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It was supposed to make headlines for being the first WTO meeting on U.S. soil; instead 1999's failed conference is remembered as the "Battle in Seattle." There were clashes between police and protestors and damaged windows and property.

This won't be as polished a response as I'd like, because, frankly, it's a holiday, I've got better things to do, and Joel Connelly's column yesterday - Seattle's WTO riots were loud - and ineffective - is so inaccurate, idiotic, and simply factually wrong that it demands some sort of response.

Chef Kerry Lee Holifield piles china plates high with turkey, homemade stuffing, gravy, mashed potatoes, yams, mixed peas and corn, and fry bread, smoking hot out of the fryer.

Selah School District Superintendent Steve Chestnut is the new Washington State Superintendent of the Year.

The Weber State Wildcats were hoping to make it rain in Seattle against the Redhawks of Seattle University Sunday.

On November 30, 1999, Capitol Hill became a battleground as police clashed with protesters and the city's downtown core erupted in confrontation .

We Want Poison: "Kill Bill" or "Last Samurai"? Which Does Meiro Koizumi Want to Make? Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 1:13 PM This morning the video artist Meiro Koizumi got on a plane with his wife Yuka and went back home to Japan after having spent two months at the Open Satellite residency in Bellevue, thanks to curator Yoko Ott.

Visqueen played at Seattle University on Wednesday, November 18, with Chris Ballew.

This is a red-letter week for friends and enemies of Sarah Palin, Republican former vice-presidential candidate and newly minted author.

Three years ago, former U.S. Attorney John McKay was somewhere near the front lines of the nation's drug war.

This Feb. 5, 2009 file photo shows Joaquin Avila, an assistant professor of law at Seattle University, posing for a photo in his office in Seattle.

This Feb. 5, 2009 file photo shows Joaquin Avila, an assistant professor of law at Seattle University, posing for a photo in his office in Seattle.

Retired U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Patrick Brady, who won the Medal of Honor during the Vietnam War, is scheduled to speak Wednesday at the Museum of Flight , in Seattle.

Inside a Seattle University building, part-time instructor Stan Finkelstein is enjoying the retired life.

We can build an entire domed stadium with a retractable roof for $350 million? Really? Then perhaps Enterprise Minister Ken Cheveldayoff, Crown Investments Corporation President Ron Styles or Stadium Consultants International principal Chris O'Reilly might care to explain why the British Columbia government's plans to simply replace the roof at BC ...

The Rev. Peter Storey says we Americans live in a bubble. We know that, but he's worth listening to because, as a white South African who fought apartheid, he knows the harm of being blind to other perspectives.

Darrell Divers, a onetime Seattle University student and current McDonald's Corp manager, adds to his business profile through the Paramount Business Services affiliate management program.

INX, Inc., a provider of IP communications and data center solutions for enterprise organizations, reportedly has successfully designed and implemented a unified computing solution for Seattle University.

UWIRE, the wire service powered by 800 student newspapers across the country, has been "suspended indefinitely," leaving some student editors stiffed for work they did for the site and college papers everywhere confused and without wire content.

The night before All Hallows' Eve, I celebrated at Seattle University. From what he thought was out of earshot, an attendant of the gathering - whom I had never met - likened me to an unintelligent bundle of sticks, or a pack of cigarettes.