THE
ETROPOLITAN
The Metropolitan State College of Denver student newspaper, serving the Auraria Campus since 1979
Denver, Colorado
AHEC tackles hazar ous waste disposal polic짜 page 6
Volume 13, Issue 19
February 8,1991
It's offici,al. 0 ym ic Festival is coming to t .wn page 19
JazzWorks for Faddis and MSCD ja~ band page 16
HB 1276
AHEC may face restructuring Mark Corrigan The Metropolitan
Cltlly VanSchwartz/The Metropoitan
Hands Across-Colorado Faith Ramsey of Denver shows her support for U.S. troops in ademonstration on W. Colfax Avenue Sunday, Feb. 3. More than 450 people were cheering, waving flags and signs, and chanting to show their support. The goal of the project was for people to link hands, forming a chain from Grand Junction to Denver. The chain was not completed, but its organizers viewed the rally as a success. See related stories pages 9, 11,12,13.
Student .Gov't approves $1 K for speaker Jeff Jones The Metropolitan
Associated Students of Metropolitan State College of Denver Student Senate approved $1,000 last week to bring Mike Rosen in to speak on campus sometime this spring. The lecture, which will be held in St. Frances Interfaith Center, will offer free refreshments and
probably be open to students of all three schools, not just Metro. A. Scott Gassmann, coordinatoroftheMike Rosen speech, cited that, "Even though Metro is paying for it, on a campus like ours, it's hard to ban students from (CU-D) and CCD. I say the more the merrier." Only $500 will actually go to Rosen. Rent and the reception will each cost $200, plus $100 contingency.
The topic of Rosen's speech is to be decided by student senate members. Rosen said that he would speak on, " Anything in the world." So far, suggested topics have been bias in the media, Colorado Public Interest Research Group and the Middle East crisis. Rosen, who has a talk show on KOA Radio, believes his speech will offer a "viewpoint students
If a new Colorado House bill becomes law, the Auraria Higher Education Center Board will drastically change shape. HB 1276 calls for the abolition of the current nine-member board and the establishment of a new six-member board. Voting members of the board would consist of the presidents of Metropolitan State College of Denver and Community College of Denver, as well as the chancellor of The University of Colorado at Denver. The board would also consist of three exofficio, non-voting members, including one faculty and one student trustee. The third non-voting member would be the vice president of operations, who would act as chairperson. MSCD President Thomas Brewer said that the new position would be filled by JoAnn Soker, the current vice president of Administration for AHEC. According to the bill's chief sponsor, Rep. Paul Schauer, R-Littleton, HB 1276 is designed to improve the board's efficiency and effectiveness. Schauer said the new board would give "more direct responsibility to those who work at the institution." A co-sponsor of the bill, Rep. Jeff Shoemaker, R-Denver, said that he believes the current AHEC Board has been too involved with school policy and academics, and that he would like to see the board function in a greater "facilities management" role. "I'd Like to see more contracts going to the private sector," Shoemaker said. "They (the board) are not doing that to the extent that they should." If HB 1276 passes, the new board will become active July I. The Metropolitan reporter Shawn Christopher Cox contributed to this report.
don' t frequently get from the media or their professors." Gassmann sees the speech as an excellent opportunity for MSCD to interact with the community. Other events atthe senate meeting included a decision to buy several small American flags to hand out to students, for which no budget was set, and the creation of a committee to rewrite the student constitution.
CoRRECTION In the story titled "Public Safety stonewalls student complaint", page 3 of the Feb. 1 issue, The Metropolitan incorrectly stated that John G. Dunne is a member of ROTC. Dunne is a member of the Platoon Leaders Corps, a program offered by the U.S. Marine Corps. The ROTC program at MSCD is an Army program in which Dunne is not enrolled.
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