May 2008

UO E-clips, May 1

Top stories for May 1, 2008: UO president understands Oregonians' values, needs, writes Dick Hughes in a column in today's Statesman Journal; The Oregonian says Frohnmayer brought growth to UO athletics; and the UO is seeking permission from the state to build underground parking next to the proposed arena, reports the Register-Guard

UO E-clips, May 2

Top stories for May 2, 2008: Hey coach, put that Costner guy in centerfield -- the Register-Guard reports today that actor Kevin Costner is a friend of the UO baseball coach and may bring his band Modern West to town to promote baseball's return; the LTD will be the sole provider for Eugene 08, reports the R-G; oh Holy Cow at the EMU and "Dem Dry Bones" are part of an R-G guest viewpoint; Schnitzer art museum names new executive director, reports the Oregon Daily Emerald and Register-Guard; second review for International Affairs released, reports the Oregon Daily Emerald

UO E-clips, May 3-5

Top stories for May 3-5, 2008: Sunday’s Oregonian and Register-Guard gave extensive coverage to the relationship between the UO and Phil Knight; today’s Oregon Daily Emerald looked at the UO impacts of the Olympic trials; the Register-Guard quotes the UO’s Jonathan Richter in a story about having an alter ego in an Internet virtual world; the UO’s Jim Isenberg writes about recently deceased physicist John Wheeler in an R-G guest viewpoint; offsets have a place in carbon control efforts, writes Bob Doppelt in another guest viewpoint by the UO’s Bob Doppelt; and a UO museum gets $1 million for traveling shows, reports the Associated Press

UO E-clips, May 6

Top stories for May 6, 2008: the New York Post gets into the act, covering the philanthropy of Nike founder Phil Knight; academic reform in sports to be closely monitored, reports the Washington Post with comments from the UO's Nathan Tublitz; yes, Kevin Costner is coming, with his band, to boost the return of UO baseball, the Register-Guard reports; the Associated Press reports on UO President Dave Frohnmayer's call to release withheld funds for faculty/staff pay raises; and the numbers are mixed and don't yet cry 'recession' says the UO's Tim Duy in a Register-Guard story

UO E-clips, May 7

Top stories for May 7, 2008: ArtDaily.org reports on the hiring of Jill Hartz as executive director of the UO's Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art; Eugene 08 will mean "road closed" and "detour" signs, reports KEZI-TV; Portland's KGW reports on Kevin Costner and band coming to Eugene to promote Ducks baseball; and a guest commentary in the Oregon Daily Emerald says that current UO policies ignore what made the campus progressive

UO E-clips, May 8

Top stories for May 8, 2008: 'The green campus' is the topic as the Chronicle of Higher Education discusses work by the UO’s Karyn Kaplan; Costner to play UO baseball benefit, the AP reports; 33 years after his death, distance runner Steve Prefontaine is still an inspiration to kids, reports the Register-Guard

UO E-clips, May 9

Top stories for May 9, 2008: State changes arena bonds to taxable, boosting UO’s costs by millions, both the Register-Guard and Oregonian report; 14,000-year-old camp studied in Chile, and UO’s Jon Erlandson’s says the findings by Thomas Dillehay are convincing, reports the San Francisco Chronicle

UO E-clips, May 10-12

Top stories for May 10-12, 2008: a Sunday Register-Guard editorial says the state made the right call on the UO arena bonds; UO's hiring practices regarding non-minority faculty members is under Department of Justice investigation, the Daily Emerald reports; Frohnmayer's presidential compensation ranks high in national surveys, the Register-Guard reports; Obama’s 'winning smile and words make real crowd pleaser', according to the Register-Guard

UO E-clips, May 13

Top stories for May 13, 2008: Falling housing prices may spark higher rents, reports the Daily Journal of Commerce, with quotes from the UO's Tim Duy; new UO arena plus new UO baseball park means less parking space, according to The Oregonian; nothing missing but break-ins in UO labs raises question of why, according to the Daily Emerald

UO E-clips, May 14

Top stories for May 14, 2008: UO communications professor Stephen Ponder is quoted today in a Seattle Post-Intelligencer story that looks at how Barack Obama has lured young people into the presidential race; and the Daily Emerald reports on how the sounds of work at the new arena site is not falling on deaf ears

UO E-clips, May 15

Top stories for May 15, 2008: Obama doing well in the land of 'O' says the Associated Press; Obama's stroll at UO track event draws LA Times coverage; and, speaking of track: Eugene '08 has organizers thinking green, reports the Register-Guard

UO E-clips, May 16

Top stories for May 16, 2008: Olympic trials becoming an "S" word (sustainability), says a Register-Guard editorial; UO career center facing questions of where and when, reports the Daily Emerald; and the Register-Guard writes a happy birthday story about the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art

UO E-clips, May 17-19

Top stories for May 17-19, 2008: Today's New York Times quotes UO political scientist Joseph Lowndes in a story titled ' A shift in voters, but Oregon still embraces the unconventional'; in 'Coming to a marketer near you: Brain Scanning,' the San Francisco Chronicle quotes UO historian Daniel Pope; Science Daily uses a National Science Foundation news release on the address by the UO's Paul Slovic at a genocide conference in Poland; the Louisville (Ken.) Courier-Journal uses an LA Times story about the DNA-in-poop findings by the UO's Dennis Jenkins; and the UO's Bob Doppelt continues his Register-Guard commentaries on climate change by discussing April's late snow storm; The Oregonian carries the Associated Press story on how UO President Dave Frohnmayer's salary ranks in a national survey; and the Register-Guard reports on the 100th birthday of the UO's first sorority, the Nu chapter of Gamma Phi Beta

UO E-clips, May 20

News stories for May 20, 2008: Plans for high-rise apartments near campus drop in size, reports the Register-Guard; the hunt is on for someone to replace the UO's president, reports the Oregon Daily Emerald; Discover Magazine features the UO's Jon Erlandson in a story titled 'Did humans colonize the world by boat?'; and the Register-Guard drums up good vibrations in a story about a new exercise program, quoting Jason Hand, a UO master’s candidate in human physiology

Archaeologists “step in” an ancient discovery

 

UO E-clips, May 21

Top stories for May 21, 2008: The Boston Globe quotes UO political scientist William Lynch in its coverage of Obama's winning of the Oregon primary; the UO's Bob Doppelt writes about biofuels vs. food crisis in a column picked up by Germany's Innovations Report; and the UO taking steps to resolve housing issue that awaits fall's incoming record numbers, reports the Oregon Daily Emerald

UO E-clips, May 22

Top stories for May 22, 2008: 'No vacancies at UO dorms' is the headline on a Associated Press story appearing today in The Oregonian (KVAL-TV also covers the story); university faculty salaries lagging behind, reports the Oregon Daily Emerald; UO archaeologists dig at Springfield construction site, the Register-Guard reports; and Tim Gleason of the UO's School of Journalism and Communications writes in the Register-Guard about awards that recognize journalists who did the right thing

UO E-clips, May 23

Top stories for May 23, 2008: State aid to immigrants lags is today's Oregonian headline on a story about the UO's newly released study on immigration in Oregon; KVAL.com looks at the new Indiana Jones flick with "a day in the life of a real archaeologist" (the UO's Guy Tasa); the Register-Guard reports today that the UO is making more room available for new arrivals; a KCYB.com story reports that a UO dance troupe lit up a Coos Bay stage; the UO's Scott DeLancey is quoted by the Christian Science Monitor story about native tribes working to save their languages; and the Register-Guard reports on a group of UO opera students headed to bright lights of New York

UO E-clips, May 24-27

Top stories for May 24-27, 2008: UO history professor Matthew Dennis is quoted in a Register-Guard "20-Below" feature about losing sight of the true meaning of Memorial Day; in the Oregonian, a columnist says that ' At UO, arena seats trump freshmen beds'; Springfield construction site turns up mystery skeleton, according to coverage by the Associated Press; multiple media outlets, including Western Mail, ran a story that includes comments from the UO physicist Stephen Hsu about academics revealing a science fiction film they think comes closest to our future; and several online science news outlets, including the Hindu News Update Service, picked up a UO news release on new biology research of the UO's Jim Weston

UO E-clips, May 28

Top stories for May 28, 2008: UO linquist Eric Pederson is quoted in a story by GreatReporter.com about the evolving language of slang and how new words are defined; UO student fueling new rental construction near campus, reports the Register-Guard; the upcoming opening of 'Track Town USA' art exhibit is covered by KVAL News 13: Eugene City Council gets earful about Civic Stadium's future, the Register-Guard reports; and the UO's Bob Doppelt continues his climate-change opinion pieces in the Register-Guard, saying that Republican John McCain is due global warming credit

UO E-clips, May 29

Top stories for May 29, 2008: Albany Democrat Herald editorial questions UO's describing itself as a flagship; and Innovations Report and PhysOrg.com are among the first online science media to pick up on a UO news release about physics research by Hailin Wang

UO E-clips, May 30

Top stories for May 30, 2008: Veterans learn about proposed GI Bill’s shaky status, reports the Register-Guard; he who dances with wolves sings, too (tonight and tomorrow night), says the Register-Guard in a story about Kevin Costner's appearances on behalf of UO baseball; an R-G opinion piece says Eugene 08's lasting impact on the area could be helping a new generation become leaders who pursue healthier lives; and the Register-Guard, in a special for Springfield, reports on a UO Historic Building Survey course