Nov 2007

UO E-clips, Nov. 1

Top stories for November 1, 2007: UO hopes higher ed board delivers assist on arena plan … continuing coverage by the Associated Press; the Oregonian reports on how college students statewide are fed up with college fees and would rather see higher tuition; and the Daily Emerald reports on how the UO will to celebrates Hult Center's 25th anniversary this coming weekend

UO E-clips, Nov. 2

Top stories for November 2, 2007: The Oregonian reports today on the UO's refusal to identify students accused of music privacy, citing student privacy laws; Spirituality and environmentalism connect in Oregon professor's music, a Seattle Post-Intelligencer story involving the UO's Robert Kyr (the Oregonian also has a similar story headlined "Harmonies with Nature"; and Die-hard Duck fans shelling out big bucks for the big game, UO vs. Arizona State, reports the Register-Guard

UO E-clips, Nov. 3-5

Top stories for November 3-5, 2007: Resource fees may be combined with tuition in 2009, reports the Daily Emerald in its coverage of an OUS committee's proposal to the State Board of Higher Education; Cheering for change -- The Daily Emerald's coverage of multiple events on campus Saturday, which drew appearances from the Eugene mayor and the UO president; a challenge to the recording industry is the headline on Inside Higher Ed's coverage of the UO's refusal to name student names; first hurdle cleared for new UO arena, reports The Associated Press; futuristic board more than times heads the story by the Register-Guard about Nike's gift to fund the new scoreboard at Hayward Field

UO E-clips, Nov. 6

Top stories for November 6, 2007: Associated Press reports today that a missing hiker is a math professor at the UO; The student Daily Emerald reports on students teaching students, how learning goes both ways; Eugene's human rights chief has joined the UO, the Register-Guard reports

UO E-clips, Nov. 7

Top stories for November 7, 2007: Long-time UO math professor Daming Xu remains missing in the mountains east of Eugene, report media outlets across the country; two Oregon professors, including the UO's Joe Thornton, have received White House honors, reports the Oregonian; UO speech and debate teams excel at national competitions, the Daily Emerald reports

UO E-clips, Nov. 8

Top stories for November 8, 2007: UO fundraiser wants all athletes, of all races, to feel at home during the 2008 Olympic trials, according to a story in today's Register-Guard; the search for missing UO math professor Daming Xu goes on in the Cascades east of Eugene, according to multiple media outlets; the flags are back on campus -- the white and red ones that represent the deaths of Iraqis and of American soldiers, and they stand up for veterans, according to the Daily Emerald's story today

UO E-clips, Nov. 9

Top stories for November 9, 2007: Out-of-state students boost enrollments at Oregon schools, but the UO is down a dozen, according to the Register-Guard's story; with bad weather coming, searchers desperate to find missing professor and authorities seal the search area, according to on-going coverage of the search to find the UO's Daming Xu; UO students push for non-smoking campus, reports the Daily Emerald; and the Portland Business Journal, online, reports on the UO's economic index finding some slippage

UO E-clips, Nov. 10-12

Top stories for November 10-12, 2007: No sign of missing UO professor Daming Xu, the Associated Press reports; On being green -- the UO can do better, says the Oregon Daily Emerald in an editorial; the student paper also reports on the research of Samantha Hopkins in a story headlined "Dirty jobs: UO professor researches burrowers"; rrban renewal plans still on the table, with Eugene '08 looming, the Daily Emerald reports; back from war, four struggle to find peace at home -- a Register-Guard feature on a UO student who fought in Iraq; deep drilling for "Black Smoker" clues, a report from Astrobiology Magazine detailing a project in which the UO has a part

UO E-clips, Nov. 13

Top stories for November 13, 2007: Searchers scale back, but still seek hiker (Daming Xu of the UO), a story from the Register-Guard; the state's economic indicators have reached their lowest point in nearly two years, based on the UO Index of Economic Indicators, reports the Statesman Journal; "mapping the senses" is the headline of an Oregon Daily Emerald story on work by UO researchers involving the blind or seeing-impaired; and "zeroing in on RNA-binding in myotonic dystrophy," the pickup by Science Daily of a UO news release

UO E-clips, Nov. 14

Top stories for November 14, 2007: Professor's friends and family continue to hold out hope, the Register-Guard reports about Daming Xu's disappearance in the Cascade foothills; committee says UO should reduce 'special admits among student athletes, says the Register-Guard

UO E-clips, Nov. 15

Top stories for November 15, 2007: Hiker finds guide book believed to belong to missing professor, KGW.com reports; a news release picked up by Market Wire announces that UO spinoff Language Learning Solutions is now Avant Assessment; Art museum and course evaluations debated, reports the student Daily Emerald; Kilkenny says Ducks not likely to play ball at Civic Stadium, according to the Register-Guard

UO E-clips, Nov. 16

Top stories for November 16, 2007: Three women assaulted in campus area, and authorities encourage students and visitors to stay alert, reports the Daily Emerald; the Greatest Givers, a Business Week look at 50 top philanthropists, including Lorry Lokey, whose generosity recently boosted UO academic programs; and examining fair trade, a story in Eugene Weekly that cites UO economics professor Bruce Blonigen

UO E-clips, Nov. 17-19

Top stories for November 17-19, 2007: Are museums academic units, an Inside Higher Ed story that mentions recent developments at the UO's Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art; Heyer sentenced to 19 months in prison (in death of UO student), reports the Daily Emerald; evidence ties Blue Mountains to other ranges, reports the Associated Press in a story based on a UO news release; and the AP also reports that a Washington art professor has sued over her detention while photographing power lines and includes a comment from a UO expert on the First Amendment

UO E-clips, Nov. 20

News stories for November 20, 2007: Students rally against the rising costs of birth control pills, reports KVAL TV; 'Turning green with Pride," an update from the Daily Emerald on Campaign Oregon; the Newport News reports on the Nye Beach Writers' hosting (Nov. 17) of the UO's Lauren Kessler, and how one of her books will become a must-read in the state

UO E-Clips, Nov. 21

Top stories for November 21, 2007: The student-run Oregon Daily Emerald has a front-page story called 'One size fits all' and how the currently under-review changes to the state's fee structure for students is opposed by UO President Dave Frohnmayer; "At the UO, athletics unbridled" is the headline on a Register-Guard guest editorial (written by a UO faculty member) in which Dennis Dixon's football injury raises questions about decision-making when players are hurt; and 'Oregon universities go for the green,' a news brief in the Chronicle of Higher Education

UO E-clips, Nov. 22-26

Top stories for November 22-26, 2007: UO professor Anita Weiss is quoted in a Washington Post story on the return of opposition leader Nawaz Sharif into Pakistan; The UO's Linda A. Kizer-Paquette, an assistant registrar, is interviewed for part of the coverage by the Chronicle of Higher Education on political campaigning now reaching onto U.S. college campuses; UO settles with former employee in a whistle-blowing dispute, reports the Oregon Daily Emerald; A green light has been given on the park for Eugene’s densely populated West University Neighborhood, reports the Register-Guard

UO E-clips, Nov. 27

Top stories for November 27, 2007: UO, retired professor settle suit, reports the Register-Guard on the lawsuit of former UO professor Jean Stockard; the UO student body's Constitution Court, according to the Daily Emerald, rules that the Student Senate cannot "dictate the actions of the UO administration" in regards to the future of McArthur Court; and the East Oregonian runs the AP story on evidence presented by UO geologists that ties the Blue Mountains to formations to the south

UO E-clips, Nov. 28

News stories for November 28, 2007: Multiple broadcast and publications, including the Oregonian and Chronicle of Higher Education, reported on the UO's settlement with former UO professor Jean Stockard in a whistle-blowing case; The Oregonian has a story headlined 'Oregon swaps suites for feeling' about how the new basketball arena likely will be McArthur Court-like in its feel and will not have money-making executive suites; 'The end of an (ice) age' is how the Daily Emerald heads its story on the comet-strike theory, which the UO's Doug Kennett and Jon Erlandson helped to propose, on the changing face of North America some 11,000 years ago; the Gazette Times is reporting that the Ducks have beaten Oregon State, but we're talking about the annual blood drive, not Saturday's game

UO E-clips, Nov. 29

Top stories for November 29, 2007: KVAL covered the efforts of UO students who presented conceptual designs for a regional convention center near the new federal courthouse; Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden visited the UO to talk about proposed legislation on issues related to credit card fees and interest rates, and, the Register-Guard reported, the story he heard was that first comes college, then graduation, then credit card debt; blood supplies take a hit during the holiday season when UO students aren't around to donate, reports the Daily Emerald; and in the midst of war in Iraq, UO and OSU flags are flying in readiness for Saturday's football "Civil War," the Register-Guard reports

UO eclips, Nov. 30

Top stories for Nov. 30: Both the Oregonian and the Register-Guard carried stories about a new program at the UO, which will cover tuition and fees for incoming freshmen who receive the federal Pell Grant.