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Student Guide 2010: Join the club and be a winner
Living in a college town with a Division I sports program and a few professional teams nearby, often the only athletes that show up in the local news are professional athletes or the exceptional varsity athletes from the University of Colorado. The ones we don’t...
Student Guide 2010: One-on-one with Richard Rokos, CU’s ski coach
Richard Rokos is entering his 20th season as head coach of CU’s ski program. He has guided his skiers to five national championships, most recently in 2006. Boulder Weekly: You took second at the NCAAs last season. How do you build on that performance? Richard ...
Eating your legislation
Federal farm bills are the 400-pound gorilla of American agricultural policy, setting direction for the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), if not the entirety of domestic farming. The last one was passed in 2008, and consisted of a $403 billion package ...
Get out
The National Park Trust has dubbed May 19 National Kids to Parks Day, a day when they invite every family in America to visit a national, state or local park. Their slogan, which is touted by their mascot, Buddy Bison, is simple — “Explore outdoors, the parks are ...
There’s a name for how you shop
Maybe you haven’t heard of LOHAS, but it’s big in Japan...
Student Guide 2010: Be careful what you sign
A renter’s guide to negotiating a lease So, you’ve paid your dues in the dorms and are ready to move away from the tyranny of RAs and floor monitors and into your first place. There’s a big, enticing world of rental properties out there, and Craigslist has ...
2012 Student Guide | Cross-Country
SAT, SEP 1— CU Time Trial in Boulder, 8:30 a.m. women/9 a.m. men...
Doing the splits
As the temperature drops, the renters among us crank the heat and curse the landlord who won’t replace those old, leaky windows. But then, why would he? He doesn’t see a penny of savings off his bill, does he...
Food, and food for thought
This time of year, a lot of people are spending time thinking about what they’re going to eat. They’re planning and planting gardens that will yield produce all summer long, providing directives on whether it’s a week for salads, or one for zucchini bread, BLTs or ...
Rewarding energy-efficient schools with solar
ReNew Our Schools, a Center for ReSource Conservation program, is...
Drinkable gardens
Local and homegrown foods have been a fad in Boulder for so long they’ve become passé — they’re the fodder of restaurant menus across the city. But the local food movement isn’t confined to your entrees. It’s a drinkable movement, too, that’s found its way into ...
