Tag Archives: Environment

The Southern Californian Grass Fetish

The Southern Californian Grass Fetish

I have often contemplated Southern California’s obsession with things that need a lot of water. The grassy lawn, not a local species of tree, is the area’s status symbol.

Protesting Disillusionment

Protesting Disillusionment

When I walked along Pennsylvania Avenue on my way to work last spring, I was more captivated by the big white structure Concepcion faced than her makeshift white plastic tent. I dismissed her encampment as quickly as I did the graphic anti-choice abortion trucks that cruise D.C., without the annoyed disgust.

Why Yellowbook Isn’t the New Green

Why Yellowbook Isn’t the New Green

I don’t care if they’re 100% recyclable; at Claremont McKenna, recycling them shouldn’t even be an option because we shouldn’t have them in the first place.

Change Coming to Scripps's Motley

Change Coming to Scripps's Motley

All week, the Port Side has been hearing snippets of conversations about big changes going on at Scripps’s Motley at the View.

Though details are not yet available…


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