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Drop policy limits student options Refund policy starts taking money before students try class Jessie Bullock The METROPOLITAN
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added classes," he said. When tuition was raised in 1992, the board of trustees reaffirmed the current tuition refund policy, Greene said. "The system was set up this way so there would not be a lot of students signing up for a lot of hours and shopping around," Greene said. According to Greene, the refund policy is in place to discourage students from registering for more credit hours than they need. This helps maintain a smaller class size and keeps the waiting lists for classes shorter. The University of Colorado at
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Denver has a different rn.ethod for deterring students from enrolling in more classes than they intend to complete. UCD uses payment deadlines and disenrollment to encourage students not to sign up for more classes than they intend to keep, UCD accountant Carolyn Landa said. Both UCO and the Community College of Denver used to have a tuition refund policy that only gave the students back a percentage of their tuition. Under current policy, students at both schools have until Feb. 5, approximately See TUITION page 6
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William Goodwin The METROPOLITAN A Metro criminal justice professor is a little confused about his new position chairman of the Health Professions Department. The department, which awards bachelor's degrees in nursing and health-care management, is now managed by Joseph G. Sandoval, who came lo Metro in 1973. took Sandoval over the job in January when former chairwoman Kathleen McGuire-Mahony stepped down. While criminal justice and health professions both are in the School of Professional Studies, Sandoval said he is not sure why the Metro administration chose him for the positi on. The interim dean of that school, Robert Mock, acknowledged that a dispute between McGuireMahony and a professor resulted in the turnover.
The professor involved, Margie Cook, said she was evaluated unfairly by McGuire-Mahony. Cook said she carried the dispute to the Office of the Vice President of Academic Affairs. Mock said that he backed McGuireMahony in her evaluation of Cook, but that he was overruled by an official in the vice president's office. McGuire-Mahony declined an interview several times. Cook blamed the dispute on a hidden agenda of the former chairwoman. Cook said that the disputed evaluation was prepared several months late. She declined to be too specific because of pending legal issues. Sandoval said he has not had a problem in administering the department, but he expects to rely on the expertise of the faculty members. McGuireMahony remains a faculty member in the department even though she has resigned as chairwoman.
Sandoval said he is not sure why the Metro administration chose him for the position.
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J.R. Phatboy's Manager Craig Morningstar holds a "'phat wrap" while standing on the counter of the restaurant's soon-to-be-opened bar last Wednesday.
Metro media VP resigns Kyle Ringo The METROPOLITAN Two position changes in Metro's communication office have left some unanswered questions. Assistant vice president of college communications Robert Brock resigned Friday to pursue a marketing career, he said. That same day Media Relations Director, Janet Datisman, an employee supervised by Brock, was placed on administrative suspension. Datisman said that she had been told by Sandy Jones, the director of personne l and payroll services, that the suspension was for her own protection. Datisman said she asked Jones what she was being protected from, but did not get a response . •
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1/27/97 (Monday) Jason Moran, 25, of Littleton, returned from class to find his 1991 Jeep Wrangler stolen, according to police reports. Moran, who purchased the vehicle four days prior to the theft, reported that he parked the vehicle in lot D, 755 Walnut St., at 9 a.m. and found the Jeep missing at I p.m. There are no further leads at this time.
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Just buy a ticket J/21/97(Tuesday) An Auraria police officer arrested Henry Urrutia, 23, of Aurora, for investigation of vandalizing the RTD light-rail ticket booth at Colfax and Lipan, according lo police reports. Virgil reported arresting Urrutia after watching him write "Trooper Srockwood St. West" on the booth.
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l/ 26/97(S und ay) Subrina Mill, 21, of Thornton, was arrested on suspicion of Driving While Ability Impaired after making an illegal turn and nearly colliding with a police car. Auraria Campus Police reported stopping Mill after she cut them off al the intersection of Speer Boulevard and Colfax Avenue.
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1123/97 (Thursday) A manager and an employee of the Tivoli Domino's pizzeria had a pushing and shoving confrontation after the manager, Jeannie Nelson, fired employee Craig Malone, according to police reports. Police were called but no charges were filed.
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students a chance ~~;::~e~:~ t~:e~ ~~:~:~~~:-~:~t~ practice test supervised in the to see how the grad three-hour same way as the actual tests. Those parschool tests will be Ryan Bachman The METROPOUTAN A college admissions test can be a horrific experience in a student's academic career and possibly a damaging and expensive process. Those students going to graduate school sometimes have the hardest time when faced with acceptance into a particular field of study. For this reason Kaplan Educational Centers along with Metro's Assessment and Testing Center will hold a free "Test Drive" Feb. 8 at Auraria Campus. The program g ives students preparing for the GMAT, GRE, LSAT and MCAT a chance
ticipating also learn test-taking strategies and receive a detailed computer analysis of their performance. Mark Mathes of Kaplan Educational Centers, who also is a graduate student, said, "the reason for the tests are that students can take a practice exam without any penalty based on their score." A real test score goes on a student's permanent record, regardless if a student repeats the test. A simulated test score will not show up on any record. The practice exams are meant to relieve potential graduate students of a lot of pressure, since they do not have to open a real admissions test feel ing unprepared. "Real admissions exams for graduate school are also expensive, especially if See TEST page 7
Those participating learn valuable test-taking strategies as well as receive a detailed computer analysis of their performance.
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Mike Larkin The METROPOLITAN Metro students are going to have a liHle extra political pull at the Colorado State Capitol this Valentine's Day. The Colorado Student Association, a lobbying group focused on higher education issues, has assembled its yearly "State of the Student" address, and Metro will get a key spot in the speaker's list. Newly appointed Metro student body president William Coker is one of the 14 speakers picked to rally for the students' cause at the address. Only three other student body presidents will be speaking: Kami Dempsey, University of Northern Colorado; Joe Urban, Colorado State University; and Heidi Van Huysen, Fort Lewis College. The other speakers include senators Ben Alexander, RMontrose, Elsie Lacy, R-Aurora and several university presidents and directors. Metro President Sheila Kaplan is not speaking. CSA Director of Campus Affairs Mat Martin said the address and legislative breakfast will be an opportunity "for students to be comfortable in the Capitol." "(The breakfast) will be an informal
chance to meet legislators," Martin said. T h e involvement of a Metro student government president is the signal of improved relations with CSA. William Coker Early m Metro SGA the fall 1996 President semester, Metro's student government declared it would not be paying its yearly dues to CSA. The governing body cited a lack of representation in CSA's lobbying efforts at the capitol. "They felt largely ignored," Martin said. Since the dismissal of former Metro student government president Stephanie Stevenson and the appoi ntment of Coker, the CSA dues have been paid. The breakfast will be held in the Colorado Capitol Feb. 14 at 7:30 a.m. and the State of the Student Address will follow at I 0:30 a.m.
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A Denver native, Greg Lopez was a columnist at The Daily Iberian in New Iberia, LA and The Detroit News before joining the Rocky Mountain News in 1990. The journalism of Greg Lopez was not about great challenges or great heroes. He mined the rich human vein of the in-between. He painted extraordinary portraits of ordinary people. Greg was killed in a hit-and-run car crash on March 17, 1996 at age 35.
This Scholarship has been established by the Rocky Mountain News and the Lopez and Bohland families to provide an opportunity for a talented Metropolitan State College of Denver student to finish his or her education and pursue a career in journalism. The hope is that those who benefit from this scholarship will use their talents to educate, entertain and inspire others as Greg Lopez did with his work and life.
Applicants must: • Have junior status when the scholarship is awarded. Applicant may apply during the sophomore year. • Have declared major or minor in journalism or related field leading to qualification for a position in the professional newspaper journalism field. • Submit a portfolio to include three writing samples, an autobiography (no more than 500 words), and a profile of a person (no more than 500 words) . • Maintain a 3.0 GP A
Apply now for the Greg Lopez Memorial Endowed Scholarship at Metropolitan State College of Denver Applicatiom are available in the Office of Financial Aid, CN 116
ApplicaHon Deadline: February 15, 1997 Applicants will be reviewed and pre-screened by faculty from the Journalism Department and other representatives from the School of Letters, Arts and Sciences. Final selection will be made by Kathleen Bohland, a member of the Lopez family and a representative of the Rocky Mountain News staff.
Scholarship will cover full tuition and fees for two semesters beginning Fall 1997.
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Colleges nationwide review tenure Does job guarantee bring students and professors security or slack? Tory Pearson The METROPOLITAN
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In a time of corporate downsizing, when a new round of layoffs is announced in the newspaper everyday, the question of whether college professors need or even deserve the security of tenured positions is a hot topic to debate. The idea of tenure is to allow professors to be truly free when planning their courses and speaking in the classroom without fear of reprisal from those who disagree with their views. At most schools, professors are eligible for tenure after seven years. The question on many people's minds is, does j 0 b security drive some professors to take advantage of the system? Does it make them lazy and a little too comfortable or does it truly protect their academic freedom? Common sense says that not all professors should be judged by the actions of a few. By all accounts, most tenured professors work hard at thejr jobs and are proud to be where they are. In any case, colleges across the country ·have found the tenure system to be in need of review. However, different schools have gone about this process in many different ways. The faculty at Colorado State
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University recently accepted a proposed change to its tenure policy that would call for . an in-depth review of tenured professors every five years. If the professor gets a poor review, a committee is formed to decide what to do next. This could be anything from a reprimand to a cut in pay and may even lead to termination if the professors don't improve. The committees will give the professor guidelines on what they need to improve on and let the professor know if they are on the right track. "This is not a policy to eliminate tenure, but to improve accountability and to ensure that the faculty are working to their potential," faculty council chairwoman Penny Bauer told The Denver Post. The faculty has been involved in planning t h e review policy for the past two years . T
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University of Colorado has had a post-tenure review policy since 1983, but will be studying CSU's policy in order to improve its own, CU president John Buechner told the Rocky Mountain News. Faculty involvement seems to have worked well at CSU, but at the University of Minnesota it is a different story. Faculty members there are trying to form a union to combat a strict new policy on tenure proposed by the school's Board of Regents. The two provisions that upset the faculty the most would allow the board to cut
salaries for reasons other than just financial emergencies and to fire tenured professors if their programs are eliminated, leaving professors without a job. Professor Fred L. Morrison told The Chronicle of Higher Education, "It is clear from these proposals that the regents who are promoting them have no respect for faculty." Morrison said he fears the new policy would allow the administration to pick and choose who they would reassign when there are program changes. If the professors are successful in forming the union, they can bargain with the board on the issues in the new policy that matter to them most. The tenure system is headed for change, whether faculty are allowed to be involved in the de c i s ion making process or not. But the issue of tenure is not just about teacher performance. The tenure system also maintains a college's system of checks and balances, according to tenured journalism professor James Brodell, who teaches at Metro. While a school's administration keeps track of the school's finances and general operating policies, the faculty are the ones who make decisions on courses and academic standards. Brodell contends that, "While the administration may be tempted to hand out diplomas like hamburgers from some drive-by window, the
faculty insist on competency." If a post-tenure review policy becomes too strict, it may enable a college's administration to clear out those professors who disagree with policies. "Longtime faculty members frequently butt heads with administrators," Brodell said. The American Association for Higher Education began a two-year study of the tenure system in 1995. Its goal is to offer suggestions for revamping the tenure system nationwide. "If we want tenure, we need a viable defense of it, and part of that is policing our own shop," R. Eugene Rice said in The Chronicle of Higher Education. Rice is the director of the Forum on Faculty · Ro I es a n d Rewards at the American Association for Higher Education. He said defending the incompetence of professors will undermine the entire tenure system, but the association is not willing to abandon the tenure system altogether. The root of any'major debate is a need for change. Whether the decision is to abolish tenure or to rework the system in a way that is satisfactory to both administration and faculty, it is clear that the old system will not stand up in today's world.
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three weeks after classes begin, to receive a 100 percent tuition refund, according to course catalogs for both schools. After that date, the student forfeits any tuition for classes dropped. "We switched (refund policies) because it is better for the students," said Kevin Callison, CCD accountant. UCD has a similar attitude. "We try to be really service-oriented," Landa said. "We wanted to give the students more
"The system was set up this way so there would not be a lot of students signing up for a lot of hours and shopping around." - Tim Greene, Associate Vice President of Human Resources and Finance time." Metro students who drop a class the
to the withdrawal and refund deadline schedule for spring 1997. The second week, the school retains 40 percent and the third week the school keeps 70 percent. Students who drop a class the fourth week of the semester forfeit 100 percent of their tuition. The percentage scale is steep, Greene admitted.
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Tuesday Feb. 4 "Death of a Nation" to be shown Noon - 2:00 pm C85 Lowell Thomas Bldg.
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As part of an effort to increase stature, the Metro School of Business is seeking to be nationally accredited by the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business. According to Rajendra K.handekar, the Metro School of Business interim associate dean, the school of business is currently accredited regionally by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. He said the school is planning on applying for the more prestigious accreditation by the American Assembly next year although the school was supposed to be considered last year. "Accreditation is like a good housekeeping stamp," K.handekar said. He said the American Assembly accreditation would boost the business school's reputation and that students would also benefit because business graduate schools are concerned with accreditation. K.handekar said he is concerned because one of the things the American Assembly considers when reviewing a school is faculty, and Metro's business school is currently without a dean. Sharron Barber, the director of communication for the American Assembly, said that Metro's business school has been a candidate for accreditation since it applied in January I 994. She added that accrediting standards have changed in
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cutting edge of technology, but there also needs to be a balance between research and teaching." K.handekar said that even under the current NCA accreditation, the business school has done well. He said one student was accepted to Harvard's graduate business school last spring. Khandekar said that regardless of accreditation, the success of a student depends a lot on their skills.
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The media indulges voyeuristic co-conspirators Is it so that "all the world is a stage?" We are living our lives outside of a fiction. Yet, drama is everywhere. As self-indulgent as we tend to be, where do the Gary events occurNorris ring about us take root in our consciousness to become real? If not where, then when? Words can take on a life of their own once spoken or written, and, as careless as we tend to be, those same self-intoned words will b路e used in different meanings to wreak havoc in our lives. All of the world is media, and media is the stage. Which source do you reference? Whom do you believe? The relationship between the actors and the audience, in theater, is very important. For example, when Richard Ill stands aside to speak his conceits to the audience, he is much more dependent upon the audience than he is with what is occurring within the play itself. Richard, though, becomes so over-involved with his solo performance, his indulgences, that soon he is lost in a mire of words and fails tragically in his conceit. He loses touch with reality. Our media, in an attempt to sell its story to its audience, is failing tragically as well. I will ask, as Richard's mother does, ''Why should calamity be full of words?" We most certainly live in a time of second-hand action. Events are trans-
mitted to us after the fact. We can look at pictures of events, news of events, over and over again, dissect those events into millions of moments and, finally, take the information we want from history's records and delineate truths and moral lessons. (I am holding the word "information" to be fundamentally different than the word "meaning" by definition.) Here is an interesting question: "How many commentaries are necessary to get over the fascination of a young girl's death?" Tragedy is wordheavy; we have a lot to say as it is through a senseless and visceral death, a sacrifice, that we are moved to act ourselves. We all yearn for a catharsis, eventually, an event that is weighted with such primal meaning that we can only be enlightened or uplifted by its occurrence. We live in an exploitive and grotesque world, though, and these moments are now manufactured daily for our use, as if a cathartic event were a drug. And so, a young girl's death becomes headline material world wide. Honestly, there is nothing sublime about a girl bound in tape being sexually molested, hit in the head and left for dead in a basement room. What interest can we have in this action other than as the role of the voyeur? I can hear people saying in shock, 'Well, we want to catch that killer!!!" I spell my bologna 0 -S-C-A-R M-E-Y-E-R. A more severe problem with media rests in this idea: As we define through the words the actions of others or ourselves, we must continually revise the events themselves in order to justify our being in the present. Consider how it is that white culture
continually rewrites its role in the influence of black culture in America. As a director is faced with choosing from a myriad of perspectives one that will best convey his sense of the truth, we continually change our perspective of an event in order to fit our sense of the truth. A tailored truth does not the facts make. Currently, there are many indigenous peoples being systematically silenced and slaughtered throughout the world in order to homogenize culture. World powers need sameness in order to survive - one vision of the truth. The Chinese will kill the Tibetans; the Turks will kill the Kurds; the Peruvians will kill the lncans; the Americans attempted to kill the "Indians." Our media, in an attempt at reporting the truth, must choose how to tell a story. In an overwhelmingly obvious attempt to fulfill the right of 路 the majority (fulfill, as in self-fulfilling prophecy), all uprising minorities on this planet are referred to as terrorists. Terrorism is bad, don't you know, therefore, the armies of the Kurds and the lncans are bad. Yet, they are merely taking up arms against oppression. Actually, they are taking up arms to prevent themselves from being slaughtered. In an attempt to tell an acceptable story, we have forgotten certain aspects of our own history. We have turned hypocrite. We committed serious crimes of humanity against the natives of this land, and have manufactured some guilt about it. Why, then, do we support the Turkish and Peruvian governments with money and arms as they slaughter their indigenous peoples? We have the
right to bear arms and use force to stop oppression, guaranteed in our Constitution, but no one else does. (America's decrepit and sick claim to manifest destiny in guises such as the Truman Doctrine rears its head at this . ) \ point. Of course politics is a mess of words; harm can only come to be viewed as sometimes necessary in light of progressing society. Can we, though, ever progress to the point of an effective speech? And, once effective, can we not find potent action? Or must we resign ourselves to the role of revisionist, randomly choosing unrelated points f ram the past to make our truths. Our narrator and co-conspirator, the media, are not concerned with reality. They are concerned with the words and pictures that make a story. We are co-conspirators because we enjoy the show. Let us hope the day won't come when meaning is necessary to describe a moment, for we are incapable of describing meaning in the face of a plethora of information. Calamity is so full of words because we know not the act itself. We know the story and it can be told in an infinite variety of methods. We are junkies for good drama because it is so much easier to witness another's sacrifice than our own - to enforce rather than submit. Yet, yielding times are abound in the sense that all actions must be accounted for in order to progress beyond a single moment of history. As impotent as we are, we can only hope for a better story to be created.
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One of 'the few' Dear Editor, Why are students expected to pay an additional 4 percent above the indexed increase for tuition? Yes, Troy Grice, I am concerned, and I am glad I read your letter in the Jan. 31 issue of The Metropolitan. That 48 bucks that is supposed to go toward "improving" my education is a major expense for me because as a minimally-employed, full-time student everything is a major expense. The fact that it is "the administration" who has decided that the quality of my education needs to be improved increases my concern. I doubt that the administration could give a rip about the quality of my education, especially after reading about how they handle things like former Metro professor Philip Thorton's tenure. They don't appear to have much integrity. Why should I believe that they care more about the "improvement" and "quality" of my education than they do about their own personal politics and agendas? I want to know specifically what it is that they want to "improve" in my education. About the bus-pass issue. I am one of "the few" who takes advantage of the services provided by the bus and light rail. Since I pay for it, I use it. It's not my fault that most students don't use it. William Coker IV asks, "Is it fair to make someone pay for something that they will not benefit from directly?" People would benefit from it directly if they would use it. They are already benefiting from it because those who do use it are lowering pollution and lessening traffic. Coker also asks, "If I pay for something and never use it, I have to ask what was really in it for me - did I get out of it what I put into it?" Well why aren't you using it? You aren't getting anything out of it because you aren't putting anything into it. When you use the bus and light rail, you are being considerate of the environment, saving yourself the hassle with traffic, the expense of gas and parking fees, and wear and tear on your car. That's what is "in it for you." If you're "paying for something and never using it" isn't that your own fault and no one else's? The sad truth is that the highest priority for most students (people) is to lead insular, convenient and comfortable lives, as is evidenced by the fact that so few use public transportation. God forbid any inconvenience like waiting at a bus stop in the cold, or having to sit with people you (gasp!) don't even know. In fact, you might eveFl have to "get involved" and "take charge of your destiny" and find out what the bus routes are, and when and where they make their pick-ups. This may involve the further inconvenience of having to think ahead and plan your day around the bus schedule. I realize that this is a lot to ask of Coloradoans who are known for incessant love affairs with their cars, but it is a worthy sacrifice, and those who make it really do survive. Some people enjoy riding the bus, and even prefer it. "Express yourself and get empowered to act upon your own innovative ideas" (Coker). Well I've expressed myself, and for those who consider riding the bus an innovative idea, empower yourself to do it! Broaden your horizons a little, come out of your insular world, take a chance, do something different, forsake your lazy commitment to convenience and comfort! And vote YES on the bus-pass program! The fact that Sheila Kaplan will recommend a rejection of the current program regardless of a majority student vote once again reveals that student concerns are not her or her administration's concerns. Come on, Sheila! Get out of your ivory castle and ride the bus!
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Calling all artists Metro will be holding a juried art show at Emmanuel Gallery. Metro students can bring entries to the Emmanuel Gallery on the Auraria Campus on Friday, Feb. 14 from I to 5 p.m. and Saturday, Feb 15 from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Entry fees are $5 for the first entry and $3 for each additional entry. Womyn artists are encouraged to submit entries for Transformative Fibers: Womyn 's Work. Submissions should display contemporary uses of ancient methods and design in thread, quilting, basketweaving, rug looming, wrapping, crocheting or knitting. Anyone interested must call Ashara Ekundayo at 291-1077 by Feb. 21.
Talking about talking The controversial Ebonics, or Black English, will be the subject of the next Towering Issues of Today. A panel of experts will discuss linguistics, government and education. Towering Issues is held every Monday at I p.m. in Tivoli Room 640.
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They sleep, they score! Metro sports fans can catch a few extra winks on Saturdays and still catch the latest on the Roadrunners. "Roadrunner Wrap-Up," which is heard on Sports Radio 950 "The Fan," has been moved from its 7 a.m. time slot to 9:30 a.m. "The Fan" will also air Metro men's basketball games on Feb. 7 at 7: 15 p.m. as they go against Regis and on Feb. 8 at 6:45 p.m. when they take on Colorado Christian.
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$ilver $poon $yndrome Do big bucks buy better justice? afford an attorney. They get the public defender who's understaffed or does not have enough investiThe METROPOLITAN gation. That's where the travesty lies." Gerash said we need to be concerned about jushe criminal court system is a complex one, becoming more perplexing when fame and for- tice of the average person and that laws and courts are governed by power and money. tune are introduced into the mix. "Poor people do not get equal justice as rich Does a silver spoon in the mouth equate to better justice in the courts? Many different answers were people do, and that's clear because I've represented presented as a panel discussed this issue at the Towering some rich people and a lot of poor people," he said. LaCabe said that celebrities are not treated difIssues of Today forum held in the Tivoli on Monday. Some said that treatment was equal, others said it was ferently when it comes to sentencing. One example being the Michael Irvin troubles not. "Ifl were to answer the question, 'Does who you are last year. Irvin was discovered in a hotel room with make a difference in a criminal case?' I would want to say two women and cocaine on March 4. He plead no no," said Al LaCabe, lawyer at the law firm of Davis, contest to felony cocaine possession and was senGraham and Stubbs. "The criminal justice system tenced on July 16 to four years of probation. attempts to treat people equally. But the bottom line is that "I can tell you thousands upon hundreds of is impossible - because of all of the issues involved." thousands of people in the same situation would He added that the American system is supposedly set have gotten probation," LaCabe said. "I don't believe up to provide juries that have no opinion on anything. that was an unfair sentence or that much of an unusuThat, however, would not be much of a jury. al sentence." Walt Copley, chairman of Metro's criminal justice It seems unusual, he added, because we hold department and a former investigator, said there is no celebrities to a higher standard and expect more. inequality involved in the investigation phase. Much of· the talk focused on how people are "I have put away generals as well as privates," he tried in the courts versus how they are tried by the said. public and the media. Hyoung changfThe METROPOLITAN Copley said investigations are actually done more "It is a totally different world, what happens in carefully when famous people are involved because the the paper and what happens in the courtroom," DEBATING JUSTICE: Law'y er Walter Gerash sits investigators know that it will be in the public eye. LaCabe said. below the controversial poster for the Towering Issues "The system is messed up," shouted Walter Gerash, LaCabe was expanding on comments made earli- programthat focused on unequal justice on Monday. the Denver lawyer who is representing Jorge Peter er by Metro journalism professor Richard Chapman. Schmitz, the man accused of driving the car that killed Chapman said that the criminal court system has ago- problems. columnist Greg Lopez. nized over rules, procedure and evidence. "It's difficult to report about celebrities in a way that "Celebrities make up one-thousandth of I percent of "No such rules exist in the court of public opinion," really ends up doing them justice," Chapman said. "Much defendants in courts," he said. "When I stand up in court, he said, later adding that the truth is never as easy to deter- of the information is unknown; it is difficult to report susright next to me is a defendant. He's either poor white, mine in this court. picions without spreading them, yet we certainly have an black or Chicano _and 95 percent of the time they can't He said covering events involving celebrities presents obligation to do it." Channel 7 sportscaster Tony Zarrella had a different viewpoint, saying popularity comes with minuses as well as pluses. "Are celebrities treated the same? No question ; I think the answer is no, and I think it's a double-edged sword," he said. "I think sometimes they're treated better and sometime they' re treated worse." Zarrella gave two examples. He said that coach Mike Ditka was driving while intoxicated after a Chicago Bears game in 1985, the year they went to the Super Bowl. "But because it was in Chicago and they had a great team, the cops buried it," he said. Zarrella cited Irvin's most recent-troubles as a case where it_ worked against a celebrity. Irvin was accused of holding a gun to a woman's head and videotaping fellow Cowboy Eric Williams raping a woman. It was later-discovered that the woman lied and no rape had taken place. The accusations were heavily covered by the media, even though no charges had been filed. Chapman said that Irvin got what he deserved because_his "less than sterling" reputation preceded him, adding that the media paid just as much attention to his being absolved of any wrongdoing as it did the accusation. Zarrella said he disagreed with the way it was treated Eric Drummondrlne METROPOLITAN and looked forward to a day when no name was men· tioned until there were charges filed. Stephan Lacuis unloads support beams for the new roller coaster being built at "Ultimately over time the truth emerges," Chapman Elitch's. The new owners of the park are spending millions on the coaster and a said. "But it's never the whole story in one fell swoop." water park, which should be open for the new season.
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going to talk about crystals. She made it a point to stay away from jargon and watered-down phrases such as "positive thinking." Growth, she said, is not stagnant, it is always moving. Ultimately, she stressed, we should live in a way that honors everybody. What keeps us from doing so now, Vanzant said, is fear. She advocated that people take 15 minutes a day to stay grounded and centered. Five minutes, three times a day yoga, prayer, meditation - whatever. But most essentially: breathe. It is our breath, the same breath we share with all , that connects us to the divine, Vanzant said. "As you become more connected
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with your breath, you become connected with life," she said. The "ah" sound of the exhale, Vanzant points out, is the universal sound for God: All-ah, Jehov-ah, Budd-ha, Sheev-a. "So many of us have been religiously abused," Vanzant said with a sigh, recognizing the modem antipathy for religion and its clashing dogmas. "EverybQdy's going to hell in somebody's book," she said. "I can't believe
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that." She said she does recognize a higher power, but that higher power is not a distant God, but a part of the self. She said she believes that there are only I 0 stories in life, and each of us is at every point playing a part - actor, director or producer - in one of those stories. "Ninety-percent of what we live by is not our own truth," she said. She implored others to not take someone else's word for it, but to check it out themselves.
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' won't make it, but they are." that they This is exciting to Raforth because she says she believes the counseling center is an integral part in helping struggling students make it through. "People don't realize we retain students and faculty," she adds. Raforth worked for 19 years at the counseling center at CU-Boulder. She was the assistant director for about the last three years of her employment, and she coordinated several workshops on multiculturalism, sexism, racism and homophobic issues. She was active in the gay and minority communities in Boulder. Raforth also spear-headed a committee to design a gay resource center, which is operating today, and worked on its task force. Along with her experience, Raforth also has acquired several years of education. She received a Master's and a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology in 1984 from CUBoulder. She also received a Master's in Education in Counseling Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin and a Bachelor's Degree in English from Mississippi University for Women. Raforth is impressed with her time at Metro. "It's really been exciting to meet the new administration and faculty," she says. "I've got a great staff here that have a lot of skills and are real talented."
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trike two for this season's political thrillers. Clint Eastwood Absolute unleashes Power hot on the heels of Shadow Conspiracy, also a movie about the nation's highest office at its lowest point. While Eastwood's skills show no problem with the political part of the movie, much is lacking in the department of thrill. Eastwood plays Luther Whitney, a thief listed as one of Whitney exits the FBI's most wanted. Whitney the safe and is able to retrieve the decides to pull off one last job and opener and flee out a window into · the night before the agents can call it a retirement. He picks the house of one of catch him. the richest men in Washington, Whitney plans to flee to D.C., Williams (E.G. Marshall). Europe for good, but stops at the The man's wife and his clos- airport after watching the presiest friend, who happens to be the dent express sympathy for president, walk in on the middle of Williams and his loss, knowing the robbery, drunk and ready for full well he is responsible. some covert action. Whitney hides Thus begins a cycle: Whitney in the safe, which conveniently has trying to go after the president, the president's staff trying to find a two-way mirror for a door. LACKING POWER: Clint Eastwood is Luther Whitney, President Richmond (Gene Whitney, Williams trying to exact a burglar who witnesses a murder by the president in Hackman) likes his sex a little revenge and the police trying to the lukewarm political thriller Absolute Power. rough, but Mrs. Williams isn't as find the truth.
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If smiling indicates happiness, one could never tell that Charles Bradley is upset by his team's latest efforts. The men's basketball team (I 0-8, 6-7) didn't play well in games at Chadron State and Colorado College in the past week, but Bradley's smile had not faded. Each game produced a loss 105-89 and 86-70 respectively. "One philosophy that we have at Metro State is that damn it - no matter what, you come to play," Bradley said. "We didn't come to play ... I have a hard time feeling that it's the place or the area. I think they have rims that have to be a certain size. The floor has to be a certain size. There's a basketball out there, they got five, we got five, it's all the same." Bradley took the blame for the Colorado College loss. He said that scheduling a non-conference game in the midst of the conference schedule may have made it hard for the Roadrunners to get up for it. It was the fifth game in eight days for Metro. Bradley did not let the team off that easily. He did add that Metro should be prepared and play hard in every game. The Roadrunners did not use much of the pressing and trapping defense that has characterized them this season, Bradley said. Chadron State in Nebraska is the longest road trip of the season
for the team. Bradley said that those kinds of trips are a good experience for his young team . "This is going to be a thing that helps us, hopefully, in the future," Bradley said. This is the first year that Metro has played in the Rocky Mountain Atheletic Conference. The schedule is a bit different. In past years the team normally had days off between games, now they do not. Bradley remains positive while his team struggles through growing pains. He is hoping that his team is learning from the new experiences, and that it will use each experience to improve, he said. Metro shot .470 from the field in the contest with Chadron. Adrian Navarro Jed the team with 21 points and 9 rebounds. Three other players scored in double figures. Martin Glastetter was suspended for the game at Colorado College. He broke an unspecified team p. 20 rule. A d a m Apodaca turned in his best performance of the season with 27 points. He netted 5 of 7 threepoint shots, but it was not enough to overcome the long ride from Chadron to Colorado Springs_,_ "You can use any excuse that you want, but the bottom line is you gotta win, baby," Bradley said. Metro will stick to that philosophy as the season's end nears. Metro has seven games left on the season schedule. Seven and counting ...
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Failure to capitalize on free-throws and two wide-open jumpers during crunch time paved the way for the women's basketball team's 60-61 letdown to Chadron State on Thursday. The game concluded a seven-day stretch in which the 'Runners played three of their four games on the road. Metro (15-4, 11-2) held the lead throughout the road game - including double-digit leads - until the final five minutes of the second half when the 'Runners scored only once. In the same span of time, Chadron (8-11, 7-5) chipped away at the 'Runners' foulplagued defense and took their first lead with
less than 30 seconds remaining after draining two foul shots. Kristi Baxter's three-point attempt with time expiring was wide right, and the team dropped their fourth game of the season, sinking to No. 24 in the NCAA Division II Coaches Poll . "(Chadron) didn't play good defense, we just quit playing," coach Darryl Smith said. "I don't know if they outscored us. We just didn't score," Smith said of the end sequence which saw Chadron sock the 'Runners' with an 11-2 blitz. Metro was out-muscled inside, giving up an I I-rebound advantage to Chadron. Chadron's offensive boards led to 22 points - one-third of their point total. Only two Roadrunners finished in dou-
ble figures - guard Stephanie Allen with 20 and center Shiloh Justice with 17. Metro jumped ahead to a 22-8 lead, but foul trouble allowed Chadron to cut the lead to one by halftime, 35-34. "With Kristen (Weidler) being out now, that leaves us with a gap to fill if we get into foul trouble because our rotation doesn't go that deep now," Smith said. Four of the team's five starters finished the game with at least four fouls. At game's end, the men in stripes may have finished with a new season high; they whistled a total of six technical fouls, five against Chadron. "It was just a ridiculous exhibition ... of basketball on their part," Smith said. The lone technical called on Metro was
against Smith - for yelling at his own player. Chadron's coach was booted from the game halfway into the second half, perhaps handing Chadron the motivation needed to wm. Smith said he doesn't think that was the game's deciding factor. "Make one free throw or one layup in the last five minutes, the whole game is different," he said. Metro remains in second place in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, two games behind powerhouse NebraskaKeamey. Smith said the focus will tum to remaining in second place to avoid having to start the playoffs on the road.
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Been there, done that. A fitting phrase for first-year professor and coach Haili McLeod. . For example, while hitchhiking through Namibia, Africa, about 12 years ago during wartime, McLeod was offered a lift by men who she thought were in the military. Little did she know she would be asked later that evening to throw hand grenades with a bunch of mercenaries. This is only one of the many exciting situations McLeod, a world traveler, has found herself in. McLeod, 31, has lived in Denver only a year, but has already made herself a comfortable home at Metro. The two classes that she taught last semester, beginning tennis and sociology of athletics, took up much of her time, but on top of that, she is also Metro's new head men's and women's tennis coach. With a well-rounded background in tenHaili McLeod nis, McLeod first picked up a racket when she was 7 years old, and has loved the sport since that very minute. "My mom played it, and that made it easier for me to learn," she said. After attending high school in New Zealand, McLeod moved to Australia and played a lot of tennis. Since then, she has taught and coached at numerous camps and resorts around the world. This, however, is the first time she has worked as head coach with a collegiate team. "I like the coaching aspect, but the teaching is very important," McLeod said. ''I would like to be teaching more." While studying for a master's degree in exercise and sports psychology in England at the University of Exeter, she delved into a rare program offered there, and she said she would like to bring the school's teachings about alternative research methods here. 'The positivist is the dominant paradigm in exercise and sports research; however, being restricted to merely studying under the tennets of this philosophy is comparable to arriving at a state-funded school and your professor telling you that Catholicism is the only acceptable religion. I would like to open other horizons to this," she said. McLeod said she teaches her students to look at the diversity of everything. "I want students to learn the alternates to the positivist," she said, referring to a type of phil?sophy. "In my Sociology of Athletics class we cover racism, sexism, homophobia, the physically challenged and the aging population." McLeod said she was first "smacked in the face" by racism when she visited South Africa in 1984. ''When you would go to the bathroom, there would be eight different signs directing you where to go," she said. "If you were a black male, then you went this way; it was a real eye-opener." Now McLeod's experiences have led her to coaching tennis players from at least six different countries, including Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Mexico, the Dominican Republic and Sweden.
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though he is far from a loner. In C.J. Arellano lost a year of eligibility for 50 secfact, he is the leader of this pack. onds, so I was kind of bitter." Arellano is one of a kind, an original ... a classic. He soon became the heart and soul of Metro's Origins of originality have come to suit C.J., or team after transferring from Mines before his Clifford James, though the latter is not preferred. sophomore year. His parents gave his sister Melanie the right to Athletic programs had been a part of life name.him. She was seven at the time. "Clifford the before the Mines debacle, but these were pee-wee Big Red Dog" found a home with the Arellano fam- programs. He played basketball, football, even baseball for one year when he was a boy. His father ily and a special place in their hearts. "She named him after a cartoon character," his coached him through all three and found basketball father Al Arellano said. "So I had to find a second to be his son's first love. Arellano only played baseball for one year name so we could use the initials because I didn't because the game was too slow for him, his father like the name Clifford." Clifford has always gone by CJ. except in said. some of his classes when he says that he does not· "I know the last game he threw the glove in the bother to tell his professors to use the initials. He dugout, he said, man I'm glad that's over. I've finds humor in the name and how he got it, but he always told him, once you commit to something is sticking with C.J. on any future business cards. see ARELLANO page 21
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year, with the men ending with a 7-2 record and the women 8-2. Still, at this point in the season, last year's team had something this one doesn't - national qualifiers. Two of Metro's top three last year graduated, leaving this team to fill the void of two-time national champion Darwin Strickland. However, Scott Watson was among those national contenders and even he has yet to qualify this season. Still, the hardest work lies ahead for this squad as they enter the conference championships in Long Beach next week. If the 'Runners fail to cut the necessary seconds off their times, the Last Chance Meet on Feb. 28 will be just that for this team's hopes for Nationals. by The Metropolitan Sports Staff
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finish it." C.J. is good at finishing. Whether he is finishing a fast-break with a dunk, or finishing a plate of his mother's calavasitas - his favorite meal - the job gets done. When he was 13 he finished a Little League football game with a ride in a helicopter, "flight for life" no less. He tackled a kid who looked to be 30 pounds heavier than him, and the kid fell on top of him, specifically his neck, his father said. "C.J. got up and took a couple steps and passed out. He said that he had felt his neck snap." That would not be the last time C.J. and the family would look mortality in the eye. In high school C.J. was diagnosed with a kidney disease. The disease caused him to gain water weight. "He would wake up and be his normal weight, and by the time he would get home from school he would be 20 to 25 pounds heavier," his mother Betty Arellano said. "He got up one morning and said,
'Mom, am I dying?'" she said. She comforted him and the family persevered after finding a drug that has controlled the disease ever since. The most disappointing thing about college basketball for C.J. has been watching other kids - teammates - blow their opportuniti~s. "':"here would you
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CALENDAR The Club of Natural Philosophy will host Dr. Antonio Curet's discussion "Development of Social Stratification in Prehistoric Puerto Rico" in North Classroom 1608 at 4 p .m. Info: 556-2454.
GEI'\ERAL The Metro Student Government Assembly meets at 3:30 p.m. every Thursday in Tivoli room 329. Info 556-3312.
The Arab-Americans of Auraria present a Ramadan Potluck in the Tivoli Turnhalle from 5 to 7 p .m. There is no admission fee. Info: Iyad Allis 695-0100.
The Big Print Show is in the Emmanuel Gallery until Feb. 21. The gallery is open Monday - Friday from 11 a.m . to 5 p.m. Info: 556-8337.
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The Attention Deficit Disorder Advocacy Group meets every Monday in Arts Building room 177A from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Info: Katie 556-8387.
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Towering Issues of Today presents "The Ebonics Debate: Is Language a Black and White Issue" in Tivoli room 640 at 1 p.m.
Call for entries. The MSCD Juried Art Show is accepting entries at the Emmanuel Gallery Feb. 14 from 1 to 5 p.m. and on Feb. 15 from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Info: Kathleen Hancock 423-2420.
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Metro Career Services hosts an Interviewing Skills Workshop from 1 to 3 p.m. in Central Classroom 104. Info: Ron Lujan 556-3664.
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Metro Career Services presents an Interviewing Skills Workshop in Central Classroom 104 from 1 to 3 p.m. Info: Ron Lujan 556-3664.
Truth Bible Study meets every Wednesday and Thursday, 3 to 5 p.m., in Tivoli room 542. Info: Rick Dredenstedt at 722-0944.
Activities in Denver about East Timor presents the film "Death of a Nation" from 5 to 7 p.m. in Tivoli room 444. Afterwards Isabel Galhos will speak.
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The Metro Denver Baha'i club presents "The Life of Louis Gregory: Its Relevance for Today" at 7:30 p.m. in the Baha'i center at 225 E. Bayaud Ave. Admission is free. Info: 798-4319.
The MSCD Public Relations Organizations of Students (PROS) meets every second Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. in The Denver Press Club for networking fun. Info: Daryl 3293211.
room 329. Info: 556-4247.
"Portraits of a Black Queen." Sponsored by the GLB Student Services and the Institute for Women's Studies. Info: 5566333. Nooners presents "Taking Exams 101" from 12 to 1 p.m. in Tivoli room 329. Info: 556-4247. The Disability Services Office hosts a Women with Disability Workshop from 1:30 to 3 p.m. in North Classroom 1324. Info: 556-8387. CoPIRG open Q&A in the club hub - Tivoli room 346 from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Info: 556-8093. Leadership education, advocacy with direction (LEAD) is sponsoring a membership round up from 10 a.m to 12:30 p.m. in Tivoli room 320B. Info: 292-5030.
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director of Black Student Services for UCD, at 8 p.m. in the Daily Grind . Admission is $1 for students, $2 for others. Info: 573-JAVA. Metro Career Services hosts a Mock Interview Workshop in Central Classroom 104 from 1 to 3 p.m. Info: Ron Lujan 5563664. The GIG Series present the East High School Jazz Ensemble from 12to1:30 p.m. in the Tivoli Atrium. Info: 556-2595. RAP Sessions presents the film "Color of Fear" in the Multicultural Lounge in the Tivoli at 2 p .m.
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CLASSIFIED HELP WANTED $1,000'S POSSIBLE READING BOOKS part-time at home. Toll Free (1) 800-218-9000 ext. R-7061 for listings. 2/28 PART TIME PRESCHOOUGRADESCHOOL children's gymnastics coach. Must have gymnastics coaching experience and be high energy. Negotiable hourly pay. Call The Little Gym of Southwest Denver at 693-3700 for interview. 2/28 TEACH ENGLISH IN EASTERN EUROPE Prague, Budapest or Krakow. Our materials uncover rewarding teaching opportunities with great benefits. For information: (206) 971-3680 ext. K58791 <Y'Je are a research & publishing company) 3/14 VERY FLEXIBLE HOURS, FULL OR part-time. Carpet cleaning at various office buildings. Weekday nights and weekend days. Pay starts at $7.25/hr. Please contact David Hood at 778-8665. 217 ALASKA SUMMER EMPLOYMENT - FISHING Learn how students can find Industry. high-paying jobs while experiencing Alaska's adventure! For information: 800-276-0654 ext. A58796 3/14 PART TIME HELP WANTED. Assismt to mortgage broker, Hampden and Yosemite, run errands, computer skills - MS Excel, Access, Word, filing, coordination. $7/hr. Leave message at 576-5969. 217
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FOR SALE BUYERS BEWARE! DON'T RUIN YOUR Spring Break Trip! Go with a company that has been taking "Metro Students" for 19 years! Go to Mazatlan with College Tours from $429.00! Call toll free 1-800-244-4463. 2128 FOR SALE: '89 SUBARU GL SEDAN. New tires, brakes, timing belt. AM/FM cass, auto, pwr. windows/locks. Runs great. 2/21 $3200/best. Call 757-1441.
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Now Hiring Part-Time Positions For Our New DENVER Store! The schedule Is anything but 9-5, and the pace Is quick. From selllng unique products to unloading trucks of merchandise (Sam-noon, 2-3 days a week), we do It all with a flexible, cheerful attitude. A variety of schedules are available. Seasonal positions also available.
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We're making space for you here. The Container Storee attracts creative, energe!Jc, outgoing and dedicated team players. Some have no previous retall experience; most are college-educated; and many were customers first When you team how The Container Store• has shaped the entire storage and organization specialty market over the last nineteen years, It won't surprise you that we're the largest store of our kind. And we're still growing.
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE TUTOR Qualified, experienced & reliable. 4.0 GPA Beginning Spanish, beginning & intermediate French, all levels of German. On Auraria campus Mon-Thurs 9:00 - 4:30. Reasonable rates. Leonore Dvorkin, 985-2327 7/18 IN SHAPE? TO GET WANT Award winning instructor offers small classes combining weight training, calisthenics and stretches. $4/hr. All equipment provided. Evenings and Saturdays in SW Denver. Leonore 7/18 Dvorkin, 985-2327
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Wellness Wednesdays Healthful living in aStressful World A combination of the latest medical research and alternative healing methods to help you find balance in body, mind and health.
Schedule of Events Each Wellness Wednesday is held from I I :00 am to 2:00 pm at Plaza Building Suite I SO and offers: • Free blood pressure checks • Creating Calm through Massage 15 minute seated massages for $ 10.00
Health Activities for Spring Semester 1997 Presented by the
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Plaza Building Suite 150, Phone: 556-2525
Welcome to Healthy Mofts. The Healthy Moves is a program created by the Student Health Center with the premise that a healthy student is better able to remain in school, achieve their goals and become a vital and energetic force in the world. Health is not simply an absence of illness, but is having optimal energy and vitality to meet life's challenges.We would like to invite you to attend our Healthy Moves workshops and groups. If you have any suggestions or needs you would like to see offered in Healthy Moves please contact Linda Wilkins-Pierce at the Student Health Center.
·All groups and workshops are free. Most groups and workshops are held at I 020 Ninth Street Park unless noted in the brochure. (See map at bottom) Individual wellness counseling is offered at no cost at the Student Health Center. If we can't help, we can help you to locate someone who can. Call 556-2525 for more information or an appointment. Hope to see you soon, Linda Wilkins-Pierce Behavioral Health Educator. Certified Lifestyle Counselor
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Joy through Movement What are the great secrets of life? Probably none is more important than the knowledge of how to circulate and balance the intrinsic energy. the vital force of the body, known as chi in Chinese. Tai Chi Chih is moving meditation. The movements promote health in every part of the body. Please join us at Ninth Street Park to learn how you can find balance in this hectic world. When: Every Thursday in April Noon - I :00 pm Location: Meet us by The Mercantile. In case of bad weather, i.e . wind, rain or snow: PE Building, Racquetball Court #I
In Pmsuit of Tranquilify; "1t ReldXiltion Workshop Things to do today: Breathe. Life can be overwhelming at times and the more out of control we fee l the more likely we are to feel the effects of stress on our physical and emotional health.Without knowledge and understanding of ways to reduce stress, life's everyday challenges can make us feel fike we are going crazy. This workshop is presented in two segments.
Part One explores thought processes and how our thinking creates stress. You will learn how realistic thinking can decrease your emotional response to stress.You will also begin to understand the body-mind connection.
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Part Two is experiential.You will learn more about your own body-mind connection and practice relaxation techniques that you can apply any time and any place to find peace. Thursdays, Feb. 13 and 20, 2:00 - 3:15 pm Thursday, March 6 (part I and 2) Noon - 2:00 pm Tuesdays, April 22 and 29, 11 :15 am - 12:15 pm Location: I 020 Ninth Street Park
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• Body fat testing • Biofeedback and other alternative{ complementary therapies Special Eve nt fro m Noon - 1:30 pm (check below for location)
•feblllalJ 19 Polarity Therapy PolarityTherapy is a natural health care system. It asserts that energy fields and currents exist everywhere in nature, and that the flow and balance of this energy in the human body is the underlying foundation of health. Polarity Therapy offers the seeker of health a natural, effective way to uplift body, mind and soul. Polarity has four interrelated methods: Bodywork, Diet, Polarity Yoga and Self Awareness. In this workshop you will learn how to combine these techniques to provide a simple, comprehensive method for health maintenance. Come learn how you can use self-guided techniques for dynamic results! When: Noon - I:30 pm Location: I020 Ninth Street Park
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c.alling it Quits (Getting tobacco out ofyour life) This workshop will give you the skills and support you need to better understand the quitting process and how to be successful at quitting tobacco. Learn how to be successful at kicking the habit. Learn to undersµnd: • Ambivalence ... That part of you that doesn't want to quit • Motivation.... Once you get it how to maintain it • Nutrition ... Learn what types of foods can help to decrease cravings • Withdrawal...You can get through it!! Help for depression and anxiety. When: Thursday, March 13 3:00 - 4:00 pm Location: I020 N inth Street Park
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Don't delay. Now is the time to check out your nutritional status. The Student Health Center has just purchased the Nutritionist IV Diet Analysis™. This software program can provide you with a complete nutritional evaluation.Whether you want to lose weight, eat healthier, know your nutrient levels or gain a better understanding of how you can improve your diet this program can help get you started. Call 556-2525 for further information and an appointment now. Ask for Linda Wilkins-Pierce.
•March26 Vitamins, Diet and Your Health Vitamins, Diet and Your Health Presented by Dr. Kedar N. Prashad, one of America's foremost researchers in the field of nutrition and cancer. Learn to design a dietary and vitamin supplement plan to optimize your health and prevent serious disease like cancer. De-bunk common myths surrounding vitamin use and abuse. Dr. Prashad will discuss cutting edge research on vitamins and disease and help you to understand how proper diet management can promote your best health. If you are taking vitamin supplements, or thinking of taking them, you can't afford to miss this exciting presentation. When: Noon - I:30 pm Location: Tivoli 640
•April 16 Creativity, Health and the Cycle of the Seasons Presented by Mary Kathleen Rose, a certified massage therapist who specializes in Shiatsu, Therapeutic Touch, Reiki and Craniosacral Therapy. In this workshop you will gain an understanding of how to enhance your health by creating a lifestyle that is in tune with the cycle of the seasons. Drawing from traditional Chinese Medical Theory, Mary Rose will teach you how to incorporate an awareness of the five free and natural therapies as you take responsibility for your health. These aspects of a healthy lifestyle include exercise, creative expression, nutrition, proper breathing, rest and relaxation. You will be introduced to easy to learn Shiatsuacupressure massage techniques which will alleviate tension as well as energize you. When: Noon - I:30 pm Location: I020 Ninth Street Park
New this semester 1he Healthy Mind/BOdy connection: The Best of RelaXdtion Techniques Learn how various relaxation techniques can counter the effects of stress and how to activate your body's own relaxation response. Experiment with various types of relaxation techniques to see what works best for you. Take a break and join us on Tuesdays. Drop-ins are welcome. Tuesdays, Feb. 11 through April 15 12:15 - 1:00 pm Location: I020 Ninth Street Park Begins:
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successful Weight toss SUppOrt Group Tired of dieting, tired of regaining lost pounds? Confused about low-fat, high carbs, what works, what doesn't? Are you fed up with diet hype and myths and the perpetual quest for the perfect diet? Explore how small changes in food selection, eating behavior and activity level can let you regain control of your weight and life. Learn how to set realistic goals.This is not a diet-plan. You are in charge. Come and learn about the process of change and how to set yourself up to be successful at making lifestyle changes. Support is a big component of this group so bring your friends and co-workers who are also tired of feeling bad about their bodies and their weight.Already in a weight loss program? Join us for added support.This group is facilitated by Linda Wilkins-Pierce who has 20 years of experience in helping people to reach their weight loss goals. Tuesdays, Feb. I I through April 15 I I : 15 am - 12: 15 pm Location: I020 Ninth Street Park Begins:
Registration is not required.but is recommended. Call 556-2525. Individual weight loss counseling is also available.We also provide help for people with eating disorders.
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