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Over spring break, rugby has planned a trip to Dublin, home to the headquarters of the International Rugby Board; women’s soccer is going to Italy, the land of Del Piero and Buffon; while water polo is making their yearly trip to California for fair-weather games against the sport’s best...
...water polo team will be playing six games in California, more than either international trip. “Water polo on the East Coast is a whole tier level down from the water polo in California,” says water polo team member Devan M. Kennifer ’12. “It’s probably not worth their while to come over here to play teams...
...California has its charms as well. “I’m looking forward to playing in outdoor pools again, because all of the pools over here are indoor,” Kennifer says. “And being home,” she adds. She’s not the only one; many of the team’s players are Californians. “We stay at usually team members’ houses, and they give us awesome food and cook for us,” she explains. “We usually don?...
Cruelty to animals, it is said, is often a precursor to graver crimes. So would there not be some usefulness to a registry of individuals convicted of felony animal abuse? Legislators in California want the Golden State to be the first to establish such a record - just as California was the first in the nation to create a registry of sex offenders...
...think California is primed for this kind of a bill," says state senate majority leader Dean Florez, who introduced the bill in late February. "We've progressed to the point where we as a legislature are moving in a direction of this bill, which is ultimately, How do we in essence prevent repeat offenses when it comes to cruelty to animals in the state of California?" It is an issue that, Florez says, Californians care for deeply. About 60% of California residents own pets, he says; add in farm animals, and 80% of the population has some kind of ownership...