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Holliday Fired From Auraria fStaff "•1&•&111.., Wnter
The Student Advisory Committee to the Auraria Board is officially protesting the firing of an administrator who is known for his commitment to student concerns. Emerson Holliday, formerly the division director of Student Services for the Auraria Higher Education Center, was released from his contract "without cause" July 28 by Executive Vice President for Administration JoAnn Soker. According to the policy of the Auraria Board of Directors, an administrator can be terminated without cause with 90 days notice. Holliday 's tenure ended Aug. 3, and tee hnicaily be will be an AHEC
employee until the end of October, Soker said. Holliday, on vacation until Aug. 18, and his lawyer, were unavailable for comment. In a memorandum, Holliday stated he has no regrets about his experiences at Auraria, neither personal nor professional. Kersten Keith, a SACAB member and chairwoman of the Metro Activities Council said Holliday was the only AHEC administrator who was prostudent and kept free-flowing information lines open with students about Auraria issues. She described communications with the AHEC administration in general as an unnecessary, constant fight. In memoranda sent July 28 to see HOLLIDAY page 4
Lemak Pleads Guilty to Petty Theft
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MSCD Student Government Vice President Lucian Lemak pleaded guilty June 22 in a Denver courtroom to petty theft and was sentenced to one year unsupervised probation. Lemak was charged April 19 after turning himself in to Denver police for depositing a stolen Lemak check into his bank account. "I didn't want to plead guilty, but looking at finances and time, I wanted to
get it off my chest," Lemak said. An assistant city attorney offered Lemak a deferred sentence, saying that if Lemak pleaded not guilty, he would face federal charges, Lemak said. Lemak said be faced a $100 fine and possible community service but he came away paying only $23 in court costs and a petty theft charge. The charge will be dropped if he does not commit any other local, state or federal offenses. In an interview in April, Lemak said he was approached earlier this year in campus Lot G by a woman who asked him to drive her to Boulder in exchange for $20. Lemak said he agreed to help her, but, upon arriving in BouldeI, the woman said she had no cash. The woman, whose identity is still see LEMAK page 4
The Metropolitan/Andy Cross
World Youth Day comes to Auraria. More than 180,000 pilgrims from around the world came to Denver to celebrate the Catholic religion. The Auraria Campus was home to 4,000 Italians and others for the event held August 12 - 15. For story and more photos see pages 11 - 13.