Old CU
Campus lore says the first bell cracked following a football victory over Colorado School of Mines in 1926. Others claim it happened during the off-season.
In Boulder County, there are more than 1,580 Tesla cars registered. The number keeps growing, and many CU Boulder alumni are among the proud owners of the famed electric cars.
Readers comment on the Shakespeare Festival, The Connetion bowling alley and nostalgic memories from their time at CU.
CU Boulder's largest concert hall began construction in 1909. It was completed in 1922.
During the 1918 flu epidemic, the visiting Student Army Training Corps who lived in the Armory were dispersed into “barracks-like tents” so the building could be used as a hospital.
George Norlin is famous for many things around CU's campus, but you might not know just how much he loved to fish.
Vintage postcards dating as far back as 1911 speak to the Norlin Charge, first read in 1935: "The University consists of all who come into and go forth from her halls, who are thinkg of you touched by her influence and who carry on her spirit."
Fifty years ago, on April 22, 1970, CU Boulder became the first university in the nation to open a student-led Environmental Center. The day coincided with the nation’s inaugural Earth Day.
CU students have performed as varying versions of Chip, CU Boulder’s character buffalo mascot, since the 1980s.