Safety Nets on the Golden Gate
by Diani Ellis
March 24, 2020
Since it’s opening day in 1937, the bridge has had on average about 30 people each year take their lives by climbing over the edge and leaping off. Recently, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors has decided to go further with building a barrier to prevent suicidal jumpers. With figuring out the ...
People of the Bay: Cloud & Billie
Video by Ryce Stoughtenborough
March 24, 2020
Lifelong San Francisco resident Cloud Galanes-Rosenbaum speaks fondly of her service dog, Billie. The two can be seen throughout the Castro District stopping for pets from friends or getting treats from dog-loving shop owners. Billie, a sensory processing service dog for Autism Spectrum Disorder, helps...
Processing Life’s Problems One Laugh At A Time
by Fernando Martinez
March 24, 2020
The stage setup for the comedy show at Oakland’s All Out Comedy Theater consists of a lone, black microphone perched on top of its stand, sitting in between an elongated black-cushioned armchair. “The jokes you’re gonna hear tonight will be about mental illness. We’re not OK, and that’s OK,...
Food For Thought and Your Wallet
Photo story by Maddison October
March 20, 2020
Cooking on a college student’s budget is often difficult to do, but hopefully these recipes might help inspire some new additions that are relatively cheap and can last a couple of days. Some of the ingredients are “staples” that should in your fridge or your cabinets (such as honey, olive oil, butt...
Service Dogs 101: Intro to the good boys and girls of the Bay Area
by Ryce Stoughtenborough
March 18, 2020
The first time Billie, a sensory processing service dog, saved the life of Cloud Galanes-Rosenbaum, 33, was during the 2015 San Francisco Pride Parade. Galanes-Rosenbaum, a Castro District native who has Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), experiences severe panic attacks when she experiences too much s...
Honey, let’s not shrink the bee population
by Clara Applegarth
March 18, 2020
The honey bee is the glue that holds ecosystems together through pollination. An insect so small, but so gargantuan in its purpose. But honey bees are being threatened as the climate grows more extreme and human interaction, in the form of deadly pesticides, harms them. In July, President Trump pu...
Recovery through sport: Aaron McMihelk, USMC
Video by William Wendelman
February 26, 2020
Aaron McMihelk is a retired Marine who was paralyzed during basic training due to an allergic reaction to the immunizations he received entering boot camp. Aaron fought his way through depression and physical challenges to find his passion, training horses. Through the Semper Fi Fund resources and his...
Hey Toxicity! Let’s break up.
Story and Illustration by Sam Joson
February 25, 2020
I was 16 the first time someone I was dating didn’t take no for an answer. But I stayed because — at the risk of sounding like I’m defending them — I generally didn’t feel unsafe. Underappreciated and neglected? Yes, but not really unsafe. Somehow, I’d convinced myself that the absenc...
Fertility Awareness Method?…Bueller?
Story by Clara Applegarth, Illustration by Paige Acosta
February 25, 2020
While women continue to make impactful changes in 2020, with more females getting elected into Congress and having better representation of bodily anatomy prompted by protests, many women continue to stick with the pill as their choice of hormonal birth control. If we can break the glass ceiling in ...
Cosmic Caveman
Story by Ryce Stoughtenborough and Photos by Maddison October
February 24, 2020
Brett Vanhorn was sitting in his Honda Fit Sport on the corner of Castro and 18th Street. He was shoveling globs of peanut butter into his mouth with the help of the handle of a plastic fork. Vanhorn is an artist, and it is not hard to tell from his car. Lilac, yellow and electric green paint smudge...
Does social media harm us?
Janae Rodriguez, Staff Writer
February 5, 2020
From the time we wake up to the time we lay our heads at night we are bombarded by filtered vacation photos, edited engagement pictures, blurred selfies and sometimes news. Social media has become the center of the world. It can be hard to weed through what is real and what is fake — which can t...
We Are Not Inspiration Porn
David Sjostedt
September 30, 2019
It’s the first day of school, and the hallways filled with students are especially loud. While most students don’t spend months preparing in advance, some have spent much of their academic careers learning how to properly advocate for themselves in the classroom. Higher education for people wit...
