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UO DEPARTMENT SALARIES UNDERPERFORM IN COMPARISON TO OTHER UNIVERSITIES

BY STEPHANIE HENSLEY DESIGNED BY EVA ANDREWS

The average annual salary for a full professor at the University of Oregon is nearly $30,000 less than the American Association of Universities average

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Tents and signs are seen on the lawn in front of Lillis Business Complex on April 30, 2024. (Alex Hernandez/Emerald)

For professors at the University of Oregon, salaries are notably lower than those of their peers at other universities. The average annual salary of a full professor at the UO is $139,800, whereas the American Association of Universities averages $174,300.

Faculty of all ranks see differences in salary depending on their department. Across all programs in the College of Arts and Sciences, the average salary is just $117,400, whereas the average salary of the School of Journalism and Communication is $109,800.

(Noa Schwartz/Emerald)

The projected expenditures for salary and other payroll expenses stand at $498 million. This includes professors, dining hall employees and other classified or student workers at the university.

According to Keaton Miller, an associate professor of economics at UO, several factors determine total salaries for faculty members. The salaries within departments are decided by the deans of individual colleges as well as the Office of the Provost. The market conditions are taken into account, as well as how other faculty members are paid and the financial standing of the departments themselves.

Pay raises also contribute to the salaries offered to faculty, following contract agreements between United Academics and the university.

“Once you’re here, for the most part, salaries change as a consequence of the pay raises that are negotiated between United Academics and the university,” Miller said. “United Academics does not stop the university from offering pay raises to anybody at any time. Most of the pay raises come through those contractual things.”

Looking at the university system as a whole, tuition costs often increase to reflect changes in inflation along with additional or growing costs of a research-based institution. At UO, incoming freshmen typically face a 3% tuition increase from the previous year. Current students do not face these increases under the Oregon Guarantee.

The university budget is largely funded by student tuition. During fiscal year 2024, the projected revenue report totals $503 million from tuition and fees alone. The projected revenue for FY24 is approximately $1.4 billion, leaving $871.8 million for other university expenses.

Since joining the University of Oregon in March 2023, President John Karl Scholz has received an annual base salary of $725,000 over a five-year period. In comparison, President Barbara Wilson of the University of Iowa, which has been a member of the Big 10 conference since 1899, has received an annual salary of $700,000 following several pay raises since 2022. President Jay Rothman of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, another Big 10 university, receives a base salary of $550,000.

UO student Kae Neuman, a music history and culture major, was surprised to hear the average pay of professors.

“I have two campus jobs, so it’s interesting to know that even the tenured professors are underpaid,” Neuman said. “I think the UO spends too much on the sports programs. That’s their little baby, and that’s what they’re always going to give priority to.”

Another student, music major Abby Bradley, recognized that differences in salary are present across all departments.

“Even in the School of Music, I know a lot of

“I have two campus jobs, so it’s interesting to know that even the tenured professors are underpaid. I think the UO spends too much on the sports programs. That’s their little baby, and that’s what they’re always going to give priority to.”

KAE

NEUMAN,

music history and culture major

professors who put in a ton of outside work, and asked to put in extra hours to do extra projects and stuff,” Bradley said. “They’re not compensated. A professor I know who does the most — he’s always doing stuff outside of work — he makes like $70,000.”

Last week, the Daily Emerald published an opinion article entitled “Nag: The case against STAR voting.” The author is employed with Next Up Oregon, an organization that has campaigned against STAR voting. This conflict was not disclosed prior to publication. Additionally, several factual errors were found; STAR voting ranks candidates zero through five, not one through five. STAR voting assigns candidates scores or “points,” not “votes.” An updated version of the article can be found on our website.

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A Eugene Police Department investigation into the Phi Delta Theta fraternity regarding alleged druggings resulted in no charges.

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Hotel prices are on the rise in Eugene as Commencement draws closer.

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THREE BILLS PASSED HELPING

SEIU 503 MEMBERS DURING

OREGON LEGISLATIVE SESSION

Few policy bills are passed during Oregon’s short legislative session. But this year, all SEIU 503 were passed in March BY JOSEPH CHIU • DESIGNED BY GABRIELA MARTINEZ

Three key bills were passed for SEIU Local 503 members during Oregon’s 2024 legislative session in March, which include Senate Bill 1595, House Bill 4129 and House Bill 4045.

SB 1595, or the Family Financial Protection Act, plans to change laws surrounding debt collection, paying off debt and improving protections for consumers. The bill looks to increase bank protection after a history of poor debt collection practices and increase certain exemptions from garnishment and execution.

SEIU 503 homecare member John Salazar reportedly lost large sums of money without actually being in debt. His bank account was wiped out without warning and it took him over two months to get his income recouped. This caused panic during those months as he tried to pay bills to survive and not risk losing his house.

no more than two agencies to provide these services to individuals with disabilities or older adults.

This bill was the top priority for SEIU 503, and according to homecare worker Angela Jelley, it was very important to all healthcare workers in the state. Jelley stated that, in the past, she often didn’t get paid on time, and the 2 to 3-week delay would cause issues when her monthly bills were due.

“SEIU now gives me a way to not just complain about that, but to actually file a grievance,” Jelley said. “That’s part of our contract now. I didn’t have that before. When I wouldn’t get paid on time, I just didn’t get paid. That was it.”

HB 4045 was passed as the Public Safety Workforce Stabilization Act of 2024, which will put many workers under the Oregon Public Employees Retirement System and support high-risk members’ safety at the Oregon State Hospital.

“It was just kind of out of nowhere,” Salazar said. “What I found out at the end was that what the debt collectors had done was technically illegal and incorrect, and I was fortunate — I got my money back.”

Salazar said that his unfortunate situation could have happened to anybody, and there was no safety net for Oregonians. Now, he is more at ease with the cushion of money provided through the bill and is grateful for the repetition of his story that possibly helped persuade the legislators’ decision.

“It blew my mind that I could have my account garnished without having an actual legitimate debt,” Salazar said. “But now, I do feel like if something like that was to ever happen again, I would at least have the peace of mind of knowing that there is a cushion and that I can fight it.”

HB 4129, or the Homecare Modernization Act, was aimed to modernize the union’s homecare system. It addresses human relations issues such as late or inaccurate pay for workers that have often led to financial hardships. The bill also looks to better connect providers with its consumers.

As stated in the bill, immediate actions for homecare services will include the implementation of “agency with choice” services. This would require

Most notably, the act will provide greater support in safety and recognition for employees in addition to lowering the retirement age for some police and firefighters. SEIU Local 503 Political Director Courtney Graham said that this comes from recognizing the physical and mental tolls their bodies take over the years and that an individual in their position can’t work as long compared to other jobs.

“We joined together with the firefighters, the DAs, the forensic techs from the Oregon State Police and sort of created this coalition to come together and say, ‘Let’s do an omnibus bill that is like a package of reforms,’” Graham said. “Our little part of this bill is something that our members at the Oregon State Hospital have been working on for 20 years.”

These bills come in addition to key budget investments that the union won, all of which were made possible through the advocacy and support of SEIU Local 503 members and its community.

(Left to right) Barbara Byrd, Leigh Roberts, Sherman Henry, Steven Hecker, Gordon Later, Bob Bussel, Sarah Laslett, Deb Mailander and Jenn Smith. (Photo courtesy of Nikki Rudiger)

OSLP ARTS AND CULTURE CENTER PRACTICES EQUITY, INCLUSION

LOCATED ON W. 11TH AVENUE IN DOWNTOWN EUGENE, THE OSLP ARTS AND CULTURE CENTER WELCOMES ARTISTS FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE TO PARTICIPATE IN ITS ART CLASSES AND OPEN STUDIOS

BY HARPER MAHOOD • DESIGNED BY ADALEAH CARMAN

The Oregon Supported Living Program Arts and Culture Center looks like any other downtown Eugene building, only slightly distinguished by two small mosaic panels that frame the doorway. But looking a little closer reveals more than meets the eye: an artist’s wonderland. The heavy glass doors give way to an expansive and well-decorated gallery nestled against a teaching space with art supplies galore. This is where the magic happens.

University of Oregon campus in the 1970s, Kali Kardas, the marketing and communications manager for the OSLP Arts and Culture Center, said.

OSLP is a non-profit

“At that time, there weren’t many programs to help people with disabilities,” Kardas said. “We were mostly institutionalizing them. So OSLP’s mission was to enrich the quality of life for people who needed support.”

OSLP did so by helping people with housing, learning job skills and caretaking. The arts and culture program came later in the 1990s when OSLP decided to expand to include more enrichment programs.

In 2012, OSLP’s arts and culture program became more independent from the non-profit and adopted the inclusive model that they practice today.

“We’re not just here for people with disabilities,” Kardas said. “We’re here for everyone in the community because we believe in equity and inclusion, and we don’t feel like just because someone is experiencing a disability, they should have to be segregated from the rest of society.”

As the communications manager, Kardas helps to demystify the program and shift the perception that only people with disabilities can participate in the classes and studio time. A performing artist herself, Kardas finds access to the arts to be incredibly important.

“Everybody feeling like they have a safe space to express themselves and be creative is the core of what makes us human,” Kardas said, warning of the loneliness and isolation that comes with a lack of creative freedom. “So being able to come here and help people create and feel connected is really fulfilling.”

The OSLP Arts and Culture Center offers a wide range of studio classes from “Formal Wear Flip,”

an upcycled fashion design class, to “Creature Building,” where students learn patterning and assembly to make their own creature. For those who want a more hands-off experience, the open studios are a popular choice.

“People come in and really work on anything they want: painting, drawing, collage, paper mache,” Kardas said. “We’ve got some knitters that come in and play with our yarn and people who come in and do embroidery and jewelry. So, we have quite a variety of artistic mediums for people to try out.”

Tuition generally ranges from $90-120 per ten week quarter. For those who can’t afford classes, the center offers scholarship money, which comes from grants from the Lane Arts Council, donations and fundraising events.

“That can be a barrier for people, especially people who are on a fixed income and can’t necessarily pay that much upfront for the quarter,” Kardas said of the cost of tuition. “So we just ask everybody to pay what they can even if that’s five or ten dollars because we know that the more people pay what they can, the more scholarship money we can distribute.”

OSLP Arts and Culture Center’s biggest fundraiser is the So Small Art Auction, which will take place in September 2024 at 5th Street Market. The auction will feature upwards of one thousand tiny pieces of art, priced anywhere from $2 to $15.

“It’s a combination community event that supports our mission to bring down barriers to and access to art,” Kardas said, “but still we’re able to raise money for scholarship funds.”

Kardas encourages anyone that is interested in art to take a class or volunteer with the OSLP Arts and Culture Center, reiterating the message that all are welcome.

Exterior of OLSP building, located on 11th Avenue. (Lulu Devoulin/Emerald)

The Muxeres show up to the rally with painted sugar skulls on half of their faces to commemorate those who have died by femicide. (Colleen Bogdan/Emerald)

People march holding signs during the 46th annual Take Back The Night event on April 25, 2024. (Alex Hernandez/Emerald)

PHOTOS BY ALEX HERNANDEZ and COLLEEN BOGDAN DESIGNED BY RYAN EHRHART

ONLOOKERS CHEER ON THE 46TH ANNUAL

TAKE BACK THE NIGHT MARCH

AS IT PASSES BY ON APRIL 25, 2024. THE EVENT, HOSTED BY THE UO WOMEN’S CENTER, INCLUDES A RALLY, MARCH, AND STUDENT “SPEAK-OUT,” AND IS PART OF A LARGER INTERNATIONAL MOVEMENT TO SUPPORT INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED SEXUAL VIOLENCE. (ALEX HERNANDEZ/ EMERALD)

Members of Muxeres line up on University Street to start the march on Thursday, April 25, 2024. (Colleen Bogdan/Emerald)

Keyen Singer, Miss Indigenous UO, dances a contemporary intricate shawl dance at the 46th annual Take Back The Night event on April 25, 2024. (Alex Hernandez/Emerald)

OPINION: ACHIEVING SOCIAL SATISFACTION ISN’T AS SIMPLE AS IT SEEMS

BY

GRACIE COX •

DESIGNED BY

ADALEAH CARMAN

CO : COLLEGIATE LONELINESS IS REAL

We hear it time and time again: “College is the best four years of your life!” As our families and the movies suggest, it’s the perfect combination of the new freedoms of adulthood without the responsibility of being a real grownup.

Yes, I certainly enjoy and am grateful for my time at UO, but I can’t help but wonder if the social expectations put on college are a little unrealistic. College isn’t perfect. It’s time to acknowledge that loneliness and social dissatisfaction are huge aspects of today’s college experience and invaluable in encouraging individual growth.

Let’s start with some statistics on loneliness among young adults — an issue many people fail to understand the severity of.

In the U.S., loneliness is a growing public health problem, especially affecting youth. As stated in the Surgeon General’s 2023 report, “Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation,” “young adults are almost twice as likely to report feeling lonely than those over 65. The rate of loneliness among young adults has [also] increased every year between 1976 and 2019.”

When social isolation correlates to premature death, these findings are nothing to scoff at. The report continues, “Among initially healthy people tracked over time, those who are more socially connected live longer, while those who experience

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social deficits, including isolation, loneliness, and poor-quality relationships, are more likely to die earlier.”

While college certainly encourages highly social lifestyles, students struggle to define and follow their individual social needs, often pushing themselves beyond their social batteries out of fear of falling below the standard.

“At first, I thought I was going to go out way more. Now, I just don’t have the time or energy; I go to bed at 9 p.m.,” first-year UO student and club athlete Allison Johnson said. “I experience FOMO (fear of missing out) all the time, and sometimes when I do make plans, I end up falling asleep at my own functions.”

This leads me to ask — if social expectations of young adulthood are so unrealistic, how are they even set in the first place?

One of the key culprits is social media. In anticipation of, and while attending, university, students are hit with an onslaught of posts that present college as a time where you must constantly be surrounded by hordes of friends and waterfalls of alcohol. While at school, you can’t help but compare your own experience to these ideals and see a fault in your approach — no matter how fulfilling, deep down, it may be.

The same ideal is furthered by more general media, made by people well-above young

adulthood, attempting to document the American college experience in the most entertaining way possible. While they still are classics and are deeply entertaining for a reason, movies such as the UO-beloved “Animal House” and “Pitch Perfect” contribute to inaccurate social norms.

And unfortunately, being a full-time student in actuality makes it impossible to live up to this standard. “Work hard, play hard” is certainly a popular mentality, but at a certain point, with responsibilities and wants and needs piled skyhigh on your plate, you’re bound to burn out. In the long run, it’s simply not sustainable to spend 24/7 surrounded by hordes of friends.

Knowing that loneliness is an inevitable aspect of young adulthood, we might as well make the most of it. In its discomfort, social dissatisfaction leads to personal growth.

When you feel isolated, you’re forced to selfreflect, to actively seek out the communities and individuals that allow you to feel socially connected again, and if all else fails, learning to be your own company is an important skill as well. Next time you decide to spend a Friday night in, remind yourself that there’s nothing to be ashamed of. Acknowledge your social boundaries and binge watch the Netflix series you keep hearing about. It’s worth it — I promise.

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The Daily Emerald sends its weekly print issue out on Fridays before it is published Mondays. Given the potential for rapid changes in UO’s proPalestine encampment, written articles covering it will not be included in print. You can find live updates and coverage online at dailyemerald.com.

Various UO student groups have joined a nationwide movement of pro-Palestine encampments on college campuses. (Lulu Devoulin/Emerald)

Tents and signs are seen on the lawn in front of

Business Complex on April 30, 2024. (Alex

Lillis

Hernandez/Emerald)

A demonstrator writes the names of journalists killed in Gaza on the sidewalk, using the Committee to Protect Journalists as a source, on April 30, 2024. (Alex Hernandez/Emerald)

An individual drums on buckets at the front of the encampment. (Molly McPherson/ Emerald)

Demonstrators from the encampment’s negotiations team head into Lillis Business Complex for their meeting with UO administrators on May 2, 2024. (Alex Hernandez/Emerald)

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OREGON FINDS CONSISTENCY, FINISHES FOURTH

In a four-round, three-day golf tournament, the way to ensure success is to stay consistent.

The No. 24 Oregon men’s golf team struggled with that throughout the regular season, but the Ducks showed out for the final Pac-12 Tournament at Desert Forest Golf Club in Carefree, Ariz.

Oregon finished the competition tied with No. 10 Washington in fourth, just four strokes behind Stanford in third and five behind No. 22 California in second.

No. 3 Arizona State took a resounding victory, finishing on top of the 12 team field by 16 strokes.

The individual crown belonged to Stanford’s Karl Vilips, who won the competition by just one stroke.

Oregon’s weekend was highlighted by two top-10 finishes from some unexpected golfers.

Gregory Solhaug continued his incredible last couple months of golf with a fifth place finish in the 72-golfer field after a remarkably efficient weekend.

Solhaug did not have a single round of the four where he shot below three birdies; the struggle for him was to limit the amount of mistakes he made. In the first and last rounds, he demonstrated his ability to zone in on positive play and reduce the amount of bogeys.

His first round was his finest in Arizona — a five birdie, two bogey round that scored a three-under (68). Solhaug secured his best finish of the season in the most important tournament and seeks to carry that momentum into the Ducks’ next matchup in the NCAA tournament.

The other top-10 finish came from a steady weekend from Oregon’s sixth and final addition to the lineup: Eric Doyle.

Doyle had a different script than Solhaug. His success came from making sure he shot a sufficient amount of pars. He failed to shoot more than three birdies in any of the four rounds this weekend, but his 48 pars were fourthmost in the competition.

Doyle also did not shoot below par in any of the rounds, which is why his 10th-place finish is confusing. The best way to summarize Doyle’s excellent golf this weekend would be that he minimized mistakes and forced his consistency to shine through.

Doyle ensured his inclusion in any future postseason lineup this season due to his immaculate consistency, which is also a quality that he can help his teammates grasp.

Greyson Leach was the only other Duck to place in the

The No. 24 Ducks had one of their most consistent weekends of the season in the Pac12 Tournament, but some mistakes towards the bottom of the lineup tied Oregon for fourth place on the weekend

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top 25, with all four rounds scoring under a four-over (75). While Leach hit that mark in three of the rounds, he remained much more consistent than the golfers around him.

Leach found the ability to always match enough birdies to his bogeys in order to keep him afloat and in a top half position in the leaderboard. Even in a round such as his final one where he didn’t manage any birdies, Leach limited the amount of bogeys and ensured his successful weekend where he tied for 22nd.

After the first two rounds, Aiden Krafft had played some of his best golf of the season and looked primed for a high finish in Arizona. Krafft sat in fifth after Friday’s two rounds and looked to lead the Ducks in the competition going forward.

Over the final two rounds, Krafft shot 12 bogeys, four double-bogeys and six birdies. Each of those rounds resulted in a seven-over (78) and dropped him far down the leaderboard, all the way to a tie for 34th.

Rounding out the bottom two finishers in the lineup are the Ducks’ two fifth-year seniors, Nate Stember and Owen Avrit.

Stember couldn’t find his game during the weekend and shot his way into trouble early with his opening seven-over (78). He bounced back slightly with a one-over (72) in the second round, but he would not reclaim that momentum again.

Two more lackluster outings would follow on Saturday and Sunday, which tied him for 39th.

Avrit, who usually racks up birdies, failed to hit his quota this weekend. In fact, Avrit failed to tally a birdie until the third round. That would become the theme of the weekend, as Avrit never found his groove in the competition and became the lowest finisher in the lineup.

Avrit’s performance can be summarized by being the only Duck to shoot a triple-bogey all weekend.He finished tied for 52nd in his final conference tournament.

The Ducks proved to be among the Pac-12’s best this weekend, which will prove valuable when the team enters a new, slightly weaker conference next season.

Nonetheless, this is an outstanding positive to take into the NCAA Championship, where Oregon will likely be a four or five seed after its performance in Arizona.

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LANE COUNTY FARMER’S MARKET (5/7)

The Lane County Farmer’s Market is open on Tuesdays as well as Saturdays. Head down and enjoy locally grown food from over 100 farmers and food artisans. The market is open from 9 to 2 p.m. at 126 E 8th Avenue.

TRIVIA NIGHT AT BEERGARDEN (5/7)

Who doesn’t love a good round of trivia? Stop by Beergarden to test your knowledge and win some prizes. Every Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m. at 777 W 6th Ave. See you there!

A golfer for Arizona State University putts a ball during the Pac-12 women’s golf championships. The Eugene Country Club hosted the Pac-12 Women’s Golf Championships on April 19, 2022. (Will Geschke/Emerald) (Image: Serei Hendrie/Emerald)