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Volume20 Issue 18 February 6, 1998

The Metropolitan State College of Denver student newspaper serving the Auraria Campus since 1979

SGA plays the quitting game MeDlber resigns, changes Dlind, seeks reinstateDlent

Take a dive

PERFECT POSE: Metro diver Jennifer Larwa practices Feb. 4 at Aurarla Pool. NCAA Division II Nationals begin In March.

News Lawmaker challenges colleges' right to sell student information

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By Perry Swanson The Metropo!ttan

Three representatives on Metro's Student Government Assembly quit last week, and one was reinstated to the job she left only a week before.

Two of the rapid-fire resignations opened a debate over how lo replace members who resign, as seven of the 12 representatives have done since April. At issue is whether members are allowed to rescind resignations and take back their jobs, which pay $500 per month. ·

It started with Jane Duncan, one of two Metro representatives on the Student Advisory Committee to the Auraria Board. She quit Jan. 22 and wouldn' t say why.

On Jan. 29, however, the assembly gave Duncan her job back. Duncan then admitted she quit because she wasn't eli­gible for the job for part of last semester.

The SGA constitution requires mem­bers to "enroll and complete at least six credit hours during spring and fall semes­ters while in office." Duncan said she dropped a class during fall semester, putting her credit load below the require­ment. Duncan said she's in enough classes this semester to be eligible.

But Duncan's appointment played a part in the resignation of another member who now w;nts to come back.

Jessie Bullock, assembly vice presi­dent of Student Fees, argued at the Jan. 29 meeting that giving Duncan her job back might violate the group's constitution.

Assembly President Karmin Trujillo and other members said it was too late in the school year to hire so~eone lacking Duncan's experience with SACAB.

Bullock disagreed and said the mem­bers were letting their friendship with Duncan impede ethical decisions.

"We need to abide by our constitu­tion, otherwise we're not serving our stu­dents," she said. 'This is totally creating a

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curve around what happened." But when she received no support

from others on the assembly, Bullock became irate.

'This is such a joke," she said. "I should write my resignation right now."

Bullock then stood up and announced, "I resign. Official."

She submitted a letter of resignation, cleaned out her desk and returned her office key to Student Activities by the end of the day. Four days later she said she. wanted her job back.

"I thought more about the situation and the consequences of what I did, and I lhink what was the biggest priority to me was continuing (to represent the stu­dents)," Bullock said. "I really want the position back. I want to be back in there doing my work."

It might not be that easy. The assem­bly could vote at a meeting Feb. 5 to let Bullock back in, or they could decide to interview other students for the position. If the assembly decides to look al other candidates, Bullock said she won't apply.

The assembly filled another vacancy at its Jan. 29 meeting. It appointed Janet Damon, a Metro history major, lo replace Teresa Harper as vice president of Diversity.

Harper said last month that she would resign when the group appointed her replacement. She wanted more time to work as a student teacher al Overland High School in Aurora.

The third resignation came Jan. 29 when Sean Brailey, vice president of Administration and Finance, quit. Brailey didn't return phone calls from The Metropolitan, but Trujillo said he resigned because of Metro's complicated bureau­cracy and philosophical differences with the rest of the group.

"Sean's more revolutionary (than) the rest of the group," Trujillo said.

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Four pleas for more student fees Health center fee might get axed By The Metropolitan staff

The Student Health Center might not get an increase in student fees, but the Athletics, Information Technology and Student Affairs fees could go up by fall.

Metro President Sheila Kaplan reject­ed the health center's proposal for an increase last month. The proposal has gone back to Metro's Student Government Assembly, which could persuade Kaplan to change her mind, said Debbie Thomas, Metro's spokeswoman.

Steve Monaco, the health center's director, wants to raise the fee from $13.75 to $19 per student. The fee hasn't changed for five years, and Monaco said he's want­ed an increase for the past two years.

The other three areas will find out the fates of ttieir proposals sometime between March 15 and April I, said Bruce Williams, Metro's Budget Office director.

John Reed, director of Academic Computing and User Services for Metro, said he already has plans for the increase - top-notch computers.

The $17 Information Technology fee pays for campus computer labs. It was increased by $I in 1994, but Reed believes almost every student will depend on com­puters in five years.

"I hope, on behalf of the students, that it will be (increased)," he said.

Athletics is asking for more money because of inflation and more participation in Metro sports, said Athletics Director William Helman.

The department requested a raise from $18 to $21 per student. The Athletics fee pays for Metro's IO sports teams, eight of which compete in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference. Helman said the number of students on Metro sports teams

Jenny Sparks/Tire Metropolitan

BIG STRETCH: Metro senior Mitch McKinney gets help stretching from employees of Campus Recreation's Physically Challenged program. Funds for Campus Recreation come from the Student Affairs fee.

has doubled in four years. It also costs more for Metro teams to

go to games. Since they joined RMAC two years

ago, the teams travel greater distances than before, said Mark Cicero, Metro's sports information director.

Athletics charters buses to take the teams to and from games. The standard chartered trip costs around $5,000 and the highest is $10,000.

"This fee needs more investigation before approval," said Jessie Bullock, who recently quit as student government vice president of Student Fees. "It is hard to pinpoint the benefits to all students."

Bullock said the purpose of fees is to benefit as many students as possible. Only 200 of Metro's 17,500 students are on col­lege sports teams. But others said the teams attract businesses that want to invest in the college, which ultimately aids all students.

The Student Affairs fee, which pro­vides a child care subsidy and pays for programs such as Student Legal Service~ and Campus Recreation, would increase by $5 per student each semester.

The fee is based on a graduated scale and hasn't been raised in five years, said Yolanda Ortega-Ericksen, associate vice president of Student Services and dean of

Student Life. A law, passed last year, required that

itemized lists of student fees be printed on students' bills.

This prompted a greater number of inquiries about how student fees are spent.

Kaplan has the last word at Metro on changes in student fees.

She then makes recommendations to Metro's governing board, which can approve or reject those proposals.

Alicia Beard, Tim Fields, Claudia Hibbert-BeDa11, Emily Laughlin and Kemey Williams contributed to this report.

SGA Ineinbers \Veave \Veb of resignations, returns By Claudia Hibbert-BeDan Tire Metropolitan

Four student government members have resigned since the beginning of the semester.

To date, one •of the four has been replaced, another has been reappointed and another awaits the group's decision for her reinstatement. Only five of the 12 original members, who took office last April, remain.

CHRONOLOGY April 1997: Newly elected officials

begin one-year terms in office. Karmin Trujillo is elected president.

May 15: Jillian Mills, vice president of Student Organizations, resigns, citing personality conflicts and time constraints. Jim Hayen is appointed in her place.

Aug. 6: The assembly votes to increase its work week from five to 15 hours and increase its pay from $200 to

$500 per month. Sept. 8: Mark Zanghetti quits as chief

justice for the assembly's Judicial Board, which mediates dis-pules between stu­dents and student organizations. He'd been absent from his post since July 9 and cited "personal reasons." Metro students Andy Nicholas and Krystal Bigley are appointed as board members.

Sept. 10: Maria Rodriguez, one of Metro's rep-

It's a

Only five of 12 original student government members are still in office.

resentatives to the Student Advisory Committee to the Auraria Board, resigns, citing time constraints.

Sept. 22: The assembly appoints

Bigley to finish out Zanghetti 's term. The student leaders realize two of their five­member panel are unaccounted for. The

Judicial Board didn't meet during the sum­mer semester, and the student governmept lost the minutes from the meeting when the Judicial Board mem­bers were named. The assembly decides to appoint new people if the members don't show at the next meeting.

Sept. 29: Judicial Board mem­bers Rose Macs and

Dawn York attend the meeting and are allowed to stay on the board. Matt Johnson is appointed to replace Rodriguez as SACAB rep.

Jan. 22, 1998: Jane Duncan, Metro's other SACAB rep, quits because she did­n't complete the required credit hours dur­ing the fall semester to keep her post. Teresa Harper, vice president of Diversity, says she will resign when the assembly can find a replacement. Harper must ful­fill a student teaching requirement for her degree.

Jan. 29: Janet Damon, a Metro histo­ry major, is appointed to replace Harper. The assembly reappoints Duncan, but loses Jessie Bullock, vice president of Student Fees. Bullock said giving Duncan her job back might violate the assembly constitution. The group says Duncan's reappointment is best for the students. Scan Brailey, vice president of Administration and Finance, also quits.

Feb. 2: Bullock says she wants her job back.

Feb. S: The assembly will decide on Bullock's reinstatement.

4 The Metropolitan February 6, 1998

Ignorant perceptions create an ugly, unfortunate reality

Everyone had him pegged. Macho. Tough guy. The kind who watches SportsCenter reruns as he reads Sports Illustrated and drinks whiskey.

His gruff voice, mus­cular body and comprehen­

Mlchael BeDan sive knowledge of sports only proved the point.

Perspective But as the people in the office got lo know him

better, they realized something. This guy wasn't just some hard-ass. Nope. He had a brain, too.

He writes screenplays, reads Shakespeare and can correct a journalist's grammar with confidence and accuracy.

It was enough to make him a popular figure around the office.

And, perhaps, the most revealing aspect of his person~lity is his affinity for the Celtics. Not the Celtics of old, the team that won 16 NBA titles. No, the Celtics as they are - pathetic.

Dave is no fair-weather fan. He supports his team in good times and bad.

Unconditionally. He is a man 's man in every stereotypical

way. He once switched out the transmission on a truck on top of a mountain. Because he had to. He works construction. He was in the Navy.

Funny how one little detail can derail a man's life.

I saw him in class one day, sitting in the middle of the last row from the door. He looked tortured. I asked him what was wrong. "Long story," he said, "I'll tell you after class."

As we walked from the West Classroom, he said he'd left work the night before and found graffiti on the windshield of his truck.

"All fags are sexual whores." Other insults. I was confused. I asked him why anyone

would do that. "Well, Mike, I am gay." He later admitted that he'd worried about

telling me. He thought I'd treat him differently or think of him differently.

Well, he was half right. I do think of him differently, as do many of his co-workers who found out about the vandalism.

The big difference is that I have a new understanding of Dave.

I can understand why his head hangs some days. I can see why he feels uncomfortable at work now that many people know what they'd never dreamed about him. I see the questions in his eyes when he comes to work and has to wonder if a co-worker is having a bad day or is treating him differently because he's gay.

He doesn' t know anymore. And the funny thing is, he never tried to

hide it. People just assumed what they wanted to assume.

But for the life of me, I can' t figure out why his choice of partners makes a difference in how people choose to treat him.

It doesn't change anything about him. Your perception is your problem.

It shouldn' t be his.

StUdentS, registrars clash on hill meant to 'protect privacy' By J~ Stephenson The Metropolitan

A Colorado lawmaker said he simply wanted to protect people's privacy when he decided to sponsor a bill that would bar Colorado colleges from selling personal infor­mation about students.

But what began as a seemingly uncomplicated measure sparked lengthy debate during a Feb. 4 House Education Committee meeting.

The measure passed. The bill's sponsor, Rep. Mike Salaz, R-Trinidad, said

his proposal is designed to help pare down the amount of junk mail students gel because businesses buy mailing lists and other student information from colleges.

"I've had students contact me and tell me they receive dozens of mailings from credit card companies and the like," Salaz said. "I think student privacy is important."

Last year, Metro netted $3,500 from selling student information. Data for sale includes a student's photo, class standing, dates of attendance, extracurricular activities and area of study. Colleges also sell athletes' statistics.

Nathanel Koch, spokesman for the Colorado Student Association, told the education committee he thinks the institutions have no business selling personal information. The CSA is a lobbying group payed to represent students at Metro and 13 other colleges and uni versi lies

"I question whether or not it's the role and mission of colleges to be filling students' mailboxes with catalogs, offers from CD clubs, credit card companies and travel agencies," Koch said.

But Koch and the other CSA members were outnum­bered by people who warned that Salaz's bill will cause more problems than it solves.

Among the detractors was Jeremy Hoffman, a

Net ting some green

Unive~sity of Colorado at Boulder student who heads up the student government there. Hoffman said the measure might block employers from verifying that someone is a student or graduate.

Salaz's bill provides that colleges can sell a student's personal information only after gelling written permission. Currently, colleges and universities don't need consent to peddle student data but honor all requests to keep it private - even though that means turning down employers'

Mike Salaz

inquiries. Jeff Bunker, registrar for

University of Northern Colorado, and Bill Hayde, registrar for CU-Boulder, both testified that the Salaz measure might mean more than just employ­ment woes.

Bunker told the committee that students would miss out on some great opportunities if colleges aren' t allowed to sell student mailing lists.

"Some offers may be seen as junk mail, but many are seen as terrific," Bunker said. "These mailings include campus bookstore and class ring offers, employment opportunities, military and Peace Corps infor-mat ion."

Metro spokeswoman Debbie Thomas said it's too early to say whether Metro administrators support Salaz's bill. Members of the education committee approved the measure unanimously, but only after making several changes to it.

Included in those amendments is the clarification that colleges would only be restricted from transferring infor­mation for commercial purposes. Salaz said he agrees with changes the committee made to the bill.

Next, the measure goes up for a vote by the House Appropriations Committee.

Jenny Sparks/The Metropolitan Aurarla workers lald this mesh across Aurarla Fields last fall to help grass roots to take hold of the soil. The Metro baseball team's season opener against York State wlll be played on the now-finished field Feb. 13 at 2 p.m.

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Posthumous degree decision 'falls through cracks' By Sean Weaver The Metropolitan

Family and friends of Peter Durbin, a Metro student who died in a kayaking accident in June, are still wailing to hear if he will receive a posthumous degree from Metro.

Durbin's kayak capsized in the Clear Creek spillway near 44th Avenue and Everett Street. He only needed three classes to com­plete a degree in Environmental Sciences.

Durbin, 23, could have graduated last December. Only six posthumous degrees h~ve been awarded over the last

24 years at Metro. "A lot of teachers at the Jefferson County Open School (where

Peter attended high school) asked if they could write letters to help," said his mother, Madeline Durbin. "It would be nice if he could gel the degree. He worked so hard."

The Earth and Atmospheric Sciences department forwarded Durbin 's graduation agreement, along with a letter in support of the degree after his accident June 4. Debbie Thomas, Metro's spokes­woman, said the School of Letters Arts and Sciences is still look­ing at the requirements for awarding posthumous degrees.

"I think it's orie of those things that falls through the cracks," said Peter's father, Charles Durbin.

Peter's family and friends dedicated a memorial picnic shelter, nicknamed "Peter's Palace," two months ago on the Wheat Ridge Greenbelt near 44th Avenue and Field Street. John Floyd, a friend of Durbin 's who helped organize the memorial , said the park space was donated in return for the structure.

"I wanted to keep it near where (the accident) was," Floyd said. "The Parks people have been very friendly. (They) offered access to power generators and some limited tool supplies."

Mrs. Durbin said the structure took three days to complete. She said 15 to 20 people showed up lo work on the shelter. "There were tears, laughter and hard work expressing our love

for Pete in a concrete way," she said.

PETER'S PALACE: Family and friends of Peter Durbin, a Metro student who died while kayaking In June, built this memorial shelter In December. The shelter is In a field near Clear Creek spillway on 44th Avenue and Field Street. Durbln's kayak capsized In the spillway. His family Is still waiting to see lf Metro will award him a posthumous degree.

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Beware looking suspicious at ABC By Deborah Wiig The Metropolittm

Not everyone who gets stopped for shoplifting at the Auraria Book Center is guilty of theft. Two students, held for questioning at the bookstore, were able to prove their innocence, but only after one of them assaulted a store security employ­ee.

Campus police questioned six people about shoplifting in the campus bookstore from Jan. 12 to Jan. 22.

Of this group, two were arrested, two were ordered to court, and two were released.

One woman, who was later released, refused to show her receipt to Raymond Croft, a temporary bookstore employee stationed at the doors on Jan. 19. Police did not identify her because she not was charged.

"She said, 'I don't have to show you my receipt.' I said, 'I'm sorry, but you do.' And then she took off down the hall," Croft said.

Croft then summoned a bookstore security employee who followed the woman, and asked for her receipt. Things got ugly after that.

"She struck him over the head with a book," said Campus Police Staff Sergeant Greg Stahl. "She was screaming and yelling. I told her we would not tolerate

violence. She left angry, saying she was going to call the campus newspapers.

"I asked the store security employee if he wanted to press charges, but he declined, saying it came with the job."

People weren't allowed to bring their bags into the bookstore until two years ago.

Bookstore Director Ed Schlichen­mayer said employees will only question shoppers if they have observed suspicious activity, such as something being taken in or out of a bag.

"The city ordinance on shoplifting refers to intent and contains nothing about having to exit the store to be shoplifting," said campus Police Chief Joseph Ortiz.

"They can't arbitrarily stop someone. They'd better be sure the elements of the ordinance are met, or we will not take action. But the store has a vested interest and a right to ask for a receipt. The courts have held that it is reasonable."

Metro student Lynn A. Martin, 43, was detained Jan. 16 in the bookstore's security office when she could not pro­duce a receipt for a book she'd already purchased.

She was later released. The confusion began when Martin

took books out of her bag and laid them on the floor with others from the shelf. She wanted to make sure she had everything for her classes, she said.

After she put her books back in her bag and approached the cashier with her new purchases, a security employee asked to see her receipts for books in her bag. Martin raised the employee's curiosity after he saw her put books in her bag.

She had receipts for all but two, explaining that one was a professor's book and the receipt for the other book was at home.

Martin said the employee would not verify her story with her professor or check with another bookstore worker who had helped her find the new books she needed. The security employee then told Martin that a warrant would be issued for her arrest if she did not show her receipt within one week.

"That's wt)en I became unhinged," she said. "I was stressed out and crying."

Store personnel then found a comput­er records showing that Martin· had previ­ously bought one of the books with a cred­it card and that the other was not in the bookstore's inventory. A bookstore employee then came in to apologize to Martin and let her go.

Ortiz said he has advised bookstore officials to train employees to be careful and respectful, but shoppers also can pre­vent problems before they happen.

"Don't put yourself in a position of appearing to be shoplifting," he said. "Use the lockers, or keep bags closed."

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8 The Metropolitan February 6, 1998 Commentary SGA boldly goes ••• away

G:ttt ;fletropolftan

Editorial News: The Student Government Assembly is in shambles. -

Views: How can students or administrators be blamed for not trusting our student leaders?

All show, no go. It is a high school mantra. A kid buys a car, paints it and swears it's the fastest car on campus. "All show, no go," says the kid with mechani­cal aptitude. But the other kid swears his car is fast, only to be beaten badly in a drag race.

To digress, the Metro Student Gov­ernment Assembly is the perfect caricature.

It wants power. It wants rights. It wants a voice. Twelve· members combine to create the

assembly. Seven have resigned in I 0 months. All show, no go. And these are passionate people. Meet

President Kannin Trujillo, and you'll come away with faith in America's youth. Trujillo is 20. She's energetic and smart.

Meet Jessie· Bullock, a journalism minor and the fonner vice president of Student Fees, and you'll believe in the impossible dream.

John Gaskell and Chuck Bennett - both articulate and well-intentioned.

But thi§ assembly is not the best coflection of students to represent Metro.

They argue. They quit.

Then some of them come back for more. Jane Duncan, representative to the Student Advisory Committee to the Auraria Board, accepted an appointment last week to the posi­tion she left two weeks ago.

How can the college, the students or any­one else express confidence in these people?

It's admirable that the assembly took on Metro President Sheila Kaplan and the col­lege's decision to change its nickname from Metro State to The Met.

The Met is McDonald's without the value meal.

It's impressive that Bullock insists that stu­dents have more say in student fees. She demanded that students be allowed to vote on fee increases and decreases.

Then she quit. Word is Bullock wants back m.

How can the powers that be respect or even acknowledge a group of such fickle individu­als?

So for any student contemplating a run at political office, don't copy the 1997-98 version of the assembly.

Mimic its passion, indeed, but don't copy its penchant for giving up.

This college needs a group of leaders who will pay the price of longevity, and that price is only one year.

If our students leaders can't serve their terms, can you be expected to support their cause? Even if it's your cause, too?

Nope.

White history month? Ha!

Dave Romberg

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As many of you are aware, White Man History Month is fast approaching. The Metro Association of Niceties (The MAN) has put together a slew of activi­ties, lectures, discussions and presentations to commemorate this highly important month. The following is a list, along

with dates and descriptions. On the 1st: Festivities to launch with a

parade through campus, featuring Lyndon Larouche, David Duke and Fuzzy Zoeller floats. Music will be provided by the Storm Troopers of Death, and refreshments - white bread and mayonnaise sandwiches with milk - will be served.

On the 3rd: The Moaners series is spon­soring a lecture, Why the White Man Has No Rhythm. Marky Mark to speak. Tivoli Atrium.

On the 5th: Dueling Banjoes and a Guy With Spoons to perform. Tivoli Atrium.

On the 6th: Panel discussion, How to Get Your Sheets the Whitest, featuring Sammy Joe Bixby and Tammy Sue Yohannsen. Workshop on tailoring your sheet to fit follows. Tivoli 560.

On the 8th: Lecture, Why Canadians are the Greatest People Around, featuring Jim Carey and Peter Jennings.

On the 12th: Square-dance lessons in the Tivoli Turnhalle.

On the 14th: Panel discussion, Why Can't I Man)' My Cousin? featuring some member of British royalty, an Arkansan and two women from Kentucky. Tivoli 530.

On the 17th: Monster truck and gun repair workshop in the Tivoli Turnhalle. Please bring your own tools, guns and trucks.

On the 21st: The Mooners series is spon­soring a panel discussion, Why Great Britain Should Annex the World. Tivoli Turnhalle.

On the 22nd: Ma and Pa Kettle's Washboard Basin Band, featuring Jimbo Hawkins on the comb wrapped in tissue. Tivoli Atrium.

On the 28th: Lecture, Great White Achievements in Racial Relations. This lecture is slated for three minutes, so a Great Moments in Hockey HistOI)' film festival will follow ..

The MAN would like to thank the student body for all its earnest support of White Man History Month. The MAN is all about promot­ing purity and harmony within certain bound­aries. The MAN national headquarters ·is locat­ed in Ottawa, Canada, and all prospective members are asked to submit a letter of appli­cation with their name, ethnic background (for tax purposes, of course) and picture to The MAN's office on campus.

Dave Flomberg is a Metro student and a copy editor/columnist for The Metropolitan

Black History Month 28 days will not

make much -difference

Claudia Hlbbert-BeDan

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Black History Month at Auraria usually means a few speeches and a few exhibits. But ask some of your classmates what it means to them:

People see good things. Peruvian female, 19: "It's like Cinco de

Mayo for the Hispanics. It (Black History Month) means something for everybody. It shows how a lot of people fought for their rights."

Second Peruvian female, 19: "It teaches oth<;r people who don't know about it."

People also see bad things. Black male, 18: "I have a problem because this is the third day in

February -we only have 28 days in February - and I haven't really seen anything. I want to see some exhibits, I want to see some displays, something going on.

"People could appreciate it," he explains. "We'd become more diverse and meet more people. It could help people reach out to each other. I want some unity."

Some don't know what to make of Black History Month. White male, 20: "I haven't seen that much going on. I mean you

see it on the news and stuff. You can find infonnation in the library and stuff, but you don't see many things in the community, like walking down the street or whatever."

White male, 19: "Yeah, but we might not notice it because we're not ... "

Do you think you have to be black to know it's Black History Month?

19WM: "Well, no, no no you don't, but I mean ... " 20WM: "I didn't realize that next month was black awareness

month." Someone corrects him. His friends laugh, then he gets serious. 20WM: "Well, Martin Luther King's birthday was last month,

right? So how come January's not Black History Month?" 19WM: "It might not have to do with him, though. Maybe it's ... " 20WM: "Frederick Douglass?" 19WM: "Maybe. They just picked a random month, man." 20WM: "Really, I'm pretty ignorant on that stuff, to be honest." 19WM: "As am I." Uh, as am /. I didn't know why Black History Month. was in

February, but I found out on the Internet. Carter G. Woodson, called the father of black history and founder of the Association of Negro Life and HistOI)'. started Negro history week on Feb. I, 1926. It became a full month 50 years later.

I'm sure there's more to the story, but I don't know what. One stu­dent explained the reason for this.

Multicultural male, Jamaican ancestry: "I guess that the way history's taught definitely leaves out a lot of black history. Even in the way it's taught in school nowadays, the wholeAmistad thing's not men­tioned."

"[ was just reading about a slave revolt in Louisiana where 500 slaves revolted and started marching toward New Orleans, which was the biggest slave revolt ever. I never heard of that before in my life, and I'm a history major, and I'm 47.

"It shouldn't be one month," he continues. "It should be year­round. It should be part of education, every history class. One month is kind of like Martin Luther King day. Everybody says what a great guy he was and then forgets about it."

Exactly. Blacks, women. and the Earth don't need token months (February, March and April, respectively) for a few speeches and exhibits.

Our education needs integration. There's more to black history than slavery and Martin Luther King Jr.

Claudia Hibbert-BeDan is a UCO student and a copy editor/columnist for The Metropolitan

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Broncos should pay for stadium Editor, As I was flipping through the Rocky

Mountain News the other day, I read an article about how Hispanics have a very high drop-out rate in high school.

When I turned the page, there was yet another article about the Denver Broncos stadium tax. As I kept turning pages, I started to notice every type of Broncos memorabilia being advertised. I'm talking about mugs, shirts and plates. (And who came up with this idea of having a bunch of Broncos commemorated on a plate any­way? Plates are for eating. Do I need to think about those guys when I have din­ner?)

Anyway, when I turned on the TV there was a commercial with the buck­toothed John Elway, smiling and waving his fists in the air and looking at his dou­ble, telling people to buy his trucks at the John Elway Dealership.

All this really got me lo start thinking about the morals being displayed in this city.

Last year we had to vote on a tax that would expand the RTD system. This issue wasn't even second guessed by most peo­ple, they simply voted "no" on it.

Now, the majority of people support a new stadium tax, and the Broncos are smart enough to try and have an early elec­tion in May.

Now let's take a look at these two issues. Instead of voting to reduce traffic and smog as well as getting people to work

faster and providing better transportation for people who can 'l afford cars, people have chosen to make a small number of already rich people, richer.

And that's all this really comes down lo. Every lime you buy a Broncos sweat­shirt or hat, the profits go right into the hands of a few greedy, wealthy men. In other words, you pay to advertise someone else's product. It's just free advertisement, I mean shouldn't they be paying us to wear it? As Jerry Seinfeld would say, "It's just laundry."

Players get traded so often that in reality you are really rooting for a piece of clothing. Or in our case, a picture of a don­key with orange hair.

The senator's plan calls for taxpayers to pick up 75 percent of"whatever the new stadium ends up costing." The cost esti­mate is at this point is at least $300 mil­lion, and it could get higher.

The Lacy Bill calls for continuing an existing sales tax, a penny on every $ 10, in sales in the six-county metro area that is now being used to pay for Coors field. If you or Pat Bowlen agree with this, then I invite you to spend a night or two with the homeless on Speer Boulevard or drive over the potholes all over Denver if you can even drive with all the traffic.

Forget the illiterates and failing edu­cational system at the Denver Public School system. A new stadium is really what is important!

Like it or not, this is the view that you

hold if you support the stadium tax. Now I will admit I did root for the

Broncos in the playoffs and Super Bowl, and I did go to the rally at Civic Center Park. But there was a guy next to me who was screaming so loudly and passionately that I started to wonder what the hell he was doing.

Those guys up on the stage don't even know him and if they were offered more money to play somewhere else, they would take it. Yet people like him and oth­ers were cheering like it was the second coming of Christ.

Let me pose this question. Arc any of your lives any different because the Broncos won the Super Bowl?

You still have to wake up early every morning and go to school and or work everyday.

You still struggle to pay for tuition and make ends meet while these guys sit in their mansions and can build pools filled with their money.

I admit, it's fun to go to Broncos games, and it brings people together on Sunday afternoons to watch their mighty heroes. But asking the city lo pay for a new stadium is going too far.

How will a new stadium really affect you lives?

How would the Broncos leaving town affect your lives?

Daniel Weintraub Community College

of Denver student

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Bob Marley's legend comes to Auraria Multi-media presentation on Bob Marley's words, music, and legacy to kick off semester of special events on campus

By Sue Bonola Student Activities Office

Rita Marley, Queen of Reggae, brings the Bob Marley legacy to life at the Auraria campus stage in a multi-media presentation.

The presentation, entitled A Celebration of Bob Marley's Words, Music, and Legacy, will take place in the Tivoli Turnhalle on Thursday, February 12 at 7 p.m.

This event is free and open to the public and is sponsored by CU­Oenver Student Life and MSCD Student Activities.

Backed by live con­cert clips as well as unre­leased behind-the-scenes

footage, Marley's program in 1981 she has fulfilled explores both the cultural her mission of enlighten­roots of her husband's ment, education, and enter­words, music, and energy, tainment through music. and the message of har- It's Marley's diverse many and understanding background whf ch peaked that they advocated. Erika Reyes to bring her to

Through her unique the Auraria campus. perspective as both co- Reyes, a programmer for performer and wife, Marley UCO Student Life said offers a portrait of a man "music and education have and a music that laid the always worked hand in groundwork for much of hand." today's sounds, from rock As Marley notes: to rap. "Reggae is the heartbeat

The Cuban-born of a person. It's the peo-Marley has been a princi- pie's music. Everywhere pal figure on the music you go you get the same scene for over 20 years. response, from black and She was part of the faun- white alike." dation of contemporary For more informa­Jamaican music, and since tion call the UCO Student the death of her husband Life Office at 556-3399.

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Denver night owls By B. Erin Cole The Metropolitan

Never trust anyone who goes to bed before 3 a.m. Long after the sun goes down, the late news signs off and most

reasonable people settle in to sleep, there's still some people who prefer to eat, drink, shop and be entertained at all hours of the night.

:-- Luckily, Denver has many places that cater to night owls.

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Almost anything someone might want or need in the middle of the night is available, if one knows where to look.

Why?

There are as many reasons for staying up late as there are people who do it. Some do it because of their work schedules. Others suffer from insomnia. And many people keep awake at night just because they want to.

Whatever the reason, there are distinct advantages to doing things at night.

First off, nothing's ever crowded. Grocery stores are almost empty, except for a few employees stocking shelves around 4 a.m. Restaurants are less busy than usual·late at night,

rexcept for the bar-closing rush around 2 a.m. Roads, intersta•es and gas stations: all almost devoid of human presence.

Night time is also the best time for those who like to be left alone. People who are up late at night tend to be the type who don't ask any questions - they don 't care who you are, where you've been, or what you're doing. Nothing's shocking at 4 in the morning.

Shopping

Grocery stores are the most common type of business open all night. Those needing emergency evening food items can find them easily, as almost all the major grocery chains (such as King Soopers, Safeway and Cub Foods) are open around the clock. Albertsons, unfortunately, doesn ' t cater to the late late crowd, as all its stores close at I a.m.

Besides food, grocery stores also offer some other ways to amuse yourself late at night. You can have a contest among your friends to see who can find the most disturb­ing food item. Possible winners could include pig's feet, scrapple, or any jar of Gerber Veal for Infants (just think: babies ... eating babies).

Other late-night grocery store fun could include: catching up on your magazine read­ing, watching doughnuts being made and checking restrooms for cleanliness. And, if you have a fetish for watching people stock shelves, you can indulge that, too.

Several metro-area Walgreens are open all night as well. The stores located at 2000 E. Colfax Ave. and 1111 S. Colorado Blvd. are open whenever you need something cru­cial, like medicine (both stores offer a 24-hour prescription service) or something frivo­lous, like a neat new color of nail polish. While neither store is large enough to offer a large selection of most items, they're good places to find essentials such as office sup­plies, health care products, makeup and some groceries.

But if your late-night shopping dreams are much bigger than that, be prepared to drive. The Denver area is fortunate enough to have several "hypermarts," but they're all located way, way out in the suburbs, where space is plentiful enough to accomodate such enormous stores.

A "hypermart" is basically a grocery store and discount store rolled into one, which takes up about the same space as the two stores would separately. The sheer size of these stores, impressive enough in the daytime, are almost overwhelming at night. When you're tired or out of it enough that merely comprehending your own hand is difficult,

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6 find - Lara Wille-Swink/The Met1vpolitan ing yourself in a hypermart is almost enough to break your psyche.

The most common Denver-area hypermarts are the three Kmart Super Centers, located at 940 I E. Arapahoe Rd. in Greenwood Village, I 0555 W. Colfax Ave. in Lakewood and 1400 E. 104th Ave. in Thornton. There isn't anything truly noteworthy about these stores, but they're handy and convenient, offering everything from dough­nuts to dining-room furniture to diapers. If you've ever felt fenced in by a regular-sized Kmart, this store is for you.

But the real crown jewel in the all-night shopping field is Bigg's Hypermart, at 10001 Grant St. in Thornton. Bigg's offers almost everything you' ve ever wanted in a store: selection, good prices, and lots of weird and fun merchandise to look at, make fun of and buy as gifts for friends who only exist in your head.

An investigative trip Lo Bigg's in the wee hours of Feb. 3 turned up such consumer gems as:

• lots of video tapes of long-forgotten cartoons and movies, only $I apiece; • many sad-looking tapes of third-rate '80s artists, 50 cents each; • several mystery brands of South American yogurt drinks, and • strange and unusual meats. Bigg's combines the best of several shopping worlds. While they not only have lots

of stuff you do want, they also have lots of things you didn't know existed. Learn and consume at the same time!

The really cool thing about shopping at Bigg's late at night is that because it's so big and cavernous, you can be in there a long time without ever seeing another shopper or any employees.

This can inspire apocalyptic fantasies for those in the right state of mind. Being in an almost-empty part of Bigg's at 3 a.m. can seem like The Day After. The world has

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Emotional, J?assionate and profound, Darryl Smith lives for the moment, carving his niche in Roadrunner history

By Michael BeDan Right now - hey - there 's no tomorrow. Right now - come on - it's everything. Catch that magic moment, and do it right

here and IZOW.

It means everything. Van Halen

Grudgingly, a tear makes its way down his face.

He wipes it away, unabashedly, though obviously at odds with it. But his composure returns as surely and quickly as his tongue blurts capsules of wisdom. He forges on.

The moment goes a long way m defining the man who, by his

own admission, is misunderstood. But the raw, simple characteristics that combine to com­plete him often cause people to draw simplis­tic conclusions about him. All of which crim­inally detract from the complexity of his pre­cocity.

He comes from champion stock. His father is a retired NASA engineering researcher and technician - he developed the tiles that line the space shuttles and holds four patents on space shuttle materials - and his

brother now fills the same position with NASA.

''I'd be out shooting baskets

and they'd be working on the bikes and the cars,"

Darryl Smith recalls. "They'd

laugh at me and I'd say, 'Come on, l'll

play you one-on-one for $10.' It is still kind

of a standing joke between us. But I think

just like them. But it's in terms of basketball.

"You know, I can fix your defense. And I can

fix your shot and what you need to do offensively. Well, they can fix engines. I didn't like getting my hands dirty."

His 65-year-old father, Marnell, agrees.

"I don't think there is any question that anything you motivated Darryl lo do,

he'd do a. good job at it," says Marnell, now a NASA consul­tant. "But he's not particularly

interested in putting a chain back on a bicycle. "He enjoys coaching, and he

enjoys winning." And while no one can argue with his

results - five 20-win seasons in seven years, and a sixth 20-win season immi­

nent in 1998 - his detractors abound. As sure as witch hunts led to drown-

~'..; , ings and human bonfires, Darryl " ., '!\~.,.~ ' Smith will be an outcast. It hinges

··~-, on his sublime ability to simplify the intricate, accomplish the

. improbable and thrive within the

confines of adversity. For some reason that pisses off his con­

ventional , conservative and, yes, mostly female counterparts. Not to mention sensitive fans. He coaches colfegiate women's basket­ball. And results prove he does it better than most of his peers. A 152-62 lifetime record, compared to 32-153, the combined record of his two predecessors at Metro, slam-dunks the point.

But this isn't about competition with oth­ers, himself or immortality. It is about now. Right now. A day, an hour, a minute.

Right now, Darryl Smith is crying. Crying in public is n-0t something he does

often. He cried three years ago. After a game. "I try not to," he says. "Not 9ecause I'm

afraid lo. Some things just choke me up." The University of Denver Pioneers will

always be Metro's chief rival in women's bas­ketball. Even though Metro might never play DU again in a game that matters.

It doesn't matter. Think Broncos/Raiders, Ali/Frazier and

see two coaches, 10 women on a court and 1,000 taunting fans with Darryl Smith's face on a stick, using the picture as a mask.

Daaaaaaaaryl Daaaaaaaaryl DAAAAAAAARYL.

The DU faithful never loved hating any­one as much as they loved to hate Darryl.

And in the last Colorado Athletic Conference game (the CAC is now defunct as DU made the move to Division I and Metro joined the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference a season ago) Darryl Smith's Roadrunners beat the DU Pioneers by 18 in the CAC Championship after losing both reg­ular season games. And they did it at the DU Fieldhouse.

"We had no business beating DU," Smith says. "And we slaughtered them. In the sec­ond half, we got ahead by 30 with 12 minutes to go, and I remember looking at the clock -and DU was good, man - they were 30 points better than us, and I'm thinking, 'We are ahead by too much. They are going to catch us.'"

Darryl cried after the game, cutting off an interview (very rare for him) and walking away from the locker room to be alone.

Three years later, he explains. "Vanessa Edwards was a senior that

year," Smith begins. "Her junior year she was one of the most spoiled-rotten kids I'd ever coached. I asked her not to come back unless she would change.

"She walked into my office three days after school started (the next year). I didn't

think she was coming back. She threw dov. some goals on my desk and said, 'This is wh: I want.' She wanted t-0 be an All-AmericdJ She wanted to be All-Conference. She wante to be a leader. She wanted to work hard eve1 day.

'Tm like, 'Do you remember you didn work hard for me one day last year? And ye are telling me you are going to be able to'd these things?'"

" 'I'm going to do it, coach.' " "I watched that kid go from somebod

who was selfish, a tremendous individu; player - she was MVP (of the CAC) he junior year, and I wouldn't have voted for he and she played for me - to this great tea1 player, great leader.

"We had Amy Freeman, Tamn Baumgartner, Chalae Collard - Angel Milliard came off the bench - and Shilc Justice. A bun~h of misfits. Slow. Couldn score. We slaughtered them."

The tears start to flow. "See, now you made me ... " A 1011

pause. "When you believe in something, u to convince them it will work, and it does." H

and make a lot more than me. And if you put that in any situation in society it would be 'hey, that's not right.' but we have that priority system and that's what it's based on."

"I deserve a lot of things, I believe. But I don't coach for t:1e money. Otherwise would have gotten out a long, long time ago.

''I'd like to drive a nice car someday.

"Good thing I'm a damn good looking guy, otherwise I'd never get a date."

_And though he is sin­gle, there is a woman in his life, and he says some­day, maybe ...

He married once, divorced once and man­aged to help raise his two children, whom he adores and receives the adoration from in return.

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Trevor and Jessica are the most important people in his life. Trevor is 18 and already sounds exactly like his father. He doesn't play basketball -he quit when his coach told him that at 6-foot- I, he was too short.

Trevor runs track.

Metro women's basketball coach Darryl Smith has come a long way from his high school playlng days at Leland High School In San Jose, Calif., as pictures of his playing days, show a young, sldebumed Smith performing. Smith played two years of college basketball and has been the coach at Metro for eight seasons, compiling the best record In school history. Archive photos courtesy of the Smith family He's a high school long­

jumper, a triple-jumper and has a few colleges showing interest in his skills.

wipes tears away. "It's great" DU never caught the Roadrunners. Metro won 76-58 and advanced to the

Division II Regionals. Vanessa Edwards accomplished all her

goals, including an inspirational performance against DU after virtually disappearing against the same team twice in the regular sea­son.

Her story, that season's story, the hours of practice and game time are what force him from his bed, excited to go to work each day. And little els'e about the job gives him the same satisfaction.

The most successful coach ,,. in Metro history makes

$38,888 a year. Compare $38,888 to the

salaries of coaches who have yet to prove they can win, graduate players and stick

- around for the long haul. Mike Dunlap makes

$58,000 as interim men's basketball coach in his first season at Metro.

But being a man coaching women and being at Metro has its drawbacks.

'.'Here it's a priority system, and (women's basketball) is not priority No. I," he says. "That's the deal here. Sometimes right doesn't matter. It's going to be done for

it whatever reasons. "I've always believed that people should

be treated fairly in all situations," Smith says. "But, fair? I've been here eight years, and I've won more than anybody. There are other peo­ple here who have been here just a short time

He and Jessica live with their mother in Montana. They spend each summer, a week in spring, a week in fall and every other Christmas with their father. Trevor would like to spend more time with his dad.

"If I don't go run track somewhere, I'm going to come to Colorado and go to college there," he said.

Jessica has a different dilemma. She does play basketball.

And she plays well, averaging 23 points a game.

And the 14-year-old already stands 5-11. Could she

wind up playing for dad at Metro?

"I don't know," she says. "Maybe.

"It would be hard because he'd probably be a lot tougher on me because I'm his daughter."

Smith might not get the chance. Jessica has

visions of being a Wildcat. A Kentucky Wildcat. But in

the same way dad wistfully talks about Jessica, Jessica can't

wait to be closer to her dad. "The bad part is that I can't see him

every day," she said. "And it's hard because I want to see him every day."

Smith won't say much about the divorce other than to say it was the right choice.

'There is a certain feeling you get only from your family," Smith says. "And I don't get that every day. And my kids don't live with me. It's been 12 years now. And they are

almost grown. But their mother did a great job with them. I didn't have a custody battle because the only people who would have got­ten hurt in that were Trevor and Jessica. So the person who sacrificed was me."

And to see them together - Darryl, Jessica and Trevor - is to see a bond that miles and time cannot break.

Smith's children share in every part of his life.

They've even seen him, well, get tossed from a few games. Trevor gets a kick out of it.

"I usually congratulate him," Trevor says. "His intensity helps him coach."

"I think I cried," Jessica says of the time she saw Smith get the gate. "It was four years ago at Regis. I followed him into lhe locker room because I used to sit on the bench. He was disappointed, and I hate to see my dad disappointed, and I just cried."

She's seen Darryl cry, too. Each time they say goodbye at an airport.

"I am pretty much a daddy's girl," she says. "He's a great dad. I pretty much tell him everything, and he explains things to me pretty good, too."

The parenting skills, the coaching skills, the life skills all come from his own parents, Smith says.

"My dad disciplined me and my brother by sitting us down; telling us what we did wrong, why we shouldn't have done it and how to do it right the next time. I don't think I ever got spanked."

Joy, his 67-year-old mother, remembers it differently.

She says all four Smith children got spankings. A light tap or two on the backside when they were toddlers.

Nothing else. Ever. "I was never one that if some­

thing happened and they needed discipline ... I never said, ' You wait until your father gets home,' " she said. "I handled it.

"But they also knew that when_ their father came home that he would learn about it and they'd be going through it all over again.

"If anything, we loved our children very much," she remem­bers. "We did not love them to lhe point of spoiling them in a way that they could do anything they wanted. We had rules. But we also had faith in the things that they would do in that we gave them leeway.

"If you instill in them and let them know how much you love them and that you do have faith in them, it becomes an inner thing in them that they can't do some of this stuff because they don't want to disappoint you. And that love is returned."

Darryl considers his brother Dane, 14 months older at 40, to be one of his best

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friends. Smith has a lot of "best" friends, which says a lot about her son, Joy says. And, believe it or not, Marnell says, Darryl and Dane never fought like most brothers.

Darryl says it best. "We are just like ... we are like brothers." The sharp, self-deprecating wit that is a

Darryl Smith trademark began early. Joy says he was so good at it that the high school prin­cipal found it nearly impossible to get upset.

"He was a clown," Joy says. "He was mischievous, but everything he did, his princi­pal thought was pretty funny. That was not helpful."

Smith's desire to succeed started early. He lost a game of chess to his oldest sister when he was 7. Within six weeks he'd studied the game and beaten her, never to lose again.

In high school, he played basketball for a disciplinarian. And it shaped his coaching

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'Valley Song' nice and nothing else One-act play about new South Africa earnest, yet uncompelling By Ricardo Baca The Metropolitan

Who knew a handful of pu!Jlpkin seeds could signify so much?

When you live in South Africa's desertlike Karoo, they stand for a way of life. Many fanners rely on their crops to support them throughout the year.

This is the setting for Athol Fugard's most recent play, Valley Song. Fugard wraps a timeless story with genuine dia­logue and the product is .. . nice.

Yes, that's all, nice. At Limes the songs were captivating

and the dialogue was clever, but the show lacked intriguing flair and never success­fully reeled the audience in.

For a one-act - especially - people shouldn't be fidgeting in their seats, yawn­ing uncontrollably for the entire 90 min­utes. To some it seemed like an eternity; to me it seemed like it could have been done in an hour - with more preservatives added.

The story is about Buks, a man of mixed race, and his granddaughter, Veronica. They lead a simple life. Every day, she brings him lunch out on the acres that he tends to. She fixes dinner so it's ready when he gets home. They are both content in their simplicity - almost.

Every night after Buks falls asleep, Veronica sneaks over to a neighbor's win­dow to watch famous singers on TV from outside.

· She has a beautiful voice herself, and she wants to get out of the valley to use it and gain eternal fame.

A white man, the Author, learns of her ambitions, challenges her to do it and nar­rates the story for the audience. But Buks is against her leaving. He fears that Veronica would end up dead, just as her mother did after going to the city.

NICELY, NICELY: Tony Church as Abraam Jonkers and Terrilynn Towns as Veronica In Valley Song, a one-act play about post-apartheid South Africa, currently performed by the Denver Center Theater Company through March 28.

If there's one thing to expect from the Denver Center

character and accent to accent flawlessly. His elongated Donald Sutherland­type face carried both of his charac-

Theatre Company, it's consistency. The production end of this perfonnance was beautiful.

The scenic design was full of grit as the designers took a sand-in-the­crotch kind of approach to the set. The naturalesque lighting compliment­ed the earthy colored set nicely, too.

Tony Church, who plays both Buks and the Author, did a great job, switching

what? Valley Song, a play by Athol Fugard.

where? The Source Theater, Denver Perfonnlng Arts Complex, 14th and Curtis.

when? Mondays-Saturdays, through March 28.

how much? $27-$33, for tickets call 893-4100.

ters to great lengths, and he also added his own distinctive char­acteristics like Buks' hand twitch.

Terrilynn Towns was also wonderful. Her character's in­your-face attitude was well played out, and her singing voice sounded famous - surprising for a non-musical show.

from character to But they weren't enough to carry the

show to a level the script will never see. That's why artistic directors should be

careful when they pick a season. Somehow, one or two sleepers always end up anchoring a season.

Fugard, a great author in any respect, was able to capture a few good theatrical moments, but his follow-ups were messy and usually spoiled the entire scene.

A former journalist, he wrote a lot of stories and plays about apartheid in South Africa, but his two most recent plays, Valley Song and My Children! My Africa!, are set in post-apartheid South Africa.

To his and the show's disadvantage, the play is opening the Denver Perfonning Arts Complex's newly renovated Source Theatre - their most intimate stage. Perfonnances could go a little long for the actors if all they see around them are yawning faces .

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Auraria students of all backgrounds may experience the life of one diverse filmmaker and her voyage of self-discovery and fellowship.

Auraria's Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Trans Student Services, The Institute for Women's Studies and Services, Forever Nubian Productions and Equality Colorado arc sponsoring a one-time showing of The Watermelon Woman, in celebration of Black History Month,

The Watermelon Woman, a film by Cheryl Dunye, is the story of a 20-something black lesbian filmmaker. The movie chronicles

her process of creating a documentary about Fae Richards, a black J 930's film actress.

The making of the the documentary lead Dunye to explore her own quest for identity, community and love.

Besides Dunye's story, the feature length presentation also includes cameo perfonnances by notable figures, including Camille Paglia, Toshi Reagon, Brian Freeman, Cheryl Clark and Sarah Schulman.

A discussion, led by Dunye and producer Alexandra Juhasz, will follow the film.

The Watermelon Woman will be shown on Feb. 13 from I I­I :30 p.m. in the Tivoli, rooms 320 A and B, on the Auraria Campus.

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Eating

After a hard few hours shopping, you're going to be hungry. And fortunate­ly for you, there are lots of 24-hour restau­rants around, happy to fulfill your needs, especially if those needs include pancakes and fried foods.

Most of the major late-night restau­rant chains have scads of locations throughout Denver. Try to drive down a major thoroughfare such as Federal or Colorado Boulevards without hitting at least one Denny's, Village Inn, or Perkins.

Some of the lesser-known chains can be found if you look around, such as Shari's (home of the best cheap prime rib sandwich in the world), with locations in Northglenn, Parker and Westminster. International House of Pancakes has several metro-area locations as well, such as the one at 2001 E. Colfax Ave. While IHOP is good for the many types of pan­cake syrup they serve, toast lovers beware: it doesn't come automatically with their breakfasts (it's extra).

If you want a late-night meal at a place with more character, try some of the local 24-hour institutions. The Denver

Diner, located close to campus at 740 W. Colfax, is a good place to get enormous burritos, massive burgers many other types of foods on a grand scale. Remodeled a couple of years ago, the restaurant is clean, shiny and plays lots of '50s music, which you can scare others by singing along to.

The White Spot at 800 Broadway is your best bet if your idea of late-night fun includes being completely surrounded by the color orange. Its frightening early-70s decor will keep you

cheap, fast and actually kind of healthy. Yes, they do have French fries (cryptically referred to on the menu as "fried potato"). Be prepared to wait when you get there, though.

Copying

Any list of Denver late-night spots wouldn't be complete without a mention of Kinko's (various metro locations, the

closest to campus being at 1500 Blake St.). You can find

awake, letting you fully enjoy the White Spot's excellent pan­cakes and wildly divergent clientele.

If you don't scare easily, you could try Reese's, at 1435 Curtis St. The best thing about Reese's is

Anding yourself In a hypermart Is almost enough to

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everybody at Kinko's late at night, doing everything from copying concert fliers and assembling zines to writing reports and videoconferencing. Where else are you going to find glue

that its interior eerily resembles an old Shakey's pizza parlor. But try somewhere else first.

The best place to eat in Denver at all hours of the night is easily Jerusalem, at I 890 E. Evans Ave. Open until 4 a.m. on weeknights and 24 hours on Fridays and Saturdays, this tiny restaurant serves up incredible Middle Eastern · food to an always interesting mix of people. Here's where you go when you want something

sticks, note pads and scrap paper at 5 a.m.?

Some area Kinko's (such as the one at 555 17th St.) have phones you can use for free. If you don' t have a phone, this is the place to be.

More Kinko's fun includes going through the trash to see what other people have been copying.

Interesting items you can find there include secret legal forms, fliers for many scary events, notes for classes you' II never take, and such.

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Late-night people like to roam. If you have a car, a full tank of gas and a lot of good tapes, there are several places you can make interesting evening excursions to.

Outlying towns, such as Idaho Springs or Castle Rock have some late­night attractions. Each has several 24-hour restaurants and Idaho Springs, especially, has way more gas stations than a town of its size should.

But the best place to drive to late at night is Cheyenne, Wyo. Just over an hour's drive away from downtown Denver, Cheyenne has lots of places for weary and curious travelers to stop. Because it's located at the junction of two major interstates (1-25 and 1-80), there are enormous travel plazas at every exit.

The best of these is the Flying J Travel Plaza, located off 1-25 at exit 7. Everything the modem driver needs is here: gas, auto supplies, cheesy knick­nacks, pastries and more. There are show­ers for the grungy and a pizza stand for the hungry. If you go eat in the restaurant located within the building, you' ll be treat­ed to Trucker TV, where you can learn about various speedtraps, insurance ser­vices and other trucker news.

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DeMarcos Anzures breaks ankles with a smile on his face.

The 5-foot-11-inch sophomore point guard is in the midst of his best season, leading the Metro men's basketball team to an 18-2 record and leaving oppo­nents' best defenders in his wake.

He is Metro's top scorer, assist and steals leader, and maybe its best player. And he demonstrates it with al least one two-second jaw-dropper each game.

Usually it happens near the top of the arc, the three-point line, on the basketball court.

Anzures is dribbling the ball waist-high, general­ly righthanded, but not always.

Suddenly the ball rises a bit higher than it did the last time it hit the floor. About chest-level.

Anzures moves to the left, his dribble crossing over quick as a striking snake. He gets a little extra power on the ball from its chest-high rise. The defender goes with him. Anzures' quickness sucks him in.

He slops and stands straight up like a cobra. The defender can't stop and can't believe what is happen­ing lo him.

Anzures gives the ball back to his right hand with a quick dribble behind the back. He jumps. The defender struggles to pick himself up off the floor.

Anzures' shot is on its way. As it floats through the air, spinning backward. He is already preparing to play defense. The shot splashes through the net. Anzures smiles at what he's just done.

The defender shakes his head and sneers al the pain in his ankles.

"It's my favorite move," Anzures said. "I think that is my go-to move.

School. And it's in his blood. Fred Anzures, a point guard himself, lettered in

basketball all four years ( 1973-1977) while at Colorado State University. He is DeMarcos' father, his rescuer - his "motivation."

Fred Anzures got paid to play for a year after col­lege. He played in the Mexican Leagues' infancy. He did it because he loved to play, but also because he had an infant of his own to take care of - DeMarcos.

He would send money back from Mexico to DeMarcos' mother in Colorado. He wanted the best for his son.

He received a call one day from the San Antonio Spurs. Doug Moe, then the head coach of the Spurs, was offering him the chance of a lifetime, a tryout.

Anzures accepted and figured he would take the opportunity to check in on his son in Colorado.

He never expected what he found upon arriving at his ex-wife's home. It shook the basketball right out of him. His son needed a more stable environment.

"I never made it back to the airport," Fred Anzures said.

Instead, he started looking for work, and a baby sitter. It took a while but he found both.

After spending a year on welfare, Fred Anzures began building a life for himself and his boy. Much of it seemed to be spent around basketball courts.

When DeMarcos was only 2, his father caught a glimpse of his boy dribbling a regulation size basket­ball near the sideline of a game he was officiating. He earned extra money as a whistle-blower and still does.

From that time on, Fred Anzures knew he was raising a ballplayer.

"I never tried to push basketball on DeMarcos," he said. "I tried to raise him up in the church."

His faith is all that has kept him from attending all of DeMarcos' games. If his son has a game on a Wednesday night, the night he regularly goes to church, he chooses belief over basketball.

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Jenny Sparks/Tile Metropolitan "I know I can go to that move if I'm in trouble." Considering where Anzures comes from, it

makes sense that he can make players look foolish on the court. He was once the Class 4A player of the year in Colorado high school basketball at Skyview High

There are plenty of other times father and son share in the company of a hoop and backboard.

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FINGER ROLL: Metro sophomore DeMarcos Anzures scores In a recent game at Aurarla Events Center. Anzures leads the team In scoring, steals and assists.

Rodman-like Magee taking charge in the post By Dave Brennan Tile Metropolitan

With the loss of it's 6-foot center Shiloh Justice at the beginning of this year, the Metro women's basketball team badly needed someone to pick up the slack at the post position. Farrah Magee stepped up and has more than delivered.

Magee is not only leading Metro to another 20-win season, but she is putting up some big numbers along the way. The 5-foot-11-inch senior is currently the third leading scorer in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference averaging 17.7 points per game, fourth in blocks al 1.15 a game, and fifth in steals at 2.85 a game.

Magee is a versatile forward who, as she has proven this year in the absence of Justice, has the ability to flourish as a post player as well.

When asked which position she enjoyed more, she merely smiled and

shrugged her shoulders. " It just depends on what I feel comfortable with that night," Magee said. "If my outside shot isn't falling, I can just drive or score from under the basket."

Coming off a 15-point, 14-rebound performance against Chadron State on Nov. 30, and a 19-point, seven-rebound game against the University of Denver one night later, Magee has earned the right to be called one of the conference's best play­ers.

The senior's most impressive perfor­mance this year came in an early season game against Sonoma State, where she fin­ished with 25 points and grabbed a Rodman-like 23 rebounds .

That perhaps set the tone for a sur­prising season.

With the help of Magee's play of late, the Roadrunners are riding a five-game winning streak, enjoying a plus-8 turnover ratio, and are holding their opponents to a

mere 56 points a game, which if main­tained, would be a new school record for a season.

"I think the flow is a lot better this year," said Magee when asked about the team's attitude. "We just hope to keep playing and make it to regionals."

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Magee's next chance Lo shine comes Feb. 6 at Regis and Feb. 7 at Colorado Christian. But, the game everyone is wait­ing for, including Magee, is the showdown on Feb. 13 with Nebraska-Kearney, which handed Metro its only conference loss this season.

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A swimming success Mudget's six times leading team to California

By Nick Garner The Metropolitan

When people look at the Metro women's swimming limes and see that sophomore Cari Mudget leads the team in six of the 14 events, they might think she had already qualified for nationals. That is not the case.

Mudget will enter the Pacific Collegiate Swim Conference Championships in Long Beach, Calif., on Feb. 11-14 with the fastest times on the team in the women's 500 freestyle, 1,000 freestyle, JOO breaststroke, 200 breaststroke, I 00 butterfly and the 200 butterfly.

But none of the times qualify her for nationals. "I'm not surprised," swimming coach Rob Nasser

said. "When she was at the Iowa Invitational, she had three days to rest up. After the meet, Cari had lowered most, if not all, her times considerably.

"She has had over two weeks to rest for conference. I figure that she should lower her times even more."

Mudget, who transferred to Metro from Niagara College in New York before this season, gets to work on all the events by swimming in one - the individual med­ley.

"When you look at the times and see that she is the leader in six events, it does not mean that she swims six events every meet we have," Nasser said. "The times have came in different meets throughout the season.

"Her best events are the breaststroke and the individ­ual medley. In the IM, she has to use different styles of swimming (backstroke, butterfly, free style, breaststroke) which just shows how versatile she really is."

Mudget learned to be flexible at an early age with the help of her family.

Mudget's older brothers and sister are swimmers. Hoping to continue the tradi­tion, Mudget started swim­ming singles - where she would only practice in the mornings - when she was 3 and continued for the next nine years.

For the past six years, she has swum doubles -practicing twici: a day and lifting weights.

" I accomplished many things when I was younger,"

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FLOAT LIKE A BUTTERFLY: Metro sophomore Carl Mudget practices one of six different events she swims as a member of the women's swimming team Feb. 3 In the Aurarla Pool. Mudget holds the teams' top times In all six events so far this season.

Mudget said. "For example, when I was 8, I was runner­up at state (in Nevada); and when I was 13, I started swimming doubles (the high school and college level)."

Mudget achieved much while in high school. At Carson High School in Nevada, her team was the state champion for four straight years, and when Mudget was a sophomore, she qualified for Junior Nationals .

Besides working hard at her swimming, Mudget has always worked hard in the classroom.

While at Carson, she had a 3.78 GPA and was on National Honor Society. In her only year at Niagara College, she made the Dean's List with a 3.43 cumulative GPA.

Mudget is taking 15 credit hours and baby-sits for a friend three days a week from the time the kids wake up until swimming practice at 3:15 p.m.

During the fall semester, M~dget and her teammates practiced twice a day, the first coming at 5 a.m. She also sacrificed her Sundays, along with other members of the team to work Denver Broncos games as an usher.

"The work load is very hard," Mudget said. "There was more to do in the fall, when we had to do volunteer work. The spring will be much easier, I hope."

Mudget loves to compete, and her attitude - when it comes to swimming - shows that.

"If I don't do it, nobody will."

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Occasionally Fred and some of his seven brothers will get together for a back­yard blowout. It usually turns into a trash­talking pickup game. DeMarcos says he doesn't get involved, but his father dis­agrees.

"He plays," Fred Anzures said. "He doesn't want to admit it because he still

gets beat by dad." Maybe that is why DeMarcos emu­

lates his father and holds him up on a pedestal. Maybe it's because, like his father, he grew up without the bond shared by children and mothers. Fred Anzures' mother lost her fight with cancer when he was 11.

No matter why, the Anzures men are

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DeMarcos said. "What ever he says goes.

He improved in the classroom and now he is sometimes shocking on the court.

"I want to be able to tell my family one day - if I have one - I accomplished something in college," DeMarcos said.

"I listen to him. What ever he wants me to do, I'm going to do it."

DeMarcos proved that when, in his first year at Metro, one he sat out to work on his grades, he thought about leaving for the Marines. His father wanted him to stay.

"Here is my banner, and this is what I left at that school."

A banner is something his father never had.

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style forever. "We had a rule on the team that if you

were late to a meeting, you didn't start in the game," Smith recalls. "I started every God­dang game. I had a 1955 Chevy. We had a game that night, and I went home for lunch. We had a meeting at I p.m. and coming back, I got a flat tire about a mile from school. A flat tire.

"I got out and ran (to the meeting). I got there about 3 minutes late, and I didn't start that night. It crushed me.

"I was the first guy in the gym (every­day), I'd been captain for two years, I'm the last guy to leave (everyday), and all I want is this team lo win ... and because I got a flat tite ... "

Smith refuses to be a dictator. "I only have three rules," he says. "Be

on time, give JOO percent and pay altention. Policies are ridiculous."

Broken rules end up in a conversation, not a sentence.

the people involved in my program." Noelle Branschweiger, a charter mem­

ber of Smith's program and now an assistant coach at Metro, remembers being on Metro's first-ever winning women's basketball team.

"My first year we were 11-16 and a lot of things were going on with the team," she says of the 1989 season. "It was very undis­ciplined."

Enter S111ith the next season. ' "As soon as he stepped in, it was disci­

plined from the get-go." Metro finished 15-13 that year and has­

n't had a losing season since. "I respect him 100 percent and believe

in everything he does." Amy Freeman, a two-year player at

Metro and now an assistant coach for Smith, says she regrets one thing about her career as a Roadrunners player.

"My only regret is that I didn't get to play all four years at Metro."

Smith regrets giving up basketball as a sopho­more in college.

His biggest disap­pointments come from misconceptions about him. -

He can't escape his size or his booming voice, traits that work against him when people see him yell at a woman.

"I'm 64, weigh 225 pounds, and

when I put a frown on, ' look

pretty dam

He played against former Los Angeles Laker Kurt Rambis in a high school all-star game and believes he could have developed nicely in his final two years of col­lege. But he got married, worked a lot, and raised Trevor while completing 'Tm 6-4, weigh 225

pounds, and when I put a frown on, I look pretty dam mean.

mean." his education.

Darryl is a mix of

"People throw - Darryl Smith, his mother and father, but his competitive drive still baffles them both. bricks at you all the time

when you are a coach. "I try not to bring

gender into it," he says.

Metro women's basketball coach "Darryl plays to

win," Marnell says. "I do it for fun.

"I hate being labeled a man coaching women's basketball.

"I'm a basketball coach. I coach basket­ball players."

Bob Hull met Darryl when he helped make the decision to hire him in 1990. Hull was the men's coach at Metro.

"We were looking for a woman to take the position," Hull says. "But he was the best coach.

"People look at him during the games and think, 'He's too hard on his girls' and 'You can't yell at girls like that.' And you go by his office and there (are his players).

"When they are between classes, they hang out at his office.

"Darryl treats them like players. They respect that, and they want to be coached like that.

"But he's a man coaching women, and certain people make a decision from that alone."

The gender issue boiled over a few years back when then DU coach Tracey Sheehan blew up after a loss to Smith's Roadrunners.

"You are a classless pig and an embar­rassment to women's basketball," she bel­lowed as he went to shake her hand.

An outcast? He doesn't care. Smith grew weary of defending himself

years ago. "The only people I allow to judge me

and allow it to affect me are my players and

"Darryl thinks that winning is equally as important as playing. And that doesn't come from me.

"If he had my approach to sports, he probably wouldn't be a very good coach.

"I enjoy watching him coach. In a close game, with 20 seconds left and they got the ball and Darryl calls a timeout, I can bet any­body around, any amount of money they want to bet, just before the game is up, some­body on his team will have a wide-open shot.

"He teaches them the game. By the time they've been there a couple of years, they understand the game of basketball."

Right now, Darryl Smith is smiling. He's talking about his daughter. "She's ornery just like me." He's talking about his son. "He's the kind of guy you'd lov.e to

hang around." He's talking about his parents. "They are my heroes, forget Michael

Jordan and those guys. My parents are my heroes."

He's talking about his team. "My biggest concern is what my players

think of me. You attack me, and my players will attack you.

"My goal was to coach college basket­ball, and when I got here, I fulfilled that. I'm doing what I want to do right now and where I want to do it."

He's talking. He's coaching. He's living. Right now.

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• Have a declared major in the department which grants the award

• Be a Colorado resident for academic awards

The department granting the award may have other requirements.

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CultureFest: The sixth annual Norwest CultureFest is seeking performing artists, craftspersons and culinary vendors for May 17 event. Application deadline is March 15.

• Call 871-4626 for application.

People's Fair : Annual CHUN Capitol Hill People's Fair is seeking entertainers for this year's fair to be held Memorial Day weekend. Looking for dancers. musicians, magicians, comedians, cultural acts and more. Application deadline is Feb. 26. Auditions held in March. Call 837-1839 for application.

Volunteers Needed: Metro's Center for the Visual Arts b seeking volunteers to work with disadvantaged Denver youth in its Art Builds Communities program. Volunteers assist artists during art workshops on Saturdays and Mondays after school. Training is provided. 294-5207.

A.A. Meetings: Wednesdays from I :30-2:30 p.m. and Thursdays from noon-12:50 p.m. Auraria Library 205. 556-2525.

Adult Children of Alcoholics Meetings: Wednesdays from noon- I p. m., Auraria Library 205. 556-2525.

Bible Study: Held by the Baptist Student Union. 11 a.m., Tuesdays and Wednesdays, St. Francis Center, Room 4. Call 750-5390.

Calendar-------Contemporary Metals USA: Art show fea­turing works in metal by 15 artists. Through Feb. 28 at the Metro's Center for the Visual Arts, 1701 Wazee St. Open Tuesday-Thursday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Friday, 11 a.m.-8 p.m. and Saturday, noon-4 p.m. 294-5207.

Ed a nd Stan a t Emmanuel: Art show featur­ing Mile-Hi Maide11, an installation by Standish Lawder and holographic works by R. Edward Lowe, at the Emmanuel Gallery, through Feb. 11. Open Monday-Friday, 11 a.m-5 p.m. 556-8349.

Truth Bible Study: Held every Thursday, 3-5 p.m, Tivoli Tower 542. Sponsored by Menorah Ministries. 355-2009.

- FRI. FEB. 6 -Faculty Upside Down: See the other side of Auraria professors. This week: Edwin Low. Metro English professor. 11 a.m .. The Daily Grind, Tivoli. 556-2595.

~1eeting: The first meeting of the Asian Heritage Month Commiuee will meet at I p.m., Tivoli 303. Sponsored by the Metro Pacific Asian-American Committee. 510-3244.

Concert: The Moscow String Quartet per­forms at 7 p.m. in St. Cajetan's Center. They will perform works by Mozart, Schubert, Walker and Shostakovich. Sponsored by the UCD School of the Arts. $10 general admis­sion, $5 UCD students, seniors and children. Children under 12 free. 556-8122.

- SA~FEB. 7 -Seminar : "Managing With the Wisdom of Love: Uncovering Virtue in People and Organizations," presented by Dr. Dorothy Marcie. 7:30 p.m., Metro-Denver Baha' i Center, 225 E. Bayaud Ave. Sp9nsored by the Metro Baha'i Club. Free. 423-2484 or 322-8997.

- SUN. FEB. 8 -Sunday Night West C lub for Singles: Sponsors activities and programs for singles every Sunday, 6-8 p.m. at the Clements Community Center near W. Colfax and Clements. This week: piano concert by Stewart Simon. $6. 639-7622. http://members. aol.com/sncw/.

- MON. FEB. 9 -Lecture: "The First Amendment and the Paparazzi," by Jay Brodell and Peter Boyles. Part of the Towering Issues of Today Series. I p.m .. Tivoli 640. 556-2595.

- TUES.FEB. 10 -Nooners: "Intermediate: How To Create Your Own Web Page," by Mary Hannah, coordina­tor of campuswide information systems, 12:30-1 :30 p.m., Central Classrom 220. 556-2595.

Student Organization Seminar: "Ready, Set, Goal! Tum Your Visions Into Reality," with Robert Hazan, Metro political science profes­sor. 2 p.m., Tivoli 442. 556-2595.

- WED.FEB. II -Scholarship Information Session: Learn how and where to look for scholarships. I 0-11 :30 a.m., Tivoli 444. 556-8441.

Nooner s: "Advanced: How to Create Your Own Web Page," by Mary Hanna, coordinator of campuswide information systems. Noon, Central Classroom 220. 556-2595.

Leader ship Odyssey: "Leadership: Post­Modern Imperatives for a New Millenium," by Rajendra Khandekar, Metro management pro­fessor. 3 p.m., Tivoli 444.

-THURS. FEB. 12-Gig Series: Irie Still, reggae and tribal rock. 11 :30 a.m., Tivoli Atrium.

Student Government Meeting: Get involved with student government every Thursday, 3:30-5:30 p.m. Senate Chambers, Tivoli 329. Contact Gabriel Hermelin, Vice-President for Communications for more information. 556-2797.

Rap Session : "A Celebration of Bob Marley's Words, Music and Legacy," with Rita Marley. 7 p.m., Tivoli Turnhalle. Free. 556-2595.

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GOLF COLUMNISTS, FEATURES writers, reviewers as well as PT internet designers needed for daily golf publication on the WWW. E-mail letter of interest, clips ASAP to publisher@rockiesgolf.com or call 432-9494. 2/13

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HELP WANTED PART TIME position (afternoon & weekend). Stop by or call 534-7148. Tabor Center Food Court. 2/20

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