The Oregon House Wednesday approved a bill calling for “cultural competency standards” at all public universities and community colleges by the end of 2020. The bill is a model of vagueness, but its opponents fear it will lead to campus suppression of free speech and thought.
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Patience spent, council walks out
Here’s a first for the Albany City Council, at least in living memory: Unwilling to take a second long lecture from a man denied a permit to hold a marijuana festival in a city park, the mayor called a recess and the council walked out.