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Scientist's dogged work uncovered E. coli culprit
Water bottle in hand, (OSU graduate) Melissa Plantenga settles into a padded chair in the office of Oregon's senior epidemiologist for the daily national conference call with three dozen state and federal public health experts. In-house laboratory coordinator Julie Hatch walks in, Plantenga recites the call-in number, Dr. William E. Keene punches the keys on his desk phone, and they wait. Plantenga scans the room. Lining the walls are shelves stacked with unsettling samples of Oregon health scares, a sort of morgue of items implicated in recent outbreaks and recalls. |
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Urgent Issues: If they finish high school, they stumble in college
For the first time in years, political leaders are talking about something other than how to keep Oregon schools open and out of the Doonesbury comic strip, which made a national joke out of the state's shortened school year in 2003. |
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Editorial: It's your money, but it's also your state
Measure 41 is an invitation to help yourself. Cut your taxes, keep more of your money, and don't worry about the schools, universities, senior services, health care and public safety programs that make up 90 percent of the state's budget. |
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Proposed measure puts hold on OSU construction
Several construction projects around campus have been postponed pending the outcome of this November's general election as a ballot initiative threatens to cut funding to higher education and cap state spending. These projects include the second phase of the Reser Stadium expansion and the planned renovation of the large animal hospital, which was scheduled to begin on or around Sept. 25. Both projects were conditionally approved by the Legislature Sept. 21 pending the outcome of the election. |
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Bears' Hughes shrinks field
Typically, on Mondays and Tuesdays, Oregon State quarterback Matt Moore has just a vague idea about what he'll face in the next game. He doesn't dive into an opponent's defensive tendencies until later in the week.
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Athletics calls for students to 'stand down' at Reser |
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