Tandem bikes, mountain bikes, road bikes and cruiser bikes all crossed the finish line as 2,500 bike riders made their way to Benson Earth Sciences’ field on Sunday morning to participate in the sixth annual Buffalo Bicycle Classic. Each of the 2,500 riders made their way along various courses in support of students of University of Colorado’s College of Art’s and Sciences.
Entertainment
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CU students and affiliates who are looking for a one-stop shop for athletics should look no further than the CU Rec Center. The CU-Boulder Rec Center is accessible free of cost for full-paying CU students with their Buff OneCards. Full paying students have the opportunity to bring up to three guests per day to the Rec Center for a fee of five dollars for each person.
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Those who are still recovering from their middle school addiction to “The Sims” have to fight obsessing over a new video game called “Spore.” Electronic Arts released “Spore” on Sunday for Windows, Mac and Nintendo DS. Created by Maxis, the same team who developed “The Sims,” the highly anticipated real-time strategy/life simulation game is a great way to waste anywhere between a few hours to a week.
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For those who want to attend artistic shows while helping out local artists, look no further than The Basic Fund.
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The second week of school is greeted by “Bangkok Dangerous,” the story of an assassin who feels no pain except for when he falls for a local girl and becomes a defense teacher to a common thief.
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There are sleek bamboo chairs. There are white, wavy-textured walls and lanterns. An unmistakable shade of Barbie pink adorns the walls. At Boulder’s new frozen yogurt shop, the décor is almost as trendy as the fresh tart-style dessert treats one can find behind the counter.
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The electronic band STS9 is returning to the Denver/Boulder area with highly anticipated new material throughout the week. Their visit on Thursday night at the Boulder Theater is over, but the show continues at Red Rocks on Friday and Saturday night. On Friday Talib Kwela will open and Flying Lotus will perform during set breaks, and on Saturday Ghostland Observatory will open and while Bassnectar will cover set breaks.
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This is the second time in seven years in which the three mainstream news networks, ABC, CBS and NBC, will show the same commercial free program at the exact same time. The first was in 2001 when the mainstream American networks joined 35 other networks including FOX and CNN to air “America: A Tribute to Heroes” after the Sept.
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The much-anticipated fan club STS9 show has been sold out for months and marks the beginning of the end of the band’s summer tour. They will headline two shows at Red Rocks Amphitheatre starting tonight.
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Fall has not fallen quite yet – there are plenty of ways to keep the summer fun alive well into the semester.