One has only to think of Dan Ritchie’s sentiment that, “all great cities must have a great university’. The University of Denver absolutely achieves Ritchie’s message, but it’s becoming increasingly difficult to get that message to the local public.
Chancellor Chopp’s 2025 Strategic Plan lays out exactly how the school plans to bridge that gap, But if DU really wants to achieve this plan to more effectively integrate DU into the greater community, a healthy presence in the community, through various media platforms is critical to DU. Additionally, if DU athletics wants to expand their reach to a broader local audience, they must look at alternatives to the current model, which arguably places too much emphasis on a partnership with the struggling Denver Post. Continue reading The Denver Post’s Death Spiral Will Affect the University of Denver→
The stress on public state university budgets is probably going to directly impact Summit League membership.
The University of North Dakota, yes that North Dakota, from the Big Sky, has to make up a $1.8 million dollar annual shortfall in their athletic department. One of the options on the table is leaving the Big Sky to join the Summit League. UND President, Mark Kennedy, recently moved the department’s chief financial officer out of the athletic director’s control and under the university’s finance department, while forming a committee to examine “a number of factors, including the sports we participate in, conference participation, the number of athletes that we serve and the cost of the programs.” Continue reading State Cuts Will Likely Impact Summit League Membership→
The name, Campus Lounge, and horse-shoe shaped bar will remain unchanged.
Instead of the usual beer served such as Miller and Budweiser, the new proprietors will offer beers from local craft breweries including Tivoli,Renegade, Epic and Spangalang. The same for more locally sourced foods and bistro comfort food.
It will have a retro style, playing on the 1950’s
The tavern is expected to reopen around Thanksgiving.
Game(s) of the weekend: Women’s soccer found the back of the net and captured two big road wins to start Summit League play. On Friday afternoon, DU traveled to Western Illinois and took down the Leathernecks 1-0 on a goal by midfielder Riley Welch at the 29th minute. Then, on Sunday Denver slipped by IUPUI on the road, 2-1. Denver got one goal each from Jessie Dancyand Hannah Adler. Denver overcame their season-long scoring drought and captured two big confidence building road wins to start league play. The Pioneers upped their record to 5-7-0, 2-0-0 Summit.
In a somewhat surprising move, University of Denver Athletics Associate Vice Chancellor for External Affairs Ryan Peck has decided to leave DU to take a similar senior athletic administration position at the University of North Texas, in DU’s former Sun Belt Conference. Peck came to DU from the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga in 2011 and was promoted to his current position in 2014.
Rangeview High School senior Elijah Blake has committed to the University of Denver for the 2017 season. Blake is a 6’2″ point guard and team captain for Rangeview in Aurora, Colorado.
Photo:Realtors post ‘Coming Soon’ signs’ to generate interest. On average, houses are selling in less than 10 days after listing in Denver.
Surging real estate values are changing the University Park neighborhood and all of Denver. This price surge is impacting businesses, residents, and students.
According to the Denver Business Journal, Metro Denver continues to outperform the national average on home-resale price gains, maintaining year-over-year increases over 9 percent for another month, according to the latest S&P/Case-Shiller Home Prices Indices report. In July, the only major U.S. cities among the 20 closely tracked by Case-Shiller to see greater annual price gains were Portland, Oregon (up 12.4 percent) and Seattle (up 11.2 percent). Denver’s Case-Shiller home price index reached a new high of 187.42 in July. That means that local home resale prices averaged 87.4 percent higher than they were in the benchmark month of January 2000, according to the Case-Shiller report series, based on non-seasonally-adjusted data. Continue reading Real Estate Surge Beginning to Strain University Park Neighborhood→
Time is quickly running out on the Pio Posse ticket deal which ends midnight Thursday, September 29th. This new fan-generated club was created for alumni and friends of the program who want to sit behind DU’s bench and cheer on the Denver Pioneers. Our goal is simple: create a measurable home court advantage for DU hoops. This premium ticket offer is aimed at new season ticket-holders with discounted seats priced at only $99.00 for the season – 13 home games. After September 29th, all season tickets in section #20 will cost $130.00. Continue reading The Pio Posse Basketball Ticket Deal Ends this Week→
The only beef burrito in the new Campus Lounge may have to be in your stomach.
In a Denver Post reveal, the new owner of the shuttered Campus Lounge is said to be Dan Landes. The Post goes on to state:
Landes opened his first vegetarian restaurant, WaterCourse Foods on East 13th Ave in 1998 (it’s now located at 837 E. 17th Ave.) He ran it until 2015, when he sold it to the general manager of City O’ City. Landes switched focus to City O’ City, 206 E 13th Ave, and his vegan bakery next door, Make, Believe Bakery, which opened to the public on Aug. 4.Continue reading Denver Post Reveals Vegan Buyer→
The 8th ranked DU men’s soccer team played the game of the weekend on Saturday in a back and forth affair with IPFW. Defensive midfielder Graham Smithscored the game’s opening goal in the first half and the final goal in the 79th minute to squeak by Fort Wayne 4-3 in DU’s Summit League opener at CIBER Field. This game was called ‘sloppy’ by head coach Jamie Franks but overall, it’s tough to call and 8-0-2 record a disappointment. Continue reading DU Weekend Sports Recap→
