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High school students from throughout Colorado will participate in CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍøÂ’s Business Leadership Program June 11-17, sponsored by the College of Business and local corporations. The free program offers 30 outstanding minority students the opportunity to get a head start on their college careers.

The CU Parents Association at the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø will host a series of orientation barbecues for parents of incoming students in June and July at the University Club. The barbecues coincide with orientation sessions for new freshmen and transfer students and provide opportunities for new CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø parents to become acquainted with the associationÂ’s board members, the office of parent relations and staff from student affairs programs and services. The sessions also provide a time to meet and greet parents from around the world.

Ever wonder what it would feel like to be sucked into a black hole? Selected children will have the chance to fall into an artificial black hole, build a man that stretches to many times his normal size and participate in other activities at the Saturday, June 17, CU Wizards show on "Black Holes." Associate Professor Andrew Hamilton of the astrophysical and planetary sciences department will demonstrate the concepts of black holes in CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø's Fiske Planetarium at 9:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.

The popularity of Ecstasy (MDMA) with our nationÂ’s youth has health officials on the alert. It is becoming the staple of the ever-popular rave scene -- parties where teens and young adults "rave all night" because of the stimulating effects of the drug. "Ecstasy is a stimulant. It gives people a lot of energy so they can dance all night," said Judy Taub, a counselor in CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍøÂ’s Substance Abuse Program at Wardenburg Health Center.