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19 Sep 2016

10 Secrets of Cal Berkeley’s Campus

The freshman are all moved in and classes have started at my alma mater. Back when I was an undergrad at Cal, I used to give campus tours to the pledges in my sorority and kept it up during the years I worked at Hillel post-graduation. Since it looks like

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16 Sep 2016

Flying To New York City on 9/11

“I remember this was being worked on back then. So it was surrounded scaffolding. And days after 9/11 it was just plastered in ‘Have You Seen Me’ fliers. I mean, covered. It was heart breaking. And the smell. It was just like death, everywhere.”

Sam Devine 0
16 Sep 2016

Why Selfie Sticks Will Ruin Your Vacation & Your Life

There are occasions where a selfie stick would allow for a photo that cannot ever be taken again. I can vouch for that: I went to the city of Palmyra some time around the turn of the millennium and I was the only person there. Thus I have no picture

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15 Sep 2016

Naked Decorated Bodies Coming to SF Ferry Building

“This is an art event exhibiting a wide variety of body decoration. Our bodies are the art work. This is a “bare as you dare” event, which means that participants (and spectators) can attend completely naked if they wish. However, since it is a body art event, participants (including nudists) are encouraged to decorate their bodies in some manner. Decorating can include tattoos, body paint, jewelry (including genital jewelry), hennas, costumes and “leather gear”.

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15 Sep 2016

National Anthem’s ‘Slave’ Lyric Is Proudly On Display In Golden Gate Park

Some people refuse to stand for the national anthem because of an ugly-sounding “slave” lyric in the song’s little-known third stanza. But this ugly-sounding reference is actually on permanent display in Golden Gate Park, glorified for all time at the Francis Scott Key statue in the Music Concourse between the

Joe Kukura- Millionaire in Training 0
14 Sep 2016

We wanna send you and a friend to see Dance Gavin Dance!

Dance Gavin Dance is an American post-hardcore band formed in Sacramento, California in 2005. They are perhaps most well known for their frequent line up changes and the many publicized disputes between band members. To date, they have released four full length studio albums, including Downtown Battle Mountain Pt. II, and

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14 Sep 2016

Jessica Bennett speaks about her book Feminist Fight Club and we wanna send you!

  Jessica Bennett, Contributing Writer, The New York Times; Author, Feminist Fight Club Peggy Orenstein, Author and Contributing Writer, The New York Times Magazine–Moderator The first rule of the Feminist Fight Club is you MUST talk about the Feminist Fight Club — and we invite you to San Francisco’s first public meeting. Jessica’s

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