Friday, January 17, 2003 :::
 
A follow up on the UC Laboratories story: The University has said that it would no longer compete to keep their federal contract, if the government chooses to seek new bidders for the contract. I'm not entirely sure how it would affect things if the UC were to lose the contract, which it has held for nearly 60 years. After all, what is it they're doing now? These are the kinds of things that end up in the dull "Science" section of the Daily Cal, but what spices up this story a bit is the allegation of fiscal mismanagement.

Darling, in an interview Tuesday, said the university has taken numerous steps to fix the financial and management problems that have plagued the weapons lab the past several months.

::: posted by Andrewski at 4:50 PM

Tuesday, January 14, 2003 :::
 
This editorial from the Times UK Online proclaims: The United States of America Has Gone Mad. There are many compelling and interesting points made in the article, although it would be easy to dismiss it as "radical left". Here's what really raised my eyebrows:

How Bush and his junta succeeded in deflecting America’s anger from bin Laden to Saddam Hussein is one of the great public relations conjuring tricks of history. But they swung it. A recent poll tells us that one in two Americans now believe Saddam was responsible for the attack on the World Trade Centre.

Egad, are we that easily misled? I can't believe that statistic is true, but somehow, I wouldn't be surprised if it was.

::: posted by Andrewski at 8:02 PM

 
Calstuff has the story on missing materials from UC laboratories, and two fired investigators who are charging that the university might be covering up the truth to hang on to its federal contract.

The Puddle has an anecdote about a conversation regarding El-Al's security practice. She says that El-Al basically uses a form of racial profiling, and it works- a very un-Berkeley sentiment.

I've been in St. Louis the last week, which is why I haven't been updating. Soon Perch HQ will relocate to Berkeley for the start of the Spring 2003 semester and the news will come straight to your computer screen on a regular basis like West Coast Cheesy Sticks to frat row.

::: posted by Andrewski at 12:38 PM