 Wellness day is an annual event. Though divided in the responses it draws, it fostered an environment in which students can explore new opportunities for living healthier lifestyles. It offered a mix of information and attention getting fun and goodies drawing quite a crowd this year. "It was so good!" declared Cody Walega. He expounded, "It was fun. People came up with fun ways to get you to learn about health." However, when asked if he thought that that the wellness fair could be any better, he admitted, "This is my first wellness day." After some thought, he noted, "There was just a little waiting in line." Nate Caulum, a friend of Walega's said, "It was pretty super!" One aspect of value that he commented on, "They gave you techniques to relieve stress, which could be useful at this school." Near the end of the discussion, Walega asked, "Why was there a bank there? Financial health?"
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 Look around campus this week: you are bound to see price tags attached to books, computers, lab equipment, treadmills and even buildings. These price tags symbolize the "rich" tradition of philanthropy at Mines. Pun intended. Philanthropy has been at the heart of Colorado School of Mines since day one. Donors to the school have helped Mines become a nationally and internationally-recognized university. Today, more than 4,000 alumni, parents and members of the campus community make annual gifts to ensure that students have the best resources possible.
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A group of parents met to discuss pulling their children out of the Sacred Heart of Jesus School in Boulder after a student was not allowed to re-enroll at the school because that student was parented by a gay couple. The Denver Archdiocese defended the school by arguing that homosexual relationships violate the beliefs of the Catholic Church.
Federal Judge Wayne R. Andersen refused to dismiss the civil lawsuit that accuses former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld of liability for the torture of two United States citizen who were working with an Iraqi contracting firm by US military forces. The Judge said that it is unconstitutional for federal officials to strip the rights from US citizens, regardless of the situation.
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Yucatan, Mexico - Scientists have reaffirmed what has been thought for years; dinosaurs, and many other creatures living in the time of dinosaurs, went extinct due to a huge asteroid crashing into earth 65.5 million years ago. The asteroid's huge size wiped out life within half a continent, and the dust put into the air by the crash change the Earth's climate for at least a decade. The Sun was blotted out by clouds and it rained sulfuric acid on the dinosaurs. The report says that other theories on the destruction of the dinosaurs should be taken as false from now on, due to the overwhelming evidence of the asteroid. Riverside, CA - Despite claims that children learn vocabulary from educational tapes, a new study says babies are no better off watching those tapes than not. The study was performed by determining if children who watched educational videos made specifically to teach words to infants knew those words after 6 months of watching the videos. The answer was a conclusive no. In fact, the study suggests that language development may be hindered by watching such tapes.
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