The best way to describe this is by video.
Our first encounter downtown.
The School of Journalism and Communication at the University of Oregon sends about a dozen students to Ghana each summer for internships at local media outlets. This is our experience.
Leah Holland is an 18-year-old student at the University of Oregon. She's an English major, but her hobbies don't resemble that of your average college student. Born and raised in Eugene, Holland has grown into a lover of the eccentric. Even though she doesn't juggle, she is the captain of the University of Oregon's juggling club. "I really enjoy what I do with the juggling club," she said. "I'm an object manipulator, which is the blanket term for it, I spin poi and I hoola hoop." Holland's ma...
Oregonians are feeling the pinch from the struggling economy. This October, 506 more families sought food stamps from the Department of Human services than at this time last year.
University of Oregon employees donated $46,284 to political campaigns this season, and 97 percent of it went to presidential candidate Barack Obama and other democrats, according to a search of donations on www.opensecrets.org.