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Free Tuition Offer at University of Oregon
Program recruits low-income students
students, and apply for a scholarship
offered to Oregon students. They'll also
need an application lor federal student
aid on file with the university.
Q ualified students with exception
ally high grades could also get their
room and board costs covered, univer
sity officials said.
For the 2007-2008 academic year, tu
ition and fees at the University ot O r
egon are $6.174. Room and board adds
an estim ated $ 11,000 a year.
The U niversity of Oregon has rolled
out new details o f its am bitious plan to
cover the costs of tuition and fees for
low er-incom e students, starting with
next year's freshman class.
Under the plan, the university will
pick up tuition costs not covered by
state and federal financial aid for stu
dents from poorer families.
To qualify, students will have to be
eligible for the Pell G rant, a federal pro
gram designed for low-incom e college
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Paying for college in Oregon has be
come a heated topic, with tuition and
fees increasing about 50 percent since
2001, as state support for higher educa
tion has declined.
A study released this spring by the
Oregon Student A ssociation found that
the average Oregon university student
graduated with nearly $20,000 worth of
debt.
Students who qualify for the tuition
help will also get academ ic help such as
tutoring, said university Provost Linda
Brady, part of a goal to help more stu
dents graduate within four years.
Only a handful of selective public
universities have sim ilar programs in
place, including the University o f North
Carolina, and the University o f W ash
ington.
The University o f O regon's offering
will be the first such program in the
state.
The school’s move com es at the same
time that the state is backing a new
college-aid program that is aimed at
helping both lower and middle income
students pay for college.
The idea behind the state's plan,
known as the Oregon Opportunity Grant,
is that students would be personally
responsible for a portion of their tuition
bill, from money earned through a job or
taken from savings.
Their parents would also have to kick
in an am ount, and students would be
expected to apply fo ra Pell Grant. After
that, though, the state has pledged to
cover the rest of their tuition bill.
D etails on PathwayOregon can be
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Clinton, Obama Tap Down Controversy
Call for truce
on race rhetoric
(AP) — Democratic presidential
rivals Hillary Rodham Clinton and
Barack Obama have stepped back
from aeontroversy over race, agree
ing that a prolonged clash overei vil
rights could harm their party's over
all drive to win the White House.
Obama was the first to suggest a
cool ing of the rhetoric on race, call
ing reporters together Monday to
say he didn't want the campaign "to
degenerate into so much tit-for-tat,
baek-and-forth that we lose sight
of why all of us are doing this."
Referring to Clinton and former
Sen. John Edwards, he said that
while they may have disagreements,
"we share the same goals. We're all
Democrats, we all believe in civil
rights, we all believe in equal rights."
Clinton's campaign issued a
statement in the same vein about an
hour after Obama spoke, saying it
was time to seek common ground.
"And in that spirit, let's come to
gether, because I want more than
anything else to ensure that our
family stays together on the front
I ines of the struggle to expand rights
Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N. Y., laughs with Bob Johnson
(right), president o f Black Entertainment Television during services Sunday at the Northminster
Presbyterian Church in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo)
for all Americans," she said.
The issue flared after Clinton
said it had taken President Lyndon
B. Johnson, a white politician, to
finally realize King’sdream of racial
equality by signing the Civil Rights
Act.
Rep. Jim Clybum, D-S.C., and
the highest-ranking black member
of Congress, expressed unhappi
ness over that as well as remarks
her husband, form er President
Clinton, had made that were critical
of Obama.
The former president has made
several appearances on black radio
programs to ease concerns, while
his wife appeared on NBC's "Meet
the Press" on Sunday and accused
Obama's campaign of distorting her
comments.
MLK Blood Drive Challenge
people in the United States
currently awaiting a kidney
transplant.
Both men hope that their
words of encouragement will
inspire many to start new tra
ditions by attending this up
coming blood and organ donor
drive with their own family
members and friends.
To schedule an appointment
or for further information, call
503-284-4040.
The Dr. Martin Luther King
Jr. Blood and Organ Donor
Drive will be held at the local
Red Cross headquarters on
North Vancouver Avenue, on
Saturday, Jan. 26 from 7:30
a.m. to 1 p.m.
Rev. Dr. T. Allen Bethel of
M aranatha Church in north
east Portland and Charles W.
Hunter Sr., an educator with
Portland Public Schools and
Senior Pastor of Neighborhood
Church o f God in Portland.,
have issued a public challenge
to members of the African-
American community to start
family and friend group dona
tion traditions and also to con
sider signing up for the Organ
Donor Registry through Do
n ate
L ife
N o rth w e st
(donatelifenw .org).
Rev. Bethel brings his own
personal story to bear on the
issue. He is one of the 73,181
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Live Music!
As part o f Portland State U ni forts of a disparate group of New
versity events com m em orating Orleanians who braved adversity
and celebrating the life o f Martin after the floods caused by Hurri
Luther King Jr., the PSU Library cane Katrina in an attempt to re
Artists and W riters Series present claim their homes and neighbor
tw o sh o w in g s o f J o n a th a n hoods, along with their shattered
D em m e's latest docum entary, lives and livelihoods.
The documentary plays on Fri
"New Home Movies from the
Low er 9th W ard." Film m aker day, Jan. 18, and Saturday, Jan. 19,
Daniel W olff will talk about his at 7 p.m. at the 5th Avenue Cinema,
experiences in New Orleans pro 510 S.W. Hall. Admission is free
ducing the docum entary after the and open to the public. Donations
to the Oregon Ftiod Bank accepted
screenings.
The documentary charts the ef at the door.
Shandra Terry
Legacy Celebration
Washington State University
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Montgomery Bus Boycott," a
R osa Parks m onologue by
Shandra L. Terry. This free pub
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Jan. 22 at 2 p.m. in the Adminis
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Terry's energetic and dynamic
one-w om an m onologue and
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