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Teachers toe a subpar line
By Jennifer Lucas
Part-time faculty at state colleges have the ability to confuse me. Some teachers really seem to care if their students learn. They’ll reply right away to e-mails asking for help and give all the help that they can in class.

Pastor deserves loss of support from his flock
By Andrew Flohr-Spence
On Nov. 2, a prostitute named Michael Jones went public with details of a three-year drug and gay sex relationship with the Rev. Ted Haggard, an outspoken anti-gay pastor of the New Life megachurch in Colorado Springs.

IT burden placed on students
By Matthew Quane
On Oct. 18, Microsoft released the latest version of its seemingly inescapable web browser, Internet Explorer. As a result, any Metro students or faculty members who made the upgrade have been left high and dry in regards to home access to their MetroConnect accounts.

Destruction trumps nutrition yet again
By Zoë Williams
Denver’s Food Not Bombs has had its share of trials and tribulations. As a volunteer organization that relies predominantly on donated food to offer free vegan meals on a biweekly basis, its members have had to scrounge on more than one occasion to ensure there was something to serve. The FBI visited several of the activists in 2004 at their home, the site of food preparation. Now Food Not Bombs is getting chased off of its Wednesday serving site, Civic Center Park, by park managers.

Furry friends deserve homes
By Emile Hallez
Seven million of them are born every year in the United States. Although some are documented, most are not. Not one is eligible for citizenship or a green card. None will learn to speak English, and inadequate fencing continues to exacerbate the problem.

Changing world history, one caption at a time
By Erik Wiesner
When absorbing news, one should always understand that its providers have certain preconceptions. People are raised and socialized with worldviews that color the journalism they produce, no matter how stringently fairness is strived for. Being fully aware of this did not prepare me, however, for a recent decision by the British Broadcasting Corporation’s editorial staff to change an archived story from 2001.

Put this in your pipe and smoke it
By Geof Wollerman
Ever since Sept. 11, 2001, policy makers and administration officials have been linking illegal drug use – particularly marijuana – with terrorism. For example, a new exhibit at the Drug Enforcement Agency’s Museum & Visitor’s Center is titled “Target America: Traffickers, Terrorists, & You.” Officials argue that terrorists receive funding from the drug trade, and citizens who use drugs therefore contribute to terrorism. And they are right. Sort of.

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