Saturday, March 01, 2003

Exclusives, MAR 03

THE EAST MEETS THE WEST: A look at Alternative Medicine Today
Alternative Oriental medicine goes mainstream
Interview with Dr. Richard Chang
By CALIFORNIA KAY, graphics editor

The best evidence of the public’s reactions is that several insurance companies now cover some forms of alternative medicine as treatment. Insurance companies, namely, Blue Shield, Blue Cross, and Signa have now considered acupuncture as a treatment. It’s gaining in popularity only because, for many people, it’s working. That’s why the insurance companies are willing to cover this treatment. Even the state MediCal program now covers acupuncture treatment. In America, there are several million acupuncture visits in the United States every year, and the number continues to grow.

Reviews, MAR 03

TO INDIA AND BACK: A Book Review
"Motiba's Tattoos" by Mira Kamdar
By MEGAN BLANCHARD, assistant editor

Mira Kamdar’s intriguing family history, chronicled with a kind of mystical reverence in Motiba’s Tattoos, ranges in scope from the private turmoil of a young girl, raised on the peninsula of Kathiawar, India, to the vast opportunities of that very girl’s sons and grandsons in the American West. Fate weaves an unpredictable path for the Kamdar family, beginning in the tiny village of Gokhlana, India, and traveling all the way to Rangoon (the capital of Burma), Bombay, and finally to places as distant as America, London, Southeast Asia, and East Africa.

Features, MAR 03

TRAVELOGUE - Things you MUST do in Peru
By JESSICA FLORES, staff writer

2. You MUST try…
- Peruvian-Chinese food! It’s called Chifa, a unique blend of Chinese and Peruvian styled food that’s distinct from the two. It is delicioso!
- Peruvian ice cream – Lucuma, made from Peruvian cherimuya fruit
- Inca Cola (actually, this is sold in select American markets as well)