Eating at Mom's

Tuition jumps amid sagging economy

• by Zach Ahmad

The fleecing of our young

Job seekers frustrated by last years tough market have low expectations about this years job market.

• by Ted Rall

Student inactivism

Where have all the college activists gone?

• by Zach Ahmad

All in a day's work

Unless you have generous parents or a scholarship, paying the bills doesnt come easy when youre in college.

On the cheap

Discounts for folk with Student I.D.s

• by Lola Garcia

Top 10 study spots

Perfect places for brain cells to do their thing

• by Lola Garcia

Just relax

Learning how to deal with stress

• by Lola Garcia

Bookworms

In the public discourse over the future of public education in America, success stories go largely unreported.

• by Kathryn Eastburn

Hits and misses

Here's a quick look at everything you need for fall: what's coming in, what's staying in and what you need to get out of your closet quickly.

• by Lola Garcia

Talking back

Council condemns racism, discrimination

• by Terje Langeland

Benefits for all

City to study buy-in benefits for domestic partners

• by Terje Langeland

Red Rock Canyon deal squeaks by

Purchase approved despite price hike

• by Terje Langeland

Sue sentenced

Will serve 53 years for conspiring in Guffey murders

• by Kathryn Eastburn

Humming a different tune

Remember that awful song from a decade ago, whose chorus went "I'm turning Japanese, I think I'm turning Japanese, I really think so ..." It's one of those songs that, once remembered, won't go away. "I think I'm turning, think I'm turning, think I'm turning ... aargh!!!! Begone, vile verse!!

• by John Hazlehurst

On the wisdom of useless knowledge

College, I have been told, will have been the best four years of my life.

• by Eddie Kovsky

Common cause

Art demands to be encountered; it is never complete without an audience. And for some of our most imaginative local and national creators, finding an eager audience will get a lot easier when the Manitou Commonwheel Artists Coop presents its 29th annual Labor Day Art & Craft Festival, Aug. 30 to Sept. 1, at Manitou Memorial Park.

• by Joe Kuzma

No easy rider

Sometime last week, Colorado College student Avery Bloom broke north out of the Springs bound for Wyoming, Idaho, the deserts of eastern Oregon and, with any luck, California.

• by John Dicker

All dressed up

Denver's lollipop rock band Dressy Bessy is back in the Springs at 32 Bleu on Saturday night with a brand-new album in tow.

• by Noel Black

IQ: School house rock

After three months of doing more or less as one pleases, no student likes getting back to a micro-scheduled regimen of class, homework and studying.

• by Zach Ahmad

Easy being vegan

The healthy, cheap alternative to cafeteria mystery meat

• by Lola Garcia
• Tags: Appetite, Vegetarian

Dorm room gourmet

Gone are the days of toaster ovens, hot plates and hot pots, of just-add-water cup-a soup, pop-tarts and party pizzas.

• by Carrie Simison

Playing Around: A-Dub

Its CD release party time this week, this time with A-Dub from Gripped and his solo debut Shattered Life.

• by Noel Black

Ready to rumble

Independent readers must've been onto something last year when they voted Fusion of Syllables "Best New Band."

• by Noel Black

Sound Bytes

Taking a page from the underground

In June, The Bee Vradenburg Foundation hosted an all-day event titled The Pikes Peak Arts Summit. The idea behind the summit was to gather up all the arts leaders in southern Colorado so they could all powwow face to face about what's good, bad and ugly about the Colorado Springs arts community.

• by Noel Black

French knots

Unlike Diane Johnson's compulsively readable, best-selling novel, Le Divorce, the movie, isn't sexy enough to succeed as a romance and isn't funny or biting enough to succeed as a comedy.

• by Kathryn Eastburn

London underground

Stephen Frears is one of a handful of auteurs who hasn't been pigeonholed by a limited shtick, bad planning or burnout.

• by John Dicker

Teeth and wisdom

The Secret Lives of Dentists is a pretty serious take on a pretty serious subject -- the grinding, drilling repetition of marriage-with-children.

A sculpture in every pocket

There's an inconspicuous museum tucked away beneath towering trees on Cascade Avenue that has been a favorite to coin collectors for years.

Tip toes

Shiny pink satin shoes, a gracefulness that could make a cat jealous, and miles of chiffon and taffeta -- what little girl hasn't dreamed of being a ballerina?

• by Tamara Matthews

Three first novels