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dissertation for her Ph.D. and did not have a lot of teaching experience, but The METROPOLITAN she still organized various lectures . Humility can sometimes be a difficult and labs her first year. emotion to swallow, especially when . Land was also the key planner faced with the most disappointing out- for the criminalist\cs advising center, · come of a career. which provides students with the necProfessor Susan Land of the . chem- essary information for internships istry and forensics department has been as and keeps the program from stagnatill-starred as the other professor denied ing. tenure; however, she says she maintained ''The kind of students I brought no less of a supportive following. out gave the department credibility," The chemistry faculty voted 9-0 to Land said. When I came here, the recommend Land for tenure; the Letters, school didn't even want the departArts and Sciences committee voted 4-3 in ment. I turned it around." support of her, and her tenure appeal com"Clearly the chemistry departmittee voted 5-0 to ment is bitterly have her tenure denial disappointed," reconsidered. Land said Milton was denied specificalWeider, departly by Joan Foster, dean ment chairman. of Letters, Arts and "The administraSciences, Provost tion'.s decision Sharon Siverts and clearly i!i a disadPresident Sheila vantage to the facKaplan . ulty and to the pro"I, too, had supgram." port, from the stuKaplan dents, the staff and the - Milton Weider, released a stateforensics community; ment last week chemistry department afler mine was just lower she denied chairman 'Land tenure in profile," Land said, comparing her case to which she said political science proLand had not met Eric Drummond!rhe ME-mOf'OUTAN fessor Robert Hazan's the criteria for CCD students Jim Senterfit (left) and Gregory Larson play footbag at the tenure controversy. tenure as listed in CCD Spring Fest on Wednesday. "I do not want to diminish any of his the faculty handbook, though she did {Hazan's) .successes. He's worked for it not specify wh'!t was not up to par. and he's earned it," Land said. Land's students are distraught Land is responsible for developing about the negative tenure outcome. support·and for all efforts on my behalf," tenured professor. Metro's forensics department, which is the "I found Susan to be an excellent pro- Land said. "As far as I know, that's just a rumor only such program in the Rocky Mountain fessor and her class was a very likable Land has been provided with a six- and is not at all what the chemistry departregion. expenence," said John Gaskell, student year termina! contract from Metro. As for ment wants," Land said. When Land began teaching at Metro government member. "I think it's shame- her future plans, she has not made any "The department will not allow the in the fall of 1992, she said the department ful that Kaplan and . the Provost refused decisions. forensics department to run with part-time was not highly regarded as an important her. Professors like Dr. Land are what There has been speculation among teachers," Weider said. program, and in fact, the school did not make a great school." students that the administration would like Kaplan was unavailable for comment. even want the department. "I want to t)lank the students, faculty, to staff the forensics program with partAt that time Land was still writing her forensics aommunity and the staff for their time faculty and spare the cost of a
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· NEWS ANALYSIS The results of the Student Government Assembly election were in long before the voter statistics were released Thursday. Final figures revealed a trend known to the candidates and many of the voters even before they hit the polls. Throughout the campaign, every movement or statement the candidates made swayed the student favor a little closer to a particular party. The major dent to the Student Involvement Party's chances came when the group posted a flier that many students, especially those from women ' s groups, took offense to. Students said the flier contained suggestions of rape and misogynist views, that it reflected on who the candidates were, regardless of what issues the flier sought to address. Amy Haimerl, candidate for president from the party, said the group was looking for a way to catch students' attention so they would stop to see what issues the candidates dealt with. The flier did capture students' attention but not the way it was intended. By the time the flier's author, Matt Johnson, wrote an apology to students, it was too late. The original action had · sealed the party's fate: All members, except for one, garnered the least number of votes of any ticket. The only elected member afliliated with the party, Jane Duncan, landed a seat on the Student Advisory Committee to the Auraria Board, beating out incumbent Andy Nicholas. This, perhaps, occurred because Duncan also actively campaigned outside of her ticket while Nicholas made few appearances to the student body. It was the case of the recognized · winning the prize. This extended into most other positions as well, most clearly with The Collective ticket. President-elect Karmin Trujillo from The Collective wm; cverpresent at all debates and during voting time. She, however, could not carry her ticket into recognition even with her notoriety. Contrary to its label, The Collective seemed rather collectively uninvolved as almost none of the ticket showed for any debate or campaigning efforts. However, even these unknowns beat out the Student Involvement Party. The Involvement Party had campaigned as much as Trujillo, as a whole, but were perhaps too well-known, to the point of becoming infamous. The next logical choice for a new government fell to the Student Advocacy Ticket, whose members seemed neither overly offensive nor completely disassociated. The Advocacy group joined Trujillo and The Involvement Party in an active campaign, also standing outside the voter area encouraging students to vote. The Advocacy 's presidential candidate, Derek Dye, was not elected, pefhaps due to his projected image of a slick • politician. Though Dye talked about 0
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that his work with student activism on campus would help The METROPOLITAN him to take charge of With one of the highest voter it. turnouts in Metro history, a new student Brailey said he would like to make government was elected April JO. More than J ,000 students came out student government over two cold, windy days to vote for more accessible to their future student leaders, a figure far students and motiover tile typical 300 to 600, said Zav vate them to be more Dadabhoy, adviser for the Election active. He. said he Commission. would like to apply The students selected former Vice grassroots activism President of Student Fees Karmin Trujillo to ·the campus, someas the next president. Trujillo said she had thipg he has done for her eye on the position even before com- the last year. Since last year, ing to student government as a budget writer last fall. She transferred from the Brailey has worked Source: Metro Election Commission Office of Student Activities where, she with the Colorado said, she learned how to deal with stu- Public Interest John Savvas Robertsrrhe METRoroLITAN dents, faculty and administrators, which Research Group on such projects as the will help her in her leadership role. Now that she has the job, Trujillo Grate American Sleep-out and the RTD She said it is important for students said it is just a title to her and that she wi II bus-pass campaign. He is also co-chair of to· be involved somehow with their colnot try to control other student govern- the Democratic Socialists club at Metro, a lege and when in office, she intends to ment members. group that he said educates people about implement workshops for those students "My leadership style is very open," socio-economic issues, including work- confused as to where to go and how to be she said. "It's not a pecking order at all." ing with labor groups. more active in school functions. ft is also John Gaskell, the newly elected vice The Vice President of important for student government mempresident of student services, who is a Communication will be Gabriel bers to make themselves more available pre-med student with majors in biology Hermelin, who was uncontested in the to those students in need, Mills said. and chemistry, has not had any previous race. Leader of campus organizations the Mills is a first-year political science interest in politics. Auraria Queer Alliance and the Lesbian, student at Metro and is president of "I want to change Gay, Bisexual and MECHA, a Chicano organization, and an the way students are Transgender Alliance, intern with CoPIRG. treated," he said. '.'I Jessie Bullock is the newly elec!ed Hermelin said she will think there is bad seek to identify cam- Vice President of Student Fees from the morale among the peopus groups and student Student Advocacy Ticket. Bullock has no ple working in Student government to students official experience in politics; however, Services, and students in an effort to increase stie is interning at the Colorado Capitol shouldn't be treated campus involvement. doing research and is lobbying for like second-hand citiShe would also CoPIRG. zens." like to hold evening When Bullock begins her term, she Gaskell said he meetings once a month intends to first examine the issue of the to allow night students matriculation and telephone fees . The $25 thinks better job training should be available lo attend . She also said matriculation fee is charged to all firstin the financial aid and that monthly forums year Metro students and offsets the cost advising offices to put on by the assembly of records, documents and transcripts, but ensure better customer would increase student only pertains to the first semester, service. awareness of the Bullock said. Gaskell also wants The $4 telephone registration fee is issues. The drive to get to start a task force students active was the charged to each student for registering for with student govern- John Gaskell, main motivation for classes over the phone. According to ment and members of joining the Bullock, it should not cost very much at vice president Hermelin's other stuc:1ent organizaall for the school to have that phone serrace. of student services tions to work with "I don't believe vice. department heads and "Overall, l just want to see the stustudents are not interested in getting dent government get other students Vernon Haley, Metro vice president for student services, to pre- involved,'' she s~id. "They just don't involved," Bullock said. Bullock is a political science major sent the administration with more student know how." feedback. Jill Ann Mills from the Student and has been involved with CoPIRG for Gaskell said there should be . work- Advocacy Ticket and the newly elected two semesters. stud.Y students working in the Child Care Vice President of Student Organizations Jane Duncan from the Student Involvement Party was elected to the Center to reduce the $420 a month fee. At agrees. that price, he said from experience, child "l think students are willing to be Student Advisory Committee to the care adds up to more than full-time active; they just don't know how or wh~e Auraria Board this term. Duncan is a history major at Metro and has not had any to go," Mills said tuition, including books. She also has a tremendous interest in experience in politics. Gaskell's personal experience with The first issue Duncan will attend to high costs on campus may be useful to politics. Mills decided to run for student new Vice President of Personnel and government after getting involved with in her term is examining the budget for • Finance Sean Brailey. Brailey said he has various student activities and having Auraria. see STUDENT GOVERNMENT page 7 virtually no experience in this area, but problems getting things done .
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"I think there is bad morale among the·people working in Student Services, and students shouldn't be treated like second-hand citizens."
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Tivoli worker dies in deli A woman collapsed and died Monday in 1.R. Phat Boys in the Tivoli. Joan Berry, 66, was pronounced dead from unknown causes in the emergency room at Denver Health Medical Center at 6:06 p.m., a hospital spokeswoman said. Berry ordered a bagel with cream cheese at the deli and before receiving her order, she fell, striking her head on the floor, employee Zach Dunn said. There was nothing out of the ordinary about Berry before her collapse, Dunn said. Witness Gabriel Hermelin, newly elected to student government, said it looked as if the woman had a seizure. She said people were trying to put things in her mouth to stop the convulsing, but
Hermelin, an epileptic, said she told them to just leave her alone and give her some space. Berry was taken to the hospital shortly after. Berry worked as a telephone interviewer at Fieldwork of Denver, Inc. for more than six years and was j ust months away from retirement, Fieldwork employ: ee Don Mcintyre said. The company's offices are located in the Tivoli. Berry's death was completely unexpected, he said. Berry "was loved by everybody," Mcintyre said. "She was the sweetest of women, and we're really going to miss her." - Greg Kilcoyne
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Metro students Anna Rodriguez (left) and Jan Laohabutr study Wednesday after near South Classroom. With finals coming in less than a month, students try to prepare as best they can.
Auraria officer awarded the situation in hand by asking everyone to leave. Casias then started to talk to the The room was laden with officers in man, asking him why he was doing this their best blues, and the sun was shining. to not only himself but to innocent peoA perfect day to commemorate the brav- ple. Casias' wife, Karen, said, "It was ery of Officer G. Kelly Casias by pre- amazing how easily my husband took senting him a Medal of Valor on Tuesday. control of the whole situation. I was just On Nov. 26, amazed that it hapCasias was at the Rose pened so quickly, and Medical Center emermy husband did what gency room being he did, on crutches at treated for an ankle that. I think Kelly could injury. Casias, an relate to the guy Auraria police officer, though, because he.. was off duty at the too, was a Vietrram vettime, so the events in eran." the next half-hour truly Casias said the proved what Auraria man then turned the - Kelly Casias, Chief Joe Ortiz said: knife on himself and Auraria policeman began to to push it into "A policeman 1s ¡a policeman through behis stomach. "I started telling the guy, 'you can't cause even when he takes off his uniform, he is never off duty." do this to yourself. Not after what you Casias was waiting to be discharged went through in the war and you came from the hospital because of an ankle out OK,"' he said. injury when, "I heard this woman "All of a sudden, he sat down and screaming, and I turned around to see a then, before I knew it, he just slid the man chasing a nurse with a folding knife. knife over to me and the rest of the offiHe started screaming at everybody to cers present took over." ieave him alone, or he was going to kill One of the nurses who witnessed the somebody." happenings said, "If it hadn't been for Casias went on to identify himself as that off-duty officer, someone would a policeman and immediately tried to get have been killed."
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" ... I turned around to see a man chasing a nurse with a folding knife."
Airborne toxic pollutants, metropolitan air pollution, stratospheric ozone loss: This is fun stuff we are talking about. Solid waste disposal, water pollution, sewage treatment: All of this and more - is on the daily agenda of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who will be speaking Monday on pressing environmental issues in the Tivoli union. "I love what I do," Kennedy said in a telephone interview Wednesday from his J>ennsylvania hotel room. "I love my job. I love the time on the river I spe!ld with the fishermen. It is what I do best." Kennedy, an environmental watchdog, started working with fishermen trying to clean up the waters of the Hudson River and Long Island Souf'\d in 1984. At the same time, he was conducting an investigation of a creek in New York where he would sit out on lawn chairs next to protruding pipes that led to the creek, scuba dive through the ice to find steep drainage pipes, and crawl into pipes that required gas masks. Through this difficult work he documented 24 different units who were polluting the creek, and he brought lawsuits against every one of them. "(The polluters) were forced to clean up the creek," he said. "The creek was a very troubled urban tributary in New York, and our purpose in that was to return it to the people so that any kid in Newberg could put a fishing pole over his shoulder and catch a fish in the creek, which they can do today." And this led to his career with the National Resources Defense Council where he said he brought on more cases against government polluters than any other attorney. The NRDC is made up of 30 attorneys, 17 scientists and over 150 others. It performs studies related to public health, the environment, nuclear energy and energy conservation. Together, Kennedy and the NRDC have tried their best to be the always-recurring itch on the back of non-budging Congresses. Kennedy, who also is a Jaw profes-
sor at Pace University School of Law in White Plains, N.Y., said that while the last Congress just dismantled all environmental legislation put forth, the new Congress is a little better. "You can't get much worse than the previous one." He said he spent the majority of the last two years lobbying, on behalf of his clients, against the anti-environmental provisions of the l04th congress, which Kennedy called "the most anti-environmental congress in the nation 's history." There are, however, some troublesome provisions that in Congress, he said, most of which he is going to touch on in his lecture. He suggested those who want to make a difference in their environment should come and li~ten to him speak, and, as always, write to your Colorado legislators. While Kennedy is no stranger to Colorado, he is here strictly for business this time. He said that he has made yearly ventures to the state since he was a 3year-old. The now-43-year-old admitted it was usually to enjoy the ski slopes. He spends most of his time either on the job in New York or lobbying in Washington D.C., doing his best to educate the American people on the state of their deteriorating surroundings. His New York surroundings include his wife and their four kids: Bobby, 12, Kick, 9, Conor, 2-and-a-half, and Kyra, 1-and-a-hal f. Just having stepped down from the presidency of the New York State Falconry Associat.ion, he also enjoys river rafting, hunting, fishing and ice fishing, which he does throughout the winter. He is also an author, having written three books and numerous articles in The New York Times , The Wall Street Journal, Esquire and the Washington Post. Mis new book will be released in August. When asked if he planned his Denver environmental lecture to kick off the Earth Day celebrations, he seemed detached. "I guess they figured that I lecture on the environment, and it being Earth Day and all ... they must have put the two of us together."
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Kaplan responds to faculty no confidence Editor's 11ote: President Sheila Kaplan responded via intercampus e-mail Thursday to last week's vote in which Metro faculty expressed that they did not have co11fide11ce i11 her ability to lead.
KAPLAN'S RESPONSE Dear Colleagues: As you know, results of a poll of tenured faculty undertaken by a faculty group have been released. The results suggest that I and my adm inistration need to expand and strengthen communication and consultation, and we will. During the almost four years I have been president, I have pursued a forward-looking agenda at making The aimed Metropolitan State College of Dell'Ver a model of urban public baccalaureate education in this country. I have undertaken that agenda on behalf of the students and communities we serve. Our accomplishments, achieved with the planning, par-
"The progress we have made together is substantial, and we should take great pride in it."
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ticipation and hard work of the college community, are noteworthy. Enrollment, minority enrollment and minority graduation rates all are up. The college's financial resource base has been expanded. This has enabled us. to hire new faculty, to invest in academic programs and to improve the delivery of student services designed to help students succeed. A new classroom building and a cultural arts center have been approved for the campus. Significant investments have been made in technology, and the college has been cited for its leadership in using technology as see KAPLAN page 6
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Fed era I legislation would alloW tax-free work-study Jeffrey Kosse ff University Wire Service
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. - If a proposal by U.S. Rep. Joe Knollenberg becomes law, students' paychecks will be a little larger. The bill, which was proposed last week, would make work-study earnings free from federal income tax. "Tuition costs are rising faster than most incomes," said Knollenberg, RBloomfield Hills. "This is a way to ease that burden." As President Clinton continues to promote plans to expand the Hope Scholarship and Pell Grant programs to help lower-income students, Knollenberg
saictwork-study programs also aid middleincome students who ne~d assistance in paying for college. "We hear a great deal about the various scholarship programs," Knollenberg said. "But you don't hear about those folks caught in the cracks. This is creating a level playing field between scholarship students, grant students and work-study students." Knollenberg said that although some may say his 'proposal will cause the government lo lose money, the government will benefit from it in the long run. "If these students can gel their workstudy income tax-free, they can get a supplemental job that will increase government revenue," Knollenberg said.
Knollenberg said he hopes there will be bipartisan support for the prof>?sal. Vicki Crupper, interim assistant director of the University of Michigan's Office of Financial Aid; said that while the proposal is intended to benefit students, it does· not have a large effect on most of them. "Most students who work work-study do not earn enough for which they are required to pay tax," Crupper said. Under current laws, people who are claimed as dependents may deduct up to $4,000 from their taxable income. But some work-study students said the extra money every week would be a pleasant surprise. "I really think it would help me out,''
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Welcome To Your Future Kaplan promises action In The New Telecommunications World Explore this dynamic industry at the Denver Cable Coalition's Telecommunications Career Expo. Wednesday, April 23, 1997 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Tivoli Center Turnhalle 901 Larimer Street Denver, CO
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a teaching and learning tool. I am a voting member of the Auraria Board of Directors, which has increased the college's influence in how the campus is run. Political and community support for the college has increased substantially, a~ has the infusion of money raised from private sources. We have just launched an Identity Campaign on campus and in the local media aimed at generating interest in the college aqiong prospective students, solidifying our image in the community and garneri ng increased public support for our important role and mission. Under the leadership of an intluen-
tial and dynamic Foundation board of directors, we are about lo undertake a Major Gifts Campaign on behalf of the college that will raise millions of dollars for scholarships and program initiatives. The progress we have made together is substantial, and we should take great pride in it. As we continue to move forward, I and my administration will redouble our · efforts to communicate broadly, to consult w idely, and to more fu lly involve the college community in the challenges that lie ahead. What I would value and appreciate in return are your constructive suggestions for how we more effectively can work
Blood drive honoring slain officer Criminal justice students and faculty are sponsoring a blood drive in honor of Denver police officer Ron DeHerrera, a Metro alumnus who was killed two weeks ago. Blood may be donated next Wednesday and Thursday in the east corridor of the North Classroom. Bonfils Blood Center will be drawing the blood, which will become part of the supply for the Denver area. They will also be doing bone marrow typing , which requires about two tablespoons of blood, and this will go to a national database for those who need marrow transplants, Criminal Justice Department Chairman Walt Copley wrote
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When: Monday, April 21, 1997 Noon - 1:00 pm Where: Tivoli 542 ln this symposium Dr. Abbas Khajeaian will examine, as a moral an~ ethical imperative, our society's need to find a common ground among people of different race, gender, ethnicity, nationality, and lifestyle in order to build a truly . multicultural democracy that embraces each and every one of its members.
Friday via e-mail. Since bone marrow is d ifficult to match between the donor and patient, Copley said, it is unlikely that the donor would be called lo give marrow. He said that this would only be the case if thal person were the last resort. DeHerrera graduated from Metro's criminal justice department last summer. He had been out of the police academy and on the job for two days when his patrol car was struck by a teen driving a stolen car at 90 mph. The Denver police officer fought for his life for si.x days before he died.
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Delta Phi Omega, The Department of Criminal Ju stice, and his family are sponsoring a whole blood and bone marrow typing drive on the 23rd, and 24th of April. Bonfils Blood Center will be set up on these dates in the east corridor of the North Classroom Building ·
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04109191 (Wednesday) Police called a Metro student's mother after a witness left a note on a Toyota that said the car had been hit and gave the student's license plate. The student's mother verified that her son had been driving the van with that license plate. His father arranged to have his 19-year-old son go to the Auraria police with the van and discuss the incident.
"I will be very critical of budget spending, and I want to act as a kind of watchdog over it," Duncan said. She said a fonn of credit union in the Tivoli could be most valuable to the student body, and the Tivoli should include more space for students and student activities. Duncan has served on the board of the Honors Club for one academic year. Other new officers include: Chuck Bennett, board of trustees representative; Becky Geist, vice president of academic affairs; Teresa Harper, vice president of diversity and Maria Rodriguez, Student
Advisory Committee to the Auraria Board representative. The sole referendum on the ballot also passed student vote, with a ratio of almost 6 to 1. Students allowed CoPIRG to draw a waivable fee for three more years. "We're definitely happy to see an 86 percent vote for CoPIRG, and it's definitely appreciated by the campus and CoPIRG has earned respect," said Joey Lyons, Metro campus organizer for the Colorado Public Interest Research Group. "This was a banner year for educating students, and with the RTD pass, we made a clear communication for the referendum."
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grassroots politics and advocacy for the students,.he often appeared too good to be true. Dye, a legislative aide, used political buzz words to address his party's issues, something that seemed to not go over well with voters. Conversely, Haimerl ended with the same position as Dye, but she dis-. suaded voters with a much stronger personality. Voters seemed to be looking for the friendly tone of Trujillo, which perhaps won her the top spot. Most of those who competed genuinely deserved the positions they sought. Some just played a better game than others.
All in a day's work 04/08/97 (Tuesday) Auraria police arrested a 26year-old man for suspicion of assault, disturbing the peace, possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia at 8: 10 p.m. in the Tivoli.
Because all-nighters arent always spent in the librarY.
I'll take that to go 04101196 (Monday) A 51-year-old transient was arrested for suspicion of shoplifting in the Tivoli McDonald's at 5:30 p.m.
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Stolen note tote 04/07/97 (Monday) A backpack and contents worth $209.50 were stolen from the Arts Building. The bag was left on a pullout shelf in a music practice room. When the student returned from class, it was gone.
Dime store thief 04106191 (Sunday) Auraria police reported that two parking meters were broken into and an unknown amount of change was stolen between 11 p.m. Saturday and 6 a.m. Sunday on the 900 block of Champa Street.
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dence article in The Met that Sheila Kaplan has no influence over faculty or the students. I am assured that I will not be deprived of the education Dr. Hazan has to offer me as a .student. This also includes other great educators such as Oneida Meranto and Laura McCall who all have had a profound influence on my professional career. When I am teaching high school in Denver Public Schools, I will be honored to carry these influences with me. Helen Giron-Mushfiq Metro student
End Cuban embargo After a week of visiting Cuba, Rhonda Lewis, in a March article in The Metropolitan, states that " ... besides just pens and pencils, the citizens are short on clothing, cotton jeans, T-shirts, soap and antibiotics." Then she states, "Cuba now has a literacy rate of 94 percent as a result of the changes that Castro implemented ..." And she concludes with, "But how many changes can they make if they can't even get a hold of pens and pencils?" To this writer, this is an odd spin, especially when all of their education is free, including university; their health care is free, with some of the best doctors in the world who often give their free services to other countries in need (remember this is a small island); and among other things, they are developing solar, wind and hydroelectric power, plus biomass energy and organic pest control. Cuba is certainly not a utopia, but all its goals are hampered by the Helms-Burton embargo. Lift free trade restrictions and our freedom to travel there, and there should be no talk of their (remarkably humane) cutting of corners. When we're in trouble (at least to those governing the slicing of our pie), what do we cut? Tom MacDonald Metro student
Part-timers ignored Please excuse the pencil. We have 18 part-time instructors in my department housed in a 9-by-12 room crammed with three desks, four filing cabinets, one word processor that works and another that takes up space. There is a typewriter in the reception area but the student assistant is using that desk at this hour. I read with amusement that President Sheila Kaplan of Metro State College doesn't take seriously the recent no-confidence vote. She states " ... it was not delivered to about 50 other full-time faculty or more than 300 part-timers who teach at Metro." This is a first in Metro history. A president who would like an opinion from a part-time instructor. Does she really believe that the vote percentage would change if additional faculty or staff would have voted? I doubt it. Knowing that this is a negative issue her supporters rallied and did vote. She should be relieved that the 300-plus part-timers were not asked to vote as she would have had at least a 90 percent vote of no confidence from them. In my own, admittedly unscientific, poll I have not been able to find one part-time instructor who would have given her a positive vote. We have 18 part-timers in my department this semester and I interact regularly with part-timers from several other departments; history, biology, math, criminal justice, music, etc.
Tenure triumph
Dr. Kapl~n is the current president in a long string of presidents and other migratory administrators at our college who, early on in each of their tenures, stated that they would address parttime concerns about conditions, wages and benefits. I have kept records since Presidents Magelli and Fulkerson were in office and every administrator has a standard speech that patronizes part-time instructors but never includes any positive action. Part-timers have not had a true pay raise in nearly 20 years. Every administrator will give you the standard speech telling the part-time instructors how wonderful he/she is, how much he/she means to the school and telling everyone how they are doing everything in their power to help. But the truth is not one administrator with clout has ever taken a serious look at the problem and stepped forward to start the necessary procedures to bring relief to these employees. Dr. Kaplan will move on and take with her the staff she brought. The rest of us will stay, and the department chairs will keep us afloat the way they have for the past 30 years. I really think we should abolish the idea of having a president at all or at least find one from in-house. Larry McGill Metro instructor
'The Met' is an opera My name is Mark A. Sedlacek and I have been a student at Metropolitan State College of Denver for some time. Additionally, I have a degree in graphic design and illustration and own and operate a business called On Your Mark graphic design. My question to anyone that can answer it is: "How can I become notified of pending bids being taken by the college on design work?" Is there a list my company can be placed on? I nor-
mally would not speak out against another design team. However, in this instance I felt compelled to do so. "The Met." Pleeeeease. This college already suffers from a "quaint image," something we've all worked hard to overcome. I do not attend an opera nor a quaint two-year or technical college, and I believe that if someone had taken the time to research the college's image, they would agree that The Met is a poor choice of representation. While this is only my opinion, I feel it to be a valid one, having spoken to many other people that feel the same way. I for one will never use or adopt such quaint slang when speaking of Metropolitan State College of Denver, and I would urge all to do the same. Mark A. Sedlacek Metro student
Kaplan cause of crisis Wow! Dr. Robert Hazan was granted tenure. I want to begin with the fact that Dr. Hazan's tenure should not have been a question in the first place. But, when looking at the facuJtY's vote of no confidence in President Sheila Kaplan, it is understandable why Dr. Hazan had to weather this crisis. I am Chiricuhua Apache, and last semester was the first time I met Dr. Hazan. His honesty and his acceptance of other cultures impressed me immediately. Dr. Hazan is an example of someone who truly understands diversity. While Americans all over the country grapple with the question of diversity, Dr. Hazan takes the bull by the horns, and shows us all what diversity is all about. He certainly lives by the concept of "celebrating diversity." In a Rocky Mountain News article, President Kaplan stated that "the faculty and the students had no influence ¡ on her decision to grant tenure to Dr. Hazan." It was clear with the no-confi-
Dr. Hazan , you are a winner. Congratulations on receiving your tenure! Your continued presence at Metro will help many students, as you helped me. They, too, will now be inspired by your tireless and exemplary service as an outstanding and caring teacher who is committed to our learning and our personal growth. I give you my heartfelt "award" of excellence! Eulease Yokum Metro alumna
'Felt' is not said I am writing this letter due to the disappointment I felt when reading the article entitled "Group nearly kicked out of election" by A. Jeter. The article was about the complaints the Student Advocacy Ticket filed against The Collective during the student government campaign. The following statement was written about me in the article: "Bullock, overcome with emotion, left the hearing room for about 20 minutes because she felt her ticket's concerns were not being taken seriously." The first half of that statement is correct and the rest of it is a lie. As a journalism student I have been taught here at Metro that it is completely wrong to write about something or someone without verifying that it is true. I have been in classes with the reporter who wrote this article. I know she has been taught the same things I have. She never once asked me why I left the room on the day of that hearing, and she also obviously didn't watch the clock while I was gone. If I would have been asked why I left the room, I would have said that it was because spectators in the room during the hearing weren't taking our complaints seriously. Contrary to what was reported, I felt the members of the Election Commission were taking my ticket's concerns very seriously. I would hope in the future that before assumptions are made, questions are asked. It is a reporter's job to ask questions and search for the truth. You know what they say about people who assume things. It's all in the word. Jessie Bullock Metro junior
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Redefining rape is dangerous I am incensed with events that have occurred between students over the past few weeks. I have refrained from "ranting" this semester in an attempt at lending my voice to the support of the students instead of myself. I learned an important lesson. When you give your voice to a cause, it is no longer your own. People use it, make it their own, take credit for it and package it in such a grotesque manner that it sickens me even to listen to it. So, for those of you who have always considered me an arrogant and iconoclastic fool: I am back. This is my voice. Gayle Johnson wants you to know that, as a "staunch feminist,". she welcomes joking references to the female anatomy and perverse humor regard. ing rape as a way to prove that sexism is pervasive in our society. Rape, however, is not a joke, which is what Iota Iota Iota would like everyorie to know. Now, they are being attacked as feminazis - a term coined by Rush Limbaugh for public consumption because they spoke out about a flier that referred to sex in a crude, masculine fashion as "in and out, in and out." The flier also made silly references to
female anato- ers, refused any real and visible help my and rape. It until, on· the day of the rally, the funcwasn't funny. tion appeared kosher. Members of the PSA are good at What is funny, though, is that attacking "outsider" groups, such as a member of . Iota Iota Iota, but is there any subthe Political stance to their jargon? The fact that Science Gayle Johnson would pull out a dictioAssociation na'Y. to prove that there exist other would stand definitions of rape than violent sexual behind the flier misconduct is proof that this political Gary with such a group, as it exists now, is absolutely Noms ridiculous worthless. Where is Chris Lovejoy? statement as "it shows how much The fact that someone would explain work there is to be done.n away a serious problem by "redefinReally, I am not offended by stu- ing" it is a completely fascistic movedents' actions. I am offended by the look to history. . reactions of people in leadership posiWhen will we all learn that words tions. For example, whel] Dr. Robert mean much more than they say? The Hazan's tenure was denied, I received beginnings of action are found in a phone call from Elizabeth Colatrella speech. For us to find rape silly is about forming a rally in support of him proof that we still do not take the conand other issues concerning students cerns of women, their private thoughts on campus. The faculty could not give and worries,· seriously. Worse, though, us any visible support (for fear of is that someone would seem to argue administrative reaction). We spent two that rape's existence is necessary to days organizing a student walkout. We justify the feminist movement. As if called as· many of the student leaders being a woman is not enough. we could. The groups I like to _refer to as "the outsiders" on the campus supGary Norris is a Metro Senior ported us fully. The PSA, among oth-
The thought police are on the loose - watch your words The commissars of sensitivity are back at Metro, keeping it safe for those of us too weak to define words properly. Ah, the cool breeze of political correctness is in the air again • with the self-appointed thought police rearing its ugly head. The Student Involvement Party obviously crossed the line by putting out a flier that stated the campus bookstore was "raping" its customers (some will agree, others not). Iota Iota Iota was the first to chime in on how outraged they were that the SIP would use a word that they had claimed as their own - how dare SIP use the word rape contrary to Iota Iota Iota's definition. Now, more letters from what seem to be supporters of SIP though with much gnashing of teeth. Ms. Johnson discusses SIP's "unwitting error" and naivete of using the word rape improperly - if they only knew how politically incorrect they were, they never would have used the A word in their campaign literature. Johnson goes on to say that
SIP's use of the word rape in a flier just goes to show how pervasive sexism is in our culture when intelligent college students don't understand how vulgar they are being. So, people of Metro watch your mouths - if you use rape in an inappropriate context then you will be shamed into acting properly in the future. Ms. Tradii in another letter gives us another English/PC lesson telling us the proper use of the word rape - it may only be used in describing the use of force to engage in sexual intercourse with a women (let's not even discuss men in prison, another issue we won't get into, because, well you know, it would take away from the proper agenda). Tradii states that the SIP trivialized women and the "outrage over the language was swift," as it should have been, though it toQk away from a <lebate about the real issues at Metro. Ms. Tradii, maybe one of the issues that should be discussed on campus is whether academic freedom will be permitted and
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tolerance embraced. If the SIP would have just been more sensitive (read: used the word rap~ only in its proper context) everything ·would have been perfect - i~s platform was much better than the other candidates'. Neither Ms. Johnson nor Tradii need to worry. The bullying brown-shirt tactics of the thought police have worked wonders rather quickly on the "perpetrator." But, I wonder, where were the show trials reminiscent of. the good old days of Stalin? Did I miss it? Damn. Mr. Johnson, writer of the campaign literature, has confessed to his crimes in embarrassing and morose detail. As I read his apology, it is from a man who has faithfully spent his time in a PC reeducation camp. Repent he has to the PC parties at Metro the line will never be crossed again by Mr. Johnson. And if admitting to his mistake was not enough, he enfeebles himself further by stating even though he is trying to educate himself, his "education is
incomplete." There is still much more to be learned. And if his weak-kneed acknowledgment to his vastly expanded enlightenment of proper English usage does not satisfy the party, more public flogging will be in order and accepted with grace and good cheer. Sadly, the lesson Mr. Johnson should have learned from his experience . is that at some point these commissars of. PC must be repelled before they ransack and destroy what is left of a true "liberal" education in America. A final note. It would be appreciated if the PC hoodlums could give each member of the campus community a dictionary in which they have excised all definitions of words that will not be spoken on campus. This action would help myself and others immensely - knowing our own weaknesses, we would not want the same fate as Mr. Johnson. Trey Fleisher Metro Economics Professor
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he first movie Keith VanderLaan did si)ecial ·effects for was not exactly a success - at least .not in the eyes of Hollywood. The movie, also written and directed by Vanderlaan, was about a psycho who runs throu~h a home for the elderly causing terror. Its lack of success could probably be attributed to the fact that VanderLaan was only 10 years old at the time. With a limited budget, he was forced to use hamburger meat to depict the gore. And while it did not achieve box office success, it was a small step in a giant career of amazing effects . Vanderlaan is effects producer for Greg Cannom Studios, which specializes in creatures, makeup, animatronics and puppetry, and recently created the severed heads for the movie 8 Heads in a Duffe l Bag-. 8 Heads is just the latest in a long list of blockbusters the studio has worked on, including Mrs. Doubtjire, T-he Mask, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Cocoon and The Lost Boys. Creating the eight heads, along with matching "stunt heads," required a crew of 21 people and took about three weeks. "It was just tremendously challenging," VanderLaan says. Cannom Studios helped in selecting the actors who would portray the heads. They first began by making a cast of each actor's head and creating a clay mold. It is here that facial details are sculpted in. After that is competed, a second pour is done using silicone. This will be the head used in the movie. All of the hair on the face is real. VanderLaan avoids using acrylic nylon hair because it melts too easily. Each piece of hair, including eyebrows, had to be sewn onto the head. The eyes and teeth are acrylic. The stunt heads were designed for much rougher treatment and shots farther away, but VanderLaan put as much care into those heads as he did the ones for close-up shots. "I'm obsessed with detail, so it was hard not to detail them," he says. VanderLaan is able to bring such amazing detail to his creations partly due to his study of the body, which he mentions with an unexpected casualness. · • "Over the years I've studied heads, dead bodies, that sort of thing," he says. But this was not the line of work he expected to follow. He says he had always wanted to do something creative but entered the world of effects after becoming an assistant for Greg Cannom. "Greg is the kind of guy who gives people opportunities," he says. He has been doing effects professionally for more than eight years with his first creature work • for the movie The Puppetmasters. VanderLaan now develops projects for the studio, while Cannom handles all of the conceptualizing, deciding what characters will look Jike. 0
Kevin JuhaszJThe METROPOLITAN HEAD CASE: Special effects producer Keith VanderLaan for . Greg Cannom Creations Inc: clowns around with some of the heads from 8 H.eads jn a Duffel Bag. VanderLaan likes to keep a base staff of about 20 people and then hire more as projects require. He credits these people with ~elping in his success. "I've been very fortunate to always work with a group of talented people," VanderLaan says. But it is not always work. VanderLaan also likes to have a little fun with some of his creations. Sometimes leaving surprises in the dumpster for the sanitation engineers who take care of the studio. "I am the kind of guy who leaves body parts in the dumpster," VanderLaan laughs. "Fake body parts!" Such creations can also cause a bit of a hassle. He ~ays he is always having to stop and explain his luggage at airports. He may have more explaining to do in the future. Next up for Greg Cannom "Productions is more parts for the Wesley Snipes vampire flick Blade.
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Celebrating life.
eeing that the land was poisoned and plants and animals were dying, one man decided he had to find a way to call llttention to the environmental neglect taking place on Earth. Sen. Gaylord Nelson began Earth Day as a way of alerting people across the country to the dangers of pollution. Nearly 20 million people participated in Earth Day I 970, an event that is still just as important today. Students feel Earth Day is important to educate people and send tJ:le right environmental messages to the surrounding communities of the importance and com- · mitment and the environmental challenges and solutions we must understand to solve our environmental problems. "I feel Earth Day is •an important event at Auraria campus because it inforrns us of what we should be doing to preserve our environment," Metro student Michael Borquez says. "I also believe this is an event every student should participate in because the decisions we make now regarding our environment will reflect upon future generations." CoPIRG worked with several other clubs on campus and chose to focus on subjects that are not norrnally covered on
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transportation choices. Richard Elexis, a volunteer for CoPIRG, says his passion for the planet brought him to volunteer. . "Earth Day is a celebration of commitme.n t to our earth and environment," he says. . - He is in charge of music for the Earth Festival and tried to make his selections of local musicians as diverse as he could because our planet is diverse. During the festivities today, CoPIRG will address two bills they are tracking through the Colorado legislature, according to Joey Lyons, campus organizer for CoPIRG. HB 1176, an a'ir: quality bill that would ease up on pollution control, and SB47, which limits the amount of control l.ocal communities have over their environmental protections. CoPIRG will discuss them at the fair then take 15 minutes to encour- · age participants to write a postcard to the legislature addressing the bills. After that is done, the postcards will be taken to the Capitol and given to the legislators. Events take place at various times during the week. For more information, call CoPIRG at 556-8093 or e-mail them at copirg@pirg.org.
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- Plant a tree - they use up .carbon dioxide af!d produce oxygen.
Sh2"'e ~ "de - Use carpooling or public transportation, not just on Earth Day but whenever possible. Try riding your bike instead of driving. Automobiles account for 20 percent of nitrous oxides, an ingredient of smog and one of the main environmental pollutants.
- Call your local parks and recreation department or department of transportatiofl for information.
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ow could a person help but have .preconceived doubts about seeing a play called Hurly Burly that they know nothing about? I know, I.know, don'tjudge a book by its cover; hence, don 'l judge a play by its name. But I couldn't help but wonder, "Why in hell would someone name their play Hurly Burly?" Let me tell you, if I ever learned my lesson not to be so incredibly judgmental, it was then. David Rabe's Hurly Burly takes the audience on a journey into the substanceladen life of fast-lane Hollywood in modern times. The four main male characters are each going through their own type of pre-midlife crisis and draw other c~arac ters into the complicated web of the sometimes blatant and often superficial world of show business. Eddie (Brett Aune) and Mickey (Scott Blackburn) are roommates in an incredibly hip, poshed-out apartment in the West Hollywood hills, which is the set of the entire play. It is never made completely clear what the two do exactly, but they make a good 1iving doing whatever it is. Their friends include ~e vehemently passionate Phil (Matt Saunders) and the workaholic, business-oriented Artie (Philip A. Russell). The web begins with Phil arriving at Eddie and Mickey's apartment. Phil has just been dumped by his wife - again but this time it is for good, he promises. As he and Eddie discuss the issues of the break-up, which include Phil punching her, Mickey is awakened and, thus, drawn into the conversation. Also happening the night before, Mickey had taken out Eddie's dream woman, Darlene (Catherine di Bella), whom Eddie· had fallen instantly in love with and wanted his best friend and room-
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mate to meet. This girl was, after all, possibi°y "the one." Eddie's introduction backfired as the chemistry clicked even better between best friend Mickey and "the one" Darlene, thus leading to them going out to dinner and sleeping together. As this argument of jealousy is continued through many monologues of strenuously elaborate grammatital usage so popular in plays and movies today, Artie arrives to "give" the roomies a girl he found living in the elevator in the hotel he was staying at: Donna (Tina Jones) has b~en ditched by her boyfriend. She is a "care package" for the roomies to screw around with when they aren't involved in serious relationships. Scenes pass and Eddie and Darlene find themselves arguing while waiting for Mickey to get home - he and Darlene had a date planned. Mickey gets home and says Jhat he had heard every word of their argument and, like the best friend that he is, says it was true passion, even though passion was the furthest thing from my mind, sitting in the audience. So Mickey leaves the two passionate aficionados alone and they partake in a little horizontal tango. A few weeks later, Phil decides he wants to get back together with his wife, and in his frustration, he blows his short-fused temper while quarreling with Donna and ends up head-butting her over a discussion about football. She leaves - end of.act. And that is only act one of a three-act play. Warning to early risers and those with kids: Bring the caffeine or prepare to keep the babysitters late as this 8 p.m. curtain doesn't shut till around 11:15 p.m. The actors' characterization were superb, especially Aune and Blackburn's interpretations of the two main characters. The most aloof observer could tell that a lot of time and effort was put into developing the elaborate relationship between the two. Eddie's role in the plot is to r~mind everyone that they are residing and working in the Hollywood community and that
BURLY BOYS: Eddie (Brett Aune, left), Mickey (Scott Blackburn) and Phil (Matt Saunders) from the play Hurly Burly. no one is to be trusteJ as everyone is a snake. He is also there to be the often drunken and ripped butt of many insults such as "prick!" l!'.1 Mickey is definitely the more sensible one - probably the one who remembers to pay the bills and clean the toilet. As the sensible Mickey prods the near-junkie Eddie to drink caffeine instead of snorting the lines of cocaine he had been doing throughout the first act, Eddie says: "Caffeine is fucking poison. Don't you know that?" And that portrays their relationsbip very well. • Also excellent was the set design by master carpenter Eric Pruett. Through his carefully detailed work, the audi.ence was given a look at the' inside of an authentically up-scale apartment, only on stage. The addition of art-deco, modernistic furniture added realism to the wood-laden set and also added a more personal flair to the show itself. You know that only people in Hollywood would actually buy a lamp that
looked like that: with a firm, heavy base and a long pole arching over the couch ending in a spherical dimple with a light bulb protruding from it. The lighting complemented the cute curved balcony of the Acoma theater and blew up the stage with illumination at the perfect moments. As far as scripts go, I cannot think of a more realistic and conversational script that I have ever read. This is a true masterpiece by David Rabe.
Hurly Burly by David Rabe
8 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays through May 3 Acoma City Center 1080 Acoma St Call 458-0755 for reservations.
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9:00 - 10:00 a.m. Keynote Address St Cajetan 's Cathedral at Auraria
Throughout the Day at the Plaza Building second flool'
Sheila Kaplan, President of Metropolitan_ State College of Denver
Thomas Barrett, Director ofState of Colorado Menial Health Services will aiscuss his vision ofPsychology in the 21st century •Faculty Presentations •Technical Presentations •Demonstrations • Student Poster Sessions
For Further Information Contact The Psychology Department at 556-3205 Co-Sponsored by Psi Chi, The Psychology Club, The Research Club and the Psychoiogy Department of Metropolitan State College of Denver
John McDonough/The METRoromAN UCD student Jamie Dye (left) and CCD student Paul Wils nap . in the spring we.a ther on Wednesday. Warmer temperatures are expected t.o grace Denver at least through the weekend.
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any art students, in their single-minded pursuit of a degree in art, do not spend much time contemplati11g p<;>st-graduate life. Typically, the full brunt of reality sets in as the bills stack up, student loan lenders demand their monthly due and artists find themselves taking any employment to survive. School's dependable safety net is gone, and without guidance and deadlines to promote strong artwork, most art students never make the transition to professional artist. Attempting to educate and prepare students for this pragmatic aspect of art, a free seminar, "Business of Art," was held April 14 in the Tivoli. Sponsored by the Metro Art Department, the Art Guild, the Clay Club and the Student Advisory Council, "Business of Art" featured a panel discussion with Sandy Carson, owner of Carson Gallery, clay artist Myron Melnick and Sally Perisho, director of the Met.ro Center for the Visual Arts. "About one-tenth of 1 percent of art students go on to live their lives as. professional artists," says Melnick, a professional artist for more than 20 years. "Art is a very romantic thing to do, but it takes continual effort. You have to spend your lifetime improving your art, bringing it up to a certain standard, being disciplined ... spending time in the stu-
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by a car. "I drew the whole scene with crayons," he says. Wood, a biker, now does murals on motorcycles, vans and customized original paintings right out of his house. "If people give me an idea of what they want, I'll get a rough sketch working on it and then start shooting paint on it." Wood's style is self-classified as surrealism, abstractism and fantasy. In his half-painted and half-sculpture art he utilizes aluminum foil and fiberglass, mainly for their lasting abilities and light composition. "In other words, you don't want a 100 pound painting to fall and hurt someone," he says. Through his art, Wood says, he wants people to question and confront their beliefs, fears and religion. "If people confront their fears, they will be a lot less fearful of things that they don't understand." Wood says people have preconceived notions of what people and things are, based on appearance. "If people can break through that, they will find that the things that they are afraid of, and didn't understand, can be easily understood and not feared ," Wood says, adding that people use fear to intimidate other people. He says people are afraid of death or being impoverished in a world full of death and poverty. "Per.;onally, I can't understand the fear of it, and I like people to ask why they are afraid of these things." He questions religion through his artwork. "The big religions condemn each other, but everybody believes in a superior power," Wood says. "It's all about choice." Wood encourages artists to follow their heart, display talents and not to worry about critics. . "You've got to go with your heart," Wood says. "Don't worry about what people say. If it's from your heart don't worry about it." He adds that people should look beyond the symbols. His goal is to own a chain of unique galleries. He wants a gallery with a relaxed, easygoing atmosphere where a lot of younger artists can display their works because, he says, a lot of talented artists with no knowledge of business rarely get opportunities to display their art. "You need lo learn about contracts and copyrights because you can get 11ung for not knowing the copyright laws; ' Wood says. "Now artists have the chance to explore old masters of art and utilize their specialized talents and also experience with their own works."
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dio every day creating and staying m touch with your work." Carson, involved in Lhe art trade for more than 20 years, says: "I am here to prepare you for some reality. The selling of art has nothing to do with the creative aspect. It is rather mercenary, rather cold. The running of a gallery is very expensive - the overhead is enormous. There are more artists out there than there are people who want to buy art. The competition is fierce." Perisho agreed. "You have to be very flexible - it's a constant battle," he says. "I feel it is very important for artists to put together a good-sized body of work to show others that this person is dedicated to the creation of art and to reflect that the work is constantly evolving." The panelists recommended an inventory of approximately 100 works before approaching galleries. Introducing artwork via slides is the best technique, since "slides are the standard language in the art world," says Melnick, "and a group of people passing photographs is more confusing than everyone focused on the same projected image." To ensure the work has the best possible representation, hire a professional photographer experienced in photographing artwork. Make duplicates to avoid giving a gallery an original slide. The slides should be clearly labeled and presented in sheets of 20. Emerging artists should know current market prices to intelligently price a work as neither too high nor too low. Galleries can make up to 50 percent of the selling price. "I need to feel that these pieces are worthy of sale in my gallery, that I believe in this artist's work, and that the work is worth the price being asked," Carson says. Melnick says, "Unfortunately, art is rather depressed right now. Practicality in
pricing is smart while you're considered an unknown." When an artist seeks representation, Carson advises they "research the gallery in question. Are you compatible with Lhe owner? How long have they been in business? What is their price range, and what is the selection of artists? How will your work fit in? Who are their clients? There must be integrity. You have to work with honest people - that's the bottom line." "There's lots of good artists out there," Melnick says. "But to make connections with the right people is not that easy. Its critical to work with legitimate people." "It's a really small community," Perisho cautions. "My highest recommendation is to treat the people who are working for you with respect ... word-of-mouth recommendation between gallery owners is common, and if someone acquires a reputation as being difficult to work with, they might find it hard to expand into other galleries." The artist should not drop in on or write to a gallery for information. Arrange an appointment for an interview and bring a resume and slides at that time. Marketing artwork is a time-consuming business, and artists should be prepared to accept rejection as part of the game. "It won't be easy, but to be successful you have to take risks," Carson says. "You have to believe in what you are doing. Mutual respect, compromise and understanding must exist between the artist and the gallery owner." Lest the task ahead of them seem too overwhelming, the students were reminded why they attended this seminar in the first place. "Remember, you are making a contribution," Melnick says. "Respect your work. Use the best materials. Make things that last. I Jove what I do. I feel very fortunate to have been doing art for this long."
HEADIN' OUT: Tommy Spinelli (Joe Pesci) is a hit man trying to get eight heads across the country in 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag.
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little over r:olfway through 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag, Charlie (Andy Comeau) wonders about the heads of the people Tommy Spinelli (Joe Pesci) has in, well, his duffel bag. He wonders what kind of lives they had. He wonders if they had dreams. He should have been wondering what writer/director Tom Schulman was thinking when he took an interesting idea and some wonderfulcy dark comedy and cheapened it with mediocre scenes and acting. 8 Heads is the story of a hit man who must bring the heads of eight people he and his cohorts murdered to the crime boss who ordered the hits in order to receive payment. As is expected - otherwise there would be no movie - things do not go
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he has ever done. In 8 Heads, however, he is not constantly on the screen, and the breaks almost make him tolerable. It also helps that Pesci is much better at using his acid-tongue, and Schulman uses that to the movie's advantage. Spinelli will not tolerate Ernie's sarcasm and puts him in his place several times, as many would probably like to do with Spade. What does bring down 8 Heads is the amazing ability to overact displayed by Cannon and Hamilton.
Schulman may have been trying to capture Hamilton as he was in 'Zorro the Gay Blade. Hamilton has only been able to pull off that in that movie and none other since. Even if he was able to pull it off, it dQes not fit in this movie. It clashes horribly with the otherwise good scenes between Pesci and Comeau, who although were enemies in the beginning of the movie, eventually work together to help each other out. It is fonnulaic, but it works. Pesci is fast and funny and Comeau does a great job as the more level-
headed half of the troubled duo. More scenes of the two of them together would have been a plus, but Schulman passes. Spinelli hints to Charlie that his life as a hit man is not exactly what he had in mind, and that he lost his own dream. Schulman never introduces us to that. Instead, he brings in more bad comedy. He includes a scene where Pesci is obviously at odds with what he is doing via a nightmare in which the headless bodies come to remove his head. Charlie's questioning his line of work brings this mental conflict to
light. Spinelli shrugs it off, and there's more bad comedy. Had Schulman taken a little more time to explore the possible directions of this movie, he may have had one of the most original and funniest movies ever. Instead he tries to mix the idiocy and humor of his What About Bob? with the heart, darkness of his original screenplay Dead Poets Society. What he gets is a story that crashes and bangs along like a headless body. Oh, the irony.
Food Bank Brew Fest Jimmy's Grille will hold its Fourth Annual Micro Brew Festival to benefit the Food Bank of the Rockies. The festival runs from noon to 5 p.m. at Jimmy's Grille in Glendale on April 26, and features over 70 microbrews. There will also be giveaways and home brewery demonstrations. Tickets are $I 5 with all proceeds benefitting the food bank. Call 322-5334 for more information.
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After falling behind in the standings early in the season Metro's baseball team is hoping for a seasonlengthening rally. The Roadrunners took the first step toward that goal by splitting four games with the University of Northern Colorado last weekend. Metro now hopes to be on the upside of the adage that things will gel worse before they get better. In Greeley, however, things just kind of balanced out. Metro dropped a 9-8 decision in the opening game of an April 13 doubleheader, but rallied in the. second game, crushing the Bears 16-4 and returnin~ to Denver for an encore with UNC on Monday. Same teams, same result. The Roadrunners dropped the first game of a doubleheader 7-4 and bounced back to win 6-1 in the finale. Metro pitcher Mark Sheley, last week's Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference pitcher of the week, suffered his sixth loss of the season in the opener in Greeley. Sheley, who gave up nine runs on I 0 hits, said pitching was the difHyoung Changrrhe METROPOLITAN ference. "I thought we had some strong CRACK OF THE BAT: Metro left fielder Jay Vean makes contact with a pitch against outings from all of our starters," the University of Southern Colorado in an April ·s game.
pitcher Mark Sheley · said. "There were two games where the bullpen came in and didn't get the job done. And that is what killed us this weekend." While pitching caused problems, several Roadrunners were swinging heavy lumber. Catcher Pat Maxwell slammed two home runs, scored five times and drove in four runs in the series. Leadoff hitter Jason Brandenburg was similarly effective. Brandenburg went 6 for 14 with three runs scored and three RBI. Brandenburg said the squad is not ready to throw in the towel. "We arc not just here to play, we want to go on and win the . RMAC championship , " BrandenhuFg said. Metro may have missed its firM opportunity to gain grollnd in the standings by letting the two close games get away. Metro takes on the soon-to-bcdefunct University of Denver Pioneers today at 2 p.m. DU is scrapping its baseball program at the conclusion of the the season as the school is making the transition from Division II Lo Division I. The teams will play a double- · header Saturday beginning al noon and will close out the series Sunday, also starting al 12 p.m. Metro leads the series 43-30.
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The Metro men's tennis team has been missing in action for several weeks. More correctly, it has been missing action. The team recently drove all the way to Texas to get hailed out. Metro managed to get 20 minutes of a match played - barely enough time to get warmed up - before Mother Nature started cooling things down at West Texas A&M University on April 10. All four matches scheduled for the three-day trip suffered the same fate - nasty weather. It is not a good thing to have happen to a team that is trying to prepare itsself for two upcoming tournaments, especially when those tournaments may make or break a .season. No. 6 singles player Nathan. Green said he and his teammates are not worried.
DU rain on Roadrunner tennis "We're on a mission from God," Nathan Green said in a brief Blues Brothers imitation. The mission is to prove to everyone, especially ranked conference members, that Metro's team is for real, Green said. Me~o hosts the Colorado Collegiate Championships this weekend. The tournament consists of eight teams competing for the right to claim· the title of Colorado's best. The Roadrunners met their first oppom;nts in more than two weeks Wednesday and lost 5-4 to the University of Denver. "It was an excellent match," coach Haili McLeod said. " I mean the DU coach looked very worried. "We had everything to gain and nothing to lose, ·where as they had a lot to lose." McLeod cited a laundry list of impressive DU victories over ranked opponents as cause for the opposing
coache's concern. The match came down to a three-set battle between Metro's No. 2 singles player Manuel Ponce and DU's Erich Koch. Koch eventually prevailed, 3-6, 7-5, 6-4, dusting Metro's hopes for an upset Another. tight struggle came in the No. I singles match. Metro's player Peter Lantz nipped Ryan Lutz 7-6, 7-6. Ponce teamed with Lantz to defeat Koch and Lutz in the No. I doubles match 8-3. Valiant efforts dashed by defeat seemed contagious Wednesday, as Metro's women's team lost to DU 7-2. The Roadrunners' t~o victories came in doubles matches. Kelley Meigs and Danielle Nelson won the No. 2 doubles contest 8-5. Lena Capra. paired with Maria Nystrom fashioning an 8-2 win in No. 3 doubles . Metro hosts the men's and women's RMAC Tournament, which begins April 25.
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"But as I write these words now I cannot stand and sing the National Anthem. I have learned that I
remain black in a white world." - Jackie Robinson
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Fifty years ago Jackie Robinson began tearing down walls by hitting baseballs over them at the major league level. On April 15, 1947, Robinson became the first black man to participate in a major league game when he took the field as a Brooklyn Dodger. This week, baseball fans everywhere celebrated Robinson's contributions. Metro coach Vince Porreco is one of them . "I think it was a big step in history," Porrcco said. "I think it was a great achievems;nt for Jackie Robinson to step in and break the barrier. " It opened up a lot of doors. It wa.s in a rough time period and, obviously, it is a monumental moment." Although Metro's current team has no black players, there have been a few to enjoy success on the diamond as Roadrunners. C I i f f who Rogers, played in 1991· and 1992, was the last to wear a Metro uniform. Rogers, an outfielder, started in eight game~ in 1991. He hit Cliff Rogers .229 in 35 at bats and drove in four runs. Skin color has absolutely nothing to do with recruiting players, Porreco said. When it comes to recruifing, the focus at
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HANDS ON: Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier~ 1947, becoming the first black player in Major League Baseball. Robinson's jersey No. 42 was retired on the 50th anniversary of his first game. Metro is on talent and the desire to get an education, Porreco said. A limited recruiting budget and lack of loyalty from in-stale players are reasons Porreco points to for the absence of blacks on the team. · "We try to take- a look at everybody, especially in the Denver area," Porreco said. "There is a lot of talent in Colorado. "I think a lot of these high school kids want to get out of Colorado to go play college ball." One of Colorado's most celebrated black high school athletes, Cherry Creek star Darnell McDonald, did just that last fall. McDonald decided to play football and baseball for the University of Texas. McDonald is clearly a Division I ath-
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lete. The lack of an in-state Division I baseball program might have affected his Pundits have predicted decision. McDonald as a possible first over-all pick in this summers' major league draft. Losing players to out-of-state schools may not have seemed fair to Porreca until last year when he began to steal players from other states, too. Up to that point, there was not enough money in the budget to recruit out of state, Porreco said. "It's been very difficult in the past because the in-state and· out-of-state tuition is such a big difference," Porreca said. "When you're dealt a certain budget, it makes more sense, when you have to 'fill a team with 24 or 26 players, to go out and get three in-state players instead of one out
of state player." Porreco said a majority of his recruiting is done at various junior colleges and can't remember seeing a single black player on any of the teams he looked at last season. 'There are various reasons why kids don't either stay in the state or do not come to Metro, but it's not (in our hands) because we've been out, and we've been beating the bushes with the Colorado kids." In Lime. Metro will have another black player on the baseball team. Despite budgets, despite what state he comes from, there will be another, and he will have Jackie Robinson to thank for it. Major League Baseball, in an unprecedented move, thanked Robinson on the anniversary of his first game. The No. 42, Robinson's jersey number, was permanently retired. The No. 42 will nc;ver be issued to another player, though players currently wearing the number will be allowed to finish their careers w i t h Robinson's old number. Seattle Mariners allstarcenter fielder, Ken Griffey Jr., began the season wearing No. 42 as a tribJackie Robinson ute to Robinson. He will don his usual jersey, No. 24, for the remainder of his career. All major league uniforms bear a patch signifying the 50th anniversary season.
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top youth clubs as a midfielder, Crookham said. Metro added some defense with freshman-to-be Matthew Morga11 from Tulsa, Oklahoma. Corey Martin is the lone player from Colorado, although he did not come to Metro from an in-state school. Martin is a junior transfer from the Citadel who oncoe played at Cherry Creek High School. "'They are going to help us tremendously," Crookham said. "We are going to have a lot of competition for each spot, which is going to be nice. "Everybody who is here right now is going to have to work hard to keep their. spots, and I anticipate probably three out of the four that we' ve already signed to be
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Women's Soccer A left-footed player in soccer is as valuable as a left-handed pitcher in baseball, women's soccer coach Ed Montojo said. Montojo has added another lefty to his lineup with recruit Julie Zanon from Philomath High School in Philomath, Oregon. Zanon will give Metro added depth and the ability to play to different positions, Montojo said. Those positions are forward and midfielder, where she excelled in high school. Zanori made the 1996 All-State team in Oregon, and Montojo expects the new-
Women's Basketball A 5-foot- l 0-inch shooting guard is special in the world of Division II women's basketball. Metro coach Darryl Smith has his. Smith's newest recruit, Danielle Stott, a junior transfer from Western Nebraska Community College, runs the floor well and is a solid perimeter defender.
Rugby Metro's rugby club defeated the University of Northern Colorado l 0-0 last weekend.
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Basketball Boys' Basketball Camp June 9-13 June 16-20 Auraria Campus Contact: George Demos at 470-3126 or Joe McCleland at 556-4823
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every Thursday in the Tivoli atrium at noon. Info: 556-2595.
GENERAL Earth Week is April 21-26 on the Auraria Campus, The CoPIRG core meeting is every Monday at·3 p.m. in Tivoli Club Hub room 346. Info: 556-8093.
A musical adaptation of the Canterbury Tales will be showing through April 19 at 7:30 p.m. in Arts Building room 271. Admission is free for Metro students, $8 for nonstudents, $4 for other students. Info: 556-3033.
MEChA meets every Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. in Tivoli Club Hub room 346. · To Be Let Alone a play about the Supreme Court and sodomy is in the Info: 556-8073. Tivoli Tumhalle at 7:30 p.m. through Rap Sessions are in the Multicultural April 19. Admission is $5 for students Lounge in the Tivoli every Thursday and $7 for non-students. hlfo; 5566333. at 2 p.m. The fyfetro Student Government Assembly meets at 3:30 p.m. every Thursday in Tivoli room 329. Info 5563312.
The Listening Post is in the Tivoli Monday and in South Classroom and North classroom Wednesday and Thursday.
The Attention Deficit Disorder Advocacy Group meets every Monday in Arts Building room 177A from 3:00 to 4:30 p .m. Info: Katie 5568387.
Tai Chi Chih in the park is every Thursday in April at noon by the Mercantile. Meet in the Auraria Events Center racquetball court No. 1 if the weather is bad.
The Metro Public Relations Organizations of Students (PROS) meets every second Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at the Denver Press Club. Info: Daryl 329-3211.
The Faculty Art Show is in the Center for the Visual Arts, 1701 Wazee St. thr<?ugh April 23. Info: 294-5207.
Truth Bible Study meets every 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. to 2 p.m. in Plaza Building room 150. Get your blood pressure checked, body fat tested and look into alternative therapies. Info: 556-2525. The Gig series hosts musical guests
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Alice Walker will be discussing and signing, "Anything We Love Can Be Saved: A Writer's Activism" at noon in the LoDo Tattered Cover, 1628 16th St. Info: 322-1965. Faculty Upside Down hosts a discussion with Leslie Swetnam at 11 a.m. in the Tivoli Daily Grind.
The Women's Leadership conference presents "Women as Leaders: ~oday Health and Fitness Day Fair from 11 and into the 21st Century" from 8 a.m. a.m. to 2 p.m. on the Plaza lawn and to 3 p .m. · in Tivoli room 640. flag pole area. Registration is $5 and irn:ludes · breakfast, materials and lunch. Info: Nooners hosts "Intro to Rebirthing 556-4087. Workshop" at noon in Tivoli room 329. Info: 556-4247. Club Natural Philosophy hosts Dr. Randy Tagg's discussion of "Ray The PSY Club hosts a discussion on Chaos" at 4 p.m. in North classroom "Diversity of Grad Degrees" at noon 1608. in Plaza room 244. Info: 556-32-05.
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Shelden Steinhauser will speak on "Lessons for the Living" at Regis University's Holocaust Awareness Week at noon in Regis' student center. Info: 458-4153. Toads in the Garden hosts a reading by Ali Zarrin at 8 p.m. in the Tivoli Daily Grind. Admission is $1 for students, $2 for others. Info: 556-3940. Nooners hosts "Colorado Grizzly Project" at 12:30 p.m. in Tivoli room 640. Info: 556-4247.
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· Department of Psychology hosts a conference, "Stepping into the 21st Metro Baha'i Club hosts "The Century," from 8:45 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Evolution Creationism Debate" at 11 on the second floor of the Plaza a.m. in Tivoli room 320C. Info: 423- Building. Info: 556-3205. 2484. Blood donations will be taken in Andrei Kazyrev will discuss "NATO is honor of Officer Ron De Herrera from Not Our Enemy" at 8 a.m. in Tivoli 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. in the North room 640. Info: 556-4830. Classroom Galleria. Nooners hosts "The Legalities of a DUI" at 12:30 p.m. in Tivoli room 329. Info: 556-4247.
Auraria Queer Alliance meets at 1 p.m. in 1033 9th St. Info: 556-8095. I
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