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CU Hires Three Pulitzer Winners
Some of newspapering's best and brightest are trading journalism for academia — including three Pulitzer winners hired at CU.
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Shakeup in Denver Radio
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Sazza
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Crepes ’n Crepes
French food is no flash in the pan.
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Arapahoe County DA Charges Death-Penalty Fees to the State
How does DA Carol Chambers beat the high cost of a death-penalty prosecution? By billing the prison system.
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A Cold Case Frozen in Time (10)
Until this cold case heats up, Sharon Skiba is lost in limbo.
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Con Artist Gives Funny Cause for Pregnant Pause (7)
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Big Trouble (8)
Gary Haney was living the high life until meth took him down.
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To the Max (5)
A publicity-hungry student shows how easy it is to become a media darling -- with a little help from CU.
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Hope for the Colorado Rockies Springs Eternal (5)
A What's So Funny special report from spring training in Tucson.
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Freddie's Not Dead
The CSO resurrects Queen.
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Really Free Speech
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Fight for Your Rights
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Lads and Lasses
Get your drink on at the "Paddy Wagon" Pub Crawl.
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First Impressions
A DAM exhibition finds a fresh way of looking at Impressionism.
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Midget Mayhem
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Vintage Q&A With Lil Jon
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Look of the Day - Matt and Jamie
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Wayne’s World
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The Straight-Talk Express Goes to Utah. And Europe.
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Let's Get Physical
Learn how a baseball performs at a mile above sea level.
By Mark Schiff
Published: March 13, 2008As part of the ongoing effort to build a lasting peace between the jocks and the nerds, the University of Colorado at Boulder presents the latest in its series of weekend science lessons, this time demonstrating the Physics of Baseball at Mile High. The free lecture, which begins today at 2 p.m. in Duane Physics Lecture Hall G1B30 on the CU campus, has already tackled such weighty subjects as nanotechnology and quantum oscillations. This time around, professor of theoretical and molecular physics John Bohn will explain the difference between the way baseballs travel at altitude versus sea level.
The effect of our mile-high altitude on the outcome of sporting matches has been a subject of popular debate for some time, but baseball in particular has struggled with the very real cost of playing in air that's 20 percent thinner than that at sea level, which was obvious in the 2001 season, when the typical score of a Rockies home game was 87 to 74. To level the playing field, the Rockies began storing their balls in a humidor in 2002, and the average number of runs per game has dropped significantly since.
Professor Bohn has researched the subject extensively, and his findings may surprise those who think the humidor simply adds weight to the ball. With the defending National League Champions' (God, it feels good to write that) home opener just a couple of weeks away, Bohn's lecture will equip Rockies fans with the knowledge necessary to impress both out-of-town relatives and stave off beatdowns by the cruel jocks intent on stealing their milk money. Visit www.colorado.edu/physics or call 303-735-5993.
Sat., March 15, 2 p.m., 2008
