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Review: Elton John is all right on a Saturday night in Eugene ➡ C R A I G W R I G H T, @ WG WC R A I G ➡ EMERSON MALONE, @ ALLMALONE In 2017, it often seems that musicians need a political agenda to garner attention. But Elton John, whose repertoire does not boast any protest anthems, per se, seems to remain timelessly relevant. He’s professed a desire to make hip-hop with Kanye West and Pharrell Williams; he made a cameo on one of the best rock records of the twenty-first century, Queens of the Stone Age’s “...Like Clockwork” and even hung out with Atlanta rapper Young Thug. Music need not be political; sometimes we just need a queer Englishman with strawberryblond hair and rose-colored glasses to keep us centered. Elton John returned to Matthew Knight Arena on Saturday night for the first time since February 2011. He and his band are touring in support of their newest album, “Wonderful Crazy Night,” released in February as part of the Follow The Yellow Brick Road Tour. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Elton John AIDS Foundation and the 48th year since John released his first record, 1969’s “Empty Sky.” Pink and purple spotlights illuminated John’s grand piano before he entered the ominous opening chords of “Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding.” The video board behind him displayed a video of gray storm clouds flying by. He sported a blue suit jacket — the words “Rocket Man” on the back — bedazzled with red, gold and silver sequins from his sleeves to his coattails, which made an image of a rocket taking off. The two-and-a-half-hour performance highlighted John’s biggest hits and new material with little visual distraction. The night was all about the music and John’s boundless gratitude. It’s often hard to strike a
Elton John performs with his band as part of his World Tour at Matthew Knight Arena in Eugene, Ore. on March 4, 2017. (Adam Eberhardt)
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personal resonance, especially in an arena that fits more than 12,000 people, but it still felt deeply intimate when John sang, “And you can tell everybody / This is your song.” He and the band made a conscious effort to connect with the audience as much as possible, both during and after songs. Every available seat in the house appeared to be filled, which provided the band a 360-degree view of loving fans. John often turned and waved, pointed and bowed to every corner of the arena to say thank you. John invited those seated to approach the stage toward the show’s end. He autographed at least two-dozen items for fans gathered at the front of the stage. He was offered everything for his signature, from tickets and drumsticks to a brown boot to sign (He skipped the shoe). John often ended songs by slamming the fall board on his grand piano, punctuating the finish to an epic performance. At age 69, John has a remarkably youthful energy. He tweaked the opening lines of “Tiny Dancer”: “Blue jean baby, Eugene lady, seamstress for the band” in an arena-wide singalong. In the interim before the encore as everyone beckoned for John’s return, an inordinate number of cell phone LED lights lit up and floated like celestial orbs around the pitch-black arena. John’s band has had some remarkable continuity: drummer Nigel Olsson has been a member since 1969, and musical director and guitarist Davey Johnstone has toured with John since 1972. John mentioned that as much as he loves recording in the studio, playing live is his favorite part of the job. “I’d much rather play for you,” John said. “We’re not going to sleep for two-and-ahalf-hours after this.”
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Protestors hold a banner outside the Ford Alumni Center prior to a Board of Trustees meeting on March 2. (Noah McGraw)
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Annual tuition will cost $945 more for all undergraduate students next year. The decision, which amounts to a 10.6 percent increase for residents and 3 percent for nonresidents, was made by the Board of Trustees during a Thursday meeting. With the increase, many students are forced to reevaluate their position at the university. Some have to decide if they can afford the greater cost of attending University of Oregon. “It’s hard not to be scared when you’re poor,” freshman Maria Slade said. “I’ve kind of been freaking out.” Slade chose to attend UO because her family qualified for the need-based Pathway Oregon scholarship, which pays for 100 percent of a recipient’s tuition. Two weeks into her first term, she was told her award had been reevaluated and she no longer qualified for the scholarship — a situation that can occur when a student’s family income goes up. “I was panicking then, two weeks into school, that I was going to have to drop out or transfer,” Slade said. Her dad convinced her to stay. Then she got President Michael Schill’s email announcing a potential 10.6 percent increase to her tuition. “It’s just a lot,” Slade said. “My dad told me that he’s going to work till he’s 70 in order to pay for my education. I hated that.” Slade isn’t sure if she’ll come back to UO after spring break. The Board of Trustees is a group of 14 alumni that act as the governing body of the university. Outside the meeting, held at the Ford Alumni Center, around 50 students, staff and faculty rallied chanting, “Hey hey, ho ho, tuition hikes PA G E 4
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have got to go!” and, “Hey Schill, we’re no fools. We won’t let you ruin our schools!” The protesters encouraged the board not to increase tuition during a public comment section of the meeting. “Within Eugene, the University of Oregon does not represent hope. It does not represent the ability to achieve greatness,” UO student Charlie Landeros told the board. “What it represents is the unattainable symbolism of capitalism that continues to oppress marginalized communities such as the poor.”
Landeros is a veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and receives benefits from the GI Bill. “I have to wonder if the University of Oregon is here for the poor, is here for people of color,” he said. “If it is, then why is the only reason I can be here because I had to fight through two wars? ... I had to see my friends die in the battlefield for me to be here. And I wonder if that is going to continue to be the standard for poor people to attend the University of Oregon.”
The tuition increase comes as the university faces a projected $25 million rise in costs for the 2018 fiscal year, according to reports from the Tuition and Fees Advisory Board. TFAB, a committee comprised of students, faculty and administrators, conducted research to determine the tuition increase. TFAB met seven times between November and the trustee vote. They researched information on the current budget, potential increases, comparative schools and student need. TFAB recommended the increase to President Michael Schill, who in turn proposed the increase to the Board of Trustees in early February. TFAB had major concerns about the university’s increased costs for 2018. According to TFAB’s report, contributing factors to rising costs include increases in faculty and staff salaries and wages, university investments, medical costs and retirement payouts. There will still be an $8.8 million deficit after the tuition increase. Schill plans to cover this with mandatory fee increases, new fees and staff cuts. Mandatory fees will increase 12.11 percent in total. A new $50 technology fee will go toward “critical, recurring investments in technology to keep campus running,” according to board meeting materials. The faculty union recently alleged that approximately 75 non-tenure track faculty will be cut next year. Schill disputed the number. One reason the university is struggling to run in the black is because of a lack of funding from the state. Between 2000 and 2014, Oregon state funding per student for higher education decreased by 51 percent, the 4th highest decrease over that timespan in the country, according to
Urban Industry, a Washington, D.C. research firm. In 2015, however, the Oregon Legislature voted to increase funding by 26 percent. In fall 2016, the presidents of Oregon’s seven public universities sent an open letter to Governor Kate Brown asking for a $100 million increase in state funding. Brown did not accommodate the presidents’ requests. UO is not the only school hurting from a lack of state funding. Southern Oregon University predicted a 12 percent increase in tuition next year. “I actually agree with the students,” President Schill told the Board of Trustees on Thursday. “They shouldn’t have to pay a 10.6 percent increase. I’m hoping the state will see that.” ASUO shares the president’s position and is directing focus on trying to advocate the state to increase funding. Tuition will increase less with additional support from the state. The TFAB proposal includes a tiered system based on state funding. For example, if the university gets an additional $100 million from the state, tuition would increase 5.1 percent for in-state students, instead of 10.6 percent. ASUO External Vice President Natalie Fisher is a member of TFAB. She believes the increase is an unfortunate necessity. “All of these things need to be paid for but they shouldn’t be paid for with tuition dollars,” Fisher said. “I’m not upset with the university. I know a lot of students are and that’s totally valid. But I think we have a bigger fight, and a different fight, and it’s with the state government, not with the university.” UO has organized a lobby day at the capitol in Salem on March 9 called “Ducks in the Capitol.” The goal is to convince the state to increase funding for higher education. President Schill
told the board he would attend the event. Shuttles are provided and will leave UO at 6:45 a.m. All board members agreed that a lack of state funding was a major driving force behind the tuition increase, but not all agreed on the proposed plan. Kurt Willcox, the Board of Trustees member representing non-faculty staff at the university, was the only member who voted against the tuition rise. Willcox didn’t say the increase was unnecessary, but pointed toward the disproportional increase for in-state students as his primary reservation.. “I do think we have a very clear obligation to provide Oregon students with access to an affordable education,” Willcox said. “And I think we can do better for our in-state students than what this proposal provides.” Despite the many factors that make tuition increase a complex issue, for students like Slade, the bottom line is the question of affording another year, or even another term, at this university. “I know my parents are going to do what they can to keep me in this school,” Slade said. “But I’m not down for that. I don’t want my dad working till he’s 70.” Slade ultimately feels unsupported by a university she has already paid thousands of dollars. “[UO] doesn’t support students who can’t necessarily pay to go here out of pocket, and doesn’t advocate for us strongly enough at the state level,” she said. “There’s no safety net whatsoever.” Emma Henderson contributed reporting.
(From left to right) Larissa Petrucci, Malori Musselman and Nicole Francisco protest next year’s tuition increase . (Noah McGraw)
Students and faculty protested the Board of Trustee’s decision to raise tuition nearly $1000. (Savannah Mendoza)
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⚡ SPORTS In winning Pac-12 title, Oregon accomplishes first step in March goals ➡ R YA N
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CORVALLIS — The Oregon Ducks are Pac-12 champions, again. “I’m extremely happy for our players and the work they put in,” Oregon head coach Dana Altman said. “To be able to win it back-to-back. ... I think the guys will really realize the significance of it when they bring their kids back to Oregon one day.” Junior guard Casey Benson added: “It’s extremely special to do it two years in a row. It’s what we play for. ... To win championships — it’s a lot of work we put in during the offseason coming to fruition.” Thanks to the efforts of Dillon Brooks, Benson and Jordan Bell, Oregon surged in the second half to leave Gill Coliseum with an 80-59 victory — and the Pac-12 title shared with Arizona. “In the second half, we got it going,” Altman said. “I think we hit 11 of our first 12 shots and kind of popped the game open.” While most stories might end there, Dillion Brooks in action against Arizona. (Adam Eberhardt)
the Ducks are hoping Saturday is just the beginning. After winning last year’s Pac-12 regular season and tournament championships, Oregon saw its season end in the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament. Now the Ducks look forward to next week’s Pac-12 tournament in Las Vegas. “We are going to take the same approach we always do — swing away and see what happens,” Altman said. “The guys have handled the pressure well all year after being picked to win the league.” Bell said Saturday’s title was just the first piece of the postseason puzzle. “We’ve reached one of our goals — which was to win league,” Bell said. “Our next goal is to win the Pac-12 Tournament. And then we will try to go as far as possible in the NCAA Tournament.” Just a week ago, the Ducks looked unstable on the court. They needed lastminute buckets at Cal and Stanford to keep pace with Arizona. But the Ducks engineered a complete second half, which might be a good omen of things to come. With Brooks — a national player of the year candidate — leading the way, the Ducks have a variety of ways to win a game. Oregon is the only team in the conference to be ranked in the topthree of offensive and defensive scoring — and second in scoring margin. “They’re a good team so they’ve got a pretty good chance to make a run,” Oregon State head coach Wayne Tinkle said. “They defend well. They’ve got shot blockers. “They’ve got weapons offensively so they should have a good shot.” In Las Vegas, the Ducks will also play to earn a seed in the NCAA Tournament’s West Region. The Ducks are battling No. 3 UCLA, No 4 Gonzaga and No. 7 Arizona. Should they land in the West Region, the Ducks’ road to the Final Four becomes easier.
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Oregon head coach George Horton called Oregon’s Sunday afternoon in the cold and rain nothing more than a “grinder.” In the freezing rain, the Ducks outlasted the Mississippi State Bulldogs 6-5 in 11 innings at PK Park to secure their first series win of the season. Any extra inning game could be categorized as a “grinder.” The Ducks got things started with a big second inning. They plated four runs on five hits, a walk and an error, all with two outs. With a four-run cushion, Oregon starter Cole Stringer settled in nicely on the mound. Through five innings, Stringer had only allowed 3 hits and no runs. But the Bulldogs got to him in the sixth. After retiring the first batter, he allowed five straight hits, capped off by a bases loaded double to Elijah McNamee that plated two and cut Oregon’s lead to 4-3. He exited with runners on second and third. “He was up a little bit,” Horton said of his starter. “He’s a wiggle guy and I don’t know if the ball flattened out. I don’t fault Cole at all … they were just jumping on the first pitch.” On the day, Springer allowed eight hits and three runs (all earned) in his 5.1 innings of work. Reliever Parker Kelly would enter in relief of Stringer and worked into the
seventh before running into trouble. After a hit batsman and a single, sophomore Jake Mangum doubled to deep left center. That brought in a runner and tied the game at 4-4. A strikeout later, Ryan Gridley blooped a single to center to score another and put the Bulldogs up 5-4. After their productive second inning, the Ducks bats went cold. Mississippi State reliever Ryan Cyr worked well out of the pen in relief of Ashcraft. He went 5.2 innings and allowed one run on two hits and three walks while striking out seven. Oregon managed to land runners on first and second to start the eighth inning and Cyr was then pulled for reliever Ryan Rigby. He promptly gassed his first pitched about four feet over the catcher’s head to allow both Oregon runners to advance. The next batter, Tim Susnara, would sky a deep fly ball to right to bring Dyer in to tie the game at five apiece. Neither team managed anything of substance until the bottom of the 11th, when shortstop Daniel Patzlaff walked to lead off the inning. A sac bunt moved him to second before Carson Breshears came in to pinch run. This set up an opportunity for Kasser that he would not pass up. Kasser delivered a sharp single to center and Breshears raced home. He was then mobbed by his teammates who came streaming out the dugout.
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