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Starbucks CEO

High-rise constructio

Player returns

Fly fishing

TEDxDU speakers

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app for

android usersDU has developed an app orAndroid devices. The app is nowavailable through the AndroidMarket. The ree app gives usersaccess to DUs online directory,DU Today news updates andlinks to athletics departmentand campus programs, includingTEDxDU. We have receivedmany positive comments romthe DU community about theapp or Apple products, says JimBerscheidt, interim vice chancelloror University Communications.Adding the Android app allowseasy access to University eeds or

a rapidly growing market o phonesand other devices.

DUs app or the Apple iPhone,iPad and iPod Touch launched lastall. Approximately 2,400 users inthe United States and abroad havedownloaded the app.

Apple and Android users cansearch the term University oDenver in application stores todownload the app and join thegrowing number o DU app users.

Katinka Van Lier Ribbink

Lisa Martin Taylor Arns

Myhren exhibition to showcase student workDUs annual exhibit of works by graduating seniors will run from May 12June 3.

The 2011 BFA Senior Exhibition which includes pieces by students from DUs School of Art &

Art History, studio arts and electronic media arts and design programs will feature mixed media,

prints, ceramics, photography and electronic installation pieces.

Students exhibiting artwork in the Myhren Gallery include: Taylor Arns, Megan Sullivan, Lisa

Martin and Katinka Van Lier Ribbink. Graduating seniors Nicci Shaw and Rachael Roark will exhibit

in the Schwayder Buildings lobby.Arns explores the different functions that ceremonies and rituals have in our private and public

interactions in a series of intaglio prints and drawings.

Sullivans work is inspired by the role of light in traditional silver-based photography.

Martins childhood in Fruita, Colo., is the inspiration for her playful installation of ceramic

animal forms that encourage viewers to contemplate their own personal relationships with the

animal kingdom.

In Van Lier Ribbinks digital animation piece, she explores current water issues such

privatization, scarcity and pollution.

A public reception will be held May 12 from 58 p.m. The gallery is open daily noon4 p.m.


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Debates by thenumbers

Hosting a presidential or vice

presidential debate that will be

viewed by 60 million Americans

is no small undertaking.

Universities vying or the event

will need to fnd space or

3,000working journalists

who will use1,300 phone

lines. Outside the venue, there

must to be room or 50 remote

television trucks. Te debates

host city also will provide more

than3,000 hotel rooms

or visiting journalists and

campaign workers.

Pioneers gymnasts turn in strong showing in NCAA

championships

Pioneers junior gymnast Brianna Springer

nished 17th in the all-around competition and

reshman Jorie Hall was 35th on the balance

beam at the 2011 NCAA womens gymnastics

championships April 15 in Cleveland.

Springer nished with a 38.325 in theall-around, scoring a 9.775 on vault, 9.675

on beam, 9.600 on foor and 9.275 on bars.

Springer, who qualied or nationals with a th-

place nish at the NCAA regionals on April 2

in Denver, nished 11th in last years NCAA

championships.

Hall scored a 9.575 on balance beam in

her rst appearance in nationals. Hall qualied

or the beam competition by earning a 9.900

to share the event title at the Denver region-

als.

Springer and Hall will return to lead thePioneers during the 2012 season.

Media Relations Staff

DU among 12 universities vying for 2012

presidential debate

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

applications prior to the March 31 deadline. The commission visited the DU campus in April and isexpected to announce which locations were chosen this fall.

DUs commitment to addressing the great issues of the day and serving the public good

make this a perfect fit for the University, the city of Denver, and the state of Colorado, says Jim

Berscheidt, interim vice chancellor for University Communications. Following the successful 2008

Democratic National Convention, its appropriate that Denver again host an event of national

significance, especially given the size and quality of the Universitys venues.

The University proposes hosting the debate in Magness Arena in the Daniel L. Ritchie Center

for Sports and Wellness. A media filing center and offices for commission staff will be located

elsewhere on campus.

The following universities also have submitted an application:

Belmont University, Nashville, Tenn.

Centre College, Danville, Ky. Dominican University of California, San Rafael, Calif.

Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, Ky.

Hofstra University, Hempstead, N.Y.

Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind.

Lynn University, Boca Raton, Fla.

Saint Marys College of California, Moraga, Calif.

The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Pomona, N.J.

Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, N.C.

Washington University in St. Louis

Media Relations Staff

Rich

Clarkson&Associates

Jorie Hall competes in a recent meet.


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Schultz outlines Starbucks turnaround

Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz brought talk of love to his recent appearance at the

Cable Center.

Its a term not oten used in business: love. I came back to the company in January 2008

because o my love and aection or the organization and the 200,000 people who wear its

uniorm, Schultz began. There isnt anything I wouldnt do to deend this company.

Schultzs appearance was part of the Daniels College of Business Voices of Experi -

ence lecture series. The series has brought many o the worlds top business leaders to

DU. Schultz also was promoting his new book, Onward: How Starbucks Fought For Its Life

Without Losing Its Soul.

Schultzs presentation ran down the salient events o his book: Ater serving as Starbucks

CEO since the early 1980s, Schultz stepped down in 2000. After several years, the company

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-

entele to ast ood. Amid this nadir, which included brutal headlines, sinking stocks and a dire

memo rom Schultz to Starbucks brass that was leaked, he re-took the reins in 2008.

Some people were cheering it, and a lot o people said they should shoot me or it, he

told the audience. People said, They need a professional CEO to manage this company.

Schultzs makeover o the

company became one o the

most dramatic corporate turn-

arounds in memory. Starbucks

low point was partly attributed

to an ailing economy. Schultz said

the situation is largely unchanged

and said companies have to

learn to operate independently

rom larger economic issues.

I dont think the economy

is going to improve that much in

the next year, i at all, he said.

Every company in America has

to create a values proposition,decide what they stand or.

Schultz didnt mince words

in making his case. Recently

returned rom a trip to Calior-

nia, he mentioned the stark re-

alities o state budgets.

States, at a ederal and

local level, just wont be able to

do the things theyve done in the past, he said. Corporations are going to have to do more

or the communities they serve.

During a post-lecture interview, Schultz touched upon his well-known impatient man-

agement style. Schultz didnt exactly jump to dispute the perception.When I sat down with the team trying to create instant coee or Starbucks, I asked

them a very simple question: How long will it take? They told me two-and-a-hal years, and

I said the iPod was invented in a year and a hal, rom scratch. I said, I want this in the market

in less than a year and a hal In less than a year and a hal, we were in the market.

The crowd seemed pleased with Schultzs candor. Oleysa Lowery graduated from DU

in June with an MBA. She came to see Schultz because she liked his social message.

I wanted to gain an understanding o how someone without any ormal business educa-

tion can make a company that has such a ocus on the human part o it, she said. He shows

that you can be successul ocusing on the human element.

Jeff Francis

WayneArmstrong

Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz visited the Cable Centeras part o the Daniels College o Business Voices oExperience lecture series.

April showers bring deadly

runoff, law students say

For more than a year, Drew Dutcher has lived in

the shadow o what neighbors call Shingle Mountain,

a pile o discarded roong shingles that may have

crossed the line rom eyesore to community health

menace.

Now, University o Denver Sturm College oLaw students are demanding the north Denver shingle

recycling business Shingles 4 Recycling do something

about the 30-oot-high mountain o broken shingles

they say is oozing potentially contaminated runo

onto area streets and possibly into the Platte River.

Working under the guidance of DU Environ

mental Law Clinic Director Michael Harris, studen

lawyers Stephanie Fairbanks and Eric Wilson have

sent a 60-day notice o intent to sue to Shingles 4 Re-

cycling on behal o area residents and environmenta

activists. I the company doesnt cut the pile down

and cover it, the students plan to le a lawsuit in ed

eral court under the Clean Water Act, Harris says.There are multiple shingle piles around the site

but the largest is visible at the corner of East 51s

Avenue and Columbine Street. Harris says neighbors

are concerned about runo rom the unsightly debris

which is uncovered and is threatening to spill pas

damaged containment ences.

Locals call it Shingle Mountain, or obvious

reasons, Harris says. What we see here o course

is, or community members, quite an eyesore. But

its also a potential re hazard and an environmenta

hazard. Theres asbestos and other types o metals

and organics coming loose, getting into the air, and

on a rainy day washing right o into the street hereand into the Platte River, which is just 1,100 yards

away.

Even if those materials dont make it to the river

they pose a threat, Harris says. Chemicals and metals

let behind on the street are kicked up into the air by

passing vehicles and contaminate the area, he says.

Dutcher says residents worry about possible

airborne and waterborne contaminants.

Chase Squire


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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 o Denver Public Schools eorts

to rescue struggling schools, will leave her administrative

position with DPS to become principal o South High

School.

The new position is eective 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 ollowed

stints as principal at Bruce Randolph School then a

ailing school she helped turn around and overseer

o charter and innovation schools as an assistant to

Superintendent Tom Boasberg.

Now shell work to turn around South High

School, a school she says is not perorming where it

should be. Waters says shes excited about making the

change, building on Souths strengths and supporting

aculty eorts to remedy its deciencies.South High, at 1700 S. Louisiana St., has more than

1,350 students and some 80 aculty. Its a magnet school

for about 450 students learning English as a second

language. Students have backgrounds in 52 dierent

languages.

How do you make sure kids are integrated into

the school without eeling separate? Waters asks. A lot

o these kids are reugees who have been going through

things that U.S. kids have not experienced.

Her rst job, she says, is to listen to teachers,

decide whats working and build on that. She also wants

to build on the interaction already under way between

South and DUs Morgridge College of Education, where

she received her doctorate.

Im very excited, Waters says. The energy at

South is really great.

Richard Chapman

JustinEdmonds

High rise near campus to begin construction in

mid-May

Construction o an 11-story retail and apartment project on the southeast corner o

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 rst step in the lie o 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 welas the ormer Pioneer Apartments at 2156 S. University Blvd. and University Manor a

2142 the one-time home o ormer DU Chancellor David Shaw Duncan.

Were very aware of University and Evans trafc patterns and were going to try

very hard to work off the street, developer David Elowe says. We have a desire to

avoid disruption. Well do our best to do things at night.

When the site rom South University east to the alley is clear about 20 days ate

demolition begins Shaw Construction will begin hammering together a 213-unit

market-rate apartment building. The project will include 25,500 square eet o street-

level retail shops, interior parking above and below ground and studio, one, one-plus

and two-bedroom rental apartments.

Were the un-student housing building, Elowe says. Were 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 proessionals working in the TechCenter or downtown Denver and to empty-nesters who choose to rent.

Itll be an A-class building with granite counters, wood foors and that sot lot 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 conerence rooms.

Ground-foor retail space will have room or our to eight retailers o national prom-

inence, including some orm o Chicago-style urban market.

Weve had a lot of national interest, Elowe says. Once the dirt begins to move

well see action. Its just a matter o who and when. Theres been a lot o ood service

demand, but it wont be one giant ood mall.

Elowe and various partners have been tinkering with the project since 2007, with

uncertainty over nancing being the principal obstacle. That ell away earlier this year

when Elowe and partner Dan Ezra passed on seeking HUD money and found a private

construction loan rom PNC Bank instead. They closed in late February and its been u

speed ahead ever since.

Its like youre treading water or two plus years and then swimming as ast as you

can, Elowe says.

The one constant was his condence 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 o Denver granted in 2008.

Its the right project in the right place in the right market, he said. Ive always been

condent. Its a challenging environment right now. But Im bullish on our location.

Richard Chapma


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The 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. Addin a continuous assault of opposing sticks slapping at your arms, wrists, and hands, and its clear the game is not for the faint of heart.

DUs 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

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 theres 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

wasnt going to happen. It wasnt 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

and another to insert a plate and four screws in his ankle.

DeBlois embarked on the long, grueling rehabilitation process and couldnt 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 duringanother 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

In the gameDeBlois returns to the eld ater horric accident

DU deenseman Brendan DeBlois has returned to competitive lacrosse.


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Steve Schweitzers new book, A Fly Fishing Guide to RockyMountain National Park (Pixachrome

Publishing, 2010), is more than a

how-to for fly-fishing; the book alsois 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

locations, effective fly patterns and

insect hatch charts.

The book has photos for most locations. Schweitzer says its important that readers get a visual sense of an areas features.

Rocky Mountain National Park has plenty of fly-fishing water for everyone, even though its 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. Theres no

reason a fly-fisher cant enjoy a quiet day on the water with nothing but nature as a partner.

Its got a lot of basic information for less experienced fly-fishers, but it wont 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 hasnt 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 worlds stars and hear what silence really sounds like, then Ive hiked far enough.

Katie Feldhau

Steve Schweitzer fshes Haynach Lake in Colorados Rocky Mountain National Park.

Reel thingDU alum reels in fy-shers with new book


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DU announces speakers for TEDxDUOrganizers 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 or the Perorming Arts. This years theme is radical

collaboration.

Using a bold mix of humor, science, technology, music and more, the TEDxDU event

will eature a combination o DU students, alumni and aculty, 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:

Morehshin Allahyari (MA 09), an artist and artactivist and the co-ounder/organizer o IRUS artan

intercultural collaborative art project between artists inIran and the United States.

Jeff Bi (MA 90), co-ounder and CEO o one o thelargest aseptic packaging companies in China and is aproponent o green business technology.

Todd Blankenship, a DU biologist studying how cellscommunicate with each other.

Amanda Boxtel, co-ounder o Challenge Aspen, arecreational program or people with disabilities.

Eythor Bender, CEO o Berkeley Bionics, whichaugments 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 peoplewho design his record covers, photograph beautiulimages, make movies and a whole lot more. Hes a

collaborators collaborator.

Mick Ebeling, who helped create a device to give those

trapped by paralysis reedom to express themselves.

Rabbi Ted Falcon, Pastor Don Mackenzie and ImamJamal Rahman, collectively known as The InteraithAmigos.

Temple Grandin, an autism advocate and the subjecto an Emmy Award-winning HBO movie.

Jose Guerrero, a DU student by day, award-winningslam poet by night.

Christopher Hill, dean o DUs Jose Korbel Schoolo International Studies and ormer U.S. ambassador toIraq.

The Lamont Percussion Ensemble, an energeticgroup rom DUs Lamont School o Music directed byJohn Kinzie.

Tor Myhren, chie creative ofcer at Grey Advertising.

Ramona Pierson, a neuroscientist, educator and sel-described data geek who is committed to providing thebest educational resources to students and teachers.

Andrew Steward , a DU student taking a bold stancein support o those with mental health issues.

Martha Symko-Davies (PhD 98), head o thephotovoltaic incubator program at the NationalRenewable Energy Laboratory.

Richard Voyles, a DU proessor, roboticist, searchand rescue expert and Terminator an, with a radical

vision or the uture o robots.

John Winsor, ounder and CEO o Victors & Spoils, theworlds frst creative agency built on crowd sourcingprinciples.

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 DUs Driscoll Ballroom.

TED is a nonprot 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 ull but will be streamed live online at www.tedxdu.com rom 16 p.m. on May 13. For more inormation, visit

www.tedxdu.com.

Amber DAngelo Na

DU student Jose Guerrero will speak at TEDxDU on May 13.

WayneArmstrong


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Events[ ]

Around campus3 Changing the World with Peer

Pressure lecture. 6 p.m. Korbel School oInternational Studies. Free.

Iliff Student Senate Book Sale. 9 a.m.6 p.m. Also May 4 and 5 at 9 a.m. and May 6rom 9 a.m.noon. Ili Great Hall.

4 Renewable Energy Speaker Series,Water Implications of AdvancedEnergy Choices: Challenges &Opportunities. Speaker Robin Newmark.Noon. Sturm College o Law. Free.

5 Center for Judaic Studies Social Justicelecture and Digital Storytelling forSocial Justice student film screenings.Speaker Claire Katz at 4 p.m., ilms at 8 p.m.

Holocaust Awareness Social Action Site atBuchtel Tower. Free.

6 10th Annual Diversity Summit onInclusive Excellence.All day. Various loca-

tions around campus. Free. Register at www.du.edu/cme/summit_registration.html

Center for China-US Cooperations9th Annual International Symposium,Transformation of US-China Relationsin the 21st Century: Issues andChallenges. Conerence 8 a.m.5:30 p.m.;dinner 6 p.m. Courtyard Marriott, 1475 S.Colorado Boulevard. Conerence only, $30(students: $20); dinner only, $50; conerenceand dinner, $75 (students: $65). Register at

www.du.edu/korbel/china/conerences.html.

School Days Off.Also May 2327.8:15 a.m.5:30 p.m. Ritchie Center. $50.

ISIME fundraiser with bestsellingauthor 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 locationsaround campus. Free.

10 Sustainability Council meeting. 8:30 a.m.DuPont Room, Mary Reed Building. Free andopen to the public.

11 Book discussion, Terror in the Mind ofGod. Noon. Suite 29 Conerence Room,Driscoll South. Free.

13 Community service. 8 a.m. MetroCareRing. RSVP to Chaplain Gary Brower at303-871-4488 or [email protected].

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 FieldHouse. $7.50 students; $10 non-students.

17 Labyrinth Meditative Walk. 9 a.m. IliGreat Hall. Free.

19 Political Reform Elections in Chinapresented by Yawei Liu. Noon.Cherrington Hall, room 150. Free. RSVP toDana Lewis at [email protected] or 303-871-4474.

21 Sturm College of Law CommencementCeremony. Commencement address byU.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 perweek.

Exhibits1 Transition. Exhibit o Linda ONeills

abstract paintings. Through May 31.Chambers Center. Free. Hours: MondayFriday 7 a.m. 7 p.m., weekend hours vary.

12 2011 BFA Senior Exhibition. Featuringwork by students graduating rom the DUSchool o Art and Art History. Through

June 3. Myhren Gallery. Opening receptionis May 12 at 5 p.m. Free. Exhibit opennoon4 p.m. daily.

Arts1 Young Voices of Colorado annual spring

concert Turn the World Around.4 p.m. Gates Concert Hall. $14$25.

Soprano Kate Emerich and harpistCourtney Hershey Bress. 7:30 p.m.Hamilton Recital Hall.

2 Colorado High School ActivitiesAssociation 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. GatesConcert Hall. Free.

5 Jennies Concert by the Lamont BrassDepartment in memory of Jennifer LynnBrown. 7:30 p.m. Hamilton Recital Hall.Free.

6 Flos Underground. Student jazz combos.Additional perormances 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 PianoDuo. 7:30 p.m. Hamilton Recital Hall. Free.

7 Rocky Mountain Childrens Choir springconcert 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, CelebratingMothers Day. 3 p.m. Hamilton RecitalHall.

Colorado Youth Symphony Orchestraspring concert. 3:30 p.m. Gates ConcertHall. $12 general admission; $6 students,seniors and children.

9 Vocal Jazz Repertoire Combo. LamontEnsemble Concert Series. 7:30 p.m. WilliamsRecital Salon. Free.

11 Violin master class with guest violin/con-ductor Scott Yoo. 2 p.m. Williams RecitalSalon. Free.

DU Jazz Faculty Combo, LamontMade. 7:30 p.m. Hamilton Recital Hall.

12 The Green Bird by Carlo Gozzi. Theaterdepartment spring production. 8 p.m.

Additional perormances May 13, 14, 20 and21 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. HamiltonRecital 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 Mens and Womens Choirsand Lamont Chorale Concert. 7:30 p.m.Gates Concert Hall. Free.

20 First Annual Music Theater Cabaret bythe Lamont Opera Theatre Program.7:30 p.m. Hamilton Recital Hall. Also May 22at 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 ConductingProject. 4 p.m. Gates Concert Hall. Free.

Season Finale: Lamont SymphonyOrchestra, Chorale, Womens Chorusand Mens Choir, featuring ArizonaState University Chorale & YoungVoices of Colorado. 7:30 p.m. GatesConcert Hall. Free; tickets required.

28 Denver Brass presents Red, White &Brass: American Salute! 7:30 p.m. AlsoMay 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.

Sports5 Mens lacrosse ECAC Tournamentsemifinal games. 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. BartonStadium.

7 Mens lacrosse ECAC championshipgame. 11 a.m. Barton Stadium.

Prices for individual games are $15 for general admission,$10 for children and seniors. Prices for two-day tournamentpass are $20 for adults and $15 for children.

For ticketing and other information, including a full listing ofcampus events, visit www.du.edu/calendar.

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