November 2011
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Things that stink...
It is really upsetting when you have realizations much too late. That, in fact, is what happens to me always, since my entire existence is centered on my being delinquent. Delinquent at least in tasks that require my dedication and hard work.
My graduate school applications (2 out of 3) are due on the 1st, and I haven’t written any of the essays yet. At least I got all my letters of...
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Caught On Camera of the Day: Last week we learned that Scott Olsen was not the only Iraq war veteran severely injured at the Occupy Oakland raid on October 25th.
32-year-old Kayvan Sabeghi suffered a lacerated spleen after being beaten by Oakland PD officers near the protesters’ encampment in Frank Ogawa Plaza. He was taken to jail and reportedly denied medical attention for 18...
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Call for Resignation
Important ideas and quotes from Assistant Professor of English at University of California at Davis Nathan Brown’s open letter to Chancellor Katehi.
“In a gesture of solidarity with those students and faculty, and in solidarity with the national Occupy movement, students at UC Davis set up tents on the main quad.”
“…because this is what happens when UC Chancellors...
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Pepper Spraying Students at UC Davis
After peaceful protestors, consisting of students and faculty at the University of California Berkeley, were brutalized by police on November 9, 2011, students at UC Davis set up an encampment on campus on Friday December 18, 2011 in solidarity with the current occupy movement and to protest police brutality. Sadly, Chancellor Linda PB Katehi issued an order to dismantle the encampment, citing her...
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Jon Stewart took to The Daily Show last night to talk about the Penn State child sexual abuse scandal, and gave a serious commentary about how people knew of Sandusky’s abuse and didn’t do anything, as well as the recent student rioting over the firing of coach Joe Paterno.
When he gets serious, it’s like being caught in a laser...