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Back from Space NASA Astronaut Tom Akers, left, and Charles Pellerin, a visiting CUBoulder professor, talk with reporters and photographers after a lecture Monday at St. Cajetan's.

Akers was one of the crew members on the space shuttle mission to repair the Hubble Telescope. Pellerin is considered to be one of the fathers of the Hubble. Please see story on Page 5 .

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MSCD Spring Enrollment, Applications Decline Jean E. R. Straub STAFF WRITER Applications to MSCD have dropped "somewhat significantly," and enrollments are down, but "not precipitously," according to one MSCD administrator.

This year there have been about 400 fewer applications submitted to MSCD than last year, said Jett Conner, associate vice president of Academic Affairs.

The figure combines new and re-admit applications, he said.

"There is some concern about that," Conner said.

"We don't know exactly why that is the case. It's a little early to speculate."

MSCD enrollment for the spring 1994 semester is down more than 200 "full-time equivalency students" from the same date last year, he said. Full time equivalency is a measurement used by administrators. On the basis of a year, it is the number of students considered to be taking 30 hours. It may take a number of part-time students to equal one full-time equivalency student.

"The figures are about what we expected," said David Williams, provost and vice president of Academic Affairs. ''Enrollment is always lower spring semester. It

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The drop in enrollment could be attributed to a number 9f things, Conner said. It is conceivable that tuition by the credit hour could have something to do with the decrease, he said.

The local economy is as good an indicator as any of MSCD enrollment figures, said Conner and Ken Curtis, associate vice president and dean of Admissions and Records.

"As the Denver economy picks up, we lose some students who go back to work," Conner said.

Roughly 80 percent of MSCD students work, he said.

A number of four-year schools are down in enrollments, including UCD, Conner said. However, some of the community colleges are up in enrollments, he said.

"There is tremendous competition for students in this town," Curtis said.

An enrollment management committee, of which Conner is the chairman, met Jan. 27 to discuss some initiatives to try to boost enrollment, Conner said.

There is some discussion of putting the class schedule back into one of the daily Denver newspapers, he

said. The cost: $35,000 to $40,000, he said.

"It reminds people that Metro's here," Conner said.

MSCD has gone through unrestrained enrollment periods, he said.

"Then, in the mid-'80s we took a pretty good dip," he said. "These things come and go in a cyclical fashion ... We're trying to decide what's a good size for us right now, what our target should be. We can stand to grow some."

MSCD President Sheila Kaplan is considering inviting one or more independent consultants to the college in March to help administrators look at enrollment management issues, Conner said.

"It's hard to service students when you get past a certain point," Conner said. "We're crawling up the walls in terms of classrooms [space]."

At the moment there is not a correlation between state funding and enrollment figures, he said.

"You do lose some tuition," Conner said.

Lower enrollment could have a negative impact in the future, he said. There is talk in the legislature of returning to full-time equivalency as a factor in judging how muc:h funding goes to an institution, he said.

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MSCD Students Get View of Mexican/Zapatista Conflict Patricia Sydney Straub EDITOR IN CHIEF The New Year's Day peasant uprising in Mexico did not deter the MSCD Culture and Institute's winter study abroad trip to that area, although part of the itinerary had to be canceled.

Despite the changes in plans, students had memorable experiences with the Mexican military and the Mayan culture.

"Most of the dangers were on the Usumacinta River. We decided to go for it, whatever the political situation and make adjustments to the itinerary," said David Conde, director of the program and chairman of the MSCD Modern Languages department.

Conde said he met with the students on Jan. 3 to decide on an alternative itinerary.

Thirty students participated in the Jan. 4-17 trip to study the past and present civilizations of the Maya, whose civilization developed between 2,200 B.C. and 900A.D. The highlight of the trip was to be in Chiapas to visit Mayan sites of Yaachilan and Bonampak, accessible only by traveling by boat on the Usumacinta.

This proved to be impossible, however, as the area was in the heart of where the Zapatista National Liberation Army, descendants of the Maya, held a bloody uprising against the Mexican government Jan. 1, killing more than 200 people.

Chiapas is the poorest state in the nation, and the peasants took up arms for their rights as indigenous people.

While staying in Villaherrnosa, capital of the state of Tabasco, refugees from Palenque, Chiapas, another Mayan site on the group's itinerary, were pouring in, Conde said.

"We had quite a scare because there was an ambulance with its sirens blaring, carrying wounded government soldiers, and someone hollered that the guerrillas were coming," Conde said. "In a town of

"I wanted to take pictures, but they immediately shouted, 'No Photos!' but Curti negotiated to allow me to take just one," Wong said.

Afterwards the military searched the entire car Wong and Curti arrived in, Wong said.

"I was carrying on a conversation with one of them and his rifle was pointed right at me about eight inches away the whole time, and when Curti got in the car about five rifles just panned with him the whole way ."

Wong said.

After being refused passage through Ocos ingo, Conde and Curti decided not to jeopardize the safety of the group, Conde said.

The tour group that was going to take them on the The Metropolitan/Spencer Wong river trip said there was an alternative route around the MSCD professor Josafat Curti attempts to negotiate with the Mexican military in troops, Conde said.

Chiapas to gain passage through a roadblock to get to the Usumacinta River.

But Conde told them, In the light of the danger, the group "No, we are not going to sneak in the jun40,000, they all left the city that day." gle, we need to be legal!"

White flags were seen everywhere to was not worried, Conde said.

"You are not aware and not as identify civilian cars. Although the group When leaving Palenque, the military did not come in contact with the guerril- involved as you are when you are reading it wanted to check their ID again, but Curti las, road blocks were frequent, and sta- in the newspapers and seeing the pictures. had a better idea.

"I said to these fellows, 'Look, some tioned with members of the Policia The group was more at ease and taking care Federal Judicial, Mexico's equivalent to of the immediate situation," he said. of these women [in the group] would like The group did manage to get through to take pictures with you,"' Curti told the the FBI. The Policia boarded their tour bus with machine guns, said Josafat Curti, road blocks and ID checks to enter military. After flashing cameras, posing part-time MSCD Spanish instructor and Palenque, which by now tourists had and embraces, everyone was having such deserted, Conde said. a good time, the military forgot to check group leader of the trip.

By the next morning, Curti and their ID, he said.

For extra safety precautions, a banner An extra day in Merida, the capital of was displayed on the front of the tour bus Spencer Wong, a 23-year-old anthropoloto immediately identify that they were a gy senior, went to check out the possibili- the state of Yucatan, and Cancun were ty of passage to the town of Ocosingo, added to the itinerary, as well as the U.S. cultural study group, Curti said.

The group also carried a document which was hardest hit by the uprising. It is Mayan sites of Coba and Tulum.

"We were somewhat disappointed issued by the Mexican State Department the road needed to get onto the river for because that was the highlight of the trip, that requested military and civil authori- the duration of the trip.

The two met another military road- but everyone was happy that we stayed an ties to guarantee the group 's protection, block. extra day in Cancun," Wong said.

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Tivoli Renovation Begins After Years of Planning "We ' ll be here until the last day, " Railsback said.

THE METROPOLITAN The old bathrooms have been torn out to Demolition is underway and the walls have come make way for new and improved ones. There tumbling down at the Tivoli Student Union. are also several sinks needed throughout the After years of planning, the renovation of the Tivoli building for different offices, he said. has finally begun.

For the most part, the Tivoli renovation " ...The physical work has start- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - has been going accorded after a long process of planning. ing to schedule, Weiske Now you can actually see things said. happening," said Barbara Weiske, "At this rate, our director of the Tivoli Student Union.

August move-in date will be met," she said.

Weiske is just one of the many people who is helping bring the There have been a - Barb Wetske plans for the Tivoli to fruition. few problems, however.

Director, Tivoli Student Union The excess dust has For Bill Milligan, project manbeen setting off the ager in charge of updating the fire alanns and sprinklers, the job ahead is a major one. sprinklers, but according to Weiske this was Before he and his crew can begin putting in the new anticipated. sprinklers they must do a preliminary drawing and subThe only other significant problem was The Metropolitan/Catherine Mejia mit it to the city for review and approval, he said. The a sewer line that was not emptied before it Debris Is ready to be rolled out of the Tlvoll Student Union. city review alone takes about a month. was torn out. Sewage emptied out onto the Dick Railsback, plumbing foreman for the project, floor and parts of the building smelled pretty bad, Weiske stage for completion.

According to Weiske, the target date for finishing said he has a similarly demanding job ahead of him and said.

The new bookstore has been earmarked as the first the bookstore has been set for some time in July. his crew.

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MSCD Canceled Classes are Par fQr the Course Jean E. R. Straub STAFF WRITER The School of Letters, Arts and Sciences at MSCD canceled more than 100 credit hours of classes, according to Joan Foster, dean of that school, but the School of Professional Studies canceled fewer classes than normal, Dean Bill Rader said.

Lower enrollment figures may or may not have an impact on canceled classes.

Foster said although 100 credit hours seems high, comparing it with the number of classes LAS offers, the amount is minimal.

One of the main concerns about canceled classes is how they will affect graduating seniors, she said.

The chairmen and chairwomen of each department have guidelines to follow, she said.

A lot depends on the size of the department. A large department like math, English, psychology or speech might cancel more, Foster said.

"It's economical, and we have to be accountable to the people that pay our bills: the taxpayers," she said.

If students have to drop classes because they were canceled, the department will try to accommodate the students, Foster said.

"We really want students to graduate," she said.

Several departments did not cancel any classes, and many canceled only one class. The Department of Criminal Justice did not cancel any classes, according to chairman Joe Sandoval.

"Those classes that had enrollment lower than we would like to see, we kept because graduating seniors needed them," he said.

Only four students registered for one upper-division journalism class, and it became the only class the department canceled. The class is being offered as independent study, according to chairwoman Deborah Hurley.

"We're teaching it as if it were a class," instructor Jay Brodell said.

The Journalism department actually had an overload in lower division classes, Hurley said.

"Our numbers look better this semester than they have been in past spring semesters," she said.

Leslie Michael, 27, a modern languages major, said her French class was canceled and the department notified her within 10 days before the class was to start.

"It wasn't a huge problem because there was another section for me to take ...I was pretty lucky, actually," she said.

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Limited sleeping space made it difficult to get enough rest.

About one hour of light existed each day, forcing the astronauts to use helmet lights and spotlights.

Akers said he and a fellow astronaut finally began the replacement of the flawed mirror, which in itself accounted for 40 percent of all needed repairs in the mission.

The mirror was incorrectly focusing the light, which blurred the image. Akers and one other member took a spacewalk to latch COSTAR (Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement) to the telescope.

COSTAR, which consists of 10 corrective mirrors that focus the scattered light, enabled the once-flawed view to become clear and contrasted.

This amazing journey captivated the Denver audience as they saw earth coming toward them on the screen: first Los Angeles, Las Vegas and then Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla. , where the crew landed. According to Akers, this "picture perfect" landing happened about midnight.

Akers has been a national park ranger in Missouri and was a high school principal for four years. He joined the Air Force in 1979 and later attended the Air Force Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base in California. Selected by NASA in 1987, Akers became an astronaut in 1988.

Akers is now a veteran of two space flights. Although each of Akers' missions and other missions have been successful,

Elizabeth Gregg THE METROPOLITAN To see the continent of Italy from space is unimaginable for most. Tom Akers saw not only Italy, but the tip of Australia and the whole world from space.

Akers was one of seven NASA astronauts sent into space to repair the $1.5 billion Hubble Telescope that had been inoperable since shortly after it was la).lnched in April 1990. NASA astronauts completed a successful mission to repair it on Dec. 13, 1993.

"It was a mission that a lot of people would have liked to have been on," Akers said at a UCD seminar Monday at St. Cajetan's.

Akers said he believes he was lucky to be involved in the repair mission. Yet his presentation, which took the enthralled St. Cajetan's audience on the adventure by film, showed that his involvement with the mission took a lot more than luck.

Akers, a mission specialist, spent 11 days in space. His journey began at 4 a.m. on Dec. 2. From the United States, the space shuttle Endeavor slowly made its way to the Hubble Space Telescope, which takes light from an immense distance and compacts it for analysis.

For three days, the astronauts kept busy repairing, replacing and servicing instruments that needed it.

Although the mission involved repairing instruments outside of the shuttle, the astronauts dealt with other problems inside the shuttle, Akers said.

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NASA Astronaut Tom Akers describes his experiences working on the Hubble Telescope repair mission during a seminar at St. Cajetan's Monday. criticism ofNASAstill exists.

"Every dollar spent in the space program goes back into the economy," Akers said.

Not only does NASA create jobs, but new technology adds to the economy four to 16 fold, he said.

Seeing NASA and the space program as an asset to the economy is a continuing problem for the "person on the street who is wondering where the next meal will come from," he said.

However, the future for space travel is still strong, regardless of criticism of the space program, Akers said.

Working in cooperation with the Russians to build a space station is what Akers said jhe immediate future of space discovery holds.

As for the long term, Akers said NASA would like to put people back on the moon as well as having them take a "trip to Mars."

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The Student Health Center is presenting a series of SMOKING CESSATION CLASSES. Whether you have recently quit, are ready to quit, or thinking about quitting, these classes will offer motivation, insight and support to help you achieve your goals.

, Topics include: • Nutrition and its role in smoking cessation "' • Psychological withdrawal: e Discovering what the body really goes through when you take away nicotine • Understanding why it is so hard to quit and st~y quit ·~ • Quitting and Coping strategies

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• Establish recycling centers by all trash cans.

• Establish a Recycling Advisory Committee to address issues of educating students, expanding the recycling program and prvviding additional containers.

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• Two temporary lights west of the Physical Education building The cost for the improvements are approximately $50,000.

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Bicycle Theft Prevention The committee is developing a bicycle theft program to be implemented April 1, 1994. In addition, a bicycle parking rack patrol will be implemented to combat bicycle theft.

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The tournament, sponsored by the American Mock Trial Association, is an annual event that was hosted by MSCD's Criminal Justice and Criminology department.

"Metro did really well. They worked hard and they deserved to win," said Marcia Minuck, criminal justice and crim• inology professor and coordinator of the event.

MSCD competed against Black Hills State University of Spearfish, S.D., Eastern Washington University, Regis University, the United States Air Force Academy, University of Colorado at Boulder, University of Utah and UCO in the tournament at the Auraria campus Jan. 21and22.

The MSCD team consisted of six members. Four of the six members are criminal justice and criminology majors: Sandy Becker, a business minor; Anna Espinoza, a philosophy minor; Heidi Larsen, a political science minor; and Amy Mills, a Spanish minor.

Javier Chavez, a modern language major with an economics minor, and Dana Tartar, a history major with a legal studies minor, rounded out the team. All participants on MSCD's team were pursuing careers in law.

The team members, who volunteered to gain experience in court proceedings, acted as lawyers and witnesses in four rounds of competition. Local lawyers judged the participants to determine which teams would advance to the finals.

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Two MSCD team members also received individual awards in the Western Regional Tournament.

Larsen, who will be attending law school next fall, got one of the Top Attorney awards, and Mills, who wants to become a district attorney, was honored as a Top Witness. "[The tournament] is a great way to get into the field, get practice and understand what happens [in court]," Larsen said, who is also the team's student director.

At the awards ceremony, Minuck said the judges were impressed with everyone's performance.

"The lawyers and judges were really, really impressed by the students and how much they did," Minuck said. "The students were much more prepared than law students who participate in similar types of events."

Attorney William Baylis of Boulder agre«i;s.

"They've really done a tremendous job. Most trial attorneys are not this well prepared for trial," Baylis said.

According to MSCD team members, the tournament strengthened their desires to pursue careers in law.

"At first I was really scared, [but] now that everything's over I feel a lot more confident," Espinoza said.

This was her first tournament, she said.Some members of the other teams said they were relieved the competition was over and were eager to take up the sights.

"Since it's all over we're going to let off some steam," said Jimmy LaSalvia of the Black Hills State University team.

"We're going to take in some of the entertainment in Denver and hit some of the bars."

Women in the Lead

Sponsors of a Back 2 School Jam '94, featuring ----------------------------~ national leadership Never Ending Dread, will be presented conference to be held in Washington from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Friday at St. D.C. are seeking outsfanding MSCD Cajetan's. The band will play rap, old women students to participate in the school jams, R & B, funk, soul and reg- 1994 "Women as Leaders" program. The gae. The event is open to those 18 and two-week conference is scheduled for older. ID will be required. Cover charge is May 16 to 28.

The conference is presented by The $5.

The event is hosted by the MSCD Washington Center for Internships and Black Student Alliance Fundraising and Academic Seminars. Tuition and lodging for the 200 participants will be paid for.

Public Relations Committee.

Students are responsible for travel and living expenses.

Women students may call 1-800The U.S. Department of Defense has 486-8921 for information on the availannounced the creation of the National ability of applications. The applications Security Education Program. The pro- deadline is Feb. 15. gram offers support through a significant scholarship program for both undergraduates and graduate students enrolled at MSCD student J. Boyle was the U.S. institutions. grand prize winner of a Mac PowerBook Scholarships are to be used for study 145 computer mthe recent Auraria Book in countries other than Western Europe Center Textbook Buy-Back prize drawand Canada. Each award is up to $8,000. ing. Winners of the free textbooks were Application deadline is Feb. 18. For Sean O'Brien, Debora Sims and Todd more information, call 556-3660.

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Look for Emergency Phones located near building stairwells, public phones or fire extinguishers.

Just press the button for direct access to Public Safety to report police, fire or medical emergencies. A Public Safety dispatcher will respond to your request immediately.

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United States. I am spoiled, I thought.

Although I have traveled before to Third World Although Cathy's site is more extreme, traveling countries throughout Central America, this time I elsewhere in Ecuador I longed for home as I witlived like the locals did. nessed the noxious diesel fumes spewing out of I travel because I want to find out who I am every tailpipe in the cities. No emission testing here. without my culture and my First World conve- Too expensive to convert. The people have a hard niences like toilet paper and hot _____________ enough time getting enough to eat showers. I liked to think I am unat- , let alone worrying about the tached to such comforts and that I Here in the garbage and pollution that is can survive without them.

U it d St t everywhere. No social services On my recent trip to Ecuador in S' either. Handicapped people get South America this past break, I we have a around by crawling or scooting visited a number of Peace Corps around on skateboards. volunteers. One volunteer's site Choice, people Of Although I came back disapentailed a six-hour, gut-jiggling bus the Third World pointed in myself, I became ride from Quito, Ecuador's capital. accepting of myself and how lucky People stood in the aisles for much do not.'

I am to live in the grand old U.S.A. of the trip, throwing glass and Yet I came back also aware of candy wrappers out the window. It what the other worlds contend was another hour in the back of a truck to get to the against daily. I deeply appreciate the ease I have at point where I took a motorized canoe. Another four taking a hot, pressurized shower, the ability to flush hours down the Rio Napo river and then I reached toilet paper down the toilet, not having to worry that Mondafla, a tiny, semi-acculturated indigenous the electricity will go out at any minute as it did in town where Cathy, a volunteer nurse, cares for the Ecuador. Little things that I hardly take a notice to in health of the some 400 people scattered throughout my everyday life. the thick jungle. She tends to such ailments as body Back home in the United States, I watch the lice, bronchitis and malnutrition. She is also on the water run down the sink while washing dishes or alert for the dreadful symptoms of Leishmaniasis, a brushing my teeth. I consume the bananas and disease caused by a fly that can get up your nose petroleum Ecuador exports here. I watch my digital and cause horrendous deformities and ulcers on alarm clock, stereo, telephone -the electricity won't the face and body. Not to mention the scorpions, run out here. Or could it? mosquitoes and tarantulas, or the small fish that will f once met a young man from Guinea, Africa swim up your urethra and can only be removed by who was here to learn English. He said once his an operation because its spines hook into you. host family asked him why he was walking around Although it is a tropical rain forest, it hadn't the house in the dark, why not turn on the light? "In rained in a week. There was no water. We bathed my country, electricity is precious. We are not sure ourselves and washed dishes in the river. I asked if if it will always be there," he said.

No one strives to be poor. Progress is inevitable the dishwashing soap was river friendly, and she just sighed, "I don't know. Try living here." and progress stands for basic human necessities of Clothing gets dirty fast because mud is every- health and education. We can choose to live our where. Washing means scrubbing it by hand on the lives in luxury or modesty. I can come to terms with rocks, but the drying laundry absorbs the smell of the human necessities that I am accustomed to, but smoke from a nearby open fire used for cooking.

I think about the impact my living choices make. I We had to haul cooking and drinking water accept that I have the choice. I won't have a BMW, back in buckets to her two-room structure that dou- but I will keep my hot showers. I have a choice of bles as the health clinic. Although bananas, pineap- how I will use my privileges, and I am grateful. Here pie, coffee and cocoa are abundant in the jungle, in the United States we have the choice, people of there are no supermarkets here. Dinner is potatoes, the Third World do not. rice and some raw vegetables. No ranch dressing

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We need volunteers to help us with the celebration of the tenth anniversary of Single Parent's Day, a holiday legislated by Congress in 1984.

Please contact me at: Foundation for Single Parents PO Box61341 Denver, CO 80206 Thanks again for the opportunity as guest columnist. Best Wishes,

Janice Moglen, President Foundation for Single Parents

LETIERS TO THE EDITOR OPINIONS INSIGHT

Corporate Sponsors Create Censorship Across Airwaves

Censorship takes many forms. The State closing down a newspaper or seizing control of radio and television stations are the most obvious. But the most common form of suppression in the United States is corporate censorship.

The Academy Award winning documentary "Deadly Deception," which exposes General Electric's billion dollar military industry, has been prevented from airing on all but two of the nation's Public Television Stations. GE has used their clout as a major sponsor of other PBS shows to prevent "Deadly Deception" from being seen.

Various corporate sponsors were able to block the airing of a "Thirty Something" episode that tried to portray a gay couple "in a positive light."

CBS censored the new David Letterman show last fall when comedian Bill Hicks made fun of evangelicals and pro-lifers.

In the early 80s, New York Times editor A.M. Rosenthal demoted journalist Ray Bonner, giving him a desk job, after he reported on the United States sponsored and directed massacre in El Mozote, El Salvador.

All three major networks as well as CNN willingly censored themselves during the Gulf War by refusing to air photos of dead Iraqi civilians, not for reasons of security, but rather to prevent undermining the pro-war sentiment of the American public.

In 1978 the CEOs of Warner Brothers Publishing were so distraught over "the unpatriotic nature" of U.S. foreign policy critic Noam Chomsky's forthcoming book that they chose to sell off their entire publishing branch rather than allow his book to see the light of day.

Here at Auraria there is a plethora of courses offered where students can learn about how vigorously the First Amendment is being protected and upheld. Ironically there are few if any classes, here or elsewhere, explaining how easily ideas, events and information can be suppressed by those who have real censorship powers, namely Corporate America.

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I don't know about you, but Xmas was no fun for me this year. It never is. It's not Xmas itself that annoys me, but Xmas season, which holds America hostage for five weeks between Thanksgiving and New Year's. The national hysteria is unsettling, especially for non-celebrants, who get nervous watching our secular democracy become a Christian republic for one month every year. If you doubt that it does, visit Santa at the City and County Building next December.

Of course, the courts said Santa could stay on government property because Santa isn't actually a religious symbol. I tend to agree. If anything, Santa is an economic symbol, the slickest marketing tool of all time. Retailers do up to 50 percent of their annual business during Xmas, ho ho ho. (It was advertisers, I suspect, who shortened "Christmas" to "Xmas" because of the space it saved in ads.)

But it was a rough Xmas for Santa, too. He was abducted from the City and County Building and found hanging from a highway bridge. Death threats forced him to cancel personal appearances at area malls. I know it sounds Satanic, but I believe it was the work of disgruntled Christians, finally cracking under the Xmas pressure.

It's Christians, after all, who truly dread Xmas. and with good reason. First, there's the money strain . Maybe buying all those gifts is okay for

most, but what about the wage slave whose family has been fruitful and multiplies? What if you can't afford 1O or 20 presents this year? What if you've been laid off? Well, ho ho ho - you still have to buy those gifts.

Then, there's the family strain. Family togetherness is a beautiful concept. But let's be real here: this isn't Norman Rockwell's country anymore.

Norman Bates is more like it. This is '90s America, land of the dysfunctional family, the divorced family, the step-family. With all the ex-spouses, step-kids and court-ordered therapy going around, there's tension you can slice like the Xmas goose at a few of these mandatory family gatherings.

The Cruelest cut of all, for everyone, is the timing. The Xmas frenzy peaks around the winter solstice. Mother Nature is telling us to gear down during those dark days, to conserve fuel, to hibernate.

But just when our energy is at low ebb, we're off to a jammed mall, the airport, or another party. And when the dust settles, we've got an entire new year to cope with.

I've seen bumper stickers that say, "Let's put the Christ Back in Christmas." Mine , however, would say, "Let's put the X Back in Xmas." We should cross if off the calendar this year...but it may already be too late. I think the holiday season is about to start any day now.

Campus Transportation A Great Help ...

last semester I found myself not having any gas in my car and needing to get home within minutes to meet a young daughter's bus. It was embarrassing to have to call campus transportation and ask for some gasoline, but I had no choice.

I expected to have to wait forever and fully expected a lecture on how irresponsible I was, but much to my surprise I was helped almost as soon

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I know that I paid for the service through my student fees, but wantEld to thank the campus police for being so quick to direct my call and to especially thank the man who brought the gasoline when I was in such a big hurry.

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Andrango weaves his high-quality products using the pre-Columbian backstrap loom. Other weavers, including Vega, use the upright Spanish loom.

t:rom Oia"alo lo 1Le ~1uJen1 Uni on Vega's wHe, Marla, and family sells their weavlngs everyday. In the popular marketplace of Otavalo It Is much like the display he has In the Student Union.

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L, P.t.iei• S,J ••, St••• L alking through the Student Union, students usually see the plethora of vendors selling their wares of jewelry, T-shirts, credit cards or incense, but occasionally they might notice a small man behind a pile of chunky woven sweaters. Hanging behind him are many tapestries with intricate designs.

Forty-five-year old Alfonso Vega Cabascango, a native of Peguche, Ecuador, in South America, is recognizable by his long, single braid of black hair and his broad-rimmed hat. He sells textiles he makes in his home in Peguche. He owns an export business called Alli Inti, based in San Francisco, and travels throughout the western United States selling the weavings to college and university students.

Cabascango speaks Spanish and Quechua, the tongu~ of the indigenous people of the Andes, and he gets by with just enough English to sell his weavings and tell how much items costs.

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stay for free with a friend, but I prefer to stay alone." ~ Each time he is selling, he takes all of his ponchos, belts, sweaters and wall hangings to the Student Union via taxi.

After an eight-month tour in the United States, he returns to Ecuador and his wife, Maria, and 10 children.

The indigenous people (indigenas) of Otavalo and the surrounding towns of Peguche, lmbabura and Agata are world famous for their textiles. They are the most successful indigenous population in Latin America who sell their textiles, the reason many are able to travel to the United States. Their success is due to an unprecedented crafts and tourist boom. _ The Otavalefios in pre-Columbian times used their high-quality weaving talents as tributes to their Inca conquerors. Forty years after the empire fell to the Spanish, the new conquerors enslaved them in obrajes, textile workshops. While the Spanish imposed their brutal labor practices upon them, they also introduced the technology that formed the basis of their prosperous trade: carders, spin-

Andrango's daughter Luz Maria is an expert in ning wheels and treadle looms. The people traditionally used llama wool, but the Spanish also introduced sheep, embroidery and designs, and her husband, Licenciado giving the ind{genas the concept of production weaving Humberto Romero, is a specialist in compiling the tradiwith huge quantities of cloth for commercial purposes. The tional significance of the various designs.

First Andrango hand spins the wool and then dyes it modem industry got its start in 1917 when the ind{ginas made imitations of Scottish tweeds. Textiles became an using vegetables and a type of insect whose dried body is crushed into a dye. Next, the thread is wrapped onto a industry centered in the home, like Vega's business.

At his home in Peguche, he employs Jose, who uses wooden warping frame to make the length of the cloth. It is the upright Spanish loom. Eighty percent of the dyes he then transferred to the backstrap loom, where Andrango sits uses come from a mix of vegetables. Then the woven on the floor and weaves using a baton to beat down the pieces are hand-sewn. Vega's wife sells their work every threads. This traditional method takes much more time than day in the marketplace at Otavalo amidst the dozens of the modern techniques, but it is worth it. "I made this other artisans. Competition is fierce, and that is why he has sweater 30 years ago," Andrango says. It is in perfect conexpanded his business to the United States. dition.

Although Vega' s weavings have become more comSo, the next time you see Vega and the exquisite weavmercial, traditional weaving and the art of the old ways still ings in the Student Union, say "Causanguichu," or "Hello" can be found. Eighty-two-year-old master weaver Miguef in the Quechua language. And if you buy something, say Andrango owns the Tahuantinsuyo Weaving Workshop in "Pagarachu, "which means "Thank you!"

Agata, Ecuador and is one the last people who still weaves with the backstrap loom of pre-Columbian times.

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An MSCD sophomore is talcing center stage as one of the most memorable characters in the largest theatre production in town .

Thomas Lee Threats III can be seen at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts in "Ma Rainey's Black 路Bottom," a play about a blues singer written by August Wilson. Threats comes through with a hilarious portrayal of Sylvester, the slow-witted, stuttering nephew of blues prima donna Ma Rainey.

Threats, 20, was born in Providence, Rhode Island and graduated from Denver's George Washington High School. No stranger to the stage, Threats has played everything from Shakespeare to Miller to Rodgers and Hammerstein.

Threats has been in more than 20 productions, including three nationally televised commercials for Pepsi, MTV, and Crispy Wheats 'n Raisins. He started acting in drama class in high school because "It was an easy way to get English credit."

"My teacher, Nancy Priest, pushed me to audition for Siward in Macbeth. I read something funny and people laughed, not at me, but with me. It was a great feeling," Threats said.

Threats has made many sacrifices for the stage. He relates, "During Macbeth, I

was supposed to have a job. I lied every day just to get to rehearsals."

His mother was initially skeptical about Threats' passion for the stage.

Eventually, Threats' family grew to appreciate his talent, aptitude, and love for the theatre. His mother and grandmother soon offered their unconditional support.

"Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" is Threats' professional mainstage debut. "It's a business," Threats said. "That much has been drilled into me from the very start. I'm working with Broadway veterans, people who know what's up, and when they turn to me and say things like, 'You've got it,' it's such a deep compliment. The camaraderie I've developed with them is great. I guess I just have to hope that this will enable me to move on to bigger and better things."

Threats, a musical theatre major, said he plans to be in Hollywood or on Broadway in 10 years. "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" runs through February 13 at The Space in the DCPA complex. Ticket prices vary from $19 to $22, with group rates for groups of 10 or more.

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Ann Duquesnay and Thomas Threats Ill onstage In "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts.

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In a continuing effort to pass on vital information to you about what music is worth spending your cash on, I'll be putting together a bi-monthly column to keep you up to date about new releases and such. With luck, 1994 will be a bit more action-packed than '93. Although the concert scene has been rather slow lately, look for things to improve in the future.

Tori Amos' new album Under The Pink (Atlantic) is darker and colder than her last record, 1992's Little Earthquakes.

Some arrangements are sparse and minimalist, her piano (sounding very similar to New-Ager George Winston's) being the only counterpoint to her voice. Other songs are fleshed out with the help of an off-kilter sounding band, but the odd tempos and occasional orchestral bombast often detract from Amos' poignant little songs. At times, her lyrics are personal enough to be more than obscure: "Deck the halls I'm young again/I'm you again/racing turtles/the grapefruit is winning"('Spacedog'). "God" and "Cornflake Girl" are the two most radio-friendly pieces here, Amos adeptly marrying her quirky poetry to her quirky music.

Thematically, this disc is difficult to get into and somewhat unsettling. Amos will

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be playing a series of piano-only concerts starting in April. The CD is available Feb. 1.

The Other Two are Gillian Gilbert and Steve Morris from New Order. This married couple's bandmates, Peter Hook and Bernard Sumner, have already starred in their own solo projects, Revenge and Electronic, respectively. Given the rather weak output from both those bands, and the fact that New Order's last album, Republic, seemed like a hurried throwaway, there wasn't much reason to think that The Other Two and You (Qwest) would be headed in a different direction.

But in fact, it sounds like a very good New Order album, only with a female

vocalist. Loaded with that band's trademark drum sound, familiar-sounding chord progressions and jangly guitar, this is a welcome, albeit unexpected, surprise.

Gilbert's voice is saccharine-sweet and very British, but oddly charming and occasionally soulful. She and Morris function as an efficient unit, probably

because they've developed a better work ethic than the hard-partying Hook and Sumner. These songs have been tweaked and polished quite a bit, but several tunes-"Moving On" and "Loved It" in particular-move past Tinkertoy-toe-tapping into territory New Order hasn't bothered to explore in some time. This isn't The Other Two simply putting in their two cents-they obviously deserve credit for writing some of New Order's better material.

Hoboken, N.J.'s Yo La Tengo has just released its sixth album, Painful. Not a particularly accurate title, since there isn't much about this CD that hurts too badly. Although leader Ira Kaplan's guitar holds up better than his voice, Yo La Tengo really know how to be simultaneously tuneful and noisy. At times they're reminiscent of British guitar units like Pale Saints and My Bloody Valentine, but the group projects an unmistakable EastCoast attitude. The best songs straddle the border between cohesion and falling apart. Every element of Yo La Ten go's songs (even the feedback) exists for a reason. The last song-an instrumental titled 'I Heard You Looking' -is a perfect example of noise battling melody for the upper hand, with neither really winning. This disc really makes me want to see them live, where I'll bet Yo La Tengo will steal the show when they open for Teenage Fanclub at the Ogden Theatre on Feb. 8.

And the group is not without a sense

of humor. The band's press release states that 'Yo La Tengo' is Spanish for "extra mayo, please."

Straight From Da Streets is a compilation CD on Priority records with 16 songs by folks like Digable Planets, Ice Cube, Das EFX, Dr. Dre, Public En~my, and more. As a special, can'tpass-it-up bonus, the disc throws in George Clinton's 1982 hit "Atomic Dog," as well as a live Funkadelic/Clinton version of"One Nation Under A Groove."

All net proceeds from the sale of this CD go to the Knowledge is Power Fund for the building of a performing arts center and training complex in South Central L.A. You can't beat this with a stick.

Last but not least, a few singles that have been floating around: Aphex Twin has just released two on Warp records.

"On" is typical Aphex Twin fare of smooth instrumental techno and appears in several incarnations, "D-Scape" is dark and sinister, while "73-yips" is better than a double espresso at over 180 beats per minute (!). Also recommended is "Darshan," (Virgin UK) a tune that's taken from David Sylvian and Robert Fripp's album The First Day. Included is the original 13-minute version, as well as two interesting reconstructions by The Grid and The Future Sound Of London.

I'd stay away from Slowdive's new EP 5 (Creation). Instead of the blissed-out guitar anthems that characterized its early singles, they've taken a turn for the worse with this repetitive, drum-machine nonsense that goes absolutely nowhere for far too long. Much better is One Dove's "Breakdown" (Boy's Own). Even though this single consists of five versions of the same song, they' re all different and they're all wonderful. William Orbit's "Stereo Odyssey Remix" is a gem. An instant classic.

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are used to measure the physiological effects of stress on the body. The machines are attached to the forehead and A big black chair. hands.

Each machine gives visual and audio Orange machines with dials and numbers that will be attached to your head and feedback to aid in determining what one needs to do to relax. hands.

One machine measures skin temperaNo, this is not shock therapy. It is part of learning to relax in stress manage- ture. It is attached to the longest finger of a client's dominant ment programs offered hand and gives an by MSCD's audio and visual Counseling Center. is readout of skin The Counseling temperature in Center offers two Fahrenheit degrees. stress management T h e programs: "Manage Biofeedback It!" A Comprehensive Relaxation Six Session Stress - Barbara Mcintire Training and Stress Management Course MSCD Counseling Center Management and "Introduction to Program's guideBiofeedback." Barbara book points out that Mcintire manages both people with hand temperatures below 88 • programs.

With the stress of everyday life, work degrees Fahrenheit may experience and school, the stress management cours- migraine headaches, hypertension, indigestion or menstrual distress. es are well utilized, Mcintire said.

Another machine, which is attached In "Manage It!," students and faculty can learn different relaxation techniques to the forehead, gives information about to cope with the pressures in their lives. the electrical activity or tension in the muscles, and a third machine, which is This course begins in March.

Participants in this course will learn attached to the palms, measures sweat coping skills and a relaxation technique gland activity. for immediate on-the-spot stress relief, the Tapes are also used to guide participants through the relaxation process.

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But this learning process is not an " You have to pay attention to what · goes on in your body. Rapid breathing easy one.

"This is a program that must be prac- and cold hands [can be] a sign of more ticed. Relaxation is a skill. There's home- stress," Mcintire said. work just like any other class/ ' Mcintire Program technicians at the center are available to guide their clients through the said.

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"We worked really hard tonight, I was glad to see we could pull it together STAFF WRITER and win as a team," said senior forward MSCD's women's basketball team Paula Hart. had few problems with the University of Senior Natalie Dittmer completed her Colorado-Colorado Springs, beating them third double-double of the season, finish64-54. This win knocked UCCS out of the ing with a team high 14 points. Dittmer three way tie for second place in the also tallied _14 rebounds in her doubleColorado Athletic Conference with double effort, shooting 6-10 from the MSCD and Air Force. field, converting twi~ from the foul line.

"It was a battle of wills," said MSCD Along with Dittmer, three other coach Darryl Smith. "Tonight, at home, Roadrunners finished in double figures. our will was stronger."

Hart finished with 13 points and five The Roadrunners fought their way rebounds, shooting 5-9 from the floor and from behind twice in the game, each time 3-4 from the line. Junior guard Sarah giving costly turnovers in UCCS's full- Eckhoff tallied 12 points, shooting 5-7, 25 from the line, with court press.

After fighting b a c k - - - - - - - - - - - - - - eight rebounds. Qiana from a 21-15 deficit in 'We were a Ii ttle Price finished with 13 the first half, the physi- too tentative in points and six cally dominating the first half., rebounds, shooting 4Roadrunners entered the 15 from the field, 1-2 locker room at halftime from behind the three with a not so comfort-Darryl Smith point arc and 4-5 from able 31-28 advantage. the foul stripe.

"We were a little Women's Basketball Coach Queen of the too tentative in the first boards Mary Henry half," Smith said. had seven points, including one three Second-half action was much like that pointer, tallied a game and career high 19 in the first period, with the Roadrunners rebounds before collecting her fifth foul getting on top early, then committing with 25.2 seconds remaining. unnecessary turnovers and falling behind " We executed well in the second 49-48 with 4:32 remaining in the game. half," Hart said. ''The big test is next week "We are too far into the season to be when we play DU (Denver University) . making such silly turnovers. I hoped not and Regis, then we will see how we end to be doing that by now," Smith said. up," she said.

After falling behind, MSCD rallied in MSCD dominated UCCS statistically, the second half, with baskets by Qiana shooting 46.6 percent from the floor and Price, Mary Henry and Sarah Eckhoff, the 60 percent from the foul line. UCCS could only muster 40.4 percent from the floor Roadrunners pulled away from th~ Gold.

Price placed the first nail in UCCS's and 53.3 percent from the foul line. The coffin, by converting on a three-point Roadrunners cleaned the boards with the play, making the shot while being fouled, Gold, out rebounding them 56-22, pleasand hitting the foul shot. From that point ing Smith. on, all UCCS could do was foul, sending "I thought we did a real nice job out Roadrunner shooters to the line ten times rebounding them tonight," Smith said. in the last two minutes of the game.

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Sarah Eckhoff stays on a UCCS player to keep her from taking her shot.

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Four Roadrunners finished in double figures , led by senior center Natalie Dittmer, who came just short of her third double-double, finishing the night with 18 points and nine rebounds.

USC kept it close in the first half, trailing MSCD by only four points.

"We played a lot harder in the second half," Coach Darryl Smith said.

The Roadrunners upped their shooting percentage in the second half, from 30.8 percent in the first half, to 44.1 percent in the second, and 37 percent for the game.

Dittmer led all Roadrunner scores, finishing with 18 points, shooting 8-14 from the field and 2-3 from the line.

Junior guard Qiana Price netted 17

points, hitting six shots from the floor, shooting 5-6 from the line. Senior forward Paula Hart finished with 13 points for the evening, 4-10 from the field, 5-6 from the line and collected seven rebounds.

Reserve guard Tammi Baumgartner collected 12 points in just over 16 minutes of play, shooting 4-5 from the field, 2-2 from the foul stripe, and canned two three-pointers.

Junior forward/center Mary Henry controlled the boards, collecting a game high 11 rebounds, three offensive and eight defensive, to go along with eight points in the game.

"We played pretty well, though we let up a bit up in the last two minutes," Smith said.

MSCD led by 20 points with a little less than two minutes remaining before letting up the intensity, giving USC an easier time to the basket, scoring most of their second half points.

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Men's B-Ball Team Shows UCCS How to Play the Game Tiffany N. Trott MANAGING EDITOR University Colorado-Colorado Springs team members came in with thoughts of upset on their minds and battled hard in the second half, but great outside shooting by forward/guard Greg Balman and 15 points from forward James Shettleworth put MSCD over the top.

The Roadrunners beat last place UCCS 65-56 Saturday night, bouncing back from a disappointing loss to the University of Southern Colorado the Thursday before. This win placed them in position to take a No. 1 ranking in the Colorado Athletic Conference, if they can overcome Regis Jan. 27.

Balman hit four of six shots from downtown and led MSCD with 20 points.

"I knew I had to get things going," Balman said. "I came out and felt good."

Balman and Shettleworth were the catalysts for the Roadrunners 45-point first half, posting 13 points each in the half.

MSCD Coach Joe Strain said Shettleworth played an aggressive game.

"He had a great game and has played strong for us all year," Strain said.

MSCD went on a 20-5 run in the first seven minutes of the game and had a16point cushion at intermission, but the Gold came out with renewed energy in the second half.

UCCS guard Rob Hellem put up nine second-half points and Mike Lallier added eight to help UCCS outscore MSCD 2720 in the half. Hellem and Lallier led the

Gold with 20 poin ts for Hellem and Lallier with 14 points and 15 rebounds.

The Roadrunners shot 49 percent from the field in the first half, but only 31 percent in the second. UCCS increased its outside shooting in the second half to 39 percent and hit all of its foul shots, but it wasn't enough to overcome the Roadrunner's lead.

Strain said his team played a good game even in the face of adversity.

"They mismatched us for a while (in the second half), and we let them close the gap," Strain said. "And we played without three of our six starting (rotation)."

Kenyo Bledsoe, Wes Nelson and Lenin Perkins, the teams top scorer, were suspended for the game for arriving late to the pre-game shoot-around, Strain said.

Their absence did not seem to deter the Roadrunner's game plan.

Center Dan Kennedy posted a double-double with 10 points and 14 boards and blocked six shots to tie a school record.

Kennedy said the Gold' s record (115) was deceiving.

"They always seem to come in and play us close," Kennedy said.

Thursday 's game with Regis should be one of the best of the season.

The winner will be tied for first place (in the CAC), and it could be a three-way tie," Strain said.

"It's going to come down to who makes the plays at the end," Kennedy said.

Swimmers Win by Forfeit Andrew Mosier STAFF WRITER

MSCD's swim teams won their meets against the University of Colorado-Boulder by forfeit, giving them the automatic win over the Buff's.

"The officials didn't show up for the meet," Coach Cindy Kemp said.

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MSCD next home meet is Feb. 4, against the University of Denver at 4 p.m. in the Auraria Events Center.

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Sister Act: T_.e Ainlays & the SwiID TeaID Bledsoe Leads Michelle Bell THE METROPOUTAN It's 5:30 a.m. and some of us are lifting our heads off the pillow, while most of us put it right back down. When the sun comes up in the morning, sisters Tori and Xandi Ainlay are already diving into ~ the pool at MSCD to perfect their performance on the MSCD swim team.

For Tori, her best events are the 50meter and 100meter freestyle.

Xandi's best event is the 200 freestyle.

Tori is 21 and Xandi is 20. Both are juniors at MSCD because Tori took some time off from school.

Tori Ainlay Tori is . majoring in accounting, looking to graduate in ·- December 1995, while Xandi is majoring in human performance, with an emphasis in adult fitness exercise science. She plans on graduation in December 1996.

After graduating Tori plans to take the CPA exam and then possibly working for one of the "Big Eight" companies, like Arthur Anderson.

Xandi plans to work in the physical therapy field.

SwimmingAtas been an integral part

of their lives since they were 3 years old.

They grew up in Oakland, Calif., and their mom decided to enroll them in lessons, which led to a swimming club.

When they moved to Denver, they continued swimming in high school at Arvada and Stanley Lake.

Tori is six-tenths of a second away from qualifying for Division II Nationals in the 50 freestyle with a time of 25.5 seconds. Both women are shooting to qualify for the nationals in their individual events.

They also swim together in the 200 and

'I am happy they are back ... ' -Cindy KerT)p Swimming Coach

400 free relays and 200 and 400 medley relays.

Xandi needs to drop five seconds to qualify for nationals in the 200 freestyle.

She is now swimming a time of 2:02.6 in the event.

Coach Kemp said, " They both have a realistic chance to qualify for the nationals."

Both women have returned to the swim team this season after taking last year's season off for personal reasons.

Tori took the time off from school to work and recover from an auto accident, which hurt her left arm. Xandi had differ-

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But 21-year-old Kenya Bledsoe is much more than that and is trying to live down a problem plagued Fall semster.

"All people look at is what I do wrong and how I act when I'm hanging · with my friends," Bledsoe said. "No one sees me when I'm just chilling and want to spend time by myself."

Bledsoe said he spends his free time listening to music, watching movies, playing Sega Genesis and helping out the kids in his neighborhood.

Bledsoe wants to be a social worker when his basketball career is over.

Bledsoe, the second leading scorer on the team, transferred to MSCD after completing two years at Lamar Community College.

"I went to Lamar to get my grades up," Bledsoe said, even though he was heavily recruited out of high school.

"I had offers from University of Colorado, Colorado State University, Wyoming and the Air Force Academy,

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"I am happy they are back, and I am very happy with their performances," Kemp said.

They have gladly rededicated themselves to this season, and it is showing in their best personal times.

The sisters are similar in some ways and differenrin others. Some of the attributes Xandi uses to describe Tori include: perfectionist, temperamental, hard-working and fun to be around.

T o r i describes Xandi as "carefree, fun to be around, and Xandl Ainlay someone who who takes life one moment at a time."

They do find time in their packed schedule to watch movies. Both of them enjoyed "Untamed Heart." They also like to go out to dinner and their favorite food is pasta.

Both like to spend free time-when they have it-with their friends. They also fight like siblings can, but in the tough situations they are very supportive of each other, they said.

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The men's basketball team showed up at Southern Colorado University, but . ·Ft. LewlS'()n Fel>tuary 12th they didn't play like the competitors they wlll receive a prove to be at home.

MSCD took a hard conference Joss to USC Jan. 20 in Pueblo, losing 81-69.

MSCD had 13 turnovers that helped USC rack up points on the scoreboard and keep the Roadrunners the underdog.

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percent for the game, connecting 10of16.

USC countered, converting 15 of 21, hitting 71 percent from the free-throw line.

Coach Strain said: "USC played really well and jumped on us in a hurry. We hustled in the second half, but couldn't get over the hump. We came within four points."

MSCD was down by 17 points at the half, came to within four, then lost by 12.

"We didn't click well at all," Shettleworth said. "It just wasn't a good night."

Allen McClain was the high man on the boards, bringing down 10 rebounds to help MSCD salvage its dignity. He had three points, but they were all foul shots, gifts from the home team.

Kenyo Bledsoe led the team in scoring with 21 points, but it wasn't enough to carry MSCD. Perkins grabbed 13 and Shettleworth. took 11, but even the combination of the three men could not overcome USC. The loss was a tough one, because it was a conference game.

"It's too early to determine the conference champs," Shettleworth said.

Regis will be the big test for MSCD. That game will be a better indicator of which team is tough enough to take the • Colorado Athletic Conference.

Basketball A Way For Bledsoe To Help Community, Kids BLEDSOE from page 19 local schools," Bledsoe said.

Bledsoe's aspirations and plans for life after college would probably surprise people who don't know him.

"I faced reality. I'm not going to the (NBA) out of here so I plan to try and play overseas for a few years and then tryout in the (NBA)," Bledsoe said. "I

want to make some money so I can help out and give back to my community."

He wants to give some power back to the black community and said that was his motivation for choosing social welfare as a major.

Family support and influence have helped Bledsoe be successful at school and basketball. He was raised by his grandparents and said his grandmother is his biggest fan and worst critic.

Being cousins with the top ranked high school basketball player in the state has helped Bledsoe excel at basketball.

"Chauncey (Billups) is at all my games, he sits right on the sidelines and talks me through the game, and I do the same for him when he plays," Bledsoe said. "We make bets on who will play the best for the week."

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Harding and the Olympics Not a Good Match the case. skating.

Harding has had nothing handed to I am glad the Olympic Committee her on a silver platter, to say the least. I chose Kerrigan to represent the United cannot imagine going through half of States in the Olympics next month, even what she went through growing up and though she was unable to compete in the still having the will to compete. That final event of qualifying. If the assault had drive I admire in her, but her approach to not occurred, and barring any on-ice misthe sport, and the nature of competition takes, Kerrigan probably would have won has somewhere gone astray. the U.S. Figure Skating Championships For most athletes when they say, "I with Harding placing second, as usual.

Now Harding has put the spot she will do anything to win," means that they will do all that they can to better them- "earned" in serious jeopardy. Even if she selves in preparation for competition. is cleared of any involvement in the That means practicing twice as hard as assault, several questions have been before, getting stronger, physically and brought up about morale and team unity. mentally, and when a l l - - - - - - - - - - - - - - I f Kerrigan is the Should Tonya Harding be allowed to is said and done, know- 'I will do anything United States' best compete in the Olympics? ing they have done all win., hope for a medal, Did she have anything to do with the they can, and hoping Kerrigan should not assault on her longtime rival Nancy they come out on top. have to be bothered Kerrigan?

Harding is not -Tonya Harding with the past events and If Harding did conspire with her ex- ' people linked with known for such deter; husband and bodyguard, why? mination. In the past U.S. Figure Skating them.

Harding has spent much of her career Champion Leave Harding at in Kerrigan's shadow for two reasons: she she has concocted death threats in order to avoid home, Let Kerrigan go is not as good a skater as Kerrigan, and meaningless local qualifying competido her best, far away from club-wielding she was not a stereotypical goody-goody Local tions, then signed autographs at a heathens.

Like those before her.

In Harding's defense, could it be posWhile Kerrigan was doing soup com- mall the next day. Harding has blamed on her asthma, several poor performances sible the judges would not look favorably mercials, Harding was working on a car. if she which would probably be better on Harding's performance, just because of Kerrigan would smile for any photo didn't smoke.

Photos have shown, several the allegations, proved or not. That would opportunity, more than happy to give the times that she is in fact a smoker, though not be fair to Harding. photographer a cheesy mug, while Hopefully all implications in this Harding either flips the bird to anyone she claims she is not. She must be holding that cigarette for someone else. sticky affair will be worked out before the _ with a camera, or hides behind her exHarding, or those close to her must Olympics get under way, and the U.S. husband/confidant so the photographers not have had enough confidence in her Olympic Committee can make a judgment won't get her sucking on a cigarette. skating capabilities, figuring the only way that is in the best interest of the sport, and "I will do anything to win," Harding those involved. she would be able to beat Kerrigan is off was quoted saying, and that seems to be the ice with a metal club, not with her

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Democrats in the Colorado House of Representatives are recruiting volunteers to serve as committee staff assistants, legislative aides and journalism interns during the 1994 legislative session. Interested persons can call Carolyn Gard at 866-5523.

JANUARY

The MSCD Center for the Visual Arts. 1701 Wazee St., presents "The West As Subject" through Feb. 25. Info: 294-5207.

MSCD's Bahai Club presents "Eliminating the Potential for Nuclear Catastrophe" at 7:30 p.m. at the Metro-Denver Bahai Center, 225 E. Bayaud Ave. Free. Info: 798-4319.

WEDNESDAY

2/2 Last day to submit pass/fail to registration.

Sponsors of a national leadership conference to be held in Washington DC in May are seeking outstanding Metropolitan State College women to participate in the 1994 "Women As Leaders" program. Women students may call 1-800-486-8921 for availability of applications. Deadline for submitting applications is February 15.

Closed lunch AA meeting from noon to 1 p.m. at the Auraria Library, room 206.

Full term classes - last day to drop and have class deleted from record.

Closed lunch AA meeting from noon to 1 p.m. at the Auraria Library, room 206.

The Student Health Center and Campus Recreation at Auraria are offering a 10 week weight loss seminar that begins today in the PER Events Center, room 001. The lecture is from 1:00 to 1:50 P.M., and conditioning is from 1:50 to 2:30 p.m. Cost is $40 for students and $50 for faculty and staff. Info: 556-2525.

CoPIRG will host an information table in the Student Union lobby from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Info: 556-4537 or Student Union 351-G.

The Auraria Garners Club will host an open gaming session from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Student Union rooms 251, 252, 254 and 256.

They will have a MagicTM game room and two general gaming rooms. Free admission. Info: 556-3329 or 831-9560.

CoPIRG will hold a general interest meeting at noon in Student Union rooms 230 A and B. Info: 556-4537.

Closed lunch AA meeting from noon to 1 p.m. at the Auraria Library, room 206.

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. Info: 722-0944.

The Student Health Center present "Focus On Fats" from 9:00 to 9:50 a.m. in the MSCD Student Health Center, Student Union room 140. Info: 556-2525.

The Student Health Center presents "Calling It Quits: Smoking Cessation" from 12:00 to 12:50 p.m. at 1020 9th Street Park.

The Student Health Center presents "Eating and Emotions" from 11 :00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at 1020 9th Street Park. Free. Info: 556-2525.

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Each year Metropolitan State College of Denver honors students who are shining examples of academic and personal achievement.

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This group is for people who are tired of failing at weight loss plans and their negative effect on their self-esteem and their bodies.

This group is for people who desire a true understanding of what really is behind the reason food plays such an important part in their lives.

The participants will explore the various behaviors, patterns of thought, actions and feelings that cause overeating.

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Thursdays, Feb. 3rd 12:00 p.m. - I:00 p.m Linda Wilkins-Pierce free

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A photography exhibit by Mark McCombs and Annie Morrissey in the Auraria Library Gallery runs through February 10. Free. Call 556-2741 for library hours.

Beyond Photography in the Emmanuel Gallery on the Auraria Campus runs through February 10. Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free. Info: 556-8337.

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• ASMSCD - Outstanding Student Leadership Award • Special Service Award from Academic Affairs • Special Service Award from Student Affairs • Who's Who Award • A~erican Association of University Women Award • Outstanding Students from each School • Outstanding Students at Large • President's Award Awards are limited to seniors graduating by August 1994. Criteria for these awards include grade point average, college and community service, professional memberships, previous honors and awards, outstanding achievements and number of hours completed.

If you wish to be considered for one or more of these awards, you may obtain

an application from the office of your major department. Completed forms are due by Friday. februaey 18. 1994, in the office of your major department.

For more information, please call the Student Affairs Office, 556-3908.

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4/29 DO SOMETHING FOR THE ENVIRONMENT while building your own business. Immediate openings for honest and diligent individuals to develop their own business. Flexible hours, local support. Stan or Dave 355-1313 2/18 CARING PERSON TO WATCH TWO month old in our home. Monday-Friday, 8-5:30 p.m. References required. 232-4157. 2/4 $700/WK CANNERIES; $4,500/MO. deckhands.

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OLD SPAGHETTI FACTORY HIRING PART TIME kitchen, wait, bus, host- lunches or dinners. Apply MF 2:00-4:00. Great extra cash. 1215 18th 295-1864.

2/4 PHYSICIALLY HANDICAPPED MALE student needs assistance w ith feeding and restroom. Sense of humor required . Call Mitch McKinney 741-0479 or Gerri Wessling, Disability Services 556-8387. 2/11

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Racism IOI Nikki Giovanni Published by Morrow, s20 cloth

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Shirlee Taylor Haizlip Published by Simon & Schuster, '22 cloth

of the Ark

Louise Meriwether Published by Pocket Books, '21 cloth

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The Gullah voices of the slaves of the South Carolina Sea Islands sang out, blending with the far-off sound of Union Navy vessels shelling the forts protecting the rebel city. In the maelstrom that was the siege of Charleston, Peter Mango - ship pilot, husband, slave - spied a chance to slip from the shackles that both bound and sundered his family.

A group of resolute runaways bouyed with hope but silent with fear assembled under the cover of night to attempt the preposterous: steal and deliver the gunboat Swanee to the Union, running the gauntlet of massive Confederate forts that choked the route out of Charleston harbor.

"We ts contrabands, "Peter said. "We ain't slaves no more. " Rising to the rank of Captain in the Union Navy, he was nonetheless surrounded by the ramparts of wl"!ite prerogative, and haunted by the spectre of facing his former masters. And as they fought for family still behind Confederate lines, Peter and his brothersin-arms were forced again to address the horrors of their inhuman experience the memory of children born of waking nightmares, and the bargains that their women were forced to strike with God. Against this chaotic backdrop, Fragments of tbe Ark sweeps us into Peter Mango's heroic quest for the most basic of human rights - a safe haven to shape a family bound by love and not fear, and the freedom to claim his own life .

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Brown Angels An Album of Pictures and Verse Walter Dean Myers Published by HarperCollins, s16 cloth

Gathered from attics, dusty corners of antique shops and old family albums, this book's photographs of African-American children are from the turn of the century. Reprinted in delicate sepia tones, they reveal their subjects' personalities despite the seriousness of formal sittings, and in spontaneous snapshots taken at home. Award-winning author Walter Dean Myers' image-spawning poems frame the portraits, making this a superb book for young readers.

••••••••• No Crystal Stair Lynell George Published by Verso, s24.95 cloth .

Joyce Carol 71.Jo mas Published by HarperCollins, 115 cloth

In this joyous and unusually moving collection of poems, National Book Award winner Joyce Carol Thomas writes of family, individuality, and pride of heritage; glowing illustrations by Floyd Cooper accompany.

Growing up in Connecticut in the 40s and 50s, the daughter of a prominent black minister, Shirlee Taylor Haizlip enjoyed a position of privilege and security in her identity that for many years she took for granted. For her mother, Margaret, fair skin had been a double-edged legacy, a contrast to the reverend Taylor's dark, proud, and successful clan. Light enough to "pass," Margaret's father and siblings, descendants of an Irish immigrant and a mu latto slave, had disappeared into the white world, abandoning her and cutting themselves off from their tangled roots.

Moving easily between the black world and the white, Shirlee was determined to find out what became of her mother's family. What she unearthed in archives, letters, journals and other records is a tale of journeys - physical, emotional, racial, and social - that continues today. The story spans six generations of both sides of Shirlee's family, ranging from Ireland to California, where she tracked down her mother's only surviving sibling and reunited two sisters - one who called herself white and the ether who called herself black. The different choices the members of her multihued family made, and the different lives each of them led as a result, raise questions of identity and allegiance common to us all.

"OK. I think it's important to admit, up front, t hat we don't always... well... get along."

In Racism 101, Nikki Giovanni, one of America's most w idely read living poets, indicts higher education for the inequities it perpetuates, ~rovides a survival guide for black students on predominantly white campuses, and excoriates Spike Lee while offering ideas for a film about Malcolm X. She also writes about W.E.B. Du Bois, gardening, Toni Morrison, Star Trek, affirmative action, space exploration, the role of griots, and the rape of urban schools.

But to reduce Nikki Giovanni's essays to their subjects is to miss altogether their significance. As Virginia Fowler writes in her forward, "These pieces are artistic expressions of a particular way of looking at the world, featuring a performing voice capable of dizzying displays of virtuosity."

Profoundly personal and blisteringly political, angry and funny, lyrical and blunt, Racism 101 adds an important chapter to the debate on American national values.

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From Miss Ida's Porch

Mary E. Lyons

Sandra Belton

Published by Scribners, 1 15.95 cloth

Published by Four Winds Press, s14.9S cloth

In 1886, at the age of 49, Harriet Powers of Athens, Georgia, who had sewn many other quilts in her lifetime, began work on a very special quilt that would be more than a coverlet; it would be a diary of her spiritual life.

Harriet Power's Bible quilt, now a treasure in the Smithsonian Institution, is made of 299 appliqued pieces of cloth. Each panel depicts a scene from the Bible. Twelve years later she completed her second storyquilt, one combining biblical incidents with local folktales. It now is in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.

This engrossing story of a woman and her magnificent quilts is told within the context of slave quilting on Georgia plantations, and is rich in descriptions of everyday life before and after the Civil War.

No Crystal Stair celebrates tht! tenacity and creativity of black Angelenos. A 'postCivil Rights baby' and now one of L.A.'s most perceptive and respected journalists, Lynell George tells their stories from the inside through a series of essays and reports, vignettes, oral history and autobiography. Whether she is writing about the tensions between African-Americans and Koreans, about independent black schools or Creole migrants, or about rap, cinema or New Jazz, she gives flesh and form to daily city life. Engaged, impassioned and inspir- AURARIA STUDENT UNION ing, this is journalism at its best.

The narrator of this storybook and her best friend, Freda, are in-between kids: old enough to stay up past twilight, but not quite old enough to want to hang out on the corner and look at boys. Sometimes at sunset, the in-between kids play statues, and sometimes they read the comics.

Most of the time, though, they and many of the mothers and fathers and uncles and grandmothers and neighbors who live on Church Street end up on Miss Ida's comfy porch. · From that porch come words and stories that can turn the rosy dusk air thick with adventure, music and poetry. Tonight the porch is blooming with memories and true stories about Duke Ellington and Marian Anderson, brought to life by exquisite paintings. In the hearts of all who gather here, the past is kept alive - as is the promise for the future.

New titles are arriving daily to educate and inspire

AURARIA BOOK CENTER "556-3230 ~-TH 8-6, F 8-5,

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