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Tivoli bar closes after one month Student Union managers will reopen SiGis Cabaret in the fall with a new advertising campaign Robert Arrieta The Metropolitan

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SiGi's Cabaret is forced to make its last call March 17 due to an untimely opening, but will reopen next fall.

SiGi' s, located in the Tivoli Student Union, replaced The Mission in the old Student Union and had to deal with several problems that the new management of Auraria Higher Education Center didn't anticipate, said Dennis Bryan, SiGi's manager.

Construction delays caused the opening date to be moved to the first week of February. This prevented SiGi's from being available to Metro's Student Activities, which did its event scheduling in January.

Bryan said the poorly-timed opening is the primary factor for SiGi's lack of success.

"Students just didn't know about us," Bryan said.

Because the Tivoli is a historical landmark, city zoning restrictions prevent SiGi's from posting signs on the exterior of the building to draw in outside business.

Despite poor initial profits, Bryan remains optimistic about the future success of SiGi's. The bar is intended to have a student atmosphere that welcomes everybody.

"This is a great student place," Bryan said, "it's their place, their house."

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Thomas C. Wiiheimi, Metro biology major, prepares for a game of cribbage at near-empty SIGl's bar Tuesday afternoon. paign is planned for the fall, along with various activities done in conjunction with The Daily Grind, which is located directly above SiGi's.

Besides losing out on a semester's worth of business, Bryan is forced to fire five of his six staff members. Bryan tried to get his staff positions in other divisions of AHEC, but he has not received any response.

Dorothy Kelley, one of the student employees

forced to find a new workplace, said she is not happy.

"I will be unemployed and have to look for a new job," Kelley said.

All of the employees that will be fired were asked to come back when SiGi's reopens.

"I would be interested in coming back, but that's a long time away," Kelley said.

Student Union retailers strive to survive Tivoli merchants struggle to reach students, broaden non-student business Dave Flomberg Senior SIOH writer After the dream of the new and improved Tivoli Student Union has lost its luster, the merchants are being faced with a gray future.

"There are too many food places, everyone's throat is getting cut," said Warren Kepper, owner of the New York Deli. "The thing keeping us open is branching out to downtown, with delivery and catering. If we were to just rely on students, we'd have closed already."

Months after the grand opening, Tivoli merchants are beginning to think they didn't get what they bargained for.

"We started off with a bang, although it's slowed down a lot," said Brad Cook, manager of Twist and Shout. "We'll give it time and see what happens."

Kepper gave a few reasons for the slowdown. ''You'\re got to pay a fortune to park here," Kepper said. "AHEC (Auraria Higher Education Center) isn't giving any of us a break. Originally, in order for us to validate, you had to spend at least $10 here. That' wasn't our policy, that was AHEC's. And that was only for an hour, and I had to pay for half of that. Now I've

got an $1,800 parking bill ... and we only validate after 7 p.m. during the week and 11 a.m. on the weekends."

He said another reason his restaurant is staying open is because of the crowds that the movie theater brings, but people who aren't students don't know about the other places in the Tivoli.

"I feel bad for them," Kepper said.

"What's going to happen in June, July and August? Those places are in big trouble."

Kepper said merchants were led to believe that AHEC was going to bring in outside business to the Tivoli, "but not even a tenth of the students already here bother corning into the building."

This is the biggest problem facing The Bunker, a vintage clothing store located on the lower level of the Tivoli.

"The students don't know that the Student Union is here," said Amber Godrey, part owner of the shop.

Mike Kedkad, owner of Primo Pizza, shared that sentiment and added a few others.

'There are just too many food places here," Kedkad said. "Not only do I have competition from the South Classroom :Suilding, but the food court has killed about 50 percent of my business."

Kedkad said a big part of the problem

is the sheer number of food establishments in the Tivoli.

"I believe that a combination of food, retail and entertainment would have been the best course," Kedkad said. "As for now it's just food, food, food."

The Mandarin owners have run into the same problem. Alex Kini, part owner, echoed Kedkad's opinions.

"The Student Union is simply saturated with restaurants," Kim said. "When we signed the lease; we expected at most five or six other restaurants." Presently, there are eight restaurants, with plans for more.

Kirn said the general feeling amongst smaller proprietors is anxiety.

"New tenants don 't know what to expect," Kim said. "Some of them don't think they'll make it through the summer."

Kim and Kedkad said one way to increase business would be to make parking more accessible to patrons. He said an hour-long parking validation would make more people willing to stop and browse at the Tivoli.

"Why would outside individuals want to come here when they can go to Cherry Creek (Mall), park for free, and have a much bigger variety of services and retail?" Kim said.

He said part of the problem is AHEC is out of its league, being college administrators, not mall management, and has little concept of how to market such a venture.

'They're learning as they go along," Kim said.

Which may be why a student was hired as marketing coordinator. Lori Ganni, a CCD student, holds the position.

"I am accountable only to the tenants and whoever pays my salary," Ganni said.

"My job and what I do is none of your business, and certainly nothing all of the campus needs to know about. If the tenants have a problem, they can talk to me about it."

However, according to Kersten Keith, Metro representative to the Student Advisory Committee to the Auraria Board, marketing is an area that needs to be openly discussed.

"I have seen very little done," Keith said. "We need to look at someone with a retail and marketing background."

According to the tenants, many things need to be examined to ensure success. " I gambled my future on this,'~ Kedkad said.

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Friendly computer lab's employees are not so computer friendly, according to Metro students Nguyen Pontiere The Metropolitan Jn a limited survey, students rated the overall service at the computer lab as fair.

Students felt that the service was friendly and that the lab assistants were helpful in fixing the printers.

Students had two concerns: First, sometimes there is no one present when a student wants to check into the lab.

Second. some lab assistants are not familiar with the Macintosh computers.

Adam Way, a UCD student, said he went to use the lab and no one was present to check him in. . James Eck, supervisor of the computer lab, said standard procedure is to wait until someone shows up who can check you in. "It's just that we are a little short-handed now," he said.

Jane Wackerbarth, a contract major at Metro, said she can't complain about the lab's service. "I'm thrilled to use it," she said.

Wackerbarth said that she would like

to see better hours, and lab assistants with more Macintosh background.

"Sometimes I have to ask someone around me for help," she said.

Eck said that one reason for the prob1ems is most students do the job as a work-study position and the students are only familiar with IBM computers.

There is currently no venue to voice opinions about the computer lab. "Most of the students come to me and we try to rectify the problem," Eck said.

FOCUS ON YOUR FlHURE! Career Exploration Day April 19, 1995 lOAM- 3 PM Tivoli Student Union

• Network with employers in the business field • Gain knowledge of career opportunities in business • Identify skills and abilities needed by employers

A nationwide search for the new chief of Auraria Public Safety has netted over 200 applicants, which the search committee has narrowed down to 20.

The head of the committee, Phil Bustos, division director of Student Services at the Auraria Higher Education Center, said: "We started reviewing in January and we are now down to 20 applicants. We'll narrow it down to four to six people, and then we'll either do phone interviews or fly people in."

Bustos said the search for a new chief is a sensitive area since there are in-house applicants.

The qualifications for the job are: •Bachelor's of Science or Art degree in administration, criminal justice or a related field.

•Five years minimum experience at the manager/director/chief level in a law enforcement setting, which includes experience working with judicial and criminal justice systems.

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The Auraria Board voted unanimously Monday to allow the proposed Bus Pass Program to go before the students.

The program would allow students at the three colleges on Auraria campus to use their student IDs for unlimited rides on local RTD buses and light rail.

Students who use Denver Metro Regional Service would have to pay $i'.50 each time they ride, and those using Regional Express Service or Denver Metro Express Service would have to pay 50 cents for each ride. That would be a $1 discount off regular RTD fares.

The pass would be good from the beginning of one semester until the beginning of the following semester.

"I think it would be a great opportunity for Metro students to have that access," said Amy Haimerl, vice president of students fees for Metro's Student Government.

Voting on the referendum will be held on April 19 and 20. Even if the students pass the referendum, it will still have to go before the governing boards of each college for approval.

The referendum is only for a pilot program. If it passes, the program would begin in fall 1995 and run for two years. Students would then vote on whether they wished to keep it.

The cost of the program would be added onto student fees. Each student would pay $14.96 per

semester to fund the program. An institutional collection fee of at least 2 percent will be added on and the colleges could add an additional 1.5 percent for bad debt collection.

Students currently receive a discount on monthly passes: local passes are $23, express passes are $39, and regional passes are $63.

Students who use RTD now could see their transportation costs decrease as much as $140, depending on which service they use and how often they use it.

Charles Buchanan, a Metro student who has been instrumental in setting up the program, thinks the referendum will pass without any problems.

He said that Metro ran a similar, non-binding question two years ago and 67 percent of those that voted said "yes."

JoAnn Soker, vice president of Administration for the Auraria Higher Education Center, said during the board meeting that this is an opportunity to accommodate for growth on the campus without having to build more parking facilities.

Metro President Sheila Kaplan said it comes down to a question of how many students will actually use the program.

"This project throws off a tremendous amount of money with 30,000 students paying $30 a year - that's a lot of money," she said. "It's a problem for me in asking that number of students to pay, if only a very few are going to use it."

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Language program helps foreign students Nguyen Pontiere The Metropolitan Tivoli Student Union 2nd Floor Open for Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner 572-DELI

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The Spring International Language Center just started a new language series called "Friendship Partner Program."

Janice Oldroyd, an instructor for the center, said there was such a good response to their first language program because of an advertisement put in a Tivoli Student Union coupon booklet, that a second program has been initiated.

The center is a private language school located in the Tivoli. The school has no affiliation with any of the Auraria

schools, however Oldroyd said sometimes after finishing a program at the center, students sometimes attend CCD or Metro.

The first language program called "Conversation Program" was part of a class at the center. It consisted of spending two days a week with a teacher and two days a week with an American. The program lasted four-and-a-half weeks.

Oldroyd said that she had so many volunteers for the first program, she was only able to use about four or five of the Americans. The Friendship Partner Program will be a lot more informal.

"I'm looking for students on campus who might want to befriend one foreign student and do social things with them."

Oldroyd said. She also said the American should try and make contact with the student at least once a week. Oldroyd said one of the reasons for this is that it is difficult for the foreign student to mix with other students, because there is no oncampus housing at Auraria. ''The new program serves as a real good training ground for both the student and the American,''. Oldroyd said. "It gives the student an opportunity to be a part of the campus community."

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Friday afternoon jam sessions struggling Careen Warren The Metropolitan · The Friday Afternoon Club at Auraria's new Student Union is off to a shaky start. Whether or not the live music will survive at the Tivoli remains undecided.

Holding Friday afternoon jam sessions in the Tivoli atrium was an idea conceived by UCD alumnae Annette Halt and Amber Godfrey, owners of The Bunker, a vintage clothing shop in the Tivoli. Halt initially wanted to help put together Friday afternoon live music by rotating sponsorships between Student Activities and Tivoli merchants like The Bunker and Twist and Shout.

"The merchants are thrilled to support bands," Halt said.

Tivoli management may not be so thrilled.

"Initially they refused to let any events take place in the atrium," said Fatima Anderson, programming assistant for Metro' s Student Activities.

Jamil Khera, UCD events coordinator, agrees.

"Even having music there is a miracle." Khera said.

Barb Weiske of Tivoli Management said that although loud music would make it difficult for Auraria Conference and Events Services to rent out conference rooms because of their location above the atrium. they support student activities at the Tivoli. Weiske said the Tivoli would let prospective renters know about the bands in order to avoid conflict. However, Weiske added that student-sponsored events do not necessarily get priority and scheduling. Any event is on a first-come-firstserve basis.

Twist and Shout, in conj unction with What Are Records? and KXPK-FM/96.5 (known as The Peak), brought The Samples to the Tivoli on Jan. 26. The Boulder band's show, which was heavily promoted by its label and sponsored in part by advertisements on the Peak radio station, was attended by 700 people, according to Matthew Wilkering, a representative for WAR? One week later, UCD and the Bunker sponsored the Ugly Americans. Without the powerful forces of a big name and the

promotional resources of a big label, turnout was poor.

Attendance has remained sporadic despite the fact that Auraria' s tri-institutional campus is located in the heart of the 24th-largest radio market in the country, according to the Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook.

Colleges are typically a hotbed of musical activity, and in the course of the past decade major recording labels have increasingly recognized colleges as a crucial promotional target.

Bands recognize college markets as an important vehicle for breaking into the mainstream.

Halt and Khera both agree that a waning interest in the college music scene isn't the problem. However, finding a way to create community among three schools that remain divided by budgets and a lack of resources, while encouraging and supporting the spirit of college music, is.

"I think this is a real issue because if the three schools worked together there would be a real unified feeling, like a real campus," Halt said.

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Elizabeth Rose, Metro English literature major, fronts her band, Sympathy F In the Tivoli atrium Feb. 3

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-P ublished f acuity Spring evaluations at Metro fever are still in the works Stephanie Connolly The Metropolitan A new fonn for student evaluations of faculty may be adopted

by Metro in the near future.

The Faculty Senate Evaluation Committee, put together in the summer of 1994 and headed by Dr. Vincent Orlando, has chosen three possible models for use in students' evaluation of faculty members. The committee originally had plans to create their own fonns but decided to choose one of the already available forms instead, Orlando said.

Charlotte Murphy, chair of the Math Department and a member of the committee, said two of the models allow for a customized and tailored list of questions according to the type of class (i.e. lab or lecture), and the third model up for consideration is the form currently being used. Murphy said many professors with lab courses do not find the current fonn adequate because it isn' t flexible.

The forms up for consideration, aside from the one presently used, include the Course/Instructor Evaluation Questionnaire which contains 20 to 30 questions summarized in four subscales, and the Instructional Assessment System which contains seven forms developed for different types of classes.

Murphy said these fonns are more flexible.

Orlando said the reason the current form may be changed is because a number of faculty members were unhappy with it and were concerned that it may not be a valid or reliable measure of faculty performance. He said President Kaplan was concerned because evaluations were open to the public and she wanted Metro to use the best evaluation instrument possible.

The faculty will vote on the forms during the second week of April. The results of the vote and final recommendation made to · President Kaplan will be released on April 21.

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Provost finalist is keeping quiet about his job search at Metro Nguyen Pontiere

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Christopher Anderson Senior Stall Writer Auraria's Campus Planning and Design Committee debated the merits of having a gasoline station at 7th Street and Auraria Parkway Monday, March 13.

Auraria owns the lot, which is now used for parking.

William Fulkerson, an Auraria Board member and president of the state colleges of Colorado, doesn' t think Auraria should be getting involved any further with privatization. "I am already taking some heat for the privatization we already have," Fulkerson said.

JoAnn Soker, executive vice president of administration to the Board, said the Denver Nuggets have offered to buy or lease the land to provide the gasoline station.

The committee is responsible for the physical structure of the campus, and makes suggestions to the Auraria board for voting.

The commitee also discussed how to handle expected traffic conflicts with Auraria students and Nuggets patrons.

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If Thomas Canavan is chosen as provost for Metro, Philadelphia's Drexel University will suffer a great loss, said Jason Frye, student dean of Arts and Sciences at Drexel.

Frye works with Canavan on a weekly basis.

Canavan is one of four finalists chosen for provost and vice president for Academic Canavan Affairs at Metro. He is currently dean of Arts and Sciences at Drexel.

Denise Inman, news editor of Drexel's student newspaper, The Triangle, said since the president and provost of Drexel recently resigned,

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Inman said Canavan was the most logical person for either of the positions.

However, Frye disagrees. "I do not think Canavan will take another position - at Drexel," he said. "He has been applying for positions at other universities and he has been keeping it real secretive."

Frye said he thinks Canavan is keeping the issue a secret, because he does not want to hurt the university. "When our president resigned, 15 others resigned, too. These were people that the president had brought with him," Frye said.

Frye said Canavan has been taking many vacation days. "His secretary didn't even know he went to Denver last week," he said. Canavan toured the campus last week to be interviewed for the final stages of the provost search.

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Inman said Canavan was recently involved in three projects at Drexel: First, Canavan was a planning officer for the Strategic Planning Initiative at Drexel. This was a long-range plan developed to increase enrollment, balance the school budget and remove the deficit, Inman said.

Second, Canavan also started the Student Faculty Forum for the College of Arts and Sciences. Inman said that faculty and students would meet to discuss solutions for problems phtguing the college.

"It was very well received by faculty," said Inman. "In fact, more faculty was preseµt at meetings than students."

Third, Inman said Canavan has also eliminated a ~roblem with the course booklets. During the fall term, course booklets listed "staff' for all of the professors. "It was very annoying, because you never knew who would teach the class," she said. The problem was brought to Canavan' s attention, and the deadline for publishing the booklet was extended, she said.

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-Dr. Oneida Mascarenas far beyond what the college should permit. This certainly brings into question grounds for suspension of all students involved in the writing of this article.

Another consequence of your article is that it provides a symbol that relates to people how obvious institutionalized racism is at Metro, and not just in the minds of the overly sensitive. This issue is beyond this professor, beyond this department. We have to stop the conscious omissions in our

historical rendition of Native Americans which contribute to institutional racism. Liken it to a class on Judaic Studies where the professor denies the Holocaust, or a class on African American Studies where the professor denies slavery. How can anyone knowingly tolerate this climate in the college newspaper.in our classrooms and in our institution? Students, professors and staff must support the inquiry if for no other reason than we can use this issue for the larger good.

Rather than criticize Ms. Boyce, we should applaud her for displaying an act of political conscience. This PC does not get in the way of understanding American history. Rather, it makes us understand how the compulsion to do the right thing, which is still in the minds of our Metro students and often lacking in the prevailing atmosphere on campus, can lead to a better understanding of American Indians.

Or. Oneida Mascarenas Metro Political Science Department

Allegations against profs are welcome

Lynette Ha1nbleton Kyle Loving Chris L. Mancuso

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Thank you, Mr. Editor, for inviting my response to your story on the informal grievance against a professor in (The the History Department Metropolitan, March 3, 1995). I had called you to express my concern over the use of the caption "Wounded Me" under the student's picture. You replied that you had indeed debated using such a statement and even after realizing that it might offend a number of people, decided to go with it. Your story has some consequences. First, it trivializes the studenfs feelings and sets an example of what would happen to any American Indian student who challenges a professor's pedagogical skills. Secondly, it makes light of the atrocities at Wounded Knee in 1860 and the uprising at Wounded Knee in 1973, under the guise of clever journalism.

Your presentation of this event was purely insensitive, and distasteful to say the least. It did denigrate Native Americans. And if we examine the hate speech provisions within Metro, we might find that it sets permissible limits to student speech; that in fact this act by you and your reporter went

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In regards to the two students who responded to the grievance against Tom Altherr, I am almost ashamed to say I go to this school. Thank God they are not representative of the whple student body.

First, Amy Huckaby, the class in question is not U.S. History, it is American Indian History. This is quite different. And I would suppose the reason you thought it was U.S. History is because it is taught like a U.S. History class. It is a multicultural class taught from a eurocentric perspective as you certainly substantiated, Ms. Huckaby.

Furthermore, I don't find it disturbing that students are "allowed to make allegations." I welcome it. The student filing the grievance was NOT the only student who has these complaints. If the reporter had done her job she would have noted in her report that at the grievance hearing there were other students who are and were in that

class and have similar complaints. If the Administration does its job adequately, it will find an interesting pattern in regards to complaints against Mr. Altherr's teaching. All of which have been conveniently swept under the bureaucratic carpet.

Second, Christopher Schneider, a historian by his own admission, should know there is no such thing as "Oriental Studies." But since he is a Metro history major, where "white is might," it is only natural that ha would use such a derogatory term.

In the end, it doesn't surprise me that these and other students like Mr. Altherr's teachings and that they don't find anything wrong with it. He confirms what they learned in high school.

Mr. Schneider said it himself: We are in college and a 300 level course, no less. So what's the problem? Is it too difficult for students and professors to stop using the same old stereotypes:

"ignoble," "noble savages," the question of scalping, the contributions of missionaries, and using Hollywood films as a source to provide an accurate account of Indian History. It doesn't take a Native American to figure out that something is wrong with this course. Just take a look at the syllabus. It has little to do with the man's skin color and more to do with the man's mindset.

Maybe someone should tell Mr. Altherr that it isn't the '60s anymore.

There are now American Indians who can and will teach this class. And if not there are non-Indians who have an awareness of the American Indian perspective to do it justice. Otherwise, it's just another class in U.S. History. Mr. Altherr still has courses he can teach on the History of Baseball and the History of Sex. Monica Garcia Member of MEChA

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Learn for Your Life Imagine how wonderful it would be if someone were to create a powerful tool that could perform any task we set before it. Imagine if there were several such tools directed toward worthwhile human endeavors. Imagine if every human on the planet could personally possess this type of tool. Well, it turns out that such a tool does in fact exist, and every human on the planet has one. The tool? You guessed it: The human mind!

The human mind is incredibly powerful. It is infinitely capable in a variety of ways. Imagination, reason, inspiration and many other remarkable capabilities all come from our miraculous minds.

How do we nurture and care for this most precious tool so that we can tap and direct this limitless power? We need to feed it, just as we feed the body.

The mind continually requires new information and new thoughts to stay in a healthy, growing state. The degree to which the mind can be effectively utilized is in direct proportion to what and how much we feed it. It follows that if we feed our minds a nutritionally balanced "diet," we can expect them to produce at a peak fitness level.

So, when it comes to feeding our minds, where do we start? It can be summed up with a couple of words that make many people cringe: Adult Education. We need to put ourselves and keep ourselves in a mode of living where we're continuously learning.

A good strong education is the fundamental base upon which we will build our lives. Many of our significant achievements will be linked back to this foundation. It's analogous to joining the armed services and starting off in boot camp: Just as we need to strengthen our bodies to prepare for the physical demands of the armed services, we likewise need to strengthen our minds so we'll be prepared to face

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the challenges that life will offer. We need to tackle adversity from a position of strength. Life provides the adversity - education provides the strength. At this point you may be wondering why I'm telling you all this. Why me? To answer this, I'd like to give a personal example of how a college education transformed my life, and served as the springboard for more personal accomplishment than I can possibly acknowledge in this article.

When I was seventeen years old, J was the perfect picture of someone who could have been voted "least likely to succeed." I was in poor physical shape, had lost my driver's license, aritl to complete the picture, had dropped out of East High School with the unimpressive record of completing a total of fifteen classes. Of these fifteen classes, I earned "F's" in twelve (resulting in an equally unimpressive GPA of 0.416). My future prospects didn't look promising. I wasn't in the depths of despair, but I was on the pathway to nowhere, fast becoming an authority on the subject of underachievement.

I then developed a goal. A single, but powerful goal. I dreamed of getting a college degree. I believed that getting a degree would pat everything right in my life: I could use it to prove to.myself that I wasn't a failure, and that I could do anything if I set my mind to it. Since I didn't have a high school diploma, I needed to pass a General Equivalency Diploma test to even get my foot in the door. I took the GED test at Emily Griffith's Opportunity School, and somehow, armed with only a ninth grade education, passed it.

In 1980 I enrolled in Metropolitan State College of Denver (then MSC), and signed up for an intermediate algebra course. I completed the course with a "B." This was a great accomplishment: I actually passed a college course! v

My first several classes resulted in ws·s," but as I progressed, they started turning into "A's." Finally, after five of the most rewarding years I can remember, I graduated Magna Cum Laude, and was awarded six scholarships along the way to receiving a Bachelors of the Sciences Degree in Electronics Engineering Technology. Since graduating from Metro, I have received a Master of Sciences Degree from the University of Southern California, and have presented several technical papers as a very successful engineer. I have taught mathematics and electronics at the Martin Marietta Evening Institute, Arapahoe Community College, and Metro. My life has been incredibly rewarding and fulfilling. What a difference that single goal made.

Now, as I reflect back on college, I realize that education is not just about getting smarter and learning new skills, it is the starting point for directing and shaping our destinies. It helps us become "innerdirected" rather than "outer-directed." Few things can compare with the sense of purpose, direction, and focus with which we're rewarded during the pursuit of higher education.

These benefits are priceless, but perhaps the greatest gift of an education is that it helps us to improve ourselves in ways such that we have something more to give to others. We can't give something away if we don't first have it. When we educate ourselves there is more of us to help others. One final thought to share, something we all once knew, but may have forgotten about education - learning is inherently fun. We love to learn and grow. Whether it's our first discovery of how calculus applies to the real wor1d, or struggling to compose our thoughts in the form of an essay, learning is mentally exhilarating. Go forth, and have a great time learning for your life!

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canonized writings of the First Presleyterian Church. All of the material is held by the church to be inspired

by Elvis and therefore infallible.

The first book, Genesis, focuses on the King's childhood. It is the only Gospel book that gives us a substantive account of Elvis' formative years.

An actor, the late Nick Adams, is thought by many church scholars to be the entouragic source for this material.

The first chapter of Genesis serves as a prologue to the main body of the book. It covers the broad sweep of E's earthly mission and his transmigration of the flesh into The Two - or Holy Twinity, as Presleyterians call it.

Previous verses from Chapter One have appeared in this column.

Following, are the concluding verses from Genesis One, which deal with the mystery of the King's transmigration:

"It was 23 years since the creation of the Rock when Elvis rested.

"He had been proclaimed the King and worshipped as no other god before or since. His fame had reached to every nation on earth. He had transformed the earth and all the generations that would follow. Yet still the god of creation was not done.

"For so awesome was the spirit of Elvis that even death could not conquer him.

"He came back from the dead and was reborn.

"Elvis rose from death and ascended to a level of existence no human being had ever known before.

He became a creature of the flesh who could appear randomly, at strange times and in strange places and to even stranger people.

"And he became a creature of spirit who could also vanish into thin air.

"He became a being who could incorporate or unincorporate at will. He became a being of both flesh and spirit, body and soul - two mints in one!

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What can I add to that but "Emen?"

The transmigration of Elvis into The Two (a being of both flesh and spirit) is , the central tenet of Presleyteria.A faith. It is the foundation of our belief in the King's divinity.

For Presleyterians are true worshippers of Elvis in every sense. We are not heretics who believe the King actually died in 1977. Nor would we blaspheme his name by the vulgar assertion that Elvis faked his own death.

What Presleyterians believe happened that fateful morning of Aug. 16, 1977 is this: The King was found lying in the bathroom at Graceland by the Heavenly Ginger, his current lover. His heart had stopped beating. At that moment, he was quite dead, to use the medical terminology. The Heavenly Ginger alerted the entourage, who called for an ambulance. Two martial

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And when the door was unsealed, the body was gone.

I won't speculate about who was buried in Elvis Presley's grave. I will say, though, that Elvis appeared to the Heavenly Ginger three days after the funeral. And shortly thereafter to other members of his entourage.

Needless to say, he's appeared many times in the ensuing 18 years.

These Elvis sightings are not the product of hysteria. Nor are they hoaxes or the product of media sensationalism.

No, the only explanation Presleyterians accept is that Elvis, through the power and glory of his divine being, resurrected himself. He has become The Two. Existing now as a Holy Twinity, Elvis is a being who can inhabit his body and walk among us whenever he so chooses. And a being who can disappear at will.

And that, in short, is why we sing his praises and praise his singing .

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B3seball art show scores a homerun Nikolas Wilets Photo Editor Whoever said, "Absence makes the heart grow fonder" had to be a baseball fan.

After seven months of striking ball players and the cancellation of the World Series, more than 100 people turned out for the opening of Batter Up! March 10 at the Metro Center for the Visual Arts.

The exhibition collects memorabilia from 13 decades of baseball and showcases the photographs of Jim Dow of Belmont, Mass.

Dow's photographs capture over 40 U.S. ballparks from the fan's-eye view. These vivid color images were shot through a view camera and are composed of several 8x I0-inch sections to form a panoramic view that reveals the individual beauty of each field.

For some, the photos can even stimulate memories.

"I see ballparks that I've played in: Birmingham, the Southern League and Augusta," said Charlie Metro, an ex-major league baseball player.

Metro, a resident of Colorado, played for Detroit and Philadelphia in the Majors from 1943 to 1948 and managed the Denver Bears.

Metro came to the exhibit to represent his company, which made four statues for the show. These pieces consist of life-size bronze replicas of famous hitter's hands holding the the bats they used. Included amongst these pieces are the hands of Colorado's own first baseman Andres Galarraga.

"My partner Richard does the work," Metro said, "I get the players."

In addition to the photographs and statues, the show boasts a large collection of baseball memorabilia that impressed visitors.

"I wanted the Wheaties box," attendee Kelle Coresch said while pointing to the case displaying the 1920' s cereal box displaying the image of Babe Ruth.

Julie "J.P." Primozich of College Communications was amazed by th epublic response to the exhibit.

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BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS: Baseball fan Lloyd Drum admires collectable memorabilia, including a commemorative featuring the legendary Babe Ruth during his lunch hour Tuesday.

"What'sinteresting is that people are taking it all in," Primozich said. "So often you see people at the shows pass by the material."

Batter Up! is running in conjunction with the opening of Coors Field and will be on display until April 22 at The Metro Center for the Visual Arts at 1701 Wazee St. The Gallery also offers two walking tours.

Student places sixth in French contest Yoko Naito The Metropolitan Ashley Harrison loves French.

"I think it's a very beautiful, expressive language," the Metro sophomore said. "It's very poetic, too."

Harrison, a 4.0 student majoring in modern languages with an emphasis in French, recently won sixth place in the National Composition Contest in French. The contest is conducted by Alliance Fran~aise Inc., a nonprofit organization promoting French language and culture.

"I was very happy and pleased," Harrison said. "I was really excited, because I didn't know what to expect from it."

Harrison said the essay topic was very contemporary and interesting: The effects of outside influences on native languages, including the controversy over English words making their way into French.

Participants were given two hours to write. The compositions were then sent to the Alliance's New York headquarters of the to be graded. Ann Williams-Gascon, assistant professor of French at Metro, monitored the contest in Denver.

Harrison placed sixth in the college and university category, which had 243 participants nationwide. Other winners were from universities such as the University of Arizona, Rice University and the University of California-Santa Cruz.

"We were very excited and proud of her," said Alain ' Ranwez, professor of French and director of the Honors Program at Metro. "It was her own work, but it also reflects our program."

Harrison learned French beginning at age 4. She

moved to France after her mother married a Frenchman.

After attending public schools in France, she came back to the United States to stay with her grandmother in Denver when she was 16.

"I had to work on my English," she said. "When I came back to the United States, I spoke English without any French accent at all, but my vocabulary was so limited that people wondered if I was from the United States.

I used the simplest words I could think of."

Harrison started her college education a few years later. Her husband, a sculptor, studies art. Harrison decided on French.

"I was motivated because I kind of knew what I wanted," Harrison said. "I wanted to do this for myself."

Harrison is active in a French theater group in Denver. Her French professors introduced her to the program.

"I'm really grateful for that," Harrison said, "because it's been a great experience. I needed an artistic outlet."

As an understudy last summer, Harrison played the role of a sphinx in the play La Machine /nfemale by Jean Cocteau.

Now Harrison is looking forward to Tartuffe by Moliere, which begins in May. She will play Mariane, a character who refuses to marry her fiance and loves another young man who is also engaged.

The advantage of speaking a second language, Harrison said, is that it allows communication with a whole different culture.

"I think it is a very important and really mind-opening experience," she said. "You have a chance to be in touch with two different worlds."

"In France, they really encourage a second language

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very early on in your education," she said. "I studied Spanish when I was 13, and I studied English. For me, it's part of my life."

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A few good men come to AUraria · Marine Corps ticket to I military aviator job Jason Garrison The Metropolitan When thinking of the United States Marine Corps, images are conjured of men decked out in green, in ankle-deep mud, sloshing it out in some murky swamp or charging a hostile beach as bullets fly by their ears.

But for 2nd Lt. Cesar Freitas, the Marine Corps is a ticket to the great blue yonder as a military aviator. Freitas is one of seven students on the Auraria Campus

currently enrolled in a U.S. Marine Corps Officer Selection Program, which opened a new office on the first floor of the Tivoli Student Union in November.

Freitas, 23, was commissioned on Feb. 21, after having been enrolled in the program for about a year and a half. He graduated from Metro with a degree in criminal justice and criminology.

The Officer Selection Program is for college students who may want to join the Marines upon graduation. It offers a variety of careers from communications to engineering and public affairs.

But aviation is the biggest draw for students at Auraria, officer-selection officer Capt. Lance M. Clemens said. He also

said that military pilots often enter the commercial market after fulfilling their military commitments.

"It's difficult to become a commercial airline pilot without having been in the military first," Clemens said.

Clemens said that those interested can be guaranteed an aviation slot upon their commission. Freitas secured one of those slots.

Freitas began his training by attending Officer Candidate School, a IO-week I training program in the summer.

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VANTAGE POINT: The Breckenridge Brewery was smart enou house directly across the street from Coors Field before com even began. Now, Rockies fans spilling out after a game can coldies without having to move their cars.

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Last Satuhtay night. while I was poring16ver my endless homework, I glanced over at my teenage sister. She was watching reruns of The Simpsons and eating Cheetos. I looked at her and said, "Debbie, why aren't you out? It's Saturday night." She shot me a look that could peel the paint off of a sidewalk and said, "I'm too young to get into anywhere cool, and most of my friends have fake IDs" That statement brought me back to my fonnative years.

After endless weekends of nothing to do,by chance, I stumbled onto LoDo. As my wanderlust dragged me from establishment to establishment, I found a few gems.

The first of these shining emeralds was The Market. Filled to the brim with patrons from the ages of 13 to 20, and a few of those older types. Although it is self-service, the prices were comparable and the coffee was adequate. The crowd was one of the more preppie places I visited; I counted 37 different particles of Gap clothing being worn while I was there.

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Catherine Is making its third trip to "Everybody In the band actually plays guitar Denver since December. The Chicago outfit on the record at one point or another,· says has already played Seven South and Alibi's, Jendon. •And the way I describe It Is that we and another show scheduled for Seven South make one good guitarist between the three of this month was abruptly canceled - to allow us. The beauty of having three guitars Is that the band to open for Hole, March 19 at the you can focus on textural things.· 3,000 capacity Mammoth Events Center.

Jendon Isn't taking his textu'es from strange "They've paid their dues In Denver,· says sources. Weaned on prog-rock like King promoter Dan Steinberg.

Crimson, he admits to being heavily influenced Neil Jendon, one of the group's two by '70s arena-rock bands, much as Smashing singers and three guitarists, Isn't going Pumpkins were . He also mentions that far yet, but he's still exactly where "Fleetwood Mac and the Eagles - you he wants to be. can't pretend that doesn't have an "You can't be tagging along Influence. They were pretty crafty with a band who've been named bands.· His favorite guitarists Include top of the VIiiage Voice critic's poll Carlos Santana c·one of the greatest without getting some attention,• he guitarists ever"), James Honeymansays. "But you never stop paying your Scott, the Pretenders' first guitarist, and dues. It's not like the army where you Mick Ronson, one of Bowie's Spiders get your stripes.· From Mars.

Seems likely that Catherine will be Texture and volume are two primary comgetting a reprieve, though. With all the activity ponents of Catherine's sound. Their motto, surrounding their new TVT release, Sorry, after all, is 'better living through noise.' But exposing themselves to Courtney's fans can't Jendon promises that the Denver audience hurt. won't be Injured.

Jendon met partner Jerome Brown on ·we don't want to make anyone's ears Chicago's south side, where they both grew bleed, but ours Is a very dense sound. It'll be up. Guitarist Mark Rew emigrated from Kansas WORK ETHIC: Chicago's Catherine have a job to do, and they'll be work- powerful, but we won't hurt anybocly. • City and the rhythm section, brothers Kerry Jendon Is enjoying Catherine's ascent, while ing hard as Hole's opener Sunday night at the Mammoth. and Keith Brown, shipped In from Orange maintaining that he's a normal guy, Immune to County at the last minute. The three Browns and their rela- accomplished something there.• traditional rock star behavior. tionship Isn't hard to figure out. ·Jerome Brown Is related to After selling suits, being a photographer, working as a ·1 never really fell into the whole cult of personality that someone, but no one in the band,· allows Jendon. graphic artist, and a career in Catherine, Jendon is confident surrounded rock stars,· he says. ·1 always thought the classic Jendon knows that hard work Is the reason Catherine no matter what pans out. thing of trashing the hotel room was like bringing your work has made It this far. For example, the band had to play five "Going back to work doesn't scare me. I realize this home with you. It's being unable to leave the role. I don't get Wednesday nights at a tiny St. Louis dub to the same thirty whole thing could dry up tomorrow. But I can type 60 words so overzealous.· people ootil they struck It relatlvely big. a minute, and I'm pretty proud of that.· What if Catherine becomes a household name?

He won't have to rely on office work to survive If •st. Louis was a tough nut to crack. The promoter there -Well,• Jendon laughs, "I'd get a bigger household for Catherine's thick soup of guitars continues to catch on. starters.· took a chance and 150 people showed up the last time and that filled the place,• Jendon relates. -We felt like we had Catherine's sound Is built on the Intensity of Its thre~-pronged Spoken Jlke a true rock star.

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And leader Jeff Martin doesn't necessarily see himself as depressed. ·1 wouldn't say that we're part of any movement, let alone the New Depressives,· says Martin. ·1 don't feel like being lumped In that category at all. Idaho's music is just honest music. It's not necessarily positive and joyful. Lyrically, I feel like I'm trying to deal with problems in my life. ·1 don't see the comparisons with the other bands, really. I listened to the last Red House Painters e.p . and It was very sad, very desperate music. And I wouldn't put American Music Club In there either. We won't be lumped in there for long.• Idaho's sound Is at once more electric and less somber than Red House Painters, not as polished or as rocking as American Music Club. Martin's collection of four-string guitars with unusual tunings makes Idaho sound different, off-kilter and strange, and his pained singing creates an atmosphere that warns: Difficult Listening.

"The guitars are a big part of why Idaho is unique, • says Martin. ·1 discovered them by accident.•

A classically trairie·d · pianist, 30-year-old Martin had never picked up a guitar until two years ago. And the first one he picked up was missing two strings. ·1 didn't even know how to tune a guitar..

And I wasn't about to learn from scratch. I thought playing a guitar required too much finesse. With only four strings I can kind of hamfist my way through stuff. I'm sure they wouldn't work for a real guitarist, but to me It's a great way of coming up with my own voicings and chords no one's ever heard before. If you're listening to a guitar In standard tuning, you're used to hearing those same chords. There's only so many ways you can play an E. Until now.· BETTER DAYS: Idaho members John Goldman, Dan Seta, Even though Idaho's second Jeff Martin and Mark Lewis are tanned, rested and ready. album, This Way Out (Caroline), Is and the music Is mature and well-constructminus the dark presence of original guitarist and partner John Berry, Martin admits ed. Red House Painters (see review next page) are around the comer, and the shadows of Joy Division that he's always had a predisposition for less-thansunny California tunes. and Leonard Cohen are just offstage. ·1 always wrote minor-key saddish piano pieces all my Opening for Cranes last month, Martin showed himself life. I've always liked that stuff. But the New Depressives, to be upbeat, easy-going and leading his band to a that's funny. A lot of that Is still the fallout from John brighter, sunnier spot on the lawn. Live, the band wasn't Berry.· This Way Out does find Martin treading some frail and tired at all. Depressed or not, Idaho has been takdowner turf lyrically, but overall, the angst is kept in check ing its Prozac, and by gum, it's working.

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Imagine cocktail lounge musicians doing covers of seminal punk rock tunes by bands like the Circle Jerks, Black Flag, the Adolescents, T.S.O .L. and the Germs.

Now imagine them combining this twisted loungecore style with their own version of Penelope Spheeris' acclaimed early-'80s L.A. hardcore documentary film, The Decline of Western Civilization, complete with the interviews and the live band intro sequences. Imagine this and you now understand the premise of this weird band and its even weirder disc. At first I thought this would be totally lame, nothing more than some novelty/oddity effort from three wannabe poser geeks who couldn't do real HC tunes. I mean, who do they think they are making fun of the coolest bands ever spawned by suburban American teen angst? These are the bands that drove the philosophy of my misspent youth, and I don't think they deserve a Dean Martin-ization. But I was wrong. This album is more fun than a Saran Wrap & Wesson Oil party. You simply haven't lived until you've heard these guys do their version of T.S.O.L.'s classic necrorocker "Code Blue· or the Circle Jerks' scalppeeler "Wasted.• Bee-zarre, but somehow satisfying. Kinda like a double Bombay martini with three olives in one of those neat glasses: At first it bums, but a second pull proves that the decision was sound.

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Kozelek still has his heart firmly emblazoned on his sleeve-. His voice is mixed so high on Ocean Beach that it's louder and clearer than anything else. Compared with the other records in their oeuvre, this one is the mellowest and slowest of them all.

Acoustic guitars are often bolstered by a lone piano or violin that may even help categorize this as folk music. The best songs use the vortex of morbid self-inspection to make their points.

"Moments" slowly rolls in like the San Francisco fog before giving way to a squall of frenzied guitar at its finish. "Drop" finds Kozelek at his bummed-out best.

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Belly's long-awaited follow-up album was well worth the wait. Belly has made ~ giant steps forward with King by taking creative chances and writing great lyrics. Although their debut album, Star, was great, King has • a much sweeter, deeper, • mature sound. Tanya Donelly's exquisite voice has character and impact unlike the babyish, brattish voice of every other female -fronted band these days. King is simply mesmerizing. "Red,• "Silverfish," "Super Connected,· and the first single and MTV favorite, "Now They'll Sleep" are enticing songs, but the entire CD is good enough to spin over and over again.

The album relies on Donelly's sensual voice, creating a perfect balance with Christopher Gorman on drums, Thomas Gorman on guitar and piano, and the addition of Gail Greenwood on bass and vocals. This one's a keeper.

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1 ~ight be a sucker for repetitive synthesized ~umping, but It's no cinch to find a truly dlstlngu1shed whumpity track much less an entire album.

With the repeated hearkening of Test Department's i 1994 release, Legacy' I've detennined that this album s truly ~ goodle. Legacy Is an assortment of technoesque industrial tracks, appropriate for both boo Ing and chilling. gy-

n Test ~epartment I~ not new to the art of industrial alboise ~;king . .The British organization released its first um, sto~ in 1982. TD became known for stagin its sfiderformhances in decaying Industrial locations inclu~lng es, P yslcal perfonners film h ' bles as part of the show. ' ' ore estras and brass ensem-

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Neither artist has been particularly successful in the United States. This disc is comprised of tracks from the Auteurs last record, Now I'm " Cowboy, decimated, destroyed and rebuilt by µ-Ziq. The result is a deconstructivist masterwork. Splicing his own DNA with that of the Auteurs, µ-Ziq's musical strands replicate and intertwine. Adept at taking a tiny snippet of a song and reconfiguring it into an extended electronic symphony. µ-Ziq may find himself in demand to disassemble more innocuous pop songs into rodiant orchestras of light.

Upon first listen, this record may seem like pretty pop trapped in a synthetic prison, until you realize that the locks and the bars are just as gorGristle and the Innovageous as what's locked inside. This Is accelerottion of n~wcomers like the Aphex Twin. This record is ed futurism, the sound of things coming too ~braSIVe and jarring to be considered ambient in the together. With deep, resounding bass blasts relaxing sense. lrs more thought provoking. and digital string quartets waltzing together, In what ~Y be a nod to Eno himself, a big fan of anaµ-Ziq vs. The Auteurs is a virtual reality grams! every trtle on A Pert Cyclic Omen Is an anagram of whirlpool, ond quite simply the most InterElectric Company. So there's a kind of uniform meaninglessesting and experimental electronic ness at work here, or maybe some joke we're not supposed record in some time. to get. The ~rst track, "p.a. Intercom cycle, .. Is so stridently offputtlng tha~ rt takes strength to wait for the next one. In the end A Pert Cyclic Omen Is interesting enough but those looki i ' Kustomizcd utilitarian outlet may come up empty-handed. ng or a The Battle FOi' Space Matador Stratton, _ __.....,..,.._ :;;~pm-~;::o---..,..,

Electric Company is a side project of Medicine's guitarist Brad Laner. Laner has always had a love affair with noise for noise's sake, and maybe Medicine's more accessible direction of late has prompted his foray into A Pert Cyclic Omen. What this amounts to is studio experimentation, owing ideas to not only ambient gurus like Brian Eno and milestones like Lou Reed's Metal Mdchine Music but to the chemical dirge of Throbbing

while performing Slade covers. Because you just love that funky '70s retro rock thang with the bleeding guitar leads and three-hour drum solos. Because you really dig music that makes you want to eat broken glass. Because any band that titles their songs with such interesting names as "Sewers of Mars," "Granny Grunt," "Shadow of the Wasp,• and "Have You Met Horror James?" really raises your eyebrows. Because you believe a band's success can be directly attributed to its performance on the Skrank-0-Meter, which in the case of Royal Trux means a full-peg red-line registration. Because it all comes down to that undeniably bitchin' musical hook that reduces your senses to a quivering mass of protoplasm ic bliss. Because of this, you will want to put Thank You In your permanent collection of CD recordings. This band is powerful cool, and vocalist Jennifer Herrema commands enough sheer blast and volume from her leather lungs to I'm scared to think make Lemmy Kilmister of what would happen If want to wet the bed. this music got out. 1rs like that Believe it.

Outbreak virus: It's hard to imagLee 1n e anyone unscathed. Weba Garretson is an inescapable vocal presence. She's operating with an overt feminist political agenda here, and her cloaking device Is the fact that she's a very silly woman who just happens to be in possession of a voice that could do anything tall buildings, single bounds, stopping bullets, the whole thing.

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Weba World casts her in the role of delivering monologues and being an avantgarde lounge singer.

The free-form Welcome to Weba World, Catasonlc Records' debut release, mixes lounge music, spoken word slam-poetry, slaphappy basslines and a very weird sense of timing. There's a bizarre pastiche of AC/DC's "Highway to Hell" as an antirape anthem and an on-the-money take on the 007 trademark "Goldfinger." Other high points Include a slinky unauthorized bio on the photographer Diane Arbus and her monthly cycle ("Diane Arbus") and Weba as a woman possessed with rage on "I See a Smile: Bonus points for accordion.

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Can you say earhole-widening reverb guitar attacks, smash can drumming and grumbleshriek vocals? This thing rocks from every corner of American music styles, Oomph! but relies heavily on the foct that overSperm done instrumentation and ham-handed Dyna mica production do not a good recording make . Instead, the spacemen of Former Electronic Body Music purveyKustomized have reduced the sound ors Oomph! have mutated into a highly of this disc to pure, undiluted punk focused, aggressive metal/techno hybrid. rock minimalism. The result is sweet Described in its press release as OAF meets pain. If you remember what it was like Sepultura, Sperm recalls Ministry, Nine Inch the first time you heard the Nails, Nitzer Ebb and The Young Gods.

Replacements, then get Kustomized Sequencers and slashing guitar chords as soon as possible. Your toes will trade places, all compact, unfriendly and be a-tappin'. hard-hitting. With song titles like ·suckTaste-Spit," "Sex," "War" and "Dlckhead," it isn't hard to discern the sentiment here.

This trio from Wolfsburg, Germany, handles half its lyrics in German and half in English, vocalist Dero brutishly clamoring above the din while Flux and Crap manipulate machinery and churn out combative guitar offensives. The last tune, "U-Said, • displays Oomph!'s synthetic origins, but the rest of the disc hammers molten metal on a big German anvil. These heavy-metal hackers may find a few opportunities to crossover in this country, as the product they've come up with is hostile, militant and dangerous. The folks who'd find this danceable are probably worth keeping your distance from.

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March 17 GEORGE CLINTON & THE P-FUNK All STARS- Ogden Theatre, 9 p.m.

SICK OF IT All w/ Orange 9mm and Kom- Gothic Theatre, 8 p .m.

MARCIA BALL- Fox Theatre, 9 p .m.

EVERYTHING- Mercury Cafe SPELL- Bluebird Theatre, 9 p.m.

March 18 WEEZER w/ Archers Loaf- Ogden Theatre, 9 p .m.

SHANKIN' PICKLE w/ Furious George & The Monster Groove- Gothic Theatre, Bp.m.

MARCIA BALL- Herman's Hideaway GEORGE CLINTON & THE P-PUNK ALL STARS- Fox Theatre, 9 p .m.

DAG w/Sympathy F, The ChrlstinesBluebird Theatre BUGS HENDERSON- Little Bear March 19 GEORGE CLINTON & THE P-FUNK All STARS- Fox Theatre, 9 p .m.

BUGS HENDERSON- Little Bear HOLE w/ Catherine- Mammoth Events Center, 7:30 p.m.

March 10 TRACY CHAPMAN w/Dlllon O'BrienBoulder Theater, 7:30 p .m.

DAG w/Alphabet Soup, Fox Theatre, 9:30p.m.

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March 11 JORMA KAUKONEN w/Pete Sears, Michael Salzarano- Herman's Hideaway March 22 COWBOY MOUTH- Herman's Hideaway THE 77's w/ The Throes, Curious FoolsMercury Cafe

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PETER HIMMELMAN- Blueblrd Theatre, Bp.m.

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THE CHAMP: The Champion brewpub Is one of LoDo's sports-oriented bars. They've got a wide selection of beers brewed on the premises, Including one named after Norm Clarke. They also boast 30 million TVs for your viewing pleasure.

r all ages . I found this place to be similar to the Market in most ~owever the clientele was decidedly more ... alternative. go., try the Vanilla Latte. ~xt stop: Starbuck's. OK, this place undoubtedly appeals e>lder crowd (20-30) and is indubitably more "Gap." tis brought me to Paris on the Platte. When my friend irst discovered this place at the tender young ages of 16 we were at once hooked. I have to say that this is my e Qf the LoDo coffee shops. They have the finest house their ice tea is always the most unusual, and their waitbave the best smiles. Bear in mind, there is no non1g section here, so if you can't handle the oh-so-lovely of Phillip Morris' finest, head somewhere else. :s, LoDo is loaded with exciting places in which to 1, meet unusual people, drink a variety of different cof1d observe a little urban society. >ebbie," I said, "Why don't you put on your coat. I'll rou a few places."

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PLACE TO MEET: On the 16th Street Mall and Curtis street Is the Rock Bottom Brewery, more popular as a melting pot for lonely yuppies seeking to meet and mate. Their beers are some of the best anywhere.

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candidates are overtaxed and put into but highly recommended, mini-OCS • leadership situations to see how they han- offered for candidates to gauge where they stan~ physically before going into OCS. · dle it."

Freitas said he was able to handle it Freitas recalled the experience as "a threeday weekend in ! well. "It was easier hell." than I expected it to "We ran a lot," I be, but it was still •ttgave me conndence In Freitas said. "It hard." wasn't so much the myseN, and In relying on The training distance that was other people with the was difficult enough just ran tiring.

We that Freitas pulled a ~1 ,.s ame training." everywhere.

It ligament in bis ankle wears you down." in the fourth week of The next step in training. By the end -2nd Lt. Cesar Freitas Freitas' training will of OCS the pull bad be a six-month stint become a tear. He at TBS (The Basic has since recovered.

School) where be In OCS, Freitas said candidates will be trained in leadership skills at the become qualified in rifle and pistol hanof three platoon level.

A platoon consists dling and are taught leadership skills at the squads.

After the TBS, Freitas will be off squad level. Squads consist of about 10 to Pensecola, Fla., for a year-and-a-half of persons.

Freitas said the most difficult part of flight training.

Freitas said he has no plans of becomthe school was the two hours of calisthenics and running that the candidates did ing a commercial pilot, and that he will every morning. Freitas said the longest likely serve the 20 years required for pendistance they ran at one time was eight- sion and retirement.

As for what he would like to fly, and-a-half miles.

Despite the physical strain, Freitas Freitas said he knows some pilots currentsaid OCS was good for him. "It gave me ly flying F-18 fighters, and that would suit confidence in myself, and in relying on him just fine.

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Set in Chicago, the film starts out with Khaila (Halle Barry) nursing her baby boy and in need of a hit of crack.

She ventures into an alley, leaving her baby in a box by some trash cans while she gets her drug fix.

She forgets about the baby, who is rescued by the boys at waste management the next morning. In typical Hollywood

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Khaila wakes up the next morning and tries to find the baby, but then assumes the child is dead. She is arrested later that night when the police stop her for shoplift~g and discover that she has drugs.

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Khaila is off drugs for good, living in a better apartment and employed in the child-care profession. It is through her counselor that she learns that her child,

LONG TIME, NO SEE: Khaila Edwards (Halle Berry) and her son, Isaiah (Marc John Jeffries), try to re-establish old bonds when they meet for the first time since his birth. 路

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Khaila is then referred to lawyer Kadar Lewis (Samuel L. Jackson), who will help Khaila try to get her child back from the family who adopted him.

The remainder of the movie is the battle between the two women over whom is the best mother for Isaiah.

Losing Isaiah is a tough movie. Both sides make a great case for who should keep Isaiah. The debate ranges from skin color, to responsibility, to the best interests of the child.

The movie does a great job of giving equal weight to all issues, making it difficult to determine who should get Isaiah.

Barry and Lange are good as the two mothers who desperately want the same thing: the chance to be a mother to Isaiah.

The movie also has a great supporting cast. Jackson, the undisputed king of supporting actors, especially stands out.

It was disappointing to see how Eddie Hughes (Cuba Gooding, Jr.) was used.

Gooding Jr. is a great actor, but his talents are not used to their full potential in this movie. Hughes is attracted to Khaila and is also a possible threat to her chances of getting back Isaiah because he is married (but separated) when he meets Khaila, but his character is never really developed.

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The best in the nation Darwin Strickland wins the 50 and 100 freestyle at nationals Trevor Grimm

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The Metropolitan The midwestern city of Canton, Ohio, may not be most people's idea of a vacation paradise, but for Metro swimmer Darwin Striclcland, it will do just fine.

Last week at the NCAA Oivision II National Swimming Championships in Canton, Striclcland picked up Metro's first two national championships in swimming at the Division II level. Striclcland placed first in the 50 freestyle with a time of 20.75 seconds, and snagged first in the 100 freestyle.

Strickland broke school records in each event, breaking the times of 20.79 and 45.68 in the 50 free and 100 free respectively, both of which he set at the Intennountain Swim League Championships last month.

In winning the two titles, Striclcland not only gave Metro their first swimming titles since they competed in NAIA prior to 1983, but also becomes the school's first two-time National Champion in any sport.

Strickland, who is involved in the U.S. Army Reserve Officer Training Corps, credits much of his success to the ROTC. "I think that one thing that really gave me experience with pressure probably came from the ROTC here at Metro State," Strickland said. ''They put you in stressful situations and force you to dig deep inside, to do your best. I kept reverting back to that when I got nervous."

Strickland, who also competed in nationals last year, said he had no feeling as to how the events would go. . ''I really had no predictions or anything like that going into the meet that I would do that good." Striclcland said.

In fact, after going through the preliminary round in which swimmers must qualify for the final round, Striclcland was seeded fifth in the 50 free and sixth in the 100 free.

"If it would have been a bet, I don't think a lot of people woulc;l have bet for me," Striclcland said.

Aside from Striclcland, freshman Scott_ Watson continued his remarkable season by placing in three events at the national championships. Watson finished 19th in the 100 breaststroke with a time of :59.45, 21st in the 400 individual medley with a time of 4: 10.25 and 24th in the 200 individual medley with a time of 1:56.42. Watson was disqualified in the 200 breaststroke.

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HANDS FULL O' HARDWARE: Darwin Strickland poses In the Auraria pool with the plaques he won for begin the best 100 freestyle and 50 freestyle swimmer at Division II Nationals In Canton, Ohio last week. Strickland Is the first athlete to win two national titles In Metro history and the first to do It since Metro moved to the Division II level from the NAIA. Strickland may return to swim next season If the ROTC allows him to.

Watson's time in the 400 individual medley shaved over six seconds off the old school record of 4:16.42, set by Sean Wendt in 1985-86. The record was the longest standing school record in swimming prior to Watson's new nwk.

Overall, Strickland and Watson combined for 40 team points, giving Metro a respectable team total ..

Strickland, a senior, also went to the national championships last year, when he placed fourth in the 100 freestyle with a time of 45.41 and sixth in the 50 freestyle with a time of 20.92.

With the four high finishes over the past two seasons, Strickland is now a fourtime All-American.

Strickland's performance over the last two years is made even more impressive by the fact that the 22-year-old had not competed since high school prior to last season, despite being heavily recruited after graduating from Northglenn High School. "(Swimming is) something I liked to do in high school, and I had some success in high school," Striclcland said. ''When I had the opportunity to try at the collegiate level through the ROTC program, I took the chance."

Strickland turned down chances to swim at the University of Southern California and Cal State-Los Angeles in favor of attending New Mexico Military Institute, where be did swim competitively.

Although listed as a senior this year, Striclcland will return to the Auraria campus next year to pursue a second major, philosophy, to go along with his Criminal Justice major. If the ROTC allows him to compete, Strickland will continue his swimming career.

In any case, Strickland is thankful for the opportunity to compete this year, as he was unsure about his swimming future after last season.

"I was very happy that I was given the chance to compete by the ROTC," Strickland said. "They scheduled ~e so I could work and fit in my school schedule and my swim schedule as well."

. ,__ ,s tennis team off to perfect start Women's t.cmDis to a 3-0 l'eOOtd'

entire veteran1!aqqlcl 1adwnners !Jave ~ CQlorP X<S-1 March 9), Regis UniVersicy . .·... · 'h 10), and the Ulliversity otdtorAdo:.:.c olorado Sprinss (9-0 Tuesday). fil % .

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many years.

"They kaow I expect a lot out of them," Bryaauaicl "If they don't produce,

Mefro's team. Jed by fourth-year player Rosemary Aiello at No. I singles and

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Baseball teant off to 6-3 start Nikolas Wilets Baseball Writer Despite a slow start amongst the cornrows of Nebraska, Metro's roadrunning sluggers managed to improve their record to 6-3, defeating Nebraska-Kearney three times in four tries last weekend "Any time you walk into another team's park and take three games out of four, you're looking real good and you should feel like you accomplished something," Metro coach Vince Porreco said.

The Roadrunners lost the first of this series of duels 7-5 under the pitching auspices of Geoff Abbey and Rob Wiggins.

Offensively, Metro failed to capitalize on scoring opportunities, leaving IO men on the bags despite a home run and two RBis

by Jason Riley and the additional RBI efforts of Matt Nispel, Devin Bixby and Sergio Cedillos.

"When we started to get to their starter. their reliever came in and pretty much slammed the door on us," Metro pitching coach Joel Forrest said.

The Roadrunners' defense suffered from errors similar to those experienced in the University of Denver game a week before, from which they failed to recover.

"That was uncharacteristic of this ballclub," Porreco said. "Our defense needs to pick up the slack in a tight ballgame and make the routine plays."

The Roadrunners' redemption came

quickly in the second game of Saturday's double-header. Despite their defensive failures, Metro's extraordinary offensive play delivered the team to a 9-7 victory in extra innings.

Matt Torrez led Metro's offensive play with a grand slam in the third inning.

"The ball was down and in a little bit," Torrez said, "I had a good swing on it, but I missed it a little.

"The wind was blowing out and I just got lucky."

Coach Porreco didn't object to Torrez's good fortune.

"It was a big hit," Porreco said, "We needed somebody to come through, and he picked us up."

Nispel supported Torrez's efforts with three RBis and a double. In addition, the Roadrunners corrected the earlier game's problems, leaving only five men on base.

Fielding errors remained the Road runners' principle flaw. Metro's fielding during the first six innings of the game was strong, but four errors in the bottom of the seventh allowed Nebraska-Kearney to catch up and force the game into extra innings.

Starting pitcher Roger Fisher also ran into trouble in the third inning, forcing the team to take him out.

"He (Fisher) gave up three runs and we have a real deep bullpen," Forrest said, "so if a guy gets in trouble we're going to go with someone new so we don't let the

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Zenon Gonzalez came in and did just that. He remained in for two-and-threequarters innings, allowing only two hits and striking out two men. Gonzalez was replaced by Jason Mayoral, who closed the game with three strikeouts, two hits and three runs.

Fisher said he was happy with his backup.

"You get mad when you come out," Fisher said, "But you also know that the guy is going to go in there and shut them down."

Sunday's double-header opened with a 6-5 Metro victory. Metro came out prepared to play ball, limiting their errors to three. Hitting was strong with Bixby, Nispel and Cedillos all banging doubles, accounting for half of Metro's hits.

Bixby and Nispel also brought in two runs apiece.

Shawn Harpin began the game and played for four-and-two-thirds innings. He was relieved by Jeff Abbey.

Harpin allowed eight hits and five runs. He struck out one batter and walked four. Abbey's relief held true to Forrest's expectations, allowing only one hit and no runs during his three-and-a-third innings of play.

"The third game was a tough game to win," Porreco said. "And it was a big win for us, because it set the tone for the day.

"After we won that, we had an edge

over them. We had the momentum going into the fourth game."

Porreco was right.

In the second game of Sunday's double-header, Metro State won 6-3 in the third extra-innings game of the series.

Robert Lantzy opened the game for Metro and pitched for five and a third innings. During his stint, he allowed three hits, two runs, three walks and only one double. He was · relieved by Desi Penington, who pitched for two-thirds of an inning, allowing only one hit.

At the top of the seventh Penington was replaced by Jason Mayoral, who came in for closing duties.

Mayoral finished the game with two hits, one run and one strikeout. Torrez again led the hitting with three hits and two runs. Jason Riley also distinguished himself with two hits, bringing in two runners.

"What we're doing now is earning the respect that we deserve in the state of Colorado and around the region," Porreco said, summing up the series. "People are becoming aware of Metro State College."

Metro takes on the University of Southern Colorado four times this weekend. The Roadrunners will play doubleheaders on Saturday and Sunday at Auraria Fields. The first game on Saturday is at I p.m. while Sunday's first game gets under way at noon.

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"Price J$ occupancy from New York. Departunis avai._ from most major U.S. cities. Prices •aty .cconling to departu"' date.

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Dr. Goodall will share her stories from over three decades of research with families of chimpanzees at the Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania. Africa.

She'll provide insights about the relationships between behaviors in primates and the occupations, or activities. of humans.

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of the American Occupational Therapy Foundation.

Ticket purchases are tax deductible to the extent allowed by the law. The market value of the breakfast is $15.00.

AMovies is a great new way to catch all the latest films at our lowest price! Showtimes are from IOam - 11:30arn every Wednesday. Check your newspaper for theatres and showtimes.

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Menorah Ministries hosts a Jewish Messiah and Biblical Historical Jewish Roots of Christianity information table every Monday and Thursday in the Tivoli east main entrance, and Wednesday in the main entrance of the North Classroom form 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Info: 722-0994.

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Hey Seniors! It's time to pick up application s for both the HMT A outstanding student award and the HMT A Deans award. These applications can be picked up at the HMTA house now. Remember, these awards are only for Seniors graduating by December of 1995. Application deadline is March 17, 1995 . No late applications will be accepted. Info: Debbie at 556-3152.

Menorah Ministries hosts a Truth Bible Study every Monday, Wednesday and Thursday from 3 to 6 p.m. in the Tivoli Rm . 542. Come and go as needed for fellowship and Truth Bible Study. Info: 722-0994.

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Metro State College Baha' i Club sponsors a series of Saturday forum "Books That Challenge" at Metro-Denver Baha'i Center at 225 E. Bayaud Ave., starting at 7:30 p.m. Today: "The Celestine Prophecy" by James Redfield, presented

by Stephanie Troxel. Info: 798-4319 or 322-8997.

The Denver Center Theatre Company offers a series of free Saturday matinees, supported by the Scientific & Cultural Facilities District. Today: "It Ain't Nothin' But The Blues," starting at 1:30 p.m. The matinee and tickets are in the Helen Bonfils Theater Complex, at the Denver Performing Art Complex.

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Alcoh o lics Anonymous meetings on campus ! Monday Wednesday, and Friday fr o m noon to 12:50 p.m. in Aurari a library Rm. 205. Info: Chris at 935-0358.

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p.m. at the Holiday Inn, I-70 at Chambers Road. The special guest is Jim Fern, artist of Spiderman 2099 from Marvel Comics.

Admission is $3 at the door. Info: 908788-6845.

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Metro' s Career Services offers employment workshops for Metro students, alumni, faculty and staff in AR 177 .

Today: Employment Services Orientation from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Info: 556-3664.

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Ben Monroe, ombudsman; Joan Foster, provost and vice president of Academic Affairs; Vernon Haley, vice president of Student Services; and Cheryl Judson, assistant vice president of Financial Aid, are holding office hours in the Metro Student Government office in the Tivoli, Rm. 307. Call 556-3312 for time.

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by Anselm Hollo and Lee Ballentine, starting at 7:30 p.m. Info: 573-JAVA or 697-1317.

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Madison Holloway, professor of Management; or Raj Khandekar, associate dean of the Business School is holiding office hours from 3 to 4 p.m. in the Metro Student Government office in the Tivoli Rm. 307. Info: 556-3312.

~·-···c.·•· 2!• Metro's Women' s Studies and Services hosts a presentation "Redefinining Actions and Decisions: Teaching Children about IDV" by Deborah Schoberlein from 1 to 3 p.m. in the Tivoli, Rm. 320. Info: 556-2959.

Metro's Student Activities hosts a series of concerts titled "Java Jam" at the Daily Grind in the Tivoli. Today: Cajun music

by Zukes of Zydeco from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Info: 556-2595.

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Herbalife Independent Distributor. Call · me for products or opportunity! Kate 571-9384.

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