The Freshman Survival Guide
Tips from a newly graduated college senior
You finally made it. You’re done with your parents, done with high school, and now bursting onto the college campus, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, acting aloof … Continue reading
Back To Campus Archive
Band Campus
Six Student bands not to miss
The University of Oregon has opened its gates to the world, and as you read this, freshmen with guitars and amps are swapping numbers, meeting … Continue reading
Dead Bugs!
Oregon State gets its bug collection in order
In a dark corner of Cordley Hall on the edge of Oregon State University campus, an unsorted knot of dead ants floats preserved in a … Continue reading
Great Books
Gutenberg College discusses the works of Western Civilization
Once upon a time in the way back when, the role of higher education was not to prepare you for the treadmill by clipping you … Continue reading
Owls on Campus
UO lab studies birds of prey and how they hear
The University of Oregon hosts a number of traditional campus critters — crows, squirrels and freshmen, to name a few. But hidden away in neuroscientist … Continue reading
A Language Revived
LCC examines commitment to Chinuk wawa language courses
Unless you solely rely on your dusty elementary school education to shape your worldview, or you live beneath a social-media rock, you ought to have … Continue reading
Back to Campus
Campuses in Oregon and around the country are mourning the news coming out of Umpqua Community College Oct. 1 after word of the mass shooting spread. The first week of class is often a time of newness, learning and excitement. This year, it has brought great sadness. Continue reading
Student Q&As
Brandon Hosea Major: Economics and public relations Year: Senior Age: 21 Hometown: Bend, Oregon Would you vote for Donald Trump? Yeah. Why? Because I respect his ambition. Honestly, I agree with some of the stuff he says, some of it I don’t — you can’t agree with everything. Continue reading
Water Worries
LCC’s water conservation program needs students
Lane Community College’s water conservation technician program — one of only a few like it in the country — hasn’t had enough students to fill a cohort since 2012. The college is still offering it — though enrollment is zero — because skills in water conservation may soon be in demand as communities reassess how they think about water, in part due to drought. Continue reading
Curb Your Hunger
Local delivery businesses make life easier
When you’re a student, things get busy. Maybe you’re stuck studying in your apartment and, while starving, find the prospect of going out into the world for food unbearable. Maybe you just want to “Netflix and chill” without leaving the couch. If so, you can utilize HungryDucks as your take-out shortcut, or contact Cascadian Courier Collective to get almost anything delivered, so long as it isn’t more than 300 pounds and can fit on one of its freight bicycles. Continue reading