Timely Warning Notification of a Criminal Incident
03/27/09
Robbery - Seattle Campus

On March 27, 2009, at approximately 2:35 p.m., a male UW student was walking near N.E. 41st Street and Brooklyn Ave N.E. talking on his I-phone, when he was approached by four male suspects and two female suspects who initially walked past the victim. Two of the male suspects then approached the victim from behind and one of them grabbed the victim's I-phone while the other began striking the victim in the face. After stealing the I-phone, the suspects ran northbound on Brooklyn Avenue then westbound on N.E. 42nd Street.

Prevention tips for incidents such as this:
* Be aware of your environment and alert for possible danger.
* Remove yourself from potentially dangerous situations as soon as possible.
* Walk with a group.
* Call 911 to report suspicious activity or persons to the police.
* Call Husky NightWalk: 206-685-WALK (9255) for a security guard escort to various locations on campus and within a one-mile radius off campus. The hours of operation for these uniformed guards are 6:00pm-2:00am, 7 days week.

Via neatorama....

W. Va. lawmaker wants to ban sale of Barbie dolls

Democratic Delegate Jeff Eldridge is proposing to ban the sale of the Mattel doll and others like her in West Virginia.

He says the dolls influence girls to place too much importance on physical beauty, at the expense of their intellectual and emotional development.

Ginsburg is hospitalized with pancreatic cancer

WASHINGTON – Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had surgery Thursday after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, the court said.

Ginsburg, 75, had the surgery at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York. She will remain in the hospital for seven to 10 days, said her surgeon, Dr. Murray Brennan, according to a release issued by the court.

The court announcement said the cancer is apparently in the early stages.

Premarital Abstinence Pledges Ineffective, Study Finds

Teenagers who pledge to remain virgins until marriage are just as likely to have premarital sex as those who do not promise abstinence and are significantly less likely to use condoms and other forms of birth control when they do, according to a study released today.

The study also found that, five years after taking a virginity pledge, more than 80 percent of pledgers denied ever making such a promise.

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Former Vice President Al Gore is set to meet with President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden Tuesday, leading to speculation Obama is eyeing Gore for a slot in his administration.

"Evangelical teen-agers are more sexually active than Mormons, mainline Protestants, and Jews. On average, white evangelical Protestants make their "sexual début"--to use the festive term of social-science researchers--shortly after turning sixteen. Among major religious groups, only black Protestants begin having sex earlier."

[Former Mayor of Wasilla John] Stein says that as mayor, Palin continued to inject religious beliefs into her policy at times. "She asked the library how she could go about banning books," he says, because some voters thought they had inappropriate language in them. "The librarian was aghast."

I'm gonna be a grampa!

Guest Blogger: Todd Palin

Well well well Miss Briss! You know I just cant believe it. It was just last year I was escorting you to the purity ball and now here you are, a grown woman and about to have a baby....

I just want you to know that Im awful proud of you. I will admit I was worried at first about this fiancey of yours. I mean Levi, thats not a normal name like Trapper or Hunter or Trigger or Scout. Also whenever I drove you kids to Mcdonalds I noticed he always seemed to get the steak and egg bagel. Im not prejudice but its my job to watch out for my grandkids immortal souls, right?

But after going hunting with Levi I know Ive got nothing to worry about. As that helicopter started to takeoff I turned to him and said son I need you to be straight with me, is Jesus Christ your lord and savior? and he said yes sir of course he is. That was enough for me! I said well alright, lets go stomp us some wolves....

NOTE NOTE: From the lovely Miss mythosidhe, sarahpalindrome so you won't miss a single bleat of the Moose!

Four months into her most recent pregnancy, Palin learned the child would have Down syndrome, and she said she never had any doubts about whether she would have the baby.