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  • Pop songstress St. Vincent releases new LP

    Friday, May 29, 2009 By: Daniel Moattar

    A review of Texas-based indie pop musician St. Vincent's new album, "Actor," plus recommendations for local concerts, radio shows, and a capsule review of alt-country singer Neko Case's latest release

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  • Nodding off in class? You're not alone

    Monday, May 25, 2009 By: Sara Brooks

    The amount of sleep teenagers get seems to be dwindling steadily as academic and extracurricular expectations increase. Yet not getting enough sleep can put grades and participation in sports in peril

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  • Poetry of Angel Island endures despite hardships, neglect

    Monday, May 25, 2009 By: Celine Buehl

    A Chinese author at Angel Island for the reopening ceremony helps a young writer translate the poems etched into the walls of the island's barracks, which gave men, women and children who lived there

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  • Angel Island reborn with new Immigration Station museum

    Monday, May 25, 2009 By: Celine Buehl and Sarah Maccabee

    A newly restored Immigration Station museum at Angel Island near San Francisco marks the sad and ultimately successful story of Chinese immigration to the West Coast at the turn of the century, just i

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  • No More News?

    Sunday, May 24, 2009 By: Madeleine May and Alan Hsiao

    With newspapers being shut down across the country, it is difficult to know where journalism is headed. But one thing is certain: news will continue to evolve, along with the trends that are contribut

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  • Nobel Peace Prize Winner Shirin Ebadi urges understanding

    Monday, May 25, 2009 By: Daniel Moattar

    A speech by Iranian human rights lawyer and Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi on May 18 emphasized the need for more understanding between the United States and her native country

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  • How much should we fear swine flu?

    Saturday, May 23, 2009 By: Lizzie Logan

    By now, you’re probably tired of hearing about the swine flu, the H1N1 influenza virus. On the other hand, some fear that this winter’s outbreak was just a prelude to a pandemic. Should we all start

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  • He's just not that into you ... and neither is she

    Thursday, May 21, 2009 By: Céline Buehl

    The past few decades have marked a drastic shift from the traditional relationships of the past to the casual, no-strings episode known as the hookup. Is that a bad thing? Not necessarily

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  • Despite consequences, closing Gitmo is the right thing to do

    Wednesday, March 04, 2009 By: Adrienne von Schulthess

    National security may suffer after the Guantanamo Bay military facility is closed, but shutting the doors of this prison makes ethical sense

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  • New Disney movie a family tale about animals fighting global warming

    Thursday, May 21, 2009 By: Allegra Gordon

    Ever wonder if a really hot day in April is ... normal? Disney's new movie, Earth, shows why they're not and what they're doing to the planet.

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Issue Date: Monday, May 25, 2009 Issue: Vol. 10, Issue 4 Last Update: Wednesday, September 16, 2009
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Features

Staff writer Madeleine May shadows Doug Chin, physician''s assistant at the University of San Francisco, in the emergency room. The constant flow of hospital life, as well as the individual treatment
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A Chinese author at Angel Island for the reopening ceremony helps a young writer translate the poems etched into the walls of the island's barracks, which gave men, women and children who lived there
full story 
Nodding off in class? You're not alone
The amount of sleep teenagers get seems to be dwindling steadily as academic and extracurricular expectations increase. Yet not getting enough sleep can put grades and participation in sports in peril
full story 
New Disney movie a family tale about animals fighting global warming
Ever wonder if a really hot day in April is ... normal? Disney's new movie, Earth, shows why they're not and what they're doing to the planet.
full story 
The past few decades have marked a drastic shift from the traditional relationships of the past to the casual, no-strings episode known as the hookup. Is that a bad thing? Not necessarily
full story 

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