Thursday, May 23, 2013
- Issue Archive for
- Nov 1-7, 2001
- Vol. 9, No. 44
- Forward into the Past
News
Forward into the Past
The residents of Granada, Colorado have been fairly comfortable with a decade-long effort to preserve Camp Amache, one of 10 relocation centers established during World War II to detain more than 120,000 Japanese Americans. However, recent state and national attention has stirred some old resentments toward the federal government, which, to make room for the camp, had condemned land in and around Granada, displacing hundreds of people.
Shopping While Brown
A Colorado Springs man who claims he was falsely targeted as a shoplifter because he is Hispanic suffered a double indignity when he was ticketed by police for verbally harassing the undercover security guard who wrongly fingered him.
Columns
How to Be Tough on Terrorism
The righteousness of our cause shouldn't prevent us from asking why so many people around the world who aren't terrorists hate America and from seeking ways to reduce their hatred.
Smorgasbord for the Soul
With a Day of Magic planned for Saturday, the Colorado Springs Symphony has prepared an arts feast.
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Public Eye
Senate Majority Leader Stan Matsunaka blew through town last Wednesday to announce his Democratic bid for Governor of Colorado next year.
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Letters
Readers of the Independent talk back to the editor.
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Outsider
Its always fun when the rotating spotlight of the national media alights, however briefly, upon our fair city.
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Domestic Bliss
I used to be a nice person. But that was before the age of automated customer service.
IQ: The terrorist network
Almost everyone agrees that the terrorist network behind September 11 has to be broken. Many worry, though, that we're being sucked into another Vietnam: committing troops without a specific plan, timeline or limiting framework; taking on a foe we've seriously underestimated who is driven by fierce patriotism and religious fervor.
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Insight
This photo was sent to us by former Indy intern and Web boy Sean Keating, who's currently freezing his buns off here at McMurdo Station in Antarctica.
Food & Drink
Go Loco
The meals Ive sampled at El Mariachi Loco rate as wonderful, superb, or perhaps even glorious.
Music
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Wok 'n' Roll
Every now and then a freakishly good unknown act slips into town; this is one of those weeks.
Playing Around: Buddy
Nobody can resist a Buddy song.
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Playing Around Listings
Where to find live music in the Colorado Springs area.
Film
Lost in Space
There are just too many mysteries in K-PAX.
It Sank
For the millions of adolescent girls that On the Line targets as its sole audience, this drippy teen romance will keep their squeaky voices chattering while the movie plays.
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Opening This Week
What's new on Colorado Springsarea screens
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Movie Times
What's playing, where, and when, on the silver screen in Colorado Springs.
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Movie Picks
Our reviewers' recommendations for films showing on Colorado Springs area screens.
Books
Through the Looking Glass
Look at Me,which has garnered a National Book Award nomination for author Jennifer Egan, examines the power of the image and the resilience of the human spirit.
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.
