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S.F. Symphonys principal horn: What was lost when the music stopped Robert Ward FacebookTwitterEmail Big orchestra musicians in the U.S. have limped along since the pandemic began, but freelancers and members of smaller organizations have been left to twist in the wind.Brandon Patoc 2018 This weekend marks the one-year anniversary of the last public concert I played with the San Francisco Symphony onstage with my wonderful colleagues. On Friday, March 6, 2020, we played Mahler’s Sixth Symphon...

University officials are urging students to stick around for spring break this year to...

Members of the public will be able to visually immerse themselves in two of the best-known lakes in the United States, thanks to a $2.3 million grant from the National Science Foundation to UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center. The three-year grant will be used to develop three-dimensional visualization technology to enhance public understanding and stewardship of freshwater lake ecosystems and earth-science processes. The project will directly reach some 400,000 visitors to Lake Tahoe...

DAVIS, Calif. (AP) — The University of California, Davis is offering students $75 to be...

Skidmore student: Cancel culture organized against us Young Americans for Liberty cant form on campus FacebookTwitterEmail 9 1of9Buy PhotoSkidmore College junior Hannah Davis is pictured outside her apartment on Monday, March 8, 2021, in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Davis tried to form a libertarian group, YAL or Young Americans for Liberty, at Skidmore. Her proposal was rejected by fellow students and the group was not allowed to form on campus. (Will Waldron/Times Union)Will Waldron/Alb...

After arriving in State College in 2017, Keeta Davis felt like there was something missing from the community — “soul food.” Keeta’s Kitchen doesn’t have a physical restaurant location in State College, but is instead completely run out of Davis’s (junior-hospitality management) apartment. Davis has continued to run her business through the pandemic while balancing her classwork to bring Black recipes to the community. “The motivation came from the lack of sou...

Call Congress Now To Demand No Amnesty During Pandemic Talk of the Biden Harris Amnesty plan called the Democrat-led Workforce Modernization Act 0f 2021 Amnesty (H.R.1537) are all causing a surge of illegal immigration at our borders where the illegals are given admission to the US and being released into our ranks while untested and positive for COVID! We are almost halfway through Bidens first 100 days, and this week DC lawmakers are expected to push for immigration reform Amnesty! We ...

Middletown-area residents make honors lists, graduate Press Staff FacebookTwitterEmail Coastal Carolina University CONWAY, S.C. — Coastal Carolina University graduated local students during its all 2020 commencement ceremony Dec. 11. They are: Zak Gardiner, a finance major from Portland, and Rachel Russo, a management major from Clinton. Gettysburg College GETTYSBURG, Pa. — Students with a quality-point average in the range of 3.300 to 3.599 for a semester’s work are placed on the dean’...

by Andy Fell March 08, 2021 * March 11, 1 p.m. — COVID-19 has impacted our lives in many ways. Alongside disruption of education and employment, surveys have shown surges in gun sales and increased reports of domestic violence. Has the pandemic also made American society more violent? Why, and who is most at risk? Join us this Thursday to discuss these questions with two UC Davis experts on different aspects of violence in society. Clare Cannon is assistant professor of community and regiona...

Japan trounces Pakistan in doubles to reach Davis Cup qualifiers Sports March 7, 2021 ISLAMABAD: Japan’s doubles pair came from a set down to defeat an experienced Pakistan duo in the Davis Cup World Group I first-round match in Islamabad on Saturday, booking a place in the 2022 qualifiers. Shintaro Mochizuki and Sho Shimabukuro beat Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi and Aqeel Khan 4-6, 6-4, 6-2, in one hour and 47 minutes. Adding to their wins in both of Friday’s singles clashes, Japan took an unassa...