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...voices were pretty much ignored again last week when an Oregon judge sentenced Kinkel, 17, to 111 years imprisonment with no possibility of parole. He had pleaded guilty to murder and attempted murder, and his sentence was the severest penalty possible for a juvenile in Oregon...
...Buried in the corner, near a side entrance to the field house, is an eight and a half by 11 plaque commemorating Harvard's lone appearance-in 1919 in the Rose Bowl, traditionally celebrated as college football's most storied bowl game. Harvard, if you're curious, defeated the Oregon Ducks 7-6 to win its final national championship...
...crumbled under the petty slights and jealousies of high school, prison won't be a walk in the park. But, of course, that may be just the point. Today, an Oregon Circuit Court judge handed Kip Kinkel a 111-year prison term; because of his status as a minor, he was not eligible for the death penalty. The Springfield teenager, now 17, was convicted on four counts of murder and 26 counts of attempted murder after spraying his high school cafeteria with gunfire 16 months ago. Kinkel also shot and killed his parents, a grisly twist in the familiar repertoire...
...site's debut last week at www.ronsangels.com outraged fertility experts and ethicists, who accused Harris of everything from running a soft-core eBay to the Hitlerian crime of eugenics. Democratic Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon, who wrote the 1992 federal law regulating fertility clinics, called the operation "crass commercialism." Some suggested that Harris might be more interested in selling ads on a hot website than in selling eggs--or that the whole thing might even be a hoax...
...legal proceedings. This could be a lenghty battle: President Clinton has voiced his disappointment over the House vote, indicating his readiness to sign a veto, and at this point each side of the debate claims to have the votes to render the other side moot. Across the country in Oregon, battle lines are already drawn; state legislators are threatening to challenge the constitutionality of any federal law overturning the state's assisted suicide provision, citing the states' traditional powers to regulate and oversee physicians, and arguing that the issue is not about drugs - a federal purview - but about doctors' decisions...