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Daily Archives - April 17, 2009

April 17 2009 Archives

UC Scoop

Campus NewsApril 17, 2009
UC Davis Cancer Center bomb threat resolved Operations at the UC Davis Cancer Center have returned to normal after a bomb threat earlier this week. An unidentified man called the Cancer Center in Sacramento at 8:45 a.m. on Monday indicating there was a bomb in the facility and demanding $10,000. Police immediately evacuated 150 people from the building including 20 patients who were relocated to other facilities on the Health Center campus. Patients with appointments later in the day were rescheduled.

The thing that should not be

City NewsApril 17, 2009
In 2008, Clinton P. Murray made $231,687. He is a California prison guard. Hold that thought. A long time ago, when I was a junior in high school running around campus before class defacing the pro-war posters put up by student government by writing rebuttals in sharpie across the propaganda, I had more than a war to be pissed off about.

News in brief

City NewsApril 17, 2009
Abandoned boat bill moves forward When a boat or other vessel is abandoned on a state waterway, the State Lands Commission has the authority to remove and dispose of it. That process is cumbersome, however, requiring lawsuits filed through the Attorney General’s Office. A bill to simplify and expedite this process is currently making its way through the state legislature, according to a press release from the office of State Senator Lois Wolk (D-Davis).

Good Morning, Oceania!

OpinionApril 17, 2009
In Oceania, the decaying socialist military state George Orwell imagines in 1984, an omnipotent governmental party continuallyengineers and imposes “newspeak” on its citizenry

And then there were two

OpinionApril 17, 2009
Super Senior, I’ve been dating my girlfriend for about nine months and it’s come to my attention that her parents don’t like me. At all.And they show no signs of warming up to the idea of me dating their daughter. I think it’s got something to do with my political and religious views, so you seem the right guy to ask; should I even bother worrying about this and what, if anything, can be done to ease the tension? From the House of Montague

All AG-Cess

SportsApril 17, 2009
Finding ways to win games when they matter most. Battling it out for tournament seeding. Making come-from-behind victories a part of the regular routine. Nothing beats watching your team gear up for postseason play. Unless, of course, six of your clubs are preparing for it all at once.