Nederland

Day Trip 101: Nederland and Estes Park

March 21, 2016

You wake up on a Saturday morning. You start running through all the things you could do today, but you soon realize that you’ve exhausted Boulder of all if has to offer (extremely hard to do). What do you do? There’s no way you can stay inside all day, the...

Students sitting in class

Best Courses That I Have Taken at CU-Boulder

March 18, 2016

Throughout college, I have gotten to take a diverse set of courses while being an economics major. The school has required courses that may seem unnecessary at first, but will probably be really enjoyable for you if you choose classes you would like. These are some of the best courses...

Leeds School of Business

I Knew I Was #BoulderBound When...

March 16, 2016

I knew I was BoulderBound when I took my second tour of the university. It’s not that I wasn’t impressed when I came to CU's campus for the first time, but I was pretty overwhelmed by the idea of college in general, making it hard for me to be excited...

Students hiking the Flatirons

How Do Buffs Spend Their Spring Break?

March 15, 2016

Daytona Beach? Cancun? Beach parties? These are the general ideas we associate with "college spring break"—but is it an accurate description of what the CU freshman class is doing? If I’m honest, I can’t speak on behalf of all 6000 freshmen, I’m sure that some of them will go to...

Pompeii

“The Ides of March” & Roman Society

March 14, 2016

Welcome to March! The best month of all. Because it’s my birthday month (obviously)!! Have you ever heard the famous saying for the middle of March—“Beware the Ides of March”—and wondered where it came from? Wonder no more because I was born in the middle of March, and I am...

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Defining Your Personal Brand

March 11, 2016

If you are a business major, then I am sure you have heard an overwhelming amount about personal branding. “Who you are online is a representation of who you are professionally”…but what does that mean exactly? I am not selling anything…or starting a business…so how does this concept apply to...

Boulder sunset over the flatirons

Out with the Lion?

March 9, 2016

Coming from the east coast, I’m generally used to winters starting late, but lasting straight until the first day of Spring. You can imagine my confusion when I walked outside on February 14, and it was 62ºF, the sun was shining, and people were outside enjoying the weather. Referring back...

Book cover

Calling All Literary Buffs

March 8, 2016

Do you love discussing literature with other literary lovers? Join the club! Lukas Devries, the meeting leader of the club, gave me some insight into what it was all about. "What I love about Lit Buffs is that I get to meet brilliant, creative people from all sorts of majors...

Cassandra eating a meal she made

College Cooking Chronicles

March 7, 2016

After living in the residence halls your first year, you have the option of continuing a meal plan or doing it all yourself (or a convenient combination of both). I chose to cook for myself because it’s a skill you’ll need your whole life. I grew up having fun baking...

Breckenridge

Day Trip 101: Breckenridge (for non-skiers)

March 4, 2016

You wake up on a Saturday morning. You start running through all the things you could do today, but you soon realize that you’ve exhausted Boulder of all if has to offer (extremely hard to do). There’s no way you can stay inside all day, the sun is shining and...

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