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Taking it to the Man - The Torch (new window)
Coordinator for LCC OSPIRG's health care campaign, Neil McLeod, takes questions in Salem. On Tuesday, Feb. 19, students rallied at the state capitol to testify about health coverage in Oregon. The campaign is in response to potential changes to the Oregon Health Plan.
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OSPIRG bandages itself for education and support of health care plan - The Siskiyou (new window)
Students from around the state donned gauze, splints, crutches and bandages to promote civic engagement in reforming Oregon's health care system. Acting bruised and broken, they gathered in front of Kaiser Permanente Town Hall with signs and banners attracting attention from local media and citizens.
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Board Seeks Solutions To Heathcare Problems - OPB News (new window)
(click on radio link) Oregon’s Health Fund Board began meeting Tuesday to develop a comprehensive health reform plan for the state. One of the goals of the board is to ensure access to healthcare for all Oregonians. Pete Springer reports.
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Cascade Power Shift Summit Wraps Up Two Weeks of Intense Northwest Climate Action - Its Getting Hot in Here.org (new window)
Cascade POWER SHIFT 2008, the Northwest’s largest youth climate summit, ended on February 11th, wrapping up two weeks of intense climate action across the Northwest that also included nearly 50 Focus the Nation events across the region on January 31st, a giant rally in Oregon’s Capitol to oppose new liquefied natural gas importation on February 6th, and Oregon and Washington’s first-ever youth global warming lobby days in both Salem and Olympia on February 11th.
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Event spreads word to students about global warming - Oregon Daily Emerald (new window)
Focus the Nation, a teach-in event, came to UO to teach students about how to reverse climate change
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'Focus the Nation' will address global warming crisis - Oregon Daily Emerald (new window)
Today the campus of the University of Oregon will serve as a reflection of the changing political discussion, occurring across the nation. Jan. 31 marks the culmination of a year-long national campaign to reveal the importance of Global Climate Change in the modern world. "Focus the Nation," as the proponents of this campaign refer to it, is an attempt by University organizations, clubs and leaders to emphasize the importance of individual action in reducing the harmful wastes of American society.
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SOU gives its 2 (per)cents on global warming debate - Mail Tribune (new window)
As the debate over global warming heats up, Southern Oregon University is joining a nationwide effort to encourage Congress to take action. Next week, SOU's Oregon Student Public Interest Research Group will be fronting a two-day event presented through the organizational group, Focus the Nation.
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OSPIRG's recent victory a prime example of service - Oregon Daily Emerald (new window)
Thanks to the Daily Emerald for its in-depth look at OSPIRG ("The OSPIRG you can't see," ODE, Jan. 22). The article did a good job painting a broad brush stroke, including many of our accomplishments and the important blend of student activism with professional staff. Sometimes, however, the best way to understand an organization is to go in-depth on just one accomplishment. Fortunately, a recent victory helps illustrates OSPIRG's service to the student body.
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Democratic Senate candidates come to SOU - The Siskiyou (new window)
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OSPIRG works to reduce credit debt - The Siskiyou (new window)
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Hybrid and Electric Cars Exhibit Today on Campus - PSU Daily Vanguard (new window)
Portland State's Sustainability Club is hosting a "Clean Car Show" event today. Also hosting the event will be representatives from the student interest group OSPIRG, PSU's Bicycle Co-Op, FlexCar, PSU's Outdoor Program and the student-run café Food for Thought.
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OSPIRG Hits Campus Hard When It Comes to Upcoming Events - Lane CC Torch (new window)
The Oregon Student Public Interest Research Group has big plans for the coming year at LCC with a proposed campus-wide Dodge Ball tournament, a continuing fight for affordable text books, Sustainapalooza and much more.
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Students Seek to Ban Credit Vendors - Ashland Daily Tidings (new window)
Jim Carpenter looks every bit the credit card sales rep, clipboard in hand, dressed in a baby blue polo and matching visor emblazoned with his company's logo. Except he's actually campaigning against credit cards, and the logo on his hat is Feesa, which rhymes with one of his major opponents.
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Price for Plastic - KCBY CBS 11 (new window)
Credit card companies are hitting students hard. Sending them mail, tabling at big events, pre-approving them for thousands of dollars, but a group at the university is working to help out these unsuspecting students.
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SOU students make a difference on national issues - The Siskiyou (new window)
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$20 Billion Grant Program Signed into Law - PSU Daily Vanguard (new window)
A new federal bill increasing federal loan and grant programs by $20 billion was signed into law yesterday, affording federally indebted students at Portland State and across the nation new options for paying off their loans.
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PFC allocates more money on appeals - Oregon Daily Emerald (new window)
Most of the student groups appealing their Programs Finance Committee allocations for the 2007-08 school year left their appeal hearings with a little more money, but not everyone was happy.
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Student group budget appeals start today - Oregon Daily Emerald (new window)
Student groups unhappy with their 2007-08 budget allocations will have one more chance this week to plead their cases to the Programs Finance Committee. Budget appeals are scheduled for Thursday and Friday night. GLOSS (a student group in the department of Linguistics), the International Law Student Association and OSPIRG are on the schedule for Thursday night and the Student Bar Association and ASUO Constitution Court are on Friday's schedule.
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ASPSU Meets 3,500 New Voter Goal - The Daily Vanguard (new window)
Students celebrated Tuesday afternoon in the Park Blocks as student government reached its goal of 3,500 newly registered student voters.
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Registering Young Voters For The Good Of The Democracy - Oregon Public Broadcasting (new window)
After weeks of flagging down students in dorms and on sidewalks, a coalition of Oregon non-profits said Monday it's registered 18,000 college students to vote. That was the goal, and it's one day before the voter registration deadline. A bigger goal of 28,000 young people is in sight, as well.
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Voting Activists: We Want YOU! - Oregonlive.com (new window)
In the final weeks before the Nov. 7 election, a horde of volunteers and interest groups will do everything possible to reverse pollsters' predictions that Oregon most likely will have a low voter turnout this fall. The secretary of state has teamed with a Portland radio station to send text-message reminders to the under-30 crowd. College students and other Generation Y volunteers are out crawling coffee shops and pubs, handing out registration cards and assuring people that every vote counts.
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Young Adults Urged to Vote - The Bulletin (new window)
For Gena Goodman-Campbell, trying to get 18- to 24-year-olds registered to vote is a full-time job. And as a campus organizer for the Oregon Student Public Interest Research Group, a public advocacy group, she has her work cut out for her.
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Drive On to Get Students to Vote - The Register-Guard (new window)
Hoping to build on recent success getting college students to vote, student activists in Oregon are again fanning out on state campuses and are a third of the way to a goal of registering 18,000 new voters in time for the Nov. 7 general election.
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Debt May Deter Graduates From Public Service - PSU Daily Vanguard (new window)
OSPIRG study finds that many college students graduate with too much debt to pursue low-income public service careers such as teaching or social work.
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Student Fee Set to Skyrocket - PSU Daily Vanguard (new window)
Committee slashes from student group budgets to curtail dramatic rise in incidental fee in 2007.
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Hearing to Address Clean Car Programs - Medford Mail Tribune (new window)
Gov. Kulongoski’s plan would match neighboring states in increasing the fuel efficiency of new cars.
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Student Loan Cuts Put Kids in Financial Bind - Medford Mail Tribune (new window)
Students discouraged after President Bush signed a $12.7 billion change in student loan programs on Feb. 8 that will take effect in July.
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Homelessness at PSU - PSU Daily Vanguard (new window)
Students have mixed feelings about the homeless who find shelter on PSU's campus.
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Mayor Says Begging Not Real Issue - Ashland Daily Tidings (new window)
In response to such claims that begging is not a real issue, and stories of 'affluent beggers,' students and community members speak out on behalf of the homeless.
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Bush Budget Out of Touch - Eugene Weekly (new window)
A coalition of local people and organizations concerned with social services gathered this week in Eugene in response to the Bush administration's release of a budget last week calling for deep cuts in assistance to low-income people.
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