Volume 20, Issue 2 - Aug. 29, 1997

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The Metropolitan State College of Denver student newspaper serving the Auraria Campus since 1979

State health plan a risky venture Student Health Center to eliminate indigent card as alter!lative insurance

By Bill Keran .Ihe Metropolrtan

Metro students who opt to use a statesupported health care program instead of buying health insurance through the college might not get the medical coverage they need.

John Gaskell, vice president of Student Services for Metro's student government, said many students are substituting the state's indigent care program for the school's health insurance.

"The concern of mine is that these students think they have health insurance, but they really don't because it's not a guarantee for any kind of care." Gaskell said. "You can be turned down by a private hospital in a case of emergency, whereas with the health insurance of the school you are guaranteed health care."

Steve Monaco, director of the Student Health Center, estimated that 180 students use the indigent program over the college's insurance program. Metro's student health insurance costs $298.30 per semester and g~arantees medi~al coverage.

Monaco said Metro students are better off under the school's plan. The indigent health program is in financial trouble because expenses incurred by the program's medical providers have been higher than state contributions.

Those financial woes mean many people in. the program have been turned down for care because there aren't enough funds supplied by the state. The Denver Post reported in an April 27 story that Colorado health care providers lost $43.3 million in 1996 on the indigent program.

"This (indigent program) is in significant trouble," Monaco said. "It was never meant to be an insurance program. And it is in no way, shape or form, insurance, by any means.

"Numerous facilities in the state, have closed their doors to this program, and are not permitting access because they can't

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afford the loss. There is no guarantee that a student with a Colorado discount program card has access to health care."

Metro's health insurance program is mandatory for students taking I 0 or more credits unless a student can prove that they are covered under a comparable, valid health insurance policy. Students who quallfy for the indigent health care program ~t an enrollment card that they can use to wave the school's insurance policy. \ State legislators developed the indigent care program to help pay the medical bills of people who are not covered by private insurance, Medicaid or Medicare.

Enrollment in the indigent program is free. But the program does not guarantee coverage for medical services although the state pays a percentage of an enrollee's medical bills.

The college will stop accepting the indigent card in fall 1998 as proof of health insurance. Until then, many students who waive the college's insurance and choose the indigent care program might wrongly assume they are covered.

"We really shouldn' t have been accepting it all along, because it isn't insurance, and it never was," Monaco said. "We didn't know a lot about the program."

The college's health center office sent out notices of this policy change this spring to students who waived the scho6l's insurance program.

Monaco said the state program wasn't meant for students since they have access to health insurance through the school.

University Hospital has changed its policy on issuing cards indiscriminately and now ensures recipients meet criteria for the indigent program.

"If someone's got access to a low cost, great benefit plan that's covered by financial aid, there is no way the state of Colorado would want someone on this (indigent care) plan," Monaco said. "If you bought (Metro's) coverage elsewhere, it would cost about $1,200."

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STICKY SITUATION: Metro biology major Ana Perez, 27, looks away as medical assistant Stacy Johnson draws blood Aug. 26 at the Student Health Center. Metro students taking 10 or more credit hours must pay for Metro's Insurance or provide proof of comparable insurance.

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Student adVO.c acy group Student wage sets deadline for action increase stings

By J~ Stephenson The Metropolitan

An advocacy group for disabled students has set Sept. 8 as the deadline for Metro's top administrators to fonnally commit to addressing six key disability issues at ihe college.

Members of Leadership Education and Advocacy with Direction said they want to keep the request on an amicable level, but will publicly protest if Metro President Sheila Kaplan and eight other administrators don't issue a written response by that date.

In an Aug. 13 memo addressed to the college administrators, LEAD members detailed several things that troubled them about how the college handles students with disabilities.

Brenda Mosby, vice president of LEAD, said the group set the deadline because it wants the college to

commit to finding solutions lo the problems disabled Metro students face at the college.

Teresa Harper, vice president for Diversity for Metro's student government, helped LEAD draft its request. She said students with disabilities have received lukewann results in their dealings with Metro's administration in the past.

Harper said the written request is a call for prompt administrative action.

"For years and years and years students with disabilities have done everything they need to do to try and get things done at the college," Harper said. "Now they're saying, 'we want action."'

Metro spokeswoman Sherry Patton said Metro's administration is taking LEAD's request seriously and has completed its response to the group. see LEAD on 9

Planners ponder Pepsi Center's impact on Auraria Campus parking and traffic

By Alisha Jeter

students parking at the Pepsi Center should enrollment increase.

Two professional sports teams will become "We're hoping to work out an opportunity where Auraria's neighbors within the next two years, and we would assist them and they would assist us," plans are already in the works to accommodate them. Gallagher said.

The city of Denver and Ascent Entertainment Gallagher and the builders discussed traffic conGroup, owner of the Colorado Avalanche and the cerns about a year ago when negotiations with the Denver Nuggets, city began. High trafsealed a deal Aug. I 2 fic areas will include to build the long-negoSeventh and Ninth tiated Pepsi Center, Streets and the Auraria which will replace Parkway, all of which McNichols Arena as will be access roads to home to both teams. the Pepsi Center.

The Pepsi Center will Gallagher said he be built on a 50-acre anticipates discussing parcel between Auraria parking relief with and Elitch Gardens Ascent before the conamusement park. struction is completed The facility, and overcrowded designed to seat over to parking lots become 20,000 people, brings an issue. with it parking and "Our goal is to drainage issues. park students, faculty About 4,400 parkand staff before we ing spots are planned talk to anyone else," he for the Pepsi Center said. lot. Elitch Gardens has But before anyone agreed to share another can park at the planned Lara Wille Swink/ The Metropolitan 2,200 spaces. But that arena, Pepsi Center total will not hold even half of a capacity crowd, said officials must deal the problem of water drainage.

Mark Gallagher, Auraria parking director. , Stonn drainage pipes running along the campus from He added that more parking spaces on campus about Fifth Street to Speer Boulevard are too small, might be needed to accommodate Pepsi Center said Vern Paiz, supervisor of plumbing for Auraria crowds.

Facilities Management. This creates runoff problems.

Excess parking spots, including Lot E near Fifth The drainage system proved to be inadequate and Seventh streets, will most likely be used for Pepsi during an Aug. 11 downpour, which forced hail into Center events. This lot has the largest surface area of the lines and blocked water flow, Paiz said. any campus lot and is seldom used on evenings and The excess water flowed into the Tivoli Student weekends, Gallagher said.

Union - causing thousands of dollars in flood damThe chance of daytime parking problems on age - and future stonns likely would have the same campus will be slim since most basketball and hock- effect rf the system isn't enlarged. The line also hapey games and concerts will be scheduled in the pens to run beneath the future Pepsi Center site and I evening. would need to be rerouted before construction could Gallagher wants to look into the possibility of begin.

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~ J~ Stephenson Metropolitan Two months after college administrators approved pay increases for campus student employees, Metro program directors who employ students are still struggling to come up with money to pay the higher wages.

Yolanda Ortega-Ericksen, dean of Student Life, oversees Metro offices that rely on student fees for funding. She said she's not opposed to paying student employees higher wages, but questions why no one gave program directors a chance to adjust their budgets to accommodate the higher salaries.

In June, Metro President Sheila Kaplan 's cabinet ordered all Metro offices to increase student employees' pay. This came a month after budgets for the student fee funded offices were finalized. The increase ranges between 40 cents to $2.04 more per hour.

Yolanda OrtegaOrtega-Ericksen said seven offices Ericksen that are funded by student fees, including Campus Recreation, Student Activities, and Student Publications, will need to come up with an estimated total of $63,000 to compensate for the wage increases.

"We've been absolutely frantic about this," Ortega-Ericksen said. "We had no lead time to prepare for the increase, and now I'm cleaning up after the fact."

Joe Arcese, Metro's vice president for Administration and Finance, approved the student wage increases. He said he regrets leaving student fee funded programs in a financial lurch but said that the pay raises are long past due.

"We could have done a better job on my side of getting (the pay raise infonnation) out to the departments sooner," he said.

"In fact, if we have to do this again, we will do it sooner."

In the meantime, Ortega-Ericksen said she's going to continue to look for ways to come up with the money to pay for the raise. Those options include making the programs use reserve money left over from previous years, as well as requesting a student fee hike next year.

The student fee based programs might also ask for money from a special fund set aside for unexpected or one-time expenses, she said.

Another way Ortega-Ericksen said she could get money to fill the wage gap is from additional student fee dollars collected thanks to Metro's higher enrollment this year. She said preliminary enrollment figures are showing the college's student population is up 3 percent over last fall.

Arcese said Metro administrators decided to raise student pay after they conducted a study this spring on what students earn at other campuses and private businesses in the Metro area.

The results of that study showed that Metro offices were paying students less than they could earn off campus and as employees of other colleges, Arcese said.

Metro administrators also wanted the raise because they believed many student salaries could be paid with federal workstudy dollars instead of money from college's departmental budgets.

Arcese said hundreds of students at Metro are eligible fo r work study and could be - but aren't - working at the college.

Work-study students don't cost departments since the federal government supplies the money to pay their salaries. The federal government auto_matically considers the work-study eligibility of every student who applies for financial aid. ''There are 1,200 jobs available for students at Metro, and there are I ,700 students who are eligible for work study dollars," Arcese said. see PAY PROBLEMS on 7

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The Metropolitan

August 29, 1997

Spouse pleads guilty in professor's murder

By Alisha Jeter The Metropolt.1an Ruediger Jakob-Chien's students knew all about the problems he was having with his marriage last spring. But they probably didn't expect those problems would lead to his murder.

Jakob-Chien 's wife, Cynthia, 43, plead guilty Aug. 20 for her husband's murder. She told Boulder District Court Judge Morris Sandstead her husband was abusive for much of their 3-year marriage.

She could face 16 to 32 years in prison for the shooting.

Ruediger Jakob-Chien, a ' professor of Computer Science and Engine~ring at the University of Colorado at Denver, often discussed his personal problems in class, said department Chairwoman Gita Alaghband.

Alaghband said when the couple visited her house, they seemed like any other normal couple to her.

Ruediger Jakob-Chien did not seem to her to have any indications of violent behavior; she said, adding he built .a Web page decorated with pictures of his. family and seemed devoted to them.

"He was a very gentle person as far as a colleague," Alaghband said. "Nobody (in the department) could imagine something like this would happen ."

The loss had a heavy impact on the department, Alaghband said.

Ruediger Jakob-Chien joined CUDenver's ranks in August 1996, but Alaghband had known him since he attended CU-Boulder for graduate work

four years before.

"We were happy to have him," she said. "It really filled a void in the department."

Friends of Cynthia Jakob-Chien's at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls, where she taught criminology, said they were shocked to hear she had shot her husband.

Cynthia, now in the Boulder County Jail awaiting an Oct. 23 sentencing, was a strong advocate of gun control, they said.

"I couldn't imagine Cynthia even holding a gun, much less shooting anyone," said Keith Crew, UNI director of Criminology and a friend of Cynthia Jakob-Chien.

The couple was estranged. Ruediger JakobChien bad come to their Boulder home to pick up some of his belongings when his wife shot him.

Crew said he knew the couple was having marital problems, stemming from the fact that both worked and had to juggle a career and family. But he said he had no idea Cynthia Jakob-Chien might have been suffering from abuse.

She was a friendly, likable lady, who gave no hint she was truly unhappy in the marriage, he said. She had just earned her doctorate degree when she landed the job two years ago at UNI, and she was dedicated to her work with juvenile delinquency and youth drug use, Crew said.

When Ruediger was hired at UCD, he wanted the family to move to Colorado.

Cynthia wanted to Stay at UNI, Crew said, but he didn't know whether that was a major stress in the relationship.

Mercury fumes foul Tivoli theaters

By Bill Keran The Metropolitan

Jes.w Stephenson/The Metropolitan NO ENTRY: A Denver firefighter guards the Tlvoll theater entryway Aug. 25.

Tivoli 12 movie theater was closed for about 30 minutes on the first day of classes after the Denver Fire Department feared something dangerous might be mingling with the smell of popcorn toxic mercury fomes.

Theater staff was evacuated Aug. 25 around l p.m. when an electrical component in a popcorn maker leaked a small amount of mercury.

There were no injuries, and the vapors did not reach harmful levels.

Lyle McKenzie of the state health department said the level of mercury fumes on the popcorn machine was 1.46 micrograms per cubic meters of air, well below the 200 micrograms needed before a self-contained breathing apparatus is required.

If the popcorn popper had heated the mercury, the vapor levels in the air might have become lethal, he said.

Jenny SparksfThe Metropolitan LEADER AT LEISURE: Monys Hagen takes a seat In the Central Classroom.

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A similar situation is less likely to Better communication between facul- occur because the administration is more ty and the administration might help end open to discuss such issues, and the faculty is more willing to speak out, Hagen conflicts between the two.

Monys Hagen, Metro's Faculty. said.

Hagen wants to help improve comSenate president, said she thinks the two are finally ready to work together. Better munications between the faculty and communication is key to the new partner- administration in several ways. ship, Hagen said.

First, she plans to send the faculty "There has been a perception at the frequent e-mail reports on Senate school in the last couple years that deci- President's Council meetings. sions are being made about people's Hagen said while not everyone will . careers and they aren't being given the actually read these reports, the important information," Hagen said. "We want to thing is that they are available.

The council, made up of the Senate make sure that the faculty is going to be informed about the decisions prior to (the president, vice president, secretary and college) issuing an official statement." representatives from each school at Metro, In one incident last year, the adminis- meets regularly with Metro President tration changed the requirements for Sheila Kaplan.

Making this information available reports that professors must maintain to help make their cases for tenure. will give faculty advance notice of Professors were not notified of the change, Hagen said. changes until a week before school startShe added that faculty should use the ed. updates to keep informed on issues which "Without any discussion, the guide- affect them professionally. lines for a dossier had been changed," Hagen said. "We didn't have any input in see HAGEN on 7 The Metropolitan

Auraria Book Center comes up short on employees, long on lines

By Matthew Lyn Davis The Metropolitan

Students hoping to beat the fall rush at the Auraria Book Center likely found no relief from crowds or long lines.

Ed Schlichenmayer, director of the Auraria Book Center, said the problem this semester is a lack of regular student employees. Some employees just dido 't show up to work, he said, and others left due lo schedule conflicts and the stress that goes with the beginning of a semester "One of the problems we've had is recruiting enough students to work," Schlichenmayer said. ,, Despite staffing woes, the book center was fully prepared Aug. 25 to help the thousands of students who crowded in for the first week of classes. Seventy-five temporary employees from six Denver employment agencies came in to help the short-handed staff.

Jeraldene Alexander, a Metro junior, said picking up her books was no big deal.

"I though they had adequate enough registers and staff," Alexander said.

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student Verawat Sawatdi did his textbook shopping a week early. The only complaint he had with the book center was that a text he needed was sold out.

The book center will ring up !bout 47,000 transactions by the end of the week. It plans to spend about $695,000 on bookstore employee wages $15,000 more than last year. An additional $55,000 was also allocated for temporary help this year.

By comparison, Gibson's Bookstore, across Speer Boulevard on Larimer Street, will handle about 2,000 students during the first week of classes, said manager Robert Bredech.

Additional funds allotted for bookstore wages will allow it to hire more student employees, who are typically paid between $5.50 and $6 per hour. Some longtime employees also will receive raises, Schlichenmayer said: adding that a recent Metro wage hike for student hourly employees will not directly affect the book center.

But Schlich~nmayer said he might have to boost wages anyway to com_pete with other campus offices paying higher wages.

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Student leader lends a hand

By J~ Stephenson 77ie Metropolitan

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Eight-year-old Alycia Harper spent a sizable chunk of time this summer at Metro, where she attended gobs of meetings and tooled around for hours in the offices for both Women's Studies and the student government.

That's because Alycia's mom, Teresa Harper, the vice president of Diversity for Metro's student government, has taken on plenty of work at around campus.

The 39-year-old Metro senior divides her time at college between her student government responsibilities, classes and her part-time clerical position in the Metro Women's Studies office on Ninth Street Park.

Harper, an English major and Women's Studies minor, is fast becoming a prominent, very vocal champion on campus for people with physical and learning disabilities.

Over the past few months, she has worked as a student government liaison to Leadership Education and Advocacy with Direction, an advocacy group for disabled Metro students.

Harper has gone to the group's meetings with Alycia in tow and a head full of ideas. She said helping to secure an equal shot at success for students with physical and learning disabilities is part of her job.

In the last several weeks, Harper has helped the advocacy group compile a list of problem areas that LEAD wants Metro administrators fix.

"People with disabilities pay the same tuition as us, and everything the college has to offer is available to us," she said. "It should be available to them, too."

Harper's course work allows her to delve into the writings of some of her favorite female authors, a bonus since she lists reading books about women and race relations as one of her favorite pastimes.

Her education in Women's Studies has also made Harper aware of her own feminism, she said.

"I would have never called myself a feminist when I was young, but I was," she said. "It's just that I didn't have a name for it."

Teresa Harper Beyond her activities on campus, Harper works part time at the Denver Children's Home, one of the places Social Services sends children when they are removed from their legal custodian's care.

Harper runs a dorm in the home and tries to instill a sense of stability and hope in her charges since many of them come to the shelter with little of either, she said.

"I take them shopping, roller-skating, all kinds of stuff," she said. "I try to show them that even though all these horrible things have happened to them, they can still be productive people, they can still be OK." Harper said she plans to teach high school English after she graduates and she also hopes she can teach her students a thing or two about themselves.

"Students who leave my class will have validated themselves by something they have read or written in my classroom," Harper said.

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Lengthy wait list for campus child care

By Ky Belk 77ie Me1TopOliiOTI Parents who have the flexibility to make part-time arrangements will stand a better chance of eventually receiving fulltime care for their children at the Auraria Child Care Center.

That's because once someone accepts a child care slot, they get priority in choosing time slots over those who are on the wait list in subsequent semesters.

ACCC Director Gina Hamelin said parents who want fulltime care for their children must be placed on waiting lists. Full-time care is defined as Monday through Friday, from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. lbe day care center also accepts children of non-students on a space-available basis. Roughly 20 percent of the children at the center last spring were children of non-students, but Hamelin said she believes that number will be lower this year.

"If we have an opening on Tuesdays and Fridays, then we offer it to the parents (on the waiting list)," Hamelin said. lbe Auraria Child Care Center is licensed by the state of Colorado to care for 240 children on a full-time basis.

Toddlers take 64 of the available slots.

Preschool-age children account for 152 of the total with the center's kindergarten

program taking up the final 24 spaces.

Fees for the Auraria center, which accepts children from 12 months through 8 years, are set on a sliding scale. Costs for part-time care are calculated based on half-days. The half-day fees are $14.50, $15.50 and $17.50 per day, depending on the parents' income.

Full-time care for a toddler would cost $433 a month for parents making up to $15,000 a year, $472 a month for parents who earn between $15,000 to $30,000 a year, and $533 a month for parents making more than $30,000 a year.

The last fee hike was in July 1996. The center uses fundraising programs and grants to raise money, rather than raising the fees, said Hamelin, who along with various members of Auraria's administration determines the costs for child care. They also call other child care centers to compare fee structures, Hamelin said.

Montessori On The Mall, a child care center located on the 16th Street Mall in downtown Denver, also has a waiting list for toddlers, said Alice Palma, Montessori's director. Palma said she hopes to have some openings in September. Full-time child care for a toddler at Montessori costs $670 a month.

First day of semester a busy one at Tivoli Student Union

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Frustrated students standing in long, crowded lines can mean only one thing this time of year a new semester has arrived.

The scene at the Tivoli reflected this Aug. 25 as students lined the halls, waiting up to an hour for student IDs, books, food or a crack at a cash machine.

"It is ridiculous, but I expected it," said Julie Uthe, a Metro freshman who was waiting for an ID card.

Keith Green, a student who was also waiting for a card, said it took him an hour just to get to the front door of the ID office. Green then waited another 30 minutes to get his student ID. Some students waiting in line at the Ticketmaster window for an ID renewal sticker said they only waited for about five minutes.

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much over the years, but she was able to avoid a prolonged wait in the Auraria Book Center.

"Luckily, I haven't had to wait very long in any lines this semester," she said. "At the bookstore, you're just in and out."

This might be because the bookstore's credit card system is one of the fastest in the country, helping reduce waiting time, said Melanie Hadley, assistant director of the Auraria Book Center.

Hadley said that lines have been "pretty terrific" because the cashiers are quick to get people through the lines. The store's busiest hours are between I 0 a.m. and 2 p.m., and the average waiting time in line during those hours is about 25 minutes, she said.

"Things are running really, really smoothly," Hadley said, adding the bookstore put in new J~ StephensoWThe Metropolitan visual aids to help guide students through the store, such as bright, fluorescent orange footsteps taped KIDDING AROUND: TWO.year-old Taylour Glover chats with students waiting in line Aug. 25 to get their student IDs. Taylour's mom, Stephanie Glover, 20, is a sophomore at to the floor.

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Faculty healthbenefits might be expanded

By Jill Burke The Metropolitan

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PINS AND NEEDLES: Metro student Joleen Oliver gets a hepatitis vaccination Aug. 27 from Stacy Johnson, a medical assistant at the Student Health Center. Hepatitis is transmitted through bodily fluids and attacks the liver, causing inflammation and deterioration. College-age people are at higher risk for hepatitis.

Health center heads off hepatitis

By Megan Huges The Metropolitan The Student Health Center is now offering low-cost hepatitis B vaccinations to students, faculty and staff.

The vaccinations consist of a series of three shots at $35 each and are given over the course of one year. The. intervals between shots can be adjusted to accommodate those who plan to leave the country in less than a year.

"We just want to make people aware that the vaccinations are available since the v-irus most commonly affects the college-age population," said Pat Connor, a physician's assistant at the center.

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Hagen also pointed to several recent agreements between faculty and administration as an early sign of the better communication. The two bodies reached at least partial agreement on issues such as the faculty handbook, post tenure review, and a solution for lower-than-average faculty salaries.

Other hope for improved communication came this summer when Cheryl Norton was appointed as provost of the college, she said, adding Norton will be a connection to the administration and an advocate for faculty concerns.

"We're excited abl:>ut her," Hagen said. "(Norton) is very good at finding a common ground between parties .."

The Faculty Senate's annual budget of about $5,000 comes from the president's office. It has 80 members this year, about one for every six full-time professors.

Hepatitis B attacks the liver, causing inflammation and deterioration. If left untreated, it can lead to cirrhosis of the liver or liver cancer.

The disease is transmitted by infected blood, often through blood transfusions, sexual contact, and hypodermic and tattooing needles.

Intravenous drug users and people with multiple sex partners run a greater risk of contracting the virus. Health care professionals also suggest that people planning to travel abroad for a period of six months or more be vaccinated against hepatitis.

Tfie symptoms of hepatitis B resemble that of the flu. Some patients experi-

ence headaches, fever and chills along with fatigue, abdominal pains and jaundice, a yellowing of the skin and the eyes.

Many patients, however, experience no symptoms at all.

Failure to promptly diagnose hepatitis increases the risk of permanent liver damage, which can lead to death about five to 20 percent of the time, according to The Bantam Medical Dictionary.

Questions about the vaccinations or any other health issues may be directed to the Student Health Center, located on the south side of the Plaza Building, or by calling 556-8188.

Domestic partners of faculty and staff at Metro and the other three state co,lleges in Colorado might soon be eligible for health benefits.

The Domestic Partner Benefits Proposal, if adopted, would extend insurance benefits to long-term, committed partners of unmarried faculty at Metro and state colleges. Those arc Western State College in Gunnison and Adams State College in Alamosa.

Domestic partners would have to be jointly responsible for each other's common welfare and share financial obligations to qualify for the program.

The proposal must be approved by both the Board of Trustees for the state colleges in Colorado and the state legislature to be enacted. lt includes a rationale for the policy, configuration of the plan and budget implications. It also addresses the possibility of abuse and the impact the proposal would have on the educational community at large.

Adoption of the policy would provide tangible proof that the state colleges in Colorado's claims of commitment to quality, diversity, and leadership are grounded in practice as well as theory, the proposal says.

Offering domestic partnership benefits also allows the colleges to be competitive in the recruitment of faculty it says, citing more than 100 colleges and universities and 220 businesses nationwide that provide domestic partnership benefits.

An inclusive workplace would time previously spent on obtaining equitable benefits to now be focused on achieving the highest quality educational environment, the proposal says.

Michael Gallagher, president of Mesa State College in Grand Junction, said in a 1letter of support that similar proposals adopted elsewhere have proved to be neither complex nor extremely costly.

Study to explore how work study funds get used PAY PROBLEMS from 3

Metro spokeswoman Sherry Patton said college administrators are hoping the wage increase will prompt Metro departments to assure everyone eligible for work-study is actually being paid from work-study funds. Patton said some departments pay students out of their own budget without inquiring whether they are eligible for work-study.

"The administrators are saying, 'gee if we've got all this federal money sitting here, why not use it,'" Patton said.

Ortega-Ericksen said she's doubtful most programs have underutilized work-study dollars. She added it is impossible to hire only work-study eligible students since most student fee funded departments offer have positions that require high levels of skill. Those departments cannot always find an employee with adequate expertise who is also eligible for work-study dollars.

Vernon Haley, Metro's vice president of Student Services, agrees that most student fee funded programs take full advan-

tage of work-study funds. But he began a survey last week on those programs to find out how many student fee funded employers were paying students eligible for work study with that money, not from their own budgets.

"I'm hoping that study will confirm my suspicion that there are very few students in the student-fee funded offices who aren't using work study when they could be," Haley said. The results of the survey should be available in early September.

Haley said the college has a vested interest in making jobs for at Auraria attractive to student employees since studies show that nationwide, the more time students spend on campus, the less likely they are to drop out of college.

This is because students who are often on campus for reasons other than attending class develop personal relationships, making their time here enjoyable, he said. Haley also said student employees are usually more familiar with what services the college offers and have a better idea of where to go if they need academic or personal assistance.

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Another spokeswoman in Patton's department said the college sent out its response to LEAD's concerns by mail Aug. 27.

The spokeswoman said LEAD could receive the response as early as Aug. 28.

Earlier in the week, Patton said the administrative reply to LEAD will be "positive."

The following are the six things LEAD wants college administrators to commit to doing.

• Make a temporary resource guide on disability issues available at the beginning of the fall semester while the college works on developing a permanent disability handbook.

• Form a committee to do a self-evaluation of the college's disability policies, programs and procedures.

• Officially identify the college's American with Disabilities Act coordinator.

• House the tutoring center's administrative office in a location accessible to students who use wheelchairs and have other physical disabilities. The college moved the tutoring center to the second floor of the St. Francis Center this spring.

That location is not wheelchair accessible, according to LEAD. • Establish a formal training program on disability issues for Metro faculty and staff.

• Create a task force to address the needs of students with disabilities. LEAD members are asking that the task force consist of people knowledgeable in either disability law or the medical and physical aspects of disabilities.

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Nine of the painters in the exhibit were invited by Auraria's three Fine Art departments. Community College of Denver invited Chuck Forsman of Boulder and Sandra Kaplan and Clark Richert of Denver. Metro selected two West coast artists, Richard Baker and Gillian Theobald, along with the paintings of deceased Kentucky artist William Haney.

University of Colorado at Denver chose Jim Colbert and Kristen Peterson of Boulder and John Fudge of Denver. And Denver artist (+ ONE) Cameron Jones,

added by the Emmanuel Gallery, rounds out the equation for the exhibit.

Fudge's acrylic It's Only a Movie #2 centers on a conservative middle-aged woman holding a white picture border over a print of stars. Significant detail is seen in the woman's figure. Even her wedding ring is painted.

The more interesting element of the picture is actually the picture behind the woman. The figure lays in front of a river with protruding pyramids in the background, wearing a bikini.

Another piece is Melancholia //: The True Story of the Quasi Crystal by Richert.

This painting shows a woman standing in front of a window looking out over a flat terrain littered with domes formed out of trapezoids and sided with green, blue and red colored shapes.

Inside, where the woman stands, are more geometric patterns. They're shaped much like the ones outside, apparently on display. One is a cube-shaped molecule model containing more shapes within it.

Even the walls and floor are sequenced in trapezoidal and square patterns.

Colbert's Memories of Dreams is set on a shaded hillside where a naked woman covers her breasts with leaves. She has long blond hair but bears a strikingly masculine face and has very male hands. Only her lack of male genitalia distinguishes her as female.

One section of the painting is cut away to another scene - a pair of mounted pay binoculars overlooking a valley to a hillside, suggesting to the viewer that the binoculars are directed at the woman.

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senting two of Haney 's works - The Wizard of Never, Never Land and Marry Off (Family Platform Trinity).

The Wizard has a sci-ti setting in which an older man is observing a small horse confined in glass. Wires and beams of light connect the subject to various devices. One of those objects of wonder, shaped like a telescope, is mounted on a tripod and points downward at the caged animal.

Haney's other piece is a dream like church scene in which the congregation is filled to the rafters with people. They are all dressed in contemporary fashion , contrasting with the old-style robes and head garments worn by the priests. In the very front, is a woman receiving the holy communion. Out the back window of the cathedral is an American state capitol.

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The Vents Venus Again MCA Once in a while, a band breaks onto the scene with a vengeance. It revolutionizes the industry, provokes commentary and inspires a rash ofwouldbe imitators. The band will rise to the top with breakneck speed, stunning critics with its wide acceptance. Some will hate that band. Most will glorify it.

This is not one of those bands.

Track after track of uninspired, post-alternative exercises in futility. The Vents' debut album, Venus Again, is an example of what would happen if Hootie and the Blowfish had grown up in the U.K. Less-than-exciting lyrics, Jess-than-snappy pop, and less-than-artful music mark this less-thanremarkable album.

The music on the album was all written, played and produced by lead singer Devin Powers. The drums were played by Jimmy Sage. After spending six months on this work, the duo sought out Shawn Rorie and Pat Wilsey (on guitar and bass, respectively) to round out this powerfully boring quartet for their tour, which lands on Aug. 31 at the Fox Theater in Boulder.

Snippets of The Who, The Beatles and about three dozen other British pop groups influence the music, and on occasion, you get a glimpse of something with substance poking through. But like a wisp of smoke, it's gone almost as soon as you see it.

It wasn't that Venus Again was bad, it was just really bland. Kind of like a white bread and white rice sandwich with a glass of milk on the side. No soul anywhere.

DICK'S LAST RESORT 1909 Blake Street 292-1212 You can tell you've had a good night when you fail to recollect hours-old events. · That's the problem with Dick's Last Resort. There's too much to remember.

Y-0u'll remember the band that covered the Spice Girls, while sounding like the funk band from the bar scene in Star Wars. You'll remember that same band butchering AC/DC. And, you'll remember and wonder why the hell the band would wrap it up with a Black Street cover, moments after failing to capture the croon of Nine Inch Nails.

Dick's Last Resort looks a little like the Skyline Cafe. Like the Skyline, Dick's has a large outdoor area for drinking. But on the inside, Dick's has a thing with scattering napkins on the floor to make it look messy - or busy. Either way, it doesn't work. It might work with a I 00 napkins, but 1,000 is not cool.

Dick's actually has costumed busboys that encourage patrons to throw wadded-up napkins on the floor to make it look like a junior high school food fight.

And about the costumes: if you're a boy and you have to wear fake breasts at your job, you might want to think about a new career.

On a recent Wednesday night, the bar, decorated in a pseudo-Western style, was filled just to the point where suburban cowgirls from Mayberry were actually dancing to the whack bumpkin beats of the band.

The rest of the joint was empty, and , the upstairs bar in the game room was closed. But there's no wait to rack the 8ball with about a half-dozen tables and only six people in the room .

Dick's gets no props. Supposedly, the service at Dick's is intentionally rude, but it was hard-to tell if the servers were rude because there weren't too many of 'em around.

Dick's Last Resort is exactly what it claims to be. Dick's first resort is no where in sight.

The band was about as interesting as synchronized swimming on a Super Bowl Sunday, and its repertoire consisted mainly of everything released around June 1986.

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Warner Brothers Where "Weird Al" Yankovic relied upon changing the lyrics of popular songs for comic impact, Adam Sandler manages to be both hilarious and original.

Everything from country ballads to reggae to something similar to a Gregorian chant grace the tracks of his new disc, What's Your Name? You get some delectably uproarious lyrics that have you grabbing your side in mirthful glee with each fresh new tune.

Okay, that may be overstating it a bit, but this disc is funny. It opens with a tune called "Moyda," about a really nice neighbor who always returns the tools he borrows. He just has one little problem.

"It's not your average problem. But it's a pretty big problem. His hobby is murder!"

The next cut, a Springsteen-esque lilting piano ballad called, "The Lonesome Kicker," is perhaps one of the most touching accounts ever written about being a placekicker for a prof~ssional football team.

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You may remember Sandler from Saturday Night Live, Billy Madison, or my personal favorite, Happy Gilmore.

His angry, sometimes violent, outbursts have become a trademark of his comedy. These creep into his music with as much humor as a well-placed haymaker into Bob Barker's jaw.

The funniest track on this disc is "The Goat Song," sung from the view point of a goat tied to the bed of a pickup truck by a man that likes to beat it with a hickory stick. What's funnier than a little animal cruelty?

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All on a virtually indestructible little disc. Science and industry had combined to finally what everyone achieve dreamed of, perfect sound forever.

Every hype has its back-

lash, and there were the inevitable reactions against this promise of perfect sound. The most interesting and influential of these reactions has been the entire concept of "lo-ti."

Crappy-sounding recordings are usually considered interesting precursors to later, studio-polished versions of the same songs. Rarely are they regarded as the finished product. But at some mysterious point in the late 1980s, several otherwise unrelated bands started releasing work where the bad recording quality was not only apparent, it was held up as a virtue.

While the rest of the world was off marveling at the amazing sound their newly-purchased CD players were capable of producing, some musicians were hiding their catchy melodies and clever lyrics under layers of scree and feedback. Lo-fi masterpieces such as Sebadoh's The Freed Man, early Smog cassettes and Pavement's Perfect Sound Forever (a phrase originally used by Sony to advertise CD technology) wore their difficulty proudly, captivating only those with the patience to cut through the noise to find the meat underneath.

One of the more prominent labels associated with lo-ti is Shrimper, started around 1989 by Dennis Callaci of the band Refrigerator. Due to either aesthetic concerns, budget restraints or both, it started as a tape-only label , releasing hard-tofind, fuzzy-sounding cassettes by bands like Nothing Painted Blue and Paste.

Its best releases are its compilation tapes, consisting of songs by the label's regular roster, some unknown bands and puzzling moments of noise.

Abridged Perversion is a CD compilation of songs from these tapes.

Originally released in 1993 and rereleased earlier this year, Abridged Perversion is a fascinating look at how the lo-fi concept has spread to countless bedrooms and 4-tracks of post-collegiates everywhere. It represents the collision of skill and concept - what happens when those with mere talent and those with really good ideas are juxtaposed.

There are many genuinely good things on Abridged Perversion. The standout track is The Mountain Goats' "Window," a sweet yet cryptic Jove song. The Goats, consisting mainly of English professor John Darnielle, specialize in demented folk songs about history and boiling water and once managed to create an entire concept album about Sweden without ever mentioning Sweden in any of the songs. An amazing band.

Other tracks are more theoretically interesting.

The appeal rests in the fact that someone actually thought up these ideas and recorded them. Lou Barlow's "Revolution #37," which is basically four minutes of a CD skipping, is one of these.

Excruciating to listen to, but damn interesting to think about. Then there's the "song" (actually one minute of something buzzing) by the Jim Bishop Guitar Army, worth it just for the band name.

While the individual songs are uneven in their quality, Abridged Perversion as a whole is great.

If anything, it proves once and for all that there's no such thing as good or bad songs - just different levels of interesting.

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While it is true that Gen X, ever the purveyors of cool, are quick to define them selves according to "current" trends, it is quite another matter when a collective thoughtfad begins to seep into nearly every aspect of Gen Xers, personal expression.

Consider the rise into the mainstream of topics such as conspiracy theories and aliens, which arc no longer limited to the quiet confines of coffeehouse conversations but have received the approving nod of the fi lm industry.

This summer was peppered with films like Men Ill Black, Contact and The Fifth Elemelll, which all conta in plot lines revolving around aliens. Conspiracy Theory brought to light the growing fascination with government coverups.

One may speculate as to the origins of said "conspiracy theories" and the like, but a simple look around is enough to ~ealize their popularity from television to big budget movies. Indeed, the attraction of these themes stretches across a wide array from belief to business.

A "select and secret" worldview now has the advantage of Hollywopd financing and the boon of a growing fan base. It is indeed a beautiful thing when backyard banalities have reached a point of validation through the silver screen, and, conversely, when rather mundane themes in film are reinforced by a willing consumer base.

While the impending "weight" of the next millennium may or may not have anything to do with this, its gradual approach has seemingly intensified the attraction of intangible forces. Yet Gen X has found a new means of identification and attraction to the life in the last hundred years of the twentieth century.

Mundane? Perhaps. Then again, it might as well be another form of the paranoia of the authoritative, which is each generation's right.

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People interested in Colorado poets will soon have a new way to keep up with them.

The forthcoming Poesis Poetry Guide for Colorado will provide listings of poetry publishers, literary agents, contests, poetry readings, classes, workshops and other word-based happenings in Colorado.

The book, published by O'Neill Publishing and the Professional Book Center, will be available Oct. 15. The Columbine Poetry Society and the Colorado Council on the Arts provided grants to fund the project.

"There's a vibrant poetry scene in Colorado," said Catherine O'Neill Thorn, a Denver poet and owner of O'Neill Publishing. She hopes the guide will connect the public with that scene.

O'Neill Thorn, a Metro graduate, founded Poesis, a monthly poetry newsletter and calendar, in 1991. It was published for four years until financial problems shut it down. After people told her they missed the ne\tsletter, O'Neill Thorn 'tlecided to publish the guide.

"There are poetry readings going on every night," she said. "People just need to know who to call and where to go. With the newsletter, they went."

In addition to listing readings, the guide will contain a directory to help people find poets for readings and workshops.

Even though Colorado has a large number of poets, bringing them together is not an easy task. O'Neill Thorn discovered this when she began to gather material for the book. She thought poetry networks established by the newsletter would have maintained themselves, but instead found disparate elements scattered around the state.

Her staff made over 700 phone calls and relied on many other poets for information to bring the guide together. When O'Neill Thorn turned to the media for exposure, she found they weren't too interested.

"Until we as poets are united as a community," she said, "the media won't respond."

O'Neill Thorn hopes the first edition ·of the Poesis Poetry Guide for Colorado will be its own advertisement, encouraging

others to get involved. She plans on updating the book yearly, but future editions will depend on funding.

"There's a lot of poetry going on in Colorado, and it's doing a lot of good.

We're trying to fonn a community for poets so their voice can be heard."

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SGA member asks administration, 'Are you willing?'

Dear Editor, Metro's mission statement says that the institution is dedicated to all of its students. Yet over the past several months concerned administrators, faculty, staff and students at Metro have been meeting to address several ongoing issues affecting disabled studen~. These meetings began after the vice president of Leadership Education and Advocacy with Direction, Brenda Mosby, approached Student Government Assembly about these issues and asked us for help.

After meeting with Mosby, members of LEAD, concerned administrators, faculty and staff, I was impressed with their positive and patient attempts to have their needs met.

During these meetings, I became appalled and saddened by some of the disabled students' stories and Metro's responses. Some faculty on this campus refuse to accommodate students' special needs, while others routinely do not include clauses in their syllabi, mentioning the Americans with Disabilities Act. This clause reminds students with special needs

to contact the instructor to discuss their needs.

These acts are unacceptable! These are not the acts of a diverse, inclusive, urban college campus!

A(ter several emotional meetings, a memo was drawn up specifying the issues and concerns surrounding Metro's disabled students. In order to seek remedies to these issues and concerns, a memo expressing LEAD's concerns was given to Metro President Sheila Kaplan and her staff. LEAD has asked for a written reply from administration concerning their plans

by Sept. 8.

The following includes several items on that list includes: I. The implementation of an interim handbook for students with disabilities and a handbook that faculty and staff can reference.

2. A completed self-evaluation plan as outlined in the Title II of ADA by a knowledgeable committee comprised of faculty, staff and students.

3. The announcement of a permanent ADA coordinator who will be responsible for training , producing informational brochures and employing student help.

The memo also asked that the position have some monies allocated for student accommodations.

4. The announcement of a new, accessible location for the Tutoring Center so that all students have access.

5. A tentative training schedule and plan to educate the faculty, staff and students on disability issues.

6. The formation of a disability task force created through the president's office to address disability issues, develop creative procedures, establish a stronger relationship with the Disabled Service Office and resolve conflicts between students, faculty and staff, etc.

LEAD's requests to the administration do not seem too difficult to me. The power to address and change the climate toward disabled students on this campus is in the hands of the administration.

Before her death from breast cancer, the great poet/activist Audre-Lorde asked every one of us, "Are you willing to use the power that you have in the service of what you say you believe in?" Well, Metro administration, are you willing?

Teresa Harper SGA vice president of Diversity

Nonviolence key to abolition of war Dear Editor: I would like to submit the following article for consideration as a guest editorial in your newspaper.

Throughout history, ordinary people have resorted to nonviolent struggle not because they were pacifists, but because they felt it was their most effective weapon against social and political oppression.

There is ample historical and sociological evidence demonstrating that nonviolent struggle can be effective in conflict and defense. Now we should take the next step toward the abolition of war by transforming our military forces into a Mercy Force.

The Mercy Force would be an unarmed service corps, engaged in humanitarian service and strategic nonviolent defense, in service to humani-

ty, predicated on the conviction that war is a crime against humanity, and guided by a moral mandate to protect life, never to kill.

The Mercy Force could act as an international rescue command, prepared to respond to natural or human catastrophes. Mercy Force units would orchestrate medical aid, disaster relief, relocation and reconstruction in areas struck by earthquakes, hurricanes, and floods.

In areas of conflict or unrest, Mercy Force contingent's might be invited to perform peacekeeping duties, such as occupying a buffer zone between hostile factions, observing elections, or monitoring truces.

In some situations, Mercy Force troops could be used for humanitarian intervention.

This could take the form of international broadcasting, rescue action, peacekeeping missions, or extra territorial

'Metropolitan defense, working with an columnist right on indigenous resistance movement.

The Mercy Force could be started as a new branch of the Department of Defense or as the centerpiece of a new Department of Nonviolent Action. The size and scope of this Mercy Force should be increased gradually, while phasing out the armed services entirely, as part of a national policy renouncing war.

Gary Swing University of Colorado at Denver student and 1998 Pacifist Party candidate for U.S. Senate Edifllr'.r nme: Porti<m.r of this letter had lo be cut due lt1 .rpace limitations_ For more information, go to

Dear Editor,

Travis Henry's commentary, "Graduate in four years get real" (The Metropolitan June 20) wins my vote for the Art Buchwald Humorous Writing Award. Has a worthy opponent to Woody Paige finally emerged on the Denver scene?

Ifl was the Rocky Mountain News CEO, I would sign Travis to a binding contract immediately, before his value and reputation zooms to Joe Sakic levels.

Shortly after reading Travis' masterpiece, I ran into Humphrey Bogart on the campus and shared the article with him.

His response: "Run it again, Michael."

hJpp:llwww.geocities.ccmllS or the United States Pacifi.rl Party Webaa'dresshq.p'/www~

Seymour Weinberg Metro Baha'i Club vice president

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Health insurance News: Metro Will no longer accept , the Colorado Indigent

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Full-time students who bemoan the mandatory health insurance fee tacked on to their tuition bill each year might not be too happy to learn Metro is doing away with what has become a , loophole for some 180 crafty individuals.

In 1998, Metro will no longer accept the indigent health care plan as proof of comparable insurance, thus forcing those with that card to pay for Metro's health care plan.

Cynics will conclude it's yet another way for the college to dig into the pockets of financially strapped students. Reality says otherwise.

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healthy choice

The indigent program was set up for those unable to access a comprehensive insurance plan.

Enrollment in the Colorado Indigent Care Program is free, but does not guarantee coverage. In fact, the program is so strapped for money many hospitals refuse to accept it as insurance, turning away people in need_of medical attention.

With Metro's policy, students receive free coverage at the Student Health Center. And it's guaranteed.

Students also have the option of using University Hospital with 90 percent of costs covered by the insurance fee.

Students using the indigent care program have been accepted to the program indiscriminately in the past and that is about to change. University Hospital' will no longer distribute indigent care cards to students who have the option of using Metro's plan.

It is easy to understand why a student would try to circumvent the system and use an alternate plan, espe-

cially one that is free. College students aren't exactly regulars at the local hospital, and money is always an issue when pursuing an education.

Metro students in particular are faced with challenges that the typical university student rarely faces. Metro students often work more than one job, raise families and often deal with responsibilities Joe Student never faces in the comfort of a dormitory with a meal plan at Utopia University.

Insurance plans comparable to the Metro policy can run in excess of $1,200.

The deductible for care outside Metro is $150 and the plan will pay 70 percent of the cost if students choose to use their own doctors.

With that in mind, it makes sense for the uninsured student to pay the extra $298 for the Metro insurance plan.

It beats the hell out of being turned away in a moment of dire need.

By Chris Farrar

COLLEGE LIFE

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Parking dream a real nightmare ..

A dream.

I fell asleep in my car waiting in line at the parking garage the other day.

Maybe it was the noxious fumes spewing out of cars ahead of me, or maybe.it was the frustration of never finding a parking spot, but while I Travis Henry was sleeping, the answer to Metro's The Lowdown parking prnblem suddenly became crystal clear.

A supertrain, technically titled the Rapid Education Train.

Modeled after the proposed air-ti:ain that takes city dwellers to that Kansas airport known as DIA, this supertrain would transport students from locations near their homes to that super-mall college known by some as The Met. To be politically hip and to avoid being construed as a second-class supertrain, the administration could even issue an order to call it The Met RET. The train, which would, of course, begin departure at •• "

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my house, would ride on tracks built on stilts and parallel I-25.

Being above traffic, The Met RET could rip through the suburbs at a godly pace, delivering students to a ~ark­ ing-hassle-free college.

Funding for the train could come from the RID fees that students at this college pay only to never ride a bus.

Sure, sure, some of you swear by the bus. But that's only because you're too cheap to buy a car, or your car is as ugly as mine, or you don't want to be dropped dff by j your mom.

Otherwise, peo~le don't ride the bus. The ontYi way to get them out of their cars is to offer them The Met!RET supertrain. ' The Met RET supertrain would lure people ciut of their cars, not only by giving students a ride to school but by offering several distinct stops along the way.· One such stop would be Sheila Kaplan's door, which according to her, is always open.

Strange. In my dream, it was closed.

Anyway, another stop along the way could be that great public relations firm that created Metro's new

moniker, The Met. Here P~ types can help create titles for that term paper you stayed up all night completing.

Titles such as "ABE" for your paper on Abraham Lincoln, "AMOE" for biology majors writing about amoebas or even "STUD" for a paper on the study of human sexuality.

And you thought The Met was good.

Three or four stops at the area community colleges could also be placed on the route. · These stops would ·be convenient for the former Metro student who claims, "Well, now I go to (insert school of your choice) because Metro didn't offer what I needed."

Yeah, right.

As all dreams go, this one finally came to an end when the student behind me (who was also asleep) let his foot off the brake and slammed into my beautiful 4-door Escort.

Such tragedies would not happen if a supertrain were . speeding through the air to our beloved college.

If only parking dreams could come true. ...

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Please Note: This office is unable to advise on issues arising betvveen students or involving any of the three institutions as this creates a conflict of interest. The attorney can neither represent the student nor make a court appearance on the student's behalf. Student Legal Services at Auraria.

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Playing fields not ready for soccer season Metro's field of dreams is just that right now - a dream.

The athletic field project, started earlier this year, was supposed to be completed in time for the men's and women 's soccer teams to enjoy a plush new pitch by late September. Now, it looks like the Roadrunners will spend the entire season on the road.

"We are dying," said Metro Athletics Director William Helman. "The rain killed us."

The rain, which fell regularly in July, was topped off by a vicious rain and hail storm Aug. 11. It made it impossible for workers to use heavy machinery on lhe desert-like plain of dirt thal sits where the athletic fields used lo be.

Metro has agreed lo use Kickers Field, a soccer club facility in Golden, for many of its scheduled home games. The men's Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference tournament scheduled for the end of October will likely have to be moved as well.

"We'll be lucky to be able to host the men's conference championship," Helman said.

As for the regular season, the soccer teams will be forced to play without the benefit of a partisan crowd in 1997.

"We will definitely live up to our name, Roadrunners," said women's soccer coach Ed Montojo.

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- Michael BeDa11

rebuilding Women's soccer team prepared to return to. winning ways

By Michael BeDan The Metropoluan

The line .that separates success from failure, confidence from insecurity or winning from losing is sometimes so fine that being aware the line exists at all is a step in the right direction. To see the line clearly and stay on the friendly side of it, where pats on the back, job security and glory all resid~, is daunting to say the least.

Melro women's soccer coach Ed Montojo musl, al Limes, feel like he drew the line himself. In 23 years of coaching soccer at lhe high school and college level, he's been on the business end of the W/L column far more often than not. In that span, he's experienced but one losing season (1995).

In fact, the 50-year-old Montojo got his I OOth collegiate coaching victory well in advance of marking a half century of life.

So when a guy with those credentials speaks of "soul searching" and "learning how to win," even the casual observer might wonder if Metro's coach of 13 years is looking through eyes blurred by too many years of motivational speeches, scouting and a soccer ball or Lwo lo the dome.

But soul searching and even the fleeting nolion of giving it all up were among the countless Lhoughls Lhat entered Montojo·s head afler experiencing lhe frightening plummet from being ranked as high as No. 3 in the nation to losing seven of the final 11 games in 1994 and finishing 2-13-2 in 1995. ·'J didn't like going through that," Montojo said. "It was real hard because I'd never experienced anything like it.

"It would have been really easy to say 'I can't do the job anymore, it's just not there,' but then I'd be walking out."

For all the miserable nights spent watching film and grappling with self-doubt, the monumental collapse of 1994 and ensuing last place finish in 1995 might have been the equivalent of a vaccine. In

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TANGLED: Senior Shannon Wise, left, battles for the ball Aug. 26 at Fort Logan Field. The women's soc· cer team Is forced to practice off campus due to field construction at Auraria.

1996, two years removed from a run at a No. I ranking and forced to rebuild a team that had for a time relied on lhe skills of AllAmerican Rosie Durbin, Montojo's Roadrunners rediscovered the formula for success and appear to be primed for what could be a historic season.

Metro finished 11-7-1 in 1996 and narrowly missed a berth in the NCAA Division II Ed Montojo Tournament despite fielding a roster with eight freshmen and only three seniors.

"We rebuilt everything last year and got back to learning how to win again," Montojo said. "When Lhc last half of the season came, we knew we'd have to win all 10 games to even qualify for the NCAA playoffs, and we ended up goi ng 8-1-1."

That span included a 3-0 win over Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference champion Regis, a team that made it to the NCAA Tournament and thumped Metro 4-0 earlier in the year.

With all but one starter back from last season's squad and Lhe deepest, youngest base of talent assembled in Montojo's tenure, the Roadrunners enter 1997 with a legitimate shot at winning the RMAC and gaining an elusive berth into the NCAAs. see WOMEN'S SOCCER on 20

Losing is thing of the past if coach has his way

By Kyle Ringo The Metropolitall

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To those skating, biking or walking a dog in Washington Park, he might have sounded like Charlie Brown's parents. Just another noise mixing in with the h1rds chirping and traffic passing by on an 89-degree afternoon.

But Metro soccer coach Brian Crookham's voice is the only nois-c the 28 soccer players arc paying an) attention. He screams directions to Lhem as they whirl and wind in a chaotic mess through an Aug. 25 practice no one seems to be enjoying.

"We have to go to West Texas and Bakersfield (Calif.) in the next two weeks," Crookham said to an onlooker standing in the shade. "I was hoping it would be about 130 (degrees) today."

The relatively cool temperature isn't the only thing that disappoints him. He gathers the players together in an exhausted huddle after practice to scold them for having a had attitude. And Lhc prospect of playing every game this season on the road only irritates him more.

The Auraria Fields projl!ct has Brian Crookham suffered setbacks m recent weeks due to bad weather and now m1ghl not he completed until talc October or early November. said Metro Athletics Director William Helman.

But Crookham, who is entering his third season as men's soccer coach, insists he can mold a winner oul of his collection of players, regardless of where they play.

"Our first and primary goal is to win the conference,"

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"We need to put it together enough to challenge for the conference championship."

That is a lofty goal, considering Crookham's last two teams have finished well hclow the .500 mark. The Roadrunners finished 5-15 in 1995 and only improved hy two games to 7-13 in 1996.

So it seems Crookham is faced with pulling a rabh1t out of a hat 1f he intends to overcome Regis, the defending conference champs, or even to finish closer to the top It will start and end wilh defense, Crookham said "We scored goals last year, but we gave up a ton of goals," Crookham said. "We were soft (on defense) and that is going to change this year for sure." see MEN 'S SOCCER on 21

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ever assembled at Metro.

'The girls realize the opportunity is "(Durbin) was such an exceptional there," Montojo said. 'They came in with player," Montojo said. "When things got the attitude that they are going to win the tough in games and we needed someone, RMAC and go to the national tournament." she was the one to step up and say 'I want The last time Metro participated in a the ball, I'll make something happen.' post-season tournament, Montojo was a "I think what we have now is the three rookie college coach and the Roadrunners New Zealanders. They add spark and played in the National Association of enthusiasm. I think we have the toughest Intercollegiate Athletics. Metro Jost in the midfield in the league. We are versatile." first round of the NAIA Tournament. . 1be New Zealanders consist of sisters As successful as the program has Ariana and Tarena O'Neill and Vicki been, Metro is 112-80-20 since Montojo's Chong. Tarena O'Neill and Chong, both arrival in 1985. The opportunity to com- sophomores, are second-year players from pete for an NCAA championship is an Auckland High School in Auckland, New experience as familiar to women's soccer Zealand, while junior Ariana O'Neill is a here as winning a Super Bowl is to the transfer from Missouri Valley College.

Denver Broncos.

The O'Neill sisters combined for five Senior Shannon Wise, one of two goals and nine assists in 1996, and players left from the 1994 team (senior Montojo said he expects that with a year of Kelly McDougal is the other), said the playing together, an offense that outscored hunger for an NCAA berth has always opponents 39-21 last year will be more been there but sees 1997 as the best chance explosive in 1997.

"I'm positive about what we can do," to feed that desire.

'That's what people play for," Wise Tarena O'Neill said in a rich New Zealand said. "They don't play to lose. 1bey don't accent. "We've got a lot of options. I'm play to get third and leave and say 'that's really confident about what we can cool.' It is the ultimate goal in sports to achieve this year." make it all the way and win the champiDefense will depend a Jot on how well onship. junior goalie Jennifer Pierce has recovered "We have aggressive players, and I from an Achilles tear in her left le~. Pierce think the tournament is a realistic goal." ' injured the leg in August of 1996 and estiAnd while no one on the team can fill mates her recovery at 90 percent. the shoes left by Durbin (second all-time "I feel good," Pierce said. "I just fight in career goals with 40), the collective tal- through (the soreness) and (doctors) will ent on the '97 version might be the best look and see if I need surgery after the sea-

son."

As for guarding against a collapse of 1994 proportions (9-0 start, 11-7-2 record), Montojo said going through that period taught him as much as any of the earlier success ever could.

"It made me more determined not to let it happen again," Montojo said. "We all had to look down deep and decide if we would quit or bounce back."

The season kicks off Saturday at Colorado Christian and the I 7th-ranked Roadrunners look to walk the fine line between anguish and glory, all the while eyeing the finish line and a shot at an NCAA title.

Kalle Pltrct, MF, Arv.Wa, Colo.

Julie Ray, MF, Northglenn, Colo.

Nlcolt Scully, GK. Woodland Part, Colo.

Cltte Sorbo, FWD, SlllVllllgcr. Norway Heathtr Thaczyk, FWD/MF, Llulc1011, Colo.

Shannon Wise, FWD/MF. Aunora, Colo.

Carol Vardlo, GK, Lakewood, Colo.

Juli• Zanon, FWD/MF, Philunwh, On:.

Aja Zyla, DEF, lbomlun, Colo.

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Auraria Student Assistance Center, Room 177 Book Center ~ Information Desk, lower level ~ Campus Poic:e Receptionist ~ Central Oassroom Academic Advising, first floor-main hall ~Library

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REFLEX: Sophomore Zach Loescher prepares to make a save during Metro's soccer practice Aug. 25 at Washington Park.

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Cody Cobb, MF, Oklahoma City, Okla.

Kirt< Ellsworth, DEF. Kcamcy, Neb. Corey Fltzslmmom, DEF, AIVllda. Cokl.

Scott Ganlaer, DEF, Aurora, C.ilo.

Pit Gavin. MF, Thomkin. C.ilo. &n H1tlleld, MF, ThomlOn, Colo.

Juan Jimenez. MF, Denver, Colo.

Mllh•r Kaylli, MF, Denver, Colo.

Dan Knoebel, DEF, Arvada. Colo.

Zadl Loescher, oK. K=ncy, Neb. Brott Mannine, DEF, Temple City, Calif.

Cony Mortin, MF, Englewtkid, Colo.

JOl'I• Mona, MF. Madrid, Spain Matt Morpn, DEF, Bmkcn Arrow, Okla Kris Nelson, DEF. Corvallis. Ore. Todd Podgdl. MF, Alhuqucrqoc, N.M. Rkh1nl Pilylor,FWD, Suikc-On Trent, Englarid Shane Smith, MF, Kearney, Neb. Jeff Swander, FWD, Lakewtkid, Colo.

Chris Thomas, MF, Aumra, Colo.

Adam Young, FWD, Ontario, Canada Jared Zanon. FWD. Philomath, Ore.

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One of last season's bright spots, allconference defender Chris Johnson, is sitting out the season due to academic ineligibility, so Crookham has gone out of his way to strengthen the defense.

Crookham went to England last spring to recruit players and found Liam Barnes, a freshman defender from North Yorkshire, to replace Johnson.

Joining Barnes is fellow Englishman Richard Paylor, a sophomore forward from Stoke-on-Trent. Crookham also coaxed Jorge Mena, a sophomore midfielder, to make the trip across the Atlantic from Madrid, Spain.

Crookham's last piece of the puzzle came from closer to home. Todd Padgett, a freshman midfielder from Albuquerque, N.M., rounds out the list of new starters.

"We are more talented," Crookham said. "It is going to take us a while to gel into a unit, but we are more talented."

For all the high expectations the new talent brings, Metro's fortunes might ultimately be decided by the play of its goalkeeper.

Last season, it was keeper by committee with Stephen Babby and Zach Loescher splitting time in the box.

Combined, they allowed 53 goals and a 2.37 goals against average.

This season, Babby has established himself-as the starter with Loescher acting as a reliable backup, Crookham said.

"We were not comfortable with playing two goalies all the time last year, but it ended up that we didn't feel like anybody wanted it," Crookham said. "Neither of them wanted to win it for more than a game or two."

Babby, 28, has been playing soccer since he was 6 years old, but he started to burn out on it after high school. So instead of stopping shots, he started serving them as a waiter. Then at the age of 26, reality sunk in. He realized he wanted an education, and he missed soccer.

"I think I've worked pretty hard to get where I am," Babby said. "Compared to my first year, it's like apples and oranges."

Babby said his first goal for this season was to earn the starting position, and his next goal is to win.

"I want to win the tournament," Babby said. "I set certain goals that are attainable, and I think that is an easily attainable goal."

Because the impending season wilJ be one long road trip, starting with scorching late-summer trips to California and Texas, everyone is talking about composure.

"If we go in scared, and if we go in young and jittery, we are going to gel crushed," Crookham said. "We want to be mature and composed about the way we go about things."

And that's exactly what he was telling his team at the end of practice, right before the sun crawled behind a cloud.

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GENERAL Call For Musicians: Metro is seeking musicians to play in the Metropolitan State College Community Concert Band seeking flute, double reeds, trumpet, French horn, low brass and percussion. High school students, college students and adults welcome. Rehearsals on Tuesday evenings, from 7-9:30 p.m. Auraria Campus Arts Building, Room 295. For information, call 556-3180.

Help Cats and Dogs: Volunteer or intern at The Humane Society of Boulder Valley, 2323 SSth St., Boulder. 442-4030.

volunteer opportunities. 238-8660 or 1-800373-8671.

A.A. Meeting: Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 11 a.m. I 029 Ninth Street Park on campus. Call Billi at the Student Health Center at 556-3878 for information.

Fashion Show/Dance Club: "Out" . by .Cornucopia of Should presents a fashion show every Monday with local shops like lmi Jimi, BC Surf and Sport and Kontents at the Blue Room, 2040 Larimer St. 296-0969 for information.

Taste Beer!: The Great American Beer Festival needs event staff and volunteers. 3930361.

Rugby Tryouts: The Metro Rugby Football Club is "looking for a few good men" for Division I competition. Practices are Tuesday and Tuesday from 4-6 p.m. North Classroom.

Call Howard at 620-9913

Events For Singles: Sunday Night Club West for Singles has events for metro singles at West Colfax Avenue and Wadsworth Boulevard. Call 639-7622 or visit http://members.aol.com'sncw/.

Comedy: Tommy Sledge Aug. 29-31 at Comedy Works, 1226 15th, Denver. Sledge presents life through the eyes of a 1940s private investigator. 595-3637

Poetry Contest: Sparrowgrass Poetry Forum is offering a $500 Grand Prize in the Awards of Poetic Excellence poetry contest. Poems must be 20 lines or less on any subject and can be in any style. Deadline is Nov. 30, 1997. Send entries to Sparrowgrass Poetry Forum, Dept.

L, 609 Main St., P.O. Box 193, Sistersville, WV 26175. Web site a lilp:/lwww.tinpl~com'si:w­ row or Sistem@aol.com Support Group: Programs and services for adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse, WINGS is a non-profit organization providing peer support services for men and women and

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Concert: Lord of Word and the Disciples of Bass, Fox Theatre and Cafe, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 9 p.m. $6.30. 443-3399.

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Video: The Near Death Experiences of Reinee Pasarow, 7:30 p.m., Metro Denver Baha'i Center, 225 E. Bayaud Ave. 322-8997.

St., Boulder, 9:30 p.m. Free. 443-3399.

SuN.31 Concert: The Vents with Gestapo Pussy Ranch, Fox Theatre and Cafe, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 7:30. $1. 443-3399.

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Nooners: "Surfing the Internet Through Netscape," presented by Mary Hanna, Campuswide Coordinator. Free to students.

Central Classroom 220 A, noon - I p.m.

Concert: Floodplain Gang with Wendy Woo, Fox Theatre and Cafe, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 9:30 p.m. $2. 443-3399.

WED.3 Nooners: ''Creating Your Own Web Page (for beginners)," Mary Hanna Campus wide Coordinator, Central 220 A, noon - I p.m ..

Book Signing: Robert Utley reading and signing A Life Wild and Perilous: Mountain Men and the Paths to the Pacific, 7:30 p.m. Tattered Cover LoDo, 1628 16th St. For information, call 322-1965.

Concert: Got Flavor, Fox Theatre ang Cafe.

1135 13th St., Boulder, 9 p.m. Price TBA. 443-3399.

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Concert: Mumbling Douglas with Larry Keel Experience, Fox Theatre and Cafe, 1135 13th

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Concert: Reel Big Fish with the Aquabats and Kara's Flowers, Fox Theatre and Cafe, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 7:30. Tickets: $9.45. For information, call 443-3399.

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Concert: Chief Broom; CD release party, Fox Theatre and Cafe, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 9 p.m. $2. 443-3399.

Art Exhibit: Michael Tenneson's exhibit of watercolors. The proceeds from this exhibit will benefit Colorado-CURE and a victim's organization, 5 p.m. Tattered Cover LoDo, 1628 I 6th' St. 322-1965.

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Concert: Little Feat. Fox Theatre and Cafe, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 9 p.m. $25.20. 4433399.

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Concert: Boom Shaka. Fox Theatre and Cafe, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 9 p.m. $4. 443-3399.

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Concert: Vena Cava, Fox Theatre and Cafe, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 9 p.m. $3. 443-3399.

Book Signing: Michael Adams, Peggy Cook Godfrey, Judyth Hill, James Taylor II, Eric Walter and Phil Woods, Second Monday Poetry Reading: Talking Gourds, 7:30 p.m.

Tattered Cover LoDo, 1628 16th St. 322-1965.

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Classified ads are 5¢ per word for students currently enrolled at The Met. For all others - 15¢ per word. Maximum length for all classified ads is 30 words. The deadline for classified ads is Monday at 5:00 p.m. Call 556-8361 for more information.

ATTENTION MATH FOLKS!!!

I changed my major and now have a Hewlett Packard 48GX calculator to sell. A local office discount store had this same model for $199.99. Am looking for 175.00/obo. Includes instruction manual. Call 595-8589.

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HELP WANTED

TWO USED CELLULAR PHONES! Audiovox 525 w/3 batteries antl fast charger, and AT&T 3810 w/ cover and adapter. $200 and $175 I obo. Call 595-8589 9/12

THE LITTLE GYM OF SOUTHWEST Denver has openings for PT gymnastics coaches for children ages 3 and up.

Gymnastics coaching experience and excellence with children required. Pay DOE. Call 693-3700.

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FOREIGN LANGUAGE TUTOR Tutoring elementary/intermediate Spanish & French, all levels of German. 1O years of ·experience, 2 B.A.'s. On Auraria campus Mon-Thurs by appointment. Reasonable rates.

Leonore Dvorkin: 985-2327.

12/5 WANT TO GET IN SHAPE? AWARD winning instructor offers classes combining weight training, calisthenics and stretches. $4/class.

All equipment provided. Evenings and Saturdays in SW Denver. Leonore Dvorkin: 985-2327.

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Seeking recreation leaders and assistants for Before and After School Programs, located in Arvada, Golden, Lakewood, Littleton, and Westminster. Weekly hours not to exceed 30 hours, hours ranging from 6:308:30 am. 2:30-6:00 p.m., and some full days. To apply call

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TYPING: PAPER/THESES $3.00 per page. Susan: 755-7643.

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PT(evening +Sat.), Experience preferred, Salary plus commission plus expenses, Must have transportation.

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ONE BIKE SHOP HELP WANTED - Ideal student job. Flexible hours, good pay. ... SPOT! Apply in person. 1440 Market Street. ..,.

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Canvassing Crew Chief Needed for Home Improvement Company

ROOMMATES NEEDED TO SHARE call Diana 783-8585 2 and 3 Bedroom apartments near Auraria campus - $335/room. Phone Jefferson County Public 480-9367.

9/12 Schools SACC Programs

THE OLD SPAGHE111 FACTORY IS Seeking part-time (days/eves/wknds) servers, hostesses, and bussers. Apply in person Mon - Fri 2:00-3:30 pm at 1215 18th Street. Flexible hours I Great , . , , . . . . - - - - - - - - - - - - - . atmosphere!

9/26 $1,000's POSSIBLE READING BOOKS · Part-time.

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to care for children aged 6 and 9. Mus t have car. Perfect job for responsible college student.

Hours 3 to 7p.m., 4 days/wk. References required .

Call 985-7150.

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Contact DU alumni to discuss current events and fund raising needs of the University.

Flexible PT evening hours. $7-$8/hr.

Call Kent to apply,

871-4314

Wanted for modeling/dancing on the Internet. Must be 18, attractive, in great shape and want to have fun! $100.00 per shift guaranteed + bonus. Computer skills a plus.

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In Pursuit of Tranquility: The Relaxation Workshop Life can be overwhelming at times and the more out of control we feel the more likely we are to feel the effects of stress on our physical and emotional health. Without knowledge and understanding of ways to reduce stress, life's everyday challenges can make us feel overwhelmed.

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Explore your thought processes and how your thinking creates stress. Learn how realistic thinking can decrease your emotional response to stress. Learn more about your own body-mind connection. Practice relaxation techniques that you can apply at any time and any place.

When: Tuesday, September 23 Time: 11: 15 am- 12:30 pm Location: I 020 Ninth Street Park

Tai Chi Chih in the Park: Joy through Movement

Healthful Living in a Stressful World

"What are the great secrets of life? Probably none is more important than the knowledge of how to circulate and balance the intrinsic energy, the vital force of the body, known as chi in Chinese."

Tai Chi Chih is moving meditation. The movements promote health in every part of the body.

Please join us at Ninth Street Park to learn how you can find balance in this hectic world.

Fall Semester -.

1997 Presented by the Student Health Center Plaza Building Suite 150 Phone: 556-2525

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When: Every Thursday in September · Time: Noon- I pm Location: Ninth Street Park.

Meet us by the Mercantile.

Welcome to Healthy Moves.

Healthy Moves is a program created by The Student Health Center with the premise that a healthy student is better able to remain in school, achieve their goals and become a vital and energetic force in the world. We know you don't have time to be sick. We also know that most of . you are living a high-stress lifestyle. (Is there any other kind in this day and age?) We also know that health is often a matter of the choices we make and how we take care of ourselves. The more active we become in keeping ourselves healthy, the less likely we are to become sick and the more likely we are to be able to enjoy life. These programs have been designed to help you become active in creating your own optimal health. We would like to invite all of you to take the challenge this year and join us in learning how we can find balance in body, mind and health. We have many exciting 'events and workshops planned and hope to see you at them. All Healthy Moves events are free to students, staff and faculty as well as your friends and family. Hope to see you soon.

Individual wellness counseling is also offered at no cost at The Student Health Center.

• Eating disorders • Nutrition I Weight Loss • Computer Dietary Analysis • Smoking Cessation

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Stress Reduction Lifestyle Changes Healthy Loving And more

Call 556-2525 for more information or an appointment.

Wishing you a healthy semester.

Linda Wilkins-Pierce Behavioral Health Educator Certified Lifestyle Counselor

the Well Nourished Mind and Body Don 't delay. Now is the time to check out your nutritional status. The Student Health Center has just purchased the Nutritionist IV Diet AnalysisTM. This software program can provide you with a complete nutritional evaluation.

Whether you want to Jose weight, eat healthier, know your nutrient levels or gain a better understanding of how you can improve your diet, this program can help get you started. Call 556-2525 for further information and an appointment now. Ask for Linda Wilkins-Pierce.

the Healthy Mind/Body Connection: The Best of Relaxation Techniques Learn how various relaxation techniques can counter the effects of stress and how to activate your body's own relaxation response.

Experiment with various types of relaxation techniques to see what works best for you. Take a break and join us on Tuesdays. Drop-ins ·a re welcome.

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When: Every Tuesday in October Time: 11: 15 am-12:00 noon Location: 1020 Ninth Street Park

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Re(de)fining Aging Look Younger, Live Longer, Enjoy Life Keepilig Wrinkles at Bay: Nothing reveals age and lifestyle more than our skin, but wrinkles don't have to be an inevitable part of aging. This workshop will present the latest research on the prevention and treatment of aging skin. Also learn how to recognize various skin cancers and treatment options.

Dr. Verlyn M. Peterson is Medical Direc1or of The S1uden1 Heahh Center and Associate Professor at University Heal1h Science Cenler Depanment of Surgery and Medicine. An expert on the treatment of bum victims, he has been awarded 19 grants and has published over 45 papers. He is avai lable for consulta1ion at 556-2525. Please call for an appointment

Taking the Mystery out of Menopause: For many women menopause is thought of as the change rather than another change of life. The reality is that women in menopause are facing what can be the best years of their lives.

Understanding menopause and how it affects a woman physically, psychologically and emotionally can make menopause a normal healthy transition. Menopause is not a disease. This workshop will help clarify menopause and also answer any questions you may have.

Women attending this seminar who schedule their annual gynecologic examination with Linda can utilize this seminar's coupon for a free cholesterol profile.

Linda Valente, R.N .C., M.S. is a Nurse Practilioner at The S1udent Health Center who specializes in Women's Heahh. Linda is avai lable for consuha1ion at 556-2525. Please call for an appointment

Vitamins, Diet and Your Health: As we age our nutritional needs change. One-third of cancers have been attributed to dietary choices. In this workshop you will learn to design a dietary and vitamin supplement plan to optimize your health and ,,revent serious disease. Dr. Prasad will discuss cutting edge research on vitamins and aging and help you understand how proper diet management can promote your best health. Don't miss this exciting presentation.

The information may change your life.

Dr. Prasad is one of America's foremost researchers in the field of nutri1ion and cancer. He direcls The Cen1er for Vi1amins and Cancer Research al !he University of Colorado Heallh Science Cemer.

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Wednesday, November 12 11 :00 am-2:00 pm (Lunch will be served) Location: Tivoli Suite 440

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In preparation for the Great ~~ American Smokeout, this workshop will ~ give .you the skills and support you · need lo better understand the quitting ,,..;___~ process and how to be successful at quttting ~ tobacco. Learn how to be successful at kicking the habit.

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Learn to·understand: • Ambivalence ...That part of you that doesn' t want to quit • Motivation ... Once you get it how to maintain it • Nutrition ... Learn what types of foods can help to decrease cravings • Withdrawal ... You can get through it!!! Help for depression and anxiety.

When: Tuesday, November 18 Time: 11: 15 am-12:00 noon Location: 1020 Ninth Street Park The Student Health Center staff invites you to their facility for individual support and assistance. Help is also available for the individual who wishes to continue to use tobacco at this time, but is still interested in improving their health or learning stress reduction techniques.

Nicorette gum is available at a discount. Why pay retail prices?

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fed Up and Hungry Understanding Weight Loss and Compulsive Overeating Tired of dieting, tired of regaining lost pounds? Confused about low-fat, high carbs, what works, what doesn't? Are you fed up with diet hype and myths and the perpetual quest for the perfect diet? Are you tired of feeling bad about your body and weight? Join us in this two-part workshop to explore how you can be successful in bringing about changes in your life. Linda Wilkins-Pierce, who has 20 years of experience in helping people to reach their weight loss goals, facilitates this group.

When: Thursday, October 20 and 27 Time: Noon- I :00 pm Location: 1020 Ninth Street Park

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Individual weight loss counseling is available.

We also provide help for people with eating dis-orders .

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