http://denver.yourhub.comThe latest blog posts in The Denver Newspaper Agency YourHub.comen-usnews@yourhub.com(c) 2009, YourHub.com5The news that the LifeBridge annexation won't be pursued has come as a big shock to a lot of folks. It has caused a lot of anger on both sides of the issue. LifeBridge Christian Church was looking to annex the land to the city of Longmont sothe organization could build a mixed-use developmen...http://denver.yourhub.com/Longmont/Blogs/Archive/Blog~404446.aspx12/14/2007 5:21:47 PMKevin VillegasFriday will see a rekindling of one of the biggest rivalries in the region. The Colorado Buffaloes will welcome the Nebraska Cornhuskers to Folsom Field at 10 a.m. Nov. 23 for what will definitely be the last game of the season for one team. The game will be televised nationally on ABC. B...http://denver.yourhub.com/Boulder/Blogs/Archive/Sports/College-University/Blog~395171.aspx11/21/2007 12:12:48 PMKevin VillegasJohn Ashcroft , former U.S. attorney general and advocate of the Patriot Act, will come to give a talk at the University of Colorado from 7 to 9 p.m. Nov. 27 at Macky Auditorium. The event, which is being sponsored by the CU Cultural Events Board, is titled The Patriot Act: A Push for Safet...http://denver.yourhub.com/Boulder/Blogs/Archive/College-University/Blog~392208.aspx11/14/2007 3:25:04 PMKevin VillegasLast night, Boulder chose seven city council members and said yes to two of the four questions on the ballot. Crystal Gray and Ken Wilson were reelected with 10 percent and 10.4 percent of the vote, respectively. Joining them will be Matt Appelbaum , Macon Cowles , Angel...http://denver.yourhub.com/Boulder/Blogs/Archive/Blog~389126.aspx11/7/2007 2:25:59 PMKevin VillegasGuitar Hero, to the uninitiated, might seem like a waste of time. After all, it's basically a game where the player uses a guitar-like controller, strumming it in a vaguely nonsensical way while pushing color-coded buttons. "Why not just play a real guitar?", the squares must ask themselves. If...http://denver.yourhub.com/Longmont/Blogs/Archive/Technology-The-Web/Gaming/Blog~385748.aspx10/31/2007 5:08:17 PMKevin VillegasThere are a couple of big things that are happening in Boulder this week, and we're not talking about the Naked Pumpkin Run. Okay, maybe we're talking a little bit about that, and hoping to have pictures from the festivities for our Web site at some point tomorrow. (By the by, if you are readin...http://denver.yourhub.com/Boulder/Blogs/Archive/Blog~385694.aspx10/31/2007 3:38:35 PMKevin VillegasWard Churchill , the CU professor who was recently dismissed from the university, is coming to a classroom near you, but don't expect to receive any credit for it. The Campus Press is reporting today that students have invited the embattled professor to come back and teach a class called "ReVi...http://denver.yourhub.com/Boulder/Blogs/Archive/College-University/Blog~371707.aspx10/3/2007 2:13:38 PMKevin VillegasThis blog has laid dormant for the better part of 6 months, gathering dust on the Internets as I moved on to cover Aurora for YourHub.com . But now, I'm back. I'm hoping that there are still some people that remember this blog, The Buff Stops Here , as the place where you could find out ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Boulder/Blogs/Archive/Blog~368351.aspx9/26/2007 2:46:22 PMKevin VillegasRicardo Patton 's days coaching the CU men's basketball team could be over as soon as Feb. 24 when the Buffs take on Kansas State at home, according to a source close to the men's basketball team. The source cited Athletic Director Mike Bohn 's displeasure with the way Patton handled Feb. 1...http://denver.yourhub.com/Boulder/Blogs/Archive/Sports/College-University/Blog~184471.aspx2/16/2007 5:02:53 PMKevin VillegasWalk on campus someday. Not just to class or to the Hill, but really, walk around and take a look at what you see. Some places on campus are new, fresh and full of possibility. You wonder if you might meet your future husband or wife in the halls of the ATLAS building or walking through the...http://denver.yourhub.com/Boulder/Blogs/Archive/College-University/Blog~183316.aspx2/14/2007 1:36:24 PMKevin VillegasFeb. 7 was signing day for college athletics. It's a day where the most promising of high school athletes choose which colleges they will play for. The big news around CU is the first recruiting class that Dan Hawkins has put together for 2007. Of course, much ballyhoo has been made in the ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Boulder/Blogs/Archive/College-University/Blog~180182.aspx2/7/2007 1:06:45 PMKevin VillegasWhat's the big deal about a plaque anyway? I know that many times when I've walked on campus, I've seen a plaque displayed predominately on the side of a building (think Humanities) or not so predominately on the inside. (There's got to be one inside of Ekeley somewhere, right?) Most times, I ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Boulder/Blogs/Archive/College-University/Blog~177347.aspx1/31/2007 12:07:05 PMKevin VillegasIt seems like there is a magical revolving door in Boulder. The university replaced a number of high profile administrators and people on the CU campus in the last three or four years. Elizabeth Hoffman , the former president of the university system left amid recruiting scandal. So did D...http://denver.yourhub.com/Boulder/Blogs/Archive/College-University/Blog~174699.aspx1/24/2007 1:42:06 PMKevin VillegasIt's back to school after a little more than three weeks of winter break and CU is still kicking. I bet you didn't think that CU could function without your presence (I know that's what I used to think every time I had a break). Fortunately, life does go on for a campus, even when its 30,000 inh...http://denver.yourhub.com/Boulder/Blogs/Archive/College-University/Blog~171689.aspx1/17/2007 1:14:33 PMKevin VillegasLost amid the recruiting and Ward Churchill scandals, the problems with alcohol and Greek rushing, just off to the side of the spotlight that is always on CU, there are many things that are totally out of this world. Boulder can be considered one of only a handful of cities in the country w...http://denver.yourhub.com/Boulder/Blogs/Archive/Education-General/Blog~168890.aspx1/10/2007 12:49:13 PMKevin VillegasEveryone was saddened to hear that one of the Broncos ' most interesting and promising players, Darrent Williams , died in a drive-by shooting only hours into the new year. But a CU student was involved in that shooting, too. She was shot in the head but suffered only relatively minor inj...http://denver.yourhub.com/Boulder/Blogs/Archive/College-University/Blog~166272.aspx1/3/2007 12:16:19 PMKevin VillegasBy now, I bet you're pretty sick of hearing about the Blizzard of 2006, the subsequent dig-out and how we are supposed to get another gigantic snowstorm Thursday and Friday. But lost amid all the chaos of plows and magnesium chloride was the fact that many CU students didn't get to have a gradu...http://denver.yourhub.com/Boulder/Blogs/Archive/College-University/Blog~164711.aspx12/27/2006 2:39:08 PMKevin VillegasFinals end tomorrow and the fall graduation ceremony is Friday at the Coors Events Center . (I refuse to call it the 'Coors Events and Conference Center'. No matter how the university wants to rebrand it, the building is still 27 years old.) With a grain of salt and a little bit of a foggy ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Boulder/Blogs/Archive/College-University/Blog~163062.aspx12/20/2006 10:58:01 AMKevin VillegasI've been purposefully ignoring the men's basketball team as the main subject of this blog for a reason. That is, I've been waiting for them to shift into second gear. It seems they've been woefully stuck in first for the first nine games of the season. But Saturday night's loss to Colorad...http://denver.yourhub.com/Boulder/Blogs/Archive/College-University/Blog~160454.aspx12/13/2006 11:28:49 AMKevin VillegasBack in 1994, a lot of people died in the African country of Rwanda. The story of the genocide, triggered by the death of then-President Juvenal Habyraimana among other factors like the increasing ethnic tension between Hutus and Tutsis, has since been dramatized in a popular film featuring ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Boulder/Blogs/Archive/College-University/Blog~158114.aspx12/6/2006 1:16:49 PMKevin VillegasOne of the most painful seasons in recent memories for the University of Colorado Buffaloes football team is finally over. The Buffs lost to no. 23 ranked Nebraska earlier today by the score of 37-14. Mell Holliday , a senior and native of Omaha, Neb., had a great rushing day for his final ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Boulder/Blogs/Archive/College-University/Blog~154012.aspx11/24/2006 5:06:19 PMKevin VillegasRivalry week, the biggest week in college football, has come and gone. But the biggest rivalry for the Colorado Buffaloes waits one week later to rear its ugly red face. The Colorado- Nebraska football game will be played at 1:30 p.m. Nov. 24, the day after Thanksgiving, in a nationally...http://denver.yourhub.com/Boulder/Blogs/Archive/College-University/Blog~153516.aspx11/22/2006 11:44:42 AMKevin VillegasThe loss of any life is tragic. Life, as we know it, is a special condition that only a few organisms on one planet (as far as we know it) have. The fact that only self-conscious human beings can comprehend the words "I am alive" are proof of the rarity that life is. That's why the death of an...http://denver.yourhub.com/Boulder/Blogs/Archive/College-University/Blog~150911.aspx11/15/2006 1:19:08 PMKevin VillegasWalking past Norlin through main campus can be pretty depressing these days. Whether it's some guy in a suit trying to hand you a New Testament or a pamphlet outlining the things you are doing that will send you to an eternity in pain, it can be tough to walk to class, keep your conversation w...http://denver.yourhub.com/Boulder/Blogs/Archive/College-University/Blog~147977.aspx11/8/2006 12:36:46 PMKevin VillegasA week ago today, I was sitting in my room, waiting to take my twin brother to the airport. He was going to Los Angeles for a career fair conference and I somehow got yanked into giving him a ride. I had my instant messenger program open on my computer and I got a little pop-up surprise from a f...http://denver.yourhub.com/Boulder/Blogs/Archive/College-University/Blog~144813.aspx11/1/2006 1:12:16 PMKevin VillegasI will donate $0 to charity. Sorry. Most college students these days have a profile on MySpace or Facebook, or both. You can join 'groups' on these Web sites. There is generally no need to belong to a certain clique to join one of these groups. All you have to do is have a common interest, o...http://denver.yourhub.com/Boulder/Blogs/Archive/College-University/Blog~142534.aspx10/26/2006 10:50:40 AMKevin VillegasI will donate $0 to charity. Sorry. Most college students these days have a profile on MySpace or Facebook, or both. You can join 'groups' on these Web sites. There is generally no need to belong to a certain clique to join one of these groups. All you have to do is have a common interest, or...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Blogs/Archive/College-University/Blog~142057.aspx10/25/2006 12:31:44 PMKevin VillegasThe buzz around campus still seems to be the big win against Texas Tech on Oct. 14. Students stormed the field not too long afterward. Many sports writers and others have questioned why the fans stormed the field , because a 1-6 record is, apparently, no reason to celebrate. But to CU f...http://denver.yourhub.com/Boulder/Blogs/Archive/College-University/Blog~139227.aspx10/18/2006 1:03:57 PMKevin VillegasAt about 4:30 p.m. MST today, the campus of the University of Colorado gave a collective sigh of relief. At that time, the Buffs finally got their first win under new coach Dan Hawkins . And it only took seven tries before he got it right. And boy, did he ever. The Buffs made the Red Raide...http://denver.yourhub.com/Boulder/Blogs/Archive/Sports/College-University/Blog~137706.aspx10/14/2006 5:19:34 PMKevin VillegasThe Colorado Daily ran a story today about how 'hazardous' mold was found in room 110 of Woodbury. For those of you without a perfect memory, Woodbury is the building that houses the offices of advisors for Arts and Sciences, among other things. When I was reading the Daily's story, I cou...http://denver.yourhub.com/Boulder/Blogs/Archive/College-University/Blog~137203.aspx10/13/2006 10:11:18 AMKevin Villegas