Oregon Daily Emerald

Police seize weapons, drugs in residence hall

by Moriah Balingit and Trevor Davis | Freelance Reporter and News Reporter

Eugene police recovered a handgun and other weapons, including knives and metal knuckles, in the residence hall rooms of two University freshmen Monday night. Brenden Duncan, 18, was charged with possession of a firearm in a public building and possession of cocaine after police found a handgun in his room and a small tin containing white residue in his pocket.

Rock on

by Tess McBride

Air guitar, the art of playing, well, nothing, has earned a place in rock 'n' roll culture with competitions, a documentary and an inspired video game. Still, many are wondering, how exactly do you jam on an intangible instrument? For a few University students, air guitar and the inspired "Guitar Hero" video game are a way of expressing their interest in music without suffering sore fingers and investing long hours into the actual instrument.

Past and present collide in civil rights panel

A panel and photo archive on race relations address how present concerns parallel the '60s

by Allie Grasgreen

There was more to the 1960s than great music and psychedelia. A student-faculty panel, in conjunction with a library archival photo exhibit, will illuminate the era's historic civil rights movement for the University community. University senior Daniel Keller assembled a Knight Library exhibit, on display since week two of spring term, entitled "Civil Rights at the University of Oregon: Past and Present.

Burning ban bill goes up in smoke in House committee

The bill would have prohibited open field burning in the Willamette Valley

by Jason N. Reed | News reporter

Legislative bureaucracy smothered any chance House Bill 3000 had of making it to the House floor for a vote. As some Oregon agricultural committees rejoice, many of the bill's supporters warn that residents of Willamette Valley may suffer the adverse effects of open field burning.

North Bank Path temporarily closed for reconstruction

In brief

by Jason N. Reed | News reporter

Travelers along the North Bank Path from the Greenway Bike Bridge to Club Road will have to cross over the Willamette River to the South Bank Trail starting next Monday. Eugene Public Works will close the 1.5 mile stretch of path along the Ruth Bascom Riverbank Trail that has been deemed as unsafe traveling conditions.