Having celiac disease can make eating out a huge pain in the ass no matter where you are. But on campus, the lack of options can be almost suffocating. From Subway to McDonalds to Taco Bell, it seems that there is just no place for the gluten free here...

Milo the Lynx has become CU Denver’s first mascot in its long history, and next year Milo will receive funding from student fees. ...

After Coloradans passed Amendment 64, our sizable stoner population hoped it would be smooth sailing from there on out. But not so fast, Sauncho: there are still a ton of legislative kinks to be smoothed out. ...

Having been built in 1913 then abandoned at the close of the 90s, the Gates Rubber Factory is now a cadaverous ruin and the creepiest place in Denver. ...

Located at the intersection of West Colfax and Federal is the most terrifying bus station in Denver—the Colfax and Federal Transfer Center. ...

The worst place to see art should be the Science Building, not Auraria’s Art Building. But even the bulletin boards in the Science Building hold more artistic merit than the lack of artistic expression in the Art Building. ...

Going to school on a commuter campus makes it difficult to meet and find people you want to hook up with, and if you already have a significant other the lack of privacy in our condensed city campus makes it hard not to show some PDA. Nonetheless, the ...

No one really knew that there were dinosaurs on Auraria campus—and since last summer CU Denver’s collection of prehistoric relics has gone extinct. ...

With four weeks in a row of snow days in April, at least one of those days should have closed the campus to give us break. The university should reserve at least three snow days every year just like businesses allow vacation and sick days. There can ...

When on the campaign trail, some politicians say some incredibly terrible things. Most of their awful quotes are immediately broadcast on every major news network in America. Many of these quotes are forgiven or forgotten. But some, like former Missour...

Americans have a tendency to look inward. When tragedy strikes it seems to resonate just a bit longer and hit us a bit harder. This, of course, makes sense—when our fellow countrymen, windup hurt or displaced we feel vulnerable. Sometimes we tend to lo...

Syria’s on the brink of genocide, we have domestic bombings and school shootings, and there are more and more Harlem Shake videos every day. The human race seems to be in a sorry state. But there is a ray of sunshine in this sea of gloom and violence a...

Governor Chris Christie has earned a name for himself after his efforts to restore his state of New Jersey after Hurricane Sandy. But his latest headline didn’t have anything to do with that; rather it had to do with his admission to having had a lap b...

Politics here in the ol’ US of A are based on a fairly simple philosophy: Don’t do anything you aren’t supposed to, because there will be a price to pay. In other words, it operates according to checks and balances. But our Student Government Associati...

When the republicans lost back-to-back presidential races, they began questioning where they went wrong in their tactics. Their conclusion: they weren’t adapting to the demographics of the nation or connecting with minorities. ...

For years, stoners across the nation have been gathering on April 20 to publicly protest the illegality of marijuana. Historically, Colorado has seen large 4/20 gatherings both on the CU campus in Boulder and downtown at Civic Center Park, and this A...

  There are countless reasons students prefer to ride their bike rather than drive: no pricey gas required, less maintenance, and a free place to park. However, bikes themselves can get expensive, as well. People looking to cut their transporta...

  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]]> Wed, 8 May 2013 1.3042197 UCD Advocate UCD Kait McNamee UCD Advocate http://www.ucdadvocate.com/worst-use-of-public-funds-1.3042195 Bryant Burciaga
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, an...

Beauty Bar’s Denver location is known for one thing above all else—a dirty dance floor. ...