AltWeeklies Wire
Security Issues Shrouded in Silence on Crime-Ridden Campusnew
Stray gunfire killed sophomore Ashley Sloan on Texas Southern University campus on Dec. 4. Her death was another failing grade in a subject the university claims to have made a priority: student safety.
Houston Press |
Mosi Secret |
03-22-2005 |
Education
'Commercial Ethnography' Is Latest Marketing Toolnew
Jesse Kipp's job in the emerging field of commercial ethnography could make you the star of your very own advertisement.
SF Weekly |
Nate Cavalieri |
03-21-2005 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
From Cheerleading to Lockupnew
After high school cheerleader Janeisha Lewis tried to stop a dispute between two gang members, she was arrested. With one foot in the system, she worries she'll get stuck.
Westword |
Luke Turf |
03-21-2005 |
Crime & Justice
New Recycling Policy Curbs Poachersnew
Single-stream recycling is convenient for residents and a windfall for big companies, but it's a fiasco for homeless scavengers.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
03-21-2005 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
The Revolution Comes to Leisure Worldnew
The front end of the baby boom is trickling into active-senior communities, bringing their anti-establishment ethos, assertiveness, and self-consciousness with them, transforming an industry designed around a more docile and proletarian generation.
East Bay Express |
Chris Thompson |
03-21-2005 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
High Times: the Magazine for Serious Cannabis Smokersnew
After a brief stint as a slick, celebrity-driven version of the Nation, the pot-appreciation magazine High Times is back to its roots -- and readers are inhaling deeply.
Boston Phoenix |
Camille Dodero |
03-21-2005 |
Media
W-O-M-E-N: In Mississippi, Are Women on the Side?new
The role of women has progressed in Mississippi, but how far? Are women still left out?
Jackson Free Press |
Casey Parks |
03-19-2005 |
The War on Women
Tags: women's issues
Confessions of an eBay Opium Addictnew
A pleasure trip to the Internet auction site eBay sent the author into the hell of opium addiction.
Reno News & Review |
Peter Thompson |
03-17-2005 |
Media
Tags: media
When Fear is Fatalnew
As the U.S. military relies more on reservists in Iraq, are fatal mistakes inevitable?
Building the 'Better' Vaginanew
Elective surgeries that promise women a better sex life or more aesthetically pleasing private parts are gaining popularity -- but some think the practice of creating designer vaginas has gone too far.
Metro Times |
Sarah Klein |
03-16-2005 |
Science
In the Eviction Business, the Company Loves Miserynew
"Mortgage field service contracting" is a billion-dollar industry that, in Baltimore, sends white punks into inner-city neighborhoods to deal with ruined lives, foreclosed properties, heroin-addicted day laborers, toilets full of feces, and the occasional bag full of moldy pork chops.
Baltimore City Paper |
Gadi Dechter |
03-16-2005 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Rocky Mountain News Editorial Leaves Professor Seethingnew
Adrienne Anderson objected to an editorial saying the University of Colorado at Boulder made the right call when it didn't reappoint her to her position as an environmental-studies professor.
Black and White in Grays Harbor Countynew
There's only one thing worse than living in a decaying Northwest timber town: being African American in a decaying Northwest timber town. Meet the Walker family of Hoquiam, Wash. They're 4 percent of the county's black population, and they're taking a stand against racism.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
03-16-2005 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
They Had Abortionsnew
A new film inspires women to stand by their choices and speak out. There's even talk of the moral complexities -- up to a point.
Seattle Weekly |
Nina Shapiro |
03-16-2005 |
Sex
House Where Teen Died of Alcohol Poisoning Gets Resurrectednew
Pastor Reza Zadeh is working with Colorado State University students to transform a frat house associated with excessive drinking and a tragic death into a Christian-oriented community center.
