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SONGS THAT FEEL LIKE SPRING

The start of spring is pivotal: it marks the slow departure of the lousy weather and seasonal affective disorder. It’s the beginning of a new chapter in the year, as predicted by the weatheroverlord groundhogs in early February. You can now wake up to the morning sun, fall asleep without freezing and generally feel all right.

Everything is uphill from here.

This week, the Emerald recommends the songs that feel like spring.

“Finally Moving� by Pretty Lights

“A Walk� by Tycho

“Can I Kick It?� by A Tribe Called Quest

“I Think I Need a New Heart� by The Magnetic Fields

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This song remixes and mashes-up Etta James’ “Something’s Got a Hold On Me� and Sonny Stitt’s “Private Number.� The two original songs are classics, and Pretty Lights does a fantastic job of remastering them to create a new, upbeat and groovy sound.

The light-yet-playful vibes completely embody the essence of springtime.

The title itself, “Finally Moving,� even represents the fresh blossoming start that flowers have during the beautiful season of spring. Dance, hang out or even study to this song – it’s a perfect springtime jam.

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If you need some quiet introspection but still want to be outside, then “A Walk� is for you. Tycho’s ambient production will calm you down while lifting your spirits. It’s a song that slows life to a manageable pace, if only for five minutes. It doesn’t want you to think, it just wants you to go with the flow. It quiets down in the middle, allowing you to take some deep breaths, and then gets louder as you take it all in.

This may seem obvious, but “A Walk� is a great song for those long walks where you don’t quite know where you’re going, but you also don’t care.

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Celebrate the late Phife Dawg’s life the right way with a marathon of A Tribe Called Quest’s discography. The ‘90s jazz-rap group’s songs are so chill they’ll have you bopping your head all day. The group’s songs are perfect for springtime because of their warmth and natural flow. “Can I Kick It?� is a great song when you just wanna kick back and sing along with some of your friends. “Electric Relaxation� is for when you notice that special someone walking through campus and can’t stop thinking about them.

Every song is truly memorable and just waiting for you to lay back and chill to on a sunny spring day.

Find the whole list of spring jams online at emrld.co/springfeelin The Emerald is published by Emerald Media Group, Inc., the independent nonprofit media company at the University of Oregon.

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Spring for me has always been about shedding the winter layers and starting anew.

In high school, I would spend long afternoons biking around Portland blasting indie-pop group The Magnetic Fields. The group’s upbeat melodies and genre-crossing sound — from punk to country to electro-pop — are the perfect soundtrack to an early spring day.

Ironically, the band’s most famous work, 69 Love Songs, contains a lot of break-up songs. I’ve always thought that “I Think I Need a New Heart� captured the album’s bitter undertones the best. Over a jangly melody, lead singer Stephin Merrit laments, “You’ve lied, too, but it’s a sin that I can’t tell the truth/Cause it all comes out wrong unless I put it in a song.�

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Joanna Newsom brought her harp and a crew of multi-talented instrumentalists to the Arlene Schnitzer on March 28.

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Baroque-pop musician Joanna Newsom stopped at Portland’s Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall on Monday, March 28, to remind us all that she’s a fairy princess.

Opening for Newsom was Robin Pecknold, the former frontman of the Seattle-based indie-folk group Fleet Foxes. The reverberating, hollow acoustics of the monolithic concert hall amplified his bellowing voice and added an incredible punch. During his all-too-brief 30-minute set, Pecknold, armed with a guitar, shared unreleased solo tracks and one Fleet Foxes song, “Tiger Mountain Peasant Song.�

Stage banter was spared during his withdrawn stage presence, but Pecknold did mention that he’s been to the Arlene Schnitzer before – when he lived in Portland for two years – to see comedian Dave Chapelle. He also gave an ironic shout-out to Saffron Cornmeal, a contentious new cafĂŠ in North Portland that serves “English food from the colonies of the British empireâ€? that popped up in an increasingly gentrified neighborhood.

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Joanna Newsom took the stage wearing a floorlength floral gown and platform heels, accompanied by five other musicians, including her sister Emily Newsom on the cello and multi-instrumentalist Ryan Francesconi, who helped arrange Newsom’s two-hour album Have One on Me. The musical dexterity of Newsom and company is unmatched. The baroque-pop group had a number of instruments at its disposal – violas, violins, recorders, mandolin, timpani, cello, keyboards, flutes and several others. Francesconi switched between tambura, guitar, bass and banjo, oftentimes playing more than one instrument during a single track.

The 90-minute set featured several tracks from Newsom’s four albums – including “Anecdotes� and “Sapokanikan,� the opening songs from her newest album Divers. Newsom was interchangeably installed behind the harp and the piano during these songs. But it doesn’t suffice to say she plays the harp and piano and sings; she yanks on the strings, pounds on the piano and howls, “Nor is there cause for grieving / Nor is there cause for carrying on.�

Attending a Joanna Newsom concert is much like reading Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov; it’s overwhelmingly beautiful, but you almost feel like you need a dictionary just to keep up.

Her more epic-length tracks, like “Have One on Me� or “Monkey and Bear� from Ys, demonstrated that the studio recordings don’t do Newsom justice; only when you see the performance unfold live can you understand the intense degree of arrangement that goes behind these songs. The backup singers’ uncanny harmonies, Newsom’s soprano tremolo and the rattling tambourines added unreal texture to the orchestrations.

Pecknold returned to share the stage and perform a duet with Newsom for “Time, As a Symptom� and “Good Intentions Paving Company,� during which Francesconi and Newsom shared some playful back-and-forth between his banjo plucking and her piano tinkering. During the encore, Pecknold and Newsom dueted on “On A Good Day� and “Baby Birch,� and Newsom cooed, “Be at peace, baby, and be gone.�

⚡ NEWS A man threatened security staff at Taylor’s Bar and Grill with a gun on Tuesday morning.

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GUN PULLED AT TAYLOR’S, CHASE LEADS TO ARREST Leaving Taylor’s Bar and Grill early Tuesday morning, Marissa Seward was saying goodbye to friends. It was just past 1 a.m. as she stood near the entrance to the bar’s patio by 13th Avenue and Kincaid Street.

But close behind her, near the front door, Forest Laughner engaged in a verbal altercation with Taylor’s security staff.

Seward said she didn’t notice Laughner, who was not within her line of sight. That was, at least, until he pulled out a gun.

“It was just a whirlwind,” Seward said. “I didn’t see anything until the point that the gun was brought up.”

The Eugene Police Department later arrested Laughner, 23, and charged him with reckless endangering, unlawful use of a weapon and three counts of menacing.

After employees at the bar cut Laughner off from service, he had been asked to leave, EPD spokesperson Melinda McLaughlin said in an email released later Tuesday morning.

That’s when he revealed the gun in his waistband.

At that point, someone in the small crowd yelled to warn everyone of the apparent danger. It was only then that Seward, and a few others on the patio, noticed and headed for safety.

“We were all getting ushered,” Seward said. “A couple of the bartenders and bouncers took control and handled things quickly.”

Meanwhile, Taylor’s staff “followed at a distance,” as Laughner raced away from the scene, McLaughlin said. But within a minute, EPD responded to calls from people at the bar and arrested him on the corner of 11th Avenue and Alder Street. They also confiscated his concealed handgun license.

The only image Seward remembers of Laughner is his black, curly hair as he quickly made his way toward Alder Street.

While Taylor’s employees and EPD pursued Laughner, everyone still at the bar crouched down, avoiding all windows and door openings.

“By the time I realized what was happening, we were inside and safe,” Seward said. “There were varied emotions [among the people in the room], but overall, it was decently calm considering what had happened.’”

Within a couple of minutes, a Taylor’s employee notified patrons and other employees that the potentially dangerous scene was over. Still, the situation’s rapidness did not allow many of the witnesses to process exactly what had just happened.

“I never felt unsafe or like my life was on the line,” Seward said.

“To me, it was just one kid who did something stupid. It was over, really, before it started.”

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HAYWARD FIELD? TRACKTOWN USA, home of the men’s and women’s 2016 NCAA champion indoor track and field teams, will also host the 2021 IAAF Track and Field World Championships. But controversy is looming over the honor of hosting the 2021 games. In light of recent cuts to departments in the humanities, the university is under fire once again for prioritizing funding for athletic needs over academics.

HB 4146, which passed through the house earlier this month, will supply funding for the Oregon Tourism Commission by increasing the state lodging tax to 1.8 percent over the next four years, beginning in July.

A trio of professors voiced concerns about the bill and university priorities in the opinion pages of the RegisterGuard earlier this month. Cristina Calhoon, Michael Dreiling and Karen McPherson said the university lobbyists’ top-priority support of the bill “is not the sort of leadership we expected from the new, independent UO Board of Trustees.�

A portion of those funds can be put towards projects such as necessary renovations to Hayward Field to host the 2021 Championships. The event falls under the competitive grant program that uses the visitor industry to develop and improve local economies.

Dreiling is a former track and field athlete who said he is “not opposed to the state of Oregon, UO and the city of Eugene making this event a big deal.�

But he believes the university should similarly acknowledge the recognition the humanities at UO has brought to the city. “I’m struck by the energy and the effort that can go into organizing an event, four or five years out,� Dreiling explained. “I wish the same energy and devotion, that same interest, could be extended to the academic side.�

Some students are concerned about another tuition hike coming in the fall, but don’t seem to mind the university focusing on bringing a major event such as the IAAF Championships to the city.

Tyler Timm, a senior at UO, drew parallel lines with other sporting complex renovations. “My initial thoughts were much like my feelings towards renovations at Wrigley Field,� Timm said. “Historic venue, but you have to adapt and make some things modern.�

Timm says he doesn’t mind the university throwing its full weight into the project either. “This is TrackTown USA. If there is a big track event, it needs to be held at Hayward,� he explained. “There’s pride in that.�

Select academic departments are set to reap the rewards as well.

The physiology department and Bowerman building will be relocated as a result of the remodel. In September, Around the O reported that the new and improved Bowerman Sports Science Clinic would triple the research space available once the project is complete. “We are still sorting out what the impacts will be on the research activities [at the center]� Michael Hahn, the director of the clinic, said via email. “The goal is to minimize the impact, as we will be relocating our lab during the interim and continuing our research activities when the renovation occurs.�

Amidst these gains, some departments have experienced recent cuts to faculty, and some campus members are asking the university to focus on them as well. “If you want to improve the institution, you invest,� Dreiling said.

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In the midst of bombings on March 22 in Brussels, Belgium, two students traveling through University of Oregon programs were reported safe.

The attacks at a metro station and the airport left at least 30 dead and more than 200 injured, according to CNN. One of the students is studying abroad in London, but was traveling through Brussels at the time of the attacks, Chakris Kussalanant, director of marketing and communications for the Office of International Affairs said. This student is not a UO student, but from a partner university studying through a program offered by the UO. The other student studying in Brussels is Jennifer Eyler, a junior majoring in international studies. She lives south of downtown Brussels, so she wasn’t near the attacks, but felt their effect at the time and during the aftermath.

Eyler is attending Vrije Universiteit Brussel and said that on the day of the attacks, a bomb squad was sent to the area of her school after a suspicious package was reported. Her classes were cancelled for the rest of the week, but her program is running as normal, Eyler said in a message to the Emerald.

Eyler said security was still high throughout the city, and that the day after the attacks you couldn’t enter a metro station without a police search.

“When talking with other students in my program, we all noticed in the following days that when we were on public transportation, there was complete silence,� Eyler said. “Hardly anyone was talking and it didn’t sound like the average metro or bus ride.�

The day after the attacks, Eyler went downtown to Place de la Bourse where a memorial is set up to honor the victims. “Many people were gathered to pay their respects to the victims and some were singing or would give a little speech,� Eyler said. “It was truly beautiful because you saw everyone from this diverse city come together.�

Kussalanant said that they have “no other concerns� for the students traveling abroad. The UO sent out an email to students traveling abroad encouraging them to inform loved ones of their safety and providing safety tips. “Our safety is their main priority so they’ve kept us updated on everything that’s happening,� Eyler said about her program.

Eyler maintained she isn’t in fear for her safety going forward. “I don’t feel scared or unsafe because things like this can happen anywhere in the world,� Eyler said. “It’s scary to think how close I was to it all but it doesn’t change my perception of Brussels whatsoever.�

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he first weeks of spring are finally upon us, and it’s a popular time for change. With the sun finally forcing its way through the winter clouds and new life popping up in flower beds all over campus, it just feels right to refresh and renew after being holed up indoors all winter term.

This also means it’s time to dust off the old items in your wardrobe and make space for the newest spring and summer trends in the spirit of spring cleaning. But as you pull out items like the old sequined sweater you haven’t worn since last year, the question arises: What do you do with it? Sell or donate?

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TO SELL: If you’re finding yourself tight on money this term, taking your things to these places may be the best option to leave with your stack of stuff a little lighter and your wallet a little fuller.

This is one of the more popular consignment stores in Eugene for college students. Buffalo Exchange is known for having a supply of clothes and accessories that are trendy and sometimes off-the-wall in an attempt to offer an eye-catching look. To maintain its style, the store tends to be more selective with what they accept from people trying to sell their clothes. “We are always looking for current styles and vintage pieces. We also buy Halloween and Christmas sweaters year-round,� said Janelle Dervin, store manager.

The store takes gently used clothes, shoes and accessories. It has a relatively proportional offering of women’s and men’s clothes. They offer payment in cash, for 30 percent of the value, or in-store credit, for 50 percent.

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PLATO’S CLOSET: 26 E 17TH AVE, EUGENE, OR 97401 Since it opened earlier this year, Plato’s Closet has become another popular consignment store in the area for students. This could be due to its low prices, its large selection or its strategic placement: right across the street from the hangover breakfast favorite, Brail’s Restaurant. Plato’s is a great stop for affordable street clothes, including designer items for cheap. While it’s more likely to accept your clothes than Buffalo, the payout for the consigner may not be as large as at other stores. “We buy all seasons all the time, but we’re especially looking for spring and summer things right now,� said Brittany Pierce, who’s worked at Plato’s since it opened in May 2015. “Anything like soft shorts, rompers, softer palazzo pants and we’re always looking for the higher brand athletic wear as well.�

Consigners get cash for whatever they decide to take.

A majority of the store’s collection caters to women’s clothing and accessories, but they do have a small selection of men’s clothing, so they’ll be buying both going into the warmer seasons.

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GOODWILL: 1717 18TH AVE., EUGENE, OR 97402 Perhaps the most well-known donation drop, Goodwill is a good option if you have items you just don’t know what to do with. If you weren’t able to sell your items, heading here would be your next best bet.

Goodwill takes gently used clothes, accessories and just about anything else you seem to not have enough space for in your cramped college apartment. This is great if you’re just looking to get rid of everything hassle-free. But the downside compared to consigning is that there’s no financial payout.

Either way, this is an option with many locations around campus for donating just about anything and everything to make some more room for the new keg you’re looking to put in the corner of your living room for spring celebrations.

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This charity is similar to Goodwill in that it accepts just about anything for any season or need. It is a non-denominational, non-profit store, and its main purpose is to take the donations and use them to help support people in

the area.

“Any revenue goes to social services,” said Paul Neville, an employee at St. Vincent de Paul. “We really need clothing and coats are great, household appliances, furniture, you name it. We take almost everything.”

While there is no cash payout for donating here, if you’re an avid thrifter this could be the choice for you, as they offer a coupon for 15 percent off your next purchase there when you donate. So you could take this opportunity to get rid of that dusty old lamp that doesn’t really fit your style, and swap it with one that vibes much better with the rest of your apartment.

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⚡ SPORTS Tony Brooks-James (20) is dragged down from behind during the 2015 spring game.

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Oregon football took the field Tuesday for the first of 15 spring practices allowed in preparation for its April 30 spring game. The Ducks will practice three times per week over the next five weeks.

Oregon is coming off its worst regular season since 2007 — a 9-4 campaign that ended with a disastrous loss to TCU in the Alamo Bowl.

It finished outside of the AP top 10 for the first time since 2009, and many preseason polls have predicted that the Ducks will start the 2016 season ranked in the 15-20 range.

Here are some major story lines to follow as the season approaches.

— For the second year in a row ,Oregon looked to the FCS ranks in search of a signal caller. The Ducks added former Montana State quarterback Dakota Prukop in December, and the graduate transfer senior is already on campus and enrolled in classes at Oregon. Prukop will attempt to make the Big Sky-to-Pac-12 jump just as Vernon Adams Jr. did last year for the Ducks. Prukop will have the added benefit of participating in spring ball, familiarizing himself earlier with Oregon’s offense. Adams was one of

the most efficient quarterbacks in the country when healthy, and if Prukop is able to deliver a similar performance over a full season, Oregon will be in good shape.

The starting quarterback position is by no means already decided, but Prukop is certainly the front-runner at this point. He has the athleticism required to succeed in Oregon’s system, and he has been working with quarterback guru George Whitfield of late to refine his footwork. Also in contention will be redshirt sophomore Travis Jonsen, redshirt senior Jeff Lockie and redshirt junior Taylor Alie.

— Oregon boasted one of the top wide receiver groups in the country last season, and it may be just as deep at the position this season — even with the departure of seniors Bralon Addison and Byron Marshall. The starting outside receiver positions will likely be locked down by redshirt junior Darren Carrington and redshirt senior Dwayne Stanford, but there are plenty of reps up for grabs at the inside receiver spot.

— DeForest Buckner spent the 2015 season terrorizing Pac-12 offenses and delivered one of the best seasons by a defensive player

in Oregon history. The All-American Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year’s departure leaves an enormous hole on the Oregon defensive front. Buckner is one of seven departing Oregon players who held a starting spot on the front seven at some point last season, and the Ducks will infuse an entirely new starting defensive front this year. Torrodney Prevot is the Ducks’ lead returning tackler, and Henry Mondeaux had four sacks last year. Both will play key roles in revitalizing Oregon’s defense this year as the Ducks adjust to playing Brady Hoke’s 4-3 defense.

— Speaking of Hoke, his addition to the Oregon program may prove to either make or break Oregon’s season. Although Hoke was the head coach at several major programs before landing at Oregon, this is his first stint as a defensive coordinator. Hoke is scrapping the 3-4 defense that Oregon has used since 2008 and instead installing a 4-3 look that will use four down lineman and three linebackers. Oregon ranked 116th in the nation in total defense last season, and Hoke’s new scheme should provide a fresh approach.

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⚡ SPORTS The No. 4 Oregon Ducks faced the Stanford Cardinal in the home-opener at the new Jane Sanders Stadium on March 25.

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Emotions were running high for Oregon’s Cheridan Hawkins as she stared down Stanford’s Kylie Sorenson before the first pitch of March 24’s game. Not only was it Oregon softball’s home-opener for conference play, the game was also the christening of Jane Sanders Stadium, the Ducks’ new home.

“I was a little bit nervous just because we’ve never played here ... We wanted to do good for the whole Sanders family and really break this stadium in on the first day with real positive juju,” Hawkins said.

After playing at Howe Field and using grime, rat and mold-filled locker rooms at MacArthur Court since 1987, the new $17.2 million stadium is like a dream come true for this program and its fanbase. $16 million of the project came via donation from 1951 Oregon alum Bob Sanders in honor of his late wife, Jane Sanders.

Molly Sanders, the daughter of Bob and Jane, threw out the ceremonial first pitch after Oregon head coach Mike White and Oregon assistant athletic director Lisa Peterson gave impassioned speeches about what the Sanders family and this stadium means to this program.

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August 28, was finally completed a few days prior to the home-opener. While there are still some knicks and knacks that need to be completed according to Dave Quivey, project coordinator for contractor Howard S. Wright, the stadium is complete.

“We were waiting for such a long time for a stadium and today got here,” White said after the opener. “It’s just a fun feeling, surreal almost because it’s something you dream about and then it’s here and you’re out there playing a game.”

The team facility houses multiple suites for donors to use as well as a team meeting room, an equipment room, White’s office, an office for the assistant coaches and a state-of-theart locker room for the players. After never utilizing the showers in the old locker rooms underneath Mac Court, the players can’t get enough of the updated showers. Not only is there a plug-in system that allows them to listen to music while getting dressed, they also have control of the speakers that are in the bathroom and lounge area.

Attached to the team facility is an indoor training center for the players to use when the weather isn’t cooperating. The training center

is big enough to house an infield for grounders and base-running work and has multiple nets drop down from the roof to be used for batting cages.

Upon entering the stadium, the first thing noticeable is the v-shaped roof that overshadows nearly two-thirds of the 1,500 available seats. A clay infield and artificial turf make Howe Field (still the name of the field itself) usable in nearly all weather conditions.

Highlights of the field include the “O-R-EG-O-N” on the centerfield wall as well as the $250,000, 12-by-36 foot scoreboard that sits just beyond the right field fence. The stadium will add 1,000 bleacher seats in left and right center field to house 2,500 total people as well as having an entrance on 18th Avenue for those in the bleacher seats.

The most important part of the grand opening was the Duck’s 2-0 victory over Stanford, a day and game that will forever live in the hearts of Oregon softball, and all those involved.

“It’s an absolute honor to be chosen to throw the first pitch ever in this stadium and on that mound,” Hawkins said. “It’s something that I’ll never forget and will be with me forever.”

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After a convincing start to its conference season, Oregon women’s tennis has been unable to find stable footing as of late.

The Ducks have lost their last three matches over the past two weekends, dropping their Pac-12 record to an even 3-3.

Each of the Ducks’ conference losses were against top-35 ranked teams, including No. 19 Arizona State, which is on a six-match winning streak.

Despite the difficulty within the conference, Oregon lost by a point in two of its losses. Before this difficult streak, the Ducks were gaining momentum, taking down No. 64 Arizona and No. 49 Washington.

The trouble for Oregon in its past matches has come not as a result of lack of players or ability, but in securing the first point of the match.

In tennis matches, the teams start with three doubles matches before heading into singles play. In two of their past three matches, the Ducks have failed to secure the doubles point.

Although doubles play only earns a single point, the momentum gained from a doubles point win can be enough to propel a team to a win. This is especially true if a player faces an opponent in singles play that she has already defeated in doubles.

Before the losing streak, Oregon’s doubles teams were thriving.

Newcomers Shweta Sangwan and Kennan Johnson bested the No. 18-ranked doubles team from UC Santa Barbara and secured the No. 33 ranking as a team.

Although the rank put the doubles team on the map as one to watch, Johnson said “it’s not about rankings,” in an interview with GoDucks.com. “We just come out here, do what we do, and we have a good time.”

Oregon will have its chance to bounce back this weekend, when it takes on No. 1 Cal and No. 20 Stanford.

The Ducks will return home the following weekend against Colorado on April 8.

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SEA LEVEL CHANGES ARE NOTHING NEW. The consequences have been read out pretty explicitly, or at least, the understanding of the information is pretty clear. Sea level changes are eventually going to have large-scale effects on the Earth and its inhabitants.

For most, that’s not enough information to honestly want to do something about it. What happens in the future isn’t necessarily our problem here, in the present.

But truthfully, sea level changes are going to affect us significantly within our lifetimes. The “eventually� of our circumstances has started to become a serious reality, and there isn’t much room to skirt around the situation anymore.

The public has been told for some time that these effects would become apparent in the next hundred years. Community relocation would be necessary once the sea levels rise another foot or two, but already there are communities that are in need of relocation.

In Louisiana, a Native American tribe has already been forced to relocate due to sea level rise. The people of Pointe-au-Chien – who have lived on the Isle de Jean Charles for nearly 170 years – are losing their land and part of their culture due to changes in the sea levels.

This is only the start of what is to come. Sooner than many expected, we are being forced to find new homes for hundreds of people. The consequences of our actions have finally started to affect us on a personal level.

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the sea level in the southeast Louisiana region is rising at an average rate of three feet every 100 years. In the last 100 years alone, the state of Louisiana has already lost 1,900 square miles of land along the coastline.

The continuation of such loss may cause Louisiana to lose 570 square miles of land in the next 30 years.

The loss of that much land could displace around 60,000 people.

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need. Is that something the general public would be willing to pitch in for?

And that’s only Louisiana.

Other coastal states – Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Texas – are all currently being affected by the rise of the gulf as well.

In addition, the saltwater that is rushing in with the ever-creeping coastline is eroding the forests, plant life and freshwater reserves. Many ecosystems are at risk of overflowing with the amount of water that has now found itself with no place to go but inland.

Marshlands – which are wetlands at the edges of lakes and streams – are being threatened due to sea level rises. Marshes are transitional ecosystems that house many species and serve a direct purpose to neighboring ecosystems.

The Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge on Chesapeake Bay has been reduced by a third since 1938 and is expected to be completely flooded within the next 25 years.

At Waccasassa Bay State Preserve in Florida, trees and cabbage palms are dying due to saltwater exposure and, of course, the lack of freshwater. This is only the start of many plant species dying out due to sea level changes.

There are many ways to prevent the sea level rise. Of course, there are fewer ways that the average American can, but it is still possible. We have to start somewhere.

There are simple tasks such as reducing waste and cutting back on motor vehicle usage that can do a significant amount of good for the environment. And there are always organizations working to fight the effects of climate change around the world that would appreciate any involvement or support.

As much as the general public may not want to admit it, there is no running away from the problem anymore. There is no more “eventually� when it comes to sea level changes, the effects are already here. The only thing to do now is work to fix it.

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Back with the parental units

By Hunter Shannon Moving out of the parent’s place is one of those monumental, exciting and longest anticipated moments for any high school senior going off to college. However, moving back into your childhood bedroom when you are 24 after living on your own for six years is not an ideal situation. I had been living the blissful, narcissistic single life in Portland like a character from Lena Dunham’s Girls : barely surviving financially and spending rent money on bar tabs and farm-to-table restaurants. However, constantly aware of the looming, anxious voice in the back of my head, consistently asking, “What are you doing with your life?” That voice eventually guilt-tripped me into going back to school and becoming a real adult.

After coming to terms with my own internalized anxiety about my impending drastic lifestyle change, I presented to the world at large that I was ready and excited to move back to Eugene, reenroll at the University of Oregon and move back into the parent’s place − okay, the latter

was falsely veiled excitement that covered complete reluctance. I mean, the idea of not being financially burdened with rent bills, food costs and the addition of an onsite washer and dryer were all incredibly thrilling prospects; the reality of being in my mid-20s while sharing the same roof as Mom and Dad did not wrap the “moving back to Eugene” prospect in a pretty pink bow. Although my parents and I had improved our relationship after those dreaded high school years, I also knew a large part of that improvement was due to our separate mailing addresses.

and going as I pleased slowly morphed into a hybrid of my forgotten adolescence battling with my current newly found and quickly lost “adulthood.” My parents are great and all, but the high school pet peeves of being told what to do, how to do and when to do it crept back into my everyday life in the forms of: what are these shoes doing here? Before I get back please (insert a variety of chores here) and what time did you get home last night? Never did I think I would be hearing those questions/”polite” demands after saying sayonara to them six years prior.

With all my bags packed, I made the two-hour monotonous drive down I-5 to Eugene and into my childhood driveway, anxieties and lifestyle with Mom and Dad. The first few months were a little trying, to say the least. Getting used to not living alone (after living in a studio for over two years) was hard enough, but being with the parents added an extra awkward learning curve that both of us found hard to understand. Living alone with my own level of cleanliness, knowing exactly where everything was, and coming

It has now been two years since I moved my life from Portland back to Eugene. I would be lying if I said that everything was perfect and I wanted to live with my parents forever; trust me, they would be saying the same thing about me as well. However, all in all, and Stockholm Syndrome aside, I have really appreciated the financial opportunity they have given me and the understanding that living with them while I go to school is the right decision. (It is the right decision, right?)

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Types of housing

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your choice your location your lifestyle

Timing is everything. Whether you’re looking for a house, an apartment, a co-op or a tent under the highway, the time to start looking is critical to your decision. The market for houses is hands down the most competitive, which means you have to start looking as early as February. If you want to live in an apartment, you can sign a lease as late as the month before you move in and you’re guaranteed essentially the same quality that you would get if you planned months ahead. In any case, the sooner you decide, the more options you have.

HOUSE If you think you’re grown up enough and want to take it to the next level, consider leasing a house. There’s a greater sense of privacy, a potential for partying and the space is the most customizable. With all that comes the greatest amount of responsibility. Typically you will be responsible to furnish your space, set up your Internet and waste services, and pay your bills. On top of that, if anything goes wrong with the house (like those holes in the wall from that indoor football game), you have to make the decision to either cover it up to the best of your abilities or to accept defeat and lose your security deposit. If you’ve only ever lived in the dorms or with your parents, you may want to ween yourself off of dependence before taking the dive and leasing a house.

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If you’re looking to live in a house, it’s time to start planning. When you first hop on Craigslist or whichever housing search engine you prefer, their options may be overwhelming; the key is to narrow them down. First, you have to decide how many people you want live with, and your best bet is to grab a group of friends and start hunting together. Most houses in Eugene host groups of two, and as your search party gets larger, the options dwindle.

APARTMENT Apartments are easy. Most often, all the furniture is set up and ready, there’s wifi, trash collection, all the utilities are typically included in the rent and you can wait until the last minute to commit because there are an excess of apartments in Eugene. The downside? The rent is always higher than living in a house if you compare floor space, even after including the bills. You also get less privacy, and there is the looming possibility of living beneath the cast of Stomp.

You’re also bound to do any menial improvements or fixes through your complex’s landlord, which could mean waiting a week for a sink to get fixed.

CO-OP There’s been some buzz around a particular coop right off campus that may deter you from choosing this style of living. If that’s the case, you aren’t who they’re looking for either. The Lorax and the Campbell Club are the two main coops in town, although there are a few more to consider, and they advertise not only to students, but to anyone whose idea of politics is “looser.” Has this gotten them in trouble?

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By Erin Weaver The story starts with four roommates, individual leases and a healthy dose of paranoia, and UO senior Oliver Neill tells it while sprawled across a beanbag twice his size. “We were three, four, very relaxed guys,” Neill starts, describing the apartment’s original group of friends. “At least, I was under the impression. And then we just kind of find out that he’s slowly losing his fucking mind.”

In what Neill deems an “interesting situation,” to put it lightly, one of the four original roommates became gradually convinced that another was going to kill him − and no, for those wondering, these fears weren’t founded. Seemingly out of the blue, he sat Neill down to explain his “interesting” position, but the roommates didn’t think much of it. It was only when the perfectly-normal-turned-delusional student would come home yelling the “offending” roommate’s name that Neill and the others realized that maybe it would be best for the apartment if he were to leave it.

So the paranoid roommate moved out. He packed up, broke his lease and left the remaining three with an unexpectedly empty bedroom and the dubious process of refilling it − and entering into what is essentially a kind of roommate roulette. Complexes like the one Neill was living in typically fill the rooms with whatever single individual is fresh off signing a lease, with little attention given to the compatibility these students might have with the established residents.

To make matters worse, the roommate in question decided to vacate when this particular complex already had upwards of 750 rooms to fill, creating what Neill calls a “ruthless sales environment” where taking the time to thoughtfully pair strangers with new roommates is clearly off the table.

“Bottom line,” Neill states, “it’s not a collaborative effort,” and residents are generally powerless when it comes to new cohabitors. “I had no say in any of these people moving in,” Neill says. “The first priority of the staff was just getting the spot filled.”

Who we’ll refer to as Roommate A, the first randomlyselected room-filler in a line of many, moved in a few weeks later. With the other roommates initially wary, “it actually ended up being great,” Neill says, and it’s clear that the two were fast friends. “He was a really awesome dude. And he was clean, and friendly, and we ended up getting close with this big community of Saudi kids who lived in the apartment complex.”

Neill goes on to describe biweekly meals, gathering around huge plates of the Saudi Arabian kabsa and swapping stories; to Neill, Roommate A provided a link to a colorful, lively group of people who were immediately keen to welcome him into their circle. “I would get a call at, like, midnight on a Tuesday and it would be from upstairs,” Neill says. “They’d be like, ‘Bro, kabsa, right now, come on.’ I’d run up there and we would all sit on the floor around this

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Roommate A was later replaced by Roommate B, the apartment succumbing again to the revolving door of roommates, and Neill describes him as a “big fella and the friendliest dude on the planet,” and in Neill’s own words, “the journey continued” with the same involvement with the warm Saudi community, late-night kabsa circles, and story sharing. In that respect, Neill’s first random roommates became lasting friends and keys to entering an alreadyestablished, though welcoming, group; so far, Neill had hit the jackpot as far as roommate roulette goes.

The following summer, one of the original roommates jetted off to go study abroad, leaving yet another open bedroom that the complex was swift to fill. This time, the random occupying of the room didn’t result in such a stirling situation.

“He was…” For the first time, Neill hesitates. “I don’t even know how to describe him, he was such a character.”

Roommate C was “not very comfortable socially,” Neill says, especially with Roommate B. “Why can’t I get through to this kid?” Roommate B would ask, and Neill soon found himself in the awkward terrain between the two. They couldn’t seem to click, and the days were soon filled with awkward conversations and clumsy interactions; Neill goes on to describe the Roommate C-versus-everyone-else environment that blossomed in the apartment.

“My roommate experiences were weird,” Neill offers, “but I think I was lucky. It just depends on the people coming in. Two of the people I got stuck with were different but awesome and fantastic, and it just comes down to the environment you have in your apartment. I saw it work out amazingly for, like, a year.” Neill’s own encounters with randomly assigned roommates is mixed, then, with the good of Roommate A and B and their compassionate community balanced with the awkwardness that flourished in the apartment with Roommate C. The questionable process of roommate roulette can therefore result in lasting friendships and experiences that would have otherwise not been possible − like Neill and the biweekly kabsa and tales traded late into the night − but might also create unavoidable tension. “Honestly, I would encourage living in an apartment complex like that to most people coming out of the dorms,” Neill says, even in the face of tenuous leases. “It’s a really nice transition between dorm life and house life. You get your independence but you still have that communal feel.” And even if you suddenly find yourself with an open bedroom, awaiting a random roommate the complex is poised to assign, you might get lucky and meet people you never would have interacted with before.

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The solitary student

By Gabriel Dufurrena I hate my roommates. I mean I love them, but it gets old waking up every morning to a sink full of dirty dishes that aren’t mine, a hair-covered bathroom that is occupied more often than not and the collective musk of five dudes. I’ve always fantasized about living alone, but part of me feels like I couldn’t hack the loneliness.

To learn more about the experience, I talked to Mohammed Murad, who has been living alone since September, to get a better sense of the ins-and-outs of living on your lonesome.

EMERALD: WHAT WAS YOUR PREVIOUS LIVING SITUATION LIKE? Mo Murad: Freshman year I lived in the dorms.

Hamilton. Coed. Sophomore year I lived with

three random guys. Well, two random guys, one girl in 13th and Olive. I didn’t like that cuz I was right above the gym. And then last year I lived in the orange house over there with [three guys].

WHAT MADE YOU WANT TO LIVE ALONE? Grades, academically. I tried living with roommates. It was distracting, especially from last year. Used to be a party house and everything. My grades went to the floor. I like my own space too. I can play music, do my own thing, concentrate. I like it that way, yeah.

WHAT WAS THE BIGGEST LIFESTYLE CHANGE? Lifestyle change? I’ve been living with a bunch of roommates before, so everybody had a bunch of responsibilities. Like you know, you

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have a responsibility, you have a responsibility.

On your back, like you gotta do this, you gotta do that. You get to control your own pace. So yeah it actually kinda improved my sense of responsibility to take care of my household.

Other than living with roommates, when you gotta depend and all that stuff.

HOW HAS YOUR DIET CHANGED SINCE YOU LIVED ALONE? Oh. I was actually kinda better; been getting a lot better actually. Cuz when I used to live with the roommates and everything, we had limited fridge space, so you know, you always gotta maintain, you know, have small quantities of everything, zip zaps and then you know like your roommate gets drunk one night and just takes all of your lettuce. You have no fucking salad,

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you have no salad for the next day, so you have to go, you know, go grab something, some shit, or meat, or whatever. Now it’s like, much more better. Sometimes when I’m lazy, I’ll just order myself a pizza, but you know, who doesn’t do that?

YOU TALKED A LOT ABOUT HOW YOUR GRADES WERE A BIG REASON. SO HOW HAS YOUR WORK ETHIC CHANGED SINCE YOU STARTED LIVING ALONE? Well back last year, freshman year, sophomore year, I always had these noise problems.

Freshman year: dorms, everyone is going crazy.

Sophomore year: I lived above the gym so it was a mess. Last year I was in a party house so I had to go to the library all the time and all that stuff and sometimes I would come back and they would still be partying and I would have work to do and all that stuff. Here it is much better. I can relax, go on the couch, watch some TV, low volume. If I want to get serious, I go over there, my bedroom, or go down, they have a study hall, little study place, works great. I’m more focused.

I go to the library sometimes. I usually do that. I think it’s been good.

WHAT’S THE BEST PART OF LIVING ALONE? Woah. Well I can say definitely privacy, you know, privacy. You get some time for yourself. You get to know yourself more. You know what they say: you’re at this limbo stage of boredom or you don’t know what to do with yourself so you figure out things to do with yourself, so you get to know stuff, you get to learn stuff. You know, this is me, I like to go and read up on something or do something. Get a puzzle, try doing yo-yo or stuff like that. I never knew how to do a yo-yo; now I do.

VERY COOL. WHAT’S THE WORST PART OF LIVING ALONE? Sometimes you do get bored, sometimes you do feel like you want to go out but your friends aren’t there, or most of your friends are busy, so you gotta figure out stuff to do. You get cooped up so you gotta change it up. The trick is always to change it up. Never stay stationary.

HOW MANY DIFFERENT ARRANGEMENTS OF THE COUCH AND COFFEE TABLE HAVE YOU DONE NOW? Well the coffee table I’ve moved about three

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times, cuz I got a bird... that died.

OH BUMMER. Yeah I had a bird. I had a little parakeet. Took me forever for him to love me. Like the last day, before he died, I got him to come up on my shoulder and we had such a great time.

WOULD YOU WANT TO LIVE ALONE AGAIN AFTER THIS YEAR? Um, yeah actually I don’t mind it at all. I prefer it. I like to keep time for myself and time for my friends and time for my academia. That’s kind of why I do it. You should only live alone if you’re feeling uncomfortable not living alone. You should not live alone if you are cooped up in the head… just kidding. If you’re an extrovert and you just want to go out and have fun most of the time.

If people feel agitated like all their lonesome time, don’t be alone. Or if you don’t know how to take care of yourself. People who just like mess around, don’t do it. It’s a responsibility. If you don’t have responsibility, do not live alone. I’ll say it’s a bit costly, but it is worth it for a nice good peace of mind. If you prefer peace of mind over other stuff, I say go for it.

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The elusive sorority sister “We would have invited you, but it was kind of a spontaneous thing,” was the phrase I heard for a straight year after deciding to live out of my sorority house the year all my friends lived in. It was the reason I missed out on late night fro yo runs and bathroom dance parties before going out. It was the reason I didn’t get inside jokes and had to work a little harder to get to know the members of my chapter. Above all, though, it was the reason I kept my sanity throughout college.

Bid day was a dream. I remember running from the EMU to my newfound home and being embraced by all my new sisters. Unfortunately, the next week I learned the circumstances for my involvement in Greek Life. Among the many rules and regulations, a one year live-in requirement was alarming. I went through recruitment as a sophomore and had spent the summer stocking

up on IKEA furniture and various kitchen supplies. I had left the dorms with a wave of relief. My roommate was awful, and living in tight quarters was even worse. Although I would be living with my closest friends in the sorority house, I had no desire to live in a dorm-like setting again. Here’s why: 1. It was cheaper to live-out, and I supported myself financially.

2. I have a beloved pet, who I couldn’t fathom to leave at home for a year.

3. I was raised as an only child, and therefore living with 50 girls sounded awful.

4. I have a strict diet, and the chef’s food didn’t align with those restrictions.

5. I rushed as a sophomore, so I had a well furnished apartment and no financial desire to rent a storage unit.

At the time of signing leases, I released this list to my chapter superiors but was shot down because living-in was a requirement. The first time I requested to live-out, I said I would be abroad for the year and then would live-in the following year − which was definitely a lie. The second time, I gave a fake doctors note stating that I had high anxiety levels − also a lie. The last time, I got my mom involved and after a few of her “wise words,” they backed down. Somehow, I wiggled my way out of living-in to this day. For me, living-out was not a choice but rather an obligation. I give props to people who loved living-in, and I envy the relationships they built and memories they made. Honestly, though, I like to enjoy Greek Life when I choose rather than be surrounded by it 24/7.

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How to not get murdered on Craigslist

By Gretchen Henderson Craigslist brings the good and bad. You have seen the Lifetime movie Craigslist Killer, but then you’ve also heard how your friend found that sweet deal on a house for next year.

1. TRUST YOUR INSTINCTS. If the seller or buyer makes you feel uncomfortable at all, trust your gut or take precautionary actions. You might miss out on a discounted dresser, but you may have saved yourself from fraud or something far worse.

2. DON'T GO ALONE. If you have an uneasy feeling, bring a friend or two (or even three). Make it a sorority event.

Kidding aside, having someone there will outnumber the potential perpetrator.

3. INSIST TO MEET AT A PUBLIC PLACE SUCH AS A POLICE PRECINCT. This might sound aggressive, but it is an easy

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way to weed out a criminal. If they will not agree to meet in a public place, that should be an automatic red flag for you.

4. DO NOT MEET IN A SECLUDED AREA. If they are asking you to meet them at a house in the boondocks where no one will hear you scream, run the other way.

5. DO NOT INVITE STRANGERS INTO YOUR HOME, AND DO NOT GO TO THEIRS. Picture this: they invite you to their house.

They have planned out how they will kidnap you and make any potential for escape nearly impossible. Likewise, inviting them to your house is like posting your address on the internet, and when the lights go out, who knows what will show up at your doorstep.

6. PERFORM THE TRANSACTION DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS. It’s simple. If you make sure the meeting spot is not secluded and it’s daylight, you are

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eliminating a lot of the risk.

7. IF IT SOUNDS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE, IT NORMALLY IS. This is the oldschool “free candy” stunt. Yeah, the man in the sketchy van might seem like he has good intentions, but it ends up with you in the back of the car, never to be seen again. Use your head, and think about why a person would be selling a yacht for $5.

8. TELL A FRIEND OR FAMILY MEMBER ABOUT YOUR INTENTIONS AND TAKE YOUR CELL PHONE. It is important to tell people where you are going so they can call the police when you’ve been missing for a few days. It is also important to have your phone in case of the interaction going south. Even if you are bringing your friend, let your roommate know where you are going and what you are doing.

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