Tag: Auraria Campus
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MSU Denver’s planned 12-story building to create on-campus experience
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A 12-story student housing building headed for Metropolitan State University of Denver across from Ball Arena will offer students a more genuine college experience at what has always been a commuter campus, according to administrators. Marking its 60th anniversary next year, MSU Denver’s student body…
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Civil rights body lines up 3 experts for antisemitism probe in Colorado
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The panel investigating claims of antisemitism at three colleges and universities in Colorado has lined up experts for its hearing later this month. The Colorado Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights earlier…
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Auraria Campus directors approve school system’s new ‘Campus Framework Plan’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Leaders of the Auraria Campus on Wednesday approved the school system’s 10-year framework plan, which officials said was three years in the making. In a statement, campus officials described the plan as “a set of big ideas to anchor future developments while allowing flexibility.” Auraria…
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Two Denver councilmembers ask city attorney to drop charges against pro-Palestinian protesters
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Two members of the Denver City Council have asked the city attorney to drop the charges against the roughly 40 pro-Palestinian protesters arrested for erecting an encampment on the Auraria Campus. And on Monday, activists confronted the council during the latter’s public comment session and…
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Auraria Campus decries deteriorating conditions as pro-Palestinian activists emboldened
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save University officials on Thursday described deteriorating conditions at the Auraria Campus as the pro-Palestinian activists have become more emboldened. In the last few days, the activists have destroyed the sod in the quad and trashed an office, said the officials, who also noted the graffiti…
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Protesters briefly disrupt CU Denver commencement ceremonies Saturday; 2,200 students receive degrees
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Nearly 2,200 students saw the fruit of their labors rewarded Saturday at the University of Colorado Denver’s spring commencement ceremonies. However during both the morning and afternoon commencements at the Denver Coliseum, around 50 pro-Palestinian protestors disrupted the ceremonies for around five minutes. Despite the…
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MSU Denver graduation proceeds despite threats of disruption by pro-Palestinian activists
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Amidst the threat of disruption by pro-Palestinian protesters whose escalating activities worried officials in the last few days, students at Metropolitan State University of Denver celebrated their achievements during the spring commencement exercises on Friday. Two graduation ceremonies honoring more than 2,000 college students obtaining…
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Feces, drug paraphernalia and homeless people: Auraria Campus officials decry ‘lawlessness’ at pro-Palestinian encampment
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save University officials on Thursday afternoon described an escalating health and safety situation arising out of the pro-Palestinian encampment on the Auraria Campus, noting that feces now litter the area, some have observed drug paraphernalia and homeless people have also now set up tents. A few…
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Auraria Campus building locked down during meeting with pro-Palestinian protesters
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Auraria Campus officials were forced to lock down the Tivoli Student Union building on Tuesday as pro-Palestinian activists brought their protests inside — disrupting a meeting administrators were having with protest leaders. Angie Paccione, who oversees the Colorado Department of Higher Education, was meeting with…
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DPD chief rejects 2nd request to clear pro-Palestinian encampment, posing conundrum for campus officials | ANALYSIS
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The news that Denver’s police chief refused a second request by school officials to clear the pro-Palestinian encampment on the Auraria Campus raised several questions and appeared to diminish the school administrators’ leverage in their efforts to persuade the protesters to tear down their tents.…