Arts & Entertainment Bring The Musicologist Back! Ghuman is a British citizen born in India, and an Oxford and Berkeley graduate who's working on a book about the influence of India on English music. She was coming back from England
Arts & Entertainment Eggers And 826 Get A Little Ketchup Money Dave Eggers, well-known author and tutoring activist via 826 Valencia and its affiliates, has been awarded a grant from the Heinz Family Foundation. $250,000 smackers. Eggers, who had never heard of the
Arts & Entertainment Education Prognostication From George Lucas' 'Edutopia' Mag San Rafael-based Edutopia Magazine, which is brought to us by the George Lucas Educational Foundation, looks to the future in its latest issue, identifying 10 ideas or trends that its experts believe can
misc Wossamotta U? The Latest U.S. News College List Hey, everyone loves a list, right? Especially those ranking institutions of higher learning. The yearly U.S. News & World Report list is out -- any wagers on how local schools did? And,
Arts & Entertainment SFJFF: <i>So Long Are You Young</i> Judith Schaefer's movie, , screened at the Roda Theatre in Berkeley on Tuesday and when the lights went back up, the crowd of mostly senior citizens were on their feet wildly applauding the filmmaker.
misc Charter School Scandal Uprep was intended to serve disadvantaged students and put them on a college preparatory path, but the school has been hit hard by cheating scandals as of late -- earlier in the month,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Photo: Good Luck, New Graduates! So, for those about to rock the worlds of business, education, non-profit or whichever else, WE SALUTE YOU!
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Masters of Bacchanal Administration? Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park, already offers an undergrad degree in wine business -- but now the school is expanding its program. Graduate students cam now earn an MBA in Wine Business.
misc Sensual Solidarity Ahem. Anyway, the Carnival's happening this Thursday, the 7th. Short notice! Better start polishing your buckles and straps now. They're raising funds for erotic services workers to attend labor training camps. That's labor
misc Jerry Falwell Makes Appearance at SF State Don't worry, he's still dead. But the deceased Bible salesman's ghost drifted through the minds of a few characters at SF State's graduation last weekend, startling an out-of-towner named, for real, Earl Clampett.
misc That Fake Stanford Student Today's article reveals that Azia Kim's friends from high school all thought she was going to one of those community colleges that feeds into Berkeley, but when she came back at Christmas break
misc Faux Cardinal The girl, named Azia Kim, showed up on campus the day before freshman orientation this school year, and told two freshmen she was a freshman having temporary housing problems due to some kind
misc Ranking Bay Area High Schools So Newsweek's come out with its rankings of "the top public high schools in the country," and the Bay Area has 9 10 schools in the top 300: Magnet school Lowell High in
misc Former Superintendent Ackerman Sues San Francisco Unified School District! According to a press release put out on PR Newswire by her attorney, Dr. Arlene Ackerman has filed suit against the San Francisco Unified School District in San Francisco Superior Court. She is
Arts & Entertainment SFist Today Other events: --Belly dancers, including local troupe Fat Chance Belly Dance, perform at the Mighty tonight with dancer Ansuya. 8:30 p.m., 119 Utah (x 15th), $15. --Buy Mom an orchid at
misc Teachers In E. Palo Alto School Dist. Going To Be Slightly Less Underpaid Ahh, teaching. That difficult, underpaid profession. We're totally behind those who are bringing future generations up to speed with the world being better compensated. Unfortunately, the salary typically given to this profession is
Arts & Entertainment Chron's Education Reporting Gets High Marks Jill Tucker's series on Junior ROTC (Reserve Officers Training Corp) and Nanette Asimov's features on California's special education program have won top honors in the 2006 John Swett Award for Media Excellence, which
Arts & Entertainment See some big babies at SFNature.org’s Heron Watch San Francisco Nature Education is a non-profit run by naturalist Nancy DeStefanis to show a little bit of nature to city dwellers. On their calendar this Saturday at 10:00 AM is another
Arts & Entertainment APE Escape 2007 Part 3: The Storytellers--Traditional, With A Twist The last of our slightly less-than-timely coverage of the Alternative Press Expo, which took place last weekend, focuses on folks telling their sequential art stories in a longer form. Ted Naifeh, a Western
misc World Still a Potentially Scary Place What's the price of a free society? Lunatics running around loose: online threats have lead UC Hastings to shut down, just for today. What are the threats? Who's responsible? We don't know. What
SF News Love, San Francisco Style The funny thing about all this, however, is that just a few years ago, San Francisco was listed as not one of the best places for singles. Hmm... Anyways, all you need to
SF News I Can't Drive 55 Here comes the numbers: while the number of collisions are down, the number of pedestrian fatalities are up. So, in other words, drivers don't hit other cars anymore, they hit pedestrians. The number
misc Lung Cancer! We meet that idea with skepticism; it is with vivid detail that we recall the extensive anti-smoking education of our youth, and our impression of smokers (both juvenile and adult) is that they've
misc Pooh-Poohing Pooh The reason for the suspension is because the girl, Toni Kay (now an 8th grader) apparently ran afoul of the school's pretty strict dress code. The code says that thou shall only wear
misc What's In a Name The reason why they are even debating this is because an ex-student, Mike Harold, said he got no props in job interviews when he said he went to SJSU. Hey Mike, maybe it's
