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Hard Labor
County Jail No. 3 is a hellhole. Can an ancient, intense form of meditation improve life for the inmates?
December 20, 2000
Magazine Dreams
Will San Francisco finally get the city magazine it deserves?
March 14, 2001
Boys' Band
Pansy Division's all-gay punk was a shocking first. Will fans let the group escape its pioneering role and just make music?
August 15, 2001
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Having just completed Stanford University's renowned law school program, and now preparing full time for next month's rigorous California bar exam, Dylan Vade's total immersion in the law only underscores what he finds lacking about it. As a female-to-male transgendered…
by Joel P. Engardio
June 12, 2002
Tags: Bay View, Columns, Dylan Vade, Chris Daley, San Francisco, California
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From our table at a sidewalk cafe in August 2000, my partner Mark and I took turns pointing out things that made us smile: a young couple pushing a baby stroller, a rambunctious puppy tugging at his leash, an elderly…
by Joel P. Engardio
May 1, 2002
Tags: Postscript, Columns, Samuel So, Stanford, San Francisco, Asia (Musical Group)
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Mrs. Oglesby is one scary-looking substitute teacher. She's got the requisite mean scowl, gray hair pulled into a tight bun, and horn-rimmed glasses. But that's nothing compared to the giant toilet plunger she carries, which can flush the junior high…
by Joel P. Engardio
March 27, 2002
Tags: Feature, Featured Stories, San Francisco, Josephine Huang, Stephen Holman, Pixar Animation Studios
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When an estimated 7,000 people walk through the doors of San Francisco's new $15 million gay and lesbian community center during a weeklong opening gala next week, prominently displayed above the front door will be the name Charles M. Holmes,…
by Joel P. Engardio and Lisa Hom
February 27, 2002
Tags: Dog Bites, Columns, Chuck Holmes, San Francisco, John Rutherford, Jason Riggs
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Bozo the Clown packed it in this summer, but for today's working and aspiring clowns, the response was relief rather than sadness. In the heyday of Bozoism decades ago, nearly 200 TV stations across the country broadcast local versions of…
by Joel P. Engardio
September 26, 2001
Tags: Feature, Featured Stories, Geoff Hoyle, Bill Irwin, San Francisco, Jeff Raz
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During the presidential campaign, candidate George W. Bush announced he was a ""Don't Ask, Don't Tell' man," supporting the controversial policy of how to deal with gays in the military. Bush's assertion was a departure from the traditional Republican stance…
by Joel P. Engardio
August 22, 2001
Tags: Bay View, Columns, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Belkin International Inc., John Allen Williams
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America's first gay band is looking a little older and less rebellious under the lights in a rare San Francisco performance. Pansy Division hasn't been heard from in a while, other than at the occasional gay pride festival in places…
by Joel P. Engardio
August 15, 2001
Tags: Feature, Featured Stories, Chris Freeman, Jon Ginoli, Pansy Division, Green Day
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From a window table overlooking the tree-lined stretch of boutiques, bookstores, and cafes near the Stanford University campus, two professors dine on spring rolls and tom yum soup as they ruminate on life and death half a world away. Drs.…
by Joel P. Engardio
May 16, 2001
Tags: Feature, Featured Stories, David Katzenstein, Phyllis Kanki, Africa, Nigeria
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While virologist Phyllis Kanki fights AIDS in Nigeria with Ivy League research labs and $25 million at her disposal, a 27-year-old graduate student in history at Stanford hopes to start a similar prevention initiative in Togo -- with notably less…
by Joel P. Engardio
May 16, 2001
Tags: Sidebar, Featured Stories, Stanford University, Togo, Benjamin Lawrance, Phyllis Kanki
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Dog Bites
Wednesday, May 2 SF Weekly publishes a story headlined "Smoking Gun," about recently uncovered documents showing that tobacco company R.J. Reynolds developed a "subculture urban marketing" campaign targeting San Francisco gays and homeless people. Its name: Project SCUM. Asked how…
by Joel P. Engardio
May 9, 2001
Tags: Dog Bites, Columns, R.J. Reynolds, Maura Payne, Joel Engardio, San Francisco
