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UO E-clips, March 19
Top stories for March 19, 2008: U.S. presidential hopeful Barack Obama, in a tight battle with Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination, will speak Friday night at the UO's Mac Court, reports the Register-Guard; Checking a child's progress' is the headline on a story in The Oregonian today, referring to the UO's Early Intervention Program its Ages & Stages survey; Has serious academic reform of college athletics arrived?, asks the Wall Street Journal in a story that begins with likening the UO's Nathan Tublitz to the IRS; the Seattle Times looks at Asians in film, saying they are "coldly marginalized" and quotes UO film professor Daisuke Miyao; the Las Vegas Sun quotes the UO labor expert Gordon Lafer in a story headed "Stagehands sour on union"
Barack Obama to hold event at Mac Court Friday (Register-Guard): Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama will campaign Friday at Eugene's McArthur Court in what could be one of the last in a decades-long string of presidential campaign rallies at the venerable arena. The Obama campaign confirmed Tuesday night its plans for a "Stand for Change Rally" with the candidate at the University of Oregon's Mac Court at 9 p.m., with doors opening at 7 p.m. Obama, who will appear at 9:30 a.m. Friday at Portland's Memorial Coliseum, has relied on such arena-size rallies to bring in thousands of supporters and potential backers at a time to his events.
Checking a child's progress (The Oregonian): Is my baby normal? Shouldn't he be sitting up by now? Or my 4-year-old following directions? University of Oregon researchers can help parents find out. They offer an easy screening tool to gauge a child's skills and flag whether to talk to your doctor. Just a mention of the "Ages & Stages" development check in a recent USA Weekend drew 4,000 e-mails from worried parents -- prompting the UO Early Intervention Program to briefly shut the Web site down.
Has serious academic reform of college athletics arrived? (Wall Street Journal): Nathan Tublitz is like the IRS. People hate to see him show up on their doorstep. When Dr. Tublitz isn't teaching neurobiology at the University of Oregon, he's co-chairman of the Coalition on Intercollegiate Athletics, a group of 56 Division 1 faculty senates whose primary mission is to remind college presidents, athletic directors and coaches that the kids at center court during March Madness are supposed to be students first and athletes second.
On fringes today in film, Asians had early pioneer (Seattle Times): Gains are made and lost, breakthroughs braked by backlashes. Lasting change is less a result of revolution than evolution -- minds slowly won, hearts gradually softened. Which is why the enlightened past can sometimes feel like the far-off future. Today, Asian actors are coldly marginalized. Yet 90 years ago, one of Hollywood's biggest stars was Japanese. He co-starred opposite white actresses. He even ran his own production company -- a first for a minority performer. ... "Hollywood was in its early stages," says Daisuke Miyao, an assistant professor of film at the University of Oregon.
Stagehands sour on union (Las Vegas Sun): After a bitter organizing campaign last year, 10 stagehands based at the Orleans voted for union representation at three Boyd Gaming casinos. They sought better wages and benefits, approaching those enjoyed by their brethren on the Strip. But nine months later, the stagehands have seen the realities of the modern labor movement when a small band of workers takes on a large company intent on keeping the union out. ... Gordon Lafer, a professor at the University of Oregon's Labor Education and Research Center, said labor studies have shown that between 30 percent and 40 percent of unions that win elections never attain a first contract.