Oregon Daily Emerald

Q&A with Margie Paris, dean of the law school

The Emerald sat down with Paris to discuss her career, the new law students and admssions

by Ryan Knutson

On Tuesday the Emerald sat down with Law School Dean Margie Paris to chat about the law school and what's been up this summer.

ODE: How have things being going since you took over as dean?

Paris: Very nicely. It's been a busy summer. We've not only been planning for the upcoming year, but we also have the ABA accreditation year this year, a sabbatical accreditation we go through every seven years.

Summer ceremony celebrates graduates

Speaker Frances Bronet, A&AA dean, stressed the world's need for proactive, creative thinking

by Bob Albrecht

University students often come from differing backgrounds and take different routes to graduation, School of Architecture and Allied Arts Dean, Frances Bronet said during Saturday's Summer Commencement ceremony. For one graduate, Emiko Yamada, the path involved frequent trips across the Pacific Ocean.

Fire at Westmoreland Apartments claims one life

Officials have ruled the death of Lane Community College student, James Scott Butcher, as a suicide

by Steven R. Neuman

One person died about one hour before sunrise Wednesday morning in a blaze that tore through a ground floor apartment at the Westmoreland Housing Complex. No others were injured, according to a Eugene Police Department press release.

WHAT A FINISH!

The Ducks came back from being down by 13 with less than four minutes left to beat the 15th ranked Oklahoma Sooners

by Luke Andrews

This is why you watch college football. Down 13 points with less than four minutes to play after two costly interceptions by quarterback Dennis Dixon, the No. 18 Oregon Ducks appeared dead in the water against the No. 18 Oklahoma Sooners. But in front of 59,269, the largest crowd in Autzen Stadium history, what transpired in the final minutes rivaled any of the stadium or schoolÕs most miraculous games.

Books, beer and basketball

The law school has a variety of student groups, about everything from beer to ecological racism

by Jobetta Hedelman

From beer to basketball, the University School of Law has a mixed bag of 40 organizations for students interested in flexing their legal muscles while getting away from the heavy burden of law-school homework.

Census bureau: Nonwhite population in Ore. rising

Higher birthrates, immigration patterns, and more stable communities may drive the increase

by Eric Florip

The percentage of the state of Oregon's nonwhite population grew by two points between 2000 and 2005, according to new U.S. Census Bureau data. During that same period, the University's nonwhite student population grew by less than 1 percentage point.

Law student clinic combats domestic violence

The University program allows third-year students to provide clients free legal services

by Philip Ossie Bladine

Eight University law students will launch a new term for the Domestic Violence Clinic this week and begin prepping themselves to handle live hearings in the courtroom.

Kids unable to ignore stimuli

Children' brains move their eyes without

by jobetta Hedelman

Kids whose frustrated parents ask them "can't you control your behavior?" may be telling the truth when they say no, new research out of the University of Oregon shows. Researchers in the University's Institute of Neuroscience studied the eye movements of 41 people aged 4 to 29 and found that young children are incapable of ignoring objects in their peripheral vision, even when they are told to, according to a press release.

Exhibit artist visits UO museum

John Flinn appeared at UO's natural history museum to discuss his northern lights photos

by Jobetta Hedelman

Eugene artist John Flinn was 10 years old the first time he saw waves of white light cascading across the sky of his home in Ann Arbor, Mich. Many years later, his photographs of the lights of the aurora borealis are on display at the University's Museum of Natural and Cultural History.