Interview: CRMS seniors experience Gulf Oil Spill firsthand

The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico continue to leak and looks to be the worst environmental disaster in the nation's history. Colorado Rocky Mountain School seniors Jared Carlson and Luke Newbury are working on a documentary about the spill. KDNK's Conrad Wilson spoke to Jared from New Orleans.

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CRMS Graduate Competing on the World Mountain Biking Stage

Mitch Hoke, CRMS 06, will compete in his first World Cup Mountain Bike Race in Offenburg, Germany on May 22 -23. A senior environmental science major at Colorado College, Mitch began competitive cycling at CRMS where he was a 4-year boarding student from Evergreen, Colorado. He was a member of the CRMS bike team that won the State Championship in his sophomore year. Mitchell hopes to make the under 23 USA team for the World Cup Championship to be held at Mont-Sainte-Anne Quebec, Canada over Labor Day weekend this year. He will be competing in the Mellow Johnnys Classic at Lance Armstrong’s Texas ranch at the end of the month and another World Cup in Windham, New York later this summer along with numerous other races. Mitchell is sponsored by Tokyo Joes for cross country racing and Cliff Bars for cyclocross.

Colorado Rocky Mountain School students plan to gather youth perspectives on Gulf disaster

John Stroud
Post Independent Staff
Glenwood Springs, CO Colorado

CARBONDALE, Colorado — Colorado Rocky Mountain School seniors Jared Carlson and Luke Newbury had already planned to travel to New Orleans this spring to help build Habitat for Humanity houses for their senior service project.

But the recent oil rig disaster in the Gulf of Mexico and its impacts in the Gulf Coast region presented another opportunity for the aspiring young filmmakers.

“The oil spill changed our focus a little bit,” Carlson said. “Now, we'll also be filming a documentary, focusing on the youth of Louisiana and some of their perspectives.

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