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The then-Metropolitan State College of Denver Board of Trustees on March 9, 2011, approved a legislative proposal to change the institution's name to "Denver State University" following a vote among students and faculty.
University of Denver administration and faculty publicly objected to "Denver State University" as MSU Denver's new name. As a result of this, the board of trustees decided to cancel the planned name change. Some community members objected and viewed this change of plans as allowing a private university (University of Denver) to decide the fate of a public one (MSU Denver).
== Student life ==
=== Greek life ===
The institution has various fraternity and sorority chapters.
=== Student media ===
The Office of Student Media supports four student media productions:
The Metropolitan (newspaper)
Met Radio – KMET
Met TV
Metrosphere
== Athletics ==
MSU Denver has produced 239 All-Americans and was one of the seven charter members of the Colorado Athletic Conference in 1989 before joining …
