I got together with a group of current and former University of Denver friends at Spanky's last night, an "urban roadhouse" just to the west of the DU campus. Since the university is on summer break, the place was kind of slow, which made for good and attentive service, even if most of us were sticking with the happy hour burgers. From left to right in the photograph above is first of all Joe, who works several days a week at the DU Bookstore, which is now run by Follett Higher Education Group (which unceremoniously laid me off from the store exactly one year to the day from when I started, per the outsourcing agreement the University of Denver negotiated, but let's move on). The rest of the time Joe teaches at the Art Student's League of Denver and also works on his own artwork. Next is Mark, a familiar face to all who read this blog, and who works at the University of Denver's Academic Commons (why can't they just call it the library, for God's sake?). Mark will soon be off to cruise the Baltic. Next to him is Owen, Joe's brother, who worked for many years in the DU Bookstore's computer department, then for Follett when the store was outsourced, and who now works for the University of Denver's Technology Services Department. Good for you, Owen. Next is Wally, who also worked for the bookstore when it was part of DU, and who still works there under the Follett regime two days a week - at least until classes begin in the fall, when his hours will ramp up. And finally, next to Wally, is Darrel, who for many years was the DU Bookstore's Accounts Payable Manager, and who after the store was outsourced worked as the office manager for DU's Chemistry Department, until retiring a few years ago. Darrel and his wife Linda are from Iowa, and they recently spent a month in Oceanside, California, living the good life, before Darrel and his grandson Joel took a road trip through Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa. Me? I worked. What's wrong with this picture? Good to see you all again, guys.
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