“Celebrating Oregon Artists: Recent Additions to the Collection” is on view through Sept. 15 in the Artist Project Space at the UO's Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art. Pieces by artists working in Ashland, Eugene, Newport and Portland – all acquired in the past five years – are featured in the exhibition.

If you happened by Oregon Hall during the noon hour on Wednesday, you would have caught some of the staff from the Office of the Registrar playing "Suzy Sticks" on the front lawn.

The Oregon Senate passed Senate Bill 270 – which would authorize institutional governing boards for the University of Oregon, Portland State University and possibly Oregon State University – on a vote of 23-7 late Wednesday morning. The bill is expected to be voted upon Saturday by the House of Representatives.

“Walking into a bar the other night, a man grabbed the back of my cowgirl hat and when I turned around [he] continued to screw with it. I looked him in the eye and said, ‘we don’t know each other. Don’t touch me.’ This is huge for me, I didn’t used to look men in the eye, and most often when I say things, it’s too quiet for people to hear.” The young woman telling this story had taken a 30-hour self-defense class at her university. She was reporting back, a year later, on her experiences since taking this course.