Rumors are flying. It’s the best place for underage students. It’s scary and dangerous. It’s cheap. It’s this, it’s that. Believe it or not, our neighboring border city Tijuana, Mexico, offers more than just bars and clubs for foreigners to enjoy on the weekends. Tijuana is a living, breathing cultural epicenter just twenty minutes from San Diego State.
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Instead of sitting in a lecture where everyone is doing The Daily Aztec Sudoku and the teacher is trying to figure out the projector, imagine going into the wild and really feeling challenged. Imagine learning about the environment’s problems and creating possible solutions in the environment, not just a classroom.
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Trafficking of humans has hit new levels around the globe and here at home
Human trafficking has been defined as the “recruitment, transfer, transportation or harboring of persons by means of threat or use of force or other forms of coercion for the purpose of exploitation,” according to www.safestate.org.
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Thrill seekers come together to enjoy what they love most
“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.
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Recent decrease in fuel costs does not always mean big drop in airfare
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.
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Web site built by travelers, for travelers, helps people find a partner for journeys
As you plan your next travel adventure, it’s important to keep in mind who will be available to accompany you to your next destination. You quickly realize that none of your friends want to join you and you really don’t want to venture out alone.
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The world is more than beautiful locations, it is a battlefield for protest
On Saturday, thousands of people gathered to march in protest against the passing of Proposition 8, which limits marriage rights to only heterosexual couples. For years, marching has been just one of the many ways to allow people’s voices to be heard. Protesting is an international form of direct voting and is used as a means to demand radical social change. Although America stands strong as a country whose First Amendment includes the right to free speech, individuals often don’t take to the streets to fight for their beliefs. As one falling rock leads to a landslide of change, it starts at the level of small daily activities that can later spark greater revolutionary change.
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A way of life and a form of art, surfing is far from just recreational for most locals
It is 6 a.m. and you crawl out of bed still half asleep, grab your board and keys, drive out to the beach and slip into your wet suit. Although it may seem a bit absurd to wake up so early to jump into freezing water, for surfers, it is a regular occurrence. So, what is it about surfing that motivates people to spend every morning out in the ocean? Most surfers will admit that it is the feeling you get while chasing that perfect wave.
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Fiscal turmoil has yet to effect the level of tourism at our local attractions
San Diego is a tourist destination that millions of people visit each year. With more than just a handful of attractions, the city has been able to bring in money from people from all parts of the world.
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Innovative idea aims to help our wallets and the environment
Is car-centric San Diego ready for an innovative program designed to replace cars with bikes? Bike$HARE President Jim Hester seems to think so.
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Oh, Halloween. That time of year has swiftly rounded the corner once again, granting us lucky men and women the right to bedeck ourselves in barely-there, see-through something or others for an entire night where just about anything and everything goes. Aside from the age-old question of what to wear and who to be, we all have the tedious difficulty of deciding where to go on this oh-so-scandalous evening. Fortunately, for those who are looking to venture away from the San Diego scene this Halloween, there just so happens to be three other nearby festivities where you can drink, mingle and dance the night away.
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Arriving at the Interlaken Ost train station was like a fairy tale. All of the spectacular views that I saw from the window inside the train as it slowly came to a stop didn’t even compare to what I would see as I stepped out of the train station in Interlaken, Switzerland.
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Once a year, we are given the opportunity to receive free candy for dressing up in outlandish costumes, ranging from witches to doctors and everything in between. However, the rest of the world does not celebrate Halloween in this same glorified way that we Americans do.
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Some ride the red rail as a means to beat the hefty parking fees and increasing crowds that flock to San Diego State each semester. Using an iPod as a security blanket, eye contact is made only with reflections. Unaware of life beyond song number 321 out of 2,000, students wait for their stop. Others have never stepped foot on the trolley and, in a way, are missing a cultural adventure.
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Before costumes and trick-or-treating, fun starts at nearby pumpkin patches
It’s about that time to get in the grimly, spooky, creepy and kooky spirit. One of the best ways to start enjoying the fall season and Halloween holiday is to take a trip to a pumpkin patch or enjoy a fall festival celebration. Planted around San Diego are numerous patches that offer more than plump, orange gourds waiting to be carved and designed with a variety of rides, contests, petting zoos and photo ops. And with the fresh food options, crafts and carousing to be had at a festival, these events have the potential for you and some friends to grow a memory – the fright-less way.
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The designs of today’s vehicles are sparked by visions of the past
Transportation can date back to when cavemen were using wheels to roll down hills or even using animals to get around. But the newer inventions, such as cars and planes, were invented in the 1800s. Since then, we have come a long way with our means of transportation into the 21st century.
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La Jolla Cove offers a fun and cheap getaway for brave students and locals
Many people who reside in San Diego usually travel thousands of miles, be it to Hawaii or the Caribbean for snorkeling and various water adventures. For some people, it may come as a surprise that in the high-end burg of La Jolla, snorkeling is as big of an attraction to those visiting San Diego, as it is in other resort-oriented regions of the world. One of the most popular places to snorkel in San Diego is La Jolla Cove, situated inside the Ecological Reserve inside the San Diego La Jolla Underwater Park. People hoping to see various marine wildlife will not be disappointed in what they find here.
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Meeting new people from all over the world, tasting unique food rich in flavor and culture, conveniently once a week on campus; what more could you ask for? Each Friday at noon the International Student Center hosts "Coffee Hour" (which nowadays has a lot more than coffee) where both international and American students can get together, eat and socialize. Each coffee hour is themed with a different country and students who are studying at San Diego State from that country prepare the food that best represents their culture and traditions. Besides food, the hosts are also encouraged to share information and/or other traditions from their homeland such as a piñata at the Mexico coffee hour and advertising foreign film festivals or special holidays like "Australia Day."
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Alright, so the place smelled like mold. But, it was a place to sleep - for free. How? Squatting. Ummm...what is this? Think "Fight Club." Many squats are communities built around sharing resources and mutually exchanging skills. It's a form of radical direct action. Undermining the rat race. Umm...is this illegal? Yes. But, wait - just because jaywalking is illegal does that make it something that is, in essence, "wrong?"
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