Jan 2008

UO E-clips, Dec. 29-Jan. 2

Top stories for December 29, 2007 - January 2, 2008: The Portland Business Journal is the first to report on the UO's PathwayOregon news release today about free education for poorer students; the Chicago Tribune quotes Paul Swangard of UO's Warsaw Sports Marketing in a story about Fox Television's big score with college football bowl coverage; UO building projects top '07 list, reported the Eugene Register-Guard on New Year's Day; a New York Times' columnist praises the UO in a Monday article titled 'In the fight over piracy, a rare stand for privacy'; and 'It's a fowl job, yes, but they love to do it,' reports Register-Guard in a story (quoting the UO's Dan Gleason, biologist) on the annual Audubon Society Christmas Bird Count

UO E-clips, Jan. 3

Top stories for January 3, 2008: Multiple media coverage today on Wednesday's UO announcement about Pathway Oregon, a new program for low-income freshmen that begins in the fall

UO E-clips, Jan. 4

Top stories for January 4, 2008: Lack of gravitational wave prompts fresh look at gamma ray burst, reports the Science Daily in a story based on a UO news release; the journal Science quotes the UO's Jon Erlandson in its news brief about efforts to find the hull of a ship that sank before 1700 -- and has occasionally released chunks of beeswax off Oregon's coast; and the Portland Business Journal reports on efforts by Oregon universities to collaborate on promoting by way of the Web technology breakthroughs that offer investment and business opportunities in the state

UO E-clips: Jan. 5-7

Top stories for January 5-7, 2008: Watchdogs to raise red flags over green marketing practices, reports Brand Week Magazine in a story that features the UO's Deborah Morrison; Reuters covers the story, too, with the headline 'Consumers put ads to greenwashing test'; resource fees to be added to tuition costs by 2011, reports the campus Daily Emerald in its coverage of the recent state Board of Higher Education meeting; UO adds key property for arena is the headline on an Associated Press story about UO President Frohnmayer's announcement at the higher ed meeting; the Register-Guard, in an editorial, addresses PathwayOregon; 'A way cool film' is the headline of a Register-Guard story on how Meredith Burch, a UO grad and filmmaker, and UO physicist Russell Donnelly got together for a documentary on the scientific quest to reach absolute zero

UO E-clips, Jan. 8

Top stories for January 8, 2008: the United Kingdom's Business Green publication and an online blog by U.S. News & World Report covers the new Web site targeting 'greenwashers' that was built on criteria developed by UO's School of Journalism and Communication; it's almost time to 'play ball … again' at the UO, and the Associated Press reports that the UO baseball program is about to hold its inaugural baseball camp for high school-age players; the Eugene Register-Guard features an editorial about the higher education board's decision involving how fees are handled, under a headline: 'For clarity in pricing'

UO E-clips, Jan. 9

Top stories for January 9, 2008: UO arena's financial viability questioned by faculty panel, reports both the Eugene Register-Guard and Portland's Oregonian; 'New state law to break book bundles,' reports the UO-student-run Oregon Daily Emerald; and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports on its own mistakes, noting 499 published corrections in 2007 -- and citing research of the UO's Scott R. Maier on the need for media accuracy

UO E-clips, Jan. 10

Top stories for January 10, 2008: Learning Arabic through the UO's Yamada Language Center is featured in the Oregon Daily Emerald; UO President Frohnmayer discusses the new resource-fee structure with faculty, where he also asserts that the arena project won't use academic funds, reports the Daily Emerald and Oregonian, respectively; 'When it comes to food, 'local' and organic' aren't separate trends' is the headline over a viewpoint piece in the Register-Guard by the UO's Natalie Reitman-White

UO E-clips, Jan. 11

Top stories for January 11, 2008: The Bend Weekly covers the UO's new PathwayOregon tuition program; Inside Higher Ed looks at diversity recruiting in academics on college campuses and the challenge of that vs. sports recruiting, citing the 35 percent black representation in UO's football program while only 2 percent of the UO student body is African American; sex is, uh, deadly, at least in the case of genetic incompatibility in roundworms, reports Nature.com in a story that quotes the UO's Patrick Phillips; the Daily Emerald looks at big fish on campus in a report on zebrafish research, including recent work by Karen Guillemin; and Oregon is edging closer to the economic R word, according to Tim Duy's monthly economic index reported on by the Register-Guard, while the Oregonian, citing the same report, says the situation isn't as dire now as it was last month's but there are mixed signals

UO E-clips, Jan. 12-14

Top stories for January 12-14, 2008: German-UO collaboration could cut the costs of CT imaging, according to a release on the Medical Physics Web; state analysts approve $200 million in bonds for Oregon arena, reports the Associated Press; Would be thief caught with dance marathon proceeds, reports the Oregon Daily Emerald (clarifications noted); and 5-year-old Isabella Roberts of Springfield hits the dance floor at UO event, the Register-Guard reports

UO E-clips, Jan. 15

Top stories for January 15, 2008: UO law students see first hand as Oregon's Court of Appeals works on campus, reports the Oregon Daily Emerald; Both the Oregonian and the Register-Guard urge, in editorials,that the risks be considered in moving forward with state bonds for a new UO arena

UO E-clips, Jan. 16

Top stories for January 16, 2008: UO leaning toward Autzen site for baseball stadium and hopes to meet soon with Eugene city leaders, reports the Register-Guard; Paul Swangard of the UO's Warsaw Sports Marketing Center is quoted in a Chicago Tribune story about projections of $2.5 billion in proceeds that may be realized if the city lands the 2016 Olympics; former UO employee sues, loses lawsuit, reports the Oregon Daily Emerald

UO E-clips, Jan. 18

Top stories for January 18, 2008: Both the Oregonian and Register-Guard report on the UO arena's proposal getting an endorsement Thursday from the Legislature's Joint Ways and Means Committee; in MSN.com's coverage of the country's economic problems and various political candidates' fixes, readers are urged to check out the blog by UO economist Mark Thoma; Eugene Weekly covers the "Buddhist Visions" exhibit at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art; and the Register-Guard reports on the local United Way's Thursday night event, noting that the UO pledged about $300,000 in the just-completed 2007 fund drive

UO E-clips: Jan 17

Top stories for January 17, 2008: UO eyes baseball park(ing) options, according to a story in the Oregonian; the other sports complex, the proposed UO arena also gets the Oregonian's attention in a report on its shorter payout requirement; the UO's Health Center's director resigns, reports the Oregon Daily Emerald; the student newspaper also reports on the gamma ray research of two UO physicists, Raymond Frey and Isabel Leonor; and the Register-Guard reports the Buddha’s (or the four-ton carved marble figure of Buddha) is back at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art

UO E-clips, Jan. 19-22

Top stories for January 22, 2008: University student found dead Sunday in Living Learning Center, according to the student-run Oregon Daily Emerald (posting includes editor's note with updated information; MLK celebration in Portland features UO student Donnell Adair of the Black Student Union telling youths to 'step up,' reports The Oregonian; the UO's Vice Provost for Diversity Charles Martinez is among the speakers at Eugene's 23rd annual celebration remembering Martin Luther King Jr., reports the Register-Guard; a UO course inspired by the IKEA company is anything but a 10-week commercial, says its professor, Esther Hagenlocher, in a Register-Guard story; a story in the Oregonian on how cities and countries work to lower landslide risk includes comment from the UO's Andre LeDuc, director of the Oregon Natural Hazards Workgroup

UO E-clips, Jan. 23

Top stories for January 23, 2008: New UO arena concept draws coverage from The Oregonian, Register-Guard, Associated Press, and UO students via the Daily Emerald; KVAL covers the launch by UO and Oregon Statue University of a social networking Web site for outdoor enthusiasts; the Daily Emerald reports on the dismissal of two International Affairs directors; the Register-Guard reports on the upcoming (Jan. 31) UO conference on climate change; OSU gets an "A" but the UO an "F" in a survey of gender equity in college athletics, The Oregonian reports

UO E-clips, Jan. 24

Top stories for January 24, 2008: UO Senate questions but doesn't offer opposition to arena plans, reports the Register-Guard and Oregonian, and arena parking may foul neighborhood, according to a story in Eugene Weekly and the Daily Emerald

UO E-clips, Jan. 25

Top stories for January 25, 2008: Renovations at Hayward Field are nearing completion and Eugene '08 gets closer, reports the Associated Press; the Oregon Daily Emerald has a story on the UO School of Law and changes in the field, including three professors choosing to leave campus; and the independent student paper also features an Page One article on "Buddhists Visions," the collection now at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art

UO E-clips, Jan. 26-28

Top stories for January 26-28, 2008: The Oregon Daily Emerald, in an opinion piece, says the "Pit Crew" at at McArthur Court needs to clean up its act after its verbal attack against UCLA's Kevin Love; also, in an editorial, the Register-Guard responds the UO's plan to build a new baseball stadium and possibly forego playing ball at Civic Stadium; war veterans perform in story of their lives, reports the Register-Guard about an original play the veterans are preparing in a class at the UO

UO E-clips, Jan. 29

Top stories for January 29, 2008: Humans can only think about four things at once, Informationweek.com reports in a story adapted from a UO news release on the work of Edward Awh and Edward Vogel; The Oregonian headlines a story about the UO law school launching four classes in Portland with 'UO gets legal Ducks in a row'; Tool use is just a trick of the mind, reports Science Magazine in a story that quotes the UO's Scott Frey; and India's newspaper The Telegraph reports on how numerous linguists, including the UO's Scott Delancey, have flocked to a special session on languages of northeast India

UO E-clips, Jan. 30

Top stories for January 30, 2008: Arena project raises concern in community, reports the Oregon Daily Emerald in a story that addresses UO President Dave Frohnmayer's letter on Tuesday to residents of the neighborhood; KVAL reports that the 'Duck plane takes flight,' covering the roll out of one of Horizon Air's new UO-decorated plane; the Register-Guard today covers local police use of Tasers (stun guns) and reports that the head of campus security wants to use them, too; KPTV 12 Portland reports on how the White Stag Building in Portland fits into going green; and on Tuesday The New York Times entertainment writer previewed NOVA's Tuesday night show on the "Secrets of the Parthenon,” which featured UO art historian Jeffrey Hurwit

UO E-clips, Jan. 31

Top stories for January 31, 2008: UO's unveiling of a proposed new baseball park, where the minor league Eugene Emeralds may play as well, has drawn headlines from the Associated Press, Daily Emerald, The Oregonian and the Register-Guard; an anonymous donor has provided funds to the UO's Women's and Gender Studies program, the Daily Emerald reports; and a book on the impact of Bill Bowerman and colleagues is helping to ready Eugene for the upcoming Olympic Trials, the Register-Guard says