Public affairs:

• He-said, he-said: UO President Richard Lariviere and Oregon University System Chancellor George Pernsteiner are not getting along so well right now. Willamette Week uncovers a pretty testy e-mail. UO Matters gives Lariviere the thumbs-up for doing so.
• Financial Aid: The UO’s financial aid office was crushed by an avalanche of financial aid applications this year, the Emerald reports. I must once again praise Emerald reporter Stefan Verbano. His article about the OUS budget was somewhat opaque, but this is the most flawless piece of journalism I’ve seen in the Emerald since Dave Frohnmayer was UO president. Just getting an interview with UO administrators is difficult if you work for the Emerald, never mind scooping the Guard on something like this.
• Forgotten mail: Someone forgot to mail a package, leaving it in a Chapman Hall classroom. A kerfuffle ensued.
• Having it both ways: Lariviere’s wife, Janis Lariviere, has given $600 to both Chris Dudley and John Kitzhaber, the Guard’s David Steves writes. Nike co-founder/UO sports benefactor Phil Knight has given Dudley $100,000 though.
• Rights: In Oregon, “the vacancy sign is out” for white supremacists, the state’s commissioner for labor and industry said at a ceremony marking Oregon’s first Civil Rights day Thursday, meaning either that the state is seeking new white supremacists or that the its social climate encourages white supremacy. Probably the latter.

Opinion:

• The Emerald’s Mark Costigan concludes a series on a woman the Argentine government disappeared in the 1970s, launching an attack on the U.S.’ Cold War policies his writing has earned. (Here is the first part).
• Periodic Emerald scribbler Bruce Poinsette opines on the tear-jerking repetitiveness of conferences on black issues.
• Letters: If you think windmills and solar panels are a good policy idea, you are stupid, one Eugene resident tells Emerald readers.

Sports:

• The Emerald’s Andy Drukarev pulls out some interesting stats and anecdotes on brain damage in college football, and questions the very foundations of college athletics, both at the UO and across the nation. UO Matters gives him the thumbs-up too.
• Oregon Cross-Country will be wearing pink at its next meet.
• Oregon Volleyball will take on the Hated Beavers this weekend, but the coaches think it might be best if the volleyball players didn’t get too worked up.
• Oregon Soccer GOES IN TO THE WEEKEND’S MUST-WIN GAME AGAINST THE HATED BRUINS KNOWING IT NEEDS TO BEAT A POWERFUL TEAM INCLUDING US NATIONAL TEAM PLAYER SYDNEY LEROUX WHO IS VERY GOOD!!!!!!

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