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China Syndrome

December 26, 2012 Like 0 Greg Campbell

When Colorado was still part of the untamed West, it was home to a mellifluous babble of foreign tongues, the native languages of myriad migrants who worked its soil, built its railroads and hunted in its canyons. French, Russian, Spanish…

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Unique Electives

December 26, 2012 Like 0 Greg Campbell

In an interview in October, State Board of Education member Angelika Schroeder pondered the importance of teaching students to be better prepared to enter the workforce. It used to be, she said, that kids who weren’t so good at math…

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Square Pegs

December 26, 2012 Like 0 Greg Campbell

At first glance, Catalyst High School, tucked away in a nondescript office park in Lafayette, looks like a dentist’s office. Or a place that sells car insurance. Or even a paper company like Dunder Mifflin. What it doesn’t look like…

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What is the Fiscal Cliff?

December 26, 2012 Like 0 Greg Campbell

While the passage of Election Day has eliminated most political buzzwords from the lexicon, there’s one term we’re hearing with increasing breathlessness: “fiscal cliff.” It’s a reference to more than just economic calamity in general, but to a specific set…

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Month in Review

December 26, 2012 Like 0 Greg Campbell

A Boulder company made up of former NASA employees announced plans to fly tourists to the moon for $750 million each. Coloradans can now break out the Cheetos and Goldfish: Gov. John Hickenlooper officially made recreational marijuana use legal by…

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Post-Thanksgiving cute cat video

November 26, 2012 Like 0 Greg Campbell

OK, so we’re not really ones for sharing cute cat videos, but considering that it’s back to work for most of us after a weekend of gluttony, we figured an attitude adjustment couldn’t hurt. We dare you not to “awwwww”…

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Cheat Sheet: Blowing in the Wind

November 20, 2012 Like 0 Greg Campbell

Anyone hoping for relief from the crippling drought under a blanket of soothing, moisturizing winter snow for the next several months should prepare to be disappointed. The official winter weather outlook published by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicts…

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Winter Warriors

November 20, 2012 Like 3 Greg Campbell

Colorado and winter sports go together like hot chocolate and whipped cream. Is there anyone in the state who hasn’t gazed at the newly dusted mountains and conjured images of their favorite ski slope? Even if you’re not one to…

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Video: Behind the scenes, November cover photo shoot

November 14, 2012 Like 0 Greg Campbell

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Ballot issues

October 17, 2012 Like 1 Greg Campbell

It’s well known that taxes and death are the only certainties in life, but in Colorado, add another inevitability—the need to vote on ballot issues that 90 percent of the time are asking you to raise taxes on yourself. So…