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The Portland City Council unanimously approved an ordinance Thursday that prohibits plastic shopping bags at checkstands of major grocers and certain big-box stores. The new rules, designed to curb pollution, take effect Oct. 15. The linked video features L&C’s very own Tara Gallagher! Thanks for all your work on this, Tara! -
President Glassner shares his vision through writing, outreach, strategic planning. -
We’ve rounded up the 10 biggest Lewis & Clark stories of the year. -
Heidi Heitkamp J.D. ’80 is the first woman elected to represent North Dakota in either the U.S. Senate or House and the first Lewis & Clark graduate to serve as a U.S. senator. Prior to this notable victory, Heitkamp served as tax commissioner and attorney general, and led two successful ballot initiatives in North Dakota. -
As candidates for the nation’s highest office prepare for their final debate, Lewis & Clark’s President Barry Glassner and undergraduate student body president Xander Blair will host an event to cap off a busy election season. -
On August 29, Lewis & Clark Law School students Mallorie Grehn and J.J. England were following a conversation with President Obama on reddit when inspiration struck. -
This spring, Anthony Ruiz ’13 took his interest in political science out of the classroom and onto the campaign trail. -
This fall, Tod Sloan and Bruce Podobnik are leading a series of workshops for members of the Lewis & Clark community who want to be more effective community leaders and advocates. -
Jonathan Ostar, Lewis & Clark Law School alumnus, is working with West Hayden Island residents to ensure that the project, if built, has minimal impacts to that community. Ostar said Hayden Island residents, particularly those in a manufactured home community on the west side of the island, were initially left out of the conversation about the design of the project – and mitigation of its impacts.
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When Molly Hetz ’11 first volunteered in the rural village of Guarjila in northern El Salvador as a high school student, she immediately connected with the people and knew she needed to return. -
Professor Paul Powers offers a cautiously optimistic analysis of the transformational events in the Middle East and Northern Africa. -
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Matt Wuerker B.A. ’79 won the 2010 Herblock Prize for editorial cartooning work for POLITICO. -
Professor Abrams explores landmark case in new book -
Law alumnus Steve Doherty’s new appointment by Interior Secretary Salazar receives endorsement from The Oregonian editorial board. -
This spring, the Hoffman Gallery at Lewis & Clark is hosting an exhibition that poses contemporary questions about the effects of the global marketplace. -
Margaret Doherty, M.A.T. ‘76, is a former teacher and education advocate. She will focus on education issues in her new role as representative of Oregon House District 35. Read a profile of her. -
In an Oregonian editorial, Professor Rob Kugler suggests a cap-and-dividend provision for new climate change legislation as “an antidote to the lobbyists’ power and money.” -
Dean Klonoff shares insight about former Yale classmate and Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor with a number of national media outlets. -
Law lecturer Geoffrey Manne addressed the European Commission’s ruling against Intel and the Obama administration’s announcement to pursue more anti-trust cases at Forbes.com and the New York Times.
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In a recent LA Times article, law professor John Parry offered his views on the legal justifications outlined in the interrogation memos written in 2002 and recently released by the Obama Administration.
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Alum Matt Wuerker ‘79 was one of three finalists for the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning.
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Bruce Podobnik, associate professor of sociology, shared his thoughts with FOXNews.com about the book Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez handed to President Obama at the Summit of the Americas earlier this month.
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Kugler, chair of the Religious Studies Department, published an editorial that highlights his concerns for leaving future generations a livable planet.
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Political science professor Todd Lochner and Rhett Tatum ‘06, along with fellow researcher and political scientist Dorie Apollonio, were recognized by the editorial board of Regulation & Governance for their joint article, Wheat from Chaff: Third Party Monitoring and FEC Enforcement Actions.
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A small group of students set out on a quest to develop an conference to address a series of serious questions facing the international community about the rules of war, who participates in war and how war is covered. -
Parasa Chanramy (’10) and Jeanette Valleau (’10) were among over 60 students and speakers from North America, Europe, Asia, and North Africa, who gathered recently for a three-day conference in Strasbourg, France, to discuss whether or not President Obama would make a difference in US - European relations.
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Professor of Economics Eban Goodstein is quoted in a recent in U.S. News & World Reports about a trend in educating youth about conservation.
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Download Ben Brysacz Truman ScholarBen Brysacz has earned the nation’s top prize for undergraduate leaders, a highly competitive Truman Scholarship. Listen to a conversation with Brysacz and learn about how he hopes to impact the country’s political dialogue in the future.
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Dante Perez is one of 32 college students from across the country to earn an internship with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute. Listen to a conversation with Perez and learn about how he is already making a difference in Portland’s Latino comm
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Erica Thorson, clinical professor at IELP, discusses her recent trip to Morocco, where she participated in a workshop to help customs officials understand the laws governing the exportation of Barbary macaques.
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