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BY CARRINGTON POWELL• TWITTER @CARINGTONPOWELL A new esports lounge equipped with 25 computers is under construction on the ground floor of the Erb Memorial Union and is set to open winter 2020.

It will be a place where students can hang out in their free time or play games competitively.

“We wanted a place where they [students] could connect as a community,” said EMU Director Laurie Woodward, “they could get to know each other [and] where competitive teams could practice and compete.”

The esports lounge will be a 12,000-square-foot space open to any student gamer. There will be 25 computers available; 15 will be “midlevel” PCs, ones that are probably better than most people have at home, and 10 will be esports-tier PCs, the best of the best. There will be a small fee for the use of these computers, Woodward said.

There will also be consoles like Playstation, Xbox and Switch available to play on television screens.

The lounge is an indication of the growth of esports at UO. Last year was the program’s first year as a club sport,

said UO esports program director David Gugliotti. UO esports program director.

Before then, the club was originally formed to play League of Legends, an online multiplayer capture-the-flag strategy game created in 2009.

There are currently five varsity teams at the university for the games League of Legends, Hearthstone, Call of Duty, Rocket League and Overwatch. But despite the growth of the esports club, these teams didn’t have a dedicated building to play in.

“We were on ESPN last year, and we were getting made fun of because we didn’t have the jerseys,” said Gugliotti said. “We didn’t have the stuff that the other schools had.”

With the club’s growth, it needed a place to host that wasn’t the cramped UO dorms, Gugliotti said.

“We have this house now for us to be in instead of last year when we were scattered out in our apartments and residence halls and hoping the Wi-Fi in Barnhart stayed up,” Gugliotti said.

Now that the lounge is being built, UO has big plans for the future of the esports

program that goes beyond competitive gaming.

Gugliotti said professors are partnering with the program to do doctoral studies on ethnography, and Duck TV will have a class dedicated to covering esports as well as helping the program with content creation.

“Whether you want to work in esports or not, you can attach to our program and find a way to get something on your resume that’s going to help you get an internship or a job after you graduate,” Gugliotti said.

The room where the lounge will be, a former call center near Falling Sky, is under construction. When it is finished, it will feature the gaming computers, many gaming consoles, couches and a backlit wall decorated with fir trees as shown in an early concept art.

There are high hopes for the esports program, hopes that extend far into the future.

“We want it to grow,” Gugliotti said.

“We want it to be bigger and better, and we want to be the premiere esports university in the country.”

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LONG-DISTANCE BUS SERVICE BEGINS SERVICE IN PACIFIC NORTHWEST

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THE FLIXBUS: WHAT TO KNOW • 11 STOPS FROM EUGENE TO SPOKANE • PRICES START AT $4.99 FOR SHORT ROUTES • PICKUP/DROP-OFF ON UO CAMPUS BY HAYWARD FIELD • MULTIPLE TRIPS TO PORTLAND PER DAY CHECK FLIXBUS.COM FOR BUS SCHEDULES AND TICKETS

The new Flixbus stop is located next to Hayward Field. (Sarah Northrop/Emerald)

The new long-distance FlixBus began service in the Pacific Northwest last Thursday, offering to transport students to 11 stops between Oregon and Washington, stretching from Eugene to Spokane.

Four times per day, buses will depart the Hayward Field stop on the University of Oregon campus and carry riders to Seattle via Portland. Other cities serviced along the route at various frequencies include Albany, Corvallis, Salem and four Washington cities.

It is no fluke that the Eugene stop is stationed on the UO campus.

In Corvallis and Ellensburg, Washington, the stops are on the Oregon State University and Central Washington University campuses, respectively. “The core of it is that it’s a huge population of people that want to travel and want to do it in a sustainable way,” FlixBus Head of Business Development PA G E 4

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Michael Khan said of the company’s presence on campuses.

The PNW is only the most recent expansion for the travel company.

The company was founded in Germany in 2013 and now operates in 28 European countries, according to its website. FlixBus expanded to the United States in 2018 with the addition of several routes in the Southwest and along the West Coast.

Since then, services have expanded to include routes in the Southern and Northeastern United States with a total of over 100 stations. Internationally, the company has raised around $561 million from investors to expand into Latin America and Asia, Reuters reports.

Sustainability is part of FlixBus’s business practices. Its parent company FlixMobility has promised that by 2030, all of its bus and

train trips and business-related processes will be carbon neutral.

Earlier this year, the company tested America’s first fully electric long-distance bus. The electric bus currently runs from San Francisco to Sacramento, but starting next year, the company plans to expand its electric bus services, according to Fast Company.

FlixBus also appeals to travelers on a budget. Short routes, such as Eugene to Corvallis, begin at $4.99 and a round trip from Eugene to Portland on a non-holiday weekend is $20 compared to $26 to ride Bolt Bus the same weekend.

Another way FlixBus hopes to beat out existing travel companies is by effectively using technology, Kahn said. The company’s plan is to offer services such as free onboard Wi-Fi, personal outlets and an app for ticket purchasing and bus tracking to win over customers.

The company also uses technology to make service faster.

“We never want to be slower than our competitors,” Khan said. FlixBus tracks ticket sales and will cancel stops on days when there are no pickups or drop-offs at a station.

For example, if no one wants to stop in Corvallis, the Eugene to Portland route will skip that stop for the day and cut down on travel time.

The result of FlixBus’s sustainability, pricing and technological practices is an expanding market of long-distance bus riders. Khan said that as many as 60% of FlixBus riders are people who have never used coaches for long-distance travel in the past.

FlixBus plans to continue expanding its services next year, including connecting its PNW network to the rest of the West Coast and adding more services in Idaho.

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REVIEW: COME FOR DAY & NIGHT’S BOBA DRINKS, STAY TO PLAY (OR STUDY)

BY EM CHAN

Day and Night’s tea yakults are popular orders at the boba tea house.

(Maddie Knight/Emerald)

Day & Night Tea House has arrived in Eugene, bringing a taste of Hong Kong with it.

Perfect for dates, studying, hanging out or as an excuse to leave campus for a boba run, Day & Night has a great ambience despite its far location from campus.

It offers free Wi-Fi, aesthetic backdrops for photos (of you, your group and your drinks), a high bar with an ample number of outlets — not just your usual wall sockets, but also USB cable ones — round tables with chairs and even a TV connected to a Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 with games including Breath of the Wild, Super Mario Odyssey, NBA 2K15 and even Naruto Shippuden Ultimate Ninja Storm Trilogy.

Compared to the older spots around the University of Oregon, Day & Night does not offer the widest individual drink options; however, it does offer the most interesting variety compared to D.I.Y. Tea & Beyond, Rabbit Hole, Milky Way and (fairly new) Bobahead.

Located on 515 E. Broadway, Day & Night’s drinks are more expensive than other shops around campus, priced from about $4 to $7, but only some are well worth the steeper price.

This café also stands out for offering Hong Kongstyle milk teas (priced around $5), a unique option in the Eugene area, as other locations are Taiwaneseowned. Around the world, Hong Kong is well known for their milk teas, which have stronger flavors and are sweetened with either condensed or evaporated milk.

Day & Night’s pearls were not too chewy or sticky.

However, they were steeped in sugar longer since it has a comparatively stronger caramel-y taste; the pearls themselves are also a bit smaller.

There are six types of popping boba: mango,

Day and Night is a new boba tea house located in Eugene, Ore. (Maddie Knight/Emerald)

strawberry, passionfruit, yogurt, lychee and peach.

When stores buy boba in bulk, these pearls come in syrup-filled buckets. Typically, most shops do not do a thorough enough job straining the pearls of their sweet syrup, but that taste is, fortunately, not present in Day & Night’s drinks.

The only snack option at this point is bubble waffles — egg-based waffles made in egg-shaped waffle irons.

Day & Night’s bubble waffles have crispy edges but retain a hearty doughiness that isn’t soggy or too chewy. Their waffles are sweet enough to be eaten alone and are about the size of a large dinner plate.

It’ll leave you wanting more though, since you’ll probably unintentionally wolf it down.

Because these drinks are more unique, they have some interesting names and just as interesting drink compositions.

Lava milk is as delicious and cool-looking as it sounds. It gets the name “lava” since it has a layer of melted sugar that gets dripped down the inside of the cup. So when the drink gets poured in, it looks like the syrup is flowing (like lava) down the rest of your cup.

Fruit tea booms are quite similar, except most of their pairings are with popping boba, hence the “boom.” I think these drinks are your best bet if you’re not sure what to get first.

Any drink under the Yakult set is a fruit tea medley mixed with the iconic Yakult yogurt drink, filled with plenty of fruit pieces and paired with jelly. The drinks are almost too full of fruit and jelly, so you end up with so many toppings that it’s more eating than actual drinking.

Day & Night also offers a unique set of “winter special matcha,” which in quality is unmatched compared to the other boba shops. It’s stronger, has a more aromatic taste and doesn’t have the taste of

added (artificial) sweetner to it.

The fresh-made cheese crema teas are made with a generous helping of cheese crema, a creamy foam that tops the drink. The cheese flavor is tasty and light but still leans closer to just being a foam. These drinks are good, but if you’re looking for a sharp cheese flavor, you won’t find it here. Since these drinks are closer to $7 in price, the other drinks are better options.

Despite its distance away from campus, Day & Night is well deserving of the title as best boba in Eugene.

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Hong Kong-style milk tea with boba: This drink gets the distinct flavor — barely bitter black tea flavor but softened by the milk — just right without being overwhelmingly sweet, which is a mistake most shops make.

Brown sugar lava milk tea with brown sugar jelly, boba: Despite the drink having extra brown sugar poured down the sides, you can’t really taste the extra sweetness. It comes off as an added caramel-y aftertaste to the milk tea. I would also suggest adding regular boba to it, for the added texture and brown sugar flavor.

Green grape boba tea with crystal jelly: This fruit tea with the green grape pieces and crystal jellies were a texturally satisfying mix, the chewier jelly complementing the soft grape bits. Just sweet enough to quench your thirst but still leave you wanting more.

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NOT EVERYTHING IS PICTURE PERFECT

BY HUNTER REED AND SARAH NORTHROP

Eugene Darkroom Group’s secretary Jamie McDonald views negatives through the light. The tangibility of film as a medium over digital photography is something that appeals to Eugene’s analogue artists. (Sarah Northrop/Emerald)

Tucked away behind a black curtain in the courtyard at Maude Kerns Art Center is a tiny room red-lit by a single light fixture. Peeling away the curtain reveals an analogue paradise within Eugene’s film photography community.

An effort started by a group of Lane Community College photography students to find a new home after the closing of their darkroom led to the 2017 formation of Eugene Darkroom Group. EDG is a nonprofit whose goal involves cultivating a community of film photographers in Eugene while raising money for a centralized darkroom –– a place where chemical processing breathes life into film negatives. Now, the creation of that darkroom has finally seen the light.

“We were a group of friends who wanted to put some enlargers in any space we could find,” said Jesiah Hallford, EDG’s president and founder. “Our goals weren’t that personal, it was communityoriented. We wanted to create a space where people could create, do gallery shows, we wanted to educate through classes.”

By the end of their time in school, Hallford and company had taken every photography class available. The LCC space had become a second home and a sense of community emerged where lifelong friendships were built in the walls of the darkroom.

As the students neared graduation, the LCC darkroom faced closure. The community they built was destined to split up and relocate — a casualty of the college town. Add in the advent of digital photography and the darkroom appears to become obsolete — a dying art form meant for purists and those who relish in nostalgia.

In an effort to keep a vibrant darkroom culture alive, Hallford set off on a mission to create a new space for film. This idea was much bigger than the PA G E 6

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aging art of processing photos. It was about creating a space for people to come together and connect over art and photography. Instead of mourning the end of an era, Hallford began to plant the seeds that would eventually sprout the Eugene Darkroom Group.

After years of work and a false start, the nonprofit EDG had its grand opening at Maude Kerns Art Center last Friday.

The road to a permanent location at Maude Kerns wasn’t always paved, though. In fact, the first iteration of the EDG darkroom was located in the garage of a member’s aunt. It wasn’t the quality the group had been used to, but it accomplished what they needed and it gave the artists a platform to continue their work in the meantime.

But after a while, there were problems. Some of the original members had found opportunities elsewhere and had moved or planned on moving. Without school as the great unifier, people’s paths began to diverge, and the darkroom was set to disband once again.

The dream never died for Hallford, though. To him, the idea meant something to the community at large. During a 2017 interview, when EDG was just beginning to put itself on the map, Hallford told Ethos, the Daily Emerald’s sister publication, that he wanted the organization to become a hub for existing film communities, connecting all kinds of film photographers.

“It’s about sharing skills, resources, ideas and critiques for each other,” Hallford said. “It’s a safe space where photography can remain relevant in the 21st century.”

EDG’s community value keeps the group noncompetitive and allows for a diverse group of artists to thrive from learning from each other.

To take EDG from an idea to an established entity,

Hallford reached out to a local non-profit attorney, who said the group characterized a nonprofit where members were teaching other people while learning from each other — EDG took off from there.

“We really began to realize we could create something that’s for more than just ourselves,” Hallford said.

EDG began putting on gallery shows that featured photography from a wide range of artists with varying experience and skill levels. One of these artists was then-novice and now-EDG secretary Jamie McDonald, who met Hallford at a bar and has since seen EDG’s darkroom goals come to fruition.

In 2017, EDG gave McDonald the platform she needed to hone her craft. “The group can be a good way for people to really explore that as an outlet and a way to have a new creative interest and hobby and not feel intimidated or bad about it,” McDonald said at the time. “Everybody has to learn at some point.”

A few years later, McDonald now possesses a vast portfolio of film negatives, enlargements and framed work. As she laid out examples of her work on a table outside of the Maude Kerns darkroom, McDonald recollected EDG’s journey to this point. “It’s really cool to see this come together,” she said.

Over the entirety of 2017, EDG was able to present more than 50 pieces of art from over 25 different artists in order to raise money to pay the fees associated with becoming a nonprofit.

“We were combating the myth that film is a dying art form,” Halford said. “But, we couldn’t maintain that tight-knit community without building something.”

Despite its growing community, EDG still hadn’t yet found an official darkroom. Members began looking around Eugene for potential spaces where they could build one. Hallford made an important discovery

“IT’S ABOUT SHARING SKILLS, RESOURCES, IDEAS AND CRITIQUES FOR EACH OTHER. IT’S A SAFE SPACE WHERE PHOTOGRAPHY CAN REMAIN RELEVANT IN THE 21ST CENTURY.” JESIAH HALLFORD, EDG’S PRESIDENT AND FOUNDER

when taking a sculpting class at Maude Kerns: “I remember leaving one day and noticing that they had a defunct darkroom,” Hallford said.

It was the perfect space. A historic darkroom, filled with equipment, located right in the middle of a nonprofit art center. Hallford began to visit Maude Kerns regularly, in hopes that his group could revive the space. After some discussion, Maude Kerns gave EDG the okay to move in — but because of legal work, they couldn’t immediately.

For some, the process wasn’t moving quickly enough and many board members had to move — including Hallford. The project once again began to fizzle out.

However, for EDG members like current Vice President Brenna Hansen and Darkroom Facilities Coordinator Brian Maneely, the project had only just gotten started.

Both Hansen and Maneely joined EDG after the group’s initial LCC days and weren’t ready to give up what Hallford had helped start.

The pair continued to maintain EDG and carried it through a significant portion of development.

The goal of one day having a fully established darkroom wasn’t as far off as many of the members had thought. They developed their plan further, and had a blueprint for establishing themselves in Maude Kerns.

After hearing the plans, Hallford immediately moved back to Eugene to give EDG one more shot. When he returned, they moved quicker than before and explained their ideas for the space to those at Maude Kerns. The art center took them in with open arms, and the team began to transform the dusty, archived space into something operational.

Though its initial mission may have just been recently accomplished, EDG’s members feel there

Enlargers are a darkroom tool used for projecting and exposing a film image on to photo paper .

(Sarah Northrop/Emerald)

is still much work to do. While the darkroom is still growing, the community darkroom is only accessible to members as of November. Members are given surveys to find out ways the darkroom can be improved and the planned community education curriculum will begin in spring 2020.

“At this point in time, it’s a new learning phase,” Maneely said. “We are trying to manage all of the necessities. Whether it be through pricing, our availability, services or equipment, we want to be able to accommodate.”

Photography itself has a vast variance as far as personal technique goes, and one space needs to be accommodating of several artists with diverse styles and tastes.

“We all have our own process and our own style, and we can build off of what we know, but we can’t speak for everybody. That’s what the trial group is there for.” Maneely said.

Once the trial period comes to an end, the group anticipates it will have an appropriate grasp on how the darkroom should be run and plans to open up applications for new members.

As of now, registration is set for Feb. 7, 2020.

People interested can apply for access to the darkroom, and if accepted, can begin using the facilities by early May. Eventually, EDG wants their community to extend throughout Eugene, Springfield, Coburg and beyond. They want their darkroom to be accessible to everyone, as EDG’s ultimate focus is building a foundation for artists to express themselves and equipping them with the tools they need to create.

“This is meant to be sharable and exportable idea,” Hallford said. “I want people to copy our idea, and continue building communities like this.”

Eugene Darkroom Group president Jesiah Hallford (left) and vice president Brenna Hansen (right) stand in the Maude Kerns darkroom space. (Sarah Northrop/Emerald)

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COPING WITH ANXIETY This workshop will help students develop skills for coping with and overcoming symptoms of anxiety, such as excessive worry, feeling overwhelmed, insomnia, perfectionism, and excessive self-criticism.

3-3:50 p.m.

(Monday - Friday) 3 pm University Health & Counseling Center, University Counseling Center (2nd floor), University of Oregon.

UO ESPORTS VARSITY LEAGUE OF LEGENDS TRYOUTS

Want to play for the University of Oregon Esports Varsity League of Legends team that will compete in RSAA and other leagues,travel to events, and more?

(Monday - Friday) 12 am University of Oregon

LET’S TALK

Let’s Talk is a free and confidential service where UO students can stop by for support from a mental health professional in locations across campus.

2-4 p.m.

(Monday - Friday) 2 pm Oregon Hall, Center for Multicultural Academic Excellence (CMAE, OH 131), University of Oregon.

SATURDAY MARKET’S HOLIDAY MARKET

Saturday Market’s Holiday Market takes all the good things about the Saturday Market and moves them inside where it’s nice and cozy!

(Monday - Friday) 12 am Lane Events Center, 796 West 13th Avenue.

TUTORS FOR ADULTS

Adults: drop in for help with English language skills.

4-5:45 p.m.

(Monday - Friday) 4 pm Downtown Library, 100 W 10th Ave.

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Performing: Gershwin – An American in Paris; J.C. Bach – Symphony in G minor, op. 6, no. 6; Bartok – Concerto for Orchestra 7:30-8:30 p.m.

Beall Concert Hall

WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 27,

COPING WITH DEPRESSION

GEO STUDY ABROAD DROP-IN ADVISING

Are you interested in studying abroad?Want to find out how to fit it in your academic plan?Not sure how to get started?Come speak to a GEO Study Abroad expert on steps to make it a reality!

1:30-3:30 p.m.

(Monday - Friday) 1:30 pm Oregon Hall, 300W, University of Oregon.

UO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AND OREGON WIND ENSEMBLE

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NOVEMBER 26,

GEO PEER ADVISING @ EMU AMPHITHEATER Stop by and talk with an International Peer Assistant about global opportunities! There are over 300 programs in 90+ countries available.

You can study, intern, volunteer, research and more all while receiving academic credits abroad.

10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

Erb Memorial Union, 1395 University St.

LET’S TALK

Let’s Talk is a free and confidential service where UO students can stop by for support from a mental health professional in locations across campus.

2-4 p.m.

Erb Memorial Union, 1395 University St.

RACING TO CHANGE: OREGON’S CIVIL RIGHTS YEARS—THE EUGENE STORY

Racing to Change chronicles the civil rights movement in Eugene, Oregon, during the 1960s and 1970s—a time of great upheaval, conflict, and celebration as new voices clashed with traditional organizations of power.

11 a.m.-5 p.m.

(Monday - Friday) 11 am Museum of Natural and Cultural History

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This workshop will help students gain understanding about where their depression may be coming from.

The primary focus will be learning psychological and emotional skills for coping with and overcoming depression.

2-2:50 p.m.

(Monday - Friday) 2 pm University Health & Counseling Center, University Counseling Center (2nd floor), University of Oregon.

GEO ASK ME ANYTHING: PEER ADVISING

Thinking about a creative way to finance study abroad and want to learn how others did so?Want to learn how to live like a local student while abroad?Find out how GEO study abroad alum made it happen, and what they wish they’d known beforehand!

12-1 p.m.

Oregon Hall, 300W, University of Oregon.

explores his parallel practice in drawing.

11 a.m.-8 p.m.

(Monday - Friday) 11 am Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art (JSMA), University of Oregon.

NAEEMEH NAEEMAEI: DREAMS OF EXTINCTION AND UNDER THE EARTH, OVER THE MOON

Dissolving the artificial boundary between human society and wild nature is the goal of this special exhibition, featuring work from two of the artist’s recent series, “Dreams Before Extinction” and “Under the Earth, Over the Moon.”

11 a.m.-8 p.m.

(Monday - Friday) 11 am Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art (JSMA), University of Oregon.

THURSDAY NOVEMBER 28,

COMMON ADVENTURE: THANKSGIVING DUNES BACKPACK! Staying in Eugene for turkey day? Join Kevin on a coastal backpacking holiday extravaganza! You will spend two nights and three days backpacking in the dunes, eating scrumptious backpacking cuisine, and spending time with fantastic new friends!

6:30-7:30 a.m.

University of Oregon

JOURNEY TO THE THIRD DEMENSION: TOM CRAMER DRAWINGS AND PAINTINGS 1977-2019

Tom Cramer (American, b. 1960) is widely known for his intricate relief paintings, which celebrate the lushness of nature and the mysteries of the cosmos. This exhibition

NOVEMBER 29,

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McDonald Theatre, 1010 Willamette Street.

CULTIVATING SELFCOMPASSION

Let’s end your week learning skills to turn your biggest critic into your greatest ally. This workshop focuses on practicing therapeutic exercises that enhance self-compassion, selfacceptance, and self-love.

11-11:50 a.m.

University Health & Counseling Center, University Counseling Center (2nd floor), University of Oregon.

EUGENE WEAVERS’ GUILD ANNUAL FIBER ARTS CELEBRATION AND HOLIDAY SALE

Eugene Weavers’ Guild Annual Fiber Arts Celebration and Holiday Sale Friday November 29 and Saturday November 30, 10:00-5:00 Sale features handcrafted items by local and regional artists Celebration includes Family Friendly Activities, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

(Monday - Friday) 10 am Eugene Textile Center, 2750 Roosevelt Boulevard.

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HAPPINESS HOUR

Come hang out at our Happiness Hour. We’ll keep it all natural breathing and meditation.

4-5 p.m.

Prince Lucien Campbell Hall (PLC), Room 361, University of Oregon.

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TURKEY STUFFER RACE

Take some time to be outdoors on Thanksgiving Day with the annual Turkey Stuffer 5K. Run or walk a flat course that takes participants through a beautiful and quiet residential neighborhood.

8:00 a.m.

Splash! at Lively Park, Springfield.

Celebrate the beginning of the weekend with us at Sweet Cheeks on 5th, located upstairs at The Fifth Street Public Market in Downtown Eugene. We feature a local musician each Friday night from 6:00 - 8:00pm.

6-9 p.m.

Sweet Cheeks Winery & Vineyard, 27007 Briggs Hill Rd.

NIGHT OF A THOUSAND STARS Save the date- Night of a Thousand Stars 2019 Friday, November 29, 2019 | 5pm to 8 pm Stay tuned for more information.

5-9 p.m.

5th Street Public Market, 296 East Fifth Ave..

NOBLE FRIDAY NIGHTS

Shake off the Thanksgiving food coma and head to Noble Estate Urban for wine and music.

Do your holiday shopping or stock up for winter with our Thanksgiving Weekend wine specials.

Tonight’s music by Skip Jones and Friends.

6-9:30 p.m.

Noble Estate Urban, 560 Commercial St.

OREGON DUCKS VOLLEYBALL VS. OREGON STATE BEAVERS VOLLEYBALL

5 p.m.

Matthew Knight Arena, 1776 E. 13th Ave.

THANKSGIVING WEEKEND | FRIDAY

We are celebrating the winery’s 14th Anniversary this Thanksgiving Weekend with specials Friday through Sunday!

Stock up on your favorites for the holiday season and enjoy a special Thanksgiving flight.

12-9 p.m.

Sweet Cheeks Winery & Vineyard, 27007 Briggs Hill Rd.

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PUB BEER TAILGATE TOUR: CIVIL WAR

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2019 OREGON DUCKS FOOTBALL MINIPLANS

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12 p.m.

Autzen Stadium

BUZZED WITH BACHATA! 7:30-11PM

We’ll be on site with games, prizes, a mechanical bull, and plenty of cheap fun! Save the burnt hotdogs and lukewarm beer for your dad’s tailgate. You don’t wanna miss this.

12 a.m.-11 p.m.

Taylor’s Bar & Grill, 894 E 13th Ave.

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Buzzed with Bachata.

Need something to do to relieve stress? Come out to the Oregon Wine Lab and choose from a delightful vino selection while you get your bachata on!

7:30-10 p.m.

Wine Lab, 488 Lincoln St.

FRIENDSGIVING HALF MARATHON, 10K AND 5K

Compete in a half marathon, 10K or 5K along the Mill Race Path in Springfield to burn off that Thanksgiving feast with your friends.

9:00 a.m.

307 S 5th St, Springfield, 97477

THANKSGIVING WEEKEND | SATURDAY

We are celebrating the winery’s 14th Anniversary this Thanksgiving Weekend with specials Friday through Sunday!

Stock up on your favorites for the holiday season and enjoy a special Thanksgiving flight.

12-6 p.m.

Sweet Cheeks Winery & Vineyard, 27007 Briggs Hill Rd.

TURKEY BURN

Try a Water Fitness class to help burn off all the turkey andtrimmings from the holiday!

Sheldon Pool, 2443 Willakenzie Rd.

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OREGON DUCKS FOOTBALL VS. OREGON STATE FOOTBALL Autzen Stadium

PORTLAND CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA - GLORIA |ON SALE AT THE UO TICKET OFFICE IN THE EMU| Join the Portland Choir & Orchestra with special guest Big Horn Brass for their Christmas concert, Gloria. 150 performers on stage for this one-of-a-kind Portland holiday event.

2-3 p.m.

Newmark Theatre, University of Oregon.

THANKSGIVING WEEKEND | SUNDAY

We are celebrating the winery’s 14th Anniversary this Thanksgiving Weekend with specials Friday through Sunday!

Stock up on your favorites for the holiday season and enjoy a special Thanksgiving flight.

12-6 p.m.

Sweet Cheeks Winery & Vineyard, 27007 Briggs Hill Rd.

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BY JOSEPH CAPPELLETTI Thousands of students pass through the Erb Memorial Union every day. At most points of the day, the EMU is a chaotic assembly of over-caffeinated college students. But on the second floor of the EMU, juxtaposing the disarray created

by Starbucks and Chipotle seekers, sits a 1950 Steinway Model B piano.

Since the year of its creation, all 88 keys on that piano have held the potential to disrupt, soothe or inspire those who sit on the surrounding couches and chairs.

While most students at the university have heard the music that comes from this piano, here is a closer look at some of the pianists of the EMU:

Harrison Wiesert At some points when you walk through the EMU, the piano appears to fight in competition with the surrounding noises.

As the piano grows in volume, so does the collective disarray. But as Harrison Wiesert plays the piano, his music appears to fuse these two conflicting worlds and bring order. His body and hands glide over the Bavarian spruce piano keys, appearing to simultaneously portray his emotions and the energy of the happenings around him.

As a native of Eugene, Wiesert said he and his music have been molded by the liberal and nonconformist characteristics that personify Eugene. Often when playing in the EMU, he is using the structure of a song, but improvising everything else.

“Yes it has the fundamentals, the structure, but when I’m doing it, it’s complete musical freedom,” Wiesert said.

“The interesting thing is, depending on my mood that day, or whatever state my mind is in, I can notice the difference in my music ability.”

While Wiesert plays, one slip of his hand and a wrong note may turn into the beginning of a new section. From the beginning to the end, Wiesert is experimenting to create something that will only exist in that time for the people that sit around him. For him, the ability to connect with those around him is what is most important.

“When people are willing to give you their attention, that’s the most important thing someone can give.”

Jaiden Spicher When Jaiden Spicher is at the piano, it isn’t a very good time to study. Spicher doesn’t play the piano, she uses the piano

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to tell a story — a story so beautiful that onlookers have no choice but to give her their full attention. Her hands flow across the piano so quickly that it becomes impossible to distinguish one note from the next.

For those who are lucky enough to hear Spicher play, it seems obvious that she is passionate about her music. A talent like that doesn’t simply come from practice, it comes from an individual who is in love with their craft.

“There’s always more to learn; classical, contemporary, jazz, pop and then you can even start messing around on your own. Once you unlock that and you’re just doing whatever you want, it’s very freeing and opening. And that’s why I love doing it so much,” Spicher explained.

Often when Spicher is playing, people of all ages will come up to talk about music and other things. She said that having others say that her music touched them and made their day better is profound.

“Someone wrote me a letter while I was playing and handed it to me. He told me he was brand new at playing and how inspiring I was. Knowing that it is doing something for me, but also someone else, just hits differently.”

One of the many piano players in the EMU. (Madelyn Stellingwerf/Emerald)

Trey Greer Even as the rain drizzles against the EMU windows and gloomy clouds threaten outside, Trey Greer’s music makes it impossible to not be happy.

Growing up with an aunt that was in a choir, Greer listened to a lot of gospel music. He almost always starts by playing a gospel song and will often take the bass line of a popular gospel and completely change the melody. Depending on what the mood around him appears to be will often shape how he plays.

“I have to recognize that if it’s during finals or midterm week, people are trying to get some work done. I’m not going to go banging on the keys, distracting them and stuff,” Greer said.

When Trey Greer came to the university in 2015, piano music rarely echoed through the halls of the EMU. In an effort to encourage people to play, the university hired a select view pianists, including Greer, to play around eight hours a week.

Four years later, Greer is still part of this initiative, saying, “I think a lot of people see the piano there and think, ‘That’s not for me.’ Just getting us on there encourages more and more people to get up there and give it a try. Which is really a cool thing to see.”

One of the many piano players in the EMU. (Madelyn Stellingwerf/Emerald)

There’s always more to learn; classical, contemporary, jazz, pop and then you can even start messing around on your own. Once you unlock that and you’re just doing whatever you want, it’s very freeing and opening. And that’s why I love doing it so much.”

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SPORTS

JAYDEN DANIELS’ HOT HAND DASHES DUCKS’ PLAYOFF HOPES

BY SHANE HOFFMAN • TWITTER @SHANE_HOFFMANN

Ducks quarterback Justin Herbert looks to make a pass. (DL Young/Emerald)

A 9-1 playoff contender met a floundering 5-5 team that had lost four straight games in Tempe, Arizona. But you couldn’t tell which was which on Saturday night.

True freshman Jayden Daniels torched the Ducks’ helpless secondary to the tune of 408 yards and three touchdowns, downing the Ducks 31-28. Meanwhile, Oregon’s offense sputtered early, eventually finding a rhythm only to run out of time in the end.

On the first play from scrimmage, Juwan Johnson caught a 25-yard pass, barrelling through opposing defensive backs in what seemed to be a tone-setting play. While the Ducks would go three-and-out, their next drive proved to be much more successful.

A ground-heavy attack featuring CJ Verdell and Travis Dye propelled Oregon into red zone. Then Cyrus Habibi-Likio powered in a bruising touchdown run to give the Ducks a 7-0 lead.

It only took four plays for Daniels and the Sun Devils offense to respond.

On second-and-11, Daniels exploited a miscommunication in the Ducks’ secondary, finding receiver Frank Darby for a 57-yard touchdown — the longest play the Oregon defense has allowed all season.

Oregon’s run game was clicking on all cylinders as they effortlessly marched down the field against the Pac-12’s third-leading rush defense. Given their success, the Ducks elected to go for it on a fourth-and-1 on the Arizona State 6-yard line. They failed to convert, and ASU looked to take control.

Despite solid starts offensively from both teams, though, the remainder of the first half lacked excitement.

ASU’s inexperienced offensive line repetitively cost the Sun Devils yardage with false start penalties as Daniels and his backfield counterpart, running back Eno Benjamin — who had been severely struggling over their four game losing streak — only mustered three more points despite Daniels connecting on nearly every one of his throws in a pressure-free pocket.

Meanwhile, Oregon inexplicably abandoned the run game in favor of a more pass heavy approach, which failed miserably as the Ducks racked up a mere 17 yards in the second quarter, trailing 10-7 at half.

Daniels was the better quarterback on the field Saturday, and he made his presence known.

The Sun Devils knocked in a field goal on the first drive of the second half, but the next four drives resulted in two punts for each team.

Then Justin Herbert, who had been inaccurate all night, threw back-to-back interceptions, crippling the Ducks’ offense and gifting ASU 10 points.

First, Daniels found Darby for a 26-yard score and then kicker Christian Zendejas

knocked in his second field goal.

All of a sudden the Ducks were up against a wall, facing a 17-point deficit with nine minutes to go and Herbert seemingly lost, in the midst of his career-worst game. All season, this Oregon team had dealt with adversity well, but things were slipping away with no hope in sight.

Suddenly, though, Herbert and the Ducks offense hit their stride. Herbert found Arizona native Johnny Johnson III near the sideline for 11 of his career-high 207 yards.

Then after a roughing the passer penalty, he found Johnson again, this time for 39 yards, setting up Habibi-Likio’s 10-yard touchdown run.

Three plays. One minute. The Ducks had life, but the clock was not in their favor.

The Ducks defense, which had been on the field for nearly the entire half, came up with a huge three-and-out stop, ASU’s first of the half, and Herbert had the ball in his hands again with 5:50 to go.

A stellar outing from the Sun Devils looked to be in jeopardy as no one could man up with Johnson. Again, in just three plays, Oregon scored. Nineteen yards to Johnson III, then 23, followed by a 24-yard touchdown snag. The Ducks were feeling themselves again. They had found their rhythm.

The Ducks defense again looked stout, forcing Daniels and his offense into a third and long. On third-and-16, the poised true freshman dropped back and delivered the ball perfectly into the hands of Brandon Aiyuk for an 81-yard touchdown.

Head coach Herm Edwards and his Sun Devils were playing to win.

Herbert again responded, finding Johnson in the end zone to cap off a nineplay drive.

After an onside kick recovered by the Sun Devils, ASU just needed a first down. And on the back of Benjamin, it got one, as he capped off his 114-yard day.

All year, this Ducks team has been defined by their ability to overcome adversity.

After losing to Auburn, they put their heads down and vowed to work harder, rattling off nine straight wins. They overcame early struggles at home versus Cal, came back from 14 down to beat Washington in Seattle and engineered a game-winning drive in the waning moments of the Washington State game.

But on Saturday, when they needed it most, they were simply outplayed.

OREGON VS ASU WHEN: NOVEMBER 23 WHERE: ASU FINAL SCORE: 28-31

Ducks wide receiver Johnny Johnson III (3) celebrates his touchdown. (DL Young/Emerald)

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