Continued…

…it was still so pertinent to her – the whole idea of every check being a contract.

Howard Higman, at left, (BFA’37, MSocSci’42) (sociology professor and creator of the Conference on World Affairs) was another, along with Reuben Zubrow. And who could forget Sam Zakhem. Today, Dennis Van Gerven, Tom Zeiler, Kristi Anseth (PhDChemEngr’94). All of them make their mark on hundreds if not thousands of students.

Professor Bob Culp (MAero’63, PhD’66), although only working with budding engineers in the engineering school, is that kind of professor. I met him at our Surf Camp in Mexico. He was 68 at the time and proud to be the oldest surfer “wannabe” of the bunch. He still uses a picture from camp during his first day of class along with the following list of 100 things you’ve got to do before you graduate from Boulder.

What would your list look like?

100 Things to do at CU in your first year

From Professor Robert D. Culp
Department of Aerospace Engineering
University of Colorado at Boulder, CO 80309-0429

1. Visit the Heritage Center in Old Main.
2. Spend time in the space exhibit in the Heritage Center.
3. Find the Foucault pendulum and stand mesmerized before it for at least 10 minutes.
4. Find four memorials to astronaut Ellison Onizuka (Aero, MS’69), first the Onizuka Conference Room.
5. Find the living memorial to Onizuka (a grove of trees).
6. Find the Onizuka display in AFROTC (2nd floor, Gate 5).
7. Walk along the Challenger memorial model solar system.
8. Eat at the Sink.
9. Hike to the foot of the Flatirons.
10. Go to a student production in the Atlas Building.
11. Hike to Royal Arch.
12. Eat a burger at Tom’s Tavern.
13. Swim or sunbathe at Boulder Reservoir.
14. Attend a play in the Theatre and Dance Building.
15. Attend a movie in Chem 140.
16. Eat oysters at Jax.
17. Go see Jon Benet Ramsey’s home.
18. Go to an opera in Macky.
19. Until April 2, 1975, a busy street (Folsom) passed between the Engineering Center and the dorm area. On that day, a mass of students blockaded the street and declared it Folsom Park. Find this action commemorated on the pavement.
20. Walk west on Colorado Ave. from Folsom until you have a clear view of the horizon to the south. On the slope of Bear Peak you see Devil’s Thumb. Note why many students say it resembles another part of his anatomy.
21. Ski at Eldora.
22. Picnic at the top of Flagstaff Mountain.
23. Study at one of the ancient original wooden tables in Norlin.
24. Attend a laser show in Fiske Planetarium.
25. Attend a star show in Fiske Planetarium.
26. Spend a couple of hours in the University Museum.
27. Go to a rock concert at Fox Theatre.
28. Go to a music show at the Boulder Theatre.
29. Pat the buffalo statue outside of the Events Center.
30. Ride the buffalo statue outside of Folsom Field.
31. Find the white marble buffalo in the UMC.
32. Go stargazing at a Sommers-Bausch Observatory open house.
33. Visit the astronaut exhibit and mural in the Engineering Center.
34. Play Frisbee on Norlin quad.
35. Find the beehive in the Engineering Center. It has been there for 40 years. See it from the north stairwell of the Office Tower between floors 2 and 3.
36. Visit the memorial garden to the Japanese student Masayuki Nakagawa.
37. Sit before the bronze statue, “Flower on the Mountain,” a memorial to Daniel Louis Touff.
38. Visit the top floor and outside deck of the UMC. Check out the great view of the Flatirons and Devil’s Thumb.
39. Ride the Skip.
40. Ride the Hop.
41. Ride the RTD to downtown Denver for lunch.
42. Visit the atomic clock at NIST.
43. Visit LASP on East Campus; view the Mission Control Center.
44. Climb Green Mountain.
45. Climb Bear Peak.
46. Find Mallory Cave.
47. Establish a personal page on Facebook.
48. Make and upload a campus video on YouTube.
49. Take a nap beside Varsity Pond.
50. Write a letter to the Colorado Daily.
51. Write a letter to the Boulder Camera.
52. Pet someone’s puppy on campus.
53. Walk barefoot in the irrigation channels on Norlin quad.
54. Go to class barefoot.
55. Spend a lunch hour sitting in the UMC quad listening to someone rant.
56. Visit the Alumni Association in Koenig and ask about student membership in the Herd.
57. Find the President’s Conference Room in the Heritage Center at Old Main and pick your choice of the homeliest CU president.
58. Walk on the field at Folsom Stadium.
59. The American chestnut tree was nearly wiped out by blight a century ago. Find the chestnut tree (there are at least two) on campus.
60. Get up close to Ralphie; talk to her handlers.
61. Talk to a cheerleader.
62. Visit your academic adviser for no specific reason.
63. Sit through a lecture in a large class unrelated to your major.
64. Sit beside Robert Frost (outside Old Main).
65. Pay your respects to June Teegarden at her memorial tree.
66. Sit on Dick Seebass’ memorial bench.
67. Eat an avocado on the grass in front of Hellems.
68. Watch the band practice for a football game.
69. Send campus picture postcards to family and friends.
70. Throw snowballs at a bronze buffalo.
71. Go to a football game.
72. Meet your department chair.
73. Meet your college dean.
74. Meet the university president.
75. Learn the difference between provost and chancellor.
76. Workout at the Rec Center.
77. Have the lunch special on Thursday (chicken cacciatore and gnocchi) at the Blue Parrot in Louisville.
78. Get a massage from a student at the Boulder College of Massage Therapy.
79. Attend a free minor sport or club sport game.
80. Buy something at McGuckin Hardware.
81. Go to the Dal Ward Center and view the trophies.
82. Play a table sport (billiards, pool or snooker) in the UMC.
83. Spend a couple of hours reading a book in the fifth floor lounge in the UMC.
84. Visit the art gallery in the UMC.
85. Volunteer for something.
86. On Halloween, go to the Pearl Street Mall. Stay out of trouble.
87. Shock value: Say something nice to a Nebraska fan.
88. Find a professor on Facebook and put him in your friends list.
89. Go to a weird panel during the Conference on World Affairs.
90. Go to the College of Music’s Christmas Concert.
91. Take a friend to a musical at the Boulder Dinner Theatre.
92. Show your parents your favorite study nook in Norlin. Scout it out first.
93. Do something too embarrassing to write down here.
94. Spend the night in the mountains watching a meteor shower.
95. Take a weekend road trip with friends to a natural wonder (Yellowstone, Mesa Verde, Canyonlands…).
96. Find Mork and Mindy’s house. Who were Mork and Mindy?
97. Visit Eldorado Canyon.
98. Go sledding down the hill by the planetarium in the snow on lunch trays borrowed from the cafeteria.
99. Play an intramural sport.
100. Ice skate at the Rec Center.

Add a few of your own, and e-mail me at kent.zimmerman@colorado.edu. We’ll send a CU cowboy hat to the first 100 entries — don’t forget to include your address!

CU soon,

Kent Zimmerman
President, CU-Boulder Alumni Association
303-492-6213; kent.zimmerman@colorado.edu