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...Oakland Athletics fan. It is very difficult to be an Oakland Athletics fan. I’ve suffered through years of terrible baseball teams, watching my favorite players traded away because the organization’s ownership could not afford to pay their salaries...
Last year, the A’s finally made it to the playoffs. It was the first winning season for Oakland since 1992. The young Athletics were the only truly small market team to advance to the post-season, amazingly compiling enough young talent to compete with the big boys. Though Oakland spends 30 million on its players compared to the Yankees’ whopping 90 million, the A’s took the Evil Empire to a final Game Five in last year’s Divisional Playoffs. The Yankees, of course, eked out a 7-5 victory...
Last year, like more than 500,000 other foreigners, a man named Hani Hanjour used a student visa to enter the U.S. He had been accepted to an intensive English course run by ELS Language Centers at Holy Names College in Oakland, Calif., where the basic admission requirement is ability to pay the $1,325 fee. When classes began last November, Hanjour didn't show. Immigration officials, who rarely track the whereabouts of student visa holders, had no idea where he was. The FBI now believes he spent much of his time in San Diego and Maryland, trying to hone...
...fire. The Toreros (3-0, 0-0 WCC) breezed through their first three games, outscoring their opponents 9-1. Not to mention, the Toreros came in boasting an incredible 17-game regular season winning streak dating all the way back to last seasons 2-1 loss to Oakland University...
...false dichotomy, we must find the solutions for our future in a shared approach to developing sustainable practices. The West will truly be won when we see renewable energy, reduced use of toxic chemicals and meaningful efforts toward land and resource conservation. KATIE SILBERMAN Center for Environmental Health Oakland, Calif...