Fights among students at DU usually are not tolerated, but every once in a while they’re actually encouraged. At Club Taekwondo, one of DU’s 28 club sports groups, they’re a regular occurrence. Sure, it’s all just sparring—students blowing off a little academic stress and steam (actually they call it “soft […]
Illegal drugs may be a familiar topic of discussion on college campuses, but according to DU’s Arthur Gilbert, that doesn’t mean students understand them. Gilbert says students often are bombarded with information about drugs but they rarely get an opportunity to study the business of illegal drugs or their impact […]
Ann Spector Lieff (BA ’74) grew up the daughter of an entrepreneur. Her father, Martin Spector, owned Spec’s Music—record shops that were a staple in the Miami music scene. Spector Lieff worked weekends and summers in the stores, and she always thought she’d be a businesswoman. Still, when she headed […]
Over 16,000 books have been written about the man, more than anyone except Jesus and Shakespeare. And this year, which marks the 200th anniversary of his birth, dozens of new volumes will be eagerly read by scholars and schoolchildren alike. Why does Abraham Lincoln continue to fascinate us? “There is […]
Do you have SOLE power? DU does, now that the Bridge Community Garden is up and running. SOLE—an acronym used to denote food that is sustainable, organic, local and ethical—aptly describes the fruits and veggies grown in the garden, located across from Centennial Halls at 1819 S. High St. Members […]
Wild West roundup I enjoyed “Our Wild West” [summer 2009]. As Wallace Stegner said, “I may not know who I am, but I know where I’m from.” The article “Colorado’s College War” was of more than passing interest because my husband is a Mines graduate. It is a fine […]
This mask from Indonesia is part of a donation of 56 masks Denver resident Henry Strauss recently made to the DU Museum of Anthropology. It depicts Garuda, a Hindu deity that is half-man, half-bird. Strauss and his family have spent decades traveling the world. He purchased his first mask in […]
Recent market activity has forced investors to examine their investment strategies. The volatility provides an opportunity for people to evaluate how much risk they can withstand and reminds them that financial health must be constantly assessed. It’s also a good time to make sure your financial adviser is familiar with […]
Did our bright green cover catch your attention? Good. DU has some big sustainability plans afoot, and you should know about them (read “Going Green“). While it’s cutting its carbon footprint, DU also is aggressively cutting expenses to try to keep tuition prices manageable for students (read “The Rising Cost […]
After his mother abruptly moves out prior to the family’s annual sailing trip, 16-year-old Luke and his angry and confused father set out alone on the weeklong voyage. The routine journey becomes a fight for survival when an unexpected summer storm pulls Luke’s father overboard. Without anyone to rely on […]
Even though Chuck Ferries has spent much of his life racing down mountains, his life has been anything but downhill. “I’ve done pretty much whatever I wanted to do my whole life, so I guess you’d say I was free-spirited,” says Ferries, a Pioneers skier who helped lead the 1961 […]
For the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show, producers wanted 3,000 Houston-area children to simultaneously swarm the playing field to cheer on the performers. But who could they call upon to orchestrate such ordered chaos? As the founder of Precision Event Group, an event-management and experiential marketing agency, Jason Wanderer (BA […]
Lloyd Hightower isn’t the typical graduate you’d see representing the Class of 2009. For one thing, he’s 87. Plus, Hightower finished his DU business degree in 1951. But 58 years later, Hightower finally has a diploma to prove it. Hightower received the diploma during a ceremony at his Denver home […]
Deep in the stacks of Penrose Library are seven volumes of biography about the Founding Father who owned Terrance Carroll’s great-grandfather. The books have plenty to say about the owner, but the only place you might find Carroll’s ancestor mentioned is in the slave manifests in the appendix, where 330 […]
Diane Stahl (BA anthropology and psychology ’80) used to amuse her coworkers with her vacation plans. Instead of plane tickets and a passport, Stahl’s itinerary involved seed packets and a spade. The backyard of her Washington Park home substituted for an exotic locale. Now, as the owner of Urban Roots, […]