Cover: Real World Student Guide
A cheat sheet to Santa Cruz hip.

Discount Dollar Days: Student deals can save crucial dough on food, fun and fantasy.

Fuel for Thought: Today's students get their educational quick fixed at the coffeehouse.

News: Tobacco Inc.'s Smoking Gun
For college-aged young adults, the numbers prove that smoking is cool again--and anti-smoking activists are worried.

Hometown: Ruff ruff day at the office.

Adios, Eduardo: The life of the late SC artist and beloved trickster Ed Carrillo will be remembered on Sunday at UCSC's Baskin Visual Arts Courtyard.

Night Howl: Elizabeth Cable straps on her guitar and sings her 'fiery ' little heart out.

Notes From the Underground: The autumnal commercial salvation appears via UCSC and its 10,000-odd paying customers.

Harmonic Convergence: The pure vocal mastery of Mount Madonna Choir.

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