Volume 20, Issue 27 - April 17, 1998

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Volume20

Issue 27

April 17, 1998

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

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Tina Nergaard

Commentary Student government budget is too much money for too little action

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Jaime Jarrettfl'IU! Metropolitan Judge Roughneck jams In the Tlvoll Turnhalle on April 15 as part of the SprlngFest festivities at Aurarla.

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Nicholas new president SGA election nets few voters; SPI ticket sweeps races By Perry Swamon The Metropolllan

Student voters at Metro overwhelmingly picked Andy Nicholas and the Student Power Initiative ticket in Student Government Assembly elections April 6)

8. Of 522 students who voted, 336 chose Nicholas as president of the assembly and 68 voted for Dave Flomberg. Erica Tapia, who protested the election, garnered I 06 write-in votes. The student Election Commission ruled that votes for Tapia weren't valid because she missed a March 4 deadline to enter the campaign. All I0 SPI candidates won based on pledges to increase the Thanksgiving break to a full week, represent student opinions about changes to Metro's grading system, advocate "more effective" campus parking, disseminate information on professor evaluations, improve retention and graduation rates and increase access to student services. The only non-SPI candidate to win was Ruth Burns, who ran unopposed to be the representative to the Board of Trustees, Metro's governing board.

Tapia protested the election with students and employees from the Student Development Center and the club United Women of Color, but she said she won't pursue involvement in student government. "I don't want to disappear, but I would rather make myself more apparent, probably not involved with SGA," Tapia said. Andy Nicholas "I would rather students just be able to come and talk to me one-on-one or come and check out the United Women of Color or other groups on campus." The nine other SPI 'candidates who won include • David Fernandez-Yoos, vice president of Academic Affairs, • Giovanni Stone, vice president of Student Services, • Sarah EchoHawk-Vermillion, an of incumbent, vice president Administration and Finance, •Alvis Montgomery, vice president of

Campus Communications, • Jim Hayen, an incumbent, vice president of Student Organizations, • Jeremy Perkins, vice president of Student Fees, • Janet Damon, an incumbent, vice president of Diversity, • Jane Duncan, an incumbent, a representative on the Student Advisory Committee to the Auraria Board and • Matt Johnson, an incumbent, also a representative to SACAB. SGA adviser Kari Tutwiler said outgoing student government members would begin training sessions April 13 with new members. An inauguration ceremony is scheduled for April 30. Students also approved a revised version of the assembly's constitution. The new document passed with 334 votes; 94 students voted against it. Assembly members praised the new constitution because, they said, it addresses student rights. The old constitution focused on the duties of assembly members. Critics said the new constitution to_o k away accountability by relegating responsibilities to the assembly's policy manual.

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Features Metro jazz plays live on KVVO Page 9

Jazz students

Sports Metro baseball to battle USC in weekend series Page 16

_,_ Jimmy Johnson

Quotable ,

..You can observe a lot Just by watchin'."

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