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Daily Archives - April 3, 2009

April 3 2009 Archives

UC Scoop

Campus NewsApril 3, 2009
Chair of California Democratic Party to speak on campus As part of the La Raza Law Students Association’s Cesar Chavez Day weeklong celebration, Art Torres, chair of the California Democratic Party and former state legislator, will speak at the UC Davis School of Law at noon today.

The Long Count Down

OpinionApril 3, 2009
Tumbling headfirst down the 365 stone steps of a Mayan temple, painted completely with a sacred recipe of blue paint, wearing an exit wound in his indigo chest from whence his heart was cut out and burned, a Mayan champion might think, ‘Maybe there’s something to that 2012 theory.‘

ONE: A Voice for Poverty

FeaturesApril 3, 2009
ONE, a global organization that lobbies for the end of poverty, boasts more than 2 million members world wide. Over 500 of those members reside in the city of Davis. Martha Wright, the vice president of the UC Davis chapter of ONE and a junior environmental sciences and management major,said she firmly believes that through ONE, every person’s voice can make a difference.

News in brief

City NewsApril 3, 2009
Woodland man sentenced on child porn charges After pleading guilty to possession of child pornography, Woodland resident Robert Sutton was sentenced to 16 months in state prison, Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig announced Wednesday.

Daily Calendar

FeaturesApril 3, 2009
TODAY Passover Seder tickets 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Quad Passover Seder tickets are available! Pick them up on the Quad all this week or go to hillelhouse.org. The deadline to RSVP is today. The Seder will be on Apr. 8 at the Veterans Memorial Center. Relay for Life campsites 5 p.m. Toomey Field Send one representative from your Relay for Life team to claim your campsite for Saturday’s event. Sites will be distributed on a first come, first served basis. Queer People of Color Conference 6 to 10 p.m. LGBTRC & Freeborn Hall Go to this empowering conference where there will be workshops and entertainment. Danzantes del Alma 7 to 10 p.m. Freeborn Hall Danzantes del Alma, the acclaimed folkorico dance troupe, will hold their 32nd Annual Showcase in Freeborn Hall. The theme for this year’s showcase is “Our rhythm ignites the flames in our soul.”

Attention grabbing witticism

OpinionApril 3, 2009
Super Senior, OK, so you were able to have a fifth year of college because you’re a student athlete and your parents footed the bill. What about the rest of us? It seems like you’re advocating taking five years, but that’s just not financially possible for some people. Understandably Bitter

All your asset are belong to us

OpinionApril 3, 2009
We have a problem. Our problem is that Timothy Geithner is about to use our money to buy between $500 billion and $1 trillion“worth“ (more on that later) of toxic legacy assets. Our problem, put another way, is that we’re about to buy the financial equivalent of a whole lot of Kid Rock albums.

All AG-Cess

SportsApril 3, 2009
Outfielder Ryan Scoma wasn’t exactly sure what the problem was. Coach Rex Peters said his team wasn’t performing particularly well in any phase of the game. That all changed on Tuesday.