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This weekend, Mark Lewis, the late part-time instructor at the University of Oregon’s School of Journalism and Communication, will be remembered by Eugene’s Flex Studio during its third annual “Flex-ol-o-gy� benefit concert. The concert will include a dance performance inspired by a steampunk aesthetic and mythological folklore, and will feature Lewis’ narration from Anna & The Sun, a story which he published in 2011.
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Lewis, who died in Dec. 2014 at age 60, was a two-time Emmy-winning actor for his program Word Pictures, a storytelling program filmed in Chicago. Lewis was renowned for his voice acting work in TV and film; he played in local theatre company Radio Redux’s production of Robin Hood and his voice can still be heard on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disneyland. His television work also included roles in the series Grimm and Leverage.
The concert will be at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 20 at the Ragozzino Performance Hall at Lane Community College (4000 E 30th Ave). All proceeds will benefit the “Make It Real� Mark Lewis Foundation. Tickets for the benefit concert are $15 and can be purchased via email through Flex Studios at flexstudios@yahoo.com, or by calling (503) 812-2574.
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Aloha Friday at Cozmic 5 p.m., 199 West 8th Street, free but donations encouraged This Friday, UO Hawaii Club members take the stage for a special talent show. The evening starts at 5 p.m. with a variety of pre-show activities, like music by Allen McWayne, food by Whirled Pies and EDKH, “lomilomi massage� and an arts and crafts table. The talent show, which promises “student made videos and lots of hula,� lasts from 6-7:30 p.m.
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Metric aMetric at McDonald Theater 8 p.m., 1010 Willamette Street, $26 for general admission Indie rock band Metric is in town this weekend, on their I Can See The End Tour with opener Joywave. The Canadian band has been together for 15 years and continues to push out albums, rocking to their sixth: Pagans in Paradise.
Sunday 2/21 Mardi Gras 5K 3 p.m., 488 Lincoln Street, $20-$25, 21+ This race, presented by Oregon Wine Labs, is for “people who like to party.� True to the Mardi Gras spirit (even if it is a few weeks late), the race will consist of live New Orleans jazz music, and runners are encouraged to wear masks, beads and costumes. Runners start and finish at the Oregon Wine Lab, where they can celebrate with tastings.
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Famine Fest 2016 6 p.m., 2100 NE Sandy Blvd., $20, 21+ This heavy metal concert is not for the average concert-goer, as the Willamette Week deems it “a headache of bands whose live shows are the equivalent of sticking your head inside a jet engine.� But for those who want to be able to say they spent the night watching death metal bands trying to make the audience’s ears bleed, Famine Fest is perfect.
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Prohibition Party @ Circa 33 7 p.m., 3348 SE Belmont Ave., free entry, 21+ Circa 33’s fifth annual Prohibition Party is back in Portland, and guests are encouraged to come dressed in their best 1930s costumes for a night of craft cocktails, live music, and speakeasy gin-joint festivities. Basso a Deux will be performing authentic “jazz, bootlegger folk music and cocktail party classics.�
Sunday 2/21 39th Annual Portland International Film Festival, All day Sunday, various Portland cinemas, $12 per film The Portland International Film Festival lasts from Feb. 11-27, and Sunday is a perfect day to attend one (or more) of the 21 films being screened. With the filmmakers sitting in the audience and giving personal speeches before or after some of their films, cinephiles are sure to enjoy the intimate settings and independent art screenings.
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THE CRITICAL SHAKES JAMMING LIVE AND LOUD ACROSS EUGENE ➥ DANIEL
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At The Critical Shakes’ first show, everyone left. “They were afraid for their hearing,� said drummer-vocalist Jordan Blaisdell of the audience, comprised entirely of speech pathology majors. “It was important for their work, you know.� But it didn’t matter to Blaisdell or his bandmate, guitarist Davey Beebe. They don’t care about being famous. Their biggest ambition is to sustain what they have — a stable and convenient two-man lineup, a relentless gigging schedule and a place to practice together. In fact, there’s not much more that they really care about. Their lyrics often devolve into phonetic gibberish. Blaisdell will take every opportunity to tell you he can’t sing. Musically, their only credo is not to cover anything too
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close to their sound — which, for this selfproclaimed “loud screaming hard band that isn’t metal,� means Queens of the Stone Age is a nono and No Doubt is a go-go. What’s clear is that they’re one of the most energetic and performance-savvy bands on the Eugene music scene. This has to do in part with their cover repertoire. But their live dynamic is almost too good to be true. Beebe, beardless and lanky, gracefully orbits his burlier and frequently shirtless bandmate, who remains perpetually glued to his drum seat while screaming himself hoarse. “Davey can control what he’s doing,� said Blaisdell. “Sometimes Davey’s laid back, sometimes Davey’s going crazy. But for me it’s 90 to 100 percent of everything I have all the time.� This is in part for cathartic reasons. Blaisdell, a University of Oregon graduate, formed The Critical Shakes after a brief sojourn in San Francisco — technically for a job, mostly for a girl. Their relationship went sour, and Blaisdell found himself with the world open to him. “I was basically at a crossroad in my life,� Blaisdell said. “I didn’t have any student debt and I’d saved up a lot of money and I was at a point where I could do whatever the fuck I wanted.�
While a student, he’d jammed intermittently with Beebe, whom he’d met through a mutual friend. Out of his desire to play music, Blaisdell moved back to Eugene, and the two made the band official. Blaisdell, then sleeping on couches, moved into Beebe’s house not long after. Since then, they’ve played more gigs than they can keep track of, appearing on countless marquees due to their attempts to play every venue in Eugene once a month. They haven’t played any major venues like the W.O.W. Hall yet, but they did open for well-known queer punk band PWR BTTM at the Boreal — before immediately departing to play a gig at the Campbell Club. “I’m a straight addict,� Blaisdell says of the band’s innumerable shows. “Sometimes I’m stoked for a show not because people are gonna be there but because I just need to play.� It’s easy for the Shakes to keep this schedule due to their convenient situation; they’re a duo and they live together, so organizing a gig can be as simple as a brief hallway chat. But they’re still open to the possibility of hiring a singer. “It’d take away from what we have,� Blaisdell said. “It’d neuter the only cool thing about us. But he or she is maybe out there. When you find the right person, it’s easy.�the right person, it’s easy.�
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How do you handle not climaxing during sex? “How do you handle not being able to climax during a session in which your partner has multiple orgasms? ” - Blessing and a curse
Dear Blessing and a curse,
From your legal name, I get the sense that you feel slightly ambiguous about your question. On one hand, you like the fact that you can please your sexual partner and it’s kind of satisfying to know that they enjoy it. It’s important in any sexual relationship to hold up your end of the give-and-take; it’s immensely gratifying when your partner is enjoying it. On the other hand, you feel like you might be missing out on the satisfaction or maybe you want to share in that satisfaction, not just that you want to orgasm, but that you want to orgasm with your partner! There’s something wonderful about a sexual relationship because you share these feelings together. Not being able to orgasm may come from under-stimulation, not being in the right mindset or maybe focusing too heavily on your partner and not on yourself. First and foremost, try to relax when you’re doing the deed. You might be too preoccupied or worried about your partner and can’t really get in the mood. At the same time, avoid drinking too. Alcohol won’t do you any favors in this scenario. Secondly, don’t feel coerced into sleeping with someone if you don’t want to. What I’m saying is: it’s hard to enjoy sex if you don’t want to do it, if you’re not in the right frame of mind or if it’s just too physically exhausting to accomplish. But if you feel relaxed, the mood is right and you want to have sex, you might just be a little understimulated. Foreplay helps with that — it helps a lot! Try spending more time touching each other before you have sex, so as to get some of the pre-stimulation you deserve. This may even make you more excited about having sex and will be a mutual turn-on. Even in sex-only relationships, honesty and communication are essential. The reason people often fear communication is because you don’t know how the other person will react. That can be pretty scary. Especially in sexual relationships, people are very vulnerable and exposed with their partner. This is why communication needs to be considerate and gentle, but still honest. So how do you be gentle, tactful and also frank? Sharing with your partner that you’re completely unsatisfied is probably not the right choice. Before you have sex, ask if your partner will touch you in a way that you like or simply tell them if you like when they do something in particular. You don’t need to say that you never orgasm. Unless you feel like you need to tell your partner, this can be a time for selfexploration and finding what you like in sex. Before you make it a relationship crisis, know that you can take control of your body too! Hope you screw the curse and get to screwing,
Braedon Kwiecien
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One of the best things about music is its ability to paint a picture, to pull on the strings of nostalgia and elicit specific images and feelings unique to each listener. New York artist Porches (Aaron Maine) has always seemed to do this with ease, and the ambiguous imagery continues on his second studio album, Pool. In Porches’ first album, Slow Dance in the Cosmos (2013), Maine makes use of a mix of live instrumentation, through both electric and acoustic guitar (see the songs: “Skinny Trees� and “Xanny Bar�), as well as a dash of electronic elements — bassy synth and electronic drum tracks (“After Glow�). Maine created the sound that is now so inherently Porches in Slow Dance: a dark, ominous, intensely emotional sound that still brushes against tenderness and intimacy. In Pool, which came out on Feb. 5, Porches amplifies this very distinct, visceral style of songwriting by turning the tables: adopting a slew of electronic music elements and forgoing
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live instrumentation, with only a few, sparse exceptions, like the saxophone in “Shaver� and guitar in “Car.� The overall picture that Pool paints isn’t necessarily concrete, but mostly draws forth imagery of pure darkness contrasted with some sort of vibrancy — imagery that tangentially connects the dark elements of Maine’s musical style with the warmer melodic and lyrical content. When listening to Pool, it is easy to picture a dark, smoke-filled club with neon lights muffled by the haze, or driving past city lights late at night, something included in the music video for “Hour.� Regardless of what the specific imagery is, Porches’ music has always had the ability to latch on to its listener and portray something much bigger than just a composite of sounds. Pool’s opener “Underwater,� is led by airy synthesizer and groove-heavy, Tame Impalaesque bass. Even though it’s easy to pick out other artists’ influences in the instrumentals of
“Underwater� and other tracks on the album, as soon as Maine’s unmistakable croon enters, it’s clear that this song couldn’t have been crafted by anyone else. Though Porches’ use of solely electronic elements is cold and mechanical in some ways, Maine’s personal and passionate songwriting easily warms it. Maine’s girlfriend, Greta Kline (aka Frankie Cosmos), adds floating, echoing backing vocals on many of Pool’s tracks that pull in a sense of affection and closeness that can sometimes be difficult to generate in electronic-pop music. Pool sticks to its namesake, providing a fluid, immersive mass of songs. The release also serves as proof that regardless of what musical styling Porches chooses to undertake, the feeling and overall vibe produced will undoubtedly be Porches. Pool seamlessly grasps at delicacy and intensity in equally forceful attempts, making it a clearly enjoyable release from first listen, and one sure to linger on after the last song.
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‘VINYL’ IS AN ASTONISHINGLY DETAILED, COCAINE-ERA ‘MAD MEN’ ➥ CHRIS
BERG, @CHRISBERG25
Few periods of American history personify excess like the 1970s. Flamboyance colored every piece of media — from the fashion, to the drama, to the music. Vinyl, the latest from Boardwalk Empire creators Terence Winter and Martin Scorsese, takes this mirror-ball era and focuses in on the gears that kept it turning. Set in 1973, Vinyl is a dramatization of the record industry at its most powerful state. Bobby Cannavale (Boardwalk Empire) plays Richie Finestra, the self-destructive CEO of American Century. He’s the patriarch of a label on the decline, struggling to find the future in a constantly changing landscape. Richie is the soul of Vinyl, a larger than-life personality with hidden sensitivity. The pilot does a wonderful job of establishing this character’s arc and even betraying audience expectations for what a TV protagonist needs to be. The pilot for Vinyl clocks in at just under two hours, a feature-length epic directed by Scorsese himself. His iconic visual style is working overtime, subtly conveying all of the drama in even the most mundane character interactions. The recreation of ‘70s NYC is astonishingly detailed, right down to the legendary songs that score the episode. It’s a production as luxurious as the world it portrays. When working within such an iconic period, it’d be easy for Vinyl to fall into a trap of hero worship. Fortunately, it uses a blend of reality and fiction to craft a drama that is both novel and familiar. The central label, American Century, is fictional, but it hosts both real and invented artists. For the most part, the line is acceptably blurred – though like many contemporary period pieces, it can’t help but write scenes with impeccable foresight. (At one point Richie hears the first ABBA single and knows “within three bars that they’ll be filling stadiums.�)
Cannavale carries the pilot due to a supporting cast of characters that come off as immemorable. The supplementary staff of American Century contain all the archetypes that you’ve come to expect from this breed of workplace drama. You’ve got the ambitious secretary with her heart set on cracking into the boy’s club. There’s the awkward low-level executive who will inevitably be her love interest. Olivia Wilde seems largely wasted as Richie’s wife, giving a strong performance but remaining resigned to the background. I will commend one secondary character of Vinyl –
Lester Grimes (Ato Essandoh), who has a stunning arc within the pilot and seems to be set up as a tremendous force within the world. Even just one episode in, Vinyl is right at home among HBO’s long catalog of prestige dramas. It creates a vibrant world that sucks the viewer right in thanks to a commanding lead performance and eccentric production. While it’s unclear if the brightest spots of Vinyl will stick around for the full series, the pilot is worth your time. It’s a cocaine-era Mad Men that could prove to hit the same heights.
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Hoverboards, the hands-free two-wheeled motorized scooters, are being banned from college campuses across the country. The University of Oregon banned the devices on Jan. 25 by adopting an emergency policy that went into effect the day it was announced. President Michael Schill approved the policy on Jan. 20. The policy bans the devices from all campus buildings, including residence halls. Hoverboard riders are not only banned from riding the boards, but from possessing them in a building. The boards can be used on campus in outside areas, the university confirmed, but they cannot be brought inside, making it difficult for students to ride them to class. The university views the boards as an extreme fire concern. “The concern was raised by the fire marshal due to reports of fires related to the lithium ion batteries used in the devices,� Enterprise Risk Services Communications Director Julie Brown said. Videos of the boards catching fire through seemingly spontaneous combustion have been spreading across social media like wildfire, a spark that caused the Consumer Product Safety Commission to issue a statement warning consumers about the dangers of the product. Lithium ion batteries are used in smart phones, tablets and laptops, but their use in a moving device -one that gets knocked around with natural use- adds an element of danger. The inside of these batteries are liquid, with a positive side and a negative side separated by a thin sheet of metal. If that metal is punctured slightly, exposing the
liquids to each other, it can cause the batteries to overheat almost instantly. While a rough hit may be the cause of the puncture, the high rates of explosions in hoverboards specifically, and often while the devices are charging, point toward defective batteries caused by cheap production. But even smart phones took some heat in 2004, when dozens of reports came in of cell phone batteries exploding. On the UO campus, violating the policy is not a criminal offense, but can cause the perpetrator to be removed from campus or fined. “The guidance is similar to the policy on skateboards and rollerskates,� said Julie Brown. The “no skateboard and rollerskates� policy states that any building manager, dean or security officer can force violators off campus. Since the hoverboard policy was enacted as an emergency, there is no language detailing the repercussions of violating the policy. Since hoverboards were banned immediately from all residence halls, the university has offered a, fireproof storage facility for them while students find a permanent area to store them. “Our fire marshal worked with housing to make a secure storage facility available to students who may need to wait to permanently relocate the device,� Brown said. Either there aren’t any hoverboards in the dorms, or students aren’t taking the ban very seriously. “No one has transferred a hoverboard into the storage area,� Brown said. “It’s an empty storage room.� B Y N O A H M C G R AW, @ M C N O A H M C G R AW
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Despite meeting legal requirements, some areas of the UO campus are difficult for students with disabilities to access.
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The AccessABILITY Student Union and ASUO senators are working together to move the University of Oregon to the forefront of higher education institutions that are universally accessible for students with disabilities. At the Jan. 6 ASUO Senate meeting, the senate approved a resolution to create a working group to collaborate with members of the AASU. Since that meeting, the two groups have been planning to introduce a ballot measure next term that would make the ASUO and UO more accessible through universal design — the idea of producing buildings and environments that are accessible to people with and without disabilities. The creation of this new measure arose when the AASU was unable to submit its documents to ASUO to receive its yearly budget. Nocona Pewewardy, vice president of AASU, said completing the process can be difficult for students who are busy or have disabilities that limit their mobility. Although the ASUO accommodates students with disabilities through its processes, ASUO Chief of Staff Casey Edwards said that there are no specific policies in place for accessibility purposes. “We have done a lot of work regarding accessibility. We change policies and procedures to allow students more access and accommodations. [However], we want something more set in stone and longlasting,� Edwards said. In addition to problems with the budget process, the AASU was unable to receive an office space in the EMU from 2008-2014 because it lacked accessible spaces for the group. In March 2014, AASU was approved for space in the Multicultural Center, which is currently accessible to all students.
The group will be able to move into the office after remodeling of the EMU is complete. But although the EMU may comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act — the law that requires public buildings to be accessible for people with disabilities — Pewewardy said it is much more difficult for institutions to fit “the spirit of the law� because some portions of the EMU, such as the Mills Center, are not actually accessible. Senator Quinn Haaga says that the senate initially planned to pass a resolution to help accommodate students with disabilities. However, resolutions are only temporary and any subsequent senate body is not required to adhere to past resolutions. In order to create more permanent change, Edwards said passing a ballot measure that changes the Green Tape Notebook, the bylaws by which ASUO operates, would bind future student bodies to commit to making the UO more accessible for students. With the AASU and ASUO working together, Haaga is optimistic that they will be able to make lasting change through this measure. “[Nocona and I] both want to see change in the university and she has the framework to make that happen,� Haaga said. Although the groups have not yet finalized the measure, Pewewardy said the measure will be a huge step forward for the UO. “If students pass a ballot measure in support of universal design, we will create an example for UO administration and academic departments [to] provide a foundation for our successors to build from to make UO’s pride a more authentic experience for students,� Pewewardy said. B Y M I L E S T R I N I DA D, @ M I L E S _ T R I N I DA D
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THE EUGENE MUSIC SCENE’S DARK SIDE
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he music scene in Eugene, as in any decent-sized town, has a few basic strata. There are big venues like Matthew Knight Arena and the Cuthbert Amphitheater, and there are smaller ones like the W.O.W. Hall, where indie bands cut their teeth. There are the bars — maybe an all-ages venue or two. There are the bluegrass purgatories known as food festivals and farmer’s markets. These are all pretty easy to find. Then there’s the house show scene, invisible to local event listings. This is where those bands you might have vaguely noticed at Black Forest or Sam Bond’s stretch out, swig some whiskey, bare their teeth and bust out the 20-minute jams. And even if they’re absolutely godawful, the crowd will still dance. “It’s romantic,� said Isaac Griffin, lead singer of Eugene band The Slumps and a senior at the University of Oregon. He’s organized house shows at his various residences over the years. “Kids come out who don’t even like rock ’n’ roll — they’re into folk or EDM, and they’re digging this grunge garage rock that’s loud and fast.� “You get to see these acts that are way the fuck out there that would never make it in the bar scene,� said Aidan D’Angelo, a UO sophomore whose band Spiller regularly plays house shows both in the campus area and in the Whiteaker neighborhood. House shows tend to be cramped and poorly promoted. Bands rarely give their “best� performances, and there’s a good chance the police will show up on any given night if a neighbor makes a noise complaint. But house shows are a staple of both the music scene and party scene in Eugene, and local bands leap at the chance to play them. Bands like Pluto the Planet find that the often formal atmosphere of bar shows scarcely compares to the anything-goes attitude of house shows. “At a bar show, you want to leave a good taste with your original music. But with a house show, we bust out the covers,� said Pluto the Planet member Cameron Lister. “We’ll pull out ‘Freebird’ and jam on it for a long time. That’s why house shows are so fun — you can do things like that.� The house show scene is the perfect stomping ground for bands like Sleep Inertia, whose decidedly bar-unfriendly shows often involve video projections, extended improvisation and drummer T.J. Martin-Lokey painting in the background. Martin-Lokey, who also books shows at both bars and houses, sees house shows as a more music-focused experience than bar shows. “When you play at a house you connect with people on a more emotional level, as opposed to people spending money at a bar to just get drunk
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and not necessarily being there for the music,� he said. “It’s more of a musical event. For me that’s the entire point of it.� Any show at a place people live can be termed a “house show.� They can vary from informal gatherings to regular, scheduled occurrences at places that are practically venues. The former tends to occur more in the campus area, where the population is more dense and noise complaints are more common. Though house shows are legal, it’s easy to make enough noise to lead one of the neighbors to call the police. Artesia Hubbard is a UO junior who fell in love with the house show scene upon her arrival in Eugene. She convinced her roommates to help her put one on at their house just south of campus. Yet they quickly found organizing a house show wasn’t as easy as
just booking a couple bands and inviting a few friends. “We got seven noise complaints and a letter from the university, and the cops showed up,� she said. “We learned our lesson from that.� For the next show, Hubbard and her roommates knocked on the neighbors’ doors and gave out their numbers. That way, they figured, the neighbors could just call them and politely ask them to shut the show down rather than having to call the police. “A few of them did text us,� she said. “I had my phone on me the whole night, so we shut down the party and there were no cops.� Since then, they’ve made this routine, and none of the house shows they’ve organized have been busted.
Soccer Babes, (from left to right) Matt Harman, Myles Field and Kevin McDonald, playing a show at The Ant House. (Cole Elsasser)
If a noise complaint is filed, organizers must empty their house or face a $375 base fine. House show organizers are nearly always compliant, so attendees should prepare to be shooed out. It’s easier to have successful house shows in more sparsely populated areas — including the Whiteaker, home of The Ant House. The Ant House is the residence of three former members of the band Empty Weather, who realized their basement was perfect for shows after jamming there for a year with no incident. Its shows, hosted about twice a month, are relegated to the basement. So far they’ve had no issues with noise. “Cops have only come by once, just to tell people to keep the drinking off the sidewalk,” said Ant House resident Connor Cook. “Our neighbors love us, so that’s not a problem. Nobody gets hurt — everyone’s pretty respectful.”
The Ant House is small and cramped, and its clientele largely consists of a handful of close friends from the Whiteaker scene. The bands it books are also consistent; most shows feature The Critical Shakes, whose lead singer Davey Beebe is a resident. In addition to noise, the presence of underage revelers is a major concern among the residents of The Ant House, and as such, the house does not allow minors. As most of The Ant House’s regulars are UO graduates now residing in the Whiteaker, the house is able to enforce a 21-and-up policy while still packing the floor. Yet Cook fears if The Ant House gets any more attention, it may potentially attract revelers unfamiliar with its climate. If the basement cannot fit a show’s audience, showgoers may end up spilling into the rest of the house or even the street, potentially attracting noise complaints.
Cook and the other members of The Ant House have no qualms about kicking out anyone who breaks the rules or poses a potential threat to audience members or house residents. “We’re not trying to be a legit venue,” said Cook. “This is still my home, our home. We’re just trying to keep it as it is.” The house show scene is quite exclusive, and organizers don’t make it easy to find their events. But those connected with the music scene can actually find them with ease. According to D’Angelo, the best way to find out about house shows is to follow local bands. “Find out what bands are playing at the bars and go on their Facebook pages and see if they’re playing a house show,” D’Angelo said. “Then come out and jam.” Editor’s Note: the Emerald’s associate news editor, Noah McGraw, is a member of The Slumps. T H U R S D AY, F E B R U A R Y 1 8 , 2 0 1 6
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JAYSON AMOS AND ARMANDO SOEMARNO,
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Jayson Amos admits that when it comes to doubles tennis, he and his partner, Armando Soemarno, have little regard for defense. So far, it hasn’t mattered. The duo is 9-2 in doubles matches this season and has quietly become one of the most important parts of an Oregon team that is off to its best start in the past decade. Neither of them is the most highly-touted player on the team, but Amos and Soemarno have produced remarkably consistent results while playing an inconsistent brand of tennis. They have won their last four doubles matches while playing in the No. 1 spot for the Ducks, despite trailing by at least two games in all four of those matches. They often surrender points early because they are extremely aggressive offensively, but when they are clicking, that same aggressive style swings momentum in their favor and helps them pile up points late in matches. In a home match against No. 46 ranked Louisville on Feb. 6, Amos and Soemarno trailed 3-1 to Alex Gornet and Jeff Brown, the No. 57 ranked doubles pair in the nation at the time. Amos and Soemarno calmly won the next three games and pushed Gornet and Brown to a 6-6 tiebreaker; the match eventually ended as a non-scored draw because Oregon had already clinched the doubles point. It was just one example of the Duck duo flirting with disaster early in a match, only to rally back and shock a top-ranked opponent. “We are very aggressive, and I think that’s our strength,” Soemarno said following Oregon’s win over Louisville. “It’s very fun, actually. With defense, you’re just waiting for someone to miss. With offense, you’re making winners and it feels amazing to pump up the crowd.” PA G E 1 2
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Soemarno, a freshman from Jakarta, Indonesia, and Amos, a junior from Mission Viejo, California, have been playing together since last fall and have already solidified themselves in the No. 1 spot for Oregon, which boasts a .729 winning percentage in doubles matches this year. In a short time, they have created the type of chemistry that takes some players years to formulate. “[Soemarno] moves really good and he understands the game. He’s always in the right position,” Oregon head coach Nils Schyllander said. “Jayson is a guy who can play anywhere in the rotation.” Amos and Soemarno are 5-1 while playing in the No. 1 spot and 1-1 against nationally ranked opponents. While they consistently provide winning results in the top spot, they also provide the Ducks with the luxury of depth. Many teams prefer to play their top two singles players at the No. 1 doubles spot, but that isn’t the case with the Ducks. Soemarno hasn’t cracked consistent playing time in the singles rotation so far this year, and Amos has played almost exclusively in the No. 4 spot, where he has posted a 6-1 record. Soemarno and Amos have had success so far in the No. 1 doubles spot, which allowed Daan Maasland and Simon Stevens, who were nationally ranked as a doubles pair during the fall, to slide into the No. 2 spot, where they have posted a 7-1 record. “Having Daan and Simon play number-two is a luxury because they’re a very good team too,” Amos said. “That gives us confidence to swing freely at our opponents. “If you can take out a number-one doubles team from a Pac-12 school, you’re doing your job well.” B Y J A R R I D D E N N E Y, @ J A R R I D _ D E N N E Y
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OREGON SOFTBALL IS HEADING TO LOUISIANA
BATTLE IN THE BAYOU One week into the season, No. 6 Oregon softball finds itself going up against one of the toughest teams in the nation. If last week’s opening weekend was just a warmup, the Ducks will have to be fully ready for a series versus No. 7 Louisiana-Lafayette. “It’s going to be a tough environment,” Oregon head coach Mike White said. “Obviously, we want to try and win two out of three against them.” Oregon opened its 2016 season by going 5-1 in last week’s Kajikawa Classic in Tempe, Arizona. The Ducks earned a pair of victories on Friday and another Saturday morning, before falling to No. 18 Kentucky in the nightcap. They rebounded with a pair of victories on Sunday to close out the tournament. Koral Costa and Nikki Udria led Oregon on offense. Costa hit a team-high .563 (9-for-16) with three doubles and a homerun, while Udria hit .467 (7-for-15) with team-highs of three homeruns and eight RBI. “Not that I have a pretty good understanding of what kind of hitter I am, I’m really focusing on just trying to use my legs more,” Udria said. The Ducks routinely struggled in the early parts of the game on offense. Rarely did Oregon execute with runners on base. But come the halfway mark, the offense came to life. During the tournament, the Ducks scored a combined 15 runs within the first three innings, but exploded for 34 runs over the next four innings, including a whopping 14 runs in the sixth inning. Cheridan Hawkins is widely regarded as one of the best pitchers in the nation, but she got off to a slow start in Arizona, amassing a 2-1 record with one save. Her one loss
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came against Kentucky, when she gave up five runs, including a grand slam, in three innings pitched. She rebounded from that performance with a dominant complete game onehitter against Boston College to end the weekend. “I definitely need to work on just bouncing back a little better and just be aggressive,” Hawkins said. While Hawkins struggled, freshman Megan Kleist shined. Kleist went 3-0 during the tournament, throwing every day and finishing with a 1.38 ERA. Her first outing was a six inning, two-hit performance against Georgia State. “She pitched extremely well for us,” White said. “Hopefully she can continue to do that going into this weekend.” In order to beat LouisianaLafayette, Hawkins and Kleist need to become a powerful duo. Louisiana-Lafayette is led on offense by power-hitting Lexie Elkins, who is hitting .667 (10-for-15) on the season with five home runs, two doubles and 14 RBI. Also, Haley Hayden is batting .529 (9-for-17) and four other players have hit homeruns for a team batting .410 on the season. Alex Stewart is the ace for the Ragin Cajuns. She’s 3-0 with a .5 ERA. Stewart has thrown 14 innings and has given up one earned run with 16 strikeouts and 12 hits. The first two games of the threegame series takes place on Friday at 12 p.m. and 3 p.m. The series wraps up on Saturday at 11 a.m. Oregon will play two more games on this road trip, facing Central Arkansas on Saturday at 1:30 p.m. and Sunday at 8 a.m.
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Oregon men’s basketball came back down to earth after losing to Cal and Stanford on the road last weekend. The two losses were the Ducks’ second and third lowest scoring outputs on the road, respectively, in the Pac-12. As a result, the Ducks’ scoring average dropped to 76.6 points per game, placing them fifth among Pac-12 teams. With Joseph Young’s departure to the NBA after last season, the Ducks have compensated with increased offensive balance. Four players — Dillon Brooks, Elgin Cook, Tyler Dorsey and Chris Boucher — average more than 10 points per game, while Dwayne Benjamin averages eight off the bench. Averaging a team-high 16 points per game, Brooks has emerged as Oregon’s most dangerous scoring threat. But his emergence shouldn’t come at the expense of the team’s balance. This isn’t to say that Brooks is at fault for Oregon’s stagnation on offense; it simply means the Ducks haven’t played with their typical balance in the last two games. “I feel like right now we don’t know what we are doing on offense; we are being individuals,” Boucher said after Saturday’s 76-72 loss at Stanford. “We’re in first but we need to work together
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to fix this. Everything’s falling off, man.” Glancing at a box score, it’s difficult to pinpoint where the Ducks erred on offense last weekend. With an average of 13 assists per game, the Ducks matched their average at Stanford and only fell two short against Cal. They didn’t turn the ball over at an alarming rate, either. Oregon did, however, shoot 43 percent against Cal and Stanford and missed a combined 17 free throws in both contests. The Ducks also struggled to match the perimeter shooting of Cal and Stanford, who shot 57 and 69 percent from deep (respectively) against them. “Yeah, there’s a lot of areas we need to work on,” head coach Dana Altman said after the Stanford loss. “And not just the defense and rebounding, which are the two biggest. But offensively we didn’t play very well either.” While Oregon didn’t play well in either game, last weekend’s road sweep shouldn’t be considered alarming moving forward. The Bay Area trip is historically one of the Ducks’ toughest on their Pac12 schedule. Going into the CalStanford trip, Oregon had been swept in 11 of its last 15 tries. The Ducks play their next three games in the comfortable
surroundings of Matthew Knight Arena, where they’ve won 22 consecutive games and have yet to lose this season. The Ducks will then play their last two regular season games on the road against USC and UCLA, teams that Oregon has already beaten this season. Nationally, the Ducks didn’t fall too far. The AP Poll moved Oregon from No. 11 to No. 16. ESPN college basketball analyst Joe Lunardi still has the Ducks as a No. 3 seed in the NCAA Tournament, the highest-seeded team in the Pac-12. But the losses did expose Oregon’s offensive shortcomings and its increasing reliance on Brooks to score. Without a balanced scoring attack, the Ducks’ offense has struggled to match opponents, particularly on the road. Oregon now seeks revenge against Oregon State on Saturday, who held the Ducks to a seasonlow 57 points on Jan. 3. Oregon State only gives up 70 points per game, which is third best in the conference. After the Ducks lost their Pac-12 opener to Oregon State, they won eight of their next nine games. Perhaps the Bay Area sweep will give Oregon a similar wake-up call.
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He’s really taken me under his wing in a lot of different aspects, not just basketball. I really appreciate that. It’s been awesome so far.” TAELOR KARR, Oregon WBB’s Team Manager
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Oregon coach Kelly Graves didn’t have to recruit former players Taelor Karr and Meghan Winters a second time. This time around, Karr and Winters were the ones who called Graves. The pair, two of the program’s graduate managers, have become valuable assets on Graves’ staff in scouting and preparation for weekly conference games. Karr joined the Ducks before Graves’ first season in Eugene and Winters arrived last summer. “They can help these kids through this: what to expect and what’s coming next,” Graves said of the Ducks’ quest for an NCAA Tournament berth. “It’s great to have people like that on the staff, no doubt.” Karr played two seasons under Graves after transferring from Kansas State. In her final season at Gonzaga, she led the nation in assist-to-turnover ratio. Winters played 100 games at Gonzaga during a four-year span. After college, Karr left the United States to play in France, but found her way back to the Pacific Northwest. “It was free will this time,” Karr joked. “I wanted to get back into it. When [Graves] came here to Oregon, it was a great opportunity for me to come here and get my masters, plus all the experience. Couldn’t turn down an offer like that.” Graves said the duo helps the staff in scouting for upcoming games. They’re limited in some ways, but can pass and “play dummy defense” during practice or warmups. “They want to be coaches, so we’ve allowed them to just kind of help with some scouts,” Graves said. “They can’t
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present it to the team, but they can do the backroom stuff, so to speak. This has been valuable for them.” Assistant coach Jodie Berry said Karr and Winters can serve as a go-between for players and coaches. They both know Graves’ style from their time at Gonzaga. “Being in college and playing a sport, I think we can relate to that,” Winters said. Both Karr and Winters have traveled with the team on the road this season. They said they always keep a close eye on all pieces of the program. “The main focus is to soak up all the experience we can now,” Karr said. The two will receive masters degrees in independent studies through the sports business program at Oregon. It allows them to take classes outside the business school in journalism and psychology. Karr said she “100 percent” wants to be a coach after graduating from Oregon and Winters said she’s considering coaching, working in athletic administration or marketing. “These two in particular are such hard workers and good to be around,” Berry said. “I think when you’re part of a family — which is what we envision and want our team to be like — you’re in it for the long haul. ... They’re just easy-going, great, fun people to be around.” Karr appreciates the experiences she’s had with Graves during her two years in Eugene. “We’ve just continued to grow our relationship,” Karr said. “He’s really taken me under his wing in a lot of different aspects, not just basketball. I really appreciate that. It’s been awesome so far.”
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What’s that I hear about people in glass houses and throwing stones? Oh, yeah. They shouldn’t.
The Eugene Area Chamber of Commerce didn’t listen to the age-old saying and threw some figurative stones at the local community. It supported a potential revamp of Kesey Square that was proposed about a month ago. The backlash? A literal stone was thrown by a vandal late at night on Feb. 13 at the Commerce’s glass entrance door. A copy of last week’s issue of Eugene Weekly that discusses the Kesey Square debacle was left at the scene with words such as “greedy� and “capitalist� drawn on it. Mayor Kitty Piercy has voiced that she isn’t mad; she’s just disappointed in the outward aggression on the downtown office. A lot of anger and disapproval has been expressed by passionate locals ever since a private development group, 2EB LLC, offered to buy the public plaza area and build a multi-purpose building on it. So, there are those who are against the idea of selling Kesey Square, but there is also a good amount of people who are pro-reform and want downtown Eugene to embrace a continuous change. A City Council meeting to settle the debate is set for Feb. 22. If UO students learn anything from local Eugeneans, Johnson Hall and its glass doors should watch out. Some more figurative stones were thrown, this time by the university administration who has made it a requirement for the 2017 freshman class to live in the campus dorms. There are always two sides to every bad idea, and the university’s side is that 80 percent of
students who live in the dorms as freshmen are able to graduate in six years, so they want to spread the RA love and all the knowledge the dorms seem to exude onto future UO students. So thoughtful. So selfless. I’m sure the fact that housing costs at least $11,000 per year per student has nothing to do with this ruling - nothing at all. The campus community isn’t disappointed in UO administration; they are angry. Taylor Swift, Kendrick Lamar and Ed Sheeran, on the other hand, are far from angry. These three artists won big at the 58th annual Grammy Awards that aired on Feb. 15. T-Swift beat out Kendrick, The Weeknd and a few others to become the first woman to win Album of the Year twice. Her album 1989 was entertaining and I’m happy for her, but I must say— in the words of Yeezy circa 2009— “[Kendrick Lamar] had one of the best [albums] of all time.� Kendrick still won big, taking home five gold gramophones for categories like Best Rap Album, Best Rap Song and Best Rap Performance. He continued to exude (literal) fire in his powerful performance of “The Blacker the Berry� and “Alright,� which LL (not-so-)Cool J teased as “very controversial.� The combo of chain gangs, jail cells and his emotional lyrics ended up being a perfectly wrapped package of the black experience in America today. And I say, bravo. Then, everyone’s favorite redhead Ed Sheeran won Song of the Year for his romantic hit, “Thinking Out Loud.� Another result I’d debate,
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but shouldn’t the whole concept of award ceremonies be questioned? I’m agreeing with Kanye circa his 2015 Video Music Awards speech, but that’s another story. Other noteworthy displays of art through singing and dancing included a very welldeserved honoring of 66-year-old Lionel Richie for his epic career thus far. He got to deliver a big “hello� to his fellow Grammy attendees with the help of John (the) Legend, Demi Lovato (who killed it), Luke Bryan (for a little pinch of country), Meghan Trainor (the anti-blonde now) and Tyrese Gibson (who can apparently sing?). The late David Bowie was also honored for his vibrant musical life, which was depicted on Monday night’s show through a performance by Lady Gaga. Her medley of Bowie’s greatest hits didn’t lag once in the six-and-a-half minutes it lasted, thanks to Gaga’s natural captivation, (and all the special effects didn’t hurt). Rihanna would also probably be mentioned here, but she called in sick at the last minute with bronchitis. People showed just how pissed they were about this online, but then again, when are people not pissed on the interwebs these days?
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CHANGING THE FACE of U.S. Currency Within the past few years, the United States Department of the Treasury made the decision to begin a major redesign of U.S. currency. They have begun their redesign process with the $10 note, stating that the new bill will include the portrait of a woman for the first time since 1896, when Martha Washington was featured on the $1 Silver Certificate. Following the announcement, the Treasury launched a social media campaign, asking Americans to use the hashtag #TheNew10 to weigh in on who they should put on the bill. The question that needs to be answered: is the $10 note the best place to start with the redesign? Amidst the social media conversation the question arose of why the U.S. Treasury decided to redesign the $10 note, picturing Alexander Hamilton, instead of the $20 note, picturing Andrew Jackson. Several Twitter users asked the U.S. Treasury to keep Hamilton because of his position as the first Secretary of the Treasury for the United States, and replace Jackson instead. To completely understand the debate we need to make a decision on what it means to be placed on U.S. currency. Margaret Rhee, assistant professor in the University of Oregon women’s and gender studies department, believes money means more to the American people than just its dollar value. “Money itself and the tangibleness of it can been seen as media,� said Rhee. There hasn’t been much concern about who is depicted on our paper money until recently. We should be thinking about what kind of messages this medium is communicating. UO history professor Steve Beda sees money as a link to the past. “In
part, money is creating a shared history,� Beda said. We deal with money on a daily basis, only paying attention to the number in the corner. But it is also a way to express history. We need to decide who we want to be a part of our shared history. Despite Andrew Jackson’s role in modernizing democracy, he is also known for his hand in Native American removal. If money is set up to honor the people we place on the bills, then Andrew Jackson should not be depicted at all. We should not be honoring what he did in regard to Native American removal. “I don’t think Jackson should be a part of that shared history, because that means if you are Cherokee, you are not part of that shared history,� said Beda. The shared history should represent everyone, not simply the elite (i.e., presidents or powerful white men). We should be asking the figures currently on our money represent our nation as a whole. This conversation puts into perspective the importance of knowing our history and who we choose to represent that history. Our nation has been full of great leaders who were not in the highest positions of power but deserve to be celebrated. Whichever woman they decide to honor doesn’t need to be someone who was high up on the political food chain, but someone who made herself known by actively trying to do good for our country. Jackson should be the first to go, not Hamilton. So #TheNew10 should be #TheNew20. Not to say that the $10 bill doesn’t deserve a face lift, but with Jackson’s history, the $20 note is a more pressing matter. BY DESIREE BERGSTROM, @DESBERGSTROM
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