Composite sketch of the suspect.
Boulder Police are requesting help from the public in identifying a man involved in a sexual assault, according to a news release.
The assault occurred on Sept. 6 between 2 a.m. and 2:30 a.m. near 17th Street and Broadway Street, on the grounds of University Hill Elementary School, according to the release.
The 19-year-old female who was sexually assaulted reported her attacker as a college-aged male with a pronounced pointed nose, spiked dark hair, dark eyes and no facial hair, who was possibly of Middle Eastern descent. She was walking home after leaving a friend’s house when she was attacked near the elementary school.
Boulder Detective Kurt Foster said that the composite sketch and report have just been released because the female, a CU student, was hesitant about reporting the attack.
“She delayed in reporting it,” Foster said. “She said that she was uncertain of what to do and didn’t want to relive it.”
Foster said that with releasing the information and sketch, a number of leads have already been called in that are currently under investigation.
Police are asking that anyone with information regarding this attack contact Detective Kurt Foster at 303-441-4329. For those who wish to remain anonymous, police ask that they contact the Northern Colorado Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or 1-800-444-3776. Tips may also be submitted to the crime stoppers website.
Contact CU Independent Breaking News Editor Sarah Simmons at Sarah.e.simmons@colorado.edu.
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This article is a guest post provided to us by HBS reader Peter Alma.
Are you tired of spending your hard earned money on a ski area that doesn’t treat you as a valued customer? Are you concerned that climate change will affect your favorite winter pastime? Do you feel ski areas should be more socially responsible and better members of their surrounding communities?
So does a group of like-minded skiers and snowboarders who have formed the Mountain Rider’s Alliance (MRA).
Mountain Rider’s Alliance believes the great ski and snowboard community can make a change
MRA believes that it’s time for the ski industry to make a radical change for the better…that is if you think working together is positive. On a belief system that is a bit like a food co-op: i.e. those involved in the co-op do so to sell nurturing products because they are a member of a health conscious community, MRA believes that it is time to unite the giant ski and snowboard community in creating healthy ski areas. Acting as a rider-owned and operated ski resort, their business core values are based on helping the environment, providing an atmosphere that focuses on a great ski experience for everyone, despite economic status, and being socially responsible to the communities that they serve.
Or as described by one of the co-founders Dave Rubin, “This isn’t just another ski area, this is a way of consciously working together to make ski areas positive in our communities again. “this is collaborative effort to move away from the current trend of involving highly leverage real estate and marketing geared toward intermediete skiers looking for their second and third homes. This is embracing the people in our community that have been forgotten for a long time. The hard working lifties, waiters and waitresses, the teachers, firefighters, ski patrol. The ski bums. The artists. The nature lovers.”
Can a ski resort create more energy than it consume? MRA believes so!
MRA’s plan will also incorporate renewable energy into the business model with the goal of creating more energy than it consumes. Not only will this help to combat climate change, but it will create an additional year round revenue stream, take pressure off the need to sell expensive lift ticket prices, and stop basing profit margin on skier visits. Another one of the founding nucleus, Jamie Schectman explains, “MRA is bringing together multiple revenue streams, instead of depending on how much the base village condos are selling for and how many people we can get on the hill. We are also hoping to make it the norm that ski areas are helping Mother Nature out, not hurting her. As we all know, we skiers and snowboarders are pretty dependent on snow.”
The newly formed group is currently evaluating projects in the United States as well as Canada. As projects are studied for terrain, yearly snow totals, renewable resource potential, and proximity to communities, MRA will create feasibility studies of each area. Upon deciding which area has the most potential, MRA will offer shares in the ski-energy centers. Share prices will be around 0, as stated on the website. They expect to make an announcement of the location of their first project in December, 2010.
They have a detailed website, www.MountainRidersAlliance.com, blog MRABlog, Twitter and Facebook page.
For more information, contact them directly at info@MountainRidersAlliance.com
Homeboy Ski Blog
Skiers who want to tune their own skis need to master all steps involved in the full tuning process. Edge tuning is an important step to get right, so here are a few quick steps to help you get your edge tuning down pat. First, use a steel file to flatten any burrs or nicks in the edges. This process is necessary to get a smoother surface for your sharpener.
Once these are taken care of, use a 90-degree edge sharpener along the length of the edges. The best technique is to start from the tip and to pull the file in one direction using overlapping strokes until you reach the tail. Most edge sharpeners only file in one direction, so when edge tuning, this single stroke method is essential. Once you have a few good passes with the sharpener, the final step in edge tuning is to get out the wax.
Apply your wax according to your style of skiing. Just be sure, no matter what type of skis you have, to get an even coat that will give you a good ride and keep you safe. Professional edge tuning is available in most ski shops, so if you are not up to the task, bring your skis in and let a pro do it for you.
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(CU Independent graphic/Adam Milner)
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So, you picked up the most recent issue of Cosmo and decided you want to try the latest sex advice. You go into the kitchen, magazine in hand and begin to gather the necessary supplies for your sexcapade: spatula, Crisco and a metal spoon.
You can thank Cosmo later when your partner storms out of the house, a horrorstricken look upon their face and you have to make a trip to Target to replace your cooking utensils.
Every month, Cosmo feeds women absurd lies and inadequate sex advice. If you’re looking for tips to spice up your sex life, buying only one issue of the magazine will suffice, seeing as how Cosmo prints the same advice every month. You’d be better off reading a copy of the Rooster; at least you won’t be advised to try reverse cowgirl every time you’re looking to spice things up.
Cosmo should be used as an entertainment magazine, not a resource for the sex lives of women. Most times, Cosmo seems more like a men’s magazine than women’s, as cover stories are devoted to what men want in bed (or in the kitchen).
For example, the October edition has “Own His Orgasm” splattered across the front, when women should really own their own O and be in touch with their sexuality.
Becoming a reader of Cosmo was something to look forward to as little girls. We’d see glimpses of it in our mother’s purse, and then we’d make our Barbie and Ken dolls kiss like the models inside were doing.
As we got older, having a Cosmo in our possession was like a gift from the gods.
Girls, you remember the sophomore sleepovers. Reading Cosmo, trying your first water bra and strawberry daiquiri wine cooler, and daring your best friend to try to find her G-spot.
Now, as college students, we sit in our apartments, reading articles about how to hide our belly fat during sex, or how to become aroused using an ice cube from our Starbucks iced tall mocha.
The excitement of Cosmo is lost on us, and we’re left with the most bizarre sex and relationship advice. We spend .99 to read about 99 things we can do naked, how long-term relationships can be bad and how to turn our makeup products into items of stimulation.
News flash: driving a motor vehicle while naked will result in an indecent exposure ticket, Cosmo doesn’t know anything about long-term relationships and only a select few guys tend to enjoy mint-flavored lip-gloss on their penises.
Recently, I read an article in Cosmo about how to turn various places in my apartment into new sex hot spots. The article informed me that different rooms contained different items that could increase sexual arousal.
For example, by having sex in the shower, my boyfriend and I could lather each other up with my Pantene Pro-V conditioner (which seems like a total waste). Having sex on the stairs apparently provides extraordinary sex angles as well as rug burn. But Cosmo says that having sex in the kitchen takes the cake. My kitchen provides me with spatulas for spanking, rolling pins to rub over our bodies and a fridge to prop myself up inside.
I can only imagine the look on my roommates’ faces if they walked in on me naked, bent over in the fridge and being spanked with the spatula we use to cook pancakes with.
Ladies, Cosmo is not helping us in any way, shape, or form.
We’re getting awful and pointless advice. It’s time we become our own myth-busters and try to figure out our sex lives and relationships for ourselves. At this rate, Cosmo is only going to piss off your boyfriend and force your roommates to sublet out their rooms.
Read the magazine for how to properly apply a smoky-eye and to see which celebrities are copying Snooki’s bump, but don’t let the writers of Cosmo dictate your sex life. And please, keep your sex life out of the kitchen.
Contact CU Independent Staff Writer Lauren Archuletta at Lauren.archuletta@colorado.edu.
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I am planning to buy a new camera and ideally i’d like one that is able to withstand slightly tough conditions whilst snowboarding because i’m too scared i’ll break my current one! Does anyone have any suggestions of a decent camera for this?
Thanks Well actually, all of the Nikon F-series cameras are built tougher [...]
Snowboard And Ski Gear
Scotland has reported to have had its best ski season this year compared to the previous 15 years. They have had a big rise in visitor numbers and the best conditions they could ever wish for.
Scotland’s five very popular ski resorts have all reported a rise in the number of available days for skiing and snowboarding on their slopes. It has also been confirmed that ‘Visit Scotland’ has a had a huge surge in inquiries about holidays in Scotland which have been linked to skiing.
Not only has it been having very large amount of constant winter snow, but it has been having record numbers visiting the several ski resorts, with most customers being skiers (of course) All 5 ski resorts in Scotland have apparently reported a staggering 372.782 skier days in total. Ski Scotland has estimated that these record numbers have generated a staggering £25m for the Scottish economy.
There are five ski resorts in Scotland, which are the Nevis Range, Glenshee Ski Centre, CairnGorm Mountain, Glencoe Mountain and The Lecht. Managing director for the Nevis Range, Marian Austin said: “Last year was good, the previous five or six weren’t so good. This is our best year since 2001.”
It’s reported that more than half of this year’s visitors to Nevis Range have been from outside the Scotland area. Since late last year, Glenshee has had 82,000 skiing days, compared to 43,000 between December and March in last year’s short season. A spokesman for CairnGorm Mountain said the resort had seen an increase in the number of skiers from England and that the centre had skiable snow since the middle of December.
He said: “We’ve had a significant increase in skiers from the south of England, choosing to forego their Alpine skiing holiday because they heard we had very good skiing to offer.”
Glencoe Mountain’s season has been open since December 28 and the resort has had 18,000 skiing days – an increase of 6,000 on the whole of last season. Angela Dingwall, manager of the smallest Scottish resort, Glencoe, said it had received a large number of international skiers, particularly from Ireland. This year there have been a lot of English visitors and even some Australians. She said the centre had only lost five days due to high wind.
All of the resorts have been open for at least 110 days throughout the winter season, but occasionally stopping operation when we had those awful conditions that led to the country grinding to a hault (and also the ski areas.) This was because of the access to the resorts.
Lets hope that this is a sign for whats to come and next season will be as just as good, if not better. Fingers crossed it is.
Watch this space for news on Ski Scotland’s opening season.
Homeboy Ski Blog
Construction of new student housing beside Williams Village is well underway. The project is expected to be finished in the fall of 2011. (CU Independent/Alison Bergh)
As part of the Flagship 2030 strategic plan, CU-Boulder is working to increase the number of students living in campus housing that are involved in Residential Academic Programs by erecting more dorms, according to Flagship 2030’s website.
The project, titled Williams Village North, is currently destined to become a Residential College, essentially a multi-year Residential Academic Program, according to the website.
Upon expected completion in August 2011, Boulder will be one of the few public universities in the U.S. to offer a residential college experience, and the RAPs that the new building will house are designed to be very hands-on, according to the website.
The new housing is not only unique through its forward-thinking Residential College Program but also in its architectural design.
The buildings were designed with sustainability in mind and the goal is for the buildings to achieve the LEED Platinum sustainability certification, said Megan Rose, the communications specialist for planning, design and construction.
“One of the things that we always work towards [at CU Boulder] is building to be sustainable,” Rose said. “Tracking to be LEED Platinum, it will be the largest residence hall in the nation that will achieve this, at a total of 500 beds.”
To achieve the LEED Platinum certification the building must fulfill a set of requirements that will determine if the building is “green enough” to become certified, according to the LEED website.
The RAP that will be housed in Williams Village North is geared towards learning about sustainability, said Paula Bland, director of residence life at CU-Boulder.
“The RAP that has currently been approved to go in [Williams Village North] is through the engineering program, it is called Sustainability by Design and the building itself will become a teaching tool for the RAP,” Bland said. “We are very excited about it, it is a really fantastic program.”
Since the students will be living in sustainable housing it creates an added benefit for the RAP participants because they get hands-on learning experience from their living environment, Bland said.
Many of the students living in Will Vill have very little information about the new housing; however, they don’t seem to have a problem with the construction.
“It will probably make Will Vill more appealing, it will be nice because it will modernize it so that incoming students will have newer dorms,” said Nicole Rudat, 18, a freshman international affairs major. “They are probably trying to build a bigger community in Williams Village.”
As part of increasing the amount of student housing, there will also be an increase in the amount of on-campus housing available to upper-division students, Rose said .
“The goal is to have 20 percent of the housing be devoted to upper division students as a part of the Flagship 2030 program,” Rose said.
All of the money for the project will come from student fees and housing revenues due to the state budget construction freeze, according to the Facilities Management website.
The projected cost, according to the Facilities Management website, is .5 million; however, there are no targeted price increases for room and board to help fund this project since the money from it comes out of standard revenues.
“There will be no significant changes to the Buff Bus routes or the dining hall in order to accommodate more students,” Bland said. “We will add buses… but I don’t anticipate that the routes will change. The residents of Williams Village North will not have a new dining hall built for them, they will be eating in Darley Commons or on campus.”
Contact CU Independent Staff Writer Chelsea Barrett at Chelsea.barrett@colorado.edu.
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Far the seasonal skier who wants to keep advancing their knowledge when away from the mountains, ski videos can provide just that. There are many instructional ski videos that can keep your skills on an upward path by giving pointers that do not require you being on the slopes. Many of the biggest professional skiers and ski instructors have their won videos to provide their insights from experience. Because of the star power that appears in many of these ski videos, they can also be very entertaining. Many ski videos will also contain highlights from professional skiers.
These can include stuff you may have seen on TV as well as tricks and events that were never before televised or put on video. Learning from these guys is great, but watching them do what they can do is simply awesome. If you enjoy watching your favorite skiers but the season is off, getting ski videos featuring them is a great way to stay entertained and pick up some pointers.
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