Author: Admin

The Democrats have made a mess of the Senate since taking over. Between their ineptness to pass legislation and leaders having foot-in-mouth disease, the party has become a joke.

The current student government administration was elected on a platform consisting of three campaigns, but those campaigns have taken a backseat to issues that have popped up throughout the year.

The student-run publishing house Ooligan Press has housed, since winter 2009, the Sustainable Publishing Initiative. Graduate students Janine Eckhart and Melissa Brumer founded the movement last year to teach themselves about sustainable publishing methods, according to their first book, Rethinking Paper and Ink: The Sustainable Publishing Revolution.

Some forms of hate lead to war or murder, but hate can also lead to oppression and hegemony.

A tenured Portland State economics professor is currently suspended from teaching after he publicly accused a student during a class lecture of being an FBI informant and of trying to sell guns to students.

I grew up in a small I guess you would say city; for many of you who didn’t grow up there, it is known for the large Walmart supercenter visible from I-5 and the Woodburn outlet mall right across the street. Woodburn is also known for being a predominately Latino-populated city, so coming to Corvallis was actually a cultural shock for me.

The Senate is the largest body within student government, ostensibly representative of the entire student population. Senators should regularly conduct campaigns on behalf of their constituencies, effectively communicate with students and network to achieve campaign goals.

Many of you may not have noticed it. After all, it happened so fast in the midst of last week’s Massachusetts election, the ongoing health care debate and NBC’s Tonight Show mega-blunder. But last week, a mortal wound was delivered to our political system, a wound that threatens our democracy, and could possibly destroy it.

It’s voting season again and with only four days remaining to cast your ballots on Measures 66 and 67, groups and individuals are ramping up their efforts to get you to participate.

James Chasse, Jr. died in police custody more than three years ago. Even given such a lengthy time frame, the internal inquiry over Chasse’s death has lead nowhere and the officers involved are back at work. It’s about time we brought this case out into the open and under public review.