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"Excellent" profs scarce at Metro Teacher evaluations vety difficult to score perfectly on, professors question test's accuracy Trisha McCarty The METROPOLITAN Why can't Metro have any excellent teachers? Some faculty blame technical flaws in the new faculty evaluation process, which was implemented last spring.

Evaluations completed by students at the end of each semester may hinder teachers' chances of receiving a perfect score of six, equating excellence, said journalism professor James Brodell.

Other faculty members claim that impractical mathematical operations are used on the gathered data, creating the unlikely score which could ultimately influence salary, retention and tenure.

Brodell raised the "excellence" question after reviewing his own results from' last spring's evaluations.

"Since evaluations have a tendency to reflect on salary, I think some changes are in order," he said. "Ultimately, if not all, in some ways it affects pay; if your student evaluations say 'good' how can the department chair say you are an excellent teacher?"

Brodell sent an e-mail on Sept. 12 to Vincent P. Orlando, chair of the faculty senate evaluation committee and Metro reading professor, and to other faculty, in which he said: ''There is little likelihood that MSCD will have any excellent teachers under the rating system. Under the new faculty evaluation system, a teacher must obtain straight sixes to be ranked excellent."

Orlando said he disagreed with Brodell's literal interpretation.

"No one is going to say, 'No people are excellent,"' Orlando said. "No one ever got a seven on the old evaluations, but that doesn't mean none were excellent."

Under the old system, each faculty member received a number generated by their evaluations, but the numbers were not assigned a meaning such as excellent or fair. It \Vas left up to each department to determine the number's characterization.

However, the new system assigns qualities to numbers, said Norman E. Pence, Metro associate professor of computer information systems and management, making it very difficult for teachers to get an A, so to speak. 路 In terms of grading faculty, an A would only be given with a perfect score of six. A point loss would plunge faculty into the next category of 5.9 to 5.0, meaning very good, and so on, Brodell explained in his e-mail. He said that the students report in categories which are converted to whole numbers, yet are finally reported with two decimal places.

"I do not think this is sound mathematically," said Brodell. He also refuted the unimportance of excellence. ''The percentage of your raise varies depending on the area of teacher you find yourself in," Brodell said.

"Can you skew it ( the evaluations)? I suppose so, if a teacher brought doughnuts to class everyday," Brodell suggested.

Director of Institutional Research Paul Wilken compared the evaluation process to a grade point average, describing it as "near impossible to get an A, very difficult. It all depends on where you want to round."

The formula is statistically unsound, said Brodell.

"Numbers are being arbitrarily applied and how do students perceive the distance to each category? How much distance is

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Club misses deadline, gets the boot Republicans call foul on notification of cutoff date, have a week to clear out Jesse Stephenson The METROPOLITAN

The Auraria College Republicans are being evicted from their office in the Club Hub because they missed the Sept. 15 deadline to apply for club space. Now they are questioning why they were not notified of the impending cutoff date.

James Martinez, the president of the Auraria College Republicans, said his club was not warned by Student Activities about the deadline for office space renewal requests. In past years, all clubs have been reminded of the deadline, Martinez said.

The Republicans found out Sept. 16 that they missed their chance to file the paperwork - now they have until next week to get out of their office.

"We got kind of bum-rushed," he said. "We're going to try to fight getting kicked out."

Maria Rodriguez, a member of the Student Union Advisory Board, which allocates club space, said no clubs were notified about the deadline and there is not much the

Republicans can do to get their office back since the space has already been assigned to the Psychology Club.

"I don't know how long the College Republicans were going to wait, but they should know by now they need to submit an application," she said.

Rodriguez said the Republicans turned in their application after the deadline, but it was incomplete because the club did not apply for official recognition from one of the three Auraria colleges. The Republicans will be eligible for a cubicle in the Club Hub when they get official recognition, Rodriguez said.

Jeremy Battennan, the national secretary of the College Republicans, said the cubicles will not work because they are too easily vandalized. Battennan said the club has had problems with vandalism even in the closed office space, including nasty comments written in ink on the door and the repeated theft of bumper stickers reading, "Sodomy is not a family value."

Rodriguez said all 15 clubs that applied for the office spaces have security concerns.

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Student questions legality of school pulling Web Site Henri Brickey The METROPOLITAN

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The Web page containing swastikas and links to white supremacist pages that caught the attention of University of Colorado at Denver officials earlier this month was pulled off the UCD server Sept. 20.

The decision to have Michael Stong's Web page removed was made by UCO Interim Chancellor Georgia E. LeshLaurie. In a letter to Stong, Lesh-Laurie stated, "I have reviewed the most recent home page and it is clearly in violation of CU Denver's policy. Consequently, I have authorized Computing Services to disconnect your home page from CU Denver's Carbon server."

The removal of the home page was unconstitutional, Stong said.

"I think it's a violation of my First Amendment rights, and I think I have the right to express my opinions," Stong said Tuesday.

The UCO policy that Lesh-Laurie referred to states that UCD's computing resources are to be used for "scholarly, research and administrative purposes" and that those who use the resources are expected to do so "in an effective, efficient, ethical and legal manner."

"You can easily say it's a research page, by providing links to the Federalist Papers and to the Constitution," Stong said.

"I wrote the page because I was upset with the presentation of fact," Stong said.

Stong said tliat the curriculum at UCO is becoming increasingly liberal, and even his English Composition II class "is an white-male-bashing crap."

He also believes professors at the college level need to be more balanced in

their political views, which Stong said remain with students long after graduation .

On Sept. 11 Stong met with Dr. Milton Craig at the Center for Racism and Ethnic Violence. ~tong said that Craig told him that in order for Stong to make a more effective argument, it would be better for him to remove the offensive symbols and link to "The Nigger Joke Page" from his home page.

"They were just a few symbols to provoke people," Stong said.

Stong agreed with Craig, and said at that time he was going to use his page from then on "as a purely academic exercise."

When Stong went to his political science class the next day, the actions of his professor, Mark Sills, changed his mind about taking the symbols off the Web page.

"I was really hammered hard in that class by him (Sills)," Stong said.

Sills had compiled a multi-page packet containing Stong's home page and infonnation taken from links on Stong's page and presented it to the class.

"He credited me with being the author of the entire package, including all the links' material," Stong said.

After that Stong said he decided to keep the symbols on the page.

"If I'm going to be portrayed as a white bigot, I thought maybe I'd act like one of those people," Stong said.

Stong said he does not hate black people or Jewish people and that he maintains friendships with both.

Neither Sills nor Lesh-Laurie could be reached for comment.

Stong will be allowed to create a new home page on UCD's server if it fits the guidelines presented in the school policy.

come-first-serve basis and the Republicans were last to sign up, Rodriguez said.

Zav Dababhoy, the director of student activities, said there is some controversy about why no one from SUAB or Student Activities notified the clubs about the cutoff date.

"I think there's a question about why clubs weren't notified about the closed office space deadline," he said.

"In my mind, they should have made an attempt to contact those who have office space."

Rodriguez said the clubs were responsible for finding out for themselves when the paperwork was due, adding that the Republicans are the only ones who failed to do so.

"The majority of them had no complaint," she said.

"We had clubs that came in the first week of school and said, 'OK, let's get things going."'

Battennan said the Republicans will plead to Student Activities to give them back the office but will probably move off campus if they are forced into a cubicle.

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Total enrollment up 2.2 percent Across the board Metro enjoys higher enrollment Mitsuru Shimizu The METROPOLITAN

The numbers of ethnic minority students who enrolled at Metro in fall 1996 increased by 6.3 percent since fall of 1995, Metro's newest census report shows.

Metro's Office of Institutional Research released the "Census Fall 1995 and Fall 1996 Student Profile Summary" Sept. 13 which showed the total number of Metro students increased by 2.2 percent from 16,815 students in fall 1995 to 17, l 77 students in fall 1996.

The number of American Indian and Hispanic students increased more than the other ethnic groups, such as Asian and African American students, the census report shows.

The number of Hispanic students enrolled increased by 160 students, which is an 8.2 percent increase; the number of American Indian students enrolled increased by 27, which is 19. l percent increase, the report shows.

An increase also occurred with African American and Asian students, said Michael Miera, associate director of Admissions.

"In fact our whole minority students' population increased and has been increasing over the last 15 years," Miera said.

"It's very true that the Office of Admissions has a long-standing minority-recruitment strategy," Miera said.

"We do get out there and focus on getting the message out to minority students that one, Metro is a good college for you, and two, you gotta go to college."

"So, we've been very active in a minority recruitment effort," Miera said.

The trend in minority enrollment could be similar to the increasing number of women enrolling in educational institutions, Miera said.

The census showed that the number of female students enrolled increased by 2.7 percent to 9,652 students and the number of male students enrolled increased by 1.4 percent to 7,523 students.

The number of female students has overtaken the number of male students nationwide, Miera said, due in part to the women's movement of the 1960s and 1970s.

"There has been a whole societal shift from the '40s and the '50s when a woman's place was in a home to where women were understanding that they needed an education to provide for themselves," Miera said.

"Women are more interested in education; women are more interested in making sure that they prepare themselves for the job market," Miera said.

Regarding the number of seniors, Wilken said students considered as seniors likely have extra hours that are not required to graduate for their degrees, and they are missing a few required courses.

"I would suspect that's why you have a large number of seniors," he said.

Regarding the number of freshman, Wilken said 60 percent of all freshmen , on average, successfully go on to their sophomore year. In addition, some freshmen transfer to other institutions, he said.

On the other hand, Miera said, seniors take a little longer to graduate because of issues in their lives.

The number of students who are younger than 19 increased by 8.7 percent; the number of students older than 30 decreased by 3 percent, the report shows.

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Alternate bookstore closed Matthew J. Lilley

"I'm not crazy about the (owner) to begin with," said two-year employee Paul After three years of providing stu- Davis, a Metro senior. "I understand he dents with an alternative place to buy text- wants to make a profit, but he could have books, the Collegiate Book Basement is paid more attention to the place." being closed by its out-of-stale owners.

"I'm not particularly bitter or any"It's hard to run a store that .is this far thing," Davis added. away," said David Horrocks, the operaHorrocks said the store just could not tions manager from Florida. "We never cut it during the mid-semester lulls_ Th~ got the traffic we needed." store attempted to be a general bookstore, Horrocks said students just did not but the basement setting proved to be an want to walk that far, especially in encumbrance.

According to Horrocks, there is a 20 January. Three-dollar parking did not encourage students to drive there either, he percent profit margin for every book sold, but every unsold book is shipped back to said.

Horrocks· said after three years of the publisher at the store's expense.

Davis said it was interesting working breaking even he didn't see any future in in textbook sales because he could see it the business.

The store will close its doors Sept. 30. ·from both the perspective of a student and . Store Manager Mary Martinez said a business. He said the students see bookthe store did not have a good marketing stores making money; however, that is not plan. She said the owners did not under- always the case.

Davis attributed p~rt of the lack of stand the student demographics at Auraria - working students who do not have a lot business to the fact that Auraria is a commuter campus. He said the Collegiate of time to shop around.

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• between a sergeant and a corporal; these "It has been used incorrectly," are not ranks, they are distances converted Orlando said. "People are going to be subinto numerical data moved two decimal jective, and there is no way to stop it. places, which is wrong according to statis- People get used to seeing numbers and tics," he said. they get used to attaching meaning to Pence agreed with Brodell: them."

"This can only happen at an instituIn his e-mail response to Brodell, tion of higher learning. No company in the Orlando said, "It's how those numbers are private sector would allow their company used that is important. You know, as well to do this. They would just report frequen- as I, that chairs, faculty, etc., will develop cies." their own criteria for what's excellent, Pence explained that the best the cate- very good, etc., and that would happen no gorical data can report is frequencies, such matter what the system is or how it is as the number of students answering each reported." question and category.

Though depart"You can't calculate ments were given means and standard deviaguidelines in using the tions of ordinal data even student evaluations, ~appen if it is numeric (assigned a Orlando said, "Some number). What they need follow them and some is to describe what it don't. I've seen people means to be good, very evaluating faculty, and poor, etc., so everyone is if the student evaluausing the same scale tions are good, that is all (characteristics for each they look at." category), and then assign Department deans a number. But that is not and chairs use the evalhappening," said Pence. uations in the critiquing "What instrument is being of a teacher's perforused to generate these mance, but it is only one -Norman E. Pence, of three areas looked at numbers? None. ll is Metro associate professor in the overall evaluation meaningless. I am not of computer information process. With the stueven sure it (excellence) systems and management dent evaluations falling can be defined, so it just needs to be described as to under the category of what it looks like; its charteaching, the other cateacteristics." gories include professional development, Measurements are only estimates, and such as research, writings and contribucounting gives exact numbers, said Pence, tions lo their profession, and service in the but it all depends on how the instrument is college and community. read.

"Students need to understand that they Orlando defended the chosen instru- (the evaluations) are much more important ment, but then ended up agreeing with its than they think," Orlando said. "They are subjectivity and possible misuse. He said used a lot. In my own personal opinion, he is confident that the instrument itself they are used too much. Some evaluations has statistical validity, but described the are based solely on student evaluations, EVALUATIONS from page 1

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No company in the private sector would allow their company to do this."

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WHOLE LOT OF NOTHING: Collegiate Book Basement Manager Mary Martinez stands by empty shelves in the now defunct store.

Book Basement did well with non-traditional students with tight funds, but the swarms of new students with a check from their parents do not want to shop around, he said. He said they are not as motivated to save their parents' money.

After the store closes, Davis said he will do some tutoring at student services and look for another job downtown. "I'll be perfectly happy not to be working in a basement anymore," he said with a grin, adding it would not hurt to see some sun.

History of the new evaluations Carlson. "Its complexity has caused administrative headaches and nightThe ME"TROPOUTAN mares."

A detailed explanation of what the · In summer 1994 President Sheila 1: Kaplan told the Faculty Senate reports contain were sent to faculty Evaluation Committee to improve the members along with the results of last faculty- evaluatlon process. The commil- spring's evaluations.

According to the informational tee discussed the adoption of a new instrument with faculty senators, depart- packet, only the first four questions of the form are itctually used in teacher ment chairs and deans.

On May 10, 1995, the new evalua- evaluations. They ask for overall ratings tion was choseri. by faculty senators and of the course, content, instructor's contribution, and instructor's effectiveness, an overall faculty vote.

The new process implemented in and will be used in comparisons colcl~ses last spring was developed at the lege-wide as well as department-wide.

Uftversity'of Washingt6n Jn 1974, and Section two gives diagnostic Jeedback is used currently in University of to the .instructor, requesting ratings on , W~hinJton classes and 20 coJleges specific characteristics 9f the instructor, · nationwide. The instrument bas proven allowing comparisons to made with · sta'listical validity where as the old one similar courses. Se<;:tion three provides infonnation about the course and the <li4 not.

Tracey Carlsoti, statistical analyst jnstruetor to students considering taking ... in):institutional research, explained f.hat the cl;tSS. .However, ~ instnl'ctor musr the system ~sists of eight questi.cmnaires that are tailored to specific course approve the results befo~ they are made~ types. such as small lectures with dis- public. Section four provides space for · ~~~on, ~a.rse,l~tu~s .~th,Ji~tl~ °%~o qqesti<ms m~ by the instructor and .

10-cJass interaction. lab sections and .seetidn' five is"'an 0ptionaJ%pen"'-Cnded'* setninar/discussion-type classes, some- comment sheet. A one-page computer thing the old evaluations, used for over output summarizes the results of an ' . . siX:,years, !ilf.f@t addre$s. . ,.,. in~tru.ctor's evaluations, anp the open.. ·•···•· "It is mont effectiv~ to use spec:ffic ended comments are given to faculty q~stions for a specific course," said after grades have been turned in.

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and to me, that is inappropriate."

Wilken explained that the faculty had a choice to retain the old system or choose from two alternatives. The new multifonn evaluation was approved by the vote of the entire faculty as well as the Faculty Senate on May I 0, 1995.

Faculty believe the credibility of the feedback from students is only as good as their grades and class attendance, as shown in the minutes from the faculty senate meeting. Therefore, Orlando said,

questions on the evaluation concerning the student's grade expectation will be used to judge the validity of responses.

"The instrument is probably much mqre than it should be, because it generates a number," said Orlando.

"Bottom line is that students have a right to evaluate. And this is just one way to do it. I don't think, however, there is any way that will make people happy. It's just one of those things we have to live with," said Orlando in his e-mai l to Brodel l.

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Dole drops in on Denver, damns drugs Ricardo Baca The

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After attacking the Clinton administration over violence and drugs, Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole sent a message to students while speaking at the Associated Press Managing Editors Convention in Denver last Thursday afternoon.

Dole, noting that the election is a short seven weeks away, spoke mostly against the. Clinton administration and also on his plan to balance the budget, but did not say anything about the situation of higher education, until the question-and-answer session.

Questions were submitted by APME members , and reporters from the APME Gazette, and were ),....:;;a-..•• presented to Dole by APME President Bob // • McGruder after Dole's 45-minute speech. One question in particular was of interest to students.

"Mr. Dole, after looking at your budget plan, one might think that you're cutting education funds completely to balance the budget," McGruder said. "Do you honestly believe that you can balance the budget at the cost of the country's future?"

Dole's response was optimistic and confident.

"Pell Grants (will be) the highest they have ever been," Dole said. "Education in my administration will be a priority."

Dole went on to say that his pro-growth plan will set aside more money in general for financial aid toward education.

Dole said he plans to decrease taxes by 15 percent, give parents a $500 tax break per child, and to "end the l.R.S. as we know it," as an attempt to make the "tax system flatter and more fair."

When Dole was not talking about his tax pbm or his plan for America's future, he ripped the Clinton administration for the existing problems in the entertainment industry, drugs and violence.

Dole first spoke on the increase in drug use, saying it is relat-

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"Drug use has doubled in the last 44 months of Clinton's term," Dole said. "As president, I will be serious ~bout cutting teen-age drug use by 50 percent by the end of tM year 2000 ... I will ensure that the Justice Department takes a hard line against drug dealers."

Dole said his slogan for the drug war - "just don't do it" echoes Nancy Reagan's call to "just say no."

"In entertainment, the trendiest trend is the return of drug use," he said. "Movies feature the romance of heroin. The marijuana leaf and the heroin needle have become the trademarks of fashionable rebellion."

Dole then reflected on a meeting he had earlier this week with a Las Vegas family.

"Their son had been gunned down," he said. "How can you look into the eyes of someone who has lost a 12-year-old daughter or a 16-year-old son?

"Everywhere you look, all you see is tragedy."

Dole said he will implement a new system that would not allow guns to fall into the hands of someone who shouldn't have one, such as convicted felons.

"I believe. it is time to get serious about violent crime and drugs in a way that we have not seen in our government over the last four years."

The downtown Denver Hyatt Regency Hotel was his first campaign stop after a rally in Chico, Calif., where a temporary banister gave way and Dole fell off an elevated stage. Dole joked with the audience in Denver. "Don't wor_ry, I'm not getting near the edge ... I'm reaching out for votes. That's what I was doing yesterday (in Chico) I was reaching out for a vote."

"It's a question of presidential will," he said. "If you have it, you can do it. And I have it, and I can do it."

THE 8TH ANNUAL FALL ·LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE Oct. 4 & 5, 1996 Presented by The Colorado Student Association This year's conference theme is "Tools for a Better Tomorrow." All the speakers and workshops are geared towards teaching ourselves the tools that are necessary for us to excel in·a world that req~ires a leader. With these skills, students can be more successful in future endeavors.

Friday Oct. .4 - Registration Saturday Oct. 5 - Workshops designed to empower student leaders with skills Sunday Oct. 6 - CSA Representative Assembly

Campus ~ebate draws· national media spotlight Mike Larkin The METROPOLITAN

Metro's Student Activities office is expecting smooth sailing for tonight's Jesse Jackson/Oliver North debate.

Security at the Auraria Events Center will not be as tight as it was for last year's Jamal Mohammed lecture, said Amy Haimerl, a Student Activities representative.

"We're treating it like we would with any other national speakers," she said.

"We have five APS (Auraria Public Safety) officers and we aren't having metal detectors," which were used when Mohammed came, Haimerl said.

Haimerl said the debate will be moderated by Peter Boyles and broadcast live on KHOW. .

She added that C-SPAN is also recording the event to be broadcast at a later date.

Haimerl expects the debate to sell out but noted that the institutions holding the event Metro, University of Colorado at Denver, Community College of Denver and Auraria, will break even and not make money off the event. The main cost of the event were the $15,000 speaker fees both North and· Jackson requested.

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Big corporations, both foreign and domestic, control the United States - not the citizenry, said the founder of a democratic populist movement Wednesday.

"I myself have come to the sad conclusion that we no longer govern ourselves," said Ronnie Dugger, a writer, journalist and founder of The Alliance.

"We are living under a de facto corporate oligarchy," said Dugger. The major emphasis of The Alliance is a return to the populist movement which died after the tum of the century, he said.

PEOPLE MOVER: Ronnie Dugger Dugger said another go~! of the speaks in the Tivoli Wednesday. movement is to bring together various smaller movements - such as the envi- some justified criticism of democracy," he ronmental and multicultural movements said.

• "I think representative democracy has - into one cohesive movement to combat the corporate stranglehold on America and been bought-out from under us," he added.

On education, Dugger said historicalthe entire world.

This would be done through the use of ly, education has been a "passive bowl into a shared international computer dat,abase, which the culture is poured."

Dugger, a longtime Democratic Party which Dugger said is the key to the movevoter, founded the Allianoe movement in ment.

"Build first locally, then nationally, 1993 after giving up on President Bill Clinton when Clinton reversed his stand then a world movement," he said.

Dugger told the crowd that the corpo- on the issue of Haitian refugees. Dugger ration is a barrier between its employees wrote an article for the magazine The and their First Amendment ·right to free Nation calling for a new populist move: ment and got an unprecedented response. speech.

"I sometimes get 20 responses from An Alliance objective, Dugger said, is an article, maybe 30. to give constitutional After th.is I got 1,700." rights only to individuCorporations, Dugger said he als . will vote for consumer which currently have advocate Ralph Nader the same constitutional this November. Nader rights as individuals, is running on the would lose those rights Green Party ticket. if the populist mbveA vote for Nader ment has its say. may be considered a A possible result of the movement, said throwaway. However, Dugger, would be a par-Ronnie Dugger: Dugger said that the adigm shift and a new . . . ' Nader campaign is not writer; JOurnalist about winning the constitution and govand founder of White House but call-· erning system. For this, Dugger said, "we need The Alliance ing attention to the not only a grand vision, movement.

Dugger did not but a subtle strategy."

The new constitution, he said, would not express optimism in a third major party depend on a "corrupt election process." being established anytime soon.

The national news media, Dugger "It has always seemed to me that the said, is not giving the American public the third party ... is a trap," he said. The whole story, with the exception of the New Alliance, Dugger said, is a movement York Times, Wall Street Journal (minus the rather than a third party. editorial pages), Washington Post and Los Although presidential hopeful Ross Perot has attractive rhetoric, Dugger called Angeles Times.

"There is no reason that we have to Perot "a dictator, unworthy of office; any stand helpless while the tobacco compa- office."

During his speech Wednesday at the nies get rich selling cigarettes without warning labels across the world," Dugger Tivoli, Dugger said he hopes to see a branch of the Alliance formed on the said.

"I think representative democracy has been bought-out from under us."

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Welcome to the Auraria Campus!

Welcome to the enticing and mysterious world of AHEC! Our campus of consumerism would like to thank you for using its facilities.

Isn't "facilities" a wonderful word?

Not one bit of human-ness to it at all.

AURARIA- an institution.

Consider the Tivoli Student Union: for what purpose does it exist? We have a few lounges in which to sit, sleep and study. One of the lounges is even designated with a name encouraging student interaction The Multicultural Lounge (forget that "multicultural" is, in itself, basically a meaningless word). As far as student interaction is concerned, AHEC seems interested in a type of worldly pursuit 路 other than friendship and study. Again, for what purpose does the student union exist? Not ideally, but really - on this campus. Think about it.

Let us start with an inventory: 2 bars, 1 brewery, 1 movie theater, 5 retail outlets, 7 fast food restaurants.. . I am beginning to see a trend here.

Wait, I forgot the numerous tables allotted to credit card companies ever so anxious to sell our students into debt. Why on earth do we need a mall on campus? Even our bookstore seems more adept at taking money than assisting the students.

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Why is this campus so talented at taking our money? These questions might seem a bit more whiny than constructive, but nevertheless they should be asked. Why is our library not in better shape; why aren't there more positive student activities being funded by the school; why are campus hallways literally littered with applications for credit cards and various subscriptions; why are the administration and AHEC so untouchable, so elusive? I am not questioning the costs of attending Metro; I am questioning the school itself or as it is.

Education and community, some positive sorts of social interaction, cannot be bought nor can they be sold. Our administration and some of our students seem unaware of this.

A voter registration table was set up on the campus walkways last

week. Why aren't more activities such as this scheduled? Instead, we are forced to deal with ridiculous parodies of events called "fairs" (i.e. the health fair) where students are subjected to things such as twenty-foot-tall condoms. Seriously, this is laughable at best. Picture this: after watching a violent and nonsensical film at the AMC theaters and having six or seven beers at the bar, we could romp our way past the Take Back the Night rally and have a wild orgy while dancing about the big condom. And after all that healthy exercise, a typical student could pass out in the multicultural lounge. WOW! There must be a reason for The Metropolitan, in the midst of breaking interesting stories, to throw in a feature about the brewery on campus (especially in lieu of said brewery's recent suspension). The students are obviously more interested in beer than education, so why not feature beer?

I've got an idea about how we could create a few more work study jobs on campus. Why not strike a deal with (america) so students could actually brew the beer. Students could then feel proud about their efforts on campus and staunchly proclaim: "We brew the beer we drink."

Cheers.

-Gary Norris is a Metro Senior

Use your voting power; affect issues Dear Editor, Tuesday, Nov. 5, is "the big day." The day everyone, who is 18 years old or older, who is not a convicted felon or mentally insane, can vote. So, everyone will vote, right?

If we look at past voting statistics, unfortunately the majority will not vote. That means that a minority of U.S. citizens control our government. Ideally, this is not how our system is supposed to work. Eighty percent of people age 18-26 did not vote in the 1992 presidential election.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the voting-age population of the United States is expected to reach 196.5 million persons by Nov. 1, 1996, up from an estimated 189.5 million in November 1992. This means 7 million additional people are eligible to vote this November. How do we get all 196.5 million of us to the polls? A large carpool coordination effort, ha! ha!

That is a question many people would like to have the answer to. I think we need to start by educating people young and old - about the issues and the candidates who will represent them. College students can impact decisions on topics such as tuition increases, financial aid and student loans. You don't want tuition to go up or student loans to be cut just because you didn't get out and vote, or just because you didn't know what was going on, do you?

All of us have the responsibility to each other to go

vote. Voting is a personal responsibility as well as a societal responsibility. You don't need to belong to a particular political party to vote. Just because you don't want to reelect President Clinton, or have Senate old-timer Bob Dole running our country, doesn't mean you can't vote on the issues on the ballot. Amendment 15, which will limit campaign contributions to $100 per person, or Amendment 16~ which will protect 300,000 acres of Colorado public trust lands, are examples of issues that deserve our attention.

When you vote you aren't only electing people; you're passing or defeating issues. We have the power to make decisions that will affect our future. It's not a power that should be taken lightly. Many people fought and died for the right to vote.

The fight for freedoms, such as the right to vote, began a long time ago. John Locke said, "Human beings are only secure from evil at the hands of others in proportion to their ability to protect themselves." Your power to vote is your protection. Use your power in the Nov. 5 election and don't stop there. Vote every time you have a chance, whether it be a local, state or national election.

Jessie Bullock Metro student

Correction Last week's story "Tuition increase short" on page 5 incorrectly based the dollar amounts in the deckhead and first sentence on Sheila Kaplan's original request of a 5 percent increase instead of the actual 4 percent. Jesse Stephenson's name was misspelled and Dave Flomberg's name was left off the masthead. Also the photo caption for the Orphew: Descending review incorrectly identified Lady Torrence, she is played by Mary Guzzy-Siegal.

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Metro helps expand history for youths Chicano Studies develops _ programs for Denver schools Torres says the graduation rate among Latinos in 1995 was "frighteningly low," at only 51.3 percent. Alma de la Raza is f the names Cabeza de Vaca, designed to stop that statistic from getting Estevanico and Ignacio Zaragoza any lower, and interest more Latino studon't ring a bell, a course in dents in their education by incorporating Chicano Studies might help. their culture, art and history into the curBut these and other historical names riculum. and places will be common knowledge 'The situation in DPS is such that a after Chicano Studies professor Luis dramatic paradigm shift is needed, and Torres and the other members of an that's part of what we're suggesting," alliance to educate Denver children get Torres says. their wish.

Increasing numbers of Latinos are Denver Public Schools, Metro and the entering DPS and the surrounding commuLatino Education Coalition have joined nities, with a 110 percent increase in together on the development and execu- Aurora schools, and an 84 percent increase tion of a Chicano Studies program for stu- in Cherry Creek schools, Torres says. dents from kindergarten through gradua"This kind of project, I think, offers tion at DPS that may start as real reform, real educational early as next fall. reform," Torres says.

"It could potentially Alma de la Raza may start¡ affect all the students in as early as next fall, in four eleDPS," says Luis Torres, mentary schools, one middle chair of the Chicano Studies school and one high school, if Department at Metro. all the necessary funding for The program is still in training and materials 1s the research stage, but is received. progressing quickly thanks The Internet is a valuable to community support and tool in helping today's students Content the Colorado learn more about their world Standards Model , a stanand is an integral part of the Luis Torres dard set of guidelines that Alma de la Raza program, Colorado must try to implement in public Torres says.

Websites like the schools by the year 2000. This type of pro- Chicano/Latino Net Site allow students to ject is required under the model's guide- access subjects like Latino art, dance, thelines, Torres says. ater and film, pictorial essays and music.

Alma de la Raza, or the Soul of the "It's really an excitihg time for all of People, is the name of the program. The this to be happening," ~orres says. goals of the program were outlined in a Deciding on textbooks that are inforpackage put together by Irv Moskowitz, mative, age-appropriate and affordable is superintendent of DPS, and Torres. one of the challenges facing the alliance.

Alma de la Raza will give teachers However, a significant increase in the the ability to teach a broader curriculum. number of books published on the subject Part of the goal is to teach all students of Latino education has greatly increased about Hispanics/Latinos, thus promoting in recent years, Torres says. racial tolerance and appreciation.

Increasing racial tolerance and appre"It will positively impact the engage- ciation in the community will not only ment and achievement of Latino students benefit the students, but the community at with the DPS that are at a high risk of large. dropout," Torres says.

"We have to make certain the educaIn 1991 , 63 percent of Latino students ' tional system is improving for these and all enrolled actually graduated from DPS. students really," Torres said.

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Around the world from the classroom New multimedia modern language labs lets students 'visit' European countries Travis Henry

Professors say role-playing in the interactive lab helps the students hear different dialects, get a feel for the culture oreign language students are virtu- and see different gestures associated with ally visiting Spain, France and the languages.

"The students say it makes more Germany daily thanks to the new multimedia language Jab located sense to see real Germans speak German," on the third floor of the remodeled Plaza says Dr. Gudrum Clay, Metro German Building. professor. "It makes it come alive." .

Laserdiscs integrated with computers Students say they enjoy getting out of are bringing the streets of foreign coun- the traditional "repeat after me" classroom tries into the classand working in the room and illustrating "you are there" lab.

"You can hear the how natives of those countries really language clearly how it speak. is supposed to be spoAlthough only ken," says Jodi Vader, a Metro junior. "It helps 20 work stations are fully operational, the you to pronounce it better."

Jab will consist of 72 - Gudrum Clay Seferino Hurtado, individual stations in of the administrator three rooms when Metro German complete. lab, says the lab will professor not reach its full potenStudents work with interactive tial until it becomes laserdiscs that transfully integrated in the port them into different scenarios where everyday instruction of students.

"Until then it is just going to be anoththey must speak the foreign language they er item, another tool," he says. "The key is are studying.

German students tour Hamburg and full integration."

When the lab is complete, one room interview residents on the street, French students visit the Eiffel tower and Spanish will be specifically for Spanish, one for students get to feel the ambiance of French and German, and another room Madrid. will be for open lab time.

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hampagne, attitude and beautiful women - it's fashion people! And local designer Mona Lucero is proof that it does exist in Denver.

Mona and assistant Chris Reidell displayed her new winter and holiday lines in. the first segment of City Spirit's four-part epic tribute to fashion last Saturday night.

Walking into Mona's studio on Huron street I immediately spotted two trademarks of great style - faux fur and Madonna's shots for Versache encased in glass.

In the front Mona displays the youthful side of her work - two-piece printed bell bottom jumpers with rubber belts; simple skirt and top combos; faux-fur hats, bags and coats; tight T-shirts with screen prints and my personal favorite - a plain white T-shirt with a revolver made out of faux fur. No doubt Mona has the rare ability to infuse everything she does with amazing color, texture and femininity.

As I found myself debating whether or not to buy a plastic dress (I was out of Windex at home), I caught a glimpse of the Mona Lisa copy that hangs over the studio's work space. I turned a comer and hanging on the door to her office was a picture of the Madonna (not the one that did "Lucky Star," she was up front, remember?).

Investigating further I happened upon some jackets in the back - plain men's suit coats that had art hanging off of them, or at least that's the only way I know to describe them. Some had old pictures of men in the 1940s laughing over drinks or cut glass glued to the lapel, and one was adorned with dozens of fake flowers.

Mona admits to a dichotomy in her style, and says she would eventually like to separate her work into two distinct lines.

"I consider my jackets wearable art," she explained. "There is a gap between art and design which a few designers are trying to bridge. I'd like to be one of them."

Mona got her first degree, a master of fine arts, at University of Colorado at Denver. A few years later she went on to Fashion Institute of Technology in New York and earned a degree in fashion design, but art has always been her primary focus.

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"Sure he did honey, but then Danny set up everyone he thought he could manipulate," I shouted back as I found the bottom of my Vodka martini. This was going to be more fun than I thought.

Needless to say, by the time the first model hit the runway I was on my fourth cocktail and having a lovely time.

Pop quiz: What's the most annoying thing about fashion shows? Listening to the nugatory rambling critiques of the person next to you. Woman or man, this loser seems to be everywhere, and unfortunately there's always an empty seat next to you.

"Look at those shoes, that's disgusting ... that's a cute dress but the material is so cheap." My special friend for the evening can only be described as an older, cheaper version of Prince; although his three-hundred pound girlfriend sporting ten-inch nails, two-inch dress and four-hundred pound hair was an absolute delight.

The only Ching that made these two shut up was Mona's first model, and then they gasped. Here's another tip about fashion - gasps are good, they are positive high-drama devices only used when something is genuinely and completely accepted.

"Now that is cute, gorgeous models ... look at those shoes, those are great ... I love t!rnt dress, did you see that dress?"

This was the reaction of everyone to Mona's work. Watching the models go by, I thought, so why are Mona and Chris working out of Denver? Why not move to San Francisco or New York?

The pair are thinking of relocating to a bigger city where they can find people easier for them to relate to; people who are doing work similar to theirs. Until that happens, Denver is lucky to have them. It's artists like these that make life in the wild, wild west bearable.

Mona Lucero Symbiosis Clothing can be found at these retailers: Freedom and Soul Flower in Denver, Indigo Rose and My Groovy Closet in Fort Collins, Night and Dance in Glenwood Springs, and Fashion Plate in Albuquerque, NM.

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While Decisive Quest Inc., a Texas-based company, charges a $25 registration fee for a similar online career service named GradQuest, Metro and UCD do not charge for their services.

Rick Donnelli of Decisive Quest says there were over 230 colleges and universities participating in the company's electronic program called GradQuest as of May. "I wiff say that our participation is growing exponentially," says Donnelli.

Donnelli said the software creates a resume for the student based on information keyed into the software template, and the software enables students to send their original information, along with unlimited updates, via email to Decisive Quest's national college registry database.

"I can put my e-mail address on an online network, but I don't think putting my private information on the Internet is safe," one UCD student said.

Donnelli said that students' personal information is never used outside of the company, and the company does not sell the information in the database.

On the other hand, Michelle Bergman, assistant director of Metro Career Services, said Metro students and alumni can use the school computer and Netscape to do a job hunt free of charge.

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For more information on GradQuest, visit their home the school service and GradQuest. She said the school career service uses the Internet to find jobs for students page at www.decisivequest.com. For more information on but does not use the Internet to send a student's resume to Metro's Career Services, call 556-3664. UCD's Career an employer. She said they either send a letter or fax to the Resource Center can be reached at 556-4542. employer to set up an interview.

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Provizer says his love is music and being The METROPOLITAN able to write about it is only a bonus.

Some would say that not having any obnobbing with your teachers out- hobbies makes life boring, but for Provizer, side of class can be easy, thanks to "everything I would do as recreation, I now a new program from Student do as a job," the professor says, shaking his Services. head. "I don't know what it's like to do something for pure enjoyment."

Faculty Upside Down features a professor in the Faculty Upside Down spotlight each week in a roundwill continue as long as stutable discussion. Metro Student dents and faculty are interestServices has scheduled a faculty ed in this kind of a program, member every Friday to discuss Raimer! says, adding that the an outside interest or hobby that location will stay in the Daily Grind coffee house with its students may not normally hear about in class. informal setting.

"We thought it would be a The schedule for the folgood idea for students to see that lowing weeks includes: Joe professors are a lot more than Morrell, computer informawhat they see in class," explains tion systems and management Amy Haimerl Amy Haimerl, events programmer science teacher; James for Metro Student Activities.

Brodell, journalism professor; "The idea is to get excited about what Laura McCall, history teacher; and Trey your favorite faculty member is doing."

Fleisher, economics teacher.

During a one hour round table discussion This week's program will not be held, with Norman Provizer, chair of the Political but will pick up next week featuring Morrell.

Science Department at Metro, the audience For more information on Faculty Upside found out that he has been writing a weekly Down call Metro Student Activities at 556jazz column for the Rocky Mountain News for 2595.

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World Friendship Festival returns to Auraria After disappearing for more than five years, the World Friendship Festival returns to Auraria on Oct. 3.

The fall festival is intended to celebrate the diversity the Auraria Campus.

It originated in 1982 and was meant to be a fundraiser for foreign students.

Despite high attendance, the event did not raise very much money and was cancelled for lack of funding and organization, according to Rosemary Fetter, one of the events coordinators.

The festival will feature a variety of

arts, crafts, clothing, food and entertainment from cultures such as South Africa, the Dominican Republic, Egypt and Greece.

Appearing throughout the four-hour festival will be the Rocky Mountain Star Dancers, Planina Balkan Women's Choir, Samoan Fire Dancers and the Rythym X Band.

There will also be storytellers, mariachis, busker entertainers and an appearance by "Cultural Images," a demonstration of traditional attire from various

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The festival will also feature a job fair hosted by more than 50 Denver employers.

The festival will be held from IO a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Tivoli Student Union, the Plaza Building and at 9th Street and Auraria Parkway.

There is no charge for any of the events.

For more information on the events call 556-8534 or 556-6330.

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The brisk, sunny Sunday afternoon was just the setting for a dominating match of rugby football. However, too bad for the Metro rugby team, this day was to be claimed by their Scottish-dancing Division I opponents, Colo{ado State University.

The Melro team struggled to gamer only three points on a penalty kick after two trys in the first half were disallowed by the referee. Coach Howard Kent said the CSU team capitalized on the ref's calls by reading what he was calling.

Meanwhile, the Metro team was unable to do this.

Thus the team became frustrated after losing its second try and ended up allowing the CSU team to rack up a devastating 36 points.

"We played really good, loose rugby," said Mark Thomason, a.k.a. "Truffle, the Love Prop."

'1t just fell apart. Having two trys taken away brings you down. We lost to ourselves more than to them."

Most of the players agreed that the main problem in the match was that their mental games began to fade after the first half.

'They scored the third try and we gave up," J.T. "Little Star" Tewinkle said.

Kent attributed some of the loose mental game to the fact that Metro, a Division II team, defeated the Division I CSU last year and may have been overconfident in the Sunday match.

Many of the players said the CSU team had prepared for revenge and aptly got it • "We fared with them pretty well for the first half," captain John Bogdanoff said. "We figured they'd come into this hungry this year."

Hungry is an understatement The Metro team played hard, but the CSU team played harder, stacking the Blue side with injury after injury.

Though none of the injuries turned out to be consequential, Kent said, the team was tiring and losing its momentum coming out of half-time.

CSU scored its third try just minutes before

• EaCh rugby team is.made up of eight forwards and seven backs.

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the first half ended and it may as well have been the needle which popped the Metro squad's balloon. In the second half, CSU cruised by the Melro team, often on the unguarded left side, to rack up another 20 points.

The depleted crew still played with the heart it had left but eventually that heart settled to the slow beat of a life-long smoker and the team was unable to rally back against the slronger CSU team.

In a last-ditch attempt to even out the score, the team started kicking for points rather than going for trys, but it was a failed effort.

Some Metro players did give insight into what the team could be if it owns up to its promises to increase the intensity of practice, to bolster conditioning and to recruit more players.

"I've got to keep the intensity level up at practice and create more competitive play and give drills with an opposition element," Kent explained.

'1 think we've got a good squad," Shawn "Cosmo" Larrison said. "A few more games and I think we'll be stronger. We're bringing in more talent and trying to teach these rookies to play."

Bogdanoff was just as optimistic.

"We'll keep working harder than we have been and get more numbers. We'll just have to look past this and forget about it."

Kent agreed.

"I thif!k we will continue to do well against Division II teams and we'll continue to struggle against Division · I teams, unless we get more guys." (.

After the game, Kent conceded to the guys that they had made a real effort, but they were simply outnumbered by the 45-member CSU squad compared to Metro's 25.

Last week's match against the University of Eric Drummond/The METRorourAN Northern Colorado/Greeley Men's team saw Metro pummel UNC into its 27-14 defeat, giving · MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: Metro rugby player Tom Landauer runs with Metro a 1-1 record. the ball as Jason Hess looks on iri Sunday's loss against Colorado State The boys in blue will host a battle Saturday, University. at noon, against University of Denver.

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l·n juries down women's ·s occer team Matthew J. Lilley The METROPOLITAN

Crippled by injuries to several key p1ayers the Metro women's soccer team limped out of the week 1-1, with a victory over Colorado Christian University.

Sopho_m ore forward Ariana O'Neill scored Metro's first goal against CCU. She left the game moments later when, standing alone in the open field, she twisted her ankle.

Metro, already missing defenders A.J. Macintosh and Jenelle Andrews, midfielder Tracie Mayes and forward Kari Pi-erce, could not afford to have another player go down.

CCU tied the score early in the second half and relentlessly attacked the Roadrunner's tired and beaten "defense. Nevertheless, the Metro defense held its ground and allowed no more goals.

Junior midfielder Emma Thompson broke the tie with nearHyoung Chang!The METROPOLITAN ly 15 minutes remaining when the INJURED: Goalkeeper Chellie McCourt Roadrunners quickly moved the reflects on Metro's 1-3 loss last Sunday. ball to the CCU half of the field.

Sophomore midfielder JuTie Ray scored the final goal with only minutes remaining, also on a break. It was Ray's second score of the season.

Head Coach Ed Montojo said the win was great. He said he had to use a make-shift lineup because of all the injuries.

" ...the team played well under pressure, having a shrinking bench against a physical CCU team."

"The bench really came through for us against CCU," Montojo said.

Tarena O'Neill said the team played well under pressure, having a shrinking bench against a physical CCU team.

Freshman midfielder Dawn Mitchell.. also went down during the CCU game. However, Mitchell came back two days later to score Metro's first and only goal against California State- Dominguez Hills.

Mitchell, assisted by midfielder Katie Pierce, booted a long ball over the head of the Dominguez Hills goalie.

Metro was unable to score in the second half, while Dominguez Hills racked up the highest point total three - against the Metro defense since the first g3!11e of the season.

Metro took five shots the entire game - only one in the second half.

Dominguez Hills, though, bombarded senior goalkeeper Chellie McCourt with 25 shots. McCourt finished with IO saves.

During the game, Thompson, playing the defender position in a retooled lineup, was rushed to the hospital after breaking her nose.

However, she is in recovering well and will return to the lineup.

With no relief coming from the bench, the Metro defenders began to fatigue, said Montojo. Another factor, he said, was the wind. Neither team scored going against the wind.

Metro, 4-4, (2-1 conference) will be healthier against their next opponent, Regis University; Ariana O'Neill, Emma Thompson and Kari Pierce are expected to play. The Roadrunners play their next home game Friday, Oct. 4 against Ft. Lewis College at 4 p.m.

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Hackin' now a sport for everyone, from students to global competitors named it the "Hackey Sac," and the · name became associated with the The METROPOLITAN sport, according to _"Dance Man's" Web page.

You see them on lawns on sunny Nowadays, there are as many days; outdoor festivals always con- styles of play within the game as jure a few of ·them and just about there are sacs to choose · from. The every. college campus around the two main styles of play are freestyle country has them. and Takraw.

Freestyle footbag You know them as "hackey- involves one player or more, and the sackers," but in their world they call main object is to keep the footbag in their game footbag. the air using only the feet. This is They range from colleke stu- most commonly seen involving a cirdents who occasionally drop in on a cle of players passing the bag to each game to pass time between classes, to other. These circles range from people who dedicate every waking docile three- to five-person circles, hour of their lives to the sport, which leisurely kicking the bag amongst sends them around the world playing themselves, to aggressive circles in global competition. involving three to IO people perEric "Bart" Bartholomay, who forming spectacular dives, groinplaced second overall in the 1993 stretching saves and an exhibition of World Tournament, lives in Denver . sheer lunacy in the attempt to retrieve and is a member of the Washington the sac, no matter how ridiculous the Park Footbag Club, which meets odds are of actually saving it. three days a week at Washington Park Some people create a rhythmic, to practice. tribal dance while keeping the bag "It's a pretty tight-knit family bouncing in a blurred frenzy from when you start competing in footbag. foot to foot. Then other players play That's one of the things I like about it, in an almost hypnotic, methodical the camaraderie among the players," series of movements, stalling the bag Bart said. in mid-air, rolling the sac from limb Bart also traveled to Thailand to to limb and actually slowing the compete in the Kings Cup Takraw movem~nt of the bag down to match Tournament. Takraw is another name the fluid mov~ment of their bodies. for footbag net.

Then there is the Asian-derived In the last 10 years, footbag has Takraw. Takraw is played over a 5become somewhat of a fad, and a foot net with rules similar to volleyvariety of bags can be bought in ball, except in Takraw the players can almost any sporting goods store. But only use their feet. World tournain the beginning, the American Indian ments in Takraw are held in players, credited with creating the Bangkok, Thailand. game, did not have the luxury of croFor fun , create a new style that cheted or leather bags. Those original suits you and feels natural. Then kickers played with weighted feathers develop your own distinct dance. , Henri BrickeyfThe METROPOLITAN or hollow reed balls. And forget the Sunny days are almost gone, so hit HI-YAH: Denver Takraw players catch air in City Park during the Taste of Colorado "Adidas Rod Laver," the shoes that the lawn while you can. earlier this month. Takraw involves two teams of two players each. many pros wear. Footbag's founders most likely played barefoot.

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team-leading total of four when he zipped the ball into the net on a penalty kick in The University of the second half.

"We did better than Colorado al Colorado .

Springs picked the wrong usual," said Yeshitla Zerihun, time to play a struggling a midfielder. He said the midfield was quicker getti ng Metro men's soccer team.

Metro, coming off a loss back and orgato Colorado Christian more nized.

University, beat UCCS 4-3.

Every Metro score, Against except the first, was UCCS, Metro answered by UCCS. That was outshot first goal was the difference 1 8 - I 3 . as Metro came out on top.

However, Jared Zanon, forward, when it matcame off the bench and tered, the scored two goals for the Roadrunners Roadrunners, including the made it count. deciding shot with 15 minMetro goalkeeper Zach utes left to play.

Loescher, who finished with Cory Brown, midfielder, five saves, said the defense scored first for Metro as he was "a lot better than it has received an assist from Jeff been."

Swander and belted the ball Loescher said he hopes past UCCS's 6'5" , 215- the team will keep the level of play up in the future. pound goalkeeper.

Mazen KayaJi, forward, Joe Howe, midfielder, added another goal to his attributed the victory to push-

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The win came at the right time, coming after a 3-5 loss to CCU two days earlier, which saw Metro surrender a 2-1 lead.

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Once past the midfield swamp, Metro faced the challenge of getting past_the referee's whistle. The 'Runners' offense was tripped up in the second half by an offside trap executed to 9ear-perfection

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Brown scored Metro's first two goals, both assisted by defender Chris Johnson.

The second score gave the Roadrunners a short- lived 21 lead in the second half.

Three minutes later, CCU tied the score with the first of four consecutive goals.

Swander, assisted by Maher Kayali, added Metro's fi nal point with less than two minutes remaining.

Metro goalkeeper Steve Babby stopped 13 CCU attempts, frustrating the precise CCU offense with several spectacular blocks.

The most recent loss for Metro came Sunday against West Texas A & M, who shut out Metro for the second time this season, 4-0.

Metro plays at home Sunday against Ft. Lewis College at 1 p.m.

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At the end of the season, it is nearly impossible to pick up a paper and not see the headlines screaming at you. Pro athlete after pro athlete getting colossal multi-million dollar contracts - $25 million for one year of play or $120 million for six years.

For many, it is just the icing on the cake of a truly sweet endorsement deal.

The Towering Issues of Today series took a look Monday at the skyrocketing paychecks of athletes.

About 40 people attended the discussion, which was more about the money situation of pro sports overall, not just in the area of player dollars, especially whether the fans are being priced out of the game and if the focus has become more on dollars and less on sportsmanship.

The panel of three people, including Channel 7 sportscaster Tony Zarrella; Metro economics professor Trey Fleisher; and C. Lamont Smith, a sports agent who represents such big athletes as the Broncos' Steve Atwater, Detroit's Barry Sanders and Steeler running back Jerome Bettis, all had varying opinions on what was wrong.

The panel, especially Smith, did not hold it against the players for seeking such high salaries.

Many players begin perfecting not last very long. He predicted that the their skills at the age of six or seven, entire situation will begin to cause proSmith said, and they have a limited fessional sports serious problems in number of years in which they can use about 10 years.

"They're biting the hand that feeds that skill. He said there are only a few select players, such as Michael Jordan, them," Zarrella said.

All agreed that the game was who have the charisma and ability to becoming more out of reach for the attract fans to the games.

"Just like the highly skilled neuro- fans .

Zarrella blamed the owners for the surgeon, (the athlete) should be comway things are going, saying they had pensated," Smith said.

Greedy owners also use athletes' lost sight of what was important.

"They don't care about the fans, salaries to deflect attention from their they care about the luxury boxes," he own greediness.

The average NFL franchise makes said.

Fleisher disagreed, saying it was about $66 million a year and only pays those who attend the games who are $42 million to its players, Smith said.

He said that even if a team is mak- responsible for the state of professional ing a profit, the owners will use high sports.

"It seems to me if we blame anyplayer salaries as an excuse to hightail . one, it should be the fans," he said. it out of town.

"They want the public to point the "They're the ones that bring on the finger .at the athlete and say, 'Oh, we demand . It is driven by demand. have to do this because we need to pay Demand drives up prices."

He added, "If you think prices are these athletes' salaries,"' he said.

Zarrella said that many athletes, too high, don't go to the games."

Smith said he understands why the and owners, simply do not care about fan frustration is there, but that fans are the city in whjch they hold a team.

"How much money is enough?" he misplacing it.

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GENERAL The Metro Student Government Assembly meets at 3:30 p.m. every Thursday in Tivoli Room 329. Info: 556-3312.

Metro Biology Club in association Faculty Upside Down will present with Colorado Herpetological Joe Morrell in the Daily Grind at 11 Society and the Rocky Mountain a.m. Info: 556-2595.

Herpetological Network, are holding a Reptile Expo. Captive-bred Metro women's soccer vs. Fort reptiles will be sold in the Lewis at 2 p .m. on the Auraria Turnhalle at the Tivoli. Info: John Fields.

Gaskell 298-0968.

Metro men's soccer vs. Cal. StateDominguez Hills .at 2 p.m. on the MON. Auraria Fields.

Metro Center for the Visual Arts hosts Reencuentros/Reencounters, a collection of work by artists from the Pacific Northwest and the Southwest, in celebration of CoPIRG holds a Hunger and Metro men's soccer vs. Phillips Chicano art. The gallery, at 17th Homeless Group Meeting at 1 p.m. University at 4 p.m. on the Auraria and Wazee, is open Tuesday - in Tivoli room 346. Info: 556-8093. Fields.

Thursday from 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Friday from 11 a.m. - 8 p.m., and Towering Issues of Today will host Saturday from noon to 4 p.m. Info: "Reintroducing Timberwolves in 294-5207.

Your Backyard," at 1 p .m. in Tivoli Room 640. Info: 556-2595.

Toads in the Garden, a weekly poetry reading in the Daily Grind Auraria Vote '96 general meeting Open Fourth Annual Rocky coffee house in the Tivoli starts at at 2 p.m. in Tivoli room 346. Info: Mountain Book Festival, a project 7:30 p.m. Thursdays. A $2 dona- 556-8093. of the Colorado Center for the tion is requested. $1 for students Book, is from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., at with an ID. Info: 697-1317.

Currigan Hall, 1334 Champa St. Admission is free to the public.

TUE. Truth Bible Study meets every Info: 273-5933.

Wednesday and Thursday 3 - 5 p.m. in Tivoli Room 542. Info: Rick CoPIRG holds a Campaign to Save "Painting as a Spiritual Drebenstedt 722-0944.

Colorado Wilderness Areas meet- Discipline," lecture and demoning at 10 a.m. in Tivoli room 346. stration Saturday 7:30 p.m., at Metro State Faculty Art Show in Info: 556-8093.

Metro-Denver Baha'i Center, 225 the Emmanuel Gallery through E. Bayaud Ave. Admission is free.

Oct. 17. Info: 556-8337.

Voter Registration Day at the Tiv_oli Info: 798-4319. corridor table, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m., 'cosponsored by the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Alliance .

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SAT. OCT 5

OCT 1

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"Lagrima/Teardrop" by Metro professor Carlos Fresquez is showing at the Edge. The gallery is at 3658 Navajo St. Info: 477-7173.

WED. OCT 2 National voter registration day.

Jesse Jackson vs. Oliver North: "Leading Our Country into the 21st Century," their first live debate on a college campus at 7:30 p.m. in the Auraria Events Center.

Admission is $3 students, $6 public. Info: 556-2595.

Metro women's volleyball vs.

Regis at 7 p .m. in the DU fieldhouse.

SAT. SEPT 28 Accelerating Trends Toward World Community and World Peace, by Matthew Weinberg, director, department of public information, Baha'i World Centre. Admission free. Info: 798-4319.

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Men's Soccer vs. Fort Lewis at 1 p .m. on the Auraria Fields.

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OCT 3

A scholarship workshop will be held in Tivoli room 329 from 5:30 7 p .m. Info: 556-8441.

World Friendship Festival, ethnic cuisine, international entertainment, multicultural arts and crafts exhibits, from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m., at Tivoli Student Union and Plaza Building mall. Info: 556-3922.

OCT 7

Towering Issues of Today hosts a debate on the Three Strikes Law. It will be at 1 p.rn. in Tivoli room 640.

Info: 556-2595.

MON.

FRI. OCT 11 Faculty Upside Down will present Robert Hazan of Metro's Political Science Department. He will discuss the meaning of higher education in the Daily Grind coffee house at 11 a.m. Info: 556-2595.

• Towering Issues of Today hosts a debate on Voter Education and Colorado Voter Initiatives. It will be at 1 a.rn. in Tivoli room 640.

Info: 556-2595.

MSCD Professor's Insights on Southeast Asia. Speaker: Deborah Gillard, assistant professor department of management school of business, from noon - 1 p.rn. at St. Cajetan's.

TUE.

OCT 15

A scholarship workshop will be held in Tivoli room 329 from 2 3:30p.rn. Info: 556-8441.

WED. OCT 16 In honor of World Day of Atonement a community rally will be held at the State Capitol. Info: 333-6103

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"Stepfamily Dilemmas From the Eyes of a Child." For stepparents and professionals, from 1 - 4 p.m. at South Metro campus, 5560

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Towering Issues of Today hosts a debate on Poverty and Homelessness. It will be at 1 p.m. in Tivoli room 640. Info: 556-2595.

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Faculty Upside Down will host a A scholarship workshop will be discussion by Charles Angeletti in held in Tivoli room 329 from 2 - the Daily Grind at 11 a.rn. Info: 556-2595.

3:30 p.rn. Info: 556-8441.

FRI. OCT 4 Irish Culture Night with Colcannon. An evening of Irish stepdancing and music with Boulder-based Irish ensemble Colcannon preceded by the Wick school ·of Irish dancing. At St. Cajetan's Event Center at 7 p.m.

Greenwood Plaza Drive, Room 116, Admission $25, $35 per couple. Registration and information call Pat Skinner at 333-5596.

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Towering Issues of Today hosts a debate on Sarne-Sex Marriages. It will be at 1 p.rn. in Tivoli room 640.

Info: 556-2595.

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HELP WANTED

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ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISTS WANTED! CoPIRG is seeking students who are looking to put their beliefs into action and help in planning campus activities. Call 5568093 or visit us in Tivoli 346. 9/27

TUTORING: MATH, PHYSICS, Chemistry, Biology, MCAT prep.

Call Jimmy 420-9276(w) 6185712(cell).

10/11

TELEFUNDRAISERS NEEDED! PT positions for dependable, professional persons. $8/hr + bonus.

Raise money for important nonprofits across the country. Contact 10/18 LynnAnn 743-7800 'WORK AT HOME" GOOD REAi> ERS needed to read text onto tape for students with disabilities. All types, including sciences. If interested call Maria @ 556-8387 or stop by Disability Services in Arts #177.

11/1 DEPENDABLE CLEANERS IS looking for friendly, outgoing customer service people for several locations. PT/on call/flexible hours.

Call Renee/Job Hotline 777-2673 3/14 ext. 80

1OOO's POSSIBLE READING BOOKS: Part time. At home. Toll free (1) 800-898-9778 Ext. R-7061 for listings.

10/18 BLACKJACK PIZZA IS NOW HIRING delivery drivers. Can earn $8 to $12 an hour w/ tips and mileage.

Apply at 2075 S. University Blvd or 729 Quebec. Proof of insurance, MVR 9/27 WORK AT HOME! THE DISABILITY Services Office is looking for someone to read a civil engineering text onto audi~tap~ .tor a student with a d1sab1hty.

Interested individuals should call Maria @ 556-8387 ASAP 10/25 . $1750WEEKLY POSSIBLE MAILING our circulars. For info Call 3011/24 306-1207 EARN $500 OR MORE WEEKLY stuffing envelopes at home. Send long SASE to: Country Living Shoppers, Dept. B21, P.O. Box 1779, Denham Springs, LA 70727.

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CoPIRG's HUNGER & HOMELESS Group is looking for volunteers to help organize local community support for shelters and soup kitchens. Please call 5568093 or come to our weekly meetings Mondays @ 1:00 p.m. in Tivoli 346.

9/27

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United States Court Justice, William O.Douglas

Banned Books Week September 28-0ctober 5

Test your banned-books knowledge I

Cujo, Stephen King Challenged at the Rankin County, Miss.

School District (1984) because it is "profane and

sexually objectionable. "Removed from the shelves of the Bradford, NY school library (1985) because it was "a bunch ofgarbage"

1984, George Orwell Challenged in Jackson County, FL (1981)

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James and the Giant Peach, Roald Dahl Challenged at the Deep Creek Elementary School in Charlotte Harbor, FL 0991) because it is "uot appropriate reading material for young

children. "Challenged at the Perderson Elementary School in Altoona, WI (1991) because the book uses the word "ass" and parts of the book deal with wine, tobacco, and snuff."

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Song of Solomon, Toni Morrison Removed from required reading lists and library shelves in Richmond County GA schools (1994) after a parent complain~d that passages from the book were "filthy a11d i11appropriate. "

Canterbury Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer Removed from a senior college prep literature course at Eureka High School in Illinois (1995) because some parents thought the sexual content of some of the tales was not appropriate for the students.

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One of the most challenged titles in 1995: The Adventures of _ _ (two words) The wor1d's most famous playwright, whose wor1< has been censored from the Renaissance to today.

Often-challenged poet and author, _ _ Angelou S.E. Hinton's famous novel, The_ Novelist, V.C. _ Nobel Prize winning author whose work is frequently challenged; famous for The Sound and the Fury, among his other works.

Award-winning African American novelist, Alice_ Many children enjoy fairy tales written by these brothers, though they have been challenged frequently Author,_ L'Engle Virtually every1hing published by this man, one of America's most famous novelists, has been challenged or banned, and continues to be challenged frequently: John __ A written complaint against a book or other material _ Slogan: "I read _ " (two words) Author of Black Boy and Native Son Author of The Chocolate War

/Js}!liJJ 1. This picture book has been challenged because it features ghost and goblins: _ _ ABC 2. The part of the Bill of Rights that guarantees the freedom of religion, speech , press, assembly, and petition (two words) 4. Clan of the _ (two words) 7.

A Light in The Attic and Where the Sidewalk Ends, which are often challenged, are by, _ Silverstein 9. Popular author, Roald _ 11. This spooky series is often the focus of challenges (two words) 12. In ancient times, The Odyssey, by this author, was censored.

13. The book and the film version of The Last Temptation of _ have both been challenged 16. ToKilla __ 18. Popular author of novels for young adults, such as Forever and Deimie 19. TheAutobiographyof _ X 20. Author of The Chocolate War

A complete list of books banned or challenged is available at the Auraria Book Center

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