Saturday, May 25, 2013
- Issue Archive for
- Feb 15-21, 2001
- Vol. 9, No. 7
- Fast Food Nation
News
American McHistory
When Eric Schlosser set out to write about the all-American meal, he expected to have some fun analyzing the most kitschy, ubiquitous business success story of our times. What the journalist found, the deeper he dug into the realm of fast food, was nothing less than a "revolutionary force in American life," an industry whose influence infiltrates every nook and cranny of contemporary society. By Kathryn Eastburn
Damned if You Do, Damned if You Don't
Depending on who you talk to, Pueblo County Sheriff Dan Corsentino is either a reformer responsible for turning around a second-rate, corrupt department, or hes a womanizing autocrat who fires people arbitrarily and still cant keep his officers in line.
Honk if You Hate CSAPs
Angry that state-mandated standardized tests may result in an F grade at one of Harrison School District 2s two high schools, a group of Sierra High students defied their principals threats of disciplinary action and this week launched a three-week protest to condemn the CSAPs. Now their principal claims he is behind his students all the way.
Columns
Gods in the Details
The Fine Art Centers exhibit of early American prints makes you want to get up close and personal.
Life, Liberty and Better Schools for All
Here he comes to save the day! Steve Schuck, the knight in shining armor on his white horse of vouchers.
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Public Eye
Focus on the Family has met the devils handmaiden, and guess what? Shes dressed up like a Girl Scout.
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Letters
Readers of the Independent talk back to the editor
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Outsider
Is it too early to handicap the races for City Council? Not at all.
IQ: Have it your way
Do you ever wonder where those urban horror stories come from? You know, like the one about the guy who got a deep-fried rat along with his bucket o' chicken? Or how about the mouse head found in the fast food chili?
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InSight
Our new weekly photographic feature
Gardening Daze
Retrieving memories in the greenhouse.
Food & Drink
A Star Is Born
If you're looking for a nice Mexican restaurant where you can get really good food, really good service and not break the bank, you're in luck. Cascabel's Cantina and Grill fills the bill perfectly.
Puppy Love
I've discovered that our community is passionate about the hush puppy.
Music
Playing Around: The Confessions
Blues rockin', gospel singin', trash-punk local band The Confessions to play Industrial Nation this weekend.
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Playing Around Listings
Where to find live music in the Colorado Springs area.
Film
Blood Lust
A review of Hannibal and Quills
In the Family Way
A review of You Can Count on Me
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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
Fire on the Water
Bolstered by compelling sound design and a striking set design, Colorado Actors Theater production of The Nest burns vivid characters into our memory, ensuring the play's enduring presence in our reserve regions of consciousness.
Hellzapippin!
Rush to see Pippin, a too rarely performed gem that the Fine Arts Center Repertory Theatre Company presents with exhilarating competence.
Gardening
When gardening activist and author Andy Wasowski comes to Colorado Springs next weekend to deliver the keynote address at the 2001 Peak to Prairie Landscaping Symposium, he'll be singing the praises of landscapes that defy the American way.
Books
Skipping Stones
A review of The Aerialist by Richard Schmitt
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.
