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Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

FoCo toyshop owner directs balloons in Macy's parade

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

While police will protect Manhatten's people from crime during the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Parade, knowledge of the laws of physics will protect them from the towering balloons as crews direct them down the city streets.

Matt Hannifin, owner of the local shop Science Toy Magic LLC in Old Town Square, started flying hot air balloons in 1974 and eventually earned a commercial license.

Health care debate comes to campus

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

With debate raging over the health care reform proposals in Congress, a CSU social work class will host an expert panel to help inform students on health care facts today.

The panel will be comprised of Rep. Randy Fischer, D-Fort Collins, Health Care Board member and public health consultant Lee Thielen and CSU physician Kathlene Waller.

Zombies to canvas CSU in search of victims

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

The Apocalypse is coming.

The week after Thanksgiving, students with a terrible disease will fill the lanes and avenues on CSU's main campus with one purpose: Turn the rest of the humans into zombies.

But after the fallout, the campus won't look like London in "28 Days Later" or the Midwest in the aftermath of the "Dawn of the Dead" zombie attacks.

CSUPD searching for an alleged toucher on campus

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

The CSU Police Department is searching for a man who allegedly touched a female student inappropriately outside her residence hall Thursday.

In a press release, CSU spokesperson Dell Rae Moellenberg said detectives are looking for the university community's help in finding the man described as "a black male about 5 feet 8 inches tall, heavyset, between 35-40 years of age.

Student Media to launch CSU faculty, staff publication

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Birth announcements, weddings, tidbits on President Tony Frank's favorite holiday tradition and a lengthy look back at some of the more colorful CSU presidents who've served in the last 134 years are just a few of the items that will be featured in a new publication being launched soon by Student Media.

I'm thankful for agriculture

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

It's Thanksgiving, and you and your whole family are sitting around the dinner table. You have enjoyed each other's company and are about to dive into the grand turkey that's been prepared. You can see the steam coming off, and the smell entices your mouth.

Our View: Mmm, mmm gobble gobble

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

OK, OK, so all most of us could think about this week was kickin' it on the couch with a drumstick in one hand and a beer in the other.

Next Thursday we'll flip on the tube, see some giant balloons float down 5th Avenue, watch the Cowboys and the Lions knock heads on the gridiron and mingle with relatives with whom you rarely speak.

Stephens inaccurately gives thanks to U.S. government

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

I enjoy reading M. Alex Stephens' articles. They are well written and entertaining. But I disagree with his view that the huge federal government is "necessary," as stated in his editorial titled, "A thank you to the government."

The federal government may have the best intentions, and citizens appreciate these intentions, but in reality the federal government does not achieve what it sets out to do, but instead creates unintended consequences, waste and inefficiency.

CSU tries to snap seven-game losing streak at New Mexico

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

They couldn't do it against 10-0 TCU or 4-7 UNLV, but with a winless New Mexico in their sights, the CSU Rams might have their best chance yet to break a seven-game losing streak.

The Rams (3-7, 0-6 MWC) are headed down south and ready to face the New Mexico Lobos (0-10, 0-6) in a battle of the Mountain West's bottom two teams.

Rams looking to close out road trip with a win

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

CSU men's basketball is making a home on the road to begin the season.

After a three-game tournament in Oregon last weekend, the Rams (2-1) travel to the Midwest to play their fourth straight road game to open the season, going up against the Indiana State Sycamores (2-1) tonight in Terre Haute.

Volleyball to receive MWC champ trophy

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

After already capturing the Mountain West Conference Championship the CSU Rams volleyball team hasn't lost any of its drive to win. Tomorrow night, the Rams will host the first of their last two matches of the season against UNLV.

The Rams are on a six-match winning streak and haven't lost at home since the end of August.

Women's basketball heads to the Hoosier state Sunday

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Head coach Kristen Holt will lead the CSU women's basketball team out of the Centennial State for the first time this year when the Rams travel to Valparaiso, Ind. to play the Valparaiso Crusaders on Sunday.

The Rams are looking to bounce back from their first loss of the season, a 68-55 setback against the Denver Pioneers on Wednesday.

Aisle 9

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Life on the Edge

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Ink

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Our hero, Bourdain, on adventurous gastronomy

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

"As soon as the head crowned," TV travel food journalist Anthony Bourdain said of his now two-and-a-half-year-old daughter Wednesday night, "the leather jacket went in the toilet."

The former chef, self-described drug addict, badass chain-smoking drinker with a foul mouth and blunt insults has become more of a family man, he told the hundreds who turned out to see him speak at Denver's Buell Theater.

RamTalk

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Alcohol, friends and Mario Kart 64. God's gifts to mankind.

To pedestrians: Are you honestly surprised when you get hit by a bike while you're walking in the bike lane?

You know your party is a hit when the only way to explain it is in BPSF - Boobs Per Square Foot.