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In the basement of a smoke-forbidden bar on the west side of Boulder's Pearl Street Mall, 12 people gathered to hear Ron Miles preach. The pulpit was a black metal stand. The deacons - a drummer, two guitar players, a bass player, keyboardist and a slide guitarist - sat quietly in the background. The sermon: Jazz - Ron Miles style. "This next tune doesn't have a title," Miles told the audience, who strained to hear the soft-spoken trumpet player, standing in front of the room wearing a navy blue suit with a crisp starched white shirt. The rest of his band, the Elektet, wore faded corduroys, jeans, and button-up work shirts. "But it reminds me of Keith Jarrett, so we call it that Keith tune路 until we come up with a title for it." The audience laughed. Miles bowed his head as sounds from a In Boulder synthesiz.ed guitar filled the room with swirling torrents of sound. The 路spirit moved him as he gently nodded his head to the driving beat. "It's the sound of music," he said. "I like to hear it. I can't describe it in words." He placed his custom-made Monet trumpet to his lips and, like a Pentero;tal preacher, began spreading the "WOrd, softly at first - a

lone note navigating an ocean of sound - leading to a fervor of musical ecstasy. Miles leaned back, looking like a bald kokipelli, as the trumpet screamed a series of notes. After Miles and his Elektet bring the audience to the promised land, they guide it back down, ending with a drawn out note, barely speaking through the electronic hum of amplifiers. Silence. The audience exploded in a hailstorm of applause. "Thank you," Miles said, looking like a shy teenager, meeting his crush for the first time. "Thank you." For Miles, a Metro professor for 11 years, jazz is not only an important part of his life, but a vital part of society. "It's good for our national cultural identity," he said. "Sometimes in academia, we can be so Eurocentric. This country has been around long enough that we have a _musical history. Also growing up, you never hear about black history. You hear about the Emancipation Proclamation, Martin Luther King and sometimes George Wd.5hington Quver. They seem like isolated events. Jm is something that gives us a degree of respect, contributing to the American idei'ltity. It's something everyone can panicipate in."

Miles spreads the gospel of jazz around the world, playing in venues across Europe and Asia. 路 "I like Italy because of the food," he said. "When you're on the road, food is a major consideration. "I would like to play in Africa one day," he continued. ''It would be interesting to be in a place where rm not a racial minority." The most important audiences to the 36-year-0ld musician, however, are local. "The music is from here," said the East High School graduate. 'There is an understanding that I don't even think we're conscious of. We all have some similarity in our upbringing. It's been great to go to Europe and Asia, but I would just as soon play dubs around here." At the beginning of the year, Miles released his fifth CD as a band leader. The CD Trio features Miles' original work with Denver jazz fixtures Eric Gunnison on piano and Kent Mclagan on bass. Trio is the first recording of classic style jazz since his first recording Distance for Safety, released in 1987. "It was a little bit different because we recorded it in a basic way, using only two microphones," he said. "We also recorded it in analogue and transferred it to digital. I like the sound of analogue a lot, and one day it might come out on vinyl." Within the next few months, Miles will be back in the studio recording another CD. "I can generally get a CD together in about six months," he said. "I don't have a formula for writing. Each time I rack my brain and work it out on the piano. Each time I think 'this will be my last song.'" Miles said he often writes songs around a sentence or a series of words. "I've been influenced a lot from spirituals. One song I just stalled with a simple sentence, 'Jesus loves me,' and wrote around that. see MILES,

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Metro musician finds inspira,ion in teaching I . ue writing. Later, Miles met a record producer for trumpeters." Miles bought his first jazz album in 19n. . who was interested in his music. I never write words into the songs. I would be 'They told me they already had Miles Davis "I liked the sounds of the instruments," he afraid to hear them. and Chuck Mangione," he said. 'They couldn't said. "It grooves and it Oows at the same time." "People write original songs, but they sound take on another trumpet player. I thought, 'if you Miles blends the pop he loved as a boy with jazz, like old songs," he continued. "I miss that in have Miles Davis and Chuck Mangione, what funk and even country in his songs. music. Hopefully, that's where we're filling in the would you want with me?' It was pretty flatterLlfe as acollege professor also provides inspigap a bit." ing." In 1992, Miles began playing with the Duke ration for Miles. Miles wrote his first song when he was a Ellington Orchestra. Two years later he began "My mother was really into learning," he said. freshman in college. touring Europe and the United States with gui- "She went back to college when she was older. "It was really simple and predictable," he tarist Bill Frisell's quartet. We would all go to college and sit in class with said. 'The literary equivalent would be the story Miles first began playing the trumpet when her. Already I was around college students and in where you get through it and find out at the end he was 11 years old. the environment. of the story it's a dream." Aprofessor Miles had "My mom taught summer school, so she "I like teaching for three reasons," he continwhile attending school at the Manhattan School needed something for us to do," he said. "I was ued. "First, for practical reasons, it's a job. But I of Music saw his talent and ~ him to con tinreally into pop at the time, but there wasn't room like the idea of exchanging knowledge. As a

teacher, you're not giving knowledge, you're exchanging knowledge. If I wasn't around here, I probably wouldn't leave the house. I would just sit around playing music all day, Which wouldn't be all that bad. It's good for me when I sit by myself and write. I don't worry about what other people think." Miles cradled hi.5 trumpet in his arms. 'Thanks for coming out tonight," he told the audience. "We would like to play one more song. It's called Good Night. After the song, the faithful and the converted approached the altar gathering around Miles. The band members packed their instruments in cases. The sermon, for now, was over.

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With spectacular shows like Fiddler on the Roof, the Metro theatre has been packing in the audiences for sold out shows. "We had a full house for Fiddler on the Roof. People were waiting for 20-30 minutes prior to the show to see if they could get in and we had to turn away some 1. people," said Jin) Becker, Speech Communications office manager. "We were maxed in capacity." Megan Euler, theatre production manager, said the department typically sells out all of its performances, around 100-130 seats depending on the show. "When we move to our new facility, there will be 350 seats, and we expect to almost sell out there," Euler said. The energy those who are on the stage give to the audience, the commitment form the students and faculty and their willingness to work hard on all different kinds of productio,ns are what draws the .._ crowds to the Metro theatre, Curran said. Becker said what draws in the crowd the most is the talented students who grace the stage and the directors of the various shows. Directors of the productions vary from Marilyn Hetzel, chair of the Speech Communications Department and director of theatre, to David Kottenstette, professor of theatre and the theatre production designer, to guest directors from the surrounding community, said Katherine Curran associate professor of the Speech Department. Hetzel is currently in Guam giving a workshop on • the topic of theatres, Curran said. "Hetzel is very active in her field. She gives talks for her field, she is very dedicated to students and her department," Curran said. "Hetzel has been here a while, she is very talented as a director and a teacher." Hetzel began working at Metro temporarily in August of ' 1987 and became permanent faculty in August of 1988, said Cathy Lucas, media relations coordinator of College Communications.. "Hetzel is really able to connect with the kids," Euler said. "She cakes time co work wich them .. individually, and doing that she gives the students the

attention they need" Afun person, full of life and an excellent advisor, are the words Curran used to describe Hetzel. "She is a great person to talk to about interesting careers in the theatre and opportunities in the Mecro Denver area," Curran said. "Hetzel works with the students at a level that they can work with and draws out their potential," Becker said. Acting parts in the productions are open to all Metro students, and any student can help in the building, designing, or behilld the scenes work of the plays and musicals, Euler said. She said interested students may check the call-board located in the Arts Building on the second floor across from room 269, for audition dates, and opportunities to help with the various productions. Euler said the first set of auditions usually take place during the first week of school. With the new King Kendal Academic and Performing Arts Center, slated to open in August 2000, will not only be the new stage for the various theatre productions, but will also hold classes, and other events. The center is to be shared by the three Auraria Campus institutions, Metro, the University of Colorado at Denver and the Community College of Denver. The performing arts center will have a 350 seat theatre for the plays and musicals of Metro as well as for the produccions by the two other schools. The center will also have a 200 seat Recital hall, as well as a concert hall seating 550 audience members. Regular classes will also be held in the new performing arts center in what is called the classroom wing of the building.

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Torres said through the years it will give students a chance to learn more about Chicano Th• lhtropolltca• There's always a first time for everything- culture. CAMP is a program designed to recruit especially for the First-Year seminar course migrant students. being offered by Metro's Chicano Studies "Programs like it department in the Fall and Spring. help recruit, obtain and It will be the first time that Chicano graduate students from Studies has offered the course. By taking the Metro," Torres said. class, entering freshmen can increase their As of June 14, nine chances of success in college, department students had enrolled chairman Luis Torres said. in the course, said The class serves as a springboard for stuLuis Torres Michelle Mondragon, dents, giving them a chance to fully adjust to college life. Torres said it teaches them about the Chicano Studies administrative assistant. Other degree programs at Metro teach the worldly issues and how students can use that First Year seminar classes, which some stuinformation to benefit themselves while in dents can,take to fulftll their multicultural eduschool. Torres describes the course as a way to cation requirement. Another first-time experience for the demonstrate good study skills while also givdepartment is its attempt to grant teacher ing students an introduction to Chicano studlicenses to those who graduate with degrees in ies. Chicano studies. "The best thing about being able to teach The department is awaiting approval from this class will be giving students an insight into the Colorado Commission on Higher Chicano studies and its relation to the colEducation before it can start certifying degree lege," Torres said. students as teachers, Torres said. Some of the students who will take the Not everything is all work and no play, class include panicipants in the newly created however. College Assistance Migrant Program or CAMP. Students will have a chance to watch hisAlthough the program isn't coordinated tory unfold before their eyes in late fall. The through the Chicano Studies department, Brian Keithline

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class called The Chicano Novel in the fall semester. For other activities, students can participate in the student organiz.ation Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan, also known as MEChA. Students can find out more about the events and programs within the Chicano Studies department by calling 303-556-3124.

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Avoiding the assessment test for English composition became easier this year, when the requirements for exemption were changed. The change, which went into effect this past spring, means students who achieved a score of 18 or more on the English section of their ACT tests are not required to take the English assessment test. The requirement in previous years was 23. "The ACT office ran a statistic comparison of their tests versus our assessments," said Jack Cooksey, assistant director of Testing and Assessment. "Of the 810 students who scored a 17 or better on the ACT, 808 of them passed our test." The requirement was set at 18 instead of 17 in order to correct any margin of error, and to conform to the national average, which is also 18. Joan Griffin, the English department's director of C:omposition, agreed with the decision. "Examination of ACT scores and out placement tests showed no significant difference between students who scored 18 and the ones who scored 23, 24, even up through 28." The study, conducted by ACT between the fall of 1998 and the fall of 1999, kept track of 1061 students and how they scor:ed on both tests. Of the students who passed the assessment test and went on to take Freshman Composition in their first semester, the majority passed with a B or higher, according to Cooksey. The process of exempting students from sections of the assessment test based on their performance on the ACT was begun with high scores to see how well it would work, Cooksey said. The follow-up study was done to make the process more accurate. The English department received the results of that study in the spring of 2000, and decided to lower their requirement to 18. ACT also looked at the math and reading sections of each test, and sent results for those studies to the respective departments. The requirement for exemption from the math assessment test will remain at 24, as per ACT's recommendation. Reading will also remain at 24 this year, but Cooksey feels that it could be low-

ered safely. Giving some students one less test to take before starting college isn't the only benefit of a lower exemption requirement, according to Griffin. Fewer students having to take the English assessment test will also save the English department time and money. Because it is a written essay instead of a multiple-choice test, the English assessment requires two professors to score each test. According to Cooksey, this is also the reason that students must wait 48 hours to get their test results. Scantron machines score both the reading and math assessment tests, so if a student is only required to take those two tests, the results can be attained as early as the next morning. Cooksey also pointed out that the exemption policy doesn't apply unless students have taken the ACT within the past two years. If they haven't been using the knowledge, Cooksey said, they may have forgotten some of it.

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Auraria Child Care Center Located at the southwest end of campus the Auraria Child Care Center is an enormous asset to busy student and staff parents. 303-556-3188 http://www.tivoli.org/lntroduction/accc.html

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llln.lhWpolRcila Being a freshman is one thing and staying fit and fresh is another. The Campus Recreation assistant directors don't want freshmen to become overwhelmed with the mishmash of cultures that will surround them. That is why at the Auraria Campus you can mesh with just about anyone for a very small fee or no fee at all. All you got to do is go to the Auraria Campus Events Center, on the north side of campus, just east of the Plaza Building, where you can do so many things that you may not know where to start or where to end. The drop-in program is great for those who are looking for something to do in their spare time. Everything from basketball to badminton to different types of aerobics, such as kickboxing, water, and step aerobics, are offered through the drop-in program. The equipment such as balls, racquets, weight belts and more, will be free starting in the 2000 fall semester. All that's required is a valid student I.D. If you are going to be spending a lot of time at the Events Center, Joe Morales, the equipment room manager, suggests students buy a locker for the semester. Lockers for students not enrolled in a dress-Out physical education das.c;, will be available to buy the second week of the semester. Morales said 1-foot lockers cost $5, while 6-foot lockers cost $8. Those who are going to do a lot of sweating may also buy a towel card for $5 for the semester. The Events Center staff advises people to check the drop-in schedule for pool hours, co~rt availability and scheduled aerobic dasses, but generally options are wide open.

There are a variety of times to come and work on that off-balance jump shot or to slip into one of the free aerobic clinics, where if the music doesn't get you going, the instructors certainly will. "That's what is great about (the Auraria Campus)," said Tony Price, who is in charge of the drop-in program. "I've been on many college campuses that can charge up to $100 for aerobic classes. Here its free." If you can keep up with the fast pace, you just might turn into a well-0iled machine. ' .All the instructors are great. They keep you going, but I haven't met one that has killed me yet," says Francis Olivas a faculty staff member at the student development center and a frequent aerobic participant. If aerobics i.sn't your thing, one can always fortify the rudiments of your body by pushing it to the limit with the fitness center's new iron-pumping machines. The new machines should be in place for the fall semester, Price said. "The brand new circuit of equipment is more user friendly and easier," Price added. "I think students will really appreciate the benefits of the new equipment." The 15-year-0ld pressurized machines will be gone, which according to Price, were too tough to keep calibrated correcdy. In its place will be the more modem machines that use weight stacks for resistance. "People are more familiar with weight stacks,'' Price explained. "Now I can look and see that rm working on 50-pounds thi.s week, instead of 50-pounds of pressure, which may not be the same thing. Plus, the machines will be a lot more fluid." The fitness center i.s located on the second floor of the Events Center. It also offers cardio-bikes and simple ab-crunching machines.

Just like the drop-in program, the intramural sports program, headed by Scott Reetz, is also open to all Auraria students, faculty, and staff. Here things start to get a litde competitive, but it is still in the name of fun. For a fee, students can enter or form a league that will compete against other similar leagues on campus. The ._,,_ leagues indude such sports as racquetball, flag football, badminton, men's and women's' basketball, tennis, coed volleyball and more. Non-Auraria students are also encouraged to participate, but they must pay a higher fee then registered Auraria students, Reetz said. "The club sports offered through Campus Recreation, are similar to the intramural sports, the only difference is that the competition can be a bit tougher and there is no fee required 'per se' to start a club," Reetz said, as long as the students have a valid I.D. ''The clubs var¥ from year to year depending on the students,'' added Reetz. "We help provide the space on a field if they need it and assist them in fund raising. It takes at least five students or the minimum number to field a team-for a team sport-to start a club. But for individual sports, like tae kwon do, only five students are needed (to start a club)." The men's rugby team, which is probably one of the most popular clubs and has been around the longest, requires at least 14 students for a team, Reetz said. Lacrosse, dance, and the snow hasher's ski and snowboard club are popular too. Reetz also expects to see a good turn out for the new ice hockey dub and the adventure race club that are being formed. Bryan Ferguson, who is in charge of the outdoor adventure program on campus, said that more than 90 members have already joined the adventure

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The 1999/2000 edition of Metrosphere is available at the Office of Student Publications (Tivoli 313) and is free with a cumnt MSCD student ID

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The Auraria Parking and Transportation Services is more than parking your car on campus. Many services are offered to students, faculty, and staff for free. The NightRider is a service that offers evening escort transportation from any classroom on campus to any parking lot on Auraria at no charge. Students, faculty, and staff can call any day of the week and request when and where they would

like to be picked up or arrange a regular pick-up time for a whole semester. This service is available from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday and Friday from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. by calling (303) 556-2000. The Handivan is another type of escort service for anyone with a disability. Handivan services are available Monday through Thursday from 6 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. and Friday from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. A state handicap hang-tag, license plate, or disabled veteran license plate is required to park in any handicap spaces on the Auraria campus. Auraria Parking and Transportation Services also provide assistance for anyone who has car problems such as a dead battery or a flat tire. These services are available by calling (303) 556-2000. Parking permits are available for lots M, L, I, and EA. Permits give in and out privileges in the designated lots. Permits are renewable each semester for current holders and the remaining permits are sold. Permits are sold in the Parking and Transportation Services office at Seventh Street and Lawrence Way. There are 11 bike racks on campus for those who like to ride their bikes to school. It is a good idea to use a U-shaped lock to lock up bikes.

race club, with more on the way. The adventure race club will include canoe , .snowshoe and cross country ski races as well as mountain bike races and lOK run races. The outdoor adventure program also includes such activities as backpacking, rock climbing, hiking and outdoor clinics such as photo shoots and avalanche safety instruction. Students can get a chance to kayak or canoe on the Colorado River through the program as well. Need equipment? No problem. In the basement of the Events Center, there is a rental shop, where supplies for the outdoor adventure can be rented on a daily, weekend, or weekly basis. They even rent such things as stoves and cooking kits, are there. Neophytes to these outdoor activities need not to worry, because there are instructional courses available for each. Those students with specific skills in any of the programs are encouraged to help and apply for a paid position with Campus Recreation. The physically challenged program offers any student, faculty, staff, spou~e. or alumni member help accessing the equipment and the facilities at the ' EventS ~

Center. The program provides a free per- ., sonal trainer and various recreational activities designed for the physically disabled. Price said skiing trips to Breckenridge with certified instructors are offered as well as horseback riding, camping and water skiing. "(This program) gives students a chance to meet other students with disabilities as ,. well as students without disabilities," Price said. Jennifer Laird, a senior at Community College of Denver has taken advantage of the program for three years. She said the best thing about the program is she gets to interact with people in a non-academic way and gets to interact with people she may not have met otherwise. Mark Richards, one of Laird's trainers, also gets a lot of reward from working with people like Laird. "Each person I've worked with, something special is developed," said Richards, a junior at Metro. "Every person has a unique aspect, a story to tell. That uniqueness is what got me started in the program. What's great is for people to discover how we are unaware of a entire group on campus and learn from them about life, persistence, and about not giving up."

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Student Assistance and Support Student Rights and Responsibilities

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Student Activities

Campus Life Resources and Referral Tivoli 311 • (303) 556-3559

Tivoli 305 (303) 556-2595 http://studentactivities.mscd.edu

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Campus Recreation

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Recreation Center (303) 556-3210 http://clem.mscd.edu/,....,craweb

Health Club Facilities/Aerobics Sports Programs Physically Challenged Program Kayaking, Rock Climbing, Skiing

Health Center Plaza 150 (303) 556-2525 " http://www. mscd. edu!student/resources/health

Counseling Center Tivoli 651 (303) 556-3132 http://clem.mscd.edu/,....,counse/

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Personal Counseling Support Groups Student - Peer Mentors Stress Management

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For New and Transfer Students Information for Success How to Navigate the Campus Easing the Transition to College

GLBT Services Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Trans Student Services

Tivoli 311 (303) 556-6333 http:!le/em. mscd. edu/,....,glbss •

Orientation Tivoli 311 (303) 556-3559 http://clem.mscd.edul·--studlife/orientation.htm

Student Legal Services

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Tivoli 311 (303) 556-6061 http:!/elem. mscd. edu/,....,/egal •

Student Finance Resource Center Tivoli 262 (303) 556-4435 http:!lwww.mscd.edu/studentlresources!sfrc

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Financial Planning Educational Travel Funding Individual Budgeting Sessions Emergency Student Loans

Student Publications Tivoli 313 (303) 556-8361 http://clem.mscd.edu/,....,themet ~,

Excellent job opportunities exist in all areas of Student Life. These convenient jobs provide flexible work hours in a supportive work environment. Contact the specific department listed above for further information.