hold rally in protest of Mark Kennedy’s presidential nomination by Carina Julig, Robert Tann, Tory Lysik and Lucy Haggard Online News Reporting (finalist): Micromobility in Boulder: What is it? by Anna Haynes Online News Reporting (finalist): Inside the wild frat formal that contributed to the split between SigEp and IFC by Tory Lysik Online Feature Reporting (winner): Behind the scenes of affluent Boulder is the city’s working class by Hannah Metzger Online Feature Reporting (finalist): Free speech, hate speech and an executive order by Robert Tann, Anna Haynes and Fiona Matson Online In-Depth Reporting (winner): Yellow Deli restaurant linked to organization accused of child abuse, CUI investigation finds by Colie Dorfman Online Opinion & Commentary (finalist): CU Bluffs: Students want to rename ‘sidewalk’ something more politically correct by Alex Mumm Online Opinion & Commentary (finalist): Thinking green doesn’t have to make us feel blue by Savannah Mather Popular culture A photograph taken by CU Independent staff member, and University of Colorado - Boulder student, Andy Duann, showing a falling bear, was upvoted 7,700 times and generated at least 400 comments on Reddit. It inspired the Tumblr pages Bearflop and Falling Bear. The image was also picked up by major internet news sites including The Guardian, The Washington Post, and International Business Times, as well as Huffington Post, Boing Boing, and Mashable. References University of Colorado Boulder Student newspapers published in Colorado