He was probably thinking, “I finally get time to answer these questions and it turns out there’s an idiot running my alma mater’s alumni magazine.”
From Where I Sit: A remarkable way to build ‘degree equity’
… Nothing about OSU gets more consistent media attention than do our athletic contests and the young people in them.
From Where I Sit: It’s good to be authentic about who we are
… the slick soles of the loafers led to a spectacular, tailbone-whomping fall that knocked the breath out of me and left me writhing on the floor to the soothing tones of “Smoke on the Water.”
From Where I Sit: A towering idea nipped in the bud by reality
Despite the economy and despite Oregon’s higher education governance and funding structure, which can defy logic regardless of one’s political leanings, OSU is a booming place. Which is all good but not without consequences.
From Where I Sit: Al Reser left behind a story well worth reading
No Small Potatoes is essentially a Reser family and business history, authored by Al and writer Kerry Tymchuk. A modest little book, it’s a great read.
From Where I Sit: May the role you find to play in life feel this right
“I can see number 1 and number 8 from up here! That’s those Rodgerses! They’re brothers!”
From Where I Sit: Not a doctor but not a weed, and farewell, Chuck
I got a little fired up working on this issue’s cover story about OSU’s efforts to improve student success, helping more freshmen make it all the way through to their diplomas. The “degree completion” number hovers just above 60 percent for OSU, meaning four of ten students don’t earn a bachelor’s degree within six years of starting college.
From where I Sit: It’s true: My best friend is one of Them
Have you spent much time reading comments on the blogs at media Web sites that cover the Beavers and Ducks? A lot of it – on both sides of the Oregon-Oregon State divide – can make a rational person hope it’s true what they say about those things – that most of the more outraged and outrageous contributors are angry 14-year-old boys trying to show off their ability to insult each other.
From Where I Sit: This is how it happened…
It started as a gentle warning and ended, I think, with a bolder, better looking, more easy to read Oregon Stater. Our printer was concerned that we were placing too much critical content outside the “safety zone” on our page layouts.
