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Winter 2008 UNIVERSITY OF MAGAZINE UNIVERSITY OF MAGAZINEUNIVERSITY OF MAGAZINE UNIVERSITY OF MAGAZINE Saving Seph Office of the Chancellor Contents Features Dear Readers: 24 Million Dollar Man Donald Sturm (LLB ’58) is an expert at making money—and These days, a conversation about college athletics is bound to conjure up a variety of images. Surely one of these is giving it away. associated with the purity of sport—the whole notion of young men and women of exceptional talent developing their By Richard Chapman gifts, working hard to be the best that they can be, competing solely for the love of it. That’s an image deeply rooted in our humanity, bound to our common drive for excellence and belief in possibility. It fits well with the whole notion of 28 Back to School personal growth as a core element of the college experience. Baby boomers have become the new ‘seniors’ on campus. By Doug McPherson There is another image, though, that arises all too often. This is an image in which big-time college athletics is inextri- cably linked to big money, big media, flexible integrity and glitz. Far too many Americans might say that these things 32 Saving Seph are simply the accoutrements, perhaps even the prerequisites, of success in college sports. Faith fuels alumna Lori Ware in her battle to save her son’s life. By Janalee Card Chmel Over the course of the last 10 years since DU returned to NCAA Division I athletics, our Pioneer athletes have shown that that assumption is completely false. Our teams compete, and win, at the highest levels of competition. This past year, they won the NCAA championship in skiing (our 19th), participated in 12 NCAA championship 38 Education Reimagined The Marsico Initiative has transformed DU’s undergraduate arts tournaments and won seven conference titles out of 17 varsity sports. One student-athlete won two individual NCAA and sciences curriculum. championships, 13 students-athletes were named All-Americans, one was an Olympian, and eight of our coaches By Tamara Chapman won conference coach of the year honors. Our Pioneers won the Directors Cup as the best division I–AAA athletics program in America and were ranked in the top 25 among all 331 Division I programs by Sports Illustrated. Departments At the same time, our student-athletes posted a cumulative grade point average of 3.29 and a graduation rate of 92 percent (if one takes into account those students who transferred to other institutions). Thirteen were named 44 Editor’s Note academic All-Americans, and more than 100 (about a third of the total) made the Dean’s List at DU, an achievement that requires a GPA of at least 3.75. As a group, Pioneer athletes participate in a host of outreach and service projects 45 Letters every year, including helping to move our new first-year students into the residence halls on Labor Day each fall. These young men and women serve as role models for their fellow students and for countless kids in the community 47 DU Update who follow Pioneer sports. 08 News Nagel Hall opening 11 Academics Community service Our athletics programs at DU have very high integrity, in keeping with our larger institutional culture. We’ve not had 14 Q&A Peg Bradley-Doppes a major NCAA rules infraction. That’s because our sports programs are focused on the development and well-being 16 Sports Water polo of the individual student, as an athlete and a person. 19 Research Death penalty All of this is what collegiate athletics is really supposed to be about—the purity of sport and the nobility of competi- 21 People Ultra runner tion, the discipline of the athletes a reflection of an overall inner strength that leads to success in academics and, 22 Views Buchtel Tower ultimately, to lives of purpose and significance. Here at DU, we’re proving that the fundamental idea is still valid, that it’s still possible to compete and win at the highest levels with high-integrity programs and athletes who are as serious 43 Alumni Connections about their studies as they are about competing on the field. I hope that you are as proud of our Pioneers as I am. Online only at www.du.edu/magazine: Arts Music recording curriculum History Town of South Denver news • events • sports • community Office of the Chancellor On the cover and this page: Seph Ware. By Wayne Armstrong. Story on page 32. Mary Reed Building | 2199 S. University Blvd. | Denver, CO 80208 | 303.871.2111 | Fax 303.871.4101 | www.du.edu/chancellor 2 University of Denver Magazine Winter 2008 University of Denver Magazine Update 3 UNIVERSITY OF MAGAZINE www.du.edu/magazine Editor’s Note UNIVERSITY OF Letters Volume 9, Number 2 MAGAZINEUNIVERSITY OF MAGAZINE UNIVERSITY OF Working for the University of Denver Magazine, PublisherMAGAZINE I’m constantly reminded of how remarkable our DU Carol Farnsworth family is. Of course, the students, faculty and staff Managing Editor Connections Gender identity Dr. Cherrington, who headed on campus are tremendous, but it’s the alumni who Chelsey Baker-Hauck (BA ’96) What pleasure I receive from receiving and I was reading the the International Relations reading the University of Denver Magazine. letters written in Department and the Social most amaze me. Assistant Managing Editor Christine Cole (MPS ’07) I received my MBA in 1961; so much has response to the new Science Foundation hired In this job, I meet or hear from alumni Associate Editor happened to the University in the past 47 gender identity clause that was put into Dr. Korbel and laid the groundwork upon nearly every day. They send class notes and share Tamara Chapman years. It is great to be kept current on the effect on DU’s campus [Letters, fall 2008]. which the Graduate School of International growth of the University and all of the It’s interesting that students are con- Studies, now the Korbel School, was memories and bits of nostalgia. They forward news Editors accomplishments being acknowledged by sidered deviant when in fact they are trying constructed. One of the founders of the of family members and fellow Pioneers. I’ve formed Richard Chapman Brenda Gillen (MLS ’06) others. to make the world a more equal and just United Nations Economic and Social friendships with those who call or write regularly and Kathryn Mayer (BA ’07) The fall 2008 issue was very enjoyable, place for all individuals, regardless of sexual Council (UNESCO), Dr. Cherrington look forward to hearing their updates and feedback. Editorial Assistant particularly the story on Josef Korbel. The orientation or gender identity. It might be was a prominent internationalist of the Most of the news alumni share eventually winds up Samantha Stewart (’08) school he headed was still growing when I considered PC to say “transgendered,” but World War II era. He was an advocate Michael Richmond in the pages of the University of Denver Magazine or in Creative/Brand Strategist was a student, but it had already developed a to provide a safe place for individuals to use of collective security, the fostering of reputation for excellence. the restroom—or feel comfortable in their international organizations, the maximum our online news publication DU Today (www.du.edu/today). Jim Good C. Russell Nickel (BSBA ’59, MBA ’61) own skin—on a college campus is not devi- use of diplomacy in the settlement of The backgrounds of our alumni are as diverse as their life callings. Art Director Craig Korn, VeggieGraphics Lacey, Wash. ant, but actually humane and decent. disputes, and the building of international They are following their passions and living lives of meaning and purpose. Students today live in a world that is partnerships as a keystone of America’s Contributors Their stories recharge me. Jordan Ames (BA ’02) • Wayne Armstrong • changing, and with that change comes edu- world role. You’ll read about some of those remarkable, inspirational alumni in Jim Berscheidt • Dave Brendsel • I am very happy to be receiving the cation. Today’s modern movement is for In today’s terms, Dr. Cherrington Janalee Card Chmel (MLS ’97) • Kristal Griffith • DU magazine; it is a wonderful magazine equality for the GLBTIQ community, when would, I believe, be among the advocates this issue, including solar energy pioneer George Lof (page 57), 94-year-old Jeff Haessler • Linda McConnell • and reminds me of my youth and the won- back in the ’60s and ’70s the movement was of soft-power and collective arrangements dynamo Marion Downs (page 44), benefactor and trustee Donald Sturm Doug McPherson • Jeff Nishinaka • derful time we spent at DU. for race and gender equality. It’s admirable vis-à-vis the more unilateral use of military Marc Piscotty • Sarah Satterwhite • (page 24) and Ryan Greenawalt, national board director of the Log Cabin Chase Squires • Janna Widdifield • It has been about 60 years since I was a that DU is a campus where individuals can power that has characterized so much of Republicans (page 56). Carrie Wigglesworth DU student in the mechanical engineering be themselves and not have to worry about our recent foreign policy. As such, he would You’ll also read about alumna Lori Ware (page 32), whose son, Seph, is Editorial Board department’s temporary wood building. We hiding who they really are like so many most likely disagree quite strongly with Dr. were, at the time, about 50 Iraqi students individuals have had to do in the past. Condoleezza Rice, the school’s most promi- pictured on our cover. He has a fatal form of muscular dystrophy, and Lori Chelsey Baker-Hauck, publications director • Jim Berscheidt, associate vice chancellor for sent by our government.