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 May 25
LGBT students speak out in Eugene, seek ways to end school harassment
Register-Guard: To be gay and out in a Louisiana middle school is to be frightened every day ... Taylor Simpson, now a junior at North Eugene High School, described that fear Thursday at a gathering of students who said they are motivated to make school a safe place for every student regardless of sexual orientation ... The environment can be so bad for some students that they simply drop out of school, said Julia Heffernan, the University of Oregon education professor who organized the student event, as part of an annual anti-bullying leadership summit that also included presentations at the UO ... "I'm here because I want to politicize these kids so that they push their schools to improve," Heffernan said.
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Media mentions for May 24
Students inform administration of hunger strike
Daily Emerald: A group of students -- upset by the alleged mistreatment of University professor Ken DeBevoise -- are preparing to demonstrate against the University by going on a hunger strike if a reasonable agreement regarding DeBevoise's contract is not made before Tuesday, May 29 ... "The University of Oregon has a stated public responsibility to provide a high-quality education for undergraduate students," the press release stated Thursday. "The removal of Professor Ken DeBevoise is demonstrably inconsistent with this mission."
Atlas brings beauty of details to life
Register-Guard: When, last July 1, Alethea Steingisser pressed the computer "Send" button to transport the University of Oregon-produced "Atlas of Yellowstone" to its publisher, the atmosphere in Condon Hall's InfoGraphics Lab was the geographic equal of a NASA launch. This happens when a project has been 10 years in the making. But the results may well justify the massive effort that not only took a decade but involved 130 contributors -- including dozens of UO students -- and more than $500,000. " 'The Atlas of Yellowstone' is a benchmark for others to shoot for," William McNulty, director of maps for National Geographic Magazine, said Wednesday in an interview. "This is a tour de force in cartography."
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Media mentions for May 23
Student Newspaper At University of Oregon Changing Format
KLCC: The student newspaper at the University of Oregon is changing its format. The Oregon Daily Emerald has published a paper five days a week since 1920. Beginning in August, the student-run enterprise will do a print version twice a week. But as Publisher Ryan Frank explains, there will be much more content and coverage. “So in the print version it will be the sort of how and why things happen ... and the digital side is really fast. We're talking about creating a speed team which is out there on the streets with video cameras, audio recorders, iPads, to report in the field as news happens in real time."
Late mentions for May 22
UO student graduates law school at 51 after losing vision
KVAL: On any given school day, University of Oregon law student Bill Spiry can be found in his office typing away at his latest assignment ... But Spiry isn't your average law student. "Some people would call going to law school when you are 49 years old rash," Spiry said ... He said going back after so many years was not easy. "There's just no way to prepare yourself for what law school is," Spiry said. "Especially after you've been in the real world for 20 years and not in an academic setting. It was quite a transition." But another thing you should know about Spiry is that he lost his vision more than a decade ago.