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Metro f acuity fight for fair pay Teachers oppose college president on salary proposal

NEWS

Auraria narrows search for new campus director to five candidates.

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FEATURES

Blind drummer doesn't allow handicap to interfere with his music.

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SPORTS

Metro baseball team shows improvement after slow start.

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World wide day

University of Colorado-Denver

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Auraria names finalists Five considered for executive vice president of Administration Kevin Juhasz The METROPOLITAN

The search committee to find Auraria's next vice president of Administration has narrowed the field to five finalists.

The finalists, all men, have extensive backgrounds in higher education, except for Forrest M. Cason, who has none at all.''l'm extremely pleased," said Selena Dunham, chairwoman of the search committee. "We have five won­derful candidates." Dunham added it will be difficult sefecting because the candidates were so qualified.

No dates have been set, but the interviews and recep­tions for the candidates will most likely be on April 18 and 19, according to the office for the executive vice president of Administration.

The candidates are Bruce Bergland, executive vice chancellor at the University of Hawaii-West Oahu; Cason, a public finance investment banker; Manuel R. Cunard, executive director of the National Association of College Auxiliary Services; Steven N. Garcia, vice president of Administration at the University of Northern Colorado

and Dean Wolf, who currently holds the position as an inter-Im.

Of the five candidates, Wolf, Bergland and Cunard have the most extensive back­ground in higher education.

Wolf has been at Auraria since 1985 and has served as director of Facilities Management and vice presi­dent of Operations. He was

Wolf named as interim executive vice president of Administration after

JoAnn Soker resigned the position in August 1995. Soker had planned to stay until the AMC theater deal was com­plete, but quit after it collapsed. Before coming to Auraria, Wolf spent 20 years at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater where he served as executive director of Business and Finance and later for General Services.

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Director of the Child Care Center, Debby Jump, resigned Friday amid parent and teacher complaints about the operation of the center and disagreements over poli­cies and procedures.

Jump served as· director for seven years and, in a letter to parents, dated March 8, 1996, health matters were cited as the main reason for the resignation.

"The position is taking its toll on me and my health is now at stake," Jump said in the letter.

Jump also said, "I will leave with the happy knowledge that I made a real differ­ence in the lives of many children, parents, teachers, and colleagues during my time here."

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Bergland worked at the University of Colorado­Denver for 23 years, serving in many positions including, executive vice chancellor. He has been in his current posi­tion at the University of Hawaii for only 8 months. In his cover letter he said he was seeking the position at Auraria because he "developed an attachment to the institution and the place that was lasting."

Cunard was director of the student center at Colorado State University before moving into his current position at NACAS. There he oversees the organization, which pro­vides educational conferences and seminars.

Garcia holds the vice president of administration position at UNC where he has been since 1992. He was also associate vice president of Financial Services at the university.

Cason's educational background has been limited to two years as a professor at Wichita State University. He has extensive experience in management positions for Aurora and Colorado. He said he is seeking the position because it is "one of the most challenging and exciting positions in Colorado's higher education system."

Assistant Director for the center, Laura Halvorsen, will be serving as inter­im director until the position is .filled, said Philip Bustos, Auraria division director of Student Services.

Att0"'9Y Genefal Gale Norton was.on campue Tuesday for a caucus debate. Congresaman Wayne AllarcttState ~or Charlie Duke and Bill ~a Republican candidate f9r Senate also appeared. She ~ she will "continue to fighUC>r Co~ out In front making ..,... Rur voice la heard." A search committee has been formed

and Bustos said he hopes a new director to be in place by mid-May.

Vice President of Administration and Finance for Student Government Rodney Lebsock, who has recently been looking into some of the issues surrounding the center, said parents are upset about how the center is being run.

Lebsock said a Parent Review Committee was set up following the resig­nation of kindergarten teacher Debbie Heinz two months ago.

The committee is reviewing some of the policies and procedures that apply to the center.

Lebsock said there has been conflict between parents, teachers and administra­tors concerning things such as how the center is being run, inadequate training for teaching assistants, disagreement on poli­cies and procedures and a lack of acknowl­edgment from Jump and the administration after complaints were brought to their

attention. Jump declined to comment on the

claims. Bustos, who also sits on the Parent

Review Committee, said the expansion of the center and recent cuts in the center's budget have contributed to some of the problems at the center.

"The Parent Review Committee is the most concrete step we' ve taken," Bustos said concerning the problems.

He said the group was formed to give parents and teachers more input into the center and has helped open communica­tion between the two groups.

Jump wrote in a newsletter, March 8, that she is planning to open a new program in Loveland, Colorado.

"I plan to 'follow my dream' of estab­lishing my own children's center," she stated.

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• • Faculty salary ~r1s1s Jesse Stephenson The METROPOLITAN

salaries but allowing faculty salaries to remain below average.

"Administrators take care of adminis-trators but administrators don't take care of More than . two years after Metro

President Sheila Kaplan made a commit­ment to reform the college's aggrieved fac­ulty pay schedule, she is poised to adopt a $650,000 plan to solve the salary problems professors say would. take almost $1.5 mil­lion to fix.

Many Metro faculty decry Kaplan's policy, which she outlined in a March 25 letter, saying it is a feeble attempt to solve long-standing problems with Metro's salary structure. Others reject what they say is a

Metro president, professors clash

over pay plan

faculty," Schmidt said. Kaplan told the Faculty Senate that administrators may be paid more but they have no job security.

''They serve at the pleasure of the pres­ident," Kaplan said. She noted that she has eliminated administrative positions and can use some of the money the vacancies gener­ated to better pay administrators.

The president said her plan devotes $200,000 or more this year to equity and parity, about $147,000 of which will come from reductions in summer school salaries and the remainder, over $50,000, from excess dollars that came from the elimina-

punitive reliance on performance ratings to determine faculty wages. Th~ sharpest criti-cism comes from those who will take a pay cut for teaching summer school, since the plan is funded with money siphoned from summer-school salaries.

In a March 27 Faculty Senate Executive Committee Meeting, all thirteen members present voted that Kaplan's plan is "unacceptable."

Assessing the professors' grievances about the plan, Kaplan spent the week-and-a-half following its publica­tion meeting with faculty, department chairs, the Faculty Senate, and the Faculty Senate Executive Committee.

Kaplan's salary proposal is loosely based on parts of a Jan. 15 report from the 1995-96 Salary Equity Parity Committee. The committee, members of which were appointed by the president, was formed to devise a plan for achieving salary equity and parity for the college's fac­ulty.

In its report the EPC noted that "parity" means Metro salaries are comparable to those at similar colleges and "equity" means a fair salary distribution within the school based on the length of time professors have taught at the college, their field and level of education.

For at least a decade, Metro salaries have lagged behind those of similar colleges, according to John Schmidt, the chainnan of the Industrial Technology Department, a Faculty Senator and member of the Faculty Protective Association. The FPA is another faculty group formed to address salary issues at the college.

According to Jerry Boswell, a professor of finance and member of the Faculty Senate Executive Committee, Kaplan's plan doesn't come close to bringing Metro pro­fessors' pay up to national norms.

"Few would accept that (the plan) gets us to parity," Boswell said.

While the Faculty Protective Association has taken legal recourse by suing to rectify Metro's compensatic5n plan, the EPC was supposed to have addressed some of the same salary problems that the FPA is taking to court.

Kaplan, however, said the Equity Parity Committee's solution to the equity/parity problem is impossible to put into effect because it would cost Metro $1,480,000. The president said the college has nowhere near $1.5 mi11ion to devote to improved faculty salaries and denies that it would take that much money to achieve a reasonable level of equity and parity anyway.

"I didn't agree with their numbers, since their num­bers were wrong their solution was wrong," Kaplan said. "There's no point putting together a plan you can't possi­bly pay for."

Although Kaplan said she rejects much of the EPC's formal salary solution, she adopted parts of it for her own plan - despite the committee's warning that she cannot arbitrarily implement portions of the proposal. "The rec­ommendation from the committee was not pick and choose, it was not a cafeteria," said Gene Saxe, the presi­dent of the Faculty Senate during the March 27 Faculty

"I'm utterly amazed that what I'm hearing

is 'I want more.' "

-Sheila Kaplan Metro President

'7he recommendation from the committee was not 'pick and choose.' It

was not a cafeteria."

-Gehe Saxe Faculty Senate President

"We keep saying it's a pay cut and she keeps saying

it's a pay raise."

-Susan Josepher Metro Art Department Chairwoman

Senate Executive Committee meeting. Kaplan also strayed from the EPC's recommendation

that funding for the plan come from a combination of reducing administrative and faculty positions to the tune of $940,000 and cutting summer school salaries by $540,000.

"I thought that was an irresponsible recommenda­tion," Kaplan said.

Boswell gave members of the Faculty Senate copies of a report showing average wages for American college administrators and compared the figures to what adminis­trators earn at Metro. The national averages were pub­lished in the Feb. 3 issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education. In comparison to the national figures, the Metro administrators earn higher than average wages -while the faculty earn much less, Boswell said. Schmidt faults Kaplan for paying other administrators handsome

tion of administrative positions. She also said she is willing to kick in more money -

up to $50,000, if it's available. Currently Metro professors get 29 percent of their fall

and spring pay when they teach summer classes. Kaplan wants to reduce that amount to 21 percent of the regular school-year wages. The EPC and Kaplan have conflicting estimates of how much money will be gained by cutting summer-school salaries - although the cut is almost identical in both plans. The EPC called for a reduction from 29 to 20 percent.

The president said she'll get only about $147,000 to reallocate to fall and spring wages but the EPC reports a $540,000 gain would result. Part of the disparity lies in Kaplan's allocation of $60,000 worth of summer pay ~ut gains to "contracts for services" instead of fall and sprmg faculty salaries.

Professors who teach summer school are angered that the entire sum of money they'll lose from the pay cut won't go toward raising wages for the other two semes­ters.

''The 1 O months are not making up for the summer reduction," said Susan Josepher, chairwoman of the Art Department and member of the Faculty Senate Executive Committee. "We keep saying it's a pay cut and she keeps saying it's a pay raise."

Norm Pence, a Metro computer science professor and member of the Faculty Senate, estimates his personal summer-school pay cut will be $2,755. "When we talk about real dollars, the people who teach summer school are going to take a hell of a hit," Pence said.

Josepher said the cuts will have a profound effect on the summer school program because popular professors will eye other teaching opportunities in the face of a reduction in pay.

"One of my faculty said he's going to teach at the University of Florida because he can make three times as much money," Josepher said during the Faculty Senate Executive Committee meeting March 27.

Kaplan said that despite criticism of the salary cut, Metro's summer-school compensation plan is among the most generous in the country and the excessive costs it generates needs to be redistributed to fall and spring salaries. On April I she told those at the Faculty Senate Executive Committee meeting that she realizes her facul­ty wants all the money raised from the summer school cut to go back into salaries, but she has a responsibility to put some of the funding in other areas - and is surprised that the faculty fault her efforts to improve fall and spring salaries.

"That I understand and that's just too bad because life doesn't work that way," Kaplan said. 'Tm utterly amazed that what I'm hearing is 'I want more."'

Kaplan stated in her March 26 letter, "My plan is

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Summer wage-cuts anger faculty From page 5

designed to bring summer-session salaries more in line with other colleges and universities in Colorado and in the nation and, in so doing, to reallocate summer-session dol­lars to base salaries."

Kaplan said what she's proposing in terms of summer is not punitive to her faculty. She added that the current percentage-based pay plan hurts the summer program because the highest-paid profess.ors get the most summer school compensation, meaning there are fewer dollars to pay additional summer-session professors.

Under her plan Kaplan will phase out using a per­centage to determine summer salaries by 1998. Instead she'll offer a flat rate - a move she said is necessary since fall and spring, or base, wages will go up.

"If your base salary goes up and you're using a per­centage (to determine summer wages), you have to cut faculty to pay for it," Kaplan said.

'The view of individuals as 'what does that mean for my pocket' is different from my view," she said. "My con­cern is, how do you maximize the number of courses out there for students to take."

Not only do Metro faculty take issue with Kaplan's summer pay cut, but her refusal to rely less heavily on the use of merit ratings to determine wages has incensed many.

Under her plan, professors who receive an "excel­lent" rating each year for five consecutive years are eligi­ble for I 00 percent compensation, but those who receive lesser ratings such as "very good," "good" or worse for any one of the five years lose a portion of their salary.

Pence and others denounce Kaplan's merit system because faculty must be rated as "excellent" in order to get I 00 percent of their target salary.

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ROPE'S END: Faculty Senate member Norm Pence listens during a question-and-answer session with Metro President Sheila Kaplan at the Faculty Senate Meeting on Wednesday.

years you're going to be punished in money for the rest of your life," Josepher said.

Stuart Monroe, chairman of the computer science department and member of the Faculty Senate Executive Committee said he and other chairs have a difficult time reviewing faculty knowing the professors will be penal­ized monetarily for having anything below an "excellent" rating.

"We're probably going to have JOO percent of the fac­ulty rated excellent," Monroe said during the April 3 Faculty Senate meeting.

According to Kaplan, the merit-based system of cal­culating salaries is critical to her plan.

"Merit matters," she said. "That certainly as hell is my policy."

Kaplan told the Senate Committee April 1 that she expects her plan will raise the salaries of 53 percent of Metro's professors. She offered no estimates of how many salaries will remain the same and how many will be reduced.

The plan will become official Metro policy April 8 but the president said she will hear out the faculty's con­cerns.

"I'm not negotiating, but I've made it clear I'll make amendments," she said. "If I hear things that make sense, I'll be willing to make those changes."

Most members of the Faculty Senate Executive Committee expressed disappointment over the outcome of the April 1 meeting with the president about the plan -yet offered some praise of her acknowledgment of the equity/parity issue during the discussion with her and in a previous meeting.

"I have no illusions that this plan will satisfy every faculty member at the college," Kaplan states in the letter. "It does however continue to make good on my commit­ment to fund equity/parity considerations at the college in a fiscally responsible way."

Kaplan said she has juggled her responsibilities to the college and the needs of the professors in creating a salary solution.

"I am trying to walk a line here between concerns of the faculty against what I think is fair and financially responsible," she said.

For indignant professors, Kaplan's proposal has incit­ed discussion of sending some strong signals of their dis­content her way before the plan is ratified next week.

Pence expressed his hope that dissatisfaction with Kaplan's salary plan will cause professors to get more involved in ongoing equity/parity issues at Metro.

"I hope this is the Pearl Harbor for Metro," Pence said.

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WASN'T ME: Metro student Carmen Babcock is bothered that an Auraria Public Safety guard thought she was going to break into a car.

Incident troubles student Christine Moeser The METROPOLITAN

What would you do if suddenly two Auraria security cars, two Denver police cars, two mounted Denver officers and Auraria guard on mountain bike surround­ed you?

Trying to understand why it happened to her, Metro student Carmen Babcock wrote to The Metropolitan.

Carmen said she had time to kill in between classes and was just walking through the parking lot by the old Thirsty's, north of campus. She then con­tinued to walk between the tennis courts and the Tivoli Student Union when one Auraria security guard stopped her.

"She pulled up [in a security car] right next to me and said, 'Stop right there. Put your backpack on the ground,'" Babcock said.

Babcock said another Auraria guard on a mountain bike showed up and started asking her questions. He asked her where she was going, what she was doing while the other guard checked her student ID.

'Then the Denver cops came. One got out of the car and the ones on horse­back stopped by the mountain bike,''

Babcock recalled. The Denver officer took the informa­

tion from one of the security guards while the other searched through her backpack. The Denver officers and the security guards asked her why she was looking at different cars in the parking lot. Babcock said she needed to buy a new car, but was­n't sure what kind she wanted. The guard on the bike said he saw her looking at a soft top jeep and thought she was going to break into it.

"The only thing I remember was look­ing at was a license plate that had chains around it. I don't remember looking at a jeep,'' Babcock said.

Joe Ortiz, Chief of Auraria Public Safety said the incident was unfortunate but pure coincidence. He said the guard on the mountain bike was on patrol when he saw Babcock across Auraria Parkway. He thought she looked suspicious and called for backup, Ortiz said.

Because the lot is off campus and under Denver jurisdiction, Ortiz said they notified the Denver Police Dep~ent.

"It just so happened that mounted officers were nearby, and heard the com­motion," Ortiz said, "It's unusual for so many to show up like that."

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. WHEN: Wednesday, April 10, 1996, at 6:00-8:30 p.m. LOCATION: Auraria Campus; southside of Plaza Bldg., courtyard

OBJECTIVE: A rally and march to alert students of the Auraria Campus and the community of the dangers plaguing women at home, on the campus, and city sheets at night.

6:00 pm- Gathering at the Plaza Building 6:30 pm- Guest speakers: Judy Paige - Executive Director of Wings foundation

A\arfy Covener - from Colorado Coaliti9n Against Sexual Assaults 6:45 pm- March around campus 7:30 pm- Open mic introduced by- Senator Dorofhy Rupert

WHY: ... Because every night it should be safe for women to walk their city sheets and the floors of their homes safely. "Taking Back the Night" is a symbolic expression of women walking in safety together. While proudly championing their own environment, they sanctify their natural right to be freely and safely themselves.

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I._____ _s_TA_F_F ____.I ~~~.1.n!~nt~c~u~ pres: reali!!on~o~t~t~h~rup the EDITOR IN CHIEF

Louis A. Landa MANAGING EDITOR

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NEWS EDITOR Nguyen Pontiere

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who can act as an individual and accept responsibility for their actions? From the vicious and group oriented sensations of the Young Republicans and Freedom Fighters to the self pro­claimed wimps of the Student Government Assembly, it seems that Metro has devoured the individual.

Whereas I believe that any atten­tion given to those who use their first amendment rights to back up their per­sonal agendas is a waste of time (therefore saving me the task of whin­ing about the hateful imps that are th'e first of the above,) I do believe it a worthwhile venture to discuss the SGA.

Safa Suleiman, president of Metro's SGA, has what appears to be a lack of leadership. After reading her whiny (maybe wimpy is better­remember, "viva wimp hood!") editorial in the "Opinion" section of The Metropolitan (3/29), I would like to lend support to Louis Landa's criticisms about her abilities as a leader of the student body.

Suleiman has been bitten by the politically correct bug that in a most disgusting and sad fashion sucks the will and individual authority from its vic­tims. Her wounds fester for the student body. Behold, she uses phrases such as "power-sharing leadership" and

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"power-hoarding leadership." Suleiman continues by stating in a most revealing manner that leadership "is top-down, hierarchical, and some­what demeaning." I haven't quite fig­ured out what "top-down" means, but please don't tell me, Safa, that you just figured out a governing body is based upon a hierarchy of power, that the job requires a personal sense of strength and righteousness which can deal with the demeaning nature of the governing processes.

Is it such a kind gesture, albeit well-meant, to voluntarily give a good portion of the responsibilities as the elected ·head of the student body to one's fellow administrators? Maybe, just maybe, Suleiman is not cut out to be a leader.

If I were part of the SGA, I would be very upset with Suleiman's disre­gard for her office and her attempt to share the blame for her mistakes.

Financial Aid willing to help Dear Editor,

The Federal Government has cited the two temporary government shut downs, the January blizzard and computer technical problems as rea­sons for the significant backlog and delay in processing the Free Application for Student Aid (FAFSA) for the upcoming 1996-97 school year. Estimates ranging from 900,000 to 1.5 million have been made of the back­logged documents. _ The Department of Education has hired additional staff and are process­ing applications 24 hours a day, 7 days a week in an attempt to narrow this backlog and return to the normal 14-day processing cycle. They are pro­jecting to have all backlog and appli­cations submitted to them prior to March 1, processed by no later than March 31.

In the meantime, the Office of Financial Aid at Metro State is responding to the impact this delay may have on our students by extend­ing our complete file deadline from April 5 to April 26.

This three week extension should accommodate the processing delay and avoid penalizing any students

whose application was submitted ear­lier and was caught-up in the backlog. Our office is also keeping close watch on all Internet and government com­munications as to the status of appli­cation processing. Should further delays arise, we will again review our application deadlines and make any changes necessary to accommodate our on-time students.

Students and parents who have not yet received their processed Student Aid Report (SAR) for 96-97, can contact The Federal Student Aid Information Center for information regarding the status of their applica­tion. The toll-free phone number is 1-. 800-4FED-AID.

The Center has extended its hours of operation from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturdays.

Financial Aid applicants should be aware that this situation is impacting all schools across the country, not just Metro State. The Office of Financial Aid will inform the campus community of any further changes in the process­ing cycle.

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ladder we scale, the longer and harder the fall will be. At any rate, as the pres- . ident of an organization, governing body, etc., it is exactly one's responsi­bility at times to garnish decisions with unforgiving authority.

Within her closing paragraph, it sounds as if Suleiman would have a governing body turned into a "share group" where administrators would gather in a circle and engage in sweet discussion about their desires for the student body. Tissues anyone? We wouldn't want anybody in the role of an administrator feeling bad about them­selves, now would we? I must say that my criticisms would have been cut short if Suleiman had been brave enough to admit her failure and accept responsibility for her ideas and ensu­ing actions.

Throughout most of the world, governing bodies are stocked with leg­islators, members of parliament, and other law makers, but there is always one (the president, in this case) who must take ultimate responsibility . It' s what the people want. It makes us feel better about our leaders when they can be strong as well as concerned.

Safa! Safa! This is your wake up call. Welcome to reality. Safa!

Gary Norris is a Metro senior majoring in literature and

philosophy

Thanks for Women's History stories

Dear Editor,

Thank you for you assistance with making the 1996 Auraria campus Women's History Month Celebration a success.

Approximately 2,000 stu­dents, staff, faculty and commu­nity members participated in the various events and exhibits dur­ing the month.

We appreciates your efforts to educate the campus communi­ty about women's lives, experi­ences and histories. In particular, I would like to thank you for including coverage of women's history programs in The Metropolitan.

Tara Tull Women's Services

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Alisha Jeter The METROPOLITAN

E ighties glam-rock group Def Leppard shocked the music scene when they introduced a drummer with one arm. It was a wonder how he could keep the complex beats with only one

playing hand. Imagine trying to play the drums without sight. That's just ·:,·hat Metro student Dan Solano does.

Solano, blind since birth, said he learned how to play the drums when he was seven years old from an older friend. Though he had lessons, Solano said he truly learned to play when he would listen to a song on the radio and would pay particular atten­tion to the drum parts. He would try to match the drum beat with sounds on his drum set. He said that the dif­ferent drums make different sounds, so he began to put beats together by learning those sounds.

As a musical performance major, Solano said that Metro has a good music program and initially drew him here after graduating from Ranum High School in Westminster. "As far as playing music," Solano said, "I see this campus as a pretty good avenue towards me being able to play."

Mark Foster, Solano's private percussion instructor, said that no real provisions are taken for Solano's handicap. He said that he makes tapes for Solano to learn from rather than showing him, but that Solano is learning just like the rest of Foster's students. Foster said, "He's a fairly good player. He still has a way to go, but that's normal."

Solano plays music from jazz to rock to rhythm & blues.

"Metro has really expanded the way I play," Solano said. " It has turned me on to being able to play the drums to all kinds of music." He cur­rently plays in four groups from Metro including two jazz bands, one wind ensemble and one percussion group. He also plays for a couple of

official name. He said, "I just play with whoever invites me to play."

Solano said that he is mainly playing functions like weddings for now but he joked, "I did play this total dive one year. That was about five years ago." Solano last performed about two months ago with Project Phoenix, he said.

One person who has worked with Solano, music major Frank Romero, said, "He's a great guy to play with. He's a good player-real sharp with great ideas." Romero said Solano picks music up

quickly an the information well, making h1 ork with.

Solano said he uenced by many people in the music in stry and cited a few major ones. He said that in Big Band jazz, a large influence was Buddy Rich and in small jazz combos, he was influ­enced by drummer Alvin Jones. He also noted Emerson, Lake, and Palmer drum­mer Carl Palmer as a major rock influence.

In response to the ultimate person to play with, he joked, "wherever the money's coming." He finally said,

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"There's an old blues player by the name of Buddy Guy who would be tremendous­ly fun to play with. But common, every­day people who aren't discovered are also fun to play with." He said that whatever opportunity there is to play is an excellent one.

Other than the drums, Solano also plays the keyboards and guitar some, though not too proficiently he said.

Solano is not really sure where his future music career saying that he will just have to see where a music performance

degree will take him. He said that he is considering teaching beginners how to play the drums in addition to his per­forming. He said making a career from music performance will probably be tough, but that he will likely have something to fall back on by the time he graduates. Solano is a junior at Metro and said next year he plans to acquire a minor to supplement his per­formance degree. He does not work at a traditional job; he performs whenev­er he can, he said.

Foster said, "Choosing music as a living is a difficult thing to do. I think he (Solano) has a chance to make a liv­ing at it."

As far as his future Solano is engaged to be married, hopefully by next year, he said. He met his fiancee at an independent program for the blind about six years. ago when he was 15. He said that his fiancee, seven years older than he is so at the time they did not pursue a relationship because she was 22. After the pro­gram, they lost touch for a few years until December of 1994 when a mutu­al friend brought the two back togeth­er. His fiancee is going to school for elementary education, Solano said, and she plays the flute, sings and plays the keyboards a bit.

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He also said that the relationship he walked into came with three chil­dren and that his home life is very time consuming as is his musical aspira­tions. Still, he said, "a lot of what I do revolves around the music," and he is happy with his busy life.

rock bands .outside of Metro, one called Project Phoenix and another he just plays with which doesn't have an

GROOVIN': Dan Solano, a blind music performance major, plays at a South High School Jazz Band Concert. He also plays in six other bands •

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Right and left square off Heated debate focuses on abortion, porn Nguyen Pontiere The METROPOLITAN

I t was right versus left in another hard-hitting bout of social issues.

The contenders, Phyllis Schlafly and Sarah Weddington, sparred over social issues that

included abortion, censorship and pornog­raphy.

"Sex Issues of Today" held in the Auraria Events Center drew a crowd of nearly 700 people last Friday.

Schlafly is a leading critic of America's feminist movement. She is a lawyer, columnist and president of Eagle Forum, a conservative pro-family organi­zation. She has six children and is best known as the woman who led the defeat of the Equal Rights Amendment.

Weddington graduated law school at the age of 19 and won the landmark case, Roe vs. Wade at the age of 26, which made abortion legal in the United States. She served as chief adviser for women and minority concerns to the President Bill Clinton and has been in the forefront of major women's rights battles for 15 years.

Schlafly won the coin toss and began the debate by speaking on abortion and

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LISTEN UP: Sarah Weddington said the government should not interfere with a woman's decision to have an abortion at a debate last Friday.

focusing on Roe vs. Wade. "The justices wanted to legalize the

killings of unborn babies," she said. Schlafly said abortion is not an issue

of when life begins. "Abortion is about the end of human

life," Schlafly said. She said three days after conception,

through modem technology doctors are able to determine the sex of the·fetus and it is a human life.

She ended her discussion on abortion by stating, "I hope that one day Roe will be overturned."

Schlafly briefly touched upon pornography and censorship.

She said pornography is the degrada­tion and humiliation of women and cen­sorship is a judgment call depending on who is in power.

In Weddington's rebuttal she said she only wanted to focus on abortion.

"Individuals have a right to make pri­vate choices," Weddington said.

Weddington said Schlafly believes three days after conception there is life and it is all right for her to have that belief.

"I'm just not willing for her to force that on people who do not share that belief," Weddington said.

Weddington added that abortion is sometimes an alternative for parents who may have children born with heart com­plications or organ malfunctions. She said sometimes abortion is necessary to save the life of the mother.

"Government should not be able to impose certain decisions on families, on women," Weddington said.

Schlafly stressed that abortion is about somebody being killed.

"There is no way that anybody can deny that what is in the womb is a human being," Schlafly said. "Are we going to allow some people to kill other people?"

Schlafly said there are approximately 1.5 million abortions a year.

"The question is not who is going to die, but who are we going to kill," Schlafly said.

Weddington responded with, "Why should the government have the decision about what you' re going to do?"

The crowd cheered and applauded during several portions of the debate and participated in a question-and-answer ses­sion with Schlafly and Weddington after­wards. To allow more people to ask ques­tions, the answers from Schlafly and Weddington were limited to two minutes.

The event was sponsored by Metro and the University of Colorado- Denver Student Activities and several volunteers.

Xicana conf ere nee first for women Workshops explore topics from art to making a difference

Jalecia Johnson The METROPOLITAN

C ultural history, ~elf discovery and the commu­nity were discussed at "La Xicana: Mujeres de Todas Estaci6nes," a conference geared towards Chicana/Latina high school students

Saturday. The spelling of Xicana comes from Nahuatl,

which is the historic language of the Aztecs. Coordinator and chairwoman of the conference

Marfa Corral said this is the first conference specifical­ly meant for Latin women. "It was about time to have a conference for Chicanas because men have a confer­ence that has been around for five years," Corral said. "Chicano history and culture have been suppressed within the mainstream curriculum and our community," she added.

Chicana activist and author Enriqueta Vasquez was one of the guest speakers. In her speech she talked about the Chicana history and the Chicano movement.

"The Chicano movement brought knowledge of our history," she said. "Chicanos have had a history of conferences," she said.

She went on to talk about the Spanish invasion of Mexico, and how the history was changed.

"The Spaniards came and changed our history and our names, and burned down our libraries," she said. "Now we are being colonized by the U.S. English can never be the language of the southwest," she told the audience, earning a standing ovation.

Vasquez also talked about how important women are. "The woman is the creative element of the species . . . we are the life givers," she said. She added Chicanas must remember who they are.

"It's important to remember who we are so don't be afraid to march and to protest, and show them your culture," she said. That sparked more clapping and several shouts in the audience. She ended her speech by saying that women should have self-esteem and that tomorrow can't be taken for granted. The audience once again stood and cheered for her.

Vasquez's speech was followed with a slide show accompanied by a guitar player and singer. The slide show, called "Xicanisma: La Palabra Brava," showed several pieces of art work, and numerous pictures of Chicanas. It kept the audience's attention and the room grew quiet.

Students going to the workshops said they were enjoying themselves.

'Tm learning a lot about Chicana women, how strong we are, and I liked the dancing," said Tracy Velasquez, a Denver high school student. "The work­shops are educational, and the speakers were really good, but the food has been a highlight for me," said another student.

Corral said she hopes to have more conferences like these in the future, but she wants them to be on a community level.

''This conference was more student-oriented and funded," she said. ' 'There is a need to know our own history and culture in society."

John SwiMhe METROPOLITAN

SPEAK OUT: Lisandra Sanchez conducts her seminar, "Semillas de Mariana: How to make a difference" at La Xicana Saturday.

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'Laughing Wild' delivers social message with wit and style Louis A. Landa The METROPOLITAN

H you ever been in a supennarket and someone was hogging an aisle or making it difficult to get to a can of tuna? Did you feel like

beating your fist over that person's head? Even if you have not experienced this

you will still enjoy Laughing Wild the cur­rent late night production at The Vogue Theater.

Wild is another hilarious effort from the master of the neurosis-comedy, Christopher Durang. He is an expert at developing helpless heroes, people too caught up in the web of human frailties and insecurities to realize their own poten­tial.

The two characters -in Wild surely rank high in the army of Durang's dis­turbed. Man (Kevin Hart) and Woman (Pamela Farone Hart) meet in the can-food aisle at a New York grocery store. Man is carefully examining the nutritional infor­mation while Woman grows agitated because she also wants to choose a tuna. Woman loses her patience and cracks Man over the head with her fist.

Believe me it is much funnier than I

have described. Man and Woman retreat to the sub­

conscious world of dreams and relive the tuna aisle encounter. Oddly, in each of their dreams Woman gets shot. That ends the first scene "Dreaming Wild."

The play is broken into a series of skits and scenes which often border on stand-up comedy. Woman is first to pre­sent her life story. She is unemployed. She is a neurotic. She is obsessed with televi­sion talk-show host Sally Jesse Raphael. She would like to see Raphael and Mother Theresa battle it out in the Roman Coliseum with chains and big metal balls with spikes on them. She says sex makes her want to commit suicide and thinks we all feel the same way. And she likes tuna, just to name a few wonderful aspects of Woman.

Woman's monologue could stand alone as stand-up comedy. Farone Hart plays the role with the proper energy, cre­ativity and a sort of one-woman slapstick. Her descriptive delivery of the Durang script is right on the mark. She seems to be the only one involved in the play who has a full grasp of how to properly work Durang.

Man gets a crack at explaining his

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troubled life. He stands at the lectern of a self-help group describing how he has improved himself. He uses meditation and crystals to keep himself in harmony with nature. He no longer gets angry and tries not to let others get to him.

He does find a few things in life con­fusing. He wonders how God can justify AIDS. This is where Durang's script truly shines. The scene goes a bit like this: The angel Gabriel is trying to get God to explain AIDS. The God in this play is the

vengeful God that sees AIDS an effective and efficient way to deal with gays and intravenous drug users. Gabriel never seems to be completely satisfied with God's explanation, but God quickly ends the discussion by threatening to make Gabriel human send him to earth and give him AIDS.

The whole scene sounds irreverent and insensitive, but that is Durang's style. Durang delivers an important social mes­sage while doing it with humor.

Some people might be offended by Durang's style, but that is because they are too blind to see the true message of his work.

Kevin Hart does manage to grab some of the humor in the God-Gabriel exchange, but never quite catches the full comedic impact in rest of the monologue.

The craziness and irreverence never end. It reaches its peak in which Woman, who is now a Sally Jesse Rapheal look­alike, shoots the religious statue The Infant Of Prague.

Director Michael R. Duran does a fine job with the simple and linear staging. There are a few times when the actors appear uncomfortable with their positions onstage, but credit to them they work through it.

Technically the show is sloppy. Light queues lag when they should be sharp and quick. Sound levels are too high and at times drown out the actor's voices. This was the second week of the show and these problems should have been ironed out.

The show is worth seeing for two rea­sons. The wonderful and imaginative writ­ing of Durang and the actress who knows how to make the most of it.

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Why the warnings? Labels help to undermine intelligence of populace

A few weeks ago I was in the restroom of a bar on Colfax Avenue. After I washed my

hands, I noticed the restroom had an old towel dispenser, where the towel loops down and back up into the machine. On the machine was a warning label that read, "Do not hang from towel, or stick your head in the towel loop."

Now, as I perused this lovely warn­ing, I wondered what kind of true schmuck actually got his (or her) head stuck in one of these towel dispensers so that the company had to start slapping these warning labels for the apocalypti­cally stupid on them.

We've all seen them. The label that reads, "WARNING!!! Do not use hairdryer in the shower." I mean, not only is this really unnecessary, but why would anyone even try. How can you dry your hair when the water is still running on it?

Now, the first reason someone can attribute this label phenomenon to would be the ungodly amount of frivolous law­suits in our nation. Whatever the reason, the end result is still the same.

I think these labels are a detriment to society. If people are really stupid enough to try to microwave a hamburger

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while they're sitting in the bathtub, they deserve what they get. Do we really need these people polluting the gene pool?

Since the tools of mankind have been getting more and more "user friend­ly," we've seen a fall off in the general intelligence of the people. Children's test scores are getting lower, entrance requirements to schools are dropping, even Taco Bell joined the act when they stuck "how to eat soft taco" instructions on the wrappers.

What about those labels on power tools? You know, the one on the chain saws that say, "Keep away from face." I'm sorry, but if someone is stupid

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enough to try and comb their hair with a chain saw, videotape it and pop it in the VCR, because I'm going to kick back with a bag of popcorn and laugh hysteri­cally as I watch the moron scalp himself (or herself).

It's a dangerous cycle. As the gener­al populace gets stupider, businesses have to cater to that stupidity, which in turn encourages more catastrophically stupid people running around owing their lives to the label on the toaster oven warning against using it as a pool toy.

What about the signs on doors that say "push" or "pull?" Listen, if I push against the door and it's not opening, and rather than having the common sense to pull, I keep pushing; then I deserve not to be able to go into the store and buy an electric fan with the warning label advis­ing me not to stick my fingers between the plastic grates.

What's next? Warning labels on pencils that say "Do not shove in eye." Labels on staplers that say "Do not press against forehead."

Frivolous lawsuits should be out­lawed. I say, let people decide whether or not to hang on electric wires. Let's revi­talize the intelligence of our gene pool.

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Like the temperatures, the Metro Baseball is heating ~. up.

The Roadrunners only played four games this week, but won two of them. They have now won three of their last five games.

"Despite the record, we are finally turning the comer and starting to play good baseball," said assistant coach

-r Sean Brendel. All four games (~wo doubleheaders) were in Hays,

Kan. against Ft. Hays State. In game one, Metro starter Justin Liuzzi pitched six

great innings, giving up only three runs on five hits as Metro won 6-3 . Liuzzi, a freshman, leads the team in

\_ innings pitched, and earned run average. Closer Jason Mayoral pitched a perfect final inning, recording his fifth save of the season.

Right fielder Don Ortiz continued his hot hitting. Ortiz had one hit, 2 RBI, and scored a run.

Metro completed a sweep of the doubleheader win­,_ ning game two 7-4. Starter Geoff Abbey threw a complete · game giving up four runs on seven hits. Catcher Pat

Maxwell collected two hits, 2 RBI and scored three runs. Maxwell leads the team with 35 RBI.

Center fielder Brian Micciulli had two doubles and drove in two runs. It was the first sweep of a doublehead­er for Metro this season, and extended their winning streak to a season-high three games.

"Winning two games at Ft. Hays was huge," said Brendel.

The celebration did not last long as they were swept the next day. The Metro bats were silent as they only man-

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Shortstop Tracy Archuleta had two hits and scored one run. Starter Shawn Harpin pitched 2 1/3 innings giv­ing up five runs on seven hits.

The second game was not much better. The bats were quiet again as the team had only five hits and scored

two runs. Ortiz had one hit and scored one run. Mayoral took the loss, dropping his record to 0-2. The Roadrunners travel to Pueblo for a weekend

series against the University of Southern C-0lorado. Metro played a doubleheader against University of

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It's the final Coca-Cola Ski Cup of the season ·

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Eight' n It Up Figure 8

Competition April 6

East Wall. Figure Eights. Enough Said.

Beach'n Egg Hunt April 7

Peter Catlantail will be leaving goodies far

kids of any ages around the green runs.

Come and gel 'em.

7th Annual Mogul Master April 20

What are you made of? Find out in this "Amateurs On~"

mogul race.

7th Annual Bikes & Bumps April27

This ain't no drive through the park.

Mountain bikes and' bumps meet. So hold on, it's going to be a

bumpy ride. Helmets required!

Telemark-Bump & GS Race May 11

Bumps with a different twist. Telemark skim

take on the bump arena. Hosted by the

Rocky Mountain Telemark Assoc.

Beach'n Bikini Contest May 25

If you need an explanation, you need to geJ out more. Live entertainment and a

"theme" bikini contest.

- COMMENTARY -Relax, it's a game ":

Sports have always been America's dis­traction. No matter what is going on in the real world: wars, political upheaval, riots, earthquakes or depressions, Americans tum their attention to the games for relief. _

Now, more than ever, the sporting : events and athletes involved are as screwed up as the real w@rld.

NEWS: Denver Nuggets point guard Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf brought negative attention to his team and himself for stand-ing (sitting) for what he believed in. He was criticized by moronic sports-talk radio -r callers and advised to leave the country, thus proving his point that the flag represents not only freedom, but "tyranny and oppression" for some (i.e. minority) Americans.

When he changed his stance after receiving guidance from other Muslims, he was called a coward for realizing his mistake and rectifying it by standing respectfully in prayer.

VIEWS: Abdul-Rauf, like anyone who lives in this country, has the right to do what­ever he wants to during the National Anthem.

The flag is . supposed to stand for free-dom.

Freedom to stand. Freedom to sit. Freedom to burn the damn flag if he

wants. Our racist society saw a black man

choosing to be different and jumped on it. He showed no disrespect. The flag is a piece of cloth! That it represents different things to dif­

ferent people is natural. People died for the freedom the flag figuratively represents. Literally, people wanted to kill Abdul-Rauf ~ for expressing his free-will.

Quite the paradox. All this proved was that Americans, like

sheep, will do anything they are told, includ­ing stand for a meaningless ritual, with no real knowledge of what it means.

NEWS: Major League Baseball Umpire John McSherry collapsed and died of a heart attack in the Cincinnati Reds' opener Monday seven pitches into the game. Players, managers and fans were stunned, and many were heartbroken. McSherry was in his 25th year as an umpire and was a well­liked and respected guy.

The players and managers agreed to cancel the game and replay it in its entirety the next day out of respect for McSherry and because only two umpires were left as one had gone with McSherry in the ambulance.

Reds owner Marge Schott, ever the pi,c­ture of class and sensitivity, bemoaned the decision to call off the game. She said it was a disservice to the fans and though she felt sorry for the family asked, "can't they play with two umpires? It doesn' t really matter."

VIEWS: Schott, an insensitive, racist idiot with no business being in the business of professional sports, was simply being Schott. That anyone expected anything less from her is the surprise here. She uses racial epithets when referring to minority players and has treated players unfairly based on personal vendettas against them.

Anyone with a brain would ask, "who ., really cares that a simple game was can­ce11ed?" It was a game, and it got replayed the next day. Big deal.

Schott, however, failed to realize that a man dying takes precedence over a baseball game. Therein lies the problem.

People need to realize while sports pro- .-­vide an interesting distraction from the prob­lems of the real world, many times the two are intertwined. But, the games will always be just that - GAMES!

- Michael BeDan Sports Editor

• APRIL 5, 1996 The METROPOLITAN 17

Tennis feams continue to struggle Roadrunners experiencing losing streaks, both men and women blasted by Colorado College Alisha Jeter The METROPOLITAN

It could be the beginning of another long losing streak for the Metro women's tennis team. The Roadrunners lost 5-2 to Regis University on April 1.

The Regis match marks loss number 12 for the sea­son and the second in a row with just two wins for the sea­son.

The women just couldn't gather enough momentum to overcome the Regis team. Many of the women collect­ed four or five games in a set only to lose out to a slight­ly stronger Regis player. Regis took all of its wins in straight sets.

Number I singles player Danielle Nelson and No. 3 singles player Pipr Osborne were the only bright spots for Metro. Nelson beat Regis' Teresa Norick in three sets, winning 6-4, 4-6, 6-2. Osborne outlasted Regis' Kacey Callinan in straight sets with a 7-5, 6-4 win.

The third straight singles win for Nelson boosts her impressive season record to 5-3. This is "quite an achievement," said head coach David Sileo, "considering that Colorado is the toughest state in Women's Division II tennis, having four schools ranked in the top ten national­ly."

Of her success, Nelson said, "I'm hitting a peak right now. I had some tough matches. I came through a lot bet­ter than I expected." She said that her mental game has always been a struggle but that it is improving a lot, enabling her to play more strongly.

Sileo was confident of the team's play saying, "The first three matches could have gone either way. There were some very close matches. We will have the edge on

them (Regis) the next time we play them." Still, No. 2 singles player, Lena Capra was the only

losing player to present a challenge to the Regis team, dropping two close sets, 5-7, 4-6, losing to Regis' Christina Wasmuth. Number 5 singles player Brandi Clemons also won four games in her first set, but easily gave up the second to Regis' Katie Carlson, losing 0-6. Kristen Stennes gave up both sets to Regis' Anne Morris with scores of 1-6 and 0-6. Stennes seemed to be strug­gling all day against the Regis team as her doubles per­formance with Nelson was wracked with unforced errors. Stennes is coming off of a lengthy absence, however, and is still suffering the effects of little playing time. The match ended with a 3-8 loss to the Regis' doubles team of Callinan and Norick.

The team had to default the No. 6 singles and No. 3 doubles match because of its five-player roster.

The women also fell to Colorado College 6-1 in a home match on March 29. Nelson was the lone scorer for the match, winning in three sets: 6-3, 3-6. 6-4.

The men's tennis team couldn 't gather even a point against the Colorado College team, ending with a 7-0 loss. This settles the men at 5-9 for the season, which is a considerable improvement over last season's fare where some players failed to capture more than a few wins.

The last wins for both the men's and women's teams were against Colorado Christian University on March 27. It was only the second win for the women and the fifth for the men.

The men will host Colorado School of Mines on April 5 and the women play Air Force Academy at home on April 6

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DEEP THOUGHTS: No. 1 doubles player Tony Gerome returns a shot in a March 27 match against Colorado Christian University.

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GENERAL Organization offers free Meditation Metro's Schoo1 o classes Thursdays 5 - 7 p.m. at 1020 Sciences will present a

Toads in the Garden, a Thursday night poetry series at the Daily Grind in the TtV-Oli, will present a poetry reading at 8 p.m. Sandra Doe, Metro creative writing instructor, will read. Admission is $2, $1 with student ID. Info: 697-

Ninth St. Park. Mind's Eyes' and Other Vis cts: The Metro Student Government Assembly meets every Thursday at 3:30 p.m. in Tivoli Room 329.

Narcotics Anonymous meets every Wednesday at 4:15 p.m. in Tivoli Room 322. Info: 832-DRUG.

An Al-Anon support group meets every Thursday at 9:30 a.m. and Monday at noon in 1020 9th St. Park. Al-Anon is a support organization for people who live with, or have lived with, a problem drinker. Info: Kathy 424-9613. .

Menorah Ministries hosts a Truth Bible Study every Wednesday and Thursday at 3 p.m. - 5 p.m. in Tivoli Room 542. Come for the fellowship and the Bible study. Info: Rick Drebenstedt 722-0944.

The Student Health Center is holding meetings for anyone who wants to quit drinking and abusing drugs. Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from noon - 12:50 p.m. in Auraria Library Room 205. Info: Chris 727-9714, Tom 7 44-8446, or Billi 556-2525.

Alcoholics Anonymous meets every Monday, Wednesday and Friday noon - 12:50 p.m. in Auraria Library Room 205. Info: Chris 727-9714.

A new club at the Auraria Campus, the Public Relations Organization of Students meets the first Monday of each month at the Denver Press Club, 1330 Glenarm Place, at 6:30 p.m. The meeting is open to all students inter­ested in public relations. Info: Jay Brodell 556-0655 or Dan Snyders 988-3288, pager: 606-0655.

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The Metro/UCO Counseling Center is offering a program for students who have a disease or illness such as dia­betes, epilepsy, cancer or asthma to discuss their frustrations and difficul­ties. Info: 556-3132.

Metro Student Art Exhibit is at the Emmanuel Gallery through April 8. The gallery hours are Monday through Friday 11 a.m. • 5 p.m. Info: 556-8337.

The Student Health Services Nicotine Cessation Support Group will offer a program Thursdays through April at noon - 1 p.m. and 5 - 6 p.m. at 1020 Ninth Street Park. Admission is free. Info: 556-321 o.

The Student Health Service's will offer "The Relaxation Workshop• April 9 and 16 at 5 p.m. - 6 p.m. at 1020 Ninth Street Park. Admission is free.

April 5 is the last day to vote in the Metro's Student Government election. The voting is ends at 5 p.m. The voting is taking pl(lce at the flagpole area and the juncture of Central and West Classroom.

SAT. APRIL 6

Metro's Baha'i Club will present "Book Reviews" on "Belonging to the Universe: ExpJorations on the Frontiers of Science & Spirituality" at 7:30 p.m. in the Metro Baha'i Center, 225 E. Bayaud Ave. in Denver. Info: 322-8997.

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How Do Culture and Gender Influence How You See The World," at noon - 1 p.m. in Tivoli Room 320C. Metro's psy­chology department's professor, Lyn W. Wickelgren, will speak. Admission is free and open to the public. Info: 556-4004.

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APRIL 12 for the third five-week module.

TUE. APRIL. 9 The Accounting Students Organization will meet at 5:30 p.m. in the lobby of Auraria Event Center. Officer elections

.. :.for summer and fall will be held. Info: MAISE, PSCA, CHS and the Rocky . '•''' ~nda i..yssy 47~6955. Mountain peace center will show a . video on "The Art of Struggle" in the · ··1,...,. , -. -T--A----1-6----. multicultural lounge in the Tivoli at 2 ' , UE. PRIL p.m. .

WED. APRIL l 0

The Institute for Women's Studies and the Iota, Iota, Iota will sponsor "Take Back The Night," a rally and marctdo alert students of the Auraria Campus and the community of the dangers plaguing women on the campus and . the community. The rally starts at 6 p.m. on the south side of the Plaza Building courtyard. Info: 361-9491.

The Campus Recreation at Auraria will present an event, "4th Annual Health & Fitness Day," at 10:30 a.m. -1:30 p.m.,

Th& Metro Student Activities will spon­sor a lecture, "Age-dating Our Solar System: at noon in Tivoli Room 320 . BC. tnfo: 556-2595.

The Student Organization for Alumni Relations of Metro will hold a celebra­tion for graduating seniors with free appetizers. beverages and live music from 4 p.m. - 7 p.m. in Tivoli Tumhalle. Registration is required by April 12. Info: 556-8320.

at the flagpole area and outside the .

Plaza Build!ng. This event will _intro"' ... l:;: ,,, THU. APRIL 18 ... ·: I duce a variety of health and fitness"J' ;;, · . . " ·. " activities. Info: 556-3210. "' ' · · '

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NURSERY, CENTRAL YMCA Looking for PT nursery attendants. Evenings Mon.-Fri. 5-8pm and Sat. 9-noon. $5.00/hr. Child/Infant CPR or Community CPR pref erred. Contact Jen Browne at 861-8300, EOE. 4/12

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COORS FIELD VENDORS needed to sell score cards 2 hours prior to Rockies games. Earn $50 - $80 a game commission. Sales manager needed also. 575-1738. You pick the games. 4/5

LIFEGUARDS NEEDED FOR sum­mer. Country Club setting. Call Jan 279-3758. 4/12

CRUISE SHIPS HIRING - Earn up to $2,000+/month. World travel. Seasonal & full-time positions. No exp. necessary. For info. call: 1-(206)-971-3550 ext. C58792. 4/19

WILDLIFE/CONSERVATION JOBS Game wardens, security, mainte­nance, etc. No exp. necessary. Now Hiring. For Info Call: 1-(219) 794-001 O ext. 9361 7am to 9pm. 7 days. 4/5

$1750 WEEKLY POSSIBLE mailing our circulars. For info call: 1-(301 )-306-1207. 4/26

TROPICAL RESORTS HIRING -Entry-level & career positions avail­able worldwide (Hawaii, Mexico, Caribbean, etc.) . Waitstaff, house­keepers, SCUBA dive leaders, fitness counselors, and more. Call Resort Employment Services. 1-(206)-971-3600 ext. R58791 . 4/26

FLOORING DISTRIBUTOR SEEKS Part-time commercial collection assis­tant. Previous collection experience needed. Accounting background help­ful. $8.00 per hour. Contact Dave Ward at 296-1168. 4/5

PAINTERS/FOREMEN WANTED, summer work outdoors North Denver suburbs. $6 - 8/hr, must have car. 494-8944. Collegiate Painters. 6/21

LOOKING FOR MOTIVATED people to become Independent Representatives for Excel Telecommunications. No telemarket­ing high income potential. Call Steve 546-7138. 3/29

CASA BONITA NOW HIRING Servers $10 - $14. Hostesses Full/Part time positions available. Apply in person 6715 W. Colfax. 5/31

PAPA'S PIZZA AND MEXICAN CAFE now hiring for cooks, waitstaff & counter help. Apply in person at 540 E. Alameda Ave. Call 722-4723 for more info. 4/19

RECREATION, CENTRAL YMCA Looking for PT lifeguards. Morning, afternoon, evenings available $5.75-6.25/hr. Contact Rob Wiggins at 861-8300, EOE. 4/12

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GUARANTEED SCHOLARSHIPS! I can find you financial aid for college. Call: (303) 403-9066 for details.

7/21 FOREIGN LANGUAGE TUTORING All levels German, beginning and inter­mediate French, beginning Spanish. Tutoring since 1988. German translat­ing and college teaching experience. On campus Mon-Thurs, 9AM-4PM. Low rates. Leonore Dvorkin, 985-2327

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WANT TO GET IN SHAPE? Award­winning instructor offers coed classes combining weight training, stretches, and calisthenics. Only $4/hr. All equip­ment provided. Evenings and Saturdays in SW Denver. Leonore Dvorkin, 985-2327. 4/26

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SEEKING INTERVIEWS with students who work as strippers for women's studies research and publication Please call Jeanie at 863-8117. Interviews can be done on the tele­phone and no names are necessary. Photo essay also desired; call John @ 556-2507. 4/26

MARLO!!! We met at Archer's in FTC, Sat 17th. You had to leave and I had to find you, but I was always one step behind. Still try­ing!!! Tom 1-(970) 223-7194. 415

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VOTE! MICHAEL OBERNDORF, Honor Student for VP of Student Services! We've been silent too long!!!

4/12 ADOPTION: Loving, Christian couple, Civil Engineer and full time mom in Northern Colorado desire to adopt a newborn. Call George Esposito; Adoption Center; 799-6852; ask about Jerry and Lisa." 4/5

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