UO E-Clips is a daily report prepared by the Office of Communications (http://comm.uoregon.edu) summarizing current news coverage of the University of Oregon.
Media mentions for November 7
UO student dies in plunge from rooftop
The Register-Guard: A 22-year-old University of Oregon student suffered fatal injuries Saturday evening in an accidental fall from an apartment rooftop, Eugene police said Tuesday. Alexander Atkins died at a hospital on Sunday, nearly 24 hours after he fell from the roof of an apartment in the 1800 block of Harris Street, police said. Atkins apparently had been drinking alcohol before he fell, police said. Medics and police officers went to the apartment complex just after 7 p.m. Saturday, after learning that Atkins had fallen. The incident occurred during the UO-Southern California football game. Police spokeswoman Jenna McCulley said a police report listed no information regarding a connection between the game and Atkins’ accident. McCulley said the report does not indicate why Atkins had been on the roof.
For Republican students, Election Day is a little different on a campus with Democratic majority
The Daily Emerald: Matt Scotton, sophomore journalism student and Republican at the University of Oregon, is well aware of his political minority status in Oregon. At the election watch party in the Fishbowl Tuesday night he found himself in an environment characteristic of the political atmosphere he has found typical in Oregon. Predominantly liberal -- and proud of it. “It seems like [republicans] are few and far between,” Scotton said. “All the people I came with are more liberal minded. It’s just part of the culture that you get used to.” However, Scotton doesn’t let the political atmosphere intimidate him. “I don’t feel alienated,” Scotton said. “It’s good to have people with different views around you to challenge your views and make you think about something in a different way.”
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Late mentions for November 6
KVAL: All eyes were glued to TVs and computers Tuesday night at the University of Oregon election watch party. The celebrations started quickly after President Obama was announced the projected winner of the presidential race. “Everyone's happy, everyone's cheering and I don't know, I think we're pretty stoked and we're going to be sleeping pretty soundly tonight,” said Obama supporter Joyanna Devos ... On the other side of campus, feelings were mixed on the president's win and the next four years. “I don't think they'll be terrible, but I wish for a different result,” said Romney supporter Donna Cahill. “But I mean what can you do, everyone votes, everyone has their opinion and everyone, it's what's best for the country, you know?”
21st Century Wire: The current unravelling of the suddenly repellant BBC television presenter, Sir Jimmy Savile’s reputation provides the opportunity for much greater revelations ... Dr. Freyd outlines a few key points, saying: Often people betrayed personally seem to not remember the betrayal. They don’t acknowledge it, or speak to others of it; as if it’s something, “in the corner of their eye, not something they’re looking directly at.” Like the proverbially “last to know” spouse being cheated on, denial is refuge. From their observations at the University of Oregon, Dr. Freyd and her colleagues formulated a theory and conducted studies to understand this apparently willful ignorance, coming up with the concept of “betrayal blindness.”