Sports Schedule: December 9-18
Friday, December 9th 3 p.m. Indoor Track & Field at Blue & Silver Open USAFA, Colo. Saturday, December 10th All Day Wrestling at Colorado Mesa Open Grand Junction, Colo. 6 p.m. Women’s Basketball vs. Fort Lewis Plachy Hall (Sodexo Night) 7 p.m. Developmental Men’s Basketball at Laramie County (Wyo.) CC Cheyenne, Wyo. 8 p.m. Men’s […]
Athlete of the Week: December 8
Caitlin Boal Adams State College sophomore women’s basketball player Caitlin Boal (Albuquerque, N.M.) has been named the ASCGrizzlies.com Athlete of the Week for the week ending on Dec. 4. Boal was the Grizzlies’ second leading scorer over the weekend, scoring a total of 35 points. She put up 13 points in ASC’s RMAC opener against […]
Grizzlies Split Weekend’s Games
Reggie Thompson The Paw Print The Adams State women’s basketball team held their home opener against conference rival Colorado State University-Pueblo on Friday night in Plachy Hall to kick of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) play. Unfortunately for the Grizzlies, the ThunderWolves came to win and did just that with a 67-57 victory.
Four Grizzlies Take Titles at Fort Hays State Bob Smith Open
Scott Kretzmann ASC Sports Information Desk HAYS, Kan. – Four ASC wrestlers won their weight class at Saturday’s Fort Hays State Bob Smith Open including top-seeded Luke McPeek (Albuquerque, N.M.) at 197 pounds, No. 2 seeds Jerry Huff (Broomfield, Colo.) at 125 and Ryan Fillingame (Victorville, Calif.) at 133, and unseeded Jarrod Purvis (Colorado Springs, Colo.) at 174 pounds. In addition to their […]
HPPE Department Holds Open House For Students
Jose Orozco The Paw Print What goes on in the HPPE department no longer stays there. An open house was hosted by the Human Performance lab the middle of November. This was just a peek into what is done over in Plachy Hall. Several department students were given a variety of physical performance tests including […]
Grizzlies Beat CSU-PUeblo, UCCS to Stay Undefeated
Scott Kretzmann ASC Sports Information Director The Adams State Men’s basketball team maintain their perfect regular season record over the weekend with wins over RMAC opponents Colorado State University- Pueblo and University of Colorado- Colorado Springs. In a thrilling game, the Grizzlies opened their Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) schedule on Friday night at Plachy […]
Five-Year-Old Disfigured in Iraq and Brought to U.S.
Rachel Decker The Paw Print Youssif was only five years old when he became horribly disfigured. It was Jan. 15, 2007. That same day, US troops had surged the Iraqi capital to cut down on sectarian violence that plagued Baghdad. Youssif was playing outside that day while his mother was cleaning the house. Suddenly, the […]
Choking Game Turned Deadly for 10-Year-Old
Rachel Decker The Paw Print Yolanda Cash encountered a parents worst nightmare when she came home and discovered her 10-year-old son Thailan Curtis slumped over unconscious and bleeding from his mouth with a curtain around his neck. It had been Thailan’s older brother who first discovered the scene, and the brother rushed and told his […]
ASC’s Annual Holiday Art and Craft Show
Armando Montano The Paw Print For the entire month of December, ASC Community Partnerships has coordinated, and is presenting to the public, the third annual holiday art and craft show. The Holiday Art and Craft Show is an exhibit showcasing the very best that Alamosa residents and the rest of the San Luis Valley has […]
Costilla County Commissioner Martinez to Give ASC Commencement Address
Julie Waechter Press Release The 2011 San Luis Valley Person of the Year, Crestina Martinez, will address graduates at Adams State College’s commencement ceremony, to be held Saturday, Dec. 17, beginning at 10 a.m. in Plachy Hall. The college will award 45 associate’s degrees and 82 bachelor’s degrees. Martinez is a Costilla County Commissioner and […]
Learning to Stay Humble in a Competitive Society
Megan Smith The Paw Print Some times as college students we spend so much time focusing on reaching our goals and getting our degree that we forget one of the most important aspects of the college experience. Which is learning how to be humble. Humility is not something that comes naturally to most, especially in […]
Searching for Answers to the Gender Wage Gap
Toni Steffens-Steward The Paw Print I, like many others, have heard before about the gender gap, where women are paid less than men for the same work. Unfortunately, like many others, I hadn’t ever given it a lot of thought. I suppose the main reason that this information had never really affected me was that […]
College Checkered: A Few Thanks and Some Final Thoughts
Brenda Figueroa The Paw Print Final thoughts: Here’s to my last column of the semester! I have compiled a list of closing thoughts: To the wonderful ladies in my life: Thank you for giving me a chance to be a friend to you. It’s hard to find good lady friends. Especially for someone who’s used […]
Heart of La Puente: The Value of a Thank you
Eva Decker La Puente Volunteer La Puente holds a weekly Writer’s Workshop for clients, volunteers, and the community to come and share their stories while gaining feedback and suggestions for their writing. The workshop is taking a short break for the holiday season and will convene after Jan. 1, every Wednesday at 7 p.m. in […]
UN Climate Summit Proves Ineffective in Creating a Climate Plan
Nathan Crites-Herren The Paw Print The annually held United Nations climate summit arrived in Durbin, South Africa this week and quite ironically, the night before the conference record breaking torrential downpours in Durbin claimed the lives of ten people in the bayside city of 3.5 million. Seven hundred homes were destroyed in the resulting landslide. […]
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