This is Homecoming Week at the University of Denver. I took the photograph on the left of the main entrance to the university this past Thursday, when it was still sunny and relatively mild - perfect for strolling the campus. Unfortunately, the weather got much colder yesterday, and today Denver is expecting its first snowfall, making a stroll around the campus a pretty chilly experience for all those alumni attending the festivities. By the way, the building on the right in the photograph is University Hall, built in 1890, and the first structure built on campus when DU moved to its new location from downtown Denver, where it was established back in 1864.
Fortunately, DU does not have a football team, and so instead of freezing to death out in the open, everyone was inside Magness Arena Friday night watching the hockey team play its season home opener against Augustana University, which I didn't even know had a hockey team, although being located in South Dakota, what else would they do? The game finished in a 5-5 tie, by the way, shocking the number two rated DU Pioneers. Before the game, there was a "block party" in front of the Ritchie Center featuring free food and refreshments, as seen in the photograph on the right. There was not much of a crowd, I'm afraid, but I assume most alumni decided to skip hanging out in the cold, even if there was free food available. Now, an open bar would have been a different story, but sadly, there wasn't one. Trust me, I looked.
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