Author Archives: Tori Peglar

Volume 17, Number 3 December 2013

Coloradan aims to connect, inform and engage readers in the life of the University of Colorado Boulder through regular communication with alumni, students, faculty, staff and friends of the university. It is published four times per year in March, June, September and December by the CU-Boulder Alumni Association. Permission to reprint articles and illustrations may be obtained from the editor.
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Editors note – March 2013

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It was one of those perfect, bluebird Colorado days with six inches of fresh powder on the slopes.
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Profile: Len Barron

Len Barron (Soc’67)

Len’s fascination with Einstein began at CU-Boulder which he began attending at age 30. During a geology course, his professor described a study he did in Zion National Park and then shared one of Einstein’s thoughts stating, “Many times a day I remind myself that my inner and outer lives are built upon the labors of my fellow men, both living and dead and how earnestly I must work in order to give as much as I have received and continue to receive.”
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Volume 17, Number 2 December 2012

VOLUME 17, NUMBER 2 DECEMBER 2012 Coloradan aims to connect, inform and engage readers in the life of the University of Colorado Boulder through regular communication with alumni, students, faculty, staff and friends of the university. It is published four times per year in March, June, September and December by the CU-Boulder Alumni Association. Permission to reprint articles and illustrations
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Editor’s Note – December 2012

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In this issue associate professor Leslie Irvine reveals an unusual source for restoring a sense of purpose and dignity among the nation’s homeless — pets.
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Waiting on a Friend

Three decades ago, Mick Jagger stood in Folsom Field for the last time, dressed in a red tank top and football pants.
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Volume 17, Number 1 September 2012

Coloradan aims to connect, inform and engage readers in the life of the University of Colorado Boulder through regular communication with alumni, faculty and staff members and friends of the university.
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Editor’s Note – September 2012

Tori Peglar (MJour’00)

On the morning of the horrific Aurora, Colo., movie theater shooting, I awoke at 3 a.m. to a text alert on my phone from The Denver Post. Within hours the tragedy hit the Colorado community like an earthquake, its psychological seismic waves radiating across the country.
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If these old trees could speak

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There are only two living witnesses to the earliest days of the university’s history, and our great loss is they cannot speak.
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Volume 16, Number 4 June 2012

Coloradan aims to connect, inform and engage readers in the life of the University of Colorado Boulder through regular communication with alumni, faculty and staff members and friends of the university. It is published four times per year in March, June, September and December by the CU-Boulder Alumni Association. Permission to reprint articles and illustrations may be obtained from the editor.
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