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Big houses on small lots. Teeny town houses and condos with no garden. Infill. High-rise balconies. There seems to be an ever-growing inventory of places where there”s hardly room for shrubs at all. Luckily there is also a growing inventory of slim-line shrubs. Virtually all shrubs and trees, including skinny ones, get broader as they age. Pruning to control height is relatively easy, but pruning to limit girth can be trickier, especially with conifers. Continue reading
In case you haven’t noticed, the students are back in town, and EW has been out on the streets talking with them. We asked them how they feel about marijuana legalization (“a political farce”) and about their favorite and least favorite things about their school (depending on who you ask, “sports culture” qualifies for both). Continue reading
The weekend after Labor Day brought the sight of thousands of choice edible russula mushrooms around Waldo Lake, but most were dry as a bone. A single thunderstorm’s drenching a week earlier brought them out of the forest floor. Then they were betrayed by the summer’s continuing heat and drought. Nevertheless, we can be hopeful that the usual October beginning of the rainy season may yet bless the high mountains with a bounty of delicious treasures. We will find out at the mushroom show at Mount Pisgah Arboretum on Oct. 26. Continue reading
The expansive atrium of Oregon State University’s Kelley Engineering Building fills with the mid-morning chatter of students. Light streams in through the immense glass windows of this certified Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold building, reducing the need for electric lighting as it illuminates half-built solar vehicles that look like Mars rovers in a nearby classroom, complete with solar panels and heavy duty wheels. For all OSU’s orange-and-black bravado, the marks of “green” living are everywhere. Continue reading
Even at 5 years old, LCC alumnus Coral Breding expressed an interest in art. When he realized he could use his art skills and 3D animation software to create art for video games, he was hooked. Continue reading
In the days before the snowstorm last December, Cory*, a Lane Community College student, was having trouble getting words down on the page. Continue reading
Fronting Franklin Boulevard and cozied up like a cat against the much larger University of Oregon, the campus of Northwest Christian University has sat for well nigh 125 years as a curiosity to some and a beacon to others. What, after all, is a Christian university all about? Jesus himself was a peripatetic teacher, opting to wander the wilderness with his radical message of universal love and liberation from the false knowledge of the Pharisees. Continue reading
Andrea Norris of OSU’s Campus Recycling says the weirdest thing she’s ever tried to sell at the OSUsed Store is an entire pallet of 20-year-old unused jock straps. Although they didn’t exactly fly off the shelves in the campus second-hand store, Norris put the jock straps on eBay, and they started selling fast. “It turns out there are antique jock strap collectors,” she says. Continue reading
Photos by Trask Bedortha Lorenzo Chicas-Cruz Age: 19 Major: Auto technician Year: Freshman Hometown: Eugene, Oregon School: LCC How do you get to campus? By car. How are you paying for college? Working for it, and my parents are helping me a little. Continue reading
In their quest for "Total Domination," Ninkasi added a 7th state, Arizona, to their distribution list via Golden Eagle Distributors, who also handle clients such as Stella Artois, Budweiser, Goose Island, Widmer Brothers and Dogfish Head. Ninkasi brews will floweth from Arizona taps in late October, begining in the Tuscon and Phoenix. Ninkasi expanded to Nevada this spring and the current distribution roster in addition to Arizona, Nevada and Oregon includes Alaska, Colorado, California, Idaho, Montana, Washington and British Columbia. Continue reading