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Volume20
November 21, 1997
Issue 14
The Metropolitan State College of Denver student newspaper serving the Auraria Campus since 1979 ·~
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Community College of Denver student newspaper loses editor, stops publishing for second time
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Dan "Mr. Downtime" Treanor blows smooth grooves on the harmonica Nov. 19 In the Tivoli Atrium while David Booker strums the guitar. Treanor and Booker performed as part of the Gig Series featured In the Tivoli each Wednesday. Some student leaders, administrators and business owners, have complained about the noise of the concerts. See story on page 3 and edltorlal on page 16.
The Community News died when its editor resigned Nov. 12, citing the stress of the job and an uncooperative staff as the reasons for his departure. It marks the second time this year the paper has folded. Dennis Archuletta quit less than a month after the Community College of Denver student newspaper put out its only issue since spring semester. Controversy has plagued the newspaper for the last 2 years, mostly because of objections to the paper's content. A memo taped to the door of the newspaper office in the Tivoli cited Archuletta's resignation and said that as of Nov. 12, "the Community News is no longer operational." Archuletta explained his resignation by listing his complaints against staff members at the paper and others involved with its operation. He said the job demanded too much and paid too little for him to continue. One complaint topping Archuletta's beef list was a conflict with Felicia Sykes, director of Student Activities at CCD, because he said she had the locks on the office door changed Nov. 7 without notifying him. Two days later, Archuletta said he was able to get into the office. Then he was confronted by Auraria Campus Police, who, he said, threatened to charge him with trespassing. Campus police said it has no record of the incident. Sykes confirmed that she had the locks changed but wouldn't com-
ment further. Archuletta also said someone is trying lo frame him for the theft of a laptop computer and the forgery of a purchase order asking for the product. He said someone used his name to sign a bogus order for an Apple laptop computer from a vendor called MacWarehouse. All transactions for schools at Auraria go through a purchasing office. Roberta Miiller, who supervises the Auraria purchasing depart!lJent, said she has no knowledge of the incident. A vendor could be fooled by a fake purchase order, she said. Officials at the Denver Police Department confirmed the incident is under investigation. Archuletta said he's had lo deal with one crisis after another with only minimal support from others at the college. 'Tm just not paid enough to deal with this crap," he said. But even with Archuletta's complaints, Sykes said he could have been removed anyway, because he didn't meet job requirements set by CCD's Board of Publications. Editors of the paper are required to take certain courses at the college, a minimum number of credit hours and maintain a minimum grade point average. Sykes wouldn't say which of those requirements Archuletta failed to meet. "There were personnel issues, there were security issues, there is a criminal investigation," she said.
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