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an upset of the then-No. 4-ranked Duke Blue Devils in New York.
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together as a cohesive unit and believed in themselves all season. What they achieved was remarkable.” and reports about the
The season also brought DU its highest-ever ranking — No. 4 — and by season’s end, a 15-3 record.
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—Nathan Solheim
 Creative writing student receives accolades
Joanna Ruocco says she always wanted to be a writer. As a
child, she spent countless hours lying flat on her stomach writing her
epic novel about mice by pencil. The novel never came to fruition,
but Ruocco’s dream came true.
Ruocco, who is pursuing a PhD in creative writing at DU, TEDxDU was rad
has already published two books and just received the $15,000
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Catherine Doctorow Innovative Fiction Prize for Another Governess/

The Least Blacksmith-A Diptych from Fiction Collective Two (FC2). TEDxDU, an independently
“Joanna’s success is impressive and a testament to her
discipline,” says Brian Kiteley, professor of English. “She’s a beloved organized TED event dedicated
student.”
Ruocco already has an MFA from Brown University but says to ideas worth spreading, brought
she attended DU because of its community of writers.
“I’m totally blown away by the talent of people I’m in classes with,” she says. “It’s a privilege to 20 speakers and performers
be around them.”
Others feel the same about Ruocco. Kiteley describes her as modest, but tough. He says she’s
to DU’s Newman Center for
one of the smartest students he’s ever had.
the Performing Arts on May 13
“Her fiction is very precise,” Kiteley says. “It strikes me that she almost never does anything
that’s wrong or out of place; whatever rules she’s setting for herself, she sticks to them.” under the banner of “radical
Ruocco seems to delight in setting rules for different projects. She explains how in The Mother-
ing Coven (Ellipsis Press, 2009) she used wordplay and drew on the Saxon and German languages to collaboration.” Speakers included
create a language for the witches in the novel.
David Simon, in his review for The Nation, described the book as “a laboratory in which she scientists, inventors, spiritual
conducts experiments by combining language and language-like systems — those that display both
regulated coherence and infinite flexibility.” leaders, artists, students and
Ruocco says when she tackles a project with such heavy language she finds that she often
works simultaneously on a piece with language that’s much more mundane. She did that with Man’s
teachers. Watch videos of the
Companions (Tarpaulin Sky Press, 2010).
speakers at tedxdu.com.
“I change a lot from project to project,” she says. “I get excited about figuring out a different
narrative, the logic and vocabulary. I try not to have a set idea about what I’ll produce — I like that
mysterious space feeling out what could happen with the language.”
While Ruocco relishes her mysterious space, her fans know her success is no mystery. Still, she

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is overwhelmed by her recent award by FC2.
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“It’s really exciting and overwhelming,” she says. “I feel very lucky that my work is being
rewarded with this kind of recognition.”
—Kristal Griffith w w w. d u . e d u / t o d a y
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DU receives national honor for community service and Editorial Director

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 Leading expert
Professor quickly becoming go-to source on Middle East

U niversity of Denver Assistant Professor Nader Hashemi jokes that all of four people used to hear his radio program during his stint
at a college radio station in Ottawa.
But today, Hashemi’s audience extends far beyond his radio days. His growing media presence includes local news outlets as well as
national platforms such as “The PBS NewsHour,” Time magazine and The Wall Street Journal.
Hashemi, who teaches Middle East and Islamic politics at DU’s Josef Korbel School of International Studies, is a go-to source for
everything from the recent tumult in Egypt to the ongoing debate between religion and secularism in the Muslim world.
Though Hashemi was born and raised in Canada, his Iranian-immigrant parents followed the 1979 Iranian revolution closely.
The family even moved back to Iran briefly in 1980 before
returning to Canada a few years later.
“I was old enough to observe a transformative moment
not only in the politics of Iran but the broader Middle East,”
he says. “At a young age, it really inculcated in me an interest
in the relationship between religion and politics.”
His latest book, The People Reloaded: The Green Movement
and the Struggle for Iran’s Future (Melville House, 2011),
reflects his ongoing fascination with the Middle East’s political
dynamics. The tome “demystifies a lot of assumptions people
make about the politics of the Muslim world,” he says.
University of Denver Professor Haider Khan says
Hashemi brings a unique educational background to campus
as well as an empathic ear for the Middle Eastern region at
large. The latter allows Hashemi to reach out to a broad range
of students.
Khan adds that Hashemi understands past cultural
connections between the Arab and European cultures as well
as the modern college student’s mindset.
“He’s very sensitive to the need to educate people in a
gentle way,” Khan says. “Our job is to engage them in a non-
confrontational, enlightening way so they feel comfortable
presenting their disagreements.”
Hashemi’s academic career has taken him to the University
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of Toronto, Northwestern University and UCLA, and in 2008

he accepted a position at the University of Denver over
another institution with a strong international component.
“[Then Korbel Dean] Tom Farer really left a positive
impression on me,” he recalls.
The professor’s typical course load includes classes
DU Assistant Professor Nader Hashemi teaches Middle East and Islamic politics at
DU’s Josef Korbel School of International Studies.
exploring modern Islamic political thought, the region’s
political context and timeless books on the subject like Albert
Hourani’s Arabic Thought in the Liberal Age.
Hashemi says he starts each of his classes with a vow to his students, one he does his best to live up to himself.
“I want to get my students to challenge their unexamined assumptions about the world,” he says, “positions passed on from both
their families and communities.”
DU graduate student Clifton Martin recalls reading Bernard Lewis’ What Went Wrong? in one of Hashemi’s classes. His classmates
found plenty of fault with Lewis’ arguments, but Hashemi prodded them to not simply disagree but to make a better case against
them.
“It’s that extra step he takes to ask us to think about the material, question it, and come up with our own perspective. Then he
challenges that perspective. It’s a great method of reinforcing the critical thinking process,” Martin says of Hashemi, who serves as his
adviser both as a student and with the Middle East Discussion group Martin co-directs.
Covering Middle Eastern issues can make for divisive conversations, but Hashemi says he is delighted when students tell him they
aren’t sure where he stands on the positions discussed in the classroom.
“My position is not to preach,” he says. “It is to get my students to think critically.”
—Christian Toto

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 Anthropology professor
pursues the writing on the wall

When DU art and anthropology Professor Christina

Kreps met Daniele Pario Perra in Bologna, Italy, in 2009,
she knew he’d be a great artist-in-residence for Denver.
The Italian artist is known for using a technique called
fresco removal to remove graffiti and preserve it as art.
“He’s a relational artist who works in and with a
community,” Kreps says. “His work is very anthropological.
Perra actually doesn’t call his work art, but research and
fieldwork.”
Perra’s been an artist-in-residence since March
22 at the PlatteForum, an arts organization that
connects professional artists with Denver-area
youth. His visit culminates with an installation titled
“ANARCHETIQUETTE: the etiquette of anarchy:
preserving the writing on the wall,” which opened May 6
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at the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver.

The building that houses DU’s Knoebel School of Hospitality Management was named in
honor of Joy Burns. Here, Burns addresses the crowd gathered for the naming event.
Building named for longtime Trustee Joy Burns
Joy Burns, already an iconic name on campus, recently was honored for three
decades of service to the University of Denver and the Daniels College of Business
when DU officials named the building that houses the Knoebel School of Hospitality
Management the Joy Burns Center.
Burns and her late husband, Franklin Burns, are the namesakes and primary
benefactors of several campus facilities and programs, including the Joy Burns Ice Arena
in the Ritchie Center, the Franklin L. Burns School of Real Estate and Construction
The exhibit features Perra’s work from Italy as well
as graffiti and writings from Denver.
“I hope the exhibit has people thinking about the
meaning and message behind writing on the wall,” Kreps
says. “This is a whole new way to look at graffiti. We have
to see how this is someone’s voice.”
Perra is not interested in tagging or the large-scale
art graffiti that is popular in Denver. Rather, he is drawn to
writings that say something. He calls graffiti “spontaneous
communication” and the “cultural DNA” of a city.
The exhibit is open through June 29. Admission
is 10 cents. For more information, visit the Museum of
Contemporary Art website, www.mcadenver.org.
—Kristal Griffith

Courtesy of PlatteForum
Management and the Joy Burns Plaza at the Newman Center.
“Joy joined the University’s Board of Trustees in 1981 and, over the past 30 years,
she has helped the University to become the extraordinary institution that it is today,”
says DU Chancellor Robert Coombe. “We are forever grateful for all she’s done to
strengthen and expand our academic programs, especially in the Daniels College of
Business, and to make our campus into one of the most beautiful in America.”
Burns, a Denver-area businesswoman, philanthropist and women’s sports pioneer,
chaired DU’s Board of Trustees from 1990–2005 and again from 2007–09.
“We would like to convey our deepest appreciation to Joy Burns for her involvement
with and commitment to the Daniels College of Business and the University of Denver,”
says Daniels Dean Christine Riordan.
In addition to housing the Knoebel School of Hospitality Management, the Joy
Burns Center is home to the Daniels executive education program and the Institute for
the Advancement of the American Legal System. It also serves as a primary venue for
many conferences and events on the DU campus.
Burns was one of the original founders of the Women’s Bank in 1976, which
became Colorado Business Bank in 1993. She renovated the former Hampshire
House into the Burnsley Hotel in the 1980s, was a founding member of the Women’s
Foundation of Colorado, and is the first woman to chair the Denver Metro Convention
and Business Bureau. She is president of the D.C. Burns Realty & Trust and president of
the Sportswomen of Colorado board of directors. In 2000, she was inducted into the
Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame.
—Kim DeVigil Daniele Pario Perra shows how he preserves graffiti.

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Frosh ideas
Law graduate to continue nonprofit advocacy through Gordian Fund

A lan Frosh (BA political science ’05) can’t remember a time

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when words like “philanthropy,” “service” and “community
engagement” weren’t in his vocabulary.
Frosh — who graduated on May 21 with a JD from DU’s
Sturm College of Law, is the chairman and founder of the Gordian
Fund, a nonprofit for young professionals who want to engage in
philanthropy.
Frosh traces his interest in philanthropy back to his Jewish
faith’s emphasis on social justice.
As a high school student, Frosh worked at the Young Americans
Center for Financial Education, an affiliate of the Daniels Fund.
While at DU, he founded the Daniels Legacy Circle, a youth
advisory board for young alumni to stay involved as ambassadors
for the programs.
After graduating, Frosh joined the El Pomar Foundation as
a senior program associate/fellow. He worked on professional
development and built community partnerships in Colorado
mountain communities.
While at El Pomar, Frosh started thinking about how he could
bring young professionals together to share in his passion for
helping the community.
“As my high school and college classmates began to populate
the workforce, I was amazed at how few recognized the need for
supporting the nonprofit sector,” Frosh says.
He came up with the Gordian Fund, a donor-advised fund
comprised of young professionals looking for opportunities to give
back to their communities. After researching and discussing the
idea for two years, Frosh reached out to his network of peers to
recruit founding members. The fund received nonprofit status in
2007.
Gordian Fund members commit to a five-year giving cycle
with an amount they can afford to give — for most, it’s about $100
Alan Frosh, who graduated from DU’s Sturm College of Law on May 21,
per year. Twice a year, fund members nominate nonprofits and started the Gordian Fund, a philanthropy group for young professionals.
convene to vote on one organization to receive a grant.
As of May 2011, the fund had 52 active members — including 15 DU alumni and six current DU graduate students. The fund is open
to all age groups, though most members are 21–29 years old.
As membership grows, the grant amounts grow as well. Frosh says the fund aims for quality members over quantity.
“Our goal is to grow reasonably and strategically,” he says. “A lot of organizations, especially using social media, expand way too
quickly and move far away from their core goals and mission. Our goal is to find the right members who are committed to the five-year
cycle and to learning and growing.”
The fund has a board of directors and several committees, and aside from the two annual meetings, Gordian Fund members get
together throughout the year for organized volunteer opportunities and networking events.
Thus far, the organization has given three $1,000 grants and one $1,500 grant to the following Denver-area nonprofits: Colorado
Youth at Risk, Growing Home, Freedom Service Dogs and Denver Urban Gardens. Over the next five years, Frosh estimates the fund will
make at least two $5,000 grants per year.
Frosh does not receive any compensation for his role at the Gordian Fund, as all of the funds go directly to grants. Now that he’s
graduated, he hopes to put his law degree to use as a general counsel for a nonprofit.
“Charitable work makes me feel great, and I hope that my life’s work will make that feeling contagious.”
—Amber D’Angelo Na

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 DU named tops in Sun Belt Conference for renewable energy credits
We’re No. 1.
The Environmental Protection Agency is recognizing the University of Denver for being the largest “green power” purchaser in the Sun Belt
Conference — a “conference championship” when it comes to sustainability.
Over the course of the EPA’s 2010–2011 College and University Green Power Challenge, DU purchased some 15 million kilowatt-hours of
power generated from renewable sources, or about 34 percent of the school’s power usage, according to the EPA.
The agency estimates that purchase is equivalent to eliminating the atmospheric carbon dioxide release from the electricity use of more than
1,000 homes over the course of a year, or the equivalent of the carbon dioxide release of 2,000 cars in a year.
“The purchase of REC’s (Renewable Energy Credits) helps to lower our carbon footprint, thereby factoring into our ability to meet the objec-
tive set forth in our Climate Action Plan of a 24-percent carbon reduction by 2020 and carbon neutrality by 2050,” says DU energy engineer Tom
McGee.
McGee says the University’s most recent purchase will help offset costs associated with development of wind power in Texas. The credits were
purchased from NextEra Energy Resources, North America’s largest producer of wind and solar power.
—Chase Squires

Communications student’s nonprofit receives national honor

Colorado’s White River National Forest is the most visited recreation
forest in the nation. More people visit the forest than Yellowstone, Rocky
Mountain and Grand Canyon national parks combined.
Due to its popularity, the forest’s trails and other amenities see heavy
damage.
That’s where Jessica Evett, who’s working on her master’s degree in
strategic communication at DU, steps in. As executive director of Friends
of the Dillon Ranger District, Evett and her organization try to help reverse
the declining conditions of national forests, specifically in Colorado’s Summit
County.
“Our mission is to promote stewardship of the White River National
Forest in Summit County,” Evett says. “We are fortunate to have a very active
volunteer community. We did 60 projects last year alone.”
The volunteers perform a number of tasks, including trail maintenance,
weed control, fire mitigation and tree replanting. Volunteers logged more
than 7,000 volunteer hours last summer. For their work, the organization was
named Volunteer Group of the Year by the National Forest Service volunteer
program. Evett’s organization was selected out of hundreds of similar groups
across the country.
“It’s a huge honor,” Evett says. “It’s a testament to what our volunteers
do.”
Evett says thesis research at DU also could benefit the Friends of the
Dillon Ranger District.
“What is also interesting about Jess is that her thesis is an examination
of factors affecting stakeholder relationships between the Forest Service and
volunteer organizations,” says Renee Botta, associate professor of media, film
and journalism studies. “With her thesis research, she learned what it takes
to build a good relationship with the Forest Service; being chosen as the best
volunteer organization by the Forest Service is really reflective of her ability to
apply that knowledge.”
Photo courtesy of Jessica Evett

Evett hopes she can apply it even further. A goal is to create awareness
about the organization beyond Summit County.
“We’re always looking for people to volunteer with us, and there are a
variety of ways to get involved,” she says. “I love this kind of work because
people want to give back this way and there is a desire to take care of these
Jessica Evett poses with Smokey Bear at the 2010 Beetlefest in Frisco, lands.”
Colo. The event served as a benefit for Friends of the Dillon Ranger —Kristal Griffith
District.

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DU club baseball says goodbye to departed teammate

On a Mother’s Day that brought Denver its first

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hint of summer, the University of Denver club baseball
squad said goodbye to former pitcher Joe Lubar, who
was killed in a skiing accident over the winter.
Joined by more than 30 of Lubar’s family and
friends drawn from across the Midwest, teammates
retired Lubar’s No. 9 jersey before putting on a hitting
display in a game played in his honor, beating rivals
Colorado College 14-7.
Both teams lined up along the All City Field base
paths prior to the game, with Lubar’s mother and
father, Madeleine and David, and siblings Patrick and
Hannah gathered by the pitcher’s mound sporting
gold DU baseball T-shirts emblazoned with Lubar’s
number on the back.
DU’s Idiosingcrasies a cappella group opened the
ceremony with Billy Joel’s “And So It Goes” before
coach Jared Floyd stepped forward.
“We’re here to celebrate the life and baseball
career of Joe Lubar. He was a very good baseball
player, and an even better teammate,” Floyd said, then
turned to the assembled family and added “We love
you guys so much. We can’t show it enough.” The Lubar family (left to right), mother Madeleine, brother Patrick, sister Hannah and father
The team presented the Lubar family with David, join the University of Denver club baseball team on Mother’s Day to honor their son,
Joe, a baseball player and DU student killed in a skiing accident this past winter.
Lubar’s framed jersey, and in a gesture that highlights
the nature of club baseball’s sportsmanship, Colorado
College’s Jeremy Kazanjian-Amory presented the family with a game bat.
Patrick Lubar kicked off the game with a blazing ceremonial first pitch over the plate, showing off some of the talent his older brother brought
to the diamond.
An emotional DU team seemed to feed off the energy off the ceremony, pounding out six runs in the first inning on the way to victory.
—Chase Squires

DU beats rival CU in annual Rocky Mountain Real Estate Challenge

For the sixth time in nine years, DU has won the Rocky Mountain Real Estate Challenge, beating its rivals at the University of Colorado–Boulder
(CU).
Both teams spent several months working on a real-life case study, researching and creating a redevelopment plan for Nine Mile Station — a
23-acre redevelopment property located at South Parker Road and I-225 in Aurora, Colo.
Every year, Colorado’s chapter of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP) selects a property in the Denver metro
area that needs to be redeveloped. CU students spend a semester working on their redevelopment plans, while DU students spend an academic
quarter on theirs.
The teams presented their final plans to a panel of 13 judges — all Denver-area commercial real estate leaders — at the Real Estate Challenge’s
awards banquet on May 3 at the Marriot City Center in downtown Denver. More than 800 commercial real estate professionals attended the com-
petition, where Ed Tauer, mayor of Aurora, announced DU as the winner.
“This was by far the best educational experience of my life,” says DU team member Ilan Reissner.
DU’s team created a plan that included space for King Soopers, Key Bank, a brewpub, retail shops and a suburban-style, walk-up apartment
complex.
DU’s team members won more than just bragging rights. They also took home a trophy, a $2,500 cash award and a $5,000 scholarship to help
future real estate and construction management students.
“This team came to the reality that they needed to first look at the market and say ‘OK, what will the market respond to?’” says Clinical Professor
Jeff Engelstad, who teaches DU’s graduate-level real estate development class that prepares students for the competition and helps them develop
their plan. “Because if you go off to build the Emerald City you might get it approved, but you’ll never get it built and you’ll go broke trying.”
—Amber D’Angelo Na

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[Events]
June–August
June
Around campus
2 INSHORT: DOCS, DU film/video
showcase. Featuring student films
from the Department of Media, Film &
Journalism Studies. Davis Auditorium. 7
p.m. Free.
3 Graduate Commencement
Ceremony. Commencement address
by Jami Miscik (MA ’82) 4:30 p.m.
Magness Arena. Tickets not required.
4 Undergraduate Commencement
Ceremony. Commencement address
by John Morgridge. 9:30 a.m. Magness
Arena. Tickets are required.
6 P.A.S.S. Camp. Through June 10. Also
June 13–17, 20–24 and 27–July 1. 8
a.m.–5:30 p.m. Coors Fitness Center.
$229 per week.
14 Sustainability Council meeting. 8:30
a.m. Mary Reed Building, DuPont Room.
Free and open to the public.
23 Music and Meditation. Noon. Ruffato
Hall, Mountain View Room. Free.
Exhibits
1 2011 BFA Senior Exhibition.
Featuring work by students graduat-
ing from the DU School of Art and
Art History. Through June 3. Myhren
Gallery. Free. Exhibit open noon–4 p.m.
daily.
Arts
4 Cinderella, International Youth
Ballet. 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. Gates
Concert Hall. $21.
Ars Nova Singers presents
“Horizons & Reflections: Ars Nova
at 25.” 7:30 p.m. Hamilton Recital
Hall. $23.75 general admission, $17.25
seniors, $12.25 students and $7.25 chil-
dren.
6 Denver Young Artists Orchestra.
National Concerto Competition
winner performing Barber’s Violin
Concerto. Program includes Dvorak’s
9th Symphony. 7:30 p.m. Gates Concert
Hall. $17.25, $23.75 and $33.75 general
admission; $7.25, $12.25 and $17.25
students and seniors.
11 Pointe Dance Academy recital,
“Ready Set Glam.” 3 p.m. Gates
Concert Hall. $10–$20.
12 Cherry Creek Dance recital, “Off to Commencement Time
Neverland.” 9:30 a.m., 12:15 p.m., 3
p.m. and 5:45 p.m. Gates Concert Hall.
Call 303-399-8087 for tickets.
DU’s graduate Commencement
ceremony will take place at
The Recorder Orchestra Festival
of America. 3 p.m. Hamilton Recital 4:30 p.m. June 3. Undergraduate
Hall. Tickets not required. Donations Commencement ceremonies will
accepted to benefit Japan disaster relief.
16 Colorado Vincentian Volunteers take place at 9:30 a.m. June 4. Both
presents “Heart and Soul Benefit
ceremonies are at Magness Arena.
Concert 2011.” 7 p.m. Gates Concert
Hall. $30 general admission, $15 student For more information, visit www.
and $50 patron.
du.edu/commencement.
18 Rocky Mountain School of Dance
“Festival of Dance 2011.” Noon and
6 p.m. Gates Concert Hall. $25.
22 Carillon Summer Recital Series.
Geert D’hollander, carillon. 7 p.m.
Williams Carillon, Ritchie Center. Free.
July
Around campus
4 Independence Day. Campus closed.
5 P.A.S.S. Camp. Through July 8. Also For law grads, tough
July 11–15, 18–22 and 25–29. 8 a.m.–
5:30 p.m. Coors Fitness Center. $229 economy brings
per week.
opportunity to help
Arts
6 Carillon Summer Recital Series. In a telling sign of the country’s strug-
Koen van Assche, carillon. Also July gling economy, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette
20 with Anne Kroeze, carillon. 7 p.m.
Williams Carillon, Ritchie Center. Free. (D-Denver) didn’t sugarcoat the difficult job
market facing University of Denver Sturm
August College of Law graduates but reminded them
that tough times also afford opportunities.
Around campus Nearly 300 new DU law graduates
1 P.A.S.S. Camp. Through Aug. 5. Also
crossed the stage May 21 inside Magness
Aug. 8–12 and 15–19. 8 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
Coors Fitness Center. $229 per week. Arena, facing elevated unemployment na-
tionwide.
12 Undergraduate and Graduate
Commencement. Commencement DeGette told graduates there are still
address by Bill Zaranka (PhD ’74). opportunities to make a difference and put
8:30 a.m. Magness Arena. Tickets not
required. their skills to work. Instead of taking a job in
a metropolitan law firm, working as an asso-
Arts ciate and striving to make partner, DeGette
3 Carillon Summer Recital Series. suggested working for a legal aid organization
Carlo van Ulft, carillon. Also Aug. 17 or working in underserved rural areas.
with Janet Tebbel, carillon. 7 p.m.
Williams Carillon, Ritchie Center. Free. “Think outside the box. Get in your
car and go to Ouray or Grand Junction or
For ticketing and other information, including a full listing of Nebraska,” she said. “Find a small town that
campus events, visit www.du.edu/calendar. needs a lawyer. … It’s the opportunity for
you to make the difference of a generation.”
—Chase Squires