January 2008
Law professor Ron Lansing advise lawmakers to fix liability limit
Law professor Ron Lansing, who teaches torts, says Oregon lawmakers should make haste to address the state’s $200,000 liability limit on damages from injuries. Recently, the Oregon Supreme Court approved a $17 million medical malpractice lawsuit against the state in an effort to push lawmakers towards raising the cap.
The Oregonian (Portland, Ore.) Lawmakers say session too short to fix tort cap
Visiting Professor of English Jerry Harp discusses possible decline in reading
In an article examining recent reports about the decline in reading, Visiting Professor of English Jerry Harp explains that the perceived movement away from reading “posits a golden age of reading that never existed” and “seems to be related to the mentality that things are not as good as they used to be.”
The Oregonian (Portland, Ore.) Book Report
Focus the Nation promotes nationwide change
Focus the Nation activities in Vermont, Virginia, Colorado, and Missouri are featured in this article about the significance of Focus the Nation, which Project Director and Economics Professor Eban Goodstein hopes will “move America by 2009 to the point where we say, ‘Of course we can stop global warming. Of course we must.’”
The Christian Science Monitor (Boston, Mass.) Nationwide ‘teach-in’ for climate change
Associate Professor of Theatre Stepan Simek’s translation is “a gem”
A review of CoHo Theater’s production of the Czech play “Tales of Ordinary Madness,” which Associate Professor of Theatre Stepan Simek translated and directed, calls the two-act tragicomedy “a gem of audacious absurdism.”
The Oregonian (Portland, Ore.) Characters confirm just how weird life can be
Teach-in model differentiates Focus the Nation from other movements
The unique teach-in model of Economics Professor Eban Goodstein’s Focus the Nation sets it apart from other environmental initiatives vying for attention and support by encouraging participation of professors and students.
InsideHigherEd.com (Washington, D.C.) Global warming ‘teach-In’
Professor Bob Goldman analyzes Senate campaign ads
Sociology professor Bob Goldman analyzes recent political ads in the U.S. Senate race and comments on their effectiveness.
The Oregonian (Portland, Ore.) Novick touts differences that voters can see
Associate Professor of Political Science Robert Eisinger considers significance of Oregon primary
Associate Professor of Political Sciences Robert Eisinger’s editorial about the potential significance of Oregon’s May primary considers how close contests in both the Republican and Democratic parties are changing the typical momentum of the primary process.
The Oregonian (Portland, Ore.) Is this the year Oregon matters?
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