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Joe Dominguez of D&V Towing stands outside the lot where cars towed from Auraria are impounded. Somber, an Alaskan Shepherd guard dog, is on patrol every night at the lot. Students who do not pay parking tickets often return to Auraria parking lots to find their cars gone. Cars can be towed if three or more tickets go unpaid. See story on 4.

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Kaplan responds to advocacy group's ultimatum

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Students who threatened to protest if Metro didn't respond to a formal letter of concerns regarding disabled students were surprised Aug. 28 when they received a response from Metro President Sheila Kaplan.

Brenda Mosby, vice president for Leadership Education and Awareness with Direction, said Kaplan 's written commitment to address the group's concerns came sooner then she expected.

Members of LEAD sent a Jetter Aug. 13 to Kaplan and several other Metro administrators asking them how they would solve six concerns students with disabilities have at the college.

Members of the group insisted that the administration give a written response to the list by Sept. 8 and threatened a public protest if Kaplan did not meet the deadline.

Mosby said the response is the first step in fixing the problems.

"They responded so quickly and so clearly and they responded in writing," she said.

"They've recognized t,hat there are some concerns and issues facing students with disabilities, and they are willing to address them."

Mosby said if Kaplan makes good on her written strategy to address the six problems LEAD pointed out, it will be a step toward making Auraria a better place for students with disabilities.

Mosby said she is pleased with all Kaplan's proposals for action, but she is particularly relieved that the college agreed to use the Americans with Disabilities Act hand-

book developed by Mississippi State University as the model for Metro's ADA handbook.

For the past few months, LEAD and Metro administrators have clashed on the issue of using Mississippi's ADA handbook as a model for Metro's. Administrators and students with disabilities have not set a date for Metro's ADA handbook to be finished, but many expect it by spring.

Last month, Percy Morehouse, Metro's director of Equal Opportunity, challenged LEAD's suggestion that Metro use Mississippi's handbook, saying every disability handbook contains text explaining state disability laws. Morehouse said those portions of the Mississippi handbook would not apply in this state.

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Professor union's negotiating power reniains uncertain

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About 75 Metro professors have joined a labor union they hope will negotiate with the school on issues such as tenure and part-time contracts.

But Metro's administration won't say whether it would work with a union negotiator rather than with individual faculty members and faculty constituency groups such as the Faculty Senate.

Union organizers said they're waiting for a membership of 200 before formally applying to establish a local chapter of the Colorado Federation of Teachers.

Metro spokeswoman Sherry Patten said Metro's administration will answer the question of union representation when it comes up. Since the union is not officially organized, Patten said she couldn' l comment on whether the administration would be willing to negotiate with it.

But that uncertainty doesn't deter Ron Harleman, director of field services at Colorado Federation of Teachers.

"Colorado is one of maybe eight or I 0 states in the country that are silent regarding collective bargaining for publicsector employees," Harleman said.

That means Metro has the option of working with a teacher's union as secondary schools in Colorado do, but the college is under no legal obligation from the state, he said.

"Yes, they could (ignore the union)," Harleman said. "We could have 400 members and go to them Ron Harleman and they could say no. (But) we might as well try - what's the alternative?" If the Metro administration refuses to work with the union, some fear they will have to use already-established procedures for change at Metro. These procedures include the college-established grievance procedures for challenging administrative decisions

on tenure and dossier requirements as well as other grievances on issues such as discrimination or sexual harassment.

Metro professor Norman Pence, a union organizer, said he has already been down the road of official procedure. ''The channels are there, but the channels do not represent a fair and effective process," Pence said. "Their bias is toward the administration. (Unions are) the last resort. When everything else fails, you have to go to the union."

Pence's comments come during a time when some faculty, including Faculty Senate Presiden~ Monys Hagen, are expressing hope of new cooperation with the administration.

Metro President Sheila Kaplan has decided in recent months to work with faculty on issues such as salaries and posttenure review.

But according to Pence, any cooperation with the administration always ends up being cooperation on the administration's terms. ¡

"The faculty do not have any power because they do not organize, because they are individual contractors (to the administration)," Pence said. Recently, the Colorado Federation of Teachers has taken advertised to try to increase membership.

The group, which consists of about 75 fulland part-time faculty members has 15 more members than a year ago.

If the administration refuses to negotiate with a union, members will settle for other union benefits such as health insurance, legal advising and newsletter subscriptions.

CFT provides legal counsel to faculty in cases of job discrimination, Harleman said.

Membership in CFT costs $20. I 5 per year for full-time faculty, it's $6.30 for part-time professors.

Benefits for members of the union include occupational liability insurance, newsletter subscriptions, and the opportunity for health insurance.

Metro peddles Hundreds sign petition demanding ouster of 'The Met' ¡student names

SGA challenges college's nickname

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Metro's Student Government Assembly launched a campaign Sept. 2 to try to get the administration to stop referring to the school as "the Met." SGA set up a table Sept. 2-4 at the annual Fall Fest where they encouraged students to sign their petition. At press time, they had at least 420 signatures, said Karmin Trujillo, SGA president.

The student government will continue to collect signatures from Metro students for the next two weeks, then submit them to the administration with a request to stop using the nickname immediately.

"They're not going to be able to ignore us," said Sean Brailey, SGA vice president of Administration and Finance. "We're going to keep pushing and pushing."

The nickname, "The Met," was a part of a marketing campaign started by Metro last spring.

The name has been criticized by students since.

One major objection the SGA has with the moniker is that it seems to be a attempt to attract younger students with a hip-sounding name instead of the college's academic merit.

"I don't think it sounds like a school," said Jessie Bullock, SGA vice president of Student Fees.

Metro administrators don't see what the fuss is about. "If you don ' t like it, don't use it," said Metro spokeswoman Debbie Thomas.

The student government, however, explains its view in a statement at the top of its petition.

"We ... demand that any projects started in the future, with the function of creating a new image or moniker for the college, present a clear survey to at least JO percent of the student body to illicit ideas and any final decisions reached by this project be presented to the student body for a vote of approval," it said. see THE MET on 5

Perry Swanson/The Metropolitan MET IS MURDER: Jessie Bullock, SGA vice president of Student Fees hangs out at the SGA table at Fall Fest Aug. 2. Bullock was encouraging students to sign an anti-moniker petition.

Students give basic information, including their names, Social Security numbers and addresses, to the college in exchange for the opportunity to_ attend Metro. Who would guess that information would become a money making machine?

Metro sold student information to seven agencies last year at about three cents per name. Figuring Metro enrollment at about 17 ,000 students, the sale of student information made about $3,500 for the college last year.

That might not be a lot of money in the grand scheme of things, but some students are becoming annoyed with letters and phone calls soliciting everything from military recruitment to credit cards.

Metro student Kerrie Dallman prompted members of the Student Government Assembly to try to stop mailing list sales at Metro after she complained to them of excessive phone calls from credit card com panies. Dallman said the credit card _companies told her Metro sold her information to them.

John Gaskell , SGA vice president of Student Services, has gotten similar calls himself. He said the school had no right to sell his information.

"I don't remember signing anything saying they could give my name to a credit card (co.mpany)," he said.

"There's a certain level of trust the college has, and I think they have violated that."

SGA started discussions on revamping the mailing list system this week.

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Gay, lesbian program

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By J~ Stephenson The Metropolitan

You've heard of HIV, but have you heard of HBV? Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is transmitted many of the same ways as HIV and is 100 times more contagious. 90% of acute HBV infection occurs in young adufts. But there is good news, there is an immunization!

The Student Health Center at Auraria is offering Hepatitis B vaccination at great!Y reduced prices!

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• $35.00 per injection (compared to community costs of $45.00 or more)

Vaccination is recommended for: • Health care workers (people handling blood or blood products, needles, working with the developmental!Y disabled or injecting drug users). or students in health care training.

• Persons who have had more than one sex partner in 6 months.

• Men who have sex with men.

• Students from high!Y endemic areas, particular!Y Southeast Asia and Africa, China, the Philippines, Haiti and Eastern Europe.

• Students whose parents/grandparents were born in Asia, Africa, Alaska, the Pacific Islands. Brazil, northern Canadian provinces and southern Greenland.

• International travelers to areas of high endemiciry (Africa, Alaska, Brazil, the Northern Provinces of Canada, the Pacific Islands, Southeast Asia, and Southern Greenland).

• Students who have used .injectable drugs.

• Students who receive blood products on a freQuent basis.

A student fee funded program for gay, lesbian and bisexual students at Metro is expanding its services this fall to include Auraria's transgender and transsexual students.

Karen Bensen, coordinator of the Gay Lesbian Bisexual and Trans Student Services, said while transsexual and transgender students are not necessarily homosexual, they face much of the same discrimination homosexual students face and should have access to the program's services.

Transsexual stuKaren Bensen dents are defined as those who have had or plan to get a sex change. Transgender students can include cross-dressers, drag queens, and "butch" lesbians, Bensen said, adding that about a dozen students who are "trans" have become involved in the GLBTSS program since last year.

"We have been excluding a part of the student population," Bensen said. "The reason why it makes sense to add this group is because they are oppressed in much the same way that gays and lesbians are oppressed."

Kerrie Dallman, GLBTSS program assistant and vice president of Auraria Queer Alliance, said people on campus are becoming more accepting of homosexual and "trans" students.

Dallman, who started at Metro in 1988, said she's much more comfortable being a lesbian on campus now than she was when she first came to Metro.

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pitable as it is now," Dallman said. "When I sit in class; I feel safe enough to say, 'my girlfrtend and I,' and to be out on this campus."

But others say it is still difficult to be "trans" at Auraria.

Alex Denson, president of Straight But Not Narrow, a club for allies of gay, lesbian, bisexual and "trans" students, said she often feels the sting of being someone who is 'lransgendered.

'Tm a tomboy, and people give me a lot of crap for having short hair and being as masculine as I am," she said.

Denson said that because she is not lesbian, she cannot know firsthand what it is like to be discriminated against for being gay, but all gay, lesbian and trans students share a common thread.

"Each form of discrimination and oppression is going to be different, but everyone who has ever been discriminated against has some insight into the experience of others who have also experienced discrimination," Denson said.

The GLBTSS program offers a library with books, videos, speech workshops, and leadership and "safe zone" training. People who participate in "safe zone" training learn about gay issues and get a certificate at the end of the training course.

The GLBTSS program also sponsors keynote speakers throughout the year and during the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Trans Awareness Month in October. Money to fund GLBTSS comes from student fees collected from students at each Auraria college.

This year's GLBTSS budget is $46,184.

For more information about the GLBTSS program, call 55()-6333 or visit the office in the Tivoli Room 311.

You walk out to the parking lot after a late night in the library or a movie, and your car is gone. Not stolen, but towed.

Non-payment for three or more parking tickets is the primary reason cars are towed from campus.

Parking agents don't go out of their way to find cars that have multiple Auraria tickets, said Mark Gallagher, director of Parking and Transportation.

Finding them, however, is not a difficult task.

"People are creatures of habit," he said. "They keep coming back to the same lot."

Auraria parking officials issue between 22,000 and 24,000 parking tickets each year. Revenues from those fines total about $190,000 per year and they are used for parking lot improvement and to pay parking lot staff.

Hand-held computers alert parking officials if cars they are checking have

two or ·more tickets. After three tickets, the parking agent is required to put a "red tag notice" on the car, Gallagher said.

The red tag says the vehicle's owner has three days to pay the fines, which range from $10 to $50, or the car will be towed. D & V Towing, Auraria's towing contractor, charges an additional $40 to release cars.

Parking officials distributed 644 red tag warnings and D & V towed 85 of the 1.7 million cars parked on campus last year, Gallagher said.

This year, however, people who use metered parking spots at Auraria could get fewer tickets.

Auraria installed new digital meters with a time limit of four hours, up from the 90 minute limit last spring.

Students who believe they have been ticketed unfairly can appeal the tickets to an appeals referee on campus.

Gallagher said in the case of an individual's first ticket, the referee frequently reduces the fine.

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Fines might scar credit ratings

By Ron Simpson The Metropolitan

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Failing lo pay your Auraria Library fine might do ·more than make you the recipient of some nasty letters in the mail - it might also mar your credit rating.

About 1,000 people per semester get reported to private collection agencies for failing to pay their Auraria Library fines.

Under state law, students who don't pay their fines to the Auraria Library or any other state agency within 30 days must be turned over to state collectors.

At the campus library, the fine for one overdue book over a 30-day period is $50.

But the library prefers that the book is returned rather than collect the outstanding fine or report students to collections, said Sandra Dedrick, director of financial services for the Auraria Library.

The first step in the collections process comes after the library's attempt to reclaim the book.

After 30 days, Dedrick turns the matter over to the State of Colorado, which adds a 19 percent non-negotiable fee to the library fine.

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The state then turns it over to a private collection agency, which has the option of adding additional fines if the fine remains unpaid for 90 days.

Thirty days later, the collection agency reports the unpaid fee to the credit

bureau. It is then noted on the credit report of the person who has the fine.

Students who do not inform the library of their change of address are responsible for paying their fines whether they get a ·notice or not. Not getting the initial library fine notice due to a recent change of address does not shield students from credit problems associated with not paying their fines.

Dedrick estimates that she receives around 150 returned fine notices per week for people who have moved.

While students' credit ratings can take a blow as a result of the unpaid fines, they do not affect students' ability to graduate and register.

Dedrick said it's too costly to install a computer program to put encumbrances on students attending the three separate colleges on the Auraria Campus.

Metro student Josh Cooley said the notice is confusing because it gives the impression that a student can be reported to a coilections agency for owing any amount of fines - not just $50 after 30 days.

'Service' credited for increased enrollment .~

By Matthew Lyn Davis The Metropolitan Metro Communications Director Sherry Patten credits Metro's increase in student enrollment to an aggressive marketing campaign.

Preliminary reports indicate that enrollment is up by 444 students at Metro. Figures provided from the office of Institutional Research show fall enrollment to be 17,753.

Enrollment for last fall was 17,309 students. These figures include both full- and part-time students.

Paul Wilken, director of Institutional Research said the final enrollment census figures are due Sept.12.

"The folks over at Admissions have stepped up trying to get students to register," Patten said. "They 're going out of their way to get prospective students to come here."

Metro recruiters are spending more time at high schools and community colleges, talking to students about Metro, Patten said.

The Admissions office is also contacting fonner students

who haven't yet registered to see if they need any help.

Patten said this "student serviee attitude" is working .

"It's trying to add that personal touch to help them come back," Patten said.

Joan Foster, dean of the School of Letters, Arts and Sciences, said that school's higher enrollment prompted it to open more sections in English, speech and math classes.

Robert Mock, dean of the School of Professional Studies, said it appears that lower-division professional studies class enrollment has increased by about I percent over last year.

The Professional Studies school added classes in teacher education and criminal justice to accommodate the increase in lower-division classes.

"We anticipated (the increase), but we didn't expect this much of an increase," he said. "This is a good sign, it shows that more people are interested in coming to (Metro)."

Although enrollment numbers are· preliminary, Wilken said he expects less than JOO students will drop out by the enrollment census date.

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Thomas said student government members were asked for their input on the current marketing _c ampaign, and they chose not to.

"Back in December or January of last year, a number of people from campus were invited to a meeting where all of this was put on the table," she said.

"The people who were then leading student government were invited to that, and they didn't come. There was an opportunity there for them to have participation and input."

Thomas said she would be wiJJing to talk with students about the nickname, but said she doesn't understand the dislike for it.

"I don't understand wh.Y that bothers

"We're very comfortable referring to It as 'Metro,' but take ~way the 'r' and the 'o' and suddenly It becomes very terrible."

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so many people," she said. "We're very comfortable referring to it as 'Metro', but take away the 'r' and the 'o' and suddenly it becomes very terrible.

"I have yet to grasp what it is about that ~e letter phnise that is so bothersome to people."

The larger issue, according to the

SGA, is student representation on issues that affect the school.

"The whole process (of developing a marketing campaign) totally circumvented the studen1 body," Brailey said.

The nickname and ·marketing campaign, however, are not directed at students presently attending Metro, Thomas said. Both were designed to bring in. new students.

"We based the decisions on a Jot of market research we did, not so much with existing students but with people we know are considering (college)," she said.

"We had to develop that campaign to better communicate with people who have not had a direct experience w~th (Metro).

We do need to project an image that is urban, that is contemporary."

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Metro leaders add spice to convocation

By Perry Swanson The Metropolitan

Metro President Sheila Kaplan touted strengths in the school's diversity and teaching in her convocation speech Aug. 28 at the Tivoli.

A crowd of about 300 turned out for the convocation, where new faculty members were introduced and others received Distinguished Service awards.

Kaplan, whose speech kicked off the ceremony, smiled, and made wisecracks and an occasional grimace as she spoke.

After Student Government Assembly President Karmin Trujillo complained that students and faculty weren't consulted before Metro changed its name to "The Met," Kaplan said with a chuckle, "Some of us will use it; some of us will not."

Metro has a lot to be proud of, Kaplan said. The North Central Association said teaching was a "chief strength of the college" when it recommended Metro last spring to be reaccredi ted for I 0 more years.

The administration's efforts to promote diversity at Metro are also paying off, Kaplan said.

She lambasted Shella Kaplan California universities whose minority enrollment has dropped recently because the state abandoned affirmative action enrollment policies. It's a good thing Metro hasn't taken that path, Kaplan said.

"Enrollment, retention and graduation rates of ethnic minorities are up," Kaplan said. "Our work force is becoming increasingly diverse. Fully 27 percent of new full-time faculty hired for this academic year are ethnic minorities.

"That's something not everyone can say," Kaplan said.

Trujillo emphasized the need for more student input in administrative· decision in her.speech, .

"We envision a year where decisions are made c~llectively," Trujillo said. "If the administration truly respects the faculty and students as the students trust (the administration), there should be no question on our decision-making abilities."

Dubbing the college as "The Met" gives an image that doesn't fit reality, Trujillo said.

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Veterans Upward Bound provides educational boost

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Veteran's Upward Bound prepares 120 military veterans per year for the rigors of college.

The program offers courses in math, English, science, history, computer skills and Spanish as well as peer advisors for veterans at Auraria who need refresher or preparatory courses to catch up on skills they might have forgotten or never learned during their military service.

Glenn Morris, the program's director, said that of the I 20 students enrolled in the program each year, about 78 graduate and few decide to leave Auraria Campus. Morris estimates a little over half go to Metro, and most of the others go to Community College of Denver.

Morris said a recent study conducted by Metro that showed that male military veterans who completed the Upward Bound program were three times as likely to graduate from Metro as a veteran who did not complete the program.

Assistant Director Jake Lindsay said because the veterans in the program are at risk of dropping out of college, " anyone who graduates (from college) is a success story."

Criminal justice is the most popular major

for students in Upward Bound, Lindsay said, who added that some of the program's graduates are now doctors or lawyers.

Morris said that's because there's a high number of military police who enroll in the program who want to pursue a civilian career as a police officer.

The program's budget is around $240,000, Morris said. The program gets its money from the federal Department of Education. Metro does not contribute any financial support, but does provide the program with its office and classroom space.

Fall Upward Bound classes start Sept. 15. and there are still several slots open for both the morning and evening classes. Spring classes start.Feb. 9.

The Metro Upward Bound program is one of less than three dozen like it in the country, Lindsay said.

Morris, who has been with the organization 25 years, served six years in the Marines and was in the Vietnam War. Lindsay served four years in the Air Force during the late 1960s and early 1970s and has been with Veteran's Upward Bound for 19 years.

The office is at I 024 9th Street Park.

Morris or Lindsay can be reached at 556-3024.

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Institutional Research Director Paul Wilken makes the decision to make and sell the lists. Wilken said he looks to see if the group has a contract with the college or seems otherwise "legitimate." He did not give any specific criterion other than trying to sell to those who fit the image of the college.

"Most of them (the buyers) claim they are offering a service to the students," he said.

So who doesn't get the list?

"I wouldn't sell to someone if I sensed eye on they would send illicit literature or something," he said.

Though Wilken said the lists go to those with something to offer students educationally, companies who get them might be selling the lists to others.

Agencies seeking to purchase the lists must make a written request and meet certain criteria before a sale is made, College Communications Director Sherry Patten said.

Patten said she hopes companies are not reselling the lists and that the school tries to avoid agencies ~ho seem likely to do so.

Students who don 't want to be called by solicitors had the opportunity to file a written request with.the Registrar's Office in Central Classroom 105 within the first 10 days of the semester, a deadline which passed on Sept. 4.

Students still might have the opportunity if they hurry into the office within the next few days, Patten said.

The college informs the students about the keeping and distribution of such information in class schedules. This fall it was tucked in the Special Notices section on page 31.

That notification is not enough, Gaskell said. He would like to see postings around campus informing students of what they must do to be taken off the list.

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LEAD from 1 Metro spokeswoman Sherry Patten said Morehouse and other administrators will solve that problem by rewriting portions of the Mississippi handbook that don't apply in Colorado.

"They are using the Mississippi handbook as the boilerplate for Metro's handbook," Patten said. "But they will change it to make it Metro's own."

In addition lo praising the college's choice on the Mississippi handbook, Mosby said she's pleased the college has officially named its Americans with Disabilities Act coordinator.

Metro has not had a permanent appointee to that position since June 1997.

In her Aug. 27 letter to LEAD, Kaplan said Kelly Espinoza will remain the interim ADA coordinator for the remainder of the I 997-98 academic year.

But Vernon Haley, vice president for Student Services, sent a campuswide email Sept. 2 naming Espinoza as the permanent appointee to the post.

Espinoza said the mix-up about his position stemmed from timing conflicts.

When Metro administrators were drafting their response to LEAD, Kaplan and Haley had not made public what Espinoza's status would be.

As one of his first moves as Metro's

ADA coordinator, Espinoza hired Mosby to fill the vacant student-hourly position of coordinator's assistant.

Espinoza said Mosby was a natural choice because she has knowledge of ADA issues and experience in the Combined Computer Access Lab for students with disabilities.

Espinoza said he and Mosby will track complaints filed by students with disabilities and find out how they are resolved.

They will use the research to determine how the faculty should be trained to accommodate students with disabilities and how campus buildings can be altered for optimum accessibility.

LEAD's suggestions for solving the six issues helped Metro administrators develop solutions to LEAD's complaints, Patten said.

"LEAD should get some kudos for offering some solutions instead of just outlining the problems," Patten said. ''This is one of those times when you have everyone working together and working well."

Kaplan also thanked LEAD in her reply for bringing its top concerns to her attention and offering suggestions for "amicable solutions."

Kaplan's response LEAD sent Metro President Shella Kaplan a letter Aug. 13 demanding solutions to six problems students with disabilities face at Metro. The following are summaries of LEAD's concerns and Kaplan's response to the group. l. LEAD asked for Kaplan and the college cabinet to use the Americans with Disabilities handbook from the University of Mississippi until Metro's handbook was complete. Kaplan said the college will adapt the Mississippi's handbook as a model for Metro's guide.

2. LEAD asked Kaplan to appoint a committee, which includes student representatives, to reevaluate of Metro's disability policies, procedures and programs. Kaplan said she would appoint the committee during October 1997 and update the college's evaluation plan to make it more comprehensive.

3. LEAD asked Kaplan to name a pennanentADAcoordinator. Kaplan then named Kelly Espinoza, who was interim coordinator since June 1997, as the permanent coordinator.

4. LEAD asked for motorized doors and a new elevator at the Tutoring Center in the St. Francis Center for students who are unable to open the heavy doors or fit their wheelchairs in St. Francis elevators. Kaplan said the college won't replace the elevators because the St. Francis Center location is temporary.

5. LEAD asked Kaplan to set up fonnal training for faculty, staff and students to educate them about ADA issues. Kaplan said Metro administrators would develop workshops beginning some time this fall and continuing through the spring semester.

6. LEAD asked Kaplan to create a task force to advise her on disability issues and how to address them.. Kaplan said a task force would be in place by October 1997.

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They asked for a published disability handbook 路that refrains from Views: It is using offensive, condescending lanunfortunate that the guage and addresses concerns in a only way to get a concise manner. response from the They asked for an official administration is to Americans with Disabilities Act hold a gun to its Coordinator. , head.

And they asked for important offices to be located in areas accessible to people in wheelchairs.

Just in time for her state of the college address on Aug. 28, Metro President Sheila Kaplan and her administration addressed these issues in a response to a letter submitted by Leadership Education Advocacy and Direction, an organization that serves as a voice for students with disabilities at Metro.

Members of LEAD praised the administration for responding, and the administration reciprocated with praise aimed at LEAD and the manner in which it aired its concerns. Happy happy, joy joy.

Has anyone noted the timing of the response and the effort it took to prompt it?

Until Aug. 28, LEAD had been voicing concerns to no avail.

What finally got Kaplan 's attention and forced the issue was a formal letter to the administration demanding action.

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LEAD threatened a demonstration if an answer wasn't returned by Sept. 8. But the administration issued a response just in time to tout Metro's "Role and Mission" statement, which says "Excellence in teaching and learning is The Metropolitan State College of Denver's primary objective."

It's about time.

How can there be any other explanation other than Metro simply doesn't give a damn until sometl'ting is about to blow up?

And though one could credit the college for realizing its mistakes, if it could make the right move in the first place it would save the embarrassment of reversing so many decisions.

Metro's director of Equal Opportunity, Percy Morehouse, said weeks ago that LEAD's suggestion to use Mississippi University's handbook as a reference until Metro's own, long overdue, handbook is published was not an option.

Now, after a threat from LEAD and a convocation speech, praising Metro for its diversity, the school changed its stance and will use the alternative handbook.

Days after saying Kelly Espinoza would remain interim ADA Coordinator, the college decided to hire him as the permanent coordinator.

LEAD Vice President Brenda Mosby seemed relieved and almost shocked by the timely response.

'They responded so quickly and so clearly and they responded in writing," she said. "They've recognized that there are some concerns and issues facing students with disabilities and they are willing to address them."

Of course.

What choice did the administration have?

Students should know that the only way to coax the administration into making a rational decision is to protest, threaten to protest or petition and appeal.

A refreshing change would be to witness a solid administrative decision - without someone having to twist the college's arm first.

Coke and a smile

Travis Henry

The Lowdown

Freedom of choice.

Students on campus are being denied a fundamental right that is as American as apple pie and maybe even professional

wrestling.

All over campus, students are walking into classrooms unaware that they are being systematically conditioned to leave their right to choose out in the street.

I am talking, of course, about the lack of Coke machines in the student lounges.

Check out your closest student lounge. No Coke machines. None. Nada.

You didn't even notice, did you?

Shame on you.

The right to choose what soda you are going to belch up is as important as the right to give someone the finger after you cut them of(going 80 mph.

You wouldn't give that right up, would you?

As one student said, "The first Pepsi of th.e morning just does not cut it."

Several options exist for free-thinking soda rebels. . Stuffers. the hot dog stand in the middle of campus, does serve Coke. But the lines are long, and the stand is outside.

The Tivoli has several fast food restaurants that serve the repressed soda but at a higher price and a long walk from the Central Classroom.

That doesn't seem fair to the typical dead-broke, hungover student, who is already late to class and just needs a CocaCola, DAMN IT! Sorry, I will try to control myself.

Where are the student activists?

Where are the protests, sit-ins or even riots? Nobody on this campus seems to care anymore.

Before you know it, everyone will be drinking Pepsi, eating Taco Bell and going to Denver Nuggets games.

Chances are you have already taken the first two steps.

If you suddenly find yourself in a half-full arena watching five grown men attempting, but not succeeding, to play basketball against actual NBA teams, run away. Far away.

The answer to all of this is simple.

-not here Visit any grocery store and observe the perfect harmony that radiates from a Coke and Pepsi machine standing side by side. Together they symbolize a country in which Coke and Pepsi drinkers can live harmoniously together in happiness.

Metro's administration, which is as popular as the paparazzi right now, could bolster its image by bringing down the dark days of no choice and pressuring Auraria to bring in the Coke.

Forget about the contracts, agreements or whatever Pepsi has with the campus. This is an issue about constitutional rights. The right to drink what we choose, where we choose and when we choose (I am sure the constitution says something about that.).

High schools around the state are faced with the same crisis as Pepsi and Coke attempt to monopolize the thirst of Colorado's youth.

As the largest public four-year soft drink consuming institution in the United States, we need to lead by example.

No longer will we stand by and be forced to drink the red, white and blue unconditionally.

It is time to have a Coke and a smile.

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1 m ska music to belly dancing, Fall Fest welcomed students to Auraria schools with an outdoor party.

Student activities from Metro, the Community College of Denver, and University of Colorado at Denver organized the event, and provided students with food, music and drinks.

Radio stations KBCO and KS-107.5 broadcasted tunes to the campus. Bands such as the ska band Garden Weasels and blues player Paul Weidig entertained the teeming crowds.

More ethnic sounds came from Balance & Swing, which played Celtic music, and Eva Cernik, who entertained the crowd with Middle Eastern dancing.

Students packed the area between the North Clas.sroom and the Plaza Building, while breaking from classes, as fall semester kicked off.

Above left: Eva Cernik dances with Middle Eastern grace.

Top right: The Garden Weasels play live ska.

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Free beer. Nice. Behind the bar, nobody seems to care that several people are ordering on the old man's bill. e 12:52 a.m. - A hip hop/reggae mix from local DJ Whiteboy suddenly gets weak. The party thins ou~, and lightweights leave the bar in search of something more or less intoxicating than alcohol. e 1:14 a.m. - Last call approaches, and a strong contingent of twentysomethings and washed-up smelly journalists make a serious commitment to ending the night with a professional ride home. e 1:35 a.m. - A mob of freestyle rappers from east Aurora takes the DJ's microphone. Everyone in the bar is either too drunk to notice or care. e 1:44 a.m. - Last call. Of the 75 people left at the Tavern approximately half of them order one more pitcher for the road (just in case the first three didn't work). e 1:54 a.m. - Overhead lights come on, causing some of the hardcore freaks to scatter to after-hours clubs and parties to chase another buzz. The rest of the stone-cold drunks scatter just like roaches on the kitchen floor after the light is flipped on. â&#x20AC;˘ 2:02 a.m. - Bouncers begin removing glasses from the numb and jumpy hands of resident alcoholics.

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The 14th annual Festival of Mountain and Plain - A Taste of Colorado, produced by Downtown, Denver Partnership, Inc., would seem to be the place to answer that question.

The four-day festival, held over Labor Day weekend, turned downtown Denver into an open-air restaurant, concert and crafts market.

Heavy crowds packed Civic Center Park and the surrounding streets. People wandered through the festival, weaving around the food lines, stopping when a pleasing scent or sight tempted them to join the queue. Everyone seemed to be headed for something they were sure was there, if only they could figure out what it was.

Jeff Anton, a 21-year-old Metro student, knew where he was going - the Cheesecake Factory booth. It's the food that brings him down, he said. Because he has been coming to the festival since he was a kid, Jeff would seem to be an expert in the taste of Colorado.

"It tastes kinda fruity," he said, after drinking a cup of lemonade.

Another Metro student gave a differing opinion. "It tastes barbequed," said Kim Hannon, 19.

Kim also came for the food. Roasted com was her favorite.

And food - from over 50 local restaurants - is the focus of the event. So.people, when not waiting in line, walked around with their food or ate on the grass. Some people just stood around waiting, perhaps relishing that taste, pausing for a moment to fully realize their pleasure before they moved on.

'Tm waiting for my friends to get out of the restroom ," said Jeff Winkleman of Golden, who had been standing just outside the stream of foot traffic. He came down to see the band I 0,000 Maniacs play and have fun with his friends. The taste, though, he could not describe.

But his friend, Eden Ripingill of Denver could. "It tastes like chicken," she said, before laughing. Jeff laughed, too.

There seemed to be no consensus on what Colorado tasted like. Perhaps the true taste of a place cannot be represented by culinary metaphors and is better symbolized by the memory left in the minds of those who experienced it.

Eden said what she would remember about the Taste of Colorado was hanging out with her friends. The clean toilets, with plenty of toilet paper, also stood out in her mind.

Sarah Sawicki of Denver said she would remember the food.

"All the people, food and cool stuff," Kim said.

"The thing I'll remember," Metro student Rachel Mondragon said, "is that it's gonna be here next year."

And maybe, like the autumn the festival foreshadows, the taste of the Taste of Colorado is the memory that it has passed but will return again

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Technology gives library the finger New system replaces standard mouse with finger touchpad

By A.Jeter The Metropolitan

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Students must get used to touchpads and icons if they want to find anything at the Auraria Library.

Two weeks ago, the library launched Skyline, its new online catalog system for students to search the library for books, periodicals and other publications.

It replaces CARL, a 14-year-old text-based system.

Constant glitches in the CARL system's internal makeup prompted the change, said Anthony Dedrick, access services coordinator. The system wouldn' t allow students to reserve books at other libraries if they weren't available on campus, but Skyline can. That job used to be given to a separate clerk in the library.

Auraria Library used the CARL system for about 12 years, Dedrick said. The new system cost $495,000, which came from money the library had in savings and from the sale of the old system. The 80 computers on the first floor are althigh tech and have finger touchpads instead of a mouse.

Response to Skyline has been difficult to gauge since it is early in the semester, Dedrick said, adding that the system will take some getting used to, and that librarians are learning the system along with students.

The biggest obstacle students are complaining about with Skyline is learning to move the cursor with the touchpad instead of a mouse.

"We don't like this conversion any better than the users do," he said, noting the system is better suited for

an academic library better than CARL was.

David Clow, a Metro computer science student, tried his hand at Skyline.and said it was fast and easy and it was fun playing with the new touchpad.

"We don't like this conversion any better than the users do."

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"It's cool," Clow said. "Once you get to know what you're doing, it's all right." Clow searched the system for ideas for an English paper.

The library offers user guides, courses and a help desk to assist students with the new system.

Students also can access their class text books and finding the books' library circulation record.

The CARL system eventually will need to be

rewritten because adding on technology over the years has created some unsolvable problems, Dedrick said.

"The library didn't want to be around when that happened," he said.

Skyline also makes economical sense, Dedrick said, since it will cut the maintenance costs the CARL system was steadily incurring. Beside!'>, he said, Skyline's parent - Innovative Interfaces - gave them a good deal on the new system. With the change, the Auraria Library follows a trend of many large academic libraries.

The system is part of a network between several Colorado libraries, allowing more access to books, journals and documents, Dedrick said. The system will become better streamlined in about a month when new software is available.

Auraria Library is a member of the Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries and has access to an additional six million volumes in colorado. It is able to access other materials throughout the nation through interlibrary loan.

Over 600,000 volumes of books, microforms and bound periodicals are available on campus in addition to more than 3,300 current periodicals and newspaper subscriptions.

An updated ID allows students to check out up to 75 items, renew check-outs over the phone and place holds or recalls on checked-out materials.

The library charges fines and lost item fees and borrowers are liable for items charged to their accounts.

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The University of Colorado at Denver has gone international. Students from all over the ..yorld are taking classes and working toward degrees at UCD, and they don't even have to leave home to do it.

"CU Online" is a virtual univefsity offered through the Arts and Sciences school at UCO. The program, which offers a variety of classes that are also available on campus, is barely a year old and has been well received by students.

"In the first semester of the program offered only one course so that we could see how it would do, and now we are up to 55 online classes," said Moreen Schlinker, manager of the program.

The program was originally offered through the Extended Studies program but is now offered as part of the main campus.

About 780 students are enrolled and taking classes this semester with IO percent of them coming from outside of Colorado or the United States. Students from as far away as Iceland, Russia and China have taken classes through the program.

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done through the CU Denver Web site. is only spending five minµtes on the The site also has registration information, assignment, it is easy to correct," said a list of classes offered and course descrip- Sharry Erzinger, online professor teaching tion of each class. a violence prevention class, the only Tuition ,costs and admission proce- online graduate course. dures for the online "The Online University is an excelclass are the same as on the main campus. lent idea and opens up "I don't see these education to students No majors are offered solely through who may not have had classes as a way it available to them," online classes, but of replacing the Erzinger said. there is no limit to the number of classes stuThe resources more traditional available to the online dents can apply student are so vast, toward their major. classroom." and so many wonder"The business and engineering • schools ful tools are available through the Internet, also plan to offer classes next semester," Erzinger said.

- Moreen Schlinker, Statistical inforSchlinker said. onUne professor mation, which in a The classes have journal might be up to weekly assignments, two years old, is more and the students meet online with the professor during the week current online, she said. online through chat rooms and e-mail.

"I don't see·these classes as a way of In addition to tracking a student's replacing the more traditional classroom progress through the weekly assignment, environment, but as a supplement to bringthe professor is able to see how much time ing education to an even broade~ group of a student has spent online with the materi- people," Schlinker said. al.

More information on CU Online is "If a student is having a problem and available at http://www.cuonline.edu.

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By Chris Petersen The Metropolitan

When Metro's volleyball coach decided to add a little international talent to the team in 1996, she knew just where to go-Iowa.

Coach Joan McDermott found Janaina Peruzzo, the only foreign player on the team, in Sioux City, where McDermott had coached Morningside College for four seasons.

Peruzzo, a 6-foot middle-blocker, was learning English and playing volleyball as a foreign exchange student at Sioux City North High School when McDermott recruited her.

She came to the United States from Victoria, Brazil, a small island off the coast near Rio de Janeiro and capital city of the state of Espirito Santo.

Growing up, she played volleyball on the beaches near her home, starting on an organized team when she was l 0.

"Volleyball is much bigger in Brazil than it is here," she says. "Pretty much everybody plays volleyball in Brazil."

Peruzzo's family is proof of volleyball's popularity in Brazil. Her brother, also an accomplished player, plans to attend college in California on a volleyball scholarship.

Peruzzo played through high school in Brazil and graduated before deciding to come to America to add English to her language repertoire, which includes Portuguese, Italian and Spanish.

Arriving through the exchange student program, she found herself thousands of miles from home where everything was different except volleyball.

Peruzzb planned to stay, taking in the less-than-enchanting Iowa countryside, for only a year before returning home to take the difficult two-part entrance exam required for admission to the Federal University in Brazil.

Enter McDermott and the scenic Colorado high country.

McDermott was on her first recruiting trip after finishing her last season as head coach at Morningside in 1995 when she discovered Peruzzo.

The Brazilian attracted McDermott because of her excellent blocking ability and her strong work ethic. .

"She was easily the best blocker in the region," McDermott said. "She definitely has the potential to be a very good college player."

The coach brought Peruzzo to Colorado, and between the scenery and McDermott's influence, Peruzzo was hooked and decided to scrap her plan to attend college in Brazil·.

"I didn' t imagine coming to Denver after Iowa," Peruzzo said. "I was planning on going home to go to school."

Her family also expected her to come home for college but supported her decision to stay in Denver.

"It's hard being away from my family, but having so many good friends here and such a nice coach makes it easier," Peruzzo said.

Between breaks in school and volleyball, she keeps in touch with family and friends in Brazil through daily e-mail messages.

She came to Metro last year as a freshman and looks at her first two years as a learning experience, earning playing time as a substitute for senior Holly Rice but looking forward to moving into a bigger role on the team.

Although her main role is as a blocker, her hitting ability is improving, which will mean more playing time, McDermott said.

With Rice questionable for this weekend's Colorado Premier Challenge tournament with a possible stress fracture in her leg, Peruzzo's chance to play a bigger role might have arrived.

"Either way, she is going to get some playing time," McDermott said.

Peruzzo does not plan on pursuing a professional career in volleyball once her college days are through.

Instead, she wants to follow her parents' lead - both are professors in Brazil - and pursue higher education. She is hoping to earn her Ph.D. after volleyball - not in it.

"I would like to get my master's degree here in Colorado and then hopefully get a Ph.D. in Europe," she said.

Peruzzo is an architecture major on a contract degree through Metro and the University of Colorado at Denver.

On a trip to Italy, she fell in love with the ancient architecture of Rome and decided that is what she wanted to study.

• "That is what I can see myself doing," she said. "I love everything about it, the art, the history and the people."

For now•. Peruzzo is mastering her other passion on the volleyball court, looking forward to helping her teammates improve their national ranking as they work toward a second consecutive Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference tournament appearance.

The Roadrunners will break in their home court with tough games Sept. 5 against No. 12 University of California at Riverside at 3:30 p.m. and No. 4 Augustana at 7:30. p.m. The title game is at Regis at 7 p.m. Saturday.

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SPIKED: Metro sophomore Janalna Peruzzo slams the ball over the net Sept. 2 during a practice at the Aurarla Events Center •

earn to three tourname 9-30 with 163 assists, 1 ,., , and 32 digs. , ' 1 i1111!!•1\H&i a a Biology major with ., es to become a ped' •llflgp be known as that ~.-'V" Laurie rking hard," Anderson Anderson

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. Volleyball earns ranking, soccer slams foes

By Kyle Ringo The Metropolitan

Aces for volleyball in ~c

against both ranked opponents Sept. 5 starting with UC Riverside at 3:30 p.m.

The tournament Championship will be decided Sept 6 at 7 p.m. at Regis.

Metro, Jared Zanon (assisled by Richard Paylor), 5, Metro, Jared Zanon, (assisted by Ben Hatfield),

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West Texas finished last season ranked No. 13 nationally in men's soccer, but that was not enough to rattle Roadrunner goalie Stephen Babby.

Babby played all 90 minutes in goal and made seven saves on the way to his first win of the season. Todd Padgett and Jeff Swander chipped in with one goal each.

Maher Kayali, Richard Paylor, Ben Hatfield and Shane Smith each tallied an assist in the contest.

The Roadrunners will be trying to establish their first winning streak this season when they travel to California this weekend for a game at Cal Poly Pomona on Sept. 5 and a match with last season's No. 9 ranked Cal State Bakersfield on Sept. 7.

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Ariana O'Neill, one of three New Zealand-born players on Metro's women 's soccer team, took a pass from junior Julie Ray to punch in the winning goal eight minutes into the first overtime in Metro's season-opening 2-1 victory at Colorado Christian Aug. 30.

Metro trailed at halftime, but junior Katie Pierce scored on a pass from freshman Gail Gammond, sending the match into overtime.

Jennifer Pierce played 96 minutes in goal, but faced only four shots from Colorado Christian, stopping three of them. Meanwhile, the Roadrunners bombarded Christian's keeper with 14 shots.

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The ranking comes from the American Volleyball Coaches Association Poll released Sept. 2., and Metro's place in it is largely due to a win over Michigan Tech, which opened the season ranked No. 17.

The Roadrunners also defeated Winona State and Northern State but lost their final match of the two-day event to Moorhead State.

"To tell you the truth, we should have won all four," coach Joan McDermott said.

Senior Laurie Anderson led the team with 163 assists, and junior Audra Littou pounded out 57 kills. Both were selected to the all-tournament team.

Metro will face tough competition again this weekend at the Colorado Premier Challenge where it has a chance to improve its ranking if it can beat No.4 ranked Augustana College and No. 12 University of California at Riverside.

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