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Volume 27, Issue 11, october 21, 2004

On campus

Tri-Institutional effort in voter awareness
All three schools at the Auraria campus have come together in an effort to raise voter awareness before Election Day, Nov. 2.

The Auraria Democrats and Republicans, along with Student governments and organizations from Metro, UCD and CCD, encourage all students to come out and participate.

“Sway the Day: Auraria Decides,” will be held at the flagpole Monday, Oct. 25 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

According to event coordinator and UCD student Thomas Arthur, Chipotle and Einstein Bros will provide food and there will be Coca-cola samples as well.

There will also be a debate between two Auraria Democrats and two Auraria Republicans.

“The Fray,” a local up-and-coming band will play live music for the event.
For more information, please contact media coordinator Ronald Kruse at (720) 857-7066.

Metro marketing class selling flash drives
A Marketing class offered at Metro, Seminar in Marketing Management, is selling 32-megabyte USB flash drives for $20 each.

A USB flash drive is a small portable hard drive that can be plugged into any USB port.

They can hold more data than floppy disks and therefore are becoming much more popular among college students.

“This thing saved my life,” said Auraria student Rob Windels, who bought a flash drive from one of the marketing students.

According to Krisitn Skvorc, one of 14 students currently enrolled in the class, the class has already sold 160 flash drives.

They originally ordered 200 and according to Skvorc, are ordering 50 more. She also said they can order more if they sell out.

The marketing department earns a $10 profit from each sale, which will go toward a scholarship for marketing students.

Skvorc stressed that purchasing a flash drive from students not only helps the marketing department, but also helps the students enrolled in the class to learn valuable marketing skills.

The entire class is centered around selling this product and students’ grades are largely based on the amount sold by each group.

“This has really taught me how to work people,” Skvorc said.

Skvorc also said the group that sells the most will be rewarded.

The course is only available to seniors and is a requirement for anyone with a minor in marketing. The class is currently taught by Mick Jackowski.

The groups will have a table set up near the flagpole Wednesday, Oct. 27 from 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m., where they will be selling the flash drives.

For more information, contact Metro’s marketing department at (303) 556-3182.
-compiled by Lindsay Sandham