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Ben Ricker

Ben Ricker was a Eugene Weekly calendar editor and staff writer.

Author: Ben Ricker

A Day in the Life

Pastor Dan Bryant foments an affordable housing revolution with all 10 of his fingers stuck in the dam of human suffering

News 6 years ago

A couple degrees colder and the rain would freeze. “Hi there. Hello. Excuse me,” Pastor Dan Bryant says to a crumpled heap of blankets and … Continue reading →

The Devil You Don’t Know

Deadly drug epidemic fails to break out months after DEA postpones banning obscure herbal painkiller

News 6 years ago

Late last year, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency tried adding an obscure herbal leaf with narcotic effects called kratom to its list of banned substances. … Continue reading →

Out, Damned Spot! or A Modest Disposal

Eugene’s newest foray into social cleansing targets man’s best friend

News 6 years ago

General Lee is no bigger than a burrito. The couple-week-old pit mix — named for the flame red Dodge Charger in the ’80s TV series … Continue reading →

Welcome to the Accidental Art Hotel

An historic building in downtown Corvallis is keeping secrets

Culture 6 years ago

Shirley Temple once paid a visit and may have rested her blonde ringlets on soft Hotel Benton pillows. Symmetrically doomed presidential candidates John F. and … Continue reading →

Sobering Times for Legal Cannabis

Marijuana is a crutch on which many were hoping to lean for the next four years.

CannabisNews 6 years ago

Marijuana is a crutch on which many were hoping to lean for the next four years. That alone explains why our bronzed chief executive might … Continue reading →

Knights Arrant

Eugene’s Order of Steel is not what you think

Culture 6 years ago

You hear the rhythmic metal tick-tock of armor plates clapping against chainmail from a long way off. The sun sinks in the west as three … Continue reading →

Onward City Hall

News 6 years ago

Years of deliberation, millions of tax dollars spent, and still nothing to show but a city block of gravel flats and an angry clutch of … Continue reading →

Compassion Fatigue Hits the Whit

'We’re here to help people stabilize and move on'

News 6 years ago

On a borrowed plot only a stone’s throw from the Eugene Mission, the Nightingale Health Sanctuary is tidy and obliging, even as biting autumn winds … Continue reading →

Funny Terrorism

Clowning around in the Post-Fun Age

Culture 6 years ago

Police in August responded to calls from a South Carolina school saying that scary clowns tried luring some kids into the nearby woods. Around the … Continue reading →

Dead Bugs!

Oregon State gets its bug collection in order

News 6 years ago

In a dark corner of Cordley Hall on the edge of Oregon State University campus, an unsorted knot of dead ants floats preserved in a … Continue reading →

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Ben Ricker

Ben Ricker was a Eugene Weekly calendar editor and staff writer.

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