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Inside • E xplore Denver program • Convocation address • New restaurants • Hollywood producer

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Remembering Matthew

John Moore, theater critic for The Denver Post, reads his part during DU’s production of The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later, an epilogue to the original off-Broadway play The Laramie Project. The project paid tribute to gay University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard, who was lured from a Laramie bar, tortured and left for dead in 1998. DU was one of the many theaters around the world that simultaneously performed the epilogue on Oct. 12, the anniversary of Shepard’s death. Local luminaries joined DU faculty and staff in the staged reading, including Moore, DU Provost Gregg Kvistad, Gov. Bill Ritter and Denver-area stage actors.

Think pink

Coors Fitness Center was graced with a splash of pink during the month of October thanks to a cancer awareness project. In recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, fitness equipment manufacturer Cybex donated 10 cents for every mile logged on a pink treadmill that was in the center’s cardio deck. The money will be donated to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. As of Oct. 27, DU members logged 1,224 miles, raising $122.

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The University of Denver hit the books last year on sustainability, and this month’s “Green Report Card” shows the rewards of hard work. The 2010 Sustainable Endowments Institute’s College Sustainability Report Card gives DU a B-plus grade, an improvement over last year’s B-minus. The higher grade stems from improvements in several categories, including endowment transparency, administrative leadership and commitment to combating climate change. Lyndsay Agans, chair of the DU Sustainability Council, says she’s happy with the grade but says there is room for improvement. DU dropped a grade in the “green building” category despite a number of new buildings recognized as “green” by nationally accepted building standards. Tom McGee, DU’s energy engineer, says the reason for the drop may be due to some reporting mandates that will be rectified this year. Regionally, DU was a strong performer on the report. The top rating in the Rocky Mountain Region went to the University of Colorado, which earned an A-minus. DU’s B-plus tied for second with Colorado College. Further down the list, University of Colorado-Colorado Springs, University of Montana-Missoula and University of Utah rated Bs. Colorado State University earned a C-plus and the Colorado School of Mines trailed with a D-plus. The lowest-rated school in the region is Brigham Young University, with a D-minus.  The institute profiled 332 schools through 48 indicators — including building assessments, recycling programs and endowment investment policies — to create the ratings. The institute is a special project of the Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors and is based in Cambridge, Mass. >>www.greenreportcard.org.

Students pitched about 40 tents outside the Ritchie Center box office Sept. 25–26 in anticipation of the sale of DU hockey season tickets. Some students even camped out for 24 hours. Nearly 350 student tickets were sold. Season tickets cost $52 for 13 games. The Pioneers hockey team—now in its 60th year—is looking to add another NCAA championship title to the 7 the team has already won.

—Chase Squires

New program helps undergrads explore Denver Denver offers many cultural and scientific facilities, and now DU undergraduate students can explore some of the city’s gems for free. The new Explore Denver program provides free tickets to undergraduates for the Denver Art Museum, the Denver Zoo, the Denver Botanic Gardens and the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. The program also offers deeply discounted tickets to Denver Center for the Performing Arts performances. For instance, tickets to the musical Wicked are available for $10. Explore Denver is an initiative of DU’s Undergraduate Student Government — formerly the AUSA Senate — and the Student Comptroller’s office, and the tickets are funded by the student activity fee. The Undergraduate Student Government has allocated $30,000 for the program this year. “Part of being a student at DU is enjoying what Denver has to offer and being an active participant in the life of the city,” says Carl Johnson, director of student programming and Greek life. “There is so much to do here, it’s just a matter of choosing what to do.” “This program is a great and inexpensive way for students to get off campus and enjoy the many attractions that the city of Denver has to offer,” says Antoine Perretta, president of the Undergraduate Student Government. “Students will be able to broaden their cultural experiences by attending shows, visiting the museums, and enjoying the outdoors.” Faculty members are encouraged to utilize the free tickets for class outings. Tickets are available at the Explore Denver ticketing counter on the first floor of Driscoll North. The ticket desk is open Monday–Friday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. —Jordan Ames

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Volume 33, Number 3 Vice Chancellor for University Communications

Carol Farnsworth

Editorial Director

Chelsey Baker-Hauck (BA ’96) Managing Editor

Kathryn Mayer (BA ’07) Art Director

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Menu options near DU grow with two new restaurants Holy guacamole! Illegal Pete’s is open at last. The Boulder-born taco and burrito chain that has struggled for nearly two years to set up shop in a former pizza parlor at the intersection of East Evans Avenue and Williams Street started serving customers Oct. 8. “We’ve been waiting for this since the end of our freshman year,” says DU senior Diana Hocker. “I think it’ll be a great spot for people to come and hang out,” says Jamie Gingrass, an international business major who fancies the vegetarian burrito bowl. “It’s casual and laid back. They’ll attract a lot of students.” David Berenson, chief operating officer of Illegal Pete’s, hopes she’s right. “Pete’s has been in business for 14 years, and this restaurant represents everything we know about how to design a restaurant and how to run a restaurant,” Berenson says. It’s been a long time coming. Company owner Pete Turner has five other healthy restaurants in Denver and Boulder, but he struggled to get financing when the recession dried up credit. It was only after President Obama goaded the Small Business Administration in the spring that financing began to loosen. Once a loan was secured, Turner began a major overhaul of the 55-year-old building at 1744 E. Evans Ave., including roof, utilities, flooring and a nifty garage-style pass-through from the bar to an outdoor seating area. Turner’s bid to open the business became something of a race after Noodles & Company announced it was taking over a former Blockbuster store across the street and would open in October. Pete’s ended up winning. Noodles opened its 1737 E. Evans Ave. restaurant on Oct. 14. Berenson, ironically a former vice president of the 200-store, Broomfield-based Noodles chain, welcomes the budding competition. “We meet different needs by and large, once you get past hunger,” he says. “Besides, there’s a certain synergy that happens when there are [dining] options in a neighborhood. It may be that they’ll have dinner at Noodles then come over here for a beer afterward. And that’s great. They’re a great company.” >>www.illegalpetes.com >> www.noodles.com

The economic condition of the nation is still trying the resiliency of the University, Chancellor Robert Coombe said in his Oct. 2 Convocation address to faculty and staff. “If we bend but don’t break, they are times of extraordinary opportunity,” Coombe said. He said the University finished fiscal 2009 with a positive operating margin and predicted DU will stay on track for another balanced budget this year. Coombe attributed DU’s good financial footing to a combination of budget cuts, a moratorium on salary increases in 2010 and last winter’s realignment — in which DU staff was reduced by 122 positions. The full impact of realignment, he said, will be felt in the current year and years to follow. Of the money saved this year, more than $4.5 million has gone to support increases in student financial aid for undergraduate and graduate students. Another $3.5 million of the realignment funds were used to support new faculty positions and fill some essential positions left vacant after some staff members took voluntary buy-outs as part of realignment, Coombe explained. The rest of the saved funds were used to hold down tuition increases. While Coombe spent time addressing the University’s financial position, he also took time to highlight the University’s accomplishments. Fall enrollments for the University total more than 12,000 students, greater than in any year since World War II. Coombe called the quality of students “unabated,” adding that nearly half of the first-year students were in the top 10 percent of their high school classes. >>Read the speech: www.du.edu/chancellor/speeches/convocation09.html

—Richard Chapman

—Kathryn Mayer

Coombe says University is weathering financial storm with ‘sacrifice’

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Business professor offers hope, advice for transitioning baby boomers During times of life transition, baby boomers should focus on enhancing their skills and celebrating existing strengths, says Karen Newman, a Daniels College of Business manage“Boomers command ment professor. For many boomers, the economic conditions facing the country are necessitating a rehigher salaries, and their turn to the job market or a postponement of retirement plans. Rather than despair, Newman says, boomers should have hope and see this time as an opportunity for self improvement. “This will pass, and at this time next year, we will be having a very different conversahealth care costs more… tion,” Newman advises. “For people looking at postponing their retirement, they should hang in there, take time to brush up on their skills and do a personal inventory of strengths and But the loyalty and weaknesses. As soon as the initial shock of the need for change passes, they will be better able to deal with it.” reliability that they However, some boomers postponing retirement or re-entering the workforce may face a challenge to convince employers of their continued value. offer employers more “Boomers command higher salaries, and their health care costs more,” says Newman. “But the loyalty and reliability that they offer employers more than compensates for than compensates for their expense.” Newman recommends boomers facing career-related challenges invest in themselves their expense.” and their own capabilities. “Do an inventory, and decide what you are good at,” Newman says. “Don’t be shy about telling people what you can do — not what you can’t or won’t do.” She also recommends boomers make sure they are up to date on the latest knowledge and software in their fields, such as Twitter and LinkedIn. There are 76 million baby boomers in the country, Newman says, and there is strength in that number even in a down economy. “We have been social change agents since day we were born,” she says. “As a result, we collectively are accustomed to reforming this country to cope with us, and to benefit from us.” Karen Dowd, executive director of the Suitts Center for Career Services at the Daniels College of Business, agrees. “I do believe the boomers are going to once again lead the way. They are the first generation to have the luxury of extending their career lives indefinitely and our notions of the ‘right’ age to retire just got more nebulous — courtesy of the recent economic meltdown,” Dowd says. Along with career consultant Caela Farren, Newman has coauthored a book about life transitions of all sorts. While targeted to boomers, the as-yet unnamed book offers tips to anyone who is facing transition such as retiring, re-entering the workforce, changing careers or marital status, relocating, increasing community involvement or starting a new hobby. —Jordan Ames

DU professor translated book by 2009 Nobel Prize winner Sieglinde Lug, a DU professor emerita, helped introduce the writing of 2009 Nobel literature prize winner Herta Müller to English-speaking countries. Lug translated Müller’s Nadirs (University of Nebraska Press, 1999) from German to English. Müller, a German author, was awarded the prize Oct. 8. “It’s really wonderful that a book that is so powerful will get more attention now,” Lug says. Nadirs is based on Müller’s childhood experiences in Romania. She describes a troubled life where violence and corruption are prevalent under the oppression of the state. Lug made final revisions to the book while she was teaching a Techniques of Translations course at DU. She mentions four of her students in the afterward. Since the announcement of the Nobel Prize, Lug’s received e-mails from some of those students. “The students were quite helpful in making suggestions,” she says. “It is wonderful that they heard about this.” Lug taught German, comparative literature and women’s studies at the University of Denver from 1978 to 2005. She acted as the director of the women’s studies program from 1995–99. —Kristal Griffith

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Movie master

DU alum produced ‘Sixth Sense,’ ‘Bruce Almighty’

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ith credits on some of the biggest movies of the past 15 years — including The Sixth Sense, Rush Hour, Shanghai Noon and Bruce Almighty — Roger Birnbaum (attd. 1968–71) has made his mark in Hollywood. He returned to his alma mater Oct. 2–3 as a keynote speaker at DU’s Alumni Symposium, which gives alumni the chance to participate in classes taught by University faculty. More than 250 alums participated in this year’s symposium. Birnbaum attributes much of his success to his time at DU — it was as president of the Board of Governors, a student group that brought speakers and musicians to campus, that he was first bitten by the entertainment bug. He later held vice president positions at A&M and Arista records, which led to similar jobs in the film industry at United Artists and 20th Century Fox. In 1998, Birnbaum co-founded the production, finance and distribution company Spyglass Entertainment. We asked Birnbaum more about his star-studded career.

What exactly does a movie producer do?


If there’s an analogy to sports, a producer of a film is pretty much the general manager of a team. The way it usually works is there is a piece of material that a producer has developed, and he brings the material to a studio and says, “I would like to make this movie.” If they like the material then they’ll ask, “How much do you think it will cost, can you put a budget together?” If the budget is something that sounds reasonable to the studio, they’ll say, “Let’s go find a director and some stars.”

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We keep hearing how the industry’s focus has shifted to a film’s opening weekend gross — have you seen that change during your years as a producer?


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Yes, because it’s very expensive to open a movie. You can make a $35 million movie and still have to spend $50 million [on advertising] to get to the first weekend. And when there are six other movies in the marketplace, if [your film] doesn’t catch fire right away, it’s not going to.

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What’s the movie you learned the most from as you were making it?


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My Cousin Vinny. At that point I was the president of 20th Century Fox and I was making two movies at the same time.

One of them was My Cousin Vinny, and the other was a film called Come See the Paradise. And Come See the Paradise was being made by Alan Parker, who is a very well-known, Academy Awardwinning director of films like Midnight Express and Fame. And he’s making this movie for me, Come See the Paradise, which is about the American internment camps during World War II, where the Japanese were sent. I’m looking at the dailies of Come See the Paradise, and I’m thinking, “Wow, this is really beautiful, this is really important — this is great.” And I’m looking at My Cousin Vinny, which looks not funny, a little over the top, and sloppily made. And then the movies are done, and Come See the Paradise is boring and just does not really work emotionally for me as I thought it might, and My Cousin Vinny, regardless of how over the top and how sloppily it was made, was hysterical and became a big hit. I realized, “You know what? You can’t really know what a movie is going to be until you’re done with it.” — Greg Glasgow

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Executive MBA program ranked among world’s best

DU sign maker is third-generation staffer Working at the University of Denver just seemed natural to Dave Ostrom because he’d been around the school most of his life. As young boy, Ostrom’s grandfather, John Ostrom, would usher him around campus to different events. “He’d take me to almost all of the hockey games and let me sit with him up above the press boxes of the old arena,” Dave Ostrom recalls. “When he had to come in over the weekend, I was usually standing in his shadow and seeing how things worked and seeing parts of the campus nobody ever saw.” John, it turns out, would be the first of three generations of Ostroms to work at DU. He began at DU in 1938 (during the Franklin Roosevelt administration) and retired in 1976 as supervisor of plant operations. He died in 1979. “I know my grandfather enjoyed working here,” Ostrom says. “He would work at all the sporting events and any other event going on around the campus to make sure they all ran smoothly.” Then it was Ostrom’s dad’s turn: David Ostrom, who worked part time at DU in high school and started a full-time job in 1971. He handled several duties, including painter, yard crew foreman and maintenance foreman for the married student apartment complex and student housing until he retired in 1999. He died in 2007. Between 1974 and 1976, all three Ostrom generations were on campus together. The junior Ostrom started at DU in high school in 1974, watering lawns by pulling hoses (no sprinkler systems in those days). Today, Ostrom is the man behind many of the signs on campus: nameplates for employees, signs for buildings, room numbers (with Braille) and fire evacuation signs. When the University first bought a computerized sign-making machine, Ostrom took a computer class at DU. “My superiors knew I took the class and figured I might not break their new machine, so they asked if I would like to try it out,” Dave says. “From then on they would bring me a challenging project and I would get it done.” So, is there another family member waiting in the wings to make it a fourth generation? Actually, yes. And technically, it’s already happened. Ostrom’s daughter, Charice, worked for DU for two weeks in 1997 cleaning dorm rooms. “She didn’t like it much and quit,” he says. But his two sons, Timothy and Jonathan, have talked about working at DU. “My hope for them is to see DU in a different way than I did,” Ostrom says. “Meaning from the classroom and getting a degree. Then if they want to work here, that would be fine with me.” —Doug McPherson

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The Financial Times ranked the Daniels College of Business’ Executive MBA Program as one of the top EMBA programs in the world. According to the Times’ 2009 EMBA rankings released Oct. 18, Daniels ranked No. 85. The Daniels EMBA Program is an 18-month curriculum designed for students with 10 years of significant professional experience from small, medium and large organizations, entrepreneurial start-ups and nonprofit organizations. “The working professionals in our EMBA program learn how to innovate even in the midst of uncertainty and change,” says Christine Riordan, dean of the Daniels College of Business. This is the second consecutive year Daniels made the Financial Times EMBA rankings. In 2008, Daniels ranked 90th. The annual rankings are compiled using data from two sets of surveys: one completed by alumni who graduated from their programs three years ago and another by business school EMBA directors. The methodology measures salary, career progression, diversity and faculty research. Daniels was the only Colorado school on the list. Barbara Kreisman, an assistant dean who oversees the Executive MBA Program, knows why the program is highly rated. “It’s a highly selective academic program for experienced professionals, tailored to the needs of strategic decision makers,” Kreisman says. “While the quantitative and analytical skills gained here are important, the ability to adapt and lead sets our students apart from others.” Daniels also has been ranked as a top business school by BusinessWeek and U.S. News & World Report. —Jordan Ames

Ice legends

Alums reunite to celebrate 60 years of DU hockey

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ven though the game is played on ice, the memories of former DU hockey players and coaches are some of the warmest of their lives. More than 300 faces and voices from DU’s legendary hockey heritage recalled stories, re-lived past glories and rekindled friendships at an Oct. 10 reunion honoring the program’s 60th anniversary season. And the memories went back to the beginning.  “If you don’t have a first year, you can’t have a second year,” says Doug McKinnon (BS ’52, JD ’54) with a warm, deep chuckle. McKinnon played on DU’s first team in 1949 and served as the squad’s first team captain. At 81, McKinnon looks spry, clear-eyed and full of wisdom. When asked what hockey taught him as he entered his life as a successful Denver lawyer, he quips, “You have to understand you win some and lose some, but if you do your best and still lose, that’s OK.”  McKinnon, who began playing at age 5 in Canada, says one of his favorite memories on the ice was simply, “I was a defenseman and I liked to shoot on the net and get one in now and then.” The reunion was a massive undertaking headed by a committee of former players, staff, student managers and fans who approached Peg Bradley Doppes, DU’s vice chancellor of Athletics and Recreation, two years ago. “Denver hockey has meant so much to the University and the community of Denver since its inception nearly 60 years ago,” Bradley Doppes says. To borrow a metaphor from another sport, “it was a grand slam home run,” says Tom Sampson (BSBA ’70), a committee member and team student manager from 1967–70. Sampson helped organize a weekend full of activities for the former players, which culminated in an Oct. 10 game against Vermont. One of those players was a fellow teammate of McKinnon’s, Norman Kasch (BA ’52), who was full of praise for his former team captain. “We needed somebody who could carry their thoughts out on the ice to make it go,” Kasch says. “Doug was that guy — a coach-player, the guy who was there, the spark plug — and after 60 years, it all boils down to Doug. He’s the guy who made it fly.” Kasch, a forward, downplayed his contribution that first year. “I don’t recall the coach ever saying two or three words to me. I was just meat out there during the practice.” Today, Kasch is a retired architect who acts much younger than his 84 years. He lives with his wife of 59 years, Julia, in Aurora in a senior community and is a regular at water aerobics, sailing and golf.  His sentiment about hockey’s life lessons mirrored McKinnon’s: “Keep the honor of what you’re doing, no matter if you’re losing and at the bottom of the heap.” And they are lessons younger players echoed as well. “It sculpts you as a person, you learn how to work on a team,” says Mark Rycroft (BSBA ’03), who played from 1997–2000 and who retired last year from a thriving career with the Colorado Avalanche. “It shaped my life, I met my wife here and built my mind to be a successful person. I look back and realize it helped me become confident to solve problems.” Erik Andersson (BSBA ’96, MS ’97), who played from 1993–97, could have won the award for traveling the farthest for the reunion — he and his family flew from Sweden, where he’s an investment banker. “It means a great deal to me to have been a part of the program,” Anderson says. “When you look at all the history, it’s unbelievable and incredible.” DU’s current coach, George Gwozdecky, says he’s been happy to be a part of the tradition of “so many great players and great teams who’ve fought and won the many championships and to be part of the players who’ve gone on to play professional hockey. It’s an amazing ride.” —Doug McPherson

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[Events] November

Around campus

3 Music and meditation: “Gratitude.” Noon. Evans Chapel. Free.

“Jerusalem in Transition: An Ancient City at the Forefront of Contemporary Issues in the Middle East.” By Jersusalem Mayor Nir Barkat. 6:30 p.m. Gates Concert Hall. Free and open to the public. To RSVP call 303–871–2357.

6 “An Academic Adventure for the

Generations.” 10 a.m. Tuscan Ballroom, HRTM building. $75; parking and lunch is included. RSVP at 303–744–3733 or 303–871–3958.

7 Holiday Gift Market. Proceeds benefit

people in need. 10 a.m.–3 p.m. Also open Nov. 8 from 1–4 p.m. University Park Methodist Church, 2180 S. University Blvd.

8 DU Vin Wine Festival. 2 p.m. HRTM building. duvinfestival.com.

9 Faculty and staff flu shot clinic. Also

Nov. 11. 11 a.m.–1:30 p.m. Driscoll Bridge. Kaiser Permanente members free with ID card; $20 for non-members.

“Creating a Game Plan for Business to Transition to a Sustainable Economy.” Jeff Hollender, “chief inspired protagonist.” Davis Auditorium, Sturm Hall. Free.

10 “The Future City Beautiful.” Franklin L. Burns School of Real Estate and Construction Management’s Rocky Mountain Expo and Fall Forecast. 7 a.m. Colorado Convention Center. $190. www.rmexpoforecast.com

11 School Days Off. 8:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Also Nov. 25. Gates Field House, Ritchie Center. $45/day or $20/day with the DU work options benefit. recreation.du.edu/sdo

14 King of Champions Rage 2009. 6 p.m. Hamilton Gymnasium. $25.

20 Chaplain’s book discussion. The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell. Noon. Driscoll Student Center, Suite 29. Free.

26 Thanksgiving holiday. Campus closed. Also Nov. 27.

Exhibits

1 The Family Stage. Photographs by Janet

Delaney, Todd Hido and Cecil McDonald. Through Nov. 15. Myhren Gallery. Noon– 4 p.m. daily. Free.

Masqueparade. An exhibit of masks. Through Nov. 30. Museum of Anthropology, Sturm Hall Room 102. Monday–Friday 9 a.m.–4 p.m. Free. 8

9 Justice and Peace Exhibit: The

Effects of Nuclear War on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Through Nov. 13. Great Hall, Iliff School of Theology. 9 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Free.

12 John Edward Thompson: Colorado Modernist. Opening reception 5–8 p.m. Exhibit open through Jan. 17 (closed Dec. 19–Jan. 3). Myhren Gallery. Noon–4 p.m. daily. Free.

Arts

Pianist Jerome Rose. 7:30 p.m. Hamilton Recital Hall.

18 Lamont Chorale, men’s and

women’s choirs. 7:30 p.m. Gates Concert Hall. Free.

19 Lamont Wind Chamber Ensembles. 4 p.m. Hamilton Recital Hall. Free.

Lamont Symphony Orchestra. 7:30 p.m. Gates Concert Hall. Free; tickets required.

3 First Tuesday Student Concerts.

Unless otherwise noted, performances are $18 for adults, $16 for seniors and free for all students and Pioneer card holders.

4 The Climb, Lamont faculty jazz

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Noon. Hamilton Recital Hall. Free.

combos. 7:30 p.m. Hamilton Recital Hall.

5 Quake by Melanie Marnich. 8 p.m.

Additional performances Nov. 6, 7, 13 and 14 at 8 p.m., and Nov. 14 and 15 at 2 p.m. Byron Theatre. General admission: $12; students: $8; Military: free with ID.

The Idan Raichel Project. 8 p.m. Gates Concert Hall. $28.50–$48.50.

6 Flo’s Underground. 5 p.m. Also Nov. 13. Williams Salon. Free.

1 Volleyball vs. Arkansas-Little Rock. 1 p.m. Hamilton Gymnasium.

5 Volleyball vs. New Orleans. 7 p.m. Hamilton Gymnasium.

7 Women’s basketball vs. Regis. Exhibition game. 7 p.m. Magness Arena.

Volleyball vs. Louisiana-Lafayette. 7 p.m. Hamilton Gymnasium.

8 Volleyball vs. Louisiana-Monroe. 1 p.m.

7 Opera Scenes. 7:30 p.m. Hamilton

13 Women’s basketball vs. Wyoming.

8 Pianist Aldo Ragone. 3 p.m. Hamilton

Men’s basketball vs. Northern Iowa.

9 “Jazz Night.” 7:30 p.m. Gates

15 Men’s basketball vs. Arkansas-Pine

Recital Hall. Free; tickets required. Recital Hall.

Concert Hall. Free.

5:30 p.m. Magness Arena. 7:30 p.m. Magness Arena.

Bluff. 1 p.m. Magness Arena.

10 Percussion Ensemble. 7:30 p.m.

18 Women’s basketball vs. Colorado

11 Lamont Steel Drums Ensembles.

19 Men’s basketball vs. Montana. 7 p.m.

12 String Chamber Ensembles.

20 Hockey vs. North Dakota. 7:37 p.m.

13 Collegiate Chorale Concert featuring

21 Hockey vs. North Dakota. 7:07 p.m. 25 Men’s basketball vs. Wyoming.

Gates Concert Hall. Free.

7:30 p.m. Hamilton Recital Hall. Free.

7:30 p.m. Hamilton Recital Hall. Free. the Lamont Chorale. 7 p.m. Gates Concert Hall. Free.

14 Newman Center presents Mariza.

7:30 p.m. Gates Concert Hall. $28–$48.

15 Organist Joseph Galema. 3 p.m. Hamilton Recital Hall.

Lamont Composer’s Series. 7:30 p.m. Hamilton Recital Hall. Free.

16 Guitar Ensembles Concert. 7:30 p.m. Hamilton Recital Hall. Free.

17 Rebel, Ensemble for Baroque Music, Kingdoms and Viceroys: Music of Spain and its Dominions. 7:30 p.m. Gates Concert Hall. $28–$48.

State. 7 p.m. Magness Arena. Magness Arena. Magness Arena.

7 p.m. Magness Arena.

27 Hockey vs. St. Cloud State. 7:37 p.m. Magness Arena.

28 Hockey vs. St. Cloud State. 7:07 p.m. Magness Arena.

Volleyball: $8; women’s basketball: $8–$11; men’s basketball: $9–$15, hockey: $18–$27 For ticketing and other information, including a full listing of campus events, visit www.du.edu/calendar.