Community College of Denver

Alex Landau case: No charges against three Denver cops in his brutal beating

Update below: In February, the Justice Department decided not to charge the officers who beat Alex Landau to a pulp with federal civil rights violations. Then, days later, a cop who pummeled him was reinstated at the conclusion of a separate excessive-force investigation. Although Landau was frustr ... More >>

Menswear Mondays: Business student Jiadong Qiu on his Asian-inspired style

St. Patrick's day weekend has come to a close, ending the sea of green on the streets. Many people went over the top, drowning themselves in the emerald hue (and beer), but a few sported green subtlely. This week we spotted Community College of Denver business student Jiadong Qiu rocking green in a ... More >>

Auraria neighborhood "doomed," predicted 1975 campus impact study

Strange things happen when you poke around the "Ghosts of Auraria," as we did in this week's feature on whether certain promises, supposedly made to the community when the college campus was built, were ever kept. This week, one alert reader presented us with a rare copy of a study generated 38 ye ... More >>

Looking to Auraria's future while studying the lessons of its past

See also: Auraria as it used to be: Photos from a long-gone neighborhood

Auraria campus expansion: See plans for new athletic fields and more

This week's cover story, "Ghosts of Auraria," delves into the half-buried history of the campus, which is moving rapidly forward with hefty development plans that include three new flagship student-services buildings, a hotel, and a leap across Colfax to build new athletic fields on a contaminated i ... More >>

Auraria's new policy limits food truck access to campus, and students aren't happy about it

The days of walking out of class and finding a wide array of food trucks to choose from on the Auraria campus are over. Well, not exactly over -- but things have changed. On November 1, a new policy went into effect that limits any gourmet food-truck visits to the Auraria campus to Monday, and also ... More >>

2012 Mayor's Awards for Excellence in the Arts announced

Mayor Michael Hancock, Arts & Venues Denver and the Denver Commission on Cultural Affairs just announced the 2012 recipients of the Mayor's Award for Excellence in the Arts: Denver's Art District on Santa Fe, Denver Ballet Guild and Emmanuel Gallery. The awards will be presented at a free, public c ... More >>

Auraria's new bike lane eliminates downtown "dead zone" for cyclists, advocates say

Cycling just got a lot easier for students and professors who pedal to the downtown Auraria campus -- and for Denver bikers trying to make their way around it. This week, officials unveiled a new bike lane that goes straight through the downtown campus, eliminating what bike advocates call a major " ... More >>

Michael Hancock's State of the City speech: Police reform and e-Denver

A year after taking office, Mayor Michael Hancock delivered his first State of the City address this morning, promoting a range of priorities, including restructuring the police department, increasing programs for children and a new online initiative he is calling "e-Denver." That's right, Denver is ... More >>

Life Skills Center: Last-chance high school holding final graduation ceremony

Tonight, Life Skills Center will graduate its last-ever class. Back in November, the Denver Public Schools Board of Education voted to shutter the last-chance high school, a decision that the State Board of Education upheld on appeal in March. That left about 180 kids without a school for next year. ... More >>

Latinos are Republicans, but they don't know it yet?

Denver blog posts are celebrating 4/23. Big Media's Jason Salzman on efforts by Colorado Hispanic Republicans members like Pauline Olvera to add to their ranks. Denver Infill's Ryan Dravitz presents a Community College of Denver construction update -- with photos. Bronco Talk's Monty collects tri ... More >>

Mondo Guerra win on Project Runway All Stars has Denver looking good

Mondo Guerra won it all last night, when he was named the winner of Project Runway All Stars. But this Denver designer has always shown that he was a cut above -- generous to other designers and supportive of causes close to his heart, including Colorado AIDS Project, the beneficiary of last night's ... More >>

Explore your wild side at KinkForAllDenver tomorrow at Auraria Campus

If you are kinky, want to be, or are just curious about sexuality and different lifestyles -- check out KinkForAllDenver, a full-day conference taking place tomorrow at the Community College of Denver's Auraria Campus. The conference will be a hands-on (crack a joke here, pervs) teach-in with presen ... More >>

Occupy Denver marks two-month anniversary of Occupy Wall Street with peaceful first march

​Today's initial celebration of Occupy Wall Street's two-month anniversary ended with the largest display of honks from passing cars the local movement has heard in a while (at least without a ticket). The day has been designated a national cause for action for occupations across the world, an ... More >>

West High: Meet the two new academies moving into the low-performing school next year

​West High School is not closing. At least not yet. That point was hammered home repeatedly today at a gathering of West High leaders, media and community members to talk about the future of the low-performing school, which will welcome two new academies to its building next year. "This is how ... More >>

Alexander Landau on $795,000 police-brutality settlement: "I can move forward"

Landau.​On January 15, 2009, Alexander Landau was a nineteen-year-old Community College of Denver student who was pulled over for an illegal left turn and beaten bloody by three Denver cops. Now, thanks to a $795,000 settlement announced Monday, he's received one of the largest-ever payouts fo ... More >>

Alexander Landau police beating: Denver settles lawsuit for $795,000

Alex Landau.​Update: Denver City Council approved settling Landau's lawsuit for $795,000 during their meeting tonight. In a statement, Mayor Guillermo (Bill) Vidal noted, "This settlement sends our clear message to Mr. Landau and the community that we take these types of allegations seriously, ... More >>

Quentin Smith candlelight vigil to remember East High alum who got his wings too soon

EastAngels.org​This past weekend, Quentin Smith, 21, died in a drive-by shooting on North Pontiac Street, just blocks from the spot where Jordan Nelson died in December. Tonight, Smith's friends and loved ones will gather on the campus of East High School, from which he graduated in 2007, for ... More >>

Did Alex Landau's bloody run-in with Denver Police have an effect on his music? You decide.

​This week's cover story, "Black and Blue," by Joel Warner, examines the incident and aftermath of Alex Landau's bloody run-in with the Denver police in January 2009. Landau, now 21, is a student at the Community College of Denver and, like many college students, loves writing and listening t ... More >>

Alex Landau rhymes about being beaten up by Denver Police (VIDEO)

​This week's cover story, "Black and Blue," by Joel Warner, recounts nineteen-year-old Alex Landau's run-in with Denver Police in January 2009. Landau, now 21, still has physical scarring and what could be identified as post-traumatic stress disorder after being beaten bloody by the DPD (cont ... More >>

Alexander Landau got pulled over for an illegal left turn -- and ended up beaten bloody

Alexander Landau​On the night of January 15, 2009, nineteen-year-old Community College of Denver student Alexander Landau was stopped by Denver police for allegedly making an illegal left turn. But according to a federal complaint filed yesterday, within minutes of the stop Landau was being be ... More >>

Jose Nevarez-Coronado, charged in traffic death of Yvonne Frye, here legally despite Post claim

Large photo below.​Yvonne Frye, 62, a much-loved professor at the Community College of Denver, was killed last week in a crash for which twenty-year-old Jose Nevarez-Coronado has been charged with vehicular homicide. Nevarez-Coronado was allegedly drunk -- but not in the country illegally, as ... More >>

Designer Mondo Guerra plans to make a splash as Denver's first contestant on Project Runway

Potty pistol: Gun misfires in Auraria campus women's restroom, police searching for witness

Auraria Campus students walk the hallway of the South Classroom building as police section off the woman's restroom.​Auraria campus police are looking for a woman whose 9mm pistol accidentally fired in a woman's bathroom stall in classroom building this morning. No one was hurt, police say, an ... More >>

Happy Holidays, Colorado! Here's some prison furniture

  The holidays are nearly over, but your state government remembered to renew its annual gift to Colorado taxpayers: furniture made by prisoners. By law, all state agencies, from the Community College of Denver to the unemployment department, are required to buy office furniture from Colora ... More >>

Sketches

Brief reviews of current shows

Sketches

Brief reviews of current shows

Sketches

Brief reviews of current shows

Wheeling and Dealing

Critical Mass is a mess to handle.

What Class!

Elvis has left the building, but things are looking up at the Regency.

Letters to the Editor

From the week of September 23, 2004

Letters to the Editor

From the week of April 15, 2004

Letters to the Editor

From the week of February 12, 2004

Just for Her

Super Babe Sunday kicks off gags for gals

Visa -- It's Everywhere You Want to Be

Unless you're Amarzaya Toodoi, a young Mongolian student trying to return to Denver in a post-9/11 world.

Comics Uncaged

Denver Zoo goes ape

Anti-War Craft

Students ruffle Auraria's tradition of apathy.

Get a Job

Finding work is hard work.

Art Start

A young man’s art inspires a mural project for the People’s Fair.

Backwash

Three of Denver’s finest acts resurface, in three different forms.

Paradise Lost

Tony Garcia revisits the old neighborhood with El Corrido del Barrio.

Pressed for Time

Judy Miranda adds a new wrinkle to old ironing boards.

Off Limits

CCD gets a hell of an education.

Changing of the Guard

A talent-packed group show features five artists new to Havu.

Scenic Overlook

Community College of Denver takes an academic look at fine-art photography.

Art Beat

Michael Paglia's brief sketches of what's happening in the Denver art scene.

The Power of Positive Thinking

For the members of Thinking Plague, simple isn't necessarily better.

Combat Fatigue

Fall Colors

Letters