Volume 20, Issue 12 - Nov. 7, 1997

November 7, 1997

Issue 12

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

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PrOtesters dellland answers Students rally in support of farmer Metro assistant VP

By J~ Stephenson The Metropolitan

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Dozens of student protesters marched on the offices of Metro's president and the vice president of Student Services to confront the leaders on the recent transfer of Manuel Escamilla, former assistant vice president of Student Services.

The protesters handed over a list of four demands during the confrontation, asking that the college offer Escamilla a full-time job in the Education department.

They also called for the resignation of Vernon Haley, Metro's vice president of Student Services who supervised Escamilla.

Escamilla left his position in the Student Services office Oct. 24. and now serves as senior equity specialist for Metro's Educational Equity Center, said Metro spokeswoman Sherry Patten.

Escamilla did not return phone calls from The Metropolitan.

The equity center is a federally funded program designed to help public schools, colleges and government agencies comply with provisions of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Escamilla's contract for the position in that office expires in June 1998.

After an emotional Nov. 3 rally in front of the Central Classroom where students lambasted the college for its alleged role in Escamilla's transfer, more than 50 students packed into Haley's office on the third floor of the Central Classroom and grilled him on the details surrounding the job change.

Then they crowded into Metro President Sheila Kaplan's office to deliver their list of demands and ask questions about the decision.

Kaplan declined to give specifics but

agreed to "respond" to the groups' demands in writing on Nov. 10.

"I am not at liberty to discuss personnel matters," Kaplan said. "But what I can tell you is Dr. Escamilla resigned from his position and has been moved to the office of desegregation."

Some students told Kaplan and Haley that Escamilla was a mentor and advisor, particularly for Latino students. Others alleged that the college left Escamilla in the dark and didn' t explain why he was transferred out of the Student Services office.

"Dr. EscamiJla is my mentor," said Metro Sophomore Terry Gordon. "I love him and respect him. If it weren't for him, I probably wouldn't be in school anymore."

John Gaskell, student government's vice president of Student Services, told Haley the college displayed a lack of respect for Escamilla by allegedly giving him only 26 hours notice of the transfer.

"There's just common decency," Gaskell said. "You don't just give him 26 hours."

Haley responded that he was "totally· sensitive" to what Gaskell and the others were saying but said that Escamilla is an "at will" employee of the college, meaning he is subject to termination without notice.

During the protesters' discussion with Haley, Amanda Escamilla, 18, a Metro freshman and Escamilla's daughter, said the college gave her father an ultimatum to either accept the position in the desegregation office or be fired.

"He did not want to quit this job in Student Services," Amanda Escamilla said.

Haley did not confirm or deny this, telling the protesters he could not discuss

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SIGNS, SIGNS: Metro Junior Fernando Sanchez marches toward Vernon Haley's office Nov. 3. Haley Is the vice president of Student Services. the matter because state and college rules prohibit him from discussing "personnel" issues.

Amanda Escamilla then told Haley that transferring her dad to another office alienated many students who knew him.

"Look at all these people he's touched - do you really want to lose him?" she asked. " Do you really want to lose us?"

Jillann Mills, a Metro student and see PROTEST on 4

News

Features

Sports

Student leaders vote to boot credit card vendors from the Tivoli

Metropolitan Jouncier publishes book about Donner Party

Volleyball ' team gearing up for

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Committee votes to boot credit peddlers Tivoli booths targeted for ouster -·

By Perry Swanson The Metropolitan

Credit card vendors at the Tivoli offer rewards such as candy bars and coffee mugs to students who fill out applications.

But next semester the vendors might have to take their wares outside the student union.

The Student Union Advisory Board, which is part of the Student Advisory Committee to the Auraria Board, voted Oct. 23 lo ask Tivoli management to stop allowing credit card vendors into the student union . "(The Tivoli) should be a student union for students and not for corporate sponsorship," said John Gaskell, SUAB member and vice president of Student Services for Metro's Student Government Assembly.

Gaskell said students frequently charge more than they can afford to pay back and blamed the vendors for feeding into that behavior. He also said the vendors don't always explain lo students the

responsibility of having a credit card, and many don't understand the potential damage to their credit report when a credit application is declined.

According to officials at Equifax, a credit reporting agency, declined applications appear as an inquiry on a credit report. Lenders might balk at an application from someone with too many inquiries on his or her report, but that depends on the lender, they said.

Student leaders, however, have mixed opinions about closing down the vendors in the student union. Melissa Ramirez, chairwoman of SACAB, said the group will vote on the issue before spring semester, but she's not sure whether the members will approve the measure.

The advisory board recommended a phase-out plan for the vendors - no new commitments would be made, but vendors could finish out prior ones The vendors could still · be able to solicit students other places on campus.

Jim Hayen, SGA's vice president of Student Organizations, voted against

Ramsey defense lawyer slams media coverage

By Bill Keran The Metropolitan

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The attorney representing John Ramsey came to Auraria and explained to a group of students how it feels to be inside a media "firestorm."

Brian Morgan told students Oct. 28 in Free Press Fair Trial, a Metro journalism class, that the press sensationalized the Ramsey case. Ramsey's 6-year-old daughter, JonBenel, was found murdered in her parents' home the day after Christmas.

Morgan said he resents the public perception that his client was treated preferentially because of his wealth. John Ramsey is president of Access Graphics, a billion-dollar computer company.

"People who write for so-called mainstream newspapers, people who run talk shows and people who write for the trash tabloids have all said publicly, 'We knew in the first 24 hours that (the Ramseys) were guilty,"' Morgan said.

The attorney said the Ramseys weren't hauled in for questioning because they were knowledgeable enough to get lawyers and because the police didn't have enough evidence against them. IL had nothing to do with money, he said.

"If the police department's head guy says, 'We don't have enough evidence to arrest this guy, how are they being treated separately and differently because of their wealth?

"This is one of the things that makes me physically ill ... when I hear how the Ramseys have been deferred to because of their wealth and their lawyers."

Morgan called the sensationalist overtones a marketing tactic, but he said was not angry at the police for suspecting the parents because in similar cases, the parents did commit a crime.

"I have believed from the start that there is no story here, that this is just another psychopathic child killer," Morgan said. "That happens all the time. But if it is the daddy, and if he's rich, and it happens Christmas night, this is a hell of a story, and boy, does it sell newspapers.

"If you're ever so unfortunate to have someone murdered in your home and they haven't kicked in a window and left a circled unmatched fingerprint, you will be suspect numero uno for the life of the case," Morgan said. "That is what has happened to the Ramseys."

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FINE PRINT: Metro student Micah Richey, 18, reads the technical Information on the back of a Discover card application In the Tivoli Nov. 4. removing credit vendors from the Tivoli.

He agreed that credit cards have the potential to be a problem for people who use them but said that's not a reason to take away the opportunity to apply for credit.

"Students need to be responsible

enough to look into these sorts of things," he said.

Haycn said credit card vendors are good for the student union because they

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Condonis escape national recall Health center, bathroom vendors offer safe selections

By Meghan Hughes

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Students worried about picking up condoms in the Student Health Center or from bathroom vending machines can breathe easier.

The recent recall of 57 million defective condoms won't affect students if they get their condoms in campus bathrooms or the Student Health Center.

The Food and Drug Administration recently issued a recall on spec.ific brands and batches of Ansell Laboratories-manufactured condoms because they might deteriorate and become ineffective.

Some LifeStyles condoms, a brand sold in campus restroom vending machines, were recalled. Jeff Danean, a representative from Jade Services, the company responsible for stocking the machines, said none of the recalled LifeStyles condoms have been sold on campus.

"Students really have nothing to worry about," Danean said. "The dates on the condoms have been checked and none of the expiration dates match with the recalled batches."

The Student Health Center hands out about 1,000 condoms a week, said Billy Mazromatis, director of the center's health education program.

But students shouldn't worry about getting a defective condom from the health center, she said.

She noted that the recalled condoms all had spermicide.

"We use a brand called Kiss of Mint, made

by London International, so there is no threat of getting one that has been recalled," Mazromatis said. "We generally don't hand out condoms with spermicides because people are often allergic to them, and they can cause rashes."

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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 immuniz.ation!

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

How much'?'?'?

• $35.00 per injection (compared to community costs of $45.00 or more) Jesse Stephenson/The Metropolitan

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.

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

Kaplan promises to respond

• Men who have sex with men.

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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.

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SURROUNDED: VP of Student Services Vernon Haley speaks with students during a protest Nov. 3 on the third floor of Central Classroom.

• International travelers to areas of high endemici~ (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.

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president of Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan, told Haley that the group insists Escamilla be reinstated.

MEChA was which was one of the campus clubs that organized the protest.

"We give the administration one week to give us a reason why Escamilla was dismissed, and we want a plan on how he's going to get a teaching position in the Education department, or we' ll be back," Mills said. "We want you to do everything in your power to meet our demands ."

Like Kaplan, Haley made no guar-

antees about how he will address the demands but promised to respond. He also said that administrators have no power to appoint people to teaching positions at the college.

In addition to calling for Haley's resignation and a teaching job for Escamilla, the protesters demanded a written and "truthful" explanation about Escamilla's transfer and a copy of a recent evaluation of Haley and the office of Student Services.

Haley told the protesters that there is no such record of that evaluation because it was conducted orally by outside contractors.

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SACAB leader under fire for absenteeism Woman missed office hours, meetings, because of illness, to care for sick son

By Perry Swanson Several student government leaders at Auraria have quit their positions recently, saying they didn 't have time for the job duties. But one has decided to stick it out.

Melissa Ramirez, chairwoman of the Student Advisory Committee to the Auraria Board, was criticized by other SACAB members last month when she missed office hours and one meeting of a subcommittee she chairs. The chairperson's duties include coordinating meetings, supervising staff and attending SACAB meetings.

"The way I responded to these allegations (was by) asking the members to

come up with definite and durable circum- in October because she had to stay home stances which have affected my ability to to care for her 4-year-old son who was perform," she said. sick. She missed her The Metropolitan meeting for the Auraria Center Childcare learned that Ramirez "I think she's start· could have · been Advisory Board because Ing to get her act impeached at an Oct. 24 she was ill, she said. together because Ramirez, a full-time meeting because of her she's under fire." student at UCD and politabsences. ical science major, attribRamirez's name has been removed from a list uted some of the conflict - Jessica Lewallen, in SACAB to personality of members in the UCD vice president of UCO Associated Students conflicts between her and Associated Students other members, but she office because her position w~ in question, said would nol identify those Jessica Lewallen, the vice members.

As SACAB's chairwoman, Ramirez president.

Ramirez said she missed office hours earns $125 monthly from the UCD student

government.

Lewallen said last month that the commil~ee was in "shambles," but lhe officers on SACAB and UCD Associated Students gave Ramirez a second chance.

"I think she's starting to get her act together because she 's under fire," Lewallen said Nov. 4. "A second chance is fine with me as long as she slarls getting things done."

SACAB is made up of two representatives from each school at Auraria. The position of chairperson rotates among the three schools yearly.

The committee advises the Auraria Board of Directors on issues that affect all three schools such as parking, child care and food servjce.

Sculpture swiped from Tivoli lounge Artist donated work to plug storytelling event

By J~ Stephenson The Metropolitan

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Someone stole a life-sized Styrofoam sculpture of a woman that was taped to a wall in the Multicultural Lounge in· the Tivoli.

A student discovered the sculpture was missing the morning of Nov. 3, said Sky Walker, a Metro student who put up the display that had featured the stolen statue.

The ensemble, which was supposed to help advertise a storytelling session titled Carriers of the Dream Wheel, consists of a collage of cactus leaves and Latino figures made of paper, cardboard and other mate· rials that surrounded the styrofoam statue.

Now all that remains of the display are the figures and several clumps of electrical tape used to secure the figure to the wall. Walker said she notified campus

police of the crime, but they have no suspects or leads.

The sculpture was the work of Rita Flores deWallace, who donated it for the display along with other collages and paintings with Latin themes.

Flores deWallacc is one of the storytellers scheduled to appear on campus Nov. 23 for Carriers of the Dream Wheel.

'Tm really disappointed, it really hurts me that we have people who would steal something like that," Walker said.

Walker said she had to sign a disclaimer of liability with Auraria to hang the sculpture in the lounge in case of a theft.

While she said she's not sure why someone would steal the sculpture, it could have been because it was adorned with a silk scarf. Any information regarding the theft of the sculpture can be reported to 556-3033.

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ABSENT ART: Sky Walker stands In front of a dlsplay from which a sculpture was stolen. The display Is located In the Tivoli Multicultural Lounge.

Prepaid tuition plan nets millions in first year ~BillKeran Metropolitan

Send letters to: The Metropolitan Attn: letters to the editor P.O. Box 173362 Campus Box 57 Denver, CO 80217-3362 Or, bring your letter by our office in the Tivoli Student Union Suite 313 or email to: bedan@mscd.edu

Lines at Metro's Financial Aid office might be drastically reduced in the next millennium.

State lawmakers have made it possible for people to pay college tuition years before their children graduate from high school. The system, called prepaid tuition, allows parents, grandparents and others to purchase tuition units for future students.

People can purchase as many or as few tuition units as they want, and they don't have to choose the college the child will attend.

A tuition unit equals 1 percent of the average annual in-state tuition for Colorado's public colleges for 30 credit hours.

Any college in Colorado eligible to participate in a federal student aid program can be a part of the prepaid tuition plan, said Jim Chavez, a development officer for the Colorado Student Obligation Bond Authority.

Tuition for colleges in other states and private Colorado colleges, however, can't guarantee that the fund will increase at the same rate as tuition for those colleges.

Chavez said the benefit of investing in the prepaid tuition program is that people can keep up with college tuition. The average state tuition climbed 8 percent over the last 20 years, he said.

Chavez said he's unsure how many people have enrolled but said millions of dollars worth of tuition units have already been purchased.

"We've had a tremendous start," he said, "I think probably a greater start than we had even anticipated. In cash, we've already received nearly $2.7 million."

On Oct. 24, bond authority also receiv«\d over $3.3 million in contracts negotiated from people wanting to pay for tuition units over an extended period.

When people enroll in the program, they must decide how many units to buy, when their children will need the money, and which payment option they will use to buy the units.

Payments can be made in one lump sum, in monthly payments for five or I 0 years, or until the first payment from the plan.

The quicker the tuition is paid, the less it costs overall. For instance, a lump payment for 400 units for an infant who will go to college in 18 years is listed as $7,458. Paying for 400 units over 5 years would cost $8,890, and over I0 years it would cost $10,505. Payments spread over the entire 18 years would cost over $13,211.

If a child decides not to attend college even though someone has prepaid their tuition, there are two options, Chavez said.

People can transfer the balance over to another child or get a refund.

Refunds however are subject to some stiff tax penalties as well as a withdrawal penalty.

The program's enrollment period for this year runs until Nov. 24. For more information, call the program at (800)478-5651 or visit the Web page at www.prepaid tuition .org.

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Skaters, vendors barred from walkways Fasano said he is working with the fire department as well as the Student Health

By Alicia Beard The Metropolitan Pedestrian walkways will be blocked off beginning Nov. IO, making certain areas of the campus off limits to large vehicles, skateboarders, in-line skaters and bike riders.

Jim Fasano, Auraria maintenance and construction manager, said the administration wants Lo prevent accidents, though there haven't been any on campus this year.

"We need to keep those big vehicles out I 00 percent of the time because you have too many people walking (around)," Fasano said. "It just docsn 't feel safe."

He said the blockade will remain in place for 30 days in the pedestrian zone between the Plaza Building and the Tivoli, and the west side of the West Classroom and the Eleventh Street walkway.

Fire trucks and ambulances, however, will have access to the restricted areas.

Center in identifying a route to access the campus in emergency situations.

"Just like the 16th Street Mall. .. we're trying to follow what other people do, " Fasano said.

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entryways, instead of fi.:om entryways facing the walkways that will be blocked.

Many drivers enter the soon-to-be

rcstrit:ted areas lo make deliveries for newspaper and food vending mat:hines as well as catering.

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help students to build credit history and help Auraria clubs earn money from the vendors in exchange for the space.

Hayen is also a member of SUAB and the Auraria Gamers, one of the student clubs that uses credit card vendors for some of its funding. He said the club gets between $20 and $50 each day credit card companies set up shop inside the Tivoli.

"It's a student service, that's the primary reason," Hayen said. "Students are going to need credit card when they get out of college. If somebody doesn't want

to fill out a credit application, they don't have to."

Others agree that college students should be ready for the kind of responsibility that comes with credit cards.

"They're college students, right?" said Tom Doak, a credit card vendor in the Tivoli on Nov. 4. "I mean they know how to count money. You borrow money; you have to pay it back. A third-grade student can tell you that."

Doak said that he will answer any questions from students who fill out applications for credit.

He also pointed out the explanations of interest rates and payment schedules on the back of every application.

That morning, Doak was the only credit card vendor in the Tivoli. He had applications for Discover credit cards and AT&T Mastercard. Students who filled out Doak's applications received their choice of a T-shirt, Slinkey or rubber ball.

Micah Richey, an 18-year-old Metro student, filled out an application for both cards. Richey said he grad~ated high school in June and began at Metro this semester. He said he had applied for cred-

it before and had been approved, but he turned down the card when it came in the mail. This time, Rit:hey said, he wanted a card to build his credit rating.

Since Richey is a first-year student, Doak said his credit limit would likely hit only $ IOO. Hypothetically, Doak said, if Richey irresponsibly charges his cards to the limit and can't pay back the debt would hardly be a reason to declare bankruptcy. "(That credit limit) is enough so they don't have to carry money, (or) if they forget their money," Doak said.

Hispanic folk medicine featured as part of multicultural lecture series

By Deborah Wiig The Metropolitan Comsilk tea to purify the body, passing eggs pver injured parts of the body to heal it, and card-reading lo examine life stresses were a few of the natural remedies explored Nov. 3 at a lecture Curanderismo: A Cultural Approach to Holistic Healing.

Curanderismo is an age-old Hispanic tradition.

"Curanderos" are folk healers who use indigenous herbs and natural remedies, artifacts and rituals.

Natural remedies are becoming more popular in modern medical practices, said Roberto Salaz, a Metro Spanish and humanities professor. Scientists are beginning to recognize the healing power of

remedies used by cultures around the world.

People have become so separated from nature in the western culture that they don't explore nature to help them heal, said Salaz, who is also the coordinator of modem languages at Community College of Denver. Even animals understand the power of plants to heal, he said.

Bears will eat certain plants to treat stom-

achaches.

The presentation was the first in a series, called "Getting to Know You: A Series of Symposia 011 Appreciati11g Human Differences," sponsored by the Institute for Multicultural Understanding.

Presentations on a variety of multicultural topics will be held each Monday through December at the Golda Meir Center on campus.

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November 7, 1997

Commentary

PC blindly goes nowhere, everywhere As a result of the ongoing struggle for political correctness, I am proud to announce that society has caught up with itself and is now officially laughable.

Dave Flomberg This occurred to me while I was at a Jive drive-through ATM, patiently waiting for the machine to tell me I had insufficient funds to withdraw the cash I need to pay for parking here on campus. As I waited, I noticed that the instructions for using the machine were printed in Braille.

Hmm. I looked over my shoulder, double checking that I was indeed in a drivethrough only lane and had not accidentally driven into the lobby of the bank.

Nope. This ATM was for people driving cars only.

Now, the last time I checked, sight is still a requirement for obtaining a driver's license. Not to say I harbor any prejudice against blind people, but I don't think I want to share the road with people who can't see. I have a hard enough time sharing the road with people who can't think.

So why was this drive-through ATM

printed in Braille?

I ventured into the bank and asked the young man behind the counter.

"We comply with all aspects of the Americans with Disabilities Act ..." he began.

"Which section of the act applies to drive-through ATMs?" I asked him. The man began to see that he had entered into a new category of stupid and was quickly looking for a way out.

"Uh, Tom? Could you come over here for just a second?"

After spending several minutes working my way up the pecking order of this particular bank, the president finally suggested I use a different ATM in the future.

A week later, I went to Cherry Creek Mall to buy something I'm sure I didn't need and will probably never use. As I walked through the door, I was greeted by a very nice little sign that said some version of hello in a dozen different languages. How politically inviting, I thought as I started passed the sign. But then I stopped short. The sign was missing an important language! Mine!

I quickly sought out one of those security guards with the imposing hats and menacing walkie-talkies.

"Where is the Hebrew?" I asked, gesturing to the sign.

"What?" was the clever retort.

"The Hebrew. You've got French, German, Japanese, Spanish, Finish, !don't-know-what-that-is, and even Arabic.

But no Hebrew. What gives. You don't get enough Jewish shoppers here?"

He knew better than to touch that one.

"Sir, if you don't move on, I'll be forced to call someone else on my walkietalkie."

And that's the problem.

The beauty of this country is that we are all different. Some people are handicapped. Some people are gay. Some people are from a different ethnic background.

Some people are rich. Some people like Kenny G, and some people have taste.

Some people work for Auraria Parking, and some people have jobs they can be proud of.

The rest of the world knows that when you come here, that's what you'll see.

Differences.

So why do we have to start singling out those differences and making an iss~e out of respecting them?

Respect yourselves and the rest will fall into place.

I promise.

Dave Flomberg is a Metro student and a copy editor/columnist for The Metropolitan

Kaplan no match for old journalist "Should I go to Metro?" she asked me.

Two years ago this would of been an easy question for me. YES, YES, YES! Now I am not Travis Henry so sure.

The Lowdown My experience at Metro has been very rewarding, mostly because of the time spent at The Capitol Reporter, Metro's intern legislative newspaper.

At The Capitol Reporter, journalism students learned first hand how a real newspaper works, simply because they . were working at a real newspaper.

Directing all this was an old, crusty editor who could be as mean as a sonovabitch.

He would yell, 路throw things and cuss when deadlines weren't met or mistakes were made.

He would expect you to go out of your way to make your stories good and to get the complete facts.

You could often find him at the paper until midnight if things weren't right, and he would expect you to stay, also.

Feared by the legislature and respected by the daily newspapers, he brought dignity to the students covering our lawmakers.

He taught students how to be

reporters.

And when he thought someone was good enough, he would help them get a job.

J.P. McLaughlin was the best professor I have ever had. And Metro denied him tenure.

The administration claimed that didn't have enough McLaughlin "research" development to grant him tenure.

Metro President Sheila Kaplan's henchmen called him one afternoon at 1:30 and told him he had until 5 p.m. to either take a one-year temporary contract or be on his way.

McLaughlin has been in the journalism business for 30 years. He received his bachelor's degree from the University of Colorado and his master's from Stanford.

He has worked as an editor for both of Denver's major dailies. He knows the business inside and out.

But he was denied tenure. And now he is bringing a lawsuit against Metro.

Good for him.

McLaughlin said that the college is guilty of breach of contract.

When he was hired it was made clear that this is a teaching college and that his professional development and knowledge spanning three-decades was what they wanted for journalism students.

"They changed the rules in midstream," McLaughlin said.

McLaughlin has never sued anybody.

He never felt betrayed this badly. But he knows he has been wronged this time.

McLaughlin was every bit as important to the journalism department as Robert Hazan is to the political science department.

Hazan was another one of the best professors I had - we almost lost him, too.

Hazan was denied tenure and his political science students went crazy.

Journalism students are learning to be observers instead of participators.

Too bad. We should have protested.

What the hell is the administration thinking?

Besides ousting McLaughlin, journalism professor Richard Chapman was also let go. Chapman had experience at the Miami-Herald and now works at the Rocky Mountain News.

Sheila, if you want to get rid of the journalism department, be honest. Don't pretend it's for our own good, because you 're wrong.

"It is a real rush standing before a class and teaching students how things should be done," McLaughlin said. "I have spent a lifetime learning how to do it right."

Sue the pants off of them, J.P. You might be one mean, heartless, cold administrator, Sheila. But you're no match for J.P. McLaughlin.

Travis Henry is a Metro student and a columnist for The Metropolitan

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Night of anger, night Of pride Take Back the Night march fights路 for women's safety

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More than 60 people met Oct. 30 at the Auraria Campus for women to reclaim a freedom they don't believe they have the other 364 days of the year.

That's the freedom to be out at night and not be afraid. Sixty-one women and five men turned out for Take Back the Night.

The attendees gathered to march and listen to guest speakers, including Beth Mundell from the Rape Assistance and Awareness Program.

After the speeches, the crowd marched around the campus chanting, "We have the power; we have the might. The streets are ours; take back the night."

Metro student Noelani Clough danced with her daughter, Gryphon, as the march passed by. She said she was on her way lo her car but decided to stop for the march.

Robby Prior, a Metro English major, said he joined the march to show that males also support the movement.

"Some people come to the event out of curiosity and others are concerned with the issues," said Jodi Wetzel, Metro's director of Women 's Studies.

"Many of the marches often go

SAFE SPACE: Metro criminal justice major Kelly Lohman {left) protests Oct. 30 at the Take Back the Night march. through areas where there is the most street-walking and violence against women," she said.

No rapes were reported on campus for 1995 through 1997, said Joe Ortiz, division director of Campus -Police and Security.

But two females, one of which was a Metro student, were attacked in parking lots near the Auraria Campus in late 1996, said Denver Police Detective Richard

Penington. Both suffered minor injuries.

The Metro student was attacked around 8 p.m., and the other woman was attacked during the day.

Denver police would not release the victims' names because the cases are still under investigation.

The first Take Back the Night demonstration was in Germany in 1973 after a series of sexual assaults, rapes and mur-

ders. Take Back the Night started in the United States in 1978 in San Francisco, and 5,000 participants from 30 states participated.

Iota, Iota, Iota, a campus wqmen's honor society, and Metro's Institute for Women's Studies and Services organized this year's event.

Sean Weaver also contributed to this report. 路

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By Ryan Bachman The Metropolitan

Metro students now have a chance to expand and use their knowledge outside the classroom.

Met COOL is a new program that has been in the works for some time through Metro's Student Activities department. The basic premise behind Met COOL (which stands for Campus Outreach and Opportunities for Learning) is to give students an opportunity, through volunteer work, to use their areas of study out in the field, doing actual work for non-profit organizations.

The organization works to capitalize on an abundance of resources at Metro in productive, thought-provoking ways. Group organizer Gail Johnson said that she by no means wants anyone to be under the presumption that Met COOL, or similar organizations, should take the place of a standard educational format. In addition to taking tests, it is a good idea to put the knowledge of the students into action, she said.

''The diversity has been impressive," Johnson said. "A lot of sociology majors have contacted us and English majors, journalism, history and marketing." She said many of the sociology students involved have been looking for agencies doing work with at-risk youth. Faculty members for the most part have shown interest and encouragement.

Johnson said another purpose behind Met COOL is to break down some of the stereotypes of volunteer work.

Volunteer work can be much more skill-oriented than cleaning a vacant, trash-ridden lot or standing in a soup kitchen, she said.

"People think they are too busy to volunteer, be it school or work, but using the resources students have, can be a valuable experience and also look great on a resume," Johnson said.

Met COOL has two upcoming projects, one in fall semester, one in spring. The first is a-vo!unteer challenge in which classes, student groups and organizations are all invit~d to participate.

The members of each organization or group will decide on a project in the community and try to raise money for it. Student Activities will match any money they raise.

The contest runs the first week in December and an awards ceremony will be held Dec. 15, at which time the group who raised the most money will receive $100.

The other project Met COOL intends to tackle is a trip to Costa Rica, where students will lend a hand to volunteer projects .there.

"The exciting thing about this trip is that we'll be working one-on-one with the people," Johnson said. The Costa Ricans decide on the project and the students will work along with them.

Johnson explained that the school system in Costa Rica is funded primarily through their tourist industry, and that by helping to preserve their cloud forest, it can greatly help their school system.

The JO-day trip is in March, around spring break Johnson said the trip is open to any interested students.

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To tell someone he or she is living in the past is usually an insult.

But when applied to Metro alumnus Frank Mullen Jr., it can be a compliment.

Mullen, who graduated from Metro in 1979, has spent the last few years researching and writing a series of newspaper articles about the Donner Party. This was a group of men, women and children who, in May I 846, left Missouri and headed west for California in search of a new life.

While there were many groups of settlers who made their way west, the story of the Donner Party stands out because of the tragedy that befell them. In early November I 846, the party - consisting of around 80 people, their wagons, horses

Metro aluinnus, Metropolitan founder digs deeper into Donner Party saga

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Stanton dies in the snow; snows hoers' food is exhausted (Edilor's note: This excerpt from Mullen's The Donner Party Chronicles takes place almost two months after tire Donner Party became stuck in t/1e Sierra Nevada Mou111ai11s near what would become Reno, Nev.)

Charles T. Stanton - small and brave- is dead at age 35.

Twice the bachelor reached safety and twice he returned to help others. Honor demanded it.

Yesterday, as 14 of the Forlorn Hope party left camp, Stanton, weak and snow-blind, sat on a log near the fire. He lit a pipe and smoked calmly, as though he were in his house in Brooklyn or sitting at the counter of his failed mercantile business in Chicago.

"I am coming soon," Stanton told them. Rescuers will find his bones next spring. · Yesterday, the sixth day of the escape attempt, rations ran out. In his pack, William Eddy found '. small package of bear meat and a note from his wife, signed "Your Own Dear Eleanor."

Today the Miwok Indians, Luis and Salvador, guide the party through tangled watersheds. Bear Valley and safety are a day away, but with no landmarks, th ~y are lost.

Tonight at the lake camp, Patrick Breen - recovered from an attack of kidney stones - thanks heaven. Tomorrow he will begin the Thirty Days Prayer of the Roman ·Catholic faith.

By noon today, another storm hits and the Forlorn Hope party makes camp. They pray for Stanton's return. They pray for good weather.

Their answer: bitter wind, blinding snow.

From this day on, cannibalism will be their only hope and their greatest horror.

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and oxen - became stranded in the Sierra Nevada mountains near what is now Reno, Nev. Navigation errors, infighting among party members and bad weather all contributed to the group's dilemma.

Unable to reach safety, the group tried to subsist on what food and supplies they had left. When those ran out, they ate their animals and whatever they could hunt. Finally, when all else failed, the remaining party members were forced to eat the bodies of the deceased to survive.

Mullen, a senior reporter at the Reno Gazette-Journal, wrote the articles to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the party's trip west. He wrote as if he were a reporter traveling along with the party, filing daily news reports about the

group's members and activities.

His account for Dec. 29, 1846 re~ "Miles to the southwest, the I 0 su Forlorn Hope party are methodically c four dead people, including Lemuel N "They roast and eat some of the for their journey.

"There is one rule: FamiJy memb touching their kin.

"Still, author George Stewart wi propriety hardly reduced the horror. '"As she sat by the fire, (Saratf ~ denly realized that spitted upon a stic coals she saw the heart of her cherishc Mullen's interest in the ill-fated 1 wife, Susan Skorupa. She was interest the two often talked about the Donner visited Donner Lake, the site of the gr He wrote that being at the lake 1 what happened and sparked more que: "How did they dare cross these · How and when did their expedition cc These questions led to two years Mullen used numerous ·sourceSJtsucl Party members, diaries of other traveh cles written about the subject. He w accompany each entry, telling where mation from.

He ended up with over 20 boxes time he was finished. The more Mull the more he wanted to know.

"It generated questions, not answ1 Extensive work was also done 01 Mullen and· photographer Marilyn Ne' following the party's trail, taking pict marks the party saw d:;ring their journ Besides these photos, Mullen i:ilu: available portraits of party members, I up from the party's campsites and sevf explaining certain aspects of the story.

One diagram, showing how the pa structed, came after Mullen cons1 builders. It shows exactly what ki.nd 1 had with it and what it was used for.

"Even a little kid could get an ide~ said.

His work led him to sympathize wrote, "In stuc;lying the Donner Par heroes and villains, monsters and saint ilies and a cascade of events which S\I It was not fate, but human failure tha The Donners are us, written very large Mullen's work has just been corr The Donner Party Chronicles, publ Historical Society. The book has beer and the first edition of 9,500 copies November.

The book, he wrote, comes from · with history and a compulsion to tell nally got into writing to write books I newspaper reporter before publishin Chronicles. ~ Mullen's journalism career began at Metro. He was a student of the I

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Pearson, who he thanks in the book's acknowledgments, viving members of the encouraged his students "to get published in anything we rving up the bodies of could," he said. nphy, 12.

While Mullen was in school, he wrote stories for The le~ The rest is dried Denver Post, the Rocky Mountain News, Westward, and other local publications. rs are prohibited from Another accompl_ishment of Mullen's while in school was co-founding The Metropolitan in 1979. write, the attempt at Previous attempts to run student newspapers at Auraria had been unsuccessful, Mullen said. He estimates that he uphy Foster, 19) sud- worked at seven different, short-lived campus papers and broiling over the before The Metropolitan.

1younger brother."

The problems With other papers stemmed from ip was sparked by his conflicts between news staff and student governments, d in old trail lore, and he said. If governments didn't like what was printed, •arty. In 1988, the two they would deny papers funding. and office space. up's encampment.

One paper, the University of Colorado at Denver-affiliat~a~e me a feeling for ed Fourth Estate, ran into trouble by calling student governjons. ment members "Nazi ducks," he said. It ceased publishing in 1ountains in snow? ... May 1978. ne undone?"

Another, the A.uraria Times, was published off campus to of extensive research. avoid conflicts with administration and student government. ia&•.diaries of Donner IL also went out of business in 1978 due to money problems. rs', a'nd books and artiMullen was named editor in chief of the Denver ote documentation to Colorado Daily, an offshoot of the Colorado Daily, then 1e obtained the infor- affiliated with the University of Colorado at Boulder. The paper started out being daily, Jll of materials by the then dwindled to three times a n researched, he said, week before dying in 1979.

It lasted only five months. ·s," he said.

The brief-lived Auraria photos for the series. Sun published only two ton spent several days issues in the summer of res of sites and land- 1978. y.

Mullen and the other rated his articles with founders of The ctures of artifacts dug Metropolitan saw "every al diagrams and maps mistake you could make in running a paper, and were :y's wagons were con- detern1ined not to make lted modern wagon them again," he said. r e<}!!ipment the party They wanted to stress "responsible journalism," Jf v. ;iat happened," he he said. "If we thought the 1'1-...,.~~student government was ivith the travelers. He bad, we were going to show r, I expected to find how, without stooping to innuendo and lll6tead, I found fam- insult." :pt them to disaster ....

The education he received at Metro helped him a undid these pioneers. lot in his career. "Without Metro and The Metropolitan, this book wouldn 't exist," he said. •iled in book fonn as "Metro journalism graduates are highly quali>hed by the Nevada fied. They're often better than people I've seen popular, Mullen said, with master's degrees." :ould be sold out by Mullen is surprised that, with his background, he ended up publishing the book that he did.

1 life-long fascination "I never thought I would end up writing a histories." Mullen origi- tory book," he said. "I don't have a Ph.D. I didn't 1t spent 21 years as a do a 30-year study. I never thought I would be I]Je Donner Party considered an expert on a part of American history."

1hile he was a student Sometimes, he said, "life has more imagination le Greg Pearson, the than dreams."

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Human nature is questioned in the perfection-obsessed future of Andrew Niccol's new film, Gattaca.

Birth control takes on a whole new meaning in a society where children are genetically engineered to produce the best -# results possible. Leaving things up lo nature is considered risky and undesirable.

This facilitates the creation of a new underclass of "invalids" or non-engineered individuals.

Life is paralleled to death as babies' , life expectancies are read in the delivery room, and their susceptibilities to contracting diseases are printed on ticker-tape.

Our hero in this tale is Vincent Freeman (Ethan Hawke), a young invalid with the dream of becoming an astronaut <- with the Gauaca Space Corporation. This can only be a dream for him because of his 'supposed ' pre-diagnosed heart condition.

His overprotective parents believe his physical inferiority exists and try to convince him of the virtues of janitorial work.

Vincent leaves home to find his fortune but only finds discrimination or 'genoism' that pushes him into)low-paying grunt jobs.

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vant, Vincent buys the identity of Jerome Morrow (Jude Law), a now paralyzed man with nearly perfect genes, and begins his ascent at the Gattaca Corporation.

It is a difficult task for Vincent to impersonate Jerome, due to constant identification checks where a drop of blood, a flake of skin, or even an eyelash can instantly give you away. Jerome's part of the deal is to provide Vincent with blood, hair, skin and urine samples on a daily basis.

Jerome's genes also makes him a very eligible and desired bachelor. Vincent as Jerome falls in love with Irene (Uma Thurman), a co-worker who also wants to go into space, but she also has a heart defect Vincent/Jerome's chances of leaving the planet soon become jeopardized when a murder at the corporation steps up the identification testing and threatens to expose his invalid self.

This is writer/director Andrew Niccol's directorial debut. It presents us with a very believable vision of a world where color is no longer a barrier to success, but your genes can alienate you for life.

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With the regular season nearing its end and the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference tournament just around the comer, the Metro volleyball team got a taste of what it can expect - tough matches.

Metro will be the second seed from the Eastern Division of the RMAC in the conference tournament at Regis Nov. 14-15. The Roadrunners likely will face Western State in the first round.

Colorado Christian brought its No. 14 ranking into a Nov. 4 showdown with the No. I I-ranked Roadrunners, s- looking to avenge an Oct. 16 loss.

It didn't happen. Metro prevailed 3-1 in a two-and-ahalf hour slugfest.

In Game 1, the Cougars took control of the match and looked like they could pull off the upset. While the Roadrunners (22-6, 15-3) were playing flat-footed, Christian added to their lead.

Metro battled back, scoring five straight points to tie the game 12-12, but it was too little, too late as Christian rallied for the 15-12 win.

Metro struggled to get points in Game 2 and Christian (19-9, 11-7) capitalized on Metro's errors to ~take the early lead. Metro started its comeback by rattling off six unanswered points and held off a late Cougar charge to win 15-13.

The final two games seemed to last an eternity, which isn't good for a team like Metro, playing seven games in 11 days. Each point was earned, and nothing came easy , although Metro seemed to make things hard on itself at ¡ times.

Metro coach Joan McDermott said the Roadrunners looked confused, letting leads slip and playing sloppy at times.

"We are putting a lot of pressure on ourselves," .- McDermott said. "At the start of the season, we played without any pressure, and we did very well.

"Now as the regular season is coming to a close, the expectations are getting higher for us to win, and that may be the cause of the extra pressure that we are putting on ourselves."

Standout freshman outside hitter Michelle Edwards has her own idea of what the problem is.

"We are still trying to get over the Regis loss," Edwards said.

Regis won the four-game match Oct. 30 ( 13-15, 158, 15-8, 16-14), ending Metro's seven-match winning , streak and deflating Metro's hopes for winning the conference title.

The Roadrunners finished the Regis match with a season low .113 attack percentage and committed 36 hitting errors, 30 of them by the three top Roadrunner hitters - Edwards, junior Audra Littou and sophomore Shannon 0rtell.

6 Metro came out with high energy and a lot of enthusiasm and won the first game 15-13. But the energy level sank and so did the team. Regis won the next two games 15-8, and Metro could not recover.

When Game 4 started, the Roadrunners jumped out --:to a quick 3-0 lead. There were several lead changes until the Roadrunners exploded for four quick points to lead 14-9 and serving to force a fifth game.

Regis denied the opportunity, scoring five straight points to tie the game 14-14 and eventually win 16-14.

The comeback in Game 5 signified what the night ~was like for Metro; the Roadrunners taking a lead, only to

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ABOVE: Metro freshman Michelle Edwards braces herself as teammate Kelly Young watches a spiked ball approaching during a four-game match Nov. 4 at Aurarla Events Center with No. 14 ranked Colorado Christian University. The Roadrunners are ranked No. 11 nationally.

BELOW: Metro senior Laurie Anderson sets up a teamate with a cross-court pass Nov. 4 in the Colorado Christian match. Anderson Is having her best season as a Roadrunner.

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see Regis comeback, take the lead and win the game.

McDermott compared the Regis match to the Oct. I 0 match at the Auraria Events Center.

"Regis came here (Auraria Events Center) and had an off night," McDermott said. "We traveled to their place and the same thing happened to us. We just had an off night.

"We were snapping at each other and not concentrating." Edwards said. "We were really tight, and it showed on the court."

After the Regis loss, Metro got back in the win column with a 15-10, 15-4, 15-9 win over Chadron State on Oct. 31, and another 2-hour plus marathon at the Colorado School of Mines on Nov. 5 that ended 19-1 7, 15- 11 , 15-13, 15-6.

Audra Littou, Michelle Edwards, Shannon Ortel and Holly Rice each reached double figures in kills and digs in the Mines match.

Metro will wrap up the regular season schedule Nov. 11 at the University of Denver at 7 p.m.

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Once it reached a certain point, even Metro had been ranked No. 23 in the nation earlier in the year. It had held a simthe jive-talking Tony Robbins, a pumped ilar lofty status in the Rocky Mountain up DicJ> Vitale or a growling Vince Athletic Conference, but that was before Lombardi couldn't have saved the Metro the Oct. 24 loss at the Colorado School of men's soccer team's season.

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Finally, mercifully, it is Metro lost the Mines game over. But it couldn't have ended on the chirp of another referee's simply. Not this team. Not this whistle, resulting in a questionseason. able penalty kick that ended the Metro lost its season finale game and began an eight-game Nov. 2 to Fort Lewis College 3losing streak.

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Metro did plenty during the Although the Roadrunners streak to thwart itself. knew they had nowhere to go Brian Crookham The team only played five but home following the game, it didn't stop them from providing home games because its field was under construction for half a sprinkling of onlookers an the season, but what this season edge-of-the-seater. will be remembered for is the As the final JO seconds of a impossible 35-yard game-winforgettable season ticked away, ner at Regis by Regis with 31 Metro trailed 3-2 and lined up seconds remaining. for a corner kick. As the last second expired, in a season that will It will be remembered for a second overtime loss at Mines, go down as one of the most quirky and unforgiving, the and a host of other Roadrunner Maher Kayall Roadrunners scored. Or did killers even Wyle E. Coyote they? would be proud of.

The referee signaled a goal "It's very hard to put this had been scored. A miracle had season into words," Crookham said. been placed in the back of the "We are disappointed in net by, who else but, Jared that we found a lot of different Zan on.

It would have been No. 12 ways to lose. It's amazing that it for Zanon who has been leading continued right up to the last second of the season." the team in goals all season.

Adam Young For a minute it seemed It was the last second of a Metro had successfully resuscicareer for seniors Kayali and tated a season that coach Brian Crookham Adam Young.

"It was a good time," Kayali said. "I called "a freak show" long enough for one last shot at winning. just wish I would have gone to the NCAA playoffs. I loved playing for Metro."

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Kayali ends his four years at Metro as The referee conferred with the side judges. No goal. the school's second all-time assist man 'The last game of the season summed with 22. He tied his brother Mazen Kayali,

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"In high school, (Mazen) always had more goals than me," Kayali said. "It is nice to finish tied with him."

The remainder of the team has a ninemonth offseason to put 1997 behind and regain the winning attitude it once seemed to have. Crookham has the same time to find replacements for his seniors, and he knows what he is looking for.

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HEADS WAY UP: Metro sophomore Ben Hatfield gets some air and the ball during an Oct. 22 game with Colorado Christian University. The Roadrunner's season ended Nov. 2 at Aurarla Fields with a 3-2 loss to Fort Lewis State College.

"Both Adam and Maher are going to be very hard to replace," Crookham said.

"We need to find someone with that kind of speed."

In a few months most of the disap-_, pointment will be gone and the excitement of another looming season will begin to build, but nobody who witnessed this season, especially those involved on the field, will ever forget the oddity of it all.

"We know how to play well," Crookharn said. " Now we just need to learn how to win."

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Cari Lewton had no idea she would be doing this well when she approached coach Rob Nasser and asked him for a tryout with the Metro diving team.

Lewton broke the school record in 3-meter diving Nov. 1 with a score of 259.55 in a home meet with a club team from the University of Colorado. The score is high enough to qualify Lewton for the Division II National Championships in the Spring.

The rest of the women's swimming and diving team helped Lewton defeat CU 119-71.

"She has made a very quick transition," Nasser said.

"I've never had a diver make it to nationals. That goes a long way towards what (diving coach Brian Kennedy) has done."

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Kennedy might not be able to take all the credit for Dan Purifoy 's remarkable performance, though.

Purifoy led the men's team to a 152-70 win over CU. In the process, the senior set a school record in the I-meter dive with a score of 268.3 in six dives. Purifoy missed a national qualifying score by 1.3 points.

"I was ecstatic," Purifoy said. "There were some mixed feelings, though, because I missed qualifying for nationals."

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Rehearsals 7-9:30 p.m. Tuesdays in Arts Building 295. 556-31 .80.

Volunteers Needed: Metro's Center for the Visual Arts is seeking volunteers to work with disadvantaged Denver youth in its Art Builds Communities program. Volunteers assist artsists dtlring art workshops on Saturdays and Mondays after school. Training is provided.

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Meetings are first Wednesday of every month, 6 p.m. at the Denver Press Club, 1330 Glenarm. 329-3211.

The Spirit of West Africa: Art show at Metro's Center for the Visual Arts showcases West African textiles and sculptures. Through Dec. 17. 1701 Wazee St. Open TuesdaysThursdays 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Fridays, 11 a.m.-8 p.m.; Saturdays noon-4 p.m. 294-5207.

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Faculty Upside Down: Dr. Jonathan Kent, Metro anthropology professor. 11 a.m.-noon, The Daily Grind, Tivoli. 556-2595.

Lecture: "The Crocodile, The Scorpion and the New South Africa," by Richard Scott.

Noon- I p.m., Tivoli 444.

Student Government Meeting: 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Senate Chambers, Tivoli 329. Contact Gabriel Hermelin, vice president of Communications, for more info. 556-2797.

Towering Issues Of Today: "PhysicianAssisted Suicide," by Dr. George Gadow, UCO ethics professor. I p.m., Tivoli 640. 556-2595.

Journey of the Hen~: An open-ended group devoted to examining the hero archetype.

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A.A. Meetings: Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 11-11 :45 a.m. at I020 9th Street Park. 556-3878. Also Tuesdays and Thursdays al noon, Auraria Library 205. 5562525.

Multicultural Women.". 11 :30 a.m.-1 p.m., Central Classroom 203. 556-3132. Meets through Nov. I 0.

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College Bowl: Interest meeting for potential players and coaches. Game questions cover every concieveable topic. 3 p.m., Tivoli 303.

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Forum: "Tackling the Religious Right," by Rabbi Sherwin Wine. 7:30 p.m., Tivoli, 6th floor. 696-8237.

Student Government Open Forum: Come share your views and concerns. 3:30-4 p.m., Tivoli 307. Call Gabriel Hermelin, vice president of Communications, 556-2797.

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