Rays stop Red Sox comeback
Peter Withey
October 29, 2008
It took a while, but the Tampa Bay Rays are no longer a baseball joke. 10 years after the expansion franchise moved into Tropicana Field, the stadium meant for the San Francisco Giants so long ago, the Rays clinched the A.L. East, and did a little more: they got to the World Series. With a 3-1 win Sunday,... Read more »
Politician can’t show their faces at polling places
Kiesa Jones
October 29, 2008
When it comes to campaign paraphernalia voters will be impelled to come to the voting polls naked. The law says it. Well, specifically, it states no person shall “solicit a vote or speak to a voter on the subject of marking his or her ballot,” and even more specifically, within 100 feet... Read more »
Remove isolation from your life.
Ashley Stipes
October 29, 2008
In “An Empire Wilderness” by Robert D. Kaplan, a journey up and down North America provides definition to many cultural and societal questions. Kaplan travels through St. Louis finding that within a city there are many sub-cities that are either isolated by the better and richer parts of... Read more »
ASSC hosting Halloween Dance Oct. 31
Malerie Paynter
October 29, 2008
Looking to characterize your Halloween night with an alternative to the typical candy-or-liquor-induced stomachache? From 6 p.m. to 10 p.m., you can visit Solano’s cafeteria, where the ASSC is sponsoring the “Halloween Hip Hop Showcase and Dance.” Whether you’re attending in costume... Read more »
One-stop Halloween shop
Melisandra Russell
October 29, 2008
Halloween is just around the corner, and the drive to find the most unique costume is sending many people to the very popular Evangeline’s Costume Mansion in Sacramento. If there’s something you are looking for, you are sure to find it here, and probably a few versions of it. The three-story... Read more »
Prop. 8 discriminates unfairly
Nate Johnson
October 29, 2008
In an election season that has only ever promised high running tensions, perhaps no other issue is shaping up to be more divisive than the proposition that has found itself the center of a cultural maelstrom, subject to street corner protests and million dollar media campaigns. Same-sex marriage has... Read more »
Football star jets from defenders
Peter Withey
October 24, 2008
It can be said that most sports stars miss the meaning of the word “team.” For examples, see Terrell Owens and Allen Iverson. That’s far from the case for the 2008 Solano College football team. Its star running back and Vallejo High School graduate, Bryce Hawthorne, has grown over the... Read more »
Soccer star is busy on and off field
Peter Withey
October 24, 2008
They don’t call her a student athlete for no reason. Solano College soccer player and sophomore Katie Knopp balances school, sports, and work in her busy student life. As a full-time student carrying 15 ½ units, it seems that Knopp has enough on her plate, but she somehow doesn’t stop... Read more »
President approves Michelle’s Law
Ashley Stipes
October 24, 2008
Michelle Morse was a Plymouth State University student who was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2004. She wanted to stay on her parent’s medical insurance, so she had no choice but to remain a full-time student, all while undergoing chemotherapy treatments, to prevent being dropped from her coverage. Morse’s... Read more »
Night tour of Hearst Castle recalls glory days
Melisandra Russell
October 24, 2008
The old-fashioned large radio transmits tunes from the heyday of the 1920s and 30s through the lounge of the mansion. A woman in a sparkly long gown with a feather poking out of her hair plays poker in a corner with an older gentleman in a clean suit puffing on a saxophone-shaped pipe. An old monopoly... Read more »