Article: Book uncovers story behind Bluto, Otter and Flounder.(Arts & Literature)

Byline: Mark Baker The Register-Guard

`Knowledge is Good."

If you've seen a certain 28-year-old film made around these parts called "Animal House," then maybe those three words are familiar.

They grace the plaque of the statue of Emil Faber (actually the "Pioneer Statue" on the University of Oregon campus), founder of Faber College, the fictional university in the 1978 movie filmed in Eugene and Cottage Grove.

And now we know where it all came from, thanks to "The Real Animal House: The Awesomely Depraved Saga of the Fraternity That Inspired the Movie," written by Chris Miller (no, not the former UO/NFL quarterback and current ...

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