UO E-clips, Nov.14

Three women assaulted around U of O campus (KVAL News 13): "It's pretty scary," says University of Oregon student Molly Persky. "Last night I was thinking of buying pepper spray." University of Oregon students like Molly Persky are scared. This past weekend, three separate women were victims of three separate assaults in the campus area. Police say the first assault happened Saturday around 3 a.m. near an apartment by 18th and Harris Street. The second happened Saturday evening in the Southeast campus area. The third assault happened Sunday about 7:30 at night while a woman was walking next to the Pioneer Cemetery.

College enrollment climbs (Register-Guard): College enrollment across the state jumped by near-record numbers this year, with the University of Oregon picking up more than 1,100 more students for its largest one-year increase in seven years. Enrollment at the UO totals 21,507 students this term, up from 20,376 at the same time last year, an increase of 5.6 percent. Statewide, the number of students attending four-year universities rose 5.2 percent, to 86,546, and includes the largest freshman class in state history. The surge comes in part from a substantial boost in student financial aid as well as more modest increases for university operations. The 2007 Legislature more than doubled funding for college grants, increasing it to $33.8 million in the current biennium from $13.4 million in the previous one.

Oregon's third-quarter exports surge by 30 percent (The Oregonian): China, long considered a distant prospect by many Oregon exporters, has suddenly surpassed Canada as the biggest foreign buyer of the state's goods. High-tech sales to mainland China more than tripled during the quarter ended Sept. 30, compared with the same period last year, reaching $625 million. The surge came as Oregon's total third-quarter exports shot up 30 percent to $5.2 billion propelled by the weak dollar, which makes U.S. goods cheaper abroad. ... But the good news could be short-lived. Timothy Duy, a University of Oregon economist, expects exports to slow dramatically.

Fairmount faces Arena (Eugene Weekly): Neighborhoods aren’t perfect: Sometimes neighbors spy on each other through the windows at night, quibble about property lines and let their dogs poop in each other’s yards. But here in Eugene, sometimes they’re able to put all that aside long enough to manage the boundary that matters most: the line where the neighborhood ends and big development begins -- even when the developer is the UO. The neighbors of Fairmount, a historic neighborhood that borders the university campus, should be getting along quite nicely right now. Through legal appeals and negotiation, the Fairmount Neighbors Association has succeeded in reducing the potential impact on the neighborhood of the university’s planned basketball arena.