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President Michael Schill chose UO architecture graduate DeNorval Unthank Jr. as the new namesake for the eastern Hamilton dorm wing.

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UO finalizes purchase of Domino’s property for Knight Campus

Students wielding padded swords, arrows and shields bring back medieval combat in the Belegarth club.

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A fire in the craft center in the EMU caused an evacuation of the building.

UO student Osiel Mendoza, 22, talks about his fight with ALS, the lifethreatening disease.

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shocked when she got a phone call in October 2016 telling her she was going to have to move Evergreen Indian Restaurant from its location on Franklin Boulevard after 10 years in the space. “They didn’t give us any time, otherwise we wouldn’t have done all the remodeling,� she said.

Shaik is worried she is going to lose the business she gets from university employees who often come to her restaurant for lunch.

She wants to open a smaller version of her restaurant in the EMU after she moves to keep her customers from UO. The new campus will also displace the Lucky Duck Espresso and could affect the Urban Farm, a UO garden located directly behind the Millrace, by obscuring access to sunlight.

The Knight Campus project is a $1 billion initiative and $500 million of that came from Nike Co-Founder Phil Knight and his wife Penny. The Knight Campus project will break ground this fall and construction will begin in the spring. The first building will open for use in about three years and the project will finish in around ten years, according to Klinger.

The owner of the Domino’s Pizza franchise couldn’t immediately be reached for comment.

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The University of Oregon announced June 1 that it has purchased the last private property necessary to begin construction on the Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact.

The property is located on the corner of Franklin Boulevard and Agate Street about a block north of the UO Health Center. The school paid $1.9 million for the property where a Domino’s Pizza currently resides, according to university spokesman Tobin Klinger. “That was a space that was identified as being an important piece of the puzzle in terms of being able to move that incredibly important project forward rapidly,� said Klinger.

The university and former owner of the property will provide financial support for the owner of the Domino’s Pizza currently located on the property. “We are happy that we were able to close on it and keep the Knight Campus moving forward,� said Klinger. “We are really pleased with the progress that we have been able to make to date.�

The nearby Evergreen Indian Restaurant will also be displaced by the project.

After signing a lease for five more years and remodeling her restaurant, Usha Shaik was

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Domino’s property will be used for the Knight Campus. (Dana Sparks)

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UO buys the final piece of property for the Knight Campus.

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UO approves the new name for Cedar Hall after DeNorval Unthank Jr., the first Black student to graduate from the School of Architecture and Allied Arts.

The IT department gained a new leader who will help with the effort to reorganize IT at UO.

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Oregon softball lost 4-2 to Oklahoma in the Women’s College World Series semifinals, ending the team’s season.

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Students work on homework in the study lounge area of the Mills International Center. (Michael Tobin)

UO is home to at least forty languages, according to Mills International Center study ➥ MICHAEL

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International students make up 13 percent of the student body and the languages they bring with them help broaden the university’s understanding of the world’s many cultures.

For students who wish to practice their foreign language skills with native speakers, the Mills International Center in the EMU offers the opportunity to hear the many languages of the world. “I love working at the Mills. It’s such a great place to spend time,� said interim associate coordinator Kate Stoysich. “I get to meet people from all over the world.�

Stoysich said her Spanish skills allowed her to dive deep into the cultures of the countries she visited while working in the Peace Corps. On top of the connections she made with those in Spanish-speaking countries, she believes that language serves as a way to expand one’s perception of the world. “How I think about things in the world is a reflection of how I understand things as an English and Spanish speaker,� Stoysich said.

Each term, Stoysich collects data on UO students’ languages. The results show that students speak a variety of 40 languages, ranging from wide-spoken ones like Mandarin Chinese to less common ones such as Marshallese, the language of the Marshall Islands, located in the central Pacific Ocean, west of Hawaii.

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Tibet, a country in Central Asia. In addition to English, she speaks four other languages.

Her mother tongue is Khroskyabs, an endangered minority language in Tibet.

Khroskyabs has approximately 5,000 speakers who reside in only three to four Tibetan villages. “It’s an oral language; we don’t have a writing system,� she said. “This makes Khroskyabs very vulnerable because the two dominant languages — Mandarin Chinese and Tibetan — both have writing systems.�

On top of finishing her degree at the University of Oregon, Yu Lha is working to preserve and document her language. She explained that she is working to develop the language’s first writing system. She hopes her efforts will lead to more people using the language in different contexts, such as on social media.

In addition to developing a writing system, Yu Lha documented the oral traditions, proverbs and tongue twisters of her mother tongue in a book titled “Warming Your Hands with Moonlight,� a translation of a Khroskyabs proverb.

Yu Lha explained the meaning of the proverb: although moonlight is bright, it offers no actual warmth. It is a humble way to refuse someone, a way to say that one is looking in the wrong place.

According to Stoysich, the Mills Center is a place for students who are looking for new viewpoints, insights and conversations. “Speaking foreign languages adds to our diversity of perspectives. It changes how the brain processes information.�

Weekly news wrap-up: Requiem for a Domino’s

In this week’s news wrap-up, Podcast Editor Emerson Malone and Senior News Editor Max Thornberry talk about the Unthank-ful new dormitory name; how UO is starting to address IT issues on campus and then we close with some Yelp reviews of the Domino’s on Franklin Boulevard, which has been officially purchased by the university so construction on the Knight Campus can begin in the fall.

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UO Theatre’s apocalyptic ‘Mr. Burns’ opens Thursday

In this episode from the Emerald Podcast Network, Sararosa Davies speaks with University of Oregon studentactors involved in production of “Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play.� They discuss the audition process, their various roles in the play and their favorite episodes of “The Simpsons.�

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This time on the Emerald Podcast Network Casey Miller and Sarah Urban discuss the second episode of Rachel Lindsay’s season of The Bachelorette. This week Rachel continued her search for love on two group dates and one one-on-one date. There were babies, basketballs and Barkfests; but mostly there was a whole lot of drama you definitely don’t want to miss. Tune in to catch all the highlights and hear about who we think will end up winning Rachel Lindsay’s heart.

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đ&#x;‘? ENTERTAINMENT Is Wu-Tang really ‘Forever’? A look at the iconic album’s impact and influence after 20 years ➥ ZACH

The Valley River Center location is perfect for families to eat ice cream after seeing a movie or while shopping. (Leanne Harloff)

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Unlike many other University of Oregon students, Kady Chen, 19, won’t be searching for a job after graduation; she is already the co-owner of a local business with her fiancè, Yao Zhang, 21. She will leave UO with a diploma, a job, a fiancè and an infant daughter at home. On top of all of this, she has acquired a unique and profitable skill: rolling ice cream.

Chen and Zhang opened 22 Below, a rolled ice cream shop, in April at the Valley River Center. After years of searching, they found the ideal spot for their business next to the mall’s movie theater. “It’s perfect. It’s where all of the families and children come to the movies and now they can get rolled ice cream too,�

Chen said. She discovered this phenomenon a few years back while on vacation and was awed by the creative concept. She quickly decided to bring the technique, which originated in Thailand, back to Eugene. “I grew up in Oregon so I know that it never gets any of those fun touristy things that big cities get,� Chen said. “We decided that we needed to bring this back to where I grew up.�

Numerous videos have appeared online showing the process, but watching in person is mesmerizing. In one smooth motion, Chen pours the creamy

white liquid onto a circular pan on the countertop. This area is a freezing minus 22 degrees celsius, hence the store’s name.

As soon as the liquid is poured, she starts smearing it across the chilled pan and tossing in added items, such as Oreos, liquid flavorings and fresh fruit.

After mixing all ingredients together, Chen flattens the thickening ice cream in a rectangle shape across the pan’s surface. From there the rolling magic begins. Scraping the nowsolid ice cream off the frigid area takes some major arm strength and lots of practice. “It takes a lot of learning,� said Chen. “I had to do it a lot before getting it perfect.� Each roll is carefully placed side by side in a bright colored cup and customers then decide from a variety of toppings. A popular choice is the toasted marshmallow, roasted in front of customers and artfully placed in the cup. Adding Rainbow sprinkles gives a colorful flare to the final product. “What’s really special about rolled ice cream is that it’s made to order, so you will always see what’s being put into your ice cream; you know exactly what’s there,� Chen said. Also special is the fact that 22 Below’s ice cream base is entirely lactosefree, making it an appealing treat for those with dairy restrictions.

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On June 3, 1997, New York’s Wu-Tang Clan released its second album, “WuTang Forever.� The release, which has since earned platinum certification four times over, signaled a shift of power and prominence in the music industry that would influence the genre’s landscape indefinitely.

After achieving widespread commercial success with its debut record, “Enter Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)� in ’93, the Wu-Tang Clan took an extended hiatus. The group’s members used this time to write and release several solo projects. Wu members RZA, Method Man, Ol’ Dirty Bastard, Ghostface Killah, GZA and Raekwon each released a solo album.

Four years after Wu-Tang emphatically entered the hip-hop scene, group leader and producer RZA called the clan back together to make another record. This time, however, the time spent working on their individual projects had instilled a new confidence in each member’s ability. They had all grown into their own.

The group returned with “Wu-Tang Forever,� a double LP that allowed its members to have an opportunity to showcase their newly-honed lyrical skills. This new confidence is heard on the the record with standout performances from every member.

While the record featured memorable verses from Inspectah Deck, GZA and Method Man, Ghostface Killah’s verse on the track “Impossible� stood above the rest. His verse, which describes the traumatic event of his friend Jamie dying in his arms, won hip-hop magazine The Source’s Rap of the Year award.

Wu-Tang Clan’s second album, “Wu-Tang Forever� turns 20 today, but has it stood the test of time?

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Most of the record incorporated a lyrical approach often referred to as “free association,� where rappers form the narrative of their lyrics around a strain of conscious thought. The Wu’s were the first to popularize this rapping method.

This form of rapping is widespread in contemporary hip-hop. In the mid 2000s, Lil Wayne used this style to record many of his records. He even stopped writing down his lyrics altogether at a later point in his career.

Young Thug — the face of the new subgenre known as “mumble rap� — also refrains from writing his lyrics. Instead, Thug draws pictures to remember his rhymes. The current face of rap himself, Drake, wrote a song with the same title as the Wu’s sophomore release.

Along with its style and flow, the subject matter of “Wu-Tang Forever� has heavily influenced the last two decades of rap. Unlike “Enter Wu-Tang,� the group’s second record dealt with serious issues of violence and poverty that the members had experienced while living in New York City. These were not new issues discussed in rap music, but the Wu’s continued the lyrical tradition by depicting their world perspective on the group’s sophomore record.

As impressive as “Wu-Tang Forever’s� lyricism is, its production makes it one of the most important hip-hop albums ever released. RZA, who produced the Wu’s entire first album and handled almost all of the production on the group’s second album, is the one to thank for this.

On the album, RZA implores many of the techniques he tested on the Wu members’ solo projects in previous years. Contrary to anything on the group’s debut record, RZA used an array of instrumentation with layered strings accompanied by a multitude of synthesizers. The most innovative production technique is the use of sped-up samples from old R&B and soul hits, which creates a high pitched sound. Famed producers such as Kanye West and Nas have since included this technique in their recording arsenals.

Through impressive lyricism and innovative production, Wu-Tang Clan’s sophomore album influenced the last two decades of hip-hop music more than any other record. From recording and writing processes of contemporary artists to the production styles of the genre’s legends, the influence of the celebrated record is comprehensive — making the title “Wu-Tang Forever� accurate.

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Dunn Hall is now renamed Unthank Hall

Unthank Hall, temporarily named Cedar, is the eastern wing of the Hamilton dorms. (Dana Sparks)

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University of Oregon junior Samantha Berguin remembers working part-time on campus in 2015, giving tours to high school students considering UO for college.

But it was always awkward for her when she would lead them past Deady Hall, located behind the iconic business school. The building was named after former Oregon Supreme Court Justice Matthew Deady (1824 –1893), who supported slavery and the exclusion of Black people from Oregon, according to historians hired by the university. “I would always quote the facts — that this is the first building on campus,� Berguin said. “I was representing the U of O, so I needed to give a positive image, but that history was still there.�

Months later, Berguin protested with around 500 others in front of Johnson Hall, calling for both Deady and Dunn halls (the latter named after a former Ku Klux Klan leader), to be renamed. The protest was led by the Black Student Task Force.

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renaming Deady Hall. Deady was also the first president of the university’s Board of Regents. He advocated for the university’s charter to be adopted by the state legislature.

A report on Deady’s history identified he was a delegate for the Oregon Constitutional Convention in 1857, and he debated in favor of slavery. Deady also supported a provision in Oregon’s constitution that excluded African-Americans from living in Oregon.

However, following the Civil War, Deady supported the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments of the Constitution, which gave citizenship to former slaves, and granted them the right to vote. Schill concluded that Deady’s later actions suggest that he was a strict constitutionalist, and his views may have changed with the times, thus deciding not to rename Deady Hall.

During a March 17 question-and-answer session at the Emerald office, Schill said that his decision not to rename Deady Hall is final.

Although Deady Hall will retain its name, a committee of faculty, staff, students and community

members selected four names of historic figures as candidates for Dunn Hall’s new name. The group sent its recommendation to UO President Michael Schill, who selected the final name: renowned EugeneSpringfield-based architect DeNorval Unthank Jr. Unthank Jr. (1929 – 2000) was the first Black man to graduate from UO’s architecture school in 1951, and designed the Lane County Courthouse and the university’s Mackenzie Hall, among others. Unthank Jr. also advocated on behalf of Oregon’s minority groups for low-income housing and assisted living.

Last Thursday, the Board of Trustees accepted Schill’s recommendation, ending the year-long saga about the renaming of campus buildings. The unanimous vote officially renamed Dunn Hall as Unthank Hall. UO will join the University of North Carolina, Georgetown and Yale in universities that, over the past two years, have renamed buildings originally named after controversial historical figures.

According to Angela Wilhelms, a university president advisor who facilitated the committee,

the Schill-appointed renaming committee included Black Student Task Force members. Schill also asked Vice President for Student Life Kevin Marbury for students to include on the team. For advice on faculty, Schill contacted the university provost’s staff.

The group was chaired by Eugene City Councilor Greg Evans, and included an African-American history professor at Ohio State.

The committee responsible for selecting the names had been meeting privately since mid-March, Wilhelm said. Committee members received name recommendations by email and phone call, took feedback during meetings throughout the university and distributed surveys from its website and to local media.

Wilhelms said the group did not record the amount of times a name was recommended to the committee. It only compiled the list of candidates in order to consider all suggestions equally.

The group received 65 names, but only 19 fit the criteria. The person had to be deceased, African-American and a contributor to the university. UO spokesman Tobin Klinger estimates that around 20 people nominated longtime English professor Edwin Coleman, who died in January. But Coleman was not considered because it had been less than a year since he died.

“You don’t want to rush to do a naming based on some of the emotion of the moment,” Klinger said.

The committee narrowed the list of nominees to four after applying more detailed criteria. According to the committee’s standards, the nominee must have made notable contributions to UO, have done advocacy work for Black social justice causes or have personally overcome oppression and discrimination.

“I think ahead to the freshmen who will eagerly unpack belongings into Unthank Hall and who will be inspired by this tremendous man to make their own lasting impact on our university, state, and nation,” Schill wrote in a memo to the board, leading up to the final decision.

Berguin, the student who used be a tour guide for the university, is excited about the board’s decision. Unthank Jr.’s sister is her chapter advisor at her historically Black sorority. “Unthank is a name that is so recognized on our campus — I would be so proud of that,” Berguin said.

Two members of the Black Student Task Force, Kena Gomalo and Brianna Hayes, who initially demanded that Deady and Dunn halls be renamed, were on the committee. The group praised the selection of Unthank Jr. “This decision signifies to the entire campus community that the contributions of African-Americans at the UO have been integral to this university and state’s success,” the Black Student Task Force wrote in an email statement to the Emerald.

“Moreover, this decision serves as inspiration for Black students, providing us a constant reminder that we follow in the footsteps of greatness.”

In 2016, the UO hired three historians to investigate the racist legacies of both Dunn and Deady.

Frederic Dunn, a longtime UO professor of Latin, was the leader of the Eugene chapter of the Ku Klux Klan during the ‘20s. Although historians were unable to find records of Dunn personally advocating violence, Schill decided that his affiliation with the Ku Klux Klan was grounds enough to strip his name from the dorm.

Schill said the committee is deciding how to show the historical links of Deady and Dunn to white supremacy.

“These are going to be educational.

These are going to be ways that [the community] will see, read and learn, and won’t forget that this is part of our history that we shouldn’t be proud of and can’t forget,” Schill said.

Since then, Yvette Alex-Assensoh, the Division of Equity and Inclusion’s vice president, circulated a survey to student groups, asking to propose ideas for an exhibit or “educational opportunity,” which could “recognize and commemorate the history of African-Americans at UO and in the State of Oregon, within the context of the names for each of the respective buildings.” According to Alex-Assensoh, the committee is aiming to send a recommendation to Schill on how to acknowledge Deady and Dunn’s pasts

by June 30.

Ethnic studies professor Daniel Hosang said he hopes plans to inform the community on racist history would be integrated in campus tours and orientations. “To say something like, for example, there’s been a controversy on [Deady or Dunn’s] name,” HoSang said, “because I think that it would be a mistake to try to divorce Deady with the context of his time, and we should talk about what that context was, which was white supremacy.”

During the Emerald questionand-answer session, Schill said that renaming buildings is a symbolic act, while his initiatives, such as creating a Black Cultural Center counts as an “action.”

“Hold me accountable to actions,” Schill said during the session.

Schill announced during last week’s trustees meeting that he will soon begin discussions with the Black Student Task Force to start planning the $3 million Black Cultural Center. UO spokesman Klinger said the university has raised $1.2 million for the project.

Berguin voiced her discontent with Schill’s decision in not renaming Deady, saying that “Black students shouldn’t ever have to be subjected to take class in Deady Hall.” But she is excited about the upcoming Black Cultural Center project even though she won’t be a student when it is completed. Berguin says it will help incoming Black freshmen feel welcome.

“To have a cultural center, to have a hub, to know where you can get academic support, to navigate campus: I think that would be monumental in helping a Black student’s experience on this campus,” said Berguin.

DeNorval Unthank Jr. was the first Black man to graduate from UO’s architecture school. (UO School of Architecture and Design)

Deady Hall at the University of Oregon. (Eric Cech) Deady Hall is named after Matthew Deady who debated in favor of slavery. (Will Campbell) M O N D AY, J U N E 5 , 2 0 1 7

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Defenders have been adding security to the local mosque after the mosque was threatened earlier in May. (Billy Manggala)

Mosque defenders look to protect Oregon Muslims in an atmosphere of fear Outside of the Eugene Islamic Center, a group of people from the Eugene community stand outside the mosque as people pray inside. When prayer is over, the worshippers speak with the group, offer them food and shake their hands.

It’s a genuine and cordial encounter between different communities; it’s the kind of meeting that makes for a good society.

But the reason the group is there relates to fear: recently, hatred has struck the Muslim community in Eugene.

On May 10, a man armed with a knife stood in front of the Eugene Islamic Center and threatened to kill its members right after they had finished prayer. The man was later identified and charged with menacing, disorderly conduct and intimidation based on religion.

Although the man may be gone, his hateful intentions stay with the worshippers and hurt the spirit of the mosque. “Recently, our people are stressed,� said Haytham Abo Adel, an Imam at the Eugene Islamic Center. “A lot of anti-Muslim hate is happening. It’s just been very stressful.�

A mosque is everything to the Muslim community. It’s a sanctuary, a place to feel close to God and find peace of mind. It’s also a place for friends old and new to meet and chat. It’s a second home to many Muslims — and a first home for others. Everyone deserves the right to feel safe in their home, but when the mosque becomes a target of hatred, that feeling of security immediately disappears.

Members of the Eugene Islamic Center have been cautious since the incident, even starting a GoFundMe campaign with a goal of $18,000 for security and maintenance improvements.

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defends the center from any outside threats. “Injustice thrives when no one says anything.

There is a silent majority, and it’s on the side of justice and equality,� said Alex Iskandar, the Eugene Islamic Center’s community watch organizer. “If that voice is heard loudly and consistently, then those voices of hate and bigotry can be silenced.�

During prayer times, the group will stand in front of the mosque and surveil the premises. At other times they will sit, relax and converse but still face the street for any oncoming visitors.

What the group is doing is representative of a good society: communities coming together to stand up for one another. It’s what we want when there is potential danger — other people to comfort us and fight hate in solidarity.

But as the year goes by, hate incidents are becoming scarier and more frequent, with a 57 percent increase in anti-Muslim incidents compared to last year and a 44 percent increase in anti-Muslim hate crimes. This is troubling for many reasons, but the idea that hatred is only getting worse in our society makes it frightening for a Muslim to feel comfortable in this country.

We ask ourselves: Can I pray on the sidewalk if I have to? Will I be safe wearing a hijab today? Do people want me dead solely for my faith?

Much of the media wants us to believe that the biggest threat to America comes from Muslim countries, but recently Americans have been the biggest threat to America. According to a report from Congress by the Government Accountability Office, far right-wing extremists were responsible for 73 percent of extreme fatal incidents since Sept. 12, 2001, while Islamic extremists were responsible for 27 percent of incidents. Violent, extreme incidents are happening — just not from who we think.

On the eve of Ramadan, Islam’s holiest month, two men were killed while defending one Muslim woman and one African-American woman from racial slurs and hate speech by a white extremist.

A third victim was also stabbed but is expected to survive.

This hurts. Not only does it hurt the people affected, it hurts our communities and frankly the psyche of our country. America is supposed to be a country that accepts all religions, races and sexes, but the growing number of hate crimes against minorities makes it clear that fear and bigotry still plague the nation.

We are always taught to stand up for what is right. We were taught to take a stand against injustice because that’s what good people do.

But at what cost? The life of a father of four?

The life of a son and a sister?

We want to help people, and we want to beat the bullies and show that hate is not welcome.

But nobody expects to lose their lives. And it’s reasonable to believe that society will be more hesitant to stand up to injustice after the attacks last Friday.

Is it worth standing up to hate if it means risking your life? “After what happened in Portland, [the community watch] is more committed than ever,�

Iskandar said. “We are committed to an inclusive and loving community, and if that means putting ourselves in a little bit of risk, then we’ll do it.�

The victims in Portland died because they believed in basic human rights. The attacks should be a reminder that hate can have horrifying consequences. In the face of injustice, communities must work to protect each other from discrimination. We have to commit to combatting bigotry and violence. Hatred only wins if we are silent. “We fight hate with love, we fight hate with peace and we fight hate with awareness,� Abo Adel said.

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