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The SOJC suspended its Portland Senior Experience internship program. Despite the popularity of the program, not enough students were taking classes to fund it. SOJC officials believe it will return in Spring 2018.
UO President Michael Schill received the final nominations of names to replace Cedar Hall — formerly Dunn Hall. The list includes three men and one woman who stood out as exceptional members of the African-American community in Oregon.
The Higher Education Coordinating Commission voted not to allow UO to increase its in-state tuition 10.6 percent. It is unclear what the university is going to do moving forward as its projected $8.8 million deficit was counting on the tuition increase.
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The current and incoming ASUO slates don’t agree with each other on the 10.6 percent tuition increase recommended by University of Oregon President Michael Schill. Current ASUO President Quinn Haaga and Vice President Natalie Fisher travelled separately from other University of Oregon students to Salem on Thursday for the vote on whether tuition will increase 10.6 percent for in-state students. Haaga and Fisher were both in favor of the 10.6 percent increase, which failed to receive enough votes yesterday. The state committee citied a need to minimize the university’s cuts. Some protestors at the meeting responded by saying, “shame� after Fisher’s statement endorsing the increase. But incoming ASUO The Emerald is published by Emerald Media Group, Inc., the independent nonprofit media company at the University of Oregon. Formerly the Oregon Daily Emerald, the news organization was founded in 1900.
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The drive from Springfield High School to PK Park is a short one: By Google Maps’ calculations, it’s just a six minute connecting drive from Centennial Boulevard onto Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. But for Oregon junior Taylor Travess, the journey was much, much longer. Travess, a former three-sport star at Springfield, has become a mainstay in the starting lineup for Oregon baseball after arriving in the fall uncertain whether he’d see an inning of playing time. To get there, it took two years in a wood-bat junior college league and a summer of hopping fences just to get access to a batting cage. “I always wanted to play at Oregon,” Travess said. “Even as a little kid in the backyard, I wore an Oregon jersey. I went to every Oregon football game growing up. I’ve always wanted to be a Duck. They never showed interest in me in high school, so I didn’t know if that was ever going to happen. So I had to walk into the office and demand for it to happen.” Most of Travess’ scholarship offers coming out of high school were for football — he was an allstate wide receiver for the Millers in 2013 — but he was confident that if he carved a spot on a baseball roster somewhere, he would be able to improve and make it to the Division-I level. That team ended up being at Mt. Hood Community College, a perennial league-title contender in the Northwest Athletic Conference. He played almost every game during his twoPA G E 4
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year stay with the Saints and hit a respectable .295 during his sophomore year in a league that is notoriously heavy on pitching talent. “It was hard,” Travess said. “The program at Mt. Hood is tough. It’s gritty. That’s just the way it is. You work hard to win, and if you lose, you’re a failure. It creates a winning mentality, and that’s why I enjoyed being there. I mean, living in Gresham wasn’t fun. Playing community college baseball wasn’t ideally what I wanted to do. But I learned so much there; it made me such a better baseball player, and I love every bit of it.” Travess initially received offers from Central Florida and Marshall University after his sophomore year, but his own hesitation to pick a location left him without a scholarship by the time summer came around. Rather than move to the other side of the country to walk on to a team, he decided to take a shot at walking on with the team he grew up watching. But even during the summer, while many Oregon players were taking cuts in the Cape Cod League, Travess was without a team. He had a 10-day stint with the Corvallis Knights and filled in the gaps by playing non-league games for his former American Legion team, the Willamette Valley Titans. But in-game chances that are crucial for development were still scarce. He took took self-training during his time off the field. “You jump the fence at Springfield High School
and pull out a tee and hit,” Travess said. “That’s the only thing I really could have done.” The same bellicose attitude that got him through those summer days was enough to earn him a walk-on spot with the Ducks. Travess plays with a certain edge to his game that makes for some uneasy moments in the outfield but also helped him jump straight from the NWAC to the Pac-12 in less than a year. ”I like to say that he’s an exciting player,” Oregon head coach George Horton said. “Sometimes it’s negative excitement; he’ll be the first to tell you that. He plays with confidence and aggressiveness and sometimes that aggressiveness gets in the way.” Travess joined the Oregon roster in the fall and played almost exclusively as a late-inning defensive replacement early in the spring. But by early April, Horton was experimenting with different lineups to try to shake away Oregon’s offensive struggles. He inserted Travess into the No. 8 spot in the lineup on April 7, and Travess went 2-for-4 with two RBIs and a triple. Since then, he’s been in the starting lineup almost every day and owns a .254 batting average, good for fifth-best on the team. “I didn’t even know I was going to be here until a week before the whole thing started,” Travess said. “So for [coach Jay Ulhman] and Horton to give me the chance to even put the uniform on in the fall is a blessing. I’m just trying to make sure I’m not taking anything for granted.”
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Throwers and jumpers stole the show on Saturday as the Oregon track and field team kicked off the Pac-12 Championships at Hayward Field. The Oregon men’s team finished the first day of competition in first place with 69 points, while the women’s team sat tied for fifth with 24 points. Oregon senior Cody Danielson started the meet off for the Ducks in the javelin. He finished as the runnerup after hitting a season-best of 238 feet, 11 inches. Despite his finish, the 2016 Pac-12 Champion was not satisfied with the result. “I wish I would have gotten first,” he said. “I’m a little disappointed, but I tried my best.” He was the most successful Oregon thrower of the day. In the hammer, freshman Max Lydum placed eighth to score for the Ducks after throwing 189 feet, 8 inches. Ryan Hunter-Simms also scored for Oregon in the shot put. He placed sixth with a distance of 5908 1/2, a season-best. “[I’m] Happy with the distance,” Hunter-Simms said. “The next goal is to try to make nationals.” As for the women throwers, only one managed to earn points for the Ducks. Annie Whitfield placed seventh in the javelin after throwing 147 feet. Some Oregon jumpers were also in action. In the women’s long jump, both Rhesa Foster and Chaquinn Cook scored points for the Ducks. Foster won the event after jumping a personal best of 20 feet, 6 1/2 inches on her second attempt. Cook placed fourth, jumping 19 feet, 3 1/4 inches. After racing in the qualifying round for the men’s 4x100-meter relay and the 100-meter dash, and qualifying
for Sunday’s final in both, Damarcus Simpson participated in the long jump. He won the event, giving the Ducks their first win of the day, after jumping 26 feet, 1 inch. In an effort to give Oregon more points, decathlete Mitch Modin, coming off a Pac-12 win in the event last weekend, also entered in the event and finished eighth. In the pole vault, Cole Walsh finished as the runner-up. Even though he and the eventual winner, Matthew Eckles of Arizona State, cleared the same height of 16-7 1/2 inches, Eckles had only taken one attempt while Walsh took two. Walsh had the opportunity to win the event after Eckles decided to pass on the next height, but he missed it on all three attempts. “I was trying to work through some issues with my calves. I couldn’t quite get them loose enough to have a powerful run,” Walsh said. Two running events held their finals on Saturday, though the majority will be on Sunday. The men’s and women’s steeplechase went first. Freshman Jackson Mestler finished in seventh, crossing the line in 9 minutes, 4.47 seconds, while Frida Berge finished fourth in 10 minutes, 18.46 seconds. The 10,000-meter came next. The men’s event featured Edward Cheserek who won the race in a time of 29 minutes, 11.76 seconds. Tanner Anderson placed third, crossing the line in 29:21.43. In the women’s event, Maggie Schmaedick placed seventh in 33 minutes, 56.31 seconds. The action will continue on Sunday at Hayward Field, beginning 12:45 p.m. with the men’s discus.
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Hundreds of people flooded Mac Court for two days of singing, dancing and community building at the 49th annual Mother’s Day Pow Wow, hosted by the University of Oregon Native American Student Union. The event welcomed Native Americans and non-Natives alike, allowing everyone to take part in Native American culture. Before the event, NASU member Mitchell Lira said the best way for non-Native visitors to enjoy the event was to set aside any ideas of what to expect at a pow wow. As many non-Natives may not understand the significance of a head dress or the purpose of a pow wow, Lira hoped that attendants would glean a better understanding of Native culture by engaging and asking questions. “If it’s someone’s first time and [they’re] nonNative, forget whatever you heard, forget what someone told you about Indians, Native people or pow wows when you walk in the door because it’s probably not accurate,� Lira, a Warm Springs Tribal member, said. “Have a conversation. We’re humans too. We’re not like aliens from another planet. We eat, we sleep, we do the same things that non-Natives do. We are different in ways, but we are human at the end of the day.� The two-day event – split into three sessions
Jordan Warren is a 19-year-old Karuk tribal member. He performed as a grass dancer. (Christopher Trotchie)
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– began on Friday evening with a group of tribal members, dressed in their regalia, blessing the floor and event by dancing on Mac Court. The grand entry followed the blessing. In a procession behind a color guard carrying the eagle staff, Native veterans carried the American, Oregon and P.O.W. flags. Non-Native veterans followed with a group of dancers dressed in beaded and feathered regalia coming in behind them. Dancing to the beat of 4 Drums — the host band — the group of about 40 circled the arena floor before a young man delivered an invocation blessing the event. The UO Mother’s Day Pow wow is unique in the fact that it has time delegated to honor mothers. “As American Indians, we hold our women high in regard. They are the wing of the eagle that balances our life,� said Nick Sixkiller, the emcee for the event. “So we come here on Mother’s Day to celebrate them.� According to Gordon Bettles, a steward at the Many Nations Longhouse on UO’s campus, the Klamath tribe had its first pow wow in 1954. He explained that during WWII, Native soldiers began interacting with other tribes that would host pow wows, and members of tribes brought the tradition back home.
“The significance is to bring people together from all different nations, all different tribes,� he said. “It’s a time for human interaction� UO hosted its first pow wow in 1964 when it was the spring pow wow. Bettles said that Native students originally brought up the idea of having a pow wow for Mother’s Day. They wanted to include families in the traditional spring celebration. Lira said that Native societies view women differently than non-Native ones. In Native American culture, women are sacred. Bettles used examples in nature to illustrate Native American ideas about women. When coming to a stream, the oldest female buffalo or deer crosses first, he explained. They know that if they cross safely, the rest of the herd can follow. Women are leaders and have set aside their “special talent in taking care of everybody,� Bettles said. He went on to describe how his tribe, the Klamath, refer to fire as “grandma.� When he was a boy, the elders would ask everyone who was taking care of grandma every night. If they didn’t want to have to build a new fire every day, it would have to be kept going all night. “Grandma is the oldest power. Grandma is fire,�
The University of Oregon Native American Student Union hosts is 49th annual UO Mother’s Day Pow Wow at McArthur Court on May 12 and 13, 2017. (Amanda Shigeoka)
ors mothers at its 49th annual pow wow he said. “You take care of grandma, she takes care of you. That’s mother.” While all the dancers performing last weekend were Native, plenty of non-Native families and individuals joined the festivities. Anna Hoffer, codirector of the Native American Student Union, said that while they are traditional events, pow wows are not exclusively for Native people. “I think that’s an important part because it allows people who are non-Native to come and appreciate who we are as a people and see we are still thriving and living,” she said. After the intertribal dance — reserved for those wearing regalia — the emcee invited anyone who wished to dance onto the arena floor. “We try to make it a friendly atmosphere,” Sixkiller, the master of ceremonies, said. “Anybody here, all the outside public, the nonIndians, they come and learn who we are and they can join us. They can dance with us.” Surrounding the arena were vendors selling blankets, T-shirts and jewelry. Hoffer said that while it’s inappropriate for non-Natives to dress up as Native Americans or performing rituals reserved for tribal members, buying traditional goods from Native vendors is acceptable. “When you actually buy things that are made
by Native people you’re helping Native people survive,” she said. “You’re helping pay their bills and you’re also helping them keep practicing their culture as well.” All the hosts asked for was respect for the culture and traditions. Bettles stressed that while everyone was welcome, appropriation isn’t acceptable. “We are doing it because this is how we are raised,” he said. “The regalia is made by individuals who do it as a craft, not for a show. They put everything they have into this.” Hoffer said an example of appropriation is when non-Native women wear headdresses. In Native culture, women do not wear headdresses. “Pow wows are not a place where you can come and ‘look at the Indians,’ ” Hoffer said. “We are people and we should be treated respectfully and our practices should be treated respectfully.” The Native American Student Union organizes and hosts the event each year, and students are in charge of every detail. “For me, it represents student leadership, specifically Native student leadership,” Hoffer said. “This is a big thing that is going on and it’s always run by students every year. It’s pretty significant to show what Native students can do.”
Jared Jackson of Medford dances in the fancy dance . (Alex Powers)
NASU awarded Pendleton wool blankets to graduating seniors. The awards are for students who have been active in local and national Native tribal issues, Bettles said, adding that, “You don’t get one just because you’re an Indian.” Bettles has been involved in NASU activities informally since 1972 and formally since 2001. He said this year has been an exceptional year thanks to high student participation. NASU exists to help Native students develop their identity and give them an opportunity to succeed. NASU member Mitchell Lira said he is here to try to “level the playing field.” “I mean to be somebody in this world you have to have this degree that says you can write and read really well,” he said. “ the biggest thing for me is just trying to get this paper so I can say ‘Hey you know, look I can read and write really well. Let me make some change, let me do things in this world just like my white counterpart can do. I’m just as good as him.”
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Joe Tuckta has participated in the pow wow for years. “I dance and dance and dance. I hardly ever sit down.” (Christopher Trotchie)
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Although many architects think of themselves as artists, John Yeon did not; he viewed himself as a landscape painter who could see the inner beauty of a site. Yeon (1910-1994) worked to bring out the beauty of a location rather than to create beauty within the space. “He was really adept at manipulating,” said Randy Gragg, curator of Portland Art Museum’s new exhibit, “Quest for Beauty: The Architecture, Landscapes and Collections of John Yeon.” “He didn’t see conservation as habitat preservation only; he saw it as composing beauty. He was perfectly fine manipulating the landscape to make a more beautiful view.” The exhibit is open now until Sept. 3. The Portland Art Museum’s exhibit on Portland native Yeon will feature photos of Yeon’s architecture, selected pieces from his extensive art collection and a large-scale model of Yeon’s famed Watzek House. Gragg said the exhibit is designed to showcase Yeon as a person, rather than just as an architect. Yeon was involved in three spheres of influence,” Gragg said. “He was a prominent architect and he was an extremely prominent conservation voice as he helped preserve some important landscapes in Oregon. He was also a very studied art collector, so the goal of the exhibition was to showcase these three somewhat overlapping spheres of thinking and of influence.” Yeon’s architectural style was revolutionary for his time. He was mostly self-taught, spending just a semester at Stanford University before returning to his hometown of Portland. Despite his lack of
formal training, Yeon rocketed to stardom in his field. Completed in 1937, Yeon designed The Watzek House — which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places — when he was just 26 years old. “At the time there were two strains of architecture,” Gragg said. “There was very traditional architecture and then there was a sort of avant-garde modernism that was mostly being imported from Europe. And then you have people like Frank Lloyd Wright who were off doing their own thing — that was considered to be fundamentally American architecture. The Watzek [House] broke with all of those traditions.” The Watzek House essentially laid the groundwork for the “Northwest regional style” that became popular in the Pacific Northwest by relying on wood and large windows in his projects. “John applied a level of innovation that was equal to, if not surpassing, any residential architecture of the time,” Gragg said. “But he did it using local materials… it was basically taking the notion of innovation in architecture, but knitting it to the local landscape.” Gragg recalled hosting one of the world’s top architects, Glenn Murcutt from Australia, and touring some of Yeon’s buildings. Murcutt was fresh off winning architecture’s most prestigious award, the Pritzker Prize, and the admiration Murcutt showed for Yeon’s style solidified Yeon’s place among the architecture greats for Gragg. “[Murcutt] essentially led me on the tour as he discovered the [Watzek] House,” Gragg said. “And [Murcutt] is such an architect whose details are so beautiful. He saw Yeon’s work and afterwards he
looked at me and he said, ‘Everything I’ve ever tried to do is here.’” While art and architecture are often linked together as crafts, the methods for displaying art and architecture are quite different. For example, Yeon’s simplistic beauty and attention to detail can only be represented in photos, models and drawings in a gallery-type setting. This can pose some challenges for the curator. “It is really hard to bring architecture to life because most people don’t know how to read architectural drawings,” Gragg said. As to what value this exhibit might provide for a student, Gragg said inspiration can be found in the complexity and depth to Yeon’s thinking. “There was really no difference in his mind between appreciating the curves of a Rococo sculpture, composing a view of the Columbia River Gorge on his property — that the university owns, the Shire — or deciding a beautiful door handle in the Watzek House,” Gragg said. “He saw it as a designer’s task.” Today, much of Yeon’s architectural legacy is actually controlled by the University of Oregon. The John Yeon Center is part of the Portland branch of the School of Architecture and Allied Arts. Although Yeon received a Distinguished Service award from UO in 1977, he had few ties to the university during his lifetime. After Yeon’s death in 1994, his life partner, Richard Brown, arranged a deal with the university in which Yeon’s drawings and buildings, including the Watzek House, were gifted to the UO for the enrichment of the architecture program. M O N D AY, M AY 1 5 , 2 0 1 7
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titles in order to get more views. It’s a simple concept: get more readers to click on the story and more revenue is generated for the website and journalist. Sites like BuzzFeed use attentiongrabbing headlines to draw their readers into their latest quiz to see which Kardashian they’re most like. There is no real point in reading these articles besides their entertainment value. These practices contribute to the quantity-over-quality trend of online journalism, with some people going so far as to even call clickbait the death of journalism. Another major problem with following the news is that it gives us a distorted perspective of what’s happening in the world. News outlets know that stories about terrorist attacks, killings and other problems will generate the most traffic. This leads people to believe that the world is an awful place. While the unfortunate news may be true, there are also stories of triumph and good deeds that don’t gain much attention. One news site called Positive News, is attempting to provide empowering news that leads to solutions, not just informing us of problems. Absorbing news is a passive activity. People sit on their smartphones surfing Twitter or curl up on the couch to catch the nightly news. As Napoleon Hill states in Think and Grow Rich, “Knowledge is only potential power. It becomes power only when, and if, it is organized into definite plans of action, and directed to a definite end.â€? There is nothing inherently valuable about learning what’s going on in the world without taking action to change it. Most people read news stories and then use them to complain about everything that’s wrong in the world to their friends. Complaining about Donald Trump seems to be the most clichĂŠ topic in America right now. Very few people actually
take action when they read about a problem in the world. Not only is paying attention to the news often a waste of time, there is actually evidence that in some cases it can be harmful. Due to the endless stories of terrorism throughout the world, many people have begun to live in fear of being the victim of a terrorist attack, which actually only has a one in 3.6 billion chance of happening. Israeli researchers have found that there are real health consequences associated with living with this fear. A higher resting heart rate associated with elevated cardiovascular risks is found among those who fear terror the most. Fearing these attacks because of frequent media coverage actually leads to real physical health issues. Although we seem to be trapped in an endless onslaught of media, there is a way out. UO journalism Professor Peter Alilunas leads a yearly digital detox project in his Journalism 201 class. Students are asked to take an eight-hour break from all forms of media. The purpose behind the assignment is to bring awareness to how much of our lives are taken up by media and to realize the potential downsides that our habits have. “Social media tends to distract people from human relationships, and I think this assignment shows students that. We’re forgetting the ability to talk to other humans,� Alilunas said. Maybe the way we get more connected to the world around us is by detaching ourselves from the constant stream of input that is media. I do, however, realize the irony in all of these issues — I’m still writing about them for the news. B Y T O B Y PA S M A N
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