Articles from June, 2008

A Field Guide to Southwesterners

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.

Old Habits Die Hard: A Look at Public Transportation

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.

Artists for Obama

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.

Twitterpated

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

Pride is Gay

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?

Staff List: Biggest Mistake of the 21st Century

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

Editor’s Note: Two Point Oh

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

India: Always a Cup of Chai

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.

Indiana Jones and the Masquerade

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.

Grand Theft Conscience

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.

Do Cellphones Cause Brain Cancer?

FOX News is often criticized for exaggerating stories and using scare tactics to boost ratings, but liberal-slanted media is guilty of the same thing. Kevin Nguyen observes CNN employ the same strategies when Larry King Live discusses the dangers of cellphone use.

Coworker Biodiversity

Renowned wildlife behaviorist expert Jordan Barber journeys to the heart of the world’s most barren, desolate environments: the office.