Tag: Jimmy Sengenberger
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At Metro State, standard English is racist | Jimmy Sengenberger
Every so often in this media business, you read something that makes you do a double take — because you feel dumber for having read it. That happened to me when I came across a report by Complete Colorado about how Metropolitan State University of Denver’s writing center expressly rejects the use of Standard American…
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Xcel’s blackouts show it’s behind the times | Jimmy Sengenberger
Driving into Golden with my fiancée on Wednesday night, we entered what felt like a ghost town. Streetlights vanished. Buildings went dark. Darkness surrounded us. For several minutes, we experienced what tens of thousands of Coloradans were feeling — life without power in the night. And not the sweet, romantic, candlelit kind. Xcel Energy’s planned…
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Hanukkah’s call to rededication — against antisemitism | Jimmy Sengenberger
A weekend of violence swept the globe, capped by another brutal attack on Jews — this time on Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia. A father-and-son team of gunmen killed at least 15 people, including a 10-year-old girl and a Holocaust survivor, as families gathered to celebrate the first night of Hanukkah. A celebration to spread…
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EDITORIAL: Colorado’s teachers turn away from unions
When a school district’s union speaks, it’s often billed as the voice of the teachers. Not so fast. Out of Colorado’s 179 school districts, fewer than 40 are formally “unionized” through collective-bargaining, or “master” agreements, in which unions negotiate pay, benefits and other matters on behalf of all teachers. Some districts agree to memorandums of…