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UO international student faces deportation despite allegedly having no criminal conviction
An international student at the University of Oregon was ordered to leave the U.S. within 15 days after the Department of Homeland Security revoked their F-1 visa on March 28 — an action that could lead to deportation.
In an email obtained by The Daily Emerald, the university notified the student of the visa revocation — as legally required — writing in part, “I am writing to notify you that your F-1 SEVIS record was terminated today, March 28, 2025 by the U.S. Dept of Homeland Security.” The email went on to say the student had been identified in a “criminal records” check.
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UO construction delays prolong Title IX lawsuit from courts to court
When the University of Oregon shared in March that its Kalapuya Ilihi residence hall would be closed for a second consecutive school year, the announcement brought yet another blow to the UO women’s beach volleyball team, who had sued the university for Title IX sex discrimination in late 2023.
The closure of Kalapuya forced the university to keep the 64-year-old Hamilton residence hall open for another school year, pushing back the prospect of a new on-campus women’s beach volleyball facility.
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Eugene property management company named in multi-state antitrust lawsuit
Greystar Real Estate Partners, which owns 11 properties in the Eugene area, and five other landlords have been named in a DOJ antitrust lawsuit for using an algorithmic pricing scheme to decrease competition in apartment pricing
Reporter Reilly Norgren won a Pensiero award for her reporting on the story.
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Big Ten, Big Ticket Demand
The University of Oregon’s overselling of student sports passes results in hundreds of students left without tickets, despite their purchase of Ducks Sports Passes.
Reporter Ana Narayan won second place in the Sports Journalism category of the 2024-2025 Hearst Journalism Awards Program.
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The School of Music and Dance’s half million dollar question
A professor within the University of Oregon’s School of Music and Dance has earned roughly $570,000 in revenue from students in the past four years with his self-published book. However the issue was set aside as a “gray area” in policy, according to numerous SOMD faculty.
Reporter Ruby Duncan won first place in the investigations category of the 2025 Pensiero awards and the story lead to a ban on assigning self published text books.
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