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Metro's connection with the Colorado Student Association is under fire by the Student Government Assembly. 路 CSA is a pro-student lobbying organization made up of representatives from 14 Colorado colleges and universities. According to assembly president Stephanie Stevenson, Metro pays $12,000 a year to remain a part of CSA. However, CSA executive director Robin Nolan pointed out that the student-approved fee is actually 50 cents per fulltime student. The CSA fee won 92 percent approval from Metro students in an election last year. Stevenson contests CSA's usefulness and wants to recall the question in hopes of dropping the full-time lobbyists. "They are supposed to lobby for education bills when they come up at the legislature," Stevenson said. However, issues that most other traditional schools face aren't commonly shared by Metro, and Stevenson said that is where CSA is falling short. "Issues that pertain to Metro, such as diversity, aren't issues that other universities want to deal with," and as a result, CSA isn't truly representing Metro's best interests, Stevenson said. Sandy Howard, Metro's CSA representative, brought up the concern of incre~ing diversity at a recent CSA planning meeting, Nolan said, and they have taken action. Having to defend themselves in another election will hamper CSA's lobbying efforts, Nolan said. Stevenson maintains that "the only time I've seen CSA on campus is to lobby for money. "We (the assembly) can't unilaterally decide to drop CSA," Stevenson said, "but we can put them on a probationary basis while we re-evaluate what they are really doing for us, and then put it back on a referendum to the students. But in the assembly meeting July 10, Stevenson said, "We need to decide now whether we are going to drop CSA altogether, go on a probationary period with them or put it back on a referendum." The decision really isn't up to the assembly, Nolan said. "Ninety-two percent of the (voting) student population at Metro said they wanted us to be there, so even a probationary period should be up to the students." Stevenson said she is "not mailing money to anybody. Why should we pay an outside organization $12,000 when we can do it ourselves?" With a combined membership of 120,000 students, CSA is the most effective way for students to have an jmpact on state lawmak.ers, Nolan said, noting that members of CSA sit on legislative advisory committees during the summer. "Individually, students don't have the time to commit to full-time lobbying," Nolan said. "We provide legislators with the ease of having access to students' voices. We present a united front." The general sentiment at the meeting was that the student body as a whole doesn't know enough about CSA to make an educated vote. "I feel the student body is uninformed as far as CSA is concerned," said Brett Berringer, vice president of student organizations." -Anne Hall contributed to this story

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Tuition, fees skyrocket $148 Waivable health care fee surges$39 Christopher Anderson The METROPOLITAN Metro's tuition and fees for the 199697 school year will jump $148 for fulltime resident students, according to Metro's $61.6 million budget which took effect July 1. The Board of Trustees of the State Colleges in Colorado unanimously approved a tuition hike of $106 for residents and $285 for non-residents, a $39 increase in health insurance and a $3 increase in the student bond-fund fee. Fees for specific classes in art, science and recreational classes also rose as high as $50, although most students won't be affected. The nine-member board of trustees also approved cutting $1,500 in scholarships and fellowships and $171,651 in student services. Metro President Sheila Kaplan said

those reductions do not necessarily mean ated in revenue from the special 4 percent students will see a decrease in services or increase, which Kaplan said will be spent gift money. They are figures the college directly on students. "It will go to direct student support must start with as part of the budgeting formula set by the trustees. Kaplan said services; it will go to direct instructional she and her staff will be adjusting those services," Kaplan said. Some of those dollars will go toward an already successful dollar amounts in the next several weeks. "Those are, in·a sense, plugged num- mat~ tutoring program and better student bers," Kaplan said. "The institution as a advising, but the rest of the money hasn 't whole has to absorb those reductions. The been allocated. Kaplan said the decision important thing is if enrollments remain about the rest of the money will be made soft, there will be fewer things we can do by mid-August. The next largest fee increase f9r fall is - there is no question about that." The biggest increase for 1996-97 is a a $19.50 jump · per semester in Metro's 6.3 percent tuition ' hike for resident stu- mandatory health insurance fee. Only students, which, for the second year, is a 4 dents who are covered under another polipercent higher increase than any other col- cy acceptable to the college are exempt from this fee . lege or university in the state. Student Health Center Director Stevy According to the tuition plan, students taking 12 credit hours or less would Monaco said the 7.5 percent increase was pay a $4 increase per credit hour, which not unusual since it remains within the means an increase of $48 for 12 credits, or range of past increases. Monaco said $96 a year. The price increase per credit Metro's health insurance fee has increased hour drops, however, for students taking nearly $40 each year over the last six 15 credit hours or more. Those students · years. "I know it looks like a big increase," would pay close to $3.50 more per credit Monaco said, "but you have got to put it in hour, for an increase of $52.50, or $106 a the context of who you are competing with." Monaco, who negotiated the fee year. See BUDGET page 5 The budget projects $872,734 gener-

State enacts new polici_ es to ease 4-year schooling Brigett L. Camarena The METROPOLITAN

Governor Roy Romer recently signed a bill that requires institutions of higher education to ensure availability of required and core courses so students can receive their degree in four years. HB-1219 requires schools to have "work force preparation and training accommodating working students," and mandates "improving the quality of education through integrating technology and lowering costs." The Colorado Commission on Higher Education will adopt policies and procedures by the fall of 1999 for Colorado's higher education to achieve these goals and statewide expectations. The commission will develop a "quality indicator sys.tern" that will measure the performance of the institutions, student satisfaction, employer satisfaction and systemwide performance. The "quality indicator system" would be published annually and available to the public for an undetermined fee. Commission Executive Director Dwayne.Nuzum said, "This bill . is expected to make higher education changes and a positive impact." The bill also allows for "additional appropriation funding" for institutions that follow statewide expectations and goals. Nuzum said it is a reward mechanism for institutions to continue following these policies. The five policy areas that institutions will be expected to work on are: • advising undergraduates on completing their degree in four years, . • ensuring students register for courses that are available and accessible to them for graduating on time, · See FOUR YEAR page 5

Tuition pinch: Metro students will be paying $39 (of a total $158) to a health care increase.

ROTC seeks missing marl Officers suspect he stole equipment, "skipped tQwn"' Matthew J. Lilley

The METROPOLITAN McDonald but did find equipment that had been missing An e-mail sent throughout the campus at the end of from the ROTC office in the Rectory Building, Butler the spring semester stating that Sgt. P.J. McDonald, a said. He added that as far as he knows, McDonald has no Reserve Officer Training Corps volunteer, is banned from campus and no longer affiliated with the Army connections or family in the Denver area, and he susROTC was taken "the wrong way," according to Maj. peels McDonald skipped town. Russ Butler of Metro's ROTC program. Butler said that he doesn't want to accuse Butler said the intent of the McDonald of anything but was message, which described unsure if the ROTC would proseMcDonald and asked anyone who cute McDonald if he is found . saw him to report to ROTC or Joe Ortiz, director of Public Safety, said that there is no official Campus Police, was simply to find out McDonald's whereabouts. The Reserve Officer Training report regarding McDonald, only However, Butler said, the e-mail Corps program at Metro is coming lo that ROTC did contact public safemessage should not have been sent an end. 'Ille Metro ROTC will clean ty after he disappeared and out in the manner it was, and the out its office in the Rectory Building inquired about filing a missing permessage was not intended to be "~s 30 daysafrerthel997 spring gradu&- sons report. tiofl, according to Major Russ Butler According to Ortiz, because ferocious as it may sound." there was no cause for alarm, a According to Butler, of Metro .ROTC. McDonald volunteered three hours Metro is one of 33 schools missing persons report was not a week, teaching and helping at the named in a federal list of schools that filed at Public Safety and ROTC Thursday afternoon ROTC lab. will,0se their.ROTCprogramsdueto was referred to the Denver Police. Butler said that McDonald was budget~. . There also was no criminal report very energetic and enthusiastic. . ~,m~ were S4 ROTC students at of any theft, Ortiz added. "He loved what he was doing," Metto last year. acc(;rd.ing to Butler, Lt. Gary Casson of Public Butler said. who said that although the ROTC is a Safety said that there were some McDonald volunteered with no branch of the U.S. Anny, it is treated concerns about whether McDonald strings attached and was free to lite any other academic department. possessed or knew about stolen There are four ROTC programs property. However, because leave at any time, and, according to Butler, he did. at Colorado schools aod 311 across McDonald's residence is off cam. 6 pus, it is not in the jurisdiction of Without a word, McDonald the nadon. disappeared at the conclusion of the ·MattMM> J. Ulley Public Safety, said Casson. Detective Robert Turner of the spring semester, Butler said. According to Butler, the initial Denver Police Department said concern was the health of McDonald, who was that McDonald was reported missing for four days in described as being in his late '40s to early '50s and had May and the case is now closed. According to Turner, heart trouble . When ROTC members went to the only way a missing person case can be closed is for McDonald's residence, they found no signs of the missing individual to be found.

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$24,000 deficit blamed on new hires, paying hauling company G. Christopher Williams

paper, cardboard, metals, classroom furniture and light posts. But the companies who 'ii haul them have a difficult time getting much. om•Auraria doesn't get He said there is a paper mill in, Denver, The $24,000 recycling fact. it doesn't even get Republiq Recycling. but because of its ~an size program budget is just a small and because they do not buy paper produeti at fraction of Auraria Facilities 'per from.Auraria travels competitive prices, .it is cheaper for Weyerheuser ~anagement's $6 million budto Portlafid. Ore. or 850 to ship papef to mills in other parts of the coun. get, said Curt Wiedeman, Snowflake, Ariz. in order try. ~Anderson, operations At a paper mill the newspapers are dumped director of Business Services rPaperCo. into a pulper and beaten with water to crea,te a at Auraria. The $2 i,ooo deficit the begin this longjour- thkkpulpcalled"sluny," which is~ in build~ program has is made up by by the hauling conipa-. ing products like dry-wall, Ander$0n said.:-·.•· ms, according to Maggie . Anderson estimated that about 700 p()tioos cash revenues from miscellain charge of the recycling out of eV«f t.()00 pounds of newspaper can be neous auxiliaries like The re--us;ed. ... . . Mercantile restaurant and vending machines on campus, he said. Student volunteers have ~ helped out, McConaghie said, but "when finals come, it's 'I'm too busy."' She stressed, however, Laidlaw. Laidlaw is ultimately responsible for selling that the focus of the project is not to make money, but rather to get students to recycle. the materials to a recycling plant. She said she felt it is definitely worthwhile for the McConaghie said the rebate was "next to nothing," explaining the rebate is about $3,000 a year. She added sake of the environment. that there is simply no demand for recycled products. ''There are few landfills licensed in the state, so The campus collects aluminum, glass, newspaper, where else are you going to dump the garbage?"

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Auraria's recycling program is $21,000 in the hole this year, according to the systems manager at Auraria Facilities Management. "It was never intended to make money, never projected to make money," said Maggie McConaghie, manager of the program, which has a $24,000 annual budget that primarily covers labor costs. When the project began nearly five years ago, it required one person to collect recyclable products from campus offices. Since the program went campus-wide, Auraria Facilities Management hired 10 part-time workers to take care of campus recycling, McConaghie said. Hiring new workers and having the dumpsters pulled and the recyclable products in them haulecj away costs the campus about $24,000 a year, McConaghie said. Laidlaw \\'.aste Systems, a hauling company in Commerce City, pays a rebate to the campus equal to about 80 percent of the value of the recyclable materials, according to Steve Wienstroer, recycling manager at

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Metro conf r.o nts falling enrollment Vernon Haley said the first step toward creating a feeling of helpfulness on Metro's behalf is to telephone approxiEnrollment numbers for the majority mately 2,000 students who have been of Colorado colleges have held steady, accepted to the college but haven' t regisand in many cases they've climbed said tered. Bob Brock, Metro's assistant vice presiHaley said the phone campaign will dent for college communications. Metro, lure potential students to visit the campus however, has watched its number of stu- and inform them of some perks devised to dents dwindle - and for administrators make enrolling at Metro easier, such as the college's fester- . . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . deferred billing and ing enrollment is a one-on-one financall to action. cia1 aid help. "That's trou@f;, . . "', rf!JI. Project Follow bling to us ; we Metro President Sheila '' :Kaplan1 Up task-force would like to main- announced several changes she plans to members survey ta in a small make in the. student advising center. prospective stugrowth," Brock Administtative responsibility for the dents to find out office was transferred from the Student what their financial said. Two weeks Services to Provost Sharon Sivens in an aid and advising ago, Brock and effort to ''prb~ide better academic adviS" needs are, then put other Metro plan- ing ro freshman and undeclared stu- them in touch with personnel in the ners launched dents." Kaplan named Renee Rudetman, an' offices that handle "Project Follow Up" to entice English department faculty member, as those needs. prospective new the interim director of the advising cenPreviously regstudents to the col- ter. ,,,: ?: . . . istered Metro stulege and keep those Advisors also win learn to operate· dents are also slated who already are new computer software designed to to receive three attending Metro. improve slUdenttracking from at,Jmission reminder letters The program is to graduation. that urge them to designed to paint a sign up for the fall picture of Metro as • -Jesse Stephe11$(J1l semester. Those a caring institution . ....__ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __.........__ _..... who already are

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August .primary is news to students Campus poll finds lack of interest in local political race Joann Dobbs The

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French nationalist Charles De Gaulle once said that politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians, yet an informal survey Friday of the Auraria campus suggests that is exactly what students are doing. The 20-person poll revealed that students are at best vaguely familiar with the

issues, and only one of the students was heart of the district. aware of the Aug. 13 primary. The winner of the Democratic prima"I really don't have the time to think ry will battle Republican challenger Joe about politics; I'm so busy with my stud- Rogers in November. ies," said Metro senior Cherlyn Jenkins. The race took shape when the everThis lack of interest apparently isn't popular Patricia Schroeder late last year news to the Denver Election Commission, announced her retirement after a 24-year where employees said they don't expect . stint in Congress. Shortly thereafter, several Democratic hopefuls jumped in, includheavy voter turnout for the primary. "Unless there's a hot issue on the bal- ing state representatives Diane DeGette lot, most people really don't give a dam," and Doug Friednash, former Denver City staffer Rocky Rushing said. Councilman Tim Sandos and community One of the hottest intra-party races in leader Les Franklin. The Democratic field has narrowed, the primary, however, is the Democratic contest for the First congressional district however, with only DeGette and Sandos seat. The Auraria Campus is situated in the still ~uking it out.

Meanwhile, the GOP is licking its chops, hoping to win the seat in a heavily Democratic district. GOP big-wig Newt Gingrich was in Colorado late June to stump for Republican candidate Joe Rogers at a $1,000-a-plate dinner, the first of many expected fund-raisers necessary to finance Rogers' candidacy. While there is voter apathy among students, many issues in Washington, such as budget cuts affecting student loans, social security, and issues regarding the economy and employment, impact students.

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Bond fee up $1.50

Four-year plan installed

BUDGET from page 3 imposed by the insurers, said students should keep in mind that the health. insurance industry annually increases three times its rate. The budget also lists a $3 increase in student fees, or a $1.50 per semester, that will be applied to the student bond, which funds student services suc_h as the Tivoli Student Union. Although students are charged varying rates for the bond fund depending on how many credit hours they take, the $1.50 increase per semester applies to an students. Students taking three credit hours this year will pay $17.50 compared to last year's $16 charge. Students taking 15 credits will pay $54.50 compared to the $53 paid last year. "It's not really a fee increase because the bond didn't change any," said Joe Arcese, Metro vice-president for administration and finance. The change, Arcese said, is in the new method of pro-rating the fee by credit hours, which he said was set too low when administrators tried to calculate the revenue that would be generated. "Because it was the first time we had tried it, we guessed wrong," Arcese said. "So we had to adjust dollars for different hours." Other than the $3 fee, student fees managed by the Auraria Higher Education Center wont increase in 1996-97, said Dean Wolf, Auraria executive vice-president for administration.

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• workforce training to prepare students for the workplace after graduation, • integration of technology in the institutions to lower costs and improve the quality of education, • institution's operational productivity and effectiveness. Retiring State Sen. Al Meiklejohn, RArvada, one of the chief sponsors of the bill, said, ''The institutions are graded on good behavior and how students are treated." Meiklejohn also said that there are 40 state institutions that this bill pertains to. He said that Metro is "one of the few who comply with these goals already." HB 1219 is considered a higher education reform bill, and it begins the fiscal year of 1996-97. Colorado's institutions .of higher education are expected to meet the statewide expectations, goals and five policy areas by fall of 1999.

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lie confidence in Metro. Such confidence could ultimately boost enrollment, he said. While both Haley and Brock said they're confident Project Follow Up will have a positive impact on Metro's enrollment growth, neither are sure when the results will become evident-or how much money the program will cost. Haley estimates the program could affect enrollment numbers by as early as rnidAugust, bqt Brock said the overall effect for any marketing campaign takes three to five years.

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JULY 19, 1996

Think you're cool?Just read this The heat can cause strange things to happen. We know this all too well as we are presently trapped within summer's withering embrace. The heat is relentless and beats the will out of us in droplets of perspiration that congeal into a long and seamless sweat. These past few days have found me perspiring the hours away in a basement apartment without ale, wondering when the heat will end, but the sweltering warmth presented me with another obsession, which I will enjoy laying upon you. While attending Metro over the past five years, I have grown accustomed to a world that rides the thoughts and lips of its concerned students in much the same way the heat rides our patience in late July: APATHY. To refresh everyone's literate skulls, apathy is defined as a lack of emotion, or, indifference. Interesting as well, for all the readers of fine print and lovers of language, the dictionaries also tell us that it means "an insensitivity to suffering" as well as having as a synonym, "coolness." Have you ever noticed how many people use the word "cool"? "Yeah, man it's cool!" Well, they're laying it on thick. I think it is fitting that on our campus - one on which no one voices concerns, votes, etc. apathy has found a home. And we are not alone I am sure. Last week I found opportunity to ask a random twenty students how they would describe their

feelings about Metro. Nine actually used some form of apathy in our conversations; five said "It's cool." Many said they had no feelings at all - apathy, once again. Cool is a word that makes us feel good about our-

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selves while at the same time being completely meaningless. I will tell you that you are making the institution of education in America a raging success by learning not to care about it. That is what it is designed to do. It is well known by the administration that the students are not interested in anything but their degrees. But, in defense of the students, my point is that it is the purpose of the administration to steal our will and sense of power by making apathetic automatons out of each of us. Hey, what we are taught is not the problem, but how we are taught is. How many times have you been able to succesfully take a test or write a "research" paper by creatively using your notes and keywords that some teachers incessantly repeated for two hours? Open your note-

books and co_py the board; regurgitate for test. How many times have you strayed from the agenda in order to explore what you have found to be meaningful ideas only to be humiliated? If the school was "doing its job" of empowering the student as individuals, scholars or free thinkers, then rampant apathy would vaporize as suddenly as it has appeared. Face it: We are taught to shut up and ·pay attention . And maybe this serves a purpose in preparing students for a cold cup of capitalism after the degree is typed, but something dangerous lurks in the wings for us. Apathy is the purveyor of an insensitivity to suffering. It drains the humanity from us. It is amoral at best. Schools are teaching apathy by turning a tradition into an institution. The institution exists for its own wealth and is basically meaningless for its empowerers. Students, we can break this strain of apathy by saying the most powerful word known to the institution: "NO!" Come to the realization that words mean much more than they say. Stop the "cool"-ing off of our lives; the disappearance of will. Bring forth your passion and aggression and litter the town with your demands. Walk out of the classroom with pride and smile to think that you have used the heat in your favor, causing it to evaporate and lift your spirits to the sky, where desire can rain down upon the pigs so they can wallow in the muq.

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Internet classes, summer concerts, Nairobi dancers and killer sports!

Higher education goes high-tech Metro moves from buildings to bits, offering 1.1 classes online

Textbooks also going multimedia

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The Internet, it has been said, is like the Oklahoma Land Rush, with people racing into new territory to stake their claims sooner than the other guy. It seems Metro is riding a fast horse into the new world, with I I courses via the Internet beginning this fall. Courses such as Introduction to Statistics, Critical Reading and Thinking, Introduction to Chicano Studies and several computer-related courses will be available for the first time via the Internet. These courses follow the trail already blazed by Metro professor Clark Germann's lntroduction to Technical Writing course, which has been the only Metro course offered through the Internet. "I guess you would say for the college this was an experiment," said Andrew . Breckel, Metro's assistant vice-president for extended education. "But it proved to be a very positive one because the course fil1ed very quickly, and we've gotten very good feedback from the students who have been in the course."

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John Savvas Roberts/The MEraorourAN Technical writing, a communications definitely setting the precedent for all vircourse, requires only one visit to the路class- tual universities in the country," said room - orientation day. The rest of the Shannon Geery, a spokeswoman for the course is completed through e-mail and at online university. There still are some drawbacks to the least one session in which the students and professor are online at the same time in a college. The programs are not yet accredited and cost over $400 for 3 credit hours. "chat-room." Germann e-mails reading and writing ' Moreover, since it only offers 10 classes, a assignments, and students simply e-mail student must have completed at least 60 them back to him. 路 credits at another institution before being However, International University accepted into ruc路s bachelor's program. College already has its stake in the virtual rue students, Geery said, are fullInternet ground. time workers; some who travel, some with rue provides both a bachelor's and families, or those who are just too busy to master's degree in business communica- travel to a classroom, "or the person who tions over the Internet, as wen as other cer- lives so far from a university or college tificate programs. that it would be silly to drive that far." "International University College is

Metro's Technical Communications department hopes to make it easier to access courses through the Internet through a new multimedia program called Toolbook II. Dr. Peggy O'Neill-Jones, chair of the department, and Clark Germann, a professor in Technical Communications, have been testing the program for Asymetrix Corp., the software's publisher and are excited about the results. "It's applicable to almost all courses, replacing the textbooks you (students) buy," said Germann, describing the program's potential uses for educators. Toolbook II, which also will make it easier for professors to transfer course work to a computer, metaphorically mimics a book; Germann said. It contains pages that allow students to take tests, use calculators, or do research, but also features multimedia experiences that books can't provide like sound, graphics and movies, as well as allowing more interactivity by the student. "Any class that uses a textbook can take advantage of it," Germann said. Germann said that he has used a similar program by Asymetrix, Toolbook 4, in his technical writing class, but the advantage of the new program is that it does not require its user to program it in a programming language, and it can be used on the Internet. Potentially, courses using the program can be taught wholly over the Internet, he said. O'Neill-Jones explained the advantages of such courses, saying: "The Internet is not place- and time-bound. It's not that those aren't good courses (taught in a classroom), but this gives people more access, gives them a different modality to learn with." Addressing concerns about students who fear computers and may not be ready to take classes on the Internet, O'Neill-Jones explained why such problems will fix themselves, saying, "this is a revolution, and it will carry its own momentum."

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r-Nairobi Sister Ci ming the publicity on;-committee for Cle son, the dance perforrne rand Kenya. f it wasn't for Metro h 1sband with preparing th work for this program, i 1e ..~r happened," she sai oth the Kenya tribe r dancers came together t l cultural dance of East, outh Africa and contempo nents for the first time in I Scates, paid for by a gra the U.S. Information Agency ~ of Educational and Cultural >, which is part of the Creative ~ivision of America under the ight Hayes Act of 1961 . :~ 15 Harambee Sharing rs performed three different 1graphic movements titled "One

Spirit/Many Voices" to express freedom from slavery in the past and the unity of all cultures coming together through dancing: The program started in August with Thobhani traveling to Kenya to make arrangements with the Nairobi government for Cleo Parker Robinson and the dance performers. The choreographers, Cleo Parker and Chu~k Davis, lead the ed in the dancing. ·ed in color and ce performance t's Notice." white long t yellow and waists and feathers

tis d comes together at describes the cultural said. last part of the dance is the freedom dance, which brings all the different choreographic movements together to signify unity and peace that was a combination of all previous dances.

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A woman's ,place is in the gallery Annual show of female artistic achievements makes first Metro appearance Rebecca Ciletti The METROPOLifAN

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Metro's Center for the Visual Arts is hosting the "Associates' Showcase,"which features the year-long accomplishments of seven women artists. The Rocky Mountain Women's Institute, founded in 1976 fo promote the intellectual and artistic accomplishments of women, seeks to create a community of artists, writers and scholars. It supported the women in their artistic endeavor. This is the 19th year for the showcase, but the first time Metro has hosted it. Each year the institute provides seven selected artists, or associates, with an office or studio space, a cash stipend of $1,000 and other support to complete a creative project. "Each brings their own feelings and agenda," said Bonnie McClure, director of the institute. Not limited strictly to visual arts, the artists come from a variety of disciplines. June Favre, a playwright, used her time with the institute to work on a visual project detailing the life of longtime friend Thomas Hornsby Ferril. Favre described her year as a mission to make Ferril's life and work well-known. "I was so taken by his work," she said. "It saddens me that no one knows who he

Jenny Sparks!The METROPOLITAN WOMAN'S POINT OF VIEW: Part of Susan Meyer Fenton's installation "For the Beloved" for the "Associates' Showcase" at the Center for the Visual Arts. is." Denver's poet laureate in the 1980s, Ferril wrote for several Denver newspapers and was a contemporary of literary greats Robert Frost and Carl Sandburg. In addition to her visual exhibit, Favre also will read from her play based on Ferril, "Of Limericks, Lyrics and Mandolins." Favre said that had she not received

the scholarship, she probably wouldn't have been able to work on the project. "It's been the best thing that can happen to a person," Favre said. The other artists echoed her sentiment, praising the institute's support and encouragement. Some said that when it was difficult to stay focused, it was good to know that they were doing something important.

·"Someone else having faith in you is good," said writer Nan Wigington. "You have to do it for love." Also important to the artists is the community fostered by the Institute. The best part about being an associate has been meeting the women, seeing how they balance work with other aspects of life and collaborating with them, said artist Susan Meyer Fenton. Fenton pays tribute to the community ·in her work entitled "Communion," seven dresses hanging on a closet rack, symbolizing the seven women in the community. While the seven artists will go their separate ways - some even to faraway places such as Hong Kong - they will take with them the experience of working together, a sense of accomplishment and new friendships. ~ The exhibit also features the work of sculptor Janet Austin, photographer Linda Kozloff-Turner, writer Amelia Ramirez and poet Lee Ann Brown.

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Anyone can make money off a flashin-the-pan gimmick (i.e. the Pet Rock, the Thigh Master, Chia-Pets, grunge music) but it takes a special someone to take that gimmick and turn it into a career. Dread Zeppelin, the Latino-Elvisimpersonator-fronted band that does reggae covers of Led Zeppelin ·songs, has taken gimmicks to new heights. "We thought we were only doing one show," said lead singer Tortelvis in an interview before Dread's appearance at Denver's Ogden Theater on July 12. Over 1,000 shows and four albums later, the band is the hardest working gag in show business (with the possible exception of Tom Jones). Originally a reggae band in L.A. called "Reggae Blades," the band members have conflicting memories about how the shtick started. The most plausible story seems to be Tortelvis's recollection that he saw a midseventies Elvis interview where the King mentioned that he liked Led Zeppelin and reggae music. In hindsight, the connection was so apparent - so blatantly obvious it's amazing that it took until 1989 before someone put Elvis, Led Zeppelin and reggae music all together into one package. The band consists of Tortelvis, a glittery Vegas-style Elvis impersonator; Carl Jah, the all-but-naked guitar player; ButtBoy, who plays what is described in the liner-notes as "porn-bass;" Spice, the drummer "straight from Menudo;" and Rasta Li-Mon, the congo-playing fauxdreadlock-wearing "reggae-mon" member of the band. And of course, Charlie Haj, "the man who brings me my towels and water on stage," as the King used to say.

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Mike Larkinffhe METROPOLITAN HAIL TO THE KING: Tortelvis seeks praise from the masses at the Dread Zeppelin concert July 12 at Denver's Ogden Theater. (Presley really did have a member of his entourage named Charlie Hodge, whose sole purpose was to supply Elvis with towels and water during his shows). While the band members claim every minute of their career has been fun, and, as far as they are concerned, the joke hasn't gotten tired yet, they concede that not everyone's a Dread fan . This was illustrated in an unfortunate incident at the Winter Park Reggae festival several years ago. Dread was playing when some fans in the front row began throwing orange juice and mustard at the band, Tortelvis said. They were basically booed off the stage before the end of their set. "Then what happened?" inquired a smiling Carl Jah, egging Tortelvis on to ~ell the part of the story the band thinks is pretty funny. 'They canceled the whole rest of the

tour because of us," Tortelvis said proudly. "The other bands hated us, they just hated us." The band shrugged off the incident ancf has recently been getting "good responses from almost everyone that we have covered," Tortelvis said. "Robert Plant is a big fan," Carl Jah claims. "Jimmy Page originally didn't like it, but he now likes it." "Boo~y Collins really likes 'em," chimed in Dread's tour-manager, Tony. "Who's Bootsy Collins? We're talking about big stars," Tortelvis shot back. The band just put out a new album called "Fun Sessions," in which they branch out to mutilate music by the Who, The Doors and the Beatles. "And, of course, more Zeppelin," Charlie Haj is quick to add.

Mondo gets start thanks to Cheez Wiz Greta Durr The METROPOUfAN

In the fleeting moments following a Cheez Whiz overdose somewhere in Philadelphia four years ago, singer and organ player Sam Steinig formed a quirky little four-piece band called Mondo Topless. Several guitarists and bass players later, MT has recently completed its first LP, called "$50,000 Hand Job," for the fledgling Denver-based 360 Twist! record label. Now preparing for an epic road-trip to Denver, Sam has spared a few frenzied moments to chat about their new opus and its debut celebration with 14 other bands Aug. 1-3 at the Raven Lounge. Scheduled to perform the first night of the 84-hour coming-out soiree for the label, Sam waxes sincere in his quest for effervescent relief. How do you manage to mingle influences from so many different genres and . avoid being pigeonholed into some dreaded silk-Lined box ?

Man y · influences? Hell, all I thought were enced was loud, fast, stupid trash-rock. I guess to keep from be i n g pigeonholed as a garage band we try to throw a coup la curve balls to keep things interesting, but with that damn Vox organ screaming all over the place it can't help but be garage. How did y'all hook-up with the 360 Twist Label? Well, Michael Daboll, their art director, an' I have been e-mailing each other for the past year or so... I think I sent a general e-mail to a bunch of music news groups to see if people would be interested in a

records. That's Mondo Topless - $50,000 Hand Job, on 360 Twist! Records. Buy! Buy!" I hear it's good to have goals. Do you have any? Um... To stop having to find a new bass player every time we're ready to learn some new songs. Besides that, well, you know how on Star Trek they could solve every problem by re-directing all of their power through the main deflector array? Well, I'd like to get one of those things ... Have you any stories you woUtd like lo share with the other kids in class? Our guitarist gets paid to ride free copy of a tape we made, tl)e bus and spy on bus drivers. and he answered. How long have you had an Do your moments of potential commercial viability Internet presence? strike you in any way? About a year or so. We a web site: They strike us -in a way have that makes us open our eyes in http://users.aol.com/mtopthe middle of the night, gaze at less/mtopless.html the ceiling from our beds and Tell me more about the wonder, if for the briefest of advantages - of living in the moments, "Hey! Maybe I can modem world. Indoor plumbing is nice. quit that job at the Piggly Wiggly some day! Ah, but only Thanks, Sam. We ' LL see if you, yes YOU, buy our you on Aug. /.

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Mountains路an extreme playground for bikers Ricardo Baca The MFfROPOUfAN

Bump and grind, fry it, saute it, squeeze the lift, pump the poodle, jam the schwag. Or, in layman's terms, mountain bikers do it in the dirt These are words to live by when you are flying down a mountain at outrageous speeds, according to John Hale, 26, of Denver. "When I am on my bike, I am a totally different person," said Hale, who has raced semi-professionally for three years. "I think it's great that the sport is getting all of this attention and bringing in all of these people. I like to refer to myself as one of the (year) 2000 Olympians." Hale, speaking of the sport's introduction to the Olympics this year, said he wanted to try out for the '96 team, but he would feel more comfortable doing it in four years. The Olympic debut of the sport explains its popularity, said Gil Webb, chief mechanic at a downtown Denver bike shop. "These kids watch the extreme games and say to themselves, 'I can do that,"' Webb said. Webb said mountain bike sales have been increasing consistently for the past three years. "It used to be they were just a present for college to be ridden on streets only," he said. ''Now they are abused to the extent that people bring their cracked frames in to me and ask me what I can do about it." Mountain biking can be seen in your

local grocer's frozen food section, or just visit one rider's favorite spots. Jamie Hernandez, a Metro junior, said he thrives on the trails of the ski resorts after the summer sun has zapped the snow away. "Crested Butte is my favorite of all time," Hernandez said. '"They have lifts to take you to the to the top, so you can downhill jam all day long and not be as worn out as you would otherwise. But for those who don't want to drive seven hours, Winter Park is almost as good." Winter Park is an hour to an hour and a half away, depending on driving speeds. Steve Page, a sophomore at Colorado State University, loves to ride Apex Park in Morrison. But, he said, his heart lies in Moab, Utah. "Shredding up the impossible inclines was the best part of my last trip (to Moab)," said Page, a four-year rider. "But what I really love to do is downhill, especially single-track. You never know what's around the next corner." Mike Dillard, a member of the National Off Road Bicycle Association (NORBA), lives for the gonzo abusive trails of the Telluride Valley. ''The Telluride amphitheater-type setting enables area bikers to take advantage of continuous routes," the five-year veteran Dillard said. "Almost every trail you ride (hence the name Tell-u-ride) has a gigantic water fall." Many feel that mountain biking has brought the death of the road bike ("tenSee SHARP on page 17

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PUT 'EM UP: Flash Kickboxing student Frank Veloz of Denver prepares to punish his opponent Monday.

Kickboxing: a kinder, gentler sport Victoria Pearson The METROPOLITAN

Enthusiasts of the hard action of boxing and the discipline of martial arts blended them two decades ago to create kickboxing. "Kickboxing teaches the art of combat without a violent atmosphere," said Monte Montgomery, 27, a student al Flash Kickboxing in Thornton, 2400 E. 88th Ave. Flash is the only school .in the Denver area that specializes in teaching kickboxing. Started in the United States in the early 1970s, kickboxing combines basic karate kicks with American boxing techniques to teach students a new way to fight and defend themselves. "ll is more realistic than some martial arts self-defense techniques," said Jordan Gutierrez, head instructor at Flash Kickboxing. This is because kickboxing students learn basic kicks and punches and how to use them in combinations, Gutierrez said. The sport also is a great way to get a workout. "I was in need of something to nudge me into getting some exercise," said Bill

Wyman, 44, "and running was too boring." Self-defense and exercise aren't the only reasons to study kickboxing; il also is a highly competitive sport Kickboxing tournaments are held around the state, generally as part of a karate tournament. The kickboxing fights, however, offer continuous action instead of the stops and starts of tagging the opponent for points, like in karate. All kicks and punches are restricted to above the waist. Amateurs fight three twominute rounds in which they must throw eight kicks per round. Since Colorado lacks a boxing commission, the main promoters of the sport have gone elsewhere, meaning anyone who wants to be a professional competitive kickboxer may have to go out of statenamely California, Florida, New York and Texas, Gutierrez said. Flash Kickboxing has students of all ages, male and female. Children are taught to overcome their fear of failure and develop coordination, self-confidence and selfcontrol. Fifteen-year-old Vince Eraquam was in wrestling for three years before getting into kickboxing. He likes the self-defense techniques he learns. "It helps keep you out of trouble," he said.

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friends of Metro that is sent to 102,000 alumni. Sponsors also can get season tickets to Metro introduced a corporate spon- athletic events, tickets to the Annual sorship program this summer that will Sports Awards Banquet and recognition offer more scholarships to student athletes gifts on an official Corporate Partner and give the athletic program a much- Night at a home game or event. Awards will depend on the partners' initial gift to needed boost. The goal of the sponsorship program, the school. It is unknown at this time just how which will officially be implemented this much revenue is expected fall, is to create a "win-win situation" for the student to come to Metro. However, Roumph athletes and the corporate sponsors, said Mike said Auraria is an Roumph, the program's untapped advertising marcoordinator. The athletic ket, meaning it is attractive department will gain the to corporate investors who resources to offer more -Mike Roumph, may sponsor Metro athletscholarships, and the sponcoordinator ics on $1,000, $2,500, sor will get an advertising $5,000 and $10,000 levels. link to the Auraria campus, "I think it can be a he said. great program," Roumph said, "I think Preliminary interests include Norwest Metro State has a lot to offer Denver." Banks, Tele-Communications, Inc. (TCI) He said the program is unique because and Roy Banks Insurance. Roumph said he the school ·is not asking for a hand-out, but also had several verbal commitments from rather a partnership in which it provides companies. He declined to name them valuable advertising space and benefits to the corporate sponsors in exchange for until they have signed on. Depending on the level of sponsor- necessary revenue for the athletic departship, partners can receive advertising ment. He is optimistic about the partnerspace in the Auraria Events Center, the ship, which was patterned after a successEvents Center Pool, the Tivoli and ful sponsorship at the University of Metropolis, a publication for alumni and See COMPANIES page 17

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