Alexa Fritzsche ventures to Portal, Arizona to study lizards, but also discovers the wild diversity of Southwestern folk, whose habitat is the middle of nowhere.

With gas prices being what they are, Caitlin Boersma starts taking the bus to work but must overcome unreliability, socioeconomic classism, and a false sense of superiority.

Kevin Nguyen and Nick Martens look at three well-known pieces of Obama campaign material and discuss how they advocate the candidate in unconventional ways.

Upon joining Twitter, social-networking fiend Kevin Nguyen asks the obvious question: is it useful?

Jordan Barber drops by the over-the-top, weekend-long jamboree known as the 2008 Portland Pride Festival and Parade. But is it really a celebration of gay pride or gay stereotypes?

The Bureau Staff discusses the most egregious oversights since the Y2K hype.

Nick Martens inaugurates the (delayed) redesign of The Bygone Bureau.

The final piece for Submissions Week comes from Lucinda Stroud, who studied in Delhi, India last spring. During a visit to Kolkata, she comes to understand the finer details of the country’s complex cultural legacy and the fleeting charms of strangers.

In our second article for Submissions Week, Dan Minch dresses up for the premiere of the new Indiana Jones film. Naturally, the word “nerdcore” comes up.

There’s no denying the creative genius of Grand Theft Auto IV, but by playing the game, are we inadvertently supporting violence, over-sexualization, and desensitization? Alice Stanley kicks off The Bygone Bureau’s Submissions Week with a sharp critique of how various medias can challenge our moral backbone.