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Hate crime strikes Auraria

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50 faculty file grievance Jenny Duke The Metropolitan

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Patriclna Swan stands in disgust as she views the damage done by vandals Tuesday night in the UCO student life office. Police have no suspects. See story on page 5.

Brewer's final days .words of wisdom from Spring grads

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Baseball winds down

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More than 50 MSCD faculty members have filed formal grievances against MSCD administration alleging they have violated college policy in setting below average teacher salaries.

"The tenured faculty are 11ot getting paid on an equitable basis," said Norman Pence, assistant MSCD professor for the department of computer information.

New hires are getting paid at the current "market" price for salary while tenured teachers are getting paid at rates set back in the mid 1980s, Pence wrote in a recent faculty newsletter.

According to Charles Prins, MSCD computer information professor, a full professor with 15 years of teaching experience received a salary of $39,000 during the 1990-1991 school year while a newly hired assistant business professor received $49,500.

The grievance also stated that MSCD teachers are not getting paid the same as faculty from other institutions of approximately the same size.

Out of the IO "peer" institutions nationwide, "We are near the bottom of the list on almost all levels of the salary table," Pence said.

On the salary table from 1992-1993 the average salary of a full professor at MSCD is $45,556 while the average salary of a full professor at the peer institutions is $52,715.

More than 50 separate grievances were filed between March 4-ll, 1993. The three-step grievance process began with a response from MSCD administration.

Joe Megeath, interim dean of the school of business responded to the grievance in a six page letter and denied that the teachers had a right to grieve on two accounts.

First Megeath said the allegations of wrong-doing did not result from a specific act at a definable time by the administration.

"Therefore, I have determined that the above claims are without more information capable of being grieved," Megeath said.

Secondly, there are time limitations on which the teachers should have filed their grievances.

"Their grievances should have been brought within 30 working days of the time when their salaries for 1992-1993 were established," Megeath said.

The teachers then went to step two of the process and filed an appeal with Glenn Burnham, President of the trustees of the State Colleges in Colorado.

Burnham also denied the teachers grievance in a letter for the same reasons as Megeath.

Now faculty have proceeded to the third step of the process and have asked for a hearing before a hearing officer.

Approximately 250 teachers are affected by the alleged salary inequalities, but not all have chosen to act.

"Many are scared of retaliation by administration .. .Others may be satisfied with their salaries... Others see this as a process that's going to cost them a lot of money," Pence said.

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President · Brewer steps down After 5 years as MSCD president, Brewer calls it quits Hero Montilla Staff Writer

A professed "Trekkie" (the old Star Trek, not the new), MSCD President Thomas Brewer quoted famous Star Trek verbiage in an 1989 interview with The Metropolitan newspaper.

"And the adventure continues."

Soon, the Brewer "adventure" will be headed in a new direction; out of the ranks of college administration after 22 years in the field.

"I've learned a lot more about urban education," Brewer said of his years at MSCD. Brewer began his career as professor of history at the University of Toledo and then moved to administrative positions at other institutions such as Texas Christian and Georgia State.

Now Brewer takes a retrospective view of his five years at MSCD. "I implemented all the new policies and now the new president can come in and get rid of them," Brewer said. "This will give them 2 to 3 years of goodwill."

According to Brewer, 5 years is the average for job duration among college presidents. Brewer said he had intended from the beginning to take office at MSCD and to stay only 5 years.

There has been a high rate of turnover for MSCD presidents since the birth of the institution in 1965.

Kenneth Phillips, who resided as president of MSCD from 1966 to 1971 , is the only MSCD president who has held office longer than Brewer.

Brewer came to MSCD in the fall semester of 1988. Soon after, Brewer invited controversy akin to other presidents.

Like the $40,000 running track that Clinton was rumored to have installed on the White House grounds, Brewer had the

MSCD president's offices remodeled for a fee of $35,000.

This issue eventually blew over, and Brewer went on to make other changes.

"If you can say 'the place is a little better since he was here,' then I'm happy," Brewer said.

The Metropolitan reported on many of the changes initiated by Brewer during his administration. Early in the Brewer years, MSCD became the coordinator for Educational Services at the World Trade Center downtown.

Big news was the addition of the word "Denver" to the name of the school which had been Metropolitan State College. Brewer orchestrated this change in 1991.

The 1991-92 school year saw the induction of Brewer proposals such as tuition by the credit hour and required community service by students. The tuition by credit hour plan passed while community service sufferd defeat.

Brewer received serious complaints in 1992 from a coalition of Chicano/Latino groups for what they saw as his failure to ensure the hiring of an appropriate number of minority faculty., In the spring of 1992, a lawsuit was filed against MSCD and Brewer by some of the MSCD faculty in regards to a salary gap among instructors at the college.

Brewer said he considers his "Strategic Plan" as one of bis most important accomplishments.

The plan, which defines major goals for the institution, was put together two years ago.

These goals included enhancing the quality of education, broadening access and diversity at the institution, increasing minority enrollment, developing outreach programs and successfully managing the resources of the college.

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Thomas Brewer of planning at MSCD, the strategic plan was the first college-wide planning strategy to be approved by the Trustees of The State Colleges in Colorado at MSCD. It will take effect inl996.

Brewer also said the school has also made strides in the enrollment of minoriti~s .at the college as well as the employment of minority faculty.

Chicano/Latino enrollment has gone up 55 percent in five years and AfricanAmerican enrollment has gone up 36 percent. The employment of minorities in the faculty has gone up to 20 percent.

"I think I brought a sense of stability and some sense of community," Brewer said.

According to Charles Dobbs, the assistant to the president, some problems that were not able to be addressed during the Brewer administration were belowmedian salaries for faculty, a questionable system of student advising and difficulties with transfer credit requirements. Also, the lawsuit is still pending.

"I haven't really done what I said I was going to do," Brewer said.

Bill for student representation killed l.isa Westenskow-Dayley Staff Writer

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An opportunity for students to have a voice on how their tuition dollars are spent was lost Friday when the Senate Education Committee voted four to three against House Bill 1162.

The vote successfully torpedoed any chance of students having a voting position on college and other governrnental boards.

The committee's four Republican senators voted against student representation: Al Meiklejohn, chairman of the committee, Bob Schaffer, Bill Owens, and Jim Roberts.

The three Democratic senators voted for it: Regis Groff, Bob Martinez, and Jana Wells Mendez.

Reasons for the defeat of the bill ranged from ·conflict of interest worries to the concern that students were looking for special rights not accorded fellow taxpayers not in college.

"This is not the end of it!" promised

Amy Mueller, Colorado Student Association vice president of Legislative Affairs. "We will continue to work for students' voice in their education. Someday Barb Ferrill students will be full partners in their education process, unfortunately some legislators are not yet ready to face it."

The bill would have provided a voting stude_nt member to represent students on the Board of Trustees. The student would have been appointed by the governor and approved by the senate for a two year term. Appointees would have been required to take at least nine credit hours per semester and have a 2.0 grade point average. Appointments would rotate

among institutions every two years.

Stiff opposition was met by student representatives who had traveled from around the state to the packed hearing in support the measure.

"I would like to address taxation with representation," said Barb Ferrill, MSCD..'s new student body president.

"Students pay for a multitude of academic services, yet we are afforded no real representation in making decisions."

Senator Bill Owens questioned Ferrill why a student should ask for the privilege of serving on the Board of Trustees when Owens' tax paying neighbor was not.

"A student's stake is unique to that of the average person who isn ' t in college," Ferrill said.

"My neighbor is paying for a benefit that he isn't receiving," Owens said, adding, "My oldest child is a fourth grade student in Cherry Creek. Should we also have a student represe~tative from them?"

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-PtanriinQ-l~onlmi.ttee · skej)tica1 - ove1d'fivOli Victor Anothony The Metropolitan

As the scheduled completion date for the Tivoli Student Union nears, some members of the committee fotmed to oversee the transaction have expressed doubts that the Tivoli will be ready on time.

"I am extremely skeptical," said Kersten Keith, a member of the Tivoli J;>lanning Committee (TPC), when asked if she believes the Student Union will occupy the Tivoli by August of 1994.

Keith is also a member of the Student Advisory Committee to the Auraria Board.

"My gut feeling is that only part of the student union will be in there by the fall of 1994," she said.

Keith blames the shortage of accomplishments by the committee on breakdowns in communication.

"There were a lot of communication problems between students and the Auraria Higher Education Center staff," she said.

"The TPC has progressed slowly, but I think that we are finally getting our communication problems solved and we are working together very well."

"If I had to bet money on the completion date, I wouldn't bet a lot," said Maggie Miller, TPC member and acting director of student activities at MSCD. "I want it to be done by then, but there have been so many delays in the process."

Miller concedes that the process can often be characterized with the saying "hurry up and wait."

Commenting on the familiar. anxiety people share when trying to guess the date of birth for an expectant mother, Miller has come up with an id~ for the Tivoli.

"For a fund-raiser, we should have a pool for when the Tivoli will be done."

Not all committee members see the situation as bleak as Keith and Miller, though.

Jeanine Cowan, co-chairwoman of the committee said the Tivoli will open on schedule.

"I believe that progress was very slow the very first year the committee was together," Cowan said.

A student co-chair and an independent secretary position were added when the committee was restructured last year. Cowan said she believes the committee is now in a position to make greater progress in its second year.

Cowan defended the amount of progress made by the committee thus far.

"It's always slow when you're trying to get 22 people to agree to something," she said. "We have a democratic process where we try to get everybody's input, so it takes longer. Sometimes it's OK for the democratic process to take longer."

Her views are mirrored by committee member Dean Wolf, vice president for operations for Auraria.

"I think in this case, and I'm not saying this is bad, but, efficiency has been impacted by the large number of people and the diverse opinions;· Wolf said. "And it always takes longer to get consensus with a larg~ group than with a small group.

But I think to go forward with a project of this nature with a small group of people would not necessarily have been good."

When asked if the Tivoli would be ready by August of '94 Wolf said, "If we can move forward now, expeditiously, we're gonna make it. I'm still hoping that we will and I believe we can."

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Wolf pointed out that a tentative floor plan has recently been approved by the committee and that once construction is underway many details will be managed by the general contractor. .

"There are ample opportunities to make mistakes, and the more input you have, the better the decisions." ·

Tivoli Keith's main concern Katarina Ahlfort Staff Writer

"It is important that children of students get full access to the child care center and not kids of faculty and staff Kersten Keith is a member of the members. We, the students, are the ones Tivoli subcommittee in which she claims paying for it," Keith said. the power of students' voices in Another future concern of hers is decision-making. what will happen to the present student "The students have won many union. Keith would like to see it offer battles," Keith said. "There has been space to CCD students so they get closer millions of challenges." to the student union of MSCD and UCO. The main difference between the "The CCD students should have views of the MSCD administrators and classrooms in there so they are not the students' opinions, Keith said, has to disenfranchised from the otber schools," do with money: the students put less Keith said. emphasis- on the dollar amounts.

She described the present student "Yes, money should be a concern, union as prime space on campus, which but it should not be a focus," Keith said. leads to competition between the three The Tivoli has become her main schools to get classroom space. project.

Kersten Keith was elected SACAB "I won't graduate before it has · representative in connection with the become a new Student Union," she said.

MSCD presidential · election, and she Keith has also challe.nged the received 409 votes . The other three school's acceptance of a Tivoli floor elected SACAB representatives are plan, the parking issues on campus, and Kelly Curran, 347 vote.s, Steven the planning of the Auraria Child Care Sandoval, 285 votes, and Bryce Avery, Center. who received 183 -votes.

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-.U-CD . office vandalized Joe Chopyak -:..

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Auraria police are investigating a hate crime in UCO's student life office, and African American leaders on campus are. ready to snuff out these attacks once and for all.

A building supervisor reported at 8:45 L.....:;;路c - Dominic Chavez/The Metropolitan p.m. April 27 to Bandele, president of Black Men O~ Ca'!lpus, expresses campus police that the racial crime in the UCO anger Wednesday over someone had broken into the student life office. office of Shangrila control of campus racism.

Jones, the UCD director of student "It's a personal attack on every black activities. student on campus," said the 26-year-old Police found racial remarks spray African American studies major. "It's time painted on Jones' walls, furniture and to take things into our own hands." computer, said Obe Hankins, UCO's Hankins, who said Jones has worked coordinator of student activities, at a press for UCO since July , said she was conference Wednesday. Police reportedly "distraught" when she saw the vandalism. have no suspects in the crime.

'Tm here to let the black community But campus leaders called on UCO's know what's going on," Hankins said. He Chancellor John Buechner to produce added that the attack was directed results from the investigation. They say specifically to the UCO office. this is not the first time a crime such as But the vandalism goes beyond the this has been reported at Auraria, and the spray painted words of "Die nigger die" on African American community is ready to the walls of Jones' office, Hankins said. mobilize, said one student leader.

"I think it's up to this group and Bandele, MSCD's president of Black others to stay on top of this," he said. "If Men On Campus, said the time is right for this is dropped, it 's part of our the African American community to take responsibility.''

Students angry over loss Opposing senators also questioned the conflicts of interest that might arise senators: "One of the problems that with a student on an education board. college students have as citizens is the "On the board of tourism there are perception that we are children. It shows representatives there from the tourism that even as tax paying citizens we don't business," Ferrill told the committee. count. To parallel us to a fourth grader is "They're there because they have more falling into that." knowledge about tourism . They have Owens asked, "If you are a citizen_ representation in that because of their 路 why are you asking for a special slot on unique stake in the tourism business." the board?"

Ferrill added it is the same for students Ferrill responded, "Because I have a wl;lo are the main consumer for higher special stake in the decisions and that education. affects how I and other students live our Despite strong testimony in support lives." of the measure the committee voted In a separate interview with The against the bill much to Ferrill ' s Metropolitan Ferrill explained that displeasure. because college campuses are a student's "I think that it's an extension of how community students should be given some students are always treated," complained say in what goes on in that community.

Ferrill. "We're patronized and treated 1ike "There are so many aspects that are children. decided upon by the Board of Trustees, " "It doesn't matter what age you are, said Ferrill. "We pay our own specific tax there 's always this very very strong for our athletics, counseling and health stereotype of a college student being very center. The state doesn't contribute to immature and very irresponsible. What's that, no citizen pays and yet we have interesting is that the average college age absolutely no say in what goes on." is 25 and at Metro it's 28."

During the heated discussions in the Ferrill explained that there may be a hearing, the opposing senators slim chance that HB 1162 may be questioned why students didn't apply to amended to another bill but that the the governor through traditional channels. outlook for the student representation bill According to Ferrill they have. may be bleak for another year.

"There have been students who have "We won't run it next year because applied and they haven't been chosen," the committee members will be the Ferrill said. "There's no way that the same," explained Ferrill. "We may have .governor is going to appoint a student to wait the year after when the committee over a CEO of US West. That's not going members change." to happen."

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Conner to stay in academic affairs Lisa Westenskow-Dayley Staff Writer

Jett Conner has been appointed to take over as associate vice president for academic affairs. Conner has been serving in the position on an interim basis.

"He has done an outstanding job in this office during that past year as interim associate vice president," said David Williams, provost and vice president for academic affairs.

A former chair of the political science department, Conner has taught at MSCD since 1968.

"I specifically chose to teach at Metro when I finished graduate school because of its teaching emphasis,"

Conner said, adding that he thinks MSCD' s mix of students and the urban college's mission is an asset to the job.

Conner's promotion gives him the opportunity to work for the school' s provost and oversee such programs as general education, cooperative education, international and honors programs and such publications as the Capitol Reporter and the Weekend Edition.

Conner, who plans to review the general studies program to make it easier to understand, said, "I want to make it easier for these students (transfer students) to have courses accepted that clearly belong in the general students requirements."

Finalists named for dean of business Lisa Westenskow-Dayley Staff Writer

Four finalists have been selected for the dean of business. Of the four, only one is from Colorado.

"We will meet with the vice president next week and give him our opinion as to who he should make an offer," said Donald Glover, chairman of the search committee.

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SPREAKING OUT: Alvertis Simmons, alumnus of MSCD, speaks at a protest to halt the search for a new president of MSCD. Simmons told the crowd that this is "a fair process issue." He charged the trustees with shredding documents.Chet Whye, member of the Public Safety Review Board referred to the handlin~ of the president search as "Metro-gate."

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An Auraria police officer responded April 15 to North Classroom 2404-C on a report of a non-campus person using UCD offices and equipment, according to an APS report. The suspect, Larry Morrow of Denver, told the officer be was working on an unofficial program for UCD, but he had no student, staff or faculty status, the report said. The officer checked Morrow's status and he had an active failure-toappear warrant from Boulder County. The officer confirmed the warrant and arrested Morrow, police said.

Christine Hall was standing in Arts 27 l on April 14 when she was struck blindside by a wooden pole, according to a police report. Police said the pole probably fell because of the swaying of a curtai n as someone passed. Hall's sunglasses were broken and she received a bump on the head, police said.

Paramedics examined her and said she needed no further attention.

Things amiss MSCD student Jeffrey Bisgard entered the gym April 12 and noticed that the lower cabinet door to the entrance of the locker room was laying on the floor, according to a police report. There were no signs of forced entry and nothing was missing. A check with maintenance showed no work order for the area. and it could not be de~rrnined how the door was removed. No further action was taken.

Lawrence H. Borom , v1s1tmg assistant professor of sociology and African American Studies at MSCD, was recently appointed by Mayor Wellington Webb to bead the city's human relations agency.

Borom. was the former president of the Denver Metropolitan Urban League for 17 years. He left to continue his doctoral studies and teach at MSCD. "I loved teaching . The most enjoyable part of it was the people I met in my class. We developed a real good relationship" Borom said. "I hope to one day to be able to come back to Metro and teach again, maybe under more suitable

CCD instructor John Oldani reported to campus police April 7 that his diploma of science degree in mechanical engineering and associate 's degree were taken from their hanging place on the north wall of Technology 125. Oldani said the certificates were bung 12 feet up and would not have needed to be removed for cleaning, police said. Both certificates were originals with state seals and will cost about $200 to replace, police said.

Oldani said he suspects the items will be used for counterfeiting purposes.

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Borom started working for the city two weeks ago and will continue to work part-time until his contract at MSCD is up on May 10.

Some of his respon siblities at the human relations agency are to get people involved in the Denver government, to deal with inner group conflicts and to provide assistance to the self-help effort.

He said he hopes to improve the quality of life for Denver residents, help set up enrichment programs for area youths and e stabli sh economic opportunities for those interested.

Borom also pointed out that there was another priority; fighting discrimination in all areas of the gov ernment and city services.

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Road To Success Mentorship Program along with campus services build resource network for students.

Several campus programs and their staff are working in conjunction with the Student Dev_e lopment Center and the Mentorship Program to provide as many support systems as possible for the students.

Ron Lujan, assistant director of Career Services, works with students participating in the Young Men's Support Group and also volunteers as a mentor with the Mentorship Program.

Lujan will be working with the members of the Young Men's Support Group to inform them of options that will help develop their professional career and academic goals.

Already Lujan has worked with young i:nen in the group discussing resources, such as Career Services, that will help them gain the experience they will need once they graduate.

Career Services, Lujan said, provides services to students, which include help with

resumes and interviewing techniques.

They also arrange on cam pus interviews and administer assessm~nt tests, such as the MeyersBrig gs Type Indicator and Strong Interest Inventory to help students narrow their goals to begin planning for their careers.

All of these services will aid the young men who joined the group to develop and expand their professional academic and Young men's support group listening as Ron Lujan, assistant Director of Career career goals.

Services, explains on-campus resources available to them. Left to right, Ron Lujan, In addition to Jason Martinez, Jean¡ Noel Thompson, Edward Robinson and Lemule "Gome" Pulley. working with the the options that are available Young Men's Support Group, Program.

The Mentorship Program and help them take advantage Lujan also is volunteering as a mentor with the Mentorship allows him to show the student of those resources, Lujan said.

Community members who serve as mentors give students a view from the outside such as pediatrics, barn-medicine, transMentors from the community play an with a Bachelor's of Science in Nursing. important role in the success of the Hopkins said that mentors, in a formal plant, dialysis and employee health.

Even though Hopkin's duties are now Mentorship Program. These mentors help sense, can be difficult to locate. to not only provide support and guidance "In health care mentors are hard to find strictly administrative, she has always that the other mentors do, but they also - it's a lot of on-the-job training," she said. liked the clinical side of health care.

Since her nursing background was But, Hopkins said, she always found help students begin to network with prostrictly clinical, she returned to fessionals in the community. school at the University of Mentors who are also proPhoenix and in 1985 earned a fessionals in the community Mentors from the community play an imporgive students a chance to look Masters of Business tant role in the success of the Mentorship Administration. at their future careers from Program. These mentors help to not only provide another angle that they might In her current position, she support and guidance that the other mentors do, works with directors in all areas, not have gotten otherwise. as well as working with the budbut they also help students begin to network One of those mentors, get and strategic planning for the Cheryl Hopkins, is working to with professionals in the community. hospital. However, it is still the give support to a student planning to work in the health care contact with patients that she profession. some kind of support system at every level enjoys most about her job, she said.

'1t keeps me in touch with what's going Hopkins, who is now vice president for that she worked. "You can find different Patient Care Services and CNO people at different levels that can go to," on," she said.

Hopkins encourages other health care Administration for Porter Memorial Hopkins said. professionals to be mentors with students.

In 1982 she started to work as a managHospital, started as am emergency room nurse at Porter after she graduated in 1979 er of the emergence room and in 1984 she "When you work with someone else it gets from Metropolitan State College Of Denver took on additional responsibilities in areas you outside yourself," she said.

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Road To SuccessCommunity provides mentors to guide students One of the unique aspects of the Mentorship Program is that it will not only benefit the student, 路but also the faculty, staff or community member who is serving as a mentor.

For Dr. Tommy Lazio, assistant professor of teacher education, servir).g as a mentor is what he calls a "value-added process."

Lazio describes a value-added process as one which adds value to the mentee by giving "To me this is not a them supcommitment for one or port and two or even three years. also adds This is a lifetime com- value to mitment." what the mentor is -Dr. Tommy Lazio doing by Mentor g i v i n g them the opportunity ~o watch someone else grow and develop.

"The return is incredible!" said Lazio of being a mentor. "The mentee's have a tremendous amount of energy and I find that contagious.

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must also be willing process, I win in the to nurture the student process." as he I she grows and A mentor should funcdevelops, Lazio said. tion, Lazio said, as a Second, the mentor "patron," who, in Sicilian, must be willing to is someone with whom lead and support the you share knowledge, student. life-experiences and In return, the exchange ideas. 路 mentee must be will"To me this is not a ing to grow and gain commitment for one or from the experience. two or even three years.

Hopefully, if everyThis is a lifetime committhing works out the ment. student gains help in getting through the "My responsibilities DR. TOMMY LAZIO don't stop when they system. they also learn graduate. I can help them to :problem solves and after they graduate." plan ahead so that they can make quality Partnerships between mentors and decisions that are at the same time efficient. mentees vary with each relationship, but "As a mentor I can broaden my underthere are some basic components every standing. I'm a new faculty member and partner ship must have in order for it to iP s a great way for me to meet people," succeed. said Lazio, who moved to Denver after First, the mentor must care about the teaching for several year at Florida State student and his/her progress and they University.

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Many staff at Metropolitan State College of Denver are making an important contribution to the success of the Mentorship Program. One staff member who takes time out of her busy schedule to work with a student is Adrienne Hunter, a certification official with Veterans' Services in the Office of Admissions and Records.

"I've seen the value of mentors and I wanted to have some positive influence in someone's life," said Hunter as to why she became involved with the Mentorship Program.

Hunter, who went to college as an older student, said she also became involved with the Program because she can relate to many students who are returning to school as non-traditional students.

"Students today are born-

barded by so many choices and (Glenetta) knows that there is they should have someone someone in her corner." there to help them find a safe Hunter, too, had someone in route until they can get their her life who helped her and supported her during school.

"I wasn't always sure what I ".I've seen the value of needed and who I needed to mentors and I wanted to talk to," Hunter said. But she a resident assistant in the have some positive influ- found dorms while attending Lincoln ence in someone's life."

University in Oxford, Pennsylvania who served as an - Adrienne Hunter informal mentor.

Hunter encourages colMentorship Staff leagues to serve as mentors.

"People who know should be bearings," Hunter said. willing to share. If you have Her re la tionshi p with her something to give - give it. mentee, Glenetta Jackson, is The opportunity to give means more personal and social as a lot," Hunter said. opposed to other partnerships, Hunter said she feels strongwhich focus more on academics ly in helping others whenever or professional career goals. the chance arises. She said one "The confidentiality is of the best ways to summarize important in our relationship. the way she feels about mentorADVERTISEMENT

ing lies in a saying that she heard while attending an event honoring the late Arthur Ashe.

The saying said: "Our rent for existence 路is that we give ourselves to others," Hunter

"Students today are bombarded by so many choices and they should have someone there to help them find a safe route until they can get their bearings."

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METRO CONNECTIONS Dear Metro Connections: I have a question about the "new" general studies. I am unhappy. I am considered a senior this semester, and I still have two more g~neral studies classes to take. Plus, my brother and boyfriend both are on the "old" general studies and have been finished with their general studies requirements for two years now. Why did Metro ever change to this new program because it seems unfair for those unlucky students who are on the "new" general studies program. Why are the "new" general studies requirements so hard to complete? Why is it that people on the "new" general studies cannot CLEP out of classes for general studies requirements?

Sincerely, Unlucky Dear Unlucky: You've really been caught in a change.

The reason for the change in general studies programs is twofold - to provide a broad liberal arts base to the stud en ts' education and to meet state requirements. "The philosophy behind a broad liberal arts base js that we are educating for life and not just to confer a degree," says Linda Holland, Admissions and Records. "In addition, certain changes help us meet state requirements - the basic skills assessment classes and the senior experience requiref!Lent are vehicles for measuring our accountability."

Your question about why the new requirements are so hard to complete may be a function of the fact that you were in one of the first classes in the program which.was implemented in the fall of 1989. "The new program has the same number of required hours as the former program at 36 credit hours." says Linda.

"However, the new program is course specific, meaning that you must take certain courses as opposed to any course within a broad area. When the program first stated, there were few courses from which to select. And the requirement that some courses must have a different prefix from your major would have further limited your choice of classes." You didn't have many courses from which to choose. Now, it's easier because there is a much wider selection of classes.

Regarding CLEP credits, according to Admissions and Records, some. general studies classes can be CLEPed but not all of them. This has not changed appreciably from the old general studies program. Some classes can't be CLEPed because Metro administration and professors feel there are other skills that need to be acquired that go beyond what can be tested by the CLEP exams.

Check with Admissions and Records, however, for clarification as to which general studies classes can be CLEPed. Also, when the program began, advisors and others were not as clear on the requirements as they are now. There was some bad advice floating around.

Advisors are now more up to speed and can help the planning process go more smoothly and efficiently. However, do be sure that whatever you agree upon with an advisor that you have him or her sign off on your agreement.

If you would like to submit a question or comment to this column, please drop it by the MSCD Counseling Center, located in CN 203. 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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The Golden Key National Honor Society awarded Karyn Zibits with the Outstanding Sophomore award last month at the President's Dinner, honoring her for her hard work and dedication.

Zibits carries a 4.0 grade point average at MSCD while carrying 15 credit hours each semester, said Dorothy Hicks, promotion coordinator at MSCD. On top of that, Zibits is a volunteer at Abraham Lincoln High School working eight hours a week tutoring students of various grades. She also works 15-20 _ hours a week at the office of the dean of letters, arts and sciences.

Being a single mom of a two-year-old boy, Zibits is a fine example of young

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womanhood, Hicks said.

"I was surprised and honored to receive the Outstanding Sophomore Award," Zibits said. "I'm especially grateful to the members of the Golden Key for making the awards dinner very special and complimentery."

Each year Golden Key gives one outstanding sophomore student at MSCD this award. To qualify, the student has to be in the top 15 percent of the sophomore class, Hicks said .

Golden Key sends the top 15 percent sophomores a letter asking them to apply for the award. This year it had 55 applicants, Hicks said.

"She really exemplifies the outstanding qualities of students," Hicks added.

GRIEVANCE from page 1 The cost is minimal Pence said.

MSCD administration will pay 1/2 of the expense of the hearing officer and the cost of recording the proceeding; the other 1/2 of the expense will be split by the faculty involved in the grievance.

The appeal process is still in the works and it will probably be months before anything is settled.

After the formal grievance process is exhausted the teachers may file suit in Denver District Court.

"The whole process of asking for something you should already be getting is demoralizing," Pence said.

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Metro Connections reaches out to form earing community Since the startup of the Metro Connections program in 1990 its primary mission has been· to help in creating a sense of community on an urban, commuter campus. Being based in the Counseling Center has helped to make the program attuned to the present concerns of the students.

The basic philosophy of Metro Connections is to provide an informal,·caring network for students to seek out other students, faculty and staff to get a helping hand or an empathetic ear. One important factor in crea ting this atmosphere through Metro Connections is the Peer Helper program. There is a student, a peer helper, assigned to each section of the First Year Experience classes to participate in discussions, address any questions and assist students through the "red tape" many of the college processes have.

In addition to the Peer Helper program, Metro Connections sponsors a conference every year that addresses issues occurring on

campus. All students, faculty and staff who have been nominated as "natural helpers" are invited to attend, and it is also open to the Members of Metro Connections: (back row from left) Darrell Harrod, Denise Everling, Don entire campus. Sugar, Joy Hart. (front row from left) Devra Beldock, Steven Sandoval, Bobbi Vollmer, The "natural Renee Ruderman, Salvatore Conca. helpers" are recognized for their willingness to help when the advice.

All these aspects of the Metro Connections approached by students.

Metro Connections also reaches out to the program are instrumental in playing out its students through a weekly advice column in purpose, to create a caring network on a camThe Metropolitan. Students are encouraged to pus where a sense of community is sometimes write in confidentially with a concern, and the difficult to foster. Metro Connections is funded letter with a reply will appear in The by the Student Affairs Board which thankfully Metropolitan to allow other students with sim- recognizes the need for a student outreach proilar circumstances to receive and .benefit from gram.

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The First Year Experience classes are cours- A Peer Helper is a student that has college es designed to help make a successful transi- experience and can address personal and coltion to college and to achieve educational lege concerns of the students enrolled in the goals. College will seem a warmer, more wel- First Year Experience classes. The Peer Helpers coming place and the demands much less participate in classroom discussions and act as intimidating after taking a First Year a resource to students addressing questions Experience class. Helping hands are available posed to them. They can assist a student with to assist in deciding what courses to take and "short cuts" to sometimes lengthy college proto answer questions about general studies, cedures like financial aid and registration probmajors, minors and electives. In addition, there lems. The Peer Helpers keep the students are opportunities to take advantage of tutor- informed with activities available to students ing, workshops and counseling services. on campus with hopes to get them involved in In conjunction with MSCD' s Counseling the many programs offered to students. Peer Center, the First Year Experience classes are Helpers are students that have made their colprovided with Metro Connection Peer Helpers. lege careers a success and take this opportunity , . . . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . to share their METRO CONNECTIONS SURVEY tricks with new METROPOLITAN STATE COLLEGE OF DENVER students.

This survey affects you. Please assist the MSCD Counseling Center to identify students, faculty and staff whom you see as personally helpful.

Those nominated by students and faculty will receive a letter of recognition and will be invited to participate in leadership training opportunities. The goal is to make MSCD a more caririg and supportive community through recognition of those who currently live out their humanist values.

If you had a personal problem and felt the need to discuss it with someone, you would feel most comfortable talking with the following people at MSCD (including your own name if people seek you out to talk to).

CLASSMATES AND OTHER STUDENTS

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Fold and tape or staple and write BOX 5 on the outside. Place in any department outgoing mail for free on campus delivery.

THE METRO CONNECTIONS COLUMN CONTINUES The Metro Connections column runs every week in The Metropolitan. It is a forum for students to ask questions about various events on campus or to voice concerns and receive an answer to these questions and concerns. Metro Connections stresses networks available to students - contacts and information - that help make their lives on campus smoother and more enjoyable. The column is constructed by the staff at the MSCD Counseling Center with the aid of peer helpers and students.

Some topics addressed include financial aid, campus recreation and personal issues that affect the student population as a whole. If you have a question regarding submission to the column, call the MSCD Counseling Center at 556-3132.

METRO CONNECTIONS PROGRAM HAS PAID POSITIONS AVAILABLE FOR FALL 1993 SEMESTER

Call 556-3132 and ask for Joy Hart for more information POSITIONS: COORDINATOR-duties include clerical tasks that require organizational skill. **Training for position starts after finals week, includes summer, fall and spring employment. .PEER HELPERS-duties consist of attending at least one First Year Experience class a week and participating in weekly training meetings.

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Lemak caught in· kegs, cash, craziness Antoinette Vecchio The Metropolitan

The vice president-elect of MSCD's student government has bee~ charged with theft after he deposited a stolen check into his bank account.

Lucian Lema~. who was elected to office earlier this month, turned himself in to Denver police April 19 after l]eing contacted about the charge, said Det. James A. Rock of the Postal Inspection Service Task Force.

According to the police report, Rock tried to contact Lemak 11 times since March 17.

"I was out of town a lot in the month of March," Lemak said.

Lemak did receiv_e a couple of messages from the police, but was not able to reach anyone, he said.

Auraria employee ~onnie McNeill, whom the check belonged to, reported the forged check to police. The check was sent by Rocky Mount_ain Bank Card System in January to the Auraria Book Center instead of the parking office, where McNeill works, according to the report.

McNeill said she waited for the check for three months before calling the bank about the check, the report said.

Pam Hitt, of Rocky Mountain Bank Card System, said the $50 check was mistakenly mailed to the wrong box number arid had been cashed, the report said.

McNeill said she asked the bank to

fax her a copy of the canceled check on March 16.

"My name had been signed on the back," she said. "They didn't even spell my name right."

Below her name was the name of Lemak, she said, and his bank account number from First Bank at 1355 Krameria St. inside King Soopers.

First Bank confirmed that the check had· been endorsed and deposited into Lemak's bank account, the report said.

McNeill filed a complaint with Auraria Public Safety, which then contacted Denver police, she said.

In his statement to police, Lemak said he was approached some time ago in campus lot G by a woman who asked him for a ride to Boulder in exchange for $20.

Lemak, who said he believed the woman's name was Bonnie, agreed to help her, and, upon reaching Boulder, the woman claimed she had no cash. The woman, he said, endorsed and gave him the $50 check that was payable to McNeill. In return, Lemak gave the woman $30 cash as change, the report said. He was unaware that the woman was not McNeill.

"I did receive a stolen check," Lemak said. "I admit that that's the main case.

Possession is three-fourths of the crime."

Lemak said he kept the check "for a while" before he deposited it into his account.

Lemak is charged with a petty offense of theft under $100 which is punishable by up to two days in jail and up to a $100

fine, Rock said. " I think I'm caught between a rock and a hard place," Lemak said.

President-elect of MSCD ' s student government, Barb Ferrill, said she supports Lemak and knows him well enough to know he would not steal and cash a check.

"What's frustrating is that he went to help out a student and now he's in big trouble because he bas no way of proving

he didn't do anything wrong," she said.

Lemak said he has not seen "Bonnie" since she gave him the check but is looking forward to seeing her again. " I wi)l find this young lady. I'll have to have a little talk," Lemak said. "(She's) putting me through more trauma than I need to go through right now."

Lemak' s court date has been set for May 19.

Misunderstanding over beer A beer keg reported stolen March 7 was taken by MSCD student government Vice President-elect Lucian Lemak and a friend following an event sponsored by the MSCD art department.

In an interview April 26, Lemak admitted he and a friend took the keg from in front of Emmanuel Gallery after the people who left it there failed to come back for it after 30 minutes.

"We were waiting and waiting and waiting and waiting and waiting and waiting for these art students because they told us to watch the keg and they never showed up," Lemak said.

Lemak said he and Lisa Tait, staff assistant for student government, stored the keg at Tait's house but not before they tried to deliver it to a party being held by the art students on Downing Street in Capitol Hill.

MSCD senior Christian Cardona, who left the keg outside the gallery, said

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he asked people standing outside to watch the keg while he and his girlfriend went to get their truck to pick up the keg.

When they returned 10 minutes later, he said, the keg was gone.

Lemak later told Cardona that he took the keg for safekeeping because the police were going to confiscate it, Cardona said.

The incident was very confusing, Cardona said.

"Why did they take something that didn't belong to them?" Cardona asked.

Cardona said he did not know what happened to the keg as it was· never delivered to the party.

Lemak said he returned the keg to the Wynkoop Brewing Company the following Saturday or Sunday. The keg, he said, had the same amount of beer in it as it did when he took it that Thursday.

A brewer at the Wynkoop, however, said the keg came back empty.

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Health care system needs change to help, n.o.t hurt FRANKLY . 路SPEAKING SHAWN CHRISTOPHER Cox

If Hillary Rodham Clinton does nothing else with health care, hopefully she will get the billing system simplified. In the end, let's hope that a plan is passed that provides insurance to the 40 million uninsured and 25 million underinsured.

This is not another liberal column calling for what Republicans deem as socialized medicine. It comes from a personal experience.

Seven months after my mother had open heart surgery, she is still dealing with the insurance company, the hospital, doctors and other health care providers.

Even when one has good insurance, do not be so sure that everything will be covered. My mother's latest battle is dealing with the health care agency she was sent home with.

Because of the stipulations of her insurance plan, there are certain hospitals and doctors classified as "prime" that she must use for her insurance to cover the costs or cover a bigger portion of the costs. It turns out that nobody made sure that she was sent home with a "prime" agency.

This means that a portion of the costs will have to be paid by her.

From her first procedure she was careful to make sure all of her doctors were prime and the

hospital she went to was prime. However, no matter how careful my mother was, she has ended up paying for costs that should have been covered.

How did this happen? Quite simple. The health insurance system is such a mess with all of the paperwork and there was no advocate for the patient.

Her health care file continues to grow with more problems for every new bill. Bill ing is done inadequately and inefficiently. Some doctors and procedures are covered under some insurance plans, while others are not.

There needs to be a simplified billing system to relieve the headaches of recovering patients.

Moreover, the whole health care system in America is in crisis with the over 65 million uninsured and underinsured.

To just say that the system needs to be fixed would be to underestimate the extent of the problem and to not see the attendant variables in play.

Such variables include increased government programs, average wages declining over the last decade, and rising costs for businesses to cover their employees; as well as increased expenses for employees themselves, both in paying premiums and for uncovered health expenditures.

America is the only industrialized country without some form of a national health care plan. America needs to implement a health care system that covers all of its citizens. Health care is not a privilege, but a right.

Opponents argue that socialized medicine would divest Americans of their right to choose doctors and hospitals, however, the facts bear out that we are already pursuing socialized medicine to a great degree.

Forty-two percent of health care expenditures are paid for by the government in some form, such as Medicare for the elderly or Medicaid for the poor.

But, America still falls short. Medicaid is underfunded since only 40 percent of Americans who are below the federal poverty level are actually covered, according to "Challenges in Health Care," a 1991 chart book put out by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

The statistics are starkly evident. The median weekly wage for all workers has dropped from $409

'The health insurance system is such a mess ... and there was no advocate for the patient' in 197.9 to $391 in 1992, according to an Aug. 24, 1992, cover story in Fortune magazine using Bureau of Labor statistics.

At the same t i me, health care costs have escalated. As a 1991 Democratic Study Group Special Report points out, the average American worker paid $1,400 in 1980 for medical payments (6.6 percent of gross earnings), which rose to over $2,000 by 1990 (1 o percent of gross earnings).

The health care crisis deserves the utmost attention since the Supreme Court ruled Nov. 9, 1992, that employers have the right to exclude people with acute illnesses from health-insurance plans. Employees with serious illnesses now run the risk of losing coverage at the very point they need it most.

The system needs to be changed to cover the uninsured and to protect those already insured.

GUEST EDITORIAL Student Health Center needs focus on education for students In response to the Guest Editorial, April 2nd issue of The Metropolitan, by the Student Health Center staff, I welcome the opportunity to inform the students about the issues involving the funding of the Student Health Center.

I particularly want to reply to the editorial 's allegations that "Dr .

Ledesma appears to have his own personal agenda that is in conflict with the needs and interests of the students ... His focus just on health education as the appropriate mission for the health center is extremely narrow and is only a part of a student's health care needs."

I have never said that health education should be the sole focus of the Health Center. However, I do see a need for more emphasis on health education . The health education I information function seems a low priority when compared to medical treatment. Mr. Steve Monaco , the Director of the Student Health Center, recognizes the value of health education. His mission statement reads: "The Student Health Center of MSCD is a primary care medical facility providing accessible, affordable and non-discriminatory services to all its constituents . The department seeks to supplement the educational mission of MSCD by its efforts to educate our students, faculty and staff regarding up to date medical information, prevention health care ,

and accurate diagnostic information."

Yet, Mr. 'Monaco does not ask to fund health education as part of his annual budget proposals. This situation makes it necessary to advocate for health education.

As the senior Faculty Senator representative on the Student Affairs Board (SAS), having experienced four years of funding deliberations about the Student Health Center, has lead me to the conclusion that the Center

collected. A student enrolled for eight or more credit hours pays 46 dollars in the category of Student Activity Fees; students with fewer hours pay a proportionately lower fee, ranging from 18 to 42 dollars. When the Health Center documents 10, 270 individuals served in 1992, I am impressed and concerned. The combined student enrollment at MSCD during in the Spring, Summer, and Fall in 1992 was 41 ,204. Ten thousand students used

' ... having experien路ced four years of funding deliberations about the Student Health Center, has lead me to the conclusion that the Center should have a full-time health educator to provide the services specified in the mission statement.' should have a full-time health educator to provide the services specified in the mission statement: My concern with the Student Health Center has never challenged the quality of service , but rather questioned the priorities of how to serve ALL students, who pay Student Activity Fees.

Every MSCD student pays a mandatory Student Activity Fee each semester so every student should benefit. $409,500 went to the Student Health Center of the $1 .2 million total

the service , now that is impressive until you realize 30,000 students did not. Nevertheless , all students , whether they use the Student Health Center or not, must pay Student Activity Fees to fund the Center.

Furthermore, some personal insurance policies do not permit a .student to use the Student Health Center because of provider restrictions. Only 3 ,000 students per semester buy the college 's student health insurance.

The rest have their own health insurance, as the college requires

proof of insurance.

The only benefit these students have for their Student Activity Fee contribution to the Student Health Center's services occurs in the "adjunct" health education programming.

Therefore, I would like to see an expanded health education program.

So that every student, whether he or she sets foot in the Student Health Center, benefits from their Student Activity Fee. I do not apologize for this insistence. As an SAB representative, I have and will continue to advocate for students about how the Student Health Center provides services for all those who pay. I believe unequivocally in the right of all students to benefit from the service.

What do you think? How important is health education to you as part of your educational experience at MSCD? Address your written comments to the Office of Student Affairs, CN-312.

Antonio F. Ledesma Ph. D., M.S.W. Assistant Professor of Human Services Faculty Senator serving on the Student Affairs Committee in its representative role on the MSCD Student Affairs Board.

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Summer vacation not promising much relaxation 路 MAMA MARIANI JEAN MARIANI-SEAR

Well, the semester is almost over and you lived through it. You probably didn't think you 'd ever see it, but summer starts in a few weeks. I am one of the fortunate few: I actually get three weeks off before my son is released by DPS to make me miserable. While many of my classmates will be astonished to hear this, I must confess: the idea of being trapped in a two-bedroom apartment all summer with an eight-year-old scares the hell out of me.

While his dad is (mostly) current on his child support, which is rare enough to see, it does not provide enough to participate in summer programs. If I get a job to get him into something for the summer, I have to get daycare. If I have to get daycare, almost my whole paycheck will go to

cover that. If my whole paycheck goes to cover that, what have I gained?

AND ii I get a job, my food stamps will evaporate, though if I don't, they might anyway because I'm "not making enough of an effort" to get ahead.

AAUUUGGHHH! How many parents, especially single parents, have to deal with this?

Most of them do, in fact. The "average" single parent is female , underemployed and on some form of relief. Not all are on welfare, contrary to popular stereotype. The only dip I make into the organized (and I use that term very loosely) social welfare system is food stamps. I barter for our medical care; for part of my personal therapy as well. My grants and loans are all carefully accounted for with little things like rent. The phone. Postage stamps. Cat food and litter.

Transportation. There are no agency funds for these things, as a rule, unless you are in the system, and then they are inadequate to the needs presented.

When people avoid the system, they are assumed to be "better" in

some indefinable fashion than people who are in the system. This is due, in part, to the doctrine of Less Eligibility, to wit: people who don't work for their money, and rely on relief, are worth less than people who are not on relief.

It is evident in the attitudes of any one of the technicians in the food stamp and welfare offices. We look at poverty as a stigmatizing cond ition in our society, and it starts with children.

School age children, as far down as kindergarten are taught not to "make fun of Johnny or Janey, they're POOR and can't help the way they look, or that they can 't buy those $150.00 tennis shoes like yours. " What many of these well-meaning people don't realize is how much work it is and how dehumanizing it is to be poor and in the system. If you are 5 minutes late to food stamps, you must re-schedule. Period. If the appointment available is two weeks away and you and your kids are hungry now, oh well.

You should have been there. You knew when your appointl'f!ent was.

Next.

Welfare is much the same. The

Low-income Energy Assistance Program(LIEAP) is only available between November and April, but energy is needed all year for healthy maintenance of families . Budget billing, a program whereby Public Service diwies up your bill and goes with 12 equal payments for the year, is based on the previous year's billing to the address, regardless of whether it was your place then, or whether it was insulated recently. Fortunately, they do provide some weatherization services as well.

Food banks are one avenue to take if food stamps are not quite enough, but where are they? Where are their year-round contributors? Do they take food stamps? If not, how much of my already overstretched budget will they eat up? All these questions must be answered every day by single-parent and two-parent families with inajequate means.

On second thought, maybe spending the summer caged up with a pre-adolescent isn't so bad after all!

After all, I do have three weeks off first to dig my trenches.

Students fight to retain anthropology professor who faces dismissal The MSCD anthropology department will soon be, or already has advertised for a temporary anthropology professor position, which is currently held by Dr. Karen Gallob. Since 1990, Dr. Gallob has served as a visiting assistant professor of anthropology. Each year her appointment has been for a temporary one year contract on an emergency hire basis. This is because the growing department needs additional faculty.

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provost, on the request of Dr. Kenneth Keller, Chair of the department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Welfare. This was in recogn ition of the strength being shown by this department and the undesirability of continuing emergency appointments. Dr. Keller wants to reconstruct the position currently held by Dr. Gallob, and advertise it in professional journals. Whether or not this change is necessary has yet to be demonstrated.

Many of the students have formed a committee to retain Dr. Gallob's position and to add our input

into the decision making processes of this department. The following excerpt is from a letter written by this committee to Dr. Keller addressing our concerns: "Dr. Gallob imparts to us an exuberant pursuit of knowledge . She encourages us to continually challenge ourselves, our own ethnocentricity. Her unique style of interaction and method of guidance demands nothing less than the highest standards of teamwork. She encourages us to engage in spontaneous brainstorming and to persevere in through the sometimes difficult nature of research.

Through her own multiplicity of disciplines, she has become a role model for us.

As the only woman in the anthropology department she contributes to and stimulates learning in a manner that the other professors cannot. We cannot stress enough the value of Dr. Gallob's presence within this department. In fact if Dr. Gallob had not been a part of the anthropology department at MSCD, there would be fewer declared anthropology majors, since she has become a mentor to many of us."

Whether or not Dr. Gallob remains on the staff, we feel it is necessary to retain a position for a symbolic cultural anthropology profe ssor. As it stands now, her position is the only one of its nature in the department (and on campus) . In order to have a well balanced anthropology department, we believe it is in the best of interest for students and the department to retain this aspect of cultural anthropology.

We welcome this opportunity, and we are volunteering our time in order to help collect information relevant to this dilemma. We anxiously solicit your feedback, and because our time is as limited as your own, we welcome your assistance.

The search for the position is, as far as we know, already underway, so it is urgent that your response be prompt. It is also important that you give us a name, address or phone number for our response to you.

Jami Behrenbrinker Channing Meyer

other concerned MSCD students.

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Last month the College Republicans wrote a letter addressing my critique of the Christian Right and their association with it. While most of their letter was pure ad hominem, I would like to comment on what I feel is the crucial aspect of the issue. The CRs stated that since the religious right is a myth created by the media, it need not be a topic of concern in American politics.

In my opinion, there are two possible reasons why the CRs would put forth such a response in light of so much evidence to the contrary. The first reason could be that they actually do believe the Christian Right to be a media ho~. Secondly, they are putting forth the "big lie" propaganda technique whereupon such obviously false statements go unquestioned because of the audacity of those claiming the "lie" to be reality.

The first possibility·, that the CRs actually believe the Christian Right to be a myth, can be remotely plausible only if their definition of the Christian Right is narrowed so as to include only those who propose a theocracy in the fashion of the Ayatollah in Iran.

But by looking at the publications put out by significant segments of the GOP, as well as the text of speeches made by Republican politicians, we can find members and organizations that proudly admit to being "tti_e Christian Right.· In "Backlash: Jhe Undeclared War Against American Women," Susan Faludi quotes one New Right minister: "We're not here to get into politics. We're here to turn the clock back to 1954 in this country."

Sara Diamond, author of Spiritual Warfare, defines the Christian Right as "a complex coalition of media ministries, political lobbies and missionary groups active in foreign affairs ... it is by no means monolithic, but the competing elements appear to be united in a simple overall effort; to take eventual control over the political and social institutions. in the U.S." She then quotes Bob Weiner, who runs a multimillion dollar ministry claiming over 100,000 contributors: "The Bible says .we are to rule. If you don't rule and I don't rule, the atheists and humanists and the agnostics are going to rule. We should be the head of our school board. We should be the head of our nation. We should be the Senators and Congressmen[sic]. We should be the editors of our newspapers. We should be taking over every area of life,· says Weiner.

In The Third Generation: Young Conservatives Look To the Future published by the Heritage Foundation, a "respected" Right wing think tank, Roy Jones of the Liberty Federation writes: ·1 have been personally involved in the formation of a new group called the Conservative Youth Federation. One of

our major goals is to reach out to religious schools. I believe the time has come, thanks to the heightened political involvement of the religious community, for conservative leaders, young and old, to begin reaching out to religious youth all over the country. If we begin to incorporate religious youth into the conservative movement, swelling our numbers, we will change the entire political equation."

Ralph Reed, also of the Heritage Foundation, as well as executive director of the Christian Coalition which is Pat Robertson's $13 million po litical organization, states "I believe there is a Christian revival going on and is changing the U.S. political landscape ... and is changing America by producing young people who love God above everything else in their lives, and who also possess the ability to govern this nation."

While well-organized and highly financed groups work to undue progressive reforms in areas of civil liberties, social welfare, non-interventionism and individual freedom, Auraria's College Republicans bury their heads in the sand. (That is if we are to believe that they are as ignorant and uninformed as they claim to be.)

The second possibility, that the CRs are fully aware of the power of the Christian Right and are putting up smoke screens so as to provide them space to maneuver, is more insidious but also more plausible. Christian Coalition leaders have learned that secrecy, avoiding publicity and taking advantage of smoke screens, like the one being put up1 6y the College Republicans, may be their best weapon.

According to The Progressive Magazine, the Christian i:tight is "already gearing up for the 1994 mid-term elections, and they expect even lower voter turnout and lighter press scrutiny to help their cause.

Their candidates typically obscure their affiliations with the Religious Right and often avoid public appearances and debate.· Last November hundreds of races for school l:!oards, neighborhood advisory committees, city councils, and state legislatures were won by those who believe it is the will of God to role back the clock on women's reproductiv.e rights (even to the point of fire-bombing clinics and assassinating doctors who perform abortions), to oppose equal rights for gays, lesbians and bi-sexuals, to support the government of South Africa and oppose anti-apartheid activism, and to tear down the wall of separation between church and state.

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and en..,ir~nmentalist Paul Watffn talks t~ students t~ eelel1r•

MSCD student activities presented the event.

"If we destroy nature we call them developers, miners and businessmen, but if we destroy man-made things such as buildings we call that vandalism," Watson said.

Watson spoke on topics such as illegal whaling and driftnetting, media manipulation of society and the mission of the Sea Shepherd.

Armed with videocameras to document violations of conservation treaties, Watson takes his marine conservation ship, the Sea Shepherd, to help the plight of citizen species of the oceans, namely, the quarter million marine mammals that are killed each year.

In a documentary video that was shown, Watson and his crew went to battle with Japanese ships that were illegally using driftnets in the North Pacific last summer. Avoiding knives being thrown by the Japanese, Watson rammed the Sea Shepherd into their ships, disabling their equipment and driving the Japanese from the area.

In December, Watson delivered what he called "A Christmas gift to Dominic Chavez !The Metropolitan the great whales of the North Atlantic." With bolt cutters and a Captain Paul Watson sails the seas to protect marine life with his ship, the Sea Shepherd. He spoke to a monkey wrench in hand, an agent of group of students April 21 in conjunction with Earth Day 1993. the Sea Shepherd's ORCAFORCE which is sacred, yet every day we desecrate rainforests Patricia Straub sank a Norwegian whaling boat after Norway's withand redwoods, some of the most sacred cathedrals on Features Editor drawal from the International Whaling Commission. the planet, said Captain Paul Watson, founder of the David Thibodeau The Sea Shepherd has never been convicted of a Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.

News Editor crime, and Watson says he is only enforcing laws that Watson, a founding member of Greenpeace and are rarely enforced.

If someone were to spit on the wailing wall in field representative for Earth First! spoke to students Responding to criticism for his tactics,Watson has Jerusalem, that person would be tom apart limb from April 21 in the Student Union in observance of Earth said to people, "I don' t give a damn what you think, limb. This act would be considered an insult to that Day 1993. Metro Activities Council and the office of

you're a human t "Some peo1 whale," Wat~n Some people risl and money we 1 don' t."

Watson emJ are ·alienated fro1 laws of ecologf t cy (every day hu plants and anim1 tion (more peqpl all previous gem and polluting om your collectivt? v the present, Wati idea were we hi future is at stake.

He cites th1 "Make no decis: that decision on t "Screw the tecting their heri of the loggers in Northwest, horn give a damn if d another color TV Watson was however, neithei remain with the which Watson tc threw it into the lawyer, "you d< about."

Watson saic the planet in wh1 he emphasized a "One thing ' great ancestors."

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In her book "Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women," author Susan Faludi calls l 987 "a scarlet letter year for the backlash against woman 's independence."

Faludi may have to publish a continuation of her dissertation of the damaging consequences film has had on women in lieu of the treacherous nature of recent film releases.

"Last year was one of the worst years in film," said Susan Linville, a professor of English at UCD, who has taught several film classes. "The parts for women in the 1930s and 40s were a lot better than they are now," she said.

"It's always been a boy' s club," said Raven Printz, an MSCD screenwriting instructor. ''There is no broad avenue for roles for women."

1992 brought an endless supply of anti-female film products. This is especially ironic since the Academy of Motion Picture Sciences that brings us the Oscars designated 1992 as "The Year of the Woman in Film."

"What a joke!" said Susan Aikman, a local independent film producer and president of the Denver chapter of Women

In Film (WIF).

According to Aikman, out of the 1000 Oscars that have been handed out over the years, only about 100 have gone to women.

The list of the past year 's films that contradict the Academy's patrionistic attitudes toward women in the film industry is long, to say the least.

Linville said, "There seems to be a series of films that see women as objects to be bought and sold."

Some recent movies that have glorified the commodity concept have been "Mad Dog and Glory," "Honeymoon in Vegas," and "Indecent Proposal."

Orher films denouncing women in other ways are "Basic Instinct," "The Crush," and "Poison Ivy." Film has always played a large role in reflecting and reinforcing the values that are condoned in American society.

"We go to the movies to have our beliefs reinforced," said Jan Delasara, a professor of English at MSCD. "Movie critics are our priests."

In this regard, film is a barometer of popular attitudes toward women.

In "Backlash," Faludi devotes a chapter to discussing

Adrian Lyne directs his latest movie "Indecent Propc and Demi Moore. The movie's premise repeats anti-1 director's earlier work, "Fatal Attraction."

the various ways in which film in the 1980s impacted women and their fight for equality.

According to Faludi, a trend developed within the "' American film industry in the 1980s denouncing equality for women and glorifying the traditional roles for women as part of the backlash against the women' s liberation movement.

"In typical themes, women were set against women; women's anger at their social circumstances was depoliti-

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1te Earth 6'ay :ing -you're the problem. le will risk their life to protect a :wM, "people don't understand that. lives to protect an oil well. Property nderstand, but other life forms we iasized the fact that as humans, we nature and are violating five basic 1 ~!ll"Vive as a species: interdependennans wipe out 100 to 200 species of s), biological diversity, overpopula~e alive today than have existed in ations), the survival of other species planet (or as he puts it, "don't shit in.

1terhole"). We are interested in only m said, and as a culture, we have no fe been, are, or are going, and our 1

wisdom of the Iroquois Indians: m until you consider the impact of

1e11ext seven generations." >tfS if they are not interested in proage for their children," Watson said the old growth forests of the Pacific of the spotted owl. "Then I don't ey don't have enough money to buy set." a founding member of Greenpeace, he nor any other founding member rganization. Following an episode in 1k the club of a baby seal hunter and xean, he was told by a Greenpeace i 't understand what Greenpeace is people can do their part in helping ever way they are best qualified, and ;rass-roots approach to everything. ·e will be," Watson said, "we will be

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Toss on your 80 pound pack, march alone on a trail in the wilderness and you're top dog. But truck along that same trail with grizzly bears and you 're a second-rate citizen, said environmental activist and chairman of the Round River· Conservation Society, Doug Peacock.

Peacock, who also recently helped form Citizens for Colorado Grizzlies, spoke to students April 19 in the Student Union about grizzly bears in Colorado and the importance of having animals that can kill and eat you. "(When you encounter a grizzly) it's instant humility because you're forced to take into account an animal who, if the animal so chose, could kill and eat you," Peacock said.

When speaking of humility before nature, Peacock talks about the grizzly because they are on the top of the food pyramid in North America--at least they were, he said, until repeater rifles came to the American West following the civil war.

"The emotional posture behind reason is humility," he said.

A man who lived with bears for 15 years, Peacock looks the part: grizzled and bearded, his weathered face reveals his powerful commitment to the wilderness; somewhat stocky, his shirt has popped the last button and he wears an old, brown, corduroy sport jacket given to him by his good friend, the late environmental author Edward Abbey.

He speaks highly of Abbey, as Abbey did of him. Abbey based his character, George Hayduke, anti-developmental icon in "The Monkey Wrench Gang" and "Hayduke Lives," on Peacock.

Peacock showed films of his 15 years with the grizzly in Glacier and Yellowstone National Parks to show the type of environment the bears live.

"This is the kind of country that could just as easily be in Jane Raley /The Metropolitan Colorado," he said.

Environmental activist Doug Peacock.

Although there is little evidence of grizzlies in Colorado (a few hairs found in feces here and there), Peacock believes there might be forces that gave rise to them also continue. a tiny population in one or two pockets in the San Juan mountains of "The human mind evolved from an ecology-it was a habitat," Southwestern Colorado.

Peacock said. "We're talking 40,000 years of modern evolution. All "Above all, it is a subalpine, and that is why Colorado is such a of that came from a habitat whose remnants we call today-the great place," he said. wilderness."

Grizzlies were once everywhere Peacock said. He believes that those things which evolve cannot persist unless the same creative

cized and displayed as personal depression instead; and women's lives were framed as morality tales in which the 'good mother wins and the independent woman gets punished,'" Faludi said.

Some films that Faludi cites in her "hit list" are "Crossing· Delancy," "Broadcast News," "Three Men and a Baby," "Baby Boom ," "Working Girl," "OverBoard," "Pretty Woman," "Moonstruck," "The War of the Roses, " and "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade."

Hll," starring Robert Redford Though Faludi 1minist themes found In the has no trouble finding examples to support her thesis , she target ne film director as especially deviant in promoting negative te!tSages about women.

This director is Adrian Lyne, who most recently pre~nted the American public with "Indecent Proposal."

Lynne is also known for his films "Flashdance," "Fatal .ttraction" and "9 1/2" weeks.

According to Faludi, the movie "Fatal Attraction,"

which came out in 1987, provided male moviegoers the opportunity to "slip into a dream state where it was permissible to express deep-seated resentments and fears about women." " In '9 1/2 Weeks,' released a year before 'Fatal Attraction,' a single career woman plays love slave to a stockbroker, who issues her this command: ' Don't Talk,"' Faludi said.

Faludi isn ' t the only one who considers Lyne's films misogynist either.

Delasara said, "Everything that he creates in his films sums up the anger toward women."

Well-known film reviewer for The New Yorker, Pauline Kael, said this in a 1987 film review of "Fatal Attraction."

"Its about men seeing feminists as witches, and, the way the facts are presented here, the woman is a witch."

Kael is referring the film's villain, Alex , played by Glenn Close, who won an Academy Award for the role.

Linville said, "When you think about how popular it was .. .it's a reflection of the misogyny in our culture."

During one scene in " Fatal Attraction," Alex and her lawyer lover, played by Michael Douglas, have passionate sex while she sits in the kitchen sink.

"They felt like they had to put Alex' s bottom in a sink of dirty dishes," Linville said.

"She comes from hell," said Kael in her review of the film. "Her loft is in the wholesale meat district, where fires bum in the street."

However damaging critiques by journalists like Faludi and Kael may have been, Lyne has not hesitated a bit in producing his craft.

"Indecent Proposal" is a strong indication that he is not to be deterred in making his films the way that he wants to.

This film 's anti-female statements are probably more blatant than anything he has done. If anything, he may have been further provoked by his critics.

The premise of "Indecent Proposal" is the bartering of the wife, Diana (Demi Moore), for a million dollars to a very wealthy man who conveys an undying interest in her.

This is the highest form of prostitution, and it is being popularized in a film that has been one of the most successfuJ.grossers in the movie industry this past month.

Lyne throws a direct curve ball at Faludi within the film as well; in one scene, Diana walks into her office, past the receptionist - who is reading a copy of "Backlash." Touche.

One might argue with women Like Faludi, who so vehemently attack the film industry, that there are examples of recent film that are affirmative of women.

Well, there is a retort to that too.

"For every movie made like ' Alien 3,' you have 50 movies geared toward white male adolescent audiences ," Linville said.

Said Faludi of "Alien 3": "The tough talking space engineer who saves an orphan child is sympathetically portrayed, but her willfulness too, is maternal; she is protecting the child - who calls her 'mommy' -from female monsters."

One would think that in the 1990s, a widespread commercial antagonism toward women, which in this case is exemplified in the movies, would be something out of a far away age. We think of ourselves as changed, open-minded, more sympathetic to being aware of what is politically correct or not. These films tell us that this is not so.

"The opportunities have gotten worse," said Susan Aikman. "The statistics tell us that women are oppressed in all industries."

The question then becomes, "Why is this happening?"

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How can one influence congr~ssional action?

This was the challenge for seven MSCD students attending the Thirteenth Annual Policy Seminar of the National Council of Educational Opportunity Associations (NCEOA) in Washington, D.C., March 14-16, 1993.

Nearly 200 students attended the NCEOA's 13th Upward Bound work Annual Policy Seminar in Washington D.C. last to assure that young month. Representing Metropolitan State College of people are familiar Denver were Jennifer Greene, Jalecia Johnson, with their post-secShonta Leopard, Sonia Pacheco, Jo Jo Perez, Nancy ondary options and Tafoya, and Monroe Trotman. Ms. Patricia have the academic Trotman, Director of Student Support Services preparation to sucProgram, accompanied the students. ceed in college.

The Seminar was designed for those who Veterans Upward ..J... ~' wished to make the best use of their limited time to Bound programs (front row, left to right) Monroe Trotman, Jo Jo Perez, Shonta Leopard, Sonia influence federal policy as it affects disadvantaged meet the immediate Pacheco. (back row, left to right) Jennifer Greene, Jalecla Johnson, Dr. Arnold students enrolled in or aspiring to attend college. training and transition Mitchem, Patricia Trotman, Nancy Tafoya.

Participants were briefed regarding education pri- needs of Veterans orities of the Clinton Administration and the poten- who are faced with increasing demand for services opened my eyes. It forced me to see how little tial impact of President Clinton's Economic Plan on due to defense cutbacks. Educational Opportunity monies the federal government provides for Federal TRIO Programs (programs that prepare dis- Centers work with adults giving them information low-income students and how hard people like Dr. advantaged persons for successful entry into, reten- and assistance to acquire the training necessary for Arnold Mitchem (Executive Director of NCEOA) tion in, and completion of post-secondary educa- highly skilled jobs. Student Support Services pro- work to support us as students and advocate for tion) As part of the Seminar, a day was spent on grams provide academic and counseling services to TRIO. People in congress are so unaware of how Capitol Hill visiting Congressional Offices, express- low-income college students so that they are able to many low-income people benefit from the TRIO ing support for the President's economic plan, and be retained and graduate. The Ronald E. McNair Program." Shonta Leopard, a junior, adds, "The urging 1) that the President expand post-secondary Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program provides Seminar enhanced my knowledge of the attributes opportunities for low-income youth and adults as college students with effective preparation for grad- and advantages that TRIO programs give to stupart of his investment strategy and 2) that the uate study. National studies have shown that stu- dents from middle school all the way through colPresident's fiscal 1994 budget request include suffi- dents who participate in TRIO programs are more lege. TRIO programs have proven to be an effective cient monies to raise the Pell grant maximum and likely to enter college and complete a baccalaureate tool for students' retention and success. We need to sufficient monies to significantly increase the num- program than similar students who do not partici- push for more educational opportunities through TRIO." ber of students served by TRIO. pate. 路 How successful was the students visit to conJoining with other Colorado participants, How do the students feel about their experience MSCD's students visited the office of Senator Ben in Washington? Nancy Tafoya, a senior at MSCD, gressional offices? According to Ms. Trotman, Nighthorse Campbell, Senator Hank Brown, states "the Seminar offered me the opportunity to Director of Student Support Services, the students路 Congresswoman Patricia Schroeder, Congressman go and fight for what I believe. I felt important and I made a great impact. As a result of their visits all Wayne Allard, Congressman Dan Schaefer, felt that what I said was heard. We had a chance to Colorado representatives indicated that they will Congressman David Skaggs, Congressman Scott let Congress know how crucial TRIO Programs are support the restoration of the maximum Pell Grant Mclnnis, and Congressman Joel Hefley. They made 路 and how important funding is to keep them in exis- to $2400 and that they will contact their known that there are hundreds of young people tence." According to Monroe Trotman, a junior, the Appropriations' Chair (Mr. William Natcher in the and adults in Colorado who are struggling to go to experience was unique and rewarding. "Unique, House or Mr. Tom Harkin in the Senate) supporting college and be successful there and that there is no because it enlightened me on the structure and sta- a fiscal year 1994 TRIO appropriation that will promise that federal funds will be available to serve tus of educational policy. And rewarding, because allow a significant increase in the number of stuthese students in the near future. They pointed out the experience reinforced my ideals on commit- dents and clients served. also the importance of TRIO programs. TRIO pro- ment, dedication, strength, and growth." He adds, grams nationally serve, each year, over 650,000 "our visit to the Congressional offices was a major STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES low-income students from ~ddle school to college. success, but only the surface has been scratched.

Pre-college programs like Talent Search and Both students and educators must 路w ork together to bring about a positive future for the The Student Support Services Program educational system." provides supportive services to disadvanBeing a political activist was new taged college students to enhance their potenfor most of the students. "I've never tial for successfully completing their educabeen one to get involved with politics," tion program and to facilitate their transition says Jalecia Johnson, a sophomore, into graduate school. To receive assistance, ''but I found out that there is a lot of students must be enrolled, or accepted for politics involved in education and students must play a role. " Jennifer enrollment, at Metropolitan State College of Greene, a junior, comments, "Without Denver and have an established need for acafederal funding, TRIO programs will demic assistance. All participants must be be cut and that would hurt a lot of stu- low-income, first generation college students dents. Students need to be aware of or physically handicapp,ed. Participants are how congressional action affects our not only provided with academic counseling education." Sonia Pacheco, a sopho- and personal support from professionals more, adds, "I felt we succeeded in familiar with the difficulties students making the needs of d isadvantaged encounter on campus, but also with tutoring students visible as well as pointing out and individualized instruction to assist them the importance of TRIO programs. The in overcoming difficulties they may experipeople in Washington listened to what ence.

If you feel that you can benefit from the we had to say."

A great deal of pride in NCEOA Student Support Services Program, you may Trio participants visit with Rep. Patricia Schroeder, 0-Colo. during and TRIO programs was displayed contact the office at 556-2533, or stop by the Thirteenth Annual Policy Senminar of the Natiuoal Council of among the students. According to Jo Jo Central Classroom Building, room 104.

Educational Opportunity Associations in Washington, D.C. during Perez, a sophomore, " the Seminar the week of March 14-16.

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"Parking is hell," said David P. Imes, 25, who will receive his degree in economics in May. · Parking is also a concern for 28-yearold Ronald J. Bailor.

"Metro should reduce the parking rates," he said. "It's the first c;ollege I've attended where parking is not part of the tuition charge."

Twenty-eight percent of respondents admitted problems in academia, 19 percent were frustrated with paperwork and administration, 16 percent wondered why financial aid was so hard to deal with and 13 percent said they had heard rumors that advising and counseling services actually existed. The other 24 percent cited

problem areas such as parking, computer availability and lack of variety of classes offered at night. " Even though Metro is billed as a school that caters to adult students, there's no after-hours support," said Kendel J. Killpack, 30, who works a full 40 hour week. "I never met with an adviser."

Katherine Gaylord, 43, a modern languages major, said advising could be better. "It seems like no one can tell you what you're supposed to be doing," she said.

In comparison to weak points, spring graduates said the best things about MSCD were its diverse student population, its location, the variety of classes, the fa.culty to student ratio and the fact that MSCD is a teaching establishment rather than one that concent~ates on research and

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From the acquired wisdom of MSCD is an excellent college, said 17 graduating students comes the following percent of the students; the college is an advice to those'who are still being above average school according to 38 subjected to torture, stress and the percent of respondents. It was described as knowledge that they have years to go. average by 36 percent and as below "Stick with it," said Katherine average by 9 percent. Seventy-five percent Gaylord, 43. "DOn't take it too seriously. of those interviewed had attended other Don't let the stress get to you and keep colleges in the past. your sense of humor."

Fifty-five percent of students took out Mary D. Reidhead, 28, history major, loans for school and they would all like to said loans are the key. "It's worth it to see an alternative to paying it back dollar take the loans out just to get it over with," by dollar , or at the very least, an she said. "I didn't let the notion of.paying improvement in the system. back the loans scare me."

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Dano S. Carbone, 32, said education said Dano S. Carbone, 32. is an absolute necessity. "Education is a Richard M. Hannah, 26, said people position yon have to take to sustain who need college for their careers should credibility in today's marketplace," he be able to go for free, echoing sentiment said. from many respondents that the system ''Take more internship classes," said should. be more like the European system Roxane Larimore, 30; a technical that gives government grants to collegecommunications major. "They can lead to goers. full-time jobs."

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Jobs for the environment: a growing field Roberta Smilnak , a professor of geography at MSCD, said there are many jobs opening up. One of the hottest areas is With environmental concern hazardous waste management.

"With more nuclear power being increasing, MSCD professors say there will be more jobs in environment-related used, there is more of a need for hazardous waste management," Smilnak said. fields.

Smilnak said Geology is also picking Tom Corona, an associate professor of up after a slow spell. meteorology at MSCD, said there are jobs "When the oil industry collapsed in in meteorological areas, especially research. Corona said most of the jobs are the '80s, we lost a lot of jobs and students with government agencies such as the in Geology, but they are coming back National Center for Atmospheric Research now."

Environmental geology is an and the National Oceanographic and important area. This specialty studies the Atmospheric Administration. effect of human activities such as mining "There's a lot of work out there," on the environment.

Corona said.

Jobs in recycling are also opening up.

Corona said there will be more work because many questions about the issues America is producing a Jot waste, and such as global warming and ozone landfills are filling up quickly.

Smilnak said Denverites are among depletion bole must be addressed.

"How are we going to cope with these the larger garbage producers, and they are things?" Corona said. "We have to find getting into trouble because of it.

"Here we always had landfill space," out. What will happen to rainfall patterns?

Will skin cancers be more common she said, "but now they are filling up."

Like Corona, Srnilnak said the 1980s because of the ozone hole?"

Corona said the last decade has not was a bad time for environmental been kind to environmental programs. He programs. " The emphasis was on economic said some officials under President Reagan progress," she said. such as former Secretary of the Interior Smilnak has high hopes for the James Watt and former Environmental Clinton administration and said she thinks Protection Agency head Anne Gorsuch gutted environmental protections and it will devote more attention to programs. Corona said he lost a job environmental issues.

"It's nice that the vice president bas researching thunderstorms soon after written a book on the environment," she Reagan was elected in 1980.

"The recession of the early 1980s also said, referring to Vice president Al Gore's recent book , " Earth in the Balance. " had an effect," Corona added.

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African American essay contest winners named Hero Montilla Staff Writer

Two Auraria students won the spring African American Essay contest in honor of Black History Month.

The contest was sponsored by MSCD's African American Affairs Council and was open to Auraria Campus students.

The topic of the essay was "What its like to be an African Americlµl at Auraria Campus."

Johnny A. Levy won first place, $100 in scholarship money. Levy is a senior in high school who is pa~ticipating in MSCD's High School Upward Bound Program. He was previously a student at East High School.

Jennifer Carter, an MSCD student, won second place and a $75 scholarship.

"The idea was to just get people to think," said Skip Crownhart, who serves on the African American Affairs Council, . In his essay called "Haven," Levy said being at Auraria with the Upward Bound Program has helped him to keep his sights on his future goals and to steer clear of teenage temptations such as drugs and gangs.

"At countless points in the space of my lifetime, the Auraria Campus and its effects toward the confirmation of my dream have kept me from stumbling into the pitfalls present in the life of every

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Lev y said spending time at the Auraria Library and the Recreation Center You've worked hard as well as participating in campus events for your BSN. You'd like has been valuable in offering him to continue the challenge. alternative forms of activity.

That's what Army Nursing "Having something to do and having offers ...professional someplace to go when things get rough are challenges. the best aids a 17-year-old' African Plus new study opAmerican could enlist," Levy said in his portunities, continuing essay.

Jennifer Carter is at MSCD for the education, travel. And second time, having been an MSCD you'll have the respect and student in the early 1980s. prestige accorded an officer in the United States Army.

Carter said in her essay that MSCD If you're working on your BSN or already have a has changed from the first time she BSN, talk to your Army Nurse Corps Recruiter. attended.

"I had experienced racism, discrimination and bias firsthand from both other students and professors," she said.

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"I have been introduced to various support groups and activities that will help ...--~!""!!"'-----~~-----------------, me succeed this time around," Carter said in her essay.

She also said organizations such as the African American Affairs Council and the African American Leadership Institute shows that progress is being made for African-American students at Auraria.

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What is a girl to do when she has finished college in just under three years and is only 20 years old?

Laura E . Malsam is an MSCD student who will graduate in May with a bachelor's degree in professional studies.

She will be the youngest graduate of the spring semester.

"My parents have been really supportive," she said. "If you don't work, take 18 hours and take lots of summer school, it's not that hard to finish quickly."

Malsam hasn 't decided what she will do next, but she eventually wants to get a · master's degree.

Meanwhile, in the hopes of gaining some work experience and making her young age more palatable in her chosen field-social work - she is considering applying to Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA).

VJSTA is similar to The Peace Corps and is a full -time volunteer program of Action, the United States government umbrella organization for voluntary service. Recruits come from all ages and backgrounds.

It is committed to increasing the capability of low-income people to improve the conditions of their own lives and operates in the United States, unlike the corps, which operates in foreign countries.

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Laura E. Malsam, 20, is the youngest MSCD grad this semester and is considering VISTA. Malsam said although MSCD is not "a barrel of laughs kind of place," and doesn't have the "social stuff that you'd find on a regular campus," it is a place where you can concentrate on getting an education.

For new or continuing students yet to graduate, she offers this advice: "Take time to figure it out rather than pick something because it sounds like it might be fun."

For more information on VISTA, write to 1100 Vermont Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20525. (202-634-913)

Helen J. Kinkade, known to friends and family as Joanne, is an MSCD student who epitomizes tenacity; she is 63 years old, has been pursuing a degree since 1977 and will graduate in May with a bachelor's degre e in health care management.

Kinkade originally went back to college to complete a bachelor's degree in nursing. She began the process by taking some standard classes at North West Community College in Powell, Wyo. in 1977.

Instructors for the small nurs ing group were provided by the Un iversity of Wyoming, wh ich had an extens ion program.

In order to get to Powell from her hometown of Cody, Kinkade began her day at 5:30 a.m.

She would rise with the sun, feed and water the cattle on the farm where she lived with her family and then catch the bus to Powell. She would return to Cody at noon to begin a 12-hour shift in the town's hospital emergency room.

She did all this while taking 14 hours of school not to mention caring for a husband and four children.

But she eventually changed directions.

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After a season full of heartbreak, the MSCD mens' baseball team shed no tears.

In their last week of the regular season, the Roadrunners feel like they're finally coming together.

Now, they are looking forward to the conference tournament.

"A lot of teams will think Metro State's a pushover," junior third-baseman Joe Lucero said. "That will be the time to sneak up on them."

The Mile High Baseball League's tournament will begin May 6 and continue through May 8.

Games will be played here at MSCD and at Denver University.

"We' ll do pretty well," Lucero said. "If the pitching comes through and we hit well, we can pretty much beat anyone."

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Tough conference competition will come from Mesa State College and Ft. Hays State-Kansas.

The 'Runners are battling with Denver University for the third seed in the tournament, and it seems like a close fight.

Last week, the 'Runners beat DU on their home turf with an easy win of 8-5.

They were supposed to match up again on Saturday for a double-header, but bad weather postponed the games until Sunday.

But the day break dido 't seem to help. The 'Runners lost the first game 6-2 in 11 innings. The tired 'Runners came back but couJdn ' t manage to get ahead

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The 'Runners will get three more chances in this last week to match up with DU. They play a home game on April 30 and then go over to DU on May 1 for a double header.

Lucero said Head Coach Vince Porreco's changes in the lineup will definitely help in future games.

"Some of the guys weren't giving 110-percent like they were supposed to," Lucero said. "He (Porreco) thinks we gave up on Sunday, but he hasn't given up on us."

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Not a bad choice to take over where Hull left off.

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"We have a good nucleus back next year," Strain said. " With the two new recruits, we are in pretty good shape."

The one ingredient missing from last years 16-12 team was speed in the back

With the knowledge that Bob Hull will be taking a one year sabbatical from coaching the MSCD men 's basketball team, the question is what kind of coach is Joe Strain.

Don ' t worry Roadrunner fans , your team is in good hands.

The 51-year-old Strain will bring 23 years of head-coaching experience to the Roadrunners. Strain coached 14 years at George ---------Washington High School in Denver where he compiled a 165-30 record for a 84.6 winning percentage. In 1986, Strain led the G.W. Patriots to a state cbamCoach Joe Strain pionship with a gaudy 25-0 record. While coaching in the Denver Public School system, Strain has won six city championships and made seven state tournament appear-

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CALENDAR~~~~~~~~~ Closed AA meetings are offered from noon to 12:50 p.m. in Auraria Library 206.

Information, call Rhiannon at·458-7472 or Billi at the Student Health Center: 5562525.

Golden Key National Honor Society general meeting and officer elections 2 to 3 p.m. in CN 217. Information: 556-4865.

"Is a Loss Keeping You From Moving Ahead in Your Life?" from 2 to 3 p.m. in CN-203. Information: 556-3132.

The CU-Denver History Department, the Colorado History Group and the Women's Suffrage in Colorado sponsor a day-long symposium and debate on women's suffrage. Colorado was the first state to grant women the right to vote. This year Colorado celebrates its centennial of women's suffrage. Congresswoman Patricia Schroeder gives the keynote address and plays the role of Susan B. Anthony in The Great Debate on Women's Suffrage in Colorado. The symposium begins at 8 am. with coffee and donuts in North Classroom 1130 and, following a walking tour of historic Denver landmarks of women's history, moves at 2 p.m. to the Central Presbyterian Church, 1660 Sherman St. The walkin_g tour includes the Golda Meir House, St. Elizabeth's Church, the Emily Griffith Opportunity School, the Molly Brown House and the Women's Press Club.

Several women of the CU history departments will participate in sessions, including Myra Rich , who is writing a history of Planned Parenthood, and Dr. Ellen Fisher, who has written the history of the Junior League of Denver. Also, a panel of female Colorado authors discuss women in Colorado history. The Women's Bean Project, which provides jobs to homeless and impoverished women, caters lunch.

The activities fees are $4 for the morning lecture, $7 for the lunch and $4 for the play. The event is open to the public.

Information: 556-4830.

4 to 5 p.m. in CN-203. Information: 5563132.

"Creating Healthy Relationships" from 11 a.m. to noon and " Eating : Resolving Issues with Food and Body Image" from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. in CN-203. Information: 556-3132.

Music Department commun ity concert band and wind ensemble at 7:30 p.m. at South High School. Information: 556-3180.

Metro State Rugby meets from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Information: 837-8351 .

Closed AA meetings. See April 30.

The Auraria No Holds Bard Association presents an open stage for poetry at noon at The Mercantile.

Freedom Fund Coffee Break 1993 1:30 to 5 p .m. at the Mercury Cafe, 2199 California St. A benefit for the Freedom Fund, which helps to ensure the reproductive rights of economically disadvantaged women by helping to pay for pregnancy terminations. Music, Tarot readings, delicious desserts, mid-eastern dancing by Eva Cernik, exotic coffees donated by Common Grounds Coffee House and Silver Canyon Coffee Company and a raffle. Information: 628-5472.

Metro State Rugby. See Tuesday.

"I s a Loss Keeping You From Moving Ahead in Your Life?" from 2 to 3 p.m. in CN-203. Information: 556-3132.

Closed AA meeting. See Friday.

Ongoing recovery group from noon to 1 p.m. and "How to Succeed in School and Enjoy Life Too" from 2 to 3 p.m. in CN203. Information: 556-3132.

Music Department composition recital at 2 p.m. in Arts 295. Information: 556-3180.

The Health Issues Committee coordinates "Auraria Campus employee health and fitness day." The theme is "Play where you work." Health promotion activities include a noon hour campus walk, hi-impact and step aerobics, a fitness center workshop, "healthy hearts" nutrition workshop, fitness testing, blood pressure screening and food and beverages. Information: 556-3210. /~""'..

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Music Department choral ensembles at 7 p.m. at Wellshire Presbyterian Church, 2999 S. Colorado Blvd. Information: 5563180.

Closed AA meeting. See Friday.

Menorah Ministries information table on the "Jewish messiah" and the "Jewish roots of Christianity" from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Student Union lobby. Information: 722-0944. .

"Is Your Family Driving You Crazy?" from noon to 1:30 p.m., personal growth group from 2 to 3:15 p.m. and "Spirit Quest" from

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Accounting or Finance major preferred. Must be familiar with Lotus 1-2-3, calculators, and spreadsheets. Approx. $6.75/hour. If interested, please call Cheryl @ 556-3020.

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