Last Tuesday, the Vanguard reported that the Oregon House of Representatives had again picked up a bill that would, among other things, provide firearms to campus security officers in the Oregon University System (“Bill proposed to arm campus safety officers,” May 8).
Everybody knows there are few issues more loaded than abortion. It’s not a reach to say that it’s playing one of the biggest parts–if not the biggest–in polarizing the political landscape in America.
“I wish I could sing!” I’ve been hearing a lot of people say that in the last few years, and it still doesn’t quite make sense to me.
It’s been a little over a week now since the massacre at Virginia Tech. Classes resumed there on Monday. A crowd of over 3,000 turned out to watch the school’s baseball team play Miami last Friday. Flags have been raised from half staff.
It’s been 21 years since the first speeding camera system issued a traffic citation in Friendswood, Texas, and the technology has been under constant fire ever since.
About a month ago, the city council over in New York City unanimously ratified a city-wide ban on the usage of the word “nigger.”
The debate over Oregon’s “double majority” law concerning property taxes is buzzing again. This is excellent, as it’s a law sorely in need of mending.
It’d be a gross understatement to say that ASPSU has had a rough year. The student senate repeatedly couldn’t make quorum. A Student Fee Committee member resigned, interfering with their ability to make quorum. President Courtney Morse only filled one-third of student positions for university committees.
Last Friday, a dozen students at Heritage High in Vancouver, Wash., were suspended for refusing to move their early-morning prayer group out of the school’s commons. Principal Ann Sosky said the group had been meeting for two weeks prior, and had been given brochures about their rights regarding prayer in school.
It’s been called “The McMissile” case, and at first it’s sort of funny. It started last summer in Virginia. Jessica Hall, 25, was driving north on I-95 in backed-up traffic when a car piloted by Pete Ballin, 36, cut Hall off for the second time. Hall, who was driving with her three children and pregnant sister, lost it, and threw a large McDonald’s cup filled with ice into the other car.
Bipartisan. One could make a case for it being the new synonym for “unified,” or maybe even “good.” It’s been a buzzword around the country for the last few years, yammered about and clamored for by politicians and pundits alike. Survey data reflects this.