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Well, happy Halloween!
It’s not clear if federal food benefits will be suspended this weekend, but either way uncertainty over food access remains part of life for many college students at University of Oregon and Lane Community College. Grace Chinowsky visited a food bank near the UO campus.
We will be maintaining a list of places to get food and meals. Let us know if you have additions or see anything out of date.
Unionized Starbucks workers held a practice picket today at the Eugene shop at Seventh and Washington, as they continue to be at loggerheads with the company over a new contract.
A former UO student who was hit by a falling tree on campus last winter and paralyzed is suing the university for negligence and asking for $16 million in damages. Jaime Adame has the story.
An artists’ residency at a national monument in Arizona for two Eugene poets was another casualty of the federal government shutdown. Annie Aguiar talked to the two women.
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UO, LCC students brace for SNAP cuts as food pantry demand grows
By Grace Chinowsky
Whether federal SNAP benefits are suspended this weekend or not, uncertainty over food access remains for many college students at University of Oregon and Lane Community College.
Unionized Starbucks workers hold practice picket at Eugene store
By Lillian Schrock-Clevenger
Members of Starbucks Workers United on Friday morning gathered outside the Starbucks shop on Seventh Avenue downtown and called for the company to finalize a fair contract with the union.
Student paralyzed after being hit by falling tree seeks $16 million from UO
By Jaime Adame
The lawsuit alleges the university was negligent in its maintenance of a tree that fell on the 21-year-old junior last February. UO in a statement, says an “extreme weather event” caused the accident.
Federal shutdown cancels artists’ residency for two Eugene poets
By Annie Aguiar
Eve Müller and Kelly Terwilliger were planning to spend time at a house in Arizona’s Wupatki National Monument, as part of a new artistic project — which is now on hold.
Enjoy your evening,
Bob
