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Agate Alley office manager Addie Coy likes the idea of coasters that test for roofies, but she’s skeptical when it comes to their accuracy. “It wouldn’t deter me as a guest, I would more just be concerned about how trustworthy they are. I would be more concerned about what else could set it off,� she said. Haley Osborn, a customer at Taylor’s Bar and Grill, said she thinks the coasters would have the desired effect. “I think it would only scare the bad ones away. People that have the wrong intentions,� Osborn said. As far as MedTech’s involvement with Courtside and Skybox, Michael Coombs’ sister, Sandra, is the manager at the apartments and was able to strike a deal with her brother’s employer. Modrich said that he was surprised with the popularity of the coasters. “She just mentioned it to a few people in her office and the next day they had people coming by asking, ‘When can we get those?’ � Modrich said. MedTech is currently in talks with Taylor’s Bar and Grill to begin distributing the coasters. While the idea of the coasters is well received by many patrons, the coasters’ pricing and effectiveness still have to prove themselves as adequate. The coasters, which can be purchased on MedTech’s website, are available for anywhere from $1.90 to $3.49, depending on the size of the order.
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UO student charged with sexual assault in March On March 30, UO student Sean Wood was arrested and charged with sexual assault by the UOPD. As of April 6, Wood was no longer enrolled as a student. Prior to his arrest, Wood was a member of the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity where he has been placed on interim suspension. Wood was released to his family home in San Diego and is only allowed to travel between California and Oregon before his court date. He faces charges stemming from an incident that occurred on Feb. 6 of this year in addition to a sexual abuse charge from September 2013.
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Fraternity and Sorority Life’s expansion is halted after external review Vice President of Student Life Robin Holmes requested an external review of FSL on the UO campus. The results — released on April 4 — affirmed concerns of sexual assault within the FSL community, according to Holmes. The review found that FSL members take part in “high-risk behaviors,� perpetuate a “blackout culture,� sorority members acknowledged peer pressure to not report sexual assaults and that the community is not equipped to handle specific behaviors or incidents of assault. Until more staff members are hired, the division of student life extended the halt on new fraternities or sororities colonizing at the university and the cap on membership numbers.
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2015-16 UPDATES ON SEXUAL ASSAULT CASE On March 15, Damyean Dotson and Dominic Artis filed lawsuits against the university for $10 million each. The lawsuit claims the investigation was biased and their futures with the NBA were jeopardized. Litigation surrounding the alleged sexual assault of a University of Oregon student by three former basketball players in March 2014 continued through 2015-16.
July 28: An 11-month lawsuit between the survivor of the alleged assault, Jane Doe, and the university was settled. Doe received $800,000 and free tuition. She dropped the civil suit against head coach Dana Altman on July 31. August 11: Doe’s former therapist, Jennifer Morlok, and former executive assistant to the director of the Counseling and Testing Center Karen Stokes filed a tort claim against the university. They accused the UO Testing and Counseling Center of violating First Amendment rights and performing unlawful employment practices. October 29: Brandon Austin, one of the former basketball players accused of the assault, filed a $7.5 million lawsuit against the university. The suit claimed that Austin was unjustly expelled in June 2014; his potential future playing for the NBA was tarnished; he received professional, personal and emotional hardship and suffered future income depletion. November 1: Morlok resigned from the counseling center. She said in an open letter to University President Michael Schill that she could “no longer manage the emotional strain and professional toll I have paid for speaking the truth.� Morlok said that after she reported that her director, Shelly Kerr, gave Doe’s confidential records to a UO attorney, she was removed as a staff therapist. January 25: The UO asked a federal judge to dismiss Austin’s lawsuit, saying Austin had no relation with the NBA at the time of his suspension and that he signed a special choice of resolution that surrendered his right to face his accuser and appeal rulings made by Sandy Weintraub, the university’s director of student conduct and community standards.
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University of Oregon students, staff and Eugene community members in the EMU Amphitheater, UO student Ahsante Sankofa Foree shared their sexual assault story. “Tonight, we take back the night, the day, the classroom, the bed and every inch on our body that they have touched,� Foree said as the crowd of more than 400 people joined together in cheering and clapping. And so they did. The Take Back the Night walk and events, now in its 38th year, are co-hosted by the ASUO Women’s Center and Sexual Assault Support Services on the last Thursday of April to raise awareness about sexual violence. One group of students, who identified as Latina and called themselves Mujeres, had half of their faces painted. Selena Trevino, a member of the group, said it represented
both survivors and those who have lost their lives to sexual assault. She is a survivor. “I was crying for help ‌ I was unprotected and lonely. What was a 4-year-old supposed to do?â€? Trevino asked as tears ran down her face. Ariel Howland, a transgender activist, criticized campaigns trying to ban trans people from using public restrooms. “These campaigns are about opposing trans people from existing ... and to say trans people put on a dress to rape women and children in bathrooms is absurd,â€? Howland said. “We need to make sure anti-sexual assault programs are fully funded and transinclusive ... We need to demand for trans people to pee in peace.â€? Jackie Sandmeyer, a member of the Sexual Wellness Advocacy Team and campus trainer for the Oregon Sexual Assault Task Force, spoke out for the LGBTQA community.
“It’s funny that Title IX passed 30 years ago, and just now we got around to talking about safety,� Sandmeyer said. “If you think this is a women’s issue or a gender issue, I’m sorry, but you are wrong.� After the speeches, the crowd got up and marched through campus to downtown Eugene, where the SpeakOut took place. As they marched, they chanted things like: “Hey hey, ho ho, sexual violence got to go.� “What do we want? Justice! When do we want it? Now!� “Fuck your blue, fuck your pink, fuck your gender roles, they stink.� The SpeakOut event provided a safe and confidential environment for students and community members to share their experiences. No type of recording was allowed, and mandatory reporting was not applied to any students at the evening’s events.
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The Mujeres painted their faces with halfskulls to represent those who have and have not survived experiences with sexual assault. (Amanda Shigeoka)
Students walk past Knight Library during the march.(Kaylee Domzalski)
Ceslie (left) and 4-yearold Stevia returned to Take Back the Night for their third year in a row. (Amanda Shigeoka)
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programs this year. The most prominent, the Get Explicit program, is a 90-minute presentation by the Sexual Wellness Advocacy Team. The program is mandatory for all first-year students in a campus udent groups also kicked offliving new programs this residence hall. To ensure allExplicit studentsprogram, attend, r. The most prominent, the Get an ID scanner recordsby attendance the 90-minute presentation the SexualatWellness presentations, held in campus locations ocacy Team. The program is mandatory for the all firststudents six weeks of fall -year living in term. a campus residence hall. “It’s thatattend, students getting this nsure allgreat students an are ID scanner records exposure,” SWAT member Cassie Smith. ndance at the said presentations, held in campus “After fewsix years of continuing tions theafirst weeks of fall term.the program, a campusare where most the t’s we’ll greathave that students getting thisofexposure,” student body Cassie has seen Get Explicit.” SWAT member Smith. “After a few years of Another new program is the ASUO Men’s tinuing the program, we’ll have a campus where Center’s club, body Men has of Strength. group st of the student seen GetThis Explicit.” meets every Thursday 6:30 p.m. inCenter’s Lokey nother new program is theatASUO Men’s 176. of Students discuss powermeets dynamics b, Men Strength. This group everywithin gender roles to rethink masculinity rsday at 6:30 p.m. in Lokeymodern 176. Students discuss reducewithin sexualgender violence. werand dynamics roles to rethink Albanis, and mental dern Sophie masculinity andASUO’s reduce sexual violence. health advocate, started a and Summit on health Sexual ophie Albanis, ASUO’s sexual mental Assault between student groupsAssault working on ocate, started a Summit on Sexual between the issue. The Summit met once fallinterm, me student groups. The Summit met in once fall but struggled struggledto tomeet meetmore moreoften. often. m, but
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A major research initiative to study sexual violence is an annual survey by the Association of American Universities. UO participated in this survey for the first time in 2015 and published the results. It found that many students still have questions about reporting. It also confirmed the figure that Freyd’s survey of the UO initially found, which was that almost 25 percent of young women will have experienced some form of sexual violence by the end of their time attending the UO.
POLICE In the past year, the University of Oregon Police
Department, the Eugene Police Department, the Title IX office and the Lane County District Attorney’s office began partnering to help consolidate the sexual assault reporting process. Pursuing a criminal and student conduct code case against a perpetrator can mean months of investigation and re-telling of stories that can re-traumatize a survivor. According to Lane County DA Patty Perlow, the idea for the collaboration — called the Campus Sexual Assault Team — came about last spring. In October, the district attorney’s office received a $25,000 federal grant to create it. This team is on-call 24/7, and the survivor can opt out of the process at any time. According to preliminary numbers provided by UOPD, there were 26 reports of sexual assault on and off-campus in 2015 — the highest number since 2011, when the department received 30. Federal law requires UOPD to publish UO sexual assault data each year, but Kelly McIver, public information officer for the UOPD, says this data is “highly unreliable” for assessing the rate at which students experience sexual assault. Underreporting is still a problem, and the information required by the Jeanne Clery Act is restricted by geography and time. Clery Act annual statistics are compiled by calendar year (not academic year). Clery Act annual statistics are counted for the year in which the crime was reported (not occurred). The 2015 preliminary statistics include crimes that were reported in calendar year 2015 that have been received by UOPD as of April 26, 2016. Statistics will likely change bef re publication of the 2016 Annual Campus Security and Fire Safety Report. Outside law enforcement agencies and other security authorities may still provide additional reports received during calendar year 2015.
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The Sexual Violence Prevention Leadership Board coordinates many of FSL’s efforts to combat sexual assault. The board has at least one member from every chapter. They meet weekly and discuss ways to prevent sexual assault. Last year, FSL came under fire when a survey showed that sorority women are three times more likely to be a sexual assault victim than women outside of the system. Delta Tau Delta senior and board member Nathan Bergfelt said in the past year chapter leaders have stopped throwing blame around and realized the problem lies within the community and the culture. “They were reacting to the publicity, the news and trying to clean up a pretty big, scarred wound. Now it’s more of like, the wound is healed; how do we not open it again?” Bergfelt said. After publishing an external review in April, the university extended a halt on FSL expansion. This means new chapters cannot come to the university. Established chapters can still recruit new members — but only if the membership stays under a cap. Sheryl Eyster, associate dean of students, said that not allowing more chapters to come to campus will make existing chapter sizes too big and unmanageable. “It’s harder for FSL leaders to address every incident when there are that many people,” Eyster said. M O N D AY, M AY 2 , 2 0 1 6
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Midway through the second quarter of Oregon’s spring game, redshirt freshman quarterback Travis Jonsen broke free for a 20-yard scamper before stepping out of bounds – half caused by a shove, half by his own will. It was a sequence that adequately summarized the afternoon for Oregon’s quarterback group. Jonsen’s Webfoots fell 21-20 to Mighty Oregon in the spring contest that gave fans their first look at Oregon’s wide-open quarterback competition on Saturday. Jonsen, senior graduate transfer Dakota Prukop and true freshman Terry Wilson all took turns orchestrating Oregon’s offense during the scrimmage, but none of the three separated himself from the pack. Once the gold jerseys come off, though, the quarterback competition will begin to unfold. All three players are mobile, athletic signalcallers who are capable of snapping off long runs just as Jonsen did early in the game. The “one hand touch” rule, implemented to protect the Oregon signal callers from injury, meant the quarterbacks were essentially restricted to the pocket and unable to use a large chunk of the Oregon playbook. “I think my decision making will be a little different when I know there’s not going to be a quick whistle,” Prukop said. “I might take off on the run or pull a few zone reads ... The decision making is a little different than normal.”
Prukop finished the game 20-of-29 for 190 yards and two touchdowns and spent most of the game making short throws for easy completions. On the occasions he did look downfield, it ended well for the Webfoots. Jonsen finished 15-of-24 with 188 yards and one touchdown and an interception while splitting time with Wilson, who went 4-of-10 for 22 yards and a touchdown. Jonsen took more deep shots than Prukop early in the game and nearly connected with Johnny Mundt for a score in the first half, but Mundt was unable to maintain possession of the catch. He also led the Webfoots on a late scoring drive, which he scored a short rushing touchdown to put his team in position to win the game with a two-point conversion. They failed on the conversion, but it was valuable in-game experience for a player who hasn’t yet to play in a regular season game. “I just told them ‘The clock’s running.’ We have to treat everything like a two-minute drill,” Jonsen said. “We tried to win it, unfortunately, we didn’t.” Oregon appears to have at least two quarterbacks who are capable of dishing the ball to its playmakers, an asset it didn’t have last season when Vernon Adams Jr. was injured. The Ducks showed off a group of receivers and running backs that will be among the deepest
in the nation. Freshman receiver Dillon Mitchell stole the show with two touchdown catches on jump balls from Prukop, and Kani Benoit led all rushers with 113 yards on 14 carries — neither Royce Freeman nor Taj Griffin took a carry during the game. Oregon’s quarterback competition has turned to three new faces whose experiences are limited. Prukop said Saturday’s crowd of 35,000 was the loudest he has ever played in front of — Jonsen has never taken a snap in a college football game — Wilson would still be a senior in high school had he not enrolled at Oregon early. Neither Jeff Lockie nor Taylor Alie took a snap at quarterback, and both spent significant time at receiver during the spring game. “I like where we’re headed, but we’re not by any means close to there,” Oregon head coach Mark Helfrich said. “That’s just a byproduct of all three of those guys being at completely different stages ... They’re all coming at it from different angles. What we’ll do over this next phase is really continue to push the envelope from a mental standpoint as much as they possibly can. Them really stepping up [into leadership roles] is huge.” Once those three are able to implement their talents into the rushing game, there will be a much clearer picture of who Oregon’s starting quarterback is.
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In conversations with coaches to the player himself, one word is often used to describe Oregon men’s tennis recruit Ty Gentry: potential. “A lot of kids have good potential, but it is especially big for me,” Gentry said. The 6-foot-5 senior from Tumwater High School in Washington state has not lost a match in high school since his freshman year in the state finals. During his career he has ascended to the national recruiting rank of 19, joining the prestigious ranks of other blue chip recruits, according to TennisRecruiting.net. He is currently working towards his third consecutive 2A singles title. Gentry signed with Oregon in November and will join the team this fall after completing tournaments over the summer. He is joining an Oregon team that currently ranks No. 38 nationally and will be losing one singles player from this year’s six. So why is potential the word that follows him like a shadow? Accomplished, polished and practiced appear more akin to Gentry as a player. It is, in part, because of his fierce desire for victory. “He likes to win more than anyone I have ever met,” Tumwater head coach Jim Click said. “He is a real competitor, and if he stays focused he can be great.” That focus is what will unlock his potential. Despite his long list of accomplishments, Gentry never focused all of his efforts on tennis. “I am one of those kids that just loves to be active,” Gentry said. “I’ve never been a kid to sit around, play video games or watch TV.” As a kid, he played numerous different sports until eighth grade, when he narrowed it down to tennis and basketball. While other young tennis players were specializing, Gentry was building skills in a different sport. Basketball was taking time away from tennis, yet
“For being 6-foot5, people would not expect me to move very well, but I have been labeled as one of the best movers in the Pacific Northwest.” - Ty Gentry, UO tennis commit simultaneously adding to Gentry’s future potential. “It is great cross training. Doing defensive slides on the basketball court help me move faster on the tennis court. The explosiveness is a good tradeoff for tennis,” Gentry said. His basketball experience has added to Gentry’s explosiveness. His size is beneficial in basketball, but in tennis, smaller, quicker players can take advantage of bigger ones. Gentry has no problem with this. “I have always prided myself on my defense and my athleticism,” said Gentry. “For being 6-foot-5, people would not expect me to move very well, but I have been labeled as one of the best movers in the Pacific Northwest.” Gentry is a confident young player who expects to compete for the Ducks the moment he steps on campus. His competitive spirit, combined with his skill, gives him the unique opportunity of playing Division I tennis, but that comes with new challenges. “He’ll have to adjust. He will be playing the best players from everywhere,” Click said. “It is going to be way different and unique, and that is what I am looking for,” Gentry said.
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The UO women’s golf team is heading to regionals without Kelsey Ulep, but if they make it to the NCAA Tournament, Ulep may play again. (Adam Eberhardt)
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regon women’s golf sophomore Kelsey Ulep never used to enjoy practice. But after a lower body injury sidelined her for two months, Ulep considers herself lucky to play golf now. “I have a different perspective now,” Ulep said. “I’ve never had my sport taken away from me. So having those two months without being able to fully practice was kind of a game changer because now I appreciate it that much more.” Ulep said she was “miserable” not being able to fully practice. She could only work on aspects of her short game but even that was limited. That’s when she realized how much she missed her sport. “I realized that I should never complain about practice because I’m lucky that I’m even able to do it,” Ulep said. The Ducks had an impressive spring, even with the absence of Ulep. They had four top-five finishes, including a first place finish at the Westbrook Invitational. But her return in March could not have been timed any better. Despite the Ducks spring success, they were still playing shorthanded. Before Ulep went down, Oregon’s rotation was about five deep. They had lost sophomore Megan Conder to injury months before, New Zealand freshman transfer Brooke Hamilton had not yet joined the team and junior Brenna Murphy hadn’t logged significant time since the Fall. Ulep is back now, though. And her return gives Oregon some much needed depth as NCAA Regionals approach.
“It was a big concern for us when we only had five people that were able to play 18 holes on an eight or nine person roster,” Oregon head coach Ria Scott said. “To be able to have a sixth person who is healthy is huge for us.” Ulep will not travel to Baton Rouge when the Ducks begin regionals May 4. Scott and her staff decided on junior Marcella Pranovia over Ulep, based on how Pranovia has performed on Bermuda grass — what the Ducks will play on in Baton Rouge — this spring. “I honestly didn’t think she would be able to come back, but I’m really happy that she did,” junior Cathleen Santoso said about Ulep’s return. “It’s sad that she won’t be traveling with us next week but everything comes down to the coaches’ decision.” She’s working hard and I’m glad that she’s back in the game.” Ulep could still play in the NCAA tournament at Eugene Country Club next month, but the Ducks have to get there first. They need to place sixth or better out of the 16 team field in regionals. Oregon will have a huge advantage if it does advance though. The Ducks practice at ECC three times a week, so having a healthy roster will better their chances at placing high in the field. Having Ulep back certainly gives Scott more of a sense of security and certainty heading forward. Now, they have a backup option if anyone else suffers an injury. “It is incredible to know that there is a strong player knocking on the door of the lineup,” Scott said. “She will continue to push the top five at practice, and she is going to be ready to step in if needed.” M O N D AY, M AY 2 , 2 0 1 6
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The U.S. launches drone strikes in countries its not at war with, which results in a 90 percent civilian casualty rate. “As Americans, we respect human dignity, even when we’re threatened, which is why I’ve prohibited torture and worked to make sure our use of new technology like drones is properly constrained,� said President Barack Obama. The irony is that President Obama has approved drone strikes that have resulted in the mass deaths of civilians. Roughly 90 percent of the people that were killed in drone strikes, approved by President Obama, over a five-month period were not the intended targets, according to the International Business Times. This means President Obama should sit down and stop pretending like he cares about the rights and liberties of others. Although drone strikes are beneficial in keeping our troops out of danger, the drone strike programs have neglected to collect adequate intelligence to avoid civilian casualties, and have also lacked in accountability. The Obama administration created the guidelines for when drone strikes should be used, therefore Obama should be excruciatingly criticized from both parties. Furthermore, the president’s cabinet should have known the specific details about the drone operations because it takes his cabinet 58 days to approve the drone strikes.
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The U.S launched strikes in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Yemen and Somalia, followed by a coalition of drone strikes in Iraq and Syria. We are killing civilians across several countries. I bet if commercial media adequately covered this issue most Americans would have argued for drone reform yesterday. The last bit of icing on the cake of shame is that drone strikes have become so out of control that a former drone operator said that kids were called “fun-sized terrorists,� and when the operator decides to kill a kid it is called “cutting the grass before it grows out of control�. But that doesn’t matter because we’re still the good guys, right? Overall, what this means is that there is not enough accountability and intelligence collected on the suspected terrorists to the extent that, if in doubt, we say screw it and shoot—then we make jokes about it. The question now is what do our political candidates (otherwise known as the people who can fix this mess) have to say about this issue? President Obama obviously supports drone strikes. Bernie Sanders said he would continue drone strikes, but acknowledges that we should be very selective with our engagement. However, he did not state how we would selectively use drone strikes in the future. Ted Cruz considers drone strikes to
be a beneficial tool, but their use should be evaluated because of possibility to potentially capture and interrogate suspected terrorists. Hillary Clinton supports the continued use of drone strikes and has argued that it was one of the most effective counterterrorism strategies during her time at the Obama administration. She is a part of the problem. Last but not least, the grand wizard himself, Donald Trump, has not outlined any particular strategy relating to drone strikes. As a whole, there are a lot of politicians who like to talk about upholding the rights and freedoms of others while combating terrorism, but which one will advocate for more intelligence and greater government accountability? I will let you decide that, but what we have to understand is that the civilians who are affected are no different than us. Is this what we stand for? A country that ruthlessly kills people for no reason? This doesn’t make us look strong, it makes us look scared to the point that we are willing to kill kids because of a possibility that they may become terrorists. We have to have more intelligence before we strike, and this program has to be held accountable. This isn’t negotiable, and we need a leader who will stand for what’s right and protect the dignity and liberties of others, even when we’re threatened.
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