Less Than Smooth Adventure

We weren’t entirely sure where we were going. We knew the vicinity we needed to be in and hoped for the best. We arrived to the camp area about 10pm, and luckily there were people up and awake still to ask, “is this Frenchman’s Coulee?” The roads weren’t very well maintained, we couldn’t really see […]

Life; the Moral Hell

That is life; it’s full of fear, pain, and moral dilemma.

Broke Climber’s Adventure to Smith Rock

Let’s be real, most of us who climb don’t make money from it. I am 100% included in that, especially trying to keep up with the sport while in college. Having lived in both Oregon and Colorado, I’ve got to experience quite a few crags that cost virtually nothing to go to. Going to big […]

Thank you, Mary Jane

Always the hot topic during election season; who is the next state to legalize medicinal or recreational marijuana? Study after study shows it has many health benefits from dealing with rheumatoid arthritis and seizures, to helping veterans with PTSD or stopping cancer from spreading completely. While all this has very lengthy scientific research behind it, many […]

Unknown Battles of War

Yesterday I was called a “dependa” by some person I went to high school with and told I “fit the urban dictionary definition perfectly.” All because I simply shared my and my family’s experience growing up as a military family. There has never NOT been a point in my life or my siblings when my […]

Student Stress Levels and Acts of Violence Within Schools

One of the overlying questions of our EDU275 class at Colorado State University, is “what is the purpose of education?” On a superficial level, one could say it is to better society. But is is really bettering society when America is averaging one school shooting per week since 2013? The most recent one happened May […]

KIPP Schools vs. Military Schools

Many people know about military schools, but few are aware of the lesser known alternative institutions known as KIPP schools. In the past, military schools have been what your parents threaten to send you to when you’ve been misbehaving. Part of their purpose served to straighten out troubled kids and provided a sense of structure in their life. The first […]

Warm and Tolerant? Me? Oh.

I’ve never claimed to be a warm and tolerant person. I have no idea why some random stranger on Facebook I have never met, nor is friends with on Facebook is trying to tell me I have. I do not hide that I am not a warm and tolerant person. I CAN be warm, I […]

The Girls-Only Road/Camping Trip

So many people have asked us why we went to Texas and New Mexico for camping when we live right next to the Rockies in Colorado… Well boys and girls, this may be a surprise to you but it was snowing when we left Colorado, and cold-weather camping gear is not within the budget of […]

Education: The Lack of a Basic Right

Many issues behind education are being brought to light today in regards to race, uniformity of curriculum, and funding of higher education. Through this group project we look into an important aspect of the Lobato V Colorado case. Lobato V Colorado was a case that took place here recently, it was heard by the Supreme […]