Volume 21 Issue 31 June 25, 1999 |
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Vice president visits campus
supporting high tech jobs Vice president Al Gore stopped at Auraria to discuss the economic opportunities in information technology and E-commerce, focusing on the role higher education should have in the burgeoning industry. "This is the place to get the right training and the right skills," Gore said, referring to Auraria's three schools. Gore said Colorado has the second highest rate of technology exports in the U.S. He referred to Colorado as the "Wired West" and "Silicone Mountain." Gore selected several Colorado business owners from the audience of 175 people to discuss their information technology businesses. Colton Alton, a Metro graduate with a bachelor's degree in history, senior account coordinator for eCollege.com, said he cannot find enough workers for his company. Alton said he could use at least 30 more people for his staff. Gore said this is typical of the industry. He said 60 percent of businesses have open positions and not enough people to fill them. The owner of Realemail.com said he also needs more workers and would pay an experienced person $120,000 to start at his company. Several audience members gasped in disbelief at the salary. Gore joked, asking if anyone in the audience would like to send in their resumes. Gore said the country could continue reaping the financial benefits of information technology if more people worked in the industry. With a minimal amount of training, two semesters, a student with a bachelor's degree can find a job in the information technology field and earn 78 percent more than average salaries, a CU-Denver professor told the audience. Gore said keeping the lead in the industry means investing in education and job training. Gore said a subsidy of $2 billion was recently awarded for primary schools across the U.S. because, "schools need computers." "We don't want to have a digital divide between rich and poor. We need to adapt our education systems to use technology," he said. "The doors of higher education must be open to anyone," Gore said. Gore said he felt educational changes did not have to be revolutionary, but more attention should be given to pre-schools and elementary schools. Along with training the students, teachers need training too. Metro student, Will Spence, an undegrad majoring in technical communications, said he built a virtual reality program for the disabled. Spence, who is in a wheelchair, said technology isn't strictly an economic benefit, but it can be a tool. "With technology, you can go wherever you want," Spence said. Gore straddled the velvet rope that separated him from the audience and shook Spence's hand as the audience clapped wildly. Gore said 8 percent of the economy is supported by E-commerce, buying and selling over the Internet, but E-commerce makes up one third of the economic growth. To "stay ahead" in the global economy, 96 percent of Internet customers are from outside the U.S., Gore said the U.S. recently chose 10 countries to help "speed up" with technology. The countries chosen for the E-commerce initiative were Guatamala, Jamacia, Guana, South Africa, Bulgaria, Egypt, Morocco, Guiana, Mozambique and Uganda. |
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Answers to school violence hard to come by A crowd of 600 listened to various speakers on subjects concerning violence in school, June 19 at the Auraria Events Center. Gov.. Bill Owens and Attorney General Ken Salazar hosted the Summit on Youth Violence. Owens and Salazar said zero tolerance of guns in schools, ways to hold parents accountable, more counselors and mentors for students, were some of the possible outcomes of proposals discussed at the summit. Owens said he would favor legislation to tie a school's accreditation to its tolerance policies on guns. "We have zero tolerance of guns in our airports," Owens said. "Why don't we have that attitude in some of our schools?" The first discussion was moderated by Salazar and the Attorney General of Mississippi, Mike Moore. Moore who after the Pearl, Miss., school shooting in his state, reviewed youth violence prevention programs and initiatives throughout the country. The two moderators asked a panel of 25 young Colorodans, aged 15-18-years-old, what their views were on violence and guns in school. When asked by Salazar and Moore what kinds of things need to be done to make schools safer, most of the youths said the answer lies at home, not in heightened security or stiffer gun laws. "If their parents would have been more involved or (Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris) had someone to look up to, maybe they would have thought before they acted," said Jessica Chavez, a student at the Youth and Family Academy of Pueblo. For some, the turnout at the summit was a disappointment. Frankie Notyce, works with Street Beat an organization which tries to raise awareness of youth violence. Notyce was among the youth delegates in the discussion group, and said it was unfortunate there were hardly any young people in attendance. "It's supposed to be a Summit on Youth Violence, but there's no youth here," said Notyce. Organizers of the event said the facility could hold up to 3,000 people, yet many chairs were left empty. By the end of the day, caterers collected nearly half of the box lunches that were set out for participants, said Lisa Gillman of Biscuits and Berries caterers. The summit was originally scheduled for later this year, but in the aftermath of the Columbine High School shootings, Owens moved the date to June 19. Leaders in the black community became upset over the date change because the summit fell on the weekend of the Juneteenth festival. Juneteenth marks the day when slaves in Texas learned they had been freed. Black community leaders cried foul, saying Owens was excluding them from participating. After Owens said he would not change the date of the summit, black leaders called for a boycott of the event. In an effort to resolve the conflict, Owens marched in the Juneteenth parade following his speech at the summit. Still, most of the estimated 600 people who attended the summit were white. Some felt the crowd was unrepresentative of the city and state. Denver city councilwoman Susan Barnes-Gelt said it seemed pro-gun and full of evangelical Christians. "It was a set-up crowd," for Owens, said Barnes-Gelt, a democrat. Denver Public School educator, Sam Fletcher said the crowd breached socio-economic lines with a message of religion. "When panel members made reference to posting the Ten Commandments or bringing prayer back into schools the audience would often applaud the statement," Fletcher said. Ironically, many of the youths who attended inner-city schools said a shooting, like the one which occurred at Columbine, would probably not happen in their schools. Dreya Hyche, a student at George Washington high school, said there is violence in inner-city schools, but it was different from the violence at Columbine. "We have gang related violence at our school, and other things associated with living in the city. But I don't see the students at our school feeling as alienated as those kids at Columbine," Hyche said. Many inner-city school students said being in a more diverse environment fostered tolerance. Students who attended inner-city schools said there is violence at their schools but it should not be concluded that all violence at schools stem from the same problems. "Cultural and racial diversity in our school makes students less likely to harass those who look or dress differently," said Elsa Banuelos, a student at Denver West High School. "It doesn't mean our schools are safe from violence, it's just you don't see that kind of persecution at West (High School in Denver)," Banuelos said. Jesse Martinez, who works with Street Beat, said communication was opening between members of the community but it was unfortunate it took the deaths of students in a predominately white area to bring youth violence into the spotlight. "This summit should have happened after all those shootings in schools several years ago," Martinez said, "but it wasn't the same issue until it happened at a suburban school." Dick Wadhams, Owens' press secretary, said the summit was planned well before the Columbine shootings and it only made the organizers move the date up to June. |
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Metro employee connected to counterfeiting ring A Metro employee was arrested in connection with a check counterfeiting
ring, Lawrence Richard Alcorn, 11803 Williams Way, Northglenn, was indicted with 20 others by a grand jury investigating a check counterfeiting ring, according to police reports. The 20 suspects are accused of fraudulently cashing 577 checks for $260,000 between July 1998 and March 1999, authorities said. Members of the ring are accused of stealing checks, then using computers to produce counterfeit checks and identification. The checks were then cashed at metro-area King Soopers and Safeway supermarkets, which police say are the primary victims. Alcorn, 20, who police said went by the name Larry Lucas, was arrested in the Central Classroom on June 9, at 2:30 p.m. He was then handed over to Jefferson County Sheriff's Deputy Ralph Gallegos, according to the police report. Alcorn was charged with organized crime, which Jefferson County Court documents said include: racketeering, six counts of forgery, and theft. The grand jury indictment against Alcorn said he participated unlawfully and knowingly in acts of forgery in seven Colorado counties. The indictment said Alcorn falsely endorsed and cashed checks made out to the name Larry A. Lucas from companies Snow Cap Dental Lab Inc. and American Telecasting Inc. Each of the six checks named by the Indictment were said to be between $600 and $700. Alcorn is being held in the Jefferson County Jail under a $15,000 bond, according to Jefferson County Sheriff's deputies. Tamyra Calahan a Metro Human Resources employee said she could not confirm if Alcorn was a metro employee, because temporary employee files are confidential. In a letter addressed to Jefferson County Court, Eugene Ackler the Assistant Registrar, said Alcorn was an employee at the Registrar's Office since the beginning of June. "He (Alcorn) has demonstrated his hard work, intelligence and enthusiasm for the job. I am very happy with his accomplishments in the Office of the Registrar." Ackler said. Ackler also said Alcorn had worked previously on campus for the Auraria Higher Education Center and his supervisor there was equally impressed with his performance. Alcorn's mother, Ginger Alcorn, is the Business Manager of Business Services at Metro. She declined to comment extensively on the charges against her son. "I was surprised to find out what happened, he was always a pretty good kid." she said. |
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Bounced checks short-change college employees Almost six months after Metro switched banks, some Metro employees where unable to cash their payroll checks. Metro switched banks to Bank One on Jan. 1, and the problem has been labeled as an electronic communication problem, said Tim Greene, associate vice president of Human Resources and Finance. The money shortage effected student employees the most, said Vice President of Administration and Finance, Joe Arcese. "The direct deposits were fine, but when people started cashing the checks, and the money ran out in the account, the checks were rejected," said Arcese, "We put money in the account as soon as we found out." Due to the insufficient funds form Metro's bank account, some employees experienced additional bank charges. "The bank feels the burden is partly theirs, and they are working with us so that it never happens again," said Greene. "Both of us really do apologize for the inconvenience." Employees who received a check stamped with insufficient can be reimbursed in cash for all additional bank charges they encountered as well as a new check, Greene said. "I was a little upset, but mostly surprised," said Cesar Mardones, Testing Center student employee. "I was really surprised that they did not inform me." Mardones had a total of $46 in bank charges, and was reimbursed in cash, and also received a new payroll check, he said. |
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Survey says: students not in for the long haul Of 600 former students, 85 percent did not return for the 1999 spring semester, according to a Metro telephone survey. Debbie Thomas, assistant vice president of College Communication said they found half of the students surveyed never intended to get a degree from Metro. "They planned on starting here then going somewhere else or they are here on a certification program," said Thomas. The survey reported that one\third of students have transferred to different schools; University of Colorado at Denver will get 17 percent of these students. "Of the students surveyed, 60 percent do plan on returning. You have to understand the type of students that we cater to; some have jobs and families. Students have a full life so they might skip a semester." "Forty percent of the students did not return for financial reasons," Thomas said. Another 20 percent did not return for personal reasons. Thomas also said they would be continuing research this summer so that they can figure out methods to change these numbers. "Many of our students come to this college for other reasons than graduating," said Thomas. "We need a break sometimes. Some people might not have enough money, so they'll take a break for a semester. I'll work full-time for a semester and earn some money, then I'll be able to come back," said Metro student Alycia Rivers. Metro student Tarena O'Neill felt differently on why students do not finish in four years. "People come into college and don't even know what they want to do, then spend two years trying to figure it out," O'Neill said. "We do need to change our thinking about them being dropouts because 60 percent do plan on returning," said Thomas. |
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Degrees get women further Women who have a bachelor's degree statistically earn 88 percent more than women who don't, according to a study from the National Center for Education Statistics. The study found the median full-time income in 1996 for a white woman with a degree was $30,903 compared with $21,061 for a white woman with only a high school diploma or GED. Minority women with a bachelor's degree earned between $28,127 and $30,349, while those with only a high school education earned between $16,392 and $17,454, according to the study. "I think the increase has to do with more technology in the workplace," said Jodi Wetzel, Metro's women's studies director. "More women have had access to education and are getting bachelor's degrees." Wetzel said women entering well-paying fields such as engineering could be a factor in overall increased income. "There are a lot more women professionals than there were in the 1970s," she said. "It's real clear that women should go to college." The study, which was released in early June, also found men with a bachelor's degree earned 54 percent more than men who only completed high school. While the largest income increase was for women, the study found they statistically earned less than men. The median income for men with a bachelor's degree in 1996 was $38,306, while the median income for women with a bachelor's degree was $30,654. The study was formed using statistics from the Department of Commerce and the Census Burea. |
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Former theater teacher to be director of new art center A director was named on May 28 for the Academic and Performing Arts Center,
Dr. Michael Bautista will begin his position July 1. Working with a multi-institutional advisory board, coordinating activities in the center, supervising staff, administering the scheduling and planning process and maintaining the facility, will be among his duties. Bautista served as the Administrative Director for the Denver school of the Arts for the past eight years. He was also the director of the Jenks Performing Arts Center in Jenks, Okla. He taught theater at the University of Tulsa, Tulsa Junior College, the University of Nebraska and Texas Tech University. The academic and Performing Arts Center will serve the performing arts programs and productions of Community College of Denver, Metro, and the University of Colorado at Denver. |
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COMMENTARY |
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Parking fee increase won't improve parking News: Views: An increase was necessary but will nothing to alleviate the crowded parking lots. Students who park on campus have begun voicing their disapproval of the fee increase that will take affect July 1. For the overcrowding and long lines into and out of the lots on camps Auraria still has a better parking situation than most colleges. At Colorado State University parking lots are overcrowded too and students and faculty have said that parking at Auraria is easier. The campus controls 5,876 parking spaces and has a population base of 32,000. That equals one parking space for every 4.9 people. For a commuter campus to have so few parking options seems counterproductive. Auraria is not adding additional spots with the money from the fee increase. The money will be used to repair and improve existing lots. For example, Lot R will have its booths moved to the south to improve traffic flow - the cost, $150,000. A verbal agreement with Ascent to use 500 to 800 parking spaces at the Pepsi Center has been negotiated. The rate to park in Ascent's lot will be the same as the price in lot D, which is $3.25. These spots will be available during peak hours, namely the daytime. At night, Ascent employees may park at Auraria lots for a reduced fee, too. This is a verbal agreement, subject to change at anytime. Auraria has plans to purchase the land at Lot E, which is rented from Public Service Co. The price for the land is $1.9 million. If Public Service Co. sells Auraria the land, improvements would be made, like paving the lot, which is dirt. Atlas Metal owns land near campus on Fourth Street and the price of that land - $7 million. Parking Services released information that parking spaces cost $5,000 to $9,000 each. A parking space in a parking garage costs $12,000. Adding 5,000 more spaces would cost a minimum of $25 million. The three colleges on campus made budget cuts in their academic departments, because funding from the Legislature was cut. There is no possibility of subsidizing the existing budget this year to add more parking spaces. Auraria needs to acquire more
funds for additional parking options, but until that happens students will
have to consider the benefits and problems of parking on campus. Waiting
in line for up to an hour for the prime spots closer to central campus is
not viable unless people live too far away to use alternate means of transportation.
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Religions, schools should remain separated (U-WIRE) — The U.S. House of Representatives approved a proposal last week to allow public schools to post the Ten Commandments in classrooms. This measure was intended to bring a sense of morality to public school students, which will supposedly curb youth violence. However, allowing the Ten Commandments to be hung in classrooms raises some difficult questions. I am in no way attacking religion. Practicing religion can be a rewarding experience, both on a personal level and for society in general. But we must be careful when we start endorsing the teachings of particular religions. It is no secret that the predominant religion in the United States is Christianity. But is this enough to justify promoting Christianity over other religions in classrooms? Even though the majority of Americans may be Christians, we need to always look out for the rights of minorities. Public schools should be places where all students feel equally accepted. As noble as the teachings of the Ten Commandments may be, students who have not been raised in a religious environment may feel isolated. As we have seen in the past, it is this feeling of isolation that leads some youths to commit violent acts. If we promote the ideals of only one religion in the classroom, where will it stop? The First Amendment expressly forbids the establishment of a government-supported religion. But what impression are students going to get when they are forced to sit in a classroom and stare at the rules of Christianity? My guess is that they might think Christianity is somehow more important than other religions. It doesn't take a history major to tell you what traditionally can happen when people of certain religions start feeling superior to people of other religions. Public schools should be concerned with teaching math, science, language skills and basic secular values such as respecting the rights of other people and their property and being honest. Public educational institutions should not touch an issue as personal and delicate as religion. Americans have enough trouble accepting all religions as equally important without the U.S. government continually endorsing Christianity above all other religions. |
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FEATURES |
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"Auraria Cool" exhibit showcases student artists The Auraria Cool exhibition at the Emmanual Gallery raises the bar for student art exhibitions. For the first show he curated as director of the Emmanuel Gallery, Mark Masuoka assembled the best work from 16 Auraria painting, sculpture and photography students. The result is impressive. The exhibition represents an interesting cross section of Auraria students. "All the artists know each other and play together, but they keep their own identities in their work," Masuoka said. The artwork ranges from brash abstract depictions of urban life, to the serene experience of fishing in an Illinois lake. Metro student Josiah Lopez brings an urban feel to the show with his painting Roxanne Cordova and the Twin Experience. In the painting, a blue man addresses the viewer from behind a cloak of shadows. Behind him, a nude magenta woman reclines with a look of ecstasy on her face. Layers of graffiti surround the two figures. "The twin experience is the duality of this woman," Lopez said. "She's good for the guy, but then really bad. It's a self-destructive relationship between a man and a woman." Lopez incorporates spray paint with acrylic and oil, achieving a balance between monochromatic figures and subtle color. "The graffiti artist doesn't have a whole lot to work with - one or two colors, "Lopez said. "I try to incorporate that style." Across the room, Jim White's painting No April Fool depicts a man examining a newly caught fish. "It's my grandfather," White said. "He passed away a couple years ago and the painting is kind of an homage. I wanted to start out painting with things that were emotionally close to me." White said he paints both abstract work and figurative, which he hints at in No April Fool. The subject is painted using large patches of color, conveying a softer feel. The lake and boat, which make up the background of the painting, pays closer attention to shape and form instead of detail. "I like to break up shapes to add interest," he said. CU-Denver student Jennifer Thompson uses themes based on still life and landscape to produce abstract paintings. "I'm less interested in duplicating reality and more interested in drawing out the shapes around an object," she said. "I try to get deep space and a lot of texture in the work." Thompson's painting, Bowl Stacks, is an intriguing study of shapes, lines and words. Faint hints of words are concealed throughout the painting, often under layers of oil. "If people concentrate enough and spend enough time, they can read it." she said. Other artists represented in the exhibition are Gino Amato, Kari Johnson, Izzy, Nathan Koch, Steve Llewellyn, Christine O'Dea, Christina Pina, Melisa Rassmussen, Amanda Revell, Sheri Rulh, Masataka Tanaka and Shin Watanabe. The exhibition continues through July 30. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday, 11 a.m.- 5 p.m. |
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SPORTS |
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Roadrunner shortstop signs with San Diego Imagine having to listen to only two days of summer school lecture because by the third you've signed a contract to play major league baseball. Former Metro shortstop Jason Klatt doesn't have to imagine. Just days after the summer semester began, Klatt signed a free agent contract with the San Diego Padres to play in their Rookie League in Peoria, Ariz. "It was kind of spontaneous," Klatt said. "I was registered for summer school and I went to two classes down at Metro and on the third day the scout that signed me called me up and said, 'we have a spot open for you if you want to come play' and of course I said, 'yes'. He came right over to the house, I signed the contract right there and flew out the next day." When he arrived in Arizona to play for the Peoria Padres, Klatt realized a dream that seemed impossible after he wasn't drafted earlier this year. "Before the draft there was a lot of talk that I was going to go around round 30," Klatt said. "Then the draft came and left and nothing happened. It's a dream come true that I thought wasn't going to happen." Klatt is the eighth Roadrunner to realize the dream of playing professional baseball. In fact, he is the second player in as many years to move to the major league level. Last year, the Chicago Cubs drafted Metro's pitcher Leo Torres. The lefthander posted a 1-2 record and two saves in 1998 for the Class A Williamsport Cubs in Williamsport, Pa. Torres kept his ERA down to .92 with 36 strike outs during the season. Klatt, on the other hand, is just beginning to accrue major league statistics after being a member of the Roadrunners for the past two years. He sat out the 1998 season as a redshirt and came back in 1999 to be named a first team All-Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference selection. Batting .366, he led the Roadrunners with 53 RBI. "Playing at Metro really helped me," Klatt said. It boosted my confidence with the kind of year I had." Before coming to Metro Klatt played at San Diego State in 1997 and Arizona Western in 1996. Not only does his previous ball playing in Arizona make Klatt feel right at home in the local ballparks, but so do memories from his childhood. "I used to come to this place when I was a kid," Klatt said. "Me and my dad would come and watch spring training and we'd watch the Padres. Then being out there, putting on a Padres uniform is such an experience." Klatt, 23, is experiencing wearing the Padres uniform later than many of the other Peoria players. The Rookie League's hottest recruits come straight out of high school, Klatt said. "There are a lot of 18-year-old pitchers here," he said, "but being older could be better. If I do really well, I could move up to single A ball sooner." To move up Klatt will have to continue his hard work and dedication to the sport he loves. "I think perseverance through difficult times and just working hard," Klatt said, "I took a lot of ground balls and I hit a lot of baseballs in college and in high school. I think preparation probably got me this far." |
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Metro baseball camp a 'big hit' They are the boys of summer. Under the warm summer sun, 22 eager eight to 12-year-olds filled the Auraria Fields June 7-10 to learn the nuances of America's pastime. They spent the days with Metro baseball coach Vince Porreco and the Metro assistant coaches, listening to a little lecture, going through countless hitting and fielding drills, and having a lot of fun. Porreco began the summer baseball camp seven years ago when he came to Metro to give back to the community and raise funds for the program. The camp addresses all aspects of the sport but emphasizes hitting, Porreco said. "Primarily most of our camp is a hitting camp," Porreco said, "because everybody wants to hit." The difficulty of mastering a perfect swing is another reason Porreco focuses the camp on the offensive side. "Hitting is such a difficult task," he said. "I think that they understand what they need to do and where they need to be at certain points in their swing is very important. It's not a team sport in the sense that it's not 10 guys hitting the same pitch. It's individual, so we try to structure it more towards the individual and the technique of actually hitting." The coaches' attention to each individual player is a key to the camp. Each player brings a different level of skill to the field, and the coaches must account for that. In batting practice, some kids need only to improve on the basics they have already learned. However, some are just beginning to learn the sport and need to be taught the fundamentals of hitting, Porreco said. It's that individual attention and the fun that Porreco brings to the camp that prompted John Baggett, coach of the Alameda Werewolves 9-year-old baseball team, to encourage his team to attend the Metro summer camp. "We're very impressed with the way (Porreco) handles the kids," Baggett said. "He incorporates fun along with the skill drills that they do. The kids have to be here by 8 o'clock in the morning so that means getting them out of bed really early, but they do it very enthusiastically because he incorporates some wiffleball and some fun activities to go along with it." Being with the kids and watching them have fun while learning, is exactly why Porreco puts on baseball camps. "Being able to see the improvement," Porreco said, "taking a kid that can catch the ball or hit the ball and see that progression of the fourth day and then seeing them with a smile on thier face walking away from the camp, knowing they had a good time, that's what I'm in it for." |
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Women's basketball camps are a real learning experience The Metro women's basketball coaching staff is working throughout the summer to teach kids of all ages the game. The Roadrunners are sponsoring five different camps around the state for boys and girls, grades three through 12. However, the only boy registered to participate will do so at the Platte Canyon High School camp, Assistant Coach Amy Bourcy said. "Not many boys attend camps advertised by women," Bourcy said. But that's okay with her because she sees basketball and the camps as self-esteem boosters for girls. "Athletics can build self-confidence," she said. "There aren't a lot of female role models out there and this gives the girls an opportunity to see some in our coaches." Another positive reinforcement aspect of the camps is the "goal setting" plan. The girls must set certain goals for themselves to attain by the week's end, Bourcy said. "Seeing their eyes get big with excitement as they tell you and show you how they reached their goals is my favorite part of these camps," she said. The Roadrunner basketball camps focus on the fundamentals. With a 1:8 coach to camper ratio, the girls learn ball handling, offensive moves, defense and the art of shooting. |
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Sportsbriefs Volleyball Assistant coach named Metro head volleyball coach Jenelle Duvall named Todd Raasch as her assistant coach June 22. Raasch comes to the Roadrunner program with nine years of coaching experience from around the country. He began his career at Graceland College in Lamoni, Iowa, where as a player, he earned the Collegiate Club Division II Most Valuable Player award for leading his team to a victory in the 1991 Division II championship. He coached there for three years, two as the head junior varsity coach and one as the assistant men's coach. From 1992-1994 Raasch served as an assistant coach at Nebraska Kearney, a member of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference. He then coached at the University of Nebraska as an assistant for one year before returning the Nebraska Kearney in 1996 for another three year stint. Men's tennis honored Members of the Metro men's tennis team received some prestigious honors by the time the season was over. Coach Dan LeFevre was named the Rocky Mountain athletic Conference Coach-of-the-Year. LeFevre coached the men's tennis team to a first place finish in the RMAC and a 17-8 record this season. The RMAC honored sophomore Peter Lantz with Player-of-the-Year honors. Lantz finished with a 15-7 record in the No. 1 singles position. Men's basketball in Disneyworld The Metro men's basketball team received an invitation to play in the annual Disney Division II Tip-Off Classic. The Roadrunners open tournament, taking place in Orlando, Fla., Nov. 12 against California (Pa.). There are six other teams playing in the Disney Tip-Off Classic including Charleston (W. Va.), Midwestern (Texas), Henderson State (Ark.), Minnesota-Duluth, Lander (S.C.), and Wayne State (Mich.). |
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