Eugene is Syrian’s safe haven
Sitting outside a downtown Eugene coffee shop on Pearl Street in late October, he speaks in slow and careful English, a language still as foreign to him as the city,…
Awards
These stories placed first for feature writing in state and regional contests from Oregon to Texas
Comeback kid
DEXTER – Cindy Curry remembers the day in 1989 when the toddler who used to bite her until she bled came back. “He came in with his hands clenched like…
Pre
40 years after the Oregon track legend’s death, the mysteries concerning his fatal car crash linger
Where were you?
If you were alive then, and old enough to process what had happened, chances are you know exactly where you were 50 years ago this Friday when you heard the…
Bikini brouhaha
You can buy it there — just don’t return while wearing it. That’s just one message Sandy McMillin feels she received from the West 11th Avenue Wal-Mart store after she…
No leaving a beaver
A rodent in need finds helpful caretakers to rescue it and nourish it back to health There are beaver tails, and then there are beaver tales. And this is the…
The brain behind the bill
Max Conradt hopes his injury is integral to passage of a law protecting players
Styrofoam to Styrobots
Walking through a darkened corridor of Lawrence Hall on the University of Oregon campus, something against the wall catches the eyes of the self-described “obsessive observer.” Something small and dusty…
Remembering Susi
A decade later, sweet memories held hostage by the horror of murder Three packs of Three Breathmints – one peppermint, one spearmint, one wintergreen. A miniature pair of “Hollyweird” glasses….
A beautiful mind
A few seconds. That’s all it was. That’s all it takes. A bicycle. A boy. A jump. Some air. The earth.
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