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 June 1
Board Set To Boost Tuitions At 7 Oregon Universities
OPB via The Associated Press: The State Board of Higher Education is expected to increase tuition at Oregon's seven universities at its meeting on Friday. The universities have proposed raising tuition by an average of 6 percent for the 2012-13 academic year, but the jump would be somewhat offset with cuts in fees. The proposed tuition increases range from 1.5 percent at Western Oregon University to 9.9 percent at Southern Oregon University. Because of fee cuts, total tuition and fees would actually fall at Western Oregon and Portland State. At the University of Oregon, the state's most expensive public university, a proposed 6 percent increase would push the cost of tuition and fees for undergrads to more than $9,300. The system average would be $7,841.
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Late mentions for May 31
Spanish Banking Crisis: Push Comes to Shove
Forbes piece by UO’s Mark Thoma: Push Comes to Shove, by Tim Duy: The Spanish banking crisis is forcing another showdown in Europe with the German-led Northern contingent increasingly under siege not just from the South but now from just about everyone else. Spain is under pressure to finance a bank recapitalization, but worries that that path will push them straight into a Troika bailout program. And we all know just how well that has worked for Greece and Ireland and Portugal. And Spain holds real leverage.
'Silent Killer' May Be Disease of the Affluent
Science Magazine: From an early age, the indigenous Shuar people of the Ecuadorian Amazon are exposed to an army of parasites, viruses, and other microbes. But if children survive to adulthood ... they seem to end up with more efficient immune systems than people living in industrialized nations ... biological anthropologists Thomas McDade of Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois; Josh Snodgrass of the University of Oregon in Eugene; and colleagues measured the levels of C-reactive protein (CRP) in the blood, a marker of a person's inflammatory response.
Hawai'i Club hosts 37th annual lu'au at UO this Sunday
KVAL: The University of Oregon Hui'O Hawai'i Club invites the public to experience the history of Hawai'i this Sunday, June 3, at the 37th annual lu'au. The theme, "Na Lani 'Eha," honors the legacy of four royal Hawaiian siblings with music and dance performed by club members. "Guests will enjoy an authentic lu'au buffet, two entertainment segments of traditional and modern Polynesian music and dance, and a country store with specialties from Hawai'i," said coordinator Quinn Akina.