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Legislature passes landmark higher ed budget
2007-2009 budget gives biggest increase of funds to higher ed in nearly a decade
The final day of Oregon's 2007 legislative session marked a victory for higher education funding with the passage of a budget that gave the Oregon University System over $100 million more then the previous cycle.
On June 28, surrounded by lawmakers and proponents of higher education on the steps of the Capitol Building, Gov.
Missing OSU alumnus
An OSU graduate has been reported missing from his home in Salem. Roy Howell, 61, who graduated from OSU in 1991, was last seen May 17. Howell's two adult children went in to check on their father June 4, and found that the only thing missing from the apartment was a riffle.
Talks begin for future MU Annex
Plans for new building that would house ASOSU, student media are in feasibility phase
Planning is in its early stages for a new building called the MU Annex to house the student organizations that currently occupy MU East in Snell Hall.
MU Director Mike Henthorne said that the project has not been approved yet, but the plan is to build the annex where the pay parking lot is located, next to the bookstore.
Grade grubbing: Do university rankings really matter?
Colleges find problems with popular ranking system; some schools deem the system unfair, others embrace rank by marketing
Many colleges around the nation have found a problem with the college ranking system of U.S. News and World Report.
CNN reports that some of the colleges, such as Sarah Lawrence College and Dickinson College, said the 'reputation survey' of the publication is nothing more then a "collegiate beauty contest.
9-1-1 call fell through cracks
Missing couple found dead, in thick brush outside highway in Coast Range
PORTLAND - For nearly two weeks, Oregon police agencies didn't link reports of a red compact car driving off a highway June 8 and two Californians reported missing in a red Toyota - despite a 9-1-1 call from a man who saw the accident and pinpointed its location.
