Police Authorities, Family and Friends in Search for San Diego Exchange Student

Police, family and friends have stepped up a search for a San Diego State University exchange student who went missing after visiting a nightclub in Madrid more than a week ago.



Friends said 22-year-old Austin Bice was last seen outside Riviera concert venue and discotheque in the early hours of Feb. 26. The family he was staying with laid a plate for him at lunch later in the day and raised the alarm when they realized he was not in his bedroom.



Friend Maria Garcia said Bice and his friends had been drinking at an apartment before going out to the club. A doorman suggested he rest a while before going in because he looked unwell. A friend stayed outside with him until Bice said he was going home.



"He had left his credit cards and passport in his room, and had not taken a winter coat, so we're concerned because it was very cold that night," said Garcia.



Larry Bice, the student's father, from Carlsbad, California, told The Associated Press he had flown to Madrid to help search for his son and that "the police are doing a great job, they have been very active."



Posters with recent photographs of Bice have been placed around the city seeking information.



Bice's father said his son was physically fit, tall — six-foot-four (195 centimeters) — and had recently climbed Mt. Whitney with his father.



Garcia said Bice had only been in Madrid for a month and a half, so was not yet fully acquainted with the area. She said that police and later friends had carefully combed the area around the club and found no trace of Bice.

SLOW THINGS DOWN FOR BANKERS, NWO, ILLUMINATI, SATANISTS

Bill O’Reilly was absolutely right last night.



As he said on his Fox News show, the Democrats know that if they lose in Wisconsin and that if Gov. Scott Walker wins, it means that all across the country the public employee unions will finally have to give up their outrageous pay demands, lavish benefits and fat pensions.



And, as Bill O’Reilly said, this will be bad news for the Democratic party which depends on these unions.



Worse, he said, it is bad news for President Obama and his 2012 election plans, because he desperately needs these liberal unions to win re-election.



This is why team Obama continues to throw everything but the kitchen sink at Governor Scott Walker.



This is why the work of the League of American Voters campaign to support Gov. Scott Walker is critical.



Despite raging protests and even threats of violence by union thugs, Governor Scott Walker is standing firm.



But already there are demands by some that he “cave.”



Frankly, according to my sources in Wisconsin, the pressure on Gov. Walker and the legislature is extraordinary.



You have to remember, this is not a local Wisconsin fight. It’s a national one.



That’s why Obama has brought to Wisconsin the full weight of every radical activist group in America.



That’s why the Obama allied unions are pouring millions into TV and radio ads in Wisconsin.



He’s dispatched his allies from the Democrat National Committee, Norman Lear’s leftwing People for the American Way, and even Obama’s own group “Organizing for America.”



Another Obama crony liberal group, Moveon.org is mobilizing an “emergency call for rallies in every state capital this Saturday… demand that the rich and powerful pay their fair share.”



Governor Scott Walker needs every single ounce of our support. We can’t leave him alone in the arena to fight. You and the League must join him.



We urgently need help for our radio ad blitz to support Gov. Walker – PLEASE GO HERE NOW



This is why the League of American Voters is urgently launching a national effort to help Gov. Walker and to stop these bloated unions.



The League has prepared a powerful new radio ad to air throughout Wisconsin in support of Gov. Walker.



With your help we plan on exposing the Obama-Labor machine in ads across the nation.

Our ad encourages Gov. Walker to stay strong and exposes how public employee unions are gouging the taxpayers.



We urgently need you to help the League in the vital effort to support Gov. Walker and expose the unions — Go Here Now



Help the League to end Big Labor’s ability to hold taxpayers, school students, and emergency services hostage to the lavish demands of public unions.



Governor Walker is under intense pressure. Team Obama wants to break him.



One Congressman who backs Obama even suggested violence is OK: “Every once and awhile you need to get out on the streets and get a little bloody when necessary.”



This is disgusting and this Congressman ought to be held accountable!



But it underscores the truth, Obama and his public union cronies are desperate.



They’ll do whatever it takes to keep power.



That’s why Obama says “Punish our enemies… Reward our friends.”



But together, you and I can help Scott Walker do what’s right for Wisconsin -- what’s right for America.