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New W line

Worst Use of Public Funds

New West rail line

By far the most anticipated tax funded project in years, the new West rail line from RTD promised to connect the cities of Golden, Lakewood, and Denver with a new efficient mode of transportation. That promise however, has severely fallen flat on its face. Sure, the train gets you from Denver to Golden just fine, but in the process it has created a flurry of problems that outweigh the solutions it intended to provid Full story

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Top 10 cities for grads

Top cities for college grads

A quick look at top 10 cities and their pro’s and con’s

Recently released a list of the best cities for recent college graduates. With a lot of us soon graduating into the big world, it’s time to move out of mom and dad’s basement and into a life of our own. Ranking based on, not only job availability and cost of living, but also the social scene and atmosphere of each city, the compiled list is definitely a resource when finding a new home sweet home. Full story

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Think outside the fat

Fast food identity crisis

Taco Bell tries to be hip and healthy

It’s hard not to feel sorry for poor Taco Bell. The fast food chain known for cheap, greasy, middle-of-the-night snacks for the intoxicated seems to be struggling with its identity as of late. First, it ran a weird wannabe hipster marketing campaign on instagram. Now, it’s trying to be sort of healthy. Full story

Sports

  • Cat Zingano kicking ass

    Best new athlete

    Cat Zingano

    The 2012–2013 year has been a game-changing year in sports. Records were broken at the 2012 summer Olympics, fighters bloodied their opponents, and some athletes had their entire careers tarnished. Yet, throughout the perils of the year in sports, one particular athlete hit home in such a resonating fashion that she earned the title of best new athlete: Cat Zingano.

  • Armstrong post-confession

    Biggest childhood lie

    Lance Armstrong fooled everyone

     

    Few people or things have destroyed the idyllic fantasy of childhood as much as Lance Armstrong.  

    For the current college generation, Armstrong was the person everyone wanted to be, and the person everyone’s parents wanted him or her to be. He was perseverant, he started a massive cancer foundation, and he was known to be funny.

  • Best-Worst Club Team

    CU Denver Hockey

     

    When CU Denver announced that they would be starting sports teams, complete with their very own Lynx mascot, expectations weren’t very high on campus. Compared to Metro State and CU Boulder, UCD is a small fish in a big pond.

    But the first club team, the CU Denver hockey team, has provided the campus with both inspiration and confirmation of our worst expectations. Meet the UCD Hockey Team, the best and worst sports club around.

  • Colorado National Speedway

    Colorado’s National Speedway open for season

    Revving up your veins, not your wallet

    Denver has one of the most prominent sport fans in the nation. We not only have a team for each one of the four major sports leagues, but we also have our own soccer team, two lacrosse teams, several rugby teams, and are at the forefront of sports in general. That being said, the only thing missing is our own NASCAR track. Or do we already have one?

  • Redbull Soccer

    Auraria host Redbull Soccer

    Soccer tournament with lots of energy drinks

    Soccer fans rejoice. April 24th Redbull is hosting a soccer tournament on campus, and is sweetening the deal by offering tons of Redbull. The event is taking place at the 9th street historic park, and all students, faculty, or community members are welcome to join.

  • The intensity of crashed ice

    The world of Crashed Ice

    A new frozen extreme sport making waves

    Crashed Ice isn’t a new alcoholic beverage to get at bars; it’s a relatively new sport that looks like a 150 proof mixture of hockey and downhill skiing that’s sure to knock you on your ass.

  • Tebow

    Tebow to retire from NFL

    Returning to Florida swamp to be a Gator again

    Despite reports that he will remain on the roster for next year’s New York Jets, Tim Tebow has announced his plan to return to his alma mater—University of Florida—in order to relive his glory days. 

Tech/Biz/Media

  • The new system CU Denver plans to use

    UCD makes the switch to Canvas

    Ditching Blackboard and eCollege for something a little shinier

     

    During the fall semester of 2013, CU Denver will be making the switch from Blackboard and eCollege to a new learning management system, Canvas. The switch, which can be opted into for the coming summer semester, will likely be met with praise after the initial confusion.

  • PSN Hackers did it for the LULZ

    PSN hackers plead guilty

    Pranksters had ruffled the feathers of Sony and gamers alike

    Last week was the second anniversary of the PlayStation Network outage that compromised the personal information of approximately 77 million users. Now several members of the group purportedly behind the attack, Lulz Security or LulzSec, have pleaded guilty to the PlayStation breach as well as to numerous break-ins to other video game networks, news outlets, the British National Health Service, and even the CIA. The hackers were arrested in March of last year.

  • Social Media Policies

    The ambiguous policy of social media

    As social media expands so do the policies that control it

     

    As the world of social media continues to rise on the Internet, policies and rules are ever shifting and rocketing to attention.

  • #Facebook

    The Hashtags are coming—to Facebook

    Facebook might finally embrace hashtags

     

    Facebook has been broken. The infamous hashtag is finally going to make its way to Facebook and #itsabouttime.

  • Google Glasses used to cheat

    UCD student aces test with Google Glasses

    Conversation overheard in North Classroom bathroom

    With a smug yet quivering tone, undeclared CU Denver freshman Chad Coddlesworth confirmed two Thursdays ago that he aced his biology test using Google Glasses—purchased by his wealthy father for $2600 and a pallet of Twinkies.

  • The future of the smartphone

    Samsung Galaxy S4

    Game changing an iPhone world

    After months of teasing and creating marketing buzz, Samsung finally unveiled its flagship phone, the Galaxy S4. In a smartphone world consistently dominated by the likes of Apple releasing a new iteration of the popular Galaxy series could prove to be game changing.