Volume 17, Issue 2 - Aug. 26, 1994

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To and from the new Tivoli Student Union: Campus traffic patterns change as students flock to their new digs for books, .. entertainment, eats and conversation.

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Minority retention low Donna Hickey The Metropolitan

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By the year 2020, the number of minorities in the United States will become the majority, said MSCD President Sheila Kaplan at MSCD's diversity conference last week. The third annual diversity conference, "Leadership Through Diversity," included workshops, speakers and group dialogue sessions on Aug. 17 and 18. The issues ranged from how personal bias interferes in conflict management and how diverse communities can achieve higher productivity.

Kaplan did not personally attend the conference, but she did address administrators, faculty and students via video. "I have made diversity one of the highest priorities in my administration," Kaplan said. "The economic success and social harmony for this and every future generation in America will depend directly on our educational system." MSCD has not been successful retaining students of color, Kaplan said. "To meet our obligation to our students, to our community and to the state of Colorado, we must do better," Kaplan said, adding that hiring more administration and instructors of color could set a model for retaining minority students.

Kaplan said she will be more "aggressive" about retaining students of color. The administration will continue to provide academic advising, peer counseling, tutoring and cultural activities. Kaplan "Metro has become more

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