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Some Districts Resist State Open Enrollment Change, While Others Embrace it

The Eugene School District, for example, opened up 1,725 seats to new students, while it currently serves 16,000.

(PORTLAND, OR) - Oregon K-12 students have until April 1 to apply for transfers to public schools that opted into the state’s new open enrollment law.

School boards and districts had until March 1, 2012 to decide whether or not they would accept new students from outside their district based on the recent open enrollment policy put into place by the legislature.

2012 Ancil Payne Awards for Ethics in Journalism is Open for Nominations

Nominations are due by February 27, 2012.

(EUGENE) - The U of O School of Journalism and Communication has announced that nominations are being accepted for the 2012 Ancil Payne Awards for Ethics in Journalism for outstanding ethical decisions or work published in 2011.

The Ancil Payne Awards accepts entries from news organizations and professional and student journalists in broadcasting, print, or digital media. Journalists and outlets can nominate themselves or be nominated by a third party.

Day of Action for Tuition Equity at Oregon State Capitol this Tuesday

Supporters of Tuition Equity will gather to show that students, teachers, faith leaders, business owners and community members believe in the future of our students.

(SALEM) - Students, parents, teachers, and members of the business, faith, and the higher education community will gather at the Oregon State Capitol on February 21st for a Day of Action in Support of Tuition Equity.

No Coal Eugene Banner Drop

We are opposed to the use of fossil fuels as a non-renewable energy source because of its effect on the global climate and global health.

(EUGENE, Ore.) - Today at approximately 1:36 PM members of No Coal Eugene dropped a banner reading “STOP THE COAL TRAIN” from the parking garage on 10th and Oak in Eugene, Oregon.

Schedule Announced for 2012 Oregon Logging Conference `The World Needs Our Wood`

Skilled log loader operators sought for the conference’s third annual log loader operator competition.

(EUGENE, Ore.) - Towering heavy equipment and forestry professionals from across the world return to the Lane Events Center in Eugene, Feb. 23 through 25, for the 74th Oregon Logging Conference.

Oregon Ducks Defeat Wisconsin in Rose Bowl

There were several injuries and at least one player was removed by the field by stretcher, but the Oregon Ducks walked away with a 45-38 victory in the highly anticipated bowl game.

(PASADENA) - Nobody has said it in 95 years, Pac-12 champions for three years in a row, the Oregon Ducks are this year's Rose Bowl Champions!.

Univ. of Oregon Male Students See Grades Dip During Winning Streaks

These gaps coincided with acknowledged student behaviors. Following a win, men reported drinking and partying more, studying less and missing more classes than when the team loses.

(EUGENE, Ore.) - College football bowl season is in prime time, and a new report card is in: Male grades drop relative to female grades when their college football team performs well during the regular season.

The study looked at students' grade data at the University of Oregon from 1999 through 2007, covering nine seasons when the football program was rising but inconsistent.

Occupy Charles Schwab?

In the night, vops tore up OWS camp. Streets are full of marchers. Attorneys are joining in and have filed complaints.

(EUGENE) - Salem-News.com has covered scandals involving the billionaire investor Charles Schwab in California, and we are one of the few groups that has.

Northwest natives were fishers, not hunter-gatherers

In two new books, the University of Oregon's Madonna Moss challenges conventional thinking about the region's early inhabitants, pointing to cultures built around fishing, fish processing and fish resource management.

(EUGENE, Ore.) - Native people of the Pacific Northwest were fishermen and food producers, as well as stewards of their environment who timed their fishing practices to promote the production of salmon and the other fish that they relied on.

Crimes, Government Complicity, and Charles Schwab

One year after I reported Schwab’s crimes, in August of 2003, the US Government conspired with Schwab in an attempt to frame me for attempting to kill him.

(EUGENE, Ore.) - I have attended the Occupy Salem and Occupy Eugene protests and have listened to people discussing why they were joining the protest.

What emerges from listening to the protesters is a long list of grievances against the US Government, from loss of jobs and homes to lack of healthcare and affordable education.