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Volume 27, Issue 10, october 14, 2004

On Campus

Internet service student fee
Metro’s Student Government Assembly will ask students to adopt a $6 voluntary fee for unlimited dial-up Internet access to be provided by an as yet unknown provider.

The question will appear on the November ballot. Students will vote online from Nov. 8-12 using the MetroConnect system.

According to the SGA, the service will include a one-hour idle timeout, nationwide access for those who are traveling or live outside of Denver, unlimited telephone technical support, Windows and Macintosh compatibility and the availability of discounted additional services like DSL.

The service is available for both students and faculty. Students who do not want the service can waive the fee, similar to the Metro health insurance plan.

Composer of the Year to perform, teach at Metro
Composer George Crumb, named Composer of the Year by the Musical America International Directory of Performing Arts, will teach and perform at Metro starting Friday, Oct. 22.

Crumb is traveling the country conducting master classes and performing in honor of his 75th birthday.

At Metro, he will teach a master class in composition during the afternoon, and at 6:30 p.m. will deliver a pre-concert lecture, sponsored by Hal Tamblyn, former Metro Music Department chair and a past student of Crumb’s.

The 7:30 p.m. all-Crumb concert at the King Center Concert Hall will feature works including “Eine Kleine Mitternachtmusik,” a piece based on Thelonius Monk’s “’Round Midnight;” “Mundus Canis,” a five-part composition honoring the five dogs owned by Crumb and his wife during their lives; and “Vox Balanae” (the Voice of Whales), which calls for musicians to wear masks.

Scholar to lecture
International human relations scholar Nontombi Naomi Tutu was named the 2004 Rachel B. Noel Distinguished Visiting Professor. She will visit Metro Oct. 17-18. Her visit will include two lectures to which the public is invited.

The daughter of South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nontombi Naomi Tutu was born in Krugersdorp, South Africa.

She founded and was the chairperson of the Tutu Foundation, which, from 1985 to 1990, assisted South African refugees and exiles.

She has worked on many issues related to education and professional opportunities for black women in South Africa.

Tutu’s Sunday lecture will be held at 11 a.m. at Shorter Community AME Church, 3100 Richard Allen Court. A reception and question-and-answer period will follow.

On Monday, Oct. 18, Tutu will hold a lecture and discussion from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. in St. Cajetan’s Center.

Anyone interested in attending is asked to call Professor C.J. White at 303-556-8470.

-Compiled by N.S. Garcia