Greg Campbell

China Syndrome

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 and German were just as likely to be heard as English in those days, as was a more exotic language—Chinese. Chinese migrants laid tracks for railroads over

Unique Electives

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 and science always had a safety net in the “vocational” classes—code for wood working and shop class, the tacitly acknowledged production line for the

Square Pegs

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 at all — with its muted carpet, a corner lounge area lit by strings of white lights and tiny, office-sized classrooms —is a high school. “Well, I hope

What is the Fiscal Cliff?

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 of deficit-reducing triggers that will go into effect on Jan. 1 if Congress doesn’t act. What’s so bad about reducing the

Month in Review

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 certifying the election results nearly a month sooner than expected. He made the move the day after two CU students were arrested for serving pot

Post-Thanksgiving cute cat video

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" over this, whether you're a cat person or not

Cheat Sheet: Blowing in the Wind

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 higher than average temperatures through February over much of the Western United States, including all of Colorado

Winter Warriors

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 pick a steep line through the trees at Copper Mountain or turn aerial pinwheels off a halfpipe at Breckenridge, you’ve probably cozied up to an outdoor heater at a

Video: Behind the scenes, November cover photo shoot

Ballot issues

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 it’s little surprise that voters in Boulder County and the North Metro area are being asked to fund a number of pet projects. Here’s our opinion of each