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Two CU students were arrested in Boulder, according to the Rocky Mountain News, in an attack on a gay man. According to the News, Eric Schorling and Adam Perez allegedly made derogatory comments to a gay couple who was walking near Pearl Street in downtown Boulder. After a brief verbal exchange, the victim and Perez began fighting and the victim was able to punch one of the two men and free himself from the altercation. Police believe this was a bias-motivated crime. A search on CU-Boulder's Web site shows that Perez is a Biochemistry student and Schorling is an Anthropology student, and they both live at the same address. The name of the victim was not released.
Next week is spring break, and spring break is never a bad time to start planting for summer. The 19th Annual Spring Home and Patio show will be at the National Western Complex Thursday, March 15 through Sunday, March 18. Attend seminars about horticulture and gardening, or ask questions of experts. John Cretti, author of Gardening in the Rocky Mountains, will host a seminar titled "Gardening with Altitude," and will be on hand to talk about his book, gardening and to answer your garden and lawn questions.
For more plants and plant-related things, head down to the Denver Botanic Gardens over spring break. Starting Saturday, March 24, the Gardens will feature Dave Rogers' Big Bugs Exhibit, a chance to see bugs up close and at eye level. These giant bugs will give you a chance to know what it feels like to face a spider in its web, challenge a praying mantis, to a theological discussion about praying, or challenge an ant to a duel of some sort. The buggy line-up will feature three ants, a praying mantis, a dragonfly, a spider and web, a grasshopper, a damselfly, an assassin bug and a lady bug. All the bugs are made from natural wood materials, and can weigh up to 1,200 pounds and reach 25 feet long and 10 feet high.
The purpose of the exhibit is to educate the public about the relationship between bugs and plants, as many of the bugs in the exhibit are helpful insects in real life. The assassin bug, for example, feeds on other insects such as cockroaches or bedbugs. The dragonfly will feed on mosquitoes-a popular bug to hate-as well as flies. They also feed on bees and butterflies, two insects most people like to have in their garden. The praying mantis eats flies, bees, beetles and butterflies, and is the only insect that can look over its shoulder. The Advocate has its own praying mantis that goes by the name Mickey Mantis. The ladybug feeds on aphids, garden pests that can destroy a whole plant or crop. Eye have had some problems with aphids in the past, and thank any ladybug Eye see for its consumption of those sticky, icky creatures. Spiders, which are not insects but arachnids, are also a popular garden helper as they feed on lots of other bugs, but never on plants.
But bugs don't just keep other pests away; they can help pollinate plants, and the Denver Botanic Gardens will have a swarm of educational opportunities to learn more about insect-plant relations (which are better than Israeli-Palestinian relations right now). Visit www.botanicgardens.org or call 720-865-3500 for information about this, cost, other events and educational activities going on during this three-month exhibit.
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