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The seamy side of online dating

The seamy side of online dating

by Sindhu Ravuri, Wingspan Editor-in-Chief May 23, 2015

Laura was at her wit’s end. The 23-year-old sat alone in her apartment kitchen, staring at the words “STUDENT LOAN” on the crumpled piece of paper in front of her. The type on the letter...

Turning love invisible

Turning love invisible

by Elisabeth Siegel May 23, 2015

Ignoring the protests of one’s partner may be acceptable, even sexy, in sensational sensual fantasy like $248.7 million-earning novel-turned-movie “Fifty Shades of Grey.” In real life,...

Courtesy of Wajahat Ali
Co-host of "The Stream" Wajahat Ali sits in his spot at the news anchor desk in Al Jazeera's D.C. office.

Q&A with Harker alum Wajahat Ali

by Shay Lari-Hosain May 22, 2015
On Islamophobia, on the future for Muslim-Americans.
Editorial: Pushing our ethical boundaries

Editorial: Pushing our ethical boundaries

May 22, 2015

A 21-year-old college student "SugarBaby" goes on dates with her 46-year-old “SugarDaddy” in return for approximately $1000 — for her college debt. Eleven educators in Atlanta changed...

Basic crusty bread loaf recipe

May 22, 2015

Wet Mix 2 1⁄2 cups warm water 1 tbsp white sugar 1 packet of dry active yeast Dry Mix 5 cups flour (and extra for kneading) 1 tbsp salt or sugar* 1 packet of dry active yeast *Important:...

In a Nutshell: And I knead you, baby

In a Nutshell: And I knead you, baby

by Fred Chang and Priscilla Pan May 22, 2015

Food is the manifestation of love. And there is no more fundamental food than bread. So, by the transitive property of culinary mathematics, there is no more fundamental representation of love...

The Gender Gap: Why women in STEM get lost along the pipeline

The Gender Gap: Why women in STEM get lost along the pipeline

by Kacey Fang and Elisabeth Siegel February 3, 2015

She sits down in the last open seat of the Neural Networks computer science classroom in Nichols Hall—middle table, last row. The two adjacent tables and the three in front each have two to three of...

Growing up in Silicon Valley (the real real story)

Growing up in Silicon Valley (the real real story)

by Meilan Steimle, Winged Post Opinion Editor January 29, 2015

America as a society seems to have a fascination with certain places. New York, Hollywood and recently, Silicon Valley. There may not be a song entitled “Welcome to Silicon Valley” in 1989,...

Silicon Valley, once known as the Valley of Heart’s Delight, lost its lush greenness and natural beauty with the growth of lucrative technological enterprises such as HP, Apple, Facebook and Google. With that, the Valley also lost arable land once dedicated to generations of family agriculture businesses and farms.

Editorial: A glimpse into Silicon Valley

January 29, 2015

As Obama emphasized in his State of the Union address last Tuesday, Silicon Valley is growing and creating jobs at its fastest pace ever since 1999. What have we gained and lost on our path to becoming...

Unveiling a Second Dimension

Unveiling a Second Dimension

by Sharanya Balaji, Multimedia Editor January 28, 2015

Not a single parking spot is open in the bustling downtown streets of San Jose in the afternoon, but turn onto South First, and it immediately seems less crowded. Here, it is calm and motionless. Follow...

Game on!

Game on!

by Vivek Bharadwaj, WP STEM Editor January 28, 2015

Phalanxes of window-shades block the early evening sunlight from entering the small, L-shaped front room of Sunnyvale’s Euphnet Cybercafe. Eerie blue rays from an array of screens invade a dark space...

Morning and evening, my lens points at the view, and my back is toward the skyscrapers, venture capital firms and tech giants.

Silence

by Shay Lari-Hosain, Wingspan Asst. Editor-in-Chief January 28, 2015

Armed with meager confidence, I venture into a typical, gloomy night over an Eastside street. Flickering streetlamps faintly illuminate the road. Rows of dilapidated apartments line the desolate street,...

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