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Volume 26, Issue 34, april 22, 2004

news briefs

Spam gone

Metro will soon begin using a new filtration system that will filter out the most obvious spam e-mail.

Information Technology predicts Metro receives 100,000 e-mails a day and 65 to 75 percent of those are spam.

The new product, named Ironmail, will be set at the lowest level and then levels will be increased gradually. If students aren't receiving e-mails they think they should be getting, they can call the help desk to inform IT.

Because the level of filtration will be set so low, there will be very few instances of students not receiving wanted e-mails, said Yvonne Flood, interim vice president for IT.

"I'd be surprised if anyone calls," Flood said.

In the future, IT would like to implement a quarantine system in which mail that looks like spam would be filtered into a separate folder. E-mail users could view that folder to make sure there isn't mail in it they want to receive.

Students going to Rome

Metro's Board of Trustees recently approved a study abroad program to take place May 22 through June 5 in Rome.

Students will have a chance to earn three history credits while studying the topography of ancient Rome.

The program consists of two tiers, one is a basic program open to all students, and the other is an advanced program for students who have previously studied abroad.

The trip will cost $2150.

Enrollment for the trip has already closed, but other study abroad programs are still open.

A trip to Spain will take place July 3 to the 31 and costs $3100. Students will study Spanish and earn six credit hours.

The Far East is another destination Metro is striving for May 30 through June 15. The Bornio-Equatorial program costs $3500.

Students will earn eight credit hours and learn how to put a tourism program together.

More trips to Peru and France will also begin at the end of May.

Students can find details about study abroad programs in their field of study at any of the departments or through e-mail.

Programs deleted

Six out of seven human performance and sport certificate programs have been deleted due to lack of student interest.

Coaching, conditioning specialist and officiating are among the certificate programs cut.

"We didn't think the programs were necessary," said Marc Rabinoff, chair of the human performance sport and leisure department.

The programs were originally created as "mini courses of study" to entice students to come to the college, take quicker programs and then hopefully stay and finish a degree, Rabinoff said.

Over the course of about eight years, one student has been awarded a certificate.

The department is keeping the recreation assistant certificate program for another year before the decision to keep or delete the program will be made.