“It’s easy to tell everyone to do this and not give money to do it.”
– University Director of Telecommunications Services Dave Barta on a new order from the Federal Communications Commission that might cause the University to have to revamp its communications systems.
 
“I’m not saying that this is for all students. Not all students smoke weed, throw beer on people and burn bears. It is showing that we’re taking a stance and that these stupid, stupid people will not be tolerated in public.”
– Athletic Department Finance Committee Senator Kyle McKenzie on an ADFC proposal to punish one-time disorderly offenders at games.
 
“Sports is just so much more to me than politics, and I think that being a journalist is so much more to me than being a politician.”
– Athletic Department Finance Committee member Spencer Crum, who stepped down from his position in order to pursue journalism and write for the Emerald as a freelance sports reporter. Emerald policy prohibits printing news articles by students who are simultaneously involved in student government.
 
“I’m on a fixed income. For $355 a month I could live in a cockroach-infested apartment on Seventh and Blair.”
– Westmoreland Apartments resident Darlene Hampton, a GTF in the English department, at a meeting Wednesday night with University officials, The University recently announced future plans to sell the apartment complex, displacing its 360 leaseholders.
 
“We started out as family housing, and we’re not really housing very many families. We started out full, with a lot of demand, and that’s not really the case right now. We started out trying to serve children, and there aren’t very many children living there,”
– Mike Eyster, interim vice president for Student Affairs and director of University Housing, discussing the shortfalls of the Westmoreland Apartments.
 
“I wish there could be someone held responsible for what happened, whether it be a student or housing.”
– Hawaii Club co-Director and University junior Lily Bender discussing a Hawaiian freshman who lived in the residence halls this year and left during his first week at the University because of alleged racial harassment and death threats. The incident prompted the University to send an administrator to Hawaii.
 
“This wouldn’t be a reason or an extra reason to go, but it clearly is an opportunity to answer questions.”
– Interim Vice Provost for Institutional Equity and Diversity Charles Martinez discussing the causes of his visit to Hawaii.
 
“There are no finer marketers, I believe – in certainly the sports industry – than Nike, and we have a very good relationship with them here at the University of Oregon.”
– Athletic Director Bill Moos on the involvement of Nike in helping to secure Eugene as the location of the 2008 Olympic Track and Field Trials.
 
“I wouldn’t be suicidal if it did pass, but I don’t think it will.”
– University Development Gift Planning Director Hal Abrams on the U.S. Senate’s impending decision on whether to repeal a tax on inherited estates, a move some say could drastically cut donations to nonprofits and universities.