A wave of families and mostly men surrounded the Colorado Convention Center on Sun., Feb. 16 for a rally in support of Vermont senator and Democratic nominee for the presidential election, Bernie Sanders.
A line wrapped around the venue, as people waited in the cold for three hours in order to be right in front of Sanders himself. The event attracted thousands of people, as Colorado’s primary is less than three weeks away on March 3.
The University of Denver’s Men’s Basketball team fought hard on Saturday, but fell short to Perdue Fort Wayne. In Saturday’s electric game, the Pioneers scored 63 points to the mastodons’ 70. This loss adds another disappointing tally to the Pioneers’ 5-19 record before Saturday.
Within the first six minutes, the pioneers were leading 13-12 before the first time out. As time progressed the score fell far behind Perdue, finishing up the first half 19 DU to 38 Perdue.
While this comes as a disappointment to Denver’s players, Senior Captain Ade Murkey attributes the less than impressive season to a youthful team
“I definitely do think that [this year] is regrowing the basketball program. We are a really young team. I think it’s going to shape the team really nicely in the future,” said Murkey.
Freshman Owen McGlashan agreed with Murkey stating that the team needs time to grow and understand how to play as one team to achieve success.
“With knowledge and experience we will be very good in upcoming years. It’s been shown that we have the potential to be a very good team this year… we just aren’t a mature enough team yet to the point where we are able to finish games,” Said McGlashan.
The first half showcased a flustered court with the Pioneers unable to set up plays to have a positive impact when on offense. While sophomore starter Jase Townsend was hitting vital three point shots to keep the pioneers back in the game, it wasn’t enough to secure a lead by the end of the first half.
McGlashan also touched on the team’s strengths, noting that it is their dedication rather than skill that drives the Denver Men’s Basketball program.
“I do believe that our strength is that we never quit in any game and play all the way until the end with effort and energy,” said McGlashan.
The presence from the bench is a testament to the teamwork the Pioneers embody. While the team often struggled on defense, support was radiating from the players off the court.
The second half started on a strong note for the Pioneers, who recovered most rebounds and scored six points to the Mastodons’ 0 in the first two minutes. The energy can be attributed to Freshman Robert Jones, who made his presence on the court known from the beginning of the second half.
Freshman Guard Roscoe Eastmond vowed that the team will not back down no matter the score of the game or the record.
“Fight is basically what you’re going to see from us win, lose, or draw,” exclaimed Eastmond.
Denver fans will not abandon their Pioneers either. With an almost full gym, the crowds electric emotion and cheered on the players until the last buzzer.
Pioneers players touched on key moments this season, including their home game win against Omaha who dominate at fifth in the league compared to Denver’s ninth place seat in the Summit League.
“We’ve proved that we can compete with everyone in the conference but, that win [against Omaha] proved we can also beat anyone in our conference,” explained Eastmond
While Murkey doesn’t know what is to come for the end of the season, he is hopeful for a chance to play in the playoffs this season and is confident his team will work hard and fight for that opportunity.
Although the Denver Men’s Basketball program finished off the game with a close loss of 63-70, players are hopeful for the future and are confident the tides are turning with big things yet to come.
“Our time is coming,” stated Eastmond.
If you tuned in to 103.9 RXP last Friday you would have been lucky enough to hear up and coming indie/folk group Richy Mitch and the Coalminers play their hearts out for all of Colorado. They’ve had about 10 live performances, in places around Colorado Springs, Boulder and Denver, as a group since 2017; but playing on the radio was a first for them.
Seen as a safer alternative than cigarettes, highschool and college age kids around the globe are increasingly using vape products. Vape pens can include nicotine and THC having different effects depending on what it contains. A study found that the use of vaping products, or e-cigarettes, to vape marijuana as well as nicotine, doubled between 2017 and 2018 (Wolf). Due to it’s convenient nature having no smell, different flavored pods and disposable pods, products such as JUUL became especially trendy.
University of Denver student, Parker Smith, started using vape products in 2016. “I don’t remember having a specific reason for using them other than how popular they were.”
February 9, 2020 – DENVER. As the lights dimmed and the crowd silenced, Thomasluke Florez-Mansi of Sante Fe, New Mexico, walked on stage for his junior recital at the Lamont School of Music. Greeted by a warm applause, Florez-Mansi stood under the spotlight in front of a beautiful black grand piano dressed in a clean black suit with a black bowtie.
DENVER: A sea of people in crimson and gold flooded the Magnus Arena basketball last week on February 8, 2020, to watch the University of Denver men’s basketball team take on Purdue Univiery Fort Wayne.
The University of Denver men put up a good fight in a close loss against Purdue with a final nail-biting score of 63-70. Fans filled many of the Magnus Arena seats as DU students, faculty and community members came out to support the team. The aroma of the concessions, of hotdogs and pretzels, flowed from the concessions down to the seats. As things began to heat up in the second quarter the team worked together to fight offensively but lagging defensively. Jase Townsend scored 15 points and 13 for Robert Jones for The University of Denver high scoring players for the night. As for Fort Wayne Dylan Carl and Jarrerd Godfrey stood out amongst some of the team’s most valuable players.
The University of Denver is currently ranked last in the Summit Leauge conference whereas Fort Wayne is holding spot number five. Starters for DU included Roscoe Eastmond, Ade Murkey, Jase Townsend, Robert Jones, and Taelyr Gatlin. The team appeared to be enthusiastic, focused and determined. Both teams brought high energy to the game creating a fierce match. There was a lot of great teamwork from Fort Wayne offensively and defensively. When asked about the team DU senior and Team Captin Ade Murkey accounted:
“ I think the team has a lot of promise. Were a young team. I’m the only senior. There’s one junior, four sophomores, and seven freshmen; there’s a lot of potential for greatness from this next group of players.”
The team has had an up and down season but is in line to play for a possible playoff game this year.
“It’s so exciting just to be competing at this level. I’m just happy to be here and able to be even playing for this incredible possibility” said team captain Ade.
With only five more games in the season, the University of Denver boys basketball team has to push through and win all five games in order to qualify for a playoff spot. The next game for the boys is this coming Friday the 14th again at Magnus. Catching up DU player Owen McGlashan shed some light on the team’s overall mood about the season and their strengths and weaknesses.
“The season hasn’t gone exactly the way we wanted it to go so far but all of our main goals are still right in front of us. We have the ability to do something that’s never been done in the history of this program before and that is to make it to the NCAA tournament and win the conference tournament. The thing is we lose games by on average 6.1 pts in conference play and that really just comes down to free throws and a few possessions throughout the game” accounted Owen.
Denver is averaging 68.9 points a game whereas their opponents are averaging 76.4 points per game. Falling short on defense has hurt the team but there is still a chance to make history for the school in 2020.
“I believe our biggest strength is being able to bring energy and effort and being able to keep playing hard when were down. That being said, our biggest weakness is our ability to keep our focus and concentration at a high throughout the whole game and that comes from maturity and being a young team who hasn’t really experienced what it feels like to win in college basketball” concluded Owen.
With only a few games left in the season, the team needs to come together and focus in order to bring home a win in the playoffs.
Upon walking into the Hamilton Recital Hall, you see a cozy room, filled with the color red and honey brown wood. It is a small room, filled with people conversing, excited for the show to begin. A piano takes center stage, ready to spread the room with its melodies.
The audience sat with anticipation, chatting amongst themselves as images of renowned artist Corin Hewitt appeared on the screen. As Hewitt made his way out on the stage, the students and other guests attentions quickly snapped from their own conversations to his presence.
On, January 29 from 6-7:30 pm, the Vicki Myhren Gallery at the University of Denver hosted artist Corin Hewitt for a guest presentation on his art through his career.
Concert-goers flooded into the Newman Center for Preforming Arts doors, shaking storm worn boots on the dampened matts. Young and old, the show garnered an eclectic crowd, a mix of veteran musicians and aspiring Lamont School of Music students, nestle into the warmth of the recital hall seats. There was low hum of conversation as the audience eagerly awaited the start of the performance, with one audience member finishing a game of chess in expectancy. Continue reading
The game appeared to be more cutthroat than its final score illustrated. If there was no scoreboard, a spectator would have thought it was tied the entire game.
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