Vol. 1 /ssu.e 2

Feb. 28, 1979

''completely surprised" -

In my· mother's opm1on, two things could make me go blind. One of them was watching an eclipse.

The last time I had a chance to watch an eclipse was in the early 1960s. My mother, who has Italian superstition within her, refused to let me out of the house or near any windows. She was convinced there was something magic about an eclipse which w0uld blind children instantly, even if they viewed it indirectly by projecting the image through a pinhole.

Last Monday, I got another chance to see the phenomenon when the moon blotted out 88 per ce~t of the sun over Denver. I wouldn't have another chance to see an eclip~ until the year 2017.

l used purloined book boxes and cheap polarized filters to make a viewer and joined the small group of modem Druids gathered at the Student Center. The Druids had their own insufficient homemade viewers pointed at the sun. The scene was an opthomoligist's nightmare.

Peggy, an MSC student who will be 63 by the time the next eclipse rolls around,

ran in and out of the Student Center every 15 minutes to check on the moon's progress. Each time she looked through the viewer, her reaction was similar to thousands who witnessed the celestial show Monday.

"Ooh ... ahh," she said. 'Ibis is really fantastic!"

As the eclipse' reached its zenith at 9:23 a.m., about 250 persons were gathered at points outside Auraria buildings. Many cut cla~s to watch the show in the sky.

"I figure I won't remember what happened in Lit class 38 years from now," a man said. "But, I may remember the eclipse·."

"I'd better check this out now," another man said as he stuck his head in the box viewer. ''l'm not sure I'll be alive in 2017."

The crowd began to thin around 9:45 a.m., and only a few diehard box-heads, oblivious to doctors's warnings and Italian superstition, gazed at the sun until the moon's outline was no longer visible.

--Frank Mullen

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Tancredo denies suppo~t of merger bi 11

by Frank Mullen idea of the bill co ncerning the local -------------------t governing boards for state colleges and

Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Arva<la) said he was "completely surprised" by a Feb. 22 Rocky Mountain News slory naming him as a co-sponsor of SLale Sen. Hugh Fow­le r 's ( R-Li ttleton) hill reorganizing the governance of higher ~ducation in Color­ado and merging the University of Color-

.. ado al Denver (CCD) and Metropolitan State College (MS C).

Tancredo said Feb. 22 he had not spoken to Sen. Fowler '"since ovemher" concerning the omnibus governance bill. Tancredo said he agrees with the basic

universities, but opposes a merger of MSC and UCD.

Tancredo said he backs the Colorado Commission on Higher Education (CCHE) plan directin g the two i~stitutions to "consolidate, eliminate or jointly operale"

38 "duplicitive programs." Undergraduate programs. hj! said, might best he limited to MSC, with UCD controlling the graduate programs.

Fowler sa id th e News s tory was "acc urat e when it cited fiscal mismanagem e nt at th e University of

A LOOK INSIDE • •

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Is Z·PG zero? pg. 3

'.'Harvard West" pg. 4

MSC Air Force pg. 5

Colorado rt1edical Cen.ter" as proof of the Board o f Regenls· inability to manage several campuses at once, but sa id Tancredo is not a co-sponsor of the bill at this time.

"I can 't speak for Rep. Tancredo," he said.

Had Fowler, the c hairman of Lhe Se nat e Educ:ation Committee and Tancredo, th e chairman of the House Eduation Committee, joined forces to back the merger proposal contained in Lhe governance bill, considerable weight would have been put behind the proposed legislation.

"Those two (education) committees are considered the most knowlcdgable people in the legislature in the field o f education," a source in the legislature said. " If both committees get behind a proposal like Lhis (merger), it would be f'Xlremely difficult to oppose it successfully."

·Tan credo said he offered Fowler his support on a draft gove rna nce bill introduced to the Joint Inlerim Study Committee in November. He said be sup­ports '·90 percen t " of Fowler·s hill and feels governance is the primary reason for the current problems in higher education.

'·Right now Auraria is one of the most blatant examples of governance problems in the state." ht• said. " llowever, I will continue to support the CCllE idea of what is going to happen at Auraria ."

Tancredo sa id he is drafting a bill which would place t\uraria under the. pro­visions of Colorado?s "gunset law." Under

his bill, Auraria would have to prove its effecti\'eness by a July 1981 deadline or face " termination or reorganization. "

Tancredo said local governance may he the only way to make the governing bo­ards more responsive to the needs of the individual institutions. lie said the local hoards. should he appointed, while Fow-· ler 's bilJ calls for "locally elec ted boards."

Fowlrr said be will introduce his gov­ernance bill this week and expects many legislators will attempt lo amend ~ro-posal. L

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Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Arvada).

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The Metropolitan Feb. 28, 1979

NEWS -- New -Auraria organization

, RT D demos special bus to serve campus gays One of RTD's special buses giving service

to the handicapped and elderly will be on demonstration at the Auraria campus March 1 from 10 a.m.- noon in front of St. Elizabeth's Church.

Nine of these specially equipped buses nave been in operation since 1975, equipped with low steps, grab bars, wheelchair lifts, tie downs, comfortably designed seats, and chimes to guide the visually handicapped.

A homophile.ariented newsletter and a gay rights seminar are just two o! the activities planned this semester by a new lesbian/gay organization at Auraria.

MSC to keep bookstore; two-year contract signed

The Lesbian/Cay Resource Center (LGRC) is "something we've been thinking about for the last · several months," said LG RC spokesperson Donna Cecere. "Finally, we (MSC and UCD students) decided to get together last semester."

The LGRC-now applying for club status at MSC and UCD-is a se1 1ice and political

Metropolitan S~te College (MSC) will continue to manage the A:uraria Bookstore for at least another two years under terms of a new contract signed two weeks ago.

The new contract is the result of more than a year of negotiation between MSC and the Auraria Board of Directors.

approved by the state attorney generaJ 's organization designed to provide support office, and still requires the signature of the and information to the Auraria homophile state controller before it is finalized. (homosexual) community.

The Auraria Bookstore has never been a "The potential for this organization has profit-making enterprise. John Turk, really not been recognized said member bookstore manager, said the store will Jerry L. Dwyer.

Student Alliance, has been inactive since the move to Auraria two years ago. UCD, said UCO member Bruce Burr, has never had a recognized homophile organization.

The LG RC hopes to reach all o"f the homophile community at Auraria-both overt and covert.

"(The LCRC) should be looked upon as a means of assisting, not influencing a 'coming out,' a discovery of sexuality," said Dwyer. "It's something the LGRC can do effectively."

Besides the planned newsletter and seminar, the LGRC provides gay panels for class use at Auraria, and hopes to organize a referral service-in the form of a directory-for Auraria homophiles.

For more information, call 629-3317 or 388-8154.

The new contract calls for l\tSC to manage the facility until July 1981, said Acting MSC President Richard elzel. He said the dontract may be renewed a year-at-a-time for an additional five years if both sides are satisfied after the 1981 expiration date.

hopefully "break even" this year after MSC's former gay organization, the Gay p~ing Au~ia ~~000 ~w~~ the ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-

Studc>nl Center bonds and ~SC 826,000 lo Tancred 0 denies SU pp 0 rt

"The contract was reluctantly approved by both sides," Netzel said.

He said the contract is now being

repay old debts. Turk said there is nothing in the new

agreement requiring the store to increase prices to boost revenues.

"There isn't really a heck of a lot of difference between the new contract and the way things were rolling along without a contract," Turk said.

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"By the time some of my bills get out of this cement mixer (the Legislature) l can't recognize them any more," Fowler said. "I wind up taking my name off them."

He said he envisions Auraria as '"a great urban university in Denver" under one go-

Merger possibilities took a new twist Feb. 23 with a proposal to combine certain personnel positions al Auraria.

Harold Haak, University of Colorado-Denver (UCD) Chancellor, proposed at a meeting of UCO and Metropolitan State College (MSC) deans and administrators last Friday to combine the UCD Chancellor and MSC President into one position- a "central adminsitrative officer."

The officer, Haak said, would be agreed upon by both L~e Board of Regents and the State Board of Truste·es, wjth some kind of search process ·involving both governing boards beforehand.

Both l\ilSC and UCO would retain their individual academic programs and academic administrative officers, Haak said, and all

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verning board and called the provision to ·merge MSC and UCD a "critical part" of his proposal.

''I intend lo see this governance bill through, " Fowler said. " I don't intend to take my name off this one."

three Auraria instilutioni,- includi11g Community College at Denver-would select an adminstrative services officer.

The new adminstrative services officer would oversee all areas maintained currently by the Auraria Board of Directors, Haak said.

"Of course, we'd have to take the Auraria Board at their word that they

. would go out of business," Haak said, referring lo the Auraria Board's recommendation to abolish itself in its Bain Committee rPport late last year.

"This (central administrative officer) is something

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Dr. Haak has been talking about for a while," said Acting MSC President Richard Netzel.

"The idea," Netzel remarked, "hasn "t even gotten a ripple of enthusiasm out of me. "

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. . . po.pula.tio~· gr~wth h'alt

by Chris Edwards

To '·Jove easily" ... is easy. What's more -difficult-in fact

impossible for at_ least 40 years-is to stop population growth. Even slowing the wor­ld birth rate can be an arduous task, pro­ducing frustratingly intangible results.

0 u r lives could be jeopardized by a world fertility rate-the average number of e hildr en born to each woman of chi ldbearing age-of 4.2, said James Vanderhye, president of the Colorado-Denver chapter of Zero Popuhllion Growth (ZPG).

"They say the Earth can't exist with

more than 11 billion people," said Vanderh ye, l\letropolitan State College (l\IS_C) Business and Personnel Director. "AL the rate we.'re going, we'll reach 8 billion bv 2040."

Y;nderhye said the U.S. has a fertility rate of 1.8, one of the slowest in a world producing its first billion in 2000 } ears- and second billion in the next hundred year$. ' ·But just the United Stales is adding a cit} the size of Philadelphia each year,'' he said.

The 225-member group has raffled free vasectomies and supports easy access Lo and information about contraception. Christmas cards featuring a pregnant Santa were adopted by some members this year.

But, because '·we've already gone as far as we can go in that direction," Vanderhye said, the group now concentrates on other methods of slowing world population growth-such as lobbying legi~lalors for stricter controls on illegal aliens and Lhe formula tion of federal and state population policies.

Tho;ic policies, Vanderh} e said, would be u,,cd to predict need for state- and federal-supported services such as utilities, housing and the construction of highways.

Cali fornia ha;, such a policy , Vanderhye said, hut the chances of the rest of the [niles Stales follo~ing suit witl1 much of Europe are "slim. "

Vanderhye said Americans would see a population policy- which he doe,, nol picture as Big Brother demanding who gels to' have babies and when-as an unn ecessary invasion of privacy. "You and I'll be sitting down in Florida with our c rutches and canes and there won't he anybody there to sign the paychecks," he said.

A father of two, Vanderhye is active in neither politics nor other local organizations. His interest in population con trol started after he ohservecl growth problems in Jefferson County schools and Arvada- before he knew there was such an organization as ZPG.

"Students are concerned about th e env ironm e nt, pollution, economi cs, inflaLio11. social problems and gelling jol.is when Lhey get out there," he said. "I was conrerncd by lhose problems loo, but I kept moving from issue Lo issue saying 'where',. the common denominator'~'

" " ell, there is a common denominator, and il 's people. Each time we successfully reducr our level of pollution, we have 70

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more po uter::.. Vandcrhye said he can't "hang his hat"

on results produced by the local chapter- formerly headed by Gov. Richard Lamm- because the problem is ''so big." Becau se the probl em will affec t the "quali ty of life" for, his c hild ren. However, he '11 krep on trying.

·'People use all this energy for local issues," he said, citing the furor over the proposed Foothills Water Project. " J stood

back and watched all these people and I thought, 'Well, big deal. '

"Jt 's not going lo make any diffcrenct. Lo the world of the future.."

Indian conference planned Hundreds of Indians will invade Auraria

m March ... but for a peaceful purpose. The Native American Student Or­

ganization (NASO) of UCD is co-sponsor­in g the second annual Native American Youth Career Conference March 9-10 at the Auraria Student Center-and, NASO spokesman Russ Adams said, one of the conference goals is already fulfilled.

"We sent out posters and brochures to near!~ e\'ery Indian reservation and every place of significant Indian population ," Adams said, "and it hacl a kind of snow­ball effect."

\<lamas said :'\ •\ 'O hoped for 300 par­ticipan Ls--and 300 have alrrad) prr-reg­istercd two week,; bcforr the conference.

"In about Lwo weeks,'' Adams oaid, .. this plac1• (the Student Center) is going Lo lie swarming with Indians. ,.

The co11fercnce will gi\ e Indian ~ outh an opportunity to med with busines,, ancl t'durnlion n·presentalivcs in planning car­t't'rs and futurt>~.

Work-hopb will include presentation~ in law. medicine, enPrg) de\'elopment on res-

ervation s, and Indian sp irituality: sch­eduled speakers include Charlie llill (On­eida), a nationally known stand-up comic, and Sonny Six Killer, former quarterback for the University of Washington.

Jesse "Ed" Davis, a noted "session" gu­itarist who appeared with George Harrison al the Concert for Bangladesh, will close the conference with a concet \1arch 10 al 8 p.m.

Admission to the Davis concert. a disco on the 9th , and a lour of the \luseum of Natural History is S4 for each event. l\.d­misbion lo all three events, ho'' e\'er. is in­cluded in the registration f!'c S7 before or S l 0 during the eonference.

The c onference is also be ing co-:ip­onsored hy the 'JaLive American Oppor­tunit) Program at Lhe L:niver~il)' of Colo­rado-OPnver and Boulder. the l)cn\>cr Ed­uca Li 011 al Opportunil) Ct>nlC'r. and- Llw D<'nvcr 1\lctro Indian Youth Club. [-C!0-1

For further information. cu11tad ...,. \SO al 629-3334. or tht- Youlh Club at 492-82..J.l.

Vallee encounters

Auraria ''Lacombe," the unidentified flying ob­

ject (UFO) expert portrayed by Francois Truffaut in Qose Encounters of the Third Kind, _ha;; a real-life counterpart- and he ·11 be al Auraria l\Iarch 6.

Dr. Jacques Val l ee, an inte r­nationally-recognized authori ty on LFOs, prcsen ts an illustrated lt•cture, "UFO : Im­pac t on ~onsciousness,'' at 12:30 p.m. next Tuesday at the Auraria Student Cen­ter.

ValJee, who holds his Ph.D. in com­puter science, has published over 40 arti­cles, two science-fiction novels, and five nob-fiction books on UFOs.

In 1963, Vallee private!) organized a group of scientists into '·The Invisible Col-1 e g e" to s tudy UFO phenomena world-wide. Later. he compiled the first compute r catalog of information - on UFOs.

One of Va ll ee ·s non-fiction books, "The Edge of Reality, " 1'xplores the im­pact of CFO s on human consciou,,nc;,--thc subjeet o f his Lalk al Auraria.

Va ll ee co-au thorrd "RPality" with Dr. J. All e n ll y11ck - th e devel~pcr of the "three-encounlcr'· theon u~ecl i11 tht' Ste\ en Spielberg movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind. ·

ln th e mo\it'. ··Laeombe"'-Lht• !'har­arlrr based on Yallee-lra\ t·I" arou11d Liu~ world in a C.S. ~overnmt·nL-~pon~ored pro­

. ject lo make contact with life from oul!'r ~pace.

The Metropolitan Feb. 28, 1979

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The Metropolitan Feb. 28, 1979

EDITORIAL Is a A -u ra ria really necessary? by Emerson Schwartzkopf

"'It ~('t'lll:l sud1 a ~hanll·", ··the \\alru,,; ,.aid ' .. To pla~ tlwrn :::uch a tr ick,

Altn \\t' ·\e Lrought tlwm oul so far \nd made thrm trot :-o qui<"k!" The Carpent!'r said nothing uu l

··Thr butter~~ sp read loo thi<"k!"

- L•·,,i,., Carroll. Through The Looking Glass

llaruld IJaak. l ni\l'rsity of Co lora1lo-1Jem ('r (l CD) Chancellor. rc-~· 11 t1·ri·d the· \uraria mt'rgt·r "\\t'('p~taJ...c-.

l~sl Friday '' ith a propoNil to put { {.[)and \lt'lropolitan Stat1• College (\ISC) undt·r th t' puniP\\ of a ·•l'Pntral admini~lrali\I·

officer." The proposal. al face 1alut'. \\Ould

all1·111 pl lo med the recommendation;. of tlw Colorado Commis..,ion on Higher Ed ura lion roncerning UCD and v1:-C and , hopeful!), sla\ e off a total rnt•rger, surh as lhe propo:sal in the State General \s.-:wmul~

b) Sen. llugh Fowler (R- Littldon). However, Chancellor llaak 's

propor>al-certainly made· \\ ith good intrnlions-is) cl another mergt'r itself, and fail!,; to addrei,,; the \'ital question: \\ hy Jiould there be a merger in the fir,,t place 'r

To man}, the idea of a i\ISC- UCIJ mPrgrr is sound and logical. StatisLir all) ,

Lill') ~a), \IS(' and lJC() ,-1ud1•nls an• Llw >-ame. ~J an) of tlw c·our,.e•, 1·sprriall) <'Ourse·~ in La,.ir ,,tudic•o- are' Liii' :o.anu·. \\II\ nol. lhe~ aqwe·, mPrgc I he l 11 o ~!'hool~'(

(srlain I rgi:Jator--11 ith :-\1•11. Fo\1 lt-r lc•ading Lht' ehargl'-11a11· tlw HrpubliC'a11 hanner to ;.upporl a m<'rl-(t'cl in,..litulion: gi11· Lh t· ne·w im,til ulion il,. 0\\ 11 . 1mpularl) -t'l(•clrd gO\ 1·rning lioard. and ::;<>On \u raria can brC'onJI'. among olht•r thin~. the '"I Ian ard of tlw \\ 1•,.l. ··

Colorado dot',,11·1 rwl'rl a llanard of lht' \\ e"l., a Co1 Ot'll 011 Lfw Cn•e·k. or <'1 <'ll a BoulclPr 011 the• Plallt•. \l~C and l Cl) an• 111 0 ~eperalc in,.lilulio11" 11ilh l\\O ,,, prra l1• purpo,;""· m· ... ding ·tht'ir ind i\ idiual idC'11lilit•,..

Just Lerau,.e• l\\ o in,.lilulion" O:t't'lll lo do tlw ,:amt• th i11g i" not a logical rca~o11 lo m1·rgt· lht'm. :=:tati~tic~ fail lo t'lll'Ompa,,,, tire intrnl and fPC'li11g::- of per-on~ within l CD and \JSC. .'tudcnls ha"1' reason:; for ehoo:-i11g one instilu lion or lhl' olher-n·a~onti ignorc·d h) any nwrgt'r propobal.

(If two bodit•i, whould he merged Lecause of slalislical similarities and duplication, why nol mcrgt' the Colorado !louse and enate into a unican1eral legislature?)

.\ better solution to the \uraria probl1•m would be lo Lo tall) re-focu1:> !ht' educational inll'nts Qf' \1 C and UCO. Duplication OC'curcd due Lo ignorance o f l\1SC enahling

LETTERS To the Editor:

Thomas Pain 's ~hotgun diagnosis of " Inflation" al \lelrO in the Fcbruan 21st il:>f' Uc i!o nol onl) :;hort on convincing proof but disturbing in its prescription for the ~chool 's future.

His statements seem questionable: .30 percent of l\ISC students couldn 't afford "a t leas t one of their texts or other books" last Fall? i\ $30 book bill per in­tro duclon -level course? Professors care­elcss in st·iecting books? Perhaps Mr. Pain is leas interested in understanding the situ­ali on than in exploiting an emotional is,,u<'. Aftl'r all, no one likes to spend so much for books. His . alternative. how­ever, i~ more up;;elting than his analysis. I le suggests thal Lht> answer is second-rate educa ti o n (of coursl'. 8eco11d clag;, i;; ch<'ape•r) . His comments about '.\ISC be­coming ··more and more acadcmir." hi::. anger at out-of-daS3 a,.,.ignmenl;, and hi~

de•mand for morl' "didaeliC'~" (hadng in­;;l rur lor~ talk for mo"l of the da"B Uh lht' primary rnl'lhod of learning) \\Ot1 ld lurn '.\ktro into a ,;r1·01ul-rale ~diool. Out~id1•

rC'ading is uni~1·n-ali~ u:wd. not bt•<·au»t· of "onH' plot lwl\11•1·n iri.;trurlor" and honk co111 pa11i1•,,, hu l her a~~·· i L i11n1•a""" thP a­m 01111 I of matt'rial that can L1· learrw<l . not lo nwnliou tlw opporlunil\ lo dr\t'l­op t'ritit al ,.. J..ill~ and the t'"1.po-11re lo drf­frn· nl \ ii' 11 poin l,...

l\lr. Pain ',. prt'M:riplion wou ld du lM> thing:~: it \\Ou ld inflate the l'O"l of l'dtwa­FOUR

lion at MSC- paying the same and gelling IPss is inflationary . TL would also defla te MSC students' ability Lo compete in the job and graduate school markets. Both contradict thr school 's very purpose. l\lr. Pain may think that watering down the wine will make it cheaper, b 1l it would probably just make it worthless.

Joel Goldstein

To the Editor:

The ASMSC Curriculum Committee is looking for a few able and dedicated students lo fill vacancies on the commilke. Without the full complemr nl of positions fillrd, the committee canno t Le expected lo carry out ils <lulic~ on behalf of Llw

students al '.\!SC. We nred )OUr help in find ing peoplt' lo fill the&· \al'anric><.

Studen l members of Llw Curri culum CommilleP mu~t Le deC'alrc·d major" in fhl'

.an·a the) rC'prcsenl. In add lion lo bl'!"\ i11g on tht• Coll1·ge Curriculum Commitkt•. lh1· studt'n L berornc<' a nwm lwr of \IC'Lro "lud1·11l go\ t•rnm<·nl. I le or ,..(w 1, r1·,.:pon,.iblt· for maki11g 1·urri<·11lu111 dt·<·isiom:. re••rarching 1 urrinrlurn prohl1•11i,, and com111u11icaling 11ith otlwr sLuJ1•11[, in hi,. or her an•a of n·pn'"' ntalion . ;11111

~·n inµ; 011 Llw Join I ( 0111111illt'1' oJ lht• \~\!:-IC. The joL 1~ill n·qu1n· al lc·a::-l 'l\\ o

lrour- oJ 1\ork pt·r wt'1·k. \ a<·a1wi1·- an· in

l1·gi~l ation dircdi ng \I ~<: aml l CIJ to 1·oonlinal1• program,. and a fuu:~

dPfinition of goal,, al tlr1· ll•o inslilulions. Om· solution \H>llld lw for a rc•-dc·;,igning

of rour'-<' offt·ring,; al tlw two :-d1ools. l CD <'ould !!l'ar all of ib 1·our:-Ps I0\1 arc! rc•,C'ardr and gradualt' 11ork. 1d1il1• \).;;(; C'OU(d r o n l i 11 u ,. d e \ l' I o p 111 1 • n t of i b

profe~~ional-1oralional and 11011-lraditional programs. Ba;:ic ,.111di1·, cou ld h(· »perifi<·all) tle"~Tinl'd al l10Ll1 in-.titulio11,.. to

met>l tl1c llC' t'd of th1· indi1 idua1 !'dwol. Bolh Lhl' Boan.I oJ lfrgen ls an1I LIH· State·

lloartl of Tru,.lC'<'s would lh1·11 rdain rnntrol of in;..liluliom.. 11 itlr rol1·" rom paliLk lo ollwr ;,..!1001,. "ithin Llwir re,.pel'li\C· ~),.Lem:-. ::'1·11. Fo~dt·r ·, propo~al ,

on the 9tl11·r !rand. wou ld ml'rgC' \1Sf. and [Cl) and plare tllP IH'\~ institution undt'r its 0 11 n. Lrancl-r11·11 f!OH'rning board unfamiliar with running an eduC'alional institution.

St11denls al i\ISC and l!CD d1·~en 1· lwlll'r lrealmenl than the \\alru8 and Carpl' nll'r altitude given by many in ihc _Colorado higher education communil). Total individuality-not appeasement- should he the tactic of both UCO and MSC administrations in dealing wilh an} ex Lerna! pressure about a merger al Auraria .

It's not Loo late to kec•p Auraria a tri-instiliu tional campus- if anyorw 's still willing to fight.

the following arras:

Experimrntal Studies Professional Studies Science and l\lathemalics The School of Business Behavioral Science Education

If you can recom mt'nd a qualified studen t, please havr them contact Gccg Cir;nclli or Larry Plume (ext. 325.3) in the sludcnt •governmc!ll officl'. r would lik<~ to have aJI positions fill ed hy \1arch 1. Thank you for ) our allenlion and help.

'Ruth Pelton-Roby

To tlw Ed itor:

Congratulations lo the Editor and his staff for The Metropolitan. An '\ lSC- orien l<'d nc\~ 8paper has be•en son· I) mis~t'd on \uraria.

Tiii' \ISC: faC'ult: and admini~lralion \1 ill 1•alch Llw t'\ olulion of) our litt'rar) l'fforl. ,,;th great inl1 · n·~1, in lh t· 1'1·ne•nl hope' lhal al la,,t w1· ''ill ha11· ··our 011 n" ne\\ ~papt'r.

({ p,,[ of luc·k in tlw ful.urP.

.J rn· J{aall

State Senator Hugh Fowler (R-Littleton)

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PRODUCT/ON Libby Squires, Sal Ruibal

ADVERTISING Verne Skagerberg, Don Davis

SECRETARY Sue Avila

Th l' M rt ropol i la n is p uhl iHhed every Wednesday by Mrtropolitan State College. Opinions t'Xpresscd within an· those of-the writers, anti do not nccrs;;arily rrflcct the opi11ions of the papn's adVl'ritisns or :\1etropolilan Stall' Col1 .. g1'.

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FEATURE Flying Team high on MSC · program

Story and Photos by S. Petef' Duray-Bito

Tht' liri1·fi11:- wa~ quil'k and lo tlw poinl. Four plaru·,.. \\1111ld takt• off in group;. or l WO

and mrt'l ht·~ 011tl lralfil·-co11lroll1•d air,..pact•. 'llw plant·;. "0111.J llll'n a .... ,1·111hl1· into a dianwnd-,.,hapt·d formalioll a11d e'4'r11 l1· a

...-. ,.1•ri1•,., of marw11H·r- in light uni;.on. \\hat i;. proh.1hly an t'\ t·r~ da~ or«un·ncr

al tlw \ir I orrt• \1·ad1·m~ \1 a:- llu• l'ir,[ all1·mpl al furrnal io11 fl~ ing la~L Salurda~ for lhl' \ISC I· I~ 111g ft.am. Eigh I pilob ho.rrckd four Ct·,,.,1 J I :52, a11d look off fro111

~ \.rapahcw Co1111[~· \irporl. heading t·a•L Hd\1t'1'11 lhrn1. llro·\ had O\t'r 2000 l1011rs fl~ i11g t"\ p1·ri1·1w1·. _

.. It·, a lt·•tlll l'llorl."- :-a~ - coach I )a\I' lfa\l'lli . .. 11 ·,., liko· pla~ i11~ foolliall. ) ou ha\ t' lo lnr:-l Lill' otltl'r gu~ lo t''4't·uk \\t·ll alld 1·01H·1·11lral1• 011 11ol making an~ 111i,takt·"

>-- \ Oil r,.,f'I f. .. 1,olatcd from till' 11orlrl h~ rwarl~ l\\O

miles, and fl~ ing "ilhin I 00 frd of o·ach otlrn al I 00 mil1•,., pt•r hour. LPam spiril ht't'Olllt'~ \t'r~ inrporlanl. or Liu· ll•O pilots per plarn•. on•· mu;.l 1·0111•nlralc on fl) ing in

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~ position and tlrf' other mu:~ t maintain .... ------------------.------------------------ ------------­communiralion "ilh Lhe olher planes. Any lapse· of pro1·rdurc or breakdo11n 111

communiration l'an lead lo a mid-air disa~ler.

"\Vt' all know each olher veC) '~ell as ~ pilot!' allll as people,·· says \ .. aleri<· I liller,

captain of the tram·. I liller, 26, has l:wen n} ing for qui le a numher 'of) t'ars. ··1 was a road-racer arrd had Sf>OO in my prickt'l. so l slarlt'd flying. '\fter the third hour r said to m) self, 'this is what l wanl to do for a

r- living.' .. She is Lht• onl) female captain in the

l\alional Intcrcollegialt' Flying Association. G raduall} , tlw planes com erged and came

Lo formation. Four bladr;, of sunlight flashed in Lhe sky as the plane;, began their first

-~ simultaneous return. There was some lagging and hesitation, but by Lhe third Lry, the turns wt're very smooth. The Lcnse interchange belwt'cn pilots lightened up as everyone realized Lhe worst was over. The formation was holding logelher.

Later, H.a1o elli outl ined some problem~. "The two planes fl~ ing abreast ... he ,;aid,

··fraH' to indi1 idually ru l or increase pow Pr depending upon the dire<'lion of tlll' turn. The) havt' Lo "alch oul for more things Lhan the front and La(' k planes."

"\\ P had lo k1·ep reminding ouM·h 1•s nol lo look back,"' said lfill er, f1ying lh<' h·ad plane. ''Our jolJ is to maintain course and altitude and Lo watch ou l for other lraffir. \\ c just can 'l afford lo worry abou l what 's going on behind us."

\Jone of these worries are mandatory for graduation from l\1SC \crospace School. Thtre are nearl) 500 At'rospace sludenls at l\ISC but the Flying 'j earn has only 12 members. Valerie wants lo incrt'ase membership and hopes that event::. like formation flying will attract studentB.

"Part of the reason why the Air Force Academy is the best school in the country is their Learn spirit and morale," says lliller. "l'arlicipaling in this l)'pe of thing makes for

MSC Flying Team - "We know each other very well as pilots and as p:Jop!e. "

helter pilots." \t'arly all learn membt•rs ha\c their ~ighls

<*'l lor nothing lew than being an airline pilot on major commercial or ('Orporalr aircraft With a1 erage salaries of S5.000 a \wck. and nt'ver mon· than 80 hours of 11) ir~g Limr a month., Lhrsc students know \1 hal Lhe) "an land how lo gel it.

The~ are especially high on l\1~C's

Aerospace School. Rosi> lli came from California, and Hillrr from Chicago, lo receive a B.S. in Av.ialion and to Jog well over Lhe 250 hours required for a commt'rcial pilol 's licenst•.

..\I, C prepares pilots for careers a!:> airline pilol.8 ralhi>r than jusl being a pilot, ·· says Roselli. ··we have instructor::; here from l 1nitcd Flight Training Cenler and over in \\ e£:l Classroom, there are a dozrn fligh l simulators. People come oul of i\lSC kno,~ing what Lhc) are 4oing. ,.

They say flying is safer lha11 driving- but onl)' so long as there are safe, responsible pilots cruising the highwa) s of the sky. From whal the Flying Team accomplished Saturday, this crop of pilots seem destinl'd to increase Lhe odds of safe air travel.

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The Metropolitan Feb. 28, 1979

Cookin' at the Slovenian Photos and Story tiy Sal Ruibal

The "Big Band Sound" was alive and well lasl Sunday at the Slovenian Home , Hall, as local jazz fans were trealed to eight hours of Colorado 's top collegiate and professional talent.

The Slovenian Hall seems an unlikely locaie for a jazz concert, but the funky North Denver location and the relaxed atmosphere made the hall a natural for the unpretentious· musical presentations.

There are no laser heams_or fog machines

·at the Slo~enian, but there was good chili and hot music. t he large crowd, obvious!) in tune with the. style of lhe music, wildly cheered both lhc subtlety of a tight lenor saxophone s9lo and the flash of a trombone section sland-up.

l\ot all lhe bands were up lo lhe high standards ~stablished by the "Monday Night Live Band" early in lhc show, but lhe audience was not only aw.are, they were downright Uf!derstanding. Despite the fact most of the 'mi'tscians were students, the lapses were few ~~·d far behve~n.

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· llmothy P. and The Rural Route·Th~e

at The Mission Friday, March 2nd 1 - 4 p.m.

U .. of Denver wins MSC plac·e.s seventh

Jon Hayashida of the University of by Chris Edwards Denver also set a new league record wilh a

-----------------1 1:55.32 for the 200-y·ard butterfly . The Metropolitan State College (MSC) ·

MSC's best showing was by Tom · swim team placed last in the Intcrmountain McCallister, who placed 18th in a field of

Swimming League Championships al 22 with a time of 2: 13.51 in the 200-yard

Auraria last Friday and Saturday , losing the backstroke, breaking a seed time for battle to strong University of Denver and

New Mexico State teams. 2:18.03. But the new MSC swim team, said Dr.

Marc A. Rabinoff, Men 's Athletics Director, may he progressing in the war.

" We've only been at this for one-and-a-ha1£ years and we 're the only team that swims women on the men's team," Rabinoff said . "Some of these teams have been competing for 50 years: .. our times are improving."

The University of Denver place<l first in learn finals witl1 a 472, closely followed by )lew .\lexico Lale u niversity ,~;th 465. The Universil) of 'orthern Colorado placed third wi lh 277, followed by Colorado School of .\lines wilh 268, Western Slate College "ilh L 93, Colorado College with 140, and \!SC with 50.

S teve Lowe of Mines, who sel a league rt·cord of 47. 12 for lhc lOO-yard freestyle, was \ oted Swimmer of the Year b) league coaches. Coach of the Year was awarded to Jack Walsh of New \1exico State.

Upcoming Events ·woMEN'S BASKETBALL-University of Denver, DU, March 2, 7:30 p.m. ; Regionals, ldaho Stale University, Pocatello, Idaho,_,. .\1arch 8-10.

TRACK- Potts Invitational, University of Colorado Fieldho use, Boulder. March 3, all dav: Colorado School of \1i11e,, and Weslern

tate College, al Golden, \larch 2.J., I :30 p.m. _....,,,

i3ASEBALL- Regis College, Rt>gis, \larch L 1 and 3 p.m. (doubleheader): \lcsa College, Grand J unrlion , \1arch 16- L 7, I and 3 p.m. (doubleheader) (16th) , noon and 2 p.m. (doubleheader) ( 17th); Lniversil:) of,.. Denver. DU. .\larch 24. 1 aud 3 p.m. (doubleheader).

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Visual Arts Faculty, Auraria campus, and Community College presents an Art Exhibition at Emmanual Gallery, 10th & Lawrence.

~ing of Hearts, Vogue Theater, 1465 Peart. ~

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Starving Artists Sale, St. Francis Interfaith Center, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. No piece over $50.

hhe Brico Symphon} , City Auditorium, · 4, p.m. Free Tickets: call 922-6251.

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Black Women: "Role and Relationship to Family," 12:10-1:10 Brown Bag lunch at St. Francis Interfaith Center. KRMA Channel 6 Shakespeare Play. "As You Like lt." 8 p.m.

Denver Duo-St. Cajetan 's Performance Hall, 9th & Lawrence, 8 p.m. Adults $4, students $2.

Ash Wednesday

.u4 Starving Artists Sale, St: Francis Inter­faith Center. 10;00-6:00 No piece O\'er $50.

Denver Symphony with Young Artists Orchestra, Boettcher Concert Hall, DCPA. 3p.m. Free.

The Brico Symphony, City Aud­itorium. 4 p.m.

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rI Joint Education Commillee, State Capitol Building, 9:30 a.m. Rm. 320 E.

Auraria Board 1020 9th St. 4 p.m.

Cider, Beer Pretzels. Free. Interfaith Center. 1:30-3:30 p.m.

"Pardon Mon Affair" Student Center, Rm. 310. 12:15-2:15-7:00. 50 cents.

"The Man With a Movie Camera." 1929 Dziga Vertow. East Classroom (f ower) Bldg. Rm. 116. 8:30 p.m.

IDS 'To Catch A Thief," Ogden Theater. 935 E. Colfax.

"The Hollywood :Musicals," Kiss Me , Kate, KR.l"1A Channel 6, 8 p.m.

Lecture: "Molecular Aspects of Vision Excitation," Dr. Kensal E. Van Holde, Denver University, SC 26. 2100 E. Evans Ave. Free. "

Tfle ,Metropolitan Feb. 28, 1979

f 2 Lecture: "Protein \ucleic Acid Inter­action in the l\ucleosome." Dr. Kensal E. Van Holde. Denver University. Science Hall, Room 26. 2100 E. Evan~ Ave. Free.

Timmothy P and the Rural Roule, Mission, 1-4 p.m.

"The Island." Bonfils Theatre, 8 p.m. Reservations-322-7735.

"Tambourines to Glory," Langston Hughes, Bonfils Theatre, March 2-3, 8 p.m; March 4, 2 p.m. 322-7725. _

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t6 Michelle Stan wood-Au toharp apd guitar. Mission, 5-7.

UFO Impact on Consciousness," Dr. Jacques Vallee, Student Center Rm. 330, 12:30 p.m. Free. Reserved seats, Rm. 153 SCB or 629-2595.

.CLAs·s I FIED FOR SALE

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State-of-the-art stereo system. Thorens TD166MKII turntable with Micro-Acoustics 2002E Cartridge. Van Alstine modified Dyna Pas 3 preamp, Stereo 70 power amp (40W/channel) ;md FM-5 tuner. Stax SR-44 headphones. Pair of Advent speakers. Complete system only ~750. Call 832-8579 af!d ask for Peter.

Unused 197 4 l\.1aico Dirtbike. 450CC .. One wild and crazy motorcycle. $900. Call El Roacho 832-5646.

FOUR PAIR Sl\.JS cheap: call 433-9741 ~eekends.

YOC'R PICTURE, YOUR l~FORt\Ll\TIO ', no wailing. absolutely the best! Send for sample8' and info to Photo I.D., Box ISA, Denver CO 80218.

WANTED

Wanted to buy: A desk, preferably wood. Call Frank at 744-9402.

*1UST HA VE an album of Question Mark and the :\1ysterians, preferably with "96 Tears." Call EmerbOll at 629-8361. Thanks to Dancer for L<'sley.

One inexpensive receiver and one small _J:.ef rigeralor. Contact Steve Werges

629-8361.

ART NEEDED FOR Westbank Artists Guild Sale. Contact Brian Hende, MSC Art Oub, 321-4864. Reservations must be made by March 2, 1979.

GET SERIOUS ABOUT your work. Appearances do make a difference. Quality typing at reasonable rates. Call Irene- 733-1371.

FOR RENT

ROOM TO RENT in large house near Broadway and Evans. :\1ale or Female. l\o dogs, Sll5 a month plus utilities. Dennis, 777-0693, keep trying.

PERSONALS

"GAMBLE" \V .\ rTED : Atlraclive, op1·n-minded woman into alternative from bar scene. Interest in outdoors, gdmes, psychic development. 433-9741.

J\URAIUA AA Thursdays al noon in the Studt'nl Center. Check bulletin board. 697-4720 for more information.

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OPPORTUNITIES

MGMT TRAINEES: $5/hr. Work eves. and Sat. Car. Cali 233-3055 or 979-8066 for appt. #

HOME HOSPITALITY -Host a visitor to Denvl'r. Receive $45 for use of room in your home. Bed and Budget International, 755-2820 or 755-8569 ..

DYNAMIC NEWSPAPER needs reporters and production workera. Especially need layout persons on Monday aftcnoons and nigh ts. Learn the craft of journalism from the ground up. Call Em'erson or Peter at 629-8361.

OVERSEAS JOBS-Summer/year round. Europe, S. America, Australia, Asia, etc. All field, $500-1200 monthly. Expenses paid. Sightseeing. Free information- Write: UC, Box 449Q.-75, Berkeley, CA 94704.

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Needed desperately: One Accounting major to work on the staff of The Metropolitan. Work-study preferable. Call Steve at 629-8361.

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