DU posts best student At new sub shop, a working class hero is

retention since 2001 something to see

After the fall 2009 quarter, 97.2 percent of
students who entered the University of Denver
as first-year, first-time students returned for winter
quarter 2010.  are in for a tasty bit of re-education.
It is the highest fall-quarter-to-winter-quarter
persistence rate since 2001, when 97.5 percent of
students returned. Last academic year, the rate was
96.1 percent. Based on numbers after the third
week of classes, 34 students out of the first-year class
of 1,210 did not return for winter quarter.
“We pay attention to our student persistence
rates to help us do a better job in retaining and
graduating students,” says Tom Willoughby, vice
chancellor for enrollment.
Many factors impact persistence, Willoughby
says, including whether the University has done a
good job in selecting students that are a good fit for
DU.  Italian sandwiches popular in New York. The sandwiches were so large, New York Herald
“While some of the reasons students don’t
return are beyond our control, there are many things
we can take charge of and influence,” Willoughby
says. He says this includes providing an inclusive
environment with strong academic and student life
programs that provide a quality student experience.  The Deli Zone concept is New York-style hot and cold subs, sandwiches and salads,
“We collect and track information to access
patterns and use this information to improve
programs to increase student satisfaction,” he adds.
Willoughby says registered students with a
3.0 GPA or higher have a significantly higher rate
of persistence than the overall class. He also notes
that students left for a variety reasons but financial
aid was not one of them — 97.4 percent of students
classified as having high financial aid need returned
winter quarter.
—Kim DeVigil
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Coloradans who think a “famous
Brooklyn hero” is second baseman Jackie
Robinson or center fielder Duke Snider
Deli Zone, a regional chain of
sandwich shops, opened a DU-area
restaurant Feb. 16 with proof that the
phrase has nothing to do with the old
Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team and
everything to do with hero sandwiches.
Classes start at the newest Deli
Zone location at 2439 S. University Blvd., just south of Wesley Avenue. Let the course work
begin!
“It’s a nice little sub sandwich environment,” says proprietor Trey Cronin. “We’ve been
looking in the University area for a while now. We feel our concept is tied nicely to the
community.”
For those who weren’t around in the 1930s, heroes are another name for the oversize
Tribune food writer Clementine Paddleford once quipped, that you needed to be a hero to
finish one.
Deli Zone hopes to expand on that lore at its DU location, the 13th in a chain that began
in Boulder in 1994 and now includes stores in a number of Colorado cities including Aurora,
Thornton, Lafayette, Wheat Ridge, Centennial, Longmont, Broomfield and Denver.
everything from the Manhattan (grilled turkey, artichoke hearts, lettuce, tomato, onions,
provolone, garlic spread and pesto mayo) to the New Yorker (corned beef and pastrami with
coleslaw, Swiss cheese and Dijonaise on French bread.)
The 40-seat sandwich shop will deliver from Broadway to Monaco Parkway and Alameda
Avenue south to Hampden Avenue and will stay open as late as 2:30 a.m. on weekends.
It opens at 7 a.m., offering breakfast items such as the Kong sandwich, an assembly of
eggs, bacon, ham, hash browns and American cheese on French bread. Variations on the
Kong are named for people such as Joe Namath and Joe Torre, and for New York locations
including Times Square, Wall Street, Central Park and Hell’s Kitchen.
>>www.delizone.net
—Richard Chapman

Psychology prof recognized for work on depression

Benjamin Hankin, associate professor of psychology at DU, has received the American Psychological Association’s 2010 Distinguished
Scientific Award for early career contribution to psychology.
The association gives out one award in each field of psychology every two years. Hankin received the award for contributing to the field of
psychopathology.
“I’m extremely excited and also surprised and humbled by the whole thing,” Hankin says.
Hankin has been studying depression for almost 15 years and has made significant findings. From the research he and his colleagues have
completed, they’ve found that depression increases during adolescence sixfold in the high school years and this is when twice as many girls as
boys become depressed.
“Depression is a significant public health concern,” Hankin says. “It affects all areas of your life: school, family, friends, work and happiness.”
Rob Roberts, chair of the DU psychology department, says Hankin has been a wonderful addition to the program since he arrived in 2008.
The department has a strong focus on developmental psychopathology.
“Depression is a pervasive and serious mental health issue, so Ben’s work could have a significant impact on many,” Roberts says. “He’s also
a great collaborator. In the short time he’s been here, he’s started collaborative research projects with many of our faculty.”
Hankin will accept the award at the American Psychological Association convention in San Diego Aug. 13.
—Kristal Griffith

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 Family ties
‘Brothers and Sisters’ writer draws on DU theater degree

W hen Molly Newman was a theater major at DU, it never occurred to her how her acting training would
prepare her for a career behind the scenes.
Newman (BA theater ’76), currently a writer and executive producer for the ABC drama “Brothers and
Sisters,” finds that having a grasp of acting technique makes her job easier.
Courtesy of Molly Newman

“As a producer, I work with these powerhouse actors every day, so it’s important for me to understand their
process as artists — what they need to interpret the scene correctly, how they can emotionally make the journey
from point A to point B in an honest and compelling way,” she says.
The show, which debuted in 2006, is a character-driven family drama with one of the most celebrated casts
on television, including Sally Field, Calista Flockhart, Rachel Griffiths, Rob Lowe and Ken Olin. Now in its fourth
season, “Brothers and Sisters” averages more than 9 million viewers each Sunday.
Newman says that when she’s writing, she needs to get inside every character’s head, understand their point of view and know what
they want. These are the first steps she learned as a student actor when approaching a new character: What does my character want in
this scene? What is the conflict or obstacle standing in the way of getting what I want? What is my point of view? 
“We have a large ensemble on our show, and sometimes I’m writing scenes with 10 or more characters,” Newman says. “The challenge
is knowing from moment to moment what each character is thinking as well as what he or she is saying.”
Newman has been a writer

Courtesy of ABC TV
on “Brothers and Sisters” since
the beginning of its run on
ABC. Her colleagues credit her
with helping establish the voice
and tone of the show.
“Her diverse acting
background instantly makes
her a better writer for TV,” says
David Marshall Grant, executive
producer and showrunner of
the hit series. “TV lives or dies
on dialogue, and Molly can go
from drama to comedy on a
dime.”
Over her career, Newman
has written for other series,
including “Frasier,” “The Larry
Sanders Show” and “Murphy
Brown.” She traces the start of
her writing career to a time just
after she graduated from DU.
The Denver Center
Theatre Company (DCTC) was
auditioning local actors and
Newman prepared an unusual
audition piece adapted from oral histories of 19th and early 20th century women who quilted. The audition led to an invitation to expand
the material into a full-length play and eventually led her to a career as a playwright.
Her efforts became the musical Quilters. Originally produced by the DCTC in 1982, the play ran on Broadway in 1984 and was
nominated for six Tony Awards. Quilters became one of the most produced musicals in America and was revived by the DCTC this year.
“I’ve reinvented myself more than once — from actor to playwright to television producer and writer,” she says. “For me, each
experience informs the next one. I don’t think I could have landed in this career place without going through the various steps along the
way. And I hope there are more to come — I’m always invigorated by a new challenge.” 
—Kristal Griffith

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Miracle on ice
DU alum who helped coach 1980 Olympic hockey team recalls historic win

T hirty years ago, the United States Olympic hockey

DU Athletics
team—which consisted of amateur players from the
college hockey ranks—upset what was considered the
world’s greatest hockey power, the Soviet Union, in Winter
Olympics competition in Lake Placid, N.Y. The victory,
now known as the “Miracle on Ice,” was re-enacted in the
2004 film Miracle, starring Kurt Russell.
The University of Denver didn’t have a player on
the team, but alumnus Craig Patrick (BA economics ’69)
was behind the bench for the Miracle on Ice. Patrick
(pictured, far left, with the DU team) played four years of
hockey at DU and then played in the NHL for a decade.
As his playing days wound down, Herb Brooks, the head
coach for the 1980 Olympic team, asked Patrick to serve
as assistant coach. Patrick would go on to serve as DU’s
athletic director from 1987–89 and work as a general
manager with the NHL’s Pittsburgh Penguins and New
York Rangers.
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Miracle
on Ice, and Patrick talked with DU about the legendary
victory, his part in the story and its meaning after three
decades. Read the full story at www.du.edu/today.

Were you aware of the magnitude of the Miracle on Ice during the games in 1980?
We had no idea what it meant. We were trying to win a hockey tournament. We were trying to win a medal—maybe we had an
inkling. We were staying in the Olympic Village, so we really had no idea what was being presented in the media at the time.

Has the accomplishment’s meaning changed over the years?

I think the people that witnessed it have passed it on to their children. And with the movie, kids today have a good feel for what
happened. It hasn’t diminished at all in my mind or in the public’s mind. People who have watched the movie have the same feeling as
we did back then. I still get requests every day to sign autographs in the mail. And I was just an assistant coach.

What did you think about the movie Miracle?

I think it was great. It was really well done. Obviously, Hollywood had to change things. The director said, ‘We have to show in two
hours what you did in seven months.’ They had to move quick. But the storyline is perfect, and it was really, really well done. It should
have been ‘The Herb Brooks Story.’ He did an unbelievable job preparing that team. He knew a year in advance what he was going to do
and how he was going to do it.

What was your role as an assistant coach?

My first day on the job Herbie said, ‘Craig, here’s your most important duty: We have an eastern faction of players and a western
faction of players who hate each other. I think I’m going to have to be a tough jerk and you’re going to have to be the good shepherd to
bring them all together.’ That’s exactly the way it played out. He was a brilliant man. His major in college was psychology. [U.S. player]
Robbie McClanahan said he was a master psychologist, which he was.

The victory over the Soviet Union was special. But how did you prepare the team to play for the gold medal?
Herb made sure everyone was in bed and getting rest. It was great to beat the USSR, but it wasn’t over. We had to play Finland. We
were down 2–1 after the first period in the gold medal game, and Herbie was furious. He said he didn’t even want to talk to them, so
he told me to go in and talk to them. I went in and made my pitch and they said, ‘Craig, don’t worry. We’re going to win this game.’ And
they did, 4–2.
—Nathan Solheim

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Wayne Armstrong
New club gets students footloose
Sophomores Caitlin Barrett (pictured, left) and Janelle Ludowise (right) were
dancers without a stage. They came to DU with a love of dance and the experience
to back it up, but they didn’t have a place to perform on campus.
So they put their best foot forward — literally. They began DU Tappers, a club
for students with or without tap-dancing experience. Currently there are eight active
members.
“I began tap dancing when I was 5 years old but I didn’t really concentrate on
it until I was 8,” says Ludowise, an English major from San Jose, Calif. “After that, I
became more passionate about tap dancing and have kept at it ever since. When I
got to DU, I really wanted to continue with tap because it was something I felt so
strongly about and loved so much, but I couldn’t find any tap dance opportunities on
or off campus.”
The club, which held its first meeting in September, mostly consists of experi-
enced tappers, but the level of experience varies.
“We have members that have been tapping for years and others that haven’t
put on tap shoes in years,” Ludowise says. “We also have members that have never
tap-danced in their lives.”
Their initial goal was that experienced tappers would teach the non-experienced
dancers, says Barrett, an anthropology major from Durango, Colo. Their cumulative
goal is to showcase student-choreographed work to the campus community by the
year’s end.
“Tapping by yourself is just not the same as tapping with a group,” Ludowise says,
noting that tap is all about the sounds.
“Each step contains a certain amount of sounds. A shuffle — which is one of the
basic sounds a tapper first learns — has two distinct sounds,” Barrett explains. “The
first sound comes from a brush forward, and the second sound comes from a brush
back. Tap is all about the rhythm in your feet.”
Barrett and Ludowise act as instructors for the group, too. The first thing they
warn beginning tappers, they say, is that learning to tap will take a lot of repetition.
“It’s helpful to break down one step into smaller steps,” Barrett says of her teach-
ing technique. “You teach the smaller steps and then fit them together into the big
step. Even if the student understands the general idea of the step it is usually beneficial
to keep practicing that step to truly master it.”
It takes about a year to learn the basic moves of tap, she says.
Meetings for DU Tappers are held at 7 p.m. Wednesdays in the Centennial
Towers lounge.
—Kathryn Mayer
Business college ups its
admission requirements
Students who enter the University of Denver
beginning in fall 2010 with the intention of majoring in
business will face new competitive entrance require-
ments for the Daniels College of Business.
The secondary admission process is designed
to reduce the number of undergraduate business
majors from roughly 2,200 to 1,800 over the course
of four years.
“Nationwide, the interest in business degrees
is increasing, and as the Daniels College of Busi-
ness’ reputation has grown, so have our numbers,”
says Dan Connolly, associate dean for undergradu-
ate programs at Daniels. “By reducing the number
of students, we will be able to continue to deliver
a high-quality educational experience in the personal
manner for which we are known.”
Daniels joins many other schools — including
Texas Christian University, Notre Dame, the Univer-
sity of Virginia and Southern Methodist University —
in implementing a secondary admission process.
Students will be able to enter the Daniels Col-
lege of Business through three channels. A very small
number of highly accomplished candidates will be
invited to be admitted upon application to the Univer-
sity. Transfer students also will be evaluated for direct
admission to Daniels when applying to DU, provided
they have met the prerequisite course requirements.
The vast majority of students will participate in the
secondary application process during the fall quarter
of their sophomore year. Students who are currently
enrolled in the University of Denver will not be sub-
ject to the new admission requirement.
To apply, students must first complete seven
prerequisite courses and pass the Microsoft Certified
Application Specialist exams for Microsoft Excel 2007,
Word 2007 and PowerPoint 2007. The application
process includes an online application, submission
of a cover letter and resume, and an interview with
business professionals.
Using a whole-person evaluation approach,
admission decisions will be based on a student’s aca-
demic performance and promise, involvement in the
University and surrounding communities, quality of
resume and cover letter, interview performance, and
overall well-roundedness. Those who are not admit-
ted on their first attempt may apply again during the
next application cycle, provided their applications and
credentials have changed substantially to warrant a
second consideration, Connolly says. Students inter-
ested in pursuing one of five business minors are not
required to complete an application.
—Jordan Ames
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[Events]
March
Around campus
4 Founder’s Day. 6 p.m. Seawell Grand
Ballroom, Denver Center for the
Performing Arts. $150.
5 Reformation of Islam. A talk by
Tawfik Hamid, formerly an Islamic
extremist, and now an Islamic scholar
and reformer. 7 p.m. University Park
United Methodist Church. Free.
9 Middle East Discussion Group.
5 p.m. Sie Center, Room 150. Free.
14 8th Annual Fred Marcus Memorial
Holocaust Lecture. 4 p.m. Infinity
Park Event Center, International
Ballroom. $15.
23 School days off. Through March 31.
Ritchie Center. $50 per day.
Arts
1 “Jazz Night,” Lamont large jazz
ensembles. 7:30 p.m. Gates Concert
Hall. Free.
String Chamber Ensembles.
7:30 p.m. Hamilton Recital Hall. Free.
2 Wind Chamber Ensembles. 7:30 p.m.
Hamilton Recital Hall. Free.
Lamont Percussion Ensemble.
7:30 p.m. Gates Concert Hall. Free.
3 Out of Context: Sloan Hoffman,
horn; Alison Lowell, oboe; and
David Plylar, piano. 7:30 p.m.
Hamilton Recital Hall. Free. 
A Funny Thing Happened on the
Way to the Forum. A joint production
between the DU theater department
and the Lamont School of Music. 8 p.m.
Additional performances March 4, 5 and
6 at 8 p.m. and March 6 and 7 at 2 p.m.
Byron Theatre. $20 general admission;
$15 for seniors, military and students.
5 Flo’s Underground, jazz combos.
5 p.m. Free.
7 Lamont Composers Series. Conrad
Kehn, director. 7:30 p.m. Hamilton
Recital Hall. Free.
8 North Indian Classical Ensemble.
7:30 p.m. Hamilton Recital Hall. Free.
9 “The Playground,” Lamont artist in
residence. Noon. Hamilton Recital Hall.
Free.
Lamont men’s and women’s choirs.
7:30 p.m. Gates Concert Hall. Free.
Lamont Guitar Ensembles. 7:30 p.m.
Hamilton Recital Hall. Free.
10 Lamont Wind Ensembles. 7:30 p.m.
Gates Concert Hall. Free.
11 Lamont Symphony Orchestra.
7:30 p.m. Gates Concert Hall. Free.
12 The Denver Brass presents Brass,
Bagpipes & Co: Síochán! Gates
Concert Hall. 7:30 p.m. Additional
performances March 14 and 21 at 2:30
p.m. and March 19 and 20 at 7:30 p.m.
$21–$47.50.
13 Mike David’s Spirit of Adventure:
An Unforgettable Journey of the
World. 2:15 and 7:45 p.m. Gates
Concert Hall. $35–$60.
16 Ladysmith Black Mambazo.
7:30 p.m. Gates Concert Hall. $28–$48.
Free Behind the Curtain lecture at
6:30 p.m.
17 Friends of Chamber Music presents
Arnaldo Cohen. 7:30 p.m. Gates
Concert Hall. $27.50.
25 Marcus Tardelli, Brazilian guitar.
7:30 p.m. Gates Concert Hall. $38.
Exhibits
1 Great Moments in DU Archaeology.
Through March 19. Museum of
Anthropology. Sturm Hall, Room 102.
Open Monday–Friday 9 a.m.–
4 p.m. Free.
The Gleaners: Contemporary Art
from the Sarah and Jim Taylor
Collection. Through March 7. Myhren
Gallery. Open daily noon–4 p.m. Free.
Sports
3 Women’s lacrosse vs. Loyola. 1 p.m.
Barton Lacrosse Stadium.
5 Men’s tennis vs. Sacramento State.
Noon. Stapleton Tennis Pavilion.
Hockey vs. Colorado College.
7:35 p.m. Magness Arena.
6 Men’s lacrosse vs. Penn. Barton
Lacrosse Stadium. 1:30 p.m.
Women’s lacrosse vs. Holy Cross.
4:30 p.m. Barton Lacrosse Stadium.
7 Men’s tennis vs. Iowa. Noon.
Stapleton Tennis Pavilion.
Men’s lacrosse vs. Lehigh. 1:30 p.m.
Barton Lacrosse Stadium.
13 Gymnastics vs. University of Illinois-
Chicago. 6 p.m. Hamilton Gymnasium.
Men’s lacrosse v. Canisius. 7 p.m.
Barton Lacrosse Stadium.
20 Women’s lacrosse vs. Rutgers. 1 p.m.
Barton Lacrosse Stadium.
Gymnastics vs. Arizona and
California. 6 p.m. Hamilton
Gymnasium.
27 Women’s tennis vs. Northern
Colorado. 10 a.m. Stapleton Tennis
Pavilion.
Men’s lacrosse vs. Air Force. 1 p.m.
Barton Lacrosse Stadium.
Men’s tennis vs. Illinois State. 2 p.m.
Stapleton Tennis Pavilion.
28 Women’s tennis vs. Wyoming.
10 a.m. Stapleton Tennis Pavilion.
Men’s tennis vs. Pacific. 2 p.m.
Stapleton Tennis Pavilion.
For ticketing and other information, including a full
listing of campus events, visit www.du.edu/calendar.