A. Trail (1)

     Reporters talk about following the "paper trail" of a person they are checking or investigating. They obtain documents about the person that include birth certificate, court records, divorce filing and school documents. First, make a list of documents you think would make up part of the paper trail; then, see which of these is available to the public.

B. Trail (2)

     Make a paper trail on someone in the community: a politician, school official, lawyer, physician, police official, businessperson.

C. Admissions

     A rash of fabricated applications for admissions has hit colleges in recent years, and some schools have reviewed their admissions process. Students who submitted excellent essays were discovered to have had low grades in high school English. Some applicants falsified membership in student organizations. Transfer students doctored their grades, and some did not submit all SAT test scores despite being required to do so.
     "We're all vulnerable," said the dean of admissions at the University of Pennsylvania. "The system is based on trust. There are no metal detectors in this business."
     Has your school's admission office had trouble with admissions and, if so, how has it handled the problem?