Saturday, May 18, 2013
- Issue Archive for
- Sep 7-13, 2000
- Vol. 8, No. 36
- Student Survival Guide
News
Viva la Vintage
A little classier and a little more expensive than the thrift store track, here's a guide to vintage shopping for fans of all things retro.
The Battle of the Dorm Dwellers
Its like Survivor with an environmental twist 16 students at Furman University will be a living experiment to help with an energy conservation study.
Time Out
Taking a year off between high school and college will most certainly teach you about the often unforgiving universe of the real world, which is not a bad lesson to learn.
Up in Smoke
The drug war creeps into financial aid applications as any level of drug convictions could cost a college-bound student his or her aid.
Success of Direct Student Loans
The Clinton administrations greatest success may be the Department of Educations direct lending program for student loans.
Cohousers, neighborhood association face off over commercial development
Friction surfaced last week in a heretofore congenial relationship between Upper Shooks Run residents and a group intending to build an "intentional living community" on a 4.7-acre tract in the neighborhood of Columbia and Corona Streets.
State wrecking ball ready for Arvada businesses
A major, $28 million plan to revamp the interchange between I-25 and south Nevada Avenue will take local landmarks down in its wake.
Columns
Raphi Sassower
Why are Americans so afraid of intellectuals? Professor Raphi Sassower discusses the problems with higher education in America and argues for the return of respect and reverence for academics.
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Public Eye
Its going to be David vs. Goliath in the fight against the opposition of the controlled growth amendment as realtors and land developers come up with the big bucks; and more humor from George W. Bush.
Why Homework Is Bad for Kids
Now more than ever schools are under pressure to churn out better students, but is more homework really the answer?
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Outsider
Given that no one seems particularly passionate about the national election lets face it, Gore n Bush are both capable human beings who would make good elementary school principles most of this years political heat is local.
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Letters
Readers of the Independent talk back to the editor.
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Domestic Bliss
Ah, the kids are back in school and dressed in brand new threads that the lords of industry have marketed to them with guiltless consciences.
IQ: A mind is a terrible thing to waste
College seems to change the way people live.
These Cats Can Swing
Jazz it may be Americas only art form but its a darn good one, and the ones who do it best are coming to Boulder this fall.
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Stranger Than Fiction
All the strange news that's fit to print.
Oregon Steel, Pueblo union labor dispute continues
This weekly feature is designed to provide follow-up to stories which originally appeared in the Independent's news pages.
Food & Drink
Mexican Madness
A tacqueria taste test of six local Mexican eateries leaves our taste buds tuckered out.
Attention K-Mart Shoppers
Having no money is no fun. But Pizzeria Napoli understands the plight of poor college students everywhere, and in their honor, cooks up the most pizza per dollar you've ever seen.
Music
Dead Ahead
Life after [The Grateful] Dead is no illusory pipe dream. There's a vibrant culture out there keeping the vibe alive and supplying giant ganja cookie salesman with parking lots to peddle their wares.
Playing Around: Jethro Tull
This week we highlight, Jethro Tull , an old favorite that is not one of those money-seeking comeback bands, who will be performing at the City Auditorium on Fri., Sept. 8 at 7:30 p.m.
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Playing Around Listings
Where to find live music in the Colorado Springs area.
Film
Cornish Haze
Gentle and inoffensive, Saving Grace continues the tradition of charming British comedies that make the leap over "the pond."
What's Up?
The fall season's hard to predict, but its got to be better than summer
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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
Colorado Women Artists 101
Though its premise might be questionable, Time and Place: One Hundred Years of Women Artists in Colorado, 1900-2000, gives you the opportunity to see some fine artwork which is rarely shown.
Books
Set in Stone
Before she had even finished her first book, the aspiring young writer Heidi Julavits managed to land a six-figure advance for two books with a legendary agent. She talks about her first novel, The Mineral Palace.
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Fine Print
A review of The Mineral Palace
Calendar
Event Listings
If there's something going on, we've got it listed here.
Seven Days
What's happenin' this week in the big city -- highlights from our listings.
