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There was also a birycle workAuraria's budding Earth Day cel- shop so studenGcould learn how to ebrationsare taking root. This year's repair bikes themselves,as well as event offeredmore to students than somevendor tables.

"The materials I use are reever,but there is still a lot of room to grow, organizerssaid. cycled," said art major Fonda To underscore this year's cam- Prutunan, who displayed her artpus theme entitJed "Your Sustain- work at one of the vendor tables.

"I recycle materials that are able Campus.Ifarn it, Live it," the vendors and eventswere chosenfor found in the dumpster,I userecycled their educational value for students, magazines,I have friends that pick said Lia Peclman, one of CU'srepre- up found objects and trash," she sentatives of the Student Advisory said. Prutman said environmental sustainability is part of the founCommitteeto the Auraria Board.

"We thought our sloganencom- dation behind her art. She goes to pawn shopsand thrift storesto find passedthe educational part of it," some materials and the panels she Peckmansaid, "There are a lot of different ven- usesas her canvasare recycledhom dors this year who are doing more a funiture company on Colorado than giving out ftee stuff-there are Boulevard.

"They make tablesand chairs for workshops,and they have shrff that students can use at home in every- restaurants and give me all the odds and ends," Prutrrnan said. "I really day life," shesaid.

Peckman gave the gaample of tly not to buy any new materials* to the "Composting for Apartment do my best at rcducing the amount Dwellers" workshop,where students that goesinto the landfiIl." While no ofrcial estimateswere learned tips on how to garden with

made of how many students werc there, Peckman was pleased about the choicefor the lendor area----centered around the fivoli Commons where several musical acts played, which she said did a lot to attract students.

The workshops,however,had to be held in St. Cajetan's- the Ttrrnhalle was already booked- and the out-of-the-way location led to low turn out.

Pecbnan said the vendor turnout was encouraging, but she wanted to seemore next year,and alsosee the eventsexpand.

"I really want !o try to get a more diverse array of vendors and a lot more food vendors," Peckmansaid.

Tracy llickman, an anthropolo' gy major who didn't take part in the day's events, said the school hadn't done enough to raise awareness about Earth Day. Hickman said while she thinks of herself as green-minded, she doesn't fhink Metro doesenonqh to be environmentally friendly.

"I r€cycle," Hickman said. "The one thing that Meho doesn't have is plastic recycling---and everybody ilrinks out of plastic-you can reclrle cans, but no one drinks out of cans."shesaid.

"I don't evenknow if they really need events and stulT.but it would be nice if they at least chalk up the sidewalkslike they do for other stulT -I didn't find out un[l someone said somerhingin class.,' Metro psychology maior Jessica Allen also didn't take part in the festivities and doesn't consider herseU eco-minded.

"I care about it," said Allen, who works a fuIl-time job in addition to her full-time courseworl for psychology.

"But I guessyou get caught up in your busylifeanddon'tdo the rhings you should do."

Allen said shethought Meho did job being a green campus. good a "I guessit's important to do yotrr part to recycle and to trke care of natural resources,"shesaid.

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Metro has partneredwith the fewish Community C€nter of Denver to offer workshops and s€minarsat the ICC. The program, which has been in development since September2007, will offer fourcredit coursesin art history and political science this summer.

The political sci€ncecourses will focus on Muslims, the Middle East and the Israel peace process and politics, u'hile the art history seminars r.r'ill examine the art of women over different time periods as well as Jerusalem's architecture.

program New recycling launched atAuraria Auraria launched a pilot recycling program aimed at gathering more than iustthe officepaper the previous program collected.

The nerv initiatil'e is part of Auraria's Sustainable Campus Program and rvas introduced Anril 18.

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containers,aluminumfoil andglasscontainers rvill now becollectedto berecycled.

Aurariacurrentlyadds1.300 tonsof trash to landfills each year and recyciing could reduce that number by 60 percent,accordingto Auraria officials.

Questionsabout the program should be &rectedto Auraria's EnvironmentalHealth and SafetyDepartmentat 303-556-8397.

A Metro student's research earned him a $12,000 grant to examinethe pine beetle epidemic that has ravaged lodgepole pines throughout Colorado.

The GeoEyeFoundation awarded David Rusch the money for his work using satellite imagery to assessthe damagedone by the beerles.

Rusch looked into the problem for his advanced geographic information systems course,and the imageshe studieswill beableto help scientistspinpoint the locationsof infected areas.

IvIanycampsitesthroughout the state rvill not openthis summerbecause of theproblem.

planned Summit toexamine issues withurban education The problemsurbal teachersfacer.rillbe the locusof a nationalsummitspearheaded by MetroandDen'erPublicSchools Or.ercron'ding,the lack of teachers,underachier€mentof studentsand the lackof access pann'ill bediscussed byspealers. elists, researchers and award-winning teachers ApriJ l0-May 2 at the Marriot City Center.

Pzrticipants will look at teacher-preparation models developedby school districts and postsecondary institutions in Ios Angeles, Milwaukee, Denver and Montclair, NJ. Regisfation for the event is $275, and additional in-fonnation can be found at http://www.mscd.edu/-tgelsummit08.shhl

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Metro, Each institution A committee has been formed UCDand CCD- will have its own to help with the master planning neighborhood.

Metro's neighborhood is to be of the Metro "neighborhood."

The committee has been coor- along Auraria Parkway and bedinated by Sean Nesbitt, who acts tween 7th and 9th streets.

The proposeduse for the site as the facilitiesplanner for Metro. a hotel/conferencefacilto serve as involves It has been formed rate housing for underand work with ity, market the voice for Metro graduate students, graduate and been a firm that has StudioINSITE, arts and culture master faculty, retail, working on the .campus plan that will help designthe Metro spacesincluding bookstores,movie. theater,fresh food market, cafes neighborhoodand lirst buildings.

While StudioINSITEworks to and restaurants,and serviceretail.

The program plal will be comdevelopa master plan for the Metpleted by the beginning of )uly and it will follow the ro neighborhood, plan by the end of fuly, the master of Higher Colorado Commission accordingto Nesbitt, Educationguidelines.

The committee's biggest chalThe plan will study the current and future needsof the college,or- lenge is examining the spacethe ganizing the Meho neighborhood campus provides and what space to reflect the unique goals,mission the existingprogramsand services and culture of the college,Nesbitt will need.It will also evaluatetle spaceneedsfor collegeadministrasaid.

To enhance individual institu- tion, the First YearExperienceprotional ideutity and provide a land gram, the aviation and aerospace use structure to guide the Auraria science department, potential Higher Education Center campus retail uses and the budget for the growth, the plan is organizedinto initial buildings planned for the

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choose students year Some forces earlyschool DNC tostayafterschool However. art shrdent Ethan upset Some students Metherd said he doesn't think the changesschedulechangeswill alfect him too oversdedule byconvention much. caused "Most peopledon't show up anyBySAMHWALKER swalke43omscd.edu GABRIELLE PORTER gabrielle.porter@email.cudenver.

ROBBIEANDERSON randel0lomscd.edu Auraria shrdents and stalf have mixed opinionsabout starting classes a week earlier th"'' normal this fall semesterbecauseof the Democratic Nafional Conventioncoming to Denver.

Some students said they believe havingclassesfor two weeksand then having a one.weekbreak will make the start of the semesterworthless.

"Wby bother coming?" asked Kara Sutton, a Mefro shrdent."I hate it. I tust think it's a worthlessweek."

Sone studentssaidthe!' fhink the break is a waste of hme and fear it will cut lnto thelr classes.

"What are they going to t€achus anyway in two weeks?"askedMero marketing student Marziya Kaka. "It blowsthe whole zummervacation."

Despit€theseopinions, most studentssaidthey plan to attendthe first two weeksof class.

way that first week," he said.Metherd said the enha week oll during the DNCwould give hlm time to work on schoolprolects.

Metro student SafiaAMulgasem said the change would affect her summer havel plans so shewould be back in Denverby Aug. 11. But the one-weekchange shouldn't make a big dilference,shesaid.

Most shrdentsand stalf saidthery support having the break instead of coming to campus dwing the convention. ,.J rhink the problem would be worse if we were here." Auraria librarian GayleBradbeersaid.

Kristina Ranum. a Meho student. saidit would behorrible to have to come to camlms with the 50,00O people expectedto convergeon the PepsiCenter.Most of the studentsinterviewedmid they would stay away from the area.

Hal Nees,associateprofessorof criminal iustice and criminolory mid he worries that students may not show up for classesbeforethe break but still plans on rrsing aspectsof the

DNC for classroom discussion.He plans to use security at the DNC as an exarnplein his classes.It is important to.@achstualentshow "poltcing [during the DNC]needsto bereactive wbile maintaining public saIety,"he said.

Severalstudentsand stalf plan on trying to attend or volunteer for the convention.

Meto Student Golrrnment AssemblyVice PresidentAndrew Bateman said that the DNC coming to - Coloradois a goodthing. "It reflecb Denver's growing place fur the national market," Batemansaid. "[ am excited to see what it does for our economy."

Studentsin joumalisn professorDeb Hurley'sbeginningreportngdasscontributadtoreportingthis story.

ByRYANVERSAW rversaw@mscd.edu North Classroom's auditorium filled up on April l8 with studentsinterestedin a graduateschoolpresention by fohanna B. Maesand Douglas Saunders.

Maes openedher portion of the seminar with information on the benefftsof graduate school and enplaining what is necessary According to Maes, graduate school can give one a serse of accomplishrnent, job promotion, an increase in salary, acadenic recognition and recognition in a student's field of perception.

Financialplanning waspresented

by Maesaswell with a focuson scholarship programs such as the Merit Scholarspr,ogram.

'A Fellowshipis a gant given by an organimtion in exchangefor the promiseof researchfor them postgraduation," Maesexplained.

All of the most popular scholarships,internships and grants can be f6unfl 6nlins, including CCDonline, UCDonline and MehoConnect.

Saunders graduated from lndiana Universityin 1993 and worts as a co4rorateand real estatelawyer for Kaplan.

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Saundershas been a director of Kaplan Firm's Colorado, West and Canadian branches for almost six years. @laining that the Merit Scholars Program helped gh€ him a prcF fessionalreview and get into graduate school, Saunderssaid that such iDstitutions can better your chances of admission.

As the seminar came to a close, Saundersexplainedall of the different enfanc€ exams necessaryfor graduatestudents.

For exanple, the ISAT is for law schooladmission.

The GMAI is for businessstudents.

Medical studentstake the MCAT sxam for admission into medical school.

If one deslreda professionalmilitary degree,one would need to take the ASFABtest.

Depending on personal success and field of choice, shrdents must choosethe correct test.

'1{.syou measure how well you accomplish your goals, look at your academic successand place yourself where you believe you would be the most successful," Saunderssaid.

THE METROPOLITAN,,APRIL24, 2008 ', A8

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ASIONISIil\fGLY il Cavaliere is back.At the ripe ageof 7l;silvio Bedusconiwon a convincing victory in ltaly's generalelection on A1dl 13d1 and 14th, giiring him a big majorify in both housesof the ltalian parliament.Thereis every sigl that his giovernmentwill hst His political group, Peopleof Breedom,has absorbedthe riglrtwing National Alliance party, he has shedone unreliable ally in the centrist UDC party, and his main parher, th.eNorthern [eague, will bereluctant to wseat hin" Despite a dotty.electoralsystem,foistedon tbe counny by Mr B€rlusconihimself in 2006, Italy may be in for five years of relatively stable government,.. ...fv{rBslusni andhisfinance njnt$tu and chid ideologue,Giulio nory han a golden op portmityto buildon thesesuceses by edolinng thAr Uueeporlirentary @ority to Hng in sweeping sedy-d& r€eros. lbe que$on is rtrfe€r e€V ltdll takeiL The oustbC of ee frrl€& ftonr padaneot mry r1* meking ooNr:hdrtitioDs owr reformsor pding crr8 $,orse. hrt S tbe govment succetls in rt&rnhg, our vadidon MrBerlusomi $ould hare to be mpered by the aclglmtl€dgnent that evt'l he b capableof improrcmeol Unforfunatdy there are gronrb fc scepficlstr about the norrrgorcrnment's lerdngd,edfllials Mr Tresronti has taken to miting against globolisation as the pimary cause of ltaly's (and &rrope's) problems.The Northern Lpague which diil !rell in the elecdon, is evenmore overtly aff-immlgration and protectidnist. Mr Ber{usconi'sm'n wo,rdsabout the future of Alitalia, tbe countlr's sickly airline, su$est that he is keener on state.fosterednational cbanpions, hor,vever inefrcient, ttan 6a the discipline of the ft,ee market. Indeed, he and Mr Tternonti often prefer to cast blame on the EU,the euro and the European C€atr'dlBank rhan to acceptthat Italy's ills are largelyhome4rowir.

Yet [\e omensar€ not all bad.

Mr Berlusconi seems to understand, belatodly, the seriousress of ltaly's ecoDomiceihraflon. IIis oomfortablemarority mears that hr hlis no nore 4uss for putting oll rtforos.lhis wlll be bis biggest test hqpe,for IUiYs rake, that he Iusoesii . - Frm 1lx€.Econmf$ . . print edidon,Aprll I 7tr 2006

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Democracyneedsfreshblood It go€swithout saying that our FoundingFathersdeservecredit for establishing the first modern democracy.And yet the leading face of that democracy has remained remarkably stagnant since then.

We have wiblessedand supported the electionsof various minorities all arou-ndthe world - but not here at home.

Now, for the fust time in the history of the United States,our citizens have the opportunity to vote against the status quo. And if we don't take advantage of this unprecedented moment, this country will erupt in violence. Either that or our citizens will fall deeperinto a morassof bitter complacency from which they may neverclimb out. It is hard to say which would be more damaging to the country Of course, Hillary Clinton. and Barack Obama have their flaws.

However,they both urderstand the languageof people,they both understand oppressionand they bofh understand the real problemsfacing this country, problemsthat have nothing to do with fear,immigration or moral decay.In fact, for the first time in a long time, abortion and flag burning may be tabled in the generalelectionfavor of more press-

What votersdefinitelycqnnot afford is moreof thesama TheUnited States,the

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of the planet will not survivethe 27st centurAif U.S.Ieadersremainmired in thepoliticsof thepast. avid interest in this year'selection.

GS0S'tltCItlEfitrt$N Pennsylvania alone registered nearly 300,000 new Democrats Swnltrenm@rnssC.ndu primary, before ing issues,zuch as the economy,the war in Iraq and our crippling dependenceon fossilfuels.In other words. this electionmay offerus something r.r'orthvoting for, Why the optimism, you ask?

Haven't my dreamsbeenbroken,my hopes shattered, during these last eight years?

At one point they were. But for the time being I have lefl.my cynicism at home, if only becausethe politics of cha.nge,which rang absurdly false when wielded by John Kerry in 2OO4,are almosttangible in the stre€tstoday.

Numbers of newly registered Democratshave soaredacrossthe country, with hundreds of thousandsof eligiblevotersshowing an

Tuesday's and Indiana and North Carolina, which will be holding their primaries on May 6, are reporting noticeable spikesas well.

V!'hilethe reasonsfor this new interest are perhapspolitically complicated, voters are seeminglyready to sound off for something completely differentin Nol'ember.

Talk show host Bill Maher noted last week in a discussion about obama's supposedly"elitist" remarks at a San Franciscofundraiser, that. lr'hereas in previous electionsvotersmay havepreferred the most down-to-earth,mostlikethem candidate, this year voters cannot "afford to vote barbecue."

Of course,asone of his guestsdryly pointedout, they alsocannot alford to barbecue.

What voters definitely cannot af. ford is more of the same.The United States.the environment. the econo' my and the rest of the planet will not survive the 2lst century if U.S.leadersremain mired in the politicsof the past.

ThomasJeffersononcesaid,"The tree of libergr must be refreshedfrom time to time with the bloodof pahiots and tlrants. It is a natural manure," And while feffersonmight havebeen speakingof a direct violencenot usually associatedwith ftee elections,his observationof democracy'sneedfor change seemsparticularly prescient in thesedire days.

It is time our citizensmadesome natural manure, not with the blood of our pahiots (too much has been spilledalready)or that of our t1'rants, but with the uniffed voiceof a public demandingto beheard.

The world - and perhapseventhe FoundingFathers- will belistening.

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(REDENTIA IN UESTION and Lilly MetrostudentsJaymeTaylor office Templework in the Metro Registrar's April19.

TheReoistrar's ofice is the custodianof informStionfor a college.Theofficekeeps recordspertainingto financialinformation, tEnscriptsand graduationfor all students who attendthe school.An investigativereporting classresearchd the credentialsof all Metro instructorsand contactedmore than 250school'sregistrarofhces.

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Lost in translation providing While is atranscript for necessary employment ata education higher institution, an found investigation inthesystem cracks andother atMetro leaving the schools

ByRICKBROWN brownric@mscd.edu

During a 2005 board meeting the North CentralAccretlitation Steering Committee it was revealed that the accrediting company for Metro voiced concerns over the number of part-time faculty without hanscripts, 'Approximately half of the part-time faculty files do not contain a traDscript, either oflicial or unofflclal." according to meetlng minutes Linda Curran, Metro interlm provost and vice president, said the Investigation grew from a concern over the number of adjuncts teaching at the school while the re-accreditation committee looked over Metro.

'Their concern was the parttime stalT was not put through the sane subjective search whirch fulltime faculty goes through," Curran said.

Although all faculty members are required to provide an official transcript in order to be hired, there is stlll faculty teaching without them, Accordlng to public records obtained from Metro's human resources department this spring, at least 2 0 professorshave yet to turn iD thelr transcripts - one such professordath! back to 2@O. Official . transcripts are to be

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received by a department head or dean and are to be opened and copied, Curran said. The original copy is to be signed and dated by the departmetrtheador dean,then forwarded to human resources with the envelopeattached.They will still be considered oflicial despitehaving beenopenedby someone other than a human resources staff member.

Sometimesdeparhent chairs get too busy to turn these in atrd hurnan resourceg never receives them, said Michael Bussey,who manages contracts for adjunct professorsat Meho.

To help keep track of who does and does not have transcripts on lile, a report is comptled th!â‚Źe tines each year, About 30 to 45 days prior to the end of a semester, Busseysaid he receivesa list of adjuncts who are missing oflicial transcripts.

Even though there are some professors on the list who have taught well pass the end of tleir Busseysaidhe thlnks Iirst semester, a new letter from human resources will help remedythis problem.

"I am going to write a letkr stating the human resources deparbnent needs the professor in quesfion's transcripk, These will be sent to the pmfessor as well as tle departrnent chair," he satd, The processeein placâ‚Ź at tr[eho

are adequate enough for most department chairs to feel comfortable when hiring adjunct faculty.

Marilyn Hetzel, co-chair of the CommunicationArts and Sciences Department, said she feelsthe current processeshave done a good job of safeguarding Metro from resumefraud.

"I have been working here for 20 years and I have only had one such incident," shesaid.

Having the departmentsverify every applicant would take too much time away from providing students wtth a quality program, shesaid.

"I work 5O to 60 hours a week, 9O hours a week during the times I an directing a play. There is just too much for me to do to fully intervlew all the adjuncts," Hetzel said.

Another department chair, modern languages' Sixto Torres, said he believes that while there a lot of different factors that go into picktng out a potential adjunct, credentials should be checked Iirst.

While Torres expressed confidence in the processesat Metro, there are some questlons he has about the lack of communication between the departments and the IIR offfces.

"Comrnunicatlons at tlnes has to be pushed"" he said.

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ABOUT THESERIES Meho's investigative reporting classatiempt€dto lEriry the credentials of all full-time and part-time instructors teachingduring the spring semester.

More than 8O0 professors'credentials were researchedfrom more than 25O institutions around the world, tbrough e-mails and telephonecalls.

More than 300 professorswho teach at MeEo claimed to have obtained their degreesfrom collegesin Colorado.

Reporters requested directory in{ormafion to determinewhether or not the professorattendedthe school and the highestdegreethey obtained. .Theinfomration requestedwas public knowledger.rnderthe Freedomof lnformation Act but someprofessors found theseinquiries to be inhusive.

The proiect ran into several roadblocks,from private schools to government-fundedentities, which would not releasethe information.

As a result" we raisedquestions regarding Mefro degreeveriffcation policy.

Verrficationhard to comeby Credentials for professors everyday arenotasreadily available asthose 0f graduates celebrity fromprestigious universities and colleges

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or completeda degree.

While public uniwrsities must sharedirectory information - name, The University of Southern Cali- degreecompletedand areaof studyfornia is more than happy to tell you becaus€it is a staterecordand therehow Will Ferrell and ReggieBush foreusually an openrecord,the same receivedtheir degreesthere. Denison doesnot applyto privateuniversities.

University in Ohio will tell you that Still, some,like St. Iouis University, Michael Eisner, HaI Holbrook and verifieddegreesas a matter of doing Jennifer Garner all were once stu- business. dentswhere you could potentially be Unfortunately,the denials,often a student. The University of Denver madein the name of privacy,do little jumps at the opportunity to inlorm to help in finding frauds. And frauds you that CondoleezaRicegainedher aren't goingaway: olfig flsan 6f admissionsat Maseducationthere.

But to find out whethet any of sachusettsInstitute of Technology the more than 1OOMefro faculty resignedin 2OO7 altEr admitting to members6laiming an advancedde- holding none of the three degrees gree from DU actually graduated is sheclairnedat her hiring in f 979. . A Korean court seniencedan completelyout of the question.The samegoesfor scoresof other profes- art history professor this spring to sorswith degreesfrom RegisUnilerprison after lying aboutholding a desity, Harvard, University of Phoenix greefrom YaleUniversity, . C-alifornia'sfirst poet Iaur€ate and elsewhere. privat€, Institutions mostly resigned in 2OO2 alter lying about but some receiving public funding holding a degree from Grambling - regularly denied requestsfor veri- StateUniversity . In 2001, George O'Ieary refication dwing the past 12 weeks.

The institutions designedto confer signed his post as Nohe Dame foota degreeand legitirnacy upon those ball coach after fudging on his repaying thousandseach semesterde- sum6, O'Ieary claimed a master's mand transcripts, identification and degreefrom New York University,a regular payment from students but school he attendedbut a degreehe deny whether anyoneever attended nevercomoleted.

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. Onthe Auraria Campusin 2007 it wasrevealedthat 150 employeesat CommunityCollegeof Denverdid not havethe pmper paperworkon file to prove they met employmenteligibility requircments.

Credentials fraud led the Federal Trade Commission to caution employersabout bogus degreesand har$cripts. The commissionrecommendscontactingschoolsto mnffrm datesof attendanceand graduaflon.

StiII, only 40 percent of companies report regularly verifying degrees earned, according to a shrdy by the Society for Human ResourceManagement.

Of course,if they are hiring WiIl Ferrell, ReggieBush or Condoleezza Rice, it shouldn't be a problem. For anyoneelse,goodluck.

Questionsprovokemixed reviews California hstitution uas unable to veri$ this degreebecauseof "an otr.

Iigation."

Yesor no? A checkof hundreds Mary Dozier, assistant r€gisb3r of advanceddegreesclaimedby Met- at UCLA,saidthis doesnot meanthat ro faculty members often produced Bellisariodoesnot have a doctorate, inconclusiveresultsfrom higher edu- only that the in-formationis not availcation institutions acrossthe coun- able until the obligation is met. She try. would not elaborateon the definition Someresponses reflectedcultual of "obligation." trends: a woman'smaiden name or Bellisario said he was unaware other famil_yname might appearon of an obligation on his records and the Metro employeelist, but would t}Iat it must be a mistakeon the oart not be included on graduation roles, of UCLA..

Most of these were ultimately veriRecordingmistakesoften cloudfid. ed the searchfor degreeverification.

Many of the remaining "no" an- UCD could not confirm that math swerscamefrom private universities lxofessor Jean Etbredge received a that claimedexempflonsfrom public master'sdegree. recordslaws and refusedto con6rm "There is probably a misspelllng or deny anyone's degree. This re- of my last narne, and they probably sponseaccountedfor about one-in- don't realizethat my first nameis Doflve Metro professors. lores.At any rate, I earned a Master When questionsaroseabout any of Science degree in mathematics of the remaining 700 faculty mem- fromUCD." bers,responsesweremixed.

Unlike Bellisario, Bthredge was "This is very intrusive," said cornfortablewith people asking her Antonio Bellisario,in the earth and about her degree.

'I work for a public institution ahnospheric sciences department.

"Nowhere else in the world wou.ld and my educational achievementis part of a public record to which the somethinglike this take place."

In the Meho directory and on the public has a right," Etfuedgesaid. departrnent'swebsite,Bellisario listr Norman Provizer,a political scia 20O2 doctorate from UCLA. The enceprofessor,saidhe would be glad

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to provide a copy of both his degree and hanscripts after the University of Pennsylvania'sregistrarcould not verify his doctoratE. "It's a logical projectlor an investigativejournalism class," he said.

Onepmblem in veriffing degrees is that there seemsto be someconfusion overwho is responsibleat Metro

Faculty splitbetween privacy concerns and pride institutional

for checking credentials, However. when asked

gelbrecht,chair of the earth and atmosphericsciencesdepartment,said he is not responsiblefor checkinghis faculty members'credentials.

According to fudy Zewe,eracutive director of human rcsources.it is the responsibility either of each of the deansof the different schools at Meho or the chair of the departmellt.

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iust arybodyl That is sttriply unCd ceptable,"Statkinsald.

On March 31, faculty members receivedan email fron the MSFFinNew background chec,kproce dums have Ilrleho facuhy concemed fcrming th€m that Itleto had btu€d HireRight to conduct these chedrs, that future employmentand promo tion may b€ basd on private infor- Short} after$rard,Imeph GoHhanmaton unrelated to hifug r€quire- mer, an attorn€y hfred by the federation to review the current sitration, m€nts.

HircRight, an employment senta letter to Meto's generalcounscrming cmpqry, was hired by sel.

It stat€s that "the college will Meto ln Feb,ruaryto conduct background checkson all new employees cme lnto the possessionof controand current faculfi r,lto are app$ing versial information about the applicants r,rfiich will inwitabb influence for promotion. decision makers at the college,but "Ihe collegeis of the view that it is ful$ capableof rhaftng policieclike r,vhichdoeqnot rclateto the merit and trrlswithout consulting n'ith the fac- quaMcationsof the applicant."

Gouldagru. ulty o[ its union and legalrcpresenta'The faculty memberhas uo op fives," said Timotly Gould, chair of porhrnity to challengethe accuracy the M€tuopolitanStata Faculty Fderation, or l\it^SFE"z{slong as that is of the information suppliedto the colthe case,on[l the eollege'sintercsts legeby tlr€Right," he said."That is a prescriptionfor disaster." will beserved."

Slatkn also stated there were The MSFFobiec'tedto the checks, specmc€ry the authorization forrn no guaranteesthat the information gatheredwould remain confidential that must be siped when an inwstiga[on begins. or what would happento it after the checksareconcluded. the grouy's concern stemsftom "We havenot officially polledour the scopeof the investigafion,which includesgathering information from membership,but in informal converan appllcant'scolleagues,friendsand sations,I have not yet encountered a faculty member who obiectsto a neighbors. "[r general,the concernwasthat criminal backgroundcheck, such as the authorizationand disclosur form would be donetlrmugh the Colorado asksan employeeto agreeto investi- Bureauof lNrestigation,"Slatklnsaid. gationsso broadas to potentially vio- 'Itrowwer,it isby no meansclearwhy Iat€ one'sconstitutional rights," said a faculty memberor indeedmost colneedto besubjectto a legeemploy'ees EllenSlaflin, MStr pr-esident.

"Catr tfir€Right compile a data- credit report or an investigativeconbase, perhaps of dubious aecuracy suner report asconthrctedby a comand then give out the information to pany like HireRight."

Ihe "hoceilue for Conducting Backgound Ch€cks"statesthat tr€ type of backgroundcheckconducted varies b posfion and ls intenil€d to potect th shrdeuts,employeesand assetsof the collegB. Slatkn said the authorization and dtsclosw€form hasbeenamen& e4 but not to the satisfactionof the federationor its attomey The federationis also concerned that .infonnafion is only gathered aboutselectemployees and not ev€ryone, which could lead to discriminatory teatnent. <lirwlor ol ludy Zene, €xec,uthre hu.manresourcps,disagrees."I could understand if we were sinding out a particular employmentgoup, but this practice corers all new hires, promotions and sensitive positions including studentemployeesin sensitivEareas."

Zewehas her own concemsand has beenrruorkingto smoofhout the issues.

"When encounta'lng such re. sistance as has occurred at Metro, it sometimescausesme to wonder what peopleharzeto hide," Zcwesaid.

"Howwer. I believein this casethat it is simp$ a matter of rcsistanceto change.'l Zewehas olleredto go through a backgrcund check,but has not been taken up on her offer. "Sinceit is at a cost to the college,I don't fhinlr it would be prudent for me to just go aheadand do it without beingdirectedto do so," Meho pays $34.50 per rcquest for checkson Social Securlty num-

b€rs,court r€coms-and the Nalional SeaOtfeuderRegisEy.An adltional chuge of $7 is inplemented lf credit checlcsmust be pcdorned on tlime appblng for pocitims ilealhg wtth ffnance. zer^rEsail the collegBhas be€n conductlngbac$r,ound chec.lsfor a number of years. .A11thathasoccurrrd norryis that we have formalizedthe pocess, antl wE ar€ applyingit consistenfuacrm all employmentgroupa,"ZermsaidFederationleadersexpessertlittle comfort wer the reassurances. ''Ibe issues include preservaflon of academic froodom, shared ggeernanceand the integrity of the curricr um. as well as the individual interestsand rights of our members," Slatkin saidThe implication is that if you do not sign.the form and thus comply with the backgroundchecks,you will not behired or promoted." . However,if negativeinfsmation doesshow up after the check is returned, the applicant has the opporhrnity to iliscussthe issue with human r€sourcesand be rpconsidetedfor the desiredposition. Not rule out someonefrom beall olTenses ing hired, Zewesaid.

Human rcsoulcesis moving forwad with the background check processand will continueto do sountit told oth€rwiseby Metro hesident Stephenfordan.

"WIl backgound chec]s ensure that we won't hire anyoner,vhocould sudilenb do hann to others?"Zewe said."No, but at leastit's a start,"

tc u april 21,2o08ulhe mehopolitan, credentiahin question

Fakedegreesfor sale ByAILISON BAILEY abailel9@mscd.edu You'veseenthem, the messagesin your inbox advertisingdiplomas in a matter of weeks for a few hundred dollars.For only $ 180 you can get a master'sdegree,a doctoratBfor $250. It's not only too goodto be true; it's too goodto be Iegitimat€.

Institutions that specializein thesedegrees are called diploma or clegreemills. The US. Departme[t of Education defines a diploma mill as an institution of higher education operating without state-recognizedaccreditationand granfing diplomasthat are 6:audulent.

But closing these schoolsis a complicated task. Part of the pmblem, said Alan Conberas, administratorof the OregonOfrceof DegreeAuthorization is that therc's no nafional standard of accreditation.

"The term diplomamlll doresn'thavean identical meaning ewryrvtere," he said. 'The pnoblem in the U,S.is with severalstateswhosestandarrrlsareeopoor that it doesn'tmatter if it's legal or nol" TheseSates include Hawaii, Alabama, Mssissippiand Californla,Contsreras said. lte O6ce of Dl4rce Authd,lzatlon is an Oregpn state-r.unorganizafi@ that authorizes schoolsto ofler academicdegreeprogramsif they meetstatestatrdards.the ofrce alsovalidatesd+ greesand worls to stopdiplomamill operations.

Many diploma mills o,peratea "campus" out of someone'sbasementor garage.Peoplemay own sewral differ€nt insdhrtions operating underdillerent names,which caneasllybefoldedup and closedif they're caught. The olrrators can openanother institution under a dilferent name.

Becauseit's easyto start overunder a new name, it's dilficult for law enforcementto makea dentin the numberof diplopa mills.

Matt McKeeve[an academicpolicy officerat the ColoradoDepartmentof Higher Education, saidthat diplomamills operatingout of Colorado arerare.

"SinceI've beenhere we havenot run across

credited university ii essential.At the time of hire. the department chair or hiring supervisor is responsiblefor checkingthe legitimary of an applicant'sdegree,saidfudith Zewe,enecutivedirector of Human Resourcesat Meho.

SandraHaynes,dean of the School of Prc fessionalShrdiesat MeEo, said she has a list of schoolsrecognizedasdiplomamills.

a diploma mill operating in Colorado," he said.

"I've been here two-and-a-half years."

"Essentially a diploma mill degree is not aII acceptable credential. Therefore, the person

This is due in part to Colorado laws that claiming zuch a degreewould not be eligiblefor make issuing a diploma without state-approved hiring," shesaid. accreditationa misdemeanor,If convicted,pnBut Halnes said in her eleerience it's rarE altiesrangefrom a $50 fine to six months in pris- that an applicant'scredentialsturn out to be of on. It can be a hard for companiesto distinguish questionablepedigree."For the Schoolof Profesbetweena legitimatedegreeand one issuedby a sional Studiesit is not a big problem,[r the last diploma mill becausemany use namestlat are firc yearssinceI havebeendean,I haveonly seen qf thi.s." similar to accreditedor respectedunivcrlrlg!, __._qqo_,e_xafnples For example,Ttinity Universityis an accrcdTtacking diploma mils is a dificult thing to ited liberal arts schoolin Texas. It could be eas- do becauseof the how fiequendythey popin and ily mistakenasTYinityCollegeand University,an out of existence. inSitution widely recognizedas a diploma mill "We can't do anything about it," said fane that the Officeof DegreeAuthorizationbelievesis Glickman,public affairs specialistat the U.S.Department of Bducation."We couldn't keepa list operatingout of the Caribb€an.

Consurnerf,aren'talwaysawarethattheirde, of diplomamills becausewecouldn't know them greeisn t issuedby a bgitimate institution. Some all and they fall in and out of ope&tion." schoolsaskfor a r62m6 and grant deg€esbased However. the U.S. Deparhent of Educaon life expeciencc,Othersmight ask shrdentsto tion doeshave information about diploma mills submit a rrsearch paperof somekind. But these and urecognized accreditalion agencies.More papersand ftsum6s areseldomachrallyread. information is available at ht@://wruwed.gov/ One way for prospectile students to Eee if

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an institution is legitimate is.forleckjHtlsa€- - . hhnl. credited.Howevecstudentsshorlldn't stopther€.

Many diploma mills are accreditedby accreditation agencieswhich aren't recognizedby the U.S. governmentbecausetheir standarilsaresolow.

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Andrew Iootens-White,associatedirector for North Assuranceof an institution is determinedby Cenhal Associationof Collegea.'d Schools,or a peer review.This meansa team from another NCACS. institution reviewedMeto's self study and preIn March 2007, Meho was re-accreditedby formed an onsite visit to interview facultv and the lligher Iearning Commissionof the North students,he said.

CentralAssociationfor up to 1Oyears,which is The Higher lrarning Commissionlooks for the maximum an institution can be granted ac- specificthings at every institution beforegrantcreditation.The duration oI accreditationspeaks ing accreditation,he said.An important compoto the confidencea reviewteamhasin an L$titunent is an institution's commiftnent t0 student tion's ability to continuously ofler a quality edu- learning and effectiveteaching. cation,Iootens-Whitesaid.

Shana Long a 2002 Metro graduate who Although the U.S.Departnent of Education rnajoredin psychology,said she caresabout ac. doesnot accreditcollegesor uDiversities,t}le law creditation and believesit addsvalue to her derequiresthe Secretaryof Fducationto keepa da- gree. tabaseof nationally recognizedaccreditingagen"I think Meho offersa greateducation,"she cr€s. said. "I had a wonderful educationalexperience According to the Council for Higher Educa- at Meho. The courseswere interesting and dition Accreditation's website, U.S. collegesand verse,The inshuctors were knowledgeable,conuniversitiesareaccreditedby oneo{ 19 organiza- siderate,helpfrrland very informative." tions. CHEAis an organizationof 3,00Omlleges and universitiesthat advocatesacademicquality and regulation through accreditation.

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On the crew chief's thumbsup, Securingher rifle to the sideof tbe Wolfe'ssquad stood up and charged SO-pormdpack in front of her, Meho into the wind toward the thundering biologz major Angie Wolfe crouched machine, each bear-hugginga riflein the dry prairie grassat the edgeof a strappedrucksackand ducking his or line of cottonwoods. her head.

"I was afraid all morning they . "tlere they come .., 30 secontls ... get your earplugsinl" shoutedher would cancel becauseof snow - I hied not to get ny hopesup," Wolfe squadleadCr. WoUestulTedthe two bright-yel- said. "But rvhen I was walking up to low mini-marshmallows in her ears, the helicopter,it waskind of zurreal."

Wolfe said the scene reminded tuggedat the stap of her helmet and checked her equipment one more her for a moment about all the soltime. h the mufred silenceof the ear- diers throughout the agesand that plugs, shethought about the briefing shewas somehowa part of that. But earlierthat morning - running over on$ for a moment. "Mostly I was everything stetrby-stepin her mind thinking, 'am I going to correctly get - and took a deepbreath. up into the aircraft?"'

When she lookedup again, they werecomingin lorworverthe frees.Iike Ablisterortun giant lumbering bumblebees,a ltne This wasWolfe'sfirst time in a he. of six Army helicopters- tlvo mon- licopter.

Inded. it was the first time for shousdouble-rotorCtrinoolsfollowed hor- mostof the almostlfi) other sfirdents by four smaller Blackhawb ered into the narrow clearing with of the GoldenBulIaIoBattalionspread noaesraisedand blurred rotor blades. acroasthis srowy prairie on a hiday The fourth in line a Black- morning somelvhereeastof Denrrer.

Brokeninto squadsof eight to l0 bawk rvith the sidedoormarked 1-2, squad soldiers, they took defenshepositions swa@ closerto where Wolfe's giant edgeof a clearing after hikin the field. the insect along the crouched lurchedonto the ground. ing two miles tlrough pastureland A moment later the wind began wrought only with corupies and gG like a 5uddss tornado, and an alien- pher holes.Therifles,or "rubberducklooHng man wearing a big round hel- ies" as they call them" r,vereweighted met - the crew chbf - climbedout and madeto look like the r€al rhing ' of the window and openedboth side Tbis was a Field Training Exer-

cise,or FTX, for studentsenrolled in servedbarbecueby the officersand got tbe U.S.Army ReserveOfficerTrain- to sleepin t,ents. ing Corps,a program offeredby parleader ticipating colleges and universities, Tnining Normally they are in the classincluding Meko.

Eachsquadfound its way in prop room like other students,.buttwice a er formation to the right position us- year they go on a field nip of epicproing only compassandmap- skillsthe portions.

The Golden Bulfalo Battalion, seniorcadeb werepracticingfor their headquartered at CUBoulder,is made upcomingsurnmert€st. from schoolsin and the up of shrdents Now they would load up into around Denver area,including the next leg of the helicoptersand fly to the joining RegisUni!€rsity up Unh'ers$ of Dentaer, training: their weekend cadetcorpsesand Metro.

A voluntary with membersof the Puebloand ColoBoulder shrdenb in 1883, tablished by radoSpring+basedMountain Rangers giiren an U.S. the Battalion was ofrcial in forest and for another er<ercise the program 1948, and in R0IC in Academy Army fields arouni the Air Force 1980 the program expandedto Denin ColoradoSprings.

Again and againtlsy would prac- ver.

While anyonecan ta.kemany of tice land navigafion with compasses tbree the courses,the full RCIICprogan each time having and mapo hoursto Iocateat leastfive out of eight consistsof a curriculurn of oneclassa sets of coordinatestherywere given, semester- much like taking a minor And, when the sun went down, they - including,of course,the springand did night land navigation.That nigbt fdl FTXs. Cadetscan then enmll in they sleptuniler the starson the snow the admncedcoursethat includesanother yearof classes,and the suruner in sleepingbags.

"It wasby far the coldestI had errer betweenthe junior and senior year, 'But rihen ifs all they go to a four-urcek assessent been," Wolfe said. camp. Cadetswho enmll in the adover,at leastyou know you cando it."

Thenextdaythey gotup andprac- vancedcoursemust sigFa contact to servein the Army and,if they passthe ticedIand navigationall dayagain. enter the Army "I definitelyhavea blistir or two," summer ass€ssment, with the rank of 2nd Lizutenantafter shesaid.

After another l2-hour day of gra.duatingcollege "We are buiHing future leaders," readingcomlnssesand biking around the hills, Saturday oight they ,r,wq . .saidMalc Martin NamnF, head in-

structor at Meho who accompanied Naranio Wolfe'ssquadasan obserrrer. saidmany of the cadetswatlt a career in the Army or were alreadysoldiers and werecoming back to start on the ofrcer track.

The majoriB of the cadetsin the exercisehadn't ridden in helicopters beforeand were getting their first rebut some alistic military of the cadetshad donemultiple tours in baq.

Namnjo saidmany !€teranswer€ taking up the Arrry on its olfer to put them through school."It's a great op portunity for theq" he said.

In Wolfe's case, she loined the in hopeof becominga Arrny Reserves nurse.After goingthough basictraining, reserviststhen go back home but can be calledup at the Anny's discre.. tion. Wolfecameback and decidedto gobackto collegp.

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The stageis first setasthe ilrearycoloredKansasfarmland with shades A little girl dressedup asDorothy of broum and black. Even the cosGale looked down from the balcony tumes from the charactersin Kansas of EugeniaRawlsCourtyard Theatle are bland and boring.

When Dorothy's house lands in to waich this make-believeLandof Oz Munchkinland, the audienceis sudcometo life in its Meho debut.

Basedon L. FrankBaum's 1899 denly awakenedby the vast array of book "The Wonderfirl Wizard of Oz," colorsof Oz. To perfect the twister scene, 1[s fflm and stageversionshave establishedthe production asan Amer- stagehandsspin the house and Miss Gultch rides her bicycle up into the ican fairytale. catwalks.

The story of a young girl, Dore thy, growing up in Kansaswith her MelissaMorris, who plays.Doroaunt. uncle. and three farmhands thy,blew the audienceawaywith her Hunk, Ilickory and Zeke,is known by voiceand her agility in heels. all, Her houble with a local witch of JoseZuniga impressesas Scare. a woman,MissAlmira Gultch, causes crow (andHunk) ,IIis humor andrubher to run away.Her hopeof joining ber band-like movements charmed a haveling psychic, professor Mar- Dorothy'sjourney to EmeraldCity.

The Tin Man/Hickory play'edby vel is ruined when a tornado heads tourard her family s farm, Dorothy is fake Williamson, takesthe character caught in the twister and wintls up from a hard laborer on the farm to in the magical Land of Oz. Her wish soft and heartlessman made of tin to gobackto Kansasis assistedby the in Oz. His limber dancesalternating brainlessScarecrowthe heartlessTin with bouts of stillnessremind us that Man and the cowardly Lion. Each the characteris easilyrusted.

Kris Graves portrays the Lion/ must travel to neet the Wizard of Oz without b€ing caught by the Wicked Z€kewith an "aw shucks" demeanor the entire time that can't causethe Witch of the West.

Meho's well-worked production audienceto do anything but smile, Ericalohnson's wickedhumor as soothesthe child in every audience

the Wicked\4ttch/Alnira Gultch lets the audiencein on the ioke with fireballsand her sinisterlaugh.

Supportive roles did not disappoint. lared Ming playedHenry, the wise uncle, and the whimsical Emerald City guard. Stephanie Robr pla]€d tough Aunt Em and delightfirl Glinda.

C.f. Garboreally hits home with his "Wizard of Oz." His professor Marvel was soft but like a used car salesman, JamesKing as Nikko, the leader of the flying monkeys, contorts his body and face to ape-likefeaturesas he grunts and fliesup and down stage to meethis mark.

The Munchkins' squea}.avoices the fill crowd with cheer.

SparlcyAuer doeshis canine best asToto,eventhough his stulTedstunt doublehas to fill in onceor twice.

M,B. Kruger leadsthe orchesta that provided the musical accompaniment for the production.

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Studentsand community membersalikecan learn a pieceof Chinese culture in the openingworkshopsfor the ConfuciusInstitute at CCD. The institute holtls its first workshopson campus since its arrival at The institute is the CCDin September. only one of its kind in Coloradoand one of 75 such organizationsin the United States.

The workshops, which run for eight weeks, begin Saturday, April 26. They are beginner-levelsessions in tai chi, Chinesepainting, Chinese folk dance, Chinese language and culture for tourists, and Chineselanguagefor business.Institute dtector ChiCuangHu, however,emphasizes na's gro*th in the world marke@lace and the needfor theseclasses. '?\merican people know little about China and Chinesepeople," Hu said. "In someArnericanpeople's eyes,China is very backward, which is not th€ case.China is a very big market, and countries all over the world want to do businesswith Chinesecompanies."

These workshops are the institute's first sessionssinceits establishment at CCDse\€nmonths ago.

(HRlsTu5/ddsrus.@msd.edu Photo byGABRItL "The selection process is very thnverMichael Bautis- strict. and it takes time," she said.

Directorof Confucius In*ituteatCommunityCollegeof Guang Hu,tight,examine a "We have to chooseteachersin our countenartfrom China ta,left,andCo-Directorand plaque begin onApril26. beforc classes thatwillbehungintheinstitute university, then we apply them to

HanBan (the Chineseeducation deparhnent). They administer a test of qualiffcation of teaching and whether they are fit for living in a diflerent country. Oncethey passthe test, (then) they can applyfor the visa."

Hu is an exchangeprofessorllom the ChongqingThreeGorgesUniversity in China. Shewill teach the Chineselanguageand culture for tourists workshop.Shesaidthat, despitewhat peoplemay fear,spokenChineseisn't an overwhelminglanguage.

"It's not as difficult as people think," shesaid."If peopleput words in a specifictone, peoplecan generally tell what you mean accordingto the context."

Future sessions will build on thesefirst workshops,but Hu saidthe curriculum is open to growth if the studentsenrolledmakea demandfor a specificcourse.

"If (students)want to go to China for a type of sumrnertrip, I think (we) can helpthem. Ir my school,we often have students from other countries.

The Chinese and foreign students have parties, play sports, and get to know eachother."

The tai chi, painting and folk dance workshops are $98 each for the full eight weeks. The language workshopsfor tourists and business will beheldin are$160 each.Classes the South Classroombuilding.

Words, pictures, gJossypagesl MeEo'sannual student<reatedliterary arts magazinewill be available May I in fivoli 313.

The 200 7-2008 Metrosphereis a lit€rary arts magazinethat showcases art, photography,poetry and creative nonfiction, collectedtlmughout the semesterftom Metropolitan students and alumni.

Anyone wanting to ilisplay their creativity was encouraged to turn in material. Laura Grolla, this lrar's Metrosphereeditor,chooehow many submissionsto acc€pt - and then sheand her designersemployedtheir own d€ative spin. This year authors and artists r,tnereallowed up to five submissions,one submissionper category According to Grolla, the Mehosphereis an "unsung opportunity at Metro." It offers design,editing and delegationexperienceto all students involved.shesaid.

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The art of glassblowingwasdevelopedmore than 3,50Oyearsago,No one is surehow the actual processcameabout,though the processhascreatedbeads,amu.lets,vases,urns, dishesand decomtive art for centuries.

For CoreySilvermanand HoraceMarlowe, the owners of C&H Glassworksin lakewood, the ancient techniquewith modemday toolshas becometheir passionand their lives.

"It's a daily rush," Silvermansaid, "You are so focusedand the whole world just disappean,all your energr is in that one moment,that one piece It's a rush."

Silvemranand Marlowespendtheir daysin the shrdiolistening to music,talhng about anything and working with liquid glassat t€mperaturesof 2,40OdegreesFabrenheit.

According to Marlowe,you are not a glassbloweruntil you havehad your first burn.

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"We've really wrapped up our sound in our name," said Funkies' frontman, guitarist and manager, Ryan Chrys. "The 'Demon' is more rock and our party side is the 'Funkies."'

At one moment funk blended with punk. the Demonsdescendinto variouscompositionalphases,ranging from more subduedcountry covers to ear-splittinggrunge,a la Alice In Chainsor StoneTemplePilots.

"We've varied our music since we started," saidChrys,whosevocals shine rvith an intoxicating veneer.

"When ive fust startedr,r'ejust played rock, but then we got bar-friendlyand funky. Now I feel like we're getting backinto our rockmusicagain."

Simplyput, the Funkiesaremuch moremetalthan one might imagine.

With their wickeddelaysand loud, Iiquor-inspired\rics, the Funkiesare beyond your averagebar band fare and highly adaptable.

"If you'rean indiebandin a counfy venue,it might not gotoo well, but with us you can ex?ecta goodtime in any situation," Chryssaid."Welike to just seewhere we are at the time, the moment, and takeit from there."

Feastingtheir chopson fat, monster licks (akin to Chrys' influence, AC/DC'sAngus Young) and persis(SquareDogg)backed tentpercussion by brooding bass lines (The Prom King), the Funkiesare effective,if not necessarilyalwaysprecise.Fueledby

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Improvisationis a logical characteristic of a young band (formed in 2003) with rotatingmembersand numerous side and solo projects.For example,Chrysand SquareDoggoften play togetherin Den€r musician Chris Barber's local protect, SPIV (Barber has also made a name for hirnself locally as VelvetElvis, a Presleycoveract.)

The Demon Funkies' first fulllength release,Punk /unkies.was releasedin March and offersa blend of Seaftle-soakedcynicism mixed with jam-band sensibilities. With their infectious, rattlesnake riffs and allusions to power-partying, it seems the DemonFunkiesmight tust b€ the devil in disguise.

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Havingall other plans canceled, I had the opportunity Aprll 16 to checkout the New TalentShowcase at Herman'sHideaway Only threeof the scheduledseven bandsmadeit to the showcase.and Stefani Crabtree was the only one closeto beingon time,soshetook the opportunity to play an extendedset.

The Bend, Ore. native played songs ftom her only studio release, 7OOShades o/ Grey (recordedin the pacific northwest), as well as songs she has written since following her careerto Boulder.

The folk rocker,who not only says Ani Dikanco is a major influence,but also soundslike the Ulith Fair regular, is an anthropologist,as well as a songwdkr. Watching Crabheehammer on a modern acoustic evoked questions as to whether antbropology hel@ to toughen her hands,but around the hour mark, her thu.rnb started bleeding and answercd that quesnon.

The 2 S-year-oldCrabheetaught herself to play guitar at 17.

"My parents were getting divorced,soI lockedmyself in my room

Crabtreetold this story on stage and rt'henthe no-shorvs extendedher set,the audience,madeup mostlyof her friends,made it clear that they wantedto hear her renditionof the old countrystapleagain.

Beforecomingto Colorado,Crabtree trar.eledthe lvorld making stops in Samoa,India, Vietnamand New Z,eaIand.

"Music really is the international language,"Crabtreesaid. "I would pull out my guitar, and it would get passedaround bus terminals, with everyone conhibuting to the soundtrack."

Crabtreealso sings in French for her song"Gouter."

In concert, Crabtreeplays more rhythm guitar than lead with Richard F.llistaking the latter role. Ross Photo 0fvi,ww.myrpa(e.om/st€fankabtne l ounesy Hagen, who has been playing with Stefani(nb0ee blowsthe doordghtofithisshack!lhewandedng minstreland 0r- Ctabfee for only threemonths, mans egon native istryingtofindherwayinthelhnvermusir v{ithstrong rhythms scene the bass. andaneven stmnger smile.

Crabfree has no shows schedwith an Eagles songbook and my graduation,shecontinuedto play gigs uled at presstime, but you can hear mom's guitar from the Vietnam War in Oregon. The most memorableset her music,get more information and and learnedto play " Crabheesaid. wasat a Hell'sAngelsbar in Bend. find out about upcoming shows at It was not until she went to "I had a pretty good rec€ption &'wwstefanicrabhee.com or www.

ScrippsCollege,in los Angelescoun- playing for the bikers," Crabtreesaid. myspace.com./stefanicrabtree l. ty, that she formed a band, Silverfish "When I playedJohnny Cash'sRing Wedding,and startedplaying gigs. o/ Fire,a giant tattooedguy stoodup -ByEVAl,lLW'IIYE, ehdhg@nscil.eilu When she r€hrrned home after and confessedhis lovefor me."

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Nonetheless,scoresof schoolsreferred requests to the NSC, which charges for degree verification.The set chargesof $6.5&$13.00 for eachdegreeverifiedand could rangefrom up to 40 times what stat€ laws allow for checkson public records.

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lows schoolsto circumvent the regishar'soffice, which othem'ise handles all verification inquiries.In the caseof publicinsfitutions,shifting the responsibilityto the NSCraisesquestionsunder states' public record laws on the availability of suchinformation.

SkipAcbler, part of the ColoradoStateRegistrar's Ofrce.has more than 15 1'earsof experience including a stint at Meto. He said he sees the NSCas a helpfnl resotucefor reducing the amount of administrativework that collesesare starting to stnc$ile.

"Prior to 1994-9 5, Metrohad a fuIl-timeemployerwho would comein at 8 a.m, and work for eighthours doingnothing but verifyingdegrees," Achler said.

Metro doesnot conhact out degreeverification to the NSC,but not at CSUAcbler said he feelsthe NSChas helped alleviate someof the work the registrarhasto do.

"Nowwith the NSCthat sameemployeehas time to work more closelywith the students.The serviceis very usefrrland very goodfor the students,collegesand employees,"Achler added.

Acbler sougbtadvicefrom CSUlawyersafter this reportercitedthe openrecordslawswhen requestingdegreeyerification.

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Of the nearly900 iaculty teaching this semester.fewerthan tl,!'odozen hold degreesfrom foreigninstiiutions. Hotl€\,€r.thosedegreescome from a host of countries,includine Israel,Japan,Peruand Russia.

All lacultymembersarerequired to provideNletrou'ith an olHcialtranscript. In the caseof an applicant u'hosehighestdegreecame lrom a loreign country'. an evaluation service must confirm the validity of their transcripts, as well as whether the degreeis equal to one offeredin the U.S.,said Eriks Humeyumpt€wa, Phdtoby KATEJOHNsON/jokathry@mscd.edu coordinator of Academic Policy professor About Compliance for the OIEceof Acafor the MetroSchoolof Business, formerlytaughtunderthe title of adjunctprofessor.

HowardFlomberg. a visitingassistant half of Metro3teachingstaffis comprisedof adjunct,or part-time,faculty. demicAIIairs.

"But it's gotta come from a reliable source that we can check," he said.

HireRigbt, which Metro uses{or faculty and staff backgroundscreenings, is an acceptedverification service, according to Amber Michael, years gree admidstratiw assistantto President a number of and certain ByJULIEWEATHERLY StephenJordan. of enperiencein that field for employweatheju@mscd.edu HireRight will perfomr global ment, Howel'er, all assistant, assoscreenings,in particular educahon Half of the more than 880 pro- ciate and full-tirae professorsmust and credential lerifications, for any fessorsat Metro this semesterteach have a master's degreein order to person wishing to apply for a iob in part-time, equippingthe schoolwith teach. the U.S.Cunently its servicesspan The benefitsfor adiunctsalsodifa diverse,experiencedpoolof inshucmore than 200 countries and terfer from thoseof fuIl-time professors. tors at a bargain rate. ritories, including Europe,Asia, the Adjuncts' salariesare determinedby Inskuctors take advantage of Middle East,and selectedparts of Aftle number of credit hours taught Meho's location and the resourcesof rica and South America. the school'surban environment,said and type of degreereceived.For inXianshengTian,an associateprostance, an adiunct with a master's Charles Batey, associateclirector of per fessor of history at Metro, saidmany credit degreereceives$1,000 the F,qualOpportunify Ofrce. per cou-ntries have built their educafon semester.

Batey,who hasworkedat several hour taught programs around America's univerpay "The is significantly lower schoolsin the Midwest.said Metro's post-graduate and s'"stem. part-time.or adjunct,faculty is sig- than other states. It was evenlower sity 'China's modeled system was nifcantly larger than that of most than the small Iiberal arts school I (system)," after the American fian taught at," said Karin lohnson, a other mlleges. This is a result of said. speechcornmunicationsadiunct.

Metro's downtown location, t'hich Tian received his Bachelor of Adjunct professorsare not elimakesit possiblefor faculty members Arts at the Henan UniversiB in Kaigible for health benefitsand the state to work in their field of expertiseand feng, China. But Tian didn't have to part-time. retirement. contributes less to their Its location also alsoteach provide any special documentation gives the college accessto an i[exTo be consideredfirll-time, a pro-, for his bachelor'sdegreeas he also pensiveworkforce. fessormust be teachingfour or more holds a doctorate from OHahoma "I lrnorkedasa softwaredeveloper coursesat one institution. Evenif a StateUniversity way back n'hen and taught. It's the professorhas a frrll course load, but In addition to Asia,Humeyrrmptway I kept my sanity," said Howard it is spreadbetweenschools,the state ewa said most of Flomberg, an adiunct management doesnot award them benefits.

"Someone could be teaching Middle Easthale adoptedAmerican who is working full time t(ARilil0H1{sON, prolessor standardsfor their educationalinstthree classthree courses at CCD and semester. speedr ommunications thisFlomberg tutions. graduatedfrom Meho es at Metro and be a full-time state professor adjunct This has greatly conkibuted to in 1974 andhassincetaught at Met- employeeand not get the benefits.

Metro's ability to verify foreign creThat'sthe catch-22,"Flombergsaid. ro on and off for 30 years. dentials,he said,especiallygiventhat Not every department at Meho nearly all these schoolshave online requiresa master'sdegreeor higher - NatnlieBeluecontributzd resources,hanslation services and to thisstoru. to teach.The aerospacescience,art, English-speaking adminishators hospitality and journalism departwho can performverifications. ments onlv reouire a bachelor'sde-

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

"The mostridiculous lie I've seen was when someoneactually claimed When creating a resume for a to be a part of a proiect that l was in new iob, it is easyto stretchthe buth charge of and conducted myself," about past Jobs and €xperiences. kmon said.

If weryone was explicitly fruthfirl The increasinguseof fraudulent about every detail of every past job degreesand transcriptsis widespread and working eqerience, then we eno".ghthat the FederalTtade Commight all still be looking for work. mission cautions employers bbout Therearewebsites,suchaswww, the problem.Thecommissionrecomfakeresume,com,that girte inlomra- mendscontacting schoolsto confirm tion about how to fake a degree, datesof attendanceand graduation work experienceand referenceson a aswell ascheckingif the schoolis ac16sum6. creditedby a recog:rizedagency Telling the tuth about tenninaAnother tactic some use on 16tion liom one lob could be incrimisum6s is lying about experience, nating when Fying to gain a position such as schoolingand volunteering, at a new company.

In December2N7, YalEUniversity "Peopletend 16 6a11 things like announced plans to change how it getting fired from other iobs or be- verifieddegreesaftermistakenlyconing convicted of felonies," said Bob firming a doctoratedegreefor an art Roper, chief in-formation officer of history teacherin Korea. the JudicialBusinessIntegratedwith Shin foong-ah, 36, a professorat TechnologzServices,a divisionof the Donggrrck University, was arrested StateCourt Administrator's Office. after Korean ofEcialsquestionedthe However,the most common lies veracit5rof her degree. Yale officials . on r€sum6s arr omissions. While veriffedShin's degreeon the basisof employmentdatesand job rcsponsi- a fraudulent document,accordingto bilities may match r€ality, lessposi- the university. A Seoulcourt recently tive experiencemay go rnissing, For sentencedShin to one year in prbon any emplqyer,seeingthat a contend- for faH$ing her degree$,pOrding er for dJob has tieen fired can exfin- to theYonhapNewsservic6. guish the possibility of giving them "The most common thing that peopleadd to their r6sumesare dothe poeition.

Ashley lemon, design director ing things that othe.rsreally did or for the architectural firm Aardex, completingcollegewhen they really dea.lswith r6sum6sall the time. Part diiln'L which is a major problem,"

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He has to turn down applicants as a result of an unhutl-frrl application or r€surn6at least two-tctlree timesa year,he said.

According to ltacy Waltec matragerof customer relations and training for the Judicial Branch of the State of C.olorado,all applicanb are awareof the backgroundchecb that are performed,but shestill gets a lot of resum6sthat have falsities included.

Reference checks are usually worthless,Walter said, i{pplicants, at least the snart ones,usually only put down people they know that they will getgoodreferencesfrom. They arepretty worth" lessreferences.

While little white lies are commonly usedand may beoverlooked,a whopper of a lie almost ensuresyou will not be called for a secondintervler r.

"If someonestretchestheir t€nure by a few months,it's understandable," said foni Pedersen,a human resourcespayroll managerof heshPoint, a produce dishibuting company "But if it's a few years,they are blatantly lying."

"When I ffnd som@nethat blafaritly lied on their resume,I iust do not move&em on to the secondpart of the inter!'iew," Pedersensaid" "Peoplelie all the time," Pedersen said."It just dependson how bad the

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"bottom of the barrel" of potential instructors in order to avoid canceling classes,"If you don't like them, you don't haveto hire them again."

Withmorethan21,00Oshrdents But morethan iust an applicant's at Meho, it can be a struggleto find degreeis lookedat in the hiring proenough professorsto teach classes, cess.

"I think that supporting papersometimes leaving departments scrambling to hire at the beeinning work, hanscripb and letters of sup port from others should be looked of a semester.

There arr more than 5OOpartat to ensureonly well4ualified inditime instructors, or adiuncts, at viduals are being hired," said Cindy Meho. Eachone of them hasto meet Carlson,chair of the Englishdepartcertain quamcations in order to be ment. 'A hhe should not be made coirsidered for employment. Each without conducting a face-to-face academicdeparhnent may have ad- interview." ditional requirements.

It is r€ry important to hire some"[r order to teachmath at Metro, one who hesa d(Ar€edirectly related the person needsto have at least a to tlre zubiect they are applying to master's in math or a related field" teach,shesaid, such as engineering," said Ruth Both Yarar and Carlson agree Yarar, head of hiring for the math that job or life €xperienceshould not departrrent. "We also require good be a sub'sdtutefor education. communication skills. If the student "In certqin fiekls (life experience) can't understand tie teacher, how may be acceptable,"Carlson said.

"But as far as it gioes,education is a will they learn?"

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Deparffirentshave been finding it easierto hire part-time professors recentlybecauseMetro hasbeenable to pay more.Adjuncts are paid based on their credentialsand the nurnber of credithours they teach.The number of coursesthey teach in a semee ter is alsolimited, "The increasein pay has really madea difierencein ffnding gioodadiuncb," Carlsonsaid.

Yarar said she believesthat a shong relationship betweenthe departm€nt and adiuncts helpo when loohng for new instructors, ln the end, it can be a tough decision betweenhiring and canceling classesr,rrhenseveralspotsneedtobe filld.

"If you're desperate,5'ou'redeeperate,"Carlsonsaid,'i{nd you haw to \lnk real hard about that,"

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By EVANLUTHYE eluIh_ve@rnscd.edu I'letro s stucient bodr, i,, as eclectic irsany in the nation, so caliingthe qualidcationsol professors at the college into quesdon elicits an aria-v oi' responsesliom iaughter to apathl' to outrage.

For instiince, jLlnior Andrea L{iller l]urst into laughter and admrtted ihat she has had questionsabout the quzrlificationsof some of her profesSOTS,

"I've had a couple rvhere I didn't feel super comfortabie n,ith their 'I'm teaching skills," \{iller. .14,said. a special education major and have had a coupie of peopie ',r'hohave discussed 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 expressedan interest in what would be lbund in r.erilying the degreesof nearly 900 Nletro professors,most of thoseintervien'ed said if the professor taught effectivel!',degree veri-flcation was unnecessary. Similarll', those inter\dewâ&#x201A;Źd routinely said il they did not feel confldent in a teacher's abilit_'l', they lvould support lurther investigation.

Junior Bulat Jdanov 21, said that the lerel of lhe course beirg taught would alfect the necessity oi a professor'sdegree. A bachelor's degree is required in every department at Metro, but u'ork experience and higher degreesplay a factor in alrnost every department. Adjuact professors general$ need to meet dil'ferent

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standards than full{ime faculty Along with having to meet different employment requirements, adjuncts hal'e tno semestersto provide Metro with their olficial trarrscripts. According to lt{etlo records, about two dozen peopleteaching this semester have lâ&#x201A;Źt to submit official transcripts.

"That's ridiculous, " iunior Andrew 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 education until I couid have done a bad job for a 1'earis;ust ridiculous."

Metro is working on a new more in-depth background check for all new ernployeesand curent employeesseekingpromotion.

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Imetbothof the organizersof the mlly a few semestersago.Holly Conrad was the host of MariJuanaRadio. corn, a lirc podcastfrom Denver'sart difict. Sheworks to help patientsin WheatRidgeget licensesand caregiv' ers,but specializesin production and

atrd a public event,insteadof a horde of potheads.

The Medicine Man, a local rap per, tlrew out pre-rolledblunts aft€r a moment of silenceto Ken Gorman.

Gorman was shot in the chestin his home in 2007 after a l5-year career in mariiuana activism and opening the casefor medical mari.iuana.His rrnsolved. murder r.eNnain5 The cMl disobedience ideal has not quite taken hold of Ken Gorman's notojsmall4@mscd.edu rious kids, who are now voters. Many of acuvism. them, who Miguel lopez was a key volun- were likely teei for the SAFERcampaign that in the crowd, mornedto leealizemarijuana for rec- were chastisedfor sitreational smokersof drinking age.He ting on the couch while pou:rdedthe pavementin the way of their right to gethigh bis grandfatherin the Chicanomove- legally, without a ment, alongside Rudolpho "Corky" medicat license, Gonz€lez,, trying to get people in a went up in smoke fre€-thinking stateof mind. Iopez ex- last Novempresseda plan to get a permit for the ber.

'Regard2007 festivaland succeededin 2008 with the helpof Conrad,after the two less of atmet last yearat the GlobalMarijuana tendeesat the polls, the March. festival was exciting and The bootbs,vendorsand live en- pacbd the Greek plaza at tertalDmetrt came together and cre- CMc CenterPark. "We are the new

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Contrary to what many might think, I am not being cynical. The very idea of civilization, wtrich endlesslypromotesthe mentality that human belngs are somehowincapable of survival unlessnat.rre is ovexcome and the developmentof armgant no- . tions that our rationality implies a biaseddistinction betweenourselves and other creatures, is fundamentally at the heart of the problem political philosopherswill always face.

Democracyis simply a hallucination born of the human being'slnsatiable urge to feelas though he is somehow mor€ important than everything else in existenc€.

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I€t us not kid ourselves. The United States would be a shamefi:l democracy in spite of the fact that it only pretendsto be one at all. In the 2004 election, 60 percentof the eligible voting public actually voted, and this was viewed by people too affectedby politics to even smile as a succ€ssin comparison with other elections that have seen numbers too dismally low to mention. But this number does not account for those people who have been totally disenfranchisedby a systemof laws and regulations that essentiallyrobs peopleof their rilhts either for profft, because of its racially discriminatory natue, or simply becausethose peoplehave broken laws that, were this an actual democracy to besin with, would very likely not even be on the books.

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A democracy rests on the assumption that largemassesof people are capableof funcfloning together as a cohesivewhole and, given the opportuniry, wlll work toward the ht€rment of society This capacity in human beings, wlth the excep tion of those cases where people have been made into slaves,soldiers or otherwise brainwasheddolts. has historically been absent. And although anyone can make a strong ' case that Americans are slaves. soldiers or otherwise brainwashed dolts,they are still altogetherincapable of operating a political machine for themselves.

But the American peoplear€ not fallurestn this regard.lhey havebeen subiectto an undertaking that never actualb had any chance of success.

It is only oncethey fail to realizethoir preciousdernocracyis a doomedjoke that they run the risk of beinglabeled fallures.

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A two-party system is acceptable to most people in this country becausemost peoplein rhis country havenothlng elseto compareit with.

And becauseit ls an 'l{.merlcan" syst€m, most people,at least inside the United States,acceptit as the finest thing amund until, they themselves i ,€nt sometldng better, somethlng u'hich Anericans, by virtue of their already irnaginary success,are the only people in the world capableof inventing.

My proposalis, of course,to abolish civillzation altogether.Mostof you scolf at that idea,but know that I see right tlrough pur arrogant disguise and will not havemy views degraded by the likes of peoplewhosethinklng gioesno ftrrther \an the comfortable boundariesof their checkbooks.

Indeed.I .m not the one holding on to the vestigesof an imaginary state. If a person drops their television nine storiesto the sidewalk, they do not expect to take lt into the shop and have lt flxed. It is the samewith a democracy,only she tumbles the minute she is concelved. - "Democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts and murders itself, There was never a democracy that did not comrnlt guicid6."- fahtr Adams.

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For the third time this season, Metro'ssoflball team sweptlheir opponent in a four-game series April 19-20 at AurariaField.

With thee of the four sweeps coming at home, the Roadrunners have proren their defensive wall; domination at the plate and lrcwerful pitching are unstoppableon their SOFTBALT hometurf.

11a.m.&1p.m.atChadron State 'A sweep is always awesome," . BAsE8A[L right fielderDanni Hedskom said."It definitely makesit befter that it's our Noon atNMHighlands lasthomeshowing."

The Roadrunnershaveimproved greatly since the beginning of the season,They have shown they are willing to fight for their teammates and will bethere for eachother every step of the way, According to Hedstrom,that'sexactlywhat shehiesto do at everyplate appearance.

'A hit is basically all I want. It doesn't have to be a home run, it doesn't haveto be a line shot - just anything in the gap," Hedstromsaid. 'l{n1'thing to help my teammateout to get on baseor 0oscoresomeone."

The Roadrunnershave not only improvedin the gameof softball,but alsoon getting to know eachother, as - Bobby Piercg, Metro baseball individualsand as a team.

'In the bdginning,we werea little head oadr,onsefting anew unsurewith eachothea" pitcherLibby record team of36wins.

Baloghsaid,"Now we lmow eachothers'tâ&#x201A;Źndencies,and we'reableto work " with our shengthsand weabresses.

Metro3 softball teamhasdone Balogh began the seriesagainst Nebraska-Kearney on Saturday wellthisseason despite alackof senior experience.Ihey have only pitching a completefive-inning game.

Sheallowedsix hits and shuck out six onesenior thisseason, andonly l,opers,earning an 1l-l victory,imtwojuniors, sotheteamwilllose proving her recordto 8-7.

"My pitching coach always tells verylittlethenextfewseasons. me when I pitch my best, they can't hit mq" Baiogh said on her performancâ&#x201A;Ź. "My best is how I throw not how fast. Just working on my spin, I noticedthat to be true. When I throw Number ofwinsbytheMetro my best.theyaren t ableto hit it. menS baseball team.

With After being down 0-2 in the botgames eight remaining, the tom of the sixthirming.theRoadrunRoadrunners have already broken nersralliedto take the secondgame theMetro teamrecord of34wins of the doubleheader.Metro catcher \icole l.r'lesslartedofl lhe sl\lh ininaseason.

Therecord-breakingning with a doubleto left fleld and given season has the'Runnen a advancedto third when Hedstrom five-game leadintheconference.reachedon an error.Lylesscoredon a groundball hit to the pitcher by

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pitcher pitches player Menosoftball Casey lhompson toaNebraska-Keamey onApril20atAurada Field.Metrosweptthe place Athletic four-game series overtheweekend andrcmains insecond intheRoc$Mountain Conference. center lielder trIolly Clark. The score was evened at two when left fielder CzLriThompsonsingled to center Reld, scoring Hedstrom.

The score remai-nedlied heading 'Runners into the linal inning as the battled to avoid extra innings. Third baseman JennessaTesone led things off by being hit by a pitch and ad-

vancing to second on a single from designated hitter Ashley fohnson. f,ylesadvanced the runners on a sacrifice fly, and lledstrorn singled to left field lo bring in lhe game-niming run for Metro.

"I felt really good about her."

Head coach Jennifer Fisher said on Heilstrom's performance. "She had

three at batsthis weekendwhere she wasdown with two stril<es and came throughwith greathitsfor us."

In garnethreeol the series,Nletro carried a 7-3 lead headinginto the sixth inning. Metro pitcher Casey Thompsongot herse)f into trouble METRO Continued on A13>

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Nextcropof b-ballyouthlacking the NBA Playollsarejust tipping ofl and it shouldbe exciting to r,vakhthe stars KobeBryant,Ilm Duncan and Allen Iversongohead-toheadfor the NBA crown.

But thesesuperstarsweren't always headliners in th-eprofessionalranks. They were all pimple-facedhigh schoolerswho carried only a ball and a ikeam.

From April l9-2O, I wihessed somefuture NBA stars at the 2OO8Double Pump Spring Classic basketball tournament in Lekewod: and let me tell you, the fuhrre doesn't look that bright.

The Double Pump tourney occurs every year at this point in the is€ason,and it brings together high school all-star teamsfrom around the country to showcasetheir skillsin lront of fans,families,TV camerasand,most importantly, collegescoutsand coaches.

The tournament hostedalnost 500 games along with other tournaments in Pittsburgh and Houston.

I was there not as a print journalist, but rather as a camera man shooting I 7 games in three days to record 14-to-l8-year-old boys trying to take thet team to the championship gam€ to show prospectivecollegesthey are worth a scholarship.

Coachesfrom all over the counhy came to catch a glimpse of the next superstar that may take their team to the NCAA Tournament.

WashingtonState,Oregon,Purdue,BoiseState and evenyour own Meho Stat€were in attendanceto scopeout the action.

Don't get me wrong, Meho had a repre I love basketball,and I acsentati!€ at the event on tually wihessed a few exevery day of the tournaciting matchups over the ment and evenheadcoach courseof the weekend,but Brannon Hays came out, the talent and the fundaas he wanted a ffrst-hand mentals have sel'erelyfallaccount of .possiblefuture en off from the dayswhen Roadrunners. a basketballplayer's main "Recruiting is yearround," Hays said as he g[l[ LAfiSllIG , lansing@mscd.edu weapon was hts 15-foot watched a game that feaiumper.

Never before,exceptwhen I play with my tured Coloradohigh schoolplayers, He wasn't obliged to tell me r,rihichstars friends,haveI seensomany missedllee t]rows, he was looking to sign, but he told me that his so many fouls, so many misseddunks and so progr.rm looks at thousandsof athletesduring many air balls.Thesekids aresupposedto bethe the year.and it is a difEcult processfor his team bestof the bestat their agelevel.

I thought maybe the bestplayersare combecause it is only a DivisionII school.

When askedif he uas in aweof the Division peting in Houstonor in Pittsburgh becauseyou I coachesin attendancesuch as UCI,As Ben never hear of great basketballplayerscoming Howland, who showedup on Saturday,Hays out of Coloradoor Wyoming, but there have could only laugh with a sort of dismayedlook beentop-notchtalentfrom placessuchas California or KansasCity (OK, ChaunceyBillups on his face, 'Well, r,r'henI seethat ty'peof coach at a came from Colorado,but try to name another cout, I walk to another court knowing I prob- andCobyKarl doesn'tcount).

Somy t[rought wasit had to bethe pressure. ablyhaveno chanceat thoseplayers,"Hayssaid.

If working their magic on the court wasn't Theseyoungkids arethron'n into a tournament enough,playerswere encouragedto partake in to be put under the couegemicroscopeto try profile booths that were s€tup at every court. and standout amongthe rest.Thesekids barely These booths contained computers that took know how to shave,nonethelesstry and impress individual pictures of athletes,while the play- national championshipcoachesthat arewatcher wrote in a profile containing theh name, ing their everylayup or rebound.However,there weight, height, high school,collegeinterestand wasa 14-year-oldplayerrvho had a beard.Now high schoolall-star team. I guessthat's market- I thought asI stoodin completeshamebecause at 27, I can only grow a bunch of scruff on my ine at its best.

chin, was that this kid waseither not 14, or he waspumpedfull of steroids.

Now I say that'tongue in cheek because who hnows what parents, coachesor players arewilling to do with somuch at stake.But that argument will be left with Dominican baseball players;again,tongue in cheek.

My 17th and ffnal gamewas b€tweentwo teamsof I 4-year-olds,I had previouslywatched a sGller double-overtime game featuring a couple of high-profile playersthat had already agreedto attendmajor universities.

Now I had to endure an hour-and-a-half snorer with no dunling, disorganizationand too many fouls to count. About 10 minutes in the game,I sawthrough my viewfinder rin older gentleman wearing a Hawaiian style shtt sitting at one end of the court. I zoomedin with cameraand sawit was legendaryArizona head coachLuteOlsen.

What was he doing watching 14-year-olds trip overtheir feettrying to run down the court?

According to the national championshipcoach, it's nevertoo early to recruit.

"If you are going to have good recruiting years,you haveto do it early,"Olsensaid."I can look back at Gilbert Arenas,no one knew who he 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 DwayneWade,but I can tell you the next generationof high-flying dunlers or sniper-firingshootersmay be few and far between.

nnerssports briefs Roadru TENMS Metro's tennis teams swelt away Colorado ChristianApril 18 at Auraria Courts, It was the last regular seasonmatchup for each team, vaulting the men into sole control of first placeand the womeninto the No. 5 seed for the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conlerence Tournament.

Two days earlier, Meho men's No, I tennis player,SaschaRuckelshausen,won RMAC Playerof the Week.The ar,rrardwascourtesyof not dropping a set through three doublesand singlesmakhes the weekendbefore.

The reigning ptayerof the week provedhe had deservedthe award'ftriri$alirt wncding 7:5 and 6-l in singles.

1te Cougars'men avoideda shutout, a-fter a default in the Roaclrunners'No. 6.singles spot gaveCCUtheir only win. Metro shined in the other matchups, including 'RuDner Ryan Campbell taking every singles game for two consecutive6-Owins.

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

three matches.

The women ended on a high note after an upand-dovr.n season. Only a few matches

were even in question as l!{eho waltzed to a 9-O sweep,The Roadrunners' Alexis Alvarez matched Campbell'sfeat, shutting out CCU's Katy Schnarr in skaight sets.

The Metro doublesteam of Mifta Hirad and Alecia fenkins showedthe only tooubleof the match. But the close march against the Cougars'top duo was eventuallywon by the Roadrunners 8-6.

The women next facedAir ForceApril 19 in a nonconferencemeet,losing9-O. TtieMbho men riow await thCr€suitsof Nebraska-Kearney'sfinal game.If the lopers win, they will unseat the Roadrunners as the top team in the conference.If not, Metro will finish the seasonasthe No, I seedentering the RMAC toumament.

The Roadrunner women secwed the No. 5 seedfor the conferencetournament with the win againstCCU.

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Metrofallsinlineforlst regular title season ByERIC LANSING lansing@mscd.edu Metro's baseball team's three wins over Colorado Christian April 19-20 in laliewood.earnedthem 36 wins on the season.

The 36 victoriesbreaktheschool's recordof 34 seasonwins. Meho head coachBobbyPierceknows it is an impressiverecord but quickly pushesit asidebecausethe ultimate goalcomes in championships,not records.

"It doesus no goodto s€t records and ffnish second," Pierce said, "I guaranteethe (NewEngland)Pafriots would havegivenan early seasonloss up for the SuperBowl championship, We'rekind of in that samemode."

Meho's offense,which leadsthe conferencein runs scored,couldn't figure out Chrisfian pitcher Andrew Kaiser in the series opener. Kaiser pitched nine complete innings of shutout baseballand earnedhis sixth wiu of the year.

"He had threepitchesin the zona He showeda liftJe bit of velocity He had a little arm siderun, and he was just tough," Piercesaid, "One of the things ne do really well is get pitchers up in the pitch count early in the game, and we couftln't do that aSainsthim."

Meho's batsurerenot in full force, and it looked as if it might lose its tlrird gamein a row for the first time tbis yrar. Nothing wasdecidedin regulation as the game went into extra

hnings with the scoretied at four.

In the eighth inning, Metro'sveteran batscamethrough as left fielder Jake Palmer singled in a run, and catcher ReeceGorman later scored when pinch hitter Terry Abshire was hit by a pitch. The 'Runnersrecorded one more run to go up by a scoreof 7-4.

The Cougars made it cloae by scoringtwo runs in the bottom of the eighth inning, but seniorpitcher fosh Eckert struck out the last batter to win his sixth gameof the year.

But that's when things took a different hrrn. Someh'ashtalking began from the ColoradoCbristian dugout, and Meko's playerstook ollense.But it wasn't in the form of bad language or disparagingremarls, but rather in their batsthat took off.

On the final day of the weekend, the Roadrunnersscored40 runs to finish the seriesoff and sendthe Cougarsto their 2 7th lcbsthis season.

Pierce said the trash talking comesfrom his team sitting on top of the standingsand being targeted in arery series.

"The pooition we're in, people cane after us, and they're fired up to play w," Piercesaid."Therygaveus a litde motivation to go out and play to our abilities."

If scoring 20 runs in gametlree and 2O runs in game four is up to their ability, then the rest of the RockyMountain Atl etic Conference should be put on notice that these

'Runnersaregearedior a serious conferencetournament run.

Metro pounded out 16 hits and had two innings of eight runs to dominate the Cougars 20-5 in the thtd gameof tle series.

In the seriesfinale, Meto right fielder Brennan Brown smashedtwo home runs and drove home seven RBIto helpMetroto a 2G10 win.

"It feelsgoodknowing that coach has faith in me," Brown said on getting extensiveplaying time as a rookie. "It helpsto havelake (Palmer)and Reece(Gorman) hitting behind me and Eric (Mansfield)and Mike (Molinar) in tont of me.Thelineup is just great, and it makesit easyfor me to contribute."

Pierce has full confidencein his everydayright fielder.

"He's got a bunch of talent," Piercesaid. "But a lot of guys havea bunch of talent. The one thhg with him that's dilfer€nt from other fteshmen is he's not afraid. [Ie's superaggresshr on the basepaths.He doesn't get down when he makesa mistake, and he overcomesadversitywell."

The wins impror€ the Roadrunners' record to 36-9 overalland 30-4 in the conference.They will look !o lock up the conferencewith a sweep over New Mexico Highlands, who split their series with Mesa State the previous weekend.If Meho can sweepthe Cowboys,they will clinch the top record in the RMAC.

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CoachFisherrelievedThompson with Balogh,who got the next batler to pop out to Molly Clark in center field, Clark caught the baserunner napping oI[ second and t]rew out the runner, who failed to r€turn to the bagin time.

The doubleplay allor,tred Metro to escapethe inning with a run scored, and Balogh saved her pitcher from taking any more danage to her earnedrun alerage.

"I think teams overlook her," Fishersaid on Balogh'sperfonnance.

"She's really tough, and she can handle it She'sa very smart pitcher, has great confrol, and she doe.sn't missher spotsvery often. Shedoesn't worry about anything else."

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Pikher fessica Fisher had an outstanding seven innings on the mound, as she struck out eight Iop ers and only allowed one run, improving her record to 1O-7, Hedshom had a solid a]l-around weekend, ffnishing 5-for-13 with thr€e RBI. Ihe 'Runners are now 23-11 in the RMAC. and,27-L6 overall.one half point behind Colorado School of Mines fonthe lead in the EastDivision.

"Kearney beat Mines, so r,ve weren't really sure what to expect," coach Fisher said. "lhey have got some good, solid pitching, and we brew weiust had to takecareof businessat the plate,' As the Roadrunnen tavel to Chadron Stat€,April 26-27, to play their last fourgame seriesof the seasonbeforethe tournamenL they keep only one thing in mind.

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