Archive for: cu boulder
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Happy hour helper: Cheap top shelf drinks at The Boulder Cafe
On lokalite, a local site that features everything from happy hours to tricycle races around Boulder, there is an astounding number of entries under Happy Hour events. This past Wednesday’s happy hour events page alone included about 70 happy... read more »
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Book Buff: Cross Currents
Boulder author John Shors invites readers to come away to a fleeting island paradise in his new novel Cross Currents. In December 2004, the Indian Ocean tsunami devastated over 10 countries and killed hundreds of thousands of people. The Thai... read more »
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iPad makes a trip to the future
CU is helping to preserve history by placing a time capsule in the cornerstone of Macky Auditorium. Campus officials and community members gathered outside the auditorium Tuesday to witness the ceremonial placement of the capsule. This marks... read more »
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2011 IFSC World Cup ascends to Boulder
The spotlight was on each of the athletes, literally. With the lights dimmed down and Movement Fitness and Climbing completely packed to capacity, the energy Sunday night was out of this world. Boulder was the host of the United States’... read more »
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Eight ways to pumpkinize your life
Fall has officially started and pumpkins are back. The CU Independent has compiled a few ideas on what to do with your favorite globular yellow-orange fruit. It may get messy and sticky, but pumpkins are extremely versatile. So get creative... read more »
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CU:I Top 10
1. Oklahoma (5-0): beat Texas 55-17. The Sooners’ stomping reverberated a clear message throughout the college football world: We are still unbeaten and we are still deserving of that No. 1 ranking. Not only did Bob Stoops’ offense... read more »
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Rec Center will be sustainable with LEED Gold Certification
CU has a reputation for maintaining environmental sustainability, and the Student Recreation Center Renovation and Expansion Project is hoping to live up to it by making its green thumb a priority. According to the Recreation Center’s website,... read more »
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Officials awaiting full autopsy to determine circumstances of deadly fall
Boulder City officials are waiting on the autopsy of a woman who fell onto Baseline from the U.S. Highway 36 bridge during CU’s family weekend to help determine the circumstances of the incident. According to a news release from Boulder... read more »
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Book Buff: Night of the Living Trekkies
Kevin David Anderson and Sam Stall deliver a comedic, zombie-filled ride to lovers of both horror and science fiction in “Night of the Living Trekkies.” When choosing people to save the world, fan-boys, a slave girl and bell boys are very... read more »
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Chromeo brings the beat to Boulder Theater
The packed crowd at the Boulder Theater danced themselves clean last night thanks to the Canadian electro-funk duo, Chromeo. [Click here for a photo gallery from the show.] Chromeo made quite the entrance on Thursday night. The loud stadium-esque... read more »
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Student government distributes $17.7 million in annual student fees
Student government allocated $17.7 million in student fees for the 2013-14 fiscal year to 15 CU Boulder departments Wednesday and Thursday nights in an annual public discussion that lasted over 12 hours. The total budget is higher than fiscal... read more »
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Upset: Men’s basketball wins Arizona rematch
The University of Colorado men’s basketball beat the Arizona Wildcats 71-58 Thursday, healing a wound the left after teams’ previous encounter. The last game on Jan. 3 was close, but ended with a ‘no’ call from the refs after a three... read more »
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CU’s Webb and Lewis arrested on assault
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Opinion: Was Andre’s choice to leave CU his best move?