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A Plea to Demilitarize US Schools
April 19th 2016
As I follow the current presidential primaries, I find it disturbing to see someone run for US president on a platform of open xenophobia, racism, sex
Martin Luther King Jr. in Sapphire
April 5th 2016
Perhaps the world’s most unique sculptural tribute to the great civil rights crusader Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. is Vasily Konovalenko’s Martin L
Examining Where Pedagogical Practices with Technology Begin
March 29th 2016
When I was a graduate student in both my master’s and doctoral programs, I was asked which teachers throughout my years as a student had the largest i
I Am a College Writing Teacher
March 22nd 2016
I am a college writing teacher, and I am an American citizen. While both of these identities makes the current presidential election cycle significant
William Henry Jackson’s Yellowstone: Then and Now
March 15th 2016
I first visited Yellowstone when I was about ten. My parents loaded my brother and me into an old Chevy Blazer, pop-up camper in tow, and we headed we
Head for the Border
March 8th 2016
For many of us who spent evenings slouched in front of the TV, the phrase “Head for the Border” evokes savory tacos accompanied by bright colors speak
April Nowell's Tedx talk: Paleo Porn
March 1st 2016
Check out this TEDx talk given by University Press of Colorado author April Nowell (Stone Tools and the Evolution of Human Cognition). TEDx talks are
Migration and Our Search for Place
February 23rd 2016
Check out this TEDx talk given by University Press of Colorado author Marta Effinger-Crichlow (Staging Migrations toward an American West). TEDx talks
Day of Remembrance
February 16th 2016
As many know, Japanese Americans across the USA will participate this month in their local Day of Remembrance commemorations. Held on or around Februa
The Siege Mentality in the West
February 9th 2016
It has a been a strange year in the West: widespread paranoia about Jade Helm, the occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge by armed militan
Archaeology of the Night
February 2nd 2016
Without electrical lighting to guide the way, our ancestors in the ancient world experienced night very differently than we do today.
Day of Remembrance Schedule of Events
February 1st 2016
February 19 marks the 74th anniversary of the signing of Executive Order 9066
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