Kumbaya Dammit :
Return of the Dammit
With some no-brainers steps toward energy independence
BY DAN CAROL
So it's been a while since my last column for Eugene Weekly. Of late, I've been busy doing a lot of writing for The Huffington Post online and writing a book proposal that I am shopping around this month. Don't hold your breath that you'll see anything on the shelves soon — err, probably ever — but I must say it was fun to sketch out some ideas that aren't just about politics, politics, politics. [Read More]
Architecture:
Bridging the Divide
Between the ivory tower and the distant city
BY MICHAEL COCKRAM
In many university towns, the synergy between the college and the city seems to evolve naturally. The relationship benefits each partner with the integration of educational, cultural, social and economic forces. But one of Eugene's major blindspots is lack of cohesion relationship between the civic and academic spheres.[Read More]