It’s that time of year again in the National Football League whenteams are doing everything in their power to make a run into theplayoffs, and earn a trip to Super Bowl XXXV in Tampa Bay. It’sa time when good teams rise to greatness and mediocre teams struggleand bow out. This year there is a plethora [...]

The world of international espionage, intelligence and corruption was a hot topic Tuesday night for a capacity crowd in Casa Real. A former DEA agent and a former LAPD narcotics detective shared their theories on why the U.S. war on drugs is a failing effort.Agency corruption in dealing with foreign mafia and drug cartels,along with [...]

By Elizabeth ValenteStaff Writer Safe sex is a social skill. Promoting it is like trying to sellthe public something they don’t want. These were notions explained by Professor Jim Zians, a lecturer inthe Graduate School of Public Health, at an AIDS Awareness SymposiumTuesday night. “People don’t want to hear about safer sex anymore than they [...]

Editor’s Note: This is the final article in a three-day series. Monty’s Pub in Aztec Center is a home away from home for somestudents. The pub not only offers indoor seating, but an outside beergarden for students over 21 who want to spend time between classeswith a cold beer. Reto Seiz, who takes classes at [...]

They went there with the best of intentions — 12 girls withgenerous hearts, stepped outside of their cars, and were greeted by aswarm of children, smiling and grasping for hands. The scene was familiar. A pathway up to the house was decoratedwith potted plants and flowers, some tattered and broken. The suncast shadows on the [...]

As the intensely close game neared the end, Charger fans watchingthe game on television were prematurely severed from the broadcast byKatherine Harris, Florida’s Secretary of State. Her image blitzedtheliving rooms of Charger fans as another victory was rudely announced– Bush’s. It was like stepping into a hot Jacuzzi only to find yourself headfirst in a [...]

Greeks respond to Albert’s bashing Before anything else, I would like to express my deepest sympathyfor the tragic loss to the Heiderman family when their son’s life wastaken in an accident with alcohol at Chico State University. I would like to speak to you about the column written by RyanAlbert for the Nov. 28 edition [...]

America’s oldest men’s club may have to scoutout a new home The day has arrived. After a fight that went to the Supreme Court,karma is finally coming back to bite the Boy Scouts of America in theass. When the Supreme Court ruled that the Boy Scouts have the right todiscriminate against homosexuals and atheists, the [...]

Driving north on U.S. Highway 395 can be a hauntingly lonelyexperience. Of the three highways that run north-south throughCalifornia, Highway 395 is by far the least known and the leastattractive. WhileHighway 1 boasts picturesque views and Interstate 5 showcases thetrappings of civilization at regular intervals, Highway 395 offersisolation. Ringed by the Sierra Nevadas to the [...]

By Hubert VigillaStaff Writer Through great tragedy can come greater hope. Through the sorrow ofdeath can come the joy of life. And through a year of mostly badmovies can come a glimmer of quality seen only a few times. “Unbreakable,” the new film that re-teams “The Sixth Sense”writer/director M. Night Shyamalan and star Bruce Willis, [...]

If you enjoy odd, metaphysical, artsy cinema, I’d suggest tryingto find Alejandro Jodorwosky’s 1971 midnight movie masterpiece, “ElTopo.” Part spaghetti western, part religious and mythic journey, “ElTopo” is a unique cinematic experience by an equally unique cinematicvisionary. The film is a wall-to-wall barrage of brutal violence,disturbing imagery, and redemptive mysticism. Jodorowsky plays the title character, [...]

When they were 13, twin brothers Amedeo and Simone Pace learned afirst-hand lesson about culture shock. Their family had just moved from Italy to Canada, and the twobrothers, excited and enthusiastic, fostered lofty notions of whatlife would be like in a new country. But life there was nothing like they had pictured. “Going to Canada [...]