By Daniel Zarchy With the ink of her signature barely dry from inauguration, newly anointed Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) promises to make more friends than enemies in her first hundred hours in office than she did in her 14-year tenure in...

By Will Norton-Mosher Flights from the United States to Mexico are frequent and full of travelers. Some of the passengers going will be there for business, and some for travel, but others will be there to iron out their wrinkles, to suck out their fat,...

By Much like the fatal imitations following the popularization of such stunt-based media hits as "Jackass" and professional wrestling, the bay area hip-hop community has added a new act to the bill: "Ghostridin’ the Whip." This is just another step in the somewhat inexplicable trend...

By Marco DiAddezio "If you are not seriously disturbed, there is something seriously wrong with you." So there it is, your reprieve; all of you with the blues can breath a deep sigh of relief courtesy of Franz Wright. The 2004 Pulitzer Prize winner for...

By Sophia Kirschenman Great triumph and excitement consumed the Democrats on Capitol Hill last Thursday, Jan. 4, as they took control of both the houses of Congress for the first time in twelve years. Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) was sworn in as the first...

By Sofia Bell You are sitting in a donut shop talking with Jon Giusti, a noise maker from the band Swanifant, and a sound coming from somewhere behind you makes you pause. You stop chewing and suddenly you become aware of the pattern of sounds...

By Cutting Corners in Environmentalism UC Santa Cruz is a university that is on the cutting edge of environmentalism. Arountd campus you hear the buzzing of "biodiesel" this, "no construction" that. We see the huge construction companies on our campus and envision the spawn of...

By Elizabeth Limbach Nearly half a century after the birth control pill became available to women, researchers say a male contraceptive is nearing release. Currently men can chose between condoms, vasectomies, and trusting their partner to be using contraception. Elaine Lissner, director of the Male...

By Maya Bakshani The Celestine Prophesy, a 1993 novel by James Redfield, describes nine spiritual insights found on an ancient Peruvian text. "It’s this place people go to fill up their energy," MC Ivan Anomolie said. For Anomolie, a break dancing jam, or a battle,...

By Laura Fishman A new and improved Safeway is coming to Mission Street, but surrounding neighbors are stirring up a controversy. At 55,000-65,000 square feet, the new Safeway will be nearly twice as big as the current store and the largest Safeway in the county,...