University District News

Tickets still available for NCAA women's tourney games

Submitted by Ray Marcham on Friday, March 19th, 05:10pm

Tickets are still available for the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament doubleheader Saturday at Bank of America Arena.

Two teams from the Northwest are playing in the games. The Portland State Vikings, the #15 seed in the Sacramento Region, will be taking on #2 seed Texas A&M at 5 p.m. Then at 7:30, the Gonzaga Bulldogs, the #7 seed, will face #10 North Carolina.

Tickets can still be bought online through the Husky Ticket Office, in person at Graves Hall or at the ticket window.

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Talk townhomes tomorrow

Submitted by KOMO Staff on Friday, March 19th, 03:25pm

What do you think of the townhomes, condos, and apartments that have sprung up around Seattle?

Tomorrow (Saturday, March 20) the City Council is holding that community meeting we told you about to discuss the state of multifamily housing.

It's from 10 a.m. to noon at the Taproot Theatre, 204 N. 85th St.

Discussion topics will include parking requirements, building heights, density limits, code simplification, and design review requirements.

Councilmembers will highlight hot issues and take your questions and comments.

Questions about the event? Contact City Councilmember Sally J. Clark's office at (206) 684-8802 or sally.clark@seattle.gov

Clark is chair of the council's Built Environment Committee.

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Pulu posts bail

Submitted by KOMO Staff on Friday, March 19th, 02:46pm

University of Washington football player Andru Pulu posted $30,000 bond and was released from jail yesterday.

He was charged this afternoon with second degree assault for allegedly assaulting a man on March 7th at an off-campus party.

Arraignment is scheduled for March 30th at 8:30 a.m. at the King County Courthouse, courtroom 1201.

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Update: "Shots" fired to scare geese

Submitted by KOMO Staff on Friday, March 19th, 10:31am

Update: The USDA was firing pyrotechnic devices to scare away geese. No actual gunshots were fired. Police have called off the investigation. No geese were injured.

UW Police are investigating a report of shots fired in the area of Mary Gates Memorial Drive and 45th.

Police have blocked off several streets in the area. KOMO's Doug Pigsley is on the scene and got this photo.

SPD is assisting UW police with the investigation.

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Huskies beat Marquette!

Submitted by KOMO Staff on Friday, March 19th, 09:36am

Huskies had a 80-78 victory over Marquette in the first round of the East Regional of the NCAA tournament Thursday night.

Go Dawgs!

Washington forward Quincy Pondexter dunks over Marquette forward Lazar Hayward, right, during the second half of their NCAA first-round college basketball game in San Jose, Calif., Thursday, March 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Pulu's bail set at $30,000

Submitted by KOMO Staff on Thursday, March 18th, 01:38pm

A judge set bail at $30,00 for Andru Pulu, the University of Washington football player who was booked for investigation of assault for allegedly assaulting a man on March 7th at an off-campus party.

The deadline for filing charges is March 18th.

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Tonight: To be or not to be in a sorority?

Submitted by KOMO Staff on Thursday, March 18th, 11:50am

Hey Ladies!

RU a high school senior who's curious about the Greek system?

OMG, there's an information session tonight!!! at 6:30 p.m.!!! at the Greenwood Branch Library, 8016 Greenwood Avenue North.

Come with your questions about, like, sorority life n' stuff!!

The panel is sponsored by the Seattle Area Alumnae Panhellenic.

B-there, k? MWAH!

Photo courtesy AXO sorority.

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Pulu in court today

Submitted by KOMO Staff on Wednesday, March 17th, 11:07am

University of Washington football player Andru Pulu is scheduled for a bail hearing this afternoon.

Pulu was booked March 16 for investigation of assault for allegedly assaulting a man on March 7th at an off-campus party.

Pulu turned himself in to police. Husky Football Coach Steve Sarkisian said Pulu is suspended indefinitely from the team for violating team rules.

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UW students develop app for disabled people

Submitted by KOMO Staff on Tuesday, March 16th, 10:59am

SEATTLE -- For those with a disability, a little help can go a long way.

They have a new source of help at their fingertips, thanks to University of Washington computer and engineering students.

The students created five different phone applications to help the disabled with real-world tasks.

Professor Richard Ladner said the students worked in teams to develop five different applications. This was not a competition, so throughout the process, the students collaborated with each other and even shared code.

Bottom line: their assignment was to produce accessibility tools.

"Nearly 90 percent of America's blind children are not learning to read and write," said UW student Janet Hollier.

So Hollier and her team created "BrailleLearn," a mobile application that makes it fun to learn braille. It's a virtual pet game.

The player uses the touch pad and vibrations in the phone to learn braille symbols. You earn tokens for correct answers to keep your pet happy and fed.

"They get to feed it they get to exercise it. They get to play with it," said Hollier.

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How not to bomb on St. Paddy's Day

Submitted by Amy Roe on Tuesday, March 16th, 09:53am

Wednesday is St. Patrick’s Day, which means lots of folks will crowd into pubs to order a drink called an Irish car bomb.

They won’t be serving them at Conor Byrne in Ballard.

Owner Diarmuid Cullen said he thinks the drink’s name is insensitive and likens ordering one to “walking into a bar in lower Manhattan and ordering a 'Flight 93.'”

An Irish car bomb is made by dropping a shot comprised of Bailey’s Irish Cream and Jameson’s Irish Whiskey into a pint of Guinness.

It's not just the Irish. All “bomb” drinks—in which a shot is dropped into a glass of beverage— do more than break a lot of glasses, Cullen said. They can trigger unruly behavior. Conor Byrne doesn’t serve any of them.

Besides, Cullen doesn’t think his dad would be proud “if he knew I was messing up a pint of Guinness.”

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