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JoePomidor — 2009-03-18 18:46:08

seemed like a good spot for it

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JasonAller — 2008-07-10 18:08:56

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- * ''Jimmy didn't visit, but Rosalynn Carter did, to see ["Village Homes"], which was the country's first all-solar housing development'' --["BevSykes"]	+ * ''Jimmy didn't visit, but Rosalynn Carter did, to see ["Village Homes"], which was the country's first all-solar housing development'' --["Users/BevSykes"]
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- ''When I was a freshman in Tercero C, I heard a different version of this story. The girl's face CAN be seen from outside, but it is painted on the underside of a third-story awning on Tercero A, facing C building. The story that we were told was that many years ago, two identical twin girls lived in the room where the painting is located. One evening, one twin was out at her boyfriend's house while the other twin was asleep in their room. Supposedly at 3 am or something, she suddenly woke up, opened up her window, leaned out from her top bunk bed, and started drawing this image of a face on the underside of the awning. She didn't know what possessed her to do it but she couldn't make herself stop. At some point she finished, looked at the picture, and thought that it was funny that it resembled herself. She went back to sleep and was awakened at 7 am the next morning by a phone call. It was her mother, calling to tell her that her twin sister had been killed in a car crash coming home from her boyfriend's that last night at about 3 am. She was so stricken with grief that she leapt to her death from the third floor window. Legend has it that the image has been painted over every year, but somehow, the face mysteriously reappears through the paint. I have no idea if this story is true, but it used to scare the heck out of me as a freshman. -- ["KayRide"] ''	+ ''When I was a freshman in Tercero C, I heard a different version of this story. The girl's face CAN be seen from outside, but it is painted on the underside of a third-story awning on Tercero A, facing C building. The story that we were told was that many years ago, two identical twin girls lived in the room where the painting is located. One evening, one twin was out at her boyfriend's house while the other twin was asleep in their room. Supposedly at 3 am or something, she suddenly woke up, opened up her window, leaned out from her top bunk bed, and started drawing this image of a face on the underside of the awning. She didn't know what possessed her to do it but she couldn't make herself stop. At some point she finished, looked at the picture, and thought that it was funny that it resembled herself. She went back to sleep and was awakened at 7 am the next morning by a phone call. It was her mother, calling to tell her that her twin sister had been killed in a car crash coming home from her boyfriend's that last night at about 3 am. She was so stricken with grief that she leapt to her death from the third floor window. Legend has it that the image has been painted over every year, but somehow, the face mysteriously reappears through the paint. I have no idea if this story is true, but it used to scare the heck out of me as a freshman. -- ["Users/KayRide"] ''
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- * '''Suicide note in the Malcom Hall elevator shaft''' - Back when I was a freshman living on Malcom 3 it was brought to my attention that if you take the elevator to the 5th floor and look up through the crack between the door and the wall, writing is visible on the ceiling of the elevator shaft. It said something to the effect of "what did I do wrong? why do you all hate me?". Legend has it that a girl hung herself in the elevator shaft shortly after writing the letter. I haven't actually been in Malcom for about 3 years so the writing may be gone by now. -- ["DanMasiel"] - * ''At the top of the shaft it says: shit, give me a chance.'' -- ["ErnBro"] - * ''Still there for the 02-03 year. A painted message was at the top of the ["Ryerson Hall"] elevator shaft as well, and it might have said the same thing, so it's probably fake. Just look straight up when the doors are open. I thought it said 'shit, give me another chance.'' -["EdWins" ES]	+ * '''Suicide note in the Malcom Hall elevator shaft''' - Back when I was a freshman living on Malcom 3 it was brought to my attention that if you take the elevator to the 5th floor and look up through the crack between the door and the wall, writing is visible on the ceiling of the elevator shaft. It said something to the effect of "what did I do wrong? why do you all hate me?". Legend has it that a girl hung herself in the elevator shaft shortly after writing the letter. I haven't actually been in Malcom for about 3 years so the writing may be gone by now. -- ["Users/DanMasiel"] + * ''At the top of the shaft it says: shit, give me a chance.'' -- ["Users/ErnBro"] + * ''Still there for the 02-03 year. A painted message was at the top of the ["Ryerson Hall"] elevator shaft as well, and it might have said the same thing, so it's probably fake. Just look straight up when the doors are open. I thought it said 'shit, give me another chance.'' -["Users/EdWins" ES]
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- The former ["Center for Health and the Environment" Laboratory for Energy-Related Health Research] is a 15-acre site located on part of the University of California, Davis campus...The Atomic Energy Commission and Department of Energy sponsored experiments at LEHR during the 1960s through the 1980s. These experiments consisted primarily of exposing beagle dogs to strontium-90 and radium226 to extrapolate the human effects from exposure to low levels of radiation. Waste from these research activities was processed in a Radium/Strontium Treatment System... waste was also buried in the southwest corner of the site in unlined trenches (Southwest Trenches).[[BR]]	+ The former ["Center for Health and the Environment" Laboratory for Energy-Related Health Research] is a 15-acre site located on part of the University of California, Davis campus...The Atomic Energy Commission and Department of Energy sponsored experiments at LEHR during the 1960s through the 1980s. These experiments consisted primarily of exposing beagle dogs to strontium-90 and radium226 to extrapolate the human effects from exposure to low levels of radiation. Waste from these research activities was processed in a Radium/Strontium Treatment System... waste was also buried in the southwest corner of the site in unlined trenches (Southwest Trenches).
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- * Martin taught cooking classes here. He gave a high priced cooking class at the University and taught the same class for $20 through the Adult School. I took two of his Adult School classes and they were wonderful. Before Martin became big on TV, he was working with local attorney ["Stephen Cole"] to get a program started in Canada (I was working for Stephen's father, ["Robert M. Cole"] at the time. --["BevSykes"]	+ * Martin taught cooking classes here. He gave a high priced cooking class at the University and taught the same class for $20 through the Adult School. I took two of his Adult School classes and they were wonderful. Before Martin became big on TV, he was working with local attorney ["Stephen Cole"] to get a program started in Canada (I was working for Stephen's father, ["Robert M. Cole"] at the time. --["Users/BevSykes"]
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- ''Should Debunked and Truth be together? Personally, I think they should be spread throughout the rest of the Urban Legends, marked T Tb U Fb F Ft or P, a la alt.folklore.urban standards. I collect books of urban legends and have a fairly good library, and every one has the true, false and unknown mixed together, organized by subject rather than veracity.'' -- ["JabberWokky"]	+ ''Should Debunked and Truth be together? Personally, I think they should be spread throughout the rest of the Urban Legends, marked T Tb U Fb F Ft or P, a la alt.folklore.urban standards. I collect books of urban legends and have a fairly good library, and every one has the true, false and unknown mixed together, organized by subject rather than veracity.'' -- ["Users/JabberWokky"]
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- It is sort of a title, teaser, truth model. Alternatively the title could be a heading such as {{{=== Cow Tipping ===}}} to allow for a table of contents. Add some text at the top of page explaining that selecting the text in the black boxes will reveal the status of the legend. -- ["JasonAller"]	+ It is sort of a title, teaser, truth model. Alternatively the title could be a heading such as {{{=== Cow Tipping ===}}} to allow for a table of contents. Add some text at the top of page explaining that selecting the text in the black boxes will reveal the status of the legend. -- ["Users/JasonAller"]

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DonShor — 2008-01-30 12:39:28

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EdHenn — 2008-01-30 05:22:18

another visitor

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	+ * French President Francois Mitterand also visited ["Village Homes"], landing by the gazebo in a helicopter.

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EdWins — 2007-11-01 18:07:22

link edit.

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- * ''Still there for the 02-03 year. A painted message was at the top of the ["Ryerson Hall"] elevator shaft as well, and it might have said the same thing, so it's probably fake. Just look straight up when the doors are open. I thought it said 'shit, give me another chance.'' -["EdwinSaada" ES]	+ * ''Still there for the 02-03 year. A painted message was at the top of the ["Ryerson Hall"] elevator shaft as well, and it might have said the same thing, so it's probably fake. Just look straight up when the doors are open. I thought it said 'shit, give me another chance.'' -["EdWins" ES]

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JamesSchwab — 2007-08-31 13:01:38

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- * Tom Shimura - ["Lyrics Born"]	+ * Tom Shimura - [wiki:WikiPedia:Lyrics_Born Lyrics Born],

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raykeck — 2007-08-01 07:21:21

I noted that I still own one of the "radioactive" beagles.

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- * A person by the name of Chris Watson also claims to have [http://www.thebicyclingguitarist.net/beagles/daiquiri.htm owned a UC Davis radioactive Beagle.]	+ * A person by the name of Chris Watson also claims to have [http://www.thebicyclingguitarist.net/beagles/daiquiri.htm owned a UC Davis radioactive Beagle.] Ray Keck of Davis still owns one of the last of the research beagles, which were put up for adoption in 1993.

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BenjaminCatabas — 2007-06-14 15:31:48

Added D Building Legend about the Cow on the Roof

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	+ + * '''Cow on a Roof''' - In the 1980s, a group of residents from Tercero's D-Building stole a cow late one night from the local ["The Dairy" Dairy Cattle Facility] and led it up the "stairway to heaven" (which refers to the steps leading up to the roof of D Building). They were attempting to test the fact that it is possible to lead a cow upstairs but impossible to lead it downstairs because a cows' knees cannot bend properly to walk back down. The cow was led onto the roof with little difficulty but sure enough, it could not walk back down. Because ["student housing" Student Housing] could not figure out a way to remove the cow from the roof, it was decided that she would have to be killed on location... and so, she was. Now it is said that on clear nights, if you sit quietly on the stairway to heaven, you can hear the faint moos of dear Betsy's ghost... the cow.... that DIED on the roof.

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BenjaminCatabas — 2007-06-14 15:19:49

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- * '''Girl's Face on Side of Tercero B''' - legend has it that a girl living on the second floor of Tercero B leapt to her death (from a second floor?!). The faint image of her face later become apparent on the wall - or it maybe it was that her friends painted her face on the wall, it was later painted over, and reappeared (which would make complete sense as one can often see the vague impression of underlying layers of paint).	+ * '''Girl's Face on Side of Tercero A''' - legend has it that a girl living on the third floor of Tercero A leapt to her death. The faint image of her face later become apparent on the wall - or it maybe it was that her friends painted her face on the wall, it was later painted over, and reappeared (which would make complete sense as one can often see the vague impression of underlying layers of paint).
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- ''WTF? I was in Tercero B (IS '96-'97) and this is the first I've heard of it.'' -- ''NicoleTheWonderNerd'' - ''I think it's more recent than that. I'm not sure, though.'' -- ["MikeIvanov"] - '' I heard from several RA friends that it was in A building rather than B''--["LizethCazares"]	+

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MarkKlebanov — 2007-03-04 00:55:50

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- * [http://theshadowlands.net/places/california1.htm Old City Hall/Police Station] - Davis PD moved to a new building recently, after having been in the old City Hall that was built in 1938 or so. Downstairs, after it was vacated, in the Women's restroom, there was seen a wild haired redheaded woman rushing toward the 2nd stall door in an 'attack' posture with outstretched arms and claw-like hands towards a person's face.	+ * [http://theshadowlands.net/places/california1.htm Old City Hall/Police Station] - Davis PD moved to a new building recently, after having been in the old City Hall that was built in 1938 or so. Downstairs, after it was vacated, in the Women's restroom, there was seen a wild haired redheaded woman rushing toward the 2nd stall door in an 'attack' posture with outstretched arms and claw-like hands towards a person's face.
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- * I suspect the above comment is referring to the death of Andrew Wieman. Information on his death can be found on the ["Tragic events"] page.	+ * I suspect the above comment is referring to the death of Andrew Wieman. Information on his death can be found on the ["Tragic events"] page.
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- * '''The Unabomber Visited UC Davis.''' UC Davis librarians handed over to the FBI a book found in the stacks with handwritten markings around text closely paralleling some of the Unabomber's manifesto, which raised the possibility that the Unabomber may have used the UC Davis library for researching and writing at least part of his manifesto. There is no firm evidence that the Kaczynski studied at the UC Davis library. However, the Unabomber's attorney was Federal Public Defender Quin Denvir, a Davis resident whose wife, Ann Denvir, taught math at Davis High.	+ * '''The Unabomber Visited UC Davis.''' UC Davis librarians handed over to the FBI a book found in the stacks with handwritten markings around text closely paralleling some of the Unabomber's manifesto, which raised the possibility that the Unabomber may have used the UC Davis library for researching and writing at least part of his manifesto. There is no firm evidence that the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unabomber Ted Kaczynski] studied at the UC Davis library. However, the Unabomber's attorney was Federal Public Defender Quin Denvir, a Davis resident whose wife, Ann Denvir, taught math at Davis High. Kaczynski has also been considered the suspected [http://www.zodiackiller.com Zodiac Killer].

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ColinWalsh — 2006-02-16 10:32:48

ww2 german prisoners of war kept in davis

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	+ * German prisoners of war were kept out by the ["University Airport"] during WW2. A story was published about it in the ["Davis Enterprise"] in the late 1990s. +

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RobRoy — 2006-02-11 19:25:03

added lyrics born

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JasonAller — 2006-02-11 06:39:46

Idea for reformatting?

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	+ + ------ + + I like the idea of a mixed list with the truth hidden with a ''scratch-off'' where known. The following are a sample of what I'm talking about + + \|\|<bgcolor='#E0E0FF'>'''Cow Tipping'''\|\| + + Did a former ASUCD senator get expelled for cow tipping? + + \|\|<bgcolor='#000000'>Debunked. See ["Cow Tipping"]\|\| + + \|\|<bgcolor='#E0E0FF'>'''Recycling Firsts'''\|\| + + Davis was the first city with curbside ["recycling"]. + + \|\|<bgcolor='#000000'>Not true! Davis started curbside recycling in 1974, while Madison, Wisconsin had already started in 1967.\|\| + + It is sort of a title, teaser, truth model. Alternatively the title could be a heading such as {{{=== Cow Tipping ===}}} to allow for a table of contents. Add some text at the top of page explaining that selecting the text in the black boxes will reveal the status of the legend. -- ["JasonAller"]

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JabberWokky — 2006-02-11 01:54:51

Debunked and True one category? What a country!

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JabberWokky — 2006-02-11 01:38:58

Revert to version dated 2006-02-10 20:21:20.

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JabberWokky — 2006-02-11 01:37:43

Not debunked.

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DussonYeung — 2006-02-10 20:21:20

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- * '''The large three story house on the corner of ["Fourth Street" 4th] & ["I Street"]s has a backwards swastika embedded in its chimney, marking it as the home of Nazi sympathizers.''' This historical home was built in 1911 by German-born ["Theodore Schmeiser"]; he incorporated the symbol as a good luck designation.	+ * '''The large three story house on the corner of ["4th Street" 4th] & ["I Street"]s has a backwards swastika embedded in its chimney, marking it as the home of Nazi sympathizers.''' This historical home was built in 1911 by German-born ["Theodore Schmeiser"]; he incorporated the symbol as a good luck designation.

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AlphaDog — 2006-02-10 14:08:19

+Schmeiser

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- * '''The NAZI House''' - ''On the corner of 4th and I streets is a large three story house. On the south side is a large brick chimney with a brick swastika. However upon futher inspection, the swastika is backwards, which I believe means something different.'' - ''According to my sources, the backwards swastika is a native American symbol for something or the other -["DavidKoppel"]'' - * The [wiki:WikiPedia:Swastika swastika] has many positive connotations and was in common use by everybody from the Boy Scouts to Coca Cola before a certain political party in German used it as their symbol. It is still in common use in Hindu countries and Basque architecture. The left facing variant is a "manji" in Japan, and is the symbol for a Buddhist temple, the same as a Cross or Star of David is used for Churches or Temples. It appears in everything from Pokemon cards to train passes.
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- * '''Invention of Agent Orange''' - Agent Orange was actually born as a defoliant at the University of Chicago during World War II. - * '''The Unabomber's Visit''' - UC Davis librarians handed over to the FBI a book found in the stacks with handwritten markings around text closely paralleling some of the Unabomber's manifesto, which raised the possibility that the Unabomber may have used the UC Davis library for researching and writing at least part of his manifesto. There is no firm evidence that the Kaczynski studied at the UC Davis library. ''The Unabomber's attorney was Federal Public Defender Quin Denvir, a Davis resident. His wife Ann Denvir taught math at Davis High.''
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	+ * '''The large three story house on the corner of ["Fourth Street" 4th] & ["I Street"]s has a backwards swastika embedded in its chimney, marking it as the home of Nazi sympathizers.''' This historical home was built in 1911 by German-born ["Theodore Schmeiser"]; he incorporated the symbol as a good luck designation. + * '''The Unabomber Visited UC Davis.''' UC Davis librarians handed over to the FBI a book found in the stacks with handwritten markings around text closely paralleling some of the Unabomber's manifesto, which raised the possibility that the Unabomber may have used the UC Davis library for researching and writing at least part of his manifesto. There is no firm evidence that the Kaczynski studied at the UC Davis library. However, the Unabomber's attorney was Federal Public Defender Quin Denvir, a Davis resident whose wife, Ann Denvir, taught math at Davis High.

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SteveDavison — 2006-02-06 19:55:15

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	+ * ["Paul Moller"] - Developer of the Volantor Skycar, a flying passenger vehicle through his company ["Moller International"].

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SteveDavison — 2006-02-06 19:45:10

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	+ * William Sullivan - Current CEO of Agilent Technologies, Graduated '77 w/ B.S. + * Ann Veneman - Former [http://www.whitehouse.gov/government/veneman-bio.html Secretary] of the [http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usdahome U.S. Department of Agriculture] and current director of [http://www.unicef.org/ UNICEF], Ann Veneman earned her bachelor's degree in political science from UC Davis.
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- * Martin taught cooking classes here. He gave a high priced cooking class at the University and taught the same class for $20 through the Adult School. I took two of his Adult School classes and they were wonderful. Before Martin became big on TV, he was working with local attorney ["Stephen Cole"] to get a program started in Canada (I was working for Stephen's father, ["Robert M. Cole"] at the time. --["BevSykes"] - * Ann Veneman - Former [http://www.whitehouse.gov/government/veneman-bio.html Secretary] of the [http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usdahome U.S. Department of Agriculture] and current director of [http://www.unicef.org/ UNICEF], Ann Veneman earned her bachelor's degree in political science from UC Davis.	+ * Martin taught cooking classes here. He gave a high priced cooking class at the University and taught the same class for $20 through the Adult School. I took two of his Adult School classes and they were wonderful. Before Martin became big on TV, he was working with local attorney ["Stephen Cole"] to get a program started in Canada (I was working for Stephen's father, ["Robert M. Cole"] at the time. --["BevSykes"]

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JabberWokky — 2006-02-06 13:16:41

Not square, just "Square".

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- * '''["Square Tomato" Square Tomatoes] were invented here.''' Most tomatoes one finds in a grocery store are "square" tomatoes. They are more robust than (round?) tomatoes, eliminating a formerly significant problem of tomatoes breaking during harvesting.	+ * '''["Square Tomato" Square Tomatoes] were invented here.''' Most tomatoes one finds in a grocery store are "square" tomatoes. They are more robust than traditional tomatoes, eliminating a formerly significant problem of tomatoes breaking during harvesting. (No, they aren't square in shape any more than ["Coral Bells"] are made from coral or ["Baby Tears"] are related to crying infants).

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AlphaDog — 2006-02-06 12:57:49

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- * '''Famous Alumni''' - * William Sullivan - Current CEO of Agilent Technologies, Graduated '77 w/ B.S. - * ''Josh Davis'' -aka Dj Shadow, Davis Senior High graduate - * ''Xavier Mosely'' - the DJ from ["Blackalicious"] - * ''[http://www-ucdmag.ucdavis.edu/su96/ClassNotesTOC/Class_Notes_Profile-Yan.html Martin Yan]'' - a chef, host of [http://www.yancancook.com Yan Can Cook] - * Martin taught cooking classes here. He gave a high priced cooking class at the University and taught the same class for $20 through the Adult School. I took two of his Adult School classes and they were wonderful. Before Martin became big on TV, he was working with local attorney ["Stephen Cole"] to get a program started in Canada (I was working for Stephen's father, ["Robert M. Cole"] at the time. --["BevSykes"] - * ''Ann Veneman'' - Former [http://www.whitehouse.gov/government/veneman-bio.html Secretary] of the [http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usdahome U.S. Department of Agriculture] and new director of [http://www.unicef.org/ UNICEF]
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EdwinSaada — 2005-12-05 13:17:01

some reorg. removed froggys line. moved russian spy to true.

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- ''WTF? I was in Tercero B (IS '96-'97) and this is the first I've heard of it.'' -- ["NicoleTheWonderNerd"]	+ ''WTF? I was in Tercero B (IS '96-'97) and this is the first I've heard of it.'' -- ''NicoleTheWonderNerd''
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JasonAller — 2005-07-27 20:01:32

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JimSchwab — 2005-07-26 09:54:46

might have been my ex

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- * ["The Baxter House"] is supposedly haunted.	+ * ["The Baxter House"] is supposedly haunted. + * [http://theshadowlands.net/places/california1.htm Old City Hall/Police Station] - Davis PD moved to a new building recently, after having been in the old City Hall that was built in 1938 or so. Downstairs, after it was vacated, in the Women's restroom, there was seen a wild haired redheaded woman rushing toward the 2nd stall door in an 'attack' posture with outstretched arms and claw-like hands towards a person's face. +

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MattJojola — 2005-06-21 10:47:09

added b house.

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RogerClark — 2005-06-20 14:30:44

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- The former ["Laboratory for Energy-Related Health Research"] is a 15-acre site located on part of the University of California, Davis campus...The Atomic Energy Commission and Department of Energy sponsored experiments at LEHR during the 1960s through the 1980s. These experiments consisted primarily of exposing beagle dogs to strontium-90 and radium226 to extrapolate the human effects from exposure to low levels of radiation. Waste from these research activities was processed in a Radium/Strontium Treatment System... waste was also buried in the southwest corner of the site in unlined trenches (Southwest Trenches).[[BR]]	+ The former ["Center for Health and the Environment" Laboratory for Energy-Related Health Research] is a 15-acre site located on part of the University of California, Davis campus...The Atomic Energy Commission and Department of Energy sponsored experiments at LEHR during the 1960s through the 1980s. These experiments consisted primarily of exposing beagle dogs to strontium-90 and radium226 to extrapolate the human effects from exposure to low levels of radiation. Waste from these research activities was processed in a Radium/Strontium Treatment System... waste was also buried in the southwest corner of the site in unlined trenches (Southwest Trenches).[[BR]]

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KrisFricke — 2005-05-31 15:27:31

copied info from superfund page to beagle entry

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- The former ["Laboratory for Energy-Related Health Research"] is a 15-acre site located on part of the University of California, Davis campus...The Atomic Energy Commission and Department of Energy sponsored experiments at LEHR during the 1960s through the 1980s. These experiments consisted primarily of exposing beagle dogs to strontium-90 and radium226 to extrapolate the human effects from exposure to low levels of radiation. Waste from these research activities was processed in a Radium/Strontium Treatment System... waste was also buried in the southwest corner of the site in unlined trenches (Southwest Trenches). - A person by the name of Chris Watson also claims to have [http://www.thebicyclingguitarist.net/beagles/daiquiri.htm owned a UC Davis radioactive Beagle.]	+ The former ["Laboratory for Energy-Related Health Research"] is a 15-acre site located on part of the University of California, Davis campus...The Atomic Energy Commission and Department of Energy sponsored experiments at LEHR during the 1960s through the 1980s. These experiments consisted primarily of exposing beagle dogs to strontium-90 and radium226 to extrapolate the human effects from exposure to low levels of radiation. Waste from these research activities was processed in a Radium/Strontium Treatment System... waste was also buried in the southwest corner of the site in unlined trenches (Southwest Trenches).[[BR]] + * This site is now an EPA ["Superfund"] site, [http://yosemite.epa.gov/r9/sfund/overview.nsf/ef81e03b0f6bcdb28825650f005dc4c1/6fb636af1b2483818825660b007ee6a5?OpenDocument more information]. + * A person by the name of Chris Watson also claims to have [http://www.thebicyclingguitarist.net/beagles/daiquiri.htm owned a UC Davis radioactive Beagle.]

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MarkKlebanov — 2005-04-28 18:07:43

Added to Famous Alumni

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JasonAller — 2005-04-28 12:38:17

linked Martin Yan to UC Davis Mag article

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CentralDavisite — 2005-04-03 18:40:34

Edited info on Quin Denvir, Jerry Whitworth.

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ArlenAbraham — 2005-04-02 20:05:44

crazyness

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- * The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika swastika] has many positive connotations and was in common use by everybody from the Boy Scouts to Coca Cola before a certain political party in German used it as their symbol. It is still in common use in Hindu countries and Basque architecture. The left facing variant is a "manji" in Japan, and is the symbol for a Buddhist temple, the same as a Cross or Star of David is used for Churches or Temples. It appears in everything from Pokemon cards to train passes.	+ * The [wiki:WikiPedia:Swastika swastika] has many positive connotations and was in common use by everybody from the Boy Scouts to Coca Cola before a certain political party in German used it as their symbol. It is still in common use in Hindu countries and Basque architecture. The left facing variant is a "manji" in Japan, and is the symbol for a Buddhist temple, the same as a Cross or Star of David is used for Churches or Temples. It appears in everything from Pokemon cards to train passes.

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PaulLanzi — 2005-02-27 20:16:03

clarified 'kid being stabbed 27 times' reference

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JaimeRaba — 2005-02-26 23:15:01

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JabberWokky — 2005-02-26 05:37:46

Swastika note and Wikipedia link.

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DavidKoppel — 2005-02-26 03:01:37

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	+ *''According to my sources, the backwards swastika is a native American symbol for something or the other -["DavidKoppel"]''

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CentralDavisite — 2005-02-22 02:08:59

Walker Spy Ring & Jerry Whitworth

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JamesSchwab — 2005-02-21 12:45:06

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	+ ==Local Legends== + + * The Homestead + * See ["Stebbins Cold Canyon Reserve"] +

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BevSykes — 2005-02-21 06:28:50

Added info about Martin Yan

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- * Martin taught cooking classes here. He gave a high priced cooking class at the University and taught the same class for $20 through the Adult School. I took two of his Adult School classes and they were wonderful. Before Martin became big on TV, he was working with local attorney ["Stephen Cole"] to get a program started in Canada (I was working for Stephen father, ["Robert M. Cole"] at the time. --["BevSykes"]	+ * Martin taught cooking classes here. He gave a high priced cooking class at the University and taught the same class for $20 through the Adult School. I took two of his Adult School classes and they were wonderful. Before Martin became big on TV, he was working with local attorney ["Stephen Cole"] to get a program started in Canada (I was working for Stephen's father, ["Robert M. Cole"] at the time. --["BevSykes"]

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BevSykes — 2005-02-21 06:27:56

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ErnBro — 2005-02-21 01:59:24

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JamesSchwab — 2005-02-20 23:53:44

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- '''Why is the bar called Froggy's?''' - ''Om March 31st 2000 a young man died from choking on his own vomit after allegedly consuming 21 shots in 21 minutes at was then called the Paragon. (On a side note the Paragon used to have a card room in it's basement) After the owner of the Paragon was sued he was forced to change it's name. The name was changed tp Froggy's. Now I am sure the obvious reason for that name is of course the famous toad tunnel, and that Froggy's sounds better than Toady's. However, the owner has been heard to joke that the name is suppose to imply that you drink until you croak.'' -	+ '''Why is the bar called ["Froggy's"]?''' + ''Check out the page for an explanation''

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JamesSchwab — 2005-02-20 23:42:37

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	+ '''Russian spy caught in Davis during the Cold War''' + '''Why is the bar called Froggy's?''' + * ''Om March 31st 2000 a young man died from choking on his own vomit after allegedly consuming 21 shots in 21 minutes at was then called the Paragon. (On a side note the Paragon used to have a card room in it's basement) After the owner of the Paragon was sued he was forced to change it's name. The name was changed tp Froggy's. Now I am sure the obvious reason for that name is of course the famous toad tunnel, and that Froggy's sounds better than Toady's. However, the owner has been heard to joke that the name is suppose to imply that you drink until you croak.''
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JamesSchwab — 2005-02-20 23:32:10

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	+ * '''The NAZI House''' + *''On the corner of 4th and I streets is a large three story house. On the south side is a large brick chimney with a brick swastika. However upon futher inspection, the swastika is backwards, which I believe means something different.''

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JamesSchwab — 2005-02-20 22:56:29

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JamesSchwab — 2005-02-20 22:55:12

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JamesSchwab — 2005-02-20 22:52:28

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JamesSchwab — 2005-02-20 22:41:20

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MattJojola — 2005-02-20 22:23:29

linked phils new page on blackalicious

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AdamGerber — 2005-02-15 11:16:37

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AlphaDog — 2005-02-15 10:39:43

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- * '''Davis was the first city with curbside recycling''' - many people have now posted this to the Wiki, so it seems to be a popular one. A tiny bit of research shows that Davis started in 1974, while Madison, Wisconsin had already started in 1967.	+ * '''Davis was the first city with ["City Services" curbside recycling]''' - many people have now posted this to the Wiki, so it seems to be a popular one. A tiny bit of research shows that Davis started in 1974, while Madison, Wisconsin had already started in 1967.
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TravisGrathwell — 2005-02-15 08:18:25

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- * ''Xavier Mosely - the DJ from [http://www.blackalicious.com/ Blackalicious] - * Martin Yan - a chef, host of [http://www.yancancook.com Yan Can Cook]''	+ * ''Xavier Mosely'' - the DJ from [http://www.blackalicious.com/ Blackalicious] + * ''Martin Yan'' - a chef, host of [http://www.yancancook.com Yan Can Cook]

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JabberWokky — 2005-02-15 04:10:37

Added "Davis was first curbside recycling". Neat, but untrue.

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	+ * '''Davis was the first city with curbside recycling''' - many people have now posted this to the Wiki, so it seems to be a popular one. A tiny bit of research shows that Davis started in 1974, while Madison, Wisconsin had already started in 1967.
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- * '''"Square Tomatos"''' - were invented here. Most tomatoes one finds in a grocery store are "square" tomatoes. They are more robust than (round?) tomatoes, eliminating a formerly significant problem of tomatoes breaking during harvesting.	+ * '''["Square Tomatos"]''' - were invented here. Most tomatoes one finds in a grocery store are "square" tomatoes. They are more robust than (round?) tomatoes, eliminating a formerly significant problem of tomatoes breaking during harvesting.

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MattJojola — 2005-01-27 15:53:27

added famous davis alum. got info from normal wiki, linked to their home pages

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	+ * ''Xavier Mosely - the DJ from [http://www.blackalicious.com/ Blackalicious] + * Martin Yan - a chef, host of [http://www.yancancook.com Yan Can Cook]''

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LizethCazares — 2005-01-27 10:31:48

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	+ '' I heard from several RA friends that it was in A building rather than B''--["LizethCazares"]

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DanMasiel — 2005-01-11 09:49:45

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-	+ * '''Suicide note in the Malcom Hall elevator shaft''' - Back when I was a freshman living on Malcom 3 it was brought to my attention that if you take the elevator to the 5th floor and look up through the crack between the door and the wall, writing is visible on the ceiling of the elevator shaft. It said somthing to the effect of "what did I do wrong? why do you all hate me?". Legend has it that a girl hung herself in the elevator shaft shortly after writing the letter. I haven't actually been in Malcom for about 3 years so the writing may be gone by now. -- ["DanMasiel"]

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MikeIvanov — 2005-01-10 15:04:42

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- ''When I was a freshman in Tercero C, I heard a different version of this story. The girl's face CAN be seen from outside, but it is painted on the underside of a third-story awning on Tercero A, facing C building. The story that we were told was that many years ago, two identical twin girls lived in the room where the painting is located. One evening, one twin was out at her boyfriend's house while the other twin was asleep in their room. Supposedly at 3 am or something, she suddenly woke up, opened up her window, leaned out from her top bunk bed, and started drawing this image of a face on the underside of the awning. She didn't know what possessed her to do it but she couldn't make herself stop. At some point she finished, looked at the picture, and thought that it was funny that it resembled herself. She went back to sleep and was awakened at 7 am the next morning by a phone call. It was her mother, calling to tell her that her twin sister had been killed in a car crash coming home from her boyfriend's that last night at about 3 am. She was so stricken with grief that she leapt to her death from the third floor window. Legend has it that the image has been painted over every year, but somehow, the face mysteriously reappears through the paint. I have no idea if this story is true, but it used to scare the heck out of me as a freshman. -- ["KayRide"] ''[[BR]] - ''WTF? I was in Tercero B (IS '96-'97) and this is the first I've heard of it.'' -- ["NicoleTheWonderNerd"] - ''I think it's more recent than that. I'm not sure, though.'' -- ["MikeIvanov"]	+ ''When I was a freshman in Tercero C, I heard a different version of this story. The girl's face CAN be seen from outside, but it is painted on the underside of a third-story awning on Tercero A, facing C building. The story that we were told was that many years ago, two identical twin girls lived in the room where the painting is located. One evening, one twin was out at her boyfriend's house while the other twin was asleep in their room. Supposedly at 3 am or something, she suddenly woke up, opened up her window, leaned out from her top bunk bed, and started drawing this image of a face on the underside of the awning. She didn't know what possessed her to do it but she couldn't make herself stop. At some point she finished, looked at the picture, and thought that it was funny that it resembled herself. She went back to sleep and was awakened at 7 am the next morning by a phone call. It was her mother, calling to tell her that her twin sister had been killed in a car crash coming home from her boyfriend's that last night at about 3 am. She was so stricken with grief that she leapt to her death from the third floor window. Legend has it that the image has been painted over every year, but somehow, the face mysteriously reappears through the paint. I have no idea if this story is true, but it used to scare the heck out of me as a freshman. -- ["KayRide"] '' + ''WTF? I was in Tercero B (IS '96-'97) and this is the first I've heard of it.'' -- ["NicoleTheWonderNerd"] + ''I think it's more recent than that. I'm not sure, though.'' -- ["MikeIvanov"]

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MikeIvanov — 2005-01-10 15:04:05

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- ''When I was a freshman in Tercero C, I heard a different version of this story. The girl's face CAN be seen from outside, but it is painted on the underside of a third-story awning on Tercero A, facing C building. The story that we were told was that many years ago, two identical twin girls lived in the room where the painting is located. One evening, one twin was out at her boyfriend's house while the other twin was asleep in their room. Supposedly at 3 am or something, she suddenly woke up, opened up her window, leaned out from her top bunk bed, and started drawing this image of a face on the underside of the awning. She didn't know what possessed her to do it but she couldn't make herself stop. At some point she finished, looked at the picture, and thought that it was funny that it resembled herself. She went back to sleep and was awakened at 7 am the next morning by a phone call. It was her mother, calling to tell her that her twin sister had been killed in a car crash coming home from her boyfriend's that last night at about 3 am. She was so stricken with grief that she leapt to her death from the third floor window. Legend has it that the image has been painted over every year, but somehow, the face mysteriously reappears through the paint. I have no idea if this story is true, but it used to scare the heck out of me as a freshman. -- ["KayRide"] ''	+ ''When I was a freshman in Tercero C, I heard a different version of this story. The girl's face CAN be seen from outside, but it is painted on the underside of a third-story awning on Tercero A, facing C building. The story that we were told was that many years ago, two identical twin girls lived in the room where the painting is located. One evening, one twin was out at her boyfriend's house while the other twin was asleep in their room. Supposedly at 3 am or something, she suddenly woke up, opened up her window, leaned out from her top bunk bed, and started drawing this image of a face on the underside of the awning. She didn't know what possessed her to do it but she couldn't make herself stop. At some point she finished, looked at the picture, and thought that it was funny that it resembled herself. She went back to sleep and was awakened at 7 am the next morning by a phone call. It was her mother, calling to tell her that her twin sister had been killed in a car crash coming home from her boyfriend's that last night at about 3 am. She was so stricken with grief that she leapt to her death from the third floor window. Legend has it that the image has been painted over every year, but somehow, the face mysteriously reappears through the paint. I have no idea if this story is true, but it used to scare the heck out of me as a freshman. -- ["KayRide"] ''[[BR]]
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NicoleTheWonderNerd — 2005-01-10 14:46:24

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KayRide — 2004-12-21 17:03:34

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	+ ''When I was a freshman in Tercero C, I heard a different version of this story. The girl's face CAN be seen from outside, but it is painted on the underside of a third-story awning on Tercero A, facing C building. The story that we were told was that many years ago, two identical twin girls lived in the room where the painting is located. One evening, one twin was out at her boyfriend's house while the other twin was asleep in their room. Supposedly at 3 am or something, she suddenly woke up, opened up her window, leaned out from her top bunk bed, and started drawing this image of a face on the underside of the awning. She didn't know what possessed her to do it but she couldn't make herself stop. At some point she finished, looked at the picture, and thought that it was funny that it resembled herself. She went back to sleep and was awakened at 7 am the next morning by a phone call. It was her mother, calling to tell her that her twin sister had been killed in a car crash coming home from her boyfriend's that last night at about 3 am. She was so stricken with grief that she leapt to her death from the third floor window. Legend has it that the image has been painted over every year, but somehow, the face mysteriously reappears through the paint. I have no idea if this story is true, but it used to scare the heck out of me as a freshman. -- ["KayRide"] '' + +

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PhilipNeustrom — 2004-12-19 00:06:23

added radioactive beagles

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	+ * '''Radioactive Beagles burried on on ["UC Davis"] property''' - from [http://www.weiss.com/publications/poll_prev.pdf this report]: + The former Laboratory for Energy-Related Health Research is a 15-acre site located on part of the University of California, Davis campus...The Atomic Energy Commission and Department of Energy sponsored experiments at LEHR during the 1960s through the 1980s. These experiments consisted primarily of exposing beagle dogs to strontium-90 and radium226 to extrapolate the human effects from exposure to low levels of radiation. Waste from these research activities was processed in a Radium/Strontium Treatment System... Waste was also buried in the southwest corner of the site in unlined trenches (Southwest Trenches). + A person by the name of Chris Watson also claims to have [http://www.thebicyclingguitarist.net/beagles/daiquiri.htm owned a UC Davis radioactive Beagle.]

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KrisFricke — 2004-12-18 23:54:48

/ speculated wildly -- (and added bolding this time)

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- * ["Cow Tipping"] - * World War Two Prisoners - * Famous Alumni - * Invention of Agent Orange - * The Unibomber's Visit - * Girl's Face on Side of Tercero B - legend has it that a girl living on the second floor of Tercero B leapt to her death (from a second floor?!). The faint image of her face later become apparent on the wall - or it maybe it was that her friends painted her face on the wall, it was later painted over, and reappeared (which would make complete sense as one can often see the vague impression of underlying layers of paint).	+ * '''["Cow Tipping"]''' + * '''World War Two Prisoners''' + * '''Famous Alumni''' + * '''Invention of Agent Orange''' + * '''The Unibomber's Visit''' + * '''Girl's Face on Side of Tercero B''' - legend has it that a girl living on the second floor of Tercero B leapt to her death (from a second floor?!). The faint image of her face later become apparent on the wall - or it maybe it was that her friends painted her face on the wall, it was later painted over, and reappeared (which would make complete sense as one can often see the vague impression of underlying layers of paint).
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KrisFricke — 2004-12-18 23:53:15

vaguely elaborated on Tercero B

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JoeConte — 2004-12-18 23:15:14

added Tercero B story, which I am unclear about to this day

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BevSykes — 2004-12-18 22:24:20

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- * ''Jimmy didn't visit, but Rosalind did, to see Village Homes, which was the country's first all-solar housing development'' --["BevSykes"]	+ * ''Jimmy didn't visit, but Rosalind did, to see ["Village Homes"], which was the country's first all-solar housing development'' --["BevSykes"]

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BevSykes — 2004-12-18 22:18:48

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KrisFricke — 2004-12-18 19:52:48

Added "Actually True" category, expanded on square tomatoes.

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- * ["Sword and Sandals"], ["Campus" UCD's] very own secret society - ''is '''true''' (see page) -["KrisFricke" KF]''	+ + + == Actually True == + * Lands deeded with stipulations + * "Square Tomatos" - were invented here. Most tomatoes one finds in a grocery store are "square" tomatoes. They are more robust than (round?) tomatoes, eliminating a formerly significant problem of tomatoes breaking during harvesting. + * ["Sword and Sandals"], ["Campus" UCD's] very own secret society

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KrisFricke — 2004-12-18 19:43:53

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KrisFricke — 2004-12-18 19:43:13

a number of these are true, hence not urban legends

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BrentLaabs — 2004-12-18 17:36:22

added in sword and sandals

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JasonAller — 2004-12-18 15:13:50

Looks like we might need an index page for this

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	+ = Davis Urban Legends = + + Please include debunking or confirming information on subpages. + + Note: Many of these listed are debunkable with a little research, don't believe everything you hear! + + == City Legends == + + * Haunted Houses + * Jimmy Carter's visit + * What's buried under the bike statue on Russell + + == Campus Legends == + + * ["Cow Tipping"] + * Lands deeded with stipulations + * World War Two Prisoners + * Famous Alumni + * Invention of Agent Orange + * The Unibomber's Visit + * Square Tomatos + + === Greek Legends === + + * Any Greeks care to spill the beans?