University of Denver - Kynewisbok Yearbook (Denver, CO)

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Newsmakers Back fore Jm Mu MM, UJ£f : Tm Zdnpti. Knit AM t. Mm inuoap. (Vn 4 km frtmt Ifore Bn, Ctptiml too km. to RM rkaMi The Student Media Board “Possibly the most powerful student group on campus. ” — Tom Goodale Described by observers as ’high-powered' and dilrM.” ihe Shi-deal Media Beard jppxntcd ie VU . I«6 by Vice Ounce Bor (or Student Aftuo Too Goodile in oae year has accomplished »tut (cw thought possible. The board created n its own convwutwn and by-laws. erased sure due $30,000 in taedia debts, and implemented boid ideas for securing the financial and ifaaliutive stability of the Cknai. the Kyntwbok and KAOS radio Board Chairman Tom Brcidenhach referred to each problem the SMB tackled as just another skeleton in the cfosel' taking a manerof-fxt attitude toward the seemingly endless parade of skeletons coming from behind estty door .An interim board met during the summer to outline policy regarding media operations. Bmdeobach. ACSA Senate Finance Committee Chairman Bryan Bmerfeid. Former AUSA Senators Bob Gurney and Kurt Overiunk. Greek leaders Dance Rir.-derknedit Bess Copeland and Tricu Whedet Tracy Saners ami Brun Kitts norked to enact guidelines for media operatioes bs (all Among the group's recomaerviatxxts nett the hiring of a new adsaot foe die student media, the change in formal for the yearbook anJ a stringent series of fiuacai guidelines to be followed by each medium The group saw that the time had come to uke control of a serious situation.' Kitts said The problems had become bigger than simple power plays which ha»e been going on between student gosemment and student media foe yean The nice thing about working with this group.' Kitts added ‘is that the calibre of the students involved in the organuarioc has enabled the group to rise above personality and uke os some hsgr problems' .After being told they would receive oak an esfcmaied $33.0X1 aBocaboe from the coffers of the Dmvoo of Student attain. the SMB apgfcd the funds to Oanoi and K-Book debts - mandating that the CMm publish on a break-even bass and ordering the K-Book to fad a moee cost-eflcctire and appealing formal KAOS funding was cut off during the spring pen hng a review of the suboa's goab and training policies The mid-year sekvtwn of Kesin .Arnuuge to the Board and the appotntmems of Scon Skorobahaty and Chris .Auras showed the Board's commitmeni to Avene membership. 'Members of the Board beliese in their work, bebere in each other and they hast a track record without a flaw. said Kitts They've made the best out of a horrible stfuatico and. through (heir euraple. hare challenged all student orpniaations to succeed' 17

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Newsmakers The Evans Award Senator Pete Domenici “They told me to run or quit bitching” — Pete Domenici P. pecsfcge and potties are aB m atisc of tbe 19)7 Evins Award reaped Tbe HoaooNe Pevr V Demand DAI afccnus and Repubfian Senator (roc V» Mateo, receded tbe University's highest alumni award at Founda's Day ceremonies ut March In the land of high-pressure politics known at Washington. D.C. Doaenici offers a humanioic alternator to tbe defense-oriented. supply-side mentality most conservative Repablican senators ding la Demand has enjoyed a distinguished polibal alter that daaied hie to tbe chairmanship of the Senate B-dget Coamnee a 19$ I Known around the Capdol as a stickler for detail and a brefcss negcfjvx comcsned to reducing tbe federal defat Domeon has racn as ooe of tbe most prominent and mflaendal members of tbe Kfth Cocpess. He was bora Pietro Vichi Domenid in Altuifaerque. Sen Mev iax oo May 19)1 one of five children bon to Italian immigrants. He pen up aeon; woitir.g-class Hispanic families, bdpisp hts father m a wholesale grocery enterprise In 1954. he anted a depee from tbe Untruly of New Mexico. later signing a contract to pilch for tbe Albuquerque Duke a Cara dub for the old Brooklyn Dodgers Later, at tbe urging of a friecdL he attended the University of Denser and anted a Ian depee a m Doom ids fast political race nas in 1966. when be nas elected to the Alboqaerqoe Cits Commrssua 1 nas a real coapUiner about government not cadi d.'feirn: than I am non says Dometud They told me to ran a quit bitching.' (Mi aqtft far. 99)1) Tbe neu year he was eietted Coranuwoa Chatman, equivalent of mayor, and began to Hirsute a resisal in tbe ban of donwn Alboqoerqoe. Prosing his compassion foe dsic improvement. Doattua took the government to the barrios' {§Umpm Ah. 9911) by estabbshing bases m tbe churches and storefroots of Hispanic noghbothoods. In tbe process, he developed the CETA. Coen-prtheiMve Eduatuo aoJ Training Acl Later, ths was to he the mode! for the catwial propam. He continued his fight for tbe poor by pushing foe federal urban renewal funds, luring private companies into the city, and euealing dry services into Albuquerque's previously overlooked Hispanic neighborhoods Domains flair for inspiring confidence and for booest hard work have made ha ooe of the shining stars a the US berate PuiseJ by mcabeis of bod natural parties. Doartuds abitty to see tbe entire picture may make him the Uahcrstfy's first pte-sider.tul candidate — Mu T. ( c

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newsmakers The Many Faces of Thompson Marsh H nnli'ic IB) professor of la you're likely 10 find H; has taught il rite use school for ftO van In fact fcc av ihc College of Law's firtf foIkisBc professor hick ib 1927 Bat. his expert dxsnt end where the classroom begins He' also i binJ-wafher and mountun-dinber extrordicairc. is wefl is i self-taught ocILsi He is Thompson Mirvh. ooe of DU most loved - and most hated - law professor . This sear, alter (0 sears of outstanding service to the University of Denser, be retiring because, he says. 60 rt a good, round number' Ever since be started teaching: in the school- infancy. Marsh has stressed three dungs to ha students: anahtral reading. skrp-It tacisa and critical Intoning None of which, be sayv a lawyer can get bs without 'Students don't usually praetxe entxal ltstor.»g‘ he sayv They don't pas ins mention to what their elassaaics are savii . hut thes swallow everything the professor sas Students have mixed feelings ahost Marsh's demanding teaching style. He has received the 'Blood) Hatchet' award on a number of occaswas. bn! more often has been named the favonte facults member. There is a difference of opinion he admits Some think Em pretty good, hut others say fn the wont they'se ever bad.' In the course of this (0 yar career. Marsh has sett all sorts of classes pass through ha school In the early days, the law school coasnted of 200 students, nosh local Today, the College of Law has grown four-fold and dram students from all over the country Still students can bold their own against their forebears. The best students now are no better dun the best were when I started toaching Bet. o« admissions standards have gone up. so the poorer students are much better than they were ' Marshs life has been devoted to academia, from his college days through his leaching career He graduated from Dl' in 1924 with majors in math and English and minors in Spaissh and history. His law degree came two years later, also from DC Even alter he began teaching be paused to get an LLM from Nurthwestern In that same yeu. he finished his master's wort in history . He would also go on to receive a doctorate from Yale in 1935 Professor Marsh began his •euAing career as the youngest fuB-cme faculty member in the land Now. at age M. he is retiring as the oldest' - Map