AltWeeklies Wire
Disrespecting the Liquor Bannew
UC Berkeley is requiring all new freshmen to take an alcohol education course. So why are some upperclassmen so worked up?
East Bay Express |
Fritz Brantley |
08-22-2005 |
Education
Tags: AlcoholEdu
Covenant with Americanew
For four days in late July, 1,300 people gathered at UC Berkeley to proclaim that they believed in God, compassion, and, yes, social justice. But there's still trouble in getting across the message.
East Bay Express |
Chris Thompson |
08-22-2005 |
Religion
Tags: Michael Lerner
WWII Loneliness Lives Onnew
One writer recounts the story of loneliness that filled the life of a grandmother who spent her young life in a Japanese internment camp during WWII while her friends were killed in Hiroshima.
Illinois Times |
Yoshimi Yoshimura Golden |
08-22-2005 |
Immigration
Nanny 911: Massapequa Mom Arrested For Assaultnew
Caribbean caretaker Cindy Carter fights off Fontaine Sheridan, the mother of her charges, in Long Island showdown.
Long Island Press |
Lauren Wolfe |
08-19-2005 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
Black and Whitenew
The New York Times Company's plan to put out a free weekly geared to African-American readers has defenders of the black press seeing red.
Boston Phoenix |
Mark Jurkowitz |
08-19-2005 |
Media
Tags: Gainesville, guardian
Seeking Alternatives to Gas Guzzlersnew
With gas prices through the roof, a handful of Quebecers are converting their own cars to biodiesel vehicles. The DIY
combination of vegetable oil, animal fat and cooking oil is intriguing to green-minded drivers, although it hasn't taken off just yet.
Montreal Mirror |
Patrick Lejtenyi |
08-19-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Now Ain't That a Crapper?new
How a million-dollar composting toilet in Glacier National Park turned into just another money pit.
Missoula Independent |
John S. Adams |
08-19-2005 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Copper Giant Bails Outnew
Asarco, the mining company responsible for the cleanup of environmental messes across the West, files for chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Missoula Independent |
John S. Adams |
08-19-2005 |
Environment
Tags: Asarco
The Crime of Fitting the Description
Jorel Evans fit the description of a suspect in a car burglary. In fact, he’d been "fitting the description" for some time, as police have been trying to fit him and his brother for matching prison suits for the last two years.
Random Lengths News |
Terelle Jerricks |
08-18-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
The Worst Homicide Squad in Americanew
With one of the worst track records of any big-city police department in the country, the Boston Police Department's homicide unit offers little justice to anyone.
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
08-18-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Home on the Rangenew
A visit to Camp Casey, where one mother has set off a vibe that tempers even the most rabid Iraq-war backer.
Boston Phoenix |
Barry Crimmins |
08-18-2005 |
War
Child Welfare Agency Responds to Death of Runaway
For months, Creative Loafing attempted to get comments on the case of an Atlanta 15-year-old runaway who showed up dead. Finally, a spokesman for the Georgia Department of Human Resources responded to questions.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mara Shalhoup |
08-18-2005 |
Education
Tags: Education
Confessions of a Substitute Teachernew
A substitute teacher realizes she's not worthy to lace up a real teacher's comfortable shoes. On stealing office supplies, moderating fart fests and locking students in closets (not really).
Nashville Scene |
Bernie Sheahan |
08-17-2005 |
Education
The First-in-the-Country Video-Journalist Modelnew
At WKRN-Channel 2 in Nashville, photographers become reporters, reporters become photographers, and a news station becomes the first in the country to turn conventional TV news on its head.
Nashville Scene |
Liz Garrigan |
08-17-2005 |
Media
Tags: media
Snapping Photos? Police Could Be Watchingnew
A Richmond man is stopped by police after taking snapshots of a federal courthouse downtown.
Style Weekly |
Melissa Sinclair |
08-17-2005 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
