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Metro president denies demands, keeps lid on details prompting administrator's transfer . By J~ Stephenson The Metropol1tan

Metro's administration made no concessions in its response to four demands issued by a group of student protesters who were angered by the sudden transfer of a Metro employee. Manuel Escamilla, former assistant vice president of Student Services, changed positions in late October and now serves as a senior equity specialist in Metro's Educational Equity Center. After an Nov. 3 rally for Escamilla outside the Central Classroom, students demanded that Metro President Sheila Kaplan and Vice President of Student Services Vernon Haley give them information about the job change and that Haley resign. They also demanded the college hand over a recent evaluation on the Student Services office and appoint Escamilla to a teaching position in Metro's education department. Metro Spokesperson Sherry Patten said Haley does not plan on resigning. Kaplan met with the students Nov. JO to respond to the other three demands, but kept tight-lipped about the details surroundi.ng Escamilla's transfer and the Student Services II evaluation, which she said she has no record of because it was given orally. "Sometimes it's better not to discuss someone's effectiveness or lack of effectiveness in a public arena," Kaplan said. She added that the college would not appoint him to a teaching position, but said he was welcome to apply for any teaching position needing to be filled at Metro. "Contrary to your belief, as a matter of policy, I do not require that departments create academic positions for untenured administraâ&#x20AC;˘ tors who resign their positions," Kaplan said in a letter addressed to students who led the protest. "However, if academic opportunities arise that match Dr. Escamilla's interests and qualifications, he is welcome to pursue them." Liz Friot, chairwoman of Metro's s. Secondary Education Department, said the

department does have an open position for a professor of educational technology but to qualify, an applicant must have a Ph. D. m Educational Technology. Escamilla has a Ph. D. in Education. Escamilla, whose contract with the college expires in June, said he is interested in finding another job at the college but will seek opportunities elsewhere if he can't get a job at Metro that involves working with students. "I think that" there are several positions I could do a very good job in," he said. "I think I have a very good understanding of the type of student who enrolls and graduates at Metro." Escamilla backed up student allegations that the college gave him little advance warning of his transfer and said administrators were as vague with him about reasons for the transfer as they have been with the student protesters. He added that performance evaluations for the past three years offer no clues that his work in Student Services was unsatisfactory. "They were not obligated to give me any reasons," he said. "I think the process that they followed lacked respect, but in terms of legality they are probably fine - I don't think I can contest it." Escamilla is an at-will employee of the college, meaning he can be terminated without notice or reason. Jillann Mills, a Metro student and president of Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan, one of the clubs that led the Nov. 3 protest, said the college dealt a blow to students who frequently utilize Student Services by transferring Escamilla to a position. where he does not work with students. But Mills said MEChA members and the others opposing the college's decision made some headway in their confrontation with Kaplan. The president agreed to let the group work with Metro Dean of Student Life Yolanda Ortega-Ericksen to form a student committee to review the office of Student Services. That office offers services including academic assessment testing, tutoring and student

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Metro's Rashawn Fulcher, left, battles Lee Barlow for a rebound during men'~sketball practice Nov. 11 at Aurarla Events Center. The Roadrunners open the season Nov. 15 at the College of Notre Dame In Belmont, Calif. Full previews of the men's and women's basketball teams appear on page 15.

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'Salt Water Moon' and 'Toughl'Two plays are better than one

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Metro student facing three felony charges for party riot will probably lake this case. The incident happened on the 800 block of 18th Street in Boulder at about 1: 15 a.m. Nov. I. Police reported a crowd of at least I 00 people and a bon·fire 15 feet across and at least 4 feet high. A police arrest report said the suspect Krlstofr Morgan was throwing objects toward the police line, taunting police and encouraging others at the party to do the same. The suspect was screaming, "party, party," the report said. When officers asked the man for identification he started to comply, but when someone else encouraged him to run away, he started laughing and

moved away, the report said. The officers tried to disperse the crowd for 30 minutes while the man ran around the party screaming, waving his arms and taunting police officers. The report said the man broke a traffic stop sign and waved it violently at the officers. "The suspect was flagrantly extending both of his middle fingers toward the officers," the report said. Metro's policy of student conduct says the college can start disciplinary proceedings against students charged with violating the law. Metro usually sticks to students who commit offenses on the Auraria Campus or whose actions adversely affect the college. "The student disciplinary part of this may or may not take place along with the civil proceedings," said Yolanda Ortega-Ericksen, Metro dean of Student Life.

on the ground and brought it to the office. Zamparelli said office employees Metro student Sky Walker had an tried to get a hold of Walker by calling unpleasant surprise the morning of Metro's Art department. Walker put Nov. 3 when she learned that a sculp- up the art collection that included the ture she arranged to have taped to a sculpture to plug a storytelling event wall in a Tivoli lounge was "stolen." sponsored by Metro's Art department. But there was another surprise in "The people in the Art store for Walker. Department didn't seem to know who Four days later when she called Sky was," Zamparelli said. "So we the Tivoli conference service office, an just set it in my office and tried to call employee there told her the sculpture whoever.'.' had beeliin his office all along. Whoever, however, did not "It fell off the wall and was in include campus security. danger of being destroyed," said John Walker notified campus police Zamparelli, an employee of confer- . that the sculpture was missing Nov. 3 ence services. Zamparelli said a stu- but did not file a report. Auraria police dent found the sculpture, a life-sized policy does not allow people to file figure of a woman made of styrofoam, reports of stolen property unless they

own that property. Lt. Gary Kasson of the campus police said the department does not investigate incidents unless a report is filed. Walker said she is not interested in pointing fingers but thinks tl:ie incident involved some serious miscommunication. "This caused me as much grief as it did the artist," she said. "I was amazed at the lack of communication between reservations and· security." Walker said the whole ordeal could have been eliminated if someone had left a note where the sculpture was hung. "Common sense says, 'let's just put a note up here to say we have the artwork," Walker said.

By Perry Swanson The Metropolitan

Bo\,dder police charged a Metro student with three felonies in connection with. a disturbance after a Halloween-night party, including inciting a riot, engaging in a riot with a deadly weapon and criminal mischief. Kristofr Pierce Morgan, 21, was released from jail on a $2,500 bond al 8:00 p.m. Nov. I. He declined to comment on the incident. Morgan, who has not declared a major, did say he has hired a lawyer to represent him in the case. One lawyer at the Boulder District Attorney's office compared the incident to Boulder's May 1997 riots, which involved University of Colorado students. Rob Shapiro, a deputy district attorney, said John Pickering, who is prosecuting cases in the May riots,

File PbotoTlte Metropolitan SUMMER CELEBRATION: A Metro student celebrates summer graduation in 1996. Metro held It's last summer commencement in 1997.

Metro cans grad Miscommunication on missing sculpture cereinonies for • 'amazes' wom~n; missing art recovered suininer seniors

By J~ Stephenson The Metropolitan

College presidents make plea for construction money By Deborah Wiig The Metropolitan

Auraria and college leaders asked the Colorado Legislature for $19 million Nov. 7 for new buildings and renovations for Auraria. Metro President Sheila Kaplan, along with Dean Wolf, Auraria's vice president of Operations, and the presidents from the University of Colorado at Denver an_d the Community College of Denver, met with the Capital Development Committee· to request funds for five projects. Wolf said the campus space is

limited and 4,000 additional students will be enrolled by fall 2000. Auraria is one of the most efficient campuses in the country, he said. Classrooms are used 42 hours a week, compared to a national average of 22 hours a week. But Rep. Gilbert Romero, DPueblo, said the schools probably won't get everything they're asking for. "Capital development funding requests from higher education institutions throughout the state are massive, totaling $300 million," Romero said. "Obviously, we can't fund all of these requests.

"Higher education has received more in the last four years than I've seen in my 14 years in the legislature. We have money, but Auraria administrators will have to decide which projects are most important for their students." Kaplan predicted lawmakers would approve funding for renovating the South Classroom and for a campuswide rewiring project. She was not as confident about approval for a $40 million computer lab. "It's a whole new concept," she

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By Bill Keran The Metropolitan

Seniors who finish their courses in summer will have to bust out the champagne and graduation gowns a little early or late. That's because college officials have canceled summer commencement. Seniors who graduate at the end of the summer semester can participate in the spring or fall ceremony. "The Registrar's office is going to be sending out a letter lo all degree-seeking seniors here in the next couple of weeks to notify them of the fact," said Jeff Johnson, the associate registrar and a member of the school's commencement committee. Johnson said the committee Shella Kaplan recommended the change in late spring or early summer. Metro President Sheila Kaplan said in a memo that the summer ceremony outgrew the Auraria Events Center and securing space off campus is difficult. The summer class is the smallest. About 230 students are candidates for summer graduation, compared to 800-900 in the spring and 550-600 in the fall. "Everyone seems to want lo go through _the spring ceremony," Johnson said. "I guess that's mainly because it's the traditional time to graduate. "Long ago, we didn't have a summer commencement, and summer graduates were usually pretty happy to go through the ceremony in the spring." The fall graduation ceremony will be Dec. 21 at the Denver Convention Center. The spring ceremony will be May 17 at Currigan Hall.

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Harvard prof applauds affirmative action Echoes of racism still haunt, speaker says By Sean Weaver The Metropolitan

The largest problem facing minorities in schools today is an infrastructure that does not prepare students for jobs or college, said Harvard professor Alvin Poussaint during a Nov. 6 lecture in the Tivoli Turnhalle. Poussaint, whose lecture was featured as part of the Distinguished Lecture Series offered by Metro Student Activities and CU-Denver Student Life, addressed the role of affirmative action at universities and the workplace, and the civil rights movement. Poussaint said the bitter racism of the past lingers among blacks today. "We had two centuries of being slaves, and we are 30 years out of the civil rights movement," he said. "Do you think in 30 years we have done away with the internalized feelings of 350 years?" 路 Poussaint, who sat on Harvard's admissions board, said universities need to adopt admission policies that are equitable and fair.

He said admissions standards based on SAT scores are a "ridiculous way to show merits" because the scores are proportionate to a student's family income and other socio-economic factors . Poussaint said he does not believe affirmative action is special treatment. He said affirmative action does not mean universities should modify criteria for graduation. "They get graded like anyone else," he said. "lf路they flunk out, they flunk out. If they graduate, they graduate. Just as you have a spread (in college performance) with white students, so you have a spread with black students and Latino students." From 1965 to 1967, Poussaint was the Southern field director of the Medical Committee for Human Rights in Jackson, Miss. He provided medical care for civil rights workers and fought for desegregation in medical facilities in the South. "If you were black and bleeding in a w,Jlite hospital (in the 1960s), they'd make you bleed outside," he said.

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IVY LEAGUE LECTURER: Harvard professor Alvin Poussalnt talks to students after a lecture Nov. 6 on civil rights and affirmative action. Poussalnt came to Aurarla as part of The Distinguished Lecture Serles offered by Metro Student Activities and University of Colorado at Denve(Student Life. Daryl Jackson, marketing assisting for the Metro Student Activities, said speakers such as Poussaint make people think.

"We try to get experts in fields that students on our campus are interested in," Jackson said.

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State budgeters dole out less for Metro .. Metro's trustees allocate two smaller state colleges more state funding per student By Perry Swanson The Metropolitan

When the Board of Trustees of the -.. State Colleges in Colorado dishes out money to the colleges, Metro is next to last in line. Compared to the other three state colleges, Metro nets the least amount of money from the combination of tuition - and state funds per full-time student, said officials from Metro's Budget Office. Metro gets less than the other state colleges because it is the biggest state college and serves ·60 percent of the student population for the state colleges, said .._ Dottie Lewis, budget director at the State Colleges in Colorado. She said every school has to offer services, such flS financial aid an~ admissions offices, to their students. But it costs smaller colleges more per full-time stu> dent to offer those services because they don't have a large number of students to contribute tuition dollars. About 60 percent of the state colleges' funding comes from the legislature. The rest comes from tuition. Lewis said Metro is financially better off because it increased tuition by 4 percent last year. When Metro first proposed the increase, Metro President Sheila Kaplan asked the board not to consider the tuition ~increase when it allocated state funds.

A tuition increase would typically precipitate a decrease in state funds. But the board agreed to hold off for a couple of years,which resulted in more state money for Metro. Next year, the board of trustees could 6000 decrease Metro's funding. Sean Brailey, vice president of Administration and Finance for the · $5000 Student Government Assembly, said the state college's policy discriminates against Metro students. Brailey said he's studying the issue to see how the problem might be cu $4000 solved. 0 "There's an obvious unfairness," Q $3000 Brailey said. "The whole formula does need to be modified so that Metro gets more of a fair share." Metro student government President Karmin Trujillo agreed. "We feel students and faculty are being neglected due to the disproportionate funding from the Board of Trustees," Trujillo said in a speech at Metro's convocation this year. "We need to move to a fair funding allocation for (Metro). We need to stop complaining and take action." · Western State College in Gunnison gets the least state funding ($2,602 per full-time student each year). Metro receives $2,878 in state funds, Mesa State However, Western got 68 percent of College in Grand Junction gets $3,006, its tuition from non-resident students who and Adams State College in Alamosa gets pay much more than residents. $3,835. The combination of tuition and state

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makers to target items for spending cuts. Aside from campaigning, Sell is takThe Metropolitan ing 12 credit hours and works for A Metro student will appear on the Manhunter magazine, which is affiliated ballots in November 1998 as a with the television show, America's Most Republi_ean candidate for the state's Wanted. Sell said he House of Representatives. If he's elected, Ted Sell, a 26-yearworks 80-85 hours a week between old Metro journalism major with a 3.8 GPA, would be the fourth youngest state school, work and politics. But his representative in Colorado history. top priority is his Sell, a junior, is running for a seat in the House to represent District 3, which son 5-year-old Kevin, who lives includes Sheridan, Englewood and South Denver. with Sell 's ex-wife Though the election is still about a but visits him Ted Sell year away, Sell spends a lot of his time about every other . going door to door, campaigning and talkweekend. ing to the people he might represent. "When I'm with my son, I'm with "If you're going to represent some- my son, and that's that, period," he said. one, you should know who they are," he Sell said he will not run again if he said. loses the election. He will just stay in Sell said he's running because he · Colorado and continue to work with opposes the politics of Rep. Jennifer Manhunt er. Veiga, a Democrat who is the current rep"I don't see myself losing," Sell said. resentative for District 3. Sell said he. was relieved that referen"She voted against every tax reduc- dum 4 A, RTD's Guide the Ride initiative tion," he said. · didn't pass on election day. Sell said he's also concerned the govSell said the referendum would have ernment wastes too much money, but translated into government waste since acknowledged that it's not easy for law- RTD wanted funds but didn't know how

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Anne Tanner, right, and Richard Cespedes bag clothing for donation to charity Nov. 6. The Institute for Women's Studies Services and Iota Iota Iota Sorority collected clothing to fill two pick-up trucks and two cars for delivery to the Women's Connection charity orga. nlzatlon. The cloths benefit low-Income women who need attire for

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Lawmakers to make funding call ·The MSCD Counseling Center Institute for Multicultural Understanding is pleased to present the third in a series of symposia focusing on diversity and multicultural issues for the fall 1997 semester: /I

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• $697,864 for Improving ventilation and piped-in natural gas, upgrading electrical and plumbing systems, and installing cabinets and emergency shower stations in the South Classroom.

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The development committee members will make recommendations on the requests during the upcoming legislative session.

said. "They know what libraries, labs and classrooms are, bu~ this is something completely different. There will be questions."

• $4,626,108 to design the Integrated Learning Center. This hightech computer lab will contain multi-media resources, a media center, broadcast studios, and film and video libraries. The estimated cost for the facillty Is $38 million, and completion is scheduled for early 2002.

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This past swnmer, Ms Krystal Bigley, a Political Science Major at MSCD, completed an internship at the National Council on U.S. - Arab Relations (NCUSAR) in Washington, DC. In this session, Ms. Bigley will discus.c; her experiences at this internship and will focus on topics such as the complexities inherent in the Aral:r-Israeli conflict, Arab culture and society, the difficult is.sue of women in relation to the Middle East, U.S. influence in the Middle F.ast, and the internal socioeconomic and political dynamics of the region.

• $4,087,000 for a Classroom Technology Improvement Plan to upgrade electrical power and wiring in all Auraria by 2002, Is $6.5 million. • $2,158, 721 to buy equipment for a classroom to be built In parking Lot G, behind the Plaza Building. The building's construction Is being delayed pending the design of the arts center. It will contain 36 classrooms, science and computer labs, and 100 faculty offices. The facility will serve all three schools, including Metro's Sociology, Anthropology, Political Science and History departments. The total cost of the building Is $16 mlllion. The building should be finished in January 2000.

Please join U5 for what promises to be a fascinating and thought-provoking presentation and discus.sion that emphasizes a student's perspective on diversity and actual, multicultural work on and outside of the Auraria CarnpU5. These symposia are free and open to all in the Auraria and surrounding rommunities. A light lunch will be served. For more infonnation, call Jose at 556-3132. Future sympooia will be announced via campus newspaper ads, flyers, and on E-mail. These symposia are presented with funding assistance from the MSCD Diversity Initiatives Program Committee.

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] ournalism prof sues Metro board .. Suit alleges former provost tampered with tenure documents By Bill Keran The Metropolitanln

A former journalism professor has charged that Metro is _guilty of breach of contract and violated his rights to due process and equal protection. J.P. McLaughlin filed suit against the Board of Trustees for the State Colleges ,.., in Colorado, which oversees Metro, in early September. McLaughlin is seeking reinstatement to the job he lost last year and back pay. Since his termination at Metro, he has been working part-time at The Denver _ Post as a copy editor. A spokeswoman for the b~ard said she could not comment on pending litigation. McLaughlin said in court documents that former Metro provost Sharon Siverts .,_ ordered more than I 00 pages be removed from his portfolio for tenure. He was later denied tenure because his dossier was 'incomplete, the documents said. "I was told by someone in the dean's office that the provost had called down there and said she didn't want to deal with a huge dossier," he said. "I was told that came down from Siverts, not from her office, but from her."

McLaughlin said his portfolio was uments being removed from the dossier. "The school's position is that the suit approved by the Journalism department, the Faculty Senate and Joan Foster, for- has no merit," Metro Communications mer dean of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Director Sherry Patten said. before Siverts evaluated it. McLaughlin said that the college had also gotten away "Then when it got from its roots as a to Siverts' office, all teaching instituof a sudden, I was tion. somehow unfit to con"I somehow teaching," tinue 路 came under critiMcLaughlin said. cism for not doing "However, they wantenough research, ed me to stay under an and it was my administrative conunderstanding tract to do the same when I went to that damn thing, which I institution that it came to find out was was a teaching also a violation of institution, not a their own rules." - J.P. Mclaughlin, instituresearch McLaughlin former Metro professor tion. stayed with the school "I don't know for another year as what they're trying editor of The Capitol to do, make this Reporter, a legislative of the west or what. This is the Harvard student newspaper, in spring 1996 and basically an urban college, and they're taught two classes that fall. Siverts has since resigned her post as looking for teachers. "That's what I believed when I (startprovost and moved to Oregon. She could ed here) and that's what I still believe the not be reached for comment. However, in an October 1996 inter- institution is for. And this crap about view with The Metropolitan, she denied 'you're not doing enough research' is just that she had anything to do with the doc- that - crap."

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Metro to launch second business dean search By Meghan Hughes The Metropolitan

For almost three years, Metro's School of Business has been without a permanent dean. Jerry Geisler, a Metro business management professor, was fired as the business school's dean Sept. 28, 1994. Michael Brown, then a economics professor, accepted the position as interim dean two days later. Geisler said after his dismissal that Kaplan said she wanted an administrator who believed in the college's "urban mission." Several teachers and students signed petitions in Geisler's defense to no avail. Charles Vitaska has been acting business dean since August 1996 when Brown was diagnosed with cancer. Brown, who was received a Distinguished Service Award at Metro's Convocation this year, has been on medical leave since early July. Cheryl Norton, Metro's interim provost and vice president of Academic Affairs, has appointed a special search committee, to find a candidate to permanently fill the position. A search to find a dean for the busi-

ness school failed last year when the committee members and administrators couldn't find a candidate who met the school's criteria, said Metro spokeswoman Sherry Patten. The new committee's minimum requirements for applicants have yet to be decided. Twelve faculty and staff members in the School of Business are on the committee. Two people are from the business community and one is a student representative. Computer John Landry, a Information Systems and Management Science professor, is the committee chair. Marc Falkenhan, a part-time business professor who was on the first search committee, was also appointed. He expects at least 80 applications for the position, many of which will come from the Business department. The majority of applicants, however, will be from other states since the search is nationwide, Norton said. Falkenhan said the screening process will take about month after the announcement is made. However, Norton said the search may last untH spring 1998.

Students are 'losers' in fund disparity

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Jerry Boswell, a Metro professor and chairman of the Faculty Senate Budget Committee, said Metro's lower rate of funding translates to lower-quality teaching because the college can't pay adequate salaries and attract top-quality professors. "We can't offer the level of educational services we need to offer," Boswell said. "We're constantly strapped in terms of the basic teaching materials. "The students are the ones that ultimately end up as the major losers because of the lack of funding." When the state colleges created the funding formula in 1995, Kaplan was an outspoken opponent of it. But Kaplan's sentiment was "not wellreceived," said Metro spokeswoman Sherry Patten. Now, Kaplan won't comment on the funding disparity now because such criticism is perceived as disloyal, Patten said. "You need to ask them (officials at the state colleges) whether or not they see (the plan) as fair. You won't hear it from us," Patten said.

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TWO are better than ONE By Ricardo Baca The Metropolitan

.. HEAVENLY: Shannon Woolley and Brett Aune reach for the sky in the HorseChart Theater Company's production of Salt Water Moon.

what? Salt Water Moon and Tough!, performed by the HorseChart Theatre Company.

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n two tales of honesty - both accidental and brutal - HorseChart Theatre Company has a couple breadwinners in their one-acts, SaltWater Moon and Tough! The two plays are performed separately but can be seen together on Saturday nights. It is heavily recommended that they are seen in succession. Although they deal with different times and generations - Moon is set in 1926 and Tough! is modern day the two deal with similar themes. One company member said it best while describing the romantic nature of the two plays: "Salt Water Moon is definitely a romance, and, well, Tough! is kind of a romance." And that's still stretching it a bit. Set in Newfoundland 70 years ago, Moon deals with forlorn love as Jacob (Breu Aune) returns to his ex, Mary (Shannon Woolley), months after he abandoned her and left town without notice. She fights his anxious ideas of getting back together, for she is now betrothed to a man who lacks Jacob's spontaneity but is stable and accountable. With Mary's sister in an abusive orphanage, Mary is looking for a sense of stability that Jacob can't provide. If she finds that stability, she can recoup her sister. His up-front honesty is refreshing. Her smiles at those times when Jacob is facing away from her are genuine and coy. Moon's script is demanding and written in rural Canadian dialect. The performers dealt with the language lightly. This worked, as it didn't bog the words down with inc,omprehensible accented dialogue. Tough! could easily be interpreted as the lighter piece of the two, but it isn't. Its honesty is brutal and forthright, echoing that of contemporary life. It's a take-off of the relationships of Generation X, the preceding generations, and probably many more to come. As a creative writing professor once taught me, starting a play in the middle of a foul argument is a great way to gel the audience's attention. And she's right. "Il's all lies - everything you ever told me," shouts Tina (Woolley) at her lackluster boyfriend. Bobby (Aune), opening up the play. The two, aged somewhere in their 20s, have been together for a while and Bobby has recently been caught with his hands up another woman's shirt. This is especially bad news to Tina as she has to tell him that she's pregnant with his child. And that comes as extraordinarily bad news to Bobby as he has to tell her that he originally came to the park to break up with her. !l's a typical look - milking the stereotypes for all they're worth - al the male/female ideas of having children and staying together forever. He suggests an abortion. She says it's out of the question. He sheepishly falls apart and gets beaten by Jill (Catherine DiBella), Tina's tomboyish friend who has c 1rne for emotional - and physical - support. By the end of this play you have Bohby. who's obses~ed with tits. "even 1fthcy were on a fence." Tina s.1ys. And vou have f'rn. ' ho s<1ys she docsn 't ever want to fall in love again bet.Ju~"' 11 1~ all :Po 'd,mgcrou'" il's .mi\el">,11i1v m..ikes It en ovabl.:, ~ut :.11 the same u•nc brings for1h Jl ~lrucli\..: m1ages und kcl111gs d1at. s,1J y cn-it1gh. ~cha' c cxpcnent.cd. D1Bclla's 1-iulhsh perlnnnancc was beyond Sc.hwJr1cneggcr. Aune h"

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Sketchiness pays off for ACME Players By Ricardo Baca The Metropolitan

If skelch comedy is your bag, then the ACME Comedy Players 路are your kind of people. Using a combination of dancing, improvisational skills, singing and acting, the group is on Lop of their game in their third revue, The Milestone Henge . With most of the group members returning for another show, its solidity can be attributed to the cast's level of familiarity with each other. Director Eric Farone created unique situations - some similar with inlerconnecting themes throughout the performance, olhers with no relevance to the preceding and following actions - but most were humorous in one way or anoth路 er. Ferone and his talented casl of seven wrote the material , including the three original songs. One of the few scenes that isn't completely original was one of the best. Ferone staged a Morrisseyrfhe Smithsobsessed bachelor (Tim O'Shea) taking a co-worker (Michelle Miracle) back to his ipartment after a night on the town. In no time at all, he has broken out his guitar and is warming her up with a couple Smiths' favorites: "How Soon is Now" and "Girlfriend in a Coma." Finally, his lavishly worded original song is belted out in a great Morrissey-esque voice, but Miracle doesn't take to it very well as she runs away. Cheers to O'Shea for his fantastic impersonation. Another skit mocks weddings, commercialization and telethons, and features lounge singer Smiley Stevens (Jason Rudofsky) as he serenades an audience member with his crushed velvet rendition of Randy Travis' "Forever and Ever, Amen." Later, in the mock telethon skit, a Internet-obsessed computer geek squeaks

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LESS IS MORE: The ACME Comedy Players speclallze In packing lots of laughs Into short comedy sketches. about her Web page, which features wedding toasts. "At www.Toast.com," she says in a homely voice that rivals that of the late comic great Gilda Radner, "the wedding night should be like a good chicken dinner: a little bit of leg, a little bit of breast and a whole lot of stuffing!" Another skit, featuring all of the women in the group, is a time machine ride back to the pre-menstrual days of drinking Capri Sun. Times of tearing out and trading your Ricky Schroeder and Gary Coleman cut-outs from Teen Beat magazine and talking about the unnecessary use of brassieres when you hardly

have any breasts to fill them. Innocently thinking Marxist and martyr are synonyms isn't always funny, but these guys make it so. Their line delivery cannot be replicated on paper, nor would I attempt to ruin their funniest premeditated moments. For example, a barber shop is having a slow day and one of the men says: "We haven't had a client in here since the dog was sleeping on a Sunday." That was funny, right? It doesn't come across well in print, but it's guaranteed that you'll laugh at that line when路you see this show.

Although at times the humor went straight over the audience's collaborative head, most of it was catchable. In a scene where brand new parents talked about how they named their son, the woman said, "He wanted to name him John Elway, but I said no sports names, and that's how we came up with Michael Dean Perry." You could have heard an ant walk as the audience was clueless to the Broncos' defensive lineman reference. A strong effort results in an audience belly ache - not from a bad burrito from Juanita's next door - but from laughing so heartily.

'One Night Stand' draws drama from dangers of love By Tracy Rhines Tire Metropolitan

CAUGHT: Wesley Snipes as Max, a commercial director who Is unfaithful in "One Night Stand."

Temptation is a test between will and want that can reveal our innermost essence. This is the dilemma of the characters in director Mike Figgis' One Night Stand. Max (Wesley Snipes}, is a married commercial director in New York on a casting call while visiting his HIV-positive best friend Charlie (Robert Downey Jr.). After missing his plane to return to Los Angeles, he sees Karen (Nastassja Kinski), a married woman he had met earlier, and joins her for a performance of the Julliard String Quartet. As Max and Karen leave the concert, they are mugged, leaving them shaken. After returning to her room to reflect on the evening's occurrences, the unthinkable happens as Max gives in to his temptations and sleeps with Karen. This new experience leaves him a changed man. It strains his relationship with Mimi (Ming-Na Wen}, his trusting wife. Max soon finds a distaste for his work and lack of satisfaction with his wife.

A year later, when he returns to New York to support Charlie, now in the final stages of AIDS, he must come face to face wit~. his desires, emotions, and fears all at once. Figgis unfolds a d~liberately unopinionated account of the effects of infidelity and love. One Night Stand docs not try to justify any of the characters' actions, making the storyline more realistic and plausible. This gives a feeling of observing the events as they develop before our eyes. Wesley Snipes collected a Best Actor Award at the Venice Film Festival for his portrayal of the troubled Max. His excellent dramatic performance captures the audience, causing us to feel for Max. The supporting cast is superb including: Kyle MacLachlan, Glenn Plummer, Amanda Donohoe, Thomas Haden Churcn, and Julian Sands. Downey. delivers a convincing noteworthy performance of the dying Charlie, his body riddled with AIDS. This character pulls the whole story together and Downey does a good job containing the urge to overact the part.

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------------music reviews Busta Rhymes When Disaster Strikes WEA/Elektra

Right now, hip-hop is in trouble. Rappers are being murdered, and the music being made by rappers who are still alive, is, with few exceptions, some of the most unoriginal, just plain bad music to come out in a long time. Busta Rhymes may be here to save us all. From the moment he became a stand out member of Leaders Of The New School, Lo his own debut, The Coming, Busta Rhymes has managed to be successful and follow no one else's path at the same time. When Disaster Strikes is Busta Rhymes' sophomore effort. The first single, "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Can See," is a free-flowing, laid-back track. There is very little of that on When Disaster Strikes. While he has always been about two steps away from a straight jacket and padded cell, his new album manages to show the many different sides of Busta Rhymes. Busta's signature charisma and energy are ever present on the album, as is his crew, the Flipmode Squad. of tunes can't be faulted. Other contributors include a duel with Erykah Badu Some of the greatest composers in jazz history are that's a match made in heaven, a love song that also stress- · featured here - John Coltrane, Joe Henderson, Charlie es the "We Are The World," theme. Jamal shows up on Mingus, Bill Evans, and yes, even the Bird. As far as a "There's Not A Problem My Squad Can't Fix," which has collection of great art, you couldn't ask for better artists. a dance floor appeal and the obligatory appearance by Corbus, a local, is a stunningly talented, technically Sean Puffy Combs, who is joined by Rampage and Mase superb guitarist. He is backed up by two of Denver's for "The Body Rock," is a good enough song to overlook greatest sidemen: Mark Simon on the bass and Mike the over-use of Combs. Whited on the traps. With su.ch a combination of deep talWhile When Disaster Strikes is not the answer to hip- ent and beautiful charts, there's no way this disc should hop's current problems, it does provide an alternative, and miss. manages to be, at times, a breath of fresh air. And yet it does. -by Sarah Heiman Nowhere is it bad. If you want good background dinner music, then this is a far sight better to pick up than, say, Kenny G or some trash like that. But it's still too The Dave Corbus Trio patently unoffensive. Corbus' improvistions are not Trios Time inspired or riveting, and the tunes' arrangements are simSynergy ply standard. Corbus spends the entire disc refusing to go out on a While there is no shortage of talent on this disc, the limb or take a chance. He seems content demonstrating luster is lacking. his ability, rather than demonstrating his creativity. Trios Time is Dave Corbus' debut disc, and his choice Simon lends some color with his harmonic variations

- he seems very fond of center tones, allowing the soloist to frame the chords- but there's only so much a bass player can do. Whited lines it up in the pocket neatly and precisely, and accents fluidly. This disc would go well with grape juice. It tastes all right, but doesn't pack a punch.

-by Dave Flomberg Uncle Sam Uncle Sam Stonecreek/Sony No, singer Uncle Sam is not the fifth member of Boyz II Men. He is, however, the first act lo be signed to the group's label, Stoneereek. With the members of Boyz II Men lending a hand with the writing and background singing of this Detroit native's debut CD, the group's influence is deeply felt. The first cut, "Can You Feel It," barely does Uncle Sam 's talents any justice. But the second, "I Don't Ever Wanna See You Again," lets his voice soar. It's an emotional ballad about the ultimate pain: your woman and best friend finding love with each other. "Leave Well Enough Alone" explores the other side of infidelity, in which Sam lusts for another's woman. His remake of the Force M.D. classic "Tender Love," is so good it may make you forget all about the original version. "Stop Foolin' Around" is a plea to out a secret love affair. Sam describes this album as "love on wax." "The women will like it because it's something that will make them feel sexy," he says. The brothers, they needs something to play for the women when they want to romance them." Indeed, Uncle Sam's debut is one filled with the kind of songs that make you want to get closer to that special someone or hate the world because you don't have one. It's also proof that the members of Boyz II Men know talent when they see it.

-by Sarah Heiman

concerts this week bluebird theater 3317 E. Colfax Ave. 322-2308

Edwyn Collins, Nov. 14, 8 p.m., $7-$8. Spiritualized with Acetone, Nov. 15, 8 p.m., $12-$14. Snot, Nov. 16, 7 p.m., $7. Stereolab with Mouse on Mars, Nov. 17, 8 p.m., $12. Boom Chaka, Nov. 18, 8 p.m., $6-$7. The Grifters with Space Team Elektra, Nov. 19, 8 p.m., $6. Chief Broom, Nov. 20, 8 p.m., $5. ~·

boulder theatre 14th and Pearl Streets, Boulder, 786-7030.

Sinfonia of Colorado, Nov. 14-15, 8 p.m., $8-31. Lisa Loeb with Taj Mahal, Nov. 16, 7 p.m., $9.45-$11. Rickie Lee Jones with Laurie Lewis, Nov. 19, 7 p.m., $9.45-$11.

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Bears or the Sun, The Girls and Nobodaddy, Nov. 19.

Bluebird Theater

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Imagine that you wake up one morning and find yourself on another planet. Normally, this is the sort of thing that would inspire fear, but instead you feel completely calm and relaxed. Everything on this new planet feels happy - from the burbling fluids oozing out of its surface to the smiling sun overhead. Suddenly, you start floating through the planet's atmosphere. Its moist, green air surrounds you, enveloping your body in a cocoon of glee. You forget where and who you are, finally becoming one in happiness with everything else in space. This is what listening to Stereolab is like. Everything the band has done in its six-year history has the potential to

King Rat, Hell's Half Acre and Half-Burnt Match, Nov. 14. The B·Movie Rats and The LaDonnas, Nov. 15.

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Chief Broom and The Juggling Suns, Nov. 14, 9 p.m., $3. Lord of Word and the Disciples of Bass, Nov.15, 9:30 p.m., $5.25. Insane Clown Posse, Nov. 17, 8 p.m., $14.75. The Scoffiaws, Nov. 18, 9 p.m., $10.50. Calobo, Nov. 19, 11 p.m., $3. Big Bad Voodoo Daddy with The Hillbilly Hellcats, Nov. 19, 8 p.m., $14.75. The Samples, Nov. 20, $12.75-$13.75.

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Stereolab: (I tor) Mary Hansen, Tim Gane, Morgane Lhote, Laetlcla Sadler and Richard Harrison. send listeners on strange inner journeys. The just-released Dots and Loops (Elektra) follows in this trend. Go see them live: $12 is cheap for interplanetary travel.

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Nanci Griffith with The Crickets, Nov. 19, 7:30 p.m., $22.50. The Rippingtons, Nov. 20, 7:30 p.m., $22.50.

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Skate, bike· policy bogus Qt~litm

Editorial News: Auraria added cement blockades on campus to enforce its dismount policy for skaters, bikers and skateboarders.

Views: The policy is stupid.

So much for alternative transportation. Auraria's policy, supposedly instituted for the safety of students, makes it next to impossible for students to ride bikes or rollerblade to school. Sure, blades, bikes and skateboards aren't banned - exactly - it's just that students must quit using them once they arrive on campus.

Ridiculous. This not only encourages students lo drive to school, which pollutes the air, adds lo gridlock and, most important to Auraria - adds money to parking revenue - it makes alternative transportation less appealing to the few who choose to use it. The little blue signs that served as notice to dismount have gone largely ignored, hence the new yellow versions at nearly every entrance. Students had the right idea ignoring the blue

signs. One of the benefits of biking or skating to school is not having to arrive early to park a car and walk the extra 5 to I 0 minutes to class. Auraria will have you believe it's concerned with the safety of its students and that bikers and skaters present a threat. Granted, an idiot on skates or a bike could hurt someone. But as with driving a car, the person controlling the bike or skates is responsible for making sure no one gets hurt. And the person riding the bike or skating is in just as much danger of being injured as the person on foot. Not so with cars. So with Auraria's rationale, cars should not be allowed in the parking lot because the driver might be careless enough lo run down a pedestrian. It makes no sense lo restrict bikers and skaters, who by virtue of their own vulnerability to injury, are far more careful than most drivers. And with the strict new ban - why do we still have Auraria employees zooming around campus in little golf carts? Campus officials should spend more time dealing with real problems such as bike theft and car breakins rather than making life difficult for students who use alternative transportation.

Editor dream real nightmare

Scenes from the Tivoli II. (Or a bad Airplane! rip-off.) It was a columnist's fantasy. There I was sitting in my usual barstool in the Boiler Room when a frantic messenger boy came charging in through the front door. Travis Henry "Mr. Henry, Mr. Henry!" he The Lowdown yelled. "They need you at the newspaper!" "What is it?" I exclaimed. "It's a collection of articles, photographs and advertisements printed on processed trees, but that is not important now," he said. "They need you upstairs." So upstairs I went, wondering what in the hell would be so important that they needed me to come to the paper right away. Usually, I am just in the way. · Entering the front door of Student Publications, I realized instantly thiu.something was wrong. The place was deserted. The only person in the office was Yellow J. Muckraker, a member of the Student Publications Advisory board. "What's going on?" I inquired. "The whole staff has come down with food poisoning from chicken served at the staff meeting," he said. "Since you are the only staff member that isn't invited lo the meetings, you are all that is left." This must be some practical joke, I thought. "Surely you can't be serious," I cried. "I am dead serious, and don't call me Shirley," he replied. "Well, what do you want me to do?" I asked. "For the next issue, you are the new editor-inchief," he winced. Lord, almighty! My time had finally come. Ideas started running wild through my head. No more cushion pieces on student government. Lots of trashy stories ripping the scandal-prone organization CoPIRG. A center section all about how buses and the people who ride them are dangerous to society.

And last but not least, no letters lo the editor! But soon I was brought down to Earth. "Travis, to be editor we need you to be fair, unbiased and accurate," Muckraker said. "Hmmmmm," I cringed. "Or at least sober," he said. "What were my first choices?" I asked. Muckraker introduced me to the makeshift newspaper staff that was thrown together in light of this tragedy. The two bums who stand at Speer and Auraria Parkway with the "Will Work for Food" signs were my reporters and an Auraria parking attendant was my copy editor. All three took substantial pay-cuts to come work at the paper. After a three-hour staff meeting at the Boiler Room, it seemed obvious that we were in no position lo put out the quality paper that the three students who read The Metropolitan expect. "Altogether, this is turning out to be a total disaster," I exclaimed. "This is turning out to be a total disaster," my drunk newspaper staff repeated, all together. The last thing I remember is publishing a newspaper featuring a headline story about Metro President Sheila Kaplan using student fees for a hair transplant. Hey, if you can't find good news, make it up. That's when I was woke from my dream. "Henry! Henry!" a voice summoned me from my slumber. I rose my tired, slobbering head from the desk I had crashed on. "Is your column going to be ready or what?" the voice said. "Surely, you haven't been sleeping this whole time." Thank God. It was Michael BeDan, the real editor. "Oh my column will be ready all right," I said. "And don't call me Shirley." J

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

Campus police 'minor leaguers' in world of Cops

Dave Romberg

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Score another one for the brilliant detective work of Auraria Campus Police. It was early in the day of Nov. 3. A light fog was still on the campus, and the Tivoli was eerily quiet. And then it was discovered. Someone stole the art. Yes, the priceless sculpture that hung in the Multicultural Lounge had been pilfered, and along with it, the security and piece of mind of some

Metro art students. Sky Walker, the student who hung the sculpture, reported the theft to campus police. But the thief was too good. Police couldn't find any suspects or leads. He was in and out like a wisp of smoke, gone before anyone even noticed. Obviously a professional. Yeah, right, Chief Wiggum. Maybe it would have helped if the police had actually done a little investigating. You know, asked some of the people who work in the building if they had seen anything. Looked around a little bit. Maybe even thought about it for a few moments. If they had, the sculpture would have been found in the Auraria Conference Services office, where it had been since Monday, when an employee noticed it had fallen down and took it the office to be picked up. After the last issue of The Metropolitan came out detailing the "theft," someone from the office contacted the police to let them know where the art was - this was a good thing - since there was no witness. Obviously nothing had been done. What are we paying these yahoos for, anyway? Is their presence on this campus deterring all that much crime? Thefts still occur on a daily basis. Why? Because · as long as no one sees it happen, you'll get away with it. Campus polic<? have much more important things to be doing than investigating theft, like compiling meaningless crime statistics, writing traffic tickets and watching COPS in our offices (continuing education, maybe?). Maybe it's the nature of the job. Is campus police the minor leagues for the city police departments? Is this where they keep the third and fourth stringers? Are these the guys who failed Investigations 101 in police academy? And if campus police is in fact where the rejected boys (and girls) in blue end up - why? Considering how much we pay for things like parking, why don't we just get a real satellite Denver Police Department here? I know what ACP is saying now, "We are real officers of the law!!" If that's so, then why can't you arrest someone off campus? "That's not our jurisdiction." That has nothing to do with jurisdiction - that's jurisprudence. The powers that be figure they' II keep you where you can do the least harm. I guess it is comforting in a way. If I don' t get a career as a columnist, I can always steal what I need to survive here on-campus.

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

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November 14, 1997

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Nanny skirts accountability

EDITOR Michael BeDan

MANAGING EDITOR Rick Thompson

COPY EDITORS

The release of Louise Woodward, the British nanny charged in the death of 8-month-old Matthew Eappen, is sickening. Massachusetts Claud la Hibbert-Be Dan Superior Court Judge Hiller Zobel reduced Soapbox her second-degree murder conviction to involuntary manslaughter. The judge agrees that she killed the baby boy. Zobel said in Woodward's "confusion, inexperience, frustration , immaturity and some anger, but not malice ... she was 'a little rough with him,' under circumstances where another, perhaps wiser, person would have sought to restrain the physical impulse ... " So they're letting Woodward, 19, go because her youth, somehow, stunted her. She didn't know she was causing hann, so they're sending her home. We have forgotten about Matthew Eappen, the baby entrusted to Woodward's care. He had a 2-inch fracture along the back of this head. He had blood behind his eyes.

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Her supporters couldn' t believe the American judicial system could set Simpson free but condemn their girl to life in prison. I couldn't believe Woodward's new sentence. The judge determined that 279 days in jail was enough time for Woodward to understand the gravity of her actions. I don ' t think so. She didn't even say she was sorry that Matthew is dead until she was released. How much common sense does it take to realize that shaking an infant is bad? A 19-year-old who kills someone in a drunk-driving accident probably isn't acting with malice. But judges and the law make them accountable for their actions. Woodward should have been held accountable for hers. She was in jail less time than Matthew was in his mother's womb . It doesn't matter that her "confusion, inexperience, frustration, immaturity and some anger" resulted in Matthew's death. Woodward is free because she's a round-faced, wide-eyed white girl from England. Claudia Hibbert-Bedan is a student at the University of Colorado at Denver and a copy editor for The Metropolita11.

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The prosecution 's medical experts said the baby's head was slammed against a hard surface. The defense's medical experts said Matthew's injuries were old. Should we believe that the Eappens, who are both doctors, were so uni'nvolved with their child that they didn't notice the wound? I don't think so. Maybe Louise was too busy with her new social life in America that she didn't have time to tell the Eappens about their son's injury. The baby's mother, Deborah Eappen, said: "I respect the judge. But I think there is something in him, in all of us, that does not want to believe that people who look like Louise could do what Louise did. "We want to believe that people who hurt children look nothing like us ..." What does that mean? Would it be easier to believe the au pair was guilty if she looked like me, also British but of Jamaican ancestry? Britain assailed America's judicial system after Woodward was sentenced to life. One of Woodward's attorneys, Barry Scheck, was also part of O.J. Simpson's dream team. Simpson beat a murder rap in a trial for killing his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and friend Ronald Goldman.

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of me to alter the method of practice regarding specific duties allocated to the chair position; however, I further informed him that we as a committee resolved whatever differences has (sic) arisen out of differing ideas about how this practice was handled previously. Furthermore, I must bring to your attention that the meeting called for Oct. 24 related to the discussion of a single item and was conducted in executive session (as the item discussed is covered by privilege). To suggest that Metropolitan staff learned of the subject matter of the meeting is call into (sic) question the integrity and moral character of the all the (sic) SACAB members. I find this highly inflammatory and extremely offensive. I feel that The Metropolitan has failed in its duty to provide to the students at

your college fair and accurate information about operations at Auraria. I honestly discussed with Mr. Swanson the past existence of conflict and the truth about its resolution and was disappointed and angered by the article that resulted. I shall strongly consider any further interviews with any staff member of you publication, and I will encourage others to do the same, because of this experience.

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Spend an hour with Mike Dunlap and you're likely to come away feeling like you won the lottery, like you found out Tyra Banks would like to go out S"ome time, and like the test came back negative all at once. He is the optiKyle Ringo mi'st. Spend an hour with Darryl Smith, and your side will hurt from laughter, mostly at his expense. This guy pokes fun at himself like he is getting paid for it. Both are basketball coaches at Metro. Smith screams and pleads with the women's team, almost always getting the most out of it; while Dunlap is more likely to pick up the ball and blow right by one of his players in a drill in order to get his point across. Dunlap is a great communicator. He makes people feel good about themselves. Smith does the same trick with motivation. Sometimes the stomp of a foot or a red face is all it takes to get the most from a player, it seems. This season, both will need to be better than before. Better motivators and communicators if their Roadrunner teams are to have any shot al imp~oving on last season. · Sure, both might say that taking care of the ball or rebounding is the key lo their success, but these guys and their performance as coaches will decide more than the players on the court this season. Each man has his own set of problems. The men's team has nine new faces, which doesn't include Dunlap or the rest of the coaching staff. Only three returning players accounted for significant minutes last season. Molding a team out of strangers is only half the battle. And it's a difficult fight. Last season the men's team was fractionalized. It ran in cliques. Some members simply didn't like others. That translated into a 13-13 record under Fonner coach Charles Bradley. Once the friendships are formed and this team becomes a team, getting it to make the right decisions on the court is an entirely different challenge. His personality tells me Dunlap will get the job done. He will earn the right to keep his job, which he currently holds on an interim basis. I've spent an hour with him. The team will spend months.

Prediction: 15-11 possible conference tournament appearance. Smith's problems are fewer, but still significant. Shilo Justice, a team leader in points and rebounds last season, will sit out the year with a bulging disc in her back. Nicole Davis, a Division I transfer, will miss the season as well with a tom knee ligament. Justice and Davis figured to be Smjth's best post players. The team will struggle in the middle, but is· strong enough on the perimeter to make up with Stephanie Allen, Kristi Baxter, Gabi Sandoval and Danielle Stott. If the Fab-Four play to their potential, this team will be right back where it always seems to be, scrapping for the conference title.

Prediction: 19-7 conference runner-up.

LOOKING AHEAD: Metro's Danielle Stott guards teammate Patty Jeffers during a Nov. 11 practice at the Auraria Events · Center. Both players transferred to Metro this season.

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No justice for women's hoops By Michael BeDan The Metropolitan

The sun rises in the east. Taxes are due April 15. You will die. And the Metro women's basketball team wins more than it loses. Usually a lot more. With the 1997 campaign kicking off Nov. 14 at the West Texas A&M Invitational, the Roadrunners begin another season of self-imposed high expectations. And despite being dealt two stunning helpings of adversity before the season begins, Metro coach Darryl Smith can ' t think of any reason his team won't live up to its own standard. "Winning basketball games is last on the list of what I

think is important for these kids," Smith said. "And I know that's why we win." Smith will have to impart his unique brand of coaching on a team missing one of its s\ars and another projected star as senior Shiloh Justice and junior Nicole Davis will miss the season and redshirt due to injuries. Justice, who is out with a bulging Name Name disk in her back, led last year's team in scoring in 12 of 27 games and in rebounding 16 times. Davis, a Division I transfer from Idaho State, tore an anterior cruciate knee ligament and is out for the year after undergoing surgery Oct. 17. see WOMEN'S HOOPS on 20

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Men add new cast of character. By Kyle Ringo The Metropolitan

This is new. It might even be novel. The approach to building a college basketball program from the ranks of the beleaguered to the hierarchy of hallowed that Metro coach Mike Dunlap is taking is different at the least. He says he is not interested in bagging the highest talent if that means sacrificing character. Instead Dunlap intends to build the tradition of going to class, getting good marks and graduating. He might

be more open to the idea of risking a scholarship or two on talent alone only when there is a foundation of success in school to surround that risk. In his first season, which begins Nov. 15 in California at the College of Notre Dame, Dunlap's formula for integrity first has produced before the first shot. Two of the newest Roadrunners, Ollie Brent and Rashawn Fulcher, netted $20,000 Jackie Robinson Scholarships earlier this fall. Each player will receive $5,000 a year to h~lp with the expense of attending college.

Both players come to Metro from California fresh out of inner city high schools. Brent is from the Los Angeles area and Fulcher hails from Oakland. "Only 50 kids receive the Jackie Robinson Scholarships each year," Dunlap said. "(Brent and Fulcher) are both captains. They are both high GPAs. Both are incredible people." Fulcher views the award as vindication from his peers who told him he was going about things all wrong by staying away from the trappings that have swallowed so many inner city

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"That's part of the game, and you just have to deal with it," Smith said. "I feel bad for the kids, not for myself." In the meantime, it will be up to last year's youthful cast to mix with four newcomers emphasizing defensive pressure and transition baskets. Stephanie Allen, sensational as a freshman, will return at point guard and might see extended action at shooting guard. Allen finished tied with Justice for the team lead in scoring last year at 15.4 points per game, led the Roadrunners with 4.6 assists per game and was the only player to sta~t all 27 games for Metro. As if that wasn't enough, the 5-fool-6-inch sophomore said she's a new player in 1997. "I've changed a lot, matured ~nd stepped up a level," Allen said. "I learned not to be so timid and scared of the coach. Now I just play." Smith concurs. "She's really matured," Smith said. "She's a tough kid. By the time she's a senior, she's going to be incredible, but I want her to play like a senior this year." And it's with high expectations and what is often misconstrued as an overbearing demeanor that Smith continues to get results. The cast of newbies Smith fashioned into a 20-7 team last year expect to take it a step further this year. Farrah Magee, a 5- I I senior forward, along with 6-2

senior center Michelle Stremel, will have to make up for the absence of Justice in the paint if the Roadrunners are lo improve on last season's first round Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference loss to Fort Hays State. Smith plans to give Stremel, 5-11 sophomore Kristen Weilder and 6-0 sophomore Heidi Lake plenty of playing time at center and said all must contribute. "Those three right there will be the key to our season," Smith said. "We've gone to a single-post offense because we are so small. People are going to play over the top of us regardless of how hard we play." Stremel is athletic at 6-2 and can get out on the break. She said she's not intimidated at the prospect of filling Justice 's role at rebounder and said her role Jenny Sparks/The Metropolitan is not to replace Justice as much as it is lo rely on her own strength - speed. SMOTHERED: Metro's Gabl Sandovol shields the ball "I can't replace (Justice)," Stremel said. "Shiloh from teammates Stephanie Allen (No. 11) and Farah is a very intense and aggressive person. I don't see it MaGee (middle) during a pre-season practice. as a lot on my shoulders as much as just stepping up." The Roadrunners enter their second season in the handled us," Smith said. "That's got to change this year. "We understand the only way (to get into the NCAA RMAC (Metro previously was a member of the defunct Colorado Athletic Conference) and like last year, will be Division II tournament) is to win our conference tournalooking to get past conference powerhouse Nebraska- ment, and that's what we're shooting for. K!!arney is betKearney. The Lopers dominated Metro in both meetings ter than us but that doesn't mean they are going to beat us and Smith said even without Justice and Davis the this year. I know that." Roadrunners expect different results this time around. Metro's home opener is Nov. 22 against Barry "Kearney manhandled us, and nobody has ever man- University at 5 p.m.

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Sweet regular season ends in sour DU loss No. 11 Roadrunners head into RMAC tournament hoping for regionals By Melisa Bundy The Metropolitan As the Dave Matthews Band blared from the speakers in the University of Denver Field House Nov. 11, the Metro women's volleyball team warmed up for a cooling off. Metro played its last game of the regular season and lost 3-1 (17-15, 15-10, 13-15, 15-5). In Game I the Roadrunners took control, scoring five points before DU coach Beth Kuwata called a time out to slow Metro's momentum. Metro's blocking helped the Roadrunners keep t.he lead. The Pioneers rallied to trail by three points. The teams battled back and forth with the Roadrunners continuing to lead until the Pioneers made their move, tying the match at 13-13. DU eventually won . Metro struggled as DU took an early lead in Game 2 and kept it throughout, despite some great blocking from Metro's Holly Rice. The Roadrunners managed to win Game 3 before getting blown off the floor uncharacteristically in Game 4. "One of our big problems was we made too many hitting errors," McDermott said. " We out-blocked them , and we had more aces than them. "We couldn't stop their middle attack. It's the best middle attack I've seen all year." Metro played without two of its starters: Shannon . Ortell, who sprained her thumb during warm ups, and Audra Littou who had to come out because of a respiratory infection, McDermott said .

McDermott is less concerned with two starters missing a regular season finale against a non-conference foe than she is with the prospect of the players missing the Nov. 14-15 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Tournament. At press time, both Littou and Ortell were expected to play. But McDermott said she could hold Ortel out of the first game Nov. 14 with Adams State. If one of the injured players is unable to play, Janaina Peruzzo will fill in, McDermott said. The Roadrunners will need at least one win in the RMAC tournament to secure a place in the Nov. 21-22 Regional Tournament where the top four teams in the region will battle for a trip to the Elite Eight national tournament. The Roadrunners enter the RMAC showdown ranked second in the region behind Regis. "I think we need to play with confidence," McDermott said. "If we just play like we can, we will be all right." McDermott said she thinks her team has a chance of winning the conference tournament, which boasts five ranked teams in the eight team field. But getting by No. 4 Regis or No. 13 NebraskaKearney would be a chore. The Roadrunners have split two games with both Kearney and Regis. The win over Kearney was the first for Metro in eight years. McDermott knows it will be tough but she remains optimistic. "It was pretty c lose last time (with Regis)," McDermott said. "That won't be an easy task."

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FRESH AIR: Metro freshman Michelle Edwards uses a soft touch Nov. 11 to get the ball over the oustretched arms of a University of Denver player In a 3路1 loss to the Pioneers in the regular season finale.

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HELP WANTED BEAUTIFUL, NAEYC ACCREDITED Preschool in OTC has immediate openings for teachers,afterno<?ris, part-time. Group Leader Qualified preferred. Start at $8.00 I Hour. Call 290-9005. 2113 PART TIME: BOOK WHOLESALER has part time opening for order fillers. Hours 2-6pm or 5-9pm Monday - Friday. Start $6.50 I hour. Call Phil 778-8383 for appointment. 11 /14 CASHIER I HOSTESS PART - TIME Evenings. Apply at: La Fonda Restaurant. 5750 West 38th Avenue, Wheat Ridge, CO 80033. 420-4234. 11/14 $1000'S POSSIBLE TYPING PART Time. At home. Toll Free (800) 218-9000 Ext. T-7061 for Listings. 11/14 WORK AT HOME. PT OR FT $500$2000. I'm looking for SERIOUS people who want to work from home. Perfect for students, or an extra income. Call (303)755-2022. 11/14 STUDENT WORK: VECTOR HAS been renowned for a successful student work program for 18 years. Academic credit & scholarships avail. PT/FT, flex hrs. no exp. nee. $10.75. For details, call 755-1816. 1215 $1500 WEEKLY POTENTIAL MAILING our circulars. Free information. Call (410) 347-1475. 1215 WANTED: 37 PEOPLE SERIOUS about losing weight for the holidays. Programs start at $32.50. 987-2701 I www.naturesreward.com 1215 THEATRE TELEMARKETING. GOOD callers earn $15-25/hr. Telephone sales experience reguired! Sell tickets for local theatres. $7 guaranteed + commission + bonus. Evenings 5-9pm, Saturday 9:30am-1:30pm. 16-24 hrs/week. 832-2791. 12/5

NUIBITION AND MARKETING Majors wanted. $500-1500 p/t. $15005000 f/t. No telemarketing, call now. 480-8399. 1 2/ 5 FUNDRAISER - MOTIVATED GROUPS Needed to earn $500+ promoting AT&T, Discover, gas and retail cards. Call Todd at (800)592-2121 ext.196. Free CD to qualified callers. 1215 CRUISE SHIP & LAND-TOUR Employment - Discover how to work in exotic locations, meet fun people, while earning . a living in these exciting if)dustries! For employment 1nformat1on, call: (517)336-0571 Ext. C58791 11/21

FOR SALE SEIZED CARS FROM $175. Porsches, Cadillacs, Chevys, BMWs, Corvettes. Also Jeeps, 4WD's. Your Area. Toll Free (800)218-9000 Ext. A-7061 for current listings. 11/14

CAHPus RecREATION AT AuRARIA

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:STuDENT EMPLOYMENT foRUMS on Wednesday, November 19 at 7:30 a.m .. Thursday, November 20 at 3:30 p.m. and Friday. November 2 1 at I p.rn.

Come learn about Spring employment opportunities with CRA.

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CRA is locat ed in the PER Events Cent er Room 108 or call 556- 3210.

CANON STARWRITER Typewriter- Left it somewhere. $75 Reward for return of all, $25 return of just disk, $1 Ofor info leading to return. 469-6567 11/21

RUN FAST-DRIVE SLOW. YOUNG women and young men. Valet Parking Attendants. FlexiDle schedules, great money. Call Allright Valet: 698-4378. - - - - - - - - - - - - . , 1/23

AURARIA CAMPUS POLICE

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FULL OR PART TIME. CASHIERS And Christmas Tree Lot Sales People. Country Fair Garden Center. 757-4949. 11/14

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SERVICES FOREIGN LANGUAGE TUTOR Tutoring elementary/intermediate Spanish & French, all levels of German. 10 years of experience, 2 B.A:s. On Auraria campus Mon-Thurs by appointment. Reasonable rates. Leonore Dvorkin: 985-2327. 1/23

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STARWRITER TYPEWRITER TO RENT or buy. 469-6567 11114 WANT TO GET IN SHAPE? Award winning instructor offers classes combining weight training, calisthenics and stretches. $4/dass. All ~uipment provided. Evenings and Saturdays in SW Denver. L.:eonore Dvorkin: 985-2327. 1/23

Blood Donors Needed For Research Project

S 50.00 per donation Basic Requirements for whole blood donors: • 18-60 years old • In very good health • Have good veins

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Call betvveen 7:30 a.m. & 1:30 p.m. NOW for further information MATH -A· MATIC: MATH TUTORING Service Algebra, Geometry, Bonnie at Cobe Laboratories:

ROOMMATES

Trigonometry, Calculus, Statistics & Probability. ACT/SAT/GRE Preparation. Calf R. Brown: 337-4048.

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Women Helping Women Egg Donors Needed ... For infertile women.

If you are under 34 and healthy, you could have the satisfaction of helping someone in a very special way.

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dependable part - time employees to join our quality Circulation operation. Responsible for delivering to retail outlets and vending machines throughout the city on the weekends.

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Must have reliable van, truck or vehicle with capacity to hold up to 75 bundles of newspapers, valid Colorado drivers license, good driving record and proof of auto insurance. Must be able to work a split shift on Saturday between 2:00 a.m. and Noon, and an early morning shift on Sunday between 2:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. for approximately 12 hours per week.

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BANNER ROCKS! We think BANNER is so sweet,

$ t 00 Auraria Book Center gift certificates and a portable CD player

we're giving away

just to get you to try it!

Enter our drawing* and get set for

Spring 1998

registration at a demonstration table for

BANNER, The Met's new student information and registration system. BANNER is part of the Integrated Systems lnitiative-1.S.I, a campuswide computer project that will take

The Met into the future.

BANNER Demonstration Tables:

With 24 additional phone lines and Web registration, BANNER'S user-friendly system makes it more convenient to: • register by phone using the new phone registration number

575-5880 • register via the World Wide Web

First Floor, Central Classroom Bldg.

Nov. t 8, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Nov. 19, 3-6 p.m. If you can't make it to a demo table, sign up for the drawing at the Registrar's Office by Nov. 19 at 6 p .m.

Drawing: Nov. 24, 11 a.m., First Floor Tivoli Multicultural Lounge

• add and drop classes • review your class schedule • check course availability • change your address and phone number via the Web

Check out BANNER and get ready for Spring 1998 registration beginning Dec. 1. Prizes courtesy of: The Met's President's Office; Vice Presidents' offices: Provost and Academic Affairs, Institutional Advancement, Student Seivices, and Administration and Finance; the Auraria Book Center; SCT sale representative Rick Legoza and SCT Project manager Marsha Lala .

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*Must be a curre11t Met stude11t.

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Connecting you to a real/uture.