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IN THE WAKE OF ROBBERIES NEAR CAMPUS, UOPD EMPHASIZES SAFETY

BY ERIN CAREY • TWITTER @ERINLCAREY As the second week of spring term starts up, some students are wondering about their safety on campus after a string of robberies during the weeks leading up to spring break have still gone unsolved.

The Eugene Police Department reports there have been eight robberies near campus between Jan. 1 and April 2 this year; three more than in the same time period last year.

Another robbery occurred on April 5 near 14th Avenue and Patterson Street. Eugene police reported that a 22-year-old woman was pushed to the ground by a male suspect who was trying to steal her purse between 1 and 1:30 a.m..

One of the biggest issues the EPD has encountered is the uptick in social media posts about the robberies.

“We’re really asking people to be careful about their social media posts because it creates panic, and a lot of cases it just didn’t happen,” Dorman said. “If they see something and they’re a victim of something, call the police immediately. I wouldn’t tell people not to post, but what’s happening a

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lot of times is people are hearing something that happened to a friend of a friend and then posting it, and people are getting scared.”

Dorman said the campus robbers seemed to be after whatever the victim had in their pockets and warns against walking alone at night around the time many are leaving bars.

“If you’ve been out drinking, it’s really important that you plan ahead of time for a way to get home,” Dorman said. “If you’re walking, make sure you walk in groups, don’t be out and heavily intoxicated by yourself, stay away from dark areas.

We haven’t had any incidents where people are in groups of even two or three have had an issue, so it’s all been sole victims.”

Dorman also said a good way to stay safe is to take a self-defense class rather than carrying a self-defense weapon like pepper spray.

“I’d recommend that they take some self-defense classes, that way they have a clear understanding of what the limitations to those are,” Dorman said. “What I don’t want to see is somebody getting robbed with a gun to have them pull

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out pepper spray and get hurt.”

There are a few different options for selfdefense classes on campus. The Warrior Sisters, a Eugene-based organization, offers self-defense classes in Eugene twice a week. UO offers a twocredit women’s self-defense class. Students can also request a self-defense workshop for a group through the UO Recreation center.

As the weather warms up, many students may find themselves outside later to enjoy it. If they do, Dorman says to reach out to the resources that UO provides, like the UO Campus Shuttle, which just recently added two more stops to its off-campus route.

With the primary robberies still open, Dorman emphasizes that people should do everything they can to protect themselves.

“The biggest thing is safety in numbers — stay together, don’t be out wandering in the dark and put yourself in a vulnerable position,” Dorman said.

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Since March 5, White Bird Clinic, Lane County’s crisisintervention service, has teamed up with the Eugene Public Library to extend the accessibility of services already available through existing locations. White Bird’s “Library Extension Plan” is a free service for walk-in counseling and referrals for community members seeking someone to talk to.

White Bird operates medical and dental clinics, drug and alcohol treatment programs, outpatient mental health services, offers housing support and connects local residents to other resources. This is the first time in history that White Bird has done an extension of its crisis office.

Michelle Perin is one of two crisis counselors who will be available through the Library Extension Plan. With multiple years of experience as an EMT, she believes that White Bird is qualified to serve as a first contact for people experiencing a wide variety of issues because of its breadth in resources.

“Longer term counseling is unfortunately at a minimum right now in Lane County.

Waitlists are really, really long just to get into to see a counselor. This is a way to fill the gap,” Perin said. “This is crisis counseling – we’re not licensed to do long-term therapy. The idea is to work with the other agencies that are already out there – places that people may not be able to access on their own.”

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from last month with Eugene Weekly, Margaret Alexander, librarian and facilities manager for the Eugene Public Library, said that roughly 3,000 people visit the library every day.

This is partly due to its close proximity to Eugene Station and according to Perin, because it’s also a place to be calm: a place to recharge more than just a phone.

“It’s one of the only places where people can find a safe, warm place to be quiet. It’s a hub of community. It goes way beyond just checking out books,” Perin said.

The White Bird Clinic began in 1969 as an answer to the large increase of homeless youth in and around Lane County.

Perin believes that the process of beginning counseling can sometimes be scary and discouraging. Oftentimes, appointments are scheduled months in advance with little help in between.

“We’re hoping that it will be kind of a model for other communities. If it’s successful here in Lane County, we’d love to extend it to surrounding cities, like Oak Ridge, Creswell or Cottage Grove – places that don’t have any resources like this at all,” Perin said.

Currently the Library Extension Plan is funded through December 2018, with a possibility of refunding in the near future. Services are available Monday through Thursday, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., and Saturdays from 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

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Andrew Pardi is the executive director of Students for Global Health. (Sarah Northrop)

ANNUAL GLOBAL HEALTH CONFERENCE LOOKS TO BRING AWARENESS TO WOMEN’S GLOBAL HEALTH ISSUES

BY RYLEE KAHAN • TWITTER @RYLEEKAHAN The University of Oregon will host the annual Western Regional Global Health Conference April 20 through 22. The conference is open to everyone and free for students with their ID. Tickets can be picked up at the UO ticketing office.

The new Global Health Club at UO is looking to start a conversation about global health that isn’t just medicine-related, but is about education, awareness and advocacy from a well-rounded perspective, according to UO student Zoe Cameron. Cameron is the public relations and communications chair for the club and a junior majoring in human physiology.

Part of the reasoning behind hosting the conference at UO this year is to raise awareness for the new Center for Global Health and the global health minor.

“One of our goals is to make the Pacific Northwest a main point of location in the U.S. when talking about global health,” said Andrew Pardi, the executive director and president of the UO Global Health Club.

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“Alma Ata” (an international declaration that discusses the importance of primary health care), and “Adverse Childhood Experiences.”

Other schools attending the conference include University of Washington, Oregon State University, Oregon Health and Science University and Portland State University.

There will be nine breakout sessions in the conference, some of which will include “Refugee Health,” “Obstetric Fistula and Beyond: Improving Women’s Health,” “Global Health Environment” and “Rural Healthcare and Barriers to Access.”

Since September, Pardi has been coordinating guest speakers with the help of a team of students.

Each student that is a part of the Global Health Club brought a different perspective on an issue that is most important to them, which is highlighted in the design of the conference. For Pardi, it’s the ethics involved in global health.

Grant Klausen, a junior majoring in human physiology and minoring in chemistry and global health, is the co-director of events for the Global Health Club and had a major impact on the planning of the conference.

One of the most important global health issues to Klausen is menstrual health. It’s an

issue that often gets brushed aside at many of the larger conferences Klausen said, which is why he made sure that wasn’t going to happen at this year’s conference.

“We wanted to especially highlight [the importance of the issue] by placing it at a plenary panel level, as well as feature a lot of the different perspectives of that issue that are generally not exposed,” Klausen said. “We have a formerly homeless panel member, a transgender panel member, a practicing physician and two members from the Society of Menstrual Cycle Research.”

Pardi, Klausen and Cameron all agreed that it is extremely important that college students are aware and informed about all of the issues that surround and compose global health.

“When you get to college, we all sort of get this tunnel vision — we put these blinders on,” Pardi said.

“We focus on the homework we have to do and the friends we have around us, which is important, but I feel like we sometimes lose sight of the bigger picture,” Pardi said. “Any education you can receive about what the true state of the world is right now is going to make you a better person in the long run.”

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‘DON’T TOUCH MY HAIR’ EXHIBIT INVITES STUDENTS TO GET PERSONAL ABOUT WHAT THEIR HAIR MEANS TO THEM Kristen Clayton, co-curator of “Don’t Touch My Hair,” poses in front of the exhibit. (Adam Eberhardt)

“I’M DONE WITH SURVIVING. I WANT TO THRIVE.” KRISTEN CLAYTON

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BY SARAH URBAN

“Your hair is your glory,” Kristen Clayton’s mom told her over and over.

She would hover above her daughter’s head and work her hands through the thick, waist-length curls. For Clayton, these moments were a sacred, ritualistic practice.

In Melbourne, Florida, where Clayton grew up, she was the only African American student at her private elementary school. The school required kids’ hair be kept “neat,” — a rule that by nature, excluded her curly and kinky afro. Clayton remembers routinely sitting in front of the television for up to 10 hours as her mother washed and conditioned her hair before straightening it with an iron comb that was heated over the stove.

“It was a way for us to bond but it was also difficult because you knew that it wasn’t necessarily for aesthetic pleasure,” Clayton said. “It was so that I could survive in an environment when kids wanted to touch your hair or play with it because it was so different.”

Clayton — now a first-year graduate student at the University of Oregon — didn’t fully grasp that her hair was curly until she was in the 11th or 12th grade.

“To not know yourself in your natural state, it’s very strange,” she said.

During her role as co-curator of “Don’t Touch My Hair: Expressions of Identity and Community,” an exhibition on display at Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Clayton saw her own experience reflected in the exhibit.

The exhibit “investigates the politics of hair, racialized beauty standards, hair rituals and the differences in expectations between men and women with regard to hair,” said guest curator Meredith Lancaster.

Five student-photographers took photos of UO students and faculty who spoke of their hair as a significant part of their identity. These photos, paired with individual hair stories, line the walls of the JSMA. The idea for the exhibition began circulating after Janelle Crouch, a hairdresser and motivational speaker from Atlanta, Georgia, spoke at UO Ethnic Hair Care Day in May 2017. JSMA staff had a conversation with Crouch, UO student group Black Women of

Achievement and Vice President of the UO Division of Equity and Inclusion Dr. Yvette Alex Assensoh to develop the purpose and plan for the project.

The design of the exhibition revolved around five community conversations that took place in January 2018. At the conversations, UO students and faculty gathered at JSMA to discuss the personal significance of one’s hair.

Clayton facilitated these conversations with a list of questions, and assured those in attendance that they were in a safe space to be vulnerable.

“I’m really emotional, but for this project I had to abstract my own emotions because there were so many other emotions going on,” she said.

“Whether that’s of the guest curator, the artist, the participant — everyone else was really emotional, so I had to feel nothing.”

Responses varied dramatically.

According to Clayton, one participant spoke about feeling suppressed in a major that is dominated by men who have a regulated professional appearance. Another participant opened up about being from a poorer family, and having to wear a buzz cut to avoid lice.

Lancaster was approaching the discussions from a primarily political angle. She was taken aback when one student explained that her relation to hair was wrapped up in a sexual assault incident. The student was physically disarmed by the attacker’s hold on her long ponytail, leaving her relationship to her hair tainted and wrapped up in trauma. Cutting her hair was a symbol of the weight and pain being lifted.

“I was really stunned; I hadn’t thought about that. It added an extra layer to all the things that could be tied up in a person’s hair,” Lancaster said.

Following the discussions, the student photographers conducted photo shoots with those in the community who were willing to have their stories included in the final exhibition.

One photographer, junior Malik Lovette, shot each of his photos with his iPhone X. Another photographer, sophomore Ugochukwu Akabike, set down his phone to use a real camera for the first time. He had only been

Sophomore Aayana Fuller poses for a photo that highlights her hair as a form of self-expression. (Courtesy of Ugochukwu Akabike)

A photo of Jaria Martin (left) and other participants taken for the “Don’t Touch My Hair Exhibit.” (Courtesy of Ugochukwu Akabike)

pursuing photography seriously for around a year.

“Some of the first few sessions you could tell that I was nervous and I didn’t really know what I was doing,” Akabike said. However, as the project progressed, he gained confidence and was able to give clear direction.

Participant Jaria Martin, senior at the UO, said given the current political climate, she felt honored to have her hair celebrated in a state where at one time it was illegal for Black people to reside. “...To have my university be able to showcase this to serve as an education piece, and not just a celebration piece, I think that really encompassed everything, and I was just thankful to be a part of that.” Martin loves her hair; she is known for her confidence and ability to rock the natural look.

Next to the photos in the exhibit, there are quotes from the community conversations. In one hallway, a small table adorned with an open journal stands opposite of the photos. Inside the journal, viewers of the exhibit are given space to reflect. One writer said that their hair is limp and lifeless, and that it often reminds them of their inadequacies. “But it is the color of warm, honeyed afternoon sunlight,” they continued. “And that I appreciate.”

Clayton said that her own story was revealed through each story shared. She recalled her time studying abroad in Paris when she took out her braids overnight. The next day in class, her classmates, some of whom she’d known throughout her entire college career, didn’t even recognize her with a new hairdo. She struggled to dissect what that meant.

“I felt such a disconnect between my identity, my hair and how other people saw me,” Clayton said.

A little while later she saw a beautiful Black woman with a big and bold afro walk onto the platform in the train station. Clayton instantly noticed the shameless confidence and fearlessness with which the woman carried herself.

“I looked at her, and then I saw my self in her that I had suppressed for so many years,” she said.

Similar to Clayton, Lancaster grew up in an environment where her hair was something that set her apart from her peers. She remembers being ridiculed and bullied by other children; they called her a lion because of her unruly curls. Lancaster is still working on wearing her natural hair with pride, instead of feeling like a target for judgment and insults. She curated the exhibit hoping that the exhibition would evoke a discussion leading to deeper understanding of others.

“We have to spend more time thinking about the things that make us the same,” Lancaster said.

Isaac Leve, a senior at UO, said he was encouraged by many of his friends and teachers, as well as his mother, to participate in the exhibition.

He describes his hair as “a huge ‘fro” and says that he grew it out because he wanted to. And as a white male, he acknowledged that this is a luxury many students aren’t able to exercise.

Another one of the photographers, sophomore Jasmine Jackson, said she was passionate about helping create the exhibition because she recognized that it is not common for Black people to talk about their hair by choice. She enjoyed collaborating with each of the other photographers and curators, noting that each person had their own strengths and utilized them to encourage others who were experiencing doubt.

“I walk into a room and feel as though my hair openly tells the story of my developing confidence

and carefree Black girl mentality,” she said.

The purpose of the exhibit was not to restrict this conversation to one cultural group, but to show that all UO students and faculty are connected, and can understand each other better by opening up about their relationships to hair, according to Clayton. Participants in the exhibition came from all different backgrounds, ethnicities and genders.

“I have grown in the way of awareness. I notice when people put work into their hair, I notice when people wear different styles of their hair,” Akabike said now that he has had time to reflect on the exhibition.

Whether curly or straight, black or brown, frizzy or flat, long or short, hair can be a flag representing identity and culture. Individual stories may be scarred and complex, or light and casual, yet they can all carry weight and significance that is deeply kneaded into one’s identity.

Clayton was tired of trying to assimilate herself into a white environment. After graduating high school, she cut her hair.

“It was kind of like a scar, like all those years of me straightening my hair was still on me,” Clayton said. “I’m done with surviving. I want to thrive.”

Don’t Touch My Hair: Expressions of Identity and Community runs in JSMA until May 13, 2018. There will be one final community conversation on May 2 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. This discussion is open to all UO students and faculty and intended for reflection and evaluation of the exhibition.

The JSMA is open from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Wednesdays and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursdays through Sundays. Entry is $5, $3 for people 62 and up and free for members, UO students and faculty.

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OPINION United UO slate members (from left to right) Karishma Shah and Jacob Faatz speak at town hall debate. (Frankie Benitez)

UNITED UO IS THE SLATE TO WATCH

BY TED YANEZ

It’s that time of year again at the University of Oregon. The Candidate Town Hall Debate for this year’s ASUO election featured two slates: United UO and Ducks Together. Polls open on Duckweb on Monday, April 9 at 9 a.m. and results will be published on Thursday, April 12 at 6 p.m. While both slates have many similarities, there are a few key differences that swayed my support toward United UO. United UO isn’t the Status Quo The first key difference is that none of United UO’s candidates currently hold an ASUO office position; Ducks Together does. Maria Gallegos — currently sitting in Seat 13 in the Senate and running for ASUO President — touted the experience of her and her running mate for internal ASUO VP, Imani Dorsey, several times throughout the debate. It should also be noted that the external ASUO VP candidate for Ducks Together, Ivan Chen, is currently the ASUO organizing director.

Jacob Faatz, ASUO presidential candidate with United UO, doesn’t have ASUO experience.

Neither does Karishma Shah, ASUO VP candidate with United UO. It doesn’t take experience to come up with good ideas, such as additional lighting either on or near campus to improve safety. That being said, Faatz isn’t without political experience. He has internship experience with Senator Ron Wyden’s field office, which he brought up in an effort to show that he has transferable skills that would help him serve our campus. When he brought this experience up, Gallegos mocked him, saying she wasn’t running for a position with the City of Eugene.

United UO Wants to Keep You Safe As previously mentioned, Faatz wants more lighting to provide safer routes for students. On the other hand, Ducks Together brushed off this idea, asserting that the crimes were mostly off campus. This commentary disregards student safety, especially considering the close proximity of the crimes to campus. Notably, one of the crimes that recently occurred on March 17 was not even one block away from campus. Before the crime was reported, I drove around most of the streets that border our campus. What I saw were several minimally lit streets; it was barely safe for a car. When I decided to go for a walk along these streets, I stumbled along some of the uneven sidewalk due to a lack of lighting.

One of the worst areas for lighting was around the East Campus Houses and 19th and Alder, both just down the street from the site of the sexual assault on March 17. When asked how she would handle the allocation of ASUO funds, Gallegos said that campus was “already lit and super expensive to change. … that, to me, is wasteful.”

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a major economic resource for the city. Last month, I made the same suggestions as Faatz regarding lighting and working with the City of Eugene. In regards to the university’s Title IX policies, Faatz made the distinctions that “they’re not policies; they’re called guidelines.” He wants to work with the university to turn these guidelines into structured policies.

United UO Wants to Get Things Done When asked by a student during open questions how each slate will accomplish their goals, as these positions are only one year long, United UO pointed out that it wants to focus on safety, parking and housing. It wants to help students push back against housing companies that take gross advantage of students.

When it comes to parking, United UO wants to work with the university to improve parking conditions because students shouldn’t have to rely on the local bus system. This is extremely important when students have exams and study late at night. The bus system stops operating before the Knight Library closes at 2 a.m., and students aren’t able to park on campus past midnight. This creates a dangerous situation where students may be walking alone at night.

Ducks Together’s answer made me uneasy. In short, they implied that the nine-month academic year was short and not everything can get done.

The slate stated that it wanted to “plant seeds,” adding that the administration “takes advantage” of the annual turnover due to the nature of the ASUO executive offices. United UO fired at Ducks Together by stating, “We will do more than advocate; we will act.”

Both slates talked a great deal about diversity, but little about intellectual diversity. For many on campus, this is an important aspect due to the nature of their unpopular views. Students with such views have told the Daily Emerald they have been harassed for them. Luckily, these students can rest easy knowing that there is a slate that I feel would be more likely to protect them if this continued.

While Faatz sided with the students when asked about UO President Michael Schill’s New York Times column, he also said that “opposing views should be respected” and that we shouldn’t “scream and yell” at those we disagree with. As a student who has been harassed for having opposing views, I would feel safer on campus with Jacob Faatz as ASUO President. It takes a lot of patience, respect and self control to be such a person. That is far more valuable than being an insider with

ASUO VOTING POLLS OPEN ON DUCKWEB ON MONDAY APRIL 9 AT 9:00 A.M. AND RESULTS WILL BE PUBLISHED ON THURSDAY APRIL 12 AT 6:00 P.M. experience and having little to show for it.

Students Need to Consider Their Priorities It’s time for students at the University of Oregon to make a decision –– one that shouldn’t be taken lightly. If you are still unsure about which of the two slates to vote for, I urge you not to shrug this off. While a school election might sound silly to make such a big deal of, it just might be the difference between being safe on campus and not.

At the very least, we should consider our priorities and choose which slate appeals to us best. I value safety for every student, regardless of race, color, gender, preference or affiliation. That’s why I firmly believe that United UO is the slate to vote for this year.

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ASUO SLATES The following is the opinion of the Emerald’s editorial board and not Emerald Media Group as a whole.

The ASUO election is an opportunity for UO students to directly participate in their school’s democracy, but election turnouts the past couple of years have been horrendous. A total of 2,799 students voted in the 2016 ASUO election and 1,439 voted in 2017 — roughly 11 percent and 6 percent of the student body, respectively.

ASUO handles roughly $16 million accumulated from students’ tuition, which is one of the many reasons why students should be voting in the election.

Unlike last year, two ASUO slates are competing this year to represent the student body: Ducks Together and United UO. The Emerald will not endorse a slate this election as they have in previous elections, but we endorse the idea that students should be informed so that they vote according to what they believe is best for the university.

Ducks Together According to its Facebook page, Ducks Together is “all about taking back student power.” Maria Gallegos and Imani Dorsey, the presidential and vice presidential candidates, stressed in last Thursday’s town hall debate that student voices will be protected and heard on issues like tuition increases. One of the slate’s main focuses is to make the student Food Pantry more available to food insecure students. Increasing Food Pantry availability was part of Amy Schenk’s campaign last year for her slate, UO For You. It’s important to know that Ducks Together is primarily made up of current ASUO representatives. Although it’s

not a defining factor, having experience on how ASUO works may translate well into the slate’s performance next year if elected. But sticking to the status quo may not sit well with students depending on their view of the current ASUO slate. In that case, United UO is the slate to consider.

United UO United UO is campaigning on its five pillars: student safety, student housing, student health, transportation and community town halls.

Among many things, the slate is more focused on infrastructure changes than Ducks Together, emphasizing the increase of lighting around campus in response to the recent robberies and increasing parking availability.

United UO’s slate members are made up of students who are not already in ASUO. Jacob Faatz and Karishma Shah are the running president and vice presidential candidate, respectively. Faatz has interned with U.S. Senator Ron Wyden and has also interned for Oregon Senator Lee Beyer. United UO believes that the slate’s experience in local government and its fresh approach to the ASUO establishment will prove that it’s the right choice to represent UO students.

UO students need to know that ASUO will decide where their tuition dollars go next year and debate how much your tuition is increased the next year. Students who care about their money allocation have a say in where the money is allocated to. Students can call their representatives, or participate in town hall debates, but the first point of democracy starts with voting in who you believe represents you best.

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WHY MARGINALIZED STUDENT GROUPS SHOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT INEXPERIENCED CANDIDATES

BY VERONICA FERNANDEZ-ALVARADO

The way that students of color vote is vastly important for this ASUO election. The harassment that UO students of color face has recently become more public, whether because of the nazis on campus, antiimmigration graffiti or racist costumes from faculty.

Both slates have stated that the safety of marginalized students is a major concern for their platform, but students of color should be concerned about the inexperience of United UO. Last Thursday, I went to the ASUO town hall debate.

Ducks Together and United UO were ready to prove the importance of their slates and why they deserve the vote. A common theme in the questions being asked was the focus on marginalized students, particularly students of color. Questions circling around cultural competency, safety of students of color, mental health and First Amendment protections were posed.

Toward the end of the Q&A with both slates, United UO vice president candidate Karishma Shah, in expressing support for students of color on campus, showed UO students the potential concerns with leaders who have little experience in ASUO. She stated, “We can also encourage the cultural groups on campus to ask for more funding.”

Shah, who is a member of the Indian Student Association, showed good intent and experience on the issue concerning student organizations but didn’t propose a sufficient plan to assist those groups.

Marginalized student organizations have been denied increases in stipends yearly and have had to fight to keep ASUO from allocating their funds elsewhere. Student of color organizations do not need “encouragement” in requesting funds because they are continuously begging to keep the pennies that they are able to have.

Due to rises in tuition, employment of college students has risen to an all-time high. According to a survey released by Business Wire and Seventeen

Magazine, nearly four out of five students are employed for full or part-time jobs. Students’ time is more costly, which makes it hard for them to do labor that is not properly compensated. For marginalized students, this issue is on top of the stigma and harassment they receive from peers, and as vice presidential candidate Karishma Shah stated, marginalized students are more likely to feel unwelcome on university campuses. Yet they are supposed to be fine with practically doing free labor for the university.

Many marginalized student organizations do the major recruiting for their community – enough work for a full-time paid position. The ranges in stipends vary between organizations, but even groups like the LGBTQIA3, with one of the highest stipends for marginalized student organizations, will still have student leaders struggle in their leadership roles because they are not compensated properly.

In response to concerns about stipends, United UO stated that they were unsure how to help fix stipends because of their lack of experience on ASUO. Ducks Together stated that there are problems with the current stipend model which currently allows the university to not “[pay] students the money that they deserve.” Though Ducks Together does not promise hourly wages, they are willing to work on the current stipend model with their senate and financial officers.

“We’re not here giving students a voice. I know you don’t need encouragement. ... I know what you need because I’ve been there,” said Gallegos, presidential candidate for Ducks Together.

Ducks Together is more equipped and more experienced to handle the issues that marginalized students face so that we don’t have to take any steps back. Marginalized student groups that care about progressing on the issues that we still face today should vote for Ducks Together.

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SPORTS OREGON SOFTBALL COMPLETES SWEEP OF ARIZONA WITH RUN-RULE WIN

BY SHAWN MEDOW • TWITTER @SHAWNMEDOW

Miranda Elish (40) pitches the ball. (Natalie Waitt-Gibson)

The bases were loaded in the bottom of the sixth inning when Arizona’s errors came.

Pitcher Taylor McQuillin threw back-to-back wild pitches, allowing two runners to score, giving Oregon softball a 6-0 lead. Moments later, an error by Arizona’s shortstop allowed freshman Shaye Bowden to reach first while another Oregon run scored.

Then, senior Gwen Svekis doubled down the leftfield line to bring Bowden around to third. Oregon needed just one more run for a run-rule win and a series sweep. That came with one swing of the bat from freshman Mary Iakopo, who blasted a threerun home run to right field to win the game 10-0.

“It didn’t even feel like it went over,” Iakopo said. “I just thought one out was going to be a pop fly.”

The No. 5 Ducks (32-6, 7-2) trounced No. 9 Arizona 10-0 in a run-rule win to sweep the Wildcats at Jane Sanders Stadium for Oregon’s first series sweep of the season. Behind big bats and strong pitching, the Ducks faced little trouble from Arizona all weekend

long, outscoring the Wildcats 23-2 on the weekend.

“We had a plan, and we committed to it fully as a team,” head coach Mike White said. “I think it’s the first time all year we really committed to the plan we had, and I was pleased to see it pay off. Now, hopefully it’ll give us some confidence to stick to our plan and do what we need to do.”

Junior Megan Kleist got the start in the circle.

She lasted five innings, throwing 10 strikeouts while allowing just one hit and two walks. Kleist threw several 1-2-3 innings, including the first and the fifth, which had fives strikeouts over the six outs. She had seven strikeouts through the first three innings.

In the top of the sixth, Kleist was replaced by Miranda Elish, who, earlier in the day, completed Saturday’s game which was postponed due to weather. Elish faced four batters in the one inning she played in the earlier game.

Elish and the Ducks retired the first and only three batters that she faced — two via strikeouts and one on a ground ball.

Catcher Gwen Svekis (21) prepares to bat. (Natalie Waitt-Gibson)

“[Elish] threw more pitches than I wanted her to,” White said. “To tell you the truth, going into the postseason, we might need that.”

With the Ducks up 2-0 in the bottom of the fourth, senior DJ Sanders stepped into the batter’s box.

On a 2-2 count, Sanders, who hit the NCAA-high 29 home runs last season, caught it perfectly as she roped a line drive way over the left-field wall to give Oregon a cushion lead of 4-0.

Iakopo started in place of Mia Camuso at first base, while fellow freshman Lauren Burke got the nod at designated player.

“Every now and then you just get into a funk, and you need to see it from the other side of the field,” White said. “I think Camuso will probably be out there next week and hopefully she’ll create some urgency there.”

Oregon now shifts its focus on a road trip to Tempe, Arizona to play Arizona State before hosting nonconference opponent Oklahoma in a one-game matchup.

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WASHINGTON STATE THROWS NO-HITTER

Oregon Ducks defender Jill Zubillaga waits for a pass. (Devin Roux)

IN 7-0 ROUT OF OREGON

BY AUGUST HOWELL • TWITTER @HOWELL_AUGUST After striking out the last two Oregon hitters to end the ball game, Scotty Sunitsch dropped his glove on the mound in triumph as his Washington State teammates swarmed around him, congratulating him on his no-hitter.

After winning the first two games of the series, Oregon failed to get a hit against Washington State and fell to the Cougars 7-0.

Sunitsch’s (3-1) season-high for innings pitched before the game was seven, with seven strikeouts.

Today, he pitched all nine innings with nine strikeouts.

“My change-up was really on — that saved the game for me,” Sunitsch said. “I actually didn’t feel very good to start the day, but it turned out alright.”

Head coach George Horton was disappointed by the outcome of the game for the Ducks, but recognized that it was a special day for Sunitsch. It was the first time Horton had ever been on the opposing side of a no-hitter.

“He was too much for us to tackle today,” Horton said. “He had all four pitches mixing and pressing.”

The losing pitcher, Kelby Somers (1-4) started the game but left in the sixth inning. James Acuna replaced Somers with runners on second and third with one out, and struck out the next two batters.

Washington State sealed the game in the seventh inning by scoring four more runs to add to its 3-0 lead. Andres Alvarez reached second base after an error from Ryne Nelson, who threw it over the head

of the first baseman after getting Alvarez in a pickoff situation.

One walk and a hit batter later and the bases were loaded. Oregon replaced Acuna with Nico Tellache, who walked in the next run. After making yet another pitching change with Peyton Fuller, Robert Teel launched a three-run double that sealed the game.

The closest play of the day to ending the no-hitter came at the start of the ninth inning. Kyle Kasser hit a deep shot to left field, but Derek Chapman made a sliding catch to keep the streak going.

“We only had about five or six quality at bats,” Horton said.

“We need to get a lot better at a speed-mix guy. It seems to short circuit us.”

One of the only times Oregon had men on base came at the price of an injured batter. Third baseman Spencer Steer was hit in the right knee by a pitch in the bottom of the seventh inning. After laying on the ground for some time in serious pain, the sophomore limped to first base with the coaches, but was in too much pain to remain on the field.

“Either side of the knee is very painful, and he couldn’t put any weight on it,” Horton said. “So fingers crossed that we’ll have him tomorrow.”

Oregon will play one nonconference game tomorrow against Portland at home. Then, the team travels to Seattle for a three-game series against Washington starting Friday.

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OREGON UPSETS NO. 16 USC 18-11 ON SENIOR DAY, FIRST WIN OVER RANKED OPPONENT SINCE 2008

BY MAGGIE VANONI • TWITTER @MAGGIE_VANONI The clock trickled down to zero and the final whistle blew.

Oregon sophomore Lexy Biller dropped her stick and turned around. She immediately found goalie Brittany Read and without a second to wait, she jumped into the senior’s arms.

It was a day to celebrate the seniors of Oregon’s women’s lacrosse team, as four of them earned hat tricks while Read defended 16 of USC’s shots on goal in Oregon’s senior day at its final home game of the season. The Ducks (8-5, 4-3) upset No. 16 USC 18-11 on Sunday afternoon at Papé Field. The victory marked four straight wins for Oregon and was the Ducks’ first win over a ranked opponent since 2008.

“I think it was a very emotional day with it being senior day,” head coach Katrina Dowd said. “If you look at our scoring, our seniors really put the ball in the back of the net today, and I just think our team plays for them. They’re our heart and soul, and I couldn’t be prouder. I couldn’t plan it or write it up any more special for them.”

In their last game at Papé Field, the Oregon seniors scored 15 of the team’s 18 goals. Jojo Hesketh was one of three seniors to score three goals in the first half. She led each team with five goals at the final whistle.

“I got my family, and I’m going to do whatever I can to score,” Hesketh said.

In a rainy first half, USC (7-7, 5-4) claimed an early 1-0 lead. Duck senior Jill Zubillaga scored the tying goal less than a minute afterward.

Ten minutes prior ,she had stood in

front of the 217-person crowd and began the senior day festivities by singing the national anthem.

“It was awesome,” Zubillaga said. “It was something that I have been asked to do for a while. My teammates were super supportive, so it was a great experience.”

The Ducks scored nine consecutive goals after Zubillaga’s — two more than the amount they scored in their loss against the Trojans back in March. USC could not keep up with Oregon’s momentum,and became loosely aggressive, racking up 15 fouls within the first 15 minutes.

In fact, the Trojans didn’t find another goal until the last two-anda-half minutes of the half, when they scored two to end the half down by seven.

“They’re always dangerous, and they recruit extremely well,” Dowd said. “So, to be able to get a win against them is huge.”

The second half started with blue skies, as the Trojans took advantage of the weather’s familiarity and scored six straight goals. But it would never be enough for the comeback they were looking for, as the Ducks’ lead never dropped below five.

Behind Hesketh’s five goals, Mariah Gatti scored four, and Zubillaga and Natalie Modly each scored three as well for the Ducks.

After the game, the rest of the Oregon team rushed from the sideline, to join Biller and Read in celebrating. The crowd jumped to its feet in a standing ovation and erupted in cheers.

Oregon will travel to Berkeley, California next week to play the Bears on Friday, April 13 at 5 p.m.

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BY MAVERICK PALLACK• TWITTER @MAVPALLACK Cormac Clissold celebrates with his teammates after he won his match that clinched the win for Oregon. (Adam Eberhardt)

Emotions ran high from beginning to end of Oregon’s Senior Day in the Student Tennis Center on Sunday.

Through all the celebration, there was still an important match to be played as Oregon is still fighting to get to NCAAs. The No. 49 Ducks dominated Arizona 4-0 in front of a packed house.

It was a bounce-back win for Oregon after losing 4-1 to No. 37 ASU on Friday. Now sitting at 14-7 on the season and 2-3 in Pac-12 play, the Ducks needed a victory on Sunday as they try to earn one of the 64 spots in the tournament.

“It was a must-win,” head coach Nils Schyllander said. “I think we responded really well.”

Seniors Cormac Clissold, Simon Stevens and Akihiro Tanaka were honored before they played their last collegiate match in Eugene.

“Yeah, it was definitely a special day for Cormac, Aki and I,” Stevens said.

Although none of the three seniors got results in their singles matches, Stevens and Clissold each picked up wins in the doubles portion.

Clissold and Thomas Laurent won their match 6-4 to give the Ducks the advantage. It was then up to Stevens and partner Ty Gentry to win the point.

With Stevens yelling every point, he and Gentry were able to secure the doubles point for the team.

“We came out with a lot of energy,” Stevens said. “At the end, there was a lot of tension. Winning that doubles point was a key for the match. I think having our family and more crowd than usual gave us the energy to be able to clinch that doubles point.”

In singles play, Oshima picked up the clinching point again for the

Ducks, eight days after clinching the Washington match. Oshima now has 10 wins on the season after joining the team in January.

“Riki came through again,” Schyllander said. “He’s got a lot of confidence after that Washington match. He played one of their stronger positions. He, as a freshman, took care of it in straight sets.”

The other two single points for the Ducks came from usual spots. Gentry and Laurent both won in straight sets. Laurent won his match 6-2, 7-5 to put the Ducks up 2-0. Just three seconds later, Gentry won his match 6-4, 6-2 to put the Ducks one win from victory.

Although their business is finished at home, the Oregon seniors will still look to finish their collegiate careers on a high note with the postseason and graduation looming.

Despite the added stress, the Ducks approached the match like they always do.

“There was a little more pressure than usual on this match,” Clissold said. “We treated it as usual.

We come out and just try to get the job done every day. It’s like any other match.”

It was a bittersweet day for Schyllander seeing his seniors compete for the last time in Eugene.

“It’s kind of sad to see them graduate in a way because you spend so much time together over so many years,” Schyllander said. “I am very proud of all three of those guys.”

The Ducks will play on the road for their last three matches of the season, traveling first to Salt Lake City to take on Utah next Saturday at 11 a.m.

“They know what they need to do,” Schyllander said. “We’ll get it done.”

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‘RIVER MONSTERS’ CREATOR JERMEY WADE TALKS NEW ANIMAL PLANET SHOW

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FLEET FOXES AT MCDONALD THEATER (1010 WILLAMETTE ST), DOORS OPEN AT 8 P.M., SHOW AT 9 P.M., ALL AGES, TICKETS $41.50

Name a more influential band in the 2000s folk revival than Fleet Foxes. Doing so is difficult, if not impossible. The five-piece band, led by frontman and lyricist Robin Pecknold, emerged out of Seattle and quickly found success riding complex harmonies and an airy, open sound. Their debut album, which will be 10 years old in June, was lauded as one of the best of the decade. Their reputation grew until their six-year hiatus

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starting in 2011. Their latest album, “Crack-Up,” marked a shift toward a darker sound, though still built upon acoustic folk. Fleet Foxes’ live performances have been consistently lauded, and those expecting a ho-hum, self-serious show will walk away surprised and jazzed. Peckold’s humor and habit of involving his audiences is well-documented. Even fans who roll their eyes at folk music will be entertained.

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ONE-NIGHT-ONLY SCREENING AT THE BROADWAY METRO (43 W BROADWAY), 7 P.M., NOT RATED, $9 FOR ADULTS AND $8 FOR STUDENTS his family dealing with the tragedy as well as footage of the band recording “Skeleton Tree.”

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds are known for their experimental sound, mixing violin and piano with postpunk guitar. Their haunting duet with Kylie Minogue, “Where the Wild Roses Grow,” is their most popular single, while their gospel-tinged “O Children” found success after Harry and Hermione danced to it in “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1.”

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Bike to David Minor Theater, meet at the EMU, bring a bike, your student ID, and $2 for a ticket, 6:15 p.m.

EMU, 6:30 P.M., ALL AGES, FREE

Curious about which bands will be playing at this year’s Willamette Valley Music Festival? Organizers of the annual, student-based music and arts festival will be hosting a lineup release party on Tuesday, April 10. The event will be held at the Erb Memorial Union in the Lewis Room and will

“DISTANT SKY: NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS LIVE IN COPENHAGEN”

This 144-minute-long concert film documents the acclaimed Australian rock band’s emotional show at the Royal Arena in Copenhagen, where they played a varied set list ranging from their first album, “From Her to Eternity,” to their sixteenth album, “Skeleton Tree.” Lead singer Cave wrote the latter in the wake of the sudden death of one of his sons — he also released a documentary called “One More Time With Feeling,” which consists of home videos of him and

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feature a live DJ. Free food as well as free Willamette Valley Music Festival merchandise will be made available. Those who show up to the event will also be given the chance to win a pair of tickets to this year’s Sasquatch! Music Festival at the Gorge Amphitheatre in Washington.

BOTANY WORKSHOP MOUNT PISGAH ARBORETUM (34901 FRANK PARRISH RD.), 10 A.M., $67 FOR NON-MEMBERS, $57 FOR MEMBERS.

Botany is the study of plants and their biologic makeup. Spend the day learning from botanist Tobias Policha at beautiful Mount Pisgah Arboretum. There will be a focus on flowering plants; attendees will learn identification

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Please bring a hand lens if you have one, but all other materials will be provided.

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Queer History Lecture with Regina Kunzel, Knight Library Browsing Room, 3:30 p.m., free

Run with a Researcher, meet the researchers at the “O” Desk at the EMU, 8:00 a.m., free

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JEREMY WADE TALKS RIVER POLLUTION, ‘RIVER MONSTERS’ SUCCESS AHEAD OF HIS NEW SHOW ‘MIGHTY RIVERS’

Jeremy Wade holding a marsheer in the Ramganga river above Jim Corbett National Park in India.

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BY FRANKLIN LEWIS • TWITTER @FLEWIS_1 Jeremy Wade, expert fisherman and biologist, has turned over nearly every stone when it comes to freshwater fishing. Known best for his legendary catches on the Animal Planet show, “River Monsters,” which concluded its ninth and final season last year, Wade has traversed the world’s rivers for nearly 35 years in search of fearsome aquatic predators. But as his travels accumulated, he noticed a troubling trend: The big fish were becoming harder and harder to catch. In an interview with the Emerald, Wade said a trip to the Amazon River to catch the illustrious arapaima was particularly alarming.

“I was expecting [arapaimas] to be hard to find — hard to catch,” Wade said. “But what I wasn’t expecting was to find that they had actually been wiped out from huge areas of the Amazon.”

In his new show, “Mighty Rivers,” which premieres in the United States on Sunday, April 8 at 6 p.m.

PST on Animal Planet, Wade investigates the disappearance of various apex river predators.

Throughout this investigation, he examines the ecological health of the Ganges, Amazon, Yangtze, Mississippi, Danube and Zambezi rivers.

“We take water for granted — we take rivers for granted,” Wade said. “Rivers are very forgiving — they’ll take a lot of abuse.”

But that abuse has reached a critical level, according to Wade. Toxic chemical runoff from factories and other areas of industry have many river ecosystems at their breaking point. He said he hopes “Mighty Rivers” can bring awareness to the plight that the world’s rivers are under. “[The plight] doesn’t just matter to fish, [and] it doesn’t just matter for people who like catching fish,” Wade said. “All the important, delicate reactions that happen in our bodies — they are all mediated by

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water. The water cycle flows through each of us. It’s in our interest that water is in good condition.”

Wade found it challenging to turn the investigation into compelling television. He said that because TV is so visual, translating an abstract subject like river health into something that people can see and hear is difficult. Therefore, “Mighty Rivers” is built around the dramatic journey Wade takes exploring each river. Wade and his team dealt with several tense situations, including being kicked out of Zimbabwe in the midst of filming by the Zimbabwean government.

“It was really ironic,” Wade said. “We were actually going to show a couple of good news stories about the Zambezi in Zimbabwe. We couldn’t show them because we were kicked out.”

Wade and his crew also had a close call flying in a small, prop-engine plane over the Brazilian jungle.

Wade said that as the flight went on, an intense storm began to develop. When they reached their landing spot — a muddy airstrip in a remote town run by a local mining gang — the storm had engulfed the plane. Wade said the pilot made a miraculous dive through a break in the clouds to land safely.

“There was this collective sigh of relief when we got down on the ground,” he said.

Wade said the success of “River Monsters” helped immensely during his investigations for “Mighty Rivers” because he was immediately recognized in many of the communities he visited around the world. Therefore, he did not need to waste time explaining who he was or why he was there. The model for “River Monsters,” however, was more straightforward: Wade caught the biggest fish he could find.

“The whole success of ‘River Monsters’ was we

showed people animals they didn’t know existed,” Wade said. “I think if you’re just showing some fish that’s just a few inches long — just a generic fish — people shrug their shoulders and go, ‘So what?’”

While he appreciates the reputation “River Monsters” has given him, Wade said he had no idea the show would last as long as it did.

“People say it’s just a fishing show — which it is — but I think it is more than that. It is a type of natural history program.”

Previously a secondary school teacher in the United Kingdom, Wade said he has always had a passion for opening people’s eyes to lesser-known aspects of life. According to Wade, freshwater fish are understudied by the scientific community, partially because they are difficult to observe. Due to the silt and sediment transported by rivers, visibility is lower compared to many ocean environments.

“In something like a coral reef, you’ve got a lot of really pretty, nice fish,” Wade said. “I’ve got nothing against them, but I find pretty fish can get a bit boring after a while, whereas in freshwater, you get these things with tentacles hanging off them all over the place. You get fish that generate electricity. There’s just more variety and more weirdness, and people like that.”

As for any advice he would give to an aspiring biologist, Wade said one should follow his or her own interests and enthusiasm rather than what others believe they should do. He also said to be prepared for failure.

“When things work out, it’s always much more meaningful if you’ve failed before,” Wade said.

“I’ve failed to find a job of any description for many years, so to finally get the one that I wanted means that much more.”

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UO PHYSICS PROFESSOR AND GUITARIST, TIM JENKINS, SAYS MUSIC AND SCIENCE ARE INTIMATELY CONNECTED

BY MAX EGENER University of Oregon physics professor Timothy Jenkins has been passionate about science and music since a young age. Growing up on a farm in Ridgefield, Washington, about 25 miles north of Portland, Jenkins enjoyed singing in his church choir. At the same time, he cultivated an interest in science from reading sci-fi novels. A bookmobile drove around Ridgefield and delivered books by sci-fi authors such as Isaac Asimov to Jenkins’ farm.

He has been teaching physics at UO since 1992 and has been playing guitar since he was 14. Rock, blues and folk by bands such as The Beatles, Creedence Clearwater Revival and Mississippi John Hurt captivated Jenkins as a teenager.

Now, he primarily instructs a general physics course, but he also teaches a class on the physics of sound during the summer. He says that music and science are more connected than people often think, and that his interest in both is common in his field.

“Galileo said something along the lines of, ‘The book of nature is written in the language of mathematics,’” Jenkins said. “But that applies to music as well.”

Jenkins is one example from a long list of physicists who are also gifted musicians. The most well-known example is Albert Einstein, who played the violin. According to a 1980 article by Durham Morning Herald music reviewer Peregrine White, “A well-worn fiddle case accompanied [Einstein] wherever he went.”

“A lot of people think of science as strictly an intellectual pursuit, but it’s a creative pursuit as well,” Jenkins said. “Certainly music helps in the creative process.”

Recent studies by researchers such as neuroscientist Anita Collins show that being exposed to music at a young age and playing an instrument throughout life have a plethora of benefits for the brain. Playing music helps create the pathways in the brain that are useful in thinking about the world scientifically. In a 2014 “TEDEd” video, Collins discusses how

playing an instrument combines the linguistic and mathematical thinking present in the left hemisphere of the brain with the more creative thinking present in the right hemisphere.

“Playing a musical instrument engages practically every area of the brain at once,” Collins said in the video. The full brain engagement that comes with playing music promotes the creative thinking that may help a physicist solve a problem or develop a new theory.

Jenkins says that his scientific understanding of acoustic vibrations has also made him a better guitar player and performer. It allows him to think about the sounds he’s making in a more intimate way, and that allows him to be more creative when he plays.

He has the opportunity to teach a blend of music and science through his summertime course at UO, which draws students from both the physics and music departments. He says it’s intriguing to see how students from both departments think about assignments differently.

For in-class assignments, Jenkins first makes students solve problems on their own. He then has students do the same problems in groups. He pairs students with strong musical backgrounds with students who have strong science backgrounds. He says that when students with different backgrounds work together, they do better. The process of justifying their approach to a student with a different background forces students to clarify their thinking and learn different ways to solve the same problem.

Jenkins plans to retire from his work at UO at the end of 2019, and he’s looking forward to having more time to focus on music and play more gigs.

He plays about two or three shows a year right now, including an annual show at the Creswell Fourth of July parade, where he plays for an hour at the historical museum in town.

“I just want to play more shows,” Jenkins said. “I’ve always done a lot of Anglo-American folk songs, so I’d love to do a big tour through the United Kingdom at some point after I retire.”

Timothy Jenkins has been teaching physics at UO since 1992 and has been playing guitar since he was 14. (Sarah Northrop)

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