News across Lane County

2026 Sprout Film Festival
The 2026 Sprout Film Festival, hosted by Full Access at the Farmers Market Pavilion last Friday, brought together more than 150 people to watch films created by and starring people with disabilities. The annual event aims to connect the disabled community with the broader public…

Q&A with artist Cindy Ingram
Editor’s note: The following responses have been edited for brevity and clarity. Who gets to be seen as an artist? Whose art do we see and value? Discussions of visibility and recognition for artists of different backgrounds widen the margins around contemporary and canonized…

‘Sterling Point’ breaks the teen drama curse
Remember when Sarah Cameron from “Outerbanks” said, “John B, did you just yeet over that chain?” Or when Hunter from “Ginny and Georgia” performed an entire tap routine to a rendition of “Happy Birthday” in the high school hallway, and Ginny liked it? Not to mention “Euphoria,”…

UO students bring the Human Rights Coalition to campus
After two years in the making, a student organization solely focused on human rights will be opening itself up to interested University of Oregon students. The Human Rights Coalition officially started as a student organization on June 1, near the end of the 2025-2026 school…

Ehly: UO needs to do more for out-of-state students
With the number of friends I have made at UO who are from California, it wasn’t a surprise for me to find out that a large portion of UO’s tuition revenue comes from out-of-state students. When UO’s $65 million budget cut was announced on May 14, President Karl Scholz wrote that…

GTFF calls for impasse in negotiations with UO
The Graduate Teacher Fellows Federation has called for an impasse in negotiations with the University of Oregon after a hold up, according to an Instagram post from on Oct. 1. “GTFF does not believe that UO will agree to a fair contract without escalation,”
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Roll: Weed science has gone too far (out, man)
As a longtime enjoyer of one particularly green Eugene activity, I have mixed feelings about the legalization of the devil’s lettuce. I first sought out the ganja as a sophomore in high school (sorry Mom). I bought my first three grams for $30 from a middle-aged dude in a…

Leininger: UO Curriculum needs further adjustment to address AI use
In the first week of September, the three artificial intelligence giants released updates for their generative models. Anthropic introduced Claude Fable 5.1 on Sept. 1. Google followed the next day with Gemini 3.8 Flash, its third Flash release in six weeks. On Sept. 3, OpenAI…

Oregon men’s basketball: A bright future ahead
After a devastating men’s basketball season last year, the University of Oregon Ducks are looking to have a fresh start to this upcoming season. After accumulating a record of 5-15 in the Big Ten, it was time for a more drastic change to occur through the roster. With only four…

Campus construction continues into new school year
If you’re new to the University of Oregon campus, you may be wondering what all this construction is about. If you’re a returning student, you may be wondering what all this construction is still doing here. Multiple construction projects are in progress as the new year begins,…

Drop boxes, ballots and deadlines, oh my!: Making sense of this year’s midterm
On Nov. 3, voters will flock to drop boxes or will have already mailed their ballots to take part in a number of local and state elections. For eligible voters on campus, this year’s elections arrive amid questions surrounding the future of mail-in voting. The drop box outside…