Whether blazing his own trail or following someone else’s, Dakota is always moving forward. He frequently partakes in trail runs and 14er expeditions, hoping to combine the two this upcoming summer. Dakota’s passion for the outdoors reaches all facets of his life, though. Spearheading a plan to install a community garden/ learning landscape, he will […]

The midwinter feast of our ancient ancestors is thought to be the ancestor of the Christmas dinner we enjoy today. Archaeological excavations have uncovered that pork and beef were the most commonly served meats at pagan midwinter solstice feasts. Boulder has a number of excellent restaurants where you can spend Christmas Eve. Based on the […]

Those in the Boulder County area are truly spoiled not only with the many hiking trails and walking paths throughout the foothills and beautiful green fields east of Boulder, but also with the amount of outdoor activities and sports that are available to us, and for some just 20 minutes from our homes. If you […]

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Mid-1990s Boulder was busy with activity. Fitness was king. Local businesses were prized. Hacky Sack circles and jam band opuses were ubiquitous anywhere students congregated. Simultaneous to that, though, was something wholly different. Buried in the corridors of the JILA tower on CU’s campus, a breakthrough was purring along quietly. Professors Carl Wieman and Eric […]

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“I think throughout the different major times of our life we need to seek out different qualities of landscapes and environment. For example, the mountains cradle us more so than an open desert plane or an open vista. Yet there are times when we need that blank slate. We need something to start again, and […]

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Sushi originated in Southeast Asia between the fifth and third centuries BC as a method of preserving raw fish in fermented rice. Fish that had been gutted and salted and wrapped in fermented rice could be kept for months without spoiling. The practice spread to southern China before reaching Japan in the 8th century. According […]