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The Yard Dogs Road Show played at the Fox Theater Sunday night. The vaudeville show included sword swallowing, magic, burlesque and music. Here's a slideshow wrap-up of the acts.

Former CU football star Bobby Anderson will once again have the spotlight on him as he is inducted into the school's athletic hall of fame on Oct. 12. The latest honor for Anderson is one of many awards he has received. In addition to being inducted into the school's hall of fame, Anderson will also be inducted into the National College Football Hall of Fame in December.

The CU volleyball team beat the Kansas Jayhawks in three of five games to improve their record to 3-1 in Big 12 conference competition. "We all had faith in each other. We played as a team to win," sophomore Mallori Gibson said.

Welcome to the new political culture of the information age. Welcome to the days of the digital campaign trail, e-mudslinging and daily debate blogs. This election year has seen unprecedented use of the Internet by candidates and political insiders to engage with voters. Candidates running for office at every level have taken advantage of the increasing popularity of blogging, and as the Nov. 7 election nears, political blogs have captured the spotlight as a new forum of discourse and debate.

Apple's iPod isn't the only personal music player on the MP3 playground, but it's definitely the bully. Since its launch five years ago, the iPod has dominated the MP3 player market and changed the way people listened to music. Many have tried to compete: Panasonic, Philips, RCA, Siren and Sandisk are just a few of the companies that have gotten into the MP3 player game. Now it's Microsoft's turn.

Ashton Kutcher has been known for his comedic efforts since he achieved stardom on "That '70s Show" and became the host of the reality TV show "Punk'd." He grabbed more attention starring in movies like "Dude, Where's My Car?," "Just Married" and other screwball comedies. However, his lead role in "The Guardian," opposite Kevin Costner, proves that there is more to Kutcher than his slightly idiotic roles and celebrity pranks.

They almost did it. Some of the people on our University of Colorado Student Union almost pulled a complete partisan stunt to endorse Democrat Bill Ritter to be Colorado's next governor. Some members had written a bill that, if passed, would have given UCSU's stamp of approval to Ritter's campaign.

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CU has established a recovery center to help drug and alcohol addicts after noticing the struggles of its addicted students. Jack Lavino, a psychologist for the Wardenburg Health Center, began the Center for Students in Recovery last March after receiving approval from the university.

The skies were grim and heavy with rain during Wednesday's welcome ceremony for African-American students, the third multicultural event being held this week by CU's Center for Multicultural Affairs. "I'm really happy CMA has created a week for colored people to unite in the beginning, so we can have people to turn to throughout the year, because that's really the only way we can retain our numbers," said Emem Ekiko, a senior sociology pre-medical major and president of the Black Student Alliance.