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Hot Rod? Denver firefighters and

Auraria Public Safety offi­cers responded to a car fire In lot G Feb. 8, according to Lolly Ferguson of Auraria Public Safety.

"We both arrived at the same time, and the fire had been extinguished," Ferguson said. "The fire department's Investigation revealed the fire was caused by an electrical short in the main battery cable."

The vehicle belongs to MSC student George Groom.

Crime Log Feb. 9-15 4 thefts reported 1 criminal trespass 1 traffic accident 6 vehicles towed

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Bennett pllts down college curriculums Education Secretarv Bennett savs that

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classes are trendy, soft-headed John Gegner Reporter

Mindless courses claiming to spring from serious thinkers like Karl Marx but looking more like they spring from Groucho Marx are debasing curriculum at colleges and uni­versities, Secretary of Education William Bennett charged during a speech Feb. 4.

In the speech to 400 presidents and deans at the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, Bennett said higher education is losing credibility because of "faculty trashing of Plato and Shakespeare"

in trendv, soft-headed courses that are dis-placing the classics. ·

''The American people are beginning to wonder whether the emperor - higher edu- . cation - has any clothes," the former philo­sophy professor said.

The speech provoked sparks from college presidents around the country.

"It's a typical Bennett technique," MSC interim President William Fulkerson said. "He isolates a single issue and then he gener­alizes that conclusion to everyone."

Fulkerson said that Bennett's remarks don't necessarily apply to state schools like

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Metro because "we have to remember he did this in front of a private college audience."

Dr. Larry Johnson, dean ofMSC's School of Letters, Arts and Sciences, said, "I believe colleges and universities have to reflect what's happening now, and there are new courses that do."

He cited the example of the importance of women in society and the course offerings · now available in that area.

"He (Bennett) and I surely disagree on the best education," Johnson said. "But I still believe in Shakespear«:."

"There are some courses in the catalogue that embarrass me," MSC journalism depart­ment chairman Greg Pearson said. "But it's not nearly as bad as in the '70s."

He said the journalism curriculum, which was re-evaluated and revised three years ago, is one of solid and substantial courses.

MSC English department chairwoman Jan Delasara also noted a recent review and revision of all course offerings in English. She said Metro probably has the most struc­tured English program in the area.

"Bennett has consistently been a critic of education, rather than an advocate," Delas­ara said. "I think he is probably about 20 years behind what's actually happening to English departments or other solid discipline courses of study like English."

MSC finance department chairman David Crockett said, "I don't doubt that if you're going to decide curriculum to try and get numbers in the classroom you could put some courses in that you shouldn't waste resources on. But I don't think there's very much of that, particularly here at Metro."

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Chad Morris Jana Cohlmia Reporters

A 38-point "master plan" designed in part to bring Colorado colleges and universities up to par with peer schools across the coun­try has been approved by the Colorado Commission on Higher Education (CCHE).

The CCHE voted unanimously at its Feb. 11 meeting to implement the plan, which was originally called for by the Colorado Legislature in 1985, over the next five years.

According to Charles Manning, deputy director of the CCHE, the plan defines the commission's objectives, but offers no defi­nite means of implementing higher educa­tion's goals.

The plan "lays out where we (CCHE) want to go, but not by what paths we want to get there," Manning said.

He also said the master plan was deve­loped in conjunction with Gov. Roy Romer's goal of improving higher education.

"The CCHE paid a lot of attention to what Governor Romer wanted," he said. "In fact, one goal in developing the master plan was to use education to improve the eco­nomic climate in Colorado" by increasing Colorado's educational standards and draw­ing_ new business.

Members of the Aurarla Student Health Cllnlc donned T-shirts to promote Natlonal Condom Week, Feb. 15·21. From left to right: Mabel Wiimot. 81111 Mavromatis. Mary Jo Glugl1, Marllyn Halburg, Miry Duell and Kathrine Simmons.

The CCHE hopes to achieve this by rais­ing the level of state support for education in Colorado by the academic year 1989-90 to within the top 50 percent of peer institutions.

Currently, Colorado is about 15 percent below the national average for per-resident student funding, Manning said.

In addition, the plan involves changes to the financial aid program, which would make it easier for students to complete the first half of their education.

Specifically, students who demonstrate financial need would be given grants in the first half of their degree program and would receive loans for the second half.

"The logic is that as students experiment with education initially, they won't have a heavy loan burden. Chances are they'll fol­low through with their education, graduate and will have a better mechanism to pay back the loan," Manning said.

The plan also calls for a study of the Auraria campus management and how well it has lived up to its original goals.

"We want to review the history and how the objectives have been implemented and coordinated," he said. "Also, we Wallt .to talk with the college governing boards about any problems they perceive and then address and assess those problems to develop

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solutions." For example, the Auraria campus has

been said to have inadequate space for classes.

"We need to ask questions like, 'Do you build more classroom space or do you use satellite locations to work out ofr "Manning said. "Also, we should ask, 'What are the hopes and dreams of the campus and what physical facilities do we have to accomplish those goals?' "

By implementing these and other changes, the CCHE will try to improve the quality of higher education over the next five years.

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Sliding scale for tuition increase probable Jana Cohlmia Reporter

Despite opposition from some college governing boards, the Colorado Commis­sion on Higher Education (CCHE) is likely to adopt a variant of its proposed "sliding scale" to set tuition increase schedules.

The proposed scale would tie the tuition hike for the academic year 1988-89 to the general fund, which is appropriated each year by the Colorado Legislature to help pay for higher education. Under the proposal, the less the general fund increased, the higher tuition could be raised and vice versa.

The current scale calls for a minimum tuition increase of 3.8 percent (an additional $18.24) and a maximum of 8 percent (an additional $38.40).

At its Feb. 11 meeting, the CCHE heard testimony from its staff and college govern­ing boards regarding the proposal.

Blenda Wilson, executive director of the CCHE, said the commission is likely to adopt a variation on the sliding scale, possi­bly adjusting the tuition rate figures up or down.

Hike would be tied-to general fund "I see the commission going with a rela­

tionship between the general fund and tui­tion increases; other than that, it would be negotiable," she said.

She added that funding for higher educa­tion in Colorado is inadequate and that Colorado must fund more or it will be out­paced by other states.

"We are not making the kind of progress we need," she said. "We are competing with other states for talented students and faculty and we're being outpaced. I think it's bad public policy to say to schools, 'We expect you to deliver quality' and then not fund for it."

She also said that funding for higher edu­cation is a decision that will impact the future of Colorado.

''The state must make an investment deci­sion, and if the general fund increases will barely cover inflationary factors, the only source is the students. It's just the reality of it."

MSC interim President William Fulkerson

was not at the meeting, but he said he does not like the sliding scale proposal.

"I don't particulary care for it," he said. "I do think the more money we can put into the base (general fund) the better, and I want the money from the state so we can drive (fund­ing) the other way."

Along with the sliding scale, the CCHE is considering granting tuition increase requests based on the current system, in which each college's governing board sets the amount of the increase based on its funding needs.

Ray Kieft, vice president of the Board of Trustees of the Consortium of State Colleges (MSC's governing body), said the board would most likely support a sliding scale, as long as college governing boards could take part in deciding how much tuition would be increased.

"We (trustees) have not met formally to discuss the proposal, but our inclination would be to support some combination of individual contributions and the sliding scale."

That way, schools would still have a hand in setting their own increases, he said

"The general assembly, the boards and the CCHE need to join hands on this issue and attempt to moderate tuition increases as best as posstble, without sacrificing quality and accessibility for students," he said.

Hunter Rawlings, vice president for Academic Affairs and Research at the Universityof'Cdcr.IOO,saXlaJ'sBoardofRegtm5 favors the current system and does not want the new proposal to pass.

"We (regents) think the proposal is very simplistic, it fails to account for many factors that we must take into account when setting budgets," he said. "Setting a budget is not simply a matter of picking numbers out of the air. We drive our budgets using our resources and expenditures, so that it reflects our strategic plan."

If the proposal~. it would be in effect for only one year, at which time it would have to be reworked

The CCHE will meet March 3 to discuss the proposal again and will make a decision at its April meeting. o

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AHEC approves funding for new parking design Lance Williamson Reporter

Campus parking. These two words conjure images of driving circles in parking lots, racing to put coins in meters, tardiness, and other problems associated with them.

Twenty percent. These two words repre­sent the number of on-campus parking spaces Auraria will lose before the 1988 fall semester according to a Phase One Parking Assessment Needs report given to the Auraria Higher Education Center (AHEC) board of directors by BRW, Inc., a Denver engineering firm.

"Through reconfiguration, there will be l,200 on-campus parking spaces lost (and) 500 gained for a total loss of 700 spaces," said Steve Wilensky ofBRW at the Feb. 15 AHEC board meeting. There are 3,777 on­campus parking spaces, according to the report.

The AHEC board approved $70,000 at the meeting for BR W to begin preliminary design and construction plans of the second phase of the parking lot reconfiguration.

The reconfiguration will be necessary when the Auraria Parkway is built next summer, replacing existing Wazee Street between Seventh and 12th streets. The parkway is part of a City and County of Denver plan to funnel traffic around the

campus with the new Walnut and Colfax street viaducts to downtown.

This and future construction will disrupt or eliminate parking lots A, B, U, W, S, SA and T, the BRW report said.

"Construction will begin as soon as school is out for the summer," said Morgan Smith, executive director of AHEC. "It is scheduled to be completed tli.e day before school starts in the fall."

"This is a real aggres.sive time schedule. If we don't make it, it will be a real mess," Wilensky said.

In other action, the board approved $37 ,500 for the 1988 Auraria Cable Enter­tainment for Students (ACES) operating budget. The board also agreed to let ACES remain in its present location in the Student Center.

"This was very important," said Danielle Streed, ACES news and information director. "We are solely supported by AHEC and didn't know where or if we would exist or not."

Students can view ACES programming on monitors in campus lounges. ACES also does film work for groups requesting it on the Auraria campus.

"We're here to provide experience for students - filming, writing, editing, producing, whatever," Streed said. D

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Aid crisis resolved? David Konrad Reporter

The beginning of the 1987-88 academic year was a frustrating time for the MSC Financial Aid office and the students who had to deal with it.

Long lines outside the Financial Aid office, problems with a new computer system and a backlog of aid applications all made for a nightmarish experience.

According to the MSC administration, the situation has improved this semester.

"I have very few letters of complaint (and) practically no phone calls for this semester, so I have to assume that there has been a significant improvement," MSC interim President Dr. William Fulkerson said about the Financial Aid office.

The problem with the office started when the implementation of a new computer system was delayed.

"When our computer system for financial aid failed to operate last spring, it created an enormous backlog of applications, and we had a reduced ability to process them in anything like the time frame we wanted to," said Tobin Barrozo, MSC provost and vice president of Academic Affairs.

As a result of the computer failure, financial aid award letters for the fall semester were not mailed to students until three weeks before the semester started.

The problems escalated to the point that the office was bombarded with phone calls and long, long lines started forming outside the door.

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The Financial Aid staff made emergency requests for personnel and approximately $10,000 in computer equipment to help with the backlog of applications.

According to Antonio Esquibe~ MSC vice president for Student Affairs, a re­evaluation of all of the student affairs programs has been done to locate unused money from the existing budget. The money has been found and used to purchase a personal computer and hire two new staff members to work between the offices of Financial Aid and Admission and Records.

The administration cited this emergency aid as one of the things that helped Financial Aid get back on its feet.

Barrow mentioned several reasons for the office's improved efficiency. They include the fact the the computer system is im­plemented and only some fine-tuning is required, the ability of the institution to provide administrative computing support to the financial aid computer system, and the fact that the staffs of the Financial Aid office, Admissions and Records, and the Business Office are working in a more integrated way by cross-training employees.

Barrow also cited the administration's contracting of the Arthur Young accounting firm to do a management accounting survey. The survey will determine if additional personnel is needed for the offices and if there is a need to reconfigurate the space these offices occupy in order to bring people into clo.5er proximity.

The possible redesign of the first floor offices ties into the "One Stop" plan Barrow

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Administrators hope to avoid long llnes llke these seen last fall.

introduced last semester. "One Stop" is the proposed link of the

computer system of the Financial Aid office, Admissions and Records, and the Business Office in order to allow ·the student to deal with many questions at one central location.

According to Barrozo, the offices on the first floor are already moving toward the "One Stop" concept by working together to serve the student better.

"Students aren't being sent all over the institution to get a response to questions they need answers to, so they know whether to register or not," Barrozo said.

Besides being one of the offices involved in the "One Stop" conc.ept, the Financial Aid office is doing some things of its own to help students.

According to Cheryl Judson, MSC director ofFinancial Aid, a student financial aid handbook is being put together to explain everything a student might want to

know about financial aid. Judson hopes to have the handbook available to students sometime in April.

In addition to the handbook, a one page newsletter to keep students informed of deadlines and changes in financial aid is being sent out every three weeks. The first newsletter was sent out Feb. 8.

"Financial aid is so complicated. It gets more complicated every year. When I went through school in the late '60s, I thought financial aid was complicated. That was nothing compared to what it is now," Judson said.

Even with these efforts to improve the service of the Financial Aid office, the administration feels the service is not at the level it desires.

"'We have a ways to go yet, to see about what other things we can do to improve service to the student," said Tim Greene, MSC vice president of Business Affairs. D

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Teens tackle black history David Konrad Reporter

It was a game-show format, but not in the usual glitzy sense. The second annual P.A.N.D.A. games, to promote black aware­ness during Black Historv Month, was aca­deni.ic competition at its best.

The games, held at the Auraria Student Center Feb. 6 and 7, pitted 11 area high school quiz teams of six to eight people, in competitions organized by the Pan-African Nurturing and Development Association.

The competition, developed by faculty members in the MSC and UCO black stu­dies departments and open to all racial groups, included questions about famous

black literary heroes and African geography. "The whole competition did better than

last year," said Rene Rabouin, games organ­izer and UCO counselor of the Black Educa­tion program.

George Washington High School beat last year's champion East High School in the final round of competition to win the coveted P.A.N.D.A. bowl and first place trophy. As an added bonus, the George Washington High School coach, social stu­dies teacher David Arterberry, is treating the students to a trip to Jamaica.

Only the top four teams won trophies, but everyone came away from the games richer in knowledge and awareness of black his­tory. o

Student govt. wants new computer David Konrad Reporter

At the Feb. 10 meeting of the Financial Affairs Committee (F AC), chairman Dan Becker introduced a proposal for a new IBM computer package. The system would include an IBM PS/2 Model 50 computer, a laser printer, a dot-matrix printer, an image scanner and Wordstar 2000 word process­ing software.

This package would replace the present Hewlett-Packard touch-screen computer, which the 1985-86 student government administration purchased from the Auraria Book Center but never paid for.

According to Becker, the Book Center billed them after the student government's accounting year was over. The Book Center eventually ended up writing the Hewlett­Packard system off.

Becker explained that the new computer is necessary because "the touch-screen is not user-friendly to our needs."

The IBM system would, according to Becker's proposal, expedite the operations of the staff secretary and allow for a more timely and cost-effective initiation, editing and production of documents. o

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Feeling a little down latelv? Got them roadhouse blues? The smiles i~ide the MSC Student Health Clinic could be the cure for you.

Actually, the clinic, located on the first floor of the Student Center, offers services ranging from the evaluation and treatment of health problems to minor surgery such as wart removal.

Staff assistant director Billi Mavromatis said the clinic handles about 70 patients a day.

Any student enrolled in at least one credit hour at Auraria can use the services of the clinic. Those enrolled full-time qualify under the clinic's insurance plan, which covers them anywhere in the United States and Canada, Mavromatis said

Internist Dr. Fred Meyer handles patients on Mondays, Tuesdays and'Thursdays.

Nurse practitioners Cynthia Farkas, Mary Duell and Mary Jo Glugla "blend the nursing skills of counseling, health instruction and guidance with the skills of assessment and management of illness," according to a clinic brochure.

Triage RN Sue Baker greets incoming patients, assessing each patient and what care she believes they need.

The clinic prescribes and can now dispense

some medications, usually costing between $2 and $3, Mavromatis said.

Information on drug and alcohol abuse and where to get help, AIDS information and regular Alcoholics Anonymous meetings are all coordinated out of the office.

For more information on the services of the health clinic, call 556-2525.

Minority scholarshlpsoffered The MSC earth sciences department,

through the Amoco Oil Corporation, offers three semester-by-semester scholarships to minority students interested in geology or related majors with a heavy emphasis on geology.

"Amoco stipulates that to be eligible for the scholarships, a student must have a land use major and minor in geology or some kind of contract major with an emphasis in geology," said science department spokesman Fran Osterberg.

Amoco is interested in attracting more minority students into the geology-related fields, she said. In past years they have offered up to $2,000 per year to eligible students.

Students interested in applying for the scholarships should call Osterberg at 556-3143.

Complied by C. Patrick Cleary

Committee looking for new senators Jay Hauptman Reporter

MSC's Academic Affairs Committee (AAC), which functions as an 11-senator unit, currently has only three members and is trying to fill its ranks.

AAC membership has suffered because many senators have either graduated or resigned, said recently appointed chair Gary Talsma.

"It's true, we've lost a lot of members all at once," Talsma said.

After filling the committee, Talsma said he plans to begin working on publishing teacher evaluations and hopes to have them out in time for the summer semester.

The evaluation project has yet to be funded, but a decision to provide funds might be made at the Feb. 22 Student Affairs Board meeting, Talsma said. o

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----OP-ED---­Tuition rise justified?

~~ J A HIKE ON TUITION TRAIL

Cartoon by Joey Manfre

Letters Reader says campus art suppressed

Art Show? What Art Show? This has to be what The Metropolitan's Staff are saying about the recent MSC Student Art Show. The annual event, which has been held in the Emmanual Gallery since 1978, was completely ignored by the school newspaper.

Now I realize that an art opening has none of the rah-rah of a basketball homecoming, or the beefcake of a bodybuilder ... only artists. But by ignoring the student show The Metropolitan has ignored an entire year's worth of work.

Now Editor Jim Manuel may want to plead ignorance of this annual event, but I personally made sure he knew about it. If going to The Metropolitan's Office and placing the show in the Calendar of Events or hanging posters all over the Student Center wasn't enough, then my three phone calls (which he never returned) should have been.

Not covering the show is just one of the many ways this campus suppresses the arts. As an art student and a senior I sometimes feel that the whole Art Department could disappear and nobody would notice. Not only jocks need positives strokes.

I suggest that Mr. Manuel bundle up one of his reporters and have them take the risk of leaving the Student Center and of crossing Lawrence Street. There is a whole campus of creative and talented people out there! A reporter assigned to the campus Art-Beat would find artists, musicians, and writers that are doing a multitude of strange and wonderful things .

Who knows, your paper might even become interesting.

James Arroyo Fine Arts Student

Tuition up, fees too. Not what the average student wants to hear these

days. And yet tuition is on the rise again at MSC. By next year, full-time MSC students could be

paying up to 8 percent ($518.40 for tuition only), and at least 5 percent ($504), more than they are right now.

Full-time in-state tuition and fees are already around $600, sans books, per semester.

It is definitely arguable that these hikes (83.3 percent since 1980-81) are pricing a large proportion of students right out of college. I myself don't look forward to shelling out any more than I have to.

And all the confusions and frustrations surrounding financial aid don't help comfort the pocket book.

Some of you probably aren't terribly upset with the prospect of spending another fifty bucks on higher education. Others have a hard time justifying the $555.

But Metro is asking the Colorado Commission on Higher Education (CCHE) for a 16 percent increase from the Colorado State Legislature general fund. The school is probably not going to get all it asks for - that's why tuition will rise.

Now, you may be asking, whom we can call the bad guy? Who's responsible for these costs?

Well, if the legislature did pick up the 16 percent hike, we the taxpayers would have to come up with it eventually. If the CCH E gets stuck raising tuition, we the students pay all the more.

Some questions that immediately come to mind are: "Why the hell do I have to pay more?" and, 'What is this school going to do with my money?"

But when I get to thinking about it, I shouldn't be so angry.

Student Government Calendar FEBRUARY 22-26

Mon. Student Affairs Board 4:30 p.m. CN-301

Tues. Student Center Advisory Board 12:30 p.m. SC-252

Campus Safety Committee 2:30 p.m. SC-3400

Election Commission 3:00 p.m. SC-3400

Wed. Club Affairs Committee 3:00 p.m. SC-3400

Financial Affairs Committee 3:30 p.m. SC-251

Thurs. Rules Committee 3:15 p.m. SC-3400

FEBRUARY 29 - March 4 Mon. Student Facilities Policy Council

3:30 p.m. SC-3400

Tues. Election Commission 3:00 p.m. SC-3400

Wed. Student Senate 3:00 p.m. SC-257-258

----------Corrections----------In the Feb. 12 Issue the "61mers" story should hive said the SCAB would forward 1 copy of Its latter to the Student Facllltlaa Polley Councll.

"The Metropolltan" forgot to mention that Rick Smol1n'1 "D1y In the Life of America" all de show was sponsored by the MSC

Student Activities Lecture Sarles. Our apologlas. Keep up the goad work.

Aumla Publlc S1faty officer Kally C11l11 was first on scene of the Feb. 5 crime but story.

First of all, MSC wants to hire more teachers to meet rising enrollment. The school also wants to give its teachers a raise. Thirdly, the school would spend more on .supplies and other necessary equipment.

Now, I've always been one to say that teachers are among the most underpaid people in the country. At MSC, our full-time teachers make 18 percent less and part-timers make 40 percent less than other teachers at similar institutions. Teachers are so important for our society, but they are generally treated poorly. "Oh, you're a teacher. What were you going to do with your life .... " (What about the bumper sticker that says, " If you can read this, thank a teacher"? It's true.)

And how many times have you had to copy page after page of notes off chalkboards because the department ran out of supply funds the second day of classes?

Sure, it's a drag to shell out so much money for school. But Metro is still a good bargain. A four-year program (eight semesters at $555) costs only $4,440. Other schools around the country charge that much a quarter. And around downtown Denver, there isn't anything cheaper.

More than a few profs would argue that an MSC education is better than that of some of the other schools around here. And isn't that what we're here for anyway?

There aren't many schools around that we can attend at most any age, have full-time jobs and still get a quality education away from the dorm­mentality.

It's a nasty fact, but someone's got to pay for all of this in the end. And, for now, it looks like us. Money, argh!

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Panelists deer~ blaek status in Dana Stlent)es Reporter

For many blacks, the chains of discri­mination seem unbreakable in the view of international racism like that of South Africa. But the key to unlocking the chains often begins at the local level.

Linda Mizell-Taylor offered encourage­ment to students of all races Feb. 10 to continue the fight against discrimination by advising, "If you care, do something to make a difference."

Mizell-Taylor, coordinator of the South African Project for the American Friends Service Committee, and several Denver reporters, professors and businesspeople spoke out for blacks at the Fifth Black World Conference at St. Cajetan's Center.

Dr. Larry Johnson, dean ofMSC's School of Letters, Arts and Sciences, gave the offi­cial welcome to more than 50 people who braved snowy conditions to attend.

"This conference represents what we at Metro want to do - act as a forum for the various parts of the community," he said.

Deborah Tucker, director of public infor­mation at the Denver auditor's office, said, "Few would argue that the media is a social catalyst." However, she continued, it also

brings "tears of agony" for blacks working within it - less than 6 percent of those employed in the major media outlets are black.

Clark Watson, a 1987 mayoral candi­date, agreed with Tucker.

"The small amount of blacks in the media does affect how news stories are covered," he said.

Watson explained how the American media "affects public thought and political policy," using South Africa and Israel as examples.

"The media doesn't point out the com­mon behavior of these two countries," he said. "What Jews are doing to Palestinians is no worse that what Hitler did to them (the Jews). The media is not a passive action, but is a powerful influence."

"The role of the journalist is not always black and white," said Gordon Jackson, a reporter for the Denver Weekly News. "There are gray areas, and lots of judgement is involved."

But, he added, the press is not treating minorities fairly. He quoted a survey which said 70 percent of news about blacks is bad.

Jackson also said the press responds to such accusations by saying there aren't enough qualified black journalists. He said

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he didn't know if this is true because black students know what they're up against, or if it's because there are very few programs that provide financial and psychological assist­ance to help get into journalism programs.

Later in the conference, Mizell-Taylor spoke about apartheid.

"South Africa is the only country in the world which compels its citizens to be racists," she said. This racism is used as "a tool to cover money

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Rebel with a cause: A T. J. Hutchinson Reporter

It may have started when she refused to move to the back of the bus.

Or it may have been because a woman refused to sell her a house.

Or it may have been the school officials who warned her not to "rock the boat."

Whatever it was, it worked. And she "rocked the boat." And she's still making waves. She is Dr. Gwendolyn A. Thomas, assis­

tant vice president of MSC's Institutional Advancement. As part of Black History Month, she shared her wealth of experience and personal history about effecting change.

Thomas was born in Milton, Penn., where she attended school until the l 0th grade. For her last two years of high school, she was sent to a boarding school for blacks in New Jersey.

Her excellent abilities and intelligence resulted in a family decision for her to attend college. In her family, going to college meant enrolling in a school in the South.

That was "so you could find out what black people could do," she explains. "Blacks there owned businesses."

The lifestyle of blacks in the South was different from that in her hometown. But Thomas was determined to shed the small­town image. And attending Bennett College in Greensboro, N.C., inspired her more.

"We were the 'cream of the crop,' " she says.

The private school for girls was indeed that. Bennett girls never left the campus

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without their hats, pocketbooks and gloves. It was stressed in college that they would have their place in society.

However, Thomas wasn't going to take a place in society that wasn't of her choosing.

"I spoke my mind," she says, "and he didn't like it."

"He" was the school's president, and he felt Thomas was "rocking the boat." He suspended her once for !'rebelling against limitations."

He also tried to influence her classmates against selecting Thomas class president during their senior year, to no avail. She had already been president her freshman year and vice president her sophomore and junior years.

The president also did his best to get her to transfer to another school. His persuasive-

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soeiet~ T.J. Hutchinson Reporter

Who was David Walker? Who was Dr. Charles R. Drew? What is "The Black World"?

Many people don't know the answers to these questions, which are asked year-round and answered especially in February during Black History Month.

The Fifth Black World Conference, sponsored by the MSC Institute for Inter­cultural Studies and Servic:es, addressed

both blacks and 'etan's Center. ncerning "The Recent Devel­erican and the

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move did no him from playing a major role in the struggle for freedom of slaves in the South.

fSC VP still fighting ness made her even more determined to stay.

Her determination wouldn't let her transfer, and her graduation was extra special - she was valedictorian of her class.

Thomas' pride in her history is evident, and a photo of her graduation attests to her pride. The photo is of her and Paul Robeson,

c_ the noted actor, singer and civil rights activist, who spoke at her graduation.

After graduation, Thomas was teaching English in an elementary school in Mont­gomery, Ala., when the incident on the bus took place.

During that time (around 1950), Thomas said, blacks could ride anywhere on the bus until the whites boarded. Then they had to get up and move to the back.

"One day that got to me," she says, "and I didn't move. All my friends thought I was

:::. crazy." The bus driver ordered Thomas and her

friends off the bus and they relented. In the early '60s, Thomas and her husband

moved to Denver and tried to purchase a house in Aurora. The woman selling the house refused to sell it because of complaints

J. by white neighbors. "My husband bad been in two wars and

flying hazardous missions. I felt I had the right to buy a house where I wanted to live," she says.

But Thomas says the more important fact is that her family did finally move into Aurora- and changed it forever.

"We integrated Aurora back in '62," she says. "There was one other black family in the city limits. We were conspicuous to say the least."

Thomas took a year to concentrate on making school lunches and shuttling her kids back and forth.

In 1963 she started back at the University of Denver to get her doctorate in English. She didn't finish the program until 1973, but she kept herself busy in the meantime.

She was an original member of the Metro faculty when she started teaching classes there in 1965.

During 1969 and '70, Thomas taught at the Intercultural School of the Rockies in Estes Park. She taught children of all races, but when funding was impossible to find, she returned to Metro.

Thomas taught at Metro again until 1973 when she started at DU. She was there until 1980, but return to Metro as the dean of the School of Community and Human Services.

When Metro was reorganized in 1985 and the School dropped from the curriculum, Thomas was named to her current position.

She presides on local and national boards for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and is chairwoman of the board of the Urban League of Metro Denver. She also serves as secretary for the Regional Assembly of the Urban League.

Thomas says she is especially interested in education for all ages and all cultures and has a unique perspective about today's vouth. - "I really believe that the clue to everything is expectation. Expectation based on an understanding ... and respect for an individual child." o

"He understood (that) his personal, individual escape was no escape at all," Harding said. "His major concern was not to forget where he came from (but) rather to remember."

Harding described the roles of other lead­ers in black history, such as Marcus Garvey, Claudia Jones, Dr. W. E. B. DuBois and King, and reflected their views in bring­ing about change.

"The idea of 'The Black World' should not just be for intellectual discourse," be said. "It must go much deeper than that"

Harding said the determination people have to make changes occurs mainly when they are up against a wall.

"Every generation ... must, out of relative obscurity, come to discover their mission, and they they must either fulfill it or deny it.

"David Walker was an example of the caring that leads to doing," he said.

A call for caring also came from Linda Mizell-Taylor, coordinator of the South African Project of the American Friends Service Committee.

Taylor asked for support in the halting of apartheid in South Africa. Apartheid is the government-sanctioned discrimination of blacks, she said.

She feels the United States government should be doing more, such as mandating divestment of corporations in business with South Africa.

"Our leaders have evidently learned nothing from our shameful, tragic history.

"(Economic sanctions) are the last non­violent tool we have to bring about changes," she said.

However, racism in America is still a major concern for many of the panel mem­bers. This was illustrated by those speaking on the criminal justice system.

Dr. Richard Jackson,juris doctorate and assistant professor of criminal justice and criminology at MSC, explained some reasons racism exists in the system.

"The history of racism is the history of the criminal justice system," be said. "Who enforced racism in America? The criminal justice system."

Jackie Wilson, a criminal justice professor, agreed with Jackson.

"The criminal justice system reflects the society that created it," she said.

Joe Webb, coordinator of recruitment for the Denver Police Department, explained how the system operates for the different races.

"We enforce the law in the black com­munity and we protect the law in the white community,'' he said.

The general thrust of the conference was the understanding of black history and culture.

"If you don't know where you've been, you can't pos.sibly know where you're going," Harding said.

Finally, who was Dr. Charles R. Drew? Drew was a noted researcher in blood

transfusion techniques and storage methods. He is attributed with saving innumerable lives in World War II. Ironically, Drew died after losing a great amount of blood in an automobile accident in 1950. He died shortly after being turned away from a "for whites only" hospital. o

"My husband had been in two wars and flying hazardous missions. I felt I had the right to buy a house where I wanted to live." - Dr. Gwendolyn Thomas MSC vice president of Institutional Advancement

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Metro grad melds minds with music Diane Gemma Reporter

MSC graduate Neil Slade plays fusion -fusion of the two brains.

Slade has come up with what he calls "Mind Music."

"When you listen to music on the radio, generally speaking, it's mindless music; it's just a nice tune. But I've added something to that. I try to relate every piece of music I perform to more efficient higher states of being."

Slade graduated in 1978 with a music degree and has since been performing in bands and concerts and teaching private les­sons. He's learned several instruments over the years and can now play those and others with his state-of-the-art synthesiz.er, on which he writes all of his own music.

He conceived Mind Music in high school. "When you get to be that age you start

wondering, 'Well, what are we on this planet for?' "

This is how Mind Music works. Slade explained the brain is divided into

two halves. "In the left brain you absorb words; you

do your math. It's more of a logical type of perception.

"The right brain deals with the spatial. It's art; it's music. It's things you can't quite put into words. So when I play a song, you're picking that up in your right brain."

Slade said the music is going to be inter­preted by the right brain, but it doesn't do anything for the left brain.

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.. There is an inherent message in music. If you're not terribly right-brained, it may be difficult to pick that message up." - Neil Slade

"What I do is throw in some left brain information, so you're getting a whole brain experience."

Slade defines left brain information as story-telling, giving background information on a specific piece of music or telling his audience what it means to him. He also attempts to describe to his audience the func­tions of the two brains.

He said he feels this sort of communica-

tion with the audience has been very succes.s­ful.

"People really enjoy that a lot. They enjoy knowing behind the scenes where the music came from. Plus I think they like the left brain talk - story-telling.

"There is an inherent message in music. If you're not terribly right-brained, it may be difficult to pick that message up."

That is why he has added the left brain

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on neurological research (he took great pains to describe brain functions with a Granny Smith apple), philosophies such as " Buddhism and the relaxational techniques of Hatha Yoga.

"I've done my own exploration, as every one has, trying to figure out what's the secret of happiness."

He talked about and listened to his song .,. "Harriet."

"I used to teach a yoga class. Harriet was one of my students. Her energy put together with my energy created this piece of music.

"Harriet was an interesting person in that she had a lot of difficulties with things that were going on in her life, and when I would see her, a lot of times she would be real happy - a lot ~f times she would be real sad. That's why I used the (sound of) rain."

The synthesiz.er is capable of a myriad of sounds. Slade combined a piano/harp sound with a rainstorm to express his perception of -Harriet. Slade said this type of description is typical in his concerts.

"Every song has the right brain music and the left brain explanation. This way they're getting it two ways," he said. "I get a much better response from the whole-brain con-cert."

Slade will be playing/story-telling Feb. 29 at 7:30 p.m. in Room 295 of the Arts building. The concert is free to Auraria stu­dents and $5 to the general public. o

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What next Dr. Ruth? Judith Henrickson Reporter

"Grow up, will you?" is a phrase I've used ,. - mostly as a joke and sometimes as a

reminder to myself that there is an end to the seemingly never-ending task of mothering - with my darling daughter for the past 16 years.

Last week those four little words came -<- back to haunt me as she and I were driving

home from a shopping trip. I was feeling very relaxed and smug, hav­

ing satisfied my post-holiday-l-hav~to-buy­everything-because-it's-50-percent-off craving, when she asked me, very casually, if she could take birth control pills. My knuck­les turned white as I dug ruy fingernails into the palms of my hands. I managed to keep the car under control and hyper­ventilated only briefly. Thinking quickly (under the circumstances), I grabbed my May D&F bag from the back seat and inhaled deeply.

"Mother, calm down. You said that when I'm ready to become sexually active we should discuss birth control methods. I'm just trying to be responsible."

"How nice," I replied I love this age, ) _ they're so glib, even logical. Except, of

course, when they're feeling intense about something that's sooooooo important- like what to wear in the morning.

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"Well, I think I'm ready, and Amy's mother took her to the doctor last week, and she's taking the pill."

The voice from the urbane, singl~mother­of-th~'80s part of my brain was saying, "This is what you wanted. You've encouraged open, honest communication and supported her to embrace and be comfortable with her sexuality."

r The Catholic side of my brain was scream­ing, "Yes, it's time to lock her in her room and chain her to her bed."

"But I'm not ready for you to be ready. Can't you at least wait until I graduate from college? Better yet, when you graduate from

: college," was all I could manage to say coherently as I peeled into the driveway.

I told her we'd discuss it later (avoidance always works well at times like this) and walked straight to the garage in search of chains.

As I stood there in the garage muttering to myself and feeling overwhelmed, it occurred to me that it felt like something vital was missing - like the last page of instructions.

I had encouraged her to talk about her feelings and had shared mine with her. I told her how my ignorance and lack of emotional support contributed to my having her at 17. I told her the only time my mother talked to me about sex was when I told her I was pregnant, to which she responded, "Do you want to tell YOUR FATHER or should I?"

I told her the only time my mother talked to me about sex was when I told her I was preg­nant, to which she responded, "Do you want to tell YOUR FATHER or should I?"

I decided then to break the pattern. The guilt-ridden Catholic form of "sex doesn't exist/ignorance is bliss" attitude was not a tradition I wanted to hand down to my own children.

So why, I wondered, was I standing there in the garage feeling shocked when I had achieved what I had set out to do? Because, I answered myself, the progressive how-to­raise-perfect-children books never helped with the feelings l had every time we crossed one of these thresholds to adulthood. And I had survived so much trauma already.

I remembered the emotional strain of put­ting away her dressing table. The separation of first grade worked my nerves. I had to take deep breaths when I read "Where Did I Come From?" to her. I loved the introduction though - "We wrote it because we thought you'd like to know exactly where you came from and how it all happened. And we know how difficult it is to tell the truth without getting red in the face and mumbling."

Then there was puberty. Which actually wasn't as hard as I thought it would be, until her bra size became two sizes larger than mine. OK, three sizes. Men were suddenly ~looking at her instead of me. But I adjusted. I just quit going out in public with her.

When she started dating, I was very calm. We had lots of very open discussions about every aspect of relationships. And I resisted the urge to climb in the back seat when her dates started to drive their own cars.

Looking back on it, I thought I had handled the "inner conflict versus the norms of the '80s" issues pretty well. I still didn't have an answer, but it was getting too cold to hide in the garage any longer.

On my way into the house, I spotted my niece's copy of Green Eggs and Ham, and I remembered the words I could still recite by heart. "I do not like green eggs and ham. I do not like them Sam I Am. Try them, try them and you may. Try them and you may I say." I felt just like Sam I Am then. I wanted her to do what I knew was right for her so she could avoid a lot of pain and mistakes. I was trying to persuade her to eat meat then -and she's still a vegetarian.

As I started upstairs to finish the discussion, I acted as though I wasn't fazed by my 12-year-old son's request to have his ear pierced.

"Has everyone lost their mind?" I wondered.

"Not the right ear, Mom, the left one." Was that supposed to reassure me? Now I'm thinking there must be a full moon and feel­ing older by the minute.

I put my hand over my left eye to stop the twitching and said, "Why, in God's namer•

"Because Jake's getting his pierced." "Would you jump off a bridge if Jake

did?" I asked sarcastically in a voice that sounded a lot like my mother's.

I recovered my composure when his mouth fell open. "Do you really want to get your ear pierced?" I asked.

"Well, not really. Jake looks pretty weird with just one earring. I thought maybe you'd just say no though." He bounded down the rest of the stairs looking somewhat relieved, which brought me full circle in my what­did-1-do-wrong/what-do-I-d<rnow? analysis of parenting.

Maybe having faith in my ability to have passed certain values on through this rigorous process was the last page of instructions. I'd pretty much provided all of the resources (or done all of the damage) that I could at this point. And I had placed top priority on the decision-making process and learning from the consequences, a method that usually led my kids to think a lot more clearly.

Feeling a little like Yoda, I made a mental note to call Dr. Ruth and tell her it wasn't as easy as it sounded and opened my darling daughter's door to tell her I couldn't find any chains. Besides, chains leave too many scars. D

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Ladies, men lose pair of matches Kristen Hager Reporter

Despite four new records in as many meets last week, MSC's men's and women's swim team still came home without wins against both Colorado ColJege and the University of Denver.

But the swimmers have one last chance to avenge the score during the league championships, Feb. 18-20.

And coach Steve Hadley said he is very optimistic for a good showing, citing the school records and other good swims from the last four meets as proof that the team is on the up.

"I wasn't at all disappointed with the results of the last two meets. In fact, I felt really good about the swimmers," Hadley

said. "We were really swimming in full swing. Nobody seemed to die out halfway through the races. I was pleased."

In the Feb. 11 meet against CC, Jana Zamboni again broke the record for the 200-yard individual medley. Greta Kuehl swam the 200-yard breast stroke in 2:46.90, also a new record. And Donna Durham, leading off the medley relay with a I 00-yard backstroke, swam a 1:09.00, breaking a third record for the day. But Metro lost 84 to 127.

The men's team did not break any records in their meet against CC, but Hadley said that Nick Fraser-Smith swam "an out­standing 1000-yard freestyle," finishing with a 10:31.02. The good swimming, however, did not help the final score - Metro 92, CC 120.

At home Feb. 12 against DU, the women lost 4 7-58 and the men lost 46-59. But again, Hadley was not disappointed.

"We swam well, but DU's men's team is 'class of the league.' They're really good athletes. But I feel we're swimming as well as we can against them," he said.

Hadley said both teams are swimming at • optimum levels right now and hopes to place within the top three during championships.

"I've seen a lot of progress this year, and I think all the swimmers are excited about this last meel I feel we'll do well," he said.

The men's team will begin their two-day competition Feb. 18 at Colorado College for the Intermountain Swim League Champion­ships. The women are swimming at Air Force Academy for the Continental Divide Conference Champiomhips Feb. 18-20. o

Lady cagers' victory party short-lived Elizabeth Rees Reporter

Just when the women's basketball team was getting ready for a long victory party, the celebration was canceled abruptly.

The women broke their 13-game losing streak Feb. 9 with a 66-63 win over Mesa College.

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But the party was short-lived as the women dropped their next game to the Air Force Academy by a 79-67 score Feb. 12.

Coach Cindy Guthals said the women used a concentrated effort to beat the Mavericks.

"The kids saw a team that they could play with and beat," Guthals said "Overall, they played real welJ. I think we controlled the ball real well. They made the free throws count when they had to.

''They were determined not to lose." Three nights later, the Roadrunners faced

a more physical Air Force team, and the tastes of victory were all but forgotten.

Guthals said the final score was no indication of how well the Roadrunners played.

"The 12 points is no indication of what kind of game that was. Air Force capitalized on free throws," she said. "We had no opportunity to go to the free throw line other than the two times (when) we were fouled in the act of shooting. We went to the line and shot four times the entire game.

"We were never in a bonus situation in the first or second half, and it killed us."

However, Guthals said the Roadrunners have only themselves to blame.

"We were never in that situation for the

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entire game. The way college basketball is, there should have been more fouls called on both teams. So I think the officiating was a little bit loose. (But) that's not what made us lose the game. The difference was they capitalized at the line," Guthals said.

She added that many coaches will have their players foul opposing players in order to stop momentum. However, the Falcons were so good from the line that she didn't , want them to score that way.

Air Force was turning the ball over quite a bit and she said she wanted her team to take advantage of the mistakes. When they didn't, Air Force built a comfortable lead Metro could not overcome.

The Roadrunners, 3-17 overall and 0-11 in the Continental Divide Conference, host league-leader University of Alaska-Anchor­age on Feb. 19 and 20. Both games start at 6:30 p.m.

Then on Tuesday, Feb. 23, Metro hosts Regis College for a 6:30 p.m. tipoff. The ' game has been declared Women's Night. All women will be admitted free, and the Roadrunners invite fans to join them at Rocky Roccoco's for a slice of pizza after the game. The basement has been reserved and there will be a discount for those wishing to eat. o

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Men tied for 1st

, Cagers gorge on Alaskans KEVIN KLINE PENELOPE WILTON

DENZEL WASHINGTON

CRYfRHOOM ~ Robert Ritter Associate editor

The MSC men's basketball feasted on baked Alaska last weekend and as a gratuity, the Roadrunners found themselves tied for first in the Great Northwest Conference (GNC).

Dessert started Feb. 12 when Metro

7 rolled past the University of Alaska-Fair­banks (UAF) 93-74.

It continued the next night in a 71-6 L win over the University of Alaska-Anchorage (UAA). Both wins avenged earlier road l~.

The wins leave Metro tied with UAA for ... first place in the GNC with a 4-3 record and

three league games remaining for both teams.

out seven assists to pad his single-season school record.

On Saturday night, Grosz and Staples once again-did the bulk of the inside scoring, while Tillman kept pounding the boards.

Grosz scored 12 points, Staples added eight and Tillman grabbed seven rebounds to give the Roadrunners a 37-32 halftime lead.

Anchorage took the lead back midway through the second half, but a minute later the Seawolves got into foul trouble with their seventh team foul, and Metro was in the bonus the rest of the way.

From that point, the Roadrunners spent most of their time at the line as they outscored Anchorage 22-9. Todd Javernick, Grosz and Fuller hit 16 of 19 free throws during that time.

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"We're tied for the lead, but we're not because of the schedule," said Metro coach Bob Hull.

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For their first entree, the Roadrunners used a powerful inside game to devour the Nanooks.

The Seawolves committed 28 personal ~ fouls to Metro's 12, and Grosz and Javemick ~ hammered away inside. j

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In the first half, Metro blew open a close gamebyoutscoringFairbanksl9-5duringa seven-minute stretch to lead 44-26 with two minutes left. The run included six points each from center Shefrie Staples and forward Rich Grosz.

Reserve forward Shun Tillman added r·- eight points in the half as Metro led 48-33 at

intermission. The Nanooks were discovering Metro's version Qf power as Tillman, Staples and Grosz hit 16 of 20 shots from short range.

Fairbanks could get no closer than 15 in , the second half. Tillman added 14 points,

hitting six of eight field goals and two of three free throws, and also grabbed a game­high 14 rebounds.

''He makes things happen when he's in there," Hull said of Tillman's relatively short

(. playing time (21 minutes). "He's maturing and his shot selection is getting better. He's only a sophomore."

Hull said the play of his guards also aided the win.

"The key was our inside game. Derrick (Fuller) and our guards did a good job of getting the ball inside."

Fuller, Metro's starting point guard, dished

"Rich and Todd kept getting the ball ..o B inside. Most of those (Anchorage fouls) o

were in the paint and on rebounds," Hull Cl': said.

"Rich had a super night and Shun had a good night. We just kept taking it to them."

Fuller added to his assist record with seven to give him 143 and counting.

But now that the baked Alaska is gone,· the Roadrunners hit the road. Feb. 20 they face Eastern Montana College, a team they beat 59-56.

On Feb. 26 they'll look for revenge against the University of Seattle Pacific, which beat them 89-85 in overtime.

The next day, Metro faces the University of Puget Sound, a team they beat 72-65, for

- the last game of the regular season. By then the Roadrunners should know if they need to get ready for a playoff game. .

"I'd rather be home, but I'm glad we're tied for first," Hull said. "The kids are excited. This will help motivate them."

However, one bit of recent history could work against the Roadrunners.

"Only four (of 20 conference) games have been won" by the road team. "(But) we have nothing to lose. We'll go in and play as loose as a goose. If we can win two of them, then we have a good shot," he said. o

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The Auraria Interfaith Ministry presents its Lenten Series 88 - "Treat Yourself to Lent." Christian psychotherapist Dr. Robert Majzler speaks about "The Longing for Community: Intimacy and Self-Love." Presentation will be from 3-5 p.m. For more information, call 556-3864 or 556-8553.

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