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The Bombing of Sterling HallText and photos copyright © 2000 Leemark Communications The doors to the old part of Sterling Hall, as seen from Charter Street. Early on August 24th, 1970, a van loaded with six barrels of explosives blew up just outside the East Wing of Sterling Hall at the University of Wisconsin campus in Madison. The bombing was carried out by four men in protest of America's involvement in the Vietnam War. The bombing was directed against the Mathematics Research Center, a U.S.-Army-funded facility, which was located in the East Wing of Sterling Hall along with the...

To truly appreciate the audacity of Ater Wynne and the timidity of the Oregon State Bar, you don't need to harbor a grudge, an attitude or a collection of dead lawyer jokes. You need only to read the complaint summary. And by all means do. Go to www.oregonlive.com and track the reasoning of the bar's disciplinary panel as it warms to the task of body-slamming the Portland law firm . . . and then suddenly takes a cold shower. But something in the tempting lead makes me pause. Audacity? No, I think we have Ater Wynne pegged. But the "timidity"...