Penn State football and gerbil races are some of the topics on the first Talkback Feedback of the year.

BEDFORD (AP) — The American Gerbil Society's annual pageant brought dozens of rodents scurrying to New England this weekend for a chance to win "top gerbil." The Bedford competition called for agility ...

MATTOON - The audience at Saturday's Mattoon Public Library Great Mouse Race fundraiser played the role of both cheerleaders and starting bells for the racing rodents. "Those gerbils won't do anything ...

In this edition of Talkback 16, more comments about the pileup along Interstate 80, calls about the man trapped under a sewer grate and a suggestion to bring back gerbil racing.

Following is the text of Doug Bates' commencement address to the UO School of Journalism and Communication on June 13, 2009: Thank you, Dean Tim Gleason. I also want to thank the School of Journalism ...