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INITIATIVE TO LEGALIZE PSILOCYBIN IN 2020 SPROUTS UP IN OREGON

BY DONNY MORRISON

Tom Eckert and his wife Sheri, both Oregonbased psychotherapists in private practice, have long-sought to take a different approach to therapy. The only problem: The drug they want to use to help treat anything from depression to nicotine addiction is illegal.

For the past three years, Eckert, co-founder and lead petitioner of the Oregon Psilocybin Society, has worked to build a coalition that aims to decriminalize psilocybin, the psychedelic compound found in more than 200 mushroom species.

“Like millions of Americans, I’ve had some pretty profound experiences at different points in my life with psychedelics,” Eckert said.

The initiative, which received approval from Oregon’s Secretary of State last December, has moved into the petitioning stage. According to Eckert, they currently need 112,200 more signatures

by July 2020 to get on the ballot for that year.

“My wife and I were motivated by the amazing body of research, which shows that psilocybinassisted therapy is safe and uniquely effective when addressing issues like depression, anxiety, PTSD and addictions, including alcoholism and cigarette smoking,” Eckert said.

In October 2018, researchers at Johns Hopkins University published a study indicating that psilocybin could be therapeutically beneficial with little risk of abuse.

“At Johns Hopkins, we have shown that psilocybin can help with smoking cessation,” said Vanessa McMain, senior media relations representative at Johns Hopkins Medicine. “We’ve also shown that it can ease anxiety and depression in people with life-threatening cancer diagnoses.”

Based on the findings, researchers suggested reclassifying the drug from a Schedule I, which indicates a drug has zero medical uses, to a Schedule IV, indicating little risk of abuse and potential medical value. Under the proposed initiative, psilocybin would still be illegal for recreational use.

However, McMain also notes that research is still in the early stages.

“More research still needs to be done to determine additional potential medical benefits and find the specific conditions required to use psilocybin therapeutically under a specialist’s care,” McMain said.

The road to regulated psilocybin is a long one for researchers, who are looking for more than changes in state law. While Eckert said that decriminalizing psilocybin will give researchers increased access to the drug, McMain remains skeptical.

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make research any easier because the research is still regulated by the feds,” McMain said.

The study mentions that even though psilocybin is relatively less harmful than other drugs, researchers still don’t recommend its recreational use — even with a prescription. The conditions for medicinal use should be tightly controlled with supervised administration in a healthcare setting.

Recreational use of mushrooms is known for its hallucinogenic properties, but the United States Drug Enforcement Agency warns that abuse of psilocybin can result in psychosis, panic attacks, lack of coordination or death.

According to the 2020 Psilocybin Service Initiative of Oregon, the proposed measure will allow “any individual over 21 years of age, upon attaining medical clearance from a physician, [to] participate in a sequence of sessions, provided on-site at an independently licensed psilocybin service facility.”

The sessions would include assessments and preparation, before the psilocybin would be administered by a licensed caregiver.

“I think it’s important to understand that this framework is different than cannabis,” Eckert said. “You won’t be able to buy psilocybin and take it home with you.”

Chairman of the University of Oregon’s College Republicans, Quinn Milionis, says that while he’s

pro-decriminalization, the initiative’s real goal is eventually full legalization.

“We’ve seen the war on drugs fail, and I think it’s been a failure of government,” Milionis said.

“But I’m cautious of pro-legalization efforts, which is the stated end-goal of initiatives like this. The power of industry and marketing to promote drug use, like we’ve seen with marijuana in Oregon, is something to be aware of.”

Milionis says that full legalization could potentially encourage people to use substances they wouldn’t have used otherwise.

“It’s important to look down the line and be wary of what could potentially happen in the future,” he said.

Charleen Justice, chapter leader of the UO’s Students for Sensible Drug Policy group, encourages students to educate themselves on the proposed bill before making quick decisions.

“Ask questions, have conversations with others, dive into the research and history of this naturally occurring compound,” Justice said. “All these actions will enable the voter to make an informed decision of their own.”

While they haven’t picked a venue yet, Eckert and PSI plan to bring Anthony Bossis, the lead researcher for a psilocybin study at NYU, to speak in Eugene on May 23. Students can find out more at the campaign’s official website psi-2020.org.

The Oregon Psilocybin Society has been working to build a coalition that aims to decriminalize psilocybin, the psychedelic compound found in more than 200 mushroom species.

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ASUO legislative officials at the State Capitol during the Oregon Student Association Lobby Day. (Courtesy of ASUO)

ASUO IN THE THICK OF LOBBYING FOR LOWER TUITION

BY ANAKIN WELP

At the end of a string of public tuition meetings, news of a tuition increase for out-ofstate undergraduate students at the University of Oregon has distressed many in the campus community. With the decision for resident tuition expected to come in May, ASUO officials are in the thick of a financial fray, urging state lawmakers to make college an affordable experience.

ASUO President Maria Alejandra GallegosChacón and other ASUO officials recently returned from the annual Oregon Student Association Lobby Day on Feb. 18, where a coalition of student delegations from public universities and community colleges across the state met with lawmakers at the Oregon State Capitol to lobby for reasonable tuition.

“UO brought a delegation of 40 people,” said Imani Dorsey, ASUO internal vice president. “We got a temperature check, we can get information about where [the legislators] are at, who’s a champion of our issues — who’s possibly a barrier.”

Gallegos-Chacón said ASUO’s requests included $1 billion in public university support, $787 million for community colleges and $252 million for the Oregon Opportunity Grant. She said that the lobbying effort by UO wasn’t solely focused on UO but on equitable conditions for everyone else.

“We want to make sure community

college students are getting their fair share, because those students eventually feed into the UO,” Gallegos-Chacón said.

Gallegos-Chacón described the process this year as frustrating, as legislators were indecisive about throwing support behind increased college funding.

“A lot of them seemed willing to support students, but they aren’t willing to advocate publicly for that revenue reform that includes higher education,” she said.

She said that part of this struggle is that Salem’s current focus is largely on K-12 education.

“I think it can be done in conjunction. I don’t see how you could say you care about students, then set them up to go through K-12, and be like, ‘Sorry, you can’t afford to go to college, so you’re not going to go,’” Gallegos-Chacón said.

OSA Lobby Day is not the only opportunity the student lobbyists will have this year. The UO Lobby Day on May 8 will provide a chance for students, faculty and alumni to speak with legislators.

Dorsey said that until then, the major focus is on getting students organized to further the efforts.

“Once they learn how dire it is, they realize how important it is to show up. Nobody has students’ backs like themselves, and that’s why we mobilize a base,” she said.

“When students go and put their labor into sharing their stories,” said ASUO Chief of Staff Tan Perkins, “you hope that impact stays, and that it sticks with legislators when they go home.

I think that’s really the purpose, and that’s why we encourage students to lobby.”

ASUO will continue to work with university administration to obtain affordable tuition.

“It’s interesting because, for the first time, they’re advocating for tuition [increase] to stay under five percent,” said Gallegos-Chacón.

However, ASUO executives feel Johnson Hall’s approach has been lacking in some regards, as it does not focus as much on affordability for students.

“While Johnson Hall has been on our side so far,” said Dorsey, “the conversations we’ve had about lobbying and TFAB have been limiting.

We need to reorient things at the UO to be more student-centered, and focus on the affordability, quality and accessibility aspects.”

Gallegos-Chacón said that despite the struggles, students are not discouraged in the efforts to continue engaging with lawmakers.

“I think we just need to hold their feet to the fire to have them understand we need them to invest in students,” she said. “We’re their constituents, we’re their taxpayers, so they have to care.”

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Review: LIL PUMP’S ‘HARVERD DROPOUT’ IS A DUMB JOKE

BY NIC CASTILLON Lil Pump is the kind of guy people want to punch in the face. On his second studio album, “Harverd Dropout,” he returns to his usual schtick with irreverent lyrics about drug use and various sexual endeavors.

In general, these topics are nothing new, but it’s weird to hear them coming from a smug, 18-year-old kid. That’s obviously part of Lil Pump’s persona and appeal, but on this new full-length record, it’s sometimes hard to tell if there’s any substance to the music beyond its novelty.

The album’s title, with its deliberate misspelling, references an in-joke within the Lil Pump fanbase: that the artist, despite his age, has actually attended Harvard University. It’s a play on the whole “don’t judge a book by its cover” idea, and it confirms at least some selfawareness within Pump’s cartoonish character.

This off-putting character shouldn’t have to hold him back; plenty of artists have made successful careers despite their annoying and arrogant personas.

Morrissey acts as a good example of someone who is both punchable and widely respected. Even Kanye West — featured here on the song “I Love It” — was once called a jackass by the president of the United States. Lil Pump, however, lacks the artistic merit of both these artists, yet he still chooses to act like an arrogant high schooler.

He’s the kind of guy that sits in the back of your math class who complains the entire time and just doesn’t care. And a lot of the lyrics on “Harverd Dropout” reflect that.

On the song “ION,” he sips lean in the classroom and asks his teacher “what that neck do.” On “Too Much Ice,” he brags about getting Lil Pump released his second studio album, “Harverd Dropout” on Feb. 22, 2019. (Courtesy of Kevin Wong/Warner Bros. Records)

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“high every day of the fuckin’ week.” In other moments, he rejects girls for being poor and ugly.

At times, however, Lil Pump does achieve moments of humor with his excess. It’s genuinely funny to hear Pump talk about spending $2,000 on a white T-shirt or $10,000 on Gucci bed sheets, as he does in the song “Be Like Me” — which features a respectable verse from Lil Wayne. He also references getting hungry and casually taking a flight to Wingstop on “Multi Millionaire,” which is, of course, impractical.

And the song “Vroom Vroom Vroom” is so incredibly stupid that it could be nothing other than a joke. The hook is lazy and aimless, and the lyrics are so vapid that it ventures into self-parody.

It’s the same technique that allowed Lil Pump’s 2017 breakout hit “Gucci Gang” to work so well. The song dropped at just the right time, when mediocre Soundcloud rap was first hitting the mainstream. It was almost impossible to tell when and if artists — and their respective fans — thought the music was good or if they were simply goofing off and being ironic.

Nothing had to be that serious, and “Gucci Gang” embraced that philosophy.

What a brilliant way to start off a song: “Gucci gang, Gucci gang, Gucci gang, Gucci gang (Gucci gang) / Gucci gang, Gucci gang, Gucci gang (Gucci gang).”

If anything, “Harverd Dropout” proves how difficult it is to sustain an entire album off that same outlook and energy. If this is comedy-rap, it’s not that funny; if it’s a serious attempt, then it’s just sort of boring.

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‘DRAG-RACADABRA’ HIGHLIGHTS THE MULTI-GENDERED DRAG SHOW

BY DANI ROSALES • TWITTER @DANIROSALES27

Ellen Degenerate performs “Once in a Lifetime” in the second act. The show included drag queens and drag kings, as opposed to the more traditional drag show including cis males dressing as women. (Devin Roux)

Bubbling Debonair’s hair was slicked back allowing the audience to take in his painted-on, thick, black eyebrows and dark facial hair. He came out on stage dressed in a silver metallic moto jacket and fuchsia knee-high boots.

Debonair danced along the runway to the tune of Panic at the Disco’s “King of the Cloud” as the crown erupted in cheers. As he captivated the audience with his artistic moves, an audience member met him on the runway to make it rain with tips.

Debonair is Gracie Sleeper’s drag name. Sleeper is a University of Oregon student who took part in the LGBTQA3’s annual drag show as a drag king.

This year, the event was titled Drag-racadabra and was hosted by local drag queens Facisha Farce and Bonnie Rose. The drag show featured student and community drag performers.

This event was Sleeper’s first time performing in drag. Sleeper has been participating in Spectrum bar’s lip sync battles out of drag as practice and to experiment with songs to do in drag. The battles helped Sleeper become more confident with performing.

Sleeper, who recently transferred to UO, became interested in doing drag after seeing local drag shows and realizing the large presence the art form has in Eugene. Sleeper made it their new year’s resolution to figure out how to become a drag king.

“I’ve always been like ‘Why aren’t there more

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drag kings? There are so many drag queens,’” Sleeper said. “I don’t want to be a queen.”

“GENDER IS WHAT YOU MAKE IT. IT’S A PERFORMANCE AND YOU JUST NEED TO FIND IT OUT FOR YOURSELF.” GRACEY SLEEPER Drag-racadabra featured all different kinds of performers. Drag is traditionally thought to be a space for cis males to dress as women, but in this show, the performers included trans, gender nonconforming people, drag kings and women dressed as drag queens. This was something Bonnie Rose — a woman who is a drag queen — brought up during the show.

For Sleeper — who identifies as non-binary and uses they/them pronouns — drag is liberating and allows them to try different things and have fun.

“You’re a different person. In real life, I’m a quiet

Boujee Cherry performs “No Excuses” in the second act of the LGBTQA3’s drag show “Drag-racadabra.”

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person and people don’t see me as a non-binary person. They see me as a little girl,” Sleeper said.

“But when I’m on stage, I’m a man.”

Drag provides Sleeper with a safe space to explore their gender, especially the more masculine side of it. In elementary school, Sleeper first began to feel upset with being labeled female at birth. Later on in high school, they embraced their femininity, but Sleeper ultimately found that to be exhausting. The ability to explore that masculine side of themself is what led Sleeper to become a drag king.

“Gender is what you make it. It’s a performance, and you just need to find it out for yourself,” Sleeper said.

Bubbling Debonair is a piece of Sleeper that they’ve been wanting to explore for a long time — and are finally able to.

“I see him as an extension of myself, just a different part of me that doesn’t come out a lot. But when he’s there, he’s all over [me],” Sleeper said.

For Sleeper, Drag-racadabra is more than a drag show. It is a space where queer people can come together and celebrate each other.

“It’s just encouraging young, queer people to mess around with their expression and their relationship to gender and that’s really important in this day and age when people are getting attacked for being who they are,” Sleeper said as they teared up. “This is really important.”

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SEX WORK IN COLLEGE: A DIFFERENT TYPE OF WORK STUDY

BY AMIRA BORDERS • TWITTER @MIRRAAAAAAAA

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tudents joke about dropping out of school to be a stripper, but for some, it’s not really a joke. University of Oregon graduate Corrie Hart didn’t drop out of school, but one day, she made the conscious decision to take her finances into her own hands, even if that choice was controversial.

“My parents were pretty well off, I was pretty middleclass, but my parents didn’t help me at all,” Hart said.

“They were pretty mad I went to a four-year [university].

So, I was more struggling kinda paycheck to paycheck.

I was scraping by.”

Just days before her 21st birthday and the winter break of her junior year, Hart turned to sex work.

She started stripping at The Mancave in Springfield and eventually moved over to The Nile in Eugene. She said she got into sex work from her interest in seeing strippers on Twitter with big bags of money; she wanted to have that as well. Hart was attempting to support herself financially, and when it came to food, she realized she wasn’t eating any protein in her meals and was basically living off of Top Ramen.

“I felt like none of my friends related to that. They all had money from their parents or something,” Hart said.

“I knew money was my number one stress before school work or relationships. Money was always on my mind, so I was tired of that. It didn’t feel fair.”

Due to having full-time class schedules and for some, a full-time job, collegiate sex workers use the opportunity strip clubs and websites provide to financially support themselves and pay their expenses. But as they come to identify with the occupation, they face barriers of stigma surrounding their jobs when coming out to their families and in society.

The Emerald spoke with several women at UO who have gone down this path — making their own decisions and taking their livelihoods into their own hands — while defying more conservative views centered around the profession.

Once Hart started dancing, she went at her own pace of talking about her job. She said she never felt ashamed of dancing, but she was lying to the people around her about where she would go or what she was doing. For a long time, she didn’t tell her family about her job.

When Hart finally told them, her parents did not accept her choice. Hart describes her family as seeing stripping as a gateway to prostitution and drug use.

“They were so mad. They said some really awful things,” Hart said.

Like Hart, that sense of hiding something from your parents and essentially living a double life is one of the struggles sex workers in college face.

Sophie, who wishes to only disclose her first name, is a 2018 UO graduate who describes herself as someone who loves to dance in all settings, even having the courage to often jump and dance on tables and bars. Sophie started stripping at The Nile club during her sophomore year and

University of Oregon graduate Corrie Hart decided to take her finances into her own hands by turning to sex work.

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found it to be convenient for her schedule.

When Sophie finally told her mom about her job, she did not approve and, to this day, is not the most supportive.

“She was like, ‘This is degrading. You’re disrespecting yourself. How could a woman with respect do this?’” Sophie said.

The reaction was so bad Sophie even started to write an open book to her mother examining the harm.

“I started writing a book to her [because of] how my mother degraded me more than the men that came to visit me at the strip club,” Sophie said.

Today, the two try to avoid discussing the topic.

Sophie and Hart lived a double life, hidden from their parents for a while — but eventually admitted. For others, this is a life they would like to remain concealed.

Erin, who also asked to only go by her first name, is in a position that she plans to keep for a while.

Erin is a senior student at a college just outside of Baltimore, Maryland. She does cam work through one-on-one Skype sessions.

“The standard session is like mutual masturbation, which can include toys, various small kink stuff if they’re just paying the normal fees, like spanking, wax play kinda thing, and you know people can amp it up, request something specific if they want,” Erin said.

This position allows Erin to make money through camming wherever there is a strong internet connection. Erin said she can make anywhere from $300 to $700 a week.

Erin’s experiences are different from other student workers because of the nature of her work, but she is still performing a service and, like Hart and Sophie, lives a double life. Her family is still not aware of her work, and she wants it to remain that way.

“I think it probably wouldn’t be the end of the world for me if they found out, but that would be a hard conversation that I would like to avoid having if I can,” Erin said.

Though having to live a discreet life is one of the consequences that comes with pursuing this profession, these women feel doing sex work in college has been beneficial.

A UO senior who performs under her dancer name, “Gemini,” says sex work has changed her life in a variety of ways compared to other jobs.

“It’s been an interesting journey, like, learning who I am and not being attached to the societal roles of what society views a stripper as and what society views a student in college as,” Gemini said.

Gemini says the experiences within the clubs she has worked at have taught her how to set boundaries for herself and find confidence in her own voice. One event, in particular, helped Gemini realize how restraining one’s voice could impact

her safety: In Gemini’s third month dancing, she was engaging with a customer who preferred to spank her. She recalls being okay with it at first, but soon it became too aggressive, and it didn’t stop.

Her butt eventually ended up bleeding because he hit her so many times.

“I didn’t know in that moment how to communicate like, ‘Hey, you need to stop.

This is uncomfortable.’” Gemini said. “There’s definitely some learning experiences where I was forced to really sit with myself and figure out what it is I’m okay with.”

Gemini shares this as a learning experience that has helped her verbally communicate to others in ways that she is still respected and her voice is heard.

For some people in the U.S., sex work is one of the more immoral things a person can do. Whether it is engaging in prostitution, stripping on a pole or selling an image of oneself on the internet for a profit, some do not see it as a real job. The argument includes the idea that this is something that takes little talent or experience to do and, for the most part, should be considered the last option. A survey conducted in 2015 on YouGov.com shows 46 percent of Americans believe prostitution should be illegal. Prostitution is currently illegal in the United States with the exception of a few brothels in certain counties in Nevada.

The controversial views surrounding the entire concept of sex work not only influence these women to feel they have to live a double life, but also prepares them for life once they have stepped away from the profession.

Sophie is currently working a daytime job in Los Angeles but is considering coming back to Portland to dance, where she also worked. With a Bachelor of Arts degrees in Political Science with honors, Latin American studies and romance languages, she also has plans to run for congress in 2022 and the senate in 2028. Sophie says she will not let her past employment hinder that. She is looking ahead at a future potential campaign for the presidency in 2032.

“I totally plan on running for president one day, and I decided that when all this shit comes up about my past, I’m absolutely gonna own it,” Sophie said.

Though Hart is taking some time to travel soon, she is ready to face what future employers have to say about her resume of work. She believes it is about time people get past sex workers having another career interest.

“But at this point, I’m pretty ready for future employers to be able to pull this up,” Hart said.

“And for me to be able to be like, ‘if you really can’t accept me and know that I’m going to do a good job then, I don’t want to work for you because I do think we need to come around.’

I think we’re slowly starting to.”

Gemini laces up her dancing shoes. The heel stretches six inches from the ground. (Dana Sparks)

It’s been an interesting journey, like, learning who I am and not being attached to the societal roles of what society views a stripper as and what society views a student in college as.”

UO SENIOR WHO PERFORMS UNDER HER DANCER NAME, “GEMINI” University of Oregon senior Gemini poses on the pole in her living room — another practice space. She has used the money she made from stripping to pay for living expenses, school and savings. (Dana Sparks)

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OPINION

Graduate Employees write grants, run labs, teach classes and staff tutoring centers. However, some graduate employees feel that the university does not fairly compensate their labor. (Sarah Northrop)

GRADUATE EMPLOYEES DESERVE

THE SECURITY OF A LIVABLE WAGE

BY LESLIE SELCER • TWITTER @DIDACTIC_HAG Notice: The author of this piece is a graduate employee.

If you’ve fulfilled any of your core or prerequisite course requirements at the University of Oregon, you have probably taken a class taught by a graduate employee. UO’s 1,500 graduate employees are the lifeblood of the university: We help pilot new research, write grants and run labs, teach or grade classes and staff tutoring centers. Most importantly, our work helps to raise the prestige of the institution — making every student’s degree worth more. Without us, the entire university would grind to a halt.

So why won’t the university fairly compensate our labor?

The university estimates that the annual cost of living in Eugene for graduate students is $15,400.

Though that number already seems

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ridiculous, it becomes downright laughable when you realize that it only factors in living costs for the actual school year and not for the summer months. During the summer, we are expected to advance our research, write conference papers and prepare for exhaustive, demanding exams. But apparently the university believes that we accomplish all this while hibernating in the beautiful Oregon forest, making our summertime financial needs for food and rent miraculously disappear.

Let’s break that annual budget down a bit: $1,000/month for housing, $316/month for food, $1,146/year for books, $2,034/ year for personal expenses and $366/year for transportation. But a quick glance at the local apartment listings reveals an average price

tag of $1,200 and up for most onebedrooms near campus — the only location where we can realistically live since nobody can afford a vehicle on just $400/year. You’ll also note that the budget expects us to spend less than $10/day on food.

For context, level I graduate employees’ gross salaries come in at around $1,600/month, and my personal take-home salary is usually closer to $1,400/month during the school year.

So, how is a graduate student supposed to make ends meet?

Well, for starters, you wind up living in crowded student housing for years and years. You apply for food stamps or go to student food banks. You only go home to visit once every year or two; or maybe just once during the entire six years you are at UO, if you’re

an international student. You take the same minimum-wage jobs as undergraduate students because you can’t obtain a higher paid, full-time job (for which you are qualified) while also continuing to take classes and teach. Some graduate employees saddled with sick family members or debt wind up resorting to extreme measures such as selling plasma. Even qualifying for housing becomes impossible, as I discovered this year when I was told I’d have to pay a doubled security deposit — a whopping $1,450 — just to sign a lease for a $625/month apartment at my current income level.

These conditions of near-poverty persist long after graduation. The average graduate student is 33 by the time they receive their PhD and enter an academic job market

8 OPINION in which 68 percent of faculty jobs are non-tenure track. Those jobs frequently pay less than even basic administration jobs at the university, while also offering no benefits, as the majority of workers are kept below full-time employment — even though they often teach the same courseloads as full-time faculty.

These factors add up to overwhelming financial insecurity.

Graduate employees have no ability to save money, pay off debt or contribute to retirement accounts. We can’t make payments on a mortgage or vehicle or work towards other basic financial milestones that are expected of 20- and 30-year-olds. For most of us, starting a family also becomes impossible: no paid parental leave is offered, and putting off a pregnancy or adoption until your mid-30s can be risky. Those of us who already have children can barely afford to actually raise them.

Many of us wind up graduating with doctorates and no savings, no home, no family, no car, no retirement and few job prospects.

Meanwhile, President Schill’s salary will likely total around a million dollars annually over the next several years, averaging just under $100,000/month. Is his time really worth 67 times more than a graduate employee’s time serving the students of the University of Oregon?

The Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation is currently in bargaining talks over our contracts for next year, and our union has requested a raise of 9.5 percent to more adequately match the Eugene area’s cost of living. The UO bargaining panel has tried to sell us on a false 9.5 percent raise that is paid for

by increasing our student fees and hacking away at GE health insurance benefits, especially those of GE families. The university’s proposed changes would ultimately only equal a 1 percent raise for some of us and would be a net loss for many others.

When asked for comment on the bargaining procedures, GTFF union president Mike Magee offered the following: “We remain committed to bargaining in good faith with the university, but their proposals indicate that we hold very different priorities. We want economic security and dignity on the job; they want to give us a meager 1 percent raise and remove our ability to enforce our contract. We want to support our students through better training and protections against harassment; they want to increase student fees and tuition costs for undergraduate and graduate students. We want parents to be able to afford childcare and take paid family leave; they want to gut our health insurance and support for families. We think these proposals are reasonable and would be a nobrainer for a university supposedly committed to “academic excellence.”

Disappointingly, the university again demonstrates that the lives of its employees and, by extension, the learning conditions of its students, are not their priority.”

Through these bargaining sessions, UO has shown that even though it works because we do, they have no intention to fairly compensate us. We aren’t allowed to have homes or cars; we aren’t allowed to have savings or retirement; we aren’t allowed to have families. We aren’t allowed to have dignity.

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Kayleigh Peterman, vice president for member communications of GTFF, was talking to passersby about the GTFF’s bargaining with the University of Oregon on Nov. 9, 2019. The union is bargaining for living wages, more protection for international graduate teaching students, correction of the housing crisis in Eugene and graduate students to receive wages throughout the summer. (Sarah Northrop)

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MONDAY FEBRUARY 25

2019 OREGON MRC LEADER MEETING

e MRC Leader meeting is an annual event that brings together Medical Reserve Corps Coordinators from around the ate, so we may rengthen the Oregon MRC network.

12:30-1 p.m.

(Monday - Friday) Even Hotel Eugene.

Wondering how to deal with vendor credits and payment checks?

Lane Community College, 4000 E 30th Ave.

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CAREER LAB: INTERNSHIP AND JOB SEARCH STRATEGIES

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ALL SIZES FIT ART GALA

Starring the fierce fiddling duo, Natalie MacMa er and Donnell Leahy command the age with an explosive celebration of raw energy and passion that infuses their traditional heritage with their ta e for the contemporary.

7:30-9 p.m. e John G. Shedd In itute for the Arts, 868 High Street.

OREGON SPIRIT: THE LEGACY OF TRACK AND FIELD University of Oregon Libraries is pleased to announce an exhibit titled Oregon Spirit: e Legacy of Track and Field, now on display from January 7th to March 22nd in the Special Colle ions and University Archives Paulson Reading Room.

10 a.m.-4 p.m.

(Monday - Friday) 10 am Knight Library, Browsing Room.

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Learn how to balance the books and keep your business in the black. Set up a bookkeeping sy em for your small business.

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About the committee: Open to all Chamber members, the Government Issues Committee members udy pending legislation and recommend advocacy and a ion to impa laws and regulations on local, regional and ate levels.

7-8 a.m.

Hilton Garden Inn, 3528 Gateway Street.

WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 27

ASK ME ANYTHING: STUDY ABROAD

Join us for the annual All Sizes Fit Art Gala. View art submitted by UO udents and the community and enjoy some snacks. e gala is intended to display art that shows the diversity of size, shape, skin color, hair texture, ability, and gender.

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COFFEE & BOOKS

Join us anytime to share whatever you’ve been reading lately! An informal group where each person spends a few minutes telling [ju enough] about their recent reading to tempt other readers.

10-11 a.m.

Creswell Library, 64 W Oregon Ave.

ENVIRONMENTAL CONNECT 2019

e UO Environmental Studies Program is holding the 6th Annual Environmental Conne Event on Tuesday, February 26th from 4-6pm in the EMU Crater Lake Room.

4-6 p.m.

Erb Memorial Union, 1395 University St.

GARDEN AND COMMUNITY: TUESDAYS AT HENDRICKS PARK

Learn gardening techniques and meet other passionate plant lovers at this weekly work party.

9 a.m.-12 p.m.

Hendricks Park, Summit Ave. and Skyline Blvd.

Have que ions about how UO udents fit in udy abroad? inking about a creative way to finance udy abroad and want to learn how others did so?How about learning what our GEO udy abroad alumni wish they’d done differently?Answers to these 12-1 p.m.

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MANAGING YOUR CAREER IN THE SPORTS PRODUCT INDUSTRY

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STRESS AND ANXIETY MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP

Learn how to identify ress and anxiety triggers and work on personalized management techniques.

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“WHY AREN’T THERE MORE BLACK PEOPLE IN OREGON?: A HIDDEN HISTORY” A public le ure with Walidah Imarisha Walidah Imarisha describes herself as an hi orian at heart, reporter by (w)right, and rebel by reason.

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THURSDAY FEBRUARY 28

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BY VISITING ARTIST SARAH SENSE: SOURCE MATERIAL With traditional Chitimacha and Cho aw basket techniques using nontraditional material of cut paper woven into flat mats and baskets, Sarah Sense has taught herself a weaving pra ice using photographic images,

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AWAKE, AWARE, ALIVE: CREATING SPACE TO BECOME OUR BEST SELVES - PART TWO As I’ve shared my ory over the years, the

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BOOKS BY DESIGN WITH JENNY YOUNG

Join us in the Design Library (200 Lawrence Hall) on ursday 11/29 at noon for a brown bag talk with Jenny Young, coauthor of the book Making Places for People: 12 Que ions Every Designer Should Ask. 12-1 p.m.

Lawrence Hall

FIRST FRIDAY AT THE NEW ZONE

Join the party at the New Zone on the Fir Friday ArtWalk 5:30-9 p.m.

New Zone Gallery, 164 W Broadway.

SOBER PLANNING

Need support in making safe and sober plans for the weekend? Join us Friday afternoons when we will help each other plan fun and sober things to fill our Saturdays and Sundays.

2-2:30 p.m.

Erb Memorial Union, 1395 University St.

DUCKS AFTER DARK CREED II

Join us in the EMU Redwood 214 for a free movie! Plus we have FREE popcorn and soda for UO udents with a valid UO ID! Doors Open/A ivity Starts at 8:15pm Movie Starts at 9:00pm About the Movie: Rating: PG-13 8:15-11 p.m.

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11 a.m.-5 p.m.

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As students receive the much-needed break between midterms and looming finals, now is the time to dive into leisure without any remorse or regret. For those looking to fully let loose, EDM DJ Getter may be the event of choice. For a relaxing night on the town and a thrilling game of bingo, Spectrum Bar is the destination. And if you’re trying to listen to some new music, this weekend’s release lineup has you covered.

HIP-HOP’S LATEST ALBUMS This week, take some time to catch up on all the new albums that came out just last Friday.

Migos member Offset, along with Gunna, Lil Pump and Kehlani all dropped music worth your time. Offset got Big Rube, J. Cole, Gunna, CeeLo Green, Travis Scott, 21 Savage, Cardi B, Quavo and Gucci Mane to all feature on his Freshman album. The standout song and vocals going to CeeLo Green on “North Star” for a more melodic and intense verse that is rarely found in a Migos song.

Gunna dropped “Drip or Drown 2,” a worthy follow up to the first album of the same name, his fourth individual album. Lil’ Pump finally dropped his long awaited “Harverd Dropout” album (review on page 6), and Kehlani gave everyone a pleasant surprise, dropping her latest mixtape “While We Wait.”

MEMBERS’ PAINTING CHALLENGE: YOUR INTERPRETATION OF “FISSURES” Emerald Art Center is ho ing our fir National Juried Art Quilt Show with the theme “FISSURES”. In coordination with this show, the Center is having a Members’ painting challenge for the month of March with your interpretation of “FISSURES”.

11 a.m.-4 p.m. Emerald Art Center, 500 Main St..

Kehlani dropped her latest mixtape, “While We Wait,” on Feb. 22, 2019 (Creative Commons)

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TRACKTOWN FITNESS TrackTown Fitness is a free community fitness program based on concepts fir taught by University of Oregon track and field coach Bill Bowerman more than 50 years ago.

8-9 a.m. Autzen Stadium

GETTER AT THE MCDONALD THEATRE

San-Diego born DJ and producer Getter is coming to the McDonald Theatre this Wednesday at 7 p.m. With experience in both comedy and acting to accompany his well-connected music career (he signed onto Datsik’s label Firepower Records in 2012), Getter is known for his adrenaline-fueled stage presence.

Having a series of collaborations behind his belt, the EDM-producer’s sound has been heavily influenced by peers Skrillex and Borgore. Guests can expect to hear songs from Getter’s most recent studio album “Visceral.” Tickets are $20 in advance and $22 day of show.

SPECTRUM BAR’S BREAKING BINGO

Interested in trying out the nightlife downtown but not sure if you want to commit to a whole Friday night? Dip your toes in with bingo: Spectrum bar is hosting a new event called Breaking Bingo each Thursday of the month. Spectrum will be offering gift certificates, mystery prizes, swag and more. This event is free and all-ages so feel free to bring your family or friends. If you want more, stick around for the Lip Sync Extravaganza event afterward.

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BY MAGGIE VANONI • TWITTER @MAGGIE_VANONI

Ducks forward Erin Boley (21) squares up to shoot against the USC Trojans. (Madi Mather)

It was quite a morning at Matthew Knight Arena.

After two straight losses, the No. 2 Ducks (25-3, 14-2) redeemed themselves in Sunday’s 96-78 senior day victory over USC (15-12, 5-11) in the final home game of the season.

The Ducks welcomed back junior Ruthy Hebard, after sitting a game and a half due to injury, celebrated seniors Oti Gildon and Maite Cazorla and dominated the court behind Sabrina Ionescu’s 17th career triple-double and Erin Boley’s career-high 32 points.

Here are three takeaways:

Ruthy’s return Hebard played her first game back after sitting out the second half of Monday’s game against OSU and all of Friday’s game against UCLA due to a knee injury. The junior played on limited minutes Sunday after being cleared to play that morning. Her presence brought back a sense of confidence to the Ducks. With her down under the basket, the Ducks amped up their defense, grabbing rebounds and propelling a heightened effort on offense.

Hebard played 16 minutes and scored 13 points on top of eight rebounds.

“I thought it was a huge psychological boost, no doubt about it,” Oregon head coach Kelly

Graves said about having Hebard back. “She is such an important player, I think the most dominant player in the conference. … I think it gave everybody a lift.”

Ionescu and Boley lead hot shooting The Ducks shot 52.5 percent from the field, marking their best shooting performance since playing Stanford almost two weeks ago. Boley led the Ducks with a career-high 32 points on top of eight 3-pointers and a career-high 11 field goals.

Ionescu followed the redshirt sophomore with her 7th triple-double this season (17th career) (13 points, 13 assists and 12 rebounds). The tripledouble also broke the NCAA record for tripledoubles in a single season.

Following Oregon’s worst 3-point performance of the season (6-of-26 vs UCLA), the Ducks made 14 of their 24 attempted shots from the behind the arc, with more than half of those coming from Boley.

“I think that’s kind of how basketball works,” Ionescu said. “Sometimes you can come out and shoot lights out and sometimes the ball just doesn’t want to go through the net. We have to be able to weather that and find other ways to score and not get stagnant on offense. I think we did that tonight.”

Oregon revived The Ducks started this season knowing they’d be wearing a target. The pressure has only added as the team has never dropped below the AP-Top 7 and earned the poll’s No. 2 ranking last Monday.

Yet, this past week that target took a beating.

On top of losing Hebard, Oregon dropped two games in a row, one Monday night to No. 12 OSU and another against an unranked UCLA. The Ducks needed a comeback, they needed to relight a surge of momentum, especially with the No. 1 seed for the NCAA Portland regional up for grabs.

That spark came during the second quarter of Sunday’s game when Oregon went on a 13-1 run to reclaim a lead over USC, after dropping the first period to the Trojans 27-25. The Ducks continued the energy and claimed the win, proving their hunger for finishing the regular season with another Pac-12 title (Oregon is currently two games ahead of two-way tie for second place between OSU and Stanford).

“We opened our eyes and realized that teams are out to come get us regardless of what the score is at halftime,” Ionescu said. “I think that is going to make us better, knowing that we have to play to that level of excellence game in and game out, doesn’t matter, teams are going to beat us.

I think we are all hungry and ready to come out and played today to prove ourselves.”

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Oregon Ducks acrobatics and tumbling beat Arizona Christian University at Matthew Knight Arena on Feb. 23, 2019.

The Ducks will host Baylor on March 3. (Sarah Northrop)

Ducks top Cassie Jackson (11) holds her position in an acro during the team event. (Sarah Northrop)

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In the sport of acrobatics and tumbling, nothing feels better than clinching a perfect 10.

The Ducks accomplished that three times Saturday evening.

Highlighted by earning three perfect 10s and four seasonhigh event scores, the No. 2 Oregon Ducks (3-0) defeated the Arizona Christian Firestorm, 277.755-247.745, Saturday night in Oregon’s second home meet of the season. Oregon’s victory score marks its best meet this season as well.

“Seeing those scores tonight means that we’re doing what we’re supposed to be doing,” Oregon head coach Keenyn Won said. “We always say ‘one meet at a time, one score at a time.’

By continuing to progress those scores every week, we will peak at the right time in the season.

Tonight’s performance puts us in a really good spot headed into next week.”

This year marks the first season of the ACU program, which is now 0-2 after its first two meets.

Oregon had its best opening event of the season, scoring a season-high 39.20 points in the compulsory event. In this event, the Ducks earned two perfect 10s, one in the pyramid heat and another in the toss heat.

ACU earned its first perfect 10 in program history in the toss heat, which gave the Firestorm a starting team score of 34.85.

The Ducks rode the momentum and scored a perfect 10 in the opening heat of the acro event. Oregon never scored below a 9.50 in the remaining two heats, earning a seasonhigh 29.15 in the event. ACU had trouble keeping its balance in multiple heats with athletes falling off acro structures. This forced the team to score below a 9.0 in each of the three heats, earning an event score of 25.25.

The teams tied with a score of 9.85 in the opening heat of

the pyramid event. The Ducks scored a near perfect 9.95 in both the synchronized and open heats to enter intermission with a team score and another season-high of 98.10. The Firestorm had their best event of the night, scoring above 9.0 in each of the three heats for a total team score of 88.30.

Oregon scored higher than the Firestorm in all three heats of the toss event, earning another season high in an event score of 29.50. ACU earned a total of 27.35 in the event to put them at a total of 115.65 compared to Oregon’s lead of 127.60.

In the tumbling event, Oregon scored highest with junior Payton Coon’s tumbling pass in the 6-element heat with a 9.80, yet the team earned its lowest score of the meet in the quad heat with a score of 8.05 when sophomore Calyx Hampton didn’t stick her landing. ACU scored its highest mark in the trio heat with an 8.60, while its lowest score came in the 6-element heat at 7.825. Oregon scored a 55.375 in the event, while ACU scored a 49.075.

ACU opened the team event scoring an 83.02. During intermission, Firestorm freshman Jayden Nelson fell during a practice tumble and had to be escorted off the court on a stretcher while wearing a neck brace. Nelson’s absence, who was a top, was noted during ACU’s team routine when the athletes still went through the motions in which she was involved.

Oregon scored a 94.78 in the team event, which secured its victory over the Firestorm.

The Ducks will return to Matthew Knight Arena on Sunday, March 3, when they host No. 1 Baylor at 4 p.m. The Ducks have a deep rivalry with the Bears and are looking to redeem themselves after losing the past five meets against Baylor.

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