Longform Archives - https://www.cuindependent.com/category/features/ The independent student voice of CU Boulder. Wed, 02 Nov 2022 17:43:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1 No charges filed one year after PIKE protest, with some reforms slow to come https://www.cuindependent.com/2022/11/02/no-charges-filed-year-after-pike-protest-with-reforms-slow-to-come/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=no-charges-filed-year-after-pike-protest-with-reforms-slow-to-come Wed, 02 Nov 2022 14:00:56 +0000 https://www.cuindependent.com/?p=134699 Looking back on Nov. 5, when students marched to the PIKE fraternity house to protest sexual misconduct. By Henry Larson and Bella Hammond

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Student report less sexual misconduct but increased severity of assaults, according to campus survey https://www.cuindependent.com/2022/09/13/results-of-2021-sexual-misconduct-survey/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=results-of-2021-sexual-misconduct-survey Tue, 13 Sep 2022 18:50:20 +0000 https://www.cuindependent.com/?p=132502 Officials will hold a town hall on Sept. 26 discussing the 2021 sexual misconduct survey and their new task force. By Henry Larson and Bella Hammond

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Surviving through art: CU Boulder artists reflect on how the pandemic changed their artmaking practices forever https://www.cuindependent.com/2022/08/28/cu-boulder-artists-reflect-on-how-the-pandemic-changed-their-artmaking-practices-forever/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cu-boulder-artists-reflect-on-how-the-pandemic-changed-their-artmaking-practices-forever Mon, 29 Aug 2022 02:53:03 +0000 https://www.cuindependent.com/?p=131709 How did the University of Colorado Boulder’s art scene survive the deadliest pandemic in U.S. history?…

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Illicit fentanyl’s role in CU Boulder culture has poisoned community members https://www.cuindependent.com/2022/08/21/illicit-fentanyls-role-in-cu-boulder-culture-has-poisoned-community-members/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=illicit-fentanyls-role-in-cu-boulder-culture-has-poisoned-community-members Sun, 21 Aug 2022 21:46:14 +0000 https://www.cuindependent.com/?p=131628 Editor’s Note: On National Fentanyl Awareness Day, this story is being cross-published in The Bold and…

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“The bare minimum”: Students hope for improvements to university alert system https://www.cuindependent.com/2022/04/08/the-bare-minimum-students-hope-for-improvements-to-university-alert-system/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-bare-minimum-students-hope-for-improvements-to-university-alert-system Fri, 08 Apr 2022 23:04:46 +0000 https://www.cuindependent.com/?p=130809 The university's alert system continues to be a hot topic with the CU Boulder community. By Zoe Schacht and Henry Larson

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Drag queen Venus Victrola takes on activism and Boulder’s drag scene https://www.cuindependent.com/2022/03/12/venus-victrola-takes-activism-boulder-drag-scene/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=venus-victrola-takes-activism-boulder-drag-scene Sat, 12 Mar 2022 21:44:41 +0000 https://www.cuindependent.com/?p=130478 Meet Venus Victrola, a Boulder-based nonbinary drag queen who is pushing for more queer-centered spaces. By Zoe Schacht

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“Just heart-rending”: CU experts respond to Russian invasion of Ukraine https://www.cuindependent.com/2022/02/24/cu-experts-respond-russian-invasion/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cu-experts-respond-russian-invasion Fri, 25 Feb 2022 03:19:28 +0000 https://www.cuindependent.com/?p=130037 Three CU Boulder professors help make sense of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, its cost and what comes next. By Henry Larson

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A new normal: What COVID-19’s impacts look like for CU Boulder students https://www.cuindependent.com/2020/05/14/covid-19-cu-boulder-student-data-survey/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=covid-19-cu-boulder-student-data-survey Thu, 14 May 2020 23:10:18 +0000 http://cuindependent.com/?p=118769 The novel coronavirus pandemic spells a new normal for CU Boulder students. The CUI set out to understand what this looks like. By Robert Tann, Hannah Metzger, Anna Haynes and Casey Paul

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Economy, air quality and mental health: Experts weigh in on how coronavirus is touching all facets of Colorado life https://www.cuindependent.com/2020/03/28/coronavirus-economy-mental-health-experts/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=coronavirus-economy-mental-health-experts Sat, 28 Mar 2020 18:33:46 +0000 http://cuindependent.com/?p=115829 Experts weigh in on how they're seeing the effects of coronavirus in their field and what it means for millions in Colorado. By Robert Tann

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CU student group The Brazen Project works to shed light on ‘fake’ pregnancy clinics https://www.cuindependent.com/2020/03/08/brazen-project-fake-clinics/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=brazen-project-fake-clinics Mon, 09 Mar 2020 02:00:04 +0000 http://cuindependent.com/?p=114447 Members of The Brazen Project work to counter misinformation from what they call "fake" pregnancy clinics. Their work begins in the heart of the CU campus. By Anna Haynes

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