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• Stick-e-Star closes
• DU’s Rotaract Club
• Phipps Mansion sold
• Newman Center’s
new season
• Dance company
• New soccer stadium

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DU TODAY
Wayne Armstrong

United nations Keeping up with DU news

is easier than ever. Check
Bolivian dancers perform at DU’s 27th annual Festival of Nations out the new DU Today
site. The URL is the same
April 17. About 500 people attended the student-led campus event to — www.du.edu/today —
but the site has a whole
learn about cultures from all around the world. The festival offered new look with more
features and information.
international food, panels, crafts and performances, including a samba, New features include
polls, videos, a “this
a Chinese lion dance and Iranian belly dancing. DU’s student population month in history”
category, and links to
read DU blogs and to
includes students from 88 countries; China has the largest number of
follow the University on
social media sites.
students attending the University.
U.S. News ranks Sturm College of Law among nation’s

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top 100 law schools
For the ninth straight year, the University of Denver Sturm College of Law is ranked among
the top 100 law schools in the country by U.S. News & World Report, while five of the school’s
specialized programs are listed among the highest-ranked programs in the country.
The publication’s “America’s Best Graduate Schools,” released April 15, lists the Sturm College
of Law among the nation’s top-tier schools, tied at No. 80 with Louisiana State University; Rutgers;
the University of Oregon; and the Illinois Institute of Technology.
DU ranked No. 12 in the country for tax law; No. 14 for environmental law studies; No. 18
for part-time legal education; No. 19 for legal writing (tied with Lewis & Clark College and Rutgers-
Camden); and No. 25 for clinical training.
Sturm College of Law Dean Martin Katz says DU remains committed to consistently im-
Where in the
proving its law programs. In recent years, the school has continued adding faculty, creating new world is...
initiatives to build diversity, reducing class sizes, building new law programs relevant to today’s legal
climate, raising the standards for admission, increasing financial aid to attract the best students, and Isabella Contolini has
implementing a comprehensive bar passage program. participated in the state geogra-
Katz says the college of law has a long-term vision for ongoing development. phy bee for the past three years,
U.S. News & World Report ranks law and other graduate programs, incorporating expert opin- but this year her performance took
ion and statistical data collected on more than 1,200 programs. In addition to the law school, DU’s the prize. The 12-year-old, a sixth-
Department of Psychology was ranked 91st, tied with George Washington University, University grader at Red Rocks Elementary
of Carolina-Greensboro and Colorado State University. School in Morrison, Colo., won the
—Chase Squires National Geographic state geogra-
phy bee April 9. It was held at the
University of Denver campus, where
it is held each year.
Longtime neighborhood eatery closes Could you have answered her
winning question correctly?
Popular DU-area eat- “The island of Rapa Nui is better
ery Stick-e-Star has closed its known by this name.”
doors.
After spending 25 years in Answer: Easter Island

the DU community — first at

Star Market and most recently

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Mike and Tina Schettler have

moved on to a new venture w w w. d u . e d u / t o d a y
that needs their full attention, Volume 33, Number 9
the couple says.
On March 17 the Schet- Vice Chancellor for University
tlers opened Emerald Grill at Communications
Carol Farnsworth
597 S. Clinton St. in Denver.
Editorial Director
With the new opportunity, Chelsey Baker-Hauck (BA ’96)
they did not have the desire or
Managing Editor
resources to run both eateries, Kathryn Mayer (BA ’07, MLS ’10)
Mike Schettler (BSBA ’83) says. Additionally, the lease at the University Boulevard and Evans Av-
Art Director
enue location was too expensive to renew. Craig Korn, VeggieGraphics
Schettler will continue running his catering business out of the new location.
Community News is published monthly by the
Emerald Grill’s menu is similar to Stick-e-Star’s, with favorite dishes such as chicken Parmesan University of Denver, University Communications,
and French dip still available. Like Stick-e-Star, there’s a full bar, but unlike it, there’s a full breakfast 2199 S. University Blvd., Denver, CO 80208-4816.
The University of Denver is an EEO/AA institution.
menu served all day.
One major difference will be a change in clientele. Emerald Grill is in Windsor Gardens, a
community for people over age 55. Windsor Gardens has some 3,500 residents.
“The community here has been very welcoming,” Schettler says. “[The residents] need a Contact Community News at 303-871-4312
place with good food that they can have a good time at.” or tips@du.edu
To receive an e-mail notice upon the
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Richard Chapman
Phipps Mansion finds buyer quickly
After a little more than a month on the market, DU’s
Lawrence C. Phipps Memorial Conference Center has a buyer.
Tim Gill, founder of Quark Inc. and the Gill Foundation,
and his husband, Scott Miller, a local investment adviser, have
announced plans to purchase the historic Phipps estate. The sale
is expected to close in December 2010.
Gill and Miller plan to live in the 33,123-square-foot
Georgian home in Denver’s Belcaro neighborhood.
“University officials are pleased that Mr. Gill and Mr. Miller
are purchasing the property and have chosen to maintain it as a
private residence,” says DU spokesman Jim Berscheidt, noting
that the University will use the sale proceeds to fund student
scholarships.
The sale price was around the $9 million listed for the
property.
The University has contacted clients to cancel events
scheduled for Nov. 8–Dec. 31. “The University is trying to
accommodate groups that had scheduled events in Phipps,”
Berscheidt says. Even though the closing is in December, DU
needs time to move out.
Furnishings, artwork and other household contents were
not included in the purchase, Berscheidt says, and plans for
disposition of contents have not been announced.
“We are delighted to become stewards of this Colorado
and Denver treasure,”  Gill says. Miller adds, “It will become
our private residence and we are committed to preserving its
historical integrity for generations to come.”
Sen. Lawrence Phipps built the 6.5-acre estate between
1931–33. His widow, Margaret Rogers Phipps, donated the
estate’s tennis pavilion to DU in 1960 and the mansion in
1964.
Gill founded Quark in 1981, and the company became a
world leader in the development of page-layout software. He
started the Denver-based Gill Foundation in 1994 to support
nonprofit organizations that serve lesbian, gay, bisexual,
transgender and allied individuals, as well as people with HIV/
AIDS.
—Staff
DU student group aims to eradicate polio
The motto, “Service above self,” says it all. With 1.2 million members
worldwide, Rotary International is a massive network of individuals dedi-
cated to community service.
But DU’s own Rotaract Club, a student chapter of Rotary Interna-
tional, strives to involve even more people — especially a younger demo-
graphic — by completing at least one local and one international project
annually.
“Being in college, we’re a little bit more flexible in terms of time,
deciding what we’re going to do, and the opportunities that are available,”
says Kelsey Guyette, president of DU Rotaract.
Guyette, a sophomore international studies and German major from
Greeley, Colo., described an extensive club project list, including tutoring
at South High School, volunteering with Project CURE and helping with
on-campus events.
Although 15–20 members regularly show up at meetings, more than
100 are involved in the club. Still, Guyette says she is aiming for more
participation, especially from graduate students.
One of Rotaract’s most important contributions to global development
has been the eradication of polio. During Rotary’s PolioPlus Awareness
Week, DU’s members collected donations outside Sturm Hall and then
dyed donors’ pinkies purple to signify a child’s polio vaccination. Thanks to
Rotary’s efforts, the crippling disease is found in only four countries.
DU Rotaract Club meetings are 6 p.m. Wednesdays in Jazzman’s Café
in the Driscoll Center.
—Elizabeth Fritzler
Zingers to pop up in former Quiznos store
Quiznos is being replaced on South University Boulevard by a chicken,
sandwich and chili shop that’s one of a kind.
“It’s the first of many to come,” promises co-owner Dennis Krieger, who
plans to open Zingers in the Quiznos location at 2075 S. University Blvd.
and possibly franchise the concept. Sometime in July, once renovations are
complete, Krieger will open Zingers with his son Max, who in 2009 earned a
BSBA from DU’s School of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management.
The Kriegers say they want Zingers to be the “anti-franchise,” emphasizing
service and “freshness of sauce and service.” But it will also provide a hearty dose
of spice, in particular the secret seasoning tossed onto the homemade chicken
nuggets and the secret family recipe that comprises the red, green pork and
meatless chili. Green Monster Sauce also beckons, the wings provide a litany
of flavors with as much “kick” as you wish and even the “13-step cornbread”
contains jalapenos.
All of it cooked daily from scratch, says Max Krieger.
“I’ve been a cook my whole life,” Dennis Krieger notes. “I taught Max how
to cook when he was a kid. He was cooking five-course dinner parties at age
16.”
Since then, Max notched a hospitality degree at DU and picked up valuable
experience in restaurants from Chipotle and Pei-Wei to top steak houses in
upstate New York.
Zingers will have a 1960s and 1970s-oriented classic rock environment
for its small on-site dining area and hopes to accept orders by iPhone in addition
to online, Krieger says.
Hours are 11 a.m.–9 p.m. daily, although later hours are possible on
weekends. The restaurant will not serve alcohol.
—Richard Chapman
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 Alumna beats illness and odds to reach dream of
pro singing career
If you’d seen Elizabeth Montgomery (MA music performance ’92) as a young
child, the last career you would have picked for her was singer. Most days, she
couldn’t even blow up a balloon. 
Montgomery was born with a serious lung illness that plagued her early years. In
fact, her doctors didn’t think she’d live.
But she says prayers helped her overcome poor health to get an early start as,
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yes, a singer. So early she admits she doesn’t even remember her first musical per-
formances singing in front of the TV to Dial soap commercials.
“That’s what my mother told me, and she said I seemed to stay on key,” says
Montgomery from the Tulsa, Okla., home base of her Christian singing ministry.
From singing in front of the TV, she moved on to singing in front of thousands
within just a few years.
“I entered a talent contest at the Tulsa State
Gymnasts finish Fair when I was 12 years old,” she says. “I sang
strong at NCAAs ‘Over the Rainbow.’  It was at that moment,
singing in front of several thousand people, I
knew that singing was my passion.”
Sophomore Brianna Artemev A passion she
(pictured) and senior Kelley wasted little time
developing immedi-
Hennigan both finished in the ately after that early
top 20 in the all-around at the baptism of perform-
ing.
semifinals of the 2010 NCAA “Right after that,
I sang at my uncle’s
national gymnastics champion-
church in Knoxville,
ships on April 22 at the University Tenn.,” she says.  “I
loved singing the old
of Florida’s Stephen C. O’Connell gospel songs and shar-
Center. Artemev posted a 9.800 ing my testimony.”
Courtesy of Elizabeth Montgomery

When Mont-
on vault and bars and a 9.725 on gomery returned to
Oklahoma, she told
beam. Her best event was floor,
everyone who’d listen
where she scored a 9.850 to fin- about her singing. 
“One church led
ish tied for 13th place. Artemev to another until I was
finished in 11th place with an all- performing all over Oklahoma,” she says.
Today, she travels the country (she’s on
the road about 40 weekends a year) and often ends up back in Colorado. She held
around score of 39.175. Hennigan a Christmas concert two years in a row at DU’s Lamont School of Music in the mid-
recorded a 9.750 on vault, 9.775 1990s. 
Montgomery released her latest album late in 2009.
on bars, 9.700 on beam and 9.350 Today, she has seven albums of Christian music and more than 2,000 perfor-
mances to her credit.
on floor to finish with a 38.575
“I love my life because I get to share music with people all over the country,”
for 20th place in the all-around. Montgomery says. “And the friends I have met along the way are priceless.”
Her last album, Somebody’s Praying for You, was produced by Chuck Butler, who
Hennigan and Artemev are also produced the Backstreet Boys.
Denver’s 12th and 13th individual The title cut, she says, is “connecting with people everywhere” because of its
message that someone does care about them.
NCAA qualifiers since turning After performing in Colorado throughout April, Montgomery is touring around
Kansas and Oklahoma in May.
Division I in 1984.
>>www.elizabethmusic.com
—Doug McPherson

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Newman Center announces

Courtesy of Cory Weaver

2010–11 season
Innovators in bluegrass, modern dance, flamenco and
jazz will be on stage at the University of Denver’s Newman
Center for the Performing Arts during the 2010–11 Newman
Center Presents series, organized this year around the theme
of “legacies.”
The concert series opens Sept. 30 with mandolin
phenom Chris Thile and his band Punch Brothers,
which performs original material alongside traditional folk
and bluegrass tunes and covers of songs by the Beatles,
Radiohead, the White Stripes and others. That show will
be followed Oct. 16 by Paul Taylor Dance Company,
returning to Denver for the first time since 1991 to perform
its new work Brief Encounters.
One of the season’s most intriguing concerts is 1969,
from New York-based Alarm Will Sound, a 20-member
chamber ensemble that melds classical music with rock, jazz
and world beat. Inspired by a proposed collaboration between
John Lennon and German composer Karlheinz Stockhausen in Twenty-member chamber ensemble Alarm Will Sound plays music by the Beatles,
the late 1960s, 1969 is a multimedia show that combines Stravinsky, Stockhausen and more in its “1969” concert April 23, 2011.
Beatles tunes with classical works by Stockhausen, Leonard
Bernstein, Igor Stravinsky and Luciano Berio to show the collaborative — and tumultuous — spirit of the times. It plays April 23, 2011.
That collaborative spirit also is present in a Jan. 21 Guitar Legends show with Eliot Fisk and Bill Frisell, who will perform solo sets followed by a
duo set featuring work by Bach, Berio, Gershwin and Frisell.
Author and storyteller Spalding Gray tragically took his own life in 2004, but his words live on in Spalding Gray: Stories Left to Tell, which features
four actors delivering pieces of Gray’s monologues and stories along with excerpts from journals and letters. It comes to the Newman Center March
11–12.
Other concerts on the Newman Center’s 2010–11 schedule include “flamenco queen” Buika, paying tribute to Mexican singer Chavela Vargas on
Nov. 3; “A Night in Bethlehem,” a holiday jazz show featuring Norwegian vocalist Solveig Slettahjell, pianist Tord Gustavsen and trumpet player Sjur
Miljeteig on Dec. 7; the Boston-based A Far Cry chamber orchestra performing Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings, among other works, on Feb. 8; the
Aspen Santa Fe Ballet on Feb. 19; Jeffrey Kahane — music director of the Colorado Symphony Orchestra — and his son Gabriel Kahane, who
will perform together in Like Father, Like Son? Piano and More on March 25; and Spanish dance company Soledad Barrio and Noche Flamenca on
May 6.
More events may be added later in the season; visit www.newmancenterpresents.com for updates and ticket information.
—Greg Glasgow

Denver Teacher Residency program awarded $8.2 million grant

Denver Public Schools has received an $8.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to expand and broaden the program.
The money is for the Denver Teacher Residency program, a partnership between the Janus Alliance, Denver Public Schools and DU’s Morgridge
College of Education, launched in 2009. The nation’s first district-based residency program is modeled on medical residency programs. The five-year
program includes a yearlong classroom residency with a lead teacher, a DU master’s degree in curriculum and instruction and a four-year classroom
teaching commitment. Its hands-on teacher preparation is designed to cultivate and support quality teachers in high-needs schools within the Denver
school system.
The $8,204,269 grant will be used to bring talented teachers to Denver, train them to serve in areas of critical need and support special educa-
tion and bilingual education. The program is one of 12 that will receive funds from a $100-million Teacher Quality Partnership grant aimed at raising
student achievement by improving instruction. The grant is funded by the America Recovery and Reinvestment Act and will enable DU’s program
to expand the work initiated through the Janus Alliance and deepen the district’s work to support the Denver plan. The residency program directly
supports the district’s wider investment in the recruitment, development and retention of high quality-teachers.
“There is no harder job than teaching in a school district with children living in poverty, but there is also not a more important job,” says U.S. Sen.
Michael Bennet, who helped secure the grant.
Starting with a group of 25 residents apprenticing in five Denver elementary schools — Archuleta, Gust, Harrington, McMeen and Montclair —
the program draws on DU’s experience in teacher preparation and educational leadership. The first group of residents will begin teaching this fall.
—Kim DeVigil

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 University of Denver dedicates soccer stadium
A sellout crowd of 2,083 helped DU
dedicate its new soccer pitch — CIBER Field
— April 17 as the Pioneers took on Wyoming
and Fort Lewis College.
The field is named for CIBER Inc., a pure-
play international IT outsourcing and software
implementation and integration consultancy
based in Greenwood Village, Colo. CIBER’s
contributions were instrumental in building the
field, and the company provides ongoing sup-
port to Pioneer Athletics.
The University of Denver Soccer Stadium
opened for play in August 2009. The $9.2 mil-
Wayne Armstrong
Condoleezza Rice to
speak at Korbel Dinner
The University of Denver’s Josef
Korbel School of International Studies
will honor former Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice, MillerCoors CEO
Leo Kiely and his wife, Rev. Susan
Kiely, and J. Landis Martin, founder
and managing director of Platte River
Ventures, at the 13th annual Korbel
Dinner on Aug. 27.
Rice will deliver the dinner’s
keynote address.

Named for Josef Korbel, who

lion complex includes a stadium, lighted playing founded the school in 1964, the event
field, and a strength and conditioning center for honors his humanitarian and scholarly
Pioneers Division I student-athletes. ideals as well as its graduates and others
“This soccer stadium is the last jewel in our crown of beautiful facilities at the Ritchie Center,” in Colorado. Korbel was the father of
said Athletics Vice Chancellor Peg Bradley-Doppes, adding that DU plans to use the stadium to host former Secretary of State Madeleine
conference tournaments and NCAA tournaments. Albright.
“This was a special night for Denver soccer,” men’s soccer head coach Bobby Muuss said. Rice, who served as secretary of
“Not only did we get to celebrate the dedication ceremony with so many of the people who put in state from 2004–08, is an alumna of the
so much hard work to get this stadium built, but we brought a sellout crowd out to watch soccer Korbel School and will receive the 2010
in this beautiful facility.” Josef Korbel Outstanding Alumni Award.
After the women’s soccer team battled regional rival Wyoming to a 0–0 tie, the men took on Albright will present the award to Rice.
2009 NCAA Division II national champion Fort Lewis College but fell 4–1 to the Skyhawks. Kiely, CEO of MillerCoors, will
—Staff receive the 2010 University of Denver
International Bridge Builders Award for
his leadership in spearheading the joint
venture between Coors Brewing Co.
‘Smart meters’ let motorists park now, pay later and Miller Brewing Co., which made
MillerCoors the second largest beer
DU must be doing a lot right; even the parking meters are getting smarter. company in the United States. Rev.
Showing up on the public streets around the University are Denver’s new “smart meters,” Kiely will receive the award for her
recognizable by glistening new tops and their ability to accept Visa and MasterCard. work as founder of Women With A
About 4,500 smart meters will be installed citywide by mid-June. Work putting in the meters near Cause, an international organization
DU was completed March 16. that reaches self-reliance and business
“The plan is to replace all the meters,” says Lena Russell, parking enforcement supervisor. “They still skills to vulnerable women’s groups
act as the old meters do, but now they take credit cards and are solar-powered.”  throughout the world.
Solar cells keep the meters’ batteries charged and allow the meters to accept credit card Martin — founder and managing
payments of at least $1. The parking rate in the DU area is 50 cents director of Platte River Ventures,
per hour, so a five-hour meter will accept payment up to $2.50 and chairman of the Bonfils-Stanton
a two hour meter $1. After that, you have to move your car, Russell Foundation, vice chair of the Denver
says. No meter-feeding allowed or you risk a $25 ticket. Art Museum and chairman emeritus
The funky new meters also accept “Park Smart Denver of the Central City Opera House
Cards,” she says, which can be prepaid up to $100. Smart Cards Association — will be honored with
are available on the first floor at the Wellington Webb building, 201 the Josef Korbel Humanitarian Award
W. Colfax Ave., but talks are under way to allow King Soopers and for the many significant philanthropic
the Tattered Cover stores in Denver to issue the cards. contributions he has made to the
On holidays, the new meters will flash a “free parking” message community.
and decline payment so motorists won’t pay when they don’t have The dinner will be held at the
to. The LED screens on the meters can flash any message the city Hyatt Regency Denver at Colorado
wishes, including reminders of street sweeping. Convention Center.
Since the new meters continue to accept coins, motorists can For ticket information, contact
pay less than $1 for less than one hour. Yvette Peterson at (303) 871-4474 or
>>www.parksmartdenver.com Yvette.Peterson@du.edu.
—Richard Chapman
—Jim Berscheidt

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 Livin’ LaVita loca
Professor’s dance company stays in motion

E very professor has that outside-the-classroom activity that helps define him or her as an academic. For some it’s scientific research;
for others it’s novels or poetry. For DU Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Professor Jim LaVita, it’s modern dance.
LaVita is the co-founder (with his wife, choreographer Katie Elliott) and artistic co-director of 3rd Law Dance/Theater, a Boulder-
based company that specializes in evening-length narrative works accompanied by multimedia displays. Appropriately, LaVita also
teaches classes in DU’s Department of Digital Media Studies.
“There are other people who do similar things, but the key difference with us is that it’s not the technology that’s featured, it’s
the art,” says LaVita, who constructs audio and video montages to accompany 3rd Law’s productions. “And we want to be sure that the
technology only enhances our artistic work. It’s never featured or foregrounded; it’s always part of the ambience.”
Another aspect that sets 3rd Law apart from other dance companies is its exploration of social issues through movement. A piece
called Bread and Salt examined the
conflict between traditional values
and modern life, while The CleanRoom
critiqued digital media for its lack
of sensory experience beyond vision
and hearing.
“All of these concerts are
informed anthropologically,” says
LaVita, who teaches anthropology
and digital media studies courses
at DU. “We did a piece called Lost
in Place that reflected on issues of
immigration, which we treated as the
idea of the loss of a sense of place — a
sense of place is what you have where
you come from — and how you lose
that when you go someplace else.”
For its latest work, 3rd Law
presented In Pieces in April, which
featured 12 dances that were
Courtesy of Dave Andrews and 3rd Law Dance/Theater

either elements of old shows or the

beginnings of new ones.
“We had a number of segments
or distillations of other concerts that
we’ve used and a number of new ideas
we wanted to test out as the seeds for
future evening-length works,” LaVita
says. “So that’s what this concert is
about. It’s a montage of a number of
ideas that we’ve had that we’ve liked
that people in Boulder and Denver haven’t seen, and a number of ideas that we want to turn into new evening-length pieces in the near
future.”
In addition to the evening performances, collaborations are a big part of 3rd Law’s creative mission. The company has created pieces
with the Denver Art Museum, the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art and the Colorado Shakespeare Festival, among others.
Elliott also teaches modern dance classes under the 3rd Law banner, and Elliott and LaVita conduct 3rd Law workshops and
residencies around the country. The pair has been married for 13 years; the dance company has been around for nine.
“We got married long before we thought that we would actually have a dance company. It didn’t bring us together,” LaVita says.
“That may be one of the reasons we still survive. We have a lot of disparate ideas, a lot of clashing, but usually we can work them out.
[The collaboration] works very well. It is very exciting, and there’s a lot of emotion there.”
—Greg Glasgow

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[Events]
May

Jeff Haessler
Around campus
4 Richard Ball, mathematics professor. Lecture on “Forbidden Forests.” 5 p.m.
Davis Auditorium, Sturm Hall. Free. RSVP to scp@du.edu.
7 School Days Off. Also May 24–28. Gates Fieldhouse, Ritchie Center. $45.
www.recreation.du.edu/sdo
Women’s Library Association Bookstack’s spring cleaning event.
9 a.m.–4 p.m. Mary Reed Building. Also May 8. Dollar bag sale in hallway;
all other books half price.
Relay for Life, a DU-hosted charity event. 7–11:55 p.m. Hamilton Gymnasium.
10 Stephen Covey, author of The Speed of Trust and cofounder and CEO of
CoveryLink Worldwide. A Voices of Experience event. 6 p.m. Gates Concert Hall.
Free.
13 TEDxDU. 1 p.m. Gates Concert Hall. Tickets are free but registration is required.
For more information and to request tickets visit www.tedxdu.com.
18 Book discussion with Chaplain Gary Brower. Discussing Founding Faith by
Steven Waldman. Noon. Driscoll Student Center, Suite 29. Free.
22 Law School Commencement. 10 a.m. Magness Arena.
www.du.edu/commencement
Sarah Palin, Hugh Hewitt and Dennis Prager. 7 p.m. Magness Arena. $37–$80.
www.ticketmaster.com
25 Labyrinth: Meditative Walk. 10 a.m. Great Hall, Iliff School of Theology. Free.
Planet heroes
31 Memorial Day. University closed. DU students help plant a permaculture
garden as part of the University’s Earth Day
Arts
festivities April 22. Scores of University of
1 Young Voices of Colorado. 2 p.m. Gates Concert Hall. $14–$25.
8 American Bluegrass Masters Tour. 7:30 p.m. Gates Concert Hall. $28–$48. Denver students assembled to recognize
9 Colorado Youth Symphony Orchestra. 3:30 p.m. Gates Concert Hall. $12. the 40th anniversary of Earth Day and
15 Rocky Mountain Children’s Choir. 2 p.m. Gates Concert Hall. $15–$22.
learn about what can be done to save
16 The Denver Press Club presents The Capitol Steps. 5 p.m. Gates Concert
Hall. $45.50. the planet they will one day help run.
20 Friends of Chamber Music presents pianist Simeone Dinnerstein. 7:30 p.m.
Gates Concert Hall. $27.50. The message was clear: You can do this
29 The Denver Brass presents: Fanfare for the American Spirit. 7:30 p.m. Gates (and you really don’t have a choice). The
Concert Hall. Additional performance May 30 at 2:30 p.m. $25.50–$47.50.
summit, with its slogan, “Acting locally,
Exhibits thinking globally,” attracted leading
1 “ExtraOrdinary Beauty.” Chambers Center, Hirschfeld Gallery. Jennifer Davidson
of Luce Photography will collaborate on the exhibit with Denver-based artist Jessica government and activist speakers, includ-
Deugan. Runs through May 30. Free.
13 2010 BFA Exhibition. Opening reception at 5 p.m. Myhren Gallery. Runs through ing the Flobots rapper James “Jonny 5”
June 5. Open noon–4 p.m. daily. Free.
Laurie, who challenged students to do
14 Water Works: Ceramics in the Southwest. Opening reception at 5 p.m.
Museum of Anthropology, Sturm Hall room 102. Runs through May 30. Open something now, no matter how small. In
9 a.m.–4 p.m. Monday-Friday. Free.
between presentations, students broke
Sports into sessions for small group discussion
2 MPSF championship game. 1 p.m. Peter Barton Lacrosse Stadium. $5–$25.
Men’s lacrosse vs. Loyola. Invesco Field at Mile High. 1 p.m. $10–$15. on ways to reduce emissions and live more
sustainably.
For ticketing and other information, including a full listing of campus events, visit www.du.edu/calendar.