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Black History Month Tenth Black World Conference explores vital African-American issues
Panel discusses police actions· actions--0r inaction. "Irresponsible officers should go to jail," Plummer said. "I don't think we Police business is public business, should have a bunch of white police says Denver·city councilman Hiawatha officers patrol black neighborhoods. Police Davis . should be in close touch with the needs of Davis, a member of a panel the people they are supposed to protect." discussion Feb. 4 at MSCD, said that a ~ Other members of the panel were civilian review board would lessen the Jackie Wilson, professor of criminal antipathy between the public and the justice at MSCD; Norm Early, Denver district attorney; Wazir Ali Mohammed, a police and would improve public safety. "We invest more power jn the police Denver attorney; Nick Walker, Aurora than any other institution," Davis said. community activist; and Cecil Owens, "Police have been given the power to kill criminal justice expert. and abuse. If we have to change the Wilson, who called herself "a child of community, we m~st embrace the the Race Riot of 1943" said she saw police community." brutality from The panel, her window in titled "The 'We invest more power in the police Harlem. Black Com- than any other institution. Police "Since munity and the have been given the power to kill 1840, what we Police: After- and abuse. If we have to change the have been doing math of the community, we must embrace the is confronting Rodney King community.' ind iv id u al s• affair," was within the law part of the -Hiawatha Davis enforcement, " Tenth Black Wilson said. Denver City Councilman " We need to World Conference held at look at a culture St. Cajetan 's Center on the Auraria that gives rise to a Sgt. Koon." Sgt. Stacey Koon is one of three Los Campus. Davis added that a civilian review Angeles police officers who are on a board would help curb police brutality federal civil rights trial in the beating of King. against civilians. Wilson called on everyone to join the Last year, Denver Mayor Wellington Webb created a police review board civilian review board because in this comprised of five civilians. However, the country, law enforcers are answerable only board cannot conduct independent probes to an executive, such as the mayor, the governor or the president. or interview wimesses and police officers. Davis said a police review board that Early said people shouldn 't think has subpoena powers but lacks people such as Shawn Slater, a Colorado investigative powers amounts to the police Ku Klux Klan leader, l\fe the only racists. He said African-Americans should investigating themselves. He said both powers are needed for the civilian review start looking at the culture rather than the individuals. board to be effective. William Plummer, 22, an MSCD ''The purpose of this board is to make student and panel member, said it's time sure that police services are rendered for police to become accountable for their efficiently to all people," Davis said.
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Spike Lee visits the Aurarla Campus Wednesday as part of Black History Month. Stories featuring the controversial director will be In the February 19th Issue.
History a guide to solutions Elva L. Pellouchoud The Metropolitan
Our understanding of America and the world is incomplete without the knowledge of the Black experience, said C.J. White, an MSCD professor of Intercultural Studies, at the Tenth Black World Conference Feb. 4. "We must use our history as our guide, as our road map, as we move forward," White said. "Mistakes can be prevented, solutions to problems can be presented based upon our knowledge of the past." White was among the 150 students, faculty and community leaders gathered to examine trends and issues facing the African-American community at the conference at St. Cajetan's Center.
Conference activities included a keynote speech by William King, associate professor in the Center for Studies of Ethnicity and Race in America at the University of Colorado-Boulder, and two panel discussions; one examining the conditions brought about by the Rodney King affair and a second, consisting of a dialogue of topical issues by five AfricanAmerican students. The student panelists presented different perspectives but all held to the notion that a historical education was important to all African-American students. "Lack of knowledge can be both damaging and perhaps even detrimental to our struggle to regain oilr sense of Black see HISTORY, page 6
Students visit Mexico to observe U.S. companies page4 African-American gospel heritage celebrated during Black History Month page 10,11
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Staff mentor adds to Mentorship Program's success For Dr. Al Rodriguez, associate dean for Admissions and Records, participating in the Mentorship Program allows him to make a difference with a student on an individual basis. As with other mentors, Dr. Rodriguez mentors a student because he believes in the importance of mentoring. Students who make some sort of contact with the school, whether it is in the form of a club, a class or a formal mentoring program, have a higher success rate in college, he said. "I'm here for Robert," he said · of his mentee, Robert Ruiz. One of the strengths behind the partnership is that the focus "runs the gamut," Rodriguez said. They discuss what he wants to talk about and focus on the topics that Ruiz feels are important, whether it's academics or career choices or time management. "We're doing lots of things," said Ruiz of his mentor. "He's easy to talk to and he'll do anything for me." In fact, as part of Ruiz's men-
toring, Rodriguez is helping explore other academic and career options. "I've told him 'your interests and your talents may be channeled elsewhere,'" Rodriguez said. Rodriguez said that the relationship is helping him since it is giving him a chance " to keep in touch with what's happening in the classroom" while at the same time helping a student. As with several of the other mentors, Dr. Rodriguez also found that he has had a number of mentors who have helped him make important decisions and given him the support needed to succeed. "In everything that I have done there's been somebody to inspire me," Rodriguez said. His mentors have ranged from role models which he admired from a distance to individuals which impacted his life on a personal level. His most recent mentor, Dr. Kenneth Curtis, associate vice president of Admissions and Records, has helped in many ways, Dr. Rodriguez said. "He allows us to fail. He allows
us to succeed," said Rodriguez of Curtis. "And that's what mentoring is all about." T h e Mentorship Program is not the only way in w h i c b Rodriguez is making a difference in the lives of others. In addition to mentoring Ruiz, he coaches a Denver high school girls' varsity basDr. Al Rodriguez says the Mentorshlp Program allows him to ketball team make a difference with a student on an Individual basis. and is a member of including the promotion of educaseveral boards which oversee pro- tional opportunities for Hispanic jects in the Hispanic community, youth.
Former mentor joins program as new counselor, coordinator with young men to explore The Mentorship Program is preparing for a successful career options and develop leadership skills. semester, setting up new "I love it," Thompson partnerships and strengthening current mentoring relasaid of his new position. "I like the contact with stutionships. Among the changes, dents on a very sincere and Jean-Noel Thompson, who realistic basis." The Mentorship was a mentor last semester, Prog ram can be a great joined the Student Development Center in resource for students, Thompson said. "It's a great January as a counselor and opportunity to have someco -coordinator of the one on your side," he said. Mentors hip Program. Thompson also encourThompson came to Denver ages faculty and staff to as part of the executive trainJean-Noel Thompson, a mentor with the Program last fall, has rejoined the staff as the new cobecome involved with the ing program at May D&F coordinator. program. "I think each facafter graduating from Arizona State University, where he worked with cam- ulty member has a lot to offer the students," Thompson said. pus student support services. "A lot of faculty members are already mentors in In addition to working with students served by the Student Development Center, Thompson will also an informal sense, but our job is to facilitate. Faculty help facilitate a Young Men's Group, which works has support from the top."
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attend community colleges and take remedial classes to help them be able to take full academic advantage of MSCD when they re-apply, Conner said. He said there is a possibility of a guaranteed enrollment for student who have taken the necessary remedial classes from a community college. Matthew Bates, vice president of public relations for the Colorado Student Association, said offering remedial classes to students before entering a four-year college is necessary. "Being a Metro student myself, I think it's goo~ and important that there are places people can get a chance," said Bates, a senior at MSCD. The index increases would affect only students who are under 21, Bates said. MSCD is required by a state statute, Bates said, to admit anyone older than 21 with a diploma or a GED. The index increase would not affect many students, he said.
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Susan K. Goddard The Metropolitan As of Feb. 3, men and women at the Auraria Campus are no longer asked if they are homosexual when applying to the Army ROTC. Capt. Michael R. Brown of Auraria's ROTC program said that prior to Feb. 3, cadets were required to answer a pertinent question about homosexuality on a precommissioning statement in their junior year. If they admitted homosexuality, they could still take the ROTC classes but could not become commissioned officers at the end of the program. "Our current policy is we no longer ask if they're gay," Brown said. Following a decision handed down by a U.S. District Court judge Jan. 28, Navy sonar operator Keith Meinhold, 30, was reinstated after his dismissal for being · homosexual. The judge said Meinhold's dismissal violated the Constitution's guarantee of equal protection. That decision gave President Clinton judicial fuel for his political fire to direct the military to stop asking recruits and cadets if they are homosexuals.
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new recruits to list sexual preference. T he new policy was instituted as a result of Clinton reaching a compromise with the Senate to lift a 50-year-old ban on homosexuals in the mil itary and consequently changing the Uniform Code of Military Justice. This code applies to members of the armed forces and holds its people to a
higher code of conduct than that expected of civilians. Jeff Davidson, coordinator for Auraria Lesbian and Gay Alliance, said the policy change could save taxpayers millions of dolJars. "We're spending $30 million a year to keep gays out of the military," he said. During the 10-year period from 1980 to 1990, between 700 and 1500 military personnel were discharged each year as a result of investigations into their sexuality, said David Vershure, a legislative assistant in U.S . Rep. Pat Schroeder's, D-Colo., office in Washington. Those findings came from a 10-year study on homosexuals in the military, commissioned by the General Accounting Office. The last year of the study showed the cost to taxpayers to be $27 million in discharge and replacement costs, Vershure said. "I'm glad to see things are changing," Davidson said. "It's not just good for gays but it's good for the heart of this country." The new policy will be reviewed in six months when Clinton continues his attempts to lift the ban against homosexuals in the military.
Editor rebuts "anti-Mestnik bias" allegations Craig Stephens The Metropolitan
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The Metropolitan Editor in Chief Shawn Christopher Cox told the MSCD Board of Publications Monday he resented the trial type situation he has been put in by student government President Tom Mestnik and his claims of "anti-Mestnik bias" in the newspaper. Cox was speaking to the board, which oversees production of all campus publications, to refute the allegations Mestnik had brought up during the boards monthly meeting. Mestnik had told the board the newspaper has a blackout on almost all
student government activities and those that have been covered were done in a negative way. Mestnik also said he was unhappy with the editorial policy of The
Metropolitan. "£don't think this is the time nor the place for this discussion," Cox said. Cox said he has been thrust into the situation without any real attempt at a personal resolution between himself and Mestnik and that Mestnik was prematurely consulting the powers that be. Mestnik said he felt comfortable with the outcome of a meeting in midDecember between Cox, him self and political science professor Robert Hazan who suggested they work together on a
non-bia·s event, but Cox continued attacking him, he said. Cox said he told Mestnik that he should write a letter to the newspaper to voice his displeasure with the handling of student government issues and events and said Mestnik agreed. Cox said he has never received such a letter. The newspaper may not always be as thorough as it should be, Cox said, but any inaccuracies are corrected. Standing by tlie First Amendment and quoting Voltaire, Cox told Mestnik and the board, "I may disagree with what you say but I will defend your right to say it."
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Troubles loom over trade agreement Democratic Socialist trip to Mexico unveils toxic disasters connected to U.S. companies Katarlna Ahlfort Staff Writer Five MSCD representatives from the Democratic Socialists of America spent one week in January at the Mexican border, where they looked at the development of the free trade zone. T h e group visited neighborhoods where industry workers live in shacks, between stagnant ponds filled with toxic Barb Ferril waste , and U.S. factories that are polluting the area, exploiting its workers and destroying the environment, representatives said. "The situation down there is unbelievable," said Barb Ferril, chief of staff for MSCD student government and Democratic Socialist member. Raphael Topia, administrative aid for student government, described the controversy of American industries ''exploiting Mexico" as a complex issue. "It has to do with environmentalism, feminism, Mexican nationalism and humanism," Topia said. "I'm not happy. I'm disgusted. How can one feel anything else but disgust when children are born
with birth defects due to toxins from American factories?" In Mexico, the group of students were taken on tours to foreign-owned factories by social justice groups and union-based organizations stationed on the border. Most of the workers at the manufacturing plants, Ferril said, are women between the ages of 15-23. They work up to 48 hours a week, making less than a dollar an hour (the weekly wage is $30-40). The women have started to organize secretly to gain power enough to improve the working conditions, Ferri! said. The student group visited the town Matamoros on the Mexican side of the border, and Ferri! described the plant there as one of the worst sites. "We were not allowed to go inside the factories, but outside one of the plants, we spoke to people who worked with lead based chemicals and toxic solvents," Ferri! said. "They weren't told that the chemicals were dangerous or that they should protect themselves. Instead, they were working without gloves and their hands were black from the leact." Ferril told the story of a pregnant woman working at a plant who was in pain and asked to leave for the hospital. The management ignored Mexican labor law, which allows sick or injured workers to go to the social security hospital, and told her to keep working. Finally, the woman became so ill she was allowed to leave, Ferri! said. "She staggered outside, trying to get a hold of a cab, but didn't have enough money to pay for the ride. By the time a truck stopped to pick her up, she was bleeding. She had a miscarriage in the truck on the way to the hospital," she said. "Things like that happen all the time." Topia said one woman the group met on a tour knew nothing about the toxic solvent benzene when she first started working at the plant. All she was told about the substance was that it cleaned hands that were blackened by lead.
Toxic substances such as benzene are stored in open tubs, and the fumes makes people pass out at the work place frequently, Topia said. He added that .the U.S. industries in Mexico disobey the. environmental laws they would have to obey on the other side
of the border. "The corporations are the only ones benefitting from free trade," Topia said. " The U.S. people should force the corporations to act responsibly, and to give people dignity, whether it's here (in the United States) or elsewhere," he said.
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Travel funds available·f·or research, conventions The research trip that the Democratic Socialists of America made to the Mexican border was partially funded by the MSCD Student Travel Pro~am. The travel funds are fin'anced by student fees, and Yolanda Ericksen, assistant dean of student life, said any student could be eligible for the money. This year, $30,000 has been made available in the fund. "We try to keep the.door as open as possible," Ericksen said. "We've tried to prioritize recognized student groups. Individual students can apply for money as well, if they are ready to present a professional paper on their research," she said. The program has existed for three years. About 35 student organizations aitd five to 10 students receive funds every year, Ericksen said. The Student Affairs Board authorizes funding once Ericksen and her assistant (a work study student) have decided who gets to share the money. "At the beginning of each year, we talk to the clubs in order to inform them about the travel fund," Ericksen said. Later, the organizations who want to apply for the funding meet with Ericksen again to present their conference material. "I don't think I've ever turned down a club. But it has happened that I haven't given out as much money to people as they first requested," she said. It is important for organizations and
students to apply for the money at least six weeks in advance. "People who have asked for money one week prior to a trip or an event, have been turned down," Ericksen said. "A week's notice is not enough. Clubs who receive fund money must submit a conference report in order to account for the event they have attended. Ericksen said it is difficult to determine which organizational retreats should be funded, and which ones should not. Political and religious organizations do not receive funding unless the cause is strictly of seminar nature , such as national conventions or research trips, she said. " The Democratic Socialists of America went to Mexico to observe, take notes and return with material to discuss," Ericksen said. The Student Travel Program is likely to be influenced by Amendment l, she said. "We have to look at our resources at school and what services we have. If you put all the student programs together, this one would probably not get top priority," Ericksen said. "But I hope this is not the last year we can offer the funds. Many students have benefitted from the program, and gained professional development."
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Auraria offers sexual harassment seminars receptive. We will help them to figure out what is right and what is wrong," Soker said. "This situation reminds us that we Following accusations of sexual always have to be vigilant." harassment in the parking and public Two seminars have been given so far. safety department, workers there are being parking and public safety is the first required to attend seminars this semester division at Auraria to send its employees aimed at making them more aware of the to the seminars. However, this is not the first time that problem. According to Tom Mestnik, MSCD sexual harassment workshops have been student government president, several offered to employees of Auraria. . employees from Auraria parking and Julie Hughes, director of Auraria's public safety complained to him last Affirmative Action program, said this sort semester about incidences of sexual of training was provided to supervisors a harassment they had witnessed -or been year and a half ago. involved with. Because the Auraria employees who One of the female employees, an spoke with Mestnik did not file a formal MSCD student, made the complaint this complaint and wished to remain summer to student govemmentrequesting anonymous, it is difficult to ascertain the anonymity, Mestnik said. validity of the accusations, Hughes said. "It wasn't like anyone was shocked "What is really tough in sexual when this happened. It wasn't shocking at harassment is that you have to be really all," one employee said. careful of the rights of both people," Two male employees complained to Hughes said. Mestnik in November, he said. There are several places a student, "They described rather graphic events employee or faculty member can go on that they had seen being perpetrated," campus if they think they are being Mestnik said. sexually harassed on the job: Auraria The complaint provided the impetus equal opportunity/affirmative action at for a meeting held Dec. 15 with student 556-3384, the MSCD Institute for government presidents from MSCD, CCD Women's Studies and Services at 556and UCD and JoAnn Soker, executive 8441 or the MSCD Ombuds officer, Ben vice president for administration at Monroe at 556-3021. Auraria. Complaints can be made either Seminars on sexual harassment have formally or informally, depending on the extent to which the victim wishes action to . been organized since then "We believe that our staff is be taken. Hero Montilla Staff Writer
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Police Briefs Cut off at the pass ...... .
• Two Auraria students were leaving the West Classroom Feb. I when they saw two men cutting the locks on their bicycles, according to police. The students yelled at the two men and one of the students started chasing the suspects after the suspects rode away on the students' bikes, police said. The student knocked one of the suspects off the bike and then continued to chase th,e other suspect, according to the report. After the suspect was knocked off the bike, he attempted to run away but was grabbed by a witness, police said. According to police, th.e other suspect
escaped. Police said a pair of bolt cutters was found in the captured suspect's backpack. Denver police took the suspect, Alexander J. Jaramillo; of Denver, into custody, according to the report.
Credit cards copp.9d Sometime between 9:30 p.m. Jan. 30 and 2:00 a.m. Jan. 31, a Honda Civic was broken into and several items were stolen, according to police. Items taken included a car stereo and a purse containing credit cards and $20, police said. Police estimated the loss at $845. Police report that there are no suspects or witnesses.
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Hash holder On Feb. 2, Auraria Police arrested a 20-year-old male for possession of "marijuana concentrate," according to police reports. The Auraria officer was checking on the suspect's vehicle, which had expired plates, when the suspect approached the officer and asked if there was a problem, the report said. The suspect was wanted in Douglas County for a failure to appear charge, the report said. When the suspect was taken into custody and searched, police said they discovered a pill bottle containing a ball of hashish.
-Chris Austin
It's time to apply for financial aid for the 1993-1994 academic year.
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To assist you in completing the Free Application , for Federal Student Aid, the Financial Aid Office at MSCD will be conducting several workshops on the following days:
Friday Feb. 12, 1993 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm Student Union 230 AB In order to accurately complete the application we recommend that you bring the following documents: • 1992 US Tax Returns (Forms 1040, 1040 A, 1040 EZ) •W-2 Forms and other records of money earned in 1992 •Records of untaxed income (AFDC, Social Security, Welfare ... ) •Current bank statements
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There will also be scholarship workshops sponsored by the Women's Services on the following days. All of these workshops are located at the Student Union Room 230 C&D .
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Dear Metro Connections, Help! I haven't received my financial aid check, and I desperately need money to buy my textbooks for my classes and to pay other bills. I won't receive a paycheck from work for another two weeks, which puts me in a real tmancial bind. Also, I'm not comfortable asking my friends or my family for help. Are there any other op.l ions available to me? Dear Worried, Metro offers a very convenient and helpful solution to your problem. Through the Student Short-Term Loan Program, Metro State students are eligible to apply for emergency loans for up to $300 for their personal use. The director of the loan program is Tom Muenzberg, who is a Metro student himself. Applying for a loan involves filling out an application and talking to Tom. "Most important, come prepared," says Tom, "there are some documents applicants must provide on order to obtain a loan. Since the money must be paid back within 30 days to avoid interest payments, you need to show that you will have the means to repay the loan on time." Students need to bring:
1. Your student l.D. 2. A class printout that is dated the day you apply for the loan. 3. A memo from the Financial Aid Office stating if you are receiving any loans through Financial Aid. 4. A letter from your employer stating number of hours worked per week, present salary, how long you have been employed, and your supervisor's name and phone number. 5. If you are a veteran, you need a letter of understanding from the MSCD Veteran's Affairs Office stating how much you are receiving in benefits per month. "Once the documents are compiled, the process is relatively quick," says Tom, "often within two days." The loan office is located in the Central Classroom Building, Room 313. Office hours are from 1 to 5 p .m. on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, and from 12 to 5 p.m. on Tuesdays. The program is not open on Thursdays. This is a great way to obtain immediate fmancial help without a lot of hassle! Check it out!
H you would like to submit a question or comment to this column, please drop it by the MSCD Counseling Center, located in CN203. We DON'T publish names. If you would like a personal response, please include your name and phone number and we'll get back to you.
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Political correctness challenges First Amendment FRANKLY SPEAKING SHAWN CHRISTOPHER Cox
The First Amendment: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech or of the PRESS , or the right of the people peaceably to assemble and to petition the government for a redress of grievances." This amendment has become one of the most fundamental ideas that has kept the United States the freest democracy on earth. Even though the First Amendment is an ideal and has been curtailed, for example, one cannot yell "fire" in a crowded theater, it is being wrongfully encroached upon. Since the term "politically correct" was invented a few years ago, the freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment are being eroded. The cases are numerous and frightful. Oddly enough, Robert Novach actually said something novel on Sunday's "Meet the Press" that advocates of the First Amendment could agree on. He lambasted baseball's ruling executive council for
suspending and fining Marge Schott, the Cincinatti Reds' owner, for racially insensitive language. Schott was fined $25,000 and suspended for one year as owner of the Reds for using "racially and ethnically offensive" language. Since when did offensive language warrant punishment from a ruling council? However, the Schott case is only one example of the dangers of political correctness. On some college and university campuses speech codes are being introduced. Speech_codes may go as far as expelling students just for the manner in which they practice free speech. Speech codes eradicate the 1969 Supreme Court decision in Tinker vs. Des Moines School District. In the ruling, the Supreme Court said: "students and teachers do not shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate." Tinker was gutted by the 1988 Hazelwood decision. This Supreme Court ruling gave censorship powers to principals and school boards. Fortunately for Coloradoans, the state legislature passed a law signed by Gov. Romer which prohibits public schools from censoring students' free speech rights. However, Gov. Pete Wilson of C ~lifornia has recently signed an even better law upholding students free speech rights, said Nat Hentoff, expert on the first amendment.
The law says: "It is the intent of the legislature' that a student shall have the same right to exercise his or her right of free speech on campus as he or she enjoys when off campus." Hentoff further quotes the law as saying no student may be subjected to "disciplinary actions solely on the basis of ... speech or other communication " that is protected by the First Amendment or the California constitution outside the campus. Additionally, the law prohibits "prior restraint of student speech." But the law makes "hate violence" punishable. As Hentoff points out, "hate violence" as defined by the law is "any act of physical intimidation, physical force or violence ... because of the ethnicity, race, national orjgin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, disability or political or religious beliefs of that person or group." California is on the right track by protecting and advocating free speech, but making "hate violence" punishable. The other 49 states should follow California's footsteps. At MSCD, while promoting diversity, be it sexual or racial, the First Amendment should be upheld as the ideal to follow. Diversity, yes. Censorship, no. As Charles Bradlaugh said, "better a thousandfold abuse of free speech than denial of free speech. The abuse dies in a day, but the denial stays the life of the people, and entombs the hope of the race."
GUEST EDITORIAL
North American Free Trade Agreement hides sinister underbelly The Metropolitan welcomes guest editorials f rom all students, faculty and staff of the Auraria campus. This week, Barb Ferrill was one of five MSCD stu dents from the Democratic Socialists of America w>w took an investigative trip to the border of Mexico to learn about the North American Free trade Agreement qnd the conditions in U.S. plants there.
With George Bush out of office and a resurgence of hostilities with Iraq, the most important, long-lasting and insidious of Bush's legacies is being slipped under the noses of the American public . It goes by the Orwellian term of Free Trade. It's a lovely , benevolent sounding term, which in real life translates to the loss of our democratic sovereignty, an erosion of consumer rights and worker health and safety regulations, and the convenient elimination of those pesky environmental laws (especially for multinational corporations). It a lso means lowering the already sinking wages in the U.S. as well as increased_
exploitation of low wages in Th ird World countries. The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) promises to do all this and more. These are strong statements, so let me explain. For starters, NAFTA has been negotiated in secret by the Bush Administration and representatives of large U.S. corporations. Only recently was a draft of the agreement released to selected members of the public. Moreover, once the final draft is released the U.S. Congress will have only 60 legislative days to consider th is massive document with no amendments allowed. A main objective of NAFTA is the "harmonization " of regulations affecting commerce between Canada, the U.S. and Mexico. While this could be used to raise standards to the highest in the region (as with the European Economic Community) the opposite is the case.
AMOS (Auraria's .Man of Sophistication)
One way the harmonization will be accomplished is through the arbitration of disputes by trade tribunals (which meet in secret and are not accountable to voters anywhere). Any disputed regulation would have to find the "least trade restrictive" means to accomplish路 its goal. This is where some of the serious problems arise . For example, if a U.S. regulation was challenged and found not to be the least trade restrictive way to accomplish its goal it would be illegal under NAFTA, and we would be forced to change the law or be subject to trade sanctions. A similar process is already in place under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and has succeeded in declaring parts of the U.S. Marine Mammals Protection Act illegal, and is also threatening a law passed by the people of a community on Long Island - that requi res local newspapers to use at least 50 percent recycled paper. This process by Randy Herman is also expected to be used to lower health and safety regulations for workers and consumer products, as has been the case in Canada si nce trade ou r agreement with One them . a l a rming example is th e levels of pesticides and
other chemicals in foods. The U.S. has a ban on the importation of produce grown using DDT. This is expected to be overturned, allowing huge increases in the amounts of this and other chemicals in food imported to the United States (this will also hurt U.S. growers who must comply with the . U.S. and state regulations). Hence, U.S. citizen lose their democratic rights t o determ ine our own environmental , health, safety and consumer protection laws. NAFT A makes it easier and cheaper for large U.S. corporations to move their manufacturing operations to Mexico, where worker safety and environmental laws are fully ignored. This will cause the U.S. to lose even more of its already shrinking manufacturing base which provides crucial non-low wage employment. This will make it far more difficult for smaller U.S. businesses to compete which will mean more loss of jobs and a further deteriorati.on of our ailing economy. The present draft of NAFTA was written to serve very specific interests those of large and multinational corporations - and at the expense of the average American . There are absolutely no provisions in NAFTA protecting the environment, workers, consumers, or voters. NAFTA will cause job _loss, and a deterioration of standards in the U.S. and threaten our democratic sovereignty. All of this路 is not to say that Free Trade is bad. However, as the present draft of NAFTA has been negotiated it should be totally unacceptable to the American public. If NAFTA is ratified see Guest Editorial page 9
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Financial aid headaches persist an all-inclusive financial aid publication should be regularly available for all students to peruse at their leisure. Often, after doing my homework and eating my lunch in line, I finally get to ask an indifferent Eric Mccafferty ucounselor" my pertinent question, yet I can't remember exactly what I wanted to know. In short, I have grown old in this line and have forgotten. The I have taken it upon myself, dear readers, to publication that should be available to help has champion our collective cause in trying to trim the fat ubeen at the printer's" since Thanksgiving of LAST and streamline the financial aid process. Don YEAR! And finally, we should not have to ask Quixote fighting windmills you say? Perhaps, but I pinpoint questions to get pinpoint answers. The for one am. unwilling to allow the Metropolitan State "counselors" know the information we are seeking. College of Denver Financial Aid Office to continue. My God, they answer the same questions every day, or should I say, they dance and skirt the issues like getting away with the crap they have been pulling. As you may know, I have been describing my any bureaucrat worth the pork he/she has just personal, albeit unsuccessful, experiences with consumed. Straight, precise answers help much cutting the fat from the financial aid run-around. And more than the talk-speak we currently receive. I have been warning you dear students not to fall for These inhumans we deal with across the the same crap I have, believed the lies I have and counter, and in the inner sanctum supposedly exist wandered the endless and unnecessary paper trail to help us with our problems, give us guidance to that seems to be inherent in this bureaucracy that make our experience here more rewarding, yet they has grown so large that it feeds off itself; growing fat only tend to make us walk away feeling even more crushed by the wheels of a system that has grown and still more lazy on our hard-earned dollars. For those few of you who have not had to stand fat and lazy by offending the very people that keep it in the mercilessly long financial aid lines; had to in "business." I am not an economist, but I do have extract precious information from an uncaring and enough knowledge of the real world to understand loathsome"Organization; and have not had to run all that if any firm operated as inefficiently as our over campus chasing some worthless clue of Financial Aid Office currently does, that business information; what follows is a crash course in how would cease to exist in a very short period. Many of us must have financial aid to pay the we financial aid recipients' lives have been screwed. I have made a few observations while living ever-increasing tuition and book fees, and we cannot much of my academic life in the arduous lines fund our schooling without this money. We are not spiraling down the halls of the Central Classroom beggars. We are required by law to pay back every building. When one stands so long at any particular cent we borrow, with interest. Yet, we are treated spot, certain revelations crystallize in one's mind. like scum by the very bureaucracy we directly These include, but are not limited to: two support through our tax and tuition dollars. How about some feedback? Write me a letter in ~ '.'po~n§elors" s!affing the walk-up d~sk a~e ~bout two too few. I have visited the office at all hours of the care of The Metropolitan or, better yef, tell me how administrative day and have never found a line that you feel next time we meet in that contemptuous did not spill into the hall. Another epiphany of mine is line.
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we will be trading away our democratic, consumer, and workers rights for the sole benefit of profit only for multinational corporations - or those with the resources to relocate. This won't benefit me or most Americans. It may mean lower prices but at a risk to our own health and safety, as well as that of our overall economy. It is fully possible to negotiate a free trade
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agreem~nt which would be truly beneficial to the United States as a whore, but NAFTA isn't it. As educated citizens of the U.S., students must say NO to NAFTA and demand a more democratic and open negotiation process and the protection of our sovereignty. For more information contact the Colorado Fair Trade Campaign at 393-1870 and don't forget to contact your Congresspeople!
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Elva L. Pellouchoud The Metropolitan Two centuries ago, in the cotton fie lds of the southern-United States , stripped of all but their sun-baked bodies, African slaves longed to escape the torturous conditions that plagued them. They prayed for freedom for themselves and their people. And they sang. In storefront Baptist churches, to the rhythm of band clapping, foot stomping, rattling tambourines and a thumping, tiny upright piano, African-American people sought to escape the deprivations of the economically lean years of the great depression. They longed to find solace in the embrace of Jesus. And they sang. During the 1960s, on American streets, little black boys and girls were blasted by the relentless force of water from fire hoses as they tried to assemble in peaceful protest. They sought to escape the deprivation and degradation that society had chosen for them because of the color of their skin. They protested for equality for themselves and their people. And they sang. They sang songs rooted in pain, born with the struggle for freedom. They sang songs that blossomed into glory, witness of the survival and triumph of a culture. They sang songs of love, giving thanks for all their blessings. They sang gospel music. The roots of gospel mus~c lie within slave spirituals, or what sociologist and historian W.E.B. Dubois called "sorrow songs." The purpose of these sorrow songs were three-fold. Through song, slaves expressed the suffering they incurred after being ripped from
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their homeland. The songs also served to motivate and uplift their spirits broken at the merciless hand of their slave masters. Finally, the songs supplied a mode of communication between the slaves themselves. They revealed the time and meeting place where the next escape attempt would occur. According to Dubois, although the surface of these songs expressed stru_ggle and anguish, the spirituals actually transcended their sorrow to become hymns of joy. "Through all the sorrow of the sorrow songs, there breathes a hope, a faith in the ultimate justice of things. The minor cadences of despair change often to triumph and calm confidence. Sometimes it is faith in life, sometimes a faith in death, sometimes assurances of boundless justice in some fair world beyond," Dubois wrote. "But whichever it is, the meaning is always clear, that sometime, somewhere, men will judge men by their souls and not by their skins." But the reality during slavery was that soci-
ety was rampant with ignorance and prejudice. Men did judge worth and importance by the color of one's skin. Although the songs were an expression of the essence of their African souls, they had to serve a higher purpose. The words of the sorrow songs often had a second meaning. It was this second meaning that allowed the slaves to discuss their plans for escape - even within ear shot of their masters. The words in the following piece, for example, such as "Jesus" and "home" would be understood by the master in their literal sense, but to the slave they brought with them a message of an impending chance for freedom. Steal away, steal away, steal away to Jesus; Steal away, steal away, steal away home; We ain't got long to stay. On hearing this song, or one like it, shoulders of the waiting slaves could relax - if only for a moment. And, if one looked closely
enough, the suggestion o in a glimmer in their dad spiritual murmured, "ho the underground railroad that way." It wasn't until the Thomas A. Dorsey, now of gospel music, toolrttho them into the gospel mus1 After death had rob wife and his young child powering. Then, one nig rational meeting with sleepless afterward, t famous devotional son1 mind. Precious Lord, take ~ lead me on, let me st I am tired, I am ~ea'.I Thro the storm, thru lead me on, to the li!
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C Chas Gordon I The Metropolitan 'Ch mass choir sings In celebration of the African-American gospel. The event featured Denver-area choirs and MSCD student performers at the Shorter Community African Methodist Episcopal American gospel music originated from slave spirituals with the lyrics serving as messages of hope and freedom.
a smile could be seen The words of the ii on, keep your faith, would soon be coming ey~.
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Some men give their wives flowers and give them cards to show their love and affection. Alex Delgado, medical sociologist and human services professor at MSCD, displays his love on a grander scale. He designed and built his wife a toxin-free home. Maybe it's not as romantic as flowers or cards, but it saved her life. In 1981, Delgado's wife, Joan, became seriously ill days after moving into a new home in Littleton. She suffered from flu-like symptoms combined with depression, anger, anxiety and fear. "She was sick for three and a half years, and I saw her slowly dying in front Ches Gordon I The Metropolftan of my eyes," Delgado said. "She told me, MSCD human service's professor Alex 'I feel like I'm being poisoned. Help me, Delgado designed an environmentally safe please."' home for his wife's Illness and has been During those three and a half years, awarded a U.S. patent for It. they consulted 26 physicians who never The only cure for this condition was found a specific problem for the various ailments that came and went. Finally, an to build a toxin-free home. "The doctor told me, 'There aren ' t environmental illness specialist determined that Joan ' s sickness was any. You have to build one,"' Delgado caused from the chemical-producing said. This response launched Delgado into products used in the building of their home - a condition called multiple nearly five years of international research chemical sensitivities-resulting in acute that he said surpassed any doctoral dissertation he had ever done. environmental toxic poisoning.
"I was in a race to save my wife's life," he said. The list of chemical offenders that Delgado found in indoor air is long : formaldehyde used in fiberboard , newspaper print, glues, scented detergents, tobacco smoke, pesticides, dry cleaning chemicals, perfumes, molds and fungi, radon gas, and chemicals in polyester clothing. None of these chemicals can be found in their new home. Delgado, 58, built his toxin-free home about 12 miles southeast of Parker. The area had to meet strict criteria such as wind condition8 must blow pollution away from the house toward Denver, and it had to be far enough from major highways and other chemical-producing structures. The roof and walls are lined with aluminum foil to help keep out pollutants. Pine wood emits gases, so metal studs are used instead. Other accessories such as ~ nails, window sills, door frames and kitchen and bathroom cabinets are also metal. "I've designed a house that will last 100 years," he said. The Delgado home may sound as if it belongs in the 21st century. But from the outside it looks like any ·other suburban dwelling.
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Wife's sensitivity to ·toxins pro.mpted. professor's building of clean home ILLNESS from page 12 "This house has increased the quality of life for both of us," he said. Joan, now 57, is 95 percent recovered. "The house has given her immune system the chance to recapture its strength," he said. These tailor-made homes vary in price and can be built in any style. "What we're concerned with are the building products," he said. Last year, Delgado was awarded a United States patent for this home he calls E.C.L.U., Environmentally Clean Living Unit. He said he has been called a pioneer, and his work in environmental illness has put MSCD in the limelight.
"I'm bringing these skills to the college and applying them to classroom techniques, which gives us the edge over
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any other college." People with allergies, asthma an~ chemical sensitivities are not the only people who should be interested in Delgado 's toxin-free home and environmental illness research. "We're the recipients of a chemical avalanche the world has never seen before," he said. "We're all at risk. We
have to educate ourselves so we can make a difference." Delgado advises people to consult a physician if they're not feeling well. But, if symptoms persist, he said that taking a look at the household or office environment might reveal some chemical culprits. Numerous magazine and newspaper articles have helped spread the world of Delgado's achievements. This fall, HBO will host a one hour documentary, followed by a major motion picture and educational tapes about the Delgados tragedy and triumph. "I'm trying to reach as many people as I can to help save them some of the grief and hardship I went through."
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The Metropolitan The woman garbed in a simple green dress poised herself in front of the audience gathered at 路the St. Francis Center. She looked over the 50 pairs of eyes staring back at her and quietly cleared her throat. Then, as the music of Mahalia Jackson enveloped the sun-filled room, the woman began to speak. "From the continent of Africa they came," she said. "Chained and shackled, men, women, boys and girls, ripped away from their homeland and loved ones." The audience was still, held captive by her prose. "They bad no choice," she continued. "Many died destitute, disgraced and bewildered." The audience nodded their heads in agreement for most of them knew the truth about which the woman was speaking. "Masses of waters stood between them and what they knew as hon.e," she said. "Because of ignorance to what was going on, they seemed to sit in darkness, but were one in spirit." The speaker, Vernal Pope, a 27-yearold senior at MSCD, paused and looked one listener in the eye. "They were merely a people in need of revival," she said. "We have to be reminded of where we came from in order to see where we are going," pope said. "Or more appropriately, where we should be going."
Pope began writing poetry when she been successful in getting several of her was a young girl. poems published including her signature "The first thing I wrote was a book piece "NOT JUST ANY WOMAN." Pope about my pets," she bas been published says. "It was mostly in Kalliope, a about Skippy, a longWomen's journal in haired Chihuahua, Florida, CCD and I illustrated it publication Hour myself." Glass, MSCD's arts Although the and literary days of writing about magazine Skippy had long Metrosphere, and gone, it wasn't until a Odyssey, a local few years ago Pope Denver magazine. began to look at her Many of those who poetry as more than a have read her work hobby. have encouraged For years Pope her to copyright and thought she was publish it destined to become collectively in a an accountant. It book. CJ. White, a Morgan Keleer I The Metropoitan wasn't until she was professor of walking down the MSCD student and poet Vernal M. Pope sociology and aisle to receive her considers her purpose of writing two-fold African-American as a poet and as a prophet of truth. associate' s degree studies at MSCD, from CCD in 1989 said he is extremely that she made the decision to transfer to impressed with Pope's writing. He is MSCD to pursue a degree in English. working on a book of his own that will Pope said she almost made the include two of Pope's poems. mistake she feels many students make. "I felt that the book would be "I kept pushing my real talent aside incomplete without some of her work," thinking I should be doing something to White said. "(Vernal) has been a real make more money," Pope said. "What inspiration to me. She does not write just people have to realize is that you can make for the sake of writing but with a sense and money in anything that you have a talent a knowledge of her history." in, you just have to cultivate that talent." Pope said that it was one of White's Pope bas cultivated her talent and has classes that first gave her the inspiration to
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·Roadrunners fall to Colorado Christian Edward C. Morrow The Metropolitan In the span of one week the emotions
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The editor is responsible for the editorial content of the weekly student newspaper. Duties include managing the student editorial staff, assigning stories, editing copy and working with the production manager on the physical makeup of the newspaper. This position is paid and will begin in April 1993. Applicants must be journalism majors or minors enrolled in at least 10 credit hours at MSCD. Applicants must have achieved a minimum GPA of 2.0. Journalism experience is a major consideration in the selection process. Applicants must submit a resume ~ith cover letter, their most recent grade report or official transcript, two letters of recommendation and samples of their work to the MSCD Board of Publications, c/ o Dr. Walt Copley, Chair, WC Rm 152A, or mail to Campus Box 10, P.O. Box 173362, Denver, CO 80217-3362.
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Player of The Year, Holly Roberts, loved on and off the court Chris Austin Staff Writer
When MSCD senior Holly Roberts plays her last game in a Lady Roadrunner uniform, she will not be the only person looking for something to fill the void. The family members of last year's Colorado Athletic Conference player of the year will also be searching for a way to spend their new-found free time. "We have only missed the games that were in Alaska during Holly's freshman year," said Ray Roberts, Holly's father. "I would say we have attended 96 percent of her games. That is the nice thing about the league Metro is in. There are not too many leagues where the away games only take Jane Raley I The Metropolitan 20 minutes to get to." Holly Roberts, #50, credits her great success to Coach " It has been a dream," Smith and her teammates. added Candi Roberts, Holly's mother. "When we saw that Holly games." Holly Roberts usually has about 12 was probably going to be playing college basketball somewhere, we never dreamt family members in the audience at any that we would be able to see so many see Roberts page 17
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priorities straight. He cares about the players and the program." Roberts is one of three lady Runners given MSCD women's basketball game. who have been at MSCD since their And she usually puts on a show. Roberts leads the conference in freshman year. Roberts, Noelle blocked shots and rebounding. Last week Braunschweiger, Michelle Thomas, and against Regis, Roberts broke her own team last year's senior Steph Robinson was the record of most blocked shots in a game, core that Smith had to build from after the rejecting eight of her opponents scoring controversial dismissal of his predecessor. Roberts said that a special friendship has attempts. "I don't like to be out jumped, out been formed between the four players and shot or out blocked," Roberts said about Smith. "There is kind of a bond between us," what drives her to compete. "Everyone Roberts said, "us going through that plays hard, so I try to play harder. You together. Most of the players quit and tried can't set how many points you are going to convince us to quit. We chose to stay to score before a game, so I try to control behind." the things I can control- things like how Roberts said hard I play, that I basketball road trips am going to dive have sometimes made after loose balls it difficult to and block out on concentrate on school. rebounds." 'I don't like to be out. She has managed to Robert's maintain a 3.0 grade jumped, out shot or out mannerism off of point average and the court would blocked.' plans to graduate next surprise those spring with a degree in who have ~een -Holly Roberts accounting. After she her play. On the passes her certified court, she is one public accountant of MSCD's exam, she would like fiercest to go into tax competitQrs. Off accounting or auditing. the court, she is a shy and reserved. " I have always loved math and "I have coached for 12 years, and numbers," Roberts said. "Metro's business Holly is one of the rarest combinations of school was one of the reasons I chose to player and person I have seen," said Darryl come here. I also wanted to be close to Smith, MSCD women's coach. "She is home. It's been great having that much very humble about her accomplishments. family support behind you." She probably should have been player of Roberts is going to miss playing and the year her sophomore season. She kept us in some games single-handedly. Her the companionship of her teammates. "Basketball is always going to be a presence on the court is why she was special part of my life," Roberts said. "I named last year. She is just so quiet and am sure I am going to keep in touch with seems to handle things." my teammates and I know coach and I will Roberts is quick to credit Smith and stay friends. Next year, I know I will want her teammates with the success she has to be out there with them. I am going to achieved on and off of the court. "Coach Smith has been a great coach miss it when I can't play anymore." "I am going to miss 1-lolly's smile at and a great friend," Roberts said. "He is practice and around campus," Smith said . the best thing that bas happened to Metro. "We might get another player, but we will Coach keeps reminding us we are here for never replace Holly." an education and stresses that we keep our Roberts from page 16
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