Ben Stein, Renaissance man, speaks
Fans of Ben Stein can win more than his money tonight.
Stein will speak tonight at 7 p.m. the KeyBank Denver Distinguished Lecture Series in the Auditorium Theater of the Denver Center for the Performing Arts.
Stein is a popular personality who is currently host of Win Ben Stein’s Money, a nd is also regular contributing writer for E-Online and American Spectator. He has also published many articles for New York Magazine and Barrons.
Stein also has kept busy as an actor performing in the “Clear Eyes” eyedrop commericial, “Charles in Charge” and “The Wonder Years” on television, and “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” on screen. He has been nominated for 17 Emmies and has won six.
Stein has also written 17 books. His most recent book, How to Ruin Your Life, will be out this fall.
Stein graduated with a bachelor’s of economics from Columbia University with honors and was valedictorian of his Yale law school class. While obtaining these degrees, he also remained active in the civil rights movement.
After he graduated, he worked as a poverty lawyer, and taught courses on the political content in films and televion shows at the University of Califorinia at Santa Cruz, American University and Pepperdine.
Stein also has continued his career in law by working on the Milken/Drexel junk bond scheme, and played an important role in the recovery of billions of dollars for investors and taxpayers.
He has also served as an expert witness for security cases.
Stein also worked as a lawyer and speech writer for former presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford.
Tickets are $15 for students and $25-55 for general admission.
The KeyBank lecture series is sponsored by the Rocky Mountain News and Denver’s WB2 News.
Proceeds benefit Junior Achievement.
Call Dave Alleman for information at 303.628.7369 or visit www.denverlectureseries.com.
Afghanistan, American values discussed
The University of Denver will get a dose of religion with the next Bridges to the Future speaker.
Gordon B. Hinckley, president and world leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, will speak tonight at the Ritchie Center at 7:30.
Hinckley will discuss the moral issues that face America today.
Hinckley’s recently published book is a New York Times bestseller titled Standing for Something: Ten Neglected Virtues that Will Heal our Hearts and Homes.
Tickets are free but are required for gain admission.
Later in the week, at Colorado State University, Thomas Gouttierre will lecture on the people of Afghanistan.
The lecture will be from 7-9 p.m. in room 100 in the Engineering Building at CSU.
Gouttierre will present, “Afghanistan – Past, Present and Future.”
Gouttiere is the dean of International Studies and Programs at the University of Nebraska at Omaha
Contact 970.491.5917 or visit www.international.colostate.edu for more information.
CELL-O music
The Lamont School of Music will host a cello concert tonight from 7:30-9 p.m. at the Recital Salon in the Newman Center.
Katherine Knoght will perform as part of the Artist Faculty Recital Lamont Subscription Concert Series.
Tickets are free for students and $9 for general admission.
Contact Victoria Brandys at vbrandys@du.edu for information.
Non-profit career fair
The University of Denver will host a non-profit career fair from 1-4 p.m. in the Driscoll Ballroom Wednesday.
Representatives from several businesses in the community will be present at the fair. Businesses will include Adams Community Mental Health, Clean Water Action, and various other community service projects.
Child Rescue Foundation, Inc. will be at the fair as well.
This foundation works to educate families that have been affected by abuse.
Visit www.du.edu/career/events.html for more information about the fair and a complete list of what businesses will participate.
Jazz, saxophone performance
The Jazz music will be flowing when Lamont presents a Jazz performance Wednesday night from 7:30-9 p.m. at Sturm Hall Auditorium.
The University Jazz Orchestra will perform several pieces. Arturo Rocha, Alan Hood and Malcolm Lynn Baker will conduct the performances.
Thursday from 7-8:30 p.m. Kyle Davidson will present a senior saxophone recital at the Recital Salon in the Newman Center.
Admission to the events is free for the community of the University of Denver.
Call the Lamont concert line at x16412 for more information or contact Victoria Brandys at vbrandys@du.edu.
Gates concert hall opener
June Swaner Gates Concert Hall Grand Opening Gala will be held Friday from 5:30-10 p.m. at the Newman Center.
Marilyn Horne, mezzo-soprano, Hao Jiang Tian, bass, and Donald Pippin, pianist, will perform with the Lamont Symphony Orchestra.
Call x16200 for advance tickets and information.
Young artists perform
Denver Young artists Orchestra Spring Concert will be held Sunday from 2:30-4 p.m. at the Newman Center.
The performance will feature Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony and the Arutiunian Trumpet Concerto.
E-mail Eric McLain at mclain@dyao.org for more information.
American consumerism on campus
Instructor Katherine Turpin will lead a discussion about consumerism Thursday at 12 p.m. in the Great Hall at The Iliff School of Theology.
Turpin will present “Both Christian and Consumer: Dynamics of Spiritual Formation in American Consumer Culture” as part of the “Lunch with a Professor” lecture series with the Iliff School of Theology. Turpin will explore the issue of consumerism and how it shapes American culture.
The event is $8 for the lecture and lunch. Call 303.765.3134 for more information or reservation.
Colorado art festival downtown
The beauty of Colorado art will be celebrated at the Fifth Annual Colorado Arts Festival May 23-26 at the Denver Pavilions.
The festival will feature 150 of Colorado’s top artists. This includes jewelry designer Suzanne Williams, sculptor Anne Cunningham and satirical drawing artist Bill Amundson.
“This year, the Colorado Arts Festival not only has increased in size and offerings, but we’re collaborating with other local non-profits to create the best event possible,” said co-producer D. Michaels.
Events at the festival will include origami, face painting and an opportunity for people to paint their own masterpiece on a wall.
There will be musical performances as well, including Hazel Miller and Opie Gone Bad. An Isreali folk group will also sing and dance.
The festival will provide opportunities for community members to help others. Habitat for Humanity will be at the festival, and attendants will be given the chance to help build and paint playhouses for the organization. Organizers of the event are looking for volunteers to help with artist relations, education, entertainment, guest relations, production, public safety, silent auction, and volunteer coordination.
To volunteer or for the schedule of the daily events visit the festival’s website at www.coloradoartsfestival.org.
Book sale fundraiser
The Women’s Library association and Friends of Penrose Library will hold a sale at the Book Stack bookstore in the Mary Reed Building.
The store needs volunteers for the sale. The store is also accepting all tax-deductable book donations.
All proceeds from the sale of the books will benefit Penrose Library.
Call x13405 for more information.
University awards given
Applications for the All University Awards are being accepted now until 4 p.m. Friday.
The Student Involvement Center is now accepting nominations for outstanding students.
Students are chosen from the freshman, sophomore, junior and senior classes, who excel in “the areas of scholarship, leadership, citizenship and service” in the University of Denver community.
Winners of the awards will be announced at the All University Awards Ceremony May 21 at 5 p.m. in the Governor’s Ballroom in Driscoll Center.
Departments and organizations are encouraged to submit applications for the awards.
Departments are not limited in the amount of applications they may submit.
Those wishing to nominate a student must sign the nomination form and have the student complete the form.
Students are asked to include all of the activities that they are involved with.
This process is to ensure that one student is not nominated more than once.
A letter of recomendation is not necessary for this nomination.
The application process is short with a one page application.
The required information includes the student’s grade point average and what major.
Nomination forms may be obtained at www.du.edu/stuprograms/awards.html.
Completed forms are due to Amy Dible in north room 216 in the Student Involvement Center by 4 p.m. Friday.
Forms may also be faxed to x13995 or via e-mail at adible@du.edu.
Call x14214 for information.
Provost conference planned
The Seventh Annual Provost Conference will be held May 1-2.
This year’s theme is, “Serving the Public Good.”
The speakers and activities at the conference will examine how the role of the public good is played out at the University of Denver community, how factions within the university achieve a sense of public good and what must be done to achieve the promise of public goodness.
Chancellor Daniel L. Ritchie will make the opening remarks.
Other speakers will include Provost Bob Coombe and Carol Farnsworth.
They will address what requirments of tenur could be made for professors.
A poster exhibit will also be held from Thursday until May 1.
Visit www.du.edu/upac to register or for more information.
Survey group to poll students
The University of Denver wants to know what you do with your free time and where you go to have fun.
The National Survey of Student Engagement will poll a random sample of 450 freshmen and 450 seniors at the university to determine how the university can be improved.
The survey will ask students such questions as how much reading and writing is required, and how and how often students of different cultures interact.
The university hopes that the survey will help officials understand what they can do to better students’ experiences and the teaching on campus.
As an incentive, the university will also donate $2 to Up ’til Dawn’s fundraiser for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital for every survey completed. Visit www.iub.edu/~nsse/ for information.
Israeli music concert
Music from Israel will be performed May 1 at 7:30 p.m. in the BMH-BJ Congregation-Main Sanctuary, 560 S. Monaco Parkway.
Shlomo Gronich and The Sheba Choir will perform at the Israel 55 Alive, Ties that Bind in Rhythm and Melody.
Call 303.388.4203 for information.
Two-man show at art school
The Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design will hold a two-person exhibition at the Philip J. Steele Gallery starting Friday and running through June 5.
Bruce Price and Ryk Ekedal will exhibit their work as part of the exhibit titled “Stripes.” Ekedal’s work, “the stripes are intended as a screen through which fluid surfaces can be stabilized into an artificial space.”
Hours at the gallery are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. Call the college at 303.753.6046 for more information or directions to the gallery.
Counselors needed for NY camps
Students wanting to travel to New York State any time soon have an opportunity to do so this summer.
The Fresh Air Fund Camps are looking for college students to work as camp couselors for New York City children.
The Fresh Air Fund has helped over 1.7 million disadvantaged since 1877 experience life outside of the urban jungle by offering camps outside of the city. The children selected for the camps are boys and girls from six to 18 years old, who are taken to the 3,000-acre camps for one to two weeks. This gives the children an opportunity to experience rural life and nature.
Applications and information may be obtained by calling 800.367.0003 or at www.freshair.org.
