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COLLEGE FOOTBALL COMPARED TO SINGERS

January 4, 2016 by

College football feels like singers, but which ones? College football has one steadfast rule when comparing teams: you can’t compare eras. You need to compare teams and their times instead of one decade to the next. But you can compare college football to lady singers of the same era. This era comparison includes Beyonce, Adele, […]

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OUR OREGON TOWN TO YOURS

October 2, 2015 by

Not Much Happens In Our Town And That’s How We Like It. Our Oregon Town Likes It Too. Our Town opened in 1938, portraying the lives and events of a small town in New Hampshire from 1901-1913. The dates are important. Our Town shows life before WWII. Thornton Wilder had WWI and The Great Depression […]

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL 2015: OHIO STATE vs THE FIELD

September 9, 2015 by

Only one group gets to knock the defending national champion in big school college football. Alabama stays down after the Ohio State Buckeyes rolled them in last year’s semi-final at the New Orleans Super Dome. Florida State, the defending champ in 2014, got run out of the Rose Bowl. No word from them. That leaves […]

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THE EDUCATION OF LEBRON JAMES

August 18, 2015 by

How LeBron James Saves Money By Spending On Education. The richest people in the world land on a list. Do they look at their ranking and figure out ways to move up? Or are they happy where they are and the things they spend on? If they’re not spending a fortune the way LeBron James […]

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NPR AMERICAN HISTORY FAILS

July 31, 2015 by

Is There A Future For American History? NPR Says Maybe. A history joke: “This is George Washington’s Ax, the one he used to chop down the cherry tree. The head’s been replaced five time, the handle eight, but it represents the same space.” After you stop laughing you’ll see the history problem: the ax isn’t […]

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PICKING UP CO-EDS 70’S STYLE

May 22, 2015 by

Which One Was You? Before social media, meeting co-eds at college meant leaving the basement. Starbucks moved into the space on the opposite end of the block from the U of O bookstore. It the seventies it was a college bar, the best place on the street for 21 and over students. And everyone else. […]

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THE NBA EDUCATION OF DAMIAN LILLARD

March 5, 2015 by

In the era of One And Done college players, Damian Lillard went the distance. With no other reason but a promise to his mom and himself, Lillard finished his college education. How hard is it to earn a college degree? People with a Masters or PhD act like a Bachelor’s degree was nothing, like they […]

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BABY BOOMERS: OLDER SIBLINGS OF THE WORLD

November 29, 2014 by

When Big Brother Is A Good Thing. In a large sense baby boomers have become the big brother of the world. Boomers young (50) and old (68) have caught plenty of heat over the years, but their influence is everywhere. Save the earth? Peace? Equality? Women’s rights? Gay rights? In such a huge demographic, baby […]

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THE MISGUIDED BABY BOOMER

September 22, 2014 by

Won’t Get Fooled Again? Place Your Bet. Growing up, little boomer never questioned why anyone would smoke in the house. With a carton of Red in the freezer and ashtrays on every table, what are you supposed to do? Complain? To who? Then you go to college and find smokers everywhere, just like home, except […]

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How Champions Rise To The Top

December 9, 2013 by

Any time you see THE BIG GAME, or any competition that awards a first and second prize, you’re seeing a finished product. No one steps into the sports arena and dominates from the beginning. There is always an apprenticeship before becoming journeyman, or master, of it. You’ve seen Tiger Woods and Michael Phelps. They were […]

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