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What is the worst Valentine’s Day gift you have received?
“A box of dark chocolates. I hate dark chocolates.” - Crystal Schelton , 19, sophomore
“Nothing because I do not remember the gifts I have...
Rhythm of the heart
Valentine’s Day has come to have many meanings to many different types of people.
To some it’s an artificial holiday for an upsurge of candy...
Student reaches out to the community with musical
Bronche Tayson gestured passionately, his voice animated and full of excitement as he talked about the success of his musical, “Dam/aged.”
The 10 Percent: Why no LGBT ads?
Editor’s note: Brian Ratto, 27, is a Manteca native living in Stockton. He’s also a gay man. Ratto came out more than a decade...
Wrapped with love
The Christmas season is here and everywhere we go there are lights strung up with care, festive music playing and stores having sales.
Each year we look for the perfect gifts for family and friends.
Once that mission is accomplished the fun part comes: wrapping the present.
The 10 Percent: Key to AIDS knowing your status
December is the national AIDS Awareness Month.
Thirty years ago a rare “cancer” affecting San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York City gay men known as Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Auto Immune Deficiency (AIDS) was discovered.
Easy baking for the holidays
Here are two simple recipes to help make this holiday season just a little bit tastier for you and yours.
Elbows off the table, napkin on your lap please
It is the time of the season for good food, visiting family and long dinners.
And since the Thanksgiving holiday is a time for giving and not fighting, we thought our readers would appreciate suggestions for how to not have your grandmother throw you out of her house.
Remembering the proper things to do and not to do is essential to a successful holiday.
The 10 Percent: Transgender awareness
The Lesbian Gay and Bisexual and Transgender community is described with the acronym LGBT.
There is a common understanding of what lesbian, gay and bisexual mean.
Few, though, understand what the word transgender means.
Java Jitters boasts new menu, friendly atmosphere
Nothing is better on a cold winter morning than a hot cup of coffee, and a bagel.
The Delta College Campus coffee shop Java Jitters, located on the first floor of the Locke Building next to Locke Lounge, meets that need.
Burger joint offers variety at decent prices
On the eastside of Stockton is a little gem of a hamburger joint.
The staff at Flip’s Hamburgers, on the corner of Waterloo Road and Filbert Street, have been whipping up delicious burgers, hot dogs and shakes much to the neighborhood’s delight.
The 10 Percent: LGBT on the airwaves
Watching television recently I have notice a high number of Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) characters.
According to the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against...
Inspiration from the fringe
Within our busy lifestyles, it is quite simple to lose track of the values we take for granted on a daily basis.
It is important...
New top cop takes pride in safety
When he first entered the police academy, the officer in charge asked, “Anyone ever tell you that you are the blonde haired blue-eyed punk...
The great pumpkin carve
When it comes to carving a pumpkin you can keep it simple and traditional with triangle eyes and nose and a sharp toothed mouth.
Or you can go elaborate and find a fancy stencil online to create a temporary masterpiece.
Those with little experience can easily learn how to carve a pumpkin.
The 10 Percent: Serving openly now allowed
On Dec. 21, 1993 Don’t Ask Don’t Tell (DADT) a policy that restricts Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered (LGBT) men and women serving in the military openly, took effect.
‘Forbidden Planet’ spins Shakespeare
Shakespeare has always been open for interpretations from the modernized Long Beach lunacy of the Baz Luhrman’s Romeo + Juliet to Kenneth Branagh’s obsessive love of the material.
