Outdoor Volunteer Love the outdoors? Love wildlife, the environment, clean water? Enjoy hiking? Volunteering on outdoor projects for different organizations such as the US Forest Service, Indian Peaks Working Group, BLM, etc, are great ways to enjoy the outdoors, plus return something to the health of the environment. Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado is a great organization that connects volunteers with projects sponsered by different organizations, including the VOC itself. Volunteer for a day, a weekend, a week, or a whole summer! Projects include trail repair crew, wildlife surveys, user impact surveys, and many other diverse projects. Colorado too far west? For those in the east, the Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC) has a lot of public service opportunities, short and longer term. Or on your own schedule - check out: the AMC's section on volunteer opportunities.

Wilderness Survival: I'm currently learning about wild edible plants, and building shelters (No, I'm not a "the end of the world is coming, the UN is invading, let's stock up on weapons and food and fight the federalis" survivalist).

Fishing can restore a sense of sanity. If one ever had it. I learned how to fish on a small Pennsylvania trout stream. I'm getting the hang of fly fishing, the only way to go in most of Colorado. I also fish around my parent's house in Florida.

Backpacking: In Colorado, NE USA, Utah... 1

Black widow spiders: I had a pet black widow spider. Found her in my house, and didn't have the heart to kill her. She died of old age. Watching her attack and suck the life out of crickets was somewhat entertaining.

Backcountry Skiing

Foreign and Independent Films: International Film Series on campus shows great films, and those of my favorite directors, Hal Hartley, and Jim Jarmusch

I play Ultimate Frisbee in Boulder's open leagues. For more info on how to join either the Spring, Summer, or Fall leagues, send e-mail to info@gru.org, or check out the Grass Roots Ultimate web page.

Some pages of value:

• California Condor Reintroduction Page Read weekly updates on how the condors released in Arizona are doing. Keep track of their exploits as they discover new territory in Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Grand Canyon Area.
• CMU School of Computer Science Home Page
• Northwestern University