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In 2008, landscapers dug into the ground of Patrick Mahaffy’s backyard in Boulder. They unearthed 83 stone tools that were about 13,000 years old.

This May marks the 50th anniversary of the Los Seis de Boulder tragedies, which remain unsolved. In 2019, Jasmine Baetz designed a sculpture in memory of the six killed.

Our readers weigh in on the past issue.

From tackling controversial subjects in the classroom, teacher educator Noreen Nasseem Rodriguez counsels a defined educational vision, clear and honest communication and a strong dose of hope.

Dance cards were common on college campuses in the mid-1900s.

Astronaut Kalpana Chawla died aboard the Columbia on Feb. 1, 2003.

Some have said Benjamin Franklin first came up with the idea for daylight saving time. Others believe it was adopted so farmers could have more hours of sunlight to work in the field. The real history of daylight saving time is much more complex.

In a snowy outdoor ceremony on Sept. 20, 1875, Boulder town officials and members of the Masonic Grand Lodge placed a small tin box with nearly 50 items in the cornerstone of what would become Old Main.

CU history classes research the origins of the names of 82 Boulder parks.