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Student Government Assembly President Brotha Seku reacts to Judicial Officer Elyse Yamauchi's (far left) decision to ban the press from Seku's expulsion hearing Feb. 28. After Seku consented to make the hearing public, Yamauchi called the campus police to remove Metropolitan reporters and a photographer. Cenythia Green (middle left) is Seku's spokeswoman.
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Seku faces possible suspension by Lindsay Sandham
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The Metropolitan Metro judicial officials elected to suspend Student Government Assembly President, Brotha Seku (Stephan Evans) Feb. 28, for five violations of the student conduct code, including not adhering to the terms of his probation agreement, according to his spokeswoman .. "He was suspended and was over-nighted the paperwork telling him he was suspended until 2004," said Evans' spokeswoman, Cenythia Green. "They're (the administration) going to paint him as an uncontrollable person." Student Judicial Officer Elyse Yamauchi said, by law, she is not permitted to comment on the hearing or its outcome because she is required to protect the rights and privacy of all students involved. Following several complaints that he had exhibited intimidating behavior during meetings and repeatedly violated the student conduct code, Seku signed a document that placed him on probation Aug. 23, 2002, for one academic year. On Nov. 21, .2002, Joanna Duefias, SGA advisor and assistant dean of Student Life, wrote a letter to Seku, expressing her concern about his repeated disregard for rules and procedures of the college. She said that she and Seku had met several times to discuss a variety of matters ranging from unauthorized use of purchase-orders, to . loss of motor pool privileges. Duenas also said to Seku in the letter, "You have expressed that you find the rules cumbersome and 'bureaucratic mumbo jumbo', but as an elected official of SGA and employee of the college, you are held to the same standards and rules of all employees." Duefias forwarded the Jetter to Yamauchi. On Jan. 18, 2003 , Julius Muhammad, former SGA vice president of communications, wrote a letter to Yamauchi filing a formal complaint against Seku. Muhammad said Seku denied his request to put the Nation Of Islam Student Organization (NO! SO) on SGA's agenda. He also said upon his request, Seku was verbally and physically abusive toward him, and Seku said he would not put the NOi SO on the agenda because it was nothing but "bull
s- -". A judicial hearing on the charges against Seku was scheduled for Feb. 14, 2003. Seku said during the hearing, the administration repeatedly violated rules and regulations regarding judicial process outlined in the student conduct code. The hearing lasted several hours, yet no sanctions were imposed and the meeting was
Seku's charges A memo from Elyse Yamauchi, student judicial officer, stated the charges against Seku: Charge #1: Article 111.B.3, Physical abuse, verbal abuse, threats, intimidation, harassment, coercion, and/or other conduct which threatens or endangers the health or safety of any person. Charge #2 : Anicle ffi.B.8, Violation of published College policies, rules or regulations. Charge #3: Anicle Ill.B.17, Abuse of the judicial system, including, but not limited to: h) failure to comply with the sanction(s) imposed under the Student Conduct Code. Charge#4: Article lll.B.6, Failure to comply with
directions of College officials. Charge #5: Violation of several conditions of probation in the signed document of August 23, 2002.
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The following timeline is from stories that were written in The Me1ropolitan throughout the elected term of Student Government President Brotha Seku, starting April 25, 2002 to present:
April 25, 2002 SGA Election Vol 24 Issue 29 • Brotha Seku listed as a 2002 SGA candidate under the Positive Action Coalition Party
June 27, 2002 SGA President under fire Vol 24 Issue 31 • Judicial complaint filed for violating the Student Code of Conduct • Accused of''disruptive and abusive behavior"' at an SGA meeting • Letter was sent to Judicial Affairs Officer Elyse Yamauchi
July 25, 2002 Student files complaint letter againstSGA Vol 24 Issue 32 • On July 23, a letter was sent to SGA Adviser Joanna Duenas by Jeremy Fray who claimed that the. positions of Vice President of Student Services and Chief Justice were filled in violation of the SGA policy manual and the Metro constitu ion • Brotha Seku said he was concerned racism might be a factor in that case
Aug.22,2002 SGA President tells his side of the story Vol 25 Issue 1 •On June 14th a letter was sent to Judicial Affair; Officer Elyse Yamauchi claiming that Brotha Scku showed '·intimidating behavior" during SGA meetings according to Joanna Duenas • The letter came after an alleged outburst that occurred after a meeting agenda that Brotha Seku had not approved was handed out at a meeting, after which Brotha Seku handed out his own agenda • Words were excbaaged aad some people were offended • Auraria Police were called to another meeting after an outburst by Brotha Seku • Auraria Police took Brotha Seku to the downtown Denver Police station regarding a parking ticket • Brotha Seku declined an offer that stipulated that if he had any more outbums he wou ld be removed from his seat
photos by Danny Holland - The Metropolitan Above: Files in hand, Brotha Seku enters Sigi's Caberet, for his expulsion hearing Feb. 28. Right: Former vice president of communications, Julius Mohammad, sits during Brotha Seku's judicial hearing. Mohammad accused Seku of verbal abuse and physical abuse which was one of the many reasons for Seku's hearing.
Feb.20,2003 SGA encourages inactive students to participate in order to take back power Vol 25 Issue 20 • Brotha Seku said SGA's primary purpose is to act on the behalf of the majority of Metro student's interests, as well as gettiag students involved in activities outside of the classroom • Of the 18,170 students enrolled at the time, only 392 students voted in the SGA election • Brotha Seku is one of thirteen salaried positions in the SGA in his position as President • Brotha Seku recommended expand.i ng the SGA from 13 to 26 part time salaried positions • He also proposed a 50 percent salary increase for existing positions
scheduled for continuance Feb. 28, 2003. Seku attempted to have the hearing rescheduled for sometime after March 3, 2003, when his attorney could be free to represent him. Since Seku 's lawyer was not available to represent him, Joseph Sandoval, chairman of the criminal justice department at Metro, was appointed as an adviser. Seku also brought Green to represent him. Green said the administration never listened to any of the witnesses. No witnesses were actually called at the hearing. " Seku was not allowed to tell his side of the story," Green said. Sandoval said, "I don't know that he (Seku) had a fair trial. I do know that he did
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Metropolitan denied access to hearing by Travis Combs & Ian Neligh The Metropolitan
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The Metropolitan was denied access to Student Government President, Brotha Seku 's disciplinary hearing Feb. 28. Student journalists were turned away by administrative Student Judicial Officer, Elyse Yamauchi in order to protect student's rights under the Family Educational Right to Privacy Act (FERPA). She said the hearing was a closed meeting. FERPA protects student's rights to privacy regarding his or her educational record. The FERPA-act states: if schools provide this information without the written consent of the students involved, they may lose federal funding. "It's such a complicated issue," said Mark Goodman, executive director of the Student Press Law Center. "I don't necessarily buy into the notion that FERPA actually prohibits access in any context. FERPA itself doesn't really prevent anything." Seku gave The Metropolitan a document waiving his rights under FERPA. The waiver said the student journalist from The Metropolitan may have access to any and all information requested regarding judicial hearings and matters related to testimony, evidence and audio-taped records. Despite Seku's written perm1ss10n, reporters were refused admittance by Yamauchi. Yamauchi would not comment because she said she was obligated to protect the privacy rights of students. Yamauchi used FERPA and the student code of conduct pertaining to judicial hearings in order to prevent any media access and to protect the rights of any students involved in the meeting. "The limitation here is exempt when the student disciplined here (wants) the procee.dings open. When the student has waived those rights, there really isn't any reason to close
them (meetings)," said Goodman. "This law is intended to protect the people from the plausible privacy issue in the proceedings themselves." Goodman said the dispute over access to the hearings, lies in confusion over what the interpretation of "educational record" means, and whether disciplinary hearings are covered. Metro's attorney, Lee Combs, defended Yamauchi's decision by stating that the open meeting law does not apply to the School Judiciary Board because it is a part of the administration, and they are not subject to the open meetings law. "The open meeting law does not apply
The 1998 revision of the FERPA-act states in the disclosure, subject to the requirements in §99.39, the institution must not disclose the results of disciplinary proceedings unless the accused student has committed a violation of the institution's rules or policies. "lf the student gives his consent or hi s written permission there is no FERPA problem," Goodman said. According to Goodman, if a student waives their FERPA rights, the clause is automatically taken out of the equation because it only applies if the student specifically objects to the release of information. "I would understand a lawyer that advocates the openness of the press would have his
Until the institution changes its policy, or the state changes its law, those meetings are going to be closed.' f
- Lee Combs, Metro general attorney because the student judicial board is not a state, public body. It's a matter of state law, not federal Jaw," Combs said. According to Title 24, Article 6 of the Colorado Sunshine Law, meetings such as a board, committee, or any governmental policy making group, are open to the public. "Under state law, this process is not open, and as a matter of policy written into the student handbook," Combs said. " As long as the statute reads as it does in Colorado, it is my opinion that those meetings are closed. And by institutional policy, they're closed as well." In addition to being denied access to the proceedings, the results of the hearing were withheld from The Metropolitan.
point of view," Combs said in reference to Goodman's statements. "So, until the institution changes its policy, or the state changes its law, those meetings are going to be closed." North Carolina, Ohio, and Georgia are the only states in the nation that have had a court rule that a campus disciplinary board is a public body, open to their state's open meeting laws. In a Student Press Law Center document about covering campus crimes, it states that no court has ever held that a campus court at a public- school does not fall under the definition of a public body in the state open records Jaw.
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Police Briefs Numerous thefts on campus An Auraria Higher Education Center employee reported a theft at 2:32 p.m. Feb. 28. The theft occurred in the Administration Building. During an inventory of the Auraria Police Department's communication hand-set portable radios, three were found missing. Stolen: Three Motorola portable radios each costing $3,000. There are no lead or suspects at this time. Total Loss: 9,000. An University of Colorado at Denver student a reported theft Feb. 27 in Parking Lot C. The student reported that his Jeep Wrangler was broken into and his car CD player, car amplifier, and a CD were taken. The suspect broke into his car from the passenger side window, which was plastic. Stolen: Sony CD player, $300., car stereo amplifier, $500., CD, $ 15.,and coinage, $5. There are no leads or suspects at this time. Total Loss: $820. A student reported her handbag missing Feb.25. The student told police she accidentally left her bag in a South Classroom bathroom, when she returned to retrieve it, it was missing. Stolen: Handbag and contents, $110. There are no leads" of suspects at this time. Total Loss: $110.
Four reports of theft in Child Care Center Four people reported their wallet or money stolen while in the Auraria Child Care Center Feb. 25. One woman reported her wallet stolen and the amount stolen including wallet and contents, $138. A student who was collecting money for Girl Scout cookies reported $25 missing from the envelope she was using to hold the collections. Another woman reported $22 missing from her wallet. Yet another woman reported $40 stolen from her wallet. All except for the student collecting for cookies had placed their belongings in a cubical in an open classroom. There are no lead or suspects at this time.
Campus Arrest An Metro student was arrested on Feb. 25. The student was arrested on an outstanding warrant and issued a summons for public consumption and possession of marijuana.
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by Joshua Lawton- The Metropolitan Elizabeth Rowe, a Metro student, fills out a witness form for Auraria police officer Rich Vigil about an assault that happened on the sidewalk between the King Center and the TTVOli parking lot March 30. Aparking attendant whose name was not available, was preventing a man in a car from driving on the sidewalk when the perpetrator got out of his car tD punch and kick the attendant. The attendant was taken to a local hospital.
once and use all campus applications - webmail, Banner and calendar. The system will be customizable. It will be paid for by information technology student fees and cash reserves, according to the @Metro administrators' newsletter. The Metropolitan will have an extended story about the portal system in upcoming weeks.
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Sentel was 'interested' in helping people' by Joshua Brost The Metropolitan On Feb. 22, Elizabeth Sentel, 23, an elementary education major at Metro, died from meningococcal meningitis. According to Elizabeth 's boyfriend, Metro student Jesse Satery, 23 , she started feeling ill on Thursday, • "w j ...· . •, Feb. 20. She was tired and said that her throat hurt. That evening, she ' hung out with Satery and his roommate and everyElizabeth thing seemed fine. She Sentel still wasn't feeling well on Friday morning when she dropped Satery off at work. "I gave her a big hug and kiss and told her to feel better," he said. " I talked to her at about 8:30 (p.m.) and she said that she was feeling a little better. She said that she was going to stay home and drink tea and that she'd see me tomorrow." That was the last time Satery talked to Elizabeth. "She didn't think she was that ill," said her father, Michael Sentel. " We got her to the hospital and I still thought that they' d give her some medicine to make her all right." Elizabeth's roommate drove her to her parent's house in Morrison around 12:30 a.m.; her parents then took her to the hospital where she died Saturday at approximately 5:00 a.m. Elizabeth, an avid athlete, enjoyed hiking, white-water rafting and anything to do with the mountains. She was on the all-conference track team in high school, and was described by her father as a "world-class soccer player." "She was never tired. The rest of us would be vegging but she was always going. She' d come and get me off of my recliner and we' d be off doing something," Satery said. "She had the biggest heart in the world and she wasn 't afraid to use it." He also said she would stop to talk to people on the street, and she was always giving money to the homeless, even though she didn't have much to give. "I'm going to miss her," Satery said. "She was very interested in helping people ," her father said. Once they graduated, she and her best friend were planning on traveling to Africa to teach children. People who had close contact with Elizabeth have been treated with the antibiotic, Cipro, as a precautionary measure. "This whole thing could have been prevented," said Satery referring to the vaccine. Meningococcal meningitis, also known as bacterial meningitis, is a contagious disease caused by bacteria that infect the fluid surrounding the spinal cord and brain. Bacterial meningitis can cause death within 8 to 24 hours from the onset of symptoms. Representatives from the Auraria Health Center and the Metro Counseling Center spoke with students in both of Elizabeth's
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New laptop leasing program •• in works for Metro students by Chris Pilkington The Metropo/ftan A new Laptop Leasing Program will be available for financial aid-qualifying Metro students starting in either the summer or fall semester of 2003. The new program will allow students to use their financial-aid to pay $53.34 per month, to lease a laptop computer. The program will begin with 50 Apple iBooks available for lease, and the $64.000 needed for purchasing laptops will be paid for by the information technology department and the Office of Student Services. For the first year of the program, operation and staffing costs will be donated by the Office of Student Activities and the Office of Student Publications. "This program is a new concept," said Jennifer Haight, assistant to the director of Student Activities. "There are no other models like it. We're already almost a year into developing the program and we had to start from scratch." As the program grows, older laptops will be available for lease at a cost of $15 to $20 per
the digital divide, lessen demands on current and future computer labs and foster a technologically enriching educational experience.
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The new program will offer many advantages to students, including free software upgrades, technical support and wireless benefits allowing students to have internet access in the most convenient locations around campus. For Metro students like Sherrie Branigan, the new program is welcomed as a more convenient means to gain access to the technological opportunities on campus. "I think this program is a good thing," said Branigan, a sophomore majoring in communi-
'This program is a new concept. There are no other models like it.' - Jennifer Haight, assistant to the director of Student Activities laptop, depending on its age. The goal of the program, as stated in the Laptop Leasing Program Business Plan and Proposal, is to enhance student success by supplying cost-effective and state-of-the-art computer access for financial-aid dependant students. The program also strives to efuninate
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cation arts. "Not everyone has a computer at home or can't be here everyday to use the computer labs." For other Metro students, the thought of purchasing a new laptop is on their minds but not in their budgets. "I would definitely consider leasing a lap-
one." Eligibility requirements for the program state that, students must be enrolled in a minimum of six credit hours, demonstrate financial need, and qualify for financial aid. In addition, qualifying students will be asked to submit acompleted questionnaire containing their goals and academic status. Because only 50 laptops will be available for lease during the first year of the program, a three to five member committee will meet to determine which students qualify for the Laptop Leasing Program. An orientation will be required for all students participating in the program. The Laptop Leasing Program Business Plan and Proposal said, "Lease terms are for two years. Every semester students will need to check in with the program coordinator to confirm whether or not they choose to continue in the program. If a student chooses to opt out of the lease early, a minor penalty will be assessed." More planning and preparation are ahead for the program. "Right now the potential is huge," Haight said.
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University af Colorado at Denver faculty and students perfom the Greek drama Lysistrata in the P.E. Events Center at the Auraria campus on Monday afternoon. The anti-war comedy tells the story of women from opposing states who unite to end a war by refusing to sleep with their men until they agree lay down their swords. The drama was read March 3 in (Yoler 1004 locations and 59 countries.
by Olga Chilian - special to The Metropolitan
City bill would raise taxes in favor of the developmentally-disabled by Steven Schults The Metropolitan A bill passed Tuesday evening to be adopted on the M ay ballot proposes an annual increase of in property taxes dedicated earmarked to for a support program for the community's developmentally disabled. Denver C ity Council members unanimously decided that council bill 95 be submitted to the ba llot at of the General Municipal E lection on May 6. The initiative will increase annual property taxes by approximately $ 6.5 million, for the services provided , to the developmentally disabled
by Denver Options, Inc .. , for the developmentally disabled, by approximately $ 6.5 million. The tax increase would amount to $ 17 a year, or five cents a day, for each individual Denve r taxpayer. Dr. Stephen R. Block, executive director of Denver Options, said the program helps people identify the services they the disabled need and offers support for those everyday needs. D enver Options' mission statement declares that they help individuals with developmental disabilities to be independent, productive, and educated in the community. Three percent of the children born in
D enver have a mental disability and there is not enough funding from the community for the services Denver Options provides for these childre n, Block said. The program should be able to help about 1,000 patients, however,but because of poor funding, 800 adults remain on their waiting list, and only 272 people are provided care, Block said. Families should be able to function as normally as possible in the community, and Denver Options helps keep fami lies together, and children out of institutions, Block told council members before stepping down from the podium.
Seku denies accusations at hearing from SEl<U on 3 - - -- - - - everyone could attend. The administration denied his request for the hearing to be public in order to protect the privacy rights of students. Seku said the administration was trying to create excuses becau se they were getting ready to be found out. Green said the administration reasoned that they need to protect the rights of Muhammad, the student who filed charges. "The accusations are so minute in terms of the effect that it has on the actual person w ho filed the charges," Green said. "It's the b igger picture - it's about him (Seku) challenging the administration. His whole tenure as president has been nothing but challenges w here this
admi nistration does not want to give out information or explain themselves. It's, 'Shut up and do as I say,' and that was their mentality today." Duenas refused to comment because she said she is also obligated to protect the rights of all students involved. Seku said, "[ am gonna do my job. I am not a politician - I'm a no-limits soldier who stands for truth, who stands for justice, who stands for doing the ri ght thing for the right reason, regardless of the consequences." Seku also said all of the accusations against him were distortions of the truth. M uhammad felt the Jan. 18 display was inappropriate, especially since his child was present.
"Stephan Evans (Seku) continued to raise his voice in an intimidating, harassing manner. My child who is two began to cry out of fear," Muhammad said. Green said it is not over and they intend to take it to Federal Court. "People need to see that this institution is the birthplace of hypocrisy," Green said .
-additional reporting by Rami Wilder, Layle 0. McFatridge, Chris Pilkington
College students at risk for meningitis from SENTELon 7 - - - - - classes about the possible health risks and the emotional impact of the situation. "I think the whole campus kind of has their flag at half-mast," said W. Michael Burgan, Ph.D., assistant director of Metro's Counseling Center. According to Burgan, there has been "an incredible desire" for knowledge about bacterial meningitis from students on campus. According to a study conducted in June of 2000, college students are at a slightly greater risk of contracting meningococcal meningitis than are noncollege-going people of the same age group. The risk is less, however, fo r students on commuter campuses such as Auraria. T he most at-risk group named in the study was college freshmen who live in dormitories. Cases of meningococcal disease occurred 9 to23 times more frequently in students living in dorms. "Universities ought to think about recommending that students get the vaccine; some require it," Sentel said. On September 30, 1997, the American College Health Association recommended that college students consider being vaccinated agai nst meningococcal disease and that colleges and universities ensure that all students have access to a vaccination program. Bacterial meningitis is spread by contact with secretions from the nose or throat of an infected person. None of the bacteria that cause meningitis are spread by casual contact, such as in a classroom setting. Symptoms of bacterial meningitis are: high fever, severe headache, back and/or neck ache, nausea, sensitivity to light, rash and confusion. In lieu of flowers, donations can be sent to the Jeffco Action Center. "It's what Elizabeth would have wanted," her father said.
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Too poor for coffee? Many are Hey you! I am afraid I have some bad news for you. Coffee is about five bucks a cup now. Hmmm? What's that? Refills? Are you kidding? Well, here is a look at our future, folks. For those of you who patronize the "Evil Empire" (you know the place with the water nymph with antlers as its company logo), you are probably already paying a lot for your coffee. Not that I have anything against robusta beans, I just prefer the arabica beans that certain other Seattlebased companies use, wink, wink nudge, nudge. Ifl am a little obscure Melissa in my references and you McGuire don't follow, stop me on campus and ask, "What the hell?" There is a striking similarity, and quite intentional, to real places and businesses referred to above. And although I am not shuddering with fear over a libel suit, I still prefer to refer to certain establishments rather that to state outright my opinion. I guess what I'm referring to is my preference to be somewhat obtuse in my references. Anyway, opining obtusely in accordance with my opinion is perfectly protected under the Constitution. Where was I? Oh yeah! The cost of a cup of coffee. I came to this topic in a circuitous manner. The suggestion by a classmate of mine that people, particularly women, with many children, who continue on welfare, are just plain lazy, sparked my interest a bit. Given his age and his background, I can see where the quite logical, though irrational, statement came from. He also suggested that anyone could make it in this world if they get off their butt and get a job. This sparked a great deal of discussion, which is a very good thing, as discussion promotes understanding. As a class, we discussed the realities of the cost of living, the trap of welfare, and yes, even those few people who really are just plain lazy. We collectively determined that the average worker in a 40-hour-per-week, minimum wage job (possibly a lot of the women with lots of kids) would earn enough money in one year to be just under poverty level. Here's the math on how far a year's worth of wages will go: Minimum wage at 40 hours per week for a year equals about $ 11,500. Taxes take approximately S920. Childcare for one child will average $6,000. The average twobedroom apartment will cost about $I 0,500. We haven' t even covered food, health insurance, transportation costs, clothing, et cetera. Hoo BOY! The dollar don't stretch too far for some. Nowadays, a lot people can't even afford basic coffee, let alone a low-fat grande mochacino latte. So basically, what we came to understand as a class is for some people it's tough. During this "economic wrinkle," in the words of our esteemed Gov. Owens, it is getting tough for a lot of people. It's already gotten tough for me. So forgive me for the increase in the coffee prices. A person has to make a living, if you know what I mean. And don't forget to tip!
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Title IX should be improved Whether you are a college athlete, sports fan, or just a man or woman, if you are not familiar with Title IX , you might want to be. The 31year-old gender equity law that greatly opened the door for women's sports has also greatly closed the door on men's. Recent debates on the issue have turned it from a gender law, into an allout war of the sexes. The law was originally past in 1972 by Jose President Nixon, and Rocha vastly changed the women's sports world,. resulting in such rewards as the WNBA, U.S. women's gold medal soccer team, increased women's scholarships and a whole new world of opportunity. But at the same time, it has decreased the amount of opportunities in men's sports. The law was developed at a time when women were deprived of equal opportunity in the sports and education system. Title IX established guidelines that all education programs must comply with. Among the guidelines, there is one area that causes a whole lot of fuss. It says that all school's' male-female athlete ratios should be "substantially proportionate" to the male-female
enrollment. Meaning that if 50 percent of the schools population were women, then 50 percent of all athletic spots (including available teams) needed to be available for women, regardless of whether 50 percent of women desired to participate. This, in tum, narrows the margin of male opportunities. Whether men participate more than women or not; the rule is extremely unfair. J spoke with the Metro's athletic director, Joan McDermott, on this issue and she said, " I look at that proportionality piece and are we? I mean, is it crazy to have to be exactly what the student population is? I don't know if that's exactly right." The law leaves many of us, including myself, asking similar questions. But one thing is for sure: times have changed in the last 31 years. The need for extreme gender equity laws has vanished along with an extreme sexist environment. Not only is it outdated, but it has also shifted a negative effect in men's direction. The law has reversed roles so much, that it has resulted in numerous male programs being cut in order to reach Title !X's proportional quotas. McDermott commented that, "When colleges drop men's sports ... we're doing the same thing to men that was just done to women." The more these men's programs are cut, the more possible men's scholarships will be as well. These scholarships are the hopes and dreams of young athletic students. Is it fair to take that away? Of course
not; but unfortunately, tha~ is what it takes to comply with Title IX . However, without this law, women's sports opportunities would be non-existent. McDermott says, "What Title IX has done for women has been incredible, I wouldn't be here." McDermott said, '·I wish there was a way we can measure that more. Are we meeting the interest levels of our students? You know, that to me is really where the focus should be. You have students that really feel like they' re missing out. That is really what that law is there for, not strictly by the numbers." With that said, I was convinced that even though Title IX is a necessity, there is still room for improvement. Just because this law has come a long way and served its purpose, does not mean we should give up on it. Like this nation in general: it has also came a long way, but that does not mean we give up on it, either. In a nation that enforces equal opportunity, Title IX has become a contradiction of its sole purpose-equal opportunity. Whether it is gender or race, we do our best in this nation by overcoming such boundaries. So why does a law like Title IX still exist? That is for you to decide. The question is, where do we draw the line at fairness; and most importantly ... When?
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Speak out for peace in face of fervor Can you feel the terror? It comes from airplanes and letter openers. It comes from television sets and newspaper headlines. It rallies the troops in Baghdad. It seeps, like a poison gas, into every corner of our lives. It infects us like a virus sent in the mail. It shouts with brows pressed and eyes wide, erupting like vomit from of the the mouth Joel President. Tagert Most of all, it radiates from silos in Colorado Springs and from submarines around the world, from the conical warheads that await their inevitable consummation. It whispers through our days and through our nights with the anxious and unconscious question: "How long? How long before the war comes here? How long before the bombs fall on Denver? How long before the sirens, and the explosions,
and the shattering of glass, and the burning, and the crying?" This is the paramount question of our time: now that we possess the weapons to destroy all life on this planet, and possess also the fear of that annihilation, how can we rid ourselves of them? As Jonathan Schell astutely points out in a recent article in The Nation, this is the very question that George Bush has seized upon as the axis mundi of his presidency. It is the right question at the right time, but his answer endangers us all, for it can only add to the same fear that generates terrorism and nuclear proliferation. As I read on a sign somewhere: '"Fighting terror with war is like fighting fire with gasoline." An apt analogy in a war about oil; an apt analogy in a war about profits. Over and over, I hear people parrot Bush's specious justifications for war: that it is necessary to maintain world peace; that we will free the Iraqi people; that it wi ll bring stability and prosperity at home and abroad. ls it necessary to threaten the world with nuclear destruction in order to save it? Will we free the Iraqi people by murdering them? Will giving more money and power to the rich help the world's poor?
Freedom through domination, prosperity through greed, peace through war: these are flimsy and uncertain phantoms, spawned by the avarice of a multimillionaire president and his oilexecutive cabinet. A starving child, a maimed woman, a charred and broken corpse: these are the certainties of war. What will you do? Will you huddle in your room, eyes fixed on the television, with denial in your mouth and fear in your belly? Or will you rise up and join the struggle for truth with a profound courage rooted in compassion'> Perhaps the proudest I have been of this city was Monday, Feb. 24, when our city council passed a resolution calling for further Congressional debate about the war in Iraq. Susan Barnes-Gell, Dennis Gallagher, Happy Haynes, Kathleen MacKenzie, Debbie Ortega, E lbra Wedgeworth and Cathy Reynolds voted for the resolution. History will remember that these men and women, and Denver with them, spoke out for peace in the face of fear and nationalistic fervor. It is just such small acts of courage that a movement is built on. And as for those who voted against the resolution: may their names be quickly forgotten.
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Letters to the Editor
A military perspective on war in Iraq Dear Editor; United we stand. What does that mean today? September 11, 2001, our nation was attacked and that statement actually meant something. It did for a few months, but since then our country has fallen apart. I would have thought that because 9/11 , people would realize that the United States is vulnerable and can be attacked by other countries. Saddam Hussein is our enemy; he is his own people's enemy. He tests his biological and chemical agents on his fellow Iraqis. He killed his own son for living in America for a short period of time and owning American cars. Do you people not realize that Saddam Hussein is not a man that can be left in command of a country that will have nuclear capability in less than two years? War is necessary right now. lraq does have weapons of mass destruction, but because the U.N. gave Iraq a nice twomonth notice of when the inspections would start, the weapons were moved.
War is Scary, but sometimes necessary to protect this country and other countries. If have served in the Air Force Security Forces (military police) for six years now, and have been deployed many times in the last year and a half. It worries me now to think that I might have to drop my classes this semester, leave my family and girlfriend to go to war for a country that looks down on me and resents me for wearing a uniform that says U.S. Air Force on it. People against the war have called me "baby killer," "war monger," and other profanities. I smile, laugh and simply say, "You're Welcome." You're welcome for your freedoms and your ability to say whatever you want. Because our great military, our veterans who served before me and defended this country and constitution you can call me whatever you want. but please remember where those freedoms came from. We have thousands of men and women overseas waiting and ready to go to war for you, to die for you and defend your rights and free-
doms as an American, and all you can do for them is protest against them and call them baby killers. Of none of this ever happened; President Bush let Saddam and Iraq get away with building weapons of mass destruction, one day, maybe years from now a missile filled with chemical agents would hit a major city in the U.S. and kill thousands upon thousands of innocent people, and all you people protesting against the president and the military today, would say, "Why did this happen, why didn't we do anything to prevent this?" this is why war is necessary, to prevent the worst type of war imaginable. You have the right to protest against the war, have the right to call me baby killer, but it would be nice to hear a simple thank you for once in a while.
Staff Sgt. Hettinger, Trevor R. Junior, Metro State College
Freedom comes at a savage cost Dear Editor:
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I really enjoyed my time in the army. It has, of course, taken me an enormous amount of psychological reform to realize this. There are many reasons that I joined, some could even be considered good. Let's just say that all of the reasons brought me to the army. I served for six years with tours in North Carolina and the Land of the Morning Calm, South Korea. I spent most of my time angry with the army for exposing me to this torturous lifestyle. Through this anger I developed a sense of humor and I also realized that I was having a great time. I was doing things that, until then, I had only seen Rambo and G.l Joe doing. Throughout my entire time in the military, I read constantly. Didn't matter what it was, I read everything. Steinbeck, Tolkien, Maxim, comic books, military manuals, cereal boxes ... everything. Field time was the best because we had lots of free time at night while at work. I would always pack a wide variety of literature ... and so would everyone else. When I ran out of books to read, I traded. Soldiers aren't the mindless killing machines or comic relief we see in the news or in movies. They are
all regular American people who have chosen to sacrifice their civilian life and accept the burden of protecting and promoting Freedom ... and they read all kinds of books. Through reading such a wide variety, I began to notice differing views about the military and I see the same thing happening now. With America's current situation involving Iraq, everyone has something to say .. .and they should. The protest on campus recently was the first rally I have seen since getting out of the Army last August. At first I thought I would be upset. Then, I reflected on that statement and realized that I had grown to appreciate what l had done in the army, and that's why the protest didn't bother me. I had been protecting these students and their right to speak their mind. I am proud of that. Which brings me to the point of all this rhetoric. I have done everything that I can possibly imagine to keep me from having to go back to that lifestyle. I chose to serve in the military and was honorably discharged, I voted in federal and state elections, I've written people, and I've read a newspaper or two. Despite all of that, I can be recalled mto active service for the
impending war. All of the dreams I lived for six years, all of the dreams I dreamt for six years, and those very dreams that I am living out now would be destroyed because I would give it all up if I was called back. It terrifies and saddens me to say that, but then l think about the reasons for going back: those students, you students, you ... and me, and this life that we all have been blessed to live. Unfortunately freedom comes at a savage cost; the courageous lives of our nation's young men and women in combat. The President and our elected representatives decide whether or not we fight and we our bound to that decision because we live in a country that respects and protects freedom. The sacrifice of these regular Americans, soldiers, and heroes has paved the way for us to live the lives that we want. Whatever the President may decide concerning this war we must ask ourselves what price we are willing to pay for our freedom. If we must fight to protect that freedom, isn't it worth the cost?
Kurt Krueger Metro Student
Met's cartoon angers Christians Dear Editor: How is it that Terry Everton can get away with printing a comic strip titled "Christian Angst" every week, without causing chaos on campus? I know for a fact that l am not the only Christian attending Metro. Am I the only Christian that is applauded by the way people of my faith are portrayed? Terry characterizes Christians as mindless, unsuspecting, ignorant fools and frankly, I believe you have exhausted the subject.
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Every time I open the newspaper I have to read about George W. Bush and his affiliation with Christians. Yes, he claims to be a christian but that doesn't mean that all of us agree with him or that all of us are pro-war fascists. I for one, am open-tninded and educated enough to make wise decisions, despite what my president thinks. I know that if your little composition of "humor" depicted the Jewish or Islamic faith (or any other faith) in this manner, there would be
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numerous objections. why is it okay to pick on Christians? Do you, Terry Everton, know any real Christians? Have you taken the time to talk to any of us individually? If you mock anyone, it should be the people that find amusement in your piece. They are in fact the ignorant, closetninded individuals whom you portray on a weekly basis. Michealle Hobler
Brian P. Reed If all else fails, We can rip the horse's eyes. -Jim Morrison Pissed, am I. I do not want war, but it makes for good stuff regarding the devolution of humanity (a paper on which I'm working). Trip: (and a fun one). Have you ever considered that most "liberals" are "pro-choice" and "anti-war?" Or, rather, that most "conservatives" are "pro-life" and "for-war?" What a conundrum .... They say: (Segue) I'll support the "right to choose" in killing a baby; but (by, golly), we "ought not be killing people." By way of comparison, the "other's" say: I'll support the "right to life" by saving a baby, but (surreptitiously), let's inadvertently "kill innocent people." I guess it depends on the trimester. The "heart and brain" of our belief's have given us nirvana through the logic of a "brain-child" that has yet to evolve. We ate hollow men (easy). You are an idiot: If you think the presence of conflict [and what seems to be immanent (and I use "a" instead of "i," precisely) war] is anything due, but to our inability to interpret history and use it to our advantage, you're wrong. My point: No one is in control and this fact is tasty. Segue: ( I am tired of "holding" and "italicizing.") Point: Nothing, people get killed. Return: (Angst.) I, truly guess, am a court jester. I hear liberals (bless them) be stupid. I hear conservatives (bless them) be stupid. No one is on the same page. Liberals use "imperialism" and oil arguments supporting their "peace" platform. Don't be stupid, my friend. Canada supplies us with 30 percent of our petro products, their police don't carry guns, and they are partly French. Think! If oil and imperialism are the main reasons, while not take Canada? Conservatives preach about 9111 (justifiably) and the potential for this happening, once again, in our "backyard." Who cares? In the end, I am left with some thing. l shit you not, however, regarding one thing. Succinctly: If we go to war, I will be next to everyone chanting for peace, lying in wait for your tnistake. If you insult our soldiers in this conflict with contempt, l will act upon you with great vengeance. I am an American.
Metro student
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Fact Sheet Diane Matuschka Age: 48 Best way to pass time: hanging with kids Favorite Color: "I don't really have favorites." Dislikes: the the snow in Colorado Born in: Greeley, Colo. Lives in: Boulder, Colo. Will live in: Amelia Island, Fla. in June Job: teaching speech at Metro Side business: Just the Answer Used to: raise thoroughbred racing horses Degrees: Associate's, Bachelor's, Master's in Journalism, Mass Communications
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Colleges attended: University of Nebraska at Kearney, Front Range Community College, University of Northern Colorado
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self," Diane said. In 2001, 2\1.atuschka brought her expertise to Metro. During her first two semesters, Matuschka was only teaching public speaking, but she knew she was more versatile. "l know l 'm a good speech teacher, but I know J have more to offer," Matuschka said. Last spring, she began teach ing more classes in the speech communication field, including communication in the courtroom, advanced public speaking, and psychology of
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really is exciting! I think my ministry is on college campuses." In addition to teaching, Diane has a business named, Just the Answer. " I do everything fro m taxes to toilets," she sa id. " I take care of houses, pets, children I've created a little world for myself where I am indispensable to about I 0 different families." " I really like hanging with kids," Diane said. " I think that is where my passion lies in youth - helping them understand who they are and who God created them to be. Matushcka also teaches Sunday school at her church, and recently Diane attended a purity retreat. "We called it a purity retreat. It was helping young ladies understand that they were more important than they seem to think they are. They are pearls and they don't realize it!" In June, Diane will be rearranging her life and moving to Florida, where she will continue with her business, Just the Answer, with a friend. She said she has not ruled out teaching in Florida but does not plan on it right away. ..
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Q: How long have you been HIV positive? X: I was given a HIV positive diagnosis June 26, 2000. Q: Where were you when you found out? X: I was part of the VAXAGEN study at Denver Health. This was a study regarding a potential HIV vaccination. I must have been given the placebo! Q: Tell me about life with HIV positive? X: Well, to be quite honest, life with HIV is pretty much the same. I have not experienced any major infections, and I don't get sick any more than I did before my infection. Q: How did your family and friends react? X: I have only told my cousins in my family . I do not want my father or my aunts and uncles to know; it would just burden them - we have ha d a lot of sickness in our family e.g. cancer. My friends are all okay with it. They just check in with me every now and again when I have the sniffles just to make sure that I am OK. Q: What is t he difference of having AIDS and being HIV positive? X: Being HIV positive only means that you have HIV antibodies in your system. An AIDS diagnosis is given to those who have a T-Cell count less than 200, as normal range is between 700-andlOOO, approximately. Q: Is there a stigma within the gay community with AIDS/HIV positive people? X: Well, it depends of which community you are speaking. In the white gay community, they are pretty much very accepting of a person who is HIV positive. Not to say that they ALL are, but the majority are, and they are not fearful of those who are positive. But that is not true in the black community. I have had talks with many of my friends, and they seem to h ave a very archaic attitude about HIV and those who are infected with the virus. They would never consider dating someone who is positive, and many of them - gay and straight feel that it is still some punishment from
God. Q: There is constant talk about "building bridges" between the gay and straight communities. What are your feeling about that?
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Q: Is there a strong support group for you? X: Yes, my friends and the family that I have disclosed to, are very supportive. Q: Are you receiving any treatments? X: Nope, I am not taking any cocktails, as I don't want to. After having lost several family members to cancer, even after radiation and chemotherapy, I refuse to take those medications. They make me feel sick and are a daily reminder of my HIV status.
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Well over all, the straight community needs to understand that homosexuality is much more then just sex. Sex is just a smaller part of an individual, but since most straight folks could not bear to see two men have sex (they are much more accepting of lesbians). That is all the straight community dwells on. So, I do believe tha t there is much education and understanding that needs to be developed there. I think that that black community has much further to go. Since our community tends to be much more religious, the Black Church needs to be much more accepting of its gay congregants and therefore promoting the same within its congregation. Religion over all is very divisive, but I will save that for another interview.
Q: Are you involved with anyone? X: Yes, I am currently dating a man who is HIV negative.
difficult to tell someone, with whom I want to be romantically involved, that I am HIV positive. There is an overwhelming fear of being rejected, or as one man put it, "tainted love." That hurts worse than anything. The fact that some men ....:.. and I exclusively date within my race - will not want to get to know me because of my HIV status. Q: Do you know who gave you HIV positive? X: Well. I am not sure from whom I contracted the virus. Q: Do you have to contact those you've been intimate with and reveal your condition? X: No, but it is a good idea, especially if I thought they had put themselves at risk. Q: What was your first reaction after diagnosis? X: I was sort of in shock, a little disb elief, but I have to say I expected it.
According to the Colorado AJDS Project, in Colorado, more than 28 percent of people newly infected with HTV are between the ages 20-29. According to the Centers for Disease Control: AIDS among Afiican-Americans, in 2001 Afiican-Americans made up 12 percent of the population yet accounted for half or the new HTV cases reported. HIV Symptoms After a person is diagnosed with HIV, it could take anywhere from months to years before he or she begins to experience symptoms. There are a multitude of symptoms, which can vary in men and women. Any or several of the following conditions may exist: *Lymph node swelling in the neck, armpits or groin (any combination or all). *Persistent fever for an extended period of time. *Night sweats with bed sheet usually totally soaked through. *Unintentional weight loss of approximately 100/o of the body weight not associated with other illness, dieting or exercise. *Persistent diarrhea for an extended period of time. *Skin rashes that do not respond well to treatment. *Thrush, a yeast infection that causes cottage cheese like coating on the back and sides of the throat or tongue. *Hacking cough, nonproductive, severe and not related to other illness or smoking. *Shingles caused by the same virus as chicken pox. The disease causes sores, most commonly around the torso, which follows the nerve lines, but can occur elsewhere. Testing Center in Denver Health Center at Auraria (303) 556-2525, Plaza Building on the Auraria Campus Denver Health and Hospitals (303) 436-7221, 605 Bannock Street.
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Drummer Brian Fasick, carries equipment into the Famous Door to set up for the their second performance together since the band started.
The legend of a friend lives lives on through the music of an orchestra, and also has been on through the music of three Fueler John. playing since the fourth grade. guys, a set of drums and two "The last conversation I had •Russ Sands, vocals, an guitars, in a small house at 311 with John was about music, and l environmental science major, remember him telling me that if taught himself the guitar and Fox Street Fueler John named music is what you love, that is everything he knows about themselves after the ir friend, what you should do. Some music. ai rline-fueler, Joao Rodriguez, people wouldn't agree with Fueler John made the ir who died after suffering bums naming ourselves after a person, second appearance at The over ninety-five Famous Door, percent of his body. last Friday. When the band They say that the best way to keep Joao a live showed up to is to use his name. perform, the Joao Rodriguez restaurant didn ' t was fueling a British provide enough Airways plane at DIA equipment, on September 5, 2001 forcing the band when the tragedy members to quickly gather happened. Rodriguez was on a twenty-five their own , in foot ladder when order to put on a show. something hit and something hissed. Russ Sands, Joao fell to the lead vocalist and ground, engulfed in Bassist Dan Byron helps create an original alternative song-writer, says flames. "Nobody sound for the band. he writes music to make a knows exactly what happened, but somehow gas hit but l think it is the greatest difference in this world. He says that no matter what the engine and ignited," said tribute you can give somebody," obstacle he runs into, he will Russ Sands, a member of the Sands said. band. "It never happened The band consists of Metro continue to write and perform music. students: before," he added. Over ninety-five percent of •Brian Fasick, drummer, The "Music is such a powerful Rodriguez 's body was burned, most experienced band member, medium. I believe a lot of yet. he lived for six more days with 17 years of experience, is a problems have been solved before passing away on the junior majoring in Political through music. That is what I want to do," Russ said. morning of September 11 , 2001. Science. Joao was a drummer of a band •Dan Byron, bassist, is a named Resonator. His legend marketing major. He has started
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37 Metro students called to active .duty by Krista Starns The Metropolitan As a war with Iraq becomes more of a possibility every day, reality is setting in and getting closer to home. Out of over 150 Colorado Reserve and National Guardsmen who are Metro students, 37 have withdrawn from school after being called to active duty. The number has increased greatly in the past two weeks. "There are some people ready to jump on a plane, ready for whenever and wherever, because little is holding them back," said a Metro student in the military reserves, whose name can't be released because of security reasons. "Then there are other people who are faithful to their commitment, but it's different because they have family, jobs, people that rely on them." "I'm not stopping my life because of my commitment My commitment is part of my life." "I have the full support of my family, and my children have grown up knowing all those things I believe in serving our country," the student said. "They support me 100 percent, but they share tears with me, too." She is a mother, wife, grandmother, daughter, and could be called at any time with just a few hours before being deployed, but she said that's good compared to some people who only get a half-hour notice. Her teenager told her that another student had stopped him in the hall and pulled him aside. The other teary-eyed teenager said they knew he would understand. Her dad, who was in the reserves, had left the night before. "I was sitting there listening, straight faced, and said, 'You're prepared for me to tell you that, right?' and he said, 'I don't know how I'm going to feel when you tell me that."' There are inactive reservists and active reservists in the military. Reservists train one
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weekend a month and two weeks a year in case they are called to protect their country. Another student, sophomore Phil King, 25, an inactive reservist who served four years with the Air Force in a mobile construction unit, has a friend at Metro who recently was called to active duty and had to withdraw from classes. "I know that before he was actually activated and shipped down to his station, he was really nervous, he got pretty nervous, especially the night before," King said. "He knows that he's not going to get shipped overseas, he could still, but, so in that respect, he's not as nervous as he was before he left when he didn't know." His fiiend doesn't agree with Bush, and King says of the people he's talked with, half support the war and half don't. ''I think I hear more people against it than I do for it," he said. "But I also think that a lot of people don't follow up on it or research it or study enough of it to really have the views iliat they have because they don't follow it enough."
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Since about a ti fth of the Nat i onal Guardsmen and Jenkins reservists who are Metro students have been activated, more face the possibility in the future. Some may have concerns abo ut their financial aid and classes. Classes that are dropped for military reasons receive an NC anytime in the semester. Loans still need to be paid back, even if the course is not finished, but it all works out, said King, who works at the Office of Veteran Affairs. "The other piece I think that many people experience in my position, when you're sitting there waiting to get a call, it makes you realize bow much you value the people in your life," said the anonymous student. "You don't take each day for granted, and you don't take advantage of people and situations."
The office of homeland campus security by Stan Brown The Metropolitan With war on the horizon and our alert system at Code Orange, one has to wonder: what is campus security doing to ensure our safety? According to Heather Coogan, Chief of Campus Security, no war or terrorist related problems have been encountered. Police visibility has been increased. You can't go far on campus witllout seeing a member of the security staff. There were some worries from students and staff about exchange students after 9/11, but there have been no problems,
and according to officer Vigil, "that says something about our students." "It seems that Auraria is pretty safe place," Chief Coogan said. "We have one of the lowest crime rates for a campus our size." This is partially due to campus security, but there are other factors. "The student population here is older and there are no residents on campus. The students are more interested in learning," said Sgt. John Egan, a 22-year Auraria veteran. The campus overall is a safe place, but there are problems. In 2002, larceny and theft accounted for 219 of 335 total offenses.
Officer Vigil called these, "crimes of opportunity." Leaving their belongings unattended in the lounges, or falling asleep with their things close by, makes students vulnerable to theft. Student's bags are not the only tiling in jeopardy. Bicycle theft is just as much of a problem . If bikes are not properly secured, locks are easily cut, and the thief is rarely found. lo January of 2003, there had already been 13 reported offenses of theft and larceny. What can the students do the help the campus police? "Report the activity when it's hap pening, we can not do anything if you tell
us afterwards," said Sgt. Egan. In regard to theft, all of tllose on the force said to just not leave your belongings unattended. Don't give the thief an opportunity. Aside from the crimes of opportunity, the campus is fairly secure. The officers on duty do a lot of watching and motorist assists (i.e. helping students who have left their keys in their car) especially during cold weather and finals. When asked how she would rate campus security, on a scale of one to ten, Chief Coogan said, a ten.
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by Jonelle Wilkinson Seitz The Metropolitan The Cultural Event on Feb. 26 demonstrated the willingness of students and community members to communicate cross-culturally. However, it also reinforced the need for more of this kind ofdialogue on a regular basis. The well-attended event was presented by the Metro Counseling Center in order to create an atmosphere that encourages cross-cultural dialogue. The center believes that open communication between cultures and ethnic groups is built on "respect, dialogue and knowledge." This is the third year the center has presented the Cultural Event (in previous years it was called the Cultural Festival). Ten cultures and ethnic groups were represented at the event Some of the exhibits focused on the cultures of other countries, while some represented cultures and ethnic groups within the United States. Most exhibit tables were laden with photographs, souvenirs and fact sheets.
Participants in the free event were given a "Passport" that listed the ten represented cultures. At each table, participants could talk with the representatives of that culture, learn a fact about the culture and get their passports stamped At some tables, however, the representatives were shy about beginning the conversation, and some were so rushed that a random fact was thrown at participarits without a chance for dialogue. A few representatives could not give any insight about the souvenirs on their table, and the person who submitted them was unavailable. After procuring whatever information they could and receiving all ten stamps, participants could try multi-cultural foods at a buffet, and visit the priz.e table to win items such as world atlases and maps, books on multicultural subjects and, for the least lucky, candy. Russ Urrutia, a spokesperson for the Counseling Center and a representative at the Latino table, outlined the steps toward cross-cultural communication. "We need to eliminate bias, recognize stereotypes and practice dialoguing cross-culturally about
Too Loud Next week, special guest the Colorado Hip-Hop Juru (Jeff Campbell) will be on the show, the prerecorded interview with Brotha Seku, Dudes with Blues and ACid Jazz. We can talk together at the end of the third section, or if you can make it for the entire show, we'll make comments to providRasheed ed direction throughout the Craig entire show. Listed below is the article/sidebar to be publicated along with the article ofBrotha Seku: H.T.M.L.-Tikkun Haolam, dedication in improving the ailments of mother earth and humankind through community involvements and action. The philosophy that it is every man's and woman's future and their children's children's live. What ifGOD's ultimate goal/objective in creating humankind throughout the entire globe of Earth was for them to see solidarity and understanding through all their different multifaceted doctrines & dogmas? These leaders used their culture to expand these philosophies. "Let Me Clear My Throaf' DJ Kool created Break-Beats for the B-boys & girls(Break-Boys & girls) and to dance along to the song indefinitely. "PLenet Rock" Africa Ba Da-Da put a halt to gang fighting by inviting music as an alternative to the confrontation between opposing gangs. "Rappers Delighf' Sugar Hill Gang introduced the 'The Crew' as a group of individuals bonded together for the love they shared for music by organizing their skills in areas that would allow them to deliver a stronger message. metradio.org on the road: (303) 556-0867
differences," he said Unfortunately, these steps are not always being taken. Nekelia Taylor, President of the Black Student Alliance and a representative at the African-American table, is concerned about the lack ofcoverage ofBlack History Month events in The Metropolitan. "lt's become an issue," she said Children visiting from Mitchell Elementary learned a lesson about assumption when a young student asked Ruth Yamauchi, who represented the Japanese culture, where she was from. "Los Angeles," said Yamauchi. The children wondered if Los Angeles was in China. Yamauchi set them straight and flipped a tiny origami frog in their direction. At the sight of the paper creature, the children surrendered their attention to Yamauchi as she showed them how to make their own origami projects. The other six tables represented Native American cultures, Italy, Sweden, Jewish culture, lreland, the Philippines and Guatemala American folk dancers and Latino dancers performed.
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X: I believe in the quality of my life versus the quantity of my life. Q: Are you scared when you get sick? X: Nope, I have not had any sicknesses that h ave been out of the normal from the standard flu or cold. Again, my body, as indicated through my lab test, seems to be holding its own against the infection. Q. Why do you wish to remain unidentified? X: Because I don't think that it is EVERYONE'S business. The only people that
need to lmow are those that I am intimately involved with or close family and/or friends. I am doing this interview because I think that it is important that people understand that HIV is still an issue in our community; wh ether t hat be the gay community, the straight community, the college community or t h e black community. I especially want the black community to know that we are t h e most at risk - for several reasons - and that actions need to be taken. I don't want to disclose my identity because there could be potential backlash in my professional life. It would be a totally different story if I were an HIV
activist;, then I would tell everyone who I am. I just don 't think that it is very important that everyone know who I am, especially since there are so many prejudiced opinions about those who are HIV positive. Q: Because illness has a history in your family-don't you think your family will support you with your condition? X: Yeah, I think that they would support me, but I don't want to give my dad reason to worry. And quite honestly, I just don't want my other relatives to know. We don't have t he closest relationship.
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by Joshua Buck - The Metropolitan ~o seni~ ~ckMutombo passes the ball around ~court in a 100-65 win against Regis Feb. 13 at the Auraria Events Center. Mutombo scored a gamehigh 30 points m that game and leads the Roadrunners mto the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Championship Tournament that ends March 9.
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Clayton Smith and Patrick Mutombo are plugged into the same circuit. They play one-onone after practice, even though they know each other's moves better than they know their own. The starters rarely disagree and they know what the media wants to hear from the NCAA Division II National Champions. Cocky stuff, like they are going to repeat and that's the No. l goal. But to these seniors, the national rankings and national title are trotted out red herrings, masking the most important thing, the next game. "We treat every game as serious as anything," Smith, the point guard, said. "We don't look past anybody. We are preparing for Mesa just as hard, or harder, than we prepared for Nebraska-Kearney. We take every game serious. Once a game is over, we focus on the next opponent." After its 10-game win streak was snapped in a 65-54 loss at Nebraska-Kearney Feb. 27, the Metro men's basketball team (16-3 RMAC) enters
the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Championship Tournament as the third seed. ln the first-round of the eight-team playoff, the Roadrunners host Mesa State ( 11-8), the No. 6 seed, 7 p.m. March 5 at the Auraria Events Center. The other first-round contests in the tournament feature the top-seeded Nebraska-Kearney ( 18-1) versus eighth-seeded Adams State (10-9). The biggest match-up is between No.4 seed Fort Hays State (13-6) and No.5 Colorado Mines (12-7). The tournament then moves to The World Arena in Colorado Springs for the semifinals on March 8. The championship game is March 9. IfMetro beats the Mavericks (they blew Mesa out by 33 points back in January), the Roadrunners will then play at 6:30 p.m. March 8, against the winner between Fort Lewis College (15-4) and No. 7 seed Southern Colorado (10-9). Fort Lewis, the second seed, ousted Metro 9586 in the Semi-finals in route to the 2002 RMAC title. The Skyhawks also beat the Roadrunners 8475 in a regular-season game earlier this year. But getting a Roadrunner to talk about ill feelings or any team other then Mesa or the North
Central Regional Tournament, in which Metro is ranked fourth and follows the conference toumament, is like pulling teeth through a wormhole. "There hasn't been one speech about the regional, one speech about the Semi-finals of the RMAC," Smith added. "We are looking at one game, and that is Mesa." "We just go out there and play everybody the same way and stick to our system no matter who we play, and see what the outcome is going to be," added Mutombo, who, along with junior guard Luke Kendall, is scoring 18.6 points a game for third best in the league. "We don't think about who is ranked. If you ask me what Kearney is ranked right now, I wouldn't know." Just for informational purposes, Kearney was ranked No. 5 and Metro No. 6 nationally when the two collided on the Nebraska plains. The consequential loss to the Lopers, who have not lost at home in 17 straight games, dropped the Roadrunners one spot to No. 7 in rankings. Kearney scored 19 points off 12 Metro
There were no gentle oscillations for the Metro women's basketball team this past week. Just one dramatic fall followed by a resurrecting rise. But stuck in between was a since of doom and that they had lost it all. Heading into the final two games of the season, the Roadrunners knew they needed at least one win to seal a spot in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Championship Tournament. They lost them both despite sl).ooting 46 percent. Aftera 71-61 lostto Nebraska-Kearney Feb. 27, in front of 4,650 Loper fans, the Roadrunners slunk back into their seats for the bus ride home as
though the doctor just told them they had 48 hours to live. Their insides stirred like Lazy 8's and kept pushing up that same bitter pill in the back of their throats. Season over. Season reborn. When 48 hours was up, and a complicated tiebreaking system puzzled through, Metro found out they were in the tournament after all. ''It was a sense of relief," head coach Dave Murphy said. "We really felt like we worked awfully hard all year long. I felt like we really deserved to go to the playoffs. Ifthere was any disappointment, it's that we gave away three games and we should have been hosting." The Roadrunners (10-9 RMAC) nabbed the No. 7 spot in the tournament and play at Mesa
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.1The Beast' on the court Grove sweet, gentle off the hardwood by Eric Eames The Metropolitan When a certain reporter has approached her for game-day comments, Rachel Grove always ends up expressing regrets for not knowing what to say, as if she is bound to spontaneously revel all with pithy quotes at the drop of the red button on the tape recorder. One area Grove doesn't need to apologiz.e is on the 94 by 50 foot rectangle box, other wise know as the basketball court It is within that 4,700 square feet of amber parquetry and sneaker squeaks where Grove deviates from the norm. She is considered sweet, caring, as mean as a baby rock, and a rather unassuming young lady outside the court's confines. On the hardwood, though, Metro's 6-foot-2 starting center fromArvada's Faith Christian Academy sheds a new front. "The used to call her 'The Beast' in high schooV' said Rachel's mother Terri, "yet, she give people notes when they were having a bad day." If someone looks down, Grove buys them a card. Friends and teammates seem to gravitate toward her when they have a problem. She' ll listen. Sometimes she'll a pen a poem and in the near future, with continued guitar lessons, she could be writing songs. The junior also serves as a mentor to redshirt freshman Kristin Baker on the Metro women's basketball team. "A lot of young people are very selfish," Metro head coach Dave Murphy said. "She is very unselfish." So the nickname doesn' t really fit, uh? "It does really fit," Terri responded. "She used to knock people down all the time." To make it clear, Grove isn't some sanguinary blood thirsty type as the moniker "The Beast" might briefly suggest, nor is she a Dennis Rodman black sheep. But when it comes to the bust of elbows and hammering bodies in the paint, Grove is physical enough to shake off the best of them and usually she gets the best of them. She's averaging 11 points and 5.4 rebounds a game this year for the Roadrunners (12-13; 10-9 RMAC), who at week's end captured the No. 7 seed in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Championship Tournament. "She is just a exceptionally fit and exceptionally quick young lady from baseline to baseline," Murphy said. Metro likes to dump the ball over slower opponents' heads to Grove underneath. Once she gains a step there is no catching up. "She is as quick a post player as there is in the conference." Having ran track and cross country at Faith Christian, Grove's toned arms, quads and strong jaw make her fit for a marathon or American Gladiators. "(The nickname) came about from her teammates," said Brian Wall, the head girls basketball coach at Faith Christian. "She was such a strong post player inside that no one enjoyed practicing against her." Ever since her days as a Eagle at Faith Christian, Grove has constantly brought to the court that same intensity and effort. She was a Class 3A All-State selection in 1999 and 2000, while at Faith Christian. Grove averaged double-digits in points and around eight rebounds a game, Wall said. She was also named tournament MVP after the Eagles' marched to the 2000 Class 3A state title. She led
all scorers with 11 in the title game. She added six rebounds. More importantly, was the job she did limiting Marta Losonczy's stat line. Losonczy had been averaging some 20 points during the postseason for Aspen. Grove held her to seven points below her average with beastly man-to-man defense, no pun intended. "She was without question our most valuable player that year, just because she did so many things," Wall said. 'The other girls just felt a lot of confidence when she was in the game. She rebounded well. She certainly scored. She played great defense. She wasn't afraid to mix it up. ln that respect she was really a strong leader amongst her peers and teammates, somebody to look to as a real anchor for that team." As a Metro freshman, it was vintage Grove all over again. She played right away for the Roadrunners in the 2000-0 I season and
started in 15 games. She averaged I 0 points and nearly five rebounds a contest. During one stretch, she dropped in a career-high 23 points and 20 points. Sandwiched in between was a 17point and seven-rebound performance against the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. Murphy was sitting on the other side of the bench that day in 2001, as head coach at UCCS. He remembers it all too well two years later. "We had to play against her when she was a freshman and she literally tore us up," Murphy said. "She single-handedly just ate us alive. We knew she was a very good player. Her sophomore year she was a totally different young lady." You'd be hard pressed in getting Grove to talk about last season in detail, when she averaged only five points and three rebounds and saw her minutes·decrease. "It was just frustrating, because I knew I wasn't playing to my potential," Grove said. "That is kind of in the past and I'm looking forward now. It was a frustrating year for me. 1don't really know what else to say about it" From the distinguishing tone of disgust in her voice, it's obvious Grove has thought about last season long and hard. She resents the way she played like a defense that hangs on her back .all night. By the end of the 2002 season, a long coal train pulled so many loads of her confidence away with it. "Last year l just wasn't playing with confidence and it was a bad year for me," Grove added. "But this year I feel like I'm playing with a lot more confidence and it has made all the difference." Grove is back in 2003. From Jan. 18 to Feb. 26, a span of 12 games, Grove scored in double digits, averaging 14 points and six rebounds, recording two double-doubles, shooting 48 percent from the floor and 80 percent from the freethrow line. Staggering numbers for a player who has made a commitment to relax more this year, by listening to catchy music and taking a "power nap" before games. At some point she transitions from sweetie to meanie. " It happens when l step on the court," Grove said. "I just know that there is work to be done. I just have to go out there and be aggressive. I usually don't take it off the court. It's the only way to go about it really; to be aggressive and win some games." Murphy sees the same drive and focus in Grove's academic life, which explains why since high school she has kept about a 3.9 or higher GPA. She's majoring in biology with a chemistry minor (Youch!). She wants to become a physician's assistant and dreams of going to third-world countries to provide health care to children. It's a worthy goal and matches right along with her gentle personality. But there is a thin line between Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. For Grove it's about two-inches thick, otherwise know as the out-ofbounds line.
Grudge match vs. Mesa at a fevered pitch from STILL ALIVE on 21 for a championship," Murphy said. "We look at it as a tremendous opportunity. We know that (Mesa is) waiting for us. We know that they'll have a crowd. We love the crowd. And we understand how to take the crowd out of it." There is a hate-hate re lationship between the Roadrunners and the Mavericks bubbling like seltzer and just might fizz over with their next game. Mesa knocked Metro out of the 2002 RMAC tournament with a 79-56 win. Last year Metro was seeded eighth and Mesa was the top seed. Though, the seedings are different this time around, the one-and-done scenario remains. "It's kind of the same thing this year, only I think we have a lot better chance to beat Mesa if we play our game," starting center Rachel Grove said. "I have no doubt in my mind that we can take it to them." What gives the Roadrunners momentum and confidence despite the recent losses is the fact they upset Mesa 66-60 Jan. 9. Before that game a couple Roadrunners caught Mavericks' head coach Steve
Kirkham saying to a Mesa radio station that "Metro wasn't going to be a problem." "We know we beat them once, we know we can beat them again," said sophomore guard Crystal Deichert. "Of the players returning from last year; we have a grudge against them." ln the loss to Kearney and the 76-66 loss to Fort Hays State Feb. 26, Metro turned the ball over 54 times. Against Kearney, Metro lost the ball 28 times, which the Lopers converted into 35 points in transition, a glaring number that's right up there \vith strobe lights. "Turnovers were clearly the story," Murphy said. "We out rebounded them. We out played them. We shut down their best threepoint shooter (in Taryn Ninemire). J think we tried way too hard and forced a lot of things that really weren' t there. And give Kearney credit, they didn't let us come down and do anything we wanted." Martina Gand.7.alova came off the bench to score 13 points against the Lopers on 5-of-5 shooting. Senior Malene Lindholm ( 13 points) and guard Natasha Molock (12) scored in double digits. At Fort Hays, the Roadrunners had 24 turnovers, not to mention
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turnovers and shot47.4 percent in the second half for an 11-point win in front of a throng of 5,938 Loper fans. "It started on defense for us," Smith explained. "Our defense wasn't as tight as we wanted it to be. Going into Nebraska you want to keep the game as close as possible, because to fight an uphill battle at Kearney is very hard. Most of the game it was close. They went on a six-point, eight-point run and they just got the better of us." Plus, the Roadrunners never got full usage out of starting center Lester Strong. The 6-foot-7 junior fouled out for the seventh time this year, this time after only 13 minutes. "It has a huge impact anytime Lester just gets into foul trouble on the court," Smith said. Strong averages 8.5 points and has grabbed 100 offensive rebounds, tops in the RMAC. "You take a piece of that away from us, yeah we can still win, but it is much easier when he is playing," Smith continued. "He kind of rights everybody's wrongs when we take a bad shot or something, he'll be there to get the offensive board." The loss, obviously, wasn't something Metro wanted, but it was something they needed. In the last five and half years, Metro hasn't dropped a lot of contests, so they take losing positively and it does one of three things: 1) Makes them work harder. 2) Makes a good teacher. 3) Makes them understand what it takes to win. "Just like (head) coach (Mike Dunlap) says, when you win a lot, a lot of things are hidden," Mutombo said. "You don't really see your mistakes, but once you lose you see the things that you need to refocus on and what you need to spend more time on. It's a good learning opportunity." Kendall scored 23 points to lead Metro against Kearney. Smith
collected seven points and seven assists, while Mutombo struggled. After making his first three shots, the Preseason RMAC Player-ofthe-Year went t\vo-of-11 the rest of the way for 12 points. The starting trio of Smith, Mutombo and Kendall played the full 40 minutes against Kearney after playing the full game in a compact 64-63 win at Fort Hays State Feb. 26. Mutombo led the team with 25 points, Kendall scored 17 and Smith had 13 assists. Strong totaled nine points and eight rebounds in the game. Metro missed four free throws in the final 45 seconds, giving Fort Hays every opportunity to pull off the win. But the Tigers couldn't come up with any last-ditch heroics in front of 1,804 Fort Hays' faithful as a three by Jonathan Raney with 15 seconds left clanked off the rim. The ball was batted around until the final horn. On the year Smith, Mutumbo and Kendall have averaged 34 minutes a game. That number won't come down, either. But for Smith and Mutombo, after playing so little in their first two years at Metro, they relish playing all the time now. Plus, at this point in the season, where the stakes are raised with each win and advancement in the bracket, players tend to forget oxygen or conserving energy. "Two years ago I would have begged anybody to play five or 10 minutes a game," Mutombo added. "Now that I'm getting a lot of playing time, I'm not going to complain. I just take whatever comes to me and do my best." The Lepers swept the season series with Metro for the first since the 1996-97 season. Kearney's other defeat of the Roadrunners came in an 80-64 win Jan. 23. So what will it take to beat the Lopers, the No. 1 ranked team in the region? "A few adjustments," Mutombo said. "We watched the tape (of the loss). We watched the mistakes we made. It was kind of obvious. We watched one minute of tape and we had the answer right there." If Metro can control the game and execute its system and game file photo by Shannon Davidson - The Metropolitan plan, post season hardware should come. Then again, no one is keep- Metro guard Martina Gandzalova takes the ball downcourt against Colorado Christian Feb. 7. See pages 21 and 23 as the women get ing track of the media's won-loss record. set for the RN.AC Championship Tournament.
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Under the Gaslight - King Center, Eugenia Rawls Courtyard Th eatre. Beginning March 12-15,20-21 at 7:30pm and continuing until March 16 and 22 at 2:30pm. Metro students get in free with a valid ID. For more information, call (303) 556-2296.
4pm. In this one women show, local dramatist Susan Marie Frontczak honors the scientific ethic of this Nobel Prize-winning scientist. For more information, call (303) 5568560.
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Music at Metro: Choral Concert - King Center Concert Hall at 7:30pm. Concert Choir, Women's Choir and Men's Choir. This event is free. For more information, call (303) 556-3180.
March 10 Sacagawea - King Center 211 from !Oam 11: I Sam. Slide lecture on Sacagawea, a Lemhi Shoshone woman who accompanied Lewis and Clark. For more information, call (303) 556-4664. Internment~
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American writer is this year 's speaker, bridging Black History and Women's History months. For more information, call (303) 556-8441.
One Japanese-A m erican Woman's Story - Tivo li 320 from 12l :30pm. For more information, call (303) 556-3559.
Seventh Annual Women's Leadership Conference - Tivoli Turnballe from 9am 3pm. With Sarah Weddington. For more information, call (303) 556-2595.
Music at .Metro: Faculty Jazz Sextet - King Center Recital Hall at 2pm. This event is free. For more information, call (303) 5563 180.
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TIPMAN PRO-LITE PAINTBALL Gun With large capacity paintball canister, 2 large C02 cartridges, camouflage shell, and 11 12 u face mask. This gun is fast and accurate. P E R E M Y $150 obo. Call (303)556-553 7 for more 3/13 A M A information.
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Attention Students$ Make Good Cash and Have Fun Modeling & Acting DCWW nee ds promo and print models now! Call (303) 455 -0933 for an appointment.
FRENCH TUTOR - ALL LEVELS Flexible hours - reasonable rates. Maurice (303) 503-1528. 3/13
Roommate Wanted ROOMMATE WANTED FOR NICE 2 bedroom apartment at Colorado Blvd. and 125. Rent $485, includes rent, gas, utilities, phone, and cable. Non-smoker preferred. All you need is bedroom furniture. Available 3/1/03. Call Jenni at (720) 435-7858. 3/6
GOD HAS ANOTHER NAME for Atheists. Contact Jeff at Menorah. 316 www.menorah.org.
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WALKING DISTANCE - 1 BD/1 BA Condo Up-Scale Renovation, 14th & Speer, Resort Style Amenities Free downtown shuttie, Awesome City Views, $895 (303) 5730400. 3/6
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3BED 2BA CONDO-A/C, W/D, DW, balcony, off street parking, 1 cat ok, clubhouse/pool/playground I25&120th walk to RTD Park-n-Ride $800mo l yr lease, (303) 3/6 673-9500.
8200 E. Pacific Ave. Suite #309 Denver, Co 80231
Services HEAVEN AND EARTH MASSAGE Craniosacral, Myoskeletal, TMJ Release, Sinus Drainage, Stone Massage, Ear Coning, Spa Treatments, Relexology, Swedish/Deep Tissue/Neuro. Christine Dunham, CMT (1-25 & Colorado Blvd). (303) 903-7156. 4/3
Metropolitan State College of Denver Legal Nurse Consultant Certificate Course Classes begin April 5, 2003 ENROLL NOW!
Call 1(800) 522-7737 or (303) 273-9777
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SUMMER JOBS!!! Looking for hard workers to fill summer positions at Metro Denver Pools. Positions: Lifeguards, \li'Sl's & Maintenance Personnel. Certifications av-ailable. Email for an application or send resumes co: Apollo_molly@botmail.co11t Apollo Aquatics
Metro State College TEST PREPARATION
SAT/ACT, GMAT & LSAT Weekend classes begin
March 22, 2003 Call 303-273-9777 Also available online! www.legalstudies.com Eam 51,000 - 52,000 for your Student Group in just i hours! College fundra1smg made Simple, Safe and Free. Multiple fundraising options available. No carwashes. No raffles. Just success! Fundraising dates are filling quickly. Get with the programs that world
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Independent Associates Needed Work with a 31 year old NYSE listed company selling Legal Service policies. Only 2% of population have this coverage compared to around 80% of Europeans. A huge potential market awa~s you.
' class Work part time around your schedule. Pre-paid is to lawyer and legal fees what major medical is to doctor and hospital bills.
Your earnings are based on your motivation and desire to succeed. Pay is one year commission on each sale made on a very affordable legal plan.
Prepaldlegal.com/90/ kennethblelma Tel:303.522.1552 kennethbielma@prepaidlegal.com
presents Egg Donors Needed.. .for infertile women. If you are age 19 to 32, healthy, a non-smoker and have some college background, you could have the satisfaction of helping someone in a very special way.
Contact the Colorado Center-for Reproductive Medicine at:
(303) 7&8-8300 $:3,500 for t;he first; donat;ion $4,000for repeat; donat;ions
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Choral Concert Michael Kornelsen and MB Krueger, directors Sunday, March 9 , 2003, 7:30 p.m. King Center Concert Hall, Free Mondays at Metro: Faculty Jazz Sextet, Artists in Residence Monday, March 10, 2003, 2:00 p.m. King Center Recital Hall , Free Master Class: Curt Peterson, tenor Wednesday, March 12, 2003, 2:00 p.m. King Center Recital Hall, Free
Artist Series: Curt Peterson, tenor with Tamara Goldstein, piano featuring guest artists Christopher McKim, baritone and Michele Peterson, soprano Thursday, March 13, 2003, 7:30 p.m. King Center Recital Hall Admission: $10; Students/Seniors: $5; MSCD Students: Free Artist Fac ulty Recital: Christopher McKim, baritone and Friends Wednesday, March 19, 2003, 7:30 p.m. King Center Recital Hall, Free
www.coloeggdonor.com for more information. Colorado Center for Reproductive Medicine 799 E. Hampden Avenue, Suite 300, Englevvood, CO 80110
For more infonnation call Music at Metro at 303-556-3180. For tickets call 303-556-2296. Music at Metro would like to thank the Music Activities Committee and the MSCD Student Affairs Board for their s upport in sponsoring 01.1r events.
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In Celebration of Black History Month and Women's History Month The Metropolitan State College of Denver presents ...
Paule Marshall.
Renowned African American Author
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Brown Girl. Brownstones. Praisesong for a Widow. The Chosen Place. The Timeless People. Fisher King. and other works. Her explorations of black women crossing cultures features Caribbean American immigrant families like her own. She celebrates black women in ways that break new ground in African American literature.
For more information, call (303) 556-8441. Sponsors: MSCD Institute for Women's Studies & Services, African American Studies, English, Sigma Tau Delta, Iota Iota Iota, CCD Office of Student Life, UCO Office of Student Life I Activities, MSCD Diversity Initiatives Committee