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FReepers and FReeperettes, I am pleased to announce this weeks guest on the DFU RADIO HOUR for Thursday, Jan. 23. First up will be Igor Birman from UC DAVIS. He was the only conservative journalist on his school newspaper before he was fired. Then we will have Bill English representing the Duke Conservative Union. We will discuss Duke's decision to have a woman as a featured speaker who spent 14 years in prison for planting a bomb in a federal building. Our colleges and universities are under the control of liberal maniacs. Let's see if FR might be able to...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JANUARY 21, 2003 Contact: Christopher Mays 530-757-2371 Fired Conservative Columnist Sues Campus Newspaper Davis — Fired conservative columnist Igor Birman filed a small claims case today with the Yolo County Superior Court against his former employer, The California Aggie and its editor-in-chief, Fitzgerald Vo, alleging breach of contract and wrongful termination. Birman was dismissed from his position as the sole conservative columnist at the Aggie on January 1, 2003, by Fitzgerald Vo, despite a contract lasting until the end of June 2003. In his termination notice, Vo cited Birman’s “tendency to enrage members of the opposing causes”...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: IGOR BIRMAN JANUARY 1, 2003 Campus Newspaper Fires Sole Conservative Columnist DAVIS – In yet another attack on freedom of thought on college campuses, The California Aggie – a campus newspaper at the University of California, Davis has fired Igor Birman – its only conservative columnist, despite a contract lasting until the end of June 2003. In his email announcing Birman’s dismissal, Fitzgerald Vo, the newspaper’s editor-in-chief cited “a tendency to enrage members of the opposing causes” as the reason for the columnist’s firing. Birman’s column, The Right Stuff, provided the campus community with conservative commentary,...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: IGOR BIRMAN JANUARY 1, 2003 Campus Newspaper Fires Sole Conservative Columnist DAVIS – In yet another attack on freedom of thought on college campuses, The California Aggie – a campus newspaper at the University of California, Davis has fired Igor Birman – its only conservative columnist, despite a contract lasting until the end of June 2003. In his email announcing Birman’s dismissal, Fitzgerald Vo, the newspaper’s editor-in-chief cited “a tendency to enrage members of the opposing causes” as the reason for the columnist’s firing. Birman’s column, The Right Stuff, provided the campus community with conservative commentary,...

People Eat Squirrel Meat Too by Livis_Dad Squirrel Poisoning Causes Culture Clash at UC Davis, Homeless Outraged, Demand Solution Colonies of ground squirrels live in the arboretum at U.C. Davis. Because the animal's burrows can be hazardous, the university used poison to control the squirrel population. That has both students and faculty upset. Professor Ned Buyukmichi is a veterinarian at U.C. Davis. He enjoys walking his dogs in the Davis Arboretum. He got quite a surprise during a recent walk. "I wasn't absolutely certain that it was what I thought it was, which was a feeding station with poison," said...