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JAN. 12, 2021

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DEFIANCE AND DIVERSITY IN A FORGOTTEN OREGON GHOST TOWN MAXVILLE, OREGON, ONCE FOSTERED A INTERRACIAL COMMUNITY OF LOGGERS, BUT THE GHOST TOWN WILL SOON COME TO LIFE WITH EDUCATIONAL AND HISTORICAL OPPORTUNITIES.

NEWS: INSTRUCTORS DEAL WITH ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS P. 3

A&C: MOVIES TURNING 20 IN 2021 P. 4

OPINION: COLLEGE ISN’T THE ONLY WAY TO SUCCEED P. 8

SPORTS: TE-HINA PAOPAO DESTINED FOR SUCCESS P. 9 T U E S D AY, J A N U A R Y 1 2 , 2 0 2 1

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‘I put out a lot more emotional labor than I normally do’ VOL. 122, ISSUE NO. 27

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BY SILAS SLOAN • TWITTER @SILASLOAN In response to students’ requests for class adjustments, United Academics released a statement Nov. 17 aimed at University of Oregon instructors, thanking them for their work and encouraging them to make flexible accommodations when needed.

“Our responses and our approach in this crucial moment will have outsized impacts on our students’ mental health and their academic success during this term and beyond,” the statement read.

Mike Urbancic, UA’s vice president for nontenure-track instructional faculty affairs, said that the idea to write the statement came at around week six of fall term, with the election and pandemic stacked on top of midterms.

“It became this issue where like, this is dramatic and hard not just for the students, of course, but for the faculty and everyone else,” said Urbancic. “[We thought] it might be a good reminder to faculty to say, ‘let’s approach this in a way that will be sensitive to those needs.’”

Urbancic, who is also a senior instructor in the department of economics, said that while teachers are able to make accommodations, this year has provided exceptionally challenging situations for teachers which makes these adjustments more difficult to work around.

When a student has a family member who is ill, or if they’re ill themselves and are being quarantined and might not have the necessary resources, Urbancic said the adjustments they need to make “go above and beyond the slack that was built into the course.”

Making these accommodations while keeping the course worthwhile can be a challenging balance to find for instructors.

In its statement, UA suggested actions such as dropping and re-weighting assignments.

Urbancic also said teachers can allow students to finish the course at a later time.

“It isn’t appropriate to cut away and truncate the course to the extent that we don’t feel comfortable offering credit for it,” said Urbancic.

And while it’s already a strain on

instructors to make these adjustments, there is also an added emotional toll. Avinnash Tiwari, an instructor in English and composition, said that hearing about issues that were piling up for students was tough. “I put out a lot more emotional labor than I normally do,” he said.

“I had several students who had older family members pass away because of COVID,” said Tiwari. “That was unique in the sense that I’ve never seen things compound so much for so many students, school, and work and family, and then potentially their own health.”

For winter term, instructors might have a better understanding of how to make appropriate class adjustments for students, but Tiwari said he is worried about the mental health struggles continuing. He believes the dark, rainy Oregon weather will stack up on existing issues and heighten the dreariness.

Tiwari said that it’s going to be a challenge to keep students engaged without overwhelming them.

“When are students gonna just hit that kind of level of diminished utility, where it’s just not going to be useful to be piling on more stuff for them?” he said. “I think I’m just gonna have to be ready to continue to be flexible.”

However, the added emotional toll on teachers doesn’t deter them from wanting to help students who need it. Urbancic said he understands that not every student may be comfortable asking for help, but if they are, UO faculty is there to help.

“Even though we might design some structures to try to build some flexibility in there, ultimately we won’t know what students are dealing with unless they tell us,” he said.

“I can almost guarantee you that if you’ll benefit from it, others in your class will as well,” said Tiwari.

“You’d be helping them out too.

(Courtesy of Mike Urbancic)

FLOODING EXPECTED IN WESTERN OREGON: Portland’s National Weather Service issued a flood advisory for Oregon’s north and central coast as meteorologists expect king tides Monday through Wednesday, according to KOIN. These high tides usually occur when the moon’s gravitational pull is strongest. A new moon begins Tuesday, causing water to reach Highway 126W Monday, according to KVAL. Forecasters also anticipate flooding in Western Oregon due to prolonged and heavy rain, according to KATU. – CLAIRE WARNER AVALOS MOVING TO BOISE STATE: Oregon football’s defensive coordinator, Andy Avalos, has been named the next head coach of the Boise State football program. Before Avalos was hired by Oregon head coach Mario Cristobal two seasons ago, he acted as Boise State’s defensive coordinator. Now, Cristobal must hastily search for a new defensive coordinator to head one of the nation’s youngest defenses.

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PORTLAND GRAPHIC NOVELS THRIVE: Young adult and middle grade graphic novels – for kids ages 7 to 12 – are climbing in sales and subject matter, Portland Monthly reported. Portland, along with Brooklyn and Chicago, is a cartooning central. With a growth in the young reader market, many cartoonists are switching their focus to this niche. Notable publications include 2015’s “Roller Girl,” an award-winning graphic novel by Victoria Jamieson, written and set in Portland.

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4 ESSENTIAL MOVIES TURNING 20 THIS YEAR

BY JENNAH PENDLETON • TWITTER @JENNAHPEN 2021 marks the twenty-year anniversary of an extremely influential year in culture and film. The films released in 2001 were unknowingly created on the precipice of a total cultural shift. The past two decades in film have been defined by advancements in technology that changed the way we make and consume movies. Our current cinematic landscape where we can stream nearly any movie – old or brand new – at home looks radically different than the days of either seeing a movie in the theater or awaiting the DVD release.

Looking back twenty years, which movies have sustained the test of time? These are some of the best films across different genres.

Best Franchise Film: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2001 was a huge year for the movie franchise. The first installments of “Harry Potter,” “The Lord of the Rings,” the “Ocean’s” series, “The Fast and the Furious” and “Shrek” all came out this year and are part of some of the most profitable film franchises ever produced. By now, many of these franchises have been milked to their last drop of creative worth, but it’s important to remember that “The Fellowship of the Ring” was a revelation in filmmaking, reigniting the fantasy genre and setting a gold standard for cinematography, visual effects and costuming.

Best Animated Film: Spirited Away Though “Shrek” was extremely influential on the animated film industry, won the first Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and remains popular to this day, no other film can overshadow the beauty of Hayao Miyazaki’s “Spirited Away.” It’s hard to sum up the experience of watching “Spirited Away” by only praising its lush animation and whimsical music or by dissecting its multilayered themes; it has proven to be a sensory and emotional experience that a person of almost any age or any culture can appreciate.

Best Comedy: Legally Blonde What may have been once viewed as a chick-flick about a girl reaching her dreams has aged like fine wine in the public consciousness. With the rise of fourthwave feminism, viewers recognize “Legally Blonde” as not just a film about girl power, but actual feminism. In the age of “Captain Marvel,” in which a strong female character basically holds all the same characteristics of a man but in a woman’s body, “Legally Blonde” still stands out as an example of how a woman can be smart and powerful while being unapologetically feminine. Reese Witherspoon’s portrayal of Elle Woods has undoubtedly inspired a generation of girls to find power in their femininity.

Best Drama: Mulholland Drive Often considered to be one of the best films of all time, “Mulholland Drive” is hard to define in any sense; the characters shift identities, the story is nonlinear and the film contains elements of many genres.

However, the dramatic tension and impending sense of terror qualify it to be most closely described as a drama.

Through “Mulholland Drive,” David Lynch exposes the wretchedness behind beauty. The disjointed structure and lack of an ultimate explanation for the plot might turn some viewers off, but if you give in to “dream logic,” you will be rewarded with a heartbreaking but breathtaking film that will undoubtedly haunt you.

The lobby of the theater is decorated with old movie posters and antique furniture. A church pew is used as lobby seating. Bijou Art Cinemas, a former church from 1925, is now a movie theater in showing mostly indie dramas and documentaries in Eugene, Ore. on Feb. 22, 2020.

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BRINGING A PIECE OF OREGON’S DIVERSE HISTORY BACK TO LIFE

BY GRACE MURRAY• TWITTER @GRACIEE_MURRAYY

“Timber Culture” is a traveling exhibit put on by the Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center that explores cultural heritage in the Pacific Northwest. (DL Young/Emerald)

“Timber!” Towering pines rip through the air sending sounds of cracking wood echoing through the neighboring trees before they settle with a thump on the forest floor. Burly loggers pull axes and saws from the bases of trees, their overalls, which are dirtied with sap, hang from their shoulders.

Photographs in “Timber Culture,” an exhibit on cultural heritage in the Pacific Northwest, capture the men of one of Oregon’s most dangerous yet fruitful industries hard at work in 1926.

Timber is a bustling industry that has thrived deep in the northern Oregon forest from the early 1900s into the present. The Bowman-Hicks Lumber Company created a flourishing remote logging community in the 1920s called Maxville, close to the border of Oregon and Washington. Maxville was home to a multicultural community of Black and White loggers and their families in a time when strict exclusionary laws made it illegal for Black people to live and work freely in Oregon. Maxville defied these laws which were considered unconstitutional and unenforceable according to national laws.

Gwendolyn Trice, founder and executive director of

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the Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center, has made discovering and unearthing Maxville and its history her life’s work. Her father, Lucky Trice, was a Black Maxville logger whose stories ignited her passion.

“There’s just no way to encapsulate what has been lost when you don’t include everyone when you’re telling history,” Trice said.

When Maxville was operating in the early 1900s, the Ku Klux Klan was rampant in Oregon and segregation was a normalized practice nationwide.

Their homes sat on opposite sides of the railroad tracks with segregated schools, but nonetheless the community members, both Black and White, worked together, supported one another and saved each other’s lives in logging accidents.

“Black timber workers have accounted for less than 1% of all Pacific Northwest timber workers from 1900 to the present,” Steven Beda, University of Oregon assistant professor in history and specialist in Pacific Northwest timber history, said.

When Maxville died out after a stock market crash in 1933, nearly all of its history faded with it.

Any knowledge of Maxville came from the stories

shared by the nearly 400 people who lived there.

For decades Oregon’s history books have depicted loggers solely as White men in White communities, erasing the hardworking People of Color from its history.

“It is this kind of aberration in the larger history,” Beda said. “It is a fascinating and important story, because when most people say Oregon history, they think White history and that is sometimes true, but it’s important to know that People of Color have been at the center of Oregon’s history and have critically shaped our state’s history.”

Trice founded the Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center, which is located in Joseph, Oregon, to share her discoveries with the world. Thus far she has accumulated video interviews, exhibitions, events, educational experiences and more. While Trice has a large collection of materials such as touching photos that display Black and White loggers and their families sitting shoulder to shoulder and smiling, her journey of sharing Maxville’s story and creating more opportunities is far from over.

COVER “She has a vision of Maxville’s potential and the possibilities, and she’s really good at articulating that,” Michelle Banks, president and co-founder of the African American Firefighter Museum, said about Trice. “She has a certain excitement about it that helps you kind of tune in and connect to the story.”

“It’s a fascinating and important story, because when most people say Oregon history, they think White history and that is sometimes true, but it’s important to know that People of Color have been at the center of Oregon’s history and have critically shaped our state’s history. ” STEVEN BEDA University of Oregon assistant professor

The Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center is in the process of raising funds to purchase all 96 acres of

Maxville’s original townsite as well as 144 acres of forested land surrounding it. The area is filled with wide open natural spaces and lush forests. Trice sees the land as 240 acres of infinite opportunity for the community, the Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center, local schools and the general public.

“My descendants lived on the land during the exclusionary laws between 1923 and 1926 and they couldn’t own land,” Trice said. “They really weren’t actually supposed to be here working and thriving in a good way, so to have that land owned by a nonprofit that’s Black-led is really pivotal.”

For years Maxville resided as a ghost town, but Trice has brought the site back to life. Upon purchasing the land Trice will begin a robust educational program that will offer outdoor school, archaeological research, Maxville historical information, forestry education and a stewardship of the land. Trice already recruited several local schools and universities to help her preserve and understand the land. The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History & Culture has offered support in helping to spread Maxville’s story nationally.

“It’s not just the past that we celebrate; it’s looking at what we’re doing today,” Trice said. “The space is really dedicated for education and learning and building a great space for everybody.”

The site holds remnants of Maxville’s past including railroad and logging equipment and a beautiful log cabin. Architect and historian Henry Kunowski and the Clackamas Community College preservation program saved the cabin by properly dismantling

Gwendolyn Trice, founder and executive director of the Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center, has made discovering Maxville and its history her life’s work.

it and storing it to be reassembled once the land is purchased.

“Gwen never fails to amaze me with her abilities of articulating her vision and bringing people together to share that experience,” Kunowski said. “I was so impressed with her vision that I felt it would be an honor to be able to help her accomplish that goal.”

Eastern Oregon University archaeology professor Rory Becker and his students have been observing the land for several months to document its state.

Becker intends to bring even more students to the site to utilize it as an educational tool once the land is purchased.

“I think that there is a lifetime of work out there archeologically speaking,” Becker said. “It also can provide training, education and real opportunities for folks to engage in that past.”

Trice has been hard at work planning and preparing so that the Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center can get to work as soon as the land is purchased.

Although the center received a $120,000 grant from The Meyer Memorial Trust to assist in the land acquisition and development, the fundraising process is still well underway with a long way to go before they will be able to begin the new plans.

“We’ll stop and look at how we preserve the space in perpetuity; that it will always be used for the intention that it is being built today,” Trice said.

“People just love history. They love to learn. They love to be on the grounds and explore the green spaces, and we want to make sure that it is continually being made available.”

“Timber Culture,” a traveling exhibit curated by the Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center, captures the unique history of an interracial Oregon logging community in the 1920s. (DL Young/Emerald)

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OPINION

COLLEGE ISN’T THE ONLY WAY TO SUCCEED

BY JAEL CALLOWAY • TWITTER @JAEL_CALLOWAY

Calloway: The mindset that college is the only path that will lead to success is disheartening. Alternatives need to be showcased and appreciated just as much as four-year universities are. When other pathways open up, individuals are able to focus on their passions instead of the societal pressure of getting a four-year degree.

College. The educational institution that American culture has painted as the ultimate promised land for all students. Except, it’s not. The mindset that college is the only path to success is not only wrong, it’s damaging. College can be wanted, or even needed, for certain skill sets, but there are other directions that can be just as rewarding. Considering how COVID-19 has restructured the college experience, now is the ideal time to evaluate if college is the right step.

I was only in the fifth grade the first time I was introduced to potential universities. My teacher lectured about the characteristics colleges sought in potential candidates and how, going forward, my fellow 10-year-olds and I could check off those boxes. From an early age, children across the U.S. are introduced to the mindset that college is the only place where success is sure to follow.

A New York Times article showcased just how young the new wave of college potentials is. 6-year-old Elizabeth Mangan was attending Johnsonville Elementary School in North Carolina when a Times reporter asked what college was. Elizabeth responded, “It’s someplace where you go to get your career.” When college is presented as the gateway to success in the early and formative years of our lives, that path will begin to morph into the only path. The idea of success quickly becomes dependent on college. All other avenues are shut down from the very beginning.

And as much as universities like flaunting their postgraduate employment rates, there is not, and never will be, a guarantee that a well-paying, enjoyable job is waiting for you. In fact, a 2020 New York Federal Reserve Bank report stated that recent “college graduates — those aged 22 to 27 with at least a bachelor’s degree — have a higher unemployment

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rate than the general public.”

While I do think it’s a good idea to introduce the idea and benefits of college at an early stage, I strongly believe that other options should be showcased as well. Schools should talk about apprenticeships, trade schools, entrepreneurship, volunteering and community or junior college just as much as they talk about four-year universities.

When alternatives are positively displayed it allows for individuals to focus on what interests them and for the restructuring of success, making passion and enthusiasm the driving forces behind decision making.

I’m not “anti-college,” nor is my goal to persuade other college students to drop out. I’m attending

the University of Oregon for a reason. The classes I’m taking and the technical skills I’m learning will benefit me and my future. What I’m trying to say is just because college was the right fit for me, it doesn’t mean it’s the right fit for everyone — and that’s okay.

Any path that will get you from point A to point B should and needs to be talked about and encouraged.

Because, ultimately, it’s not our paths that define us — it’s what we do on our paths that mold who we are and how our future will turn out.

A University of Oregon Student studies in the Lokey Science Complex on campus. (Marissa Willke/Emerald)

SPORTS

TE-HINA PAOPAO WAS DESTINED FOR SUCCESS SINCE AGE 10

BY CARLY EBISUYA • TWITTER @CARLYEBISUYA

In San Diego, a local gym was separated into two courts.

On one side was the upper grade team, and on the other was the lower grade team.

On the lower court, 10-year-old Te-Hina Paopao laced up her shoes to begin her practice drills.

One of Paopao’s coaches tapped on the shoulder of Terri Bamford — the head coach of the higher grade team — and said, “Hey, I think she needs to be up with you.”

It was clear at the age of 10 that she was at a skill level twice her age group. Since elementary school, she had the star power to later become one of the best out of San Diego.

Back in the gym, the 10-year-old jumped into the eighth grade drills seamlessly as if she had been practicing with them all along.

“T, you got it?” Bamford said.

“Yeah coach, I got it!” Paopao said.

Four years younger than her surrounding players, Paopao jumped into their flex offense with pure ease, taking the commanding role at point guard.

“At 10-years-old, she got it. She understood it,” Bamford said. “From then on, she was 10 and she played on my 16U travel team in the summer. She was 10 and was my starting point guard for the 16U team.”

Bamford went on to coach Paopao throughout her high school career at La Jolla Country Day, where the point guard eventually became a McDonald’s All-American and a 2020 California Gatorade State Player of the Year, among a plethora of other accolades.

WNBA star Kelsey Plum, who was also coached by Bamford, said that Paopao’s been ready to make the leap to college for quite some time.

“As an eighth grader, she was one of the top players in the country,” Bamford said. “Coaches all over were like, ‘She can start for me now at the college level.’”

Besides her work ethic, her basketball IQ is what separates her from others. Paopao’s ability to control the tempo on the offense has allowed her to open up opportunities for her teammates. She knows how and when to stop on a dime, make the defense freeze and make

decisions accordingly.

At practices, she would look at the practice plan and make sure she was on top of her game and the agenda for the day. She would push her teammates through some friendly trash talk, but it was all to let them know that she cared about them.

“She always came in ready to go with a big smile on her face,” Bamford said. “I don’t even remember her coming to practice in a bad mood or upset about something.

This is what she loves to do and she would just get after it.”

Even in her press conferences, Paopao is always smiling when answering questions. Oregon coach Kelly Graves even dubbed her smile “super infectious.”

By the time Paopao was ready to commit her junior year, she had the leadership skills, basketball IQ and incomparable work ethic to set the foundation for her career at Oregon.

As the second-youngest of six children, family was most important to her and ultimately one of the deciding factors in her decision to commit to the Ducks.

Knowing that her uncle, Oregon football associate head coach and defensive line coach Joe Salave’a, was also in Eugene made it an easy choice.

Coming into Eugene, the 5-foot-9 guard is Oregon’s first true freshman point guard since Sabrina Ionescu in 2016. She shares the same star power and freshman repertoire to Ionescu as well.

After Oregon’s Big-Three era, the No. 11 overall prospect has proved to be a young weapon that the Ducks need. Her versatility has been on display so far

Ducks guard Te-Hina PaoPao (12) brings the ball into play. Oregon Ducks take on the Oregon State Beavers at Gill Coliseum in Corvallis, Ore., on Dec. 13, 2020.

(Kimberly Harris/Emerald)

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SPORTS this season with her breakout game against rival Oregon State, posting 22 points and 4-for-5 shooting from behind the arc. In the last three games of Pac-12 play in 2020, she averaged 11.6 points per game and continues to fill the stat sheet in her minutes played.

With five freshmen on the team, Graves continually emphasized that each player needs to find their niche in order to receive consistent playing time and stay in the rotation.

“Te-Hina’s skillset is incredible,” Graves said. “She reminds me of Sabrina [Ionescu] in her ability to affect the game in so many ways. She is a strong rebounder, an uncanny passer and an elite threepoint shooter.

She’s an unselfish teammate, a hard worker who always plays the game with a huge smile and a baller to the max with a really high basketball IQ.” Her ability to control the game’s pace and tempo as well as her poise and leadership skills

have earned her a starting point guard position this season and will surely aid the team moving forward.

“I love that kid, I tell ya,” Graves said. “She’s a really special and great player.”

AlumnI TAKE FLIGHT Tahni Kalina

UO Alumni share career lessons they’ve learned

Job Title: Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker Major: Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Psychology Graduated: 1992 Tahni Kalina graduated from the University of Oregon in 1992 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology.

Kalina jumped straight into social work out of college, later earning a master’s degree in social work from Eastern Washington University. She now runs a private practice as an independent clinical social worker for adults and adolescents.

What kind of leadership skills do you admire the most?

I’ve always admired people who are very authentic. If they’re willing to put in the time with you to the point where you feel like they are a partner in your success, that’s great. It’s nice when people are encouraging, and that they point out things you need to work on, but in a kind and respectful way. Those qualities make for a great leader and are things I try to practice and keep in mind for my own practice.

Ducks guard Te-Hina Paopao (12) passes to Ducks guard Jaz Shelley (4). Oregon Ducks take on the Oregon State Beavers at Gill Coliseum in Corvallis, Ore., on Dec. 13, 2020. (Kimberly Harris/Emerald)

She is a strong rebounder, an uncanny passer and an elite three-point shooter. She’s an unselfish teammate, a hard worker who always plays the game with a huge smile and a baller to the max with a really high basketball IQ.”

How does being in a leadership position affect the way you communicate with colleagues and clients?

With clients, it’s really important to be mindful that they look to you as the expert and be aware that what I say can have a lot of impact, so I need to choose my words carefully. Paying attention to key details like the tone and body language when I’m hearing their stories and sharing ideas with them helps the conversation stay constructive and balance out that dynamic. I conduct a lot of conversations around healthy communication and different ways to strive for that.

What advice would you give to current UO students as they’re trying to navigate a notably non-traditional university experience?

I think self-compassion is important, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t hard. Going from learning in-person where you get rich discussion and interaction to doing all of that online is tough. If students are receiving grades or results that they aren’t used to receiving, just showing yourself some grace and engaging in self-care activities is always important, especially now.

Read the full interview at uoalumni.com/careerprofiles

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