Issue: November 06, 2003
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Hot or not?
A Sierra College professor and students escalate a campus-newspaper controversy into an attack on a $394 million bond issue.
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Profits walk on water
John Wesley Powell’s once unfounded fear for the West is materializing.
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Letters for November 6, 2003
Love, hate, or indifference—readers express their opinions—sometimes about each other.
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Dump the pledge
Raised as a Jehovah’s Witness, a writer considers allegiance to God and country.
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Beside the wheel
Laurene Knox’s days are spent on the road, in the hands of unskilled drivers.
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W gets an F
Bush should fund the No Child Left Behind program or lift the mandates he’s imposed on schools.
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Cut “gut and amend”
The practice of gutting and amending bills circumvents the legislative process.
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Whim vs. rigor
The 26th Festival of New American Music, which celebrates new discoveries in serious and jazz music, is now under way at CSUS. Most of its events are free.
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Toward planetary sanity
An event of note from the weekly calendar.
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Slapstick, sans slap?
An event of note from the weekly calendar.
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The power of war
Just in time for Veterans Day, here’s a retrospective of drawings and paintings by Vietnam veteran Akinsanya Kambon.
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What Was She Thinking? Notes on a Scandal
Zoe Heller turns tabloid trash into literary gold.
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Where’s the Paper?
A site that demonstrates how easy it is to steal an election.
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Fade into pink
Hold on to your wigs! Halloween is over, but Pink Week is just around the corner.
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Mother Hicks
California Stage’s Mother Hicks is brainy, well-written and unabashedly feminist.
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Any day of the week
Like its heavenly namesake, Mana provides delicious sustainance for diners seeking Japanese cuisine.
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Hey fellas, look
Bobby Rush, who puts on the most entertaining, bootylicious blues show you’ve ever seen, comes to the Sacramento Horsemen’s Club this Sunday.
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The problem of motion
One local band illustrates the quandary of great musicians coming together to form a sum less than its parts.
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Kurt Elling
If you fancy jazz vocals, Kurt Elling’s Man in the Air will be one of your favorite albums this year.
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The Strokes
Much-vaunted New York City band the Strokes’ sophomore disc features whip-smart pop tunes obscured by a deliberately crappy mix.
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Toga! Toga!
A weekly selection from the ever-expanding music scene.
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Imperfect couplings
Richard Curtis’ Love Actually works too hard—way too hard—at contriving an ensemble heartwarmer from the Robert Altman playbook.
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