Friday, May 24, 2013
- Issue Archive for
- Jan 25-31, 2001
- Vol. 9, No. 4
- Suffer the Children
News
Suffer the Children
A close look at the murder of 7-year-old Aaren Dunn reveals gaping holes in the initial account of events and raises questions that should not be ignored by a society charged with the protection of its youngest members.
Dems, GOP, Go to the Mat
With both parties declaring public education their chief priority for the 2001 legislative session, state Republicans and Democrats are gearing up for a showdown over who decides how the increased funding for K-12 education provided by Amendment 23 will be spent.
Columns
The Three Horsemen of the Environmental Apocalypse
President-elect Bush's naming of Gale Norton as Interior Secretary and Spencer Abraham as Energy Secretary suggests that Republicans haven't learned from the 104th Congress of 1995, when attempts to gut environmental protections helped undermine the short-lived Gingrich revolution.
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Public Eye
Colorado Springs proved this week that Woodland Park is not the only world-class city around here.
Soul Brothers
Felix Justice and Danny Glover take the stage this weekend as two great voices for freedom, Martin Luther King Jr. and Langston Hughes
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Letters
Readers of the Independent talk back to the editor.
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Outsider
The way we choose our leaders resembles an interminable, high-stakes Survivor, which, like the TV show, rewards the most unprincipled schemer.
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Domestic Bliss
Ive been thinking about the confusion and mixed feelings linked to the lifestyle moniker "singer mother."
IQ: Going back in time
Shrub just got sworn in, and already he's giving us just what he promised. This week alone, George W. marked the anniversary of Roe v. Wade by telling a group of anti-abortion protesters that "we share a great goal."
Rick Sanchez, a.k.a. "Rickey Racer"
Its hard to find a good tattoo artist, someone you can trust to permanently mark your body. But I found Rick Sanchez a.k.a. Rickey Racer at Off the Wall.
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Stranger Than Fiction
All the strange news that's fit to print.
Food & Drink
Patience, Patience
There's so much mediocre Mexican food available in Colorado Springs that one almost forgets how good it can be. A visit to Aurelio's will remind you of what you may have been missing.
Roasted Wienies ... Coca-Cola ... Hike!
They oughta just make Super Bowl Sunday an official national holiday; 125 million Americans cant be wrong.
Music
Playing Around: Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
This week we highlight Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, the swing revival band who will be performing two area concerts this weekend.
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Playing Around Listings
Where to find live music in the Colorado Springs area.
Film
Snack Food
Chocolat is more comparable to dime-store chocolate than Lindt or Cadbury's or Perugina. Its a charming little movie that can nicely fill your moviegoing docket until you have a shot at the real stuff.
All Mod Cons
Snatch is more of a music video crossed with TV-commercial styling than it is a well-wound feature film clock.
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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
The Heart of the Visible
Three contemporary regional artists take us to the heart of their visions with the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Centers Something New exhibit.
Winners!
Congratulations to the winners of our drama intelligence test, which we ran in our Dec. 28, 2000 issue, where we asked readers to match photos with quotations from plays produced in Colorado Springs last year.
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.
