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Law school ranks 72nd
in top 100 schools in nation
The U.S. News & World Report's
rankings of the top law schools
have placed the University Law
School in a tie for 72nd in the na
tion this year, up from the last year's
78th-place finish.
The school, which was placed in
the second tier of the top 100 schools,
tied with Rutgers State University—
Camden, Rutgers State University—
Newark, the University of Richmond
and Villanova University. The Law
School has placed in the top two tiers
since 1995, when it placed in the top
tier at No. 40.
The rankings take into account
many factors, including LSAT scores,
median undergraduate GPAs, em
ployment rates for graduates, teacher
to-student ratios and library re
sources, among others. Considerable
weight is put on the results of surveys
' completed by law school deans and
three other faculty members from
participating schools.
— Jared Paben
TOP LAW SCHOOLS
1. Yale University
2. Harvard University
3. Stanford University
4. Columbia University
5. New York University
6. University of Chicago
7. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
8. University of Pennsylvania
9. University of Virginia
10. Duke University
73. Rutgers State University - Newark
74. University of Oregon
75. University of Richmond
Source: U.S. News & World Report
Student Senate approves
request, discusses future
The ASUO Student Senate unani
mously approved one special request
from the Women's Law Forum Thurs
day night and, with nothing else on
its agenda, discussed issues that may
need to be addressed in the future.
The Senate authorized the
Women's Law Forum to spend $278
from its conference food-handling
account on food for its annual
Welcome Tea.
The event is directed toward incom
ing law students and typically attracts
between 30 and 60 attendees,
Women's Law Forum Treasurer
Kathryn Moakley said.
The only other item on the agen
da, the 'Agate Street Extension pro
posal,' was postponed when propos
al presenters were unable to attend
the meeting.
ASUO Vice President Mena
Ravassipour was in attendance to in
form the Senators about an issue
that will most likely be on their
agenda in the near future — the
Knight Library's need for extra
funding to stay open around the
clock during dead and finals weeks.
"It's something the students use ...
and we might want to think about
helping (the library) because they
might not be able to put it on if we
don't," Ravassipour said.
Summer Session Senate President
Rodrigo Moreno-Villamar encour
aged his fellow senators to continue
looking for issues affecting students
that the Senate could play a role in.
The contract negotiations between
the University and the Graduate
Teaching Fellows Federation are an
example of the many ways the Senate
can affect campus issues, Moreno
Villamar said.
The Senate passed an issue resolu
tion concerning the ongoing negotia
tions June 24. The resolution was nev
er formally recognized by ASUO
because the ASUO Constitution
Court has not been in session this
summer to review it.
The ASUO Green Tape Notebook
requires all Senate resolutions be ap
proved by the Court before being rec
ognized as official ASUO documents.
The GTFF reached a contract settle
ment with the University August 5.
— Meghann M. Cuniff
Thieves stealing narcotics
from Pendleton drugstore
PENDLETON — Drugstore break
ins are uncommon in this Eastern
Oregon city, but thieves have walked
away with $4,600 worth of prescrip
tion painkillers in the last four
months.
Medical Center Pharmacy was first
burglarized in May, when thieves
tripped an alarm near the front door,
ripped it off the wall, and took $ 1,600
worth of medications.
The burglars were gone when po
lice arrived about five minutes later.
Last week, burglars once again
entered through the front door, after
cutting the building's phone line
to prevent the alarm from going off.
They stole $3,000 worth of narcotics
such as morphine, Vicodin and
OxyContin, which is used to treat
chronic pain.
Those drugs are worth between
$30,000 and $45,000 on the black
market, said Vafa Aflatooni, a phar
macist at Medical Center Pharmacy
and one of the business' owners.
OxyContin can go for as much as
$80 a pill, he said.
"It's amazing to me that we can
have a break-in twice in the span of 90
days in this small of a town," said
Aflatooni, whose pharmacy serves res
idents and numerous assisted living
facilities in the Pendleton area. "It just
leaves a bad taste with you."
Pendleton police are not sure
whether the two burglaries are con
nected, said Lt. Mark Swanson.
Although Pendleton has seen sim
ilar burglaries, Swanson said it's un
usual for the same place to be hit
twice in such a short period of time.
— Associated Press
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