Daily Archives - April 17, 2012
April 17 2012 Archives
Column: Time for accountability
OpinionApril 17, 2012
On Nov. 21, Linda Katehi stood before up to five thousand students and personally apologized for the events three days earlier. She struggled to hold back tears as she referenced memories from her own past, of the struggle in her home country of Greece during the ‘70s, of the morning when the military junta in […]
New-in-brief: Armed Suspect Robs Radio Shack
City NewsApril 17, 2012
On Sunday, the Davis Police Department (DPD) was dispatched to the 634 G St. Radio Shack around 6:45 p.m. in response to a report of an armed robbery. After a preliminary investigation, officers determined an unknown suspect entered the store, took out a handgun and demanded money and an Xbox 360 video game system. There […]
Column: Dat [Teaching] Ass[istant]
OpinionApril 17, 2012
This wouldn’t be an Aggie column without at least one article on sex, so here it is! Those of you who know me personally probably saw this coming. Those of you who know me very personally have already seen … actually, I’m not going to finish that joke. Before their first years as teaching assistants (TAs), all […]
GiveLocalNow campaign calls for increased local donation
City NewsApril 17, 2012
Gail Catlin, executive director of the Nonprofit Resource Center in Sacramento, recently gave a presentation in Woodland on behalf of GiveLocalNow, a campaign aimed at increasing philanthropy in Placer, El Dorado, Sacramento and Yolo County. “The goal of the event was to encourage organizations and to tell their local impact story,” Catlin said. The Yolo […]
News-in-brief: Picnic Day Pre-Week Events
Campus NewsApril 17, 2012
This week is Picnic Day Pre-Week. There will be events on the Quad every day leading up to Saturday. Tuesday, Tug o’ War, noon to 1 p.m.Wednesday, Cow Milking Contest, noon to 1 p.m. Thursday, Mini Carnival, noon to 1 p.m. Trivia Night at the Silo, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Friday, Entertainment Showcase, noon to […]
Column: Money runs the world
OpinionApril 17, 2012
The quarter-life crisis is something adults don’t know about or shrug off as nonexistent. Thanks to our craptastic economy, job market and tuition, we twenty-somethings won’t make more money in our lifetime on average than our parents did, the first time since the young adults of the Great Depression. We owe more money, have shittier […]
Students and alumni propose campus credit union
Campus NewsApril 17, 2012
With the departure of U.S. Bank from its Memorial Union (MU) location, conversation about the future of banking services in the university has engendered alternative options. One group of students and alumni is beginning the process of installing a student-run credit union to take up the financial role that U.S. Bank once served on campus. […]
