The G.I. Buffs
The year was 1944. On June 22, President Roosevelt signed the G.I. Bill of Rights. Three months later 55 G.I.s enrolled at CU-Boulder.
Boulder Beat
by Paul Danish
Shakespeare to Remember
The colorado shakespeare festival, which is playing out its 58th season this summer, is at its finest when the weather cooperates — which doesn’t always mean what you might think it does.
A Life in the Air
You know you’re getting old when your roommate publishes his memoirs.
Jumping for Joy
I can recall literally jumping for joy only two times in my adult life.
Dr. Bitter’s Homecoming
My favorite cu homecoming story was told to me by microbiology professor Charles Bitter. I still think of it every time I walk by Denison Hall.
IPads in 1968?
Who is CU-Boulder’s most influential alum? Unless you follow the computer industry, chances are you’ve never heard of him.
Deluge of 2013
Good news! The Red Lion restaurant made it through the great deluge of 2013.
The Sink Turns 90
The Sink turned 90 years old this year, and owners Chris and Mark Heinritz threw a bash to celebrate the event on the evening of July 20. More than 175 old Sink Rats, former waiters and bouncers gathered to get reacquainted, reminisce, toss back a few cool ones and attend a rock concert at the
Roger and Me
I didn’t realize what a truly special guy Roger Ebert (HonDocHum’93) was until the first time I saw him type. His copy didn’t contain any typos.
Extinguishing the Thrill
With the passage last fall of Colorado Amendment 64 legalizing marijuana for those 21 and over for use in private (not in public), it was the end for me of a long strange trip that began 49 years ago.
Extracting Fields of Black Gold
Back in 2010 I wrote a piece about how Big Science — the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) computer center — was moving out of Boulder County and Big Oil — ConocoPhillips’ research and training campus — was moving in.
No home to roam
Last October Ted Turner offered to give the city of Boulder a herd of 25 buffalo to put on city open space along the Boulder-Denver Turnpike.
Mining the moon
I’ve been thinking a lot about Richard Gertsch (A&S’69) lately because I’ve been thinking about the 50th anniversary of Scott Carpenter’s (Aero’49, HonDocSci’00) orbital flight on May 24, 1962, and the melancholy state of the space program. The iconic image of today’s program is that of a 747 hauling the space shuttle Discovery to the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.
Head-banging at old CU
There’s been a lot of talk about traumatic head injuries in football this year. I figured if anyone associated with Buffalo football would have an interesting take on the issue, it would be CU’s two-time All-American guard/linebacker and Rhodes Scholar Joe Romig (Phys’63, PhDAstro’75).
For whom the road tolls
Other than drinking coffee in the UMC and beer at The Sink, is there any more widely-shared experience among CU-Boulder alumni than driving up the turnpike from Denver and seeing Boulder and the university from the top of Davidson Mesa?
Power to the People
Boulder is going to have a city election this fall, and the hot issue is power to the people. No, it isn’t one of those pesky ’60s flashbacks. It’s about electricity – who will supply it and how it will be made. For years the city fathers and mothers have been pushing Xcel Energy to
“Oops-dang” radioactive moments at Rocky Flats
Japan’s nuclear mess brings to mind some local nuclear “oops-dang!” moments at the Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant south of Boulder.
Jammin’ with The Woz
Paul Danish tells a story about an icon and his colorful past.
The best meal ever at the Gold Hill Inn
Dinner at the Gold Hill Inn is always a special occasion, but no visit to the inn was more special than the one my wife Sue and I made Sept. 23.
Why the sundial faces north
It was Christmas in July around here this year, but the gods are still angry. (More about that in a moment.) Just before July 4 President Obama announced that Abound Solar, a company that makes state-of-the-art solar panels at a plant in Longmont, would get a $400 million loan guarantee that, among other things, will
You can never be too smart or too thin
A couple of years ago a Forbes magazine survey concluded that Boulder was the smartest city in the country. Now comes word from the Gallup Poll that Boulder is the second thinnest.
Big oil in, big science out
Big changes are coming to Boulder County. Big oil is moving in. Big science is moving out.
“Buffanaut” herd stampedes into space
By the time President John F. Kennedy gave his Sept. 12, 1962, speech making the case for America to go boldly into space, one CU alum had already been there and done that.
CU’s high-flying president
CU president Roland Rautenstraus had a fear of flying. Paul Danish tells the story behind it and how it changed.
Boulder should go nuclear
Instead of trying to save the world one light bulb at a time, I think Boulder should invest in a nuclear power plant and solve its part of the climate problem once and for all.
CU’s most infamous alum
You could argue for hours — days if beer is served — over who is the University of Colorado’s most famous alum