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E-clips, Sept. 21
Top stories for Sept. 21, 2007: UO's Paul Swangard quoted in story about the controversy surrounding Barry Bonds' record-tying and record-breaking home run balls; R-G story on UO's move-in day focuses on a student, an Army reservist, moving from a large Portland home to a small dorm room to pursue a law degree.
Bonds’ balls have less meaning for fans (The China Post): The fate of Barry Bonds's record- tying and record-breaking home run balls is being decided by the public because fans question the legitimacy of the milestones achieved in an era tainted by suspicions of steroid use, according to sports marketers. Fashion designer Marc Ecko, who bought the ball that broke Hank Aaron's career record, and Internet marketer Ben Padnos, who purchased the record-tying ball, set up separate Web sites to let fans vote for giving the ball to the Hall of Fame or destroying it. Bonds has publicly denied using performance- enhancing drugs after being linked to them in the book, "Game of Shadows." (Paul Swangard, director of the University of Oregon's Warsaw Sports Marketing CenterSports, says that pro sports has become another platform to generate publicity and make money, sometimes at the expense of history.
On the move, UO’s dorm students arrive to a tight fit (The Register-Guard): It's bad enough going from having your own bedroom at home to sharing one of the notoriously small dorm rooms at the University of Oregon. Amanda Bender, though, is used to having her own house. "Extremely small" was Bender's first reaction when she saw her two-bed, 150-square-foot room for the first time Thursday morning. Nothing new there; most of the more than 3,000 students who move into the UO residence halls each fall have a pretty similar reaction. But Bender's move is a bit more challenging than usual on several fronts. The 22-year-old Army reservist is recently divorced, leaving behind a sprawling Portland area home that had its own pool and hot tub to pursue her childhood dream of becoming a lawyer. ... Thursday was the first day of the annual fall move-in ritual on campus, a day of traffic jams, hand trucks and room-stuffing made all the busier by the record 3,600 students who signed up for residence hall rooms this year. "We've never had that many before," said UO housing director Mike Eyster. "We're full. We filled up everything."