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An update to an election forecasting model announced by two University of Colorado professors in August continues to project that Mitt Romney will win the 2012 presidential election.
According to their updated analysis, Romney is projected to receive 330 of the total 538 Electoral College votes. President Barack Obama is expected to receive 208 votes -- down five votes from their initial prediction -- and short of the 270 needed to win.
Full Story: http://www.colorado.edu/news/releases/2012/10/04/updated-election-forecasting-model-still-points-romney-win-universityAn update to an election forecasting model announced by two University of Colorado... more
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The University of Colorado has been aggressively pursuing veterans of this nation's two recent wars. Using the full power of the state, University of Colorado has been garnishing the tax returns of those they decide to target for over a decade, even in cases where said veterans were never students of the school.
It's time to take a stand against a state government drunk with power. It is not okay to steal money from students, veterans or otherwise. We must join together to make it clear that resolving the budgetary shortcomings of the state is not the onus of honorable citizens or guest students.
Please sign the petition:
http://www.change.org/petitions/stop-state-sponsored-theftThe University of Colorado has been aggressively pursuing veterans of this... more
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And now, unfortunately, the CU brand has been tainted by a foolish, wasteful “re-branding” project that sucked valuable cash out of a cash-strapped system and pumped it into the coffers of a branding agency. The irony is very nearly tangible, especially when we consider the above-linked internal memo’s assertion that all of those sub-brands “not only confuse our audiences, which are already overwhelmed by a tremendous volume of images and messages, but also are an inefficient and ineffective use of resources.”And now, unfortunately, the CU brand has been tainted by a foolish, wasteful... more
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I came away from my University of Colorado experience suspicious of the idea that journalism programs were especially necessary for the practice of reporting. A good journalist didn’t need “professional training,” a good journalist needed to be able to research, ask insightful questions, analyze, think, organize and write. Or, as Denny puts it, a journalist should be able to “observe astutely, record accurately, analyze rigorously, organize thoughtfully, and present compellingly information she has gathered.”
By now I had all the evidence I probably needed to know that you get all these things, in spades, from any basic top-level liberal arts curriculum.I came away from my University of Colorado experience suspicious of the idea that... more
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This spring, city contractors will fan out across this well-to-do college town to unscrew light bulbs in thousands of homes and replace them with more energy-efficient models, at taxpayer expense.
City officials never dreamed they'd have to play nanny when they set out in 2006 to make Boulder a role model in the fight against global warming. The cause seemed like a natural fit in a place where residents tend to be politically liberal and passionate about the great outdoors.
Instead, as Congress considers how to encourage Americans to conserve more energy, Boulder stands as a cautionary tale about the limits of good intentions.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB20001424052748704320104575015920992845334.htmlThis spring, city contractors will fan out across this well-to-do college town to... more
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NASA is set to launch a satellite next Tuesday (February 9th) that will probe the sun in greater detail than ever before.NASA is set to launch a satellite next Tuesday (February 9th) that will probe the sun... more
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"DENVER | It was a rough week for gun rights in Colorado.
First, Colorado State University voted to ban concealed firearms on campus.
Then the University of Colorado went a few steps further and cracked down on another nefarious threat: Nerf guns.
Plans for a student-led game of humans vs. zombies took a hit after campus security officials discovered that players intended to use the popular orange-and-green toy weaponry. Simulated guns, even those that shoot spongy Nerf balls, are banned at the University of Colorado.
The game, a national craze on college campuses, involves "zombie" students attempting to eliminate "human" students by pelting them with Nerf balls or socks. Once a "human" has been tagged, he becomes a zombie and must wear a bandana around his head.
Humans can stun zombies for 15 minutes by tagging them with a Nerf ball or sock. Zombies must hit at least one human every 48 hours or "starve." The game ends when all the humans have been turned into zombies or all the zombies have starved, which can take days.
CU spokesman Bronson Hilliard said students cooperated fully, replacing the Nerf guns with balled-up socks and even taking it upon themselves to hang fliers in dormitories warning players to leave their Nerfs at home. The game started Dec. 1 and ended a couple of days later.
Still, it didn't take long for cries of "liberal killjoys" to ring out across the Internet. The contrast was especially stark given the headlines that week at Colorado State University, thought to be the last college outside Utah that allowed students to carry concealed weapons on campus with a permit.
The CSU Board of Governors voted unanimously Dec. 4 to ban concealed weapons over the objections of students. Presidents of the Colorado State system have until February to submit a weapons plan that complies with the new policy.
At CU, the ban on Nerf guns isn't new. University officials pointed out that the Board of Regents banned simulated weapons from campus years ago, rather than just in time to suck the fun out of last week's game."
"No guns of any kind, real or toy, from air rifles to paintball guns to Nerf guns, are allowed on campus under the laws of the regents," said a statement issued by Joe E. Roy, chief of police at the University of Colorado Police Department. "We are simply enforcing a longstanding policy, not inventing a new category of enforcement."
The debate over Nerf guns isn't limited to Boulder. Since Humans vs. Zombies first began at Goucher College in Towson, Md., in 2005, colleges have wrestled with whether to allow students to pack Nerf heat. Opposition intensified after the deadly 2007 shootings at Virginia Tech.
Chief Roy noted that Nerf guns can look real to passers-by at a distance. Two years ago, Alfred University in upstate New York went on a two-hour lockdown after a faculty member reported a student carrying a weapon that turned out to be a Nerf gun.
That's even more likely now that some Nerf heat-packers are painting their plastic weapons to look like the real thing. Mr. Hilliard pointed to a Web site that advocates painting Nerf guns black in order to achieve that authentic look.
"We love Nerf guns as much as the next adult adolescent male. But there comes a day in all of our lives when we realize that you can't scare the hell out of anyone with a bright orange and pink pistol shooting foam darts," says the Gizmodo Web site under the heading "Realistic Nerf Weaponry Combines Laser Sights with the Color of Death."
At Bowling Green State University in Ohio, administrators banned the use of Nerf guns for a semester, but then met with student organizers and drew up a list of guidelines, such as keeping the game outside of school buildings. Students also agreed to refer to the weapons as Nerf "blasters," not guns.
The next semester, the Nerf ban was lifted, said Landon King, a junior and past president of the BG Undead, which organizes the games.
"We haven't had any issues, other than people coming up and asking, 'What's that?' " said Mr. King, who added that the group always coordinates its games with campus police. "My only advice for the University of Colorado would be to work with the university, listen to their concerns, and meet them halfway."
In the meantime, Colorado zombies were content to adhere to the no-Nerf policy, especially after learning that they could be charged with violations of the student-conduct policy or even arrested on charges of unlawful conduct.
"We told them that the violation of the weapons policy is a serious thing," said Mr. Hilliard. "If a third party happened upon this and called 911, we'd have to respond as if it were a real incident."
That was enough to convince students like junior Trevor Doner.
"It's not worth it," Mr. Doner told the Colorado Daily. "I'm just going to shed my dignity and bring a balled-up sock to chemistry class.""DENVER | It was a rough week for gun rights in Colorado.
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opinion piece:
Contrary to the claims of the University of Colorado administration, the reinstatement of Ward Churchill to his professorship in the Ethnic Studies Department would be enormously beneficial to the Boulder campus.
Professor Churchill is an outstanding teacher. Several graduates of CU have told me that Churchill's courses were the most memorable and thought-provoking ones they ever had.
Current students have said they keenly desire to take his classes.
Contrary to the impressions one might get from the media, Professor Churchill is an original, prolific and highly influential scholar. He has developed a distinctive interpretation of Native American history and its relation to the travails of indigenous people in other parts of the globe.
Ward Churchill's presence on the CU campus encourages that critical discussion of controversial issues that should be the lifeblood of a serious university.
The claim that Churchill engaged in "repeated and flagrant academic misconduct" is entirely false.
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P.H.A.T.W.A.
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1. Montezuma’s Revenge in Reverse
2. California Droughting
3. Coke Crude
4. New School student beat down
5. London PoPo G20 murder
6. RNC 8 are not terrorists
7. Univ. of Colorado gets pwend
8. Obama’s war chest
9. P.H.A.T.W.A.
10. Skidmark Bob of Free Radio Santa Cruz
these articles and more at the link aboveP.H.A.T.W.A.
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1. Montezuma’s Revenge in Reverse
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Whatever your views about Ward Churchill, this was a victory for freedom of speech and academic freedom.
Question: should Ward Churchill be reinstated at the University of Colorado?Whatever your views about Ward Churchill, this was a victory for freedom of speech and... more
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Thanks to kThoop for her webcam response to the pod "Adult ADHD" about one man's battle with the disorder. Watch the webcam and then view the pod at http://current.com/items/76268082_adult_adhdThanks to kThoop for her webcam response to the pod "Adult ADHD" about one... more
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Here in Boulder, the only consumption we're big on are whole foods. I love some fruits and vegetables and I hope you do too. Here is my own personal philosophy on how to stay healthy through what you eat.Here in Boulder, the only consumption we're big on are whole foods. I love some... more
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Transporting our food, clothes, cars, and just about everything else across the world seems to me as a big waste of gas and therefore is hurting the environment and increasing carbon into our environment. Lets let America become dependent on our people, not Chinese factories. Transporting our food, clothes, cars, and just about everything else across the world... more
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If you have a short commute, or you're just going within a mile or two why not ride your bike.If you have a short commute, or you're just going within a mile or two why not... more
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Someone tossed a firebomb into a fraternity house about a block from the University of Colorado, setting off a brawl in a nearby alley that sent one man to the hospital, police said.
The firebomb early Friday caused no injuries or significant damage, and residents had put the blaze out by the time firefighters arrived, police spokeswoman Sarah Huntley said.
Huntley said it was probably not a hate crime, but more likely stemmed from a feud between the fraternity and residents of a nearby apartment or with another fraternity. No arrests had been made, and police had no individual suspects.
A jug of charcoal starter fluid with a burning firecracker attached was thrown into the Sigma Alpha Epsilon house through an open door about 2:15 a.m., Huntley said. Someone inside pushed it back out with a wet mop.
"We're very, very fortunate that nobody was hurt," she said.
When officers arrived, they found about 30 young men brawling in the alley, Huntley said. Andrew Hansen, 20, a member of the fraternity, was hospitalized for broken facial bones and a deep cut.
Hansen did not know who hit him, Huntley said.
The fraternity and some residents of a building across the alley have "a history of some problems," including vandalism to a fence at the fraternity house, Huntley said. Sigma Alpha Epsilon members also told investigators of tensions between them and another fraternity.
Jess Havill, vice president of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter, declined to comment.Someone tossed a firebomb into a fraternity house about a block from the University of... more
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Outside the University of Colorado Police Department on Monday, cheers erupted from a crowd of marijuana advocates — some of whom were dressed as giant pot leaves — when a student was given back medical marijuana that police took from him in May.
“I wish I had a chance to talk to the officers who said I’d never get this back,” said CU sophomore Edward Nicholson, 20, who’s a medical-marijuana cardholder in Colorado.
CU police confiscated about 2 ounces of marijuana from Nicholson in his residence hall last spring, even though the then-freshman has a card legally certifying him to hold and administer the drug to his brother. Nicholson said his brother suffers from chronic, debilitating pain from football injuries and has been prescribed marijuana to help deal with the discomfort.[more]Outside the University of Colorado Police Department on Monday, cheers erupted from a... more
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FINAL COMMENTS
CU Salon Series
How Serious Is Climate Change?
April 17, 2008 - Moderated by: Richard Brenne
Featured Panelists:
NCAR Social Scientist and IPCC Report author Dr. Patricia Romero Lankao
CU Atmospheric Science Department Chair Dr. Brian Toon
NCAR Social Scientist and IPCC Report author Dr. Kevin Trenberth
produced by OnSight Media
www.onsight-media.comFINAL COMMENTS
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How Serious Is Climate Change?
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CLIMATE CHANGE: A CONTRARIAN VIEWPOINT
CU Salon Series
How Serious Is Climate Change?
April 17, 2008 - Moderated by: Richard Brenne
Featured Panelists:
NCAR Social Scientist and IPCC Report author Dr. Patricia Romero Lankao
CU Atmospheric Science Department Chair Dr. Brian Toon
NCAR Social Scientist and IPCC Report author Dr. Kevin Trenberth
produced by OnSight Media
www.onsight-media.comCLIMATE CHANGE: A CONTRARIAN VIEWPOINT
CU Salon Series
How Serious Is Climate... more
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HOW THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT WORKS
CU Salon Series
How Serious Is Climate Change?
April 17, 2008 - Moderated by: Richard Brenne
Featured Panelists:
NCAR Social Scientist and IPCC Report author Dr. Patricia Romero Lankao
CU Atmospheric Science Department Chair Dr. Brian Toon
NCAR Social Scientist and IPCC Report author Dr. Kevin Trenberth
produced by OnSight Media
www.onsight-media.comHOW THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT WORKS
CU Salon Series
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CLIMATE CHANGE AGGRAVATES EXISTING STRESSES
CU Salon Series
How Serious Is Climate Change?
April 17, 2008 - Moderated by: Richard Brenne
Featured Panelists:
NCAR Social Scientist and IPCC Report author Dr. Patricia Romero Lankao
CU Atmospheric Science Department Chair Dr. Brian Toon
NCAR Social Scientist and IPCC Report author Dr. Kevin Trenberth
produced by OnSight Media
www.onsight-media.comCLIMATE CHANGE AGGRAVATES EXISTING STRESSES
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How Serious Is Climate... more
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