Commentator squats at ASUO IntroDUCKtion table
Oregon Commentator Editor-in-Chief Drew Cattermole and publisher Dane Carbaugh moments ago were removed from the ASUO’s IntroDUCTion table in the EMU lobby.
Cattermole and Carbaugh said no one from the ASUO was there to provide information to incoming freshmen and their parents. They had two stacks of the Hate Issue on the [...]
Sen. Kristine Jensen casts deciding vote for USSA request
Sen. Kristine Jensen provided the deciding vote this evening in favor of the ASUO Executive’s $2,000 request to send two extra students to the United States Student Association’s 62nd National Student Congress.
The request passed 3 votes to 2. (Sens. Ryan Lassi and Nick Schultz were not present. Sen. Jessica Jones [...]
Schultz questions USSA quotas
ASUO Sen. Nick Schultz says his mind is not made up on the executive’s surplus request that will be heard today at 5 p.m. in the EMU Board room. But Schultz indicated this afternoon that he will come with questions about racial and gender quotas at the United States Student Association’s 62nd National [...]
ASUO Senate meeting tonight.
The meeting begins at 5:15 p.m. in the EMU Board Room. Any other questions? Call the Daily Emerald at (541) 346-5511 or tweet me: @atomchak or @odepolitics.
1. Call to order
2. Approval of the Agenda
3. Special Requests
a. MEChA
b. ASUO Executive — it’s not an actual copy, but there’s not one of those. It’s just Robert D’Andrea’s [...]
Summit man robs Summit Bank
A man robbed Summit Bank on East Broadway today, according to information released by Eugene police. The police released the following statement, with the promise of more information to come:
The suspect fled on foot with an undisclosed amount of cash. No weapon was displayed or purported during the robbery. He is described as a white [...]
Government moving to ease student loan pressure
The New York Times reported today that the federal government has been taking measures to decrease pressure from student loans. Among the provisions of the plan:
Reduction in payments on federal student loans based on the borrower’s income based on calculations explained here.
A 1.2 percent drop in interest rates on the government’s largest student loan program, [...]
Justin Roper Transfers to Montana
Former Oregon quarterback Justin Roper has decided that he is going to Montana to finish out his eligibility.
“This is a school that has great people, that wins and that gives me an opportunity to pursue my NFL potential,” Roper, who also considered Towson and UMass, said in a post on ESPN.com.
Roper, who played well this [...]
Ducks hire new softball coach
Outgoing AD Pat Kilkenny finished the final hire of his career with the placement of Mike White as the head softball coach. White is a former USA coach and player and also a former assistant at the UO from 2003-2004. He just spent the last two season as an assistant at Marist High School in [...]
