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Be Bullish on College Baseball

Kai Sato | Posted 05.29.2013 | Sports
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Kai Sato

While it's unlikely that college baseball will be able to contend with the dominance of football and basketball anytime soon, the market is growing steadily.

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Law Prof Fired After Confrontation With Student Protesters (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 03.18.2013 | College
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University of Oregon adjunct law professor James Olmsted was booted from teaching after police charged him with harassment during a clash with student...

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UO Students Using Flashlights To Escape Their Dorms After Explosions

AP | JONATHAN J. COOPER | Posted 01.08.2013 | College
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EUGENE, Ore. -- A series of explosions hit an underground utility system Monday at the University of Oregon, plunging several student dormitories and ...

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Pride Of UOregon Ashton Eaton Won't Bank On Another Record In London Summer Games

Reuters | Posted 09.30.2012 | College
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By Gene Cherry LONDON, July 30 (Reuters) - An aching Ashton Eaton felt like he had fallen out of a tree the day after setting the deca...

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Tyler Kingkade

UVA Turmoil Is 'Exhibit A' Of Troubles Public Colleges Face

HuffingtonPost.com | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 06.25.2012 | College
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NEW YORK -- It’s a rough time to be running a public university. Teresa Sullivan's sudden removal as president of the University of Virginia, and...

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Belief In Hell Lowers Crime, Study Shows

Posted 06.19.2012 | Religion
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Religions are thought to serve as bulwarks against unethical behaviors. However, when it comes to predicting criminal behavior, the specific religious...

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Hummingbird Beats: Wild Squirrel Nut Butter

Jill Donenfeld | Posted 07.20.2012 | Home
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Jill Donenfeld

Keeley and Erika were University of Oregon sophomores when they made their first batch of homemade peanut butter. A year later (i.e., now), Wild Squirrel Nut Butter sells three peanut and two almond butters in roughly 50 stores in the Northwest.

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Derrick Bell: Changing the Odds for Others

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 03.20.2012 | Politics
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Marian Wright Edelman

Throughout his storied career as a lawyer, law professor, and legal scholar until his death last October at age 80, Derrick Bell was well-known for his willingness to stand up and speak out about the injustices he saw around him, even when it cost him his own positions.

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USC Crushes Oregon's Hopes Of 2nd Straight BCS Title Game

AP | By ANNE M. PETERSON | Posted 11.20.2011 | Sports
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EUGENE, Ore. -- Matt Barkley was confident that No. 18 USC was headed for an upset all along, even when fourth-ranked Oregon mounted a comeback. "We ...

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Oregon Overcomes Another Injury To Beat Arizona State

AP | By ANNE M. PETERSON | Posted 12.16.2011 | Sports
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EUGENE, Ore. -- Oregon quarterback Darron Thomas was smiling despite his injury Saturday night – much like teammate LaMichael James the game bef...

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Professor Who Developed Mortality-Rate Model Dies

AP | Posted 12.14.2011 | College
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EUGENE, Ore. — University of Oregon sociology professor Lawrence Carter, who helped develop a model for forecasting mortality rates, has died at...

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Oregon Can't Duck NCAA Investigation

AP | ANNE M. PETERSON | Posted 11.17.2011 | Sports
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EUGENE, Ore. — Oregon has received formal notice of the NCAA investigation into its program's use of recruiting services. The NCAA relayed the ...

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The Top 6 College Mascots

CampusSplash | Posted 10.16.2011 | College
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CampusSplash

We crunched all of the top mascot lists and aggregated them into one ultimate rankings.

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WATCH: ODES TO GAGA: Performances By College Students Across America Inspired By Lady Gaga

Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
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Sure Lady Gaga has inspired a lot of Halloween costumes and questionable fashion trends, but the most aspirational thing about Gaga is her commitment ...

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University Of Oregon A Capella Group Makes It Big!

Posted 05.25.2011 | College
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They may not have won our college a capella contest, but University of Oregon group On the Rocks reigns as our favorite instrument-less singing cadre....

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Oregon RIOTS: 2 Arrested After 400 Revolt Near University Of Oregon

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | College
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EUGENE, Ore. — Police in the Oregon college town of Eugene used tear gas to disperse about a crowd of 400 people who threw bottles at officers, brok...

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Rebuilding Oregon Through A University

The Huffington Post/Her Campus | Ainslie Forsum | Posted 05.25.2011 | College
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The following story comes courtesy of Her Campus. See more in the series here. The recession hit suburban Salem, OR hard. According to Moody's Analy...

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Gaga A Capella: University Of Oregon Group NAILS Lady Gaga Songs (WATCH)

Huffington post | Posted 05.25.2011 | College
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On the Rocks is the University of Oregon's "premiere" male a capella group -- and boy, can they do Lady Gaga. Check out their medly of Gaga songs, per...

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Rickrolled Subway: Acappella Group Rick Rolls A Train (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | David Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
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We already covered how the new iPad will disrupt your commute, but what about acappella groups? In a throwback to oh, say 2008, University of Orego...

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Kansas Students Plan 3,500-Mile Bike Ride

The Daily Kansan | Photo by Adam Buhler | Posted 05.25.2011 | College
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The ice is melting, and finally Patrick Mathay can begin diversifying his workouts as he trains to bike for 80 days. Mathay, who graduated from the...

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After the Gun Sounds

Roger I. Abrams | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
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Roger I. Abrams

Chip Kelly, in his first year as Oregon's head football coach, made the decision to suspend Blount. What could he have done before the fact?

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Does Higher Learning Mean Greener Learning?

Gay Browne | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
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Gay Browne

Greenopia announces its environmental ratings for the 100 largest schools in the US. At the top of the list were the University of Washington and the University of California at Santa Barbara.

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