MTV could soon be a fixture of Portland State. Viacom is interested in bringing its college-oriented cable network, mtvU, to our fair campus. The company would pay for the installation of plasma screen TVs all over campus to show the network, and the operating costs to run the network itself would be paid for by advertising revenue on the station.
It’s been a week since Brett Robert Jarolimek, 31, was killed by a truck making a right-hand turn at the intersection of North Interstate and North Greeley. It’s been almost three weeks since Tracey Sparling, 19, was killed in the same situation (known as the “right hook”) at Southwest 14th and West Burnside streets.
It’s been two weeks since Student Activities and Leadership Programs (SALP) abruptly declared that research and advocacy group OSPIRG was no longer a student group, and the fur is still flying.
Ever hear of the Fairness Doctrine? It was repealed 20 years ago, so I sure as hell hadn’t until I read Tim Rutten of the L.A. Times’ editorial in The Oregonian last week. He correctly describes it as “a regulation that requires [radio] broadcasters to air both sides of an issue,” should a radio program delve into politically controversial waters.
A couple weeks back, the Willamette Week ran an article about the flak that Earl Blumenauer (East Portland’s lovely Democratic Congressman in the U.S. House of Reps) has received from his constituents on his stance on impeaching President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney: That is, he doesn’t want to do it.
Ah, sleep. It’s for the weak. Know anybody who gets a full eight hours every day? I sure don’t.
The shiny new U.S. News & World Report 2008 edition of America’s Best Colleges has been out for a while now, containing the famous rankings of top schools.
So there’s a health condition that, according to new World Health Organization (WHO) research, is more harmful than diabetes, angina, arthritis and asthma. According to the National Institutes of Health, this condition affects 20 million Americans and “increases the risk of death for people of all ages.”
It’s generally accepted that priorities can get a little wonky in the game of politics, but what’s happening right now with the Healthy Kids Plan is genuinely ridiculous, and yet another example of what happens when lawmakers choose ideals over practicality.
According to a report by The Associated Press last week, the trend of the past year in academia wasn’t related to tragedy, like Virginia Tech, or breakthroughs, like Harvard’s first woman president. It was dishonesty.
The Oregon House of Representatives voted on a bill last Monday that, among other things, would ban drivers under the age of 18 from talking or texting on a cell phone while driving.