Oregon Considered
6/12/2006 - Academia and Activism Collide on NW College Campus
June 12, 2006
Last month, nearly thirty people were arrested at the Port of Olympia. They were protesting the Iraq War and the use of the port for military shipments.
Many of those arrested attend Evergreen College - a state-funded school a few miles from the port. Some are students in a class on parallels between the Vietnam and Iraq wars.
Olympia correspondent Austin Jenkins examines the line between academia and activism.
Also on Monday's Oregon Considered
Popular After-School Program On The Chopping Block
Governor, Legislators Agree On Plan To Revamp Mental Health Care
Mobile Clinic Brings Healthcare To Multnomah County Homeless
Reaction To Revamping Oregon's Mental Health Care: An Interview With Dr. George Keepers
Reaction To Revamping Oregon's Mental Health Care: An Interview With Dr. George Keepers
The addition of new hospital beds is welcome news to those on the front lines of dealing with mental illness in Oregon. Dr. George Keepers, who heads the department of Psychiatry at Oregon Health and Science University, spoke with Allison Frost. He says new facilities are desperately needed. But he also cautions that the much greater need comes when patients are released.
Click here to listen to the interview. (3:18)
