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 September 19
UO student drowns in Klamath County lake
The Register-Guard: A 21-year-old University of Oregon student from San Francisco died in an apparent drowning on Monday afternoon at Summit Lake southwest of Crescent Lake in Klamath County, authorities said Tuesday. The victim, Carlene Ho, went to the lake with two other Eugene area women, Oregon State Police said. The two other women went swimming from the shore to a nearby island, while Ho, who did not know how to swim, was seen by her friends standing near the shore with her feet in the water, police said. When her friends returned back to shore after several minutes, they found Ho face down, underwater near the area where she was last seen, police said. At approximately 4:55 p.m., Klamath County 911 received a call regarding the incident while CPR was being done. An Air Link air ambulance later arrived in the area, at which point Air Link personnel took over CPR. However, Ho could not be revived.
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Media mentions for September 18
University of Oregon student drowns in Klamath County lake
The Oregonian: A 21-year-old University of Oregon student died Monday at Summit Lake in Klamath County, Oregon State Police reported. Carlene Ho was last seen standing on shore when two of her friends decided to swim from the shore to a nearby island, troopers said. Ho, who did not know how to swim, was standing in the water, troopers said. When her friends returned to the shore, they found Ho face down in the water.
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Media mentions for September 17
The Register-Guard: It's safe to say Laakea Kaufman is the adventurous sort ... And on Sunday, she was one of 10 student volunteers -- all incoming freshmen -- who took on the challenge of Project Tomato. Their task was to harvest ripe tomatoes from nearly 300 plants that have been growing all summer on a UO-owned plot next to the Center for the Advancement of Sustainable Living. "This all started because students wanted to put more healthy food in the dorms," explained Shelley Bowerman. She was running Project Tomato, in which the volunteer tomato pickers will harvest perhaps half a ton of tomatoes and later make pizza sauce for use in the student dining halls.
University of Oregon honors Anne Dhu McLucas, former music dean
The Oregonian: The University of Oregon will remember Anne Dhu McLucas, music professor and former dean of the School of Music and Dance who was killed Sept. 7 ... A memorial service is set for Saturday, Oct. 20, at 4 p.m. in Beall Concert Hall at the MarAbel B. Frohnmayer Music Building on campus. The service is open to the public. The service is part of a symposium on the "Oral Traditions Old and New in Music" this fall. The events will mark the work and life of McLucas with presentations scheduled for Sept. 29, Oct. 19 and Oct. 20. Musicians and scholars from across the U.S. and abroad will present their work in her memory. The theme of the symposium was chosen to honor McLucas' 2010 monograph, the "Musical Ear: Oral Tradition in the USA."
EDITORIAL: Rogue boards not a threat
The Register-Guard: A special committee of lawmakers remains divided over the idea of creating independent boards for the University of Oregon ... The primary concern is that a board might lead a university in directions that are at cross purposes with the goals of state government and the larger Oregon educational system. The concern is misplaced ... As a practical matter, the UO seeks autonomy not because it wants to gallop off in unapproved directions, but because it needs more operational flexibility than the current system of governance can provide ... A UO board, if given adequate authority, could act more quickly to capitalize on opportunities, save money and serve the state's interest in educational quality.
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Media mentions for September 16
How Do Wildfires Impact The Local Economy And Community?
Red Orbit: By the middle of August, nearly 7 million acres have burned in wildfires in the U.S. making this a record-breaking year for wildfire destruction ... How does this kind of natural disaster affect the surrounding communities? Large wildfires, despite the wanton destruction they leave behind, are a mixed economic bag for nearby communities according to a study by the University of Oregon's Ecosystem Workforce Program ... "The increased spending on services related to fire suppression efforts certainly does not undo the social and economic damage caused by a wildfire," said Cassandra Moseley, director of the Ecosystem Workforce Program and the Institute for a Sustainable Environment.
The Boston Globe: When Harvard University announced last month that it was investigating 125 students for cheating on a take-home exam, most of the ensuing public fuss focused on the students ... The final exam, according to the instructions, had been "completely open book, open note, open Internet, etc" ... If the purpose of education is to help young people develop skills they'll need later in life ... it makes no sense to arbitrarily prevent them from demonstrating precisely those skills when they're taking a test ... Kathleen Scalise, an associate professor at the University of Oregon who studies how computers can be used in learning, has mapped out a taxonomy of testing innovations that includes a range of nontraditional types of questions.
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Media mentions for September 15
Panel split on college local rule
The Register-Guard: The team of lawmakers charged with figuring out how local university governing boards would work at Oregon's public universities failed on Friday to reach consensus on several key issues ... the University of Oregon and Portland State University are seeking to form institutional boards to govern locally, instead of answering to the state Board of Higher Education ... From 2001 to fall 2012, UO tuition and fees increased 129 percent -- landing at $9,309 a year, according to Oregon University System figures ... "What we really did was try to find that sweet spot of letting these two universities (UO and PSU) reach their highest potential, yet also maintaining the integrity of the state system," said Sen. Mark Hass, D-Beaverton.
Armstrong Claims Innocence as USADA Strips Titles
East Side News: Lance Armstrong has been brought to court on account of several charges of doping in sports over the past decade. Armstrong is the only seven time winner of the Tour de France, but his record rests in jeopardy as Anti-Doping agencies around the world pursue several allegations against the cyclist. Paul Swangard, managing director of the Warsaw Sports Marketing Center at the University of Oregon, said: ''Whether or not his cycling success was pharmaceutically-engineered, Lance has used his fame for so much good. I think a large segment of consumers still finds that a bigger piece of his brand equity."