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Peter Durbin only needed to complete three courses to earn his Environmental Sciences degree, but he died June 4 in a kayaking accident in Clear Creek. Because Durbin was so close to completing his studies, the Earth and Atmospheric Sciences department is forwarding his graduation agreement to the School of Letters, Arts and Sciences along with a letter in support of awarding his degree posthumously. Professor Roberta Smilnak found that Durbin ·had completed all his degree requirements except for one communications course, one general studies course and one course with an incomplete grade when she reviewed his graduation agreement after the accident. Smilnak worked with Durbin, who had a contract major (a customized major) with Metro, as his adviser. But few - about six over the last 24 years - have been awarded posthumous degrees from Metro, said Jeff Johnson, Metro's associate registrar. The college might reach a decision on Durbin's degree this fall , said Tony Montoya, assistant dean for the School of Letters, Arts and Sciences. Durbin, 23, drowned after his kayak capsized in a surging Clear Creek spillway at 44th Avenue and Everett St_reet. A Wheat Ridge police report said Durbin got separated from his boat and struggled unsuccessfully against the water. Paramedics transported Durbin to Lutheran Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Eight people have died this

year in boating accidents on rivers in Colorado, said George Dennis, the state boating safety coordinator. Durbin's friends said he was always careful when kayaking and knew the risks involved. "If I die, then I die," they recalled Durbin saying. "At least I'll die doing something I love." Friends, family members and instructors noted Durbin for his academic dedication, passion for the outdoors and adventurous, free spirit. They said he was a kind individual who was strongly connected to nature. Smilnak said Durbin's transfer credits from other schools reflected his enthusiasm for the outdoors. Durbin attended high school at Jefferson County Open School. During his senior year, he went on a two-week canoe outing to Minnesota and Canada's Boundary Waters. In his senior portfolio Durbin wrote of how the class influenced him in a piece titled Boundary Waters. "This class and trip were my first steps toward adulthood. It was the most challenging experience I had faced up to that point in my life. " ... Personally, I felt that I grew beyond my greatest expectations. I improved my selfimage, which will stick with me the rest of my life. I demonstrated a willingness to take risks and to challenge myself. I developed many meaningful relationships as a result of going on this trip. " After graduating from high school, Durbin spent a semester at Sierra Nevada College in Incline Village, NV., where he started an environmental club. See DEGREE on 8

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Disability handbook sparks By Jesse Stephenson The Metropolitan

Metro administrators, staff and students agree a handbook that spells out a professor's responsibilities and resources for accommodating disabled students is long past due. But they can't reach a consensus on the wording, length or policies professors should follow until they complete Metro's Americans with Disabilities Act Handbook. Percy Morehouse, the director of Equal Opportunity,-Metro's attorney and a handful of faculty, staff and Auraria employees, formed a committee to begin writing the handbook in 1995. In March - two years and at least three drafts later - Morehouse and the handbook committee thought their work on guide was nearly done. But it turns out they were far from finished. When members of Leadership Education Advocacy and Direction, an

advocacy group for Metro's disabled stu- ed," Mosby said. "They put something in dents, viewed the handbook, they deemed there referring to people who use wheelit unacceptable and dischairs as 'wheelchair mantled plans for its people.' publication. "Plus it was just LEAD President cumbersome." "Percy hasn't fought Kathy Burrows said she LEAD members us. I don't know if believes many profeswere also concerned he's happy with our sors would have ignored that students weren ' t complaints, but he the 84-page handbook asked to be part of the because of its length. didn't publish the handbook committee, "It is too wordy and handbook, and he let Mosby said. But too thick for anyone to Morehouse responded us form our look at," Burrows said. to the group's comcommittee" "No one's going to pay plaints in May, inviting attention to it. (The an ad hoc committee of handbook) is going to -Brenda Mosby, LEAD members to help sit on a shelf somewhere vice president of LEAD revamp the guide. and collect dust." "Percy has not Brenda Mqsby, vice fought us," Mosby said. president of LEAD, criticized the guide for "I don't know if he's happy with our combeing Jong, and containing condescending, plaints or not, but he didn't publish the redundant and grammatically incorrect handbook, and he Jet us form our committee." language. "Terms were used that were outdatMorehouse said he met with the

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LEAD committee to discuss the handbook on several occasions but the revising stage has slowed to a creeping pace. He said he has a growing sense of urgency about getting the handbook, which would be a legally binding document, to Metro's faculty. His goal is to have the handbook ready to publish in six months. "Some of lhe (LEAD members) wanted to talk for a year about revising the draft, and I have a problem with that," Morehouse said. "The (faculty) and the college's attorneys need to have a policy in place that sets the procedures." Regardless of the time frame, LEAD members suggested Metro adopt the University of Mississippi's ADA guide while the committee revised Metro's version of the handbook. But Morehouse said that is not a practical solution since the handbook needs to explain federal and state disability laws.

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Auraria gets cash to build new art building By Lisa Lang The Metropolitan

Plays, recitals, concerts and other performances will have a designated building on campus for the first time since Auraria was founded. Auraria received a $15.5 million pledge, including a $2.9 million initial disbursement from Colorado's General Fund to plan and design a performing arts building for Metro, the University of Colorado at Denver and the Community College of Denver. The first step in the project will be selecting an architect to design the building, said Dean Wolf, the Auraria executive vice president for administration. The Auraria Board of Directors will begin reviewing proposals July 31.

Student jailed on graffiti charge pleads not guilty A Metro student charged with destruction of private property plead not guilty July 11 in Denver Municipal Court and asked for a jury trial. Gary Norris, 26, will be tried Sept. 6 on a misdemeanor destruction charge in connection with graffiti and fliers that were glued to W~st Classroom walls. Under Colorado law, Norris could not be charged with a felony because the estimated damage was less than $400. Norris could have avoided trial by agreeing to pay a fine to Auraria by 5 p.m. on May 7, the day after his arrest. He was

The performing arts building should be completed by 2000 and will have a recital hall, a concert hall, a theater and offices. Auraria administrators chose parking lot G, next to St. Cajetan's Center, as the site for the facility. But parking won't be affected because additional parking lots will be added along Fi fth Street, Wolf said. These new parking lots should be completed by fall 1998. Hal Tamblyn, chairman of the Metro Music Department said he is excited about the new building. "We have no performance space now," Tamblyn said. "We perform offcampus or in rehearsal rooms. The lack of. an on-campus facility is like having a science department without a lab." arrested May 6 and was initially charged with felony criminal mischief. But Norris refused, saying the fine was unreasonable. If convicted, Norris could be fined a maximum of $250 plus court costs. He said he is willing to take his chances in a trial. Norris admitted to making and distributing the fliers, but said he had nothing to do with the graffiti. He said the fliers were an attempt to "motivate" students and make them aware of campus affairs. "I never thought it would get out of hand," he said. Norris is the founder of the Mai68 Vigilance Group, a group to promote student awareness. He said students on campus don't know how to voice their opinions, and he speculated that was what led to the vandalism.

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_Man suing Metro denied restraining order Student tells judge ex-girlfriend pu·ts him in state of 'constant fear' By Dave Flomberg The Metropolitan A man who is filing a wrongful termination lawsuit against Metro was in court July 15, fighting to uphold a restraining order against the women he blames not only for the Joss of his job, but also for the state of "constant fear" in which he said he lives. Samuel Ralph Allen, a University of Co!Orado at Denver graduate student, said he feared Community College of Denver student Dawn Chamberlain, contending she was an irate ex-lover who would "stop at nothing to get him back" for breaking up with her. Allen filed a statutory notice, which is an intent to sue, against Metro at the Colorado State Attorney General's office April 23. A response will be handed down within 90 days from that date. Allen also filed a temporary restraining order July 3 against Chamberlain in

Jefferson County Court. Acting as his own Chamberlain. He blamed Chamberlain for attorney in court three weeks later, Allen the arrest, saying it was one of the many hoped to make his temporary order perma- ways she would try to get at him, including nent. Chamberlain would have been barred having him terminated from his job. indefinitely from the Allen was the North Classroom. paralegal coordinator "I don't think it was for the Metro tri-instiBut Judge Charles Hoppin ruled in favor tutional legal services necessary to put of Chamberlain, saying department for more on this dog and than two years. He that Allen failed to received a letter March show that she had compony show." mitted or threatened 27 from Spike Adams, violence against him. the department's direc- Marshall Quiat Chamberlain has a tor, ending his employdefense attorney ment. restraining order against Allen in the city The letter accuses and county of Denver, Allen of fabricating directing him to stay at least I 00 yards stories about co-workers, as well as engagaway from her at all times. Auraria police ing in "inappropriate, unethical and unproarrested Allen for violating that order on fessional conduct." Adams also said the morning of his court case. Allen's attitude toward a co-worker had Allen said he was released about an created a fearful office environment and hour later, after he showed police a copy of the majority of the other employees in the his temporary restraining order against office no longer wished to have contact

Metro's software revamped; online registration to come By Perry Swamon The Metropolitan

says the site was accessed by users from more than 80 countries over the same period. Those numbers, however, are somewhat inflated because they count every time someone opens up a web browser in Metro's computer labs, even if that user doesn't look at Metro's page.

The new computer system in the works for Metro will mean shorter lines for student services and easier access to student information. "Banner," a collection of software that will make up the bulk of Metro's computer system, will make it possible for students to access information from computers online rather than having to 1 S wait for information in lines. Students will be able to register for People from classes, access their financial aid records, than 80 countries and check their account accessed Metro's balance and degree stahome page on the tus from Metro's home page on the Web. Web in]une. Student Services, ·Financial Aid, and Metro's Internal Finances, Human Resources and The money for the new Alumni Development system is coming from the departments will also get Information Technology new software. The entire department and the departBariner system is scheduled ments that will be upgraded, for completion in · April said Leon Daniel, associate 1999. The student system, vice president for the first of those available, is Information Technology, expected to be completed by adding that he is unsure January 1998. know how much the system Metro's home page is will ultimately cost already busy with activity. "We never really had a An online report says that specific budget set aside for users accessed various pages the project," Daniel said. on the site over half a mil- "We don't have a project lion times last month. It also budget because so many

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things are interrelated. The closer we get to implementation, the more crystal clear we see things." Daniel could confirm the following itemized costs for the Banner system: •$1.2 million for Banner software licensing •$140,000 for a new "Voice Response" telephone registration system •$292,000 for consulting and training •$386,000 for converting the old database system to a new one •$530,000 for new com.puter hardware. Daniel said Information Technology would pay the costs over multiple fiscal years, and the vendors agreed to charge little or no interest for that arrangement. The "Ask Rowdy" touch-screen computer kiosks are another part of Metro's new computer system. The three kiosks, located in the West Classroom, Central Classroom, and the Tivoli, have logged 14,987 uses since August 1996. The kiosks were installed in July 1996 at a cost of $i20,000. Like the website, the kiosks cannot track the number of individual users.

Race survey results near completion By Perry Swanson The Metropolitan

Metro's Equal Opportunity office compiled results of a survey on minority and diversity issues this week and gave the results to an independent contractor for analysis. The report will .be ready for Metro by the end of August, said Percy Morehouse, Equal Opportunity director. The results will be published in a summary report sometime m September. The Campus Climate Survey was meant to gauge relations among minority groups at Metro and get opinions

with him. But Allen believes the real reason he was fired was because Chamberlain went to Adams and convinced him that Allen was an abuser and an "evil man." Adams had at least one "secret meeting" with Chamberlain, breaking the attorney-client confidence, Allen said in a sworn affidavit filed April 30 with the State Grievance Board. He also charged that Adams revealed legal strategies they had discussed to Chamberlain. Adams refused to comment. Chamberlain also refused to comment, instead deferring to her attorney, Marshall Qui at. "I don't think it was necessary to put on this dog-and-pony show," Quiat said after the hearing. "As far as the loss of (Allen's) job, Dawn is just a single mother, and an undergrad student at CCD. I don't think she has the authority to hire and fire a man who works for an entirely different institution."

about Metro faculty and staff. Morehouse said he thinks Metro is a relatively friendly place for minorities since incidents of serious conflict are rare. "How many race riots have we had on this campus?" Morehouse asked. "How many physical fights have we had?" Employees of the Equal Opportunity office sent surveys out in May to three groups - the faculty, staff and administrators, and a group of 2,600 students. They then mailed a second round of each survey June 20, saying that they had not received enough response to start compiling results. · About 4,000 surveys were mailed. At fast count, the office had received over 1,000 replies. Morehouse said that he had been hoping for a return rate of 50 to 60 percent.

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Equal Opportunity director draws on past When Percy Morehouse went to college, he was in the middle of a lot of racial conflict then prevalent at many American universities. Morehouse, 54, described that period in his life as "enlightening." But eventually, Morehouse came to a crossroads. "I could have taken the militant route, like some of my colleagues and friends did," he said. "Instead, I went ahead and got my education and became involved in civil rights." As director of Metro's Equal Opportunity office, Morehouse said he draws on his experience as a civil rights activist in the 1960s when he assesses Metro's racial and gender climate. He is in charge of compiling a survey to gauge Metro's cultural relations. "I look at it in terms of where I've

come from," he said. "I come from a time when my parents couldn't vote because of race. I couldn't vote because of race until I was in my late 20." I come from Louisiana at a time when segregation prevailed by law. "Morehouse said discrimination still . exists, but things are Percy Morehouse vastly better for minorities then when he was growing up. "In the past it was, 'do I have access to this college?'" he said. "Today it's, 'am I getting a quality education?'"

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Auraria searches for · way to save coffee cart By Rob Larimer The Metropolitan

Weiske said the primary reason for the separate bidding is' the effort to save Higher Grounds Espresso may still Higher Grounds Espresso. Extended have a chance to hold its ground this fall hours, a variety of foods and enhancing semester. students' dining options are top prioriLeah Johnson, 26, who operates the ties for Auraria, Weiske said. coffee cart, received notice in May that Higher Grounds Espresso is open her lease was expiring and had until until 7:30 p.m. , Auraria's required closAug. 17 to take her espresso and sand- ing time. wich business elsewhere. "What's happening is really excitBut because of strong student sup- ing," Weiske said. 'There is potential port for keeping the cart, Auraria offi- here to meet Aurai-ia's desires and the cials are trying to students' desires." find a way for Bids for the Johnson and her cafe space are due "What's happening cart, located in July 21 and will be South Classroom, here is really exciting. processed by July to stay. 28, Weiske said. There is potential Since May 19, If Auraria Johnson has colhere to meet administrators find lected over 400 sigAuraria's desires and a "viable option" in natures of students the bids by that the students' who are her regular date, they will customers, urging rescind Johnson's desires." Auraria to keep the lease termination, cart. she said. Barb Weiske, - Barb Weiske, The problem director of the with that, Johnson director of Tivoli Tivoli and campus said, is it leaves her and campus "in limbo" until auxiliaries, said Johnson's eviction auxiliaries administrator s was part of a decimake a decision. sion to end leases She said the for both Higher Grounds Espresso and three weeks between the time administhe nearby South Side Cafe, to make the trators decide on a bid and the date she spot bigger for a new tenant who could is to move out is barely enough time to maintain longer hours. prepare for the fall semester with all the Now Auraria is bidding the cafe supplies she has to order and employspace and Johnson's cart space separate- ment plans to make. ly and decided to remove the food and Weiske said that the pre-bidding soda machines that are in the cafe space interest has been strong. to make it a more attractive spot to So far I l companies have been potential tenants. interested in the cafe space separate "Removing · the vending machines from the cart space, Weiske said. will make the space larger," she said, "It's a strong tum-out," she said. "and tenants won't have to compete "I'm pretty satisfied." with the machines for sales."

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Former provost will not return to Metro this fall By Judy Stone The Me1ropol11an

Former Provost Sharon Siverts will not be returning to Metro in any capacity this fall, a Metro spokeswoman said July

8. "Siverts told the college that she intends to resign her tenured position," said Metro spokeswoman Debbie Thomas. Siverts gave her resignation as provost and vice president of academic affairs in a May 30 letter to Metro President Sheila Kaplan. Three days later, Cheryl Norton took up the post as interim provost, and Metro administrators have since had little to say regarding Siverts' resignation.

"To my knowledge she has no contract (to return to the college as a professor)," said Sandi Jones, director of the personnel department. "She had the option to return to a tenured faculty position, but chose not to." Siverts has been unavailable for comment since her Sharon Siverts resignation and her husband, Dick Swanson, said she was out of the country through July 14 Siverts declined comment upon her return.

J. Gabriel Swifl!The Metropolitan FAST AND FRESCO: M•cus Boswell, a Metro student, waits for his sandwich at Cafe Fresco In the Tivoli Food Court.

Eateries up to par Only one campus restaurant violates Denver health department guidelines for food safety By Adriene Callahan The Metropolllan

Reports from the Denver Department of Environmental Health deemed almost all Tivoli and Auraria eateries clean and safe. Out of 12 restaurants, inspected last week, only one, J.R. Phat Boys, ·warranted a follow-up visit from the health department. The department cited food temperature violations. J.R. Phat Boys manager Joey McMinn said his staff is correcting the violations. Karl" Schiemann, senior consumer protection inspector for the Denver Department of Health, said the most critical items on the department's 44-point checklist are the food temperature requirements. "Improperly stored food is the most common cause of bacteria and toxins, which cause food-borne illnesses," he said. "Many people mistake food-borne illnesses for the flu and never even know they've eaten contaminated food." The department measures and grades food temperatures in two general areas: critical items that can lead to food-borne illnesses, and other items that, if left uncorrected, can develop into a serious sanitation problem. Depending on the type of food served, an eatery can be inspected up to three times per year. While inspecting the Faculty Club, which received high marks, Schiemann used a thermometer to check food temperatures. He also checked the restaurant's general cleanliness as well as the cleanli-

ness of the restaurant's staff. "Personnel is the hardest thing to check," Schiemann said. "You have no idea what people's personal hygiene habits are - they may not shower before coming to work and that is impossible to tell." Schiemann looks for employees who have uncovered wounds or cuts on their hands. He also tries to make sure sinks are accessible and used often. Although it is difficult to guard against contaminated food, Schiemann recommends people always make sure their hot food is steaming hot and cold food is properly chilled. Here is how campus restaurants fared in the July 2 health inspection: Mandarin Palace: No follow-up required, facility is clean. Cafe Fresco: No follow-up required, facility is clean. Daily Grind: No follow-up required, facility is clean. Taco Bell: No follow-up required, one food item stored improperly. Domino's: No follow-up required, improperly labeled spray bottles. Snack attack: No follow-up required, facility is clean. Hammond's Candy: No follow-up required, facility is clean. The Boiler Room : No follow-up required. Rockies Patio Deli: No follow-up required, needs tongs and paper towels. Auraria Faculty Club: No follow-up required, facility is clean. Mercantile: No follow-up required, facility i~ clean.

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Your class starts in one hour, and you have yet to find a sitter for your child. Why not just take little Johnny to class with you? He's a good kid and probably won't bother anyone if you sit in the back of the room. Better think again. Metro professors have the right to bar children from the classroom - no matter how well-behaved they might be. A policy giving professors the last word on the subject is outlined in Metro's student handbook. "Children may be permitted in the classroom with instructor's permission and the understanding that the child's presence is not disruptive," it says. Part-time Math Professor Joyce McKillip has used this policy to keep children out of her classroom. She said chi!dren are a "distraction." McKillip said since students are pay. ing for their classes, they should not have to deal with distractions that can be avoided "especially when the campus has a licensed day-care facility." "Parents think they can control their children, but that's just not the case .children are unpredictable," she said. Sarah Archibold, a student in one of McKillip's classes and the mother of a 4month-old infant, had her own experience with McKillip's policy toward children in the classroom this semester. Archibold said when her day care arrangement failed at the last minute, she opted to bring her sleeping baby to school with her rather than miss class. When the baby awoke during the class, McKillip announced that Archibold's classmates would vote on the issue. As Archibold left the room with her

baby, she said McKillip decided that one dissenting vote would determine that children not be allowed. When Archibold returned to the class she was handed the decision - four people out of 30 voted against having children in the classroom. "I agree with the possible distraction and the fact that people are paying for the class," Archibold said. "I have a pretty thick skin about it, but I do think that (McKillip) could have been more sensitive and handled it on a more personal level." Aida Seye, another of her students, said she failed an algebra class due to child care issues that led to excessive absences. Seye said McKillip would not permit her 8year-old to attend class with her because the professor didn't want to deal with possible complaints from other students. "She knew about my problem, but didn't seem to care," Seye said. "She was not willing to offer alternatives for me to pass the class." John Reed, director of Academic Computing, said that the computer administration staff has received several complaints about loud or obnoxious children in the computer labs. "If the child is offensive to someone, then the computer staff has to put a stop to it," Reed said. The computer administration department does not have a specific written policy about children in the labs, but Reed did mention the Appropriate Use Policy found on Metro's web page. The Auraria Child Care Center is available to students, faculty, staff members and the community from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. The facility accepts children from ages 1 to 5 during the spring and fall semesters.

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Robin Mcintosh spends July 1.1. In a concrete jackhammer, helping to resurface the RTD bus clrcle on the north end of campus.

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Tomoyukl Yoshlura, 23, enjoys the sun and the empty Aurarla tennis courts June 26. Yoshlura Is a business major at Community College of Denver.

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Members of Metro's Student Government Assembly closed to the public a July 9 meeting to discuss raising their pay 150 percent. During the meeting, SGA Vice President of Communications Gabriel Hennelin suggested that the SGA go into executive session because a reporter from The Metropolitan was present. Following a vote on Hennelin 's suggestion, SGA members asked the reporter and two students in attendance to leave the meeting. The assembly discussed and then approved the raise, which would hike SGA officers' monthly salaries from $200 to $500. SGA President Trujillo Kannin later explained that the decision to discuss the pay raise in executive session was based on a state policy requiring public bodies to discuss personnel issues outside the public's view. Jn addition to the raise, SGA members want to increase their work week from five hours per week to 15, Trujillo said. Vice President of Student Organizations Jim Hayen said members of the student government need to be around more." "I don't think 20 hours a month is enough for the students," Hayen said. As of June 18, the SGA had $47, 185 in their budget, which is funded by student fees. The proposed pay raise would increase the payroll allotment from to $28,800 to $72,000 and bring the SGA's annual budget to $90,385, a 91.5 percent increase. Currently, 61 percent of the budget is reserved for the officers' payroll. If the pay increase is approved, the payroll allotment will represent about 80 of the total budget. The Student Affairs Board, the body responsible for distributing money to student organizations, will have to grant final approval for the raise. The SGA will have to supply to the board a detailed proposal explaining the need for the supplemental funds to get the pay raise, Hennelin said.

Metro administrators are investigating two complaints from a disabled student who said she did not get proper accommodations from the college. Catherine Campbell, said she has both a physical and mental disability that have caused her atlendance to suffer and rendered her unable to lift more than ten pounds. Campbell said she is agoraphobic, meaning she sometimes has an intense fear of crowded places. She also said she has a degenerative spinal disk disease. Campbell, a soph o more , received a 'C' grade for a Speech 101 class in February 1994. Shortly after, she filed a grade appeal. That appeal was denied one month later,

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Before enrolling al Metro, he attended Red Rocks Community College and spent a semester in a program at Colorado Mountain College called "Outdoor Semester in the Rockies." Durbin enrolled at Metro in the spring of 1993 and became an active member of the Earth Sciences Club. "Peter's death left a kind of hole and was a great loss to Metro and to humanity in general," said James Cronoble, one of Durbin's instructors at Metro. Phili!) Skaff, one of Durbin's friends, echoed the sentiment. "If someone were to make a difference in this world, it would have been Pete," Skaff said. -His father, Charles Durbin, who described his son as "a loving, free spirit," said Durbin had taken a kayaking class in high school and had been an enthusiast ever since. Peter Durbin shared this enthusiasm with two older brothers, also kayakers. In Peter's memory and his "enthusiastic" spirit, Jefferson County Open School has established a scholarship trip fund to give students "the opportunity to have the experiential learning that he did while participating in the many trips through Jefferson County Open School." The school, which two of his younger brothers also attend, planted a tree as a memorial on the school grounds. Another memorial is being planned along the Clear Creek greenbelt close to the site where Durbin died. John Floyd, .

another of Durbin's friends, distributed a petition in support of it to people at a prayer vigil after Durbin's funeral. Floyd said he got more than 100 signatures and $1,000 in donations. Floyd said Rick Murray, the Wheat Ridge parks and recreations superintendent, approved the plans for the memorial and assisted with developing the site. The memorial will consist of a granite boulder engraved with quotes and comments about Durbin's life. Floyd and others who knew Durbin said their friend's death has taught them· to live life to its fullest. Rosie Durbin "Most of us struggle for a lifetime to be present to the moment," it says in his eulogy. "But you had a natural ability to be present to the person and the moment." Durbin is survived by his parents, Charles and Madeline Durbin; brothers Steven, Ken, Philip, Matthew, David and Luke; sisters Barbara, Rosie and Deana Cowan; nieces Rachel and Aspen; and nephew Malachi. Durbin's older sister, Rosie, played soccer for Metro from 1990-1994, earning First Team All-American honors her senior year. Rosie finished her career as the second-leadin g scorer in Metro women's soccer history.

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In the shadow of the disagreements over the document's length and publishing time frame, Burrows said she is becoming increasingly skeptical that LEAD's suggestions will have influence on the committee. "I think we are out of the picture the problem is they want to get it out and get it rolling," Burrows said. "We have things written for (the Oisabled) to follow all the time, and the people write them are usually not disabled."

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ocial and political topics are often fertile grounds for art. Three artists - Jack Balas, John Bonath and Ron Fundingsland who address current and historical subjects are on display at the Emmanuel Gallery. Each differs in approach and form, but all are inspired by political and social issues. Balas' mixed-media work Spanish Moss: An Effigy of the South combines black and white photography with enamel on wood and canvas. His work explores the history of racism and lynching, as well as current questions about racism and slavery. His prints are all of an abstract nature. The painting Cross, contrasts a bright orange burning cross on black, to make the tones of the fire stand out. Balas' photographs feature men reading books about lynchings in Kentucky, Indiana and Texas. The photographs are taken at such an angle that the viewer seems to be looking over the man's shoulder as he views some of American history's more violent, grisly documents. Some of the images in the books are familiar. Others, like

news accounts of people burned alive with their eyes gouged out and genitals hacked off, might not be as wellknown, Balas said. "On one level, this series of paintings depicts Spanish Moss - that air-nourished plant found hanging like beards on live oak trees throughout the southeastern United States," Balas said. "But beneath this beauty lingered the initial visual association I'd made with the moss - that of dead bodies, lynched, swaying in mute testimony to and as the ultimate detritus of mob violence." A less historical work is Bonath's New Guinea: 2001 Portraits of a New Age. In his silver-gelatin portraits, mud has been applied on the bodies depicted to symbolize their exterior persona. "Mud is used on one hand to represent the primal nature or primal origin of human nature," Bonath said. "On the other hand, mud is used to symbolize the deterioration of individual character caused by the dominance of an exterior persona." Distinct characters are apparent in each of his portraits, such as an eager and steadfast Boy Scout in Rubbing Two Sticks Together, three conservative busi-

nessmen lined up in The Executive Suite (Left One)(Middle One)-(The Other One), and a priest clutching a Bible in The Soul Collector. The mud makes Bonath's subjects, regardless of age, appear quite old, like they might have just crawled out from a 200-year-old catacomb. Ode to Frida Kahlo Hasta Que La Muerte Apar (Until Death do us part) is one of Bonath's most jarring portraits. It features a slender woman, clad in pearls and a white wedding dress, with a bouquet of tulips. Her statuesque face seems to be crumbling amid her sad, hopeless stare. Fundingsland's art, with haunting coded iconography, portrays his outlook on current and relevant dilemmas with sincerity. His work illustrates society's vulnerability. "Frequently, I am affected by social and political issues and often this can be seen in my work,'' Fundingsland said "Either sharply focused or more broadly defined, I almost always think of my work as commentary." All three artists' work will be on display in Emmanuel Gallery through August 7.

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_French movie explores death and loss Director takes viewers through the grieving process of a child By Stephan Donohue The Metropolitan

Children have often been praised for their inherent acceptance of things without bias and their natural tendency to create a world of make-believe, while still being able to distinguish reality from fantasy. Yet in the world of film, it is rare that a child is depicted as having an emotional reaction to death as complex as that of an adult. In the French film Ponette, the little girl's mother is killed in an automobile wreck. The 4-year-old survives the crash and gets only a cast on her arm. . The idea that Ponette's mother is gone and cannot be brought back proves to be unacceptable for her. Furious at her mother for not wearing her seat belt, Ponette's father insists that she come to grips with the loss, and thereby move on with life. Her father's attempt at convincing her of the permanence of death, by visiting the site of the accident, only serves to intensify Ponette's grief. In the wake of this grief, Ponette receives conflicting messages from those closest to her. From her father's firm agnostic stance, to her aunt's devout belief, to her cousins' games concerning the rising of the dead, Ponette begins to piece together her own spiritual beliefs in an attempt to restore the order of her world. Initially, this consists of waiting for her mother to return, until she begins to think of her mother as being in some other place where mother and daughter ate reunited. This stage of acceptance is reflected when Ponette says, "Mommy's still asleep, we'll have to sing her a song to wake her up." Writer/director Jacques Doillon presents the film entirely from the preschoolÂˇers' perspective. The angle and height al which the children are filmed is important in establishing the children relative to their surroundings. The film's lead, Ponetle, is effectively and movingly played by

A REFLECTIVE MOMENT: Four-year-old Ponette takes a metaphysical journey and pieces together a spiritual belief system while grieving the loss of her mother who died In a car accident.

Victoire Thivisol. Often, the camera doesn't pull back to create a feeling of "small children." The focus changes only when an adult enters the frame, at which point the children appear as they do in the eyes of adults. Admittedly, the film is only an approximation of children in their world,

but it is a good one. Doillon spent six months with a video crew filming preschool children throughout France, including selling up interactive workshops with the children in preparation for the film. The screenplay and dialogue grew directly out of these workshop sessions. The film not only is successful in its

aims, but enjoyable as well. A small child working out her own metaphysical solutions apart from admonishing adults is particularly comforting. Upon finishing her final conversation with her mother, her father supportively inquires as to the nature of the conversation. Ponette replies, "she told me to learn to be happy."

Yo I.a Tmgo too crafty for "stoopid mall kids" By B. Erin Cole The Metropolitan

Band: Yo La Tengo Album: I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One Company: Matador Synopsis: Does not kick ass

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Rock musicians are supposed to be dumb. Not dumb in a drooly, mouthbreathing way (although examples of that type abound), but more in the sense that they aren't really expected to think about or have any sort of high~r pretensions

about what they do. Most bands fit these expectations admirably, targeting their message toward weekend warriors, stoopid mall kids, or anyone else who only asks that their music rules, rails, rocks, or otherwise kicks ass. Yo La Tengo does not kick ass. They do not rule. The band expects too much out of their audience for that. Listening to most of their work can be like taking a crash course in rock history, as Yo La Tengo packs albums with countless references, in-jokes and obscure covers. Unraveling exactly what the group is up to can be difficult, but the work is done skillfully enough that one wants to rise to the challenge. Where other bands find their thing and stick with it, Yo La Tengo - consist-

ing of guitarist Ira Kaplan, drummer Georgia Hubley and bassist/goofy-looking guy James McNew - are more fluid, easily switching musical styles and structures, sometimes right in the middle of a song. As a result, the albums tend to have less continuity than most, but Yo La Tengo makes that work in ways that a lesser band might fail. Their excellent ninth album, I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One, is no exception. Stylistically, Yo La Tengo can take the listener anywhere from the easy, grooving rhythms of "Moby Octopad" and "Autumn Sweater," to the droning, textural guitar noise of "DeePcr Into Movies" and the astounding IO-minute instrumental "Spec Bebop." The band throws in plenty of refer-

ences, too, naming a song "We're An American Band", (which is not a cover of the song by Grand Funk Railroad) and doing a dementedly detuned cover of the Beach Boys' "Little Honda." They even namecheck themselves with the song title, "Return To Hot Chicken," a reference to songs fou nd on their previous album, Electr-0 -Pura. While playing "spot the reference" with Yo La Tengo is always fun, the real pleasure in listening lo the group is the incredible music. It has overcome the problem that many bands face, becoming more than just the sum of their influences. While the band always shows off its musical knowledge, Yo La Tengo been able to use that to create some of the best (and most underrated) music available today.

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Post-tenure review policy will spell end of lifelong job security Tenured professors will be subject to a new set of rules once Gov. Roy Editorial Romer issues an executive order News: Gov. Roy requiring state colleges to institute an Romer is evaluation policy. But this move will expected to order forever change the face of tenure and 'is state colleges to potentially disastrous. institute a postEnsuring tenured professors tenure review remain at the top of their respective policy. professions is a noble idea. Fair application of such a policy, however, would Views: Judicious be tricky. enforcement of Tenure as we know it gives a prosuch a policy fessor job security for life. The legislawould be tion Romer vetoed on June 5 would impossible. have changed that by making professors jystify their tenure every five years. They would face evaluation based on teaching performance, research and scholarly activity and public service to the institution and community. Romer vetoed the bill, citing its lack of due process in dealing with tenured professors, but then promised an executive order requiring slate-funded colleges create individual evaluation policies. Therein lies the problem.

An institution could revoke tenu-re based on the vague aforementioned criteria, and professors will face the same nightmarish possibilities that existed within the vetoed legislation. A tenured professor could be given a poor evaluation based on unpopular research. If someone in the administration didn't like the direction of cert!lln research, that professor loses. The subjectivity of the criteria allows biased enforcement of evaluations. Assuming everyone involved could be trusted to put personal feelings aside and an objective set of guidelines could be established and executed with each tenure evaluation - post-tenure review is a valid and necessary plan. - Realizing that utopian ideas are best left to works of fiction and that reality means personal vendettas and power struggles post-tenure review will never work. The policy aims to eliminate professors who become lazy and all too secure with the current state of tenure. Chances are, however, professors deemed worthy of jobs-for-life are indeed worthy. But the tenure process is chaotic enough (witness the Robert Hazan fiasco). Perhaps stricter rules for giving tenure would weed out the type of professors this new policy is designed to catch. But mandating a new set of guidelines by which a professor keeps tenure would effectively abolish it.

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Scenes from the Tivoli. · I was sitting at my usual barstool in the Boiler Room when something extraordinary happened. Travis Henry It was at the The Lowdown height of the G8 summit, and we were all trying to ignore some drunk guy, named Boris, who had been there slamming a bottle of vodka all night. He was all right, except for the fact that every few minutes he would stop drinking and yell out "GLASNOST SHMASNOST!" He was pretty good at Russian trivia though. Anyway, in come three men dressed in black, wearing sunglasses and packing some pretty powerful guns. I was under the impression that the Boiler Room didn't allow firearms, but nobody said a word. Right behind them, I kid you not, walked in a man who looked just like Bill Clinton. "Bill! Come sit next to me," I said since I'm always on the lookout for a great interview.

Sure enough, he came my way and while it wasn't a great interview it sure was interesting. Here is how it went. Bill: I am not Bill. I am, um, Willy. Just a regular guy like you, trying to get a drink. Me: Come on, um, Willy, I know who you are. Willy: Shh. You'll draw attention. What's a college student like yourself doing in a bar anyway? Shouldn't you be studying? Me: Well, I'm trying to figure out a way to pay my tuition for the next semester. Willy: Well haven't you heard of that great program called AmeriCorps? Me: Come on, Willy. That is a joke. It might be a good program for high school grads who have all kinds of free time, but some of us studenls need to actually hold a job to support a family. What about us? Willy: Students have access to all kinds of federal grants and loans. Me: Too much paperwork. Besides, the federal government has nothing to offer a working student who makes just enough to survive and at the same time too much to qualify for any federal help. Boris: GLASNOST SHMASNOST!

Willy: Take some initiative, son. It's not my job lo figure out how you can support a family, attend college and get a good job when you graduate. Me: Yeah, but it is .your job to make sure that tax dollars are spent in the best possible way to give everyone an equal opportunity to succeed based on one's efforts. Boris: GLASNOST SHMASNOST! Willy: Can't someone shut that man up? Me: Don't you think it is important that everyone has access to a college education? Willy: Tell you what I'll do. I'll make . sure you have that tuition money if you promise me one thing Me: - What? That I'll grow into a model citizen and spread the word of democracy throughout the world? Willy: Well, no. If you'll promise you'll introduce me to that cute little waitress that just scurried past the bar. Hoooooo, dogggggie! For the first time that night, I became convinced that the man sitting next to me was the president of the. United States. Boris: GLASNOST SHMASNOST!

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How to close a revolving .door? That could be what Metro men's basketball coach Mike Dunlap has been trying to figure out. Six of the 11 players Dunlap inherited April 9 when he took over as interim head coach have left the program by way of transfers and failing grades. The constant blur of recruits coming and going and keeping track of what is left of last season's team is enough to leave heads and doors spinning. The players who have left Metro are Adam Apodaca, who led the team in scoring last season; Martin Glastetter, last season's starting center; Loni Jones and Jay Harris, two players who played sparingly, and Jasin McGuire and Danny Brown, two players who were red-shirts last season. "At the end of the day, you just have to deal with the reality of the situation and go on," Dunlap said. "I was prepared to do whatever it took in order to make sure we had enough players for the coming season." What it took was a lot of phone calls and wild goose chases before Dunlap finally lured his first class of

recruits miles away and a mile higher from where they had been. So far Metro has signed six players to scholarships: Michael Alcock, a junior from Canberra, Australia; David Adler, a junior originally from Israel who played last year at the University of South Florida; Ollie Brent, a freshman from Crenshaw High School in Los Angeles, Calif.; Rashawn Fulcher, a freshman from St. Joseph's of Alameda High School in Oakland, Calif.; Nathan Hallows, a junior from Utah Valley College and teammate Philip DeGraffenried, a junior also from Utah Valley College. The fact that none of the recruits is taller than 6 feet 6 inches does not have Dunlap worried. "Size is overrated if they can't play," Dunlap said. The coach is quick to point out that athletic ability is not his top concern in recruiting. Getting "students first, athletes second" might be the road less traveled in big time college programs, but it's a formula Dunlap swears by. Some of the players who left Metro did not fit the mold, and Metro is not going to sacrifice academic success for the sporting kind,

Dunlap said. "I have had I 00 percent of the people who have played for me graduate," Dunlap said. 'Tm not one who wants to give that up. "I don't play games with that. So when I pick somebody, I'm going to make sure that I have a chance for success in that area. That is the greatest gift I can give a player their degree." Satisfying his academic wish list with "top-flight" basketball players leaves Dunlap with one thing left to do, something he calls "establishing continuity." Last season, the Roadrunners only played like a team when leading by 15 or 20 points, said last season's starting power forward Adrian Navarro. The team interacted in cliques off the court, ·failing to capture the cohesiveness that defines good teams, Navarro said. Only five players from last season remain: DeMarcos Anzures, Kevin Gill, Sidikie Kamara, Navarro and Chris Tiritas. Ridding Metro's team of cliques and replacing the revolving door with one that actually shuts is a priority for Dunlap.

"My concern is that this program has had a transient feel to it since it's inception," Dunlap said. As to how he intends to cure the problem of player turnover, Dunlap said: "You have to spend time with them. If you don't invest time with them, then you just become another guy who talks, but the deeds aren't there. "I think it is important that we move as a single unit. In every program I've been a part of, the basketball teams have moved as one - that have been successful. You create a continuity. If somebody doesn't particularly like that formula, then they need to go to another school because that is the way it's going to be run here." Dunlap is hoping his collection of Aussies, Israelis, inner city kids and Metro veterans can have success in the classroom on the court and find friendship off it. "The only thing I'm predicting is that we're going to be professional, we're going to be enthusiastic and we're going to be organized," Dunlap said. "The guys that you see walk through here, in my opinion, are going to be a cut above, in terms of what they've had here in the past."

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Ailment Orange has but one Super cure ,I have a disease. Doctors call it Acute Orange Dementia, more commonly known as Broncomania. Each summer, around late July when the Denver Broncos open training camp, the tranquillity of my baseball watching is rudely interrupted by the onset of certain maniacal symptoms. This has been happening since I was 8. One of my oldest memories ~s of my father on a blustery winter day, jumping up and down in our basement joyously screaming, "We're going to the Super Bowl! We're going to the Super Bowl!" I hopped with fists raised high and chimed in with him. I had no idea what I was doing. Two weeks later we both sat stonefaced and stewed, silently staring into the abyss that was our television as the Broncos lost to the Dallas Cowboys 27-10 in Super Bowl XII. I have experienced the same obscene scene three times since. Each time, I thought orange finally might come out on top. Nope. Before Super Bowl XXII, I was convinced Denver would beat the Washington Redskins. After John Elway hit Ricky Nattiel for a beautiful score on Denver's first offensive play, my eggs had hatched, and the wee chicks were kickin' it beside me on the couch, tossing back beers and hoarding the hors d'oeuvres. I watched the second half of Super

Bowl XXIV, a 55-10 Bronco drubbing by San Francisco, from my bedroom with the lights out. You would have thought somebody had died. I don' t think I ever turned the lights on that night. I am one of the lucky ones. Many fellow maniacs have caught the mutated form of this bug, which causes them to paint their houses and cars orange. Some of the worst have been known to paint their bodies. One deranged individual is seen in nothing but a big orange barrel and cowboy boots after training camp. It's scary. Now I think the owner of the Broncos, Pat Bowlen, has come down with it, too. Why else would he change the sacred orange uniforms? He got rid of the predominately orange jersey, replaced it with a navy blue version and then said it was still mostly orange. You are in denial, Pat. The 'D' on the helmets might have reminded him of doctors, diagnosis or dementia, so he discarded them. It's starting to make sense, huh? Some people are convinced the uniform change is part of a clandestine plot put together by Bowlen and the advertising gurus at Nike to fatten their wallets. Nah. Not Pat. Not my team. He's got the fever, baby. You can't be cured by changing the uniforms. Even if the verticle striped socks from the 60s were brought back or that horse that looks like it'~ getting beat

with the whoopin' stick was stuck on the side of the helmet again, the illness would still be there. New coaches, players, stadiums or even a new owner will not make it go away. Only one balm can ease the pain, one prayed-for vaccine - winning the Super Bowl. The sickness is spawned out of past Super sicknesses. Gag jobs at home against a second-year team in the divisional round of the playoffs, ending a season which held so much promise, only fuels the virus. So as the Broncos embark on the

1997 season with the opening of training camp this week, 20 years after the orange scourge first reared its ugly head, know this - only a superhuman Super Sunday will suffice. Anything less will drive the plague deeper into the veins of those of us who bleed orange and blue, or blue and orange, whatever. Unless, of course, Bowlen's stadium tax/money grab plan fails, and he or anyone else moves the team out of Denver. That would give us an entirely different kind of sickness.

-By Kyle Ringo

MSCD IS HOSTING THE 1998 ASME HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE COMPETITION! ..

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers Human-Powered Vehicle Race is an international, intercollegiate race held annually. The 1998 HPV Race will be hosted by MSCD and held on May 1-3, 1998, in Denver! The HPV Competition allows teams to experiment with their original and unusual bicycle designs. The only rule is that the bikes must be powered solely by their riders. Beyond that, they have total design freedom. Because they are not restricted by the rules that govern conventional races, HPVs have achieved competition speeds up to 65 mph!

Now is your chance to get involved!

Whether you are a student, faculty member, or an employee of MSCD, we would like your help. We have positions available on both our competition planning and on our design/race team. Our next meeting will be held at noon on Thursday, July 24th in the Technology Building (TE), Room 119. Come by and find out what HPV is all about. If you would like more information, please e-mail gatliffk@mscd.edu or stop by TE 124 during the day and ask for Dale or Kathleen.

GENERAL •Play -Roundfish Theater Co. presents SpeedThe-Plow, by David Mamet, through Aug. 23, LIDA Project Experimental Theatre, 50 S. Cherokee. Cost: $12. Information: 293-9193. •Play - Tami Canaday's, Eva-Eve, 7:30 p.m., New Denver Civic Theatre, 721 Santa Fe Drive, July 24-Aug. 17. Cost: $10. Information: 320-1661. •Sexual Abuse Support Group - WINGS, for adults who were sexually abused as children. Information: 238-8660. •Sparrowgrass Poetry Forum: Submissions Wanted - Contest closes July 31. Send submissions to Sparrowgrass Poetry Forum, Dept. GM, 60CJ Main St., P.O. box 193, Sistersville, WV 26175-0193. •Singles Meetings - Sunday Night Club West for Singles, every Sunday, 6 p.m., near West Colfax Ave. and Wadsworth. Cost: $6. Information: 639-7622. •Poetry Reading - Across the Street, 7-10 p.m., across from the Bluebird, every Tuesday. •Concert/Fashion Show - Blue Room, 2040 Larimer St., fashion shows by local shops, DJ's and live bands. Information: 296-0CJ69. •A.A. Meeting- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 11- I I :45 a.m., I 029 9th St. Park. Information: Billi at the Student Health Center, 556-3878.

SAT. JULY

•Literary Seminar - Dr. Andrew Weil's Spontaneous Healing, 7:30 p.m.. Metro Denver Bahai Center, 225 E. Bayaud Ave. Information: 798-4319.

SUN. JULY

•Art Exhibit Opening Reception Persistence of Memory: Contemporary Artistic

Responses to the Hidden Jews of New Mexico, through Sept. 7, Jewish Community Center, 350 S. Dahlia St. Information: 399-2660. •Stand-up Comedy - Etta May, Comedy Works, 1226 15th St. Information: 595-3637. l

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•Stand-up Comedy - Jeff Harms, Wits End Comedy Club, 8861 Harlan St., Westminster. Information: 430-HAHA.

THURS. JULY

•Telecommunications Careers and Staffing, What's Hot and What's Not • From an Employer, Educator and Recruiter - 5:30 p.m., 2040 S. Race St. Cost: $10. RSVP: 6286964. •Stand-up Comedy - Jeff Harms, Wits End Comedy Club, 8861 Harlan St., Westminster. Information: 430-HAHA.

FRI. JULY

•Outdoor Sabbath Family Service - Temple Micha, 6 p.m., 2600 Leyden St., potluck follows at 6:45. All are welcome! Information: 388-4239. •Stand-up Comedy - Craig Shoemaker, Comedy Works, 1226 15th St. Information: 595-3637. •Stand-up Comedy - Jeff Harms, Wits End Comedy Club, 8861 Harlan St., Westminster. Information: 430-HAHA.

SAT. JULY

•Video -The Near Death Experiences of Reinee Pasarow, 7:30 p.m., Metro Denver Bahai Center, 225 E. Bayaud Ave. Information: 798-4319.

•Musical - Howard Crabtree's Whoop-DeeDoo!, Theatre On Broadway, 13 S. Ellsworth. Information: 860-9360. •Stand-up Comedy - Craig Shoemaker, Comedy Works, 1226 15th St. Information: 595-3637. •Stand-up Comedy - Jeff Harms, Wits End Comedy Club, 8861 Harlan St., Westminster. Information: 430-HAHA.

SUN. JULY

•Stand-up Comedy - Jeff Harms, Wits End Comedy Club, 8861 Harlan St., Westminster. Information: 430-HAHA.

WED. JULY

•Stand-up Comedy - Mike Venneman, Wits End Comedy Club, 886 1 Harlan St., Westminster. Information: 430-HAHA.

THURS. JULY

•Stand-up Comedy - George Lopez, Comedy Works, 1226 15th St. Information: 595-3637. •Stand-up Comedy - Mike Venneman, Wits End Comedy Club, 8861 Harlan St., Westminster. Information: 430-HAHA.

FRI. AUG.

Information: 798-4319. •Stand-up Comedy - George Lopez, Comedy Works, 1226 15th St. Information: 595-3637. •Sta~d-up Comedy - Mike Venneman, Wits End Comedy Club, 8861 Harlan St., Westminster. Information: 430-HAHA.

•Stand-up Comedy - Bobby Collins, Comedy Works, 1226 15th St. Information: 595-3637.

SAT. AUG.

• Book Review of Conversations-with God Books I and II, review by Ed Duhaime, 7:30 p.m., Bahai Center, 225 E. Bayaud Ave.

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TUES. AUG.

•Stand-up Comedy - Bobby Collins, Comedy Works, 1226 15th St. Information: 595-3637.

WED. AUG.

•Stand-up Comedy - Adam Ferrara, Comedy Works, 1226 15th St. Information: 595-3637.

THURS. AUG.

•Stand-up Comedy - Adam Ferrara, Comedy Works, 1226 15th St. Information: 595-3637. •Investment Seminar - 7 p.m., Evergreen Library, 5000 Highway 73 . Information: 6740780.

•Stand-up Comedy - George Lopez, Comedy Works, 1226 15th St. Information: 595-3637. •Stand-up Comedy - Mike Venneman, Wits End Comedy Club, 8861 Harlan St., Westminster. Information: 430-HAHA.

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FRI. AUG.

•Stand-up Comedy - Adam Ferrara, Comedy Works, 1226 15th St. Information: 595-3637.

SAT. AUG.

•Book Review -A History of "Pl", 7:30 p.m., Metro Denver Bahai Center, 225 E. Bayaud Ave. Information: 798-4319.

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