November 2–9, 2000 hit and run Cop Stopped Disarmed: Ex-cop Chris DiPasquale. A labor arbitrator ruled last week that Christopher DiPasquale violated department policies by needlessly putting himself in danger when he shot to death an unarmed teenaged driver on…

December 16–23, 1999 hall monitor Ward Processing Five members of the 56th Ward Democratic leadership accused of campaigning on behalf of Republican Sam Katz have been booted from the party. Meanwhile, the line of people angling to take over the…

December 9–16, 1999 critic pick|hip-hop Mos Def If you had not seen rain fall in ages, each drop would be praised. Venerated. By hip-hop terms, Black on Both Sides (Rawkus), Mos Def’s full-length debut, is that water during drought: life-affirming,…

November 25–December 2, 1999 theater Greek Catastrophe Jason and Medea Theatre Double, 1619 Walnut St., through Dec. 11, 215-557-9421 In George C. Wolfe’s brilliant satire, The Colored Museum, there is a piece called “The Last Mama on the Couch Play.”…

November 25–December 2, 1999 mailbag Letters to the Editor by the Readers Bar-Or Blunder? I am a fifth year doctoral student in finance at Wharton, and I was very close to Shannon Schieber in the weeks before her death. I…

November 18–25, 1999 bell curve The Bell Curve City Paper’s weekly gauge of Philly’s Quality of Life Local Teamsters boss Johnny Morris booted after amassing stockpile of combat fatigues, pepper spray and stun guns. Sensing he got off easy, Clinton…

November 18–25, 1999 cover story In Shannon’s Shadow Eighteen months after being cleared as a suspect in Shannon Schieber’s murder, Yuval Bar-Or is still consumed by their relationship by Gwen Shaffer photographs by Eddy Palumbo For most students at the…

November 11–18, 1999 critic pick|movies Global Storming Just in time for the start of the ski season comes Matchstick Production’slatest ski cinema adventure. Global Storming, filmed on location at skiing venues throughout the world, featuressome of the best pro skiers…

November 11–18, 1999 books (Re-)Enter Sandman Inspired by Japanese myth, Neil Gaiman returns to the comic book character that made him famous. by Sam Adams A funny thing happened on the way to Princess Mononoke. After being hired to write…