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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’
Costner lends star power to UO baseball (KEZI.com): The Oscar winner and his band "Modern West" performed two benefit performances for the University of Oregon's new baseball program. (See Story)
Costner shows his love of the game (Register-Guard): Plenty of movie stars have faked their way through roles as competent athletes. With Kevin Costner, it’s no act. The star of classic baseball movies “Bull Durham,” “Field of Dreams” and “For Love of the Game,” can swing the bat and sling the cowhide, as he showed Friday during a visit to Eugene’s Civic Stadium in support of the reborn University of Oregon baseball program. Costner, 53, and his country-rock band, Modern West, are in town for the second of two shows tonight at the Hult Center, benefitting Ducks baseball.
Eugene political activist takes on work at Barack Obama’s national headquarters (Register-Guard): Barack Obama found thousands of supporters in Eugene while campaigning here this spring. And he just hired one of them to work in his national campaign headquarters. … Dan Carol, 50, just took a job as the content and issues director. He’ll be putting his writing and consulting work on hold for the next five months to work out of the Illinois senator’s Chicago campaign headquarters. … Carol’s activities in Eugene included volunteering with the Lane County Democrats, teaching political science courses as a visiting instructor at the University of Oregon and contributing a column in the Eugene Weekly.
Condo crunch (Register-Guard): A Beaverton developer will break ground this summer on a 324-unit condominium project -- the biggest-ever condo development in Eugene -- even while condo sales are limping along. In April, for example, 212 condominiums were on the Eugene-Springfield market and only nine units found buyers. The total number probably is understated because project owners frequently list only one of several duplicate models they have to offer. … At Westmoreland Village, the asking price for 500-square-foot studios and larger two-bedroom units was under $100,000, which let parents of University of Oregon students invest in near-campus lodgings for their children.
Aspiring journalists get their feet wet with Flux (Register-Guard): A thick, glossy magazine hits newsstands this week. It’s a general interest publication produced right here in Eugene, and chances are good you’ve never heard of it. For 15 years Flux magazine has been operating by a different set of rules. Produced by a staff of about 50 students, most of them enrolled at the University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication, the publication is broad in its scope. Aimed at recent college graduates in transition, the magazine features stories on everything from multi-racial identity to healthful fast food.
Many Ore. districts unaware of local food purchase options (Associated Press): A survey by the Oregon Department of Agriculture has found that nearly half of Oregon's school food purchasers don't know they can buy from local producers. The survey was developed in part by a University of Oregon graduate student. It was distributed by the department and is part of its efforts promote local purchases for school meal programs.
Economist says state recession ‘debatable’ (Register-Guard): Oregon’s economy is still outperforming the rest of the country’s, but has worsened enough that it’s now debatable whether it will follow the nation into a recession, the state economist reported Thursday. … University of Oregon business professor Philip Romero helped oversee the economic report’s production through his role as a member of the Governor’s Council of Economic Advisers.