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Wandering Goat 268 Madison Street. 541-344-5161. Wanderinggoat.com. Café Mam 4000 E. 22nd Avenue. 541-338-9585. Cafemam.com. Full City 842 Pearl Street. 541-344-0475; 295 E. 13th Avenue. … Continue reading
Camilla Mortensen
Camilla Mortensen is the longtime local editor of Eugene Weekly, the area’s alternative newspaper. The paper, which has been in print since 1982 (originally as What’s Happening) continues to print more than 27,000 copies a week in addition to its popular email newsletters and website. Camilla has a masters degree in folklore and mythology from UCLA and a doctorate in comparative literature from the University of Oregon. She has been a reporter and editor at EW since 2007 and teaches journalism at the UO in the mornings before heading to the Weekly’s office. She also teaches newswriting at Lane Community College and advises The Torch student newspaper.
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CAHOOTS341 E. 12th Avenue. 541-342-8255. Whitebirdclinic.org/cahoots. White Bird 341 E. 12th Avenue. 541-342-8255. Whitebirdclinic.org. St. Vincent de Paul 555 High Street. 541-344-2115; 100 E. 11th … Continue reading
Our Children’s Trust Climate Case Delay
The case was taken off the court calendar but can still move forward
The Our Children’s Trust constitutional climate lawsuit lingers in limbo. The scheduled Oct. 29 hearing has been vacated and is no longer on the court … Continue reading
How Green Is Brown
With environmental catastrophe at stake, Kate Brown outshines her opposition
Education, health care, a woman’s right to choose — much is at stake in the upcoming gubernatorial election. And in the wake of recent reports … Continue reading
Timber-Funded Attack Ad Airs in House Race
Marty Wilde and House Democrats call the ad 'sleazy' and false
“Is this the kind of representation you want in Salem?” the voiceover hisses. A television attack ad claims Democratic Legislative candidate Marty Wilde mishandled an … Continue reading
Haiku Death Match
Poetry gone wild at Tsunami Books
Ladies and jellyspoons … it’s the moment you have been waiting for! Eugene’s first (as far as we know anyway) hand-to-hand haiku death match. There … Continue reading
Local Attorneys Defend Antifascists Against Suit by Alleged Racist
Bethany Sherman of OG Analytical filed a SLAPP suit in San Francisco
In December of 2017, anonymous Antifa members posted a story on the Rose City Antifa and Eugene Antifa websites alleging that Bethany Sherman of prominent … Continue reading
Climate Denier, Former Greenpeace Activist, Speaks at UO Today
Patrick Moore, of the controversial Heartland Institute to speak at business school
A posting on the University of Oregon’s Around the O news website says: “A co-founder of Greenpeace will give a campus talk on the use … Continue reading
Rate My Rating System
What’s the best way to find out whether your instructor sucks?
The chili pepper is gone from RateMyProfessors.com. It disappeared this summer after BethAnn McLaughlin, assistant professor of neurology at Vanderbilt University, tweeted at Rate My … Continue reading
Taylor Swift Sends Lane County Voter Registration Soaring
Singer's Instagram post had an effect in Lane County
On Sunday, Oct. 7, singer Taylor Swift told her 112 million followers on Instagram that she was endorsing two Democratic candidates in midterm elections in … Continue reading