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John McDonoughrrhe METROPOLITAN Metro student Jane Nichols takes advantage of some quiet time at the Auraria Library on Wednesday and studies for a final exam.

Profs snooze, students lose Failure to order books will cost students in buy-back line Linda Hardesty The METROPOLITAN

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About 60 percent of Metro professors are two weeks late in ordering books for next fall. In order for students to take advantage of the maximum sell-back prices offered, professors must tum in their book orders in accordance with the

Auraria Book Center deadline, which was April 15.

The store will pay students 50 percent of the retail value of the book if it is going t6 be used for a fall 1997 class, said Ed Schlichenmayer, director of the Auraria Book Center. However, if the book is not going to be used, the bookstore will pay between 10 and 40 percent of the retail value of the book, he said. Books not to be used for classes at Auraria are sold through the bookstore to a national book wholesaler.

If by May 12 a Metro professor has not ordered a book to be used for next fall, the bookstore will not pay the 50 percent premium price for it. • Schlichenmayer estimated that by May 12 - the beginning of the buy-back week - only 65 percent of Metro professors will have-turned in book orders.

Schlichenmayer said that one reason some professors do not get their orders in on time is "because many of the professors at Metro are adjunct professors and don't even know if they'll have their jobs next

semester," let alone what books they will be using for their classes.

Schlichenmayer suggested that if students have a good relationship with their professors, they might want to ask them which books will be used next fall.

He said students could then encourage the professors to get their book orders in so that students can receive the most money for their used texts.

The Auraria Book Center will hold its end of the semester buy-back May 12 through May 17.

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Lawsuits against Metro beginning to stack up R. Bachman The METROPOUTAN Metro had a busy go-around this fiscal year with five major lawsuits filed by current and former faculty members and student groups, and it is not over yet.

In the equity and parity suit filed by 72 of Metro's professors against the school, both sides submitted their final documents to the court on Monday.

The dispute over a breach of contract first went to court after a comparison between Metro and 19 other peer institutions revealed that the school failed to accommodate faculty members with salaries equal to those of peers at the other schools.

The professors are demanding back pay from the years 1988-89 and 1993-94 totaling $5.9 million. ''It's now a matter of waiting for the courts to give their decision," said Norman Pence of computer information systems. "I don't think the court has any time limit, but the lawyers seem optimistic that a decision should come McLaughlin shortly."

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position taken by the plaintiff and we intend to defend this lawsuit vigorously," said Debbie Thomas, Metro director of college communications. The school, including Metro attorney Lee Combs, refused any further comment until the verdict is reached.

Former Metro accounting professor Philip Thornton was awarded $238,557 in damages and $93,872 for attorney fees in a Dec. 27 judgment against Metro and Kaplan. The two-year-old civil case alleged Metro discriminated against Thornton by denying him tenure after he defended a Mormon job applicant in his department Thornton said that during the review of the man's application for employment, the panel inappropriately discussed and made derogatory comments about his religion.

Thornton quit his job and sued the college after he was denied tenure in 1995 and the case went to trial in August 1996.

In November, Metro was ordered to reinstate Thornton and pay him -a total of see LAWSUITS page 5

Life on Mars? Could be, scientist says T.W. Sell The METROPOUTAN Once the realm of science fiction writers like H.G. Wells, the belief of life on Mars has been captured by research scientists following recent discoveries about the red planet.

Scientist Carlton C. Allen of Lockheed Martin spoke Monday to an Auraria Campus audience on recent discoveries about Mars. "We may have evidence in our Jabs of life on Mars," he said.

Last August, NASA released information that they might have found evidence of life on Mars in a rock found in Antarctica several years ago. Allen said the

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rock was probably launched off Mars during a meteor strike 17 million years ago and probably landed on Earth about 13,000 years ago.

He said meteorites, such as the Martian rock, are all over the Earth, but are easily found in Antarctica. In most places, meteorites can be mistaken for regular rocks, he said. But because rocks are sparse on Antarctica, meteorites can easily be found there, he said.

He said that about a dozen Antarctic meteorites have been identified as originating on Mars. Air captured in glass found in the meteorites match known aspects of the Martian atmosphere, Allen said.

What set this Martian meteorite,

named ALH 84001, apart from the rest, he said, was evidence of life similar to bacteria found inside the meteorite. He said four hydrocarbons necessary to support life were found in the rock as well as magJ ·natites. Magnatites, he said, can be the byproduct of living bacteria.

He also said scientists found what could be very small bacteria, about 200 millionths of a millimeter thick, inside the meteorite. He said the structures were similar to, but much smaller than, the E. Coli bacteria.

Controversy surrounds the findings, he explained. One of the major questions, he said, is whether these small structures are large enough to support life.

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Summer remodel underway Bemada Wallace The METROPOLITAN Auraria Higher Education Center is getting warmed up for summer and fall construction.

Right now there is not a total cost estimate for the summer projects, said Rosemary Fetter, Auraria communications director.

Renovation began in April for the heating, ventilation and air conditioning in the Science Building. Construction will be done during evenings. The Auraria Facilities Management staff anticipates that the new equipment will save energy, increase the supply of fresh air, minimize unpleasant odors and create a quieter atmosphere. Next fall the Arts Building will be renovated. The total cost for the renovation of both buildings is $1.67 million.

In early June, parking Lot M will be expanded by 40 permit spaces and 60 metered spaces. The new digital meters will accept any U.S. coin with the exception of pennies, and the time limit will be 4 hours. The information kiosk will be moved and a gate control system will be installed at the entrance.

Lighting in the area will be upgraded.

During the summer, permit holders will be advised to seek alternative parking.

Parking and Transportation Services will provide 40 spaces in Lot L on a first-come, first-serve basis. This project is estimated to cost $800,000.

The library roof will be removed and insulation will be installed beginning June ~. Building and window sealant will be put in the library as well as other campus buildings.

Roof repairs will be done to the Tivoli between June 15 and July 30.

Patio court dining at the Daily Grind will be moved to the theater court plaza until repairs are completed.

The swimming pool will be closed for repairs from May 19 through June 2 .

At the end of the spring semester, the athletic fields will be closed. A new sprinkler system will be installed, eight inches of soil will be added and the fields will be reconfigured to include a perimeter running track. The baseball diamond will be relocated. The cost will be $894.000. Of that, $94,000 of the total cost will come from Metro.

In the middle of the summer, RTD will be repairing concrete on the Larimer transitway. Only one Jane will remain open at all times.

Fire protection alarm and detection systems will be replaced in most campus buildings, at an estimated cost of $221,600.

Auraria management is working to have all construction projects completed by fall semester.

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2 parking lots near campus could ·b ecome a landmark Debbie Ortega, who represents the district in which the site is located, returned sevThe METROPOLITAN eral p_hone calls for comment on the proDevelopers are planning to tum two ject.

The design and planning of the park parking lots near Auraria Campus into the new site for the Denver History Museum is being done by a committee that was and a historical park, according to Rob formed for this project named Historic Hecht, chairman of the Historic Bell Park Bell Park, Hecht said. The committee members include business community committee.

The lots, located at the southeast end and civic leaders as well as landscape of Larimer Square on either side of the architects, he said. Hecht works at Travel Cherry Creek, do not belong to the cam- Max International in lower downtown. pus, Hecht said, but the park will definiteThe completion date depends on the design the group plans to go with, Hecht ly affect it.

The park will provide another attrac- said. The group had planned to have phase tive amenity to the campus, Hecht said, one of the development started by this and will be a place for students to go summer, but it wants input on the design between classes, to congregate and to from campus administration, and it has hold special events. It will also join the not yet been able to meet with them.

The current design includes hard and campus with the lower downtown area and provide an educational place as well, soft surfaces, a playground for children and many "multi-use" spaces, he said. he said.

"We are trying to .create a neighborThese lots are on the site that was originally Denver's town hall in the early hood yard," Hecht said, noting that there will be things for everyone to do in the years of the city's existence, Hecht said.

"Mayor Webb and the city council are park. open to the Bell Park committee coming One of the concerns that faces develup with a solution to honor the historical opers is the amount of traffic on Speer significance of this site," Hecht said. "The Boulevard and the pedestrians that will be committee is trying to develop a design using the park, Hecht said, but in the that .would reflect that significance." design the group is using now, they are The city has not given the site to the looking for a way to connect the park with committee, and it does not own it at this the creek, downtown and the campus, possibly with a series of walkways and time, Hecht said.

Neither Webb nor Councilwoman bridges.

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Cram time Metro stud~t Jim Drye~ studies in the library Wed• nesday. Many students will use, the facilit}r to prepare fq!' final · over the next . ' ' ··~two weeks.

Finals week runs from May 12 to May 17.

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4/21/97(Monday) A $3,317 color LCD panel for overhead projectors with a leather case was Kryptonite no match . stolen from UCD employee Jeffrey Marc for thief Wein's office while he went out to get campus mail, he reported. He said he did 4/22197 (Tuesday) not secure bis office because of the brief A mountain bike secured with a nature of his errand and the adjacent ~ptonite cable Jock was stolen from a offices were occupied. bike rack on the walkway on the south side of the North Classroom, a UCD stuA good time ... dent reported. He valued the bike and lock at $210 dollars. There were no leads 4/21/97(Monday) or suspects. i;>enver police arrested a 25-year-old man on investigation of driving under the No discriminating fofluence of alcohol at 1:30 a.m. at southbound Speer Boulevard and St. 4/22197(Tuesday) Frances Way. An associate professor at Metro returned to her office at 211M in the Best to tell the truth Central Classroom and found that between 12: 15 and 12:30 p.m. her wallet 4/19/97(Saturday) was stolen from her · purse. She valued Police took a 35-year-old man into the lost items at $200. There were no custody on investigation of driving under leads or suspects. the influence of alcohol. His 1994 ·Ford Probe turned in front of an Auraria He left 'em hangin' Police car at Seventh and Lawrence streets, nearly causing the patrol car to 4/21/97(Monday) hit it. at 9:15 p.m. and was pulled over.

Someone stole a pair of Droors He admitted he had been drinking and brand corduroy shorts from B.C. Surf the officer perfo~ed a roadside test. and Sport in the Tivoli worth $49.95, a Zitkus was then taken into custody by manager and assistant manager reported. the Denver Police Department.

They said a man walked into a dressing room with several items, including the 5 minutes just enough... shorts, and left the store without paying for anything. In the dressing room the 4/l 9/97(Saturday) hanger that held the shorts was found A CCD student reported that she left empty. They described the suspect as a her purse and book bag inside the storage white man 18 to 20 years old, 5 feet 10 area of the Tivoli Turnhalle between 5:55 inches, 160 pounds with short blond hair, and 6 p.m. and when she returned, both

were missing. She valued her belongings and their contents at $252. There were no leads or suspects.

Comedy of errors 4118/97(Friday) After returning from a play, two Metro students, who are also actors, reported that someone had stolen a backpack and a wallet from them. The two men reported that they had left their belongings in Arts Building room 272, where between 7:20 and 10:20 p.m. their belongings were stolen. One student recovered his wallet from the RTD lost and found deposit on Blake Street. The items missing were valued at $100.

There were no leads or suspects.

· Vandal leaves gift 4/18/97(Friday) A Metro student reported that the passenger side window on her 1989 Honda Civic was smashed between 9 a.m. and 10:45 p .m. in lot B, which is west of campus across Auraria Parkway.

The student reported that although nothing was stolen, a screwdriver that was not hers was found in front of the passenger seat. There were no leads or suspects.

Absconding with art 4/08/97 (Tuesday) An oil painting valued at $2,500 was stolen between April 8 at 4 p.m. and April 10 at 12 p.m. from Arts Building room 292, a UCD student reported. The student reported that his painting, "Earlybird," was of a lighthouse attd a sailboat at sunrise and was complete except for a name on the sailboat.

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$450,000, including the original award .

1be lawsuit threatened by former journalism professor J.P. McLaughlin against Metro is on hold until the outcome of the equity and parity suit between Metro f?Culty and the school.

"I'm in a holding pattern, basically," McLaughlin said. "But at this point, I believe the suit will be filed."

McLaughlin reported last October that college officials removed him from the tenure track unfairly by removing more than l 00 pages from his dossier related to his professional development and service.

McLaughlin was later eliminated as a tenure candidate because, according to officials, he lacked sufficient documentation in areas of professional development and service.

1be Auraria College Republicans experienced a major defeat on Aug. 29 after a yearlong legal battle when a federal judge ruled that it is not a violation of the constitution for Metro to make the club sign an antidiscrimination oath. While the club claimed that signing the form would be a direct violation of their right to free speech, Judge Edward Nottingham thought otherwise.

Metro's club policy states that failure to sign the anti-discrimination pledge means the Republicans would not be recognized as an official club and would not be eligible for Tivoli office space.

Bill Keran, a Metro student and member of the College Republicans, said last September, "I think we're probably going to say 'no' because this is a "thing of principle.

It's not that we would actively kick out gay members, but we won't sign anything that says that."

Keran said Wednesday the College Rep_ublicans are no longer on campus, not because they did not sign the oath, but because they failed to submit their request

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Metro will be setting up a scholarship center next fall lo aid students in finding, applying for and receiving scholarships.

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Admissions will be moving to a new location and the space will be given to the financial-aid office for expansion.

Harris said things work well as they are, but this will be something that will improve the assistance available to the students. Now there will be more people and more computers to assist in the never-ending search for scholarships.

"This is an exciting time, trying to keep up with everything, but next year, it will all be a little easier," Harris said.

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Students competed in the annual conference in engineering feats, including tech paper and non-tech paper presentations.

Over the two days of competition, the Civil Engineering Club representing Metro at the conference placed fourth overall out of 11, said George Rowley, chairman of civil engineering.

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Liberal arts school looking for a new leader Robert Nemmers The METROPOLITAN

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Metro has had to go off campus to find candidates for the next associate dean in one of the college's three schools.

Joan Foster, dean of Letters, Arts and Sciences, said two weeks ago that the school is in the process of selecting a new chemistry professor in order to get an associate dean. The responsibility of picking a new professor has been placed on the shoulders of a committee of faculty from the school. Whoever is selected may be offered tenure in order for the school to obtain an associate dean, Foster said.

In the process, the school has received four applications and at least two interviews have been conducted. The inter-

viewing process will take approximately three to five weeks, and a decision will be made by the beginning of the fall semester, Foster said.

Answering to rumors that the new hire will be offered instant tenure regardless of experience, Foster said "there is always the possibility of that happening."

"The department has to make a recommendation to President (Sheila) Kaplan in order for that to happen," Foster said.

The Metropolitan a,ttempted for the last two weeks since Foster's announcement to contact numerous chemistry professors to comment on the issue, but none of the phone calls was returned.

However, chemistry department Chairman Milton Wieder responded April 11 to the rumor in a written statement say-

ing that it amounted to simple misinformation and "that the sources of that rumor should be double-checked."

The final decision to offer instant tenure will come from Kaplan, who has been embroiled in controversy related to the denial of tenured positions for other professors at Metro, including political science professor Robert Hazan and chemistry professor Susan Land in February.

She later changed her mind in the Hazan case, agreeing April 9 to recommend to the college's governing board that he receive tenure.

However, Kaplan upheld her original decision not to grant Land tenure, though she is a chemistry professor, holding essentially the position that Foster seeks to fill.

Land did not return several phone calls for

comment.

Still, if a candidate received tenure at another school in a department that Metro has, it is not uncommon that those people should be granted tenure here.

Foster said she believes that Kaplan will act in compliance with the department's recommendation on whether to award instant tenure to a new associate dean .

The candidates include: Kwo-Sun Chu, dean of the engineering school at Hudson Valley Community College in New York; Willis Hayes, associate professor of geosciences at the University of Southern Maine; Marvin Lofquist, assistant dean at Northwestern University in Illinois; and Francis Sullivan, biology professor at Front Range Community College.

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High need for.ethnic donors Amber Davis Naomi Osburn The METROPOLITAN

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"Because tissue types are inherited, much like hair and eye color, patients are most likely to find a compatible marrow donor from their own ethnic or racial group," according to a Bonfils flier.

The center took blood April 23 and 24 during a memorial drive in honor of Metro alumnus Ron DeHerrera, a Denver police officer who ~ied from injuries suffered in March when his patrol car was hit by a car driven by 17-year-old Gil Webb. The memorial blood drive was sponsored by the Criminal Justice department. .

"The chance for a member of an ethnic minority to find a match for a bone marrow donor is one in one million, whereas a caucasian has a one in 200,000 chance to find a match," Chavez said. "We are hoping that the fact that it is a memorial drive for a Hispanic officer will bring more Hispanic donors, but that wasn't the reason for the drive," said Deborah J)eRosa, a recruitment specialist for Bonfils.

Chavez said, "About 30 percent of patients needing bone marrow will find a . donor in their immediate family; the other 70 percent will need to look elsewhere to find a match."

The procedure to get in the marrow registry is very simple. he said. All it takes is about two µtblespoons of blood. This

will tell the technicians a marrow type and place the donor on the regii;try, which helps . to identify matches, he said.

The common misconception most people have about donating bone marrow is that it is painful, Chavez said. The procedure is relatively painless since the technicians use anesthesia, but there may be some soreness in the tail bone area from where the marrow is taken.

"Most people s·ay it feels like they fell on their tail bones," Chavez said.

The procedure usually requires an overnight hospital stay and is performed by a medical professional, according to a Bonfils information sheet.

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The toughest thing about graduating has been coming to the realization that I have to move on to other things.

I have spent six years wandering the halls of the West and Central Classrooms, and I don't really want to leave. I have a lot of people to thank for my education. The time I have spent at The Met - thanks a million, or however much it was, Coors!!! has been worth it. Thank-yous go to the English and Philosophy departments, especially to Drs. Hamilton, Gould, Sullivan, Farkas, Sypel, Godmunsen, Crater, Langton and Doepke. Each of y-0u has helped me feel like I have accomplished something. Also, I want to say goodbye to the staff of The Metropolitan, who have put up with my attitude over the past year, especially Donna Hickey Jackson.

Last but not least, I want to extend a "so long" to the administration of our college - a group of well-educated corporate suck-ups. You have made the anti-education, anti-freedom of speech fascists at Coors very happy. A stiff middle finger goes out to you for trying your hardest to rid this school of anything to do with the Humanities, for faking an attempt at multi-cultural education and diversity, and for selling your souls to your resumes and the almighty dollar. You are examples of the reason America is becoming steadily more illiterate and basely arrogant.

Here's to freer discourse ...

Gary Norris Metro student

I couldn't help but write a letter to the editor in response to instructor Elshtain's critique of Dr. Fleisher's and Gayle Johnson's letters regarding the tactics of the hypersensitive; namely 31ota.

Eric, you actually managed to strengthen the points made by these two. When you make the declaration that "they [being Mr. Fleisher and Ms. Johnson] should merely control themselves" but later defend the 31ota's for exercising democracy, you become exactly the type of PC hypocrite that makes classical liberals roll their eyes.

But perhaps I'm being too harsh.

Of course you have probably spent years studying the English language.

So many years that I surmise that you alone have been ordained with the one, true understanding of it. Only you, and those who think exactly as you do, are capable of discerning what is offensive, who has the right to say it, and in what context it may be said.

If anyone shall useth words and phrases like rape, Nazi, or good ale' days o' Stalin, in a context that conflictith with thine ideology, "they should control themselves" because they are "exactly what is wrong with Ameri[k]a."

You probably minored in civics, too, since undoubtedly, you are an expert in the Bill of Rights. Please forgive me if I forgot that part about free speech where it says that: Words are the same things as actions and therefore, in the spirit of democracy, anyone who interprets someone else's words as offensive is therefore oppressed and is thus entitled to restitution. Those dastardly, insensitive Student Involvement Party candidates certainly deserved to lose the election because they used a word that someone decided was offensive to their ears.

I'm going to drop a bomb here.

Hey, Eric and all you other hypersensitive types, get over it!

Words can be offensive only so . long as the listener chooses to allow them to be. If you really want to know what is wrong with Ameri[k]a, it's PC! It's people taking time to work themselves into a furor over waves of sound {or reflected photons of light), then spending hours upon hours bullying those who are guilty of committing insensitive thought-crimes.

Eric, I guess I'm not an "intelligent person" by your standards. I have not developed clairvoyance, as of yet, and therefore I am not able, as you seem to be, to read the minds of the SIP. I didn't discern telepathically that the SIP was really a group of sexists seeking to return women to a state of property.

But then again I'm just a caveman, WASP, Welcher (part Welsh) who was taught that sticks and stones may break my bones but ...

Earth Day and more Yeah, I know this letter is a week but I have been busy.

I just recently read The Metropolitan's "Celebrating life on the 3rd rock" by Yolanda Chaparro, and I '~'m p1~ased to read about the celebration ~t Metropolitan State College of De~e;r. Off the subject, what the hell is going on with "The Met"?!? The school asks the citizens of the community and advertising firms what they think about changing the name of our school, and it does not ask the students presently enrolled! How does this change happen? I want to know because while everyone outside of school decides to change the name to "The Met," the students who fund the school are not asked even an opinion! Thank you, Rick, for speaking out to the Rocky Mountain News, declaring surprise and disbelief about the new name. I do not like the new name. It sounds like a New York opera house. Was the name changed because it is easier to print in publications? Is it cheaper to advertise this way? I do not know, but I hope someone informs me. I like the abbreviation MSCD. hmm? ... 4 letters or 6? ... hmm? I am only an English major, but that math is elementary So lat~.

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enough about my gripes for "The Met." Back to Earth Day. Oh what a splendid holiday! Everyone who is not informed about how to care for the Earth cleans up for a day or so, then does nothing else. All the while recycle maniacs, like myself, try to clean up after others. Merci beaucoµp for educating others about how to protect our environment. The ".Things You Can Do on Earth Day" section is right on! Hopefully, people will call these numbers and get involved. One little hint about how much cars pollute: 80 percent of air pollution comes from cars, so take Yolanda's advice and car pool or use public transportation!

Mad Props to CoPIRG! Muchas gracias to The Metropolitan! To my teachers, thank you for teaching. To the students, it is all about you!

Goodbye Sheila Kaplan!

Robby Prior Metro Student

Poetic injustice Dear President Kaplan: In case you didn't know.

Metro Scenes Rustling leaves mark the journey of Metropolitan scenes, one and many.

Like Clytemnestra's purple wrath Before Agamemnon's bladed bath Or Odysseus at the bow of a ship

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Thinking how next the gods to trick, Oil-slicked Greeks of Olympic fame, Adrenalin pumping at Metro games, Socrates' sad hemlock tea, Bustling metropolis at the Tivoli,

Pope leading troops from the back of a horse Out to conquer evil by God and by sword, The one-rumped woman of Voltaire's Candid, Kant vs. Hume in the philosophy ring, Ibsen critiquing humanity, Metrosphere readings on the lawn, E-mail protests against Styrofoam.

Hernan Cortez now mans the ship Thinking how next the gods to trick, No more Aztec gold or sacrifice, Just Obregon's arm in a pickle jar, And Zapatistas dying near and far, But Metro students voice their regret Sending moral support via Internet.

Oh Metro State College, my way to the world, Why must I leave through an opera stage door?

PS - Please consider what Metro means, and what it means to your students before you continue to rip it in half and place more emphasis on the article THE.

Marinka Balancier Metro Student

Troy J. Grice Metro Student

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Lessons learned· Before I started attending college at The Met, I was a student I performer in Up With People. For those of you who don't know, Up With People is an international organization that travels the country and the world doing community service while on tour, performing a full production two-hour show. I like to describe it as the Peace Corp meets the Osmonds - a little bit country, a little bit rock-n-roll, a couple of funky bass lines and a lot of dancing and hard work with friends from all over the world. During my year of travel and experience, one of the thoughts that has meant so much to me was taught by my cast director, Mark Conzemius. Conzemius would visit us from time to time to see how we were doing. On one of these trips he came and spoke to us about perspectives and how all of our views on certain issues are shaped by our experience.

Makes sense, right? Your interpretation of the wortd is based upon your experiences. Conzemius went on to explain that in order to get the most out of any experience you must perceive it from another vantage point in order to understand more of what you are studying. He called it a 'paradigm shift,' and honestly, when I heard him talk about this, I thought he must be on lithium or something. But now I'm older and wiser, and I can understand what he was trying to say.

The past year has been a total paradigm shift. If someone would have told me four years ago, when I first started attending classes here, that I would be a member of student government, let alone become president, I would have kindly told that person they are sick and wrong, and they need to seek help.

But like Alanis Morissette said, "life has a funny way of helping you out."

So here's the skinny on what I see at The Met OR Metro OR Metropolitan State College of Denver OR Denver's urban college OR whatever you wish to call it.

- It's just a name and you can call it whatever you wish, but own up to it because you paid for it"and it is yours.

Besides it's kind of like life, you make it what you want.

- On President Kaplan, someone from The Met (the newspaper and you're right, this could get silly) recently asked me if I thought she should stay. The answer - Yes! That might not be a very popular choice right now, but sometimes what is always popular isn't always right and

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I have been here since the fall of 1993. I have asked myself a couple of ques....__..............___ -.................._. tions regardWilliam ing her leaderCoker ship and this is what I have come up wit_h. First of all, the campus is better today than it was then.

Enrollment is holding and there is more diversity than ever before. The college seems stronger and more alive than ever before. The bills are getting paid, the lights are still on and we are still learning. Are there issues? - yes.

Can they be corrected? - yes. Sheila - get a tenure policy that includes student input, input and evaluations from other faculty and less ad!Tlinistrative ambiguity. In other words when students say they learn and they like a professor, and the peers of that professor rate that person high and they recommend them for tenure, then it gets to your office and you say, 'NO,' it makes people wonder if you have a separate agenda and it's not good business and it's not good for the school. A lot of good professors were not offered tenure and that has left a very bad taste in a lot of people's mouths; address it.

The vote of no confidence is more than a warning, Sheila. Your management style has insulted a lot of faculty members at this college. Right OR wrong, it doesn't matter anymore, you need to sincerely address it.

When the crew of a ship starts· making the rumblings of a mutiny it is either time to deal or head for the life boats. Choose wisely.

On accessibility to the president a few months ago I was quoted in the Rocky Mountain News as saying something to the effect that the "open door policy" of the president is not student friendly.

FOR the record let me clarify.

The door is there, but it may not always be as easy as showing up to her office and demanding to see her right then and there. Be patient, the president has a college to run.

- By the way, college is a business. If you think it isn't, check the rising cost of tuition.

- Sheila, by the way, you win

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some and you lose some and the students needed to win this one.

-The "open door policy" is there.

You might have to knock a few times, but you do have a right to speak with your school president.

Yes, higher education is a business, but it is also a world unto its own.

When's the last time you tried scheduling an appointment with the president of US West, TCI or Public Service?

They didn't listen very long, did they?

She said four years ago when she came to the campus that she had an "open door policy."

Give the lady a chance to fulfill that commitment in a timely manner.

Best kept secret on campus Student Activities - college is more than books and classrooms, it's about the exchange of ideas and life experiences. Get over to the Tivoli and see what is going on in the Offices of Student Life.

- By ~he way, the method in which tickets to the David Letterman show were handed out sucked. I know this is spilled milk, but it would have been nice if some students from The Met and CCD could have had a chance to go also.

- By the way, it's a student union - not a mall. But if you insist, this is America, and you can call it whatever you wish. By the way, tell me the last time you went out to Park Meadows Mall and took a nap on a bench without getting harassed by management.

- Thanks to all of my professors, especially Mr. Cook in the Broadcast Communications Department. Four years ago, I came to your class thinking I knew it all and was insulted by the in-class rules you are notorious for. · But I sat down, shut-up and I did it your way and I learned. Thanks.

- To all of my classmates, especially the freshmen and sophomores - keep bangin', there isn't any secret to this stuff except to keep going and do some homework and swpcr 1 tests. ea - To Metropolitan State College of Denver, you were there when I was ready to learn.

Thanks and good luck to all of you.

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Sincerely, William H. Coker IV President SGA. 1996-1997

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Doris Chandler, 53, and her daughter Sia, 28, started college in the fall of 1990, earning associates' degrees in arts at the Community College of Aurora. Doris says she raised her children, then went back to school to get the job she wanted. Doris is the only girl out of eight kids in her family, and she will be the first one to get a degree.

"Raising two children, two grandkids and working two jobs is stressful and tiring; I'm almost crazy now," Doris says.

"My goal was always to get a degree."

Doris moved in with her daughter in January so they could help each other out while working, raising kids and attending school. They both worked part-time jobs, received grants and loans and never missed summer school to accomplish their goals. Doris says her daughter did not

"I was determined, and I wanted to complete something.

I wanted to be able to tak~ care of myself without worrying about it."

"Words are hollow nowadays because we live in a society that lies. Therefore, it's your actions that have to be your words."

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want her to have too much stress on her.

"I was determined, and I wanted to complete something," Doris says. "I wanted to be able to take care of myself without worrying about it."

Doris says that single mothers can make it.

"All it takes is desire and goals," Doris says. "God was my strength, without Him, I couldn't have made it. It's never too late, and a lot of times it's the best time when you're older because your

mind is settled and you can really go for what you want."

Doris reiterated that her kids were always helpful and encouraged her to work hard for her grades.

"We're each other's backbone, and we all lived together and got along well, which was really helpful," she says.

Doris' goal is to graduate with honors with a Bachelor of Arts degree in social work.

Doris refused to get on welfare and

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worked plenty of odd jobs.

"I went to school to be excellent, and any black person can get an education," Doris says. "Only we can make a statement; we can't just settle for anything go for the big one."

She says that she doesn't consider herself super-smart, but testifies that with the desire to succeed, one can accomplish goals. .

"There are ways to get money to go to school; ask questions - you can be the worst student in high school and come out on top in college," Doris says.

Sia utilized Medicaid, welfare, financial aid and grants to pay bills and take care of her daughter, Niquasia, while taking a full load in summer school.

Sia says she had to take out loans because the grants only paid for her books.

"I still had bills," Sia says. "I had to stretch $70 worth of food stamps with prayer. Everyone helped each other."

Sia's job with Denver Public Schools also played a vital part in her quest for a degree.

'The teachers at D.P.S. understood that we were trying to get an education, so while we were working, they assisted us in taking breaks and time off for studying," Sia says. "They encouraged us, and they understood because they struggled. We studied in church, at seminars and stayed up to 3 a.m. writing papers and studying."

Marilyn Chipman, an assistant professor with Metro's education department, hopes the pair will be a source of inspiration for others.

"I am very proud of this mother and daughter team," she says. "They are role models for two age groups. They have proven that sacrifice, hard work and faith will pay off."

Sia will receive her Bachelor of Science degree in Behavioral Science.

"Words are so hollow nowadays because we live in a society that lies," Sia says. ''Therefore, it's your actions that have to be your words."

Sia wants to own her own homeschool, obtain a master's degree in counseling and record a gospel CD. Doris summed up their accomplishments by referring to an old Negro spiritual: "If I can help somebody, my success will be with the help of God to reach somebody. If I can help somebody as I travel this way. If I can cheer somebody with a word or song. If I can show somebody that they're going wrong than my living will not be in vain."

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Highlights of the '96 -'97 year Rough start for student leaders

Money for nothing Tuition increase killed December 1996: Kaplan re-p,roposes the third installment of a three-year 12 percent special tuition increase. She meets with the Metro Student Gover,nment Assembly to discuss its support for the 4 percent hike. The assembly votes Feb. 20 not to support the increase - the first assembly to do so in three years - and vows to fight Kaplan on it as she proposes it to the Colorado legislature for inclusion in the state budget.

A key legislative group, the Joint Budget Committee, votes Feb. 27 unanimously not to include the proposed 4 percent tuition increase in the state budget.

Committee members cite student opposition as a factor in the decision.

Student government president William Coker was glad to see the committee listen to students' concerns, he said after the decision.

"I was prepared for a moral victory, and the Joint Budget Committee gave us a true victory."

Kaplan announces two weeks later that she will not pursue the tuition hike further.

In the end, students will pay a 1.5 percent increase in resident tuition and 3.5 percent in non-resident tuition. Those increases are meant to compensate for inflation.

Oct. 24, 1996: Three student government members, including President Stephanie Stevenson, are informed that they are academically ineligible to hold office. A probe initiated after a student's request for eligibility information on all assembly members uncovered that Stevenson failed to carry the requisite six credits to maintain office in spring of 1996 when she was elected. Vice President of Personnel and Finance John Olivett and Vice President of Student Services Tracey Monteiro had failed to hold the required 2.0 GPA for the entirety of their terms. Two weeks later, Stevenson admits to misusing about $200 in student fees for long-distance phone calls, most of them to her personal injury lawyer and a friend in California.

She is officially removed from office after losing an appeal Nov. I 8.

December 1996: The Metropolitan reporter Jesse Stephenson uncovers that Courtney Price, management professor and head of Metro's Institute of Entrepreneurship, is required to pay half of her $66,227 salary to the Metro Foundation, the school's private non-profit charity fund. Price's contract stipulates that she teach one course during the fall and spring semesters of this year, while earning one of the highest salaries for an instructor at Metro.

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No confidence in Kaplan Feb. 25, 1997: History professor Brooks Van Everen announces that he is organizing a faculty vote on whether it has confidence in Kaplan's abilities as the school's leader. By way of a mail-in ballot, 214 of Metro's 336 full-time tenured professors respond to the question, the results of which are released April 9. Of those respondents, 161 say they have no confidence in Kaplan, while 174 say they have no confidence in Sharon Siverts, provost and vice president for academic

affairs.

Van Everen said after the vote that he initiated it because faculty felt threatened by the administration.

"There was a lot of fear, a lot of unreasonable fear as to what these people could do, and I hate that fear. I really do.

And you could never quite get your fingers on it," he said.

Kaplan said it is impossible to document administrative retaliation against anyone.

"It is illegal and we wouldn't do it. And I think individuals say it for their own reasons, and I just think that's bunk."

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THORNTON SUIT Aug. 12, 1996: The trial begins in a lawsuit against Metro filed by accounting professor P h i I l i p Thornton, who quit teaching at the college . in May 1995 Sheila Kaplan after being denied tenure in February 1995. Thornton claims he was forced out because he defended the religious preference of a man applying to teach accounting at Metro, against department chairwoman Virginia Parker. President Sheila Kaplan, Dean of Letters, Arts and Sciences Joan Foster and Parker are named in the suit. The judge on Aug. 23 orders Metro to pay Thornton more than $250,000 in back pay and damages. Metro attorneys appeal the decision, but it is upheld in March 1997, and Metro must pay $450,000, including the original award and attorney fees and court costs incurred in the seven-month appeals battle.

HAZAN/LAND TENURE ISSUE February 1997: Dean of the school of Letters, Arts and Sciences Joan Foster announces that she will not recommend tenure for Susan Land, who was a chemistry professor and director of the forensics program. Land is not the only one denied, as Political Science Department Chairman Norm Provizer announces Feb. 10 that he received a letter from Kaplan stating that she will not recommend tenure for Robert Hazan, a political science professor.

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Jackson also attacked the moves to end affirmative action and encouraged to students to register to vote.

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Performance artist Craig Hickman brought his show Portraits of a Black Queen to campus in February.

Queen is a collection of stories from the lives of gay black men told from various points of view. He uses moments from his life growing up in a ghetto of Milwaukee.

Women's hoops a hit

B·ball coach bids farewell

The women's basketball team enjoyed a national ranking for the second straight season. Metro entered the rankings at No. 18 in January and stayed in the top 25 for six weeks before dropping out near the end of February.

"We're right where we want to be in terms of winning and losing," Smith said in January. "But I still think we have a Jong way to go as a team - we can get a lot better."

The Roadrunners finished the season with a heartbreaking first-round loss to Fort Hays State in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference tournament.

Former men's basketball coach Charles Bradley left Metro in March for a Division I coaching position at Loyola Marymount in Los Angeles.

"Having the love and respect of my players, that to me is my fondest memory," Bradley said, reflecting on his time at Metro.

Metro hired Mike Dunlap on an interim basis in April. Dunlap had been coaching a professional team in Australia for three years.

Dunlap said in April he expects to be the coach at Metro for longer than a year as long as his team wins.

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siSn in the Hazan case April 9, saying she will recommend that the Trustees for the State Colleges of Colorado grant Robert Hazan him tenure.

However, she upholds the original Land decision, denying the application for tenure.

The fight for Land is not over, however, as history professor Thomas Altherr announces April ' 23 that he will bring motions to the Faculty Senate demanding the rehiring and restoration of tenure privi1 leges for journalism professor Richard Chapman, who was denied tenure in the spring of 1996, as well as the immediate granting of tenure for Land. Altherr will presen't the motion at a May senate meeting.

"All kinds of people have influenced me in my work through the tapestry of life," Hickman said.

Hickman hopes his performances will help the audience develop a sense of openness about the issues presented and possibly they will learn something about themselves.

KAPLAN DENIES FACULTY SAY IN TENURE POLICY REVISION March 20, 1997: Kaplan announces that faculty will not have a vote in tenure policy changes as the faculty handbook is revised .

However, she says, faculty will still have a say in the drafting of the state-mandated post-tenure review policy.

April 7, 1997: Lawmakers initiate a bill that would mandate colleges and universities review tenured professors every five years.

Those who fail the evaluation and do not improve during probation must be fired.

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Metro swim team members Alisha McCartie, Scott Watson and Kristin Schweissing take a dip at the Metro pool.

All three won AllAmerican honors. The women's swim team was awarded the AllAmerican Academic award from the College Swimming Coaches of America for compiling a 3.52 grade point average.

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Since the First Year program meets the multicultural requirement and our activities promote appreciation for diversity, we are encouraging students of color I<> apply. Every student's experience and "story" will be honored during the interview and seJection

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The latest of these movies, Love and Other Catastrophes, focuses on a day in the life of five college kids. Its focus on love, though, is pretty unoriginal iind very predictable. First we have the couple whose love is dying. Mia (Frances O ' Conner) is not sure if she wants to remain with Danni (Radha Mitchell), who dangles another woman in front of Mia - a hint that if Mia does not choose her, she has another girlfriend waiting in the wings.

Then we have Michael (Matt Day), who is in love with Alice (Alice Garner), who is in love with Ari (Matthew Dyktynski), who just happens to befriend Michael earlier in the day after hearing he is looking for a place to live and remembering that Mia and Alice told him they desperately needed a new roommate and he could introduce Michael to the two women at a party that night and so on and so forth.

The problem with all of this is that love and Other Catastrophes follows the entertainment industry's requirement that everyone in the movie end up happy so the audience will leave happy. It's difficult not to watch love and know exactly what is going to happen next.

Mia and Danni 's relationship would have been original had it been released a year ago. Hollywood's done the "women in love" thing a few times already and love comes on the heels of the media blitz of Ellen Degeneres' coming out. So, it is just another couple battling with their emotions. Yawn. It's been done and done better than love.

The only other real catastrophe director Emma-Kate Croghan throws in is Mia's attempt to get professors to sign a piece of paper allowing her to transfer her major at her school (this movie is set in Australia). She keeps getting the runaround from each department, refusing to sign until someone else signs. Most of the people this movie targets have dealt with the bureaucracy that plagues higher ed. This scene will appeal to those who feel the need to relive it on the big screen.

All of the actors do an admirable job. This is the first

feature film for O'Conner, Dyktynski and Mitchell. The others have only a couple of films under their acting belt. O'Conner '"' shines the most in love. She does an excellent job of bringing Mia's frustration both with her relationship and her school to light. She's funny, and there are times when it is easy to sympathize with her plight.

Ari is the most difficult character to grasp. He is the most popular chap on this particular campus, but spends his evenings as a gigolo. There are moments when he is likable. Then, there are scenes wh~n Dyktynski and Croghan seem to be going for the James Deanish I'm-all-alone type but produce an Ari that is more of a arrogant sanctimonious prick-type. It is painful to see him befriending Michael and helping Mia only to turn around and spew nonsense into a tape recorder about how he is a lost soul and the misery in his life. It is fake and just makes one want to scream, "Shut up!" at Ari. Croghan, who also wrote love, has worked on short films, but this is her first feature-length film. It is one of those lowbudget, three-weeks-to-shoot films that are supposed to be artsy and independent. There are so many coming out now that the inde- NO WONDER DOWN UNDER: left to right, Frances O'Conner, pendent tag has as much meaning as the Rahda Mitchell, Matthew Dyktynski, Matt Day and Alice term alternative music. It appears that some Gamer from Australia's Love and Other Catastrophes. studios (Twentieth Century Fox picked up this film under their ·Searchlight Pictures division) are starting to go after these in an attempt to cash films usually turn out horrible sophomoric efforts after in on the craze. Independent does not automatically equal getting ttieir hands on the big money. Maybe Fox should throw Croghan a huge chunk of change and see if the good, though, and Love is an example.

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Instead, the Roadrunners never set foot on the stage they had. dreamed would be the pinnacle of a tumultuous season. They hoped to be crowned kings and queens of RMAC tennis in 1997_. A not-so-unusual spring snowstorm stripped the dream away.

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The RMAC tennis tournament was canceled last weekend, effectively ending the seasons.- and some careers - of players on both Metro teams.

"There was too much precipitation (Saturday) morning and the condition of the courts were unplayable," RMAC Assistant Commissioner Mike Lockrem said.

"After waiting for the stonn to move through the area, and making every attempt to dry the playing surfaces at both scheduled sites, the coaches and tournament officials agreed there was little chance of getting enough matches in to finish the tournament."

For Danielle Nelson, who joined the team four years ago as a walk-on in her freshman season, it was an anticlimactic ending to a solid season and career. "ll's not the way I would have imagined it would have ended, but I'm happy with the way the season went," Nelson said. "If I had to do it again, and that is the way they said it would end, I'd still do it."

Nelson finished her college career strong. She lost only three matches this season. Now she is preparing to hit the amateur circuit in hopes of earning a ranking.

I'm looking forward to playing tournaments and having control over my own career as opposed to it being in the hands of other people," Nelson said.

Coaching tennis is something Nelson has considered, but it doesn't pay enough for her to take that option seriously, she said. Despite the inactive end to it all, Nelson is keeping a positive perspective.

'Tm glad that when I was a freshman, I just kind of decided to go for it and see what happens," Nelson said. "It has helped me in a lot more aspects than just improving my tennis game.

"Learning time management was probably the best thing that came out of it. My grades definitely improved from year to year. I wouldn't change anything from it."

Three members of the men's team have decided that a change in their future is needed. Ondrej Pilik, Jean-Francois Boudrea and Peter Lantz have decided to leave Metro.

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Lantz, Metro's No. I singles player this season, has accepted a scholarship from James Madison University in Virginia. Lantz will be moving to Division I, which is really where he belongs, coach Haili McLeod said.

Boudrea is returning home lo Canada and Pilik to Sweden. IL is mostly because of the unorganized and uncompetitive nature of the RMAC schedule, Pilik said.

"We discovered that the tennis, the competition and everything isn't the best," Pilik said. "Then, also, we found out that we wouldn'r be traveling and playing against the good teams like we were promised when we got here."

Pilik said if he is unsuccessful at landing a Division I scholarship he will consider returning to Metro because he enjoyed the area and the school.

The tournament cancellation forced the regional ranking committee to leave Metro out of its rankings because Metro had not played higher-ranked conference teams. Not having a regional ranking forces Metro out of the regional tournament this weekend and cnd1> the season, McLeod said.

McLeod estimated 20 courts would be needed for three eight-hour days at a cost of $20 per court per hour.

Financially, it was unrealistic to rent an allctnativc facility lo prevent the tournament from being canceled should the weather turn ugly. Al that rate, it would cost $9,600 to ensure the tournament's completion, and that is an unrealistic amount to shell out, Lockrem said.

The coaches from all eight RMAC tennis programs and conference officials met April 25 at Metro to decide the fate of this year's tournament and to remedy other situations.

The meeting produced a new rule that states all RMAC teams must play one another at least once during the regular season, Lockrem said.

With the new rule, the next Metro team should know where it stands before the conference tournament.

Having played all conference foes once, Metro will not be relying on the RMAC tournament to prove itself in the future.

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.Volleyball Coach Joan McDennott added three 1996 high school All-State selections and a junior college All-American to her impressive recruiting . class of six total newcomers.

McDermott said she ranks her current class of recruits as above average with the chance that it could be her best ever if she is able to attract other players that are still uncommitted.

The players to already sign with Metro are: Michelle Edwards, Summit High School, All-State 1996 (3A); Aubray Underwood, Gilpin County High School, All State 1996 (2A); Kenni Swan, Woodlin High School, All-State 1996 (Class A); Audra Littou, Glendale Junior College, All-American 1996; Kelly Young, Barton County Junior College; 1enna Carpenter, Platte Canyon High School.

"I think they will come in and really help our program," McDermott said. ''They are all a little bigger in height and pretty athletic."

One of the goals for this recruiting class was to get more height on the team and that has been accomplished, McDennott said.

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The Roadrunners know what they have to do and have not needed any speOne year ago the Metro baseball cial motivational speeches, Porreco said. team entered its final series of the year "I think they are excited to play," with nothing to gain by beating Mesa Porreco said. "I think they have been State, then ranked No. 21 in the nation. waiting for it."

This year Mesa is ranked eighth and the "They feel good about the situation, Roadrunner's season is on the line. too. They put their pants on the same way Metro swiped three of four last year we do." but will need a sweep this weekend if its It is not the first time this year that hopes for a playoff berth are to be real- Metro has faced a nationally ranked ized. opponent. The Roadrunners have played Coach Vince Porreco is confident his six games against upper-echelon teams. team can do the job despite having to do Metro's record in those games (l-6) it on the road this time around. might be something for the team to worry "I feel pretty good about it," Porreco about. said. "We'v~ played pretty well the last "I think we are playing much better few years against Mesa State." ball towards this end of the season than The Roadrunners will not only have we were playing against the ninth-ranked to play well, they will have to hope for team first games out of the chute," some help from New Mexico Highlands.

Porreco said, referring to Abilene The Cowboys must sweep Christian and the opening series of the Nebraska-Kearney in a four-game series season. this weekend or the Metro-Mesa series Porreco said the urgency of the series becomes meaningless. might force him to use all four of his If Metro and the Cowboys bring starting pitchers in every game. The strattheir brooms, the Roadrunners will fill egy will be dictated by how things are the fourth and final spot in the conference ·going. If Metro is in a position to accomtournament May 9. plish all it has set out to, everyone will be "Last year we had no chance whatso- used to the fullest extent. ever and we went into the series and took "We're trying to let them know we three out of four," Porreco said. "This still have a chance at this," Porreco said. year we've got a chance."

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The Denver Region Greens will hold their general meeting at 6:30 pm in Tivoli room 319. Info: 733-5523.

PSI CHI, the psychology honor society will host the PSI CHI Awards Banquet at 5 p.m. in Tivoli room 440. Info: 556-8098.

GEl'\ERAL The CoPIRG core meeting is every Monday at 3 p.m. in Tivoli Club Hub room 346. Info: 556-8093.

MEChA meets every Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. in Tivoli Club Hub room 346. Info: 5568073.

The Metro Student Government Assembly meets at 3:30 p.m. every Thursday in Tivoli room 329. Info: 556-3312.

The Attention Deficit Disorder Advocacy Group meets every Monday in Arts Building room 177A from 3 to 4:30 p.m.

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The Metro Public Relations Organization of Students (PROS) meets every second Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. in The Denver Press Club. Info: Daryl 329-3211.

Truth Bible Study meets 3 to 5 p.m.

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The Listening Post is in the Tivoli on Mondays and in South Classroom and North Classroom on Wednesdays and Thursdays.

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Club Natural Philosophy hosts Dr. Karen Jonscher discussing "Biological Mass Spectrometry" at 4 p.m. in North Classroom 1608.

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The last GIG Series concert will be in the Tivoli Atrium and will feature an assortment of entertainment. This concert will run from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Info: 5562595.

Career Services hosts a resume workshop at 9 a.m. in Central Classroom 104. Three types of resumes will be discussed. Info: 556-3664.

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munity throughout Colorado will be holding a "Rally and Demonstration for Equal Educational and Legal Rights" at noon in front of the state capitol to press for equality for our children's future. Info: 556-3121 .

The Outstanding Women Awards Ceremony is at 6 p.m. at the Metro Center for the Visual Arts at 1701 Wazee St. Info: 556-8441.

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Toads in the Garden presents "Seasonings for a Colorado Afternoon," which will feature poetry and recipes from poets around the state at 7:30 p .m. in the Tivoli Daily Grind. Info: 556-3940.

ONGOING The MSCD Precision Flight Team will be competing against 30 other schools around the nation at the National Intercollegiate Flying Association Safety Conference in Battle Creek Michigan April 29 · May 4th.

Info: 794-5676.

The Senior Honors Thesis Exhibition, featuring Metro's most outstanding senior thesis art students, will be held at The Center for the Visual Arts at 1701 Wazee St. May 2 - 23. Info and hours: 294-5207.

Calendar forms era 1vallabla at The Metropolitan, Tivoli Student Union room 313. We reserve the right to edit Items for space conslderetlons or refuse any Items we deem unsuitable for publication.

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Career Services hosts an interviewing skills workshop at 9 a.m. in Central Classroom 104. Info: 556-3664.

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Career Services hosts a mock interview to evaluate your interview techniques at 10 a.m. in Central Classroom 104. Bring your resume and arrive early. Info: 556-3664.

SAT. MAY

Metro Baha'i club hosts "The Holographic Universe," by Michael Talbot at 7:30 p.m. in the center at 225 E. Bayaud Ave. Info: 322-8997.

In rememberence of the Holocaust, awardwinning filmmaker Melissa Hacker brings her documentary, "My Knees Were Jumping: Remembering the Kindertansports" to Tivoli room 640 at noon. The documentary tells the story of 10,000 Jewish children and their escape from Nazi Germany. For information, call 556-2595.

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Club Natural Philosophy hosts Dr. Ned Davies discussing "Vacuum or Aether?"·at 4 p.m. in North Classroom 1608.

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