Daily Archives - November 5, 2009
November 5 2009 Archives
Legislators reach compromise on water crisis
City NewsNovember 5, 2009
After decades of debate over California’s flawed water system, legislators have finally reached an agreement concerning a plan to improve it.
Guest opinion: Nazir Sayed
OpinionNovember 5, 2009
I, as well as many of my peers, do appreciate the e-mail detailing the situation. We understand the dire situation in California at the current moment. May God help California through this difficult time and reinstate it into a beacon of hope for many around the world. We understand that we are not the only ones suffering from the present economic difficulties. There are too many people without jobs, too many people losing their homes, and too many businesses barely getting by – if not going out of business entirely.
Guest editorial
OpinionNovember 5, 2009
Students at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism fighting against injustice are now beginning to experience it themselves.
Editorial: ‘Project You Can’
OpinionNovember 5, 2009
Last week, University of California President Mark Yudof promised thousands of high school students in Fresno that attending a UC is both affordable and possible.
Davis residents give back to Ghana
FeaturesNovember 5, 2009
For Tometi Gbedema, it all started with a shed of unused soccer equipment and an idea: to find a way to give back to his hometown 7,000 miles and a world away.
Column: The stalk exchange
OpinionNovember 5, 2009
You’ve heard the joke by now, but if you haven’t, Conan O’Brien refers to YouTube, MySpace and Twitter (\
Column: Pay attention
Arts & CultureNovember 5, 2009
I’m starting to think Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is one of the most devastating and widespread diseases today, simply judging from the number of people who tell me they have it. Everyone and their kids, family and friends apparently have ADHD – even their pets suffer, too.
Column: Obama’s body politics
OpinionNovember 5, 2009
When you combine misogyny and capitalism, you get our current cultural climate: being obsessed with the female body. How much it weighs, how wrinkly it is, how tightened, toned and tanned it is, whether or not the hair on it is \
Column: Knowledge bombs
OpinionNovember 5, 2009
I’m no good at Halloween. My costumes are usually lackluster, and my adventures are nothing to boast of – nothing that wouldn’t happen on an average Saturday. This past Halloween, however, I made it a point to change all of that for you, my readers.
