University of Oregon Top Questions

It is often joked about as "Nike University" because Nike sponsors the athletics and they have nicer facilities than the regular students have for learning.

The sports culture is disgusting here with our last President having recently been paid off to the tune of 900k because he covered up a rape scandal involving UO basketball players so they could participate in the playoffs. Phil Knight and the people who only come here because of our football team are the reason that academics have gone down as our athletic rankings have gone up. We also unfortunately have way too many unqualified wealthy international and out-of-state students here because they can pay so the gap between the haves and have nots is profound.

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Like most state schools, my university has a very strong culture of partying on weekends, as well as weeknights. In addition, I often felt like my classmates were not taking their education seriously, while I was constantly studying and striving to succeed. This atmosphere made me sometimes feel like my education was worth almost nothing. I would have preferred to have a way of escaping from this atmosphere.

The parking situation was never a fun one. Parking spaces were few and far between, which was frustrating since I paid a lot for a parking permit.

The rain

The most frustrating thing for me so far is that they gave an amount for tuition, but didn't split that equally into trimesters. Now, I'm scrambling to come up with $682 for this term.

The most frustrating thing about my school is that there is limited student acccess to sports functions and events held on campus or events concerning teams associated with the campus.

The amount of people petitioning their causes during rush hour foot-traffic can cause major detours for oneself like crossing the street, running in the opposite direction and chanting satanic hymns to deter the threat. The amount of school-pride can get frustrating if you don't believe in superficial connections just because you attend a school.

The most frustrating thing about the University of Oregon is the rain, you quickly learn to keep rain jackets and umbrellas in your school bag.