Recasting the Gore name in Colorado
We have honored Lord St. George Gore’s unbridled killing spree by naming a mountain range, a pass and a canyon after him. Perhaps the naming made sense more than 100 years ago, but it is a shameful anachronism today. We need to change the names.
Halloween greetings from the dean's office
Members of the Office of the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Colorado at Boulder occasionally let down (or do up) their hair
Parasite drives host to attempt suicide
Horsehair worms parasitize only insects. They have no interest in mad dogs, Englishmen, spadefoot toads or curious naturalists.
Waxwings and microbes compete for fruit
One afternoon I was entertained by a flock of cedar waxwings, feeding on both the berries on a cotoneaster hedge in the back yard and crab apples in the front yard. The next morning I discovered the casualties. Seven cedar waxwings lay dead on my front porch, directly beneath a picture window. Tufts of feathers on the glass indicated that they had flown into the window.
Rallying to find new seats and courses
We’re off to a strong start in the fall semester in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
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