University of Colorado at Boulder

events that occurred throughout the United States and at the University of Colorado Boulder. We also did some research on specific events that occurred in Colorado as our final project. All of the events were focused on intersectionality of race, sexual orientation, gender choice, colonialism, cultural appropriation and ethnocentrism. One of the most interesting and new information that I learned in this class was the story of “Los 5 de Boulder”. We looked at newspapers and online resources…

He knew that among them, there was a loyal, purposeful, and trustworthy generation of Japanese communities born in America. The author briefly explained all the effort and hardship the former Colorado Governor put into opening the doors to ancestry from Japan, in contrast to other states that wanted nothing to do with them. For example, Carr was furious after receiving the telegram giving orders to remove anyone of Japanese background that he…

Cynthia Andrzejczyk, author of “Civil Rights vs. the Abercrombie and Fitch ‘Look’” and “The Limits of Free Speech in Academia,” dove into the world of free speech and civil rights. Eleven years ago, Ward Churchill found himself fighting for his First Amendment rights when light was shed on an article he wrote concerning the terrorism attack by Al-Qaeda that occurred on September 11, 2001 in New York (Andrzejczyk, “The Limits of Free Speech in Academia” 111). Churchill had accepted a symposium in…

year after the founding of the USSR, George went to the University of Leningrad to study physics. He and his friends would often discuss quantum mechanics which was cutting edge science at that time and was leading to the secrets of how the atom works. George earned his PhD through his own investigations into the strange behavior of the atomic nucleus. For three years he worked at the Theoretical Physics Institute which is part of the University…

studied art at the Westtown School in Pennsylvania. Then she earned a BA at Arizona State University in 1990 and an MFA from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1993. Melanie Yazzie works a wide range of media that include printmaking, painting, sculpting, and ceramics, along installation art. She is a professor of printmaking in the Department of Art and Art History at University of Colorado, Boulder. She considers the global impact in her work, striving to create safe, non-toxic methods…

Is there high unemployment and inflation? Alternatively, is there rapid growth of output per worker creating low inflation/low unemployment? Is the economy in or heading for a recession? Even worse, could a possible depression occur? (Colorado Technical University, 2013) Disadvantages can come in many forms not limited to just the countries tax added to your product when sold but also the tariffs that may be required for the importation of goods. Another disadvantage can come from the currency…

Colorado has the highest in altitude of all the states. The states symbols, geography, and points of view are some interesting things in Colorado. The many symbols of Colorado are great characteristics. One of the most visual states there is and also has some of the most major sports teams in the United States. Colorado has many state symbols that make it the great state that it is. Some of the most important symbols are the state flower is the Colorado Blue Columbine. The state tree is the…

A Diverse organization such as the University of Colorado Boulder values and recognizes people with different skills, interests, and backgrounds. I think I am a great benefit to this inclusive community because I am unique and open minded. Being open minded and accepting is an extremely important pillar to diversity because the university shows a deal of variety in the students attending and it is also an important concept to a linguistics major, seeing as language is one of the most diverse…

No Turning Back The opportunity to truly start over is a rare occurrence. A new city, a new school, a new life and a chance to really remake oneself, that is what the admission letter to The University of Colorado boulder meant. The car was packed full of bedding and clothes leaving little room for the occupants inside. But there was plenty of room for optimism. Fast forward nine months and the car ride back is deafeningly silent. Filled with the same things as before but this time there was…

On September 17th, 2004, a freshman of the University of Colorado at Boulder was found dead at a fraternity house. Lynn Gordon Bailey Jr. or known as “Gordie” was discovered dead at the Chi Psi Fraternity house at the university. Gordie was pledging for membership for the fraternity along with twenty-six other pledges. They all became part of a ritual of the fraternity where they were forced to drink excessive amounts of alcohol following racial slurs to be written on them. To begin the ritual,…