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DO THEY HAVE YOUR SUPPORT? In response to student concerns, UOPD has expanded the presence of community service officers, an alternative to police officers, on campus. ASUO is looking for community feedback before deciding whether to support them.
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BEHIND THE SCENES AT UO Most students don’t really understand how the university and its board of trustees operates, and “the board can seem super disconnected from the student population,” student representative Julia Lo said. BY WILL COZINE While University of Oregon President Michael Schill serves as the face of the UO administration, the board of trustees often remains out of sight and out of mind for students. However, according to state law, the BOT has the authority to govern all aspects of the university. Although meetings are public, BOT student representative Julia Lo is working to ensure students have an understanding of board affairs and a voice in what it’s doing. “The board’s responsibility is to help assure the continuous academic, financial and legal performance of the university as a comprehensive, high quality, nationally prominent public university that supports students’ success and world class research,” Board Chair Chuck Lillis said. The BOT makes decisions about tuition costs, infrastructure projects and health policy, among other things. In 2019, it approved a tuition increase to UO undergraduate students. However, the board delegates responsibility for most of the day-to-day operations to Schill. Schill has a base salary of $720,000 and can earn up to $200,000 in annual bonuses. Board members are not elected officials and are not compensated for their work. The Oregon governor appoints members, who are confirmed by the Oregon Senate. “The Board trustees represent a variety of professions and backgrounds,” Lillis said. “Regardless of UO affiliation or professional background, all of the trustees are committed to the UO’s future and the success of its students and faculty.” Among the board members are Tim Boyle, CEO of Columbia Sportswear; Dennis Worden, member of the
Coeur d’ Alene tribe and former political staffer; Toya Flick, former health policy advisor to U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton; and Board Vice Chair Genevra Ralph, who has a master’s degree in special education. Including Schill, there are 15 members currently on the board. Ten members are UO alumni, and one is a current student. That student is Lo, who serves as the student representative on the BOT. Lo has the task of bringing the student voice to board meetings. Lillis said all board members try to engage with the student body when possible, but the board relies on the student trustee to bring “invaluable perspective.” Lo said the other board members have helped her feel welcomed and valued. “I was very happy to see that they are doing their best to amplify my voice in meetings,” she said. As a student representative, Lo has to acknowledge her own opinions while remaining cognizant of her role as a representative of all students. “In this position, it's really important to maintain that objective role as the student trustee,” she said. Before she joined the BOT, Lo didn’t know much about how the university was run. “I'm under the impression that the majority of students don't know either, and because of that, I think the board can seem super disconnected from the student population,” Lo said. She hopes to use her role to help amplify student voices and build a bridge between the BOT and the student body. Lo recently established office hours where students can bring their concerns to her. She encourages
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students to email her with thoughts and questions at jlo2@uoregon.edu. She also hopes the BOT can work more closely with ASUO in the future because ASUO represents the student community. Lillis believes students have ample opportunities to voice their opinions and concerns to the board. “All meetings are public, and students and other members of the campus and public are encouraged to provide comment,” Lillis said. However, not all students believe the board is sufficiently considering the voices of students. Democratize UO spokesperson Patrick Schranck, speaking during the Day of Demands protest on Oct. 22, said the university has a governance model with no transparency or accountability. He said the BOT continued tuition increases during the pandemic when many families are experiencing financial instability. Schranck also said the BOT has routinely ignored the requests of labor groups, namely the Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation. When asked about recent calls from activist groups — like Democratize UO — to democratize the board, Lillis said the university’s growth since the BOT was created is proof that reform is unnecessary. “I have confidence that our students, campus community and public at large have benefited significantly since the board was created by state legislation in 2014,” Lillis said. The BOT meets quarterly, and the next meeting will be held on Dec. 1 and 2. The meeting agenda as well as information about signing up to provide public comment can be found on the BOT website.
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OPINION
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UO clubs should consider being more like Christians… and use everything they’ve got to convert potential new members.
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Walking around campus, no matter how hard I try to avoid eye contact with daily Bible peddlers, I can’t help but wonder if I am being spiritually called to look further into my faith. Of course, if God was trying to communicate with me, it probably wouldn’t be to say, “Hey, you! Let’s talk about Jesus this Wednesday at GSH. Track Town on me.” Still, what do I know, right? Something I do know is that there are more than 400 student groups at UO. This begs the questions: What are they? Where are they? They certainly aren’t outside the EMU preaching the glories of debate or spikeball or whatever else their clubs have to offer. Instead, most clubs rely simply on word of mouth to recruit new members. This is weak. Some groups, like the UO Taylor Swift Society, find creative ways to seek new members. UOTSS copresident Ryan Kovatch said making an Instagram account was the club’s “first major outreach” and was met with an unexpected amount of interest. But many UO students know the struggle of finding a club all too well. The university does little beyond hosting rare club fairs to help the clubs recruit. Instead, it is up to the club organizers themselves to advertise — and I know if business-esque clubs advertised like Chrisitan groups, resume-starved Lundquist students would line up across East 13th Avenue eager to join. Offering anything from coffee to eternal salvation, Christian student groups over-achieve in encouraging new members to join. Parker Durbin said he was actively sought out by members of nationwide Christian student organization Cru at Oregon, members he didn’t know would text
him regularly and even wait outside dorms to talk with him and other students. “Yeah, it’s some weird stuff,” Durbin said. “But they do a great job of getting around and recruiting people.” Many students do not keep this blithe attitude about the in-your-face-ism of religious recruitment on campus. With the sporadic appearances of those Christians that yell at people outside the EMU, this is understandable. It is hard for some to not lump together hateful followers with the broader religion. My advice to these students: If you hate the player, join the game and beat them. Find your own passion, be it debate or Taylor Swift, and seek likeminded souls with intensity. There is a major limiting aspect here: money. Events, food, fliers and posters are expensive, and smaller clubs may lack the funds that would grant them the ability to grow their groups. In contrast, as Forbes’ 25th largest U.S. charity and the recipient of $591 million in private donations last year, Cru undoubtedly has the resources and motivation to seek members. On top of millions, I would argue that genuine faith drives groups like Cru to recruit so passionately. Faith is a powerful thing. It makes sense why religious groups have this seeminglyfervent desperation to seek members — they believe they’re doing the right thing. There is a purity and a grind that is admirable there. Whatever it is keeping the hundreds of UO clubs from advertising like Christians, I hope one day it dissipates. While exploring clubs on ASUO’s engagement page is easy, many clubs offer no further contact information. UO club leaders should use any opportunity and resource available to actively seek potential members. I feel blessed by Ms. Swift herself that the UOTSS responded to me so quickly and kindly — and I pray that, for now, word of mouth alone will be enough to unite all UO students with the clubs that fit their interests. Cale Crueger is a Daily Emerald opinion columnist. She is a junior studying public relations and political science. Cale writes to engage readers in the local issues and trends affecting campus and the Eugene community.
(Audrey Kalman/Emerald)
In my family’s house in San Francisco, every day begins with coffee. Each morning, my dad wakes up, goes downstairs to the kitchen and makes my mom a cup of coffee, which he then brings to her in bed. Ask my mom, or anyone on her side of the family, and they will tell you she has been drinking coffee since she was a child. As my grandfather used to say, “We put espresso in her baby bottle!” In order to create “the elixir of life” — what my mom calls coffee — you have to figure out a setup that works well for your own brewing needs and aspirations. Most people either use a drip coffee machine, a French press or a pour over process. Drip coffee machines are the most automated options. For instance, take the Mr. Coffee Easy Measure 12 Cup Programmable Coffee Maker, which the New York Times lists as “The Best Cheap Coffee Maker.” With this machine, as with most, you put in your favorite coffee grounds, add water and the machine does the rest, leaving you with a full, hot carafe. Most Mr. Coffee machines have a “Brew Now” button and a “Brew Later” button, allowing you to delay when the machine makes the coffee. This can be great for mornings and handy if you have a very full schedule. Here in Eugene, a number of larger stores stock Mr. Coffee machines, including Target, Walmart, Bed Bath and Beyond and Best Buy. Also, Fred Meyer has a solid Mr Coffee selection, and is currently having a sale on these machines. There are of course more handson brewing options available too, such as using a French press or a pour over setup. For a French press, you add ground coffee into the glass or plastic carafe, add boiling water, let that sit for a bit (usually four or so minutes) and then press the lid down the bottom of the carafe. This can be a perfect way to brew a strong batch of coffee for a few people. Bodum makes a whole smattering of French presses in
different sizes and with different materials, many of which can be found at Eugene’s Down to Earth. I use the glass and metal Bodum Chambord 8 cup whenever I am entertaining fellow coffee drinkers. Bodum also makes a plastic model called the Caffettiera, which is a solid budget pick, especially if you are not ready to commit to a more expensive model. The 3 cup / 12 oz Caffettiera is currently on sale for $9 and the 8 cup / 34 oz option for $12, both on the Bodum website. When I am just making a cup of coffee for myself, I like to make a pourover. This allows for more customization in how strong you want your coffee, depending on the grounds-to-water ratio and how you pour the water. I use a plastic filter cone and paper filters, both of which I bought at Market of Choice for about $10 total. These can be found at a number of local grocery stores, and the Whole Foods on Broadway has an especially comprehensive selection. If you want to avoid plastic, many companies make ceramic filter cones. World Market makes one for $7, and Stumptown makes a very aesthetically pleasing one for $21. Reusable filters are also widely available. The key is to match the number on the cone with the number on the filter. For instance, if you have a number four filter, it will fit a number four cone. Mismatched cones and filters will work in a pinch, but often lead to a mess of boiling water and/or coffee grounds. These are just a few of many ways to make coffee, and pretty much everyone has their own bespoke process. San Francisco-based coffee house Ritual has online Brew Guides that are not only helpful, but also just plain nice to look at, as does Blue Bottle. Locally, the aforementioned Down to Earth Home and Garden has a selection of coffee equipment that I find to be locally unmatched. What is most important is that your system works for you. So have fun with it! Try a few different things, ask that coffeeobsessed friend and then sip away. Audrey Kalman is a senior here at UO, studying history, art history and media studies. She enjoys reading and writing nonfiction essays, taking photographs, watching SportsCenter and eating breakfast foods.
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COVER UOPD Community Service Officers Rex Manu and Rebekah Galick mainly operate out of the East Station, about two minutes away from campus. The presence of Community Service Officers on campus sparks discussions among the student population (Maddie Stellingwerf/Emerald)
COMMUNITY SERVICES OFFICERS: A CALL FOR STUDENT FEEDBACK UOPD Community Services Officers are already out and about on campus. ASUO wants to collect student feedback before deciding whether to give CSOs their approval. BY GAVIN GAMEZ• TWITTER @GAV_GAMEZ ASUO has not decided whether they should support the University of Oregon Police Department’s Community Service Officers, opting instead to hear the opinions of the student body before making a decision. This comes after an expansion of CSOs on campus in November 2020 and recent meetings between ASUO and UOPD Chief Matthew Carmichael about the role. According to the job application listed on the UOPD website, the purpose of CSOs “is to protect the campus community through the use of proactive PA G E 6
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prevention and outreach strategies.” A UOPD document highlighting job descriptions said CSOs are “unarmed, non-sworn UOPD employees.” While CSOs are already working on campus, ASUO wants to collect student feedback before deciding whether to show its support for the role. The expansion of the CSO role Carmichael said the CSOs have been around since UOPD’s inception in 2012. He said in late 2020, UOPD expanded the amount of CSO positions,
which allowed them to reevaluate the roles and responsibilities that came with that position. CSOs control traffic, enforce parking regulations and do campus foot patrols and community engagement, among other duties, according to the UOPD website. Carmichael said the changes to the role began after hearing feedback from student organizations like ASUO. The feedback followed Black Lives Matter protests and the disarm UOPD movement in the summer of 2020. “Some of the topics included ‘You know, Chief, could we have the unarmed, non-sworn type of folks that could be primarily responsible for
COVER things like patrolling in high concentrated student areas?’” he said. “We opted to make a substantial change to the organization,” Carmichael said, “which was diverting resources toward our community service officer program to cover the very substantial role that they could play on campus.” Carmichael said UOPD wanted to ensure the safety of students on campus by finding a balance between the CSOs and the regular police force. “It’s not as simple to say, ‘Oh we just did this.’ It was obviously demonstrating our commitment to community policing, which means listening to your community,” Carmichael said. He said UOPD shifted funding into the CSO program, raising the number of CSOs to 14. Two of the 14 CSOs are at the UO Portland campus, leaving 12 at the Eugene campus. Carmichael said today’s CSO program is not the same from when the role was created. “The style of training is different; the job tasks are different,” he said. “Our push has been that community policing philosophy.” Opinions within ASUO ASUO president Isaiah Boyd said he urges ASUO to avoid jumping into supporting or opposing CSOs. “I think a lot of our decisions come out of impulse,” he said. “Let's connect with students first.” Boyd said he wants to connect with UO students that might be affected by CSOs before ASUO decides to give its support. Boyd said he would like to make a connection between the student body and campus security rather than having ASUO speak for the student body. ASUO senator Annika Mayne said she thinks CSOs are a problematic issue on campus. “To be honest, there is a real lack of clarity around what exactly the CSO’s roles are, what they are going to be doing, where they are going to be operating and what specific training they’ll have,” she said. Mayne said she is concerned due to the “back and forth” nature with the UOPD and Carmichael about the exact roles of the CSOs. She said one of her biggest concerns was if CSOs would be regularly stationed in the EMU and other buildings. “They’re supposed to be at the direct response for an emergency, and they’re unarmed,” she said. “Why isn’t that just a crisis counselor?” Mayne said she is not satisfied with the CSOs’ training. “I don’t think it needs to be UOPD funded, and I don’t think they need to be part of a police force,” she said. Transparency with ASUO and the student body Carmichael said the biggest aid when communicating information about the CSO role has been the UOPD matrix document. “I’m a firm believer in putting things in writing, and I’ve said this before with ASUO,” Carmichael said. “It's one thing for me to say it, but I want to make sure you see it in writing.” The CSO page on the UOPD website also displays the CSO 2021 Training Program document for public viewing. “I am all ears for feedback and input from our community as they look at that call for service matrix on potentially what they recommend we could do differently,” Carmichael said. Negative feedback to some aspects of the CSO position are being acted on as well. Carmichael said when student representatives felt uneasy about fixed CSO positions within the EMU, UOPD paused that decision all together.
Being a CSO Rex Manu is a UO alum and a CSO who has been on the job for a few months. “A lot of my schedule so far has been training, which has been a real eyeopener,” he said. Manu said a typical day consists of spending as much time on campus as possible. Manu said duties include offering courtesy rides for students and foot patrols around campus, as well as routine drives around campus. He said CSOs also provide traffic control for campus sports events. Executive Director of Security Ben McNulty said there are university facilities off campus that CSOs can respond to in case of emergencies like fire panel activations. “We are very multifaceted, but we definitely go hand-in-hand with police officers, and we definitely want to continue to build that trust with the campus community,” Manu said. Manu said during his time as a student he had seen now-colleague Rebekah Galick multiple times on campus. He praised “her customer service and how she interacted every time with myself, with other people.” “It was very inspirational,” he said. “As a former athlete and student of the university, I’ve grown to love this community, so I feel like being in this position as a CSO will allow me to continue to serve and help out the community,” Manu said. To distinguish CSOs from regular officers, UOPD has made changes to their everyday attire. Manu said an everyday carry includes a belt that carries most of their equipment and an internal safety vest which is worn under the shirt to maintain a more casual feel to the uniform. Carmichael said CSO attire is constantly being updated. “Belt equipment includes flashlights, radios, a pouch for gloves, some key keepers, and we are permitted to carry OC or pepper spray which we also get extensive training on,” he said.
(Information from UOPD; design by Lynette Slape/Emerald)
Going forward In the future, Carmichael hopes CSOs can fill specific roles in high stakes situations on campus. During the hostage situation on Nov. 4 — where an armed individual held two students hostage in Hamilton Hall — Carmichael said members from the Campus Planning and Facilities Management team helped to control traffic and direct pedestrian traffic. While CSOs were not involved in that incident, Carmichael hopes they can fill CPFM’s shoes going forward. “In that case if CSOs would have been on, I would’ve used CSOs to provide that level of support which is traffic control on keeping people out of the area,” Carmichael said. Boyd said ASUO will be hosting a “couch talk” for students to discuss topics including CSOs. “Let’s air out the dirty laundry. So talk about campus safety as an issue, perhaps dive into COVID,” Boyd said. To collect student feedback for the couch talk, Boyd said ASUO will be putting out a survey early this week. Boyd said ASUO was originally planning to have a town hall to discuss these issues, but decided to call it a “couch talk” to make it feel more inviting for students to speak. He said ASUO will invite the appropriate staff based on the feedback received from the survey to speak at the couch talk, which, he said, is slated for winter term. Carmichael said he is looking forward to the couch talk and is in full support. “Quite frankly the long term success of this particular program is gonna rely heavily on us listening to what our students' needs are,” he said. Porter Wheeler contributed reporting to this story.
ASUO President Isaiah Boyd said he urges ASUO to avoid jumping into supporting or oppossing CSOs. "I think a lot of our decisions come out of impulse," he said. "Let's connect with students first." (Will Geschke/ Emerald)
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A FAREWELL TO
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The reputable restaurant on Alder Street is ending its legacy after 38 years of serving the campus community with delicious food and fond memories. BY MELVIN BRAVO The Glenwood Resturaunt, a staple in the Eugene community for 38 years, is being sold to a developer to construct apartment buildings on the property. (Will Geschke/Emerald)
Close your eyes and picture a big house with plenty of rooms to sit in and drink a cup of steaming hot, fresh coffee. Large vintage windows, old floors and furniture are still standing strong, showing no signs of aging even after decades of use. Imagine the smells percolating from the kitchen, the lighting from an autumn morning and the conversations happening over a warm meal. This is the picture of a local staple that has existed in our community for 38 years — a place called Glenwood. Spirited as this may seem, the Glenwood Restaurant near campus is hanging its hat and bidding farewell to those years serving the people of Eugene and the campus community. Come spring of 2022, the place will close its doors and be demolished to make way for a new high rise. For those who haven’t been to the restaurant, it is located on the outskirts of campus, on East 13th Avenue and Alder Street next to the 7-Eleven. It first opened its doors in 1983, and owner Jacqui Willie has contributed her love of food to the neighborhood ever since. The place has a mellow atmosphere with unique nooks and corners in a two-story house that is cozy enough to call home. It serves breakfast, lunch and dinner, with a variety of dishes that cater to vegan foodies or meat lovers of all kinds. Over the years, Glenwood has hosted many memorable moments and loyal customers, both locally and from different parts of the country. “We loved it when we were in college and as we all moved on and to other parts of the country it was the spot we would always meet for breakfast when anyone came back to town,” said Lori Chaffin-Britt of her and her friends, who attended UO. “We have so many great memories there over the years, it will be sad to see it gone.” Although Willie said she is sad to be selling the place, she wants to retire within the year and hopefully have a steady income without working so much. She’s hoping to leave the business to her family and friends to run in her other location on Willamette Street. “It’s sad, but it feels like it makes sense,” Willie’s son, Jesse Clemenes, said. “The situation has gotten more PA G E 8
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difficult,” he said, referring to vandalism and crime in the area. Clemenes works in the kitchen prepping meals and getting plates ready. Over the years, he has watched the whole area change. The campus getting bigger and bringing in more students has required more apartment buildings to be constructed; the incoming high rise building could help meet this demand. Most who recall the restaurant have nothing but good things to say, describing it as a haven to those who live in Eugene, bringing fond memories to them and their family, students and those that come and visit. “Love eating at that place, typically with friends visiting their kids at the U of O,” said Steve Toler, a regular customer. “I’m sad to see them vacate this place.” The building has not only catered to students and workers of the Alder area, but has hosted rehearsal dinners, bar mitzvahs, wedding receptions and even Willie’s wedding in 2015. “It was so much fun. We filled that place with so many friends and family and we just partied all night long,” Nicole Golf laughed. Golf has known Willie her whole life and has worked in both restaurants since 2009. She’s been a hostess, waiter and manager for the restaurant even while getting her undergraduate degree at UO. Another moment that stands out was Senator Bernie Sanders visiting the restaurant during his campaign rally in 2016. “My son was a chef at Glenwood; he prepared Senator Sanders' meal when he was in Eugene. He loved the outdoor dining area,” Eugene community member Carolyn S. Hughes said. “I’m absolutely saddened by this loss.” The meal Sanders ordered was a Nova Scotia scramble which comes with salmon, green onions and cream cheese scrambled with two eggs. Even though Eugene is losing this monumental place, there is a silver lining; the Glenwood on South Willamette will still be open with the same menu options, bringing the city the same food it has served all these years. Still, when you get a chance, come by Alder Street and pay your last visits to the restaurant. Raise your glasses and give a final toast to a place that’s a part of Eugene's history.
What the customers say “It was the heart beat of Eugene.” - Kenner Kipper
“Lots of wonderful employees and customers, and I even got the opportunity to wait on Stephen Hawking and also Ken Kesey and Timothy Leary one time when they were visiting the U of O. I learned many recipes there and will always cherish those memories." - Debbie Biwersi “This is where I had breakfast after my first 5k. It is a special memory of my first few years in Eugene.” Christy Williams “The biggest thing I wish to impart on this conversation is the number of lives that Jacqui touched here, not just to her employees but everyone.” - Nicole Golf
Jorge Carrillo washes dishes after the Glenwood is closed for the day. Carrillo started working for the Glenwood in 1992, and now works alongside his brother, Jorge. The Glenwood Resturaunt, a staple in the Eugene community for 38 years, is being sold to a developer to construct apartment buildings on the property. (Will Geschke/Emerald)
OPINION
CSOs ARE CSOs ARE STILL STILL COPS Opinion: Community Service Officers are a performative change to campus law enforcement and are not equipped to address the underlying issues in our communities.
BY PORTER WHEELER • TWITTER @DOCBATTINGTON You may soon see more police on campus, yet they will assure you they are different from “normal” cops. They are community safety officers; the ballistic vest is underneath the polo. CSOs are still cops, yes unarmed and less trained, but they still report to the University of Oregon Police Department. Moreover, they serve the department’s interests in more intensely policing our campus. This change is not a positive shift within law enforcement to adapt to discontent with police as an institution. It’s nothing but a performative baitand-switch to feign community accountability. CSOs mimic a progressive change in the justice system while increasing their surveillance and control over campus. UO has only had a dedicated police department for a single decade, and its officers were not armed until 2013. Yet community safety officers have existed in name since the force’s inception in 2011. The program’s recent evolution came when UO President Michael Schill refused to disarm UOPD officers in November of 2020, despite fierce anti-police sentiments during the George Floyd protests. The university hoped this would signal acknowledgement of discontent with promises of “community outreach and engagement.” UOPD Chief Matthew Carmichael is adamant that these officers will adapt to the needs of the community. “We have demonstrated nothing but care and compassion for community members in crisis,” Carmichael said, adding that he believes CSOs demonstrate a “soft-approach” to policing. This change reduces the 26 full-time armed officers to 19 on campus, but adds 12 full-time and one part-time CSOs for an increase to 32 total officers, according to the chief. Despite UOPD’s numbers, it still does not possess the necessary training nor resources to meet the community’s needs. As such, CSOs are not designed to
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succeed, nor fail. Rather they will simply apathetically exist as a permanent rhetorical doorstop proving that UOPD does pretend to care about and listen to the community. Sociology Professor Claire Herbert fears this change is a nominal shift and cannot deal with issues of social work like mental health crises. “Police are increasingly militarized, yet we often turn to them, as they are the only point of authority people have in everyday life,” Herbert said. “But police officers are sorely undertrained in that arena, to implement restorative justice in daily interactions.” If authority cannot challenge the systemic problems with policing, they are nothing more than “street-level bureaucrats,” Herbert said. Day-to-day these CSOs serve no real new obligations. If anything, many of their duties are explicitly makework, from parking enforcement to securing porch deliveries. The only new duty is to ambiguously engage with the community through nondescript activities like event tabling and movie nights. Yet, to do these rigorous duties you only need a high school diploma and an ambiguous “one year communicating with the public,” according to the job application. Because at the end of the day, you are still a cop; you still enforce laws, you still work for UOPD. Cat Kelly of CopsOffCampusUO is correct in their assessment that CSOs are an extension of UOPD’s policing ability. “It’s a rebranding without structural change that increases the power of UOPD while claiming to listen to the community,” Kelly said. “CSOs are still cops, but now less identifiable.” So what problems do the CSOs actually solve? If UOPD really cared about being a resource on campus, why do CSOs not receive mental health response training? If it really cares about community outreach and engagement, why does UOPD not have
a case review board? What alternative is there to policing? Clearly we need one that actually centers community needs and properly responds to instances of mental crisis through a lens that acknowledges structural harms. Eugene-based CAHOOTS gives the model for a grassroots organization that is trained to respond to issues that a cop, unarmed or not, could never solve. Instead, a community-run safety response team trained to provide mental health support would ensure a non-violent resolution to issues the presence of an officer may provoke. However, CAHOOTS is currently limited by its connection to the Eugene Police Department, leaving it underfunded and understaffed. It is necessary to untangle law enforcement from social work and assistance if we are to address the underlying issues. For if we as a community truly care about crime reduction — not just crime punishment — our actions need to be preventative, not reactive. Resources for food, shelter and mental health care across Eugene would actually address the reasons for crime. Police, including CSOs, will always be a reactive force. It does not matter if they have a gun or not; they will never solve the problem. Unfortunately, until the true cause of crime is dealt with, UO can justify a security force, but that authority can never solve the underlying issues facing our community.
Porter Wheeler is an opinion columnist at the Daily Emerald. As a student of global studies and cultural anthropology, he writes passionately about politics and culture through an intersectional lens.
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The Eugene Disc Golf Club creates a welcoming community and supports local nonprofits. The disc golf community is one that sets itself apart from all other sports. With how affordable the sport is — Eugene courses are free to play on and a disc costs around $12 — it’s continuously welcoming new players. The doses of success when hitting the target and being outside make it that much more attractive to play. “What I like about it is I meet so many people in the sport,” Ralph Huntoon, the Eugene Disc Golf Club’s treasurer, said. “I have contact with doctors, lawyers, dentists, trades people, chefs, cooks –– almost anybody plays the sport.” EDGC promotes these relational aspects of the sport through charity and community work, as well as hosting disc golf events and tournaments. It prides itself on giving back to the community. Beyond this, the club has created a social circle around disc golf, making it easy to meet club members while competing in various events hosted by EDGC. For people looking to get into disc golf, EDGC provides a circle for beginners to improve. Being outside in beautiful parts of Eugene also makes the sport easier to learn. Andy Hock, a member at large, emphasized how being outside in nature is a reward in itself and how the low stakes of disc golf also make it more relaxing compared to other sports. “When I try to sell people on it, I always tell them there's not very many things that you can do and be really bad at and still have a good time, and disc golf is totally one of those things,” he said. Still, steadily improving at the sport keeps players coming back as they try to recapture the feeling of accomplishment on the course. Club secretary Eugene Hackler said one of the best things to see on the course is “people realizing they’re improving.” For club president Michael Haines, EDGC isn’t solely about the sport of disc golf, but the community
and relationships behind it. Haines quickly transitioned as the newly named club president and continues to seek out ways to improve EDGC and expand the sport. As a whole, Haines said he sees the disc golf community as one that makes a difference by supporting businesses and connecting people from all sorts of backgrounds. The executive board prides itself on the community work EDGC consistently does through charity tournaments.
The kind of community that the club builds for people, it brings people together who are from all different walks of life and maybe would never have an opportunity to get to know each other. That’s one thing that I really appreciate about disc golf." MICHAEL HAINES, Club President
On Feb. 12, 2022, EDGC will host the Ice Bowl challenge in which all proceeds will be donated to Food for Lane County. The board also supports Uplay Disc Golf and Alliance Disc Golf, two other nonprofit organizations in the area. Along with supporting nonprofits and hosting charity events, maintaining disc golf courses is
another piece of volunteer work that is unseen by the general public. “We put work parties together,” ex-president and member at large Rebecca Duffy said. “We keep our parks where our disc golf courses are clean. We pick up trash. We get rid of invasive species to let our native species thrive.” Along with the community work the club is involved in, disc golf events the club hosts are popular among players. A member favorite is the bag tag league. The club sells numbered tags as part of the club membership, each individually numbered. Each year EDGC hosts a bag tag kickoff and a season ender. In between those events, club members can compete on their own as the goal is to end with the lowest tag number. “It creates a lot of fellowship, a lot of fun,” Huntoon said. “The more events and fun things you have for people to be involved in to test their skills and develop their skills, the more people want to be a part of it.” There is a cash prize for the winner with the lowest tag number at the season ender. This year it was $1,200. The bag tag tournament is one of the biggest contributors to boosts in membership, Huntoon said. Events like this bring club members together as a collective group. By giving back to different groups and hosting fun, competitive events year round, EDGC has made the disc golf social circle and environment more popular in Eugene. Haines said he is working to create more social events that are not necessarily disc golf orientated. “The kind of community that the club builds for people, it brings people together who are from all different walks of life and maybe would never have an opportunity to get to know each other,” Haines said. “That’s one thing that I really appreciate about disc golf.” M O N D AY, N O V E M B E R 1 5 , 2 0 2 1
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