Opinion

• A valentine for CU professors

  Feb 11, 2008comments

  Some professors help us think inside the box I was sitting at home filling out my Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles valentines for the swim team members that I watch while I bounce up and down on the elliptical at the Rec Center, but then I got to... read more »

   

• The problems with plastic

  Feb 9, 2008comments

  Whole Foods’ move to eliminate plastic bags is a step in the right direction I grew up bringing used plastic bags to the grocery store. I loathed the experience. My mom would drag me through the aisles, piling our cart high with organic... read more »

   

• Roommate etiquette

  Feb 9, 2008comments

  How to avoid an assault charge So, it’s been a semester since you got here, your classes have been going well, you’ve got your first college girlfriend or boyfriend, and you haven’t gotten an MIP quite yet. Life is good, but... read more »

   

• Parking on campus: downright impossible

  Feb 7, 2008comments

  CU’s profiting from providing little parking space for students Driving around campus looking for a spot (not even an ideal one either) can sometimes feel like a never-ending race track; the Champs-Elysées of Boulder. Like most... read more »

   

• Student smokers should be exiled

  Feb 7, 2008comments

  Being trapped amongst tobacco while trying to get to class “Can I bum a cigarette?” I frequently hear this question asked around campus, especially at parties. I would like to ask a smoker this same question-but for a different reason.... read more »

   

• International children: The new Prada

  Feb 7, 2008comments

  Starting at home for adoption Angelina Jolie poured onto magazine covers in recent years, dressed down in cargo pants and wife-beater, always photographed with her favorite accessories–her newly adopted children from Asia and Africa. In... read more »

   

• Thinking outside The Can

  Feb 6, 2008comments

  The plausibility of an outdoor hockey game in Colorado The Winter Classic game between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Buffalo Sabres took place in Ralph Wilson Stadium in Buffalo on New Years Day. Over 70,000 fans left the warm confines of... read more »

   

• Maternal madness

  Feb 3, 2008comments

  A look at turning into our parents A few weeks ago, my best friend and I went to the mall. As she drove, she suddenly threw her hands in the air and yelled, “God, this guy is riding my tail!” And there it was, a tiny bit of her dad... read more »

   

• Kut-ing a path through Europe

  Feb 1, 2008comments

  A former Campus Press Managing Editor studies abroad Dear readers, As I sit in a small pub in London’s Islington borough, I’m just over two weeks into my study abroad experience. I chose to study in London for a variety of reasons... read more »

   

• “Leave Britney Alone!”

  Jan 29, 2008comments

  Chris Crocker was so right 2007 was the year of Britney Spears. Britney used to be such a wonderful little girl: involved, active, wholesome. But now she is the epitome of a train wreck. In her early years, she was on the New Mickey Mouse Club... read more »