UO E-clips, Sept. 12

City honors UO president (East Oregonian): It's Dave Frohnmayer Day (Thursday) in Pendleton. The retiring University of Oregon president is in Pendleton this week for the Round-Up. Mayor Phil Houk officially set aside today as Dave Frohnmayer day in acknowledgment of his contributions to the state during the past 30 years. Houk cited Frohnmayer's service in the legislature, as attorney general, as a law dean, and as president of the university. He also recognized the fact that during Frohnmayer's tenure as attorney general he won six of seven cases before the United States Supreme Court and is the first native to serve as president of a large Oregon research university.

Successful test of particle collider (KPTV, Portland): The world's largest particle collider has successfully completed its first major test firing. Scientists around the world watching what happened here overnight. The device passed its first major test by firing two beams of protons in opposite directions around a 17-mile underground tunnel today. Scientists hope the experiment is the next great step to understanding the makeup of the universe and how the universe was created. The device will let them smash atoms together in attempts to see how those atoms are made and what makes them up. Three University of Oregon professors are on the team that developed the machine. They'll discuss the project at a free lecture Friday night at the U of O campus.