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Lecture - African American Influence on Popular Culture

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Tivoli Thrnhalle • 12:30 - 2:00pm • Sponsored MSCD/UCD Student Activities and MSCD l\[rican American Studies Department • For more information, call (303)556-259512934

Workshop - Identity and Self-Image in the African American Community

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Presentation - A Celebration of Black Heritage and Spirituality through Music and Dance Featuring Fatu-Fatu St. Cajetan's Center• 12:00- l:OOpm •Sponsored by the Office of GLBTSS of Auraria • For more information, call (303)556-6333

24th Presentation - Black Pioneers on Parade: A Re-enactment

Keynote Speaker: Mr. Regis Groff, Director - Denver's Black Church Initiative, Denver, Co.

Tivioli Thrnhalle • 12:00 - 2:00pm • Sponsored by the MSCD Black Student Alliance (BSA) and MSCD/UCD Student Activities • For more information, call (303)556-4998

Lecture - Politics and the Black Community

27111 PANDA FINALS St. Cajetan's Center• 2:00 - 5:()(}pm •Sponsored by the UCD Office of Black Student Services • For more information, call (303)556-2701

Dr. Peter Groff, Director - Center for African American Policy, -University of Denver Tivoli #320 • 11:OOam - 12:15pm • Sponsored by MSCD African American Studies Department & MSCD/UCD Student Activities • For more information, call (303)556-310312595

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Gumbo Tastier - An African-Louisiana Cuisine Experience North Classroom #5018 • 11:30am - 2:30pm • Span.sored by the UCD Office of Bl.ack Student Seroices • For more information, call (303)556-2701

Please contact the MSCD Department of J\fri.can Studi.es at (303)556-3103 or (303)51S6-29Ufor ad.ditiotlal i7iformaticn. AU programs wi.ll be localed on the Aumria Campus unless othenui.se posted.

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Seventeenth Black World Conference Tivoli #320, .ABC • 9:30am - 3:30pm • Sponsored by MSCD l\[ri.can American Studies Department • For more information, call (303)556-2934

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Pan-African Nurturing and Development Games (PANDA) ffigh School Black ffistory Preliminaries St. Cajetan's Center• 12:00 - 6:00pm • Tivoli #320 A & B: 12:30 - 1:30pm •Sponsored by the UCD Office of Bl.ack Student Services • For more information, call (303)556-2701

is an outgrowth of Negro History Week, established in 1926 by Dr. Carter G. Woodson. In 1976, the observance was expanded to "National Black History Month" in honor of the

nation's bicentennial. The month reminds all Americans of the varied ~ roles African Americans have played in shaping this country. The ; ; national theme for the 2000 Black History observance - "Heritage and m1111i Horizons: The African American Legacy and the Challenges of the 21'" II U Century" is timely as we venture into the new millennium.

Presentation - SHADES of GENIDS PROJECT Tivoli #320 • 12:00 - 2:()(}pm • Sponsored by the Student Health Center at Auraria • For more information, call (303)556-2525

Black History Month

The Rachel B. Noel Distinguished Professorship Campus Lecture - Ashford and Simpson St. Cajetan's Center• 9:00 - 10:30am • For more information, call (303)556-2934

16th "Heritage and Horizons: The African American Legacy and the Challenges of the 2P' Century"

The Rachel B. Noel Distinguished Professorship Co:mqtunity Lecture with Ashford and Simpson Performers, Songwriters, and Producers

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By Michael Passe Tbe Metropolitan

When the old Tramway building on Arapahoe and 13th streets houses its final Metro class sometime this May, sociology professor Leigh Ingram is one of mimy people who won't be shedding a tear over its demise. "I don't really like this building," said Ingram, who has taught for f1Ve years in the Tramway. "It's dark. It has all kinds of weird noises. Some of the walls sound like they're going to fall down. It's always too hot or too cold," he said. The Tramway building might be unknown to many Metro students who have never had a class there. But since 1991, walking across Speer Boulevard has been a fact of life for Metro students taking speech, theater or

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English classes. That's when the building began housing classes for Metro, University of Colorado at Denver and Community College of Denver. Classes are held on the third floor; the first two floors are owned by the Denver Center for the Performing Arts as part of a "condominium" ownership agreement with the Auraria Campus. The Tramway is a red brick building located across Arapahoe Street from the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. While it has its supporters, Tramway has developed a bad reputation for various reasons, including classroom size, Jack of nearby parking and a notoriously unreliable elevator that often leaves students climbing nine flights of stairs to get co the third story of the building.

Blabbin' and drivin'; cell phone use in car still legal

Tramway Building Stats: 23: speech communication classes 12: theater classes 11: English classes 3: journalism classes 2-3 classes in other departments

"It's become something of a pariah," said statistics analyst Brad Pepper, who schedules classes in the Registrar's office. ''The Tramway is not the first preference for any department.

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colleges. "Change is coming to higher education Âˇ'faster than higher education knows," Foster said. Much of this change is based off of a Quality Indicator Systems Assessment Report, on Colorado's Colleges and Universities.

More Accountability, better quality, and an increase in technology dominated the list of changes necessary in state colleges at the "State of the Student address" given by Gov. Bill Owens. One of the changes the governor mentioned was, a test given at the Also speaking were student presidents from the University of end of a student's sophomore year. The governor said, "test for the Northern Colorado, Colorado State University, and Metro, as well as Tim value of the education." He also said the test would not have an impact Foster, head of the Colorado Commission on Higher Education. The > see STUDENT, p. 7 common theme with all of the speakers was the changes happening at

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Cellular phone users may continue to chat behind the wheel after a bill prohibiting the practice died at the state legislature. Âˇ House Bill 1156 would have banned the use of "mobile communication devices" while driving. Rep. Benjamin Clarke, D-Denver, was alone in sponsoring the bill because, he said, "Of all the legislators I spoke too, I was unable to find anyone whose animosity toward cell phones rose to the level that I thought might be appropriate for this bill." Clarke said he introduced the bill after reading a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that people who drive while on a cell phone are four times more likely to be in an auto accident. The study also said hands-free phones are just as dangerous, but because of the difficulties in enforcing a hand'sfree cell phone ban the bill would not have banned those devices. The bill would not have allowed people to be pulled over while on a cell phone if they had done nothing else wrong. Rather, the bill wou1d have added two points to any violation if the driver was on a cell phone when it happened. There are some exceptions, such as calling 911 or another public-safety office. The bill would not have prohibited talking on a cell phone ~hile in a parked car. Opponents said there's no credible evid,ence that talking on a cell phone while driving is dangerous. Representatives from Sprint and AT&T Wireless Services, telecommunications providers, said the study Clarke cites is flawed because accident rates have not increased along with cell phone use. A spokesman for the Colorado State Patrol spoke against the bill saying, ''There are plenty of tools to address careless driving." - Bradley Hague

Students slide through slush and snow in the center of campus on Jan. 26. A light blanket of snow descended on Denver during the day and continued intermittently into the evening.

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Corrections In the Jan. 21 issue of The Metropolitan, an article entitled "King's legacy kept alive on campus", Addison "Spike" Adams was misidentified. He was the director of the Student Legal Services from 1991-98. In the Jan. 21 issue of The Metropolitan, an article entitled "Job performance to directly affect college employees' pay", misspelled the name of the Director of Personnel Payroll, Sandi]ones.

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Students head back to the main campus after attending classes in the Tramway building located across Speer Boulevard. Students have been attending classes in the Tramway since 1991.

Trek to Tramway soon over for students Wolf said the Tramway will no longer be needed students with disabilities have to miss class." third floor for classroom space. "The problem was, there was a ton of for classroom space. He said the DCPA would A few students, such as Ana Ostmeyer, said â&#x20AC;˘TRAMWAY, from p. 3 they like the Tramway. asbestos in the building," Wolf said. "Eventually, like to acquire the third floor; and negotiations "It's kind of funky and old," she said. "It's got the DCPA removed all the asbestos at their are underway to sell it, adding the Tramway People prefer not to be there because of the personality." expense, and we got the right of ownership for building and surrounding propetty has been distance, because it's old and noisy, and because Tamar Llghtstone, a senior English major, the third floor. We went in and made some minor appraised at $950,000. Money from the sale of they don't want to cros.s Speer." said the Tramway is OK as long as students don't improvements, like putting in a little more the Tramway building will go to the state, Wolf ''I'm looking forward to scheduling without have to commute back and forth to the main lighting." said. the 'Ihunway," Pepper said. campus, adding there is no place adjacent to the "We own the third floor. We don't pay Although the sale is not final, Pepper said the Metro student Claudia Caro said she was 'Ihunway to eat. Tramway will not be used again for Auraria anything except maintenance." taking her first class in the Tramway building, and This semester, there are 79 classes in the With the new Kenneth Kendal King classes, something that suits Leigh Ingram, and was thinking about dropping it. Tramway building's 14 classrooms. The majority Foundation Performing Arts Center scheduled to many other Tramway detractors, just fine. "So far it's been a nightmare," Caro said. "I of those classes are in speech communication open this August, providing 36 more classrooms, "I won't be sorry to see it go," Ingram said. can't find my class, and (35), English (11) and it's so far away. There's journalism (3). Numerous nowhere to park. I don't departments have one or ''Some guy started think it's worth it to go two classes in the jumping up and through this." Tramway. down, and (the eleSenior James Dean Wolf, executive Lohman said his first vator) finally started vice president of the Tramway class was in a Auraria Higher Education to move." cold, tiny classroom. Center, said the building "Everyone was - Leigh Ingram, was originally owned by standing," Lohman said. CU-Denver, as part of a sociology professor "The room was always three-building complex cold. It's ridiculous. The .___ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ____, known as the east bank rooms are too small, and the elevators usually facilities. Jn 1988, the North Classroom Building broken." opened, and the classroom space in the Ingram recalled a time when she was stuck Tramway was no longer needed, and all three in the elevator. buildings closed. "Some guy started jumping up and down, At that point, Wolf said, the building was and it finally started to move," she said. "It's acquired by the Denver Center for the ~ Mc:Wlâ&#x20AC;˘la/Ibe MeJropolilan frightening, having your elevator jump-started. Perfonning Arts. Then, in 1991, the Auraria Students walk up the many flights of stairs in the Tramway stairwell to The elevator is so unreliable, sometimes campus entered into negotiations to use the attend daues located on the third floor of the b1111ding.

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Owens vision for Colorado is to become the hub of the digital age of technology • SIUDENT, from p. 3 on graduation. Owens said some of the pilot schools for the tests would be University of Northern Colorado and University of Colorado at Denver. Another program the governor announced was the creation of the "Colorado Institute of Technology" which would create a group of online colleges designed to compete with schools like California Technical Institute and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Owens said he wanted to "make Colorado a hub for the digital age." Although Owens said he did not want one big college in the state, he wanted there to be something other than variations of the University of Colorado. Another program the governor mentioned was performance pay, which penalizes teachers for poor performance on class tests. He also wanted to lower class sizes

and to make teachers spend more time in the classroom. Although the governor talked about highereducation programs, his main educational goal was to increase the literacy rate in kindergarten through 12th grade. The governor spoke to a group of about (i)

students in rhe old Supreme Court chambers ar rhe state capitol. The Colorado Student Association presented the address, a lobbying organization designed to give srudenrs a voice in the legislature . The association is made up of 12 schools including Metro.

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Policebri~/S Cybe~attackreported Someone made a cyber-attack on the campus computer system on Jan. 14, rendering it mostly inoperable, police records show. Acomputer systems technician in the Central Classroom called police and advised them of the attack, which took computers down for most of the day. An official in the Information Technology Department declined to comment on the extent of the damage done to the system. He told police the suspect WllS unknown at the time of the attack, but it is possible that their location is traceable. Several students said they had trouble adding and dropping classes on the Web on Jan. 14, but they had no trouble doing so over the phone.

ATivoli employee told police someone broke the blades of a pair of scissors in her car locks while it was parked in ~t Aon Jan. 11. The employee said she parked her Ni.5san Pathfinder in the lot at 10 p.m. When she returned at midnight she noticed the sharp end of a pair of scissors was broken off in both the passenger and driver's side door locks. She said she called a locksmith to remove the blades from the doors. She said the locksmith told her the driver's side lock still functioned but the passenger's side was damaged beyond repair. A campus employee told police someone pried an automatic door opener off of a door located on the southeast corner of the Tivoli. The employee said sometime between Jan. lS-17 someone pried the automatic door opener, which is used by people with disabilities, from the outside of the building. without official consent. He said the opener worked fine and was not in need of repair. The opener was worth $200. AMetro student's cell phone was stolen from the B-Movie Cafe after she left it on her table while she used the restroom. The student told police she fini.5hed her meal and went to the restroom, leaving her phone unattended on the table. When she returned the phone was gone.Asearch of the area and a check in the Twoli's lost and found turned up nothing. The Qualcomm cell phone was valued at $100.

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Metro scores high on state's college quality report A report on· the quality of Colorado's colleges reveals that Metro surpasses benchmarks set for the study. Metro professors spend the majority of their time doing teaching-related work. Metro was higher than the national benchmark by 18 percentage points. But this test measured only full-time instructors. The study said Metro needs more tenured professors. Among four-year colleges in Colorado, Metro had the highest percentage of classes with fewer than 30 students, the study show.ed. As a result, professors have more time to spend on individual student instruction. While Metro's full-time professors are ranked very highly, the study does not account almost two-thirds of the teaching staff: part·time professors. And while Metro's full-time professors are spending more time. Metf9 freshmen are spending less. Just more than half of freshmen, who enter in the summer or fall semesters stay at Metro through the next year, the study found. That's because students frequently run into financial pr001ems and can't pay tuition and fees, said Debbie Thomas, vice president of College Communications. The study recommended developing strategies to increase the number of students who fini.5h their education at Metro. · Metro finished last in four-year graduation rates among four-year colleges. The five-year graduation rate for Metro WllS nearly half that of other four-year colleges in Colorado. The study also urged Colorado colleges to watch rising admini.5trative costs.

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Auraria police arrested and jailed a man they said violated a restraining order on Jan. 18. Police said the victim contacted them at noon to tell them the man was violating the restraining order. Police arrested him outside Central Classroom and charged him with violation of court orders. The man WllS taken to the Denver County Jail. The police report said there was no court date set at the time of arrest.

Members of Larry McGill's Tae Kwon Do class practice their positions in the Auraria Events Center on Jan. 20. The class is open to all Metro;- Community College of Denver and University of Colorado at Denver students.

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When you care about a drug addict I koow a teernged ~ who uses heroine. His girlfrend U5eS it, too. It pain5 me to watch them, but trying to get them to stop is emotiooally cooftk:ting. too. ' I want them to know I Hektor Munoz care about them, but I don't Mi Mundo want them to think I'm passing judgement on them. It's an emotional struggle within myself that I must reconcile. Heroine has many names. Puerto Ricans in I.oisada, N.Y., call it manteca. Gang-bangers in Los Angeles call it chiva. I have been told that in Denver it is called cargo. William S. Burroughs iconized it in his book junkie. John Travolta and Uma Thurman glamorized it in the movie Pulp Fiction. It was the 'raison d' etre' in the films Trainspotting,

Gridlock'd and numerous other movies. People of every color and every income bracket use it. Many American idols, icons and role models

They revolve their schedules' around their dealer's. have been as.sociated with drug use. Celebrity drug users include Marilyn Monroe,James Dean, Judy Garland, Li1.a Minnell~ Betty Ford; the list is so long that I doubt I can list them all. Drugs also kill celebrities; Curt Cobain, River Phoenix and even "Buffy" from the old 1V show Family A.ffair died using them. Singer Lou Reed based a whole band concept

on heroine - "The Velvet Underground." Other rock stars including, Keith Richards, Billie Holliday, Sid Vicious and Nancy Spuogen used it. There are the novels written about it such as, Basketball Diaries and Slaves ofNew >t>rk. Supermodel Gia helped make the junkie look, sometimes-called heroine chic, popular. Emaciated, sallow-eyed, stringy-haired women strut down catwalks all over the world. Heroine saturates the media in real and imagined ways. Rock stars, movie stars, books, even fashion models push the drug into people's lives someway or another. Now it is affecting people close to me. My teen friend and his teen girlfriend are strung out on it. They revolve their schedules' around their dealer's. They spend every cent buying heroine. I don't want to give out the moral do's and don't's or the what if's. I am concerned with the feelings of entrapment that come with wanting to

love my friends, but hate their addiction. My friend tells me that there must be something else, something more to life. How is it possible that a child, a teenager is so jaded in present day America, the Denver metro area, to be specific? His depression is so encompassing that when he commits the daily suicide with heroine, I cry. It is not just a matter of getting everyone into rehab it is about wanting to live again, to feel relief knowing he is safe. I know that my pain would not let me live, if I had to bury him. I told his mother about him using the drug, but she was not able to stop him. His girlfriend thinks that I want to break them up. He thinks I am evil. All I want is to get the monkey off his back. I am still negotiating with mine, what about YOUR monkey? PARTICIPATE! LIVE! GROW! PEACE! PEACE! PEACE!

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Buffy the drug slayer; 1V shows are PSAs (U-WIRE) NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ- "This is your brain. This is your brain on drugs. Any questions?" The powerful anti-drug message of this simple public service announcement set against the backdrop of kitchen Americana spread nationwide. It hit home and hit hard. It was repeated over and over. It was copied, mimicked, parodied - but only because it was imbedded in the collective coAscious of this media-consuming nation. In 2000, the chance of seeing a PSA of this caliber may soon be reduced. President Clinton's drug advisers are offering 1V broadcasters financial benefits for including anti-drug messages within the scripts of 1V shows. Weaving these messages into entertainment programs will free up airtime perhaps for commercials - networks were once committed to for PSAs.The WB network is doing this, but chief executive Jamie Kellner said the network is using the extra time for PSAs and promotional material. Networks partaking in this practice are doing something noble - they are being socially responsible to their audiences. -

But in creating the scripts with anti-drug messages, networks are seeking outside advice. The WB has turned to Clinton's anti-drug counselors for script advice, which may be a gateway to further government regulation of 1V programming. While certain aspects ofbroadcasting are already regulated and given ratings - violence, sexual content, language - viewpoints are not. Allowing the government to screen entire scripts may open once locked doors. The WB, and other networks seeking advice on addressing issues within shows, should seek consultation from other outfits - psychologists, sociologists and experts on media consumption rather than seeking advice from the White House.When these scripts are evaluated, one thing should be kept in mind: Perhaps threading what could be an effective PSA message into a fictitious 1V drama could dilute the impact of the war on drugs as posed to a given 1V audience. But we can't blame the networks for trying be socially conscious.

It's time to bring back learning to classrooms (U路WIRE) BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -A new phrase has entered the world of coHege freshmen. They are not only required to familiarize themselves with the words dorm, meal points and beer funnel, but it appears they must also know the term "academic disengagement." A University of California study of first-time, full-time college freshmen revealed that 40 percent of those students were bored during their senior year in high school. This was the highest percentage in the 34-year history of the study where students were academically clliengaged. 路 And this study is not limited to just California students. The study is a good representation of the average coHege freshman because of its scope. The group that conducted the survey, the Los Angeles Higher F.ducation Research Institute, poHed more than 260,000 students at 462 two- and four-year schools. And researchers theorize that students' attention spans are shorter in today's world. It's no secret young adults are becoming more and more a product of an M1V-laced world. Information needs to be sliced into bite-sized consumption, or it risks not being consumed at all. It is truly sad that students could probably come up with more names for shows trying to give people a million dollars than they could

come up with answers on any of those shows. Other findings in the study also revealed that the thirst for knowledge among today's young adults is not the same as in past generations. It appears students will only do things if it will help them reach a personal goal. This was most apparent when the students were surveyed about community service. Although the results of the survey showed that a record number of high school seniors were active with community programs during their last year in high school, they also revealed only 36 percent of the students thought it was very important or essential to "influence social values." These numbers make it clear that most students have no idea why community service is important. Perhaps they just lent a helping hand because it would look good on a college application. 'The point is not to make the freshmen out to be self-absorbed, self-centered pieces of dung. They are not the only ones. Our entire generation is self-absorbed and self-centered. That will probably never change, but it's time some other things did. Our generation needs to take a-long look in the mirror, and then it needs to smash the glass. It's time we gave ourselves a little face-lift, and the best place to start is with a kick in the ass.

We need to become more active in everything we do. The only people who ever become bored are lazy people. It's time we started giving our brains a better workout. Learning is not a bad thing. And this has nothing to do with studying for class. Studying can become tedious and nerve-racking, but it is not the only kind of learning. This world is full of ideas that are just waiting for someone to take an interest in them. Now, if it sounds like too much to take on some new reading materials, watch some television. But don't tune in to ')udgejudy or anything that resembles "The Jerry Springer Show." Turn on the Di.5covery Channel or Animal Planet and learn about why your dog insists on humping your leg. Ifyou have no interest in animals, then tune into CNN and find out why all the presidential candidates are talking about a flag on a South Carolina capitol building. We need to spend more of our time learning and less of it merely existing. We are capable of learning 5o much about the world around us.Let's never be bored again.

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Info on the·web a good idea Concerned faculty at Metro sent more than 100 e-mails to Hagan about the site. 0 NEWS: At the end of fall semester, Hagan had predicted all along that the Web the Student Government Assembly site was going to be a problem. She was right. It was last year's SGA members who posted class evaluations on the Internet. Some of the data was incorrect and the thought of posting the evaluations on the site was removed. Web. Members thought it would make it easier for students to access the numbers. A 0 VIEWS: The idea behind posting good idea, since even an experienced student the data was good and needs to be might have trouble getting the numbers from completed and expanded upon, but it is the Office of Institutional Research. Anyone a job that needs a job that needs close who wants the data can get it from the office coordination with Faculty Senate. because it's public record. But the process is moderately complex. While SGA had good intentions with their Web site, members SGA removed the Web site dedicated to Metro's class evaluations five days after it was should have worked closely with Faculty Senate to make sure the information was posted because the data was incorrect. Posting evaluations on the Web is not a correct. bad idea. Now that it has been tried and the Right now, faculty members use the evaluations to improve their classes. These problems exposed, the process should be evaluations are used by people working In redone and expanded upon. SGA members posted the numbers from higher education. Hagan said the evaluations completed evaluation forms, the Scantron are not really f9r students because they aren't sheets students ftll out in class at the end of a relevant. Hagan spent time with the former semester. SGA members, trying to get a studentFaculty Senate President Monys Hagan relevant evaluation form on the web. Hagan said she wanted a student friendly said much of the posted data had been averaged rather than being compiled into form which SGA and Faculty Senate separate categories, making the evaluations hammered out in a preliminary format last incorrect. History classes were lumped in year. Hagan said the SGA members discarded with math classes and rather than being the student friendly form opting instead to compiled into specific categories lecture use the averaging system they devised classes and lab classes were put together. themselves.

This effort was the 1998-99 SGA project. Some members of the current SGA have said they felt bullied into completing the project the way former members created it. The University of Colorado at' Denver has a printed version for students available in its office of Student Life. Student government looked into offering students a printed version but decided a Web version would have been ·better. The Web is the optimal place for the evaluations. Getting a site dedicated to it would make research about a class easier, even if it's just for faculty to use. The existing evaluations are meant for those in higher education, not students. So, an alternative site for students to research a class should be made as well. SGA doesn't need to be involved in the process. While the idea was born there, it should be farmed out to another organization. SGA could be an adviser to the project, but it's.really a concept for math and computer sciences, not government. Faculty Senate members should be involved because the data affects to them. The entire process should be started again. Now Metro knows what not to do. A plan for starting the project again should take less time now that the preliminaries have been done. It would take a lot of work, but it would be worth the results.

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excellence concerning romantic days, such as Valentine's Day and anniversaries. Look no further my friends - once again, the legwork has been done for you. For the ultimate in rose-buying, check out these local, national and online florists. Go on, and chough Limp Bizkit is generally not considered romantic, if you don't want to do it all for the romance, take their advice and do it all for generalization. the nookie. But unfortunately, the - Amber Johnson male gender does not have a reputation for

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al a pour Think good win.es need to break the ban.k? They don't , Egri Bikaver (Bull's Blood) SS.49 The Hungarians have been making wine since the Roman Empire. You think they would have it right by now. They have. For a long time, Bull's Blood was the house wine for The Little · Russian Cafe in Larimer Square. Because Bull's Blood is to wine ·what semis are to cars, the wine is difficult to drink by itself. A good steak or any heavily seasoned dish bring out rich flavors of oak, and smoke. Bull's Blood defies the notion red wine is for steaks and white wine is for fish. Pour a glass of this with salmon or trout and have a taste bud extravaganza.

Somewhere in France, 15 tuxedo-dad men stand swirling glasses of $300 per bottle Bordeaux in a musty basement wallpapered with oak barrels. A string quartet plays Shastokovich in the background. "Nice legs," one says (In French, of Bonny Doon Pacific Rim Riesling course). $8 .99 "Great finish," chimes another. "Earthy and tannic." Let's face it. We just forked out about $300 in textbooks. Wine is out of the question. Or is it? Many people have the unfortunate misconception a 10 spot wiU only buy a bottle of Mad Dog or other less-than elegant screwIf Bonny D?On makes a bad wine, I top bottles of gasoline. Others have a false haven't tasted it. The vinyard's Pacific intimidation about wine, believing the nectar Rim riesling is one of the finest, most of the gods is reserved solely for people with versatile wines to hit the table. funny accents and a pocket full of gold cards. The wine is less sweet than its Light up the candles, heat the frozen lasagna and invite the significant other. There are several great bottles of wine out there for $10 or less. Cork included.

German counterparts, making it a refreshing stand.alone wine. The wine mixes adrnirabl_y with several types of food, most notably with anything spicy, such as Mexican or Asian food. With the corning of spring, pop open a couple bottles for a barbeque and experience backyard bliss. Oelas Freres Cotes du Rhone $7.49 So you have a date corning over for dinner and the only thing in the fridge is flat coke, half a six pack of beer and some stale bologna. Aquick dash down to , the liquor store for a bottle of this red velvet could save the evening. Besides, it's . French. Who wouldn't be impressed with that. Oeles Freres' Cotes du ~. Rhone light . texture 11 ~, matches up with almost . ,,.,~~~ any food, but is ~ ' · especially tasty with ;_~t chicken and turkey. . Leave it to the French to improve fowl. It is also the perfect wine for several snack foods such as cheeses, sausages and, for the highbrow Superbowl fan, Doritos. Chateau Ste . Michelle Sernillon $7.49 Washington is mostly known for some of

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Knee injury sidelines Metro center By Jennifer YOllllOIBI

knee just minutes into an 96-72 Roadrunners' his free throws. Johnson was also second in blocking shots win over the Cowboys on Jan. 21. Les.5 than three minutes ticked off the clock After starting 18 games this season, with 12.Junior Kane Oakley, who will play more against New Mexico Highlands before Jason Johnson's college basketball career is over. He now, leads the Roadrunners with an outstanding Johnson hit the floor. will have surgery on his knee within the next 10 35 blocks. The 6-foot-10-inch senior was running a fast days and then spend months in rehabilitation. Junior Rashawn Fulcher and sophomore break when he jumped Johnson averaged Todd Gower will also see more time on the court up to grab a pass over his 13.l points per game for in the wake ofJohnson's injury, Dunlap said. left shoulder from "We're fortunate that we have quite a bit of the men's team which ''You never know teammate DeMarcos moved up to No. 8 in the depth and I think that we can still be competitive Anzures and something national polls this week. at the highest level," he said. "We es.sentially when it's going to went wrong. "He just made life have the same team as last year that made the happen, "When I jumped, my easier for us, with his run." feet turned toward the ability offensively," said Dunlap is referring to last season's it happens at the sidelines and the coach Mike Dunlap. Roadrunners who finished No. 2 in Division ll. worst time you could ''.Also, the other thing Johnson redshirted last season after transferring momentum of my body took me another way," that probably goes from South Dakota. Kevin DeWigg and David imagine." Johnson said. unnoticed is the fact that Adler, both of whom graduated, are the only "When I went down I - Jason Johnson, he's an exceptional free- players who left the team after last season. felt like my knee was Johnson, who will graduate in May with a chrow shooter. If he gets Men's basketball center dislocated and then fouled, that's pretty degree in criminal justice, knows injuries can popped back in." much two points." strike when least expected. "When you play sports, there's always that Johnson, the third Johnson shot 84 leading scorer on Metro's men's basketball team, percent from the line in the 19 games he played, risk of injury," Johnson said. "You never know tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his right second only to Anzures who makes 85 percent of when it's going to happen, sometimes it 7be Metropolitan

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happens at the worse time that you could imagine. There's nothing I can do about it now. I just have to deal with it." Johnson has dealt with a knee injury before. In 1996, he hurt the medial collateral ligament and posterior cruciate ligament in his right knee while playing basketball for a college in San Francisco.

Dunlap racks up 150th win The Roadrunners earned Dunlap's 150th career win when they defeated Adams State 81-69 on Jan. 22. Metro's third-year coach has won 70 games here and lost only 14. Dunlap led the team to back-to-back Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference East Division titles in 1998 and 1999. Currently, the Roadrunners are atop the East Division with a 9-1 conference record. Chadron State trails by only one game with an 8-1 RMAC record.

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Roadrunners on deck

Men's Basketball 0 January 28 at 8 p.m. Metro @ Mesa State O January 29 at 8 p.m. Metro @ Western State O February 3 at 7 p.m. Fort Lewis @ Metro 0 February 11 at 8 p.m. CST Metro @ Nebraska-Kearney 0 February 12 at 8 p.m. CST Metro @ Fort Hays State

Women's Basketball O January 28 at 6 p.m. Metro @ Mesa State O January 29 at 6 p.m. Metro @ Western State 0 February 3 at 5 p.m. Fort Lewis @ Metro O February 11 at 6 p.m. CST Metro @ Nebraska-Kearney O February 12 at 6 p.m. CST Metro @ Fort Hays State

Swimming& Diving 0 January 29 at 12 p.m. Metro @ University of Wyoming (M&W)

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0 Metro home games are free with a valid student ID. Basketball games are played in the Auraria Events Center, and swimming and diving meets are held in the Auraria Pool.

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Senior Mike True takes a break from swimming practice on Jan. 26, above. True warms up for swimming practice in the Auraria Events Center pool on Jan. 26, below.

Swimmer a True team leader Senior keeps morale high in the pool for Roadrunners By Adam Dunivan

freestyle with a time of 1:42.53. He also is a member of four relay teams that hold school He is good. records. His first place finish in the 100 freestyle True is an All-American too. Several times and second place in the 50 freestyle at a meet over, as a matter of fact. Jan. 22 at Denver University were no surprise. True gained this status first in the 1997-98 . Coach Jim Richey regards him as the best season, with a top 16 finish at nationals in the sprint swimmer on the team. 200 freestyle. He also has five All-American Senior Mike True is also a leader. awards from relay teams. ''.Although he's not the captain, he has True's modesty is further revealed when proved to be the true leader of the squad," he explains his greatest feat as a swimmer at Richey said. "He is an Metro. icon of the swim "Probably when team." our team got into the Richey also said "He is an icon the top 10,"True said. "Just that True raises bringing the team into swim team." others' spirits and national rankings and greatly contributes to getting our name out - Jim Richey, there is probably it." the high morale of the Metro men's and women's team. This year, True A modest True holds team-best times swimming and diving coach said that he is looked in the 100 and 200 at as a leader because freestyle. In the of his seniority on the Colorado College squad. Classic in December, True gained both season "I don't try to have other swimmers look highs by swimming the 100 freestyle in 48.21 up to me, but I try to portray a good image," seconds and the 200 freestyle in 1:45.45. The said True, an athletic training major who times are the best that True has ever swam at expects to graduate this fall. this point of a season. Well, if True won't admit that he's a leader, True hasn't qualified for nationals yet, but let the numbers do the talking. he still has two chances. The Roadrunners will True holds the school record for the 200 host the University of Wyoming on Jan. 29 at The Metropolitan

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Six weeks after the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference bestowed its first Player of the Week honors for the 1999-00 basketball season, a Roadrunner is on the list. Senior guard Sara Coleman earned the recognition scoring 27 points and grabbing six rebounds in a victory over New Mexico Highlands Jan. 21. Coleman also dropped in 25 points against Adams State the following night. Through 17 games this season, she leads the Roadrunners in scoring, averaging 17.8 points per game. Coleman shoots almost 50 percent from behind the arc and 82 percent from the free throw line.

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Allen exceeds 1,500 points Last season she broke Metro's alltime scoring record for women's basketball. However, she was only a junior. Roadrunners Guard Stephanie Allen keeps padding her points record in her senior season. In a game against the University of Colorado ac Colorado Stephanie Alen Spring5, Allen surpas.sed the 1.500 points mark. Allen is also Metro's all-time leader in three-pointers made (211), games started (100) and as.sists (365).

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Points: Mttro: NlzllTts 25, Barlow 18, Fu/cber 15, Bynum 12, Oakky 8, AkxJdc 7, Mulombo 5, Forti 2, Gowtr 2, Smith 2; Ntw Mtxico HlfhlaNJs: VaiJ 17,"""""""' 13, C#rpnlltr 11, TUtmann9, Dt I.a Ima 7, SltDJa 7, B"*'-i 5, Hollitrfswonb 2, Gonzaks. Assists: Mttro:B~ 4, Fuld#r3, Ab Mall 2, Alallm 2, Ak«ll, &irbq ~ Smitb; New llako Higblands: Vail 3, SltDJa 2, Cmpndtr;

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Mttro: Ab Mllll I6, Bynum 16, Barlow 15, Anz1lm 14, G<n«r IO, Oakky IO, Ford 6, Fu/Jber 5, MuJombo 5, Smilb 5; Adams Stale: Meeks 14, Singleton 11, Trujillo 9, Ellsworth 6, Johnson 6, Hill 4, Carling 3, Hardy 3., Carro/12. "ssists: Mtlro: Bynum 6, Anzllrts 4, Ab Mall 2, Alrodt 2, Forti 2, Fu/cber Z, SmiJh 2, Oakley; Adams Stale: Truji/JJ) 3, Carling 2, E/Jsworlb 2. Rebounds: Metro: Barlow 6, An.zun>s 5, Fuk:btr 5, Gower 5, OaJtley 4, Akodt 3, Bynum J, Ford 2, Mutombo 2, Smilh; Adams State: Meeks 10, Hi/15, Ellsworth 3,folmson 3, Singleton 3, Trujillo 3, Carling 2, Hardy 2. Turnovers: Metro: 7; Adams Stale: 24.

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Points: Mttro: C.Olnnan 27, McArthur l3,ftn11lson 12, Allen 10, Gorr/on I 0, CllrriJJo 4, Smith 3, Wtidhr 2; New Mexico Higbfands: Trujilh> ZJ, Brtuuon 16, Sanchez 9, Hgil 9, UjXburcb Z, Westpbain 2, Boots. Assists: Metro: Gordon 5, McArthur J, Alkn 2, C,o/nnan 2, Umilh>, ]tn11ison, ~ ~Mexico Higblands: Trujillo 4, .Ga/lagbtr 2, Branson, lfpcburrb. Rebounds: Metro: GOtYJon 8, Carrillo cs; Cokman cs; Mcltrlbur 5, Wddkr 5,fennlson 4, Allen 3, Smilb; Ntw Mexico Highlands: Saidkr 13, BrrlllSQtl 7, Kmley 4, Trujillo 3. Ga/Jagher 2, Sancbtz 2, Vigil 2, WtstpbaJJ 2, Boots, Upcbllf'Cb. Turnovers: Mttro: 20; Ntw Mex1ai Hi.&blatvls: 2t

J•usy 22 Metro vs. Adams State Final: 89-59 Points: Mdro: Alkn 27, (,o/tmllll 25, fenniscfl 13, McArthur 8,

Metro: 12; Adams Stale: 24.

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Dillilq: I. Hummel; 400 Frttslyle llt/ay: 5. Metro A 3:22.10; 400 Medley llt/ay: 2. Metro A3:40.10. ~ 50 Frttstyfe: 5. Drew 27.80; 100 Fmstyk: 5. <Arroll 59.30; 200 Freestyle: 5. Campbell 2:15.IO; 500 Fretstyfe: 5. Drew6:03.00; 200 Badtstroltt: I. Rowtl12:1130; 200 Bmutstroltt: I. Mudget 2:32.20; 200 BuUerfty: I. Mudget 2:I5.IO; 200 /M; 3. RowrU 2:18.70; Jm Dtvbg: 1. lanAJa, 2. Clam; Im Divin&: I. .laitOll, 2. Gatr:io, J. Larwa, 4. <Jarlre; 400 Ntdky Relq. 3. Metro A 4: 18.20.

-~-~M-~-~-~-~-~~~MetrOmlendar General 12 STEP Meetings On Campus • Tuesdays from 8:15-9:15am in the Auraria Library, #205. Contact KH. at (303)306-0251 or Billi at (303)556-2525 or A.A. Central Office at (303)322-4440. MSCD Student Government Meeting • Get involved with student government every Thursday from 3:30-5:30pm in the Senate Chambers, Tivoli #329. For more information, call (303)556-3312. Have you hurt your ankle in the last 48 hours? - Call The Student Health Center at Auraria NOW to see if you are eligible to participate in an analgesic medical research study. Those who qualify will receive financial compensation, and all study related care at NO COST. Call (303)556-2525, Monday Friday from 8am-4pm, or page (303)266-7063 after 4pm and on weekends. Eligibility is determined by study criteria. lruth Bible Studies • Join the Menorah Ministries every Wednesday and Thursday in the Tivoli #542 from 3-5pm. For more information, call (303)355-2009. Slim for Life • Check out the American Heart Association's exciting health education

program. You will learn about nutrition education, physical activity, behavior modification, and risk factors for heart disease and stroke. Slim for Life will be held at 1020 9th St. Park from 12:15-lpm. For more information, call Susan Krems at (303-)556-4391.

held from 2:30-4:30pm in CN-203. To pre-register for this workshop, stop by CN-203 or call (303)556-3664.

Thurs, February 3

Chess Club Meeting ·Join the MSCD chess club every Tuesday in the Tivoli Club Hub #346 at llam. For more information, call (303)556-8033.

Club Funding Committee Meeting· Does your on-campus club need money? The CFC meeting will be held in Sigi's Cabaret in the Tivoli Student Union. For more information, call (303)556-2595.

Tues, February 1

Interviewing Skills - This free workshop is open to all MSCD students. You will review the interviewing process. It will be held from 3-Spm in CN-203. To pre-register for this workshop, stop by CN-203 or call (303)5563664.

Carl Jung, Viktor Frankl and the Search for Meaning • The significance of meaning for a productive life will be presented by Dwight Kimsey, an ecologist and former counselor, in the Tivoli #640 from 23:30pm. For more information, call Seymour Weinberg at (303)322-8997.

Politics and the Black Community - Dr. Peter Groff, the Director of Center for African American Policy at DU will speak from llam12: 15pm in Tivoli #320. For more information, call (303)556-3103.

Seventeenth Black World Conference This day long conference will be held in the Tivoli #320 from 9am-3:15pm and will examine trends and issues of importance to the African American community. For more information, call (303)556-3103 or (303)556-2934.

Fri, February 4 job Search Strategies - This free workshop is open to all MSCD students to show you how to initiate a job search, make contacts, and use resources. It will be held from

Resumes That Work - This free workshop is open to all MSCD students and will show you how to write an effective resume. It will be

10am-12pm in CN-2Q3. To pre-register for this workshop, stop by CN-203 or call (303)5563664.

Sat, February 5 Today is the last day to return textbooks at the Aurarla Book Center for a full refund.

Upcoming GUMBO Tastier • Experience AfricanLouisiana cuisine on Feb. 8 in North Classroom #5018from11:30am-2:30pm. For more information, call (303)556-2701. Mock Interview • This is an opportunity for MSCD students to practice and evaluate their interviewing techniques for free on Feb. 8 in CN-203 from 10:30am-lpm. Dress as you would for an actual interview, bring your resume and arrive 10 minutes in advance. To pre-register for this workshop, stop by CN203 or call (303)556-3664. African American Influence on Popular Culture • Join Dr. Michael Eric Dyson on Feb. 10 in the Tivoli Turnhalle from 12:302pm for this presentation. For more information, call (303)556-2595 or (303)556-2934.

Work for 1beMetrOpolitan The Metropolitan needs a copy editor. Responsibilities include editing stories, headlines and cutlines for content, grammar, punctuation~ spelling and The Metropolitan style. Comprehensive knowledge of the Associated Press stylebook is also required. Reporter positions are available for the news, sports and features sections. Being a reporter requires writing fair, balanced and accurate stories, as well as writing on a variety of topics. Stories must be complete, well written and conform to Associated Press style. Meeting deadlines is a must! Freshmen and sophomores are strongly encouraged to apply for these positions.

Cover letter and a resume to: Lisa Opsahl, editor in chief

The Metropolitan, Office of Student Publications Tivoli Student Union Room 313 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday 303-556-2507

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Classified ads are 10¢ per word for students currently enrolled at The Metropolitan State College of Denver. For all others - 20¢ per word. Maximum length for all cl~ified ads is 30 words. Classified ads must be prepaid. We now accept Mastercard and Visa. The deadline for a classified ad is Friday at 5:00 p.m. Call (303)556-8361 for more information.

Help Wanted HOUSECLEANERS WANTED part-time or full-time. Set your own hours. We will train. Start at $10.00 per hour. Raise to $11.00 per hour at one month. Call Miracle Maids at (303)5213915. 2/18 BD'S MONGOUAN BARBEQUE • Work hard, play hard. Make money, have fun. Now hiring for all positions. Please apply in person at 1620 Wazee in LODO. 2/4 FUN-LOVING, ENERGETIC PERSON needed for in-home childcare of 10 m.o. and 3 1/2 y.o. North Cherry Creek neighborhood. Approximately 20/wk. Flexible schedule. Experience and references required. Call (303)333-2231. 2/4

THE HISTORICAL DENVER PRESS Club needs P/f p.m. kitchen help (cook, set-up, ·etc.) @ $8.00/hr. Call Bonnie or Dave at (303)571-5260. 2/11

SMAU LODO FAMILY LAW FIRM seeking p/t afternoon receptionist with computer skills. Fax resume to (303)2921126. 2/18

GET PAID FOR EACH E-MAIL YOU send - Free account. http://www.nightmail.com/signup.cgi?freechess74. 2/18

$150() WEEKLY POTENTIAL mailing our circulars. Free info. Call (202)452-7679. 4/28 EARN $$$ PROMOTING ARTISTS like Nine Inch Nails, Fiona Apple, Bush, Filter & The Crystal Method within the Denver area. No experience necessary. Please visit www.noizepollutio1uom for more information. 2/11

Services GERMAN AND SPANISH TUTOR Tutoring since 1988. Two BA. 's, reasonable rates. Daytime instruction on Auraria Campus or in SW Denver, Mon. through Sat. Leonore Dvorkin, (303)98~·2327. 1/28 WANT TO GET IN SHAPE? Evening and Sat. classes in SW Denver combine weight-training, stretches, calisthenics. $5/hr. Award-winning instructor Leonore Dvorkin, (303)985-2327. 1/28 THE BEST HOUSECLEANING service in the world!!! The only one to .do your every tenth cleaning for free!!! Bonded and insured. Call (303)920-0339 today for a free housecleaning estimate!!! 3/17 EAT ALL DAY AND MELT AWAY!

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The Montessori International Children's House Seeking qualified, experienced applicants for part time assistant positions.

:=t=;~~e~~furtclrice contracts 2 to 6 months. •Extremely enjoyable work. •All age groups including college. •Weekly orientation meeting. Mail cover letter, resume and 4 (four) ref's to

820 South Monaco, Suite .145, Denver, 80224

~ v.&._::c.:: ~.'Tfie Mommie 'Dearest Schoo{ of 'Dance & Cfiarm ".'A very aifferent dance & performance experience"

Excellent pay and benefits! school with a wonderful working environment.

Apply in person to: 1000 N.SpeerBlvd.,UnltA Denver (303)607-9431

ADULT Jazz Dance Classes offered for All Levels

1488 Joliet St. Aurora, CO 80010

Call (303) 344-5799

Women Helping Women Egg Donors Needed ... For infertile women. If you are age 21 to 32, healthy, and a non-smoker you ctmld have the satisfa~tion of helping S1 )meone in a very special 'Yay.

Contact the Center for Reproductive Medicine

(303) 788-8300 Compensation of 13000 For First Donation Compensation of $3500 For Repeat Donation Some college education required.

ireMetrOJX>litan student Newspaper is online! ·

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