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UO E-clips, Dec. 19

News stories for December 19, 2007: A new UO sports arena, according to a newly released study, could thrive with proper management, the Register-Guard and Associated Press report; the R-G also reports on a survey about Eugene's public schools and quotes UO professor Ed Weeks

Arena could thrive with proper management, study says (Register-Guard): Eugene is a pretty small town to support a major multipurpose university-owned arena, but with aggressive management, such a community edifice might succeed here, according to a feasibility study commissioned by the University of Oregon Athletic Department. The arena would need aggressive sponsorships, an aggressive nonsports entertainment lineup and generous contributions from premium seat and season ticket holders to cover its costs, according to the report. The analysis is another step along the way for the UO toward its long-held goal of building a new basketball arena along Franklin Boulevard in Eugene to replace the historic McArthur Court.

Consultants: New Oregon arena would have to be aggressive -(Associated Press, appearing in the Oregonian): A study says a new basketball arena at the University of Oregon would need aggressive management and sponsorships, an ambitious entertainment lineup and generosity on the part of those who buy premium seats and season tickets. The analysis commissioned by the Athletic Department says the Eugene market is small compared to other markets in the Pac10.

Survey gauges school concerns (Register-Guard): A recent survey on Eugene School District policy options revealed few clear preferences, but it did indicate a willingness to shake up the status quo to achieve greater equity among schools. The survey, part of an ongoing process dubbed Shaping 4J’s Future, sought input on a range of strategies, some of which would require difficult trade-offs: school closures, restrictions on boundary transfers, shifts in funding and more. The school board and Superintendent George Russell hope changes in policy and practice will boost academic success overall and close the so-called “achievement gap” that separates students by income level, English ability and race. … “It’s always a balance between sending out a survey and conducting a number of interviews where everybody gets to cast the issue in their own terms. Just practically, it’s impossible to do that,” said Ed Weeks, associate professor with the University of Oregon Department of Planning, Public Policy and Management.

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Campus Magazines:

Oregon Quarterly

Cascade (CAS)

Newspapers:
Daily Emerald (UO students)
Register-Guard
Eugene Weekly
The Oregonian

Campus Radio:
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KWVA (88.1 FM)

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KVAL, Channel 13 (CBS)
KMTR, Channel 16 (NBC)
KPTV (FOX-12, Portland)
 
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NPR (LCC, 89.7 FM)
KOPB (1600 AM)

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KUGN (590 AM): UO Sports
KPNW (1120 AM)

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2) Alumni in Portland have their own newsletter: See PDX Ducks.

 
Projected Rogue River Basin climate impacts described in six UO videos

Bob Doppelt in 2008 Roger Hamilton in 2008

Bob Doppelt and Roger Hamilton of the UO Climate Leadership Initiative went on video to talk about the recently released report featuring climate-change projections for Oregon's Rogue River Basin. Visit our VIDEO PAGE where -- in six videos -- Doppelt talks separately about planning and policy implications, and Hamilton speaks on overall impacts facing the basin, how agriculture, particularly pinot noir production, may be threatened, what may happen to the region's vegetation, and how salmon may be affected.

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