Higher Education Does Not Guarantee Happiness
Dr. David Mazel Adams State College Be. Here. Now. I trust you’ve driven into town from the east and seen the Adams State College billboard. I could be wrong, but I’m guessing “Be here now” is not a clever allusion to Ram Dass’s New Age book of the same name. I’m guessing it’s a clever […]
Why America Loves to Hate the Duke Blue Devils
James Williams The Paw Print As we approach the mid-point of yet another NCAA college basketball tournament, one can’t help but notice that despite the many changes in the tournament from year to year, one commonality exists from each year to the next. Seemingly everyone, myself included, hates Duke.
Grizzlies Women Take 3rd at NCAA Indoor Championships; Men Finish 7th
Eric R. Flores The Paw Print A successful defense of her title in the 60-meter hurdles and a runner-up finish in the 60-meter dash from junior Indira Spence led the Adams State women to a third-place team finish at the 2011 NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships. Grand Valley won the team title […]
Grizzlies Sweep Cowgirls, Finish Spring Break With 5-5 Record
Eric R. Flores The Paw Print Adams State College’s softball team had a long spring break as they played 10 games over spring break. The break was an interesting one as they won five of the games. The Grizzlies opened by sweeping the New Mexico Highlands University Cowgirls in a 4-game series in Las Vegas, […]
Grizzlies Fall to Conference Rivals in Regional Tournament Opener
Reggie Thompson The Paw Print Sixth-seeded Adams State fell to conference rival Colorado School of Mines, the third seed of the Central Region, on March 12 for the third time this season in a hard-fought 62-59 loss during the first round of the 2011 NCAA Division II Basketball Tournament. This was the first time the […]
Women’s Best Division-II Era Season Ends in Championship Game
Reggie Thompson The Paw Print The eighth-seeded Adams State’s women’s basketball team came just short of advancing to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Division II Tournament after suffering a 40-36 loss to second-seeded, tenth ranked Metropolitan State College of Denver on March 14.
Grizzlies Split Doubleheader Sweeps in Weekend Series With WNMU
Eric R. Flores The Paw Print The Western New Mexico University Mustangs used big innings to sweep the Adams State College Grizzlies in a Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference doubleheader, 5-2 and 15-11 in a nine-inning back-and-forth affair, on Sunday here at the new all-turf ASC Softball field.
16-Point Comeback Not Enough as Grizzlies Fall to Metro State in OT
Reggie Thompson The Paw Print Adams State’s women’s basketball team suffered a difficult 48-37 loss to #1 seed Metropolitan State College of Denver on March 4 in the semifinals of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference tournament. The Grizzlies rose up from a 24-8 halftime deficit to force overtime, but the team unfortunately could not complete […]
Grizzlies Fall in RMAC Shootout Semifinals, Rematch with Mines Looming
Reggie Thompson The Paw Print For the first time since 2007 and just the second time in the school’s history, the Adams State men’s basketball team will be making a trip to the NCAA Division II Tournament. The journey for this #6 seed team begins in Mankato, Minn., home to the Central Region’s #1 seed, […]
March Madness: Defective, but Better than BCS
Dr. David Mazel Adams State College March Madness is almost here, so it’s time to think about the Big Tournament as a difference machine — a machine built to create differences. A difference machine doesn’t discover differences that already exist, no more than a lawnmower discovers a nicely trimmed lawn. It produces differences. Just as […]
Depression, Anxiety Treatable in College Students
Anthony Guerrero The Paw Print College students are among some of the most highly stressed individuals in our society. They are constantly under pressure to meet deadlines and live up to family expectations, as well as balancing friendships and romantic relationships. They also, unfortunately, must sometimes endure unethical professors, administrators, and counselors. With all these […]
Modern Day McCarthyism Returns
Lance Hostetter The Paw Print In the 1950s, Senator Joseph McCarthy and FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover brought the country the Second Red Scare. This was time that followed shortly after WWII and the beginning of the Cold War Era. Communism, they thought, was our enemy. McCarthy spent years compiling lists of names that he […]
Adams State May Face Tuition Increase Next Year
Toni Steffens The Paw Print Adams State College students may face a tuition increase next year if Governor John Hickenlooper’s proposed budget cuts are approved. The governor presented his revised budget proposal to the Joint Budget Committee on Feb. 15. The proposed cuts to education from K -12 through colleges and universities would likely affect […]
112th Congress Ushers in New Era of Bipartisan Bickering
Anthony Guererro The Paw Print Rushing in with the 112th Congress, citizens can fully expect to endure two years of political theatre. The new Speaker of the House, John Boehner, has vowed to repeal the Health Care Reform Bill that became law in 2010, as well as win the battle to continue the Bush-Era Tax […]
Improving the U.S. Starts with Improving Education
Lance Hostetter The Paw Print Who wants a tax increase? I sure don’t. But, that’s not the point. We all would like a tax decrease. It’s money in the bank, another penny saved. That’s nice for Mr. and Mrs. John Q. Taxpayer (to quote Warden Norton from the Shawshank Redemption).
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