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THE METROPOUTAN Before the Board of Trustees for the State Colleges in Colorado approved Karen Krupar's tenure application March 11, the·validity of several statements in her dossier were questioned by some of her colleagues in the Speech Communications department. Krupar, an associate speech communications professor, began her process for tenure six months ago when she submitted a dossier for review. Llke aJl tenure applicants, Krupar's dossier included a resume and a summary of individual achievements, but "irregularities" in the dossier led to doubts about her achievements. Krupar The first to review her application was a faculty committee, made up of speech communications professors: Thomas Cook, James Craig and Marilyn Hetzel. They voted unanimously against Krupar's tenure application last fall. "There were irregularities," Cook said about Krupar's dossier. "Irregularities that we could not buy into with a clear and good conscience." The department committee found that Krupar's dossier contained elements they felt were untrue, Cook said. "We did some additional checking on our own ... so we could gain independent information and not have to rely strictly on the document." Krupar, however, defended her dossier, pointing out that the committee may have gotten caught up on "semantics" and "verb selections." .She said the committee contacted her only once with questions, and she gave them documentation to verify those claims. The application continued through the process, despite allegations, reaching David Williams, vice president of Academic Affairs, and MSCD President Sheila Kaplan in the spring. This prompted Cook to send two memos on the committee's behalf to Kaplan, alerting her of their concerns. The memo was also forwarded to Carl Johnson, the department chairman, Joan Foster, the dean of Letters, Arts and Scienc;es, and Williams. "(There) were things we just felt needed to be brought into sharper focus," Cook said. "My primary

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Joey Tucci, 5, dangles from a tree Monday at Ninth Street Park. Wann temperatures this week brought out students from classrooms and children from the Child Care Center.

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THE METROPOUTAN A new program designed to save money for Colorado will be putting MSCD students in one of the state's most serious juvenile prisons by July. Not for correctional purposes, but for educational purposes. At a press conference attended by MSCD President Sheila Kaplan, Gov. Roy Romer announced March 10 the creation of a partnership in which MSCD will take over the education responsibility at Lookout Mountain, a juvenile prison for boys in Jefferson County . Bill Wiener Wiener, chairman of the Early Childhood Education department at MSCD, will direct the project. The merger will allow MSCD to use the Lookout Mountain facility to create a lab school, save the state money, and give MSCD students a unique opportunity to learn teaching skills first hand. "It's an important partnership for us because we put a lot of emphasis in our curriculum on real-world experience for our students," Kaplan said. The facility houses the state's most serious juvenile offenders, most of whom

have been convicted of felonies. Between 70 and 100 MSCD students and up to 25 teachers will participate in the educational program scheduled to begin in July. MSCD is expected to run the Lookout Mountain education program for the next five years. The program is still in the early planning stages. Kaplan said she sees this as the first of what she hopes will be many partnerships between the community and MSCD. MSCD has graduated hundreds of teachers over the years, with most of them teaching in urban schools, Kaplan said. She said she saw this as an opportunity for education majors to learn first hand how to teach kids with special needs, in an effort to prevent them from landing in places like Lookout Mountain. The goal of the lab school would be to take what is learned by working at Lookout Mountain and make it part of the teaching curriculum. Kaplan said education majors won't be the only students involved. "We see this as an opportunity for students not only in teacher education, but in our criminal justice program, our human service program and other programs that work with youthful offenders in an effort to help them," she said. Students at Lookout Mountain will also benefit from the partnership, said Barbara McDonnell, executive director for the Colorado Department of Institutions, which operates the state's juvenile prisons. ''This collaboration will mean the kids

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MSCD students and faculty will teach at the MSCD Laboratory School in July. at Lookout Mountain can get an education that will meet their needs in terms of both an academic and vocational education," she said. "It will also help to transition them back into the community and away from the kind of trouble that got them into Lookout Mountain in the first place."

About 70 percent of the 160 boys at Lookout Mountain have special education needs, such as learning disabilities or emotion problems that interfere with getting an education, McDonnell said . Lookout Mountain has not been successsee LOOKOUT page 5

Faculty Questions Search Process Michael BeDan

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THE METROPOLITAN Some MSCD faculty members believe the Board of Trustees for the State Colleges in Colorado made a hasty decision when appointing a new system president. On March 1, the board selected current Adams State College President William Fulkerson from a list of four candidates to succeed Glenn Burnham, who will retire in June. Some MSCD faculty, however, believe the decision should have been delayed to allow for more candidates to be considered. Charles Branch of the Human Services Department said there were too few applicants and said he had hoped for a more diverse list. "I would have delayed choosing a president until a female and a Hispanic candidate could be included on the list," Branch said. "I would like to have waited until the list was expanded." The four finalists were Fulkerson, Stephen Hulbert, senior vice president at the University of Northern Colorado, in Greeley; James Sulton from Englewood; and Clifford Trump, president of Black Hills State University in South Dakota. The list did have a female candidate in

Jessica Kozloff, vice president of academic and studen( affairs for the State Colleges in Colorado and professor of political science at MSCD, but she withdrew her name from contention before the selection. "My reasons for withdrawing were personal and professional," Kozloff said. "I am a candidate in another search for a campus presidency at two schools, and the searches conflicted so I chose to withdraw from the systems president search." One faculty member, however, thought the reasons for her withdrawal were different. Douglas Cawley, the chairman of the Reading department said Kozloff's withdrawal seemed to be planned, and that the selection process appeared to be fixed. "It bothers me," Cawley said. "I've been around for many years and these supposedly diverse pool searches always tum out to be put-up jobs." Branch shared a similar sentiment about the selection. "A lot of the faculty feel Fulkerson may have had the job before they ever ran the national advertisement," he said. Kozloff, however, said the selection process went well. She said if she did not get the position of campus president at one of the two schools she would be happy in her current

position. She also said that the selection process was done correctly. "I think the best thing to do when you do a search is to do it fairly and expeditiously," Kozloff said. "It was done fairly and expeditiously." Burnham also defended the search saying there were not a lot of people interested in the position to begin with, and the board, not the faculty, makes the final decision. "The board has the sole responsibility to select a president," Burnham said. "The faculty had been consulted and they have a trustee sitting on the board, but the board is under no obligation to consult with individual faculty." Fulkerson said he believes any of the four finalists were qualified to do the job and any of them may have been selected, but he said he believes he deserves the job. "I think they were all strong candidates," Fulkerson said. "I hope they weren ' t as strong as me or I wouldn't have been selected." Fulkerson takes over the presidency July 1 and plans to work toward one of his goals immediately. "We need to escalate our involvement with the legislature and with putting our students and our system on the map," he said.

POLICE Briefs No ID, No Workout An MSCD student became agitated when denied access to the HPER fitness center. According to the APS report, the student attempted to gain access to the fitness center with a Colorado driver's license and a current class schedule. Fitness Center employees informed the student that a student ID was required to enter. Police said the student became very loud and unruly, shouting obscenities at the employees, then walked right past them and began to use the fitness equipment. APS was contacted and responded, advising the student of the HPER rules and regulations, and convinced the student to go to the Student Union and obtain an ID, the report said. No charges have been filed.

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Anonymous Document Alleges 38 Discrepancies in Dossier KRUPAR from page 1 reason for writing (the memos) was to make the president aware." The committee's concerns seemed to fade out. Williams and Kaplan were the last to review the dossier at MSCD and both recommended Krupar for tenure. Cook said that he, Johnson and the department committee members met with Foster March 1. Johnson said he also met with Foster on separate occasions to discuss "a whole range of issues," but could not elaborate on what was said. Meanwhile, a six-page document was circulated through the ranks, pulling out 38 sections of Krupar's dossier for debate. Both Cook and Craig said they knew of the document, but did not know of its origin.

Johnson said he never saw the document. According to Foster, however, Johnson, along with the committee, compiled the information in the document. She also said Johnson gave the document to her so she knew what areas to research. Foster said she then met with Krupar to verify information. The application was not changed, and Foster said her recommendation to grant Krupar's tenure was based on her merits. "Based on my investigation of the ease ... my judgment was that Dr. Krupar should be awarded tenure," Foster said. "One of the very important criteria for tenure is the person ' s contribution to teaching. Dr. Krupar has had consistently excellent evaluations."

The Trustees granted Krupar's tenure request, along with nine other applicants in their regular board meeting with no discussion. The Trustees held an executive session earlier that morning to discuss personnel matters. By law, the sessions are confidential. According to Johnson, the department is sometimes the last to know what happens at the board meetings. Once a dossier leave the department, there is no feedback from higher committees, he said. But the department did not follow up with Foster or Kaplan, nor did they have representation at the board meeting. "Generally when (the dossier) reaches the top, if and when anybody goes to address the Trustees, it would be someone

a_t the very top," Johnson said. "I don't know of any precedent where ... the department committee or chair have ever gone to the Trustees." Kaplan also had no comment about any investigations or discussions held in the executive session. "I made my recommendations to the Trustees, and the Trustees approved all the tenure recommendations that I made," she said. Krupar said she is saddened because no one in her department came to her directly to discuss her dossier when she had additional information at their request. "We're a communications department, and we're not communicating," she said.

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Wrapping Up MSCD Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs David Williams will leave the administration June 30. He is preparing for a tenured posi tion in the Teacher Education department. Bill Rader, dean of Professional Studies, acknowledged Williams' fall semester plans but said a decision has not been made. A salary figure and other details will be available after a contract is signed in June.

Loving Contrast The Auraria Campus will host "Faces of Love, Faces of Hate" April 18-20. The event is a campuswide project to foster respect and appreciation of differences and will include a community theatre production, art show, graffiti wall, people's parade, collaborative theatre and healing circle.

Mentors Wanted Students in Support of Political Diversity is seeking volunteers to do community service for a mentorship youth program for at-risk high school students. Volunteers will work with students from North, East, West and Manual high schools, helping them graduate from high school and preparing them for college. Volunteers are asked to commit four hours per month. Call Julie Imada at 556-2797 for more information.

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Minority recruiting is standard fare on college campuses across the nation but the program is new at MSCD's teacher education program, according to Gwendolyn Nash. Nash directs minority recruiting for the teacher education program at MSCD in addition to her other responsibilities. She supervises student teachers and teaches a foundations of el.ementary education course . Nash said many colleges, UCO included, have a full-time staff position for minority Nash recruiting. Although Nash has been directing the program only since September, she said she has all the recruits she can handle. Twenty-five minority students have committed to enter the teacher education program through Nash's efforts. And they all want her to be their adviser, she said. Anyone meeting her can understand why. Nash offers that rare combination of expertise and personal interest in those

she meets. Not only does she recruit students, she helps them find financial aid, counsels them, serves as a mentor and adviser to many or connects them to other faculty members for advising. Nash firmly believes in the need for minority recruiting. Those who say that civil rights laws have opened the door for all to · enter, "are not sensitive to the past," she said. A retired federal Department of Education staff member with the Office of Civil Rights, Nash said she dreamed of working at the college level, and feels "blessed" to have the chance to live out her dream. In the classroom helping students learn teaching fundamentals, or conducting recruiting fairs, Nash 's love for what she does is evident. She doesn ' t seek exposure for her program, but it seems to find her. Television station 9KUSA was waiting to interview her one morning recently when she arrived at work. Nash also was on the schedule to conduct a seminar for News4 Education Expo. Nash said she hopes to eventually work herself out of a job, she said. She would like to see the number of minority students increase to a more equitable level, but she worries about maintaining such a level over time. She said she is not certain such retention levels can remain constant without intervention, such as active recruiting and personal attention after students enter the program.

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LOOKOUT from page 3 ful in educating these kids because it didn't have all of the resources it needed to meet the special needs of the kids in the facility, she said. "You need some different techniques to reach these kids," McDonnell said, "to engage them in learning, to try to get them to appreciate that there might be some opportunities for them so they just don't have to go back in the neighborhood and fall into the old habits." The school has been looking for years for a way to successfully teach the juveniles at Lookout Mountain but has been frustrated because it hasn't worked, McDonnell said. She said she is hopeful

that working with MSCD will bring a successful education for the kids while saving taxpayers money. Colorado's governor is hoping the collaboration between MSCD and Lookout Mountain will help create a solution to one of the state's biggest problems--the growing numbers of youth and adults in prison. Two things will be accomplished with the lab school, Romer said. The lab will help to rehabilitate juveniles sentenced to Lookout Mountain through education, and the lab, through research, can help discover why these kids are in trouble in the first place. "You not only fix it, but you ask why did it happen," Romer said.

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Permission and Respect are two key words when it comes to determining what is and what isn't sexual harassment. • A person's right to choose whether or not to be touched (or communicated with) in a certain way must be honored. • Permission is required before increasing the degree of intimacy. • Intimacy (physical or verbal) that is the result of pressure, obligation, or coercion can be considered "harassment." • Respect is demonstrated by waiting until the permission is granted. The touch must feel right for both people.

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THE METROPOUTAN MSCD students will soon have their first encounter with Denver's new light rail system. Light rail testing and demonstration service to the Auraria Campus will begin in late spring. This addition to the Denver's mass transit system will bring a valuable transportation alternative to MSCD students. It also brings hazards of which students should be aware. Although traffic signals and on-street markers will indicate where to stop, there will be no gates or lights standard at railroad crossings, according to John D. Claflin, general superintendent of light rail operations for RTD. "One problem that I think we're going to have ... is that they (students in cars) are going to have to stop back of the track rather than pull up to Colfax and trying to make a right there,'' Claflin said. Claflin said the light rail trains are subject to the same traffic-light discipline as automobiles. Certain lights will be keyed, and special loop detectors are installed to trigger a change for an oncoming train. This should not exacerbate the existing traffic congestion, Claflin said. Denver police will ticket motorists who stop on the tracks, Claflin said. If the tracks become blocked because of an automobile accident or other obstruction, a city bus will transport passengers from the accident to place convenient to take a connecting train. The trains are amazingly quiet, which is a concern for motorist and pedestrian

•· The Metropolitan/Abigail Clezadlo Test trains are housed at the RTD Ught Rail Service Facility at Seventh Avenue and Mariposa Streets. safety, Claflin said. They are electrically "We are expecting 13,000 riders a powered and ride on rubber-cushioned day," added Turnquist. Each LRV is wheelchair-accessible steel wheels. The trains are equipped with signaling devices, but an added attentive- and will accommodate two wheelchair ness is required around the tracks. passengers at a time. The vehicles can The entire five-mile light rail line will also accommodate bicycles. be operational sometime in October. It The frequency of the light rail vehiwill stretch from 30th Avenue and cles, or LRV, will range from five to 30 Downing Street on the north, 1-25 and minutes, depending on the time of day. Broadway to the south. The light rail fare is equivalent to the According to Dixie Turnquist, a light RTD bus fare. Fifty cents for off-peak and rail administrative technician, each vehi- $1 for peak times. Passengers will purcle accommodates 64 seated passengers chase tickets at machines located at the 14 and 61 standing. Turnquist said the LRV stations along the track and have to valihas a maximum capacity of 226, to which date them upon boarding the train. The she referred to as "crush load." ticket is valid for two hours after boarding.

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Competing Bookstores Expand Students' Options "That is our main priority, the main focus," Kallman said. "We like to think of ourselves as 'The used book place."' With all the new competition, Auraria Book Center Director Gretchen Minney said students should still shop at Auraria Book Center because all of the profits from the store go right back to the students via the student bond fund. • "The biggest thing about the fund, is that it keeps you (students) from paying higher student fees," she said. Minney also defended Auraria Book Center saying they have more used books than the other two and their prices are just as competitive.

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THE METROPOUTAN The fall of '93 marked a new era for Auraria Higher Education Center students: a choice of bookstores. On August 23, 1993, Auraria Book Center faced competition with the opening of Gibson's Bookstore. Shortly thereIf you're taking one of these tests, take Kaplan first. after, Collegiate Book Basement opened We teach you exactly what the test covers and show you the its doors, giving students a choice of test taking strategies you'll need to score your best. bookstores to chose from. No one teaches you to think like the test makers better than Kaplan. There are many similarities between For more information call 757-5400. the stores, with lower prices, more used textbooks, and customer service as their most important goals. The answer to the test question. Gibson's textbook manager, Charlie "A~uti~~and~om~oo~oft~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kirschner, said Gibson's tries to create not reality," she said . "Auraria Book business by going the extra mile by giving Center has more used books than any "more personal serother store in vice" and carrying a Book Colorado." ~ ~ lot of used books for 'Auraria No hard numall three colleges. bers were made WRITING CONTEST Center has more "We try to get as I' available, however, - -- - many used books as used books than but Minney did 1ST PLACE lND PLACE 3RD PLACE we can because we any other store in acknowledge that $100 $SO $2S know that students are Colorado.' the two new stores looking for the best were affecting sales. FOUR CATEGORIES price," he said. FICTION, NONFICTION, POETRY, DRAMA -Gretchen Minney " O b v i 0 u s 1Y In addition to a there are students Director, Aurarla Book Center good book selection CONTEST RULES: who are buying and customer service, 1. ONLY CURRENTLY ENROLLED MSCD STUDENTS ARE ELIGIBLE books there that Gibson's prices are as good, if not better, used to buy them here," she said. TO PARTICIPATE. than the other two stores, Kirschner said. 2. STUDENTS M.AY ENTER A MAXIMUM OF lWO CATEGORI ES. However, Minney said the tighter "We'll meet or beat any price on any marketplace was having no impact on 3. STUDENTS M.AY NOT ENTERA SUBMISSION PREVIOUSLY READ BYONE OF comparable book," he said. THE JUDGES IN THE RESPECTIVE CATEGORY. Auraria 's pricing strategies. The books 4. ADHERE TO THE LENGTH REQUIREMENTS (/v\AXIMUM OF 10 PAGES. So far, student response has been still carry a standard 25 percent markup FICTION OR NON-FICTION; ONE POEM NOTTO EXCEED 50 LINES; DRAM.A. good, and the students who have used margin. MAXIMUM OF 10 PAGES. CONSISTING OF A COMPLETE ONE-ACT OR Gibson's seem to like it. Minney said AHEC does not believe EXCERPT FROM LONGER WORK). "When I went in there (Gibson's), it is necessary to fluctuate its prices 5. PREPARE FOUR COPIES IN PROPER FORM.AT(FICTION OR NON-FICTION they said that they would hold a book for because it is already competitive. MUST BE DOUBLE-SPACED WITH PAGES NUMBERED; POETRY MUST BE as long as [ needed, or until I got paid," "We've shopped them and researched 1YPED; DRA./V\A MUST BE IN RECOGNIZABLE SCRIPT FORM said MSCD sophomore Joel Witten. "They them, and found that our prices are the WITH PAGES NUMBERED). just seemed a little cooler than the others." same," she said. "And that's what our 6. THE ST\JDENTS NAME MUST NOT APPEAR ON THE SUBMISSION. INSTEAD, Collegiate Book Basement owner customers are telling us." THE STUDENT MUST PREPARE A3 X 5 INDEX CARD WITH HER OR HIS Clayton Kallman said lower prices are In addition to comparable prices, NA/v\E, ADDRESS, PHONE. STUDENT NUMBER. ENTRY CATEGORY, AND TITLE more important than customer service at Minney stressed that Auraria Book Center OF SUBMISSION, PAPERCLIPPED TO THE FOUR COPIES. his store. has a larger selection than the competi7. SUBMISSION MUST BE GIVEN TO THE SECRETARY INTHE ENGLISH "Service is of a high caliber, of course, tion, stating it is "the largest academic DEPARTMENT OFFICE (CN209). THE DEADLINE IS FRIDAY, APRIL 1ST. but a student won't walk the extra mile for bookstore in Colorado." AT NOON. service, they will for price," he said. CCD student Joel Quintana agrees 8. ONLY FIRST, SECOND,ANDTHIRD PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED. Kallman said he decided to get into with Minney. 9. JUDGES' COMMENTS AND RANKINGS WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR the Auraria Higher Education Center mar"I went to Book Basement because I STUDENTS' REVIEW. ketplace due to the campus' large number heard that they were cheaper," Quintana 10. WINNERS WILL BEANNOUNCEDATTHE SPRING ENGLISH DEPARTMENT of students and the lack of off-campus said. "But they were probably the same." AWARDS CEREMONY. WEDNESDAY,MAY4, 11:00A.MAf ST. CAJETAN'S. competition. Quintana said he also liked the idea 11. 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-<ti EDITORIAL The Cycles of Masochism by Ashara S. Walker

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was to originally submit an article on womynist/femin ist theory for Women's History Month, but as I began to look through the books, articles and papers of Audre Lorde, Angela Davis and bell hooks for information and guidance, I found a letter that I had written to myself. As I read this letter, I was surprised by the clarity of the pain, and also by the feeling of absolution I received from it. Through this writing and reading, I realized that women, of all colors, have the tendency to keep themselves in a cycle of pain and torture, or masochism, without fully understanding why or how. This letter to myself was my way of acknowledging my cycle of torture and the way that I continued in it through fear, shame and guilt. t thought that my sharing of it would give insight not only into the complexity of womanhood, but assist me in my healing process that .only occurs as I get in touch with the factors causing the pain in my life.

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the role and do what we can to keep busy caring for everyone else, while what we may want or need gets put on the back burner. The need doesn't have to be a huge one in the sight of patriarchal society, only important to us. The time to be "alone" for the day to reflect and rest, a backrub, lunch with a sister friend, or a trip to an out of town conference to escape the "madness," are all ways of getting what we need. Someone told us we didn't deserve happiness and we believed them. We make excuses for our masochism. For example, we may have at one time stated that we were true, moral and integrity-filled women who were willing to do whatever it took to survive and maintain the status quo in our lives. We were living in our vacuum, minding our own damn business, when one day we let our own needs take precedence over other people's needs and engaged in behavior that society could view as "immoral." Did you believe that your participation in these activities excludes you from ever "wanting" again or deserving to get what you want? Did you allow your socalled indiscrepency to take over your actions, your life, allowing you to never indulge in satisfaction again because of guilt? No my sista, you did not. I contend, however, that this has been the case with black women, and all women in America. Because this is the case, we as members of the human race have to begin to decolonize our minds. Decolonization, according to bell hooks, refers to breaking with ways our reality is defined and shaped by the dominant culture and asserting our understanding of that reality, of our own experience. We must readjust our attitudes as to what society views as "right or wrong," and/or moral, as well as who is qualified to judge other actions based on their needs and peace/piece of mind. I don't want to imply that we let our needs take over at the expense of innocent people, only that we acknowledge that we have needs that must be met. Part of the decolonization and redefinition process of who we are as women must stem from our essence and existence as "divine" carriers of life, if we choose to be. Tearing down or ripping apart someone else to get what we want is not, and cannot be viewed as acceptable for divine individuals. Learning to question the definitions given in life in order to live and love ourselves will only allow us to follow in the footsteps of our ancestors who taught us to be true to ourselves and heal ourselves. We all deserve to be happy, but only through respect for ourselves can we truly find a morality suitable for us and those we care for.

'$omeone told us we didn't deserve happiness, and we believed them.'

My sista' - I greet you in love and peace, Sometimes we allow ourselves to suffer because of guilt and pride. We allow our own unhappiness so that we can uphold some false standard of salvation for the society, a society that blames us for all of its injustices. We keep our feelings inside, and push our wants aside in an attempt to pacify the anger that is bubbling underneath the surface. It is during these times that we need to face these facts and attack the tendency to continue the misery. It is time that we stopped this cycle of masochism and reclaimed our peace/piece, by recentering ourselves with love and acceptance. This dis-ease is rampant in black America, as it is all over the globe. We have continued to be "the strong black woman" to the detriment of ourselves. We do not have to continue to foster this behavior by perpetuating the myth of meritocracy, which states that if you work hard, you will be rewarded. Black women have had to work hard since our enslavement on this continent. We have worked not only for ourselves, but for Q.!JI men, children, and parents, not to mention the women, Jllen, children and parents of every other group in America. Where did we learn such behavior? Is there some genetic link to women and pain? Were we indoctrinated into some secret society ,in the birthing room? I don't believe that we purposefully teach our daughters to be content with unhappiness and hard work, we just don't teach them not to. I learned how to survive the pain from my mother, who learned it from her mother, the vicious cycle continues. The masochism dis-order tells us that we will be happy if we can keep everyone around us happy. We play

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"SO SUE ME" Apparently, some people got offended by last week's strip about the horrors of pretentious poseur yuppie slime. I encountered Sdme of the aforementioned slime at a coffee shop the other night, and after initially offering "a warm and sincere thanks" and assurances that there was "no offense taken," they sat across the room deliberately and maliciously wearing bad ties at me and writing nasty notes on day planner paper about "defamation" and "legal action." I guess some people just can't take a joke.

So now I'm facing the full legal wrath of a "corporation" of high school educated dimwits, two of whom have criminal records and the other two of whom are spoiled rich kids whose parents have disowned them.

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paig~it'& bri!liaritl $per:id $70Q,OQo of ~PJd~pt f~es. . $~00~000 worth ' of "free· ··· advertising" (Helmar):' page 9, ihe'Met.1 2/25}, •. . IMf?,QflTANTI,l ljlere is a 1r~Y'~rd if, yoi;ii. Y.,ish to subscri6e'1.o this .reasonable Qffer (aQd whafa deal. lhls is!}: For thosii stijciehts Wti9''wlshfo o~ta~n a'job after graduation .. !please lijHen closetyL your prospective employ0,f is more l!~eJy to hire you if he recog~!~~,~ th~ ~P~c¥>1 fr'om .~§!qg ypu ~!~~ua~e(j1 especially if It has a gooo athl~tic prograJII (Mosier, page 29~ The Met3/11). I silppose we''can all brea1he a little e~sier now th~t we don't qave to '!lorry .~pq~t ~he.r~pyt~tiop ~n?iprep!l?i.{itxiP!i.c:>u,r individual departmefits and schools. Afte(all~ we've got a Division u athletic program and, if rieedea;·we can inform our prospective enjployers 9t·that fact

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lncideri(ally, marketiijg and pjJpli~ re.~atJqr.l$'. is ih~ resJ)onslbltity {>f frlsff.tLitional :A~vahcemerif ~~nd' th~ 'Presid0.nt's office-. Moreover;FMSCD's repi.J1ation and credibility as an .educational institutioO can and should be developed throug~ academic means. ·such as' repqrtingsuccessful g(aduates, pap~r pre~ sentations, and honors and awards achieved by our outstanding students. Additionally, succeSs stories, including single .parents attehding school while working and caring for their c~ildren, have igained · much attention lately on campus and within the Denver Metro community. ••.. . I must address the issue of athletes being here for an education as well as athletics. (Helman, page 3, The Met 3/4). True.. I'm sure}ds the fact that athletes are here for an education-that is a requirement for eligibility. However, the "baby-sitting" that goes on to ensure that certain athletes remain eligible (havjng a GPA of at least;a 2.0) is ludicrous. First of all, athletes are required to check in with the tutoring program a.f the Student Development Center once a week. Further, it is the responsibility of the Athletic Advisory council, of which I am a member, to track the academic progress of those students experiencing difficulty. No other MSCD student has available to her such an outstanding academic insurance policy. Most of us take the plunge and perhaps, with a little assistance from friends, professors or tutors, we graduate with adequate scores which will enable us, by our merit alone, to obtain a good job. I must state that I am not opposed to .athletics. I have three sons who are extremely athletic..::..more so than most of their friends. However, I am angry as hell that MSCD perpetuates the universal tradition of worshipping athletics t<? the degr~e that it supports a program that goesagainst everything upon which MSCD was founded: A quality educa· tion at an affordable price service Denver Metro residents. We dump $700,000 into the athletic program when the library could use every cent to improveJts resourtes'and services. And, if we wish to keep the program, let's at least be fair to other extracurricular programs and give music and theatre $700.000. After all, their programming would serve as tools with which to gain exposure. • I'm not agalnsfathletics. I simply feel that Metro isn't geared for such an elaborate program and that we should seriously consider a less expensive, more accessible program like an intramural athletic program. Sincerely, Megan A. Reyes, MSCD junior Student Senator

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The Problem With Plastics As citizens of Colorado, we are concerned about the threat to our environment posed by plastics. Plastics are now the fastest growing packaging material and the least recycled. The real problem with plastics is that the plastics industry continues to oppose any attempts to make plastics recycling easier. What happens instead is that plastics make up an increasing share of our state's landfill space, and consumers like us grow increasingly frustrated over the lack of plastics recycling. Paper, glass, and aluminum manufacturers have already invested in the infrastructure needed to increase recycling of their products. Unfortunately,

the plastics industry chooses to "invest" in lobbying against recycling and in multi-million dollar advertising campaigns. Here in Colorado, more than 90 percent of plastics ends up in landfills and now make up 20 percent of our solid waste stream. If the plastics industry doesn't make their products easier to recycle, we'll buy products packaged with other, easy to recycle materials. We've taken another fook at plastics and we don't like what we see. Signed, 303 Aurarians on Campus

Ignorance Leads Columnist's Ideas Knowledge of Democratic Socialists Comes 'Twisted Through Right-Wing Filters' An editorial in last week's Metropolitan by Paul Jarnagin, although made up almost entirely of ad hominem, presented an opportunity to address several common yet erroneous beliefs concerning democratic socialism, libertarian ideals and the progressive left. One of these common errors is to equate Stalin's totalitarian state with that of democratic socialism. "One can debate the term socialism," writes DSA member Noam Chomsky, "but if it means anything, it means control of production by the workers themselves, not owners and managers who run them and control all decisions, whether as capitalist enterprises or an absolutist state." The absolutist state established by the Bolsheviks and expanded by Stalin was not socialism. Chomsky points out in his book, "What Uncle Sam Really Wants," how the Bolsheviks called their system socialists so as to exploit the moral prestige of socialism. Capitalist propaganda, on the other hand, has also maintained this lie, that the Soviet Union was indeed socialism so as to destroy all hope in any alternative other than Western capitalism. If Stalinism is socialism then the only other option is to embrace corporate state capitalism and submit to its authoritarian structures. Many of the harshest critics of soviet communism have been proponents of democratic socialism: Emma Goldmen, George Orwell, W.E.B. Dubois, John Reed, Angela Davis, and Eugene V. Debs to name but a few. In a rather twisted bit of logic, Jarnagin holds up the country of Canada, definitely a capitalist (system albeit one with a stronger social safety net and single payer health care). as proof that the mind of the serial killer and the socialist are the same. The standing room only crowd of more than 400 who gathered on campus last week to hear bell hooks would surely have taken issue with Jarnagin's analysis. bell hooks, in no uncertain terms, called for the eradication of "the white supremacist, capitalist, patriarchal system, that is our system." In a recent interview I did with bell hooks printed in the Advocate, she stated that, "We need a more participatory economics or what people tend to call democratic socialism." Malcolm X, in many of his last speeches, clearly showed that he had developed a class analysis on top of his earlier race based politics. "If you show me a racist," Malcolm X said, "I'll show you a capitalist. If you show me a vulture, I'll show you a

capitalist. n Dr. King also transcended the struggle, based solely on racial equality, to embrace the struggle for economic equality. One of his final campaigns included the Poor People's March on Washington. His now famous "Mountain top" speech, given just prior to his death, was addressed to a group of striking workers of all races. But Jarnagin must be given the benefit of the doubt-that it is not a lack of humanity but rather ignorance that leads him to equate the mind of the serial killer with that of Camel West, Dr. King, Albert Einstein, Mother Jones, bell hooks, Manning Marable and a host of other great activist leaders and thinkers. (This courtesy is perhaps more than he deserves when one is reminded that Jarnagin's final editorial comment toward me demanded that I "pull my head out of my ass.") Jarnagin and others of his ilk suffer from the "ditto-head" syndrome . So enamored are they with Rush Limbaugh, William F. Buckley and other conservative pundits, that their only knowledge of democracy, socialism, the left, and the world as it is comes twisted through right-wing filters. They are hopelessly entrenched as, what Edward Abbey called, kneepad conservatives, forever crawling around at the feet of the rich and powerful. Jarnagin's red, white and blue blinders are welded firmly in place. For those in the Auraria community who see racism, sexism, the widening gap between those who "have" and the rest of us, the growing religious intolerance, homophobia, and myriad other problems facing us today, we welcome you to any of the upcoming DSA meetings, forums or films. Malcolm X, just before he was killed, said, "I believe there will be a clash between the oppressor and the oppressed. There will ultimately be a clash between those who want freedom and justice and those who want to maintain the status quo. Yes, there will be this kind of a clash but it won't be based on the color of your skin." The Auraria Democratic Socialists of America, along with the Freedom Road Socialist Organizing Network, will be hosting a series of study groups every Sunday evening in April, 7 p.m . at the Mercury Cafe, 2199 California. For more information call 777 -2807. The sessions are free and open to everyone, even Mr. Jarnagin. Perhaps we can "pull our heads out" together.

'If Stalinism is socialism, then the only other option is to embrace corporate state capitalism and submit to its authoritarian structures.'

Respectfully, Thomas C. Mestnik MSCD student

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An Open Letter To Megan Reyes Regarding College Sports

Dear Megan: athletes and coaches and they maintain distinct A couple of weeks ago in The Metropolitan you interest in sports. Would it surprise you to know, Megan, that the institution of higher education in the declared that if you had your way, there would be no athletics at Metro State, that in your view sports are United States that makes the most widespread commitment to college sports is none other than M.l.T.? destructive. While I appreciate your candor, your declaration strikes me as elitist and uncharitable, (That's Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and moreover it demonstrates a lack of awareness Megan, not "Metro in Town'). If anything, we should on how sports have functioned historically in human expand our college sports program to include all societies. sorts of sports, intercollegiate, intracollegiate, club Here at Metro I have taught American Baseball level and intramurals, plus extensive physical activiHistory and Sports in America history classes. Along ties for alternatively abled students, faculty and staff. with two others in my department, I am a member of Additionally we should have a Sport and Leisure the North American Society for Sport History, as Studies program, which many other colleges and well as the Society for American Baseball Research. universities have seen it as academically viable. Each June, at my own expense, I - - - - - - - - - - - Having been a grad student at Ohio deliver an academic paper on some State, I would never want to see baseball historical topic at a sympobig-scale college football descend sium in Cooperstown, N.Y. I played on our campus, but I say, on the my Division 11 level, the more sports the several sports in high school, and in better. college {on the Division II level, just I don't know what your impreslike Metro) I played baseball and wrestled. I lost a lot of sweat and a sions of athletes at Metro are, little blood, and often I was exhaustMegan, but I have watched them ed physically and mentally, but practice and play. There are always frankly, Megan, playing sports kept a couple of goof-offs, but for the my interest in academics alive. These days I root for most part these kids work their proverbial butts off. the Oakland A's and Rockies, and I pay at least And for what? How many of them will be going on to passing attention to football, basketball, the earn the big bucks and fame you so resent in proOlympics, and hockey. I will confess: I enjoy sports. fessional sports? None. From what I've seen they But in now way am I a fanatic, and in no way would I earn their scholarships. The contests at this level of ever claim that sports are perfect or flawless. play are enjoyable, because athletes still make misNothing about human endeavor is, or elsewise we takes, a human element enters in, and spectators would be living in a paradise or at least a utopia. In can empathize with the players. And what about in my classes, I am as critical of sports as praiseful of the classroom, where you would like all students to them. be? I have had numerous student-athletes in my What my academic study and own experience classes during my 15 years of teaching. Only one has shown me, however, Megan, is that sports, for disappeared from class and only two ever got a whatever good or bad reasons, have been very grade below a C. Indeed their commitment to studimportant to humans in all societies for as far back ies has always been better in class than the nonas we have records. Whole towns and villages athletes overall! thralled to multi-day sports festivals. Religions reguIf you're worried about the money, Megan, is larly included sporting activities as part of cere$13 really a lot, compared to all the other questionmonies. Both men and women participated in these able fees, marked-up textbook prices, departmental games. Ancient, medieval and modern intellectuals and administrative slush funds, unimportant capital all irisisted on an integral place for sport in their culpurchases, and, dare I say it, student government tures. Some of the sports were injurious, but more expenses that students pay for? And we do have often the sports served as catharsis and psychodraacademic scholarships, namely the Colorado ma that helped cultures reach commonality. Read Scholars and other scholarship programs. Should about this in Christopher Lasch's "The Culture of we have more? Definitely. But how would you Narcissism," chapter V. Or try this on for size: cities accomplish that? Another student fee? Isn't the real that have major league baseball teams have had a issue that we live in a state that is stingy with expendemonstrably lower divorce rate. Hmm. I wonder ditures for higher education, that treats Metro as a second-class citizen and milks it to subsidize other how that could be, if sports are so destructive. You may judge this all as destructive, Megan, but yours colleges? is only one opinion, and judging from the sweep of Shouldn't your efforts, as a student politician, go history, a minor one at that. to combating that situation and other sorry issues Most of the intellectually alive people I have met such as parking, faculty salaries, the lack of a merghave included sports among their many passions. er with UCO, and the absence of some real sense of The brightest, best teaching and researching professocial and intellectual community on campus? Why sors I had at Fredonia and Ohio State were or had pick on athletics, just because you think it's an easy been athletes and they kept physically active and political target? aware of sports. And don't for one second think that this is a "male" thing, Megan. In my department right Thomas L. Altherr now, the three full-time female faculty are or were MSCD Professor of History/American Studies

'Playing sports k t . t ep ln erest in academies alive'

Why Should Gays Be So Lucky? If they are to be integrated discreetly into the military ranks, who do they live with? For obvious reasons placing them in living quarters with the opposite sex would cause problems. Separating them into individual platoons stinks highly of segregation and could result in the return of the use of "cannon fodder" in combat. So then the only logical solution would be the current one: place them in with everyone else of the same sex. Who then becomes discriminated against? I do. Why should gays be so lucky? What privilege have they earned that gives them the right to view and assess the qualities of the bodies of their sex of choice? Every man's wet dream is to shower with

those he wished to fantasize about. Why then should I be deprived of the same luxury? Discrimination begets discrimination; by solving one type we are creating others. If the military is the proving grounds for social change, then let's not hold back; put women in my shower and place -everyone on equal terms. If not, then let's remember that the military discriminates against everybody equally . Not everyone can join, the Constitution does not provide for a right to serve in the military; it is a privilege bestowed upon a select few. Cesar Freitas MSCD student

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PAST, PRESENT, FuTURE ever b.e•. fore has. the. is~ue of reprodu.ctive rights in this.country been so controver, sial. )Viih the C1intons.,1 in the White .House, the Population <;ouncH,negotiating .to allow .testing and d_is~bution of the RU-486 abortion pill in ' the United States, and' the conviction of an anti-abor~ tion activisf'irl''the murder of Dr'. David G~nn, the debate is one with no end in sight. ln honor of Women's History Month, The Metropolitan looks at the elements of reproductive choice: the history of birth control, sexually transmitted diseases, current options, abortion, RU-486 and hopes for the future.

A Note About History · In the 1960s and '70s, more than 20 pharmaceutical companies were conducting research into new methods of birth control, according to the Women's Action Coalition. Since then, all except Ortho P~armaceutical Corporation have abandoned this research. But women have seen worse. Crocodile dung, roots, rags, grass, feathers, honey and opium placed in the vagina to block sperm were recorded as early as 1850 B.C. The cervical cap, a dome-shaped device designed to fit over the cervix, is probably the oldest and most enduring contraceptive device for women. Caps have been made of

metal, rubber, and beeswax/among other things. They have bel}n used in Europe since the mid-l800s ; . and jn the United States since the 1920s. The coridom, made from lif:!enintheJ6th ~ntury and sheep intestines later, was .origiri3.!1y' more valuable to men as a disease preventative tlian to wonien as a contraceptive, according .to Annette Bennington McElhiney, an associate professor of English and Women's Studies at MSCD and a former nurse. The advent of the birth control pill more than 30 years ago unleashed sexµal freedom for women,, said Cindy Farkas, a nurse practitioner at the Student Health Center.~ "Women have more choices now," she said. "They are free to make reproductive choices, which is a milestone from 100 years ago." Both Norplant and Depo-Provera are 99.7 percent effective.

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The birth control pill, if taken correctly, is 99 percent effective, but men and women must also ask how well a birth control method prevents sexually transmitted diseases, Farkas said. "I encourage women to carry their own condoms and to be assertive," Farkas said. "There's HIV out there now. People don't die from herpes, but they sure die from HIV." Abstinence is the only form of birth control that is 100 percent effective and really the only "safe" sex.

The intrauterine device (IUD) has changed very little, Anderson said. What has changed is that providers are much more choosy about whom they give an IUD. "It used to be, up until the '70s, that we were giving IUDs to whoever wanted it," she said. "If you were ever to be exposed to a sexually transmitted disease, the bacteria could just adhere to the wick and shoot up into the uterus. And then lots of people were getting terrible infections." But the reason why women were getting terrible infections was because the providers were not screening them well enough, Anderson said. They were allowing the IUD to women who were not in monogamous relationships and who were not practicing safer sex. "In some ways, the IUD has gotten a bad rap," Anderson said, "which it really shouldn't have. Because if it is given to someone in the right circumstances, it can be an excellent form of birth control." The IUD is 97 percent effective.

CHOICES A woman must consult with her health care provider to find out what the best method of birth control is for her, Farkas said. If she's using a birth control pill and having horrendous headaches, which could be a sign of an impending stroke, she should switch to another method. Some people have a mind-set that there is only one form of birth control, Farkas said. Other choices are available, and a woman needs to be in tune with her own body and what's best for her and her partner. Farkas recommends people be open with their partners and discuss options up front before sexual activity begins. She encourages couples to visit a health care provider together. The Student Health Center offers the Depo-Provera shot, diaphragms and a wide array of birth control pills. Student may pick up five free condoms and more for 10 cents a piece.

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N ORPLANT Birth control options for women were expanded considerably when Norplant, which lasts up to five years, was approved in 1991. When it first came out, everyone thought it was a great method, said Krista Anderson, community outreach coordinator for Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains. Everyone from social services professionals to physicians to Planned Parenthood employees and patients. It was the "new hot" method. Planned Parenthood received its Medicaid contract to provide Norplant to women on Medicaid and started Project Prevention, which supplies Norplant to women under the age of 19 who fall into certain high risk categories. "So we started all these programs," Anderson said. "and everyone's getting their Norplant. And then we found out that it wasn't really as great as we had thought it was." Women started having their Norplant taken out because of the major side effects, Anderson said. "When I counsel people, I tell them it is conceivable that they could be bleeding everyday for the first year,"

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"Honestly, as a woman and as a potentia~ user of the female condom, I would not use it," Anderson said. "I think it looks extremely awkward. I think it would be really difficult to use. On the professional side, I think it is a wonderful thing that it's another option we have for women." The female condom is only 80 percent effective against sms and pregnancy, while the male condom is 90 percent effective by itself, if used correctly, and 96 percent if used with a spermicide.

Anderson said. "Even when people have their Norplant taken out after THE MALE CONDOM a year or a couple years, I don't consider that a failure,· because I think in one year you prevented two pregnancies The key to using a condom is always to use it corrector even more," Anderson said. ly. So many people don't use it correctly and that's why they break, Anderson said. Always pinch the end before putting it on, and always make sure that the man withDEPO-PROVERA draws his penis before it gets soft. The "new hottest method" is the Depo-Provera shot, which lasts three months, Anderson said. With the shot, DIAPHRAGMS AND CERVICAL CAPS many women do not have their periods at all, and for a lot The cervical cap is not very popular because of the of women that is very attractive. Because it only lasts for three months, if a woman hates it, she knows she can stop price, Anderson said. At Planned Parenthood, the cap is on her own. With Norplant, a woman has to see a health almost $90, not including the $40 fitting fee. At a private care provider to have it removed .

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form abortions there are picketed at their homes. They receive hate mail and death threats. All of the doctors wear bullet-proof vest. Anti-abortion activists are making it more difficult to get an abortion in certain states, McElhiney said. It is especially an issue as far as race and class are concerned. Abortion will always be available for upper middle-income white women because they have the option and the money to travel. U-4~6

titioner's office it is more expensive. Diaphragms are lll\l' among women who are married and have had chil-

Yhey want some method of birth control, but they are too concerned about the effectiveness, Anderson said. y don't want to get pregnant, but it wouldn't kill them ey did.

RORTION In 1969, the United States put a man on the moon, but ilen were dying from illegal abortions. Before Roe vs. le in 1973, 10,000 women died each year in the United es from illegal abortions, according to the Women's ion Coalition. Fifty percent of these women were ority women. A 1991 study found that only 12.4 percent of ~rican medical schools routinely teach abortions, down 1 22.6 in 1986. Almost one-third offer no training at iccording to the WAC. "It's a true worry of everybody that abortion will not in ~ption because we won't have anyone to perform ~well and to perform them safely," Anderson said. "If don't have providers, that will no longer be a safe .Ce."

Planned Parenthood performs abortions between eight 14 weeks into a pregnancy at its Vine Street Clinic. Most women do not use abortion as a method of birth :rol; Anderson said. "I don't think anybody's pro-abortion, ever. I think re all pro-life." Not everyone agrees. Saturdays are always a big est day at the clinic, Anderson said. Doctors who per-

The RU-486 abortion pill' is being discussed "heavily" at Planned Parenthood, Anderson said. Planned Parenthood of the Rocky MounJains has volunteered to be used for the clinical trials. "They keep saying we're going to get it," Anderson said, "and it never gets here." Because of the huge controversy surrounding abortion in the United States, Roussel Uclaf, the drug company that manufactures RU-486, wants to sell the technology to make RU-486 to another company, Anderson said. Hence, the delay. RU-486 is extremely safe, Anderson said. Because the pill is only administered up to eight weeks into the pregnancy, some of the complications are eliminated. "It is very benign compared to the actual surgical procedure," Anderson said. "It's much easier on the woma11's body."

forced to support their own children financially as well as in other ways." In rearing children, parents usually warn their daughters of the outcome of being sexually active. An.other emphasis should be on educating sons to be responsible, McElhiney said. Because pregnancy does not affect women alone, "developing and perfecting male contraceptive methods as well as those for women is a win-win situation for both women and men." That reproductive health be included in any kind of health care reform, both state and federal, is the goal for the immediate future for the National Abortion and Reproductive Action League, according to Shayna Wolin, a UCO student and president of Campus NARAL. Wolin said she hopes the right of women of all ages to choose what to do with their bodies will continue to be respected.

Tiff Fl TIIRE "In the 20th century," McElhiney said, "even though we've made progress in terms of birth control for women, we still have not done women a real service in that many of these methods have been shown to have detrimental effects." McElhiney is also concerned that little has been done with developing birth control for men with the exception of perfecting the condom. "What about reversible vasectomies?" McElhiney said. "I'd like to see more effort going into making them reversible or into developing other temporary methods like sperm-suppressing pills, self-immunization against sperm or thermal methods." Because men do not give birth, they may not feel the need to use birth control. This might change, McElhiney said, as the United States sees more paternity suits. "It may become beneficial to men to figure out how to control their own reproduction," McElhiney said. "They will get caught as women have gotten caught. They will be

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You've Come a Short Way, Baby Wom~n Still Underrepresented Robyn Schwartz

in American Cinema, Despite Increase in Women Directors, Writers

COPY EDITOR From dancing girls to Thelma and Louise, Hollywood's huge audiences serve to both promote equality and perpetuate sexism toward women. Dancing girls kicked off America's movie history as some of the first subjects of Thomas Edison's Kinetoscope, first released to the public in 1894. One viewer at a time peered into the Kinetoscope while still photos moved across a light source. The Kinetoscope became popular in penny arcades presenting shows whose themes were predominantly sex and violence. The French inventors of projected motion pictures, August and Lollis Lumiere, also showed "girlie films" to audiences in Paris cafes. Film Pioneer D.W. Griffith continued a primarily sensual portrayal of innocence through his personal attraction to young women. He hired Mary Pickford when she was 19, Lillian Gish at 16, and Dorothy Gish at 14. Pickford made a smooth transition from silent films to "talkies" and became the world's first movie superstar. Although Lillian Gish eventually earned the honor for the longest acting career, Pickford retired at 40 because

Geena Davis as Angie Scacciapensieri in 'Angie," directed by Martha Coolidge. she knew her maturity would be the coffin-nail on her career. In 1934, Susan Faludi notes in her book "Backlash," that Mae West sparked the creation of the Production Code of Ethics in 1934 because of her unapologetic independence and sexuality. The code banned scenes involving premarital sex, but not rape scenes, Faludi says. A list published in the '30s by the president of the Independent Theater Owners of America called Marlene Dietrich, Katharine Hepburn, Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford and West "box office poison." · In the '40s, Hollywood turned to the war effort and as women were taking on more responsibilities at home while the men were "over there," women in the movies also became more independent. Hepburn is an example of a woman who could not be silenced on screen or off.

She was vocal on screen with her opin- r - - - - - - - - - - - - - - " " ! " " " - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . • ions and gave women a different kind of role model in films like "Woman of the Year"(1942). She also made off-screen suggestions to directors, one which led to her legendary screen matchup with Spencer Tracy. She is the only person ever to win four Oscars for starring roles. In 1939 a film based on a novel by Margaret Mitchell, "Gone With the Wind), cleaned up at the Oscars, including Best Picture Vivien Leigh won Best Actress for her portrayal of a tough, if manipulative woman in the Civil War-era South. The '60s and '70s saw sexuality creeping back into the films, using it as a tool to lure young audiences away from their TV sets. In the late '70s the media started trying to convince women their newfound independence was making them miserable and keeping them from marriage. Women were still condemned for sexual openness, while men were Holly Hunter and Anna Paquin in Jane Campion's 'The Piano.' emulated for it. In the '50s, men began reclaiming the best roles in man in a woman's shoes in "Tootsie." Ridley Scott placed women in tough roles as with cinema, relegating the women back into roles of wives Sigourney Weaver in the "Alien" movies, and posed and mothers, or young girls seeking love. In the '50s, interesting contrasts with women in "Blade Runner" film critic Molly Haskell wrote, "There were not only (1982). Callie Khouri wrote the screenplay for Scott' s fewer films about emancipated women than in the '30s film "Thelma & Louise," (1984) starring Susan Sarandon or '40s, but there were fewer films about women." and Geena Davis, who both continue to take roles as By the '80s, things started opening up for women as or transitional women in film. The charac- " independent more of them began capturing roles as main characters, even though most of those roles were for women under ters' plight as accidental criminals-turned-renegades is 30. Only now, as the average age in the United States is portrayed as a brilliant exaggeration of the kernel of steadily rising, are older women being recognized and women's resistance against control by men. Davis most recently appears in "Angie," a gentler sustained in the movies. Men still make up about 75 perfilm about a woman confused by a world of choices in cent of leading roles that depict the character in a posimotherhood, friendship and love. Martha Coolidge (who tive light. The movie industry was now threatened by video also directed academy award-winning "Rambling Rose") rentals and cable TV and thus turned to market research directs this film based on the book "Angie, I Says" by as a guide to the box office hit. As the backlash Faludi Avra Wing. Last year, writer/director Jane Campion ("An Angel describes as punishment for independence/reward for Table") immersed audiences in her eerily aqueous At My conformity had already begun in other media, the finanfilm "The Piano." Holly Hunter, the tenacious actress cially motivated cinema followed the trend, Faludi says. who often plays roles the way Hepburn did in the ' 40s, Women of color are even less represented in gave the performance of her lifetime as a mute mailAmerican cinema. Only two African-American women order bride in Victorian New Zealand. have won Oscars as supporting actresses in 51 years: In a way this is the age of Hollywood enlightenment Hattie McDaniel in "Gone With the Wind" and Whoopi Goldberg for "Ghost." No African-American woman has for women because women are more often directing and won the Best Actress award, although Goldberg was a writing their own films. But movies like "Pretty Woman" sustain the Cinderella complex in our society and ones contender for "The Color Purple." "Fatal Attraction" and "Basic Instinct" strengthen like Jan Delasara, an MSCD English professor who the common stereotype of the femme fa tale and foster teaches the class "Women in Film," says women have far fewer opportunities to write scripts than men do. The lat- misconceptions about lesbians. Delasara says films depicting women positively are est data she has shows that 80 percent of writing opportupossibly fewer than ever. nities go to men, although she says the statistic might "It's a fairly remarkable circumstance," she says. have improved since the last assessment a few years ago. She says there are the few like "Angie" and "Reality Although the first film directed by a woman was in Bites," which was written by a University of Southern 1896 in France, and the first American women to direct California student in her 20s, but these are rare amid the films, Lois Weber, started in 1919, women directors have of releases each year. thousands been scarce in the film industry. Delasara has a video collection of women-directed Nora Ephron (who also wrote and directed "Sleepless in Seattle") wrote the screenplay for films from around the world, which she loans to students "Silkwood" (1983), a film whose main characters are a when she's not using them for class. She says there is a lesbian and a woman fighting against the establishment. very small audience for sophisticated films, an audience Gillian Armstrong directed sensitive films that deal hon- she calls a "subculture of concerned, intelligent, educatestly with issues of infidelity and self-denial in "My ed" people. "I like to share them if I'm not teaching the class Brilliant Career" and "Mrs. Soffel." because if I don 't, they don't get seen," Delasara says. Penny Marshall directed the critically acclaimed One can only hope that as women embrace their own film "Awakenings" in 1991. femininity, as they learn to take pride in their original " Directors like George Roy Hill ("The World thoughts, their maternity and their strength, the film According to Garp," 1982) and Mike Nichols ("Silkwood") have also taken up films addressing contro- industry will respond in kind as a mirror of popular sociversial issues like transsexuality, rape, dominance and ety. But things will only if we recognize the stereotypical militant feminism. In 1982 Sydney Pollack literally put a images and stop paying to see them.

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MSCD Home to Ms. Fitness Elizabeth Gregg THE METROPOLITAN ·. L

To be the most fit woman in the world is an accomplishment most females can only dream about. But an MSCD student has taken the Ms. Fitness World title. C a r o I .._ Semple, a 28year-old junior Exercise Science major who was named Ms . Fitness USA in January, <.( . became Ms. f Fitness World ,,,,. / March 4. The ...._/....._ / _ _ _ ____, title includes a $20,000 prize. Semple "I'm still on cloud nine," Semple said. One of Semple's former professors at MSCD, Norma Daly, stressed the value of Semple's achievement. "This award is only given after years , of training and watching your diet. It is not something you can decide a month before that you want to do," Daly said. For the Ms. Fitness World competition, Semple went up against 14 foreign title holders and six U.S. competitors. The Ms. Fitness World competition is ' divided into three rounds. Round 1 shows the participants' poise and projection. For both the USA competition in January and the world competition this month, Semple wore an

evening gown and gave a 30-second speech on her philosophy of fitness. The ultimate goal for this round is for the judges to find an athletic model who could be a spokeswoman for the fitness industry, she said. Round 2 is the physique round. Semple wore a two-piece standard bathing suit and was judged on her shape. "They (the judges) wanted someone who had the hour-glass type of look but in a feminine form," Semple said. The final round gave Semple a chance to really shine. Semple's 90-second fitness routine, filled with leaps, jumps and high kicks, centered around gymnastics. Through her music, choreography, gymnastics and costume, Semple incorporated a "tribal dance" theme for the world competition (she even carried a sword). For the USA competition, she used a "twilight zone" theme. The prize money for the Ms. Fitness World competition just added to a wealth of other prizes from the Ms. Fitness USA competition. In January, Semple won $3,000 for the Ms. Fitness USA award, as well as a Suzuki Sidekick, a trip for two to the Safety Harbor Spa in Florida, a dinette set, a wall unit and entertainment center, a $5,400 Croton watch, luggage and handbags. When combining prizes from both competitions, Semple's awards totaled more than $31,000. In addition to the prizes, Semple has received lots of publicity. Semple recently signed a contract

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Wow! Spring Break '94 is only one week away. For many MSCD students there will be choices to be made. "Where will I go?" "What will I do?" Choices ... choices ... choices. .. , maybe this years theme of "Work Hard, Play Hard. Play Safe, Play Sober" can give you some ideas on how to spend your week off. If you're like most students, you've worked hard enough this semester and deserve a good rest from the t)ooks . If you do have to study, try to take some time off for yourself and enjoy the "non-hustle" of spring break. Students often tend to confuse playing hard with drinking hard. This is especially true if we choose to spend a week in Florida, or in Texas at Padre Island, or in the mountains skiing, or even just staying here in Denver going out with friends. Whether or not you stay or go the theme this year of "Play Safe, Play Sober" isn't as bad as it seems. There are many ways to enjoy yourself without having to consume alcohol. One of the best ways to have fun is to gather a bunch of friends together and play volleyball, basketball, or softball (you can rent all the equipment from Campus Recreation at 556-3210). There are mountain bikes available too. If sports isn't your forte then try checking out a movie at the Tivoli 12 (I heard a good one to see is 8 Seconds), or check out the Star Trek exhibit at the Museum of Natural History. For myself, I'm spending sprjng break in Florida, hopefully learning how to scuba dive. From what I've been told to expect, there is a lot of drinking around Key Largo during spring break. So here are some guidelines to keep in mind if you choose to drink, wherever you go:

• Use responsibility when drinking •Know you limits - a bottle of beer, a glass of wine, a wine cooler, or a shot of liquor all equal one drink. • Keep in mind weight does make a difference - the less a person weighs, the faster the alcohol is absorbed • Use a designated driver or ask for a ride

Always remember the ZERO, ONE, TWO, THREE concept: • ZERO - It's o.k. not to drink • ONE - One drink per hour • TWO - It takes two to have safe sex • THREE - No more thank three drinks per day, and never daily Whatever you decide to do this spring break, whether it's going to the beach or going to work, remember to "Work Hard, Play Hard. Play Safe, Play Sober."

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Friends of Ireland Visit Campus with Hopes for Peace Jeff Stratton FEATURES EDITOR

"The Troubles" in Ireland may seem far removed from most MSCD students, but some of Ireland's most courageous speakers made it to campus on March 10 to discuss solutions to Ireland's history of crisis. Tom Garvin, professor of political history at the University College of Dublin, Sen. Gordon Wilson from the Irish Parliament, and Eugene McCague from the Glencree Center for Reconciliation, visited the St. Francis Center to speak about Ireland and its prospects for a new beginning. The event was organized by Professor Gary Holbrook from the speech department, Dean Joan Foster and Provost David Williams. Wilson is a British Protestant who is also a member of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland. Wilson's viewpoint on theTroubles in Ireland is one shaped by personal tragedy. In 1987, an IRA bomb went off in Enniskillen, injuring Wilson and killing his 20-year-old daughter. Yet, despite his loss, he found within himself the ability to forgive his daughter's killers and even to press for conciliation between Ireland's Catholics and Protestants. "I am the only victim of the Troubles who went and arranged to speak with both ·parties. I arranged a meeting with the IRA and I asked them to stop. I said, 'For the love of God, surely there's got to be a better way for you to achieve your ends. And

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Eugene McCauge, Tom Garvin, Gary Holbrook and Gordon Wiison. they told me, 'No, there isn't."' No one was ever arrested or charged in the Enniskillen bombing, which killed 10 others as well. But Wilson still believes forgiveness is the answer. In his book "Marie," the story of his daughter and of his crusade, he writes, "I still pray for the bombers, and I continue to bear them no ill-will. I wasn't angry at the time, and I'm not angry now." It is this kind of selflessness that prompts Holbrook to say of Wilson, "He

provides the 'a uthentic sign of true Christianity. He believes from his soul what he is saying." Wilson's efforts for peace have not made life easier for him, he says: "I'm in a position where all I need is a phone call, an anonymous voice who identifies me and says, 'We think you should leave Ireland,' and that phone calJ could come from either side. I'd be gone within 24 hours. That's the greatest terrorism of all. Thankfully, that call hasn't come yet."

Garvin points out that Ireland's problems began as early as the 16th century, J. and that reconciliation will not take place overnight. "I suspect a united Ireland will come about when nobody cares about it anymore," he said. "It' ll take a long, long time." Many citizens of Ireland, both in the North and in the Republic, may feel the status quo would be disrupted if Ireland was united. People who are doing well, may not want a united Ireland if it was at the expense of their good standard of living, Garvin said. Britain also pours money into Northern Ireland, and the departure of the British and their military would completely destabilize the country. "If the British army were to pull out of Northern Ireland tomorrow, if Ireland was 'liberated' by the IRA (Irish Republican Army), there would be a civil war. We'd have a hundred dead the first day and a thousand dead the second," Garvin said. "And I, as a Protestant," Wilson said, "would be under pressure to go and kill Catholics from Protestant people. And Catholics would be under the same pressure to go and get me. That's Armageddon." "We'd be just like Bosnia," Garvin added. While the politics of siege still grip Ireland, Garvin and Wilson say peace will come to the island some day, but they stressed that there are no easy solutions.

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"No one's hands are clean, Garvin said. "The British want to control the North because of its strategic location. But they aren't conducting a war. The IRA, though, are waging a war. They feel they are taking the high moral ground." ''Political support for the IRA is very small-about 3 percent," continued Garvin. But even a small group of people can hold a country hostage if the democratic process doesn't work. The problem - with Northern Ireland is that democratic politics never really worked." "But in time, it will. There is a surge for peace." Holbrook said he is "more than pleased" that the speakers were able to ··come to campus. "They were able to provide a point of view beyond the mistyeyed approach you often hear." On St. Patrick's Day, March 17, the Rocky Mountain News featured an interview with the Irish visitors, and •Holbrook, Garvin and Wilson appeared on a program called "A Divided Isle," airing on KBDI-TV channel 12 at 8:30 p.m. At 1 p.m. in the Student Union, the Irish Debate Series was held.

with In-Shape, a fitness equipment company. Furthermore, a Columbia Pictures casting agent interviewed her about playing a part in a Hollywood picture. "I can't believe all this is happening to me," she said. Within the next few months, both competitions will be televised nationally. This April, a series of Ms. Fitness Home Exercise Videos will be available. Semple leads the aerobic workouts and participates in the lower and upper-body workouts. Semple's fitness lifestyle began early on in her life with gymnastics and continued until the end of her high school junior year, when Semple was in a car accident and suffered injuries to her back and neck. She gave up gymnastics for a short time and lost a scholarship to Arizona State University. Physical therapy proved itself, and Semple became more active in the fitness world. In 1987, she entered her first body-building competition. In 1990, she heard about Ms. National Fitness, (which she won two years in a row), and Ms. Fitness USA. For the last four years, Semple's life has been consumed with fitness. Working on each body part of her

125-pound frame, from light hamstring to heavy cardiovascular exercises, from one to three hours a day, keeps Semple fit. Also to keep the feminine but athletic look, Semple follows a strict diet of healthy foods but allows herself an occasional break. "I will go out and have a good time. Maybe I'll eat a pizza or a cheeseburger," she said. In addition to keeping fit, this year for Semple will be filled with seminars, guest appearances and overseas traveling. But, away from the competitions, Semple's life is "normal." She spends what little time she has with her fiance and her gymnastics students. "My competitions are only setting me up for life down the road. I know I will not be able to compete forever," she said. Once Semple receives her degree, along with the titles she has received, she feels the combination will give her more confidence aJ!d prove her to be a credible source in the fitness world. "She's an enthusiastic student to have in class," Daly said of Semple. "It's nice to have such an enthusiasm for the subject."

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• SPORTS ~Women Knocked Out in 'F irst Round at Nationals <

Andrew Mosier SPORTS EDITOR The MSCD women's basketball season pulled to a screeching halt in a 88-65 loss to Augustana, March 8, in the first Round of the NCAA Tournament. Augustana led from wire to wire never allowing the Roadrunners into the game. Junior point guard Sarah Eckhoff was never allowed to get into the flow of the game because of two quick fouls, spending much of the first half on the bench. "We got into early foul trouble and • that really hurt us," Coach Darryl Smith

said. games. Three Roadrunners finished in double Junior guard Qiana Price finished with 12 points from figures in the contest. Senior forward the floor and six Paula Hart netted 18 assists despite fouling points in the effort out with more than and grabbed 10 three minutes remainrebounds. ing. Junior forward "Qiana played Mary Henry led the well even though she Roadrunners with 19 -Darryl Smith didn't shoot very points, including Women's Coach well," Smith said. three three-pointers. The Roadrunners Henry also grabbed could muster only 26 12 rebounds in her percent from the floor second double-double effort in as many in the first half, being outscored 40-29.

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The second half was much the same story for the Roadrunners; they improved their shooting percentage to 32 percent, but still fell short, netting eight less second-half points than Augustana, who shot 50 percent from the floor for the second half and 44 percent for the game. The Roadrunners netted 28 percent of their shots from the floor for the game and were out-rebounded 52-49 in the loss. "Even though we lost we are trying to look at the positive things we did this season," Smith said. "We accomplished a lot this year, more than anyone thought we would."

Air Force Lets Bombs Fly, Beats MSCD 19-2 Andrew Mosier SPORTS EDITOR

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Senior Vince Lucero is congratulated by senior J.C. Klein (24) and freshman Devin Bixby (12) after hitting a two-run homer In the sixth Inning of the second game against UNC. MSCD lost all four games In the series.

Roadrunners Drop Four to University of Northern Colorado in Weekend Series Andrew Mosier SPORTS EDITOR MSCD's baseball team dropped four games in its four-game, home and away _ series with the University of Northern · Colorado. The Roadrunners traveled to Greeley Sunday for the first leg of the series, dropping the first game 10-5, behind losing pitcher, junior Matt Torrez. Torrez (1-1) pitched 5.7 innings, giv---; ing up 10 runs in the effort. The Roadrunners left eight base runners stranded in the five-run effort, connecting five times at the plate. The Roadrunners committed no

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The Roadrunners' second game of the doubleheader was closer, but still saw the Roadrunners on the bottom side of the score sheet, falling 4-3 to the Bears. Junior Rob Wiggins made his first start of the year on the mound, pitching six innings, with an ERA of 6.00.

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Two fourth-inning runs were not enough to propel MSCD's baseball team past the Air Force Wednesday. The Falcons scored 19 runs in the rout over the struggling Roadrunners, who have not yet found their bats. Air Force jumped out on the Roadrunners with an early lead, crossing the plate five times in the first two innings, and three in the third. The Roadrunners got on the score sheet in the fourth inning when Vince Lucero scored from third on a Matt Nispel RBI to the shortstop. A Matt Torrez sacrifice fly moved Brian Downey across the plate scoring the Roadrunners final run before a Tracy Archuleta fly-ball retired the side. Air Force responded with a fourrun fifth inning, and batted in two more runs in the seventh to complete scoring. The Roadrunners finished with two runs, connected for seven hits, and made four errors. Air Force crossed the plate 19 times on 18 hits, making no errors. "We did a good job defensively," MSCD Coach Vince Porreco said . " Because we are a Colorado school our hitting lacks at the beginning of the year because of the weather. Porreco said as the weather gets better, and his players get to hit more balls in a game situation, the offensive game will fall in line. "We have to think positive and things will fall into place," Porreco said\ RHE MSCD 000 200 000 2 7 4

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Helman said he is pleased with the response he has received from applicants. SPORTS EDITOR . "Right Jiow I have received about 50 MSCD Athletic Director Bill Helman to 60 applications and they are stilJ comhas begun the search for a new men's ing in," Helman said. Helman said applications have varied head basketball coach. Present coach Joe Strain said he from successful Division II coaches, would not seek the position he was hold- Division I assistant coaches, local high ing while filling in for former coach Bob school coaches and even a of couple professional coaches. Hull. "The qualification Hull held the level is a serious upgrade position for eight from the last search we years before taking a one-year sabbatical to 'The qualification had," Helman said. A selection commitbe with his wife and level is a serious tee made up of three athson. upgrade from the letic department personHull told Helman that he would not be last search we nel, one student/athlete and three faculty mem- · returning to MSCD in had.' bers will rank the appliFebruary. "We had agreed -Btll Helman cants, selecting three to that he would decide Athletic Director five finalists to visit the campus for personal if he was returning or interviews where a selecnot on March 18, he tion will be made. told me in February Once hired, the head coach will then and we had an ad out announcing the position by the end of February," Helman hire his assistants, Helman said. Helman hopes to have to hiring said. When Strain took the job heading the process complete, and the new coach Roadrunners, he stated he was not inter- working by July 1. "I have had some big-time coaches _ ested in remaining at the helm, but would calling as references already, I am really return as Hull's assistant. Hull said his decision was based on excited by the quality of applicants," the success of his wife's career as a Helman said. broadcast anchorwoman in Wichita, Kan.

Denver Softball is looking for new umpires to work adult softball leagues. lf interested, call 777-0323. Training classes start in March at

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MSCD Swimmers Shine j_at National Championships Both swimmers will receive AllAmerican honors for their results, as THE METROPOLITAN well as the national attention they bring MSCD swimmers Darwin Strickland toMSCD. "I told them to swim for themselves ~nd Bernie Gard returned from Division II Nationals with the hardware for two but at the same time realize the credibilitop-10 finishes each, giving MSCD 12th ty MSCD would get for them doing well," Coach Kemp said. "I was hoping place overall. "I'm extremely for top-10 finishes so proud of those guys," what they did is really r Coach Cindy Kemp 'I went to nation- incredible." said. "They just swam als hoping -to finGard is a senior and is happy to end incredibly." ish top eight in his career on such a Strickland placed fourth in the 100-meter one event so for high nQte, but wishes freestyle with a time of me to be fifth and he could have tasted a .._ 45.41 seconds and sixth seventh glory. was bit more "I wish I had in the 50 freestyle at great. I swam like another year, or that I 20.92 seconds. would have done bet"It was a real fun a mad man.' ter earlier in my time and there was Jots of pressure," Strickland -Bernie Gard carel?r, but this is very ~said. "Cindy really MSCD Swimmer satisfying," Gard said. Strickland, pulled us together and junior, is not sure of helped us get our minds prepared." his swimming future. "If the ROTC allows me to swim Gard placed fifth in the 500 freestyle with a time of 4:36.34 and seventh in the next year then I will," Strickland said. Kemp said she can hardly wait for 1650 freestyle with a time of 16:08.86. • "It was a great experience," Gard next season. "I'm excited already for next year said. "I went into Nationals hoping to finish toP'eight in one event so for me to and I hope to take a relay team in addibe fifth and seventh is just great. I swam tion to Darwin and whoever else qualifies," Kemp said. like a madman."

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Spring Break begins. Closed lunch AA meeting from noon to 1 p.m. at the Auraria Library, room 206. CoPIRG will host a planning meeting for events centered around environmental, hunger and homelessness issues at 3 p.m. in SU 230B. All welcome. Info: 556-4537 or 969-0825.

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The Student Health Center presents "Eating and Emotions" from noon to 1 p.m. at 1020 9th Street Park. Free. Info: 556-2525. Closed lunch AA meeting from noon to 1 p.m. at the Auraria Library, room 206. ·,

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

A conference on "Sisters, Sisters: Defining Ourselves" from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Student Union. Speaker is Patricia RussellMcCloud. Students $5, faculty and staff $15. Info and registration: 556-3908. The Denver Free Spanish Network meets to have fun speaking Spanish on Mondays and Wednesdays from 7:30 to 10 p.m. People of all levels of Spanish-speaking ability are welcome. Free. Info: 722-2916 or 733-7390.

Closed lunch AA meeting from noon to 1 p.m. at the Auraria Library, room 206. A conference on "ADA - Whose Rights Are They? Where Do We Go From Here?" will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in SU 330-ABC. $5 for Auraria students. Info: 556-2597.

MSCD's Bahai Club presents "Interpretations of Life : China, Changing Economic and Social Life Styles" at 7:30 p.m ., 225 E . Bayaud Ave. Free. Info: 798-4319.

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

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

CoPIRG will host a planning meeting for events centered around environmental, hunger and homelessness issues at 3 p.m. in SU 230B. All welcome. Info: 556-4537 or 969-0825.

"When The Mountains Tremble," a film about Guatemala, will be shown at 12:30 p.m. in the Tivoli, 4th floor. Free. Info: 556-2580..

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, Pagans of Auraria Network, present two films from noon to 2 p.m. in SC 230-C & D. The films describe the new goddess religion and nature spirituality movements and their ancient origins. Free, all welcome. 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. The Student Health Center presents "Eating and Emotions" from 11 a.m. to noon at 1020 9th Street Park. Free. Info: 556-2525.

MSCD's Auraria Catholics present "Human Sexuality: What Catholics Believe" from noon to 2 p.m. in the Student Union Amphitheater. Free. Info: 556-3864. PAN, Pagans of Auraria Network, present two films from noon to 2 p.m. in SC 230-C & D. The films describe the new goddess religion and nature spirituality movements and their ancient origins. Free, all welcome.

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

MSCD's Activity Council presents "Community Connections '94" from noon to 1 p.m. in the Student Union Mezzanine. Speaker is Flo Hernandez-Ramos, founder and executive director of KUVO, who will speak out against "English Only" liegislation. Free. Info: 556-2595.

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