As Gretchen Peters gazed at a vast purple poppy field in Afghanistan, she realized she had uncovered a little-known facet of the United States’ understanding of terrorism. The poppies were processed into heroin and opium, and that heroin and opium was the major source of income for the Taliban and […]
It’s been less than four years since Frank Bingham experienced the tragedy of a lifetime, losing his entire family in one senseless moment when a drunk driver sped through the streets of Denver, running down Bingham’s wife and two children. In those years, Bingham could have given up, succumbed to […]
Royce Lassley calls it a gift from God. Lassley, a freshman violin performance major, had been playing an instrument given to him by a previous teacher. Then his teacher at Lamont, Yumi Hwang-Williams, told him the instrument was holding him back. A quality violin, Hwang-Williams explains, “has the right overtone, […]
The DU community can take a break from the end-of-semester stress and enjoy free events sponsored by the DU Programs Board as part of the University’s annual May Days week from May 24–28. Each day will feature food, games and prizes, including free May Day shirts. The schedule will be […]
The DU undergraduate community has spoken. Junior Jim Francescon was elected Undergraduate Student Government president for the 2010–11 school year; sophomore Felipe Diaz will serve as vice president. They garnered 74 percent of the vote. Francescon, a real estate and finance major, is the current student-body vice president and is […]
If a roommate bought an essay online, put their name on it and submitted it as original work, would you turn them in? Under a proposed change to DU’s Honor Code, students would be expected to report any Honor Code violations to the Office of Citizenship & Community Standards. But […]
Wikipedia now has 24 new entries thanks to students taking courses in the University of Denver’s Department of Media, Film and Journalism Studies. It was an assignment as part of Assistant Professor Christof Demont-Heinrich’s News Writing and Reporting class and Associate Professor Lynn Schofield Clark’s Innovation in Media and Communication […]
KVDU has its finger on the pulse of the Denver music scene, and to prove it, DU’s web-only radio station has put together a 13-track CD of live in-studio performances from a who’s who of local bands, including Everything Absent or Distorted, Paper Bird, Widowers, Kissing Party and Dualistics. All […]
During the first week of May, DU’s Sigma Chi Fraternity will host its 32nd annual Derby Days. Although it’s traditionally a fun week of activities, it’s all for a good cause. Derby Days events help support deserving causes and promote the philanthropic efforts of DU’s Greek community, says Will Thompson, […]
Organs are sold on the black market. Ethnic minorities unwittingly become subjects for medical research. Medical students practice on cadavers without consent. Sound like a horror movie? DU junior Tiffany Montano doesn’t think so. The public policy and philosophy major from Denver debated these topics and others with her team […]
The motto, “Service above self,” says it all. With 1.2 million members worldwide, Rotary International is a massive network of individuals dedicated to community service. But DU’s own Rotaract Club, a student chapter of Rotary International, strives to involve even more people — especially a younger demographic — by completing […]
The Aquaholics, the University of Denver’s Masters swim team, won the Colorado Masters Swimming Association State Championships this weekend after three days of events. DU’s Aquaholics came in first with a combined total of 3,366 points for the 48 events, which included backstroke, freestyle and relays. The championship took place […]
DU’s Italian program is hosting its first Italian Film Festival, which will premiere five recent Italian films. The festival — sponsored by the Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago and the Consulate General of Italy in Chicago — is free and open to the public. Each film will be shown at […]
Spirits were high at a series of debates April 5–7 at the University of Denver’s Sturm College of Law as leading legal authorities debated the merits of Colorado’s medical marijuana laws and the conflict with existing federal regulations. A standing-room-only crowd of nearly 200 students and community members packed the […]
Two DU students and an alumna burned up the slopes at the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver, B.C. DU’s Luba Lowery, a Russian major, competed in two sit-skiing events. She finished 9th in women’s slalom and 10th in women’s giant slalom. Lowery was born in the Russian Federation but grew […]