AltWeeklies Wire
Quebec Promises to Match Funding Raised for Green Campus Causesnew
The provincial government will match the funds raised by campuses in Quebec -- some $250,000, most of it raised at Concordia -- that were aimed at projects that would reduce carbon emissions.
Montreal Mirror |
Samer Elatrash |
04-11-2008 |
Environment
The Bush Administration Gets Away with Torturenew
The torture memoranda written for Bush by John C. Yoo will someday appear in a compendium of infamous documents of American history alongside the slavery tracts, Roosevelt's order relocating West Coast Japanese to compounds in Arkansas and elsewhere and Hirabayashi v. United States, the first U.S. Supreme Court decision that affirmed its correctness.
Arkansas Times |
Ernest Dumas |
04-11-2008 |
Commentary
The Skinheads of the Southwestnew
New Mexico's white nationalists keep to the web -- and themselves.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Dave Maass |
04-11-2008 |
Race & Class
Jason Segel Bares it All in 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall'
"There aren't too many women out there who love a small penis," he says. "You're basically being judged on one issue alone. So it was terrifying."
NUVO |
Marc D. Allan |
04-11-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Free Local Digs Help Couch Surfing Reinvent Hospitalitynew
The four-year-old non-profit Couch Surfing is taking intercultural exchanges beyond your token social networking tool. The web-based initiative facilitates connections between like-minded travelers intent on experiencing life abroad at a safe distance from all handicams and fanny packs.
Montreal Mirror |
Michael-Oliver Harding |
04-11-2008 |
Travel
Forty Years After Her Murder, Peggy Reber May be Exhumednew
Authorities are considering exhuming the body of Margaret Lynn "Peggy" Reber, a teenager whose sadistic torture and murder nearly 40 years ago remains unsolved. However, the exhumation was just one of a number of recent dramatic twists in the more than two-year reinvestigation by local police.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Kevin Uhrich and Martha Shaak |
04-11-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Peggy Reber, crime & justice
Wal-Mart Money Pushes Conservative Education Ideas in Arkansasnew
For good or for ill, it's safe to say that the educational landscape in Arkansas would be drastically different today if Sam Walton hadn't been born in Bentonville.
Arkansas Times |
Jennifer Barnett Reed |
04-11-2008 |
Education
Election '08: Can the GOP Steal New Mexico?new
Arizona senator John McCain hopes to win over New Mexico with his Southwest cred.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Dave Maass |
04-11-2008 |
Politics
Sojourn Church: Conservative Christianity Paraded as Hip Youth Culturenew
In its purest form, Sojourn is a Southern Baptist church. Pastors counsel a strict adherence to scripture, which means abortion is murder, men are the natural-order leaders and homosexuality is a sin from which gays need to be converted and redeemed. That doesn't usually go with pearloid buttons and horn-rimmed glasses.
LEO Weekly |
Stephen George |
04-11-2008 |
Religion
Fat's What I'm Talking Aboutnew
Personally, I'm tired of all the fear and guilt tied to food in America (not to mention the books about how to overcome the fear and guilt tied to food in America). I'd really like to take the guilt out of my guilty-pleasures -- I mean, will one sweet, salty McDonald's cheeseburger kill you?
Washington City Paper |
Tim Carman |
04-10-2008 |
Food+Drink
Oregon's Democratic Senate Candidates Go Head to Headnew
Oregon House Speaker Jeff Merkley and political activist Steve Novick are vying for the chance to take on incumbent Senator Gordon Smith -- a vulnerable Republican with a multi-million-dollar war chest.
The Portland Mercury |
Amy J. Ruiz |
04-10-2008 |
Politics
The Music Industry: Not Just for Grown-Ups Anymorenew
In an earlier era, the success of young bands like Panda and Please Quiet Ourselves would have hinged on the connections, finances, or unfulfilled desires of their parents.
East Bay Express |
Nate Seltenrich |
04-10-2008 |
Music
A Glimpse of Hillaryland in Oregonnew
My mind is overrun with thoughts and apprehensions about how this ill-conceived Hillary Clinton rally might stack up against Barack Obama's rock-star blow-through at the Memorial Coliseum last month. But as we pull into the massive Liberty High School, site of Clinton's rally, I'm surprised.
The Portland Mercury |
Andrew R. Tonry |
04-10-2008 |
Politics
Comeback Againnew
Almost two decades after their "comeback" with Cosmic Thing, The B-52s return with a worthy competitor.
Tucson Weekly |
James Hudson |
04-10-2008 |
Reviews
Varied Formsnew
A Mad and Faithful Telling stalks the nebulous terrain between postmodern pastiche and a genuine passion for ethnic instrumentation.
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
04-10-2008 |
Reviews
