Activist Alert 10-11-2012
• The annual Walk to End Alzheimer’s will be at 2 pm Sunday, Oct. 14, at Alton Baker Park. Registration begins at 1 pm. See http://wkly.ws/1d8 for more information or to donate. Continue reading
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Labor Pains
The path to unionization at UO
A spirit of revolution stirred on the UO campus in the spring of 2007. That’s when a small group of activist professors — led by math’s Marie Vitulli and political science’s Gordon Lafer — began meeting in vacant classrooms to discuss starting a faculty union. Continue reading
O’Reilly Vs. Stewart: The non-presidential debate everyone should see
Biome for Mayor
I have to admit I wasn't following the mayoral race in Ashland this fall. It's a little out of EW's range. But like a lot of people I get some of my election news from Comedy Central these days. John Stewart and Stephen Colbert from debating Bill O'Reilly to Super Pacs (Making a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow) make elections worth following even for the most jaded of politics-haters. (I'm not a jaded politics hater, but I sympathize). Continue reading
KEZI takes on THE WHIT
The dramatic music … the dramatic opening. "It is a place time seems to have left behind. A neighborhood literally seen by thousands of eyes every day … yet seemingly noticed by none … a dwelling where death at times is nothing more than an opportunity to recycle life … welcome everyone to THE WHIT!" Continue reading
Bike Fun Round-up
Here's a video from New York about not riding your bike in the bike lane. This is exactly why you need to know your rights — don't miss the surprise ending! In other bike news, the number of bikes sold in Italy has overtaken the number of cars for the first time since WWII. Continue reading
Romney vs. Big Bird
There were a lot of things to critique in the debate last night. But there was one thing that really stuck out for a lot of people. Gov. Mitt Romney not only is mean to dogs. He wants to take out Sesame Street. He told moderator Jim Leher of PBS's NewsHour at last night's debate: Continue reading
No Worries About Giant Brown Spiders
You might have noticed there’ve been a lot of really big, kind of scary, brown spiders running around lately. It’s not your arachnophobia making you paranoid; late summer into fall is mating season for the arachnids. Continue reading
After the Debates Tonight …
This evening after the presidential debates, Ramon Ramirez of PCUN, Oregon's Farmworker Union, will speak on the topic of “Worker Justice and Wage Theft in Oregon.” Ramirez will speak at a free bilingual event from 7:30 to 9 pm Wednesday, Oct. 3, at Temple Beth Israel, corner of University Street and East 29th Avenue in Eugene. Event sponsors are Temple Beth Israel, Beyond Toxics, ESSN, Lane County Immigration Integration Network, Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics and the UO Labor Education Research Center. Continue reading
Pigs Eat Man
News about the Bandon, Ore. man that was eaten by his 700-pound pigs has been getting some traction since it broke yesterday. It actually happened last Wednesday, but the folks at the Coos Bay District Attorney's office didn't release the news til it began to leak and they realized , "Wow, people are kind of freaking out." How did this happen? Continue reading