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Faculty vote no-confidence in Kaplan Christopher Anderson The METROPOLITAN Out of 336 full-time tenured faculty, 161 say they have no confidence in Metro President Sheila Kaplan, according to vote results released Wednesday. The results also showed that 174 had no confidence in Provost Sharon Siverts. "It's quite a devastating report," said history professor Brooks Van Everen, who coordinated the vote. Kaplan said the 12-question ballot was skewed to reflect no-confidence. She also said it only reflects a small number of employees that work under her, and that those people are only expressing frustration with change. Out of 336 ballots mailed, 214 were returned. Van Everen said he started the noconfidence vote after the administration denied political science professor Robert Hazan tenure, but he said that was only one reason. He said faculty members told him

they had concerns with the administration's micro-management and threatening, in-your-face style. "There was a lot of fear, a lot of unreasonable fear as to what these people (faculty) could do, and I hate that fear. I really do. And you could never quite get your fingers on it," Van Everen said. Some faculty also cited fear of retaliation as reason for not participating in the vote of no confidence. Kaplan disputed that perception. "Nobody can document on the part of this administration any pattern of retaliation against anybody," Kaplan said. "It is illegal, and we wouldn't do il. And I think individuals say it for their own reasons, but I just think that's bunk." Van Everen led the charge in a noconfidence vote in 1981 against Metro President Donald Macintyre, who was later ousted. Kaplan and Van Everen see the percentages of the vote in different ways. Kaplan says it represents only 15 percent of all the employees that work for her,

including all faculty, staff and other personnel. Van Everen points out that the 75.59 percent who voted no-confidence represent full-time tenured faculty. The vote was not connected to the Faculty Senate, but was instead conducted privately by Bondi & Co., a certified pubic accounting firm. Van Everen said 68 Metro employees contributed nearly $1,600 to defray the cost of hiring an outside firm. The vote of no-confidence comes at the same time the Trustees of the State Colleges in Colorado - the board that governs Metro - is evaluating Kaplan. The board's President William Fulkerson said a vote of no-confidence is rare at Metro, but it would likely have little effect on the board's decision. Fulkerson said he did not know why the faculty conducted an evaluation when the trustees have already sent a team of evaluators to Metro that asked faculty d~tailed questions about Kaplan's performance. Fulkerson said only the comments collected from the evaluators would be

considered by the board, not the faculty's no-confidence vote. Metro Student Government President William Coker said he thinks if students were given the chance for a no-confidence vote, it would echo the results of the faculty. However, he said because of Kaplan 's strong leadership he preferred that Kaplan stay, rather than be asked to leave. Kaplan has successfufly increased enrollment and provided quality teaching, he said. "Is this a wake-up call'! Yes, and I hope she takes the opportunity to refocus," Coker said. Student government Chief Justice Mark Zangetti criticized Kaplan for not being accessible. "I don't think students know her well enough to support her or not support her," he said. Jerry Boswell, a former Faculty Senate president, said although he voted, one of the problems with the vote of noconfidence was that, "It doesn't provide see KAPLAN page 6

Kaplan 路OKs Hazan's tenure

War of the words

Ryan Bachman The METROPOLITAN

John McDonoughlrhe METROPOLITAN Karmin Trujillo, Derek Dye and Amy Haimerl, student presidential candidates, debate Monday while political science professor Robert Hazan moderates.

One Metro professor can heave a sigh of relief now that the administration has granted his appeal for a job for life. Another was not so favored. Members of the appeal committees charged with reviewing the tenure applications of political science professor Robert Hazan and chemistry/criminalistics professor Susan Land completed their work and forwarded their recommendations to her last week, according to a statement from President Sheila Kaplan. Both committees recommended that Kaplan reconsider the original decision. Kaplan was persuaded by Hazan's committee that although his dossier was deficient in presentation, it did contain the substance to satisfy the Faculty Senate handbook requirements for tenure. As a result, Kaplan approved Hazan's application and will recommend that the Trustees of the State Colleges in Colorado award him tenure. see HAZAN page 5

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Lawmakers-consider tenure pblicy Administration must review tenured faculty every fiv~ years

Christropher Anderson The METROPOLITAN Tenured faculty who fail a five-year review will be fired if they fail to improve their perfonnance, according to a bill approved by a Colorado legislative committee. In an effort to make higher education more accountable, the House Education Committee unanimously approved HB 1341, which requires the governing boards of public universities and colleges to implement a post-tenure review process by Nov. 7. "I do think the public needs to know we are interested in accountability in higher education," Rep. Dave Owen, RGreeley, told committee members. Metro faculty member Nonn Pence, a member of the Faculty Protective Association, said the bill seeks to give administration power over the faculty. "I see no purpose for the bill at all," Pence said in an interview Tuesday. "Tenure is a property right, and what the

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ed that an institution legislation and college and university adminismay fire faculty who trators are trying to do lose tenure. Committee is destroy that property members agreed unaniright." mously to change that The House must language to an instituapprove the measure tion shall fire faculty who lose tenure. before it moves to the Pam Wagner, a Senate. The bill requires lobbyist for the Board the performance of of Trustees for the tenured faculty to be Colleges of -Dave Owen, State Colorado, said the reviewed every 路five R-Greeley Trustees would prefer years for effectiveness in teaching, research not to have a bill on and scholarly output and public service to tenure review, but that they are not the institution and the community. The opposed to it. Metro Faculty Senate President Gene reviews should also be designed to "assist the faculty member in improving his or her Saxe said he would prefer that the instituteach_ing skills," the bill states. tions were pennitted to develop its own Provisions require tenured faculty specific policies within the institutions. whose perfonnance is unsatisfactory to be The bill is based on recommendationsplaced on probation for two years. If the from the Colorado Commission on Higher faculty member fails to show jmprove- Education, the primary governing board of public universities and colleges. The Joint ment, tenure is revoked. The original language of the bill stat- Budget Committee pushed the commis-

public needs to know we are interested in accountability in higher education."

sion through legis(ation last year to suggest changes in te"ure. Saxe said th~ faculty have already been working wit!) the administration on revisions to tenure at Metro. Tenured professors at Metro are currently evaluated to determine salary increases, Metro President Sheila Kaplan said in past interv~ws. Pence said the process is still an evaluation process, and that Kaplan's view that the process is me~nt for salary increases is just an excuse to support the new policies. During committee action , Owen, who is a member of the Joint Budget Committee, said his committee discussed abolishing tenure as some states have done, but members concluded "that it is too early to aboli~h tenure right now." He said there may need to be some discussion "down the road sometime" on whether doing away with tenure would be feasible in Colorado. Wagner said she did not interpret the bill to be the first step toward eliminating tenure. I

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from our jobs, just because of our sexual oriRyan Bachman entation. We can also be denied housing, The METROPOLITAN public accommodations, mortgages and From curls to crewcut, Newt's little sis- loans and we have no legal recourse," ter is taking a stand on the rights and dis- Dinwoodie said at the function. Gingrich and Dinwoodie said that crimination plaguing gays and lesbians in Colorado and Wyoming are among 34 states America. Candace Gingrich, spokeswoman for that do not have hate crime laws that provide the Human Rights Campaign and the sister for enhanced penalties for hate-motivated of House Speaker Newt Gingrich, held a offenses against citizens based on sexual oritown hall meeting Monday afternoon in the entation. In addition, both states' legislatures Tivoli to discuss the ongoing struggle to win have introduced bills banning same-sex marriage, and banning recognition of sameequal rights for gays and lesbians. The Human Rights sex marriages from other Campaign is the largest "If think the states, even though it is not legal for same-sex nat!onal lesbian and gay couples to get married pol!tical organization, anywhere in the country. with members throughout the country. It lobNo federal laws protect American citizens bies Congress, provides from workplace discrimicampaign support and nation based on sexual educates the public to orientation, and federal ensure that lesbian and hate crime statutes do not gay Americans can be include sexual orientaopen, honest and safe at home, at work and in - Candace Gingrich tion, Dinwoodie said. Gingrich recalled her the community, said Becky Dinwoodie, HRC western field orga- brother saying gays should be tolerated the same way society tolerates alcoholics, and nizer Gingrich and Dinwoodie have been that it was madness to pretend families were traveling to Colorado and Wyoming col- anything other than heterosexual couples. "I was dumbfounded that I had been so leges informing students. "If you think the Supreme Court's Amendment 2 decision naive as to all along believe that he was supportive of me," Gingrich said. "And also, it gave us equal rights- think again." According to Dinwoodie and Gingrich, disappointed me that there were people who the U.S. Supreme Court's decision last year still didn't understanQ that family isn't just overturning Amendment 2, Colorado's 1992 the 'make up' of a family." ''Complaisant, apathetic, blissful ignoanti-gay initiative, has led many Americans to mistakenly believe that gay, lesbian and rance, rose-colored world - oh, the elecbisexual Americans have achieved equal tions of '94," said Gingrich describing the point at which she got into activism. For rights. See GINGRICH page 4 "Right now, in 41 states we can be fired

you Supreme Court's Amendment 2 decision gave us equal rights think again."

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OUTSPOKEN: Gay rights activist Candace Gingrich addresses a group Monday in the Tivoli as part of a Front Range tour.

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Clinton critic visits Metro Donna Hickey Jackson The

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Syndicated columnist and self-proclaimed conservative Prince of Darkness Robert Novak blasted President Clinton in a lecture at Auraria Monday. In his speech "Clinton - Part 2," Novak chastised the president for using Republican ideas. "He was the first Democrat, ladies and gentlemen, since Franklin D. Roosevelt to be re-elected as president," Novak told a meager crowd in the Tumhalle. Clinton is a president who thinks all the problems of mankind can be solved by government, Novak said. He pointed out that the first thing Clinton did once in office was to appoint Hillary Rodham Clinton to remodel America's health care system. "It wasn't just to give Hillary something to do. It was a strategy aimed so the middle class, not just the underclass, could become dependent on health care and the Democratic party." Novak said the American people rejected national health care, saying, "We don't want the health-care plan recast in the image of the postal service." The health-care plan was the biggest plan Clinton had, and he suffered a humiliating defeat after it was rejected, Novak said. He credited political consultant Dick

Morris, known for his liaison with a prostitute, for executing the most dangerous and brilliant political strategy he had ever seen. Novak said Morris came up with the idea to steal Republican slogans like "deregulation," "family values" and "law and order." Part two of Morris' plan was to "trash the Republicans for being unkind to poor people, old people, young people, sick people,'.' Novak said.

"We don't want the health-care plan recast in the image of the postal service." - Robert Novak, columnist He said the third part of the plan was to try to craft mini-programs to make Americans dependent on government. Morris' master program was a television spending campaign. The advertisements were aired everywhere except New York and Washington, D.C., so political reporters did not know it was happening. Novak said the money to finance the ads came from

nights in the Lincoln bedroom and Asian Democratic donations. "What was all that Dick Morris gobbledy gook? It wasn't the old-time religion," Novak said. Then it came time for the Republican party to nominate someone. Novak said he knew they were going to nominate Bob Dole, so he asked, "Why nominate someone who can't win? They said, 'it's his term."' "He was bad the first time he ran for national office and he didn't get any better the second time he ran." The Republicans responded to Morris' strategy too late, he said. Novak said he knew presidents that were workaholics who nearly ruined the country. He said his favorite presidents were Ronald Reagan and Calvin Coolidge, and "neither one of them could be called a workaholic," he said. "No president did any damage catching Zs in the White House." When asked about campaign finance reform by English professor Gwendolyn Thomas, he said that for campaign finance reform to become a reality, all soft money donations would have to stop and all the campaign funds given to a candidate would have to be raised in the district or state he was running in because the Democratic and Republican parties are money-laundering machines, Novak said.

Lesbian health risks at issue GINGRICH from page 3

Gingrich, the Republican revolution and her brother becoming Speaker of the House led to a chain of events that allowed her to realize the importance and power of public speaking and acting upon concern for civil rights. After it became a national fact that Newt had a lesbian sister, Gingrich said she felt that one bit of truth would have been a great piece of education for a lot of people in this country, even if she had not taken any pursuit in activism. ''If you listen to the folks down in the Springs, or if you listen to Pat Buchanan, if you listen to Pat Robertson, they'd want you to believe that gays only come from bad, dysfunctional, abnonnal families," Gingrich said. That kind of thinking even extended into the medical field, Gingrich said, and the HRC has helped the National Institute of Health to understand that there are different health needs that lesbians have. Lesbians have higher incidents of breast and ovarian cancer, Gingrich said. "It's only been in the last twenty years or so that the medical profession realized that women are different from men and should be studied in their own right, let alone realize that lesbians need also to be included in that."

California axes affirmative action, Metro reacts Karen Donlon The METROPOLITAN

Metro reaction was mixed Tuesday after the U.S. Court of Appeals voted to uphold California's ban on affirmative action. California residents voted for the ban when they passed Proposition 209 by a 54 percent majority last November. Judge Thelton Henderson blocked the ban last fall, ruling it would unfairly abolish programs that benefit minorities. In a 30 decision Tuesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals reversed Henderson's order, allowing the ban to take effect in 21 days, The Associated Press reported. The court's decision prompted mixed reactions by people at Metro.

Many minorities on campus said the decision was a set-back to desegregation. George Archuleta, a Chicano studies professor at Metro, said as a Chicano he was "utterly outraged" at the decision. Archuleta, who lived in Los Angeles for almost a year, said there was blatant mistreatment of minorities there while the governor and his constituents exploited affinnative action . Steve Kiper, a 35-year-old Metro student, said this ruling is a terrible thing. "I feel that people really don't understand affinnative action. It is for everyone," Kiper said. Kiper said affinnative action helps whites who are discriminated against. Metro student and candidate for student government J.P. DelGrasso feared the

same legislation would come to Colorado now that it passed in California. "I am afraid that Colorado might try and do something like that, just for the simple fact that they passed Amendment 2," DelGrasso said. Two bills concerning affirmative action were considered by the Colorado legislature during the 1997 season, said Joe Cipolla of legislative information. Both bills required the state to conduct business without regard to race or gender. Cipolla said that both of the bills were killed. The AP reported that Judge Diarrnuid O'Scannlain, writing for the appeals court, said the programs affected by the ban "work wholly to the benefit of certain members of one group and correspondingly to the harm of certain members of anoth-

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Presidential candidates Derek Dye (left) and Amy Haimerl listen to a question Tuesday from political science professor Robert Hazan during debates.

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Group nearly kicked out of election A. Jeter The METROPOUTAN

Several student government candidates were almost kicked out of the elections last Friday after another ticket filed five complaints. The ticket, known as The Collective, faced five charges of posting too many campaign posters and posting them in unapproved places in violation of election rules. However, The Collective was allowed to stay in the race. "I found most of them (the violations) frivolous - against the spirit of the election," said Election Commission member Brett Haselton. The accusing group, the Student Advocacy Ticket, said the postings hurt its chances of being elected bec~use students would not notice its fliers next to the larger and more prevalent fliers of its competitors. · In some cases, The Collective postings had completely covered fliers of the opposing Advocacy Party, candidates said at a hearing to discuss the charges. "We feel that we lost some potential

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people who might have wanted to see our fliers," said Jessie Bullock, candidate for .vice president of student fees on the Advocacy ticket. Karmin However, Trujillo Collective presidential candidate Karmin Trujillo said she and members of her ticket did not intend to create an unfair advantage for her ticket and that she tried to take down any extra fliers when she learned about them. Still, the Advocacy members noted the election policy, which states that any ticket violating any election rules would be dismissed from the election, and thus called for The Collective 's dismissal. Trujillo and fellow ticket members JP DelGrasso and Jim Hayden pleaded with the Election Commission to forgive the mistake and allow them to remain in the elections. "Nobody in this room is above mak-

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ing a simple mi~take," said Hayden, candidate for vice president of student organizations. Both admitfed that they had broken election rules •nd apologized to their competition. Trujillo fur her said that she did not intend to hurt the Advocacy group's chances in the lection. "We have f'O malice against you," she said. 'Tm qot out to get the Student Advocacy Ticket." However, members of the Advocacy ticket said they felt invalidated by having their fliers covered. Bullock, overcome with e otion, left the hearing room for abou 20 minutes because she fell her ticket' concerns were not being taken serious) . The Elect on Commission ruled an hour after he hearing that The Collective violated the rules. Punishment included the removal of all of the ticket's large posters depicting DelGrasso dressed as a woman, and all Collective literature from the kiosk in front of the Cfntral Classroom building and from the Arts Building, Haselton said. These t}\'O locations were where the violations ltook place.

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"It was a very difficult time and I'm very pleased with the outcome and I'm pleased with the tremendous support that I got from the students and my colleagues," Hazan said. "I was very humbled by this experience." Hazan was unable to say when the trustees would make their decision. Student involvement on behalf of H a z a n peaked at a protest in late February, sending a message to the administration that Hazan's denial would Robert Hazan not be swept under the rug. "I'm very happy he's now tenured," said student government presidential candidate Karmin Trujillo, who worked with Hazan on finding funding for the Arab American Awareness club. Trujillo was then involved with Student Activities and said Hazan contributed money from his own pocket to keep the organization running. "From an honor student's point of view, I think he's influenced a lot of people, and I'm thrilled that he got it," said Jane Duncan, Student Advisory Committee to the Auraria Board candidate. "I'm just glad I can still take a class with him next year, and the department isn't shot," said Nicole Lomeier, student government candidate. After studying the committee report concerning Susan Land and reviewing her dossier once again, Kaplan stuck by her original decision that Land's application for tenure did not satisfy the requirements of the handbook. Land is the primary organizer of the criminalistics and forensics program. Land was unavailable for comment.

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for anything to happen afterwards." Van Everen said it expressed faculty opinion and that was all that could be done. "The numbers speak for themselves," he said. The vote was done without the help of the Faculty Senate because the Faculty Senate never would have got around to it, said Van Everen, who served as. Faculty Senate president in the early '80s. When the idea of a no-confidence vote was brought up al a Faculty Senate Executive Committee meeting, the votes were tied until Senate President Gene Saxe, who was the last to vote, decided against it. He said he couldn't remember the reasons why the idea died. John Schmidt, who was a member of the committee, said he thought the vote would be better conducted in private and anonymously, to protect faculty and to prevent a division within the Senate. The division in faculty opinion is distinct. Journalism professor Richard Chapman, who was denied tenure in 1996, has been a vehemently outspoken critic of Kaplan. "There are lots of sources of dissatisfaction, and that's why they had a vote in the first place, and that's why people con-

tributed fifteen hundred dollars to pay for it, and that's why so many people sent in so many negative responses," Chapman said. Profossor of secondary education EJizabeth Friot said she still supports Kaplan. "I think this is a job where it is difficult to please even half of the people half of the time. I think if they look on balance at the funding that she has secured and on the things that she has tried to do for faculty members to improve salaries that we have to recognize that."

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3/31/97(Monday) Metro student Drouin Shimbel reported that his backpack was stolen while he was asleep in the Tivoli TV lounge in room 24 I. The bag and its contents were worth $279. A witness described the suspect as a black male, 18 or 19 years old, 5-foot- l 0 to 6-foot tall, wearing a green pull-over nylon jacket with an orange vertiCal stripe down the back and blue jeans.

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Hold it next time 3/30/97(Sunday) Metro student Balinderjeet S. Baidwan reported that his Hewlett Packard scientific calculator and Sony Discman were stolen from the library at 2: 15 p.m. while he used the bathroom. The items were worth $370. There are no leads or suspects.

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As a staunc~ feminist, I have to admit that I am embarrassed and appalled by the vicious attack by Iota Iota Iota on the Student Involvement Party regarding their campaign literature. I am not defending this party's message, but do not feel that their unwitting error should justify them being crucified in this manner As a feminist, I welcomed this situation as an opportunity to demonstrate how pervasive sexism is in our culture. If well-meaning college students can innocently overlook sexist implications, then it shows how much work there is left to do and gives us the ideal place to start. Iota Iota Iota seems to have a different strategy. Rather than working to educate people, they appear to want to barricade themselves into their feminazi tower and shout hate language from the window. Their vitriolic response is counterproductive for several reasons: Their attack upon these students whose only fault is being naive is Again, I do not approve of the any building hereafter constructed on unjustified. These students obviously implications of this literature, but I feel this campus be given a monosyllabic would not have used such politically very strongly that was a golden oppor- name consisting of no more than three incorrect language in campaign litera- tunity for educating a large, attentive letters, exclusive of the optional artiture if they believed it would be offen- audience. Iota Iota Iota instead cle. So, theoretically any new adminissive or potentially alienating. slammed shut the gates to their castle tration headquarters could be located This response is so full of venom and poured down their hot oil from in "The Hol," ''The Sak," or ''The Bar," that it serves only to poison communi- above. Rumor has it that it will contin- for example. cation. Without this vital dialogue, peo- ue to rain down. Let's not stop there. Let's try to ple will never understand why and how I for one recognize this not as a improve the image of The Met's continued subjugation of women is victory, but as a catastrophic defeat. I departments. Student Publications wrong. They will never understand the willÂˇ not be cheering them on - I rec- could be known as "The Pub." The bigger issues, because this feminist ognize that this battle is not worth sac- Health Clinic, deferring the article, screeching will have turned them com- rificing the war over. This reactionary would be known as "Hel." And the pletely off. It polarizes people, and display does not "prove" enlighten- Assessment and Testing Center would makes them pay lip-service to women ment, but rather illustrates short sight- naturally become "The Ass." out of fear of wrath, but not attempt ed ignorance. I feel sorry for those I understand that the new on-the substantial change from positions of dozens of feminists who self-right- job injury posters are up in the awareness. Hate in the name of any eously voted against this party out of Assessment and Testing Center; they cause is still hate. vindictiveness. They couldn't fathom are said to read: "Any employee Men have kept women down for that this party, educated from this injured in 'The Ass' should go directly centuries on the assertiqn that women experience, would have been our best to 'Hel."' are too emotional. Millions of women defenders in SGA. No, its always betIf that doesn't improve our image, have devoted their lives to proving that ter to punish than to teach. Please, maybe we should try on a new adminwomen can approach conflict judi- Iota Iota Iota, don't do women any istration. ~ 'Ciously and logically. Rather than Paul Grzybowski more favors. responding to this issue rationally, Gayle Johnson "The Pau" these women have reacted hystericalMetro junior Metro Senior ly. The narrow focus of this attack further undermines women as intelligent beings. I am a feminist, but I am also a student. My dictionary has more In my humble opinion, student than one definition of rape. Yes ft is violent, forced sexual intercourse. But I applaud the decision of The apathy is not due to the "commuter it also means: plunder or violent Met's administration to simplify the campus" status of Metro. Nor is it due destruction as in warfare, and any out- name of our school formerly known as to an "I don't give a damn" attitude. It rageous assault or flagrant violation. Metropolitan State College of Denver. is the direct end result of the harassYes, this party is right, we are being It's bold, sassy and I am excited. I feel ment and disrespectful treatment of outrageously assaulted by the book- as if I have had a personal makeover. those who want to get involved. I experienced a great deal of this store every semester. These students I have a few suggestions of my own to negativity when I decided to help are not intentionally demeaning further enhance The Met's image. Let's begin with the building some of my friends who were running women, but are bright enough to have more than a rudimentary grasp of names ... The Central Classroom for SGA. lt was the intent of our party vocabulary. They are practicing a flex- could be known as "The Cen," the to run a clean campaign from start to ible intelligence that will be capable of Plaza, "The Pia," the library, "The Lib," finish. Even when we were confronted embracing deep social problems like etc ... Very straightforward, nothing as with information that was extremely sexism, and attempt to find solutions, specious as "South Classroom damaging to a candidate from another ticket, we refused to use that info to not alienating potential allies with their Building." fascist mentality. I mus! at present recommend that our advantage. We would not (nor did

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we ever) discuss the matter publicly as it was not our place or our business. However, we were accused of spreading rumors in order to ruin the credibility of our opponents. Not only were we accused of being the source of the vicious rumors but we were called "crybabies" when we filed complaints about some violations of the Election Commission's rules. It was my intent to support the candidates that I did because I wanted to see Metro students finally take an active role in the day-to-day running of our school. I honestly (and naively) believed that the election race and ensuing media attention would focus on principles, not personalities. I turned the other cheek when friends of mine were slandered and I would not take any part in exacting revenge upon those who felt it was okay to treat people in this way. But I now realize that my only mistake was to believe so fervently in fairness and simple human decency. Sarah noted in her letter that we as students need to realize the implications of our passiveness. Well Sarah, my initiative to get involved has caused me to become a pariah and be taunted by others. I have received numerous hang-up calls on my home phone (as have others in our ticket) , but I really don't know whether there is a connection between those incidents and the elections. Would I do it again? Probably not. Would my lack of involvement make me apathetic? Probably. But I don't call it apathy. I consider it self-preservation. Will things change at Metro? Probably not. But you know something ... l don't care! Yvette Vick Metro Senior

Involvement hassle I just received my summer class schedule, complete with the "cityscape" scene on the front cover. The graphics in -the summer schedule pamphlet are obviously part of your administration's new marketing campaign ''The Met." Dr. Kaplan, "The Met" stinks! Metropolitan State College of Denver is an institution of higher learning, and a fine one at that. It is not "a show," we do not sell tickets, and we try to not embarrass ourselves. "The Met" marketing scheme is just that; an embarrassment. It dilutes the integrity and perception of our school, both within and outside the campus community. In a nutshell, ''The Met" is a black eye on our reputation. I am hereby calling upon you as president to scuttle ''The Met" marketing campaign immediately, before too many more calls come through asking where we can get tickets for tomorrow's matinee. Tom Mcintosh Metro Senior

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·First reaction not always t e best In their campaign literature for student government, the Student Involvement Party used language that many students found offensive. Particularly offensive was the association of high bookstore prices with rape. To those offended, rape is not synonymous with paying high prices for books at the Auraria Book Center. Options to the bookstore are local and regional libraries and Gibson's Bookstore. What are the options for a woman at the scene of an attack? Kick? Get a slap in the face. Scratch? Get a fist in the gut. Struggle? Get bruised, choked, a gun to the head, maybe killed. Escape? Rare. Rape is an idea of the violent mind. A high price on a book is not. Economic violence is armed robbery and looting. Outrage over the Involvement Party's language was swift, but was it wise? A letter in The Metropolitan labeled the Student Involvement Party misogynists. A less reactionary response would have described women's progress. Men's reference of women as "broads" was once prevalent and women accepted this. When women changed that use of language, they restored dignity to themselves. Maybe Involvement Party women take for granted gains older women agitated to attain. Mary Tyler Moore fought to wear pants ·on the Dick Van

Dyke Show in the 1960s. Radcliffe women were exclu.ded from the Harvard library, but Harvard men had access to the Radcliffe Mary, library. Now Trad1i Harvard w o m e n attend Harvard as students themselves. Women held "consciousness raising" meetings, raising awareness of sexist behavior as well as compliance to it. Humans are fallible and better fodder for denouncement lies beneath the headlines. Under, "We Get Raped Every Semester," the Involvement Party stated the desire to replace the Auraria Book Center with Barnes & Noble, though, "It might not solve the problem of exorbitant prices." Yet research locates the problem with publishers. The Involvement Party sensationalized a misplaced problem it "might not solve." Effective language might have fostered unifying ideas, like a studentrun student union, as mentioned in the party's campaign material. The irony is, only the Involvement Party

approached is es in-depth. On education, the St dent Advocacy was blank and the ollective only stated, professors." The Student lnvolv ment Party spoke of student partic ation in hiring and quality of educ tion, ''what is taught." I ask, 'Wha is learned?" Members of the Involve ent Party are familiar with political sc ence professor Robert Hazan's thoug s on becoming "sensitive citizens" th ough human diversity in the political ealm. In this situation, a, sensitive cit zen would recognize that humor me nt to tickle sometimes scratches. Th Involvement Party could have wi hdrawn its campaign materials out o respect for the people they offended hough not ·in agreement about the language. Just as the Involvement Party trivialized women and rape for political gain (i.e., "att tion"), as citizens of the United Stat s, we are trivialized by politicians wh se only interest is power. Let's c allenge our minds to seek alternativ means. Civility need not hamper fre expression. Indeed, it is the fountai from which creative communication springs. Student po itics at Metro is at the breaking point f fostering new levels of student part cipation, and the college could be laboratory for experimenting with n w ideas.

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Party adtnits the datnage done b fliers Rape: an outrageous violation (as of a fundamental principle or institution). This is the definition that I intended when I wrote the campaign flier for the Student Involvement Party. Unfortunately for myself, my party and everyone offended by this, I did not consider that the most-used definition of the word is to describe an act of sexual and physical violence that affects one out of every three women in the United States. At this very second, as I am writing this, someone is beir:ig raped. The act itself offends me, to think that a man would use strength to harm a woman because archaic ideas that still tell men that it's OK to rape a woman because she dresses, acts or looks a certain way. I cannot begin to comprehend the motivation of a man who commits an act of such psychological and physical violence, except to say that it is because society, while telling him that rape is wrong and a crime, tells a man that it is justifiable to hurt a woman because "they all ask for it." I and my party would like to apologize for not considering the reaction of the entire audience in the usage of the language in the flier, and for any damage that it may have done in keeping rape an unspoken part of the American male status quo. Not only did the flier distract or even repel some readers from reading on to the real issues, but it

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severely damaged the fundament core of the Student Involvement Party platform: student nity. Diversity has become a buzzwo d on college campuses and in communities around the country, but everyone has forgotten the most important p rt, which is education. Without this, mistakes like the ones hat were made in the Involvement Party flier will continue nd misunderstandings of social issues that affect others but not ourselves will continue. Patience and perseverance, not anger and defensiveness, are the only way to devel p true diversity. Life is a learning experience, and I have I amed something that, as an English major, I should have k own: language can be a powerful tool, but it can also be a p werful weapon if used without thought. I have attempted to educate m self, but as with most people, my education is still incompl te. I and the rest of the Involvement Party sincerely hope hat anyone that was offended by this will accept our a ology, but if there is something lacking in it or you have a vice, I will accept any advice and attempt to personally ans er anyone who found this letter of apology lacking. Than you for voicing your concern, and please accept our sine rest apologies.

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School left out of free trips to see David Letterman Kevin Juhasz Factoids and fragments found on the Web "The stupidity of the human race never fails to surprise." - Charles Darwin A convict broke out of jail in Washington, D.C., then a few days later accompanied his girlfriend to her trial for robbery. At lunch, he went out for a sandwich. She needed to see him and had him paged. Police recognized his name and arrested him when he returned to the courthouse in a car he stole during the lunch hour. Police in Radnor, Penn., interrogated a suspect by placing a metal colander on his head and connecting it to a photocopy machine. They placed the message "He's lying" in the copier and pushed the copy button each time they thought he was lying. The suspect, thinking the machine worked, confessed. A company trying to prevent a blemish on its perfect five-year safety record showed its workers a film encouraging the use of safety goggles. According to the Industry Machinery News, the film was so graphic that 25 workers were injured trying to rush from the screening room, 13 more workers fainted and one sustained a cut requiring seven stitches after falling off a chair while watching. A bus in St. Louis carrying five passengers was hit by a car. By the time police arrived, 14 pedestrians had boarded the bus and were complaining of whiplash and back pain. Police in Wichita, Kan., arrested a 22-year-old man at the airport for trying lo pass two $16 bills.

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niversity of Colorado at Denver Student Life is keeping 20 free trips to New York to see The Late Show with David Letterman for themselves. In the past, the Student Life Offices of all three schools at Auraria have had a policy of doing things together at Auraria, but for this event, it is UCO students only. The Late Show will run four theme shows in May featuring St. Louis, Minneapolis, Indianapolis and Denver. Audience members will comprise only citizens from those cities on the day that city is featured. Letterman's camp called CU-Denver Student Life on April 3, according to Obe Hankins, director of student life for UCO, and offered 10 pairs of tickets to the "Mile High City" show on May 16. These are not normal show tickets. Students who receive them will be flown from Denver to New York via chartered jet on May 15. They will be given a night's stay at the Sheraton New York, a tour of the city, attend the taping of the show and other gifts. Hankins says Alison Slater, the person who contacted CU about the tickets, requested that only UCO students be given

Winter break UCD students James Roberts (left), Chad Desserech and Matt Smith enjoy a brief moment of sunshine outside the Plaza Building on Wednesday. Cold temperatures will remain in Colorado for several more days.

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the tickets. Student Life posted notices around campus announcing a drawing for nine pairs of the tickets. Hankins gave two of the tickets to the two student staffers at UCO Student Life. He says he did not include any other school in the drawing because he did not look at it as a campus program. "It wasn't an attempt to exclude Metro students," he says. "I just wasn't thinking." He adds that the three colleges are still working out the kinks of handling programs together, and he would try to be more sensitive in the future. The Late Show did not specify how the tickets were to be distributed. Hankins did not think it would be fair to give tickets just to people he knew, so he gave two to the students who work for him and then decided to hold a drawing for the rest. According to Rosemary Keenan, spokeswoman for The Late Show, Slater picked UCO completely at random and was not targeting any particular college. She adds that Slater's request that only UCO students receive them may only have been because Slater is unfamiliar with the workings of the Auraria Campus. As for the Metro students being excluded from the trip, Keenan would only say, "It's unfortunate." Zav Dadabhoy, director of student activities at Metro, has been unable to speak

with anyone at The Late Show to discuss getting tickets but hopes to eventually get some students to the show. He has talked with Late Show writer Diana Louis in hopes . of getting some onstage with Letterman. "(Metro) students have done some wonderful things on this campus," Dadabhoy says. "We think these arc things that Letterman's show would be interested in." Dadabhoy will send a tape to the show featuring some of the things Metro ~tudents have done. The show receives about 50 such requests per day, according to Louis. Keenan says the show has received over 1,000 requests for appearances on the four theme shows already. William Coker, president of Metro's Student Government Associatibn, is disappointed with UCD's actions, saying it was a chance to promote the uniqueness of Auraria. "It was a good opportunity to do something good for everybody here, not just UCO," he says. So how can students at Mciro and Community College of Denver get to the show? The only hope is to snag one of the 135 pairs of tickets The Late Show is giving away. Write your name, address and phone number on a postcard and mail to Late Show Tickets in Denver, P.O. Box 1212, New York, NY 10019.

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he two couples sit together. Each person looks at their partner with all of the love six years together has built. Both couples wear wedding rings and have pledged their commitment to each other in ceremonies with family and friends present. However, these couples cannot say they are legally married in the state of Colorado. That is because they are same-sex couples. Marriage in.the United States is legally defined as a relationship between a man and women that has been civically bonded, or contracted. That clinical definitio'l. may be enough to take the romance out of any union, but especially that of a homosexual couple since the language clearly excludes them. The couples met and fell in love just like any other.

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COMPASSION, COMMUNICATION AND LOVE: Karen Bensen and Cindy DeiJn, together for six years, say they are "as married as you can get."

When Robert Gonzales, 24, first saw his husband, Mark Whitley, 42, he knew they would be in love one day. They met at church through a mutual friend. It was fate, Robert says, because he had only gone to church that day as a favor to a friend. The friend told both Mar~ and Robert of their respective interest for each other, and a week later, Mark made the first move. Their first date was on Jan. 25, 1991 (Robert remembers all the important dates, Mark says); they played bingo together and later went to a coffeehouse where they sat until 4 a.m. talking and downing coffee. Later, they went back to Mark's house and they were just together. "Nothing happened, and that's why I think we stayed together," Robert says. He says that before he met Mark that he had only dated some and had the occasional one-night stand, but that changed after that January day. Robert tells of long. hours of talking on the phone and traveling. The two moved in together IO months later and married on Dec. 12, 1992, just shy of two years after they met. It was a very small ceremony with just a few friends invited, no fam ily. Still, soon after, Mark's family accepted Robert wholeheartedly and after some time, Robert's mother and grandmother accepted the relationship. It was harder for his mother to deal with it, Robert says, mainly because of the I 8-year age difference. But Mark and Robert say that they don't notice the difference, probably because Robert is much wiser than his 24 years, , Mark says; he is a very stable influence in his life. Robert says that since their marriage, there has never Âˇ really been a low moment. He likes the f~ct that Mark is only a phone call away and that he will be there for him at any time. Though it didn't start out that way. In the time after they met, after the six-month bliss period, the two fought almost constantly, mainly because Robert didn't get along with Mark's friends and because Mark was carrying emotional baggage from an abusive childhood. Mark had also just come from a long abusive relationship and was leery about committing to anyone else. But, Mark says, Robert was patient and helped him to realize that his childhood was over and that Robert wouldn't be hurting him. Robert had suffered along with Mark through the first year as he dealt with his past and finally told him that he didn't want to suffer anymore. Finally, they got past the bad year and began to build their life together. About a year and a half ago, they bought a house in Aurora, which they share with a family of two cats and two dogs. Robert says they contemplated having children, at first, but he says he realizes that, since Mark is in his 40s, he would likely have to raise the kids himself as Mark got older. So, their family is each other, their friends and the pets. They are a complement of each other. Robert is very~ Âˇ outspoken and honest, telling it like it is while Mark is

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1Uiet and reserved, but always smiling. Robert has aelped Mark mature past the stereotypical gay male existence, he says, and Mark has settled Robert down con•iderably since they've been together. Robert has learned :ia,Jiifnce, Mark learned to trust. They look at each other with the intensity that melts tway everyone else in the room. They say they are in it 'or the long haul, and it's not hard to find a good base for flat in the way they relate to one another. That extends into all aspects of their lives together. rh;y are together much of the time since they work ogether and live together. Mark is often present to see tis husband don beautiful beaded gowns and makeup when he performs in drag. He is the self-described errand >0y who supports Robert in his transformation to fazmine James. Robert as Jazmine recently won the Miss Ja; Colorado At Large contest and is set to compete 1ationally in November. Mark will be there, as he always s.

Cindy and Karen ;.._Karen Bensen, 35, and Cindy Deim, 39, also know he meaning of stability in marriage and what it means to >e able to count on the other person. Married for two and 1 half years, the women found something in each other hat they had never had in another relationship. They ·ound real compassion, communication and real love. Jo~ had suffered through bad relationships in the past md were not looking to be hurt again. Karen, who coordinates for the Office of Gay, ..esbian and Bisexual Student Services, recalls the cou1le's first meeting in graduate school at the University of )enver. Cindy had left a note for her to ask if she could my~ome of her books for the following year, as Cindy vas a year behind Karen in school. However, when Caren asked her which books she needed, Cindy said she lidn 't know yet, but wanted to meet someone a year ihead to get books from . Karen says she thought it was in obvious pick-up line. But the two started to talk and 111cz_ day Karen was kneeling by Cindy to talk to her and ouched her on the knee. This time it was Cindy's turn to 1ick up unintended signals. Still, though they met hrough a misunderstanding, they say they've never ooked back. They threw a wedding ceremony, complete with 1b~t 100 people, including family members from both ides. Karen's sister and brother-in-law even brought tieir kids to the reception. Karen says that her brother-inil.W doesn't agree with same-sex marriage but allowed ~s children to be told that they were attending a party to elebrate Karen and Cindy's love for each other. , The next step for the couple is to have a child of heir own. They have planned for five of the six years hey've been together to have a child. The plan involves nother gay male couple who will artificially inseminate ~aren, who will carry the child. The four will parent the hild and they will live relatively close to each, Karen ay.i> so everyone can see the child. Karen and Cindy ecided that Karen will be the pregnant one because she ; four years younger and because Cindy has a chronic llness. The four are in the process of drawing up legal ocuments to deal with custody issues since none exist or this kind of setup, Karen says. , Besides planning for a child and trying to deal with :indy's illness, the two are struggling to remain individrus. Karen says that often, in lesbian relationships, it's wd to remain who you are rather than meshing with the dler person because the two women share so much of 11eir lives. Karen also has had to learn to detach herself ro11t Cindy at times when she is not feeling well. Cindy ays' she wants Karen to be able to be supportive but also

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FOR THE LONG HAUL: Mark Whitley and Robert Gonzales, who have been married for over four years, weathered emotionally tough .times before developing their close, supportive relationship. have her own life. But she likes to know that Karen is there for her and the support she gets in her marriage to her. "We're as married as you can get," Cindy says. "The commitment ceremony tightened that." Cindy says their wedding rings symbolize their love and that she can look down to her hands at any time and think of Karen. "It's like this little picture of her I carry in my heart."

1be Legal mues Robert says hrs marriage means nothing less_to him though it is not legal. He says the only way legalization would help is for insurance purposes or for the legal right to keep everything they've worked their whole lives for in the event that one of them may die. Still, he says that gay couples wouldn't flock to be married if it were legal because they are just like heterosexual couples - commitment means a lot, regardless of orientation. But it is ridiculous that it should even be a legal issue, he says. "I never once cast a ballot to invite Roy Romer into my bedroom," Robert says. A case is moving through the Hawaiian courts that may one day allow same-sex couples to be legally married within that state. However, the Colorado legislature is currently contemplating a bill, a holdover from last year, that would prohibit the state from recognizing same-sex marriages from another state, regardless of what Hawaii decides. The bill, HB 1198, introduced by Marilyn Musgrave, R-Fort Morgan, would further reiterate that such marriages are prohibited within the state of Colorado. Sue Anderson of Equality Colorado, a non-profit gay rights group which fought Amendment 2, said Monday at an event sponsoring gay rights activist Candace Gingrich that her group was vigorously rallying against the bill. "That might be our one victory this year if we can get that killed," she said.

On the other side of the coin, Sen. Pat Pascoe, DDenver, introduced a bill, just one day after HB 1198, which would legalize domestic partnerships, thus allowing two adult partners to enjoy most of the legal benefits of a married couple. This would include inheritance of a partner's belongings after death, sharing of insurance benefits and access to each partner's assets in the event of a divorce. This proposal did not even make it out of the first committee in the Senate. Six days after the introduction of that bill came HB 1266, which would outlaw employment discrimination based on sexual orientation statewide. That one died inside the first committee in the House. Another activist who is traveling with Gingrich on a tour of the Front Range, Becky Dinwoodie, addressed the fairness of the dead employment bill. "Do you understand that in the state of Colorado, people can be fired from their jobs for who they love?" she asked. Currently, only a handful of cities, including Denver and Aspen, have ordinances that provide that protection. Even that was almost taken away with the passage of Amendment 2 in November 1992 before the Supreme Court ruled the act unconstitutional last year. However, one gay-friendly bill that is still alive in the Senate is calling for the expansion of the Ethnic Intimidation Act, which makes hates crimes against a person on the basis of ethnicity unlawful. If the bill passes, the law would then make illegal attacks against someone based on his sexual orientation, a protection not currently offered in Colorado law. So, to digest what this legislation means: A gay couple cannot register their partnership legally and are, thus, not entitled to any of their partner's assets. A gay person may soon be able to enjoy legal protection from hate crimes, but that person may still lose his job because of his sexual orientation if he happens to work outside of the five protected cities of Aspen, Boulder, Crested Butte, Denver and Telluride.

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renda Mosby has developed a strategy for living with her disability. "You've just got to learn to laugh at it," she says. Mosby is vice president of the Leadership Education Advocacy Direction club, which focuses on helping disabled students not only with issues involving physical accessibility but academic as well. 'Tm always laughing," says member Robert Willoughby. The club was started two semesters ago by its president, Metro student Kathy Burroughs, who says that she decided on the name L.E.A.D. because she did not like the fact that disabled people are often told they cannot be leaders. Burroughs runs the club along with Mosby and Treasurer Mitch McKinney. L.E.A.D. held a membership drive last year and said the response was good. As for the members, Mosby said, "They're excited, they want a central place to be heard." At their last major meeting two months ago, when Metro was planning on splitting the Disability Services Office into two separate offices, one for Metro and one for University of Colorado at

Eric Drummondrrhe METROPOLITAN NEW DIRECTION: Kathy Burrows, president of Leadership Education Advocacy Direction, named her club because disabled people are often told they cannot be leaders.

Denver, the club met with school officials to try to sway their decision. Mosby said that they felt the office would be more efficient just serving students from both schools. The office was never split, and while L.E.A.D. never learned if their efforts influenced that decision, Mosby says she thinks the school needed to realize their impact on students' lives. Burroughs and Mosby say the club has been working with members of Metro's faculty on being granted permission to help in writing sections in the college's handbook for disabled students. Mosby says that L.E.A.D. also has invited a guest speaker to their next meeting who will talk about programs that help disabled college students find intern work and jobs after graduation. Workshops will be held at 11 a.m. and I p.m. on April 16 in the lobby conference room in the Events Center. L.E.A.D. is always ready for new members who are interested in sharing their ideas and concerns, Burroughs said. "We want to be heard as a group." Mosby says it can be difficult getting the institution to hear their requests. "It just seems like a circus," she said, but L.E.A.D. will bring issues to the institution as a group.

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Sexual diversity prof's focus healthy, urban, white and rich, sJ:ie said. Often this stereotype is perpetuated even The METROPOLITAN by the GLB media itself when the reality is much different. There is incredible diversihere are many different types of ty within the community. people in the world. The diversiShe went on to say that gay men 's ty found in the mainstream experiences are in many ways very differworld of heterosexuality is even ent from lesbians' experiences. And even more abundant within the within a group of gay men, there is a raingay/lesbian/bisexual (LGB) community, a bow of behavioral traits and experiences. Metro psychology professor said. Some gay archetypes Bohan used as examJanis Bohan of the Metro Psychology ples are "queens" (effeminate-acting men), Department presented "gay clones" (men who are neat, clean and "Rainbows R Us: urban) and "bears" (big Diversity in the Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual hairy guys). . "Living with Community" Monday On the other hand, at the Tivoli . Bohan Bohan said, the stereoambiguity teaches a course in the typical lesbian is "butch." Some lesbians psychology of sexual unfamiliar." orientation. feel that the butch She focused on image perpetuates seeing both sides of the stereotypes. Others call lesbians who conform rainbow-tinted spectrum and said that sexuto mainstream styles ality tends to be "lipstick lesbians" who thought of in dualistic hide their identities. terms: People are either straight or gay. Bohan said her students are at first Reality is not quite so tidy, she said. disquieted by discussions about diversity Bohan described sexuality as a contin- in sexuality. uum with heterosexuality on one end and "Living with ambiguity is so unfamilhomosexuality on the other. There are peo- iar," she said. At first they are resistant, but ple all along this continuum, and many the more they think about it the more freetimes people's sexual orientation changes ing it is to them. "It's the most fun class over time, she said. I've ever taught." The students get some The LGB community chose the rain- sense for the complexity of what first bow as their symbol because its many col- appears to be so simple. ors represent diversity, and stereotypes are Bohan said that gender is distinthe opposite of diversity, she said. guished from sex. Sex is biological: male There is a stereotypical image of or female. Gender relates to the social homosexuals as being young, male, traits labeled masculine and feminine.

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LGB people enjoy more fluid relationships, she said. They often refer to their "biological family" vs. their "family of choice." The family of choice often includes former lovers. Also, LGB people have the opportunity to do really creative things with relationships, she said. "LGB people are not ruled by a heterosexual script."

"Since we think labels are real, we shape ourselves to fit them," she said. LGB people are "gender-benders." They often display social traits of their opposite gender. Bohan noted that in some ways gender-bending just reinforces existing sex stereotypes and dichotomous role-playing in relationships. If we were really free, she said, there would be no "gender."

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hen does a scholarship offer sound too good to be true? Most of the time, if you believe Texas Attorney General Dan Morales' office. Each year, roughly 300,000 people are victimized by scholarship scams, losing more than $50 million that could have been used to pay tuition, according to a report released by the attorney general's office. "There's fraud in every kind of business in the country; this is just one of them," said Ward Tisdale, a deputy press secretary for the attorney general's office. "We know that scholarship scams are a problem - not as big as other areas of consumer fraud, but it's a problem." Parents and students, the report from Morales' office states, are generally taken into the scams by reports of billions of dollars of scholarship money that goes unclaimed each year. In reality, more than 96 percent of all available scholarship money is distributed annually. Another common scam, according to the report, is the "scholarship prize," in which a student is required to pay an up-

front fee. "I sent stuff in to a scholarship service," said Bruce Gaylor, a University of Houston senior. "They sent me a little thing back that said to send in $40, and they would send me a packet. I threw it away. Any time you have to send money upfront, you know you're getting screwed." Students should also be wary of a scholarship that has an unusually large application fee. This looks like a real scholarship and may actually give out money, but the amount a student pays in fees will probably far outweigh the amount given in scholarships. Another ploy is a setup in which a student is asked for an origination or insurance fee up front. Actual student loans will charge these fees when the money is disbursed. Students and parents should also be cautious when using a scholarship search service that guarantees students will get a scholarship or their money back. The infonnation provided by these firms, if any, is usually out-of-date or could be easily obtained by conducting research in a local library or on the Internet. "I had a friend who sent off to a scholSee SCAMS page 17

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arship. service," said Ray Sanders, also a senior. "All she got was a thick packet w ith a li st of obscure scholarships. She didn't get any scholarships, and to get her money back she had to return at least half of her sc ho larship rejection letters lo the search service within a few weeks. I don't think she go t her money · back." While scholarship scams are o n the rise, the attorney general's office said few people actually report being scammed. "We generally get three or four calls a year from parents who have lost anywhere from $60 to $100 in these scams," said Adriana Quintero, assistant director of scholarships at the University of Houston. "We find that most people who are taken don't report it. They are either too embarrassed or they just chalk it up to experience: ' To keep from being scammed, according to the reports, consumers should be on

the lookout for some key words or catch phrases in the advertisi.ng for these services. Services offering exclus ive access to scho larships, notificatio n of sch9larship preselection, a service that offers a moneyback guarantee if subscribers do not get sc holarships or services that call for a bank account or credit card to reserve a scho lars hi p sho uld be viewed with appropriate skepticism , the report states. The report also provides other clues. that indicate a possible scam could be in the offering. For instance, the use of oflicialsounding names that imply a connection to the government (like "Federal," "D ivision" and "Administration"), having a mail drop for a return address, not providing a telephone number or claiming that everyone is eligible arc good indications that something is amiss. If a consumer has any questions about a service, help could be as close as the local university's scholarship coordinator.

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Metro Athletic Director Bill Helman announced Wednesday the appointment of Mike Dunlap as interim head coach of the men's basketball team. The new coach has been asked to fill the position for one year while the search for a permanent coach continues, Helman said in a press release. Dunlap, 39, has spent the last three seasons coaching the Adelaide 36'ers of the National Basketball League in Australia. He has posted 59-33 record at Adelaide and has taken the team to the NBL's Final Four the past two years.

'T m very happy about coming back to the United States and getting the opportunity to coach at a quality program at the Metropolitan State College of Denver," Dunlap said in the same release. "One of my biggest goals as I get going will be to continue the strong tradition of winning and bringing in quality student-athletes in the process." Dunlap takes over as the sixth head coach of a largely successful Metro program. The school's all-time record stands at 21 1- 150 through 13 seasons. It is unclear why Metro decided to hire a coach on an interim basis. Helman is on vacation and could not be reached for comment.

"We are extremely excited to bring Mr. Dunlap aboard as our interim men's basketball coach, while we're undergoing our search process," Helman said in the release. "Mike brings with him an enormous amount of experience from all levels of the game, and we look forward to him having great success here at The Met." Dunlap played part of his college career at LoyolaMarymount ( 1978-1980) and also spent time at the school as an assistant coach under former coach George Raveling. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in English degree at the school. The Loyola tie is somewhat ironic. Former see COACH page 20

Roadrunners split series, break bones Doubleheader victory proves costly as Metro loses three players to injuries Kyle Ringo The METROPOLITAN

A separated shoulder, broken finger and shattered cheekbone had members of the Metro baseball team looking as if they had just endured a car wreck, not a baseball game. Metro split a four-game series with the University of Southern Colorado, sweeping a double-header Sunday - the first time the Roadrunners have swept USC - and dropped both games Monday. The victories came with a hefty price. Second baseman Neal Vallejos (broken finger), right fielder Josh Castro (separated shoulder), and first baseman Craig Leisge (broken cheekbone) were all knocked out of action. All three players are out indefinitely, Metro coach Vince Porreco said. Vallejos and Castro collided in the outfield injuring both players, and Leisge took a ball in the face after it deflected off a baserunner. All three injuries occurred in the second game on Sunday. "It's not necessarily a blow," Porrepo said. "We've got some guys who need to step up off the bench, and they stepped up (Sunday) in the second game." T.J. McAvoy pitched into the sixth inning, giving up six runs on J 1 hits with three strike outs. Travis Smith threw two shutout innings to get the save, his fourth of the year. Metro erupted for eight runs in the fifth inning of Sunday's first contest. The team pounded out 18 hits on the way to a 13-10 victory. Vallejos crushed two home runs in the fifth and finished with four RBI. Leisge also homered and drove in three runs. Mark Sheley pitched seven strong innings. He allowed seven hits and struck out four of the 33 batters he faced. Smith sealed the victory, hold ing USC to two runs in his two innings of work. Metro thrived on strong pitching and

11 USC errors in the Sunday victories. Monday, however, USC turned the tables. Metro (12-20, 7-13) gave up 38 runs in the Monday doubleheader and committed six errors. USC (20-10) slammed six home runs off a beleaguered Roadrunners pitching staff. "(Monday) we couldn't pitch at all," Porreco said. "We didn 't have anybody that wanted to go out on the mound and really do a job for us. "That was the big difference. When you are playing the number one team in the RMAC (Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference), you've got to throw to them, you got to pitch." The injuries may have been a factor, Porreco said, but he put most of the blame on the poor pitching. Hyoung Changrrtie MElROl'OUTAN "The biggest thing is our pitchers couldn't control it," HI-FIVES: Travis Smith, No. 31, celebrates with teammates after sweeping the Porreca said. "Our relief pitching University of Southern Colorado in a doubleheader at Auraria Field on Sunday. lw a lot to prove still. We have a Metro split a two-day, four-game series with the Thunderwolves. couple guys that I think can come Llnescores out and do the job, but we need our whole schedule, including a home-and-home staff, everybody coming out and getting it doubleheader series with the University of Northern Colorado beginning Saturday at Sunday game 1 done. Right now we're not doing it." RHE Catcher Pat Maxwell, saw a definite noon atAuraria Field. usc........020 400 o - 6 11 1 The Roadrunners travel to Greeley on difference in the pitching Monday. Metroâ&#x20AC;˘.....005 020 x - 7 5 1 "We maybe five times all day hit the Sunday for two with the Bears. Metro revives its crosstown rivalry spots we were supposed to," Maxwell said. "As a catcher, it's nice to catch with the University of Denver, hosting the Game2 RHE games like (Sunday) because where ever I Pioneers for a five-game set beginning usc ........ 001010341-1010 4 ca11 it. wherever I set up, the pitch is right April 18 that is critical to the Metro......300 180 10x -13 181 there. (Monday) I was all over the place. I Roadrunners' playoff hopes. "I think we've made some strides," Monday game 1 was in the dirt, jumping up and down. It Porreco said. "We are playing betterdewas kind of disappointing." RHE Although there were many long faces fense, now. We just need to be a little more usc.....012 401 050 -19 11 o Metro.. 200 010 000 - 3 8 4 on Monday, players said they could take consistent and a little more aggresive at some amount of confidence from beating the plate. "We've got to have somebody come Game2 a quality USC team into the final 18 RHE games of the season - even if they have in and put the stop to things when they get usc ...... 211603 o -19 18 2 out of hand." to do it without three of their teammates. Metro....101 004 0 - 6 8 2 Metro has 18 games remaining on its

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Throwin' heat? Metro baseball player Travis Smith fires a pitch against the University of Southern Colorado on Monday. Smith pitched two innings in a 19-6 loss. He gave up five hits and six earned runs in the outing. Smith is the Roadrunners closer this season. He has saved four victories for his teammates this year.He may get a shot at his fifth when Metro takes on the University of Northern Colorado this weekend.

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Interim coach COACH from page 19 Metro coach Charles Bradley left Metro"to become the coach at Loyola last month. Dunlap also coached for lhree seasons at California Lutheran College from 1992-1994. He amassed an 80-54 record at CLC and took the Kingsmen to the "Sweet Sixteen" in the NCAA Division III tournament in 1992 and again in 1994. The Kingsmen won conference titles in each of Dunlap's three years at the school. In his final season at CLC he earned Kodak District Coach of the Year honors. Coaching basketball is apparently not Dunlap's only interest. He has written five different books about basketball and coaching dating back to his first Basic Framework for Achieving Academic Eligibility for Your Players in 1987. He is currently doing doctoral work in Secondary Education and Higher Education at the University of Southern California. Dunlap is married and has three children.

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GRAD SCHOOL SEMINAR Thursday, April 17, 12:30 - 1:45pm Tivoli Student Union, Room 440 & 540 (Free buffet provided by Bi$cuits and Berries)

Linda Lockwood, Ph.d. will be providing tips to the graduate school process: - Finding a Mentor - Researching Schools - Preparing Yourself for the Application - And Much More ...

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Sponsored by: Psi Chi, Psy Club, Human Services, Delta Phi Omega, and the Gamers

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CALENDAR

APRIL 11, 1997

542. Info: Rick Dredenstedt at 722-0944.

GENERAL Free Income Tax Assistance is available in the library foyer 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday and 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Info: 5563181. The Earthweek organizing committee meets every Monday at 9 a.m. in the Tivoli Club Hub room 346. Info: 556-8093. The CoPIRG core meeting is every Monday at 3 p.m. in the Tivoli Club Hub room 346. Info: 556-8093. MEChA meets every Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. in the Tivoli Club Hub room 346. Info: 5568073. Rap Sessions are in the Multicultural Lounge in the Tivoli every Thursday at 2 p.m. The Metro Student Government Assembly meets at 3:30 p.m. every Thursday in Tivoli room 329. Info 556-3312. 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. The Metro Public Relations Organization of Students meets at 6:30 p.m. every second Tuesday at the Denver Press Club. Info: Daryl 329-3211.

Wellness Wednesdays are 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Wednesday in Plaza Broom 150. Get your blood pressure checked, body fat tested and look into alternative therapies. Info: 556-2525. The GIG series hosts musical guests at noon every Thursday in the Tivoli atrium. Info: 556-2595. A musical adaptation of the Canterbury Tales will be showing at 7:30 p.m. April 1012 and 17-19 in Arts Building room 271. Admission is free for Metro students, $8 for non-students, $4 for other students. Info: 556-3033. "To Be Let Alone," a play about the Supreme Court and sodomy is in the Tivoli Turnhalle at 7:30 p.m. April 17-19. Admission is $5 for students and $7 for non-students. Info: 556-6333. The Listening Post is in the Tivoli Monday and in South Classroom and North Classroom Wednesday and Thursday. Practice Tai Chi Chih in the park Thursdays in April at noon by the Mercantile. If the weather is bad, meet in the Auraria Events Center racquetball court #1 . The Faculty Art Show is in the Center for the Visual Arts, 1701 Wazee St. through April 23. Info: 294-5207.

Truth Bible Study meets 3 to 5 p.m. every Wednesday and Thursday in Tivoli room

FRI. APR

Faculty Upside Down hosts a discussion by Howard Paynter at 11 a.m. at the Daily Grind in the Tivoli.

Peggy O'Neill Jones will discuss Multimedia Applications at 3:30 p .m. in Plaza Building room 246. Info: 556-3922.

TUE. APR

Club Natural Philosophy hosts a lecture by Dr. Dave Wineland on "Trapped Ions, Schroedingers' Cat and Quantum Nooners presents "Planning for your own Computations" in North classroom 1608 at . Financial Future" at 12:30 p.m. in Tivoli 4p.m. room329.

SAT. APR

The Metro-Denver Baha'i Club hosts a discussion of "The Physics of Star Trek" at 7:30 p.m. in the center at 225 E. Bayaud Ave. A gospel workshop hosted by Horace Boyer is in St. Cajetan's Center from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Info: 556-3180. "Composing a Life: A Symposium on Creativity," is from 8:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. in Tivoli room 320. Info: 556-8441.

SUN. APR

A Gospel Concert hosted by Horace Boyer is in St. Cajetan's Center at 3 p.m. Info: 5563180.

MON. APR

Charles Angeletti will discuss "Impressions of Turkey" at noon in St. Cajetan's Center. Info: 556-4004. Towering Issues of Today hosts "Unleashing the WWW" at 1 p.m. in Tivoli room 640.

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"Best Relaxation Techniques" workshop starts at 12:15 at 1020 Ninth St. park.

WED. APR

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PSI CHI club bake sale is in the Plaza Building. Nooners presents "The Basics of Buying a Computer" at noon in Tivoli room 329. Wellness Wednesday in the Student Health Center Plaza building room 150.

THU. APR

A Grad School Seminar starts at 12:30 p.m. in Tivoli rooms 440-540. The Calendar is a free service of The Metropolitan for students, faculty and staff of the Auraria Campus. Calendar items for Metro receive priority due to space limitations. Forms for calendar items are available in the Metropolitan office suite 313 of the Tivoli student union. We reserve the right to edit items for space considerations or to refuse any items we deem unsuitable for publication.

~MSCD WRITING CENTERl& Announces Workshops

SUGGESTIONS FOR DEVELOPING AN ARGUMENT Wednesday, April 16, 4:00 - 5:00 pm in the Writing Center with Mitchell Clute leading the workshop

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