Opinion
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The Tokyo Series Holds the Key to Growing Baseball Worldwide
By Colby Wyatt Sold out crowd during a regular season game of the Nippon Baseball League at the Tokyo Dome. (IQREMIX/https://flic.kr/p/su1MUv) On March 18 and 19 two of the most popular MLB teams, the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs, will be playing a series in front of a crowd of over 55,000 people at…
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What Will Dark Horse’s Relocation Mean for Boulder?
By Gavin Orth Dark Horse’s interior, famous for its zany decor. (Anna Tolette/Coloradan Magazine) Dark Horse Bar & Grill, a staple of nightlife in the Boulder community, will be leaving its original location to allow for Williams Village 2, a new University of Colorado dormitory expansion. Many view the university’s takeover of the lot Dark…
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More Than a Date Night: Challenging the Heteronormative Heart of Valentine’s Day
By Sophie Englezos Decline of Valentines day celebrants between 2007-25. (Graphic/Statista.com) Overpriced candy boxes, booked out restaurants and students ridingLime electric scooters while balancing bouquets of flowers were among the most common sights to be seen in Boulder this last Friday. All these less-than-beautiful festivities really make me grateful that I am single and Valentine’s…
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What Will Dark Horse’s Relocation Mean for Boulder?
By Gavin Orth Dark Horse’s interior, famous for its zany decor. (Anna Tolette/Coloradan Magazine) Dark Horse Bar & Grill, a staple of nightlife in the Boulder community, will be leaving its original location to allow for Williams Village 2, a new University of Colorado dormitory expansion. Many view the university’s takeover of the lot Dark…
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Democrat, but not Democratic: Blaming the Left Doesn’t Explain 2024
By Nicholas Merl Since Nov. 5, Democrats have blamed their humiliating defeat on just about everyone but themselves. For some, the media failed to be sufficiently against Trump or for the “supremely qualified” Harris. Establishment Democrats have seized the opportunity to launch an attack on progressives. Rep. Tom Suozzi, D-N.Y., told the New York Times…
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Can You Be Friends With Someone on the Other Side of the Political Spectrum?
By Salem Goodman, Nicholas Merl and Juan Jose Monterrey In the wake of the results of the 2024 election, Americans across the country are waiting in the limbo stage between the election of President-elect Donald Trump and his inauguration in January. For some, this waiting period is a time of action and discourse, and for…
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People’s Ignorance of Litter Reflects Our Climate Crisis
By Agustin Gisinger When you see trash on the ground and do nothing, you’re not just ignoring a mess; you’re letting your behavior hurt the planet. This also reflects a social phenomenon:, the bystander effect. This ill documented social behavior defines how people are less inclined to intervene in an emergency when others are around.…
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Equal Opportunity — but only when it’s convenient
By Rachel Zing CU Boulder’s campus is beautiful – there is no doubt about that; it’s wonderful to walk through and observe, and the University Memorial Center is considered one of the finer buildings. The plaza outside the UMC is an ideal place to study, eat and hang out with friends, and it even has…
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Don’t Let the Cats out or the Sick in
Article by Leon Spiess I’ve been doing a lot of highway driving for work, and it’s been somewhat disheartening. Driving in this country grinds your soul into a fine paste, but seeing so many “sleeping” cats on the side of the road makes the situation worse. I’ve been an avid cat lover since I was…
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Black Lives Matter
It is crucial that we use our platform at this time to support the protest movement responding to the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and countless other Black people across the country due to acts of racist police brutality. We stand in solidarity with all those protesting against the unjust, systematically racist institutions of…