U.S. Air Force Academy

Air Force sex assaults: Prevention chief arrested ten years after scandal at Air Force Academy

The arrest of Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Krusinski on charges of sexual assault in Virginia has drawn condemnation from officials as high-ranking as President Barack Obama, and no wonder. After all, he was the Air Force's chief of sexual-assault prevention. Krusinski is also a graduate of the Air F ... More >>

Stephan Claxton, Air Force Cadet: Up to nine years in military prison for sex crimes

The scandal at the Air Force Academy that followed in the wake of "The War Within," then-Westword staffer Julie Jargon's 2003 feature about female cadets victimized by sexual assault, led to changes at the institution intended to demonstrate that supervisors take the problem seriously. But these alt ... More >>

Sexual assaults: Air Force Academy rate half of average civilian campus's

Last week, we shared details about sex-assault accusations against three Air Force Academy cadets -- Stephan Claxton, Kyle Cressy and Robert Evenson -- nine years after a scandal over similar crimes rocked the institution. An AFA rep stresses that the academy takes such incidents very seriously -- b ... More >>

Stephan Claxton, Kyle Cressy, Robert Evenson: Inside Air Force sex charges

​In January 2003's "The War Within," Westword's Julie Jargon shared tales of female Air Force Academy attendees allegedly raped by fellow cadets amid a culture that didn't take such crimes seriously enough. And unfortunately, the war's not over. Similar charges against three more cadets have s ... More >>

Colorado School of Mines tops DU, CU in Best Colleges survey -- and AFA is liberal arts?

Big pics below.​U.S. News & World Report has released its annual list of the best colleges in the country -- but finding Colorado institutions will take a while if you start from the top. None appear in the top fifty, and of the three that appear in the top 100, Colorado School of Mines tops t ... More >>

Air Force Academy donates jet engine to West High School's aircraft maintenance program

Bigger pic below.​ West High School has a new addition to its airplane hangar. (How many of you knew West even had an airplane hangar?) Yesterday, the U.S. Air Force Academy donated a jet engine to DPS's Aircraft Maintenance Program, which is offered through the Emily Griffith Technical Colleg ... More >>

Air Force Academy prayer luncheon goes on, but advocate who sued to stop it declares victory

AFA chapel.​Yesterday, a judge rejected arguments made in a lawsuit opposing an Air Force Academy prayer luncheon. The 11:30 a.m. event is underway at this writing. But while Mikey Weinstein of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, a plaintiff in the suit, is disappointed by the ruling, h ... More >>

Air Force Academy prayer luncheon lawsuit: Faculty members say event's unconstitutional

AFA chapel.​Attorney David Lane may have lost his last high-profile case -- an excessive-force complaint against Denver cop/ex-American Gladiators contestant Vicki Ferrari -- but he's hardly shying away from taking on big challenges. Note that he's just filed a lawsuit against the Air Force Ac ... More >>

Air Force Academy's cadet survey: Rep. Mike Coffman joins advocates in call to make it public

Air Force Academy chapel.​In mid-August, an Air Force Academy cadet survey showed statistically significant discrimination, harassment and the like against females, homosexuals, bisexuals and racial minorities, plus a considerable amount of unwanted religious proselytizing. But that info came ... More >>

Air Force Academy's decision to keep cadet survey secret protested by 50 AFA backers

Air Force Academy chapel.​In recent years, Air Force Academy climate surveys, in which cadets and staffers are asked about AFA life, have been made publicly released. For 2010, though, AFA superintendent Mike Gould nixed that, saying the surveys are meant to be tools for improvement, not publi ... More >>

New Air Force Academy worship site for Pagans, Wiccans and Druids has already been "violated," says AFA spokesman

Yesterday, we told you about a new worship space at the Air Force Academy designed for use by cadets and staffers who practice Earth-centered beliefs, including Pagans, Wiccans and Druids. A photo of the new Air Force Academy worship space -- with an unwelcome addition.​ Shortly thereafter, a ... More >>

Pagans, Wiccans and Druids: The Air Force Academy wants you -- to check out its new worship space

A circle in the sun.​The last decade wasn't always kind to the Air Force Academy. In January 2003, Westword published "The War Within," a feature by reporter Julie Jargon about mistreatment of female cadets that kicked off a series of scandals and PR black eyes. Among the latter: A 2005 milita ... More >>

Top ten events of the decade, as covered by Westword

Photo by John JohnstonJessica Brakey, who was at the center of Julie Jargon's award-winning Air Force Academy feature.​It's the time of the decade when we look back at the events that stood out from the more typical sound and fury of life in general. But a simple list of incidents doesn't rev ... More >>

Top five excuses for flying drunk

"Everything looks fine from here -- although my seat belt seems a little tight..."​ United pilot Erwin Washington, a former Air Force Academy basketball standout who currently makes his home in Lakewood, has been busted in London for allegedly flying drunk. Don't know if the crew member who tu ... More >>

Air Force Academy doc's study: A lot of what we think we know about swine flu may be wrong

A Flickr photoThe Air Force Academy has punched swine flu in the snout.​ We've all been told that the H1N1 virus, aka swine flu, is no longer contagious 24 hours after a person's fever has broken. But hold up a minute. A new study overseen by Air Force Academy doctor Catherine Witkop and publi ... More >>

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Some lucky writer is waiting to inhale in the really Mile High City

Where to share your swine-flu anxieties

Just when we thought swine-flu stories had flown away like the avian variety, we're suddenly inundated with news about, for instance, 97 Air Force Academy students with the ailment, as well as five students at the University of Northern Colorado. So where to voice concerns and seek answers to pres ... More >>

The Westword.com blog shortcut, January 27 edition

Look busy! The Boss is coming! Today in Backbeat Online: • Bruce Springsteen due at the Pepsi Center. • Spools of Dark Thread not dead yet. • Mighty 4 Colorado hip-hop event set for May 16. • ManeLine featured on Rebel Radio mixtape. • Trace Bundy gets nod from Acoustic Magazine. Today ... More >>

Martin-ized

Phantom Canyon Brewing Company

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A Night to Remember

The ChopHouse brews a perfect mix.

The Wilding Blue Yonder

Reel life, real problems.

Letters to the Editor

From the week of July 14, 2005

Artbeat

Brief sketches of what's happening in the Denver art scene.

Privacy, Please

The Air Force has a bad case of subpoena envy.

Terms of Endearment

Give me a C! Give me a U! What do you have? The start of the year's biggest scandal.

Drunk of the Week

Las Delicias #5

Drunk of the Week

Kona Grill

Letters to the Editor

From the week of May 27, 2004

It Won't Fly

TO: President Bush
RE: Air Force Academy

The Joke's on Us

The voice of experience speaks to CU.

Best New Slogan for Denver

"Join the Mile High Club"

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Sex Marks the Spot

Colorado is hot. Too hot.

Where Are They Now?

The past year has been a mixed bag for AFA cadets.

Legal Eagles

A year later, these female cadets are still waiting for an apology. A lawsuit may be their only hope.

Letters to the Editor

From the week of January 15, 2004

Drunk of the Week

Cherry Cricket

Follow That Story

Ready, Aim, Fire!

Drunk of the Week

LoDo's Bar and Grill

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Follow the Leader

Follow That Story

Diss Honor

Follow That Story

On the Prowl

Honor Rolled

These Air force cadets were ready to fly. Then the honor board crashed their careers.

Brains and Brawn

Academic All-Americans make the grade while breaking a sweat.

Letters to the Editor

From the week of May 8, 2003

It Takes a Pillage

Bring me men! Okay, and some women, too.

Follow That Story

Taco's New Tone

The War Within

As America prepares to invade Iraq, female Air Force cadets wage their own battle.

Of Mice and Men

What the battle to save an obscure rodent says about the cost of front range growth.