Cover: College Guide:
Hey U!: Everything no one told you about going to college.
Cheap Eats: Eating the vida loca on a student's budget.
In the Round: Where to go in Sonoma County to buy, sell and trade music.
Listmania: Clothes and clubs and other items of enormous import.
No One Left?: How conservatives are winning the campus wars.
Mail Bonding: A short, weird conversation about sending my kid off to college.

News: Pest Report
Do area schools make the grade in chemical safety?

Rev: Never use spray paint for your wedding car, unless you hire a genuine graffiti artist who will make a 'Just Married' like you've never seen before.

Critic's Picks: A guide to the week's best arts, theater and music events.

Skin Flick: 'Alien vs. Predator' vs. Dr. Reese, cinema dermatologist.

Author, Author!: One Ring Zero prove the claviola can be mightier than the pen.

Wish You Were Hip: It's time to note that it's officially OK for hipsters who once wrote Pink Floyd off as rock dinosaurs to admit they love them. Never mind the Sex Pistols, here's the story of how Floyd became cool again.

The Vinyl Word: MFSL is back on track with a pair of new albums.

Swirl 'n' Spit: Iron Horse Vineyards and Winery.