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The Metro baseball team stands for the national anthem before Its season opener Feb. 13 at the refurbished Aurarla Fields. Metro hosted York State College from Nebraska, sweeping a three game series. Questions about th& dimensions and angle of the field arose In earnest after three home runs cleared the left field fence, landing 'on Aurarla Parkway, which could pose a threat to passing motorists. See page 17.

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Snow stops crash investigcltion Fa.mily, friends await explanation in death of aviation graduate

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An investigation into the plane crash that killed a Metro graduate Jan. 17 will not begin until spring.

John Dale Rosseloll Jr.. 33, who received his bachelor's degree in aviation from Metro in 1991, was piloting a twin-engine Cessna between Reno, Nev. and Sonora, Calif. Rosseloll's friends said the plane, modified for cargo, crashed in a remote location seven miles southeast of Walker, Calif.

Thomas H. Wilcox of the National Transportation Safety Board field office in Los Angeles, said snowstorms are preventing investigators from reaching the crash site.

Because of the deep snow, investigators "could probably not even find (the plane) if we were standing on top of it," Wilcox said.

He said snowstorms and avalanche conditions delayed the recovery of Rosselott's body.

Wilcox said the board is not speculating on the cause Photo courtesy of the Rosselott family of the crash. After investigators can reach the site, it will take about six months for the department to issue a report. FRIENDLIER SKIES: John Rosselott, left, and his friend, Kevin King, flew from Las Vegas to San Wilcox said investigators interviewed Rosselott's Francisco In March 1996. Rosselott, 33, died In a crash Jan. 17 In Caltfomla. passenger, Franco D. Salluce of Sonora, Calif., but he said Saa.tuce is- suffering,frOl'n -a mernl:Jry lapse commotr"With - know what happen~~fri.~ht awa~ It seems the best thing Rosselott's death with "a great deal of sadness." crash survivors.· · · '~ "We like to look at what happened and see if there is to do is accept it and wait urttil NTSB report comes out."

"His memory may come back, or it may not," Wilcox King said Rosselott was the second Metro student he anything we can re-emphasize in teaching," she said. said. "Only time will tell."

King said Rosselott's friends will hold an memorial knew who died in a plane crash. Troy Ward, Rosselott's Kevin King, Rosselott's friend and fellow pilot roommate in college, died in 1991 outside Sterling, Colo. April in Denver. described Rosselott as an excellent pilot, with more than "He was a friend and a brother to everyone he met."

Another Metro graduate, Candi Kubeck, died while 3,000 hours of flying time. Rosselott was familiar with piloting ValuJet flight 592, which crashed into the Florida King said. "What was his was everybody's." both the aircra(t and terrain where the plane crashed, he Everglades in May 1996. Kubeck had logged close to Rosselott is survived by his mother and stepfather, said.

9,000 hours of flying time.

Margaret and Don Carroll of Los Altos, Calif.; father and "This hits closer to home," King said. "I talked to Jo Carol Jones, chairwoman of Aerospace Science at stepmother John and Martha Rosselott, and sister Lisa him just two days before he died. Everybody wants to Metro, said the department reacted to the news of Rosseloll of San Jose, Calif.

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Auraria officials are tight-lipped about why a counselor that some students credit for turning their lives around was fired Feb. 3.

Carol Barr, who worked for Auraria's Disability Services Office, "had a wonderful work ethic," said Karen Rosenschein, director of Disability Services.

Auraria officials launched an investigation into Barr's performance Jan. 15, said Dick Feuerborn, Auraria's director of Facilities, Planning and Use. Rosenschein put Barr on administrative leave one time before that, but Feuerborn and Rosenschein wouldn't comment further.

"There's certain things I can say and can share and other things I can't." Feuerborn said. "This is a state classified personnel issue."

As such, students were not allowed to speak on Barr's behalf. And this was frustrating for those who came to trust her. Barr started working for Metro in February 1994 · and- -counseled students in Metro's Student Support Services before she started working for Disability

Services in August 1995.

When Barr left Student Support Services, Ann Marie Hurtado, a former Metro student, followed her, and they would sometimes meet for lunch to talk about school.

"There's no other way to describe how helpful she was and how good of a role model and mentor she was," said Hurtado, who graduated spring 1996.

Hurtado said she had a "rough lime" when she started school and had to drop out after she lost a scholarship.

Then, Hurtado met Barr in Student Support Services, and Barr provided constant encouragement, helped her pick classes and win back her scholarship.

"Basically, she helped me turn everything around," Hurtado said. "I graduated and got a really good job, just bought a new house- and am getting married. I mean I think she played a really big role in my life."

Barr provided the same advice to students in Disability Services and much more, said Brenda Mosby, president of .Leadership Education Awareness with Direction, a club that represents students with disabilities.

Mosby said that without Barr, the club might not have existed, and many of the club's goals would not have been realized. LEAD successfully lobbied Metro officials to address accessibility issues and the school's compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. As a result, the college created task forces to reevaluate Metro's policies regarding students with disabilities,

and it named a permanent ADA coordinator. The college also promised to set up workshops to help faculty and staff better serve students with disabilities.

"She was totally instrumental in getting the disability club started, in getting the task force that \l\ie're doing started, in gettipg the self-evaluation plan that we're doing started," Mosby said. "She was a big advocate for students with disabilities. I guess I personally feel that she was very vocal ... in trying to stand up for students because it just hasn't been there."

Rosenschein said her office will soon start searching for a new counselor. Auraria hired one and has another working as a temp. Letters have been mailed out to explain the change in personnel, and the office is trying to make a smooth transition, Rosenschein said.

But Mosby isn't satisfied.

"DSO says, 'Hey, if you need help, come in and we'll help you,' so I don't want another counselor," she said.

"It's one thing if your counselor is sick. It's another thing if your counselor quits. If it was something that was legitimate, fine.

"But the fact that she's just gone and nobody will tell you anything, I don't want to go set up with another counselor. She was my mentor, my friend. I mean she understands. That's the thing about when you have a counselor.

They understand you. I've been working with Carol since '95."

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Ninety percent of Metro students said in a recent survey professors apply the same perfonnance standards to them as to their peers, regardless of ethnicity, gender, disability or sexual orientation.

The Campus Climate Survey results show the campus population endorses diversity among students and employees. The results also highlighted doubts of the administration's long-tenn commitment to diversity, and fears among some that they could face retaliation for reporting discrimination.

However, many students and employees are not aware of college services for people tormented by discrimination, the survey showed.

Percy Morehouse, Metro director of Equal Opportunity, helped coordinate the survey. The survey was mailed out twice, and Morehouse said he received 1,487 responses.

"I want to know why people believe that if they come forward with complaints that somebody Percy Morehouse would retaliate," Morehouse said.

Results were initially due out in October, but Morehouse said he underestimated the time required to complete compiling the survey results.

Now the Diversity Management Task Force, the group that commissioned the survey, will review the results and decide how to respond. The committee, made up of students, faculty, staff and administrators, will meet March 20 with Metro President Sheila Kaplan to make recommendations.

Morehouse said the committee's recommendations will be in place by fall 1998 or spring 1999. The college will conduct the survey again in about two years to determine if its response to these survey results was effective.

Some faculty and students dispute the survey's accuracy, and say mailing it twice to the same sample might slant the results if they got two surveys from the same person.

More~use said the possibility of getting duplicate responses was very low, however, because people compiling survey results would catch and remove duplicates.

He said the company that compiled results, Advance Associates, did not report any duplicates.

But Monys Hagen, a Metro history professor and president of the Faculty Senate, said she inadvertently returned two surveys.

When the first copy of the survey came in the mail, Hagen said she filled it out, prepared it for mailing and left it on her desk. When she returned, the survey was gone.

Hagen received a second copy of the survey in the mail, answered the questions again and put it in the mail.

Hagen said she later found out someone had taken the first survey from her desk and mailed it for her.

Morehouse said he had considered conducting a phone survey but decided the cost would be too high. :

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"Lots of people think we're fluff, that we're nonessential," McKelvey said. ''This is to get the (Metro) administration to realize that Student Life programs have an impact."

Results of the survey, which was distributed to students from Feb. 9 to 13, will be available by mid-March.

Students from all three Auraria institutions pay fees that 80 to Campus Recreation, but the program is under Metro's administrative control.

McKelvey said the results won't be used to elicit more student fees because program is already adequately funded. She will determine how to use and interpret the results when the study is completed, she said.

The study asks questions about student involvement in Campus Recreation activities, such as intramural and club sports, the Physically Challenged Program and the Outdoor Adventure Program.

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Metro adds young students The student population at Metro is younger and more ethnically diverse this semester than a year ago, figures from the office of Institutional Research show.

Total enrollment has not changed much since last spring with 16,654 students, only six fewer than in 1997.

Metro made gains in every ethnic group, except whites.

The number of students under 24 increased by 285

this semester, while the number of students over 25 declined by 293. The biggest change was among students younger than 20, whose numbers jumped 9.6 percent.

American Indian students increased to total 174 this semester, a 4.8 percent increase over 1997. Asian and black students also made small gains.

Metro lost 164 white students this semester. Still, nearly three q~arters of the student population is white.

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Student lands in jail Hijinks after a Halloween party netted a Metro student 90 days in jail Feb. 5 in Boulder District Court.

Kristofr Morgan, 21, was arrested Nov. 1 and was charged with criminal mischief and rioting at a party in Boulder. He also received a three-year deferred sentence, which means Morgan must stay out of trouble during that time for the charges to be dropped from his record.

Police said Morgan threw a bottle at officers who were trying to Krlstofr Morgan break up the crowd of at least 100 people on 18th Street in Boulder.

The arrest report said Morgan, who was enrolled for 15 credits this semester, ran around the party waving his arms, screaming, taunting and laughing at police.

Morgan lives with his parents in Brighton. He said he was in his third year of college and had not declared a major.

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By Perry Swanson The MetropoliiQii Denver police are holding a man who they say admitted to starting a fire Feb. 14 at the Auraria Faculty and Staff Club.

No one was hurt in the fire at 1041 9th Street Park, but police have estimated the building's damage at $5,000. The fire destroyed two chairs and burned carpeting, curtains and the wooden window frames.

David Brown told police he threw rocks through two front windows of the building and set fire to a tablecloth inside to keep warm, said Denver Arson Bureau Chief Joe Sarconi.

The club will be closed until repairs and the criminal investigation are complete, said Joy Yunker, Metro faculty and president of the club board.

Sarconi said Brown is a transient and has no permanent address. He did not enter the building, but set the fire by reaching through the window. If convicted on charges of first degree arson, Brown could face from two to 16 years in a state penitentiary.

Sarconi also said he doubted that Brown started the . fire for warmth although temperatures Feb. 14 in Denver dropped below freezing.

"It was a malicious, deliberate attempt to start a fire," he said.

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By Reem Al-Omari The Metropoluan Metro's debate team is ranked 15th out of more than I 00 colleges and universities in the nation and will soon host its first at'i'6nal collegiate debate tourn~ment since 1980.

'J·''l'J1C tournament, planned for Feb. 27 - 29, will include debate [ earns from 35 colleges and universities, including University of Wyoming and Notre Dame.

Debates will take place in the North Classroom, the Science Building and the Plaza Building.

This year's topics range from philosophy to current events, including the President Clinton-Monica Lewinsky controversy and whether such investigations should be curtailed, said Scott Gratson, director of debate at Metro.

Gratson credits the team's success this year to his effort at developing each student's individual talents. 'Fhe team has 25 · . ·' members. ' :::~J l®ee;sotrieone ~alk into this office who encap,s ~ ate," he said. "But I try to tap into their abilities."

Ken Perry, a Metro senior and a member of the debate team since 1992, was the only member to return from last year.

"We basically had a one-man team," Perry said.

David Yoos, a Metro freshman , joined the team because of his experience in high school. But college-level debate is different, he said.

Metro's debates are modeled after those in the British Parliament, which elicits plenty of audience participation, Yoos said. Audience members can pound on the table to show approval, and people who disagree usually yell "Shame" or "Rubbish."

Terry Haney, a Metro junior who joined the team last semester, said being on the team has made him a more critical thinker.

Patrick Beach, a Metro junior, didn' t have any experience in

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Metro will host a debate tournament Feb. 27 • 29. debate before he joined the team. " I couldn ' t even define the word debate," Beach said.

"Debate has helped me hone and sharpen my speaking skills, and it raises social awareness."

The team's budget for this year is $11,000, which means only .

12 members can participate in competitions that involve plane travel and hotel expenses. The other 13 members help out by. assisting their teammates' research and develop their arguments . .

"Our debate team members are the most pleasant people,

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11:00 -11:45 Get A Grip by Andrew Angelino, M.D. A multimedia presentation on life story events and major mental health issues illustrated by video clips from popular movies

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How to Carpe Diem ...Every Diem by Jose Rodriguez By examining several vignettes from the movie "Joe Vs. the Volcano" this workshop engages the participant in exploring ways to live life to the fullest. The discussion also considers the connection between such an approach to living and emotional health.

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It's not white to make fun of Caucasians

America is an absolutely beautiful place.

Opportunities abound here and the freedoms citizens enjoy are unparalleled with the rest of Dave Flomberg the planet (except maybe Switzerland, Jive but who really knows what goes on there anyway ?).

But, as a nation of free people, there is a place in our collective personality where we are lacking. There is something missing that, if found, would propel this nation to unheard of heights and wonders.

A sense of humor.

"What?" you say, "I watch Friends and Seinfeld every week! I know what's funny! " Yes, those are funny sitcoms. And there's many more funny shows on TV: The late Show with Letterman, Murphy Brown, and my personal favorite, The Simpsons.

But those shows have nothing to do with having a sense of humor. On TV, the jokes are spoon-fed into your face with all the subtlety and tact of dive-bombing _~apanese _Zero. It's nothing special t~at Jt'n 1 j61J 04g6t11.fi!l .fok\!''wllen 'kYdihl:r tripi*c! over Jerry's couch and landed face-down in Elaine's lap.

No. It's when the joke hits home that it's a true test of your sense of humor. ~

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The ability to laugh at our own follies, to point in the mirror when we wake up and howl, to trip over our own shoelaces in the middle of receiving our degree and guffaw- these are the events that test our mettle.

But it doesn't stop there. What about when someone pokes fun at you? It's not so funny then: is it?

Why not?

Though my travels and studies, I have learned that the Jews are some of the funnies t people on Earth. I think that as a people, having faced so much in the way of oppression and attempted annihilation, our saving grace was our ability to poke fun at ourselves. We were able to maintain perspective and focus in the face of evil.

African Americans share the trait as well. Look at any of the popular sitcoms on TV, and the writers are either African American or Jewish, with some exceptions. It carries across the minority spectrum - people who understand oppression can face reality with a sense of humor and take the world for what it is: a pretty funny place.

I take this stance in my column every week. I poke fun at things people can identify with.

In my column, I blasted the politics of the Nation of Islam. I got no response.

I blasted stupid people. No response.

I blasted lraq, political correctness, Metro and Auraria administrative departments, Valentine's Day, the Cubs, John

Madden and a slew of other people and things. Collectively, I can count the responses on one harid.

And then I made fun of white people.

Phone messages from white people overflowed from my mailbox. White people were all over my e-mail. White people dropped by the office at all hours to find me. There were white people everywhere.

It seems that for having most of the power in the world, white people don' t take too kindly to expounding stereotypes of themselves.

They were quick to explain how I had insulted them; how they were tired of being bashed by other groups of people for their historic transgressions and lack of rhythm.

"I never hurt anybody," they whined.

"Why do you hurt me?"

Don ' t get me wrong. I like white people. Some of my best friends are white people. I'm Mr. White People.

Luckily, the majority of white people that I know personally have a sense of humor. We can make fun of each other and laugh together, which brings us closer.

It's all about learning to laugh at yourself before you can make fun of others.

It's all about learning to laugh without a laugh traclc. p-orAptlag. y'>u. 1 • It's all about a sense of humor.

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

The big chair spells big libido for some

By Ricardo Baca Men in the big chair have big libidos.

Honestly, what kind of coincidence is this? The president of the United States and the governor of Colorado assumed to be cheating on their wives within the same month.

Is 1998 the year of adultery? Or Tom Foolery? Or Bill Foolery?

Nonetheless, these men can't seem to keep it in their pants. Well, at leas! one of them.

On the state level, you have Roy Romer, our fearless, Democratic governor.

He's been a damn good governor, but his wife is old with saggy breasts, so what else can you expect from an upper-class white male?

Romer admitted last week to a 16year affectionate relationship with B.J. Thornberry after a little-known Washington D.C. magazine published pictures of the two kissing and hugging.

Thornberry, Romer's fonner deputy chief of staff and current fellow member of the Democratic Party's upper brass, resides in Washington.

And we thought he was working when he flew to the nation's capital for

those emergency visits.

Apparently Bea Romer and the kids have known about their relationship, which is not sexual says Romer, and are fine about it.

In a similar, but up-sized situation on the national level, our president, Bill Clinton, is once again reaffinning male stereotypes. It all started with Gennifer Flowers and her accusations of an affair with Clinton preceeding his first inauguration.

A couple years later, Paula Jones filed a sexual harassment lawsuit, which was allowed continuance by the Supreme Court.

Around the same time as Jones' accusations, a bright, young intern with big dreams and even bigger breasts started her long-awaited internship at the White House.

Her name is Monica Lewinsky.

Now, years later, Lewinsky, who was allowed special access near the oval office because of her duties, could claim she and Clinton got it on. But suddenly all of her ammunition is disappearing. The dress with Clinton's supposed spouge is spotless. She's got every Republican in Washington pulling for her and buying her

time; but ber time is almost up.

She got her face on the front of Newsweek. She's ruined every chance she ever had of landing a government job.

She's older news than Neil Annstrong's landing on the moon.

Hillary Clinton was dead on when she blamed the incidence on a Republican conspiracy. This isn ' t some far fetched, Mel Gibson-type conspiracy theory. This is the real thing.

And why would Bill cheat on Hillary, anyway. Sure, she doesn't look great in a swimsuit, but she's still got it going on.

She's at the peak of her sexual performance.

But in the governor's case, Bea's not looking so good, so Roy's loss of interest in understandable.

And in case you were wondering (and I know you were), B.J. was not Romer's nickname for Thornberry.

It actually stands for Betty Jane.

And he said it wasn't sexual.

Ricardo Baca is a Metro student and a reporter for Tiie MetropolUan·

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how much? $27-$33. Call 893-4100 for tickets.

ARRGHI: John Hutton as Long John Sliver and Tango as Capltaln Flint, his parrot In the Denver Center Theater Company's new adapatlon of Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island, at The Space Theater through March 7.

~Ricardo Baca Me1ro[JOli1an

The name Long John Silver strikes the fear of God in the hearts of many people, even these days.

Not because they were reminded of the infamous character from the Robert Louis Stevenson novel Treasure Island, but because they remember the heartburninvoking seafood at the fast food chain with the same name.

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For those unversed in the story, young Jim Hawkins (Jeremy Palmer) acquires a treasure map and with the help of some older friends, assembles a crew and sails for the island.

The ravenous, roguish crew, Jed by frontman Long John Silver (John Hutton) plans a mutiny to snatch the treasure. Jim accidentally learns of the coup, and he and the "good guys" plan a retaliation upon

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Bringing in a much-needed element of humor was Robertson Carricarl. He played Ben Gunn, an unconventional sort of man who meets the young Hawkins on the island.

His strange behavior and quirky attributes were fabulous, and his leaves-inthe-hair attitude went hand in hand with one of the play's main themes: the beauty of youth and honesty.

Bob Burrus' performance as Captain Smollett was a pleasant memory of the show. Characters such as his - diminutive and flat - don't usually leave a lasting impression with the audience, but he did.

The part wasn't even written that well, but his controlled slurring made his character that much more believable.

He carried off the illusion of the Xmarks-the-spot legend better than anyone else aboard.

Aside from Carricart's performance, the script was thirsty. It begged for laughter with loose roots outstretched for the cheapest of sympathy laughs.

But I was overcome with laughter during a cheesily choreographed swashbuckling scene when a guy in my section said, "This place is turning into Casa Bonita."

He was right.

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While all thrift-s1 • They're eclectic. Face it, lots of contemporary music is really have the potential of boring. The record industry is masterful at churning out a lot of pap nating to at least sorr that, while it sells, tends to sound a lot alike. Buying a batch of old are some that are betti records is variety in its purest form - you can get everything from ers. Here's a small gall jazz to folk to embarrassing disco records all at the same time. interesting recent fi(lds Listening to it all will be much more interesting (and probably provide a much better musical education) than watching an hour of MTV Dave Dudley or listening to any of Denver's semi-fine 'radio stations. Create your Truck Drivin' Son-Of own canon!

Mercury Records, 191 • They're fun. When you only pay a dollar or so for a record, America's Long; fa your expectations tend to be a lot lower than for a full-price CD. things: travel books, n Enjoyment of a thrift store record comes in many forms. Some are mercials. Musically, th actually good - hidden gems in a sea of crap. Most of them will have Truck Driving Song. at least a few good or interesting songs. Even if the music isn't great, While almost non lots of forgotten albums have great cover art, goofy-looking band semipowerful force ir members to laugh at or interesting song titles to read aloud to your 1970s. Truck-driving s friends. topics: the lure of l'he Because the records at thrift stores are donated, the selection at graphic detail) and the any given store will be pleasingly random . If something was unwant- always on the road. B1 ed enough to be given away, that's where you'll find it. driving song include ' However, there is some sort of inner logic to the piles of discard- Haggard's "Movin' On ed vinyl you ' ll find . The majority of thrift-store records date from Enter Dave Dudle approximately the late 1950s to the mid 1970s. Records from before himself in the mid- 1"96

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<> Travelin' Dave Dudley and Songs About The Working Man. Truck Woody Woodbury Drivin' Son-Of-A Gun is where Dave gives his unique spin to classic Woody Woodbury Looks At Lolle and Life songs (all written by others) sure to appeal to couch-bound road jock- Stereoddities, Inc., early 1960s. eys everywhere. ms records are still not as common as their Dave's interpretation of these songs features arrangements not Between In The Raw and this album, it becomes clear that there ~nning to increase in number. This is because usually found in most truck driving songs. must have been a large market for lame comedy albums about drink~ an album's release and when it starts to pop He includes doot-doot female harmonies and space-aged organ ing and whoring in the early 1960s. Described as "the party record y regularity is somewhere around 15 to 17 sounds to the usual guitar and drums setup. Dave and his crew speed with the built-in blush," Woody Woodbury Looks At Love and Life is 1raDl aJliJm~ fmmr.bein~ lits -0WnerJs1trea,1.1>u ~ciJ way :JflWoUgh~cgCfflg~ ' lt'b01¥tt~ dld' Wat' 111mddies gone ~ynmg, , a vrpifiail monqrnln\ ta such~winger fantasies as cheating on your asiring'lt}ie of•yeilrs past that needs to be dis- ("Operation X"), drinking ("Two Six Packs Away"), loving ("Truck wife, six-martini lunches and passing out at the piano bar.

The jokes on here are, of course, pretty bad. Woody's catchphrase ible. Looking for a forgotten 1980s record? Drivin' Son-Of-A-Gun) and, of course, accidents ("Wreck of the Old Slow Binder" and "Jack Knife"). is "What a dinky mink!" which he says ad nauseam. Other highlights . thrift store records and record categories that While this may all seem kind of cheesy at first, this is a genuine- include Woody making little hooting sounds when he's especially us. Try poking around a thrift store without ly good album (it's even been reissued on CD). It has a good beat, and pleased with a joke and a scary cackling woman in the audience. ad ~e Tijuana Brass record, especially Clam you can drive to it. .

The great thing about this record is the inner record sleeve. Here, ts (which, you can find ads for products to help you live the Woody Woodbury ~umber of lifestyle, including an invitation to join his Booze Is The Only Answer Bert Henry have been In The Raw Club. d, to just Fax Records, 1962 Privileged members of BITOA receive myriad delights, such as a 'Y running Here's an example where a membership pin (in the shape of a little martini) and a subscription to d , Disney record's packaging far outweighs the Party! magazine, featuring several full-bosomed women on the cover. ! worth its quality of what's found inside.

Remember Woody's hallowed phase - "Work Is the Curse Of The cover of In The Raw is The Drinking Class" - and toss back a few in remembrance of a time ell as some lbums, an attention-getting. It's bright, strob- when drinking humor was still considered funny.

1 there, lots ing red with a crudely-rendered I a K-Tel drawing of a screaming man (pre- Standard Oil Company sumably Bert Henry) giving the The Big Change viewer and the world the finger. 're records -Music From the 1957 Sales Management Conference eing fasciJust the thing to keep on the Wilding Productions, 1957 :one, there shelf or coffee table to show to r than othguests.

Just thank whatever deity you can that they only make you watch ry of more The description of the record training videos at jobs these days. From the looks of this record, some 4: found on the sleeve adds to its companies in the past not only wanted their workers to devote as appeal. On the front, In The Raw is much time as possible to their jobs but wanted them to have a sounddescribed as a collection of "choice track as well. l·Gun gems of sex, sin and seduction by the master of bold wit and ribald The Big Change is a collection of songs that chronicle the aver) humor!" age day in the life of a Standard Oil employee. In what was probably Jination with the open road has led to many The back gets even better. The record is called "sizzling, devas- a half-assed effort to improve company morale, the vocalists on this Id movies and thousands of crappy car com- tatingly naughty and heavily-spiced for 'club dates' and 'smokers.'" record are actual Standard Oil employees.

It lists the full selection of Bert Henry records, including such forgotThe lyrics on this album must have been written by committee or 1urge is best seen through the subgenre of the ten gems as The Shocking Humor of Ben Henry, Stories For Sex- executive decree, because they're about as stilted and bizarre as pos!xistent today, the truck-driving song was a Minded Males and Nights Of Love In Lesbos. We even get a small bio sible. Here 's a sample from the dark ballad "The Advisory country music during the 1960s and early of our friend Henry, which says that although he makes his living with Committee," found on side one: " We are The Advisory ngs tend to center around a very small set of his "risque comedy," he still remains devoted to his wife and five Committee/We like to think/We like to debate/We like to deter>pen highway, truck crashes (always told in children. Touching. mine/What is best for our beloved company." ard job of lovin' a woman even though you' re Of course, it isn't as good as it seems - far from it. The jokes on It's pretty scary. "Wouldn't It Be Wonderful?" chronicles the life .ter- and lesser-known examples of the truck this record are basically all the ones you heard at recess throughout of a underling employee who dreams of a day when Standard Oil runs 'illie Nelson's "On The Road Again," Merle childhood. It's like an all-in-one guide to jokes that make kids snick- everything in the world. "When I'm A Citizen" is about a recent and Red Simpson's "Hello, I'm A Truck." er. They're all exceedingly lame or vaguely embarrassing, and three immigrant who thinks Standard Oil is easily the best thing about He achieved a moderate amount of fame for of them even begin "There was a kangaroo who walked into a bar ..." America. It's about as blatant a piece of propaganda as you can find Keep this one out to look at, but throw away the record. on vinyl. s, wi th not only this:albu:m, but 9tfters such as ither be found in pricey vintage record shops hrift stores, tend to be given the dubious title ed<tn the glass case that's in the front of most

Fifteen to l 7years is what it takes for an album to go from being atreasured prize to an embarassing relic of years past.

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1998-99 The deadline for4Submitting completed applications to your department is February 27, 1998

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[)uties of the board include:

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Slink the evening away with the Nightcaps

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There is no belter nightcap than a Belvedere martini with a "twist after an evening of consumption, sin and song.

Serve it up with the Nightcaps on the side, and you've got a definite overnight partner.

Sexy and sultry, lead singer Theresa Hannam knows all the strings to pull and notes to hit to fuel the furnace that drives this lounge-inspired sextet.

Yes, this Seattle-based group is riding a wave that seems to be sweeping across the nation with fadlike fury, but fhis group Is doing something different: writing its own material.

No, you will not find any Frank Sinatra or Tony Curtis covers on Split (Rendevous Recordings), their new album. No more tired renditions of "I Get a Kick Out of You" to have to suffer through.

However, just because it's original doesn't mean it's perfect.

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The other key element to Nightcaps' possible success is the tone of Garth Brandenburg's guitar. It gives the music a rougher, bluesier feel while providing the chordal strength for Hannam to saunter over. He strays to a more jazzy feel on "Gambler's Game," an anthem for see NIGHTCAPS on 14

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Student Life. "She is an . Along with the foundainspiration to all people." tion, Kersee has become a A "Jackie of all trades" relates her experiences as an athlete, "She is an exceptional dynamic motivational businesswoman, and community activist. woman and role model, and speaker who is in demand ....

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The Olympic spmt "Excelling in athletfos will be touching the is great, but it is only one Auraria campus with the pait of me.. .it's the tip of appearance of track and the iceberg in terms of field great Jackie Joyner- what I plan to accomKersee. plish," said Kersee. Thus, The three time as a way of giving back to Olympic Gold Medalist the community that 'fill appear in the Tivoli has supported her, she crelurnhalle on Thursday, ated the JJK Community February 26 at 7 p.m. to Foundation which suppromote her new book A ports the development of Kind of Grace. A book leadership programs in signing is scheduled to fol- urban areas across the low.

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roulette players everywhere. There's a definite Henry Mancini and Josef Zaniwul influence on this tune as the orchestration is all at once reminiscent of the Pink Panther's theme and "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy."

Brandenburg does some of his greatest improvising here

as he trades fours with Furuta with a furious edge and a level of virtuosity that overshadows most everything else on the album.

The weak link here is Dan Cunneen's drum work.

While his beat is swinging and steady, it's about as interesting as a lunch date with Newt Gingrich's mother. He rarely sets up the vocals or horn lines, and his playing has

a lackluster feel throughout the album. If these guys are The Beatles, then he's definitely Ringo Starr.

Despite this, Split swings enough to keep you snapping on two and four as long as you've got time to listen.

If all this piques your interest, get your spats and sweetheart together and catch the Nightcaps at The Bluebird Theater March 3.

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Championship contenders

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If it's respect they want, it might finally be at hand.

The""Metro men's and women's swimming and diving teams have qualified a school record number of participants for the 1998 Division II ~ational Meet in March.

Four team members secured a plane ticket to the most coveted event in college swimming Feb. 11-14 at the Pacific Swim Conference Collegiate Championships in Long Beach, Calif.

Senior Shawn Smith, junior Mike True, sophomore Kaan Berberoglu and sophomore Christabell Nieman swam fast enough to get to Ohio, the host state of the national tournament.

Smith and Nieman qualified for nationals in two different events, and Smithti&:114rti of1a group of men who have qualified to swim the relay events at nationals, a feat never accomplished by past Metro teams.

"To be perfectly honest, I knew I had made it when I made the final turn," Smith said.

"I remember thinking 'so this is what it feels like to make it.' " The feeling of making it to the national meet is becoming well known to members of the teams this season.

Metro now has nine swimmers and divers ready to advance to the national competitidn. The previous record was three.

It's kind of a combination of elation and relief," coach Rob Nasser said. "It makes it worth it."

"You find that once you get there, that's kind of 80 percent of the battle."

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The ranking is unexpected. The record is unexpected. The undefeated home record is unexpected, but a. win at Chadron State Feb. 19 does not follow form. It is expected.

And if it happens, the Metro men's basketball team will have finished one of the most remarkable single-season turn arounds in history, bringing with it the school's first regular season Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference championship.

The Roadrunners (22-3 overall, 15-3 RMAC) finished the home portion of the regular season schedule Feb. 18 with a victory over the Colorado School of Mines, further solidifying the teams No 17 national ranking.

The victory over Mines followed impressive wins over Nebraska-Kearney and Fort Hays State.

Men's basketball one win frorri sewing up RMAC In fact Metro did not just beat Fort Hays, it beat up on the Tigers.

The Roadrunners pulled off perhaps their biggest win ever by trouncing Fort Hays 85-57 on Valentine's Day at Auraria Events Center.

Metro led by 10 at the break, 46-36 thanks to 77 percent shooting from threepoint range. Phillip DeGraffenried scorched the Tigers with six-of-seven three-pointers and finished with a gamehigh 25 points.

The Roadrunners shot 63 percent in the first half and finished the game at 52 percent.

Metro senior Adrian Navarro, who has suffered his share of beatings at the

hands of Fort Hays, said the victory was long overdue.

"That was the best feeling," Navarro said. "It really helped us with our confidence to get that monkey off our back. It wasn't even a monkey, It was a gorilla a 300-pound gorilla."

Navarro finished with eight points, while starters DeMarcos Anzures and Lee Barlow each finished in double figures.

Anzures scored 19 points on seven-of 10 shooting while Barlow hit for 12 points.

Metro coach Mike Dunlap said securing wins over conference rivals paved the road for a home-court advantage in the RMAC tournament. Metro will play all its games at Auraria Events Center.

"I think you are trying to grab every advantage in the playoffs that you can," Dunlap said. "But we've earned it.

"We have pushed forward beyond the expected. Now we have to take advantage of the year we have had."

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As quickly as whispers of complacency and overconfidence began to surface, the women's basketball team exorcised a conference demon and became a favorite to win the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference tournament.

Metro beat the University of Nebraska-Kearney 64-62 at the Auraria Events Center, which will be the site of the RMAC tourney Feb. 27-28, notching its first win over the Lopers in conference play and easing the pain of a shocking Feb. 7 loss to Colorado Christian.

The Roadrunners trailed by as many as six Feb. 13 against Kearney before Kristi Baxter's hot shooting and Farrah Magee's dominant post play proved to be more than the No. 7ranked Lopers could handle.

Baxter's three-pointer with I :57 left gave Metro a 61-56 ber basket wilh 34.2 seconds remaining proved to be lead and )J •• i. l the winner. > • , " "I wouldn't say I knew I had it all day," said Baxter, who finished with 15 points, including four three-pointers and ended Kearney's final threat with a steal. "But tonight was huge for us.

It was a big game and we needed to step up."

And Magee, who scored a game-high 27 points and pulled down 14 rebounds (seven offensive), did the rest.

The forward scored 19 points in the second half, playing the best she's ever played against Kearney.

"I'm a senior and before I left, I wanted to say our team did this," Magee said. "From the beginning we believed we could win. We were sick of getting our asses kicked by them."

An accurate assessment considering Kearney had won all three previous RMAC contests with Metro by an average of 22 points, including a 25-point victory Jan. 16 in Nebraska.

Metro coach Darryl Smith, who promised in the preseason Tim Batt/The Metropolitan that things would be different this season against Kearney, said Feb. 13 was the first time his team competed with the Lopcrs.

SURE FIRE: Metro senior Farrah Magee shoots over a "We had a good game plan each time," Smith said. "But Nebraska Kearney defender In a Feb. 13 home game.

Magee Is leading Metro In scoring and rebounding this sea- each time, it seemed, we'd get down by 10 points and give up. son. Metro won the game 64-62. see WOMEN"S HOOPS on 16

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February 20, 1998

Roadrunners' sweep Torres shines in opener

By Kyle Ringo The Metropolllan

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Spring time brings with it all the hopes and dreams that died the . year before. But with spring still a month away, and Metro's baseball team counting on a resurgence in 1998, old man winter is providing a look at a new commodity for the Roadrunners - pitching.

Metro hasn't had it for myriad springs.

It looks like things have changed. . Opening day starter,,rLC(<ti rTQu~s , threw seven innings, giving up or!e ,hit, • two earned runs and striking out 12 in Metro's 13-4 victory over York State College (Neb.) on Feb. 13.

The left-handed Torres, a junior transfer, baffled hitters for most of what looked to be a sign of good things to come for Metro.

His only mistake was giving up the first home run at the new Auraria Field in the top of the second inning.

But his performance the rest of the way overshadowed such trivial matters.

Metro coach Vince Porreco's prediction for success seem to be accurate as Metro swept York in a three-game series.

"All week long we were excited to play in front of a crowd," Porreco said.

SWIMMING from 15 and junior Chris Ogden who had previously qualified for nationals, managed to qualify in more events, making the men's half of the team much more formidable at nationals.

Watson is no stranger to the national pool. He became a three-time AllAmerican last season and now has the chance to duplicate the feat this year.

"Barring a major screwup, that is a strong possibility of a top- I 0 finish right there," Nasser said of the men's team's chances at the national event.

The Roadrunners are ranked No. 3 in the nation in men's swimming after a third-place finish in the conference meet.

The ranking matches the highest national ranking ever in Metro's history.

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Last season, all one had to do was look at Metro's baseball program and instantly they would have noticed a need for two things, a new field and a new starter.

One was built in the off-season and the other was established on opening day.

Onlookers didn't know what to expect from newly recruited pitcher Leo Torres.

"I felt very welcome when I arrived here at Metro, and I knew that if I worked hard, I would be able to make a contribution to the team," said Torres of his arrival at Metro.

Torres puMo test any doubts with a commanding peri~e>e ~itlt his first start as .a .Roadrunner, striking out 10, and allowing only one hit1 against York Stat~ As the innings moved along, Torres became more and more focused with each pitch he threw. After allowing a massive second inning home run, Torres shut down York by not allowing another hit for the remainder of the game.

"It (the home run) helped me to focus, I just kept working and didn't let it rattle my confidence," Torres said of his performance.

Torres established his position on this team as a starter with not only great velocity on his fastball, but the stamina to allow him to pitch well into the late innings. When asked what he saw for the year ahead, Torres said "We are a well rounded team and as long as we play together, I see a lot of success for us this year."

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The Roadrunner women finished eighth at the conference meet and are ranked No. 15 in the nation.

Nieman joined diver Cari Lewton and Kristen Schweissing, an All-American last year, as the only three women qualify this year.

Nasser said he thinks the women's team could surpass the men in the next few years and that this season has been a breakthrough year for his program.

"Not just for the guys, it is for the girls as well," Nasser said.

Several swimmers narrowly missed qualifying at the conference meet, Nasser said.

Those yet to make the cut have one chance remaining at the Last Chance Meet Feb. 27-28 at the Aura'rii\ Pool at 4 p.m.

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JUICE: Metro pitcher Leo Torres throws a heater against York State College (Neb.) In Metro's opening-day victory at Aurarla Fields. The Roadrunners won 13-4 and won three against York.

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'Tm damn excited. We fought back.

We completely outplayed them tonight."

1 And though the score might indicate otherwise, the two point victory could have been more if the Roadrunners had shot the ball better. Metro took 19 more shots (60) than Kearney (41) and finished with 17 three-point attempts to Kearney's four.

Stephanie Allen struggled shooting the ball, converting just three of 13 shots, which is a rarity for the sophomore point guard.

But her three-pointer with 4 :38 left gave Metro its first lead - 54-52 - since 12:54 and gave Metro confidence down the stretch.

Metro (21-4 overall, 16-2 RMAC) completed a season sweep over Fort Hays State with a 75-62 victory on Valentine's Day and finished the regular season undefeated at Auraria Events Center for the second time in school history with a78-46 win over Colorado School of Mines on Feb. 17. Magee missed a triple-double (double figures in three statistical categories) by two steals, finishing with 19 points, 13 rebounds and eight steals against Mines.

Allen scored 21 against Fort Hays and 19 against Mines.

The Roadrunners fi.n ished \he ~ular J season Feb. 19 at Chadron State (results were unavailable at press time) and will begin RMAC tournament play Feb. 24.

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i.Aur;ria·',Fields' planners were out in left field I ought to make a commercial. I am thinking it would go something like this.

"Hi. I am Lawyer Blohard. If \~ you have been involved in a traffic accident caused by a Kyle RlnCo baseball flying out of Auraria Fields and smashing into your car as you cruised along at 30-40 mph on Auraria Parkway, which in tum caused you to lo~e control of your vehicle and slam into another car seriouly injuring all parties involved, I can get you - and me - a nice little payday.

"Please call me at B.L.O.H.A.R.D." I'm hoping this commercial and the events described in it never happen. But if I were a betting man ...

Despite 330 feet between home plate and the left field foul pole, despite a 30foot net extending upward from the top of the left field fence, Metro's heavy hitters have managed to clear them all by clearing it all at Auraria's new baseball field .

And now everyone involved in the design and construction of the new and improved Auraria Fields have their answer to the question on every logical mind since the position of the baseball field was first revealed last summer.

Yes, home runs will be hit into traffic on Auraria Parkway just like they are in fron yard ball tjelds arpu11~ Americ;J, '•

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despite efforts to keep it from happening.

When a York State College (Neb.) player hit the first home run in the fields history Feb. 13, everyone involved in the planning and construction must have been thinking, "OK, we knew this might happen once in a while. No big deal."

But I'm thinking when Metro first baseman Brian Aguilar crushed a pitch one inning later sending the ball into a pack of what must have been stunned drivers, a collective "oops" slid off the tongues of more than a few involved in the relocation of this field of dreams. Luckily, Aguilar's homer hit nothing but pavement.

It was a mistake to put this field here.

These are not little nuisances appearing out of nowhere like a Miller Moth. They are not suicidal squirrels.

Imagine the ball hitting a windshield.

This is a new kind of sacrifice fly.

This is a lawsuit waiting to happen. At least now they know.

"It's too tight to the parkway," Metro Athletics Director William Helman said.

"We have a problem there."

Fixing it might become a problem as well.

Helman said he is consulting with the designers of the project, Fletemeyer & Lee Associates Inc., along with others to try to resolve the problem. Extending the net another 10 feet seems to be the prevailing wisdom.

But why was the field built in such a risky location in the first pla.oe?

Turns out, it was a compromise between the Metro athletics department, the Human Performance Sport and Leisure department and Campus Recreation.

Everyone wanted something.

"Primarily, the program was to create the field configuration for the greatest amount of multi-use," Jim Fletemeyer, the project designer said.

"We investigated various heights.

What you see out there is what we thought would catch the greatest amount of balls going out."

While they succeeded in building a vastly improved setting for athletic events and classes and achieved the primary goal of the project - room for everyone - all involved in the planning of these fields put people at risk.

Balls are going out. Three balls left the yard in the direction of Auraria Parkway in the first three games.

I am not saying that this fields project is a failure because of these three instances. I am saying it is a failure because of the first ball that left the park.

It is a failure because a group of smart people made a stupid decision.

Any motorist driving on Auraria Parkway during a Metro baseball game is at risk. Sure, it might be a minimal risk, but it is a risk that could have and should have been avoided.

It seems part of the reason for putting the baseball field in its new location was to avoid the trooble of athletics classes hav-

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ing to walk around the field to get to the areas these classes use.

So someone could get hurt because others didn't want to have to walk a little bit?

I'm thinking that the location of the bathrooms, "'.hich previously existed, had at least something to do with the placement of the baseball diamond. The two are now side-by-side. This is another problem solved with a short walk.

• Helman said he contacted the Colorado Rockies to get help projecting distances balls would travel at altitude, which only proves that this problem had been thought of beforehand. Yet, the plan was carried out.

Did they remember to account for Aluminum bats?

Obviously, a lot of hard work and extensive planning went into this project.

And it is a grand facility compared to what once occupied the premises, but the danger to motorists and risk of legal action should someone get hurt might end up costing Auraria a pretty penny.

Auraria spent approximately $1.5 million to rennovate its athletic fields and give other parts of the campus a facelift.

If someone traveling down Auraria Parkway unexpectedly becomes part of a scene worthy of a bloopers show, $1 .5 million will no longer be a lot of money in respect to Auraria's athletic fields .

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Nooners: "Resume Perfection," with Susan Strauss, UCO Career Center. 12:30-1 :30 p.m., Tivoli 329. 556-2595.

Meeting: The Metro Pacific Asian-American Coalition will meet at noon, Tivoli 317. 5103244.

Student Organization Seminar: "How To Land Recruits: Fishing For New Members," with Sirin Holst, student organization coordinator. 2 p.m., Tivoli 640. 556-2595.

Meeting: The Asian Heritage Month Celebration Commillee will meet at 12:30 p.m., Tivoli 317. Sponsored by the Metro Pacific Asian-American Coalition. 510-3244.

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Contemporary Metals USA: Art show featuring works in metal by 15 artists. Through Feb. 28 at the Metro's Center for the Visual Arts, 170 I Wazee St. Open TuesdayThursday, 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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A.A. Meetings: Wed~esdays from I :30-2:30 p.m. and Thursdays from noon- 12:50 p.m.

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Seminar: "Assertive Communication." 3-4 p.m., Tivoli 651. Sponsored by Metro Counseling Center. 556-3132.

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....THURS. FEB. 26Celebration of African American Literature: A literary dialogue on the works of Zora Neale Hurston. Sponsored by CCD. 8:30-10 a.m., Tivoli 440. 556-3380.

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Xpedx Paper Store.

ALTERNATIVE SPRING BREAK Yogafest. Explore nature I self, lasting friendships, 5 days music, dance, sports, meditation, and workshops.

Mystical Missouri Ozarks, veggie meals, rideshares, $165. FREE MAGAZINE (800)896-2387.

3/13

We are looking for someone to join our team.

FulVPart time positions open are Customer Service and Stocker. It requires those who are naturally helpful, energetic, responsibfe, and organized. Xpedx is a retail paper store that prides itself on professionalism & customer service. We offer great benefits & a fun working envirorunent. Resumes can be faxed to:

NEW COLLEGE TEXTBOOKS FOR 1/4 the price!!! For info send $2 and self-addressed stamped envelope to Applied Concepts PO Box 29111 Denver, CO 80229.

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FOR SALE SEIZED CARS FROM $175.

Porsches, Cadillacs, Chevys, BMW's, Corvettes. Also Jeeps, 4WD's. Your Area. Toll Free (800)218-9000 Ext. A-7061 for current listings.

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