Q&A with Judith Lechner on the Tuition and Fees Advisory Board
Judith Lechner is an international graduate student, GTF and former GTFF president. Now filling one of four student positions on the Tuition and Fees Advisory Board, Lechner helps the Board make...
View ArticleInside Chapman Hall: The pros and cons of the Clark Honors College
Emily Friedenberg and Hazel Lallemand are both sophomores in the School of Architecture and Allied Arts who came to the University of Oregon as Clark Honors College students. Friedenberg, who has...
View ArticleHowe Field Memorial Gates may be relocated due to new stadium construction
The historic iron gates outside of Howe Field may be removed during the impending construction of a new women’s softball stadium, according to the Register-Guard. The Howe Field Memorial Gates were...
View ArticleWhat does your tuition pay for?
Four UO students are working to help determine the cost of education for the whole student body. As members of the Tuition and Fees Advisory Board, these UO students provided their perspective on how...
View ArticleNewly formed union United Academics provides security for UO faculty
Galen Martin has been with the University of Oregon since 1985 after finishing his Master’s degree here. Now a senior instructor in the department of international studies, Martin had previously...
View ArticleStudents voice concern over tuition and fees increases ahead of board...
Tuition and fees are on the rise again after Brad Shelton of the Tuition and Fees Advisory Board announced the group’s recommendations for the 2015-2016 year to an open forum of students in Lawrence...
View ArticlePetition against UO’s counterclaim in recent sexual assault litigation
UPDATE: University of Oregon spokeswoman Julie Brown responded to the petition. Over 1,500 people signed a petition created Feb. 21, calling for an end to the counterclaim filed by the University of...
View ArticleUniversity of Oregon tuition increases approved despite student criticism
A tuition increase for University of Oregon students was approved by the Finance and Facilities Committee on March 4. The committee met at 2:30 p.m. in the Ford Alumni Center to discuss budget, tuition...
View ArticleBoard of trustees approves 3.7 percent tuition increase amid student protest
Lillian Huebner’s experience at the University of Oregon has not gone exactly how they had planned. Huebner arrived on campus with two full suitcases. Unlike most UO freshmen, Huebner’s parents weren’t...
View ArticleQ&A with Mohsen Manesh on new Portland Law Program
This fall the University of Oregon’s law school is launching its Portland Law Program, housed in the White Stag building in downtown Portland. Mohsen Manesh is the faculty director of Oregon Law’s...
View ArticleVideo: ASUO, SLAP and others confront Coltrane over GTFF contracts at Lillis
Interim University of Oregon President Scott Coltrane’s office hours were interrupted on Friday by a group of students sounding off on the proposed contract for graduate teaching fellows. Members of...
View ArticleAs GTFF pickets, UO students react
“No justice?” “No peace!” These chants were heard all along 13th Avenue as the Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation gathered outside of Willamette Hall on Nov. 19. As passing students were diverted...
View ArticleLast chance: strike or settle?
The Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation and University of Oregon administration have been at a standstill in contract negotiations for more than six months. Monday is the last day the parties can come...
View ArticleGTFs will begin to strike on Tuesday
Your GTF may not be in class tomorrow. The Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation announced a strike after a final mediation session with the administration early Monday evening. The GTFF decided to...
View ArticleSupporters rally behind GTFs amid strike announcement, say UO admin...
As rain poured down and temperatures dropped in Eugene on Monday night, proponents of the the GTFF gathered to support their decision to strike. The Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation held a rally...
View ArticleDay 1 of the GTFF strike ends, mediation will resume on Thursday
As social media flooded with posts from students about cancelled classes and discussion sections, the GTFs’ first day of striking is over. Today several members of the Graduate Teaching Fellows...
View ArticleGTFs and UO get back to negotiation as strike continues
The Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation returned to mediation with the University of Oregon administration at 8 a.m. this morning after two days on strike. The GTFF began bargaining with the UO nearly...
View ArticleThe GTFF strike continues, mediation will resume Friday
After three days of striking the latest mediation session between the GTFF and the University of Oregon administration did not yield an agreement. The GTFF will continue its strike until an agreement...
View ArticleGTFs will continue to strike into finals week after another unsuccessful...
After continuing mediation today, the University of Oregon administration and the Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation have failed to reach an agreement. GTFs have been picketing since the strike began...
View ArticleGTFF strike affects undergrads as finals week begins
Freshman Mack Veltman has been working on a paper for his journalism class for a month. However, when Veltman turned the essay in on Wednesday, Dec. 3 after the GTFF strike had begun, his J201...
View ArticleGTFF and UO to continue mediation on Dec. 9
The surprise mediation session between the University of Oregon administration and the Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation that took place on Dec. 8 ended without a resolution and mediation will...
View ArticleGTFF and UO settle contract, strike ends
The University of Oregon and the Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation have reached a tentative agreement after eight days of striking in regard to higher wages and paid leave. The agreement includes 5...
View ArticleUO replacing Blackboard with Canvas for its "off the charts" approval
Helen Chu has never seen a software test come back with everyone satisfied – except Canvas. Chu, director of Academic Technology for University of Oregon Libraries, is optimistic about UO’s learning...
View ArticleFaculty and classified staff unions begin negotiations with Oregon...
After the Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation strike during finals week of fall term, the last thing the University of Oregon community wants to see is another strike. That’s why administrators and...
View ArticleUniversity of Oregon looks to bring in $2 billion with capital campaign
This year, the University of Oregon is embarking on the most ambitious public fundraising campaign the state has ever seen. In October, the UO announced a $2 billion campaign — its third public...
View ArticleDisappointed by the loss, but community around campus still loves its Ducks
As University of Oregon student and Taylor’s bouncer Ross Beam changed the leaderboard at Taylor’s from “Ducks beat the Bucks” to “We still love our Ducks,” he refused to be pessimistic about the...
View ArticleFirst-generation freshman works two jobs to make ends meet
A first-generation student at the University of Oregon, Jessica Bolts has been working part-time while in high school and full-time every summer since she was 16-years-old to save money for college....
View ArticleScholarship season arrives for UO undergrads
Since leaving campus for winter break last term, sophomore Vikas Mankala has been hard at work as scholarship season has arrived. Mankala is one of the hundreds of undergraduate students who will apply...
View ArticleOregonian reportedly releases names of two suspended archivists involved in...
The Oregonian has identified the two librarians who have been suspended for releasing 22,000 pages of records to an unidentified professor as James Fox and Kira Homo. The Oregonian explains that they...
View ArticleGrad school dean finalists outline plans for the future in public presentations
The three candidates applying to become the dean of the Graduate School gave presentations about their goals for the position during weeks two and three. Dr. Scott Pratt, Dr. Andy Berglund and Dr. Mia...
View ArticleEverything we know about UO's record release saga
The University of Oregon’s records release garnered national attention this week. UO economics professor Bill Harbaugh was identified as the recipient of 22,000 pages of records that the university got...
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UO works to increase diversity after recruiting the most diverse incoming...
The University of Oregon welcomed its most racially and ethnically diverse class in fall of 2014. According to Vice President of Enrollment Management Roger Thompson, the most recent UO class is made...
View ArticleFormer UO instructor falsely accuses EPD officer of sexual assault
Deborah Frisch, a former instructor at the University of Oregon, was convicted on Monday of falsely accusing a Eugene police officer of sexually assaulting her. Frisch was first arrested on stalking...
View Article‘The Hunting Ground’ hits close to home during Portland screening
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. The Regal Cinemas Fox Tower theater in Portland screened The Hunting Ground Friday, and invited University of Oregon staff and students to answer questions...
View ArticleUniversity of Oregon School of Law’s rankings rise while enrollment declines
Beth Ford always knew she wanted to go to law school. After getting her undergraduate degree in Missouri, she came to Eugene to work as a reporter and knew that the University of Oregon law program was...
View ArticleHow much will UO’s next president earn?
As the presidential search narrows down to the final four, the salary of University of Oregon’s next president has yet to be decided. In a December 2014 meeting, Connie Ballmer, chair of the...
View ArticleScott Coltrane presents awards to outstanding officers of administration,...
Tonight Interim President Scott Coltrane will be presenting the 2015 Outstanding Classified Employee Recognition Award and the Outstanding Officer of Administration Recognition Award during a reception...
View ArticleFire alarm at Living Learning Center, students evacuated
Authorities responded to a fire alarm set off at the Living Learning Center on campus at 2:11 p.m. Sunday afternoon. According to Housing Service Center assistant Autumn Storholt, LLC North was...
View ArticleUnited Academics, SEIU negotiate future raises as bargaining continues
As spring term continues, two labor unions on campus are bargaining for raises in their next contract at the University of Oregon. United Academics, the UO faculty union, is proposing a 7 percent raise...
View ArticleWhat will the new assistant vice president for sexual assault do?
This story is one part of a series of articles on sexual assault awareness at the University of Oregon. Read Emerald editor Sami Edge’s letter to find out why we’ve dedicated today’s edition of Emerald...
View ArticleThis is how the University of Oregon has tackled sexual assault in the last year
This story is one part of a series of articles on sexual assault awareness at the University of Oregon. Read Emerald editor Sami Edge’s letter to find out why we’ve dedicated today’s edition of Emerald...
View ArticleOSU sexual assault survivor and activist Brenda Tracy is coming to UO
This Thursday, sexual assault survivor Brenda Tracy will be speaking in room 142 of the Knight Law Center at 3:30 p.m. In 1998, she was allegedly gang-raped by two Oregon State football players as well...
View ArticleSexual assault survivor Brenda Tracy speaks out against sexual assault and...
*Trigger Warning: this article describes details of sexual assault that might be triggering.* “There’s so many days I wish that I could just peel off all my skin so I couldn’t feel them on me.” Brenda...
View ArticleQ&A with Oregon Student Debtor’s Amy Krol
Amy Krol is a University of Oregon alumna who talks about student debt through the group Oregon Student Debtors, a Facebook group for local students facing debt from student loans to find support and...
View ArticleUO Foundation no longer purchasing waterfront property
According to KEZI, the University of Oregon Foundation is ending negotiations to purchase waterfront property with Eugene Water and Electric Board. The project was estimated to cost the UO Foundation...
View ArticleUO undergrad drowned at Wildwood Falls
University of Oregon undergraduate Sidney “Tony” Anthony Nelson III drowned on May 31 at Wildwood Falls. According to the Lane County Sheriff’s Office, Nelson jumped from the waterfall and never...
View ArticleFriends remember Tony Nelson as positive, one-of-a-kind and always making...
Sidney Anthony “Tony” Nelson III, a University of Oregon freshman, died May 31 while at Wildwood Falls with friends. Nelson was a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity. Nelson’s friends remember him...
View ArticleFund created in honor of Tony Nelson
“Sidney Anthony “Tony” Nelson III, a son, brother, friend and musical prodigy unexpectedly lost his life on May 31, 2015 in a drowning accident,” the description of the page reads. “Tony was greatly...
View ArticleSidney “Tony” Nelson remembered and celebrated at Thursday’s vigil
Sidney Anthony “Tony” Nelson III was remembered as a caring, compassionate friend and brother as hundreds of students gathered to celebrate his life and legacy. Originally from Inglewood, California,...
View ArticleThe cost of college tuition
Lillian Huebner came to the University of Oregon from Missouri to pursue an education in the Robert D. Clark Honors College. But that dream didn’t last longer than a year. Huebner paid for school...
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