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 28
UO police catch and release suspect
The Register-Guard: It could be argued that Charles Kyvelos should be in jail for any of several transgressions of which he stands accused ... After at least his third arrest in recent weeks, the 26-year-old transient was able to saunter away from police on Sunday morning despite allegedly being caught with drugs, bolt cutters and a stolen bike on the University of Oregon campus ... University police officers would have liked to have taken Kyvelos to the Lane County Jail. But they don’t have state approval to carry guns, and for safety reasons they are not allowed under department policy to make that trip with a criminal suspect in tow.
Rock thrown from overpass injures UO students
The Register-Guard: Two University of Oregon distance runners were injured Monday night after someone dropped or threw a large rock onto their car from an Interstate 5 overpass near Rice Hill, state police officials said ... Grabill and Brewer are members of the UO’s track and cross-country teams. In a statement, UO head track and field coach Robert Johnson said Tuesday that he was grateful the runners are expected to recover, and that the incident served “as a real shock to us. The outcome could have been much worse.” UO athletic director Rob Mullens issued a separate statement, in which he said “it is difficult to comprehend when a random act such as this one happens to anyone, let alone members of our athletic family.”
Labor Voices: These school reforms will move Michigan forward
The Detroit News: The 2012 election is behind us and the voters of this state have spoken. Now it's time for our state's leaders to come together and work on common solutions to the problems facing our state. Two issues rise above the rest and should be placed at the top of the agenda: Creating jobs and improving public education ... Studies conducted by Dr. Gordon Lafer, an economist at the University of Oregon, have shown that right-to-work laws have resulted in lower wages for both union and non-union members alike, by an average of $1,500 per year. Lafer also found that for every $1 million in reduced wages, there was a corresponding reduction of $850,000 in consumer spending.
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Media mentions for November 27
Two University of Oregon track team members hurt by rock hurled from I-5 overpass
The Oregonian: Two University of Oregon students and track team members were injured after someone threw a rock at their car from an overpass on Interstate 5 near the incorporated community of Rice Hill Monday night. Lt. Gregg Hastings, a spokesman for the Oregon State Police, said that just after 10:40 p.m., a 1997 Subaru driven by 20-year-old Molly Grabill of Poway, Calif. was struck in the windshield by a rock “larger than a baseball.” The rock hit Grabill in the face. Hastings said both students are members of the university's track team. University of Oregon Front seat passenger Chris Brewer told police he grabbed the wheel in an attempt to control the car, but it traveled onto the shoulder and then rolled on the freeway, coming to rest in the opposite direction, facing south in the northbound lanes.
Portland economy sags in September
The Oregonian: Portland's economy sagged in September, according a new University of Oregon index that blames steep job losses for the slowdown. The metro area lost an estimated 3,100 jobs that month as hiring slumped statewide. The U of O regional indexes show only the Eugene-Springfield economy is expanding faster than normal. Salem, Central Oregon and Rogue Valley economies are growing at a slower than average rate. Portland's economic expansion has slowed over the past three months according to the gauge, which tracks housing, employment and travel data. U of O economist Tim Duy said the metro area's job losses likely won't be as severe after labor officials revise the data. Recently, the monthly numbers have been subject to steep corrections.
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Late mentions for November 26
Gabonese students at Oregon hope for sustainable homeland, Gabon to give $20 million to UO
The Daily Emerald: Virgil Moussi returned home last June with high hopes of doing very little. Like most college students, he wanted time away from campus and from the familiar lecture halls. But the trip also meant an end to nearly three years away from Libreville, the capital city of Gabon on the west coast of Central Africa, and his romping ground for 18 years as a youth ... And today, his story is indicative of a new promise by Gabonese leaders to change their legacy, an effort that four weeks ago culminated in a $25 million dollar research deal between the government and the University of Oregon, and has brought Virgil to Eugene to be a Duck.
'This is kind of a target rich environment when students are gone'
KVAL: Between finals and winter break, University of Oregon students have a lot to look forward to in the next few weeks. Eugene Police hope students will take a little time away from the books to protect their property. For the second year in a row, police converged at the Chase Apartments and knocked on doors to prevent crime. Handing out fliers and hot cocoa, the Community Service team is battling burglars before they strike by sharing information with students ... Police said reaching out and talking to students before they take off for winter break really works. Last year, the break-ins to student residences dropped in half compared to 2010, when at least 30 student residences were burglarized.
UO chemistry professor to lecture at OMSI Science Pub Night
The Daily Emerald: Paper or plastic? Despite a recent plastic bag ban in Eugene, University of Oregon chemistry professor David Tyler questions the environmental impact basic consumer necessities have. Tyler specializes in a techniques called the “life cycle assessment,” a specific way of measuring a product’s environmental impact throughout its entire lifetime. “A plastic bag is really good in terms of global warming impact, chemical use, water use, just all those environmental impacts we think about -- a plastic bag is really good compared to other types of bags,” Tyler said in an interview with The Oregonian. “But where it’s really bad is it doesn’t degrade, so it’s easier for it to end up as litter.” Tyler will be giving a lecture on the life cycle assessment during the OMSI Science Pub Night in Hillsboro, Ore. on Nov. 26 at 7 p.m. During his lecture, Tyler plans to talk about the life cycle of manufacturing beer as well as the impact pets have on the environment.
UOPD apprehends man on suspicion of bike violation, finds stolen bike and drugs
The Daily Emerald: In the process of stopping a man for suspected bike violation Sunday morning, a University of Oregon police officer discovered the man had a stolen bike, stolen bike wheel, bolt cutters, marijuana, heroin and drug paraphernalia. The stop involved two public safety officers and a supervising police sergeant at 3:38 a.m. in front of Anstett Hall ... Due to Eugene police being unavailable to transport Kyvelos to Land County Jail for felony drug charges, he was cited and released. Evidence found at the scene is now being held by EPD to assist in those felony charges later on ... Later in the police transition, if UOPD is allowed arms, they will have the ability to transport suspects themselves. They are currently unable to present felony cases in the Lane County Circuit Court.