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pens and that happens.’ ... Hey,
forget all that,” Thompson said.
“It’s Eastern Washington. That’s
all it is. It’s nothing else. That’s all
it is. It’s Thursday, whatever time.
That’s all we need to focus on.”
Georgetown (21-10), ranked
22nd in The Associated Press’
final poll, is led by junior guard
D’Vauntes Smith-Rivera, who
averaged 16.2 points, 4.1
rebounds and 3.1 assists. Four
first-year players play heavy min-
utes, including starters L.J. Peak
and Isaac Copeland, the first pair
of Georgetown freshmen in nearly
cess this time around could very
well be 6-foot-10, 350-or-so-
pound center Joshua Smith, who
wavers between dominant and
passive but will get to face an
opponent Thursday that features
no regular larger than 6-8, 230.
Eastern Washington (26-8),
champion of the Big Sky Confer-
ence, averaged about 10 points per
game more than Georgetown and
is led by the nation’s leading scor-
er, guard Tyler Harvey (22.9 ppg).
Its tough nonconference schedule
included a victory at Indiana and a
loss at SMU, both in November.
Eastern Washington, champion of the
Big Sky Conference, averaged about
10 points per game more than
Georgetown and is led by the
nation’s leading scorer, guard Tyler
Harvey
a quarter-century to earn Big East
All-Rookie honors in the same
season.
But the key to the Hoyas’ suc-
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Eastern Washington guard Tyler Harvey (1) drives to the basket
during the second half against Montana in an NCAA college
basketball game for the championship of Big Sky Conference
tournament in Missoula, Mont., Saturday, March 14, 2015.
But if NCAA Tournament
resumes mattered, the Eagles
would worry about having never
won a game in the bracket: In their
only previous appearance, in
2004, they lost their opener
against Oklahoma State.
Georgetown’s Smith-Rivera fig-
ures results of the past only matter
so much.
“You can’t dwell on them,” he
said. “We got knocked out early
my freshman year. Didn’t make it
last year. So it’s another chance to
get after it and hopefully succeed
past where we’ve been.”
ture all unregistered voters who
are in the DMV database after tak-
ing actions such as obtaining or
renewing a driver’s license.
Two years ago, when the meas-
ure was first proposed, Green said
there were questions about
whether the Driver and Motor
registered as unaffiliated but can
select a political party from the
postcard and return it to election
officials through the mail.
Automatic registration is not
uncommon in other countries. A
2009 report by the Brennan Cen-
ter for Justice says nations where
have demonstrated citizenship in
order to successfully follow in
Oregon’s footsteps.
Oregon only grants driver’s
licenses to people who can prove
they’re in the U.S. legally by pre-
senting passports, birth certifi-
cates or other documents.
David House, a spokesman for
the Driver and Motor Vehicle
Services Division, has said the
agency can separate citizens from
noncitizens based on those docu-
ments.
Oregonians were the first to see
all-mail elections, and the state
has since been followed by Wash-
ington state and Colorado.
“Oregon is a true leader in
accessibility to voting and I chal-
lenge every other state in this
nation to examine their policies
and find ways to ensure there are
as few barriers as possible in the
way of the citizen’s right to vote,”
Brown said.
Voting
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file, such as age, residential infor-
mation, signature and citizenship
status, will be transferred to the
secretary of state, who will then
automatically update registration
information.
When it came up for a vote in
the state Senate last week, all
Republicans and one Democrat
voted against it. The Democrats
hold a 18-12 advantage in the
Senate so the bill easily passed.
State Sen. Elizabeth Steiner
Hayward, a Portland Democrat
who carried the bill in the Senate,
said there were rumblings the
measure was a “secret plot” to
enroll more Democrats. But she
denied that was true.
Oregon already has one of the
highest voter registration rates in
the nation — 73 percent of Orego-
nians were registered to vote and
70 percent of them cast ballots
during the 2014 general election.
Tony Green, spokesman for the
secretary of state, said the legisla-
tion is expected to eventually cap-
The legislation is expected to
eventually capture all unregistered
voters who are in the DMV database
Vehicle Services Division records
were confidential under federal
law. The legislative counsel deter-
mined the secretary of state and
the division could share informa-
tion as long as it was for legiti-
mate government purposes, he
said.
People eligible to vote will get a
postcard saying they’ve been reg-
istered and have three weeks to
opt out. They’ll be automatically
the government takes the lead in
enrolling voters have much higher
registration rates. Argentina has a
100 percent registration rate,
while Sweden, Australia and
Canada all have registration rates
over 90 percent.
Myrna Perez, deputy director of
the Brennan Center’s Democracy
Program, said a state needs to
already have reliable agency
records of eligible Americans who
three days of each other in June of
2013. Grant will plan its remodel
during the summer of 2015.
Portland Public Schools estab-
lished a set of education specifica-
tions which outlined how building
design should support learning.
The consultant team to develop
this was led by the DOWA – IBI
Group Architects, who were also
the lead architects on the Franklin
remodel.
The educational specifications
were approved by the district in
February of 2014 – eight months
after the design process itself
started.
PPS design meeting documents
show the Franklin remodel had
architects present at the second
meeting. Bassetti Architects, the
lead for the Roosevelt project,
were not present until the fourth
meeting — nearly four months
into the project.
According to the complaint’s
chief petitioner, technology edu-
cator Donna Cohen, the Franklin
STEM program was accurately
defined in the specifications as
well as the subjects under the
STEM umbrella: woodshop and
metal fabrication, computer labs,
robotics, software design, and
more.
“Franklin followed to a ‘T’ what
STEM
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cation.
Whichever side of the debate
observers support, two things are
certain: Any expansion of Roo-
sevelt’s STEM to catch up with
Franklin’s will depend on future
voter-approved funding measures
– and the curriculum for the space
has still not been finalized, weeks
before its groundbreaking.
Comparing and contrasting
schools
The remodel process of both
Franklin and Roosevelt started at
nearly the same time. The first
design advisory group meetings
for both schools occurred within
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STEM was and the subjects that
encompassed STEM, whereas
Roosevelt really didn’t have a
clue,” Cohen said.
Isaacs fundamentally disagrees
with this assessment and said the
architects for Roosevelt had a
draft copy of the educational spec-
ifications which they were legally
required to follow. The PPS vision
for the school is a modern space
with collaborative environments
interspersed throughout the build-
ing.
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