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The Metropolitan State College of Denver student newspaper serving the Auraria Campus since 1979

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Students no-show in fees forum SGA blames new fee process for fuelling campuswide apathy

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Art for paint's sake

Jemiy Sparks/The Metropolitan

Metro art major Catherine Ramirez paints Feb. 25 In the Arts Building. Ramirez, a sophomore, Is enrolled In her first painting class and says painting Is a lot different than drawing despite people's misconceptions about the two crafts. Metro's Art program offers a bachelor's degrees in three studio emphasis areas: fine art, design and crafts. Fine art Includes painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture and photography.

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Metro professor inspires all who come in contact with him

RMAC Tournament kicks off with two wins, little fanfare

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Services added to Metro's health insurance plan prompted a $20 rate increase this semester, said Steve Monaco, the Student Health Center director.

The new services include annual physical exams, prostate • cancer screening, Pap smears, coverage for d7pendents aged 18 and over and a waived deductible for services at Children's Hospital. Students will also get six months of coverage after they graduate with a benefit called conversion privileges, Monaco said.

Seven students used the conversion privileges last semester, and Monaco said he thinks that the option will become more popular as more students learn more about it.

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Only a smattering of students showed up for a panel discussion meant to gauge reactions about three proposed student fee increases.

Jessie Bullock, vice president of Student Fees for Metro's Student Government Assembly and organizer of the Feb. 25 session, said this isn't the first time she's had trouble eliciting student input on fees.

"I've been going Mound campus for the past two weeks and people say, 'Oh, increases -we don't want to pay them,"' Bullock said. ''The problem is people complain, but then_when we have events like this, no one comes."

Metro sophomore Randy Branaman said the proposed increases aren't high enough to grab students' attention.

• "I just figure if I have to pay student fees, I have to pay them," Branaman said.

Metro students' lackluster showing of interest comes just a few months after Jessie Bullock the assembly led a fervent but unsuccessful campaign to grant students legally binding authority to control student fees.

Metro's governing board approved a new student fee plan Feb. 12 that outlines how Metro should go about requesting and administering student fees. The new plan specified student government has a voice in student fees to the extent that it can hold meetings with students and gather ideas to make recommendations to college administrators. Metro President Sheila Kaplan detides whether to forward proposed fee increases to the trustees for final approval. ' Bullock criticized the new plan in a letter to the trustees, saying it fostered student apathy.

"Maybe if students knew their voices mattered, they would take more time to get involved and be heard," she said.

Student government members have until March 16 to inform Kaplan whether students favor this semester's proposed fee increases. The Student Affairs directors want a $5 increase for their fee which now ranges from $5.25 to $36.25, depending on the number of credit hours a student is taking. Student Athletics directors are asking to add $3 to their $18 fee.

Student Affairs Fee • Projected net increase per year: $200,230 •Year of last increase: 1993 • Sample of items it will pay for: student salary raises, computer upgrades, more staff Athletics fee •Projected net increase per year: $121,338 •Year of last increase: 1993 • Sample of items it will pay for: uniforms for growing number of athletes and travel expenses Information Technoloi:y Fee •Projected net increase per year: $515,257 •Year of last increase: 1994 • Sample of items it will pay for: computer upgrades, new lab in the South Classroom .,•

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Students who buy the insurance receive free services at the Student Health Center. Those taking I 0 or more credits must .buy the insurance, which costs $298 this semester. There arc 3,354 students on the plan.

Monaco said the college requires the health insurance to maintain that rate for all students.

By requiring students to buy the insurance, the money from students who use it less offsets money dealt out in claims to students who use it more. This maintains low rates for all students and still provides a profit margin for Philadelphia Life Insurance Company, the insurance carrier, Monaco said.

Students can opt out of Metro's plan if they have comparable coverage elsewhere.

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St. Cajetan's Center Is framed by a window pane In Emmanuel Gallery. Next year, Auraria wlll add an addition to the view from the gallery: The new Performing Arts Center will be built near the Plaza Building to the right of St. Cajetan's.

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"I am assuming that it is pretty much a minimal plan," said Metro sophomore Joel Blackmon, who is on his parents' insurance plan.

But Monaco said the insurance is among the best students can get for the money since many services are offered on campus.

Metro's health insurance carries a $150 deductible and 90 percent coverage at University Hospital in Denver up to $100,000 in a lifetime. Visits to other hospitals also require the deductible and the amount of coverage decreases depending on the hospital.

"We are able to keep the cost down because the services at the health center offset money paid in benefits," he said.

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February 28, 1998

Losing coach wins vig laughs He is everything you would least expect.

- At least when thinking of a basketball coach.

He's short, built nothing like a basketball player - a bowler perhaps - and he turned a 29-point Joss into Michael BeDan An Evening at the Jmprov.

Perspective It's hard to say whether his sideline style contributed to the massacre on the co~rt. After all, the Metro women have beaten up opponents 22 other nights this season and have won 20 games or more in six of the past eight years. But for the first time in my memory, which spans four years and many, many games, the opposing coach outperformed Metro's Darryl Smith in the entertainment department.

"That's a walk," he screamed when Metro's Michelle Stremel took three steps more than the legal limit en route to a basket. "That is traveling."

Fort Lewis coach Keith Durham went on to receive a technical foul for arguing with an official over the call. His team faced a double-digit deficit and it quickly became apparent a first round Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference tournament loss to Metro was imminent.

So what does he do? Get another technical so he doesn't have to watch the rest of the game?

No, he enjoys it as much as a coach seeing his team lose by 29 can enjoy it.

He barked, albeit softly, for the rest of the night at the officials.

"Those whistles must be cherry-flavored because all you are doing is sucking," he said.

"You gotta tell me where to get them because I'd like to taste one."

In the four years I've covered college and high school sports, I've never had a running conversation with a coach during the game. Sure, a coach will crack an occasional joke or glare angrily at press row, but this was new.

"Do you think she traveled?" he asked me.

"There's no doubt she walked," I said.

"See that?" he yelled at a ref. "This guy is from Metro and even he knows she walked. Why the hell can't you see that when you were standing right there?"

Metro's Farrah Magee was inbounding the ball near Fort Lewis' bench.

"You sure are good, but can't you r_est for a while?" Durham asked her. "Why don't you tell your coach you are tired?"

Magee finished with 22 points.

When it was over, Fort Lewis went back to Durango to start the offseason.

Metro will move on to the semifinals, likely the finals and then on to the NCAA Division II Regional Tournament.

Smith, an entertainer in his own right (the guy broke a clipboard, stomped his feet 12 times and double-hand slapped the floor), will continue to mine priceless one-liners of his own from his seemingly endless supply.

But for one night, in a game too boring to pay much attention to, another coach came to town and stole the focus from his laughable team and turned the spotlight on himself.

And if that's not worth something on a night when the 50 or so fans not disguised as empty seats gawked at the first game in what could turn out to be Metro's finest postseason - what is?

Metro professor will make bid for seat in state H.o use

By Perry Swanson The Metropolitan

A Metro professor could face a three-term incumbent this fall in his bid for the state House of Representatives.

Kelley Daniel, a Democrat from Golden and part-time political science professor, said he would focus on education, population growth and transportation issues if he's elected to represent House District 23, which is in Jefferson County.

It would be Daniel's first pu.blic office.

The current representative, Penn Pfiffner, R-Lakewood, said he's not sure if he'll run again this fall because he's considering a campaign for U.S. Congress. Pfiffner said he will make a decision on whether to run again for District 23 by early March.

Another Republican, H.W. Scatterday, entered the race Feb. 23.

So far, Daniel is the only Democratic candidate.

As a Colorado native, Daniel said he's concerned about Colorado's ability to support a rapidly increasing population. "(Urban) sprawl is a problem," he said. "I don't want to- live in a place that's like Los Angeles."

Daniel said improving transportation is key to managing the impact of large numbers of people moving into the state. He pointed to

"He seems like a liberal," she traffic congestion in Denver and poor road maintenance in other parts·of the · said. "He has common sense, though, state as signs that it's time for the leg- toward politics."

If Pfiffner decides to run for the islature to act.

Daniel also blamed the legisla- seat, that could mean an uphill battle ture for the physical condition of for Daniel. Pfiffner won the election some Colorado public schools, which in 1992 by only 171 votes. In 1994, however, the margin jumped to 1,264 he described as votes. Two years later Pfiffner won by abysmal.

"It's a shame 2,362 votes.

Pfiffner is the latest in a long line that in Colorado we have students of republicans to hold the District 23 in classrooms seat.

But Daniel is undaunted, and he that are not fit to be in," Daniel said voters will pay more attention to his personal merits than to his party said. "The state legislature has Kelley Danie! affiliation. kind of dropped "I think that he (f'.fiffner) can be the ball in terms of capital funding for beaten," Daniel said. "I wouldn't be public education." in the race if I didn't think I had a Daniel said rich school districts chance."

The salary for a state legislator shouldn't have to pay to bring poorer districts up to standard, but the state will jump from $17,500 this year to should offer funding to poorer dis- $30,000 for the 1999 session, according to David Hite, deputy director for tricts.

Daniel won't teach at Metro dur- the state Legislative Council. ing the 120-day legislative session if Lawmakers can also earn money by he's elected, but he said he would like serving on committeeS". to teach during the summer and fall Daniel will make $5,299 this semester at Metro, for teaching three semesters.

Denise Carlson, 27, a Metro courses.

Republicans control both champolitical science major, offered her support to Daniel when she found out bers of the state legislature, and have since the 1960s, Hite said. he is running for the seat.

This year there are 41 Carlson said she took three classes from Daniel, and he won't discuss Republicans and 24 Democrats in the · his political opinions in class unless a House. In Lhe Senate, there are 20 Republicans and 15 Democrats. student asks for them.

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By Reem Al-Omari The Metropolitan

File photo/The Metropolitan STRUMMERS: This couple appeared last fall as part of the • ~lg Series, a program sponsored by Student Activities.

The Metro Student Activities program won three awards from the National Association for Campus Activities.

The awards were the Distinguished Lecture Program award, the National Multicultural Programming award and the Graphics Theme Competition award.

Julie Rodriguez, the programmer for Student Activities, said the awards were based on the fact that most activities organized on campus by Metro have educational value.

"Activities need to complement students' education," Rodriguez said. "Having three schools on this campus is very unique. When we program, we program for the whole campus."

The StudentActivities program was awarded at the NACA conference in Indianapolis which was held from Feb. 14 to 17. Twenty-five hundred colle.ges were represented at the conference.

Rodriguez accepted Metro's awards.

Colorado colleges and universities represented at the conference were the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs, University of Colorado-Denver, University of Northern Colorado, University of Southern Colorado and Colorado College.

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Eating disorders, poor body image plague stitdents

By Tun Fields The Metropolitan

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Approximately 90 percent of women at Auraria use restrictive dieting to bolster their negative body images, and many have more serious eating disorders, said Linda Wilkins-Pierce, a behavioral health counselor at the Student Health Center.

Wilkins-Pierce said unhealthy dieting along with serious eating disorders, such as anorexia or bulimia, are most common among high school and college-aged people.

"I see about four or five students a week in my office who are dealing with an eating disorder," Wilkins-Pierce said.

Metro's Health and Counseling centers will offer a forum on eating disorders from I 0 a.m. to 2 p.m. Feb. 26 in the South Classroom.

Bulimia is characterized by episodes of eating binges followed by vomiting or abusive use of laxatives to rid the body of food. Anorexia is the denial of food into the body. One out of every JO people suffering from anorexia dies, according to the American Psychiatric Association.

"Having these issues is unavoidable in our culture," said Barbara Vollmer, a staff psychiatrist at Metro's Counseling Center.

"There.is a great emphasis on appearance."

Depression, anxiety and relationship problems are the main reasons Metro students seek help at the counseling center.

All of these problems also can ~ catalysts for eating disorders because dieting is a very common way to exert some kind of control ovei' one's life and body, Vollmer said.

One Metro student who battled an eating disorder is Alyssa King, a senior. King, 24, struggled with anorexia for six years.

She stands 5 feet 4 inches, starved herself until she only weighed 70 pounds and was

hospitalized for two months in 1991.

"People with eating disorders are trying to control their body and are in complete denial of what's happening," King said. "I felt like a skeleton. It was a way of getting rid of myself."

Comparing her stay at the hospital to a prison sentence, King said she was forced to interact with other women suffering from serious eating disorders,- which helped her realize the ravages of her selfdestructive behavior.

"It was very self-abusing ... like throwing yourself against a wall everyday," she said. "The experience never leaves. It's always there, but I've learned that there is no need to deprive myself anymore. Having been there, it is sad to see other girls on campus with (eating disor~ ders)." · Vollmer said women aren't the only ones who are affected by eating disorders.

"Today, since the definitions of gender are Jess rigid, we are beginning to assume (men's) problems, giving rise to a growing number of men with what was only considered to be a woman's disorder," Vollmer said.

But 95 percent of people who suffer eating disorders are young women between the ages of 12 and 25, according to a l 996 report by the American Psychiatric Association. The association, however, noted that more men are being diagnosed with eating disorders.

The Health Center, is organizing a support group for women with low self esteem or body image. Students can call the Heath Center at 556-2525 for more information.

The Counseling Center also has drop in hours of 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. to I p.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.

TRAPPED: Metro student Alyssa King painted this portrait in 1996 after battling anorexia. The piece Is titled "Skeleton Girl."

Policy not subject to law forbidding mandatory insurance coverage INSURANCE from 3

spent four months in 1995 evaluating Metro's health insurance policy and concluded that the $1.6 million in claims for that year showed a demand for the insurance.

According to Colorado law, "The governing board of any institution of higher education shall not require any student to purchase health care insurance or health care services."

However, a provision in the Jaw

allowed a college with a policy that existed before January 1994 to maintain the insurance requirement.

"We have proven that the mandatory plan is good for the state of Colorado, and it is good for the students," Monaco said.

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Ron Aggabao, a first-year Metro student, said he likes Metro's insurance plan.

"I actually chose school insurance over an outside provider," he said.

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Vendor to remodel eatery space

By Sean Weaver The Metropolitan

Despite protests from some people on campus, the changing of the South Classroom coffee guard will take place in June when the lease for Higher Grounds coffee cart expires.

The Auraria Board of Directors approved a new lease for Mandees catering company, which will manage the South Classroom coffee cart and cafeteria space.

Barb Weiske, director of the Tivoli Student Union and Campus Auxiliaries, said combining the cafeteria and coffee cart will give Mandees an opportunity to make money in a "saturated market."

Weiske said Higher Grounds will not be relocated on campus because it will create too much competition.

"It will do harm not only to that business, but others as well,"

she said.

Leah Johnson, co-owner of the cart said many of her customers don ' t want to say good-bye to her operation.

"The reaction of our customers is crazy," Johnson said. "They are so mad."

Last semester about 2,500 people signed a petition to save Higher Grounds.

Mandees manager Scott Kennedy said his company will remodel the South Classroom cafeteria area.

He said Mandees will hire contractors to Scott Kennedy expand the cafeteria space and bring in deli cases.

"We're soliciting the students to let us know what they want," he said.

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The biggest request for as increase comes from Information Technology directors who want the go-ahead to double the technology fee, which ranges from $4 to $21 depending on credit hours.

Directors from each of those departments plugged their proposed increases as members of the Feb. 25 panel. Three students out of about 15 participating in the panel discussion asked questions about the fees .

Bullock said she and other student government members will meet with administrators over the next two weeks to get more information about the proposals. The Feb. 25 panel discussion, however, was the last formal opportunity Metro students had to learn about why administrators are asking for more fees.

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Regardless of what the assembly recommends, however, Bullock said it's unlikely Kaplan will give the assembly's decision much weight.

"SGA does not have very much clout or power or decisionmaking authority. It's frustrating to go to students and ask for input and they ask, 'How much importance does my input have?"' Bullock said.

But Metro spokeswoman Debbie Thomas said student opinions matter to Kaplan.

"She will give serious consideration to the input from students and input from the SGA," Thomas said. "She also, however, needs to give consideration to the needs of future students.

Her role in all of this is to balance what current students are saying with the longer term interests of the college and what the needs o(future students will be." ·

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Award was given for the Distinguished Lecture Series offered by Metro Student Activities.

This year, the Distinguished Lecture Program featured well-known circuit speakers such as, Olympic track champion Jackie Joyner-Kersee and Gloria Steinem, feminist author and a founder of Ms. magazine.

The NACA National Multicultural Programming Award was awarded to Metro Student Activities for its development of the Rap Sessions program. Rap Sessions include films , lectures and panel discussions on race, cultural diversity and awareness issues. Rap Se!>sions are held on Thursdays at the Tivoli in room 320, the Tivoli Multicultural Lounge and the Tivoli Turnhalle at 2 p.m.

The NACA Graphics Theme Award was given for the quality of the fliers and posters to advertise activities.

Metro Student Activities organizes

several activities on campus, including design Web pages to how to Salsa dance. the Faculty Upside Down, Nooners and Nooners are held Tuesdays at 12:30 p.m.

Towering Issues of Today. and Wednesdays at 12 p.m.

Faculty Upside Down is a chance But not all events sponsored by for students Metro Student to talk to Activities are a their instrucsuccess. tors in an T h r e e informal setspeakers have ting. It is held canceled their ·Fridays at the Activities program scheduled speakDaily Grind ing gigs on camthree top awards oufof Coffee House pus this semesabout 2,500 colleges in the Tivoli ler. and universities competat 11 a.m . ing for recognition by Howard . T h e the National Association Zinn, an author Towering specializing in of Campus Activities.

Issues of history, cance led Today Series his seminar, sayprovides lecing he was ill. tures on national and worldwide issues.

Rita Marley, widow of singer Bob Towering Issues of Today Series are held Marley also canceled due lo illness.

Mondays at I p.m. in Tivoli room 640.

In addition, Peter Boyle of KHOW Nooners is a program that teaces radio canceled, but sent his producer as a lifetime skills ranging from how to replacement.

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Six members of Metro's Student Government Assembly have been in office since last April.

A Feb. 6 story in The Metropolitan said only five kept their posts.

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Iner.e ase is money well spent Qe~ Editorial

Metro health insurance will cost you more now than it ever has.

News: The health But the added covinsurance fee erage, which necessitatincreased $20 ed the increase, drastibeginning spring cally improves an semester. already valuable service.

Views: Already a Graduating seniors, bargain, the extra likely entering the job $20 covers the market without health improved service insurance, now can be and is worth it. covered for six months after graduation. This parallels the payback policy on student loans. Students have a grace period before reality kicks in.

Additionally, students can cover dependents 18 and older, waive the deductible at Children's Hospital and receive annual examinations.

For students with families, the additional benefits far outweigh the extra $20 per semester.

Comparable insurance can cost $1,200 or more and often comes with a large deductible.

Metro's policy covers 90 percent of off campus care at University Hospital and carries only a $150

deductible.

The safety net this policy provides for the college student, statistically under-insured, is priceless.

Most college students range in age from 18 to 26 and require fewer hospital visits than other age groups. But last year alone, Metro students accounted for $1.6 million in claims. A number that influenced lawmakers to institute a provision to a law that prohibits institutions of higher education from requiring students to purchase health care. The provision allowed institutions with an insurance policy in effect before 1994 to continue enforcing mandatory insurance.

"We have proven that the mandatory plan is good for the state of Colorado, and it is good for the students," said Steve Monaco, the student Health Center's director.

Students might rue the mandatory policy Metro enforces semester to semester. An increase likely intensifies dissent. But $1.6 million is proof that it works and an obvious benefit to those who use it.

The mandatory plan does far more good than harm.

Mandatory insurance is better than no insurance.

Especially when no insurance will cost much more in the long run.

Ozone hole in climate survey Metro officials are proba- most agencies do. The survey was sent to all Native bly patting themselves on the American students, 75 percent of the Asian students, back.

60 percent of blacks, 30 percent of Hispanics and 6 Results from the college's percent of whites. The college's statistics show quite Campus Climate Survey · a different spectrum, but the answers were weighted reflect that students, adminis- to represent the college's true demographic maketration, faculty and staff have up. good feelings about Metro.

So although white students were supposed to Claud la According to the survey, make up 6 percent of the sample, they still represent Hibbert.a.Dan nine of I 0 students believe 77 percent of the student population, as statistics Soapbox they are treated with the same really show. Asian students were to make up 75 peramount of respect as their cent of the sample, but their answers were manipupeers. And "nine of JO students agree that the col- lated so they represent 4 percent of the student poplege gives them the same opportunities to use acad- ulation. emic resour~es, campus facilities and services and The researchers say "it was necessary to weight that the faculty they take courses from give them as the responses of the various ethnic groups in order to ' student populadraw conclusions about the overall much help in their work as their peers."

I thought, cool. Then I looked at the methodol- tion." ogy, where the researchers explain how they arrive This is why they can say nine out of JO students at these conclusions. believe they are treated equally. But if you read past the executive summary, several differences emerge, Everything fell apart after that.

First of all, the survey was mailed out twice to and it becomes obvious that the responses are the same group of people. It seems that the adminis- skewed. trator~ were dissatisfied with their return rat.e after Although most students believe they are treated the first distribution, so they left the respondents, with the same respect as their peers and most believe which included faculty, administration, classified they have equal access to campus and academic staff and students, on their honor to not send in facilities, the survey says "men are Jess likely to duplicates. believe that they have the same opportunity to use The researchers rationalized this by saying only student support services."

There are way more differences than that, but those who felt the most passionate about issues would send two surveys. lbese surveys would be they're downplayed. If the college really wanted to easily spotted because the respondents would proba- know what's going on, it would have taken more bly fill in similar answers for the open-ended ques- care with its sample, and it would have asked harder tions and the researchers catch those. questions.

There's only so many ways you can answer, "In Later, a reporter for The Metropolitan found out that at least one faculty member inadvertently general, students are accepted and respected by facreturned two surveys. It was a mix-up with the mail. ulty, regardless of ... " which mean.s there's too many The reporter also found out that the researcher didn't holes in this survey to take its contents to heart. find any duplicates. So this theory didn't work.

Claudia Hibbert-BeDan is a UCD student and a copy Then the college plays with the numbers, like editor/columnist for The Metropolitan

More to women than sexist rant lets you believe Too Many of us experience female bodies, our. own and others, in social settings and private bedrooms, only when they are most isolated, artificial, self-conscious, and on display for men or conventional judgment."

- Gloria Steinem

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Ricardo Baca's Feb. 20 column in The Metropolitan "The big chair spells big libido for some," was incredibly misguided and offensive.

In the column, he justifies Gov. Roy Romer's alleged extramarital affair because his wife Bea is "old" and has "saggy breasts," but puzzled over President Bill Clinton's supposed dalliances with former intern Monica Lewinsky.

After all, Baca proclaims, Hillary Clinton is at the peak of her "sexual performance," though "she doesn't look great in a swimsuit."

Under that sexist rationale, a woman deserves marital fidelity on the condition she has two pert breasts under her dress and only a few decades under 1 her belt.

Baca's summation of the two alleged infidelities also underscores two common myths about female sexuality.

The first is that as women age, they become asexual.

This narrow idea fails to account for several characteristics - intelligence, warmth, humor, wisdom and sensuality - that define a woman's sexual being and continue to develop over a lifetime.

Side note: My divorced 67-year-old grandmother keeps opened boxes of Trojan condoms in her medicine cabinet.

The second example of Baca's warped perspective is that he contends women are respqnsible for their husband's sexual faithfulness.

He searches Bea Romer and Hillary Clinton for clues about why their husbands might have reason to move into another woman's bed.

"Bea's not looking so good, so Roy's loss of interest is understandable," Baca declares.

Yet he fails to assign accountability where it would truly belong - in the lap of the philandering husband.

It's ironic that Baca chose to publicly ponder Bea Romer's breasts and Hillary Clinton in a swimsuit days before Women's History Month.

I hope people feel a little angry after taking some time this March to acknowledge the contributions and progress American women have made over the past three centuries.

Angry that all the energy women have put into attaining social equity has not been enough.

Angry that women are under suspicion for their boss or husband's sexual transgressions.

Angry that Ricardo Baca is not the only person who still calculates a woman's worth by her age and the shape of her breasts.

The Scoop

Jesse Stephenson is a Metro student and the news editor for The Metropolitan

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This is your newspaper at work A Wednesday night in the office of The Metropolitan: 3 p.m. - Editorial staff starts lo drift in. Front desk staff reminds us about the messages we left silting in the box for last two weeks. General confusion starts to set in as section editors begin searching for stories.

Dave Flomberg 3:30 p.m. - General confusion gives Jive way to unabashed angst as section editors realize several stories have not yet been filed. Cursing and mayhem ensues.

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bers she has to write another story. News editor sends replacement boy to do layout so she can write the story.

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Much confusion ensues as editors try to decipher art reviews and eliminate smut from movie reviews.

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1:30 a.m. - News editor gets really mad at copy editor.

Copy editor really wants a beer.

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2: 16 a.m. - Copy editor secretly gets great joy from watching news editor push his car through the parking lot.

2:30 a.m. - Sports editor finshes. Editor locks up and turns off lights. Everyone goes home and is not seen until Friday staff meeting, except sports editor who never shows up to meetings.

Dave Flomberg is a Metro student and a copy editor/columnist for The Metropolitan

Letters We should punish hate, not gay marriages Editor, My position on gay marriages didn' t occur lo me until passed by a pro-life rally on my way to the computer lab. The speaker's words made me stop and think. He said that just being at the rally is a feat itself.

"You may not think that waving signs and protesting abortions has much of an impact, but every little action helps."

After riding by the rally, I got a vision. It was millions of people cramming the Capitol in Washington, protesting for gay marriages.

I'm not gay, but I think gays should have the right to marry and all the legal benefits that straight couples have.

The reason so many people are against gay marriage and refer to gays as "fags" and "queer" is because they are insecure about their own sexuality.

From what I see, straight people have already destroyed marriage since more than half of all marriages end in divorce. If anything, gay marriages might make marriage credible if the couples

stay together.

In 1967 the Supreme Court ruled that it was unconstitutional to ban interracial marriages in Loving v. Virginia. Ir our country could survive what was once "unthinkable" in that case, why couldn't people get used to and accept gay marriages?

Do we not allow gays lo marry because the Bible forbids homosexuality?

By that rationale, all women who have sex out of wedlock are adulterers and should be stoned to death. This would result in mass death sentences since up lo 70 percent of married couples admit to being unfaithful.

Gays should be as welcome and accepted in society as everyone else. I too quiver disgustedly to myself when I see two gays holding hands or kissing, but that is my problem and my insecurity. I will just have to get over it.

So why do we punish love? Shouldn' t we be punishing hate?

Daniel Weintraub Community College of Denver student

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Giving back is White's main goal as an educator. He said he does this with the hope that future generations would be empowered and given a chance to succeed in life.

CJ. White has the ability to shine a light on a darkened White has been the chair of African American Studies at path.

Metro since 1995 and is a board member for many organiAs chairman of the African American Studies depart- zations throughout the community. He is frequently a guest ment at Metro, White emphasizes the importance of know- speaker at youth group meetings as well as a member of the ing African American history and its impact on present day Rachel B. Noel Distinguished fellowship.

He also tries to broaden historical horizons through society. He trie~ to explain how this knowledge can help people better understand society as a whole.

African American literature.

"He has a very strong commitment to his students as White said he was instilled with the responsibility and desire to help his community during his undergraduate ~tud- well as the community," said Clara Villa-Rosa, owner of the ies at Florida A&M University. He earned his ·master's Hue-Man Experience book store. degree in sociology and anthropology from Indiana "His efforts in providing educated information on University and his doctorate degree • African American history and literain sociology and American ethnicity ture to his students, makes him a valuable and respected board memfrom Aorida State University.

He worked at several colleges in ber of our organization." the southeast United States, before he White also broadened his own jumped at the chance to relocate to horizons with several pilgrimages to Denver so he could concentrate -on Africa. teaching African American studies.

He said these extensive travels "You can't be selfish, you must enrich his teachings, and he relates give back," White said. "Unless you stories from his experiences to explain the vastness of cultural <livergive back you are not making a needed contribution to the whole." sity to his students.

Many of White's students have ~. .._ • • _ C.J. White His first trip filled him with a taken his untiring dedication and great sense of personal satisfaction, he said. White has toured Ghana, support to heart and have become Senegal, Egypt, Tanzania, Ivory 'valuable and active members of soci.;: ety. And White said having former students as colleagues is Coast, ·Gambia and Kenya.

"It is very important that we look back to our roots in a :Wonderful and satisfying feeling.

Two of White's notable students are Dennis Green, a order to get a clear idea of who we are today and where we sociology teacher at Metro, and Xeturah Woodley, who is are going," White said. "All of us need roots. We need to be pursuing her doctorate degree from the University of. able to identify a place, a geographical Tocation that we can say 'our ancestors came from this place'." · Colorado at Denver. · White said he gives special attention to all his students The number of students who take classes with the but always finds extra time and energy to assist others that African American Studies department truly represent the diversity that exists on campus as well as the world today, show great promise in achieving their dreams.

"For those that are motivated to the point of pursuing White said.

"By realizing the importance our history, it allows us to further study ... I put forth a special effort to assist those students in pursuing those goals in hope that they will give back see where society has been, where it is in the present, and to the community," White said. "They too will realize the where it is going, " White said, "so we strive to educate our value of providing a solid education for those they come into students so that they can envision and be guided to their • • .' . . .' ~ t ''t '"t~". ( ~ ,.

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'Eliot Ness ... In Cleveland' a trip · through crime, danger and pinstriped suits

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What's cooler than an old-school, zip gun-carrying detective dressed in a fedora and a trenchcoat?

A ~inging old-school, zip gun-carrying detective dressed in a fedora and a trenchcoat.

This is the musical historical fantasy that is Eliot Ness ... In Cleveland, the first production developed by (the mega Broadway producer) Harold Prince Musical Theater Program in alliance with the Denver Center Theatre Company.

Apparently, it took the Prince program a while to find a suitable musical to develop, but once they rediscovered Peter Ullian's play In The Shadow of the Terminal Tower (on which Eliot Ness is based), it was full steam ahead with the melodious metamorphosis.

Thus, the audience finds itself kneedeep in the dirty, crime-laden Cleveland during the Great Depression. A ruthless, media-hungry lawman by the name of Eliot Ness (Peter Samuel) had just turned around the crime scene in New York, including the imprisonment of the notorious Al Capone (Terence Goodman).

As Cleveland's newly-appointed director of public safety, the photogenic Ness has no time for games - although a few headlines wouldn't hurt.

He milks a reporter for good frontpage press to improve his tough-guy image.

The bottom line: city officials want the town cleaned up before a statewide fair and the Republican National Convention arrives.

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Photo courtesy Denver Center Theatre Company SUITED UP: Peter Samuel as Eliot Ness and Terence Goodman as Al Capone strike a pose In the Denver Center Theatre Company's world premiere production of Eliot Ness ••• In Cleveland, at The Stage Theater through March 8.

Topping off the city's list of personalities is the Mad Butcher, a serial killer who dismembers and decapitates the unemployed homele~s. who can't even get into the buildings they helped build.

"All we found was. a left leg and a right foot, boss," a detective tells Ness about the latest victim.

The Mad Butcher proves to be the only public enemy wh<? can avoid Ness' all-encompassing hands, and Ness continues to fall apart - physically, emotionally and socially - on his tireless probe.

Almost as persistent is the perpetual motion onstage. Tightly choreographed scenes are energetic and full of obvious joy.

Perhaps the show's standout was its staging. The continuous industrial silhouettes scattering the rear of the stage gave a

look at what was happening to the unemployed living in substandard conditions.

Constant eye-pleasing, actor-involved stage pictures were created with atypical, multileveled methods. ~ There was also an inventive fight act as the players did ingenious slo-mo with perfection.

The cast, blessed with exceptional stage direction, put on a memorable perfonnance - whether it be good or bad.

Ness' watered-down perfonnance is played a little weak and doesn't fall into the stereotypical, rough 'n' tough hard-ass lawman.

Does his extraordinary voice make up for his flowery perfonnance? No. The annoying, emotionless newsboy (Alex Wyatt) is flat throughout the show and a complete bore to listen to as he

pledges his faith in Ness. The hobo woman (Jeanine Morick) takes her sweet time to arm up. Her second act is much better than her first.

But the rest is pretty pleasing.

A pleasant, loungy saloon singer (Capathia Jenkins) soothes any worries and a Henry Rollins-esque Capone (ference Goodman) is hilarious in his barbershop mentality.

Goodman not only had his thick, pinstriped Capone down pat, but the era, too.

His idiosyncrasies fit the period, showing exemplary study, talent and research.

Granted, Eliot Ness is no Brechtian masterpiece or groundshaking composition of musical writing.

However, it is a strong production with notable stage work and a talented cast - well worth the time.

'Cowboy,' a sneaky look at today's headlines

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JonBenet Ramsey.

You're still reading. If the first line of this article piqued your interest, the LIDA Project says you're sick.

And, oh yeah, I'm a terrible person for abusing this harsh sensationalist technique.

But you're still reading, aren't you?

LIDA - the experimental troupe that has staged

alternative productions, including Hamletmachi11e and last year's hit Eighty-four - seems to be taking a lighter approach to theater in its latest show, Dress Her Like A Cowboy. It addresses the issue of the press and the public's sick morality, with a Ramsey-like spin.

With such delicate subject matter, this could easily be interpreted as a raunchy idea - taking advantage of a bad situation. But they succeed in doing the exact opposite.

Cowboy tells the story of the Little Miss Sleeping

Beauty Pageant's first-place winner being stripped of her crown for urinating while on her victory walk.

The dethroned 8-year-old then curls up vulnerably in a fetal position right in the middle of the stage, where she stays for nearly the remainder of the perfonnance.

While she lays there, her "tragic" story draws in millions for tabloid journalists who still can' t explain the dress-wetting a year after the incident.

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The world in a song.

That's all you get from most bands. A compact, carefully chosen sliver of some songwriter's worldview, all stuffed into a three- or four-minute single. Which is great and all, but sometimes you want more. Much more.

Fortunately, Sean O'Hagan, the mind behind the High Llamas, has aspiratio ns that are much higher than just one perfect single. His entire career has been devoted to creating alluring new worlds of sound, ones that are expansive enough to be barely held in by the time limit of one CD. Creating one good single is work enough, but creating a really good album is harder still. There are so many things to consider: what order the songs should be placed in, whether the songs make sense next to each other and whether there's enough momentum driving through the entire thing to keep the listener interested.

O'Hagan has considered all of this and more. The High Llamas' newest offering, Cold and Bouncy, has to be the work of someone who's thought long and hard about how to put an album together. The songs on Cold and Bouncy flow seamlessly into each other, to the extent that you often don't realize when one ends and another begins.

But this album is one of those rare instances where the sum is greater than the parts: all the songs, weird noises and wob-

bly bits here add up to something that's at least mildly epic.

The High Llamas have always sounded like a bastardized mix of Stereolab and The Beach Boys . .No surprise, since O' Hagan used lo play with the former and has often expressed his admiration for the latter.

His music combines elegant, sweeping melodies and arrangements with lots of pinging, clicking and buzzing sounds.

Every note on Cold and Bouncy sounds like O'Hagan slaved over it for hours, trying to get it just right. His soundscape aestheticism and studio perfectionism seem to make him the Brian Wilson of the 1990s (not like he has a lot of competition, you know): There are no standout tracks on Cold and Bouncy , but that's hardly a criticism. IL's put together well enough that every song holds up on its own. The song titles, such as "Glide Time," "Bouncy Glimmer," "HiBall Nova Scotia" and "End On Tick Tock" reflect the shining, floating world O ' Hagan has endeavored to create on this album.

The only weak link here is O'Hagan 's singing voice, which is w~y too thin for a sound this meaty. He needs to find himself some unknown, golden-throated Adonis to complete the High Llamas' musical package.

Cold and Bouncy is one big musical statement. Sure, the only message it seems to be conveying is "sound ·is neat," but hey, that's a lot better than yet another album about a dystopian future where rock is outlawed. Isn't it?

-by B. Erin Cole

Lee Ranaldo Amarillo Ramp (For Robert Smithson) Starlight Furniture Co. Lee Ranaldo is the Sonic Youth guitarist who won't make .you occasionally embarrassed to like him. Unlike another, to-be-unnamed band member, he can (sort of) sing. He can also write lyrics, and, most importantly, doesn' t say annoying things in interviews.

But there's other reasons {O like him than that.

He's an amazing musician, peerless in making ordinary guitars sound like subways, plane wrecks and other forms of transportation tragedy.

Listening to any of his work is nearly like being in a wreck yourself, because the low tqnes and clanging chimes that Ranaldo is adept al creating affect the listener at fairly disturbing levels, vibrating through the body and messing up the mind. A great experience.

He's usually limited to writing an average of one song per SY album, so people who like this sort of thing can delve deeper into pure sound on any of his incredible solo albums.

Amarillo Ramp, the most recent of these, is a collection of three sound pieces, a one spoken-word piece and one cover.

The title piece (the name of which comes from an artwork by environmental artist Robert Smithson) is the most impressive.

The piece is a mix of deep, droning tones and loud, harsh banging noise that clocks in at (yes) 32 minutes. Listening to it is an adventure, what with the constant dynamic changes, different volume levels

and extreme duration. But at the end, "Amarillo Ramp" is comforting but residually frightening, and not unlike drowning in warm gelatin. Keep this one around for listening to in the bathtub.

"Notebook," the spoken-word piece, is a monologue on travelling, where Ranaldo talks about long roads, sunbleached memories and vague images barely remembered. In the background, you can hear guitar fuzz and occasional sounds that you think you can recognize but barely make out.

Listening to it is mesmerizing, with the noises and the words (his voice sou nds like an aural equivalent of methadone) going together perfectly.

The other l wo noise pieces, "Non-S ite #3" and " Here," are good stud ies in contrast. The former is a noisy, textured blast of guitar and percussion , while the latter is a calm, non-distorted instrumental reminiscent of the work of John Fahey and others.

The real surprise is the last track, "Isolation," a cover of a John Lennon song.

Originally recorded for a later-scrapped tribute album, it features Ranaldo on guitar, ex-Swell Map (and recently deceased) Epic Soundtracks on drums and some unspecified person on piano. It's a decent, listenable cover, strangely appealing toy being the closest thing to an actual pop song Ranaldo's probably ever performed on.

Produced by New York mainstay Wharton Tiers, Amarillo Ramp is something that will appeal to only the most special of music aficionados. But, maybe you should be one of them.

-by B. Erin Cole

concerts this week--------bluebird theater 3317 E. Colfax Ave. 322-2308

God Street Wine, Feb. 27, 8 p.m., $7.

ZUBA and Jupiter Coyote, Feb. 28, p.m., $7.

Coal Chamber and Human Waste Project, March 2, 8 p.m., $8-$10.

Nightcaps, March 3, 8 p.m., $4.

16 Horsepower, March 4, 8 p.m., $10-$12.

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Hepcat and The Slackers, March 6, 8 p.m., $10.

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Shankis and Mucis, Feb. 27, 9 p.m., $5.

Zen Tricksters, March 4, 9 p.m., $3.

Tony Furtado Band, March 5, 9 p.m., $6.

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the ga/actix Cricket on the Hiii, Feb. 28.

Cricket on the Hill may be what most musicians consider the ant1-g1g; and while it's true that the management will let damn near anybody play there, once in a while something worth seeing will pop up.

That's what will happen on Feb. 28 as The Galactix bring their special blend of hominy, maple and rockabilly to 13th street.

High-energy early rock 'n' roll are the watchwords of the faith when this effusive trio takes the stage. In a world of 40-watt garage bands, The Galactix are a nuclear holocaust.

The front man, Paul Galaxy, is the embodiement of what the 50's were: he drives a beautiful classic car, has gorgeous women around him all the time, his hair is immaculately piled into an upswept pompador, and his guitar work

is the gritty, bluesy sound Slim Cessna's boys should kill for. Add the steady bass, and the music drives itself.

And then there's Bob. Rupp, that is.

Mr. Rock 'n' Roll himself, this drummer's more fun to watch than Must See TV. His stage antics and saucy attitude give his paradiddle flams all that much more oomph.

So, head down to the Mercury at 7:30 to catch Money Plays 8, then swing up to the Cricket. I guarantee you' II sleep in on Sunday.

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g. love and special sauce Ogden Theater, March 6, 8 p.m.,

Need some funk/jazzy, pseudo-soul laden, B-Smoovish, bobbin' yo head kind of grooves for a couple of hours?

Wanna get it from a white boy?

Blue Bird Theater, March 5. Be there. G. Love and Special Sauce will.

And what G and the boys lack in cerebral lyrics - "I like cold beverages" they more than make up for instrumentally.

Besides, G. Love's firm grasp of ebonically correct enunciation and beerslurred vocals create a booty-gyrating chill fest even the suburban debutante can love.

G. Love escapes the Vanilla Ice commercialized 15 minutes with genuine music, lighthearted lyrics and the musical acumen to extend his run _ through three albums and counting.

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their places in society. They wore beauty pageant-style sashes with their names on them: Public, Pageant Mom, First Place, Coach, PR and Sensationalist.

PR (Monica Schuster) starts out reciting the pageant rules, bearing a devious smile as Pageant Mom (Marta Barnard) preps First Place (Nils Ivan Swanson), her little princess, for the upcoming pageant.

Meanwhile, Second Place (Tamara Bradley) is obviously content in her sheepish mentality.

Before, during and after the pageant, TV news anchor Katie Lee (Donna Hickey Jackson) makes daily reports from the newsroom and the pageant queen's front yard. Even when there is no news, she reports on it, only to say that there are no new developments in the investigation.

Following the "mishap," local TV journalist Ricardo Swanson (Robert Miller) picks up the story and grills the Public (Kristi Meek) about the not-so-hidden puddle beneath the pageant winner's feet. The Public is disgusted and barges off stage.

Next thing you know, Swanson's program gains more and more popularity. And then, he's got his own nationally-syndicat, ed news show.

Quality performances were given by Jackson and Miller. They milked the dis-

honest journalist stereotypes for all they were worth. Exceptional performances also came · from Swanson and Meek.

Swanson played the classic naYve and controlled beauty queen with pre-pubescent flair, and Meek played the always conforming and media-driven Public with an odd kind of grace.

A clever catwalk-type set, designed by company member Brian Freeland, composed the performance space. Seating arrangements followed the catwalk.

This production is very strong with an even stronger ideology to it. The idea is timely and thought-provoking, and coming from LIDA, carries validity.

But the cast must have forgotten to take off their media-bashing masks after the egg timer went off because they made their point way too many times.

As an ensemble performance with no clear playwright, the cast made their heavy-handed judgment known - placing the blame on the media but never offering an alternative solution.

Director Tara M.E. Thompson notes in the program that the media frenzies over many things and then, the unhealthy public thirsts for more.

It's granted that the company must have been exaggerating a bit for effect, but I'm surprised the sensationalist banners crossing the actors' torsos didn't read "Sinsationalist."

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The Inferno, Fast Action Revolver, Feb. 27.

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Joel Kaye's Neopbooic Orchestra, March I , 7:30 p.m., $6.

The Savoy Orchestra, March 4, 7:30 p.m., $6.

The Crystal Swing Band, March 5, 7:30 p.m., $6.

Extasis, March 6, 9: 15 p.m., $10.

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G. Love and Special Sauce and Royal Ekoostik Hookah, March 2, Fingerbowl, March 6, 8 p.m., $14.

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Crowds are lacking; foes are packing, this could be embarassing on TV Somebody please do something about this.

It's tournament time, and I'm trying Lo put a stamp on these games.

It's tournament time, and I'm trying to put to words to the emotions on display in the Auraria Events Center Feb. 24 during the first round Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference tournament games for both of Metro's teams.

I was having a problem doing this. Then I realized there was no emotion, sans the coaches, players and a few fans.

It's tournamennime, and let's just say if college basketball hysteria is epitomized by scenes of packed arenas full of fans and bands screaming in ecstasy or sobbing in Kyle Ringo sorrow, then Metro has a long way to go. This is a far cry from North Carolina.

It's tournament time, and Metro's women won by 29 over Fort Lewis. The men beat up on Adams State with a 21-point victory. Neither game inspired anybody. Both Metro teams did what was expected of them.

But none of this contributed to the feeling I felt. One that told me I had been banished to basketball Siberia at the high-point of hoops.

It's tournament time, and you can ' t tell.

It's tournament time, and I think we can bag the "If you win, they will come" argument, most often given as explanation for lonely seats on game day at Metro.

These two Metro teams have lost seven games between them this season, none of which came at home. Both teams are nationally ranked - the men No. 15 and the women No. 22 - and the men won the school's first RMAC title of any kind, albeit the regular season title.

The most exciting moment in the first round came courtesy of freshman Kane Oakley who managed to bring a sparse crowd to its feet with a driving two-handed power-slam with a yell - "AHHHH" - in the first half of the men's contest.

It's tournament time. Oakley is dunking, and the coaches are howling. Everybody else apparently needs an alarm clock set for late February.

Don't get this wrong. I am not saying that the athletes played without passion, and I'm not saying that the fans weren't, well, fans.

"It's tournament time - isn't it?" I'd ask myself as I looked around at the empty .black seats in the Events Center.

It's tournament time, and there will be television cameras at the championship games of this event. Fox Sports Rocky Mountain is broadcasting the men's game live Feb. 28 at 8 p.m. The women's game will be tape-delayed until March 3 at 7 p.m.

It's tournament time, and Metro has found a way to get both of its teams to the final weekend in the RMAC, yet it can't seem to find a way to get people to come and watch.

It's tournament time, and thanks to the ~ Savior there is finally a quality product on the basketball court at Metro during a men's game.

It's tournament time, and it is time to start hyping these teams. I mean spending money.

Advertising something other than the fact a student can do homework at the games because it's so quiet.

Hey, this actually happened.

Dan Issel and Tom Green, a pair known for witty cracks, are broadcasting the championship games. Who could blame them for letting one slip at Metro's expense should a game get slow?

It's tournament time, and that means someone in the Athletics department needs to strap on a Roadrunner costume and drag people in the door if that is what it is going to take.

I'm betting that fans from NebraskaKearney, Fort Hays State, and the University of Southern Colorado will far outnumber Metro fans at these games.

Why? It's tournament time.

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Open mic night at a comedy club might have suited him better than the sideline of a basketball court. And if his Xs and Os had worked as well as his material, Fort Lewis might have made a game of it.

As it was, though, Keith Durham killed on press row, and his team, the Skyhawks, died on the court, wilting under the frenetic pressure of the stingiest defense in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference.

The Metro women's basketball team advanced to the semifinals of the RMAC tournament with a 73-44 victory Feb. 24 over Fort Lewis at Auraria Events Center. The game itself, however, hardly rivaled the antics of a coach captaing a sinking ship.

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Rowell swims through challenges with a smile

By Liz Carrasco The Metropolitan

She's up by 4 a.m., at swimming practice from 5 to 7:30, off to classes for most of the day and finally home to watch her two little girls.

Homework waits until after her daughters are asleep. Her head hits the pillow just in time to do it all over again.

This is just another day to Nancy Rowell, a single-mother, student and member of Metro's women's swimming and diving team.

How does she handle it all?

"I just have my priorities," she said.

"My children come first, then school.

"I chose this path. I chose to have my children, and so I know I have to live this life. I am going to be happy with what I have chosen."

Rowell, 24, said she does not think her circumstances are that much more Jenny Sparks/The Metropolitan special than other students at Metro who have similar responsibilities in their lives. MOM'S THE WORD: Metro sophomore swimmer Nancy Rowell has learned to blend her aspirations with the chalShe is happy with her surroundings. lenges of raising two daughters as a single mother. Rowell Is studying to become a high school teacher.

"I'm glad I came to Metro, because it seems like people who go to school here season is Feb. 28 at the Auraria Pool at 4 know what they are in school for," teammates have like having Amber and about having learned something new.

Rowell said. "They know they need to Amanda around the pool.

"It's like their world is still so excit- p.m.

"They seem like the swim team 's ing and new." get somewhere, and so they just do it."

Rowell needs to shave about one Rowell's daughters, Amber, 2, and kids at times," Rowell said. "They play Rowell got involved in swimming second off her time in the 200-yard backAmanda, I, remind her that to them the with them in the pool, and toss them when she realized she was too tall for stroke to qualify for the national meet. world is still perfect and beautiful, she around like they're balls.

After college, Rowell wants to teach gymnastics. It runs in the family.

Her brother Tim, 30, and sister math or English at the high school level said. That is what keeps her toiling away.

"Amanda and Amber love it."

"She is not unwilling to do what it takes," because she wants to help shape lives.

Rowell is a sophomore and has been Cindy, 28, also swam. coach Rob Nasser said. "She does what it swimming competitively since she was 7.

For now, she is content with an unenAs the season winds down, RoweH takes to ensure we win, and she does She has also coached the sport for 14 looks for.ward to spending more time viable schedule and the love of her with her kids, but she still has a chance to daughters. what she needs to be done - and years. excels."

"You have to learn to arrange your "There is a lot of reward when you make it to the Division II national meet She has help from her fami ly and a coach little kids," she said. "You can just in the backstroke. life around, and what it is that you have friend who is a live-in nanny. And her see it in their faces, how excited they are The last meet of Rowell's very long to do."

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The Roadrunners got solid pitching performances from Starters Leo Torres and T.I. McAvoy in .the losses Torres went six innings, giving up three runs on five hits with four strikeouts,

Swimming while McAvoy pitched a complete game as the hard-luck loser.

Metro used four pitchers to defeat Wayne State 17- 12 Feb. 21 in a game that featured six home runs, five by Roadrunners.

Metro ~ravels to Eastern New Mexico Feb. 28 for a two-day tournament featuring some of the top Division II teams.

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Metro coach Rob Nasser said several swimmers still have a realistic shot at qualifying.

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Stott, Angela Milliard, Gabi Sandoval, the best line of the night when he criti- Heidi Lake and Michelle Stremel all shot cized officials for not calling Metro fouls. 50 percent or better for the game, but "Those whistles must be cherry-fla- combined for only 24 points. Metro's vored because all you are doing.is suck- offensive leaders, Farrah Magee, Kristi ing," Durham bellowed.

Baxter and Stephanie "You gotta tell me Allen shot an icy I0 of where you get them 41, drawing Smith's because I'd like to taste A look at coach Darryl Smith's ire after the game.

Feb. 24 sideline animated acts one."

"We shot so bad, Not to be outdone, what's the use?" Smith • 12 foot stomps Metro coach Darryl said. "We can't do that Smith finished with 12 anymore. We were a • One clipboard slap on floor foot-stomps, one twostep behind all night.

(He broke the clipboard) handed floor slap and We knew we were one br~ken clipboard. going to win. This is • One "Jiminy Christmas" "I think I'm not the time to be satiscalmer," Smith said, fied with winning by •Two "good-job-Heidis" realizing he's only bro29." ken two clipboards in 27 With a Feb. 27 • One double-hand-slap. on the games. "I just sat down semifinal matchup floor (He broke nothing) and shut up for the last 7 against Fort Hays State minutes."

(Kan.) on tap and the Smith's disappointment, despite the possibility of a Metro/Nebraska-Kearney huge margin of victory, speaks volumes battle in the RMAC championship game, about the high expectations the Smith made it clear to his team that lackRoadrunners (23-4 overall, 18-2 RMAC) luster efforts like the one against Fort have this season. And against a team play- Lewis (37 percent shooting, 21 percent ing as haplessly as the Skyhawks (13-12, from three-point range) won't be good 11-9), Metro could have won by 60. enough.

Instead, Metro bricked its way to a Magee, who led Metro with 22 points 21-21 tie with 5 minutes left in the first and 15 rebounds, agreed. half before capitalizing on its defense "We shot pretty badly," she said. "We with a 14-0 run to end the half. Danielle will pull it together."

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Tun Batt/The Metropolilan GETTING DEFENSIVE: Metro freshman Katie Camp matches up with a Fort Lewis player Feb. 24 in the Roadrunner's 7344 first round tournament victory at the Aurarla Events Center.

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CAP the Rockies: Colorado AIDS Project is seeking volunteers to help with CAP the Rockies, a bicycle ride in September. Needed arc office helpers, recruiters, etc. Next volunteer orientation is March 4. Call 837-0166, ext. 507 for details.

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5 p.m, Tivoli Tower 542. Sponsored by Menorah Ministries. 355-2009.

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Bible Study: Held by the Baptist Student Union. 11 a.m., Tuesdays and Wednesdays, St. Francis Center, Room 4. Call 750-5390.

Contemporary Metals USA: Art show featuring works in metal by 15 artists. Through Feb. 28 at the Metro's Center for the Visual Arts, 1701 Wazee St. Open TuesdayThursday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Friday, 11 a.m.-8 p.m. and Saturday, noon-4 p.m. 294-5207.

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Lecture: "Pornography and the Exploitation of Women," with Linda Marciano, aka Linda Lovelace. Part of the Towering Issues of Today Series. I p.m., Tivoli 640. 556-2595.

Meeting: The Metro Pacific Asian-American Coalition will meet at noon, Tivoli 317. 5103244.

Seminar: "As5ertivc Communication." 3-4 p.m., Tivoli 651 . Sponsored by Metro Counseling Center. 556-3132.

Prior Learning /IDP Session: Learn about credit for prior learning, noon- I :30, Central Classroom 301. Sponsored by Adult Learning Services. 556-8342.

A.A. Meetings: Wednesdays from I :30-2:30 p.m. and Thursdays from noon-12:50 p.m.

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Nooners: "The ABCs of Time Management," with Katherine Trout, Center for Leaming Assistance. 12:30-1 :30 p.m., Tivoli 329. 5562595.

Seminars: "Mad About You, Too," 1-2:30 p.m., Tivoli 542; "Cultural Diversity," 1-2 p.m., Tivoli 651; "Journey of the Heto," 2-3:30 p.m., Tivoli 651. Sponsored by Metro Counseling Center. 5S6-3 l 32.

Seminar: "How To Create A Poster," 1-2 p.m., Plaza Building 214. Sponsored by Psi Chi. 556-8069. .

Student Organization Seminar: "Learn to Run Your Meetings Before They Run You," with Monys Hagen, Metro Faculty Senate president. 2 p.m., Tivoli 640. 556-2595.

Movie: "Girlstown," discussion by Barbara Gagliardi of Metro Psychology department, 35 p.m., Plaza Building 204. Sponsored by Psi Chi. 750-1226.

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Seminar: "A Woman's Journey: Our Individual and Collective Experiences as Women," 2-3:30 p.m., Tivoli 651. Sponsored

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Leadership Odyssey: "Ethics in Leadership," with Jose Rodriguez, Metro Counseling Center. 3 p.m., Tivoli 444. 556-2595.

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Gig Series: Folk Music Frenzy! 11 :30 a.m., Tivoli Atrium. 556-2595.

Rap Session: "History on Trial: Culture Wars and the Teachings of the Past," with Gary Nash, 2 p.m., Tivoli 320 A and B. 556-2595.

Seminars: "Stress Management/Relaxation," 2-3 p.m ., Tivoli 651·; "Helping Skills Seminar," 3:30-4:30 p.m., Tivoli 651.

Sponsored by Metro Counseling Center. 5563132. .

Student Government Meeting: Get involved with your student government. 3:30-5:30 p.m.

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Students to Watch Awards Ceremony: Watch students awarded for self-sufficiency.

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Sponsored by: Institute for Women's Studies and Services For information: 556-8441

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10:30-2:30 South Classroom Lobby and South 136A

. This program includes a variety of workshops on topics such as gender equity in pay. the gloss ceiling. networking. and women in leadership.

Sponsored by: CCD Student Life and Activities. CCD Student Assistance Center and Women's Services For information: 556-2597 TffiE IX: ITS HISTORY ANO IMPACT Speaker: Nancy Haberkorn Time· 1:00 Place: Gols;la Meir House

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Sarah Gilbert 7:00-8:30 pm (March 9 & 23) Jewish Community Center $18

Soroh Gilbert. program director of the Hebrew Educational Alliance. win provide insight into the .fascinating stories of Jewish heroines whose lives have been overlooked by most historians aod teachers. The class takes place over two evenings. Reg1stratton is required.

Sponsored by: Jewish Community Center Adult Services. Jewish Women's Resource Center. Institute for Women's Studies and Services For information: 399-2660 xl 79

1111pr11qwm AMERICAN IND/AN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE SEVENTH GENERATION: A LEGACY The two days will feature two keynote speakers. workshops on health. education. political and legal issues. storytelling. films. art. and dance There is no fee. but registration is required Sponsored by: MAISE. Political Science.

PSA Colorado Indian Education Associatton. Students for Social and Economic Justice For information: 556-4659

•11ur11w RACE ANO GENDER Time: Place:

12.00-2:00 Tivoli Multicultural Lounge

Nancy Haberkorn. Office of Civil Rights Region VIII. will discuss what Title IX has done (and is still doing) to promote gender equity in American society.

This program will feature women from different races discussing their experiences.

Sponsored by: Phi Alpha Theta.

Political Science Association For information: 556-3113

Sponsored by: CCD Student Life and Activities For information: 556-2597

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'"'«I'd PORNOGRAPHY.AND THE EXPLOrrAnON OF WOMEN Speaker: Linda Marchiano 1:00 Time: Place: TivoH 640

FEMINIST BAKE SALE Time: 11 :00-1 :00 Place: South Classroom Lobby Sponsored by: Iota Iota Iota For lnformatton: 556-8441

Come and dance the night away with friends and family!· The dance is a scholarship fund-raiser. Tickets are $5 and will be available at the lnstiMe for Women's Studies and Services and at the door.

Sponsored by: Iota Iota Iota For information: 556-8441

Linda win discuss the impact of her early experience as Linda ·Lovelace on her llfe and how she survived the pornography industry. Linda's book.

Ordeal. describes her experience as a sexual prisoner d1,1ring the filming of Deep Throat.

Sponsored by: MSCD Student Activities. UCO Student Life For Information: 556-3399

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••rptp MARGO GREEN LECTURE SERIES MEN WHO BAITER: A DISCUSSION ON SPOUSAL ABUSE Speaker: Dr. Lee Bidwell 1:00 Time: Place: Tivoli 640 Dr. Lee Bidwell. Sociology Professor at Longwood College. wUI discuss why men batter and the new mandatory arrest policies.

Sponsored by: MSCO student Activities. UCO Student Life For information: 556-3399

ISRAEL AT 50: POUncs AND THE SEARCH FOR PEACE Speaker: Yael Dayan Time: 1:00-2:00 Place: Tivoli 320 Yael Doyon is the author of 9 books including her most recent work. My Father. His Doughtec recounting life with her father. the late General Moshe Dayan. She has served on the Knesset and is a leader for women's rights in Israel.

Sponsored by: Golda Meir Center for Political Leadership. School of Letters.

Arts. and Sciences. Political Science Association. MSCD Student Activities.

UCO Student Life For information: 556-3220

'"'M'"' FEMINIST BAKE SALE Time: 11 :00-1 :00 Place: North Classroom Lobby Sponsored by: Iota Iota Iota For information: 556-8441

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SISTAH PRIDE "PRIDE IN MY ANCESTORS ANO PRIDE IN ME'

Mory Lou Fenlli. Assistant Vice Chancellor of Academic and Student Affairs for UCO. will talk about sexual harassment on college campuses and the impact on students.

Sponsored by: MSCD Student Activities. UCO Student Life For information: 556-3399

1111pteu HERSTERICAL JOURNEY Speaker: Karyn Ruth White Time: l :00-2:00 Place: South Classroom 136A Join us to celebrate the lighter side of the tnals and tribulattons women have experienced through their evolution.

Comedian Karyn White will entertain. as well as educate on this fascinating journey Sponsored by: CCD Student Assistance Center and Women's Services For information: 556-2343

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Sponsored by: MSCD Student Activities. UCO Student Life. GLBT Student Services For information: 556-3399 WOMEN OF THE WEST MUSEUM

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Speaker: Marsha Semmel Time: 3:00 Place: Tivoli 3206

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Tivoli Turnhalle

Gloria Steinem Is well known for her leadership role in the U.S. feminist movement. She co-founded Ms. Magazine in 1972 and is currently an editorial consultant and writer for the magazine. Her books. Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions and Revolution from Within: A Book of SelfEsteem. ore both bestsellers. Gloria Steinem is a force for change. From 1979 to 1985. she was voted the leading social activist by the World Almanac. She continues her work on a number of fronts including serving as president of Voters for Choice. Her words and her passion have inspired a generation of activists.

Sponsored by: MSCD student Activities. UCO Student Life. Institute for Women 's studies and Services For information: 556-3399 or 556-8441

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Ml!@fMI ENDING ol HEALING SEXUAL TRAUMA Speaker: Marilyn Von Derbur-Atler Time: 12:30-2:00 Place: Tivoli Tumhalle JI

Marilyn Van Derbur-Atler. former Miss America and nationally renowned speaker. is a survivor of childhood sexual abuse. Her story and her voice educate and inform in order to end violence against children and to empower survivors.

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THE WEB WITH MANY WEAVERS by Diane Reiss will be on display during March in the Auraria Library gallery space. This series of artwork Is a personal reflection on the artist's daughter's tragedy of abuse and their process to move through the abuse to true healing.

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2:00-3:00 Tivoli 320A

A panel of students will discuss women's studies and its impact on their lives.

Sponsored by: Iota Iota Iota For Information: 556-8441

IT'S A WOMAN'S WORLD, d igital photography by Marilyn Lande will be on display during the month of March at the Golda Meir House and Museum.

The museum wUI be open from 10:002:00 (Monday through Friday). For information. call 556-3220.