Name: Bhagyaraj Panicker Nickname: Raj, Bhagi Country: India Hometown: Mumbai, India Year of birth: August 10, 1985 Activities: music, sports, reading, movies, travelling. Favorite Music groups: Metallica, Linkin Park, Aerosmith, Avril Lavigne, Madonna, A.R. Rahman, Atif Aslam, Jal, many more… Favorite TV Shows: Friends, Lost, Prison Break Favorite Movies: Pursuit of Happyness, The Soloist, Titanic, The ... Read More

There are a couple of ways to get involved helping those that are less fortunate than us this holiday season at Colorado State University-Pueblo. The fourth annual Holiday Blessings Store and CSU-Pueblo students are donating their time, canned foods and unwrapped gifts to help families in need.

In the late ‘60s and early ‘70s, the name Black Panthers struck fear in the hearts of most “white Americans.” In their blind fear, it was easy to attach all sorts of negative traits to what they didn’t know or didn’t understand. Never mind that both whites and blacks put one leg at a time in their pants or skirts. Never mind that they both felt hunger, pain and thirst, and loved their kids with the same emotions.

Dr. G found himself feeling serendipitous, young and jovial- full of life. The birds were chirping as he opened the blinds the lucrative sun almost immediately warmed the room. His alarm had gone off but he must not have noticed it; taking a deep breath the scented clock radio filled the room with frankincense and a musk of roses that reminded him of his mother.

Colorado State University-Pueblo hosted the 6th Annual Young Women’s Real World Conference on Nov. 4 in the Occhiato University Center Ballroom. The conference, which was for girls attending local high schools, helped them to find out what they wanted to do in the future and helped them forge the path to their goals.

The exhibit "Thanks 4 Ur Info!" details the fragmented relationship between modern communication and the compulsory attitude we have grown to embrace in exchanging conversations and ideas with one another. Five artists are shown, including Brian Buckbee, Jenna Kuiper, Boris Osterov, Rachel Perry Welty and Kyle Pierce. The works explore a portrayal of loneliness, abandoned memories and the need to embrace our past as a determining current in our future. The exhibit runs until December 6th and is open from 10:30am to 4:30pm, Monday through Friday.

Music from Bach, Beethoven and Tchaikovsky echoed through the halls surrounding the Hoag Hall Theater at Colorado State University-Pueblo, as chamber ensembles and the University Orchestra performed classical pieces on Tuesday, Nov. 10. Each ensemble was coached by one of the members of Veronika String Quartet, according to the concert program. Phillips said the Veronika String Quartet placed the students into ensembles based on personality and ability.

Name: Furkan Oztanriseven Nickname: Forchan Country: Turkey Hometown: Istanbul Year of birth: 1987 Activities: Dancing, especially Latin dancing, basketball, volleyball, gym, swimming Favorite Music groups: Black Eyed Peas, Scorpions, Korn, System of a down Favorite TV Shows: Prison Beak, Two and a Half Men, How I met your Mother Favorite Movies: Gladiator, Butterfly Effect, Usual Suspects, Fight Club, ... Read More

Clive Barker is back in the comic book world after nearly 20 years. “Seduth” is a one-shot, two-cover, three-dimensional comic book published through Idea + Design Works, LLC. (IDW). It is not your average comic book. It portrays the uglier and finer things in life using flies and diamonds from cover to cover.

The TODAY’s Spotlight on Reading/Writing features CSU-Pueblo faculty, staff and students sharing their reading and writing experiences. The column is co-sponsored by the English and Foreign Languages Department and the English Club. This week’s co-feature highlights athletic training student Nick McRee.  Name/department/educational background: Nick McRee/Athletic Training major/CSU-Pueblo freshman What has been your greatest ... Read More

Hate crimes webinar was available for students, faculty and staff on Tuesday, Nov. 3 in the Occhiato University Center. According to the FBI Uniform Crime Report, black males are the most likely hate crime victims, based on race. A gay male is the most likely victim based on sexual orientation. Judaism is the most likely religion to be victimized. The least likely to be a victim are people with a disability.

“The Same-Sex Marriage: A Civil Debate,” conducted by John Corvino and Glenn Stanton from Focus on the Family, began the Distinguished Speaker Series hosted at Colorado State University-Pueblo. The debate took place Wednesday night, Nov. 11, inside the Occhiato University Center Ballroom. Stanton built on the political view and said, "No one has a constitutional right to create intentionally motherless or fatherless families, which every same-sex family, by definition, does.”