Last Thursday, UC Davis Anthropology professor Sandy Harcourt sent an email to his students informing them that he would not be returning their final papers when he said he would be, because it was more important to protest the war. He also indicated that he would turn grades in to the registrar by the deadline--unless his activities got him arrested. Davis blogger Emoo has information on just how Harcourt planned to spend the time he should have been spending grading his students' final exams. In a letter to the Davis Enterprise, Harcourt threatened to arrest Sacramento-bound rush hour morning traffic on I-80 by disabling his car:

I will drive onto Sacramento bound Intersate 80 from Richards Boulevard. My car will develop engine trouble, and slowly come to a halt as it reaches the Causeway.

I will get out to investigate the trouble. I will suspect the distributor head, or spark plugs. But they will be so hot to the touch that they will fly out of my hands into the Yolo Bypass waters.

No word in the Davis Enterprise or elsewhere about how Harcourt's plans went.

So to protest the war he plans to inconvenience thousands of commuters and travelers. I guess how these two things are related is covered next quarter.