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‘City of Roses’
Established In 1970
Volume XXXVII, N um ber 15
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Committed to Cultural Diversity
Wednesday • A p ril 18. 2007
2007 Rose Festival Court
M ercedes White Calf, Jefferson
Ellen Robson, Franklin
Natalie Stringer, Central Catholic
Sarah Saul, St. Marys
Sascha-Eden Preston, Roosevelt
Jin Ting Wu, Benson
Audra Shaw, Madison
Kaia Range, Grant
Brooke Bell, Wilson
Celebratine
100 Years
Chelsea Linn, David Douglas
The 2007 Rose Festival Court has
taken its place for the Rose Festival’s
Centennial year, marking 100 years of
Tiffany Loanzon, Cleveland
Elizabeth Larson, Lincoln
civic pride, tradition and entertainment.
Representatives from 14 Portland-
area high schools were selected to the
Margaret Ann Drew, Parkrose
court by their respective student bod­
ies. Each court member represents her
school throughout the months of May
Hong Van Le, Marshall
and June at community events, followed
by a Queens Coronation on Saturday,
June 9.
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Week in
Thc Review
raging against women and rich
kids. Authorities say Cho Seung-
Hui, 23, killed 33 people on the
campus and then
killed himself as
police closed in.
See story
page A2.
land. T eachers and officials
couldn't explain the welt across
her face and state officials say
the same. See
story on page
on
Injury Leaves
Mom in Dark
never got an expla
nation for a bruise
Writings Raise Concern
on her young
The gunman in the Virginia Tech d a u g h te r’s face
massacre was a sullen loner who the day she picked
alarmed professors and class­ her up from an
mates with his twisted, violence- Early Head Start
drenched creative writing and left Family Center in
a rambling note in his dorm room n o rth ea st P o rt­
Mandisa Brown
apartment building. See story on
page A3.
Deadly Month in Iraq
As President Bush conducts a
surge
in Iraq, experts say April
A3.
may be thc deadliest month for
Vandals Light U.S Soldiers since invading Iraq.
Alberta
Meanwhile, police in Ramadi un­
Portland Fire and covered 17 decomposing corpses
Rescue workers buried beneath two schoolyards
had a busy night in a district that until recently
last weekend was under the control of al-Qaida
fighting deliber­ fighters.
ately set fires that
erupted from re­ Apology Accepted
cycling
bins The Rutger’s women's basket­
along Northeast ball team accepted an apology
Alberta Street. from shock jock Don Imus on Fri­
One of the fires day for his on-air reference to the
spread to an team as “nappy headed hos," He
met with members of the team
after being fired from CBS Radio
and MSNBC.
Duke Case Dismissed
All charges were dismissed against
the three men from the Duke Uni­
versity Lacrosse team who were
accused of raping a stripper last
year. North Carolina attorney gen­
eral Roy Cooper described the case
as "a tragic rush to accuse."
Record Divorce
Michael Jordan's divorce from his
wife, Juanita, of 17 years may be the
most expensive split in entertain­
ment histoty. Her possible $150
million settlement puts Jordan No.
I on the Forbes list of "The lOMost
Expensive Celebrity Divorces."