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One more reason

One more reason why I love living in Oregon.
SECOND ANTI-EQUALITY EFFORT FAILS!
How sweet it is.
Oregon’s Secretary of State confirmed that the second of two anti-gay petitions has failed to qualify for the ballot.
Another petition targeting Oregon’s new domestic partnership law failed as well. Both laws will now take effect at the beginning of […]

Discovery Channel

dis·cov·er·y
–noun, plural -er·ies.

the act or an instance of discovering.
something discovered.
Law. compulsory disclosure, as of facts or documents.
(initial capital letter, italics) U.S. Aerospace. the third space shuttle to orbit and return to earth.
a cable TV channel for white men.

I’ve been watching a lot of television lately. One of my favorite networks to watch […]

An unlucky year

The 2007 batch of first-year medical students at the University of Missouri-Columbia is the least racially diverse in recent history.
We are constantly concerned and aware if we don’t mirror the population of the state, and we just keep working at it,” William Crist, dean of the medical school, said. “Fortunately, in big systems we […]

Sunday links

I’ve been collecting links/stories for a couple weeks since the fall term started…

University of St. Thomas cancels talk by Desmond Tutu because of comments that were critical of how Israel treats Palestinians. However, non-Nobel Peace Prize winner and verbal hate-crime-a-minute spewer Ann Coulter is perfectly acceptable.
Latinos fought in WW II and the new documentary […]

Graduation rates

Diverse Issues in Higher Education has an informative article on their site regarding graduation rates for Black and White collegiate football players.
The article includes data on:

Top Five Universities With the Largest Disparity Between White and Black Graduation Rates, 2002

Top Five Universities With the Largest Disparity Between White and Black Graduation Rates, 2004

Top Five Universities […]

An Unwelcome Environment

Apparently things are worse than I thought at the University of North Dakota. Sally Page, UND’s affirmative action officer, has stated in a memo to campus administrators that publicly opposing the UND “nickname and Indian-head logo” could create an “unwelcome” climate for students who support the “nickname.” I think that Sally Page is forgetting […]