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A passion for changeRegan Linton was one of 18 speakers and performers at TEDxDU: a

Celebration of DUing May 13 at DUs Newman Center. The DU masterscandidate in social work, who has used a wheelchair since a 2002 car injuredher spinal cord, is a member of Denvers Physically Handicapped Actors and

Musical Artists League. In my life I sometimes feel disappointed that I donthave enough time, energy or womanpower to dedicate to all of the amazing

causes, passions and initiatives that exist out in the world, Linton says. But[this] event gave me a sense of peace, knowing that each of us can continue tofocus our energies on what we do best because there are so many extraordinary

people our there covering the other bases. More than 900 people attendedTEDxDU, an independently organized event licensed by TED, an organizationthat arranges for leading thinkers to share ideas worth spreading.


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w w w. d u . e d u / t o d a yVolume 33, Number 10

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Just peachy Kaiser Permanente and DU are

teaming up to offer a new FarmFresh 2 Go program, where employ-ees can sign up to have fresh,organic, regionally grown fruits andvegetables delivered to you on cam-pus. Its $15 for a small box, $25 fora large box, or $20 for a fruit-only box. You can place orders online ona week-by-week basis or sign up foran ongoing subscription. ContactYong Sin Kim for more informationat [email protected].

DU-area burglar draws maximum 60-year sentence

Tarius Laquan Simes, dubbed the DU burglar or a series o brazen early-morning burglaries that targeted students and young people living near campus, was sentenced to 60 years in stateprison May 6 in Denver District Court.

I have no doubt in my mind that i Mr. Simes hadnt been caught, hed still be out committingburglaries, Judge Robert McGahey Jr. (JD 74) said in passing sentence. I I gave you any less time

than Im giving you, Mr. Simes, I would depreciate the seriousness and signi cance o what you did to the community and to these people.

The sentence was the maximum under a plea agreement with prosecutors in which Simesadmitted to counts o rst-degree burglary, aggravated burglary and second-degree burglary, ore-going trial or the dozen or so burglaries that investigators believed he committed over more thana year.

Simes, 13 days short o his 34th birthday, could have received 40 years in exchange or hisadmissions, which was the amount his attorney, A. Kate Bouchee, requested. Bouchee maintained

that Simes was driven to commit his crimes by the impulsive pulls and tugs o a bipolar disorder that went untreated.

Mr. Simes has been extremely remorse ul o his actions, Bouchee said, adding that he coop-erated with police, admitted sole responsibility and never used a weapon.

But Judge McGahey was having none o that, agreeing with prosecutor Rebekah Melnick (JD04) that Simes had stalked his victims, planned his crimes, and terrorized the DU community and

the city as a whole because he elt thrilled by it.You didnt just steal laptops and jewelry and telephones and iPods, McGahey said. You stole

sa ety, you stole com ort, you stole joy. Home means something to people in this country. It is aplace o re uge, a place o sa ety. You ripped that away rom these people. And you terri ed them

while you did it.Simes, shackled and handcu ed throughout the proceedings, listened without apparent emo-

tion to a litany o written statements that spoke o the ongoing trauma su ered by the victims o hisburglaries, some o whom he had con ronted in their beds.

Richard Chapman

Communication students are getting Wiki

Wikipedia now has 24 new entries thanks tostudents taking courses in the University o DenversDepartment o Media, Film and Journalism Studies.

It was an assignment as part o Assistant Pro es-sor Christo Demont-Heinrichs News Writing andReporting class and Associate Pro essor Lynn Scho-

eld Clarks Innovation in Media and Communica- tion class.

We want our students to be content creatorsrather than just content consumers, Clark says.

Clark realized when teaching a media history course that her students o ten cited Wikipedia as are erence. She wanted the students to understand that they also could be an in ormation source.

Chelsea Clement, a junior communications major rom Michigan, chose to write about a skiarea near her small town o Gobles. Clement says she was excited to complete the project, butnervous to have something so public go live. According to Alexa.com, which ranks Web sites in

terms o usage, Wikipedia is the sixth most used site in the world.I was surprised I could do it, and it was much simpler than I expected, says Clement,

who is in Demont-Heinrichs class.Demont-Heinrich says this is just one more example o how the eld o journalism is

changing.We have to revamp our classes to refect the changing media environment, Demont-Hein-

rich says. It is increasingly and radically shi ting to online journalism. Kristal Gri fth


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Pearl Street BrewGrassfestival kicks offsummertime twin bill

I 10 hours o guitar picking isnt enoughleave you grinning, youve been out on the bacporch way too long.

Come noontime June 12, tie up Ol Blueslap on that tattered Red Man cap and wanderdown to the 1200 block o South Pearl Street aBuchtel Boulevard. For ve bucks, you can to

tap, knee-slap and nger-pop to some o the besbluegrass tunes this side o West Virginia. Mayeven buy yoursel a beer or two.

Its BrewGrass time, the annual trans orm tion o South Pearls concrete and curbs into aeight-band gathering o down-home musical taent that will do their best to knock your socks ountil well a ter the cows come home.

Headlining the street estival is Gre

American Taxi, an o shoot o celebrated Bouband Le tover Salmon that the groups websicalls a swinging concoction o swampy bluprogressive bluegrass, unky New Orleans struSouthern boogie, honky-tonk country, gospeand good ol ashioned rock n roll.

Other bands on the bill include Fort Collinsbased Head or the Hills, the Jim LauderdaBluegrass Trio, Nation Beat, Hoots anHellmouth, the Grant Gordy Quartet, Oakhurstand Loose Cannon.

BrewGrass is sponsored by the Old SouthPearl Association, which uses proceeds or vario

improvement projects. The estival site is aboa block west o the Louisiana-Pearl RTD statioShow your validated light-rail ticket or RTD paand get $1 o the $5 admission (kids under are ree). Since theres no RTD garage at the sitand parking in the neighborhood is limited, publ

transportation may be the best way o getting t the estival, says organizer Nicole Jarman.

Also, since the street can get hot, patronsare asked to keep their pets at home, she says.Some shade tents will be available, but sinc8,000 or more people are expected over thecourse o the day, its best to wear a hat andsunscreen. Chairs and blankets are welcome andplenty o ood and retail booths will be availain addition to 11 cra t brewers and wine anlemonade stands.

About a month a ter BrewGrass, its summe twin will take center stage. Blues & Brews, eight-band blues bash eaturing headliner JanMagness, is scheduled or July 10 at the SouPearl Street location.

>>www.oldsouthpearlstreet.com Richard Chapman

Student given violin for use during school at Lamont

Royce Lassley calls it a gi t rom God.Lassley, a reshman violin per ormance major, had been playing an instrument given to

him by a previous teacher.Then his teacher at Lamont, Yumi Hwang-Williams, told him the instrument was holding

him back. A quality violin, Hwang-Williams explains, has the right overtone, so students can

learn to play in tune and produce and project a beauti ul sound.There was one problem. Lassley didnt have the money to buy a quality violin. So, hestarted writing to violin makers in all 2009.

I come rom a not wealthy background, Lassley explains. We never had enoughmoney to a ord an instrument.

And then Charles Ru no, o Ru no Violins, stepped in. A violin maker since 1974, Ru nosays he gets many requests or help rom deserving people, but cannot help everyone. Yet,something about Lassley touched him.

He called Hwang-Williams to hear her thoughts and was impressed that a prominentmusician had such a connection with her student. He decided Lassley deserved a break andhas loaned Lassley a violin inde nitely.

Hwang-Williams says she can identi y with Lassley. He was introduced to the violin in 6thgrade but wasnt able to play regularly until 8th grade. Hwang-Williams got a later start playing

the violin as well, using an instrument provided by a public school in Philadelphia.She met Lassley in September 2008 as a resident instructor at Fort Hays State University

in Hays, Kan. When Lassley showed up a year later to audition or Lamont, she was impressedby the improvements he had made.

The violin loan even includes servicing; Lassley will send the violin back to Ru no eachyear to make sure the instrument is in good condition.

Lassley got his ngers on the instrument during an April 23 presentation at DUs HamiltonRecital Hall. Joe Docksey, director o DUs Lamont School o Music, also took the opportunity

to trumpet Ru nos kindness.[Ru no] is a wonder ul person and [violin] maker, Docksey said.

Kristal Gri fth


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Its been less than four years since Frank Bingham experienced the tragedy of a lifetime, losing his entire family in one senselessmoment when a drunk driver sped through the streets of Denver, running down Binghams wife and two children.In those years, Bingham could have given up, succumbed to the shock and grief, but he didnt. He persevered, leaned on friends when

he needed to, took comfort from the words of strangers and found a way to get out of bed each morning.

Bingham, 44, who already held a bachelors degree in mathematics from the University of Wyoming, a masters degree in mathematicsfrom the University of Northern Colorado and a PhD in education from the University of Denver, began pursuing a law degree at DUpart time in August 2006. In November of that year, he was in downtownDenver with his wife, Becca, and their two children, Macie, 4, and Garrison, 2. A drunk driver, Lawrence Trujillo, ran a red light at 15th and Arapahoe streetsand struck the family. Bingham was injured, but his wife and children werekilled.

His classmates at the college of law rallied around him, sporting redstring bracelets to show solidarity when Bingham returned to school the nextsemester.

It was terribly hard going back, less than two months after it happened.I know I was still somewhat in shock and in a daze, says Bingham, who sharedthe lessons he learned along his grueling journey when he spoke to his fellowgraduates at the Sturm College of Law Commencement ceremony on May 22.

In some ways, [law school was] what kind of kept me going and gave mesomething to do when I got up in the morning. There were times studying whenfocusing in on the professor was definitely a challenge. My attention span waspretty limited for a while. But I was inspired by other people who sought meout to share their thoughts or who had experienced similar types of tragediesand were able to pull their lives together and aspire to surprising heights.

Bingham says he isnt sure whats next for him, what kind of law hellpractice, or if hell even practice law at all. He may return to his career ineducation, which he left to earn his degree. Prior to law school, Bingham hadbeen a professor at the University of Colorado-Denver and an elementaryschool principal.

In recent months, he has traveled extensively, tackling a variety of newendeavors from learning Spanish to learning how to kite surf. Bingham alsohas been working with the city of Denver to erect a large kinetic sculpture byBob Pietruszewski in Skyline Park, near the crash site. He established the FrankBingham Family Memorial Annual Scholarship Fund to help DU law students interested in practicing law with an eye toward protectingchildren and animals.

But while hes not sure of his future, he does know what he wants to share with his fellow students, many of whom were rocked byhis familys tragedy. He wrote down some thoughts as an introduction to those who didnt know him when he was nominated to speakat Commencement.

Survival and recovery are now defining features of my personal story. In the 40 months since the accident, I have fought to regain

my physical health, my emotional well-being, and to rebuild a life that will neverbe the same, but which I believe might encourage others, he wrote.I would like my story to inspire everyone who attends to reflect on the

interconnectedness of life and the vital importance of relationships withfamily, friends and community. I hope that the hideous crime that took mybeloved family will help others to recognize the frailty of life, the uncertainty of tomorrow, and the danger of misplaced priorities. Yet above all, I want to focuson the resilient nature of the human spirit and confirm the fact that hope andlove can survive.

Chase Squire

Overcoming obstaclesLaw grad shares lessons from personal tragedy

Commencement 2010Graduate ceremony Friday, June 4,4:30 p.m., Magness Arena

Undergraduate ceremony Saturday, June 5,9:30 a.m., Magness Arena


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As Gretchen Peters gazed at a vast purple poppy field in Afghanistan, she realized she haduncovered a little-known facet of the United States understanding of terrorism. The poppies wereprocessed into heroin and opium, and that heroin and opium was the major source of income forthe Taliban and al Qaeda. The ties between drugs and terrorism fascinated Peters, a journalist andfirst year masters student in DUs Korbel School of International Studies.

After researching the inner workings of terrorist groups, Peters published a book about herdiscoveries. Seeds of Terror: How Heroin is Bankrolling the Taliban and Al Qaeda (Thomas Dunn, 2009)exposes the drug trade in Afghanistan and Pakistan as the financial backbone of those countriescorrupt leadership. Peters shared her insights on the startling connection between drugs andorganized crime with University of Denver reporter Elizabeth Fritzler.

Seeds of terrorStudent exposes link between terrorism and drug trade

How did you first learn of the connection between the drugtrade and the Taliban?

I guess you could say I started working on this during myfirst trip to Afghanistan in 1996, when I wrote an article for the Associated Pressabout how the Taliban cracked down againsthashish smokers but encouraged and taxed the opium trade,since opium, they said, was sold to infidels in the West. AfterDecember 2001, when the Taliban was toppled from power,the huge narcotics industry, and the way in which it supportedthe Taliban, was virtually ignored by the U.S. government and themedia. For me it was the bright shining lie of the Afghanwar the 13-ton gorilla in the room that no one wanted todiscuss.

How did the heroin trade become such an integral part of the Talibans funding?

The Taliban is not a monolithic organization. There aremany different factions of the insurgency in Afghanistan andPakistan, and some appear to get most of their criminal earningsfrom extortion and protection rackets and abduction for ransom.They all portray themselves as holy warriors and depend on thealms of the local people for support, but I do not think donationsplay as big a role as our intelligence community insists.

What are we doing to help reduce the impact of the drugtrade in other countries?

In Afghanistan and Pakistan, the U.S. is contributing billions

of dollars to train and better equip police forces, to train judges and prosecutors and to help shift Afghan farmers off of poppy onto licit crops. I am not sure the extent to whichthe U.S. government funds public education programs aboutopium, but they are certainly prevalent. One sees billboardsand advertisements warning about the dangers of addiction allaround both countries. I think there needs to be more publiceducation. That seems to be the most effective way in termsof cost to reduce the number of people using narcotics. Studieshave shown that Afghans and Pakistanis respond to public

messages that remind them that using narcotics is banned bythe Koran, and that there is no cure for addiction. But educationcampaigns should be realistic and not resort to fear mongeringand moralizing. In my opinion, that is going to backfire.

Your book outlines a nine-point strategy for cutting drugmoney from terrorist groups. Whats the most vital part of that strategy?

Whats most vital is to recognize that a blend of conditionsand issues led Afghanistan down the path it is on today, and itwill take a blend of interventions to get it on the right track. Youcant just do one or two points. There will have to be a broad-based and holistic effort. It will take time, probably about adecade of sustained effort, not at the current U.S. troop levels,but certainly a sustained level of intervention. I am concernedthe American public thinks this is all going to be over in 18months, and that just isnt the case.

Is there a link between the Taliban gaining power and theincreasing presence of heroin around the globe?

There is certainly a link between the Talibans gainingstrength and the growing size of the opium industry in Afghanistan. But the drug trade globally is controlled bysmuggling networks, and the Taliban, so far, just taxes andprotects the trade inside Afghanistan and to a small extentPakistan. There do seem to be exploding addiction rates incountries around Afghanistan: Pakistan, Iran, Russia and central

Asian nations.

Knowing that the drug trade and the Taliban are closelyconnected, what do you see for the future of Afghanistanand Pakistan?

I try to have hope for both countries, which are both closeto my heart. One thing I have learned from working there overmore than 10 years is that it is very hard to predict what iscoming down the pipeline. But I, for one, hope it is somethingbetter. The people of both nations deserve it.


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Campus Safety officer gets commendation from Denver police

Denver police presented commendations to DU Campus Sa ety Sgt. Steve Banet and three other citizens Apr26 or extraordinary service in support o police.

To honor citizens who have supported what we do is a great honor, said Chie Gerald Whitman at the awardceremony at police headquarters in downtown Denver. The Denver police department would not be so success ul

without the support o the community, and this is a good example o that.Banets commendation was or his keen attention to duty in preventing a convicted sex o ender

attempting to enter the womens locker room in the Ritchie Center. Banets recognition skills on the University

surveillance system helped Denver police get a very dangerous party o the street, said Kris Kroncke, Distrpolice commander.

The individual, whom police identi ed as Ronald R. McClain, has a record or sexual assault, robbery and rom motor vehicles.

On March 25 he pleaded guilty to being a habitual criminal and assault on an at-risk adult and was sentenced six years in prison.

Banet is an eight-year Campus Sa ety o cer with nearly our decades o investigative experience. Although thanks rom the Denver Police, Banet says he was just doing his job.

Richard Chapman

Former basketball player trades high tops for ballet slippers

The last time you may have seen Brooke Meyer (BSBA 08), she wasprobably swishing baskets for the University of Denvers womens basketball

team. The next time you see her, shell be on stage singing and dancing.The former Pioneer standout has traded in her high tops for ballet

slippers. But before she hits the stage, shes looking to raise $14,250 by June15 to join Up with People, an organization in Denver that trains young peoplein the performing arts to do shows and community service around the globe.

This is really outside my comfort zone, says Meyer, who ranks third inDU womens basketball history with 160 three-pointers and 25th in all-timescoring with 803 points.

As part of Up with People, Meyer will travel to cities in the United States,Mexico, Thailand and Japan with 100-plus other performers from around the

world for six months and put in more than 200 hours of community service.So whys she doing this?I dont want to be known just as an athlete. Im hungry for more, and

singing and dancing seemed like the next great challenge.On the singing front, Im tone deaf and my co-workers [shes working

in University of California-Berkeleys athletics department] just laugh at the thought of me singing.

But Meyers up to the challenge. In fact, shes been overcoming challengessince birth. She was a premature baby weighing in at 2 pounds, 13 ounces and

was just 16 inches long. Her head was smaller than a tennis ball. So she coulddrink, nurses put a water-dipped cotton swab in her mouth.

And she has experience raising money. While a student, she raisedhundreds for the March of Dimes to help other kids overcome tough starts.

She says her background in basketball will help make the transitioneasier because performing for an audience is nothing new. However, other challenges are still there.

In dancing you need to be very fluid, on beat and in rhythm three things that I played basketball without, Meyer says. Sure, I was often in ashooters rhythm, but I was also picking myself up off the floor after trippingover my own feet a lot. Dancing poses enough challenges with staying on my

feet.>>www.TravelingBrooke.com

Doug McPherson


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As a vocal performance major in DUsLamont School of Music, juniorPaul Lannon is surrounded by music allday, every day. But his favorite people

to sing with are his fellow members inthe Idiosingcrasies, a campus a cappellagroup that includes music majors andnon-music majors.

We do a lot of great things atLamont, but out of all the things I doat this school, Idiosingcrasies is myfavorite thing to be involved in, he says,noting that the group is not affiliatedwith the music school. This is what Ilook forward to every day.

Founded in 2005 by a group of singers who have since graduated, theIdiosingcrasies are DUs longest-lasting in recent memory, anyway entryinto the growing field of college acappella. Making music with nothingbut their voices, the groups 15 members arrange their own versions of songs by hitmakers such as Guns N Roses, Miley Cyrus, MichaelJackson and more the more familiar to audiences the better.

Why people get so excited and into it is that they recognize the songs, Lannon says. They see our take or our spin on the song. Itsthe difference between a choir concert and an a cappella concert. Choir concert, everybody sits there, they hear you sing, they clap at theend. At an a cappella concert, you start singing and everybody starts screaming and clapping and jumping out of their seats.

The Idiosingcrasies have had audiences jumping out of their seats at shows on campus, at Denver-area bars and schools and atprivate parties. On May 8, the group held its spring concert in Davis Auditorium. In addition to previewing songs from its first album due next fall the group also will bid farewell to its two senior members, who graduate this month.

We will definitely be losing a big part of our history, but theyll still be around and I know theyre going to come to our shows andsupport us, says Lannon, the groups vocal percussionist. Its cool seeing how were building an alumni base now.

The group also is helping to build an a cappella scene in Denver, working with all-vocal college groups from Boulder, Colorado Springsand elsewhere in Colorado to raise the art forms visibility.

Yale has groups that have been on campus for 90 years, says Idiosingcrasies member Nate Pearson, a junior accounting major. Thething about the Rocky Mountain region and Colorado is that we dont have that kind of history with a cappella. These groups are reallybrand new. Boulder has a huge number of a cappella groups, but theyre all seven or eight years old, similar to us. With the help of a lotof really devoted, motivated people, were really trying to create an a cappella culture in Colorado.

To that end, Idiosingcrasies members already have served as mentors to Exit 205, another DU a cappella group that started singinglast year.

I would like to think that it was really our group that showed them and showed the other singers on campus that there is room atDU for a cappella groups and that this is a culture that can thrive, Pearson says.Funded by the Undergraduate Student Government and entirely run by members, the Idiosingcrasies features singers from all over

campus: majors in communications, business, HRTM and more. Unlike many of its a cappella contemporaries, the group is co-ed, whichallows it greater flexibility, Lannon says.

It doesnt limit us in any way, he says. We can do things that just a guys group cant do because we have female voices and thesame thing about a female group with guys voices. It opens up our horizons as to what we can do musically, vocally, and even what songsand repertoire we can do. We have songs where guys and girls sing to each other and it sets up a whole story on stage. It definitely playswith the dynamics and it brings a lot to the group.

>>www.idiosingcrasies.com Greg Glasgow

No instruments requiredDU a cappella group lives in harmony


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Events

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4 Graduate Commencement. 4:30 p.m.Magness Arena.

5 Undergraduate Commencement.9:30 a.m. Magness Arena.

Arts4 A Midsummer Nights Dream presented

by the International Youth Ballet. 7:30 p.m.Gates Concert Hall. Additional performances

June 5 and 6 at 7:30 p.m. $21.7 Rocky Mountain Conservatory Theatres

summer camp. Byron Theatre. For ages six to 17. Sessions available from June 726 or June 28July 17. www.RMCTonline.com

17 Colorado Vincentian Volunteers presentHeart and Soul Concert. 7 p.m. GatesConcert Hall. $30.

19 Third Annual Lamont SummerPre-College Academy. Through July 3.Constance Cook Glen, director. [email protected].

Exhibits1 2010 BFA Exhibition. Through June 5.

Myhren Gallery. Open noon 4 p.m. daily.Free.

For ticketing and other information, including a full listingof campus events, visit www.du.edu/calendar.

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Alumna turns discarded handbags intohaute couture

It started with a name, but its become a business. About 18 months ago University of Denver alumna Traci Tisserat (BA 05)

friend and roommate Shawna Sambrano came up with the idea to start a business ancall it TraSh Bagz.That was the easy part. The hard part was coming up with a business to match.Being artistic helped. So did being socially conscious and active. The germ of an

grew into a business taking old, discarded handbags and using a variety of techniques media to turn faded bags into works of art. Its haute couture with a green twist, tra

to treasures, handbags to handiwork.The creations are Cinderella stories in themselves old, discarded bags collect

from vintage clothing shops and closets across the region turned into glamorous piedecked in sparkles and feathers and hot pinks and zebra stripes. The artists dabble inmultitude of media and mix their own dyes to create custom colors.

All of them are one of a kind, says Tisserat, displaying a host of bags piled u the swank Chrysalis Boutique in the New Streets of SouthGlenn in Centennial, souof Denver. Youre never going to see someone with the same bag. You get one oour bags, you know its something special, and youve done something good for tenvironment by recycling a bag.

The work is certainly a labor of love at this point, as they both keep day jobs aserve on a variety of charity boards. Tisserat, 26, and Sambrano, 32, both toil as mucas 20 hours a week, sometimes more, on the complexities of designing, creating anmarketing their creations, which sell for about $40 to $200 each in boutiques, mobitrunk shows, private purse parties and online. The pair says they can do bridesmabags to complement weddings and even custom design pieces.

>>www.trashbagz.com Chase Squire

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DID YOU KNOW?Sixty-four DU graduate students

participated in the Peace Corps MastersInternational and Fellows/USA programsthis year, making DU the top participatingschool in the U.S. The programs drew750 currently serving and returned Peace

Corps volunteers to serve overseas and getgraduate school credit for doing so. MastersInternational students spend one to twoacademic years on campus before receivingtheir overseas assignments and travelingto their host countries. Other schools withhigh numbers of participants included theUniversity of Arizona (57), Johns HopkinsUniversity (48) and Columbia University,Teachers College (36).

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