June 2008

UO E-clips, May 31-June 2

Top stories for, May 31-June 2, 2008: Costner lends star power to UO baseball, KEZI-Channel 9 reports; the Register-Guard also covered the story, too; UO visiting instructor Dan Carol goes national with Barack O'Bama's presidential campaign, reports the Register-Guard today; the R-G on Sunday reported on the area's 'condo crunch,' with a mention of UO housing; in another weekend story, the Register-Guard told how aspiring journalists from the UO get their feet wet with Flux; the Associated Press says that many Oregon school districts, based on a survey created by a UO grad student, are unaware of local food purchase options; and the R-G reports on a state economist saying a state recession is ‘debatable’

UO E-clips, June 3

Top stories for June 3, 2008: Robin Holmes, UO vice president for student affairs, says in a letter to the editor of the Oregonian that the 'UO looks out for freshmen' in response to the upcoming record fall enrollment; Holmes also is quoted in the Register-Guard today in a story about some students avoiding the UO because of the anticipated housing crunch; the Roseburg News Review runs an Associated Press story about freshmen ranks swelling across the state; UO Foundation buys land along Franklin Boulevard, the Register-Guard reports; and the UO's Andre LeDuc is quoted in a Daily Emerald story about earthquake preparedness and recovery in the Eugene area

UO E-clips, June 4

Top stories for June 4, 2008: The Coos Bay World reports on UO's freshmen housing struggle amid enrollment increases statewide; the UO battles discrimination claims, reports the Daily Emerald; and the Register-Guard provides a feature involving a new book by Geoff Hollister that has such names as Bill Bowerman and Steve Prefontaine

UO E-clips, June 5

Top stories for June 5, 2008: A ruling that the UO needs a conditional use permit to build the proposed new arena may force a delay in the project, report The Oregonian, Associated Press, Register-Guard and Oregon Public Broadcasting; evidence points toward (being in a) recession for Oregon, the UO's Tim Duy reports in his monthly Index of Economic Indicators, report the Register-Guard and The Oregonian

UO E-clips, June 6

Top stories for June 6, 2008: The Register-Guard's lead editorial today, 'Unpredictable planning," looks at zoning issues and the UO arena; meanwhile, the state education board is set to vote on the issuance of bonds for the arena, reports KEZI-Channel 9, and Oregon Public Broadcasting notes that the state's likely arena approval is just one small victory; and the UO remains committed to the arena project, reports The Oregonian. In other news: Oregon universities boost tuition, overhaul fees, according to The Oregonian; free festival sites offered for fans at the Olympic Trials, reports the Register-Guard; and Register-Guard reports on a traveling barrel-chested fiberglass (UO) duck

Bond issue approved for UO arena project, Oregonian and R-G report

Weekend E-clips UPDATE, June 6-7, with audio reaction from UO President Dave Frohnmayer

UO E-clips, June 8-9

Top stories for June 8-9, 2008: The Associated Press reports today that UO wrestlers have filed suit in Salem to keep their sport intact; The Oregonian looks at the fees students pay, including those at the UO that are part of the state-mandated overhaul; controversial holocaust speaker at UO tonight, the AP reports; college tuition, including the UO's, to rise modestly, reports the AP; and Oregonian blogger Steve Duin reports on where some of the state's honor students are -- and are not -- going to college in 'the Best and the Brightest'

UO E-clips, June 10

Top stories for June 10, 2008: UO wrestling goes national -- news that is -- following the wrestlers filing suit for a preliminary injunction to keep their sport alive, and The Oregonian covers the story from the perspective of a one wrestler; Fox News and the Register-Guard provided before and after coverage of historian David Irving, a denier of the Holocaust, at the non-UO-sponsored Pacifica Forum last night on campus; KVAL-TV reports that the Olympic Trials in Eugene will help jump start local economy amid an economic downturn; with a bond issue for the UO arena on the horizon, Fitch Ratings has boosted Oregon's GO Rating to AA, reports The Bond Buyer; and KVAL-TV says the report on use of a Taser on a UO student is due Aug. 29

UO E-clips, June 11

Top stories for June 11, 2008: The UO is gearing up to showcase itself during the fast-approaching U.S. Olympic Trials, reports KVAL-TV; no comment is the UO's reaction to the lawsuit filed by UO wrestlers, reports OPB News; Oregon DA on a roll at U.S. Supreme Court, reports the Associated Press, which quotes UO Law School Dean Margaret Paris; Oregon BEST invests in green research teams, including five UO scientists, reports the Daily Journal of Commerce; the Washington (DC) Times reports on a Texas duo that patrols ads for abuse of eco-claims, quoting the UO's Deborah Morrison, professor of advertising, who partners with the duo; in a Register-Guard guest viewpoint, a writer says that affordable housing benefits everyone and prominently mentions UO College of Architecture and Allied Arts students who attended an architects'-sponsored presentation

UO E-clips, June 12

Top stories for June 12, 2008: UO's Linda Brady returning East as new chancellor for the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, according to breaking news online by the Greensboro News-Record and The Oregonian; the Los Angeles Times quotes the UO's Paul Swangard in its coverage of allegations, being met with doubt, about NBA-game fixing by a former referee; no quacks of foul expected from Gordon Smith's campaign usage of fonts that appear UO Duck-like, reports the Oregonian; fertilizer research and looming food crisis tied together in a Wired News story that mentions the UO's David Tyler; the Bach Festival asks a Swede for new take on 'Messiah,' reports the Register-Guard; and a letter-to-the-editor writer tells R-G readers that the UO is losing a great president

UO E-clips, June 13

News stories for June 13, 2008: The Other Side of the Tracks, the Other Side of the Story, is the headline of an Oregonian blog (link provided) about a UO student who is graduating tonight; 'Stagnation and inflation box in Fed: Public expectations can make inflation hard to contain,' reports the Christian Science Monitor, with comments from UO economist Tim Duy; and UO provost Linda Brady to depart, says The Oregonian

UO E-clips, June 13, Special Notice

Mel Krause, former UO baseball coach, dead of cancer at age 80, The Oregonian reports online

UO E-clips, June 14-16

News stories for June 14-16, 2008: Newly published research led by UO biologist Shih-Yuan is featured by Chemical & Engineering News; economic climate causing projection woes for Oregon higher education, including for the UO, reports The Oregonian; UO geologist William Orr is quoted in an Oregonian feature story on the geologic history of the Columbia River Gorge; onward they go -- the new UO graduates, reports the Register-Guard, while the Oregonian quotes UO political science professor Ron Mitchell's message to the grads that 'We can move mountains together'; on Father's Day, the Register-Guard features the incoming dean of the UO's College of Arts and Sciences, sociologist Scott Coltrane, an expert in researching the role of dads; in a lead editorial, the Register-Guard looks at the search for a new UO president; in his on-going guest-commentary series in the Register-Guard, the UO's Bob Doppelt writes that climate change is coming so get used to it

UO E-clips, June 17

Top stories for June 17, 2008: Eugene review board to weigh in on police use of stun gun, the Register-Guard reports, and an Associated Press story on the death of former UO baseball coach Mel Krause continues to draw coverage

UO E-clips, June 18

News stories for June 18, 2008: The Register-Guard's Greg Bolt reports on coming departure of UO Provost Linda Brady and the challenges now faced by the UO; the Associated Press reports on a Eugene review board that is looking into the police use of a stun gun on a UO student; The Oregonian quotes UO law professor Leslie Harris in its coverage of McMinnville boys who are suing over strip-searches; Oregonian science writer Joe Rojas-Burke features the work of several scientists, including UO psychologists, who are studying the links between brain and meditation; and The Oregonian features a story about a scholarship offered -- and withdrawn -- from the UO's football program to an athlete at a California high school

UO E-clips, June 19

Top stories for June 19, 2008: There appear to be more rooms available in the area for potential visitors for events related to the U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials, reports the Register-Guard; teen's death renews scrutiny of faith-healing group, with comments from a UO law professor, according to The Oregonian; and PhysOrg.com today quickly picked up on a UO news release, 'Researchers confirm benzene-like electron delocalization of important molecule'

UO E-clips, June 20

News stories for June 20, 2008: UO journalism professor Melissa Hart, in a guest viewpoint in today's Register-Guard, says the same-sex marriages at San Francisco City Hall inspired tears in her eyes; a National Science Foundation feature appearing on Live Science today looks at why people choose to live in wildfire zones, quoting heavily on the work of UO psychologist Paul Slovik; the U.S. Department of Education today reports on states chosen, including Oregon, to work with the National Technical Assistance Center (co-directed by a UO educator) to implement and scale-up evidence-based practices; and Red Orbit reports on a deal that will have Strategic Diagnostics Inc. producing a library of antibodies for the study of usher syndrome, quoting the UO's Monte Westerfield

UO E-clips, June 20

News stories for June 20, 2008: UO journalism professor Melissa Hart, in a guest viewpoint in today's Register-Guard, says the same-sex marriages at San Francisco City Hall inspired tears in her eyes; a National Science Foundation feature appearing on Live Science today looks at why people choose to live in wildfire zones, quoting heavily on the work of UO psychologist Paul Slovic; the U.S. Department of Education today reports on states chosen, including Oregon, to work with the National Technical Assistance Center (co-directed by a UO educator) to implement and scale-up evidence-based practices; and Red Orbit reports on a deal that will have Strategic Diagnostics Inc. producing a library of antibodies for the study of usher syndrome, quoting the UO's Monte Westerfield

UO E-clips, June 21-23

Top stories for June 21-23, 2008: Michael Salter's styrobots draw the attention of the Register-Guard; UO gets mentioned in a Red Orbit story about solar power; Eugene 08 is re-igniting Track Town’s fire, says the Register-Guard, while the Sacramento Bee reports on Eugene's deep track history as well as the cost of Hayward Field renovations; the UO's Bob Doppelt, in his on-going guest viewpoint columns in the Register-Guard, addresses the cost of not responding to the human impact on climate change; in a Sunday R-G column, Bob Welch says that when studying Oregon names, McArthur reins; The Oregonian reports on Greg Erwin's taking charge of Eugene Olympic trials; UO architect Fred Tepfer, as a Eugene resident, is quoted in the Register-Guard's coverage of the City Council's City Hall strategy; Nike donates sports wheelchairs to the UO, reports KATU TV Channel 2 Portland; and the Washington Post, in its newly unveiled green/environmental section, reports on how higher education is adapting go a greening attitude

UO E-clips, June 24

Top stories for June 24, 2008: Coming to the UO for the trials, then the Register-Guard today has a 'must' read guide for how to watch track and field; the bonds are in for the new UO arena, some $17 million a year, totaling $200 million, reports The Oregonian; from KVAL-TV, a report on the art of track and field through the eyes of photojournalists -- a new exhibit at the UO's Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art

UO E-clips, June 25

Top stories for June 25, 2008: 1) Eugene '08 stories: For lucky few, Trials tickets within reach, reports the Register-Guard; locals pulling in big bucks for Olympic Trial housing, says KVAL News 13; and Hayward Field ready for international spotlight, reports the Daily Journal of Commerce. 2) In other news: The Oregonian looks at field burning and Hayward Field; UO physics professor David Sokoloff is quoted in a story by Industrial Laser Solutions on an active-learning project that promotes science education; a Register-Guard story reports that protesters see link to recent hate crimes, referring to the Pacifica Forum's latest guest speaker; and the Register-Guard details EPA education grants, involving climate and sustainability to the UO (Climate Masters program training) and to Lane Community College

UO E-clips, June 26

Top stories for June 26, 2008: Track Town USA is back, proclaims The Oregonian today, while the Register-Guard reports on "A vision realized: track and field utopia; UO seeks to overturn the city's requirement for arena site, says the Register-Guard; soul, not sales, gives Trials a special feel, reports the Register-Guard, which also notes that heat may be a trial this weekend; UO economist Tim Duy is quoted by the Christian Science Monitor in a story about gas prices; and KVAL-Channel 13 reports Bach on Track: Fest changes tune

UO E-clips, June 27

Top stories For June 27, 2008: The news is all Eugene 08 and the U.S. Olympic Trials, topped off with The Oregonian's story on Hayward's homefield mystique. Today's Eugene Register-Guard's front page is all about the trials

UO E-clips, June 28-30

Top stories for June 28-30, 2008: For some Olympic Trials spectators, it's dorm life, the Register-Guard reports; people are ready to act on climate change, writes the UO's Bob Doppelt in his continuing guest-viewpoint series in the Register-Guard; Slate Magazine includes a mention of the UO in a story about a book drive for Iraq; Dennis Jenkins' DNA discovery in 14,000-year-old human feces will be covered tonight on The History Channel, reports 'Dung' USA Today; emotional skills key to child’s ‘school readiness,' writes UO doctoral student Mona Ivey-Soto in the Register-Guard; In a story titled 'Attention class,' the Boston Globe refers to the work of the UO's Michael Posner; and the Associated Press story about UO professor Michael Salter's 'Styrobots' appears in the Salem Statesman Journal