The MFJS Reporter — Winter 2020 M-W

DENVER — A bright and sunny day just two weeks before Colorado’s Super Tuesday presidential primary, made for perfect timing for Elizabeth Warren’s stop in Denver, Colorado. On Sunday, Feb. 23, Warren held a campaign rally at the Fillmore Auditorium and shared her plans to make “big, structural change” in the Washington.

Warren is a U.S. senator from Massachusetts running for election in the Democratic party. In votes held so far in three states, Warren has consistently placed third or fourth. However, she seemed determined that this would change through her messages of strength and solidarity.

“I’m not a lifelong politician, but I’ll tell you what I am, I’m a lifelong fighter,” Warren added.

DENVER– A dimly lit room gave artist Linda Connor the ability to shine bright with her bubbly personality and enthusiasm for discovering the world through a new lens, camera lenses that is. She presented her work to a small audience of art enthusiasts on Feb. 19.

Although the term ‘women in business’ may sound like its essence and that the opportunities surrounding it exclusively cater to women, DU’s Women in Business club (WiB) makes it known that they offer much more than just that. 

The WiB board consists of president Amanda Martinez, vice president Milena Rogers, communications chair Sophia Mellsop, and events coordinator Sydney Romano, all of whom were present at a meeting on February 19. 

After a screening of “Golda” across the hall in the Elaine Wolf Theatre, directors of the film, Udi Nir and Sagi Bornstein, took the stage in the community room at the Mizel Arts and Culture Center in Denver Tuesday evening. Nir and Bornstein had just flown in from Tel-Aviv and sat before a modest yet engaged crowd of older folks who were eager to learn more about the making of “Golda.” 

Three law professors hosted a panel discussion about cases being reviewed by the Supreme Court on February 13 at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law. Clay Calvert, Derigan Silver, and Alan Chen were the three panelist members. 

In Silver’s announcement of the panel, he described it as, “a panel discussion with Prof. Clay Calvert, Prof. Alan Chen, and myself. We will be discussing the Supreme Court’s First Amendment cases from 2019 and those it will be hearing in 2020. I think you’ll enjoy hearing from Profs. Chen and Calvert.” 

The panel specifically focused on media law cases within the past several years. The professors discussed the outcomes of various trials and inserted their professional opinion and viewpoint on the case rulings. 

“As we advance in technology development, the cases that the Supreme Court hears become precedents for future cases regarding different media platforms. The past few years especially have seen some interesting cases involving Twitter” said Chen. 

DENVER- The Colorado Convention center was full of enthusiasm on Sunday, Feb. 16, as Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders encouraged a crowd of 11,000 to vote for honesty and integrity and vote to defeat Donald Trump. 

Aurora’s Crowne Plaza Denver Airport Convention Center was buzzing with excitement as former South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg took the stage Saturday.

The crowd of an estimated 8,500 cheered wildly as Buttigieg took the stage following the Nevada caucuses where the presidential candidate took third place behind Senator Bernie Sanders and former Vice President Joe Biden.

Buttigieg leaned heavily on his position as a moderate in an election full of political extremes, differentiating himself from Senator Bernie Sanders’ more socialist stances and heavily criticizing President Donald Trump.

“Aren’t you ready to put those tweets behind us?” Buttigieg asked the cheering crowd.

By Sophie Smrcka

It was a cold Thursday afternoon, and people started to pour in the door for the lecture given by Dr. Gregory Robbins. Chatting, and taking off large winter jackets, professors and students alike began to pick out their seats and head to the back of the room to get coffee and snacks. Folks began to surround Robbins and say “congratulations,” for his being promoted to full time professor, the purpose for his lecture. 

The science behind climate change isn’t just in the effects it has on the environment, but the effects it has on individual human health. This is the concept Jay Lemery MD, a professor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, focused on during his presentation held at the University of Denver’s Anderson Academic Commons on February 13.

Lemery’s lecture focused around creating a discussion that was centered around facts about climate change and how as humans we should be worried about our health along with worrying about the environment. He addressed the crowd of about 30 people with a slideshow that included pictures, quotes, graphs, and other background information. The audience was very attentive to his presentation, even as they sat eating the variety of free food that was provided.

He first gave background on himself so the audience knew he was a credible source on the topic; he did so by describing the courses he teaches such as wilderness medicine, polar medicines, global health advanced first aid, and Mars dessert medicine. In addition he has written books such as “Global Climate Change and Human Health” as well as “Enviromedics.”

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