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Education
Ninety-Nine-Year-Old Sets World Record, Proves It's Never Too Late to Finish College
Oregon resident Leo Plass dropped out of school in 1932, but now he finally has his college degree.
Education
Is College Worth the Money? Answers from Six New Graduates
Their answers about whether their degrees are worth it might just surprise you.
Education
"Human Sexuality" Class Is Too Hot for Northwestern
There will be no more live sex demonstrations at Northwestern University—and no more Human Sexuality class at all, in fact.
Education
Oregon Makes High Schoolers Apply to College to Get a Diploma
But is this actually going to help anyone (other than the politicians)?
Environment
Cascadia: The West Coast Fault Line That Is "Nine Months Pregnant"
The fault zone that produced the largest known earthquake in the Lower 48 is "nine months pregnant and overdue." This time line illustrates it.
Lifestyle
Feast Your Eyes: Meet Colin, Portlandia's Most Pampered Chicken
A clip from the first episode of IFC's new show, Portlandia, gently skewers the city's farm-to-table obsession.
Environment
Good News: Oregon Will Go Coal Free
Oregon is planning to close it's last coal power plant by 2020, at which point it will join a small club of coal-free states.
Lifestyle
B-Shares: A Bicycle Delivery Service That Helps Feed the Hungry
Bikes, as it turns out, can provide an important link between good, surplus food that would otherwise get wasted and the people who need it.
Cities
In Portland, Open Data Makes It Easier to Get Around
By making public transportation data public, Portland, Oregon's TriMet system has fostered an explosion of useful information.
Cities
Student Army Updates Oregon, One City at a Time
Sure, law schools have clinics, and some architecture schools let students do real building projects, but the University of Oregon's Sustainable...
Culture
Picture Show: Surfing the Icy Waters of the Oregon Coast
With rugged tree-lined mountains that plummet directly into its oceanic waters—which tend to hover just over 50 degrees Fahrenheit—the Oregonian...
Culture
Beard Team USA
It was nice to see the U.S. World Cup soccer team selection get so much publicity last week—ESPN showed the roster unveiling live, and the boys...
Environment
Wind Farm Resistance in Oregon
Cape Wind isn't the only case of wind farm NIMBYism. This time the town of Union, Oregon is fighting a 182-turbine farm on the slopes of a...
Environment
America's First Wave-power Farm
America's first wave-power farm is under construction off the Oregon coast. The system generates energy as waves on the surface of the ocean move...
News
Oregon Voters Raise Taxes on Themselves
Yesterday voters in Oregon did something crazy: They voted to raise taxes on Oregonians. More specifically, they voted to raise taxes on the...
Environment
Pushing the Limits
In Oregon, radical antisprawl laws aim to save the state's bucolic paradises. But with land-hungry suburbs on the prowl, can these goats be...
News
Landfill Bans: Perhaps Not the Way to Fight E-Waste
In January, a new law goes into effect in Oregon that will ban certain electronics from all landfills. The idea behind the law is to encourage the...
Cities
Transparency: Biking to Work
The battle over which North American city is the best for biking is fierce and- most likely-unresolvable. Our latest Transparency will tell...
