University of Denver - Kynewisbok Yearbook (Denver, CO)

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Pioneer Of rhe Past David J. Von Drehle by Mary Yoon The !ok) wing ore excerpts from on interview with Dovid Von Drehle. University of Den ver ohm Pioneer Award winner and Morshol ScMor Von Drehle was born and raised in rhe Denver area. Currenrty, he is o staff writer for rhe Mom heohd MY: Whot mode you pxh DU over other Cok rodo schools DVD: DU has hisroricaly hod o commirrmeaf, since 1960 or thereabouts. o red committment ro toerd education I Iked rhe size of it Its not o my. son ot dowered scene Ike Colorado Cd lege, txx r's not a focrory ike rhe University of LCiOrOOO MY: What fd you do during school? DVD: I majored in Engksh ond Philosophy. I wos edror of Oorion in my junior year My sopho more yeor I was chairman of rhe Speakers’ Oureou of DUPO. I wos o member of Phi Comma De o frorernty. I served on o thing rhor used ro exisr bur doesn’t ony more coled rhe Chancefcxs’ Cound MY: Whor do rhnk of rhe Engksh system of education as compared to ours? DVD: It’s very, very different. The University in Engkmd feels o lor less responsfcxhry for irs yu-dents, espeaoly compared ro somewhere Ike DU. ond rhor has both good sides ond bod sides In England, where you don’t hove dosses ro orrend. on undergroduore s assigned ro o tutor ond has ro meet with rhe tutor once or twice o week for eight weeks Then there ore lecture courses rhor ore of-ferd. but you don’t hove ro go ro rhe lectures ond very few people do. ond you don’t hove ro reod rhe books Ar rhe end of three years you su down ond roke o yondord three-hour long essoy rey on everything you've learned over rhe lay three years On rhe one hond rhor's good because it makes rhe ecXxorion very much rhe yudenr's responsibly both in rhe book-crocking ospecr of it ond h having o rowing reom or o rugby side MY: Whor's your impression of rhe University today? DVD: The University has gone through some very hard rimes Reoty we yorred ro see things reoly yon ro go bod in rhe end of my junior yeor I think o lot of bod decisions hove been mode in those five years obour how ro fix things I can't be convinced rhor DU con’r recruit more than 580 students ond con'r raise more than two or three mfton dolors in unreyricted fundng I think performance m odmissions ond development ore just inexcusoble ond they ’ve gone on now for years ond yeors. though one person after another, ond rhe Urwersiry con nor go on forever Ike rhor. Having so d rhor. DU continues ro hove its greoresr asset, which is o much stronger focuiry then we ore given credit for For some reason people come ro DU ond no one ever rels them how good some of rhe focuiry they ore study ing with reoly are. how respected they ore Xat this pay weekend rhey hod o celebration for o former focuiry member, John W«-kms, who is o good example of rhot Here’s a guy who some legitimate critics hove colled rhe bey writer in America You never would hove heard rhor whie you were on campus. Jerry Chopmon 6 rhe Engksh deportment is one of rhe world's leading Shokespeore scholars John Newkurk in Chemistry. Herb Greenburg, 04 Dorn ... How long rhe University 6 gang ro be able ro keep rhem here with budget crises every yeor? Once you lose rhor core of quaky focuiry then rhngs reoly go out of control Without rhe good focuiry you con'r offer rhe good programs, you con'r ortrocr rhe good students ond you con'r bring in rhe strong support, so it just feeds on itself. If ol rhe good focuiry leove rhe ploce al or once, rhe word gets around ond other good people are gang ro be less Ikely ro come Thor's something rhor juy con’r be olowed ro hoppen Opening Pioneers 25

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Faculty Staff Pioneers DJ. Masson Roger Campbell Dr D J Masson, a professor wirh rhe Department of Finance. wos o cieor cho e for rhe Pioneer award becouse nor only he s wei liked ond respecred among his peers bur he always mokes rime ro listen ond help srudenrs. DJ. has been wirh rhe University of Denver for two years now ond absorbed himself in rhe srudenr publications, starring our as rhe fmonoal odvisor ond become rhe full advisor afrer no one else would roke rhe position of advisor ro rhe Board of Communications aiding rhe 90 yeor old, Kynewisbok, from certain bankruptcy through his expert negotiations. D.J. oBors twenty hours o week advising ond assisring rhe pubkorions D J. reaches fufl-rime ond ofso provides rroinng for Pubic Service Co. of Colorado. He is o member of rhe Board of Dxecrors' Colorado Cosh Mcnogemenr Assooarion ond also o member of rhe Ncnonol Corporore Cash Management. His devorion ro rhe pubkorions has earned him rhe righr ro be colled o rrue Pioneer! Ko'Ohono Club odvsor, os wefl os Deon of Admissions. Roger Compbef is this yeor's sroff redpienr of rhe Pioneer award. Compbel in conjunction wirh his sroff have worked closely on improving rhe University's enrolmenr ond odmissons processes Through rhe changes mode, Campbell ond his sroff hove shown deep concern ond loyalty for rhe University of Denver ond rhe rrodmons ond srondard of excelence rhey stood for. Opening Pioneers

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Srudenr Pioneers P. Nicole Johnson Linda Wilbanks AUSA President, N ole Johnson, o worthy recipient of rhe Pioneer oword because of her oursrondng conrrburions ro rhe Universiry of Denver. Among her accomplishments ore three offices with rhe Denver Universiry Programs Qoord, student representative ro rhe Doord of Trustees, founder of rhe AI Srudenr Advisory Docrd, secretory of rhe Ponheflen Counci, alcohol poky detegore and o sroff member of both Geneva GJen ond SOAP Through her sororiy, Ncc4e has worked with chonry for rhe heoring imponed ond hos obo porridpored in fundraisers for rhe orrs in her home town of Durongo. Colorodo Acodemkzoly, Ntcoie hos ocheved recognition from Who's Who n Amencon Coleges ond Urwersmes, rhe Noriond Deck's Usr. Mortor Doord. Omtaon Deiro Koppo ond Order of Omega. Undo Wibonks hos embodied her concern for people in her many ocnvihes borh on compus ond in rhe communiry or targe. Her vonery of offices n rhe Groduore Srudenr Assoctarion Counci ore o record of Undo's deckonon ro aeormg a value We experience for rhe groduore srudenrs orTending rhe Universiry of Denver. Among her communiry services lie such norobie groups os rhe Sodol -tasnce Commmee. rhe Housing Coolhon, STARS, Cotorodo Sood Legislcrion Commirree, ond Cub Scour Den Morher Her retgtaus bockground ond compus involvement wirh other orgomzonons such os rhe DU Gymnastics Parents Oub oiso emphasize Undo s wingness ro go rhor exrro mJe for her felow srudenrs ro moke rhe Universiry something rhor we col ol be proud of. Opening Pioneers