Daily Emerald •

Eugene property management company named in multi-state antitrust lawsuit

Eugene landlords Greystar Real Estate Partners LLC were named in a United States Department of Justice antitrust lawsuit for an alleged scheme to decrease competition in apartment pricing. 
The lawsuit, originally filed against software company RealPage in August 2024, was amended on Jan. 7 to include six of the largest landlords in the country, including Greystar, for their alleged involvement in algorithmic pricing schemes.
According to its website, RealPage is a technology platform for real e...
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SU announces new banking system

by Fred Byrne and Reilly Norgren
A new banking system for societies and clubs will see individual bank accounts scrapped in favour of one account handled by the Students’ Union.
Explaing at October’s Student Council, VP Activities Tõnis Tilk says the changes will require SU staff to approve each transaction from one central account, promising that payment requests will be checked 3 times per day.
Fourteen activities will trial the new system, before all societies make the transition.
Committee m...
Daily Emerald •

Maxed-out loans cover half of summer tuition

As school ends and temperatures rise, most students have left the University of Oregon campus for summer break. For some, the summertime heralds the start of yet another academic term — but the cost can be high.
Hundreds of courses are being offered during the summer both on campus and online for UO students. Financial aid during the summer term can be more limited than the school year, leaving students with fewer payment options to choose from when paying tuition.
During this summer, 684 course...
Daily Emerald •

Five pro-Palestine protestors unchain from Johnson Hall after 100 hours, rally follows

The University of Oregon Coalition for Palestine held a “100 Hours in Chains” rally to show support for the five students who previously chained themselves to Johnson Hall’s pillars for 100 hours.

In order to “move forward,” the five unchained from the building.

“Any faith we had in the administration to listen to us in response to our actions has been misplaced,” one protestor said. “We must unchain ourselves to move forward, to reset, to re-energize.”

The protestor said that unchaining was...
Daily Emerald •

How ASUO passed its BDS resolution within 30 hours

Correction: A previous version of this article misquoted a speaker, Diego Duarte, as saying: “I strongly urge this body to amend the resolution to include anywhere on statement recognizing the ongoing genocide of Palestinian people.” The article has been corrected to cite the proper quote stated by Duarte.
Just 53 minutes before midnight on May 8, the Associated Students of the University of Oregon passed a Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions resolution calling for the divestment from the “Military-I...
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Planned Parenthood of Southwestern Oregon sees rise in out-of-state patients after Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade

The Planned Parenthood of Southwestern Oregon has seen an increase in patients traveling from states away to receive abortion care. This comes over the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in 2022.
Amy Handler, Interim President and CEO of PPSO, said that because of some states’ restrictive laws on abortion, people are traveling across state borders to come to Oregon because of its more progressive laws.
“Patients have come from as far away as Texas, Mississippi and Louisiana,” Handl...
Daily Emerald •

EMU Starbucks employees walk out following firing of employee

Erb Memorial Union Starbucks employees walked out and protested outside of the EMU following the firing of an employee on Thursday.
The employee who was fired, who asked to be referred to only by her first name —Alice, said managers told her she was being fired for her use of profanity in a conversation with a manager about a month and a half ago. 
Alice disputes that she ever used profane language and said she was unaware that a manager wrote her up for profanity.
Alice said she wishes she had...