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Oregon Culture: A Field Guide – One day left to nominate!
Attention arts and culture nonprofits! The Oregon Cultural Trust has created a field guide, "Oregon Culture: A Field Guide," that aggregates the activities of the more than 1,300 arts, heritage and humanities nonprofits in the state. Until Nov. 15, you can go nominate cultural activities for the guide. Continue reading
Douglas firs
It's About Time - November 2012
The American wigeons are back in the Delta Ponds. I believe these are the first of our winter migrants to arrive. I look forward to the increasing diversity of waterfowl. On our side of the Delta Highway we have had only mallards and Canada geese for a long time. Turtles can be seen in the Delta Ponds on the west side of Delta Highway but it appears the cormorants have usurped them from their favorite logs. With increasing cold weather and less sun showing, the turtles will burrow into the mud at the bottom of the ponds to brumate. Continue reading
The Best of Eugene 2012-2013
Those Who Give the “Care Bear Stare” Best Politico 1. Peter DeFazio 2. Kitty Piercy 3. Pete Sorenson Person of the Year 1. Kitty Piercy Continue reading
Maru the Cat behind the wheel!
Busted
What to do if the cops show up uninvited
College parties — they’re a rite of passage, and very, very few students make it through years of university without attending a wild house party or two. Sometimes that means the cops show up. But even if you’re partying, you still have rights. Continue reading
Mushroom Festival
It's About Time - October 2012
Fifty years ago, on Oct. 12, 1962, the great Columbus Day Storm passed through Oregon. With winds surpassing 100 mph in most of the Willamette Valley, it was the most severe windstorm recorded, so powerful that many anemometers simply blew apart! Continue reading
Peeps on the street
Lena Macomson Hometown: Olympia, Wash. Major: Applied economics and business What do you plan to do with your degree? I’m hoping to start an MBA in sports marketing next year. What should the president’s number one priority be? Dang. I don’t know … world peace. Getting America back on track. Continue reading
No Knowledge, No Power
Hidden rules on sexual harassment leave students in the dark
Sexual harassment is a serious problem. But UO professor Cheyney Ryan says that without knowledge of available resources and student rights, the problem is more damaging than it has to be. Ryan began an experiment in his philosophy of law class where students conducted extra credit surveys about sexual harassment of students by professors. What is sexual harassment? Who should you talk to? How long do you have to report a problem? Continue reading
A Safe Way To Drink
EMU Pub Nights
There are house parties and there are bars littered around the University of Oregon, but for once there is an environment in which drinking responsibly is promoted on campus. Every week, on Thursday nights, “Pub Night” will be held at the Erb Memorial Union with emphasis on limiting consumption and having a good time. It is an event that will incorporate underage and of age students, creating an all-encompassing atmosphere. Allen Faigin is the director of EMU Food Services and supports the event that began this past spring. Continue reading