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November 21. 2007
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State Expands College Financial Aid
For low- and middle-income students
Gov. Ted Kulongoski is promoting a
program passed by the 2007 State l e g ­
islature that will increase financial aid
for low- and middle-income students
throughout Oregon.
The expanded Opportunity Grant is
very good news for people who have
the desire to improve their lives by
going to college but have been priced
out o f acollege education. Kulongoski
said during a kickoff tour last week at
Portland State University to promote
the program .
"This is the most far reaching finan­
cial-aid program in Oregon history,”
Kulongoski said.
The expanded O pportunity Grant
takes into consideration the student’s
ability to pay, com bined with other
financial aid and then provides funding
to fill the gap.
The program doubles the state fi­
nancial-aid package for Oregon stu­
dents and will reach beyond low -in­
com e and into m iddle-class families,
resulting in thousands more O rego­
nians being able to go to college.
"For too long, thousands o f families
in Oregon have had to delay or give up
on going to col lege,” said Kulongoski.
"I am proud to announce that with the
expansion o f the O pportunity Grant,
we will help more than 33,(XK) stu­
dents in low-incom e and m iddle-in­
com e families fulfill the dream o f go­
ing to college.”
Students will be able to apply for the
grant when they fill out their federal
financial-aid application (FAFSA).
The O regon Student A ssistance
Com m ission is also hosting an online
calculator on their website for stu­
dents and families that will show them
what kind o f funding the expanded
Opportunity Grant could provide. That
c a lc u la to r c a n be v ie w e d at
getcollegefunds.org/S R M Fstim ator/
O O G Intro.aspx.
For more information on the O r­
egon O pportunity Grant and other
Oregon scholarship opportunities, stu­
dents can visit getcollegefunds.org/
ong.htm l or call 800-452-8807.
Student can also inquire with their
college financial-aid office to receive
more information.
Accomplished Career
Prosecutor Makes History
Graduate
Begins Law
Career
A young wom an from Portland is
a wonderful role model for others
by turning education into a success­
ful career.
Latrice Latin has been hired as a
staff attorney at the Fulton County
Public D efenders Office in Atlanta,
Ga., after recently passing the state
bar exam.
Latin earned her Juris Doctorate
at the M ercer University W alter F.
George School o f Law in Macon,
Ga. She previously had majored in
political science with a m inor in
sociology, earning a Bachelor o f
Arts degree from G eorgia State
University
Her proud and loving parents are
Wanda Paden and Leonard A. Latin,
executi ve market mg d i rector for the
Portland Observer.
Latrice Latin at her graduation celebration.
The first w om an district attorney
ev e r in San F rancisco as well as the
first fem ale A frican-A m erican d is­
trict attorney in C alifornia history
has been resoundingly voted to a
second term .
Kamala D. Harris garnered over 98
percent o f the vote in a nearly unprec­
edented uncontested November elec­
tion.
Harris received accolades over her
first term for bringing professionalism
and innovation to the district attorney's
office, prosecuting violent crime, and
her “sm art on crim e” approach to
prosecution.
While noting that San Francisco’s
overall conviction rate is “the highest
in a decade,” Harris said that being
district attorney was about "more than
being either tough or soft on crime.
It's about being smart by attacking the
root causes o f crim e.”
“ My core com m itm ent is simple,”
said Harris. "A s a career prosecutor
raised in the civil-rights movement, I
Kamala D. Harris
believe that a district attorney must
both protect public safety and be an
advocate for social justice.”
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