Woodstock’s Pizza on College Blvd has been the college town pizza place for San Diego State students for decades. My high school vice principal, who is an SDSU alum told me about Woodstock’s three years ago, before I had even committed to the University yet. He told me that it
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Slab City, “the last free place in America”, a city without law regulation, no policemen, and no judiciary court to stop you from what we (people who live in the safe county of San Diego) deem criminal. It’s a place you can live how you want, when you want it,

Who would have thought that the Little Mermaid would amass such great controversy in the country of Denmark? The Little Mermaid statue in Copenhagen, Denmark, was commissioned by Carl Jacobsen of Carlsberg beer as a gift to the city. Based on the Danish author Hans Christian Andersen’s fairytale “The Little

Do peace walls create a tranquil environment or a cordial divide? The ideas of creating a physical divide between those with contrasting beliefs for “peace” is anti-progressive. The first peace walls in Belfast, Ireland were built out of barricades that the local communities erected during the periods of intense rioting

In 2011, after Easter weekend, a mosaic mural appeared unannounced under a bridge in Encinitas, California, a beach town about 30 minutes north of San Diego. The 12-foot tall mosaic depicted the Virgen de Guadalupe, the Virgin Mary who was believed to have appeared before an Indian peasant named Juan

Graffiti is defined as writing or drawings that have been scribbled, or sprayed illicitly on a wall or other surface in a public area. Graffiti is considered a form of vandalism leading to criminal behavior. One such group utilized graffiti in Australia, is “BUGAUP.” BUGAUP began in response to tobacco

Is removing history a crime? What if that history is a crime within itself? The gum wall in Seattle, Washington located by the famous Pike’s Place market has been a part of the city’s culture since 1993 and grew to be inches thick, fifteen feet tall, and went the length

A mystery citizen in the Greater Manchester, England became annoyed by the potholes that riddled his city’s street after a number of his friends were injured in biking accidents involving the unfixed holes. When the city failed to act upon request, the citizen, who calls himself Wanksy- a more suggestive

The Cardiff Kook, originally named the “Magic Carpet Ride” by artist Matthew Antichevich, is a statue created to honor the surfers of San Diego County. These local surfers, however, dubbed the Cardiff Kook, due to its awkward stance. In surfer terms a kook is person who cannot surf well and/or

Article: http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/hoax-banksy-arrested-london-story-dupes-internet-again-1470861 National Report of Bansky’s arrest: http://nationalreport.net/banksy-arrested-identity-revealed/ A few weeks ago an article was published stating that the famous street artist Bansky had been arrested after a “24-hour Anti Graffiti Task Force” caught a suspicious group of 5 people leaving a scene of vandalism. They then claimed that they