Colored flags call us to remember Holocaust
4/17/10 1:18 AM
Memorial makes Driscoll not-so-green By Cory Lamz Spring may be here, but the grass at Driscoll Green is anything but green. Right now, it’s yellow, orange, red, blue, white, pink, brown and black. Few students seem to notice. Students eat hot dogs from Grill on the Greens while guys from the fraternities on Old Row play volleyball nearby, but no one takes a second look at a couple thousand colored flags. As the flags ripple in the wind, people continue walking by. Only one woman stops to read the info on the sign: “Holocaust Memorial.” The yellow flags represent the 5.8 million Jews who died in the Nazi Holocaust. The red symbolize 3 million Soviet deaths. And the orange stand for 1.9 Polish Civilians who passed. Organized by Never Again, a DU student...Flags of Memory
4/15/10 5:25 PM
Like the flowers one can notice blooming all across campus these days, thousands of colorful flags have bloomed around the Driscoll Green as well. These flags, however, are far from trying to elicit any spring-like feelings. Rather than represent life, they are symbols of death. They are symbols of those lost in the Holocaust. Every year during Genocide Awareness Week, the group Never Again!—DU students who raise attentiveness about genocide—place the 2,500 flags on the campus green to represent...A dollar for you, 300 from me
3/1/10 1:48 AM
The money question may not be “Where is it going?” By Miyeko Inafuku, minafuku@du.edu When I read “How they spend your money” in the Feb. 23 Clarion, I was not so concerned with where my money is going. I already knew that besides RTD, DUPB gets the biggest chunk of money. Chunk is such a disgusting word, by the way. I can’t believe it has 57 entries on Urban Dictionary. You may know that I know, thanks to the dialogue sparked over an opinion piece that I wrote. Trust me, DUPB is not the bad guy here. Its University Programming Support Committee is actually a good logistical and financial resource for other campus organizations. No, DUPB did not pay me to say ...DU Shuttle Program not worth the money
2/28/10 2:18 AM
By Leslie Gehring, leslie.gehring@du.edu Students pay to support underused program Every DU student pays the annual student activity fee of $192. This money is used to support a variety of organizations that are supposed to benefit students. The DU Shuttle Program received $15,000 in student money this year. This is an absurd amount of money to spend on a program that is of little use to students. The shuttle is too inconvenient and limited to be of use to students. It only runs from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. and only travels along a scheduled route that doesn’t even cover all of campus. All of campus south of Iliff Avenue is completely ignored. If students are paying for the shuttle, it should provide convenience and improve safety. Several changes need to be made: ...South Iliffers rejoice! Or not…
2/24/10 3:26 AM
The university architect wants to create a “more campus-like layout.” He might as well sell the southern end of campus to the University of Phoenix. By Miyeko Inafuku, minafuku@du.edu According to an article called “Rate of building on campus slows down” that appeared in the Feb. 16 Clarion, DU does want to “improve the general ‘feel’ of the south side of campus.” So says Mark Rodgers, university architect, at least. South Iliffers, don’t get too excited. This doesn’t really mean anything, unless you are an engineer. Even if you are an engineer, I’m not sure how much it means, and maybe you can tell me. I, after all, am a journalism major and supposedly don’t use my...
