Author: cmcgenesis
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CMC says ‘good-bye’ to Mike Doyle
Champion for students remembered as caring, passionate Mike Doyle, a longtime Colorado Mountain College employee, died in an automobile accident on Friday, November 12. His official role was an administrative assistant for the TRIO grant programs, Upward Bound and Student Support Services. But he is remembered by co-workers as a teacher, someone who used his…
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CMC students get a sneak peak at recent fossil finds in Snowmass Village
Colorado Mountain College students from Sandy Jackson’s archaeology class were granted a tour of the fossil excavation site in Snowmass Village on Friday. Just one month ago, on October 14, 2010, construction workers on the site of Ziegler Reservoir in Snowmass Village uncovered some extraordinary bones, the first of which belonging to a Colombian mammoth.…
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Celestial News: Behold the Charioteer
Third brightest star in Colorado shows itself What’s that flashy, golden star hovering over the northeastern mountains as darkness falls in mid-November? It’s Capella, the third brightest star visible in Colorado skies and the brightest star in the constellation of Auriga, the Charioteer. Auriga represents the mythological character Erichthonius who was born lame and invented…
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Celestial News: Whale Watching
Cetus constellation rises in the southeastern sky Wedged in between the bright star Fomalhaut to the south and the glittering Pleiades star cluster to the east is the huge, lumbering constellation of Cetus, the Whale. It ranks fourth in overall size among the 88 official constellations; only Hydra, Ursa Major, and Virgo cover more area…
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Spring Class Schedule Now Live
Winter hasn’t even arrived yet, but the class schedule for spring semester at Colorado Mountain College is now live. You can search it at: www.coloradomtn.edu/classes or on Webadvisor. Collegewide registration will begin Dec. 1
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CMC student club holds food drive for furry friends
Colorado Mountain College’s Veterinary Technology Club is holding a Pet Pantry Food Drive throughout November to collect canned or bagged dog or cat food of any kind. Local veterinary clinics have agreed to host collection boxes at their facilities. The club has decided to divide the donated food equally between three animal shelters: Colorado Animal…
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Celestial News: Halloween Fireballs
Don’t be surprised if you see a blazing fireball or two streaking across the heavens while you are out trick-or-treating this weekend. There’s no reason for alarm. It’s just the annual Taurid meteor showers reaching their peak of activity. The Taurid meteors are so named because they seem to spring outward from the stars of…
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An iPod for your thoughts
Last chance for students to be entered in drawing for iPod Touch or Amazon gift card Participate in a survey about how you use the media and spend your time. Then enter the drawing for a free iPod Touch or a $150 Amazon gift card. Your participation in the survey will help Colorado Mountain College…
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‘Screamboat’ at Steamboat
“Come one, come all…but DON’T come alone!” The SKY Club at Colorado Mountain College’s Alpine Campus is proud to present its 12th annual “Screamboat Chamber of Horror” haunted house, this year BIGGER AND SCARIER than ever! “Screamboat 12” will be open to the general public from 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM on Friday 10/22, Saturday…
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Celestial News: Milkdromeda
The stars of Andromeda twinkle brightly in our October sky, high in the east after darkness falls. One corner of the Great Square of Pegasus marks the princess’s head, a star named Alpheratz. From there, two diverging streams of stars to the north trace out her body and legs. Almach, her left foot, is a…