Chris Jarvis

Massive Storm Bears Down on Australia

A category 5 cyclone, rivaling the strength of hurricane Katrina, is set to hit Australia by this Thursday. Although predictions are that the cyclone may be downgraded to a category 3 after it hits land, after the recent flooding devastation in Australia, damage could be substantial to already ravaged country. READ MORE HERE

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Chick-Fil-a Controversy

The controversy over the restaurant chain Chick-fil-A continues. It all started when one ofthe restaurants donated food to an anti-gay, pro-traditional marriage group about a monthago. The CEO of the company made a video explaining that they donate to all sorts of groupsand they don’t necessarily check out all the details or agendas of the

Celebration of Life This Weekend

A celebration of life hosted by the Golden State Bears honoring members Tom Hayhurst, Allan Gilbert, and Patric Hipp will be held on Saturday, Feb. 5th, beginning at 1pm. The celebration will be at the Spiritual Living Center, 723 West Clinton, between Fruit and West avenues. We welcome food donations for the event.

GLEE Gets Mad

  I’ve done my fair share of watching the television show GLEE. I’m always suspicious, though, when the common voices heap so much praise on a television show. I enjoyed a few of the early episodes, mostly for Sue Sylvester, the barbed mouth with the best lines I’ve heard from the writer of a TV

The politics of gay rights

Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, proposed Senate Bill 48, also known as the Fair Education Act, last month in hopes to acknowledge gay Americans in classroom textbooks and prevent gay bullying in California public schools; however, there are many opposing the bill. “There isn’t social science that demonstrates that teaching children about the glories of

Gay Couple Wins Hotel Discrimination Case

A gay couple who were refused when trying to rent a room at a bed and breakfast in southern England have sued and won their case. There was a media uproar after Martyn Hall and his partner Steven Preddy were turned away from Chymorvah Private Hotel in Marazion, in southwestern England, in 2008. Husband and

Another Teen Suicide, Bullying Suspected

While authorities in Minnesota will not release the nature of the emergency call that took them to the Lundsten home over the weekend, the fact remains that 18 year old Lance Lundsten has died, and authorities have confirmed it is apparently a suicide.   His friends say he was bullied at school and they suspect