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If these old trees could speak

Posted on August 20, 2012 by Tori Peglar
Photo by Casey A. Cass

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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Unlocking CU secrets

Posted on September 1, 2010 by Tori Peglar

Charged with preserving and promoting CU history, the CU Heritage Center is located on the third floor of Old Main. Director Kay Oltmans (MComm ex’75) has been the primary caretaker of everything from a moon rock to the stuffed head of Ralphie I. As she approaches retirement, she shared some university secrets with Coloradan editor Tori Peglar (MJour’00).
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The Old Main bell

Posted on June 1, 2009 by Staff
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The Old Main bell joined a cacophony of bells tolling 150 times on Feb. 10, 2009, in celebration of  Boulder’s sesquicentennial anniversary. For decades the Old Main bell rang between class periods and for home football victories. After a wild night of celebratory ringing following a win over the Colorado School of Mines in 1926, the bell cracked. As a
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