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Auraria Gelebrates Earth DayByANDREWFLOHR-SPENCEspencandemscd.edu

Auraria's budding Earth Day cel-ebrations are taking root. This year'sevent offered more to students thanever, but there is still a lot of room togrow, organizers said.

To underscore this year's cam-pus theme entitJed "Your Sustain-able Campus. Ifarn it, Live it," thevendors and events were chosen fortheir educational value for students,said Lia Peclman, one of CU's repre-sentatives of the Student AdvisoryCommittee to the Auraria Board.

"We thought our slogan encom-passed the educational part of it,"Peckman said,

"There are a lot of different ven-dors this year who are doing morethan giving out ftee stuff-there areworkshops, and they have shrff thatstudents can use at home in every-day life, " she said.

Peckman gave the gaample ofthe "Composting for ApartmentDwellers" workshop, where studentslearned tips on how to garden with

the limited space of an aparhent.There was also a birycle work-

shop so studenG could learn how torepair bikes themselves, as well assome vendor tables.

"The materials I use are re-cycled," said art major FondaPrutunan, who displayed her art-work at one of the vendor tables.

"I recycle materials that arefound in the dumpster, I use recycledmagazines, I have friends that pickup found objects and trash," shesaid. Prutman said environmentalsustainability is part of the foun-dation behind her art. She goes topawn shops and thrift stores to findsome materials and the panels sheuses as her canvas are recycled homa funiture company on ColoradoBoulevard.

"They make tables and chairs forrestaurants and give me all the oddsand ends," Prutrrnan said. "I reallytly not to buy any new materials * todo my best at rcducing the amountthat goes into the landfiIl."

While no ofrcial estimates were

made of how many students wercthere, Peckman was pleased aboutthe choice for the lendor area----cen-tered around the fivoli Commonswhere several musical acts played,which she said did a lot to attractstudents.

The workshops, however, had tobe held in St. Cajetan's - the Ttrrn-halle was already booked - and theout-of-the-way location led to lowturn out.

Pecbnan said the vendor turn-out was encouraging, but she want-ed to see more next year, and also seethe events expand.

"I really want !o try to get a morediverse array of vendors and a lotmore food vendors," Peckman said.

Tracy llickman, an anthropolo'gy major who didn't take part in theday's events, said the school hadn'tdone enough to raise awarenessabout Earth Day.

Hickman said while she thinksof herself as green-minded, shedoesn't fhink Metro does enonqh tobe environmentally friendly.

"I r€cycle," Hickman said. "Theone thing that Meho doesn't haveis plastic recycling---and everybodyilrinks out of plastic-you can re-clrle cans, but no one drinks out ofcans." she said.

"I don't even know if they reallyneed events and stulT. but it wouldbe nice if they at least chalk up the

sidewalks like they do for other stulT-I didn't find out un[l someonesaid somerhing in class.,'

Metro psychology maior JessicaAllen also didn't take part in the fes-tivities and doesn't consider herseUeco-minded.

"I care about it," said Allen, whoworks a fuIl-time job in addition toher full-time courseworl for psy-chology.

"But I guess you get caught up inyour busy life and don'tdo the rhingsyou should do."

Allen said she thought Meho dida good job being a green campus.

"I guess it's important to do yotrrpart to recycle and to trke care ofnatural resources," she said.

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By JAMBS KRUGER dents who belong to the society, and foining the society allows for shoukl give pnefe*rice to iotnetniirg t 'lll.l^rrr..

jlirrgerlemscd.edu there are chaprers at the University of numerous opportunities to develop like an honor society on a resum6." nlltult2

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Honour Society will soon open the While rcpr€sentatives for the or- aite said. This year the Meho chapter tember and must be iesponded to by SOdety waS fOUnded On NOV. 29,

door for sophomores to join the orga- mnization are unsul€ how much has teamed up with UCD and Better November

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invitation-only society, lrtich id its and foudd;'r'of theMeho chapter. "t 'the

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juniors anil seniors, decided t9 allow academigalb enbsnched enough in cordng to Stasiunait€ and Ranwez, said. "We need interesting, smart and

sophomorcs into the organization their chosen major.'l loining the society is a great r€sun6 knowledgeable people. "

while still allowing each chapter to It was because he felt nost sopho. builder. Ranwez said belonging to an

define specific requaements. Besin- moreswer€tooearlyintheircollege organizationliketheGoldenKey"val- A.rotgd highly lgafufSt it. I lgll llfgtning in the fall, the GKtrIS at Metro car@rs to have proven thernselves idat€s that another gmup has recog- ' !

willpermit students with a rrinimum academically that Ranwez pushed for nized your acailemic merit." SOphOmEfES had nOt bAgnGPA of 3.75 and at Ieast 45 credit setting the minimurn credit hours at Employers do look at things such ,____-r__rr-_ __r____ r I | !hours to ioin. 45, ensuring the porenriar appticants as participatins in an honor society, aCadgmiCdly enhenChed enOUgh in

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FRIHFs -Metro teams up with Jewish Student earns grantfor hisftmmunity Center research into beetle problem

Metro has partnered with the fewish Com-munity C€nter of Denver to offer workshopsand s€minars at the ICC.

The program, which has been in develop-ment since September 2007, will offer four-credit courses in art history and political sci-ence this summer.

The political sci€nce courses will focus onMuslims, the Middle East and the Israel peaceprocess and politics, u'hile the art history semi-

nars r.r'ill examine the art of women over differ-ent time periods as well as Jerusalem's architec-

ture.

A Metro student's research earned hima $12,000 grant to examine the pine beetleepidemic that has ravaged lodgepole pinesthroughout Colorado.

The GeoEye Foundation awarded DavidRusch the money for his work using satel-lite imagery to assess the damage done by thebeerles.

Rusch looked into the problem for hisadvanced geographic information systemscourse, and the images he studies will be able tohelp scientists pinpoint the locations of infectedareas.

IvIany campsites throughout the state rvillnot open this summer because of the problem.

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New recycling programlaunched at Auraria Summit planned to examine

issues with urban educationAuraria launched a pilot recycling program

aimed at gathering more than iustthe office pa-per the previous program collected.

The nerv initiatil'e is part of Auraria's Sus-tainable Campus Program and rvas introducedAnril 18.

containers, aluminum foil and glass containersrvill now be collected to be recycled.

Auraria currently adds 1.300 tons of trashto landfills each year and recyciing could re-duce that number by 60 percent, according toAuraria officials.

Questions about the program should be &-rected to Auraria's Environmental Health andSafety Department at 303-556-8397.

The problems urbal teachers face r.rill bethe locus of a national summit spearheaded byMetro and Den'er Public Schools

Or.ercron'ding, the lack of teachers, under-achier€ment of students and the lack of access

n'ill be discussed byspealers. pan-elists, researchers and award-winning teachersApriJ l0-May 2 at the Marriot City Center.

Pzrticipants will look at teacher-preparationmodels developed by school districts and postsec-

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Committee plans Aurariat futureByKELLYHERREMkherrerT@mscd.edu

A committee has been formedto help with the master planningof the Metro "neighborhood. "

The committee has been coor-dinated by Sean Nesbitt, who actsas the facilities planner for Metro.

It has been formed to serve asthe voice for Metro and work withStudioINSITE, a firm that has beenworking on the .campus masterplan that will help design the Metroneighborhood and lirst buildings.

While StudioINSITE works todevelop a master plan for the Met-ro neighborhood, it will follow theColorado Commission of HigherEducation guidelines.

The plan will study the currentand future needs of the college, or-ganizing the Meho neighborhoodto reflect the unique goals, mission

and culture of the college, Nesbittsaid.

To enhance individual institu-tional ideutity and provide a landuse structure to guide the AurariaHigher Education Center campusgrowth, the plan is organized into

"neighborhoods."

Each institution - Metro,UCD and CCD - will have its ownneighborhood.

Metro's neighborhood is to bealong Auraria Parkway and be-tween 7th and 9th streets.

The proposed use for the siteinvolves a hotel/conference facil-ity, market rate housing for under-graduate and graduate students,faculty, retail, arts and culturespaces including bookstores, mov-ie. theater, fresh food market, cafesand restaurants, and service retail.

The program plal will be com-pleted by the beginning of )uly andthe master plan by the end of fuly,according to Nesbitt,

The committee's biggest chal-lenge is examining the space thecampus provides and what spacethe existing programs and serviceswill need. It will also evaluate tlespace needs for college administra-tion, the First Year Experience pro-gram, the aviation and aerospacescience department, potentialretail uses and the budget for theinitial buildings planned for the

Above isa onceptualization ofthe developmentoflletroS'neighborhood'aftetthe implementation of$e maiterplan.Iheheighboilood willbe a specifc arca of campus rerewed fui Metro.Ihe master plan calbfurMefro, ((D and U(D tohave dreir own indivklualind sxtiom at Aunda with each housing iB dasses, oftcs and adminstraions in iE own arca.Metrc! arca of campus will lie where the livoli pa*ing lot and lot D curendy exist

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DNC forces early school yearSome students upsetover sdedule changescaused by conventionBySAMHWALKERswalke43omscd.eduGABRIELLE PORTERgabrielle.porter@email. cudenver.

ROBBIEANDERSONrandel0lomscd.edu

Auraria shrdents and stalf havemixed opinions about starting classesa week earlier th"'' normal this fallsemester because of the DemocraticNafional Convention coming to Den-ver.

Some students said they believehaving classes for two weeks and thenhaving a one.week break will makethe start of the semester worthless.

"Wby bother coming?" askedKara Sutton, a Mefro shrdent. "I hateit. I tust think it's a worthless week."

Sone students said the!' fhink thebreak is a waste of hme and fear itwill cut lnto thelr classes.

"What are they going to t€ach usanyway in two weeks?" asked Meromarketing student Marziya Kaka. "It

blows the whole zummer vacation."Despit€ these opinions, most stu-

dents said they plan to attend the firsttwo weeks of class.

However. art shrdent EthanMetherd said he doesn't think theschedule changes will alfect him toomuch.

"Most people don't show up any-way that first week, " he said. Metherdsaid the enha week oll during theDNC would give hlm time to work onschool prolects.

Metro student Safia AMulgasemsaid the change would affect hersummer havel plans so she would beback in Denver by Aug. 11. But theone-week change shouldn't make abig dilference, she said.

Most shrdents and stalf said therysupport having the break instead ofcoming to campus dwing the con-vention.

,.J rhink the problem would beworse if we were here." Auraria li-brarian Gayle Bradbeer said.

Kristina Ranum. a Meho stu-dent. said it would be horrible to haveto come to camlms with the 50,00Opeople expected to converge on thePepsi Center. Most of the students in-terviewed mid they would stay awayfrom the area.

Hal Nees, associate professor ofcriminal iustice and criminolory midhe worries that students may notshow up for classes before the breakbut still plans on rrsing aspects of the

DNC for classroom discussion. Heplans to use security at the DNC asan exarnple in his classes. It is impor-tant to.@ach stualents how "poltcing

[during the DNC] needs to be reactivewbile maintaining public saIety," hesaid.

Several students and stalf plan ontrying to attend or volunteer for theconvention.

Meto Student Golrrnment As-sembly Vice President Andrew Bate-man said that the DNC coming to

- Colorado is a good thing. "It reflecbDenver's growing place fur the na-tional market," Bateman said. "[ am

excited to see what it does for oureconomy."Students in joumalisn professor DebHurley's beginning reportng dass con-tributadto reporting this story.

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ByRYANVERSAWrversaw@mscd.edu

North Classroom's auditoriumfilled up on April l8 with students in-terested in a graduate school presen-tion by fohanna B. Maes and DouglasSaunders.

Maes opened her portion of theseminar with information on thebeneffts of graduate school and en-plaining what is necessary

According to Maes, graduate

school can give one a serse of ac-complishrnent, job promotion, anincrease in salary, acadenic recog-nition and recognition in a student'sfield of perception.

Financial planning was presented

by Maes as well with a focus on schol-arship programs such as the MeritScholars pr,ogram.

'A Fellowship is a gant given byan organimtion in exchange for thepromise of research for them post-graduation, " Maes explained.

All of the most popular scholar-ships, internships and grants can bef6unfl 6nlins, including CCD online,UCD online and MehoConnect.

Saunders graduated from lndi-ana University in 1993 and worts asa co4rorate and real estate lawyer forKaplan.

Saunders has been a director ofKaplan Firm's Colorado, West andCanadian branches for almost sixyears.

@laining that the Merit Schol-ars Program helped gh€ him a prcFfessional review and get into gradu-

ate school, Saunders said that suchiDstitutions can better your chancesof admission.

As the seminar came to a close,Saunders explained all of the differ-ent enfanc€ exams necessary forgraduate students.

For exanple, the ISAT is for lawschool admission.

The GMAI is for business stu-dents.

Medical students take the MCATsxam for admission into medicalschool.

If one deslred a professional mili-tary degree, one would need to takethe ASFAB test.

Depending on personal successand field of choice, shrdents mustchoose the correct test.

'1{.s you measure how well youaccomplish your goals, look atyour academic success and placeyourself where you believe you

would be the most successful,"Saunders said.

Some students chooseto stay after school

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A BK6ttUltSuSe: Bcrlusconi'sre-elecfion

. ASIONISIil\fGLY il Cavaliereis back. At the ripe age of 7l;silvioBedusconi won a convincing vic-tory in ltaly's general election onA1dl 13d1 and 14th, giiring hima big majorify in both houses ofthe ltalian parliament. There is ev-ery sigl that his giovernment willhst His political group, People ofBreedom, has absorbed the riglrt-wing National Alliance party, hehas shed one unreliable ally in thecentrist UDC party, and his mainparher, th.e Northern [eague, willbe reluctant to wseat hin" Despitea dotty.electoral system, foisted ontbe counny by Mr B€rlusconi him-self in 2006, Italy may be in forfive years of relatively stable gov-ernment,..

... fv{rBslusni and his fi nancenjnt$tu and chid ideologue, Giulio

nory han a golden opportmityto buildon these sucesesby edolinng thAr Uuee porliren-tary @ority to Hng in sweepingsedy-d& r€eros. lbe que$on isrtrfe€r e€V ltdll take iL The oust-bC of ee frrl€& ftonr padaneotmry r1* meking ooNr:hdrtitioDsowr reforms or pding crr8 $,orse.hrt S tbe govment succetls inrt&rnhg, our vadidon MrBerlus-omi $ould hare to be mpered bythe aclglmtl€dgnent that evt'l heb capable of improrcmeol Unforfu-natdy there are gronrb fc scepfi-clstr about the norrr gorcrnment'slerdngd,edfllials

Mr Tresronti has taken tomiting against globolisation asthe pimary cause of ltaly's (and&rrope's) problems. The NorthernLpague which diil !rell in the elec-don, is even more overtly aff-im-mlgration and protectidnist. MrBer{usconi's m'n wo,rds about thefuture of Alitalia, tbe countlr'ssickly airline, su$est that he iskeener on state.fostered nationalcbanpions, hor,vever inefrcient,ttan 6a the discipline of the ft,eemarket. Indeed, he and Mr Ttern-onti often prefer to cast blame onthe EU, the euro and the EuropeanC€atr'dl Bank rhan to accept thatItaly's ills are largely home4rowir.

Yet [\e omens ar€ not all bad.Mr Berlusconi seems to under-stand, belatodly, the seriousressof ltaly's ecoDomic eihraflon. IIisoomfortable marority mears thathr hlis no nore 4uss for puttingoll rtforos.lhis wlll be bis biggesttest hqpe, for IUiYs rake, that he

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Democracy needs fresh bloodWhat voters definitely cqnnot afford ismore of the sama The United States, theenvironment, the economA qnd the restof the planet will not survive the 27stcenturA if U.S. Ieaders remain mired in

It go€s without saying that ourFounding Fathers deserve credit forestablishing the first modern de-mocracy. And yet the leading faceof that democracy has remainedremarkably stagnant since then.We have wiblessed and supportedthe elections of various minoritiesall arou-nd the world - but not hereat home.

Now, for the fust time in the his-tory of the United States, our citizenshave the opportunity to vote againstthe status quo. And if we don't takeadvantage of this unprecedentedmoment, this country will erupt inviolence. Either that or our citizenswill fall deeper into a morass of bit-ter complacency from which theymay never climb out. It is hard to saywhich would be more damaging tothe country

Of course, Hillary Clinton. andBarack Obama have their flaws.However, they both urderstand thelanguage of people, they both un-derstand oppression and they bofhunderstand the real problems fac-ing this country, problems that havenothing to do with fear, immigrationor moral decay. In fact, for the firsttime in a long time, abortion andflag burning may be tabled in thegeneral election favor of more press-

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ing issues, zuch as the economy, thewar in Iraq and our crippling depen-dence on fossil fuels. In other words.this election may offer us somethingr.r'orth voting for,

Why the optimism, you ask?Haven't my dreams been broken, myhopes shattered, during these lasteight years?

At one point they were. But forthe time being I have lefl. my cyni-cism at home, if only because thepolitics of cha.nge, which rang ab-surdly false when wielded by JohnKerry in 2OO4, are almost tangiblein the stre€ts today.

Numbers of newly registeredDemocrats have soared across thecountry, with hundreds of thou-sands of eligible voters showing an

the politics of the past.

avid interest in this year's election.Pennsylvania alone registerednearly 300,000 new Democratsbefore Tuesday's primary, and In-diana and North Carolina, whichwill be holding their primaries onMay 6, are reporting noticeablespikes as well.

V!'hile the reasons for this new in-terest are perhaps politically compli-cated, voters are seemingly ready tosound off for something completelydifferent in Nol'ember.

Talk show host Bill Mahernoted last week in a discussionabout obama's supposedly "elitist"remarks at a San Francisco fund-raiser, that. lr'hereas in previouselections voters may have preferredthe most down-to-earth, mostlike-them candidate, this year voterscannot "afford to vote barbecue."Of course, as one of his guests drylypointed out, they also cannot alfordto barbecue.

What voters definitely cannot af.ford is more of the same. The UnitedStates. the environment. the econo'my and the rest of the planet will notsurvive the 2lst century if U.S. lead-ers remain mired in the politics of thepast.

Thomas Jefferson once said, "Thetree of libergr must be refreshed fromtime to time with the blood of pahiotsand tlrants. It is a natural manure,"And while fefferson might have beenspeaking of a direct violence not usu-ally associated with ftee elections, hisobservation of democracy's need forchange seems particularly prescientin these dire days.

It is time our citizens made somenatural manure, not with the bloodof our pahiots (too much has beenspilled already) or that of our t1'rants,but with the uniffed voice of a publicdemanding to be heard.

The world - and perhaps even theFounding Fathers - will be listening.

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ByRICKBROWNbrownric@mscd.edu

During a 2005 board meeting'of the North Central AccretlitationSteering Committee it was revealedthat the accrediting company forMetro voiced concerns over thenumber of part-time faculty with-out hanscripts,

'Approximately half of thepart-time faculty files do not con-tain a traDscript, either oflicial orunofflclal." according to meetlngminutes

Linda Curran, Metro interlmprovost and vice president, saidthe Investigation grew from a con-cern over the number of adjunctsteaching at the school while there-accreditation committee lookedover Metro.

'Their concern was the part-

time stalT was not put through thesane subjective search whirch full-time faculty goes through," Cur-ran said.

Although all faculty membersare required to provide an officialtranscript in order to be hired,there is stlll faculty teaching with-out them,

Accordlng to public recordsobtained from Metro's human re-sources department this spring, atleast 2 0 professors have yet to turniD thelr transcripts - one such pro-

fessor dath! back to 2@O.Official . transcripts are to be

received by a department head

or dean and are to be opened andcopied, Curran said. The originalcopy is to be signed and dated bythe departmetrt head or dean, thenforwarded to human resourceswith the envelope attached. Theywill still be considered oflicial de-spite having been opened by some-one other than a human resourcesstaff member.

Sometimes deparhent chairsget too busy to turn these in atrdhurnan resourceg never receivesthem, said Michael Bussey, whomanages contracts for adjunctprofessors at Meho.

To help keep track of who doesand does not have transcripts onlile, a report is comptled th!€etines each year, About 30 to 45days prior to the end of a semes-ter, Bussey said he receives a list ofadjuncts who are missing oflicialtranscripts.

Even though there are someprofessors on the list who havetaught well pass the end of tleirIirst semester, Bussey said he thlnksa new letter from human resourceswill help remedy this problem.

"I am going to write a letkrstating the human resources de-parbnent needs the professor inquesfion's transcripk, These willbe sent to the pmfessor as well astle departrnent chair," he satd,

The processee in plac€ at tr[eho

are adequate enough for most de-partment chairs to feel comfort-able when hiring adjunct faculty.Marilyn Hetzel, co-chair of theCommunication Arts and SciencesDepartment, said she feels the cur-rent processes have done a goodjob of safeguarding Metro from re-sume fraud.

"I have been working here for20 years and I have only had onesuch incident," she said.

Having the departments verifyevery applicant would take toomuch time away from providingstudents wtth a quality program,

she said."I work 5O to 60 hours a week,

9O hours a week during the timesI an directing a play. There is just

too much for me to do to fully in-tervlew all the adjuncts," Hetzelsaid.

Another department chair,modern languages' Sixto Torres,said he believes that while there alot of different factors that go intopicktng out a potential adjunct,credentials should be checkedIirst.

While Torres expressed con-fidence in the processes at Metro,there are some questlons he hasabout the lack of communicationbetween the departments and theIIR offfces.

"Comrnunicatlons at tlnes hasto be pushed"" he said.

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Metro students JaymeTaylor and LillyTemple work in the Metro Registrar's officeApri l 19.

The Reoistrar's ofice is the custodian ofinformStion for a college. The office keepsrecords pertaining to financial information,tEnscripts and graduation for all studentswho attend the school. An investigative re-porting class researchd the credentials ofall Metro instructors and contacted morethan 250 school's registrar ofhces.

Phoio by K TE JOHI{SONjokathry@mscd.edu

Lost in translation

teaching

While providinga transcript isnecessary foremployment at ahigher educationinstitution, aninvestigation foundcracks in the systemat Metro and otherschools leaving thequestion'who's

u5?'unanswered

ABOUTTHE SERIES

Meho's investigative reportingclass atiempt€d to lEriry the creden-tials of all full-time and part-time in-structors teaching during the springsemester.

More than 8O0 professors' cre-dentials were researched from morethan 25O institutions around theworld, tbrough e-mails and tele-phone calls.

More than 300 professors whoteach at MeEo claimed to have ob-tained their degrees from colleges inColorado.

Reporters requested directoryin{ormafion to determine whether ornot the professor attended the schooland the highest degree they obtained..The infomration requested was pub-lic knowledge r.rnder the Freedom oflnformation Act but some professorsfound these inquiries to be inhusive.

The proiect ran into severalroadblocks, from private schools togovernment-funded entities, whichwould not release the information.

As a result" we raised questionsregarding Mefro degree veriffcationpolicy.

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available as those

Credentials foreveryday professorsare not as readily

0fcelebrity graduatesfrom prestigiousuniversities andcolleges

Verrfication hard to come byBy EVAN LUTHYEeluthye@mscd.edu

The University of Southern Cali-fornia is more than happy to tell youhow Will Ferrell and Reggie Bushreceived their degrees there. DenisonUniversity in Ohio will tell you thatMichael Eisner, HaI Holbrook andJennifer Garner all were once stu-dents where you could potentially bea student. The University of Denverjumps at the opportunity to inlormyou that Condoleeza Rice gained hereducation there.

But to find out whethet any ofthe more than 1OO Mefro facultymembers 6laiming an advanced de-gree from DU actually graduated iscompletely out of the question. Thesame goes for scores of other profes-sors with degrees from Regis Uniler-sity, Harvard, University of Phoenixand elsewhere.

Institutions - mostly privat€,but some receiving public funding- regularly denied requests for veri-fication dwing the past 12 weeks.The institutions designed to confera degree and legitirnacy upon thosepaying thousands each semester de-mand transcripts, identification andregular payment from students butdeny whether anyone ever attended

or completed a degree.While public uniwrsities must

share directory information - name,degree completed and area of study -

becaus€ it is a state record and there-fore usually an open record, the samedoes not apply to private universities.Still, some, like St. Iouis University,verified degrees as a matter of doingbusiness.

Unfortunately, the denials, oftenmade in the name of privacy, do littleto help in finding frauds. And fraudsaren't going away:

o lfig flsan 6f admissions at Mas-sachusetts Institute of Technologyresigned in 2OO7 altEr admitting toholding none of the three degreesshe clairned at her hiring in f 979.

. A Korean court senienced anart history professor this spring toprison after lying about holding a de-gree from Yale University,

. C-alifornia's first poet Iaur€ateresigned in 2OO2 alter lying aboutholding a degree from GramblingState University

. In 2001, George O'Ieary re-signed his post as Nohe Dame foot-ball coach after fudging on his re-sum6, O'Ieary claimed a master'sdegree from New York University, aschool he attended but a degree henever comoleted.

. On the Auraria Campus in 2007it was revealed that 150 employees atCommunity College of Denver did nothave the pmper paperwork on file toprove they met employment eligibil-ity requircments.

Credentials fraud led the Fed-eral Trade Commission to cautionemployers about bogus degrees andhar$cripts. The commission recom-mends contacting schools to mnffrmdates of attendance and graduaflon.StiII, only 40 percent of companiesreport regularly verifying degreesearned, according to a shrdy by theSociety for Human Resource Man-agement.

Of course, if they are hiring WiIlFerrell, Reggie Bush or CondoleezzaRice, it shouldn't be a problem. Foranyone else, good luck.

Questions provoke mixed reviewsBy JAKE BELIgbell96mscd.edu

Yes or no? A check of hundredsof advanced degrees claimed by Met-ro faculty members often producedinconclusive results from higher edu-cation institutions across the coun-try.

Some responses reflected cultualtrends: a woman's maiden name orother famil_y name might appear onthe Metro employee list, but wouldnot be included on graduation roles,Most of these were ultimately veri-fid.

Many of the remaining "no" an-swers came from private universitiesthat claimed exempflons from publicrecords laws and refused to con6rmor deny anyone's degree. This re-sponse accounted for about one-in-flve Metro professors.

When questions arose about anyof the remaining 700 faculty mem-bers, responses were mixed.

"This is very intrusive," saidAntonio Bellisario, in the earth andahnospheric sciences department."Nowhere else in the world wou.ldsomething like this take place."

In the Meho directory and on thedepartrnent's website, Bellisario listra 20O2 doctorate from UCLA. The

California hstitution uas unable toveri$ this degree because of "an otr.Iigation."

Mary Dozier, assistant r€gisb3rat UCLA, said this does not mean thatBellisario does not have a doctorate,only that the in-formation is not avail-able until the obligation is met. Shewould not elaborate on the definitionof "obligation. "

Bellisario said he was unawareof an obligation on his records andt}Iat it must be a mistake on the oartof UCLA..

Recording mistakes often cloud-ed the search for degree verification.UCD could not confirm that mathlxofessor Jean Etbredge received amaster's degree.

"There is probably a misspelllngof my last narne, and they probablydon't realize that my first name is Do-lores. At any rate, I earned a Masterof Science degree in mathematicsfromUCD."

Unlike Bellisario, Bthredge wascornfortable with people asking herabout her degree.

'I work for a public institutionand my educational achievement ispart of a public record to which thepublic has a right," Etfuedge said.

Norman Provizer, a political sci-ence professor, said he would be glad

to provide a copy of both his degreeand hanscripts after the Universityof Pennsylvania's registrar could notverify his doctoratE.

"It's a logical project lor an inves-tigative journalism class, " he said.

One pmblem in veriffing degreesis that there seems to be some confu-sion over who is responsible at Metro

gelbrecht, chair of the earth and at-mospheric sciences department, saidhe is not responsible for checking hisfaculty members' credentials.

According to fudy Zewe, eracu-tive director of human rcsources. itis the responsibility either of eachof the deans of the different schoolsat Meho or the chair of the depart-mellt.

Faculty split betweenprivacy concerns andinstitutional pride

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Faculty checkBy NATAIIE BETUEnbelue@mscd.eduJULIEIVEATHERLYweatheju@mscd.edu

New background chec,k proce

dums have Ilrleho facuhy concemedthat future employment and promotion may b€ basd on private infor-maton unrelated to hifug r€quire-m€nts.

HircRight, an employmentscrming cmpqry, was hired byMeto ln Feb,ruary to conduct back-ground checks on all new employeesand current faculfi r,lto are app$ingfor promotion.

"Ihe college is of the view that itis ful$ capable of rhaftng policiec liketrrls without consulting n'ith the fac-ulty o[ its union and legal rcpresenta-fives," said Timotly Gould, chair ofthe M€tuopolitan Stata Faculty Fd-eration, or l\it^SFE "z{s long as that isthe case, on[l the eollege's intercstswill be served."

The MSFF obiec'ted to the checks,specmc€ry the authorization forrnthat must be siped when an inwsti-ga[on begins.

the grouy's concern stems ftomthe scope of the investigafion, whichincludes gathering information froman appllcant's colleagues, friends andneighbors.

"[r general, the concern was thatthe authorization and disclosur formasks an employee to agree to investi-gations so broad as to potentially vio-Iat€ one's constitutional rights," saidEllen Slaflin, MStr pr-esident.

"Catr tfir€Right compile a data-base, perhaps of dubious aecuracyand then give out the information to

iust arybodyl That is sttriplyceptable," Statkin sald.

On March 31, faculty membersreceived an email fron the MSFF in-fcrming th€m that Itleto had btu€dHireRight to conduct these chedrs,Short} after$rard, Imeph GoHhan-mer, an attorn€y hfred by the federa-tion to review the current sitration,sent a letter to Meto's general coun-sel.

It stat€s that "the college willcme lnto the possession of contro-versial information about the appli-cants r,rfiich will inwitabb influencedecision makers at the college, butr,vhich doeq not rclate to the merit andquaMcations of the applicant."

Gould agru.'The faculty member has uo op

porhrnity to challenge the accuracyof the information supplied to the col-lege by tlr€Right," he said. "That is aprescription for disaster."

Slatkn also stated there wereno guarantees that the informationgathered would remain confidentialor what would happen to it after thechecks are concluded.

"We have not officially polled ourmembership, but in informal conver-sations, I have not yet encountereda faculty member who obiects to acriminal background check, such aswould be done tlrmugh the ColoradoBureau of lNrestigation," Slatkln said.'Itrowwer, it is by no means clear whya faculty member or indeed most col-lege employ'ees need to be subject to acredit report or an investigative con-suner report as conthrcted by a com-pany like HireRight."

Ihe "hoceilue for ConductingBackgound Ch€cks" states that tr€type of background check conductedvaries b posfion and ls intenil€d topotect th shrdeuts, employees andassets of the collegB.

Slatkn said the authorizationand dtsclosw€ form has been amen&e4 but not to the satisfaction of thefederation or its attomey

The federation is also concernedthat . infonnafion is only gatheredabout select employees and not ev€ry-one, which could lead to discrimina-tory teatnent.

ludy Zene, €xec,uthre <lirwlor olhu.man resourcps, disagrees. "I couldunderstand if we were sinding outa particular employment goup, butthis practice corers all new hires,promotions and sensitive positionsincluding student employees in sensi-tivE areas."

Zewe has her own concems andhas been rruorking to smoofh out theissues.

"When encounta'lng such re.sistance as has occurred at Metro,it sometimes causes me to wonderwhat people harze to hide," Zcwe said."Howwer. I believe in this case thatit is simp$ a matter of rcsistance tochange.'l

Zewe has ollered to go through abackgrcund check, but has not beentaken up on her offer. "Since it is ata cost to the college, I don't fhinlr itwould be prudent for me to just go

ahead and do it without being direct-ed to do so,"

Meho pays $34.50 per rcquestfor checks on Social Securlty num-

b€rs, court r€coms- and the NalionalSea Otfeuder RegisEy. An adltionalchuge of $7 is inplemented lf creditcheclcs must be pcdorned on tlimeappblng for pocitims ilealhg wtthffnance.

zer^rE sail the collegB has be€nconductlng bac$r,ound chec.ls for anumber of years.

.A11that has occurrrd norry is thatwe have formalized the pocess, antlwE ar€ applying it consistenfu acrmall employment groupa," Zerm said-

Federation leaders expessert littlecomfort wer the reassurances.

''Ibe issues include preserva-

flon of academic froodom, sharedggeernance and the integrity of thecurricr um. as well as the individualinterests and rights of our members,"Slatkin said-

The implication is that if you donot sign. the form and thus complywith the background checks, you willnot be hired or promoted."

. However, if negative infsmationdoes show up after thecheck is returned, the applicant hasthe opporhrnity to iliscuss the issuewith human r€sources and be rpcon-sideted for the desired position. Notall olTenses rule out someone from be-ing hired, Zewe said.

Human rcsoulces is moving for-wad with the background checkprocess and will continue to do so un-tit told oth€rwise by Metro hesidentStephen fordan.

"WIl backgound chec]s ensurethat we won't hire anyone r,vho couldsudilenb do hann to others?" Zewesaid. "No, but at least it's a start,"

Scope of newpolicies haveinstructorsconcerned aboutpnvacy rssues

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tc u april 21,2o08u lhe mehopolitan, credentiah in question

Fake de grees for saleBy AILISON BAILEYabailel9@mscd.edu

You've seen them, the messages in your in-box advertising diplomas in a matter of weeksfor a few hundred dollars. For only $ 180 you canget a master's degree, a doctoratB for $250. It'snot only too good to be true; it's too good to beIegitimat€.

Institutions that specialize in these degreesare called diploma or clegree mills. The US. De-partme[t of Education defines a diploma millas an institution of higher education operat-ing without state-recognized accreditation andgranfing diplomas that are 6:audulent.

But closing these schools is a complicatedtask. Part of the pmblem, said Alan Conberas,administrator of the Oregon Ofrce of Degree Au-thorization is that therc's no nafional standardof accreditation.

"The term diploma mlll doresn't have an iden-tical meaning ewryrvtere," he said. 'The pnob-lem in the U,S. is with several states whose stan-darrrls are eo poor that it doesn't matter if it's legalor nol" These Sates include Hawaii, Alabama,Mssissippi and Californla, Contsreras said.

lte O6ce of Dl4rce Authd,lzatlon is anOregpn state-r.un organizafi@ that authorizesschools to ofler academic degree programs if theymeet state statrdards. the ofrce also validates d+grees and worls to stop diploma mill operations.

of someone's basement or garage. People mayown sewral differ€nt insdhrtions operating un-der dillerent names, which can easlly be folded upand closed if they're caught. The olrrators canopen another institution under a dilferent name.

One way for prospectile students to Eee if students/prep/college/diplomamills/resources.Many diploma mills o,perate a "campus" out an institution is legitimate is.forleckjHtlsa€- - . hhnl.

Because it's easy to start over under a new name,it's dilficult for law enforcement to make a dent inthe number of diplopa mills.

Matt McKeeve[ an academic policy officer atthe Colorado Department of Higher Education,said that diploma mills operating out of Coloradoare rare.

"Since I've been here we have not run across schools recognized as diploma mills.a diploma mill operating in Colorado," he said."I've been here two-and-a-half years. "

This is due in part to Colorado laws that claiming zuch a degree would not be eligible formake issuing a diploma without state-approved hiring," shesaid.accreditation a misdemeanor, If convicted, pn- But Halnes said in her eleerience it's rarEalties range from a $50 fine to six months in pris- that an applicant's credentials turn out to be ofon. It can be a hard for companies to distinguish questionable pedigree. "For the School of Profes-between a legitimate degree and one issued by a sional Studies it is not a big problem, [r the lastdiploma mill because many use names tlat are firc years since I have been dean,I have only seensimilar to accredited or respected univcrlrlg!, __. _qqo_,e_xafnples qf thi.s."

For example, Ttinity University is an accrcd- Ttacking diploma mils is a dificult thing toited liberal arts school in Texas. It could be eas- do because of the how fiequendy they pop in andily mistaken as TYinity College and University, an out of existence.inSitution widely recognized as a diploma millthat the Office of Degree Authorization believes is Glickman, public affairs specialist at the U.S. De-operating out of the Caribb€an.

Consurnerf, aren'talways aware thattheirde, of diploma mills because we couldn't know themgree isn t issued by a bgitimate institution. Some all and they fall in and out of ope&tion."schools ask for a r62m6 and grant deg€es based However. the U.S. Deparhent of Educa-on life expeciencc, Others might ask shrdents to tion does have information about diploma millssubmit a rrsearch paper of some kind. But these and urecognized accreditalion agencies. Morepapers and ftsum6s are seldom achrally read. information is available at ht@://wruwed.gov/

credited. Howevec students shorlldn't stop ther€.Many diploma mills are accredited by accredita-tion agencies which aren't recognized by the U.S.government because their standarils are so low.

For Mefoo employ'ees, a degree tom an ac-

credited university ii essential. At the time ofhire. the department chair or hiring supervisoris responsible for checking the legitimary of anapplicant's degree, said fudith Zewe, enecutive di-rector of Human Resources at Meho.

Sandra Haynes, dean of the School of Prcfessional Shrdies at MeEo, said she has a list of

"Essentially a diploma mill degree is not aII

acceptable credential. Therefore, the person

"We can't do anything about it," said fane

partment of Bducation. "We couldn't keep a list

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in or,iler to receive federal financial aid. Federalaccreditation guidelines ensure financial aidgoes only to qualifying institutions. Additionally,accreditation is important because it aids in thetransfer of credits, Inotens-White said.

Assurance of an institution is determined bya peer review. This means a team from anotherinstitution reviewed Meto's self study and pre-formed an onsite visit to interview facultv andstudents, he said.

The Higher lrarning Commission looks forspecific things at every institution before grant-ing accreditation, he said. An important compo-nent is an institution's commiftnent t0 studentlearning and effective teaching.

Shana Long a 2002 Metro graduate whornajored in psychology, said she cares about ac.creditation and believes it adds value to her de-gree.

"I think Meho offers a great education," shesaid. "I had a wonderful educational experienceat Meho. The courses were interesting and di-verse, The inshuctors were knowledgeable, con-siderate, helpfrrl and very informative."

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a{creditation renewal

BySHOSHANATYLERschaseS@mscd.edu

Accreditation is the stamp of approval thatassures an institution's academic programs arcof the highest caliber.

'Accreditation is a signal of quality," said An-drew Iootens-White, associate director for NorthCenhal Association of College a.'d Schools, orNCACS.

In March 2007, Meho was re-accredited bythe lligher Iearning Commission of the NorthCentral Association for up to 1O years, which isthe maximum an institution can be granted ac-creditation. The duration oI accreditation speaksto the confidence a review team has in an L$titu-tion's ability to continuously ofler a quality edu-cation, Iootens-White said.

Although the U.S. Departnent of Educationdoes not accredit colleges or uDiversities, t}le lawrequires the Secretary of Fducation to keep a da-tabase of nationally recognized accrediting agen-cr€s.

According to the Council for Higher Educa-tion Accreditation's website, U.S. colleges anduniversitiesare accredited by one o{ 19 organiza-tions. CHEA is an organization of 3,00O mllegesand universities that advocates academic qualityand regulation through accreditation.

NCACS, a nationally recognized agehcy, ac-credits several of Colorado's institutions includ-

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An officer and a biologistByANDREW FLOHR-SPENCEspencand@mscd.edu

Securing her rifle to the side of tbeSO-pormd pack in front of her, Mehobiologz major Angie Wolfe crouchedin the dry prairie grass at the edge of aline of cottonwoods.

. "tlere they come .., 30 secontls... get your earplugs inl" shouted hersquad leadCr.

WoUe stulTed the two bright-yel-low mini-marshmallows in her ears,tugged at the stap of her helmet andchecked her equipment one moretime. h the mufred silence of the ear-plugs, she thought about the briefingearlier that morning - running overeverything stetrby-step in her mind- and took a deep breath.

When she looked up again, theywere coming in lorw orver the frees. Iikegiant lumbering bumblebees, a ltneof six Army helicopters - tlvo mon-shous double-rotor Ctrinools followedby four smaller Blackhawb - hor-ered into the narrow clearing withnoaes raised and blurred rotor blades.

The fourth in line a Black-bawk rvith the sidedoor marked 1-2,swa@ closer to where Wolfe's squadcrouched in the field. the giant insectlurched onto the ground.

A moment later the wind beganlike a 5uddss tornado, and an alien-looHng man wearing a big round hel-met - the crew chbf - climbed out

' of the window and opened both side

doors.On the crew chief's thumbsup,

Wolfe's squad stood up and chargedinto the wind toward the thunderingmachine, each bear-hugging a rifle-strapped rucksack and ducking his orher head.

"I was afraid all morning theywould cancel because of snow - Ihied not to get ny hopes up," Wolfesaid. "But rvhen I was walking up tothe helicopter, it was kind of zurreal."

Wolfe said the scene remindedher for a moment about all the sol-diers throughout the ages and thatshe was somehow a part of that. Buton$ for a moment. "Mostly I wasthinking, 'am I going to correctly getup into the aircraft?"'

A blisterortunThis was Wolfe's first time in a he.

licopter.Inded. it was the first time for

most of the almost lfi) other sfirdentsof the Golden BulIaIo Battalion spreadacroas this srowy prairie on a hidaymorning somelvhere east of Denrrer.

Broken into squads of eight to l0soldiers, they took defenshe positionsalong the edge of a clearing after hik-ing two miles tlrough pasturelandwrought only with coru pies and gGpher holes. The rifles, or "rubber duck-ies" as they call them" r,vere weightedand made to look like the r€al rhing

Tbis was a Field Training Exer-

cise, or FTX, for students enrolled intbe U.S. Army Reserve Officer Train-ing Corps, a program offered by par-

ticipating colleges and universities,including Meko.

Each squad found its way in proper formation to the right position us-ing only compass and map - skills thesenior cadeb were practicing for theirupcoming surnmer t€st.

Now they would load up into thehelicopters and fly to the next leg oftheir weekend training: joining upwith members of the Pueblo and Colo-rado Spring+based Mountain Rangersfor another er<ercise in the forest andfields arouni the Air Force Academyin Colorado Springs.

Again and again tlsy would prac-

tice land navigafion with compassesand mapo - each time having tbreehours to Iocate at least five out of eightsets of coordinates thery were given,

And, when the sun went down, theydid night land navigation. That nigbtthey slept uniler the stars on the snowin sleeping bags.

"It was by far the coldest I had errerbeen," Wolfe said. 'But rihen ifs allover, at least you know you can do it."

The next day they got up and prac-ticed Iand navigation all day again.

"I definitely have a blistir or two,"she said.

After another l2-hour day ofreading comlnsses and biking aroundthe hills, Saturday oight they ,r,wq

served barbecue by the officers and gotto sleep in t,ents.

Tnining leaderNormally they are in the class-

room like other students,.but twice ayear they go on a field nip of epic pro-portions.

The Golden Bulfalo Battalion,headquartered at CU Boulder, is madeup of shrdents from schools in andaround the Denver area, including theUnh'ers$ of Dentaer, Regis Uni!€rsityand Metro. A voluntary cadet corps es-tablished by Boulder shrdenb in 18 8 3,the Battalion was giiren an ofrcial U.S.Army R0IC program in 1948, and in1980 the program expanded to Den-ver.

While anyone can ta.ke many ofthe courses, the full RCIIC proganconsists of a curriculurn of one class asemester - much like taking a minor- including, of course, the spring andfdl FTXs. Cadets can then enmll inthe admnced course that includes an-other year of classes, and the surunerbetween the junior and senior year,

they go to a four-urcek assessentcamp. Cadets who enmll in the ad-vanced course must sigF a contact toserve in the Army and, if they pass thesummer ass€ssment, enter the Armywith the rank of 2nd Lizutenant aftergra.duating college

"We are buiHing future leaders,". .saidMalc Martin NamnF, head in-

structor at Meho who accompaniedWolfe's squad as an obserrrer. Naraniosaid many of the cadets watlt a careerin the Army or were already soldiersand were coming back to start on theofrcer track.

The majoriB of the cadets in theexercise hadn't ridden in helicoptersbefore and were getting their first re-alistic military but someof the cadets had done multiple toursin baq.

Namnjo said many !€terans wer€taking up the Arrry on its olfer to put

them through school. "It's a great opportunity for theq" he said.

In Wolfe's case, she loined theArrny Reserves in hope of becoming anurse. After going though basic train-ing, reservists then go back home butcan be called up at the Anny's discre..tion. Wolfe came back and decided togo backto collegp.

Now a sophomore sfrrdying bi-ologt she bains with the Anry oneweekend a month ald t$0 $'eekends a

)rar. She also shows up at Meho tbreedays a week with the res of the cadetsat 6 a-m- to do push-ups, sit-ups andgo fon a run.

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Metrot off to see the Wi zardByRYANARMSTRONGrarmstlTomscd.edu

A little girl dressed up as DorothyGale looked down from the balconyof Eugenia Rawls Courtyard Theatleto waich this make-believe Land of Ozcome to life in its Meho debut.

Based on L. Frank Baum's 1899book "The Wonderfirl Wizard of Oz,"1[s fflm and stage versions have es-tablished the production as an Amer-ican fairytale.

The story of a young girl, Dorethy, growing up in Kansas with heraunt. uncle. and three farmhandsHunk, Ilickory and Zeke, is known byall, Her houble with a local witch ofa woman, Miss Almira Gultch, causesher to run away. Her hope of joining

a haveling psychic, professor Mar-vel is ruined when a tornado headstourard her family s farm, Dorothy iscaught in the twister and wintls upin the magical Land of Oz. Her wishto go back to Kansas is assisted by thebrainless Scarecrow the heartless TinMan and the cowardly Lion. Eachmust travel to neet the Wizard of Ozwithout b€ing caught by the WickedWitch of the West.

Meho's well-worked productionsoothes the child in every audience

member.The stage is first set as the ilreary-

colored Kansas farmland with shadesof broum and black. Even the cos-tumes from the characters in Kansasare bland and boring.

When Dorothy's house lands inMunchkinland, the audience is sud-denly awakened by the vast array ofcolors of Oz.

To perfect the twister scene,stagehands spin the house and MissGultch rides her bicycle up into thecatwalks.

Melissa Morris, who plays.Doro-thy, blew the audience away with hervoice and her agility in heels.

Jose Zuniga impresses as Scare.crow (and Hunk) , IIis humor and rub-ber band-like movements charmedDorothy's journey to Emerald City.

The Tin Man/Hickory play'ed by

fake Williamson, takes the characterfrom a hard laborer on the farm tosoft and heartless man made of tinin Oz. His limber dances alternatingwith bouts of stillness remind us thatthe character is easily rusted.

Kris Graves portrays the Lion/Z€ke with an "aw shucks" demeanorthe entire time that can't cause theaudience to do anything but smile,

Erica lohnson's wicked humor as

the Wicked \4ttch/Alnira Gultch letsthe audience in on the ioke with fire-balls and her sinister laugh.

Supportive roles did not disap-point. lared Ming played Henry, thewise uncle, and the whimsical Em-erald City guard. Stephanie Robrpla]€d tough Aunt Em and delightfirlGlinda.

C.f. Garbo really hits home withhis "Wizard of Oz." His professor

Marvel was soft but like a used carsalesman,

James King as Nikko, the leaderof the flying monkeys, contorts hisbody and face to ape-like features ashe grunts and flies up and down stageto meet his mark.

The Munchkins' squea}.a voicesfill the crowd with cheer.

Sparlcy Auer does his canine bestas Toto, even though his stulTed stuntdouble has to fill in once or twice.

M,B. Kruger leads the orchestathat provided the musical accompa-niment for the production.

Be a kid again and follow the yel-low brick road to Meho's "Wizard ofu."

Performances will be held onAprr 24.26 at 7:30 p.m. and April2 7at 2 : 3O p.m. in the King Center.

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confucius says: CCD opens doors to ChinaBySARAWHITNEYstevesar@mscd.edu

Students and community mem-bers alike can learn a piece of Chineseculture in the opening workshops forthe Confucius Institute at CCD.

The institute holtls its first work-shops on campus since its arrival atCCD in September. The institute is theonly one of its kind in Colorado andone of 75 such organizations in theUnited States.

The workshops, which run foreight weeks, begin Saturday, April26. They are beginner-level sessionsin tai chi, Chinese painting, Chinesefolk dance, Chinese language andculture for tourists, and Chinese lan-guage for business. Institute dtectorCuang Hu, however, emphasizes Chi-na's gro*th in the world marke@laceand the need for these classes.

'?\merican people know littleabout China and Chinese people,"Hu said. "In some Arnerican people'seyes, China is very backward, whichis not th€ case. China is a very bigmarket, and countries all over theworld want to do business with Chi-nese companies."

These workshops are the insti-tute's first sessions since its establish-ment at CCD se\€n months ago.

"The selection process is verystrict. and it takes time," she said."We have to choose teachers in ouruniversity, then we apply them to

HanBan (the Chinese education de-parhnent). They administer a test ofqualiffcation of teaching and wheth-er they are fit for living in a difler-ent country. Once they pass the test,(then) they can apply for the visa."

Hu is an exchange professor llomthe Chongqing Three Gorges Univer-sity in China. She will teach the Chi-nese language and culture for touristsworkshop. She said that, despite whatpeople may fear, spoken Chinese isn'tan overwhelming language.

"It's not as difficult as people

think," she said. "If people put wordsin a specific tone, people can gener-ally tell what you mean according tothe context. "

Future sessions will build onthese first workshops, but Hu said thecurriculum is open to growth if thestudents enrolled make a demand fora specific course.

"If (students) want to go to Chinafor a type of sumrner trip, I think (we)

can help them. Ir my school, we oftenhave students from other countries.The Chinese and foreign studentshave parties, play sports, and get toknow each other."

The tai chi, painting and folkdance workshops are $98 each forthe full eight weeks. The languageworkshops for tourists and businessare $160 each. Classes will be held inthe South Classroom building.

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MetrosphereWords, pictures, gJossy pagesl

MeEo's annual student<reated liter-ary arts magazine will be availableMay I in fivoli 313.

The 200 7-2008 Metrosphere is alit€rary arts magazine that showcasesart, photography, poetry and creativenonfiction, collected tlmughout thesemester ftom Metropolitan studentsand alumni.

Anyone wanting to ilisplay theircreativity was encouraged to turnin material. Laura Grolla, this lrar'sMetrosphere editor, chooe how manysubmissions to acc€pt - and thenshe and her designers employed theirown d€ative spin. This year authorsand artists r,tnere allowed up to fivesubmissions, one submission per cat-egory

According to Grolla, the Meho-sphere is an "unsung opportunity atMetro." It offers design, editing anddelegation experience to all studentsinvolved. she said.

- By Mercedes Jackson

Directorof Confucius In*itute atCommunityCollegeof thnverMichael Bautis-ta,left, and Co-Directorand countenartfrom China Guang Hu, tight, examine aplaque thatwill be hung in the institute beforc classes begin on April26.

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CoreySilveman uses tweezersto pullthe ne* ofthe vase toform h intothe dean edge whh a paddle.Silverman and Horace Marlowe haye been co-owners ofC&H Glasswork in lakewood since the summerof 2(X)7."|fs challenging to own my business/Silveman said. "l have to wear so many hats, and ifs a bigbalancing act. You have to think ofthe dollar and the overhead, but in the end it isallworth itj'

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smooth is the work of a glassblower,Sand is the vital ingrcdient to glass. The white-hot, liquid sand is formed by human hands into

objects that people use every day.The art of glassblowing was developed more than 3,50O years ago, No one is sure how the actual

process came about, though the process has created beads, amu.lets, vases, urns, dishes and decomtiveart for centuries.

For Corey Silverman and Horace Marlowe, the owners of C&H Glassworks in lakewood, the an-cient technique with modemday tools has become their passion and their lives.

"It's a daily rush," Silverman said, "You are so focused and the whole world just disappean, allyour energr is in that one moment, that one piece It's a rush."

Silvemran and Marlowe spend their days in the shrdio listening to music, talhng about anythingand working with liquid glass at t€mperatures of 2,40O degrees Fabrenheit.According to Marlowe, you are not a glassblower until you have had your first burn.Though the tools provide protection for the majority of the tine, accidents still happen. Mar-lowe has one large scar on his elbow resulting from a thirddegree burn years ago.

The creations ftom the molten glass caa take 6ay alsrrnt of time to form dependlng on the sizeand complexity of the piece. For their most popular piec€s, iridescent and colorftrl purnpkins, cteationtime can take anywhere from five to 15 minutes.

The two artists Favel to many dillerent gift shows around the nafion and have their work shown ingalleries worldwide. They are constantly ryrg to come up with unique and dilferent designs.

They offer besinning classes monthly to the public to Fy their hands at qeating theh own glassartwork. The and personal lnstruction from Silverman and lldarbw.

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upcoming sltows r Demon Funkies devils in disunday 4.27 Denver bands'versatile funk and punk wickedly wild and charming, and just slightly subversive

It's alwa-vs been said that the del'iltates on many forms. And Denver'sovr'n Demon Funkies, as their oddand menacing moniker n'ould implyare sinister shape-shifters of rock - aconstant coagulating juxtaposition

of musical genres."We've really wrapped up our

sound in our name," said Funkies'frontman, guitarist and manag-er, Ryan Chrys. "The 'Demon' ismore rock and our party side is the'Funkies."'

At one moment funk blendedwith punk. the Demons descend intovarious compositional phases, rang-ing from more subdued country cov-ers to ear-splitting grunge, a la AliceIn Chains or Stone Temple Pilots.

"We've varied our music sincewe started, " said Chrys, whose vocalsshine rvith an intoxicating veneer."When ive fust started r,r'e just playedrock, but then we got bar-friendly andfunky. Now I feel like we're gettingback into our rock music again."

Simply put, the Funkies aremuchmore metal than one might imagine.With their wicked delays and loud,Iiquor-inspired \rics, the Funkies arebeyond your average bar band fareand highly adaptable.

"If you're an indie band in a coun-fy venue, it might not go too well, butwith us you can ex?ect a good time inany situation," Chrys said. "We like tojust see where we are at the time, themoment, and take it from there. "

Feasting their chops on fat, mon-ster licks (akin to Chrys' influence,AC/DC's Angus Young) and persis-tent percussion (Square Dogg) backedby brooding bass lines (The PromKing), the Funkies are effective, if notnecessarily always precise. Fueled by

beer and cocktails. lvhat the Funkieslack in pristine precisionplaying, theymore than make up lor with sheer en-ergy and power chords.

"!Ve bring a certain atrnosphere(to the music scene), a certain vibe, "Chrys said. "If these people (at ourshows) want rock, then we give themrock. And if it looks like they're just

hanging out and ivant to dance andparty, then we give them that. "

As seems to be the trend in theDenver music scene (see the story onSt€fani Crabtree, 87) the Funkies be-gan their shor.r'April l7 at the Para-mount Caf6 with Johnny Cash's clas-sic country ballad "Folsom CountyBlues," following up with Sun Recordstandard "Cry. Cry, Crla"

"In our longer shows ue really liketo improv a lot and see lvhat happens,"Cbrys said. "We hale those kirid of in-fluences, too. A lot of hard rock bandsw€ listen to like to improv a lot."

Improvisation is a logical char-acteristic of a young band (formedin 2003) with rotating members andnumerous side and solo projects. Forexample, Chrys and Square Dogg of-ten play together in Den€r musicianChris Barber's local protect, SPIV(Barber has also made a name forhirnself locally as Velvet Elvis, a Pre-sley cover act.)

The Demon Funkies' first full-length release, Punk /unkies. was re-leased in March and offers a blend ofSeaftle-soaked cynicism mixed withjam-band sensibilities. With theirinfectious, rattlesnake riffs and al-lusions to power-partying, it seemsthe Demon Funkies might tust b€ thedevil in disguise.

"I really feel like $'e're getting

back into our rock music again,"

From left,Square Dogg,The Prom King and Ryan Chrys preparcfor a mad trip inthe Funkie Bucket. Andjust maybethey have enough rcom forone more as theyhead April25 to the Fruita FatThe Fertival in Grand Junction.

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There is nothing quite like a mid-April Colorado snow shou'er to throrva wrench in the works.

Having all other plans canceled,I had the opportunity Aprll 16 tocheck out the New Talent Showcaseat Herman's Hideaway

Only three of the scheduled sevenbands made it to the showcase. andStefani Crabtree was the only oneclose to being on time, so she took theopportunity to play an extended set.

The Bend, Ore. native playedsongs ftom her only studio release,7OO Shades o/ Grey (recorded in thepacific northwest), as well as songsshe has written since following hercareer to Boulder.

The folk rocker, who not only saysAni Dikanco is a major influence, butalso sounds like the Ulith Fair regu-lar, is an anthropologist, as well as asongwdkr. Watching Crabhee ham-mer on a modern acoustic evokedquestions as to whether antbropol-ogy hel@ to toughen her hands, butaround the hour mark, her thu.rnbstarted bleeding and answercd thatquesnon.

The 2 S-year-old Crabhee taughtherself to play guitar at 17.

"My parents were getting di-vorced, so I locked myself in my room

with an Eagles songbook and mymom's guitar from the Vietnam Warand learned to play " Crabhee said.

It was not until she went toScripps College, in los Angeles coun-ty, that she formed a band, SilverfishWedding, and started playing gigs.

When she r€hrrned home after

graduation, she continued to play gigsin Oregon. The most memorable setwas at a Hell's Angels bar in Bend.

"I had a pretty good rec€ptionplaying for the bikers," Crabtree said."When I played Johnny Cash's Ringo/ Fire, a giant tattooed guy stood upand confessed his love for me."

Crabtree told this story on stageand rt'hen the no-shorvs extended herset, the audience, made up mostly ofher friends, made it clear that theywanted to hear her rendition of theold country staple again.

Before coming to Colorado, Crab-tree trar.eled the lvorld making stopsin Samoa, India, Vietnam and NewZ,eaIand.

"Music really is the internationallanguage," Crabtree said. "I wouldpull out my guitar, and it wouldget passed around bus terminals,with everyone conhibuting to thesoundtrack. "

Crabtree also sings in French forher song "Gouter."

In concert, Crabtree plays morerhythm guitar than lead with Rich-ard F.llis taking the latter role. RossHagen, who has been playing withCtabfee for only three months, mansthe bass.

Crabfree has no shows sched-uled at press time, but you can hearher music, get more information andfind out about upcoming shows at&'wwstefanicrabhee.com or www.myspace.com./stefanicrabtree l.

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ReplatemenB leaving dooropen for possible reunion

Alternative '8Os Minneapolis pioneers TheReplacements are back in action 17 years afterthe band broke up. Following on the heels of along-awaited album reissue campaigr, originalmembers Paul Westerberg (singer/songwriter)

a:od Tommy Stinson (guitar and bass) have alsoalluded to a possible reunion.

Stinson, who is currently playing with Axl Rose

and his revamped Guns N' Roses, told Billboard

magazine that he and Westerberg have received lu-crative offers to play major music festivals such as(trachella. a tfueeday festival held in Indio. Calif

If the group reunites, they r,t'ill do so with a newdrummer and lead guitarist. The Replacements'

original drummer Chris Mars has retired ftom mu-

sic to focus on his painting career. Stinson's half-

brother. Bob. died in 1995. The elder Stinson had

been an admitted alcoholic and drug addict.

The Replacements went from a Nlinneapolisgarage band to a major force in American alter-

native music, in{luencing such bands as The Coo

Goo Dolls, Green Day and Pavement. The band

found national recosnition rvith its 1984 release

kt It Be, and their success culminated in 1987,after firing Bob Stinson, with the critically ac-clai'rned, PlenseilTo MeEt Me.

The band's first four albums have been re-mastered and were released April 22 by RhinoRecords. Reissues for the band's four maior-labelsuccessors for Sire will follow later this vear.

Guns N' Roses'negotiating'to release newalbum

With a new management team in place, Guns

N' Roses is "in negotiations" for the release of its

decade-in-the-ma.Iiing album Chinese Democracy,

according to a post on the band's uebsite. The

new album would be the first for G N' R since

I 9 9 3 's cover,/compilation ?he Spagh etti Incident?

Therehasbeen no more informationoffered on the

achral release date, u,ftich had been previous$ listed by

Interscope Reods as a March 2008 release.AG N'R tour may remain on the back burne(

as guitarists Robin Finck and Tommy Stinson may

ha\€ conllicting schedules for some time to come.

Finck has Ieft G N' R to return to Tlent Reznor's

outfit, Nine Inch Nails, and plans on joining the

act on tour. Stinson, meanwhile, maybe rejoining

his founding band, The Repldcements.

Backwhentheywere bi$Ihe R€placements (Paul Westerberg, ftris Mar, Bob Stinson and TommyStinson)had lo8to smile about. Paul and Tommy are considering a partialreunion after the rerelease oftheir first four albums. Marshas retired from musk and Bob Stinson died in 1995.

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1977Talking Heads begins its fint Europeantour, supporting the Ramones.

'496'lBob Dylan earns a 550 session fee playingharmonica on Harry Belafonle's MidnightSWcial.

1942Barbara Streisand is born in Brooklyn, N.Y. 5he tiesKatharine Heoburn in 1968 for the Eest Actress 0scarfor her debut film role in tunnyGrl. Her biggesthits are'Love lhem efton AStor ls Born (Evergrce)i"The ll/ay We Were'and "lvoman In Lovei' Eachtoos Billboard's Hot'100 forthree week. She ispresented vrith a Grammy legends Award in 1992.

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While conducting a search of more than 8OOprofessors teaching this semester at lvleho, it wasdetermined that only a third of their credentialscould be verified.

Institutions were r€luctant and some refrrsedto release information because thev are eitber aprivat€ institution, pari of Creditcheck, or theyare under contract with a company called theNahonal Student Clearinghouse, or the NSC.

Of the several obstacles that made veri$ingthese degrees rlifflcult, the NSC was the biggest.

The NSC, a nonpmfit organization estab-lished in 1993 to verily enrollment, certificatesand degrees, helps schools koep track of studentloan information, providing it to lenders andguarant€e agencies.

the ability to check on these records, accord-ing to the Freedom of l-nformation Act, is protect-ed because they are "agency records. "

These agency records are open for inspectionand the only fees that can be applied to check-ing these records are for reproduction, specialrequests for data formatted in a unique way, andrequests that are deemed "extenuating circum-stances. "

According to the Colorado Open Records Act,the cost for copying these reconils cannot.exceed$ I .2 5 , unless the records are needed in a specialformat or deemed "extenuating," as in tle num-ber of requests made.

Nonetheless, scores of schools referred re-quests to the NSC, which charges for degreeverification. The set charges of $6.5&$13.00for each degree verified and could range from upto 40 times what stat€ laws allow for checks onpublic records.

The NSC has conhacts with more than3,0O0 instihrtions, including UCD, the Univer-sity of Colorado.at Boulder and Colorado State

lows schools to circumvent the regishar's office,which othem'ise handles all verification inqui-ries. In the case of public insfitutions, shifting theresponsibility to the NSC raises questions understates' public record laws on the availability ofsuch information.

Skip Acbler, part of the Colorado State Reg-istrar's Ofrce. has more than 15 1'ears of experi-ence including a stint at Meto. He said he seesthe NSC as a helpfnl resotuce for reducing theamount of administrative work that colleses arestarting to stnc$ile.

"Prior to 1994-9 5, Metro had a fuIl-time em-ployer who would come in at 8 a.m, and work foreight hours doing nothing but verifying degrees,"Achler said.

Metro does not conhact out degree verifica-tion to the NSC, but not at CSU Acbler said hefeels the NSC has helped alleviate some of thework the registrar has to do.

"Nowwith the NSC that same employee hastime to work more closely with the students. Theservice is very usefrrl and very good for the stu-dents, colleges and employees," Achler added.

Acbler sougbt advice from CSU lawyers afterthis reporter cited the open records laws when re-questing degree yerification.

According to Achlel the larvyers' responsewas to give out the names, even with the contractwith NSC in place

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EG > april z1,zoogu lhe metropolitan u creilentials in Sreslion

Phdto by KATE JOHNsON/jokathry@mscd.edu

Howard Flomberg. a visiting assistant professor for the Metro School of Business, formerly taught under the title of adjunct professor. Abouthalf of Metro3 teaching staff is comprised of adjunct, or part-time, faculty.

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ByJULIEWEATHERLYweatheju@mscd.edu

Half of the more than 880 pro-fessors at Metro this semester teachpart-time, equipping the school witha diverse, experienced pool of inshuc-tors at a bargain rate.

Inskuctors take advantage ofMeho's location and the resources ofthe school's urban environment, saidCharles Batey, associate clirector ofthe F,qual Opportunify Ofrce.

Batey, who has worked at severalschools in the Midwest. said Metro'spart-time. or adjunct, faculty is sig-nifcantly larger than that of mostother mlleges. This is a result ofMetro's downtown location, t'hichmakes it possible for faculty membersto work in their field of expertise andalso teach part-time. Its location alsogives the college access to an i[ex-pensive workforce.

"I lrnorked as a software developerway back n'hen and taught. It's theway I kept my sanity," said HowardFlomberg, an adiunct managementprolessor who is working full timethis semester.

Flomberg graduated from Mehoin 19 74 and has since taught at Met-ro on and off for 30 years.

Not every department at Mehorequires a master's degree or higherto teach. The aerospace science, art,hospitality and journalism depart-ments onlv reouire a bachelor's de-

gree and a certain number of yearsof enperience in that field for employ-ment, Howel'er, all assistant, asso-ciate and full-tirae professors musthave a master's degree in order toteach.

The benefits for adiuncts also dif-fer from those of fuIl-time professors.Adjuncts' salaries are determined bytle number of credit hours taughtand type of degree received. For in-stance, an adiunct with a master'sdegree receives $1,000 per credithour taught per semester.

"The pay is significantly lowerthan other states. It was even lowerthan the small Iiberal arts school Itaught at," said Karin lohnson, aspeech cornmunications adiunct.

Adjunct professors are not eli-gible for health benefits and the statecontributes less to their retirement.

To be considered firll-time, a pro-,fessor must be teaching four or morecourses at one institution. Even if aprofessor has a frrll course load, butit is spread between schools, the statedoes not award them benefits.

"Someone could be teachingthree courses at CCD and three class-es at Metro and be a full-time stateemployee and not get the benefits.That's the catch-22," Flomberg said.

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Foreign degreesindependently

checked

By KATE JOHNSONjokathry@mscd.edu& SCOTT STEPHENsstephl 9@mscd.edu

Academic degrees earned in theU.S. can be verified n'ith transcripts orthrough many states' public records.yet confirming a degree received in aforeign country requirei a differentprocess for N{etro.

Of the nearly 900 iaculty teach-ing this semester. fewer than tl,!'o doz-en hold degrees from foreign instiiu-tions. Hotl€\,€r. those degrees comefrom a host of countries, includineIsrael, Japan, Peru and Russia.

All laculty members are requiredto provide Nletro u'ith an olHcial tran-script. In the case of an applicantu'hose highest degree came lrom aloreign country'. an evaluation ser-vice must confirm the validity oftheir transcripts, as well as whetherthe degree is equal to one offered inthe U.S., said Eriks Humeyumpt€wa,coordinator of Academic PolicyCompliance for the OIEce of Aca-demic AIIairs.

"But it's gotta come from a reli-able source that we can check," hesaid.

HireRigbt, which Metro uses {orfaculty and staff background screen-ings, is an accepted verification ser-vice, according to Amber Michael,admidstratiw assistant to PresidentStephen Jordan.

HireRight will perfomr globalscreenings, in particular educahonand credential lerifications, for anyperson wishing to apply for a iob inthe U.S. Cunently its services spanmore than 200 countries and ter-ritories, including Europe, Asia, theMiddle East, and selected parts of Af-rica and South America.

XianshengTian, an associate pro-fessor of history at Metro, said manycou-ntries have built their educafonprograms around America's univer-sity and post-graduate s'"stem.

'China's system was modeledafter the American (system)," fiansaid.

Tian received his Bachelor ofArts at the Henan UniversiB in Kai-feng, China. But Tian didn't have toprovide any special documentationfor his bachelor's degree as he alsoholds a doctorate from OHahomaState University

In addition to Asia, Humeyrrmpt-ewa said most of

Middle East hale adopted Americanstandards for their educational inst-tutions.

This has greatly conkibuted toMetro's ability to verify foreign cre-dentials, he said, especially given thatnearly all these schools have onlineresources, hanslation services andEnglish-speaking adminishatorswho can perform verifications.

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Fraudulent resumes a common practiceProspectiveemployees often ireabout qualifications

By NATALIE BELUEnbelue@mscd.eduJILt RIVERAjrive122@mscd.edu

When creating a resume for anew iob, it is easy to stretch the buthabout past Jobs and €xperiences.If weryone was explicitly fruthfirlabout every detail of every past joband working eqerience, then wemight all still be looking for work.

There are websites, such as www,fakeresume,com, that girte inlomra-tion about how to fake a degree,work experience and references on a16sum6.

Telling the tuth about tennina-tion liom one lob could be incrimi-nating when Fying to gain a positionat a new company.

"People tend 16 6a11 things likegetting fired from other iobs or be-ing convicted of felonies," said BobRoper, chief in-formation officer ofthe Judicial Business Integrated withTechnologz Services, a division of theState Court Administrator's Office.

However, the most common lieson r€sum6s arr omissions. Whileemployment dates and job rcsponsi-bilities may match r€ality, less posi-tive experience may go rnissing, Forany emplqyer, seeing that a contend-er for dJob has tieen fired can exfin-guish the possibility of giving themthe poeition.

Ashley lemon, design directorfor the architectural firm Aardex,dea.ls with r6sum6s all the time. Part

of his job is to review applicants' r€-sum€s.

"The most ridiculous lie I've seenwas when someone actually claimedto be a part of a proiect that l was incharge of and conducted myself,"kmon said.

The increasing use of fraudulentdegrees and transcripts is widespreadeno".gh that the Federal Ttade Com-mission cautions employers bboutthe problem. The commission recom-mends contacting schools to confirmdates of attendance and graduationas well as checking if the school is ac-credited by a recog:rized agency

Another tactic some use on 16-sum6s is lying about experience,such as schooling and volunteering,In December 2N7, YalE Universityannounced plans to change how itverified degrees after mistakenly con-firming a doctorate degree for an arthistory teacher in Korea.

Shin foong-ah, 36, a professor atDonggrrck University, was arrestedafter Korean ofEcials questioned theveracit5r of her degree. Yale officials .

veriffed Shin's degree on the basis ofa fraudulent document, according tothe university. A Seoul court recentlysentenced Shin to one year in prbonfor faH$ing her degree$, pOrdingto theYonhap News servic6.

"The most common thing thatpeople add to their r6sumes are do-ing things that othe.rs really did orcompleting college when they reallydiiln'L which is a major problem,"

Roper said.He has to turn down applicants

as a result of an unhutl-frrl applica-tion or r€surn6 at least two-tctlreetimes a year, he said.

According to ltacy Waltecmatrager of customer relations andtraining for the Judicial Branch ofthe State of C.olorado, all applicanbare aware of the background checbthat are performed, but she still getsa lot of resum6s that have falsitiesincluded.

Reference checks are usuallyworthless, Walter said,

i{pplicants, at least the snartones, usually only put down peoplethey know that they will get good ref-erences from. They are pretty worth-less references. "

While little white lies are com-monly used and may be overlooked, awhopper of a lie almost ensures youwill not be called for a second inter-vler r.

"If someone stretches their t€n-ure by a few months, it's understand-able," said foni Pedersen, a humanresources payroll manager of hesh-Point, a produce dishibuting com-pany "But if it's a few years, they areblatantly lying."

"When I ffnd som@ne that bla-faritly lied on their resume, I iust donot move &em on to the second partof the inter!'iew," Pedersen said"

"People lie all the time," Pedersensaid. "It just depends on how bad there $.

Deparffirents have been findingit easier to hire part-time professorsrecently because Metro has been ableto pay more. Adjuncts are paid basedon their credentials and the nurnberof credit hours they teach. The num-ber of courses they teach in a semeeter is also limited,

"The increase in pay has reallymade a difierence in ffnding giood ad-

iuncb," Carlson said.Yarar said she believes that a

shong relationship between the de-partm€nt and adiuncts helpo whenloohng for new instructors,

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By NATALIE BETUEnbelue@mscd.eduTARAMOBERLYtmoberly@mscd.edu

With more than 21,00O shrdentsat Meho, it can be a struggle to findenough professors to teach classes,sometimes leaving departmentsscrambling to hire at the beeinningof a semester.

There arr more than 5OO part-time instructors, or adiuncts, atMeho. Each one of them has to meetcertain quamcations in order to becoirsidered for employment. Eachacademic deparhnent may have ad-ditional requirements.

"[r order to teach math at Metro,the person needs to have at least amaster's in math or a related field"such as engineering," said RuthYarar, head of hiring for the mathdepartrrent. "We also require goodcommunication skills. If the studentcan't understand tie teacher, howwill they learn?"

Howener, Yarar also said peopleare sometimes hir€d rdro are at the

"bottom of the barrel" of potentialinstructors in order to avoid cancel-ing classes, "If you don't like them,you don't have to hire them again. "

But more than iust an applicant'sdegree is looked at in the hiring pro-cess.

"I think that supporting paper-work, hanscripb and letters of support from others should be lookedat to ensure only well4ualified indi-viduals are being hired," said CindyCarlson, chair of the English depart-ment. 'A hhe should not be madewithout conducting a face-to-faceinterview." ln the end, it can be a tough de-

It is r€ry important to hire some- cision between hiring and cancelingone who hes a d(Ar€e directly related classes r,rrhen several spots need tobeto tlre zubiect they are applying to filld.teach, she said, "If you're desperate, 5'ou're dee-

Both Yarar and Carlson agree perate," Carlson said, 'i{nd you hawthat job or life €xperience should not to \lnk real hard about that,"be a sub'sdtute for education.

"In certqin fiekls (life experience)may be acceptable," Carlson said."But as far as it gioes, education is arEquir€ment (in the hglish depart-ment)."

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By EVAN LUTHYEeluIh_ve@rnscd.edu

I'letro s stucient bodr, i,, as eclec-

tic irs any in the nation, so caliing the

qualidcations ol professors at the col-

lege into quesdon elicits an aria-v oi'

responses liom iaughter to apathl' to

outrage.

For instiince, jLlnior Andrea L{ill-

er l]urst into laughter and admrtted

ihat she has had questions about thequzrlifications of some of her profes-

S O T S ,

"I've had a couple rvhere I didn't

feel super comfortabie n,ith their

teaching skills," \{iller. .14, said. 'I'm

a special education major and have

had a coupie of peopie ',r'ho have dis-

cussed teaching in a public school

and I had a hard tine beiieving thel'

had spent time in a public school or

with kds, '

Although everyone intervievr'ed

expressed an interest in what would

be lbund in r.erilying the degrees of

nearly 900 Nletro professors, most of

those intervien'ed said if the professor

taught effectivel!', degree veri-flcation

was unnecessary. Similarll', those

inter\dew€d routinely said il they did

not feel confldent in a teacher's abil-

it_'l', they lvould support lurther inves-

tigation.

Junior Bulat Jdanov 21, said

that the lerel of lhe course beirg

taught would alfect the necessity oi

a professor's degree. A bachelor's de-

gree is required in every department

at Metro, but u'ork experience and

higher degrees play a factor in alrnost

every department. Adjuact profes-

sors general$ need to meet dil'ferent

standards than full{ime faculty

Along with having to meet dif-

ferent employment requirements,

adjuncts hal'e tno semesters to pro-

vide Metro with their olficial trarr-

scripts. According to lt{etlo records,

about two dozen people teaching this

semester have l€t to submit official

transcripts."That's ridiculous, " iunior An-

drew Reid, 26, said. "To think that

I could potentially be hired to teach

a class and n'ould not have to gile

them transcripts to prove my educa-

tion until I couid have done a bad job

for a 1'ear is;ust ridiculous."

Metro is working on a new more

in-depth background check for all

new ernployees and curent employ-

ees seeking promotion.

Students weigh in on teacher qualifications

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: Metro students Bu-lat Jdanov, Andrew Reid, Andrea Mil ler.

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acuvism.Miguel lopez was a key volun-

teei for the SAFER campaign thatmorned to leealize marijuana for rec-reational smokers of drinking age. Hepou:rded the pavement in the way ofbis grandfather in the Chicano move-ment, alongside Rudolpho "Corky"Gonz€lez,, trying to get people in afre€-thinking state of mind. Iopez ex-pressed a plan to get a permit for the2007 festival and succeeded in 2008with the help of Conrad, after the twomet last year at the Global MarijuanaMarch.

The bootbs, vendors and live en-tertalDmetrt came together and cre-

atrd a public event, instead of a hordeof potheads.

The Medicine Man, a local rapper, tlrew out pre-rolled blunts aft€ra moment of silence to Ken Gorman.Gorman was shot in the chest in hishome in 2007 after a l5-year careerin mariiuana activism and openingthe case for medical mari.iuana. Hismurder r.eNnain5 rrnsolved.

The cMl disobedienceideal has not quite takenhold of Ken Gorman's noto-rious kids, who are nowvoters. Many ofthem, whowere likelyin the crowd,were chastised for sit-ting on the couch whiletheir right to get highlegally, without amedicat license,went up in smokelast Novem-ber.

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less of at-tendees at the polls, thefestival was exciting andpacbd the Greek plaza atCMc Center Park. "We are the new

generation of activists. and we do shltlike thisl" taunt€d the Medicine Manas the crowd erupt€d, "Thanks Ken."

The cannabis community wantsan annual festival in line with theTaste of Colorado, CapitolHillPeople's

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Holiday has finally arrivedThe Denver Police brought the

cavalry 0o Civic Center Park at the4:20 rally Sunday. Mounted horseswere on patrol, and a eang of biker-cops was on scene A few adven-turous police ofrcers patrolled thepark, where couples mlled jolnts andpaclred bowls like on a Sunday aI-ternoon plcnic. The squad overlook-ing the festivat acted as if they *eredowiligbt bor€d. "I can't tell if that'sa ctgarette or a joint," said Sgt Lucero,the on$ ofrcer on hand with rank onbis sleeve, 'but if t know for sure, Ihave to do my duty.r

A permit, for the first time ever,brought something more than thestandard bullhorn to this year's cel-ebration. Power. The "activist" tacticof trying to keep the event in line in-stead of rousing the mariirrana rabblemade the crowd sound louder than ithas in previous years. Maybe it wasonly because the crowd was so muchbigger in 2008.

Imetbothof the organizers of themlly a few semesters ago. Holly Con-rad was the host of MariJuanaRadio.corn, a lirc podcast from Denver's artdifict. She works to help patients inWheat Ridge get licenses and caregiv-

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Red, white andlong-broken failureI do not belleve in democracyOf course that should come as

no surpr'ise to anyone who has everread anything I've wrttten, but I doshongly believe in the truth, andthe truth is that democracy, fromthe very beginning, is inevitably afailed project.

A democracy rests on the as-sumption that large masses of peopleare capable of funcfloning togetheras a cohesive whole and, given theopportuniry, wlll work toward theht€rment of society This capacityin human beings, wlth the exception of those cases where peoplehave been made into slaves, soldiersor otherwise brainwashed dolts. hashistorically been absent. And al-though anyone can make a strongcase that Americans are slaves.soldiers or otherwise brainwasheddolts, they are still altogether incapa-ble of operating a political machinefor themselves.

But the American people ar€ notfallures tn this regard.lhey have beensubiect to an undertaking that neveractualb had any chance of success.It is only once they fail to realize thoirprecious dernocracy is a doomed jokethat they run the risk of being labeledfallures.

And as an American, I have ashong desire not to fail. So,Ipmclainat once that democracy is as silly anidea as letting a b'unch of cattle loosein a meadow and eryecting them to

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produce anything but excrement andmore cows.

Contrary to what many mightthink, I am not being cynical. Thevery idea of civilization, wtrich end-lesslypromotes the mentality that hu-

' man belngs are somehow incapableof survival unless nat.rre is ovexcomeand the development of armgant no- .

tions that our rationality implies abiased distinction between ourselvesand other creatures, is fundamen-tally at the heart of the problem po-litical philosophers will always face.Democracy is simply a hallucinationborn of the human being's lnsatiableurge to feel as though he is somehowmor€ important than everything elsein existenc€.

And although anyone who hasever been outside their house, turnedon a television or simply spoken toanother person should have imme.diate$ come to the corclu.don rhat

human beings rer.eal little desire tobe nice to one another, but some sffllbelieve the powers that be are in someunimaglnable way working towardthe beneftt of mankind. Ihis is a fa]-lacy, and anyone who believes it musteither be totally daft or younger thanserren years of age.

I€t us not kid ourselves. TheUnited States would be a shamefi:ldemocracy in spite of the fact thatit only pretends to be one at all. Inthe 2004 election, 60 percent of theeligible voting public actually voted,and this was viewed by people tooaffected by politics to even smile asa succ€ss in comparison with otherelections that have seen numberstoo dismally low to mention. Butthis number does not account forthose people who have been totallydisenfranchised by a system of lawsand regulations that essentially robspeople of their rilhts either for profft,because of its racially discrimina-tory natue, or simply because thosepeople have broken laws that, werethis an actual democracy to besinwith, would very likely not even beon the books.

But none of that actually mat-ters, unless of course you happen tobe of the ewr-so-pahiotic breed ofidiot whose infallible willingness tosupport the gorcnment conthues todevastate the rest of us on a dailybadsbecause all thinS poliflcal, social andeconomic in this country are put ln

place as methods of c{ercion meantto keep the noney in the hands of therich and the portrer in the hands ofthose already in ponrcr.

A two-party system is accept-able to most people in this countrybecause most people in rhis countryhave nothlng else to compare it with.And because it ls an 'l{.merlcan" sys-t€m, most people, at least inside theUnited States, accept it as the finestthing amund until, they themselvesi ,€nt sometldng better, somethlngu'hich Anericans, by virtue of theiralready irnaginary success, are theonly people in the world capable ofinventing.

My proposal is, of course, to abol-ish civillzation altogether. Most of youscolf at that idea, but know that I seeright tlrough pur arrogant disguiseand will not have my views degradedby the likes of people whose thinklnggioes no ftrrther \an the comfortableboundaries of their checkbooks.

Indeed. I .m not the one hold-ing on to the vestiges of an imagi-nary state. If a person drops theirtelevision nine stories to the side-walk, they do not expect to take ltinto the shop and have lt flxed. Itis the same with a democracy, onlyshe tumbles the minute she is con-celved. - "Democracy never lastslong. It soon wastes, exhausts andmurders itself, There was never ademocracy that did not comrnltguicid6."- fahtr Adams.

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Softball team takes 4Filday 4.25BASEBATI remains one game back3 p.m. at NM Highlands of Mines for RMA( titleSaturday 4.26BASEBATLNoon & 3 p.m. at NM HighlandsSOTTBALTNoon & 2 p.m. at Chadron StateCRO55CIU}ITRYTBA at Jack Christiansenlnvitational in Fort Collins

Sunday 4.27SOFTBALT11 a.m. & 1 p.m. at Chadron State

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set records and finish

(New England) Patriotswould have given anearly season loss upforthe Super Bowlchampionship. We'rekind of in that samemodei'- Bobby Piercg, Metro baseballhead oadr, on sefting a newteam record of36wins.

DIDYOIJ lfi{0HnMetro3 softball team has donewell this season despite a lack ofsenior experience.Ihey have onlyone senior this season, and onlytwo juniors, so the team will losevery little the next few seasons.

ll|JlulBIRS GA[|t r36Number of wins by the MetromenS baseball team. Witheight games remaining, theRoadrunners have already brokenthe Metro team record of 34 winsin a season. The record-breakingseason has given the'Runnen afive-game lead in the conference.

By I(ATE FERRAROkferraro@mscd.edu

For the third time this season,Metro's sofl ball team swept lheir op-ponent in a four-game series April19-20 at Auraria Field.

With thee of the four sweepscoming at home, the Roadrunnershave proren their defensive wall;domination at the plate and lrcwer-ful pitching are unstoppable on theirhome turf.

'A sweep is always awesome,"right fielder Danni Hedskom said. "Itdefinitely makes it befter that it's ourlast home showing."

The Roadrunners have improvedgreatly since the beginning of theseason, They have shown they arewilling to fight for their teammatesand will be there for each other everystep of the way, According to Hed-strom, that's exactly what she hies todo at every plate appearance.

'A hit is basically all I want. Itdoesn't have to be a home run, itdoesn't have to be a line shot - justanything in the gap," Hedstrom said.'l{n1'thing to help my teammate outto get on base or 0o score someone. "

The Roadrunners have not onlyimproved in the game of softball, butalso on getting to know each other, asindividuals and as a team.

'In the bdginning, we were a littleunsure with each othea " pitcher LibbyBalogh said, "Now we lmow each oth-ers' t€ndencies, and we're able to workwith our shengths and weabresses. "

Balogh began the series againstNebraska-Kearney on Saturdaypitching a complete five-inning game.She allowed six hits and shuck out sixl,opers, earning an 1l-l victory, im-proving her record to 8-7.

"My pitching coach always tellsme when I pitch my best, they can'thit mq" Baiogh said on her perfor-manc€. "My best is how I throw nothow fast. Just working on my spin, Inoticed that to be true. When I throwmy best. they aren t able to hit it.

After being down 0-2 in the bot-tom of the sixth irming. the Roadrun-ners rallied to take the second gameof the doubleheader. Metro catcher\icole l.r'les slarted ofl lhe sl\lh in-ning with a double to left fleld andadvanced to third when Hedstromreached on an error. Lyles scored ona groundball hit to the pitcher by

Meno softball pitcher Casey lhompson pitches to a Nebraska-Keamey player on April 20 at Aurada Field. Metro swept thefour-game series over the weekend and rcmains in second place in the Roc$ Mountain Athletic Conference.

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center lielder trIolly Clark. The score

was evened at two when left fielder

CzLriThompson singled to center Reld,

scoring Hedstrom.

The score remai-ned lied heading

into the linal inning as the 'Runners

battled to avoid extra innings. Third

baseman Jennessa Tesone led things

off by being hit by a pitch and ad-

vancing to second on a single from

designated hitter Ashley fohnson.f,yles advanced the runners on a sac-

rifice fly, and lledstrorn singled to left

field lo bring in lhe game-n iming

run for Metro."I felt really good about her."

Head coach Jennifer Fisher said on

Heilstrom's performance. "She had

three at bats this weekend where shewas down with two stril<es and camethrough with great hits for us."

In garne three ol the series, Nletrocarried a 7-3 lead heading into thesixth inning. Metro pitcher CaseyThompson got herse)f into trouble

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Next crop of b-ballyouthlackingthe NBA Playolls are just tipping ofl and it

should be exciting to r,vakh the stars Kobe Bry-ant,Ilm Duncan and Allen Iverson go head-to-head for the NBA crown.

But these superstars weren't always head-liners in th-e professional ranks. They were allpimple-faced high schoolers who carried only aball and a ikeam.

From April l9-2O, I wihessed some futureNBA stars at the 2OO8 Double Pump SpringClassic basketball tournament in Lekewod:and let me tell you, the fuhrre doesn't look thatbright.

The Double Pump tourney occurs everyyear at this point in the is€ason, and it brings to-gether high school all-star teams from aroundthe country to showcase their skills in lront offans, families, TV cameras and, most important-ly, college scouts and coaches.

The tournament hosted alnost 500 gamesalong with other tournaments in Pittsburghand Houston.

I was there not as a print journalist, butrather as a camera man shooting I 7 gamesin three days to record 14-to- l8-year-old boystrying to take thet team to the championshipgam€ to show prospective colleges they areworth a scholarship.

Coaches from all over the counhy cameto catch a glimpse of the next superstar thatmay take their team to the NCAA Tournament.Washington State, Oregon, Purdue, Boise Stateand even your own Meho Stat€ were in atten-dance to scope out the action.

Meho had a representati!€ at the event onevery day of the tourna-ment and even head coachBrannon Hays came out,as he wanted a ffrst-handaccount of .possible futureRoadrunners.

"Recruiting is year-round," Hays said as hewatched a game that fea-tured Colorado high school players,

He wasn't obliged to tell me r,rihich starshe was looking to sign, but he told me that hisprogr.rm looks at thousands of athletes duringthe year. and it is a difEcult process for his teambecause it is only a Division II school.

When asked if he uas in awe of the DivisionI coaches in attendance such as UCI,As BenHowland, who showed up on Saturday, Hayscould only laugh with a sort of dismayed lookon his face,

'Well, r,r'hen I see that ty'pe of coach at acout, I walk to another court knowing I prob-ably have no chance at those players," Hays said.

If working their magic on the court wasn'tenough, players were encouraged to partake inprofile booths that were s€tup at every court.These booths contained computers that tookindividual pictures of athletes, while the play-

er wrote in a profile containing theh name,weight, height, high school, college interest andhigh school all-star team. I guess that's market-ine at its best.

Never before, except when I play with myfriends, have I seen so many missed llee t]rows,so many fouls, so many missed dunks and somany air balls. These kids are supposed to be thebest of the best at their age level.

I thought maybe the best players are com-peting in Houston or in Pittsburgh because younever hear of great basketball players comingout of Colorado or Wyoming, but there havebeen top-notch talent from places such as Cali-fornia or Kansas City (OK, Chauncey Billupscame from Colorado, but try to name anotherand Coby Karl doesn't count).

So my t[rought was it had to be the pressure.

These young kids are thron'n into a tournamentto be put under the couege microscope to tryand stand out among the rest. These kids barelyknow how to shave, nonetheless try and impressnational championship coaches that are watch-ing their every layup or rebound. However, therewas a 1 4-year-old player rvho had a beard. NowI thought as I stood in complete shame becauseat 27, I can only grow a bunch of scruff on my

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Don't get me wrong,I love basketball, and I ac-tually wihessed a few ex-citing matchups over thecourse of the weekend, butthe talent and the funda-mentals have sel'erely fall-en off from the days whena basketball player's mainweapon was hts 15-foot

iumper.

chin, was that this kid was either not 14, or hewas pumped full of steroids.

Now I say that'tongue in cheek becausewho hnows what parents, coaches or playersare willing to do with so much at stake. But thatargument will be left with Dominican baseballplayers; again, tongue in cheek.

My 17th and ffnal game was b€tween twoteams of I 4-year-olds, I had previously watcheda sGller double-overtime game featuring acouple of high-profile players that had alreadyagreed to attend major universities.

Now I had to endure an hour-and-a-halfsnorer with no dunling, disorganization andtoo many fouls to count. About 10 minutes inthe game, I saw through my viewfinder rin oldergentleman wearing a Hawaiian style shtt sit-ting at one end of the court. I zoomed in withcamera and saw it was legendary Arizona headcoach Lute Olsen.

What was he doing watching 14-year-oldstrip over their feet trying to run down the court?According to the national championship coach,it's never too early to recruit.

"If you are going to have good recruitingyears, you have to do it early," Olsen said. "I canlook back at Gilbert Arenas, no one knew whohe was, and we got a commifulent out of him

early"I couldn't tell you if I saw the next Gilbert

Arenas or the next Dwayne Wade, but I can tellyou the next generation of high-flying dunlersor sniper-firing shooters may be few and far be-tween.

Roadru n ners sports briefsTENMS three matches.

Metro's tennis teams swelt away Colorado The women ended on a high note afterChristian April 18 at Auraria Courts, an upand-dovr.n season. Only a few matches

It was the last regular season matchup for were even in question as l!{eho waltzed to aeach team, vaulting the men into sole control 9-O sweep, The Roadrunners' Alexis Alvarezof first place and the women into the No. 5 seed matched Campbell's feat, shutting out CCU'sfor the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conlerence Katy Schnarr in skaight sets.Tournament. The Metro doubles team of Mifta Hirad and

Two days earlier, Meho men's No, I ten- Alecia fenkins showed the only toouble of thenis player, Sascha Ruckelshausen, won RMAC match. But the close march against the Cou-Player of the Week. The ar,rrard was courtesy of gars'top duo was eventually won by the Road-not dropping a set through three doubles and runners 8-6.singles makhes the weekend before. The women next faced Air Force April 19 in

The reigning ptayer of the week proved he a nonconference meet,losing 9-O.had deserved the award'ftriri$alirt wncding 7:5 TtieMbho men riow await thCr€suits of Ne-and 6-l in singles. braska-Kearney's final game. If the lopers win,

1te Cougars'men avoided a shutout, a-f- they will unseat the Roadrunners as the topter a default in the Roaclrunners' No. 6.singles team in the conference. If not, Metro will finishspot gave CCU their only win. Metro shined in the season as the No, I seed entering the RMACthe other matchups, including 'RuDner Ryan toumament.Campbell taking every singles game for two The Roadrunner women secwed the No.consecutive 6-O wins. 5 seed for the conference tournament with the

The Mefro men dominated at doubles as win against CCU.well, giving up only one game in two of the

Metrc women3 tennis playen Mitra Hirad and Alecia Jenkins in play against Colorado ChdsthnUnivenig in a doubles matdr Apdl 18. Ihe duo rvon the match 8{ on the way to a 9{l sweep of ihe(ougan.lhe RoadrunnersfnishedtheiFRo*y Mountain Athletic Confercnce regulalseason 2-4.

" . . : . .AIHLETIC DEPARIIFI\T-. 'r ." liment Award for the RMAC ror the softball

The Metro Athletic Departmeirt wds*_teamls 'Building Bridges to the Community"awarded the Division tr Community Engage- program.

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Metro falls in line for lst regular season titleByERIC LANSINGlansing@mscd.edu

Metro's baseball team's threewins over Colorado Christian April19-20 in laliewood.earned them 36wins on the season.

The 3 6 victories breakthe school'srecord of 34 season wins. Meho headcoach Bobby Pierce knows it is an im-pressive record but quickly pushes itaside because the ultimate goal comesin championships, not records.

"It does us no good to s€t recordsand ffnish second," Pierce said, "Iguarantee the (New England) Pafriotswould have given an early season lossup for the Super Bowl championship,We're kind of in that same mode."

Meho's offense, which leads theconference in runs scored, couldn'tfigure out Chrisfian pitcher AndrewKaiser in the series opener. Kaiserpitched nine complete innings ofshutout baseball and earned his sixthwiu of the year.

"He had three pitches in the zonaHe showed a liftJe bit of velocity Hehad a little arm side run, and he wasjust tough," Pierce said, "One of thethings ne do really well is get pitch-ers up in the pitch count early inthe game, and we couftln't do thataSainst him."

Meho's bats urere not in full force,and it looked as if it might lose itstlrird game in a row for the first timetbis yrar. Nothing was decided in reg-ulation as the game went into extra

hnings with the score tied at four.In the eighth inning, Metro's vet-

eran bats came through as left fielder

Jake Palmer singled in a run, andcatcher Reece Gorman later scoredwhen pinch hitter Terry Abshire washit by a pitch. The 'Runners recordedone more run to go up by a score of7-4.

The Cougars made it cloae byscoring two runs in the bottom of theeighth inning, but senior pitcher foshEckert struck out the last batter towin his sixth game of the year.

But that's when things took a dif-ferent hrrn. Some h'ash talking beganfrom the Colorado Cbristian dugout,and Meko's players took ollense. Butit wasn't in the form of bad languageor disparaging remarls, but rather intheir bats that took off.

On the final day of the weekend,the Roadrunners scored 40 runs tofinish the series off and send the Cou-gars to their 2 7th lcbs this season.

Pierce said the trash talkingcomes from his team sitting on top ofthe standings and being targeted inarery series.

"The pooition we're in, peoplecane after us, and they're fired up toplay w," Pierce said. "Thery gave us alitde motivation to go out and play toour abilities."

If scoring 20 runs in game tlreeand 2O runs in game four is up totheir ability, then the rest of theRocky Mountain Atl etic Conferenceshould be put on notice that these

'Runners are geared ior a serious con-ference tournament run.

Metro pounded out 16 hits andhad two innings of eight runs todominate the Cougars 20-5 in thethtd game of tle series.

In the series finale, Meto rightfielder Brennan Brown smashed twohome runs and drove home sevenRBI to help Metro to a 2G10 win.

"It feels good knowing that coachhas faith in me," Brown said on get-ting extensive playing time as a rook-ie. "It helps to have lake (Palmer) andReece (Gorman) hitting behind meand Eric (Mansfield) and Mike (Mo-linar) in tont of me. The lineup is justgreat, and it makes it easy for me tocontribute."

Pierce has full confidence in hiseveryday right fielder.

"He's got a bunch of talent,"Pierce said. "But a lot of guys have abunch of talent. The one thhg withhim that's dilfer€nt from other ftesh-men is he's not afraid. [Ie's super ag-gresshr on the basepaths. He doesn'tget down when he makes a mistake,and he overcomes adversity well."

The wins impror€ the Roadrun-ners' record to 36-9 overall and 30-4in the conference. They will look !olock up the conference with a sweepover New Mexico Highlands, whosplit their series with Mesa Statethe previous weekend. If Meho cansweep the Cowboys, they will clinchthe top record in the RMAC.

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Metro and (olorado ftdstian shake handr after game trvo of a doubleheaderApdl 1 9 at Regis Univerity. the Roadrunner took 3-of4 in the sedes.

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coEpete with anyone. So look fo tbeir oEe-

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Boeion and the Bastern Coderence.

S0FTBALI D Metro ralliesto defeat Kearney +1by walking two batters to load thebases full of Cougars with only oneout in the inning.

Coach Fisher relieved Thompsonwith Balogh, who got the next batlerto pop out to Molly Clark in centerfield, Clark caught the baserunnernapping oI[ second and t]rew outthe runner, who failed to r€turn tothe bag in time.

The double play allor,tred Metro toescape the inning with a run scored,and Balogh saved her pitcher fromtaking any more danage to herearned run alerage.

"I think teams overlook her,"Fisher said on Balogh's perfonnance."She's really tough, and she canhandle it She's a very smart pitcher,has great confrol, and she doe.sn'tmiss her spots very often. She doesn'tworry about anything else."

Nebraska-Kearney started thescoring in the final game of the serieswith a solo home run, taking an earlyl-0 lead in the second inning. TheRoadrunners responded immediate-

b with a single by Lyles and an RBIdouble from Cari Thompson, placingthe pdnts on the board. Metro added

tlree more runs throughout the restof the game, pushing their lead to a4-l victory.

Pikher fessica Fisher had anoutstanding seven innings on themound, as she struck out eight Iopers and only allowed one run, im-proving her record to 1O-7,

Hedshom had a solid a]l-aroundweekend, ffnishing 5-for-13 withthr€e RBI.

Ihe 'Runners are now 23-11 inthe RMAC. and,27-L6 overall. onehalf point behind Colorado Schoolof Mines fon the lead in the East Divi-sion.

"Kearney beat Mines, so r,veweren't really sure what to expect,"coach Fisher said. "lhey have gotsome good, solid pitching, and webrew we iust had to take care of busi-ness at the plate,'

As the Roadrunnen tavel toChadron Stat€, April 26-27, to playtheir last fourgame series of the sea-son before the tournamenL they keeponly one thing in mind.

"We look at our goals," Baloghsaid. "Our goal is to win RMAC. That'sour focus,'

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Frec Blood Prcssure Screenlngs- Fildap at the Health Center at Auraila, Plaza150 at 2 p.m.

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Moving Medltation - Join us forall levels of physical ability and music ofmeditation. The event is held every Thursdayat 2:30 p.m. in 5t. Francis Atrium. For moreinformation : wilkinli@mscd.edu

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