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Profs sue Metro for back pay Faculty members say college paid new hires same as senior staffers Ryan Bachman The METROPOUTAN

Seventy-two of Metro's professors are slapping the school and the Colorado Commission on Higher Education with a $5.9 million lawsuit for back pay from the years 1988-89 and 1993-94.

The "breach of contract suit" was filed after the Board of Trustees failed to follow a written policy on parity and equity from both the faculty and the trustee handbooks, said Norman Pence of Computer Information Systems.

"The policy on parity is a comparison of salaries of the faculty at Metro based on rank and discipline with its 19 other peer institutions," said Pence.

The faculty lawsuit claims 4Metro failed to accommodate faculty members with salaries equal to those of peers at the comparable U.S. colleges. On that parity

experience, basis Metro professaid Schmidt. sors are paid below The Trustees what the other colmoved three weeks lating institutions ago to dismiss the said John Schmidt, case, saying the facprofessor of industrial technologies. ulty did not have Faculty who contracts and that filed the suit the language used in demanding the back the handbooks on pay have formed the parity and equity Faculty Protective was not legally binding, Pence said.

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Another trend Judge Robert - Debbie Thomas Hyatt, who is prepreceding the suit Director of College siding over the case was that for the last Communications said last week that 10 years, Metro hired professors and paid them equal or the case contained enough evidence to be sometimes even more than the professors heard. who had been at Metro for many years However, Schmidt said the trial, despite those professors having more which began Monday, is moving at a

"We strongly disagree with the position taken by the

plaintiff, and we intend to defend this lawsuit vigorously."

snail's pace.

The case was originally scheduled to last only three weeks, Pence said, but now it has moved up to four weeks and could possibly run up to five or six.

"It's becoming blatantly obvious to the plaintiff - the faculty - that the state is dragging this out as long as they can," Schmidt said.

Attorneys from both sides agreed to speed up the process by refraining from asking every faculty member the same questions.

Metro attorney Lee Combs and the school's administration maintains that the case has no basis.

"We strongly disagree with the position taken by the plaintiff and we intend to . defend this lawsuit vigorously," said Debbie Thomas, director of college communications.

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Coach heads to Loyola '" 路 Kyle Ringo The METROPOLITAN Basketball coach Charles Bradley has never experienced the horrifying feeling of an earthquake, but he is willing to take the risk for a Division I coaching job in Los Angeles.

Bradley accepted the head coaching job at Loyola Marymount last Friday. He is leaving Metro after a mediocre season in which his team went 13-13 with six new players. Bradley's career record at Metro ends at 37-43.

Bradley is making a step up the career ladder from Division IL He knows that he has a big challenge in turning around a program that finished 7-21 last season under fonner coach John Olive.

"I've got my work cut out for me," Bradley said. "I've got to get in and do some recruiting, and get the atmosphere and enthusiasm back into it."

Loyola Marymount talked with one of its former coaches and ex-Denver Nuggets coach Paul Westhead as well as former UCLA coaches Jim Harrick and Larry Fanner before awarding the job to Bradley, according to wire reports.

Bradley coached at Metro for three seasons. His best year came in 1995-96 when the team made one of the top five turnarounds in the nation from 6-21 to 189. Now he has the chance to duplicate that feat in California.

After speaking with the Metro team, Bradley said that he told his former players that he still expects them to perform to the highest of their abilities for the new coach. Saying goodbye to Metro and especially to his team was very difficult for him, Bradley said.

"Having the love and respect of my

players, that to me is my fondest memory," Bradley said. "I can tell you that (Monday) when I left the guys in the locker room, I really haven' t been that choked up in a long time. It takes a lot to get Charles Bradley the big fella choked up. Knowing that that was my last hug I went to each and every one of those guys. They know that I'm a hugging man."

Some players were understandably surprised that their coach was leaving, but every player The Metropolitan contacted expressed happiness for Bradley.

"I'm happy for him," sophomore Danny Brown said. "It's a good opportunity for him and his family to further his career. I wish him all the best."

Senior-to-be Adam Apodaca shares Brown's feelings , but said that the team is in limbo at this point not knowing who their coach might be next season "It's my senior year and I don't want to be like a freshman starting all over again," Apodaca said.

Apodaca said he has spoken with a few of his teammates about the situation and does not expect any of them to leave.

Although, he said, anything is possible. " I hope everybody comes back because we had a good nucleus ," Apodaca said.

The search for Bradley's replacement has already begun. Bill Helman, Metro's athletic director, said that he has already

received about 40 phone calls on the position.

"We are looking for someone to come in and not take any shortcuts and break the rules or cut the corners," Helman said.

"We want someone to build the program that repeats itself, based on excellence based on doing things right."

'Although Bradley did not have a winning record as coach of the Roadrunners, Helman said he believes the coach is leaving the program in better shape than he found it in. Bradley echoed that sentiment.

"I'd be crazy to disagree because I think they're returning a strong nucleus of a basketball team," Bradley said. "If you add a couple of kids to what they have I think it's just going to explode.

"I know one thing, I wish I would of had this same situation coming in about three years ago than what I had. I wouldn' t have gone six and twenty-one."

Assistant coach Chris Boettcher is also leaving Metro for a coaching job in Japan, Bradley said. Another assistant, Jim Eisenman, is staying at Metro at least until a new coach is hired. According to Helman, any new coach is free to choose his own staff, but Eisenman will be recommended for a position.

Bradley, Boettcher and Eisenman are spending a final weekend together this week at the Final Four in Indianapolis.

Then each will head in d ifferent directions. For Bradley that direction is west toward a higher level at a lower altitude where he hopes lo see some earth-moving events take place at his new home, just not any earthquakes.

"I've never been in an earthquake and I hope I'm not," Bradley said. "Geez, I hope I'm not. I' II tell you one thing, don't call it, don't put no omens on me now."

Ex-media assistant threatens suit Union files grievance in position change dispute Kyle Ringo The METROPOLITAN

Metro could face yet another court battle.

Janet Datisman, a former media relations director for college communi cations, may bring a lawsuit against Metro for an improper personnel action, union representative John Berg said.

Datisman said the union, the Colorado Federation of Public Employees, filed a grievance against the college last month after she was suspended from her job. Datisman said her situation was not handled properly by President o( Institutional Vice Advancement Carolyn Schaefer.

Datisman declined to provide details. Schaefer denied the accusation, saying she never acted unethically with any personnel matters at any time in her career.

At the time of her suspension, Datisman said that Sandi Jones, the

"I don't want other people screwed like I have been."

- Janet Datisman, Former Media Relations Director director of personnel and payroll services, told her the suspension was for her own protection.

Jones denied ever telling Datisman she needed protection. She said she did not know where Datisman got that idea.

"I never said that it was for her own personal protection," Jones said, saying the reason Jones gave Datisman for the suspension was "stress and tension."

Placing Datisman in a new position was in the best interest of the college and Datisman, Jones said.

Datisman has been taken off of sus-

pension and moved into a new job at Metro's Desegregation Assistance Center. Although she is happy in her new job, the position change bothers her, she said.

"The union filed the grievance," Datisman said. "They thought that I had been wronged and I do, too ... I don't want other people screwed like I have been."

Datisman is awaiting a decision on the fate of her grievance. The outcome may lead to a lawsuit, Berg said.

Datisman would not say specifically what the grievance concerned. She said she stands by her statement that Jones told her she needed protection.

Datisman said she is still unsure why she was s.uspended and then moved. She also said there has not been any explanation for it other than the one Jones 路offered her.

An attorney hired by the union is now handlin g the case because the grievance is likely to result in legal action, Berg said.

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Higher learning 3118/97(Tuesday) Auraria police reported that a man was caught in possession of less than an ounce of suspected marijuana and drug paraphernalia at 8:49 p.m. in Tivoli lot A.

Jeep jinx 3114197( Friday) Scott Welsh reported his red 1990 Jeep Cherokee stolen from ~ivoli lot B sometime between 8:30 am . and 6:30 p.m. Welsh reported the car was locked with the car alarm activated when he left the car. There are no leads at this time. Auraria pol ice said last week that an unusual number of Jeeps have been stolen recently.

High tech thievery 31I4197(Friday) A lap-top computer belonging to a Metro student was stolen at about I p.m. from North Classroom 3610. Todd Barnhart reported he did not see anyone take his book bag containing the computer, which had an estimated $800 value. The bag was found in a nearby men's restroom, but the computer was gone. There are no suspects at this time.

Peddle-pushing crook 311 J/97(Tuesday) Michael Prugh reported that someone stole his 1996 Nishiki mountain bike, valued at $500, from the east side of Tivoli. Prugh, a Metro student, left the bike locked between 12:30 and I p.m. The lock was cut and left behind, according to a report. There are no suspects.

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Tenure under fire in all areas Christopher Anderson The METROPOLITAN

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While the fight at Metro is about the process of granting tenure, the Colorado legislature is more interested in what happens after a professor receives tenure.

Nationally, there have been hard fought battles as to whether tenure should exist at all.

It was the pen stroke heard across campus. A Metro administrator finished the paperwork recommending that the president deny tenure to political science professor Robert Hazan.

The pen stroke may as well have METRO been a cannon ball fired into the walls of the West Classroom. Students, faculty The problem for Hazan may be bad and alumni answered a call to arms, timing. immediately engaging in attacks on Although Metro's policy on tenure Metro President Sheila Kaplan and her has not changed since the mid-'80s, administration.

Kaplan said, enforcement is now more A protest outside the Central rigid.

Classroom, department doors pasted with "You do not grant tenure lightly," signed letters of faculty support for Kaplan said in an interview with The Hazan, a flood of letters to local newspa- Metropolitan in February. "I think historpers blasting the decision, a threat of ically at Metro, as I viewed some of the denouncement from former honor-stu- records, that was the case." dent-turned-Metro-poster-child Megan In early fall, Kaplan targeted tenure Reyes and a pending faculty vote of no- during a convocation speech. confidence let the administration know it "The college's position on promomessed with the wrong fellow. tion and tenure is: If you don't earn it, Now relative silence on the issue you won't get it," Kaplan said, according thickens the air as the campus awaits an to a written copy of the speech. appeal committee's recommendat~on on To be approved for tenure, professors whether to ask Kaplan to review the deci- are judged by three criteria - teaching sion. The committee has a deadline of effectiveness, college and community April I. Kaplan's _decision is due April service and professional development.

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That me.ans professors are expected to Tenure means administrators must make specific contributions outside the have good cause to fire a faculty member. classroom in areas including publication It is meant to protect academic freedom. or research.

Those without tenure are "at-will "A faculty member has to show employees," who can be fired for no rea- accomplishment and achievements in all son at all. three areas," Kaplan said.

"I need to be able to look students in The tenure process can take years and involves yearly evaluations that the eye today and five years from now decide whether a professor has earned a and say, 'I think we are giving you the right to remain on the tenure track. Those best possible education with the best poswho arc removed from the track or sible faculty."' denied tenure are asked to leave or are Kaplan's tough stance on the tenure given a special one-year contract. policy has the support of the Colorado Tenured professors can be fired for legislature's Senate Education Chairman, serious violations of misconduct, includ- Sen. Ben Alexander, R-Montrose. ing insubordination, as long as the Hazan's tenure denial was "applied administration uses due process, said fairly and evenly," Alexander said during Julie Peregrin, an attorney at the office of ~n informal discussion at a March 14 Legislative Legal Services. Peregrin said meeting of the Colorado Commission for tenured faculty can also be fired if a col- · Achievement in Education. The commislege can prove serious financial hardship. sion is a group of non-partisan educators Tenure has become a hot-button that evaluate education pol icies and laws. issue for campuses throughoul lhe coun"Even though he (Hazan) is very

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John Savvas RobertSflhe METRorourAN popular and acknowledged to be a very good teacher, there are other elements to the tenure process than classroom teaching," Alexander told Metro Student Government Assembly President William Coker.

"Metro is a teaching institute," Coker replied. "It is not a research institute."

Alexander .said if the policy is bad, then the policy needs to be adjusted.

Since 1994, 13 Metro professors out of 62 have been denied tenure. Besides Hazan, the list includes: Philip Thornton of accounting in 1995; Richard Chapman of journalism and John Campbell of physics in 1996; Susan Land of chemistry/criminalistics and Mary Johnson of human performance, sports and leisure studies in 1997.

"That is not a record that says, hey, this woman is seeking to throw tenure out the window," Kaplan said. "I have no philosophical objection to tenure. None.

Although truly many think I do, I don't."

Potential candidates, including journalism professor J .P. McLaughlin, who were removed from the tenure track before being eligible for tenure, are not

When the Colorado legislature passed its budget last year, it contained a footnote asking the Colorado Commission on Higher Education - the primary governing board of Colorado's public universities - to mandate posttenure review. Colleges and universities must implement a review process with teeth by the fall of 1997. The post-tenure review aims to cut "deadwood" professors who become lazy after receiving tenure.

Metro has a one-year evaluation of tenured professors that is meant for pay raises. Metro professors rated as excellent get a full salary increase. Those rated as very good get slightly less and so on.

"That's not what the legislature had in mind," Kaplan said. "Twenty-seven states have already adopted post-teriure review," she said. "This is nothing that is new and unique."

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The Colorado legislature also ki11ed a bill this year that would have ended tenure in K-12 schools.

There is speculation in the president's office that the bill will be back next year with attachment targeting tenure in higher education.

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NATIONALLY According to a March 3 U.S.

News & World Report article, 43 percent of all faculty under 45 believe tenure is an outmoded concept, compared with about 30 percent of t.Peir counterparts over 55, who agree with the premise.

The American Association of University Professors has been monitoring changes in tenure across

the nation. Ruth Fowler, government relations director for the association, said there is a recent trend that shows universities and colleges are trying to do away with tenure.

Administrators see· ending tenure as a way to get more academic flexibility and save money, Fowler said. One method universities and colleges use to decrease the number of tenured professors is hiring more part-time faculty; who are not eligible for receiving tenure and who are paid a lower salary.

"They are closing off tenure at the in-coming end," Fowler said.

"There are fewer tenured positions."

Because of the increase in parttime faculty, administrators have the ability to not bring an instructor back if enrollment drops, saving the college money, Fowler said.

Some critics of tenure are also proposing alternatives to tenure.

One example is the rolling contract.

It is similar to tenure, but is based on five-year contracts, not lifelong appointments. Kaplan pitched the idea during her convocation speech, but it has since floundered.

Marshall Clough, a faculty member at the University of Northern Colorado, is the chapter president of the American Association of University Professors.

Clough said he fully supports post-tenure review, but when it comes to replacing tenure with an alternative, he draws the line. ''Tenure and academic freedom benefit people across the board, and that includes junior faculty and students as well as senior faculty."

Steps to tenure In an interview with The Metropolitan, Metro President Sheila Kaplan outlined the criteria and some examples of how these areas can be docwnented.

L Teaching dl'ectiveness This is docwnented by student evaluations and evaluations by colleagues who sit in and observe a class. A faculty member could also document involvement in major curriculwn revision.

2. College and community service College service can be achieved by bein_g a member of a senate, departmental committees, college committee or working with student clubs and organizations.

Community service is some indication that the individual is involved in the community. One example is being a consultant to a civic committee such as a chamber of commerce.

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'"This is one that there is a lot of misunderstanding about," Kaplan said. '"This is not a requirement that faculty members publish or perish. ''What it is, is an expectation that faculty members have a consistent and coherent track record of staying active, involved and productive in their particular discipline and there are different ways to show that.

"Publication is one way. Another way is applied research projects," Kaplan said.

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through the chain of command.

The seven step evaluation process begins with recommendations to the president from: t. Committee of the department 2. Chair of department 3. Committee of the school made up of elected faculty 4. Dean of the school 5. Committee of the fac\llty senate, pro~ meets . with this committee 6. Provost 7. President makes a decision

If a faculty member feels he or she has been ullfairly denied tenure, the decision can be appealed. ~ pl'.'OC:eM

A committee of five people make a recommendation as to whether the president should go back and Jook at the request for tenure, not whether to grant or deny tenure.

• two are chosen by the faculty member appealing a tenure denial • two chosen by the president • one chosen by the other four committee members

Faculty denied vote in tenure changes Metro tenure procedures will be changed without a faculty vote, President Sheila Kaplan said in a memo Monday.

The tenure changes resulted from actions taken by the Colorado Commission on Higher Education, Kaplan said. The new CCHE requirements will result in changes to the school's handbook on evaluation procedures and the awarding of tenure, the president said.

In the past, the faculty voted on any changes to the colJege's handbook regarding evaluation policies, ~aplan said. If majority approval was not received, the changes were not made.

A recent opinion issued by Colorado Attorney General Ga]e Norton changed this procedure, Kaplan said, by stating that decisions on faculty tenure cannot be left to any group of employees.

In her memo, Kaplan addressed the faculty fears that the new post-tenure review process will be implemented in a punitive manner and that the school's missi.on will be altered.

"Let me assure you at the outset that neither of these concerns is valid," Kaplan said.

The review process will be responsive to changes in professional emphasis as adopted by individual faculty members over their careers, she added.

Kaplan has appointed an eight-member committee of faculty to design the new policy. The handbook's chapters on post-tenure are inherentJy controversiaJ, Kaplan said, adding that the committee's work will be time-consuming and chalJenging.

The first draft of the policy is due May I, and comments from individuals and groups regarding that draft must be received by May 12, Kaplan said.

The final version wi11 be sent to the Office of State Colleges on June 6.

Kaplan said that although the schedule is tight; much of the work has already been done by the Faculty ~enate. Despite the fact that the faculty is not allowed to vote on the new policy, Kaplan expressed confidence that the process she developed allows for maximum faculty input.

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Social work accreditation to boost job outlook Naomi Osburn The METROPOLITAN

The recent accreditation of Metro's social work program gives Metro students an advantage over graduates from other schools.

The accreditation provides extra benefits for graduates, including the option to continue their education at the University of Denver and complete their master's degree in one year instead of the normal two, said Ken Keller, director of the Sociology, Anthropology and Behavioral Science Department This means that students completing the social work program are ready to enter the work force earlier than those going through a

program that is not accredited.

The accreditation also means the department can distribute stipends to its students. This is the second year that the school has received about 20 stipends from the state, Keller said.

"They come from the state budget and are given to students who are willing to work for the state when they complete their education," Keller said.

For each stipend the student receives, he or she agrees to work for the state for one year. The amount of the stipend is based on the amount of money the state can give to the school, Keller said, and the student is to use the money for tuition, books and other school expenses. If the student does not work for

the state when they graduate, they must pay the stipend money back, Keller said.

The stipends are for sociology majors who have an emphasis in child protection studies, Keller said, because the state needs people who are trained in child protection and are willing to work for the state.

The turnover rate for people who work in child protection is very high, he said, and keeping well-trained people in the position is hard.

The state hires on a merit system basis. When a student completes their education, they take a merit test to see where they will be placed. According to the merit system, a student with no master's degree, but who fulfills the require-

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However, a student who completes an accredited program, such as Metro's, can be hired at the next employment level, a step up in salary as well as job options.

Virginia Cruz, director of the social work program, is still in negotiations with the state on this matter, Keller said.

The accreditation of the program also means students are able to specialize their degrees, especially in child protection, and gain more professionalism, Keller said. It also allows them to improve their training. The department is also able to change curriculum to improve education and to better staff the department.

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Metro in brief 26 hopefuls jockey for student council

former associate dean for the College of Business Administrations and F.conomics at New Mexico State University; Stanley V. Scott, a marketing professor at Alabama The list of potential candidates who A&M University; and Andrew Sikula, a have filed for next year's student government management professor at California State positions contains 26 candidates.

University at Chico.

The slate includes three tickets led by Both Scott and Sikula have experience presidential candidates. They are: Amy as business school deans.

Haimerl of the Student Involvement Party, 1be search committee members include Karmin Trujillo of The Collective and Rick Crosser of accounting, Jerry Boswell of Derick Dye of Student Advocacy Ticket. finance, Gwynne Larson of computer inforT'wo independent candidates are also running mation systems and management science, for seats on the Student Advisory Committee Ronald Knights, director of the African to the Auraria Board and one for vice presi- American Leadership Institution and one dent of student services. member of the student body as well as a Only one of the 11 positions, vice pres- community member. ident of campus communications, will go The committee met Tuesday with Sheila uncontested if all of the applicants are Kaplan as part of the process, said by the Election ' Committee Chairman Charles Mawhinney. deemed eligible Commission. The commission must ensure that the students have completed at least six Car theft up credit hours and that candidates have at least in Auraria lots a2.0GPA. The ballot, to be voted on April 8 and 9, will also include a referendum dealing with An unusual number of cars have been the renewal of the $4 waivable fee that bene- stolen from campus parking lots over the last fits the Colorado Public Interest Group. three months, and the Auraria Campus Students will have the chance to gather Police are alerting students to take special information on the candidates during debates care in locking their cars. to be held Monday at I p.m. in Tivoli room Vehicles targeted most seemed to be 640 and April 8 from 10 a.m. to I:15 p.m. in Jeep Cherokees and Wranglers, a police front on the Central Classroom Building. memo states. The notice offered tips to better Students with a valid student identifica- ensure the safety of vehicles parked in the tion card may vote. lots: lock the vehicle, activate any alarms, park in high-traffic and well-lighted areas and use anti-theft devices like The Club.

Business dean search To report a stolen car or any other narrows to four offense, the campus police can be reached at 556-3271.

Metro's search for a new dean for the School of Business has narrowed to four canCampus wins didates. conservation award After three weeks of interviewing, the finalists are: Michael R. Lane, an accounting profesThe Environmental Protection Agency sor and Dean of the School of Business and presented Auraria an energy conservation Natural Science at Indiana University; award March 19 for the completion of its Thomas B. Morehart, finance professor and Green Lights Program.

Auraria, along with Johnson Controls, Inc., formed an energy savings performance contract that included new digital controls for seven buildings and the installation of high-efficiency lighting in 13 buildings on campus. The $2. l million project is expected to save the campus more than $220,000 a year, Auraria Communications Director Rosemary Fetter said in a press statement.

1be energy savings project on campus also includes replacement of chillers and the cooling tower in the North Central Plant, installation of evaporative cooling in the Arts Building, replacement of the heat recovery wheel in the Physical Education/Events Center and upgrading of the exhaust system in North Classroom.

The Metropolitan reaps awards The Metropolitan was honored last week in a competition dominated by large universities and state colleges with daily newspapers.

The Metropolitan won third place in the Best in Newspaper I A Newspaper Competition in the Rocky Mountain Collegiate Media Association annual competition; second place went to Texas A&M and first place to the University of Texas at Arlington.

The Met competes in the IA Division of the RMCMA, which includes schools with full-time student enrollment of 6,500 and over.

The Metropolitan won third place for outstanding Typography, Design and Layout.

Photo editor John McDonough placed first for Division I A Sports Photography and Newspaper Photo Story.

John Savvas Roberts and Armando Manzanares placed second in Division I A Advertising Campaign.

Hyoung Chang placed third in Division I A Newspaper News Photography.

Kirk Erickson placed third for Single Advertisement.

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Honorable mentions were given to Donna Hickey Jackson, Kevin Juhasz and Mike Larkin for IA Headline Writing and Alisha Jeter for a sports news story.

Metrosphere, the student literary and arts magazine for Metro, won first for Best Literary Magazine in the four-year literary magazine category.

Metrosphere took first place for overall layout and design, as well as first place in the four-year literary magazine special effect photo category for a photo by Jenny Sparks.

Jeanie Straub won first place for division IA literary magazine fiction article.

Metrosphere won second in literary magazine cover. Pamela Ramirez Peak won third for a non-fiction article and Michael Grosskreutz won third place for a feature photo.

Metro gets new attorney Metro replaced college attorney Scot Silzer with Lee Combs, a former staff attorney for the Colorado State University system.

Combs explained his role at Metro as being a guide through the various bureaucratic and legal issues encountered by a large and complex institution.

"It's (Metro) impacted by legislation at the state and federal level. And it is a challenge to comply with legislation and with court cases that may come along," Combs said.

This will allow him to preform a variety of legal roles for the college, he said.

In the past he has dealt with contract law, policy making, real estate, risk management, litigation and other aspects of the legal profession, he said.

Combs said he is pleased with Metro's mission and niche in the realm of higher education.

"My view of Metro has always been very positive," he said. "For me it represents the Jeffersonian ideal of education - universat education."

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I was sorry that reality had induced my departure from the recent forum with President Sheila Kaplan; I had to go to class. I did not get to hear Dr. Kaplan long enough to hear her remark about "reality checks" for working parents. My "reality check" is that dropping out in disillusionment will mean that I'll have to add my student loan to the "heap 'o' bills" that is our family's monthly budget. I'm trying to improve my family's life by finishing my degree. My current job as an elementary education assistant pays about what I could be making at McDonald's, and our financial resources are stretched thin, so this fall I started receiving financial aid. Now I am committed to full-time status and must carry 12 hours. I'm hoping to be able to help my children with their college expenses in a few years; assuming I'll be able to command a better job as a result of my college degree. I'm curious if Kaplan gets as stressed as I do when someone in effect tells me that I'm wasting my time or somehow negatively affecting the college experience for everyone else? I wish I'd been able to finish my degree back when my life was less complicated, but I didn't. We might start our studying late but most of us get it done somehow.

Does that make our education less authentic?

I had a friend who shared with me some of her experiences attending Metro in its infancy in the '70s and I myself attended Metro for five semesters in the early '80s. The physical campus has changed, and will continue to do so. What has not changed is the excellence of the professors at Metro. The professor who, every day, says to his students "stay in 路school, finish your degree, it's vitally important,\ is supporting, the importance of a lifelong commitment to education.

That support makes the

sacrifices and hardships endurable. Metro's lifelong commitment to the "non-traditional student" is embodied by most teachers.

Laurel Gentile

Lost mission It's apparent in recent events at Metro State that many faculty, students and community members are upset by the recent denial of tenure of Dr. Robert Hazan.

As alumnae we could selfishly say, "Too bad current and future students, we already had the great learning opportunity of having Dr. Hazan. He gave us his time, his knowledge and his encouragement and because of him we are pursuing graduate and law school. Sorry!"

In most cases that is exactly how students would respond to the news of most faculty who do not receive tenure. We guarantee that that will not be the response in Dr. Hazan's case.

Because of Dr. Hazan's unique commitment to students and the mission of Metro, Dr. Sheila Kaplan, the Board of Trustees and the state legislators have heard and will continue to hear a loud and constant rumble from numerous individuals within the community and on campus. Any faculty who can bring Arabs and Jews, Jews and Blacks, all colors, genders and nations together, who can publish despite the rigorous hours of teaching, deserves the reward of tenure.

Metro's mission to bring quality and affordable education with emphasis on teaching cannot be realized if the institution and all its participants do not embrace such goals.

Metro's goal cannot be realized when administrators stay clear of the classrooms and live and work in an academic ivory tower.

When was the last time the president or the dean visited a classroom, especially those in which professors

The Metropolitan welcomes readers' letters.

Submit letters (typed only) on paper or in Microsoft Word on a disk. Letters should be 250500 words. Letters may be edited for space and grammar. All letters must include name, student identification number or title, 路school and phone number. Students and faculty are encouraged to respond.

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who are up for tenure teach? Perhaps bringing the administrators to the classrooms would yield more positive and state of the art decision making with regard to the tenure process. We alumni will make every effort to take Metro back to its original mission: teaching.

Safa M. Suleiman, former SGA president Megan A. Reyes, former SGA president

Uniting scholars When I was a freshman at the College of Wooster many years ago, Howard Lowry, a scholar who was then the president of that college, taught me that a college is a community of scholars whose purpose is to bring young scholars together with old ones. I don't hear academic "leaders" saying things like that today, and that's a real loss. 路scholarship and teaching are inseparable. Not only is one who is no scholar not a teacher; teaching is part of scholarship. Any distinction between acquiring knowledge and passing it on is spurious because knowledge is nothing if not communal. Acquiring it counts only when we pass it on.

A teacher must first be a dedicated scholar. However, can a student (or an administrator!) expect that a teacher who is not an active scholar will be of any use? That teacher will have forgotten how hard a job it is to learn!

Publish or perish? Yes, but not in the sense we usually take it. Publishin1rsubmitting the mind's products to criticism-is central to scholarship (which need not mean "original research").

Those who don't publish have already perished.

An academic leader must first be a dedicated teacher. However can a teacher (or student!) expect that an administrator who is not an active teacher will be of any use? That administrator will have forgotten how hard a job it is to teach!

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The purpose a college has is that of bringing scholars-especially young ones and old ones-together. It is not the purpose of a college to create or enhance diversity. It is not the purpose of a college to develop the support of business. It is not the purpose of a college to engage in local politics over theater complexes.

Metro needs a faculty and an administration who know one thing and live by it: A college is a community of scholars; its purpose is to bring young scholars together with old ones.

Lou Talman

Due process We all know cases where the guilty have been deemed innocent because due process failed. We also know it is possible for mistakes and injustices to be obscured rather than exposed by due process. In the tenure review of Dr. Hazan mistakes were made. I do not know why or by whom, but based on the outcome I am certain there were errors, oversights or miscommunications that took place.

It is my understanding that the appeal committee is merely authorized to determine whether or not procedures were followed . Can the committee take this opportunity to reexamine his qualifications in light of the school's mission statement as a teaching institution? Dr. Hazan's scholarship coupied with his student involvement are two reasons his students hold him in high esteem. According tg members of the larger community, here and abroad, Dr. Hazan is well respected within his profession. Will the appeal committee's examination of due process suffice in determining the appropriateness of granting Dr. Hazan tenure? I certainly hope it will.

Mickey Mumby Political Science Association president

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In the news ...

Amy Brasher of San Antonio, was arrested after a mechanic reported that 18 packages of marijuana were packed in the engine compartment of the car she brought to the mechanic for an oil change.

According to police, Brasher later said she did not realize the mechanic would have to raise the hood to change the oil.

Fighting Breast Cancer Examinations, detection key to survival Liz Carrasco The METROPOLITAN

aising a daughter who needed special care from the moment she was born, caring for a husband that had to go through spinal surgery and training for a triathalon would leave most people exhausted.

For Harriet Grober it pushed her to get as much out of life as possible. Even after having been diagnosed with breast cancer and going through a bilateral mastectomy, Harriet said she found "the will to keep running, swimming, bicycling and still work full-time and care for my disabled daughter." · "At first, this was a perfect way of dealing with the denial of having breast cancer, but then it turned into something far greater than even my own life," she said.

Harriet knew she· would survive breast cancer for a reason.

"Even after seeing many of the women in my support group die," she said, "some part of me took over and knew that I was still around in order to hopefully make some sort of a difference."

It would not just be for her family's sake, but also for other women and their families dealing with similar situations. It was also for anyone who needs to be reminded about how precious life truly is.

The American Cancer Society estimates that 184,300 new cases of breast cancer were diagnosed among women in the United States in 1996. Men can develop breast cancer as well; about 1,400 new cases were diagnosed in 1996.

The rates of women diagnosed with breast cancer between 1982 and 1987 increased at a rate of 4 percent a year, but the number now seems to have leveled off at about 110 cases per every 100,000 women. The reason for the drop in cases might be that women have begun to take advantage of mammogram tests available for earlier detection.

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Jaime Jarrett/The METROPOLITAN ESSENTIAL EXAM: Dr. Kelly McAleese of Denver Health and Hospitals examines breast X-rays for suspicious lumps and calcium deposits. for survival after a diagnosis of breast cancer continue to decline beyond five years. Sixtyfive percent of women diagnosed with breast cancer survive l 0 years, and 56 percent survive 15 years.

Although there is no known cause of breast cancer, it is good to know some of the factors commonly linked to women with breast cancer.

The risk of breast cancer increases with age.

Some of the following risk factors to look for are: • personal or family history of breast cancer, especially in a mother or a sister • menopause occurring at 50 years or older • treabnent with estrogen replacement therapy (a hormone often used to relieve menopause symptoms) for to years or more • never gave birth, or had a first child at age 30 or older.

Evidence shows that diet, especially one high in fat intake, may play a role. Most women with breast cancer have one or more

The American Cancer Society estimates that in 1996 there were 184,300 new cases of breast cancer among women and 1,400 among men.

of these risk factors. Then again, many women who develop breast cancer have none of the risk factors.

The most important thing a woman can do is start regular self-examinations by age 20. A woman should also have a clinical breast examination once every three years if she is between the ages of 20 and 40, and once a year at 40 and older.

By age 40, women need to have their first mammogram screening. After 50, women should have a mammogram screening done every year.

Because mammogram screenings are not fool-proof, women are still encouraged to do the self-examinations periodically.

If you are a woman facing decisions about breast cancer, or you just have some questions about it, you can contact the American Cancer Society's Reach to Recovery program. This program is run by women who have had breast cancer and are trained to share their knowledge and experiences with other women. There are also ongoing support groups available.

For more information, contact the National Cancer Institute's Cancer Infonnation Service at 1-800-4-CANCER.

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What we get from Ireland's U2 is, if anything, a step back from the innovation of Zooropa and a return to the radio-friendly sound of Achtung Baby - more guitar and more catchy hooks.

Pop is a good album in this respect - a lot of the same ol' U2 only an added layer of '90s-style drum loops and samples.

Pop is a disappointment in the respect that it failed to live up to the hype that this album would somehow shatter the splintered music molds of this decade.

As far as its marketability, this is a good thing. Radio stations will have a field day burning us out on the songs "Staring at the Sun," "Do You Feel Loved?" and "Last Night on Earth."

Buried under the cleverly crafted pop melodies are those songs that stretch what U2 fans are used to, "Miami" and "MoFo." To followers of the techno-computerized sound, though, neither is a step forward, but a rehash of the synthesizer loops and samples that have dominated the industry for years.

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His sharp wit and detailed descriptions of roaming Las Vegas out of his mind on everything he could get his hands on was the excessive end to the '60s Thompson said he was looking for. He wanted closure to the age of Aquarius and he gets it in Las Vegas.

The drugs and liquor are the final purge of all things idealistic that had cluttered his mind in the previous decade.

The recording is interesting but at times a lillle hard to follow. Jim Jarmusch (director of Night on Earth, Mystery Train) and Harry Dean Stanton trade off as the narrator and Raul Duke (Thompson's alias in the book), making the narrative confusing at times.

The tape is also an abridged version of the book, so if you have not read the book don't start with this (you 're only cheating yourself).

The sound effects are a bit screechy at times and so loud the dialog is drowned out.

On the flip side, the background music really adds to the narrative. When Lazio, Thompson's lawyer and partner in crime, plays the Rolling Stone's "Sympathy For The Devil" the listener gets a very good sense of burning across the desert in a huge Cadillac with a twisted "doctor of journalism" at the wheel.

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The lead singer might draw a couple suckers into mistakenly thinking she is Liv Tyler and picking up the album, but other than that, this bit of pop fluff will disappear and the members of Star 69 will go back to working in the skateboard shops they came from.

The introduction and popularity of bands like Beck and Soul Coughing are hopefully a sign that mainstream music listeners are getting tired of this Star 69 kind of recycled crap and an era of new music is on its way.

Well, a guy can dream can't he?

I don't think bands listen to themselves before they put together albums. If they did, Star 69 might have told themselves, 'This is good, but its also the exact same album everyone else put out this year."

The bland songs go for the much exploited 'Tm young, bored, but more-than-a-littlebit-dangerous," motif. Mazzy Star and Elysian Fields type slow melodies come through in several of the songs. But Mazzy Star and Elysian Fields did the songs better the first

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However, INXS has a new CD out, their fifth since the blockbuster 1987 release Kick.

The time INXS took to create Elegantly Wasted was elegantly spent. Michael Hutchense and company drift toward their '80s roots and give us some more lively, poporiented cuts. (No, this is not the return of the '80s again. The music of that decade has never left. It is still with us. Embrace it.)

Fans of the group's earlier albums Listen Like Thieves and Kick will especially enjoy "Show Me (Cherry Baby)" and "Elegantly Wasted," which feature mellow refrains with booming choruses that always let the listener know they're listening to INXS. The album focuses more on bass this

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These two songs and a decent ballad, "Everything," lead off the CD, then stumble into "Don't Lose Your Head" and "Searching," which will lead you to believe that history is repeating itself, but fear not.

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any students face the daily struggle of balancing classes with jobs, but when being a single parent is added to the equation, the battle of prioritizing gets increasingly difficult and sometimes impossible.

Vonda Knox, a junior, has five children ranging from age 3 to 18. She says one of the biggest problems she faces is avoiding resentment from her children when she does not give them her full attention.

"I try to focus on what I'm doing (for them) at that time," Knox says. "That way they won't be resentful if they feel like they've gotten their time from me."

Gail Gibson, a senior who has an I I-year-old son, agrees with Knox about resentment. ''There's a lot of guilt as a single parent because you have to do studying, and you can't always spend time with your kid," she says. "And my son resents that."

Many of the parents interviewed believe that a parent support group on campus would be a good idea, but they also agree it would just be one more thing to deal with in an already overloaded schedule.

• "Maybe an on-campus phone network could be set up to help stressed-out parents if they have problems," Knox says. "That way, parents who need information or who need assistance dealing with their children would have someone to call to help them through it."

This network would serve as a support group for single parents that is just a phone call away, instead of taking the extra time to go to a meeting, she says.

Another idea to decrease the stress would be to have a designated play area on campus where parents could

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bring their kids. Grizel Gonzalez, a Metro junior, says she has friends who would watch her 9-ycar-old son for her while she attends class, but there is no place to take him.

"There aren't too many campuses with that kind of service available," says Vernon Haley, Metro vice president for student services. "We don't have the space on campus to accommodate this."

Gonzalez says it would also help if a co-op were established where single-parents could find out information about resources for child care.

Child care is a consistent concern for single parents.

The Auraria Child Care Center accepts children from 12 months old to 5 years old, but the waiting list is about two semesters long, says the center's receptionist, Kim Bert.

Child Care Center Director Gina Hamelin says there are openings, but they may not match the parents' needs.

Right now, there are 15 slots available for 3-year-olds, she says .

Natalie Beck, a junior who ha-; a 3-year-old son, says she put her name on the Auraria Child Care Center's list when she was pregnant with him. She says that her biggest hurdles arc not being able to spend enough time with her son and having to allow her studies lo suffer sometimes. But she also says that single parents can make extra time for homework or just for themselves, if they put blocks of time between their classes.

"It would also really help if teachers were more understanding of single parents," Beck says. "Like when my son is sick. Last semester, I had to drop a class because he was so sick, and the teacher wouldn't give me an incomplete."

Metro's absence policy differs with each professor.

"There is no set policy with the college," Haley says. "It's totally up to the instructor."

Karen Myers, a senior with a 6-year-old daughter, says that making time for yourself is important.

"People don't make time for themselves," she says.

"You have to do things for yoursclr, and sometimes that might be homework, but it's for you and you feel better that you've got that done for yourself."

There is another alternative in the search for support for single parents, says Karen Raforth, director of the Counseling Center for Metro and the University of Colorado at Denver.

"People can come here and get individual support and problem solving around parenting issues," she says.

Raforth remembers a woman who walked into her onice was ready lo give up on her search for good child care.

"So I picked up the phone and started calling (child care centers) all around the area," she says. She provided support for this woman, and she hopes parents realize that if they arc in need, the center is here to help them, too.

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Rhonda Lewis, a Latin American studies and Spanish language double major, visited Cuba in January and was surprised to hear people ask her again and again for a spare pen or pencil.

So she is starting a pen and pencil drive on the Auraria Campus April 1-30. She is posting collection boxes in the Sociology, Anthropology and Behavioral Science office in West Classroom 158, Modem Languages office Plaza Building room 360, Chicano Studies Department Rectory office room 103 and Political Science office West Classroom 163. She asks that donations be limited to wooden pencils and black or blue ink pens.

She will distribute the pens to colleges and primary schools when she returns to Cuba in August.

Lewis says she has been active in social issues since high school when she started reading books about revolution, talking to people about sor;ial and political issues and traveling.

She lived in Pochuta, Guatemala, and Guadalajara, Mexico. The family that she stayed with in Guatemala are indigenous and have been oppressed by other minority

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Her interest in revolution lead her to Cuba where she discovered that besides just pens and pencils, the citizens are short on clothing, cotton jeans, T-shirts, soap and antibiotics.

"I really wanted to help them out, but obviously I

can't bring down suitcases of penicillin. I thought pens and pencils would be the most practical and easy thing to collect."

Lewis says, "They have the most educated population in Latin America, and by that I mean numbers of students who actually complete university education, completed primary school and yet they're writing in crayon - whatever they can get their hands on?"

Her stay in Cuba lasted only a week, but she says that was long enough for her to meet the people and learn what their needs are.

"They are not asking you for money. They are ask.ihg you, do you have an extra pencil to spare, do you have a extra T-shirt in your hotel or suitcase that you can spare for my son."

What was most surprising to her was that, "They wanted to have open conversations with me about my government and their government and to see that their attitude was not judgmental at all.

They were really friendly . People, everyda}'. opened their home to me and said, do you have a place to stay?"

She says she was assured by many, "Don't worry, we don't connect people with their government. Just because we may think things about your government doesn't mean we think those things of you."

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The embargo, she says, does not make sense to them anymore since the cold war is over and Cuba no longer is a threat to the United States. Cuba now has a literacy rate of 94 percent as a result of the changes that Castro implemented, and the educated population want to be a part of determining their future.

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The debate will be held Monday, March 31 at I p.m. in Tivoli room 640.

Students will have a chance to find out the views of candidates and even offer their own input.

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The University of Colorado at Denver's Urban Citizen Project is conducting their Second Annual Children's Book Drive through April 4.

The drive to benefit the Valdez-Perry Library and low-income families in Denver accepts new and used books and cash donations.

In the first drive, 700 books and $165 were collected. Drop-off boxes are located in North, South and Central classrooms, Plaza Building, UCD Building and the Tivoli Student Union.

For more information call Jerry Jacks, Urban Citizen facilitator, at 556-6244.

The Metro/UCD Counseling Center will hold a diversity symposium, Healing Beyond Past (and Present) Wounds, on Monday, March 31, at Noon in Tivoli room 442.

Metro psychology professor Carlos Fontanez will discuss the damaging effects of internalized oppression. He will also examine the difficulty of transcending the layer of pain that many members of oppressed groups carry. Fontanez will look at healing and empowering solutions.

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Baseball struggles to hit stride Team lacking confidence as well as consistency, coach says Kyle Ringo The METROPOLITAN While many college students may have darted for tropical locations or simply used the week off for spring break to rest and catch up, Metro's baseball team toured the corn fields of Iowa and Nebraska.

The Roadrunners came home still brandishing a losing record. Metro (9-15) dropped four of six games on the road trip, setting them back to six games under the .500 mark.

"I expected more out of the weekend," Coach Vince Porreco said. "I figured we

would come back at l~ast five and one."

Despite coming home with less than what he expected, Porreco said his team played well. Porreco pointed to a stellar pitching performance by Robert Lantzy in one of the team's victories as something to be optimistic about. Lantzy pitched a complete game allowing only one run in Iowa against Briar Cliff College.

Playing with confidence and playing consistently every time out is what Porreco says his team needs to strive for as they near the half-way point of the season.

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when it's time to come back and swing the other teams who may just expect to get bats you've still got that other thing on the victories after looking at the standings, mind," Porreco said Porreco said.

"We have nothing to lose and every"Right now we are not concentrating on the little things, all we are looking at is thing to gain," Porreco said. "We dealt a the end result. Take care of the little things ¡hand for ourselves and now we've got to and approach things correctly and the big plug away and come out and play the secthings are going to happen. Rather than ond half of the season. By no means is this working at the big things like, I gotta hit a the end of the season." home run, or, I gotta strike this guy out."

Senior left fielder Jay Vean underAlthough the Roadrunners are stands where his coach is coming from. plagued by inconsistency and they had The team has not put together one good all hoped for a better record at this point in the around game yet, Vean said. year, Porreco is putting a positive spin on Vean is batting .333 and leads the the situation. Metro can sneak up on some team with 27 hits, which is very consistent by baseball standards. Despite those numbers, he characterizes the season as disappointing so far.

"Everybody had some real high hopes," Vean said. "We got a lot of talent on this team and it's tough to play like we are knowing that we can play a lot better.

If we didn' t have the talent that's one thing, but we have the talent, it's just a matter of getting it going."

Vean and his teammates will have a chance to get it going at home over the next three weeks. Fourteen of the next 16 games are at home on Auraria Fields.

DIRT DEVIL: Metro first baseman Craig Leisge puts the tag on a diving Regis player in a recent road game.

The Roadrunners struggled on the road over spring break losing four of six games and seven of their last 10.

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Three Metro swimmers returned home All-Americans from national competition last week.

Swimmers Alishia McCartie, Kristin Schweissing and Scott Watson hit the top 16 in five different events to capture the honors.

Watson, a three-time national competitor, smashed three school records, coming in seventh in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:04.97), ninth in the 200-yard individual medley (I :53.55) and 10th in the 400-yard individual medley (4:01.64). He also participated in the 100-yard breaststroke, placing 21st (:59.49).

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Upon qualifying for the NCAA Division II National Championships jn San Antonio last month, Watson said his main goal was to finish among the eight best in the country. He succeeded in one event, the 200-yard breaststroke, in which he overcame the past school record by almost three seconds, and he narrowly missed it in the 200-yard medley. Those performances far overshadowed his last appearance in the national pool, when he placed in the top 25 in both medleys last year. Watson said the week before leaving for this year's competition that he was far more prepared for this adventure than last year's because he had trained more intensively, causing him to be in better physical shape. " I felt like that was where I should've been," he said. "I had trained to

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Rookie spdnt sensation McCartie said she worked harder for the chance at national glory than her previous season.

"I definitely think it was worth all the hard work," she said, adding that she would work to improve her chances next year by continuing to train in the summer.

A transfer from San Jose State University in California, McCartie brought her debut with the Metro squad to a zenith in national competition as she claimed All-American honors in two events, finishing 12th in the 100-yard freestyle (:53.60) and 13th in the 200yard individual medley (2: 12.02).

McCartie also swam in the top 25 in her last two events, the 50- and 200-yard freestyles (:25.12 and 1:58.29, respectively).

"I felt like the competition would be way out of my league, but it wasn't," McCartie said, reflecting on her success.

"I made my goals, and I'm really happy about that" Despite enduring a slowing to her season due to an ankle injury last August, Schweissing also made her Nationals debut. She swam to an All-American spot, swimming 12th in the 200-yard backstroke (2: I0.32). She also finished in the top 25 in the 400-yard individual medley (21st, 4:46.31), the 200-yard individual medley (22nd, 2: 17.14) and the 1,650-yard freestyle (18th, 18:40.51 ).

Schweissing planned to go into the competition to gather experience and to just crest the top 16. She did just that, but she said she was not entirely satisfied See SWIMMING page 20

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"The competition was what I expected, tough competition," she said. "I didn't do as well as I thought I would."

Schweissing said she plans to keep in shape over the summer, but only after a good break from the pool.

The man who led the three to the national water, coach Rob Nasser, said he was pleased with all of the swimmers' performances, especially with the intense level of comi)etition. He said it was particularly significant that McCartie and Schweissing were swimming for the experience and walked away with AllAmerican titles.

He said that kind of success has contributed to team morale, as the other swimmers strive to achieve the same.

The main goal now, Nasser said, is to build from the national swimmers' strengths and try to qualify more for the event. He said it is especially important to qualify in relay events, the surest ticket to high team points. Watson finished No. 18 in the team scores and McCartie and Schweissing No. 20. An eventual goal would be top 10, Nasser said, though noting that top 20 was significant.

He said summer training would impact on starting fast in September when the team gets back into practices. Without the three-month layover, the team would start at a higher level without needing to get back in shape as in previous years.

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An undefeated season would have been nice but was never likely for the men's tennis team. The Roadrunners lost their first two matches of the year while in California on spring break.

The men's and women's teams both went 3-2 on the road trip. Members of the teams were pleased with their performances when they returned home this week an~ said, over all, it was a good experience for them.

The men defeated Cal-Poly Pomona (5-4), the No.16 ranked team in Division II. They also defeated College of New Jersey (8- l) and Mesa State (5-4) in a conference match on the way to California.

The losses came against Cal. Lutheran University (4-5) and College of the Desert (6-3). The latter match was played in 104 degree heat The women's team applied some heat of their own on the courts blasting by Mesa State (7-2), annihilating Lewis & Clark College (9-0), and finishing with another (7-2) victory over College of the Desert. Metro lost to College of New Jersey (5-4) and Skidmore College (6-3).

The teams did not just play tennis while on spring break. They got some site seeing in as well. The group traveled to Universal Studios, and after making their Los Angeles premier they took in the sight

and spectacle of one in Hollywood for the new movie Liar Liar.

Despite a successful break, not all is well with the tennis program.

Athletic Director Bill Helman said Wednesday that he intends to meet with the teams to discuss whatever concerns it might have with the way tennis is treated on campus.

Members of the teams recently voiced their c<;>ncems about what they perceive to be a less-than-tennis-friendly atmosphere in the athletic department at Metro. Many of the issues players mentioned had to do with a lack of money set aside for their sport.

Helman does not know what else he can do for a team that he says he has gone out of his way to support.

"After having probably increased tenfold the amount of support we gave to tennis in one year, and offering full scholarships paying outside of their budget several thousand for the trip to California, I feet like ~hey don't necessarily know the whole situation," Helman said.

Helman said he was trying to do the best he could for the tennis team because some of the recruits were misled by former coach David Sileo about what would be made available to them.

"Unfortunately, they were recruited and brought here by a coach who I believe presented a picture that was unrealistic, and that's a shame," Helman said.

"I've told them I'd grant a release.

They can go somewhere else if they really can get a ~tter situation, and I encourage them to if they feel that they are not getting what they want at Metro."

Coach Haili McLeod and several team members said Wednesday that they could understand where Helman was coming from, and they would be happy to meet with him to discuss the situation. McLeod said it was good for the players to get their feelings out in the open.

Nathan Green, a veteran member of the team, said that he was happy at Metro and had no plans on taking Helman up on his offer. He did not know if all of his teammates felt the same way.

"I agree with that to a certain extent," Green said. "I mean, they have done a lot , that they probably wouldn't usually do."

"At the same time, it's based on so much politics, and that's too bad. This team is so important. I mean, we don't do a lot for the school financially, but we make the school look good when we are at other places.

"Every single guy on this team could go to hundreds and hundreds of schools in any part of the United States and get more money. I'm sure some people will and some people won't, but me personally, I love Denver and this school so I'm going to stick around."

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GENERAL Free income tax assistance is available in the Library foyer Wednesday from 5:30 to 8:30 p .m., Thursday from 4 to 7 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m. Info: 556-3181.

The Earthweek organizing committee meets every Monday at 9 a.m. in Tivoli Club Hub room 346. Info: 556-8093.

The CoPIRG core meeting is every Monday at 5 p.m: in Tivoli Club Hub room 346. Info: 556-8093.

The Toxics Right to Know project committee meets every Wednesday at 4 p.m. in Tivoli Club Hub room 346.

Info: 556-8093.

The CoPIRG environmental defense project meets every Wednesday at 4 p.m. in Tivoli Club Hub room 346.

Info: 556-8093.

The Attention Deficit Disorder Advocacy Group meets every Monday in Arts Building room 177A from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Info: Katie 5568387.

The Metro Public Relations Organization of Students (PROS) meets every second Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. in The Denver Press Club. Info: Daryl 329-3211.

Truth Bible Study meets eyery Wednesday and Thursday 3 to 5 p.m., in Tivoli room 542. Info: Rick Dredenstedt at 722-0944.

Wellness Wednesdays are every Wednesday from 11 a.m. ta 2 p.m. in Plaza building room 150. Info: 5562525.

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MECM meets every Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. in Tivoli Club Hub room 346.

Info: 556-8073.

The movie The English Patient will be shown and discussed by Dr. Johanna Gallers at 1 p.m. in Plaza room 130.

Rap Sessions are in the multicultural lounge in the Tivoli every Thursday at 2 p.m.

Club Natural philosophy presents Bob Fehlmann's discussion on "Some Amazing Geological Theories" at 4 p.m. in North Classroom 1608. Info: 556-2454.

路 The Metro Student Government Assembly meets at 3:30 p.m. every Thursday in Tivoli room 329. Info 5563312.

Inner Thread, presented by ILK, opens at the Pirate, 3659 Navajo, at 7 p.m.

and shows though April 13. Info: 2950395.

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Career Services hosts a workshop on job search strategies at noon in Central Classroom 104. Info: Ron Lujan 556-

The Counseling Center is hosting the lecture Healing Beyond Past (and Present) Wounds by Carlos Fontanez of the Psychology Department at noon in Tivoli room 442. Info: 556-3132.

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Towering Issues hosts a debate of candidates running for Metro student government positions at 1 p.m. in Tivoli room640.

Center for Youth at Risk hosts a Career Fair from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Tivoli Tumhalle. Info: 230-7550.

A lecture on "Bisexuality: Beyond the dichotomy of gay and straight" by Dr. Beth Firestein is at 3 p.m. in Tivoli room 444. Info: 556-6333.

Career Services hosts a mock interview workshop at 5 p.m. in Central Classroom 104. Bring your

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Delta Phi Omega hosts a Criminal Justice Career Fair in the Tivoli Tumhalle from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Info: 230-7550.

Psi Chi hosts a discussion and presentation of client/therapist exploration at noon in Tivoli room 3208. Info: 556-3205.

Nooners presents a workshop on Self Massage for Health at 12:30 p.m. in Tivoli room 329. Info: 556-4247.

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900 Auraria Parkway At The Tivoli Student Union Across From The AMC Theaters (303) 893-0745

Hours Monday -Thursday 8:30.w. 6:00PM Friday 8:30AM·10:30PM Saturday 11 :00AM ·10:30PM Sunday 12:00PM • 8:00PM

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