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Baseball Reference, a massive statistical encyclopedia, is the best tool for historical baseball analysis and statistical framing. It seems infinite, providing specific details for thousands of different remote statistics and circumstances. It allows statheads and historians to get a better sense of a player’s hitting and fielding ability, even as early as the 1900s.

Peanuts and Cracker Jack #6: Why Are Baseball Statistics Important?

Peter Philpott, Assistant News Editor
March 16, 2023
Sophomore Jude Gorden constantly finds themself waiting for long amounts of time to get into the gender-neutral bathrooms. While these bathrooms were established for trans and nonbinary students, cis students and faculty still use them.

Can They Hold It? Trans Students’ Bathroom Options Are Lacking

Jude Gorden, Assistant Opinions Editor
March 13, 2023
Shakespeare: Bury His Books With Him

Shakespeare: Bury His Books With Him

Vee Williamson, Staff Writer
March 13, 2023
Real Issues Deserve A Place In Kids Movies

Real Issues Deserve A Place In Kids Movies

Jackson Sloan, Staff Writer
March 13, 2023
Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band perform their 2012 hit Wrecking Ball. With songs from all six decades of Springsteens career with the band, the Denver stop of his 2023 tour was another sign that the Boss is as good as ever.

Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band’s Denver Return is Not a Typical 73-Year-Old’s Concert

Carly Philpott and Peter Philpott
March 11, 2023
A female Mallard duck scavenges alongside several others on a hotel-owned Lake Michigan beach in Traverse City, Michigan. These ducks, like many birds in North America, lively closely with humans, sometimes putting the birds at higher risk of human-caused death. According to the American Bird Conservancy, domestic cats kill around 2.4 billion birds in North America per year, making cats the biggest human-made threat to birds. Many of these deaths can be prevented by keeping cats indoors.

Cats are the Single Greatest Threat to Migrating Birds. Keep Them Indoors.

Carly Philpott, Editor-in-Chief
February 28, 2023
The Hateful Eight: Eight Things I Hate (VII)

The Hateful Eight: Eight Things I Hate (VII)

Alex Gribb, Junior Editor-in-Chief
February 14, 2023
The Hateful Eight: Eight Things I Hate (VI)

The Hateful Eight: Eight Things I Hate (VI)

Alex Gribb, Junior Editor-in-Chief
January 19, 2023
Coors Field, on 20th and Blake Street in Denver, has seen every twist and turn and loop-de-loop of the roller coaster that is the Colorado Rockies. But the Rockies are a mystery. They always seem to be acquiring free agents that have had successful careers, but those acquisitions seem to constantly fail to maintain their past prowess.

Peanuts and Cracker Jack #5: The Mysterious Case of Mile High Baseball

Peter Philpott, Assistant News Editor
January 14, 2023
July 2 – People crowded the streets of downtown Denver after it was announced June 24 that the Supreme Court had overturned Roe v. Wade. Colorados government is Democratic enough that it is unlikely we will lose abortion privileges, but surrounding states will largely face abortion restrictions and bans. I attended three protests, and despite the anger at the situation, the energy was hopeful that we could still fight back. – Editor-in-Chief Carly Philpott

2022: The Year in Pictures

Carly Philpott, Alex Gribb, Quinn Rudnick, Izzy Krauss, Emily Gleason, and Peter Philpott
December 31, 2022
The world stopped when COIVD-19 started. When students went back to school, COVID-19s impact extended beyond physical health, as it directly affected mental health.

Under the Surface: Students Still Suffer the Impacts of COVID-19

Aram Bazarian, Staff Writer
December 16, 2022
According to Couples Therapy Inc., the vast majority of high school sweethearts do not last.

We Are Too Immature to Find Love

Gabby Schrock, Teambuilding Committee Chair
December 16, 2022
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