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Express YourselfThe new Citizens' Corner Art Park has set up blank canvases and invites the public to adorn them for all to enjoyby Mike O'BrienIf there's one thing downtown Eugene has, it's plenty of art galleries - but not enough for Nick Woolley. This weekend, he unveiled Citizens' Corner Art Park, a free art space with canvases for anyone who wants to fill them. "Too many times, beautiful art will be labored over only to be hung on a wall indoors where only the privileged can catch a glance," Woolley said. |
Oregon Action Team triumphantDotters-Katz and Delashaw celebrate winning the ASUO exec with 50.8 percent of the votesby Robert D'AndreaSam Dotters-Katz and Johnny Delashaw won the race for ASUO Executive outright Friday night after receiving 50.8 percent of the votes cast. The Oregon Action Team candidates spent more than four times the amount of money spent by their rivals on the Rock the Yellow slate. |
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Clinton, Obama campaigners speak at Eugene HiltonChelsea Clinton, Rep. Abercrombie rallied at the conventionby Robert D'AndreaChelsea Clinton and Congressman Neil Abercrombie, D-HI, brought the Democratic nomination fight back to Eugene Friday and Saturday with appearances at the Oregon Democratic Party's Platform Convention at the Eugene Hilton. Abercrombie, an Obama supporter, maintained a high level of energy throughout his Friday night convention speech. |
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A new dream in storeFor one young entrepreneur, closing his shop on 13th Avenue has been a learning experienceby Ed OserOn an average school day, thousands of students bustle along the block of East 13th Avenue that leads into the mouth of the University. Seeing that potential profit walk by every day, local business owners Makyadath Lazar and his son Priyamon Makyadath decided to try for a share of the market in fall of 2006, buying the property for two side-by-side stores between The Duck Store and Espresso Roma Cafe. |
Resolutions shun Taser use, evaluate DPS structureStudent government groups denounce EPD Taser use on campus, favor keeping DPS structure sameby Jill KimballStudent government has further emphasized its stance against the use of Tasers on campus with the introduction of two resolutions in the last month, one from the Public Safety Advisory Group and the other from the ASUO Senate. Both resolutions also stated an opposition to the restructuring of the Department of Public Safety, as University administration proposed in a recent memorandum it sent to the state Board of Higher Education. |
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Oregon veteran's law enacted to assist studentsThe new law waives tuition at OUS schools for dependents of deceased or disabled veteransby Jessie HigginsThe University has granted its first tuition waivers to dependents of deceased or disabled Oregon veterans this spring term. In February 2008, the Oregon Legislature approved the full tuition waiver for a bachelor's or master's degree at any of the public institutions of higher education in Oregon for either a child or spouse of a United States Armed Forces member who died while on active duty, died as a result of a service-connected disability, or is rated 100 percent disabled by the Department of Veterans Affairs. |
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