Volume 19, Issue 7 - Oct. 4, 1996 by Met Media

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Debate centers on social change Affirmative action, morals, responsibility of the government contentious for political speakers

Right and left clashed last Friday, as Oliver North and Jesse Jackson debated the future before a crowd of 3,000 in Auraria's Events Center. The discourse, however, seemed to regress to the past, until the issue of affirmative action buoyed them back to the present. North, a nationally syndicated talk show host, decorated Marine and former U.S . Senate candidate, spoke of the need for a less intrusive government. North's main focus was the federal government's encroachment on constitutional rights. He said this was the result of government programs "run totally amok." "Law-abiding citizens are getting their rights taken away," North said. "I do not see the world's oldest democracy as the enemy," countered Jackson. Jackson, president of the National Rainbow Coalition, a two-time presidential candidate and civil-rights pioneer who marched with Dr. Martin Luther King, spoke of the need for an inclusive America. He denounced the expansion of jails at the expense of schools, saying America must have a plan to lift our youth up, not lock them up. North said the government needs to stop pun1shmg success, which he said is not going to happen unless there is a change in the "moral leadership" of America. North cited I 9th-century statesman John Qu\ncy Adams' drive to abolish slavery as an example of moral decision making. According to Jackson, government is the catalyst for social change. He said change did not happen until the government offered tax incentives to businesses hiring minorities and essentially "let those in who had been left out." The two figures offered different accounts on the rise of retired Gen. Colin Powell. Jackson, while not denying the merits of Powell, said it was affirmative action which paved the way for the general's rank. North agreed affirmative action may have opened the door, but said Powell earned his promotions on merit alone. "What we must do is get beyond ancient history and get on with the future of this country," said a frustrated North. "You've been going on about John Quincy Adams all night," Jackson replied. As the cheers faded, he added, "discussing how Powell became a general is more recent than John Quincy Adams." The cheers of the sell-out crowd were with Jackson last Friday night, including a standing ovation when he was introduced. North was also greeted with See DEBATE page 5

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- Tempers flare ·in SGA Debate over legitimacy of meeting sparks member outrage Jesse Stephenson The METROPOLITAN

A member of Metro's Student Government Assembly is trying to dismantle the college's affiliation with a student lobbying group - to the dismay of many other SGA members. Tempers flared at the Sept. 26 SGA meeting when Vice President of Academic Affairs John Saiz vowed he would do everything he could to end Metro's contract with the Colorado Student Association, a lobbying group for college students. He said he filed a complaint against another member of the body effectively nullifying a student government meeting at which a date was set to resolve the issue. Saiz, who was one of the Metro delegates for CSA last year, said the organization does not represent people who go to college at Metro. CSA delegates from other colleges pushed legislative issues that apply only to traditional students, he said. "When I discovered CSA, I dis-

covered it represents 12 other traditional colleges as opposed to this commuter colSaiz lege," said. While Saiz argued that Metro students are not getting John Saiz fair representa- Student Government tion, other SGA Vice President of members said Academic Affairs that student government has no business questioning the student votes approving CSA representation. "Students voted to give up money to have a lobbying group," said Troy Grice, the SGA vice president of campus communications. "It just befuddles me that anyone is saying you can't do that." Last spring Metro students gave the go-ahead for a three-year contract with CSA. Under the contract each full-time student is assessed a nonwaivable 50-cent fee each semester to pay for CSA's services. This year, Metro students will shell out $12,000 in student fees for the lobbying

group. "We've already voted to keep them, we've already voted to pay them," Grice said. "They are down there every week working hard for us." Saiz said CSA has done little for students at Auraria and many of the Metro delegates' ideas were shoved aside last year. "We had three Chicanos and two black women as [Metro] delegates, it was very confrontational," Saiz said. "We were the only diverse group there, and everything we did would be challenged by the other colleges." Saiz said Metro students may have voted to have CSA representation because they were mislead by wording on the ballots. He is now working on gathering student signatures on a petition to reverse the student vote and end Metro's contract with CSA. Brett Beringer, SGA vice president of student organizations, said the CSA is worth the money and student government has an obligation to respect students' decisions. "I would be willing to pay 50 cents for them," Beringer said. "I believe we should uphold the student vote."

Kaplan's hiring practices: minorities, minorities, minorities Metro president sends memo to faculty asking for more aggressive minority recruiting Steve Titus The METROPOLITAN

Some faculty and department heads at Metro say they are feeling pressure from President Sheila Kaplan to hire more minorities. The issue of minority hiring arose when the year-long search for a sculpture professor was halted in May 1996 by Kaplan one day before a white male was to receive a job offer. Then, in a Sept. 12 memo to all faculty and staff, Kaplan said she wanted search committees to be even more aggressive in their recruitment of minority faculty and promised to "review (Metro's) affirmative action policies and procedures to modify those that have proven to · be a barrier to the recruitment of minority faculty." "All of us feel pressure," said Susan Josepher, chair of the Metro Art Department. "(Kaplan) is very clear in what she wants to do." When asked if she was aware that some of the faculty felt pressure to hire minorities at the expense of white males, Kaplan was defensive. "That's bullshit," she said. "I haven' t had one chair come to me feeling pressure." Kaplan said that any changes to minority hiring would come through the Target of Opportunity Program and the Faculty Recruitment Incentive Program. The Target of Opportunity Program is designed to cir-

cumvent the normal search and hiring process for qualified minority applicants. The Faculty Recruitment Incentive Program provides money to members of minority groups teaching at Metro that wish to seek a doctorate. Both programs are in place, but Kaplan said they have been underutilized. "We need to use these opportunities more aggressively," Kaplan said. She added that search committees have failed to find a pool of job candidates diverse enough to meet her requirements. "You can't just put an add in the paper and sit back -and wait to see what comes in the mail," Kaplan said. "You have to make a good-faith effort to find minorities." And if not enough qualified minorities apply for a job? "Then go and find two or three that do," she said. One faculty member, speaking anonymously, said that while serving on an employee search committee, he was asked by Metro administration to place a woman on the list of three finalists for a position though none had qualified. · Hiring records show that of the 16 full-time teachers hired by Metro in the past 12 months, 10 are minorities or women and six are white males. The search committee assigned to find an associate professor for the Art Department sifted through 90 applications. Percy Morehouse, Metro's equal opportunity manager, said 50 percent of the applicant pool was made up of minorities or women but by the final few rounds, all had been eliminated. See KAPLAN page 6

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NEW ACQUISffiON: The Terracentre stands across Speer Blvd. from Auraria Campus. A plan to buy the building for Auraria is underway.

Terracentre deal for AHEC in works David Schepp The METROPOLITAN

The building that prominently displays the Metropolitan State College of Denver logo to the community may soon become part of the Auraria Higher Education Center. The 14-story Terracentre Building, al 1100 Stout St., may be purchased by the Auraria Foundation, allowing Metro, Community College of Denver and University of Colorado at Denver more administrative capacity and consolidation of several offices to one building, according to Dean Wolf, Auraria's executive vice president for administration. "It's under consideration," Wolf said. The foundation must still secure financing but the purchase is imminent, said Ginger Alcorn, Metro business manager. Alcorn tempered her comments by saying that "nothing is definite until everyone signs on the dotted line." Metro has rented space in the Terracentre since 1992 for various administrative offices, and currently houses two vice presidential sections Administration and Finance, and Institutional Advancement - along with their related offices. The building's other existing tenants' leases would be honored and provide Auraria with another source of revenue, Wolf said. The purchase would help alleviate a shortage of office space on campus, according to Dick Feuerborn, Auraria director of facilities planing and use. "There is such a shortage of office space on campus, and since the foundation isn ' t interested in profits, it cou1d offer a consistent rental rate to Terracentre tenants from Metro or other institutions," Feuerborn said. "The Auraria Foundation still has to get the financing," Alcorn said, "but as far as we know, their ultimate objective is to buy it."

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Census data for 1996 low compared to 1994

$5.5 million to Metro's 3 biggest depts.

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from the 9,437 enrolled in 1994. The annual report, "Census Fall 1996 Student Profile Summary," compiled by the Institutional Research Department, shows full-time equivalent enrollment is up 2.7 percent over 1995, in contrast to the .27 percent decrease from 1994. A 3.2 percent decline in part-time students is reflected between the 1994 and 1996 census data with 8, JOO in 1994 and 7,841in1996. Ethnic minority enrollment has boomed 8 percent from 1994, 2.3 percent higher than 1995 to 1996, and the number of white students is down 4.8 percent since 1994. Comparing 1996 data to the 1994 census, there are 8.7 percent more students who are 19 years old and younger, and 3.4 percent fewer 40-year-old and older students enrolled this fall.

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Despite an administrative report showing Metro's enrollment up 2.2 percent this year, the student population is still 1.6 percent lower than it was in 1994. The census released Sept: 13 used fall 1995 and 1996 data to justify the increase, but overall enrollment is still recovering from a 3.7 percent decrease from 1994 to 1995. Headcount for fall 1995 dropped down to 16, 815 students from 17, 461 in fall 1994, according to both census reports. There are 5.7 percent less men this fall at Metro with a total of7,523 enrolled in comparison to the 7,795 accounted for in the 1994 census. While enrollment of women was reported up 2.7 percent with 9,652 from the 9,395 enrolled in 1995, this is only a 2.2 percent increase

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North takes tough questions from small group Chris A. Petersen The METROPOLITAN

•John McDonoughrfhe METROPOLITAN A TALK SHOW HOST AND A GENTLEMAN: Retired Col. Oliver North points at the "mainstream media" last Friday in the Tivoli. The media present was a Channel 2 camera man.

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applause but he also garnered a smattering of boos throughout the night. North did not escape the debate without reference to his participation in the Iran-Contra affair and the more recent allegations that the CIA sold cocaine in

Los Angeles to finance the Contra rebels. North dismissed the recent allegation as an election-year ploy. Jackson ended the night by calling for unregistered voters to come up to the stage and register to vote. An estimated 15 to 20 people registered .

Once again Oliver North stood under the glare and scrutiny of the media's cameras in front of a small group of people gathered to question him, question his loyalties, beliefs and his actions.This time however, he didn't stand in Washington but here on the Auraria campus. Last Friday North met with a mixed group of students, journalists, college Republicans and faculty and fielded questions during a pre-debate meeting on the Auraria campus. During the meeting, North answered questions on everything from the nation's energy policy and his past comments on Pat Schroeder, to the Gulf War and the nation's drug problem. When asked whether or not he thinks the nation is becoming 'more conservative he replied, "I don't think the nation is more conservative today than it was 10 years ago, I think it is more realistic." North went on say he is tired of politicians handing off responsibility, "we must all take responsibility," he said. He cited the current drug problem facing the country as an example. "We want to blame somebody else for all of our problems here," he said. "We are never going to solve the drug problem if all we do is lock up the poor black kids who are selling il." Locking up only those kids selling drugs hasn't worked and isn't fair, he said, citing the extreme difference in penalties faced by the black sellers and white buyers. "We need to punish both accordingly," North said. "Put the buyers on TV so their children and

wives and friends can see .them." One of the most interesting questions came close to the end of the meeting, when North was asked to comment on the allegations brought up recently in the San Jose Mercury News that the CIA provided drugs to a Los Angeles drug dealer in order to raise funds to provide the Contras with arms to fight the war in Nicaragua_. "Those allegations are absolute garbage. I do not know, nor have I ever known, any government official who would condone the introduction of drugs into a U.S. city with the intention of funding a foreign war," North answered, visibly upset by the allegations. ' "If all this really happened, it shouldn't be that hard to investigate," he said. "Follow the money trail, somebody knows something. So far, nobody has been able to substantiate anything." "Convene a blue-ribbon panel, like they did in 1992, to go through every document and investigate these allegations," North said. Appropriately, the last question for North had to do with the Iran-Contra scandal. When asked whether or not his role in the scandal has adversely affected his life, and whether he has had second thoughts, he replied: "In everyone's life they are going to be asked to make decisions. Sometimes the choice is clear, good or bad. Sometimes the dividing line is not so clear, sometimes you have to make a decision between bad and worse. All you can do is make the best decisions you possibly can. That is what I have done. I made the best decisions I could, and no, I don't have second thoughts. "The only people I feel sorry for are my family, having to go through the media scrutiny."

Jackson keeps on message of inclusion, voter registration Kareem Ali The METROPOLITAN In a private interview last Friday, civil rights leader Jesse Jackson discussed issues such as affirmative action and voter registration before his debate with Oliver North. "Most students are on some form of aid or scholarship, and not to vote to protect it is to be unaware," said Jackson. The right to vote and student activism were the pretenses used to incite students' awareness of their powers that are sometimes neglected. "Students need to move forward with maturity. Offset the lack of education with good information," said Jackson. "The 1980s privatized habits: drugs, sex without love, get rich without regard to values," Jackson said. Jackson spoke of a multi-racial coalition being formed to advocate scholarships, financial aid, medical care, affordable housing, and choosing schools over jails.

On the issue of affirmative action Jackson replied, "affirmative action is a remedy for inclusion. White females benefit, plus African Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans and Asians." "Discrimination is past and present, economic redoing is now. Jobs and promotions, sexual harassment is now," said Jackson. Despite a case of bronchitis, Jackson held back no punches. John McDonoughrrhe METROPOLITAN "Gingrich, Dole, Trent Lott, Clarence DEMOCRATIC IDEAS: The Rev. Jesse Jackson questions the Thomas, Rogers, are hostile to the interests audience during the debate in Auraria's event center last Friday. of the defenseless. Clinton said modify the law, Gingrich/Dole wants to amend it," Jackson said. at the turn of another decade, Jackson reiterated, "demand Jackson said some of those who want to end affirma- equal protection under the la~. equal opportunity, and tive action have benefited from the program. equal access. The American dream, though sometimes When asked about the plight of the African American deferred, can be achieved if believed."

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The committee decided on Brian Rust, a white male teacher with five years' experience at a small college in Augusta, Ga. Josepher said the day before she was to make Rust an offer, Kaplan halted the hiring procedure. "I suspect it was because she had concerns about minority hiring on this campus," Josepher said. Josepher and Rust wrote letters to Kaplan protesting the 11th-hour freeze

and Rust was made an offer about five days later. Kaplan said she stopped hiring in all departments because of low enrollment figures. "The biggest reason '(for the freeze) was enrollment numbers were down," Kaplan said. "If the figures held, we were facing a $1 .6 million to $1.8 million shortfall." Enrollment figures for this semester are now up from last year by two percent. Rust turned down the salary offer of $35,000 as did a second prospect, saying

they could make more elsewhere. Salaries for full-time teachers in the department with similar experience range from $33,000 to $44,000. The department currently has a part-time teacher filling the position, teaching three classes for about $5,000. Kaplan was adamant that ultimately, the best person for the position should be hired. "At the end of the day, if no (minorities) want to come here then so be it," Kaplan said.

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Spanish students get free classes building, had 'been too noisy. anymore." This was aproblem that came up freSpanish professor Antonio Esquibel said that Spanish 101 is improving thanks quently in his class, Olmsted said. When Olmsted was asked about let- to a new multimedia lab. He said they will ting the students out 45 minutes early on a also be getting new books. Boxwell wants to stay in Spanish 102, daily basis he said, "I didn't realize it was on a daily basis; it may have been more but wants tutoring to help her catch up. frequently than I suppose." Villalva said he is in Spanish 101 again During the meeting David Conde, this semester, but does not want to have to pay the $430 tuition to department chair of modtake it over. ern languages, told the students: "It bothers me "We need to get to a solution," said Tony that you had a bad situaMontoya, assistant tion. It breaks my heart." dean of letters, arts, and Last semester the students rated Olmsted a 4.0 science. in the evaluations; the "We need to speak to highest for a Spanish prost1,1dents about responsibility, and why fessor. "This bothers me that -David Conde, they complained after we have this kind of dep,artment chair the fact," Montoya issue." Conde said. of mo'dern languages said. "It's up to you (the "We're not into half-ass students) to hold people accountable," adding kind of work." Jett Conner, associate vice president that the students are "just as guilty as the of academic affairs, said that last semester faculty." Both students said they didn't know classrooms were not available for two teachers and Olmsted was one of those that Spanish I 02 would be difficult teachers. because Spanish 101 was very easy. Then faculty we11t over the problem About 45 minutes into the meeting Conde said, "What do you want?" to the again and finally made a decision nearly students, adding, "we all have obligations an hour and fifteen minutes into the meetand I don't want this to happen to other ing. Villalva could take Spanish 101 again students." Boxwell said with watery eyes, "I without paying the $430 tuition as long as need help," adding "I don't want to sink he signs an agreement to waive his right to

Complaints to department head land ill-prepared students in no-cost repeat, tutoring Brigett L. Camarena The METROPOLITAN

Students who took Spanish 101 at Metro last spring will be compensated if they were not satisfied with the class, said Tony Montoya, assistant dean of letters, arts, and sciences; all they have to do is come forward. Two students from a Spanish 10 I class last semester came forward last week in a meeting with the modern languages department chair to explain how unprepared they were for the next Spanish level and opened the door for other unsatisfied Spanish students. The students, Analisa Boxwell and Steve Villalva, told the department chair that their Spanish 101 class last semester did not prepare them for Spanish I 02. They said that faculty member Conway Olmsted had let them out 45 minutes early "just about every day" in a two-hour class. Olmsted did not attend the meeting but said in an interview afterward in his office that he was not assigned a clas~room to teach in until the second week of school last spring semester, and he had let the students out early because the pipes near the classroom, located in the technology

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change his previous grade from Olmsted, and Boxwell could get the tutoring she needs to stay in Spanish 102, Conde said. Boxwell said she failed her first test in Spanish I 02, but she got all A's on her tests in Spanish 101. Olmsted commented that he never had any complaints before this, and Conde observed his class one day and there were no problems. Olmstead plans to teach at least four or five years before retiring, and said he has been teaching at Metro for 20 years.

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A lesson for unconcerned students R A N T Midterms are fast approaching are here, I should say. We are entering that time of the semester when students will begin bailing out of classes in gangly throngs, taking NC's or F's, whatever it takes, to not have to admit that, after three weeks of socializing and ignoring study, they are irresponsibly behind. Some of us will spend the next few weeks stabilizing our lives and completing another semester wits intact. Still, though, there are a growing number of students who have learned about the more perverse side of communication on this campus; they will be readying their No. 2 pencils in order to sketch a false and debasing view of their professors in a grotesque attempt at erasing their own lack of stamina and self esteem. It is only two months until teacher evaluation time! We all know the type: the student who has too much to say in class about subjects usually too personal, who rides the financial aid circuit for the freedom the loans give or has a family or job or heartache, and who is all too casual about higher education as if it was as simple and unconscious an experience as breathing. There is something fishy about students who care nothing about the campus as it is, as it could/should be (nevermind about the world they live in), being given the right to judge their teachers. "Give them F's," I say. How can apathetic automatons justify coming out of their shells for two minutes, twice a year, in order to make an important value judgment - the types of judgments they allow others to make for them everyday. It is nice to know that the faculty and administration want to involve the students in the evaluation of the teachers; but, on this campus, of all places, the student can't be trusted. They have personal agendas far beyond the

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immediate goal of education. After all, this is a nontraditional school. In last week's front page story concerning the teacher evaluation process, Vince Orlando, chair of the faculty senate evaluation committee, states the vividly obvious. He says: "People are going to be subjective, and there is no way to stop it." He then says: "People get used to seeing numbers and they get used to attaching meaning to them." This is exactly why the evaluations are not working. But, I would like to posit that Metro is a school that is teaching its students that the numbers are important. I don't have the space to give examples, but I have always voiced my concern that this school is far too concerned with American business than with heritage or culture. The students are concerned, are subjective, but they are extremely angry because education is supposed to be easy. Give me my diploma; I want a job. Business, Business, Business. Let's transact, please. Quickly: Michael Stong, the man whose page was ejected from UCD's Carbon server because of specific insignia and web hookups typically aligned with white supremacists, would like you to know that he is not one. He seems awfully proud of standing alone as a bigot. Michael Stong,

the lone racist. "I think it's a violation of my First Amendment rights, and I think I have the right to express my opinion," Stong said. I am, I think, allowed not by my First Amendment rights to express my opinion (rights millions of weak Americans cling helplessly to) but because I stand behind every word that leaves my head, hence becoming public, as a responsible human being. Anyone who would place 'The Nigger Joke Page" with jokes suggesting, not merely concerning, murdering (yes, cold-blooded killing) African Americans on their home page is, I think safe to say, inhuman- perverted, at least (I would like everyone to know that I perused his page at some length before it was booted from the server; the "joke" page was not the most offensive). Stong is representative of angry and selfish middle-class, white, Protestant males in the good old USA This should disgust most of you (men, I am talking to directly). I fear it won't. My stomach turns at this. But, hey! Stong has your handy copout ready and exemplified for you in last week's paper: "If I'm going to be portrayed as a white bigot, I thought maybe I'd act like one of those people." Sick yet?!?! Do something about it. Michael Stong's e-mail address is easily available from any person search on the web. Let him know what you think. Michael, this is not a direct attack upon you. But examples are necessary when trying to raise issues. You chose to exemplify yourself. Also: I see there are still throngs of "nontraditionals" eating at Domino's; th e corporation has supported Operation Rescue and Amendment 2. You should be congratulated for your lack of concern.

-Gary Norris is a Metro senior ,

Simpler math, leads to a simpler existence Outlined against a blue-gray October sky, the four horsemen rode again. Where have I heard that before? In dramatic literature they are, approximately, famine, fire, plague and flood. To me, as a farmer, they are drought, torrential rain, corn borers, and the MSCD math department. I consider myself one of the rabble, the unwashed, a non-science major. I am taking a calculus course for non-science majors. I feel that the modern calculus is a new, dynamic form of geometry, as opposed to the static Greek version. I was surprised at the strong emphasis placed on algebra. I was also surprised at the first test. I use the text designated for the class, but I also refer to another, used at a solid university with a good math department. Not a public ivy, but in a league with, say, the North Carolinas. The book was even sold by our book center. This book contains a test at the end of each chapter. Strictly in my opinion, the final question on our test was more difficult than all but two of the thirty-three questions on the book test, and those two

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were designated as "extension exercises" for advanced students. What is the big deal about tests? I think it is important that students feel they can succeed. Especially when they try. When I look around our class, they are not just paying attention, they are riveted. Sometimes math becomes, like football, psychology. When CU played Michigan recently, the game came down to the last play, just as it did a couple of years ago. I don't read the local papers, or listen to talk shows, but I thought I was watching Psychology 101. The Michigan coach elected to run rather than pass, or punt setting up the same scenario as two years ago. When his team stopped the "Hail Mary," the ghost of that play was buried forever for Michigan. Hopefully, we can defend against future math challenges, and become "the little calculus class that could." George Stamfli Metro student

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Dear Editor: Notice to Gary Norris: Thank you for your harangues in our local paper. I was thinking that only I took the time to read the paper and follow the happenings in student government. I hope it will warm your heart to know that there exists at least one interested student wandering around campus. This brings me to my point in writing the editor. I recently had the distinct displeasure of meeting the president of student government, Stephanie Stevenson. As a person who is "represented" by Ms. Stevenson and her fellow empowermenters, I felt I had a right to let Ms. Stevenson know what I thought about present company. I'll repeat my comments here: This student government is lame. It was appalling to read her letters in the school paper. I have no idea what Ms. Stevenson's major is but I can count out English. This was reinforced by my brief conversation with her. I continue my claim that I was not "disrespecting" you, Stephanie, when criticizing your apparent fiefdom. To "dis" anything is to take away from it. Only you can disrespect yourself. As for me, I have no respect for you.· There is nothing to take away. The truly ominous part in all this was not that I had to meet Ms. Stevenson but of the action$ she has taken after our dialogue. Unfortunately, I was

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representing CoPIRG when I encountered Ms. Stevenson. So our president has decided that in retaliation for exercising my right to free speech, CoPIRG should be booted from campus. Did we take a page from Castro's "How to Govern" handbook, Stephanie? It was my mistake for voicing my opinion while representing this club. However, I made it very clear when I spoke to you that my views were not representative of CoPIRG's views. Yet you still feel the right to find vengeance. Does the truth hurt that much? I am therefor publicly resigning from CoPIRG. This way Ms. Stevenson can cease her little vendetta. In her newly acquired free time, may I suggest a Dale C'arnegie course? CoPIRG is a fine organization. It works with the homeless, with preserving our public lands and other issues that will affect us for years to c'ome. CoPIRG is up for reaffirmation this year. A "yes" vote is in order. The beauty of CoPIRG is that even with a "yes" vote, students are not required to fund it. The $4-per-student CoPIRG fee is optional when you register, unlike the student fees that go to pay for Student Government. This funding of inefficiency is completely mandatory. There is no way to better direct your money unless you vote! So students, when the time has arrived, please vote to reaffirm CoPIRG on your campus. The hard-

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the first being that it is illegal to produce or even possess hemp in the United States. Penalties can be severe. Domestic companies who use the plant in their products must import the material. Today, hemp is illegal because of its potential properties as a hallucinogen. Activists say hemp was made illegal during World War II to protect the new market for the synthetic fiber nylon. "It was about 1942 or '43 when nylon took over," says John Robinson, history professor at Metro. "Nylon doesn't stretch when it's wet like hemp does, it's also easier and cheaper to make. But there should be lots of uses for hemp, it's just got a bad rap for its properties as a hallucinogen." Hemp is seen not only as raw material for a variety of products, proponents say it can also help save the environment. They say it is more efficient than trees for making paper, that it can be used as a renewable replacement to fossil fuels, and that its growth process actually cleans the atmosphere. It expels four times more oxygen than it takes in carbon dioxide, activists claim. An information representative at the U.S. Department of Energy would not comment on hemp as a renewable energy source, saying that hemp is an illegal, controlled substance. At least one environmental group is supportive. "Greenpeace supports the use of industrial hemp as an alternative to using trees for paper," says Denise

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TOOLS OF THE TRADE: (above) Some of Clark's brushes wait for their part in creating his works of art. (right) Clark works in his garage studio, where he spends at least three days a week painting.

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ome Metro students say media coverage of gangsta rap icon Tupac Shakur's death was insensitive. Shak'Ur suffered fatal wounds in a Sept. 13 shooting after the TysonSeldon fight in Las Vegas. "I was personally sad when I heard the news," says Brandi Shigley, a Metro student. "But after reading an article in the local newspaper, I felt like they treated him like an object and not like a person." Other students say that headlines and photos were particularly insensitive, and that these elements focused on the negative aspects of the entertainer's life more than the positive. The photo shows Shakur spitting at reporters after leaving a courtroom. The headline on the front page reads, ''From rap to grave." "The picture that they used in the Rocky Mountain News kilrd of underlined the headlines and was distast~ ful," says Dawn Myers, a Metro student. Early in Shakur's career his songs talked about black unity, but later his songs dealt with death and the gangster lifestyle he was surrounded by. "He made versatile songs that showed the good and bad sides of his life, and most people didn't like him because he spoke his mind in songs and in the public," says Joseph Johnson, a Metro student. Other students say that media coverage was based purely on the facts surrounding the death. "Most of the media covered it fairly, and they talked about where it happened, his gangster lifestyle and mainly the facts surrounding the death," says Federico Montoya, a University of Colorado at Denver student.

Hyoung Chang/The METROPOLITAN HOPEFUL VIEW: Jane Semple discusses her work at "The View from Here," a display of art by the homeless now appearing at the Genre Gallery, 617 22nd St. The art exhibit is part of an annual Hope Week sponsored by organizations for the homeless and provides education on the issues of the homeless, says Teresa Vaughn, a coordinator with the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless. As well as Friday's Hope Art Show, Hope Week's homeless awareness activities included a Hope Sabbath, a Hope Walk on Thursday night and a day on which public school teachers were encouraged to educate their students on homelessness, Vaughn says. Last year a downtown breakfast was held to bring together business people and the homeless. "Hope Week is set up for awareness to the public of the homeless people in town," McGivern says, "letting the general public know that homeless people are not all just that stereotypical drunk lying on the street; that there are some real families in jeopardy of becoming homeless."

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wenty-five thousand gallons of beer disappeared within three days after beer lovers engulfed as many one-ounce shots as they possibly could consume. The shots were bottomless. People filed into the Currigan Exhibition Hall in downtown Denver where tasting the 1,400 domestic beers from 365 different brewers was the only item on the crowd's agenda. The 15th Annual Great American Beer Festival raged Thursday, Friday and Saturday amidst 2,000 kegs and 40,000 bottles of domestic micro-brews and others not so micro. 'The show sold out both Friday and Saturday," says Melinda Bywaters, marketing and communication coordinator of the festival. This year's attendees exceeded 30,000 people, 5,000 more than expected and 6,000 more than last year. Cheers and screams of merry beer drinkers echoed throughout the hall each time a glass was broken on the floor. "It signifies that you might have had a little too much to drink when you drop a glass, and we want to encourage this," says JeffEvanheardt, a festival attendee, clutching his brew glass and toasting to good times with his drinking partner Nathan McCahon.

Awards in 37 categories such as best classic English-style pale ale, fruit beer, bocks, dark lager and specialty stouts were judged and awarded Saturday. The dark lager gold medal winner was Latrobe Bavarian Black from Latrobe Brewing Co. in Pennsylvania. The Bavarian Black's logo reads "Craft brewed for good times." "That's what beer is all about," says Mike Fitzpatrick, brewmaster of the Bavarian Black. Fitzpatrick says the beer won not only for the good times it provides, John McDonough/The METROPOLITAN but he says that, "If I were to give it to you blindfolded, you would- ONE IN A MILLION: Boulder resident Jeff Goeller drinks an entire ounce of beer - at once n't know it was a dark - at the Great American Beer Festival at Currigan Hall Saturday night. beer." Fitzpatrick says the gold medal winner beer could also be of nonstop beer drinking of one-ounce described as a German black beer. shots and a beer glass with the Great The festival has been held at Currigan American Beer Festival logo. Exhibition Hall for the past 12 years, but "I wouldn't mind spending the rest of marketing for the festival does not require my life drinking beer," says Evanheardt, digging deep into the pocketbook, admiring his new beer glass. Bywaters said. The high attendance can be

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The Metro men's soccer team could not afford to lose another game going into Sunday's match against Fort Lewis College. They did not lose, but they did not win, either. After a high-scoring, up-and-down game, Metro and Fort Lewis tied 5-5. "We should have won that game, and we should- have lost that game," said defender Kirk Ellsworth. Defender Chris Johnson booted the ball into the net over the head of the Fort Lewis goalkeeper for the fo:st score, six minutes into the contest. Midfielder Maher Kayali added the second goal, a slow roller, at the 33: 15 mark. Fort Lewis took notice and answered. They scored the next four goals of the game. The first three came off of restarts. "We've had a tremendous problem defending restarts over the past five or six games," Head Coach Brian Crookham said, attributing about 16 goals to the poor defense of restarts. Nonetheless, the Roadrunners came back. With less than nine minutes of play remaining, Maher Kayali scored his second goal of the game. Johnson tied the game with only a minute and a half remaining when he hit his second goal of the game, a shot taken from outside the penalty box. Four minutes into overtime Metro scored again when forward Mazen Kayali racked up his fifth goal of the season. The shot, resulting from a beautiful pass from forward Adam Young, put the 'Runners back on top for the first Lime since the half. Fort Lewis closed the final Metro lead with less than 10 minutes of play remaining. Both teams narrowly missed opportunities to clinch a win in the final minutes and both went home with a tie. Exciting? Not for Crookham. "We're not big on ties," he said. "We did show a lot of character and a lot of heart coming back (from a 2-goal deficit), but we never should have been in that position in the first place."

"I think the most dangerous thing we've had all year is a two-goal lead," Crookham said. Forward Jeff Swander, who transferred from Fort Lewis, said the tie was disappointing. "When you know them, you want to beat them more than anything." "We still have to figure out how to win close ball games," Crookham said. The team plays next Friday, when they host Phillips University at 4 p.m.

Women's Soccer The women's soccer team suffered a 0-4 shutout at the hands of Regis University Sept. 25, after entering the game without five starters and quickly losing a sixth to injury. "We just came out flat and they came out ready to play," said goalkeeper Chellie McCourt, who added that Regis was definitely a beatable team. The first score against Metro was a goal knocked in accidentally by McCourt as she bent to stop the ball. "That seemed to throw us off kilter," said head coach Ed Montojo. Regis again scored off a comer kick. Montojo said the defense failed to attack the shooter and thus allowed an unchallenged shot to go in. An injury to standout defender Vicki Chong produced a cakewalk third score for Regis. The injuries to Chong are not serious and she will compete in the next game. "We were flat-footed and we didn't step to the ball," said defender Marisa Burks, summing up the first half. She added that the team seemed to give up after the first score. Metro came out a little stronger in the second half. Nonetheless, Regis was able to tack on one more goal. "What offense?" replied forward Alissa Allen when asked to comment on the offense, or lack thereof, against Regis. "We just weren't building up good attacks at all," she said. Regis is not a bad team, however, "we don't feel they are four goals better than us," said Montojo.

John McDonoughrrhe METROPOLITAN OPPOSING FORCE: Fort Lewis forward Simon Rose jumps for a headshot Sunday in a frustrating Metro home battle that ended in a tie. Injuries still haunt the Roadrunners who are without defenders A.J. Macintosh and Jenelle Andrews; neither is expected to return for another couple of weeks. Andrews suffered a knee injury and Macintosh hurt her ankle two weeks ago in a game against the University of Southern Colorado. Midfielder Tracie Mayes, with a knee injury, and forward Ariana O'Neill, with a twisted ankle, also sat out against

Regis. Mayes and O' Neill are expected to return to the lineup this week. "We showed a lot of character and grit," Montojo said about the performance in light of the many injuries. The loss drops the Roadrunners to an overall record of 4-S and 2-2 in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference. The Roadrunners play next on Friday when they host Fort Lewis College at 4 p.m.

Volleyball lagging with a nasty losing streak A. Jeter The METROPOUTAN The Roadrunner volleyball team has outplayed nearly all of its opponents this season but has only walked away with four wins in the 15-match stretch. The problem seems to be that despite a strong defense, the Metro team has not been able to put together an effective offense, Head Coach Joan McDermott said. The 'Runners outdig and outblock their opponents but are not concentrating on scoring points. "In volleyball, you can't just get a lead and let the clock run down. You've got to earn those points at the end, and we haven't been doing that," McDermott said.

The Roadrunners lost two home matches last week against Adams State (1-3) and Fort Lewis (2-3) colleges. Now, they are preparing for a tough Nebraska-Kearney match next weekend in which they hope for the return of outside hitter Stacey Hoyt, who was injured last week. McDermott said because of the absence of Hoyt's leadership and experience, the team has suffered yet another setback. Judy Glassman moved from the middle blocking position to fill in for the ailing hitter. Hoyt twisted her ankle during a practice when she ducked under the net and landed on the foot of the returning Shannon Ortell, middle blocker, who had been out settling eligibility problems, McDermott said.

It was good to have Ortell back in commission and as soon as the team is healthy again, the 'Runners can make a run for the conference tournament, McDermott said. Metro will hit the road again to play Fort Hays College in Kansas, a match McDermott said Metro should win. Then, it Is on to Nebraska to take on the RMAC championship Kearney team. Nebraska is ranked sixth in the nation (NCAA, Division ID and are currently undefeated. "We'll have to play really well to beat them," McDermott said, "but we can." She said the team will have to work hard to beat the Kearney team on their home court, but they will get a chance to have the home court advantage against Nebraska Oct. 26.

Metro has had a rough ride on the road this season as confidence has been down in some of its matches. The 'Runners have played on their home court only three times, in last week's match-ups and early in the season when Metro hosted the Colorado Premier Challenge tournament. McDermott said she has began gearing practices toward improving offense, especially attacks, in order to equal the team's defensive power. "We're playing better all the time. We're just looking to better our play and get better every time we st~ out there," McDermott said. , Last week's losses sink the 'Runners overall record to 4-11 and 2-S in the RMAC.

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Mountain climbing: the ultimate adventure Mountain climbing is a general term for a huge spectrum of different technical The METROPOLITAN sports including rock climbing, ice climbThe age-old answer to the even older ing and just-getting-over-the-mountain question, "Why did you climb the moun- climbing. While hanging from a mountain high tain?" seems to have been replaced. Instead of the tired old "because it was above ground seems dangerous, statistics there," climbers are now answering show it is not. Colorado has about one or "because of the rush" or just plainly two serious injuries a year due to climbing, "because it is fun!" according to the Colorado Mountain Club's High above the world, climbers gasp Web page. The Colorado Mountain club is an for air as well as the next place they can get a grip. organization for all types of enthusiasts It is a technical sport, climbers claim, who enjoy participating in mountain sports. with the added addition of beautiful Injuries result from people using scenery and a sense of danger. equipment the wrong way, said Alan Jolley, After hanging off the side of a rock in a climbing instructor who has climbed for Eldorado Springs two weeks ago John 17 years. "Generally climbing gear doesn't Bicknell, former Metro student, told how he became a full-time mountain climber break- it just doesn't," he said. "If failure does happen it is because and guide. Eric Drummondrrhe METROPOLITAN "I was a geologist and spent a lot of someone is using a rope in a way a rope time in the mountains," he said. ''Gradually isn't supposed to be used." LEADING MAN: Metro's Bennett Swanson snags the ball for a run as Even though mountain climbing is I started to get on the mountains and decidDU's Frederic Soulie tags along in a Metro home match Saturday. ed that was the direction I wanted to go." considered generally safe, the risk is still there. "The potential for danger is pre.sent," Jolley said. "That is part of the allure. If there wasn't defense and capitalize on them. However, any risk in it, we A. Jeter the opposition hardly got a chance to open would all be bowling The METROPOLITAN up on their plays as each of their attempts right now." Colorado is a The Metro rugby team marched into was foiled by the aggressive Metro squad. climber's haven due battle Saturday against the University of Quick response to DU breakaways and to an abundance of Denver, a team so weak and disorganized hard-hitting tackling, especially performed Fourteeners, (moun- that a few Metro players lent their talents to by Beaton, kept the DU team at a standstill. tains with elevations the team in an effort to even out the com- The only real promise shown by DU came of 14,000 feet or petition. at the end of the first half when the team higher), something However, even the fuel from about combined some accurate passing and a surexperienced clim- five Metro players could do nothing to prise opportunity to run the ball for about 10 yards before Metro's William Coker bers consider a must ignite the DU squad. "The best people on DU were the caught on to their sneak attack and took the for a challenging Metro guys ," said Bob Herrell, who DU runner down . Metro showed its domiclimb. nating spirit early, chalking up a 33-0 lead Some of Col- offered his services to the opposition. orado's choice Metro came out ready to reclaim its by halftime. The most exciting part of that mou ntai neeri ng pride after falling to Colorado State half for the DU team, perhaps, was when a spots include Castle University last week. The goal was accom- player's dog ran out onto the field and had Peak near Aspen, plished, beginning with a try scored inside to be chased down. If DU had been a bit stronger, it may Chicago Basin near the first two minutes of the match and endDurango, and Mt. ing with Metro's eventual 64-0 victory have been able to take advantage of Metro's overconfidence going into the secArkansas near over DU. Leadville. "We played against a weak team; they ond half. The boys in blue suffered some Jolley urges any had a bad defense," Joey "Mighty Joe" loose passing and a general disorganization new climbers to Beaton said. "So it was easy to take advan- fell over them about 15 minutes into the half. make sure to bring a tage." However, Metro was able to pull it The Metro team built on the configuide with them until they are comfortable dence of opening the match with a try and together enough to start out that half as capitalized on DU's many mistakes, they had begun the game - with another on a mountain. And those fears including a direct turnover midway try within two minutes. This one was try you may have of through the first half. This tragic blunder number two for Gibson, who ran off of a falling and not being Âˇ resulted in Metro's fifth try of the half two-man assist. However, his next two able to climb stairs, when a DU man passed the ball directly kicks failed and DU won the next scrum much less another into the hands of Leif Gibson, who ran it with the help of a borrowed Metro player, 40 yards leaving the opposition chasing his Herrell. Still, Metro regained control and mountain? "People don't coattails. Gibson basked in his glory long set the stage for one of the key plays of the die very often," enough to follow it up with a good extra match. Coker ripped the ball from the DU point kick. Gibson came alive in the DU Jolley assured. To learn to match as he was able to find his man off squad and, without so much as a thank you, John McDonough/The METROPOLITAN climb, call American the breakaways and pass successfully to took off with it like a rocket, running 80 yards for another Metro try. Mountain Guides assist in most of Metro's trys. RIDIN' THE ROCKS: Carianne McDonough free "Eighty yards never seemed so long," DU was persistent in the first half, Association at 271climbs on Flagstaff Mountain in Boulder. See SHUTOUT page 21 0984 for a guide. attempting to find holes in the Metro

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Coker said. "That was the first try I've scored in the year since I've been playing rugby." The score carried an added significance since Coker's father was out to see the match, the first of Coker's family to see him play the game. The Metro team experienced a lag in its streak when a try attempt ended in a fumble on a loose pass and again when Beaton lost a pass from Gibson 10 yards from the goal. Then, Coker dropped a pass, allowing a temporary DU possession. However, Metro tightened up its ranks and with a sleek hand-to-hand invol~ing Gibson and Shawn "Cosmo" Larrison, Coker stuck the reception this time and ran for the try. DU had similar problems as it produced another easy ball for Metro in a turnover in the last five minutes of the half.

''We played a hell of a lot better against The DU squad did some yelling for unity and tried to soak up some of Metro's USC than they (DU) played against us," he aggressiveness, but just could not hold it said. "They just don't get the numbers out. They're just a disortogether. Metro, in ganized club." tum, ran for another The match was try. One borrowed Metro player, Sean good preparation for the impending Greer, threw in the Colorado towel with the DU College team, proclaiming -William Coker, bout next week and New Mexico Tech in the game over. He may have been after running for a Metro try two weeks, a Division I powerhouse, said right as Metro achieved its last try just moments later to Sean "Lloyd" Chase. "It was fun. It was two clubs who are end the match, leaving DU scoreless. Captain John Bogdanoff said the win really good friends. We just played a good was a good way to boost morale after last game," he said. Beaton agreed, adding that the Metro week's 3-36 loss to the University of team did not play as physically as it usually Southern Colorado.

"Eighty yards never seemed so long."

does, but did put up excellent defense. In preparation for the next two matches, Beaton said the team would probably work on fundamentals in light of some loose passing in the DU match, as well as continuing to work on physical conditioning. "We are capable of having two or three games like that per season, playing Division II teams," Kent said. "I think games like that are useless." He said Metro's team needs to keep up its intensity and there is still room for improvement, despite the win. Still, Kent had more reason to celebrate this weekend when his wife gave birth to the couple's first child Sunday - a girl, Isabella. Metro will face Colorado College on its home turf Saturday at noon. The DU stomping pushed Metro's record to 2-1.

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Women's soccer team hosts stration, 7:30 p.m., at MetroMesa State College at 1 p.m., Denver Baha'i Center, 225 E. The Metro Student Government Auraria Fields. Bayaud Ave. Admission is free. Assembly meets at 3:30 p.m. Info: 798-4319. every Thursday in Tivoli Room Irish Culture Night with 329. Info: 556-3312. Colcannon. An evening of Irish stepdancing and music with SUN. OCT Metro Center for the Visual Arts Boulder-based Irish ensemble Reencuentros I Colcannon preceded by Wick hosts Reencounters, a collection of school of Irish dancing, at St. 1996 Roadrunner Golf Classic at work by artists from the Pacific Cajetan's Event Center at 7p.m. 1 p.m., The Meadows Golf Northwest and the Southwest, Course. Info: Cindi Nagai 556in celebration of Chicano art. Men's Soccer Games, hosting 2721. The gallery, at 17th and Wazee, Phillips University, at 2 p.m., is open Tues.-Thur. from 11 a.m. Auraria Fields. Men's soccer team, hosts Regis - 5 p.m. Fri. from 11 a.m. University at 2 p.m., Auraria 8 p.m., and Sat. from noon to 4 Fields. · p.m. Info: 294-5207. SAT. OCT 5 Women's soccer team hosts Toads in the Garden, a weekly Mesa State College at 1 p.m., poetry reading in the Daily Fourth Annual Rocky Auraria Fields. Grind coffee house in the Tivoli Mountain Book Festival, a prostarts at 7:30 p.m. Thursday. A ject of the Colorado Center for $2 donation is requested. $1 for the Book, is from 10 - 6 p.m., at MON. OCT students with an ID. Info: 697- Currigan Hall, 1334 Champa St. 1317. Admission is free to the public. Towering Issues of Today hosts a "Painting as a Spiritual debate on the "Three Strikes FRI. OCT Discipline," lecture and demon- Law." It will be at 1 p.m. in Tivoli room 640. Info: 556-2595.

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postcard to Clinton to expand your right to know of toxic information. Tues. and Wed. 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. at the flagpole. Info: Joey 556-8093. Womens' soccer team hosts University of Denver at 4 p.m., Auraria Fields.

WED. OCT

CoPIRG General Meeting on AHEC recycling, Colorado Public Trust Lands, Shattuck Hazardous Waste Site Development, Hunger & Homelessness, Auraria Vote '96, from 7:30-9:30 p.m., location to be announced. Info: Joey 556-8093. Volleyball Home Match, hosting University of Denver, Auraria Events Center at 7 p.m.

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A scholarship workshop will be held in Tivoli room 329 from 2- The MSCD Public Relations 3:30 p.m. Info: 556-8441 Organization of Students (P~OS) meets every second Thursday in The Denver Press Club, located at 1330 Glenarm TUE. OCT 8 Place at 6 p.m. Info: Daryl Jackson at 329 - 3211, or Prof. CoPIRG Toxic Right to Know Jay Brodell 556-3485. Project Group. Sign a petition to stop Shattuck Hazardous Waste Site Development, and sign a

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