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Do schools break the rules? By Perry Swanson The Metropolitan Students and professors protested what they called a violation of Colorado law at the state Department of Education Sept. 16. The protesters said public schools in Colorado ignore the historic contributions of ethnic minorities. About 40 attended the rally, including several Metro professors and students from each school on Auraria Campus. Colorado law requires public schools to teach the history, culture and contributions of ethnic minorities. "The issues they're raising are very legitimate ones," said William Moloney, state commissioner of education in a phone interview. "We see a disturbing gap between minority and non-minority programs." But Moloney said basic literacy training must trump any other educational agenda. "If a child can't read, how far are you going to get giving that child reading assignments which might explain about the heritage of Hispanic Americans in Colorado?" he asked. The marchers carried placards and Mexican flags from Auraria 's Rectory building to Department of Education headquarters at 201 E. Colfax Ave. They shouted slogans such as, "Yo quiero apprender" - "I want to learn." "What we are fighting f9r is self-definition," said Obidike Kamau, a Metro African American Studies professor. "We have to move beyond the definition that the oppressor has placed on us." But Moloney said the dispute can't be settled at the Department of Education because the law doesn't specify curricu-

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Dominick Flores, second from left, protests with Ricardo Garcia Sept. 16 against excluding minority history from curricula in Colorado public schools. The group marched from campus to Department of Education headquarters. lum guidelines. Local school districts set their own curricula, Moloney said. Metro Chicano Studies professor Luis Torres headed the march. He and I I organizations and individuals filed a complaint against the Colorado State Board of Education on Dec. 3 last year. The complaint alleges that Colorado public schools are breaking the law by failing to teach Hispanic history, by not adequately helping students for whom English is a second language, and by not training teachers to comply with the law.

Torres said he's talked with the Department of Education several times about increasing education about the history of minorities, but to no avail. He said education is the only chance ethnic minorities have of breaking a pattern of low test scores and high dropout rates. "It's the only thing that will (work), There's no other thing to do it," he said. The march coincided with the anniversary of the beginning of Mexico's war for independence from Spain, 188 years ago.

Coors donates $315 ,000 By Sean Weaver The Metropolitan

The Coors Brewing Company has donated $315,000 to Metro for a program to recruit and train minority students to become teachers. The program, Teachers For Colorado, operates in partnership with the Denver Public Schools and the Jefferson County School District. Participants in the program receive full scholarships, tutoring and counseling. Graduates of the program

are guaranteed interviews for ·teaching positions in the Denver, Jefferson County and St. Vrain school districts. Jerry Minjarez, director of Teachers for Colorado, said the grant will help in recruiting 30 additional students each year beginning in fall 1999. "The shortage of qualified minority teachers is considered a major obstacle to the academic success of students of color," Minjarez said. "Minority teachers serve as role models for minority students. (The program) is attempting to address a need that"is growing in the future."

According to figures from Denver Public Schools, 74 percent of students in Denver schools are ethnic minorities, but only 24 percent of teachers are members of a minority group. The current ethnic breakdown of students in the Teachers for Colorado program is 74 percent Hispanic, 21 percent African American, 2 percent Native American and 3 percent Asian. The grant is the third donation Coors Brewing Company has made to the program. The first was $660,000 in 1994, followed by $50,000 in 1995.

The group will hold a similar protest in February, commemorating Black History Month, according to Angell Perez, president of the Metro club United Women of Color, one of several groups that organized the protest.

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Metro stu路 dents Marisa Phillips, left, and Robyn Cary walk under an arch of balloons after completing the sixmile AIDS Walk Sept. 13. The Auraria walk team surpassed its fund raising goal by $2,000.

Faculty and staff are an importaAt factor in defining Metro's success, said Metro President Sheila Kaplan Sept. 10 at this year's Convocation. "Because of your efforts, your commitment, and )lour support, we can respond to change, we can make ongoing and substantial progress on the college agenda, and we can prepare The Met and our students for the future," she said. Speaking to faculty, administrators, staff and students in the Tivoli Turnhalle, Kaplan spoke of the campus climate survey, taken to assess the status of relationships among diverse groups at the college. "We learned that everyone :Wants to be recognized and valued based on individual efforts Sheila Kaplan and ~ontributions," Kaplan said. "The importance was underscored of maintaining an open and supportive environment so people feel free to raise issues, questions and concerns." Faculty senate have voiced these concerns for the past year. The results of a survey performed by Faculty Senate stressed faculty did not think Kaplan appreciated them. The speech began with the faculty members' concern in mind. "My focus in this annual state of the college address is The Met's most valuable asset, you," Kaplan said. "Everyday, through the jobs you perform, you help prepare our students for successful careers, for post-graduate education, and for lifelong learning in our increasingly multicultural, technological and urban partnerships." Throughout her speech, Kaplan congratulated, thanked and praised everyone that worked at Metro. "Whether you are a member of the faculty, or of the exempt administration staff, or of the classified staff, your work on behalf of the college and our students is valued and appreciated," Kaplan said. "You make The Met work." Kaplan also spoke of Internet classes and the need to keep up with other colleges in that area. "Technology, moving at warp speed, is transforming the way in which teaching is delivered and learning occurs," said Kaplan. "Phoenix University now serves about 60,000 students. The United Kingdom-based Open University, with 200,000 students in the European Union and Asia, has branched to the United States." Since the first course went on line in spring of 1996, enrollment has grown from 24 students to 777 students. Today Metro offers 40 Web courses.

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AIDS Walk team successful Campus participants raise more than expected By Danielle Shook The Metropolitan Members of the Auraria walk team in the 11th annual AIDS Walk surpassed their goal by more than $2,000. Composed of 180 walkers, the team exceeded its goal to raise $10,000, and raised more than $12,000, according to Karen Bensen, director of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Trans Student Services. According to Bensen, two team walkers, Peggy Burress and Steve Mascaro, both of the University of Colorado at Denver, raised more than $1,000 each. "I think it's really important to participate in AIDS Walk," said Mascaro, who raised $1,500 this year. Mascaro has participated in all but one Colorado AIDS Walks. Mascaro's brother died in 1992 from complications of AIDS, and Mascaro said he sees "AIDS Walk as an opportunity to give back to the organizations such as Project Angel Heart that helped my family when we needed it."

The 6.2-mile walk, which included 945 school and corporate teams, began in Cheesman Park, wrapped around City Park and finished back at Cheesman Park, where the crowd welcomed 57 bicycle riders, who raised an additional $130,000 on a six-day, 350-mile bike ride. The trip started in Colorado Springs, went through Boulder and Fort Collins, and ended in Denver. This year's AIDS Walk also included the Project AIDS Memorial Quilt, which depicts lives of AIDS victims on quilt panels. Man)' included pictures or written messages expressing loss or grief for those stricken by AIDS. According to the Colorado AIDS Project, an estimated 40,000 people are infected with HIV each year in the United States. The money raised by the AIDS Walk is used to benefit AIDS patients, and will be used for prevention and education programs provided by the Colorado-AIDS Project and 42 other organizations, according to the Colorado AIDS Project.

Auraria plans building purchase By Janet Christine Austin The Metropo/iton The Auraria Board of Directors Sept. 14 unanimously approved the purchase of the Lawrence Street Center located at 1380 Lawrence St. The University of Colorado at Denver and Auraria currently leases space at the building near the campus. The purchase of the center is primarily to provide adm!nistrative office space for CU-Denver. Metro and Community College of Denver may also rent space in the facility. The campus institutions rent approximately 60,000 sq. feet of 166,000 rentable sq.

feet in the building. Dean Wolf, Auraria's executive vice president for Administration, said the board's philosophy has been to keep academic and classroom functions within the Speer/Colfax/Auraria Parkway/5th Street boundaries. "There are only administrative offices at the center and there are no classes there," Wolf said. He added CU-Denver has been leasing office space at the Lawrence Street Center for about six or seven years due to insufficient space on the Auraria campus. The problem of high rent expense with the rapidly rising

lease rates in downtown Denver made the rental undesirable. The Board had been looking for an opportunity to fix the problem. Wolf said the asking price from Mutual of New York was $19,250,000. Wolf said this figure has been lowered to $18,870,750 because of some minor changes needed inside the building. ''This is a very structurally sound building, but there are basic things that need to be done such as caulking," Wolf said. "We also need to put call buuons in elevators." Wolf said financing will be

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September 18, 1998

Adults responsible for children's hate

Power breakfast

By Crawford Clark The Metropolitan

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Adam Goodman, standing, from the Student Leadership Institute talks to Tina Torrez, a member of Chancellor's, Scholars and Leaders program Sept. 15 at 9th Street park at a breakfast for the members of the group.

Students to grade courses Student government plans to publish evaluations By Alicia Beard The Metropolitan The results of course surveys students fill out at the end of every semester will no longer be a mystery. Alvis Montogomery, Metro's student government vice president for campus CO!Jlmunications, said student government is working on publishing a booklet that would grade courses based on student opinions. The group plans on publishing the book annually. This booklet would allow students to know what other students thought of courses and professors before selecting their classes, Montgomery said. "What we don ' t want this to become is a personal attack on teachers," Montgomery said. "We're really not interested in evaluating the personality traits of an instructor. We really want to focus this so it's on the course content." The booklet, which is scheduled to come out at the end of spring semester 1999, would list professors by their department and give letter grades based on eight different categories. Categories such as instructor's interest in

whether students learned, instruc"As students, especially at this tor's enthusiasm and relationship campus, we're consumers buying a of examinations to material product," Patterson said. "This is emphasized in the course will be our consumer report." given an A, B, C, D or F. The results of the student surThe eight categories chosen to veys are compiled by Institutional represent student opinions are Research every semester, Montbased on an informal poll the stu- gomery said. dent government did this summer, However, the data isn't interMontgomery said. preted so that students can deduce The poll assimilated 19 of the the results and make informed most common questions from the decisions, she said.. Montogomery said publishing surveys professors give at the end of the semester, Montgomery said. a booklet of teacher evaluations Approximately 100-125 stu- has always been a topic of discusdents completed the poll, giving a sion, but there's a lot of work total of 652 responses, Mont- involved. gomery said. The responses to the "By the time you can see it to 19 questions were ranked accord- fruition, your term is over," she ing to what students thought were said. the most important questions in Montgomery said right now surveying a course, she said. student government is working This format of presenting stu- with Institutional Research to prodent opinions of courses by letter vide an accurate scale so the surgrades is something the University veys can be interpreted to reflect of Colorado at Denver already the student responses. does. Andy Nicholas, Metro's stuCU-Denver presents their dent government president, said teacher evaluations along with . student government still needs to meet with the Faculty Senate to their student handbook. Guy Patterson, CU-Denver's discuss the evaluations. No final student body president, said CU- decisions have been made regardDenver students are responsive to ing exactly how faculty will be the handbook and he considers the rated in the evaluations, he said. Âˇ evaluations important to students.

Adults are ultimately responsible for hate crimes perpetrated by children, a panel of community advocates said Thursday afternoon on Auraria Campus. Speaking to students, faculty and parents, Bernard Goldman from the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai Birth; the Reverend Lee Gill Ford from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; and the director of the Juvenile Diversion program at the Denver District Attorney's Office, Regina Huerter, addressed the issue of children and hate crimes in Colorado and across the country. "Children are not born with hate," Goldman said. "They've got to be taught." Goldman said most children who perpetrate hate crimes could trace their beliefs back to their parents and their home environments. "It's dining-room ~le 101," Ford said. The continued growth of hate crimes in Denver has led the district attorney's office to establish a joint treatment program with the Anti-Defamation League in order to treat the behavior, attitudes and beliefs of juvenile hate criminals, Huerter said. "I wish I could tell you that I've been able to change all their beliefs and attitudes," Huerter said. "I'd be lying." The panel also warned that adults create prejudiced images presented through television and other media outlets. "Children learn to hate from adults around them," Ford said. "Before you look at the problems of children, you have to look at the problems of adults." Hate crimes can manifest themselves in many different ways according to Huerter. Subcultures, such as the Ku Klux Klan and the White Aryan Resistance, actively recruit new members and attempt to influence communities through local recruiting drives. These groups offer the promise of legitimacyfor their ideas and help to promote the violence associated with them, Huerter said. The panel was sponsored by the University of Colorado Grant for Student Life and University. of Colorado Student Activities. The series will meet on Thursdays at 2 p.m. in Tivoli room 320 A and B through the fall semester.

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through a bond issue and payment will be made with income generated by the building. The Auraria Foundation will issue bonds through the Colorado Educational and Cultural Facilities Authority and the revenue to pay the bonds is guaranteed by the CU Foundation. Attorney Frederic Marienthal, bond counsel to AHEC and the Auraria Foundation, said the foundation will issue taxable and non-taxable bonds since some of the space will continue to generate Dean Wolf income from private tenants such as private businesses and KOA and other radio stations. Marienthal said the Auraria Foundation will pay $500,000 in ernest money on Sept. 30. Earnest money is a cash deposit made by a prospective buyer as evidence of good faith to buy property. "There is a strict time table for the transactions to take place," Marienthal said. He said the closing should occur about Oct. 20.

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Provost search frustrates Faculty Senate Members concerned their voice is not being heard, search is not extensive enough By David Proviano

Torres, chairman of the Chicano Studies Department and member of the screening committee. "I've been a regular The majority of Faculty Senate are not happy with faculty member for a long time. I teach three classes. I Metro's policies regarding hiring searches and faculty's teach quite a bit. I can express my opinion whether I am a involvement on the Screening Committee for Provost and chair or not." Vice President of Academic Affairs. Ken Keller, chair of anthropoloA search is being conducted to fill the position left by gy, agreed. Sharon Severts. Cheryl Norton has acted as interim "Chairs, regardless if they are provost since Severts resigned in May 1997. administrators, are still faculty," he Faculty members expressed concern at the last said. "You do see more of the adminFaculty Senate meeting that an external search would best istration side than faculty as a diviserve the college rather than the internal search currently sion chair. That does not mean you're being done. By increasing the number of applicants, the not faculty." Faculty Senate majority agreed the college would have a The other department chairs repbetter chance of getting the best person for the job. resenting faculty on the screening Monys Hagen They say faculty is not being adequately represented committee were unavailable for comon the screening commillee for the position. They also say menl. a fair search is not being done. Andy Nicholas, student government president and a Monys Hage11, Faculty Senate president, sent a letter member of the screening committee, said SGA should not on - behalf of the Faculty Sen~te. majority to Metro be concerned with faculty's objections. He said that faculPresident Sheila Kaplan addressing senate concerns ty division chairs could best represent faculty. Karmin Trujillo, last year's SGA president disagreed. . regarding faculty involvement on committees and the use of an internal search as opposed to a national search. " I back what faculty senate is saying," Trujillo said. Although division chairpersons of sociology, anthro- "The search committee has all administrators on it. When pology, Chicano studies, and marketing and human ser- I was taken out as a regular student, I lost touch with the vices are on the search committee, the faculty majority students. A division chair could lose touch of what it's like consider them administrators. They do not think that divi- Lq be in the classroom." sion chairs could do the same job as a regular faculty Some members of SGA agree with Trujillo. member on the committee. "Lots of things he (Nicholas) says are not the view of The vice president of Academic Affairs will, by defi- student government. Sometimes saying things to sound nition, work with faculty. good aren't the right thing to do," said David Yoos, stu.. ~!f WI? sJo 9ot ~a"._ec th,e option to interview candidates, dent government vice-president of academic affairs. Yoos expressed concern that he didn't know about the wt\: .5b'i1Hl4~sonc;e_pt\l,a)}y 1 .-.y~ndJ, pp .}v,itb ~ - prov9st that , doesn' t understand faculty," Hagen said. committee until recently. He intends to pursue the reason But active faculty are represented on the committee. that SGA had no information on the committee they are "I consider myself a faculty member," said Luis represented on at this week's SGA meeting.

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English professor Eugene Saxe said the faculty wants to know where they stand and they think they are being shut out of the process to hire a person who would ultimately represent them. "Two years ago, Dr. Severts gave us a commitment that there would be faculty representation on committees," Saxe said. "We need some commitment from our administration as to whether or not that commitment they made is still in effect. There is no particular concern for Faculty Senate representation. I think that that should tell us something loud and clear." The search is also under scrutiny. Faculty asked why a national search is not being done. The Recruitment and Appointment Policies and Procedures of the college answer: "The appointing authority may choose to fill a position through an internal search to foster upward mobility-within the college." Debbie Thomas, college spokeswoman, stressed the college wants to promote from within as much as possible. Kaplan sent a letter to Hagen Sept. 15. She informed her of college policies regarding the use of an internal as opposed to an external search. She also said that faculty will be welcome to attend the open meeting of the screening process. Kaplan said faculty would have the opportunity to s~are their views, concl usions and recommendations with the members of the committee that faculty are on. To change college policy, a member of faculty would need to recommend the change to the handbook committee. After review, the committee would submit the change to the President's Cabinet. From there, it would go for approval to the Board of Trustees for the State Colleges in Colorado, Metro's governing board.

Binge drinking increasing among college women

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Art student Tara Lindsay works on a sculpture behind the Emanuel Gallery Sept. 16

(U-WIRE) MORGANTOWN, W.V. - At campuses across the nation, binge drinking among female students is on the rise. Binge drinking is defined as the consumption of five or more drinks in a row on at least one occasion. A new survey of college student drinking recently completed by the Har\tard School of Public Health revealed several factors that predict whiCh students are most likely to be binge drinkers. Among the most important factors were why more females in the last decade have become binge drinkers. The most general reason for percentage increase is due to more females attending college. Sociologists feel that females are more likely to be binge drinkers now than JO years ago because it is more socially acceptable. It is just not guys hanging out in the bars anymore. Research also found that members of sororities are four times as likely to be binge drinkers compared to other students. Females that participate in college athletics are almost one-and-a-half times more likely to be binge drinkers. Sociologist have found that female binge drinkers experience at least five or more alcohol rel!lted problems. Frequent female binge drinkers are seven -to

16 times more likely than non-binge drinkers to miss class !Ind get behind in their schoolwork. Studies show that binge drinking by females is a factor in 66 percent of student suicides and 60 percent of all sexually-transmitted diseases, including HIV. Twenty-six percent of women binge drinkers engage in unplanned sexual activity, and 15 percent do not use protection when they have sex. For years administrators have emphasized educational responses to this problem on college campuses. Though experts agree that these efforts should continue, they do not agree that they will be sufficient. Most experts believe that a broader approach is needed, one that seeks to change social, legal and economic environment in which students make decisions about their alcohol use.

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Students oppose Alaskan drilling By Rebecca Rivas The Me!ropolitan Student environmentalists concerned about the possible drilling for oil in Alaska demonstrated on the Lawrence Street Mall Sept. 15. "We would like students to vote for candidates who support the Arctic Wilderness Refuge Bill or contact your local representatives and senators and demand that he or she co-sponsors the bill," said Brian Combs, event coordinator for the Save America's Arctic Campaign. The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is a 19 million-acre land preserve inhabited by the world's largest herd of caribou, polar bears, moose, other endangered species, and 7,000 Eskimo villagers. Approximately 65 miles east of the Arctic Refuge is Prudhoe Bay, North America's largest oil field, which holds about 13 billion barrels of oil. President Clinton has declared the refuge off-limits to drilling for many years. However,

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Metro student Richard Reyes, right, protests with other

students Sept. 15 against drilling for oil in Alaska. Prudhoe Bay is depleting at a rate of around 310 million barrels of oil a year. Geologists estimate the Arctic Refuge to hold 7 billion barrels, according to the American Association of Petroleum Geologists. Sarah Scott, campus organizer for the Colorado Public

Interest Research Group, said it is not necessary to open the refuge for oil. Recently, the government planned to tap into the National Petroleum Reserve, a reserve once used for naval oil emergency, and makeit public use. "We have a surplus of oil on the market, and oil prices

are at a record low," Scott said. "If we are opening the Navy reserves for oil we don't need, why do we need to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for oil we don't need?" Oil company representatives explain the new development will create jobs throughout the country and steer the nation away from foreign oil dependency. New building tactics are also designed to coexist with the wildlife. Pipelines will not interfere with caribou migration, roads will be strictly formed of ice, and drilling will only occur during the winter when animals are least sensitive. "Oil drilling means oil spills," Scott said. The North Slope pipelines have a history of oil leakage. In upcoming elections, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge bill will be voted on by Congress. According to Combs, the bill would permanently keep oil industries out of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

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Let me start by saying I've always liked President Kaplan. She doesn't suffer fools gladly. In fact, she doesn't suffer them at all. She Dave Flomberg calls 'em like she sees JIVE ' em, and even if I disagreed with her call, I knew she was going lo stick lo her guns. She's a tough, no-nonsense woman, with a New York attitude and accent to match. That said, I can not whole-heartedly support her glowing, laudatory diatribe at this year's convocation. Yes, I feel that her praise of the faculty was lon_g past-due, but I can't help but wonder about the meaning behind the words. It just all smells too political. Kaplan's been under fire from every

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faculty development and student access to technology is a beautiful thing. The U S West $1 million commitment to Metro's school of business is a ·big boon. So why did she skirt the attacks instead of meetjng them here head on? Personally, I think the Faculty Senate has a point. I thirtk calling Metro "The ,Met," is sophomoric. I think corporate sponsorship of education at any level is a risky business at • best. But I respect Kaplan's refusal to back down from what she thinks is right. So her speech comes off sounding seriously insincere, which is not an adjective I would ever use when describi~ her.

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direction since she took office. Most lately, a barrage of surveys blasting her leadership and a standoff with our beloved Faculty Senate are what most rapidly springs to mind. Every Student Government Assembly administration seems hell-bent on finding some way to lock horns with her whether it be over a poorly selected moniker for the school or her favorite shade of blue. That's why her speech was such a hard pill to swallow. It was almost as though she had been cowed to a point of near-submission, hanging her head and tucking her tail while backing away from the dinner plate. Don't get me wrong. Several of the points she made outlining the college's successes as of late are good ones. The $1.7 million grant Metro nabbed to help with student retention, part-time

Fourteen Metro students have trouble identifying key govCOMMIITING officials ernme!'lt JOURNAUSM involved in the presidential crises, yet, they are ready to exonerate President Clinton. A majority of the 15 people I questioned for this column can't name the attorney general of the United States. One said Ken Starr. Another sort of mumbled, "uh, Starr?" I am holding out hope for a third who said, "That ugly lady." But these people know enough to determine if our top bong-hitter and supreme saxophonist is capable of leading the country? Only one person managed to answer my five questions - designed for simple·Kyle Ringo

tons .:..- correctly. He rattled off the answers then looked at me like I was a moron. Here are my questions: • Who is the attorney general of the United States? •What is Kenneth Starr's title? • What does the Starr Report say President Clinton did? • Who was the last president to face impeachment hearings? • What do the latest polls say about the public's perception of Clinton? Everyone questioned answered the last query correctly, which, in my mind, confinns my suspicion that many people are judging the president based on what others say and not by any deductive reasoning. My theory holds that Johnny and Jenny go home each night and catch a bit of some politico speaking on television. The politico sounds smart and says stuff Johnny and Jenny like to hear. So, Johnny and Jenny repeat the infonnation until something fills the space occupied by the politico in Johnny's and Jenny's mind.

JC>Jlnny and Jenny ~re nincompoops repeating what they we told like a 2-yearold pulling the string out of a don's ass. The story here is that nobody thinks for themselves, yet Clinton waits for our collective judgment. Our president's fate rests in the minds of Johnny and Jenny. I'm not comforted. The correct answers to my questions go like this. •Janet Reno • In~ependent council (special prosecutor) • He committed perjury, abused his power and obstructed justice • Richard Nixon • He is a master at the bullshit game and my wallet is big I felt a lot like Johnny and Jenny when talking to these 15 people. I hope I didn't pull too hard.

Kyle Ringo is a Metro student and columnist for The MetropoliJan. His email address is ringok@mscd.edu.

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etro student Leonard was Nicholas' cousin who Bortolotto completed the died of AIDS complications. "Andy Nicholas helped last leg of the biggest ride of his life as he rode from out big time," Bortolotto City Park to Cheesman Park. At the finish said. "If it wasn't for his line, more than I 00 people gathered to contributions, I would not cheer him and 56 other CAP the Rockies have made it or would have riders into the park. just barely made it." The C1P the Rockies tour, the first However, even after such bicyJ:I~ tpur of its kind in Colorado, Nicholas's contribution, benefitted the Colorado AIDS Project and Bortolotto still did not have various othdntocal AIDS projects. The ST enough money to join the riders raised $130,000 to help these pro- tour. So he threw a fundraisjects. ing party at the Handle Bar ~lt"I tu. Den\ler' ~ tour went & Gnll Aug. 30. About 30 through Colorado Springs, Pine, people attended, and it Nederland, Fort Collins and Boulder raised more than $400 to before the cyclists returned home. The finish his donation quota. ride into Cheesman Park was planned to With the donations in, coincide with the end of the annual AIDS Bortolotto set his sights on Walk Colorado event. the tour. He said he planned So as the last of the l 5;000 AIDS to treat the tour like a race, Walk participants poured into Cheesman wanting to challenge himself Park, cheered on by the crowd of fellow as much as possible. "We walkers, family, friends and event staff, treated it like a race against Bortolotto's band of cycling路 comrades ourselves," he said. "Going out every day made their way to the other side of the park to enjoy their accomplishment with a was no problem, the toughsmaller group of well-wishers. est part was probably getting "In six days everybody got to know up at 5 a.m. every morning each other pretty well," Bortolotto said as before sunrise, breaking he leaned against the Italian racing bike down the tent, putting the he rode through the tour. "They're good tent back up, breaking it riders. There was a couple of people I met down again. But it was a that 1 was compatible riding with, and I great ride." hope that I can ride with them again." Bortolotto said he Three weeks earlier, Bortolotto won- brought his books with him dered if he would be able raise the $2,000 but did not have time to donation that CAP the Rockies required study. His books, along with to join the tour. A last-minute donation all his other personal nonfrom student government President Andy cycling gear was handled by Nicholas, who originally planned to par- support staff that helped the Leonard Bortolotto rests in Cheesman Park after finishing the 350-mile bicycle tour. ticipate in the CAP the Rockies ride but riders along the way. The had to drop out due to prior student gov- staff provided breakfasts Bortolotto said he hopes to graduate ernment commitments, saved him from before each day's ride and dinner after- he never needed to use the sag wagon. having to quit, Bortolotto said. ward. As he walked toward a tent set aside in May and probably will not be able to Nicholas said he wanted to make sure The volunteer staff followed the rid- for the riders, thanking and hugging other represent Metro in next year's race. Yet, at least one person from Metro would fin- ers to assure that their ride went smooth- cyclists on the way, his thoughts moved as he prepared to eat lunch and reflect ish the tour. So he donated all the money ly, helping with tlat tires and other road- towards the future. with comrades on the ride, he added, he collected during his attempt to join the side repairs. The staff also provided a 'sag "I hope to gel it together for next year "But, maybe, I'll come back and help tour to Bortolotlo, more than $700. wagon,' a car that picked up the cyclists and plan for next year," he said. "I want to organize the riders on campus and try to "My only request was that he rode before dark to make sure any stragglers tell all my friends and hopefully we can get something together." with Ryan in mind," Nicholas said. Ryan were not left on the trail. Bortolotto said get 300 riders next yearinsteadofjust57."

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rancisco Pizzaro decimated the Inca empire in the 16th century, yet the ancient Peruvian legacy is being recovered by a Metro professor piece by piece. A team of 18 Metro students, lead by Jon Kent, associate professor of anthropology, began an excavation of an ancient Peruvian town that may provide answers to the questions of the past. Kent, in conjunction with the California Institute for Peruvian Studies and the Universidad Nacional de Trujillo, began to excavate the Santa Rita B site this summer. What they found turned an exploratory six-week venture into a 10-15 year project. The site, rediscovered in the 1970s, is located in the Chao River Valley, approximately 20 miles inland from Peru's northern coast. Set in the Andean foothills, the site measures 1.5 by I miles. "It was a lot larger than we thought," Kent said. "It is several times the size of Auraria Campus." The site was overgrown by vegetation when the team arrived in June, so locals had to be hired to cut away the growth on the architecture, Kent said. "Some areas were ankle deep in pottery that dated as early as 1000 B.C." Human bones were also found on the surface.

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position on earth .. "We had to start forming tentative ideas The boundary of the site was completed about why certain things were located where in four days, Kent said. Accompanying the they were and which areas were older than team of Metro students were two volunteers others," Kent said. from Denver, one graduate student from the The site was littered with holes about University ' of two meters Colorado at Denver, deep. He said two students from this was eviMetro researchers Pittsburgh, · one studence of lootdent from Louisiana, ers. and several Peruvian Some of students and faculty. the looting was Boulders of varidone by locals, ous sizes covered the Kevin Hurtt, site and rising out of 28, said. the rock, were ancient T h e s e Peruvian structures of locals sold artistone and adobe. facts to bring in

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open up to an entire city lying underneath the ground, Kirn said. " W e were so jazzed, yet we realized to get to this buried structure, we would have to move a huge amount of dirt," Kent added. A sample of charcoal was taken from the levels of dirt above the opening and carbon dating will help establish a date of when the wall was built. "There is a lot more down there," he said. However, investigations of the surface structures still needed to be completed, so the mystery wall would have to wait until next year. The team stayed in the town Buena Vista for six weeks. The population neared 200 and was eight miles from the site. Getting to the site was an ordeal because of the rocky terrain, Kent said. "It took 50 minutes to travel eight miles," he said. The team's truck was ineffective on such terrain, so a local offered to rent them his vehicle. It was big. It was rusty. It was bright red. "We rented a 1952 bus," Kent said, "It was perfect for our needs because this bus had been going over these roads since 1952 and was very happy to keep going over them." The bus had to be push started, yet it

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everal students took a break from their excavation at the Santa Rita B site and ventured into the Andes to find what locals call the Lost City. Local Peruvians said there were ruins in the Andes of an ancient city, believed to have been inhabited by Incans. The students, Mike Kirn, 29, a Metro senior and Kevin Hurtt, 28, a Metro senior traveled two days to the city, high in the mountains. "It was simply amazing to be up in this isolated Incan area with no one else around," Hurtt said. A mist of clouds covered the valley below, Hurtt said. Broken stone pillars and an abundance of pottery were found, yet no human bones were present, Hurtt said. The last time a foreigner had been to the city was when two Frenchmen had attempted it 25 years ago. According to a local rumor, Kirn said, they never returned.

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etro students went to northern Peru to find artifacts hidden in the dirt. When the bees came - their faces were in it too. Mike Kirn, 29, a Metro senior, said he noticed a dark cloud on the eastern horizon the first time the bees approached. As the dark haze shifted toward the Santa Rita B site, a humming sound came up from the valley, Kirn said. Jon Kent, a Metro professor yelled, "Get down!" Faces in the dirt, the bees overcame them. "There would be this huge biblical swarm of bees that you could hear coming," Kent said. "Everyone would get as flat as possible and they would fly right over your head. The bees passed over, never stinging any member of the team, and were gone, Kent said. The team got used to it, Kirn said. "It was an incredibly odd sight to see," Kirn said. A dark haze would appear on the eastern horizon every sunny day and a low hum would warn the team of the bees' approach. Kent would yell, "Hit the deck!" And once again their faces would be in the dirt- as millions of bees flew by.

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We are actUally interested in seeing a few play. As areasonably priced state school, we also get interest from students who have gone away to school and would like to transfer back to the Denver area to finish school and compete in a top-notch program.Many of our sports have done well with transfer students over the last few years. Most of the time, though, we are recruiting prospects whom we have identified by watching them play. The network of high school and club coaches tells us where to go to see these players. By attending top-level tournaments, we are able to see a large number of players in a short period of time with relatively little expense. A good part of this identification process occurs during the prospects' junior year. Once we know who we want to go after, the fun begins. July I, after the prospects' junior year, i~ the day we start calling them. The top ones get calls that day and once a week until they either sign with us or put call blocking on their telephones and file a restraining order against us. For our staff, most nights between July and March are spent on the phone selling our program. When it is time to get serious, the home visit is used. This is the time when we are able to look a prospect and his or her parents in the eye and convince them that we are for real. Sometimes we even get a good home-cooked meal out of the deal. In the end, It is the school itself that is one of our best salesman. When a young man or woman gets on campus and sees great facilities, meets honest and dedicated people and finds themselves in the center of everything Denver has to offer, it is hard not to put our school at the top of the list. Unless, of course, you want to live in a dorm and eat cafeteria food.

It wasn't Joltin' Joe's 56 games with a hit or Michael Jordan's endless string of contests in double figures, but the Metro women's soccer team had managed to keep each of its first four opponents from scoring. And the Roadrunners began to like the idea of keeping the streak alive. But after playing more than 360 minutes of staunch defense to start the season, Metro finally allowed a score Sept. 11 in the first half of a 3-1 win over the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Southern Colorado Thunderwolves at Auraria Fields. Junior Kelly Johannes, the Roadrunner's goalkeeper in the game, knew the streak would end sometime. "I am disappointoo that (the streak) came to an end," Johannes said. "But it's good that it wasn't to a loss." The goal, scored by Southern Colorado's Beth Ashcraft, a freshman, made the halftime score 1-1. Metro's Ariana O'Neill, a senior, had scored first on an assist from junior Pam DeLuca. The Roadrunners scored two goals in the first 10 minutes of the second half to nail down a 5-0 start to the season for the second straight year. "We took it to them in the second half," coach Ed Montojo said. "We got them pinned in and didn't let them out." DeLuca scored her fourth goal of the season, followed by an own-goal off a comer kick, which was credited to junior Kari Pierce. "I feel good about our undefeated record. We are working well as a team and are behind each other all the way," freshman Jennifer Kitano said. Kitano suffered a slight wrist injury but returned to the game. "We click more than any other year I've been here," senior co-captain Katie Pierce said. "We look at the whole picture, not just individual stats." Even Montojo sees the changes in his team, which started 6-0 last year before finishing one game above .500. "The players get along this year, they are supportive and push each other to do better in practice and on the field," Montojo said. The Roadrunners should have played at home against New Mexico Highlands on Sept. 13, another RMAC team, but postponed the game due to a lack of healthy players for New Mexico. The game was rescheduled to Oct. 8 at 3:30 p.m.

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Truth Bible Study - Join the Truth Bible Study every Wednesday and Thursday from 3:00-5:00p.m. in Tivoli #542. Come and go as needed. For more information, call the Menorah Ministries at (303)3552009.

ONGOING Objects of Personal Significance - This art exhibition includes the work of fortyfour contemporary women artist who expand the definition of still life through paintings, photographs, assemblage and installations. The show is being held at the Center for Visual Arts on 1734 Wazee Street. It will run from September 4th October 14th. The hours are Tues.-Fri., I Oam-5pm and Sat. 11 am-4pm. For more information, call Sally at (303)294-5207.

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UPCOMING Coming Out Week on the Auraria Campus - October 12-16. Open call for GLBT and Ally performance artists, musicians, visual art, poetry, dance, etc. For more information and/or submissions, contact Karen Bensen at (303)556-6333. World Friendship Festival - On Thursday October I, 1998, the Auraria Campus will be celebrating world cultures (international crafts, food, performances, etc.). The festival committee invites you to volunteer to lead a session focused on learning about and appreciating diverse cultures. For more information, call Beth Frederick at 556-3004 or Skip Crownharl at (303)556-4207.

FRI. SEPTEMBER

Accounting Student Organization - The ASO is holding a general meeting on auditing at 5:30pm in the Tivoli #320A.

Ernst & Young representatives discuss the aspects of auditing at their firm , as well as answer any questions regarding the public accounting field. IMA representatives will also speak about the benefits of joining accounting organization. For more information, call Tammy at (303)715-1934.

MON. SEPTEMBER

Annual Alumni Breakfast - Come and join the Accounting Student Organization for breakfast. We will be meeting Metro Alumni that offer great first hand knowledge about all kinds of accounting careers. Breakfast starts at 7:30am to I 0:30am in Tivoli #440. For more information, call Corena Cormichael at (303)261-9444.

WED. SEPTEMBER

Unsinkable: The Full Story of the R.M.S. Titanic - Come join Gil Humphfrey as he presents this incredible sto,ry written by Daniel Allen Butler. The public is invited and admission is free. This event will take place Wednesday, September 23 in the Tivoli Student Union #320B from J 2:30p.m. - 2 :00p.m. Sponsored by the MSCD Baha'i Club. For more information, call (303)789-4319 or (303)322-8997. X-Ray Open House - Join the Student Health Center at Auraria as we celebrate the opening of our new Computed Radiography System (Filmlcss X-Ray). There will be food, drinks, games and

gifts. The celebration starts at noon to 2:30pm and at 4:30pm - 6:30pm in the Plaza 150. Study Abroad Fair - The University of Colorado al Denver and Metro State College of Denver is hosting a Study Abroad Fair on Wed., Sept. 23 from 8:00am-7:00pm in the Tivoli Turnhalle. Gain information on hundreds of study abroad programs all over the world, including Europe, Central and South America, Australia, Asia, and Africa. Information on scholarships for study abroad will also be available. For more information, call (303)556-3489 or (303)5564004. The Art of Public Speaking - Tina Hubis and Dick Dawes of Toastmasters International will talk about how you can improve your public speaking. Join them on Wed., Sept. 23 in the Tivoli #329 from l 2 :00pm - I :OOpm.

FRI. SEPTEMBER

Ice Breaker - Join the , Student Accounting Organization at St. Francis Interfaith Center - Auraria Campus at 6:00pm as they BREAK THE ICE! Visit with representatives from various accounting businesses and firms. Nerworking offers opportunity and most important it's fun . Great people! Great involvement! Sec you there! For more information, call Celena al (303)534-025 1 or Andy Yo ung (303)768-1145.

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