Wednesday, May 22, 2013
- Issue Archive for
- Jul 6-12, 2000
- Vol. 8, No. 27
- Spotlight on SUVs
News
Sporting Chance
With Colorado boasting more SUVs per capita than any other state, Denver's alternative newsweekly, Westword, undertook an extensive study of SUV accidents in the state. Among other troubling findings, the results suggest that, though SUVs are fairly good at protecting their own passengers, their presence on the roads may prove a substantial threat to the rest of us.
Bus hub idea drives critics
A plan to move the citys downtown bus terminal several blocks to the south has alarmed nearby business owners who say the impact of big belching buses would lower property values, and negatively impact or displace at least 18 businesses.
Manitou prays for no rain
A repeat of the heavy rains that inundated Manitou Springs last spring could wipe out portions of the city, resulting in massive damage to homes and other structures. And, critics say, the city government has exacerbated the problem with inadequate provisions.
Pot Shrinks Tumors
The term medical marijuana took on dramatic new meaning in February when researchers in Madrid announced they had destroyed incurable brain cancer tumors in rats by injecting them with THC, the active ingredient in cannabis.
Columns
The Outsider
Often enough, local government is like Kabuki theater; the plots are so ritualized and familiar that you don't have to be there, or even understand the language, to know what's going on.
Growth fight carries overtones of class warfare
I'm no more a fan of urban sprawl than the next guy. Still I've grown really tired of the arguments people make against growth in the West.
Adding It Up
A complete accounting of the results of Westwords study.
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Letters
Readers of the CS Independent talk back to the editor.
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Public Eye
Local gun guy Bernie Herpin has lost his effort to keep the statewide gun show loophole initiative off the ballot this November; former Colorado House Speaker Chuck Berry has recently resurfaced and named president and chief executive officer of the Colorado Association of Commerce and Industry; and The Libertarians are hoping the second times a charm for their presidential candidate, Harry Browne.
Douglas Ek
After 30 years of arranging flowers professionally, Douglas Ek returned to Colorado Springs recently to open a professional school, the Rocky Mountain School of Floral Art, principally geared toward people looking to make a career move, but available to lay flower-lovers as well.
IQ: Picture Me Rollin'
I know people love their SUVs, but do they really need them?
Gimme shelter
An update of last weeks Public Eye, regarding the dismissal of Ed Sbarbaro from the UCCS Graduate School of Public Affairs.
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Stranger Than Fiction
All the strange news that's fit to print.
Food & Drink
Strip Mall Transcendence
Although its ensconced in strip-mall sameness, Mayfield's Bistro offers distinguished fare with flavor and flair.
Size Matters
In an age when a medium is actually a small and a small is a short and a tall is a medium, I'm starting to wonder whether measurements as I know them are going through an evolution (or devolution).
Music
Playing Around: Trinidad Tripoli
This week we highlight Trinidad Tripoli Steel Drum Band, who will be performing on Colorado College Armstrong Quad Thursday, July 6.
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Playing Around Listings
Where to find live music in the Colorado Springs area.
Film
Rime of the Modern Mariner
The summer of 2000's first promised and much-hyped blockbuster, The Perfect Storm, turns out to be a wash.
Not Just For Kids
I don't understand why The Kid is being marketed to kids. Seeing as how its really about the pains of childhood that lead us to become the people who fell short of our dreams, it's really more of an adult film than a child's.
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Movie Picks
Our reviewers' recommendations for films showing on Colorado Springs area screens.
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Movie Times
What's playing, where, and when, on the silver screen in Colorado Springs.
Visual Arts
Free Will Fiction
Rob Brezsny's Free Will Astrology, formerly Real World Astrology, is often the first (and sometimes the only) stop for readers of alternative newsweeklies like the Independent.
No Exit
It's something of a misnomer to think of It Had to Be You as a romantic comedy. Theda and Vito's relationship is about as romantic as a three-day weekend in the seventh circle of Dante's Purgatory.
J. Crew
Once upon a time, there was a mystical studio at the WB, a place where 13-year-olds were worshipped for their unfettered spending power. One night a quite magical thing happened: A J. Crew catalog came to life.
Calendar
Seven Days
What's happenin' this week in the big city -- highlights from our listings.
Event Listings
If there's something going on, we've got it listed here.
