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  • Weekly Recipe: HallowDranks

    Weekly Recipe: HallowDranks

    With Halloween just a week away, it’s time to prepare for the week-long onslaught of costumed debauchery. CU Independent Editor Avalon Jacka put these drink recipes together so you can entertain your guests with macabre libations. Butterbeer This... read more »

     
  • What’s Up Weekly: Editor’s Picks

    What’s Up Weekly: Editor’s Picks

    As entertainment editor here at the CU Independent, I want all of our readers, to have an awesomely entertaining week. Here are my picks for this week, so you’ll never have to worry about being bored. EVENTS Check out what’s going on... read more »

     
  • What’s Up Weekly: Editor’s picks

    What’s Up Weekly: Editor’s picks

    As entertainment editor here at the CU Independent, I want you, our readers, to have an awesomely entertaining week. Here are my picks for this week, so you’ll never have to worry about being bored. NIGHTLIFE Mega-rita Monday Having a case... read more »

     
  • fCUIkng awesome photos: Week 6

    fCUIkng awesome photos: Week 6

    In order to allow CU Independent photographers to express themselves, we are introducing a weekly series in which one CUI staff photojournalist will be free to shoot whatever he or she wishes to. They can be a collection of similar photographs,... read more »

     
  • Be.Good, Niftee and Spend the Night hit Club 156

    Be.Good, Niftee and Spend the Night hit Club 156

    Program Council welcomes Be.Good, Niftee and Spend the Night Oct. 12 for a night of electronica in Club 156 located in UMC. The show will be Be.Good’s debut in Club 156. Twenty-year-old Boulder producer Johnny Mabie, the face behind Be.Good,... read more »

     
  • An unfortunate encounter with Boulder’s commonplace rodent

    An unfortunate encounter with Boulder’s commonplace rodent

    The opinions represented in this article do not necessarily represent those of the staff of CUIndependent.com nor any of its sponsors. I hate squirrels. Those bushy-tailed, bright-eyed menaces that litter the quads on campus. I hate them, even... read more »

     
  • Party with your parents for CU’s Family Weekend

    Party with your parents for CU’s Family Weekend

    Let’s face it – drunk parents are awkward. No one likes going to dinner with the folks and slowly watch their smiles widen and voices get louder with every glass of wine they drink. It’s just not fun, even if they are paying the... read more »

     
  • CUSG to vote on election code changes

    CUSG to vote on election code changes

    Last Thursday, CU’s student government legislative council passed the first reading of a bill that could potentially change the way their elections are handled in the future. This Thursday, during legislative council’s weekly meeting in... read more »

     
  • Entertainment on a college budget in Boulder

    Entertainment on a college budget in Boulder

    As CU students slowly become adjusted to living in Boulder, they come to learn a lot of useful information about college life. It is nothing like teachers said it would be in high school. There are no surprise exams – in fact, you will... read more »

     
  • The do’s and don’ts of roommating

    The do’s and don’ts of roommating

    After a long day at work, I returned to my dorm room only to find my roommate sprawled out on the couch, wearing a bathrobe (my bathrobe to be exact) and munching on some Spicy Hot Cheetos, most of which missed her mouth and ended up on the... read more »