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Tivoli drainage system no match for Mother Na tu re By J~ Stephenson The Metropolitan

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A rain and hail storm that pelted Denver the afternoon of Aug. I I took an expensive toll on Auraria . The storm, which the National Weather Service rates as one of the top ten worst storms in Denver's history, dumped I .3 inches of water on the Metro area over the course of two hours. That I .3 inches caused a tidal wave of damage on campus. Jim Kelly, director of Facilities Management, said damage has been estimated between $50,000 to $70,000 although insurance adjusters have yet to assess the Tivoli and other campus buildings. "And that estimate is on the low side," Kelly said. Barb Weiske, the director of Campus Auxiliaries, said the flooding was responsible for knocking out $25,000 worth of fire alarm systems in the Tivoli, breaking several windows, "swiss-cheesing" Tivoli awnings and causing wooden floors to buckle. There were no injuries reported at Auraria, but the deluge of hail left portions of the Tivoli parking lot submerged under almost two feet of icy water. Students who waded through the knee deep pools were greeted either by a stalling car or a traffic-jammed, waterlogged drive to Auraria Parkway. Floodwater also invaded the roof and walls of the 131 -year-old Tivoli, but some damage ,was prevented, thanks to a storm warning is~ued by Auraria police and the quick mobilization of Auraria employees, visitors and students.

Weiske said Auraria police officers phoned about five minutes before the storm hit with news of a severe storm warning. The warning was important since the Tivoli has a long history of flooding in the wake o~ rainstorms, Weiske said. "Getting the warning probably made a difference as far as damage control goes," Weiske said. "But the storm . reached a poi qt where it was way beyond anyone's control." Weiske and many other people in the Tivoli helped to. sandbag doorways and lay down cardboard mats t9 ~elp absorb the water flowing into the building from leaf-clogged storm gutters outside the building. Dick Fuerbom, director of Facilities Planing for Auraria, said his office will seek state money for improving Auraria's storm drainage systems. But not even the best drainage system is infallible, he said. Fuerborn recalled a conversation about drainage systems he had with a campus manager at Colorado State University, which was severely flooded in late July. Fuerborn said his Fort Collins counterpart remarked that even the best drains are no match for Mother Nature. "He told me, 'If you ever wanted to make a foolproof storm drain you would have to build one so wide you could drive a Mac truck down it,"' Fuerbom said. Fuerborn said he expects the state, which insures Auraria campus buildings, will pay for the damage caused by the flooding and hail. Claims adjusters have yet to set a date for inspection, he said.

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WATERLOGGED: ~urarla Electrician Gary Glass works to pump an estimated five feet of water from a -Tlvoll stalrwell Aug. 11.

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Seventy-two Metro faculty members ask judge to reconsider restitution descision By Jesse Stephenson The Metropolitan

Members of Metro's faculty who sued the college's board-of trustees over salary issues are asking the judge who presided over the case to reconsider part of his ruling. The 72 faculty members had a bittersweet victory in District Court on July 28. District Court Judge Robert S. Hyatt ruled last month that the trustees knowingly and repeatedly failed to pay Metro professors' salaries up to par with those of similar colleges. Hyatt also found the board failed to pay longtime Metro professors as much as newly hired faculty members. Hyatt called Metro's failure to properly pay its faculty a breach of contract. Faculty members named as plaintiffs in the suit are hailing the ruling as a victory, but are much less enthusiastic about what Hyatt ordered the state to pay each defendant in restitution: $1.

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Hyatt said in his ruling that he decidMeanwhile John Schmidt, a Metro ed to reward each plaintiff only a dollar professor and president of the Faculty because of flaws in the model the faculty Protective Association, the group of propresented to him to calculate their under- fessors who are plaintiffs in the lawsuit, payment. said the attorney for the FPA recently filed Some faculty want to an appeal in Hyatt's court. appeal the case in hopes of That appeal requests that Hyatt look at state testimorecovering more money, "We won the case ny to calculate how much said Norm Pence, a Metro the state should pay in professor who is a plaintiff and everything we restitution to the plaintiffs in the suit. claimed the col"We won the case and instead of using the FPA lege did wrong model to make that calcueverything we claimed the was lnded true. n lation, Schmidt said. college did wrong was During the trial, attorindeed true," Pence said. neys for the state conceded "But the $1 was really - Norm Pence, Metro Professor that Metro professors were kind of a slap in the face und_erpaid by about 8 perand some of the professors will be going through the cent for between 1991-93, Schmidt said. appeal process." He said if Hyatt decides to reconsider Pence said he will know by the end of August how many professors will appeal. his award, the other plan to appeal the rulHe said about 15 professors were interest- ing will be dismantled. "If he awards us that 8 percent, which ed in taking the case to the court of many faculty- will say is gross underpayappeals.

.T utoring center leaves disabled students at Metro in the lurch

ment, then the appeal process for this case will effectively die," Schmidt said. In addition to the possible appeal, the ruling gave the green light to the FPA's executive commitee to ask Gov. Roy Romer to appoint a task force to develop remedies for the college's salary problems. Romer is responsible for appointing members of the college's governing board. The FPA will send the formal request to Romer on Aug. 22, said Charles Allbee, a Metro English professor and FPA secretary. Allbee said he won't be among the professors who will appeal but wants Hyatt's rulings to show Metro's tn.1stees and administration that salary issues need to be addressed. "This case established as fact some of things (the FPA) has contended for years," Allbee said. Cile Chavez, chairwoman of the board of trustees, declined comment on the case. "I really do think it is more appropriate to say no comment," she said.

Finishing touch

By Jill Burke 1'Jie Metropolitan

These alternative locations include the The relocation of Metro's Tutoring Center has Assessment and Testing Center in the Tivoli and left the facility inaccessible to some disabled stu- the Disabilities Services Office in the Arts dents. Building. The center was moved in July to the third floor Scheduling will take place through the Student of the St. Francis Center because of the lack of Services office, Haley said. room in its former home, the first floor of Central LEAD is still concerned about the inconveClassroom, said Percy Morehouse, Metro's direc- nience this might cause, Mosby said. Some stutor of Equal Opportunity. dents might not be able to get tutoring as quickly Brenda Mosby, vice president of and easily as they might need. Kelly Leadership Education and Advocacy Espinoza, Metro's interim ADA coordiwith Direction, an on-campus advocacy nator, said his office is looking into setgroup for disabled students, said there ting up a separate phone number students are two problems with the new location. can use to schedule tutoring sessions. The glass doors on the first floor of Students can now schedule sessions St. Francis Center might be too heavy for at the Student Services office. people on crutches or in wheelchairs to Morehouse said that the administraopen, she said. Additionally, the elevator tion plans to move the Tutoring Center to a new campus building to be constructed Percy Morehouse is too small to fit large wheelchairs. While those in smaller wheelchairs in 1998. The plans are not definite, howmight fit into the elevator, she said, turnever, because Metro has not bid for space ing around to reach the buttons is difficult. in the new building. Vernon Haley, vice president for Student The tutoring center is not the only issue LEAD Services, said Metro has asked Auraria to look into members are tackling this year. motorizing the doors at St. Francis Center. Other issues members of the the group said Haley added, however, that renovating the ele- they will tackle this year include: vator to accommodate wider wheelchairs is too • Working with the college's administration to expensive an option. compile a handbook for students and faculty He said 99 percent of Metro students who spelling out their rights and responsibilities under qualify as disabled under the Americans with the terms of the federal Americans With Disabilities Act are able to access the facility. Disabilities Act. Students unable to access the Tutoring Center have • Getting Metro's student handbook printed in the option of scheduling tutoring sessions in other, braille. more accessible locations, Haley said.

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Louie Garcia, 28, of Centennial Painting spends the afternoon Aug. 13 applying final touches to an airconditioning and heating duct In the Science Building. The entire was system replaced and soon wlll be controlled with a laptop computer.

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August 22, 1997

Longer hours, Inore pay for SGA

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Student government gets pay 'adjustment' of $300 extra per month By Pen-y Swanson the Metropolitan Members of Metro's Student Government Assembly got final approval last week to increase their work schedule from five to 15 hours per week and adjust their pay from $200 to $500 per month. SGA members said they requested the adjustment because most of them were already working at least IS hours a week, but were only paid for five. The extra money, which would come from the office of Student Life, will increase SGA's budget by about $35,000. SGA represents the primary source of income for most of the members, said SGA President Karmin Trujillo. "It's more of a part-time job instead of something just on the side they 're doing that looks good," Trujillo said, "It's making us more accountable." Yolanda Ortega-Ericksen, the dean of Student Life agreed. "The college counts on Student Government members to represent student concerns," Ortega-Ericksen said. "It's unreasonable to expect that they would do that on just five hours a week." Questions arose before the measure was approved on whether reworking the pay structure would violate SGA's constitution. The constitution says "increases in compensation may only take effect on the first day of the term of office following the vote." The student government members were elected last April

and began their terms May I. Now - well after the first day of the term - the compensation change is already in effect. But Gabriel Hermelin, vice president of Campus Communications, said the SGA did not violate the constitution because it is a pay "adjustment," not an increase. The group agreed at a retreat in May that they wanted to work more hours and assure they were

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paid for all the hours they work. Before the change, their pay rate translated to $10 per hour. Now, it's about $8.33 per hour. Before the change, SGA's annual budget was $47,185, including $28,800 for payroll. The adjustment will increase the annual budget by 74 percent. SGA voted on Aug. 6 for members to get a monthly stipend rather than a strict hourly rate, with the option to prorate the stipend if a member reports they didn' t work all 15

hours. Previously, SGA members were not paid for any work done outside the office. The five hours they were paid for only included time spent in the office. Basically, the members were attending meetings and other school functions for free. Now student leaders will receive a $500 monthly stipend and will be asked to work 10 hours more a week than required before. These additional hours can include activities outside the office such as attending meetings, speaking to constituents on the telephone or helping at school-sponsored / events. SGA member Teresa Harper, the vice president of Diversity, hesitated to agree to the change because of the increased hours. Harper said she was unsure if she could continue with SGA under the new system because her schedule was too full already. Harper said she couldn' t work IS hours a week all from the SGA office. Harper decided to stay when the members agreed to count time worked outside the office. "Teresa Harper is one of the most qualified students on this campus to do this job," said. John Gaskell, SGA vice-president of Student Services, at an Aug. 6 SGA meeting. "We shouldn't punish her for decisions we're making now, and we shouldn't punish the students who voted for her and want her to represent them."

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BUS LINE: Aurarla students and visitors board an RTD bus at the north end of campus Aug. 20. Students pay $16. 70 per semester for unlimited RTD bus rides.

Bus pass fee to increase By Ky Belk The Metropolitan

$16.70 might not be enough. That's the current cost per student each semester for the Auraria bus pass program, which allows students with a valid student ID to ride local buses for free. But the bus pass fee might increase. A potential 50 percent decrease in the subsidy Auraria receives from the Regional Transportation District may require students to pay more for the two-yearold program in the 1998-99 school year. Some Auraria students have mixed feelings about a

higher cost of the bus pass. Jeff Golden, 30, a transfer student to Metro from the University of North Dakota, said he has never used mass transit in Denver before but said he will soon since it only costs him $16.70 per semester. ''I'll use the (RTD) pass every day," he said. Stephen Mason , 28, a graduate student at the University of Colorado at Denver, takes a different view on the pass since he won't use the bus this semester. RTD subsidized $450,000 of the program's see RTD on 9

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Auraria agrees to honor lease; vendor still predicts struggle ~Rob Larimer Metropolitan

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The aroma of Higher Grounds Espresso will fill the halls of the South Classroom for two more semesters. Auraria officials said potential vendors who were bidding to take over the coffee and sandwich cart's space were denied, so Auraria could honor the cart's lease. Eleven companies were interested in the cafe space as of July 28. An Auraria Food Service Committee then had to decide on a vendor. The committee rejected other bidders' offers because none of them could meet all of its requirements, which included lowerpriced food items, a rotating menu, long business hours and hot entrees, said Barb Weiske, director of Campus Auxiliaries. "I'm pretty pleased with what (the committee) came up with,'' Weiske said. Leah Johnson, 26, who operates the cart in the South Classroom, was notified in May that her lease would expire Aug . 17 because Auraria was looking for a vendor who could offer extended hours. Her lease was origionally to extend until June 1998. But students rallied to save the cart.

Johnson collected over 400 signatures from her regular coffee cohorts, urging Auraria to keep the cart. Weiske said Johnson's ouster was part of a decision to end leases for both Higher Grounds Espresso and the ne~y South Side Cafe. Auraria was looking for a larger vendor that could occupy both spaces, Weiske said. Johnson said she's happy with Auraria's decision to honor her lease, but she said her contract, which was a threeyear lease, originally had the option of three 1-year extensions. These extensions are no longer an option. "What we've worked so hard to build is going to be tom down," Johnson said. "When fall and spring semester studen!S find out I'm being asked to leave (after two semesters), there will be a lot more student concern." Johnson said regaining the extension option will mean another battle with Auraria - and possibly more rallying from students to keep the cart. She said during the fall and spring semesters she should be doing five times more business than in summer.

Rockies ~eli will operate out of former South Side Cafe space ~ Rob Larimer MetropOlitan

Students frequenting the South Classroom this fall will get a taste of the Rockies. Rockies Patio Deli has taken over the former South Side Cafe's rental space. The deli will also continue to operate in the North Classroom in addition to its new space in the South Classroom. The new eatery is called Rockies South Side Cafe. The former South Side Cafe's lease was canceled because Auraria managers and students wanted a vendor who would offer a wider variety of menu items. Barb Weiske, director of Campus Auxiliaries, said Auraria will continue considering new companies' bids for the cafe space this semester in hopes of finding a permanent vendor in December. Weiske said the fall semester wil1 be

sort of a "testing time" and campus officials will be polling students to find out what kind of foods they want offered. Katy Froyd, general manager of the new Rockies South Side Cafe and manager of Rockies Patio Deli, said Rockies is currently competing with the other companies who are bidding for the permanent spot in the South Classroom. Rockies owners are hoping to stay after the fall semester when they can offer their menu items exclusively. Froyd said it will be offering a number of new food options in addition to Rockies' regular deli menu. She also said that other restaurants would sell food from its space and that the Rockies in the South Classroom will have lower prices than the one located in the North Classroom.

Metro to open scholarship service center ~ Adreana Callahan MetropoliiOli

Students hoping to defer the cost of an education via scholarships _will soon have comprehensive assistance. Metro will open the Development Scholarship Service Center complete with a Web-accessable computer system. Mike Barnett, Metro admissions officer, said the center will assist students in locating availa~le scholarships.

"It is incredible the number of dollars that are out there,'' Barnett said. "Sometimes the applications will require an essay or something, and many people are just unwilling to do the work." The center may open in January. 'The scholarship center will be located near the Financial Aid office, or in it, depending on how things can be rearranged," Barnett said. see CENTER on 7

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CART UNDER WRAPS: The Higher Grounds Espresso cart Is covered the morning of Aug. 20. Aurarla administrators gave the cart's owner Leah Johnson the go-ahead to stay on campus until spring.

Credit peddlers attacked By Linda Hardesty TJ1e Metropolitan ,_ Auraria students tempted to apply for credit cards to score free T-shirts or candy bars should consider the implications. The Student Government Assembly wants to ban credit card vendors from the Tivoli because of possible negative impacts on students' credit reports. Each time a student applies for a card, inquiries appear on their credit reports, said Jim Hayen, who doubles as SGA'~ vice president of both Student Organizations and the Student Union Advisory Board. Several inquires can lead to a negative credit rating, Hayen said. But a representative of a company that sends credit card vendors to Auraria said that's not entirely the case. Al Petticrew, a marketing manager for On Campus Marketing, said every application for a credit card shows up as an inquiry on credit reports, but all inquiries are not necessarily negative. Inquiries only start to look bad if people start applying for every credit card in the world and is continually turned down, he said. "It enables students to establish credit while in school, and they don't need a co-signer,'' Petticrew said, adding that students who want to buy new cars in the

future will have established credit. Maria Mendler, a spokeswoman for Citibank, said people need credit cards for things such as buying concert tickets by phone, renting a car or making airline reservations. Students are targeted as new clients because they have a high degree of purchasing power, but too many cards can cause problems, she said. Mendler said it might be difficult to get a car loan if a credit report indicates the applicant has a slew of credit cards. A loan officer reviewing the car loan application might assume the applicant already has enough credit to buy a car. Student clubs sponsor credit card vendors on campus for club fundraisers. Credit card vendors need student club sponsors in order to be on campus. Trujillo said student government has been discussing banning credit card vendors from the Tivoli for about a year and a half. The ban would only apply to the Tivoli, and credit card vendors could still market at other locations on campus. SUAB will meet Aug. 20 to discuss the issue. SGA member John Gaskell said SUAB· will probably vote on whether credit card vendors will be allowed in the Tivoli at the end of August or at beginning of September.

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The Balance of Power is Relative .

consider it important, indeed urgently necessary, for intellectual workers to get together,_ / both to protect their own eco~omic status and, also, generally speaking, to secure their influence in the political field. -Albert Einstein

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.As. we begin a .new setnester here at Metro State, the Faculty Organizing Cotntnittee for the Atnerican Federation of Teachers · would like you to consider the. following: What CFT accomplished in 1997

Benefits of CFT/AFT Membership

• Due largely to the lobbying efforts of the Colorado Federation of Teachers I AFT, Governor Romer vetoed HB . 97-1341(Post-Tenure Review) which did not include adequate due process provisions for faculty. .. • Because CFT I AFT raised the issue persistently, part-time faculty will receive a 3.5% increase in ~alary for 1997-98 along with full-time faculty. This is the first increase for part-timers since 1989. -. AFT members h~ve been elected to leadership positions in the Faculty Senate and the Senate President's Council

•Coverage under AFT-$1,000,000 occupational liability insurance program (protection if you are sued while engaged in your profession) •Access to many AFT Member Benefits (Brochures available on request) •AFT publications, CFT Review (quarterly newsletter) and CFT ACTIONLETIER (monthly update) •Participation in CFT's Kaiser Health Plan

• CFT staff filed and pursued both informal as well as formal grievances through the MSCD administrative process • CFTI AFT has provided legal assistancl to faculty members.

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Auraria seeks state funds to repair twenty-year-old campus buildings · 2. Heating and air conditioning sys12' Metropolitan Judy Stone T.

"We hope to have the center open in four to five months, depending on whether or not we can hire qualified personel in time." Metro Admissions handles most requests for scholarship infonnation as well as awarding the college presidential scholarships.

Corrections •In the July 18 Issue of The Metropolitan, a photo on page 9 Inadvertently misidentified Gretchen Minney, Aurarla llalson to the faculty. •In a page 7 news brief titled Grievances Unsolved, Cathy Campbell's grievance was misstated. Campbell said her grlev· ance against Manuel Escamilla stems from a conversation with Escamilla about Inadequate locker space for students with dlsabllitles. The Metropolitan strives to print accurate news. If you spot an Inaccuracy In this. publlcatlon please contact Jesse Stephenson, news editor, at 556-3425

tem repairs: Primarily to the Science Auraria's list of repairs and renova- Building. The cost is estimated at $1 .65 tions to campus buildings is extensive, but million. 3. Plaza deck and roof: the deck leaks in a Campus Planning and Design Committee report, the campus' controlled and the roof is aging and needs repair. The maintenance request names the top ten cost is estimated at about $450,000. 4. Plumbing: The acid waste system most-needed repfilrs for 1998 to 1999. These projects, which are worth about $5 in the Science Building and the plumbing million, are part of a five-year campus and sewer system running from Ninth Street Houses need repair. Estimated cost maintenance plan. "Most of these buildings are 20 years is about $380,000. 5. High voltage electical distributors: old," said Rosemary Fetter, communicaCurrent systems have a rated life of 20 tions director for Auraria. According to the 1998-99 Controlled years. This plan will phase replacement Maintenance Request report, Auraria is over three years. The cost is estimated at requesting state money for the total about $70,000. replacement of the air conditioning and 6.Heating and air conditioning sysheating systems in one building each year tem in the South Classroom. Estimated over a period of a JO-years. cost is about $800,000. 7. Lighting and wiring: Modular The Science Building is the first building to get its Heating and air condi- plugs are causing lighting failures and . pose. a fire danger. Light fixtures need to tioning systems updated. The Library and the Arts Building are be secured properly. The cost will ·be next on the schedule for air conditioning about $270,000. and heating work, Hartford said. 8. Exterior doors: age and use have Here is the controlled maintenance worn them out, specifically the automatic list of the top-ten most needed repairs to handicap doors. The cost will be about $200,000. campus facilities: 9. Tenth Street Mall: the sidewalk 1. Repair or replace the Fire Protection Systems: replace outdated fire and courtyards need resurfacing. That will alarm panels and devices. Phase 1 was cost around $500,000. IO.Concrete entryways: many need funded July 1996 This year's repairs will repair. Cost: about $75,000. cost about $350,000.

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Morehouse, Metro's director of equal opportunity, said the college has both weak and strong points in accommodating disabled students. Both, however, stressed that the first step disabled students must take to get the accommodations they need is to identify themselves as disabled. Morehouse said there is a strong need for students to be identified as individuals with disabilities prior to the start of the semester. Morehouse explained that the ADA requires self-identification before accommodations of reasonable requests can be made. Morehouse said that often, students wait until well into the semester to express their needs, at which time it is often too late to assist them. Haley said that as the student population varies from year to year, it is difficult to anticipate what type of acco~odations the college will need to make each semester. The best way to manage this, he said, is for students to identify themselves 2 to 4 weeks before a semester begins. Metro is also working to educate students, faculty and staff about ADA issues so that there will be increased knowledge, sensitivity, and enforcement of the ADA on campus, Haley said. Increased awareness will be facilitated through workshops, teleconferences, training, and new faculty orientations.

By Jill Burke The Metropolitan

Under the federal guidelines established through the Americans with Disabilities Act, which was passed in 1990, public institutions have a broader and clearer outline of their rights and responsibilities in accommodating the disabled. Since the passage of this law, Metro has grappled with how to accommodate disabled students. More recently, an advocacy group for the disabled has given a formal voice to students' needs and concerns about the college's compliance with the ADA. In the fall of 1996, Metro students formed LEAD, an on-campus advocacy group for students with disabilities. The acronym stands for Leadership, Education and Awareness with Direction. Brenda Mosby, vice president of LEAD, said there are several accommodation and ADA issues needing to be addressed at the college. Those issues include developing, printing, and circulating of a quality handbook on ADA policies and procedures to faculty, staff and students and hiring more staff in the Disabilities Services Office, which currently serves over 500 students. Vernon Haley, Metro's vice president of Student Services, and Percy

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State legislator to teach course in politics Jeanne Faatz knows a thing or two about political campaigns. Faatz, a former public school teacher who is currently a Metro instructor, has occupied the District 1 seat in the Colorado House of Representatives for the last 10 terms. This fall, she'll be sharing the secrets of political campaigns and public policymaking with students enrolled in SPE 316, Communication in Politics. Faatz said the course prepares students to influence public policy by pro-

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viding them with a deeper understanding of where and how public policy decisions are made. "This class is for the person who is looking at the world and saying, 'I want to have a role,"' Faatz said. "The Metro student is like that." The class will center around two main projects, Faatz said. Students will prepare a paper analyzing the policymaking body of their choice. The students will then run a mock campaign with two candidates chosen from the class. The "campaigning" will include

wntmg and delivering speeches, as well as developing complete campaign plans, Paatz said. Faatz was first elected to the House in 1978. A Republican, she currently serves as the assistant House majority leader and is a member of the Finance and State Veterans and Military Affairs committee and the Legislative Council. She was the 1984 Oates Fellow to Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government and is listed in both Who 's Who in American Politics and Who 's Who of American Women.

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Executive Committee (1996-97) John Schmidt, President Charlie Allbee, Secretary Norm Pence, Treasurer Walt Copley, At-large, School of Professional Studies Jan Delasara, At-large, School of Letters, Arts, and Sciences

Dear Governor Romer: '

As a long time public servant, you have expressed pride in your role in creating and developing Metropolitan State College of Denver. The Faculty Protective Association and its members share your pride in the college and commitment to its future successes as the largest baccalaureate degree granting institution in the United States. Following a trial to the court, a July 28, 1997, decision was issued by the Denver District Court in Case No. 94 CV 5842. In this decision, District Court Judge Robert S. Hyatt issued an order finding the following:

1. The faculty contracts for the years 1992-93 and 1993-94 required that salary equity and parity be paid. Salary parity relates to an external comparison of the salaries paid by the College to the individual Plaintiffs and salaries paid to similarly situated faculty at similar and comparable educational institutions. Faculty salary equity relates to an internal comparison between the salaries paid to the individual Plaintiffs by the college and salaries paid by the College to faculty members who have less time in service and rank than the individual Plaintiffs. 2. The Defendant Trustees knowingly and repeatedly failed to establish faculty salary parity at the College. The Defendants admitted that" salary parity payments were not paid during the years in issue. 3. The Defendants breached the contracts by failing to pay faculty salary equity and parity. The Association believes that the problem of faculty salary parity and equity deficiencies continues to exist and erode the relationship between the faculty and the college administration and governing board, your appointees.

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In the original of this letter to you, we are submitting a copy of the District Court opinion. We urge you to read it. When you have reviewed the decision and made any other inquiries you think appropriate, you may conclude, as we have, that external intervention is necessary to begin to remedy these and other problems in the administration and governance of Metropolitan State College of Denver. As a preliminary measure, the Association respectfully requests you to appoint a task force of faculty and administration representatives to define these problems specifically and to develop remedies for them. To begin action on this matter, please contact the Association through: John Schmidt, President MSCD Faculty Protective Association Campus Box 090, P. 0. Box 173362 Denver, CO 80217-3362 (303) 556-3219 The Association thanks you for your attention to these concerns. Sincerely, Executive Committee, MSCD Faculty Protective Association

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Claypool-like Skeleton Key and somewhat long-winded rap sensations Lost Boyz. Unfortunatel y for Denver, special guest Devo didn't show up, and neither did some acts which played at stops in other cities, including The Orb, Orbit and Orbital. - by Ricardo Baca

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Sex, bondclge, vinyl and lust make for a sexy play By Ricardo Baca 17ie Metropolitan

The poster for the play Unidentified Human Remains and the True Nature of Love is somewhat misleading. It shows a man sandwiched between a woman and another man, all of whom are naked. Kind of exciting, right? Right. But don't go to the play expecting to see Orgy Fest 1997. On the other hand, don't go -expecting Bambi. It's not G-rated, nor is it XXX. It's near or around NC-17. Plainly put: this play's not for people with immature thought processes. Not that they couldn't learn a lot from this play be.cause they could. For instance, this play shows that the epitome of downright sexiness is skin-tight black vinyl mixed with sultry fishnet stockings, dirty talk, a hint of violenc~ and bondage paraphernalia. This Brad Fraser play is centered around a sexually promiscuous group of friends, some in search of love, and others in search of a blind screw and shaded with a weak subplot dealing with a serial killer on the rampage. David and Candy are roommates and · former lovers. Candy is a teetering bisexual looking for love in all the wrong places, and David is gay and avoiding love at all costs. David's friend, Bernie, is married and still gets around. The stunning Candy, played by Kristi Meek, has her choice of Robert, a smooth talking bartender, or Jerri, a lesbian who - admires her at the gym. David, played by Michael Barr, is testing the waters of a younger, less-experienced beau, Kane.

While this is all going on, lines such as, "Did you hear another girl was killed ·last night?" start dropping into the action, seeming much out of place. At first, they evoke curiosity, but it finally becomes apparent that the author is trying to go somewhere with this, once the third or fourth girl is killed and noticed by the characters. "Everyone in the play is a suspect," according to the release for the play. But this doesn't seem true. Only one or two candidates are considered, and it's easy to see in advance how the play is finally going to end. The script is mediocre, but the performances are very strong. Josh Hartwell as Kane is the perfect, giddy Bob Denver-like Gilligan. He looked like he would slip and start calling for the Skipper or Mary Ann. Benita, played by Linda Jans, is everyone's dream fetish/bondage girl, and does it well. She tells campfire asides of the brutal murders that occur, leaving the audience either bubbling up with goosebumps or laughing heartily. Barr as David is believably frustrated, and Meek as Candy holds the audience under a spell of curiosity and lust. The lighting and staging of the play add to its sinister feel. Five holding areas in the back are shadowed with a screen and lit with red lights from above, giving any character standing there a devilish tone. The work of lighting director Kevin Stephens adds a certain realness and an uncertain eeriness to the performance. Director Jeremy Cole does a lot with nothing, creating many different settings with a small rotating piece in the middle of

Bl Bl LOVE: Promiscuous friends in search of love, lust and a serial killer; Michael Barr, Kristi Meek (left) and Rebecca Uoyd are into strange acts.

the stage. Unidentified Human Remains will play at Jack's Theatre, 1553 Platte St.,

through Sept. 6 on Thursday, Friday -and Saturdays at 8 p.m. Tickets are $10. For information call 430-2907.

UCD professor directs bizarre love story By Ricardo Baca · The Metropolitan

Lanford Wilson's Burn This is a stirring, mature production about love and other uncertainties. The story follows Anna, who is having difficulties dealing with the . death of her roommate and dancing partner, Robbie. Anna is dating Burton, who grew up rich and now is a sci-fi screenwriter. Anna's other roommate, Larry, is an avidly gay . advertising specialist who is quirky and oozing with clever wit. Robbie's death interrupted the threesome's lives. But the drunk, early-morning arrival of Robbie's brother, Pale, who came to pick up Robbie's few belongi ngs makes things worse. Pale is the king of non-sequitur and has a strong resemblance to his late brother. Pale's irrationality intrigues Anna, and they end up in bed. The next morning, Anna learns that he is married and works as manager of a restaurant. Weeks go by, and she doesn't see him. Anna keeps herself busy, choreLOVE STORY: Chip Walton and A; Lee Massaro play ographing a dance and letting things torn and tattered lovers. unfold with Burton. It's obvious that

it feels wrong for her. But her life is jolted again when Pale - again drunk and irrational - crashes her New Year's party. Since this is a love story, the cast has to have a love-stricken look in its eyes, or the whole thing might as well be cheese. This experienced company was believa,ble and at times made hearts of stone ache. The director Kathryn Maes, also the chairwoman of University of Colorado at Denver's Theater department, said the element of realism is why the play is special. The audience doesn't get a "they-live- happily-ever-after ending," she writes in her director's notes. Actor Chip Walton takes on an entirely new facade as the confusing Pale. He says many things that don't make sense to the audience, but makes you believe they make perfect sense to him - a common sign that love has cupidly placed butterflies in your stomach. His tears seem real and his emotions heartfelt. A. Lee Massaro as Anna·is also twisted by the lovebug. The emotional role keeps her sad for most of the play, but you feel that if she would

resolve her internal conflict and go with gut feeling, she would be happy. She plays the role beautifully. Richard Nelson as Burton plays a less complicated character than his last role as Louis in the immaculate production of Tony Kushner's Angels in America - but does it nicely. H~ plays ignorant, and is clueless about Pale until the end. He plays his radical anti-Reagan homosexual character amazingly. Jeremy Cole plays Larry. His quirky wit and line delivery quickly win the audience over and add muchneeded humor in certain situations. Wilson is an accomplished playwright, evident in his realistic dialogue. Pale and Anna, who are having a hard time admitting their love for each other, are at a loss for words in each other's arms. ''I' m gonna cry all over your hair," Pale says, and the play ends, leaving the audience up in the air concerned with much unfinished business. Burn This plays at the Acoma Center, I 080 Acoma St., through Sept. 13. Tickets are $15, $13 for seniors and students. For information call 623-0524.

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Southwestern America kept its Judaism secret for centuries. Persistence ofMemory: Cpntemporary Artistic Responses to the Hidden Jews of New Mexico explores how this secret was kept. "The phenomenon of hidden Jews in New Mexico may be tracked back five or six hundred years to 1391," said Jack H. Kunin, curator of the gallery. Spanish Jews "under duress" pretended to be Catholic, hiding that they were practicing their true religion, Kunin said, adding that another mass conversion took place m 1497.

Portuguese Jews and the Spanish Jews who sought refuge there had to deal with "forced" baptisms, he said. The work displayed in the show reflects how artists have dealt with their hidden heritage. New Mexican folk artist Diana Bryer is descended from Eastern European Jews. Her brightly colored compositions combine both spiritual and Southwestern themes. She portrays Hispanic families and their roots in her oil paintings. "What gets to my heart is that here are people who were murdered, tortured, ostracized because of their religion, and

they hung onto every shred of it for hundreds of years," Bryer said. Her work Thi! Key depicts a smiling mother and child, holding an open box with a gold-colored key inside. It uses brilliant red and green shades and has a painted border of Southwestern texture and color. The border features the Torah and the star of David and is intertwined with a desertlike landscape. Cary Herz of Jews in the Southwest deserts contributes his photography to the exhibit. "This photographic essay testifies to the resolve of some Southwestern Hispanics to cling to the vestiges of their ancestral Jewish roots, all of this after five hundred years of forced conversion from their faith," Herz said. "Dealing with a spiritual world, I am trying to capture the tension between the solidity of the stone and the unseen culture it represents. "I have tried to show the spiritual faith of people emerging from behind the shadows. My intention is to express reverence and respect for the identities of the individuals and the location of their resting places." Crypto-Jewish burial sites, for exam-

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pie, are visual symbols of a culture that has been impenetrable for hundreds of years. The Albuquerque artist's black and white photos reflect this. They have a lonely, abandoned feel to them, as if they are old and have been lost in the desert, crumbling away. But many of the images photographed are hard to identify. Only the cross and sixpointed star are clear enough to distinguish within the landscape. Perhaps the most intricate piece is by artist Anita Rodriguez. 路 The work, made out of polychrome wood, is box shaped like an adobe house. It is mounted on the wall, and has skeletons leading in and out of the house. . Some of the figures appear to be suffering and others comforting in its winter desert setting. When the box is opened, a skeletal family is revealed. The figures are preparing dinner, reading, looking out the window and setting the table. Rodriguez also uses bright colors in her work. The Jewish Community Center will be showing the exhibit through Sept. 7. The exhibit is on display in the Singer Gallery of the Mize! Family Cultural Arts Center.

Wheelchair bound actors dance in Mame By Ricardo Baca

Palmer, who played the young Patrick and wowed the audience with his mature actWatching a PHAMALy production is ing and singing. Kathleen Traylor, who always a joy, and it isn't letting audiences played a funny and exciting Mame, held down this season with its production, her own with her beautiful voice. She had Mame. difficult songs and belting some of those The Physically Handicapped notes sitting in her wheelchair could not Amateur Musical Actors League makes have been an easy task. happy shows even happier. The company Those familiar with Mame will know put on a phenomenal version of How To the character of Gooch is fun to watch as Succeed In Business Without Really she whines her way through the play. Trying two years ago. This year, with the Linda Wirth is no disappointment in the help of extremely talented actors and pro- role as a lo.t of laughter is generated by her duction staff, Mame rules. The company's excellent would-you-like-some-cheeseattitude echoes one of Mame's mission with-your-whine attitude. statements: "Live! Live! Live!" Another hilarious performer is Lucy The story, which is set in the Great Roucis as Mame's best friend, Vera. Her Depression era, is about young Patrick, delivery is superior to that of most actors who is sent to stay in Denver, and it nearwith his Aunt ly made the show at Mame when his times. It's difficult to Mame Is at the Arvada parents die. His do her justice in print. Center for the Arts and Agnes nanny, When Vera wakes Humanities, 6901 Gooch, is with him up in the afternoon when they burst in Wadsworth Blvd., untll with a hangover from on one of Mame's the previous night and Aug. 25 Fridays and crazy parties. notices her rumpled Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Mame and Patrick clothes, she offered a Sundays and Mondays at immediately develdifferent perspective 7 p.m. Tickets $15, disop a bond. Mame of how her clothes got avoids subjects counts for students. that way. such as the board"Somebody's Information: 431-3939. ing-school ideas of been sleeping in my Patrick's late dress," she says. father. Mame teaches him about painting, Another time, Mame tells her that dance and fire fighting, and finally enrolls someone is coming over. "In the middle of him in a nudist school. the night?" she asks as she looks out the The Depression hits Mame hard, and window. "God, that moon's bright." Patrick is forced to go to boarding school, It's mind-boggling to watch the perwhere he meets a woman who may be formers dance. They all move around the "the one." But Mame doesn't think she is stage gracefully with fluid movements, right for her Patrick after meeting her due to the company's talent and choreogfamily, who matches their wardrobe to the rapher Debbie Stark, who has worked red-and-white-checkered picnic table- with PHAMALy for six years. Two charcloth. acters in wheelchairs do a square dance in The company's acting and singing one scene, and two others swing dance in was exe~plary. Standouts include Jeremy another. The dances are beautifully choreThe Metropolitan

HOOT NANNY: Jeremy Palmer and Unda Wirth are one of many Inspirational actors In PHAMALy's Mame.

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Train accident didn't hobble comic By Lisa Opsahl-Lang The Metropolitan He's pale and wan with a prosthetic arm, and he can make an audience laugh until everyone's face and stomach muscles feel like they haven't been used in years. He is Don Becker, a Denver playwright, author, actor and poet who is returning to his roots in stand-up comedy after a five-year absence. He originally left comedy, where he worked with Roseanne, Dennis Miller and Robin Williams, when he had an accident. "I wanted to shake hands with a moving train,'' Becker said of the accident that caused him to lose his arm. Becker had a psychotic episode, and the train incident occurred during his lapse from reality. He shares this story in his act, where he explores the roles of mental illness, religion, sex and drugs in his life. Becker delivers his act with George Carlin's brevity, Robin Williams' storytelling and Dennis Miller's sarcasm. He interlaces drug pieces throughout the show, beginning with, "heroin was developed as a cure for morphine addiction. It worked." When on mushrooms, he gets "the urge to drive to Winslow, Ariz., in a flatbed Ford and shoot Jackson Browne in the back of the head, execution-style. It's a long story, and it's not his fault." "I don' t experiment with drugs," he mused. "I know exactly what I'm doing." He also takes the audience through

the realm of mental illness. Becker smoothes into the material by talking about actress Patty Du~e's multiple personality disorder. Becker says this isn't surprising, since Duke played identical cousins on her classic TV show. He quotes her theme song. "'Patty likes to rock 'n' roll. A hotdog makes her lose control.' "If a hot dog makes you lose control you need Stellazine," he said. Stand-up isn't a form of therapy for him. He's done therapy and said he doesn't want people to feel sorry for him. "My life is great,'' he said. "I've got a play opening in New York, a book deal and a 27-year-old girlfriend who's a sexual triathlete." Becker's act is not polished stand-up club shtick. It's a work in progress, being created on the stage. He asks questions, flips through notes and has a questionand-answer session at the end. Because he is editing the content as he is delivering it, there are pauses and retakes, unlike a regular show. He also willingly accepts criticism from the audience. Laughs are frequent, and the material pushes empathy, evokes critical thinking and includes a lot of philosophical and literary references. Plus there's a lot of swearing and a- reference to having sex with a duck. Becker performs at l l p.m. Fridays, until he get tired of it, at Jack's Theater, 1553 Platte St., second floor. Cost: $5. Information: 430-2907.

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ATTENTION! Students, Faculty and Staff MSCD has approved "Appropriate Use of Computing And Network Facilities" policy which has been approved by the College's Information Technology Advisory Committee. Please take time to read this policy. Those of you requesting access to the Internet (Information Superhighway) will be required to sign a document certifying that you assume responsibility for adherence to this policy.

APPROPRIATE USE OF MSCD COMPUTING FACILITIES networking technologies and office automation.

Metropolitan State College of Denver's mission statement espouses a "commitment to academic freedom as the key to intellectual inquiry and development of ideas." For us to successfully realize this mission, it is incumbent upon every user of MSCD's computing resources to use those resources appropriately and responsibly, i.e., to use computing and networking in a way that does not infringe on any other individual's academic freedom, that does not interfere with any other individual's intellectual inquiry and that does not interfere with any other individual's use of computing to develop ideas.

MSCD's computing resources are available to MSCD students, faculty and staff. For any other individual or organization to use MSCD's computing resources requires special written approval from the Associate Vice President of Information Technology. INAPPROPRIATE USE Any activity involving MSCD's computing facilities which knowingly interferes with someone else's academic freedom, the institution's foals or policies, examples of inappropriate use include, but are not limited to the following:

Equally important is the individual's right-to-privacy. Every member of the MSCD community must protect every other individual's right-lo-privacy (see the Family Educational Rights and Privacy of 1974). This responsibility spans every form of information: on-line systems, reports, verbal and electronic communications and electronic data files. The Metropolitan State College of Denver wholeheartedly endorses EDUCOM's published statement of principle concerning software and intellectual rights (see The EDUCOM Code).

- Attempting to gain access to personal information, computer accounts, or computing resources for which you are not authorized. - Not logging off from public terminals, thereby providing others access to computing resources for which they may not be authorized. - Damaging, altering or tampering with other's data contained within or transported by MSCD's computing facilities. - Violating the confidentiality of information associated with an individual or their research, or information associated with the college. - Any form of electronic eavesdropping, e.g., examining the contents of data packets transmitted on the campus network. - Any form of harassing activity; Any activity which wastes either human or computing resources.

APPROPRIATE USE To be appropriate, use of any computing facilities at MSCD must be clearly in support of institutional goals. These facilities are provided as "tools" for the college community to use in accomplishing their respective jobs. This is true of administrative information systems, academic computing resources,

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-Violating copyright protection and authorizations, license agreements and contracts. - Any commercial use for profit; - Use of an intercampus network such as Bitnet, Colorado Supernet or the Internet that violates their usage guidelines (see usage guidelines for these various networks). Many of these examples involve violations of law. For example, unauthorized access into someone's information stored on a computer system is a violation of that person's right to privacy and is a criminal act. RIGHTS Information Technology reserves the right to assist in determining inappropriate use. This may include, but is not limited to, examining the contents of data files or reports and system activity logs. RESULTS OF MISUSE Misuse of computing resources at MSCD may include suspension of computing privileges, referral to an appropriate authority on campus and referral to a law enforcement agency. Discipline action by the College may include suspension, expulsion and requirements to make final restitution. NOTES: Portions of this document were taken from similar Appropriate Use Statements from The University of Michigan and Washington State University.

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The Metropolitan

STAFF EDITOR Michael BeDan

MANAGING EDITOR ·Rick Thompson

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COPY EDITORS B. Erin Cole Claudia Hibbert-BeDan

NEWS EDITOR Jesse Stephenson

FEATURES EDITOR Lisa Opsahl-Lang

SPORTS EDITOR Kyle Ringo

GRAPmcs EDITOR Lara Wille-Swink

PHOTO EDITOR · Jenny Sparks

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GRAPmc ARTISTS Michael Hill Ayumi Tanoshima

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TELEPHONE NUMBERS Editorial 556-2507 Advertising 556-8361 Fax 556-3421 e-mail: MichaelBeDan@SSD_STLF@MSCD Internet:bedan@mscd.edu The Metropolillln is produced by and far tM 1tude11t1 of Tlte Metropolitan Slate Colle&e of Denver It~ the Auraria CG111p111. The Metropolitan is aupparud by advertis~ Mlelllla and student /ea, and is publU/ied m1ry FriJoy ~ tM ocademic year and molllhly dur~ tM S11111111eT semester. The Metropolitan is distribur«l la aU camp11 ~·· Na pman may fa1t more llum ane copy of each edition of The Metrapalilan 1llitliaut prior wilten penniuio". DireCI OllY qvt1tioru, COlllplainti, camplilllmll or call!llM!lll.l la the MSCD Board of Publicatioru do The Metropolitan. Opinions eipreued wilhill do riot necu1aril1 rejkct fhaie of The Metrapolillln, The Metropolitan State Calle&e of Denver or ill advertisers. Deadline for calendar itemi is S p.1'4. FriJay. DeadliM far pms rdeam is 10 a.111. Monday. Display adllUlis~ deadline is 3 p.111. FriJay. Clasiifed adver~ deadline is 5:00 p.m. Monday. The Metropalit0111 offices are located in IM nwli S1ude111 Union Suire 313. M~ address is P.0.811% 17336%, Campiu80%57, Denver, COBOZ17.J36Z. OA.U ri«Jiti rUuwd. Mlletropalita is priAleJ o" recyded pcptr.

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The decision to give hourly student employees a raise in an effort to encourage student employment "' % rather than lose employees to betterNews: Metro paying non-campus jobs - was the · instituted a pay right move at the wrong time. increase for Student-fee-funded sectors at student employees. Metro were sent scrambling to find the cash to compensate employees Views: The , " after budgets that fit the old pay scale increase is nice but were approved in May. Now, those ill-timed, and its budgets are being tweaked, and success partially employers who hire the majority of relies on a student student employees (Campus fee increase. i Recreation, Student Activities, and the Office of Student Publications) must figure out how to pay the increase. Had the increase occurred before budgets were submitted and approved, the problem would have been minimized. As it stands, employers must hope for a high percentage of work-study employees. Work study money is given t.o employers by the government, rather than coming out of the budget. The spring vote for an increase in student fees now becomes

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a paramount concern for employers. Metro students contribute a maximum $36.25 activity fee, which is used for operating budgets and employee salaries for student-fee funded programs. What employers hope for is an increase of this activity fee to offset the pay raise. The proposed student fee increase, if approved, would be the first since 1992. The increase, if sufficient funds are allocated to the activity fee, would ease the burden of paying employees a higher wage. For now, employers are faced with some tough decisions, especially in jobs where experience is key. Will an employer hire an unskilled employee simply because he or she has a work-study award? The free money might make the option tempting, but it isn't a realistic solution for most employers. Metro President Sheila Kaplan and her cabinet hardly deserve to be criticized for trying to encourage students to find jobs on campus. The choice between working for $6 an hour at McDonalds and $9.15 somewhere on campus is really no choice at all. But hurting employers with an ill-timed announcement and implementation of an increase before the money can be accounted for in a budget is hardly logical. It is yet another example of administration making questionable decisions.

Metro: The in,evitable,cycle Welcome back. The start of a new semester at Metro (no, I will not call it The Met) brings with it new hopes and new beginnings. Freshmen wanTravis Henry dering the campus are The Lowdown excited as they take their first dive into college. Third-year seniors are starting to believe that they might aetually graduate someday. .While a new schooi year brings fresh faces and new cha}Jenges, seasoned Metro students know that some things are inevitable. .Things such.as clueless administration. . This was proven over the summer when the administration decided calling our school '"Ibe Met" was 'the answer to all of the college's woes. Camp1:1s veterans know it will be only a short time before the administration cresome silly new policy or makes some backward decision · that w.ill push our school once again in the wrong direction.

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Metro's administration is like a drawn-out Dilbert cartoon - only less funny. Another thing Metro students can be sure to look out for is self-proclaimed "student activist" Gary Norris, who claims that the school is out to get him. Please. Hey, Gary, this isn't the sixties, and you're on a commuter campus. Who has your whining helped? Nobody, except maybe this newspaper, which needed to fill some white space detailing your legal battle during the summer. Students can also count on some excitement from student representatives. It wouldn't be Metro if student government didn't misuse funds, fire officers or spontaneously blow up. I know we have a new crop of student legislators who believe that they can get things done "in the name of the students." But something happens when elected students enter that third-level office in the Tivoli. Something like a collective brain freere. . It's also only a matter of time before we learn that - yes, once again - tuition .

will be raised next semester. And it will be only a matter of time before you and I stand idly by and agree to pay that tuition, unless of course Norris decides to hold yet another student walkout, proclaiming that the tuition hike is a plot to silence him. In that case you and I will participate in the said walk-out ... THEN stand idly by and agree to pay that tuition. Maybe student government can help. Other predictions: A Metro student will be hit by the light rail. It happens every year. The best professor you have ever had will be denied tenure. It has happened to me, it will happen to you. On the day of your biggest test, you will not be able to find a parlcing spot. Gary Norris will cry and whine that I wrote a column abbut him and will submit a 2,000 word manifesto to decry this column and the school. Nobody will understand it. Some might label me a cynic, but mark my words, everything I have written will happen in some fonn or another. Stay tuned. And watch out for that light rail.

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Reality is a tricky concept to those involved in sports. Goals, expectations and visions of grandeur tend to cloud the senses. Coaches and athletes predict greatness at the onset of a given season only to look foolish when the dream crumbles. Look no further than the women's volleyball team at Metro. For two straight seasons (1994 and 1995) the coach proclaimed her squad to be the "best" she'd ever assembled and predicted NCAA tournament success. When the NCAA Division II volleyball tournament got underway at the end of each of those seasons, Metro's Roadrunners were making Christmas vacation plans - not playing volleyball. In 1995, the Roadrunners finished with a losing record for the first time since 1985. The team didn't fare much better last season under the guidance of a new coach but showed signs of life by winning six of its last eight games. And for a team accustomed to success - five NCAA berths in the past 10 years - it was a dose of the past that enabled it to start moving forward. Now, as women sweat, set, spike and sprint through the Auraria Events Center, a sense of purpose has been restored and the 1997 volleyball season might offer a glimpse of things to come. When coach Joan McDermott returned to Metro in 1996, she saw nary a trace of the squad she'd led to consecutive NCAA Division II Regional tournament

berths in 1988 and 1989. Instead, she found a team in shambles. "I thought 'well I can come back, Metro will be good,' and I got back and it was like 'gosh, what happened?'" McDermott said. The answer to that might be that McDermott left in the first place. In 1990, she bolted for Briar Cliff College in Sioux City, Iowa, and coached her team to a 3312 record (the most wins in school history). From 1991-1995, she served as head coach at Morningside College, also in Sioux City, guiding the team to a 115-63 record and a top-10 national ranking. Meanwhile at Metro, coach Rhonda Williams enjoyed success for four years before the wheels started to come off. Williams inherited a stellar freshman class from McDermott and made three NCAA tournament appearances. With the athletes McDermott had recruited and the good fortune to discover players like Crissy Canada, a 6-foot superstar walk-on who would rewrite the Metro record books, Williams posted a 118-5 1 record in her first four seasons. Canada graduated i~ 1994 with career records in kills ( 1,493), solo blocks (317), total blocks (764 ), blocks assisted (447) and attack percentage (.369). But, as Canada's career ended, it was the beginning of the end for Williams. The Roadrunners finished 23-14 in 1994 (Canada's last season) and missed the NCAA tournament. Metro dropped to 13-20 in a tumultuous season that included Williams being suspended for two games for paying a player's rent in 1995.

Another leaves as fall arrives Media man joins RMAC, Metro alumnus to fill shoes By Michael BeDan etropo ·1on

The ever-changing face of Metro's athletic department got yet another new look Monday when Metro graduate Mark Cicero took the helm as interim Director of Media Relations and Sports Information, replacing Dan Smith. Smith left Aug. 12 to become assistant commissioner of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference and officially began his duties Monday. His move comes five months after former men's basketball coach Charles Bradley

accepted a position at Division I Loyola Marymount and nearly one year after former Assistant Athletics Director J.R. Smith accepted the athletics director position at Fort Lewis College. "We've had so many people move on," said Metro Athletics Director Bill Helman. "It's tough picking up and moving on, but we keep getting good, young people." Smith, 32, held the position since 1994 and is credited with revamping the marketing and promotions program at Metro, which grew to include more than 30 corporate partners during his tenure.

Williams resigned at the end of the season. Re-enter McDermott. With little time to recruit, she slapped together a team with just three seniors and all the signs of a hangover from the Williams fiasco. The team finished 13-21. However, a late-season surge that included a win over Regis - a top-20 team that made it to the NCAA Tournament the Roadrunners sneaked into the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Tournament. "It took us a while to get going," McDermott said. "Probably partly because I was new and brought a new system. And (the 1321 record) is deceiving because my first two years here (1988 and 1989) we had really good records (30-11, 39-12). "But last year we won six of our last eight matches, and once we got going we were pretty good." McDermott begins her fourth overall season at Metro (her second in the 90s) with the hope of brighter days and, if her track record is any indicator, the coaching acumen to produce. McDermott's lifetime record as a college volleyball coach is 371-185. "Our goal is to be in the top four in the conference," McDermott said. "Regis and Colorado Christian return their whole starting lineup, so that's pretty tough. We did beat both those teams at the end of last year." see VOLLEYBALL on 21

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Smith since August of 1995 and recently completed a year as a graduate intern with the Denver Broncos. "My concern is getting through the first month," Cicero said. "Helping Dan get out and me get in. What I hope happens is that while people will be sad to see (Smith) go, no one will notice he is Dan Smith gone as far as the job itself." Smith said he is grateful for the opportunity Metro gave him and that he'll miss the day-to-day contact with all sports. "(Smith) did a great job, but I feel the friends he made. "It's hard to leave," Smith said. "I'm good about (Cicero)," Helman said. "And in this case we don't have time to do a in the process of moving and it hasn't search. (Cicero) will be an interim, but' really sunk in yet. "This is a good move professionally he'll be eligible to apply for the job next and comes at an important time in my year." Cicero served as an assistant under career." Additionally, Smith coordinated the Roadrunners' weekly radio show. Metro hired Cicero, a 22-yearold 1995 graduate, on an interim basis because the change came right at the beginning of. fall

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The Roadrunners will blend a mix of returning players with McDermott's first legitimate recruiting class since returning to Metro. The biggest holes left from last season come at two primary positions setter and outside hitter. Kerry Beidleman and Stacey Hoyt led the team from the respective positions last year and both graduated. Senior Laurie Anderson will carry the load at setter and junior college transfer Audra Littou, a 5-9 junior from Glendale Community College in Tempe, Ariz, will be an outside hitter. "(Littou) is a really nice player," McDermott said. "She's really here to replace Stacey Hoyt." With nine new players on the active roster, McDermott said the biggest key to the season will be how well the returning players gel with the infusion of new talent. "The game has changed," McDermott said. "Everybody is bigger. If you are not bigger and stronger, you're going to get eaten up. "We don't have that one stud, but we have five or six good hitters." While freshman Kenni Swan (5-11, Woodlin High School), Michelle Edwards (5-11, Summit High School) and senior Shannon Ortell (6-0) give the Roadrunners good size on the outside and in the middle, the leadership role will be Anderson's. Anderson has seen both sides of the coin, playing her first two seasons under

Williams, and the difference is night and day, she said. ' "I like (McDermott's) philosophy a lot more," Anderson said. She said the team is better-organized under McDermott and that the women respond by working harder than ever. "I really believe in conditioning, and my first two years we weren't in the shape we needed to be," Anderson said. "We work really hard, and we might be really sore but it's what we need." McDermott said she is hoping the extra conditioning will translate into mental toughness as well as physical fitness . Senior Holly Rice (5-10), sophomore Janaina Peruzzo (6-0) and sophomore Jacquelyn Peterson (5-10) will be major contributors, McDermott said. With the absence of a Canada-caliber superstar, Metro will rely on a balanced attack with a focus on defense. "They lucked out with (Canada)," McDermott said. "She was a walk-on, and these days it's tough. But that's what we've got to do - find sleepers like her." As for the future, McDermott plans to see the rebuilding process through. "I plan to be here a long time," she said. "I like Denver." And for this season? "I don 't think we can win the conference, but you never know," she said. "We want to be better than .500 and surprise a lot of people. "That's being realistic."

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GENERAL A.A. meeting - Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 11-11 :45 a.m., I 029 9th Street Park. Information: Billi 556-3878. Art Show - "Fore! the Arts," Tuesday Thursday 11-5 p.m., Friday 11-8 p.m., Saturday noon-4 p.m. 17th and Wazee. This exhibition features 13 golf holes designed and created by artists and architects the golf course is playable and provides excellent design, fine art and lots of fun. Cost: $5 adults, $3 members and children. Information: 294-5207. Support Group - WINGS, programs and services for adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse. WINGS is a non-profit organization in Colorado providing peer support services for men and women as they reduce the trauma of sexual abuse, improve their quality of life and break the cycle of incest. WINGS strives to promote healing through peer support groups in which survivors are believed, accepted and are no longer alone. Information or volunteer opportunities: 238-8660 or 1-800-373-8671. Artwalk - First Fridays, 5-9 p.m. Broadway Corridor and South Pearl. The Broadway Corridor Arts Alliance coordinated galleries in Denver for a self-guided walking tour on the first Friday of each month throughout he years. Cost: Free. Information: 778-6990. Art Exhibit - "9 Painters + One," Emmanuel Gallery, I 0th and Lawrence Street Mall. The show runs from Aug. 25-Sept. 18.

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Comedy - Brian Haley at Comedy Works, 1226 15th St., Larimer Square. Haley is a regular on the NBC series Wings and made appearances on the Tonight Show, Evening at the lmprov and his own HBO One Night Stand and in the films Mars Attacks, McHale's Navy and That Darn Cat. Information: 595-3637. State Fair Concerts - Hip Hop Dance Party, 8 p.m., Pueblo. Cost: $10. Information: 1-800444-FAIR. Concert - Cabaret Diosa, 9 p.m., Fox Theatre and Cafe, 1135 13th St., Boulder. Cost: $6.30. Information: 443-3399.

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Educational Forum - Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, 7:30 p.m., Metro Denver Bahai Center, 225 E. Bayaud Ave. Presented by Richard Hutchins. Information: 322-8997. Swing Dance Club - 9th Avenue West, 99 W. 9th Ave. From Tucson, Hipster Daddy-0 and the Hand Grenades, ten-piece swing band in the style of The Cherry Poppin' Daddies. Information: 572-8006.

Third Annual Boulder Asian Festival Boulder Pearl Street Mall, The Boulder Asian Pacific Alliance presents the event and offers foods, arts, crafts, folklore, theater, dance, music, song and histories of the Asian Pacific Island residents of Boulder County. Information: 444-1078. Music Festival - Mountain Music Festival, benefiting the Seniors' Resource Center, noon9 p.m., Evergreen Lake Park. Seven bands, food, fun. Cost: $10: Information: 674-2843.

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Concert - Emergency Broadcast Players, 8 p.m., Houston Fine Arts Center, 7111 Montview Blvd., Denver. Jazz improvisers. Cost: $8, $5 students. Information: 759-1797. State Fair Concerts - Chris LeDoux, 8 p.m., Pueblo. Cost: $15. Information: 1-800-444FAIR. Dance Club - Disco Inferno, 10 p.m., Fox Theatre and Cafe, 1135 13th St., Boulder. Cost: $4. Information: 443-3399.

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Student Government Assembly Meeting 3:30 p.m., Senate chambers, Tivoli Room 329. Information: 556-2797. Bring your ideas, concerns and opinions to the attention of your elected assembly. An open forum is allotted at every meeting for students at large to speak. You may also request to be placed on the next meeting's agenda by calling 556-3312 the Friday before the meeting. Fashion Show/dance club - "Out," 9 p.m., The Blue Room, 2040 Larimer St., Information: 296-0969. Every Monday night, Cornucopia of Soul, presents "Out." The night integrates fashion shows by local shops like Imi Jimi, BC Surf and Sport and Kontents, DJs and a live jazzy jungle hip hop band. Meditation Workshop - Sponsored by the International Buddhist Progress Society, 7 p.m., 2530 W. Alameda, Alameda and Bryant. Cost: $5 members, $10 non-members. Information 806-8404. Concert - Sugar Ray with Smashmouth and Plexi, 7:30 p.m., Bluebird Theater, 3317 E. Colfax. Cost: $8-$10. Information: 322-2308.

Barbeque - The Great Aussie Barbeque. noon, Adams County Fairgrounds. Featuring snags and beer, ginger beer, shade didgeridoo playing, games for the kids. Cost: $30 adults, $15 kids under 15, free for kids under 6. Information: 297-1200.

Concert David Byrne, 7:30 p.m., Paramount Theatre. Cost: $23.50. Information: 830-TIXS.

State Fair Concerts - La Diferenzia with Nydia Rojas, 8 p.m. , Pueblo. Cost: $5. Information: 1-800-444-FAJR.

State Fair Concerts - Sawyer Brown, 8 p.m., Pueblo. Cost: $5. Information: 1-800444-FAJR.

Concert - Cabaret Diosa with Ozomatli, 9 p.m., Fox Theatre and Cafe, 1135 13th St., Boulder. Cost: $6.30. Information: 443-3399.

Concert - Toots and the Maytals with King Chango, 8 p.m., Fox Theatre and Cafe, 1135 13th St., Boulder. Cost: $17.85. Information: 443-3399.

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United states consider gaining academic knowledge of Chicanos/Latinos through enrolling in Chicana/o Studies courses, some of which are cross-listed.

Sections with some seats still available: For Introductory courses: 4597 4605 4606

CHS 100 Introduction to Chicano Studies, Internet, Arranged. CHS 100 Introduction to Chicano Studies, 1300-1350, MWF. CHS lOOintroduction to Chicano Studies, 900-1140, S.

For Survey of Chicano Literature, write: 4610 CHS 201/5326 ENG 241 Sur. Chicano Lit, Manuel Ramos, Author, Inst. 11-12:15 TR.

For Chicano Poetry & Drama: 4611 CHS, Anthony Garcia, Su Teatro Dir., Inst., 12:30-1:45 TR. For Women of Color, X. Woodley. 4612 CHS 201/7610 WMS 210 Women of Color 8-8:50 MWF.

For La Chicana, write it this way: 4615 -CHS 346/7637 WMS 346 Chicana Feminist Theory, Internet, Monica Russell y Rodriguez. Arranged

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For Literature of South America, Authur Campa Jr.. 4616 CHS 380/4233 ANT 330 Ethnography of South America 1400-1515 TR.

For Chicano Film, Nick Morales.

4617 CHS 390/6901PSC309 Politics of Chic~~ Film 11-1215 TR.

F~rThe Chicano Movement.Antonio Esquibel. 4618 CHS 401 The Chicano Movement 930-1045 TR. -

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