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Daily Archives: December 2nd, 2013

Steve Sarkisian abandons his players and Husky football for USC’s top coaching job

Excerpt: Wash­ing­ton’s high­est-paid employ­ee is head­ed south for a more lucra­tive job. Steve Sark­isian, who was hired to turn around a win­less Uni­ver­si­ty of Wash­ing­ton foot­ball pro­gram five years ago, acknowl­edged ear­li­er today that he has accept­ed the head coach­ing posi­tion at the Uni­ver­si­ty of South­ern Cal­i­for­nia, which is one of the most elite schools in the […]
Published at:9:22 PM on Monday, December 2nd, 2013
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:Education, Policy Topics
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Theft of Victoria Clipper IV demonstrates the need for stronger port security

Excerpt: Ear­ly yes­ter­day morn­ing, the newest high speed cata­ma­ran in the Clip­per Nav­i­ga­tion fleet, the Vic­to­ria Clip­per IV, was stolen from its berth at Seat­tle’s Pier 69 by a reg­is­tered sex offend­er who lat­er told police he was try­ing to use the ves­sel to get to West Seat­tle. (Why he did­n’t just walk or take the […]
Published at:12:18 PM on Monday, December 2nd, 2013
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:National Defense, Policy Topics, Public Planning
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