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• Presidential debate
• Starbucks CEO
• High-rise construction
• Player returns
• Fly fishing
• TEDxDU speakers
Katinka Van Lier Ribbink

app for
Android users
DU has developed an app for
Android devices. The app is now
Lisa Martin Taylor Arns available through the Android
Market. The free app gives users

Myhren exhibition to showcase student work access to DU’s online directory,

DU Today news updates and
links to athletics department
DU’s annual exhibit of works by graduating seniors will run from May 12–June 3. and campus programs, including
The 2011 BFA Senior Exhibition — which includes pieces by students from DU’s School of Art & TEDxDU. “We have received
many positive comments from
Art History, studio arts and electronic media arts and design programs — will feature mixed media, the DU community about the
prints, ceramics, photography and electronic installation pieces. app for Apple products,” says Jim
Berscheidt, interim vice chancellor
Students exhibiting artwork in the Myhren Gallery include: Taylor Arns, Megan Sullivan, Lisa for University Communications.
Martin and Katinka Van Lier Ribbink. Graduating seniors Nicci Shaw and Rachael Roark will exhibit “Adding the Android app allows
easy access to University feeds for
in the Schwayder Building’s lobby. a rapidly growing market of phones
Arns explores the different functions that ceremonies and rituals have in our private and public and other devices.”

interactions in a series of intaglio prints and drawings. DU’s app for the Apple iPhone,
iPad and iPod Touch launched last
Sullivan’s work is inspired by the role of light in traditional silver-based photography. fall. Approximately 2,400 users in
the United States and abroad have
Martin’s childhood in Fruita, Colo., is the inspiration for her playful installation of ceramic downloaded the app.
animal forms that encourage viewers to contemplate their own personal relationships with the Apple and Android users can
animal kingdom. search the term “University of
Denver” in application stores to
In Van Lier Ribbink’s digital animation piece, she explores current water issues such download the app and join the
privatization, scarcity and pollution. growing number of DU app users.
A public reception will be held May 12 from 5–8 p.m. The gallery is open daily noon–4 p.m.
 Pioneers gymnasts turn in strong showing in NCAA
championships Debates by the
Pioneers junior gymnast Brianna Springer numbers
finished 17th in the all-around competition and
freshman Jorie Hall was 35th on the balance
beam at the 2011 NCAA women’s gymnastics Hosting a presidential or vice
championships April 15 in Cleveland.
presidential debate that will be
Springer finished with a 38.325 in the
all-around, scoring a 9.775 on vault, 9.675 viewed by 60 million Americans
on beam, 9.600 on floor and 9.275 on bars.
is no small undertaking.
Springer, who qualified for nationals with a fifth-
place finish at the NCAA regionals on April 2 Universities vying for the event
in Denver, finished 11th in last year’s NCAA
will need to find space for
championships.
Hall scored a 9.575 on balance beam in 3,000 working journalists
her first appearance in nationals. Hall qualified
who will use 1,300 phone
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for the beam competition by earning a 9.900

to share the event title at the Denver region- lines. Outside the venue, there
als.
Springer and Hall will return to lead the
must to be room for 50 remote
Pioneers during the 2012 season. television trucks. The debate’s
Jorie Hall competes in a recent meet.
—Media Relations Staff
host city also will provide more
than 3,000 hotel rooms
DU among 12 universities vying for 2012 for visiting journalists and
presidential debate campaign workers.
The University of Denver has submitted an application to host a presidential or vice
presidential debate in fall 2012. It marks the first time DU has competed for one of the nationally
televised events that occur just before the November election.
The Commission on Presidential Debates announced that 12 universities submitted an

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Democratic National Convention, it’s appropriate that Denver again host an event of national Interim Vice Chancellor for
University Communications
significance, especially given the size and quality of the University’s venues.” Jim Berscheidt
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for Sports and Wellness. A media filing center and offices for commission staff will be located Chelsey Baker-Hauck (BA ’96)
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 Schultz outlines Starbucks turnaround

Chase Squires
Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz brought talk of love to his recent appearance at the
Cable Center.
“It’s a term not often used in business: love. I came back to the company in January 2008
because of my love and affection for the organization and the 200,000 people who wear its
uniform,” Schultz began. “There isn’t anything I wouldn’t do to defend this company.”
Schultz’s appearance was part of the Daniels College of Business’ Voices of Experi-
ence lecture series. The series has brought many of the world’s top business leaders to
DU. Schultz also was promoting his new book, Onward: How Starbucks Fought For Its Life
Without Losing Its Soul.
Schultz’s presentation ran down the salient events of his book: After serving as Starbucks
CEO since the early 1980s, Schultz stepped down in 2000. After several years, the company April showers bring deadly
was hurting in a way previously thought impossible. Wall Street and market analysts were
somewhat giddy: the invincible Starbucks was in a tailspin and seemed poised to lose its cli-
runoff, law students say
entele to fast food. Amid this nadir, which included brutal headlines, sinking stocks and a dire
For more than a year, Drew Dutcher has lived in
memo from Schultz to Starbucks brass that was leaked, he re-took the reins in 2008.
the shadow of what neighbors call “Shingle Mountain,”
“Some people were cheering it, and a lot of people said they should shoot me for it,” he
a pile of discarded roofing shingles that may have
told the audience. “People said, ‘They need a professional CEO to manage this company.’”
crossed the line from eyesore to community health
Schultz’s makeover of the menace.
company became one of the Now, University of Denver Sturm College of
most dramatic corporate turn- Law students are demanding the north Denver shingle
arounds in memory. Starbucks’ recycling business Shingles 4 Recycling do something
low point was partly attributed about the 30-foot-high mountain of broken shingles
to an ailing economy. Schultz said they say is oozing potentially contaminated runoff
the situation is largely unchanged onto area streets and possibly into the Platte River.
and said companies have to Working under the guidance of DU Environ-
learn to operate independently mental Law Clinic Director Michael Harris, student
from larger economic issues. lawyers Stephanie Fairbanks and Eric Wilson have
“I don’t think the economy sent a 60-day notice of intent to sue to Shingles 4 Re-
is going to improve that much in cycling on behalf of area residents and environmental
the next year, if at all,” he said. activists. If the company doesn’t cut the pile down
“Every company in America has and cover it, the students plan to file a lawsuit in fed-
to create a values proposition, eral court under the Clean Water Act, Harris says.
decide what they stand for.” There are multiple shingle piles around the site,
Wayne Armstrong

Schultz didn’t mince words but the largest is visible at the corner of East 51st
in making his case. Recently Avenue and Columbine Street. Harris says neighbors
returned from a trip to Califor- are concerned about runoff from the unsightly debris,
which is uncovered and is threatening to spill past
Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz visited the Cable Center nia, he mentioned the stark re-
damaged containment fences.
as part of the Daniels College of Business’ Voices of alities of state budgets.
Experience lecture series.
“Locals call it ‘Shingle Mountain,’ for obvious
“States, at a federal and
reasons,” Harris says. “What we see here of course
local level, just won’t be able to
is, for community members, quite an eyesore. But
do the things they’ve done in the past,” he said. “Corporations are going to have to do more
it’s also a potential fire hazard and an environmental
for the communities they serve.” hazard. There’s asbestos and other types of metals
During a post-lecture interview, Schultz touched upon his well-known “impatient” man- and organics coming loose, getting into the air, and
agement style. Schultz didn’t exactly jump to dispute the perception. on a rainy day washing right off into the street here
“When I sat down with the team trying to create instant coffee for Starbucks, I asked and into the Platte River, which is just 1,100 yards
them a very simple question: ‘How long will it take?’ They told me two-and-a-half years, and away.”
I said the iPod was invented in a year and a half, from scratch.’ I said, ‘I want this in the market Even if those materials don’t make it to the river
in less than a year and a half’… In less than a year and a half, we were in the market.” they pose a threat, Harris says. Chemicals and metals
The crowd seemed pleased with Schultz’s candor. Oleysa Lowery graduated from DU left behind on the street are kicked up into the air by
in June with an MBA. She came to see Schultz because she liked his social message. passing vehicles and contaminate the area, he says.
“I wanted to gain an understanding of how someone without any formal business educa- Dutcher says residents worry about possible
tion can make a company that has such a focus on the human part of it,” she said. “He shows airborne and waterborne contaminants.
that you can be successful focusing on the human element.” —Chase Squires
—Jeff Francis

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 DU alumna to take reins of
South High School
DU alumna Kristin Waters (PhD ’06), who has
been in the vanguard of Denver Public Schools’ efforts
to rescue struggling schools, will leave her administrative
position with DPS to become principal of South High
School.
The new position is effective June 1.
“I missed being at a school where the action is,” she
says. “I missed the day-to-day.”
Waters is presently an instructional superintendent
overseeing 11 DPS schools. The position followed
stints as principal at Bruce Randolph School — then a
failing school she helped turn around — and overseer
of charter and innovation schools as an assistant to
Superintendent Tom Boasberg.
Now she’ll work to turn around South High
School, a school she says is “not performing where it
should be.” Waters says she’s excited about making the
change, building on South’s strengths and supporting
faculty efforts to remedy its deficiencies.
South High, at 1700 S. Louisiana St., has more than
1,350 students and some 80 faculty. It’s a magnet school
Justin Edmonds
for about 450 students learning English as a second
language. Students have backgrounds in 52 different
languages.
“How do you make sure kids are integrated into
the school without feeling separate?” Waters asks. “A lot
of these kids are refugees who have been going through
things that U.S. kids have not experienced.”
Her first job, she says, is to listen to teachers,
decide what’s working and build on that. She also wants
to build on the interaction already under way between
South and DU’s Morgridge College of Education, where
she received her doctorate.
“I’m very excited,” Waters says. “The energy at
South is really great.”
—Richard Chapman
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Courtesy of David Elowe
High rise near campus to begin construction in
mid-May
Construction of an 11-story retail and apartment project on the southeast corner of
South University Boulevard and Evans Avenue has moved from the slow lane to the fast
track and will get under way as soon as mid-May.
The first step in the life of what is tentatively called the Shops and Apartments at
Observatory Park is the demolition of six properties along South University Boulevard.
These will include the red-brick Wesley Apartments at 2100 S. University Blvd. as well
as the former Pioneer Apartments at 2156 S. University Blvd. and University Manor at
2142 — the one-time home of former DU Chancellor David Shaw Duncan.
“We’re very aware of University and Evans traffic patterns and we’re going to try
very hard to work off the street,” developer David Elowe says. “We have a desire to
avoid disruption. We’ll do our best to do things at night.”
When the site from South University east to the alley is clear — about 20 days after
demolition begins — Shaw Construction will begin hammering together a 213-unit,
market-rate apartment building. The project will include 25,500 square feet of street-
level retail shops, interior parking above and below ground and studio, one, one-plus
and two-bedroom rental apartments.
“We’re the un-student housing building,” Elowe says. “We’re doing everything we
can to appear not to be student housing.” Rather, his development partnership, Urban
West Group, plans to market the building to young professionals working in the Tech
Center or downtown Denver and to empty-nesters who choose to rent.
“It’ll be an A-class building with granite counters, wood floors and that soft loft ap-
peal, not harsh industrial,” Elowe says.
Amenities will include pool, hot tub, barbecue area, workout room with showers,
an outdoor gathering area and community and conference rooms.
Ground-floor retail space will have room for four to eight retailers of national prom-
inence, including some form of Chicago-style urban market.
“We’ve had a lot of national interest,” Elowe says. “Once the dirt begins to move,
we’ll see action. It’s just a matter of who and when. There’s been a lot of food service
demand, but it won’t be one giant food mall.”
Elowe and various partners have been tinkering with the project since 2007, with
uncertainty over financing being the principal obstacle. That fell away earlier this year
when Elowe and partner Dan Ezra passed on seeking HUD money and found a private
construction loan from PNC Bank instead. They closed in late February and it’s been full
speed ahead ever since.
“It’s like you’re treading water for two plus years and then swimming as fast as you
can,” Elowe says.
The one constant was his confidence in the project, which began in 2007 with an
agreement with neighbors in the University Park Community Council and continued
with a rezoning to mixed use that the city of Denver granted in 2008.
“It’s the right project in the right place in the right market,” he said. “I’ve always been
confident. It’s a challenging environment right now. But I’m bullish on our location.”
—Richard Chapman
In the game
DeBlois returns to the field after horrific accident

T he life of a lacrosse defenseman is a rugged existence.

Throughout any match, punishing attackers barrel in at full speed and rock-hard projectiles constantly whiz past your head. Add
in a continuous assault of opposing sticks slapping at your arms, wrists, and hands, and it’s clear the game is not for the faint of heart.
DU’s Brendan DeBlois is well-suited to the rigors of the job. A sturdy 5-foot-11, 190-pound redshirt junior, DeBlois asserted his
presence immediately at the University of Denver as an all-conference defenseman as a freshman.
Yet there is no way DeBlois could have prepared for the devastating blindside hit he received on Feb. 15, 2010 — a shot that could
have threatened DeBlois’ career and forever alter the quality of his life.
While riding his bicycle to an 8 a.m. class, DeBlois was crossing the pedestrian walkway on Evans Avenue when a light changed
so pedestrians could cross. Unfortunately for

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DeBlois, the driver of an oncoming car failed to
notice the light had turned red.
“I hit the walk button and waited, and then
the car stopped on my left and I began to cross,
and as I hit the median I hear the honk and I look
to my right, and there’s a car three feet away,”
DeBlois recalls. “The next thing I know I was in
the air.”
DeBlois’ injuries were extensive. The
Pioneers were scheduled to leave the next day
for their season opener at Syracuse, and as he
assessed the origin of various flares of pain,
DeBlois realized that, for him, the trip simply
wasn’t going to happen. It wasn’t long before
it became clear that DeBlois would be sidelined
much longer. The worst of the injuries included
a fractured right ankle, a fractured left wrist and
a separated right shoulder.
Adding insult to injury, DeBlois — a
Narragansett, R.I., native — realized he was
going to miss seeing his recently remarried
mother at the game.
“Pretty much they gave me a sack of bread
and I was left alone that weekend,” DeBlois
says.
DeBlois soon was ruled out for the season
and received a medical redshirt. He underwent
two surgeries — one to insert a pin in his wrist DU defenseman Brendan DeBlois has returned to competitive lacrosse.
and another to insert a plate and four screws in his ankle.
DeBlois embarked on the long, grueling rehabilitation process and couldn’t participate in the Pioneers’ fall workouts — mostly
because of lingering ankle pain. Further testing revealed DeBlois was suffering from bone chips in his ankle, which were removed during
another surgical procedure.
Yet all those struggles pale in comparison to the excitement both DeBlois and the Pioneers enjoyed when he took the field again.
“From the description of the accident, he could have been dead,” lacrosse head coach Bill Tierney says. “I think everybody
underestimated what he went through because he is such a tough kid. All that said, we are much better with him than we are without
him.”
DeBlois’ return this spring has been a joyous personal achievement and has left the veteran defenseman thankful for every moment
he gets in a crimson and gold uniform. With roughly a season remaining in his DU career, expect DeBlois to give as much to the Pioneers
program as his ankle will allow.
“Anything can happen to anyone at any time,” DeBlois says. “To take anything for granted is foolish.”
—Pat Rooney
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Reel thing
DU alum reels in fly-fishers with new book

S teve Schweitzer’s new book,

Courtesy of Steve Schweitzer

A Fly Fishing Guide to Rocky
Mountain National Park (Pixachrome
Publishing, 2010), is more than a
how-to for fly-fishing; the book also
is designed as a destination guide.
The book covers everything a
visiting fly-fisher needs to know
to plan a trip in Rocky Mountain
National Park, from a two-hour
hike to a multi-day backpacking
adventure.
“I made a rule of thumb early
in the process that I would not
publish the book until I went to
every fishable water myself, taking
photographs and journaling,” says
Schweitzer (MBA ’09).
Schweitzer includes a small
topographic map and trail profile
for each area with hiking conditions
and detailed accounts of fishable
waters. The appendix summarizes
findings from more than 150 fishing Steve Schweitzer fishes Haynach Lake in Colorado’s Rocky Mountain National Park.
locations, effective fly patterns and
insect hatch charts.
The book has photos for most locations. Schweitzer says it’s important that readers get a visual sense of an area’s features.
“Rocky Mountain National Park has plenty of fly-fishing water for everyone, even though it’s 12 percent the size of Yellowstone
National Park and receives the same number of visitors,” Schweitzer says. “There are 54 lakes and over 200 stream miles. There’s no
reason a fly-fisher can’t enjoy a quiet day on the water with nothing but nature as a partner.”
“It’s got a lot of basic information for less experienced fly-fishers, but it won’t bore the experienced angler with too much detail,”
says Dick Shinton, an expert park guide and shop manager at the Laughing Grizzly Flyshop in Longmont, Colo. “I think the book is nicely
balanced that way. I have fished all over the park for years, and it has got me excited to try some places I never knew existed.”
Other than a few adjacent locations, the park is the only place with stocks of the greenback cutthroat trout, an endangered species
that is also the Colorado state fish. Schweitzer says for this reason alone the park is a unique place to fly-fish.
“Not many people live next door to such a micro-environment where rare species can be found,” Schweitzer says.
Schweitzer has been hiking and fishing in the park for 11 years. Schweitzer has hiked more than 750 miles in the park since he began,
taking some 4,000 photos of rivers, lakes and fish.
After collecting valuable data useful to other fly-fishers, he decided to compile his notes and photos to share his passion via a
definitive fly-fishing resource about the park.
“There hasn’t been such an authoritative book on fly-fishing Rocky Mountain National Park published before,” Shinton says.
“The book provides so much more information than previous works. It will set the standard for future books about specific fly-fishing
destinations like national parks, wilderness areas, etc. I believe that anyone who sets out to write ‘the’ fly-fishing resource for, say, a
Yellowstone or a Great Smokies will have to view [Schweitzer]’s book as the benchmark.”
The 256-page book was released Jan. 31, 2011, and can be purchased at local fly shops, bookstores, online, or as an e-book at www.
flyfishingrmnp.com.
“When I think of going to Rocky Mountain National Park, fly-fishing is really the excuse, but being there is the real reward,”
Schweitzer says. “Someone once asked me how far does one need to go to find trout and fly-fish with no one else around? I replied if I
can see all the world’s stars and hear what silence really sounds like, then I’ve hiked far enough.”
—Katie Feldhaus
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 DU announces speakers for TEDxDU
Organizers of TEDxDU — an independently organized event licensed by TED, which
stands for “Technology, Entertainment and Design” — have released the full slate of speakers for
the May 13 event at the Newman Center for the Performing Arts. This year’s theme is “radical
collaboration.”
“Using a bold mix of humor, science, technology, music and more, the TEDxDU event
will feature a combination of DU students, alumni and faculty, along with other innovators who
are taking action to improve the world,” DU Chancellor Robert Coombe says. “We envision
TEDxDU as a gigantic collaboration engine to share our commitment of improving the human
condition.”
TEDxDU speakers and performers include:

Wayne Armstrong
Morehshin Allahyari (MA ’09), an artist and art
activist and the co-founder/organizer of IRUS art—an
intercultural collaborative art project between artists in
Iran and the United States.

Jeff Bi (MA ’90), co-founder and CEO of one of the

largest aseptic packaging companies in China and is a
proponent of green business technology.

Todd Blankenship, a DU biologist studying how cells

communicate with each other.

Amanda Boxtel, co-founder of Challenge Aspen, a

recreational program for people with disabilities.

Eythor Bender, CEO of Berkeley Bionics, which
augments humans with “wearable robots.” Together,
Boxtel and Bender will demonstrate a bionic device that
lets people with paralysis regain mobility.
John Common, a musician who highlights the people
who design his record covers, photograph beautiful
images, make movies and a whole lot more. He’s a
collaborator’s collaborator.
Mick Ebeling, who helped create a device to give those
trapped by paralysis freedom to express themselves.
Rabbi Ted Falcon, Pastor Don Mackenzie and Imam
Jamal Rahman, collectively known as The Interfaith
Amigos.
Temple Grandin, an autism advocate and the subject
of an Emmy Award-winning HBO movie.
Jose Guerrero, a DU student by day, award-winning
slam poet by night.
DU student Jose Guerrero will speak at TEDxDU on May 13.
The Lamont Percussion Ensemble, an energetic
group from DU’s Lamont School of Music directed by
John Kinzie.
Tor Myhren, chief creative officer at Grey Advertising.
Ramona Pierson, a neuroscientist, educator and self-
described data geek who is committed to providing the
best educational resources to students and teachers.
Andrew Steward, a DU student taking a bold stance
in support of those with mental health issues.
Martha Symko-Davies (PhD ’98), head of the
photovoltaic incubator program at the National
Renewable Energy Laboratory.
Richard Voyles, a DU professor, roboticist, search
and rescue expert and “Terminator” fan, with a radical
vision for the future of robots.

Christopher Hill, dean of DU’s Josef Korbel School John Winsor, founder and CEO of Victors & Spoils, the
of International Studies and former U.S. ambassador to world’s first creative agency built on crowd sourcing
Iraq. principles.

In addition to the TEDxDU speakers, Hilary Blair will be back for the second year in a row as the TEDxDU emcee. Comedian
Rob Gleeson (BSBA ’10) will host the TEDxDUActive simulcast event in DU’s Driscoll Ballroom.
TED is a nonprofit devoted to “ideas worth spreading.” At TED conferences, leading scientists, philosophers, entrepreneurs and
artists present their ideas in 18 minutes or less. TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share
a TED-like experience.
The event is full but will be streamed live online at www.tedxdu.com from 1–6 p.m. on May 13. For more information, visit
www.tedxdu.com.
—Amber D’Angelo Na
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[Events]
May
Around campus
3 “Changing the World with Peer
Pressure” lecture. 6 p.m. Korbel School of
International Studies. Free.
Iliff Student Senate Book Sale. 9 a.m.–
6 p.m. Also May 4 and 5 at 9 a.m. and May 6
from 9 a.m.–noon. Iliff Great Hall.
4 Renewable Energy Speaker Series,
“Water Implications of Advanced
Energy Choices: Challenges &
Opportunities.” Speaker Robin Newmark.
Noon. Sturm College of Law. Free.
5 Center for Judaic Studies Social Justice
lecture and Digital Storytelling for
Social Justice student film screenings.
Speaker Claire Katz at 4 p.m., films at 8 p.m.
Holocaust Awareness Social Action Site at
Buchtel Tower. Free.
6 10th Annual Diversity Summit on
Inclusive Excellence. All day. Various loca-
tions around campus. Free. Register at www.
du.edu/cme/summit_registration.html
Center for China-US Cooperation’s
9th Annual International Symposium,
“Transformation of US-China Relations
in the 21st Century: Issues and
Challenges.” Conference 8 a.m.–5:30 p.m.;
dinner 6 p.m. Courtyard Marriott, 1475 S.
Colorado Boulevard. Conference only, $30
(students: $20); dinner only, $50; conference
and dinner, $75 (students: $65). Register at
www.du.edu/korbel/china/conferences.html.
School Days Off. Also May 23–27.
8:15 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Ritchie Center. $50.
ISIME fundraiser with bestselling
author Richard North Patterson. 8 p.m.
Newman Center. $36 adults; $18 students.
9 Up ’Til Dawn Spring Awareness Day.
Also May 10. All day. Various locations
around campus. Free.
10 Sustainability Council meeting. 8:30 a.m.
DuPont Room, Mary Reed Building. Free and
open to the public.
11 Book discussion, “Terror in the Mind of
God.” Noon. Suite 29 Conference Room,
Driscoll South. Free.
13 Community service. 8 a.m. Metro
CareRing. RSVP to Chaplain Gary Brower at
303-871-4488 or gary.brower@du.edu.
TEDxDU and TEDxDU Active. 1 p.m.
Newman Center and Driscoll Ballroom.
Free, but tickets required. www.tedxdu.
com.
14 May Days concert. 6 p.m. Gates Field
House. $7.50 students; $10 non-students.
17 Labyrinth Meditative Walk. 9 a.m. Iliff
Great Hall. Free.
19 “Political Reform Elections in China”
presented by Yawei Liu. Noon.
Cherrington Hall, room 150. Free. RSVP to
Dana Lewis at ccusc@du.edu or 303-871-
4474.
21 Sturm College of Law Commencement
Ceremony. Commencement address by
U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Denver).
10 a.m. Magness Arena. Tickets not required.
23 May Days. Through May 26. All day.
Driscoll Lawn. Free.
24 Music and Meditation: “Anticipation.”
Noon. Evans Chapel. Free.
27 Lamont Awards Convocation. 12:30 p.m.
Gates Concert Hall. Free.
30 Memorial Day. Campus closed.
31 P.A.S.S. Camp. Through June 3. 8 a.m.–
5:30 p.m. Coors Fitness Center. $229 per
week.
Exhibits
1 “Transition.” Exhibit of Linda O’Neill’s
abstract paintings. Through May 31.
Chambers Center. Free. Hours: Monday–
Friday 7 a.m.­–7 p.m., weekend hours vary.
12 2011 BFA Senior Exhibition. Featuring
work by students graduating from the DU
School of Art and Art History. Through
June 3. Myhren Gallery. Opening reception
is May 12 at 5 p.m. Free. Exhibit open
noon–4 p.m. daily.
Arts
1 Young Voices of Colorado annual spring
concert “Turn the World Around.”
4 p.m. Gates Concert Hall. $14–$25.
Soprano Kate Emerich and harpist
Courtney Hershey Bress. 7:30 p.m.
Hamilton Recital Hall.
2 Colorado High School Activities
Association Vocal Music Gala. 6 p.m.
Gates Concert Hall. $10 adults; $7 students,
seniors and children.
Violinist Rachel Barton Pine. 7 p.m.
Williams Recital Salon. Free.
3 First Tuesday Student Concerts. Noon.
Hamilton Recital Hall. Free.
4 Lamont Wind Ensemble. 7:30 p.m. Gates
Concert Hall. Free.
5 Jennie’s Concert by the Lamont Brass
Department in memory of Jennifer Lynn
Brown. 7:30 p.m. Hamilton Recital Hall.
Free.
6 Flo’s Underground. Student jazz combos.
Additional performances May 13 and 20.
5 p.m. Williams Recital Salon. Free.
Soledad Barrio and Noche Flamenca.
7:30 p.m. Gates Concert Hall. $32–$48.
Behind the Curtain lecture at 6:30 p.m. Free.
Evans Choir and Quattro Mani Piano
Duo. 7:30 p.m. Hamilton Recital Hall. Free.
7 Rocky Mountain Children’s Choir spring
concert “From the World Over.” 2 p.m.
and 5:30 p.m. Gates Concert Hall. $12–$25.
Lamont Horn Ensemble. 2:30 p.m.
Hamilton Recital Hall. Free.
8 Organist Joseph Galema, “Celebrating
Mother’s Day.” 3 p.m. Hamilton Recital
Hall.
Colorado Youth Symphony Orchestra
spring concert. 3:30 p.m. Gates Concert
Hall. $12 general admission; $6 students,
seniors and children.
9 Vocal Jazz Repertoire Combo. Lamont
Ensemble Concert Series. 7:30 p.m. Williams
Recital Salon. Free.
11 Violin master class with guest violin/con-
ductor Scott Yoo. 2 p.m. Williams Recital
Salon. Free.
DU Jazz Faculty Combo, “Lamont
Made.” 7:30 p.m. Hamilton Recital Hall.
12 The Green Bird by Carlo Gozzi. Theater
department spring production. 8 p.m.
Additional performances May 13, 14, 20 and
21 at 8 p.m. and May 21 and 22 at 2 p.m.
Byron Flexible Theatre. $15 general admis-
sion; $10 students; $12 seniors; $7 children.
www.du.edu/thea.
13 The Playground. 7:30 p.m. Hamilton
Recital Hall.
16 Jazz Night. 7:30 p.m. Gates Concert Hall.
Free.
17 Lamont Percussion Ensemble. 7:30 p.m.
Hamilton Recital Hall. Free.
18 Lamont Men’s and Women’s Choirs
and Lamont Chorale Concert. 7:30 p.m.
Gates Concert Hall. Free.
20 First Annual Music Theater Cabaret by
the Lamont Opera Theatre Program.
7:30 p.m. Hamilton Recital Hall. Also May 22
at 2:30 p.m. Free; tickets required.
22 Lamont Composers Series. 7:30 p.m.
Hamilton Recital Hall. Free.
24 Guitar Ensembles Concert. 7:30 p.m.
Hamilton Recital Hall. Free.
25 Lamont Steel Drums Ensembles.
7:30 p.m. Hamilton Recital Hall. Free;
tickets required.
26 Lamont Wind Ensemble Conducting
Project. 4 p.m. Gates Concert Hall. Free.
Season Finale: Lamont Symphony
Orchestra, Chorale, Women’s Chorus
and Men’s Choir, featuring Arizona
State University Chorale & Young
Voices of Colorado. 7:30 p.m. Gates
Concert Hall. Free; tickets required.
28 Denver Brass presents “Red, White &
Brass: American Salute!” 7:30 p.m. Also
May 29 at 2:30 p.m. Gates Concert Hall.
$14.25–$47.75
Unless otherwise noted, performances are $18 for adults,
$16 for seniors and free for students, faculty and staff with ID.
Sports
5 Men’s lacrosse ECAC Tournament
semifinal games. 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. Barton
Stadium.
7 Men’s lacrosse ECAC championship
game. 11 a.m. Barton Stadium.
Prices for individual games are $15 for general admission,
$10 for children and seniors. Prices for two-day tournament
pass are $20 for adults and $15 for children.
For ticketing and other information, including a full listing of
campus events, visit www.du.edu/calendar.