College Headlines

Bush signs new GI Bill

Daily Vanguard, Portland State University, OR

6 days ago by Chelsea Villareal

President Bush signed a new GI Bill on Monday aimed at providing the full cost for college or job training for those who served after Sept. 11, 2001. The GI Bill will extend to activated reservists and National Guardsmen with benefits paid proportionally to the number of months in active duty.

Jacob Meeks, the president of the Student Veteran Association (SVA) at PSU, an organization recently responsible for helping to raise money for scholarships for veterans and a summer retreat for new association leadership, has spoken with both Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Senator Gordon Smith (R-Ore.) about the GI Bill.

Baring it all

Daily Vanguard, Portland State University, OR

6 days ago by Marie Miller

To Ashlanders, Jen Moss is simply known as the "Naked Lady." Most recently, however, she is not only making news for her revealing pasties and strange habits, but also for her desire to sue the city of Ashland for not allowing her to participate with a group of 10 people in Ashland's noteworthy Fourth of July Parade--only wearing a G-string, rollerblades and a smile.

Distinguished OSU alum dies

The Daily Barometer, Oregon State University, OR

6 days ago by Craig Bidiman

On June 18, extravagant donor and Oregon State alumnus Martin N. Kelley died of cancer at the age of 80 in his Lake Oswego home.

Kelley, who graduated from Oregon State College in 1950, made a number of contributions to the engineering department at OSU after he left.

Effects of complicated Christianity

The Daily Barometer, Oregon State University, OR

5 days ago by Sara Gwin

There has always been something incredibly fascinating to me about religion. In particular, Christianity is something I have spent the better part of 15 years trying to understand.

I picked up the Bible at a very young age as I began my foray into literature.

Terri Irwin funds whale research

The Daily Barometer, Oregon State University, OR

5 days ago by Tracy Hoagland

Last Wednesday Terri Irwin, widow of "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin, signed a Memo of Understanding at the CH2M Hill Alumni Center with the Marine Mammal Institute at OSU.

The agreement will allow Bruce Mate, director of the Marine Mammal Institute, to lead two humpback whale research projects to American Samoa and the Aleutian Islands.

Sales job targeted towards students called misleading

Daily Vanguard, Portland State University, OR

6 days ago by Richard D. Oxley

Scattered on bulletin boards, tables and phone booths across campus are various fliers and postings for employment, one of which is for workforstudents.com, a flier advertising $12 to $16 per base/appointment. The flier promises students real work experience and the possibility for a highly sought after internship.

Workforstudents.com is a Web site for Vector Marketing, the selling arm for CUTCO Cutlery, aimed at recruiting potential salespeople. The Web site has some brief informational pages giving background on the company, mostly boasting its successes.