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Water in Bean and Hamilton halls is now safe to drink and cook with, according to an email sent to residents from University Housing on Oct. 4.

“You may now use all bathroom sinks for cooking and teeth brushing, in addition to washing in Bean Hall. You may also use any drinking fountain that is turned on and has a green sticker noting that the water fixture meets EPA recommendations for consumption,” the email read.

University spokesman Kelly McIver confirmed that water is also safe to consume in Hamilton Hall.

“Earlier this week we let Bean and Hamilton residents know that they can resume using those fixtures for cleaning or for drinking water,” McIver said.

Tests are still pending for the water in Walton Hall.

“There were some delays in getting confirmation test results back for Walton,” McIver said.

The lead contamination of resident hall water was a result of old fountain and sink aerators, according to McIver. An aerator is the screen at the end of a faucet or water fountain that makes water come out evenly. Aerators can collect metal particles and contaminate water, McIver said.

“Aerators can collect metal particles from the sink fixture over time,” McIver said. “The aerator can

then essentially collect and increase the amount of lead in the water that passes through.”

McIver said that aerators in the residence halls were cleaned or replaced when necessary. The water fixtures were then tested before being cleared for use.

Prior to move-in day in September, UO Housing warned residents of Bean, Barnhart, Walton and Hamilton halls not to drink their water due to the elevated levels of lead, the Emerald reported.

The water from the affected faucets has more than 15 parts of lead per billion, which is unsafe for human consumption, according to federal Environmental Protection Agency. High lead levels in water can contribute to negative health effects, especially for pregnant women, infants and children under 6.

In response to the growing problem, the University of Oregon’s Environmental Health and Safety Office launched a comprehensive drinking water monitoring plan in late May 2016. According to McIver, the program has been collecting water samples sporadically this year, with the focus on living spaces and child care centers. Results from Vivian Olum Child Development Center and Moss Street Children’s Center came back earlier and showed the water was safe to consume.

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This week on the Emerald Podcast Network: City politics news reporter Andrew Field discusses the 2016 Oregon governor election with UO students Amy Shenk and Thomas Tullis, including the Oct. 6 debate and Measure 97.

These are reports from actual students, staff and teachers to the Bias and Education Response Team. (Emerald Archives)

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The task force inspecting the University of Oregon Bias Education Response Team plans to investigate the team’s historical trends, evolution of principles have changed, storage and access to records, and nature of team interventions.

The task force shared its goals at the UO Senate meeting on Wednesday, after assembling for the first time on Sept 21.

The UO BERT was founded after an incident in 1999, when a student made racist remarks that led to a protest and the arrest of 31 students. The UO started a “discrimination response team� to deal with hate speech. “When bias was spoken about in the original charter, it looked more like a hate crime,� said Chris Chavez, co-chair of the BERT and UO advertising assistant professor.

Since 1999, the scope and direction of the BERT have changed, and Chavez says he hopes to find out how. In June, UO announced the creation of the task force, which is composed of seven members, including students, faculty and staff.

Chavez wants to contact other universities and collaborate on methods of balancing free speech and reporting bias.

The University of Iowa dissolved its bias response team in August, and the University of Chicago’s dean of students sent a letter to freshmen that attacked “trigger warnings� and “intellectual safe spaces.� Chavez said he was interested in the debates that followed the comments in letter.

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Chavez said the task force is inspecting the BERT “almost like scholars.� He pressed the importance of a dispassionate approach. “When we talk about it, I think we’re all very sensitive to this issue and ensuring that we don’t cut off avenues for students to report bias,� he said.

Chavez said the BERT is welcoming and cooperative to the task force. Quantrell Willis, head of the BERT, said he wants to be as transparent as possible in a July interview with the Emerald. “This is not something we’re trying to hide,�

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Leaders from the two parties met on Aug. 15, according to notes from the UO Senate website.

The notes also state there are “no specific guidelines for when accused individuals are contacted,� something that the newly formed task force will reassess. Until now, the Bias Response Team released only two years of heavily redacted reports, leaving no information to identify individuals.

The task force meets again in two weeks, but there is no definite date. The team will present a report to the UO Senate in the beginning of winter term, Chavez said. The report will be a “snapshot� of the BERT and a list of recommended actions, although the specific actions have yet to by established by Chavez and the task force.

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A still of the Kongo civilization in Civilization XI. (Courtesy of Firaxis Games)

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Sid Meier’s Civilization XI If there’s anything better than a good game, it’s a good sequel to a game. Whether you like building an empire, being a superhero or just mowing through hordes of demons, here are three games coming out this term that you can look forward to.

The Civilization franchise started in 1991 and still serves as the poster child for the modern 4X strategy game genre. Its latest installment by Firaxis Games, Sid Meier’s Civilization VI, hopes to do its predecessors proud in honor of the series’ 25th anniversary. After Civilization: Beyond Earth was criticized by fans for basically being a re-themed Civilization V, this new installment tries to innovate by improving the game’s basic formula.

Like most games in the series, you play as one of the world’s many civilizations, each with its own unique leader and special abilities. This time around, players are treated to the return of old favorites and the institution of brand new faces. Gandhi returns as the leader of India, and Theodore Roosevelt makes his debut as the leader of the United States.

This title retains the series’ classic 4X strategy gameplay, but now there is a larger focus on each individual city. The game’s more complicated mechanics have also been streamlined. Cities now grow to multiple hexes and can be customized by creating special districts with different advantages. Combat also changed dramatically as the majority of one’s army is on a single hex tile.

Finally, the AI is designed to make the game both unpredictable and historically realistic. Other civilizations will have hidden motives and will be more interesting to negotiate with.

Rewrite history on Oct. 26 for $59.99 on PC, Mac and Linux.

South Park: The Fractured but Whole South Park: The Stick of Truth, created by Ubisoft and the South Park creative team, was well received by fans of the series and gamers alike. The game is basically a 12-hour interactive episode where players can create their very own South Park character and mingle with the show’s colorful cast. It’s no surprise that the game has spawned a sequel, one that promises to be every bit as authentically South Park as the first.

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Superheroes is the new hip game of the week. Sadly, this means your character isn’t a mighty king anymore and is now just a nerd in a crown. Don’t worry though, with new classes, customization options and superhero parody storylines, you’ll likely get over it pretty fast.

From what we’ve seen so far, the game is a turn-based RPG, with the addition of a grid-based battlefield. Now you can strategically position your characters and take advantage of the terrain by knocking enemies out of position or into objects for extra damage.

South Park: The Fractured but Whole was originally set to release on Dec. 7 but has been delayed to an unknown date. Preorder now for $59.99 on PC, PS4 and Xbox One and get South Park: The Stick of Truth for free.

Shadow Warrior 2 The Shadow Warrior series is for people with particular tastes.

If all you really want from a game is to sit back, relax and spend a few hours obliterating hordes of demons while splattering their blood and viscera over otherwise pristine environments, you’re in luck. The 2013 remake of the classic 1997 Shadow Warrior has now inspired a sequel with the upcoming Shadow Warrior 2.

Set five years after the last game, the exploits of the game’s wisecracking main character, Lo Wang, have resulted in a world where humans and demons live side-by-side. As fate would have it, Wang runs into trouble with his old boss, Orochi Zilla, and must use his arsenal of over 70 weapons to slice, shoot and blast through anything dumb enough to stand in his way.

The big additions to this installment are a co-op mode with up to three additional players and elements of procedural generation that give each mission a small amount of variation. Other than that, it’s your classic first-person shooter. Find new weapons, upgrade them and basically kill anything that moves.

You can start slashing demons on Oct. 13 for $39.99 on PC, Mac, Linux, Playstation 4 and Xbox One. If you’re looking for more games coming out this term, you can check out the Emerald’s roundup of 12 other games coming out this fall.

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seeks greatness Director Nate Turner accepts the Audience Award at 2016 Sundance Film Festival Awards in Park City, Utah (Wikimedia Commons)

In 1915, D.W. Griffith released The Birth of a Nation and forever changed the cinematic landscape. Epic in scope and sweepingly influential, the film is still held in high technical regard for its editing and cinematography. It is also, even by early 20th century standards, shockingly racist.

In telling the story of the Civil War and subsequent reconstruction from a Southern, pro-segregation perspective, Griffith used white actors in blackface to depict African Americans as sex-crazed savages preying on white people. The result was the Ku Klux Klan’s revitalization and more than a century’s worth of perpetuated racist attitudes.

Nate Parker’s use of the film’s title for the story of the 1831 Nat Turner slave rebellion is at once deliberate and provocative. The uprising, which took place in Southhampton County, Virginia, left 65 slave owners dead, while hundreds of slaves were killed in the resulting panic among whites throughout the South.

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Whether Parker found success behind the camera is up for debate, but the film is filled with fine performances, especially from Parker in the starring role.

He embodies the deeply religious Turner with fervor, igniting the screen with passionate sermons while still hitting the right notes during tender moments. Aja Naomi King provides an empathetic turn as Turner’s wife Cherry, while Armie Hammer is adequate as Turner’s slave master, Samuel.

While these performances are genuine and moving, they are far from extraordinary. The same could be said for the film as a whole. To his credit, Parker does not turn away from the shocking violence at the core of slavery. Several sequences display unnatural horrors with unrelenting realism.

But Parker also dabbles in the surreal, offering up a number of dream sequences scattered throughout the film’s two hours. While visually effective (thanks to wonderful cinematography from Elliot Davis), their repeated use is clumsy and thematically ineffective.

Blatant symbolism is rampant as well. Few films feature religious imagery this blunt.

Turner’s characterization is also problematic.

While at first portrayed as a peaceful, righteous man, a series of horrific events turn him from an agent of peace and obedience to one of violent leadership. As much as Parker tries, he fails to completely justify this transformation. The result is a brutal, heart-pounding final act that feels unearned.

Still, Parker’s ability to capture the sheer power of these events from a purely technical perspective is impressive. The images onscreen are well framed and present the South as a painterly landscape with harsh realities lurking below the surface. And when the violence finally erupts, Parker holds your gaze through it all. It becomes impossible to look away.

All of this adds up to a film that does a lot right, but can’t quite reach the heights it intends. While impressive for a first-time director, it settles for being simply good. This story, and its reclaimed title, deserves a masterpiece.

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On Oct. 10, the City of Eugene will recognize Indigenous People’s Day for the first time. This comes on the heels of the city council’s declaration of support for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s opposition to the Dakota Access Pipeline.

A month ago and over a thousand miles away, images of bloodied attack dogs, private security contractors with batons, and impassioned demonstrators raised awareness of the events at Standing Rock.

Over the summer, information about the Dakota Access Pipeline filtered its way through Facebook feeds and news sources without widespread coverage. That changed when Democracy Now’s Amy Goodman, reporting from Standing Rock Reservation, followed protesters through a fence along a utility easement near the Missouri River on Sept. 3.

That day, protesters stopped large bulldozers from continuing construction on a pipeline that would connect the Bakken and Three Forks oil formations to refineries in Pakota, Illinois. Actions taken by security forces contracted by Energy Transfer Partners — parent corporation of DAPL — resulted in mace and dog bite injuries. These actions thrust the mounting hostilities at Standing Rock into the national spotlight.

Peter Capossela, a 1988 UO law graduate, is an environmental lawyer working to defend the cultural and environmental claims of the Standing Rock Reservation. He believes DAPL and the Army Corps of Engineers broke the law when their bulldozers tore through the earth, disturbing culturally significant artifacts. “Dakota Access has taken advantage of regulatory loopholes between state and federal law,�

Capossela said. “That is how they were able to

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begin construction in areas outside of federal jurisdiction. The Corps of Engineers exercised federal jurisdiction very narrowly looking at its responsibilities for environmental use.�

He claims ETP should never have been permitted to build because the appropriate cultural impact assessments were not completed before the issuance of permits. Capossela believes ETP was exploiting this loophole by using pre-existing permits to build the pipeline at Standing Rock.

According to Capossela, ETP has access to the land but doesn’t have the right to construct the pipeline. Executive Order 12898 issued by President Clinton in 1994 says that minority groups -- like the Standing Rock Sioux -- and low income populations should not be disproportionately burdened by environmental risks.

Kirby Brown, UO professor and Cherokee tribal member, worked on a letter — signed by 37 members of the Native Strategies Group and allies — that details why Standing Rock resonates with native peoples in Eugene.

In an interview with the Emerald, Brown said “the settler-colonial context� of the United States “basically means [the United States] has claimed authority over indigenous life and land and resources.� He continued, “That context is operating everywhere across the country in relation to tribal communities, in relation to sacred sites, in relation to traditional foods, traditional cultural practices.�

The Army Corps of Engineers’ disregard for the reservation land is seen in the false impression that the Standing Rock Sioux were consulted before the pipeline project neared the area, according to Capossela.

“The notion the Corps of Engineers consulted with the tribe in a meaningful and

culturally appropriate manner and that the tribe’s concerns were incorporated into the Corps of Engineers decision-making process, that notion is preposterous,” said Capossela.

Construction on the pipeline at the contested crossing of the Missouri River is temporarily halted. “They cannot do construction within a 20-mile buffer of the Missouri River pending further order of the appeals panel,” Capossela said.

Capossela told the Emerald he expects the decision of the three-person panel of judges in the Washington D.C. Federal Court of Appeals to be reached Oct. 10.

Sigvanna Topkok is following in the footsteps of Capossela by challenging the settler-colonial paradigm through legal means.

Topkok said she is attending UO Law School “for reasons very similar to what’s happening in North Dakota: environmental law and how it impacts the indigenous people.” Topkok, current president of the National Native American Law Students Association, sees her UO education as a way to make a greater impact.

“I think there’s often a very big gap in the legal protections of indigenous rights and our land. I wanted to attend the UO to further educate myself to go back and work for indigenous communities on these issues,” said Topkok.

People from all parts of the country have made their way to Standing Rock in a show of support for the indigenous people standing their ground. Many more are heading there now as the protest camps prepare for a harsh winter.

Nikos Pastos, a member of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, is traveling to the site of the demonstrations. Pastos believes he has a responsibility to help protect the interests of the people of Standing Rock. He

and his associate Carl “Angut’aq” Wassilie made a stop at the UO Many Nations Longhouse as guest speakers for a panel discussion on DAPL. The two men spoke to about 25 students and community members at the event hosted by the Native American Student Union on Oct. 6.

Afterwards, the Emerald spoke with both.

“I’m not willing to die for what I believe in; I’m willing to live for it,” said Pastos after the panel discussion. “What that means is to take a measured, balanced approach and a long-term view of the change that has to happen. We need to recognize the phenomenal historic moment that’s happening with all of these tribal nations coming together.

Pastos and Wassilie have worked together on ecological issues affecting Native American communities with Alaska’s Big Village Network.

“It’s a paradigm shift because now, [Native Americans] are the ones that have the opportunity to defend America from its own corporations that are trying to destroy our water, which the government — both federal and state — is allowing to go forth without any public process, administrative oversight [or] any type of opportunity for American citizens to be able to have insight into what is actually occurring in our major waterways,” Wassilie said.

Ryder Coen, a UO junior majoring in environmental studies, travelled from Eugene to join the demonstrations in North Dakota. Coen said “Mni waconi,” which means “water is life” in the Lakota Sioux dialect, was the mantra he heard repeated during the time he spent at the camp.

Coen stressed that the people camping at Standing Rock do not consider themselves protestors but are instead engaged in a “stand of protection.” This distinction has great significance

to those at the demonstrations. According to Coen, they are not occupying others’ lands but are instead protecting indigenous land from being built upon by ETP.

A sense of unity and momentum is growing from the struggle against DAPL. Capossela expressed the optimism and energy he felt when he visited the camp at Standing Rock.

“The protest camp is an awesome place.

It’s kind of like a Native American United Nations because there are so many tribes camped out there,” said Capossela. “It’s on a different level than the legal and administrative machinations that are going on between the tribe and the government. It’s at a different level. It’s at a better level and that gives one hope that we will be able to stop this thing in the long run.”

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Oregon Head Coach Kelly Graves watches his team. The Oregon Ducks face the Utah Utes in the third round of the WNIT at Matthew Knight Arena in Eugene, Ore. on March 23, 2016. (Samuel Marshall)

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On Oct. 6, Kelly Graves and his team met around a whiteboard during a team meeting.

They discussed what strengths they have for 2016-17, looking over offensive weapons and defensive abilities. Graves and the team were pleasantly surprised, as the team had only completed two official fall practices.

“It’s incredible,” said Graves, Oregon’s head coach for the third year. “Normally you don’t have this much stuff. The practices over the summer really helped. We’re a lot further ahead than we would normally be. ... Basically the framework of what we run, especially offensively, is in already.”

Oregon benefited from a trip to Europe late August where the team played five games, winning all of them. That allowed Graves and the Ducks to get a leg up on many Pac-12 teams assembling this week for the first time.

The Ducks kicked off the 2016-17 season on Tuesday with their first official practice.

The Ducks are coming off a deep run in the Women’s National Invitation Tournament, finishing with a 24-11 record, but graduated a core group of seniors, including Jillian Alleyne and Lexi Petersen.

Over the summer, the Ducks bolstered their roster, welcoming espnW’s No. 3-ranked recruiting class to campus. That gives Graves and the Ducks depth they haven’t seen in Eugene.

“We have a talented team,” Graves said.

“There’s a lot of depth and it’s going to be fun to sort that out. So far, we’re playing really hard.”

The Ducks will rely on a few juniors and

seniors to provide the leadership. Lexi Bando, who is in her third year with the team, has already begun to stand out, according to Graves.

“We still have a long ways to go, but it’s crazy to see compared to the last two years,” Bando said. “The intensity is there and there’s so much competition at each spot.”

Among the post players, who are tied for the tallest corps in the NCAA, Jacinta Vandenberg has contributed leadership. Vandenberg is the top returning rebounder and shot blocker on the roster. “That’s something that’s one of her strong suits,” Graves said. “I think we will be, in time, really, really good inside.”

Graves also said he’s been pleased with the camaraderie so far, adding that the energy has been “terrific.”

Bando said the team’s depth will help overall development this fall.

“If someone isn’t having a good game, there’s someone on the bench that can make a change,” Bando said.

Among Oregon’s seven-member 2016 recruiting class, Graves highlighted Jayde Woods, a guard from Yorba Linda, California.

She brings a defensive edge for the Ducks and could prove to be a breakout player this season.

Graves said with a deep roster, no starting roles have been solidified yet.

“I think every position is up for grabs,” Graves said. “I think we’re two and sometimes three deep at every position. We’ve got a while. It will all shake itself out at some point, but right now it’s pretty even.”

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The Oregon Ducks host the No.5 Washington Huskies at Autzen Stadium (Eric Cech)

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No. 5 Washington (6-0) proved to be a merciless foe Saturday night in front of a sellout crowd at Autzen Stadium, thoroughly dominating Oregon (2-4) 70-21 to snap its 12-game losing streak against the Ducks. Oregon has now lost four straight.

“We got our butts kicked,” Oregon defensive coordinator Brady Hoke said. “[We] got our butts kicked in every way you could.”

About an hour before kickoff Oregon fans received the news they had been wanting to hear all week: freshman Justin Herbert would be starting at quarterback.

Offensive coordinator Matt Lubick and head coach Mark Helfrich both said that the decision was made earlier this week to start Herbert — who went 21-34 for 179 yards with 2 touchdowns and an interception — and that a combination of factors went into the choice. Mainly, that the team needed a spark after losing three straight.

“It wasn’t that Dakota disappointed us and he was the reason we’re losing football games,” Lubick said. “It’s more of we thought a spark might help us and Herbert’s performance in practice has been really good.”

Herbert admitted after the game that he was “really nervous” on his first several drives.

Helfrich could tell nerves were an issue at first but was impressed with how Herbert handled himself as the game wore on.

“Against that team, playing as well as they were, his poise, his composure was excellent,” Helfrich said. “We have to help him out across the board.”

Anticipation was high to see the freshman make his first career start. But from the beginning, Washington proved why it is the No. 5 team in the country.

Washington quarterback Jake Browning threw for 304 yards and accounted for 8 touchdowns (6 throwing, 2 rushing). He completed 22 of his 28 passes and was subbed out with 12:50 left in the 4th quarter and Washington up 63-21.

Washington got on the board less than two minutes into the game. After Herbert was picked on his first pass attempt — giving Washington possession of the ball at Oregon’s 30 yard line — Washington needed only three plays to get the ball into the end zone. Browning took it in himself to give the Huskies a lead that they would not relinquish.

By the end of the first quarter the score was 210. By halftime it was 35-7.

Going into the break, Washington not only had the lead but also the momentum. The Huskies fielded the ball with 1:09 left in the half at their 45 yard line — off one of seven Oregon punts — and got off four plays before Browning took it into the endzone himself.

Oregon’s rushing defense, which has been suspect all season, was once again nowhere to be found. By halftime, Washington tailback Myles Gaskin had already rushed for 154 of his teams 178 rushing yards in the half. Washington finished with 682 total yards on offense.

For the second week in a row, the opposing team beat Oregon in nearly every regard.

“Well it’s really always tough when you see 70 points up there,” Hoke said. “It’s frustrating and you get frustrated because we are practicing well; we are doing things very well in practice.”

As he was leaving the field, Hoke glanced up at the scoreboard, to get one last look at the ‘70’ displayed prominently.

“I’ll remember it,” Hoke said. “Because it hurts.”

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Tim Kaine and Mike Pence in the middle of a debate. The vice-presidential debate has proven to add another important facet to the presidential elections. (Creative Commons)

Why the vice-presidential debate is actually important The vice presidential debate is not attractive.

Only one is held per election and it features two figures with smaller names and significantly smaller roles than their running mates. Making the debate appealing is difficult, but Tuesday’s provided the best opportunity for voters to see the campaigns’ characterizations of their policies — with some zest, of course.

The surprising result of the debate was one of the best explanations of campaign policies voters have seen. Tuesday’s debate included tax policy, police reform, immigration, and national security.

The juxtaposition of Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine and Indiana Gov. Mike Pence is stark, but the truth is that their personal qualifications for vice president don’t make much of a difference in the long run. Within the debate, personal policies — abortion and religion, for example — didn’t make their way to the stage, significant because both are issues that have defined the candidates’ careers. Regardless, the expectation of a dull evening faded as soon as Elaine Quijano opened the floor to contestations.

The role of the two candidates is simple: add to the party resume and praise their running mate.

Pence brings political experience to a campaign bent on marketing its outsider frontrunner, and Kaine brings a moderate and cooperative tone to a Clinton campaign that found itself falling further left after the Bernie Sanders phenomenon.

While the candidates identified some controversial issues, what many viewers thought would be a calm debate quickly became aggressive.

Kaine retorted with venom each moment Pence

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had to speak, and, after enough coaxing, Pence began to retaliate. Donald Trump, who interrupted Hillary Clinton more than 50 times in their match, was overshadowed by Kaine in this debate, who interrupted Pence over 70 times. Pence, however, kept a poised expression for most of the debate, a contrast to his running mate’s style.

Kaine’s strategy, it seemed, was to regurgitate Trump’s own words. In one particular retaliation, he formulated a popular criticism of Trump: “I just want to talk about the tone set from the top. Donald Trump during this campaign has called Mexicans rapists and criminals.�

Pence responded by calling the Clinton campaign “insult driven,� a label that would follow Kaine throughout the night. While Kaine hoped to force Pence to defend Donald Trump’s words, but each time the Indiana governor let the accusations roll off of his shaking head, or deflected the claims by focusing on the Obama administration and Clinton’s failures. He didn’t defend Trump, which turned out to be his best strategy and ultimately his greatest success.

What’s left from the debate is a splintered Trump campaign and a somewhat deflated Clinton morale. Pence’s strong showing, which is rumored to have even caught ridicule from his own running mate, gave hope to Trump supporters seeking more political experience and definition on Trump’s policies. Pence himself seemed to show a more confident politician, an experience that has distinguished Trump but cost him voters and established traditional republicans in the campaign thus far.

As the media tallies decisions, it is increasingly obvious that Pence was the winner of the debate.

Polished, calm and acutely in control of temperament and message, his performance alone puts the Trump campaign back on track — at least with its image. Most of the things Pence contested from Kaine were fact-checked to be true, and there lies the crutch in the Trump campaign: Trump’s own words.

Pence’s performance gives Americans normality. Now, the only thing left fighting Trump after the debate is the incorrect deflections by Pence, but as Sarah Kohn, a political activist and speaker, told CNN about the debate, “Donald Trump has already bent the electoral process, the media and the boundaries of basic civility to his whims. He may now bend the concept of fact as well. Certainly, his loyal running mate is trying.�

In a year filled with the unexpected, the role of the vice president has become something unexpected as well: a necessary sidekick that brings a valued depth to the election and, inevitably, the presidency. Right now Pence is the glue holding together the Trump campaign, and this debate — typically looked over and forgotten — is a major change in momentum for the Trump campaign.

It could very well be that the vice presidential debate pulled voters back into this race.

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