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In 1975 I was attending college on a small Alaska campus. A student from Connecticut was attending a room party, and waving around his newly purchase S&W .44 magnum, "the most powerful handgun in the world". This was of course at the height of popularity of the Dirty Harry movies. Waving this gun around at the party,...
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Huts don't pay taxes, people do. Hearts? I think you mean huts. Would you rather have homeless folks people sleeping on the street or in a safe, warm space? There is no end game. People need shelter and I'm glad to see tax money helping them instead of funding another billion dollar and now obsolete battleship
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I don't feel sympathy for rich Republicans either, but it is not clear that the poorly conceived decision to reduce voting places produced benefit to a particular political constituency.
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There were 145 deaths by gun in 2014 in Alaska. Not one of those happened on a college campus. There has never been a mass shooting at a college campus in Alaska. College students have a greater chance of being hit by lightning then being killed in a college mass shooting. There is no Reason for this bill, except for t...
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In-season reporting is the only logical way to know what is being caught. End of season reporting leaves too much to question. Proposal #248 was in front of the Board of Fisheries last March which suggested the monthly reporting requirement, perhaps online, so ADFG could manage the non-commercial harvest during the sea...
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Say what, Carberry? If there're no guns on campus that means there is a greater likelihood that there won't be any shootings. No. Campuses across the nation need to take a stand and fight the fear mongering that guns need to be the prevalent culture. Get outta here.
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Our grandson plays KidsSports basketball and I must agree some of the coaches are simply unbelieveable. However, that's a reflection on those coaches, not on the U of O basketball program. I attend the Ducks' home games and watch the away games on TV. I see very little "showboating." They play hard. They play team...
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Cato Institute.....enough said. Funded by the Koch Bros.
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Or was it the one where black cops beat a white guy on his way to work in a case of 'mistaken identity', then when they realized they had the wrong guy charged him with bleeding on their uniforms? Or all those black cops who have targeted majority-white Ferguson's citizenry to generate revenue for their majority black...
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§ 19. Right to Keep and Bear Arms A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. The individual right to keep and bear arms shall not be denied or infringed by the State or a political subdivision of the State. Save a Nati...
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You are and good on you for Saturday's piece.
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The other states need to adopt Oregon's policy of registering you to vote against your will, then voting for you. One would think the democrats would be cheering on this one as 60% of Arizona's voters are republican
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More intellectual dishonesty, and you accuse me of being uncivil! Once again, my words are misrepresented by a leftist who cannot construct a real argument. Has leftism so degraded your mental faculties that you are left with no other approach than the amateurish parsing of language? I wrote, and meant, "drunken enco...
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Guns aren't the only method of defending one's self, Karpinski. ADN covered a story about a thirty-something year old Asian woman who managed to disarm a female robber that came into her store and wielded a gun and a knife at her. The Asian woman had a gun within arm's reach but chose not to use it. Instead she enga...
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Motley crew has pointed out to you that due process is a requirement for proper adjudication of criminal or school code. The schools are incapable of providing due process as has been demonstrated repeatedly. It is also a profound question as to whether public schools should be allowed, via duplication of criminal vi...
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"and he may be going to prison." Wishful thinking by someone who clearly dislikes Kitzhaber. These emails in question are from Kitzhaber's private email account, which were inadvertently kept by the state, as the article states. This matter goes to the very heart of our Constitution. Kitzhaber is arguing his right...
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Of course not. They are simply another tool in the box. We aren't all black belts, you know. Some might even be disabled.
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“In layman terms this means that in order to induce death, a marijuana smoker would have to consume 20,000 to 40,000 times as much marijuana as is contained in one marijuana cigarette. NIDA-supplied marijuana cigarettes weigh approximately .9 grams. A smoker would theoretically have to consume nearly 1,500 pounds of ma...
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So how does RG get to spout violence, "shoot democrats" in this new commenting system?
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The points I found relevant to why persons would use a dispensary over the black market are convenience, knowledgeable information about the selections and variety of choices. It's there if the reader reads carefully. What is missing is that street pot is not tested for additives and pests.
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Ward 1, I am sorry but you simply have no standing to demean this young woman as obese. She obviously has undertaken an adventure that may alter her body configuration, but whether true or not, her body status does not affect you and therefore you should hold your tongue. Respect.
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Bob Weinstein. Show me where K12 education was cut. Did you know that we pay more than $22,000 per student in Alaska? And we are at the bottom nationally in 4th grade reading for low income students? And we rank 49th out of 51 states/DC in 4th grade reading for upper/middle income students? What are we doing wrong? Mor...
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Here are two hypothetical texts from a college student to a parent; Hypothetical scenario " Active shooter situation, school on lockdown, swat team not here yet, shots fired down the hall, twenty in our room, eight of us are armed and ready, luv u" Second Hypothetical scenario "Active shooter situation, school on l...
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Alaska does have a gun problem. 145 deaths by gun in 2014. The most gun deaths per capita than any other state. Alaska #1 in gun deaths! Zero of those happened on a college campus.
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Right. I understand you don't feel the playing field needs leveling because it's always been inclined in your favor. And you NEVER saw fit to ask 'Whatever happened to all men are created equal' until other folks started demanding to be treated with equality. Now you see a 'problem.' Finally, are you claiming candi...
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He wasn't representing Alaskas best interests... So a majority of Alaskans sent him packing.... Why in the heck would we want him back?
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Expressing opinions are part of life and, fortunately, are protected First Amendment priveleges. I'm also going to vote for our next President, thereby, expressing my opinion about someone "much more accomplished" than I. I don't claim to the the "arbiter" of anything. You may not like my opinions. That's fine, it'...
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Sure they're required to do an investigation, but lacking clear evidence and the proper means to obtain clear evidence( as per the last sentence in the article candidly stated ) taking action, however well intentioned, put's them in a precarious position if it is a “he said, she said” (typical) kind of situation. It's...
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Not sure how one can consider Switzerland which has private health insurance a socialist democracy
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I have been voting for the lesser of two evils for most of my life, and I am sick of it. I find your attitude that voters who refuse to vote for the lesser of two evils as "unsophisticated" to be exceptionally condescending. One might counter by saying those who continue to support the two-party system over all other...
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Anyone who remembers Oregon's two elite 8 losses to KU and Florida knows it was a complete dismantling on the offensive and defensive boards. KU doubled up Oregon on both sides of the glass, and Florida nearly did the same. Without naming names, 25 minutes were given to Oregon post players that didn't belong on the c...
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It's a welfare check Steve.....
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Is this really noteworthy? People do a lot of weird stuff, much of it in the name of their beliefs, and, as long as it's harmless or just their own, more power to them. Is this any different than the slightly-not-there middle-aged woman who holds up the pro-Jesus signs in the middle of winter on the street corner in ...
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"40-20" "59 minutes ago" "Trump is far less divisive than the current Marxist in the WH." "“There is little difference between Communism and Capitalism.” - Barack Hussein Obama" Can’t find it? That’s because he never said it, Don. You just parrot what your overlords want you to say, unwilling/unable to dig deeper t...
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If you banned Democrats from owing guns, the problem would be solved, immediately. Education is a wonderful thing. Article 4. Section 4. "The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislatu...
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Vote for Hill? You must be full of Mullarkey
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Funny you should mention that. 70-80% of child-molesters are white males, and it seems Alaska in particular has a problem with putting them in jail. Just basic facts.
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As much as I disagree with some of his antics and misdeeds, I am glad to see he has found someone to be with him for his golden years. Looking dapper there Don.
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Lazy,Jobless government dependants for Bernie...
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I remember a young woman killed the day after I registered by her boyfriend with a .44 mag--not a concealable weapon. He walked onto campus, went to the registration area, she was at the first desk, he yarded her out the door and executed her. Had her boyfriend known that carry was permitted on campus--which at the t...
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HUD funded rapid rehousing requires that rental assistance end within two years or less. In the meantime, the households should receive supportive services aimed at raising their incomes either through employment or disability benefits, as well as help applying for Section 8. Some households will inevitably be unable t...
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She probably thought you wanted to meet on the island. Glad to hear you're in Anchorage this year
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So we need guns in a place where higher education takes place but no guns in the place where the most corrupt people in Alaska "work" for big oil companies...The legislature building.
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As if government officials don't use personal email to subvert public records laws. Does the name "Hillary Clinton" ring a bell? Kitzhaber was trying to prevent an independent review to determine which, if any, of the personal emails included public business. Why would he seek to suppress the evidence if he has nothing...
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Kyle, the permanent fund dividend is not a welfare check, but a share in Alaska's natural resource wealth (I don't get one, by the way). The oil tax credits ARE welfare which Alaska's Future wants you to pay with the Permanent Fund.
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And everything you've said here has absolutely no bearing on this story.
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To answer my own question, I guess it is noteworthy. Some weird stuff makes it into the paper, and some doesn't. But it was interesting enough to me that I was irritated by it and also thought about it. Not bad for a lazy Saturday morning.
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skeptic and totally uneducated that I am, how exactly is it that these legal "dispensaries" are able to add the cost of "testing" for additives and pests"? Is this mandated by their license? Regulated by the state?
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If we use the same reasoning that some in our legislature use, that there could be a mass shooting on Alaska campuses and that's why we need to arm our students. Then we can also say, we need to arm our legislators and constituents in the Capitol and LIO's because their could be a mass shooting there also and we should...
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How do you spell .44 Magnum, in Alaska? Shoot to kill.(R) Enforcing William H. Sewards Fourteenth Amendment(1868), three years before it existed? Colt Walker? http://gov.alaska.gov/Walker/press-room/full-proclamation.html?pr=7204
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Wavemaker, fear has nothing to do with why anyone carries. If you understood and had actually read the Constitution you might realize that the Constitution is there to limit gov't, not us. 4,110 times a DAY in this country, the law abiding using their legally owned firearms stop a crime in progress. Millions carry l...
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We have never had a mass shooting on a college campus in Alaska either. So we do not need a law to protect us from a ghost!
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Haven't you noticed all the plundering, trapping, and pillaging going on? The sky fell on day one!
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Wait they tried to steal cars that are being worked on? That's asinine ... Obviously they won't work right if they're at a repair shop ... Shaking my head just glad the production manager heard and called the police!! Great effort from everyone involved
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"We" don't need anything. And, you have no decision in whether or not I carry, according to the Second Amendment. Liberals are afraid of the law abiding who carry amongst them daily, without incident. All about control, as the law abiding vote, but the armed criminal does not. Yet, they want to restrict the law abid...
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I'm Alaska Native, my step-son is white, when he was little I took care of him a lot and when we would go to the mall or grocery store people would ask if I was his nanny or if I was baby sitting for someone. I was always proud to say that he was my step-son.
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Bingo, disability. Where do I sign up?
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"1000 Friends of Oregon was founded in 1975 by Governor Tom McCall and attorney Henry Richmond as a nonprofit watchdog organization advocating for and ensuring adherence to Senate Bill 100", Oregon’s recently adopted land-use law." " Signed into law on May 29, 1973, Oregon Senate Bill 100 created an institutional stru...
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By the way ADN I'm impressed with your new comments section
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Not quite right…. Committee votes aren’t limited to just YEA or NAY. Committee members can vote Do Pass; Do Not Pass; No Recommendation; or Amend. Those voting Do Pass: Reps. Mike Chenault/Kenai, alternate for Mike Hawker, Kurt Olson/Kenai, Craig Johnson/Anchorage, Ben Nageak/Barrow, David Talerico/Richardson Hwy. R...
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Yes, at the start of the pipeline boom Alaska missed an opportunity to dedicate a few of it's megabucks for research on alternative forms of energy production, like tidal, and geothermal, just in case the oil ran out some day.
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This is what I have observed about what I call 'Gun People': their love of anything 'gun' is really religion. One is either in or out of that circle and anyone who questions the sanctity of the holy tenants will be treated as an apostate that would be better dead. Gun People are true believers, many of which display al...
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Important to keep in mind the people who do not like liberty berate liberty minded people at every opportunity.
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Yep, the vets love him, especially the fact that he refused to be drafted/ Vietnam / stating he was conscientious objector, while other young men took his place. Then barely worked any jobs before 40 yrs of age, collecting from unemployment most of that time. Free,free,free...stuff, while others pay the price.
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Go Bernie🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥. You got this!!!!!
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The right to speak and publish, civil or not, distinguishes our nation from most others. When the press most benefitted by this freedom insists to prevent others from exercising that freedom, it makes me think we need to remind them that they would not be allowed that freedom in other countries. Fortunately I am free t...
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Won't talk about it? Because they are cowards. Somebody should at least ask them what they are trying to accomplish.
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Somehow my carry would interfere with academic freedom? I have had to sit and listen to liberal professors spout their political ideology having nothing to do with the course I had paid to take time and again on U of A campuses. Being armed will not interfere with their arrogance or their contempt for the student who...
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"Just choose what you like".
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"Most" students, or just the liberally indoctrinated who showed to spew their ignorance of their Constitution?
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Mr. Ivanoff, I hope the finding of this rare fish inspires you to continue your education and to become one of the scientists to explore and describe the mysterious world at the ocean's bottom.
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If arrogance is the overriding factor, are you just looking at Oregon in a vacuum, or are you considering the opposition too? Neither Oklahoma or Oregon would sniff the upper quartile of arrogant teams among the power 5 conferences. Despite winning the conference regular season and conference tournament, Oregon still...
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This civil comment system is not designed to encourage civil discourse, but to limit the response according to the ideology of the reader. The Dispatch will succeed in driving away those with opposing views--but, then, that's what the libs want, isn't it?
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Socialism, FAILS EVERY TIME. Always has, always will. Welfare idiots love handouts, always have , always will.
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Thank you, Don Young, for representing us in Alaska all these many years. Alaskans know it's the hardest job of 1 US Rep, plus the greatest distance for a single rep to have presence both in DC & back at home. Your seniority in Congressional relationships and knowledge cannot be beat. We will continue to support you ...
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(There has never been a mass shooting at a college campus in Alaska. ) Good, lets keep it that way, or at least minimize the damage should one occur. Just because something has not happened in our town, does not indicate it can not. As for odds, every one has a greater chance of being hit by lightning than killed in a...
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We are also life-long gun owners--own a safe full. They are used for hunting and target practice. Your claim that "4,110 a day stop a crime in progress." is unbelievable. I'm sure you have no citation for that bizzare comment--do you?
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And, you never really understood why you had the right to own and to carry firearms in the first place, did you? I doubt seriously that you are who and what you say you are, except a liberal. Please, sell your firearms. Be a good liberal and disarm. Show us how civilized you are and place a sign on your property that...
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Well said. Another misfit socialist failure. Bernie is proof that babies still get dropped on their heads.
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Good luck Ron Alleva. If I were in your district I'd vote for you. Traini needs to go. He's a union shill.
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All that means to me is that the anti-gun people were perhaps led to testify in greater numbers. I've seen them come to state legislative hearings in a bus.
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Cede comment thought provoking. I don't have a problem with valuing civility so much as not valuing minority opinion. Plutocracy = mobocracy when people can easily organize to suppress the minority opinion here.
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You making assumptions based on a lack of valid data. BMI is not a gold standard for measuring fitness. Bone density and size, muscle mass and other factors can come into play. The fact that she's making the attempt to do the PCT which I dare say most "normal" BMI types wouldn't even consider doing speaks volumes for h...
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Yes Sir, there is a point. If you support open/concealed carry on a campus filled with thousands of people then guns should be allowed everywhere---including the Capital.
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To all who have commented on this string. I did not concede the argument, my wife did not do what Tom has claimed. Tom, maybe you missed it, but I have acknowledged that Photo-Radar was one of my regrets. It did not work and I accepted the public decision. To all the folks that kept on the topic of the article thank y...
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Hedonism: Ethical hedonism is the idea that all people have the right to do everything in their power to achieve the greatest amount of pleasure possible to them.
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If they could carry, probably. However, I carry when I go to see my legislator in a public place that does not bar firearms. I obey the wishes of the owner if the establish does have such notice, but I will not do business with any business that bars carry. I stopped using First National Bank of Alaska for that reason...
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I can honestly say that I don't understand addiction. When I went to the pain center for fibromyalgia the doctor put me on roxicodone and morphine daily. I felt like a zombie for about a month. After that I chose to stay in pain rather than miss out on life. I quit the pain clinic and asked my doctor for something ...
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Outsider: University Discipline Codes and Procedures provide a carefully crafted system of due process. The U of O is an extremely detailed document defining possible offenses, policies, procedures and possible consequences. One section which is quite relevant to the conversation follows: "Consent to one form of se...
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Cool name, Chalaavialuk!
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Way to go guys. One thing about this team, they don't quit. Keep it up tonight!
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The lawsuits you refer to will not happen because the majority of responsible parents will not allow their student to attend UAA.
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Quite simple. The "Board of Regents" can individually assume personal liability for any harm that comes to a person on UAA that could have been prevented by such person having the ability to protect themselves. You can't deny a human the ability to protect themselves unless you are willing to assume that responsiblit...
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Your wife did exactly what I said Mark. Once again you lie. As far as staying on subject you never presented one single proposal. I suspect your reason for writing the letter was to prime your constituency for another run at public office, but the responses here prove that the public is way more intelligent than what y...
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The quote was “There is little difference between Communism and Capitalism.” Not “Just choose what you like”. Or have we changed the meaning of these little thingys " " ? Or are we now able to pick random words from a speech and string them together to say whatever we want to hear? The speaker did after all say a...
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And, Wavemaker, are you advocating violence in response to a threat of the use of deadly force? I thought you libs were against violence? That one just expresses civility, love, and understanding of the criminal, and the criminal would just melt and recognize their wrong and submit to the liberal's superior civilized...
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So you want UAA to become a private university? That is the result of your idea.
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If I were you, I would discuss your previous issue with an Attorney, whom practices in the field of personal injury and medical malpractice, then you can obtain justice for the damages done to you by the past medical provider. Initial consultations in this arena are usually free of charge. And, attorneys fees are bas...
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"Like a typical leftist" you say? Have we gone so far in the polarization of this country that now an opinion on campus rape, and what to do about it, divides into right or left? This isn't a political issue. Look around and you'll see lots of people on the right of the political spectrum concerned about campus rape. A...
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