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Change the way you think with an "Ode to the Oddballs"

By Kylie Horner
May 7, 2012

A group of University of Colorado Boulder students are commemorating "oddballs" by creating a "Change the Way You Think" Tumblr page, providing an open forum for anyone to read or post personal stories (referred to as an "ode to the oddballs") with the topic of prejudice. Their mission statement: "If...
Artist Rik Sargent on his "One World, One Water" sculpture at Metro State

By Kylie Horner
May 2, 2012

Metropolitan State College of Denver is hosting a dedication ceremony this afternoon that will showcase its newest monument: a 12-foot-high, 8-foot-deep, 10-foot-wide,1.5 ton water sculpture designed by artist Rik Sargent, and dedicated to Metro's One World, One Water Center for Urban Water and Education. With Sargent's support, the OWOW Center...
The Gold Hill Inn opens for its fiftieth season this weekend

By Kylie Horner
May 2, 2012

In 1962, husband and wife Frank and Barbara Finn purchased the old Bluebird Lodge and its dining hall, nestled in the mining town of Gold Hill (ten miles west of Boulder, up Sunshine Canyon). The couple turned the almost-century-old spot -- now known collectively as the Gold Hill Inn --...
President Obama's Boulder visit results in new specials at two restaurants

By Kylie Horner
Apr 27, 2012

President Barack Obama's visit to Boulder Tuesday was a quick one, but remnants of his stay -- specifically in the form of food -- will linger a little while longer in some of Boulder's favorite restaurants, The Sink and Rush on the Hill. Here are the deals they've put into...
Michelle Obama would love to see you in the Springs, but only if you win a sweepstakes

By Kylie Horner
Apr 27, 2012

On Tuesday President Barack Obama just visited the CU-Boulder campus. Now, it's the First Lady's turn to visit Colorado. On Monday April 30, Michelle Obama will be heading to Colorado Springs to speak with a select audience at a volunteer appreciation event. But there's a catch. The president's speech was...

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