edition
CAREER special
March 23, 2016
Oregon Faces Powerhouse Duke
the banner for the rest of the Pac-
12 after the conference posted
the West Regional on Sunday a collective dud on the opening
night.
weekend. Five teams were sent
Oregon (29-6) was carrying home in the first round, including
C ontinUed from p age 8
Oregon State, and Utah was rout-
ed by 11th-seeded Gonzaga in the
round of 32, leaving the Ducks
as the lone conference represen-
tative.
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The Ducks will face No. 4 seed
Duke, a perennial powerhouse
and the defending NCAA cham-
pion, in the regional semifinals
on Thursday.
Oregon had to rally from down
58-51 in the final five minutes
to advance to the Sweet 16 for
the first time since 2013. Brooks
started the rally with a driving
three-point play and put Oregon
in front for good on a 3-pointer
with 1:19 remaining.
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C alendar
March 2016
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY
1
2
3
Peace Corps Anni-
versary
Share a Smile Day
Yellowstone Nat.
Park Est. (1872)
7
8
National Cereal Day
Scientist Luther Bur-
bank born, 1849
Telephone Patent
Granted (1876)
International
Women’s Day
Robert Sabuda born,
1965
14
15
National Wildlife
Refuge System
Pi Day (3.14)
Scientist Albert Ein-
stein born, 1879
Absolutely Incredi-
ble Kid Day
Julius Caesar Assas-
sinated (44 B.C.)
Ides of March
Dr. Seuss born, 1904
Read Across Ameri-
ca Day
9
Explorer Amerigo
Vespucci born,
1454
16
Sid Fleischman
born, 1920
James Madison
born, 1751 (4th
President)
Patricia MacLach-
lan born, 1938
Inventor Alexander
Graham Bell born,
1847
10
350PDX. North
Portland Team:
7-8:30 PM at
Arbor Lodge
Coffee Shop, 1507
N Rosa Parks Way
17
Wendell Minor born,
1944
Rubber Band Invented
St. Patrick’s Day
FRIDAY SATURDAY
4
5
Iditarod Race Begins
Boston Massacre
(1770)
Artist Michelangelo
born, 1475
Chris Raschka born,
1959
11
12
13
Author Ezra Jack
Keats born, 1916
Johnny Appleseed Day
Earthquakes devas-
tate Japan (2011)
Girl Scout Day
Anniv. of the Death of
Anne Frank (1945)
Virginia Hamilton
born, 1936
Daylight Savings
Time Begins
Good Samaritan Day
Uranus Discovered
(1781)
18
19
20
First meeting of
Congress (1789)
First Walk in Space
(1965)
Grover Cleveland
born, 1837 (22nd
& 24th President)
21
22
23
24
25
Children’s Poetry
Day
National Teen-Agers
Day
Single Parents’ Day
National Goof Off
Day
National Sing-Out Day
United Nations
World Water Day
Purim Begins at
sundown.
Patrick Henry
declared, “Give me
liberty...”, 1775
Harry Houdini born,
1874
Exxon Valdez runs
aground (1989)
Pancakes First Made
(1882)
Sculptor Gutzon Bor-
glum born, 1871
28
29
30
31
“Greatest Show on
Earth” formed 1881
Doreen Cronin
Birthday
Coca-Cola was In-
vented in 1886
Armed Forces left
Vietnam (1973)
Doctor’s Day
Alaska Purchased
(1867)
Artist Vincent van
Gogh born, 1853
First Map of the US
Published (1784)
Mathematician Rene
Descartes born,
1596
SUNDAY
6
Swallows Return
to San Juan
Capistrano
Palm Sunday
1st Day of Spring
Big Bird’s Birthday
(Sesame Street)
26
Make up Your own
Holiday Day
Poet Robert Frost
born, 1874
27
Easter
Alaska hit by 8.4
Earthquake (1964)
Dick King-Smith
born, 1922