Civilian bootcamp The alarm next to your bed goes off at 5:30 in the morning and as tempting as it sounds to just hit snooze and enjoy the comfort of your warm bed, you decide against it. It's pitch black outside and...

Partying with a Purpose Philanthro Productions has raised $210,000 for various charities including the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Invisible Children and Upward Bound House since its inception. The organization is currently active in three major cities in California: Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco....

Bassline The wolf's eyes are level with the turntables, and the orange candles on the booth illuminate the screen-printed fur in a way that makes it appear almost alive. As Griffin Bogl's shirt shifts, a fold distorts the image and draws...

IEEC: Creating international connections It is August 15, a little over a week until the fall semester will begin, and loads of international students congregate on the rooftop of Medjool on Mission Street. They hold their ice-cold Stellas looking quizzically around at the "summer"...

Psyched out Spit flies up into the air and then back down, landing in the abyss of eagerly awaiting and buzzed twenty-somethings. John Dwyer, frontman of Thee Oh Sees, simultaneously bombards the audience with his unique garage-fueled psychedelic guitar jolts. He has...

New arrivals for the hip hop community Pop open a bottle of champagne and fill up the slim, cylindrical crystal glasses. Now place them in the air and repeat the chorus for the song "Runaway" off of Kanye West's new album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy: "Let's...

Motorized Menus You have ten dollars in your pocket and your nose picks up a scent. There is a sweet, smoky aroma in the air as you approach a half-circle of lit up trucks and begin to hear the sound of a...

The recruiter diary The six job recruiters are stationed on the left side of the office. Each one is posted between gray cubicles, which they have made into homely little nooks. The vibe is calm and pleasant, and the dominant sounds are clicking...