Amy Leder hosts CU Independent’s Oct. 6 CUI Weekly broadcast, which includes CU sports updates, the opening of H&M on Twenty Ninth Street mall, a Fiske Planetarium update and other events around campus.

Contact CU Independent Broadcast News Editor Sarah Saffari at Sarah.saffari@colorado.edu.

The Buffs defeated the CSU Rams 41-27 Sunday at the Rocky Mountain Showdown at Mile High in Denver.

Ralphie Handlers make their way across Sports Authority Field at Mile High with Ralphie to kick off the Buffs’ game against the CSU Rams. (James Bradbury/CU Independent)

Coach Mike MacIntyre leads the Colorado team onto the field at Mile High Stadium in Denver. (Nate Bruzdzinski/CU Independent)

Junior Tony Jones runs the ball as his teammate, senior tight end Scott Fernandez, holds off CSU defender Shaq Bell. (James Bradbury/CU Independent)

The CU Express Dance team performs with the band during the halftime show of the Rocky Mountain Showdown against CSU. The Buffs took the half 20-10. (James Bradbury/CU Independent)

Junior Darragh O’Neill holds the ball as junior Will Oliver takes a field goal during the first quarter. (James Bradbury/CU Independent)

CU fans cheer as kicker Will Oliver scores a field goad at the end of the first half. The Buffs led the Rams 20-10. (Nate Bruzdzinski/CU Independent)

Junior Connor Wood looks down the field for a pass. The Buffs led the Rams 20-10 at the end of the first half.

CSU defender Bernard Blake stops a pass to junior wide reciever Paul Richardson. (Nate Bruzdzinski/CU Independent)

WRs Keenan Canty and D.D. Goodson celebrate after Goodson scored the Buffs’ second touchdown of the game with six minutes left in the first half. CU led CSU 17 to 3. (Nate Bruzdzinski/CU Independent)

The CU Band performs during halftime. (James Bradbury/CU Independent)

Junior Juda Parker and sophomore Justin Solis listen to the assistant coach Kent Baer on the sidelines. (James Bradbury/CU Independent)

Wide reciever Paul Richardson dodges CSU defender Aaron Davis. (James Bradbury/CU Independent)

Coach Mike MacIntyre celebrates as the officials signal a turnover on downs, giving the Buffs possession late in the fourth quarter of their 41-27 victory over Colorado State. (James Bradbury/CU Independent)

Junior Paul Richardson holds up the trophy awarded to the winner of the Rocky Mountain Showdown. The Buffs defeated the Rams 41-27. (James Bradbury/CU Independent)

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This Spring Break, CUI photojournalist James Bradbury packed up the car and headed west with friends. The goal was to visit two of Utah’s National Parks and camp along the way. After travel through snow, the group reached Moab, Utah on Saturday.

There they spent three nights camping and four days in Arches National Park, home to over 2,000 organically formed arches. The remainder of the vacation was spent just down the road in Canyonlands National Park, a four-district expanse of canyons and trails.

Below explore the natural beauty of these national parks and the trip through images shot with a Pentax K1000, 50 mm f/2 lens and Kodak 200 speed film.

Please zoom out if no points appear. View in a larger map. (James Bradbury/CU Independent)

The Colorado Buffaloes hosted the no. 19 Oregon Ducks on Thursday, March 7, 2013 at the Coors Events Center in Boulder.

The Buffs came away with a decisive victory, 76 to 53, thanks in large part to their stifling defense. The defense held the Ducks to 37.5 percent shooting and held all Ducks to single-digit point totals.

Xavier Johnson led all scorers with 22 points, shooting a perfect 7 for 7 from the field, including 3 for 3 from 3-point range.

This win was the 20th on the season for the Buffs, bringing their record to 20-9 (10-7). Up next is Oregon State on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. at Coors.

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Contact CU Independent Photo Editor Amy Leder at Amy.Leder@colorado.edu.

The CU men’s basketball team hosted the University of Utah Utes at the Coors Events Center in Boulder on Thursday, Feb. 21.

The Buffs came away with a 60-50 win, with Chen leading the team with 11 points.

Andre Roberson finished with a double-double, 13 rebounds and 10 points. His 13 rebounds brought him to over 1000 rebounds in his career at CU.

Up next for the 18-8 (8-6) Buffs is a road trip to California to face Stanford and California, starting Wednesday, Feb. 27.

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Contact CU Independent Photo Editor Kai Casey at Kai.casey@colorado.edu

To let CU Independent photographers express themselves, we introduced a weekly series in which staff photojournalists will be free to shoot whatever they wish. This can be a collection of similar photographs, artistic, journalistic or completely unrelated.

Anything goes, more or less.

This week’s photos feature portraits of  individuals by photojournalist James Bradbury around the CU campus.

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Also, see last week’s photos from Ryan Tibbitts here.

Contact CU Independent Photojournalist James Bradbury at James.bradbury@colorado.edu

The University of Colorado Buffaloes hosted the no. 9 University of Arizona Wildcats on Valentine’s Day at the sold-out Coors Events Center, with 11,120 fans in attendance.

Last time the two teams met, Arizona came away with the victory in overtime after Sabatino Chen’s controversial would-be game winner was overturned.

This time, the Buffs came away with a decisive victory, winning 71-58.

Spencer Dinwiddie ended with a game-high 21 points and 7 assists. Freshman Xavier Johnson added 19 points and 9 rebounds.

Andre Roberson finished with 13 rebounds, moving him into second all-time for career rebounds at CU.

Up next for the 17-7 (6-5) Buffaloes is Arizona State on Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Coors Events Center.

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Contact CU Independent Photo Editor Amy Leder at Amy.Leder@colorado.edu.