news and views
CAMPAIGNING FOR ‘PINK SLIME’ / 6
Three governors eat burgers, defend meat industry by Pamela White
THE FOLLY OF COMPULSORY NATIONAL SERVICE / 6
Reinstituting the draft would be fraught with problems by Paul Danish
FARMERS, SEED GROWERS FILE APPEAL TO MONSANTO RULING / 11
Colorado-based group seeks protection from patent-infringement claims by Joel Dyer
ON THE COVER: TAKE THE WEEK OFF / 12
Conference on World Affairs beckons with political bent by Jefferson Dodge (See full schedule on page 31)
buzz
MY KINGDOM FOR SOME SHAKESPEARE / 27
IFS devotes week to films inspired by the Bard by Amanda Moutinho
Overtones: Borgore ruined dubstep before anyone else / 30
Overtones: Original Flecktones lineup makes a stop in Boulder / 30
Arts & Culture: Roger Ebert’s CWA legacy lives on / 37
Panorama: What to do and where to go / 39
Reel 2 Reel: Pick your flick / 47
Screen: Mirror, Mirror / 48
Cuisine: Taking it to the tap / 50
Cooking with Cynicism: Pesto and veggies / 50
Cuisine Review: Salt Bistro / 51
departments
Letters: Valmont in perspective; In poor taste; Danish’s flawed logic / 5
The Highroad: By axing parks, politicos are stealing the people / 5
In Case You Missed It: Gone but not forgotten / 8
Boulderganic: Of mountains and molecules / 17
Adventure: Chasing the White Horse / 21
Free Will Astrology: by Rob Brezsny / 57
Boulder Marketplace: Your community resource / 58
staff
Publisher, Stewart Sallo Editor, Joel Dyer
Director of Sales & Marketing, Dave Grimsland
Director of Operations/Controller, Benecia Beyer Circulation Manager, Cal Winn
EDITORIAL
Managing Editor, Jefferson Dodge Arts & Entertainment Editor, David Accomazzo
Special Editions/Calendar Editor, Elizabeth Miller Online Editor, Quibian Salazar-Moreno
Contributing Editor, Pamela White Interns, Blair Madole, Amanda Moutinho, Hadley Vandiver, Steve Weishampel
Contributing Writers, Peter Alexander, Krystal Baugher, Rob Brezsny, Chris Callaway, Paul Danish, James Dziezynski, Clay
Fong, Jim Hightower, Dave Kirby, Jessie Lucier, P.J. Nutting, Brian Palmer, Chris Parker, Adam Perry, Theo Romeo, Alan
Sculley, Isaac Woods Stokes, Tom Winter, Tate Zandstra, Gary Zeidner
SALES
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Account Executives, David Hasson, Brooke Sunness, Amaru Ward, Jim Williams
PRODUCTION
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CIRCULATION TEAM
Dave Hastie, Dan Hill, George LaRoe,
Jeffrey Lohrius, Elizabeth Ouslie, Rick Slama
12-Year-Old, Mia Rose Sallo
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