Abstract
Seven weeks after I moved to Boulder, University of Colorado students rioted three-quarters of a block from my home. In July 2000, my wife, two young children, and I had moved from Austin, Texas, where I taught at the University of Texas. We bought a small Craftsman Bungalow in Boulder. Boulder real estate is expensive; we paid $435,000 for the 1600 square foot house. The first owner of the house, which was built in 1911, was the university librarian, who lived there until his death in 1937. Our next-door neighbor on one side was an English professor at the University of Colorado; a retired astrophysicist and his wife had lived on the other side since 1968. I was a visiting professor at the University of Denver's College of Law during the 2000-01 academic year, and I was scheduled to visit at the University of Colorado's law school during the 2001-02 academic year. Because the University of Colorado faculty had seemed more interested in hiring me, my wife and I decided to live in Boulder rather than Denver. We expected Boulder to be like Berkeley, a city in which we once lived for a year. We should have done more research.
Recommended Citation
Russell, Thomas D.
(2003)
"Between Town and Gown: The Rise and Fall of Restorative Justice on Boulder's University Hill,"
Utah Law Review: Vol. 2003:
No.
1, Article 5.
Available at:
https://dc.law.utah.edu/ulr/vol2003/iss1/5