This thesis examines three newspapers in Corvallis and Salem,
Oregon: the Corvallis Gazette-Times, the Oregonstatesman (Salem)
and the Community Press (Salem). It examines the histories of the
Gazette-Times and the Oregon Statesman as family-owned papers, and their current status as properties of newspaper chains. Based
on interviews of key staff...
On May 21, 1998 Kip Kinkel drove to Thurston High School in Springfield, Oregon. Kinkel killed two students and wounded another twenty-two students. He killed his parents the day before. The shootings at Thurston High School came on the heels of a number of prominent school shootings and Kip Kinkel...
