Univ of Oregon experience?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Class of '97 here. I haven't been back in 15 years but Eugene is easily one of the best college towns in the country. I loved my time there. You are 45 minutes from the coast, world class fly fishing, Excellent skiing, mild climate, basically no real crime other than petty theft. It would be a perfect place to retire.

My only concern is it went waaaaay left and I went a good bit right in the last 30 years.

I feel the same. Loved it there! But it was hard-left in the early 90s and has gotten way further left since then. Like: Lenin-worshipping, uber-radical left.

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Anonymous wrote:I moved to Eugene from DC about two years ago, and I am happy to answer any questions people might have.

Cool! I have a few questions. Generally speaking, what types of kids go there and what are some of the most popular activities or student clubs? Is there a big Greek scene or bar culture?

I’m so sorry. I meant I’d be happy to answer questions about Eugene itself.

That said, sports are obviously huge and the Ducks are like a cult. There are lots of locals/local-ish kids who go to UO, and then lots of kids from CA, so it doesn’t feel incredibly diverse from what I’ve seen. I think the intelligence level of the students varies but there are definitely some smart kids there, and some honors opportunities. It’s seems like a reasonably substantial Greek scene but I think non-Greek students have plenty of opportunities for fun. There seem to be plenty of clubs from all the flyers I see on campus. Sorry I can’t be much help re: the school.

Unlike anywhere on the East Coast, you will encounter lots of kids at U of O from CA, Hawaii, Washington, a few from Alaska, etc. there are also real Native Americans there.

Probably the largest international group on campus are Norwegians.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Class of '97 here. I haven't been back in 15 years but Eugene is easily one of the best college towns in the country. I loved my time there. You are 45 minutes from the coast, world class fly fishing, Excellent skiing, mild climate, basically no real crime other than petty theft. It would be a perfect place to retire.

My only concern is it went waaaaay left and I went a good bit right in the last 30 years.

I feel the same. Loved it there! But it was hard-left in the early 90s and has gotten way further left since then. Like: Lenin-worshipping, uber-radical left.

Is the fraternity scene at least a refuge for strong, traditional, conservative men?

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Anonymous wrote:Class of '97 here. I haven't been back in 15 years but Eugene is easily one of the best college towns in the country. I loved my time there. You are 45 minutes from the coast, world class fly fishing, Excellent skiing, mild climate, basically no real crime other than petty theft. It would be a perfect place to retire.

My only concern is it went waaaaay left and I went a good bit right in the last 30 years.

I feel the same. Loved it there! But it was hard-left in the early 90s and has gotten way further left since then. Like: Lenin-worshipping, uber-radical left.

I'm a (somewhat) more recent graduate than this, and that was not my experience. I did take a class on Marxism, but it was part of a larger package of political and historical modules on the political/ideological forces that shaped the 19th and 20th centuries. It is basically impossible to understand fin-de-siecle Europe without looking at the arc of Industrial Revolution --> Marxism/Utopianism --> Communism.

The hard left Leninists were riding the rails, dumpster diving, and abstaining from capitalism, not paying $40K a year for an education.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Class of '97 here. I haven't been back in 15 years but Eugene is easily one of the best college towns in the country. I loved my time there. You are 45 minutes from the coast, world class fly fishing, Excellent skiing, mild climate, basically no real crime other than petty theft. It would be a perfect place to retire.

My only concern is it went waaaaay left and I went a good bit right in the last 30 years.

I feel the same. Loved it there! But it was hard-left in the early 90s and has gotten way further left since then. Like: Lenin-worshipping, uber-radical left.

Is the fraternity scene at least a refuge for strong, traditional, conservative men?

Nah. The "strong" traditional men tend to come from rural parts of the state, so east of the Cascades and south of the Willamette Valley. These are boys/men who can dig a well, or chop a cord of wood, or swap out an engine. They tend not to be interested in cosplaying masculinity, nor in the drunk fratty mode of masculinity. That's mostly suburban white boys acting out their teenage rebellion by listening to Rogan.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Class of '97 here. I haven't been back in 15 years but Eugene is easily one of the best college towns in the country. I loved my time there. You are 45 minutes from the coast, world class fly fishing, Excellent skiing, mild climate, basically no real crime other than petty theft. It would be a perfect place to retire.

My only concern is it went waaaaay left and I went a good bit right in the last 30 years.

I feel the same. Loved it there! But it was hard-left in the early 90s and has gotten way further left since then. Like: Lenin-worshipping, uber-radical left.

Is the fraternity scene at least a refuge for strong, traditional, conservative men?

Nah. The "strong" traditional men tend to come from rural parts of the state, so east of the Cascades and south of the Willamette Valley. These are boys/men who can dig a well, or chop a cord of wood, or swap out an engine. They tend not to be interested in cosplaying masculinity, nor in the drunk fratty mode of masculinity. That's mostly suburban white boys acting out their teenage rebellion by listening to Rogan.

Sorry you didn't get a bid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My son has lots of friends from his SF private middle and high schools who are attenting U of O and Oregon State. They are go-to schools for white males shut out of the UC system.

There is a reason it's called University of California- Eugene.