Music from the Thunder Down Under Music Fest resonated the south side of Belmont Residence Hall at Colorado State University–Pueblo as performers and a small crowd withstood the cold weather. Temperatures of 34 degrees, and lower, generated a small crowd of about 15 students to the Thunder Down Under Music Fest on Friday, Oct. 23, and expectations of the student events manager, Mark Bush, fell short.

Royalty, bonfires and music festivals entails only a few events being held at Colorado State University-Pueblo in celebration of Homecoming Week. Student activities is hosting several events the week of Oct.19-25, in celebration of CSU-Pueblo’s Homecoming game on Saturday Oct.24 said, student events coordinator, Kelly Close, for the Office of Student Activities. “Homecoming is a time to celebrate your campus and celebrate being a ThunderWolf,” Close said, “We want students to be involved with the campus and to have fun.”

A contemporary poet had students awestruck as he read from a variety of his poetry collections that had used heartrending twist through childhood memories, love, and sexuality. On Sept. 17, an audience of nearly 50 students listened intently as special guest Rigoberto Gonzalez shared his poetry for the first presentation of the Southern Colorado Reading Series for the fall semester.

Many Colorado State University-Pueblo students are lured into events on campus by the offer of free appetizers or meals, yet this is not maintaining their attention for the presentation or event that follows. Recently, at the Hispanic Heritage Month Dinner held on Oct. 7, many students were seen leaving before guest speaker, Juliana Aragon-Fatula, began her presentation, which began after guests finished their meals.

A Colorado State University-Pueblo student plans to celebrate Abraham Lincoln’s 200th birthday at a higher education conference in Illinois. President of CSU-Pueblo’s Associated Student Government, Steve Titus, said he plans on attending the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission in Champaign, Ill., Oct. 23-25. “It’s a celebration of Lincoln’s 200th birthday,” Titus said. “This will be the one and only time it happens.”

Mexican music accompanied by the voice of a “Crazy Chicana” filled Colorado State University-Pueblo’s Occhiato University Center ballroom as students and guests celebrated Hispanic Heritage Month. Juliana Aragon-Fatula, poet and screenwriter, read from her poetry collection “Crazy Chicana in Catholic City” and also from other literary works on Wednesday Oct. 7 at the Hispanic Heritage Month Dinner. The dinner was held by student activities in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month which began on Sept. 15 and ended Oct. 15, said student events coordinator, Kellie Close.