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Teacher Training Moves to Forefront of Education Debate 0
- EDUCATION - Opinion Editorials
- November 10, 1999
With little media fanfare, Colorado has started moving to address one of the most important problems facing its public schools: shortcomings in the teacher education process.
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Student Fees Prevent Free Speech 0
- Issues
- November 9, 1999
The University of Colorado Student Union (UCSU) has just mounted a campaign to convince people that requiring students to finance political causes with which they profoundly disagree preserves, protects, and defends the right of free speech guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States. Nothing could be further from the truth. The First Amendment says
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Racist Admissions: A Policy For Failure 0
- Issues
- November 2, 1999
On October 21, 1999, Colorado Attorney General Ken Salazar sanctioned racism in college admissions. Though quotas are illegal, Mr. Salazar said that numerical goals are OK so long as they are just that and not set in concrete.[1] In his view, racial discrimination is just fine as long as colleges do it flexibly. Despite examples
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Lab Rats: CU Sells Student Body to Out-of-State Foundation 0
- Issues
- October 26, 1999
On June 6, 1996, the Regents of the University of Colorado submitted a proposal to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJ) for a grant under the Foundation#39;s A Matter of Degree program. The University received $870,269 over 5 years in exchange for using its students, the citizens of Boulder, and the people of Colorado as
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The Omega Code 0
- Issues
- October 19, 1999
The year 2000 is almost here, and were seized with millennium fever. To see just how preoccupied we are, consider the new apocalyptic film The Omega Code.nbsp; Perhaps the film will be considered entertaining, such things occasionally are.nbsp; But Colorado moviegoers should know that the movies premise, that divine mathematically encoded prophecies are hidden in
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When Heroes are Outlawed: How Joel Myrick Saved Lives by Breaking the Law 0
- JUSTICE - Opinion Editorials
- October 13, 1999
Joel Myrick is a hero. In 1997 this Mississippi high school principal prevented a psychotic teenager from killing students at Pearl Junior High, potentially saving numerous lives and immeasurable grief.
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