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Interim presidentappointed froml(APt-ANon tKaplan helpedMetro form an independent Board of Trusteesa year ago by advocating to the State Board and Gov. Bill Owens that the college should have its own governance. The State Board approvedher proposal and Metro hasbeenindependent eversince. "She understandsthe collegevery clearly. Shehas worked for the well-being of the institution," said EugeneSaxe,faculty member who sits on the board. He said the reasonshe resignedmight havebeenbecauseshefelt sheno longerhad the supportof the board. With all her accomplishments,it is unclearas to why Kaplan suddenlyresigned, makingher last day July l. Someon campussaid that the board no longerhad confidencein Kaplan and shewas pushedout of her position, but board chairman Bruce Benson said that l0 years is a long time for a presidentin higher education and perhapsshedecidedit was time to go. "People make up their minds and announcethings," he said. "We ltbe board) have supportedher." Kaplan plans on retuming to the classroom at Metro to teach history and for the next year she will bct as an administrative consultantto the college. The board granted Kaplan a $50,000 sabbatical,along with her full presidential salary of about $163,000for the coming yeaL During Kaplan's tenure at Metro, the Metro State Foundation Board raised $17 million for the colltlge's gift campaign,$1
million more than anticipated. Members of the foundation board include Leo Keily, presidentand COO of Coors Brewing Company; Robert Cohen, CEO of IMA Financial Group, Inc. and Charlie Gallagher, chairman and CEO of GallagherEnterprises. "She's been the most successfulplesident we've everhad," Saxe,who hasbeena full-time English faculty at Metro s i n c e1 967,sai d. Some of Kaplan's other accomplishmentsat Metro includethe re-establishment of the African-American and Chicano in 1995. Studiesdepartments "She was a very effective administrator." said Luis Torres. chair of Chicano . Studies departmentwho started at Metro when the departmentwas re-established. Shedid not, however,alwayshave support from Metro. In 1997shereceiveda vote of no confidence from 16l faculty members after a political scienceprofessor was denied tenure. The vote of no-confidencewas drawn from a l2-question ballot that Kaplan said was skewedto reflect no-confidence. A year earlier Kaplan presenteda proposalto the statâ‚Źto get faculty raiseswhich totalednearly$l million by the year2000. Kaplan also implementednumerous online coursesthat are utilized by nearly 10,000itudents. "She has guided the college to record enrollment,and helpedit becomethe leader in onlinedistanceeduction,"Bensonsaid. Kaplan said after all is said and done by Sterrâ‚ŹSbner-Ihelvtfroditcn she looks forward to RavKieft awaib announcementat the Bodd of Trusteg rneetinnJune 24 tfnt he will be interim oresireturning to teaching deiirtfor tre trletro. Kiet will replaceSheilalGplanwto b *eppifu dou,nJuly I after 10 yearsc llifob president. history.
She hopes to be in ^,-I n e c,;-_-,-:,lasstoo - m.D v --,, t a o-"I iiOiAt the June 24, Board of Trustees meeting, the board appointed Raymond Kieft as interim president. Kieft has a doctorate frdm the University of Northern Colorado, a master's degree from Colorado State University and a bachelor's from degree by St6Estoner- 7helvletrqolitan Calvin College. At the berinnirn of the SorinqsenresterA{eUoPrdident Sheih KaDlan He will not be a oqrdersa-o.p*ion frqn i *f' nrenber about mandatorvftrlrrdrs'and candidate as the permaiahry rcdundomO allet/iateh'fiat lGplfl callsa ftcal erfrrergenc!, nent president.
The board will be conducting a nationwide search for a new permanent president
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for Metro. "We want a strong, dynamic [eader," Benson said. He added that Kaplan took the college high, and now the college needs someoneto keep it there.
"I leave Metro as a much stronger institution. The reputation of the college and community has improved enormously," Kaplan said. "[t was a nice, fun 10 years."
. 1986- Kaplan wasappointedchencellorofthe Universityof Wisconsin-Parkside . 1995 - Kaplan helped re-establishMetro's Chicano and Africrn American Studies where she doubled the number of Africsn-American and Hispanic studentsthat attendedrnd department. graduated.She also raised a significait amount of priyate dollars for minority student . October 1996- Kaplan asks faculty for more aggressiveminority recruiting. scholarships, . September1993- Kaplan was selectedto be the lirst femde presidentof Metro and succeededThomas Brewer who oerveda five yerr term at Metro ls president.
. April 19!17- Kaplan receivesa vote of no-confidencefrom Metro frculty- Out of 336 tenuredfaculty, 161said they had no confidencein Kaplan. The vote wrs conductedafter a political scienceprofessorwas deniedtenure.Keplan disputedthe results.
. August 1994- Minority retention low et Metro and Kaplen recognizedthat Metro had . February 2003- Kaplan makesa motion to the Board of Trusteesto declare.a fiscal not beensuccessful in retainingstudentsof color.Sheset a goelto hire more administrators and instructorsof color to set a modelfor retaining minority students. emergency,which would have allowed for additional layolfs. The board denied her motion. -{ompiled
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Auraria expandirg parking bySanhSdrneider Theltunoplian Due to the increasingenrollment , a new four-story parking structure is slated for Auraria campus, If funds for the structure are approvedby the Auraria board and the Colorado Commissionon Higher Education,the completion date for the new garagescheduledfall 2004. "We decided we neededmore parking about two months ago," said Mark Gallagher, directorofParking. *We decidedthis because of enrollment being higher and potential growth." The new srucnre will have a maximum of 900 parking spaces available, including handicappedspacesto easethe lack of spaces availableand allow for the growth Auraria will experiencein the future. The bid for the new garageis about $1.5 million, Gallaghersaid. A 20-yearbond will be taken out to pay for part of the garageand the other part will come from the parking fees tlat studentsand faculty pay eachday to park. "Parkinggetsno tuition, no fees,no taxes; it is a userbasedsystem,"Gallaghersaid. The cost per day to park in the garagewill be $3.25 for studentsand faculty. The garage has a 20-year bond to help pay it off, Gallaghersaid. This-is how the new garage will be paidoff as well. The new garagewill be locatedat 9th and Auraria Parkway, on the north side of Tivoli, wherethe tenniscourtsare now located. ' "We will rebuild the tennis courts on the eastside of the Tivoli. on the southwestcomer . of the playing frelds,'l Gallagher said. "Parking will rebuild the tennis courts, becaus€we tore them down." 'I rhink that the tlrnlng is inappropriateto start an expensiveconstructionproject almost immediately after so many of the college's employees lost theirjobs dueto a financialcrisis," saidLeahBluntschli,a student. Lots H andI arebeingrefurbishedandwill be frnished by fall, Gallagher said. "In the summer, we do construction becauseenrollnent is lbwer," Gallagher said. "Last summer,we refurbishedlots A. B, and F. We improve the asphalt and design of the lots." Since the enrollment in the summer is much lower, it allows lots H and I to be under construction without taking parking spaces away from students. Student enrollment for the Auraria campus for summer, 2003 is 16,452. The spring, 2003 enrollment was 38,290,of which 19,193aremetro students. Parking for all three schoolstotals nearly
Metroconnectportal faunchestu$7 Metro will introducea new web-based portal system July 7. MenoConnectwill enhance cornmunication with students. faculty and staIf. MehoConnectis where studentswill go to get the latest campus news,rcgisterfor classes, chatwith teachersandotherstudentsandutilize email, Go to www.mscd.edufor more information..
Teachingrequirements changesfor Colorado The ColoradoCommissionfor Higher Educationimplementeda new requirement for studentteachers.They u/ill haveto pass the stateteachercertification exam before they are allowed to teach. It used to be that students were allowedto teachafter completingprogram requirements.
Boardof Trusteesgrants Kaplanpresident
emeritusstatus The board granted Kaplan president emeritusstatus.Sbe will also receivea one-year sabbatical,during which time she will provide adminisfiativeconsulting and preparefor a retum io teachinghisto-
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1.9million cars,saidGallagher.This includes p4rking during the school year, specialevents, as well as faculty spaces. It is believed that nearly 20 to 25 percent of the enrolled students chooseto take alternatemeansof transportation, including busis, light rail, and bicycles. The price of parking in the new lot will stay within the curr€nt system that we have now, said Gallagher. "We don't plan to raise the rates."
Right now the lowest a studentor factually membercan pay for a whole day of parking is $1.50. The highestis $5.00a day. Gallagherfeels that the new garagewill improve the quality of Auraria. "We are just respondingto the growth of the campus;the parking is a crucial component of the schools being able to get students to come here," Gallagher said. "We have lots of peoplewho want to go to school."
RaymondKieft hasbeenappointedas Metro's n€w interim president,but will ndt be a candidatefor the permalent position. Metro's Board 0f Trusteesvoted him in dt the June 24 board meeting.Kieft is temporarily replacing Sheila Kaplan who will stepdown from her position as presidenton July l.
Three new trustees announceo Maria Garcia Berry, presidentof public atrain firm; John Osborn,founder and chief executiveofficer of Village Homes; and Dean Tonner,former deputy chief of staff for the governorwere appointedthe thlee new trusteesfor Metro's board, z{n article aboutthe trusteeswill b€ in the next issueof lle Met opolitan.
YolandaOrtega-Ericksen retires After 30 years at Metro, Yolanda Ortega-Ericksenis retiring. She startedat Metro asa secretarythenworked asa tutorial coordinator,director of studentactivities, associatedeanand dean. Sheretiresasthe vice presidentof student services.
Hands-oneducationfor studyabroadcourse The Hospitality, Meeting and Travel Administration completed its first study abroadprogram.
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Nerves of steel needed for peacekeepingin lraq While liberals and conservatives exhale, securein the knowledge that the United Stateswill $rite the history of the recent engagementin the Penian Gulf, skeptics from both parties raise a valid concern.The military campaigncompleted, have rve only begun to fight? Whether or not it comes as a surprise that the United Statesquickly and ellectilely subdued and occupied lraq, the easeof such an operation beliesthe difficulty of the political tinkering that Andrew inevitably follou,s such a MacPhail maneuver. Thc irony of the situationcallsto mind the signsfrequentlyseenin shopsdealing in antiquesor collectibles- "You breakit, 1.oubuy it," they read. The United States intentionallybroke lraq to necessitate its purchase. With the broken prize in hand and a feu' dollars worsc for wear.our nation emergcsfrom the shop grinning. But how shall Iraq's govcmment function? Will the United Statesconflont the risk of asking the lraqi pmple to votc on the styleof govemment they wish to enact?By its vcry naturedemocracy must be mandatedby the peopleit shall serve. The United Statesgovemmentworken, presumably not the sameones rvho oversarvthe multiple Florida re-counts,tabulate and releasethe results.And the loseris... the United States. Each of the candidates for the executive office might very well oue allegiance to a higher authority. making him a political puppet. Beyond
that, religion plays an integml role in the probable failure of each leader. Christians comprise roughly three percent of Iraq's population.lf a Westem U.S. oflicial were to try to lead haq with as much political, moral, and social objectivity as possible, his work might standto substantially benefit only three percent of the population. We cannot afford to underestimate the friction between Suni and Shi-ite groups, lest *'e encourageeven more violence. A substantialportion of the Iraqi people would welcome a Suni leader,but he would haveto deal with the aggression of the Shi-ites or other violent dissenters, promptingthe samebloodbath,as would the presenceofa Shi-iteleader Were there someone who could properly fill the nerv Iraqi leadershiprole, one problem would remain: who could representthe l'iews of the Kurds, a nomadicpeoplewho desirepeace.Who could weave their wishes into the labric of Irao's new "democracl"? lf the nerv leaderkeepspeaceand promotes prosperit_v in Iraq,critics will saythe United States benefitsmore than Imq, and will decry American "colonialism." If the leaderallows circumstanccsto dictate his actionsor if he cannot easelraq's social and economicq,'oes.critics will accusehim of incompetenceand will associatehis supposedincompetencewith the United States. No new leadercan win. How will the United Statesput Iraq back together and ensure we did not spend our lives, time, energy, and dollars in vain? Let us hope we find our healing hands equipped with nenes of steel.
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It would appearthat the Bush Adminishation is about to leam the hardway what happens lvhen simplistic black-and-white ideolog,v runs headfint into realiq'. The war in Iraq was totedasbcrnga battlc ofgood versusevil. But unlike the fantasticconclusionof a child's fairy tale, we are left to face the gritty truth that America's sons and daughtersare still dying in a foreign land for a thrcatthat has yet fil materialize. I remember watching TV the day the UN unanimously passed resolution 1441. I remember our IIN ambassadorproclaiming that this rcsolution held no hidden mechanism or trigger for war. It is this same resolution that the administrationlater claimed justified our invasionof haq, a resolutionbasedon the beliefthat lmq had WMD. Months later, the WMD have yet to materialize. The war in Iraq was marketed as liberation, and not an invasion. There is no argument that removing Saddam Hussein fiom power was a good thing. There is, however, something to say about the almost a death-a-dayof our troops since the declaration ofcessation ofmajor military operations. There are also the protests of major religious leaders, the inability to effectuate an Iraqi govemment, yet alone a democracy and terorist attackson major lraqi
oil pipelines. What about those WMD -if they are so hard to hnd. then how could they have been suchan imminent threat? This questionraisesa good point,thatbeing the issueofAmerica's credibility. Our explanation for not going through the UN rvas that the UN had made itself irrelevantby refusing to act on lraq. ln hindsight,the UN not acting doesn't seemso bad if Iraq didnl have WMD after all. ln fact, it calls into question our own relevancy. I also recall the notion that the road to peace in the Middle East ran tbrough Baghdad. Due to the recent setbacksin the "Road Map'' it would appear that such self-serving notions should have had their own map, preferably one spottedwith signs reading "wrong way" and "no exit." Black-and-White ideologies are dangerous.[n the real world, it is never enough to simply do the right thing; what matters even more how you go about doing the right thing. The Bush administrationwas so cenain of its cause that it failed to realize the potential for things to be worse than they were before. Are we safer today becauseofthe war in lraq? I don't leel safer. -anicle bv Justin Breuer
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Singer'svision of future crystal clear successof the collegeto ensurefte collegeis . treatingshrdentswelL "I want to help facilitate beneficial change,"Singersaid. "I want to help students, faculty,and adminisbators succeed in. thi$ game of higher education." Singerhasbeenat thejob for eightmonths and will continuein his position for one more year. The student Trustee position is demanding- evenwith eyesight.Every month, the frusteesset a Board Boo( which is almost rwo inchesthick - double sided. The board's job is to rcview andanalyze the book. Hanis, being blind, accomplishesthis demanding
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He can't tell you what color shirt you are wearing- but he cantell you which directionthe studentbody of Meto is going. He can't seethe mochahe drinks - but he can seethe intrinsic valueofthe studentshe talks to. MeetHarris Singer. Singer,currentlyMeto's studenttrustee,is blind but not hindered.Singer'sfuture is crystal clear. Singerleft his homein Marylandand came to Coloradofive yearsagoto attendTheColorado CenterFor The Blind. There,Singerwould leram how to use a caneaad read Braille. TVo and a half yean ago, Singercameto Meho wherehe decidedto eamhis degree. Along theway,Singerhasexperienced more than rnostof us who have our eyesight. When Singercameto Colorado,he metup with a multiculturalorganizationthat would travelaroundthe world for a year. Singerjoined widr 163people for eleven-and-a-half months and toured seven diferent cormtries.Singerwastheonly blind person in his group.After the tour, Singercameto Denverandremainedidle for eight months. "My choiceto go backto schoolwasreally quick " he said Singerwasacceptedto Mebo in 2001 on January 16, regist€r€don the 17, and classesbeganon the 18. "I've really enjoyedit here- it's beena geat school- greatfaculty." ' Singerdid note the excellenceand uniquenessof Meto State. 'At my old school,I was payine2290 a year in tuition Here I pay 2,500. But thefacultyhereis far superiorto my schoolin Maryland. It's a fine institution" As the studenttrusteefor Meto State. Singertakeson severalresponsibilities. Thepositionwascreatedby the stateabouta year ago making Singer Meto's first stude-nt tustee. As a student Sing€rrcp€s€ntsMetro's
task every month. His work does not go unrecopized. Joan Foster, Faculty Senate president, describes
Singer's commitrnent: 'Hanis has an incredibly snong work ethic. putscoundesshours b/ (ltrb Staft - 7r€Mletwl itan He into his positionas sf.rHarrisSimer.,iSC) Stu(hft TnEtee. hc b helDDeob thrddr Dhtics. dent tustee. We are tle is do1.s|emajairg h politkd sciL{tcbana antfidpdqf fortunateto havea student trusteewho takes 20,185 students. As a trustee,Singer has the responsibilityof looking at the overallhealthand the sh.ldentissuesto heartandhasthe fortitudeto
thoroughlyrcseachtbe questions." His fuure? Crysal Clear. "My main goal iri life is to help people.I want to help peopleto rmdersandthemselves,'l Singer says."Becauseit's when people understandmoreaboutwho they are,andwho they are in relationshipto all humanconsciousness, can whichcontinually we thenhealthe consciousness preventsus from growingandevolvingasa people and unifoing." Sing6 sayshe wantsto usea political systemto tuly helppeople. "Itk going to be a trernendouseffort " he says. But, Singer,a poster<bild for confidence anddetermination, hasalreadyprovedhimself in the challengeshe faces. "I Favel as I want to. I havesteng0r. I do thingsI want to do. Blindnesshasnwer phased me.If I wasn't strong,I wouldn't stepoutsidemy front door," Singersaid. And- he hasthehearr "l care aboutpeople.I want to seepeople happy.I wantto seepeoplesucceedin their lives." One rmique thing about Singer is that he doesn'tview his blindnessasa life sentence. 'My blindnesshasallowedme to do ftings I would haveneverdone.Blindnessha<only been a goodexperience 11tr35 shangedme in the way I relate to experiencesas when I was sighted.Has it hinderedme?Not in the least" Singersaid. Singer'sgoalasstudenttrusteeis to give strdentsmore.ofa partin thepolicy decisionmaking processat Mebo. He saysthat if he can accomplish thiq he canaccomplishalmosturything. So, for someone who can hold a demandingposition,for someonewho cannotsee but canadjustto a technologicalworld, for someone who hasthe compassionand willingness- I saywhy not? Rockon, Harris Singer.
American life changesstudent:for better or worse However,I was excited !o be home again back where the air actually contains oxygen, amongthingsI missedlike the envimnment,the I wassureI wasn'tgoingto missarything at quality ofthe roads,andthe food. We went to a restaurantand the food was all whenI wenthometo StockholrqSweden,this great, but I felt somethingI. never thought I time. Well, with the exceptionof my friendsand would. I was missingDenver;I was missingthe the guy I've beenseeinglately.Otherthanthat United States. nothing. FiNt, I miss the non-smokingsectionsin I cameto realizethat I neededto go home restaurants. It's nice to have a clear view of the duringdinnerwith a goodfriend who he told me I sounded "American," meaning that I was peftion acrossthe table. extre,melyshallow.All I did was saythat with all Second,I miss the ice in the moneyMichaelJordanhas,he shouldbe able the drinks and I missthe free refills. Especially to buy a tie that go€swith the rest ofhis outfit. Affer that dinner,I knew it was time for me free drinks, becausethe to go back home and find my roots again,find &inks are $3 each. Another thing I myself Being in the United Statesmakes me miss is when the server shonger,but not alwaysin a goodway. Whenwe flew inio Stockholm,I washappy. asks me if I want my I hadtearsin my eyes.Finally, I washome.I was leffovers to go. That's not even in a waiter's about to meet my family and friends; I hadn't vocabularyhere.IfI would ask for my leftovers people would stare at me, thinking that I'm a seenthem in five months. I have been studying in Denver for two cheapidiot. What I do like here, though, is that you years now, and I go home every summerand winter.Apparently,this meansthatpickingme up don'thaveo tip asmuch.In fact,you don'thave from the afuportisn't sucha priority anymore... . to tip at all. The tip is includedin the price. Not The only peoplewho showedup wer€ my mom that the waiter getsa percentageor anything,it's just thatfteir hourlypay is higherherethanin the andmy brotherSimon. What can be more irnportantthan seeing United States. I alsolike how the saladcomeswith thedinme? I guessroad racing, a soccertoumametrt,a ner. lt's not exba. music festival,and your own bacheloretteparty. Anotherthing that is weird whenI go home At leastaccordingto my family.
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believeme, you feel it,. , The first time you meetall tlese peoplethey ask you the samequestions.How did you feel aboutthe war with haq?How did theAmericans feel about it? Isn't Bush a little bit crazy?How big is Peter Fonberg? "Did you know he was chorn the bestplayerin the world?" Then they come with their own analysis aboutAmericans.Most of the time, peoplehave neyerb€€nto the States,brnthey surehaveopinions about it. They lorow what they have
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having full confidencein their idiot leadersand dreamingsafe,happy-idiotdreards. I haveneverresentedhumanifymorethanat that moment. I knew then that in 20(X I would leavethe military forcver, neverto retum to the
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He has agreed to relate his story for lhe readersofthe Metropolitanas it unfolds in front of him. He hasfound himself in the middle of a war that few will understandand even fewer will admit is still waged.Ai times I haveknown him to be wildly patriotic - he hasbeenin two branchesofthe arrnedservice- but becauseof the nanre ofhis predicament,he wishesfor the time to remainnameless. - This is part-thrce of a series of stories attempting to illustrate a cross-sectionof this conflict. He has found himself,like so many otherAmericansbeforehim, runningacrossa desertto a finish line not yet drawn in the sand. Jan Neligh
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For threehows and somechafge; I lie there, a perfect target for any lraqfl chimpanzee thoughtful enoughto makemy dife 250,000.00 richer. That's it, that's what my life is worth, A quarterofa million dollars. I wonder how many of thoseGeorgeBush has, or how many he throws away each year without evena secondthought? Not this one. Not anymore. Never again. I am not here for his amusement. It wasther€that I lost my wallet. It slipped Rocket propelled grenades,plus unarmored convoy out of my pants as I tactically withdrew from consistingof non-combatsoldierssitting in the my positionon the hill; the convoyalreadysafelv on its wav. middleof a road,equalsa freeIraqi lunch." Later as we rolled into the city of Tikrit, To maketheir situationa tad.moreinteresting, an engineersergeantcamealong andyelled lraq, I glimpsedseveralBradleyFighting . up to where he and his captain stood. He told Vehiclesmanningpositionsoutsidethe them that they shouldprobably be extra careful palace compoundthat would become on their way back down to the convoy because my home for the dumtion of my tour s it was likely the areathey hadjust run through thus far. I would say somethingmore definite, like, 'for the next 6 months,' wasmined. exceDt I have no idea when I'll be "This is a common leavingthis place. I :rm comIraqi practicewhen they forted only in the knowledge want to kill or maim an that I am not alone in my American curious ignorance; nobody seems enough to try and to know whenwe're going move an unexploded home,and ifthe higherups RPGround. evencare.thev haven't deemed Once back on the to enlightenus. it necessary hardball. via path, which we cleared by walking acrossit hoping we didn't get killed we leamed of several other expended RPG's, which seernedto litter this arca.It was right then thecabtain.who is also
After a handful of feverish days driving underthe Iraqi sun,he hadfound himself zipped along tbrough the desertin his humvee,fueled only by a the effects of sleep depravationand the oasis of disturbing disassociationto the world aroundhim. He watchedfrom behind a steeringwheel as his convoy left Baghdadand raced across the desed rmtil they were dueSouth of Tikit, the last hold-qut of Saddam's loyalirtaot,.tho tim,, and hme*owo to the big manhimself.At aroundthree-thirtyin the morning, on a twoJane road with working streetlights, his convoy had come to a suddenhalt. Surnmonedby his captiin, he deftly jumped out . of the vehicle, grabbed.his weapon,nearly tripped over an lraqi grenade laying in wait at his feet, and made his Infantry, decided that way to the top there should be some of a hill where sort of securiw on his captain the other side of calmly awaited the hill so no his arrival. cine could come Concemed at the
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"&tly this time, the assholes in chargeof getting us all killed, ryantedus to lay on top ofthe hill so - we could be silhouetted against the lights " I n . behind us. Giving the lraqi's, who are notoriously poor shooters and I knew there to be only onereasonwe'd stopin . the worst possible place. Our convoy commander, and his immediate subordinatesin charge,had absolutelyno idea what they were doing. They stoppedbeqausethey didnt know what elseto do. It was a perfect place to hold an ambush. Which, according to the unofficial infantryman's dictionary,is nothing more than 30 secondsofpre-meditatbdmurder. Better still, I had just leaped over an unexploded,though fired, rocketpropelledgrenade! None of our vehicles are armored by the way. This is becauseI'm in a headquarters
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