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It’s the start of the school year, which means that a perilous time has befallen incoming Ducks. Freshman year means dorm living, and all the social pitfalls therein.

You’ve just moved into a crowded hall full of bizarre strangers, and over nine months they’ll either grow to be lifelong friends or the bane of your existence. The critical first few weeks leave plenty of time for hangout sessions with these friendly strangers, and a good chance to start the year off on good footing. These shows are sure to cultivate a crowd, and all are available now on Netflix streaming.

For The Student With The Impossibly Large TV — Human Planet Every dorm floor has one resident that managed to stuff a TV larger than life into one of the shoebox-sized rooms. It’s a behemoth that needs to be worshipped, and nothing is better suited than a good nature documentary. Planet Earth is an old favorite, but if you’re looking for something with more humanity, BBC’s Human Planet is fascinating.

In addition to mind-blowing footage from Earth’s most remote corners, Human Planet looks at how different cultures have come to live in these impossible conditions. It’s a wonderful experience, all narrated by the wonderful John Hurt.

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For A Bit Of Distinguished Mystery — Sherlock BBC’s Sherlock is the ideal show to bring a dorm floor together. Most people have heard of it but just haven’t found the time to really sit down and digest it. For those already onboard with the show, it’s loaded with secrets deserving of a second viewing.

Plus, the mysteries (mostly) wrap up in each 90-minute episode so it’s not hard to come in if the group is already a few episodes deep. Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat bring the iconic duo to the 21st century in stunning style. Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman take on the roles of Sherlock and Watson, bringing them to life with sharp wit.

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s college students, we all develop our own niche study habits. Whether we are cramming for finals or just having another coffee date with our textbooks, a suitable location can be imperative to our studies.

With the Knight Library’s newly shortened hours, scoping out an alternate study spot is as important as ever.

Escape the dorms, your bedroom or inundated locations and consider these spots around Eugene next time you bring out the homework.

152 W 5th Ave., 2465 Hilyard St.

The University of Oregon offers many places to study near the heart of campus, such as Allen Hall or Lillis, but UO’s Law Library is a sizable, quiet and often forgotten alternative. The fourth floor is limited to JD, CRES, and LLM students, but the second and third floor are open to everyone. Most importantly, it’s open late on weekdays.

Yes, another coffee shop. There are two locations, but because they are a little farther from campus you are basically guaranteed a table for your studies. The W 5th location has later hours, but the location south of campus on Hilyard St. offers student discounts.

The Barn Light (Downtown)

924 Willamette St. CafÊ by day, bar by night. Whatever you’re drinking, The Barn Light in downtown Eugene has late hours and was developed specifically for young professionals and students. It maintains a laid-back vibe while providing people with a suitable work environment. Its spacious tables are just begging students to study their hearts out — and maybe even treat themselves to a drink afterward.

Espresso Roma CafĂŠ 825 E 13th Ave.

Just a short walk from Knight Library, Espresso Roma CafĂŠ lives in the heart of campus. This location consists of two spacious rooms that offer dozens of tables, as well as food, coffee and even a quaint outdoor patio with coverage for the rainy days in Eugene.

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Wandering Goat Coffee Co. E 14th Ave. 268 Madison St.

With its late hours, the Wandering Goat doubles as a music and art venue in Eugene’s Whiteaker neighborhood.

But this contemporarily grungy Eugene coffee shop provides a calm and warm atmosphere perfect for students — it even has a bookshelf brimming with issues of National Geographic magazines. They create their own organic and vegan eats, and their homemade biscuits and gravy are particularly scrumptious.

If you live west of campus or simply love picturesque and cozy coffee shops, Vero Espresso House is worth a visit. In addition to a variety of coffee beverages, they offer wholesome breakfast and lunch options, which makes it the perfect place to stake out for a lengthy period of studying. This place is popular, so try to arrive before the rush.

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1470 Johnson Lane Tucked behind UO’s Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, MarchÊ is conveniently located. It offers numerous tables, food that is strictly seasonal and regional, and, of course, coffee — the key ingredient that fuels college students.

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Over the years on the University of Oregon campus, many people have turned to bicycles as an alternative mode of transport.

In 2012, there were 848 bicycles stolen in Eugene. During the first quarter of 2013, bike thefts in Eugene rose 64 percent. As of 2015, the bike theft rate has risen, with more than 1,040 bikes reported stolen.

Because of this increase in bike thefts, the University of Oregon Police Department has been in discussion with other departments across campus to develop a long-term solution to reduce thefts on campus. One solution is to increase surveillance around bike lock locations.

There are many places around campus to secure bicycles and the university has a list of all those places available to the community. However, many places are still considered unsafe to securely lock up a bike.

UOPD officer Adam Lillengreen told the Emerald how easy it is for bikes to be stolen on campus.

“Unless you know what you’re looking for, you won’t be able to see them,” Lillengreen said of bike stations hidden behind high

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bushes and other obstructions.

Some potentially high risk places to park bikes would include the area behind Millrace and the bike racks by Carson hall.

With UOPD understaffed, Lillengreen said that while increased camera surveillance might lower bike thefts, but is a far off prospect.

“We don’t have the budget right now,” Lillengreen stated. “I’m not aware of any plan to implement [increased surveillance].”

Despite this rise in bike thefts, many people still bike on campus.

Mathew Young, a student at UO, chooses to bike rather than drive because of how easy it is to bike around campus.

“The thing that makes driving around campus inconvenient is that there is nowhere to park,” Young said. “You can park your bike anywhere and that makes it so much more convenient.”

“I think the UO makes it easy to lock up your bike anywhere,” Young said. “I feel pretty safe locking it up. I think if [UOPD] were [increasing surveillance] just for bike thefts, then it would be more trouble than it was worth.”

UO and Eugene Police Departments have bike registry databases in place that they encourage people to use in case they ever have a bike stolen. The university bike program offers many opportunities for students to get more information about biking.

Clara Schneid, Operations Coordinator at the UO Bike Program, shared her insight on how to keep bicycles safe from theft.

“I, luckily, have never had any issues with theft,” Schneid said. “I generally only lock up my bike on campus during the daytime.”

Schneid knows that even during the daytime people can have bikes stolen and admits that it is a “huge concern.” Schneid believes that increased surveillance by UOPD has its benefits but ultimately is not the proper solution.

“Based on my gut feeling,” Schneid said, “I think that increased surveillance will deter opportunistic theft, but will not necessarily solve the problem. I think that more preventative measures would benefit the community, such as lighting the places where we lock our bikes and education on how to best lock your bike.”

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The debate over University of Oregon’s sexual assault reporting policy is likely to take another turn this week. The UO Senate Workgroup on Responsible Reporting will hold a public forum this Friday, Sept. 30 from 1:00-2:30 p.m. in Columbia 150.

The workgroup has been crafting a new policy since the UO senate voted down a revision in May, and it aims to have the new policy passed

by November.

“We’re trying to get a sense of how students feel,” said McKenna O’Dougherty, one of the two students on the workgroup and a co-facilitator of the event. She added that the committee wants to know the best way to keep survivors central to the conversation and preserve their autonomy.

“We don’t know how to do that with only one [undergraduate] student voice,” she said.

O’Dougherty is one of two student workgroup members who planned the forum and will serve as a facilitator. All of the workgroup will be in attendance to hear feedback.

The forum will include an introduction of the committee members and a brief history of the sexual assault reporting policy. The majority of the time allotted will be dedicated to gaining student feedback. Students will be able to submit responses anonymously during the forum, or through an online portal that will open soon, O’Dougherty said.

The workgroup will ask specific questions related to mandatory reporting, such as which UO employees students expect to be a reporter and which they expect to keep conversations confidential.

Additionally, the workgroup hopes to understand student assumptions about sexual assault, given the backdrop of recent, high-profile sexual misconduct cases at UO and other universities. O’Dougherty and other workgroup members are concerned that the national attention and polemic public reaction these events have gained might deter survivors from coming forward.

“I fear there’s an attitude like, ‘Why would I get help if it’s just going to be more painful?’ We’re really trying to build another reality outside of that,” O’Dougherty said.

It’s a fear bolstered by statistics. According to a 2015 campus climate

survey, one in five UO undergraduate women experienced unwanted sexual advances, sexual assault or rape. Of the surveyed sexual assault victims who did not report the incident, more than half felt nothing would be done about the incident or the report would not be kept confidential.

Those numbers and victim reactions have been mentioned in some of the workgroup’s weekly meetings. They have influenced the group’s goals to narrow the university’s approach to mandatory reporting and implement an option for online reporting.

And they’re a primary reason that the workgroup is eager to gain student perspective on Friday.

Students should “expect to be listened to,” O’Dougherty said. “We really want to hear what people have to say.”

A Recent History of Sexual Assault Reporting Policy at UO: Nov. 2013: The university implemented new staff training that revitalized a longstanding policy: mandatory reporting. Most UO staff members were informed of their duty to report any evidence of sexual assault.

Apr. 3, 2015: While the university was recovering from a high-profile rape case, then interim President Scott Coltrane announced an anti-sexual assault plan. It included altering the mandatory reporting policy to encourage more sexual assault survivors to come forward.

Sept. 11, 2015: A campus climate survey revealed that one in five UO undergraduate females experienced unwanted sexual advances, sexual assault or rape.

May 18, 2016: The UO senate voted down a policy that would have clarified and broadened the university’s approach to mandatory reporting.

Aug. 19, 2016: President Schill enacted an emergency policy that made almost all university employees mandatory reporters.

Sept. 30, 2016: The workgroup will gather feedback to shape the forthcoming policy at a student forum to be held from 1:00-2:30 p.m. at Columbia 150.

Nov. 19, 2016: The workgroup aims to have the new policy passed by the UO senate.

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THE LIBRARY IS CHANGING ITS HOURS ➥

The Knight library will no longer operate the 24-hour schedule five times a week, said Lesli Larson, Director of Library Communication and Marketing.

The library is now open to students from 7 a.m. to 2 a.m. daily.

Despite the cut in operation hours, the library is increasing service hours, from 7 a.m. to 2 a.m., instead of having student workers leave at 9 p.m. The longer service hours will provide more opportunity for students who need help in the library, Larson said.

The library’s collaboration with Student Life, and other programs on campus, is designed to expand students’ options on study spots on campus. One of the noticeable spots will be the new section in the newly renovated Erb Memorial Union.

Opened in Spring 2016, the ground floor of the EMU includes Falling Sky Brewery, Red Wagon Creamery and Townshend’s Teahouse. It will be now opened for the public until midnight daily. For students, the lounge in the ground level will be accessible for those with ID cards all the time, said Laurie Woodward, EMU Director. “It’s going to be a good place to study and hang,� Woodward said. “We

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When UO junior Madison Madison Moskowitz was a residence assistant at Learning Living Center, she said her biggest advice to freshmen was to study outside of their bedrooms. “It’s not very good to stay in your dorm room to study,� Moskowitz said. “[The residence hall] is supposed to be a place to hang out with your friends and have fun.�

Knight Library, located on the rear West of campus, has been the first option for many students. With eight locations across campus, the UO library system assists roughly 50,000 students with their studies and research every day.

But Moskowitz said for students new to campus, that is not always the best option. Throughout her time working in University Housing, Moskowitz said she has seen several students concerned with the walk from the library back to their residence halls. “Walking back can be scary. I have seen students carry pepper spray with them at all time, and it sucks that we have to be cautious about safety on campus,� Moskowitz said.

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Larson also echoed Moskowitz’s sentiment.

“We have concerns about safety,” Larson said. “In fact, that’s the first thing a lot of parents mentioned when they first came to the library.

With the EMU now reopened, Moskowitz said she hopes the EMU will become the students’ building, connecting their academic lives with their residence halls.

“The location is much more central than Knight Library,” Moskowitz said. “[The EMU] is such a connector piece geographic-wise.”

Woodward said the EMU will employ a security guard to maintain safety in the building after hours. UO Communications Kelly McIver said it will be one of the existing UOPD officers.

In the upcoming week, Student Life will also update the Be A Duck mobile app with a guide to all the study spots after 9 p.m., including a map with all the well-lit routes for students to navigate around campus, Larson said.

The library will presume the 24/5 operation hours during finals week, Larson said.

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Remember John Belushi’s infamous stroll through the EMU’s buffet line in 1978’s Animal House? He overstuffs his tray with burgers, desserts, sandwiches and fruit in a scene that now serves as a time capsule for both how the old Fishbowl looked and what the University of Oregon’s residence hall foods used to be; both have now been completely remodeled and updated to fit modern times.

Subsisting on nothing but school lunches for a year may sound like a punishment worse than purgatory, but the food served today in UO residence halls might be some of the best in the nation: It ranked No. 29 in Business Insider’s 2015 list of the 50 U.S. colleges with the best food and received an A+ grade from Niche.com, a college review and ranking website.

Each day, about 12,000 meals are served in the residence halls, totaling nearly two million meals yearly, according to Tom Driscoll, the associate director of housing and director of food services. With this scale of food production, many companies choose to select the “can-to-pan� method of prepackaged corporate foods, but UO’s residence halls use local ingredients and make as much as 90 percent of meals from scratch.

Executive Chef Bron Smith recently purchased 5,900 pounds of blueberries from Confluence Farms in Junction City that he expects will be used in smoothies and yogurt parfaits for a majority of the year. The flour for pizza dough is grown in Oregon, most of the beef comes from Oregon farms and many more locally sourced ingredients are purchased from co-op farms. “It stimulates a lot of the local economy here and keeps these guys intact,� Smith said. “Subsequently, we’re getting great product back. Product-wise, the core ingredients here are so much better.�

In April 2015, UO opened a 21,685-squarefoot Central Kitchen at 1743 Columbia St., which was constructed for $7.05 million. The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design gold-rated building allows for the storage, preparation and preservation of food for Hamilton, Carson, the Living Learning Center and Global Scholars Hall, as well as other UO eateries such as Knight Library’s Daily Grind. The Central Kitchen also hosts the catering department, a wood shop and office and storage spaces. The vast majority of the building is kitchen-related and nearly all food served in the residence halls passes through this complex.

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delivery dock serves as the first portal to the meticulously organized operation. Three doors segregate all incoming and outgoing items: One door is exclusively for incoming dirty dishes; one is for incoming food products; one is the exit for all cooked food and clean dishes. The separation ensures that clean and dirty dishes will never cross paths, reducing the chance for cross-contamination.

Food preservation and safety is closely monitored in every part of the Central Kitchen. The crew finished unloading the contents of a $25,000 delivery that arrived on Sept. 20, loading much of the contents directly into the walk-in deep freezer set to a constant temperature of -9 degrees Fahrenheit.

The rest of the delivery was placed into either the “thaw cooler� or “cooler,� two walkin refrigerators adjacent to the freezer. This level of intricate organization ensures that food is always where it needs to be located and is safely stored.

This level of high-quality food has not always existed at UO. “Students spoke with their feet,� Driscoll said about the major overhaul of the food system he helped initiate in 2000. When he began working at UO, dining halls offered buffet style food for every meal, similar to Carson’s buffet today. Driscoll and the food services staff went on to replace most of the buffets with restaurant-style catering.

Each section of the Central Kitchen contributes to a larger operation similar to other manufacturing facilities. For instance, the bakery prepares almost 30,000 items daily while an assembly line of workers fills tabletops with sandwiches. Elsewhere in the kitchen, one worker was hand-mixing macaroni and cheese while “skillet row� fired up its gas grills to sear chicken breasts. “Most places have one [skillet], few have three,� Smith said. “It’s uber efficient.�

While further cooking occurs in each campus restaurant, the Central Kitchen allows a large portion of goods to arrive in a simpleto-complete state. This keeps wait times low and on-site preparation to a minimum.

Despite increased preservation technology, not all food purchased for the residence halls is able to be consumed. In 2000, Driscoll arranged an agreement with Food for Lane County to take leftover food from each kitchen six days a week. The food is then distributed to families in need.

Freshman Chase Prosser, a romance languages major from Salem, said one of his favorite meals is the macaroni and cheese,

but said that the portions are large. “I don’t have a complaint at all, but if you could choose to have a smaller size, that would be good,� Prosser said. “I know there’s some people who don’t want all of this food, and they’d hate for it to go to waste.�

Most students seem to enjoy the food, and some would even prefer it to home cooking. “It’s better than the food I usually have back home,� freshman Slade Chiakowsky said while finishing a breakfast burrito from GSH. “I actually really like it here. I would rather have this than food from home.�

Director of Marketing and Communications for University Housing Leah Andrews laughed when recalling her college meals, her favorite of which was a panini-pressed peanut butter and honey sandwich. College dorm food seems to have evolved over the years, and the attention to individual needs has significantly improved at UO. When a student needs personalized accommodations, Driscoll offers to create customized dietary plans with students who may need special assistance. “The way that we deal with allergies, I’ve never seen anything like that before,�

Andrews said.

All UO food locations have the ability to accommodate gluten intolerance and have rigorous standards for ensuring no gluten can possibly be mixed in. Separate water and pots are used for boiling pasta, chefs wear new gloves when handling gluten free bread, and last year Barnhart purchased a waffle iron used specifically for gluten free waffles. “I had a mom break into tears once when we went on a tour because her daughter had Celiac’s disease and they had been working so hard to keep their daughter healthy,� Andrews said. �One of the biggest fears for this family was the health of their student when she went to school. So because of what we do, she can focus on her classes.�

All of this comes at a cost. For incoming freshmen in 2016, a standard double room and meal plan is expected to cost $11,897 for a full academic year. “People have an expectation for quality,�

Driscoll said. “It’s not free. There’s a cost involved, so people have to think about the cost versus the quality.�

As UO continues to evolve its food services and practices, the cost will likely continue to increase, but so will the quality. “We’re responsible for the well-being of a lot of people,� Smith said. “I’m proud to put my name on this stuff. That’s hard to say in some of these industries today.�

A chef mixes macaroni and cheese by hand in the UO Central Kitchen. (Samuel Marshall)

A chef makes sandwiches at the sandwich assembly line in the UO Central Kitchen. (Samuel Marshall)

Bron Smith, the Executive Chef of the UO Central Kitchen. Smith has worked with UO since 2014.

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On Monday, Nov. 7, the 2016 Oregon men’s basketball season will officially be underway.

The opponent, Northwest Christian University, should be a walk in the park for the Ducks, but the game will signify something much greater than a typical season opener.

The Ducks are ranked in the top 10 of five different preseason polls, reaching as high as No. 1 in Lindy’s Sports’ college basketball rankings and No. 2 in Chris Dortch’s rankings. Oregon also checks in at No. 4 in USA TODAY and Bleacher Report’s rankings and No. 8 in the CBS Sports poll.

The Ducks return six of their top eight players from last year’s Elite Eight squad that went 31-7 overall en route to winning the Pac-12 regular season and tournament championships.

Although Oregon lost senior leader Elgin Cook and versatile forward Dwayne Benjamin, the Ducks should be just fine with the return of the three-headed offensive monster: Dillon Brooks, Tyler Dorsey and Chris Boucher. Add in Jordan Bell, Casey Benson, Dylan Ennis and four-start recruit Payton Pritchard, and the Ducks should be deeper and more athletic than last year’s squad.

With two-time reigning Pac-12 Coach of the Year Dana Altman at the helm, the Ducks look to have their best shot in years at an NCAA Championship in April.

But even with a stacked roster and renowned head coach, is Oregon’s hype truly justified? Or is it just as it reads, preseason hype?

There’s no doubt Oregon will have an array of offensive weapons at its disposal, but with any Altman-coached team,

defense will be the primary focus. That’s where the loss of Cook and Benjamin could hurt the Ducks.

Both players were rangy 6-foot-7 defenders who had the quickness to defend guards and strength to defend posts, a necessity in today’s game. Besides Brooks, the Ducks could have trouble finding bodies on the roster who can do what Cook and Benjamin did for the defense.

Oregon may also find trouble balancing the depth at the point guard position. Benson returns as the floor leader after leading the NCAA in assist-to-turnover ratio last year (4.88) and playing in Altman’s system for three years. Ennis is coming off a foot injury, but provides the scoring punch Benson lacks. Incoming freshman Payton Pritchard is Oregon’s highest-rated recruit and should see the court right away based on pure talent and ability. Add in Dorsey, Oregon’s biggest and most NBA-ready guard, and the Ducks have a logjam at that position. Altman could have a tough time finding time for each of them to shine.

Brooks, who is widely considered a contender for national player of the year, will begin the season on the bench. He is nursing a foot injury and will miss some time after not playing all summer. It could be awhile before he returns and might take extra time to get back to form.

Oregon does have a favorable schedule, including Arizona visiting Matthew Knight Arena, but the ultimate success of the team will depend on how Altman and the Ducks sort out the pending questions. The Ducks have the potential to play deep into March, but given the hype, anything short of that could be considered a disappointment.

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Season Preview: Men’s Golf begins

Oregon freshman Edwin Yi hits off of the fairway on hole 5 at the NCAA tournament. (Adam Eberhardt)

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Redshirt junior Sulman Raza celebrates after scoring the winning putt in the national championship.

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Oregon teammates rush the green to celebrate their winning of the NCAA Division 1 Championship.

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Oregon men’s golf will begin its defense of its national championship this fall at the start of the 2016-17 season.

The Ducks will begin with the Nike Collegiate Invitational Oct. 2-4, the Paintbrush Intercollegiate Oct. 10-11, and the East Lake Cup Oct. 31 to Nov. 2.

Oregon begins the season as the No. 15 team in the country. Texas, which lost to the Ducks in the national championship, begins the season as the No. 1 team. The Ducks were one of six teams to receive a first-place vote.

In the Pac-12, Southern California is ranked No. 3, Stanford is No. 8, California is No. 11 and Arizona State is No. 19.

Aaron Wise, the 2015 individual national champion, has moved on to a professional career, but the Ducks return three seniors: Wyndham Clark, Nigel Lett and Sulman Raza.

Raza is the hometown kid who went to school at South Eugene High School and hit a birdie putt to win the national championship for the team last season. He had two top-15 finishes in 2015-16. Raza finished in a tie for fourth at the 2016 U.S. Open Local Qualifier but did not qualify for the US Open after finishing 48th. Raza finished last year as Oregon’s Men’s Stroke Play champion.

Clark comes to the Ducks as a transfer from Oklahoma State. He was named a first-team All-American as a redshirt freshman. He made 10 starts last season with the Cowboys and could provide the Ducks with

senior leadership.

Lett is a transfer from the University of Nevada. A senior who competed in the Husky Invitational in 2015-16, he is another in-state product from Southridge High School in Beaverton, Oregon. Two seasons ago he shot a career-low 67 in the final round of the Pac-12 Championships, in which Oregon took second.

Freshmen Kevin Geniza, Roberto Lebrija and Teddy Oitzman have joined the squad, while sophomores Sam Foust and Edwin Yi and junior Ryan Gronlund round out the roster.

Foust competed in two individual tournaments as a freshman in 2015 — the Husky Invitational and the Gifford — and was ranked No. 1 in his recruiting class in his home state of Minnesota.

The Ducks will face tough competition throughout the season as they look to defend the school’s first-ever golf national championship, starting this weekend at the Nike Collegiate Invitational.

NCAA runner-up Texas will be participate.

In Pac-12 play, the Ducks will face talented individuals throughout the conference, including 2015 Pac-12 Player of the Year Maverick McNealy from Stanford and Sean Crocker, a 2015 All-American from USC. Crocker and the Trojans, who return all five starters from last season’s team that finished in the semifinals of the NCAA Championships, will also participate in the Nike Collegiate Invitational.

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Each year, Oregon softball head coach Mike White uses the team’s fall games to assess the roster for the upcoming season. That’s even more so the case this year, with a host of new faces.

“It’s like a box of chocolates,” White said. “You don’t quite know what you’ve got.”

Oregon will play eight games in October, spread over three different weekends at Jane Sanders Stadium.

Six of the games scheduled are against other programs based in Oregon, including Concordia, Corban and Western Oregon.

The Ducks are continuing to push forward after coming up short against UCLA in last year’s Super Regional.

Oregon was two outs away from sending the Bruins packing.

“We want to learn off what happened last year, there’s no doubt about it,” White said. “We put ourselves in a good position and to come so close — that was a heart breaker. I’m still thinking about it and I’m sure the girls are still thinking about it too.”

White said he and his staff have made adjustments to the way the program operates, including some “top down” adjustments on how matters are managed.

Many of the key contributors from last season have since graduated, including ace Cheridan Hawkins and catcher Janelle Lindvall, Oregon’s career leader in home runs. The Ducks total seven new faces on the roster.

Last fall, Oregon signed the nation’s No. 1-ranked recruiting class. In September, the Ducks signed Alexis Mack, a South Carolina transfer with staggering offensive numbers. White

said Mack will likely see playing time this fall at second base, as junior Lauren Lindvall underwent Tommy John surgery over the summer.

“She brings speed,” White said of Mack. “She was a good hitter in the SEC. Her numbers prove that. Her experience there against some really good pitching are the two main things that she brings to the table.”

She’s one of seven new faces for the team this fall. Oregon returns Megan Kleist, the co-Pac-12 freshman of the year. The Ducks also added Maggie Balint and Miranda Elish, the No. 1-ranked recruit nationally, to the pitching staff.

“We’ve got a new look to the team, that’s for sure,” White said. “... I think we have high D-I caliber pitchers. We could put any one of them out there and be successful. That’s going to be fun and an emphasis to get better in the circle as a group.”

White and his staff hope to use the eight games on tap to help his newcomers adjust to the Ducks’ system. This fall marks the first full school year for the team at Jane Sanders Stadium. White said the space continues to be a sizable advantage for his team.

“It’s much easier when you have a facility like that. It helps us immensely,” White said.

White said he views this fall as a fresh start for his team. While he acknowledges that he won’t know exactly the make-up of his team until spring, fall games allow for additional assessment, which is invaluable with a team comprised of just three juniors and three seniors.

“It’s all about finding out what people’s roles will be,” White said. “It’s discovery time.”

Oregon outfielder Sammie Puentes (5) throws the ball during warm ups before the NCAA Softball Super Regionals at Jane Sanders Stadium in Eugene, Oregon on May 28, 2016. (Kaylee Domzalski)

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DUCKS LOOKING TO MAKE THEIR MARK

Oregon defender Kelsey Foo (10) slides while passing the ball to a teammate. (Kaylee Domzalski)

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The Ducks are 10 games into their 2016-2017 season, but you could say their season has just begun, with the Pac-12 season kicking off this past weekend.

After a disappointing 2015-16 campaign that saw the team go 3-8 in conference, Oregon had a promising start to this season. It went 6-2-1 in nonconference play, already matching its overall win total from the prior season. The Ducks’ strong start has earned them the No. 24 spot in the NCAA RPI rankings.

“I feel good. I know it’s weird to say that after a loss,” goalie Halla Hinriksdottir said after the Ducks lost to Portland. “I’m still full of confidence.

We’ve done so well in the nonconference season. I think we’re definitely on the right path. ... I think we’re excited to start conference play.”

Earlier this season, Hinriksdottir set the UO record with a shutout streak of 391 minutes and seven seconds.

Sophomore forward Kyra Fawcett has continued her strong play from her freshman season. In nonconference action alone, Fawcett matched goals total from all of last season with three. Freshman Jayne Lydiatt has made an immediate impact on the offensive end with three early goals to start the season. Midfielder Marissa Everett, who led the team in goals scored last season, has only one so far, but not for lack of aggressiveness

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While pleased with the strong start to the season, players and coaches both know that the Pac-12 slate is a different challenge. The Ducks’ nine points last season led to a disappointing 10th place finish in conference.

The Ducks have plenty of leadership this year, beginning with seniors Ashlee Schulz and Marlo Sweatman. Schulz and Sweatman are the team leaders in minutes played; they’ll look to provide a steady presence for a team filled with 10 newcomers.

The Ducks’ Pac-12 season started last Sunday with what could be its toughest test of season. It fell 3-0 to Stanford, the No. 1 team in the NCAA’s RPI rankings. The final score, however, may not have told the whole story. It was a scoreless game at the half. Stanford eventually wore down them in the second half, but the Ducks proved they have the fight to make some noise in the Pac-12 this season.

It won’t get much easier soon for the Ducks. They host No. 16 USC on Thursday in search of their first Pac-12 victory. Other threats in the conference are No. 11 UCLA, No. 22 Utah and No. 27 Cal. “The Pac-12 is the conference of champions,” head coach Kat Mertz said on Sept. 19. “Each game is a championship game, and each point matters.”

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MURALS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON DEPICT RACIST PAST The basis for this article is kind of novel, it involves taking the stairs and going to the library. Should you find yourself doing these two somewhat antiquated activities you will run into another relict of, let’s just say for now, a “different� time.

While working on a separate article involving indigenous communities I recently interviewed Kevin Bourgault, who received a PhD in Education at the University of Oregon and who is also a Skokomish Tribal Member.

As we ironed out the details of our interview, little did I know he had ulterior motives for asking me to meet at the Knight Library.

Before we began our conversation, Dr. Bourgault ushered me up the two stairwells on either side of the foyer of the Knight Library to view the twin murals the “Development of the Arts� and the “Development of the Sciences�. Murals as whitewashed as the stone walls they hang on.

Painted in the 1930’s, the murals by brothers Arthur and Albert Runquist, each center around a tree trunk that purports to show human development as it rises from its primitive base to the flowering of high culture and modernity.

Each mural in broad strokes depicts eras of development in a linear progression as the characters in the scenes develop more sophisticated forms of art and science, ending with representatives of modernity including the artists Shaw, Paderewski, Caruso, Bernhardt, Orozco and the scientists Einstein, Curie, Marconi, Edison and Burbank.

Absent from the physically higher and in the artistic interpretation of the the Runquist brothers more ‘developed’ levels of the murals are any images of Indigenous, African or Asian cultures. Of the eight panels in each mural, Egyptians are the last vestige of any remotely dark skin on the third panel from the bottom in each.

The linear narrative of higher civilization rising from the primitive and its graphic depiction from dark-skinned to light skinned is a stark reminder of the cultural narratives that seep into so many facets of our history and which have become so depressingly normalized in our society.

As a University community, with our campus on the land of the Calapooia Indigenous people, it is important to challenge these vestiges

of the past and build bridges of understanding and appreciation for the cultural, social, and environmental histories of Indigenous people and people of color. The reductionist history and focus on technological advance as progress has left many in our society fractured and out of touch with our planet and the shared human history that lies beyond the mainstream Euro-American narrative.

Solving these problems is nothing that comes easy and is always a piecemeal process, with slow gains and frequent setbacks. Though painfully slow and deliberate some progress has recently been made on the U of O campus with the renaming of Dunn Hall and the movement of the UO Foundation towards divesting in fossil fuels. In keeping with this trend the University should also honor the demands of the Black Students Task Force and approve their proposal for a black cultural center on campus.

With regard to the murals there seems to be a few different solutions.

The easy one and I think least instructive or productive would be taking down the murals and writing them off as a vestige of a narrow minded and tacitly racist past. While this would remove the affront of the art to Indigenous people and people of color, it would fail to recognize the past and capitalize on what I think could be an instructive learning moment.

The option Dr. Bourgault suggested and I happen to agree with would be a pair of artistic rebuttals to the murals.

Commissioning artistic rebuttals to these murals by native artists and artists from communities of color would acknowledge the historic nature of the existing murals while giving modern artists and thinkers the opportunity to push back against the degrading racist imagery of the existing murals.

Leaving the murals as is and refusing to acknowledge the reprehensible messages of racial and cultural superiority would leave an existing injustice and embarrassment in place and an opportunity to further progress towards equity and inclusion lost.

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