University of Oregon faculty, staff and students who commute regularly from Corvallis or Salem may soon be able to catch a break – and a ride – from the Lane Transit District. Point2point – an arm of LTD aimed at helping people find affordable and sustainable ways to get where they're going – is hoping to launch a pair of "Valley VanPools" to transport commuters to Eugene's city center and the UO campus. One vanpool will originate in Salem and the other in Corvallis.

The Eugene and University of Oregon police departments are urging members of the UO community to make sure their spring break isn't ruined by preventable crime. Vacation periods in recent years have been prime time for property crime on and near campus. But there are basic steps that can help protect your home, vehicle and valuables.

It's all coming full circle for Townshend's Tea Company founder Matt Thomas, a 2002 alum of the University of Oregon's Lundquist College of Business. Thomas developed the idea for Townshend's Teahouse a little more than a decade ago in a Lundquist College management course. The company website describes the business concept as "to bring together a casual, college, campus-style coffeehouse atmosphere with top-grade loose leaf tea."

Corvallis artist Julie Green’s “The Last Supper” – a selection of some 500 painted porcelain plates that illustrate the final meal requests of U.S. death row inmates – is on display through April 7 in the Artist Project Space Gallery at the University of Oregon's Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art. The exhibition is in conjunction with a series of citywide events including the Eugene Opera’s production of “Dead Man Walking.”

Spring break is from March 25 to March 29, and children in the second- through sixth-grades have a variety of classes to choose from through the UO’s Youth Enrichment/Talented and Gifted Program. Morning and afternoon classes range from “Creative Writing and Greek Myths,” taught by elementary arts educator Bob Marquis, to “Computer Programming Using Scratch,” taught by Mary Hochberg, School District 4J technology specialist.