Brainwashed by Basketball
Nearly 37 percent of San Jose resi-dents over 15 years of age are foreign born. Thirty-six percent of army troops are opposed to the presence of gay men in the
Youth
Nurturing Creativity
The purpose of education is to nurture awareness,” says Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, world-renowned founder of Art of Living. He maintains that education should be a
An Ever-Changing Home
I was born to a Mexican mother and an Indian father and over the 20 years of my life I have moved a total of seven times. I know that moving from house to house
Dr. Doolittle Style
When I die, I’d like to be reborn as a Bengal tiger: tawny with dignified black stripes and white whiskers, wise and fearsome and beautiful. Or maybe an eleph
Sweet Home Carolina
You know how embarrassing it is to rep-resent California right now? To see your classmates walking around in Terminator t-shirts and know that the subject of th
Dormstruck
I put brand-new, navy green sheets in with the rest of my laundry this morning. I figured I was combining old boxers, FabIndia kurtas, and synthetic lingerie, s
Goin’ Back to Pakistan
Ahmed Amin just wants to play football. He’s 17, and Cupertino High’s starting tight end. His older brother Hassan, 19, would rather chase girls around the
A Dancer’s World
Three years ago this July, I performed my bharatanatyam arangetram, or solo debut, after almost 10 years of studying the southern Indian classical dance. In the
Now That I Know
Child labor. It’s one of those phrases like “drug cartel,” “domestic violence,” or “prostitution ring,” that all of us have used in conversations
High Interest Rate
So there I was, filling out my college applications. OK, it’s not that I’m dying to identify myself as the stereotypical high school senior, but hey, stereo
To Test or Not to Test
It’s not that I don’t like animals. I do. When Old Yeller died, I cried just as much as my dog-loving neighbor. Granted we have no pets in my family, with t
Growing Pains
Forty may be over the hill, but 18 is OLD. At 18, you can view any film, video, or DVD regardless of its rating. If you are adopted, you can apply for a
