2008 Woodie Awards
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The votes are inSuper Tuesday's highly anticipated primaries concluded with more questions than answersby Robert D'AndreaDemocrats The biggest presidential primary in the nation's history yielded no decisive winner in the fight for the Democratic nomination Tuesday. While Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., won more states, Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., won states with higher numbers of delegates. |
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Tasers may reach UO campus through Eugene Police DepartmentEPD officers will soon participate in a training program qualifying them to carry Tasers while patrolling campusby Jill KimballAlthough students demonstrated some concern over the use of Tasers on campus at a public meeting with Department of Public Safety Director Kevin Williams last week, the devices will likely reach campus through another source - the Eugene Police Department. |
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Council chooses new city managerJon Ruiz of Fresno, Calif., is slated to begin his job in Eugene by Aprilby Jason ReedEugene city councilors, although divided in their decision, offered the job of city manager to Jon Ruiz, one of two assistant city managers from Fresno, Calif., on Saturday night. Ruiz called Mayor Kitty Piercy on Sunday morning to accept the offer of the city's highest non-elected position. |
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Brain research prompts scientific discussionUniversity scientists have found that the brain's capacity and filtering ability are closely relatedby Trevor DavisConsider the brain as a nightclub. Is it more important to have a selective bouncer or a huge nightclub? That's a question University researcher Ed Vogel proposed. In 2005, University researchers found that the brain's filter plays an important role in how much people can think about at once - three or four things, on average. |
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