should be able to abridge that right. Simmons, I believe, is the man who introduced most of the other speakers before Jackson finally appeared to speak at the Oct. 12 getout-the-vote rally. Maybe he thought the sign would be an embarrassment to Jackson and his Rainbow Coalition. The embarrassment to Jackson's coalition, as well as to those here at MSCD who sponsored Jackson 's speech , is Simmon 's despicable behavior. At the very least, Simmons owes Mollie Ziegler an apology - an apology as public as his ou geous was. violation of Ziegler's civil ri Jack H. Miller

MSCD student

The health and economic wellbeing of Colorado is truly at stake in the Nov. 3 election. Four amendments in particular, which affect education funding, will literally determine the fate of Colorado's future. Amendment 1 is the most devastating. It's true that tax limitation is important, but we ~lready have it in the form of: 1) a cap on increased state spending of six percent per year; and 2) a constitutionally mandated balanced budget. Amendmen't 1 will tie the hands of state and local governments to respond to the needs of the population and cause major cuts in critical state and local programs. Education is just one of them. Amendment 1 allows public expenditures to increase only by the percentage of increase in state population - projected to be 9.6 percent over the next decade. Enrollments in higher education, however, are expected to increase between 20 to 30 percent. These increases would not be funded, adding to the more than $47 million of unmet need currently existing in Colorado's higher education system. This means lower quality programs and enrollment caps, decreasing the accessibility of higher education for Colorado citizens. Even if the jobs are there, a Colorado degree won't be worth much. Am.endment 6 is equally critical. Without the one cent sales tax to pay for kindergarten through 12 schools, our ailing schools will see a cut in funding. This will send a message to the legislature that Colorado citizens are not concerned about funding schools, or school reform (which is an important and needed part of the amendment). Failure to pass

Amendment 6 will also mean a further cut in funding for higher education to make up for the shortfall in K through 12 schools. The number one factor in the decision by businesses to locate in a state is the health of its education system. That's why 83 of the state's biggest businesses have contributed to the Amendment 6 campaign. Amendment 6 is crucial for Colorado's educational and economic well-being. Amendment 7 , the education voucher plan, would also deprive all Colorado school children of funds for their education . The first thing the voucher plan will do is take $85 million out of public schools and give it to private schools. This is NOT reform. This depletion of funds would also result in less money for higher education. Amendment 8, which diverts 100 percent of lottery revenues to parks, recreation and wildlife, will cut critical funding for higher education loans, K through 12, waste water treatment, state hospitals and more. Fifty percent of lottery revenues ($160 million to date) goes to support environmental concerns. In addition, Amendment 8 creates an unregulated commission without accountability to the people or elected officials. The future of Colorado ' s communities is truly in the hands of the voters. Please vote for a bright future - for our economy, our education, our children and our prosperity. Vote no on 1, yes on 6, n on 7 and no on 8. Barbara J. Ferrill

Colorado Student Associa MSCD Student Governme

Rights lost with路Amendment 2 Contrary to Glen J. Liberty's article (The Metropolitan Sept. 11), Amendment 2 does take away the civil rights of individuals based on sexual orientation. Like many others, Glen does not understand Amendment 2. Amendment 2 is not asking for affirmative action, only equal protection under the law. Gay and lesbian individuals are not asking for any special rights, only the basic rights all citizens are entitled to. What's so special about having a job, a roof over one's head and fair access to public accommodations? "Special" is a campaign slogan used by Colorado for Family Values to single out a group of Colorado citizens for legalized discrimination , and nothing more. Like others, gay citizens pay taxes and contribute their talents to society in employment, human services and strong family values. Yes, we too believe in family values! The problem with CFV is that they are trying to enforce their definition of family and expect everyone to adhere

to their definition. Individuals who are gay consider themselves to be a part of a family and most value his/her own family. In Glen's census bureau he mentioned the term "Gay Households." That sounds like a family to me. I have also found that CFV has been referring to a survey that suggests gays and lesbians make above average incomes. Whether it is true or not, it is not relevant. Who else loses basic rights when their income reaches a certain level? Nobody! It is difficult to determine work place statistics about gay people because a majority of them do not let their fellow workers know their orientation because of fear of discrimination, harassment and violence. What you need to do, Glen, is to get the facts. It's education you and others need who will vote yes on 2; ination. education on issues of di VOTENOON2! R.J. Lobato

MSCD student

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FRIDAY OcroBER 30 Paintings by Rhoda Gersten are on exhibit through October on the balcony of Auraria Book Center. Closed AA meeting noon to 12:50 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday in Auraria Library room 206. For more information, call Rhiannon at 458-7472 or Billi at the Student Health . Center, 556-2525.

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 1 Please join Mayor Wellington E. Webb and First Lady Hon. Wilma J. Webb at the "Get Out The Vote Rally," at Macedonia Baptist Church, 340 Adams Street (Martin Luther King Blvd. at Adams).Bring family and friends to meet the political candidates. Enjoy Gospel performances by Macedonia Baptist Church, New Hope Baptist Church and Mt. Gilead Baptist Church.. For additional information, call 830-8989.

Ninth Street Park. The classes will explore weight loss myths, physical activity, nutrition, eating and emotions and non-hunger eating. These classes will be on-going throughout the semester. Individuals may attend either Tuesday or Thursday or both if their schedules vary. The classes are free. For more information, call the Student Health Center at 556-2525.

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Eating and Emotions (Overcoming Overeating), a group for people who are tired of failing at weight loss plans and the negative effect on their selfesteem and their bodies, will meet from noon to 1 p.m. at 1020 Ninth Street Park. The participants will explore the various behaviors, patterns of thought, actions and feeling that cause overeating. For more information, call 556-2525.

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 6

MSCD Bahai Club presents "The Promised Day Is Come," the meaning of 20th century history, by Shoghi Effendi as part of its "The Search for Meaning: Great Books by Modern Authors" from noon to l :30 p.m. in Student Union, South Wing, Rooms 254-256. For more information, call Seymour Weinberg at 322-8897.

MONDAY NOVEMBER 2 Closed AA meeting

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Closed AA meeting Metro Actitivies Council and MSCD Student Activities presents comedian George Wallace at 8 p.m. in the Auraria Events Center For more information, call MSCD Student Activities at 556-2595.

Golden Key National Honor Society Induction will be at 6 p.m. in Student Union 330 A and B. The induction of new members will include the introduction of new honorary members and faculty award winners. The Guest speaker will be former Golden Key national president Frazier White.

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 8 It's never to late to join the new and improved S.O.A.R. MSCD Student Organization for Alumni Relations November genreal meeting. Tivoli Union, 3rd floor "Tunetown Room." Contact Lucian at 556-3312 or Alumni Relations at 556-5116 for more information.

Winning at Weight Loss, a non-dieting , approach for weight control will be offered from 1 to 2 p.m. at 1020

The Student Health Center and the Counseling Center will present a four · week program designed to help you identify risky behaviors and begin to make the necessary changes to reduce your risk for heart disease. The cost is $10. If you obtain the class goal you set, $5 will be refunded. The first and second session have been completed. The third session will be from 1 to 2 p.m. Monday, Nov. 9, and the fourth will be from 1 to 2 p.m. Monday, Nov. 30. AH sessions will be in Central Classroom 203. For more information, call the Student Health Center at 556-2525. Closed AA meeting

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 14 Metro Activities Council and MSCD Student Activities presents "Aztec: Un dia Para Estudiantes" at 10 a.m. at the Denver Museum of Natural History. Tickets are $5 and are on sale at Auraria Ticket Booth. Tickets for adults over 65 and children under 12 are $3. The ticket price includes the Aztec exhibit and "Ring of Fire" at IMAX. Tickets are limited and exhibit and IMAX time must be reserved. For information, call MSCD Student Activities at 556-2595.

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