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An Example of the Problems with Higher Education Today

By Erik Loomis

In General

On November 29, 2011

I should preface this post by saying that I rarely complement higher education administrators. I am naturally suspicious of people in power anyway and I always question the motives of faculty who love meetings and the minutia of academia so much that they choose to turn their backs on research and teaching for it. I […]

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So Proud of My Hometown

By Erik Loomis

On September 15, 2011

At least as of 2009, my town of Springfield, Oregon had the highest known number of strip clubs per capita of any city in the United States. It has (or had) 7 strip clubs for a town of 58,000 resident

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Brief Thoughts on Mark Hatfield

By Robert Farley

On August 8, 2011

As Erik notes, Mark Hatfield has passed. He was, from our current point of view, a remarkably odd political figure. I remember this quite well: Senator Mark O. Hatfield of Oregon, the only Republica

So, About That Thing…

By Robert Farley

In Robert Farley

On March 11, 2010

Yes, I am exceedingly displeased that Jermiah Masoli has been charged with burglary. Yes, this does rather seem to be part of a pattern of behavior on the part of Oregon football players, and yes, it does produce some difficult questions about Chip Kelley’s tenure. Yes, it’s best to reserve judgment on Masoli until he’s […]

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Weird…

By davenoon

On November 18, 2007

Oregon really does look like this. I’m not sure Farley would have signed off on my gig here if he’d known I’d never been to Oregon before, say, last night. The entire state — b

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