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During the 2014-2015 academic year, there were 5,402 domestic minority students enrolled at the University of Oregon, forming 22.3 percent of the student population, according to research done by the UO Office of Institutional Research. Based on research conducted over the past five years, the UO has seen steady growth in minority enrollment, increasing from 16.3 percent in the 20102011 academic year. The university’s division of equity and inclusion is looking to maintain this upward growth.

Dr. Sari Pascoe, assistant vice president for campus and community engagement for the division of equity and inclusion, has been an influential figure in UO’s diversity increase since she started serving as assistant vice president. “Recognizing that there is a larger incoming student body that identifies as underrepresented populations is an important factor because we are working campuswide on the infrastructure to support that larger incoming class,� Pascoe said.

Pascoe’s role in the division of equity and inclusion is critical to its vitality and success. She assists the leadership of the university’s programs and services to promote diversity, inclusion and equity. She assists the liaison between the campus community and the surrounding community, including cities as far as Portland, to share campus knowledge about these ideals to outside communities.

And she also assists with analyzing and reporting on statistical information about campus and local community trends in order to have a better understanding of what potential incoming and future UO students need to succeed academically and socially.

One of the main projects to which Pascoe contributes much of her time is the IDEAL Framework, beginning in 2013 and lasting until 2018. “Under the leadership of vice president Alex-Assensoh,

the division of equity and inclusion has led a wonderful effort on a framework,�

Pascoe said. “[IDEAL] stands for inclusion, diversity, evaluation, achievement and leadership.�

Through the IDEAL framework, there’s a strategy and five tactics designed by members of the university’s Diversity Committee, administrators and community members.

These strategies focus on the importance of promoting diversity, inclusion and equity at the university. The IDEAL framework includes 18 months worth of data, research, feedback and information from town hall meetings and conversations. With over 75 members, the Diversity Committee works to promote equity, diversity and inclusion as prevalent aspects of the university and surrounding community. They support these efforts by providing scholarships, academic and social assistance for underrepresented students, building pipelines for undergraduate minority students to be connected to UO graduate and professional programs and supporting campus programs.

Despite the increase in diversity at UO over recent years and the efforts that have been made to promote and increase knowledge in and acceptance for equity, inclusion and diversity to both students and faculty, Pascoe recognizes that her and her colleagues’ work isn’t finished. However, she says that with the added assistance of students and faculty, the university can continue to close gaps concerning issues with diversity, equity and inclusion. “I definitely find that students and faculty have a central role, together with our administrators and staff within campus, to figure out what diversity means, what equity means, [and] what inclusion means, and to implement policies and opportunities that include everyone’s voice and promote access to everyone,� said Pascoe.

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Students within the University of Oregon’s Fraternity and Sorority Life still face significantly higher rates of sexual violence in comparison to those who are not.

On Oct. 7, UO psychology professor Jennifer J. Freyd presented her findings of the 2015 Sexual Violence Survey during the University Senate meeting. Freyd findings revealed that 100 percent of female Greek-affiliated students reported experiencing sexual contact without consent from a male perpetrator.

According to the survey, “attempted or completed physical sexual contact� among those who are affiliated with FSL have shown significant decrease compared to those who are not affiliated. There is a 13 percent decrease in assault towards Greekaffiliated female students and a 15 percent decrease in Greek-affiliated male students. However, like the 2014 study, female students involved in FSL remain at a higher risk, with 35 percent experiencing attempted or completed physical sexual contact over the 26 percent from their non-Greek Life counterparts.

The survey also compared the findings of those who experienced nonconsensual “completed anal or vaginal penetration,� with the findings of last year. The results show that from those who were both Greek-affiliated and not, there is a slight increase. Among female students who do have a Greek affiliation, there is a 2 percent increase, along with a 3 percent increase from those without one. Again, more female students within FSL had reported being survivors of such incidents, with 17 percent affiliated with Greek life and 12 percent who had no affiliation.

During an ASUO senate meeting on Feb. 18, 2015, senate passed a resolution that if sexual assault within the FSL community did not decrease by the spring 2015 survey, they would bring

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forth a resolution calling for a halt to the expansion of FSL. The resolution came in response to the 2014 survey findings that Greek Life females on campus were three times more likely to experience attempted or completed rape. Members of the UO FSL community voiced concerns that their community was being unfairly targeted, and said that an expansion could help recruit more leaders to combat the issue.

Of the 1,334 students who were randomly selected by the registrar, (who also passed attention-check tests to make sure they were paying attention to their responses) 18 percent mentioned an affiliation with the FSL. This is an increase to the 13 percent who had mentioned an FSL affiliation in the previous survey. Freyd said that she was aware of the ASUO senate FSL resolution, but was worried whether this may have affected the outcome of the survey. “Some of this difference is a reflection of more students entering the [FSL] system,� said Freyd. “But I suspect that some of this difference is because there was a particularly strong interest in the results of this survey with that group of survey.�

Freyd was unable to identify the exact percentage that FSL had grown in the fall term of 2015.

Journalism and communication and women’s and gender studies professor, Carol Stabile, described that as problematic. “Here we are a year later, and you can’t get really good information about how much FSL has grown and what as a community we are going do about those subcultures of perpetration that we are marketing as part of the social experience in our community,� she said.

At the beginning of the University Senate meeting, ASUO Senator Zach Lusby mentioned plans to go forward with a resolution calling for the halt of FSL expansion.

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MARLO SWEATMAN’S HUNT FOR THE NEXT TROPHY ➥ A N D R E W B A N T LY, @ A B A N T LY

During her first season with the Oregon soccer team, sophomore Marlo Sweatman never missed a game. That streak ended on Sept. 18 of this year, when, instead of sharing PapĂŠ Field with her teammates, Sweatman shared some of her favorite memories with Alma Williams, her grandmother.

One of the memories may have been the first time they kicked around a soccer ball outside their home in Herndon, Virginia. While Williams played goalie, Sweatman began the career that would eventually take her to Jamaica, Cuba, Panama and eventually, Eugene, Oregon.

Williams helped raise Sweatman and her siblings. Sweatman, the youngest of four, may have also been reminded of the story of a younger Williams chasing after chickens for that night’s supper, in Jamaica. “Marlo and her grandmother were very close,�

Sweatman’s mother Beverly Sweatman said. “Marlo was able to bond with her and talk about some good times.�

Williams passed away on Sept. 20, 2015 at the age 89.

However, Williams’ final days were spent watching Sweatman play as freely, confidently, and humbly as ever at Oregon. Sitting on the television that Williams used to follow Sweatman’s career was her 2008 Virginia State

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championship trophy, an item Williams was proud to display at all times. “Coming here [to Oregon] and people really wanting the best for me, doing whatever they can to see me grow,� the junior midfielder said, “it feels amazing.�

But Sweatman only started playing that way since she transferred from Florida State. “It wasn’t a fit for me,� Sweatman said. “It wasn’t a good feeling when you know you don’t have that much impact towards the team. The biggest thing is that you just know when you’re wanted and when you’re not really important.�

Although Sweatman was about two weeks into her freshman season when she began to second guess her ability, she stuck it out till the end.

During that season, she played in six total games during the Seminoles’ run to the finals of the 2013 Women’s College Cup. Sweatman’s transfer to Oregon felt like a decision a long time in the making.

If you ask Sweatman, she’d tell you that the Ducks entered her life many years ago, in the seventh grade, at a Washington D.C. airport. “I saw the Oregon Ducks baseball team go by and for some reason I was like, ‘I want to go there,’� she explained. Then, she “never thought about Oregon again.�

The Ducks’ program “just kind of popped in

my mind,� Sweatman said, when she planned to leave Florida State.

As Marlo did her research, so did the Oregon coaching staff. “Right away, she exudes an awesome personality that’s warming, that’s welcoming,�

Ducks’ assistant coach Christie Welsh said.

Welsh referred to Clyde Watson – a former coach of both Sweatman (club) and Welsh (professional) to get the report on Sweatman.

Both passed the other’s test and Marlo landed in Eugene during June 2014.

Welsh, without asking, will tell you that Sweatman is “humble in many, many ways.� A trait unchanged since the dual citizen captained the U-20 Jamaica women’s national team.

In a third-world country financially focused on the men’s soccer program, Sweatman practiced on a field composed of dirt and dead grass that was dotted with holes, a place where she started every game in 2012 for a team that struggled to provide water and proper nutrition to its players. “There is no excuse for [me],� Sweatman said. “Because I have resources other people don’t.�

Now, Sweatman is in a vastly different environment, continuing her new life with the Ducks in search of another trophy to fit on Williams’ TV.

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In the 2014-15 school year, there were 722 homeless students (of the approximately 16,000 in the Eugene School District), an increase of 3 percent from the 701 homeless students the year previous.

Statewide, the number of homeless students grew by 8 percent in the same amount of time. These statistics include those who live in a shelter, motel, sharing housing due to economic hardship or living in a vehicle, tent or other substandard housing, according to the Oct. 1 report from the Oregon Department of Education.

The school district’s class sizes also have inflated in the past 25 years for reasons that include the passing of Measure 5 – a measure that transferred school funding from the local government to the state – in 1990 and the ensuing substantial budget cuts, said Kerry Delf, school district public information officer.

Particularly since the 2008 recession, class sizes have grown at all levels – elementary, middle, and high schools – said Delf.

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In 1990, the student-to-teacher ratio in local middle schools was about 19:1 and the average class size was in the twenties, Delf said. Today, it’s about 28:1, with the average class being somewhere in the thirties.

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Likewise, roughly 45 percent of students in the school district qualified for the free/reducedprice lunch program in Sept. 2014. At Eugene’s Arts & Technology Academy (1650 W 22nd Ave), more than two-thirds of students qualified for the program.** **The figure stated that 68 percent of ATA students qualified for the program last fall, making it the middle school with the highest rate in the district.

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On Oct. 1, the Oregon Department of Education released a report that the number of homeless students in the Eugene School District increased by 3 percent since the previous school year; throughout the state, that number has risen by 8 percent.

To alleviate the often alienating, stressful experience of attending a public middle school (only made worse with things like poverty, hormones, a single parent and bloated class sizes), the Eugene Middle School Lunchtime Program offers an opportunity for students to meet with volunteers from the community – including a few dozen University of Oregon students – and spend lunch together.

Everett*, a student at Kennedy Middle School, was paired with UO junior Ted Acton. A counselor briefed Acton – Everett wasn’t coming to school; when he did attend class, he’d interrupt. By the time Acton came to Kennedy, Everett was almost an entire term behind on assignments. Both his parents worked long hours and were largely preoccupied with taking care of his two younger siblings. “When you’re 10 or 11 and you’re put in a situation where a lot of the responsibility is your own, it’s harder to make those decisions to come to school and stay focused in class,� said Acton, an accounting major at UO. “What can be really important for these kids is having a consistent adult figure who can serve as a lifeline – someone who they can trust and relate to.�

Interactions were awkward at first between the typically mellow Acton and the energetic Everett.

Acton would show Everett how to shoot a jump shot, and toward the year’s end, he would meet Everett and find him playing tag with friends. “You can see an evolution over the course of the year,� Acton said. “If you looked at his attendance at the beginning of the year, and [at] the end of the year, you’d think it was a different kid.�

A school counselor or teacher can refer students to the mentor program for a variety of reasons.

Some students have behavior issues, such as Katie*, a chatty sixth grader at Madison Middle School, who UO sophomore Chelsey Luiz mentored last year.

Katie’s constant commotion and disruption in class sent her to lunchtime detention one day where Luiz joined her.

Some students in the program are homeless or live in transitional housing. Some come from lowincome families, or have a parent who works more than one job and cannot devote time to them. Others may have trouble adapting to the disciplined school schedule. He or she may be bright, but remain unmotivated to complete school work.

The mentor program isn’t necessarily about academia.

There’s no tutoring involved; the mentor spends the 30-minute lunch period once a week with the same student, who may otherwise be spending lunch alone. The students and mentors talk, play cards or board games, and hang out during the lunch period.

In 2011, Eugene resident and then-Roosevelt Middle School mom Anne Bridgman began volunteering with the mentor program at the school. All of Eugene’s middle schools had mentor programs in the past, but many were eliminated due to budget cuts. “I think middle school is a time when you decide whether you’re going to be a success or failure,� said Bridgman, one of the mentor program coordinators. “It takes a while to built up the trust, but having one person every week who comes in for 30 minutes can really make a big difference in a kid’s life if they’re struggling with something.�

Students with certain issues are often paired with mentors who experienced similar problems during grade school. For example, a student who struggles with attention deficit disorder (ADD) may be paired with a mentor with the same condition. “Someone gets you,� said Bridgman. “Someone understands.�

Bridgman said the students

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love having college-age mentors – they’re not as old as the teachers, but they are still relatively young and approachable. For students whose living situations aren’t conducive to being able to afford a college education, socializing with someone from the UO can be a glimmer of hope for the student.

“It’s a lot easier for kids to talk to their friends who are their own age than talk to their parents,” Acton said. “We know that from being kids.”

In the 2013-14 academic year, Sofía*, a shy 6th grade Roosevelt student, was failing math class because she couldn’t see the blackboard. She lived with a relative in a safe, but low-income home.

After a few months in the mentor program, Sofía told her mentor the issue; she was connected with the school’s free eye exam, where she learned she had a serious vision problem.

The school gathered the finances to buy Sofía a pair of prescription glasses.

“There was nobody to advocate for her to make sure that she could get to the eye doctor, have the eye test, and get glasses,” said Joy Marshall, Sofia’s mentor. “It can turn around your whole school experience.”

Marshall, who works as the Lane County Director for Stand for Children, a statewide non-profit organization, said that this case isn’t unfamiliar.

“I don’t think her family had the resources, language or confidence to navigate the system,” she said. “How do you get glasses and an eye exam when you have no money at all? They were barely putting food on the table. There are lots of kids like that.”

On average, students from economically disadvantaged families are more likely to have higher academic needs and less likely to be on track for graduation, said Kerry Delf, the school district’s associate director of communications.

2014-15 is the first school year that all eight middle schools in the district participated in the Eugene Middle School Lunchtime Mentor Program. However, there is still a waitlist of students who need mentors at every middle school, where the demand outweighs the number of available mentors.

“I know there are more students in need of a mentor than we have mentors to serve them,” said Delf.

BE A MENTOR For more information or to apply to be a mentor, visit http://eeflane.org/schools/about_4j/ MiddleSchoolMentoring or email eugenementoring@gmail.com.

Mentors must pass a background check, take part in a brief training and commit to the full school year.

*Children’s names have been changed for confidentiality.

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POSITIVE EFFECTS OF HIP-HOP ➥KANEEM

Regardless of your race, social class, gender or place of birth, modern day hip-hop brings everyone together.

At most social events I’ve been to, whether it’s a wild party or chill night with friends, I tend to engage in the inevitable discussion of modern day hip-hop music. As I sit and share my opinions, there’s always the guy or girl that fires back, “This generation of rap music sucks. They all talk about the same shit!�

Whoa there. Lets take a step back and evaluate this.

But first, we need to discuss the elephant in the room; “What about all the bad stuff rappers say in hip hop?� Many hip-hop songs do indeed focus on “bitches,� money and weed. Additionally, many hip-hop lyrics contain a great deal of objectification of women.

Not too long ago, Rick Ross glorified date raping a woman in one of his songs.

He clearly states, “Put molly all in her champagne, she ain’t even know it, I took her and enjoyed that, she ain’t even know it.�

Lyrics such as these have no place in modern hip-hop, and quite frankly, anywhere.

Ross isn’t the only culprit of promoting violence against females. Rap legend Eminem has a long history of using lyrics that blatantly pertain to the abuse of women.

While modern rap has exemplified deplorable qualities, to only focus on these aspects would

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be close-minded. There are many songs, albums and artists who illustrate the positivity the genre brings.

Regardless of your race, social class, gender or place of birth, modern day hip-hop brings everyone together. Last year, while having a kickback with two of my roommates and their friends, we broke out Super Smash Bros. while we listened to music. In a room where no one looked like me, or may not have come from the same social class as me, I spent a good hour and a half arguing about rap music. We attempted to decipher lyrics, and argued about the top five artists of today.

Regardless of where anyone was from or who they were, we had a kick-ass time debating today’s rap music.

Our generation’s hip-hop is a lot more diverse than many people realize. Whatever the type of music you listen to, there’s something for everyone. Within hip-hop, there are subcategories that fall under the umbrella of rap. If you’re into a more mellow and relaxed style of music, artists such as Drake, A$AP Rocky and Action Bronson fit this mold quite well. For someone who enjoys a lot of bass, artists that may interest them include Future or Meek Mill. Hell, even if you enjoy southern music, artists such as Yelawolf and Big K.R.I.T. incorporate southern sounds into their work. Basically, our generation has music everyone can enjoy. I’ve yet to meet anyone who doesn’t like at least one rap song.

Many people don’t realize that our generation’s hip-hop music serves as a tool of empowerment.

The artists of our generation are not afraid to discuss political issues. Kendrick Lamar’s latest album, To Pimp a Butterfly, is a perfect testament to that. Fan favorite songs such as “Institutionalized,� “the Blacker the Berry � and “Alright� are songs that speak directly to the tensions between African Americans and white supremacists in America. Recently, at Cleveland State University, students began to sing “Alright� in order to address police brutality. Similarly, in his album, 2014 Forest Hill Drive, J. Cole also illustrates he isn’t afraid to be an advocate for the black community. On my personal favorite track, “January 28,� J. Cole rhymes “What’s the price for a black man life? I check the toe tag, not one zero in sight.� Here, he not only addresses the recent breakout of police brutality incidents, but also the blatant disregard for African-American lives in our society.

Although we don’t have legends such as Tupac Shakur or Biggie Smalls, to say our generation of hip-hop is nothing but substance-less noise is overkill. We can’t go back and be a part of an earlier generation. The negative perceptions of our generation’s rap music have clouded our ability to think about the positive results. So the next time you turn on your Spotify, be open minded and consider the positive effects of today’s rap music.

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Young Thug’s name may be generic, but his music is anything but. Here’s why you should see one of the world’s hottest MCs at the McDonald Theatre this Friday.

To fully appreciate the music of Young Thug, put away any notions that rap’s artistic value comes from how conscious, clever or fast the MC’s lyrics are, how many internal rhymes they use or how smooth their flow is. Put away any conceptions that the best rap is that which sounds closest to Nas’s Illmatic. Once you can do this, the discography of one of the most iconoclastic MCs of our time opens up, and you can enjoy his upcoming show on 8 p.m., Friday, Oct. 9 at the McDonald Theatre.

The most dazzling thing about Thug is just how much he’s capable of. On one track, he’s spitting red-blooded bars (“Old English�); on the next, he’s slurring and squealing incomprehensible vowel sounds (“Haiti Slang�). Every now and again, he delivers a stunning pop song (“Lifestyle.�) He releases albums and mixtapes at a prodigious rate and you never know what side of Thug you’ll see

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on his next release. He’s had four releases since April earlier this year – and that’s not counting his phenomenal collaboration with Jamie xx on the blissful summer track “I Know There’s Gonna Be (Good Times).� He’s preparing to drop another album, HiTunes. It could be a Top 40 album or three hours of pencil sharpener noises. You never know. It all depends on what the beat requires, and he seems to summon every verse effortlessly.

By some accounts, he doesn’t even write lyrics; he’ll doodle some shapes on a piece of paper and just go. This approach might seem reminiscent of his frenemy Lil Wayne. (Thug, along with frequent collaborator Birdman, were indicted on conspiracy charges after Wayne’s tour buses were shot up in Atlanta.)

Indeed, Thug is immensely indebted to Wayne, to the point of almost naming his studio debut Carter 6 after Wayne’s Tha Carter series, Thug has never made anything that felt like he was trying too hard. There is still a lot of creativity left in this man.

Getting into Thug requires an open mind,

and that’s not just to his music. He’s a troll of Bob Dylan proportions. He’s spoken out against mixing politics and music, yet he passionately shouts “R.I.P. Mike Brown� on “OD.� He’s fond of wearing women’s clothing and calling men “bae�; he denies gay rumors, but he’s only ramped up these effeminate qualities. And then there’s the whole Carter 6 thing. This April, he put out the album now called Barter 6. Iit sounds nothing like Lil Wayne whatsoever, but it’s one of the year’s best hip-hop albums.

Reviews of Thug shows have been mixed; some praise his onstage charisma, others criticize his famous incomprehensibility. It’s impossible to know what to expect from his McDonald show.

Thug is a lot of things – underground phenom, pop prodigy, prankster, uncompromising artist.

One thing he’s not is predictable.

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ACROSS

1 Father of Erebus and Nyx, in Greek myth 6 Depression common during childhood 12 New Deal prez 15 Tropical vine 16 Mountain overlooking Yerevan 17 Buried treasure?

18 K 20 Actress Thurman 21 Buddy 22 Bit of derring-do 23 Advanced course 25 Invalid 27 Protein constituent, informally 29 “My Dinner With ___” (1981 film) 30 W 33 Frank refusal?

34 Endeavor 35 Studio fee 37 Part of a fasces 38 P 43 Word after open or hot 46 Overnight, say 47 Postgraduate ordeals 51 “I’m dead” 53 F 57 Trivial Pursuit edition

59 Opposite of drop out 60 Ectoplasm, e.g.

61 Family feud?

63 James Merritt ___, pioneering lithographer 65 Setting for a grassy knoll 66 Choler 67 What six of this puzzle’s clues have been written with?

70 Where DeWitt Clinton was mayor: Abbr.

71 Easily attachable 72 Semblance 73 Roscoe 74 “Arrivederci!”

75 Professional pitch man?

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2 Affliction with many folk remedies 3 Needs for many digital cameras 4 United 5 Beach blanket?

6 Cocksure challenge 7 Containing element #77

8 Buddy 9 Kidnappee, e.g.

10 Partner of great 11 Root words 12 S 13 Classic Nintendo game similar to Tetris 14 Hit back?

19 Society affairs 24 Caravansary 26 Novelist O’Flaherty 28 What par isn’t for most golfers 31 Sailors’ ropes 32 Code material 36 Onetime lover of Riker on “Star Trek: T.N.G.” 39 Some of the French?

40 Octave, for one 41 Soba alternative 42 By that logic 43 Slice of ham?

44 “Tell me about it!”

45 L 48 Wind-blown 49 Tough pill to swallow?

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52 Bear ___ 54 Devout supplication 55 Enamored with 56 Proletarian 58 Deli selection 62 Word on a headstone

64 Use a scalpel on 68 Corp. milestone 69 Big bird

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