Tampering with Tuition
The University of Oregon’s Tuition Fees and Advocacy Board (TFAB) has a new plan for undergraduate student tuition. The Guaranteed Tuition Program, if approved, would … Continue reading
Letters: Page 142
On The Canning Bus
In his Hot Air Column (2/6), Tony Corcoran says the reasons to vote for Doyle Canning over Peter DeFazio are because DeFazio is “too old, … Continue reading
Commissioner History
Regarding the Feb. 6 Eugene Weekly article “Trieger Happy”: When the people of Lane County amended the county charter in 1976, five districts were created. … Continue reading
Men’s Violence
Eugene Weekly’s Feb. 6 article “A Wait Too Long” illuminates women’s and children’s long wait for hospital care after a man attacks and rapes them, … Continue reading
Checking Out
I just don’t get it. Our planet has way too many people on it. Too many people consuming too many things and creating too much … Continue reading
Guns Don’t Kill, etc.
The article about suicide in rural Oregon is interesting but reads more like an anti-gun article than a serious piece about suicide. Historically, older men … Continue reading
No Kobe Beef
In November 2007, Billy Thorington of Davenport, Iowa, buried his 15-year-old son, Cody, who had died of a rare form of cancer. Prior to the … Continue reading
Stop Making Sense
The play Sons of the Prophet is fast-paced, comical and tragically tumultuous in its portrayal of intersubjective relationships that transgress the borders of family, individual … Continue reading
Tuition Disaster
The University of Oregon’s Tuition and Fee Advisory Board (TFAB) is quickly ramrodding another rubber stamp proposal for UO President Michael Schill. They hope to … Continue reading
Can-Do
While many 20-somethings before me have been uncertain of their future, today’s moment is especially perilous. Climate scientists have sounded the alarm: We have 10 … Continue reading