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UO E-clips, July 15
Top stories for July 15, 2008: Oregon Bach Festival sees record revenue, reports the Register-Guard; the state’s economic slowdown is hitting from a new angle, reports The Oregonian with comments from UO economist Tim Duy; and the UO’s Carla Gary is quoted in a Mail Tribune piece about how the newspaper and other media refer to Barack Obama as being black when he actually is half black and half white
Oregon Bach Festival sees record revenue from ticket sales (Register-Guard): The Oregon Bach Festival wrapped up its three-week run in Eugene on Sunday with record ticket sales revenue that took it past the half-million-dollar mark for the first time. The festival sold 17,402 tickets for its 54 events, pulling in $502,696 in sales. That's 12 percent higher than the previous ticket revenue high mark of $448,408 in 2004.The number of tickets sold was up 3.5 percent from 2007. "Success breeds success," said new OBF Executive Director John Evans, who took over last summer from co-founder Royce Saltzman.
Economic slowdown hits Oregon from a new angle (The Oregonian): For the first time in 145 months, Oregon's jobless rate is no higher than the nation's, according to a tally issued Monday. Statewide unemployment dipped a tenth of a point in June, to 5.5 percent, the Oregon Employment Department reported, while the national rate climbed to the same level -- meeting for the first time since May 1996. ... University of Oregon economist Tim Duy, who compiles the monthly Oregon Economic Indicators Index, warns of a "feedback effect" as rising food and energy prices slow the rest of the economy.
Since you asked (Mail Tribune): I notice the media, including the Mail Tribune, refers to Sen. Barack Obama as being black, yet he is only half black, having a white mother. What percentage of ethnicity does one have to contain to take on that ethnic group? Obama is also 50 percent white. Why does the Mail Tribune not refer to him as being white? This question has been brought up since Barack Obama became a household name, says Carla D. Gary, assistant vice provost for institutional equity and diversity at the University of Oregon.