University of Portland students demand LGBTQ protections.
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Officer Involved Shooting. Portland police are reporting that around 10:45 last night officers shot an armed man at a parking garage on Northeast 7th Ave and Lloyd Boulevard. The injured man was taken to the hospital. No officers were injured in the shooting. Oregon Lawmakers Release Budget Proposal. The winners in this proposal are schools. […]
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University of Portland Students Protest School’s Stance on Sexual Orientation
Yesterday, a group of roughly 120 students covered their mouths with purple duct tape and gathered in the center of the University of Portland, the city’s largest Catholic university, to demand that their school change its policy toward LGBTQ students, staff, and faculty. Organized by a student activist group calling itself Redefine Purple Pride, UP […]
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Money for Guns. Days after Saudi Arabia purchased an ass load of guns for Syrian rebels, the US is also stepping up its support by pledging $60 million to the rebel fighters. You’ve Got a Friend in Me. Now on the third day of his trip into North Korea, former NBA player Denis Rodman tells […]
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Catholic Students at University of Portland Protest Policy Toward LGBTQ Members
Tomorrow, students at the University of Portland, the city’s largest Catholic college, are planning to protest their school’s policy—or lack there of—toward LGBTQ students, staff, and faculty. According to a student activist group calling itself Redefine Purple Pride, students plan on demonstrating from 12-2 PM in the college’s Academic Quad by duct taping their mouths […]
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Progressive Discipline
Sex Complaint Whispers Shake up Nonprofit Workers’ Union Fight
Whispers about a sex complaint shake up nonprofit workers’ union fight.
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Republicans Support Gay Marriage. No, this isn’t a joke. In a move that sticks it to Speaker John Boehner, a small group of renegade Republicans have signed a legal brief arguing gay people should have the right to marry. The brief will be legal ammunition in a suit challenging California’s Proposition 8. Speaking of Republicans… […]
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Oregon House Approves CRC Funding
The Oregon House of Representatives has given a big thumbs-up to the Columbia River Crossing bridge, the proposed and intensely controversial new Interstate 5 bridge connecting Oregon to Washington. Earlier today, lawmakers voted 45-11 to approve HB 2800, a bill that would allow the sale of $450 million in bonds (to be matched by the […]
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House Approves In-State Tuition for Immigrants
Getting a college education in Oregon is on the verge getting a little bit easier for students whose immigration status makes it difficult to afford access to the hallowed halls of Oregon higher ed. Earlier today, the Oregon House passed HB 2787, otherwise known as the Tuition Equity Bill. If made into law, the bill […]
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A Golden Moment: How I Saved One Invasive Animal From Another
Chinese Golden Pheasant In Portland. First came the sound: the loud thumping of a soft body plummeting into hard glass. Then the sight: colorful plumage knocked silly by the cunning entrancement of the ersatz sky, that perfect illusion afforded by a window reflecting the sunlight in just the right way. “Holy Shit!” I yelled to […]
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A Phone, Not a Gun. Contrary to some early reports (in an-O-ther paper), we now know Merle Hatch, the man shot and killed by Portland police on Sunday night outside of Adventist Medical Center, was wielding a telephone receiver, not a gun. If you missed it, here’s Denis’ full story including a video of the […]
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Union, Activists to Have Say on Police Reform
Cops and critics will hash out federal reforms together.