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Student Guide 2010: Tune in to CU’s student radio station
Turning the dial to Radio 1190 is like opening a box of chocolates, as Forrest Gump would say. You never know what you’re going to get. OK, so if you checked the online program calendar for 1190, you’d know what you’re getting. But it’s much more fun to just tune to...
We’ve all got to go some how, so why not go...
Religion and tradition aside, the idea of my fully dressed dead body spending eternity in a sealed wood-and-metal box lined with fabric has always...
Growing the green economy
To declare that the way we do business has changed is probably the “Duh!” statement of the decade. Of course it has. Between the amount of business done on email and the fact that we now carry devices capable of sending and receiving those emails whether we’re at our...
A day in the life of a Boulder County GMO farmer
Paul Schlagel’s business purchases usually consist of irrigation piping or seeds, so it’s understandable that the farmer is eager to show off his new toy: a GPS-guided John Deere tractor. Though he technically bought it used, the gleaming green piece of equipment is ...
Money in CD2 race
Saturday, April 21, I attended the BoCo Dems candidate forum for Colorado’s second congressional district candidates Joe Neguse and Mark Williams. Attendees were asked...
What to do when there’s ‘nothing’ to do…
EVENTS
Lyons Garden Club Mountain Blooms Garden Tour. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, June 18, Sandstone Park, 350 Broadway St., Lyons. Suggested $5-$20 per person donation,...
Hunting for more meaningful meat
Food systems contribute 19 percent to 29 percent of global anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, according to a 2012 study by scientists from the University of Copenhagen, Oxford and the Natural Environmental Research Council. Of that amount, agriculture production...
Student Guide 2010: Pay heed when doing the deed
Sex, sex, sex. Now that we’ve got your attention, let’s talk about a few serious issues. Depending on your personal background, you might feel confident in your sexual knowledge, or you might have an unanswered question or two. Luckily, CU has more resources ...
The dirt on reusing soil
As summer turns into fall so will fall turn into winter — we pull the sweaters and coats toward the front of the closet and stow away the bathing suits, shorts and tank tops...
Get in a hot tub, get healthy
Back in the Middle Ages, when public health, immunization and plumbing weren’t realities of daily life, things like feces, urine and butchered animal’s blood and guts would be left out in the streets. The black plague would soon follow...
Spring 2013 Boulderganic Introduction
For green thumbs everywhere, this may be the most wonderful time of the year...
