Magazine http://xpress.sfsu.edu/magazine/ en-us 2009-05-14T17:34:00-08:00 Editor's Letter http://xpress.sfsu.edu/archives/magazine/013304.html Dear readers, I started off the semester by letting you know that the department budget cuts had reduced our page count by sixteen. Well, now we have those pages back for our last issue, but they come at the cost... 08-Online emma 2009-05-14T17:34:00-08:00 Living in the Shadow of the Capitol http://xpress.sfsu.edu/archives/magazine/013298.html How can you evict the homeless? The very phrase is an oxymoron, yet it happened in Sacramento recently as hundreds of homeless living along the American River were ordered to pack up and move on. 08-Online emma 2009-05-14T17:10:00-08:00 Kings of the Cage http://xpress.sfsu.edu/archives/magazine/013140.html Mixed martial arts has come up from the underground. Watch as Bay Area fighters continue to stake their claim in the mainstream and legitimize the sport they love. 08-Online magstaff 2009-05-14T17:09:00-08:00 Triple Threat http://xpress.sfsu.edu/archives/magazine/013022.html Will Logan, graduating basketball MVP, juggles fatherhood, school, and life on the court. 08-Online magstaff 2009-05-14T17:08:30-08:00 Unconventional Convent http://xpress.sfsu.edu/archives/magazine/013013.html The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence have spent the last thirty years spreading the values of human rights and social acceptance with style and sass. The notoriety of the group ensures that they remain iconic figures in San Francisco. 08-Online magstaff 2009-05-14T17:07:30-08:00 Vaya Con Dios, Brah! http://xpress.sfsu.edu/archives/magazine/013122.html From gnarly gunfights to killer waves, get wet at Point Break LIVE! 08-Online magstaff 2009-05-14T17:07:25-08:00 A Virus That Runs Deep http://xpress.sfsu.edu/archives/magazine/013030.html The AIDS pandemic is a dire emergency. It has claimed the lives of over one million Kenyans, and even today it touches nearly every Kenyan family. The disease took his father, then his sister; now his brother, too, is infected. But instead of despairing, these tragedies drove Cleopa Omondi to study medicine in the U.S., crafting socioeconomic solutions to reverse the AIDS crisis. 08-Online magstaff 2009-05-14T17:07:00-08:00 Invasion of the Cadets http://xpress.sfsu.edu/archives/magazine/012998.html Oakland vets The Phenomenauts have spent the last nine years crafting their futuristic sound and image, all while their fans were building a culture around it. Cadets show their support for their favorite band with art, socks, and cookies. 08-Online magstaff 2009-05-14T17:07:00-08:00 Agrarian Utopia http://xpress.sfsu.edu/archives/magazine/012992.html Living Lands Agrarian Network is pre-colonialism reincarnated. These Nevada City slickers have taken the experience of living off of nature's bounty and evolved it into an entire lifestyle. For the farmers of this Eden, the grass is truly greener on the other side. 08-Online magstaff 2009-05-14T17:05:00-08:00 Female Fans of Man-on-Man http://xpress.sfsu.edu/archives/magazine/013006.html While a no-go for the majority of heterosexuals, for some straight women, gay porn is a wet dream come true. 08-Online magstaff 2009-05-14T17:04:00-08:00 Wild Ghost Chase http://xpress.sfsu.edu/archives/magazine/013012.html I want y'all to draw some energy from us. Show yourself somehow. Maybe move something or pull someone's hair - I heard you like pulling peoples' hair." It's dark and silent in the dining room at Tarpy's Roadhouse in Monterey,... 08-Online magstaff 2009-05-14T17:03:00-08:00 Clinically Proven Cougar http://xpress.sfsu.edu/archives/magazine/013150.html Recent studies show that the best recipe for baby batter may be an older woman and a younger man. Can this disprove socially accepted myths about who should be hunting whom? 08-Online magstaff 2009-05-14T17:02:00-08:00 School's Out For Summer http://xpress.sfsu.edu/archives/magazine/013008.html So school is out for the summer, and suddenly you have all this free time on your hands. Too bad that seems to be the only thing that's free these days. In better economic times, a summer job was the... 08-Online magstaff 2009-05-14T16:56:00-08:00 Faces of San Francisco: Mike O'Hara http://xpress.sfsu.edu/archives/magazine/013000.html The thousands of students who shuffle through the Cesar Chavez Student Center might easily mistake Mike O'Hara for a professor at San Francisco State. He's regularly there, stopping by the Gold Coast Grill to buy his favorite chicken tenders before... 08-Online magstaff 2009-05-14T16:52:00-08:00 Neighborhood: West Portal http://xpress.sfsu.edu/archives/magazine/013190.html West Portal is a humble neighborhood that offers a unique and tranquil shopping experience. The stretch of commercial realty that lines West Portal Avenue from Sloat Boulevard to Muni's West Portal Station at Ulloa Street teems with economic activity, offering... 08-Online magstaff 2009-05-14T16:47:00-08:00