Archive for April, 2007

DU helps international students file tax returns

Tax time is tough enough for natives, but it can be especially, well, taxing for international students. That’s why the University of Denver has adopted the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program, sponsored by the Internal Revenue Service, to help international students with their returns.  Each year, students from the […]

Sexual Assault Awareness Week works to raise assault understanding

To raise awareness about sexual assaults, particularly on college campuses, the University’s Sexual Assault Response and Prevention Program is sponsoring Sexual Assault Awareness Week April 9–13.  The week will feature information about the effects of sexual assault and prevention measures. On April 11, a Take Back the Night rally, march […]

Language students win Japan Bowl Championship

A team of second-year Japanese language students from DU won the 10th annual Japan Bowl championship held at DU on March 31. Three DU students — Larry Gaugh, a junior Asian studies major, Man Man Yung, a freshman hospitality major, and Meiqin Rui, a non-degree seeking student — beat CSU […]

Project Homeless Connect 4 calls on University

On April 20, the University of Denver’s annual DU Volunteer Days efforts will be concentrated on Project Homeless Connect 4. As many as 1,000 homeless individuals will attend the event at the Ritchie Center to get needed services, including health care, job interviews and education information. Hundreds of volunteers will help […]

Students compete at National Debate Tournament

For the second year in a row, the University of Denver sent two members of the DU Debate Team to the National Debate Tournament. This year, the event was held from March 28–April 2 in Dallas. Before last year’s tournament, DU had not competed in nationals since the 1980s. And […]

Watamura researching effects of day care on kids

Parents may not want to hear what DU psychology Assistant Professor Sarah Watamura has to tell them: Day care can challenge kids. Watamura, director of the University’s Child Health and Development Lab, has found that many children show different patterns of production of the hormone cortisol on days when they are at […]

Collegiate a cappella grows in Colorado

The University of Denver a cappella group, Idiosingcrasies, will perform on April 14 at 7 p.m. in Sturm Hall’s Davis Auditorium as part of the Colorado A Cappella Showcase.  Ivy League schools have long-standing reputations for renowned a cappella groups, which are known for singing without instrumental accompaniment. With a total of 39 unaccompanied […]

Sexual Assault Awareness Week works to raise assault understanding

To raise awareness about sexual assaults, particularly on college campuses, the University’s Sexual Assault Response and Prevention Program is sponsoring Sexual Assault Awareness Week April 9–13. The week will feature information about the effects of sexual assault and prevention measures. On April 11, a Take Back the Night rally, march […]

Neighborhood residents plan to picket proposed high-rise development

Residents angered by a plan for a 12-story residence on public land west of the University of Denver light-rail platform met April 5 to strengthen resolve to defeat the measure and plan picketing of the site as soon as Monday. The group of some 30 residents and neighborhood organization representatives […]

DU to host Holocaust and genocide awareness week

On April 8 at 7 p.m. in front of Sturm Hall, the University of Denver’s Holocaust and Genocide Awareness Week will begin with an interfaith service and 24-hour litany of the names of Holocaust victims.  Facilitated by members of DU’s Inter-Fraternal Council, the reading is intended to help students of any […]

University discussion to focus on ending homelessness

Before as many as 1,000 homeless people come to campus to receive services at Project Homeless Connect 4 (PHC4) on April 20, the University of Denver community is coming together to discuss the tough questions related to homelessness.  On April 10 at 7 p.m. the Center for Community Engagement and Service […]

Carjackers arrested after fleeing with DU student’s car

[Editor’s Note: This story normally would have been posted the day after the incident occurred. However, due to a software problem with the DU Web site, we were unable to post it until Friday, April 6. Please visit DU Today in the future for updates on serious incidents that occur […]

Eleanor Roosevelt Institute to move to DU campus

In a move designed to further strengthen the University’s expanding Life Sciences Initiative, DU officials announced April 2 that the Eleanor Roosevelt Institute (ERI) will relocate to campus in the summer. Currently, the institute is housed in a building five miles north of DU near Denver’s City Park. Having ERI on […]

Gymnast enjoys challenge of studies, training

When sophomore psychology major Jessica Lopez came to the U.S. from Caracas, Venezuela, to attend the University of Denver, she said the transition was hard. She admits to sitting in the classroom not understanding a thing her teachers said; she admits that she didn’t go outside [for fun] her entire freshman […]

Candidates vie to replace MacKenzie in District 7

The Source sent questionnaires to District 6 incumbent Charlie Brown, who is running unopposed, and the four District 7 Denver City Council candidates running in the May 1 election. Districts 6 and 7 include the University of Denver and its neighborhoods. Their responses follow. CHARLES V. BROWN, District 6 incumbent (unopposed) […]