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WWII Internment Camp Exhibit at UCCS

On October 15, 2012 By

The World War II Amache Japanese Internment Camp in southeastern Colorado is the subject of an exhibit at The University of Colorado at Colorado Springs opening today.

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Dykes on Bikes

microLECTURE: Dykes, Bikes & the Tenancy of Masculinity

On June 7, 2012 By

Alex Ilyasova, English professor at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs examines the gender dynamics of power and masculinity via the framework of the Dykes on Bikes trademark case.

If you’re interested in any and all things motorcycle – Ilyasova is hosting the 2nd Annual International Journal of Motorcycle Studies Conference [...]

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Round-Up: Sub-zero temperatures tax energy; UCCS students relocate; and, Tipton heads to statehouse

On February 2, 2011 By

With temperatures still hovering around the zero degree mark, energy companies in the region are clearly experiencing in a spike in natural gas consumption…According to a release from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, nearly 50 students at the college are relocating from the UCCS Housing Village to new rooms due to a break [...]

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Report: Recent Guantanamo Releases Less Likely To Reengage In Terrorism
March 6, 2015 | NPR · The data show former detainees a bit more likely to join insurgents than they were six months earlier. But the most recently-released are less likely to do so.
 

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Clinton, White House Play Delicate Dance As Emails Await Release
March 6, 2015 | NPR · Questions about Hillary Clinton’s reliance on a private email account when she was Secretary of State will dog the likely presidential hopeful — and the administration she worked for — for months.
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Part-Time Workers Struggle With Full-Time Juggling Act
March 6, 2015 | NPR · By the numbers, February was a good month for job creation. But while there is plenty of hiring, there are still many part-timers who want more work and struggle to balance the jobs they do have.
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Voluptuous Veg: Can Food Porn Seed Lust For Healthy Eating?
March 6, 2015 | NPR · Tempting-looking spoonfuls of chocolate are plentiful online. Beautiful Brussels sprouts? Not so much. A campaign aims to boost the number of these images and whet our appetites for healthy foods.
 

In The Northern Ireland Period Thriller ’71,’ No One Dies Well
March 6, 2015 | NPR · The film is about an English private who is cut off from his unit in the middle of a riot in Belfast in 1971. It’s a conventional and smashingly good chase melodrama, but it’s also a tragedy.
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Pop Culture Happy Hour: ‘Focus,’ Con Men And Rock And Roll
March 6, 2015 | NPR · On this week’s show, the state of rock and the art of the con — or at least the con-artist film.
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Music

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Arturo Sandoval On Piano Jazz
March 6, 2015 | NPR · The trumpeter and pianist performs his original tunes “Surena” and “Romantico,” as well as Johnny Green’s “Body and Soul.”
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Pop Culture Happy Hour: ‘Focus,’ Con Men And Rock And Roll
March 6, 2015 | NPR · On this week’s show, the state of rock and the art of the con — or at least the con-artist film.
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Rabit, ‘Straps’
March 6, 2015 | NPR · One of the most exciting new grime producers is from … H-Town? Yep. Listen to the latest sound on London’s streets, courtesy of Houston, Texas.
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