Eleanor Skelton

Crime summary includes slashed tires, sexual violations: Week of February 9, 2015

This article was originally published in The Scribe, UCCS’s student newspaper, on Feb. 9, 2015. Compiled by Eleanor SkeltonNews Editor Incidents on Campus January Summary: One arrest for DUI, one arrest for driving under restraint. Two reports of harassment. One vehicle reported stolen from Lot 580. Four thefts on campus reported, one item was a projector from UniversityContinueContinue reading “Crime summary includes slashed tires, sexual violations: Week of February 9, 2015”

Campus relations with Cragmor neighborhood rocky, but improving

This article was originally published in The Scribe, UCCS’s student newspaper, on Feb. 2, 2015. By Eleanor SkeltonNews Editor Some of the Cragmor neighbors over the last 50 years watched the campus grow from classes held in condemned houses on the bluffs to the current campus. Tensions between UCCS and the surrounding neighborhoods increased over the last severalContinueContinue reading “Campus relations with Cragmor neighborhood rocky, but improving”

Colorado Springs ranks 18th best for STEM professionals

This article was originally published in The Scribe, UCCS’s student newspaper, on Feb. 2, 2015. By Eleanor SkeltonNews Editor Students graduating in STEM disciplines often move out of the area, although the Front Range area was once the “little silicon valley” in the 80s. Last December, UCCS attempted to address this issue in a higher education conference, inContinueContinue reading “Colorado Springs ranks 18th best for STEM professionals”

The Tea Maker and the Lighthouse Keeper

Another friend blended their own story into Cynthia Jeub’s lighthouse story and my lighthouse girl story. Reprinted with permission. (Cynthia Jeub is now known as Artemis Stardust.) Once upon a time there was a tea maker. They were a very ordinary tea maker, but they did have one unusual skill: they were very good atContinueContinue reading “The Tea Maker and the Lighthouse Keeper”

The Lighthouse and the Pirate

A short story by Cynthia Jeub (now known as Artemis Stardust), written before my lighthouse girl story last June. Reprinted with permission. It thought it was a brick. The brick was chipped, so it didn’t quite fit in with the other bricks in the shipment. It thought maybe the builder would cast it away forContinueContinue reading “The Lighthouse and the Pirate”