Volume 15, Issue 24 - March 5, 1993 by Met Media

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Attorney general addresses Auraria Lisa Westenskow-Dayley Staff Writer Citizens of Colorado voted for Amendment 2 because they did not want government telling them how to treat people based on their sexual orientation, said Colorado's Attorney General, Gale Norton in a speech sponsored by MSCD's political science association Feb. 23. "I can't say whether they voted right or wrong. It's my job to explain the state's view of what Amendment 2 means," Norton said, adding that the state has remained essentially neutral on . homosexuality. Norton explained other reasons for the amendment's defeat may have included " a long cultural and religious tradition that frowns upon characteristics of homosexual and bisexual behavior." The amendment caused some debate in Norton's office as her staff struggled to define "what we felt was the test we had to pass to defend it and not weigh which side was 路right or wrong. We weren' t the judges." " Amendment 2 raises very new constitutional issues. It's unchartered territory," Norton said. "It's the first of many cases." In addition to Amendment 2, Norton discussed her duties as an elected rather than appointed attorney general.. Only five states in the union have appointed attorney generals. 'Tm often thought of as a representative to the governor," Norton said. "It goes much beyond being the attorney for the state of Colorado but ultimately for the people of Colorado." Norton added that her job as an elected official gives her the chance to give truly objective advice. Yet being an elected Republican in comparison to an elected governor who is a

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Pitch a tent for the Pope Jeff Williams The Metropolitan

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Up to 3,000 participants of World Youth Day 1993 in August may become temporary residents of the Auraria Campus-- in the parking garage. World Youth Day, .co-sponsored by the Vatican's council for the Laity and the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, will include a visit from Pope John Paul II. Tens of thousands of young adults representing 70 countries will be visiting Denver--and they will need a place to sleep. Auraria's athletic field was being considered a possible sight for a tent city. However, the parking garage is more favorable, Auraria officials said .. "The idea behind this was to provide a more hospitable sight," said Dick Feurbom, director of the Auraria Events Center, which may also be used by World Youth Day, Inc., the organizers of the

event. "As crazy as that may sound." Feurbom said the athletic field would not be suitable for a tent city because of the field's poor drainage of rain water. World Youth Day, Inc. says they may need to set up other tent cities around Denver to help house the predicted 200,000 participants. "This is a huge effort; a once-in-alifetime event," Feurbom said. " We' re just a piece of a large package including many churches , McNichols and Mile High (sports arenas). We' re just trying to do our share with what we can." On Aug. 6, the facility would begin set-up, which is to include cots, portapotties and portable showers. The Events Center would also offer showering facilities, and the gymnasium for activities and speaking forums. Clean-up would begin after the youth leave on Aug. 16. The event falls between the end of the summer semester and the beginning of fall registration and would be funded by

World Youth Day, Inc. Mark Gallagher, anticipating." director of parking services, said a budget "I'm working on the theory that it's proposal is still being worked on, but the very likely." Gallagher said. "It wouldn't cost "will easily be thousands.". surpriseme at all. We don't see the pope "We're selling our services to them losing any appeal, so were under the with what we can offer," assumption this will happen." Gallagher said. Nancy May, director of services and housing for World Youth Day Inc., s aid the parking garage is still only a possibility. "We are looking at all our alternative sights," May said. " We should know for sure by the end of March, after the registration deadline on March 15. It would be used as a back-up. But it may be something we .... Alley/The Melropolilan need if we get the World Youth Day may pull In 200,000 participants. Several we numbers our thousand may find themselves camping out In the PTC.

Men's B-ball in position to tie for CAC title Women in the media

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WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH CA\LEND4R ,4UIURl4 CAMPUS ~l-A\.RCH 119931 -A LEGACY OF RESISTANCE FAMILY CONFLICT AND ITS RESOLUTION IN THE 1990S Time: 12:00-1 :30 Place: Student Union 330A SpelJker: Bernard Mayer Dr. Mayer, MSCD's 1993 leader-in-residency, will discuss the dynamics of conflict within families and offer conflict resolution strategies.

Sponsored by: MSCD Peak Student Leadership Program For information: 556-2595

SECOND ANNUAL MARGO GREEN MEMORIAL LECTURE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN Time: 5:30 p.m. Place: Student Union Room 330 Speaker: Judge Jackie St. Joan This lecture series is sponsored in memory of the late Margo Green; shot and killed by her estranged husband one week before she was to graduate magna cum laude from CU-Denver in 1991. Reception 5:30, opening remarks 6:00 ending with workshops. Sponsored by: University of Colorado, Denver For Information: 628-1227

JUSTIFY MY HATE: LOATHING MADONNA AND OTHER PLEASURE Time: 12:00-1:30 Place: Student Union Room 254/256 Speaker: Laurie Schulze Dr. Schulze, is a professor of Mass Communication _at D.U. and contributor to the book "The Madonna Connection". Schulze will examine the cultural phenomena of Madonna. Sponsored by: UCD Women's Studies Program For information: 755-5136

AN EVENING WITH ANGELA DAVIS: AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN

Time: 7 :00 pm Place: PER Events Center Speaker: Angela Y. Davis Angela Davis was removed from her post in the Philosophy Department at UCLA in 1969 because of her membership in the Communist Party, USA . Her life is a legacy of resistance as she continues the struggle for racial equality, women's rights, and world peace. Sponsored by: Feminist Alliance, BSA, SISCO, Sigma Gamma Rho, ASMSCD, MSCD Speech Department, Office of Academic Affairs, Metro Activities Council, Instate for Women's Studies and Services, UCO Student Government, CCD Student Activities

Sponsored by: CCD Women' s Center, CCD Student Activities For information: 556-2343/556~2597 "TO TELL THE TRUTH" Time: 11 :00-1 :00 Place: South classroom Lobby Four women of historical note will be role played by a cast of three women. All three women will claim to be one historical woman. Prizes will be awarded to contestants for correct answers. Sponsored by: CCD Women's Center, CCD Student Activities For information: 5562343/556-2597

THE FIFTH ANNUAL FEMINIST FEST - A TRIBUTE TO AUDRE LORDE

For Information: 556-8441

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY AND SUFFRAGE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION Time: 1:00-2:30 Place: Student Union 330C Speakers: Rosemary Fetter/Marcia Goldstein On March 8, the Colorado Suffrage Centennial Coalition for 1993 will stage a small suffrage march at noon on campus to bring back the spirit of the first wave of feminism. Wear the historic suffrage colors on March 8-purple, white, and gold. There will be a slide show at 11 :00 a.m. Sponsored by: UCO Women's Studies Program, Institute for Women's Studies and Services, Colorado Suffrage Centennial Coalition for 1993 For information: 755-5136

Called a "sister with fire in her soul" by Jewelle Gomez, Audre Lorde died on November 17, 1992 after a fourteen year battle with cancer. Lunch will be served at 11:30. Tickets: $2 for students and $5 for staff and faculty (purchased in advance)

Ms. West-Ware will facilitate this seminar on how women have developed emotionally and will present information on how women can evaluate and improve their inner feelings.

Sponsored by: MSCD Counseling Center, Metro Connections For information: 556-3132 WOMEN AND RUSSIA Time: 4:00 Place: Student Union Room 330 Speaker: Tatyana V. Mamonova Tatyana Mamonova, faced with sexism from the men in the dissident artist movement, started an underground magazine to provide a space for women artists to express themselves. Sponsored by: Metro Activities Council For information: 556-2595

HOMOPHOBIA: A WEAPON OF SEXISM Time: 2:00-3:00 Place: Student Union 330C Speaker: Suzanne Pharr Sponsored by Feminist Alliance, ALAGA For information: 556-8441

Sponsored by: The Women's Network, MSCD Institute for Women's Studies and Services, Metro Activities Council For information: 556-8441 "FOR OUR COUNTRY, THE WAR, OUR OWN SELF-RESPECT": THE WACS OF CAMP HALE Time: 3:30 Place: l 020 Ninth Street Park Speaker: Monys Hagen

Sponsored by: MSCD Phi Alpha Theta For information: 556-3132

Time: 11 :00-1 :00 Place: South Classroom 303 Speaker: Anita West-Ware

Drew Hunter, executive director of BACCHUS, will open to be followed by a panel discussion. The conference is free. But you must make a reservation for lunch.

Time: 11:30-1 :00 Place: St. Francis Center Presenters: Eulipions Theater Company

This presentation will examine the contributions of the 200 WACS who served at Camp Hale, Colorado.

EMOTIONAL EVOLUTION OF WOMEN

Time: 8:45-1:30 Place: St. Francis Center

THE USE AND ABUSE OF POWER: ISSUES FOR THE CAMPUS COMMUNITY IN THE 90S

"I'M NOT A FEMINIST BUT.••" Time: 12:00-2:00 Place: South Classroom 303 Speakers: Denise Rodriguez and Rosetta DuBois-Gadson Sponsored by: CCD Women's Center, CCD Student Activities For information: 556-2343/557-2597

VELINA HASU HOUSTON Time: 2:00 Place: South Classroom 107 Speaker: Velina Hasu Houston Ms. Houston has gained fame as a playwright for her works Tea and American Dreams. Sponsored by: UCD Women's Studies Program, Fine Arts, Student Government For information: 556-8382

TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE DY COMING DY .4.ND TRYING OUR WOMEN'S HISTORY QUIZ Demonstrate your knowledge of women's history by filling out this quiz and returning it to the representative office for your school. Each school will be offering a variety of prizes to their students, including gift certificates, a subscription to Ms., and other fun items. Schools will be having the drawings during the second week of the month. Pick up the quiz at the CCD Women's Resource Center, MSCD Institute for Women's Studies and Services, MSCD Student Activities, the Auraria Library, the Auraria Book Center, the bulletin board outside the North Classroom 3103, or the women's history month table next to the cafeteria during the first week of March. Don't miss out

SPONSORS FOR WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH: AHEC, CCD, MSCD, UCO

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Fighting Irish return MSCD team selected for Irish debate series Hero Montilla Staff Writer

Three MSCD students were selected Feb. 18 to compete against one of the best debate teams in the British Isles in the 14th annual Friends of the Irish Debate Series to be held March 17 at MSCD. Kari Vasby, David Rapp and James Tyler Chafee will make up the MSCD team that will compete against the Irish Team later this month. Vasby, who competed last year, and Rapp, are speech majors. Chafee has an undeclared major. The topic chosen for the debate is the significant change in the selection process of United States Supreme Court justices. ''There has been so many changes in the Supreme Court. I think its very topical," Vasby said. Morgan KalMr/The Metropol~an The Clarence Thomas-Anita Hill From left, James Tyler Chafee, Karl Vasby and David Rapp prepare to bearings that took place in 1991 battle the Irish in the 14th annual Friends of the Irish Debate Series. stimulated interest in the subject, said Gary Holbrook, MSCD professor of debating society in Europe and the United for a short time to debate against speech communications. States. The Trinity College Historical American teams. For the next few weeks, the MSCD Society was founded in 1747. MSCD is just one stop among many. team will prepare to go up against the During Holbrook's leave, he saw the This year the Irish team will travel to Irish team, which is comprised of the British Isles Championship Debates held different schools throughout Colorado, winners of the Irish Times Debate Wyoming and Nebraska. in England. . Championships held each year in Dublin. At these debates, be witnessed the Holbrook recently returned from "I've seen the Irish and they ' re Irish team that was participating and got a Ireland where be participated in the Irish good," Rapp said. glim'fise of their forensic style. Times Debates as one of five judges that Holbrook is the founding father of the "They were electrifying," Holbrook selected the winners. Friends of the Irish Debate Series, and said. However, Holbrook isn't the only one vigorously involves himself in its Soon after that, Holbrook got an itch who knows of the fighting potential of the organization every year. to start a debating exchange between Irish Irish. It all started in 1978 when Holbrook and American students . Holbrook "They are some of the best and the went to Dublin's Trinity University on developed a tour in which an Irish debate brightest in Ireland," Vasby said. sabbatical. Holbrook was a"ttracted to _team, chosen through the Irish Times Rapp agreed and said, ''They're quick Ireland because it is home to the oldest Debate, would travel to the United States witted."

Search committee holds

closed-door meeting Metropolitan staff The search committee charged with picking MSCD's new dean of Business closed the doors and went into executive session Wednesday after The Metr~politan showed up to cover the meeting. Donald Glover, chairman of the search committee, called for the meeting to move into executive session. The motion was unanimously approved by the committee. Glover said Percy Morehouse, director of MSCD's Equal Opportunity Office, had told him the committee could go into executive session to discuss the candidates for the position. After the vote, Shawn Christopher Cox, editor in chief of The Metropolitan, accused the committee of violating Colorado's Sunshine Law. Cox also asked that his comments be recorded and included in the committee's. minutes. "As I interpret the Colorado Sunshine Law, this committee is not a governing board and, therefore, cannot go into executive session," Cox said after having

to leave the closed meeting. Colorado' s law stipulates that meetings "to consider the appointment or employment of a public official or employee ... shall be open to the public unless said applicant, official or employee requests an executive session." The law defines when governing boards can call for an executive session but it does not specifically mention committees dealing with searches and prospective candidates. Morehouse said he told Glover that the committee has the right to go into executive session if the credentials of the individuals are discussed. Up until the time of discussion of specific candidates, meetings are open, Morehouse said. Last fall, the search committee for the dean of Letters, Arts and Sciences assigned candidates numbers so the committee could keep all meetings open to the public. Morehouse said the committee has not discussed numbering candidates and and using those numbers in discussion of candidates at public meetings. ''They can do that," he added.

Newspaper, trustees await court hearing Craig Stephens The Metropolitan

A court hearing to determine whether records for the search of a new president for MSCD was not set as of Wednesday. Glenn Burnham, president of the trustees of the State Colleges in Colorado and custodian of the records, declined to comment on the situation. Burnham denied The Metropolitan' s request to view the search records in a Feb. 12 memorandum. He asked The Metropolitan to withdraw its request. Up0n receiving a memo from The Metropolitan stating that it did not withdraw its request, Burnham applied to court Feb. 18 to restrict disclosure. One issue opponents of open records cite is ensuring confidentiality to the applicants. Editor in Chief of The Metropolitan, Shawn Christopher Cox, said records for the recent dean seach of Letters, Arts and Sciences were made public and that only a few of the 103 applicants requested that their applications remain confidential. "The issue is the legitimacy of the search," Cox said.

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Coordinator to create safe atmosphere Katarlna Ahlfort

Staff Writer The newly appointed coordinator for gays and lesbians on the Auraria Campus, Sue Anderson, said one of her duties in the office is to save lives. "Reports by the Federal Health and Human Services say that gay and lesbian adolescents are two or three times as likely to commit suicide than non-gays," Anderson said. "This support service is available for gays, lesbians, bisexuals, those who are unsure, and heterosexuals. Everybody is welcome to come here with questions,." Anderson is the person students from now on can turn to at the Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Student Services with questions dealing with sexual orientation. "People often aren't sure of their sexuality, especially younger people," she said. Anderson recently left her position as executive director of the Gay and Lesbian Community Center in Denver. She said people of all ages can suddenly become aware of their homosexuality, and when working at the community center, she saw people in their 40s and 50s "coming out" as gay. "I especially remember a man who was 68 years old," she said. "He had been married for 40 years, had kids and grandkids, and had always been depressed. But he stuffed his feelings down until he, in his later years , decided to face bis

homosexuality," Anderson outer space," said. "His wife came with she said. him to the center. She was "They don't supportive." think we are Anderson debunks the at their theory that young people workplace, in confronted by the gay their neighcommunity may be borhood or in swayed into their famhomosexuality. ilies." "Nobody can get Gay and pushed into becoming lesbian coordsomething they're not. It's inators are a just as impossible to rare occurinfluence someone to be rence on stustraight as it is to influence dent camJane Raley/The Metropolitan somebody to be gay or puses in the lesbian," Anderson said. Sue Anderson nation , and She emphasized that it Anderson 'is is not important for every closet the first student coordinator in Colorado. homosexual to "come out" and reveal their "There are only about l 0 gay homosexuality right away. People should coordinators in the country," said Yolanda wait until it is safe for them to do so, she Ericksen, assistant dean of student life. said. She said that creating the coordinator The issue of homosexuality is today position was an important step for the more visible in society than ever - for school to take. good and bad, Anderson said. Jeff Davidson, coordinator of the "The attention the gay community is Auraria Lesbian and Gay Alliance, said he getting is good, because the public has to has hopes that Anderson's position will deal with gays and lesbians as human result in fostering an equal learning basis beings. It breaks down myths and for gays and lesbians on campus. stereotypes, but it also makes us more of a "Any time a homosexual student target to hatred and violence," she said. addresses personal problems elsewhere on Anderson said that in a recent poll, 50 campus, he or she has to announce their percent of the people surveyed said they sexual orientation," Davidson said. "But didn't know a gay or a lesbian person. they can walk into the coordinator's office "People view gays as something from on equal basis."

MSCD is moving forward through supporting multicultural diversity, Davidson said. "The college is backing up the statement of diversity through action and not only through words." Sue Anderson is planning on creating a speaker bureau on campus where students, faculty and guest speakers get a chance to talk to an audience and share experiences, for educational purposes. "When I first arrived here there were already messages for me on the answering machine from people who wanted me to speak in their classes," Anderson said. When working for the community center, she often visited Auraria to speak to classes, such as history , sociology, psychology, political science and women's studies. "I know there's a need for speakers on campus. I'm planning on bringing in panels on topics," she said. The most important role she said she bas is to make students feel feel they are in an environment where they are not labeled ,. as "bad" or "sick." "My ultimate goal is to help create an atmosphere of safety and acceptance of people who are different - not only homosexuals," Anderson said. "We need to bring down barriers in society, whether it has to do with race, religion or sexual â&#x20AC;˘ orientation." Anderson will be on campus Monday Thursday, and can be reached in her office at 1033 Ninth St. or by phone, 556-3694.

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Reformed student government hopes 路to include more student representation Stabilizing senate :>important to new vice president Katerina Ahlfort Staff Writer

The new vice president of student government, Marshall Michael, said he is hoping to improve the government administration in the future. "My motivation is to create a more ..c effective government, and to get MSCD student government going as a respectable institution," Michael said. Michael, who is an MSCD junior, has been a student senator for the past year. He said the conflict between the members of the senate and the executive cabinet is Marshall Micheal one he hopes to resolve. He will mediate the problems, be said. "It bas been hard to get qualified people into the senate, and the government has bad problems getting its members to stay aro~nd.

There's been a severe drop in the senate because of senators who have resigned," he said. Michael is planning on getting MSCD students more involved in student government by encouraging people in classes to join the committees and the senate. "One of my duties as vice president is to let people know the ropes, through being available for information," Michael said, referring to helping out new-comers to the government. "Lots of senators quickly get disillusioned. They join the senate with individual goals, and it's hard to motivate people once they've seen the roadblocks," he said Fourteen people applied for the position of vice president, said student government President Tom Mestnik. Michael was elected unanimously by the senate in February. "He has worked hard in the senate for a year. He's a peacemaker and will help the executive cabinet and the senate work well together," Mestnik said. Mestnik said the position was filled through affirmative action, and the position was announced on campus. "People think I can appoint whoever I want as a vice president," Mestnik said. "But we even had people from the College Republicans apply for the position."

New trustee: student's voices at state level Katarina Ahlfort

votes will be listened to on a state level," Ferrill said. "If the students bold a referendum to vote for something on campus, it should be listened to . If this resolution is passed, the state trustees will have to abide by student votes." Studen~ government President Tom Mestnik said Ferrill was chosen to work as student trustee because her level of knowledge is "second to none" on higher education issues, both at MSCD and on a state level. "Barb went through the affirmative action procedure when she was appointed chief of staff. Since she has no increase in pay or hours , and si nce she is working within the same department, I gave her the new position," Mestnik said. In the past, Ferrill has worked with the Colorado Student Association, a statewide advocacy group for students.

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Barb Ferrill has changed positions within the MSCD student government, from chief of staff to student trustee. One of her m a i n

goals, she said, is to work at passing a legislative bill that would give the student Barb Ferrill trustees voting power at the trustees of the State Colleges in Colorado board meetings. "Also, I'm hoping we will pass a resolution ensuring that the students'

Pay dock for supervisor's bungles considered Proposed policy a result of too many grievances from procedures not being followed J. Brian Kehl The Metropolitan

MSCD's Council of Chairs protested a proposed policy amendment that would dock the pay of supervisors, vice presidents and department chairs if they do not follow proper procedures when evaluating their subordinates. In a Feb. 19 letter to Percy Morehouse, director of equal opportunity, " the council said that the amendment is based on distrust and that it will

discourage faculty from accepting chair positions. Morehouse said the amendment was proposed because faculty and staff members have won too many grievances as a result of supervisors not following procedures. "The cabinet wants to tighten up the policy and to educate supervisors about handbook procedures," he said. Hal Tamblyn, music department chairman and executive council member, said that the letter defines just one part of a broader campus issue that encompasses

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how to build an administrative team. "It's a matter of treating chairs as members of a team who you trust, " Tamblyn said. Morehouse said workshops are being planned to educate supervisors about handbook procedures. Training would be good, Tamblyn said, because it might identify problems in the handbook in addition to educating supervisors. "It was unclear about what was a violation," Tamblyn said. The council letter said, "This

initiative is contradictory to the administratively embraced total quality management principle ..." According to MSCD President Thomas Brewer, total quality management is a management technique which has been used by large corporations and is beginning to be used in higher education. ''TQM is not the official policy of the college," Brewer said Tamblyn said the amendment is overkill and that the cabinet should instead deal with individuals who are creating problems.

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MSCD career network offers contacts Lisa Westenskow-Dayley Staff Writer

part-time employment that will enhance a students shouldn't restrict themselves to student 's skills and provides updated, looking under one major or occupation. local and specific career information. So how does this networking work? A need for greater access to career Created in January of this year, the "It's a one-on-one that doesn 't put a information resulted in the development service sent out letters to 12,000 graduates lot of pressure on either the stuqent or of an MSCD who had been actively involved with alumnus," Lujan said. "We encourage our Alumni Career MSCD after graduating. Of the 12,000, students to work around the alumnus' Network, according 360 responded. schedule." to the program 's "We requested that they be willing to Lujan also stressed the need to \. directors. either be interviewed, take part in the research the company that 'could be a "You wonder, alumni speaker program or take part in the potential employer. 'should I go into Cooperative Education program," Lujan "It makes an impression and tells the marketing or explained. employer that this must be important to management?' It's ~ Students are welcome to look for you," Lujan said. " It shows you have one way to test the 1-•·i>i!':;:;;.,;;:.....1-..~~.11 possible contacts in the Career Services merit and encourages the employer to help .. waters," said Ron Ron Lujan Library. Alumni contacts are listed under you as much as he or she can." Lujan, Career Services assistant director. their majors and the profession they work Lujan also stressed the need to be "It's for our students to find out about in. Students may select up to three alumni professionally aggressive. opportunities in their career fields." they would like to meet with for an "You have to be in today ' s job In addition to helping students who informational interview. market,'' he said. are undecided about their career paths, the "We have a few alumni who majored Students interested in the Career network helps locate industries that are in one thing but are working in a different Services program should stop by Arts lbooming or dying, finds unique courses or environment," Lujan said, adding that Building Room 177 or call 556-3664.

Norton encourages writing, volunteering NORTON from page 1 Democrat leads to some amount of conflict. "I've had some people ask me how I deal with the governor," Norton said. "When you're in different parties, you're often seen as a political rival or spy." However, Norton said her position allows her to play a more impartial role in enforcing the law. "It allows me to play a watch dog role and enforce objectively and neutrally as

the law is written," Norton said. Norton's role as attorney general covers many consumer protection and environmental issues as well as an independent commission that involves state legal issues such as state grand juries. Leaming to write professionally and to volunteer are two assets Norton encourages of aspiring attorneys. " It 's the most important thing to know how to write and it's the biggest failing that we see," Norton said.

As for volunteering, Norton encouraged students to donate a few hours • a week especially during a political campaign. "Just six hours a week puts you above two or three people," Norton said, adding that the amount of time s·pent volunteering can impact a person's future. "People don't realize how easy it is to .... get involved in the process. I'm just like everyone else. There was no great blessing bestowed on me," Norton said.

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Student gov't declares ~ MSCD hate-free zone Katarina Ahlfort Staff Writer

campus , saying that you can ' t discriminate against people on the basis of MSCD was declared a "hate free race, religion or sexual orientation," she zone" by its student government said. "This is a statement in regards to Wednesday, through a proposal written by Jeff Davidson, coordinator of Auraria Amendment 2. It's our way of saying that we support the courts and the public's Lesbian and Gay Alliance. "This new Jaw (Amendment 2) would opposition to Amend..o:- violate the anti-discrimination clause of MSCD," Davidson wrote. Further, he ment 2," wrote: "In an institution of higher she said. In the education, we believe all students should be treated fairly and with respect. We do letter for not feel as though students or faculty declaration of a "bate < should be oppressed in any manner." The amendment, which was passed free zone," by Colorado voters on Nov. 3, would Jeff Davidprohibit homosexuals from filing son wrote: discrimination suits based on sexual "In the city orientation. It will not become a law until and county Jeff Davidson ._lawsuits against it are settled. A Denver of Denver, District judge issued an injunction against the voters opposed and rejected this amendment by a • the amendment on Jan. 15. "I believe that most people on 60 to 40 percent margin. In a mock campus voted 'no' on 2," said Rayna election held on Auraria Campus several weeks before the election, 70 percent of the voting students also rejected this ... 'To discriminate against others is amendment." MSCD President Tom Brewer wrote often just self-defense.' a letter to faculty members in mid-Rayna Booker February stating that the institution's student senator discrimination policy clearly prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation in all college employment. "The policy states that the college Booker, MSCD student government senator. ''To discriminate against others is will not tolerate discrimination on the often just self-defense. People are more basis of sexual orientation in student afraid of the gay and lesbian community programs with the exception of student religious and military organizations," than they are offended." Booker said that offense and anger Brewer wrote. "We will all continue to strive," can be used as a "justification of Brewer wrote, "to make our campus and discrimination." "The decision to make MSCD into a our institution a place where we treat each hate free zone goes along with the other - faculty, staff, and students guidelines stipulated for any club on with understanding and dignity."

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observed three 4-inch scratches in the paint on the driver's door and both driver's side tires were flattened, police said. Closer examination showed that small rocks had been placed in the tire valve covers to hold the valves open, police said.

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An Auraria police officer noticed Feb. 17 a metal marijuana pipe with a burned, hemp-like residue in it when he was passing a vehicle, according to a police report. The officer noticed the vehicle because the right door had been left ajar, the report said. After he checked to see if the vehicle had been stolen, he noticed the pipe in plain view, the report said. While the officer was at the car, the owner and another person came to the car, police said. The two were checked by police and released, police reported. After clearing both parties of warrants, the officer told one suspect, the owner of the vehicle, not to come back on campus. The other man, an MSCD student, was informed cannabis contact, police said.

Preserves picked Lorna Murray reported to Auraria police Feb. 19 that as she opened up her food service area, Canteen Service, in the . South Classroom Building, she noticed that the metal gate on the front of the food service area was fully extended on one end, causing a space between the rolling gate links, police said. Murray noticed several jelly packets had been taken and several more had been thrown to the floor, police said. In addition, sunflower seeds, which aren 't an item at the service, were scattered on the floor, police said. A small or thin person may have climbed through the gate to gain access , police said. No determination was made as to whether anything else had been taken, police said.

Bad "car"ma MSCD student Kazwan Mahmood reported to Auraria police Feb. 23 that someone. had deflated the driver' s side tires orr hrs vehicle and scratched the paint on the driver's door, according to a police report. The culprit left a note written from a page of a pocket calendar, police said. According to the report, the note said: "Nobody cares if you kill yourself but you shouldn ' t endanger other people. I stayed in one lane the whole time and got to school the same time you did. Slow the f - down! Next time it won ' t be the paint! " Auraria police examined the victim's vehicle and

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The battle for women's rights continues FRANKLY SPEAKING SHAWN CHRISTOPHER Cox

Although women have come a long way in many respects since the 1960s and 1970s when feminism was on the rise, the movement itself is virtually dead and there is still room for concern. One just has to look at the abortion debate and the composition of the Supreme Court. There is no suggestion here that abortion is just a feminist issue and that it, in itself, can determine the status of women concerning equality. But some interesting parallels can be made. Since the Equal Rights Amendment mQvement ended with the 1982 deadline falling three states short of the 38 states needed to ratify it, there has practically been no movement. However, just because ERA has not become a reality does not mean that feminism has died in the sense of achieving more equality, justice, power and respect for women - what they have been denied. But, since the downfall of ERA, there has been simultaneous attacks on the landmark 1973 Roe vs. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide. The Supreme Court stripped away the foundation of Roe vs. Wade in the 1989 Webster vs. Reproductive Health Services decision that sent the abortion debate back to the states. The Webster ruling gave states the right to deny abortions in tax-supported hospitals and clinics, prohibit doctors and healthcare professionals on public payroll from "encouraging or counseling" women to have abortions, and require doctors,

where possible, to determine if a fetus at least 20 weeks old can survive outside the womb. Then in May 1991 , the Supreme Court ruled that family clinics receiving federal aid can be barred from counseling women on abortion or telling them where they can get one. Additionally, the Louisiana Legislature recently overrode a veto by Gov. Buddy Roemer restricting abortion except to save the mother's life and in cases of rape and incest under certain conditions. What does all of this mean? Abortion has erroneously replaced feminism trying to achieve equality for women - as the main issue concerning women. Abortion is highly controversial, evoking one of the most emotional debates in American history, and this is why Roe vs. Wade should be left alone. It is such a personal issue that it should be left up to individuals to answer to their own beliefs and morality. There is no right and wrong within the abortion debate because each side strongly believes in its position. So, why prolong the agony of foolishly trying to persuade someone who cannot be persuaded? Discuss and debate it, yes, but leave the ultimate decision to the individual and protect the freedom of choice. There are greater battles to concentrate on and win for women . More women are becoming executives and obtaining leadership roles, but there needs to be further examination of the status of women. Women , on the average , still make approximately 70 cents to a dollar of what men make. Women cannot abandon the ideals of ERA when they cannot even receive equal pay. This is especially lhghtening when more women are becoming heads of households. It is reported that three-fifths of all fam ilies below the poverty line are headed by women. Because of this and the lack

of pay equity, most poor people in this country are white and female and young. Add the composition of the Supreme Court, and one has reason to fear. With the retiring of Justice William Brennan and the late Justice Thurgood Marshall, the Supreme Court fell into the hands of the right with enough votes to impose a conservative ideology and became an activist court, overturning gains made by women and minorities. Abortion is but one of the issues. Since Clarence Thomas became a j ustice , women 's rights are an endangered species with Thomas' views on civil rights and affirmative action. Passage of the ERA would have ensured rights to women that are threatened by the presently conservative Supreme Court. Not only are women's rights in danger, but the configuration of society is completely changing. The feminist movement has transformed society and many questions and challenges remain unanswered. This has led to complex times with no definitive roles outlined for women or men. The roles are confused and the breakdown of the family has resulted in predictions that 50 percent of all marriages will end in divorce. It is time the United States change its focus from mistaking abortion as the only is-sue to debate concerning women to achieving more equality for them. Women have come a long way, but they are far from achieving the realization of true equality. The battle has really just begun and society must not let abortion cloud the issues women deserve to fight for and attain - equality in all aspects of life. With Bill and Hillary Clinton in the White House, along with more women in Congress, there can now be optimism for abortion rights activists and for what has been termed "women's issues," but are actually society's issues; for example, education, child-care and health care.

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LETTERS Republicans challenge Mestnik to partake in an intelligent debate Last week's Metropolitan contained a letter from MSCD student government president/co-chair of the Democratic Socialists of America, Tom Mestnik, regarding the recent debate we held with the Auraria Lesbian and Gay Alliance on homosexuals serving in the military. Both sides agreed afterwards that the debate was intelligent, thought-provoking and civil. Mestnik's letter was none of those. Mestnik was only at the debate for approximately 1O minutes, didn't hear most of what was said by either side, wasn 't present for the question and answer period and is, therefore, incapable of making any rational judgment about the position of the College Republicans on the issue as was stated at the debate. The banner which used "Storm troopers of the Religious Right" was a joke regarding the media myth that the Republican Party is controlled by a fundamentalist religious faction. Mestnik 's total lack of a sense of humor is symptomatic of a larger problem which afflicts most of the "humor-impaired" hard-core left. Contrary to Mestnik's belief that we are all "brown shirts," Joel Leggett was, in fact, wearing a blue shirt with a red floral tie. Mestnik is the intellectual fascist, calling anyone who dares to disagree with him "intolerant," "violent," "hateful" or "bigot." Mestnik seems to think that everyone has a right to an opinion as long as that opinion is also his. We believe that all people deserve equal protectron under the law, but that we don't have to accept everyone's continued on page 11

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Perspectives change with circumstances MAMA MARIANI JEAN MARIANI-SEAR

Ever notice how circumstances change perspectives? The "fallen firefighter hero" now has egg on his deceased face because of " major amounts of THC in his blood," presumably discovered during autopsy. Now, our national dichotomy is such that fallen firefighters are almost automatically assumed to be heroes and drug users are almost automatically assumed to be bad people. Here we have a case where our hero has had his foibles exposed; does this make him no longer a hero? Or did he still do all the good things we have accused him of? Was he still the "firefighters' firefighter? Or is this discovery -going to kill off the accolades being heaped on his head? I submit that our hero had an extraordinary job and resorted to extraordinary measures for stress relief. If, as is now obvious, it. did not impair his job performance, this throws our national attitude toward drugs and drug users into question. The bare hint that now he deserves none of the hooraw formerly kicked up in his name because he is revealed to be doing what "bad people" do in our society makes one sit up and take notice of hypocrisy on the grand scale. Is there a move afoot to take Marilyn Van Derbur Atlers' crown away because it was revealed she suffered from incest as a child, rendering faulty the assumption of many that incest only occurs in poverty? No, we only heap more praise on her head. She has become a hero again, and a role model, while Roseanne Arnold's veracity is still doubted by many. Do we doubt her veracity because her story is any less heartbreaking or because she was visibly out of control for many years and did not come from a privileged background? This is another example of national hypocrisy in action. One recent example of scapegoating led to the withdrawal of Kimba Woods' nomination for the post of attorney. general. To begin with, had a man been nominated for the post off the bat, he would never have been questioned on the child-care issue as both Ms. Wood and her predecessor-in-nomination Ms. Bairp were. His wife would never have been called in to testify on the issue because it would have been her responsibility to deal with and if she

was later revealed to be not in compliance, he would have been able to plead ignorance and walk away with at most a slap on the wrist. Yes, Ms. Baird opened up a can of worms, but she was clearly not in compliance with existing laws. Ms Woods' case was completely different; at the time of the incident the law did not exist and she has full documentation of everything related to the case. She did not just run out and create this paperwork to cover her because of Ms. Baird's misadventures with the system. Stie had it dating back to the 1970s. Our national hypocrisy is such that the barrier, the line between conscious wrongdoing and honest actions, is practically nonexistent. Certainly it is easy to cross such an imaginary and arbitrary line if its defjnitions are not clear. Now _we reach the issue of the present attorney general, Janet Reno. Presently the mudslinging about her sexuality is pretty ugly. It has been shown to be the product of a political foe from her state of residence, but Queer Nation jumped on his bandwagon without a care for consequences. The recent revelations around J. Edgar Hoover and his sexuality are still causing ripples in the Justice Department. Perhaps if the stigma were removed from homosexuality, the Mob would not have had ammunition to use against Hoover and his inamorata. Perhaps if the stigma were removed from homosexuality, we could focus on important issues like, I don't know, job performance? Or, goddess forfend, whether or not someone is a good person in all other respects? Or even, if someone is human and therefore deserving of nurturing and care because they are on our planet with us and are therefore important. We are all deeply related. Perhaps we as a nation need to relearn what is important about people. Possibilities are important. Reality is important. The reality here is that Kimba Wood didn't break the law; Zoe Baird did. Most of the time Mr. Konecny didn't bfeak the law, indeed was considered a HERO until the revelation of - Horrors! marijuana use. Reality here is that both Marilyn and Roseanne received abuse from their respective parents and are deserving of help and support. Reality here is that it doesn't matter a tinkers' dam what a person's sexuality is if they can perform their job functions adequately, don't murder anyone and are reasonably decent people. Reality! What a concept!

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continued from page 10 lifestyle. We must tolerate everyone, but we don't to thank the College Republicans for calling this have to condone what they promote. forum. I learned that I can listen to other points of The College Republicans and ALAGA have view and come away enlightened, not angry." rarely agreed on any issu~ . but have agreed to We challenge Mestnik and the Democratic disagree in a mutually respectful way. Mestnik's Socialists of America to a debate on any topic(s) they letter was a direct affront to anyone who is trying to want to discuss so the students on our campus can discuss issues intelligently. Mestnik says that we decide for themselves about the College "cannot be shrugged off as fringe fanatics." We aren't Republicans. and Mestnik can. Jeff Rosenberg, Chairman Far from "proliferating" hate, the College CU-Denver College Republicans Republicans have been a group that facilitates intelligent discussion and understanding. Teri M. Joel T. Leggett, Chairman Hutchinson wrote to the CU-Denver Advocate recently regarding the debate and said, "I would like MSCD College Republicans

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Images of women in the media: Powerl Jean E. R. Straub The Metropolitan In the fight for women's autonomy and reverence, mass media images of women are as good an indicator as any of how the struggle has paid off. Women's History Month is as good a time as any for women to stand back and assess the damages or give each other highfives and chalk up points for strides they have made. Probably the most talked about and current documentation gauging the progress of women is Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Susan Faludi's "Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women." Fal"1di dissects the media's alarming hatred of women and reveals that the chief tactic to keep women down is to convince them that their feelings of dissatisfaction and distress result from too much feminism and independence. The good news is that the book was written, that it was a best-seller and that more women are taking a long, hard look at the one thing that is not only with them almost 24 hours a day but also that dictates who and what they are: the mass media. The bad news is that the images are getting worse as the backlash intensifies. "Across the breadth of media I think you're seeing the same depiction of women," said Jan Delasara, an MSCD English professor and authority on women in film. Since the 1950s, Delasara said, women have had two images in film: good girls and bad girls. Good girls want to find a man to love them and make them whole, and when they are dumped, they go home heartbroken, eat a bowl of cookie dough and cry, she said. Bad girls want to cut up men and eat them for supper. Feminists are bad girls, she added. Other authorities back Delasara's observations. "A glimpse at the wide range of media - film, TV, radio, newspapers, magazines and advertising, and the entertainment

industry - indicates that women are as a rule either possessed or possessions," wrote Sharon Silvas, publisher of Colorado Woman News, with Barbara Jenkins and Polly Grant in The Overvoice: Images of Women in the Media, which was reprinted in the textbook "Women's Studies: Thinking Women" by MSCD history professor and Women Studies and Services director Jodi Wetzel et al.

parts reinforces the idea that women are commodities which can be dismembered, bought, owned, used, and sold, and further undeniunes the individuality and humanity of each woman. ''.Women' s sexuality, seen only through parts, becomes something to be owned and coveted in the same way a desired possession would be. As a mere collection of parts, women-images in pornography become easy PORNOGRAPHY to abuse. These images may be beaten, drugged, shipped, chained, raped, cut, and Women's self concepts are largely deter- actually killed. Through these images, the mined by the media, and changes in pornog- dehumanization of women is complete, for raphy are illustrative of the direction that the male consumers may assume the image itself powers-that-be would like to take women's has little to do with a real woman. identities. The ever-advancing concept in "However, in order to obtain complete pornography is to satisfaction, the male force a woman to do consumer must something and she'll "She does what she wants. believe, at least in discover that she likes Madonna expands our idea of part, that the womanit, Delasara said. what women can do and be." image finds sexual "Everywhere in this fulfillment in viosociety women are lence. Hence, the poptaught to kiss the hand -Jan Delasara ular pornographic that beats them," she MSCD English professor images show women said. What is impor- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - bound, gagged, and tant is that these are culturally determined chained, and yet smiling with a sexually images - they are not natural, but the result inviting look through submissively lowered of socialization . The problem is their eyelashes." endurance. The image of women as weak and MAGAZINE ADVERTISING enjoying being told what to do has been around for a long time, Delasara said. "Advertising has always been sinister to Pornography turns women into sexual women," Delasara said. Women in the 1950s parts, and the industry makes the parts into images to be bought and sold for use at the were bound up in high heels and tight-waist"whim of the male consumer," according to ed skirts. Modern trends are just as oppresSilvas. "Once a woman is no longer human, sive: the anorexic model and the models that but instead a collection of sexual parts which look like little girls. For a while, they were only exist in images, she loses equal footing. using 12 to 13-year old girls in fashion magaOnce the norm for a sexy (and sexual) zines, Delasara said. The message is clear: woman becomes a dismantled woman, dehu- the white-male-owned industry only wants manization and suppression of women in real the magazine' s audience, primarily women, to have skinny, vulnerable women as role life gains a stronghold," Silvas said. Silvas wrote "Mass productioQ of models. In fashion magazine advertising, like images of women as simply a collection of

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pornography, there is an emphasis on body parts and pieces: the leg, the hand, the sexy mouth. Ever since Jack the Ripper clll women into parts, advertising and other media have latched onto the body parts notion, Delasara said, citing Jane Caputi's The Age of the Sex Crime. "We've allowed ourselves to be broken apart and sold," Delasara said.

TELEVISION Television, a more democratic medium, allows a wider range of types for women to identify with, Delasara said. Television gives its audience Roseanne and Murphy Brown, who are well-rounded characters and human beings that we recognize. Television is not immune as a format from the backlash, however. It still has its stereotype sex pots that every woman is socialized to identify with. In television advertising as with all other forms of advertising, there is an "almost slavish adherence" to the use of skinny women and young women. There is no diversity, Delasara said. Writer Erica Jong said that women past a certain age in the United States are more tlian invisible, they are an embarrassment. "Bad enough to feel these very real effects of age, but it is even worse that society regards you as an outcast. Unless she is rich, powerful, and famous (and even to some extent then), an aging woman is the butt of jokes - as if women existed only in youth, and all aging women were a kind of freak."

MUSIC AND MUSIC VIDEOS Sex sells records , Silvas said. FUp through a pile of albums at a record store for evidence. "And not merely suggestive sex or intriguing or alluring sex, but nasty sex, mutilating sex, bloody sex..." Silvas said. Music videos followed suit. Silvas quotes Tipper Gore's observations of con~nt

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False ideals result in eatirig disorders Katarina Ahlfort Staff Writer

hide it. One glance is all it takes to determine that a person is overweight," she said . "Yo u can sometimes hide drug "This is why women have problems abuse, but you can' t hide an unhealthy with their body image," says Dr. Diane relationship to food." Hammerberg, MSCD coun selor, as she Linda Wilkins-Pierce, behavioral slaps down the swimsuit edition of the healt counselor at the MSCD Student magazine "Sports Illustrated" 0J:;~~~t!~~1~: the Stu~e~t Union cafete?. !.J del, Hammer

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in music videos: "Metaphors describe the ~nis as a gun, a knife, a sword, a steel rod, a ¢pc; the vagina is a cake to be cut, or butter to be sliced; ejaculation is the act of shooting the gun; and semen consists of bullets." Delasara agreed that music videos, like other media, have used women as props for male video artists. But the female video artist ~ taken over some male space, she said. As examples, Delasara cited Paula Abdul stag-

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· If the truth be said, media images of women are not improving, but women should draw strength from the good news, not lose hope and never give up the battle. "The myths that we live by are the la,st things to change," Delasara said. The 1980s were an especially low point for images of women in the mass media because the 1980s were the real beginning of the backlash that was in response to the "While there is some thought 1960s, when women really found their voice, to Madonna's business savvy, Delasara said. In the 1960s, a sociologist preher independence and the dicted that women would start electing offibbviously self-possessed per- cials. And it happened. In 1984 women outvoted men for the first time. (Women elected sona in her music, she, too, Bill Ointon, Delasara notes). As a result of promotes the image of woman women beginning to define themselves as as sex object." autonomous beings, the ruling, patriarchal system began to see women as a threat to the -Sharon Silvas male culture, -and the backlash began to rear Publisher, Colorado Women News its head and pervade. The backlash is evidenced by so many violent, repressive ing one video in a fight ring with cartoon images of women in the media. "Any wellcharacters and then real men. Abdul domi- developed system knows bow to protect nates the scene, she said. itself," Delasara said. The system is protect"1 In other videos, although few and far ing itself by trying to scare women into place between, Janet Jackson takes up male space with violence. in a pool hall, clearly dominating the scene, But there is hope, Delasara said. "Right and Tina Turner takes over the traditionally now, we're in flux, caught between two male territory of the street. Madonna, who . belief systems." some feminists have criticized, draws praise The new belief system calls for women's freon Delasara. "She does what she wants," full participation in society allowing women Delasara said. "Madonna expands our idea of equal partnership in society, Delasara said. what women can do and be." When Madonna "Awareness of the media and its money began wearing her underwear on the outside, being used by, for and in the interest of patrishe broke the rules. She made a statement archal institutions is a key element in the that she was not willing to accept something struggle for social change. Critical thinking j\Mit because it has always been that way," skills are crucial to an analysis of the media nelasara said. which leads to action; to the re-valuing of Silvas is not as optimistic: "While there people currently without power; to re-creatis some thought to Madonna's business ing authentic, not stereotypical, news entersavvy, her independence and the obviously tainment, and advertising; and, perhaps, even self-possessed persona in her music, she, too, to re-creation of erotica which is in the interPf2motes the image of woman as sex object." est of women," concludes Silvas.

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high," ·ust can't see anyds of carrots." bulimia, such as th of a woman who threw up before t counseling session, ~ and threw up ag · afterwards. "Vomi · an become a habit. Some people on! ow up once a week, and others 't keep down one glass of ammerberg said there are signs that. mdicate if a person is suffering from imia. For example, she said, a bulimic rs on' s teeth often rot, as a result of tomach acid that is released when vomitng. Also, the person's face is often swollen and puffy. "Bulimic women are often treated through group therapy, and e main thing . Are they is to find out why they use ngry? A lot of women li stuff own anger," she said. " ught not to be angry." Hammerberg has also w ked w young children, and she has seen 10-yearold girls go on diets. ''They look in the mirror and say they 'I look fat,"' she said. "We have to start with the kids to give them a realistic picture of what they should look like." Other reasons behind overeating, Hammerberg said, can be a search for emotional support, or for entertainment. ''The thing about fat is that you can't

em is perd through iful photo ls coming fortalking about ey stay thin. ude binging,

Their methods often i purging o ealthy d' "'I wish~.....-~ an unusual com nt. But those models are actually st ng themselves to death," Hammerberg d. Anorexics usually need hospitals because of their ditions,. said eating behavior is estabgrowing up. A crying baby is bottle no matter what the proba child is fed cookies when he

"Wbe er we are bored, lonely or tired, wear used to having food to comfort us," Pie e said. Hamme rg points out that fear of becoming f sometimes manifests itself in chronic exe ·se. She said some women take three tO fo aerobic classes in one day at athletic bs adding that this intense work out c cause the body serious damage. Answering the qu tion of what a person should do to l e weight in a healthy way, Hammerb g exclaims: "Don't even go on a diet!" She explains that the fr ework of a diet is that the j:>erson·is depnved of food, which is why most diet attempts fail. Hammerberg' s advice is to not eat foods in which more' than 30 percent of the calories come from fat. "A void eating lots of cheese, meat and butter," Hamrnerberg said. "You can basically eat anything, as long as it is in moderate amounts. Moderation is the key."

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MARCH 5, 1993

Historical black figures come to life African American Drama Company combines storytelling, theater for Black History Month Hero Montilla Staff Writer

As part of Black History Month, MSCD Student Activities brought two one-person plays performed by the African American Drama Company to the Ricketson Theater at the Denver Performing Arts Complex. Philip E. Walker, co-founder of the African American Drama Company, and Kasra Heru, a member of the company, gave two performances of "Can I Speak for You, Brother?" and "Sister, Can I Speak for You?" on Feb. 25. The plays were both constructed of a number of vignettes performed in the form of drama, speech, storytelling and poetry depicting important figures in African-American history. In "Sister," Heru performed characters such as Harriet Tubman and a negro slave woman being sold at auction. Walker depicted heroes of AfricanAmerican history such as W.E.B. Dubois, Booker T . Washington, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr. and Frederick Douglass. The two plays represented powerful analogies of the African-American

experience of High John Griot, throughout history. a crafty slave on a The magic of 19th century theater was fully plantation. He used as pain and interspersed his role reprieve from the as John with the African-American characters of an fight for freedom aged, Africanwere demonstrated. American narrator The evening began and the white as Heru played the "master" who owned dual role of a white the plantation. slave auctioneer Walker gives and a frightened the audience a taste African woman of the depravity and being sold as a dehumanization the slave. Heru made African-American transitions into has experienced over other Africanthe centuries in A mer i can Phllllp E. Walker as an African Warrior/Slave America by characters, real and In "Can I speak for you Brother?" depicting such fictional, such as a characters of a slave comical and aging Harriet Tubman and a initiate who had just arrived from Africa modern-day young woman who had and a drug-addicted man who recited in returned to Africa in search of her roots. It poem-like diction, "The basement of my is amazing that these actors were able to anger, the cistern of Harlem, the bright play multiple characters at one time so foliage of my drug garden." convincingly. Walker ended the performance with One of the highlights of "Can I Speak poignant words of an African-American for You, Brother?" was Walker's portrayal "everyman."

"Don't you ever get tired of people playing with you're blackness? We're sick because we don't know who we are." Walker and other members of his company tour throughout the year in different touring productions across the nation. The productions have been performed at several colleges in the United States. The only disappointing aspect of the evening was that more students did not show up to witness the intellectual and emotional substance that permeated the theater. Walker and Heru are champions of a movement that nurtures the AfricanAmerican spirit and refuses to die. All we can hope is that more people continue in the potent advocacy of African-American history and freedom in which the AfricanAmerican Drama Company participates. Walker started the African American Drama Company in 1977 with Ethel Pitts Walker. The company ' s success and endurance has made it a permanent part of African-American history. The company has played live in over 43 states since its inception in addition to its productions aired on educational television stations such as The Public Broadcasting Station.

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Irish/Celtic band brings fiddles, flutes and more to Denver ears Arthur Biggs The Metropolitan If you are looking for a fresh, new musical experience or if you are well acquainted with Irish/Celtic music, you will not want to miss Cherish the Ladies, playing March 5 at the Teikyo Loretto Heights Theater, 3001 S. Federal Blvd. Taking its name from an old Irish jig, Cherish the Ladies is an all-woman ensemble that has received critical acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic. Traditional Irish music is a direct line to the Celtic culture which flourished in Europe before Christianity came to culturally dominate the Celtic way~ of life. While listening to the fiddle, acoustic guitar, accordion, flutes, tin whistles and the beat of the bodran, (an Irish drum played with a bone-like mallet) you can't help but feel close to the earth and a spiritual awakening. The songs Cherish the Ladies play reflect the Celtic culture that was close to -. birth and death, sorrow and celebration, the love two people can feel for each other and the weight and lightness love can bring to the heart. Although the group is based in New York City, one of the group's members, , Linnane Wick, lives in Denver where she owns the Wick Dance School where she teaches about 75 students the art of Irish step dancing. Wick not only performs her /

the West this spring. Last summer Cherish the Ladies had an extensive tour that included the Brittany region of France. Madden said, "The audiences have been fantastic from Dallas, Texas to Europe." Cherish the Ladies' shows are all a little different, as the format of Cherish the Ladles, an all woman music ensemble that performs Irish music is a Irish/Celtic music, appears March 5 at Telkyo Loretto Heights The•ter. flexible one and the group 's members are dances with Cherish the Ladies but also able to try their own ideas for each show. competes in step dancing meets on local, The title track to Cherish the Ladies' last national and international levels. Wick release, "The Back Door," is a tribute to graduated from MSCD in 1987 with a the Irish immigrants who had to take jobs bachelor's degree in Spanish. as nannies and servants because of their Joanie.Madden, the group's flute and illegal, undocumented status. tin whistle player, says the group owes its Immigrants brought with them Irish love of Irish music to their parents, as most holiday celebrations and customs, like the of the band members grew up listening to Halloween Jack-0-Lantem. their parents play traditional Irish music. Anyone who plans to see Cherish the Cherish the Ladies grew from a Ladies on their Denver stop should expect humble plan to staging three concerts in to adopt a love of traditional Irish music. 1985 into a group that signed and recorded For more information or for tickets with Green Linnet, a well-known folk and reservations call 777-1003. label. They are planning a 33-day tour of

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'93 ret>uilding year for 'Runners Angie Reese Sports Reporter

Outfield T. Monroe, V. Lucero, M. Santistevan, 8. Downey, K. Cwelich, D. Corsentino

The MSCD men's baseball team is not only starting the season with new players and in a new league A new face leads the Roadrunners in their rebuilding season. Hometowner Vince Porreco, a graduate from Regis High School and the University of Wyoming, has stepped in as head coach for the 'Runners in their first year in the Mile High Baseball League. "When I first got.here, the players had big questions in their minds ," Porreco said . " But after the fall and getting into the spring, I think they feel more confident in me." After Porreco graduated from college, he played professional baseball in Italy for a year before heading back to Wyoming as an assistant coach. He was hired as head coach and equipment manager at MSCD last May. Porreco admits that he had some reservations as well, coming to coach a team that lost nearly half of its squad to graduation.

Second Base A. Villa, T. Archuleta, 8. Archer

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With only nine returning players on the roster of -28, Porreco definitely has his work cut out for him. Leading the team will be returning seniors Eric Smith

"Yeah, I was skeptical coming in," he said. "When you lose that many players, big players, the season becomes a rebuilding period."

(pitcher), Matt Santistevan (outfield), Pat McCloskey (catcher), and sophomore Chan Mayher (shortstop). Porreco felt good about the off-season and said that the players have come a long way since then. "We had a good fall, plus we' ve recruited good kids with good attributes," Porreco said. In addition to seven freshmen recruits, the ' Runners will see some new faces who aren't exactly new to college baseball. The ' Runners have acquired three players from Colorado State University, including pitchers Steve Knight and Kei Lehigh, and T.J. Yates from the University of Wyoming. Nine more players with experience in either junior college or community college have also joined the MSCD program. "We have the talent but it' s whether or not we can play together," Porreco said. " If we can play as a team, we can be a success.

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CAC title at stake for men's hoops Edward C. Morrow The Metropolitan

The MSCD men's basketbaJl team showed its muscle with back-to-back victories by dominating the play in the paint. The two wins moved the Roadrunners (8-3) to second place in the Colorado Athletic Conference, one game behind Colorado Christian University (9-2). The first sign of Roadrunner strength showed when James Shettleworth muscled in a career high of 18 points against University of Colorado-Colorado Springs on Thursday night. "I had the height advantage and I was able to post up guys," Shettleworth said. Shettleworth used his 40 inch vertical leap and his 6-foot-5, 225 pound frame to pound UCCS into submission. "James had a mismatch because he is so big and strong," said Coach Bob HulL Shettleworth was not the only Roadrunner flexing his muscle_ Senior forward Ken Turner pumped in a game high 22 points. These two led the Roadrunners to an easy 78-55 win over

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run and 60 percent shooting from the floor, the Roadrunners were up only three points at halftime. "We had a great start, and we stuck with it all night long," Turner said. The Roadrunners continued to pound inside and their superior inside game was showing dividends as they slowly pulled away from the rangers in the second half to win 92-83. Once again Turner led the way with 23 points and 12 rebounds. Backing up Turner's performance was Andy Owens as he played his best all-around game of the season, scoring 20 points and pulling down 8 boards. "I read my horoscope today, and it said, 'If I make up my mind, nothing can stop me,"' Owens said_ Darryl Smith, MSCD women's basketball coach and color analyst of men's games for KDEN, 1340 AM, had a suggestion for Owens. "Why don ' t you paste that horoscope on your refrigerator and pretend that its yours everyday," Smith said. The Roadrunner winning streak has given them the opportunity to tie for the Colorado Athletic Conference championship with a victory over Colorado Jane RaleyfThe Metropolitan Christian on Saturday night at the Junior Gaurd Lenin Perkins shoots over two Regis Auraria Events Center. defenders In the Feb. 21 contest. The 'Runners "We want to get that one against beat Regis, 92-83. CCU on Saturday," Hull said_

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Lady 'Runners split pair Angie Reese Sports Reporter They walked away with an important win last Thursday night, but the MSCD women's basketball team couldn't keep the momentum going and lost a heartbreaker two nights later. The Roadrunners needed to

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MSCD women's basketball team lost to Regis University Saturday night, 63-73.

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-By Edward C. Morrow I have good news and bad news for the women's basketball team. The good news is you still have a shot at the Division II regionals, but the bad news is you must go through the same ordeal you went through last year, hoping you get the selection you deserve. Last year the Lady Roadrunners posted a gaudy 2;4-3 record, but it wasn't good enough and the selection committee overlooked them. The selection committee took Nebraska - Omaha (20-8) and South Dakota State (19-9) over the better Roadrunners. Both teams were no match for either North Dakota State or Augustana, which both got top seeds with 25-3 records. "Nothing will erase the way we felt last year because we really deserved to go," said senior guard Cindy Dalton. With the bad taste still left in the players mouths from being snubbed by the selection committee last year, they still had a shot at redemption this year.

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The Lady Roadrunners could have landed a Division II tournament berth by winning their final three games. After pulling out an exciting 68-65 win over University of Colorado-Colorado Springs, they were two wins away from the playoffs and their thoughts shifted to the possibility of going to the regionals. But Regis came out and put a hold on redemption by beating the Lady Roadrunners, 73-63, putting them at 20-6 for the season. The Roadrunners are rated sixth in the region and could move up to fifth with a Morningside (18-8) loss this week against South Dakota State, said ranking official Barb Schroeder. Some regions send five teams based on strength, and the CAC has been a strong league which deserves two teams in the regionals, she added. "It has been something I have dreamt about-playing in a national tournament," said senior guard Cassie Sandoval. The dream can only become reality if the Lady Roadrunners get the nod !}ley rightly deserve. The fact is the Roadrunners should have gone last year. But maybe this year, Cassie's dream will come true.

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Women's team disappointed after Regis loss SPLIT from page 19

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"They (Regis) shot really well and we weren't shooting good from the field at all," said senior Noelle Braunschweiger. The ' Runners shot only 27 percent from the field in the first half and finished only 21 for 52 from the field. Braunschweiger said the team was not overconfident, but unprepared. "The team as a whole just wasn ' t mentally prepared from the sta'tt of the game," she said. The ' Runners tied the score twice in the first seven minutes of the game but never managed to take the lead. After that, Regis went on a 20-9 run to end the first half up by eleven points, 29-18.

"Our defense really started to break down," Braunschweiger said. In the second half the 'Runners pulled within five points but never got any closer. Regis beat MSCD with a final score of 7363. The future looked brighter just two days earlier when the 'Runners pulled off a 68-65 victory over UCCS. "We knew we were going to win before we even came out on the court," said Qiana Price, who had 12 points. The UCCS Gold kept it close the entire game with seven ties and four lead changes and allowing the 'Runners to go into halftime only 4 points ahead. "At halftime, we went into the locker room and just got really fired up," Price

said. "We were not going to lose this game, that's for sure_" · And they didn't. The Gold continued to fight, but the 'Runners walked out with the win and a final score of 68-65. "We played mediocre," Price said. "We still could have done a lot of things better." "We were clearly the better team," said head coach Darryl Smith. "But we only have two or three kids who were ready to play." "They 've just put too much pressure on themselves," Smith added. The 'Runners record ·is now 20-6, and they host their last regular season game on Saturday against Colorado Christian.

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MONDAY MARCH 8

Closed AA meetings are ottered from noon to 12:50 p.m. in Auraria Library Room 206. For more information, call Rhiannon at 458 -7472 pr Billi at the Student Health Center, 556-2525.

The Emmanuel Gallery begins a CCD student art exhibit. For more information, call 556-8337.

The MSCD Counseling Center presents "Is Loss Keeping You From Moving Ahead in Your Life?" from 2 to 3 p.m. in CN-203. For more information, call 556-3132. Golden Key National Honor Society holds its President's Dinner at 6 p.m. at Racine's Restaurant, 850 Bannock St. For more information, call 556-4865.

SATURDAY MARCH 6 Metro State Rugby participates in the Mile High Collegiate 15 Tournament from 9 a.m. to dusk March 6 and 7 at Metro Field. The MSCD Bahai Club features a "The Vision of Race Unity" at 7:30 p.m. at the Metro Denver Bahai Center, 225 E . Bayaud Ave . For more information, call 322-8997.

SUNDAY MARCH 7 Metro Rugby . See Saturday. The MSCD Department of Music presents a wind ensemble with director Walter Barr at 7:30 p.m. at Wellshire Presbyterian Church, 2999 S. Colorado Blvd. For more information, call 556-3180.

Closed AA meeting. See Friday. The MSCD School of Letters, Arts and Sciences and the Institute for lntercultural Studies and Services presents "The Politics of Jazz" with speaker Norman Provizer, chairman of the political science department, from noon to 1 p.m. at St. Cajetan's Center. For more information, call 556-4004. The MSCD Counseling Center offers "A Woman's Journey : Exploring Our Individual and Collective Experiences as Women" from 3 to 4 p.m. in CN-203. For more information, call 556-3132.

TUESDAY MARCH

The Student Health Center presents smoking cessation classes from 1O to 11 a.m. at 1020 Ninth Street Park. For more information, call the Student Health Center at 556-2525.

Personal Effectiveness" from noon to 1 :30 p.m. in CN-203. For more information, call 556-3132. The MSCD Counseling Center presents "Eating: Resolving Issues with Food and Body Image" from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. in CN203. For more in~ormation , call 5~6-3132. Metro State Rugby meets from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. For more information, call 3937510. UCO Phi Alpha Theta presents professor Myra Rich lecturing on the role of women in history at 7:30 p.m. in NC-2001 .

WEDNESDAY MARCH 3 The Auraria No Holds Bard Association presents an open stage for poetry at noon at The Mercantile. Closed AA meeting. See Friday. The MSCD Counseling Center presents an Ongoing Recovery Group from noon to 1 p.m. through May 5 in CN-203. For more information, call 556-3132. Alpha Eta Rho presents "For Safety's Sake" from noon to 1 p.m. and from 1:15 to 2:15 p.m. Information, 556-4595.

The MSCD Counseling Center presents "Creating Healthy Relationships" from 11 a.m. to noon in CN-203. For more information, call 556-3132.

The Black and Unknown Bards Society meets from 2 to 3 p.m. in Student Union 151 .

The MSCD Counseling Center presents "Enhancing Self-Esteem, Motivation and

The MSCD Counseling Center presents "How to Succeed in School and Enjoy Life

Too" from 2 to 3 p.m. in CN-203. For more information, call 556-3132.

THURSDAY MARCH 4 Menorah Ministries offers an information table from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Student Union lobby.

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The Institute for Women's Studies and Services , The Student Development Center and The Feminist Alliance sponsor a scholarship work$hOp from 11 a.m. to noon in Student Union 230 C and D. The MSCD Counseling Center presents "Is Your Family Driving You Crazy?" from noon to 1:30 p.m. in CN-203. Information, call 556-3132. The MSCD Counseling Center presents a Personal Growth Group from 2 to 3:15 p.m. in CN-203. Information, call 5563132.

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The MSCD Counseling Center presents "Spirit Quest" from 4 to 5 p.m. in CN-203. !information, call 556-3132. The Emmanuel Gallery hosts a reception for the CCD student art exhibit from 5 to 8 p.m. Metro State Rugby. See Tuesday.

For a complete line up of Women's History Month events, see calendar on page 2.

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TUTOR FOR GERMAN AND FRENCH. Qualified, caring, experienced. B.A. in German, minor in French, 4.0 GPA. On Auraria campus M-Th. $8/hr. for students, $1 O/hr. for others, less for groups. Leonore Dvorkin, 985-2327. 4/9

Sun I< Ts TUTORS NEEDED FOR MATH, Physics, EE, Accounting, ISMG, OPMG, others. Work on campus at CU-Denver Center for Learning Assistance . Set your own hours . $7.01/hr. Requires junior class or above, 3.0 GPA. Stop by NC2006 or call 556-2802 for application information. 3/17 DANCER/MASSEUSE. Females make $100-$150/hr! ! Private striptease, lingerie modeling + oil sessions. No exp. nee. FT/PT start immed. 821-6658 . .4/9 US TRACERS IS CURRENTLY seeking motivated students in the Denver area for FT and PT work. (800) 8866919. 3/5 EXTRA INCOME PART-TIME. PAID WEEKLY. Safest, easiest, most nutritious diet on the market. Great opportunity for students. Call Brenda for appointment at 973-1359. 3/5

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This dramatic narrative follows the women's movement from its resurgence in the 60s to its continuing struggle in the 90s. It tells of the people, politics and events that shaped the second wave of feminism and the women who challenged sex discrimination in their cities, schools, workplaces and homes.

Claire Buck, ed. Preniice-Hall, $20 paper

At last, here is the essential, one-volume guide to women's literature throughout history and from around the world, from Sappho to Gordimer, Welty to Woolf. Includes over 5,000 entries on writers, works and themes.

WILD WOMEN Autumn Stephens Cooari Press, $12.95 paper

Meet 150 women who gave Queen Victoria the fits! Wild Women is a titillating collection of stories and vintage photographs about our independent, iconoclastic and utterly outrageous foremoth-ers who refused to whittle themselves down to the 19th century Victorian model of proper womanhood. Become a card-canying member of the Wild Woman Association - membership information is included in the book!

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Awarded the 1992 Nobel Peace Prize, Rigoberta Menchti has worked for years, many of them in exile, to strengthen civil rights and protect the cultures of Indian citizens in her native Guatemala and other Central American countries. This series ofinterviews, first published in 1983, is unique in contemporary literature: Menchu, a Quiche Indian, learned Spanish specifically to be able to tell the rest of the world of the genocide and oppression of her people. The personality, gift for striking expression and passionate sense of justice of this remarkable woman create an illuminating text.

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