•DU iPhone app •Jamba Juice closes •Injured hockey star •Bangladesh research •Green report card Inside UNIVERSITY OF DENVER 12.2010 [ CAMPUS | NEIGHBORHOOD LIFE | RESEARCH ARTS | EVENTS | PEOPLE] R i c h C l a r k s o n a n d A s s o c i a t e s Welcome to the WAC The University announced Nov. 11 it will move into the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) beginning in the 2012–13 season. Men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s golf, gymnastics, women’s soccer, women’s swimming and diving, men’s and women’s tennis and volleyball will move from the Sun Belt Conference to the WAC. Peg Bradley-Doppes, vice chancellor for athletics and recreation (pictured left with WAC Commissioner Karl Benson, Chancellor Robert Coombe and DU Board of Trustees Chair Trygve Myhren), said during an announcement at the Ritchie Center that this was a day everyone in athletics had envisioned for years. Coombe talked about DU’s 10-year- climb to new athletic heights — rising to NCAA Division I status in all sports and winning three Director’s Cups, the trophy given to the best overall athletics program without a football team. >>Read the full DU Today story at http://blogs.du.edu/today/?p=17036 DU football undefeated since 1960 The University of Denverplayed its last football game — a 21–12 win over Colorado State University at Hilltop Stadium — on Thanksgiving Day 1960. The Universityannounced its decision to terminate the program the following January. Attendance had been declining for years as hockey competed for attention as DU’s flagship sport. Chancellor Chester Alterbelieved that expenditures on football were taking funding away from other programs including scholarly projects and even intramural sports. The University’s Board of T rustees agreed and voted unanimouslyto end the program. —Steve Fisher
