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Six Ducks to Play Summer Ball in Wood Bat Leagues

Left-handed pitcher Garrett Cleavinger is playing for the Falmouth Commodores in the Cape for the second straight season.

(EUGENE, Ore. ) - Six players from Oregon’s 2014 baseball team who are expected to be a part of next year’s team are competing in summer wooden back leagues around the country this summer.

Three of those Ducks are playing in the prestigious Cape Cod Baseball League and one each are playing in the New England Collegiate Baseball League, California Collegiate League and the West Coast League.

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.

Plan Now for Oregon`s Civil War Game Festivities

Police remind fans to "Leave early, be patient, keep your emotions in check, buckle up and keep a sober driver behind the wheel at all times."

(SALEM, Ore.) - In preparation for this Saturday's highly anticipated in-state ‘Civil War' football game in Corvallis, law enforcement and highway officials emphasize the importance of having a 'game plan' no matter where you are traveling.

"This is a historic game for which the battle should be played between the lines on the football field, not in the lanes of all roads leading to and from Corvallis."

"Just like coaches who stress the importance of playing smart and in control, we can't emphasize enough the importance of being smart and under control when driving," said Oregon State Police (OSP) Superintendent Timothy McLain.

Study: Paying Taxes, Giving, Helps the Brain

UO study provides neural insights into the economics of philanthropy.

(EUGENE, Ore. ) - Want to light up the pleasure center in your brain?

Just pay your taxes, and then give a little extra voluntarily to your local food bank.

University of Oregon scientists have found that doing those deeds can give you the same sort of satisfaction you derive from feeding your own hunger pangs.

Researchers found that two evolutionarily ancient regions deep in the brain – the caudate nucleus and the nucleus accumbens – fired when subjects saw the charity get the money.

University of Oregon Business Complex Closed after Bomb Threat

The business complex will reopen at 7:00 AM on Tuesday.

(EUGENE) - The University of Oregon has canceled all of Monday’s classes and activities in the Lillis Business Complex after receiving a bomb threat Saturday.

On Saturday, a student reported finding a note written on a bathroom wall that said an explosive device would be detonated Monday.

Eugene police searched the building, and no device was found.