AltWeeklies Wire
Students Want Textbook Publishers to Slow Down on the Updatesnew
The frequent "updating" of textbooks, often for seemingly trivial reasons, prevents college students from being able to sell back those expensive texts -- and means the next round of students will have to buy the new, not the cheaper used, version of the book.
Fort Worth Weekly |
I'sha Gaines |
05-17-2007 |
Education
Tags: Education
Devastatingly Raw and Hard-drivingly Soulfulnew
Despite all of our swamps, bugs and crazy people, Florida's musical profile has always been surprisingly sedate.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
05-17-2007 |
Reviews
Numbed by Warnew
The pain that crippled one Marine cripples all of us.
Monterey County Weekly |
Eric Johnson |
05-17-2007 |
Commentary
Budget Plan Cuts Farm Money; Gov. Says Funds Have Better Usesnew
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's revised $145 billion state spending plan eliminates state funding for a program used to protect farmland and prevent urban sprawl.
Monterey County Weekly |
Jessica Lyons |
05-17-2007 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
Psychic TV Evolutionnew
Genesis P-Orridge continues to go against gender.
New York Press |
Maggie Serota |
05-17-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Psychic TV
The Place to Be for Freaks in Trainingnew
For a little longer, Coney Island remains the home of the odd and the exceptional.
New York Press |
Cat Cutillo |
05-17-2007 |
Culture
One Marine, After the Warnew
Adrian Jimenez, a recovering alcoholic medicated on anti-depressants living at a VA hospital is fighting to make it the rest of the way home.
Monterey County Weekly |
Zachary Stahl |
05-17-2007 |
War
Lust Life: X-hibitionistnew
Plenty of women would perform a lap dance, whether it's an act of foreplay with her partner, or an entertaining thrill at a party -- but how many of these women would spread her legs to be ravished in front of an audience?
New York Press |
Stephanie Sellars |
05-17-2007 |
Commentary
Sports Media Whiffs Againnew
From Josh Hancock's death to Barry Bond's 'roids to Roger Clemens' "class," the sports press proves itself inane.
New York Press |
Russ Smith |
05-17-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
'Brooklyn Rules': Paisans in the Hoodnew
Mob flick travels familiar territory.
New York Press |
David Goldman |
05-17-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Brooklyn Rules, Michael Corrente
'The Wendell Baker Story': Tool Timenew
No matter what they try, the Wilson Brothers' flick flounders.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
05-17-2007 |
Reviews
'Fay Grim': Perfect Poseynew
The indie queen saves Hartley's sequel.
New York Press |
Armond White |
05-17-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Fay Grim, Hal Hartley
Colin Hay: Business as Usualnew
Even as an independent contractor, the former Men at Work frontman remains, well, a man at work.
Sacramento News & Review |
Edward Dunn |
05-17-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Colin Hay
Mark Twain's Wild Ridenew
How his down-and-out days in California's Central Valley gave the great writer his voice -- and made him famous.
Sacramento News & Review |
Scott Thomas Anderson |
05-17-2007 |
Books
My Time in Jailnew
If you haven't heard of the prison-industrial complex, it's time to start paying attention.
Sacramento News & Review |
Cathy Webster |
05-17-2007 |
Commentary
