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Barrozo gives up vice presidency -3 Zoo Story Fit to be tied · THE . · at Muddy's - 9 · -6 ETROPOLITAN The MSC student newspaper serving the Aurarla Campm since 1979 Volume 12 Issue 1 July 7, 1989 Clnltncll• ...... It Anrla. Ill this Clll bllwlln 1111 llbnry Ind .... Bulldfna. A1Hlfliii 111111111 hud1cllta. hlwMr. ., ........ , .... ti ad blfon tlll b11lllllfnl If Ill flU llllllltlr. · · -- North Classroom flasher leaves security question Gary Salvuccl News Ed itor A woman who was recently accosted by a flasher in the North Classroom Building is starting a campaign to improve security on the Auraria Campus. Laura Obert, an MSC Physics instructor, reported to Auraria and Denver officers that a man had followed her into a restroom in the North Classroom on Wednesday, June 21. Obert said she arrived early at her third- flooroffice to prepare for her 7:15 a:m. class. As she walked to the restroom at about 6:40 she passed a man in the corridor. Obert said the have been a transient. "I remember thlnking, as·I walked from my office, 'this guy doesn't belong here,' " she said While Obert was in the restroom, the man entered and exposed his genitals. Obert said she screamed at the man, he fled, and she chased him down the hall. The flasher was not caught. Obert has posted notices around campus describing the incident and requesting that people contact her. She says she wants to form a group to lobby for improved campus security. She said North Clamoom is not safe for teachers and students who work at odd hours. All of North Classroom's doors are open from 6 a.m. to midnight Monday through Thursday. One door is kept open 24 hours a day. "It is not a very safe place for a woman to be that early in the morning or that late at night - or for a man either," Obert said Sergeant Elmer Daugherty of Public Safety said campus police are aware that the North Classroom is not a secure building. Public Safety plans to install key-code pad security this fall. The gates would require a code number to enter the upper floors of the building. Daugherty said the pas.gbility of instituting a school identification card check has also been mentioned Many institutions require students show ID when entering campus buildings. However, a major obstacle at Auraria is the large number of students who do not carry a college ID card Commenting on Obert's wish to mount a campus security campaign, Daugherty said: "The exposure that she experienced is dis- turbing ... her concern is a legitimate one, but until the situation is resolv .ed I suggest prac- ticing good safety." Daugherty recommended the. building's users keep work hours limited to times when 'the building is busy or they notify Public Safety when working in the building at odd hoqrs. Daugherty said all five floors of the build- ing are checked on a routine basis, but knowing people are in the building and where they are helps officers protect them. o Student uprising- forces MSC professor to flee China Carrie A. Vogel . that the pro-democracy demonstration was The Metropolitan about to happen. Discussions with his Chi- nese students were limited to subjects like When he arrived in Shanghai last Febru- ary, his first unpression was of a country becoming an awesome economic power. Robert Lucas, chairman ofMSC's.depart- ment of management, and his wife, Paula, were sent to Shanghai on a professorial exchange program between MSC and Shanghai University of Finance and Eco- nomics. They were scheduled to return in July. "The first moments I was in Shanghai I family, friends and after-graduation plans: "I don't thinli there were any real plans for demonstrations. In clasS that was not a topic that was foremost in anybody's mind" ""- was overwhelmed with the progress that was being made because every place looked like Denver during the oil-boom days," Lucas said The University never officially but by the middle of May no classes were being conducted, he said, because the students just simply quit coming to class. Most students were actively involved in the demonstra- tions either in Beijing or downtown Shanghai. On planned demonstration days they were joined by many workers. He was led to believe that there was a lot of pro-democracy . activity throughout China. . Lucas said the students weren't trying to implement a western-style democracy in China, but rather wanted to make modest changes such as reducing the alleged cor- ... ! c: ii - -a ..., Four months in Shanghai changed his impressions of China completely, as well as his plans. Lucas said there were no real indicators "' Chia pg. 10 ... .a I I! ..... lllblrt Lue11. chllr If MIC'• °"8rtllllll If ............ .,..it 1111" 111111111 In China.
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Page 1: Volume 12, Issue 1 - July 7, 1989

Barrozo gives up vice presidency - 3

Zoo Story Fit to be tied · THE . · at Muddy's - 9 · -6

ETROPOLITAN The MSC student newspaper serving the Aurarla Campm since 1979 Volume 12 Issue 1 July 7, 1989

Clnltncll• ...... It Anrla. Ill this Clll bllwlln 1111 llbnry Ind .... Sell~ Bulldfna. A1Hlfliii 111111111 hud1cllta. hlwMr . .,........,.... ti ad blfon tlll b11lllllfnl If Ill flU llllllltlr. · · - -

North Classroom flasher leaves security question Gary Salvuccl News Editor

A woman who was recently accosted by a flasher in the North Classroom Building is starting a campaign to improve security on the Auraria Campus.

Laura Obert, an MSC Physics instructor, reported to Auraria and Denver officers that a man had followed her into a restroom in the North Classroom on Wednesday, June 21.

Obert said she arrived early at her third­flooroffice to prepare for her 7:15 a:m. class. As she walked to the restroom at about 6:40 she passed a man in the corridor. Obert said the m~may have been a transient.

"I remember thlnking, as· I walked from my office, 'this guy doesn't belong here,' " she said

While Obert was in the restroom, the man entered and exposed his genitals.

Obert said she screamed at the man, he fled, and she chased him down the hall. The flasher was not caught.

Obert has posted notices around campus describing the incident and requesting that people contact her. She says she wants to form a group to lobby for improved campus security.

She said North Clamoom is not safe for teachers and students who work at odd hours.

All of North Classroom's doors are open from 6 a.m. to midnight Monday through

Thursday. One door is kept open 24 hours a day.

"It is not a very safe place for a woman to be that early in the morning or that late at night - or for a man either," Obert said

Sergeant Elmer Daugherty of Public Safety said campus police are aware that the North Classroom is not a secure building. Public Safety plans to install key-code pad security ga~ this fall. The gates would require a code number to enter the upper floors of the building.

Daugherty said the pas.gbility of instituting a school identification card check has also been mentioned

Many institutions require students show ID when entering campus buildings.

However, a major obstacle at Auraria is the large number of students who do not carry a college ID card

Commenting on Obert's wish to mount a campus security campaign, Daugherty said: "The exposure that she experienced is dis­turbing ... her concern is a legitimate one, but until the situation is resolv.ed I suggest prac­ticing good safety."

Daugherty recommended the. building's users keep work hours limited to times when 'the building is busy or they notify Public Safety when working in the building at odd hoqrs.

Daugherty said all five floors of the build­ing are checked on a routine basis, but knowing people are in the building and where they are helps officers protect them. o

Student uprising-forces MSC professor to flee China Carrie A. Vogel . that the pro-democracy demonstration was The Metropolitan about to happen. Discussions with his Chi­

nese students were limited to subjects like

When he arrived in Shanghai last Febru­ary, his first unpression was of a country becoming an awesome economic power.

Robert Lucas, chairman ofMSC's.depart­ment of management, and his wife, Paula, were sent to Shanghai on a professorial exchange program between MSC and Shanghai University of Finance and Eco­nomics. They were scheduled to return in July.

"The first moments I was in Shanghai I

family, friends and after-graduation plans: "I don't thinli there were any real plans

for demonstrations. In clasS that was not a topic that was foremost in anybody's mind"

""- was overwhelmed with the progress that was being made because every place looked like Denver during the oil-boom days," Lucas said

The University never officially cl~ but by the middle of May no classes were being conducted, he said, because the students just simply quit coming to class. Most students were actively involved in the demonstra­tions either in Beijing or downtown Shanghai. On planned demonstration days they were joined by many workers. He was led to believe that there was a lot of pro-democracy

. activity throughout China. . Lucas said the students weren't trying to

implement a western-style democracy in China, but rather wanted to make modest changes such as reducing the alleged cor-

... ! c:

ii -~ -a ...,

• Four months in Shanghai changed his

impressions of China completely, as well as his plans .

Lucas said there were no real indicators "' Chia pg. 10

... .a

I I! .....

lllblrt Lue11. chllr If MIC'• °"8rtllllll If ............ .,..it 1111" 111111111 In China.

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Barrozo begins final year at Metro Kristin Hager The Metropolitan

Vice President of Academic Affairs and Provost Tobin Barrozo will leave Metro after the next academic year. The president is eliminating the position of provost in favor of a smaller executive structure at the college.

MSC President Thomas Brewer announced June 12 that an interim vice president will handle academic affairs until a national search can be conducted. Through this next year Barrozo will continue as pro­vost to complete several important projects.

Dr. James Perdue, recommended ... to Brewer by the president of ~ American Association of State i Colleges and Universities, will act ~ as interim vice president for the ~

""" next academic year. Perdue has .... been both president of the State ~ University College of New York at Tobin Burozo wlll r1m1ln at MSC for one mon year. Oswego and Vice Chancellor for Academic Programs, Policy and Planning for the State University of New York System.

Brewer said he expressed con­cern about the provost position as early as last year, when he inter­viewed for the presidency of Metro.

"I believe and prefer that all vice presidents should report to the president," Brewer said. One of four vice presidents, student affairs, currently reports to the provost.

Brewer said he feels provost positions are usually created when the president's role is exclusively devoted to being an "outside per­son," ' performing such tasks as fund raising and public speaking.

"My view is that the president must be involved both inside and

outside an institution, and there- was an amicable one," Barrow fore all vice presidents should report said. to the president," he said. The provost's position was orig-

inally put into place after past-Barrozo said he feels his last year President Paul Magelli left in 1987.

at Metro will be a busy and pro- "We bad an interim president ductive one and stressed that nego- coming in, and I think I was a sort tiations between himself and Pres- of symbol of stability. Although I ident Brewer were made on good badn't been here too long _ a terms. ... " couple of years - I bad a sense of

"I fully respect and accept that the president structures the college any way he sees fit, based on his knowledge and past experience.

"He has to be able to structure the institution. Otherwise, you can't hold the president responsible for what goes on. And I'd like to emphasiu that the understanding between the president and myself

what was going on at Metro," Bar­row said.

He said that after much discus­sion with the president, colleagues and friends, be made the decision to leave after next year.

"I could've indicated an interest in returning to the vice president's position, but I was promoted to provost and I do not want to

return. Also, the merger issue will come back up in two years, and I'd again have to look at my position," Barrozo said, adding that he wasn't previously considering leaving Metro. He will look for vice pre­sidency, provost and presidency positions at other urban institutions.

· In the meantime, President Brewer has amgned him to three major projects, as well as line duties normally performed by the provost. Barrow will initiate and oversee a new ~ment program, which was mandated by MSC's Board of Trustees and the Colo­rado Commission on Higher Edu­cation and requires periodic testing of students before, during and

811 Blrrm pg. 10

ACES wants increased budget Mlryam Wiiey The Metropolitan

While the official 1989-90 mana­ger for Auraria Cable Entertain­ment for Students may not be selected until the end of the summer, a preliminary budget of $72,000 has been approved for the fiscal year starting on July 1.

According to Ginger Jackson, ACES interim general manager, a proposed budget of $95,000 was approved by the Student Tele­communications Policy Council and the Student Facilities Policy Council, but was turned down by the Student Advisory Committee to the Auraria Board.

''The $72,000 means that they basically have approved operations and our capital equipment, but salaries are still being negotiated," Jackson said. "SACAB thought that s8Iaries were too low at $3,000 a year."

ACES budget for 1989-90 was $66,000. The new $72,000 includes

what is considered a "normal" increase, said Ralph Hagan, STPC chairman.

Hagan is optimistic about the approval of more money for ACES in a secondary budget.

"We are going to ask for new equipment in a separate request to

fall, ACES will be advertising for someone to fill the position.

Presently, ACES has moved its office to a new location in the Stu­dent Union.

"The room is better because it has windows," Jackson said. "It also has access to Room 330 for

"They've htd to move every slngle year since they started, and It takes them a full semester to get ready.'

the Auraria Board," Hagan said. "W~ ~ got a real good chance because the equipment they are using now is antique and inade­quate."

Hagan also said that STPC bas been working with ACES staff in their specific programs and goals for the upcoming year.

"That has a big influence," Hagan said. He emphasized that STPC's involvement gives it a better idea of what ACES will actually be doing in the future.

'tfhe statement) gives them bet­ter ms1gnt into where they can put more money," be said.

As for an official manager this

the conferences, the gameroom and The Mission."

Hagan said the new room will give the staff a chance to set up in a permanent way.

"They've bad to move every single year since they started (in the fall of 1986] and it takes them almost a full semester to get ready. This room is set up permanently and will give them the cohesive­ness they need to operate," Hagan said. "That should last for at least four years when they may be expanding the Student Union."

Jackson said the ACES staff will spend the rest of the summer getting ready for fall. When fall

semester starts, emphasis will be on popularizing ACES.

"One of our big campaign plans is to make sure that ACES is some­thing the students want to watch," Jackson said.

"We would like to offer four hours of daily programming and we are looking into the College Satellite Network and National College Television as part of our daily programming," Jackson said.

Those networks would allow for exchange of local productions from different colleges, also giving ACES productions an opportunity to be seen outside the Auraria Campus.

ACES will continue to help any student make a creative project go from an idea to an actual, presen­table tape.

"Students are allowed to come here and use the equipment with a couple of trallied people to help them," Jackson said "H a student came here from the history depart­ment and wanted parts of films edited for a project, we could help him." D

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Metro student to represent state col leg es • Rick Sclbelll Jr. Assistant News Editor

For the first time in five years a student from MSC will sit as the state student repre­sentative to the board of trustees.

Terry Thomas, a 20-year-old manage­ment major at MSC, was elected to serve as a non-voting member by peers from Colo­rado's state colleges. Thomas' term begins July 1.

"I feel it is a real honor to be the first (MSC student) in five years," Thomas said.

MSC Student President Kelly Martin who served as a senator last year with Tho­mas, said she believes that he will make an excellent representative.

"He (Thomas) has the ability to speakm front of a crowd and say what he feels is right," Martin said. "This is an excellent opportunity for Metro."

Thomas will be taking over·a seat which has been occupied by Mary Jo Wright of Mesa State College. •

As student representative, 'fhomas will • have the responsibility of voicing the needs and opinions of those enrolled at state colleges.

He plans to visit each campus around the state to assess the needs of state colleges.

of education at MSC and other state colleges better than that of University of Colorado.

Thomas said he had no intention of run­ning, but was encouraged back in February and made it his goal since about April.

Thomas, a junior , is also the chairman of the Student Affairs Board and is

a representative of the Student Academic Board. Thom'as served as a student senator during the previous academic year. He has been involved in student government since he was a freshman.

One of the goals Thomas said he would like to concentrate his efforts on is the possi­bility of developing a resource center at

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MSC which would function as an informa­tion source. According to Thomas, the cen­ter would provide students with employ­ment information as well as general campus and department information. -J...-

Ultimatel y, he would like to see a compu-ter system installed that would provide stu­dents with national information regarding specific professional fields, companies and employment trends. Thomas said he believes .., a system with that capability could also assist Metro in adjusting its curriculum and pro­grams to meet the ever-changingjob market.

One particular problem Thomas believes Metro faces is its ability to meet the demands and needs of its traditional students, since the ~ campus primarily is attended by older, profes­sional students.

"Young students get loSt in the Metro shuffie, among older students." Thomas said. As a result, he would like to see Metro place more emphasis on those younger stu- ~ dents, who he views as crucial members of an urban campus.

Thomas also has plans to concentrate some of his efforts on improving minority enrollment at all of the state colleges. Due to its urban location, Thomas said he believes ~ Metro has a special responsibility in that increased recruitment.

Thomas said that he would seek assist­ance from MSC President Thomas Brewer,

"(I need to) find out what is important for them ... and establish goals that are achieva­ble and obtainable," he said. "I am commit­ted to surpassing the Board of Regents," he added regarding his goal to make the quality

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White Castle tour causes indigestion Gary Salvuccl News Editor

The T-shirt they gave me said, "A legend in a bun." They also gave me a white plastic key chain that says "White Castle" on it

But I don't think those lavish gifts were the obstacle that prevented me from doing the hard-nosed, aggressive, Sam Donaldson­style reporting I intended to. No, I can't be bought off that ~y.

Things just didn't work out the way I thought they would

You may have heard of the White Castle hamburger chain before. In the East and Midwest, they're huge.

Advertisements have for years been hawk­ing their little onion-topped burgers as "The taste some people won't do without" and detailing stories of people who went to extreme lengths to get them.

Two small boys lobbied the city council to put a White Castle in their small town. Californians have them flown in fro7.Cll from New York. College frat boys "road trip" for hours just to taste those juicy morsels.

The most recent media event involved sen~ a truckload of 120.00Cl fr.oren White Castle hamburgers (which, by the way, you can buy at most King Soopers) to San Jose State College for a fund-1'8Wng event called a White Castle Festival and Midwest Reun­ion. The "White Castle Goodwill Tour," as they were hyping it, stopped in Denver on June 14.

Our local KYBG radio station was cover­ing the event. Woody Paige was broadcast­ing live.

Well, despite all the hype, I have it on good word from a friend from Long Island,

New York that these White Castles are not all they're cracked up to be.

He told me a little detail about them that gave me cold sweats for many a night. Brace yourself. When they cook the ham­burgers, they drop the patties on a griddle covered by grease and onions, and to use his words, "They never flip the suckers!"

White Castle hamburgers are never flipped when they're cooked

Ponder that one. They never get flipped They are never

flipped Because they're so thin and they have

holes in them - five of them in a pattern like spots on dice - they just get cooked

And thev aren't flipped. Ever. Their T-shirt should read .. A legend, which

has never been flipped. in a bun." So you can imagine how little beef is

sandwiched in that bun. With a complete burger weighing in at 2.6 ounces, I estimate there is little more than one ounce of meat there.

And maybe this is a good thing, judging by my tasting test

If you like to eat onions cooked in grease, then you just might like eating a White Castle.

You know, I intended to ask the tough questions. I was going to ask the truck driv­ers, "How do you feel about the governor of Arizona vowing he'll call in the National Guard before he allows those burgers into his state?"

I really meant to get tough and demand Woody Paige or the ad person running this media event to tell me, "Exactly how much meat do they put in one of these anyhow?"

But it didn't happen. • I'm not sure why I backed down. I guess it

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Fit To Be Tied By John C. Roper

"Holy Box Office Hit, Batman! What's that lurking in the shadows?" I

"Quick, Boy Wonder, take cover! It's the Evil Marke­ters! They've come to take us away and turn us into toothpaste, chewable vitamins and little boys' under­garments!"

"Pow!" "Wham mo!" "Barn!" "AAAAARRRRRRRGGggghhhhhhhh ... " Is that the end of our Superheroes? Has the Dynamic

Duo gone, where no cartoon character has gone before? Have the ~vi i Marketers finally become so powerful that they'll soon rule the world?

Don't change that dial, Batfans, they already do. In an age of laserbeams, space shuttles and the mere

notion of being close to producing table-top fusion you'd think that our civilization is advanced enough to not let marketing wizards control our decisions.

Yet in the past couple of months, the "Batcraze" has been sweeping the nation faster than a speeding bullet. Meanwhile, the Evil Marketers sit back, shovel in their profits and make fun of all of the overweight, out-of­shape, cigarette-toting subhumans who insist on wear­ing the skin-tight, Lycra athletic tights that the Marke­ters manipulated them into wearing in the first place. Some of these people, and you know this is true, look like pureed vegetable matter stuffed into a couple of party balloons.

Prior to this summer, Batman and Robin were dor­mant for nearly 15 years. Then, a conversation in Hol­lywood occurred that sounded something like this:

"You know, Reginald, I think it's high time we stuck it to the public again, don't you?"

"Right you are, Winthorp! We haven't pulled a number on them since we invented MTV and fooled everyone into thinking that if they dressed and acted like our marketing products, er, performers, they would think they were being individuals.''

"What a scream, Reggie! Hey, I know. What if we get them all to wear Lycra tights and dress up like bats? Some of them would probably look like pureed vegeta­ble matter stuffed into a couple of party balloons!"

In my mind, this all started with the Hula-Hoop, then went to the Pet Rock and finally escalated to the 1980 election of Ronald Reagan.

The truth is, marketing has become such a powerful tool that it not only dictates the way we dress, the music we listen to and the food we eat (I believe Szechwan food is the "in" thing now.), but it can affect the way we think as well. Take the 1970s.

People actually thought that disco dancing was a neat thing to do, and many made it a way of life. These same mutants also thought that John Travolta was some kind of omnipotent being that should be revered and mimicked. (If you know anyone who still believes this, check their basement for pods, I doubt they're human.)

Remember when the Pope last came to the United States on his "Goodwill Tour?" The Evil Marketers feasted like ravenous dogs on the profits they spun from products they ptJshed such as, I swear this is true, Popecorn Candy, Pope-on-a-Rope, and my personal favorite, the Pope John Paul II Lawn Sprinkler. Elvis should have been so lucky.

Let's go back to the last presidential elect ion. Were the two candidates really the best people our country had to offer? How about the airport election? Who was brought in to produce manipulative advertising to sway the no vote? Wasn't he the same MARKETER who was slandering Michael Dukakis for the Bush campaign? I'm beginning to think that the "thousand points of light" are merely digits on the LED readout of a cash register.

Hey. I wonder if any of this Batstuff has to do with a movie that's just being released about Batman. Naw. I guess not even the Evil Marketers are that clever. o

July7, 1989

EDITORIAL Safety depends on common sense

A few weeks ago, when a woman was raped and brutally beaten by a gang of kids who were "wilding" in New York's Central Park, the nation responded with outrage.

Days later, a New York City official was interviewed on television. He said while it was indeeda tragedy that the woman was nearly killed by juveni le delinquents, she really had no business being in the park in the first place.

So it was at night. So it was late and probably unsafe. Does that mean that her right to bethere ended at some point during the evening? Or does it mean she was foolish to go there and even if she didn't deserve what she got, she can hardly be surprised?

How about this one? A professor comes down to the North Classroom

early one morning to work 01"! the day's lecture. In the bathroom, at about 6:40 a.m., a man flashes her. She screams at him, and he runs off.

He could have been a rapist or a mugger. He could have been anyone, and MSC physics Professor Laura Obert is lucky that he ran instead of whipping out a hammer and smashing her head in.

But whose fault was it really? Should this editorial tear into AHEC Public Safety for leaving that building unlocked, or Ms. Obert for putting herself in a vulnerable position?

Well , the fact is that she was only about a half hour early for a 7:15 class, so we can't really say it was her fault, can we?

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On the other hand, if this man was a transient, as Obert suggested, he could have been there just as eas­ily at noon or 4 p.m. And saying it would be impossible for Public Safety to be everywhere at once is an understatement.

Sergeant Elmer Daugherty has acknowledged the North Classroom's lack of security. He also says that keypad security gates will be installed in the building this fall.

So what can students here do to keep from becoming victims?

Daugherty says until the situation in the North Class­room is taken care of, we should practice "good safety." That means either try to get your work done when there are a lot of people around, or let Public Safety know you'll be in at odd hours. It means only walking to and from your car if you have somebody to walk with you. And if there is no one else around, call Public Safety and get a ride. I've met these guys, and except for the one that keeps putting tickets on my car, they're OK.

So just use your head. Downtown Denver is not the safest place in the world.' but it isn't the south Bronx, either. Basic safety rules apply everywhere, and no matter where you are on campus, you need to watch your butt. It may be true that Public Safety can't be everywhere at once, but common sense can.

-Dave Plank - Editor

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Parkin'g stumps Senator A letter to Parking and Transportation Services:

At this moment, you have approximately 5,000 stu­dents who have no clue as to your new detour plan. The issue is made worse due to the vague and ambiguous detour map you distributed earlier this semester. Case #1

I arrived at Auraria via the Auraria Parkway. I duti­fully followed your detour signs eventually leading to Colfax. Unfortunately, the signs ended at Colfax with no further directions. I was trapped in rush hour traffic and led by a throng of falsities. The entrance to Lot H was nowhere in· sight. As a result, I had to perform a four-and-a-half mile detour just to get back on AHEC. Thanks a lot guys! Case #2

After finally securing parking at Lot V, I walked

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through Lot H where I originally wanted to park. I found a sign there stating: "Use 7th Street to get to Lot H." Well, this is really cute people. Why is this a problem? Because 7th Street was CLOSED! Yes, that made find­ing the entrance to Lot H just a little difficult!

Later, I observed individuals violating your ominous 7th Street barricade, thus gaining access to Lot H. Must we resort to breaking the law to follow your pitiful attempts of traffic organization and movement?

Overall, I am simply asking you and your people to get with the program. You have a responsibility to the faculty and students at AHEC to perform your job well. You failed that responsibility utterly this morning.

- A. Scott Ga11mann ASMSC Senator

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Fashion show shows lack of compassion Webster's Dictionary defines the word incongruous

as "something which is not consistent with logic." Glancing over the most recent newsletter from the Samaritan House Guild, no other word but incongru­ous could possibly come to mind. In fact, if one were to fish about for a perfect example of incongruity in action, consider the search over. When you next open your dictionary to the "I" section, a new and improved definition will appear:

Incongruous: An elaborate and expen­sive fashion show to benefit the home­less.

A fashion show to benefit the homeless. I guess it has possibilities. According to the newsletter, professional models will be cavorting on stage in the designs of Oscar de la Renta. Now let's try to imagine what will take _place at this social, festive soiree. The luncheon and fashion show will be held at the Denver Hyatt Regency on August 8. Of course we couldn't start the fashion show without the Social Interlude beforehand, could we? At the Social Interlude, patrons will have the opportunity to meet and observe the homeless first­hand. A barrier will, of course, be erected to ,Prevent contamination.

Dorothy Wallace, manager of Montaldo's, will give an

in-depth, but oddly enough, upbeat talk on the state of homeless people in the United States, and suggest some of the things that we can do to corral this stub­born problem. For instance, throwing down a crisp fifty for the occasion. She'll finish her speech with a heart­felt plea to the wealthy dowagers in the audience: "Now is the perfect time to thank the homeless for remaining so one more year. Because without them, this wouldn't be possible! Let's give them a big round of applause to demonstrate how much we care!" In the middle of all the clapping, Vi Chapin, Montaldo's Fashion Director, will lean over to Dorothy and whisper, "Dottie, just who are the homeless again?" Her companion will explain for the hundredth time, "They're the ones we saw out­side, you know, carrying the plastic sacks." "Oh," Ms. Chapin will exclaim, her face full of remorse, her mouth full of prime rib.

I have a better idea. I freely admit it is radical and shocking, but it just might work. Instead of having this fete for the socially ambitious, why not just collect the money and hand it over to those that need it? Nah ... you're right, it'll never work. We need the artificiality of a show to trick the landed classes into helping those less fortunate than themselves. Shhh, don't tell them. It's a secret.

The Samaritan House Guild is embarrassingly blunt about keeping this event a secret from homeless peo­ple. At fifty bucks a plate, they must be hell-bent on excluding everyone except those sprung directly from the loins of royalty. The homeless wouldn't have a chance of getting in. If you're going to put on a special party for someone, isn't it considered rude not to even invite them? Didn't they consult Miss Manners?

Perhaps the homeless can do their own fashion show. The proceeds will go to the rich to help pay off their mortgages and Visa bills. The event could be pat­terned after this fashion show. They will have lots of prizes, maps of the best places to get aluminum cans, and tasty dumpster morsels for the luncheon. For mod­els, they could have professional bag ladies exhibiting . the latest institutional wear. We mustn't tell the rich though, because it's meant to be a big surprise!

What would really be a big surprise js if the well-to-do actually did something generous for those that need help, without expecting something in return.

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Despite the precedent he set in broadcast journalism during a police-helicopter chase more than a year ago, he objects to being called a hero.

"It all came as second nature," said Mike Silva, chief helicopter pilot for KCNC and two-time degree-earner at Metro. "HI hadn't acted the " way I did, I should've been severely punished."

Silva was trained in "nap-of-earth flying'' (low to the ground to avoid detection) while· serving in Vietnam. At one time he also laid cable for Public Service Co. - with a helicopter.

Consequently, the "wire negotiation" and the maneuvers he performed during the chase were no big deal. he said. It was the judgment call that was difficult

For all its glory, the unfortunate thing about the whole incident, Silva said, is that it will always be included as another example

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of the infamous tradition of helicopter news in Denver, which does have a particularly tragic history.

Silva said he's ready for life to become Jess risky.

"Come September, it'll be 20 years. I fig­ure I've paid my dues. I want to maintain my profession in a safe, conservative atmo­sphere."

Graduating this summer with a degree in meteorology, he wants to quit flying by the time he's 45 and go into television weather forecasting.

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Silva said it's a logical transition to go from flying in it for 20 years, to reporting on it. Another quality he feels makes him a good candidate is his knowledge of the state. He was born in Trinidad and raised in Adams County. The only time he's lived out of state was durin_g his 26 months of military duty.

Silva has thought out his future plans down to the finest detail

"The greatest threat I want to be facing a few years from now is nasty phone calls saying I gave somebody the wrong tempera-

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ture or I said it was going to snow when it didn't I want to follow in the afiluent foot­steps of TV news weathermen - a salary in the six digits, my greatest concerns being d

what sport coat I shall wear and what I'm going to do for lunch," he quipped.

In the 20 years and thousand of miles Silva has flown, he said he's never had a violation, a fine, lost his license or had an accident. He credits his upbringing and mil- > itary training for his success. An officer in the National Guard since 1975, he sa~ that it's true, "you can be all that you can be in the Army."

In 1969, he enlisted in the Army to go to flight school while many of his friends were .11.

busy trying to dodge the draft. Even with his perfect record, he says he learned in Vietnam never to think you're the best

He explained that some of the revelations he experienced upon return from Vietnam, including appreciation of the freedo~ that " exist in this country, were resurrected fol­lowing last.year's chase.

He spoke with irritation regarding the loose treatment of phrases. such as civil rights, freedom and civil h'berties, in our society. How often, he asked, do we hear _.,. someone's rights have been violated in this way? "When do we hear the other side of the coin - civic duties, responsibilities; obliga­tions? Admit it or not, people have died for this country," he said

He's proud of his education, and says he .f has benefited from a school that deals in the realities of the non-traditional student It's helped him, and now he's ready to move on.

"I don't want to be the old football player that won't get off the field. I want to go out with· a good reputation at the top of my ~ profession, regroup and transition into prognosticating the weather." D

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Trip to 'Zoo' still shocking

C.D. Turner Features Editor

Edward Albee's play, "The Zoo Story," is as shocking and disturbing in Denver now as it was when it was first produced in Berlin in 1959.

Albee fans can be grateful that the non­profit Rocky Mountain Theatre Guild has decided to offer this clas.5ic little masterpiece at Muddy's Java Cafe. Let me emphasire - amolutely grateful.

Nothing and no one can distort Albee's work beyond recognition. Fortunately that's impossible. He wrote a director-proof play by having the meaning reside in the power of his words alone.

The many thought-provoking themes~ man's complacency, despait honor, pride, avarice, isolation, need of community and propensity to war - reside in the language, no matter that directors feel compelled to deliver an ever new and different interpreta­tion.

The play opens with yuppie-like Peter (Stacy Carson) coming to sit on his usual Central Park bench to enjoy a quiet Sunday afternoon reading his book.P..etetis Ulla1Vare that he'll be unwillingly and violently forced,

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in the space of one afternoon, into the life­long role of disciple and witness for Jerry, a complete stranger he'll soon meet.

Enter Jerry (Joseph Abramo}, the hope­ful despairing low-class, no-class, Christ-like reprobate teacher student genius phil­osopher lost child

These two intensely competent actors rivet your attention as Jerry seduces and taunts Peter into an evermore meaningful level of communication. You can't help but get the idea that this complete and profound communication could well be Peter's first, Jerry's only and the last for them both.

Jerry tells Peter how he poisoned his land­lady's dog in an effort to win love, approval and respect from the gatekeeper hellhound guardian of his dwelling. Peter listens, unwill­ing (to acknowledge that he understands this parable that demonstrates the necessary pain that must be inflicted before a person can love another.

"lhave learned that neither kindness nor cruelty by themselves, independent of each other, creates any effect beyond themselves; and I have learned that the two combined, together, at the same time, are the teaching emotion."

Also, Peter cannot know before it's too late that there will be a more graphic, more physical demonstration of these words he refuses to understand.

Albee deliberately packs meaning on top of meaning, layer upon layer, mystery within mystery, so that anyone would be hard pressed to state with any complete authority the absolute and definitive meaning of this play~ - - -

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Yet, this does not relieve the director of the responsibility to deliver some sort of cohesive m~e. And therein lies the sense of disappointment that lingers after seeing this production. Director Tupper Cullum chose to serve up a homosexual Jerry devoid of any flashes of a Christ figure.

Although Cullum's interpretation is valid, it is unsatisfying. The feeling you're left with after seeing this rendition is akin to witness­ing an occurrence verifiably legal, but horri­fyingly immoral. A sense of feeling cheated lingers and grows when you realire how easy it would have been to just go on and deliver the goods. The real and galvanizing religious m~e is glaringly absent in Cul­lum's diredion. Don't get your hopes up

because the birdbath on stage looks like a font of holy water. It's just a birdbath in this case, unless you as a viewer require - no demand - that it be h.oly water.

Jerry is an intelligent and self-educated man unable to connect with man, woman or beast. He's tried all his life to connect with someone, or something - a bed, a cock­roach, a mirror ... "no, that's too hard, that's one of the last steps." ... a carpet, a roll of toilet paper. Certainly to define and dismiss such a man merely as a lost homosexual is the grandest understatement of modem theatre. But that's what Cullum asks you to believe.

Console yourself because, even though Cullum has sacrificed the sacred for the pro­fane, Abramo plays a sensitive and unstereo­typical homosexual. That in itself makes this production notable.

Console yourself with the fact that you get to see and hear Albee's work, an opportun­ity that doesn't come around all that fre­quently. Console yourself with ~ fact that no matter what the director did or failed to do, it's still astoundingly good theatre.

Spend the remainder of the evening enjoy­ing yourself at the coffeehouse upstairs con­sidering the following:

How is it po~ible to love a play, be grate­ful it's being produced, sit on the edge of your seat devouring it, walk away glad you saw it, knowing you had a good time, but saying to yourself, ''That's not it. That is not it. I know that cannot BE IT!''? O

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COVER Most students would quake if a successful "She was a gem to work with," Graham She's 22 years old and already has proven busm' essman asked ror help m· a high stakes 11

- • said. ''She was always right on target, always she can play in the big leagues. Maria Pear- bitterly contested struggle against the estab- went the extra mile. She was very profes-son is not a ballplayer. But she did serve as lishment, but not Pearson. She's no neo- sional for a student and was performing press secretary for one of the biggest games phyte and it seems that politics and journal- as an experienced press secretary."

Ev E R in town this spring. i 1 ~ ism come naturally.

At the behest of Denver businessman and While a student at Drake University, After the May 16 election, Pearson, who "Save Our Stapleton" campaign manager Pearson served as an assistant press secretary has covered high school sports and worked Ed Graham, Pearson signed on with the for the well-organized Richard Gebhardt on the sports desk at the Rocky Mountain anti-new airport committee for a six-week stint presidential campaign in the 1987 Iowa News, joined the ranks of the unemployed

I I I I last March. caucus.

The committee, formed by Graham and "I've always been interested in politics," Denver lawyer-developer Jerry Jensen, spent Pearson said ''Our family talked politics at

When she graduates in December, Pearson hopes to work as a newspaper reporter.

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almost $279,000 in its unsuccessful campaign the dinner table." to persuade Denver voters to vote against a Pearson's father, the late Greg Pearson, new airport. Supporters of the new airport ran for the U.S. House of Representatives, proposal, "Let's Vote Yes," spent more than was a well-known and respected journalist $1 million. and founder of the journalism department at

Although more than $1.3 million was Metro State. spent in the most expensive single-issue As press secretary for "Save Our Sta-campaign in Denver's history, Pearson, a pleton," Ms. Pearson arranged press confer-senior majoring in journalism, descnbed the ences, produced news releases for the media, campaign as "chaotic" and accused both and answered questions from the media and sides of "nitpicking.'' the public.

"Neither side concentrated on the issues," Pearson said the last-minute campaign she said. was hampered by disorganization and a rela-

Both sides worried more about the com- tively small budget. mercials and the amount of money being "Next time - and I'm sure I'll work on spent than the real question at stake - the another campaign - I'm not going to just airport, Pearson said. jump into it," Pearson said. "I'll think more

Many people inside and outside of both about it and find out who's running things campaigns, Pearson said, tried to discredit and bow well organized it is." the main participants on both sides. She said she didn't feel like a rookie out of

When asked to join the fledgling team her league because she knew the issues, opposed to the new airport, Pearson said it knew the people and was treated as an equal. was an offer she couldn't refuse. Even the politicians and strategists took her

"I have a strong distrust of Mayor Pena," advice. Pearson said citing what she said were fail- "I felt like a little kid caught up in a grown-

"I think my chances are pretty good because I don't care where I go. I like small towns and big cities," said Pearson, who has either traveled or lived in almost a dozen states .

With typical enthusiasm, Pearson credits Metro State and the journalism department with providing the skills n~ to reach some of her goals.

"I learned more at Metro in two years than at Drake. They weren't teaching me how to write a lead or put together a story. The classes and teachers here have done that," Pearson said.

"Ever since I was a little kid," Pearson said. "When something would happen, I wanted to be there ... For as long as I can remember, I wanted to go to other ·~ of • the world. My father called me 'Wally' for Walter Cronkite. He called me the 'evening reporter.' "

It's a safe bet that the former "evening reporter" will someday be in the big leagues to stay. o

Barrozo - trom pg.3---------------------directly following attendance at Metro. Beginning in the fall, all incoming freshmen will be~ and counseled based on their

results. In 1990, transfer students will also be tested. Within four years, all students will undergo testing.

"None of the understructure is in place yet. We need the student datab~ and for-

mats for advising and monitoring," Barrozo said

In addition, he will review and revise the MSC Handbook, which outlines all policies at the college, and continue reviewing academic programs. The program review procedure, conceived and carried out by Barrozo, is in its third year.

"His (Barrozo's) leadership in ~ment,

the new general studies curriculum and pro­gram review has been outstanding. I am

extremely pleased that he will continue as an

important member of the administrative

team for the coming year," Brewer stated in

a June 12 memorandum to faculty and

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China - trompg.1----------------------ruption within the Communist Party :md achieve some degree of democracy.

Lucas doesn't want the United States to get too involved in the pro-democracy prob­lem because it's a Chinese domestic affair.

China has more problems than most out­siders would normally be aware of, he said. They have a lot of economic obstacles to overcome before they can change politi­cally.

"The question," he said, "is how do you change it."

The Lucases initial enthusiasm for China and its people eventually gave way to con­cern for their own welfare and apprehension over the developing situation. They quickly awakened to the fact that they were in the midst of a major social upheaval.

Getting information was a big problem for Lucas. He didn't want to rely on state­controlled radio and newspapers. So he lis­tened to the British Broadcasting Corp. and received a lot of his news from the Voice of America.

After the military went into Beijing to wrap up the student demonstrations, Lucas and his wife were constantly fearful that the

army would march on Shanghai, be said, because that was the government's second target

"During the final weeks we were in Shanghai, the streets were barricaded, buses didn't run and roadblocks were set up to keep trucks from getting in and out of the city. Finally, the president of Shanghai Uni­versity suggested we leave."

At 4 ~.m. on Monday! !une 5, ~e Univer­sity notified the Lucases that it had tickets for them on a flight out the next day at noon.

"At 5:30 p.m. they gave us a farewell banquet. At 7:30 they brought in a univer­sity truck loaded with our luggage and our bicycles.

"None of the taxi drivers would take us to the airport," Lucas said.

"With the help of university friends, we drove toward the airport and tried to find a back way in," he said. "There was no traffic, but it took us about five hours to drive the same distance as from Boulder to Stapleton Airport."

Lucas said he and his wife were getting very nervous.

"The name of the game was 'if you're

caught out, they slash the tires.' They weren't hurting anybody, but the idea was we would go as far as the truck would take us, and then we would bicrcle the rest of the way." .

After finally making it to the airport, Lucas said it was like a madhouse.

"We had confirmed tickets, thanks to the University, but there were people who had unconfirmed tickets," he said

"You coajd have sold _your ticket for a fortune, but I wouldn't have sold it We would have left all of our luggage, and I would have written a check for over $5,000, just to get home."

In retrospect, Lucas said that there are many complexities surrounding the coun­tries of China and Russia, things no one understands.

"I don't see bow China is going to quickly enter the 21st century, and it's a disappoint­ment because there were people that we came to love almost as much as our own kids. Bright young men and girls whose future is obviously tied to change and whose future is not quite so bright now. And they know that their future is not so good, but they're hopeful," he said o

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Presents the Hilarious Comedy of

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Paul Rodriguez Julyl4, 1989 8:00p.m. at The Joseph B. Gould Family Paramount Theater

Students: $8.00 (must show student l.D.) General Public: $ l'0.00

For more information call: 556-2595

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