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The Metropolitan/Jane Raley MSCD students Garry Rife, left, and Paul Shotwell, right, work through fencing exercises Nov. 7. The two are enrolled in a class that meets Monday and Wednesday afternoons, in the Auraria Events Center, and Is offered through the Human Performance, Sports and Leisure studies.

Millions needed for AHEC repairs Jesse Stephenson Senior Staff Writer

Most of the major buildings on the Auraria campus are almost 20 years old, and their age is clearly beginning to show. Pipes are corroded, roofs are leaky, and ventilation is inadequate.

An audit of Auraria facilities conducted last year by the Auraria Division of Facilities Management brought a slew of problems caused by deterioration and a growing campus population to light.

Schindler~ fist . suroivor comes to campus

This spring the division will request $13 million in state funds from the legislature to repair campus facilities. The legislative budget for facility improvements for the entire state is $15 million.

Despite the multi-million dollar request, Jim Kelley, director of the division of facilities management, said he expects to get no more then $1 million in state funding for repairs, which would be the most money the division has received to date.

"We've never gotten over $1 million in one year." he said "The closest we've ever come is $700,000."

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According to Kelley, the division will probably get more money from the legislature this year because of the upswing in the state's economy, which means more state funds are available. And because the results of the audit show solid evidence that some campus facilities are in dire need of repair.

To supplement the audit findings Kelley will give the legislature a prioritized list of facilities that need to be

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C~mpus crime stats off Becky O'Guin The Metropolitan

How safe do you feel on campus? According to a recent study, MSCD ranks as one of the 10 most dangerous schools in the West. However, further examination of the statistics shows that this is not an exact summation of campus crime.

The book, Crime at College: The Student Guide to Personal Safety, uses statistics to rank the safety at colleges across the United States. The study was conducted by Curtis Ostrander, a former police captain from New York, and Joseph Schwartz, a former reporter for The Ithaca Journal. The statistics used for the survey that ranked MSCD as the 10th worst college to attend were college town crime rates, not college campus crime rates.

The college town crime statistics used in the survey came from the FBI's. 1992 "Crime by County Report.". College campus crime rates were based on the number ' of crimes per 100 students enrolled at the school. Four hundred sixty-seven schools with at least 5,000 students were surveyed for the 1992-93 school year.

In the safest colleges in the West category, Colorado State University came in fifth. Campus crime rate for CSU was .22 compared to MSCD's rate of .33. It's interesting to note that the survey ranked UCD with a campus crime rate of .49 and CU Boulder with .58, but ranked Boulder higher in safety, for a lower college town crime rate.

Auraria 's campus has-a low violent crime rate, with only one incident of murder in the last ten years.

In January 1987, MSCD Professor Pamela Mcintyre-Marcum was shot to death in her car by her

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estranged husband, who then turned the gun on himself, according to the Auraria Public Safety report.

"The fact that we don't have dorms creates an atmosphere where crime against persons is low," said Connie Besser of APS.

In compliance with the Student Right-to-Know and Campus Security Act, colleges are required to distribute an annual security report to all current and prospective students and employees.

According to the U.S. Department of Education, the report has to include the following criminal offenses:

Murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, vehicle theft, sexual assault, liquor law violations, drug abuse violations and weapon possession.

The most common crime at Auraria is bicycle theft. From April to September 1993, 35 bikes were reported stolen on campus. This number has increased 45 percent in the same time frame in 1994, with 51 thefts being reported. One of the assumed reasons for this increase is that last year the Pope was in Denver and security was

tighter. From Aug. 6 to Aug. 20, 1993, not a single bike was stolen.

Auraria Public Safety is combating the rise in bicycle theft by installing more and better bike racks in hightraffic areas. Besser said it is likely, with the onset of cold weather, that car break-ins and personal theft will increase.

"We've had problems, specifically with lockers," said Auraria Detective Jerry L. Miller. He also said that most locks are easy to break off with a screwdriver, and he advises students not to keep valuables in their lockers.

Miller said that 75 to 80 percent of crimes at Auraria are committed by people not affiliated with the campus. "They 're predators," said Miller, "they come down to the campus and look for opportunities."

Theft topped September 1994's list of crimes with 16 incidents being reported to APS. Other campus crimes reported included one incident of aggravated assault in Lot E and two incidents of indecent exposure, one in the library and the other in the Science Building.

Little support for changing health insurance Dave Flomberg Staff Writer

The MSCD Student Government Assembly hosted a question and answer forum concerning student health insurance Monday.

The forum centered around the pros and cons of a new proposal to make MSCD's student health insurance coverage voluntary, as opposed to the current mandatory plan. Support for the voluntary plan was almost nil, as all of the panel members spoke out for the mandatory plan.

The forum was conducted by Amy Haimerl, vice president of student fees.

"When I took over my new position, this was one of the first things to come up," Haimerl said. "When I heard that (MSCD President) Kaplan 's cabinet was looking 1Ua._.:._:_ __ :::::;;...:..:.: ...... -.. ....... _.....&..._...._.-.. into this, I said, 'before we go any further, we have to get the students' opinion on this.'"

However, not as many students showed up as planned. More than 10,000 flyers were sent out to fulltime students, and hundreds were passed out on campus, costing from $2,000 to $3,000. Forty-one students showed up.

"I was expecting a larger turnout," Haimerl said. "I guess less people came because of the snow, although you can chalk it up to student apathy also. I've done my part. You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink."

Those who were at the forum weren't overly

MSCD student Chad Godinez presses his point at the Student Heath Fee meeting Monday.

enthusiastic to be there. "I disagree with the premise of this forum," said

Steve Beckley, owner of a national insurance consultancy located in Denver. "The number of uninsured college students in this country is exploding. Schools with vol-

' untary insurance are a major cause of this trend." However, support was high for keeping the current

plan in effect. Those in favor cited high claim filings and low cost as the benefits.

" Over $1 million vearlv has been paid out in

claims," said Steve Monaco, director of the Student Health Center. "That means that someone is using the system."

MSCD student Chad Godinez said that the current insurance plan doesn't carry enough coverage, as it stops paying at $25,000.

"$25,000 just isn't going to do it," Godinez said. He said that he had to have brain surgery, and now wishes that he had more coverage.

"I believe that the increase in coverage for a minimal cost is good, because believe me, when you discover that you don't have enough coverage, it makes you want to cry," Godinez said. "I have."

Another student in the audience didn't agree with Godinez.

"Why should I have to pay in order for you to be able to file a claim?" said Jon Odalen of College Republicans. "The duty of the school is to educate, not to take care of our colds."

Along with the voluntary proposal was another proposal to increase the current semester premium by $45 for an additional $75,000 of coverage, bringing the total to $100,000.

Beckley pointed out that the difference between an MSCD student's cost and the Clinton health care plan is well over $1,000.

If the voluntary proposal is adopted by President Sheila Kaplan, it will take effect one day before the first day of classes. next fall.


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Ventilation, pool, ro_ofs first on list of AHEC repairs REPAIRS from page 1

fixed. Top items on the list are the campus ventilation system, the pool in the recreation building, and campus-wide roofing.

The campus ventilation system, which was installed in 1973, will be the first to be overhauled with the state funding. Ventilation systems in the Arts and Science Buildings will be increased to better circulate air in, rooms that have a high level of poisonous fumes that come from ceramic glaze, clay mixing and formaldehyde. Kelley estimates cost for improved ventilation in the two buildings to be about $820,000.

The pool is also one of the top three items on the list of Auraria facilities that need to be repaired. The pool's drainage pipes are corroded, leaky and need replacement. In addition, the aluminum lining of the pool needs repainting. Total costs for repairs to the pool will be around $40,000, Kelley said.

Like pipes in the pool, the roofs on major campus buildings are worn and leaky. Although roofing ori the Science and Arts Buildings have been replaced, those on the technology center and library are deteriorated and approaching the end

of their estimated performance period. "The type of roofs we have are 20 to

25 year roofs," Kelley said. "They're reaching the end of their lives."

While Kelley said the division will make repairs to top projects on the list first, other less urgent projects include replacement of underground electrical lines (which like the roofs are at the end of their expected performance period), installation of better lighting, and adjustments to campus elevators.

The plumbing system, which was built for a smaller campus population, is overtaxed as a result of Auraria's growing enrollment and needs $80,000 in repairs as well, Kelley said.

While the list of facility repairs is extensive, Kelley said the division is limited by funding and often has to wait for things to leak, break or blow out before they are replaced.

Despite the sparse allocation of state funding for campus upkeep, Kelley requests money for replacing items that have failed as well as those that have deteriorated but are still functional .

"You've got to· put in your budget the money to replace it, because it's going to go out," he said.

Campus sits in bad ai1r hotspot

Jesse Stephenson sive_ and h~rd t~ fix, but. can be mana~ed by mstalhng carbon filters or puttmg

The Metro~olffan . monitors in the air ducts, which would The Aurana campus sits smack dab reduce the amount of air being drawn

in a basin of polluted air. Although the inside when outside carbon monoxide outdoor air quality on camp~ can reach'°' levels ~ ftigh, .. w . •

poor to dangeroµs lev~~~,ifthe md<>?r level!!::;·' Jim Kelley;j;the director of fai;:ilities of poisonous fumes can get e_ven higher .. )';! management for"Auraria, said it's unlike-

Larry ~derson, an assJStant prof es- ' ly that the division will get the money it sor of chemistry at UCD, frequently mea- would take to install the filters in the near sures the level of carbon monoxide, a future.

toxic g3:1 present in exha~~t, on campus. /;~, Apart fr()~ filtering the _a,~ ,~~ t~e Accordmg to AndersqlZ~ indoor lev~l~l:ventilation sy~p~m, Kelley sa1d¥'tfiere 1s have exceeded ~ut~oor leve~ on occasio~"'!:r little the divisfon can do to regulate carbecause the toxm IS dra~ ~ through_ atr bon monoxide in the buildings on campus ducts and concentrated ms1de the build- because the origin of the problem is

ings. Denver air and the location of the cam-Carbon monoxide, in very high con-

• pus. centrations, robs the body of oxygen and .. · "We're probably in one of the worst can lead to death by suffoeation. ""' areas for pollution," he said. "There isn't

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The Metropolitan/Nikolas Wllets Zev Kedem addresses the Tivoli audience Nov. 15, speaking of his life as a one of the 1, 100 Jews portraY,ed in the film "Schindler's Ust."

Auschwitz survivor visits Aurari3 campus Becky O'Guln The Metropolitan

Only 20 people came to hear Zev Kedem speak of what it was like to grow up in a time that still haunts many of us today.

Kedem, his sister and his mother were among the Jews "bought" by Oskar Schindler during World War II and saved from ·the misery of going to a concentration camp.

Kedem started this speaking tour because of the movie "Schindler's List."

"If it was presented in tlie real truthful light, it shouldn't be made in color, it shouldn't be made in black and white, it should be made all black," Kedem said.

"It selected a story that related truthfully to the event, but if it dealt with all the facts then it would be impossible to show to an ordinary audience. It was brilliant because it dealt with the essential truth and thereby communicated what a totally evil and corrupt environment it is, and it provoked people to consider their own lives in relationship to the film," Kedem said.

From the time Kedem was nine years

old, he was in six different concentration camps over a period of four years. Once be made it to Schindler's factory he was kicked out after a few days and sent back to Auschwitz.

He spoke to Oskar Schindler several times afteF-the war. He said Schindler was more like a biblical figure to him.

"I owe him my life, there is nothing more precious than my life," he said. He said that each day he survived during the war was another day be cheated death.

Kedem summarized what he learned from his experiences: "Try to celebrate life, not at the expense of others, and try to share one's good fortune with others."

Kedem lost so much in the war. His father and grandfather died in the Holocaust and his adoptive father died shortly after the war. He was separated from his mother for 40 years. He was allowed into Poland only when it became obvious she was dying.

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Copping a Rowdy An MSCD student who was apparently arguing

with his girlfriend was arrested on Nov. 9 for disturbing the peace and destruction of private property after an incident in tbe Tivol i Union. Michael Dearinger. 19. was arrested after he allegedly pushed over a large waste receptacle and an information sign on the first floor. While an officer attempted to restrain him. Dearinger reportedly tore the officer's trousers and injured the officer's knee. Dearinger ran out of the Tivoli, heading south on Ninth St.. until he was apprehended near the South Classroom.

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Monday reportedly struck another vehicle parked in the 1100 block of Fifth Street near parking Lot E. According to a witness, the man was trying to back up when he struck the other car. At that point. the driver of the Dodge Ram drove over the fence into Lot E and exited the area.

A kiosk near the Arts Building was destroyed by fire on Monday. The Denver Fire Department was called after an attempt to use an Arts Building fire extinguisher was unsuccessful. According to the report. someone ~et the flyers on the kiosk's bulletin board on fire. which destroyed the boards as well as the roof. The case is being investigated as arson.

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Auraria library and patted her on the back. saying. · you're the best worker in here· was advised to stay away from !;ler. The woman reported to APS on Monday that the man's 'over-friendliness· made her uncomfortat51e and that he had approached her in similar way~ before. From the information APS obtained from the woman. the man d id not threaten. harass. stalk or assault her. APS explained to the woman that since no crime was committed. the man has a right to be inside the library.

Over $400 in memory chips were stolen from a Technology Building classroom between Oct. 19 and Nov. 9. The computer was stored inside a locked and secured area with limited access. and no sign of forced entry was apparent. according to the APS report.

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Tivoli catering costly Dave Flomberg Staff Writer

The Food Service Advisory Committee at AHEC has implemented a new catering policy that doesn't cater to all.

The policy states that any event involving 25 or more people and food or drink must be catered by one of six catering companies, which have been selected by the FSAC. The six caterers selected are: Gourmet Alternative, New York Deli, Pour La France, Regency Caterers, Three Tomatoes Catering, and The Daily Grind. According to the policy, these caterers have exclusive rights within the Tivoli, although the policy does -have a grandfather clause allowing organizations with previous contracts with other caterers to use the Tivoli.

"This is what the people really wanted," said Barbara Weiske, director of the Tivoli Student Union.

"People like having a choice." The old system had just one caterer and this way, it's more consumer oriented, she added.

Weiske said that it is necessary to have a small number of caterers with exclusive rights to the Tivoli, because with three institutions on campus, things could easily become confusing.

However, not everyone is as pleased with the new six-caterer conglomeration as Weiske.

Greg Pekul, a member of the International Student Association, is one of these people.

''We were told that any function held in the Tivoli with more than 25 people had to be catered, and had to be catered by one of these places," Pekul said. "Our problem is that we ' ve always had potlucks, and now, this is no longer an option."

The average cost for a simple box lunch from these companies runs between

$600 and $800 for a hundred people, which is well over the budget for ISA, said Pekul.

Weiske said that when clubs cater their own functions, they sometimes leave the room in disarray, which can be a problem if the room is booked by another group right after.

"If MSCD books a room until three, and UCD books the same room at four, chances are that there will be problems," Weiske said. •jt's really a disservice to our community."

The FSAC will continue with its sixtiered program for one year, said Weiske. After that time, the program will be reevaluated, and a decision will be made as to whether or not to continue with six different caterers.

"~he Food Service Advisory Committee has been a very professional and very open-minded group," Weiske said. "This is a new concept, and one that I hope will work out."

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Book swap Set your price for your used text

books and buy used text books at a fair price at the Plaza Building, Dec. 12-16 and Jan. 17-20 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The swap is sponsored by CoPIRG.

You're invited Joan Foster, MSCD interim provost,

will be available in the Metro Student, . room 307 in the Tivoli Student Union on Tuesdays Nov. 22 and 29 from 2 to 3 p.m. for students who have questions or comments, or who just want to chat.

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Students who wish to run for elected positions should form their ideas and platforms over winter break. If you have any questions contact MSCD Student Government Chief Justice Mark Shannon at Metro Student Life, in room 307 of the Student Union.

Merchants concerned over Tivoli parking _ Becky O'Guin The Metropolitan

With the holiday season approaching, Tivoli merchants are worried that with the students gone and the high cost of parking, business will cease to exist.

People aren' t going to spend $5 to park at the Tivoli when they can go to the Tabor Center or Cherry Creek and park for free, said Vinton Ervin of On the Air Custom Airbrushing.

Tivoli Merchants and AHEC are working on a proposal that will lower the cost of parking on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays as well as during the semester break. But, several issues have merchants concerned that AHEC management is not on their side.

A tenant meeting was held on Nov. 11, especially to discuss parking.

"We asked specifically after our first tenant meeting that we speak directly to the decision makers so we could avoid

the bureaucracy," said Chris Chantler Wieske is working on a validation owner of The Daily Grind. "We were told proposal that will allow customers a they would be there. I was disappointed break on parking, but Tivoli merchants they weren't there." will have to pay for a part of it. "I can' t

Barb . Wieske, afford to stamp some-director of the one's parking ticket Tivoli Student when they're spend-Union, said the rea- ing $1 or $2 in the son the director of store," Chantler said. parking wasn't there Parking is was that her office frustrating for visitors would be making the too. " It ' s really final decision on scary," said Krysteen parking with the rec- Griffiths of Aurora. ommendations of "I'm just a customer Auraria parking and here and I ' ve never the executive vice been able to figure presidents office. out what goes on in

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merchants make money. "The more successful our retailers are, the more money they put into the bond fund," said Kersten Keith, an MSCD representative to SA CAB.

Keith is referring to the $18 million in bonds students voted to issue for the lease purchase and renovation of the Tivoli. Money to pay the bondholders comes from the Auraria Book Center, retailers, Sigi's and student fees.

The Boiler Room, AMC Theater and Morton's have the best parking validation. They negotiated in their leases with the Hahn Company, the former Tivoli owners, to have comp parking for all their customers, which frustrates new tenants who did not negotiate that option.

"Considering we all signed our leases ... Auraria doesn't have to do anything for us," Chantler said. "I think Tivoli management on the whole is receptive to our concerns and ideas."

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Students well informed on '94 election '

Poor news coverage and negative ads far from No. 1 source of info on ballot issues and·candidates

David Thompson The Metropolitan

MSCD students who voted in last week's election said they were informed in their decisions, but that the media should have explained more ballot issues, and the information should have been easier to find.

Most of the students followed the amendments in the daily newspapers, but they said that to get an unbiased view and more information they needed to read several sources. Most said ballot issues could have been explained better.

"I don't think that the media did a good enough job covering what was going to be on the ballot," said Michelle Jensen, 23, an MSCD senior majoring in journalism. "They need to explain more in-depth on what the issues mean."

Other students said the papers could have used other methods to make the voting process easier and quicker.

"The newspapers could have given

'I don't think the media did a good enough Job

covering what was going to be on the ballot.'

- Michelle Jensen MSCDSenlor

sample ballots," said Amy MacKenzie, 27, an MSCD senior majoring in history.

Melena Archuleta, 26, an MSCD junior, said she was confused by media coverage, especially radio and TV. She said she went to the library to get information for the election.

"If you are not willing to take the time to get the information at the Library, then you are not going to be an informed voter," said Archuleta.

Some students s~id the political

commercials were a letdown rather than informative, because they told only about a candidate's faults instead of what they could do for their constituents.

"It was depressing because of the ripping that each side did," said Eric Cross, 22, an MSCD sophomore.

Even though it may have been tough finding the information to make a decision, most of the students were satisfied with the outcome of the election.

"I think that it's time that term limits passed," Jensen said.

Amendment 17 was one of the few ballot initiatives to pass. It limits the number of terms that politicians can be voted into office. By limiting terms, new ideas and less corruption will result, according to supporters.

Of the students interviewed, the overall opinion is that President Clinton will have a tough time getting his job done, but there will be more of a balance between the social and economic welfare of the country.

Voting records not so private

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Only 39 of the 252,240 registered voters in Denver can honestly claim their voting records are private.

While whom a person votes for remains private information, any information recorded in voter registration records is public record and available to anyone for the asking. These 39 individuals request~d that their personal information be protected. Their names are public record, but no other information may be released.

Driving records, vehicle registration and voter registration information may be protected under a law passed three years ago.

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"It's not hard at all," said Dorothy Davis, who works at the Denver Election Commission at 303 W. Colfax Ave. "You just fill out a form and pay $5."

The $5 fee only covers one request. A person who wants to close his voting and driving records must pay $10 plus an additional $5 for each vehicle registration. Also, the person requesting confidentiality must claim that the record closure is for personal safety.

The petitioner must sign and date a statement declaring: "I swear or affirm under penalty of perjury, that I have reason to believe that I, or a member of my immediate family who resides in my household, will be exposed to criminal harassment, or otherwise be in danger of

bodily harm, if my address is not kept confidential."

According to Davis, most people on the list aren't victims who are in hiding, but rather public officials and professionals.

"I'd say 90 percent of them are women - mostly lawyers, judges and police," she said. "Only four or five said they were avoiding stalkers."

Copies of the request are filed with the County Clerk, Secretary of State and the Department of Revenue.

In the three years that the law has been in effect, no one has ever asked for the names on the protected list, Davis said.

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November 18, 1994

Mudslinger takes another hit There is a great difference

between critiquing a play and posturing as a critic. Critiquing requires exacting praise or exacting criticism, citing of specific instances and suggestion of exact improvements. Posturing needs only vague opinion. Critiquing advances all. Posturing serves but one.

MSCD presented "Quilters," the lives of Americar;i pioneer women in two acts. It's a play relatively new to stages, having been available for only 10 years or so, and presents for that reason unique problems and opportunities. Blocking, character interpretation, props, set design, scdring, lighting, sound, costuming all require tremendous imagination and energy as few guiding cues exist from hundreds of others' interpretation.

However, newer shows tax directors, cast, and crews more than the "forever" runs most audiences know. If for no other reason than that, MSCD's recent interpretation should be respected_ Happily, though, there was more to praise than bravery.

The blend of voices of the seven cast ladies was unusual and

delightful, each actress flexing between soprano and alto as the score required (the ranges most notably heard in Theresa Darrell's resonances and Mandy Wilkins' consistency) . Lisa Winkler's perfect pitch pinpointed the others' voices.

The acting varied in execution, but never dipped below "good" at a collegiate level. Sarah Johnson looked from under brows, head canted, one too many times, but corrected that in act two with obvious discipline. B.J. Gerhard's face was excited identically several times, again in act one, but displayed appropriate defeat, forlorn hope, acceptance and caring in act two. Andra Wasalik's 'Why I Never Married" delivery was carefully restrained, and Frances Armstrong's cowboy comedy exaggeration was timed well to the audience's response.

Casting was accurate, each actress showing her due fairly, according to their part and position on stage, exemplifying the term "ensemble."

Costumes, lighting and set hues were coordinated, orchestration was crisp, and sound quality

was excellent for the "baby box" sized theater. Yet, most praise should be reserved for the blocking: character positioning and movement on stage. Moving actors in natural patterns, maintaining action, always presenting a properly unbalanced tableau, and still directing sound and expression to the "third wall" audience is a killer task. Director Dr. M. Hetzel is unexcelled in her artistic and functional stage presentations. The play moved, focused, paused appropriately and expanded over the performance floor constantly.

"Quilters" was an excellent college play, and a darn good professional expression. Anyone attending without admission charge enjoyed an incredible payback, and those who paid admission were still richened. Most of all, those attending "Quilters" supported a cast struggling hard to learn a craft and encouraged students daring to "show it all." Never should people so committed, so brave, be so unappreciated.

Keith H. Nielson Sixth-grade Instructor Laredo Middle School

The Met responds to "Quilters" letters Editors Note:

While Mr. Nielson's letter (above) offered no explanation concerning his relationship with the production of "Quilters," nor the article that he presumably refers to (The Metropolitan, Oct. 21 ), this is the second letter we've received regarding news editor Louis A Landa's review of

"Quilters. " Mr. Landa has an extensive theater background. He is a graduate of the Dallas High School for the Arts where he majored in theater. He has performed at all levels of theater including high school, college, community theater and professional. His resume includes performances of plays as varied as Chekhov, Shakespeare and John Guare. Mr. Landa also has

He likes it - Hey Mikey Just a quick note to express my appreciation for the "Son of Mef'

insert in the Oct. 21 issue of The Metropolitan. I have been a student on this campus for more years than I care to mention. Until your issue, the papers from all three schools have been less than exciting with their music coverage.

Anyway, I just wanted to say thanks. I am looking forward to the next issue.

Michael Thorne

CORDi5PONDiNCE

comprehensive knowledge of technical theater. He is a lighting designer and stage manager. He was stage manager for the 1985 production of "Jesus Christ

. Superstar" at Loretto Heights College. I have complete confidence in Mr. Landa's ability to honestly and accurately critique any theater production.

No more!!! If I have to read one more bitch by

Cheryl Murphy I'll absolutely vomit twice and croak! It is bad enough to have to read her twice in The Met. What is she doing calling The Whine Line at the Rocky? Can't she get a life? At least tell her to use a fake name or try shooting up a little Dilaudid. That'll mellow her out!

Please eighty-six Cheryl Murphy from the editorial pages. Or else!

Rosemary Davis MSCD student

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1002 ways to be thankful The· Rev. Mort Farndu • First Presleyterian Chur.ch of Elvis the Divine

I don't know about you, but I'm ' going to eat

heartily this Thanksgiving. Sure, I've got problems, but I've got some things to be thankful for, too. An excellent therapist, mainly.

I've also got a terrific kid, good friends, and a decent job. Even an apartment that's never been sprayed with bullets. We shouldn't overlook the small blessings in our lives, since Thanksgiving is about those little things most of all.

It wasn't always like that, though. The first Thanksgiving took place

in the Plymouth Colony in what would later become Massachusetts. It was 1621 . One hundred people were trying to survive in a wilderness, thousands of miles from home - a wonderfully focused group, you can be sure.

Four wild turkeys were served at that first holiday feast, but they were really celebrating the SIJCCessful harvest. The colony wasn't going to starve to death that winter.

They had something big to be thankful for.

Most of . us don't face imminent starvation these days, but we still exercise our constitutional right to bitch. (The Eighth Amendment, I think, or the 10th.) We're besieged on all sides. Whether your job is decent or

not, it gives you stress and never pays 7) A few of your phone calls are enough. Unless you're in that heaven- from people you actually like. ly state called "being in love," you're 6) When you shop for diapers, it's down in the muck, struggling with rela- for your kid and not yourself. tionships. 5) Your lover is still interesting.

If you've got kids, you worry about 4) You haven't talked to anyone in the world they're growing up in. a uniform or a black robe lately. Government is an ugly mess, repre- 3) You can still afford Prozac. senting its constituents as effectively 2) That dirty little secret you hide as our Founding Fathers envisioned. from the world hasn't been discovered

So everything sucks, right? Life in yet. ~

what happens. That's right: Just flip that sucker upside down.

Sometimes, you have to look underneath the downside in order to find the upside.

They shut off your cable? Rediscover the pleasure of reading.

Lost your job? Maybe you'll finally get off your ass and make that career change you've ·fantasized about.

Your lover left you? You'll be look-general and yours ....--...,.-------= in particular.

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And the No. 1 ing for someone more suitable while reason you have to she's driving someone else insane. be thankful: You It's a neat trick. Sometimes it even

bitching for a runneth over, D.ut.. can still have works. minute, and look at orgasms! that glass from a $Ufe/y there are Q.feW The list is end-different angle, drops In It ~'' less, really. But you I can practically fhl get the point. guarantee it's half some ng " Personally, I got full. to sustain you.. eight out of 10,

Don't believe ..._ ____________ _, which is a solid it? Well, let me passing grade. My offer a Top 1 O List of reasons you hunch is, many of you did even better. should be thankful. (Drum roll, So be thankful for the good thin~s please.) in your life. You don't have to rush off

10) You don't live in Bosnia- to an Up With People concert - just a Herzegovina, or any country with a private acknowledgement will do. A hyphenated name, which is a sure silent understanding that, as grim as sign of trouble. life might seem, there's always an

9) Your consumer electronics upside. products are working as advertised. Still not convinced?

8) You're not hanging around McDonald's saying, "Hey, buddy, are you done with those fries?"

Well, as a last resort, you might use a little sleight-of-hand. Try turning the glass completely over and see

You might even use it for those genuine catastrophes, too. Got a terminal disease? You're not only about to discover what's really important to you, but you're going to act on it, something nobody ever does.

You see what I mean? Your cup may not runneth over,

but surely there are a few drops in it. Something to sustain you.

So take a moment this Thanksgiving, before eating yourself into insensibility, to acknowledge those blessings in your life, both great and small.

And if you honestly can't find a single thing to be thankful for, well, go ahead and pig out anyway.

It's pretty hard to bitch when your mouth is full.

Bell Curve rally was just a joke In the past three days I have

heard a lot of people claim that Charles Murray, author of The Bell Curve is the most racist man in America today. The essence of bad versus good was on our campus to give a speech. So we held a demonstration to show the state of Colorado what we thought of this embodiment of small-minded mentality. We're educated, straightforward, and a moral bunch of folks, right? So on with the campuswide protest. Let's see now, about 75 or 100 strong showed up, (and that's counting people who were just walking by). The demonstrators held up several signs and sang to cleverly inspired expressions denouncing racism in our society. That should terminate Murray's influence and stupidity.

As I listened to the chanters I heard: "Two-four-six-eight - let's stop the hate." Boy that should do it. I'm sure with that type of cerebrally challenging discourse we will convert all the -ignorant, narrow-minded, dogmatic, prejudiced, bigoted, racist people in the world over to our belie~ system. After all, we are humanistic, caring, sensitive, open-minded, activist oriented, and let's-change-the-world human

beings, right? This will ultimately make the world a more harmonious place in which we can all ride off into the sunset together, right?

Let me see - a little math here. If there are approximately 35,000 students on campus, and let's say for argument's sake that only one half really care about racial equality and other such petty matters, that comes to about 17,500 students. Then ten percent of that population would be 1, 750 people. No, that's way too many. W1e can't expect that many citizens to care about such prosaic and mundane matters as the subjugated and suppressed people in our society. OK, how about five percent. That's only about 875 people. Still too many? OK, how about one percent. Just one little percent? That would only be -175 people. Still too many? Yeah, I guess so. We don't want to stretch ourselves too much here. Obviously, that's far too many also. OK, how about 1/2 percent. Just one half of one percent of the students on this campus. Yeah - that's it. Five tenths of one percent. Now these are the people who really care, right? Oh let's not be sarcastic. NOT BE SARCASTIC?

Look at the indisputable fact. Out of a campus student population of approximately 35,000 people, or 17,500 if you don't want figures to look really pathetic, only 75 to 100 students and faculty, one half of one percent, could come out and protest.

Prior to Murray's speech, out of all the people who were loudly and fervently denouncing what he stands for, you mean to tell me only 75 or so were audacious enough to stand out in front of the television cameras and reject what they believe to be the selling of hate? How dare those 75 think that more of the 35,000 pseudo-intellectuals should be cognizant of, or care about this?

What these numbers tell me is that the people who didn't show up,· but who strutted around, stuck out their chests and mouthed off, are really just petty, shallow little people regurgitating their brand of politically correct diarrhoetic dribble so they won't be identified as the certain specimens they are. Not to sound cynical or anything, but surely the majority of the other 35,000 compassionate human beings who were not there, really care about the malignancy of hate, right?

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The truth is, they really don't care. They don't want to get involved, but they have to look like they do to protect their narcissistic and barren lives. So, we'll do it the all-American way. We'll give lip service to, or throw money at, the problem (now they feel good), but we won't get actively involved or put ourselves out in any matter. After all (I can hear the excuses now), it was cold, it was getting late, etc.

If you talk the talk, then walk the walk. If all you do is babble politically correct statements, and you refuse to commit to anything other than for your immediate pleasure, then you are as ignoble, nefarious, unsophisticated and retarded as the issues and people you supposedly denounce. Get off your ass, do something that makes a difference in the real world. Shut up and stop with your spurious, insincere protestations and accept Murray's world. Because baby - YQU made it the way it is.

Gary G. White MSCD Student

Tlie Metropolitan November 18, 1994

Lestat (Tom Cruise) and Louis (Brad Pitt) hunt high-class jugulars in "Interview with the Vampire."

Cruise hits a vein Robyn Schwartz The Metropolitan

This sophisticated film gives the tired old vampire a heart and soul. Where Kenneth Branagh 's "Frankenstein" fails at Gothic authenticity, "Interview with the Vampire" succeeds.

A tale of two vampires. A tale of two worlds. The old and the new attempting to merge into a more vibrant world still full of history and class. But one can't gain without loss. And one has already lost too much.

The vampire Les tat (Tom Cruise) finds the mortal Louis (Brad Pitt) longing for death because he has recently lost his wife and child. Ironically, Louis cannot resist the choice Lestat offers of rebirth. Lestat wants the comfort of the Southerner's opulent home, and Louis would rather give up his home than his soul, even after he becomes a vampire.

Louis continually mulls over the problematic necessity of killing. Lestat is more utilitarian: "God kills indiscriminately, and so do we." He says vampires resemble God more than any other creature on Earth.

Louis falls in love with one of his first human victims, Claudia, a 10-year-old orphan. Louis kills her, but instead of letting Claudia stay dead, Lestat turns her into a vampire. Louis is too troubled by the guilt of her death to stop Lestat from doing it.

Louis and Lestat become Claudia's foster parents. Claudia takes as much pleasure in killing as does Lestat, but she does it quickly, unlike Lestat, who sometimes tortures his victims before they die.

What torments Claudia is that she will never grow up.

Louis and Claudia look for answers on

vampire origins in the old world. Enter the Theater of Vampire,s, a vampire club that performs medieval plays with a gruesome twist. Armand (Antonio Banderas), the theater's leader, is the one man who may have been able to give Louis the answers he seeks. But those answers are too expensive for Louis' sensitive, still-human soul.

Armand needs Louis to revitalize the stagnant vampire stock.

''The knowledge of,our age is being lost," he says. He sees Louis and Claudia as "two vampires conie from America to ride us into the new era."

Louis doesn't see himself as the spirit of anything: "I am at odds with everything. I always have been."

"That is the very spirit of your age ... the fall from grace."

Production designer Dante Ferretti uses medieval places, props and techniques to cast an impermeable shadow of death over everything. Not just death, but old death, evil death. Ferretti earned an Oscar nomination for his work in Martin Scorcese's adaptation of "The Age of Innocence." Although most of the sets are magnificent, a few of the New Orleans ' scenes look like they were stolen from Disneyland.

" Interview with the Vampire" is full of style and wit, and reflects a knowledge of medieval and romantic literature. It's a lovable, if imperfect, film.

None, of the main characters master their dialects. Louis owns a plantation near New Orleans, but does not sound like a Louisianan. Lestat is supposed to be French, but he sounds like an Englishman. Antonio Banderas is fabulous as Armand, but he's Spanish, and he simply doesn't sound French. Stephen Rea, who plays the villain Santiago, comes closest to sounding

French, but he overdoes it. t}part from the accents, the perfor

mances are not bad. Cruise seems to have a stigma following him that he can't act. This is simply not true. Cruise's range in voice and intensity is impressive. He is by no means Robert DeNiro or Al Pacino, but this performance is entirely entertaining. Lestat has all the best lines.

Pitt's performance in this film is shaky. He is perfect at playing a wounded soul, but sometimes his acting is weak and artificial when he is not in obvious pain.

Kirsten Dunst as Claudia is perfectly cast.

The best performances are by Banderas ("Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down, Philadelphia") and Rea. Rea ("The Crying Game" and "Angie") is marvelous at being repulsive. Banderas is engaging and seductive. And he knows how to enunciate, no matter what accent he uses.

Geffen Pictures went all out. Neil Jordan of "The Crying Game" directs, Stephen Woolley of "The Crying Game" and "Backbeat" and David Geffen produce. The music by Elliot Goldenthal and cinematography by Philippe Rousselot ("A River Runs Through It") are crucial in setting the Gothic mood.

This is more than just a movie about vampires. It turns a stale legend into a true mythology. Bram Stoker had nothing on Anne Rice. Not only is the plot infinitely more interesting than Stoker's, this is a movie celebration of storytelling - the

.story of humankind 's love affair with death. It 's humankind's melancholy search for the past, a search for irretrievable losses, and at the same time a search for life after loss, life after death, metaphorically and literally, and finally, the search for God.

UFO cove Kevin Juhasz Staff Writer

With tales of flying saucers and little gra: green - men, UFO lecturer Stanton T. Friedm to the Auraria Campus to let students know th out there.

"The evidence is overwhelming that planet being visited by intelligently controlled extrat1 spacecraft," .Friedman said.

Friedman is a nuclear physicist who has ~ec ing UFOs for more than 30 years. He has writte1 ous books and given hundreds of lectures on th(

The UFOs that Friedman deals with are said were viewed by competent observers anc by competent researchers, he said. It should I mined that the objects were manufactured by pc of this planet.

Friedman began by citing studies that pTO' saucers exist, even if the project's coordinators ed otherwise. He said he was right because deb1 UFOs, which Friedman calls "the noisy, nas tivists," do not properly use the data.

The first study Friedman cited was one q in 1955 by the Battelle Memorial Institute in 0 Ohio, under contract by the Air Force. Friedmru institute's job was to review the 3,201 Project 1 sightings and classify the sightings as aircrafi phenomenon or unknown.

Friedman, reading from a press release, sai Air Force concluded from the study that no obj ularly described as UFOs had flown over th States and that even the unknown 3 percent CC!

been illusions or conventional phenomenon. Friedman said that this was completely f

the study actually showed that 21.5 percent of 1

ings were unknown.

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"How many good flying saucers does it take to prove they're real?" Friedman asked the audience. "One."

The study also concluded that the better the observation, the more likely it was to be an unknown, Friedman said.

"If the unknowns weren't aircraft, they weren't balloons, they weren't astronomical miscellaneous, etcetera," he asked, "what out of this world were they?"

Friedman said UFOs can be identified as alien craft by their appearance and behavior.

The objects are usually round and metallic with protuberances that could be landing gear or decorations, he said. They are more wide than thick and anywhere from 10 to 150 feet in diameter.

He said some observers had reported "mother ships" that were twice the size of aircraft carriers and that the size alone should tell people that they are not of this planet. He also said that these objects could not be from Earth because they would hover, make tight turns at high speeds and had been clocked on radar at speeds of 8,000 miles per hour. The objects made no sound and had no external engines or wings.

No government on Earth could have built these, he said, because if they had, they would no longer be flying planes like F-16s.

Friedman said there are stars in the universe 5 bil-natural lion years older than our sun. It's likely that there are

that the cts' popUnited

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other beings out there who had a inuch earlier start than humans in the evolution game, and it's likely they have developed the technology to travel ·long distances, he said.

So why haven't they dropped down and said hello? Friedman said this is most likely because they view

lse, that humans as an inferior race that engages in tribal warfare. 1e .sight- Friedman said the real question is, ''Never mind the

saucers, did you see the guys who were driving?"

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"How many good flying saucers does it take to prove they're real?" asks UFOiogist Stanton T. Freidman. The answer? "One."

To further support the theory that there is other life, Friedman used the stories of Betty and Barney Hill and ~he alleged saucer crash in New Mexico. ' The Hills were a New England couple that claim they were abducted by a UFO while driving home the night of Sept. 16, 1961. They were unable to recall two hours of their night.

Under hypnosis, each told the story of being in a flying saucer and being tested by aliens. Betty claimed to have spoken with the leader of the ship, who was kind enough to show her where the aliens lived on a three-

dimensional map. She drew a map of the system after a hypnosis session. Years later, a map of stars published by The New York Times revealed that such a place could exist.

The other story was of a saucer crash in southern New Mexico. On July 4, 1947, a man named W.W. Brazel saw something crash on the plains near Corona. He thought it was a military plane. Brazel traveled to the crash site the next day with a man named William Proctor. What they found was the debris from a crashed saucer.

Brazel told stories of a piece of the wreckage that appeared to be wood, but could not be cut or burned and was made of something that was like foil but would return to its original state after being crumpled.

The Air Force was called to check things out and, many believe, started one of the biggest government coverups in history.

The story of the crash was picked up by United Press International and was appearing in newspapers across the country. Earlier editions of papers had the military admitting the debris was that of a flying saucer, but later editions have the military claiming the wreckage was simply radar equipment of a crashed weather balloon.

There are also stories from people in the area of alien bodies being at the sight - two dead, one dying, and one lllive. These bodies were supposedly taken to a nearby military base. Glenn Dennis, a mortician in Roswell, N.M., said he received a call from the military base about information on embalming and spoke to a nurse at the base who told a tale of autopsies on alien bodies.

Friedman has written a book on the flying saucers in New Mexico called "Crash at Corona."

Friedman concluded his lecture with various pictures of flying saucers.

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Kirk, who has recently come out of retirement, accompanies the ship's young commander, Capt. Harriman (Alan Ruck, who played Cameron in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off"), on the maiden voyage of the Enterprise-B.

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left), and Lt. Cmdr. Data (Brent Spiner) scan maps in the terprise 1701-0.

During the mission, the unprepared ship and crew receive a distress call from a pair of freighters trapped by a mysterious "energy ribbon." After several mishaps they manage to save some of the passengers, including Guinan (Whoopi Goldberg), who will become Picard's confidante, and Dr. Soran, the movie's villain. The rescue's price is high, however; the crew of the EnterpriseB believes that Kirk was killed when the energy ribbon hit the ship.

The story then moves to the time of the EnterpriseD under the command of Picard. After a series of events the Next Generation Crew uncovers a plot by Soran to destroy the sun, Meridian, of an inhabited system.

Guinan aids Picard by recounting the prior events aboard the Enterprise-B to help him understand Soran's motives. Picard recruits Kirk, who history has recorded as dead, to help stop Soran. In the process, Kirk is killed.

The major theme of "Star Trek: Generations" is loss and how people cope with losses. The whole of the movie orients around this theme. The lighting on board the Enterprise-D is darker and more somber than on the Next Generation series leaving an atmosphere of brooding. · The special effects are outstanding and lend to the strong realism of the overall production. The great effects used to create Stellar Cartography, a room on the Enterprise-D, may be lost against the backdrop of the wonders of outer space. Here Picard and Data manipulate three dimensional maps to chart the course of the space ribbon and figure out Soran 's plans.

Music, as always, is well scored, and adds to the atmosphere. The major change from the older Star Trek movies is found in the opening credits. The music of the six prior films possessed a grand, epic quality. The opening score of "Star Trek: Generations" is softer and slower than its predecessors, adding to the overall feel of remorse.

The writing, overall, has much more of a Next Generation feel to it than the old Star Trek. The movie

contains several subplots, including the android crew member, Data, receiving emotions, and Picard mourning the loss of his brother and nephew.

Guest roles include the two reappearing Klingon women from Deep Space 9 trying to take over the world, although their own stupidity once again gets in their way.

William Shatner is vintage Kirk, and his interaction with Patrick Stewart (Picard) is hilarious. Be on the lookout for a statement against female drivers in the movie: The one time Counselor Troi flies the ship, it crashes.

However, the movie also contains several problems. First, "Star Trek: Generations" may be difficult to

understand for those uninitiated to the history of Trek. The history of the starships Enterprise becomes convoluted to those who have not followed both series.

Second, director David Ca,rson shows his inexperience in this film. Carson has never directed a major motion picture prior to this - only television, theater and documentaries. The plot lags at times and becomes confusing in others. The movie also never quite gains the momentum, or possesses the chutzpa, of its predecessor "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country," directed by Nicholas Meyer.·

Third, Kirk dies in an incredibly stupid and anticlimactic way. After all of the adventures he survived, all of the near-death experiences, you would think that they would come up with a better way to kill him off. This error is compounded by the worst last words ever uttered by a dying character in a major motion picture:

" It was fun." Lukewarm, best describes "Star Trek: Generations."

It is a transitional piece that will hopefully pave the way for stronger Next Generation movies in the future. The whole project seems to have a rushed feel. Hopefully, "Star Trek: Voyager," which premieres as a television movie in January, will not show the same reckless abandon of "Generations."

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Def Phiche. His photos of graffiti in Manhattan add to the comfort of your own-homekitchen feel. The entertainment consists of four TV sets suspended from the ceiling and Digital Music Express: DMX is

The Broadway Brewing Company is a brew pub with a coffee-house feel. This is a place you'll want to tell only your closest friends about.

The warm hardwood floor and beige walls don't give much away. This place is rich with conversation, smiles and inexpensive microbrewed beer.

The fare consists of sandwiches, pizza and LeeAnne's rotisserie chicken. Her chicken recently won a taste test in competition with Boston and Kentucky Fried Chicken rotisserie. Blindfolded Denver journal is ts unanimously chose LeeAnne's as the best.

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It is the "Cheers" for college students, bike messengers and restaurant employees. The prices and atmosphere reflect a Generation Xers working-class feel.

The friendly staff consists of Chip Adams, Brian Sommatino, Scott Turnnidge and LeeAnne Whelpdale.

Brian is the Tom Cruise of the house. He makes you feel like you're reliving "Cocktail." Scott designed one of the guest brews, Church Yard Ale, and brews the house beers for bottling, kegging and distribution. Chip helps run the place and helped to build the bar. He's the best at remembering the names

The Broadway Brewing Co. serves food in the evening until about 9 p.m. Chip said that eventually the pub may start serving food until later in the evening when the riemand for it picks up.

The Broadway Brewing Co. brews and sells the house beers in addition to serving food as the law requires. The house brews are Railyard Ale, Doggie Style Ale, Red Lady Ale and White Buffalo Peace Ale. Chip said that Colorado is the Napa Valley of microbrewed beer.

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Courier night on Tuesdays has already attracted a bevy of bike messengers, who find the Broadway a friendly place to stop in at the end of their routes. The new trio of managers - all under age 25 - are planning to remove a few tables to make room for a bicycle rack.

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Mark Griffin doesn ' t exactly know why he's in the position of supporting The Cranberries. After all, he' s released three fine records under the name MC 900 Ft Jesus while The Cranberries seem to be the critics' darlings after popping out their sophomore effort last month.

Griffin, unused to playing second fiddle , can only wonder. The latest Jesus release, One Step Ahead of the Spider, did well critically and commercially.

"They're really big right now, I guess, with their new record - I can' t remember the name of it now. But I think the audiences are going to like us a lot more, anyway."

Touring as an eight-piece ensemble, MC 900 Foot Jesus will adapt some of its older, more hip-hop-flavored music with the heavy-handed Mark Griffin staying one step ahead. jazz sensibility that permeated Welcome to my Dream and is in full effect on Spider. The Dallas-based Griffin, who holds a degree in classical trumpet performance, will be puckering proudly as he leads the band through improvisational settings and back again.

"The stuff we listen to on the tour bus - Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea - has a big influence on the music we make as well," Griffin says.

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A new era in men's basketball kicked off Tuesday night as the new-look Roadrunners held an intersquad scrimmage at the Auraria Events Center.

Under the leadership of new coach Charles Bradley, MSCD unveiled a quick, young team that plays a constant pressure defense and loves to score fast-break baskets. It's a style that the Roadrunners must play due to the lack of team size.

"We're not as big as we were last year," junior guard Bobby Banks said. "So that means we will run more."

points this year," Lewis said. "We just have to adjust to each other as the season goes on."

The Blue team scored just 70 points, but shot a respectable .544 from the floor.

Comprised of Chris Moses, C.J. Arellano, Shakoor Ahmad, Sylvester Grant, Ray Webber, Shalayo Williams and Trent Brotherton, the Blue team · struggled with turnovers and were unable to slow the fastbreaking White team down.

Trevor Grimm The Metropolitan

In a state as landlocked as any in the nation, swimming is not a sport that gets much attention or respect.

But earJy in the season, MSCD's swimming team, which is low in numbers, is trying to change that.

The Roadrunner teams, who have just 11 swimmers on both the men's and women's sides each stand at 1-1 in dual meets after the wome~ picked up a 128-94 win against the University of Denver and the men lost 129-96 to the Pioneers on Nov.11.

"We swam really well for not getting much rest," said coach Rob Nasser. "This week, we'll try to rest a ljttle bit."

The lack of swimmers hurts the team's overall score, as it offers less chances to place swimmers and score points. However, the fast times are scored individually, so MSCD still has several of the league's fast times early in ttie season.

"It's going to be tough in dual meets because of our numbers," Nassar said. "We have 11 on each side, men and women, while other schools have from 15 up to 24 or 25 on each side."

Against DU, the women did not suffer from lack of numbers, picking up a 124-94 win while losing just one event.

Run they did. The White team comprised of Banks, Antione Lewis, Justin Land, Marcus Weathersby, David Harris, and Matt Lund, score.d 92 points on .639 shooting and forced 22 turnovers in the game. Banks was 3-3 from three-point-land and had 16 points.

"We don't have the pure shooters this year, but we'll fight to get our shooters good shots," Banks said.

A h m a d showed some dazzling skills as he scored inside and out, chipping in 14 points on 7-13 shooting and adding three assists and a steal. In the

The Metropolitan/Andy Cross

Junior Justin Land pushes the ball up-court in the intersquad scrimmage Tuesday. Land led all scorers with 23 points. MSCD White defeated MSCD Blue 92-70.

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"[think we'll do real well individually, and that's what counts," said MSCD swimmer Tori Ainlay. "We're maybe not getting our best results yet, but we're making progress, and the times will drop a lot."

_ Tori Ainlay, Xandi Ainlay, and Nicole DeJulio each won two individual events, while Angela Hillstein and Kelly Davis each won one. In addition, relay teams picked up wins in the 100 medley relay (5:00.32) and 400 free relay (4:31.37).

The White team was led by Land, a junior forward who transferred from Eastern Wyoming Junior ColJege. Land scored a game

' high 23 points and had a thunderous, driving dunk in the second half.

Junior transfer Antione Lewis had 14 points and dished the rock like it was a grenade, totaling 10 assists in 34 minutes of action. Lewis said defense would be the teams strength this season.

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At guard for the Blue team, 5-foot-7-inch freshman Sylvester Grant played in-your-face defense, scored six points and had five assists.

"Bobby (Banks), and I are quick and we're gonna take other teams' guards out of their games," Grant said. "Teams can't function without their guards."

The Roadrunners will have a height disadvantage

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Coach Bradley said _ what his team lacks in size, it more than makes up for in effort and heart.

"We just want the kids to play hard," Bradley said "Work ethic, no question, is the strength of this team."

Asked about the team's performance and his expectations, Bradley said he expects maximum effort.

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"We had bright lights and dim lights tonight," he said. "As a coach I look at the dim lights and try to make them brighter."

MSCD has just one senior on the team, but youth breeds enthusiasm.

"Our expectations are high, very high," Grant said. "We're young, but we've worked real. hard and we have a lot of heart."

The men open the season Saturday at Western State College and play at home Nov. 28 versus Jackson State University.

Although the men lost against DU, swimmer Linc Carlton agrees the low numbers · will not affect the success of the team.

"It has no affect on times and that's what counts," Carlton said.

Against DU, the men picked up three individual wins, with Darwin Strickland, Eddie Lory, and Scott Watson each picking up first place finishes, while the 400 medley relay team won with a time of 4:13.06.

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Bittersweet season finale Mark Cicero The Metropolitan

The MSCD women's volleyball team played one of its best matches of the year Friday night, but it was all for naught.

Despite upsetting Regis, 15-6, 15-13, 15-10, and finishing tied for third in the Colorado Athletic Conference, MSCD was denied the opportunity to play in the regional tournament.

The Roadrunners finished third in the conference at 9-3, one game bChind Regis (10-2 in the CAC) and Air Force (10-2 in the conference). Air Force won the tie breaker over Regis to claim top honors in the CAC.

The National Selection Committee met Sunday night and decided the Roadrunners were not worthy of a bid to the national tournament, despite destroying the seventh-ranked team in the nation, Regis.

"I am really disappointed," coach Rhonda Williams said. "We deserve the chance, finishing third in the conference and convincingly beating Regis."

Friday night was Senior Night at the Auraria Events Center, and MSCD did not disappoint its record crowd. MSCD set a new alltime attendance recorct with 726 fans. The previous record, 621, was set on Nov. 14, 1989, against Regis.

In game one, the Roadrunners built a 12-4 lead and never looked back, closing the door on the Rangers, 15-6.

"It was our last game and we had something· to prove to them," Terrell said. "Last year they beat us in the tournament to go to the elite eight. We wanted to prove to people that we are still a really good team, despite losing some matches we shouldn't have this year."

Terrell led the Roadrunners with 19 kills. Senior Crissy Canada added 14. MSCD ended with a .317 attack percentage and held Regis to a .135 attack percentage, forcing 25 Ranger hitting errors.

"We had nothing to lose, we just went out for it and kicked their butts," Canada said. "It was kind of sad thinking I will never play again, but it felt good because last year they got us."

The Roadrunners were awesome offensively, but the spark for MSCD was defense. The Roadrunners recorded 70 digs and 21 blocks, and allowed Regis to block only eight attacks. Sophomore Stacey Hoyt led the defensive charge with 14 digs and Canada recorded 13. Canada led MSCD with one solo block and six assisted blocks.

"I think we did not have a weak link out there," Williams said. "Everyone played well. All the subs played well, and everyone went in and did their jobs."

Despite not making the national tournament, the Roadrunners ended the season on a positive note by upsetting the seventh-ranked team in the nation.

The momentum began to shift in game two with Regis jumping out to an early 12-5 lead. MSCD did not give up, however. The Roadrunners crawled back into the game, clos-ing the gap to 13-9, before freshman setter Laurie Anderson served out the match, winning the last six points, and the game, 15-13.

Last week, Canada set three all-time MSCD records and set two more this week. Canada is now the most prolific hitter in MSCD history. She ends her career with the all-time record in kills with 1,493, beating Catherine Guiles (1,468), who played for MSCD from 1982 to 1985. Canada has also set the block solo record with 316 solo blocks in her career.

The Metropolitan/Jane Raley

Crissy Canada executes her patented block in Fridays season ending victory over Regis. Canada set the all-time block solo record at MSCD with 317 solo blocks. Canada, Terrell, Julie Haynes, Katie Horvat,

Elie Moya and Leslie Weed finished their careers at MSCD Friday night with the best

present of all - a win. Memories of a disappointing 1994 season may linger in their minds, but the memories of beating Regis should stand out.

"When we trailed in game two, it wasn't anything that someone said to pump us back up, it was pride," senior Chelsea Terrell said. "Once someone did one thing good, it was kind of contagious, and we really got into the game. Even though we were behind, it felt like we were ahead."

"Big Mo" wore navy blue in game three, with the Roadrunners prevailing, 15-10. Again, Anderson served well, serving up 10 points in the game for MSCD, including the final four points.

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Sports briefs So sorry

Last week we identified the woman in the basketball photo as Shiloh Justice when, in fact, it was Amy Freeman. Sorry Shiloh. Sorry Amy. Promise it won't happen again.

Congrats Crissy Canada was named

CAC player of the year fo; her outstanding final season at MSCD. Canada's legacy will live on in the record books because she took over the top spot as the all-time MSCD leader in kllls (1493), block assists (447)~' and block solo's

(317). Great career Crissy, you will be missed. Congrats part deux

Chelsea Terrell was named to the second team CAC allconference team. Nice job.

Memorable MSCD will be without the

services of Terrell, Julie Haynes, Katie Horvat, Elie Moya and Leslie Weed as they have completed their careers. You will all be missed.

Speed Darwin Strickland is in his

last season on the men's swimming team and hopes to better his fourth and sixth place finish at nationals last season in the

50 and 100 meter freestyle. Strickland's best times in those events this season are 21.38 and 48.14. His nationals times were 20.92 and 45.41. Don't fret swim fans, it 's still very early and swimmers peak at season's end. Strickland's times are the season's fastest to date.

Sister sister The Ainlay sisters, Tori

and Xandi are leading the way for the women' s swim team. Tori has the season's fastest 50 and 100 meter freestyle at 25.84 and 57.08 while Xandi is the speedster in the 200 and 500 meter freestyle with times of2:04.18 and 5:35.16.

Schedule Season openers for the

men's and women's basketball team are this weekend. The women play tonig_ht at the Eastern Montana Tournament in Billings, Mont.

The men open Saturday at Western State College in Gunnison.

The 1-1 men's and • women's swimming teams compete today at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley. They travel to the Colorado School ofMines for a meet on Saturday. The next home meet is against Colorado ~ College on Dec. 17.

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LEAGUE STANDINGS - Fall 1994

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Hoogendoorns Heroes 16 2 The Pits 13 5 Team Yocon 13 4 Narcoleptic Nerds 12 6 Prisoners of Gravity 13 5 Bumpin in the Night 11 7 Old and in the Way 8 10 Multiple Cavitay Masses 9 9 No Clue 5 13 Pete's Iguanas 8 10 Physical Terrorists 2 16 Netters 6 12

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6:30 #1 Phy.Terrorists vs Pris.' of Gravity 7:30 #2 Old and in the Way vs No Clue 8:30

#3 Narc Nerds vs Flying Oct.

Nov. 21 6:30 Hoogendorns vs Winner of game #2 7:30 Team Yocon vs Winner of game #1 8:30 Championship game

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The Calendar is a free service of The Metropolitan for students, faculty and staff of the Auraria Campus. Calendar items for MSCD receive priority due to space limitations. Forms for calendar items are available at The Metropolitan office, Suite 313 of the Tivoli Student Union. The Metropolitan reserves the right to edit calendar items for space considerations or to refuse any items we deem unsuitable for publication.

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Menorah Ministries host a Truth Bible Study every Monday, Wednesday and Thursday from 3 to 6 p.m. in Suite 442 of the Tivoli Student Union. Come and go as needed for fellowship and Truth Bible Study. Info: 722-0944.

Father Regis Scanlon, Catholic Campus Minister, will host a series of talks on "The Catechism of the Catholic Church by John Paul II" every Tuesday and Thursday in Classroom II-III (second floor) at the St. Francis Interfaith Center. Info: 556-3864.

Students are invited to join other students, for socializing and mutual support, in room 3, the Catholic student's "club room," at the St. Francis Interfaith Center. Info: 556-3864.

If you want to drink and drug that's your ·business, if you want to quit that's our business - Alcoholics Anonymous. Monday, Wednesday and Friday from noon to 12:50 p.m. in the Auraria Library room 205. Info: 935-0358.

MSCD Student Activities is collecting canned goods, blankets, clothing medical supplies and beds for the people of Pine Ridge until Nov. 21. Please bring donations to room 305 in the Tivoli. Info: 556-2595.

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The Baha'i Club presents Arthur Mcfarlane II in "The Challenge of Achieving Race Unity in America" at 7:30 p.m. in the Baha'i Center, 225 East Bayaud Ave. Info: 322-8997.

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The Denver Comic Book & Collectibles Marketplace will be held at The Holiday Inn, I-70 at Chambers Road. Featured at this unique convention are thousands of old and new comic books, comic collectibles and science fiction material. Collectors of all ages are invited to buy, sell and trade. Admission: $3. Info: (908) 788-6845.

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The UCD Arts Theater Department is holding an audition for "Black Comedy" by Peter Schaffer in the Arts Building 278 from 6 to 10 p.m. Auditions need to be a 1 to 1 1/2 minute comic monologue. For an appointment call 556-4652.

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Colorado Jobs with Justice and Labor Party Advocates invites you to an evening forum: "Taking Back Our Future: Organizing for Workers' Rights in the 90's." The forum will be held in room 320 in the Tivoli Student Union at 6:30 p.m. Info : 781-8700.

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MSCD's Career Services present a free Interview Skills Workshop from 10 a.m. to noon in the Arts Building, Suite 177. Sign-ups may be made by phone at 556-3664 or in person in the Arts Building.

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Thanksgiving Holiday - No classes, campus open.

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The Baha'i Club presents Seymour Weinberg in "Israel: Its Meaning for Humanity's Future" at 7:30 p.m. in the Baha'i Center, 225 East Bayaud Ave. Info: 322-8997.

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No idea what to give for Christmas? Student Activities of Community College of Denver and various vendors invite you to the Holiday Bazaar, today and tomorrow in the South Classroom from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Info: 556-2597.

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3rd Module - last day to withdraw with NC; faculty signature required.

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MSCD's Golden Key National Honor Society hosts a weekly meeting every Thursday at 1 p.m. in Central Classroom 101-B. All members invited. Info: 556-4865.

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MSCD's Golden Key National Society hosts a weekly meeting every Thursday at 1 p.m. in Central Classroom 101-B. All members invited. info:556-4865.

MSCD's Career Services present a free Mock Interview Workshop from 3 to 5:30 p.m. in the Arts Building, Suite 177. Sign-ups may be made by phone at 556-3664 or in person in the Arts Building.

ATT'E :N.TION ! ALL Stu.den.ts ATTENTION ! #Earn. Higher Grades while you spend Less Time St:udyin.g!"

Seminars Times and Place: Thursday, November 17th, 2:00 - 3:00 pm

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