Issue: September 08, 2016
The cover story this week: School is back in session, but with an increasing demand for trigger warnings and safe spaces, is getting a college education under threat? Scott Thomas Anderson reports.
Elsewhere in the issue: When sexual assault occurs on campus, do survivors get a fair shake from university investigations or are most allegations simply swept under the rug? Kris Hooks has the story; Can you guess which genres reign supreme when it comes to Sacramentans' musical preferences? Blake Gillespie has the numbers to show why two genres tower above the rest. Elsewhere, suffering from a lack of things to do this Second Saturday? Shoka has you covered. Also in the book, Jeremy Winslow interviews the president of the Contagious Wheels bike club, Carl Crump.
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Sacramento’s class wars
Academic fights, trigger warnings and safe spaces: SN&R goes back to school to study the college culture war.
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Forever an undergrad: Most Sacramento State students can’t graduate on time, but does that make the school a dropout factory?
Local college part of statewide trend that should result in financial penalties, says think tank.
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Why I skipped college
For one Sacramento-area revolutionary, activism has been the antidote to the prospect of an oppressive, costly higher education system.
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Keeping campus rape quiet
UC Davis, Sacramento State resolve majority of sexual assault claims internally—by dismissing them.
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Begging for a boost: Sacramento City Council gets pay raise after one member complains about compensation
Mayor, council members among the highest paid compared to eight other ‘benchmark’ cities.
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Skinhead stumble: Unrelated domestic battery charge for man believed to have taken part in violent Capitol rally
California Highway Patrol still investigating more than two months after mobs clashed.
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Artless and heartless: Thieves rip off Panama Art Factory
GoFundMe campaign launched to replace thousands of dollars worth of equipment at Sacramento arts center.
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Beyond the book
The best classes don’t pay slavish devotion to a textbook, but rather are built on conversation and ideas.
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Letters for September 8, 2016
Readers express thoughts on Colin Kaepernick, the Sacramento Walk of Stars and development in Isleton.
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Why can’t we be friends?
Joey takes a break from answering questions to delve into the meaning of true friendship.
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A vital detour
AmeriCorps deployment to Sacramento provided lessons in poverty, humanity.
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Carl Crump, president of Contagious Wheels
Ever see a row of lit-up bicycles blasting tunes through Midtown? Odds are good you’re familiar with Crump, then.
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Sacramento’s music by the numbers
How data factors into Sacramento’s shows and taste.
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Review: How to Use a Knife
SN&R reviews a production from Capital Stage.
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Capital Stage 2016-2017 season preview
Capital Stage’s 2016-2017 season “Love + War” promises beautifully crafted stories.
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Back to school: grown-ups edition
Re-up on your adult education this week with a variety of workshops and classes.
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The impossible dream
Ed Claudio reprises the title role in this Death of a Salesman production.
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From your sweetest nightmares
Elisabeth Higgins O’Connor’s towering sculptures are a mix of warm childhood memories and terrifying dreams, in the best way possible.
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Julian, Steve and the polar bear
Julian Faulkner returns to Artspace1616 with new work.
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Mayors of cute and creepy
Sacramento’s Jared Konopitski and Super Ugly create their own “weird and wonderful” 3-D town.
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Curry, on or off pizza
Find bold curries on or off pizza at Sahej India Grill.
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Yolo update
Davis has seen a lot of recent restaurant activity, including Hong Kong Cafe, the Organic Coup and Boiling Pot.
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Wine about beer
Fieldwork Brewing Co.’s Petit Verdot Grand Gose offers winelike complexity with sour-beer-like drinkability.
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Pork, chopped
Asian Food Center’s barbecue pork makes for an easy dinner.
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Live that Cajun life
Sample Louisiana cooking and Southern barbecue at Woodland’s Crawfish & Catfish Festival.
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Ninja seeds
Pomegranate seeds are a tasty immune system booster.
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Heal thyself, blasphemous vegan
All of Mark Reinfeld’s recipes in Healing the Vegan Way—and all of the science backing the health benefits—are appealing and delicious ways of caring for oneself.
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Little Tents screams goodbye
The rise and fall of the local band’s exciting, indie punk sound.
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Eight Gigs: Chris Isaak
Chris Isaak brings his “Wicked Games” and more to the city.
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Eight Gigs: Hot Flash Heat Wave
Bay Area surf rockers bring the sun to Old Ironsides.
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Eight Gigs: OK Echo
Pop is best when it’s weird, which is what East Bay ensemble OK Echo excels at.
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Eight Gigs: UnderRAGE Music Festival
Sacramento’s UnderRAGE Music Festival brings together 11 bands across two stages for an all-day affair that showcases some of the city’s best musicians under 21 years old.
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Eight Gigs: J. Sirus
Catch the release show for the Another Friday EP.
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Eight Gigs: Chuck Ragan & the Camaraderie
With three decades of folk, rock and everything in-between under his belt, Chuck Ragan puts his heart into everything he plays.
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Eight Gigs: Colvin & Earle
Two seasoned musicians collaborate and pay homage to their heroes.
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Eight Gigs: The Boxmasters
This drummer gets all the girls and then some.
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Surreal times
SpaceWalker throws a pajama party with Hobo Johnson and So Much Light; and Hatchet Job recalls defunct Sacramento sounds.
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Terminally tame
This Belgian-French co-production of Robinson Crusoe is utterly, doggedly, defiantly undistinguished.
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The Light Between Oceans
A superb cast elevates this adaptation of the novel by the same name.
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Morris from America
This low-key gem redeems a summer of crass and mindless destruction at the multiplex.
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Blunts and boomsticks
If you try to buy a gun while you’re a medical cannabis patient, you may be in for a surprise.
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