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Officials report spike in pot busts on campusAuthorities attributed the rise to more marijuana smokers, not to increased DPS patrolsby Lindsay FunstonThe number of students busted for pot on and around campus has risen since the Department of Public Safety gained the ability last year to issue citations. University officials say more smokers, not increased policing power, are to blame for inflating marijuana-bust statistics. |
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A $1 million question: What should the ASUO do with its extra funds?An enrollment underestimate caused a budget surplus, which has accrued interest for two yearsby Jill AhoWith more than $1 million in extra cash, the student government has more money than it knows what to do with. As of the end of last school year, the ASUO had $800,000 in over-realized funds-money that has not been budgeted for but charged to students-that has been accruing for two years in an interest-bearing account. |
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Proposed law would enact term limitsVoters previously approved legislation similar to Measure 45 in 1992, but the Oregon Supreme Court ruled it was unconstitutional in 2002by Calvin HallOregonians will have a second chance to decide how long politicians can serve in the Oregon Legislature come November because of a measure aimed at restoring a law overturned four years ago. Measure 45 amends the Oregon Constitution to limit state legislators to only six years of service as a representative, eight years as a senator and a total of 14 years in the Legislature. |
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UO students arrested for spray-paintingIn briefby Parker HowellThree University graduate students were arrested early Saturday morning for second-degree criminal mischief after they spray-painted two stencil designs near Prince Lucien Campbell Hall, police and one of the students said. Police contacted architecture graduate students Nathan E. |
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Bandon man jailed for trespassing at UOIn briefby Parker HowellAn 18-year-old Bandon, Ore., man was arrested early Sunday morning for second-degree trespassing on campus, police said. A Department of Public Safety officer recognized Gavin M. Fraser, who police had arrested at the University for providing false information to a police officer on Oct. |
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