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THE NEW FACE OF OREGON ATHLETICSFaculty and administrators respond to the hiring of the new athletic directorsby Luke AndrewsThe hiring of Oregon's new Athletic Director Pat Kilkenny - who will take over when outgoing Athletic Director Bill Moos' largely successful 12-year tenure ends on March 31 - has produced a variety of responses ranging from great excitement and a revitalized feeling to skepticism, doubts and even some outrage. |
Grievance against senator dismissedThe ASUO Constitution Court reviewed past cases to dismiss a complaint against Gulleyby Jobetta HedelmanThe ASUO Constitution Court dismissed a grievance Wednesday that was filed against a Student Senator for voting in favor of providing special funding for a conference at which he would be a delegate. The Oregon Commentator Editor-in-Chief Ted Niedermeyer, who filed the grievance against Sen. |
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New income tax might be repealedIf federal funds continue, the board of commissioners may discard the recent tax increaseby Calvin HallThe Lane County Board of Commissioners may repeal the controversial county income tax if the federal government follows through with bills that would re-authorize federal payments to counties. The commissioners asked staff to prepare amendments that would repeal the income tax after it was announced that a renewal of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000, worth $400 million, was included in an emergency supplemental appropriations bill. |
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Freshmen award $10,000 to nonprofitsThe Freshman Seminar in American Philanthropy awarded corporate donations to the Relief Nursery and Sponsors, Inc.by Mandee Pearson | Freelance reporterUniversity student Elizabeth Perry thinks many people don't pay a lot of attention to ex-convicts. In fact, she thinks more people should support former prisoners and their capacity to change. That's why she decided to select Sponsors, Inc., a nonprofit organization that helps ex-offenders integrate back into society, to receive grant money. |
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Guarding against HPV presents limitationsThe HPV vaccine, although effective, is costly and doesn't treat those who already have the infectionby Trevor DavisThe recently available human papillomavirus, or HPV, vaccine has some limitations, including the fact that extensive testing in women older than 26 has not been completed, and those women are often sexually active and might have been exposed to the virus already. |
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Forum supports furthering nanotechnology researchAn informal vote by attendees at the forum Monday approved of investment in nanotechnology researchby Mark Noack | Freelance reporterStudents and community members voiced cautious approval of the surge in nanotechnology research in an informal vote during a public forum at the University on Monday evening. In the first half of the event, three chemistry professors gave brief lectures on nanotechnology and the issues it brings forward. |
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Lecturer encourages evolution educationA University of Arizona professor spoke in support of the Big Bang theory and the science behind itby Jill Kimball | Freelance reporterAs a part of the Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar Series, University of Arizona Distinguished Professor Chris Impey spoke Tuesday night in a lecture titled "Cosmic Evolution: From Big Bang to Biology." "I was told you should never have a setup guy who's more famous and funnier than you are, but I'm going to do it anyway," said Impey as he played a clip from "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" parodying the history of the theory of evolution. |
