“Bullshit!” — “Larry the Lightbulb,” campaign mascot for the Ashley Rees-Jael Anker-Lagos ticket, to candidate Adam Walsh during an informal debate in the EMU Amphitheater on Thursday. The yellow mascot’s profanity interrupted the discussion twice.
“It seems ironic that the name would be ‘Public Safety’ if we’re really putting students in jeopardy.” — ASUO Executive candidate Adam Walsh on Wednesday, about his wish to alter the current Department of Public Safety policy to cite underage students experiencing alcohol poisoning with a violation charge of minor in possession.
“There is this bridge that we’ve built with the community. … It’s unfortunate that Adam doesn’t see this bridge because he’s never actually walked on it and participated in the housing standards. He was not at the
hearings.” — ASUO Executive candidate Jael Anker-Lagos on Wednesday, about the
issue of ASUO experience and campus-community relations.
“(A tuition freeze) will be hard to get, but it’s something that students want and something we’d continue to advocate for as long as it doesn’t affect the Oregon Opportunity Grant. The reality of it is that any ASUO Executive candidate who tells you they’re going to get the tuition freeze for you is lying to you.” — ASUO Executive candidate Adam Walsh on Wednesday.
“Our take on it is that the most important thing in an election and for the ASUO in general is having contact with students. Facebook’s fun; I like Facebook, but for campaigning we want to make sure we’re actually building a bridge with students and communicating with students.” — ASUO Executive candidate Ashley Rees on Thursday, about the use of Thefacebook.com as a campaigning tool.
“My deliberate silence echoes that silence, which is caused by harassment, prejudice, and discrimination.” — A flier handed out
by students participating in Wednesday’s Day of Silence, a Gay, Lesbian and Straight Network project.
“Every decade since the second world war has been marked by U.S. intervention in other countries.” — Feminist, author, and educator Dr. M. Jacqui Alexander at her Wednesday talk entitled “Not Just Anybody Can Be a Patriot: The Militarized State of the Empire.”
“I think it’s very perverse. It surprises me that students in higher education go and model for these things.” — Junior Mari Mizobe on Tuesday about the presence of Playboy auditions on campus.
“Who wouldn’t want to be in Playboy?”
— Drew, a university senior, on her decision to try out for Playboy’s “Girls of the Pac-10.”
“The abuse of Adderall … seems to be an increasing problem.” — Eugene Police Department spokeswoman Kerry Delf responding Tuesday to the arrest of a prescription drug dealer in the University’s residence halls.
“If somebody drops a class because they don’t like that teacher, they’re not filling out an evaluation form.” — Senior Aaron Woods on Monday, discussing a statistical error of course evaluations.
— From Daily Emerald news reports