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Looking closer at ‘local’
Breaking news: You’re in Boulder. Or Longmont, or Lafayette, or Nederland, or Louisville. Now that you’re aware of it, spend like it, says local entrepreneur Richard Fleming. “You’re in Boulder to have the unique Boulder experience,” Fleming says. “You don’t go to ...
A community mission
Boulder’s first food co-op, The Second Kitchen, is trying to make a bigger difference when it comes to quality and sustainability of food distribution, while not forgetting their humble beginnings. The organization’s name is a tribute to those humble begins, when co-...
2012 Student Guide | Welcome to CU
And welcome to the sights and sounds of a new school year. The sharpening of pencils — or, more likely, the clicking of laptop keyboards. The printing of schedules and the combing of campus maps, the desperate search for new classrooms amid a sea of new buildings, ...
Student Guide 2010: Hoop dreams
by Matt Sparkman Equipped with arguably the best talent the team has seen since Chauncey Billups donned the silver and gold, Colorado men’s basketball enters a new era under new head coach Tad Boyle. Last year’s squad finished eighth in a conference that sent ...
2012 Student Guide | Dorm food gourmet
A note to incoming freshmen: Life outside the parental womb is complicated. You might be used to home-cooked meals, rent-free housing, structure and supervision, but all that is about to change as you take your first baby steps into the real world. Luckily, your ...
Women to watch in sustainable business
Boulder County is home to some incredible women who, on top of running or owning a sustainable business, are also leaders in their community, working to educate and encourage others to be more eco-friendly. Boulderganic caught up with a few of the women to talk about...
What to do when there’s ‘nothing’ to do…
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VIRTUAL EVENTS
BMoCA Virtual Studio Tour. Noon. Thursday, July 23, via...
E-wasteful
While it is exciting to bring that cracked, scratched or toilet-damaged old clunker of a cell phone into the store and walk away with a shiny new gadget purchased with carefully saved pennies, the true cost of that pretty, new device goes beyond the money shelled out...
Getting a grip on your GPA
How and where to get academic support You’ve seen it in just about every movie about college you’ve ever seen — the cliché slacker dude who sails through his classes without cracking a book or waking up for lab. Then there are the stoners who fail their classes ...
The pros and cons of industrial-scale solar
It’s an undeniably gruesome image: A bird soars over the Mojave desert, and suddenly, revoltingly, catches fire, streaks momentarily like a small meteor, and then seems to disappear, leaving only smoke. Seen from afar, some are calling them “streamers...
A drink to go with that organic meal
Boulder is a foodie town, and foodies love a nice glass of wine or a...