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A whole new realityUsers explore an Internet-based world with their computer-animated recreations, or avatars in Second Life, which has at least 7 million registered usersby Ryan KnutsonIt's The Sims wrapped in the World Wide Web wrapped in an enigma. It's called Second Life, and it's a world just like this one, except it's computerized - and you can fly. Second Life is an Internet-based program that allows users to create 3-D versions of themselves that walk around and interact with the 3-D versions of other real people in a digital "world" that is more than three times the geographic size of San Francisco. |
Oregon's universities report record enrollmentThough UO had a minor decline, statewide enrollment over the past 10 years surpassed national averagesby Allie GrasgreenThe Oregon University System yesterday reported record systemwide fall enrollment and a reversal of last year's resident freshman enrollment decline. The largest entering freshman class in history is part of the more than 82,000 students attending one of the seven public institutions in the state of Oregon this year. |
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Healthy diet and exercise an alternative to caffeineBalanced diet, regular exercise and sufficient sleep are essential for students trying to beat caffeineby Jill KimballIf you frequently find yourself ordering your fourth cup of coffee before that afternoon class, you're probably not a health nut. A 2006 study conducted by the University of Georgia's exercise psychology laboratory in Athens, Ga. showed that more than 90 percent of people who eat healthy foods and exercise regularly are more energized during the day. |
Activists hope to shed light on Darfur plightThe awareness-raising tour stops in Eugene this Saturday as it tries to politically pressure Chinaby Desiree AfllejeOn a wet October evening, a massage therapist, a retired Springfield teacher, a former Lane Community College faculty member, an Umpqua Bank employee and a retired nurse met in the living room of two University faculty members. At a glance What: "Olympic Dream for Darfur," a Lane County Darfur Coalition will host the event to raise awareness about China's role in prolonging genocide in Darfur. |
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Memorial for professor to be held Saturday in LillisIn briefby Mike O'BrienMegan Partch was a wife and mother, and the John B. Rogers Professor of Banking and Finance in the Charles H. Lundquist College of Business, of which she was department head for nine years. Saturday at 1 p.m., Partch, who died Oct. 24 at the age of 58 of cancer, will be honored in 182 Lillis Hall. |
Students push for smoke-free campusVolunteers will pick up cigarette butts on campus today as part of Great American Smokeoutby Jenny Manning | Freelance ReporterPeer health educators want to let people in on a little secret: 62.6 percent of University students have never smoked cigarettes, but they think that only 8.8 percent of their peers have never tried them, according to the 2007 National College Health Assessment Survey distributed to University students last spring. |
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ASUO votes for zero increase in student ticket fundingStudent Senate also discussed potential new online format for student evaluation formsby Robert D'AndreaThe committee that bargains for student tickets for University football and basketball games will have the same budget next year as it did this year. The Student Senate approved a zero-percent increase for the Athletic Department Finance Committee Wednesday night, despite one senator's protests that the group received an increase last year with an agreement to lower funding this time. |
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Fate of Eugene's roads may be placed in the hands of voters...againBond measure and street utility fees are two other solutions to paying for backlogged street repair costsby Jason ReedIf you dodged a pothole this morning on the way to the University, or had to hold your coffee cup because the roads were too bumpy to leave it in the cup holder without splashing, Tuesday's failure of the fuel tax increase doesn't necessarily mean those poor conditions will last forever. |
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Traveling consultants trying to revive former fraternityExpansion representatives from the Phi Delta Theta fraternity are recruiting to re-establish a chapter at the Universityby Mike O'BrienAs undergraduates, Johnathan Talcott and Keith Wysocki had positive experiences as members of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity. As post-graduates, they work to help give others the same. Talcott and Wysocki - recent graduates from the University of South Dakota and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, respectively - are leadership consultants for the fraternity's national expansion team. |
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