Always a Favorite

The Coloradan is always a favorite read of mine, and the Summer 2024 issue was especially personal for me. Mary Hanley Machacek (²Ńµž“”ā€™81) and I created an endowment for first-generation students at CU Leeds. As a result, weā€™ve had the opportunity to meet Phil and Yvonne DiStefano and learn about and be inspired by their actions as leaders and ambassadors of CU Boulder. We have increased our commitment as a result of their example of paying it forward. As a first-generation college student myself, the article about CU Boulderā€™s Precollegiate Development Program reinforced the importance of creating gateways for young students to be barrier breakers ā€” and our pride of being CU Buffs. Yvonneā€™s ongoing work with the Guardian Scholars is exemplary, and we have no doubt that Phil will continue to improve our society and world at the Center for Leadership and the School of Education.

Larry Machacek (²Ńµž“”ā€™81)

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Shout Out

Thanks so much for mentioning Marcos Perez (Psychā€™97) and me and The Next Good Thing book in the CU alumni magazine. We appreciate the mention and are proud to be listed with the other alumni.  

Go Buffs! 

D. Eric Maikranz (øé³Ü²õ²õā€™91)

Stuart, Florida

Class Material

Hello, I am a CU alumna and am now an adjunct faculty member at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs. Iā€™m planning to use your article ā€œSoft Skills Are the New Power Skills,ā€ by Katy Hill, in my COMM 3150 Team Communication Course.
 

Thank you,

Alison Christofferson (Englā€™03; MCommā€™21)

Colorado Springs 

A Powerful Issue

Thank you for the great issue of the Coloradan titled ā€œLeading with Heart.ā€ I especially appreciated the editorā€™s note where Maria shared about her own supervisor who provided tough feedback in a kind manner and how that had an impact. This is a powerful issue for sure!

Nancy Marchand-Martella

Colorado Springs

Compassionate Pages

Just now collected my latest Coloradan with its beautiful cover (kudos to Ben Kircher). I thumbed through the progressive, compassionate pages and felt so proud to be remembered in previous issues. I turned 70 last October. Brimming with new ideas, I truly feel decades younger, which I owe to sobriety and daily meditation with wonderful friends.

Thank you for the Summer 2024 Coloradan! 

Fondly,

Gregory Hinton (±Ź±š°ł²Ń²µ³¾³Łā€™77)

Los Angeles

Brass Queens

I opened my issue of the Coloradan today, and wow! ā€œBlack & Gold in Our Soulā€ turned out so perfectly. I absolutely LOVE the big, bold dynamic spread of the first two pages. Thank you all for taking the time to hear our story and for being so collaborative to make it just right. 

Black & Gold in Our Soul forever! 

Best,

Ally Chapel (“”°ł³Ł±į¾±²õ³Łā€™14)

New York City

Format Matters

Thank you for the work you all do to help create the Coloradan. My wife Barbara and I are long-time Alumni Association volunteers and appreciate how well the publication keeps people informed about whatā€™s happening at CU.

I noticed something different in the summer issue that we just received: the ā€œIn Memoriamā€ sectionā€™s listings were sorted by last name rather than graduation year. Although I always at least scanned that section, as Iā€™ve gotten older I tend to check it out more carefully. While that might sound kind of morbid, I graduated 45 years ago and the reality is that more of my contemporaries may be on the list now.

Can the data management folks in Advancement change the listings back to a more user-friendly format?

Thanks!

Ray Cooke (¹ó¾±²Ōā€™79)

El Segundo, California

Editorā€™s note: For the Fall 2024 issue, we have adjusted the magazineā€™s ā€œIn Memoriamā€ section to once again be chronological by graduation year.

Gladstone Tidings

Wow, what timing! This past weekend, I found the perfect spot in my living room to display "Gladstone, Colorado" by Muriel Sibell-Wolle, a gem I found at an estate sale recently. I could hardly believe it when I saw the photo with Sibell-Wolle and Gladstone in your final pages of the Summer 2024 issue. Thank you for a fun reminder of the small and beautiful world we live in as CU alumni. Acquiring Gladstone felt like receiving a long-overdue graduation present.

Sincerely,

Anna Penry Walker (ø鱚±ō³§³Łā€™94)

Boulder

Memories of Southwestern CO

Thanks for the ā€œThenā€ tribute to Muriel Sibell-Wolle. I have, and still refer to, her "Stampede to Timberline" and "Timberline Tailings" after all these years, having jeeped many of the so-called "roads" she describes, mostly in the San Juans in southwestern Colorado ā€” often being terrified on many of them.

There is little as soul-lifting as the lush fields of Augustā€™s columbines nearing timberline in Yankee Boy Basin far above Ouray and enduring a mountain thunderstorm rolling down the canyon. Scattered there are the ashes of my beloved wife of 56+ years, and one day mine will join hers there.

Doug Irish (³¢²¹·Éā€™63)

Scottsdale, Arizona

Summer (Issue) Fun

Thank you for the wonderful Summer 2024 edition of the Coloradan. It is always nice to catch up on art, science and athletics. I especially enjoyed the two music articles, the interview with the CU College of Music dean, and learning all about the New Orleans-style brass band in New York City. I also like the stunning photograph of Folsom Field from this yearā€™s commencement. It reminds me of the times I played percussion in the CU summer band in the middle of the football field for Fourth of July concerts. Finally, I am happy that the CU Music Library has my books, articles and dissertation papers in collection. Thanks again for your excellent work!

Cordially,

Geary Larrick (¶Ł²Ń“”ā€™84)

Glenview, Illinois

Radio 1190

I just got my alumni magazine in the mail today and I saw the article about Radio 1190. I was very active in the station and was a member of the air board during my stint there. I am so happy to see the station growing again. We had a lot of pride for the station, with shows like ā€œBasementalism,ā€ and we had earned our 10th "Best of Westword" award my last year there. We had something really special, and I was sad to hear that the station all but died in the years since.

I can see the station is in good hands, and in this resurgence of audio media and podcasts, I hope the station serves as a way to prepare a new group to entertain and inform new audiences.

Thank you,

Gabe Romero (±Ź“Ē±ō³§³¦¾±ā€™09)

Golden

His Holiness on Campus

Dear Editor,

Very nice photo with the Dalai Lama on page one. At UMass Boston, when my office was near the Boston Common, I was returning from lunch one spring day when I looked ahead of me and saw the Dalai Lama and his group walking toward me. I went up and introduced myself to him. He was in between meetings, so we agreed to sit on a park bench in the Common where we had an hour-long conversation. We had a wide ranging discussion before he had to move on to his next meeting. He was a very nice man, and I am pleased that a CU Boulder group was able to meet with him in India.

Philip S. Hart (³§“Ē³¦ā€™66)

Los Angeles

Staying Current

I appreciate receiving the magazine. The stories are informative, educational, and intriguing, and it warms my heart to be kept abreast of all that is taking place at CU. Kudos to the editorial team!

Blessings,

Nancy Pelander Johnson (³§±č²¹²Ōā€™77)

Mesa, Arizona

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How Did Everything Get So Political? 

Good to see an article addressing the nature of our current political divide [ā€œHow Did Everything Get So Political?ā€ Spring 2023] It would be great to make this a series where the rise of marooned independent voters and the influence of media as a profiteer are also explored, for example. I have a feeling itā€™s crucial to the repair, maintenance and advancement of society. 

John W. Comerford (Film, Psychā€™90) 
Petaluma, California 

I usually looked forward to reading about the ā€œon or aboutā€ campus news. But the latest edition speaks to the reality of how things have become so politicized. The current edition is nothing more than left-wing propaganda and disinformation. CUā€™s always been far left of center, but this edition exemplifies the extremist leftsā€™ war on truth, and desire for censorship and subjugation. 

Edward Haugland (·”³Ü°ł³§³Łā€™84)
Fort Belvoir, Virginia

I am terribly disappointed. I am a very loyal CU alum, and always been a big fan of this magazine. I do not believe that an issue focused on current politics is an appropriate realm of exploration on the part of CU. Our society is deeply divided on most of these topics, and I feel it is downright arrogant for this university ā€” which is accomplished in so many other areas ā€” to step up and assert its global views.

Colleen McAllister (·”²Ō²µ±ōā€™64)
Greenwood Village, Colorado 

Thank you for the great work showcasing CU for us alumni. That said, I wanted to reach out about the cover chosen for your most current issue.

While the article is discussing how to integrate political perspectives and de-polarize, your cover seems to infer the opposite. This I found disappointing. As an unaffiliated voter, the artwork depicts some fairly radical perspectives and frankly, instigated a lot of difficult conversations in my house with my children after I had them get the mail. While the cover art is usually a beautiful depiction of the Boulder we know and love, this seemed to miss the mark.

Kristen Lanier (Commā€™05; MEduā€™11)
Littleton, Colorado

The First Amendment

Just wanted to say that I loved and appreciated the article on the First Amendment and to ask you to please do more ā€”  Second Amendment next! 

Judith Craig Buczek (Zoolā€™66; MDā€™70)
Camano Island, Washington 

Reflecting on The Sink 

I was born in 1947, and grew up in Boulder and lived at 10th and Pennsylvania for most of my youth. I spent many an afternoon on The Hill and had many friends who worked at ā€œHerbieā€™s Deli.ā€ I went away to college, but when I was back in town, that was where we all met up. Boulder is totally different, and not necessarily for the better, but itā€™s nice to know that something truly Boulder has survived the times.

Thaine Gilliland
Steamboat Springs, Colorado 

I enjoyed the article about 100 years of The Sink. A feedback letter in that issue implied that The Sink served cinnamon rolls and peanut butter. I donā€™t believe, however, that The Sink made them. I was at CU Boulder from 1954ā€“59 and worked in 1955 as a server at Owens Cafe, which was a corner place a block from The Sink. The morning specialty at Owens was toasted cinnamon rolls with peanut butter, and they sold a ton of them. 

Incidentally, I went from Owens to being a waiter at a new fine dining restaurant on Arapahoe Ave., the Lamp Post. It was the first place in Boulder with a full liquor license, and big tips allowed me to stay in school and graduate.

Dave Oxley (·”³¦“Ē²Ōā€™60)&²Ō²ś²õ±č;
De Pere, Wisconsin 

I spent a lot of time at The Sink during my years at CU. I particularly loved the fries! I took my parents once when they visited ā€¦ My mother was not impressed with the artwork, and my dad's comment (as an engineer and contractor) about the overheard pipes was that they were a fire marshall's worst nightmare!

Susan McKee (±õ²Ō³Ł±ōø鱚±ōā€™69)&²Ō²ś²õ±č;
Santa Fe, New Mexico 

I worked as a short order cook at Herbieā€™s Deli, circa 1978. One of my favorite memories was our neighbor to the south, Nicky. He had a witchcraft shop, and most days, he would call his order into the restaurant. We would get the order with the header ā€œNicky,ā€ and when it was done and ready for pickup, we would bang on the stainless steel behind the grill (which was the wall between our spaces) as a signal that he could come over and pick his order up. He would pay on the spot, and he never had to shut down his store in order to get lunch.

Martin Agather (·”³¦“Ē²Ōā€™80)
St. Louis Park, Minnesota 

Baseball and Softball

Now that Deion Sanders is football coach, I look forward to having baseball and softball started again at CU. We need them to take advantage of all the revenue both these sports now generate. Shame on Colorado for not having baseball all these years. I am looking forward to getting these programs started soon.  

Jack Price (±Ź·”ā€™66)
Camas, Washington

Aging Buffalo 

As an aging buffalo, rheumy-eyed and slow afoot, every new wind gust threatens and menaces.

Impossible to fend off, fatally unwilling to take a knee and submit, the inevitable, this time and this time only, presents itself, a courtier proffering a tasteful tankard.

Thank you, Coloradan, for trueing the time ā€˜twixt then and now.

Drew Clearie (±Ź²õ²ā³¦³óā€™72)&²Ō²ś²õ±č;
Sarasota, Florida 

The Columbia Astronauts

In your spring issue you pictured the crew of the orbiter Columbia of STS-107 [THEN, pages 65ā€“66]. I realize that one of the crew was a CU alum, and it was nice to honor her on this anniversary. There were six others on that mission, and I donā€™t think it would have been too hard to at least include their names. Dave Brown (right, rear with pilotā€™s wings) was a dear friend of mine and my flight surgeon when we deployed together on the USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) in 1984.

Norm Walker (²Ń±š³¦³ó·”²Ō²µ°łā€™78)&²Ō²ś²õ±č;
San Diego, California 

[Editorā€™s Note: It was an oversight on our part to not recognize the rest of the Columbia crew in our story. In addition to Kalpana Chawla (MAeroEngrā€™86; PhDā€™88; HonDocSciā€™03), we wish to also recognize David Brown, Rick Husband, Laurel Clark, Michael Anderson, William ā€œWillieā€ McCool and Ilan Ramon, who died 20 years ago. We regret the error.] 

Remembering Bill Deno, Campus Architect 

Iā€™m sad to announce William ā€œBillā€ R. Deno (Archā€™72, MAā€™73), CU Boulder campus architect emeritus, died Feb. 20, 2023. He was 94 years old. Bill was generous beyond measure and a decent human being who fell in love with CU Boulder and never let go. 

Bill was given the title of Boulder campus architect in 1991. He managed the complete renovation of Old Main in 1984 and was responsible for the ADA updates to all buildings on the main Boulder campus during the 1990s. Bill brought back to life the importance of CUā€™s Master Plan and wrote two books about architect Charles Klauderā€™s vision, Body & Soul, Architectural Style at the University of Colorado at Boulder (1994) and Body & Soul: A Partnership of Architecture and Academics at the University of Colorado Boulder Centennial Update (2018), both of which I passionately designed for him. In 2020, Bill created the Deno Trust Endowment to fund tree replacement and development on CU Boulderā€™s main campus. I will miss him dearly. 

Elizabeth Johnston 
Rosedale, Kansas

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A Focus on Mental Health 

As the mother of an adult son with schizoaffective disorder and an aunt to several nieces and nephews who struggle with bipolar disorder and depression, I am so very thankful that awareness is increasing, stigma is decreasing and research is progressing. My son went through five painful years, several different doctors and many different medications. He is now working again part time and leading a fulfilling life. It takes a village, though, and many do not have supportive family members and friends to help them navigate this very difficult road. My son has a nursing degree from CU Anschutz, has taken extensive training in peer support and is hoping to someday be able to use his training to help others who struggle with severe mental illness. Keep spreading the message of hope to this community who so desperately need to hear it. Thank you!

Lori Black 
Longmont, Colorado 

In "Rethinking Mental Illness" [cover story, Fall 2022] it seems that we first must rethink using the term "illness," which is stigmatizing in itself. Choosing "mental health" as the topic of conversation versus ā€œillnessā€ not only promotes the need for maintenance and preventative measures like the dental health suggestion in the article, but normalizes the need and is more hopeful. Struggling with things like anxiety, depression or PTSD is part of the human condition. Not everyone who came back from Vietnam ended up with PTSD, but those with genetic vulnerabilities did. The same is true for many traumas that people experience on a daily basis. For some of us, the wiring might be off neurochemically, but many mental health conditions can be managed with the right support (education, therapy, nutrition, exercise and pharmaceutical assistance). The term "wellness" inspires hope as well as more personal accountability. Detecting genetic markers for mental health vulnerabilities like we do for cancer would help with early detection and treatment; however, changing the narrative from mental illness to mental health needs to be part of the rethinking. 

Brenda Currier 
Longmont, Colorado

Yes, it is good to talk about mental illness, and new ways of handling it. You say, though, that CU researchers are ā€œfinding new ways to help stem the growing crisisā€ [cover story, Fall 2022]. Maybe one way is to not always view the world as a ā€œgrowing crisis.ā€ Humans have lived through a lot: the fall of empires, the Mongols, the Black Plague, the World Wars, the Great Depression ... We now live in the best country in the world, at the best time in history: the most advanced education, medicine, the least people in poverty, the fewest wars and more. 

Maybe a good way to reduce mental illness is to approach the world with a ā€œwe can handle thisā€ mentality, instead of always thinking that ā€œthe world is ending.ā€ Certain people want you to always feel afraid and helpless ... so you will depend on them, and hopefully vote for them. But you donā€™t have to fall for that mindset. Instead, take a more resilient, optimistic view that people can solve the challenges ahead, as we always have. This alone should help lessen the mental illness ā€œcrisisā€ considerably.

Pamela Hale Anderson&²Ō²ś²õ±č;(³¢²¹·Éā€™87)
[great-great-granddaughter of Horace Hale, 2nd president of CU]
Las Vegas, Nevada

Free Speech, Continued 

In the Fall 2022 issue [Feedback, page 61], I found the letter from Carolyn S. Kinsey (Eduā€™69) regarding free speech appropriate, especially amid the current censoring activities at campuses of our major universities. The inquiring mind should not be discouraged from seeking alternatives to even established methodology.

Robert A. Plack&²Ō²ś²õ±č;(·”±ō·”²Ō²µ°łā€™61)&²Ō²ś²õ±č;
Scottsdale, Arizona

Thoughts on Our 1943 Photo 

I suspect (but am not certain) that this photo [THEN, Fall 2022] is not a drill for a military band on campus. Instead, might it be a photo taken in connection with the graduation of the Navy Japanese Language School, which occurred in July 1943 on campus? The naval students who were studying Japanese at CU could have congregated outside Baker Hall prior to marching to Macky Auditorium for their commencement ceremony. The ceremony is described on pages 52 and 53 of Deciphering the Rising Sun by Roger Dingman, which is available at Norlin Library.

Paul Albright (“³“Ē³Ü°łā€™57)
Boulder, Colorado

I imagine that this scene was the last review for the graduating Army and Navy ROTC Cadets of CU's Class of 1943. There weren't any Air Force cadets at that time because the U.S. Air Force wasnā€™t founded until 1947. Army cadets are wearing olive drab green uniforms in formations in the background on the left. Navy cadets are wearing white uniforms in formations in the background on the right. An article in The Princeton Herald newspaper (pages 1 and 3) dated May 21, 1943, describes a similar ceremony which took place at Princeton in May 1943. 

This photo is meaningful to me because I was an Air Force ROTC cadet at CU from 1977 to 1981, served in the Air Force from 1982 to 1995, lived in Baker Hall in the summer of 1980, and my father was a U.S. Army WWII veteran. 

Fred Wolff (“”±č²Ń²¹³Ł³óā€™81)&²Ō²ś²õ±č;
Colorado Springs, Colorado 

The nationā€™s colleges and universities hosted accelerated courses for officer candidates. Some of these courses were degree programs and some of them were purely military related. They were basically called specialized courses ā€” colleges and universities were chosen because of their facilities. These specialized courses were not the same as ROTC ā€” they were purely military. I am fairly sure the photo in question shows men enrolled in these special courses or three-year degree programs. A military band is marching up and down the field in front of the formations of men ā€” there are bound to be a lot more than are shown in the photo. The presence of a military band (this is not a CU band) means this is a formation either for a graduation ceremony for whatever course the men were enrolled in or it is an honor-type ceremony or a combination of both. 

Remember that in 1943 every facet of our society was mobilized for the war effort ā€” the photo depicts part of that effort. I suspect a number of the men pictured went to the war in the Pacific and did not return. 

I took ROTC at CU as I entered in September 1963 and the draft was really ramping up for the war in Vietnam. ROTC was a vehicle that would keep me from being drafted so I could finish the whole four years. After two years of duty in the Cold War in Germany and one year of a hot war in Vietnam with the 101st Airborne Division, I was one of the lucky ones who came back with two feet and two arms and about half a mind. 

Dave Hickcox&²Ō²ś²õ±č;(³Ņ±š“Ē²µā€™68)&²Ō²ś²õ±č;
Delaware, Ohio 

Could the photo have been from the Colorado vs. Fort Francis E. Warren football game on Sept. 25, 1943? 

Derek Widmayer (±Ź²õ²ā³¦³óā€™96)
Parker, Colorado 

I know nothing personal about the ā€œmilitary bandā€ in your 1943 photo, but as a graduate of the Navy ROTC program of the early 1960s, I can speculate. The entire parade may have been part of the NROTC detachment during that war year. The men in tan uniforms are midshipmen or officers, while enlisted men are wearing white uniforms. During my days there, the NROTC detachment held military drills in front of the Libby dormitory every Thursday afternoon. There we trained the freshmen in proper uniform dress, military courtesies and close-order drill. I think about once a month or so we were exercised in a pass-in-review parade in which the entire battalion would march past our senior officers and whatever visiting dignitaries happened to be present. 

James Mulholland&²Ō²ś²õ±č;(³Ņ±š“Ē±ōā€™64)&²Ō²ś²õ±č;
Arvada, Colorado  

I'm the historian for the CU Marching Band. The picture you provided shows a band marching past enlisted sailors in their summer white uniforms and several other men in khaki uniforms representing the probable ROTC personnel. The majority of the male CU students were affiliated with the military in some way. Although there was an ROTC contingent, the university had several schools to include ROTC, a V-2 program known as NROTC with most registered in either engineering or premed, a V-5 program which was Naval aviation, a Naval radio operators training school, Naval Training School (Oriental languages), a V-12 Unit which was a medical school and a Navy Cooks and Bakers School.

I did find a picture of the Navy/military review which happened on or near a Colorado tradition known as Colorado Days, which started in May 1927. There is a picture in William E. ā€œBudā€ Davisā€™ Glory Colorado on page 456 showing a formal military parade at Colorado stadium. This is important because it shows two bands in the north end-zone of the field, the CU men's and women's marching band. When you compare the photo on that page with that in your magazine on page 62ā€“63, the band can be none other than the CU men's marching band.

I state this because they are wearing a uniform but there are no army markings, rank insignia, etc. There is a belt worn by the members but only officers of the Army wore the Sam Browne type belt, not enlisted.  In your photo the belts look white. You can see the drum major on the far right of the photo. He is wearing a standard Navy blue uniform and is either a chief petty officer or a junior officer. The university at the time had no Army contingent that I can find, but 99% Navy with a few Marines. Hence, it would have been very odd to have an Army band playing for the Navy. 

My best educated guess is that it is a military parade associated with the Colorado Days which would have taken place in May or June 1943, and the menā€™s university marching band is leading the way to the stadium which isnā€™t that far away from the menā€™s dorm, aka Baker Hall now.

Walt Blankenship (Histā€™89; MAā€™02)
Westminster, Colorado  

Vetsville Memories 

My friends Ross (Archā€™68) and Betty Cooney lived in one of the Quonset huts in the ā€™60s when I returned to Boulder to finish my degree. Ross had been in the Navy and was finishing his degree in architecture. They lived in the tiny half-Quonset with their daughter, Diana.

Thomas Turman&²Ō²ś²õ±č;(“”°ł³¦³ó·”²Ō²µ°łā€™66)
El Cerrito, California 

From fall of 1968 to spring of 1971, I lived in the Quonset huts with my young family. I was pursuing a law degree, and having those huts available was a blessing for us veterans that could not afford other housing. It was a great experience, and one that I still remember fondly.

Al Dominguez&²Ō²ś²õ±č;(³¢²¹·Éā€™71)&²Ō²ś²õ±č;
Windsor, Colorado 

Thanks for your retrospective on Vetsville. When CU was preparing to build the current family housing on the site, they needed to get rid of the remaining Quonset huts, so they sold them off in lots for what I recall as $23 apiece. My dad and our neighbor decided that was a good deal, so they bought a number of them. I got pressed into service helping haul appliances (which were included in the price), pull out plumbing and the like. Then they spent that summer holding what amounted to an ongoing flea market at Arapahoe and Folsom, meanwhile also trying to sell off the huts themselves. It turned out to be harder to sell a Quonset hut than they had expected, and CU was breathing down their necks to get the site cleared before construction.

My dad moved one of the last huts to land we owned near Haystack Mountain, on Oxford Road just west of 63rd Street. Itā€™s still there, the property now owned by the City of Boulder as open space.

Kurt Nordback
Boulder, Colorado 

Cinnamon Rolls and Peanut Butter 

In Oct 2001, my late husband C.W. ā€œBillā€ Peterson (A&Sā€™53) and I visited the CU campus to reminisce and to have lunch at The Sink. It was a favorite as Bill was employed at the restaurant working mostly mornings while attending CU from 1952ā€“54. He told of starting the tradition of covering the warm cinnamon rolls with peanut butter to give the students added protein for their day.

He was delighted to see the changes and additions and some things that never change, including the many artwork drawings.

Carol Peterson
Freeport, Kansas 

University Life 

I was a student at CU from 1964ā€“70. University life and Boulder were far different then, more open and intimate. In-state tuition and fees were $186 a semester, a room on The Hill $35ā€“$40 a month, marijuana was illegal but available. The Sink had a decent burger, 3.2 beer served in paper cups and the best jukebox ever. These were turbulent times shadowed by the Cold War, political assassinations, protests against the war in Vietnam and a hope that a better world was possible. It was a difficult, exciting time to be a student. The allure and glamor of power, wealth and war live on, but I do miss those days of connection and conviction.   

Robert Porath&²Ō²ś²õ±č;(·”²Ō²µ±ōā€™69)
Boulder, Colorado 

Cover to Cover 

This is the one ā€œperiodicalā€ that I faithfully read cover to cover. While my field is music and my husbandā€™s is science/medicine, we find every article of great interest and always well-researched and written. I am amazed that I have not ever been bored by any of these, and instead have been fascinated by CUā€™s history, its research and, of course, the wonderful accomplishments by former and current students, faculty and even staff. 

Susan Olenwine&²Ō²ś²õ±č;(²Ń²Ń³Ü²õā€™09)
Boulder, Colorado

Remembering Joyce Lebra 

I was amazed to see the photograph of professor Joyce Lebra and learn about the recognition she received late in life [THEN, Spring 2022]. As professor of Japanese history at CUā€™s College of Arts and Sciences, Lebra influenced my husband, George Bluh (Busā€™58; MHistā€™64), profoundly as he undertook an MS degree in the CU history department in far Eastern studies. Much of his achievement was under Lebraā€™s supervision. She was the lone woman history professor at the time, and we were privileged to know her. 

Cynthia Hubbard Bluh (“”&²¹³¾±č;³§ā€™60)
Conway, Massachusetts 

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Big Green 

Imagine our delight at seeing the flowers that my wife, Robin Cantor (Frenā€™87), and I left at the base of the tree that we have called ā€œBig Greenā€ for over 30 years. We loved that tree, and were sad to see it go. Knowing that it was a Methuselah of its kind and mother to young clones on campus will always be comforting. Kudos to [forestry supervisor] Vince Aquino and his team for taking such good care of our friend all those years.

Evan Cantor (²Ń·”»å³Üā€™93)
Boulder 

Humans as the Problem 

I always look forward to receiving my Coloradan alumni magazine. I was particularly interested in the article regarding dā€™Andre Willis, CU Boulderā€™s architect. Boulderā€™s campus is certainly an architectural jewel. 

In this article, Willis comments on the ā€œnegative impacts that buildings have made to climate change.ā€ What we must realize is that buildings donā€™t use energy ā€¦ people do! Until such time as we, the humans who inhabit these structures, accept a wider range of indoor temperatures, operable windows, lower electric illumination levels and a reduced use of electronics (remember blackboards ā€” now replaced by electronic white boards) we are ignoring the real problem ā€¦ us.

Kirk Davis (“”°ł³¦³ó·”²Ō²µ°łā€™72)
Portland, Oregon

CUā€™s Natural History Museum

ā€œGrowing a Museumā€ on page 12 [Spring 2022] was of personal interest! My mother, Almira Kupka, married Ernst Kemper in Boulder on July 27, 1926, and they rented a place at 750 12th Street while she attended classes, and Ernst pursued a business featuring car ride tours that approached the summits of Pikes Peak and Mount Evans. Almira told me that Hugo Rodeck (BioChemā€™28; MAā€™29) knew her family.

During the summer of 1962, my father, my wife, Tricia, and I traveled near Limon, Colorado, to explore a steep-walled arroyo and look for Stone Age tools. Tricia saw a horn projecting from the wall above our heads. The horn was attached to a bison skull buried upside down very close to the eroded clay wall.

The skull was removed and became a valuable part of my fatherā€™s collection of artifacts. He died in 1966, and the collection became mine. In 1968 I contacted Hugo to find out if the Henderson Museum would accept the skull as a donation. Hugo drove to Lakewood and took it from our basement. The skull was examined and judged to be a ā€œkeeperā€ because the sinus structure was complete. I assume the skull is still somewhere in the Henderson Building.

Ernst Anton Kemper (°ä³ó±š³¾·”²Ō²µ°łā€™59)&²Ō²ś²õ±č;
Lakewood, Colorado 

Radcliffe Distinction 

Thanks for the fine end piece on Joyce Lebraā€™s life and work. I wish I had known her while studying at CU. 

Just a minor correction ā€” she could not have received a degree from the Harvard Radcliffe Institute. 

Prior to 1963, women studying at Harvard received their degrees from Radcliffe College; their deans were from Radcliffe while all their professors were from Harvard. 

From 1964 through 1977 the women were still admitted by Radcliffe, taught by Harvard and received diplomas from both Harvard and Radcliffe. 

In 1977 Radcliffe was merged into Harvard. Radcliffeā€™s physical assets eventually became the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University. It is also known as the Harvard Radcliffe Institute. 

Terry Vogt (²Ńµž“”ā€™75)
San Francisco

Thanks, CU 

Great issue for spring. As I was reading, I thought, ā€œIā€™m really glad I went to CU.ā€ My decision to attend was more a matter of serendipity than rational decision. My parents thought I was too young to go out of state, so I simply went with the largest college around. Now I see how much I benefited from the diversity, the emphasis on excellence and the intellectual atmosphere there. The issue held numerous examples of these qualities. So Iā€™m finally saying, ā€œThanks, CU.ā€

Bonnie Fine McCune (±Ź²õ²ā³¦³óā€™66)
Denver 

CU Baseball 

Bryan Karlan (RealEstā€™92) ā€” No. 6 ā€” sent in this 1985 baseball team photo. The baseball team had been cut from CUā€™s athletic budget, he wrote, and were sponsored by the Student Union. They played several Big 8 universities as well as other schools like the Air Force Academy. ā€œWe were a pretty motley crew,ā€ he said.

Tulagi Nights 

I enjoyed seeing The Sink and Tulagi signs in your photos. I was manager of Tulagi several years in the mid-1960s. We filled the dance floor weekend nights with dancers to our bandsā€™ music. Monday nights we did nickel beer for an hour, and we would have a line from the front tap at the bar all the way across the dance floor to the bandstand of folks lining up to get their 5-cent beer. At the time, we were the largest-volume draft beer outlet for Coors. 

Dave Edstrom (¶Ł¾±²õ³Ł³§³Łā€™67)
Roanoke, Texas

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I loved this past Coloradan. Wow ā€¦ it was an incredible overall piece, but specifically, the Marshall Fire story was incredibly honoring of the magnitude of disaster and impact to our community. I read it from cover to cover.

Leah Murphy 
Broomfield, Colorado

Life as the Colorado Daily Photo Editor 

I was the photo editor for the Colorado Daily during some of my years at CU in the early 1970s.   I send you a few memories to consider for the Coloradan.  

While I was on staff, the offices were in the UMC and the publication darkroom was on the floor below. The photography job worked out well for me because I could work the assignments around classes and I could study in the darkroom while I waited for film to develop and prints to dry. The photo deadline was usually around 10 p.m.

To increase income, I asked to add advertising sales to my job as the commissions were good. I covered parts of Boulder that did not have representation at the time, that is, further away from the campus. It was an easy sell for me as I told prospective clients that about 25% of the Boulder workforce (at the time) were employed by CU and picked up the paper. 

Between the two jobs, plus selling cameras part-time at Jones Drug and Camera on The Hill and some periodic cooking jobs at local restaurants and sub shops, I was able to get through the first four years without debt paying out-of-state tuition. Back then, it could be done. 

Glen Freiberg (EPOBioā€™74; MAā€™76)
Rancho Santa Fe, California

Correction 

In the Spring 2022 issue of the Coloradan, we misspelled illustrator Brian Reaā€™s name in the ā€œ7 Ways Work Will Change Foreverā€ feature. We regret the error.

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Old Main Memories 

For 65 years I have read with interest each issue of the CU alumni magazine. I was delighted to see a photo of Old Main [THEN, 1888] inside the back pages of the Fall 2021 issue. 

I was a language major (Spanish, French and Italian) and spent most of my classes in Old Main. I remember sitting in the building, on the third floor, looking west at the Flatirons, admiring the gorgeous view. 

I lived on University Avenue and crossed Varsity Bridge each day to get to my classes. A photo of the bridge was in the 1954 movie The Glenn Miller Story. Glenn Miller attended Colorado University in 1923. 

Those were very happy days and I treasure my time as a student on the campus of CU. 

Francine Hafer McCrea (³§±č²¹²Ōā€™56)
Willmette, Ill. 

I grew up living at my grandmotherā€™s house on Pine Street in the Mapleton Hill section of Boulder. As a little boy weā€™d listen to the CU football games on KBOL radio, and if the Buffaloes won the game weā€™d go out on the front porch to see if we could hear the bell ringing atop Old Main. I was told that a freshman was chosen to run from Folsom Field to Old Main as soon as the game was over, run up the stairs to the bell tower and ring the bell for the victory. 

My great aunt graduated from CU circa 1920, as did her brother a couple or so years before her. Family lore has it that he ā€œcarried the caneā€ at graduation as the class valedictorian. My uncle graduated from CU in the 1930s and earned a masterā€™s degree in fine arts before the war. My mom also attended for one year, somewhere near the 1933-34 school year. 

I remember in the late 1950s when my great aunt treated the whole family with tickets to a football game, probably near Thanksgiving. It was the one and only time I saw a CU football game at Folsom Field. 

When I read the story about CUā€™s victory over Oregon State in todayā€™s Denver Post (online) I wondered: Did they ring the bell atop Old Main yesterday evening?

Russ
Amherst, Ohio

Carroll Hardy

I was delighted to read Jim Deedsā€™ (ArchEngr, Mgmtā€™56) letter in the Fall 2021 issue [Letters] regarding the legacy of Carroll Hardy (A&Sā€™55). He was a bit before my time, but I had already become a Forever Buff when he was the tailback for Dal Wardā€™s single-wing offensive steamroller. 

One more bit of information about Carroll Hardy: He is the only person who ever pinch hit for the immortal Ted Williams. Once upon a time, CU had a baseball program, and Carroll excelled there as well. He was good enough to play for the Boston Red Sox, mainly as a reserve. In an at-bat, Williams fouled a ball off his foot, causing him to leave the game. Carroll finished the at-bat for him, lining into a double play. He also replaced Williams in right field after his final career at-bat, when Williams hit a legendary home run. Carroll had the additional experience of pinch hitting for the then-rookie Carl Yastremski, and later for Roger Maris. Carroll had turned to baseball after a brief career with the San Francisco 49ers, who drafted him third.

Dennis Davis (“”&²¹³¾±č;³§ā€™65)&²Ō²ś²õ±č;
Denver

Life on Mars 

Enjoyed reading the latest edition of the Coloradan. Reading the ā€œLife on Marsā€ article and about the ā€œoverview effect,ā€ I was wondering if the researchers experienced issues with the different times of day (versus Earth) based on Mars ā€” such as longer rotational time around the sun and adding something like 45 minutes per day to our 24-hour day. Makes daytime/nighttime a rather fluid concept!  

Tim Thomas (“³±č²Ōā€™85)&²Ō²ś²õ±č;
Durango, Colorado 

CUā€™s Language Immersion Program 

In 1972, the university (presciently!) decided to try out a language ā€œimmersionā€ program for their students ā€” way ahead of its time.

Otherwise totally ordinary CU students would lodge in a dormitory where they were to speak the specified foreign language (only) ā€” and obtain college credits for doing the same.

In 1972, I was a college freshman entering CU and I got my last choice of dormitories (as I vaguely recall) and ended up at Williams Village on the ā€œSpanish Language Floorā€ (the fourth floor, I think it was). The French speakers had the fifth floor and the German speakers had the sixth floor. Iā€™d had four years of high school Spanish but had never ā€œimmersedā€ in that language ā€” what an exciting and puzzling experiment for a college freshman to enter into. 

Living and studying there changed my life in so many ways!

Have you given thought to bringing back as many of those ā€œpioneersā€ ā€” alumni in language immersion from 1972 to 2022 ā€” to see how their lives turned out? Did living in the ā€œforeign language houseā€ change or affect their career or life? If so, how?

I feel that CU should not shy away from this bounty of pride and wonder ā€” the graduates that you produced from that ā€œexperimentā€ have done incredible things for our country and humanity ā€” and I, for one, think that CU should pat itself on the back via a really momentous homecoming of these otherwise totally ordinary CU students!

Nancy L. Manahan (A&S exā€™76) 
Arlington, Virginia 

Love for Outdoor Preschool

On Facebook, alum Andra Stern Slavsky (PolSciā€™91) commented on our about Megan Pattersonā€™s (Commā€™05) Denver outdoor preschool WorldMind: ā€œA CU graduate piloted this innovative preschool in Colorado. Letā€™s hope this style of learning will expand throughout my state and the U.S. Love it!ā€

Teka Israel (Archā€™12) also shared: ā€œThis is a really cool education model!ā€ 

Special Boulder Place(s)

In response to alum Taylor Hirschbergā€™s essay [Boulder Beat, Fall 2021] on his special Boulder place ā€” Trident Booksellers ā€” other Forever Buffs chimed in on Facebook with their own favorite city spots. They included The Sink, Tulagi, Round the Corner, Lucileā€™s, McGuckin Hardware, Potterā€™s and Lolitaā€™s. 

Contact for Jim Wagoner 

I saw in the latest Coloradan Class Notes that Jim Wagoner (ElEngrā€™65) is wanting to get in touch with CU graduates. I have tried to find Jim but was never successful. We worked together at Westinghouse Georesearch from 1967 to 1974. 

Ed Jackson (ElEngrā€™67; MSā€™72) 
Brighton, Colorado 

Coloradan Love 

I just read the Fall issue and as usual, you crushed it! Emily Heningerā€™s article about the history of camping was riveting ā€” I bought the book immediately and itā€™s next on my reading list. 

Grace Dearnley (·”²Ō²µ±ōā€™21)
Monument, Colorado 

My wife asked me to pass on her thanks for the latest issue of the Coloradan. She very much enjoys the variety of articles that you put together.

Joe Maclennan (MPhysā€™85; PhDā€™99) 
Boulder 

Iā€™m really impressed with the great job youā€™re doing on the alumni magazine Coloradan. Top drawer!

Elizabeth Trewitt Sadilek (°ä“Ē³¾³¾ā€™71)&²Ō²ś²õ±č;
Laguna Woods, California 

Thank you for another good-looking issue of Coloradan. I appreciate your including my Class Note 1984, for sure. You and your staff do a very good job and I look forward to reading  it as always.

Geary Larrick (¶Ł²Ń³Ü²õā€™84)
Glenview, Illinois  

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Memories of Professor Nilon

Your picture and story about Professor Nilon [ā€œTHEN September 1963,ā€Summer 2021] brought back fond memories. 

I am attaching a picture [shown above] I took of him in class in 1977, 1978 or possibly 1979.

George D. Halper (¹ó¾±²Ōā€™79)
Shawnee Mission, Kansas 

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Coloradan for the Family

A quick note to say Iā€™m only halfway through the new Summer 2021 Coloradan, and Iā€™ve already torn seven pages out to share: one for my husband (ā€œLife, Reincarnatedā€), two for my 7-year-old (ā€œAn Olympic CU Legacyā€), two for my 9-year-old (ā€œPups of CUā€ and ā€œClimate Change Causes Mammal Range Shiftsā€) and two for my 12-year-old (ā€œDigitsā€ and ā€œBuffs at Batā€)! Thank you for publishing interesting content that I can share with my future Buffs! 

Megan Elenbaas Harhager (°ä“Ē³¾³¾ā€™03)
Westminster, Colorado

Olympic Infographic Correction

On pages 33-34 [ā€œAn Olympic CU Legacy,ā€ Summer 2021], your photo spread shows ā€œBilly Kidd (Econā€™69) and Jimmie Heuga (PolSciā€™73)ā€ in the center photo. Actually, the picture is of Billy Kidd and coach Bob Beatty. That said, the Innsbruck Olympic team with Kidd, Heuga and Jim ā€œMooseā€ Barrows (Mgmtā€™70) was awesome. 

George W. Aubrey (³Ņ±š“Ē±ōā€™77)
Plano, Texas 

Editorā€™s Note: We sincerely regret our misidentification of Jimmie Huega and coach Bob Beatty, especially from such a memorable time and photo. Thank you to all of the readers who alerted us immediately of the error. The online article and downloadable PDF of the magazine reflect a corrected version of the photo.

More on Aerosols and COVID-19

I found the comments by David Dennison (²Ń±š³¦³ó·”²Ō²µ°łā€™73) very interesting. I find myself comparing the response to COVID-19 and the response to the Asian flu in 1957. That year, I was a music education major enrolled in the required clarinet class.

The universityā€™s response to the Asian flu? I never noticed a response! Students rented instruments for the wind classes from the university; two students rented the same instrument. I never met the student who shared my instrument, but I believe I caught the flu from that student. We did have our own reeds, but we used the same mouthpiece. I was terribly ill for two weeks. Finally, when I was well enough to drag myself from class to class, I appeared at the studio door of the visiting piano professor who had taken the place of my regular professor who was working on his doctorate at Eastman. ā€œWell, you should have had plenty of time to practice,ā€ she said. 

Does the university still rent the same instrument to more than one student? Surely it does not!

Irene Eggers (MusEdu'60)
Wheat Ridge, Colorado

Coloradan or Coloradoan?

I have a pet peeve that we should be called Coloradoans not Coloradans. So I found an article online you had in 2019 [ā€œOrigins: Coloradan or Coloradoan,ā€ Spring 2019] that I tend to disagree with. I know it isnā€™t a big deal, but every time I hear what I feel to be incorrect, it drives me crazy! So I would appreciate it if you could help me spread the word that we should use Coloradoan more often.

Judy Green
Greeley, Colorado 

Editorā€™s Note: Revisit a previous issue to read about the beginnings of the term ā€œColoradanā€. 

The Legacy of Carroll Hardy 

Life is beautiful when you take time to look. This applies to the football field as well. 

The late Carroll Hardy (A&Sā€™55) was one of Dal Wardā€™s best ever and should have been remembered in your Coloradan with a full page. During 1950 to 1954 Hardy and Frank Bernardi (Mktgā€™56) were nationally known on the CU football team, and both men continued as very special people in later life. 

I met my wife Barb Palmer (Bioā€™54) at the 1950 freshman mixer ... this has been an amazing journey. CU is a big part of our life. 

Jim Deeds (ArchEngr, Mgmtā€™56)
Monument, Colorado 

1956 Class Note

I am responding to an entry in , page 55, Summer 2021 edition. Edward F. Altman (Finā€™56) is searching for a classmate that he would like to contact. I am not a classmate (I graduated in 1957 in aerospace). But I had a fraternity brother in the Phi Kappa Tau Greek fraternity who was my pledge ā€œfatherā€ named Ed Altman, who was from my hometown of Pueblo, Colo. He and I were not close friends, and after graduation we both went our separate ways, never crossing paths after leaving Boulder. 

In June 1957 when I graduated, I immediately moved to the Dallas area to take a job as an engineer with Chance Vought Aircraft, and nine months later entered the Air Force, attended pilot training and followed a world-wide career path as a pilot until March 1984, when I retired in Annapolis, Maryland, to do a second career as a professional engineer and project manager with a defense contractor. I retired for good in June 2017 and am living in Annapolis with my wife and golden retriever.

Clay Johanson (“”±š°ł“Ē·”²Ō²µ°łā€™57)
Annapolis, Maryland

The Stones in Concert

I was at the 1981 Rolling Stones concert in Boulder. We were up front and Mick Jagger put a scarf around my neck at that concert. I was wondering if there is a picture of that? That day was one of the best days of my life. We rode our Harley to that concert. I donā€™t know the biker that lifted me up so Mick could put the scarf around my neck, but it was a great moment in my life. I am getting older, and my grandchildren know the story and I would like to have a picture to share with my grandchildren. 

Deby Stanger 

How about a commemorative plaque in 2028 placed at Folsom Field honoring the 50th anniversary of the Rolling Stones playing there on July 16, 1978? It would further endear Folsom Field to a great moment in history and would be recognition of an event not necessarily affiliated with CU Athletics.

Charlie Perkins
Avon, Colorado

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A Community, Changed
I just received the Spring 2021 issue of the Coloradan. Absolutely beautiful. And given this past week [March 22, 2021], it made me wonder how different the Summer issue will be. And it saddens me how long might be the pall that the tragic 2021 Boulder Massacre eventually casts.

Gregory Hinton (µž³Ü²õā€™77)
Los Angeles 

COVID Restrictions for Wind Instruments? 

I am a retired nuclear/mechanical engineer living in Santa Fe, New Mexico. I am also an amateur musician (clarinet and saxophone). I was particularly interested in the ā€œAerosol Superstarā€ article in the Spring issue. In the picture at the top of the article, I noticed that Shelly Miller was placing a cover over the bell of a clarinet in order to minimize aerosol distribution when the instrument is played. I can see how a cover over the bell works on brass instruments (trumpets, trombones, French horns, tubas, etc.) as all of the air blown into the horn by the musician transfers through all the tubing of the instrument and exits at the bell. However, for woodwinds (clarinets, saxophones, flutes, bassoons, etc.), unless you are playing the lowest note on the horn (all finger holes and keys closed), the air blown into the horn by the musician comes out all the open key holes as well as the bell. It seems a person would need to put the whole instrument into a bag to keep the blown aerosols from dispersing into the room (especially for the high notes where most of the keyholes are open). 

Due to COVID-19 restrictions, all five of the bands and musical groups that I play in have been on hold since March of 2020, and I really miss playing. Therefore, I am really curious about how professor Miller was able to successfully mitigate the COVID risks for musical wind instrument performers at the university.  

David Dennison (²Ń±š³¦³ó·”²Ō²µ°łā€™73)
Santa Fe, New Mexico

Idyllic Buildings

Iā€™m always impressed by the continuity of the design of new buildings on campus with the themes of the past with the ā€œtrademark sandstone brick, limestone trim and red clay roof tile.ā€&²Ō²ś²õ±č;

How about a story on the unsung craftspeople that continue to build the new buildings and keep the tradition alive?

David Armstrong (·”³¦“Ē²Ōā€™68)
Thornton, Colorado

Coloradan Thoughts

I am always impressed by the breadth and substance of the subjects covered. Even though most donā€™t apply to me, I do find them interesting and informative. I like that this magazine is not just a ā€œrah-rahā€ tool for CU. Despite this, it still instills pride in our university. I have always marveled at how much information you are able to gather on myself and my fellow alumni.

Joe Felice (³§±č²¹²Ōā€™72)
Aurora, Colorado

Correction

I am a communications officer at The Colorado Health Foundation, and I work on our annual poll, Pulse. I got an alert about your March 18 article "." I plan to share it on our social media channels but saw that a correction is needed. In the article, it states: "The statistics back her up. A September 2020 survey from the Colorado Health Foundation found 77% of Coloradans reported anxiety, loneliness or stress related to COVID-19." In fact the percentage is actually 53% of Coloradans who have reported they experienced mental health strain, such as anxiety, loneliness or stress. You can see that in our interactive dashboard [with Pulse].

Austin Montoya

[Editorā€™s Note: We updated our online version with the correct statistics. We regret the error.]

Emirates Mars Mission

The following letter is in response to our March 31 online exclusive, ā€œEverything You Need to Know About CUā€™s Involvement in the Emirates Mars Mission.ā€&²Ō²ś²õ±č;

I really enjoyed that Mars article. I didnā€™t realize that it was a collaborative effort, or that CU was involved, let alone at that level. And so respectful to the Emiratis, really a professional grade article ā€” it gave plenty of information for us to understand who was involved, what was contributed, whatā€™s the background, whatā€™s the accomplishment, etc.

Yousif Aluzri (²Ń°ä¶Łµž¾±“Ēā€™15)

ā€œMy Time as CU Student Body Presidentā€

Following is an excerpt from Isaiah Chavousā€™ (±Ź“Ē±ō³§³¦¾±ā€™21) guest opinion essay in the Boulder Daily Camera, published May 20. Read the full essay at :

I learned quite a lot in my senior year at the University of Colorado Boulder, but not all of it came from the classroom. I had the privilege to serve as student body president, which  provided me a frontrow seat to engage and observe during perhaps the most tumultuous year in CU history. 

Despite all odds, much was accomplished this year. Yet there is much still to do. 

The confluence of COVID and a civil rights reckoning had an impact on just about everything, not just at CU, but in society. 

Through it all, my fellow students and I received important lessons we can carry with us the rest of our lives. We learned how to adapt to dramatic shifts in how our education was delivered and how to be flexible. I suspect these skills will serve us extremely well in the future. 

We saw that we could transition to remote learning and developed an appreciation for faculty who had to do the same. It wasnā€™t optimal for anyone, but it worked. Students had to be creative and improvisational in how we fostered the ā€œtraditionalā€ college experience so crucial to academic success and personal growth. Again, valuable lessons. 

Student government was particularly invested in focusing on student mental health. The isolation, uncertainty and fear the pandemic wrought led to a crush of need for mental health services. We worked with the administration to ramp up services and increase personnel, and to connect those with students in need. This effort must continue as the pandemic subsides. 

The racial reckoning that began with George Floydā€™s murder was a significant focus this year, as well as a tremendous learning experience. Students engaged on the issue at unprecedented levels, and it remains at the forefront. We learned how to make our voices heard and how to work productively.

Isaiah Chavous (±Ź“Ē±ō³§³¦¾±ā€™21)
Colorado Springs, Colorado

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 Movement

What a phenomenally powerful piece! As a multi-generation CU Buff, these essays will open up some important conversations with my family.

Kristi Bishop (Mktgā€™07; MBAā€™10) Erie, Colorado 

I grew up in Boulder in the 1940s and 50s, living in the rooming and boarding house my mother ran for college students on the Hill. The Coloradan always brings back powerful memories. The Fall 2020 issue with its emphasis on racism was particularly meaningful given my subsequent involvement with the civil rights movement. During vacations with the CU dorms closed, my mother would feed those (mainly international) students who were not able to return home, with a special meal at Thanksgiving. I got an amazing education eating with them.

Ray McKinnis
(Philā€™61) Raleigh, North Carolina 

COVID Economy

Thanks for the feature on Richard Wobbekind. I first met Rich in the late 1980s when I began my career in local and regional economic development. Weā€™ve been collaborators ever since and now are friends, too. Much of what I know about the Boulder and Colorado economies I learned from him. ā€œFirst and foremost an educator,ā€ indeed!

Clif Harald
(DistStā€™75) Boulder 

Fake News

I take issue with the ā€œFake Newsā€ article in the recent Coloradan. There have been recent congressional hearings on the unmitigated power of organizations such as Facebook, Google and Twitter. Interestingly, CU professors Hopp and Ferrucci write that Facebook now removes news it deems inaccurate and sends out warnings to those who have liked or shared it. The question I would ask ā€” who is to judge our freedom of speech? Short of obscene content, I would say it is entirely up to the reader to decide, not journalists, professors or tech giants.

Pete Rabbitt
(Mktgā€™64) Newport Beach, California 

The issue of misleading the public through incorrect information or deliberate disinformation cannot be overemphasized. Tiny, local events can be magnified and dispersed as ā€œnational newsā€ via a simple post on the internet. Fabricated posts ā€” designed to distort facts and inflame human emotions ā€” are used to distort our values as a nation and incite distrust and hostility among our citizens. The ā€œFake Newsā€ article in the fall issue of the Coloradan only touches the surface of this clear and present danger to our democracy. I suggest developing a focus group ā€” made up of individuals at CU in collaboration with other institutions in the state ā€” to develop a concerted effort and strategies to help turn this around. Itā€™s not enough to just sit back and think or write about it. Our ā€œbest and the brightestā€ need to start changing how we deal with this attack on our information systems, with intent to disrupt, manipulate and tear apart our society.

John Radley Matis
(Geolā€™67) Loveland, Colorado 

I wanted to respond to the article titled ā€œFake News.ā€ Unfortunately, this article misses the point. No doubt there are many fake stories of the kind the author points out ā€” I do not question those. But what the author, and most likely the university, fails to recognize is that most mainstream media has gradually become fake ā€” meaning they only espouse and endlessly push one left-leaning ideology.

When I was a journalism student at CU in the early 90s, we discussed concerns about concentration of ownership, but nothing was done about it. And here we are, where one idea ā€” progressivism, globalism, name your ism ā€” is all the media will show. I hope universities, the news, social media and tech companies start re-embracing a respect for the free exchange of ideas that the First Amendment protects, then start rejecting the concept of ā€œsafe spacesā€ where no one can even consider ideas to wrangle the best ones.

Laura Wright
(Jourā€™92) Fort Worth, Texas 

Yard Signs

With CU being a forerunner on environmentalism, I would have hoped that the ā€œYard Signsā€ article would have noted the massive downside of all those signs. So. Many. Signs. Welcome to preschool, every team ever played on, every birthday, graduation, political signs... Hereā€™s a movement: Stop putting out so many signs, and spare our earth all the vast dumping of signs in landfills ā€” not to mention the mining, energy production and most likely toxic paints and dyes that go into making them.

Natalie Nordin
(Econā€™93) Atlanta, Georgia 

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Shakespeare at CU

Your summer issue arrived at a most welcome time for those of us older Buffs who have been mostly staying at home. I loved the nostalgic photos and was especially moved by Sarah Kutaā€™s article on the Shakespeare festival.

Shortly after my family moved to Boulder in 1957, we started attending those outdoor productions, and the accompanying 16mm film presentations in the Forum auditorium. Although my brothers and I didnā€™t at first appreciate all the dialogue, we liked the sword fights.

I would also like to say hi to Sam Sandoe (BioChem, Thtrā€™80). Your father Jim was a remarkable man, who besides his work on the festival was responsible for making the acquisitions at Norlin Library. His class in comedy, which I took my senior year, is one of the two or three educational experiences I had at CU that I think back on the most often.

Lawrence Chadbourne (°ä±ō²¹²õ²õā€™70)
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Please pass along to Sam Sandoe (BioChem, Thtrā€™80) how much I treasured, and still treasure, my freshman year, five-day-a-week classes with his amazing father. Dressed in jeans and a jeans work shirt, he introduced us to a world outside the Hellems classroom. The buttoned-down world of high school was nothing like this. I can still remember some of the questions on his final exam, and the license his assignments gave us to see connections. He inspired us to travel through books ā€” we read a lot of history ā€” and planes. We saw many of the paintings we studied during our 11-week, ā€œEurope-on-$5ā€ adventure ā€” the first of about 20 times to cross the Pond. 

After my 32 years teaching English, my wife and I co-produced a PBS show on the Marshall Plan, and that took us to work for the State Department on the renovation of the Talleyrand in Paris. Iā€™ve had many bracing experiences; James Sandoeā€™s classes were first. 

Eric Christenson (Edu, Englā€™60)
Southern Pines, North Carolina

Phi Kappa Tau, 1950s

In the summer issue of the Coloradan, I noticed a letter, ā€œSpring of 1946,ā€ written by Ruth Duffy Hirsch (A&Sā€™49). I am a Phi Kappa Tau member, having gone active in March 1953. I lived in the fraternity house for over three years. The house mother in the article was my house mother as well, and this letter serves to make a slight correction. The house motherā€™s name is Mrs. Rose ā€œOwens,ā€ not Mrs. Rose, and she preferred to be called ā€œMother Owens.ā€

She was a wonderful woman with whom I was very close, and who, during her term as house mother, ran a very tight ship and was highly respected. She grew up in Leadville in the late 1800s during some violent times, saw many bloody occurrences and had no appreciation for firearms. 

Thanks to Ms. Hirsch for the article.

James Berger (²Ń²µ³¾³Łā€™56)
Colorado Springs

Picture Perfect 

I just wanted to tell you how much I enjoyed the cover art on the Summer 2020 issue. Two seconds after retrieving the issue from my mailbox, I was immediately transported back to my dorm room in Cockerell Hall. Cockerell Hall is located directly across the quad from Aden Hall, so the art depicted is exactly the view I feasted on for nearly two years from my dorm room.  

Even today, 41 years after my graduation, this is the view in my mindā€™s eye when I think of the years I spent in Boulder. Great memories! 

Chris Glasow (±õ²Ō³Ł±ō“”“Śā€™79)
Broadlands, Virginia

Oh how I appreciated the ā€œThinking of Youā€ postcards in the Summer Coloradan. The postcard picturing the bridge over Varsity Lake is special to me. What decades of student experience the bridge could tell us.

The bridge was the route to Norlin Library study hours, dances in the Glenn Miller Ballroom, Saturday football at Folsom Field. It was the place of Greek pledge sneaks. The meetings of Hysperia, the Junior Womenā€™s Honor Society. The clandestine passing of class notes and exam questions. The snow and slush walks to January final exams. And many a late-night romantic kiss.

Students crossed the bridge to the world of ideas, challenges of thinking and learning, the opening of young minds. From the chrysalis of learning, students crossed the bridge into adult life. Decades of grads took with them fond memories of the bridge and gratitude for a CU education.

Judith Hannemann (“”&²¹³¾±č;³§ā€™57)
Cape Elizabeth, Maine

My husband and I are both alumni and we always enjoy reading the Coloradan. We especially enjoyed this issueā€™s ā€œThinking of You,ā€ when we noticed the picture of the Old Main postcard. Just a couple of years ago, we discovered this same postcard in some belongings of Ruth Platt, my husbandā€™s paternal grandmother who resided in Wyoming and Boulder in the early 1900s. Ruthā€™s son Lester (A&Sā€™53); her grandson, my husband Lester (EnvDesā€™83); and great-grandson Trevor (AeroEngā€™20) are all graduates of CU. 

This year when our daughter Cori (Mktgā€™23) began her college career, we gave her this postcard as a reminder of her familyā€™s connection to Boulder and CU and she displayed it on her desk in her dorm room. 

Kim Willson (°ä¾±±¹·”²Ō²µ°łā€™96)
Lakewood, Colorado 

University Pride 

Thank you for continuing to send the Coloradan. I read every one and have saved them as well. The photos and the articles are outstanding and make me proud to be an alum. I graduated in 1965, so I remember Paul Danish (Histā€™65) well and always look for his column. Please keep the same format.

Sally Adams Oā€™Connor (·”»å³Üā€™65)
East Hartland, Connecticut 

The Connection 

I was the game room manager and assistant director [of The Connection] from 1974 to 1980. I succeeded long-time manager Larry Burkett. I was hired by Jim Schafer, the student union director, immediately upon my graduation in 1974.

The Connection, then and now

Before I became assistant director, we modernized it along with having a naming contest. Therein is how The Connection got its name. ā€œThe Connection,ā€ said it all ā€” a place to connect with friends and family.

We had a lot of fun remodeling and modernizing the area. We brought in graphics, colors and lights, which brightened up the area with life. We were able to get permission to add 3.2 beer. Needless to say ā€” that was a big hit ā€” it drew in beer drinkers and added to the atmosphere of fun. 

We also brought in nationally known pool trick shot artists as another way to promote the game room. It was a fun job, and a vital part of the student experience. We hosted the ACLU games on numerous occasions.

It appears from the Coloradan that The Connection has been taken to yet another level, all for the enjoyment of students and patrons. 

Mike Nunnery (±Ź“Ē±ō³§³¦¾±ā€™74)
Baton Rouge, Louisiana

I was a member of the UMC Board during my time at CU. After dinner at the Alferd Packer Grill and our meetings on Tuesday evenings, the whole board would go bowing at The Connection. Both staff and student members participated. The prize for each member of the winning team was a 50-cent can of pop bought by the losing team members from a machine located on a landing of the main stairway. I live in Boulder and still bowl at The Connection sometimes!

Kate Carroll Schmid (Anth, Gerā€™92)
Boulder

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Life Back Whenā€¦

It was the fall of 1969 when I moved into Sewall Hall for my freshman year. I lived in a corner room on the fourth floor (a long walk up!). It was an unforgettable year (the first Earth Day, the student strike and the breakup of the Beatles), and I met some great women there with whom I remained close throughout my four years at CU Boulder. We had such a good time together that we were devastated when they turned it into a freshman-only coed dorm the following school year.

Markie Greer Sparks (²Ń²¹³Ł³óā€™73)
Magnolia, Kentucky

Mary Lou and David Rife 

I met my now husband of 58 years in the fall of 1959. He was one of the leading rushers on the CU Buffaloes football team [Dave Rife (±Ź·”ā€™62)]. We were married in September 1961, but had not yet graduated. Each of us had another semester to finish our degrees. In order to survive, Dave got a job as a married counselor in a freshman menā€™s dorm, Willard Hall, for free room and board. We lived and ate in the dorm with several hundred freshman men our first year of marriage. We had a bedroom, bathroom and small sitting room on the second floor. I was the only female allowed past the first floor. Since we were only four years older than the freshmen, we did many activities with the students, like hickey bobbing behind cars on snowy roads! I guess CU dorm living was a good start for our marriage because we are still happily married!

Mary Lou Rife (±Ź·”ā€™62)
Blairsden Graeagle, California

As a CU grad and a 25-plus-year CU Housing & Dining Services employee, I was glad to see the pictures and article about the recently opened Williams Village East residence hall in the Fall 2019 Coloradan. It would have been more appropriate, though, if the headline of the article was 21st-Century Residence Hall rather than 21st-Century Dorm. Residence Hall is a more fitting term than the mid-20th-century word ā€œdorm.ā€ A dorm is a building where students sleep. A residence hall is a place where students live, learn, interact with faculty, staff and other students and build community ā€” in addition to sleep.

Elise Graninger (Edu, PolSciā€™81, MEduā€™84)
Louisville, Colorado

Thank you for the delightful article about the gorgeous clay roof tiles capping the buildings on the CU Boulder campus. The first time I saw them, visiting the campus with my father, John Nelson (ElEngrā€™31) at age 16, I found them irresistible and enrolled two years later.

Martha Nelson Harmann (“”&²¹³¾±č;³§ā€™61)
Denver

During the winter of my freshman year, 1970-71, Boulder encountered a week of constant high winds, ranging up to 70 mph. I found a full red roof tile on the sidewalk near Willard Hall that had been blown loose by the ceaseless gales. I was grateful that this three-pound flying projectile didnā€™t harm anyone. I kept it for years as a souvenir of the beautiful and unique architecture of CU Boulder.

Doug Henninger (²Ń°ģ³Ł²µā€™74)
Denver

More on Ralph Carr

Ver Smithā€™s letter [Feedback, Fall 2019] lauds Colorado Gov. Ralph Carr for refusing to put Japanese Americans in internment camps, and inviting them to come to Colorado to avoid internment elsewhere. Carrā€™s courageous, principled stand is to be commended. But... Carrā€™s defiance didnā€™t succeed long. In February 1942, little more than two months after Pearl Harbor, the federal government authorized internment camps. It purchased land near Granada in the southeast corner of Colorado for one of them; and on Aug. 27, 1942, in the year before Carr left office, a Japanese internment camp, Camp Amache, opened there.

How forces overrode Carrā€™s opposition is a story worth the telling. Camp Amache had a peak population of 7,318 (mostly U.S. citizens) before closing Oct. 15, 1945. The site was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2006. Under the direction of John Hopper of Granada High School, students are involved in researching and preserving the site.

Franklin Bell (“³“Ē³Ü°łā€™70)
Bluemont, Virginia

The Theatre Pipe Organ

Regarding ā€œThe Sound of the Silent Filmā€ in the last issue, how can this article not mention the theatre pipe organ which was specifically developed to accompany silent films?

Piano and orchestra accompaniment was described, but the theatre organ was in reality a unit orchestra that provided all the music and special effects required to provide perfect accompaniment for all action and moods. Both of the Grauman Theatres mentioned in the article were equipped with impressive theatre pipe organs. There were many builders, but Wurlitzer was the best known.

With the advent of the ā€œtalking picturesā€ these amazing instruments were mostly retired and many destroyed. However, there are still many in playing condition maintained by loving owners, most of whom are members of the American Theatre Organ Society, an organization dedicated to the preservation and promotion of these instruments. Fine theatre pipe organs still impress audiences today in the Denver Paramount and Colorado Springs City Auditorium.

The theatre pipe organ was the real ā€œSound of the Silent Filmā€ and a truly amazing sound it was!

David Weesner (“”°ł³¦³óā€™72)
Colorado Springs

Victory over Penn State

I am a 1973 CU grad, and was so happy to see that you chose the Sept. 26, 1970, victory over Penn State as one of our biggest wins!

I was at that thrilling game, and I will never forget watching an interview with Joe Paterno prior to the matchup. Paterno stated that CU was lucky to even be playing a team of Penn Stateā€™s caliber!

Words cannot fully express how exciting it was to be in the stands that day to witness such a sweet victory.

Nancy (Schweda) Nicholson, PhD (A&Sā€™73)
Durham, North Carolina

I was sent reeling back in time when you published the 1970 Sports Illustrated cover of the Buffsā€™ huge win over Penn State in your last issue. Thereā€™s a story in that photo.

I was 12 and, growing up in Boulder, naturally, snuck into the game.

It set up as one of the most cataclysmic games in Buff history ā€” Bad Dude Stearns, Cullen Bryant and the heart-stopping Cliff Branch vs. the No. 4 Nittany Lions. I was loitering around by the field, looking for an old chinstrap or towel to add to my CU wall collection, when a cool-looking young guy with a beard and New York sunglasses yelled up, ā€œHey kid.ā€

It would turn out to be Walter Iooss, who would become arguably the greatest SI shooter of them all. ā€œYou wanna carry my cameras today?ā€ he asked. ā€œIā€™ll pay you.ā€

I spent that unforgettable day carrying lenses that were almost as tall as me and watching my glorious heroes stomp the Nittany out of the Lions, 41 to a paltry 13.

True to his word, Mr. Iooss gave me $12, cash.

That Thursday, I sat on the lawn waiting for the mailman to deliver the SI to see if one of ā€œourā€ pictures made it. When he handed it to me, my 12-year-old heart stopped. We got the cover. Even better, it featured no less than a Boulder hero, LB Phil Irwin.

Later, when I became a writer at SI, I met Walter Iooss at a restaurant and told his whole table the story.

ā€œYeah?ā€ said one of his photog buddies. ā€œHow much did he pay you?ā€

ā€œTwelve dollars,ā€ I said.

They all broke up laughing and hooting.

Walter and I became great friends, and I never once accused him of shorting me. Heā€™d given me a gift ā€” a day that I can still see right now, in Technicolor.

Rick Reilly (“³“Ē³Ü°łā€™81)
Hermosa Beach, California

Photos courtesy Mary Lou Rife; Glenn Asakawa; CU Athletics; David Weesner

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