y freelancing from time to time, althoughnot as often as I should. Married to ex-ODEer Stephanie Holland, and weare expecting our first kid, a boy, in late June.
Brown, Justin
State College, PA
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Worked in 92-93 I was just a plain old copy editor. Love to write thoseheadlines – let me tell you…
I am going to graduate school at Penn State in Telecommunication Studies.My interests are internet policy and regulation, and new technology law.
Brundage, Mark
Denver, CO
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I was and ad sales rep during the spring of ’90 and during the schoolyear of ’90-91. I was also in charge of the ‘suicide squad’ who would goat 4 A.M and complete all the inserts for the ODE, only to find them spreadall over campus by 10 A.M.
I am now working for MCI Metro, which is the new local telephone servicedivision within MCI. It is fun and interesting to be able to help starta division from the ground up. I am also completing a Masters of Telecommunications degree at the University of Denver.
Child,Lotus
Portland, OR
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September 1989 – June 1991. I was part of the infamous production crewthat brought you such greats as “Bookstore Ads” and “TrackTown Coupons.” There I met the likes of Hon “Travolta,” Mrs.Daller & Mrs. Ross (our fearless leaders) Ingrid the Great, Jenifeer (Princessof the Pan Fl ute) and Slim Jim Finch. The days went by quickly listeningto disco and the Barbarella soundtrack as we furiously pasted up some ofEugene’s finest ads.
Immediately after graduating I took a job with Tektronix as a media assistantin their corporate advertising department. I stayed there for a year thenwent back to school to study graphic design doing freelance work on theside. Currently I’m working as a studio artist at Wieden & Kennedy and stilldoing freelance work for various clients.
Daller,Sandi (Bevans)
Greenville, WI
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I started at the ODE in 1986 as a student ad typesetter. After graduation,I was Production Department Ad Coordinator, 1987-91. After leaving the ODEI worked downtown for Aster Publishing as their Typesetting Department Manager,1991-1994.
We moved to the frozen tundra of Northern Wisconsin in Sept. 1994. Wehave been learning the art of snow shoveling while wearing a cheeseheadand have gone from die-hard Quacker Backers to PACKER Backers. (Convenienton the wardrobe that both teams are y ellow & green!) I am currently perfectingmy skills as full time Mom & Domestic Engineer. Our daughter, Kelli, is2-1/2 and brother Daniel is 5 months. I plan to ease my way back into thework force in a couple more years. I often wonder about all of the ODE peopleI worked with in those years. Also, who was it that was always stealingmy lunch out of the fridge?
Dana, Scott
Seattle, WA
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I worked as a Sales Rep 1991-1992
Work for an advertising agency called Herring/Newman here in Seattleas an Associate Account Executive.
Dedolph, Meg
Wisconsin
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I worked as a freelancer from 1990 – 1992, and then was hired as a community reporter from 1993 – 1994. Spent a summer on the copy desk as well. I covered city council, bats, otters and briefly achieved immortality by sending away for, and receiving, an official Spam press kit, complete with recipes and8 x 10 glossies of Spamburgers.
After graduating from Northwestern, I found work at the Wausau DailyHerald in Wisconsin, doing general assignment reporting for the paper’snorthern circulation area. So far, this seems to involve school board, cityand county government, bait shops and writing about the weather, which hasbeen horrid. I think of Oregon’s rainy winters with something very muchlike unbridled lust.
Fisher, Jeff
Portland, Oregon
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My association with the ODE began when I would bring my lunch up fromthe Interfraternity Council office to harass those advertising types andleave crumbs on their desks. In the Summer of 1978 I was hired as the graphicdesigner for the advertising department and worked in that capacity throughAugust of 1980 when I moved to Portland. It was my responsibility to meetthe always unrealistic deadline requirements of the Mean Old ProductionManager Jerill Nilson. My fondest memories are of EMU Beer Gardens, andODE staffer Karen Hartman and I winning the Best Butt Contest at the Padto the cheers of ODE co-workers.
For most of the past 18 years I have been a freelance graphic design,with three one-year stints at “real” jobs as the art directorof a group of medical publications, art director of an ad agency and creativedirector of an international clothing manufacturing firm based in Seattle.My firm, Jeff Fisher LogoMotives specializes in corporate identity workwhich has wom over 100 international, national and regional honors in recentyears. My work has also been featured in nearly 20 publications in Japan,Korea and the U.S. I am currently the designer for all print materials forthe Seattle Seahawks. Other clients range from one-person businesses andnonprofit organizations to major corporations throughout the U.S.
Fisher, Martin
Bend, OR
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I was Editorial Editor 1991-92, Columnist from 1992-93 and spent twoyears on the Board of Directors, incluidng vice-chair from 1992-93.
I graduated from UO Law School in 1996 and clerked for a Lane CountyCircuit Judge for a year. Now I am an attorney in Bend with the firm ofBrothers & Ash doing primarily domestic relations work. This means I dependupon the decline of the American Family to feed my own. I also have a greatlittle girl who’s now 2 1/2.
Fontana, Primo
Boston, MA
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I was a columnist at the Emerald from 1994-1996.
I am a 1L at the Boston College Law School. I am enjoying the East Coastimmensely, but there are times when I miss Eugene. My family is now spreadaround the San Francisco Bay Area, New York City and New England, so I spenda considerable amount of time in all three. I would love to hear from anyonethat I worked with or that is going to be in Boston or New York!
Forman, Gayle
New York, NY
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I was a columnist for 1994 and 1995.
I’m an associate editor at Seventeen magazine and I also freelance forother pubs.
Forney,Anthony
Tigard, OR
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I started as a freelance photographer in 1993, then moved to the fascinatingrole of staff photographer under the guiding eye of the ever infamous JeffPaslay. Then for the 93-94 year I became Photo Editor as Jeff moved on toGraphics Editor. We had a goo d year and a lot of great photo’s on the backwall until someone viciously RIPPED them d
own!!!!!
I currently run my own business designing high end computer networksin Portland OR. Also, catching the current wave, I do a lot of internetprogramming.
Hagen, Fred
San Diego, California
fhagen@acusd,edu
I was a copy editor from September to June 1992.
Attending law school at the University of San Diego.
Hamilton, Greg
Portland, OR
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During the time between 1993-95, I served as the Freelance Minister forEntertainment Affairs….where I hammered out screeds on music, theatreand film… with all the profoundness of a weasel gone weird on laughinggas. I don’t remember much of the ODE experience, other than parading aroundthe office on Halloween, dressed as Richard Nixon….and having to savagethe occasional staff member over negligent editing practices. On one particularinfamous occasion, I was running for student body president on
Currently, I ply my trade as a travel columnist for America Online, whereI continue to scribble abortive attempts at serious journalism. I also serveas a hired gun for NIKE and Hewlett Packard whenever I need income to supportmy lifestyle. When I’m not attempting to pay the bills, I play hooky onthe Internet, tend to my infant iguanas and harass the local wildlife.
Harper, Nikki
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Started Fall 1995 – began as advertising assistant with BeckyMerchant. Then worked as an “Advertising Executive”, started working inClassifieds and Production. So I did a little of everything while I wasthere.
I am a graphic desinger for Dr. Martens in Portland. My addressis 12710 NW Hammond Place, Banks, OR 97106.
Helton, Todd
Milwaukie, OR
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My brief stint at ODE was in Fall 1990, when I was a freelance reporter.I covered Ducks Volleyball for half of that season.
I recently got married, and I work for First Consumer’s National Bank(part of Spiegel Corp.) in Beaverton, OR as an Accounts Manager in the CollectionDept.
Hesseldahl,Arik
New York, NY
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Fall of 1993, Higher Education Reporter One of many to cover the sagaof the Amazon Housing controversey.
Since then I spent two years as a reporter for The Idaho State Journal, inPocatello, Id. Moved to New York City in 1996 to get my Master’s Degree injournalism at Columbia University (http://www.jrn.columbia.edu). In 1997 Itried the new media thing, taking a gig as Associate Editor of thenow-defunct Newsworks Web site. It was the newspaper industry’s attempt tocompete with CNN Interactive. When that went south, I switched to working inthe technology trade press, doing stints at Internet World, and freelancingfor Wired Magazine, Wired News online, and Columbia Journalism Review amongothers. Since late 1998, I’ve been Senior Editor for Computers andCommunications at Electronic News (www.electronicnews.com), part of theCahners Business Information group. Other than desperatley missing Track Town Pizza, passable Mexican food, 18th St. Cafe and Pre’s Trail, I love New York.
Kickler Kelber, Sarah
Baltimore, Md.
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I couldn’t decide how much time would need to pass before it would be “appropriate” to post on this board, but the Emerald’s 100th birthday (Feb. 12, 2000) seems like a good time.
I was editor in chief (1997-98), copy chief (winter/spring 1997, fall1998) and copy editor (fall 1996). I also worked on the alumni databasefor a short time, edited the “ODE to a Century” section and wrote my honors college thesis about women’s experiences at the ODE during the 1940s and 1950s.
Nowadays, I’m a copy editor for the features department at The BaltimoreSun, technically a two-year intern. Among other duties, I cut thehoroscope, thus drastically affecting our readers’ every move. Gotmarried July 2000 to Judah Kelber, a UO alum who some of you may rememberas the guy who pretended to fire people (usually Doug) the year I waseditor. (Sorry about that, everyone!) We’re living happily in the ‘burbs and trying not to become part of Bawlmer’s murder statistics. (It’s really not as bad as “Homicide” makes it sound.)
Klaastad,Linda
Seattle,WA
lklaasta%[email protected]
I was a photo tech from ’89-91.
I’m GIS Technician (cartographer) working in forestry. Still a tech ofsome sort.
Klein, Mary
Seattle, WA
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5/92-10/92Copy Editor
Production lead at MSNBC
Koch (was Engels), Karen
Carson City, Nevada
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85-89 91-92 freelancer, copyeditor very part-time, very occasional
I’m currently Mommy to E. Mitchell Lafe Koch (7-19-96) and working part-timefrom home doing publicity, tech. writing, etc. for Saddle Creek Golf Clubin Copperopolis, CA of all places. (about an hour east of Stockton). I spenttwo years in France after graduation — working with Christian Church missionaries.I returned for a brief stint at UO and the ODE before meeting and marryingmy wonderful husband, Monte Koch. We then spent almost 3 years in New Mexicowhere I worked as a technical writer and got my MA in Tech. Writing fromNew Mexico State University. I’m now a Duck and an Aggie alum! My husbandis an assistant Golf Pro at Saddle Creek Golf Club. We’re hoping to eventuallyreturn to Oregon.
Koepping, Gerrit
Portland, OR
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1991-1992 – community beat reporter
Associate editor for CitySearch.Com in Portland.
Kwasney, Ben
Reno, NV
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I was a higher education reporter beginning the fall of 1996 through winter 1997. After that I was fortunate to get a spot on the sports desk. While a sports staffer I mostly covered women’s track and field along with various other sports. I remember the first week or two in sports I covered Jerry Green leaving UO for Tennessee. That opportunity kind of launched me quickly into sports.
I am a sports reporter at the Daily Sparks Tribune in Sparks, NV. I have been here since shortly after graduation in the spring of 97. Mostly I cover local prep sports but have also covered U of Nevada athletics. I’m looking for something bigger eventually. Being from Oregon originally this is a bit of a change, but it can be a fun place to work. Hopefully I’ll see some of you at the celebration during homecoming in October.
Mason, Jeremy
New York, NY
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I worked at the ODE from Spring 1992 – Winter 1995 in the Advertising Sales depertment.
My wife and I moved to Manhattan and I work for a pre-IPO Internet company called Primary Knowledge. We give websites a deeper understanding their traffic. We have been married since June 1998 and LOVE Manh
attan!
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