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UNIVERSITY OF
MAGAZINE
 
UNIVERSITY OF
MAGAZINE
 
Winter 2009
 
Robots to the Rescue
 
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University of Denver Magazine 
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Fall snow
Photograph by Wayne Armstrong
 A late
 
October storm dumped more than 13 inches o snow on the metro Denver area two days beore Halloween, causing theDU campus to be closed or a day. Fortunately the sun came out the next day, melting much o the remaining snow toclear the way or trick-or-treaters and Homecoming celebrants. his view is rom the Mary Reed Building looking west.
 
 
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Contents
Features
22
 
 Welcome to the White House
Alumna Ellie Schaer was handpicked to show visitors aroundPresident Obama’s new home.
By Richard Chapman
28
 
Building a Better ’Bot
DU researchers are leading the development o autonomous robotsthat could someday save lives.
By Chase Squires
32
 
Full House
Four parents and two kids make or one big happy amily.
By Jessica Centers Glynn
Departments
44
 
Editor’s Note
45
 
Letters
47
 
DU Update
8
News
 
New international security center
10
Sports
Soccer stadium kicks o 
13
 Academics
Studying Shakespeare in London
14
People
A soldier’s sacrice
17
History
Arapahoe Acres
19
 Arts
rumpeter Al Hood
21
Essay
Homeplace
37
 
 Alumni Connections
Online only at www.du.edu/magazine:
Are we addicted to debt?
Americans live by credit, sometimes well beyond their means. And oten,the lielong dance with debt starts in college.
By Jan Thomas 
Q&A:
Movie producer Roger Birnbaum(attd. 1968–71)
Research:
Te eects o reading on the brain
On the cover: DU researchers are carving a niche developing robots that can collectinormation and save lives; read the story on page 28. Photo by Wayne Armstrong.This page: Americans are acing a “perect fnancial storm” that has led to record
 
 oreclosures and credit card debt; read the story online at www.du.edu/magazine.Illustration by Steve Schader.
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