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By Patrick Cliff The Bulletin
Deans from every school and college at the University of Oregon released an unusual joint statement Friday opposing the state Board of Higher Education’s move to cut ties with UO President Richard Lariviere. Reaction to the board’s move continues to grow, with protests Inside planned for the coming days. • Read the deans’ Groups backing Lariviere have letter to popped up on Facebook. In one the state group, “Stand with the Hat demboard, A7 onstration” — a reference to Lariviere’s preference for fedoras — more than 60 people have agreed to protest the move before today’s Civil War game. Lariviere supporters hung a “We Stand With The Hat” banner from a university building, and more than 1,700 people had liked the “Lariviere for UO President” Facebook group by Friday evening. Tim Gleason, dean of the School of Journalism and Communication, said this was the first time deans have sent such a message in the 15 years he’s been a dean. The board’s move had confused faculty, and it was not clear why the president was losing his job, Gleason said. See Lariviere / A7
By Lena H. Sun The Washington Post
WASHINGTON — Every weekday, nurse Jill Ross telephones some of her sickest patients. On this particular morning, she is asking breast cancer patient Renita Mock when her double mastectomy is scheduled. The conversation quickly veers to Mock’s stress over the operation. As someone with diabetes, hypertension and a host of other illnesses, Mock, 52, is considered too high-risk for reconstructive surgery, and she’s struggling with the prospect of losing her breasts. She asks for help in finding a therapist. Ross promises to provide her with names. She also tells Mock that she’ll be calling regularly “to see how you’re doing, if you saw a specialist, if your medication’s changed, kind of seeing what’s going on with you.” Thank you so much, Mock replies. “It’s a lot going on, and it’s stressful,” Ross adds. “But you know what? We can get through it.” These calls to patients are part of a new approach to primary medical care that Maryland is testing across the state. Instead of a doctor seeing patients mostly when they’re sick — and the physician is getting paid for that visit or service — this program gives financial rewards to practices that use a team of doctors, nurses and other staff to treat the whole person on a continuing basis, not just for one illness. The team focuses on patients with chronic conditions, develops individual care plans and coordinates with specialists. Emphasis is on prevention and comprehensive care. For a patient, it is like having a doctor’s office that acts like Mom — with nags and nudges designed to promote better health. The state initiative is among dozens of public and private experiments across the country that are trying to fundamentally change the way doctors practice medicine. See Doctor / A6
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To thwart Afghan bombs, U.S. focuses on Pakistani fertilizer By Greg Jaffe The Washington Post
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Hundreds gather at the intersection of Wall Street and Newport Avenue on Friday evening to watch the annual Bend Christmas tree lighting ceremony that kicks off the holiday season. Over 1,000 LED lights were used to decorate the 70-foot spruce tree.
To grasp the severity of Lt. Gen. Michael Barbero’s $40-fertilizer-bomb problem, it helps to consider some much bigger numbers. Barbero heads a U.S. military command with an annual budget of about $2.8 billion that was created to stem U.S. casualties from insurgent bombs. In just the past few months, he has shelled out $24 million for a new hand-held ground-penetrating radar, $33 million for minisurveillance robots and $19 million for bombresistant underwear. The insurgent’s weapon of choice in Afghanistan is at the other end of the price spectrum: a plastic jug filled with ammonium nitrate fertilizer. So far this year, these cheap, hard-to-detect bombs have wounded about 3,200 U.S. soldiers and Marines, up 22 percent from 2010, according to the Pentagon. “We are sweeping more and more of this stuff off the battlefield,” Barbero said of the fertilizer bombs. “But it just keeps coming, and it keeps growing.” See Bombs / A4
BLACK FRIDAY IN BEND
Seeking Black Friday bargains, hundreds of shoppers line the sidewalk Thursday outside Best Buy in Bend shortly before the store’s midnight opening.
Thousands join the hunt By Rachael Rees The Bulletin
It was mayhem Thursday night as people around Bend lined up at big box stores to be among the first to get their hands on Black Friday bargains. “Every year I say I’m not going to do it, and every year I do it,” said Teresa Rodriguez, 40, of Prineville, as she stood in line at Best Buy in Bend around midnight.
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At store after store in Central Oregon, hundreds of shoppers anxiously waited for doors to open. Once inside, shoppers listened to yuletide music as they stormed clothes racks and ran through aisles for boxes of cooking appliances. For some, Black Friday is about the thrill of being a part of traditional madness, while for others it is strictly about the dollars saved. See Black Friday / A4
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