By Jessica Skelton The Jury Room is easy to miss. With only a small, beat-up sign hanging above the bar, the Jury Room doesn’t seem to go out of its way to make its presence known. The bar is often referred to as an old...

By Alia Wilson For students forced to eat at odd hours because of class or work, UC Santa Cruz Dining Services seems to make life just a little harder.The sometimes confusing dining hall schedules have students roaming around campus in search for dinner time satisfaction....

By On Oct. 8, French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin said that France will ban smoking in most public places, including stations, museums, government offices and shops by Feb. 1, 2007.The news made worldwide headlines as it contrasts everything that France has displayed to us...

By Leah Bartos After a conversation with Amy Goodman, the state of journalism seems grim. Goodman, host of the Democracy Now! radio show, exposes the reporters and editors complicit with the government’s agenda in her new book, Static: Government Liars, Media Cheerleaders and the People...

By The classic image of the French enjoying a cigarette with their morning coffee is soon to become a thing of the past.French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin must be commended on his move to ban smoking in all enclosed public areas. The new law,...

By Daniel Correia The Homeless Service Center on Coral St. has a wooden sign hanging that says, "Though you may not have wealth, you are rich in soul because you have a heart of gold."Some people are waiting in line for food and others are...

By Amirose Eisenbach Some DJs bridge gaps between musical genres by blending, splicing, and mixing sounds and instruments together, resulting in a new definition of music. DJ Krush is one such DJ, merging jazz, hip-hop, electronic, and eastern music together to form a harmonious fusion...

By Natalie Phillips You might have seen them before.Perhaps you have glimpsed them at your cousin’s wedding party, spinning drunkenly but confidently in open jackets and stunna shades, batting away the eager arms of your tipsy Aunts and Grandmothers. Maybe you’ve even woken up one...

By Jessica Skelton Knocking back beers and bobbing their heads in unison to the thrashing tunes of the opening bands, the members of Splitting Seconds waited for their set to begin.To the left of the band was a fireplace, giving the feel that the bands...

By Scott Moersen If fate, nausea, or inertia lead you to the E3 Playhouse Thursday night, or if sounds of free verse and laughter escaping the double doors quicken your footsteps toward the entrance, go in. You have been invited.Danny D., as co-workers at Saturn...