Opinion

It was one of coach Dan Hawkins’ worst losses in his career. After the Missouri Tigers steamrolled over the Buffs on Saturday 55-10, Colorado stood at 5-5 on the season and still one game shy of bowl eligibility. It was embarrassing.

Keep it green Easy tips for making the environment just a bit cleaner By Cameron Naish Students are often asked the same question when they are going to class: “Do you have a minute for the environment?”

While many students may not have the time to stop and hear about Boulder’s environmental issues, it’s important to know that it really does only take a minute to make the environment a better place.

Don’t abandon the Colorado Rockies just because they got booted from the World Series.

Officials are cautiously touting the turnout for this semester’s University of Colorado Student Union elections, and they’ve got a good reason.

Compared to semesters past, the turnout wasn’t so bad this time. Voter apathy has been near epidemic in recent student government elections.

If a poll were to be taken of people that live in the Boulder area, probably less than five percent of those surveyed could pick CU men’s basketball coach Jeff Bzdelik out of a lineup of faces. The former Air Force coach has made the trek up Interstate Highway 25 more quietly than a fall leaf settling on the ground.

Living in the dorms as a first year college student is full of exciting encounters: freedom to keep a fridge stocked with drinks that only you like, flirtatious elevator rides and, of course, having the ability to invite someone over to “your place.”

Most dorm rooms are doubles, and most roommates are friends, so what happens when your friend wants to have a guy who is “more-than-a-friend” over to your place?

You leave.

So read an advertisement for Ace Discount Liquors that ran in the Sept. 20 edition of The Onion. Next to the caption is a minstrel-like photograph of a white man made to look like Ace’s idea of a bum: week-old beard blacked and yellowed teeth, crazy eyes and a deranged expression.

It is very interesting when gamers are made to challenge all the principles on which modern video games are welded. Last week, Nolan Bushnell, founder of Atari and Chuck E. Cheese’s told Electronic Design his take on modern video games. “Video games today are a race to the bottom.”

Last week, the story in Major League Baseball was not the Colorado Rockies’ incredible run to the World Series or the Cleveland Indians’ commanding 3-1 lead in the America League Championship Series.

The story was Joe Torre declining to manage the New York Yankees next season.

The Colorado Opportunity Fund. Student stipend. We’ve all heard of it. For struggling college students like you and me, COF is a gift – yet another example of the government’s overwhelming generosity and benevolence for in-state students. But is it? Take a closer look.