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Former MSCD President Not Returning Brewer Decides on Teaching Position in Gunnison after MSCD Pays for his $60,000 Leave Michael BeDan THE METROPOLITAN Former MSCD President Thomas Brewer has changed course since going on a $60,000 administrative leave last year. Rather than return to MSCD as a history professor in the fall of '94, Brewer has opted to teach history at Western State College in Gunnison, Colo.

In a recent telephone interview Brewer confirmed that he was leaving MSCD and said he was surprised that anyone even noticed.

"I'm history, so what?" he said. "Who cares?"

Brewer elaborated on the change of plans and said it Brewer was an easy decision.

"Western State seemed like the best decision for me," he said. "I like Gunnison and the people there."

Brewer said he isn't sure how long he will teach at Western State.

"I may teach for a year or two, but no more than three," he said. "I'll be 65 in three years and definitely done by then."

Annette Hays, administrative assistant to the History department at Western State College, said the department is pleased to have Brewer coming on board, though his schedule has not been officially determined.

There are probably three classes that Brewer will teach in the fall, she said.

"He will likely be teaching a survey history class, an upper division history class and a history of economics class as well," Hays said. "It's my understanding that he'll just be teaching in the fall," she added.

Stephen Leonard, chairman of the History department at MSCD, said he learned of Brewer's decision through a letter from MSCD administration but hasn ' t spoken to Brewer directly.

"I haven't spoken to him personally, but we're sad to lose him," Leonard said. "He does have a right to make that decision though."

Brewer said he will miss MSCD and he enjoyed his time here.

"Denver is a good place and I'll miss it and the people at MSCD," he said.

Cheryl Espinosa, assistant to the president of State Colleges in Colorado, would not comment on Brewer's salary during his sabbatical.

"I have no comment on that, but it is his prerogative to teach wherever he wants to," Espinosa said.

System President Glenn Burnham also had no comment on Brewer's salary, she sai".

According to MSCD payroll records, Brewer received $22,500 in salary from the Presidents Office in addition to the $60,000 administrative leave. Had Brewer returned to MSCD this fall, he would have been the highest paid faculty member at $65,000 in base salary.

Brewer taught for 12 years before becoming a college administrator. In 1988 he was hired as president of MSCD and was given full faculty tenure. His tenure will be transferred to Western State this fall. His salary has not yet been determined.

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The Sound of a Silver Horn Kathleen Noble Fawcett Columbine, 12()QQ cloth

Second to None Edited by Ruth Moynihan, Cynthia Russett, Laurie Crumpacker U of Nebraska Press, Vol. I, II 122Mi paper, ea •May publication

"Tis woman's strongest vindication for speaking that the world needs to hear her voice," wrote Anna Julia Cooper, a 19th-Century AfricanAmerican abolitionist, teacher and novelist. Arguing that the voices of women still need to be heard, the editors of this comprehensive collection have assembled a diverse selection of writings to illustrate the daily lives of ordinary and extraordinary women and the historical significance of their thoughts and deeds.

In diaries, letters, speeches, songs, petitions, ~JS~otofP'ap~~ and cartoons they describe, rejoice, exhort, complain, advertise and joke, revealing women's role as community builders in every time and locale and registering their emergence into the public spheres of political, social and economic life. The documents also demonstrate the value of gender analysis, for women's differences - in age, race, sexual orientation, class, geographical or ethnic origin, abilities or disabilities, and values are shown to be as important as their commonalities.

Volum'! I opens in the 16th Century with a Navajo origin myth, and runs through the Civil War. Volume II continues to the present with texts ranging from a tract by Elizabeth Cady Stanton to the testimony of Anita Hill.

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Raising Consciousness through Inspiration

This groundbreaking anthology presents the spiritual life of women throughout history as recorded in their poems, prayers, and songs. Beginning with the hymns of the world's earliest identified author (a Sumerian moon priestess) and continuing to the first half of the 20th Century, it draws from the major religious traditions of East and West as well as from several indigenous cultures.

These pieces and the editor's insightful commentaries illuminate fundamental themes of spiritual life that resonate across time, culture and gender, as well as issues particular to women in their quest for a viable spiritual path.

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Edited by Alexandra Stiglmayer U of Nebraska Press, 11411 paper • June publication

Feminine lngenuit4 Anne L. Macdonald Ballantine, 'J4flR. paper

Windshield wipers. The cotton gin. The Snugli. All of these are the inventions of women. In Feminine Ingenuity, the acclaimed author of No Idle Hands chronicles the entertaining and inspiring story of the female inventors driven and determined to improve their world. Shattering ancient stereotypes of mechanically inept womanhood, the inventors profiled here run the gamut frnm Margaret Knight, who in colonial times invented the brown paper grocery bag, to Gertrude Elion, the Nobel laureate whose anticancer drugs Jed to her 1991 election to the Inventors Hall of Fame.

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Mythology, interpreted by Joseph Campbell and others, has excited a generation of readers. But from Greek and Hebrew legends to Hollywood movies, women have mostly lived in the shadow of male adventure. Now, psychologist Kathleen Noble unearths the female face of heroism and asks: What is the female hero's journey? Through the poignant, dynamic stories of women she has studied over the past ten years, she shows how taking part in the adventure of personal and social change can lead to creativity, spirituality, and achievement.

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"I saw about seven or eight little girls who died after they were raped. I saw how they took them away to be raped and then brought them back unconscious." - Ziba, 45 years old, talking about the rape camp at Doboj (June, 1992).

Alexandra Stiglmayer, a German journalist of Croatian origin, hastened to publish the European edition of Mass Rape in the spring of 1993 in order to reveal the horrors described above: the rape of Muslim-and to some degree Croatian and Serbian -women during the continuing war tn BosniaHerzegovina.

The book's essays on sexual enslavement, systematic attempts to impregnate, torture, looting, murder, mutilation and abduction - all in the name of "ethnic cleansing" - make for the grimmest of reading. New material for this American edition is contributed by Catharine MacKinnon, Roy Gutman, Cynthia Enloe and others and addresses the human rights of women and children, rape as genocide, and the legal aspects ofrape as a war crime.

Histor4 of Women in Science for Young People Vivian Sheldon Epstein VSE Publisher, ''l'l paper

Denver author Vivian Epstein believes in human liberation and has created a series of large format books to help it along a bit.

Her History of Wom'!n in Science for Young People, through accurately researched text and informal illustrations, highlights inspiring role models for girls.

By describing the work done in fields such as physics, anthropology and the environment, as well as how famous women came to be scientists, Epstein subtly reinforces the thought that these areas are also open to the reader.

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Down from the Pedestal Maxine Harris Doubleday, '22Mi cloth

Identifying with idealized images like the Faithful Wife, the Good Daughter, and the Wise Old Woman invariably wins a woman love and approval, and offers her theseductive promise of a formula for leading a happy, productive life. But, as psychologist Maxine Harris explains in Down From the Pedestal, women who hide behind the safety and predictability of idealized roles find their individuality obscured by the images that dictate what they should want and how they should live their lives, define their relationships, and raise their children.

In this extraordinarily clear and accessible new interpretation of adult female development, Harris offers women a way to break free from suffocating images and enjoy the freedom of seeking a personal and authentic existence.

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Displo4 of Important Women Who Mode U.S. History Through March:

Reproductions of photographs of notable U.S. women accompanied by their stories.

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MSCD President Sheila Kaplan asked Athletic Director Bill Helman to submit a plan to cut money from the department's current budget. The cuts will eliminate two employees and will reduce money going to a variety of programs.

Intercollegiate athletics has come under fire recently by Student Government President Barb Ferrill, Student Trustee Matthew Bates and Student Sen. Megan Reyes because of the amount of student fee money collected and spent on the sports programs. The cut in the athletic budget is not likely to silence the three.

Helman "If I were to be completely subjective and go with my personal convictions, we wouldn't even have it (athletics), period," Reyes said. "When you narrow it down to organized athletics, especially in schools, I find it an incredibly destructive force in our society."

Joe Arcese, vice president of Administration and Finance, said Kaplan believes the athletic department wa~ overstaffed and programs needed to be cut back. The cuts, he said, are not limited to the athletic department.

"Since the institution is short on funding, we felt that athletics should take a reduction along with other areas of the college," he said.

Helman was originally asked to cut $100,000 from the budget. The amount was reduced to $87 ,000 after Helman pointed out to Kaplan that $13,000 of the reduction would cut funding to programs that are already underfunded.

"For now, I think we can suck it up with everybody on the staff, for a year, taking extra duties and knowing that we're not counting on this being a longterm spiral," Helman said. "If it is, then the whole nature of this athletic program will change."

The cut will eliminate the position of assistant director of athletics for sports information and promotions, currently occupied by Greg Smith. Doug Montgomery, the assistant director of sports information and promotions, left in November to take a job at Regis University, Helman said. Smith is set to leave in June. Both positions compiled, sorted and distributed information to

the public and to news reporters covering MSCD sports.

Those two positions represent $50,000 of the cut.

"Our assistant coaches already handle several duties as well as coaching," Helman said. "Head coaches will now be handling more promotions and support duties next year to get us by."

Another $8,000 was cut from administrative support costs, which include funding for media guides, photographs and athletic training supplies.

In addition, $10,000 that was set aside for a new bus was eliminated along with $4,000 in National Collegiate Athletic Association-mandated cuts in the basketball program, Helman said. NCAA controls the amount of money a member school can spend on its athletic programs.

Another expense cut from the budget is $15,000 slated to pay for an outdoor scoreboard for the soccer and baseball programs, Helman said.

The athletic department's current budget is $1.2 million, so the reduction only represents a cut of about 7 percent.

Helman said he didn't expect any more cuts and he would not want to see more reductions.

"Once these programs start breaking down, good athletes will transfer, Helman said. "They would get off a sinking ship and the school would lose good student athletes."

Helman said even if his budget was completely eliminated, the department would keep funding the athletes. He said MSCD would have an ethical obligation to continue the athletes' education after they had been recruited and committed to MSCD. Of the $1.2 million, $721,000 comes from the $18 fee paid by MSCD students each semester. About $94,000 of those student fees pay for athletic scholarships.

The rest of the $170,000 in scholarships is raised by the department itself.

Coaches and staff in the athletic department have heard the criticism of their programs and know about the cuts.

They said they are concerned what effect any further reduction in funding will have on their programs.

"We'd have to go out and raise more money or we won't be able to survive," said baseball head coach Vince Porreco.

"We won't be able to travel to our conference games, we won't be able to provide the equipment that we do, not only for safety reason, but to give these guys the opportunity to compete."

Porreco said he doesn't think students should be penalized just because they are athletes.

"These kids are here not only for the athletics, but they're here for the education," Porreca said. "So why are you going to deny somebody ari opportunity to do that if they have a talent?"

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AHEC signs stand In Lot O despite order to remove them by Feb. 28.

Lot 0 Loses Lease Nancy Sonnenfeld THE METROPOUTAN Auraria staff and students who hold a parking permit for Lot 0 may soon be out on the street, burdened with the challenge to find a new place to park for the remainder of the semester.

The city-owned property on the corner of Kalamath Street and Colfax Avenue, which provides 50 parking spaces for the campus, has been sold and the lease with Auraria canceled, according to Carla Vialpando, analyst for the City and County of Denver.

Dick AlfuJtis, who retired March 1 as division director of Parking and Public Safety at Auraria, acknowledged last week the cancellation of the lease, but said it will be extended to the end of the current semester and possibly longer.

"We're not going to wake up one morning and find out we have to be out by sundown," he said.

Parkers, however, may be stripped of their spot sooner than they are led to believe.

According to Vialpando, the premises was to be vacated and all Auraria Higher Education Center signs removed by Feb. 28, when the lease expired. The signs, however, are still there.

"Because the closing (of the sale) has been delayed, though, we're going to end up offering Auraria week-toweek parking, but the maximum time it would be is the end of March, " Vialpando said.

According to Alfultis, all permit holders for Lot 0 have been notified of see LOT page 6

Student Found Dead Jean E.R. Straub STAFF WRlfi:R

MSCD lost yet another promising young life when junior Brian Bradley, 24 of Bennett was found dead Feb. 21 ' . . in a car at a Littleton construction site.

Bradley was the fourth MSCD student known to have died since August 1993.

The official cause of death was asphyxiation, according to the Arapahoe County Coroner's Bradley Office.

More than 150 people attended his funeral service Feb. 24 at Aurora Chase Mortuary and C~ematory. His body was cremated.

Bradley left a note.

"He said his problems were too much for him," said his mother, Frances

Bradley of Bennett.

Bradley's death came as a surprise to people at the Academic Assessment and Support Center, where he worked as a work-study employee.

"Everybody is real sad and upset and can't believe it," said Minnie Pacheco, advising coordinator for the school of Letters, Arts and Sciences and Bradley's supervisor. "They just had no idea that he was so depressed."

Bradley, a psychology major, was an excellent student, Pacheco and Frances Bradley said. He had planned to go to graduate school and wanted to be a counselor.

"Everybody liked him and got along with him very well," Pacheco said. "He was very outgoing and very dedicated to his education. He was just an all-around good person."

Bradley practiced Buddhism. He also worked at the American Sporting Clay Club in Kiowa, a shooting range.

"He was very outgoing, very kindhearted, very fun-loving," his mother said.

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STAFF WRITER Mutilation of library resources and the need for providing students with quality research instruction have prompted Auraria Library staff to slap restrictions on so-called "scavenger hunts."

A library scavenger hunt involves a list of faculty-assigned questions unrelated to a specific subject. Students are to find answers to the questions by investigating library research materials.

The new policy, which went into effect Jan. 1, is not without controversy. Stephen Leonard, History department chairman, while agreeing with the policy in principle, said it is too broad and needs revision.

"Storm clouds could be brewing if an effort isn't made to work out differences," Leonard said.

"It's a destructive project," said Diane Turner, head of library instruction.

"The library becomes the dumping ground for unusual assignments."

Turner said the hunts, which faculty members use to teach students about research materials and methods, are a problem in libraries across the nation.

The hunts often cause frustration in both students and librarians, even putting librarians in an unethical position of "helping students to cheat" by providing the answers, said Glenda Thornton, associate director of library services.

"It's difficult to turn these into a learning experience," Thornton said. "If the questions were related to a specific source of materials, then the librarian could see the assignment's intent and effectively instruct the student."

Scavenger hunts often become races路 where students compete to find answers, Thornton said, the result of which some-

times is the mutilation of library materials. Students tear out pages, scratch out passages, even hide or steal books to keep other students from the answers, she said.

New or part-time faculty who are unfamiliar with the Auraria Library create most scavenger hunt difficulties, Thornton said.

The new policy states that scavenger hunts will be actively discouraged, and reference desk staff will provide minimal assistance, usually one minute or less, to students assigned a scavenger hunt.

The stated policy goal is to encourage faculty and library staff to work together to provide students with quality instruction on research methods and materials, including a "suggested" guideline of two weeks advance notice of any library exercise.

"They have a legitimate complaint," Leonard said. "But I'd hate to have situations where students are turned down because they didn't give two weeks notice."

The policy's recommendations for two-week notice and faculty-supplied lists of research sources are a "tremendous overreaction," he said. Leonard wants to work with library staff to better define the policy, such as determining specific differences between scavenger hunt questions and legitimate library exercises, he said.

Leonard said he hopes the council of chairs at MSCD will consider a reasonable response to the library's policy.

Thornton said a two weeks' notice and faculty-supplied sources enable librarians to do the best job possible.

"We're in a difficult position because we don't want to be perceived as denying help to students," she said. "If we can, if we have time, we will bend (the restrictions). We're delighted to help students learn how to use library resources."

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Performing at Elitch's is probably the most fun you can have. And get paid for it.

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Audition Instructions Prepare two songs. One up-tempo, one ballad. At least one song must be from the 50's/60's era. We will provide a cassette deck and a piano. You must provide your own accompaniment.

Ko acappella auditions. Call backs are at 5 PM both days.

You will be taught a dance routine, so bring dance clothing.

You must be able to commit to the full season and be 16 years of age by May 18, 1994.

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Cyclists Ride for Bike Awareness Louis A. Landa THE METROPOUTAN Forty bicyclists rode through downtown Denver Feb. 25 to heighten public awareness to the need for improved bicycle facilities and promote bicycling as logical transportation, ride organizers said. ;Tom Crancer, ride organizer and MSCD biology major, called the event a "Critical Mass" ride.

The "Critical Mass" riders delayed automobile traffic, backing it up for two blocks on Waz.ee Street. The situation on 17th Street was aggravated by construction and a fire engine responding to a call at Prudential Plaza.

Confused onlookers and confounded motorists dealt with the situation in various ways. Some pedestrians just stared and others stepped into the cold night air _ for a closer look.

"I didn't know what it was, but I think it ' s a great idea," said Dave Mariano, owner of the Dugout Italian Deli at 1620 Wazee St. Other people made similar comments.

One spectator said she was concerned about ,. the children involved in the ride. She said it was too dangerous for such small children.

"I think it's a good idea, I think they need bike lanes, but I don't know about their tactics," said Nancy Allen of Westminster.

Motorists appeared to take it all in (. stride, but a few did speed past the pack or tum off the occupied street completely. One motorist, who described himself as an avid bicyclist, said he thought the pack of riders was a hazard. He said if you play tag with a

car and you're on a bicycle, you lose.

Crancer said .he learned of this form of transportation civil disobedience while visiting friends in San Francisco.

"We need to increase our awareness that this is a good way to get around .. .I think it's really a bad situation where you get to the point that so many cars on the street preclude bicyclists from wanting to be there, or for it being healthy for them to be there." Crancer said.

He said the ride's main goal was to alert the public to bicycling-related issues and that "Critical Mass" rides are a good way for interested bicyclists to network.

Riders ranged in age from 3 to 58, and gave a variety of reasons for participating.

'We need to increase our awareness that this is a good way to get around.'

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Some riders wore signs stating "I Like Nontoxic Air" and "I Need A Bike Lane."

"I think it's very important to learn new habits around transportation, especially city dwellers," said participant Anthony Choice, a Denver creative consultant and UCD graduate. "I want to encourage people not to forget bicycles are a year-round form of transportation. It just takes a little forethought to ride...in the winter."

The riders left the state Capitol around 6 p.m. and followed a circuitous route down 15th Street to Wazee Street,

then north to 17th Street, down Broadway and back to the Capitol. The pack stretched for a city block at times, and spanned three lanes at others. The group speed was 5 to 8 miles per hour.

Crancer estimated student participation in the ride at 30 percent, with many from MSCD and UCD. uc:D political science major and rider Nicole Baraga, disputed an article in a national cycling magazine's that portrayed "Critical Mass" rides as negative.

"Critical Mass" is a very positive thing. It was portrayed as being a sort of a negative revenge day for cyclists, but in Denver the philosophy is to be high profile and nonaggressive," Baraga said.

James Mackay, bicycle and pedestrian planner for the City and County of Denver, said he could appreciate the need for bicyclists to have a presence, but there are several ways to accomplish that.

"If you really want to accomplish something for bikes, gel off your bike and get on your keyboard and write a letter. Get on your phone and make a call. Go to a meeting and make a statement," Mackay said.

Crancer said he and "Critical Mass" rider Kent Epperson are working with downtown businesses to develop a program that would increase ridership.

"Kent and I are working on a education program for some of the corporations downtown, try to do some little seminars for them and talk to them about the importance of alternative transportation," Crancer said.

He said he plans to make "Critical Mass" rides a monthly event.

Cherry Choke The cherry pie in the Student Union may be hazardous to your health.

Robert Serbrin was eating lunch in the Student Union cafeteria Feb 22. when a piece of clierry pie became lodged in his throat. Paramedics responded to the call, and Serbrin was transported to St. Joseph's Hospital.

Sticks and Stones Auraria Public Safety officers were called to the South Classroom Building Feb. 22 after two girls got into a name calling and braid-pulling fight.

Accord ing to APS police reports, Tamisha Scott, a CCD student, pulled Lawanda Ford's braids and called her names. They got into a pushing match that was broken up a few moments later by an unidentified male, the report said.

APS officers escorted the two to CCD Vice President Poindexter' s office for counselling. While they were gone , Tania Pushneh, an MSCD student who had yelled, "You people are too noisy," and, "You people are too violent," during the confrontation, was chased down the hall by several unidentified people who were upset by what she said, according to the report. Police said they stopped the mob before anyone was hurt.

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Institute for Women's Studies and Services

Ms. Tara Tull• 556-8441 • 1033 9th St. Park

Counseling Center - Personnel and Emotional Counseling Dr. Barbara M. Vollmer• 556-3132 • CN Classroom 203 Office of Student Affairs Dr. Karen Thorpe, Ms. Yolanda Ericksen 556-3908 • CN Classroom 313 OMBUDS Dr. Ben Monroe• 556-3021 • 1059 9th St. Park.

Or the appropriate department chair, administrative unit director, or college dean.

For more information contact: Dr. Percy A. Morehouse, Jr. CN Classroom 31 SF • 556-2939 Director, Office of Equal Opportunity

Some Permit Holders Not Notified LOT from page 3 the situation. However, Judith McManus, CCD instructor of communications and speech, said she was unaware of the imminent closing of the parking area. " I haven ' t received any notice," McManus said. "I've already paid, and I'm under the impression that I can park here all semester."

Alfultis said that there are no plans to accommodate evicted parkers.

"The plan now is to park them where they are as long as we can... we don't have anymore space," he said.

Another 67 spaces in Lot L, behind Ninth Street Park, were recently relinquished by Auraria because of the light rail system and the expansion of the Auraria Child Care Center. As a result, there is already a waiting list for those displaced parkers_, said Laura Watson, day office supervisor for Parking. " If there are no spaces available, permit holders will have to go back to daily fee parking," she said.

Permit holders pay for parking in advance at the beginning of each semester and are guaranteed a space, unlike daily fee parkers who pay each time they park on an availability basis.

Lot 0 parkers would receive a prorilted refund if necessary, Watson said.

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Andy Chitwood is taking over as Division Director of Parking and Transportation.

David Rivera heads Public Safety. Mark Gallagher retains his Chitwood position as director of parking operations.

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The State College System includes MSCD, Adam State College at Alamosa, Mesa State College at Grand Junction and Western State College in Gunnison.

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It's not available in the United States yet because the manufacturer, Roussel-Uclaf, wants government protection from anti-choice harassment.

In the meantime, women exercising their right to an abortion suffer in the Stone Age with unpleasant minor surgery and having to confront radical anti-choice harassment that imposes their religion upon them.

Here's how I see it. Freedom of religion in the United States guarantees the right to an abortion. Perhaps some women are atheists, perhaps agnostic. It is their choice what to believe. I respect all religions, and if a woman's religion believes that abortion is murder, I refer to the popular bumper sticker, "If you're against abortion, don't have one."

In my spiritual beliefs, I do not all believe death is something to be feared or dreaded because I believe in reincarnation. I do not believeJhat I am the body that I occupy. Although the body may die, my soul lives on. Abortion, I believe, does not kill anyone, but temporarily disappoints a soul seeking incarnation on this physical plane.

I do not subscribe to all the morbid death reinforcements of dead cats and photos of fetuses that many right-to-lifers are slinging in women's faces who choose abortion. Give me RU 486.

I want RU 486 available for myself and the millions of women who may chose to terminate their unwanted pregnancies and who do not prescribe to another's religious dogma. I demand that RU 486 be · manufactured in the United States so that I can go in to the privacy of my doctor's office, take my pill and be done with a very private matter: my body governed by my religious perceptions.

No woman wants to have an abortion, but many may have to. Unwanted pregnancy is best to be prevented, and sex education is what our society des-

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perately needs if we are to break the evident chain of children having children and an imminent socio-economic disaster and world population crisis. The unfortunate mix in our times of uncontrolled passion and biology creating unwanted pregnancies needs a solution. A solution to abortion and unwanted children is education.

Many religious groups do not want to pass out condoms because it condones sex.

Well, I hate to disappoint them, but the public and teenagers are having sex and there is a need to understand this behavior and a bigger need to talk about birth control.

If anti-abortionists would spend a fraction of the energy on education that they do destroying clinic property and harassing women with their religion , perhaps there wouldn't be a need for abortions.

Please, teach men and women about sex, and yes, the joys and rewards of abstinence and celibacy.

Anti-abortionists do not want to publicly fund abortions or include them in Clinton's national health care plan. Well I'm tired of dishing out my tax money in the form of welfare to "divine" mistakes, because the planet and society is headed for disaster because of them.

Anti-abortionists may "save" a fetus or two, but last month they failed to save the aftermath of those fetuses that grow up and eat and need to be loved and end up stuffed in a squalid apartment in Chicago with 18 other children fighting over food with the dogs. Religion in action is taking care of the millions of destitute children that are already on the planet, living, breathing and crying for love and help. Giving priority to a potential physical vehicle that was not meant to be while living children are neglected betrays all of humanity.

Abortion, I believe, is an act of mercy, preparing mother and child for a better time when mothers can be ready and children can be innocent. It's a free country. I can believe whatever I want.

'Giving priority to a potential phsycial vehicle that was not meant to be while living children are neglected betrays of humanity.'

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THE METROPOLITAN welcomes letters to the editor from the students and faculty of Auraria.Deadline for letters to the editor is 10 a.m. Monday.

Submissions must be typed or submitted on a Macintosh compatible disk.

Letters under 250 words will be considered first. · THE METROPOLITAN reserves the right to edit copy to conform to the limitations of space. Libelous or offensive material will not be published. Letters will be printed on a space-available basis. Letters must include name, student ID number, title, school and phone number. All letters become property of THE METROPOLITAN upon submission.

A friend of mine recently came to me with a rather interesting concern about current fashion trends and their impact on future employment availability...

It seems my friend is worried that, five or six years down the road, he's going to be discriminated against when applying for jobs because . he's in that depressingly small minority of people who don't have any tattoos or body piercings...

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In a Feb. 18 editorial in The Metropolitan, MSCD student Paul Jarnagin laments Clinton's "lack of courage" because he has not "earned the world's respect with the sword of persuasion."

Jarnagin waxes nostalgic for his heroes Reagan the cowboy and Bush the vindicated wimp, both of whom spilled plenty of blood, mostly that of innocent civilians.

As Chomsky points out above, this courage is really no courage at all but rather the cowardice of the war pig.

What was courageous about Reagan's 1986 bombing of civilian urban targets in Libya, which in reality was an act of state terrorism conducted on false pretenses?

Reagan's Grenada invasion was another foreign policy disaster turned triumph. Only an ideologue could be convinced that Grenada, with a population of Fort Collins, posed any threat to U.S. security.

Bush's initiation into the traditional Bloodying of the President occurred with the invasion of Panama, where U.S. troops massacred more than 3,000 civilians, bombing neighborhoods, strafing urban areas, crushing occupied cars with tracked military vehicles, and following up by plowing the bodies into mass graves or the sea.

War crimes committed against the Iraqi civilian population during the Gulf War were so extreme, it is little wonder that the third anniversary has arrived without a flag wave or Yellow Ribbon Appreciation March. Harvard medical teams, the World Health Organization, Amnesty International and other

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Columnist's·'Blood Lust' - ~- Reminds of Orwell's 1984 The courage of Ronald Reagan is in reality the courage of a Mafia don who sends a goon squad to break bones of children in a kindergarten.

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human rights organizations estimate that 100,000 civilians died outright due to U.S. bombing and that another 100,000 have died due to the intentional bombing of Iraq's infrastructure - the majority of victims being under 5 years old.

Of course these deaths are meaningless to true patriots like Jarnagin, as revealed by his bigotry toward Muslims when he wrote of Saddam, "... praying to Allah on his gaudy little carpet.. .."

Jarnagin's blood lust reminds us of Orwell's "Two- Minute Hate" episode found in his book "1984," from which we quote: "The horrible thing about the Two-Minute Hate was not that one was obliged to act a part, but that it was impossible to avoid joining in. Within 30 seconds any pretense was always unnecessary. A hideous ecstasy of fear and vindictiveness, a desire to kill, to torture·, to smash faces in with a sledge hammer, seemed to flow through the whole group of people like an electric current...and yet the rage that one felt was an abstract emotion, which could be switched from one object to another like the flame of a blowlamp."

Jarnagin concurs, in that he cares not who the targets of Clinton's bloodletting is unleashed upon.

As with the Two-Minute Hate, Jarnagin is willing to switch the object of his ''fear and vindictiveness" to any on the list of potential candidates that he provides in his editorial: North Koreans, Somalis, Communists, or Arabs.

Unfortunately Clinton understands all to well the need to manufacture military conflict in order to channel the real pain of Americans who suffer the delusion of the American Dream.

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Espresso Etc. Decision Not ,Easy One, SACAB Rep. Says that The Daily Grind could be more beneficial and In your Feb. 25, 1994, issue an article appeared that attempted to inform the student body about the offer a greater variety to the students. The Retail student decision to negotiate with The Daily Grind Committee felt such a connection to Judy and her ideas, that the Committee was torn. My suggestion instead of Espresso Etc. for the Tivoli Student Union to the Committee was that they needed to consider - coffee house. The article, although not inaccurate, what would ultimately be best for the students, and was also not accurate. As student chair of the Tivoli Planning Committee, SACAB representative, and that we needed to put our personal feelings for Judy concerned student advocate, I want to attempt to set r- aside and consider the students first. My personal hope was that Judy would be within the Tivoli the record straight.

To begin with, Judy Fey, owner of Espresso Student Union.

Etc., has a financially stable company. The article The outcome, however, was that the students that was written spoke incessantly about the finanfelt The Daily Grind could simply offer more to the students. Ultimately, students should come first. If cial status of the two companies. What the Retail Committee decided on was not which company students can benefit, if students can be loyal to each other, then this campus has the possibility of thrivcould financially handle the Tivoli space, but was ing. We support Judy in whatever she does on or off ,rather a business decision and one that involved campus. We are sure she will have continued sucmuch discussion. cess wherever she is located.

Additionally, my comment that the TPC's loyalty All I ask is that you support the Retail Committee was to the students and not Judy Fey was not in their decision, as Judy Fey does, and that you intended to be left hanging in an article out of context. My comment was made as part of the descripunderstand that the decision was not an easy one. If there are any more questions or concerns, please tion on how the decision came into being. The stu"'dents, including myself, had fought for Judy and her feel free to contact SACAB at 556-4589. company to be within the Tivoli. We are all cusKersten M. Keith tomers of Espresso Etc., and we are all comfortable and happy with Judy Fey. But through the bidding MSCD SACAB Representative process, the students on the Retail Committee felt

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Return of the Dancing Dead After Years as obscure Imports, Dead Can Dance's First Five Albums are now Availiable Domestically

After rising to the top of the alternative music heap in 1993, Dead Can Dance are finally rereleasing their first five albums, previously a"ailable only as expensive and hard-to-find imports.

4AD/Wamer Brothers have recently reissued Aion (1990), The Serpent's Egg (1988), and Within the Realm of a Dying Sun (1987) on compact disc and cassette.

Dead Can Dance's self-titled 1984 debut, including the (our-song EP Garden of the Arcane Delights, and their second album, 1985's Spleen and Ideal, were released last week.

The last part of 1993 saw DCD release their first major label effort, Into the Labyrinth, which has already sold more than 180,000 copies and shows no sign of slowing down. The group went on tour shortly thereafter, playing a series of sold-out concerts that brought them to Denver's Ogden Theatre last November.

A flurry of positive press has been surrounding DCD recently, culminating in a January 28 Time magazine article. Their back-catalog is being reissued in response to the band's new-found popularity.

The core of Dead Can Dance is Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry, who began the group in Melbourne, Australia in 1983.

With two vocalists possessing contrasting styles, DCD are the ultimate yin/yang duo.

Perry's songs often remain rooted in traditional rock form, though with nuances from symphonic and choral territories, Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry of Dead Can Dance. often coupled with strings, woodwinds, a harpsichord and occasionally a hurdyyears old. Aion is the last album Dead Can and a capella pieces. Some of Perry's best gurdy. His voice is very deep and soothDance made with help from other vocalists songs are here ("Severance" and ing; his baritone is often compared to that "Ulysses"), and Gerrard's "Song of and musicians. of the late Jim Morrison. His lyrics draw Aion was released in the U.S. in June ¡ Sophia" is among her most beautiful. from myth, legend and the state of human Within the Realm of a Dying Sun, like 1990 only on London's 4AD imprint, but experience. He tries to unravel life's tapesits title, is symphonic and tragic. It's home even as a cult item it not only solidified try with his literal songs. to several fine songs, but oddly puts Gerrard 's soaring soprano is DCD's the band's position within its US fan base, Perry's tunes on one side and Gerrard's on trademark. Her wordless glossolalia it increased DCD's momentum, introduc- the other, breaking up the mood and forcknows no bounds and seems channeled ing their music to a broad, diverse, literate ing comparisons between the two . from a far-off place. Her songs often uti- audience who realized that it was aspiring "Cantara" is a stunning Gerrard composilize Middle Eastern instruments and to divinity-and often attaining it. tion, trembling with restrained power.

Dead Can Dance toured Europe and rhythms. Like Perry, she plays several DCD embarked on a European tour in instruments, but is perhaps known best for North America in the winter of 1990. They 1987 with the 11-piece ensemble that her virtuosity on the yang c'hin, a Chinese performed in only seven U.S. cities played on Dying Sun, reportedly losing a (bypassing Denver), playing prestigious good deal of money in the process. hammered dulcimer.

Aion is DCD's unqualified master- halls including New York's Symphony 1985's Spleen and Ideal took more piece. On this 35-minute foray into the Space and The Palace of Fine Arts in San than two years to record, and like Dying Renaissance, Gerrard and Perry surround Francisco. Each American show sold out Sun, is bolstered by orchestral accompaniment. It 's a very serious, solemn record themselves with period instruments, within a day.

1988's The Serpent's Egg is usually that still has one foot in rock and the other unusual tonalities, ancient melodies, and fantastic material: some of their own, and viewed as a transitional work that bridges at the altar of a huge cathedral. Gerrard's some traditional songs that are over 500 DCD's earlier goth-rock with their later miasma-filled incantations are difficult lismedieval experiments in Gregorian chants tening, save for "Mesmerism," where sev-

era! lines sung in plain English jump out.

Perry's lyrics are deep and profound, and' he has some of his finest moments on "The Cardinal Sin" and "Indoctrination."

Dead Can Dance's first record bears little resemblance to their current sound.

Not far removed from Joy Division or early Bauhaus, and recorded on a primitive four-track mixing board, Dead Can Dance opens with the forboding guitar and rhythm generator-driven "The Fatal Impact," and continues with the gothic heavy metal of "The Trial" and "Threshold." Gerrard's eerie, wordless songs and her use of the yang c'hin point the way toward their later achievements.

Extre,mely powerful and mesmerisingly dark, this is the closest DCD ever came to rock and roll.

A completist probably couldn't live long without Lonely is an Eyesore, a 4AD compilation video and CD that contains two DCD songs, including the Wagnerinfluenced instrumental "The Protagonist;" or without This Mortal Coil's 1984 debut, It'll End in Tears, where Perry and Gerrard appear on three songs.

Lately it seems that the group has been more active than ever. The Arthur Rimbaud tribute album, Sahara Blue, features two new DCD songs. The 1993 arthouse film "Baraka" used an older tune from Serpent's Egg, and the group used a segment of "Baraka" for their video of "Yulunga (spirit dance)." The band's concert at Santa Monica's Mayfair Theatre last November was videotaped and is slated for a fall release, as is Brendan Perry's solo album.The five rereleased discs will also appear as a boxed set.

While their name is an obstacle to some, it aptly accounts for their ability to plunder the vaults of ancient music and make it accessible to anyone. They incorporate bits of chamber music and Celtic poetry here; Gregorian chant and African drumming there. As a cut-and-paste job, it is flawless and original. Their music literally spans centuries; their best work is timeless. Vibrant and passionate, DCD's music is all about being alive.

Shortly after the completion of the Aion tour in 1990, Gerrard and Perry's long-time romantic relationship came to an end. As of this writing, Perry lives at Quivy Church, his recording studio/castle in Cavan County, Ireland; Gerrard with her husband and young daughter in Australia's Snow River mountains. The two collaborate musically through the mail, but the immense space between them is bound to have an impact on the music and the future of Dead Can Dance.

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he block of quaint Victorian houses captures a special spot in Gregorio Alcaro's heart. As a child he spent many happy hours playing in the Ninth Street Park neighborhood.

When he was 11, Alcaro helped out at the Casa Mayan, a popular Mexican eatery at 1020 Ninth Street. The clapboard house was home and business to his grandparents, Ram6n and Carolina Gonzalez. They lived upstairs with their seven children and ran a restaurant downstairs from 1947 to 1974. The Casa Mayan, complete with an outdoor patio, was a social gathering place for artists, poets, musicians and dancers.

Alcaro, now 30 and an environmental designer, shared his love of Denver history, Ninth Street Park and architecture with children at Denver's Harrington Elementary School this past year. Working together, Alcaro and 18 third- and fourth-grade students from the. Gifted and Talented program built a 6-foot long reproduction of Ninth Street Park.

"This was really quite ambitious for third-grade level," Alcaro said. "This was a challenge for all of us."

The class began by studying Colorado and Denver history and progressed to Denver architecture. Alcaro chose Ninth Street Park for the model because it reflects the early history of Denver. In September they toured the Ninth Street Park for several hours and took detailed observations. They also reviewed old photos and floor plans before beginning their construction last November.

The children cut, glued and painted cardboard, recreating the whole block of 14 homes. They finished off the project with street lamps they created from straw and Christmas lights, and dried plants that served as trees. The students worked individually on houses and collectively on the entire street.

Alcaro and the students displayed the model for the first time at the new school building of Harrington Elementary on, Feb. 26, during the opening festivities. It will remain on display indefinitely.

At the opening, one of the contributing students, 8-year-old Seth Alton said he'd like to wire the houses so that the lights would be functional. He also pointed out details of the house he built, a replica of Alcaro's grandparent's home at 1020 Ninth Street.

Ram6n Gonzalez died in 1960 before the house was restored, but Carolina lived to see it and the rest of the block saved. She turned 100 years old on Feb. 18, and celebrated with Alcaro and nearly 40 family members on Feb. 17 at Park Manor, a Denver retirement residence where she now lives. She sang along in Spanish as her grandson, Arnold Gonzalez, and great-grandson Mario Gonzalez, played Mexican folk songs on guitars.

Alcaro remembers his grandmother getting up at 4 or 5 a.m. to start cooking. She made everything from scratch and was strict about the quality of the food. Carolina insisted that it be the best and the freshest.

"What I remember most from growing up was out in back (of the Casa Mayan), the old servant's quarters, stable and the blacksmith," Alcaro said. "It had a little courtyard here. It was very old. They tore it down. It was so romantic."

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'Naked,' Despite its Title, Isn't all About Sex for her to touch him. But Johnny is not a sexist. He THE METROPOLITAN also treats Brian (Peter Wight), a man who invites "Have you ever thought ... you him in from the cold, with might already have had the happiest moment in your whole f-in' life, and the same venom.

When he leaves Louise all you've got to look forward to is sickness and purgatory?"-Johnny, in and Sophie, they pine until "Naked." he returns, and he meets a If not, you might find it hard to sit series of characters who are through Mike Leigh's award-winning all as depressing and conproduction "Naked." fused as he is.

The movie is not about sex, as the Perhaps the film is called "Naked" because title may suggest. It's about Johnny everyone bears their soul to (David Thewlis), a 27-year-old who Johnny for approval. As they looks 40, yearning to understand why stand before him, Johnny he's living. Most of the dialogue in this rapes them of any hope. film is like conversations one might have when stoned, drunk, or depressed.

The film is shot in the As the film opens, Johnny is in an dingiest of colors to reflect its mood. The sex scenes are alley having sex with a woman. It looks raw. It's brutally honest like it was first a consensual act, howev- 1""!!11_....., er, this mood quickly changes as Johnny L..lll-lr..;;.I ---------~-----------------.......___..._... about emotions that some do not want to face in themgets too rough with her. When she Sophie (Katrin Cartlidge) and Jeremy (Greg Crutwell) In a scene from 'Naked.' selves or others. screams, Johnny takes off, steals a car Louise is a working woman trying to Some may appreciate this movie. and heads to see Louise, his ex-girlfriend, where you stay."

When people try to be kind to Johnny, it get ahead, unlike Johnny and Sophie who Some may even relate to it, once they get in London.

As he waits for Louise (Lesley enrages him. He makes it hard for people are both on the dole, England's welfare past the Cockney accents. But remember, system. Maybe this is why he has so it's not all about sex.

Sharp) to come home from work, he to like him, but still they do.

Johnny is a pessimist who should much time to be depressed.

Leigh took honors for Best Director, meets Louise's roommate Sophie (Katrin Johnny shows no interest in working. and Thewlis won Best Actor at the 1993 Cartlidge). Sophie is a rail-thin woman probably slit his wrists. Man, like the He can be emotionally abusive, but Cannes Film Festival. Thewlis also won who is not very stable-minded. She is dinosaur, will become extinct, he says.

"You're all so bored," he shouts at Louise and almost every other woman in the New York Film Critics Award for almost immediately smitten with Johnny.

After all, he's got a razor-sharp wit, and Louise. "You've had nature ...the living the film for some unknown reason still Best Actor."Naked,". presented by Fine he's a charmer. But his charm that attracts body...and the universe explained to you, reach out to him.

Line Features, is currently playing at When Louise gets home, Johnny rips Landmark's Esquire Theatre. For more and you're bored with it. So now you just people is the same that drives them away.

"I've got an infinite number of places want cheap thrills... no matter how tawdry into her. After charming the socks (and information, call 733-5757. everything else) off Sophie, he can't stand to go," Johnny says. "The problem is or vacuous... just as long as it's new."

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One ceiling fan above the King Baptist Church Choir seemed hardly adequate to keep cool the 80-some smiling singers who s w a y e d , clapped hands, and sung elecMoton-Teague tricity-charged black gospel songs at the recent Third Annual Tribute to the African-American Gospel Heritage.

The choir generated an on-fire-forGod contagious heat that spread into the audience of about 250, moving many to spontaneously stand up, clap hands, swing upraised arms, shout "amen" and "hallelujah!"

Sponsored by MSCD's AfricanAmerican Affairs Council and held at King Baptist Church, the tribute put an exclamation mark on a month-long celebration of black history. Special guest and MSCD President Sheila Kaplan in her opening remarks said the tribute "promises to be one of the most exciting and joyous events of Black History Month."

The tribute is the brainchild of Catheryne L. Moton-Teague, MSCD assistant vice president of academic affairs, who wanted to do something different to celebrate Black History Month.

"It's a good way to get together different races of people," Moton-Teague said, "and to share the cultural richness of black gospel music, which is some of the best music there is."

Born and raised in Greenville, S.C., Moton-Teague grew up with gospel music, which she said is a "getting happy, touchy-feely" music. Its roots go back to the days of black slavery, she said, when slaves were prohibited from conversing.

"We are mindful of traditional black gospel music wherein slaves sent clandestine messages or simply communicated through the lyrics," Moton-Teague said.

"For example, if slaves were to meet by the river, the lyric 'Gonna lay down my burdens by the riverside' may have been sung."

Today the music, in addition to praising God, is a vehicle to cope with contemporary bondages, she said, through the song's expressions of grief, hope, and other human l(_motions.

The music can even be a powerful influence to help solve gang problems, Moton-Teague said. Gospel choirs should take the music to the streets, and churches must play an active role in addressing the struggles of black youth, many of whom are ignorant of Martin Luther King Jr., she said.

"The songs remind black youth of their history, and that the purpose and results of the music to find relief are still there." 路 The tribute also featured choirs from Now Faith Christian Center, Macedonia Baptist Church, New Beginnings Church, and solos by Haywood Hobbs, Manuel Williams and Moton-Teague.

"It's a privilege to see one part of our culture still remains," said Master of Ceremony Roger Wells, an announcer at KOKO radio. "This music came from the heart. God must have loved us."

Wells exhorted the audience to keep praying for young people and to spend quality time with them.

"Who said all young people are bad?" he said following one choir's performance. "We just saw some people who are gang-stoppers. We can't take back the streets but we can take back our children."

C.J. White, MSCD professor of sociology and African-American studies, coneluded the tribute.

"All of us will remember tonight as a special one," he said, "as so much of our history is expressed in our music and songs."

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An everlasting cycle. Every month of the year has at least one, usually millions, of reasons for you to overeat and over drink.

Depression...guilt. ..Loneliness. These are just a myriad of reasons we drown our sorrows in food and drink. We all can rationalize the reasons for bingeing, but most of us would probably be amazed at how often bingeing occurs in the United States.

Forty-five percent of the households are on a diet during the course of a year. Americans spend $10 million a year on diets and diet pills. The common cycle is that people eat too much and then wish they didn't. Too many women want to look like "Cindy Crawford." Too many men want to look like "Mel Gibson." Diets are a multi-million dollar industry. Fifty-six percent of all women aged 24-54 diet, and 76% of them diet for purely cosmetic reasons.

That means, bigger this, smaller that, lift this, drop that Furthermore, Americans eat and drink to take away their sorrows. During a six month period, approximately 6.6% of women and 3.5% of men have a depressive disorder. We try to soothe a mental state with a physical cure. Yet, this behavior does not work, and oftentimes makes us even more depressed.

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COPY EDITOR Twenty women and one man met Tuesday in the Student Union for the workshop, "Women of Color-Stories That Shape Our Lives," led by Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Jungian analyst, cantadora (Latina keeper of stories) and best-selling author of the book "Women Who Run with the Wolves."

This was not a stuffy meeting · in which a person of exaggerated authority spoke to the less educated, the poorer in spirit. It was an intimate Estes gathering; a room full of people connected by gender, history, and concem for the world, sharing ideas.

Estes asked the audience to pull the carefully regimented chairs into a circle closer to her. Her voice soft and peaceful, she spoke in terms of light and dark and hearts and souls. She spoke woman-towoman instead of speaker-to- audience.

Estes bemoaned the lack of minority women leaders.

"Is there a glass ceiling in leadership too? What are the issues? You tell me. I ask you."

She used stories from around the world to emphasize her ideas and suggested people gather strengths from other cultures to empower themselves and the community.

Estes used the German word, "schmerzenreich," which means "to be rich in sorrow," to elaborate one characteristic of leadership.

"I found out from being an activist all these years, if you really want to make a difference in this world ... you have to be willing to suffer terribly."

The term comes from an old fairy tale and means an "ability to absorb darkness from the world," Estes said.

She said complaining is not leadership. One must be able to bear the sorrows of the world while doing something about them.

She offered Martin Luther King Jr. and Ghandi as examples of flawed human beings who had sensitive hearts. Although King was known as womanizer and Mahatma Ghandi was "scared to death" of leadership, she said they had great compassion and sensitivity-schmerzenreich.

"Even though you are flawed, it's not about your goodness," she told the audience, "If it were, we'd all be doomed. It's about our sense of destiny, out of a sense of heart."

Early on in the hour-and-a-half-long workshop, she asked the auwence to tell her what it is that keeps them from raising their voices. She said it is more than cultural oppression that keeps women from speaking out. It is personal. · Jennifer Jackson, tutor coordinator in the MSCD's Tutoring Center, offered one reason.

"Am I ready for the reaction I might get?" she asked. "As a woman of color, I've taken a lot of slaps. I want to speak up...but how many slaps can I take? How much oompah do I have?"

Estes responded, "Let me tell you: nobody is ever ready. It is never a mistake to take a mission or a message of mercy out into the world."

Estes said certain people are "marked," as leaders. She told of an incident that indicated to her she had a "calling." A palmist who lived down the road from her when she was a child told Estes she would be a leader, whether she wanted to be or not. Estes said that although she does not really believe in palmistry, see ESTES page 17

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"I always go back to this," Estes said, holding up her hand, "to my palm. I felt like she (the palmist) validated a voice that I was already starting to hear."

"You probably have something of that (sense of calling) too," she told attendee Denise Rodriguez, a senior human services major and a Native American.

Megan Reyes, a single parent of three children and MSCD Student Senator involved in many projects on campus, told Estes that her main constraint in leadership is her lack of time.

Estes talked about other characteris-

tics of leadership. "(Those) who can truly preach a pluralistic culture and engender it will be the leaders of tomorrow."

Reyes said after the conference that she was moved by Estes.

"She (Estes) affirmed something I'v.e believed all my life-that color really doesn't matter because we all belong to the same earth, the same universe; we all come from one. The acknowledgment of race in society will automatically be addressed if we have leaders with universal vision."

Many of the women in the group responded warmly to Estes. After the workshop ended, some women came up to

the platform from which Estes spoke and sat around her chair, chatting with her and thanking her. Others hugged her and shook her hands .

"I found it inspiring," Rodriguez said of the workshop. "I felt she was down-toearth and she spoke from a woman of the heart-she's wonderful."

Estes had her own comments.

"This is a wonderful group of women-very fierce, very strong," she said.

The workshop was presented for Women's History Month and sponsored by the PEAK Student Leadership Program.

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MSC D Women Knock Off Pioneers Despite only shooting 27 percent in the first half the Roadrunners managed to stay on top of the SPORTS EDITOR Pioneers for much of the half, falling behind only MSCD's women's basketball team did some- once 81-17 with 5:34 to go. thing no other Colorado Athletic Conference team MSCD jumped back on top and entered the was able to do in 31 games: beat the University of locker room at the half leading 26-24.

DU kept pace with the Roadrunners in the secDenver 68-59.

The Roadrunners, playing in front of the ond half until the 4:40 mark when MSCD pulled away, outscoring DU 18-9, biggest crowd of the year at the wrapping up the victory.

Auraria Events Center, played The Roadrunners finished what MSCD Coach Darryl Smith shooting 37 percent from the described as a gutsy performance.

"The kids played great," floor for the night, in what the Smith said. We are better than players considered a less-thanimpressive offensive perforthem defensively, that's why we won." mance.

"Our offense wasn't on The Roadrunners were led will tonight, but we still won," by junior guard Qiana Price, who finished with a game high 22 -Darryl Smith Dittmer said. "Just think what points.

Women's Coach we can do with our offense on."

Price has reemerged as a The Roadrunners now turn their attention to the CAC tourdominate player after a midseanament, beginning on March 3, son dry spell, finishing the last three games in double figures. against Air Force at the Auraria "When Qiana plays hard, no Events Center at 7:30 p.m.

MSCD and Air Force split wins this season, one will stop her," Smith said.

Three other Roadrunners finished in double each team winning on their home floor.

Air Force finished the season in third place figures along with Price.

Senior forward Paula Hart shot 60 percent behind MSCD with a conference record of 10-4.

The Roadrunners finished in second place in from the floor and 80 percent from the foul line, netting 16 points in her final regular season game the CAC with a record of 12-2, finishing· behind DU, finishing the season at 13-1. as a Roadrunner.

The winner of the MSCD-Air Force game will Junior guard Sarah Eckhoff netted 12 points in the contest, shooting 2-2 from behind the three- meet the winner of the University of Colorado at point arc.

Colorado Springs and DU game in the tournament The Metropolitan/Jane Raley Senior center Natalie Dittmer led all MSCD finals. . . . . MSCD guard Qiana Price eludes her shadow from the rebounders with 11. Dittmer was also playing in Tournament wmners will receive an automatic University of Denver. MSCD beat DU, handing the Pioneers bid to the NCAA Division II tournament.

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Men Drop One, Play DU in CAC Tourney Andrew Mosier SPORTS EDITOR Allen McClain's career-high 28 points was not enough to lift MSCD's men's basketball team over the University of Denver Feb. 26.

The 83-78 loss put MSCD in second place in the Colorado Athletic Conference with a record of 5-7.

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University, the University of Southern Colorado and DU all tied for first place in the CAC with records of 8-4.

Five seniors saw their last game at the Auraria Events Center led by McClain. Along with his 28 points McClain also gathered seven rebounds.

Senior Greg Balman finished behind McClain with 11 points and five rebounds in the contest.

James Shettleworth finished with 10 points and seven rebounds in his final

contest on the Events Center's hardwood and Chuck Hancock finished with nine points in the contest.

Senior center Dan Kennedy rounded out the all-senior lineup, finishing his last game with four points for the night.

"It's hard to believe it was my last game here," Kennedy said. "I was thinking back about all the good times I have had here. It would have been better to go out with a win though."

The Roadrunners entered the locker

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SPORTS EDITOR He said he felt he needed to fill in As the snow and wind raged outside some key positions on the field. He was of the Auraria Events Center on Friday able to recruit fielders and catchers, but afternoon, inside the boys of summer Porreca said he still needs to find some were getting ready for this year's baseball pitchers.

"The only limitation we do haveseason.

The wet snow crusted over the win- and I hate to talk about limitations-is the dows of the Auraria Event Center as depth in our pitching is a little thin," pitchers threw to hitters from wooden Porreca said. "We had some unexpected mounds covered with well-worn plastic surprises where guys just didn't work out grass. About 15 feet away, there were two for baseball." batting areas set up----one with a pitching The four starting pitchers for MSCf.? machine throwing yellow rubber balls, will be senior Vince Lucero, senior Steve the other with a live pitcher.

Knight, junior Matt Torrez and sophoIf you closed your eyes and listened more Shawn Harpin . Senior Kenny to the distinctive sound of leather base- Leonesio, who Porreca said is nationalranked in saves, will be balls making full conthe team's closer. tact with aluminum Porreco's main conbats and slapping against insides of cern right now is middle relief. He said he thought baseball gloves, it was shallow right now. you'd know it was "The pitchers should spring training. be able to go six or seven Welcome to MSCD innings if they keep their Baseball. head into it," Lucero said, MSCD head -Vince Porreca who is also the starting coach Vince Porreca Head Baseball Coach left fielder. "Baseball is a stood in the middle of mental game. If you can nets, carpets and flat, rubber home plates. keep your head straight Though he doesn't on the mound, you can like having to train his players inside, he pitch the whole game." knows that the work will be good for the When the team worked out in the fall, the defensive schemes came together, team.

"Last year we had a lot of new guys," Porreca said. The work inside the gym Porreca said, now in his second full sea- has been good for the team's hitting since son at MSCD. " We started coming the players can concentrate more on their together as a team toward the end of the swing than hitting home runs. year when we won seven out of the last " We have a good solid core in all 10 games, and then we took second in our defensive positions," Porreca said. league championships. That was a great " Hitting last year was not one of our accomplishment for us." stronger points, but I think we' re going to The team is scheduled to play their be a lot stronger all the way through the first game Feb. 27 at noon against line-up this year."

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I think that's going to make a big difPorreca believes the strong finish at ference in those one-run games that we the end of last season will help the team lost last year." this season. He said the team's momenPorreca has worked hard to turn tum from last season continued this fall around last year's record of 22-30-1. He when they players worked on defense and said the team has the hitting, the pitching and the defense to win, as long as the pitching. " Last year we had so many nev.:: players can concentrate on each game faces, including mine," Porreco said. over the season.

"This year will be, not a surprise, but I "The challenge is to prepare them · think a lot of people are looking at Metro before the season, then keep them focused a lot more seriously then they did last in the game," Porreca said. "It's going to be a long season with 53 games." year."

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Strickland is 21 years old and is swimming for the first time competitively since he was a senior at Northglenn High School Strickland, a criminal justice major, will graduate from MSCD in May 1995. He plans Strickland to pursue a career as an officer in the U.S. Army.

Strickland credits the military for giving him the discipline and mental toughness to become such a well-rounded individual.

"The frame of mind I have coming from a military environment is one of focus," he said. "I know my success in swimming is due in large part to the discipline I have learned in the military."

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"It was a hard choice that not many guys would make, but in the end it was the best choice for me," Strickland said.

At first he was not ready for the highly regimented lifestyle of New Mexico Military and he questioned his decision to attend after just two weeks there.

"I thought it was a poor decision at first," he said. "Up at 5:30 a.m. and in bed by 10 p.m., it was hell," he said. "But I realize now that going there was a wise decision on my part."

Strickland didn't swim competitively while at New Mexico Military and he does not regret giving up two years of swimming while earning an associates of arts degree.

"It does not bother me at all," he said. "I think I am as good as I would have been as a junior anyway."

MSCD swimming coach Cindy Kemp said Strickland's swimming performance does not surprise her.

"He is intense, and he is going to be successful because that is him," Kemp said.

Swimming and military involvement both run in Strickland's family. His sister Janis swims for MSCD and sister's Elaine and Laura are both former swim-

mers. Elaine swam at MSCD and Laura at Regis. Laura is also in the Army and their father, D.J. Strickland is a doctor with the Reserve Medical Core.

Strickland's goal is to be part of the Judge Advocates General Corps, which is the Lawyer Corps of the Army.

Strickland will have to pay his dues to Uncle Sam first.

"I have to be in a combat arms branch such as Infantry and Defense Artillery to show the Army that I want to be a part of the Army so they can then put me through law school," he said.

Swimming is just a part of Strickland's life and he keeps the success he is having in perspective. It was the ROTC that allowed him to swim in the first place. As a commissioned officer, Strickland said the military is his job. " I can never forget the ROTC because they give me the opportunity to swim, and I want to portray them and MSCD in a positive light," he said. "My priorities are studying, then ROTC and then swimming." §trickland won ' t make any direct predictions about nationals.

"It is my first time at nationals and I'm too superstitious to predict my results," he said. "I am confident that I'll do well though and I feel ready."

As far as next year goes, Strickland said it will again be up to the ROTC if he swims or not.

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

A scholarship workshop will be held from 10 to 11 a.m. in Student Union rooms 254/256. The workshop will provide basic information about how to look and apply for scholarships. All students are welcome. Free. Info: 556-8441.

"Sixth Annual Feminist Fest - A Multicultural Celebration" from noon to 1:45 p .m. in the St. Francis Center.

Tickets and information available at the Institute for Women's Studies.

MSCD's Activity Council presents "Metro Band at the Mission" from 11 :30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Free. Info: 556-2595.

Bell Hooks presents "Keeping Feminism Political: Ending Sexism and Racism" at 3:30 p.m. in St. Cajetan's Center.

Reception follows. Info: 556-8441.

Dr. Laurie Wilson-McGee presents "Women and Sex" from noon to 1 p.m. in SU 136-A. Free. Info: 556-2343.

Deadline for Giraffe Award nominations.

Info: 556-2595.

MSCD's Bahai Club presents "Interpretations of Life: Demystifying Existentialism: Aquinas, Nietzsche, Tillich, Camus, Dylan, Pink Floyd" at 7:30 p.m., 225 E. Bayaud Ave. Free, all welcome. Info: 798-4319.

The Student Health Center presents "Calling It Quits: Smoking Cessation" from noon to 12:50 p.m. at 1020 9th Street Park. Free. Info: 556-2525.

Ann Vilen presents "Celebrating the Feminine" from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in SU 136-A. Free. Info: 556-2343.

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

PEAK Leadership Program presents " Women's Future in Male Dominated Organizations" from noon to ·1 p.m. in SU 230-A & B. Free. Info: 556-2595.

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MSCD ' s Activity Council presents "Comedy at the Mission" from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Free. Info: 556-2595.

MSCD's Activity Council presents "Jazz on the Mezz" from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Free. Info: 556-2595.

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.

PAN, The Pagans of Auraria Network, present "Pagan Paths Panel Discussion" at 4 :30 p.m. in SU 254. Free.

The Student Health Center presents "Compulsive Overeating: Treatment and Support Group" from 1 to 2 p.m. at 1020 9th Street Park. Free. Info: 556-2525 ..

The Student Health Center presents "Eating and Emotions" from noon to 1 p .m. at 1020 9th Street Park. Free. Info: 556-2525.

The MSCD Board of Publications will be accepting applications for the 1994-95 Editor of The Metropolitan Monday - Thursday .

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The editor is responsible for the editorial content of the weekly student newspaper. Duties include managing the student editorial staff, assigning stories, editing copy and working with the production manager on the physical makeup of the newspaper. This position is paid and will begin in April of 1994.

Applicants must be journalism majors or minors enrolled for at least 10 credit hours at MSCD. Applicants must have achieved a minimum 2.0 GPA. Journalism experience is a major consider~tion in the selection process.

Applicants must submit a resume with ·cover letter, their most recent grade report or official transcript, two letters of recommendation and samples of their work to the MSCD Board of Publications, c/o Deb Hurley, Chair, WC 266, or mail to Campus Box 76, P.O. Box 173362, Denver, CO 80217-3362.

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ATTENTION STUDENTS: EARN EXTRA CASH stuffing envelopes at home . All materials provided.

Send SASE to Midwest Mailers P.O. Box 395, Olathe, KS 66051 .

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ADOPTION! WARM , CARING COUPLE seeking to adopt a newborn. If you can help , call Annette and Steve collect at (415) 665-4784 anytime. 4/8 TWENTY MILLION PEOPLE have herpes. Want info? Need to talk?

Call Billi at the Student Health Center for more information. 5562525

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TUTOR FOR GERMAN AND FRENCH. Qualified, caring, experienced. B.A. in German, minor in French, 4 .0 GPA. On campus MTh 9-4. $8/hr. for students, $10/hr. for others, less for groups .

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Unplanned Pregnancy? ~ Thinking about adoption?

Unplanned pregnancy can be a lonely and frightening experience.

Our friendly and caring counselors will help you. We have fine, loving families who would welcome an open relationship. We will come to you. No c ost.

Adoption Alternatives Call Jeanne or Becky 922-3433 confidential 24 hours a day.

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Sponsored by: MSCD Institute for Women's Studies and Services, Metro Activities Coundl, Feminist Alliance, Sisters In Support of Change Organization, ALAGA, BSA, DSA, MEChA, MAISE, Club Funding Committee, ASMSCD, MSCD Student Affairs Board, Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Student Services, MSCD Institute for Intercultural Studies, Women's Network, UCD President's Fund for the Humanities, UCD Women's Studies, Auraria Book Center, Auraria United Ministries, and Colorado Black Women for Political Action