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Off to see the Capitol, again

Students march to protest budget. At 1 p.m. on March 5, students from UCD, Metro, CCD, as well as a handful of other public colleges in Colorado, began marching toward the Capitol. Full story

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Travels and tribulations

I’m not stupid. I know nothing in life is free. But when this random email appeared in my inbox offering to fly me down to South Padre— and pay for my airfare, hotel, and meals—I said yes. Full story

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The keeper of the gems

Armed with her bouffant, GarageBand beats, backup dancers, and skintight gold costumes, Leslie Hall delivers campy dance tunes about zombies, Dairy Queen, and being glamorous. Full story

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California, stop wasting my time

I was considering giving up swearing for Lent. I didn’t. I gave up smoking instead. Nevertheless, I can kind of see why the California Legislature would want to have a “Cuss Free Week.” Full story

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Transport through history

Museum boasts antique cars and trains--and wax mannequins?

The Forney Transportaion Museum offers an impressive display of people movers. A giant warehouse filled with trains, planes, and automobiles from all eras, Forney boasts a mishmash collection that includes handless Molly Browns and cars dating back to the 17th century. “Our oldest car is an 1811 English road coach,” said Carmen Consalvo, education and events coordinator and gift shop manager. Full story

The End is Now end of the world protest

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The rapture is coming, but only to Kansas

An interview with satirist Rob Stennett's new novel The End is Now, it's about the rapture coming, but only to Goodland, Kansas. Full story

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Campus Village meal plans upset some

With the gradual shift away from being a commuter school, there is one hallowed tradition UCD can now call its own: bitching about dorm food.

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Auraria to receive winged beauty

This summer there will be a new resident on campus. Psyche is a giant metal monarch butterfly who will grace the new Science Building, and whose story is ripe with metamorphosis.

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UC-Personality: Drew Bixby

Compared to a bigger city, Denver might sometimes seem a little plain, especially where its nightlife is concerned. UC Denver’s Drew Bixby couldn’t disagree more

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Coffee has pros and cons, but it’s caffeinated. So...

For many people it’s a fact of life: coffee=survival. But is this beverage as nutritious as it is delicious?

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Love that lettuce letdown

A woman cannot survive on salad alone.  I knew that I was going to fail my salad-only diet attempt a few days into the challenge when I decided to bake cookies.

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Jonesing for gastropub fare

The best thing about eating at Jonesy’s is Jonesy—Leigh Jones. Her attitude toward providing genuinely good service filters down to her staff, which compensates for a lot, even when my dining experiences at Jonesy’s have stumbled into the territory of borderline disaster.

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One dangerous spring break

As a little girl, I was once told that most people die of a vehicle accident within a 30-mile radius of their homes. It is for this reason that I encourage everyone to leave this 30-mile death zone as often as possible. And now that it’s spring break, you have the perfect opportunity.

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Book Beat: A good sci-fi 'Blackout'

Sci-fi fans aren’t lame, they’re just good readers. Master of science fiction Connie Willis delivers hardcore fun in Blackout, the first in a series of two novels. In it, she returns to the universe she occupied in Doomsday Book where historians travel back in time to study the past.

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Kristen is a punk

I kind of love Kristen Stewart. I didn’t always feel that way about the pouty Twilight actress. But I think one of the biggest reasons I relate to her more recently is that she’s been choosing characters with stellar taste in music.

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Tequila Mockingbird

Tequila Mockingbird has been described as a genre-bending rock band, and it might be unclear what that statement means until you hear the whole album. The band’s new record Luck And Trouble certainly has something to offer for almost any rock fan because of the diversity of the songs.

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Hometown Pride: The Photo Atlas

If you haven’t made plans to go to SXSW, it’s probably too late to start. The cheap plane tickets and hotel rooms around the Austin music festival are likely already gone. But don’t fret—you can still attend a pre-SXSW concert featuring several bands from Denver en route to Austin.

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Hometown Pride: Sweet Lunacy

Madness develops into more madness, and eventually into sweet lunacy. For UC Denver music business professor Chris Daniels, that’s what his movie is all about.