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Eze Not Recommended for Teaching Contract Granted After Eze Files Complaint; Students, Staff Cite Behavior Incidents Jesse Stephenson THE METROPOUTAN MSCD administrators and faculty are mum about why professor Moses Eze has a special employment contract despite an arrest record and nonrenewal recommendations made by other top administrators and faculty.

Eze, professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology, was arrested three times in 1993 and charged with violation of a restraining order, disturbing the peace and threatening to injure a

person or property, according to Denver court records.

In addition, MSCD awarded renewal of a special contract to Eze despite recommendations from former MSCD President Thomas Brewer and Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs David Williams against future employment Eze consented to an interview with The Metropolitan last week, but later declined to comment.

In a letter dated Nov. 24, 1992 to Eze, Williams said he recommended to

Brewer that Eze not be reappointed to the faculty.

Brewer advised Eze in a December 1992 letter that Eze would not be offered a teaching contract for the 1993-94 academic year, and that the decision could not be appealed.

In addition, the department committee to recommend contract renewal, the department chair and the dean of Professional Studies did not recommend renewal of Eze's contract.

In January 1993, Eze filed a com-

plaint with MSCD's Office of Equal Opportunity and the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP).

In the complaint, Eze claims some of his students harassed him, undermined his abilities and skills, made racial slurs and continually wrote "negative memos to the chairman designed to damage my credibility." He also complained he was denied a positive reappointment recommendation on the basis of racial discrimination.

In an August 1993 letter to Eze, see EZE page 4

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Administration Defends Krupar's Tenure Process Claudia Hibbert THE METROPOLITAN Controversy surrounding MSCD professor Karen Krupar's tenure approval has the administration defending the process.

Krupar, a speech communications professor, received tenure March 11.

"I am confident that (the process) was followed," said MSCD President Sheila Kaplan.

"I am confident that (Krupar) will continue to be a very valuable member of the faculty at Metro."

But the department Krupar committee that evaluated Krupar's dossier tried to halt the process on more than ·one occasion, sending memos to Kaplan, Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs David Williams and Joan Foster, dean of Letters, Arts and Sciences, about Krupar's dossier (a resume and summary of achievements).

Thomas Cook, chairman of the department committee, said the committee found inconsistencies when evaluating Krupar's dossier.

"In my estimation, (her claims) were untrue," Cook said.

Tenure applications are first submitted to a department committee for evaluar

tion. When the application leaves the department, that department committee has no more input.

But Cook said he sent two memos on the committee's behalf after Foster and Williams completed their investigations of Krupar's dossier and recommended her for tenure.

"I don't believe that all of the departments in the institution get the same information about how they are to legitimately conduct their review of each applicant's documents for tenure," Krupar said.

According to Foster, however, all departments are updated about changes in the tenure procedure. In 1991 tenure applicants were to include all documents to support their claims in their dossiers.

The rule changed in 1993, however, because the dossiers were getting too long. Documentation was to be kept separate from the dossier, but available for evaluating committees.

"Metro is very careful to inform people about policy," Foster said, defending MSCD procedure. "Before the amendment is approved it is sent out to all the affected parties so they get to see (the change) as it is being developed."

These changes were published in the MSCD Handbook for Professional Personnel. Cook said the committee followed procedure.

Krupar disagrees.

"The decision had already been made," she said. "I had already survived the process, and if I were not to get tenure ... (and the committee's) position was

Heading for Graduation

The Metropolitan/Jane Raley

Kristine Larson, MSCD psychology major, is measured Tuesday at the Auraria Book Center for her graduation cap. Several companies offering graduation-related items will be at ABC this week.

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Legislature Seeks to Revamp College Sabbaticals Brian S. Terrett

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THE METROPOLITAN After HB 1050 crosses Gov. Roy Romer's desk within the next week, professors taking sabbaticals may be under whole new set of rules starting this fall and sabbaticals for college administrators will be a thing of the past.

"When we started looking into sabbaticals, it was amazing to me that we found some inconsistencies between the way sabbaticals were being offered by different boards," said the bill's sponsor, Rep. Tony Grampsas, R-Evergreen.

"When we tried to discuss this and get some consistency in it, I didn't feel there was any giving, so we thought we've got to get some guidelines."

The bill requires that governing boards for all the state's colleges and universities adopt new rules for sabbaticals.

At a minimum, those new rules prevent administrators from taking sabbaticals.

Educators who want to take a sabbatical will have to submit a written proposal

for the leave stating how it will result in leave. Any research done during sabbati"professional growth" and improve the cal, or other confidential material, doesn't expertise of the faculty member. The sab- need to be included in the final report, batical must also improve the reputation according to the bill. of the school and the educational experi"I think it sets o_ut a policy so that we ence for the student, according to the pro- don't get into the situations where we're posed legislation. questioning what was done (during a sabTeachers are limited to one sabbatical batical)," said Sen. Jim Rizzuto, Devery seven years, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - LaJunta. "I think the and won't be• th ht • public is served by it granted a sabbati- ... in that they pay for cal if they don ' t the sabbatical and meet the goals set they'll know what the out in the previous benefit is to them." leave.

Schools and gov-Rep. Tony Grampsas erning boards can When a faculty member returns R-Evergreen make sabbatical from a sabbatical, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - guidelines stricter according to the bill, a report will be sub- than what has been set out in bill, Rizzuto mitted summarizing the sabbatical and said. how the instructor benefited from the Since MSCD's sabbatical rules are leave. stricter then the new law, it won ' t have a The sabbatical proposal and the final dramatic effect on how sabbat icals are reports will be made part of the public granted, according to MSCD President record, according to Grampsas, so that the · Sheila Kaplan. public can see the benefit of a professor's Kaplan said the only impact the new

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law will have on MSCD will be the elimination of administrative sabbaticals. She said administrators have been allowed leave in the past for professional development.

MSCD grants an average of 10 sabbaticals a year, Kaplan said.

Rizzuto said he and Grampsas found no consistent policy from school to school or among governing boards on granting or monitoring sabbaticals.

"We want to find out from a policy stand point why certain people get sabbaticals and others don't," Rizzuto said. "Is it politics within the higher educational community, or is it based on the merit of the sabbatical?"

Grampsas was more direct about his perception of the current system of granting sabbaticals.

"I never went in to try to prove this, but it seemed like there were some cases that I felt like it was on the good ol' boy system on who was going to be granted a sabbatical," Grampsas said. "I felt like we should get it all cleared up."

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, Kaplan Declines Comnlent on Eze's Conduct, Allegations EZE from page 1 Brewer wrote that the college proposed to rescind the earlier decision for nonrenewal of Eze's contract and to offer Eze a contract under certain terms.

One of the terms included the submission and approval of a written plan specifically stating how he would improve his interpersonal communication and classroom teaching.

In January 1994, MSCD President Sheila Kaplan granted Eze an employment contract at a base salary of $43,659.

MSCD President Sheila Kaplan said the contract was approved to give him a fair and equitable chance at the college.

The contract, and future contracts, are · subject to terms stated in the Final Written

Plan to Resolve Difficulties, Nov. 22, 1993.

The plan outlines eight difficulties and solutions to rectify those difficulties pertaining to Eze's employment with the college.

Many students and faculty, however, said they have experienced other difficulties with him not listed in the plan.

An October 1991 letter signed by Steve Monaco, director of the MSCD Student Health Center, states that Eze displayed "angry and unprofessional behavior" during a Sept. 13, 1991 visit.

According to written accounts by witnesses, Eze became enraged, shouted at the clinic's staff and threw a bottle of medication at a nurse after he was asked to pay for services. · Ir. his letter, Monaco recommended

the clinic not treat Eze during non-emergency situations to protect staff from further confrontations.

Patti Lohman, MSCD English as a Second Language program coordinator, said she advised some students to use the student evaluations to reflect their complaints against Eze. Lohman also said students told her Eze did not know the teaching material and would often become angry at the class and throw pencils in front of them.

Bill Nicklaus, an MSCD senior and former student of Eze's, said Eze was rude to his students, had little knowledge of the subject he was teaching and was unwilling to listen to students who have industry experience in his course subject.

Shirley Steinshouer, staff assistant for the Electronics Engineering Technology department, said she screened more than 25 calls from students and faculty who asked to speak to EET chairman Larry Keating about problems they said they experienced with Eze when Eze worked for the department According to Kaplan, it is the college's policy to investigate credible allegations, but she declined to comment on whether the school is currently investigating any allegations of improper conduct by Eze. "Every credible allegation that comes here, we look at," Kaplan said.

She said the college, in its attempt to be fair and equitable, has afforded Eze the same opportunities it would to any other student or faculty.

Percy Morehouse, djrector of Equal Opportunity and assistant to the president, said the last investigation conducted by MSCD involving Eze was in regard to his charges of discrimination.

"The case is over." he said.

-Antoinette Vecchio contributed to this article

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To vote, call 820-2001 and selected service code 14. All voting will be by telephone and must be completed in one call. For information, call Student Activities at 556-2595.

Peak Awareness The P.E.A.K. Leadership Program and the Clubs Resource Center will host the fourth annual leadership recognition reception April 28 to honor student leaders at MSCD. For more information, call Jody Andrade or Annester Taylor-Brown at 556-2595.

The Lecture Circuit Oneida Mascarenas, an assistant professor in Intercultural Studies and Political Science, will give the talk entitled "The Return of the Native" from noon to 1 p.m. April 11 at St. Cajetan's Center. The lecture is part of the Spring 1994 Lecture Series sponsored by the School of Letters, Arts and Sciences and the Institute for Intercultural Studies and Services. Information: 556-4004.

Philip M. Burgess will speak on "Economic Issues and the Environment" at noon April 14 in the Student Union Mezzanine. Burgess is a former faculty member and writes a weekly column on politics and business for the Rocky Mountain News.

The lecture is part of Community Connections 1994, a lunch-time series featuring speakers who have contributed to the communities. Information: 5562595.

Both lectures are free and open to the public.

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Corporate Training Meets Needs of World Elizabeth Gregg THE METROPOLITAN MSCD is helping bridge the gap that exists between business education and college education.

"I see the Corporate Training Institute as offering the expertise of academia to business and industry to bring about a very positive and constructive transformation in the educational process," said Tommy Lazio, professor _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _., of teacher education.

The concept for the Corporate Training Institute, established last September, was developed by Bill Rader, dean of the School of Professional Miller Studies.

The institute encompasses. three branches of excellence-the International Development Center, the Corporate Training Center and the Corporate Productivity Center. An academic degree program is another component of the institute.

The goal of the International Development Center is to assist the international community by providing educational opportunities and training, said Steve Miller, director of the institute and former chairman of the Military SCience department.

The first project for the center has been setting up a graduate-level program that will bring Egyptian professors to Denver in the fall.

"We can help them (other countries) recognize how they can bring about the new technologies because we (American education) are in the forefront," said Lazio, director of the curriculum to be taught to the Egyptian professors.

Another component, the Corporate Training Center, provides training in a

variety of areas for the business world, including workplace literacy, technical competency and managerial and scientific knowledge.

Initially, MSCD does a needs-assessment for a business. Then the institute determines what capabilities and resources are available at MSCD for that company, according to Miller. An agreement between the company and MSCD is made for the service. MSCD faculty then provide the relevant training and are compensated for their work, through the ~l足 iege, as if they were consultants, said Miller.

The Corporate Productivity Center, a third component of the institute, is designed to help manufactures with s_ervices like installing new assembly hoe technology or conducting a work survey.

In the future, the Corporate Training Center and the Corporate Productivity Center may merge, Miller said. "There is so much overlap, and you don't want to segment what you are doing."

A key part of the institute, Miller said, is the final component- creating a Bachelor of Science program focusing on issues like human resource training and development and global economics. The program should be ready three years from now, if the need is there and if no problems are encountered, Miller said.

"You have to have the flexibility to design the institute based upon the situation as it really is, rather than what you thought it was when you started," Miller said.

As the institute matures, he said, changes will be made to meet the everchanging needs of the corporate world.

Although the funding for the program comes from both the School of Professional Studies and MSCD, the institute does bring in its own financing. Miller said the revenue generated from the services the institute offers could, in the future, exceed its operational costs.

At this time, however, the concentration has been placed on meeting and exceeding the needs of the community through the institute, Lazio said.

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The Metropolitan Staff The Metropolitan received 15 awards, including third place in its division for best newspaper at the Rocky Mountain Collegiate Media Association banquet March 24. Metrosphere, MSCD's literary magazine, won six awards, including second place for best in literary magazine.

Fifty-three colleges and universities from 14 Western states participated in the event, which featured workshops speakers, the live competition and the awards ceremony.

The Metropolitan won third place for best newspaper in the large, 4-year school djvision. The Metropolitan was only 3 points behind Colorado State University' s daily paper, The Rocky Mountain Collegian. First place went to the University of Texas at Arlington for their daily, The Shorthorn.

The Metropolitan reporter Jeffrey Michael Martinez won first place for investigative/interpretive reporting for his story on the administrations' probe of MSCD Student Government members' alleged misconduct at a summer conference in Los Angeles. News editor

Antoinette Vecchio won second place for her story on the parking funds missing from Auraria campus.

Andy Cross, The Metropolitan' s photo editor, took two first-place awards for his news and feature photo in the live competition at Denver International Airport. He also took second place for mug shot in the live competition. Staff photographer Jane Raley won second place for news photo in the same competition. Raley also won first place for feature photo in the regular competition.

The Metropolitan staff also won first and second place for headline writing and third place for typography/design and layout. Tiffany Trott and Patricia Sydney Straub won second and third place, respectively, for general/specialized column.

Kim Young won third place for editorial cartoon. Robyn Schwartz won an honorable mention for newswriting. m.n. burchi won first place for her nonfiction article, "Crossroads." This is the only nonfiction article judges deemed worthy of an award in this category. Eric Baca won first place for artwork for "Darwin" in Metrosphere.

Chas Gordon won first place for special effects photo for "Vision" and third place his feature photo "San Francisco" in Metrosphere. He also won an honorable mention for a special effects photo.

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Stratton will bring his interest in entertainment and music to the forefront a.n d make The Metropolitan more visible to the Denver community.

He is accepting applications for editors, reporters and photographers until April22.

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Krupar Defends Allegations Against Anonymous Document Barbour was the wrong person to PROCESS from page 3 legitimate, it should have been reinforced contact, Krupar said.

• In her dossier Krupar also says she "subby the other committees. mitted requests for three courses to be In the March 18 issue of The included in (the) general studies curricuMetropolitan Krupar defended her lum." The document says the courses dossier.She said the committee was were submitted before Krupar was hired. caught up on semantics and verb selecHowever, a memo with Johnson's sigtion. She also claimed the committee did nature asks Krupar to represent the speech not ask her for supporting documentation department as their "curriculum person" to {; to her dossier. "defend (their) three proposals."

An anonymous document that quesAs defined in the MSCD Handbook tioned 38 sections of Krupar's dossier was for Professional Development, tenure "is · also sent through the ranks.

In the March 11 issue of The an award made .. . on the basis of professional employees' Metropolitan, Foster performance." said Carl Johnson, the When Krupar speech department applied for early chairman, gave the tenure in 1991, document to her, but Cook wrote a glowJohnson denied he ing letter of recomever saw it. When mendation .

"I questioned about the -Karen Krupar endorse Dr. document April 5, Speech Professor Krupar's application Johnson said he could for early tenure not comment. without a conflict of interest," Cook Some of the debated issues in the wrote. document include: But Cook said he wrote this letter as • In her dossier, Krupar said she was a faculty member, not as a committee "assistant professor of research" at the member.

University of Denver in the 1988-89 Krupar said students and faculty academic year. The anonymous documembers have been supportive despite ment quotes Alton Barbour, chairman of her department's claims. She also uses her Human Communications Studies at DU, tenure application experience in her as saying: "There were no professorInterpersonal Negotiation class. ships in (that) area."

"The institution was very good to me, However, an April 1989 contract helping me through this process," Krupar from the DU Office of the Dean says Krupar was awarded "an appointment as said. "(But) the institution is also responan assistant research professor ... in the sible for making sure the environment I department of mass communications." It work in as a Native American and as a was an unpaid position, said Michael female is a reasonable one.

"I have a right to institute a complaint Wirth, chairman of Mass Communications and probably will do so," she said. and Journalism Studies at DU.

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I have a question for you. How do you know when a person's social drinking bas evolved into an alcohol problem? I go to a bar to drink with my friends 2-3 times a week. We only drink 3-4 beers and then go home. On weekends, we usually go to parties, and of course, there is always beer at parties. I guess, now that I think about it, I drink about 5 times a week, but I don't get drunk but maybe once a week. Do I have a problem? Isn' t this behavior normal for college students?

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Dear college student, College docs seem like a time when adults seem to drink more often than in other phases of their lives. The freedom, the socialization, the availability of liquor seem to be much more prevclant. Especially at this time of your life, it is difficult to socialize and not have a drink.

Yes, there is a fine line between social drinking and dependency. Social drinking is an accepted part of life and it is hard to know when someone is developing a problem.

Factors such as .genetics, psychological, social and environmental, play a role in alcohol addiction. Looking at drinking patterns is important to determine the right amount of drinking for you.

Social drinkers use alcohol to relax and increase good feelings. It is easy for them to limit drinking. Yet it is difiicult for people to tell when they arc crossing the line to dependency. Generally, you arc crossing the line If you: 1) Use alcohol to help you get through painful situa.tlons or feelings 2) Even defend or hide your feelings 3) •.. can't remember what happened after drinking a little too much 4) .•. resent other people's advice that you should drink less 5) •.. drink alone 6) •..have problems that you've bad trouble solving because of drinking 7) ...change in tolerance to alcohol.

Ask yourself why, how often, and in what situations you drink. Think about the effects of drinking on other peoplc... fricnds, children, co-workers. Look at whether you drink more or less than others. Have you ever driven or done anything illegal under the influence? Alcohol changes your bcbavior...your persona.

If you need assistance in dealing with your drlnking habits, you may come to the Counseling Center and talk with someone from the Metro Alternatives Program.the MSCD substance abuse prevention program. There is information available on AA programs, on campus and ofl' campus resources, as well as indiVtdual and group counseling. Good luck to you.

Please address letters or concerns to Metro Connections, Campus Box 05 or call 556-3132.

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The Met Backs ...

An Open Letter to the School from President Kaplan In the March 11, 1994 issue of The Metropolitan, an article was written about Professor Moses Eze entitled "Professor Stays on Staff Despite Arrest Record." This article was one-sided, incomplete and deceptive.

In the past, it has been the policy of the college administration to refrain from commenting on published stories that raise personnel issues. This will no longer be the case. MSCD will respond to all printed stories that are incorrect or misleading. By doing so, we hope to set the record straight and to provide the college community with the information necessary to make an informed judgment.

In January, 1992, Professor Moses Eze filed a complaint alleging racial and national origin discrimination with the MSCD Equal Opportunity Office and with the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Program (OFCCP) of the United States Department of Education. Professor Eze's charges were brought against MSCD, Professor Howard L. Paynter and Professor Larry G. Keating of the Mechanical Engineering Technology department. In his complaint, Professor Eze alleged that he was denied a positive reappointment recommendation by the members of his department based on impermissible reasons of race.and national origin.

The college attempted to resolve Professor Eze's complaint through informal discussions. As a result, Professor Paynter agreed to a resolution.

However, no agreement was reached with Professor Keating.

Professor Eze then filed a discrimination complaint with the OFCCP and an investigation was begun. The agency gathered data, interviewed the parties to the dispute, faculty and staff in the department, students who had taken courses from Professor Eze and the responsible administrators. ¡ The OFCCP investigation concluded that some of the allegations were true and that a pattern of improper behavior toward Professor Eze by his colleagues seemed to exist. As a result of these findings, the college agreed to enter into negotiations with the OFCCP and Professor Eze to resolve these complaints.

In the agreement, the college did not admit that Professor Eze had been the victim of discrimination.

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

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

Letters under 250 words will be considered first.

THE M ETROPOL/I"AN reserves the right to edit copy to conform to the limitations of space. Libelous or offensive material will not be published. Letters wi.ll be printed on a space-available basis. Letters must include name, student ID number, title, school and phone number. All letters become property of THE M ETROPOLITAN upon submission.

For more information call 556-8361.

The college did admit that administrative errors had been made and agreed to correct those errors through the development of a performance plan for Professor Eze. The performance plan was designed to provide Professor Eze with a fair and equitable opportunity to perform his duties at MSCD in a nonhostile environment and to permit him to be evaluated in a fair and impartial manner by the appropriate administrators.

MSCD is currently implementing its agreement with Professor Eze. His teaching and other activities are being reviewed by impartial individuals.

Professor Eze is being given the same opportunity provided to other probationary faculty members to prove his capabilities and value to MSCD in a fair and unprejudiced manner.

During the Fall, 1993 semester, Professor Eze's teaching was interrupted as a result of his arrest and brief incarceration on a domestic abuse complaint.

The college immediately hired a part-time instructor to cover Professor Eze's courses for the balance of the semester. Upon his release, Professor Eze was assigned to important research and advising duties for the semester. He returned to full-time teaching beginning in Spring, 1994.

It is not the Trustees' or trle College's policy to immediately dismiss faculty or staff who have personal problems that impinge on their professional responsibilities. Instead, we try to help individuals work through their problems and return to productive service at the College. In reassigning Professor Eze to nonteaching duties for the fall 1993 semester, the college treated Professor Eze no differently than it would have treated any other faculty member faced with similar circumstances.

MSCD is committed to providing all employees with a working environment that is free of discrimination or harassment. We are determined to make this college a place where students, staff and faculty of all racial and ethnic groups are given a fair chance to prove their worth.

Sheila Kaplan President

QtJOTE OF l'HE WEEK

"That so few now dare to be eccentric marks the chief danger of the time."

-John Stuart Mill

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In response to President Kaplan's letter, which she chose to E-mail to the faculty and publish in our newspaper without contacting the reporter. or the editor, we stand behind our reporting and do not find our story one-sided. We challenge the president to point out what is misleading and deceptive.

Every statement made in the March 11 issue is backed by a document or by an interview from a credible source. Moses Eze refused any comment, although the reporter informed him that it was in â&#x20AC;˘ his best interest. In addition, Percy Morehouse, director of Equal Opportunity and assistant to the president, refused to comment. How are we supposed to know about such things if people don't want to talk about them?

Eze refused comment again in this week's story as well. We don't go about breaking people's arms about commenting, we seek to inform our students, whom the newspaper serves, about issues of concern to them. We believe students want to know about a professor's police record, especially if one needs to ask this professor for help or sit alone in his office.

We would like to point out that the information on the Equal Opportunity Office and the Federal Contract Compliance Program would have been included in the story, had we known about it.

Perhaps some open lines of communication from all administration, faculty and staff of MSCD with ~ your student press would assist in our reporting.

Instead, our reporters are met by President Kaplan and others with a hostile manner.

If you will note in the March 11 issue of The Metropolitan, following the article on Eze, we documented the difficult route we had to take to get :MSCD administration to honor our legal right in requesting information that is available under the Colorado Open Records Act. It came down to us writing a letter, stating the law before we could even see the documentation.

Recently our staff attended the Rocky Mountain Collegiate Media Association conference, and we conducted a roundtable talk for prob1ems other student newspapers are having .

Overwhelmingly, these students responded that the administrations at their schools wanted a big hand ¡in what they were reporting . One school could not even report on cafeteria food without risk of a crackdown.

The Metropolitan will continue covering issues that are important to our student body, no matter how uncomfortable it may make some people in the administration, and no matter how risky it is -to the student press. This student newspaper is free, and we uphold our First Amendment rights with high regard to fairness and completeness.

In the future, we certainly hope to have open lines of communication with the school and others so that we do not always have to write in "no comment" or be forced to write letters that state the law in order to get the information in which we seek.

Patricia Sydney Straub Editor in Chief Antoinette Vecchio News Editor Jesse Stephenson Reporter

APRIL 8, 1994

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Sleeping Beauty is Alive and Well SLEEPING BEAUTY IS ALIVE AND WELL ... and still IMng in the hearts and minds of young girls every:- where. Sleeping Beauty, if you recall, is the fairy tale about a beautiful, adolescent who sleeps for 100 years after the Wicked Witch casts a spell on her. Sleeping Beauty does not awake from her slumber until she is kissed by Prince Charming. Once kissed, Sleeping Beauty awakens from her slumber and she and Prince Charming live happily ever after.

Popular opinion would probably say that Sleeping Beauty is not a bad or harmful story. It certainly is not a piece of literature that is currently be~ng banned from the reading lists of elementary school children. Taken on its face, the tale of Sleeping Beauty is a magical story. It does afford young children an opportunity to .,, fantasize and develop their creative skills. Reading and listening to Sleeping Beauty is certainly a widely accepted tradition in our present system of child rearing.

There are two alternative ways of viewing the Sleeping Beauty tale that must be examined. One is from a feminist perspective, the other takes a mytho~ logical approach. I suggest that one of these two ways of viewing Sleeping Beauty will help our children to learn about life in a more realistic, clear manner than simply reading it as one of many childhood fairy tales.

A feminist perspective of Sleeping Beauty helps little girls to develop a strong self image, independence and to have realistic expectations from an early age. "' As it now stands, Sleeping Beauty is, of course, a beautiful young woman. The story would sure lose some of its audience if she were not beautiful or if it was retitl~d "Sleeping Ugly." Sleeping Beauty cannot get out of her present slumber, she cannot escape her fate, she cannot have a life until a man, Prince Charming, comes to save her from an otherwise dull and gloomy existence. Only upon a kiss from her man does Sleeping Beauty become a fulfilled woman. Once she has a man in her life, then Sleeping Beauty can finally live happily ever after.

To a feminist or to all women, the image created by this somewhat facetious version of the Sleeping - Beauty tale is all too real. This is the message that your little girl gets-in 1994-when she hears this story.

Sleeping Beauty tale is all too real. Sleeping Beauty helps little girls to grow up, still, with the belief that one

will not be happy in life unless they are beautiful, passive and dependent, unless they are involved with a man and unless they are married. (The 6-year-old girl sitting behind me at the Sleeping Beauty ballet must have asked her mother fifteen times, "Are they getting married yet?j This popular hope is not healthy or within one's control and will only lead to a great amount of suffering. This belief will not help your little girl to become a self-actualized adult.

A Jungian or psychological/mythological view of the Sleeping Beauty fable can be extremely helpful. Dr. Carl Jung provided the world with a system of analyzing dreams and using myths and symbols as tools to interpreting an individual's unconscious or psyche.

Marie-Louise Von Franz, a famous Jungian psychologist, has written several texts using Jungian interpretation of fairy tales and myths. I defer to Dr. Von Franz as the expert and will only offer my lay interpretation.

In Sleeping Beauty, when the Wicked Witch casts a spell on Sleeping Beauty, she is actually acting as a part of Sleeping Beauty herself. Sleeping Beauty goes to sleep or is put to, sleep physically, as a way to parody Sleeping Beauty's psychological or mental state of being "asleep" or unconscious. Sleeping Beauty stays in this unconscious state until the intellectual or masculine part of her, ('animus" in Jungian terms) in the form of Prince Charming kisses her to wake her up. The act of Sleeping Beauty's physical awakening parodies or parallels her psychological awakening. Even though this is a much simplified discussion, it is obvious that interpreting Sleeping Beauty to a young girl in this manner will be way above her head.

In conclusion, reading Sleeping Beauty to a child can have so much more meaning than it presently does.

Either a feminist or a Jungian approach to Sleeping Beauty can make Sleeping Beauty much more than just a fairy tale. These approaches will start to teach a young girl to pay attention to her thoughts and feelings, to make conscious choices and decisions and to be alive and aware. This provides a quite different message than the message children now receive from this age-old fairy tale.

Thanks to Everyone for Response in Winter Clothing Drive The members of Red Shield Council want to express their sincere appreciation for the generous response from all the students, faculty, and staff members at the Auraria Campus. The Food and Winter Clothing Drive to benefit the Native People of Pine Ridge, S. D., this winter was cosponsored by the Student Activities and Red Shield Council. It was a success.

The targeted population were the elderly and the young children, who live in the remote areas of the reservation. Approximately 100 families were helped. Items needed, requested, and received: warm winter clothing, coats, hats, gloves, scarves, shoes, boots; blankets, sheets, pillows, curtains, towels; scraps of material for quilt-making, scissors, threads and other craft items; baby clothing, diapers, formula, bedding, canned food, and monetary donations. The sum total of everyone's efforts and overwhelming response, necessitated two trips: one in December and one in February.

Due to the harsh environment, the remoteness of the area, the lack of transportation and resources, this underserved population is in a constant state of hardship. This is a prevalent situation on most. reservations. Your help and assistance was and is needed. It has made a tremendous difference in the lives of the People of Manderson and Porcupine areas of the Pine Ridge Reservation of South Dakota. Future trips to reservations are in the planning.

Thank you, Effie Thomas, Acting Director Red Shield Council

Marcia Minuck MSCD Instructor

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The following is a commentary I recorded for "Leading Voices," a radio program that airs MondayFriday on KUVO radio's "Morning Edition." This commentary aired March 31, 1994 at 6:35 a.m. and again at 8:35 a.m.

I got a wake-up call a little while ago. After class on a recent Friday morning I found "fag" written on my ppdium. It wasn't there when I came into the classroom so there really was no other conclusion to draw except that it was directed at me. Someone wrote it while I was distracted in conversation with other students after class. I sat for a while quietly trying to sense my change in mood. As I walked back to my office, I could feel how much shorter my usually confident strides were. My head was not as high and my usually ready smiles for passersby were much weaker. Whatever I was feeling, I had never

felt before.

Over the weekend I did some soul-searching and talked about it a lot with my woman friend. I wondered aloud why someone would direct a vicious epithet toward me in an unfriendly way. This was not an episode of "in-group" banter! Had I promoted Channel 12's airing of Armistead Maupin's "Tales of the City" one time too many? Had I enthused much too much about the Esquire's showing of "Six Degrees of Separation"? Was my face too straight, so to speak, when I mentioned the homosexual content of these two works?

After giving up my search for causes, my thoughts turned to whether or not I would bring this to the attention of the class. I am having such a wonderful teaching experience at Metro that I didn't want to poison the upbeat class atmosphere I had so

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effortlessly created. Why should I dignify this vandal with a response?

In the last question resonated my wake-up call and the awareness of what an insidious act of violence had been perpetrated. Someone was attacking my dignity and trying to silence me. My silence would have turned me into a victim and created another kind of atmosphere in the room.

That Monday, in a--noncombative manner, I brought this to the attention of the class and invited the author or those who have concerns in this area to speak directly to me. For a moment thereon echoed with their silence. Then those outraged by this incident spoke up.

Patrick Jackson, Instructor MSCD Institute for lntercultural Studies

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Gay Bashing MeSthik Degrades Libertarian Reputation with Insinuating Ideas not Biblical The letter in the March 18 issue of The Metropolitan by Tom Mestnik is not only offensive, but rife with logical error and misinformation.

In the letter, Mestnik associates leftist and socialist ideology with libertarian ideology. This assertion that libertarianism is in any way similar to socialism is untrue.

You have degraded tfie reputation of the Libertarian Party by insinuating that it shares the ideals of socialism and leftism. As a registered libertarian, I consider this comparison both insulting and ridiculous. Libertarians clafm neither right- nor leftwing philosophies.

Mr. Mestnik, as a libertarian, I uphold the three basic principles of free enterprise, personal freedom and individual responsibility. The most blatant difference between socialism and libertarianism is that the libertarian champions the freedom to practice capitalism, while the socialist abhors this freedom .

Mr. Mestnik, you used a statement from socialist Noam Chomsky that indicates that the socialist philosophy asserts that owners and managers of capitalist enterprise should not have the freedom to control their capitalist endeavors. The libertarian greatly values the freedom to own a business, manage a business and make decisions pertaining to the operations of a business.

Not only does socialism and libertarianism clash on the issue of capitalism but there seems to be great discrepancy on the issue of personal responsibility. It is a fundamental libertarian value that one must take absolute responsibility for his or tier own actions. The virtue of individual responsibility not legal mandate must be implemented as a guideline for personal behavior. Judging from your willingness to state unsubstantiated evidence against your political foes, Mr. Mestnik, you have clearly demonstrated a disregard for this virtue. I will not commit the logical error of anecdotal evidence and hold your behavior as an example of the behavior of socialists in general, but I will state that in practice, socialism relies heavily on the implementation of governmental law to control the behavior of its people.

Aside from your erroneous representation of libertarian ideals, you seemed to commit several other fallacies in your argumentation of socialism.

While you criticize Paul Jarnagin for presenting ad hominem arguments against socialism in your

opening sentence (Paul suggested that Mestnik get his head out of his ass in previous weeks' issue of The Metropolitan), you based your arguments almost entirely on anecdotal and unsupported evidence. You threw in some ad hominem rhetoric as well.

Let me address your statement that the "400 who gathered to hear bell hooks speak on campus last week would have surely taken issue with Jarnagin's analysis." Here you make a bold, albeit crass assertion that every single member of bell hooks' audience is anti-capitalist. Might I simply prove this statement to be false by stating that I and several of my pro-capitalist friends attended the bell hooks speech?

On behalf of myself and my friends, we most certainly do not take issue with Jarnagin's analysis.

Following this false assertion, you go on to list some alleged proponents of socialism, including Angela Davis and Albert Einstein.

While these people are certainly recognized for their great achievements in social and scientific advancement, you do not give any proof that they held socialist ideals.

Aside from this lack of documentation, it is still anecdotal evidence.

Mr. Mestnik, you criticized Jarnagin for using ad hominem in his letter, yet you state that Jarnagin and other pro-capitalists suffer from -~ "ditto-head" "kneepad conservatism" syndrome and are forever crawling around at the feet of the rich and powerful. Here you seem to stoop to the level of ad hominem as well.

I reproach you for making assertions that I have found to be misinformational, illogical, unsupported and offensive.

Furthermore, Mr. Mestnik, you did not pay The Metropolitan for your political advertisement at the conclusion of your editorial. Therefore: I extend an invitation to those against racism, sexism,' religious intolerance, homophobia and socialist propaganda to learn more about the pro-capitalist libertarian values upon which the United States Constitution is based. Please write to the Colorado Libertarian Party, 720 E . 18th Ave. , Suite 309, Denver, Colorado 80203.

'Not only does socialism and libertarianism clash on the issue of capitalism but ther.e seems to be great discrepancy on the issue of personal responsibility.路

Jesse E. Stephenson MSCD Student

Over the past couple of weeks, two letters on the subject of homosexuality and human rights for those who are homosexual have appeared on the editorial pages of The Metropolitan. One was written by an old friend of mine, the other by someone I have never had the displeasure of meeting. Both scream of bigotry and, demand a response.

First of all, let me clarify a few points. First, I am not gay, but as a person concerned with the welfare of my brothers and sisters can not remain silent as bigotry proceeds to destroy people. Secondly, I am a future seminarian in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in .

America (ELCA) and can find no Biblical support for the type of verbal gay bashing that is now taking place.

Thirdly, I have been active in this arena for several years now and am not doing it for popularity, political gain, or to somehow be "politically correct."

The scary thing about what is taking place is the logic that the two letter-writers use to try and justify their.. positions. In the March 18 issue, Mr. Cesar Freitas states that he is being discriminated against by making him shower with homosexuals because it's "Every man's wet dream to shower with those he wished to fantasize about." From one man to-another, please give me some credit Mr. Freitas! Maybe YOU aren't able to_ control yourself, but I am. Besides, I'm sure that you're not attracted to every woman, so why do you assume that every homosexual would be attracted to you?

What an ego! Besides, would you also demand that homosexuals be disallowed from the locker rooms here on Auraria? Chances are if you've ever used the facilities here on campus, you've been in the presence of a. homosexual. Get real Mr. Freitas, hysterics like yours never helps anyone.

Another twist of logic was used by my friend Matt McGuiness. He blamed a columnist who writes for The Metropolitan of having a siege mentality and hurling epitaphs. Well, who can blame homosexuals for having a siege mentality? They've been under attack for as lonq as anyone can remember, while Mr. McGuiness and his church have stood by and sanctioned it (remember the Vatican statement in the Autumn of 1992 saying that anti-homosexual bias is for the common good?). And, while Mr. McGuiness may not use derogatory names when referring to homosexuals, I know for a fact that many members of the Auraria Catholics do so on a fre~ quent and regular basis. Even so, I've got to give credit where ifs due; Matt McGuiness and other members of the Auraria Catholics volunteer vast quantities of time working in the Seton House AIDS hospice. What I take issue over is their stance toward the homosexual population in general.

It baffles me why we let divisions like a person's sexual orientation divide us and erase our commonalities. We all share the same dreams and ambitions. We all share the need to be able to walk down the street in safety. And I believe that we all have the need to be free from these chains. The same chains that bind down homosexuals also bind down each and everyone of us.

Jerry Kliner MSCD Student

Birth Control Condones Sex, Thus Need for Abortions You are free to believe whatever you want, no matter how untrue it may be. I refer your assertion 路 that the continued proliferation of contraceptive devices will reduce the "need for abortions." ("Keep Your Church Out of My Womb," March 4). This fantasy is refuted by the testimony of pro-choicers themselves. Sex researcher Alfred C. Kinsey said, "[We] have found the highest frequency of induced abortion in the group, which in general, most frequently used contraceptives." Planned Parenthood's own Dr. Alan Guttmacher admitted that "when an abortion is easily obtainable, contraception is neither actively nor diligently used."

How tragic that in this "one nation under God," God has been expelled from the public schools and the sexual propaganda squad has been invited in.

Increased sex "education" has led to increased sex-

ual activity. Children are taught "how to" but not about "when to" or "when not to" have sex.

The promotion. o~ contraception and abortion has convinced many that sex and children are unrelated. Hence, many men view women merely as "objects" to be used for the sake of pleasure. We've created a culture that says sexual promiscuity is "healthy," abstinence is "impossible," pregnancy is a "disease," and children are a "burden." Many men are convinced that their best "choice" is to abandon the woman they've impregnated and leave it to her to raise the child.

Mother Teresa prophetically observed that abortion is "the greatest destroyer of peace today." One need only pick up a newspaper to see the damage done by allowing private citizens to use lethal force against innocent persons. Unfortunately, this ethic

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has not been confined to abortion clinics: it has spread rapidly since Roe vs. Wade from the halls of the Supreme Court and into our streets.

Let us hope the members of the next generation (those who manage to come through the gauntlet of abortion and urban violence alive) do not treat us the way we've treated them. Let us hope they don't kill us with compassion, Kevorkian-style, as we become "useless eaters" at the age of retirement.

When Pope John Paul II was in Denver he said, "America needs much prayer-lest it lose its soul."

The answer to illegitimacy and violence is not more police on the streets and rubbers in the classrooms;路 it is a return to God, the source of all life.

Matt McGuiness President, Auraria Catholics

APRIL 8, 1994

In Defense of Democracy, Socialism It amazes me to see articles that equate democChicanos in the southwest are anti-democratic. racy with capitalism and totalitarianism with socialPeople who want to limit the democratic rights of ism. They quickly point to Stalin as their vindication. people who speak Spanish and other languages are ; anti-democratic also.

It's like a game of "selective amnesia," only remembering the negative brutal reputation of one nation's Capitalism is an economic system that requires leader, while conveniently forgetting the others. a political process that serves its needs. Exploitation For example, capitalism is an economic system is a necessary component of capitalism. In order for where a few people control the majority of the surplus value to be created, most of us must be exploited. The wealthier you are, the more democra- wealth, while the rest of society toils for a living. The elite wealthy class (of capitalists) control government cy you enjoy. But, the majority of us cannot be and determine how much democracy the rest of us wealthy...that is the design. can or cannot have. Generally speaking when "out" Democracy and socialism are synonymous. capitalists are plundering the wealth of other nations, Early socialist thinkers called for real majority rule; giving the people who produce the they decide that they can afford to wealth and the power to control it. ,. give us more democracy with the liberalization of laws and political and 'The idea of The idea of socialism is to create a that meets the needs of economic reforms. socialism is to society everyone, instead of a society of a However, when times get tough, when liberation movements in the create a society small handful of people living in third world free themselves from for- that meets the exorbitant luxury while millions sufeign domination the capitalists turn needs of everyone, fer in poverty.

There is an appeal to the idea - inward and become more conservative; where restrictive laws are writ- instead of a soci- that people can live in affordable small housing and look forward to a ten, democracy becomes limited and ety of a people become scapegoats for the handful of people health care plan that serves everyone. I believe that socialism promisills of capitalism. living in exorbi- es a society of full employment and Adolf Hitler was a strong defend... er of capitalism. He convinced the tant luxury while the expansion of democratic rights German ruling class to use fascism millions suffer in where people of all nationalities, including Chicanos, Latinos, to consolidate their power. Most neo- poverty.'

African-Americans, NativeNazi organizations and Christian Americans and Asians are guaranright-wing organizations are pro-capiteed equality. Socialist democracy includes women talist and are anti-democratic. Chile's fascist dictator as full equal partners in every sphere of life. ~ General Pinochet, who was reputedly financed by Furthermore, I believe that democracy and a socialthe C.l.A., was a defender of capitalism.

Other pro-capitalist, anti-democratic leaders ist way of life would appreciate people's varied lifestyles and accept gays, lesbians and bisexuals as included Marcos of the Philippines, the military rulers of Latin America, Asia and Africa. The contemporary important contributing members of society.

The economic and political consequences of right-wing nationalists of Germany are also pro-capitalist. During 路the "Great Depression" in the United capitalism, in its 3M year existence, has been dev~ States, military and police forces were used to supastating for the majority of us and has already demonstrated its contempt for the earth's resources press workers from exercising their "freedom of speech" with the use of violence and martial and has continuously violated the rights of indigenous people everywhere. I would prefer a socialist law... that was anti-democratic. society that is more democratic and that would seek Joseph McCarthy was a supporter of capitalism and abused his power as a U.S. Senator to underto emulate the traditions and values of indigenous people, who were communal and demonstrated ' mine democracy and jail and discredit people who criticized America. The Ku Klux Klan, and White respect for the earth.

People's Councils in the south that prevented African-Americans from voting were and are antiJoe Navarro democratic. Politicians who use their power to gerryMSCD Student mander districts that restrict the voting rights of

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people by their qualifications and so far the military In response to Cesar Freitas' editorial on March 18, 1994 "Why Should Gays Be So Lucky?," I see has been able to discriminate according to sexual preference, but does that make it right? If being hetCesar's point that if gay men are allowed to shower with the gender to whom they are most attracted, erosexual does not automatically qualify someone for a job, why should homosexuality perhaps the women should be included in the same military showautomatically disqualify someone ers and billets. But if sexual fantasy 'If being hetero- for a job?

Remember when they didn't let is his main concern, he should stop sexual does not worrying. He misses the point that automatically women in certain areas of the miliWell, guess what? Women gay people do not exist only to lust qualify someone tary? after people. of the same gender. are now allowed into most M.O.s in They have other concerns. Besides, for a job, why the military, and the military still why should he care if they look dis- should homosex- works. So why should someone be creetly, as long as they don't harass uality automati- disqualified to serve his/her country because of a private matter like or abuse him, (which is strictly prohibited under military code)? It's not cally disqualify sexual fantasy? If that's the case, a we might as well make it a law to as if there have never been gays in someone for the military, in the same barracks, in job?' ban gays from public gyms, swimming pools and professional athletic the same showers. I'm sorry to burst team locker rooms. his bubble, but gays are not a new hybrid, even in Please stop viewing gays as aliens. Please stop the military. Maybe he should just stop worrying classifying them and realize that they too are human about someone else's sexual desires and get on beings with needs, emotions and intellect as equal with his life. Besides, last time I checked, private and diverse as any other "class" of society. sexual fantasy (which takes place in the mind) is not unconstitutional or prohibited by law.

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THE METROPOLITAN

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he Denver International Airport. Its sure-footed development, like a child in the womb, has been monitored closely in the newspapers for months, even years. I am well-versed in the hype; the ballooning price tag, the deaths of three workers, the cronyism of Mayor Wellington Webb, the fact that it will be the departure point for the most expensive taxi ride in the country from an airport to the city. And now the opening is delayed until May 15. The baggage system wasn't working right. The airlines said they would pay the $30 million it will cost in delays.

As a frequent traveler, airport hype doesn't mean much to me.

I want merely to get on a plane and get to my destination. Stapleton International Airport was just fine with me, although it does seem rather small compared to the other cities' snazzy airports I have traveled through: New York, Dallas, Chicago, Mexico City, Miami, Amsterdam, Honolulu. I guess Denver is a bit skimpy. But not any more.

As the airport inches toward its opening day, all of my preconceived, newspaper-trained expectations about the fiasco seem to subside as I catch my first glimpse of the new Denver International Airport.

Speeding over the newly paved Pena Boulevard that stretches over the flat brown plains, I see there is a wildlife watching area to the side. I don't see much of anything but the plain, brown field.

The terminal's giant roof that looks like fluffy whipped meringue peaks is sighted in the distance. As we glide closer, it evolves into a neo-futuristic drop-off point for passengers. It's really like stepping into Disneyland: a futuristic passing point for travelers with a newage, artsy twist.

The airport is 10 stories of neo-chic. Silvery, streamlined concourses echo of art-deco, but fly toward the future. Tri-colored marble from India, Africa and Texas in chevron swirls grace the floors as passengers, after they check in their baggage, will head for the concourses. They may pass by the time capsule recently installed with Rockies baseball memorabilia. I discover The meringue-looking roof is actually teflon that diffuses the light and has a soothing effect on the traveler, the public relations officer tells me. It also acts as a cooling and heating system, so that the airport need be heated only about three weeks out of the year. Efficient. The auport is efficient for passengers, designed for low stress, carefree traveling, more time that the planes are in the air, moi=e income.

They are still working out the kinks of the baggage system, using lost luggage nobody claimed to test the multi million-dollar computer-operated baggage system the airlines wanted installed.

That's what the public relations officers say about why the airport got so expensive, now priced at more than $3.l billion. The airlines wanted more and better things. This is the future. This is the premiere airport of the world, they say. Like Tokyo, like London.

There are 88 gates. They have three fire houses, even a small hospital. ATM machines are in every concourse. There are unisex toilets and a nursery for women to breast-feed in private or to change a little one s diapers.

And then there ' s the art. 39 pieces. It 's all over the airport: abstracts, paintings, sculptures. It is in the corridors of the train that glides you to concourse A, B or C. The computerized male voice in the train tells me, "The door is closing," and then the train whisks down the tracks at 30 miles per hour. Disneyland, yes. The $7 million they spent on art for the airport comes alive in the corridors of the train, as hundreds of mini-propellers spin by in silvery streaks, and there is a green neon pattern of a snake-like figure, or maybe it is a hand, and then there are the dozen or so green pick axes that are strung up and protruding out of the wall, swinging.

I stroll along concourse C and smell the freshly installed carpet and I encounter the only suspension bridge in the world over an active taxiway. You could spend an afternoon on that 365-foot-long white bridge just gazing out over the spectacular Rocky Mountains that is accompanied by the skyscrapers of Denver jutting out of the horizon like crystal formations. Or perhaps you may just stand there in zero visibility and know three planes are landing simultaneous. It 1s possible at the new airport.

So traveleri., citizens of Denver, the airport is here. It 1s a 1ewel m the desert. ready for pilgrims to trek further for their destinations but be greeted by the future. It is almost ready. It has taken a long time and it has taken a lot of money. But it 1s beautiful; a traveler's Mecca and haven for airport and travel freaks like me to remind us of the marvels of the future and humanity s creative and technical abilities.

It 's opening for sure May 15 (or so they say). Let's hope it works and gets the 9,000 graduating seniors, including myself, on their way. That's the most important part. I'm outta here, and the DIA better work.

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Dr. Deboran Anne Palmieri Graduate School of International Studies. University of Denver and the Russian-American

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Europe, NATO, and Russia: In Search ol a New Security Order Dr. Kostas G. Messas Metropolitan State College of Denver

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Dorothy Hicks, Cathy Walker and John Law enjoy their Memphis trip.

Students Take Tennessee Trip Jeff Stratton Features Editor Four MSCD students from the English honor society attended the International Sigma Tau Delta Convention in Memphis, Tenn., March 17-19, and came back richer financially and intellectually.

The students, all English majors, were Cathy Walker, Dorothy Hicks, John Law and Ross Nance. Law, who submitted one paper and some poetry, won the $500 Herbert L. Hughes award. His award-winning piece, "The Color of Domination: A Symbolic Reading of 'The Hand,"' was published in Sigma Tau Delta's publication "Rectangle."

The balmy Memphis weather bolstered the students' spirits, as did winning the Outstanding Chapter award, an accolade that follows last year's regional Sigma Tau Delta Conference, which was held in Denver. The $300 prize can be used however the chapter sees fit.

Another attendee, recent MSCD English graduate Fiona Casida, delivered a session on "Hosting a Regional or State Convention," an area she knows well after her tenure as Sigma Tau Delta president last year and as co-chairwoman of Denver's regional conference.

The MSCD professor and faculty sponsor who accompanied the students, .Robin Quizar, is proud of her students.

Law, she said, "had an excellent time in Memphis. He was on a real high."

"The money is his to do whatever he wants with. We hope he spends it wisely and well," she said with a grin. "We already knew that John had won an award, but it was a real surprise to win the Outstanding Chapter award, especially at an international convention."

"I thought the weekend went very well," Law said. "We were able to make new contacts with members of other chapters."

Other highlights of the trip included a speech by Nikki Giovanni, a well-known poet and civil rights activist who is an English professor at Virginia Tech; and some extra-curricular fun, including a riverboat journey on the Mississippi.

"We had wanted to go to Graceland," Quizar said, "but $25 was just too much to spend."

While the four students all presented papers accepted by Sigma Tau Delta, the conference provided open sessions to give individuals a chance to share with their peers other works that were not included in the selection process.

"They loved doing that," Quizar said.

"They had a couple sessions like that.

Some of them stayed up until the wee hours, reading poetry and short stories.

They started at 10 p.m, so you can imagine how long they went on. I really don't know. I couldn't stay up that late."

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Stalking Talk De.als With Solutions Elizabeth Gregg

order. Her stalker confronted her on the street and she tried to get him to follow her to the police station so she could prove she was being stalked. When they arrived~ he shot her three times.

Her assailant was arrested and received a prison term of 80 years.

However, he continues to stalk her through contacts he has with the outside world.

Reactions of her testimony were strong.

"She really drove home the message that we all need to be involved," said Rocky Hernandez, an MSCD student.

Hernandez, a technical communications major, said he found her story compelling.

Panelist Fawn Germer, a reporter from the Rocky Mountain News, shared her suggestions for stalking and domestic violence victims.

"It' s your job. If you want more (eyes opened), you' re going to have to call for it," Germer said. To educate society, Germer said, the victims must talk and share their experiences with the public.

An audience member said she felt the whole issue of domestic violence needs to be brought to light.

"It (the information presented) is just the tip of the iceberg. It just wets their appetite about what goes on," said Cheryl Detwiler, an artist. She plans to use her talents to help educate the public through a set of domestic violence murals she will paint next fall.

At this time, there are 13 domestic violence bills before the Colorado legislature.

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According to Ginger Green, those were some of the threats uttered by her daughter's killer, Eric Preuss.

Green shared at the third annual "Margo Green Memorial Series" March 15, the aftermath of losing her daughter, =====;;;;;;;:=:::=;;===mi==;;;5;;;======;;;;;;;;;~=========::!1 UCD student Margo Green, to a stalker.

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Patricia Russell McCloud lived up to her billing as a powerful and articulate motivational speaker when she addressed the Student Union crowd March 21 delivering a powerful oration aimed at women of color. As the keynote speaker for "Sisters Sisters: Defining Ourselves," an all-day program for women, RussellMcCloud drew applause and cheers throughout her 45-minute speech. She discussed the endless classifications that all humanity falls into.

"Let all those who will look, see, and let all those who will listen, hear, let them know and understand us, sisters, defining ourselves," Russell-McCloud said in her speech, which was sponsored by MSCD's Office of Student Affairs. "For we may not have it all together, but together, we can have it all." · She insisted that women must understand and know just how important they are.

"You are not parenthetical, you are not an afterthought, you are not an addon, you are not a footnote," she said. "I am suggesting that you are mainstream, key, and essential, and on a scale of one to 10 and 10 is high, you are at least 350."

She said that women have arrived and must continue to empower themselves.

"Being a woman or a man is a matter of birth," she said. "But being a woman ·or a man that makes a difference is a matter of choice."

She acknowledged that everyone is different and said that diversity is a

strength. She said there are two types of minorities, those who the majority sets apart and those who set themselves apart .

"A hard mind is different from a tough mind," she said. "If you hit granite with an anvil it shatters because it was too hard, but when you hit leather with an anvil, it flexes."

She called for women to break the line they now travel between token and true advancement.

"Empowerment is more than a buzz phrase," she said "Empowennent means that you may not be in charge of otheJs, but you are definitely in charge of yourself" She splashed her speech with humor and told of a woman who had just gotten a big promotion. The lady received a beautiful bouquet of flowers with the message "rest in peace" and was horrified. Calling the florist to inquire, he said not to worry, that somewhere someone was being buried with a floral arrangement that read "good luck in your new location." Her point was to stay positive.

In closing, Russell-McCloud said it is society's responsibility to be multiculturally sophisticated and understanding.

"There must be a celebration of what each person brings to the table," she said.

"We can all learn from each other."

Russell-McCloud received a standing ovation from the room packed with more than 200 people, mostly women of color, when she concluded.

"We are six years out from the 21st century and we must define ourselves," she said. "Sisters, are you my sister ... sister?"

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The peer Advisors will be responsible for assisting enrolled MSCD students through various retention activities.

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Pilgrimage Through History With Italian Art Summer Study Abroad Program Offers Drawing, Travel Patricia Sydney Straub EDITOR IN CHIEF

For thousands of years, artists have been making pilgrimages to Italy' s Tuscany region. Inspired by its landscapes, monuments and other great art, Albrecht Diirer came from Germany in the early 1500s, Frenc;hman Nicholas Poussin in the 1600s, and the English artist Joseph Mallord William Turner to the same region in 1800. Now MSCD students can make their own pilgrimage this summer, studying drawing or art history through the MSCD Art department's Extended Campus program, "Art in Italy," June 17 through July 10.

"It's a chance for both drawing and history, and to experience a culture where art is valued," said Monica Blackmun Visona, an art historian and MSCD assistant professor of art. "In Italy, art can be seen outside of museums. Most of the art is in churches and in public squares, where it was originally supposed to be - not taken out of original context to be put in a museum yet."

Visona will be teaching the 4-credit, upper division course The History of Art in Italy, which includes an indepth orientation of Tuscany, Etruscan art and the Renaissance.

The itinerary includes day trips to Florence, Arezzo, Perugia, Lucca, Cortona, Orvieto, Volterra, San Girnignano, Siena, and Pisa. Two optional weekend trips to Rome and Venice are also planned.

Conducting the 3-credit class, Drawing in Italy, is

part-time MSCD drawing instructor and Denver artist Elizabeth Buhr.

Artists of all levels, including beginning, will be able to learn the elements of drawing using various materials by working with Italy's landscape and architecture, as well as portraits and people on the street.

"Working through drawing- it can be more visually intimate," Buhr said. "You begin to understand the perspectives and the forms having to draw them." Students will visually document their trip by filling their sketchbooks with daily scenes, along with examples of masters' paintings in museums. "What better way to understand painting and drawing than to go and see the thing firsthand?" Buhr said.

The group, limited to 30 students, will be based in the Jnstituto Santa Chiara in the small hilltop town of Castiglione Fiorentino, 37 miles south of Florence and in the heart of Tuscany. The art institute, a former convent, offers studio space,

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ART from page 20 a library, an Olympic-sized swimming pool, a large dining room and dormitorylike facilities with private baths. Many rooms have breathtaking views, Visona said, and a courtyard sits in the middle of the Institute where "a lot of people sit around drinking wine after a hard day of looking at art."

And they will see a lot of art. Visona said to bring good walking shoes, because they will be using them to see the spectacular sites on day trips.

"Students tend to have different responses to different areas," Visona said.

One favorite includes Voltera, a town

founded by ancient Etruscans between 700 and 800 B.C. Students can still see Etruscan arches amid the still-thriving market town. Paintings dating from 1500 can be found in the museum and church.

Roman ruins are nearby, and the town has its own artist community that sells their contemporary art pieces.

Kristin Zecher, a MSCD art histoiy senior, participated in the trip, last offered two years ago. The highlight of her trip was seeing Michelangelo's ''David" in the Accademia, a museum in Aorence. 'That's one of the icons of great Western art. To see it in pictures is nothing like seeing it in person.. Some people ciy," she said

"Monica knows her stuff. She's great to travel with, lots of energy, she's always 'go, go, go!"'

And Visona does know her stuff.

She spent 12 months doing graduate work in Italy, her husband, archeologist Paolo Visona, is Italian, and they still have family there. Fluent in the language, she understands the culture and has a sub-specialty in classical art. Buhr also speaks Italian.

Students are encouraged to apply as soon as possible. Financial aid is available for those who qualify. For more information, call 556-3090.

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With the return of Martinez, David The Roadrunners face the Pioneers Woods was bumped off of the varsity .ros• THE METROPOUTAN April 16, and Bania sounded confident ter and admitted that his heart hadn't been The MSCD men's tennis team when asked of his team's chances. into tennis after losing his match at six improved its record to 6-1 and bettered its "We will spank DU," Bania said. singles to Colorado College. chances of dethroning the University of "Put the word 'spank' in capital letters."

"I wasn't into it and I haven't played Southern Colorado for the Colorado Bania said he fully expects his team well all season," Woods said.

Athletic Conference title.

MSCD's mat~h Monday was canto win all of its remaining matches except MSCD defeated Colorado College for the USC match. celed due to weather and Colorado Christian consecutively That one will be conditions, and the team March 30 and 31. The Roadrunners won a decided by how well is scheduled to play 5-4 decision against Colorado College the team plays up until 'We will spank DU. Nebraska-Kearney and swept Colorado Christian 9-0. that match and on 7 at 2 p.m. at the word April Assistant tennis coach Mike Bania some stellar individual Put home. spank in capital said the team is progressing as expected play.

The MSCD women and has actually gotten stronger with the MSCD No. 3 sin- letters.' were also in action last return of No. 5 singles player Chris g! es player Arturo week beating Colorado Martinez. Martinez missed the team's first Rodriquez said that it Christian 8-1 on March -Mike Bania five matches with an elbow injury. will take an exceptionAssistant men's tennis ;r~unc~~e~-O ~~tt~i~ ''With Chris returning, we are field- al effort to beat USC, ing the strongest team MSCD has had but it can be done. coach Force in Colorado since 1990," Bania said.

"With Chris back, Springs April 2.

The only blemish on the it helps our depth to The loss to Air Roadrunners' record is a 9-0 loss to match up with Force dropped the defending CAC champion USC. Southern," Rodriquez said. "I think if we women to 4-3 for the season.

Bania expects MSCD to have a better play our best we can win that one at The women have beaten the teams home." showing when USC visits April 19. they should beat and have had a tougher "We should be able to play much betBania said it is now or never as far as schedule than the men so far. All three of ter, and I think if everything goes our way he is concerned. their losses have come against schools we could win that match," Bania said.

"This has to be the year," Bania said. with much stronger tennis programs than MSCD's strongest competition aside "It is my last year of coaching because I · MSCD. They are scheduled to play from USC, should come from Denver graduate in the fall."

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Roadrunners Say 'G'Day' After four days in Sydney, the Roadrunners headed north to Brisbane to compete in the International Women's Volleyball Tournament.

In Brisbane, team members were welcomed into the homes of other players in the tournament, which McMullen described as a priceless experience.

"They took care of us and made us have fun," McMullen said.

After another successful tournament, competing against several Australian National Team players, the Roadrunners moved down the coast to the Gold Coast resort area for a little rest and relaxation.

The Roadrunners lounged on the beach, played with Koala bears and kangaroos, and visited the Sea World amusement park, along with trying their luck in local casinos in their final four days in the land down under before returning to Denver in time to start school.

McMullen said the trip was more than just going to play volleyball.

"They got the cultural education you could never get in a classroom, the volley was secondary to the experience," McMullen said.

"There were several girls that have never been out of the country before this trip," McMullen said. "I think they learned a lot from the dif-

Andrew Mosier SPORTS EDITOR

While most MSCD students were enjoying their spring break in Florida, Texas or California, the women's volleyball team flew halfway around the world to the land down under.

"We started talking about a trip around the middle of last year," coach Rhonda McMullen said. "The girls unanimously chose to go to Australia."

After the decision was made, McMullen said the fund raising process began, with each girl having to raise $2,000.

"We had to raise $30,000 for the trip, which took about a year and a half to do," McMullen said.

Players had various ways of earning the money for the trip, including running the concession stand at basketball games and the state high school volleyball championships.

McMullen said they also got money for the trip from volleyball camps run by the team, tournaments hosted by the Photo courtesy of Julie Stranahan Roadrunners, a raffle, and some MSCD volleyball player Julie Stranahan poses got corperate sponsors. with a Koala during the team's recent trip to "I am very proud of them, Australia. they all worked very hard to raise the money they needed, and I ferent culture." think it was well worth their effort," McMullen said.

McMullen said she got the idea from when she was a player The Roadrunners played in two tournaments during the in college and went to Japan to play. trip. MSCD played in the New South Whales state cup. The "I suggested several countries, but they all wanted to go to highlight of the first tournament was beating the Australian Australia," McMullen said. national champions in five games, topping the Aussies 15-13 in McMullen said the trip is beneficial in several ways. the final game.

"It's a great recruiting tool, because if girls know we do "They played great in the first tournament. Everybody things like this, they will want to come here, and it helps for played extremely well," McMullen said. " Considering we team unity. They all have this experience in common," didn't practice and had just gotten off the plane, I was very McMullen said. pleased with their performance."

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Baseball Drops Three of Four to Mesa State Andrew Mosier SPORTS EDITOR

MSCD's baseball team dropped three of four Mile High Baseball League games in a four-game series to Mesa State College in Alamosa over the weekend.

The Roadrunners started the series off well enough, topping Mesa 6-3.

Starting pitcher junior Vince Lucero earned his fourth win of the year, with MSCD connecting 10 times at the plate in

"We played well. Instead of losing, we just got beat," Porreca said.

Mesa ran away with the rest of the series, dropping the Roadrunners 10-4 in the third game and 13-2 in the fourth and final game of the series.

The Roadrunners connected five times in the 4-10 loss, committing one error en route to junior Matt Torrez' s second loss starting on the mound.

The final game saw MSCD get on base eight times, but only manage two runs, while committing five errors in the

the six-run effort.

"We played well in all aspects of the game," coach Vince Porreco said.

"Pitching was the key to our win, and we kept the pressure on them at the plate."

The second game of the series did not go as well as the Roadrunners would have liked, giving up two runs and six hits in the 2-1 loss.

The loss knocked junior Steve Knight to 2-5 for the season.

Porreco was not disappointed with the effort of his team despite the loss.

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"The key for us is being mentally tough all the way through a series,'' Porreco said. "The team has a lot of potential but it just hasn't come together yet.

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

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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. Info: 722-2916 or 733-7390.

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The Peachtree Creative Group will be holding casting sessions for models, actors, and extras in Denver throughout the month of April. For an appointment call (303) 861-0072.

MSCD's Bahai Club presents a public forum on "Realizing the Vision of World Peace" at 7 :30 p .m ., 225 E. Bayaud Ave . Free, all welcome. Info: 322-8997.

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

CoPIRG hosts a planning meeting for "Earth Day Celebrations" at 4 p.m. in SU 230-B. All welcome; artists especially needed. Info: 5564537 or 969-0825.

MSCD' s Activity Council presents "Comedy in the Mission" from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

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The PEAi< Leadership Program is pleased to announce the

1994 Giraffe Award Recipients Marcus Martinez

Michael Drennen What began as a class project soon turned into community activism by Michael raising $12,000 for Barbour Ponds Stal Park.

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Jim dillgent!Y worked with the Colo. ~eneral Assembly for the passage ottegislation that deals w1th women's and children's Issues.

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Denise has a uniqi ab li1Y to:bting people togethe ·from dtverse cultures an consistently takes-o tan for student rights an human rights,.

Antoinette Yecchio

Bryce has taken risks by bringing to campus controversial "Speakers who discuss difficult and challenging issues.

Jim Severson

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Marcus has supported his belief in free speech and expression by taking the issue all the way to the Ombud's Office.

Antoinette questioned and stood l!P to AHEC and broke the mry about more than $130,0 of missing parking fees.

As the founder ot Sisters 1n Supporrof Cha ge Organization (SlSCO), Asharo has contributed slgn1flcantJy to improving the qualrty of life for black women on campus .

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