Newspaper writers strive to bring in experts as sources for their columns, while others have discovered the ultimate specialist known as www.Ask.com. As my first Dating and Romance column and in my ongoing effort to be awarded a Pulitzer Prize for excellence in newspaper journalism, I thought I’d try and get a hold of the “Dear Abby” advice columnist or Dr. Drew Pinsky. If I became desperate, I’d look to Dr. Phil McGraw as a source.

Newspaper writers strive to bring in experts as sources for their columns, while others have discovered the ultimate specialist known as www.Ask.com. As my first Dating and Romance column and in my ongoing effort to be awarded a Pulitzer Prize for excellence in newspaper journalism, I thought I’d try and get a hold of the “Dear Abby” advice columnist or Dr. Drew Pinsky. If I became desperate, I’d look to Dr. Phil McGraw as a source.

Because our moms don’t come to college with us, San Diego State students and volunteers made sure they cleaned up after themselves last Saturday.

Prompted by a plunge in jet fuel prices, airfares have been dropping just in time for the holidays, offering a relatively bright spot amid the economic gloom.

But don’t get giddy yet.

“Make your life a fun adventure!” This is the motto for Adventure Club San Diego. If you are a full-fledged adrenaline junkie needing an outlet for your energized life, or if you are just bored with being a couch potato, the Adventure Club could be for you.

Staff Photographer Lauren Swann captured this shot of gorillas playing at the local San Diego Zoo. Gorillas are the largest species amongst primates and their DNA is 98 percent identical to that of a human.

It’s a difficult thing, moving to a different country when you’ve just become a teenager. The impetus of the shock of having to live and assimilate into a new culture is not as cumbersome as when you’re an adolescent.

Drugs are a cause of war at the Mexican border. Oil fuels war in the Middle East. And cell phones are a catalyst of civil war in Africa.

If you just did a double take, you’re not alone. Most people aren’t aware that their cellular phone has its origins in a bloody conflict in a foreign country.