As taxpayer support decreased for higher education in Oregon, international students picked up the tab

By Alando Ballantyne. Hunched over his bowl of ramen, Yutao Zhang puts down his chopsticks and checks his cell phone. He’s texting a lady he met at a party last night. Zhang, who also goes by Otto, is wearing a light blue plaid shirt and black-rimmed glasses. Despite a slight hangover, Zhang, 25, is in good spirits because he finished his midterms and handed in his last paper on Friday. 
“Two papers for two classes, and one test for math. Math sucked, but it’s okay,” the economics major said.  Zhang, who is from Guangzhou, the capital city of the Guangdong province in China, arrived in Eugene in the summer of 2010. He lives with his roommates Peng Zhao, from China, and Yeh Chenyuan, from Taiwan. More...