Quack Fix: Replacing Pharaoh Brown; Ballmers Give UO $50 Million Gift

SNOWMAGEDDON has hit the Portland metro area with reports last night of 4"-6" of snow accumulation. Oh, wait, it hasn't snowed and the Portland news media has been sensationalist with it's weather reporting? Nevermind. Carry on.

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• Big news on the academic side of the University as Connie Ballmer, a 1984 UO alumna, and her husband, Microsoft's Steve Ballmer, have given a gift of $50 million to the University. The money will go to the UO endowment to support scholarships for low income students and new hires in obesity research.
• Andrew Greif writes about the difficulties of replacing Pharaoh Brown.
• Dana Altman expects a couple of four-star recruits to sign before the early signing period is over. Point guard Kendall Small from Anaheim is expected to sign Sunday, while power forward Trevor Manuel out of Lansing, Mi., will have a ceremony on Friday.
• FIFA, benevolent organization that it is, has cleared Russia and Qatar of any wrongdoing in their bids for the World Cup, and are cleared to host the event in 2018 and 2022. The FIFA report, however, criticizes England as a horribly corrupt place. Yeah, whatever.