The Rocky Mountain Collegian, the student newspaper affiliated with Colorado State University, scored a scoop this week with a devastating story about CSU police chief Dexter Yarbrough, who's been on administrative leave since last month, when he became the subject of what's been termed a "personnel investigation." The centerpiece of the tale, which spurred a follow-up piece this morning in the Rocky Mountain News (as well as a Denver Post item sporting McSwane's byline), involves a recording
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Dexter Yarbrough has had a tough year when it comes to the media. He took a leave from his position as Colorado State University police chief in December in relationship to what was called a "personnel investigation." Then, the following month, Rocky Mountain Collegian student journalist David McSwane added to his misery in a story that also ran in the Denver Post. Its centerpiece: a recording from a class appearance in which Yarbrough said informants might be paid off with "ten of those crack
David Lane hits the national airwaves -- and doesn't have to talk about Ward Churchill.Attorney David Lane tends to take cases that have Big Picture, constitutional issues at stake: His clients in recent years have included Carol Kreck, who was arrested for protesting a John McCain campaign appearance, student journalist David McSwane, whose position was threatened after authorizing the famed f-Bush editorial, and, of course, former CU-Boulder professor Ward Churchill. So what the hell is
