Tag: Auraria Campus
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Denver Police chief says there’s no plan to sweep the Auraria Campus protest again
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver Police Chief Ron Thomas said at a citizens oversight board meeting on Friday that the police department has no plans to participate in another sweep of the pro-Palestinian encampment on the Auraria Campus. “We absolutely aren’t going to go in and sweep out this…
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‘It feels targeted’: Jewish student expresses wariness as pro-Palestinian protests spread in Colorado
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Wherever Lev Horowitz went recently with his Jewish group on the Auraria Campus in Denver, pro-Palestinian activists followed, compelling them to constantly move from one spot to another, he said. That has been the reality for the Jewish group since Hamas attacked Israel on Oct.…
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Police arrest pro-Palestinian protesters on Denver campus amid growing concern for Jewish students
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Police officers arrested more than two dozen pro-Palestinian protesters on Friday, a day after hundreds occupied a campus shared by three universities in Denver. Authorities also cleared several tents that went up near the Tivoli building on the Auraria campus on Thursday, when the protesters…
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Denver holds first annual Korean Culture Festival
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Booming drums occupied the soundscape of the Tivoli Quad at the Auraria Campus in downtown Denver, as hundreds watch, crowding around the roaming band. The band, part of the Hansori Cultural Organization of Fort Collins, was one of many artists to perform at the first…
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Should Speer Boulevard be cut to 6 lanes in order to welcome pedestrians, bicyclists?
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Imagine a Speer Boulevard that’s cut to six lanes, incorporates pedestrian and bicycle access and a Cherry Creek that’s not lined with high concrete walls – and it all connects seamlessly and walk-ably to mass transit and the Auraria Higher Education Campus. The Urban Land…
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Avalanche fans converge in downtown Denver, leave disappointed after Game 5 loss
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Throngs of Avalanche fans who thought they were coming downtown for a victory party Friday night left disappointed after the home team dropped game five of the Stanley Cup Finals against the Tampa Bay Lightning. But just three-and-a-half hours earlier, downtown was abuzz with fans…
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Avs draw biggest crowd to downtown Denver since 2019
The Colorado Avalanche Stanley Cup playoff game on Saturday at Ball Arena, mixed with Juneteenth celebrations downtown, drew the largest crowd to Denver since St. Patrick’s Day 2019, according to data from the Downtown Denver Partnership. About 277,520 people came downtown Saturday to enjoy the Avalanche watch parties, helped by Denver’s streamlined approval process for…
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Man charged in Auraria Campus stabbing
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Prosecutors in Denver have charged a man with murder in connection with the fatal stabbing of 36-year-old Richard Ford III in September 2020. Gregory Stapleton, 38, faces two counts of first-degree murder and one count of aggravated robbery. He was arrested in late January after being sought since Sept. 17, 2020, according to the Denver…
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Douglas County’s Wildlife Experience building to transform once again
The Wildlife Experience building just east of I-25 and Lincoln has been many things to many people in its 19-year life: an events center, museum of natural history, IMAX theater and a University of Colorado Denver South campus. Now it’s poised to transform again, this time into an alternative education campus for the Douglas County…