Reilly Norgren

Reilly Norgren is a senior studying journalism and English at the University of Oregon. She is interested in business reporting and breaking news.

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UO history professor arraigned on 10 charges of encouraging child sex-abuse in the first degree

CONTENT WARNING: This story makes reference to sexual abuse of minors, which may be disturbing to some readers.
Update: Goble has received supervised release until his next court date on Dec. 29.

University of Oregon professor Andrew Edmund Goble was arraigned Monday on 10 charges of encouraging child sexual abuse in the first degree. According to court documents, Goble knowingly duplicated or exchanged visual recordings of “sexually explicit conduct involving a child.”
Goble was arrested Nov....
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UO legal counsel explains ICE protocols and legal boundaries during faculty senate meeting

Amidst Immigrations and Customs Enforcement’s presence in Eugene and Springfield, and concerns of potential operations on campus, the University of Oregon faculty senate invited a member of the university’s general counsel to Wednesday’s meeting to answer questions from senators. 
Jessica Price, special counsel for research, ethics and international affairs, was invited to the senate to address potential responses to ICE presence on campus.
Price said that telling someone to run if they see ICE...
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UO to reportedly cut multiple language programs amid university wide budget deficit

Deans and department heads at the University of Oregon are under mounting pressure to identify budget cuts amidst a university wide budget deficit. The cuts have led to multiple rounds of layoffs in recent months.  
In June, UO laid off 42 positions within the College of Arts and Sciences, including 11 career faculty. Five of those 11 were language faculty within the Schnitzer School according to a newsletter published by United Academics, the university’s faculty union.
Despite a recent donatio...
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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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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...
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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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University, Villard Hall $93 million construction to continue until fall 2025

The University of Oregon continues its Heritage Renovation Project, with its two oldest campus buildings, University Hall and Villard Hall, remaining closed for renovations. When complete, the renovations will update the heating and ventilation systems and provide modern classroom environments.
The total budget for the Heritage Project, including the reconstruction of both buildings, is $93 million. $58.5 million of the funds comes from XI-Q and XI-G bonds from the state of Oregon. The remaining...
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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...
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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...