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December 2, 1994

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Departments re-established Kevin Juhasz · Staff Writer

The African American and Chicano Studies departments are returning to MSCD in fall 1995 after being eliminated almost a decade ago.

The two departments were reduced to program status and merged under the Institute for lntercultural Studies in 1985.

There is a rising interest in ethnic studies and increased enrollment in such programs at MSCD and across the nation, and these actions prompted the re-establishment of the departments.

The amount of credit hours generated by the programs in 1986 was 500. In fall 1994, that number was almost 2500 credit hours. Generated credit hours are the total number of credit hours

students signed up for in that department. "The departments will allow these

disciplines to grow some more, to do more community-type service and to develop some additional resources," said Dr. Akbarali Thobhani, director of the Institute for lntercultural Studies.

Part of this is due not only to an

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Changes. ahead for grading policy? Christopher Anderson Senior Staff Writer

MSCD students will suffer lower grade point averages if the Faculty Senate approves plans to incorporate pluses and minuses into the grade system (i.e. B+, A-), according to a Faculty Senate member.

To combat an unjustifiable rise in grades, John Schmidt, a member of the Academic Policies Committee, said his committee will present the advantages, disadvantages and costs of implementing the new grading system to the whole faculty.

Gore attacks GOP idea of school prayer Geraldine Haldner The Metropolitan

Vice President Al Gore said that he and President Clinton strongly oppose government controlled prayer in school, when he spoke at the General Assembly of the Council of Jewish Federations Nov. 18.

Gore said that speaking the week before Thanksgiving seemed like perfect timing to him. "This is a celebration tied up with religious freedom, a freedom sought by the people who came to this country."

Gore said that it is a great source of pride for American people to live in a country that is dedicated to religious freedom.

He said this freedom of religion should not stop before the classroom door.

"There is a crucial difference between purely voluntary prayer and government controlled prayer," Gore said. "Men and women of good will exist in both political parties. The deter­mination to separate church and state is not a Democrat or Republican idea, it's an American idea," he said.

Vice President Al Gore

Schmidt said the new grading system would be more accurate.

"Many faculty feel that it would more closely articulate reality in terms of students' grades," Schmidt said. "Another thought amongst the faculty is that it will reduce grade inflation."

Schmidt said the new method will have an impact on students.

"If the plus/minus system is used, there is a tendency that the overall GP As will come down," he said.

Student Government President Megan Reyes said teachers already have control on accuracy of grades.

"I think how you tackle grade infla­tion is award an appropriate grade," Reyes said. "If you are too afraid to award a B, and so you award an A-, it's still grade inflation."

The costs of the new grading system could determine its ability to get passed, Schmidt said.

Information Technology is looking at the price to create and run the computer programs for Admissions and Records. Administration will then have to decide if it's willing to pay for the costs of the pro­gram, and if they don't, they can kill the plan, Schmidt said.

Elizabeth Friot, chairwoman of the committee, said the first step is to talk to faculty members and get their opinions.

Friot said the point values of grades have yet to be worked out, but an A+ will equal 4 points and an A- will be worth less.

The current grade system at MSCD has been in place since its conception, Schmidt said.

MSCD student Victor Martinez agrees with the more precise grade sys­tem. "I think that's good, because it gives the students who try a little bit harder more incentive to work," he said.

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Israeli Prime Minister Yltzhak Rabin and his wife Leah visited Denver Nov. 17. They attended the General Assembly of the Council of Jewish Federations where he defended his current peace Initiatives.

Israeli prime minister def ends peace process Geraldine Haldner The Metropolitan

Yitzhak Rabin, Prime Minister of Israel, adamantly defended his vision of peace in the Middle East as he took the podium and spoke to 3,000 Jewish com­munity leaders at the General Assembly of the Council of Jewish Federations Nov. 17.

"There is no need to make peace with a friend. Peace you make with your ene­mies," said the 72-year-old leader, refer­ring to the joint Israeli-Palestinian Declaration of Principles he and Yasser Arafat signed in Washington D.C. in September of 1993.

Rabin's path has been repeatedly crit­icized by Israel's opposition party leader Benyamin Netanyahu, who said the pact with the Palestinians bad failed to create a peaceful environment for Israel.

"I would pref~r different neighbors

too," Rabin said, "but they are our neigh­bors. With these kind of neighbors you only have two options. To live in terror, hatred and fear - or in peace. I prefer peace," Rabin said.

Rabin said the real enemies of peace are the extremi<:t Moslem movements, namely Hamas au d the Islamic Jihad. "They cover the whole world with terror; not just Israel."

Rabin said the Jewish people every­where have to support the fight against terror and to continue to hope for peace.

"Through persecution, inquisition and holocaust we remained one. Despite different passports, we are one," he said.

Rabin said Israel has a global Jewish destiny to assist the Jewish communities all over the world to preserve a strong feeling of unity.

Rabin said that the Jewish people, despite unity, are divided into two people: those currently living in Israel and those

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in the rest of the world. "That's why we need Jewish educa­

tion to prepare our youngsters for Israel," he said.

Rabin called for 50,000 young American Jews to spend one to three months in Israel over the next five years, a program called The Israeli Experience. "The program is not just about religion," Rabin said. ''The synagogues are a place to pray. Israel is a place to live."

He also cited intermarriage and S;Jiri­tual assimilation as the main enemies of the Jewish.

"We need a new agenda," he said. "It's not ' let my people go' anymore, it's 'let my people be Jewish."'

Rabin ended his speech by borrowing a quote from another fighter for peace, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr: "We shall overcome," he said. "Together, we shall overcome."

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African American, Chicano departments return DEPARTMENTS from page 1

increase in interest, but also to MSCD's multi-cultural requirement. Thobhani agreed that the requirement was a factor, but stressed other reasons.

"There's more interest across the country with issues of diversity and a greater attention to minority history," he said.

C.J. White, a professor with the Sociology department and African American program, said giving it depart­mental status would "denote equality with other academic areas - a stamp of approval."

It would also give the African American Studies program better status with the Faculty Senate and other on­campus groups, he said, and help the pro­gram become more involved in communi-ty work. ·

White said that a program review in which off-campus consultants came to MSCD and looked at the programs was conducted.

The consultant for the Institute for lntercultural Studies recommended re­establishing the departments because of the increase in student interest and an increase in students declaring these fields as majors and minors.

The first step toward establishing the

departments is setting up faculty. Each were adequate. department will employ at least three full- "I don't question their credentials," time faculty members, including a depart- he said. "From my point of view, they are ment chair. qualified, and they have the necessary

Professors who teach courses half background to teach." time in African American or Chicano According to Yvonne Flood, execu­Studies and half time in another depart- tive assistant to President Sheila Kaplan, ment will be given first choice. They may three professors have asked to be part of move to the new the African department or stay with their other department.

This is some­thing the Movi­miento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan, a Chicano student

r----------------. American Studies department and

The first step toward none have sought esfab/lsh/ng the depad- positions in the

ments Is sefflng up faculty. Chicano Studies department.

Each depadment will once it is

employ at least three full- determined how movement group, time faculty members, many people a re does not like. Including a department needed to fill

"We totally dis- chair. available posi-agree with that tions, the school choice," said will begin a Monica Garcia, "-----------------' nationwide search. MSCD student and member of MEChA. Search committees will be formed by "We need to hire Chicano Studies profes- each department to find the professors. A so rs."

Garcia said the whole purpose in revamping the department was to solve such problems.

"We don't have adequate professors to teach these kinds of courses," she said.

Thobhani did not agree with Garcia and said he felt the professors

job description will be sent out. All candi­dates will have to go through a screening committee. Interviews will be conducted by the departments, recommendations will be made, and then hiring will be done.

After the faculty is in place, the departments will then determine how to

structure the programs and make any necessary changes.

Garcia said MEChA would like to be part of this process.

"What we are interested in doing is sitting on the search committee for hiring the chair of the Chicano Studies pro­gram," she said. "We're also interested in being a part of defining the curriculum within the Chicano Studies department."

Thobhani said that students and members of the community will be invit­ed to attend meetings once the search committees are set up.

Joan Foster, interim provost and vice president of Academic Affairs, encour­ages all students who are interested in being involved to speak to members of those departments.

"Particu larly with these programs, it's important to have student input," she said. " We encourage departments to invite them to be on search committees."

According to Peterson's 1995 Guide to Four-Year Colleges, there are 160 col­leges with African American Studies majors, 64 with Hispanic Studies majors, and 37 with Mexican American/Chicano Studies majors.

MSCD's African American and Chicano Studies programs hav_e 26 stu­dents as majors and 25 as minors.

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Auraria Higher Education Center is looking into a proposition to expand the Tivoli 12 theater complex.

The plan, which would add six to 10 more theaters to the campus, calls for a separate building in the location of the tennis courts.

"AMC came up with the idea about two years ago," said Kersten Keith, stu­dent representative to the Auraria Board. She said that AHEC just recently became more accessible to the plan, because AMC had said they would otherwise move out.

AMC is one of the major patrons of commercial space on Auraria campus. Keith said their lease pays a large per­centage of student bond fees.

While additional theaters might tempt students to spend more money on tickets occasionally, a move to another location on the part of AMC would hurt students' budgets permanently. According to a study done by AHEC,

students could expect a raise in student fees of $6 per semester if AMC moves out. The expansion wouldn ' t cost stu­dents anything, Keith said. On the con­trary, extra m~ney coming in from a new leasing contract could be used to the stu­dents' benefit.

"My hope is that we can obligate some parts of the extra money to the library, which is in desperate need for more funding," she said.

She also said that AMC definitely wants to expand its operations to the downtown area. Besides the plan of expanding the theater on the Auraria campus, AMC is also looking into a plan to build a new entertainment complex at 16th and Welton Streets.

"There seems to be a trend to build huge theater complexes, with not just the­aters in it, but also restaurants and things like that," said JoAnn Soker, executive vice president for administration of AHEC, who is currently negotiating with AMC. "We are in the idea stage right now," Soker said. "Our campus architect has sketched some ideas."

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allows the student more flexibility so that you can travel less frequently," says Alida Franco, co-director of the program. "These programs are ideal for those with a rotating work schedule, homebound stu­dents or those who just can't make it to campus."

Franco is referring not only to the telecourses but also to the independent study through correspondence programs that students can complete through the mail. Both it and the telecourse offer 13 courses each, in a veritable smorgasbord of subjects like Spanish, chemistry and geology. Areas such as political science, psychology, and human services have upper-division courses available.

The pro~rams for the telecourses are shown on Channel 12 typically from mid-

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night to 5 or 6 a.m., and there can be any­where from zero to 16 meetings depend­ing on the class. One of the more popular courses is Spanish, which is taught by Jim Allen and is based around the soap opera "Telenovela."

"With telecourses there's far superior comprehension," said Allen. "Students are able to understand better because they have dialogues and conversation filmed in Mexico, Spain, Argentina and Puerto Rico so they get to hear different dialects," Allen said.

"There are times when it would be nice to have feedback immediately on what I write," said MSCD student Rick Amend, 43. "But, on the other hand I guess it was designed to be that way."

Allen ' s class meets six times per

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semester and is basically self-paced. Students in the correspondence program are also self-paced but have up to a year to complete their program.

In contrast to those "decelerated" programs is the all new Accelerated General Studies Program at Metro South near Interstate-25 and Orchard Road, which will be offered this spring in eight­week modules.

Gwenn Thornton, director of the Extended Campus Program, hopes that even though the new program covers only lower-level classes, it will still be helpful to students. "This way you can get your general studies done sooner if you have the time. Of course it requires an enor­mous amount of time outside the class," Thornton said.

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Incoming freshmen get more assistance Isaac Mion Staff Writer

"When I was a freshman I was advised wrong," said Edward Duran, a 21-year-old MSCD student. "Other schools have more faculty involvement so freshmen don't get discouraged."

These are the kinds of thoughts that counselors and members of New Student Orientation are trying to discourage with follow-up orientation sessions for freshmen.

Though incoming freshmen are required to attend one orientation session, second sessions were offered for the first time this year. These sessions were held Nov. 18, 21, and 22, but of all the acade­mic departments only representatives from the School of Business and the School of Letters, Arts and Sciences were there. Others in attendance were represen­tatives for Campus Recreation, Student Government, and Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Student Services.

"The idea of this was to get freshmen right around spring semester enrollment time, so they can have a little reminder of student services," said Nancy Breckel, director of New Student Orientation. "I would really like to mandate it. I think it's really beneficial if you're not the type of

person who makes friends easily or isn't real assertive."

Breckel also noted that she consid­ered this year to be sort of a pilot program for upcoming years when second orienta­tion sessions for freshmen might be required.

Two of the 100 or so students who attended were 18-year-old freshman art majors Jeff Danos and Christina Hernandez, who attended the orientation thinking it was required.

"It said you have to attend one of these things in order to graduate," said Danos, who came to overcome the prob­lem of the Art department's core classes that are held at night.

Some tricky wording was used in the flier sent to freshman concerning the ori­entation. It read, "This will complete your orientation requirement."

Whether they were lured by the need for help or subtle semantics, many stu­dents did get assistance from LAS and business advisors.

"The counselor helped us find some electives we needed to fill in the four­hour gap between our art classes that we might not have found otherwise," Hernandez said.

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I want to thank Amy Haimerl and the Student Government Assembly for coor­dinating the forum on Student Health Insurance held Nov. 14, 1994. The students of MSCD are fortunate to have this type of leadership at the administra­tive level of their student gov­ernment.

With fairly short notice, Amy developed a detailed plan of action that included a mass mailing to 10,000 students (those eligible for health insur­ance), then successfully held an open forum that enabled interested students to hear dia­logue and ask questions

regarding the options being considered for Student Health Insurance.

Their determination to ,., inform students was sincere ,. and focused. This type of com- ~

mitment and responsiveness to their MSCD peers should be applauded. It truly represents the type of leadership our stu­dents can take pride in. It also , represents why those of us in · Student Life are proud to pro­vide our services to the stu- ,~

dents of MSCD.

Steve Monaco Director

Student Health Center

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SGA Vice President of Student Fees, Amy Haimerl,­leads the Student Health

• Insurance forum on Nov. 14 in

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Union's Turnhalle.

The Metropolitan Donna Hickey

Bell Curve's aftershocks persist My thanks to Gary G. White. It

turns out that I am one of those ignoble, ignorant, pseudo-intellectual, narrow­minded, nefarious, dogmatic, preju­diced, bigoted, racist, unsophisticated, and retarded persons he denounces in his scholarly and thought-provoking article in last week's Met. And to think that untii now I'd thought I was doing pretty well in college! But I wasn't with White protesting Charles Murray's new book, The Bell Curve, and for this rea­son, all of the above adjectives apply. Not only wasn't I at the. protest, I was working; I was an active participant in the capitalist system, which Tom Mestnik, himself an esteemed scholar, equates with racism, intolerance, and hatred. In the Nov. 16 edition of the UCO Advocate, Mestnik is quoted as saying, "It's rare that capitalism shows its true face and all its racist colors." While it's certainly true that capitalists tend to be more devious and subver­sive than they were the night of Murray's speech, it is also clear that Mestnik is onto them, just as White is onto me. But unlike the capitalists, I know when I'm defeated. And with the

combined intellectual firepower of White and Mestnik opposing me, I'm clearly outgunned. And if you can't beat 'em, join 'em. So I'm on their side now.

I openly condemn Murray's book and propose that White and I get together and read it. Just think of the things we could say about Murray then! And if we find that reading a book with as many pages as Murray's is too demanding, we can always reread Time and Newsweek and pass their views off as our own.

I also feel that Murray's research is flawed. I base my belief on a sign car­ried by a protester that read "Murray practices bad science" and both Mestnik and White, who disagree withO his conclusions; and if that isn't enough to support my claim that Murray's research is flawed, consider that Safa Suleiman, vice president of MSCD's Political Science Association, is quoted in last week's Met as saying, 'What we have here is a person (Murray) who is saying that genetics has something to do with intelligence." I couldn't agree more. And if Murray's research was any good at all, why didn't he talk to

Suleiman, who has clearly studied the matter and has found no causal link between ethnicity and intelligence? She is a scientist, isn't she (albeit a political one)? Had Murray spoken to her he could have avoided the firestorm he's created and would have saved a lot of the time he might have spent fretting over such pesky details as actual data.

As a math major, I was also fasci­nated by White's use of arithmetic to demonstrate that the majority of the 35,000 people on campus don't really care about the malignancy of hate. Prior to reading White's article, I bowed to the custom of finishing mathematical proofs with the letters QED (quod erat demonstrandum: "that which was to be proved'). However, since reading his article, I now end all my proofs with GGWSS ("Gary G. White says so") or llSWBTM ("it is so willed by Thomas Mestnik"). And it is in this very spirit that I end this article. 2+2=5 GGWSS llSWBTM.

Eric Simon MSCD student

So, you think you have a better idea ... Dear Gary G. White, There are a couple of things that I

want to point out. First of all, I have to say that the rally consisted not only of a "Two-four-six-eight - let's stop the hate" kind of a thing. We had 15 respected scholars and students as speakers. They all did a great job talk­ing about the racism and the hate in this society. You probably missed the speakers!

We learned of Charles Murray's campus appearance only four days before his speech. We only had two days to prepare the rally. If you think

you could have done a better job, where were you to help us?!

Instead of calculating the different percentages of 35,000 students on this campus, and trying to find out their soci­etal sensitivity, you could have just spo­ken at the rally, and made a better point of your views.

The at least 125 people - not the 75 you counted - who attended the rally care about our society and the dev­astating consequences that racism can bring to it. One hundred and twenty-five people are better than nothing. Is it enough to fight against people like

conni~PONDENCE

Murray? That's another issue. But we're pleased to have conscientious scholars, students, and organizations on our campus who can organize a rally in two days and stand up for things that we believe in.

If you think you can do better things, baby, just DO IT.

Esra Bi!g!t Safa Suleiman

Kathy Johnson MSCD Polltlcal Science Association

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Joy to the world: The King is born ~he Reverend Mort Farndu • First Presleyterian Church of Elvis the Divine

I don't know about you, but I get awfully spiri­

tual this time of year. I hear ethereal music everywhere I go. I see flashing, colored lights that seem to beckon from a magical realm. The whole world seems suddenly transformed into some heavenly paradise.

And so it has. Because it's the time of year we celebrate the birth of our Lord.

Elvis was born on Jan. 8. Presleyterians begin celebrating a

month early - on Dec. 8, to be exact. (Which happens to be the anniversary of the murder of John Lennon, one of the King's 13 disciples.) We need a whole month to squeeze everything in. The holiday season is a time for non­stop parties, for eating and drinking too much and buying gifts for people we hardly know. It's a time for total over-indulgence. For getting bombed and bloated and having wild, irrational mood swings.

It's a time to be just like Elvis. What better way to glorify the King

than to emulate his mighty excesses? But as we party into oblivion and shop till we drop, we shouldn't lose sight of the reason for our celebrations. Namely, the miraculous birth of Elvis.

It's hard to fully comprehend this

astounding event. One person who has, I believe, is theologian Dr. Karl N. Edwards of Hoboken, N.J. Allow me, then, to quote Dr. Edwards, who gives eloquent voice to the awe and mystery that lies at the very heart of the holiday season.

The following passages are taken from Dr. Edwards' inspirational essay, "Joy to the World - the King is Born."

"And it came to pass that in the winter of 1935, the shadow of a Great Depression lay over all the land. And no­where was this Depression more deeply felt than in Mississippi, in the dark abyss of the Deep South.

"For it was there, in the little town of Tupelo, that Papa Vern and Mama Gladys were dwelling in a tiny, two-room wooden shack among the poorest of the poor.

''Their faces were gaunt and care­worn and their spirits were heavy for they had not a pot to piss in, and they were reviled by society as outcasts known as white trash. Papa Vern was

greatly dejected and unemployed and engaged in all manner of scams to sur­vive. And his heart trembled for the future, for Mama Gladys was big with child.

"And when her time was upon her, the midwife was called, and that night of the holy birth would bring both joy and tragedy. For Mama Gladys was delivered of twins and the first was stillborn. And he was called Jesse and

was later buried in an unmarked grave, in a shoe­box tied with a red ribbon.

''The second son was called Elvis and he survived.

"Yet the outcome was long in doubt

:JMJU~I for both Mama Gladys and the baby Elvis were weakened by the

terrible -ordeal of his birth and the death of his twin brother.

"B'ut even as the tiny E fought for his life, wailing louder tnan the cold wind outside the dismal shanty, many miracles did occur which heralded his arrival.

"A mysterious blue light appeared outside the shack that was seen by

Papa Vern and Mama Gladys. And the light was seen also by three wandering musicians who had followed it from afar. They appeared at the door bear­ing humble gifts for they were but poor and itinerant bluesmen.

"The first was named Fuzzy and he offered a gallon of cheap wine to warm the family and keep from them the chill of the drafty shack.

"The second was named John Lee and he brought pills of many colors which would keep the family awake and alert during the long hours of their vigil over their newborn son.

"The third was named Robert and he was the greatest musician of all. And his gift was the most precious of the three, a great can of lard, which Mama Gladys used forever after to fry the foods that would make her son grow big and strong.

"And after they bestowed their gifts, the three bluesmen gazed upon the baby Elvis, saying, 'Let us give praise for this miraculous babe for, surely, on this day and in this unknown shack in the little town of Tupelo, one is born who will reveal to the world a new way of music, and all the world shall some day proclaim him King'."

All I can add to Dr. Edwards' stirring account is: Amen. And happy holidays!

Contract majors! Get 'em while they're hot! a guest edito(ial t>y: Jean Mariani - Sear"l

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Mama Mariani; m .,,

P ssst! Hey buddy, come over here. Ever hear of a contract major? You get credit for

what you have learned from life expe­riences. You sign up at the Office of Adult Education, create a proposal and curriculum for yourself, contest your title because some other depart­ment says it implies you've taken their curriculum, get three faculty members to sign and you're on your way to a B.A. and a better life!

Well , it may become harder to obtain a contract major if some depart­ment chairs have their way. The Office of Adult Learning Services will have very little to do with the contract major if the proposed changes take place. I went and got the straight skinny and was horrified. As it stands now, these changes are proposed to take place without any student input. On the sly, the quiet, the QT (if you're old enough to know what that is).

The reason given for the changes to the contract degree are basically

philosophical differences between the needs of some department head and student needs. We students, compris­ing one of the most diverse campuses, and the largest four-year institution in America today without a residential campus, have diverse needs as well. The department heads need to feel confident that their students can pass muster when applying for admission to institutions of higher education with more rarefied atmospheres, e.g. the Ivy League or DU. There is also the insignificant fact that traditional disci­plines are losing funding for every stu­dent that takes a non-traditional major. Some department chairs are attempt­ing to gut the contract major degree program.

As of now, there is some leeway about meeting with your committee members. If you absolutely cannot get them all together, they can sign off one at a time. One of the new changes is that the whole committee will have to meet. A sop thrown out is the reduction of the degree committee proper by one individual, but a possible additional four department chairs as well as two chairs whose discipline "appears in or is similar to the title proposed above" must also sign off on this enterprise.

Let's see, that's eight signatures now, instead of three. Yeah, that's real simple.

Coops! I almost forgot! The Faculty Senate Curriculum Committee and the Office of Academic Affairs have their fingers in the pie here, too. The FSCC wants to make contract majors a "curricular consideration," a fancy way to say they want to see if you have the requisite number of hoops to jump through, if you ask me. Wow, that's 10 signatures! That's more than it takes to sign a peace agree­ment. More than it takes to declare war. More than it takes to declare someone dead. This is bureaucratese in the worst way!

The contract degree-seeking stu­dent would be held to a higher acade­mic standard, a 2.5 rather than a 2.0 GPA will be required. More upper divi­sion hours would be required in the minor, and the extended contract major, which doesn't require a minor, would be eliminated entirely. Ouch!

- Not to mention that if you want a con­tract major you would be required to take a traditional minor and vice versa. Huh? I know I'm just a fat, bearded, 35-year-old senior with a 3.13 GPA, but I don't get it. I thought the whole

idea of higher education was to help people get their degree so they can better their lives, not throw up road­blocks.

One other tiny little detail I noticed about all this is the Student Right-To­Know Act. Evidently it extends to secu­rity issues and procedures around campus, but not anything that affects the student's access to their degree. Apparently the creation of new majors due to student volume, e.g. environ­mental Studies, was not enough to convince the Faculty Senate that the students have needs that do not always coincide with departmental needs.

I know I have just muddied some water here, but making it more difficult to obtain a college degree is not a good idea. Many of our non-traditional students have needs and experience that are best evaluated by them, not tradition-bound scholars and adminis­trators, some of whom have not left their ivory towers in years. Making changes of this magnitude without input from the people affected is just plain dirty pool. I didn't muddy the water by myself. Responses? I want 'em!! Write in and we'll see what hap­pens.

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December. the community returns home.

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A very sold-out show, probably because the new Mary Chain/Hope Sandoval duet is doing so well on the radio and MlV right now. Mazzy Star have been milk-

ing the underground ambitions of their second

ACTI 0 N record, So Tonight That I Might See , for almost a year now. This was their third area appearance since then, and the crowd struggled to see the dimly lit

VENTURE band, even though it'd seem to be no secret that

• . when performing live, Hope stands like a corpse at the mic and glumly sings while the rest of the band plays in the dark. Combined with the SRO audience

and the thick blanket of smoke and fog, Mazzy Star are less than compelling live. As the Ogden became even more crowded, it was a good deal easier to just hang out in back and listen. As usual, they sounded great, but there's nothing to see at a Mazzy Star show.

And there's little more to see with the Jesus and Mary Chain. A couple old hits, a couple from Dark/ands, S(ll'Tle newer material and more smoke than the Ogden could accomodate were the links in the Chain's set. Even from a closer position, it was almost impossible to see the Reid brothers, or anyone else on stage. By the time

Hope returned to perform her duet with Jimbo, she seemed like she had been hastily awakened from a nap or some other heavy-lidded backstage experience. A smoky, decadent night.

Jeff Strldton

••••••••••••••••••••• ng ea ; . I 1d hi bill unwisely subverted the talents of MC 900 ft. Jesus to concentrate on the cranberries.

Giwn no- more time to play than the Gigolo Aunts, a Boston-based outfit who played the Mere a month ago

with Love Spit Love, MC 900 cruised through a free-form grab-bag of songs from all three of its albums.

With namesake and bandleader Mark Griffin on trumpet and a seven-piece group Including a full-time sax player (Chris McGuire) and a jazz-inflected keyboardist

Dave Palmer), the collective moved far enough away'

from the spirit of the original S!>ngs to call them truly improvisational. "The City Sleeps" and .. If I Only' Had a

Brain," the band's two biggest hits, ·received such lnfu· sion of fusion that It wasn't hard to picture Weather Report

.at Montreaux. Unfortunately, along with the 30-minute time

constraint, MC 900 was treated to a muddy sound mix. A

rambunctious reading of Thelonious Monk's "Well You Needn't" was the icing on the cake. Griff"m needs to be rec­

ognized for what he Is: a young 21st century white jazz

the cranberries attracted a full house of young an~

They must have played every song in their short but lmpas·

sloned career, and seemed to have gTown admirably since

their last Colorado appearance, but under-utilized guitarist

Nell Hogan and reduced Dolores O'Riordan to begg4ig the crowd to sing along to "Dreams" and .. Unger." Pitiful

moments like that aside, and with riot-half-bad sound, the cranberries arc perfectly good at what they.do, and have a gem of a singer with O'Riordan, but there isn't anything as spe­

claJ about them as other youngsters like the Sundays (who

have released two far more interesting albums) or old fogies

like the Cocteau Twins (who we'll never be badgered into singing along with.)

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CRANES LOVED . An• sta Ji chance on some left-field dark

l..aibach NATO

Mute

will tal<e a t've American record labels emotional attack that m~ Once in a great while, . 1 potential but an overt f L---' At first hugely dis-

h ommerc1a th t kind o ocutu· . I horse without muc c aced exec. Cranes are a . ecio\IS grating litt\e-g1r

rked on some well-pl Sh w's voice - a tembly pr and joy to the wo . is Alison a t I nd a grace

Those sharply <lressed Slovenfan stonntroopers are back on the We;tem Front.~

once again leaving a trail of smashed pop icons

under their bootheels. After 1992's uneven Kapita/ · cting and off-putting "f Shaw is able o e . ed tra 1 . tive lost wa1 • rf ct\y suit -

ueak. But like a p am mes natural and pe e nds somehow

sq material that beco Each delicious song_ corresi: t the perfectly album, which saw them de-emphasizing the quali- ---···

ties that made them so unique in order to infiltrate the techno scene, Laibach has reinstalled all the bombast and melodrama of their previous glories. t to it so t a l

with the song i;ex llk, journey - a propu -uenced Loved feel& e a that wears like a

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English prof mad about myth Jeanie Straub Copy Editor

"What are the lotus-eaters like?" MSCD English professor Elizabeth Holtze asks her students during discus­sion of the Odyssey in her Myth, Symbol and Allusion in Literature class.

"They are like crack addicts or opium addicts," she explains.

Holtze should know. She herself is like a lotus-eater - she's addicted to myth. .

"She knows her subject," said Jill Allis, 27, an MSCD junior majoring in English and one of Holtze's students. "If you ever wanted to know anything about any of that (myth), you go to Holtze."

On the wall in her office hangs a black and white picture of Duke Humfrey's Reading Room at Oxford University ' s Bodleian Library. The Latin manuscript on which she wrote her dissertation is housed there. It was ~ritten by a mediaeval English monk, a chronicler.

A map Holtze bought on the street in London for two pounds shows the story of the Trojan War as told by two late classical forgers.

Holtze recently collected more than 140 English poems for a 45-page academic paper, "The Homeric Hymn to Demeter." She presented the paper to an interdisciplinary research collo­quium, Front Range Feminist Scholars, organized by professor and Director of Women's Studies Jodi Wetzel. Holtze plans to publish the paper.

She professes a love of interlibrary

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MSCD English professor Elizabeth Holtze pours over text in her office.

loans, has a stack of books on her desk, and in class passes around a poem about the goddess Ceres.

She also passes around a drawing depicting the story of Ares and Aphrodite drawn "before people cared about cellulite."

Holtze will present a paper about the speech and silence of women at the national Modern Language Association Conference Dec. 27-30 in San Diego.

But Holtze, in her seventh year at MSCD, is best known for her commit­ment to students, said Elsie Haley, chairwoman of the MSCD English department. Holtze was the first pro­fessor in the department to encourage students to apply to national under-

graduate competitions. "She's been responsible, more than

anyone else, for encouraging students (to enter academic competitions)," Haley said.

"Two years ago she got an award for all she's done for students. She got a standing ovation."

In addition, she does an incredible amount of student advising, Haley said, and serves on numerous boards and committees.

"She's a real voice for academic excellence," Haley said.

As if that weren't enough, she and other area mediaevalists a few years ago formed the group Bede and Beyond, named after the Venerable

Bede, a historian of Anglo-Saxon England.

Above all, Holtze is happy to be a professor of English.

"It is a wonderful thing to be paid to read great literature," she said.

" I enjoy teaching. I think that teaching is something that has immedi­ate and shared results. Often research is very lone) y .

"I am very proud of our students. We've had wonderful luck with our students succeeding in national compe­titions."

It was not destined that Holtze would be an academic. Her father sold real estate and her mother was a med­ical secretary. They didn't push her but did encourage her.

Holtze graduated from Grinnell with a degree in classics in 1968. She had planned to be an English major but met a classics professor who was teaching by the Socratic method . Students were "alternately fascinated and outraged" by his classes, Holtze said.

Between graduate school at Columbia University and her Ph.D. program her husband, Steve, said, "We've been students for a long time, let' s live for a while."

So they traveled to Europe and "saw every single marble ruin from Spain to Turkey."

Then they moved to the Midwest, and she decided she loved literature more than languages. She received a generous fellowship named for Louise Pound, an early woman scholar and

see MYTH on page 23

Eddy Harris, Blackamerican writer Stopping the downward spiral of racism is the prime directive of this idealistic author Catherine O'Neill The Metropolltan

Eddy Harris wants to change the world. Whether or not he can is less important to him than that he should. And he has direct­ed his work and his walk to that end.

Harris visited the Auraria Campus on Nov. 12 as a guest speaker for the Social Issues Conference held by the Democratic Socialists of America. He was invited by DSA and professor Charles Angeletti of the MSCD History department, who uses Harris' books in his courses. Angeletti said he is impressed by Harris ' exploration through travel and his ability to practice both "external and internal politics."

One example of the political in Harris' writing is his direct confrontation with racism, although he addresses the issue more indirectly than most - through books that recount his experiences on the road.

In his books he refers to himself as a "Blackamerican," and recounts his experi­ences as a journey of the soul. Harris con­si~ers his books vehicles for inner growth and instruments for change, no~ just a description of places visited.

"Travel is just a pretext for having the

opportunity to look inside a little bit," he said.

The idea behind his first book was regarded by nearly everyone in his life as an attempt at suicide. Mississippi Solo recounts his experience canoeing down the river into the heart of the South. In a way, it was an act of desperation. He believed he would either die or survive and be a stronger and better man for it.

"The trip changed me," he said. "I had no intention of writing a book; I was com­pelled by the trip itself to write the book. That then changed my life. It changed everything."

Mississippi Solo was published by a small press and then picked up by a larger publisher. After that, Harris traveled to Africa. Native Stranger chronicles that trip in which Harris examines the desire to return to a homeland, as well as the human­istic, political and economic climate of that land.

The conclusion of Native Stranger is that Blackamericans need not look to Africa to find their roots. The book states that the roots of the Blackamerican can be found only in America and that "if it isn't going to work there, if we can't make it work there,

it isn 't going to work." While a controversial theme, the explo­

ration of that theme generated Harris' next book, South of Haunted Dreams. Further investigating his initial death wish, he told his publishers he intended to ride a motor­cycle through the South and into the haunts of slavery. While critically acclaimed, South of Haunted Dreams has also been accused of excessive anger. Harris agrees it is angrier than the previous two.

"It 's a historical thing, listening to sto­ries that my father used to tell me about how he was treated 11 • the South and know­ing the history of how other blacks were treated in the South," he said. "I took on their anger - all the rage that I would have felt if I had lived in Mississippi in 1940, '50 or '60."

Harris said his father was once run out of town and almost lynched. Harris found it easy to put himself in his father's shoes or, as he put it, the shoes he would have been in if it had happened to him, and "it just came out angry."

Despite the idealism of his desire to change the world, Harris is gratified to have had some impact. He said he receives "tons" of letters - letters that

Eddy Harris visited campus Nov. 12.

signify his books are both controversial and illuminating.

Harris wants to change the world. but he wants to do it quietly - without calling attention to himself. His ideal is that the world will change without him. Barring that impossibility, Harris said he hopes his work speaks for him, and that his work will

see HARRIS on page 20·

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Primo Pizza is owned and operated by Mahoud "Mike" Kedkad and his brother, Abdul, who believe they have a better idea for fast Italian food.

Primo, in the southeast comer of the Tivoli Student Union, is not their only restaurant. Mike and Abdul bought their first in 1986 and also own Scotto' s Italian Restaurant in Denver.

With years of experience, they came up with a different concept for Primo.

They make their sauces and dough from scratch, using their own recipes.

"We cater to students," Mike said, "so we keep prices low."

Their menu varies from calzones to sand­wiches.

Soon they will start delivering to the down­town area, but Mike says the campus comes first. The deliveries will help out when business is slow, late at night and when school is on break.

When Mike saw the Tivoli, he said he knew that they would want to open a shop there to cater to the students.

"We have a concept that is unique," Mike said. "Homemade food served fast, not cooked fast."

"As soon as I saw it, I knew that I wanted it," Mike said. "I had to fight other fast-food chains (to get the site)."

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quietly change the world. "If you start screaming and shouting,

maybe you ma_ke too much noise to be taken seriously for long," he said.

Harris is currently working on a book about his experiences in Harlem, where he has been living and working for the past two years. He said it will be a metaphor for Black America.

Harris plans to return to MSCD in the spring as a guest speaker in Dr. Angeletti's class, Voices from the American Road.

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For those who think life is like a box of chocolates, "The Professional" offers a wide range of dark and bittersweet good­ies, and the filling is creamy naivete and crunchy violence. This is a movie that melts in your mouth and wets your palms.

The story starts out in a Italian ris­torante where you watch the door, and · where more· than cappuccino is served in the smoke-filled back room.

It's in that back room.where we Qteet Leon (Jean Reno). He's a first generation immigrant who makes a living as a hit­man. He gets his jobs from Tony (Danny Aiello), the Little Italy power broker who owns the restaurant. Leon is a loner, an asset for this kind of job.

He works alone - precise and effi­cient. He lives alone - ascetic and pedantic in his daily routines. But he's not the robot-like figure we expect of a hitman. A tender smile finds his mouth as he washes the leaves of his beloved plant. It's his best friend, never lies, is always happy and, most of all, is just like him -it has no roots to tie it. down - it's in a pot. Besides killing, and washing his plant, Leon likes to drink milk and to sit in empty theaters watching Gene Kelly movies.

Lonely just like Leon is Mathilda (Natalie Portman), the youngest daughter of Leon's neighbor. Growing up in a fam­ily so dysfunctional it is almost comic, she only relate.s to her younger brother, and to Leon during short meetings in the hallway. Her naivete is overshadowed by wisdom acquired in a struggle to survive the daily brutality of a chaotic family, in which abuse seems to be the only means of communication.

The 12-year-oid and the hitman form a fragile bond during their meetings out in the hallway. Mathilda desperately tries to break the wall between them, Leon attempting to put the bricks back in place.

family in a drug deal gone awry, while Mathilda is grocery shopping.

Oldman is a cold-hearted beast, a psycho who needs a steady supply of some designer pink pill. He rampages through the apartment. He kills impartial­ly - man, woman, child.

Mathilda seeks refuge in Leon's place. Her presence distresses him. Her childish curiosity makes him nervous. "I'm a cleaner," he says when she asks what he does for a living. "You mean you kill people," she says. Leon nods his head.

"Cool," Mathilda says. From there the odd couple go in

directions they've never travelled before. Leon's lifestyle brings discipline into Mathilda's life . They start to give and receive love.

"The Professional" is a movie about violence and love, specifically, hard-core brutality and tender love. The American : debut of French filmmaker Luc Besson ("La Femme Nikita") never loses the bal­ance between action and emotion. Reno plays the tender hitman like a sad clown, a controversy in himself. His eyes can be sharp, measuring the dis.tance to put a bullet through someone's head, or deep and innocent watching Mathilda imitating Madonna's "Like a Virgin."

Oldman undoubtedly loved his char­acter and that passion can be felt through­out the movie. His sermons about classi­cal music, while holding a gun to a man's head, are painful to watch.

Talking is Tony's business. He's the New Yorker of the movie. Empty Chianti bottles hanging from the ceiling and "padre" sleeping in the corner make the Mob-heaven complete.

An outstanding performance is deliv­ered by Natalie Portman. She is child, adult, innocence, seduction, and a never-

1 ending miracle to Leon and the viewer. It.'s impossible to take your eyes off her. 'I

This movie is a well thought-out compromise between action and heart,

Their friendship is taken to a new level when Mathilda's family is visited by a corrupt Drug Enforcement Administration boss (Gary Oldman). He and his thugs murder the young girl's

· without ever getting corny or losing speed. It's not a story out of real life, but it's a good story, a good laugh, a good thrill and, at the very end, a good cry.

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The Boiler Room, a favorite watering hole in the Tivoli Student Union, recently underwent a change in management.

Longtime friends and new business partners, Lawrence Gonzales, 33, and Nestor Romero, 31, became managing partners when they bought an interest in the Boiler Room on Sept. 17.

"The Boiler Room is basically stay­ing the same," Gonzales said. "It just needed a little bit of fine-tuning to get it into the '90s, so to speak."

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"I've actually had a very non-tra­ditional career," Holtze said. She has taught Latin, Greek and the gamut of English. She has raised three children. All three have studied Latin.

She does not lament that neither Latin nor Greek is offered at MSCD, although she has been approached by interested students.

She does wish MSCD required any

foreign language. At least she has a stake in MSCD. Once , in the late ' 70s, she was

teaching part time at a small private college in Iowa. When the school moved to hire a new full-time instruc­tor, Holtze interviewed for the posi­tion. She was told they would not hire her full time.

" Where else would we get some­one with a Ph.D. to teach part time?"

"I guess you 'll have to find out," she said.

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Oh-four season Men start season with 4 non-con[ erence losses Michael BeDan Sports Editor

The young Roadrunners that make up the MSCD men's basket­ball team are off to an 0-4 start after Monday night's 80-71 defeat at the hands of Jacksonville State in MSCD's home opener at Auraria Events Center.

The Roadrunners are playing a o;trong non-conference schedule in order to prepare for the Colorado Athletic Conference race and have paid the price; so far losing the season opener Nov. 19 at Western State College and falling to Mankato State University and Michigan Tech University over Thanksgiving weekend.

The slow start, according to coach Charles Bradley, is due to a multitude of factors that must be accounted for when a new team is being built.

Against Jacksonville State, the Roadrunners shot .563 in the first half and led at the break 39-38. The hot shooting cooled dramatically in the second half as the Roadrunners dipped to an icy .440 and were outscored 42-32 in the half.

"Anytime you lose, it affects you," Bradley said. ''But, you have to regroup and bounce back, that is the important thing. Our philoso­phy is: [f you continue to play hard, good things will happen."

No one can accuse the Roadrunners of not playing hard, as was evident in Monday's game. David Harris scored a team high 17 points on 6-12 shooting and dished out six assists. Harris' points were canceled out by Aaron Kelley's 20 points for Jacksonville, however, and the Roadrunners were out-rebounded 35-23 in the game.

knee, Justin Land hurt an ankle and Shalayo Williams break his thumb.

"We have had some injuries that are key," Bradley said. "They have set us back early."

MSCD will try to get healthy and to win some basketball games in the coming weeks, but they face tough competition. St. Cloud University comes to town Saturday for a 7 p.m. tipoff and the MSCD Christmas Tournament begins Dec. 16 with Grand Canyon University, Missouri Western State and the University of Northern Colorado all visiting Auraria.

The Roadrunners open up CAC play Jan. 121 at Colorado Christian University and then MSCD hosts the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs on Jan. 14.

The Metropolitan/Jane Raley

MSCD senior Marcus Weathersby plays 'above the rim' In the Roadrunners 80-71 loss to Jacksonville State University on Monday. Weathersby scored 12 points for the Roadrunners in the game.

"I think it's a consolidation of strength of schedule, kids being new, and trying to adjust to me and our philosophy," Bradley said. "It's all positive though, anyone who has seen our team knows (the team) is good."

In their four losses this season, the Roadrunners have shot just .445 percent from the floor and have allowed opponents to shoot .524.

Injuries have plagued the Roadrunners early on as they've seen Trent Brotherton injure a

"As far as CAC play goes, you don't want to put the cart before the horse," Bradley said. "We have to learn from the past to build for the future, and we'll just see what the future holds when we get to that."

Results for Wednesday 's game at Colorado State University were unavailable at press time.

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Short-handed but successful Rugby wrap-up Trevor Grimm The Metropolitan

MSCD's swimming teams continued their success Nov. 18-19 despite their lack of numbers.

The women and men competed in combined events in just two days, with the women picking up a 75-36 victory over the Colorado School of Mines on Nov. 19 and a 119-107 victory over Colorado College on Nov. 18, while los­ing 92-19 to UNC the same day. Meanwhile, the men picked up a 133-81 win over CC Nov. 19 and lost 146-71 to Mines Nov. 18.

"(We did) really pretty good for a dual meet and swimming two days in a row," said coach Rob Nasser. "Eighty to ninety percent of our swimmers had their sea­son best.

The MSCD men hold the nation's fastest Division Il times in two events. Darwin Strickland holds the fastest time in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 21.38, while the 200-yard free relay team holds top spot with a time of 1:28.12. Both times occurred in the season opening CSU Invitational in October.

"It's a surprise,"' said Strickland, in reference to his time, before changing his mind. "No, because it happened at a meet that I wanted to do well at. Everyone was pumped, because we were competing against Division I schools, and everyone came through with very good times."

Surprisingly, many of the times from the CSU Invitational remain as the fastest times for individual swimmers.

"We bad probably some of the best competition all year and had a bit of rest for that meet," Nasser said. "It's a , really good pool (EPIC in Fort Collins) and everyone liked swimming up there."

Strickland offered a different reason for the success early in the season.

Isaac Mion "We were competing against Division I teams and Staff Write!

we're one of the few sports at Metro that can hold our own One dislocated shoulder two broken b,andi> and against Division I teams," Strickland ~aid. . . . eight turned ankies later, the MSCD men's mgby team

I~ to!~· MSCD holds the league s fastest tune m nme has risen to the top of their division for the second time of 36 mdlVld~al eve.nts (five women, four men/, ~d eight in three years. " of 10 relays, mcludmg all five on the womens side The 1 b tht k' · h · Th S h I f R d

. . · n a rea a mg mate agamst e c oo o oa runners hold the second fastest hme m the two relays. M" N 18 th d" · · h · "lied ff ~n

Three Road h Id I I di . . mes ov. , e 1v1s10n c amp1ons pu o a ~

runners o eague ea ng limes m two . . . events. Tori Ainlay holds the league's fastest time in the 18 wrn w1th tnes scor.~d by MVP Forest "Turbo" 50-yard freestyle with a time of 25.42 against Mines on Monroe and most-improved rooki~, Shawn "Crazy Legs Nov. 19; and the 100-yard freestyle, with a time of 55.87 Gazelle". . against UNC and CC, 2.83 seconds faster than the next "Gazelle" received a late hit after scoring the win­fastest time. Nicole Dejulio also holds league leading times ning try, ~hich aggravateg his broken rib, but he stuck it in two events, with a time of 1:05.62 in the 100-yard back- out for the rest Qf the game as did other battle-weary stroke at the CSU Invitational and a time of 5:12.04 in the players like Mark Thomerson, aJc.a. "Baby Shroom", 400-yard individual medley. Also at the CSU Invitational, who took a swift boot to the melon in the third quarter. Troy Williams' scores of 223.80 in 3-meter diving and In retaliation#or tbe discreet penalty inflicted on his 214.35 in the 1-meter diving, both coming against UNC teammate, Todd Wetsprocket punched the opposing for­and CC, lead the league. ward in the face and was in tum sent out of the game for

Other league leading times for MSCD include Eddie five minutes. Lary's time of 47.93 in the 100-yard freestyle at Mines and "Rugby is known to be a rough sport, but this year Shannon Sargent's time of 20:09.27 in the 1650-yard we've had more injuries caused by the condition of the freestyle at the CSU Invitational. field than by the nature of the game," said coach Chris

"As a team, I think we're doing well for our num- LePorter, who is also co-owner of The Daily Grind. hers," Bill Easter said.

MSCD has little competition in the women's relay The practice field is apparently in desperate need of

rolling, but instead of doing that, caretakers laid down a portion, holding down the fast time in all five events, including a time of 1:46.57 in the 200-yard free relay, b1mch of sandin various low spots. 3:54.73 in the 400-yard free relay, 8:54.39 in the 800-yard .. "Don't come in my sandbox unless you wanna gei free relay, 2:02.39 in the 200-yard medley, and 4:24.85 in spanked,'~ said team captain Vm Sllobydu before a match the 400-yard medley. against rival DU. , .·

The men hold down the fast time in three relays, with Despite the Cambodia-like feel of the ~Jaylng field, times of 1:28.12 in the 200-yard free relay, 3:16.46 in the MSCD did in fact send opposing teamsto the cleaners to 400-yard free relay, and 7:27.97 in the 800-yard free relay. wash the sand out of their pants.

"A lot of training," Nasser said, reasoning the teams' The victory oyer Mines secured the team's . .Division success in relays. "They put in probably, on average, II championship and the ruggers may be rue.king and 13,000 yards (eight miles) a day (in practice)." mauling their way up to 1st division next year. /

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The women's basketball team is off

to an 0-4 start with all fourlosses coming

on the road. The women have played

Rocky Mountain College, Montana State

at Billings, the University of Wyoming,

and Mesa State.

The Roadrunners play at home for

the first time tonight at 5 p.m. against the

University of California Davis.

Good luck ladies. · On the rebound

Mary Henry is leading the women's

hoopsters with 9.5 rebounds per game so

far this season.

Scoring leaders The men's basketball team has three

players averaging double figures in scor­

ing. Leading the way for the

Roadrunners is David Harris who is scor­

ing 16.5 points per game. Shalayo

Williams is chipping in 12.3 and Justin

Land is getting 10 points a game.

Williams is shooting .576, which leads

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by Vanessa Edwards and Mary Henry

with 13.3 and 12 per game respectively.

Edwards leads the team in field-goal per­

centage, shooting .478 from the floor.

Streaking Dating back to last season, the men

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son ended with an 81-67 defeat at the

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Records and dates The men's swimming team stands at

.500 with a 2-2 recor-0 and returns to

action Saturday at the CU Buff

Invitational at 1 p.m.

The women's sWimming team ·

3-2 and will join the men in Boulder on

Saturday but won't swim until 2 p.m.

The men's and women's basketball

teams share an identical.0-4 record.

The women return to the hardwood

tonight at the Auraria Events Center for a

5 p.m. tip-off against the University of

California Davis. It is the home opener

for the Roadrunners.

The men• retp rn to MSCD on

Tuesday to face Colorado College at 7

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