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The truth is in senator's history

A week ago the Emerald reported that ASUO Sen. Mercedes White Calf, who had just been appointed and confirmed to a seat on the Programs Finance Committee, was moving on from a 2008 shoplifting conviction — which many senators who had voted for her confirmation were unaware of. Full story

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The week in thumbs

THUMBS UP A bold benchmark The ASUO Senate recommended the Athletics and Contracts Finance Committee that buys LTD group rate bus passes and football tickets have the same budget for next year as it does this year. That could restructure the way the ASUO funds both and save students a lot of money. Full story

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Overdraft options benefit debit users

College students will greatly benefit from new debit card regulations that will stop automatic overdraft charges for ATM withdrawals and debit card purchases. The changes, which will kick in next summer, are a giant step toward transparency in banking practices. Full story

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The truth is in senator's history

A week ago the Emerald reported that ASUO Sen. Mercedes White Calf, who had just been appointed and confirmed to a seat on the Programs Finance Committee, was moving on from a 2008 shoplifting conviction — which many senators who had voted for her confirmation were unaware of.

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Robert D'Andrea

Is it time for the ASUO to start partying?

By now it is conventional wisdom that it is difficult to recruit students to run or apply for spots in the ASUO. One possible solution to this and other enduring problems in student government could be the formation of lasting political parties, or so thinks former president Sam Dotters-Katz.

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Greg Dewar

Sharing is PC in computer world

“What we’ve tried to do with Windows 7 … is create a Mac look and feel in terms of graphics,” said Microsoft’s partner group manager, Simon Aldous. Following later that day, Microsoft’s communication manager Brandon LeBlanc issued a statement publicly dismissing this: “Unfortunately this came from a Microsoft employee who was not involved in any aspect of designing Windows 7.

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Guest Commentaries

Donate blood for those who can't

This week, thousands of units of blood will be donated to the Lane Memorial Blood Bank by University students as part of the Civil War Blood Drive. Unfortunately, the federal government has banned me from being able to give my blood to people who need it.

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Shelley Deadmond

A Duck trying to travel green

Upon first hearing about the Office of Sustainability’s release of the Climate Action Plan I was (naively) over-enthusiastic, thinking to myself “Great! Climate problem solved for the UO!” I didn’t kid myself for too long though, and soon realized that bringing the CAP to fruition is going to require an enormous amount of cooperative effort by University-affiliated people all across the board.

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Grace Pettygrove

Trans issues a cause for feminists

Let’s start with a definition: Transgender is a broad term that is applied to anyone whose gender identity or expression differs from his or her sexual anatomy at birth. This is more of an inclusive term than the word “transsexual,” which generally implies a surgical or hormonal shift in gender.

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