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Obama: Oregon ends raceBarack Obama was well received by a crowd of about 8,000 during his second visit to the Universityby Robert D'AndreaInternational student Dorsaf Naoui is not eligible to vote for the next president of the United States, but that did not stop her from joining roughly 8,000 others who came to see Sen. Barack Obama campaign on the Memorial Quad last Friday. Naoui, who is pursuing a master's degree in linguistics, said electing Obama would boost the United States' standing in the world. |
Minority program under investigationThe government is investigating whether a University recruitment program violates the Civil Rights Actby Ryan KnutsonA minority hiring program that was criticized last year for providing special treatment to racially diverse faculty is now under federal investigation. Since August, the United States Department of Justice has been investigating whether the Underrepresented Minority Recruitment Program is in violation of Title Seven of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which prohibits employers from discriminating against an individual on the basis of race. |
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Mothers and Native culture celebrated at 40th Pow-WowThe weekend-long event included dancing, drumming exhibitions at McArthur Court and a salmon bakeby Alison Ecker"Homeland Security … Fighting Terrorism since 1492." This was just one of the T-shirt slogans sold at a vending booth by Sidney Rogers at the 40th Annual Mother's Day Pow-Wow at the University. The saying was accompanied by a picture of four male Indians, including Geronimo. |
Committee declares First Amendment rights not violated at Western Oregon UniversityThe controversy between the student newspaper and administration was 'mishandled' on both sides, committee saysby Jessie HigginsAfter months of controversy between the Western Oregon University administration and the university's student newspaper, an independent committee of academics and a professional journalist has determined that the university did not violate the students' freedom of the press. |
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