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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS The Peace Award will be given to individuals (MSCD students, faculty, staff, and administrators, and members of the community), both on and off campus, who demonstrate Advocacy, Compassion, and a Commitment to Peace and Justice.

Nomination Forms are available at: MSCD Office of Student Life MSCD Institute for Women's Studies & Services MSCD VP for Student Services and on.line at www.mscd.edu/Ncollcom/@metrolmlk11_08_01.htm

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A housing finding service, presently available to international students at the University of Colorado at Denver, will be extended to all Auraria students this spring, according to Barbara Weiske, director of the Tivoli The service will be provided by the new Intercollegiate Housing Services Committee, and is in the developmental stage, said Weiske.

"It will not be a matching service," Weiske said, "but rather a resource to provide options such as a data bank of houses, apartments and people looking for roommates."

The housing resource center will be located in the student ID lounge in the Tivoli. Manual services, such as providing materials to help students understand leases, will be offered this spring, Weiske said.

Computers with data banks providing links for housing options will be introduced later, Weiske said. The Housing Services Committee will initiate advertisement in newspapers for landlords and other property owners in the Denver metro area. Those who wish to lease to students will be able to list coming available apartments and houses in the database, she said. People looking for roommates will be able to have their properties listed as well.

According to Weiske, the catalyst for such an idea was that many prospective and current students may not know how to look for housing. The manual services, such as pamphlets explaining how leases work, coupled with the databases will give some students a basic survival skill as they ventu~e out into the world, she said.

"The database will provide a listing of space," said Dean Wolf, executive vice president of administration. "There will be no 1

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An added benefit, from a business standpoint, will be the retention of students, Weiske said.

"Auraria is a commuter campus," Weiske said. "If students cannot find housing, they probably will not be able to attend."

Weiske was invited to an Auraria intercollegiate housing committee meeting in April, where she was introduced to the idea of the service.

The idea was inspired by the housing services offered for foreign

students at CU-Denver through its International Studies Program, Weiske said. Foreign students there use a database that lists the name of the property, the amount of rent and deposit and it indicates the type of space available, whether it is a studio apartment or a small house.

The Intercollegiate Housing Services Committee staff and the housing staff for the international program at CU-Denver will eventually merge, according to Weiske'.

Students presently working in the ID lounge at Tivoli will also work in the housing resource center when it is added this spring.

Support for the service and funding for computers and software will be provided by the Student Advisory Committee to the Auraria Board, according to Weiske. There will be no charge for the service.

Many Auraria students said they think the service is a good idea.

Kyle Kluge, Metro freshman, moved to Denver in July from Wisconsin. He said he used the housing booklet and information currently available to students in Tivoli 243 to find a¡ place to live.

Kluge said he likes the thought of having a database available next time he searches for a residence. Kluge said it will be nice to have more resources than just the local newspaper classifieds.

"I'd like to see names, costs and descriptions," Kluge said.

Rajani Thapa, CU-Denver sophomore, said she believes the service is badly needed. Thapa, who is from Nepal, said that there are not enough services to help Auraria students from abroad find housing.

Thapa said she was lucky to find a place to live through friends.

"It's scary coming to a new country to live," Thapa said. ''It's enough stress already-getting used to where you are living and meeting new people. International students have no credit history in the U.S., which makes it harder for them to find a place to live."

Stephanie Webster, a Metro sophomore, said she knows it can be difficult to find an apartment.

"It's hard for people with pets to find a place to rent," Webster said.

Webster said she hopes property listings will include whether pets are allowed, and that with listings from the entire Denver metro area, there will be more properties accommodating to pet owners.

Dennis Seely, CU-Denver junior, said he has had trouble lately with bad landlords and over-priced housing. Seely, who commutes from Louisville, said he will use the service to find a new place to live.

"The service is a good idea," Seely said.

Ginny Miller, a Metro fine art major, stands at the door of her balcony in Capitol Hill. Miller, who has lived on the hill for several years, will be among those elllgible to use a new housing-finding service for Auraria students to find apartments or roommates In Denver. ¡

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Dissecting terrorism

pol ice briefs Assault A woman reported an assaultlstalking Nov. 6. According to reports, the offense occurred in Tivoli lot A, from Aug. 28 to Oct. 25.

The suspect is at large, according to reports, and is described as a black male, midtwenties, approximately 6 feet 4 inches tall and 240 lbs. The suspect has a crew-cut, is muscular, was clean-shaven and has a deep voice.

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Shannon Davidson -The Metropolitan Former hostage Tom Sutherland discusses International terrorism, as well as his first-hand knowledge of mldeast terrorism, in the MultiCultural Lounge Nov. 13 as part of International Education Week.

Parking lots to get face-I if I First time in 20 years

no dirt parking lots Aimee Potter

The Metropolitan Auraria's parking lots E, B and F are about to undergo a change.

Currently these lots are either halfpaved or not paved at all, making them less attractive to park in because drivers don't want to deal with dust, rocks, or potholes that may damage their vehicles.

Auraria director of parking Mark Gallagher said these lots are about to get a face-lift.

''The project, which will be complete by fall 2002, will improve the lighting in the lots, as well as curbs, drainage, and landscaping, and will also include paving of the lots," Gallagher said. He also said that a new lot, lot W, will also be complete by the beginning of fall semester 2002.

Gallagher said the project's estimated cost is $4.2 million. Money to fund this project will come from the Bond issue and parking reserves.

"We have about $6 million in reserves right now," Gallagher said. "Last year alone we were able to put about $600,000 in reserves."

"The cost of this project averages to about $10,000 per parking space,"

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Gallagher said, ''because we may find that we need to upgrade drainage systems or storm sewers, and maybe even retention ponds."

Gallagher said landscaping and paving the lots so they are aesthetically pleasing to the campus is important in maintaining continuity of the campus grounds.

"We hope to complete Lot E by April 2002 with a projected 700 spaces," Gallagher said. "Lots B and F will be completed by the start of the fall semester 2002."

Gallagher said the improvements to lots E, B and F are exciting and will be the first time in over 20 years that there will be no dirt parking lots on campus.

Gallagher said beginning in December 2001 parking lots will be created and will wrap around lot A, which should eliminate some problems that may arise during the completion of lots E, B and F. Gallagher said he does not expect any decrease in parking fees, because of capital development, but said an increase in parking fees has not been talked about.

"We need to complete the project and take a look at the budget before we discuss any parking fee increase," Gallagher said, "but as of right now, all the budget targets are being met."

Parking fees, according to Gallagher are based on location of specific lots. '"When we put together the price system of parking. we worked out what we call the '\'alue Price System'."

Gallagher said. "Basically. the closer the parking lot, the greater the cost." he said.

Auraria parking attendant Mezemure Bedassa collects parking fees from a student leaving the

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Community College of Denver Vice President Niles Downen, reported a theft Nov. 8. According to reports, between March 16 and April 16, a student employee of CCD filed falsified time sheets.

According to reports, Downen said the student filled out his time sheets with four 40-hour weeks, which he had not worked.

Reports say the supervisor had not signed the employee's timesheets, and when the college attempted to bill the program for twenty-five percent of the salary, the employee's supervisor stated that only twelve hours had been worked.

According to reports, Downen said the employee had been overpaid by more than $1,700. The suspect employee is at large, reports said.

Bicycle thef I Benedicle Johansen, University of Colorado at Denver, reported a bicycle theft on Nov. 6. Johansen parked and locked her bicycle at the Southeast end of the North Classroom building at 10:30 a.m.

At 5:30 p.m. her bicycle and lock were missing.

Bradley Kristinik, Metro, reported a bicycle theft on Nov. 8.

Kristinik parked and locked his bicycle at 10th and Champa streets at 1 p.m. When he returned at 5:30 p.m., his bike and lock were missing. Reports say the theft occurred between 1 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. Nov. 8.

Warrant arrest James Michael Yo1:lng, no campus affiliation, was arrested in connection with outstanding warrants Nov. 6 at 4 p.m.

David Charles Dobson, Metro, was arrested in connection with outstanding warrants Nov. 7 at 7 p.m. â&#x20AC;˘ Aimee Potter

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"but this system allows students to choose where they want to park, whether or not they want to use an attended lot, and how much they want to pay," said Gallagher.

Gallagher said in any given week, during the fall and spring semesters, as many as 40,000 cars use parking facilities on campus.

Gallagher said the parking garage, which has roughly 10,000 to 12,000 cars pass through it in any given week pulls in the most money, but the busiest surface lots are lots R and H. "People will wait in line for a parking spot in [R or H] because they are conveniently located, " Gallagher said.

"Convenience means a lot to my customers, we realize that the students' time is valuable time," said Gallagher, "and it's our employees' job to be at work on time, ready to do a good job and get students parked and to their classes as quickly as possible and in a friendly manner."

With winter approaching, according to Gallagher, the parking garage activity will increase.

"Sometimes in inclement weather, we'll let people use the garage if they have a receipt from another lot, without charging them the extra parking fee," Gallagher said.

Extra fees, however, are charged if students don't pay parking citations within three business days.

Gallagher said that 24,000 parking citations were issued last year, less than 2 percent of the 1.7 million people who parked on campus last year.

"Generally, we have found that citations are issued to repeat parking

offenders-people who consistently go over the twenty minutes in a loading zone or let the time expire on the meter," he said.

"Those people have three business days to pay the same rate that they originally would have," he said, "after that, the fee increases to $15."

Gallagher also said a referee for citation appeals is on staff and adjudicates cases individually.

Gallagher said he encourages all students on campus to carry cash.

"If an individual doesn't have mon~y. the exit and entrance lines slow down and interrupt the smooth flow of traffic," Gallagher said.

Parking attendants have heard several reasons why people don't have money to pay the parking fee.

James Smith, a Community College of Denver student, works as a parking attendant everyday from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Smith has worked for Parking Services for two months and said he enjoys his job.

"I get to meet a lot of different people," he said.

Smith has heard several interesting reasons why people didn't have money to pay the parking fee.

"My favorite was one lady who told me her son had stolen money out of her wallet," he said. "She was real upset."

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Metro's Student Government Assembly's new chief justice is working to ensure sufficient funding for higher education in Colorado.

The Coalition for Higher Education Funding is a new organization devoted to keeping adequate funding to Colorado · colleges, which is headed by Robert Haight, SGA chief justice.

Haight said he is trying to develop the project, which is still in its infancy stage. Haight said he is also working with other state schools including the University of Northern Colorado, the University of Colorado at Boulder, The University of Colorado at Denver, -. Western State and the School of Mines in a combined effort to create the program.

"Metro's role in this is mainly grassroots," Haight said, with no involvement from the SGA or any other campus organizations.

"It is simply going to be students wishing to get involved and believe that higher education should keep its funding to assure exemplary education," said Haight.

Haight said the reason for C.H.E.F. is due to the budget crisis the state of Colorado is facing, and he fears that funding will be cut to higher education facilities, he said. Another goal of the program would also be to possibly increase funding to higher education institutions.

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The circle of alternative medicine Jenny Arribau ; Staff columnist At the gym, an American guy lifts weights to exercise his arms. At the office he exercises his knowledge of computers. He then visits the therapist to exercise his emotions, and later at church, his belief in God. If he exercises one body part too much, he might have to visit the foot doctor, or the eye doctor, for example. If he is unable to exercise his love for his partner, he might have to visit the sex doctor. If he exercises his love for beer too often, he may attend an alco'hol class. In a society where everything we do has its own separate compartment, it's hard to remember that the physical, emotional, spiritual, and psychological aspects of every person are forever intertwined.

However, this idea has been the foundation of health and healing since the very beginnings of humankind.

What we now call "new age alternative medicine" in the West has been keeping people healthy for thousands of years. According to the American University of

Complimentary Medicine, humans were using herbs as medicine as early as 8000 B.C.E., about 3,500 years before the time of Egyptians. Nearly all natural healing systems used in the West today, such as homeopathy, have roots in Aryurveda, an Indian healing science originating in 5000 B.C.E. Chinese medicine is another science commonly used worldwide through acupuncture and herbal treatment, and it's more than 2,500 years old.

These are just a few of the popular healing science methods invented and practiced throughout the history of all people, all around the world.

Somehow, though, these groups of people existed apart from one another, separated by large spans of land and sea, they all shared one common belief: life moves in a circle, and everything is interconnected. Their worldviews were based on the concept of balance and existing in harmony with nature. Throughout history the aspects of life such as physical exercise, daily work, emotional expression, religious worship and sexuality were all intertwined and 'could be practiced in one daily ritual 11.lone a.; \Vell as treated by one doctor.

This circular, balanced mentality holds the key to living a long and healthy life.

Incorporating this bdief system

into our busy modern day lives is easier than it might seem, and it does not necessarily involve rejecting cultural norms, like getting naked and dancing around the fire in the woods all crazy-like. Acquiring good health starts by accepting the fact that being healthy is not just getting an annual check-up, but it is a lifestyle, and that conventional medicine cannot solve all of our health problems. If you get a headache, for example, it might be caused by lack of sleep, food, or water.

Instead of popping pills, you might just need a sandwich. Try taking preventative measures such as vitamins or herbs, eating vegetables, and drinking lots of water. This will not only prevent the common cold, but may also prevent the onset of cancer.

The World Health Organization estimates that about 75 percent of the world's population relies on alternative medicine as their primary form of healthcare. So how is it that conventional medicine (the familiar treatments using antibiotics, surgery, and chemotherapy) experienced almost 5 decades of unquestionable confidence from the American public?

It might be because living in a fastpaced society means expecting fast results in life, and also from prescribed medications and surgery.

While many conventional treatments provide fast results, they may not be

the best results.

For example, an antibiotic might stop the symptoms for which they were prescribed, but at the same time they may cause harmful side effects while weakening the immune system.

Using alternative treatment for these symptoms might take longer in providing results, but can also strengthen the immune system and prevent the symptoms from recurring in the future. To explore alternative medicine is not to reject Western medicine, as sometimes biomedicine such as antibiotics, surgery, and chemotherapy are our only true defense mechanisms against serious diseases.

However, if th.ese treatments are mis-diagnosed, they have the potential to cause unnecessary harm to the body, sometimes causing death.

Such medicines should only be used as a last resort if at first the use of natural treatments is unsuccessful.

An exploration of alternative medicine should begin by asking your doctor about it in relation to your health condition, as well as your insurance company, as it may cover the costs. Explore your options, as only you can find the right lifestyle and healthcare to benefit not only your physical life, but your emotional, mental, sexual, spiritual, and social life as well.

Start making every Veteran's Day personal

Tabitha Dial Staff columnist Forty-eight million Americans have served in this nation's armed forces since 1776. There are at least 48 million reasons to celebrate Veteran's Day; unfortunately, few people about college age and younger seem to care much about the holiday. Many of us tend to think it's a celebration of the past (relatively few of those 48 million Americans are alive today), but it's a celebration of our present. We live as we do now, indebted to the sacrifices of the past. History, shaped by veterans as much as political leaders, created our present world.

Maybe it's time to start making Veteran's Day personal. Veterans leave this world as heroes, yet all are born as the average citizen. My grandfather was shipped off on his 18th birthday and translated Morse code for a Navy Destroyer in the second World War. Five of his six brothers also served. My other grandfather lied about his age to be enlisted, and was on burial detail at

Iwo Jima. The patriotism of the time was so powerful some young men felt disappointment if they could not participate in the war. Tom Brokaw calls this generation the Greatest Generation and there is little question why. In the 1940s countless families lost their sons, brothers, fathers , husbands, classmates and sweethearts to join the Allied forces.

In England (where Veteran's Day is honored as Remembrance Day), families hid in the Tube, or the underground railway, to take refuge from Germany's bombs. Had British fighter pilots not engaged Germany in an air war, those of us who wish to visit England today would see a different London, which was subjected to a three-month attack. War affects people, taking aim on their landmarks, their homes, their culture.

Veterans can be viewed not only as liberators and freedom fighters, but ones who preserve culture.

Let's make honoring the courage of our nation's past even more personal.

I have been to the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, D.C. Although I was only 7, I stood ensconced in profound silence and knew I was somewhere significant. The Arlington National Cemetery was also amazing, but in spite of my visit to the nation's capital,

I felt limited personal attachment to Veteran's Day until recently. Now the words in God Bless the U.S. touch me deeply. Lee Greenwood's lyrics recall in America we know that we have freedom if nothing else.

The author declares, "I won't forget the men wh-0 died who gave that right to me." Neither will I. Today I can understand the silence of the Vietnam Memorial and the solemn respect of Arlington. We must not take for granted the life of luxury we enjoy today. This life came with a price, from the colonial soldiers of the Revolution to our present day courageous. Recalling the past can instill faith in the future: brave thinkers born to this country will, in the future, rise up to the challenges of their time.

Veterans have not always been willing heroes. The 60's pitted hawks against doves. While some women burned their bras, some men burned their draft cards. Wartime extends its long-reaching tentacles into the heart of the United States, and when our government decides that it is no longer appropriate to turn a blind eye, whole generations can be affected. I feel that our current indifference about Veteran's Day stems from not having a substantial conflict

interrupting our lives, until Sept. 11.

The military seems invisible until it is in action. But our servicemen and servicewomen never stop providing U.S. citizens with a sense of security (similar to the police force and fire department). They perform tasks and provide services we have the privilege to take for granted. When in action, our military has seen victory over some of the strongest foes in the modern world.

George Marshall stated, "It is not enough to fight. It is the spirit which we bring to the fight that decides the issue. It is morale that wins the victory." Speak to your grandparents, or those that knew them. Interview living veterans. Taking interest will reveal the spirit they brought to the fight. Nov. 11 is not only Veteran's Day, marking the date the First World War ended, but it is also the twomonth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on our nation. Thousands of uniformed men and women now show the same courage and sense of purpose as the veterans we honor on Veteran's Day. And they are only a percentage of the already 48 million who have served.

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9 The Metropolitan November 16, 2001

editor sean weaver

art director chris barr6n

news editor jenni grubbs

opinion editor danielle haraburda

features editor chris ward

sports editor imthiaz hopkins

photo editor adam houseman

copy editors matthew gavin, jaime jarrett

reporters aimee potter, kelly valentine, nick garner, eric eames mindy macinnes, elena brown, andrea scott, david hindman, reema al-omari, waiter gant, jenny arribau, cj cole, richard kellerhals

photographers shannon davidson, tom fildey, melanie bialik, chris Lawson, ari goldman

cover illustration robert muller

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Letters to the editor

Women battle RMAC aloh" Dear Editor,

It is with great enthusiasm that we can report the success of Metro's Women's Volleyball team's quest for the RMAC Championship. It is, however, with a heavy heart and a teary eyes that we are compelled to impart to you the embarrassing display of school spirit and support. When fans of the home team are outnumbered by fans from a town whose population is smaller than the entire home team's school enrollment.

Regardless of even if it is Gunnison where people look for any excuse to get out of town. One cannot help but to be completely and utterly perplexed.

Throughout the weekend, the Lady a Roadrunners battled through tournament with the pressure of being

the top seeded favorite and the target of every opponent's wrath. To help champion the team through its crusade, alone from the student athlete peers and family, they had nothing but desire, will and pride.

There was no faculty, there were no students, no representation from student government or any other clubs or organizations, there was no community support, and short of President Kaplan there was no administration. If Boulder's Volleyball team was battling on its home court for the regional title, there would be tail-gate parties, standing room only in the bleachers, and certainty a riot on the hill that night, win or lose. The closest to a riot occurring during the championship match on Sunday was

Rowdy bantering with Western's 'masked pseudo-superhero' The Mountaineer.

Were they even playing for Metro?

Were they fighting for the honor of the student body that had shunned and ignored the tireless practices, the foregoing of social pleasures, the unbearable workload of school and collegiate athletics, or was there just a burning desire to prove that this 2001 Metro Women's Volleyball team is the best?

To the students at large we can only say shame ... shame ... shame! Matthew Roberts Robert C. Haight Metro Students

Don't let Drug Czar say 11 No'' to state's rights Dear Editor,

When Sen. Wayne Allard (R-Colorado) and Sen.Ben Knighthorse Campbell CR路 Colorado) vote on the confirmation of John Walters for Drug Czar, I hope they remember the desires of the citizens of Colorado, who overwhelmingly voted by referendum to allow patients to use marijuana for medicinal purposes.

Our founding fathers feared a strong federal government and spelled out the federal government's responsibilities and restrictions in the Constitution.

The Tenth Amendment specifically reserved all other responsibilities to the

States. Self determination in regard to medical use of marijuana should be the sole responsibility of each state and its路 citizens.

In an administration which prides itself on returning power to the states, Walters' drug policies regarding medicinal use of marijuana would do just the opposite and would run counter to the wishes of the voters of Colorado and other states.

A Drug Czar should work with the states, not in opposition to them. It should not be the policy of our federal government to arrest, prosecute and

incarcerate patients, whose only crime is attempting to alleviate the pain and suffering which results from cancer and AIDS treatment.

As the primary sponsor of medical marijuana legislation in Maryland, I commend the legislature of Colorado for giving the voters a voice on this issue.

Don't let the nomination of the new Drug Czar silence them.

Sincerely, Donald E. Murphy (R - Maryland) Annapolis, MD

United States is reborn with united purpose Dear Editor,

Fear is an ugly emotion. It creeps into your soul and can destroy your initiative.

Destroy your faith and hope for humanity. I thought I knew how to deal with fear. I come well equipped having survived several near-death experiences, one of which left me partially disabled. I also have lived with a terminal disease for seven years. I am adept now at dealing with and conquering many fears about my health and future. But the terrorist attack on our country left me very afraid of many things I had never feared. I have had to employ new methods of overcoming my fears lest I feed the terrorists need for this evil means of combat.

I was a truck driver for 17 years, and traveled several million miles throughout this glorious land of ours. I use the word glorious because as you become more intimate with this vast landscape we live in you begin to love her as only those who explore her thoroughly do. Mere words cannot adequately

describe the uniqueness we enjoy as a nation. There is beauty to be found everyplace you go. Everywhere I go there are people who never cease to amaze me for their ingenuity and resourcefulness.

In every little community and country cafe I visited I saw the strength of our country. We are a country whose wealth is best measured, not in dollars, but in the collective wisdom of our population.

In every profession, be it humble or high and mighty, there are dedicated experts who keep the fabric of our country vibrant and resilient. These are not people who are easily defeated. We have had to prove that too many times in our short history as a nation.

We are a country whose pride is now aroused. The terrorists' plan has backfired. My fears have diminished dramatically as I recalled the great sense of wonder I have felt when traveling our backroads and byways. Nowhere is there absent the notion that in times of need, we step up and are counted. I was the beneficiary of kindness and aid countless

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times from complete strangers during my travels. Now civic pride has become national pride. Now our petty differences are being cast asunder. Now the common good has r eplaced the individual pursuits. You only need look at the response and the outpouring of people seeking to help in any way they can to realize that in times of crisis there is no nation so diverse yet so powerful in unity.

For those of us who are overwhelmed with fear I say fear not. Cast your eye across this great nation of ours. Look at the human resources we represent as a collective whole. We shall overcome this as we have had to overcome other crises.

United with a common purpose and a national strength unmatched in the world. The terrorists may kill people by the thousands but they elevate the spirit and resolve of the survivors by the millions. Sincerely, Tim Truitt Metro Student

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Not kidding arou路n d Auraria employee publishes humor book for the purposely childless

Author Ellen Metter, an Auraria library employee, recently published Cheerfully Childless, a humor book for people who choose not to procreate.

Chris Lawson -The Metropolitan

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The Metropolitan Not everyone's hearts fill with happiness when a bundle of joy arrives. Not everyone wants to hear the pitter-patter of little feet.

Not everyone wants children.

But just because someone doesn't want children does not mean they hate children.

Author Ellen Metter recently published a humorous book, Cheerfully Childless, which takes a look at living life without little ones.

'Tm just your typical librarian spinster," Metter said. "I even have two cats."

Metter has been a professional studies bibliographer at the Auraria Library for 11 years. She is 42, unmarried and "cheerfully childless." She hopes this book is a comfort to those who choose to remain childless and a call to arms for those that want to say it loud, 'Tm childless and proud!"

Metter said the goal of the book is to make the non-mainstream way of thought not only accepted but also accepted through laughter. The choice to be child路 free should not be stigmatized, she said.

Metter knew early on she did not want children. She says there are those who wish only to make it from childhood to adolescence to adulthood, and once an adult, never look back. The decision wasn't a selfish one; it was a strong decision backed-up with her heart.

"I just .never felt the pull that having

children would enrich my fulfillment as a woman," Cheryl Sipes said. Sipes is the program assistant at Metro's Institute for Women's Studies & Services.

Sipes also knew she did not want children. She said there was never any pressure from family to get married and have children. Metter said she never felt any pressure from her family to have children either. Both women have no reservations about marriage; in fact both hope to be married. But the men they marry will have to recognize and respect their decision, and live happily ever after as a double路income-no-kids couple.

Metter admits her decision to remain childless has affected some of her relationships. She is now in a committed relationship with a man who does not want children.

"I am very nurturing, but children aren't the only ones that need nurturing. Adults need it too," Metter said.

She said the hardest part of publishing her book was not the six years of tweaking it, but breaking the topic to her boyfriend's family. "I was in tears," she said. "I thought his mother wouldn't accept me, but she did.

And she bought three copies."

There are various associations, which support childless singles or couples.

Including the Canadian-based No Kidding, which has a locai chapter in Colorado and a web site, www.nokidding.com.

One of the oldest childless organizations

is the British Organization of Non-Parents.

BON was founded in 1978. And for the record, they say they are "not a bunch of selfish, feckless, child-hating sociopaths."

Many organizations seek to improve the social acceptability of remaining childless.

Tara Tull, associate director for Women's Studies and Services at Metro, appreciates the options women now have. Tull has also made the decision to not have children.

Tull, 40, is in a committed relationship with a man who doesn't want children. She had two aunts in her family who never had children, so she had role models and acceptance within her family.

Reading various books on the subject, joining support organizations and having role models are all important in making, finding the confidence and committing to the childless decision. And as Metter's book suggests: Parenting May Not Be For You If.. .you think of two or more children gathered in one place as a mob.

Metter is busily promoting her book. It is available online and the Auraria Book Center will have it in stock. This is Metter's third book. The other books are guidelines to research.

She is in a job she loves. She is a published author. She is in a healthy committed relationship. She has the support of family and friends. And she is childless.

"I love my life," Metter said. "So I must be doing something right."

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Shannon Davidsoa -The Metropolitan Mayor Noel Busck of Thornton and his wife Susan came for the opening reception of Victor Casasola's photography exhibit about the Mexican Revolution on Nov. 8. The show will run through Dec. 1 at the Auraria Library.

Remembering the revolution Andrea Scott

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The Mexican Revolution represents the political struggle and triumph of the basic fundamental rights and democracy for the citizens of Mexico.

Images of the Mexican Revolution is a collection of photographs taken by photographer Agustin Victor Casasola in Mexico during the 10-year battle from 1910-1920.

The Consulate General of Mexico collaborated with the Mexican Cultural Center to bring this exhibit to the Auraria Campus Library Nov. 8 . Dec. 1. The Consulate General of Mexico is an organization geared towards building the self-esteem of Hispanics and providing them with greater opportunities. Headed in Mexico, this organization has offices in 45 of the 50 United States, and focuses on bringing education, sports, health and cultural events to the Hispanic communities.

Juan Carlos, organizer of this exhibit and director of the Denver chapter of the Consulate General of Mexico, says he hopes students will walk away from the exhibit having learned something.

"We decided to focus on a variety of photographs," said Carlos. "We wanted people to know that it affected people of

all ages and economic levels."

"Images of the Mexican Revolution" The photographs featured in the next year in Colorado Springs but said exhibit are in black and white and he chose the Auraria Campus because it is an environment where there is a sepia toned.

Photographs of executions, women lot of traffic. and children who fought alongside men "We want people to observe it and to and prominent political figures adorn walk away with a little knowledge of the walls marking the anniversary of what Mexico was at the beginning of the century," said Carlos. the Mexican revolution, Nov. 20.

"It was a very promising time for Mexico," Carlos said. "We hope people really look "We hope that when students see the at the faces and get a slight artwork they see . the complexity of what sense of what may have been the country was going through. We hope going through their minds" people will really look at the faces and get a - Juan Carlos slight sense of what may have been going through their minds."

The former Mexican constitution, Shirley Marecak, facilities manager which put Government-enforced at the Auraria Library, worked with limitations on who was allowed to Carlos to bring the exhibit to the acquire land, public worship and library and was thrilled to have the education, was originated in 1857. A exhibit there because it brings more reformed constitution was put into life and color into the library as well as effect in 1917. many curious onlookers.

Carlos said although it was a n "We are eager to have things like exciting time for the people of Mexico, that here and we are eager to reach out it is still a developing c9untry with into the community," she said. high hopes. Carlos will be showing

Families traditionally spend time with each other during Thanksgiving. When they get tired of each other, they traditionally go to movies.

It's the reason Thanksgiving and Christmas are often the two busiest weekends of the year at theaters; cinema is an easy way to spend time together as a family while going at least an hour and a half without having to talk to each other.

As a result, the Thanksgiving weekend usually sees an onslaught Chris Ward of movies aimed at younger on film audiences.

This year seems the exception, with only two choices for parents looking for family entertainment.

The Disney/Pixar collaboration Monsters, Inc. has been holding the top spot at the box office for the past two weeks, and will be a popular safe choice for younger crowds. It's cute, it's cuddly, and it's Disney: And while not as clever as their Toy Story movies, parents will be happy to find something fun for their kids.

Of course the main competition for Monsters, Inc., and for every other movie out there, is Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, the first in what is almost guaranteed to be a series based on the phenomenally popular books. Harry Potter is likely the main reason there are so few family films out there this Thanksgiving; who would want to compete with one of the most anticipated movies of the year?

Which is unfortunate, because viewers who haven't read the source material may find themselves let down. While it is entertaining, Harry Potter will quickly lose the attention of most younger audiences. There is a reason few family films cross the 90-minute mark, and Harry Potter's two-and路a-half hour runtime will be a little long for youngsters who a~en't eager to see every word of tM book translated onto the big screen.

So what happens if the 500-pound gorilla of family entertainment falls short? Sure people will flock to it opening weekend, but say word gets out that anyone younger than 10 years old won't be as interested in Harry Potter on the screen. When you actually have to sit still for the whole story, without the ability to leave and come back later, that interest can diminish quickly. Most parents I know would think twice about taking their children to something if they hear it will lose their attention. And since everyone else has held off on family films until after Harry Potter has had some time to cool down, what else is there for those families on Thanksgiving weekend?

Perhaps Monsters, Inc. will triumph. At the standard hour and a half it is a much safer bet for filmgoers with children. Or maybe people will opt for something on video. The recently released Shrek, popular among both children and adults for good reasons, could provide an appealing alternative to long theater lines and high popcor.11 prices, as could any number of classic family films.

Or maybe, just maybe, some families out there would be able to get along for the whole extended weekend.

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(U-WIRE) BOULDER, Colo. - Images of chaste women, metal bras and dangling ceramic penises are all part of a local art exhibit that has been at the center of a swelling controversy in recent days.

The exhibit, Art Triumphs Over Domestic Violence, is sponsored by Boulder County Safehouse and is being displayed at the Boulder Public Library's Canyon Gallery from Oct. 19 to Nov. 26 in

connection with Domestic Violence Awareness month.

In total, the exhibit contains 50 pieces of art displayed in a variety of media, alr created by survivors of domestic abuse and their supporters.

Critics of the show have come out in record numbers, citing the artwork as inappropriate and offensive, according to Karen Ripley, director of cultural programs for the Boulder Public Library.

"This is certainly unprecedented," Ripfoy said of the complaints. "I've never seen anything like this."

According to city spokesperson Jennifer Bray, a little more than a handful of people have complained about the exhibit. She said the majority of complaints were unspecific and left in message form, leaving city officials unclear if they were commenting on the art exhibit or the so-called flag controversy.

Ripley also said she was unclear if people were confusing the two issues.

"It's clear some people are really upset about the exhibit," she said. "But I think that other people may be confusing the two issues. We didn't have any complaints for the first three weeks (of the show)."

Ripley added that complaints have been uniform, focusing on the "questionable and objectionable" content of the art show.

She said she didn't understand the complaints, given the inspiration for the artwork - victims of domestic abuse.

"I have heard several people say that people in general are very disturbed by the world climate," Ripley said, hypothesizing about the source of complaints.

She added it is possible people were complaining about the exhibit because raising objections makes them feel empowered during a time when there is seemingly little order in the world.

Anne Tapp, executive director of Boulder County Safehouse, seemed surprised by the complaints but conceded that people react to art

differently.

"One of the amazing features of art is that it evokes response," she said. "That response is not always a comfortable one."

Tapp said the exhibit is intended to provide an opportunity and venue for individuals who have experienced domestic violence to put a voice and image behind their experience.

"It's creative expression," she said. "I would hope the community uses this opportunity to experience the experience of the survivors. It's not always an easy thing to see."

"It's clear some people a re rea Ily upset a bout the exhibit" -Karen Ripley Tapp added if the exhibit were provoking discussion then it was achieving its goal.

"It's not my place to apologize (for other people's discomfort)," she said.

Both Bray and Ripley said there were no plans to remove the exhibit, but a sign had been placed outside of the show to warn those pe-ople entering the library of the contents.

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When Metro's volleyball team swept Western State 30-19, 30-21 and 31-29 Nov. 11, it earned the right to say it is the best in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference.

As the postseason rolls on, Metro (28-4 overall) will host the Southwest Regional Tournament Nov. 16-18.

"That's our next goal," head coach Debbie Hendricks said. "We want to win the regional tournament. It's going to be every bit as tough as this was, if not more so."

In the first round, the Roadrunners were forced to play their longest game of the year before finishing off New Mexico I{ighlands in four straight set wins Nov. 9. Then Regis was tested Metro in the semifinals, when then Roadrunners came back to take the match for a 28-30, 26-30, 30-25, 30-28 and 15-8 win Nov. 10.

"We are showing a lot of heart and a lot of will to win," Hendricks said. "I look back to last spring, when we spent a lot of time talking about critical components to success. One is to be steady, another is to have that will to win. Last year, we were a bit more shaky. When a team pushed us, we let them have it and we backed off.

"This year, we've become much better in that when a team pushes us we push back and we keep pushing and pushing and that bas been our signature all year. We've gotten into situations where it looks like we shouldn't come out of and we do," she said.

In the championship match, Metro came in looking fatigue after its five-game thriller against Regis the night before.

Regis nearly spoiled their dreams. Down 0-2, on the brink of elimination, Metro could have easily folded.

"We just told ourselves that we bad nothing to lose," setter Devon Herron said, who compiled 167 assists in the three-day tournament. "The worst thing that could happen is that weU lose the third game, we'll go home and we won't have to play tomorrow, so why not just play our hearts out."

In order to crack the Ranger's defensive shell, the Roadrunners sacrificed their hitting percentage, which dipped to a season low of .193 percent. Metro still outhit it's cross-town rival .242-.132 in the final three games.

Marina Bazana posted anvther double-double, with 17 kills and a season-high 26 digs. Bonnie DeLaughter and Jessy Roy each recorded 15 kills, while Mei-Rong Lu added 16. Michelle McBurney had 11 blocks and Herron had 24 digs, both career highs for the two sophomores. Regis' Julianna

Bayley hammered 29 kills to go with 18 digs.

After a two-hour and 25-minute melee with Regis, will the Roadrunners have enough energy left to face off with?

"Oh, yeah," Herron said. "We are just going to go home, eat, go to bed, get up and do it again.

Except for tomorrow it won't be five (games)."

While sleeping was restless for Metro, it was Western who woke up on the wrong side of the cushion as the Roadrunners took control with its balanced attack. Seniors Bazana (16 kills) and Diana Marques (12 kills) did their damage on the outside, while Lu (14 kills) and McBurney (13 kills) did most of their harm by attacking the middle of Western's defense.

In the first two games, once they took the lead, Metro pushed forward, building on it, to win by 11 in.game one and by nine in game two.

When Western jumped to a four-point lead in the third game, Metro pushed back, tying it at 11, 14, 24, 26 and 27.

Finally, at 30-29, Metro had had enough, as McBurney blocked Western's Michelle Morris, the 2001 RMAC Player-of-the-Year, to win the RMAC. "They can keep making excuses why we are beating them," McBurney said. "but the score is going to prove it every time that we are the better team."

Men's basketball prepares for s~ason opening tournament at Mines The Roadrunners start their tough preseason

"It may slow us down in the beginning with wins

Classic, hosted by Colorado School of Mines, Nov. 16-17. Metro will play against Queen's College, Nov. 16. The next night they'll meet Azusa Pacific Univeristy.

'We will take some hits early because we have a much harder schedule than last year," Dunlap said. "When we're finished we will have played five or six teams in the preseason that are in the top twenty in the country and their all on the road."

The last time the Roadrunners had this tough of a preseason schedule they went on to win the National Championship in 2000.

long run come Feb." The Roadrunners will also get the opportunity to get some outside exposure when they travel to BYD-Hawaii for a Thanksgiving tournament.

While in Hawaii the Roadrunners will face No. 9 nationally ranked Cal-State San Bernardino.

"Right now we're trying to fill our potential," Dunlap said. "We're streamlining ourselves to get into the RMAC tournament, but you have to be one of the top eight teams in the RMAC." While the

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But the team is really not in thinking about that right now.

"My first year here they predicted us to finish first," head coach Mike Dunlap said. "Every year since that we've been there and we've learned to handle that spot."

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Sports Briefs Women's volleyball Head Coach Debbie Hendricks was honored with Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Coach-of-theYear for the 2001 season. Senior outside-hitter Marina Bazana and sophomore setter Devon Herron earned first team All-RMAC. Senior outside-hitter Diana Marques and sophomore middle blocker Michelle McBurney earned second team All-RMAC.

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•#4 Nebraska-Kearney vs #5 Regis University, 7:30 p.m . .

November 17 •Swimming & Diving vs Colorado College, 10 a.m.

Coors Tek Basketball Classic •Men's Basketball vs Azusa Pacific, 6 p.m.

Southwest Region Tourney •#2 West Texas A&M vs Game 1 winner, 5 p.m.

•#1 Women's Volleyball vs.

Game 2 winner, 7:30 p.m.

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*Students $4 Southwest Tourney *Adults $7 Southwest Tourney • All games at Auraria Field and Events Center

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Metro volleyball team celebrates after defeating Western State In the Rocky Mountain Athletic championship match Nov. 11 at Aurarla Events Center.

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The Metropolitan Winning this year's Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Coach-of-the-Year award has reaffirmed head coach Debbie Hendricks' passion for her occupation.

But she can't take all the credit for leading the Roadrunners to a RMAC title, which sealed its right to host the Southwest Regional Tournament Nov. 1618 as the No. 1 seed.

"When I came back into the profession, my reasons for coming back had everything to do with working with young ladies like this," Hendricks said.

"To be honored by my peers, it feels very good after I almost made a decision to get out of the profession for good," she said. The award reflects that we have a solid team and I have to deflect some of this honor to them, because we are the best team in the conference and all of that has to do with the players I get to work with and an outstanding coaching staff. Any time a head coach receives an award like this it really is an award for the whole coaching staff."

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second in the tournament. Metro and West Texas will get byes in the first round. The Lady Buffs will take on the winner of the Western State-Cameron match, while the Roadrunners will face either Regis or Nebraska-Kearney on Nov. 17. ''I don't want to play Regis again!"

Hendricks exclaimed after Metro beat Regis in a five-game thriller to advance to the RMAC Championship match.

"We we'll play whoever we have to play. We are just excited to be at this level."

Many believe the regional championship will run through two-time defending champion West Texas, who will bring a large group of fans with them to the Auraria Events Center. Metro hopes the home floor will be to its advantage.

"The national championship tournament is right in our sights and I think we have a really good shot of winning regionals and going on," middle blocker Michelle McBurney said. "I believe we are preparing ourselves to not having much of a Thanksgiving break, because we'll be in the gym training for nationals."

Swimming Roadrunners have new coach ~lmthiaz Hopkins

The Metropolitan Roadrunners improve on what they had last year and adding three additional players to their squad, they will try and find their team chemistry. "We want to be able to come down the back stretch and run it," Dunlap said. "Our team is versatile and we have a lot of guys trying to stay in the top eight."

"The support we have on this team is really important in this game, from each one of our teammates and the coaching staff," senior Diana Marques said.

In 1999, Hendricks dropped the coaching gig, in which she became the winningest coach at West Texas A&M and led the Lady Buffs to the 1997 Division II National Title, for a career where wins and losses equal life and death.

"I was going to go to medical school," she said. "IfI went to medical school I did not intend to comeback. I took some medical courses for a year on biochemistry and organic chemistry and I was right up to taking the (Medical College Admission Test}, when I decided that I missed the profession too much.

Plus, the more I researched the medical profession the more I just did not feel it was right for me, but I had to have that time to kind of figure that out."

Figuring out how to get to the Elite Eight will require an operation through what is arguably the toughest regional tournament in the nation.

Five of the six teams are ranked in the top-15, with West Texas A&M (30-2) ranked first in the nation and seeded

Like other athletic teams at Metro swimming and diving decided it was a tim~ for change. That change began with hiring head coach Rich DeLuc. DeLuc, a graduate of the University of New Mexico, heard about the vacancy of the coaching position through Metro tennis coach Eduardo Provencio.

"We work at the same recreation center and Eduardo told me that Metro was

looking for a new swimming coach," DeLuc said.

DeLuc comes via Grand View High School were he was coaching last year.

With eleven active swimmers and divers on the Roadrunners team, DeLuc already has set high expectations for his team.

"By the end of the season we will have everyone qualified for nationals," DeLuc said. "We are going to be a threat in the relays."

Since DeLuc has been here he has made some changes to the Roadrunners team.

"This is the first year that we have had access to the weight room and we're in there getting stronger," DeLuc said. ''I've also divided everyone into three groups to better their training."

DeLuc said they are still looking for more men and women to join the Roadrunners team and anyone interested should contact him. Swimmers and Divers must be a Me~To student and enrolled in at least twelve credit hours. Anyone interested can contact DeLuc at leducl'@mscd.edu.

calendar 18 THE METROPOLITAN NOVEMBER 16, 2001

Ongoing Holiday Collection Drive - Golden Key, Sigma Tau Delta, Psi Chi collection.

Non-perishable food, clothing, toys, and blankets. Collection sites, 2nd floor CN, 1st floor SI, 4th floor KC and Health Center. For information, call Gregory Hooper (303)238-9494 or Pam Dinwiddie (303)643-4109.

AA Meetings on Campus Wednesdays, 12-lpm in the Auraria Library 205. For information, call Billi at (303)556-2525.

Truth Bible Study from a Messianic Jewish Perspective - All are welcome to join in Tivoli 542, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 3-4pm. For information, call (303)355-2009.

Yoga For Everybody - Free 12-week program for all levels. Tuesdays 12- lpm and 1:15-2:15pm, Wednesdays 12-lpm in Tivoli 444. For information, call the Health Center at (303)556-2525.

Free Blood Pressure Checks - Fridays 2-4pm, Health Center, Plaza Building 150. For information, call (303)5562525.

Eating Disorder Support Group (ANAD) - Support group for men and women struggling with eating disorders.

Wed. 3-4pm, Counseling Center Tivoli 641. For information, call Linda Wilkins-Pierce (303)556-2525.

Slim for Life - 12-lpm, 1020 Ninth Street Park. For information, call (303) 770-8433

Fri, Nov 16 Induction Ceremony - Induction reception and keynote. For information, call (303)238-9494 or (303)643-4109.

The Magic of Menopause -A weekend of affirmation, discovery and transformation. Fri, Nov. 16 - Sun, Nov. 18, Rocky Mountain National Park. For information, call Patricia Hansen (303)512-0819.

Tai Chi for Body and Mind - Free 12week program. Thursdays 12-lpm in Tivoli 444. For information, call the Health Center at (303)556-2525.

Strid es: Lunchtime Wa lking P rog ram - Tuesdays and Thursdays 1212:45pm, Wednesdays 1-2pm. Meet at the flagpole on Lawrence Street Mall.

For information, call (303)556-2525.

Sat, Nov 17 Artist S eries: J esse Levine, viola - 25pm, King Center Recital Hall. For information, call (303)556-3180.

Sen io r R '.!cital:¡Jeff Gleason, g uitar 7:30pm, King Center fu!cital Hall. For

information, call (303)556-3180.

Sun, Nov 18

initiate a job search, make contacts, and use resources, 3-5pm, Central Classroom 203. For information, call (303)556-3664.

Tue, Nov 27

Wind Ensemble - Paige Vickey, director, 7:30pm, King Center Concert Hall. For information, call (303)556-2296.

Mon, Nov 19

Resumes That Work - How to write an effective resume, lla- lpm, Central Classroom 203. For information, call (303)556-3664.

Mondays at Metro: Colorado Chamber Players - 2pm, King Center Recital Hall. For information, call (303)556-3180.

Hepatitis C - Learn the ABCDE's of Hepatitis, l-2pm, Tivoli 640. For information or to reserve space, call (303)556-2525.

Tue, Nov 20

Thu, Nov 29

Interviewing Shills - Review of the interviewing process, 9- llam, Central Classroom 203. For information, call (303)556-3664.

Wise Woman's Ways: Dreams and Healing - by Nancy Chrisbaum author of Awakening the Real You: Awareness Through Dreams and Intuition, 11:30alp, St. Francis Atrium. For information, call Linda Wilkins-Pierce at (303)5562525.

Wed, Nov 21-23 Thanksgiving Holiday - No classes Wednesday - Friday, November, 21-23, college offices open Wednesday a nd Friday.

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S enior Recital: Mary Dawson, voice 7:30pm, King Center Recital Hall. For information, call (303)556-3180.

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Saturday, November 17, 2001, 2:00-5:00 p.m.

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King Center Concert Hall. Free Artist ·series: Jesse Levine, viola Tamara Goldstein, piano

Mondays at Metro: Colorado Chamber Players, special guest Jesse Levine

Monday, November 19, 2001 , 2:00 p.m.

King Center Recital Hall. Free Senior Recital: Mark Stookesberry, guitar

Tuesday, November 27, 2001 , 7:30 p.m.

King Center Recital Hall. Free MSCD Jazz Ensembles featuring Vocal and Instrumental Jazz Ensembles

Thursday, November 29, 2001, 7:30 p.m.

Walter Barr, Fred Hess, directors King Center Concert Hall. Free

Sunday, November 18, 2001 , 7:30 p.m.

Senior Recital: Mary Dawson, voice King Center Recital Hall Friday, November 30, 2001 , 7:30 p.m. $12; Students and Seniors: $6 King Center Recital Hall. Free MSCD students free For more information call Music at Metro at 303-556-3180.

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Music at Metro would like to thank the Music Activities Committee and the MSCD Student Affairs Board for their support in sponsoring our events.

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• Please include your name, address, telephone number, and student ID. • Submissions may be dropped off at the MSCD Office of Student Publications, Tivoli #313 or emailed at jarrettj@mscd.edu.

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