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RTD workers remove the broken front coupler from a light rail train In front of the Technology Bulldlng Tuesday. The truck In the background was being driven by Alfred Rivera, who was struck by the train as he tried to enter Ninth Street from West Colfax Avenue. Witnesses said that Rivera tried to beat the train. The driver and the 15 people on the train were unhurt. Rivera Is at Denver General Hospital In serious condition.

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Auraria Board ignores law == The Auraria Board is also not in compliance with other clauses of the open-meetings law:

Christopher Anderson Senior Staff Writer

Although the attorney general's office declared a February 28 secret meeting illega.l, the Auraria Board still won' t reveal its dealings with AMC Theaters.

At the meeting, the Auraria Board discussed negotiation strategy regarding a planned expansion of the Tivoli's AMC Theaters, which would be built in the space occupied by Auraria's tennis courts.

In a letter tQ board chairman Manuel Martinez, Assistant Attorney General Elizabeth Weishaupt said the board violated the law when it didn't vote to enter into the secret meeting, or have enough members present to do so. Weishaupt declared the meeting to be considered open, but she said no further injunction was required because the board had not taken any action.

JoAnn Soker, executive vice president of Administration to the Auraria Board, said minutes of the meeting were not taken and that she will not disclose what was discussed at that meeting, adding that the public will be informed before action is taken.

However, Colorado's open-meetings law declares, " ... the formation of public policy is public business .. .," and requires minutes to be taken at all open meetings.

State law allows state public bodies to hold secret meetings under specific conditions, and only for certain topics.

Although Weishaupl didn' t mention it in her letter, the topic did not qualify as grounds for a secret . meeting, according to law.

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• The board does not publicly post any of its meetings.

Soker said her office mails an agenda to those who have requested it. The mailing list consists mostly of Auraria Higher Education Center administrators, Soker said.

• Minutes are not taken at the board's Campus Planning and Design Committee or Auxiliary Service Committee, which are subcommittees to the Auraria Board. Most discussion of public policy occurs at those committees before going to a vote before the Auraria Board.

Soker said that informal minutes used to be taken, but because they weren't being used, she found them to be unnecessary.

Although not a violation of law, there are other operating procedures that make it difficult for the public to keep track of the Auraria Board.

Notification for the two subcommittee meetings is sometimes given only one day in advance, according to Cheryl Corro, assistant to Soker. Corro said finding a time that fits board member's schedules is difficult, so the meetings are not regularly scheduled.

Although the Auraria Board meets regularly once a month, it is not consistent with where it meets. The last three meet~ngs have been held in different locations.

Martinez was unavailable for comment.

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Front-runner named for Provost Stephanie Connolly Jason Garrison Nguyen Pontiere The Metropolitan

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Sharon Wallace has been designated the leading candidate for provost and vice president for Academic Affairs at Metro by the selection committee.

Wallace, vice president for Academic Affairs at the University of North Dakota, has been the focus of controversy since last year, according to Steven Wagner, editor of the NDSU student newspaper, The Spectrum. He said that faculty complained the administration did not allow enough academic freedom, and that Wallace was an intimidation factor even to administration.

A survey regarding academic freedom, which was administered to NDSU faculty by the American Association of University Professors, showed that 81 percent of the respondents felt that Wallace was not committed to academic freedom . Another 68 percent of respondents said that promotion, tenure and other rankings were not fair or objective.

Ninety-three percent said they should have the opportunity to evaluate the president and the vice president of academic affairs.

There were 215 responses to the 465 questionnaires mailed out and mo.st ranked the administration low in faculty concerns.

Wallace said that over the last several years there had to be some administrative changes, including a reduction of administration and replacement of some individuals. Some of the decisions were based on budget, she said.

"Sharon had taken the brunt of the decisions that needed to be made by removing individuals from long-time held positions due to cultural diversity," said Jim Ozbun, president of NDSU. "It was in the best interest of everyone, the students, the faculty, the college and North Dakota."

Ozbun resigned in 1993 because of the administrative decisions that had to be made.

Wagner also said that Wallace hired her own husband for a faculty position for which he was not qualified.

"That's not accurate at all," Wallace said. "When I was hired at North Dakota State, the president agreed my husband would have a staff position for a period of six months so he could look around and find other employment. He is not on the faculty at all."

Wallace said that the university is in a very small community and that it is the major employer in town. She said that dual employment is often provided for couples.

"We !lave over 140 couples working on campus," she said. " It is one of the issues that we have found is critical if we are going to recruit people to our area

where not many people want to go, and it' s not the best weather in the world.

There are not a lot of other employment opportunities."

Wagner said that students at NDSU complain of a lack of contact with Wallace, and that she has not played a major role in student issues.

"I have contact with students, but I have limited contact with students," she said. "I have volunteered to go to the student senate at any time. I have gone to the student senate a couple of times this year."

Wallace said that her door has always been open to students, and that she values the students' point of view. But she said her job there is not one that lends itself to a lot of student contact.

Wallace said that she will be spending a week in the school's residence halls, living with the students so she can hear and better understand their views and values. She said her stay in the dorms is not an effort to impress Metro President Sheila Kaplan, who will be visiting the North Dakota State campus today.

Wallace said that the dorm stay has been planned for the past two years, and that she was among the first to volunteer.

The committee had recommended Wallace and Thomas Canavan of Drexel University to President Sheila Kaplan, however Canavan withdrew his candidacy for personal and family reasons.

Jason Frye, student counterpart to the

dean of the college of Arts and Sciences at Drexel, said he met with Canavan on March 13 and begged him to stay. Frye said that Canavan was essential to the future of the school.

NDSU by the numbers ,, Sbliron W allate, the front runner for the office of Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs, comes from a school much less diverse than Metro.

Asians are the largest minority student .population at ~orth Dakota Si.te University, accounting for only 1.1 percent of the student body. Second are Native Americans, at 0.83 percent.

African Americans are third, at 0.41 pereent and 0.16 peroent of the population are Hispanic. The school is 92.34 percent white. There were some nonresident international students and others that did not list ethnicity.

Comparatively, Metro has a 12 percent Hispanic population, 5 percent African American, 4 percent Asian and I percent Native American.

Although her school isn't very diverse. Wallace said she tried to create a more colorful atmosphere by having cultural awareness celebrations throughout the year.

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Light rail, auto collide near campus Motorist coming to campus to register for classes is hospitalized in serious condition Jeff Stratton Editor A collision on campus between a pickup truck and a light rail train Tuesday left a man hospitalized in serious condition.

At 11 a.m., a white Chevrolet pickup driven by Alfred Rivera, 45, turned from West Colfax Avenue onto Ninth Street at the Auraria Child Care Center when it was struck by an eastbound light rail train. The truck was crushed against a pole and demolished. Rivera was injured and taken to Denver General Hospital where he is listed in serious condition.

Stephanie P. Denning, director of public affairs at Denver General Hospital, said Rivera was being treated for rib fractures , a bruised lung and other possible internal injuries. According to Denning, Rivera's family said he was on his way to register for classes when the accident occurred.

"He's incredibly lucky that he had an older, heavier vehicle. Had he been in a lighter vehicle I think he would have been crushed," said Auraria Public Safety director, Connie Besser.

The train, heading downtown and carrying 15 passengers, was also damaged in the collision. The operator, Abe Martinez, was not injured.

"It's pretty bad," said RTD spokesman Andrew Hudson, who was on the scene. "It's a case of the auto-

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-BenKlln• "llTD Board M«nber mobile trying to beat the train. A caravan of three cars tried to make it through the intersection. The truck was the last to try to cross the tracks, and the train broadsided it." He said the train was traveling at about 15 mph.

According to Hudson, witnesses said warning lights at the intersection were flashing, and the train had its horn, bells and lights on. Hudson said that "witnesses said that (Rivera) hesitated and then decided to go for it." The witnesses also reported that Rivera was thrown from his vehicle upon impact.

The train sustained $50,000 in damages, according to Hudson. It will be out of commission for a week.

"In winter, people drive with their windows rolled up, the heater on, maybe the radio, and it can be difficult to hear the train approaching," Hudson said. "That's why we have so many visual indicators. People really need to pay attention and be alen. Look both ways. The train cars weigh 80,000 pounds."

The safety of the intersection is a concern to APS, according to Besser.

"As Public Safety, we have advocated all along that no matter how many bells, whistles, whatever, we're still going to have those kind of accidents," she said "The way I understand it is that people were fully aware that the vehicle was approaching but they were trying to beat it." Unless there's a physical barrier, people are still going to try and run it. It's very easy to do that. That's pretty frightening."

Whether a railroad barrier is feasible is still in question, according to RTD board member, Ben Kline.

"That's a touchy intersection," he said. "The light rail will continue to have accidents until people understand it and watch where they're going. That's the danger of having the right-of-way intersecting with traffic.

It is a scary situation. I really don't know what more can be done, but if you put up a safety barrier there, that thing would be going up and down all day long. Maybe that intersection should be barred from traffic."

Kline said that RTD could expect to face lawsuits until safety improves.

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CRUMPLED UP: Alfred Rivera's truck sits on the sldellnes after being struck by a llght rall train on Tuesday.

Rivera was the third of three cars attempting to beat the train at the intersection of Ninth Street and West Colfax Avenue. The train broadsided his pickup. Rivera was still at Denver General Hospital on Wednesday. The train sustained $50,000 in damages and Is out of commission for a week.

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Field of screams Robert Arrieta The Metropolitan 路 The closing of Auraria's football field may have come one semester too late.

On October 24, 1994, Metro student Robert Gillespie was injured while participating in a flag football class. Four days later Christopher Denmark and Walter Bemaquez were injured in the same class.

The students have filed a notice of claims, which is a prelude to a law suit, asking for $500,000 each. Metro State the Auraria Higher Education Center i:nd the State of Colorado have been named as defendants in the claim.

Stephen Holmes, the attorney representing the three students, claims that improper maintenance and failure to warn of dangerous conditions resulted in the students injuries.

"We decided to take legal action basically when they [Auraria] didn't give us a response to our injuries," Denmark said. ''They took responsibility as far as getting the field fixed, but it was up to us to take care of our injuries."

On March 24 the notice of claims

Deborah Schoeberlein, founder and executive director of the Redefining Actions and Decisions Educational Program conducted a series of educational workshops on the Auraria campus to heighten awareness and promote prevention of HIV and other sexually transmitted dis-

was denied by Risk Management, a division of the Attorney General' s office that handles legal matters for Auraria.

Auraria has ordered the field closed indefinitely so maintenance crews can get much-needed repairs done. The field will not be open by summer but should be ready by the fall semester.

In February new top soil was laid to help correct the unevenness of the field.

Despite the maintenance work being done, a golf class that needs the field will not be affected, according to Human Performance, Sports and Leisure professor Pat Johnson.

Dick Feuerborn, Director of Facility Planning and Use for Auraria said the field is still being used constantly.

"Continuous use prevents regular maintenance," Feuerborn said.

Organized activities unaffiliated with Allraria that use the campus field on weekends is the largest cause of field damage, Feuerborn said.

"Organizations that don' t register to use the fields don't pay any fues, so there is no money to repair the damage done by them," Feuerborn said.

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Dear Metro Connections: I am not sure how to let people know when their jokes cind comments are offensive to me. They may be addressing a group that Is ·not the norm·. I am sensitive to social problems of a stereotypical and stigmatic nature. I desire change In attitude. With people who know me, I am able to get my paint across without problem. I am able to tell them that their socalled humor at the expense of others is not acceptable to me. I think It Is because I know their jokes are not out of hate and I am comfortable with raising their awareness In a humorous non-offensive way. The problem Is with people I don't know well.

For example. I wore a Pink Ally Triangle for National Coming Out Day when I encountered acquaintances I've known for awhile. ·vou·re not turning 'happy' on us are you?" - referring to the badge and it s identity to the Lesbian-Gay-Bisexual community. So, instead of being diplomatic and expressing myself In a non-hateful manner. I proceeded to put them down. I don' t like telling people they are wrong because I try to accept that they are entitled to their own opinions which may or may not coincide with mine. However. I would like to know how to raise peoples' awareness of what they are saying regardless of their ·harmless· Intent without seeming cruel. Do you have any suggestions on how I may be able to stay off a soapbox?

Signed: Seeking sensitive awareness Dear Seeking: Jokes, slurs, comments. I believe. are manifestations of inbred prejudices, fears and hatreds. By the time people reach college, most are aware of both the existence of prejudice and their own prejudices. They may or may not be comfortable with the way they feel about someone else's gender. sexual orientation, race. ethnicity, national or state orlgin. or religious beliefs. Keep In mind you may be dealing with someone who doesn't care. If they are unwilling to exercise sensitivity, or to change. mounting the tallest soapbox in the world will not rattle their bigoted chains. You will meet with resistance.

Most people. thankfully do not fall Into such an uneducable category. They may not use the best judgement in participation of these kinds of conversations. but will feel remorseful If challenged. It would help you if you keep this in mind. Most people desire to fit in and they don't mean to offend others. It is possible to inform people of their offensive bElnter without offending them. Striving for social change is an admirable virtue. People may respect you when you stand by your convictions, as long as you do It In a non-confrontive (especially In public), non-accusatory manner. Writing to the advice column Is one way. Practice using inoffensive language If it becomes necessary to speak your mind to an Individual (s). Look for a time to speak to them alone unless you feel It would benefit a group to hear you out. Be courageous. Realize everybody has their own personalities and ways of self-expression. Do not expect them to change their ways or you may be very disappointed. Have no expectations, and you may be pleasantly surprised. But above all else. be faithful to who you are by allowing yourself the freedom to state your feelings. Be gentle to yourself by finding ways of stating your case in a pleasant manner. Good luckl This column Is written by Peer Educators and sponsored by the MSCD/UCD Counseling Center. We welcome any responses to the above article or any other concems.

Send letters to the MSCD/UCD Counseling Center, CN203, Campus Box 5, 556-3132.

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Coors Field awaits the arrival of its first game, an exhibition match between the Colorado Rockies and the New York Yankees on March 31. Because owners and players have been unable to end their 230-day-old labor dispute, the leap Into history will be made by replacement players. The field, which seats 50,000 fans, also features a row of purple seats, six rows from the top, which mark the 5,280 foot mark in Denver.

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The senate approved three of following four policy changes brought forth by the Academic Policies Committee: •The first approved is a grading system, which includes usage of pluses and minuses.

•The second approved item eliminates Metro policy that prohibits enrollment at another college without permission. In addition, overload policy language will be modified to emphasize that in the case of course overloads involving enrollment at other schools, transfer credit will not be accepted.

•The third item approved by the senate is a plan to place encumbrances on enrollment for students with 60 or more credit hours until an approved graduation agreement is obtained.

•The senate turned down a policy that requires degree-seeking Metro students to attend orientation before their first registration.

Jerry Boswell, president of the senate, said the contract period for Metro professors will be extended by one day. The addition will mean professors must report to work four days before the start of fall courses instead of the previously required three.

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Colleges jockey for surplus funds; Auraria holds tight to purse strings Becky O'Guin Staff Writer As students struggle to meet the rising costs of higher education, Auraria' s four institutions prepare to haggle over how to spend millions in reserve funds.

There are $4.5 million in reserves from various bonds and other accounts waiting to be spent.

The Auraria Hoard ultimately will make the decision on where this money will go. However, the three schools would like to have a say in how that money is used. If a bill before the legislature passes, it would give the presidents of the three colleges an opportunity to sit on Auraria's Board.

There seems to be some confusion on who wants the money and for what purpose. A resolution made by Jerry Boswell, at an Auraria Board meeting,

stated a five-year plan for the allocation and expenditure of unrestricted dollars from all reserve accounts should be made, and that 25 percent of the annual reserves shall be distributed among Metro, CCD and UCD. Yet Joe Arcese, vice president of Finance for Metro, said that the schools didn't want the money directly, but want to have a say in how 25 percent of the money will be spent.

Arcese said that the chief financial officers of the three colleges recommended that the money stay in the fund where the reserve originated.

According to JoAnn Soker, vice president of Administration for Auraria, the bond resolutions say surplus or reserves, upon the vote of the Auraria Board, can be used for any lawful purpose.

"My understanding is they (Metro, UCD and CCD) want to have part of those funds go back to the institutions," Soker said.

Most of the excess in reserves comes from the parking facility bond that has $2.4 million in unrestricted reserves. This is money that comes from parking revenues and is not student-fee funded. The bonds that are student-fee funded have $1.6 million in unrestricted reserves.

These bond funds include the Child Care Center and the bookstore. Other reserves come from operations on the campus that are self funded and don't require any state money.

"They are student fee reserves, and we ought to use those to have available to cover any issues that might come up with the Tivoli, so we wouldn't have to increase student fees," Soker said.

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Almost all of the reserve money in the Tivoli bond fund will be used to cover the shortage in revenues for the year.

Kirsten Hostetter, student representative to the Auraria board, said the money should stay in the fund it comes from. "I don't want it to be used for academic space," she said.

Students can impact how the money is used if they contact Hostetter, or attend an Auraria Board meeting when the issue is scheduled to be discussed, Soker said.

Traditionally, bond funds reserves are spent on issues within the fund .

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Republicans and liberals should debate Lately there has been a lot of animosity towards the College Republicans and Republicans in general. Every time someone mentions "their" names, the hair on the back of my neck stands up. Being the open-minded and educated person that I am, however, I have not let this prejudice stop me from finding out more about the College Republicans and Republicans in general. Much to my relief, I have found some very articulate folks who are willing to listen to and compromise with Liberals like myself. I think that this name calling, finger pointing, fear driven campaign that is raging on both ends of the political spectrum is very destructive to the fibers of unity this campus and country have so tenuously begun to weave.

It has been rumored that certain individuals among the College Republican leadership have proposed sabotaging CoPIRG, attacking Metro's multicultural graduation requirement and mounting an offensive to oust Metro's President Sheila Kaplan. On the state level, some Republican extremists are using nasty threats and intimidation (much like those used in the Old Party System) to ensur~ all Republicans, regardless of their integrity or individual constituencies, vote along malicious "party lines."

This is an open letter, then, inviting a discussion of your (the moderate) point of view. I want to know if all College Republicans feel the way their leaders do, or is it just a campaign of rage being built by an extreme vocal minority? I will take the position of the moderate liberal in the discussions that follow. The time has come for the moderates to take their stand and express their concerns. Let's do this in a public forum where everyone can follow the discussion. I am ready to come to the table, are you?

Teri M. Hutchinson UCO Student and Alum

Tired of Elvis;

~6;:J,~~~nc;:::1 As a regular r~der of the editorial pages of The · Metropolitan as well as other papers, I would tike to regis ter a complaint. Correct me if I am wrong, but the purposes of the editorial pages in general are for expressions of opinion and debate on a broad range ot social, political, economic, and philos0phical issues. That is why I read the editorial pages, to actively seek out thought provoking editorials that I may agree.or c;iisagree with; from a variety..of ideological perspectives.Jlle right to freedom of speech at it's finest! So thiS,)~a~s me to the question of why yout paper continually ~fehdt(editorial space on a nearly weekly basis to the meaningless ramblings of the Rev. Motro.n Famdu. The Metrof}olit@rls last three issues are a case in point, Famdu has rambled on about his {I assume, and certainly hope) ftetional EMs religion/church, and has said absolutely nothmg of relevance about anything. Famdu essentially wastes his right to freedom of speech by writing mental gibberish! I realize these pieces are written . tongue and cheek and with the intention of being humorous, and these certainly have there place on the editorial pages. But only.to a limited extent! Famdu's ramblings I suspect are for the most part only Of interest to himself, · and in my opinion not that funny. I recall reading The Mefs editor's" pieces durin~i, the last two previou~ years aod4 found them generaJly thought provoking. Jeff Stratton, don't you have anything to say? Or is Mort Famdu your I alias, and this is all you -can come up with. Whatever the case may be, I wish you would replace this column with something that people can intellectually chew on, instead of wasting space with Famdu's nonsensical baby food!

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Leave sexual preferences at the door It's unfortunate many people on this campus have such differing opinions about sexual orientation. It's only fair to allow College Republicans to voice their opinions if the rest of the campus hears those of homosexuals.

It's unclear to me why we spend all of our time trying to understand and be forced to agree with the "alternative lifestyle," yet are denied the right to hold our own beliefs that homosexuality as well as heterosexuality should stay behind the bedroom doors.

Regarding the editorial printed in last weeks paper, "Homosexuality is a natural behavior," if we are talking about the same God, let's talk about what He instructs in His word instead of trying to think through circulatory reasoning how He might feel. It states clearly in Leviticus 18:22, "Do not lie with a man as one lies with a woman,

that is detestable." For those trying to be a part of the College Republicans or groups who ask that the lifestyle be left at the door, why is your lust preference so important? It's just your sex life, and that can be left at the door.

On a more positive note, it is important that we do accept the homosexual as a person. We should not go around beating, making fun of or slamming on their opinions. It testifies in Matthew 7 :1 "Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.n Again, it's unfortunate that some Christians give other Christians a bad name. Rand Knox claimed in his editorial that "an aberrant so-called Christian-Right has perverted and

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infected our politics with anti-family religious rhetoric ·of family splitting division and hate." In reality, those Christians who use the Bible as a way of life are simply following God's word. It's not us that homosexuals have to be worried about After all, we're not the judges. God is.

I believe it is important that people realize not everyone will agree or approve of homosexual actions and that is their right, just as you believe it's your right to live the lifestyle you choose. We should agree to disagree.

Because this is a school of higher learning I firmly believe all sexual preferences should be left at the door, and real education should begin to take place.

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Attention Dr. M.ascarenas: Wounded Knee massacre was 1890, not 1860 I am writing in response to Dr. Mascarenas' editorial (The Metropolitan, March 17, 1995). The general tone of the entire letter was somewhat disappointing, but I found her lack of scholarship most disturbing: The massacre at Wounded Knee occurred two weeks after the murder of Chief Sitting Bull (in which he was shot to death in front of his home December 15, 1890) and involved the death of 150 Sioux, mostly ..yornen and children. As of 1860, the date Dr. Mascarenas gave, the Oklahoma Territory hadn't even been opened to white settlers and was still the domain of the "Five Civilized Tribes": the Cherokees, Choctaws, Creeks, Chickasaws, and the Seminoles.

But let's- get down to the real reason this debate is taking place: lily Boyce's ten-page complaint against Dr. Altherr. Thanks to Dr. Mascarenas making copies of the complaint available to the students, the text became public domain and I was able to procure a copy. First, some background information: Dr. Mascarenas is one of the co-sponsors of the Metro American Students for Equality. Lily Boyce herself wrote in her complaint, "(the campus Indian club of which I am the vice-president)." So far, so good. . This appears to be a situation where a professor is aiding a student with a faculty complaint. However, it is the list of demands under the heading, "What I

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We're forever hassling about our jobs and our financial situation. We fuss over our health and fret about relationships, past, present and future.

We worry about what's happening to our society and if Marcia Clark's kids are okay. For most people, it seems, life is unrelentingly real and earnest.

On April Fools Day, though, we can take a well-eamed vacation from the serious business of life and indulge our sense of humor.

Playing prariks on April 1 is an old tradition, dating back to the 16th Century. When European countries adopted the Gregorian calendar in 1582, New Year's Day was officially

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need in order to consider this issue resolved" on page ten (namely demands 2,6,7, and 9) in which this complaint begins to appear a little suspicious.

For those who don't have a copy of the complaint, I'll reiterate: #2: "Classes exclusively about Indian History, including Dr. Altherr's, will have American Indian professors." #6: "An American Indian Advisory Committee, established on this campus to guide and resolve Indian curriculum and other issues." #7: "The sad fact that [Dr.] Altherr was able to teach this class for many years is due to related problems that need resolved. One the lack of any cohesive Indian Studies Department (two classes do not make a department). #9: "The curriculum of the History Department should be reviewed outside the History Department.

The reasoning behind this is since Professor Altherr's class has been through what ever tool they have in place to filter and detect racism, it isn't working. This speaks of a larger problem. (Multi-cultural exclusion?). n In short, no matter what the academic credentials of the professor in question, the only qualification that seems to matter in Boyce's complaint is the color of one's skin. Items six and nine are clearly

demands for a review and censorship of any material or subject that doesn't meet the committee's approval. My question is: Who decides who sits on this board, and why is it being given the right to censor scholarship? Finally, what are the academic qualifications of the people that Boyce wants reviewing the curriculum? This is a U.S. History course, covering a very difficult aspect of this nation's history. To remove it from the academic arena and into a political one is utterly ridiculous.

To close, I am a Native American, have been in several of Dr. Altherr's classes, and I was a witness to the first class of Native Americans in U.S. History.

I heard what Dr. Altherr really said (which is why I disagree with lily Boyce). I am unwilling, as a student of History, as a Lakota, to sacrifice academic excellence for a political agenda. I too, would like to see a Native American Studies Department here at Metro, but not at the cost of an innocent man's career or at the cost of historical honesty. The price is far too dear, and the ends of this complaint do not justify the means.

In merry old England, dupes are sent for left-handed screwdrivers or striped paint. England was also home to a famous April Fool media hoax. The BBC once aired a television documentary that showed Italian farmers harvesting long strips of spaghetti from trees, predicting a bumper crop of pasta that year. In Germany, too, the media gets into the act, with newspapers printing fak articles to hoax the public.

All this Apri ols Day silliness is not only health~ a way to celebrate our humanity. "t's not our intellect that di mguish us from the other specie • humor.

moved to January 1. Before that, the new year was celebrated on March 25 with an eight-day festival that ended on April 1.

Inevitably, some people forgot about the calendar change and continued to follow the old custom of celebrating the new year in late March.

They were mocked for their forge ness and thus became our fi fools.

Gradually, the tradition and to include making fun of anyone at all.

In France, people call the holida the poisson d'avril and try to pin paper cut-out of a fish, or poisson, o someone's back without gettin caught. In Scotland, where folks apparently more cruel, the paper mig be printed with a message like "Ki Me." Scots also call April 1 Huntigow Day, and send unsuspecting people o bogus errands through the countrysid9'1~~1iiiiilli...lililli11. .illili•• to find a gowk, or cuckoo bird. nuances of

Winona J. Wiison-Hooker Lakota (Santee) MSCD Student of History

intricacies of the spoken language.

To my mind, the original human being wasn't the first ape who started walking upright and using tools. It was ttie Neanderthal who dug a pit and threw in some mastodon dung, then camouflaged the hole with brush and called to his friend, "Say, Oog, come over here for a minute, will you?"

It would be nice to see more of our American media get into the spirit of April Fools Day. Tom Brokaw could start the telecast with an announcement that Earth has surrendered to the controller of Planet X, who had threatened to assault us with terrible creatures of destruction. "We simply cannot withstand an attack from Godzilla and Rodan," Brokaw might say.

Or Dan Rather could announce, "And now I'm going to lean over and whisper to Connie what I really think about her: Our politicians should get into the too. President Clinton could whip o · Dristan nasal spray during a press ference and say, "Excuse me while I inhale." Phil Gramm might plant a whoopie cushion on Bob Dole's Senate seat. Newt Gingrich could announce he's adopting an orphan.

April Fools Day offers endless possibil-. ities.

It was Mark Twain, though, who best summed up the meaning of April Fools Day in Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar. "April 1. This is the day upon which we are reminded of what we are on the other three hundred and sixtyfour."

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Professor's intriguing life drives her poetry Joelle Conw_a y Features Editor In her box-like office bordered with shelves and shelves of literature and poetry books, soothing, intellectual classical music hums softly from a small black box. She smiles warmly and sincerely and has a genuine laugh. She radiates happiness. Good spirits and compassion are evident with every word she speaks.

Renee Ruderman, poet, professor, protester, mother and wife is an intriguing woman.

Ruderman, who has worked at Metro since 1979, will have a collection of her poems published this spring. The book, titled Poetry From the Room Below, is the product of years of practice and polishing.

The title of the book was not something that came to her in a blinding flash.

It came from somewhere deep within her, she says. "Poetry is mystical."

"I've loved poetry since I was a little girl," she says dreamily. "I always wrote poetry and never turned anything in. They were on these scattered pieces of paper.

Most of them, frankly, were not of the caliber I wanted them to be."

About 10 years ago she started getting serious about her poems.

"It takes me a while. It took me a while to grow up," she says in a sarcastic tone. "It takes a while to not be afraid of what other people will say."

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A HELPING HAND: Metro student Wendy Moore, right, consults with English Professor Renee Ruderman about a paper.

She worked at Chelsea House, a division of Random House, while attending New York University, and she still has some connections in the publishing industry. So she compiled a manuscript and sent it out.

"Then two years ago, someone bit," she laughs. ''They said, 'OK, we'll take a chance on this unknown woman poet.'"

Born and raised in New York, Ruderman had a childhood that would paralyze most children.

Her family lived in Rockland County, northwest of the Big Apple. " It was a beautiful part of the country, on the other side of the Hudson River from Manhattan, and all that," she reminisces. "I grew up in the woods, around 40 acres of woods. Grew up playing in the dirt and in the poison ivy. I had a great childhood."

But when Ruderman was 10, she lost her parents and her grandmother in a car accident. Ruderman and her 12-year-old

brother were orphaned.

"Eventually we went to foster parents," she says. "It turned out that these foster parents wanted to keep us, which is highly unusual."

Ruderman ended up staying with her new parents for six years.

"They were wonderful, wonderful people," she says.

Publishing a book was always something Ruderman held close to her heart, because her grandmother published books in Germany and her mother was an artist who published poetry and children' s books.

"It's sort of in the maternal side of my family," she says.

During her college years in the late '60s, Ruderman was in the heart of the Vietnam War protests.

"Half of my professors were protesting with us," she says.

The war hit home for Ruderman.

"I lost some friends in Vietnam," she says. "One of my friends was 6 feet 8 inches and they put him on the front line.

It was just ridiculous."

During a heated protest in which the students got a permit to protest on the sidewalks of the city, Ruderman was arrested.

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"I'm really glad that I lived in New But that's as far as Ruderman ever York in the times that I did, because it got into the '60s drug scene. She says she was never, ever dull," she says. into the streets, Ruderman says. Police on never took LSD. Even though she loved her birthmotorcycles drove into the crowd to "I got high off of blue sky and good place, Ruderman jokingly refers to New break it up.

York City as the Rotten Apple. air," she says.

"I saw a trash bin, you know, one of Protesting was the central part of "When I lived thete, New York those that said, 'Keep New York Clean,' Ruderman's life between 1967 and 1969. was great, but now it's awful," she says. so I picked up a Coca-Cola bottle, the · She gives it a "I walked a glass kind, and threw it at one of the lot. I marched. I rotten name police officers. He kind of wobbled and yelled." because there is almost fell of his bike," she says. so much poverty, When she Of course, Ruderman says, they didspeaks of the '60s, desperation and ·11ove the students. The n't know who threw it, so they arrested her face lights up endless, marvelous surprises homelessness, everyone within her vicinity. and her eyes come which bothers "I had to spend the night in the and outpourings and alive behind her her.

Women's House Detention," she says. possibilities of studellfs:i thin-rimmed Her desire to Although she was involved in the ., That'$ what I love."" · help those less glasses. push to end the war, Ruderman never got "I think what fortunate than her into the counterculture too much. we did in the '60s is evident.

"I never fit the typical hippie stereomade a difference Ruderman and her type," she says. "My hair was short, not - Renee Ruderman in terms of foreign husband, Charles, long and straight. I did my own thing." policy, and I think take in teenagers She also didn't dive into the we did help they meet who unknown world of wild hallucinogenic remove Nixon from office," she says with have problems at home or don' t have drugs. "I've never been a really good animate determination. anywhere to live. drug person," she says. · "I think that comes because I was a Ruderman says she's saddened by But when she was 16, her parents young adults today. foster child and somebody took me in," sent her to the Ethical Culture Society, "I don't understand why there isn't she says. "If that hadn't been, I would've which pretended to meet like an orgamore protesting today," she says. "I mean been a real lost soul." nized religion, but was really much more we were just outraged with what the govEven though Ruderman is bothered of a society of people who didn't find ernment did. I think people today feel that by a decaying American society, she what they needed in organized religion, the government is so far removed from says, "Most of me is still optimistic." but still wanted to be ethical, she said. them that they just feel ineffective, and She genuinely loves teaching and her "So they sent me there, and that's that saddens me. compassion for students is authentic. where I tasted my first bud," she laughs.

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"I love the students. The endless, marvelous surprises and outpourings and possibilities of students. That's what I love," she stresses.

Her love for students is the same love she brings to her teaching. In addition to poetry, Ruderman teaches literature, composition and creative writing.

She also helped start the First Year Program in 1986, a course designed to help make the transition to college easier for freshmen.

Her voice becomes filled with excitement as she speaks of Metro. She says there is something about being on an urban campus in the midst of a city like Denver that makes it a special place to work. ''When students come here, probably because of the chemistry of all the different people, they begin to open up in ways that they probably wouldn't at a private school like DU or even NYU," she says.

Ruderman's students are just as fond of her.

"Renee is the most creatively unconventional professor I've ever had," Metro senior Evan Lee, a creative writing major, says. "Her approach to teaching the craft of writing is fresh and invigorating, and brings out the best in her students. I wish I would have known that sooner. I feel cheated that I didn't have her for a class until just last semester."

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L I H B E R A AV R E N STORY BY JEANIE STRAUB PHOTOS BY JANE RALEY CUTTIN' IT UP: Mayor Wellington Webb, left, Heather Matherson and Denver city llbrarlan, RlckJ. Ashton, cut the ceremonial ribbon Saturday morning.

Matherson represents all the children who wlll use the new library.

PILLARS OF KNOWLEDGE: A couple checks out the Gatt.:~ Western History Reading Room surrounded with huge wooden columns and study nooks during Saturday's grand opening.

Library Heaven - a soothin em building of limestone and cast st to overcast skies and a chilled butia The grand opening of the Denv1 time of great excitement, joy and pt Michael Graves was "on cloud nil Ashton, the catalyst behind the new emotion at the podium.

"Each moment of focus, each bt in progress supports Denver's gre prosper and flourish as a communi very proud to be here."

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M""'' 11, 1995 seven-story post-mod1ne - debued Saturday i.mate crowd. r Central Library was a tmise. Library architect ~." City librarian Rick library, choked up with ' iilig block in the work t opportunity to grow, y," Ashton said. "I am

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roll, because in the middle is the jelly. And part of that jelly is right here."

The media folks closed in on the actual ribbon cutting, completely obstructing the view for others attending the special day in Denver history, but thousands visited "The Big New Library" throughout the day to see the immense palace - a user-friendly mix of formal and informal alcoves, spacious rotundas, 路towers and halls dominated by a block-long atrium and a pleasing palette of sandstone reds, limestone greens, yellows and buffs.

"It's very relaxing, and it's absolutely the place to come and study. It was money well spent," said Denver resident _Kathleen Tyson, 35, who visited the library on opening day with her husband.

The interior of the $71.7 million Central Library is better than dreams: endless space dominated by soothing polished blond maple, oversized windows, custom-designed work tables and curved wooden chairs, rows and rows of books, sophistiCated technologies and a master collection of information, like a small city where good librarians go when they die.

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Daniel, 8, constructs a library model in the children's activities tent, Ing. Several other tents offered food and drink and a book sale. (

BOOK FACTS Gross square feet: 540,000, after a 133,000square-foot integration of the existing building is completed in August.

Books: About 600,000. That number will increase in September when the Children's Library opens in the central complex.

Overall seating capacity: l,425.

Opening day attendance: 13,427.

52 percent of the Denver p0pulation have library cards, the highest per capita of any major public library in the United States.

"The Denver Public Library" inscription, over the arcade on 13th Avenue, is one mile above sea level.

The library was financed by a $91.6 million bond issue approved by Denver voters in 1990. A $6 million capital campaign ai,rned at private funding sources is financing such upgrades as unique spaces for special collections, state-of-the-art technologies, children's features and additional book purchases.

The distinctive copper structure on the west side of the library will be the children's reading pavilion when construction l.s complete in September.

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" Chronicles fails to deliver Play's purpose_lost between the idea and the reality Louis A. Landa News Editor It's refreshing when theater ·companies perform noble experiments on stage and push an audience to expand their concept of generally accepted theater.

This is exactly the case with The Marmotville Chronicles, playing at the Mercury Cafe. This production by the Chameleon Stage Theater Company presents a series of five episodes over several weeks culminating in a day-long Marmotville marathon April 29.

The problem with noble experiments is that they don't always make good theater, and in the case of Marmotville it scarcely makes poor theater.

This portrayal of life in a small Colorado town depicts the circus surrounding dirty politics, censorship, book burning, religious fanatics and mistaken love-triangles.

Unfortunately, this play never comes close to delivering on what is potentially a great idea.

The characters are more like caricatures, although this is certainty intentional. The problem is these characters are so shallow it gives the actors little- to develop.

The actors struggle with this original script like jockeys racing a two-legged horse.

The challenge of any group of plays that's presented in a trilogy, or in this case a series of five episodes, is that each must stand on its own, as in the case of Preston Jones' A Texas Trilogy or Lanford Wilson's Tally Trilogy.

Episode one of The Marmotville Chronicles is choppy and confusing. They try to pack too much into a small amount of play, and the audience is expected to buy into too much. We are asked to be interested and

care for characters about whom we know very little.

Let me explain: There is a hair stylist who invented a green paste that'"s supposed to restore hair to bald men.

She is in love with the librarian. Larry. He is running for mayor, but is catching a great deal of grief from the current mayor Doris. Doris' most vocal supporter is the religious fanatic. They burn books and harass two Marmotville citizens that live on an outdoor bench and communicate only through music and movement. Doris' brother Griswold is a daft inventor. There are a couple of characters who are introduced early in the play and are never heard from again. I suppose they have bigger parts in other episodes.

This adds to the weakness of the play. There is just not enough time to develop these characters in the one hour of this first episode. There is a slight interest in one or two characters, but that's about it. And that interest is certainly not enough to encourage me to go back for the other four episodes.

The actors are not given much of a script with which to work and they do little with what they have.

The performances are weak and campy, and at times the actors seem as if they cannot wait to get off stage.

Technically the play falls flat. Director Mark Higdon jerks the audience's attention around to the point of distraction. The staging is more "in the oval" instead of "in the round." The audience members are asked to twist and stretch if they care to see all the action.

The set is so amateurish it allJlOSt insults the audience. The actors never seem at ease on these highschool-type sets.

The lighting appears haphazard. Because of staging or lack of lights the actors spend too much time in the dark. This could have been avoided by simply making the action tighter. Some of the lighting cues offer little or no meaning.

The Chameleon Stage has a reputation for trying innovative theater in Colorado, but this time too many pieces don't hold up.

The Marmotville Chronicles is a bold and imaginative idea. It's sad that too much is lost between the idea and the reality.

DON'T BE SHOCKED: The Marmotvllle Chronicles falls at numerous levels. The second episode of this five-episode play can be seen today and tomorrow at the Mercury Cafe.

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Jeff Stratton Editor Stephin Merritt is busy moving in when I call him at his New York City apartment. Merritt, leader of Magnetic Fields, a hard-to-categorize "experimental bubblegum" outfit, is quickly developing a reputation as a first-rate songwriter. Spin magazine placed Magnetic Fields' 1994 release The Charm of the Highway in its Top 20 albums of the year.

Now Merritt is expending his energy on another of his bands (he has five), a project called The Sixths. The Sixths have just released an album called Wasps ' Nests (London), containing 15 of Merritt's quirkily attractive tunes sung by different vocalists. I ask him about the tongue-twisting title of his latest ditties, which I can barely spit out, even though •I'd been warming up: 'The Sixths. Wasps' Nests."

"It's difficult to pronounce," he says drolly.

While that's obvious, what the Sixths are, and why "I don't see much difference between electric and Merritt needs to market his music under so many different acoustic instruments. I don't understand why people like monikers is not so easily apparent.

'The Sixths is a continuing band name that I will be music based solely on instrumentation," he complains, "but putting out records under," says Merritt. "Not with the I realize that everyone but me does. What's the point? My same people that are on this one. My view of the band is instruments don't end up sounding like themselves anyway, that it's me making the songs and getting a different person because they've been treated, or played in ways that are not to sing on each track." usual for that instrument. I have several different ways of If great songs are made, not born, Merritt's home stu- making keyboards strum that fool the ear pretty well."

That explains the giddy carnival atmosphere that perdio is his test lab and assembly line. His songs are succinct little kernels of hummable melodies with thoughtful, if meates Merritt's songs - partly familiar, but out-of-place clicbe, lyrics. Immediately weird is the instrumentation. enough to make them interesting. Merritt's voice - a It's impossible to discern synthesizers from toy pianos, sleepy, sad, bored and cavernous baritone that sounds at drums frQm pencils tapping on boxes, or violins and cellos home with Magnetic Fields' material, takes a back seat to from mandolins or guitars. And there's always some unusu- his guests on Wasps ' Nests. While Merritt does sing on one al buzzin~, humming, whirring, or out-of-tune noise that song, "Aging Spinsters," he's assembled a crack team of somehow fits perfectly in the carefully crafted melody line. indie-pop gurus to sing the remaining tracks, including Besides The 6ths and Magnetic Fields, Merritt's other Mitch Easter, Anna Domino, Sebadoh's Lou Barlow and outfits include Future Bible Heroes, Fox Inc. and The Luna's Dean Wareham. How did Merritt recruit these other Gothic Archies. The first Magnetic Fields release, Distant voices?

"I called them," he answers Plastic Trees, appeared in 1989.

Like any great prolific songwriter, dryly. "Well, my manager called them. Some of them recorded he's gotten in the habit, except recently with Magnetic Fields, of 1Mmselves at home, some came to letting other singers interpret his my house and I recorded them .. "" " 'if here, some people recorded themwork. And apart from a few closeselves in a studio." to-home shows with them, he But except for Mitch Easter's eschews live performances. guitar part on his song, "PilJow "I bate playing in front of an audience," he bristles. '1 just hate Fight," one small drum sample and it."

- $fflphln the vocals, everything on Wasps' What's the worst thing? The ...__ _ _ _.........., ... _ __.i®.._ .. -· _ _......._._ .,,....___ ___. Nests was "made entirely by me," motel rooms? The tour bus? The food?

Merritt says proudly. Even with 15 different singers, the "The heat. I'm very uncomfortable under spotlights. album doesn't feel choppy or disjointed, because the sharp, And the music never sounds right. But I can't stand heat." brittle songs are all to the point and held together by Then why does Merritt find himself moving into a Merritt's detailed embellishments. They're prepared and New York City apartment in March? dished up in short order.

'1n the summer, I tum on the air conditioner and I "I don't see any reason to keep repeating the same don't leave the house," he says. "And it's so convenient in thing, and I don't see any reason to do too many variations New York. Within a block radius there's a huge number of on one theme," Merritt proposes. "Shorter than two mincommercial establishments that want to sell me what I want utes it gets difficult to perceive the song as one unit. Longer to buy from them." than four it just gets dull. It can be dull before four, of "I'm just in the process of trying to plug in my room course. There's nothing innately wrong with being dull, right now," puffs Merritt "I have a pretty large keyboard there's just no point for me in being dull for more than four collection, a great amount of electronic gadgetry, and I minutes at a time."

With Merritt's predisposition for unusual sounds and have boxes and boxes of acoustic instruments." Even though his home studio will be a MIDI paradise, he writes lyrical irony, his songs are never boring. Mark Robinson (formerly with Unrest, now Air Miami) mournfully croons songs on any instrument that's handy.

'1 compose on a mandolin, usually. It's the smallest above a Tinker-toy click-track and a plinkity-plink toy tunable polyphonic instrument I have that I can play chords piano on the lovely "Puerto Rico Way," one of Wasps' Nests' stand-out tracks. "Pillow Fight" is polished and careon," he explains.

Merritt couldn't care less whether he makes his music fulJy sequenced. Easter not only plays guitar on this song, , with digital keyboards or acoustic instruments - he does- he also gets to deliver some of the disc's most twistedly n't even see a difference between the two, as long as he can memorable lyrical couplets (and there's a ton of them): "Are we breaking up tonight, or can we have a pillow manipulate them t~ produce the sound he's looking for.

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fight? Do we really need to hire a plane to carpet-bomb down memory lane?"

Cliche abounds in Merritt's world. It's grist for his mill of perverted pop melodicism and his tongue-in-cheek melancholy outlook: "Most of my lyrics are built so heavily on clicbe that most people listening feel like they're supposed to experience the feeling of the protagonist in the song because they've heard it so many times before. They'll be listening to the difference between the song and the cliche the song is from. So emotion-wise, the record is pretty blank. You fill in your own."

According to Merritt, most of the songs on Wasps ' Nests are about loss, regret or unfulfilled desire. While not filled with only minor chords, few of its tunes are downright happy. An exception is the song Anna Domino performs, the bubbly "Here In My Heart." I tell Merritt the truth - that it sounds exactly like a long-lost Abba song.

'Thank you," he says politely. 'That was my intent."

He's still reeling from an Abba-induced euphoria after attending the premiere of Muriel's Wedding the night before. Merritt is on a Abba high, and he's not seeking treatment.

"My favorite album is the new Abba box set, Thank You for The Music," he gushes. "Abba is my favorite band.

A lot of my songs sound vaguely like Abba. That one just sounds more like Abba. Fewer back-up vocals, though." A discussion of Abba's stature and the revisionism surrounding their rebirth of cool leaves Merritt philosophical.

"People don' t write songs very well nowadays," he sighs, "and Abba did. If everybody just covered Abba songs, it'd be a better world."

"Well-constructed pop, that's what I like," he continues. "I love a good melody and I don't know if that's why I write good melodies and other people don't seem to care about them. Or if I have some kind of ability, I can't tell. I guess I pay more attention to it than other people."

But other people to whom melody is anathema fascinate Merritt as well. He's said he's into "bubblegum and experimental music - and nothing in between." And one of the individuals he approached to sing on Wasps' Nests illustrates his penchant for dilettantism.

"I called Boyd Rice," he says, referring to the Denverbased experimental noise terrorist. "I wanted him to sing "Dream Hat." Mac (McCaughan, of Superchunk) sings it very welJ, but Boyd would have been an octave lower. It would have sounded a lot more menacing. But Boyd didn't want to do it, 'cause it's a sad song and Boyd is in a happy period. His outlook on life is upbeat now. Maybe I'll try again."

Is Merritt's connection with Rice partly based on their mutual admiration for Abba?

"Yeah," Merritt admits. "Anybody who loves Abba can't be all bad7 even if they hate children and dogs."

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YOU'RE OUT! •.• SAFE? Metro outfielder Thom Hartman is ruled safe at third when Regis' third basemen mis· handles the throw. Hartman Is batting .262 for the Roadrunners and has knocked In 13 runs.

Turbulent year for boys of spring Baseballers lose eight straight over break, bounce back to win 4 of 5 Michael BeDan Sports Editor While the baseball being played at Metro has been inconsistent, it.is real baseball, with no scabs on the field.

The Roadrunners just tend to be a streaky team, which was evident over spring break.

After starting the season 6-3, Metro promptly dropped eight straight games while students were scattered about eelebrating springtime. The Roadrunners then won five of six games, including three of four last weekend at Colorado School of Mines. With a fourgame home series against Mesa State this weekend, and a jersey retirement ceremony scheduled for former coach and current director of athletics Bill Helman at intermission of the doubleheader, the Roadrunners picked an opportune time to start playing well.

"It's good to come back and regain our team confidence," Metro coach Vince Porreco said. "It's a big series this weekend." · The Roadrunners won three of four at Colorado School of Mines, playing doubleheaders Saturday and Monday. Metro won the first two, l0-3 and 7-6. Metro hit .333 as a team in both games and pitchers Roger Fisher (game l), and Rob Wiggins (game 2), each got win number two for the season (Fisher 2-1, Wiggins 2-3).

On Monday, Metro Jost a

4-3 decision that went 10 innings but bounced back to win the second game 11-6.

"Right now we are playing inconsistent ball," Porreco said. "We need to play weJJ in all three areas, pitching, hitting and defense . One of those three is usuaJJy missing."

Metro is batting .283 collectively and allowing opponents to smack .325. Right fielder Jason Riley, whose .362 batting average is second on the team, concurred with Porreca saying the team needs pitching and hitting to show up on the same day, not intermittently. Riley said the Mesa series (Saturday .l p.m. and Sunday at noon), would be a big indicator as to how far the team has progressed.

"I think we are at the point now that we can play good for the rest of the year," Riley said. "We should do pretty good against Mesa, hopefully we'll get the sweep."

The Roadrunners took two of three at Mesa State March 4 ..and 5.

Metro pitcher Geoff Abbey said a 21-11 drubbing at the hands of Mankato University March 22 got the team back on track.

"After the Mankato loss, a lot of players stepped up and had something to say," Abbey said. "The coach didn't come talk to us after the game and that got us fired up."

Porreco usually leads a team meeting after each game,

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LINE OF FIRE: Metro shortstop Tracy Archuleta turns two against Regis March 16. The game was suspend-

ed due to darkness, the score tied at 12. and when he didn't bother to show up, the players took it personally.

"It got to a lot of guys," Abbey said. "We wanted to prove to the coach we could win. I think it was a good move."

Porreca said his team is capable of playing well consistently, his concern lies with inconsistent hitting.

"We are a much better hitting team," Porreco said. "We should always be putting runs

on the board."

After the Mesa series, the Roadrunners will play a pair against the University of Wyoming at Auraria Fields en Wednesday at noon. Abbey said the time is now for Metro to maintain some steady play.

"Physically we are set," Abbey said. "We can beat any team in the division."

The Roadrunners stand at 11-12 with 26 games remaining.

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Men serve up their first win Tennis team beats Colorado Christian, then gets smashed by the University of Southern Colorado Michael BeDan Sports Editor

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The men's tennis team, fresh off its only dual match win of the season (5-2 over Colorado Christian March 16), was hammered during spring break by the reigning Colorado Athletic Conference Champions, the University of Southern Colorado, March 22.

The Roadrunners didn't win a match against USC, falling to l-3 on the season with the 7-0 loss to the Indians.

"Southern was tough from one to six," Metro coach Bryan Bryant said of USC's top six singles players. "I think their six could have given our one a run."

Metro managed to win just 17 games in nine matches, losing each in straight sets. Bryant said his team is improving even if it doesn't show in match results.

"I tell them to look back at where they were when the season began," B ry ant said. "They can see that they've improved a lot" Metro notched its only victory of the season~ just before spring break when CCU visited the Auraria courts.

The Roadrunners were led by No. 1 singles player Buu Le who at the time

was undefeated on the season. Le is now 3-1 after a 7-5, 2-6, 6-2 win over Matt Allen. Also winning for Metro, No. 3 singles Bret Walker, No. 4 Sam Toubia, No. 5 C.J. Arellano and Ben Pongpitoon at the No. 6 position. The only losses came at the No. 2 singles spot where Steve Barlock was beaten 6-1, 6-1 by Hong Lee and No. 3 doubles where Arellano and Pongpitoon were beaten 9-8, (7-3) in the pro set.

"It felt good to win for a change," Bryant said. "CCU is not a strong team, but we needed a win."

The Roadrunners were scheduled to play the University of Northern Colorado on Wednesday but weather forced the match to be postponed until April 10. Metro will take on Nebraska-Kearney Thursday at 3 p.m. at Auraria Courts and will host the Colorado Collegiate Tournament Friday and Saturday with matches scheduled all day.

Last match results vs USC Sing)es Chris Leong, USC, delBuu Le 6-2,6-1 Brandon Sullivan, USC def Steve Barlock 6-0, 6-0 Kevin Grieve, USC, def Bret Walker 6-1, 6-0 Cary Hodges, USC, def C.J. Arellano 6-1, 6-2 Leon Dykes, USC, def Ed Koss 6-3, 6-1 Gy Cruz, USC, def Ben Pongpitoon 6-0, 6-0

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SWING TIME: Buu Le of the men's tennis team displays fierce concentration in his match against Colorado Christian University March 16. The Roadrunners beat CCU 5-2, registering their first win of the season.

Leong/Sullivan, USC, derl..e/Watker 8-3 Grieve/Hodges, USC, def Barlock/Grieve 8-2 Dykes/Cruz, USC, def Arellano/Koss 8-0

Women fall to 3-1, get routed by Southern Michael BeDan Sports Editor The women's tennis team lost for the first time this season March 22 when the University of Southern Colorado served the Roadrunners a 5-2 loss.

The women fell to 3-1 on the season dropping a match Metro coach Bryan Bryant said his team should have won. ''They didn't perform up to their abilities," Bryant said. ''The majority of the problem was mental. We didn't concentrate or stay focused."

USC lost to Regis the day before - a team the Roadrunners beat 6-1 earlier this season - and Bryant said his team may have looked past the Indians.

The match started out well for Metro as the No. I doubles team of Rosemary Aiello and Stephanie Walker cruised to a 5-2 lead in their match. USC' s Lulu Cruz and Brady Murphy showed resilience, fighting back to win 8-5.

Aiello was beaten 6-1, 6-3 in the No. I singles match and the Roadrunners didn't get on the board until Danielle Nelson beat Stacey Johnson 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 and

Katie Horvat beat Layla Rosenfeld 6-3, 61.

"Some days we don' t have the drive," Bryant said. "That day we just got caught" Bryant said Metro has a history of being intimidated by big name schools.

"Sometimes we let the school's name bother us," Bryant said. "We need to forget about that."

Bryant's team has the talent to do well, and if they hope to compete for a CAC title they will have to get past the University of Denver and the Air Force

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Doubles Cruz/Murphy, USC, der Aiello/Walker 8-S Worski/Johnson, USC, def Sdlolz/Nelson 8-4 Horvat/Capra, MSCD, def Reish/Rosenfeld 84

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The _second co01ing of M.J. The return of Michael Jordan a blessing to NBA and fans Michael BeDan Sports Editor It only took Michael Jordan 5.9 seconds to prove that he is indeed the greatest athlete of all time.

M.J., in just his fourth game back after an 18 month sabbatical, tallied 30 points against the Atlanta Hawks and grabbed a rebound with 5.9 left in the game and his Bulls trailing by one. His Airness proceeded to take an inbounds pass up the floor while the Hawks' Steve Smith tried hopelessly to guard him. As the buzz~r sounded, a 17-foot jumpshot arced over Smith's outstretched arm and tickled the twine, sealing a 99-98 victory for the Bulls and restoring Jordan to his proper status as ''The Man." On Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden, Mr. Unstoppable scorched John Starks and the New York Knicks for 55 points, giving the Bulls their first win over New York this season and solidifying Chicago's hopes of winning a fourth NBA title in five seasons.

When Jordan retired, he shocked the world. No one could fathom why a man of his stature and ability would walk

away from the game he loved and dominated. No one could fault him though.

His father had just been murdered, he had won three straight titles and three Finals MVP awards, and the media circus surrounding his life, his gambling and his every move had worn him out.

But still the nation cried: "Say it ain't so Mike!"

It was so, and we quickly turned our attention to his attempts at America's Favorite Pastime. He was criticized and scrutinized every step of the way, but he still seemed to be enjoying his life after basketball. He showed that his dream to play Big League ball was genuine when he refused to be a scab player and gave up his brief stint on the diamond and returned to the hardwood.

Even with all he had accomplished he still had doubters. Columnists across the nation wondered if he could be the ·tran-

scendent star he had been for his nine year career. Charles Barkley said flat out that Jordan could not recapture his old form. After five games, a 30-point-pergame scoring average and spectacular game-winning plays in two straight contests, is there any question that he is every bit the player he was before? Sir Charles has a short memory. After all it was Jordan who shattered the Chuckster' s dream for an NBA title.

Barkley's statement was more wishful thinking than thoughtful analysis as his Suns figure to be a contender for the title this season and a match-up with the Bulls would be anything but desirable for Barkley.

Sine~ The Second Coming, ratings have soared, buildings have sold out and joy has returned to the game of basketball. Ask yourself hQw much fun it was to see the Bricks and Rockets slug through the NHL ... oops, NBA finals

last summer only to see great feats like John Starks' 3 for 18 shooting performance in game seven.

Jordan brings back the electricity that only he could provide. Whenever he touches the ball, fans sit on the edge of their seats, breathlessly anticipating his next move. Rarely does he disappoint.

Shooting guards around the league are having nightmares and Eastern Conference teams know that the road to the finals has a big speed bump named Jordan blocking the way.

The Bulls are legitimate title contenders this season but will have trouble winning it all without the benefit of a power forward to grab rebounds and score put-back baskets like Horace Grant did for them in the title years. Grant took his services to another title hopeful, Orlando, who with Sbaq Diesel and Penny Hardaway look to win their first playoff game in team history and much, much more. Don't count out the Bulls, however. M.J. said he needed a challenge. Quick, in 5.9 seconds, can you tell me who is more game for that kind of challenge than Michael Jordan?

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Metro Athletic Director William Helman will be honored by having his baseball jersey, No. 1, retired on Sunday during the intermission of a doubleheader between Metro and Mesa State at Auraria Field. Helman was the head baseball coach for the Roadrunners for 14 seasons from 1979 to 1992.

"I am extremely grateful for the recognition, especially since it' s appreciation for something I loved doing," Helman said. "In my 14 years of coaching, I had the privilege of working with a great number of players and coaches. I hope I gave them something positive, because I know I got something positive in return."

Among his many achievements, Helman ushered the program to national prominence, particularly during the 1987 season when the team finished 3415. Helman led the Roadrunners to four 30-win seasons during his career, and coached two of his teams to first and second place batting titles.

Helman coached Metro to eight winning seasons and helped more than 50 players earn all-league, all-region and All-American status.

Seven of his players advanced to play professional baseball, most recent- . ly Chan Mayher who ,was drafted in 1994 in the 37th round by the Colorado Rockies.

Sunday's first game begins at noon.

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Congrats

Darwin Strickland, national champion swimmer, and Vanessa Edwards, Colorado Athletic Conference player of the year for women' s basketball, were named male and female student athlete for the month of February.

Strickland won national titles in the 50 and 100 freestyle for Metro this season and earned All-American honors for the fourth time in his career.

Edwards led the CAC in scoring at 17 points per game. The women's program finished the CAC season 12-0 before falling to the University of Denver in the finals of the CAC Tournament.

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We want you Metro' s women' s volleyball team should field its strongest team in quite some time next season as Coach Rhonda Williams spent the off-season luring blue chip athletes to her program.

"This recruiting class is by far my best since I arrived to Denver in 1990," Williams said. "We signed a great mix of junior college transfers and freshmen that will all be major factors in our success next season. These players may have the best physical talent of any I have recruited in the five years I've been here. With this group we could have a couple great years ahead."

Leading the list of new athletes is Tata Pole, a junior from Spokane Falls Community College in Spokane, WA. Pole, a 6-foot tall middle blocker was recruited by Division I power Illinois.

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Alcoholics Anonymous meetings on campus! Monday Wednesday, and Friday from noon to 12:50 p.m. in Auraria library Rm. 205. Info: Chris at 935-0358.

Get out of the problem and into the solution!

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.

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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The 1995 Rocky Mountain Regional Conference of ASCE, sponsored by American Society of Civil Engineers and Metro Student Club, is today and tomorrow. Eleven colleges and universities from four states convene to present papers and compete in steel bridge building, concrete canoe races (at Cherry Creek State Park) and water purification systems for emerging technologies Info: Mark Bellinghausen at 697-5244.

Metro-UCO Philosophy Club hosts a colloquium "The Aquatic Theory of Human Evolution," featuring Sharron Coggan, professor of Philosophy at UCD, at 3 p.m. in North Classr9om 1202.

Lecture followed by discussion. Info: Joe Oileara at 765-0936.

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Metro State College Baha'i Club sponsors their series, "Book That Challenge" at Metro-Denver Baha'i Center, 225 E. Bayaud Ave., starting at 7:30 p.m. Today, Ed Duhaime presents a review of the book "A Course in Miracles" from the perspective that it reinterprets the Christian message. Info: Seymour Weinberg at 322-8997. ~••••••l«ay

/' • · · - · · :& UCD Student Exhibit is presented at Emmanuel Gallery, 10th and Lawrence, Monday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. through April 20. Info: .Carol Keller at 556-8337.

Madison Holloway, professor of Management; Raj Khandekar, associate dean of Business School; and Thomas Gray; admission office, dean of Student Enrollment; are holding office hours in the Metro Student Government office in the Tivoli, Rm. 307. Call 556-3312 for times.

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 times.

W4L•cl••••scl«ay A1••-il 5 The UCD Student Exhibit has a reception from 5 to 8 p.m. at Emmanuel Gallery, 10th and Lawrence. Info: Carol Keller at 556-8337.

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The Auraria Gamers Club is having an open gaming session from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Tivoli Rm. 640. Come on down and join the fun. Info: Adam Rinehart at 722-4354.

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Community sailing of Colorado, Ltd., invites youngsters 10 to 17 and their parents to a free orientation discussing learning how to sail and their youth summer sailing program. Starts at 10 a.m.

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At the Boys & Girls Oubs of Metro Denver, we're asking for the most valuable commodity you Call donate. Your time. Volunteers are needed for a variety of functions. Ifyou think you'd be a positive role model forQub members, please give us a call. After all, you may start out as a volunteer. But most likely, you'll end up a mentor.

The following sununer volunteers are needed: Coaches for baseball, softball and t-ball ~. Programs are scheduled for afternoon games between the hours of 10:00 am. and 2:00 p.m Monday through Friday - June 10 through August 15.

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FUNDING There is funding available for groups or individuals interested in presenting the "pro" or "con" issues.

Applications for funding may be obtained at the Student Advisory Committee to the Auraria Board office, Suite 349 in the Tivoli Student Union.

The application deadline is 5:00 pm, April 12, 1995. Call the SACAB office at 556-4589 for additional information.

PROPOSED AURARIA STUDENT RID BUS PASS PROGRAM ., WHO gets to use the program:

ALL AURARIASTUDENTS WHO ARE ENROU.ED

Af MSCD, CCD or CU-DENVER.

WHEN does the program start:

Fall semester 1995, and ends summer semester 1m.

HOW much does the program cost:

$ 14.96 plus a $.45 institutional collection fee, for a total fee of $15.41 per student per semester. The fee will be collected along with other student fees.

HOW does the program ~ork:

For local bus and light rail, show your valid Auraria student ID card to the RID driver and board without paying any fare. For Express and Regional service, a reduced fare, listed below, must be paid to the RID driver per trip.

WHAT is included:

-Local Denver bus service: No fare,

unlimited rides.

-Light Rail service: No fare, unlimited rides.

-Express bus service: $ .50 cash payment per trip.

-Regional bus service: $ 1.50 cash payment per trip.

-Pass valid seven days per week and between the end of one semester and the start of another.

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-Denver Regional Council of Governments "guaranteed ride home" program.

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