With a public comment period about the University's proposed Northside Parking Lot ending on August 4, some University students and Eugene residents have vocalized safety and sustainability concerns about the University’s planned 153-space lot along the Willamette riverfront.
The challenge was to create a sustainable car interior; the solution ended up being a collaborative effort between University students and local businesses.
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It’s never fun being the new guy. That is unless you’re wildly popular with a level of mystery that elicits a large amount of curiosity. For the four Eugene breweries that shipped their locally brewed beers by the kegs up to the 23rd Annual Oregon Brewers Festival in downtown Portland this weekend, it was a good weekend to be the new guy.
University students who leave town for the summer most likely recall Eugene’s colder, rainy months spent indoors, leaving the best outdoor spots relatively unknown. Nearly 9,000 students stay near campus during the summer and may be looking to enjoy Eugene outdoors.
The following is part three of a three-part series. See part one here and part two here. The ravished lands of Rwanda, with vengeance in the air and poverty more prevalent than ever, were no safe haven for three children who lost everything. Their lifestyle, their family, and even those sunny evenings kicking around plastic bag balls were faint memories.
I didn’t know what to expect of John Zerzan. It was the Tuesday of my first week as the KWVA news director. I was still acclimating to studio equipment, the unforgiving nature of a microphone, and the overall magic of radioland. Out of all the news programs, “Anarchy Radio” is the longest running, with people often calling in from places as far as New Zealand.
Though the Oregon State Board of Higher Education elected to begin phasing out the University’s undergraduate program in Bend, the University will retain and expand its graduate and non-credit programs there.
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University faces freshmen housing shortage
With University Housing full and incoming freshmen still seeking to live in the dorms, the Office of the Dean of Students is creating new housing solutions.
An ongoing offshore oil spill, along with years of the Bush administration dismantling environmental protection legislation, has left many politicians, lawyers and environmentalists pessimistic about America’s energy future. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
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Eugene Emeralds pitcher Matt Irsfeld has come full circle. After a long journey starting at Churchill High School in Eugene, winding through college in Washington and Southern California, and a short stop in an independent league, Irsfeld is back in Eugene playing professional baseball.
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Eugene has a rich history of community building in many different capacities. Intentional communities, also known as cooperative living situations, are historically one of the most proactive and primary ways. It’s easy to limit the scope of what we view as cooperative living situations at the University to the Campbell Club or Lorax Manner, but the depth and breadth of Eugene and the state of Oregon’s communal living situations run much further than that.
There is a hearing before the Eugene City Council about the Walnut Station (a risky and secretive public-private redevelopment scheme involving the City of Eugene and the University) on June 21 at 7:30 p.m. in the council chamber at City Hall. You should consider taking the time to attend the hearing and help put this speculative planning fiasco out of its misery.
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