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COMMENTARY THE TEST: Getting tested for AIDS seems easy enough. Why haven't you done it yet?

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Lee Barlow, a Metro iunior, goes up for a layup against an Arkansas Tech player Nov. 16. Metro won

its first game of the season, 69·56. Barlow is a returning starter for the Roadrunners who averaged 12.4 points and 7 .4 rebounds per game last year. The RMAC coaches preseason poll selected Metro to finish first in the RMAC. The next home game is Nov. 30 against Panhandle State at 7 p.m.

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November 20, 1998

The Metropolitan

SGA targets financial aid,

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advising By Alicia Beard The Metropolitan

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Metro students record-musical greetings for Jerry Springer's TV talk show Nov. 16 on campus. Monique Holmes sings lead, while Fetien Gebre-Michael (from left), Enockina Ocansey, Briana Lucero and Stephanie Trujillo take back-up.

Students condemn hate crimes By David Proviano The MetrapO/itan

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Eighteen Metro students and professors marched Nov. 16 from Auraria Campus to the 500 block of 17th Street where Oumar Dia, a 38-year-old West African refugee, was shot and killed Nov. 18, 1997. "A year ago, a man was killed because he was black," said Metro student Linda Cecile. "A few weeks ago, another was killed because be was gay. "It's not right! It has to end. If we all come together we can become the majority and stand together against hate." Last year, several groups on campus protested the killing of Dia after Nathan Thill, 19, confessed he killed Dia because Dia

was black. At that protest, Monica Bauer, a Metro political science professor, told a crowd of about 150 people they have to take responsibility for racism. A year later, Metro political science professor Robert Hazan reiterated Bauer's concern, this time calling it a hate crime, including recent incidents like the killing of Matthew Shepard for being gay. ''This is about education and setting standards for peaceful co-existence," Hazan said. "Ignorance breeds intolerance and hate. This is to generate awareness of hate crime and its ties into the horrific killing of Matthew Shepard." Robby Prior, a Metro junior, said he joined the march to see CRIMES on 7

Members of Metro's Student Government Assembly are revamping their agenda and are working on a comprehensive report, citing which goals are finished and what needs to be addressed. Two new issues SGA members are tackling are financial aid and academic advising within departments. "Students aren't being served the way they should be or need to be," said Andy Nicholas, student government Andy Nicholas president. Nicholas said student government has taken the issues of Thanksgiving break and adding pluses and minuses to student grades as far as they can. Giovanni Stone, vice president for student services, said he is in the process of forming a committee that will try and pinpoint some of the issues that need to be addressed in the financial aid office. Aussy Rabih, vice president for diversity, said some of the complaints she has heard regarding the financial aid office stem from the Banner system. The Banner system is a collection of software that makes it possible for students to register and access information on line. "It has created some mess because if see AGENDA on 7

Archbishop, Nobel Prize winner visits Denver By Rebecca Rivas The Melropoliton

In a message for peace, local leaders of Buddhist, Muslim, Jewish, Christian and Nakota religions joined in prayer Nov. 16 at McNichols Arena to welcome Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa. Tutu is a Nobel Peace Prize winner and a leader in abolishing apartheid in South Africa. He stayed in Denver three days to deliver his gratitude for America's support and a message of hope for overcoming world problems. "On behalf of millions of people in South Africa, thank you," he said. "Victory is ours now. Our victory is no doubt your victory."

Tutu took the stage with a giddy smile, immediately making the Denver audience laugh as he singled out and thanked his two escorting police officers. Tutu also acknowledged the horrors of the world. He shared a story of a man getting his hands chopped off by a blowtorch as a form of torture. 1be audience let out a collective gasp. "How could a man hold a blowtorch to another man's body? "Our capacity for evil is very great. But just when you are feeling despairing, we also have an incredible capacity for good," he said. Tutu commended Nelson Mandela, South Africa's president elected in 1994, describing him as a symbol of the country's struggles and persistence. "Mandela waited 74 years before he

could vote in the land of his birth. Even after 27 years in jail, one would expect him to be chewed up and angry," Tutu said, Metro student Kevin Mahoney, a senior who attended the Monday event, said, "His final note left you with a message of hope." In the end, Tutu Desmond Tutu told the story of a physicist who once said he did not believe in God. Tu!,_U told him, ''That's okay, God believes in you." Before Archbishop Tutu spoke, members of the various religions shared prayers in different languages and in elaborate costumes of their cultures.

"It was an ecliptic display of spirituality. Even though the prayers were in different languages, you could still understand what they were saying just by feeling their peace," Mahoney said. For the first day of his visit, Tutu spoke with high school students participating in PeaceJam, an annual conference for teens in Denver. Although the program originated in Colorado, it is spreading to other parts of the world. Tutu is part of initiating a PeaceJam conference for teens in South Africa. At the end of the night at McNichols, the crowd cheered when Archbishop Tutu offered to skip answering questions from the audience, saying, "We want to go ahead and watch the second half of the (Bronco) game, don't we?"

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By Angela Gitzen Harry Gewuerz, better known as "the Burrito Guy," said he is retiring after 18 years on the Auraria Campus. Gewuerz and his wife, Marlene, own "Stuffers," a stand located near the bridge between the Arts Building and the West Classroom. The first location of Gewuerz's cart was next to the flagpole. "It was a lot slower then, but we liked it because it gave us time to talk and get to know our customers. With all the new students attending and the business going well, we work like machines anymore," he said. Gewuerz credits the good business to inexpensive food, quick service and convenient location. Gewuerz said his most memorable experience on campus was in January 1987. Gewuerz said a man came up to him, set a brown paper bag on the counter, and asked if he could have a soda. He joked with the man saying, "You can't have a pop when you bring your own lunch." The man seemed very nervous, Gewuerz said. "About a half hour later, I heard what sounded like firecrackers. The man had shot and killed his former wife, who was a professor at Metro. "It happened in the parking lot over there," he said, pointing under the bridge of the Arts Building and the West Classroom. Pamela Mcintyre-Marcum, 41, a marketing professor at M~tro, was gunned down by her ex-husband, James Marcum, 45, in a campus parking lot. Marcum was walking to her car when her former husband approached her. Their brief confrontation ended in gunfire. Marcum then shot and killed himself. "The gun was in the brown paper bag he sat on my counter." Gewlierz said. At almost 50, Gewuerz said his I 0year-old daughter and 13-year-old son will keep him and his wife busy. ''We're going to move on to new adventures," Gewuerz said. Gewuerz said he would like Cricket, an employee who cooks and rolls all the burritos to take over the business, "I hope to sell the cart and all the equipment to her on a monthly basis. Hopefully, that way, the cart could carry some of the same items." There are some things that Gewuerz said he won't miss about Auraria Campus. "The commute - I live in the mountains." He also said he would not miss the cold mornings or the vandalism to the cart. "I will miss my customers the most. I have great customers," he said.

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Metro student Alisha Shafar, right, tries to keep warm Nov. 18 as she listens to Ann Norman from the Denver Rescue Mission talk about homelessness in the flagpole area.

Students sleep outdoors for homeless fundraiser By David Proviano The Metropolitan As the temperature dropped to 36 degrees, Metro student Alisha Shafar stood warming her hands in the pockets of her thin jean jacket. Each November, Metro's Colorado Public Interest Research Group chapter holds a "sleep out" to raise money for the homeless. They did it again Nov. 18 at the flag pole, collecting more than $1,000 for the Colorado Homeless Families Organization. "On the way to work one day, I saw this guy eating out of the garbage," she said sniffling. "I went to McDonald's and bought him a lunch. He thanked me a million times, and it made me feel so much better." Sarah Scott, campus organizer for the organization refused to allow people to sleep in refrigerator boxes, as they did in previous years. She said she grabbed what she could find and came out, saying the homeless don't always have the con-

veniences of boxes. The event is helping the homeless by raising awareness of homelessness and collecting money for them, said Lydia Brase, another Metro student spending the night. "I don't know what your gonna learn from it," said Wanda Rosario, a Metro student walking by. "Maybe an entire week without taking a bath with only the food they could find for themselves would teach them something. The homeless don't have sleeping bags and hot pizza on the way." Rosario donated $12 to the group before she left, increasing the total donations to more than $1,000. Connie Zimmerman, director of Colorado Homeless Families, and Ann Norman, special events coordinator for the Denver Rescue Mission spoke, to the group about homelessness and their organizations efforts to help homeless people.

Twenty-five hundred dollars in computer equipment disappeared sometime during Halloween weekend from the University of Colorado at Denver computer lab in the Technology Building, Auraria police reports said. Sometime between Friday, Oct. 30 and Mon. Nov. 2, someone broke into room 125 of the building and took a scanner, a computer and monitor, according to a Auraria police report. Auraria police have "no suspects, witnesses, or leads," according to the report. SanJay Manandhar, an employee at the computer lab, reported the theft to Auraria police officer Rich Vigil on Nov. 2. Officials from CU-Denver computing and Manandhar were not available for comment. The police report was not turned in until the Nov. 9, according to Auraria Police reports. "The reporting person said he would get back lo us with the serial numbers and never did," said Detective Randy Hinricher. He said turning in a report this late was not unusual and the investigation went on in spite of the unavailability of the serial numbers.

CORRECTIONS In a story on page 3 of the Nov. 6 edition, a story incorrectly reported the date of Robert Doerr's resignation. The former adviser to Pure Love Alliance resigned Nov. 3

SGA vice president disappears' 1

By Alicia Beard The Metropolitan After approximately five weeks in office, the student government vice president for student fees is set for an impeachment hearing Nov. 20, to explain why he has been missing. Andrew Gress has been missing not only from SGA, but also from all of his classes as well, said Andy Nicholas, student government president. "Student government is worried about him," Nicholas "We can't get a hold of him or his immediate family." "It's almost like we should put his name on a milk carton,"

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he said. A notice listing Gress's violations of the student government's policy manual has been sent to him. It lists such violations as neglect of duties and failing to show up to student government meetings. Nicholas said with Gress gone, all of the members have had to split his duties. Nicholas said he and John-Paul Whitaker-Krcik, the vice president of administration and finance, are working on the proposed fee schedule for fall of 1999. Other student government members wouldn't comment on Gress until after the hearing.

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there's a part of the (financial aid) fonn that is not completed correctly, it would not go through the system," Rabih said. Stone said one problem the office has is loosing paperwork. Rabih said students should have a receipt or contract from the office, indicating they have filled out an application. "I was told that if the students request a receipt, they are given that," Rabih said. "But why is that supposed to

be a request?" Kerrie Dallman, the student government's attorney general, said she is taking a closer look into professor's advising students on their major within their departments. There is disparity between departments with advising, Nicholas said. Dallman said she is interested in finding out if there is any consistency within departments on advising, and if there is any training for faculty on advising. "I don't think the ability to advise students comes by naturally to professors," Dallman said.

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remember Dia and how he died. "I think it's important for youth especially to realize the faces of racism and injustice in our society," Prior said to the group. "If you can stop at least one person of ignorance, you've made a difference." "Memory is an important thing," said Nonnan Provizer, chainnan of the political science department, marching with his dog Cyrus. "As a political science professor, I tend to be involved in marches, rallies and protests," Provizer said. "Sometimes you do things because it's the right thing to do.

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There's a time to protest and a time to remember. "There are certain things that remind us how thin the veneer of civilization is. Beneath the surface is a bubbling well of hatred, and we all suffer from it." At the end of the march, as people spoke in remembrance of those killed because of hatred, Hazan asked the group to remember the woman who was shot and paralyzed because she stood up for Dia. "We must also remember Jeannie Van Velkinburgh," Hazan said. "She stood up against hate. She is our hero."

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After math: Truth "The earth's forests are being destrayed at the rate of one football field's worth every second." -Al Gore, 1993 Let's see, there are 60 seconds in every minute, 60 minutes in every hour, 24 hours in every day (I seem Kyle Ringo to need 25) and 365 days a COMMI1TlJjG year. That's 31,356,000 JOURNAL/St football fields worth of forest gone each year, accord1 ing to Al Gore. You're rig~t. I don't believe him either. (If you do believe the vice president, skip to the end of the column.) Yet, I kno why he feels the need to whip up hysteria. Witho t hysteria, nobody cares. There are t s dying right here at Auraria. In fact, right und r our noses, at least 60 trees are about to be kit ed or uprooted to make room for another cold, h artless brick building, the Auraria Academic and erforming Arts Center. The trees mostly the non-fruit bearing crabapple varie y, I'm told, are in and around Lot G, which is be ween the Plaza Building and the parking garage They are penned in by chain link and a ruthless ontractor ready to dig them up on a moments notice. I've been 4xpecting the treehuggers to show up at any timtj screaming environmental gloom and doom, with signs painted on their bare.bellies, because the other kind would be a waste of trees, proclaiming A~raria is committing Arborcide or some similar n9nsense. I expected people to chain themselves to the trees, where they would be scooped up by~the giant spade and hauled off to 路 the transplant s le. I got sick f waiting.

I decided to confront the people responsible for the tree crisis myself. I called Dick Feuerborn, Auraria's director of facilities, planning_and use. Finally, a response. "It's my understanding that they are going to try and relocate them," Feuerborn said. "Unfortunately, that is not 100 percent successful." Feuerborn saw me coming. I called Dean Wolf, Auraria vice president of Administration, he said: "Yes, I'm concerned about the trees. That's why we are moving them. Yes, I suspect there will be some people who will be concerned." Wolf saw me coming. Finally, I went to John Loveshin, director of Design and Construction. I asked if Auraria was worried about a backlash when word got out about the dying. "Absolutely," Loveshin said. "We may be stupid, but we're not fools." Hysteria can be put down if you see it coming. Apparently, nobody saw Al Gore coming. People believe him. A traditional football field is 360 feet long and 150 feet wide . Multiply that many feet in length by 31, 356,000 football fields, and you get 11,352,960,000 feet of continuous 150-foot wide football field. There are 5,280 feet in a mile. So, according to Gore, every year we kill a strip of forest 150-feet wide by 2, 150, 181 miles long. That is enough to travel to the moon and back, when it is at its closest point to the earth (221,463 miles), four times with trees to spare. There is another way to prevent hysteria. Use your head not your heart.

Kyle Ringo is a Metro student and an interim columnist for The Metropolitan. Hisemail address is ringok@mscd.edu.

Check yourself before you wreck yourself What obligations do you have to the people you Jove? Should you inform your sexual partners of past lovers? Should you feel obligated to get tested for the HN virus and other sexually-transmitted diseases? Or should we allow the AIDS virus to rip through the world as it has in Africa? If you have answered these questions as Giovanni Stone anybody with a conscience would, why haven't you been tested for HN? After all, the Stu~ent Health Center at Auraria only tested 367 students last year. Compare that to the number of students on campus, and less than one tenth of one percent of the student population on the Auraria Campus has been tested. Add a generous percentage point for people who have been tested outside of the campus and an astonishing 1.09 percent of people on campus are sure of their status (if they haven't had unprotected sex or participated in i. v. drug use). What are the other 36,264 of you waiting for? I was part of the 98.01 percent of students who had not been tested until two weeks ago. My fear of testing positive was not. a logical reason to postpone the test. Rather than thinking only of myself, I should be thinking about my girlfriend and how important it is for me to know. So I took the first step and contacted the Student Health Center. The appointment was made, and I was told about my options. I could either go in, give blood and leave or sit through a pretest counseling session. Curiosity took over and I chose the counseling. The day arrived, and I entered a small room where the counseling session was to take place. My first chance to back out of the test was presented when the counselor asked me if I knew the difference between confidential and anonymous testing. I responded with a confused, "No." The simple difference is that if you are tested anonymously they only know the name, or the number that you give them. Confidential testing, on the other hand, uses your name and goes on your medical record. Don't worry about curious insurance companies; they can't check your record unless they paid for the test, so pitch in the $15 for the test yourself. If you decide to be tested anonymously you will need to go to a different clinic because the health center only tests confidentially. Then the counselor a5ked me questions ranging to the number of partners I had been sexually active with to how we had sex. I was also asked about. i.v. drug use. At first, I thought that the process was a little embarrassing, but I became more comfortable as the counselor continued to calmly ask me questions about my sex life. Then she asked me if I still wanted to take the test. A small percentage of people say no to this question. I, however, said yes. She took me to the lab, the blood was drawn and my two-week wait had begun. The thought of my test didn't leave the back of my mind, but it wasn't stressful until the day before my results came in. That's when the questions came into my mind. What if I test positive? Will I stay in school? How will I tell my partners? Will my friends still like me? Will Dad be pissed? . When I die who will come to my funeral? My attitude toward the next day's appointment changed into a gloomy outlook. I wasn't prepared for the nervousness tbat came the day I got my results back. I had scheduled the appointment after my classes, and each class went slower than the one before. Finally, I made it to the health center and I was told to meet the counselor in her office. I started to panic. I had an awful feeling that something was wrong. I walked back to her office and nervously sat down. She placed her hand on my knee momentarily and said, "Everything is fine."

Giovanni Stone is a Metro student and vice president of student services for the Student Government Assembly. His email address is stoneg@mscd.edu.

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November 20, 1998

The Metropolitan

Article misrepresents pure· love Editor: In response to David Proviano's article, "Motive of campus group questioned," it is unfortunate that the article mentioned only one sentence about the genuine activities of Pure Love Alliance. Our purpose is to raise public awareness of the many benefits of sexual purity before and fidelity within marriage. A sexually pure lifestyle and the development of an unselfish character are necessary as preparation for a lasting and beautiful marriage. It is a challenging, yet rewarding, lifestyle which more and more young peo-

pie are choosing now that the benefits of loving, lasting monogamous marriages are being documented. Proviano's article falsely accuses the PLA of being a cover group of the Unification Church. This is not true. While many of the founding members of the PLA, including Norberg Szolnoky, president of the Metro State chapter, are members of the Unification Church, the mission of our alLiance is not witnessing or conversion. We are an issue-based organiz;ition, addressing our concerns specifically related to the social problems of pre-marital and non-

marital sex, and the ensuing dangers thereof. More the point, here at Metro State College three of the four officers of the PLA are not members of the Unification Church. A small oversight in the so-called investigation. We believe that the Pure Love Alliance has been and will be a positive force on this and other campuses throughout America. Every Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the Tivoli we have public meetings. Everyone is invited.

Norbert Szolnoky and Monique Holmes, president and vice president of Pure Love Alliance, and Metro students

In protest of protesting protests Editor: It is ironic that on a campus widely lamented for its apathy, sutdents showing initiative by taking action are criticized. In the Nov. 13 issue of The Metropolitan, the editorial "In protest of protests" made several astute observations, but they were burried beneath cynicism. There is nothing better for students to be doing than creating agitation that will result in social awareness and (hopefully) change. They are becomming conscious of injustice. The suggestion that student demonstrations are naive and meaningless needs serious qualification. Have we already forgotten Tianamen Square in 1989 or France in 1995 or Burma in 1996? When Archbishop Desmond Tutu spoke at Regis University last Sunday, he said that the "spectatular victory over apartheid" could not have been possible without the protests of American college students during the late 1980s, saying "their own participation, passion and zeal helped effect a change in the moral climate of this country to such an extent that congress was able to muster effective policy against aparteide South Africa." The comment regarding "fists raised in ignorance" is a valid concern. Protestors must be (informed and prepared) or the event may disintigrate intO' violence, or worse - its passion wanes. Organizers must have a clear vision of their goals and communicate them effectively. It is a false assumption that the purpose of demonstrations is solely for the benefit of "others;" they are not. Protests and demonstrations are as much for the participants as they are for the on-lookers. They serve as an outlet for self-expression, as· an opportunity for individuals to engage in public dialogue. The March Against Hate on Monday, for example, allows me to speak my anger, my frustration, my fear that senseless tragedies will continue. Rather than feeling that there have been too many protests recently, I suggest there have been too few. These gatherings serve as an extradorinary pulse-taking of public opinion that is worthwhile if only because it has not been filtered and prepacked by the media. Too many Americans are notoriously passive; we allow others to

make critical policy decisions while we abdicate our democratic responsibilities. Our students should be celebrated for wanting to be heard. If you listen carefully, you will hear them say that they have a stake in the improvemnt of their communities. If students' protests are not as "successful" as some would like, these nascent activists should not be blamed and ridiculed. They merely lack the experience that would develop the planning and organizing skills to make these demonstrations optimally effective. Protests and demonstrations teach another skill students seldom learn in classrooms: How to set aside individual interests and cooperate with other members of a group to achieve a common goal. Protests can teach students how to be active citizens. I agree with the statement that "protests ... have virtually no effect unless they are coupled with long-term, concrete action." I would argue, however, that these events do not necessarily have to occur simultaneously, but rather well-organized protests are the stimulus for concrete action and precipitate long-term, sustained effort. Student demonstrations serve as the initial spark that ignites the process of change, they are not the whole fire. No, student protests alone are not enough, but they are a good beginning. Social injustice, unfortunately, is so entrenched and pervasive that it takes more than one weapon to fight it. Instead, it requires unleashing the entire arsenal of all the peoples' skills and talents to effect lasting change.

Gayle Johnson Metro student

Editor: What is an insult is putting people down for taking action against injustice. Although not everyone involed in protest marches or demonstrations knows everything about the issues they are protesting against, they are participating in hopes of learning more while at the same time they are trying to educate others. Another insult is someone who is part of the problem bringing down the people who care enough to find a solution. What makes all of this worse is the

fucking apathy on Auraria. There are hundreds of individuals on campus who are dedicated, vigilant activists, and they strongly believe in what they are fighting for. What makes our work tiresome and trying is the lack of support from the Auraria community, and the laissez-faire attitude of blind American consumers.

Robby Prior Metro student Editor: The addiction to melodrama that is suggested by The Metropolitan is actually (made up of) people who care enough about each other, issues or the environment and take the time out of their lives and make a difference. The Metropolitan has never taken a stand in reporting actual objective facts in some of the articles that it prints. I cannot understand where the newspaper can state it is protesting protest. The Metropolitan should educate itself on why do these people even care. The Metropolitan (staffers) should also educate themselves on the issues, so in tum they can educate the students that they serve in an objective manner. The (editorial) referred to Dr. Luis Torres. Dr. Torres had given many years of his life to bring about concrete change in the education system. How many of the nine members of the editorial staff can say the same thing. Torres has been working for "concrete change" in education for most of his life, along with other dedicated educators. Staging a protest is part of showing to the public at large how slow change comes about in this country. If The Metropolitan can waste print on the facts it does portray, my question is this: Why can't The Metropolitan print a story that truly reflects what is going on? As a student and a reader of The Metropolitan, I feel the "long-term, concrete action" needed is in the form of a protest against The Metropolitan. The only other recourse for The Metropolitan is to stop criticizing the people who are doing something, get of their own buffs and care enough co report objectively on these protests.

Hele.a Giron-Mushfiq Metro student

November 20, 1998

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Storyteller Mike Shaug re-creates the Titanic's icy voyage for adults and children at Villa library on Nov. 17.

By Arlene Wilson Photograph by Laurine Moore torytelling is an art that has been around for centuries, and this week until Nov. 22, storytellers from Colorado are joining others from around the world to celebrate this ancient art. Tellabration, as this worldwide festival is known, began I 0 years ago with a group of people in Connecticut who wanted to get together and telJ stories to each other, according to professional storyteller, Katy Little, who lives in Loveland. This group now includes storytellers, both professional and amateur, from various countries and 44 states. It is held annually in the third week of November. An anthropologist, Little is a member of the Northern Colorado Storytellers. This group, along with its parent group, the Rocky Mountain Storytelling Guild, participates in Tellabration every year. During other months, these groups bring storytelling to libraries, museums, businesses and other institutions in Colorado. Little does storytelling events at counseling centers, and for children in

crisis. Tellabration is a way to bring fami- rytelling has resurected back into the lies together for both entertainment and American culture, largely because of the education. age of electronic technology. "Some of us are in this from a profes"The electronic era has impacted our sional standpoint," Little said. "But all of culture with the combination of sight and us are in it for the joy of being able 路to tell sound technology, which is essentially what stories. Our dream each time is to be able storytelling is all about. We have moved to draw our listeners right into the story." away from an era dominated by print media This is often done with the use of where information is primarily written and music and pictures, a practice that has been read. We are now understanding the depth going on since storytelling and effectiveness of began more than 5,000 oral narrative," years ago, according to the Phelps said. He also 'All of us are in writer of The World of spoke of the new Storytelling, Anne trend in storytelling in it for the joy of Pellowski. the business world. Corporations are Storytellers often being able to dress in costumes to bring training managers to tell stories.' vitality to the programs, tell stories from memory rather than simply Little said. - Katy Little reading them off Some of the Northern Storyteller paper. Colorado Storytellers' Phelps is also a goals are to continue member of Spoken expanding into the business worfd and to work with rangers in the Wheel, which was started and sponsored by Colorado state parks so campfire story- the Rocky Mountain Storytelling Guild. telling can become a part of regional recre- Spoken Wheel is a group of eight storyation areas. Storytelling in the business tellers who primarily tell stories of Native environment is used to help employers with Americans. A Cherokee tribal member, Phelps managerial and speech skills and to help employees with motivational and network- began storytelling when he lived in the Ozark hills of Arkansas. Back then, he ing techniques, Little said. A member of the Rocky Mountain see TALES on 13 Storytelling Guild, Bailey Phelps said sto-

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he Last Night of Ballyhoo (currently playing at the Denver Performing Arts Complex) is a play about Jewish Atlanta circa 1939, but it's written in a universal manner so relatable it can be applied to Anytown, U.S.A. circa today. Playwright Alfred Uhry weaves a wonderful tale of youth and acceptance, displaying the era's stereotypes and biases. In an upscale Atlanta neighborhood lives Adolph Freitags. His house is home to many members of the family, and it proves to be an effective backdrop for the dialogue as only a couple scenes take place outside of it. Lala (Mara Stephens), Adolph's niece, rules the house. She's home from college semi-permanently as things didn't go well in her sorority. She has the hots for Joe (Aaron Serotsky), a new-hire of Adolph's, but he has his .eye on Sunny (Kate Gleason), Adolph's other niece home from university on break. All of this centers around Ballyhoo, an annual eve~t where rich Jewish kids get together to party, roast weenies and dance. The pretentious pretense is dominating and felt throughout the play. Joe comes from a lower class proud Jewish family in New York. When he sees Sunny, Lala and even Adolph take their religion for granted, he is offended. This play's flow is constant in all respects. The exposition in the first act is thoroughly detailed, and it leaves the audience in deep suspense for the events to follow. The rest of the story is predictable and romantic - but not fluffy. The play's meaning is sincere as Uhry wrote what he knows best: growing up in a Jewish family in 1939 Atlanta.

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The acting does the job. Serotsky and Gleason have the appearance of being in love down pat. Even· though they barely admit it to each other, it's seen through their movements. The nuance is captured on the tiny stage of the Ricketson Theatre. But the stage is where the low point of the production is found. The stage is so small, and the elaborate set looks cramped and squished. The plays demands that the company have certain rooms and spaces, but the design of this stage is too cluttered and takes away from the performances. Nonetheless, the supporting roles are strong and

authentic. They help elevate the show and further the message of the words. The cast creates a nice environment for the action to take place in. The audience gets the impression that th_is is a tight-knit family, and the actors portray just that. And with such a well-written script, it makes it hard lo screw things up. Uhry's name might be familiar, as his other work Driving Miss Daisy won him an Oscar and the Pulitzer Prize. He completed the hatrick by snagging the Tony Award for best play for Ballyhoo.

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Sometimes I'm wacked. I saw a few plays not too long ago and forgot about them. In addition to The Last Night of Rico Baca Ballyhoo (see review above), the Denver Center Theatre Company also recently produced Picasso at the Lapin Agile, a smashing comedy by Steve Martin, and Travels With My Aunt, a theatrical adaptation of the Graham Greene novel. To my dismay, they both closed Nov. 14. My apologies to everyone but I feel like writing about them anyway. I feel sorry for anyone who didn't see Picasso. Its script is genius, the players were absolutely fab and everything clicked. But don't worry, this is one of those plays that will be performed again and again. And really, it would be hard to do a bad production of Picasso. Martin's words are so easy to work with, the lines come out in a

mish-mash of theatricality and standup. Audience members could just see Martin standing on the stage playing out any and all of the parts. It was truly a joy. The play is a hypothetical meeting of Albert Einstein (Bruce Turk) and Pablo Picasso (Don Burroughs) in a Parisian Bistro, the Lapin Agile (Agile Rabbit). The two, who stumbled upon their respective discoveries during the same decade, trade ideas and witty dialogue. This production was classic with a cast that displayed the eccentricities of Einstein and Picasso. Oh yeah, there were other characters on stage, too. There was Freddy (Brad Bellamy ) and Germaine (Kathleen M. Brady), the nutty couple who owned the bar; Gaston (James Lawless), the obligatory drunk with a small bladder; Suzanne (Katie MacNichol), the busty young women who craved for more Picasso; and Charles Dabernow Schmendiman (Lee Eskey), a real piece of work who electrified (and horrified) the characters and the audience upon every entrance. The team worked together and flowed, and with the

help of a script that can't fail, they rocked the mic. Travels was a much different show. This is not one to check out from the library, rather wait till it's performed again. Giles Havergal adapted the novel for the stage in an unusual manner. Four actors carried the narrative. They constantly switched parts and ended up playing more than 20 characters. The actors' names in the script, Actors 1-4, displays the fact that concrete names would have just confused the audience. While one actor was playing• the role of the nephew, it would breathlessly get passed on to another actor without hesitation. The entire story was told in this manner, and it was a refreshing change-up from the norm. It tells of the inane .Henry Pulling and his wild ventures with his Aunt Augusta. They go here, they go there, but what keeps you watching is the difficult manner of delivery. Tony Church, Jamie Horton, Robert Westenberg and Eric Tieze all do fantastic jobs. The main problem: Tieze is nothing but a glorified stage hand, carrying objects, rarely talking.

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degree in storytelling and said it is a spiritual experience for her. "I love storytelling. It is inspiring because it is a co-creative experience between the storyteller and the listeners," Payne said. She produces and perfonns on a storytelling TV show on Channel 58, which airs every Monday at 7 p.m. The interest in storytelling is increasing due to the interest in family history, Payne said. Payne and three other storytellers will take part in Tellabration at the Metro Black Box Theater, Arts Building, Room 271 on Nov. 21at7 p.m.

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Mader to finish off memorable career at Metro By Tom VJSkocil The Metropolitan When senior backrow player Laura Mader talks about her first year on the Metro volleyball team, sh~ doesn't use adjectives that show a pleasant experience. She uses phrases like "it was a Jong year," a "frustrating year," a !'disappointing year." In fact, Mader says it seems like such a long time ago, she has a hard time remembering any of the year. Looking back, the unmemorable year does look like something you'd want to forget. In 1995, when Mader was a freshman out of Brighton High School, Metro finished 13-20 for the season . Now, as the only senior on the team that has spent her entire four year career at Metro, Mader has a some more exciting terms to describe this season. "Successful, fun, comfortable, fulfilling," are the words that describe a season in which Mader cracked the top 10 list in games played (397) in a career. And to think, just a couple years ago, she was thinking of hanging up her volleyball shoes. "I didn't plan on coming back my sophomore year," Mader explained. "But having a different coach come into the program kept me here." That coach was Joan McDermott. Even though Mader knew little about McDermott, she knew a lot about her freshman coach, Rhonda Williams, and decided she was not the coach she wanted to play for. The change made all the difference. "It feels like I've been at two different schools with two different experiences,"

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Laura Mader has experienced both the ups and downs of the Metro vol· leyball team over the past four years. She is the only four-year senior on this year's team. she said. The past three years have met the expectations Mader had when she first entered the Metro volleyball program. She also has seen quite a few changes. "There has been so many people come and go, it almost seems like we've had a new team each year," she said. Mader entered the program with two other freshmen but they quit the team after their sophomore years. Mader had endured two years on a team with a losing program, but she could see her sophomore year, McDermott's first year back at Metro, times were improving. The past

two years, success has taken a front seat at Metro, and Mader has enjoyed as much of it as possible. "These last two· years, I've fulfilled pretty much everything I've expected from volleyball," she said. "To know I stuck it out, just to know that inside, it feels good." This season isn't over yet as Mader has an opportunity to be a part of history. A victory at this weekend's regional tournament would send the Roadrunners to a first-ever trip to the NCAA Tournament. An experience that might be worth four years of memorable adjectives.

Metro men picked to·win RMAC By Tom VJSkocil The Metropolitan They're bigger, quicker, stronger and more athletic than last year. But the question remains, is the Metro men's basketball team any better than last year? The coaches around the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference think so as

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NCAA Tournament and a No. 18 final national ranking. He was the 1998 RMAC Coach of the Year and has no doubts last year's success will continue. ''The organization is running much smoother; we are further along than last year as the system goes and the team see MEN on 16

For the third time this year, the Metro volleyball team had to face one of the top ranked teams in the country in a conference match. For only the first time this year, the Roadrunners didn't come home a winner. The Regis Rangers, consistantly ranked in the top five nationally this season, finally got the best of Metro, Nov. 14, to capture the 1998 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference title. Regis took the crown with a 14-16, 15-4, 11-15, 15-11, 15-12 victory. Despite the loss, Metro received a bid to the Regional Tournament set for Nov. 20-21 at Regis University. Metro will face a familiar foe in the first round, set for, Nov. 20 at 5 p.m. Metro will play West Texas A&M, the defending Division II National Champion and a team that Metro lost to in four games on Nov. 23 at the West Texas A&M Invitational. The winner of the match will play the winner of the Regis-Cameron match on Saturday, Nov. 21 at 7 p.m. at Regis University. Metro started off the RMAC Tournament with wins over Western State and a satisfying victory over Colorado Christian. The Cougars had beaten Metro twice this year, but the Roadrunners captured the one that mattered most "Volleyball is such a mental game," senior backrow player Laura Mader said. "We were prepared for the match this time. Last time, I think they surprised us with what they did." The win over Colorado Christian pitted Metro against Regis and gave them a chance to exact revenge for the two regular season losses. The loss was disappointing but not season ending. "Like coach (McDermott) said after the match, it's better to lose to them now than next week," Mader said. There is no tomorrow for Metro now as a loss at regionals ends the season. A victory at regionals would give them a spot in the Division II National Tournament. Mader feels, even with the earlier loss to West Texas A&M, the goal is still achievable. "I know we· can play better than we did last time," she said. "On a nuetral court, at our best, we can beat them." Metro had two players selected to the All-RMAC Tournament team: Kelly Hanlon and Audra Littou. Conference honors were also handed out this week and Metro had several players recognized for their outstanding play this season. Seniors Hanlon, Amy Buchanan and Kelly Young were all selected to the first team All-RMAC. Sophomore Michelle Edwards was selected to the second team All-RMAC.

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Mountain Tournament in Billings, Montana, Nov. 20-21. Dunlap brought to Metro a philosophy that included every player on the team. Last year, Metro had 18 different combinations of players in the starting lineup whlch Dunlap says. "leads to high morale." It also led to an average of 88 points a game, tops in the RMAC, and the highest winning margin (12 points) in the conference. With all thls success returning, along with a recruiting class that has excellent foot speed and size according to Dunlap, it seems the Roadrunners will be a marked bird. "We have th~ understanding people will be coming after us," Dunlap said. "That's a compliment to our organization and our players." With the predicted success comes some pressure. But Dunlap says if you're going to be successful, you better get used to it. The tradition of winning seems to be following a quick pace at Metro. The players have become quicker, the recruits are quicker and Dunlap is quick to point out it's just getting better. "We' re quicker at every spot on the floor thls year," he said. "With a year under our belt and more understanding of the system, the returners condition

response is better and their rea"ction is better because they don't have to think as much, they just react." Metro has two returning starters this ~ year in junior guard DeMarcos Anzures and junior center Lee Barlow. If the Roadrunners are going to be a marked team, Anzures will have the biggest bullseye on his jersey. He was a first team AllRMAC selection last year, averaging 18.3 points a game to lead Metro and led the RMAC in steals. It's not just the RMAC coaches who tab Anzures as a player to watch either. He is listed as an honorable mention All-American in Street and Smiths preseason basketball magazine and is also listed by Division II Bulletin as an honorable mention All-American. With the loss of Phillip DeGraffenried, a three-point shooter from last year, Anzures knows that teams will have him in sight all game long. It may ... change the way he plays his game some but he feels the outcome won't change. "Last year he (DeGraffenried) relieved the pressure off me," he said. "This year all the attention will be put on me. I have to be more patient and Jet things come to me." · Anzures also understands the pressure put on his team this season. It's a pressure he relishes and feels he and his teammates are ready for.

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Before starting its season, the Metro swimming and diving team had been led by two head coaches. Former head coach Brant Noonan had spent about two months with the team before the season started when he decided to pursue other options. It took only one week after hearing about the position opening, from Noonan himself, for James Richey to apply and receive the title as the new head coach. Richey is no stranger to Metro. He was a swimmer and water polo player for Duke University before coming to Metro and swimming in 1987. He has coached everything from club teams to high school teams in his career. Ritchey is currently a Masters swim coach at the Denver Athletic Club and head coach of the Colorado Rapids Swim Team. But no matter how fast the application process had been and how much experience he had, the time to prepare with his learn before the season started was very limited for Richey. "It was something that I was thrown into very fast," said the coach, who had only about two weeks to get ready for the Roadrunners' season. Thus far, it would be hard to tell that the team, which is composed of both

swimmers and divers, hasn't had much sore shoulder but continues to practice time to connect with its coach. They everyday and lead the team in the pool," opened the season at the Early Bird . said the coach. Invitational at Colorado State University This is valuable to the team because on October 23-24 with the men placing Richey believes that motivation should third and the women placing seventh. come from inside, not from him. He says Both the men and women. hold a 2-1 praise and punishment from a coach can only push a player so far, in the end both record in the dual meets. Richey has his own ideas on how the methods "fall flat." team has performed this far into the season Already catching the coaches eye has - and it's all positive. been Mike True, who swam the 400-rneter "Within Colorado we rock," said the freestyle in 4 minutes, 16 seconds. enthusiastic coach. The men's 200-rneter medley relay But swimming and diving is about team is also doing well. Even after a loss more than just posting a winning record, at South Dakota he expects them to have a according to Richey. To him, improving chance to win the NCAA Division II swim times and diving scores are most Nationals. important. On the women's side, Christabell "Swimming is cool because if you Nieman is looking strong early. swim 2:02 and you usually swim 2:05, "I look for her to place in the top eight then that is good for you; especially if the at Nationals," Ritchey said. "She has that person who beat you went 2:01 but they level of physical talent, we just need to get usually do a 1:57. You won because that her into peak shape." But Richey's praise for his team does was weak for them and great for you," said Richey. not stop with just the swimmers. "Right now we should be called the This improvement will only come with lots of practice, says Ritchey. The Metro State diving and swimming team," Roadrunners practice twice a day for two he said. "Our divers' performances have hours each session, five days a week. This definitely been the most outstanding this early practice is already paying off for year." some of the athletes. Ritchey has noticed Richey attributes much of the success their discipline in practice as well as in of the diving squad to its coach, Brian Kennedy. competitive meets. "Captain Adam Treanor is nursing a "He is probably the best coach in the

whole area. We are extremely lucky to have him." And as far as the national competition, the divers struck first in qualifying. Both Cari Lewton and Dan Purifoy have qualified for the competition in March. Lewton set a new school record in the 3-meter diving competition with an lldive total of 435.20 points. Purifoy set a new school record for the men in the men's 3-rneter dive with a 6-dive total of 292.35 points. Also setting a new school record this season is Sarah Lane, making her mark in the 1000-meter freestyle with a time of 11:09.29.

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