Editor’s Note: This is an ongoing story. Updates will be provided as they become available.

The wildfire burning in Larimer County north of U.S. Highway 34 and west of Loveland, Colorado, has spread to cover 8,134 acres and is 5% contained as of 8 p.m. Thursday, according to the U.S. Forest Service. 

At 12:30 p.m Friday, the size of the fire is 9,194 acres and 5% contained. Fire activity occurred on the northern portion of the blaze, and the fire did not cross Highway 34.

Mandatory evacuation orders have been issued for the Masonville area and Glade Road from Highway 34 to Indian Creek. Evacuation orders are also in place for Drake to Dam Store along Highway 34, including Storm Mountain and Palisade Mountain, Waltonia Road, Sylvan Dale to Ellis Ranch, Eden Valley to Sunrise Ranch and County Road 18E from Pole Hill to Pinewood Reservoir.

The voluntary evacuation notice for the area north of Carter Lake to U.S. Highway 34 has been upgraded to a mandatory evacuation order by the LCSO as of 4 p.m. Tuesday.

The voluntary evacuation notice for the area of Dunraven Glade north of Glen Haven was upgraded to a mandatory evacuation order as of 2 p.m. Wednesday.

Larimer County Board of Commissioners Chair John Kefalas declared a disaster emergency on Tuesday in order to access emergency management resources at the local and state levels.

According to the USFS, more than 200 firefighters are working to contain the fire, which they took command of early Tuesday morning. The Larimer County Sheriff’s Office is coordinating evacuations, and residents in the evacuation area are asked to text LCEVAC to 888-777 for further information. NoCoalert.org is also providing alerts.

Voluntary evacuation orders for Hidden Valley east of Devils Backbone including Ridge Parkway and Spring Glade Road to the north were issued just after noon on Tuesday. Voluntary evacuation orders for Glen Haven were issued Wednesday. 

The fire was initially reported to first responders in a 911 call at approximately 10:38 a.m. Monday morning, according to the LCSO. 

In addition to crews responding to the fire on the ground, air support dropped water and fire retardant on the fire until 8 p.m. Monday. Crews are still working to contain the fire and are facing near-critical fire weather in the area with high temperatures and low humidity, the USFS said.

The National Weather Service issued an air quality alert on Tuesday due to heavy smoke from the fire.

Find the latest updates as of Friday, Aug. 2 below. The most recent updates are first.

Fire continues to grow, some voluntary evacuation orders lifted as containment progresses

As of 12 p.m. Friday, the fire had spread to 9,194 acres, and containment remains at 5% on the east side of the blaze. Voluntary evacuation orders were lifted for the Hidden Valley neighborhood, and for residents off of Ridge Pkwy.

Mandatory evacuations for residents near Glade Road, Riverview RV Park, north of Carter Lake and from Buckhorn Road to Woods Rose Lane were switched to voluntary evacuations.

Potential thunderstorms are forecasted for the coming weekend which could shift winds and bring rain. The fire continues to be managed by the Southwest Area Incident Management Team 1, with 327 personnel working the fire.

Structures reported damaged from Alexander Mountain Fire 

Larimer County Sheriff’s Office issued a press release stating that at least two dozen structures had been damaged or destroyed by the Alexander Mountain Fire once firefighting efforts were finally able to assess the damage on Aug. 1.

The areas of Palisade Mountain Drive and Snow Top Drive have seen the most damage, according to the release. The structures are believed to be both homes and outbuildings.

Firefighting efforts continue, headed by Southwest Area Incident Management Team 1.

A 4 p.m. press conference reported that fire size has spread 8,089 acres. Containment remains at 1%.

Shelters have been set up at the Estes Park Events Complex in Estes Park, Colorado and Foundations Church in Loveland, Colorado for evacuees.

Containment begins on Alexander Mountain Fire as 1% of the blaze is reported controlled

Resources have been spread thin due to multiple fires along the Front Range, but an evening update provided by the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland said that 1% of the blaze was officially controlled.

Throughout the day on Wednesday, fire growth expanded in the northwest portion. Firefighting efforts focused on the east permitter, near Sylvan Dale Ranch.

Smoke and poor visibility contributed to a lack of aviation resources to drop fire retardant and water over the blaze throughout Wednesday, the press release reported.

Thursday, Aug. 1, at 6 a.m., Southwest Area Incident Management Team 1 will take control of the fire efforts, the press released said. Dry and hot conditions are forecasted through the weekend.

Alexander Mountain Fire covers 7,648 acres 

Officials said the USFS now estimates the fire burning in Larimer County to cover 7,648 acres as of 7 p.m. Wednesday. The blaze is still at 0% containment as crews continue efforts to get the blaze under control.

Voluntary evacuation orders were released by the LCSO for Glen Haven and the region west towards Dark Mountain. Residents are not being asked to evacuate at this time, but the LCSO advises that those in the area should be prepared for evacuation as the fire moves closer to the area.

The fire is expected to continue burning through Wednesday evening.

1 person dead in Stone Canyon Fire north of Lyons

As of 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, The National Interagency Fire Center reported that the Stone Canyon Fire has reached 20% containment.

Boulder County Sheriff Curtis Johnson confirmed Wednesday, July 31 that human remains were found in a residence in the burn area of the Stone Canyon fire burning near Lyons.

Johnson said that no further information will be released immediately as the investigation is still active and crews are still working to contain the fire in the area. This remains the only confirmed fatality associated with the fire. The BCSO also confirmed that at least five structures believed to be residential structures have been destroyed.

Resources are being shared between the two fires, Johnson said.

“We’re really gonna push hard today to knock this fire down,” Johnson said. “We are still working in coordination with our friends in Larimer County who are dealing with the alexander mountain fire. We’re sharing resources, working together and doing our best.”

The Stone Canyon Fire was most recently mapped by officials at 1,548 as of 3 p.m. Wednesday.

Alexander Mountain Fire continued to spread, new mandatory evacuations ordered

The fire just west of Loveland is now estimated to cover 6,840 acres and spread to the west, north and east through the night and early morning Wednesday, July 31 according to the USFS.

Incident Commander Mike Smith detailed the plans for the crews working to contain the fire in an informational video released Wednesday morning on Facebook.

Smith explained the movement of the fire in the three cardinal directions before explaining the goals for Wednesday. Ground and aviation crews will continue efforts to get the fire under control as they await additional resources to aid them.

“Getting these assets is really one of the challenging things for us,” Incident Commander Mike Smith said. “As we get priorities given to us from the state and federal folks that govern those resources – it’s a balancing act, so we’re doing what we can with what we have.

Smith said that the priority for Wednesday is the area northwest of the fire as it continues to spread in that direction.

The voluntary evacuation notice for the area of Dunraven Glade along County Road 43 was upgraded to a mandatory evacuation order on Wednesday. The evacuation area includes Streamside Drive and Dunraven Glade Road and extends north past Miller Fork Road and Dunraven Trailhead.

Governor Polis to speak alongside Larimer, Boulder sheriffs 

Colorado Governor Jared Polis will attend the July 31 briefing at the Loveland Fire Station 7 at 12:45 p.m., alongside Larimer and Boulder sheriffs and local forestry executives to provide an update on efforts to fight the Alexander Mountain Fire and Stone Canyon Fire. Boulder County Fire said that one person died as a result of the fire burning near Lyons, Colorado. Five structures have also been reported damaged.

As of 11 a.m. Wednesday, the Alexander Mountain Fire remains at 5,080 acres with 0% containment. No damages or injuries have been reported, but a press release from Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland said hot and dry conditions forecasted for Larimer County on Wednesday will increase fire activity.

Hotshot crews expected to arrive Wednesday morning

Interagency Hotshot Crews will arrive with additional resources Wednesday, July 31 to assist with the attempts to contain the Alexander Mountain Fire, the LCSO said in a statement released Tuesday evening.

In addition to the Hotshot Crews, a Complex Incident Management Team will take over command of the Alexander Mountain Fire Thursday, August 1. The fire continued to spread throughout Tuesday and remains at 0% containment as of 10 p.m.

The fire has continued to spread north towards Masonville and flames could be seen from parts of Fort Collins Tuesday evening.

As of 11 p.m. there is no evacuation notice for the city of Fort Collins as the fire continues to burn southwest of Horsetooth Reservoir.

Alexander Mountain Fire spreads 5,080 acres, 3,245 residents under mandatory evacuation

A 4 p.m. press conference on Tuesday updated the public that 3,245 people were under a mandatory evacuation order, according to information provided by Larimer County Sheriff John Feyen in his briefing during the press conference.

“Unfortunately, we have some areas where there is some impingement on residential structures,” Feyen said. “We don’t know if (the structures are) involved or not. We just know that the fire is backing into some of those areas. … Our number one priority after the evacuations is keeping our firefighters safe as well, and so we haven’t had a chance to put teams into those areas just because of the fire activity.”

Feyen said that fire activity is currently at the north side of Highway 34 in the mouth of the Big Thompson Canyon.

Fire growth is being observed in three cardinal directions, moving to the north and the east, and the backside of the fire is experiencing what Mike Smith, incident command for U.S Forest Service, called “slope reverse,” where the fire crawls up the backside of the hill aggressively as a result of winds pushing the blaze uphill.

“We’ve just had a wind shift, which we’re all paying very close attention to,” Smith said. “We’ve had wind basically out of the west, out of the north — but a little bit — but now it’s swung at a much stronger northerly wind, and you can see (the) smoke bending over.”

Smith said the Type 3 Incident Command structure that Larimer County has deployed will be aided tomorrow by a Complex Incident Management Team.

“If we can’t get in and engage this fire safely and make sure that our folks can get in and get out of the job that they need to, we’re not going to commit those resources,” Smith said. “So we’re doing what we can, where we can, when we can.”

Smith was hopeful in his statement that hotshot crews would be able to aid firefighting efforts, but resources are in short supply.

“We’re at 0% containment currently,” Smith said. “I hope that we’re going to see that start to improve, but it’s going to really depend on Mother Nature giving us a break.”

Second wildfire breaks out south of Alexander Mountain Fire

The Boulder County Sheriff’s Office issued an evacuation order at 1:53 p.m. Tuesday for the area of Eagle Ridge near Lyons due to a wildfire in the Stone Canyon area.

The second fire is burning less than 20 miles south of the Alexander Mountain Fire that was first reported Monday, July 29. 

Fire restrictions were enacted in parts of Boulder County on July 1 due to high fire danger in the area.

The BCSO announced on social media that crews are actively responding to the fire in the Stone Canyon area near Lyons and said more information will be released as soon as possible.

Animal evacuations underway

The Larimer County Fair begins Friday, Aug. 2, bringing 4-H animals, large livestock and local livestock to the area that is currently threatened by the fire. Feyen said his team was working with Island Grove Regional Park in Greeley to move the animals. Colorado State University Veterinary staff are aiding in the safe transport of all animals.

“So this is especially important if you get a notification of a voluntary evacuation and you have a large animal, we don’t want you doing that at night,” Feyen said. “We don’t want to help you do that at night. We want to do it when it’s safe. So help us help you and move those animals out when it’s early, and help us make arrangements for that so we can keep you and your family safe.”

Reach Hannah Parcells and Allie Seibel at news@collegian.com or on Twitter @CSUCollegian.

ALEX LASSITER: Hello, lovely people! It’s Alex Lassiter with the Minnesota Daily here, and you’re listening to In The Know, a podcast dedicated to the University of Minnesota.

For those of you who know me, after this summer I’m moving up to the retirement home of college – senior year. And while I’m not planning to yell at any of you young whippersnappers to “get off my lawn,” I’ve certainly mellowed out a lot since my freshman year. Not only that, but I’ve learned so much about myself and the world around me. Despite being a senior, I’ve only recently realized just how much of a baby I am.

So much of the stuff I wish I knew as a freshman wasn’t a matter of me not figuring it out on my own, I was just never told. So I figured, why not impart some of my wise old wisdom to the next generation? Just so I’m not rambling on my own, I invited three of my fellow graduating senior coworkers to share their own advice.

Joining me today is Sports Desk editor Alex Karwowski, City Desk reporter Ainsley Brown and Managing Editor Amelia Roessler. Fun fact, every single person speaking in this episode has a first name that starts with the letter “A.” That’s not really relevant to anything, I just thought it was cool and wanted to mention it somewhere.

All three of my guests started their college careers at the University of Minnesota. Karwowski said he chose the U because it fit two unique criteria for him.

ALEX KARWOWSKI: My senior year of high school, I applied to six schools. It was like Syracuse, Butler, Hope College, which is a really small school in Michigan, Indiana, Minnesota, obviously and Mizzou, like Missouri. And I chose Minnesota because I wanted to go to a Big Ten school, and I wanted to go to a school that nobody in my family had gone to.  And I wanted to go somewhere that, like, it was far from home, but not, like, inconveniently far, like Penn State or something. So Minnesota just seems like a pretty solid option, so I was like, I guess that’s the one.

LASSITER: Brown was drawn to the U from a feeling of familiarity.

AINSLEY BROWN: I’m not originally from Minnesota, but my family is. And so I grew up being very familiar with the Twin Cities and I applied during the COVID pandemic. And so I wanted to go somewhere familiar, so that was definitely a draw. And then also I got a pretty good merit scholarship to come here and that definitely helps because I’m basically paying in-state tuition.

LASSITER: And Roessler was wrestling between the light side and the dark side of the Force.

AMELIA ROESSLER: I had to choose between here and Madison, and I don’t even know why that was on my list because the U is obviously way better. I was a huge, like, marching band nerd in high school. Literally one of the big things was like, “Oh, the U has a fantastic marching band and Madison doesn’t.” So, shout out to the marching band for being my reason why I came to the U. 

LASSITER: My freshman year, I lived in Middlebrook Hall on the West Bank. I came to the University for theater originally, so the proximity of the dorm to my classes was its main selling point for me. When I was there, I met two of my closest friends and made a lot of formative memories. Funnily enough, Brown and Roessler also lived in the exact same building I did.

BROWN: I lived in Honors housing in Middlebrook Hall, which was definitely, I don’t know. It was a unique experience because for Honors housing, it’s all, usually everybody on that floor is Honors and the people I met on that floor were still friends. Like, we ended up clicking really well, which I feel like is not always the situation. But yeah, we all clicked really well. So it was a really nice living situation, like I’m still friends with my freshman year roommate.

ROESSLER: I lived in Middlebrook on the eighth floor. I’m not going to lie, Middlebrook gets way more hate than it needs. I know it’s on West Bank and it’s far away, but we have our own kitchen and it’s like on-campus, but it’s like kind of on the outskirts. You get to do your own thing, but I had a great time. I met a lot of my current friends there and we had, so much fun times together and it was fantastic.

LASSITER: Meanwhile, Karwowski was living it up in the 17th Avenue dorm, a space closer to the sporting side of the University on the East Bank.

KARWOWSKI: I think the biggest, the coolest thing and the thing I miss most about 17th is just, like, having a spot where I could meet my friends for like meals. Like the dining hall, people hate on the dining hall all the time, but like the dining hall was “free,” in quotes, you know, and like I could just go whenever I wanted. I didn’t have to make my own food. Like it was good. Like I kind of miss the dining hall. I never really went there for lunch or anything cause it was always too crowded, but like breakfast and dinner, I was feasting.

LASSITER: But people don’t just go to college for the roof over their head and the so-so dining hall food. Although, Karwowski is right, the food at 17th is absolutely unmatched. One of the hardest things about my freshman year was deciding which classes to take and what major to pursue. As I mentioned, I entered the University wanting to do theater which obviously didn’t pan out.

My three guests had it all figured out, they all came to the U knowing that they wanted to be journalism majors. However, some of the paths they took within their majors changed from their freshman years to now. For instance, Brown came in wanting to double major in journalism and political science, but that plan ended up shifting over to a journalism and geography double.

BROWN: That was something I actually struggled with for a little bit because on the surface, they seem so separate. And when I was going to do, you know, political science with journalism, there’s a very obvious path there to like political reporting and like that kind of world geography. That’s a little less obvious, especially since I was going into physical geography and not human geography. And that’s when I kind of realized the applicability there was for talking about environmental causes and environmental issues with journalism, because I mean, physical geography is a lot of things. It’s a very interdisciplinary science, but one of the biggest parts of it is environmental science and like environmental information. And there’s definitely a need in the journalism world for, like, effective scientific communication. And so I saw that and was like, this is, I think this is where I fit in.

LASSITER: All this talk about geography reminded me of a story I worked on last summer about the East Anatolian fault over by Turkey, the origin of those major earthquakes in the area. I recounted how I felt so lost trying to follow what one of my interviewees was talking about, which is exactly what Brown said drew her to the geography double in favor of political science.

BROWN: My biggest thing is like, if I’m going to talk about science, I want to understand the science, because I think then you can more effectively communicate it and make sure people actually understand what’s going on. Because then otherwise I think you risk some possible inaccuracies because you’ve missed something, cause you’re not a scientist, you know?

LASSITER: So to all you little freshies starting classes in the fall, just a reminder that you don’t have to have your major, or even the niche path you’ll be taking within your major, completely planned out by the day you start out. Heck, you don’t even have to have it planned out for the whole of your first year. Take some fun classes. Take some weird classes. You might meet some cool people, like how Roessler and I found out in real time during our interview that we would be in the same class during the fall.

I’m taking a pickleball class next semester.

ROESSLER: I am too! 

LASSITER: Wait, wait, which one?

ROESSLER: The beginners pickleball class on Monday?

LASSITER: Yes!

ROESSLER: No, I literally was like, “I want to play pickleball. Oh my God, there’s a pickleball class!” And I was like, “Okay, it says beginner’s pickleball.” I’m not necessarily a beginner, but I want to, like, learn more about the rules, and I just want to go have fun. And so I was, like, so excited. 

LASSITER: You are going to smoke me in that class. I’m so nervous now.

ROESSLER: No, no, it’s okay. I’ll go easy on everybody. 

LASSITER: But if there’s one word of advice I have for incoming freshmen, do not take that 8 a.m. class. It’s not worth it. Roessler and I both figured that out the hard way during our freshman year.

ROESSLER: Didn’t we have the same Spanish class together?

LASSITER: Yeah, we did! We did, we did, we did. 

ROESSLER: That class was awful, because it was… 

BOTH: 8 a.m.

LASSITER: 4 days a week.

ROESSLER: Oh my gosh. 

LASSITER: Not fun at all.

ROESSLER: Coming to college, I was like, “Oh, I can totally do an 8 a.m., like, that’s so easy.” And then I took one 8 a.m. class, and I was like, “I am never again taking an 8 a.m.,” because I used to go to Spanish class, and then I had a break before my 11:15, like, creative writing class, and I would fall asleep in Walter, because I didn’t want to walk all the way back to Middlebrook, so I would go pretend to do work in Walter and just take a nap.

LASSITER: Before we concluded, I asked each of my guests one final question: what is the biggest way in which you think you’ve changed from your freshman to senior year? For Karwowski, it was just taking that dive off the deep end and talking to people.

KARWOWSKI: You gotta, you gotta, you gotta just do it, man. It’s, I don’t know how else, how else to say it, but, like, you just kind-of have to, like, you gotta throw yourself in, in the thick of it, like you gotta go up to people and talk to them. They will not come to you.

And I kind of still am a little, like, reclusive in a sense. My freshman year, the idea of walking up to somebody, like, in Coffman, or, like, anywhere on the street is the scariest thing ever, but, like, now it’s probably one of my better skills as a journalist, just, like, straight-up walking up to people.

LASSITER: Karwowski said he also credits journalism for another skill he learned over time – listening.

KARWOWSKI: So that’s another thing that journalism has really taught me. It’s just like, the biggest gift that we have as humans is our ear. Like, we can talk all day about what we do and how great we are. And we can talk about ourselves all day, but like your ears, like you just gotta shut up and listen. It’s kind of just how it is sometimes. So that’s probably the biggest thing that I’ve learned from freshman to senior year, is I just got to listen. 

LASSITER: For Brown, it was studying abroad in Florence, Italy.

BROWN: The biggest thing that comes to mind that made that change for me was studying abroad. I studied abroad the fall of my third year, of my junior year, in Florence and that was an incredibly helpful experience because I was in a group of seven people. There were only seven of us who studied in the program that semester, which was crazy. But because of that, like none of us knew each other. 

And so I just went out into the city alone a lot of the time and I would travel alone and I got really comfortable being alone and you just learn so much about yourself and how you are as a traveler, as a tourist. That was just, like, so incredibly helpful for me because then coming back, like, I’m so unafraid to just, like, try new stuff by myself or take on new challenges by myself and feel confident and being able to know that I know how to do those things. That no matter what, I’m going to get something out of it. It’s just very much changed my perspective on myself and who I am.

LASSITER: And Roessler said despite the fact she learned a lot in college, a lot of her personal changes came from working behind the bar in Faribault.

ROESSLER: Being on the other side of the bar, I learned to stand up for myself and not take any crap. And that is another thing that, like, I learned from that too, is to stand up for myself and, like, be myself and be not a people pleaser. And so I did learn in college, like, being with my friends and being confident and, like, going through all the hard classes and going through everything. I did learn it that way too. But also, sad as it is to say, I think I learned a lot from being a bartender.

LASSITER: My own answer is simple – I figured out who I was, and who I want to become. They are really different people. I’m still a work-in-progress, and that’s okay. Some people come into college thinking that they’re going to completely reinvent themselves, but what ends up happening is they just become more mature versions of the person they are right now.

Don’t break yourself trying to fit the mold that other people shape for you. Show genuine love to one another. Even people you don’t know. Even people you don’t like. College isn’t a time to completely close yourself off, it’s a time to open yourself up more than you ever have before. To seek knowledge and the truth and to re-introduce yourself well, yourself. Take it from this seasoned old senior, change only happens when you let it. And if you haven’t already, open up a credit card and use it responsibly. Trust me, it’s going to be an absolute game changer when you graduate.

This episode was written by Alex Lassiter and produced by Kaylie Sirovy. As always, we appreciate you listening in and feel free to send a message to our email inbox at podcasting@mndaily.com with any questions, comments, concerns or episodes you’d like to see. This is our final episode for the summer season, so I won’t see you and you won’t hear me until September. I’m Alex, and this has been In The Know. Take care, y’all.

Shawn Levy’s third film in the “Deadpool” franchise opens with Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) in a frantic fight, but before the audience can get their bearings, he already lands two jabs on Disney for acquiring 20th Century Fox, one at Reynolds’ wife Blake Lively’s “Gossip Girl” performance and another at the audience for expecting Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) to appear so early in the story. This scene sets the self-referential tone of the rest of the film. 

“Deadpool and Wolverine” is exactly what the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) needed — a fast-paced, action-packed feature with an engaging and well-paced plot, unhinged comedy and thrilling fight scenes with compelling special effects. It is a refreshing standout of Marvel’s new era, reminiscent of their golden age classics. 

As expected, the team-up between the two powerhouses, Reynolds and Jackman, produced a superb joint performance. Since their first appearances in 2009’s “X-Men Origins: Wolverine,” the actors have perfected their respective characters. 

Even in a third installment, Reynolds still has not exhausted his comedic artillery. The “meta” jokes were not overused and retained their value, and he definitely made the most of the raunchy comedy in the MCU’s first R-rated movie. Jackman nails every facet of Wolverine, delivering his familiar broodiness, sarcasm and rare hilarious moments.

Both actors had serious scenes, and shockingly, Reynolds was the most compelling. He leverages the empathy fans have grown to feel for Deadpool over the first two movies and looks inward, delivering an emotional performance alongside his onscreen partner Vanessa (Morena Baccarin).  After two movies worth of Deadpool-esque shenanigans, it seems that he is finally ready to find a purpose for his powers. 

The two actors brought their commitment to the stage, giving the audience some of the most exciting fight scenes they have seen in years, with the best ones, ironically, being between each other. Clearly, Jackman’s roles in “The Greatest Showman” and “The Music Man” honed his skills in dance, sharpening his ability to follow battle choreography. The fights were agile, fast-paced and awesomely gory — probably due to “Deadpool’s” fancy new Disney budget. 

Recently, fans have complained that recent Marvel films’ battles are not as engaging because their overused, not-so-convincing CGI overwhelms the audience. But here, thanks in part to its roughly $200 million production budget, the effects were compelling, and the film boasted more action than the average Marvel movie. 

The storytelling overall was above average, but not exceptional. It felt like Levy’s purpose was to pay homage to Marvel’s 20th Century Fox characters rather than focus completely on the plot. Without spoiling the cameos, the film evokes a similar nostalgia that “Spiderman: No Way Home” did when it brought back all of the past Spiderman actors. However, even if a fan does not religiously follow the happenings of the MCU or “X-Men,” the film is still worth the watch. As usual, fans should stay for the end-credits scene to get the most out of the experience.

Levy underlines the many cameos with an unoriginal and somewhat tired “this Marvel character takes on the multiverse” premise. Though the concept is more concise in this feature compared to other newer Marvel productions, fans should watch season one of “Loki” to avoid a lot of unnecessary confusion. 

Though the multiverse contains infinite possibilities, it seems that Marvel confines itself to a similar trope each time — some big bad villain threatens to destroy the “space-time continuum,” and a ragtag group of variants must rise to the challenge and defeat them. Deadpool said it best towards the end of the movie. “Marvel, can we be done with the whole multiverse thing?” 

Marvel’s “Deadpool and Wolverine” is almost perfect. The story is good, but the characters’ performances really stand out. Reynolds and Jackman delivered the perfect mix of action, comedy and drama that would make any Marvel fan shed a tear. It brings the quality that so many have been looking for in the years since Phase 4’s onset. This is a must-watch in theaters when it premieres on July 26, and experiencing each joke and surprise cameo with an audience makes for an even better watch. 

Our rating: 4.5/5 stars

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Suni Lee stepped onto the Olympic floor at Bercy Arena. She placed her right knee on a 90-degree angle and extended her left leg to a 45-degree angle from her waist to the floor while she reached her arms above her head. 

When Lindsey Stirling’s “Eye of The Untold Her” began, Lee’s battle for bronze ensued.

The defending all-around gold medalist needed a score of 13.535 on the floor routine in order to move ahead of Italian gymnast Alice D’Amato and secure a spot on the podium. Lee was tied for fourth place with Algerian gymnast Kaylia Nemour entering the final rotation.

“We were literally like calculating,” Lee said before she and teammate Simone Biles laughed at themselves. “I was like I don’t even know how to do math in my head, she was like, ‘Me neither.’”

After Lee’s first pass on the floor, she revealed a radiant smile that resolved any doubts of her spot on the podium. The mathematical equation for which gymnast would be number three on the podium equaled Lee.

“I just wanted to prove to myself that I could do it because I didn’t think that I could,” Lee said. “This is definitely a special one.”

Two days before Thursday’s all-around final, D’Amato helped lead her team to its first Olympic medal in 96 years. D’Amato stepped out of bounds on her first tumbling pass, but the rest of her routine was near-flawless despite the initial mistake costing her the bronze medal.

When Nemour took the floor, she landed with her chest close to the ground on her first pass through and then stepped out of bounds on her second. She ended her routine losing her balance on her final pass which caused her to stumble a few steps forward.

The combination of mistakes ended her path to the podium.

After Lee won the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, she earned celebrity status before she competed in any NCAA competition. Last year, she was diagnosed with two kidney diseases that put a halt to her training.

Lee’s coach at Midwest Gymnastics, Jess Graba, was by her side in the training. When Lee faced the uncertainty of her gymnastics career, Graba said he would be OK with any decision she made.

“I was going to let her quit, not for the wrong reasons though,” Graba said. “If that’s what she needed and that’s what made her healthy then I would have been fine with it.”

Lee bursted, on the mat and into tears, at the Olympic trials when she secured her ticket to Paris at the Target Center. The St. Paul gymnast joined her teammate Biles on the competition floor waving an American flag in Paris after Biles claimed her ninth Olympic medal.

Biles became the most decorated Olympic gymnast on Tuesday when Team USA earned a gold medal in the Olympic team final. Biles had a lead of 0.166 over Brazilian gymnast Rebeca Andrade heading into the final rotation. 

Biles’s opening pass included a triple double that helped to earn her the gold medal. 

“I don’t want to compete with Rebeca no more,” Biles said. “I was stressing.”

Lee promptly responded that she had never seen Biles that stressed in her life.

The American womens’ quest for Olympic hardware is not over. Lee competes on Sunday in the beam event final and again on Monday in the uneven bars final. After the Olympic trials, Lee said she wanted the gold medal on beam and medal on bars. 

Biles will compete against Andrade again in her remaining events — the vault final on Saturday and twice more on the beam and floor finals on Monday.

The usual suspects of CSU research can be difficult to escape. Everywhere students look, there are ongoing studies about obscure animals adapting to climate change, creative interventions for dementia or something about lasers. Northern Colorado culture guarantees the latest debates on water, wolves and wildfires — not to mention the way an occasional infectious diseases study hits the public like a bat out of hell.

Though popular topics like soil productivity and polymer innovation are undeniably compelling, colleges around campus are creating golden nuggets of research in unexpected areas. CSU hosts world-altering, odd and sometimes subtle research looking for ways to make life better for everyone.

Of course, all of this research, from dark matter to blooming corpse flowers, deserves a time and place for attention. These 10 areas of science are only a small sample of the research that is quietly improving everyday life.

1. Local democracy: Center for Public Deliberation

The Center for Public Deliberation guides Northern Colorado through polarizing community issues while continuing research on democracy, civic engagement and public communication. With tools found in brain and social sciences, the CPD explores deliberative democracy while on the ground with local citizens.

2. Poverty: Center for Marketing and Social Impact

Science has only recently begun to study the intersection of poverty and resource scarcity. At the Center for Marketing and Social Impact, business scientists reach beyond the usual affluent marketplace research and explore the impacts of deprivation on behavior and well-being.

3. Music therapy: Brainwaves Research Lab

Music has played a role in therapy since ancient civilizations. However, contemporary science continues to uncover new ways to take advantage of music’s potential. At the Brainwaves Research Lab, neuroscience and music therapy are teaming up to study the impacts of music on the attention skills of children with autism.

4. Performing arts: ‘Enriched Environments for the Healthy, Aging Brain’

Dance, symphony and theater have made their way into health sciences. In the project “Enriched Environments for the Healthy, Aging Brain,” researchers from design and merchandising, communication studies and psychology collaborated to study engagement in performing arts as an intervention to delay or reduce cognitive decline. CSU’s performing artists are rarely featured in peer-reviewed science studies.

5. Interior design: Spatial Perception and Cognitive Experience Laboratory

The mission of the Spatial Perception and Cognitive Experience Laboratory is to bring neurodiversity into consideration for interior design and user interfaces. By combining building modeling, sensory tracking, neuroimaging and sometimes virtual reality, researchers collaborating from the design and merchandising and neuroscience departments have begun developing a new and inclusive approach to planning interior environments.

6. Humanizing user interface: Natural User Interaction

Computer scientists are training augmented and virtual reality systems in more intricacies of human communication in the Natural User Interaction Lab. Barriers to interaction are evaporating as the technology becomes more intuitive with natural gestures, microgestures and, soon, emotion recognition.

7. Accessibility: Assistive Technology Resource Center

The science of accessibility is beginning to grow a library of information on navigating the college experience with disabilities. In these early stages, researchers at the Assistive Technology Resource Center are collecting data about who uses assistive technologies, which technologies are used and their impacts on academic performance.

8. Play: Sensory integration, Play and Occupational Therapy Research Lab

Kids need to play. Developmental and occupational scientists at the Sensory integration, Play and Occupational Therapy Research Lab are investigating the effects of unstructured play on children’s health and happiness. As an intervention, unstructured play benefits children in a myriad of ways that neuroscience is particularly equipped to explore.

9. Transition to adulthood: Transition, Employment and Technology Lab

The Transition, Employment and Technology Lab uniquely focuses on young adult life transitions, employment outcomes and job satisfaction of students who experience intellectual and developmental disabilities. Their research includes reviews of job-matching tools, the impacts of workplace environments and the relationship between parental expectations and life outcomes of students with disabilities.

10. Inclusive science communication: STEM Center

Diversity and equity are still a significant challenge in most STEM fields. The STEM Center is currently running a project focused on using science communication as a tool for students to build self-efficacy, explore their science identities and recognize the value of contributing their own broad perspectives to science.

Is your lab researching ways to change the world? Tell us all about it at science@collegian.com.

Reach Jenn Dawson at science@collegian.com or on Twitter @CSUCollegian.

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After months of uncertainty and widespread panic across the United States, The Young Democrats of Emory University (YDE) are more confident than ever that democracy stands a chance in light of President Joe Biden’s decision to suspend his campaign for the 2024 presidential election. Now, as young voters in Georgia, a swing state that could decide the outcome of the presidential election, the executive board of YDE is enthusiastic to vote for Vice President Kamala Harris as the nation’s next president, with Harris likely to officially secure the Democratic nomination in coming days.

Two-thirds of Americans have expressed doubts about Biden’s ability to triumph over former President Donald Trump on Election Day. By suspending his campaign, Biden has paved the way for Democratic wins up and down the ballot this fall. Infusing a renewed vitality through younger party leadership will put a spotlight on the Democrats’ nominees across the country, not only on the top of the presidential ticket. YDE is grateful for the way Biden has demonstrated humility and prioritized the wishes of the American people.

Harris has proven herself to be a qualified, progressive Democrat throughout her professional and political career. She had one of the most progressive voting records out of all Democrats as a California senator, co-sponsoring bills such as Medicare for All and the Green New Deal. In her tenure as vice president, she cast the tie-breaking vote in the Senate, confirming numerous nominations to federal judge positions. She has been a fierce advocate for reproductive rights: Harris was the first vice president to visit an abortion clinic and led a nationwide reproductive freedoms tour. Our next president has the power to shape America’s future, determining whether it will be a place of progress or regression. We, as young voters, are the ones who will be most affected by this decision — the policies enacted today will impact our careers, education and quality of life for decades to come. Young voters at Emory should be motivated to create a progressive future.

Our elected officials should reflect America’s diversity, and Harris’ candidacy does exactly that. She is the daughter of immigrants, with her father hailing from Jamaica while her mother is from India. The opportunity to elect America’s first Black and Asian American woman to the presidency brings us renewed excitement for November.

Trump’s rhetoric has rallied and unified his base in a way that Democrats have been unable to emulate in recent years, but a Harris ticket is already changing that. This election is an opportunity for Democrats to prove the power of our party when we unify. Biden won Georgia by a mere 12,000 votes in 2020 — that is less than the total enrollment of our university. Therefore, it is crucial that young people everywhere, but especially at Emory, vote in November. We have the power to determine the outcome of this election.

We will be marching to the polls on Nov. 5 with hope for the future. While Biden’s decision to step down does not guarantee a win for Democrats, it does bring us one step closer to a future free of right-wing extremism. Not only are we thrilled to vote for a candidate who stands for us, but we are also excited to live in a country where we can continuously ask our elected officials to do better and see our voices reflected in policy.

We implore all on Emory’s campus to reach out to us on Instagram (@theemorydems) or email (theemorydems@gmail.com) if you need help registering to vote in Georgia. While we are a partisan organization, we are primarily focused on mobilizing the student body to vote, and our voter registration events will be strictly nonpartisan. Your vote matters in this election, and we advocate that you use it.

This op-ed does not reflect the beliefs of all members of the Young Democrats of Emory. 

Kylie Hanson (25C) is from Columbus, Ohio.

Madison Tiaffay (26C) is from Alameda, Calif.

Khushi Niyyar (26C) is from Atlanta.

Luka Heidari (26C) is from Glenview, Ill.

Joshua Kravath (22Ox, 25C) is from New York City.

Lola McGuire (26C) is from Nashville, Tenn.

Pranay Mamileti (26B) is from San Jose, Calif.

Deven Shah (26C) is from New York City. 

Dani Parra del Riego Valencia (25B) is from Miami.

Joanna Louis-Ugbo (26C) is from Atlanta.

Opinion Editor Lola McGuire (26C) recused herself due to involvement with YDE and was not involved in editing this opinion.

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The Rocky Mountain Showdown, one of the most intense rivalries that Colorado State football partakes in always promises to bring a lot of interest.

That theme continues after CSU announced there would be no single-game tickets available for purchase for the upcoming RMS on Sept. 14.

Instead there will be other packages available for purchase to obtain a ticket, including buying season tickets which start at $270 per ticket, or one of two mini packages, starting at $205,  according to the press release.

The Green Plan includes games against: Northern Colorado, Colorado and San Jose State.

The Gold Plan includes games against: Colorado, UTEP and Utah State.

While there are no single-game tickets for purchase, there will be student tickets available to claim later this month, with more details to be released in the coming weeks, CSU athletics confirmed.

Reach Damon Cook at sports@collegian.com or on Twitter @dwcook2001.

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In an official letter released on July 21, President Joe Biden officially ended his re-election bid for the White House.

“It has been the greatest honor of my life to serve as your President. And while it has been my intention to seek reelection,” Biden stated in the letter. “I believe it is in the best interest of my party and the country for me to stand down and to focus solely on fulfilling my duties as President for the remainder of my term.”

The decision came after mounting pressure from Democrats to drop out of the race against former President Donald Trump. One AP-NORC poll was released just days before Biden’s final decision. It found that nearly two-thirds of Democrats wanted the current president to withdraw. They cited concerns about his age, health and overall ability to effectively campaign and govern for another term.

Shortly after Biden ended his re-election bid, he endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris. Harris has recently received a wave of support from Democratic lawmakers and voters alike. According to a Reuters public opinion poll released on July 26, Harris leads Trump by 2%. Key Democratic figures, including former President Barack Obama and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, have also endorsed Harris. 

Student Thoughts

Student reactions to Biden dropping out of the race have been varied. Erica Lloyd, a second-year student, expressed her surprise at Biden’s move. She said it was the right thing to do, but holds concerns about its timing. 

“I think the choice to drop out now is startling because it is so close to the election, but it also shows respect to the change in public opinion,” she said. “Hopefully, a candidate will be chosen that can overcome the difficulties of having less time to campaign.”

Other students the Chronicle interviewed expressed optimism towards the decision.

“I think its for the best. Biden was never my favorite choice, but the better of two options in my opinion,” one student said. “The Democratic Party needed a new candidate.”

Another student agreed with Biden’s decision to drop out.

“It seems like the right thing to do,” they said. “I was surprised that it did not happen earlier. I think that it is the right move for people our age to be represented by someone who is a little bit younger.”

“I saw it coming,” said a third student. “I like to stay out of politics and I am not really involved into it too much. I kind of figured it was going to happen. However, I also think it was a good thing that needed to happen.”

Political Reactions

Utah politicians have reacted to Biden’s decision. Republican Sen. Mike Lee criticized the move on X, saying that it “feels like cheating.”

“If he were stepping down from both the presidency and his candidacy, he could more credibly argue that he’s doing this because of health and age. But stepping down from one and not the other feels like cheating,” Lee said. 

Meanwhile, Republican Sen. Mitt Romney voiced a more optimistic perspective on the President’s move, saying that the president’s decision to withdraw “was right.” 

“I’m a classic Republican and he’s a classic Democrat; obviously, President Biden and I usually didn’t see eye-to-eye. I opposed many of his initiatives,” Romney stated. “But we did find common ground … His decision to withdraw from the race was right and is in the best interest of the country.”

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox offered Biden sympathy.

“Getting old is hard,” he posted on X. “Being in the public spotlight is hard. I can’t imagine how tough it must be as president. I’m sure this was a terribly difficult decision for President Biden and his family.”

e.hagy@dailyutahchronicle.com

@JEmersonHagy

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Call served as director of the School of Accountancy at Arizona State University for six years.

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Andrew Call will join USC as the new dean of the Leventhal School of Accounting beginning Sept. 1, the Marshall School of Business announced in a press release July 22. Call will replace Dean William Holder, who is returning to faculty after 13 years as dean.

Call previously served as director of the School of Accountancy at Arizona State University for six years and taught accounting at the University of Georgia.

“What’s important to me, just as part of my own DNA and value system, is supporting our people, of course primarily, our students and their career trajectories,” Call said in Marshall’s announcement. “But it’s a lot more than that; it’s our faculty and our staff, and all of these people who make Leventhal so special.”

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The Wellness on Wheels program held its first event on June 25 to address preventative health needs in the community, and quickly gained popularity across Minnesota. 

The Hormel Institute and Mower County Public Health created Wellness on Wheels to address community health needs by giving people the necessary preventative health screening at no cost, said Chris Weis, Mower County Public Health community health specialist.

One of the issues the Hormel Institute heard in underrepresented communities was people struggling to get baseline readings for preventative healthcare measures, said Kelly Vincelette, community outreach and education manager at Hormel Institute. 

Only 8% of U.S. adults above the age of 35 received all the recommended clinical preventive health services, like blood pressure or cholesterol screenings, according to a 2018 study published in Health Affairs.

Emily Heath, research and outreach nurse at Hormel Institute, said Wellness on Wheels gives free screenings because most people will not get screened if they do not think anything is wrong, especially if they have to pay for it. 

“A lot of times people who are uninsured or underinsured can barely find the time or money to go to the doctor when they’re sick, let alone when they’re healthy and just want to see the status of their cholesterol,” Heath said.

Weis said making people understand the importance of preventative measures is a major barrier to public health. 

“Instead of trying to grab everybody downstream and grab them out of the water, we would rather go upstream and keep them from falling in,” Weis said. 

Vincelette said the Wellness on Wheels team cannot diagnose people but does offer a baseline idea of whether there is an underlying condition they need to take action for. 

Transportation also stands in the way of people getting to the doctor, which is why Wellness on Wheels goes directly to rural communities, Heath said. 

To further address the transportation issue, Wellness on Wheels schedules their events at popular places, such as the county fair or farmer’s markets, Vincellete said. Holding the Wellness on Wheels events at places people attend for other reasons gives people the opportunity to learn about the program. 

“Our goal is not only to meet people where they’re at but be able to offer them a service they wouldn’t otherwise get,” Vincelette said. 

Heath said once people receive their test results, Wellness on Wheels recommends the next steps. They give out educational sheets, write down test results and provide information on health resources in the area.

“If someone gets a reading or has something that needs further attention we also provide the education, the resources and the materials that they need to know where to go,” Heath said. 

Vincelette said when the Wellness on Wheels team was brainstorming the program, they planned a monthly event. However, they have five events scheduled for August. 

“Now that we have rolled out and more people are hearing about us, I think the requests that we’re getting to come through has grown beyond what we ever thought,” Vincelette said. 

Heath said the largest challenge Wellness on Wheels faces is funding for supplies, such as testing materials. She said she would like the program to continue growing, but when they are limited on supplies and personnel it is difficult to meet the high volume of requests to go to events. 

Vincellete said Wellness on Wheels is always looking for volunteers. 

“I think volunteers will end up being how we continue to grow and sustain,” Vincellette said. 

The events Wellness on Wheels hosts have high turnouts, but even if just one person came, it would make everything worth it, Weis said. 

“Whether we see one person or 50 people, that one person we see and help means we were successful,” Weis said.