Student activists call for debt-free education
Student activists brought their demands to MSU Denver President Stephen Jordan’s doorstep, chanting for fair pay, equality and debt-free education. After meeting up outside of the Plaza building,...
View ArticleMetro volleyball advances to RMAC semifinals
After losing to UC-Colorado Springs twice in the regular season, Metro volleyball avenged the losses in the 3-1 victory in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference quarterfinals at the Auraria Event...
View ArticleMSU Denver celebrates fall commencement
MSU Denver’s most diverse fall undergraduate class ever became part of the school’s newest group of alumni Friday. The class included 40 master’s and 1,375 bachelor’s students, with a record 17 ASSET...
View ArticleSex Week promotes diversity
Auraria celebrates Sex Week on the eve of Valentine’s Day to promote diversity and sex positivity. The events began Feb. 8 and concludes Feb 11. The panel on Feb. 8, covered the perspective of feminine...
View ArticleMSU Denver performers put their all into Putnam
The cast of MSU Denver’s “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” eagerly put everything they had into preparing for their roles, with some getting ready to take their final bows. Based on the...
View ArticleTivoli Brewery celebrates one year anniversary
Tivoli Brewing Company restarted brewing in 2012. In 2015, the company moved back into the Tivoli building after leasing space for their brewery. The post Tivoli Brewery celebrates one year anniversary...
View ArticleFinal open forum concludes deputy provost search
The search to fill the new deputy provost position at MSU Denver concluded Aug. 30 with the final of three open forums. Holding a doctorate in instructive technology, Monica Ramirez de Arellano, Ed.D.,...
View ArticleMSU Denver news and notes
MSU Denver New language scholarship offered to students This fall, a new scholarship will be available to MSU Denver students. The Critical Language Scholarship is available to undergraduate and...
View ArticlePingpong philanthropy at the plaza
With smiles and silly costumes everywhere, the IMA Financial Group threw a huge pingpong party on the Wynkoop Plaza. By the end of the night the charity fundraiser brought in over $90,000 for local...
View ArticleDebate screened at Turnhalle, students react
Verbal jabs were thrown in the Tivoli Turnhalle as presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton sparred in the first debate of the general election. Billed as Monday Night Fight by the...
View Article“Ask a Muslim” addresses stereotypes
A large, cardboard booth with the words “Ask a Muslim” written in bold black sharpie greeted students in the North Classroom of Auraria Campus on Oct. 10. The Muslim Student Association held the event...
View ArticleAwareness is the first step to stopping interpersonal violence
Student Government Assembly brought Week of Action to campus to create awareness of interpersonal violence and resources students can turn to. “Bringing awareness to the whole situation is something to...
View ArticlePoet Dominique Christina explores black issues
The Institute for Women’s Studies and Services invited poet Dominique Christina to speak on campus over black issues inside St. Cajetan’s on Oct. 19. “Race is a construct, blackness has been...
View ArticleDrones come to Turnhalle, hint at future of industry
Ideas were flying while recognition for breakthroughs were given at the Rocky Mountain Unmanned Aircraft Systems holiday party. CEO and Founder of Unmanned Aircraft Systems USA, Skip Miller, who won an...
View ArticleAuraria students walk out over DeVos confirmation
Auraria Campus students staged a walk out over the confirmation of U.S. education secretary Betsy DeVos on Tuesday February 7, 2017. “Out of the Tivoli and into the streets.” This was one of the...
View ArticleJanine Davidson: Presidential Finalist
After several months, the presidential search committee has settled on Janine Davidson as the final candidate for MSU Denver’s next university president. The announcement was made Feb. 1 at the faculty...
View ArticleGood things are brewing on Auraria
Degree Restaurant hosted a free beer tasting featuring beers brewed by MSU Denver’s very own students. The restaurant is a part of MSU’s Hospitality, Tourism and Events program, and is located at the...
View ArticlePhoto exhibit explores Middle East culture
Editor’s note: An article published in The Metropolitan on Feb. 8 misinterpreted the Presence: Reflections on the Middle East exhibition at the Center for Visual Art. Through photography, the...
View ArticleDaytime Duo 2/9/2017
This week’s guests are Leah Marvin-Riley, Matt Rouch and Nick Thomas, plus Avery and Deanna dish on the Lady Gaga, the Santa Clarita Diet, the NOH8 campaign comes to Denver and more. The post Daytime...
View ArticleLove is a drag with an entertaining show
Ever feel like Valentine’s Day is nothing more than a drag? Well, for the folks at the LGBTQ Student Resource Center on the Auraria campus, Drag is just a way of life. This year’s Valentine’s Day...
View ArticleStudents gather to discuss student-athlete compensation
The ongoing issue of student athlete compensation was debated by MSU Denver Associate Director of Athletics John Kietzmann and MSU Denver Assistant Professor of Rhetoric, Ethics and Social Justice...
View ArticleMSU Denver Theatre Tackles the Mattress
MSU Denver Theatre Department’s latest production of ‘Once Upon a Mattress’ opened last weekend in the Eugenia Rawls Courtyard Theater and provided a fun night at the theatre. ‘Once Upon a...
View ArticleLove Your Body workshop educates body love when the world tells you to hate it
With today’s easily accessible technology, people are constantly being barraged with images that influence how they think they should look. Am I thin enough? Does my hair have a natural shine? Is my...
View ArticleThe 25 annual Bridge Speaker event examines empathy through poetic expression
Poetry can enact social and political activism, and is a tool for understanding difficult topics such as sexism, racism, homophobia and transphobia. It allows for people of different backgrounds to...
View ArticleGoing with the flow: Water careers on display
The Water Association of Student Steward Urban Program held their third annual career event on at St. Cajetan’s Event Center Feb. 28. “This third fair was the most successful,” he said. “We’re going to...
View ArticleLatina blogger empowers women to ‘dream big’
Auraria Campus hosted “unapologetic” leaders during the 21st Annual Women’s Leadership Conference in the Tivoli Turnhalle on March 10. The keynote speaker of the event was Prisca Dorcas Rodriguez....
View ArticleBaoBao festival celebrates West African culture
The BaoBao Festival was held on March 10 at the King Center to honor traditional West African culture through music, dance and storytelling. The festival began with the echoes of a Ghanaian drum called...
View ArticleWildflowers rock the basement of the Tivoli
Photos by Mikala Redel • mredel@msudenver.edu Take the long hallway toward the Tivoli brewery and follow the half-hidden staircase to the right. Walk down one flight of stairs, past the door to the...
View ArticleStudent journalists receive mark of excellence
Hard work and dedication are the main reasons why the Region 9 Mark of Excellence Conference in Salt Lake City greeted the students of MSU Denver with just desserts of 20 awards: eight winners and 12...
View ArticleTablescape competition sets the mood
The Department of Hospitality, Tourism and Events conducted their sixth Tablescape Championship as the midterm project for the Event Catering Strategies course on March 9. Tablescape is a term that is...
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