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by Noelle Leavitt The Metropolitan Metro Student Goveriunent Assembly candidates held a debate April 21 on Auraria campus discussing student fees, parking, student activities and diversity, in an effort to win student votes.

Three parties, Positive Action Coalition (PAC), Mending Bridges and an路 independent party, took a stance in front of more than 100 stu. i':nts at the flagpole to get their voices heard.

"We want you to enjoy your life here at Metro, by opening up commanication, funding and everything. With that said, vote positive action coalition," said Marcus Washington, Metro student running for vice president of administration and finance for the PAC. ,.. Rather than representing republican and democratic parties, the SGA candidates formed their own parties to represent. Each party showed the different ways they want to interact with their peers and address Metro at large.

"Mending Bridges is all about bridging the $3P between students, faculty, administration and ~JI:" said Felicia Woodson, candidate for SGA president from Mending Bridges.

Harris Singer, an independent running for reelection as Metro's student trustee, said Mending Bridges comes together with a holding-hands approach, where PAC has a more aggressive $'proach.

Each party expressed their views at the debate.

"We have four main things we're going to tackle on our platform here today. The first thing . is going to be for the administration and faculty to reflect the diversity of students here on campus," ~d Chris Chandler with PAC who is also running for president of the SGA. The second thing Chandler said he wants to tackle is student fees. He said he wants to give the money back to the students, but did not give an example of how he would accomplish that. The third and fourth points were to keep an updated SGA web site and to eliminate alienation on campus.

Both Chandler and Woodson served on the SGA for 2002-2003. Woodson served as Chief Justice and later became vice president for communications. Chandler served the full term as vice

president for administrative finance.

Chair of the Election Committee, Che Derrera asked Woodson and Chandler questions pertaining to their possible presidency.

The first question asked was, "Why should the students want to vote you into SGA president?"

Woodson said, "I want to stand up for you, the students. In order for us to get anywhere, we have got to open up dialogue. Why should you vote for me? Because I'd like to be a voice; I'd like to be a liaison between the administration and the students."

Chandler said, "Student fees money needs to stay with the students, and that's why you need to vote for me, because I'm going' to make sure that gets done."

Both Chandler and Woodson said student fee money needs to stay with the students, not the administration. They said that t\vo administrative salaries were paid out of student fees and, if voted into office they would stop that from happening.

Joanna Duenas, assistant dean of Student Life, is one of the administrators the candidates were referring to.

Duenas said, "My work is 100 percent for the students. Looking at the positions and what they do for students, it's justifiable for it to be student fee funded."

All of Duenas' salary and other salaries in the Student Life office come from student fees Duenas said. She also said that student fees have always funded her position and most colleges allocate those funds in the same way.

Another question asked by Derrera was, "How do you plan to keep communication alive with in the Student Government Assembly?"

Chandler said, "The communication will remain open because it will never be closed. We want to do more than dialogue, we're here to dialogue plus some."

Woodson said, "Integrity, is all about honesty. Integrity is all about listening openly and

by Will Moore- The Metropolitan honestly to what your needs are, and not pre- Mending Bridges presidential candidate Felicia Woodson reacts to an answer given by her opponent tending that you're going to do something about Chris Chandler of the Positive Action Coalition ticket at an SGA debate Apr. 21 at the flagpole. it and taking action."

Metro's SGA elections will end at 5 p.m.

The debate was from 1-2 p.m. and students Last year only 392 Metro students voted out April 24, and the final results for the 2003-2004 of 18,170, and the candidates currently ruruling stopped to listen while on their way to and from school year will be announced. classes. encourage a ll students to participate.

Budget cuts create angst at Metro

by Sarah Schneider The Metropolitan Metro's budget-cuts are starting to take effect and the college faculty is wondering about job security. As a result, students wonder if the quality of education will go down as teachers get laid off. 路 "From my perspective, there is really no win~ situation at the college," said Cathy Lucas, director of college communications.

The funding for all state colleges is going to be cut to $100 million, Lucas said. Metro's cut is estimated to be $7.1 million, which is 7.1 percent of the total reduced budget colleges receive.

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One of the ways the college is cutting back teaching positions is through an early retirement program.

Justice Jackson, an African American studies major at Metro feels the impact due to the retirement of C.J. White chair of the African American studies department and Cathy Buchanan administrative assistant lII, who will also be leaving the college.

"It doesn't sit well with me," Jackson said.

"Two of the professors are retiring and between both of the professors together, they have taught here for 50 years. How do you replace that?" 路 Jackson wonders what purpose the layoffs have when African American studies was already

in danger.

"African American studies program is still there, there is still a major," Lucas said.

Jackson said since Metro will keep African American studies as a major, he will honor his commitment to the program. " I am still going to be a student here; my concern is the quality of what I'll be taught," Jackson said.

At this point, Jackson is beginning to check out other schools in case worse comes to worse.

"I don't want to quit here because I feel that I make an impact," Jackson said. "I had my heart set on the African American studies major, but the quality of the major is not there."

Candice Smith a full time student at Metro has taken her share of multi-cultural classes and has enjoyed them.

"Although I am not an African American Studies major, the cutbacks of multicultural studies inhibits a well-rounded education for myself," Smith said. "Furthermore, qualified instructors to teach these classes affect the quality of edueation offered here at Metro."

Melvin Miller, an African American studies major, is a bit disappointed in the cutbacks in the department, but he plans to continue with his major.

"It's very disappointing; Dr. White is retiring, ~~~~~~~~~seeC\ll'Son7

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Tivoli renovation to begin i=irst major task is removal of exterior white paint applied in 1937 ...

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Campus thefts continue A University of Colorado at Denver employee reported a theft April 18, in North Classroom. The employee left his leather jacket in his office overnight. When he returned the next morning, it was missing .

Total loss: $300.

There are no leads or suspects at this time.

The Metropolitan Work is expected to begin June I on a $28 million facelift to the Tivoli Student Union. This will be the first exterior renova.4ion since the building opened as a shopping center in 1984.

Funds for the project come from a fall 2000 student bond fee referendum, which added $18.50 to Auraria student tuitions specifically to pay for the Tivoli renovation.

Robert Haight, Student Advisory Board ~Committee to Auraria Campus (SACAB) representative for SGA, said that the $28 mi llion budget includes all the plans and construction costs.

Slaterpaull Architects, Inc. , of Denver was awarded the project, which includes · exterior fai;:ade repair, exterior window .4eplacement and repair, exterior building lighting, roof replacement and fire alarm and mechanical system upgrades. Work is scheduled to be completed within three years.

The first and most visible phase of the project will be the removal of the white paint Lthat has covered the buildings since 1937.

"Originally, the plan for the exterior of the building was to strip the paint, reseal the brick and then re-coat it or repaint it," Haight said. "But after they [Slaterpaull] did tests on different paint substances and different coatings, they found that doing that would actual~y decrease the life of the buildings to, like, ·somewhere around 30 years."

According to Haight, leaving the brick exposed will increase that life expectancy to l 00 years.

Gary Petri, a preservation architect for Slaterpaull, said his company worked with ·..environmental engineers to test portions of the brick and stone walls aro und the Tivoli and found that much of the brick and mortar joints are deteriorating.

"Paint is a problem on brick, especial ly old brick," Petri said. "Old brick is porous. . When you put paint on old brick, it traps the ~oisture behind the paint. By taking the paint off, we will stop that particular deterioration process, so the brick will actually last longer."

Slaterpaull considered both options of repainting or leaving the natural brick. Both would require stripping away the existing tpaint, and over time that process would also impact the life of the buildings and would prove to be more costly in the long-run.

Petri said his company looked at an option to repaint, but after evaluating the high cost of maintenance over 30 years, -fdecided against it.

"We predicted that you ' d have to repaint the building every five to ten years. Then, probably before 30 years was up, you' d have to strip the building again and start over," Petri said, "The cost of that ongoing maintenance would be a great deal more than taking ~ the paint off, repairing the brick, then leaving the brick alone."

Petri said future maintenance to bare brick is little more than periodic repair~ to the mortar joints.

Architects found that many of the woodf"Il!en window frames are showing extreme wear and deterioration due to age and exposure.

Their architects conducted a window-bywindow survey to evaluate the repair potential and found that many of the windows were beyond repair.

At the same time, leaks from the roof are

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A student reported a theft in the Arts Building April 18. The student had placed his camera under his seat. About an hour later, he noticed it was missing.

Total loss including the camera, Sandisk flash card, Kodak Portra, and carrying bag: $1008.05.

There are no leads or suspects at this time.

A UCD student reported her backpack stolen from the Library April 17. The student had left her bag unattended on a table for 15 minutes. When she returned, it was missing.

Total loss including bag and contents: $394.

There are no leads or suspects at this time.

A student accidentally left his backpack on a bench at 10th Street and Lawrence Street April 1'7. When he returned moments later, it was gone.

Total loss including bag and contents: $560.

There are no leads or suspects at this time.

Slaterpaull Ardiitects, Inc. -courtesy photo causing interior damage; the fire system does not effectively reach all public spaces or connect to the remaining campus fire system and the existing heat pump system is inefficient, costing more to maintain than it wo uld to replace. All of these problems will be tackled by the renovation project.

By the time c1asses resume in the fall, Petri believes the white paint will be removed from the south and west faces of the buildings, whic,11 are the newest areas of the Tivoli and therefore easier to repair.

Because the project will not begin until mid-summer, crews will only begin exterior work that can be completed before winter.

Work wi ll resume in April after the threat of overnight freezing has passed. Crews will pick up where they left off and complete the older historic buildings, such as the tower building, the brewery tavern, Turnha!le and the hops storage building. " A majority of the Tivoli building is made with red brick, and depending on time and when the particular piece of the building was built, the brick changes a little bit, so it's going to be kind of like a tapestry," Petri said.

Rather than looking like one big building that has the same color, the building complex will be more like buildings on city blocks where each individual building can be seen.

The Tivoli was an active brewery from 1870 to 1969. The structure is a complex of 12 buildings. The oldest, referred to as the tavern building, was constructed in 1870, and most recently was home to a Dominos Pizza restaurant.

In 1973, the Tivoli was placed on the National Register of Historic Places and soon after was purchased by the Denver Urban

Renewal Authority, which set it aside for future educational use.

After transferring the Tivoli to the Auraria Higher Education Center, it was decided that renovation was too costly for the state. Private developers took over the project and in 1984 it reopened as a shopping center.

Jn 199 1, Auraria students voted to buy back the Tivoli for use as a student center.

After considerable interior renovation, the Tivoli reopened in August, 1994 a student union.

As a state-owned landmark, the renovation project does not require City of Denver building permits, nor approval from the Denver Landmark Preservation Commission, who oversees similar renovations of privately owned structures. Slaterpaull presented their plans to the commission anyway. · "Our presentation was a courtesy review,'; Petri said. " We wanted to show that Auraria was a good steward of our buildings.

They were not only very thankful that we presented, but it sounded like they were very encouraged by the approach that we were taki ng."

Petri said specific feedback focused on concern about replacing the historic windows rather than repairing them.

"That's a preservation matter," Petri said.

"A preservation principle is to try and keep as much of the original material as possible whenever a renovation is occurring. They wanted to make sure that our decision to replace the windows was based on true need rather than convenience. I believe that they were satisfied that the windows that are being replaced are in poor enough condition that it is justified."

An Auraria employee reported money stolen from her purse April 16, in the Administration Building. The employee had left her purse unattended briefly.

When she returned moments later, she noticed money missing.

Total loss: $52.

There are no leads or suspects at this time.

A Metro employee reported her wallet stolen April 15, in the King Center. The employee had left her wallet on her desk and had left for a brief moment; when she returned it was missing .

Total loss, including wallet and currency: $80.

There are no leads or suspects at this time.

A video data projector was reported missing April 14, from room 252 in the Arts Building.

Total loss: $7000.

There are no leads or suspects at this time.

Car break-ins continue A UCD student's car was broken into April 16, in Lot R. The front passenger window was broken and his stereo was stolen.

Total loss including car CD player and a calculator: $450.

Damage to window is estimated at $250.

There are no leads or suspects at this time.

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and he's my adviser, and it disappoints me that he's leaving," Miller said.

He also said he feels comfortable pursuing his African American studies degree.

However, he hopes the replacement professors will be as knowledgeable as the present ones.

Miller said he has thought about transferring to another school because of the impact on African American studies.

Jim Becker, president of Classified Staff Council said that, not only are classified staff getting hit, so are financial aid and work study.

"There's a big cut in financial aid- huge, and it's going to affect people," Becker said.

Becker said he has talked both with people who have retired and people who are in the bumping process.

"Morale is at an all-time low because employees could still be bumped; it's at rock bottom," Becker said.

For every year an employee worked they get one weeks salary said Becker. An employee who takes the separation incentive can get up to $25,000.

"Anytime you have layoffs anywhere, it's a distribution, and thank goodness that Metro had the separation incentive," said Jim Davidson, personnel manager of classified staff Becker said he agrees with Davidson and feels the separation incentive has alleviated stress for employees.

Lucas said that the bumping procedure will continue for 45 days, but she was unable to identify names staff that have been bumped, retired or laid off. According to Lucas 10 administrative staff and 21 faculty have applied for early retirem~nt.

Accardi~ to Lucas, the college has reduced the travel budget, library funds and employees' work schedules.

Areas that have been hit the hardest are Information Technology and the multicultural areas. In addition, two positions were eliminated in the college co=unications department, said Lucas.

Becker feels that until any reorganization is done, students in the multi-cultural studies areas will be affected immediately. ln terms of the employees' job security there really are no answers. Some employees feel they can't fight the inevitable.

"I am not worried as far as my job security goes; I feel comfortable," Becker said.

'Tm not sitting on pins and needles; whatever comes down, it's pretty much out of my hands."

could be added north of Tivoli

by Lindsay Sandham The Metropolitan

A $14 million to $18 million proposal for a four-story parking garage on campus has been put forth to the Auraria board and will most likely be voted on at the next meeting scheduled for May 21.

Mark Gallagher director of parking at Auraria Higher Education Center said the new garage will probably have 650 spaces and will be on the north side of the Tivoli where the tennis courts are.

The parking system at Auraria has a current occupancy averaging at 98 percent.

"It varies by day, but Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays are the busiest," Gallagher said.

Auraria Chief Financial Officer Curt Wiedeman said the garage will be paid for with a bond-issue loan, and the revenues generated from the parking system will pay off the loan.

Auraria currently has two outstanding bond issues, one for paving parking lot E and another for the Parking Transportation Center (PTC) garage.

According to Wiedeman, the lot E loan will be paid-off by the year 2026 and the PTC loan will be paid-off by 2012. He also said the new garage, if approved by the board, will be paid-off by 2026 as well.

Gallagher said the new structure might be used for events at the Pepsi Center, mainly on the evenings and weekends when students do.not gen-

erally utilize it.

"Students are our first order of business, our first concern," Gallagher said.

The cost of parking for the new lot has not been decided yet, but Wiedeman said it would not be higher than the Tivoli lot, which is $5 for students.

"We try to maintain rates lower than downtown," Wiedeman said.

The average parking fee for Auraria students

is $2.50.

"Any money we make from parking goes back into parking facilities," Wiedeman said. "The parking program costs $2 million per year, which includes staff, equipment and maintenance."

The projected cost of the new structure, which has yet to be designed, includes the cost of tearing down the tennis courts and rebuilding them on the east side of the Tivoli.

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Nonviolent resistance works

The war has not been won; it has been lost. In the last five years, lndia and Pakistan have both .:..built nuclear weapons, and North Korea now says it intends to. George Bush beats the neighbor's terrier with a baseball bat while ignoring the tiger in his basement.

The sideline warriors yelling for war puff out chests and clench fists when they comment on the ravages ofSaddarn 's regime, but they cower and stutter when faced with the implacable logic of nuclear proliferation. It is easy to insist on the war's Joel necessity when conquest is Tagert easy; it is another matter when it may mean destruction of all life on Earth.

Over and over, I am confronted by angry white men who say, "What about the hundreds of thousands of people that Saddam killed? What about ~them? You want to just sit around while Saddam murders his own people?" Or, "What about the thousands of people who died in the World Trade Center, huh? Don't you care about them?"

These knee-jerk reactions to peace-work expose a dangerous myopia in the American mind.

It insists first that blame for any evil committed by c American forces rests with Saddam Hussein and not those committing the evil actions; second, that there is some sort of link between Saddam and Al Qaeda; third, that the only effective way to end violence is with violence; and fourth, that nonviolent action amounts to inaction. All are incorrect. ,,._ First, two wrongs do not make a right, and ::i-esponsibility for murder cannot be easily shifted.

Just as the soldiers who do the killing will have to live with the psychological consequences of their actions, so too, does our country bear responsibility for the wrongs it commits, no matter what evil preceeds it. Those whose mothers, daughters, :-·fathers, and sons are killed by American military action will believe this, even if we do not.

Second, there is no link between the government of Saddam Hussein and Al Qaeda. Despite Bush's insinuations, a link simply does not exist. If anyone has evidence, I say, produce it.

Third, violence cannot be eliminated by more violence. Whatever the immediate result, there are wider ramifications, including that it will be used to justify future violence, by this government and oth-

ers.

A close corollary of the what-aboutSaddam's-victirns argument is the use of WWII as

know nothing about it. How many of those calling for war have read Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr.? Judging from the blank looks I get when I mention their accomplishments, not a one.

But don't we have a responsibility to educate ourselves about nonviolence before advocating violence?

Mahatma Gandhi freed lndia from oppressive British rule through nonviolent means. He did this with the support of hundreds ofthousands ofIndian people who educated themselves about nonviolent

Knee-jerk reactions to peace work expose a dangerous myopia in the American mind. rationale for military action. It goes like this: "What about WWII? Would you have just let Hitler run all over Euroi)e, killing millions of Jews?"

Those who make this arguffient should examine it more carefully. If one says WWII was necessary to stop evil, it must follow that another world war may be necessary. We might as well give up hope, because the next world war will be the last world war because all life on earth will be annihilated.

Violence perpetuates violence. This is the true message of the deaths of innocents. However this war ends; however WWII ended, the origin is certain: the war and violence that reaches down through history.

Alternatives to violence do exist, and they are effective. This brings me to my fourtl1 point nonviolent resistance does not imply inaction. To the contrary: it demands action beyond anything that war proponents have dreamt. It demands unceasing creative and spiritual exertion; a deep understanding of world politics and of the human condition; and a profound faitl1 in the power of unconditional love to reform ilie human spirit.

Nonviolent resistance is powerful, but the main reason many people are skeptical is because they

resistance. He did not, as someone ridiculously asserted in a letter on these pages, have the "British law on his side."

Martin Luther King Jr. had the Constitution on his side, but it was only through years of intensive campaigns of civil disobedience that tl1e intent of the Constitution was enacted in legislation. In the meantime, African-Americans were brutally oppressed by local police forces, such as Bull Connor's in Birmingham, Alabama.

John F. Kennedy said, "Whenever we stand against the flow of opinion on strongly contested issues, a man does what he must, in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles, dangers, and pressures; and iliat is the basis of all human morality."

It does not surprise me that so many Americans support the war. People's instinct is to march behind the powerful when afraid. This takes no courage; it is often the coward's patl1.

What is truly difficult is finding the truth for oneself, and finding the strength to act on that truth, even if it means standing in the minority and suffering personal consequences. If our government insists on enforcing unjust laws and waging unjust wars, then we have an ethical obligation to oppose its actions.

Freedom's ring has never sounded so hollow .

The world is a dangerous place. There are individuals with the will and ability to strike out at !:innocents in ways normally reserved for sciencefiction novels. There are governments and societies which support such groups of people. There is an intense, palpable fear that will motivate us to eliminate such threats from our world.

Our first stroke of genius was the inception of the preemptive doctrine. This "prf'.ventative" war policy has enabled us to convict and senJustin Breuer tence entire countries with _., nothing more than circumstantial evidence. Finally, a channel has been opened by which we can supplant our foreign policy with our national security.

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The next step in the agenda is reformatting the Middle East in the image and sanctity of democracy. Occupying Iraq and controlling their oil production and distribution is the first phase of this process. We are already applying pressure to Syria through oil pipelines and harsh rhetoric before we have even officially declared victory in Iraq.

Despite all of this progress, problems still remain with our strategy. A recent article in the Washington Post reveals a market for biological weapons in South Africa, a country previously thought to be the role-model for disarming Iraq. lt is growing increasingly clear that with the exception of the few reliable countries, like England and Australia, tl1e rest of the world is incapable of waging an effective war against terrorism.

We have the ability and the resolve to remold

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an entire region of the world, why not apply that same effort to oilier troubled regions of the world?

There are many countries in Asia, Africa and South America mat host cultures conducive to terrorism.

Opponents of the Bush Administration argue that this strategy is, in effect, Imperialism; that the sun will never set on America. Proponents of the Administration would argue that the sun would never set on Freedom.

There have been many signs and chants recently professing "Like It O( Leave It." They must mean like the Administration or leave the country, since this is a country Of the People and For the People. Of course, this is assuming that, when the time comes, there will actually be somewhere else to go.

The sun may never set on Freedom, but Freedom's ring has never sounded so hollow.

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Brian P. Reed [p, l, N (f)) -Wittgenstein Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus

Simple.

It may, perhaps, be an appreciation regarding what is right and what is not right that makes us wake.

The most noble of professions, philosophy, allows us to suggest that truth is deserved and, given tl1e climate, profoundly necessary.

So, to where do we turn?

We tum to ourselves.

We ask for forgiveness. We try to understand and recapitulate the past. And, as a result, we feel pithy and cast our eyes "downward" upon the past.

The mistakes we make are obvious given our last page this week. A college newspaper is a sounding board for experience and a challenge for those who are truly looking for satiety.

I offered the chance to run a free letter to the editor. It was not taken.

Do not question me. You are a silver spoon fed hypocrite.

Return a call, once in a while, please.

Kick my ass out of here, but be REAL! I have yet to meet anyone who likes you.

No one, students, administration, students, et. al. at this campus trusts you, so far as l can see.

But I digress ...

I can fathom the inpenetrable pregency of your existence. I can understand how you cower. I can appreciate your love of weapons.

I can not appreciate, however, your "willynilly" approach toward this college.

Perhaps I ought to segue ...

The truth is, my dog loves "chewies." She sleeps with me. She warms me. She is a "she." She also, on call, could rip out your throat. Which brings me to my point: A man came home from his errands to find his apartment on fire. Inside, was his oneyear-old dog. After numerous firefighters (who are cool) told him to stay, he proceeded to save his dog.

He jumped up to the second floor "porch," broke the window, and rescued his dog. He was arrested and could face 13 months in jail. ls it pathetic that I care more for my dog than you?

Prove me wrong. Please.

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Age:20 Birthday: September 30, 1982 Pet Peeve: When people scrape the fork with their teeth If I had$ 1 million I would: get out of debt, buy a car and house.

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by Joshua Lawton - The Metropolitan Ginette Fitzsimmons is a freshman at Metro after trying classes at Art Institute of Colorado for ~ tography. Now she is working on becoming an elementary school teacher because of her love for children. was heavily involved in photography. She attended Highlands Ranch High School, where she found her love for photography. Before coming to Metro, Ginette attended the Art Institute of Colorado. She transferred to Metro because she wanted to attend a four-year col-

tThey (her kids) are going to be graduating soon. I think I'm going to cry.'

- Ginette Fitzsimmons, soon; I think I'm going to cry." Fitzsimmons said, expressing her concern for the children.

Rule went on to say that the kids like Ginette and she can relate well to them.

Fitzsimmons, originally an English major,

is planning on switching to psychology.

"English just wasn't fun anymore," she said.

But, before she chose to pursue English, she

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Teaching, one of the most honorable, but also lowest paying professions, is a career that Ginette requires a passion for the job.

Fitzsimmons, 20, Metro freshman, tentative psychology major, and teacher's assistant, says that she wants to pursue a career in teaching.

Meet Ginette Fitzsimmons.

Fitzsimmons, a teacher's assistant at Espree Child Leaming Center, a private children's center, says she wants to use the skills and abi lities she has learned at the center in the past four years to pursue a teaching career. " I've always been told I am good with kids," Fitzsimmons said. She says she wants to teach because she has a passion to help kids. "I love kids, I'm patient, and [ want to see them learn."

Moreover, Fitzsimmons also says she wants kids of her own some day, and that the learning center is a good way to become accustomed to them.

A normal day for Fitzsimmons starts at 9 a.m. with the children reading to her. "Some of the kids don't know how to read, so we have to help them pronounce each and every word," she said. " But l don't mind; I know that my help is building the blocks of these kids' education," F itzsimmons added. "The kids then go outside and play; come back in with their teacher, Ms. Paris; do some more stuff - then that's the end of my day," Fitzsimmons cheerfully said .

Ginette says she is inspired to teach by her mentor, superior, and colleague, Vicki Paris - a teacher at the Espree Child Leaming Center. " She's always so cheerful and happy about going to work every day - that is how I am going to be," Fitzsimmons said.

What distinguishes Ginette from other teacher's assistants, students, or even teachers is that she has a tremendous amount of patience.

"Things don' t bother me as much as (they do) other people," she said.

Holly Rule, a colleague of Fitzsimmons at the Espree Learning Center, says she sees Ginette showing patience on a daily basis. "(Besides patience), she always turns her projects in on time, works great with kids, but also, she really cares about them," Rule said.

"They (her kids) are going to be graduating

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lege and possibly earn her teacher license. "I became sick of the photography (field).

Everything is becoming digital. I don't like that; I like the original process of developing my own pictures," Fitzsimmons said.

Fitzsimmons says proudly that she has had several of her photos 路in art shows across the city. One in particular, a photo of a lighthouse in San Francisco, is one of her favorites. "My

dad took a lot of pictures, was real interested in it, and I guess it rubbed off on me," she said.

Fitzsimmons is considered by her peers to be a kind and open person. "I' m sweet, nice and always friendly to everybody," Fitzsimmons said. "I used to let people walk all over me," she added. She said that because she was a ' push over,' she had to grow apart from this and her best friend - to over come her shyness and become her own person.

In addition to photography, Fitzsimmons was involved in choir since the second grade and all through high school. Currently, she is not involved in any choir, but says she wants to join a band. "! want to sing in a band, but I have stage fright so it might not happen, like in the movie Coyote Ugly," Fitzsimmons said.

For now, Ginette is busy touching children's lives in the learning center, being the 'wild child' she says she is, taking pictures, and looking for that 'right band' to join - one that will make it to the top, of course. In the future, she sees herself on the beach with her twins, as a successful teacher, and with a loving husband.

Pastime: taking photos Movie: Shakespeare in Love Actor: Bruce Willis Actress: Gwyneth Paltrow Fast food joint: Rubios Fast food meal: 路Burrito Especial Restaurant: Olive Garden Vacation Spot: Oahu, Hawaii Childhood Memory: Swinging a belt with teeth in it and I took a chunk out of my eyebrow.

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by Chris Pilkington As a result of budget cuts at Metro, the Institute for International and lntercultural Education, a program on campus providing international and American students with information and services regarding study abroad opportunities, has been eliminated. Also eliminated were the positions of International Student Advisor held by Mary Anne Krohn and the Study Abroad Advisor held by Rachael Patarino. '"The office will be discontinued," said Dr. Akbarali Thobhani, Director of the Institute for International and Intercultural Education.

The budget cuts will also cause the elimination of 26 positions within some departments on campus.

"Metro is having to cut $7.2 million from their budget because of state budget cuts," said Cathy Lucas with the Office of College Communications. "Because of the budget cuts on campus there will be some reorganization within departments."

School officials do not expect that the elimination of the Institute for International and lntercultural Education program will affect the amount of international students that enroll at the college.

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"I think students chose Metro because of the educational quality available and not based on the support d1ey could get from an advisor. Metro will continue to provide the means available to students to study abroad," said the Metro Vice President of Academic Affairs Cheryl Norton. "Student services will now be working with international students to ensure that their needs are met" Some international students, however, are concerned about receiving proper information from a department diat has not previously worked with students from another country.

"If you had any problems or questions before, Mary Anne (Krohn) was die person to talk to," said Maria Lindstrom, an international student from Sweden, majoring in speech communications. ''Now it will be up to the student to keep up on visa laws and everything else we will have to know."

The International Student Advisor position provided support services for international students attending Metro. The services ranged from assisting with general culture acclimation to visa and drivers license assistance for students.

Dr. Thobhani said the elimination of the position would how require student services to assist the international students. In addition, the study abroad prograni will be jointly operated by Dr. David Conde with the Office ofAcademic A !fairs, and Joan M. Foster, Dean of the School of Letters, Arts and Sciences.

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Office split accommodates two schools by Travis Combs The Metropolitan The Student Disabilities Office maintains an optimistic outlook, regarding its future and ability to accommodate Metro's disabled students.

A decision was made to dismantle the office in its present form by a board of directors April 11. Two new offices will be created to exclusively provide accommodations to students with disabilities for both Metro and the University of Colorado at Denver. With a Student Disability Office for the three schools at Auraria, Lisa E. McGill, M .A., N.C.C., Director of Disability Services and ADA, hopes that the high quality of accommodations available for disabled students will continue.

"What we're hoping, is the transition will

be smooth, because instead of one office there will be two;' McGill said." I will say the staff that implemented this decision is very committed to serving students with disabilities."

With the creation of two new offices to cover the educational needs of either Metro or UCD students, concerns were raised regarding the possibility of the office's current staff members being replaced by a less experienced staff unable to maintain the present level of quality. " My (hope is) that the services remain the same and that students have the same opportunity to obtain their educational goals," said Nicholas Delmonico, a visually impaired speech communications major at Metro who utilizes The Student Disabilities Office. In its current form, the office provides, among other things, interpreters for the hearing impaired during lectures, and alternative testing for assessment tests and classroom

examinations.

"Accommodations for students might include a modified environment, but never a modified curriculum," :vtcGill said. "You have to meet the qualifications of the classes: if you can't, you're not even eligible for accommodations."

The students eligible for services range from the hearing and seeing impaired to those afflicted with psychological and physical disorders. A total of 437 students utilize the services of the Student Disabilities Office, 342 of those are Metro students and 95 are enrolled at UCD. Michael Barnett, interim vice president of administration and finance and one of the board members who voted in favor of dismantling of the office, hopes that the creation of two separate offices will not only maintain the quality level of service provided, but will cut

down on costs as well. '·This decision was not supported by Auraria and we did not propose it; it was proposed by (Metro)," McGill said. ·• We will implement it (the decision) and do the best we can to provide students with accommodations."

According to Delmonico, despite the decision to divide the office and possibly cut . the current staff, he is optimistic that Metro will ensure the high level of quality services will still be available to those who need it.

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 protects the right of disabled students to access higher education. " I think that Metro cares, and that's why I think they're trying to craft the program in a helpful way," Delmonico said.

New theater perfortns fetnale version of The Odd Couple

by Jonelle Wilkinson Seitz The Metropolitan Vintage Theatre Productions, a new Denver-based touring theater company, makes its debut public performance this month with the female version of Neil Simon's The Odd Couple.

Vintage Theatre Productions was cofounded in February by Craig Bond of the Arvada Center, Lindsay Sanders-Goranson, an Metro Speech Communications student and Chris Goranson.

With its flexible, portable productions, VTP brings a new concept to the Denver theatre scene: theatre that comes to you.

All of VTP"s shows are avai lable for both private and public bookings. SandersGoranson, who is the company's marketing director as well as an actor, said that, at first, private organizations were unsure if they

would be able to provide an adequate audience once they had booked a performance.

However, the groups that booked The Odd Couple attracted full houses and some have already booked a performance of VTP's fall production, Ken Ludwig's Lend Me a

Tenor.

Sanders-Goranson and Bond emphasize that flexible, yet high-quality theater depends heavily on the cast. Usually, the cast gets to work in a new performance space only the night before the performance.

"It takes dedicated actors to change and remember new blocking every weekend," said Sanders-Goranson in reference to where the actors move while on stage.

The hilarity of The Odd Couple relies strongly on physical comedy, an e lement that is especially challenging for the actors of a touring group. However, in a packed private performance in early April - in a

space without proper lighting or even a raised stage - the cast displayed all of the timing and energy necessary for the play to succeed. "We believe we have assembled one of the strongest casts available in Denver for this production," said Bond, executive director of VTP. Bond, who has been a professional box office manager for I 0 years and has more than 15 years experience in all aspects of theatre, chose The Odd Couple for VTP's first production because of its familiarity and because of its solidly funny script.

"The female version of The Odd Couple is simply one of the funniest scripts 1 have ever read," he said. '·Right now, the country needs some light stuff for entertainment. " For the female version of the play.

Simon replaced the classic characters in the male version, Oscar, a divorcee, and Felix, who has just separated from his wife, with

Olive and Florence. The men's poker game became Trivial Pursuit, and the upstairs ne ighbors, the g iggly British sisters, became the hilarious Spanish brothers, Manolo and Jesu s. The dinner party conversation, which is plagued by the brothers' sporadic knowledge of English (imagine what happens when "nougat" is confused with "no good") ' and Florence's complete ignorance of Spanish (she pronounces "Jesus" with an English "j"), is one of the funniest aspects of the play.

VTP's first public performances of The Odd Couple, with Libby Rife as Olive and Janene Kahlenbach as Florence, will be April 26 and May 12 at 2 an 8 p.m. at El_ Centro Su Teatro. 4725 High St. Tickets are $12 in advance, or $15 at the door. For tickets or to inquire about booking, call 303839-1361 or v isit www.vintagetheatre.com.

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April 26 Baseball vs. N.M. Highlands Double Header 1 p.m. at Regis University

April 27 Baseball vs. N.M. Highlands Noon at Regis University

May 2-4 Metro host North Central Regional Women Tennis Tournament Jacquelyn Benton- courtesy photo The 1940 Satchel Paige All-Star team, which was an extension of the Negro Leagues' Kansas City Monarchs. Byron Jotvlson is pictured in front row, far left.

Remembering the Negro路Leagues at 92

by Eric Eames The Metropolitan The atmosphere oscillates in Room 3F at the Denver Educational Senior Citizens apartment building.

It's magical.

It's historical.

Jacquelyn Benton, Byron Johnson's daughter, opens the door dressed in a striped uniform with the Kansas C ity Monarch's crown symbol patched on the front. A glass case reflects sparkles and nausea into your eyes from prized baseball regalia and pictures.

The Masters is on, of course. Johnson is keeping a devoted tab on Tiger Woods. Later, he'll flip to the Colorado Rockies game and that's when the phone goes unanswered, because baseball isn' t just a past time.

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Also, in 1939 and 1940, Johnson traveled the nation and played on Satchel Paige's All-Star team, which frequently barnstormed against white "all-star" teams put together by Dizzy Dean or Bob Feller. Surviving records of these contests and other exhibition games, dug up by baseball historian John Holway, show the black stars winning 269 of the 438 contests played between 1887 and 1947.

Johnson recalls beating Feller's squads by scores of 11-1 and 14-2. While Feller chose players from both the American and National leagues from the Majors, Satchel Paige's All-Stars

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were just an extension of the Kansas City Monarchs, says Johnson. So they had team spirit and team unity, and that's better than a bunch of separate individuals patch-worked together.

"We weren't only as good as them, we were better," Johnson says. "They finally had to recognize that. It wasn't that we weren't good enough, they just never gave us a chance. That is the way we had to play-under those copditions. I had some good days and some bad days, because (white fans) would always come and watch us play, but we couldn't go to their restaurants to eat a good meal. But that was the way we had to play if we wanted to play at all." 路

baseball to fight in World War II. And Johnson's biggest regret was not getting a chance to play in the big leagues, because of his skin color. He could have taken care of his family and children better if he had.

Johnson has one reason, it may not be right, but he believes Kenesaw Mountain Landis, baseball's first commissioner, knew what be was doing by barring black baseball players.

"We took lots of white boys out of their jobs," Johnson said, "because as soon as Jackie made it a lot of other teams added black players to their list."

In addition to Leroy "Satchel" Paige, Johnson

'We weren't only as good as them, we were better. They finally had to recognize that.'

- Byron Johnson, former Negro League baseball player When Robinson, formerly of the Monarchs, bashed the color line, he brought the Negro Leagues' electrifying style of sheer speed and base running to the grandest stage. Millions of Americans flocked to see Robinson. He was named Rookie-of-the-Year. He helped the Dodgers win six pennants in his 10 seasons. He stole home 19 times. He was named National League MVP in 1949. What more proof is needed to show that the Negro Leagues housed some of the greatest players of all time?

"He was better than a lot of the players," Johnson said. "He made Rookie of the Year. He beat out all of them. What does that say to you now? Somebody has been lying about our ability."

What Johnson may fail to mention is that Robinson replaced him at shortstop when he left

played with Norman "Turkey" Stearnes, Wilbur "Bullet" Rogan, James "Cool Papa" Bell and Hilton Smith, who Johnson believes was a better pitcher than Paige. All five of the men are enshrined in the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.

He also played against Theodore "Double Duty" Radcliffe and Josh Gibson. All legends.

During his short stint, Johnson played to generally effusive reviews himself. He was hailed as the best shortstop in the league and perhaps the best shortstop in any league. He was The Wizard (Ozzie Smith) of his day, a nimble infielder with cat-like feet, unmatchable range to both sides and a bullwhip arm that would snap the ball to first to complete a textbook 4-6-3 double play.

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May2 Baseball at Regis 3 p.m.

May3 Baseball at Regis Double Header 1 p.m

WEEKLY RESULTS April 22 Baseball lost at Air Force 9-11

April 20 Baseball at Colorado Mines

GAME 1: W 10-1 GAME2: W9-2

April 19

RMAC Tennis Tournament Men's Tennis beat CU-Colorado Springs 5-0 (championship) Women's Tennis beat Mesa State 5-0 (championship)

April 18

RMAC Tennis Tournament Men's Tennis beat Colorado Mines 5-1 (semifinal) Women's Tennis beat Nebraska-Kearney 5-0 (semifinal)

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Johnson played with baseball legends League Baseball Museum in Kansas City, Mo., to donate the bat.

from.JOHNSON on 17 - -- - -Born in Little Rock, Ark., on Sept. 19, 1911, Johnson didn't have a baseball rolled to him when he was an infant. It went against American etiquette in sport at the time to sell a white ball with red stitches to a black person. When Johnson was old enough to stroll the neighborhood to the vacant baseball diamonds, which were as frequent as basketball hoops are today, he carried a "Broom-hound" bat, apparently with the broom amputated, while a baseball took on several forms as did the base pads, which could have been a tin can, a rock, an old shoe or hubcap.

"My first ball is the same Coca-Cola bottle cap you see today," Johnson said. "People ask me when did I start to play baseball. I tell them, I don't ever remember not playing baseball."

He'd play the day away, bringing home to his mother Elizabeth, who died when he was 9-years-old, and his father Joe blisters, scuffed clothing and swollen hands from playing catch without a mitt He also tugged around a pet goat in a homemade, all-wood wagon with nervous wheels, while wearing a large sombrero on his head, which created the nickname Mex. Johnson played semi-pro ball in 1932 for the Little Rock Stars. But it was in Shreveport, La., where the Monarchs spotted him playing and kept track of him when he headed to Wiley College in Texas on a football scholarship, where he caught footballs with one hand. At Wiley, Johnson earned a teaching degree and immediately got a job teaching at his high school alma mater-Dunbar High in Little Rock. Just when he was getting settled that's when the Monarchs came calling and wanted him to tryout.

"I had heard of the Monarchs," Johnson said.

"I knew they were one of the greats in baseball.

But they were really over what I figured to have ever made. It's just like a youngster now thinking they could make the Rockies. It was a privilege for me to try out for the Monarchs and I was so thankful that I did as well as I did."

On his first day in a Kansas City uniform in 1937 and after a long bus ride, Johnson met the man who already played shortstop for the Monarchs. Willard Brown was a power hitter, averaging two homers a game. Johnson didn't think he had a chance to replace him. But the Monarch's white owner, J.L. Wilkinson, still wanted to take a look at Johnson's abilities and asked him to tryout during the middle of a game.

Player-manager Andy Cooper obliged by inserting Johnson into the lineup, where the CoolWhip smooth shortstop gobbled a hard grounder and instantly started a double play with a quick flip to the second baseman.

It was easy to him, but the crowd lapped it up.

By the time he got back to the dugout, he had the job stolen from Brown who moved to the outfield. It was evidence of the athleticism Johnson has displayed since he was a toddler.

"What I didn't know and the owner told me later, was that they had been looking for a shortstop for over a year that could make the double play," Johnson said. "And that's how I made Kansas City Monarch baseball team."

There are other prisms through which the "Jim Crow" era of baseball and of the United States can be refracted. But the real playersplayers like Johnson-know better than to swallow the Hollywood version. No amount of stirring music can change it into a completely positive experience.

As a child, Johnson had to swim in the creek.

It was water not fenced off and water no one cared about. The whites swam in a clean public pool.

Johnson watched movies with a squint from row dead last, and that was if they let him through the theatre doors. The whites sat up front, on the lower level; going back and forth with butter popcorn silos, cool sodas and American dreams.

Johnson had to stand next to the COLOREDS ONLY sign waiting for the spigot's dry heaves to moisten, gurgle and spit. While the WHITES ONLY fountain freely flowed.

Jacquelyn Benton - courtesy photo A recent photo of Byron Johnson at his apartment in downtown Denver. Johnson played for the Kansas City Monarchs from 1937-38, earning the distinction as the top shortstop in the NE짜o Leagues.

"It was hard to understand why they hated us,". Johnson said. "I had never done anything to them. I never got into a fight with no white person. They tried to pick a fight with me. I just think these people hated me before I was born. I didn't have a chance before I was born."

While playing for the Monarchs and Satchel Paige's All-Stars, white fans would come and watch the black players play, especially in the 1930s when the stock market collapsed. With The Great Depression gripping the nation, people could barely afford to eat, so they were not spending money to see ball games.

But with Paige working his magic on the mound-using antics like telling his defenders to sit on their gloves for an inning-and with the invention of night baseball, the Monarchs still drew an adequate number of fans and in some sense kept the game alive.

"Baseball was dying in America in the ' 30's and who brought it back more than anyone man, I would have to say it was Satchel Paige," Johnson said. "Bob Feller didn't draw any crowd like Satchel Paige."

But Feller was never shooed away by white hotel and restaurant owners.

In the Army during World War II, race lines were no different from that in the states. Out of all the things he remembers from the war-from landing at the site ofD-Day just days after the initial assault on Normandy and 18 days of combat-what Johnson remembers most is watching German prisoners enter a make-shift cafeteria through the front door, while he still had to go through the back way.

"That was one of the roughest times in my life," Johnson said. "I'm going to fight for my country and I have to go through the backdoor, but then my enemy is walking in the front door....

"I don't try to sugar coat nothing. I'll talk about the good, and the bad. I have some great

white friends .... But I don' t like to dwell on it, because it's making me angry now and I get all upset. I have white kids ask me questions. They say 'Byron how is it that you don't hate anybody?' I say, 'Well, I guess it was the training of my parents, what they taught me is what I believe.' I don' t hate anybody."

It was baseball that winched Johnson through the segregation period. Playing the game was like pulling a blanket over his head. After it was over, the veil was removed to show things were still the same. But for those nine innings, Johnson didn't see color or worry about where he was going to sleep that night. All he saw was a baseball and he had to get it and hit it and rip it across the diamond to the first baseman.

In 1938, Johnson gained recognition for his defensive talent and base running ability when fans voted him to the East-West Game (the equivalent to the Major League All-Star game) at Comiskey Park in Chicago. Before he left to represent the West, Stearnes let Johnson borrow his bat for the game and challenged Johnson. The deal was if Johnson got a hit, he could keep the bat. If he didn't, then Stearnes wanted it back.

Many years later, Johnson walked into the Negro

This February, John "Buck" O'Neal, who was also the Monarch's player-manager and was in town to speak at Coors Field about Negro League baseball, stopped to visit Johnson. And when those two get together to reminisce they don' t bother counting words before spending them. , Benton, who is an instructor for African American studies at Metro and whom Johnson has passed down all this history, sat down and admired more historical grandeur.

"I can remember Satchel Paige from w hen I was a little girl, meeting him when he came to play in Little Rock," Benton recalled. "My father took me out to a game with Satchel Paige. I knew he played with Satchel Paige, but that was befor~ we moved here (to Colorado) .... I've known Buck O 'Neal practically all my Life too. 1 still call him Uncle O 'Neal, because that is how I always referred to him. " When I was a teenager and older, I knew about that history. I guess I didn't really start thinking about it a lot myself until a lot of attention started coming to my father, which of course wasn't until he was in his 80s, which of course has been about l 0 years ago. .."And I think it wasn't probably until then that I did really recognize the fact that this is history. He's history. Of course, I'm fortunate, because I'm with him, so 1 get to hear the stories all the time about when he played in the Negro Leagues, about all those great players he played with and played against. When Buck O'Neal comes in it is just wonderful to be in the room and hear them talking. I've had a chance to mer Double Duty Radcliffe too and I got to hear him talk about his memories of my father. He called him a couple of things from what I can remember.

He called him 'The Man With The Arm.' He also called him 'The Vacuum Cleaner,' because he said he snatched up every ball that tried to get passed him on the field."

Benton now takes care of her 92-year-old father. She rarely allows reporters to visit her father as often as before. Since December, Johnson's motion has been reduced to a painful walker-aided shuffle. A nasty winter fall broke part of his hip, which has kept him from visiting Dr. Tom Altherr's American Baseball History class at Metro for the first time in seven years.

He now sits gingerly watching the Rockies, shifting from time-to-time to relieve the pressure on his hip. A Budweiser can sits on the eating tray that strides his walker, along with peeled orange slices. His hands shake a little as he places his hearing aids. An ever-present baseball cap casts shadows on the light-brown polka-a-dot freckles on his cheeks and a smile for the ages.

His small, gnomic stature (5-feet 8-inches, no more than 120 pow~ds) belies the aura that surrounds him and the magnitude of the era he lived through, an era forgotten in many circles, an era where he says the best and most entertaining baseball was played.

And if history ever unravels all the statistics, a feeble prospect considering the lack of coverage from the white newspapers and defunct black publications, the pmof will be hard to deny.

Jacquelyn Benton- courtesy photo The bat Tlli<ey Stearnes 8ilW to Byron Johnson for getti1'41 a hit in the 1938 East-West Game at Comiskey Park In Chicago. The bat is in the Heiro League BaSeball Museum In Kansas City, INJ.

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Metro tennis claims both RMAC titles

by Donald Smith The Metropolitan This weekend played witness to the Metro's tennis teams' dominance, as the Roadrunners went a combined 20-1(men10-1 , women 10-0) to win both respective Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Tournament Titles.

For the men, it was their fourth title in five years as well as their third straight tournament title (2000-03).

For the women, they defended their RMAC crown as well, winning back-to-back championships.

The Roadrunners' tennis teams not only added to Metro's packed trophy case, they also did it convincingly, winning all their games on "'he single's side of the matches in straight sets.

The Roadrunners started their quest towards another RMAC Championship April 18, when the men took on Colorado Mines and the women took on Nebraska-Kearney in the semifinals at Memorial Park in Colorado Springs.

The women beat Nebraska-Kearney in straight sets in every match to advanced to the Finals. All three doubles teams didn't have to 9lay long due to the blowouts, giving them the -..; . . opportumty to sn back and rest before the championship game the followin day.

In the singles portion of the match against Nebraska-Kearney, nothing changed as only

two Metro wins were needed to finish off the Lopers.

Metro's Rebecca Meares and Jessica Meares beat Nebraska-Kearney's Beth Swift and Emily Eisenmenger (6-1, 6-1 and 6-1, 6-2, respectively).

For the men's side, Metro took on the Orediggers from Colorado Mines. The Orediggers were fortunate enough to win the first doubles game, but wouldn't see another win the rest of the day.

Metro had to use three singles players to get a 5- 1 win and advanced, but they would all win in straight games.

Metro's Magnus Bohman beat Mines'Kevin Yu, 6-1 , 6- 1; Metro's Andre Nilsson beat David Haddad, 6-1, 6-0; and Metro's Jojo Mmopi beat Mark Chung, 6-0, 6-3.

The Roadrunners went into the final round to repeat the feat, as they would hand out more punishment on Easter Eve, April 19.

The women's team posted the exact same scores against Mesa State College as they did against Nebraska-Kearney to win the 2003 RMAC. Again both singles and all doubles matches won in straight sets.

In doubles play, Metro's Jasmon Crabb and Hande Gorur faced and beat Emily Hydrick and Bri Lister from Mesa State, 8-4; The Roadrunners' No. 2 doubles team of Rebecca and Jessica Meares went against Rachel Montoya and Moran Sawyer, winning 8-3; and

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The men's team almost duplicated their female counterparts as they would go off to win in straight sets sweeping both singles and all doubles matches over the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs as well.

In doubles play, Metro's Carlos Delgado and James Schumacher

by David Merrill - The Metropolitan faced Tim Hurlbert and Jasmon Crabb waits at the net as Hande Gorur serves during their 8-4 Eric Gladding of CU- win over Nesa State's Emily Hydrick and Bri Lister in the doubles porColorado Springs, winning tion of the RJMC Tournament finals April 19, in Colorado Springs. The 8-4; Roadrunners' No. 2 Netro women defeated Nesa State 5-0 to clinch their second consecutive RJMC title. double partners Mmopi and Bohman beat Ronnie Stutz and Jason Shultz, 8-3 ; and Nilsson now take a wonderful 13-0 record to the North teamed with Karabo Makgale of Metro to beat Central Regional Tournament, as well as almost assuring himself freshman-of-the-year honors.

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Strides: Lunchtime Walking Program Walk at your own pace and get committed to walking on a regular basis. Call Linda at (303) 556-6954 for more details.

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A.A. Meetings on Campus - 12-1 pm in Tivoli 319. For more information, call Billi at (303) 556-2525. .Jruth Bible Studies - Wednesday and Thursday from 3-4pm in Tivoli 542.

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Senior Recital: Eddie Dowdle, percussion Friday, April 25, 2003, 7:30 p.m.

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Symphony Orchestra, William Morse, director and Combined Choral Ensembles: Michael J . Kornelsen, MB Krueger, directors

Senior Recital: Brian Heflen, guitar Saturday, April 26, 2003, 7:30 p.m.

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For tickets call 303-556-2296.

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April 24, 2003

TO: THE EDITOR OF THE METROPOLITAN AND THE METRO STATE COLLEGE COMMUNITY <

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n its April 17, 2003 issue, The Metropolitan published an article about a press conference held by Alvertis Simmons, a community activist and Metro State alumnus. The Metropolitan quoted Mr. Simmons as saying I and my administration have" ... acted to commit genocide on African-American faculty and staff."

According to The Metropolitan article, Mr. Simmons used the word "genocide" in connection \-vith his view that

the presence of African Americans in Metro State's administratiorr has suffered under my leadership.

I take strong exception to the use of the word "genocide" to describe anything I and my administration have done. If Mr. Simmons and The Metropolitan had taken a few seconds to check the Encarta article on genocide, they would have learned this in the first paragraph: "Genocide is defined as the crime of destroying or conspiring to destroy a group of people because of their ethnic, national, racial, or religious identity. Raphael Lem kin, a Polish legal scholar, coined the term in 1944 to describe Nazi Germany's annihilation of groups by direct murder and indirect means during World War II (1939-1945). The Nazis' specific attempt to totally destroy the Jewish people and the Roma, or Gypsies, became known as the Holocaust. Genocide has been a crime under international law since 1951."

Perhaps there are some who would say Mr. Simmons was using the word only for effect, so I should not be so concerned.

Under the American system of jurisprudence, however, to falsely accuse someone of any crime, let alone one as heinous as genocide, is a very serious matter called defamation per se. That is, the subject of such slander or libel would be entitled to judgment simply because the statement was made. Unlike other kinds of defamation, the law of libel per se presumes the victim's reputation has been damaged and no further proof is required to secure a judgment of liability.

I am a proud and staunch supporter and defender of the First Amendment and freedom of speech, as is the college. Yet it also is important to understand that responsibility attaches to the use of language in our democracy.

These are the facts.

Metro State and my administration are strongly committed to diversity broadly defined. The college is proud to have the most diverse student body and faculty and staff of any public four-year institution of higher education in Colorado. And it is proud of fostering a campus climate resulting in this diversity.

Of Metro State's students, 23% are ethnic minorities, and 6% are African American. Of fulltime faculty, 18.6% are ethnic minorities, and 5% are African American. Of administrators, 26% are ethnic minorities, and 11 % are African American. Of classified staff, 32% are ethnic minorities, and 6% are African Americans.

U.S. News and World Report has ranked Metro State in the top 10 among Western region comprehensive colleges and universities for minority enrollment, and Black Issues in Higher Education has ranked Metro State among the top 100 higher education institutions in the nation in awarding baccalaureate degrees to minorities.

For Mr. Simmons to invoke such defamatory language and for The Metropolitan to print it is reckless and irresponsible. More importantly, Mr. Simmons' use of the word "genocide" in the above-described context shamefully demeans the memory of millions of victims of actual genocide.

Sincerely,

Sheila Kaplan President Metropolitan State College of Denver

Paid for by Sheila Kaplan, President, Metropolitan State College of Denver