Comments on: Updated: Landmarks Commission Rejects “Made in Oregon” Proposal

By: Signs of The Times: University of Oregon Wants An Extension to Decisions on Downtown Signs | Willamette Week | Monday, July 27th, 2009

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:18:22 +0000

[...] Commission was scheduled today at 1:30 to hear U of O’s appeal to the council’s July 13 rejection of the university’s proposal. The university wanted to change the sign’s lettering from “Made in Oregon” to [...]

By: Made in Oregon, For Real: White Stag Block Talk | Willamette Week | Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 23:03:25 +0000

[...] might still be hung up on the fate of the much-harangued Made in Oregon sign, but the fine folks at the White Stag building (aka the University of Oregon’s Portland [...]

By: Gardiner Menefree

Gardiner Menefree — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:54:47 +0000

Here’s how the UO’s Daily Emerald reported the UO admin’s loathsome gambit:
http://media.www.dailyemerald.com/media/storage/paper859/news/2009/07/20/News/For-Uo.Signage.In.Portland.Its.All.Or.Nothing-3752227.shtml?reffeature=htmlemailedition

Curiously, it is the UO’s journalism school that is the primary arrival from Eugene. One might well fear for the further degradation of the profession.

Do the banana-yellow Os that occupy the rear surfaces of far too many motor vehicles — primarily SUVs — driven so rudely on I-5 and elsewhere represent the anal orifice the university and its affiliates offer this city and this state?

By: conspiracyzach

conspiracyzach — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:43:40 +0000

This is good news. The brand-centric UO must be stopped. http://www.youtube.com/luddite333

By: Yet Another Suggestion For The Made in Oregon Sign | Willamette Week | Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:59:28 +0000

[...] that the city’s Historic Landmarks Commission has rejected the University of Oregon’s proposal to re-brand the Made in Oregon sign and the nearby “Old Town” water tower, blogger Curt Gardner has an alternative [...]