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Last night, November 22nd, OSPIRG students hosted a panel called "Are Corporations Good Citizens?" Panelist and community members of Ashland discussed the history of corporate personhood and the implications of the court case Citizens United vs. FEC. Over 115 community members attended this thought provoking panel at Southern Oregon University. Panelists included Representative Peter Buckley, Senator Alan Bates, Professor William Hughes, and Professor Prakash Chenjeri.
Thank you very much to the Ashland community for supporting OSPIRG and for participating in the panel!
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OSPIRG Statewide Vice-Chair and SOU Chapter Chair, Tommy Letchworth, with State Senator Alan Bates after their panel discussing how to reduce the influence of money in politics. -
Lane Community College student Bill Shook works to ban plastic water bottles on campus. -
Students at Southern Oregon University gather petitions to reduce plastic bag usage in the city of Ashland. -
University of Oregon students and staff remind their peers to turn in their ballots on election day. -
University of Oregon students with Oregon Attorney General John Kroger. -
Fast Trains ARE Cool. -
Students volunteer at a local garden for the National Hunger Cleanup. -
Southern Oregon University campaign coordinators presenting their campaigns at the fall 2011 kickoff meeting. -
Students campaign for High Speed Rail. -
ASUO President Ben Eckstein speaks at the UO kickoff meeting. -
UO Chapter Chair, Charles Denson, interviewed by the local news regarding the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. -
Plastic Bag Monster fights the UO Ducks. Go Ducks! -
Katie Taylor speaking at the Lane Community College kickoff meeting. -
Students travel to Washington D.C. -
Fall 2011 Board of Directors. -
We collect petition signatures - lots of them! -
Power Shift West 2009 organizers with State Representative Jefferson Smith. -
Power Shift West 2011 keynote address. -
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