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Police arrest two suspects in connection with slaying of 19-year-old computer science major By Lisa Opsahl-Lang The Metropolitan A 19-year-old Metro student was stabbed to death in his apartment Jan. 26. A roommate found Robert Hayden's body in the hallway of their apartment at 1250 Galapago St., No. 701, according to police reports. Police arrested two suspects in connection with the stabbing. Joseph Crazy Horse Roybal, 18, was arrested on Feb. 2, and Darnell Prelow, 20, was arrested Feb 3. Denver Det. John Wyckoff said Hayden's attack may have been the result of an attempted burglary. Police found signs of a struggle, but not forced entry.

"I know it was probably a robbery, and there was nothing he could have done to prevent it," said Diana Hayden, the victim's aunt. "This was a tragic, horrible accident." Jan Roper, a family friend, said Hayden's uncle persuaded him to move to Colorado from his home in New York 18 months ago. "I know he liked it here," Roper said. Nine days before he was killed, Hayden moved out of his aunt and uncle's home at 1022 Humbolt St. to live with friends at the Galapago address. "He was a typical kid," Roper said. "He liked snowboarding, hockey and tennis."

"Robbie was a bright, warm and loving child," Hayden said. Hayden said more than 600 people attended her nephew's funeral in New York, where he was born and his parents still reside. "Kids came from colleges all over the county for the funeral, and after people Robert Hayden stayed at the cemetery and talked all night about how much they were going to miss him," Hayden said. "I have three small kids who were

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People run from clouds of tear gas Jan. 31 in Larimer Square. Police released tea,. gas after putting out bonfires set by rioters. Although many businesses suf· fered damage, Auraria Campus was unaffected.

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Campus escapes riot damage By Sean Weaver and Tim Fields The Metropolitan

The Auraria Campus survived unscathed the post-Super Bowl blitz that last year caused $25,000 in damages. "One of the main reasons for that is the different tactics we took," said Barb Weiske, director of the Tivoli Student Union. ''We learned the hard way from last year." Last year people toppled concrete garbage containers, bent umbrellas and tables near the Tivoli and busted several student union and parking garage windows. Weiske said the administration this year removed garbage containers and umbrellas to prevent the same damages. ''We brought in

very close to him, and now their lives are a mess," she said. Hayden was a computer science major at Metro. "He was a computer whiz," Roper said. "He had a great job and· a bright future," Hayden said. He worked for his uncle's distribution business as a computer network administrator. Hayden was born in Suffern, N.Y., on Oct. 30, 1979. A Denver memorial service was held Feb. 3. Survivors include parents Robert and Nadine; and sister Alyssa, all of Chestnut Ridge, N.Y.

everything that could be thrown through windows," she said. 'The campus police were very coordinated," Weiske said. "Clearly the officers' presence made a big difference for us." "We were ready and prepared," said Auraria police Chief Joe Ortiz. "With a little bit of planning and the help of the (Denver Police Department), we were able to keep people at bay." Ortiz said police blocked off and closed campus parking Jots to prevent people from parking on campus to go downtown. "It worked out well," he said. ''We never had any pedestrian traffic through campus," Ortiz said. He said Auraria officers faced only one

major confrontation when 300 people near the Colfax Avenue light rail stop began throwing bottles and other objects at campus police. He said the Denver police released tear gas to break up the crowd. Auraria police made no arrests. "Arrests create a drain on manpower and (cars for) transportation," Ortiz said. "Our strategy was to break up the crowds. "We were really fortunate compared with what happened downtown," Ortiz said. On 15th and Larimer streets Metropolitan reporters witnessed Denver police releasing tear gas into a crowd of revelers after the game. 'The crowds disbursed as the police marched down the gas-laden Larimer Square. The fleeing crowds

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A preliminary hearing for the man arrested in connection with the slaying of former Metro professor Harold Eisenhuth has been set. Matthew Garcia, 2 1, of Denver, will appear in court Feb. 18. He is sti ll in c ustody, and his bond has been set at $500,000. Boulder sheriffs found Eisenhuth's body at his Eldora log cabin on Jan. 9. Sheriffs arrested Garcia at a nearby home later that day. Sgt. Rich Schwalm, a Boulder county sheriff, said Garcia told authorities he hit Eisenhuth six times with a hammer, because he thought Eisenhuth was going to sexually assault him. Garcia told police he got the hammer out of a toolbox at Eisenhuth's home, Schwalm said. Police found Eisenhuth lying naked in the hallway. Garcia had cocaine a nd morphine in his possession at the time of the arrest, police said. A toxicology report from the Boulder County Coroner's office showed Eisenhuth had recently used cocaine, but they could not say how long it had been. Eisenhuth was a tenured criminal justice professor at Metro. He left in October 1997. Metro spokeswoman Carrie Schafer said Eisenhuth was on a oneyear suspension when he left Metro.

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Imagine not having to wake up early to fight traffic just to get to an 8 a.m. class, or no longer having to juggle work and class schedules. That's the appeal of online classes, where students learn via the Internet and submit homework through e-mail. These course are so popular that enrollment in Metro's online courses has doubled this semester, said a Metro administrator. "There is a lot of interest and growth with online courses," said Andy Breckel, assistant vice president for academic affairs. Breckel also said that there are about 1,350 students enrolled in 49 online courses. Currently there are computer classes being offered with accounting courses. "There is a need for online classes for the students who are not able to get to campus or have full-time jobs," said Larry Lombard, a professor teaching a government accounting course online. Metro is also experimenting with six hybrid classes. These courses are taught in the classroom and online. Breckel said the advantage of having online classes and hybrid classes is the flexibility they offer students. Breckel also said it doesn't cost the college a lot of money to have online courses, adding that "we have a service fee of $30 that we pay. "If the same things are being taught in the online classes that are being taught in the regular class and the learning is the same, we charge the same amount for both classes," Breckel said. "In my course . .. Lhey have the same syllabus for both the online course and the regular course," said Lombard. Metro wanted to improve its accessibi lity to students who live in the Denver area. A lso the college wanted to appeal to students who didn't want to commute to Auraria because of the large expansion under way in the downtown area. "I really like taking an online course," said Metro student Becky Maclennan. "It is very convenient and you don't have to worry about not being able to make it to class every day, and you are able to go at your own pace instead of the professor's."

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Tina Hedglin, a student at the University of Colorado at Denver, studies a script for her film class while riding the exercise bike at the Auraria Events Center.

Supreme Court V#ill decide college discrimination suit WASHINGTON, D.C. - (U-WIRE) The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday it will decide whether faculty members at public universities can sue in federal court under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act. The court announced Lhat Kimel vs. State of Florida Board of Regents will appear on its March or April calendar. Last year, the 1llh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta ruled state agencies cannot be sued for violation of the act, which prohibits employers from discriminating against older workers. The Atlanta appeals court said state agencies have immunity from such suits under the 11th Amendment. Eight other circuit courts reached the opposite conclusion in separate cases, according to a press release from the National Education Association. The NEA is funding the suit on behalf of 35 faculty members from two Florida state universities.

"We think that the 11th circuit's decision is wrong and we are pleased Lhat Lhe Supreme Court has granted our request for review," NEA General Counsel Robert H. Chanin said in a statement. "Higher education faculty should be able to look to Lhe federal courts for protection against invidious age discrimination." The Kimel case is based on a Florida law that allows older professors to receive salaries comparable to those paid to recently hired faculty members. Two state schools did not adhere to the new law, which prompted Lhe faculty members' suit. Mark Simpson, assistant general counsel for the NEA, said the Supreme Court should rule whelher Congress has Lhe power to extend the I I Lh Amendment to public colleges and universities. "If Lhe court rules against us, no higher education faculty in Lhe United States will be covered by the ADEA," Simpson said.

Honors program Ireland bound By Jennifer Youngman The Metropolitan Members of the Metro Honors Program will study Irish history, philosophy and political issues this summer in Ireland. They will study at the University of Ulster in Londonderry/Derry from June 14 - 27. The trip will include daily lectures and field trips. Some lectures students will hear include World War I and Ireland, Education in Northern Ireland and Women and ~ Irish

Conflict. Field trips include walking tours of Londonderry/Derry, the Ulster American Folk Park, and time to explore Belfast. The weekend of June 18 - 20 will be spenl in Ireland's capital, Dublin. The Honors Program will be holding bake sales regularly throughout the semester in Lhe Central Classroom to offset Lhe cost of Lhe trip, which is expected to cost more than $3,000.

College hopefuls might have a new strategy available to keep up with rising tuition costs. Saving money for an education could get easier with a proposed plan for taJc-deferred stock investments if a bill at the state legislature passes. House Bill 1288, sponsored by Rep. Doug Dean, R-Colorado Springs, would direct the Colorado Student Obligation Bond Authority and the Colorado treasury department to devise a plan for future college students to build up capital by investing in the stock market. Investors wouldn't pay federal or state taJces on the money they put into the program until they withdraw it for use at a college. But stashing Doug Dean college money in a potentially volatile market could also back.fire, said Becky Godec, vice president of the CSOBA. "Savings plans are for people who are comfortable with the market risk," Godec said. Money from the College Savings Program would be managed by a private company making aggressive investments in the stock market. That means a potentially large payoff if the stocks do well, a potentially crippling loss if they don't, or somewhere in between. The authority already oversees a separate program that allows tuition payments in advance, avoiding predicted leaps in tuition costs. Prepaid tuition investments are also taJc-deferred, but they're kept in much safer securities. Started in 1997, the prepaid tuition program has 11,000 contracts from parents who want to pay for college costs ahead of time, Godec said. Prepaid tuition is designed to benefit young children, and few on the program have entered college yet. Metro admits about three students from the prepaid tuition program each semester, said Sharise Jones, supervisor of Student Accounts. Metro tuition vaulted from $262 for IO credits in 1980 to $699 this semester. People who pay tuition ahead of time would avoid paying for a similar increase if tuition continues to rise, but couldn't benefit from even greater potential for growth in the stock market

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Enrollment drop leads to Metro budget cuts By Rebecca Rivas The Metropolitan A $1.5 million cut in Metro's budget will require athletes to do more fundraising and administrative offices to reallocate programs funds, college officials said. "I have been here since 1989 and this is the first time we've had to make cuts," said Joe Arcese, vice president of Administration and Finance. With a 1.4 percent drop in student enrollment from last year, Metro vice presidents were forced to make cutbacks

in five divisions of the college, said college spokeswoman Debbie Thomas. The athletic department will be one branch to receive less funds from the college, Arcese said. Athletes will have to depend more on booster clubs and other fundraising for their budget. "We're fighters," said Larry McGill, from Athletic Marketing and Promotions. "We'll keep our heads above the water. As long as we have winning teams, the booster clubs will come through for us." Student Services had to make a major transition of merging $397 ,000 of the Student Counseling Center with another

program budget, said Yolanda Ericksen, vice president of Student Services. The Counseling Center, previously state-funded, will be supported by the Student Health Center reserves, or student fees from previous years and non-student income, said Ericksen. "We have enough in the operational budget to cover (the center). Right now it will not require additional funding, but it may down the road," Ericksen said. More than $500,000 in tuition revenue has already been cut from the 199899 academic year, Thomas said. TI1e remaining $1 million will impact

1999-2000 tenn, Thomas said. The amount of state funding depends on student enrollment. Metro has hired an enrollment management consulting finn, Noel-Levitz, to boost student numbers and increase retention. "A lot of things derail a student's plan of getting a degree," Thomas said. "When students drop out, what are the frequent reasons and what help can we give to help students stay in?" Noel-Levitz will conduct research to find the main reasons for Metro's low retention and build a plan to help solve the · problem.

Rapper among this semester's featured speakers By Chris Bryan The Metropolitan Authors, activists and a rap musician will be featured speakers in this semester's lecture series sponsored by Metro and the University of Colorado at Denver. Chuck D., the leader and co-founder of the rap group Public Enemy, will be at the Tivoli Turnhalle on Feb. 8. He is also noted as an author and political activist whom filmmaker Spike Lee described as one of the most politically and socially conscious artists of any generation.

On Feb. 11, race relations expert Jane Elliott will offer a prejudice reduction workshop, The Anatomy of Prejudice. Her blue-eyed/brown-eyed workshop, initiated in 1968, made her one of the most celebrated and dynamic diversity trainers in America. For Women's History Month, Shirley Chisholm will be giving a speech, Of Course Women Dare, on March 4. In 1968, Chisholm was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, making her the first African American woman to be elected to Congress. Writer, activist and educator Nikki

Giovanni will be at the Tumhalle March 25. She will also be the keynote speaker at the Women's Leadership Conference the following day at the Turnhalle. On April 26, Jose Ramos-Horta will be speaking on the Chuck D power of nonviolence. In 1996 he received the Nobel Peace Prize for his book "Funu," which details the history and fight for freedom in

his native country of East Timor. "We really know how to stretch a dollar," said Zav Dadabhoy, director of student activities at Metro. "But we work with UCD to bring bigger and better speakers to campus." Each school pays for half of the bill. Metro's yearly budget of approximately $32,000 is less than adequate considering what most recognized speakers command for just one appearance, Dadabhoy said. Some of the past speakers have been Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Oliver North and Jackie Joyner Kersey.

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bus was forced to stop after being surrounded by 50 teen-agers. The teens began to climb the bus and jump on top of it. The passengers looked frightened as they ripped off some off the bus' pieces and pounded on the windows. After police released another can of tear gas, the incident ended.

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Activist group a sham Most students are resigned to the fact that EDITORIAL Metro will nickel and dime them with one fee NEws: after another and take no time to find out where the Metro students gave $84,000 to an money goes. environmental lobThe fee that supports Colorado Public bying group. the Interest Research Group is VIEWS: worst example the It was a poor because students can investment. chose not to pay the $4 each semester by simply checking a box on their tuition invoice. Few take that opportunity. We think more should. Recently, a The Metropolita11 reporter asked several students about their donation to CoPIRG. CoPIRG bills itself as a public advocate on issues such as deforestation, pollution and voter registration. The reporter found a mixture of ignorance and apathy when she talked with students about their donation to the group. "I know that they do some environmental stuff - but that's all I really know about them," one student told Rebecca Rivas, the reporter. "Anything that helps the environment is fine with me," said another student. 'Tm not as educated on the subject as I probably should be." Indeed.

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Of course, preserving the environment is a worthy cause, but it's irresponsible to throw money at a group that claims to support the environment without looking into what the group does with the donation. Under that light, it's hard to tell exactly what CoPIRG does with money it gets from Metro students. One thing is sure: Most of the money goes to pay staff salaries, according to CoPIRG campus organizer Sarah Bennett. An official at CoPIRG's downtown office said $43,428 of Metro 's donation paid for event materials, travel, telephone and staff expenses. The only thing students saw from that money was a few posters, pamphlets and media releases. In one case last semester, CoPIRG staged a media event around a cardboard polar bear, presumably paid for out of the group's budget. The event was supposed to educate students about potential oil drilling on pristine land in Alaska. In another case, CoPIRG volunteers slept outside on campus in a supposed simulation of homelessness. A pizza joint donated food for the event and somebody brought along hot drinks. Whatever positive impact these events might have had on the environment is lost on us. CoPIRG relies almost completely on volunteer work to staff its activities. If that makes the volunteers feel good about themselves, fine. But the group shouldn't try to dupe students into thinking their donation is actually helping preserve the environment.

Feel free to hate me

"Restrictio11 of free thought a11d free speech is the most dangerous of all subversions" - Justice William Douglas

Aren't we a bit full of ourselves thinking we can control or prevent hate? Kyle Ringo Hate has always been and always will be. UNCl.E BALDY Some hate in 1999 is relativcly new. Religious hate is as old as man. I'm sure you have heard of the hate in the Middle East, Ireland and all over Africa. It is easy for a politician like Rep. Penfield Tate, D-Dcnver, to write legislation criminalizing hate as he has done with House Bill 1074. It is easy for people to support fighting hate by backing Tate. It's difficult defending the right to detest. It's legal to hate after all. Acting on that emotion is a different story I'm not advocating hate, but I am defending the right to think, and speak. If we say it is worse to commit a crime with acertain thought in your head, we open ourselves to treachery. How do you prove what someone was thinking or what was in their heart when they committed a crime? Sure, it's easy to convict a life-long member of the Ku Klux Klan for killing a black man based on that criteria. But what happens in less obvious cases? It is dangerous to allow the government to start regulating thought. As it is, the law protects minorities from "ethnic intimidation." Tate wants to add sexual orientation, age and disability. Thus changing it from an ethnic intimidation rule to a hate crime law.

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But why stop there? If hate is criminal, let's make it so in all cases. Let's stiffen the penalties every time someone commits a crime with hate in their heart. Thousands of young people have been killed in gang wars where hate is rampant. Why are these crimes not subject to hate crime laws? It is curious that religion is left out of the measure. I would suggest that hate persists in no other area of human existence more than religion. It seems to me that by making hate part of the crime we are criminalizing a human emotion, albeit one most of us don't like. We are trying to control thought and speech. There arc some history lessons here. The first lesson being: Attempting to control people in such a way is, itself, evil. I don't mean to suggest that Tate or his supporters arc wicked in any way. I'm saying the law they want passed is. They just might not recognize it. Karen Bensen, Auraria director of Gay. Lesbian, Bisexual and Trans Student Services summarized the chief argument in favor of the legislation in a story about the bill in last week's The Metropolitan. "When somebody is killed or intimidated because of a group they belong with, then it frightens and scares the entire group," Bensen said in reference to the October murder of Matthew Shepard, a gay student at the University of Wyoming. The logic seems to be that if a law exists that prohibits hatred of someone you are killing, assaulting or intimidating, the rest of the group you hate will no longer be affected. That's lunacy. Just like hate.

Kyle Ringo is a Metro student and a columnist for The Metropolitan. His e-mail address is ringok@mscd.edu.

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fans and fuzz failed When the big game finished, Larimer Square filled with swarms of ecstatic football fans, ready for a celebration. Others were ready for the festivities as well. Dozens of vendors posted themselves on corners to sell everything from newspapers to buttons, and even a T-shirt or two. Kevin Kossow But no one can forget the life of the party, the Denver Police Department. Officers were so eager to celebrate they dressed up for the occasion. They weren 't wearing orange or blue; but their gas masks and riot gear did prove to be the costume of necessity. The crowd, containing many Metro students, wasted no time. By 8 p.m., a bonfire in the center of the crowd sent showers of ash and sparks onto everyone present. Not to be outdone, police shot party favors into the crowd, filling Larimer Square with tear gas. Some even gave party-goers a special treat by spraying mace into their jubilant faces. The attempt at crowd control failed, however, and many would-be partiers turned violent. The crowd scattered to 15th and Lawrence streets, just a few blocks from campus, and resumed their party. Stopping traffic and dancing in the streets was just the least of the problems. Some started another fire, while a few more daring youngsters scrambled on top of a city bus to dance. The police were not long in joining this festival, either, and followed the same routine as before, this time driving the party to 17th Street. The mob being forced up 17th Street seemed more like a parade of wanton destruction than a celebration march. The group passed leaving behind overturned cars, destroyed newsstands, burning trash cans and shattered storefronts. Bringing up the rear, the ever-vigilant police force urged the crowd on, gassing them at 17th and Court streets, and then again at 15th and Cleveland streets. The parade veered east on Colfax Avenue, where people seemed to have a better time. Due to the traffic, the police could not follow the crowd all the way past Downing Street, but they held a steady line at Pearl Street. Colfax Avenue became a zone of destruction where store owners took the Jaw into their own hands to protect their businesses. Fires still appeared, including a few large dumpsters that were set ablaze and then pushed toward the street. There were a few regulars to these kinds of parties, wearing gas masks and other fancy attire. Neither those in the crowd nor officers at the scene were ready for what they were begging to receive. Officers should rethink these strong-arm crowd control tactics. The thought of spraying a can of mace into a man's face who is holding the American flag and expecting not to get ridiculed for it is simply stupefying. People shouting "police brutality" and "unjust punishment" don't have a sturdy soapbox to stand on, either, when they are exhibiting such destructive behavior. The idea that a person could justify vandalizing a storefront, thereby possibly making a family that owns the store truly suffer, but still expect to escape unscathed is incomprehensible. Ancient Romans used sports to keep citizens from going insane. The events were cheap to attend and entertaining. This kept the citizens of the early metropolis from destroying their countries and each other. On Jan . 31, the idea of organized sports as a social tension alleviator is rather far fetched. The celebration I witnessed was not one of fun and enjoyment, but filled with anger, pain and injustice.

Kevin Kossow is a Metro student.

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Broncos win Super Bowl Editor's note: Seymour Weinberg wrote this Letter before the Jan. 31 Super Bowl. Editor: Last year, prior to the Broncos' Super Bowl victory, in a letter published in Th e Metropolitan, I wrote the following: "It was now clear to me that we are witnessing the archetypal 'team of destiny' pattern allied to another archetypal pattern, 'the hero's journey' originated by Carl Jung and amplified by Joseph Campbell. John Elway is on that hero's journey having overcome the obstacles of two play-off road games and the stigma of past Super Bowl defeats. On Super Bowl Sunday, he will complete the hero's journey by leading the Broncos to victory. "Broncos fans, rest assured. Victory is ours. It 's written in the stars. " It now appears that the triumph in last year's Super Bowl was not the completion but rather an intermediate stage in John El way's hero journey. Returning for another season, he and his teammates have now earned the right to play in another Super Bowl. ls a Bronco victory at this year's Super Bowl also written in the stars? Not necessarily! For this year, two hero's journeys - that of Elway and Atlanta coach Dan Reeves and two "teams of destiny" will meet at the Super Bowl. In their journeys this year, both heroes had to overcome physical disabilities and

both " teams of destiny" were aided by fortuitous synchronistic events in the winning of their respective division championship games. Minnesota's Gary Anderson 's first missed field goal this season - after 39 successive successful attempts, several of which were in outdoor stadiums and from longer distances than the missed 38-yarder - opened the door for Atlanta's victory. The "mistake" of receivers Rod Smith and Ed McCaffrey lining up on the wrong side, contributing significantly to the momentumchanging successful 47-yard pass from Elway to Mccaffrey, which together with the unplanned, wind-tossed kick-off recovered by the Broncos, completely dispelled the ominous clouds of doubt and defeat hovering over the Broncos and their fans . It is evident that the Atlanta Falcons and the De nver Broncos are parallel teams of destiny. Are there any signs and portents that indicate which hero's journey and which team of des tiny's journey will end triumphantly in Super Bowl XXXIII? Consider these three: I. If Elway had completed his last thrown pass at Mile High Stadium to McCaffrey for a touchdown, corresponding to Ted Williams homer in his last at-bat and Michael Jordan's game-ending winning basket in his last game, it would have been a strong indication that John Elway's hero's journey had been completed. It appears that the completion of this journey is in the

coincidence? future and most likely in this year 's Super Bowl. 2. In order to reach the two-Super Bowl victory level attained by the SanFrancisco 49ers' Joe Montana and a few other select quarterbacks and to be included in the Jordanesque dimension of sports heroes, John Elway needs to repeat his Super Bowl victory. 3. Atlanta's comeback from the jaws of defeat by driving 71 yards at the close of the fourth quarter to tie Minnesota in its championship game and then to win in overtime was so reminiscent of Dan Reeves' 1987 experience with the Broncos, when his team drove 98 yards at the close of the game to tie Cleveland and then win in overtime. If the same cyclical pattern prevails, the Broncos 1987 Super Bowl defeat after its stirring victory in the championship game with Cleveland will be paralleled by Atlanta's defeat in the 1999 Super Bowl. In conclusion, lest too much emphasis be placed on cyclical patterns and destiny written in the stars, it would be well to consider the following words of Shakespeare, "the fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars but in ourselves." Or, as ESPN sports announcer Chris Berman would say, "That's why they play the game."

Seymour Weinberg is a senior citizen student at Metro and vice president of the Metro Bahai Club.

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creams echoed throughout downtown as hundreds of fans expressed their victorious elation. The war had been won. The revelers would come to take their spoils. The Denver police stood in formation and waited. Revelers poured into the streets. Hundreds of screaming fans converged on Larimer Square and ignited a pile of newspapers in the middle of the street. It explc<led with heat and sparks. The wardance began. Rocks and bottles began to fall upon the police. The police prepared their shields. Revelers jumped across the bonfire and pushed and shoved each other with force. Flaming pieces of newpaper swirled up and around the crowd surrounding the fire. A woman nearly choked when she breathed one m. Some climbed lamp posts and street signs and when they fell off they were congratulated for being a champion. A woman, positioned on a male's shoulders took off her shirt and flashed her breasts to the chaotic mob. Immediately, she was mauled by ten or more males and dragged to the ground. "Bron-cos! Bron-cos!" the crowd chanted. Bottles and rocks began to rain down on the police standing in silence. The police prepared their clubs. Screams, laughter, fireworks, pushing, shoving, smoke, noise, violence, flames, shattering, cheering, police, riot. chaos - tear gas. The order was given. A policeman stepped quickly out of the line of faceless officers and threw a canister into the crowd on 15th and Larimer streets. The mob dispursed in panic. The canister hissed out a greenish smoke .. Coughing, wheezing, cursing and vomiting filled the air as the police marched down the gas-laden Larimer Square. The fleeing crowds overturned trash dumpsters, newspaper bins and smashed windows. A haze of smoke filled downtown's streets as trash dL.mpsters and newspaper dispensers were set a fire. Helicopters flew above and directed their searchlights on the fleeing movements of the mob. On 15th and Lawrence Street a RTD bus was forced to stop after being surrounded by more than 50 teen-agers. T~.e teen-agers climbed on top of the bus. The tri llmphant teenagers ripped off paneling and pie:.:es of the bus. The passengers were frighte ied. The police appeared a block away through the smoke. People began to flee. The police moved as a single unit. With every step they hit their club:; against their shields and resembled an anicient Roman battalion moving in for the kill. The teenagers freed the bus and scattered. The police secured the street and moved on to the next. Then on to the next. The war had been won. The police had taken back downtown.

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-Teachers, students and a jazzy Metro professor · gather at the Tivoli in support of Black History Month

Metro professor Ron Miles blasts his trumpet at the 16th Black World Conference on Feb. 2.

By Tim Fields

mwalimus enjoyed the j4ftz. The watotos giggled bout missing math class. Mwalimus and watot ords for teachers and students, attended Metro's 16th Black World Conference on Feb. 2 in support of keynote speaker Carolyn Jones. Jones, founder and director of Challenges, Choices and Images learning academy, addressed more than 70 people at the Tivoli. "I want to teach my children the truth," Jones said. There are current trends to ridicule multicultural thinking and people should be aware of this, she said. "Why is learning about one's ethnic identity a threat?" she asked. "Children

should be taught the truth about their history." All people are multicultural, including whites, she said. "Refrain from skinnythought," she said. "This is thinking that is not so deep or critical." Her academy in Aurora encourages watotos to be critical thinkers and to pursue truth. The school's educational directives follow the guiding principles of Maat, an ancient African way of teaching. The principles of Maat are truth, justice, harmony, balance, order, reciprocity and propriety. CCI literature reports, "All CCI students are taught to utilize these principles in their academic endeavors and in the

everyday life experiences. Students who internalize these principles develop a desire for learning, seek environments that are psychologically safe, and value teachers and parents who hold high expectations." Thomas Perez said, "It was tight, there was no school like that for me in my younger days." Seven watotos said they loved the conference and joked about escaping a math test. Comparing their education at CCI with public schools they said they are enjoying and getting more out of their education at CCI. "I like the school," said Brittany Kimble, 13. "It's good for the mind, body and soul."

Portia Brim, 13, said, "We are learning a lot because it's fun." Some watotos said they liked their mwalimus. Others said they loved them. The mwalimus spend a lot of quality time with the watotos and make them feel special, Brim said. "The children seem so self confident and happy," said Metro student Bernice Hatter, 62, who assisted in registering conference attendees. February is Black History Month and events are planned nationally with the theme of African American leadership in the next century. The conference is a continuation of Carter G. Woodson's establishment of Negro History Week in 1926. Woodson was born in 1875 and see CONFERENCE on 14

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Metro starting point guard DeMarcos Anzures said that he "was feeling it" the night he scored 36 points against the University of Southern Colorado Jan. 8. Anzures shot 12-of- I 6 from the field and 5-of-9 from beyond the three-point line in a I03-101 Metro victory. He made all seven of his free throw attempts and had five assists. It was a career high for points scored in a game for the junior from Denver and a feeling Anzures thought he may never experience again after an early season injury to his DeMarcos Anzures hand. In a game against the Colorado School of Mines Dec. 18, Anzures went up for a layup and had his feet taken out from under him. He put his right hand, his shooting hand, down to break the fall and suffered a slight fracture to one of the bones in his hand. The first thing doctors wanted to do was put pins in his hand to help the bone heal. That didn't sit well with Anzures who didn't want to miss any of the season. "I didn't think I needed surgery," Anzures said. "Besides, I don't like the knife and I try to stay away from it. We decided to see how it goes. After a couple of weeks, it was alright." It looks like that was a good decision as Anzures' hand has healed sufficiently and he is once again leading the Roadrunners in scoring. He is averaging 18.4 points a game and has been Metro's top scorer in the past four games. He has Jed Metro in scoring in 11 of the 20 games they've played and is second in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference in scoring at 18.4 points a game. "Last week we X-rayed it again and it looks like it's healing fine," Anzures said. Anzures was the top Metro scorer in each of the four games preceding the injury as well. At the

time of the injury, the Roadrunners were getting ready to head to California for a three-game road trip. Anzures went on the trip but didn't play in any of the games. Metro didn't miss a beat, extending a four-game win streak to seven games with three straight wins. Head coach Mike Dunlap, who gives everyone plenty of playing time, wasn't too worried about the absence of his leading scorer. "We use all 11 players in every game," he said. "Few are doing that in this league. It helps when injuries occur or when someone isn't performing well. It's a luxury when you have that depth." It was no luxury for Anzures as he watched from the bench. Once he got the splint off his hand, he started to rehabilitate it as much as possible. With the use of ice and heat, we was able to reduce the swelling enough to begin playing again. It took just two games before he was back to setting the nets on tire as he set his career high for scoring. It took some adjustment in his shooting but Anzures wasn' t about to be slowed down. "I didn't think I would be able to follow through on my shot at first," he said. "The follow through with the wrist is everything. That's what scared me the most. I'm getting used to it now. The tape on my hand makes my shot more stiff but I've made the adjustment. It doesn't affect me that much. It just swells up after every game and gets kind of sore." Anzures said he just wants to get through the season without reinjuring it. Then he'll re-evaluate the injury. Despite the injury, Anzures has been having a career year for the Roadrunners. He went over the 1,000-point mark in his career on Dec. 11 against Regis. He's just the fifth player to ever score more than 1,000 points. He is currently ranked fourth in the all-time scoring list with 1,208. Anzures also broke the school record for most three-pointers in a career. He currently has 158. He is also just eight steals away from becoming Metro's all-Lime steals leader.

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DeMarcos Anzures goes up for a layup in a season opening win over Arkansas State. Anzures has overcome a mid-season hand injury to lead the team in scoring.

Swim team showing skin Swimmers, di~ers gear up for league championships ByJenniferYoungman The Metropolitan As you walk around campus you might notice more men than usual with bald heads. You also might see women who have shaved not only their legs, but their arms too. There is no need to be alarmed, these people are members of the Metro Men's and Women's Swimming and Diving teams. The athletes are "shaving down" for the first Lime this season as part of preparations for the Pacific Collegiate Swim Conference Championships. The meet, which will be held in Long Beach, Calif., from Feb. 10-13, has been the team's top priority since day- one. "It's what's been in the swimmer's minds," said head coach James Richey. "It's what's kept us getting up at 5 a.m. and swimming 20 hours a week." "Shaving down," a term used to describe the shaving of hair off the body to get the most aero-

dynamic glide through the water, allows the swimmers to swim a bit faster and creates a feeling that is unlike anything else, according to Richey. "The nerve endings are exposed to the water and it's a really tactile thing," he said. "It's a cool experience when you dive in and feel it for the first time each season." Other preparations for the conference championship include eating more carbohydrates for energy, stretching multiple times each day and practicing "high velocity power swimming." These strategies, added to the advantage of training at high altitude as opposed to low altitude where the championships will be held, should help the Roadrunners perform at their best. "I am predicting season-best times," Richey said. "I feel that's how hard we've worked this season." Richey is looking for many of his swimmers and divers to place high at the conference championships. Women's team captain, senior Kristin Schweissing, is expected to place very high in her

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Metro takes winning· streak to court By Nick Garner The Metropolitan Round two between the lop heavyweights of women's basketball in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference will take place Feb. 5 at the Auraria Events Center. Nebraska-Kearney, the RMAC's top scoring team, comes into the game with the best conference and overall record ( 182, 12-1 RMAC) and boasts the conference's leading scorer (24.7 points per game) and leading pocket picker (4.0 s teals per game) in guard Darcy Stracke. Metro, which is on a nine-game winning streak, responds with the league's third best rebounder in sen ior center Shiloh Tiritas (8 .0) and the RMAC's top offensive rebounder in senior center Timmi-Jo Miller. The Roadrunners lead the RMAC in free-throw percentage (75.2) and assists, averaging almost 17 per game. In the first round, Nebraska-Kearney had to overcome a I 0-point deficit to beat Metro, 68-55, in Kearney. Metro had three key players foul out of the game (Miller, Stephanie Allen and Gabi Sandoval) while the Lopcrs received a 32-point performance from Stracke. The second highest scorer for the Lope rs that game had I 0 points. Trying to make a game plan to stop Stracke won't be easy. But Power has some different ideas. "The way to stop her is just to let her score," head coach Mike Power said. "Seriously, the best way that we feel to stop her is to try to contain her. If we get in her face, make her take the bad percentage shot and cut off the driving lanes, we can at least slow her down. She will get her touches and her shots, but we want to make sure that they wi ll be bad shots." In the 20 games the Lopcrs have played, Stracke has scored in double digits in every game, including two 40-point perfom1ances (43 vs. Nebraska-Omaha, 41 vs. Fort Hays State). She has been held under 20 points only four times this sea-

son, with her season low being 14 points against Chadron State and Mesa State. One of the keys for the Roadrunners is lo take advantage of rebounding, something it did in the first game. Metro held a 43-23 rebounding advantage (22-7 on the offensive boards) last time the two teams met. "We need to win the battle of the rebounds," Power said. "With us taking the edge of the rebounds from Kearney, it helped us to take the first half lead. " Playing a whole game was something that Metro lacked in the first half of the season. The Roadrunners would have a good first or second half, but then would be either down at the start of the second half or lose the lead late in the game. Since the Christmas break, though, it seems that the Roadrunners have found that missing piece of the puzzle and have been playing a whole game rather than just one half. •·1 think that at the start it was the players trying to get use to a new coach, a new system," Power said. "And we were not a healthy team . Gabi (Sandoval) was hurt, Maudia (Gonzales) was not 100 percent and Shiloh (Tiritas) was just starting to come back, it was hard to win games. "Since the Christmas break we have been playing well, either having the early lead or having to hold on to the lead late in the game," Power said. "Now we are winning the close games, and each time that we win a close one, it builds up the player's confidence in themselves and we have a healthy team on the court." As in every game, turnovers are a major key. Kearney leads the RMAC in turnover margin with a plus-12, while the Roadrunners arc second with a plus-5. "In the second half in the Kearney game, we had three problems that we could not overcome," Power said. "Stracke getting hot, not executing and turning the ball over. If we turn the ball over Friday like we did in the first game, we will not beat Kearney." In the eyes of Power, this will be

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in Hays, Kan., 71-53. The game will match-up the RMAC's second and third leading scoring teams. Hays is averaging 72. I points per game "• while Metro is at 72.0. "Hays is a scary team," Power said. "They can be a really tough team to beat at times and at other times, they are not as good."

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events, Richey said. She has already provisionally qualified for nationals in the 200 backstroke with a time of 2 minutes, 11.02 seconds in a meet against Northern Colorado, Dec. 18. Junior Nancy Rowell will also be a strong contender in the backstroke, Richey said. Like Schweissing, she has provisionally qualified for nationals in the 200 backstroke with a time of 2: 11 .93 set at the Colorado College Classic, Dec. 4-5. Richey is looking for junior Christabell Nieman to be Metro's top swimmer in the sprint freestyle and the I 00 backstroke. On the men's side, junior Wirmandi Sugriat "has a great chance to place in the breaststroke," said Richey. Sugriat swam a I :00.42 in the 100 breaststroke at the Early Bird Invitational hosted by Colorado State University in October. He also swam a 2: 13.70 in the 200 breaststroke at the Colorado College Classic. Sophomores Jess Schwartzkopf and Jeremy Johnson are Metro's best chance in the butterfly events, Richey said. Each holds a team-best time in a butterfly event. In the I 00-meter and 200-meter freestyle events, junior Mike True should place high, Richey said. Richey is also looking for junior Kaan Berberoglu to perform well at the meet. Berberoglu has provisionally qualified for nationals in the 50 freestyle with a time of 21 :41, which he swam on Dec. 5 at the Colorado College Classic. Automatic national qualifier Cari

Lewton looks to be one of the strongest divers for Metro at the conference championships, Richey said. This season she has set school records in both the six and 11dive three-meter events. "Cari could very Cari Lewton possibly win the conference meet and nationals," Richey said. Senior Dan Purifoy should also perform well at the conference championships. Like Lewton, he has set a school record in the six-dive, three-meter event and has automatically qualified for nationals in that event. Richey has a lot of confidence in his team and wants them to feel the same way. They are working on team cheers and motivational thinking for their trip. "We are a very good team," Richey said. "Our main thing we are trying to keep Dan Purifoy is our confidence. We want to get up on the starting blocks and believe that we earned it and just absolutely know that we are going to swim fast. We want to say... 'there is nothing that can stand in my way, I'm strong, I'm fast, I'm powerful.'"

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The game of basketball includes offense, defense, zones, presses and more strategies than you want to hear about. Metro men's head coach Mike Dunlap doesn't buy into that theory. With the second round of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference getting underway Feb 5-6, teams are scrambling to find an edge. Dunlap thinks he's found Metro's. "A lot of what happens this time of ' year is mental," Dunlap said. "We know each other's philosophy so we just keep the game simple." Starting the second half of the conference schedule will be anything but simple. Metro plays Nebraska-Kearney on Feb. 5, "' a team they are tied with in the Eastern Division of the RMAC. On Feb. 6, the Roadrunners play Fort Hays, one of the teams that have beaten Metro this season. While Dunlap knows what both teams do as far as offense and defense ' goes, he is concentrating only on his own team. "We're building a quiet confidence and trying to establish some momentum," Dunlap said. "You do what you do best. If a team has to make big changes, that usu-

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Metro is currently ranked third in the matically qualify for the regional tournaally means things aren't going your way." Even with two big g&mes to start the North Central Regional rankings behind ment by winning their respective confersecond half of the season, Dunlap looks at Wayne State (Neb.) and South Dakota. ence titles. The three top-ranked teams that the big picture. He's here to establish tra- Rankings are important when the end of haven't won their conference will get the dition in this program and understands you the season comes. Three teams will auto- other bids. can't put too much emphasis on just one or ;;..'f"'E~c:;4~~~ ,~~;:;;;;;;~ ,,, :;;;:;;;;;;;;;~'~ ; ~;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;:;;:;;;:;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; two games. "You're going to take \ some hits because this is a strong conference," Dunlap said. "You can't overreact to victories or losses because it's a long year. Too many coaches are result-oriented and caught in the trap of individual success or failure." Dunlap says that the team is set in place and knows what to do. That shows in the Roadrunners' record, 164 overall and 10-3 in the RMAC. It's the personal improvement that can @ c~ {=) l=4 make the difference now. "We've done the ~ 0 0 team stuff," Dunlap said. We know what to work on. Now it's dealing with 0 0 the individual stuff."

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Metro athletes honored Junior guard DeMarcos Anzures and ' junior forward Kristen Weidler have been named Metro's Male and Female Athletes of the Month for January. Anzures leads the Roadrunners in scoring ( 18.4) and assists (3.6) this season. Against Southern Colorado on Jan. 8, he < scored a career-high 36 points in the Roadrunner's 103-10 I victory. On Jan. 22, Anzures scored 31 points to lead Metro over Mesa State. For the month of January, Anzures averaged nearly 19 points a game. The Roadrunners are currently tied for first " in the Eastern Division of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference with a 10-3 conference record. Weidler has helped the women's team win nine consecutive games, seven straight in the month of January. She has been a key contributor off the bench for Metro, averaging 3.8 points and 2.5 rebounds a game. Metro athletes have also been honored for their academic prowess. Ten Metro athletes have been named as Rocky Mountain , Athletic Conference Phillips 66 Scholar

Athletes for the 1998 fall season. To be eligible for the honor, a candidate must have a cumulative grade-point average of 3.20 or better; must have participated at the institution for two or more semesters in at least one sport; must have earned at least one letter; must be a starter or key reserve and be of good character. The women's soccer team had six: players honored ; Vicki Chong (Human Performance & Sport Leisure), Gail Gaumond (undeclared), Ariana O' Neill (Speech Communications), Tarena O'Neill (Human Performance & Sport Leisure), Kari Pierce (Human Performance & Sport Leisure) and Julie Zanon (Human Performance & Sport Leisure). Metro's men's soccer team had four players selected. They were Jorge Mena (Spanish), Kris Nelson (Marketing), Richard Paylor (Biology) and Shane Smith (Human Performance & Sport Leisure).

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Crookham, Allen promoted ,

Steve Allen and Brian Crookham were promoted to assistant athletic director posilions, announced athletic director Joan McDermott. Allen will maintain his role as sports information director and will add the

responsibility of overseeing marketing and promotions. Crookham, Metro's men's soccer coach and compliance coordinator, will oversee academics, scholarships and facilities. -The Metropolitan staff

Gain experience by providing game coverage and profiing Metro atHetes tor THE METROPOLITAN. Call Perry Swanson at 303.556.8353 or E-mail: swansonp@mscd.edu.

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GENERAL 12 Step Meetings on Campus - AA Meetings will be held on Tuesdays, 12:301:30 pm in the Auraria Library, Rm 205. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking. For more information, contact Billi at the Student Health Center, (303)556-2525. MSCD Student Government Meeting Get involved with student government every Thursday, 3:30-5:30pm in the Senate Chambers, Tivoli #329. For information, call (303 )556-3312.

Truth Bible Study - Join the Truth Bible Study every Wednesday and Thursday from 3-5pm in Tivoli #542. Come and go as needed. For information, call the Menorah Ministries at (303)355-2009. Healthy Moves - Movements of Energy and Joy - Every tuesday in February, join us for fun and relaxation using an ancient Chinese discipline emphasizing breathing. meditation, and stationary and moving exercises to enhance the now of energy through the body. This event will be held in Tivoli #440 from 12: 15-1 pm ..For information. call (303) 556-2525. Eating Disorder Support Group - A free support group for women and men who arc struggling with eating disorders will be held every Tuesday in February in Tivoli #542 from 4-5: 15pm. For information, call (303) 556-2525.

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Slim for Life From the American Heart Association - Slim for Life is a unique, no diet, no-nonsense weight management program that offers information and support to help begin making heart healthy choices for a lifetime. The Slim for Life meetings begin wednesday, February 3rd and will continue every wednesday thereafter, for a total of ten weeks in Tivoli #322 from l-2pm. For information, call (303) 556-2525.

ONGOING The Mayer Collection of 20th Century Works and Colorprint USA - Through February 9, 1999. Hours are Tuesday Friday, I Oam-5pm, and Saturday, 11 am4pm at the MSCD Center for the Visual Arts, 1734 Wazee Street. For more information, call (303)294-5207. Metro State Rugby Club is Looking for Players - All shapes and sizes welcome. For information, call (303)294-9923.

FRI. FEBRUARY

The Ballet Arts Theatre presents Dance Event 99 - featuring Colorado Dance Artists; Sangre de Cristo Ballet Theatre, ORMAO, Jump Start, and Boulder & Denver Dancers. 7 :30pm on Friday and Saturday. February 6th. Cost is $I 0 at the Denver Civic Theatre, 721 Santa Fe Drive, Denver. For more information. call (303)595-3821.

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APA Workshop - Want to write better papers? Attend this workshop and learn how. Sponsored by the MSCD Nurses ' Club. Open to all imerested students. Cost is $10. Sign up in the Health Professions Office SO Bldg. This event is from 9aml pm in South Classroom #227. Call (303)556-3199 for more information. Conversations With God - A Review and Commentary Presented by Ed Duhaime. Sponsored by the Metro State Baha'i Club at the Metro-Denver Baha'i Center, 225 E. Bayaud Ave. Denver, at 7:30pm. Admission is free and the public is invited. For information, call (303)7984319 or (303 )322-8997.

SUN. FEBRUARY

Colorado Folk Arts Council Mid Winter Festival - l-6pm. $5 for general admission. At the Denver Civic Theatre, 721 Santa Fe Drive, Denver. For more information, call (303)595 - 3821. The Rachel B. Noel Distinguished Professorship Community Lecture with Ossie Davis, Actor, Director and Author - This event will be held at Shorter AME Community Church, ML King & Colorado Blvd. from 3-5pm. For more information, call (303)556-2934.

MON. FEBRUARY

Racism and Social Change - A presentation featuring Rap Artist/Political and Human Rights Activist Chuck D. This event will be held in the Tivoli Turnhalle from 2-3pm. For further information, call (303) 556-2595. The Rachel B. Noel Distinguished Professorship Campus Lecture Honoring Ossie Davis author/actor/director. This event will take place in the Tivoli Tumhalle from 9-9:50am. For more information, call (303)556-2934. Experiencing Prejudice: A Guided Imagery - This workshop is designed to help participants explore prejudicial attitudes and behaviors and to encourage personal responsibility and growth, facilitated by Peggy Bowman, M.S.W.,L.C.S.W. and Denise McGuire, Ph.D. and will be held in Tivoli #651 from l-2pm. For further information, call (303) 556-3132.

TUES. FEBRUARY

The Rachel B. Noel Distinguished Professorship Campus Lecture with Ossie Davis, actor/director/author, will be held in Arts Bldg #271 from 9:3010:50am. For more information, call (303)556-3033.

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