AltWeeklies Wire
This Bud's For Who?new
Feds give the finger to medical marijuana.
Eugene Weekly |
Dante Zuñiga-West |
11-28-2011 |
Drugs
Who Are These People and What Do They Want?new
Occupy Eugene, like Occupy Portland and countless protests across the country, is ruled by consensus. The diversity of people and opinions of the 99 percent at Occupy Eugene and at Occupations across the country are the movement’s strength. EW talked to Occupiers, business people and politicians to find out just who the Occupy movement is and what they want. Where is this energy going to go? Can the 99 percent change the nation?
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen and et al. |
11-11-2011 |
#OCCUPY
Tags: #OCCUPY, Occupy Eugene
Dan Savage Targeted for Being Transphobicnew
On Nov. 1 an activist "glitterbombed" Dan Savage during the filming of his MTV show Savage U during his stop at the University of Oregon.
Eugene Weekly |
Ariel Howland |
11-10-2011 |
LGBT
Teachers Fight Politicians' War on Schoolsnew
After a decade-long war on public education by Democratic and Republican presidents and Wall Street that has wracked schools with high-stakes bubble tests and crowded classes beyond fire codes but has left kids no better educated, teachers are finally starting to fight back.
Eugene Weekly |
Alan Pittman |
10-26-2011 |
Education
Death Metal: Uranium Mining May Start in Oregonnew
Like gold mining, uranium mining falls under the aegis of the 1872 General Mining Law that considers hardrock mining the highest and best use of the public’s land. When it comes to the General Mining Law the issue is usually not whether there will be a mine, but how bad the mine will be.
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
09-29-2011 |
Environment
Gold Rush: The Invasion of the Nugget Suckersnew
Gold can be volatile, in investments or in the environment. Compared to other Western states like Idaho and California, “on the whole Oregon is not very well endowed,” when it comes to gold, UO geology professor Mark Reed says. But thanks to the skyrocketing price of gold — analysts predict an ounce of gold will sell for more than $2,000 before the end of the year — there’s a gold rush for Oregon’s public lands and pristine rivers.
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
09-22-2011 |
Environment
People for Sale: Sex trafficking hits home in Lane Countynew
Lane County treatment facilities, women’s advocates and law enforcement say Eugene is no stranger to sex trafficking, but resources for helping its victims are scarce.
Eugene Weekly |
Shannon Finnell |
08-05-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Protest Rules: Against Big Oil in Montananew
The last night of the Earth First! 2011 Round River Rendezvous was one of the quietest nights of the almost weeklong gathering. The environmental activists slept at their campsites in the Lolo National Forest, awaiting a 5 am wake-up call for an action against Big Oil that would use chants, signs and “sleeping dragons.” After days of workshops and training sessions, participants knew the action would target the tar sands route and oil pipelines; they knew their legal rights and they knew how to practice civil disobedience and direct action as safely and ethically as possible.
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
07-21-2011 |
Environment
Aid on the Asphaltnew
Hitting the streets with Eugene, Oregon's unique Mobile Crisis Intervention Unit known as CAHOOTS.
Eugene Weekly |
Dante Zuniga-West |
06-30-2011 |
Homelessness
Carbon Nation: CO2 Injection Hits the Northwestnew
Carbon capture and storage. It’s magic! With a little hocus pocus gas becomes liquid. But it might be a little more like a curse than a spell, or at least it has been for a farm in Canada where ponds began to fizz and ponds began to bubble.
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
06-16-2011 |
Environment
Drone Zone: High-Tech War Games in Oregon?new
If senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley have their way, and the FAA reauthorization bill is signed into law with an increase in drone-testing areas inserted, then a swath of high desert, currently home to sage grouse and antelope, could become prime real estate for drones or more accurately, unmanned aerial systems. As war becomes more and more like a high tech video game, the question becomes: Does Oregon want to be in the business of testing killing machines?
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
05-20-2011 |
War
Battle Over Biomassnew
Angry loggers, protesters locking themselves to cars and belligerent law enforcement bring to mind the face-offs between loggers and activists during the logging wars of the Northwest in the 1990s. But these days, with only a few exceptions, it’s energy and climate change, not old growth, that are causing the clashes between corporations and ecowarriers.
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
05-13-2011 |
Environment
Your Own Personal Savagenew
Is Dan Savage one of the great ethicists of our time? Some say yes; Savage says no.
Eugene Weekly |
Shannon Finnell |
04-29-2011 |
Sex
How Not to Get a Drink Thrown in Your Facenew
The shotgun approach to dating and other ways not to pick up women.
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
03-25-2011 |
Sex
Chemical Lovenew
The science of sex and other ways to love your body.
Eugene Weekly |
Shannon Finnell |
02-10-2011 |
Science
