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2022 is the 50th anniversary of the passage of the federal Pell Grant, which President Joe Biden mentioned in his State of the Union Address.

President Biden called out the need to increase the grant. As a University of Oregon student, I agree with the President — we need to increase the grant and ultimately double it to level the playing field for lower-income students while providing more higher education options.

As a student who spent half his college career learning during a global pandemic, I understand the financial burden and difficult choices that students face. When the pandemic forced courses to move remotely and changed the learning experience as we know it, I enrolled at Lane Community College to save money. That’s one change I had to make. A lot of other students also faced tough choices about their education and how they could afford rent and food. No student should have to face these challenges, and doubling the Pell Grant will hopefully make decisions like these obsolete.

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benefited from the ability to take community college courses, I appreciate advocates for free community college. However, the push to double the Pell Grant would not only provide students with low income with free community college, but it would also give students more options as they decide what educational path is right for them. The Pell Grant is the federal government’s main way of supporting students from lowerincome backgrounds, but the maximum award from the U.S. Department of Education in 202223 is only $6,495. In practice, students rarely get the full amount, and even if they do, it would only cover about 28% of the average in-state cost to attend a four-year university. Let’s stop shortchanging the future workforce and restore Pell’s value by doubling the grant.

If offering an equitable educational playing field is our goal, we should look to increase and expand the Pell Grant so that more students can attend the college of their choice, regardless of their circumstances. We have the means to address inequity and increase opportunity for all. President Biden is on board, as well as our local congressman, Peter DeFazio. Now is the time to advocate change.

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Genre: Realistic Fiction Recommended by: Zoe Green, sophomore majoring in sociology “The first story was really good,” Green said. “It is a lot about internalized homophobia and someone coming to terms about their identity. It was a relatable story in the way the author wrote about these conflicts. A lot of the characters' lives and personal relationships were shaped by the values of the church.”

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'THE GENERATION THAT CAN MAKE THE C H A N G E ' With campaigns addressing homelessness, tribal water rights and renewable energy, OSPIRG aims to train students in effective activism.

BY CARLIE WEIGEL Eliza Garcia is the Vice Chapter Chair and coordinator for the 100% renewable energy campaign for OSPIRG Students on the University of Oregon campus. OSPIRG, or the Oregon State Public Interest Research Group, is an activist group seeking change for numerous issues affecting Oregonians statewide. (Will Geschke/Emerald)

Along 13th Avenue — the street that separates the Erb Memorial Union from the Lillis Business Complex at the University of Oregon — members of OSPIRG spend much of their time campaigning, encouraging students to sign petitions and collecting signatures to fund their advocacy.

OSPIRG is an acronym for Oregon Student Public Interest Research Group. Its purpose is to support student involvement in activism by offering resources and leadership opportunities.

“Our first mission is actually to train students to be effective activists and be able to work on a bunch of different issues beyond what campaigns we run,” OSPIRG’s Vice Chapter Chair and 100% Renewable Energy Campaign Coordinator Eliza Garcia said. “The other part is to actually make real change on the issues in our community and our state.”

OSPIRG’s UO chapter is currently directing its efforts to three different campaigns: Hunger and Homelessness, 100% Renewable Energy and Klamath Tribal Water Rights.

This year, its focus is primarily on 100% Renewable Energy, as the issue was named OSPIRG’s statewide campaign after having been voted on by staff members. Now, most of their time is spent advancing efforts related to achieving clean energy in Oregon.

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OSPIRG’s Chapter Chair and Tribal Water Rights Campaign Coordinator Christie Clark said this campaign is at the forefront of their agendas because of the way it intersects with the challenges experienced by the homeless population and Indigenous people. She also attributed its stature to the harm caused by climate change.

“Us, as the generation that we are, all these issues have just kind of been inherited to us,” she said. “I think we also recognize that we're the generation that can make the change, and I think the youth power is really important.”

The 100% Renewable Energy campaign already has a set of victories.

Last summer, for instance, a group of student organizations, including OSPIRG, collaborated to pass a clean electricity bill in Oregon.

Additionally, OSPIRG has collected over 1,000 petition signatures so far this year and recently hosted a panel to raise awareness about climate change to motivate conversation about the benefits of implementing renewable energy.

“We’re building on that momentum and trying to reach clean energy as a whole,” Clark said.

Garcia echoed these thoughts and said OSPIRG’s progress is leveraging climate justice.

“We are on the way in the right direction, but we are trying to get a full switch to renewable energy,” she said. “We know that is kind of one of the best ways we can fight against climate change. I also really like it because I feel like it puts less of the pressure on the people and more pressure on a business or corporations to actually make sure that we are building stuff and we are creating stuff that will only exist with renewable energy.”

For those interested in joining in on OSPIRG’s efforts, Clark emphasized the opportunities for camaraderie the organization can provide.

“The people that I've met throughout, I generally don't think I would have met and been exposed to in any other way, but I'm really glad that I have been because they're such amazing people, and we all have similar interests,” she said. “There's a really big sense of community and support.”

Garcia said OSPIRG has allowed her to develop a set of skills that will be applicable on whatever path she decides to pursue and feels others should get involved for the same reason.

“This does kind of get you out to do stuff that you wouldn't normally get to do, and it really does build your confidence,” she said. “Everybody has so much potential, but it's just getting there and being able to actually work on it.”

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An innocent party-goer transcends time to argue with himself on the immortal question: Is the edible actually wack? And where is my father?

THIS EDIBLE AIN’T SHIT BY: GUY WHO ATE AN EDIBLE AN HOUR AGO Okay, so you’re me, alright, an upstanding brother of Sigma Sugma Ligma, and you’ve just walked into a box standard Friday night party. You make your way to the kitchen, grab a Claw and spy a plate of brownies and snag yourself the biggest one.

Then some dweeb tells you to take it easy. According to them, this edible is “stronger than you think.”

So, obviously, you eat it right in front of his nerd face. Does this guy even know who they’re talking to?

You’re talking to the Rush Chair, buddy. If I can tolerate 12 credits a term; 50mg’s won’t even touch me.

First things first: Everything is a recreational drug if you’re real enough. You guys are so limp y’all need Viagra, not edibles. I, however, am that man.

The fact that they even called this an edible is preposterous. It was barely sustenance. These are

just snacks, halftime treats served alongside orange slices at children's soccer games. If you went back in time and gave this to a frail starving Victorian child, I guarantee you they’d say “mid.” I might even give this Gerber Life shit to my kids one day. You know, baby steps.

But don’t get it twisted; this edible is horrible. Want it in Spanish?

Horrible. Did they find these brownies on the floor of Hirons?

I feel like I honestly have a case to sue whatever dispensary this is from for false advertisement.

An hour rolls by, and I still feel nothing. I might just have a second one, so I can at least have a lucid dream or something, otherwise, this is a waste of time. I grab another brownie square. I can’t believe that dork tried to talk me down.

I promise you, this edible ain’t shit.

Hell, it ain’t anything. I’ll be fine.

I’M SCARED BY: SAME GUY AN HOUR LATER I am but a leaf on the winds of entropy. The time of writing is 12:37 a.m. PST, but I must present my arguments.

To you, I am merely sedentary on a warm couch staring at a beige wall, but I’ve experienced more than you could ever comprehend.

What did they put in this shit? Forty Benadryls, morphine, the Infinity Stones, Allah’s warm embrace?

I have seen the birth and fade of countless galaxies upon the chips of paint. I can see myself from the world's perspective: looking like the middle photo of an Animorphs book between Homo Erectus and a seal cub. I am blazing the Oregon Trail, and I have dysentery of the mind.

Hell, I saw Yahweh, and they were faded too — and I’m not even Jewish.

This brownie made me witness another religion’s god.

Don’t be mistaken, what those traitors did to my father was gutless,

dishonorable and unforgivable. I will train, hunt them down and avenge the massacre of my father. With this brownie in my veins, it is clear I have been chosen for a higher purpose. No shadow, valley or river will hide the perpetrators from my fury.

I have just received word that my father is alive and still works as an accountant.

Can we call Dominos and order a sandwich where the bread is two pizzas and the filling is five pizzas?

I wonder how many beings along my evolutionary timeline sacrificed their lives to allow me to experience this. All the cells in my body are standing at attention and looking at me.

It's important to explore all life’s facets, but essential to turn off the faucet before the cup runneth over.

This affair with the cosmos leaves me sure: fortune favors foresight.

Do not have the second brownie.

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COVER The Viking Braggot, a brewery on the outskirts of Eugene, features a large drink menu. Eugene is home to numerous bars that host trivia nights weekly. (Will Geschke/Emerald)

5 OF EUGENE’S

BEST TRIVIA NIGHTS

Heather Hayward talks to a bartender during trivia night at the Viking Braggot. Eugene is home to numerous bars that host trivia nights weekly.

(Will Geschke/Emerald)

BY TREVER BOLTON

Bring your friends closer together with head scratching questions from around town.

Much of the information we cram into our heads barely seems to be used or even tested. Whether it is some trivial fact you memorized for a long forgotten science class or a deep recollection of film history, there are some things we can’t help but remember.

Even if you feel like you don’t know much, there is always something that you know that may surprise you. Through the many trivia nights in the bars of Eugene and Springfield, you and your friends can tax all those facts that you thought you had no use for.

As bars have started up trivia events again, due to the easing of COVID-19 regulations and the opening up of establishments over the past year, they hope to have customers return with joy. Events like trivia nights help draw in excited customers and perhaps will help people come back every week to test their knowledge. Participants may be challenged by the deep dive of questions, but you may learn that your friends know something impressive that you don’t.

PUBLIC HOUSE (MONDAY 6:30 P.M.) Best Food Selection Inside the former First Christian Church on A Street, you’ll find the excellent wood furnishings of Public House. The business houses six different food vendors, like Hawaiian, seafood and German, to satisfy any type of craving. Inside the main hall, groups can sit at a stretched out table in the middle of the room, but when competing against your neighbor you should be cautious with your excited answers.

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there’s been a good mix of different teams who win, maybe the first time they win or things like that. The feeling that there is always a real shot that they’ll win is an addicting thing that I see teams come back for,” Carcamo said. A chance to win bragging rights as well as prizes from brewers like clothes or gift cards.

Questions are turned in via QR codes and online answer sheets, making quick results easier. This also makes it more comfortable for people wanting a safe activity to do in a restaurant during COVID-19. If you can come out on a Monday night with a mentally prepared group then it’ll be a worthwhile challenge.

RENNIES LANDING (TUESDAY 9 P.M.) Best for a Young Crowd This classic campus bar draws clamoring students to its many tables for its famous Trivia Tuesdays.

Even though it can get very packed inside the bar you will be able to hear the tricky questions being read by host Cassidy Deblois who has created the questions with Lily Guthorn for the past six months.

With much of Gen Z slowly becoming of drinking age, Rennie’s is an easy bar to experience public drinking for the first time ever.

“I try to relate to them, but I also try to educate them on different things,” Deblois said. “It’s a wild crowd this year because of everything. It’s persuaded our new generation of 21-year-olds on how to act and play trivia here.”

Three rounds that dive into monthly themes like women’s history, movie quotes and guessing songs, they hope to test the next generation of young brains

for their chance to claim victory and free beer. This is a perfect place for college kids to test out their knowledge.

TAP & GROWLER (WEDNESDAY 7 P.M.) Best for Difficult Trivia In the busy businesses of the 5th Street Market, you’ll find the garage door windows of Tap & Growler.

Here, they serve a wide array of mixed drinks, beers and wines for any person’s taste buds. Trivia nights are hosted by Bethany Smith of What Do You Know?

Trivia, which hosts a plethora of trivia events every night across Oregon bars.

Groups all sit in the main area of the gastropub with easy viewing of the TVs that display the questions. With seven rounds, a confident group can select a “joker” round which if the team gets a correct answer in the round they receive triple the points, potentially boosting their place.

“I’m glad that we have the crowd that we do have and the regulars and the new teams that come,” Smith said.

Even though this event leans more toward a millennial crowd, the trivia night here has a friendly atmosphere with a lively host. It is a classic example of trivia with geography and obscure history rounds.

Gianluca Lubrano and Maria Ayala of team “Mio Amore” are first timers here. “It’s great!” Ayala said.

“It’s fun! People should be more funnier and louder,” Lubrano added. The restaurant is a great fit for groups looking for harder questions to challenge themselves.

COVER VIKING BRAGGOT WESTSIDE BREWING (THURSDAY 6:30 P.M.) Best Hidden Gem A little farther from the center of Eugene, one can find many breweries crafting beer and serving other drinks and food. Viking Braggot is one of those spots, with a charming brew house that creates a warm environment as well as a great space for getting away from the other busier trivias. With spacious indoor and outdoor seating, teams can separate themselves to help put their heads together.

The host for the brewery, Dan McCraw, also known as Big Dan, has been doing this for about two and a half years for Viking Braggot. A more relaxed, casual trivia gives you plenty of time to answer his many questions.

“I just try to set an easy tone, put on some fun music and try not to take it too seriously. If you go and you bomb, but you think the questions are fun and you have good conversations with friends then it’s still worth going,” McCraw said.

Heather Hayward and Ian Mctavish have made a tradition of coming to the trivia nights. “We love coming here,” Hayward said, with Mctavish bragging

that they win every week. Its chill environment inside the brewery leads to an easy place to work on your trivia skills.

BARTOLOTTI’S PIZZA AND BISTRO (FRIDAY 6 P.M.) Best After Class Trivia The EMU houses many activities each term, but every Friday the new pizza place in the east side of the building next to KWVA, Bartolotti’s, hosts a perfect end of week trivia night for any student looking to celebrate. Teams of up to seven cram inside the booths to tease their young college brains.

Be sure to be cautious with your answers in your booths because your neighbors are always within ear shot. With the restaurant being right on campus it makes it easy for students to come in right after class or straight from their residence halls.

Forest Davis has been running trivia here since it was owned by Falling Sky in 2017 and has hosted many other nights around town. Most of the questions he comes up with come from facts he has learned through life, such as the phone booth

Dan McCraw, the trivia host at the Viking Braggot, has been working for the bar for two years. Eugene is home to numerous bars that host trivia nights weekly. (Will Geschke/ Emerald)

in the Mojave desert. “That’s a fun fact, so you can build an entire category based on phone booths or stuff that is out in the middle of nowhere that you wouldn’t expect. You kind of have to thread the flesh around a skeleton of an idea,” Davis said.

This helps keep the rounds fresh and interesting for participants.

Fifth year student Ryley Steel likes the difficulty of this particular trivia night.

“The questions are definitely nice because I like the Jeopardy format, and in Jeopardy they do a lot of word play questions, and they do that here too, but you have more time to think so they’re kinda more complicated,” Steel said.

Even though all the places who host trivia nights may share similar ways of running the show, they all provide unique experiences with food, drinks and the environment. There is a place for any group of people who want to have a good time while using their brain.

Each location provides fun and drink to help you come back for more next week. It’s fun to challenge you and your friends at new places with facts that may teach you something new about yourself or the world.

: E L U D E H C TRIVIA S BELOW: Kiki, the Viking Braggot's resident cat, looks towards the camera as it walks across the outdoor patio. (Will Geschke/Emerald)

MONDAY

Public House - 6:30 p.m.

Oakshire Brewing - 6:30 p.m.

TUESDAY

Ninkasi Better Living Room - 7:00 p.m.

Beergarden - 7:00 p.m.

Goldfire - 6 p.m.

First National Taphouse - 7 p.m.

PourHouse (Springfield) - 7 p.m.

Gridiron Sports Bar Harrisburg - 7 p.m.

Rennie’s Landing - 9 p.m.

WEDNESDAY

The Friendly Garden - 5:30 (Every other Wed) Long Branch Monroe - 6 p.m.

Falling Sky Deli on Blair - 6 p.m.

Side Bar - 7 p.m.

Tap & Growler - 7 p.m.

The Voo (Harrisburg) - 7 p.m.

Qualitytrivia.com Virtual Event - 7 p.m.

THURSDAY

Gratitude Brewing - 6 p.m.

Covered Bridge Brewing (Cottage Grove) - 6 p.m.

Viking Braggot Brewing - 6:30 p.m.

Claim52 - 6:30 p.m.

Qualitytrivia.com Virtual Event - 7 p.m.

FRIDAY Bartolotti’s Pizza (EMU) - 6 p.m.

ABOVE: A group of friends attempts to solve a bonus question for the trivia night at the Viking Braggot. Will Geschke/Emerald)

SUNDAY

Qualitytrivia.com Virtual Event - 5 p.m.

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TAPIA’S TAKE: RAISING THE COST OF COLLEGE TUITION

BY CAITLIN TAPIA • TWITTER @CAITLINTAPIA21

The job market has become too competitive with most jobs requiring a college degree. A simple solution is to raise the cost of college tuition.

I’ve worked my fair share of minimum wage jobs. Between working at a gym, a lumber yard and in the food industry, I would argue I have plenty of work experience. However, getting a job that pays enough to actually afford surviving as a human being now requires a college degree.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, “About half of the occupations analyzed by BLS typically require some type of college degree: associate’s, bachelor’s, master’s, doctoral or professional.”

Among the nearly 158 million people who were employed in 2021, how am I supposed to stand out even with my college degree? The answer might be simpler than expected: raising the cost of college tuition.

The cost of college is already largely unaffordable, however it is with the assistance of government programs such as the Pell Grant or additional individual college scholarships that many students are able to attend such schools. In a study done by the National College Attainment Network, only 23% of four-year public colleges were affordable in the 2018-19 school year with the data being based on students who received the average Pell Grant amount.

If schools, such as the UO, were to raise their tuition and reduce the amount of financial support they provide students, fewer people could attend college.

Reducing the number of college attendees would result in fewer degree recipients.

Thus, those with college degrees, like I’m going to be, will be able to create and survive in a more competitive job market.

The impacts of this change would even extend beyond the job market. A reduced number of students means I wouldn’t have to compete for parking and could walk shorter distances to class, I wouldn’t have to wait 30 minutes for coffee at Unthank during rush hour and I could always book a private study room at the library during finals week.

April Fools.

Raising college costs would only push our society further and further away from valuing human life. By increasing the level of debt an individual is stuck with, people are forced from not being able to take time off of work and using the savings they’ve earned to reward themselves to pay off the continually interest-gaining loans they borrowed decades ago.

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This makes no sense to do when current college costs are outrageous. With the UO’s tuition varying from $14,420 for in-state students to $40,464 for out-of-state students like myself, college becomes more and more unaffordable each passing year. Meanwhile, each class of first-years is larger than the last, meaning we pay more to enter a job market with more competition than ever before.

A true solution to the problem here is two-fold. First, the U.S. must do better in loan forgiveness programs and federal assistance. During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the government froze student loan payments. That deadline has been extended to May 1. But beyond May, there must be other solutions in place.

Our elected leaders cannot use division in Congress as an excuse not to help the 44.7 million people with outstanding student loans.

Additionally, businesses must begin to look past the expensive piece of paper when hiring. Hiring managers must shift their focus from whether a person passed their classes to what skills the applicant possesses. Do they have good communication skills, time management and organization? These skills, yes, can be developed in higher education, but higher education is not the only way for a person to learn them.

After high school, many Americans set on the path toward a college degree.

However, this path may result in more harm than good if it continues to put people in worsening debt with no job solutions.

Caitlin Tapia is an opinion columnist for the Daily Emerald. She is a second-year student from Colorado majoring in journalism and political science. She is most passionate about social justice and politics but loves to debate about anything.

Operation: Steal the EMU: The next phase With his plot to steal the EMU foiled, The Don plots his next scheme Ian Proctor is an editorial cartoonist for the Daily Emerald. He is a freshman with interests in journalism, political science and animation, as well as paleontology and biology.

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SPRING FOOTBALL PREVIEW: DEFENSIVE BACKS In the wake of NFL departures and offseason transfers, Oregon’s secondary is top-heavy.

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Ducks cornerback Verone McKinley III (23) sets up pre snap. Oregon Ducks Football takes on the University of Arizona Wildcats at Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Ore. on Nov. 16, 2019. (Dl Young @cinematicsonly/Emerald) It’s been an offseason brimming with turnover for the Oregon Ducks’ football program, but it’s in their defensive backfield where the revolving door of roster changes will be the most apparent.

The Ducks lost four starters from their secondary since the 2021 season came to a close.

Verone McKinley III and Mykael Wright will hear their names called in April's NFL Draft, Jordan Happle’s eligibility concluded and DJ James will don new colors this season as a key piece for the Auburn Tigers.

Rising sophomore and rotational cornerback Jaylin Davies is off to UCLA, too.

Storyline to watch: size on the back end Oregon coach Dan Lanning’s first secondary at the program could be quite the menacing bunch.

It will take until late fall to fully measure this unit’s effectiveness, but the group’s builds jump off the page.

Each of the defensive backs, which figure to either earn or compete for starting jobs come in at 6-foot-plus. Cornerbacks Christian Gonzalez (Colorado transfer, 6-foot-2), Trickweze Bridges (6foot-3), Dontae Manning (6-foot) and safeties Jamal Hill (6-foot-1), Bennett Williams (6-foot-1), Steve Stephens (6-foot-1) and Jeffrey Bassa (may remain at linebacker where he played in 2021-22, 6-foot-2) will

use their length to their advantage.

Coach: Demetrice Martin/Matt Powledge Martin will handle defensive passing game responsibilities and the cornerbacks while Matt Powledge has assumed the role of safeties’ coach. He comes to Eugene as one of the West Coast’s premiere defensive back recruiters, having already served prominent roles with five Pac-12 programs. He’s coached 15 all-Pac-12 defensive backs.

Powledge has legitimate credentials as a talent developer as well. At Baylor, Powledge helped develop 2021 Jim Thorpe Award finalist Jalen Pitre and 2020 consensus All-American kick returner Trestan Ebner, among others.

Figurehead player: Bennett Williams William’s mid-season injury was mainly forgotten amongst a season marred by critical absences.

Playing primarily at the star position — a hybrid safety/linebacker role near the line of scrimmage — he was on pace for a career year through four games.

Williams tallied three interceptions and 20 tackles before he missed the remainder of the regular season with a leg injury.

He showcased significant improvement as a tackler in the open field last season, and after making a full

recovery from his injury, a healthy Williams may well be one of the Pac-12’s foremost defensive backs.

The only question surrounding Williams is whether he’ll remain at the star position or if he’ll slide back to the boundary safety spot in McKinley III’s wake.

“If our best nickel is Bennett then we have to figure out who our best safety is,” Lanning said.

“It could be Jamal, but Jamal won’t learn just one position. Bennett won’t learn just one position.

Bassa won’t learn just one position. That’s one thing I think I got from Kirby (Smart), is position versatility.”

Player to watch: Christian Gonzalez The sophomore newcomer from Colorado plugs a key hole in the wake of James and Wright. At the very least, Oregon’s starting cornerbacks bring previous experience to the table, leaving the underclassmen and incoming freshman backup roles.

“Coach Martin’s relationship with Gonzo is big because he’s been with him first-hand, was actually his position coach day in and day out,” Lanning said.

“He has the physical tools and ability and has some experience in the league.”

Gonzalez has the size to match up with the conference’s bigger receiving threats. If he can replace James’ ball production, the Ducks’ secondary should be fine out of the gate.

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Skate culture has taken today’s generation by storm as it has transformed from a subculture of outsiders to the core inspiration for a skate-inspired fashion youth movement.

BY EVAN HUNTINGTON • TWITTER @EVANHUNTINGTON Skateboarding has long been considered an outsider sport, representing a whole subculture of society that takes pride in its counterculture ideologies. Although skate culture did not emerge with an explicit motivation to forge its own fashion aesthetic, it has evolved to establish its own flavor and sense of style that is synonymous with the sport itself.

The skater fashion aesthetic is growing in the fashion industry. Within the past year, the global fashion engine Lyst has seen a 46% increase in searches containing the word “skater,” and since the first-ever skateboarding Olympic competitions last July, searches for Nike skateboarding products increased by 35%.

The connection between fashion and skate culture is stronger than ever, proven by its increasing influence in popular media today. Social media outlets like YouTube, Instagram and TikTok have given much broader visibility to the sport. With the rise of fashion influencers taking over these platforms — such as Evan Mock, @ rayscorruptedmind and @burberry.erry — social media has become a hub for skater fashion inspiration, allowing for increased representation for the sport and the accompanying style.

This style is a growing market and subcategory of the current fashion industry, and Gen Z has been engaging with this style more than ever after increased exposure in media and from designer brands.

“Skate fashion is really any sort of clothing that is comfortable while skating and can help protect you,” Kylie Sagon, a UO sophomore and skatewear enthusiast, said. “This usually is something like big pants and a hoodie because they’re super comfortable and they provide a little bit of cushion.”

Skate fashion is known for its simple yet distinctive components. A typical skater’s closet is likely to consist of oversized graphic and logo tees, low rise baggy jeans or work wear pants, Vans or Nike sneakers designed for skating, loose fit flannels or button-ups and a selection of beanies and five-panel flat caps to top it off. Whatever the pieces may be, skatewear is defined by its durability and oversized, loose fit, primarily to be functional for skaters when they ride.

“I’d define skate fashion as dressing in a way that is both functional and fashionable,” Wyatt Holland, a UO sophomore whose personal style draws heavy inspiration from skate culture, said. “Wearing durable clothing is super important for people who skate to protect their body when they fall. This is why work wear and baggy clothing has been super popular for people to wear when they skate.”

Mixing in styles of vintage, gorpcore and workwear into his fashion, Holland appreciated the practical use of this style in combination with its fashionable taste.

“I like clothes that have a story behind them,” Holland said. “I don’t skate as much as I used to, but nice baggy vintage clothing was my favorite because I could buy it relatively cheap and not worry if it got ruined or torn up when I skated.”

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“I’D DEFINE SKATE FASHION AS DRESSING IN A WAY THAT IS BOTH FUNCTIONAL AND FASHIONABLE,” WYATT HOLLAND UO Student public eye is its influence and integration into the closets of anybody, even those who don’t skate. Social media allows anyone to join and be included in new communities, especially when it comes to gaining new fashion inspiration. Skate influencers — such as Marcos Montoya, Sagon’s personal favorite — expose their street-influenced flair to a slew of enticed users to inspire new ideas.

“The increased popularity is great for skate culture,” Holland said. “It’s helping skaters make a living off skating as well as supporting skate brands and local skate shops.”

Sagon is also a believer in skatewear’s rise to widespread popularity, as he advocates for its ability to trigger creativity in people’s style.

“It adds diversity and has influenced people to play with their own clothing style and figure out what they like to wear best,” Sagon said.

Skate culture has established its commanding influence in mainstream media and pop culture, notably through fashion. So whether you’re a hardcore skater shredding down the sidewalks or just a curious bystander, try ordering your next clothing haul in a size or two bigger, and you just might be able to pull off the classic laid-back look.

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