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Tuesday December 30, 2003
Today’s Daily Planet marks a departure from our usual format, in which we have—save for our comics pages and year-end reviews in photographs, editorial cartoons and the BART fare hike notice—turned our pages over to you, our readers. -more-

Staff
Tuesday December 30, 2003
TUESDAY, DEC. 30

Staff
Tuesday December 30, 2003
TUESDAY, DEC. 30

The First Conversation After the Fact

By JULIA ROSS
Tuesday December 30, 2003
“Ma, I wanna talk to you. -more-

Two Inspiring Exhibitions Closing After New Year’s

By ESTELLE JELINEK
Tuesday December 30, 2003
On a cool, sunny afternoon last week, I took a break from the political obscenity choking our country to visit two museums in downtown Oakland, catching a pair of important shows you can only see through New Year’s Eve. -more-

Reflections on a Warbler

By THE TEACHER
Tuesday December 30, 2003
Children, the earth is tilted, and that explains so much. Now in December, the days are short and the sun is low. Most living creatures have biological clocks that adjust to these changes, and I don’t think the seasons would bother us if they didn’t carry the holidays with them. -more-

BART Ups Rates

Matthew Artz
Tuesday December 30, 2003
BART rings in the new year with extended service for holiday celebrants followed by a 10 percent system-wide fare hike—the agency’s second consecutive January price increase, with this year’s boost twice the rate of last year’s. -more-

Last Cash: A True Story

By Cheryl Howe
Tuesday December 30, 2003

Poem

By PATRICK FENIX
Tuesday December 30, 2003

A Coffee Shop Encounter Poses Possibilities

By Donna Cummings
Tuesday December 30, 2003

Security

By Harvey Sherback
Tuesday December 30, 2003

Wearing Purple

By RHONDA LEVINSON
Tuesday December 30, 2003

Entertaining Necklace Thoughts

By MAYA ELMER
Tuesday December 30, 2003

Open Borders

By BRENDA REVSEN
Tuesday December 30, 2003

A Little Toot of the Horn

By R. Sorenson
Tuesday December 30, 2003

The Sky is Different

By G. P. Skratz
Tuesday December 30, 2003

Old Man

By ALAN BERN
Tuesday December 30, 2003

Farewell, My Love

By JANE STRONG
Tuesday December 30, 2003

The Junk Park

By ESTHER STONE
Tuesday December 30, 2003

The Frog Prince

By Myrna Sokolinsky
Tuesday December 30, 2003

Erik Olson Multitalented Nigerian-born musician Baba Ken Okulolo embraced his bass guitar for a July 29 profile. See Pages Eight and Nine for a look at other Berkeley people who made the news in 2003.
Erik Olson Multitalented Nigerian-born musician Baba Ken Okulolo embraced his bass guitar for a July 29 profile. See Pages Eight and Nine for a look at other Berkeley people who made the news in 2003.

Editorials

Wednesdays At La Farine

By Irene Sardanis
Tuesday December 30, 2003
If I were blind, there’s one place I’d easily find by following the seductive smells of bread and desserts emanating from their ovens. I’m talking about my favorite bakery, La Farine. Every Wednesday morning I frequent the store on my way to the office. I’m hungry when I arrive, eager to bite into a buttery croissant or scone. -more-

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