Volume 20, Issue 19 - Feb. 13, 1998

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Issue 19

February 13, 1998

News Alabama rep faces conflict because of Metro

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Arlana Martinez, 1, longs for the plethora of candy on display Feb. 11 at Hammond's In the Tivoli. Arlana's mother, Denise, picked ~ut some treats for her and her daughter just In time for Valentine's Day on Feb. 14.

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By Jesse Stephemon and Perry Swamon The Metropolitan

Auraria police arrested and ticketed a Metro student Feb. 6 after an employee at the campus computer store told officers the student threatened and assaulted him.

Lynn Spence, a Metro criminal justice major, said he only wanted to recover the computer that he left with John Amole, the store's former computer repair technician, for repairs a week and a half earlier. There was no threat of violence, he said.

Spence said he brought his laptop computer to Amole at Campus Computers for repairs at the end of January. The two agreed that Amole might not be able to repair the computer. But Spence said they agreed he would pick up the computer if Amole could

not fix it.

"That clearly would not be in the ''That was the only agreement," Spence employee's scope of authority," said. "Fix it or not- I'll be back in a week." Schlichenmayer said. "Personally, I think When Spence went back to the store (Amole) went too far because for one, we Feb. 6, he said Amole told him that his com- don't traffic used computer parts. puter could not be fixed and that he'd given When Spence found out Amole gave the hard drive to a department at Community away his hard drive, he refused to leave the College of Denver. store until the computer was put back togethAshwin Bhavikati, a Campus Computers er and demanded to talk to store manageemployee who saw the transaction, said he ment, he said.

Schlichenmayer said the situation escadoesn't remember an agreement between Spence and Amole to give out the laptop's lated until Amole left the store in search of ABC security. parts if it was irreparable.

Spence said Amole was gone for about "What I do remember is that 'Lynn said it's OK to take as much time as needed to 10 minutes and called campus police when repair the computer," Bhavikati said. he returned. While he waited for the police, Ed Schlichenmayer, director of the . Spence said he stood in the door to a storeAuraria Book Center, which runs Campus room with Amole inside. Spence said Amole Computers, said Amole erred by giving parts then charged at hitn, hitting the door as he away. see ARREST on 3

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Student says rep confessed to her Alabama statesman faces controversy over online romance

By Dave Flomberg The Metropolitan Metro student Beth Pilcher, 19, went to the FBI earlier this month with copies of instant message transmissions she says she shared with Alabama state Rep. Nelson Papucci, R-Madison.

In those transmissions, someone using Papucci's screen name, "NPapucci," said he witnessed 41 Ku Klux Klan murders of black men as a Klan member.

Papucci has not returned phone calls to The Metropolitan. However, in a story that ran Feb. 7 in The Huntsville (Ala.) Times, he acknowledged his relationship with Pilcher while denying her allegations. When confronted with the messages, he said he remembered parts of them, but the parts about his and his stepfather's involvement with the KKK, including the murders, were fabricated.

"I never said I was in the KKK,"

Papucci said in the story. "That's absurd.

I'm Italian. That's ridiculous."

But not to Pilcher.

"I didn ' t fabricate any of this," Pilcher said. "I mean it's incredibly bizarre stuff, but it's really scary, too."

Which is why she took the information directly to the FBI. Lee Leggett, supervisor 路 of the Huntsville FBI offices, confirmed that Pilcher had been in contact with the FBI, but refused to comment any further.

Which puts to end a relationship that was almost a year old.

It all began last May when Pilcher met Papucci online.

"A friend and I were in an AOL (America Online) chat room blasting Alabamans," Pilcher says. "I met him there, and we talked on and off for several months afterward."

In December, she says, she had an online conversation with "NPapucci."

They discussed the movie Titanic, and "NPapucci" said he couldn't take his stepfather to see the movie because there are too many black people working at the local theater. He said he once shared certain racist points of view with his stepfather.

"NPapucci" then claimed he had "changed (because) a black doctor saved my life last month when I had the heart attack."

Papucci was treated earlier that Nelson Papuccl month for a blocked artery, and his father died at a young age from a heart attack, according to the article printed in the Times.

The story said Papucci was treated again a week before for a blocked artery.

"NPapucci" said his stepfather was head of the local Ku Klux Klan and that he was also once a member.

And then it got frightening, Pilcher says. "(NPapucci) said he was a 'passive participant' in 41 KKK- and Aryan Nation-related murders of blacks," she says. Papucci is 29 years old.

"Forty-one is a huge number for such a young age," Pilcher said. "It's just sickening.

"But I rolled with it. I was laying it on really thick toward the end. I wanted to get as many details out of him as I could, but he was just too slippery.

"I don't know if he was just trying to impress me," Pilcher said. "He asked me to come to a conference he was having in New Orleans. I think he just wanted some sort of a trophy on his arm. But why would you claim to having seen 41 murders? That's not the greatest pick-up line."

Parking problem probed

By Reem Al-Omari

E, between Walnut and Fifth Streets.

Barb Weiske, director of the Tivoli and Auraria planners are trying to figure out Campus Auxiliaries, said the Tivoli lot and how to make campus parking spaces more other lots near campus are filling up faster plentiful for students. But the campus parking than ever before. The rapid influx of cars will be grim in the near future, and students leaves many students no option but to park in will likely pay more for fewer spaces. lots far from campus.

Campus administrators launched a study "The Tivoli parking problem is unique," in early December to find out why campus Weiske said. parking spaces are becoming so scarce and Weiske said the study will show how what to do to free them up often students compete for students. Concrete with people who park on solutions for the parking campus but don't go to problem, however, can't school or work at be made until the study is Auraria. She speculated "The Tlvoll completed. that people who work The first results of downtown might be parking problem the study, which is being parking in the Tivoli lot, conducted by Is unique." because of increased Transystems Corp., will rates for parking in be ready in March. The LoDo. final路 two reports will be Weiske said several available later this spring. possible solutions could - Barb Weiske, Mark Gallagher, solve the parking dilemdirector of the Tivoli Auraria's director of ma on campus, including Parking and window stickers or parkTransportation Services, ing identification cards said the July construction for students and faculty. of the Performing Arts Parking attendants could Center in Lot G, near the Plaza Building, will then limit parking to those who could prove displace 275 spaces. they attend school or work at Auraria.

To make up for lost parking, campus But parking in the Tivoli lot will not be planners will build 100 new spaces in Lot M, limited because Tivoli businesses depend on between St. Francis Center and Speer students and the public for revenue and Boulevard, and Gallagher said parking rates expect campus parking to accommodate bot~, will have to be raised to cover the cost for the Weiske said. expansion.

Auraria planners also want to negotiate a The fall 1998 construction of a second lease on a parking lot, owned by the Colorado building, which will house administrators' Department of Transportation, at Fifth Street offices, will also eat up to 200 spaces in Lot and Auraria Parkway.

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PAYBACKS: Metro student Lynn Spence displays the computer Campus Computers store gave him after an employee there parted out the hard drive of Spence's laptop.

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Schlichenmayer said Amole told authorities Spence shoved him into a shelf when he tried to leave the room.

The impact left a mark on Amole's left shoulder, but he wouldn' t describe the particulars of the incident.

"He threatened me both verbally and physically and he assaulted me," Amole said. "I don' t have anything to hide. Mr. Spence was taken to jail; I was not."

Police ticketed Spence on suspicion of threatening to injure someone and assault. Spence said he sat in

a holding cell in the Tivoli for about an hour. Spence, who stands 6-feet-5 inches, told police that Amole's injuries weren't sufficient to show he had been assaulted. Spence, 29, said he is two months away from finishing a three-year probation for fighting.

Amole turned in his resignation Feb. 6. He said his leaving was unrelated to the incident with Spence.

Schlichenmayer said he gaveSpence a 3-year-old computer as a replacement for the laptop. The replacement was a demo model.

"I thought the right thing to do was to let him get back to being a student," he said.

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Tough, tiny? and she is my hero She will be 84 on Feb. 28.

And 85 on Feb. 28 in 1999.

I believe it.

I don't know if she does.

Dorothy True is one of my heroes.

Michael BeDan She's never saved a child from a burning buildPerspective ing.

She's never scored 55 points.

Hell, I don't think she ever played any sports in her life.

But she is the toughest damn person I've ever known.

And it is not - perfectly cliche as it would be - because she's battling and, from early evaluations, beating liver cancer just over a year after beating lymphoma.

She is my hero because she's 4-foot-8.

Because she once hit a drunkard husband in the head with a frying pan.

Because she is wise.

Because she loves the B"roncos (watches every game) and has no idea what football is about.

Because, despite being raised to believe that blacks are inferior, she met my black wife and loves her. Really loves her.

Because when a black woman tricked her a few months ago and ended up stealing her purse, she didn't give the color of the thief's skin a second thought.

Because she drank screwdrivers while smoking non-filtered Lucky Strikes and watching Late Night with David lettemwn.

She still watches Letterman, though it's now The Late Show with David Letterman.

She doesn't smoke Lucky Strikes anymore.

She doesn't drink vodka anymore.

She uses an oxygen tank thanks to the Lucky Strikes. · She struggles to hide the pain she feels every day.

She knows she's going to die.

She wears a wig to hide chemotherapy's evil trick.

She's getting better.

She doesn't know how tough she is.

She doesn't know how much she influenced me.

She doesn't know how lucky I am to have a grandmother.

She knows I don't have any grandfathers.

She knows I don't have a father.

She reads my stories in the newspaper every day.

She changed my diaper.

She wiped my nose.

She taught me about life.

She is going to beat cancer - again.

She is my hero.

She' II never understand why.

My mother does.

My wife does.

My children will.

My friends do.

My cousins do.

You might if you knew her.

You probably do.

She's somewhere in your family, too.

Student lobbying group struggles to ·find consensus

By Jesse Stephenson The Metropolitan

Last year it happened at Metro.

This year it's happening at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Though the players change, the theme is always the same: Students question whether it's worth it to keep buying membership to the Colorado Student Association.

The CSA is a legislative lobbying group meant to represent the interests of college and university students in Colorado.

But figuring out how to keep 130,000 students from 14 institutions happy is a treacherous task.

"We try to focus on issues that ~ffect every student such as financial aid and tuition costs," said Tony Young, a Metro student and director of campus affairs for CSA. The platform is built on basic student interests, though that doesn't prevent CSA from entering the line of fire from some of its members.

Nathanael Koch, a CU-Boulder student and CSA's director of legislative affairs, said no member has jumped ship in the past six years, yet many have threatened to sever ties with the organization.

"Usually the school feels like we're not specifically addressing their issues," Koch said.

The most recent rift between the association and a university appeared in October after CSA delegates voted to oppose any legislation that would outlaw Affirmative Action policies at state-supported colleges and universities.

Koch said Greg Benn, a CU-Boulder delegate to CSA, opposes that stance and might ask CU students to vote on whether the university should stay in the organization.

Benn did not return phone calls to The Metropolitan.

Metro also has a history of conflict with CSA. During the 1996-97 school year, Metro student John Saiz, a member of last year's student government, led an unsuccessful drive to end the college's CSA affiliation.

Saiz said CSA did not do .enough to represent the needs of people on commuter campuses.

Other people, however, say CSA membership is a boon to students.

Metro Student Government Assembly President Karmin Trujillo said she credits CSA for convincing lawmakers to vote down Metro President Sheila Kaplan's proposed 4 percent tuition hike during the I gg1 legislative session.

Trujillo said the proposal's failure has since saved each Metro student an average of $130.

Rep. Ron Tupa, D-Boulder, a Ron Tupa member of the House Education Committee, said CSA is a wellrespected lobby group known for doing its homework on proposed legislation.

"I think they've got a lot of clout down here," Tupa said. "So when they advocate a bill one way or another, it's . a lot more powerful than just a single student."

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What a card Metro student Ryan Cobbins talks to Hallmark representative Janet Oswald (left) on Feb. 5 about the free greeting cards the company gave him.

Cameraman Ken Ridgeway, also a Hallmark employee, films Cobbin's comments. The company gave out 25,000 cards to students at Auraria, but would not say why It was gathering people's reactions.

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Tivoli awarded funds, filled to capacity The Tivoli has been awarded $26,250 from the Colorado Historical Fund for an assessment that will detail preservation work for the building.

The student union has been a vital part of Denver's history since 1866 when Moritz Sigi, a Geiman immigrant, opened a brewery in the Tivoli, according to Auraria officials.

The roof, brick parapets, windows and the building's foundation where flooding has occurred are some of the areas that will be assessed.

Business space in the Tivoli is also 100 percent leased for the first time since Auraria opened the building in 1994.

Sandy Romero, marketing manager for the student union, said students helped make decisions that made the Tivoli what it is today.

Fieldwork Denver Inc., a marketing research firm, held a series of meetings with students in 1996 to find out what kinds of businesses they wanted for the Tivoli.

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Student fees leader reappointed The Metro Student Government Assembly voted unanimously Feb. 5 at it's weekly meeting that Jessie Bullock stay on as vice president of Student Fees.

Bullock, who quit her job with the student government Jan. 29, resigned because she believed the assembly might have violated its constitution when members reappointed Jane Duncan, one of Metro's two representatives for the Student Advisory Committee to the Auraria Board, who resigned Jan. 22.

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Former VP explains resignation ...

A former member of Metro's Student Government Assembly said Feb. IO he resigned because of frustration with the slow-moving bureaucratic process. Sean Brailey, former vice president of Administration and Finance, resigned Jan. 29. He is one of four members who left their jobs this semester. The student government set a tentative date of Feb. 19 for interviewing candidates for the job, President Karmin Trujillo said.

Sean Jenson, a Metro senior, has already submitted an application. Jenson said if he gets the job, which pays $500 per month, he would like to talk with Metro's governing board about why Metro receives less state funding per student than other state colleges.

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1998-99 The deadline for submitting completed applications to your department is· February 27, 1998

To be eligible for a Colorado Scholars Award you must: • Have and maintain a 3.0 GPA for an academic award; 2.5 GPA for Music or Theatre Talent Awards • Meet Financial Aid Satisfactory Academic Progress each semester of the award

Chicago native relates life in the ghetto Residents of inner-city projects need to be shown more options than the decrepit, 14-story concrete jungle that is their reality, a Florida State University student told an audience in the Tivoli's multicultural lounge Feb. 5.

"I come from the ghetto, an urban inner-city dwelling, where most don't make it and most all fail," said 18-year-old LeAlan Jones, who recently published a book, "Our America," co-authored with Lloyd Newman. The book tells their story of life and death in Chicago's south side.

Jones said he has lectured at campuses around the nation to expose what is wrong in his community as well and others like his. He said education showed him a way out of the mental barriers of the ghetto.

"What type of people are we to spend more money on people that have done wrong?" Jones asked. "We put up new penitentiaries everyday. These institutions do not educate. They do not help. They do not motivate. They only dampen the human spirit."

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Athletics fee works for you, too 11'.P ~(ftm

Editorial News: The Athletics Fee might increase from $18 to $21 per semester.

Views: It is well worth it.

Just because no one watches the games. Just because a Metro Athletics superstar could be sitting right next to you in class and you would never know it. Just because you hate sports.

Just because.

Paying $18 per semester Athletics Fee does more for you - regardless of whether you fit into the aforementioned categories - than you can measure in random thoughts.

OK, so only I 90 athletes participate in Metro sports. OK, attend the games.

only a few people OK. Pick up The Denver Post or Rocky Mountain News this weekend. Turn to the sports section. Read all about the men's and women's basketball teams and the results of the weekend games.

That a single story appears in either of Denver's daily newspapers makes the $18 or proposed $2 I you pay worth it. Regardless.

It is free publicity. The publicity makes Metro

visible . Visibility breeds familiarity. Familiarity breeds respect. Respect makes for a valuable diploma.

Simple.

Not to mention, the 180 students who receive scholarships might never have attended college, graduated and become successful members of society without the chance to pursue college via athletics.

Yeah, you work two jobs, take out student loans, raise a family. So do some of them. Not every athlete gets a full-ride. Vanessa Edwards, a former star of the women's basketball team, worked as any other student might, slinging pizza at the old Primo Pizza store before it became Domino's.

Athletes at Metro live in relative obscurity, shielded from both fame and controversy. When 's the last time you heard about an NCAA scandal at Metro?

And they graduate.

Metro runs . a clean program across the board, educates its athletes and provides some compelling entertainment. Too bad students aren't compelled to see for themselves.

The fee is beneficial to you and the college even if you never watch a contest.

Pay it and receive the benefits. And leave the sweating to the jocks.

Big Brother knows what's best Colorado legislators know that knowledge is power.

This is why Senate Bill 70, which provides tuition vouchers for schooling at one of Colorado's community colleges, passed 34-1 through the Senate on Feb. 9. The measure now sits Claud la in the House's Education Hibbert-BeDan Committee.

Soapbox The bill, if it is passed into law, would help welfare recipients to attain the skills they need to enter the job market and get off the public dole.

The measure, sponsored by Sen. Gloria Tanner, D-Denver, proposes that the Department of Human Services and the State Board for Community Colleges and Occupational Education analyze the job market and recommend what jobs need to be filled.

The state will then pay for those classes that will help people get those jobs.

Therein lies the problem. The legislators haven't defined 'job market," and they arc takmg away the power of education by dictating what people should do.

Education is about opening the mind to new ideas. But this bill limits people to be nothing more than what the state thinks they should be. The state will not pay for any class that it doesn't think will net an income. It will only pay for required courses under an approved degree or certificate program Tanner said the bill's goal is to assure that people will take courses that will lead to a job. But doesn't

everybody do that? This is why people go to college.

It doesn't serve anyone if the state pays for an education that people don't really want. School doesn't come cheap, so state lawmakers believe that the people who qualify for tuition vouchers need direction.

"It's really based on this whole philosophy of welfare reform because of the fact that people have to get off welfare and go to work," says Cecelia Garcia, Tanner's legislative aide.

"And there's some people, they don' t know the job market. Somebody that's the fifth generation person on AFDC, how would they know the job market?"

Tanner said the bill will ensure quality training in a short amount of time. Under the provisions of state welfare reform, welfare recipients only have two years before they are cut off, she said.

So the bill has some merits. But tt doesn't allow much flexibility, a necessary component of education.

Some people aren't good at math, so why shouldn't they be able to take philosophy or creative writing as long as they have a plan lo use it in their field!

Everybody else has that opportunity. It doesn't seem fair that people - just because they can't pay for t)leir education - should be told they can only be wh~t the state believes they should be.

It's better than nothmg, I guess. But if the goal 1s to help people realize their options, this bill is counterproductive and only helps to keep certain people in their places.

Claudia Hibbert-BeDan is a UCD student and a copy editor/columnist for The Metropolitan

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Valentine's Day: Wholesome love or love wholesale?

It's not clear exactly how this festival of two saints, both named Valentine, came to be associated with lovers. The 1997 Information Please Almanac contends that it had something to do with either a pagan festival or the old belief that birds began to mate on this day.

Dave Romberg I think it's something much more Jive sinister.

Corporate propaganaa.

Think about it. Valentine's Day is the only real holiday in February - what kind of moron buys Groundhog Day cards for somebody? - that generates any revenue. But what does it mean? There's no religious observance planned, no patriotic observance planned, yet it's still the second top-grossing gift holiday in the year, behind Christmas.

It's all about money, baby.

I didn't think I was alone in this belief, so I took it to the streets. I meandered around campus, asking random people what Valentine's Day meant to them, and I figured I'd Jet the results speak for themselves.

What does Valentine's day mean to you?

Metro art major, male: It means another day I can forget to blow a wad on my girlfriend and end up spending twice as much on her to make up for it.

Metro business major, female: It means roses, candy and a weekend out of town.

Community College of Denver undeclared major, female: Please leave me alone.

Metro music major, male: Not a damn thing! This holiday is all about supporting the greeting card and candy industry, and I, for one, refuse to be a part of it. Die, capitalist scum, Die! University of Colorado at Denver English major, female: Is this a proposition?

Uhh ... no.

UCD female: Good, 'cause I'd hate to have to have my boyfriend kick your ass.

CCD business major, male: Valentine's Day means reminding the woman you're with how much she means to you. It's a day set aside for sharing love and renewing your commitment.

Do you have a girlfriend?

CCD male: No, but could you print my name and number?

No, but if anyone asks me about it, I'll be sure to point them in your direction.

CCD male: Thanks, but only blondes. You' re not printing that, right?

Uhh ...

Metro art major, female: It means the price of red paint has f*****g doubled!

Metro men's rugby player: It means getting loaded and laid! YEEEAAAHH!! (follows up with painful high five) Is it me, or do the students on this campus seem frighteningly Jaded?

Personally, I'm going to have to bite the bullet and blow a few bucks that I don't have. But even I can't help enjoying that wide-eyed smile of hers when she opens the gift I gave her.

But do I really need to have a certain holiday to do it'?

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

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Mission impossible: a police report witEver nessed an armed robbery?

I haven't, but I have seen the aftermath: a police report.

One summer morning in 1993, I Jesse Stephenson asked to see the arrest record for the The Scoop man convicted of holding up my boss who worked at a downtown Denver grocery store.

It took less than a minute for the clerk at the Denver City and County Building to retrieve the robber's file.

A year later, I requested to see the criminal history of a former electrical engineering professor at Metro. No problem.

I even got the chance to purchase the professor's police mug for under $5.

The ease of getting these records gave

me the idea that I could pop into the Denver City and County Building and emerge within minutes, documents In hand.

How wrong I was.

Twice I have tried to get police reports in the past three months and twice I have failed.

Not because Denver police or county courthouse clerks are unwilling to let me see them, it's just that they refuse to search for the reports if it means doing more than glancing at their computer screens.

According to Denver Police Officer Virginia Lopez, the department doesn't keep records of arrests made the previous day on their computer files. Or the day before that.

In fact, Lopez informed me that anyone wanting to find out about an arrest made by a Denver officer has to wait 10 days before the information is entered into the county court and the police computer network. Ten days is the maximum time any government department or agency can

withhold public information under the Colorado Open Records Act. But while Denver police might be in compliance with the law, making people wait over a week to get evidence of an arrest is unreasonable from a reporter's perspective and possibly dangerous from anyone else's.

What about the homeowner who wants to find out if the intruder that police caught mid-burglary has been charged?

What about the reporter who wants to confirm reports that a senator got arrested that day on suspicion of shoplifting?

What about the woman who wants to see whether the ex-boyfriend who is stalking her was jailed after his arrest?

The police force's aim is to serve and protect.

But until the Denver department rids itself of this irresponsible record-keeping system that mission will be impossible to fulfill.

Jesse Stephenson is a Metro student and news editor of The Metropolitan

Letters Lamamra paints conflicting picture Editor, At the end of last semester, Ramtame Lamamra, Algerian Ambassador to the United States, spoke at the Auraria Campus and gave his government's view of the tragic situation in the country where between 80,000-100,000 people have died - most of them civilians - in a wave of bloodshed that has continued since 1992.

Lamamra blamed the violence on "Islamic extremists" while defending his government's role. He suggested that the security situation has become more or less under contr9l and that the population in its majority stand behind the present government.

Lamarnra also made a special point of cri_ticizing recent reports of human rights groups like Amnesty International that have raised questions in recent months that the government itself might be responsible for some of the violence and that the opposition to the military-backed government of President Zeroual is actual-

ly far broader than a small band of zealot Islamic guerrillas. In this spirit, the ambassador rejected as unnecessary a suggestion that the present government enter into talks with the opposition and seek some kind of negotiated settlement.

Lamamra's rosy picture conflicts with reality. The killings have continued in December and January, contradicting his claims that the violence is winding down.

Accusations ranging from neglect to open complicity of the military in the violence from Algerian sources continue to be made. The question of the military's broader role as the power behind the scenes manipulating the political process is also raised. An excellent report by CNN's Christian Amanpour in December of last year only underlined all these questions.

In the interim, the U.S. State Department., which traditionally has refrained from commenting much on Algeria, took the unusual step of calling

for an independent investigation of the situation. That statement seems to be in support and in tandem with a European Union initiative. In an unprecedented step, the EU sent a fact-finding delegation to Algiers; that delegation was essentially stone-walled by the ZerouaJ government, who it seems, had more to hide than to share and left after one day. But a process was begun which it will be co.me increasingly difficult for the government in Algiers to ignore.

As in Bosnia (where the EU also asked for American help to resolve a regional conflict it was not prepared to resolve on its own), the internationalization of the Algerian crisis - its emergence on the international agenda and in the press - is a positive step toward bringing the current tragedy to a close.

Rob Prince Metro anthropology instructor

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The first pieces noticed are two untitled aluminum works done by Tom Logan. Both of the flat ~ wall hangings are geometrically pleasing with a strong silver finish suggesting an architectural inspiration.

Around the corner· from Logan, is Noellynn Pepos' Bad Cede, a tall, vertically standing iron beam, curved and smoothed with fine edges and points. Next ~ to it lies a podlike figure wound together by thin strands of iron much like a metal ball of yarn.

"I am currently fascinated with barriers and the undertones and ironies of their function," Pepos said.

"Through their active or passive power, they can protect, suppress or empower. Reflecting upon these ~ ideas, my work is meant to awaken the visual senses to the texture value and color of society."

Next, Sarah Obrecht's series of crude copper devices hang along a . wall together appearing much like medieval torture devices- sharp and primitive with jagged and fine points. The current work continues to explore the use of multiples and contrasting surfaces in response to natural forms. Elements are layered/grouped for their tactile quality and the sound created when handled, Obrecht said.

"By combining natural references with controlled forms, I create my own spices: nature with a twist," ,.,-. · Obrecht said.

One of the more functional, however, no less elegant pieces is Sideboard Table, by Albert Paley. The base of the table consists of fabricated-forged steel, heavy with a fine ribbonlike steel winding and tangling around the legs supporting a glass top. On the ..... table are Paley's two White House Candlesticks, forged in the same way as the table base.

Beside Paley's work is another such functional piece by Beverly Penn, titled Stack. The tall and narrow table and chair are both steel, standing together in a corner and give the scene a lonely visual and a sense . :. of longing for freedom from an industrial environment. The piece is also set off by a stack of copper tom notebook paper loosely stacked on the small tabletop.

"Each of my sculptures alludes to the mixed blessings of contemporary daily life by emphasizing -:- the interactions and negotiations that happen between people and their environments," Penn said. "I pose the human figure against architectural structures as a way of naming the struggle." In some pieces architecture dominates the figures, while in other work the figures are disturbingly absent," Penn said.

One of the more immense pieces on display is Tom Joyce's Quoin 1, a large work consisting of two iron circles fastened together by wood binding four rows of four stacks of books. The Pyrophte series of work (Quoin and Platen) deals with questions raised in considering the consolidation of information inside - the age of computers, Joyce said. Joyce's Platen is of two hanging parallel iron beams with pages of books seemingly burned onto them.

"Most of these pieces are titled after printing terms," Joyce said after having worked in a printing press at age 16. "Many are bound of squeezed with in ...-.: iron structures as type is held in an iron printers case."

Peter Joseph also contributes a sizable work to the exhibit. His Laddie and An End to a Means to an End are both heavy-looking structures fashioned out of steel and appearing like wrecking balls with folding spherical basses.

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SPARKLY: Detail of Albert Paley's S;deboard Table, on display at Metro's Center for the Visual Arts through Feb. 28.

a thin standing square steel face, rusted with jagged points constituting a border. "This piece I have always placed alone, in a forest, in the middle of a field of grain, half eclipsed by the grain itself, its profile suggesting the imminent cutting of the harvester but also suggesting the profile of a simple solitary house of dreams, a field's square, an iron pulse or point of sharp, gritty jubilation and repose," Diamond-Nigh said.

Other artists on hand include Richard Beckman, J. Agnes Chwae, Gary Griffen and Carol Kumata.

Contemporary Metals USA is running through Feb. 28 at the Center for the Visual Arts at 1701 Wazee St. Gallery hours are 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays through Thursdays, 11 a.m.-8 p.m., Fridays and noon4 p.m.• Saturdays.

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OTIS P&S Lounge 3416 E. Colfax Ave. 320-1200

Everyone knows Colfax Avenue is the longest paved road in these parts.

"Main Street America," it's sometimes called (among other things).

At night, Colfax lights up like a smile, and it covers the entire city - from the foot of the Rocky Mountains to the stretches of the Great Plains.

And saying, "Hey, there's a good bar on Colfax" is like saying there's an apparent shortage of attractive concubines for the Chief Executive of either this country or this state (as a matter of fact, Colfax looks like a preschooler drinking a 40ouncer compared to the alleged oral activity at the Oval Office, and Gov. Gomer with his "affection" for BJ.) Not that there's stiff competitions among the Monica Lewinskys of Colfax (because there is - pun not intended because I didn't think of it first); but Colfax is like a life-sized version of the board game Candy Land. There's plenty of gumdrop liquor stores and bars, in addition to the truly seamy side of Mayberry.

Sinister Mayberry. Cherish the thought. (You know Barney Fife also has a mistress? Complete with fur-lined handcuffs and a leather-and-chain love affair.)

That brings me to P&S Lounge on East Colfax on, say, a Monday night. True to Colfax style, P&S Lounge is classic and ambivalent. There's even an old sign outside the door that's shaped like a 7-foot Dean Martin martini glass.

What a progressive and refreshing atmosphere. Not one of these theme bars in Mayberry as of late. It's not a swing bar. It's not a sports bar. It's not a chocolate bar. Instead, it's a nicely-timed version of Colfax 1950s (or 1960s or 1970s - take your pick) nostalgia. Depending on who's playing at the Bluebird Theater across the street, you might even meet someone from the big city.

I can picture Sheriff Taylor and a neophyte Lewinsky-girl now, circa 1957 in P&S Lounge now.

She's got his cigar in her pouty mouth and he's preparing his State of The Mayberry speech. Floyd the barber and Gomer are as loquacious as ever, sitting in the next booth.

Back in the day when the Bluebird wasn't the place you'd want to take Ellie May and Thelma on a date (unless they were porn stars), that's what I'm talking about.

-by Frank Kimilch

BAAAH: Adam Sandler, with 1998's most unfortunate movie hairdo so far , makes "The Wedding Singer" worthwhile.

Sandler fans rejoice: 'Singer' funny

By Ricardo Baca The Metropolitan

I guess it all comes down to this question: Do you usually like Adam Sandler movies?

If Billy Madison made you as giddy as a third grader, The Wedding Singer fits your niche.

But if Happy Gilmore made you everything but happy, feed your comedy fix elsewhere this weekend.

In habitual Sandler style, barring a few talking goats and foul-mouthed buffoons, his latest movie fits the mold and still works beautifully.

Obviously, I own both Madison and Gilmore.

In most of Sandler's movies he plays a character who's a little on the awkward side, sporting one quality that causes him to stand out from the rest. But this time he's not a superfluously dumb, rich kid or a hockey player who has a knack for golf. This time, he can sing.

His specialty: singing contemporary pop hits at wedding receptions.

Robbie's obvious love for weddings makes him anxious for his very own nuptials. Unfortunately, his fiancee disagreed and left him at the altar.

Having lost his love and, in turn, his love for weddings, Robbie's pouty, dismal self seeks week-long refuge in his apartment below his sister's house.

But his pathetic world is then interrupted by his beautiful waitress friend, Julia (Drew Barrymore).

She is engaged and needs Robbie's expertise in finding the cheapest flowers, the most luscious cake and the loveliest wedding dress.

After spending a lot of time together, he falls in Joye with her but decides to ignore his feelings until he learns her fiancee is a good-for-nothing cheat. Then, of course, he busts a mack and gets the girl.

What else can you say about a movie like this? It's Adam Sandler. It's damn funny and entertaining.

Sandler gets an opportunity to showcase his voice -:- which is good in many respects.

Throughout the film , he sings his cheap karaoke versions of such 1980s hits as Dead or Alive's "Round and Round" and The Buggies' "Video Killed the Radio Star."

Barrymore proved once again that a prominent double chin can be sexy as hell. Her acting was ... well, better than her Mgd Love days, but nowhere near her Boys on the Side performance.

One annoyance with the movie was the careless use of the boom overhead microphone. In many scenes it clumsily hung atop the screen, upstaging the performers. It happened so often I wondered if the director was doing it on purpose. But the cameo of Billy Idol made it all worth it.

And, I guess, there are always a few snags when you're tying the knot.

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Slim Cessna's Auto Club, Feb. 14, 9 p.m., $5.

Pat DiNizio, Feb. 17, 8 p.m., $8.

Let's Go Bowling, Feb. 19, 8 p.m., $8

William Topley, Feb. 13-14, 9 p.m., $10.50.

Freddie and the Soulshakers, Feb. 15, 9 p.m., $5.25.

The Wailers, Feb. 19, 9 p.m., $21.

Chief Broom, Feb. 20, 9 p.m., $5.25.

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Gaunt, The Emirs and Sizewell, Feb. 17.

The Snatchers, Feb. 19.

Cabaret Diosa, Feb. 13, 9:30 p.m., $9.

Crystal Swing Band, Feb. 14, 9:30 p.m., $8.

Jazz West, Feb. 15, 7:30 p.m., $6.

Trunk of Shadows, Feb. 17, 9 p.m., $3.

The Savoy Orchestra, Feb. 18, 7:30 p.m., $6. 路 The Fred Muldenhauser Septet, Feb. 19, 7:30 p.m., $6.

Milongo Mercurio, Feb. 20, 9:15 p.m., $8.

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Old favorites get new twist in 'Brief History'

By Ricardo Baca The Metropolitan

In everything but traditional Caucasian doo-wop style, this show rocks the mic.

Broadway had its Smokey Joe's Cafe, a musical revue featuring the work on songwriters Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller.

Well, off-Broadway's answer to that is A Brief History of White Music, a similar show, but with a twist. All the songs, originally performed by white artists, are performed by black singers.

True, many of these white hits of the 1950s and 1960s (including Elvis' repertoire), were ripped off from black songwriters or heavily influenced by R&B and jazz styles. But with the times being as they were (close-minded and racist), whites got to sing them on the radio, hence the Caucasian recognition and the eternal fame.

Now, these songs are being transformed by this soulful three-person cast, - fulfilling a dream for Robert Johnson, the show's sole male.

"The songs of white music: The Beach Boys, Elvis and Connie Francis ...

Music we've always wanted to sing," he said, in as sarcastic a voice as possible.

But the cast didn't just sing the songs as you've heard them before; they added different elements of style, mode and harmony. Some of it worked, but some songs should just be left alone.

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The rendition of Buddy Holly 's "That'll Be The Day" was a prime example of creative arranging. Having fun with the in-unison chorus, they then blasted out into a unique, three-part harmony for the remainder of the song.

Also healthy were their renditions of "Love Potion #9," a near acid-jazz sounding "I Will Follow Him," and a sultry "Son of a Preacher Man." Arrangements lacking inventiveness included an Elvis medley; "I Wanna Hold Your Hand ," and my favorite tune, "Bei Mir 1st Ou Shoen."

Burlesque behavior was added to the show when Johnson and Tonya Latrice Phillips took the stage to sing "I Got You Babe." Johnson, on his knees, sang like an absolutely horrendous, off-pitch Sonny Bono, and Phillips played an all-grins, speech-smearing Cher.

Natalie Oliver-Atherton, the third cast member, also had a flair for the amusing.

Her "Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini" was the comedic pinnacle of the show. She literally had people in tears of laughter.

But, as in any revue, some songs just don't match up to the originals.

The arrangers should have left the Beatles out of the mix. Their versions of "She Loves You," "With A Little Help From My Friends" and "Imagine" were lame. And their slaughtering of "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" was insulting to any Fab Four fan.

Photo courtesy Vogue Theater

Natalie Oliver-Atherton, Robert Johnson and Tonya Phillips rewrite musical history In A Brief History of White Music, running through February at the Vogue Theater, 1465 S. Pearl St. For Information or tickets, call 765-2711.

Lacking the theatricality of his two partners, Johnson was a little stiff as he danced and grooved. But his vocal performance shined as his tractor-beamlike eye contact with the audience drew them in like a hungry lynx to his prey.

Pianist Ron Savage rounded out the

show with his enthusiastic playing. This guy is a performer. He made his presence known with his wild head-bobbing - at times upstaging the perfonners.

This over dramatic musician should get into acting. He was more entertaining than many local music perfonners.

Something 'wicked' this Valentine's Day comes

By Ricardo Baca The Metropolitan

If sick and twisted is your fix and you want to get your kicks - but Feb. 14 usually licks - then this, you must fix.

Sit down and obey and listen to me say that the Mercury Cafe will rock this Valentine's Day. OK, so my poetry needs help. But your usual, inane approach to Cupid's day does, too. So heed this advice.

With a severely disturbed V-Day history behind them, the Mercury Motley Players are once again presenting the dark, sick and sexy comedy Lovers Split Strangers Split Lovers. It's a 12-scene play that was originally written 20 years ago. It's performed yearly, modernized to fit changes in society.

Mercury Cafe owner Marilyn Megenity said the play, which is perfonned by the cafe's employees, focuses on love and sex. ''The i;c~nes are dark and twisted and so are the workers here, so it'll be fun," she said.

One of her favorite characters is Helen (Jenny Goetz), who has been cheating on her husband for years with her girlfriend, Cathy. Her scene entails Cathy threatening suicide in Helen's bathroom at Helen's anniversary party.

Goetz, a self-proclaimed minimalist poet, said acting gives her a chance for vocal expression.

"As a writer of short stories, I don't get a chance to get up and read in front of people very often," the 27-year-old bartender said. "I like doing

it, even if it is once a year."

Another favorite character is Jay, who videotapes himself dancing naked and then replays it without sound at parties. Or you could meet the domineering wife Wilma and her junkie husband, Johnny. Their situation: She's dying to have sex, but he's "not in the mood tonight."

Although the evening should prove to be rewarding

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for the audience, the cast may be a little stressed. They will be waiting tables and cooking up a mean stew when they're not on stage.

"You'll probably see your waiters in some kind of a funky costume," Megenity said.

She will also be acting in the production - this year as Marge, a woman who has decided, along with her husband, that she no longer digs swinging, having sex with other couples.

Should you choose to eat, Goetz and her fellow staffers will be serving up something wicked. The Mercury is enchanting all of its dishes with spells of love and lust.

"We always enchant our food," Megenity said, "but for Valentine's Day, we'll use a lot of love-enhancing herbs and spices from around the world."

Her favorites include basil, garlic and cinnamon, but there are many more. Keep your eye out for that love potion No. 9.

She added that the restaurant and theater are usually very busy during the show's three-day run. Reservations are encouraged.

It's an alternative approach to a holiday with too many traditions. If you're nervous, take Megenity's disclaimer on this jilted take on the holiday: "It's truly romantic - even through it's sick."

Lovers Split Strangers Split Lovers runs Feb. 13 and 14 at 7:30 p.m. and Feb. 15 at 5 p.m.

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Metro English professor takes pride in heritage

By Tim Fields The Metropolitan

"Nothing is impossible to a willing heart. " - John Heywood

The best of the best.

Excellence in leadership personifies Gwendolyn Thomas. A teacher and mentor to many on campus, she continues to educate and inspire.

From the mid '60s to the present, she continues to be a key figure in the ongoing creation of a unified community. A major focus of her teachings is to celebrate our diversity.

"Society shouldn't be color blind, for color is a distinguishing feature of individuality, but not as a liability." she said.

Thomas was the first at Metro to teach an African American literature course, and stresses the importance of studying the past. To fully comprehend the entire American experience, one must see the African American viewpoint, she said.

Taking great pride in her heritage, the

emphasis of her leadership is in the cultivation of self-empowerment. By teaching the history of African Americans, she embeds in her students a reality of achievement beyond the chains of society.

"We have so much to give because of the sacrifices of the past," she said.

Along with Thomas' service. for the American Civil Liberties Union and Colorado Civil Rights Commission, she chaired the Urban League board for IQ years. There will always be a great need for mentors and positive role models in society, she said.

In the early '60s, her family members

were the first African ¡Americans in Chamber Heights in Aurora. There she founded an activist organization called Concerned Citizens About Minorities in Aurora. This organization still is a valuble link in that community.

In 1980, she took the position as dean of community and human studies. She then served as assistant vice president of institutional advancement, and eventually as vice president of student affairs.

Thomas continues in her teachings of African American Literature at Metro and remains a key figure in community leadership.

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A lesson worth learning: show up Humpty Dumpty had a great fall ...

They snickered at defeat only one night before, then promptly had their noses rubbed in a shocking 75-71 overtime loss Feb. 7 Kyle Ringo at Colorado Christian University.

Considering the Metro women's basketball team had never lost a game to CCU (l 6-6, 11-4) in 17 previous contests, it made sense for the Roadrunners to expect a win. But it is nonsensical to assume victory by default or to think that by gracing the other team with your mere presence victory is assured, not just expected.

And the Roadrunners' 23-point drubbing of the Cougars at the Auraria Events Center earlier this season probably added to those expectations.

But because of those fraudulent thoughts from a team cocky enough to be talking about a trip to the national tournament two weeks before its regular season ends, the Metro women's basketball team is the Green Bay Packers of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference.

It is a team talking the talk while walking in place.

You thought Metro (18-4, 13-2) might have learned its lesson one night before the loss to Christian when it let a beleaguered Regis team ( 11-11, 8-7) hang around with a chance to win with as little as 7 minutes left in the game.

Coach Darryl Smith then called a timeout and verbally assaulted his team with his Nick Nolte vocal cords, espousing something to the effect of "You have 7 minutes left to win the (expletive) basketball game.

"Do you want to play some basketball now?"

The Roadrunners responded and won but let the Cougars maul them the next day. This time, the most ferocious Smith tirade couldn't wake the Roadrunners long

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STUFFED: Metro s~nlor Farrah Magee tries to shoot the ball past the arm of a Regis University defender Feb. 6 at the Regis Fleldhouse enough for the team to recapture the lead, keep it and win the game.

Instead, the Roadrunners tied it, after trailing by 15 at one point, and sent the game into an extra period where they fell back to sleep.

There are several explanations for the loss. Leaving Christian players all alone for uncontested layups is just one of them.

Maybe the team got distracted by the Christian fans unfurling a giant paper banner that read, "Sit down, Darryl."

But the worst, the one thought not possible in a take-them-one-game-at-a. time-cliche-filled-age in sports, is the most true.

Metro overlooked two teams on backto-back nights.

"Maybe we thought these two games would be easy wins," junior forward Danielle Stott said. "I don't know what we thought."

They were thinking about NebraskaKearney.

Kearney, the only RMAC team to beat Metro before CCU, is the next opponent Feb. 13 at Auraria Events Center at 5 p.m. The Roadrunners had revenge on their minds - for an embarrassing 25point loss to Kearney earlier this season one week before revenge mattered. Now it doesn't.

Revenge is too pitiful to motivate Metro for what it is really playing for now - its season.

The Roadrunners can't afford to lose another game this season. Any defeat could knock them from the regional rankings where they are currently fifth, which amazingly, is one spot better than a week ago.

Only the top six teams in the region move into the postseason. Metro can't afford to rely on the ranking committee's generosity again.

Winning the conference tournament or receiving enough votes to be ranked in the region are the only two ways to land a Regional Tournament spot, thereby justifying all the lofty predictions of postseason success.

So if Metro is going to make use of its post-season travel plans, arranged a week ago, it will have to do it the hard way.

Metro must beat Kearney and three other teams to finish the regular season, then beat Kearney again in the conference tournament, or at least fail to do so in the championship game.

Not before.

It might have been easier had the team been paying attention.

Is it baseball's new beginning, or is-it another spring?

By Kyle Ringo The Metropolitan Thirsting for the taste of that first beer as you slide into a sunwarmed seat? Can't wait to take a bite out of a ballpark hot dog?

Want to hear the fans roar at the crack of the bat?

Well, you will have to wait for the Colorado Rockies.

But, to a lesser extent, some of your mid-summer dreams can be fulfilled beginning Feb. 13 at Auraria Field at 2 p.m.

It will be openmg day for the Metro baseball team: This season the team feels it has something to prove Everyone knows that with the birth of a new baseball season comes eternal cptirn1sm, and nothing is different at Metro.

For years now, the Roadrunners have predicted solid seasons in the dead of winter. And, for at least five years, since coach Vince Porreco took over as leader of the program, the Roadrunners have floundered .

So what will make this year and this team different?

"Even though we have a lot of d ifferent faces, we are probably a lot closer as a team than we ever were last year," Porreco said.

"These guys have one goal, and that is to go out on the field every day and practice and be a winner."

Porreco said he thinks the 1998 Roadrunners' desire is the team's best asset. It is a group that wants to do well for each other and tihe program. And that attitude by. itself should make Metro a better team than it has been in recent years.

Last season, the team spent the season cha~ing perennial powerhouses Fort Hays State, Mesa State and Southern Colorado This season, the team plans to be in the thick of th111gs all year.

It's because of the aforementioned attitude adjustment and a host of new recruits that players who have been around for several years feel they finally have a chance to be a part of<: winner. It isn't just because it's spring, they 111s1st.

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HURLER: Metro pitcher T.J. McAvoy plays catcher for a moment during a Feb. 11 practice at Auraria Fields.

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Fight ends einotional night

By Kyle Ringo

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It got ugly at Regis.

Moments after the Metro men's basketball team los路t '93-74 at Regis University on Feb. 6, a brawl between some of the schools' fans spilled out of the stands and onto the side of the court.

It was all the proof needed for anyone who ever doubted the seriousness of the cross-town rivalry.

No one was seriously injured in the melee, Metro's Sports Information Director Mark Cicero said.

Other fans and Regis school officials helped to break up the fight and escorted some of the combatants from the building.

The loss snapped a five-game winning streak for the Roadrunners.

Regis guard Peller Sparks poured in a game-high 34 points, hitting five threepointers and 11 of 12 free throws.

Martin Glastetter, a former Metro player now playing for Regis, made up for a lackluster performance earlier this season at Metro by scoring 21 points and pulling down 11 rebounds.

"We got our butts kicked the first time," Glastetter said, adding that he thought this game was a better indicator of 路 how the two teams match up.

Glastetler said he enjoys playing against his former learn and would relish the opportunity to play the Roadrunners in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference tournament.

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GOIN' GLASS: Metro freshman Ollie Brent battles a Regis University player during a Feb. 6 game.

"That's who I want to play," Glastetter said.

Metro coach Mike Dunlap said he thought the game turned at a pivotal moment in the second half when Metro was called for an intentional foul, giving Regis two foul shots and possession of the ball.

It was rare to see an official get emotionally involved in the game, Dunlap said.

Metro plays Nebraska-Kearney on Feb. 13 at home at 7 p.m.

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BATIER UP: Metro assistant baseball coach Chan Mayber hits fly. balls to outfielders Feb. 11 at the schools' new baseball field.

METRO'S OPENING DAY STARTERS

.344 batting average, for players with more than The new blood consists of a mix of junior 100 at bats. He also led the team with 11 home college transfers and a few players plucked runs and 40 RBI. But offense has never been Metro's problem. straight out of high school.

Defense has.

Leo Torres, a junior left-handed pitcher who Last season the team committed I 08 errors transferred from Yavapai Junior College in Ariz., 49 games, which led Metro to a 20-29 record. in will be the starting pitcher opening day, Porreca Transfers Jimmy Johnson (centerfield) and said.

Cory Linteo (shortstop) hope to change Metro's Torres combined with fellow transfers penchant for the miscue.

Kevin Watson (right-handed) and Ariel Garibay Linteo has caught his teammates by surprise (right-handed) and the bulk of last season's some startling defensive play in fall and prewith starters should make this season's pitching staff season practices, while Johnson rarely misplays a the most formidable in Porreco's tenure as coach.

Porreca says. ball, Returning starters are: right-handed senior "I think we have really excited some peoT.J. McAvoy, left-handed senior Geoff Abbey, Johnson said. ple," and right-handed junior Bill Ryan.

"The players realize the coaches are trying to "It always comes down to (pitching)," some players." get Porreca said. "We have six guys who can start a Those players and a new attitude have the game and give us a chance to win."

Roadrunners setting lofty goals.

Perhaps the best judge of any pitching Winning the RMAC championship might improvement is senior catcher Pat Maxwell. seem unrealistic to those familiar with Metro Maxwell is entering his fifth season as part but the players, at least, are convinced it baseball, of the Metro program. He is Roadrunner basecan be done. ball.

Metro will have to overcome ranked conferMaxwell has been excited in past springs ence teams in Fort Hays (No. 10) and Southern and is well aquainted with the' disappointment Colorado (No. 14) along with Mesa State, which a'sociated with failed predictions, but even he spent last season in the nation's top 25. says this year is different.

The Roadrunners might have a better shot at "Pitching wise, it looks real good," Maxwell turning things around and conquering the confersaid. "I mean, I've been here five years, and this ence with injured outfielder Tim Carlson. is the first time the pitchers have come in and But Carlson called the team's best hitter • known what they were doing." by Porreca is still recovering from a wrist Maxwell's experience behind the plate callHe injury suffered last season on a check-swing. ing games and his powerful bat might be enough is scheduled to have surgery Feb. 17 and will to keep Metro in games regardless.

The catcher led the team last season with a miss the season.

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Application deadline is Feb. 26. Auditions held in March. Call 837-1839 for application.

A.A. Meetings: Wednesdays from I :30-2:30 p.m. and Thursdays from noon.12:50 p.m.

Auraria Library 205. 556-2525.

Adult Children of Alcoholics Meetings: Wednesdays from noon- I p.m., Auraria Library 205. 556-2525.

Bible Study: Held by the Baptist Student Union. 11 a.m., Tuesdays and Wednesdays, St. Francis Center, Room 4. Call 750-5390.

CCD Art Exhibit: Juried show featuring works by CCD art students. Feb. 16 - Mar. 5.

Opening reception Feb. 17, 4:30-7:30 p.m.

Emmanuel Gallery, 10th and Lawrence Street Mall, Auraria. Open Mondays-Fridays, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. 556-8337.

Contemporary Metals USA: Art show featuring works in metal by 15 artists. Through Feb. 28 at the Metro's Center for the Visual Arts, 1701 Wazee St. Open Tuesday-Thursday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Friday, 11 a.m.-8 p.m. and Saturday, noon-4 p.m. 294-5207.

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Lecture: 'The Role of Affirmative Action and its Future," with Linda Merick from the National Association of Working Women, and Wayne Vaden from the Independence Institute.

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