Volume 41, Issue 24 - March 13, 2019

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The Student Newspaper of MSU Denver

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VOL. 41  NO. 24

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MARCH 13, 2019

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Colorado politician eyes 2020 Hickenlooper kicks off presidential campaign

Photo by Kaileigh Lyons | klyons9@msudenver.edu

John Hickenlooper kicked off his campaign for the 2020 presidential race at Denver’s Civic Center Park on March 7. Hickenlooper served as Denver’s mayor from 2003 to 2011 and served as the governer of Colorado until 2018.

By Megan Webber

SuCh and Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night

Wynkoop brewery with three business

mwebber6@msudenver.edu

Sweats. In the background of the cheers

partners when the area was still

is the man to send to the White House in

from the crowd and calls from the stage,

undeveloped. He was elected for his first

2020 because he gets things done and is a

shouts could be heard from protesters that

term as mayor of Denver in 2003 and

man of the people. Mayor Michael Hancock

in 2020, former Colorado Gov. John

surrounded the park. According to Fox 31,

re-elected in 2007. He then served two

said he is a mix of dreamer and doer, which

Hickenlooper held a kick-off rally at Civic

a plane flew over the rally with a sign “Big

terms as governor of Colorado from 2011

the country needs now more than ever.

Center Park in Denver on March 7.

Hickup for 2020: Jetgate scandal,” alluding

to 2018. Throughout his time as a Denver

to the ongoing ethics investigation into

politician, locals remembered him for the

his traveling while he was still governor.

brewery he started, which was reflected

With his gaze set on the White House

The rally featured several speeches from Denver politicians and locals who support Hickenlooper and musical performances from local musical artists

INSIDE

NEWS

Hickenlooper has an unusual past in Denver. In the late ‘80s, he opened the

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Denver renters may recieve relief

OPINION

Speakers at the rally said Hickenlooper

in the signs that supporters held, some of which read, “Change is brewing.”

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FEATURES

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| Continued on pg. 4 SPORTS

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Opponents should take Hickenlooper’s

New program offers students with

Board of trustees discuss transition to

bid for the presidency seriously

autism a place to flourish

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