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11 Percent Unemployed
Oregonians who will exhaust their
benefits at the end of March. The
legislation will provide for up to six
more weeks of jobless benefits.
March 3, 2010
tions. The idea has unified opposi­
The latest figures from the Oregon
tion with people carrying signs such
Employment Department show the
as “One Race: Human,” “No to
state had a jobless rate for January
Aryan Nations!”
at 11 percent, stuck at pretty much
PCC Student Sues Police
the same place it has been since last Quake Death Toll at 800
Facing
angry
earthquake
sur­
A Portland Community College
fall. But revised figures show the
vivors
who
had
little
warning
student, saying her constitutional
peak was a little lower than first
of
the
coming
tsunami,
and
who
reported.
rights were violated, is suing the
still are waiting for aid three
Portland Police Bureau. Delease
Jobless Benefits Extended
days after the devastating 8.8
Carter was originally stopped for
G ov.
Ted magnitude earthquake, Chile's
walking in the middle of the street
K u lo n g o s k i government used helicopters
just a few blocks from the PCC
signed an ex­ and boats to step up food de­
Cascade Campus. Police then took
tension of un- liveries on Tuesday as the
her to the ground when she didn't
e m p lo y m en t death toll rose to nearly 800.
follow their orders.
John Day, an eastern Oregon town
b e n e fits
where the leader of a white suprema­ Gun Rights May Grow
Thursday for Town Rejects Racism
Hundreds
of
residents
packed
meet­
cist group is seeking to make the The Supreme Court suggested Tues­
nearly 19,000
ings Friday to keep racism out of location a national base of opera- day it will strike down the outright
,, Week in
The Review
bans on handguns in some cities, a
ruling that could establish a nation­
wide ow nership right fervently
sought by gun advocates. But the
justices indicated less severe limits
could survive, continuing disputes
over the "right to keep and bear
arms."
Saturday Mail Delivery on
Chopping Block
The post office is renewing its drive
to drop Saturday delivery — and
plans a rate increase — in an effort
to fend off a projected $7 billion loss
this year. Without drastic action the
agency could face a cumulative loss
of $238 billion over 10 years, Post­
master General John Potter said.
Student is NASA Scholar
Damani Proctor is pursuing a high tech career with NASA.
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Portland Community College stu-
dent Damani Proctor has been se-
lected one of 105 students nation-
wide for the NASA Student Ambas-
sador Program.
.
Ambassadors will interact with
the agency while sharing informa-
tion, making professional connec-
tions and collaborating with peers,
They also will represent NASA in a
variety o f venues and help the
agency inspire and engage future
intems and fellows. Proctor is work-
ing on his associate’s degree in
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Microelectronics Technology Pro­
gram at the Rock Creek Campus,
After college he aspires to use his
two degrees to find work in the solar
electronics industry.
Last spring Proctor, 36, found
out h e ’d been accepted to the
Oregon Space Grants Program and
was an intern at the G oddard
Space Flight Center in M aryland,
He spent three m onths testing,
program m ing, and troubleshoot-
ing a system to convert pow er
from 120 to 28 volts.
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