An aristocratic Frenchman went on a quest to understand democracy in America in 1831. Alexis de Tocqueville went on to write a book in which he extrapolated "the most horrible of civil wars" from the …
November 18, 1999
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Stories by James McCoy
Dr. Rodney Hood, in 1973 the first African-American to graduate from UCSD medical school
Grossmont College student the biggest rave promoter
Wings are everywhere. One girl wears white, feathery wings as she dances -- they call it "flowing" -- to the ON-OFF ON-OFF ON-OFF electronica music at UCSD. Gossamer wings grace the backs of another young …
October 14, 1999
Black magic sold outside Tijuana's cathedral
The parrot cocked its head to the right and smiled like your favorite grandmother. Its eyes were black and deep and wide open with myopic kindliness. Cloaked in green, it perched in a cage on …
September 30, 1999
San Diego moviegoers rate the ratings
Labor Day Monday, the last day of the unofficial "Summer of Raunch," Megan Reina, a 10th grader at Montgomery High School in the South Bay, saw The Blair Witch Project with 11th grader Susan MacKnight …
September 16, 1999