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On Friday, the Trump administration released new temporary guidelines for universities that are investigating sexual assault. But President Schill’s response on Saturday indicated he doesn’t expect much to change. “We believe that new guidance will have very little, if any, impact on our current policies and procedures related to Title IX‌â€? Schill wrote in an email to UO students. “We will continue to treat sexual misconduct cases with fair, impartial and timely investigations that are free from conflict of interest or bias.â€? The changes come after Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ announcement earlier this month that Obama-era recommendations on investigating sexual assault would be rolled back. Given the earlier lack of clarification on which parts of the statute would be altered, Title IX coordinators across the country
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expressed concern and skepticism. Secretary DeVos formally rescinded President Obama’s “Dear Colleague� letter, which forced colleges that received federal funds to use the lowest standard of proof for prosecuting sexual misconduct cases. The letter also did not endorse the use of tactics such as cross-examination when interviewing accusers in sexual assault cases. Critics of the “Dear Colleague� letter argue that the guidelines employed by the Obama administration unfairly target male students due to a lack of due process. The guidelines provided by the Department of Education are temporary until a period of public comment ends, which is yet to be announced. This is not the first time the Trump administration made changes to nondiscrimination policies in education. In February, the administration revoked Obama-era recommendations for protecting
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transgender students in public schools. Despite changes coming from federal agencies, institutions at the state level are taking a stand. In the past, UO President Michael Schill and his administration took a stand against the Trump administration’s policies. Almost two weeks ago, President Schill reaffirmed his support for DACA and undocumented students on campus via email. In President Schill’s response, sent via email to students, he said that he was pleased about the possibility of alternative resolutions to situations involving sexual misconduct. Alternative resolutions such as mediation are agreed to by both parties and have students reach an agreement together. One recent change to the Title IX policy enacted by the university is the addition of Board of Trustee members as mandatory reporters. Members of the board are now required to report incidents of sexual misconduct and Title IX violations.
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Horchata Squad Horchata Squad is a four-part Hispanic Heritage month podcast hosted by Latinx siblings Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado and Ricardo Alvarado celebrating the culture, history and accomplishments of Latinxs. Listen in to the first two episodes for a lively discussion on cultural icons and the controversy around machismo.
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VOLUNTARY OR MANDATORY MEDICAL LEAVE: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ➥ ERIN
Executive Director of the University Health Center LeAnn Gutierrez. (Courtesy of uoregon.edu)
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As students enter a new school year, there’s always a concern that due to something like a torn ACL, anxiety or depression, they will have to drop out. But UO has a policy for these situations that often goes unseen, and it could mean that a student loses their tuition and federal aid without reimbursement. If the school thinks that a student has received the necessary treatment, the student is required to work with the Dean of Students Kris Winter to outline a plan of successful return to the school. There are two options with the Student Medical Leave Policy: voluntary or mandatory. The choice of voluntary medical leave states that if a student feels they need to take a step back from school in order to receive full-time medical help. The student must contact Winter and, if requested, present a recommendation from the student’s physician or psychologist. A mandatory leave occurs when a student is acting outside of the boundaries of safety towards themselves or other students, causing potential harm or risk. LeAnn Gutierrez is the Executive
Director of the University Health Center, and has yet to see a student leave for medical reasons during her one year working at UO. When the university is considering the mandatory leave for a student, it looks for students not taking care of themselves. That could be an eating disorder, selfharm or not taking medications. Those are all violations of University Standards of Responsibility and Self Care. “By refusing, meaning that they’re not taking care of themselves, their health is deteriorating and they’re not playing an active role and they’re becoming a danger to themselves,� Gutierrez said. “That’s where they have a responsibility for self-care. So if a student is severely deteriorating, refusing to care for themselves, it becomes a safety issue for us.� Money problems If a student triggers the mandatory leave policy, for example, by having a mental breakdown in the middle of the term, they could not get any tuition back. The process follows the refund schedule set by the Office of the Registrar. But students are allowed to petition in
order to get their money back. Mark Diestler, Senior Associate Director for the Financial Aid and Scholarships department, said the process can be daunting and lengthy, especially when it includes federal aid. Students receiving federal aid are required to follow a formula in order to determine the amount of aid they receive, according to Diestler. For example, if a student has a Pell Grant, the school would have to return that money to the federal government. In a scenario of a medical leave, the person with the most influence in the situation is Winter. While she has also never dealt with a medical leave situation in the year she’s been at UO, the school is prepared to make sure a student is taken care of, and also plan their return. “Our goal isn’t to block them from continuing their education. It’s to make sure they’re in the best space to be successful,� Winter said. “Because what we don’t want is a student to come back too early, invest the money, and then have to withdraw again and then they lose some of that money too, or it hurts their GPA.�
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Q&A: Atlas Genius’ Keith Jeffery talks touring and 63 Days of Love ALSTON, @ALSTONDALSTON
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Atlas Genius is looking forward. It’s easy to get that impression while talking to lead singer Keith Jeffery. The alt-rock band from South Australia reached its commercial peak with the 2013 hit “Trojans� before embarking on a tour with Imagine Dragons. After more touring and a grueling recording process behind the 2015 album “Inanimate Objects,� the duo — made up of Jeffery and brother Michael — released “63 Days� in July. It’s Atlas Genius’ first single in two years and a return to comfort for a band that has been strung out on tours for much of its recent career. Atlas Genius will play Portland’s Hawthorne Theatre on Monday, Sept. 25. The Emerald spoke to Jeffery about the band’s current pre-album tour and a new social media campaign they hope to jumpstart based on “63 Days.�
Emerald: You’ve been on tour a couple times before. I remember seeing you open for Imagine Dragons back in 2013. It’s safe to say you’re pretty experienced touring. Does that change the experience, being semi-vets? Keith Jeffery: When you’ve been doing it for three or four years, if that makes you a veteran, you’ve done enough. You know how to handle yourself on a tour now. You know how to pace yourself. Because it’s pretty fun. The first couple of times you go on tour, you’re going out getting pissed every night after a show and you’re eating terrible food and you get worn out pretty quick. I’ve been doing — I don’t know how many American tours we’ve done, maybe seven or eight? You know how to pace yourself. And also you know what to look forward to and know what to brace yourself for. E: Yeah, because you guys had pretty modest beginnings. You had this big hit song “Trojans� come out of nowhere in 2013, and a couple years later you’re on tour. I can only imagine you were a little nervous at first. KJ: There was a very steep learning curve. We’d been playing as musicians before that but it’s one thing to be playing in bars or in your hometowns and to go to the States in two years and other parts of the world...There was a pretty fun learning curve there. E: Do you have a favorite city? KJ: Some cities are always fun. We always have good shows in Chicago. It’s funny: different cities have different personalities. You’ll go to each city and generally you’ll find there’s a certain personality to the crowd every time you go back. PA G E 6
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Portland, Oregon, has a really energetic crowd. You go to other cities and they’re a bit more subdued. When you’re playing Boston or Philly, they make you work. They’re not going to give it to you on a plate. You have to prove yourself there. In the Midwest, there are certain parts that are a bit more out of the way and they’re just appreciative that you’re there. It’s kinda nice. You start off and they’re just happy you’re playing. E: Let’s talk “63 Days.� It’s the first bit of music you’ve released in two years. KJ: Yeah. That crept up. I didn’t realize it until we released it that it had been two years. You know, you do a bunch of touring, and during the last two years of touring we were writing. But by the time you actually record and finish and release stuff, it actually takes longer than you’d think. I was surprised when we counted it out and it had been two years. But it’s nice to have it out, and it’s the first of a bunch of music that’s going to be coming out from us over the next four or five months. E: When your last album “Inanimate Objects� came out, you talked a lot about “second album pressure.� A lot of artists consider a sophomore effort to be a “make or break� record. Are you feeling the same way about your upcoming release? KJ: No. I think what do you do is you go and make a bunch of fuck-ups on your second one. You let all the pressure get to you and then you get out of the way, and then you can relax to be honest. The second album was painful because of the reasons I mentioned before. All of a sudden you’re back in the studio and yet you’ve got all that pressure coming from what you’ve just done.
Atlas Genius plays the Hawthorne Theatre on Sept. 25. (Courtesy of Anna Maria Lopez)
It just wasn’t an enjoyable time. It was just weird. After talking to a therapist you’ve got a much better idea of why that was. At the time, it was just fuckin’...It was weird. Now, it’s much more enjoyable because you kind of make the mistakes doing it, but I feel much more confident in the studio. E: You’re launching a social media campaign called #63DaysofLove. KJ: Well, the idea is to encourage people to make a 63 day commitment to spreading love and kindness and bringing people together. It’s inspired by the song, [which is about] separation and miscommunication and misconceptions, and then it’s about putting the time in to communicate and heal. And that’s what we’re trying to do with this 63 Days of Love campaign. E: Was it inspired by anything you saw in the world? KJ: I think it came from just watching the news the last six months to a year. Living in America, as we do now, and seeing there’s obviously a lot of disconnect between certain groups in the country and all the environmental disasters we’ve had, hurricanes, et cetera. And noticing all the disconnect here and a lot of good people who are otherwise on the same page but are looking for the bad in each other, rather than trying to focus on what we can do as a team. Part of the campaign is encouraging people to take part in a soul stare. It’s a meeting of foreheads, and Conan and I just kicked it off with the first official soul stare. We’re trying to encourage everyone to do it so soon it’ll be everywhere.
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How UO students spend a year on athletics ➥ KENNY
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It’s the beginning of another school year, which means another round of tuition hikes for UO students. The damage this year is a 6.6 percent increase for in-state students (about $810 per year) and a 3 percent increase for out-of-state (about $945). It was nearly 10.6 percent for in-state students, but a last-minute influx of state support helped mitigate the increase. Tuition has gone up for the fourth straight year and roughly doubled in the past decade. The Oregon athletic department, meanwhile, continues to thrive. According to its projected 2018 budget, it expects to make $113 million in revenue, up from $110 million last year and $40 million a decade ago. Each year, however, it spends every dollar it brings in. It recently paid to buy former football coach Mark Helfrich and his coaching staff out of their contracts and hire Willie Taggart and 12 new assistant and strength coaches. Of the $113 million in revenue in 2018, about $5 million will come directly out of UO students’ pockets. Students, through tuition and fees, foot the bill for tutoring and advising services for studentathletes, President Michael Schill’s luxury seats at Autzen Stadium and Matthew Knight Arena, student tickets to football and basketball games and debt service on the basketball arena and parking garage. Over the summer, the Emerald asked Schill whether he would consider pulling any money from the athletic department budget to mitigate a tuition increase for students. The answer was a resounding no. He said athletics is going through its own budget issues, and that he is “comfortable� with the current level of subsidy. “We’re not providing them with additional money to cover their problems across their budget issues, and they’re not providing us with money to take care of the academic budget issues,� Schill said. “Athletics is making its own cuts to deal with their issues comparable to our issues. It’s not like there’s this bundle of money sitting over there that is ready to be tapped for the academic enterprise.�� Athletic department spokesman Jimmy Stanton noted that the athletic department funds roughly $12 million in athletic scholarships and pays the full tuition rate for out-of-state studentathletes, whereas some other schools pay the in-state rate. He said the amount of institutional support the athletic department receives is “among the lowest in the country.� The athletic department also pays UO roughly $3.5 million a year in administrative and gift assessments. (All school operations, including ASUO, are required to pay a set percent of its expenditure base back to UO.)
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Chris Sinclair, a UO math professor and the new Senate President, said the Senate this year will not focus on issues related to the athletics budget. Any legislation it passes related to athletics spending would have to be signed by Schill, who is unlikely to do so, Sinclair said. So unlike previous years, he said, the Senate will not waste time discussing problems it can’t fix. “If we’re identifying a group of students to give special privileges, and we’re using money from the general fund for that, then I think that is a big problem,� Sinclair said. “My ability to make that happen or change the system, however, is severely limited. President Schill has made it clear many times that he doesn’t think that the faculty has any power over decisions that happen in athletics.� In 2013, the UO Senate — comprised of faculty, staff and student leaders — passed a resolution to end subsidies to the athletic department from the school’s education and general fund, which funds its academic endeavors, but it never led to any policy. In 2015, it passed legislation to tax the athletic department and redirect the funds for academic purposes, but neither interim President Scott Coltrane nor President Schill signed it. “I think we are in a much more healthy place than many universities are,� said Schill. “Now you have some people out there that say we shouldn’t have Division I athletics. I don’t agree with that. I think the Division I athletics program that we have is a great one. I think it contributes to the student and the alumni experience here and is one of the reasons we get applications and students from all over the world.� “I don’t care what’s happening anywhere else; we need to make good decisions at our university,� said Nathan Tublitz, a biology professor and former UO Senate President. “If you look at the athletic department’s budget, they can cut absolutely everything. They don’t need the zillion people that they have over there. They don’t need the 10 assistant coaches for football. They don’t need to pay everyone $300,000, which is more than any faculty member on campus — and that’s the assistant coaches. But to pay for faculty salaries, student benefits here on campus, to pay for student services — they can’t do it, because they don’t have the money. It’s a sad state of affairs.� UO will generate roughly $12.5 million from the tuition increase this year, according to UO. Here is how $5 million in student money will be spent this year on athletics.
Jaqua Academic Center - $2 million UO students pay roughly $2 million per year on tutoring and advising services available exclusively to UO’s approximately 450 studentathletes, financial transparency reports show. By comparison, UO spends about the same amount each year on the Teaching and Learning Center in the fourth of the library or basement of PLC, which offers free group tutoring services and paid one-on-one sessions to 20,000 undergraduates. These student-athlete services take place in the Jaqua Academic Center for Student-Athletes, the $42-million, three-story glass cube located on the corner of Agate Street and 13th Avenue that Phil Knight, the co-founder of Nike and an Oregon alum, donated to the athletic department in 2010. As part of the arrangement between Knight and UO, UO agreed to cover the operational costs of the 37,000-square foot building, including staff salaries, maintenance and supplies. That includes 85 paid tutors — up from 40 in the old facility — and a number of amenities for studentathletes, including one-on-one tutoring with a different tutor for each one of their classes. They each get a MacBook computer engraved with a custom Oregon ‘O’ around the Apple logo. According to financial transparency reports, computers cost UO students roughly $125,000 a year, and engraving services cost another $10,000.
The Jaqua Academic Center on the University of Oregon campus. The building cost $42-million. (Emerald Archives)
Matthew Knight Arena at the University of Oregon is the most expensive on-campus basketball arena in the U.S. (Emerald Archives)
Student Tickets - $1.7 million UO students pay athletics nearly $1.7 million a year in student fees for tickets to UO sporting events. The amount each year is negotiated by the athletic department with ASUO, UO’s student government. Students currently pay about 75 percent of the tickets’ “fair market value,” as determined by the athletic department. Athletics, however, seeks closer to 80 percent, so annually it asks ASUO to pay more money for the same number of tickets to football and basketball games. The relationship between ASUO and the athletic department is strained as a result. In 2015, the athletic department pulled 300 tickets out of the student ticket lottery because ASUO refused to pay extra. Fourteen ASUO senators responded by signing a petition demanding athletics stop cutting tickets, and called its actions “greedy and deplorable.” ASUO went three years without paying extra, until last March, when it made a one-time payment of $10,000 to athletics to show the department it “wants to work with” it. President Schill’s Luxury Seats - $412,000 As part of the 2009 agreement between Frohnmayer and Kilkenny, UO agreed to pay the athletic department $375,000 a year for use of the presidential suite, 80 club level season tickets, eight reserved season tickets and 11 parking spaces at Autzen Stadium. UO also agreed to pay for 20 men’s basketball season tickets and four garage parking passes at Matthew Knight Arena, which amounted to $32,456 last year. The seats are used “for donor engagement and fundraising activities,” according to athletic department spokesman Craig Pintens.
Matthew Knight Arena - $502,000 The most expensive on-campus basketball arena in the U.S. costs UO students roughly $502,000 a year in debt service, plus the cost of using the arena for school events. A decade ago, when Knight pledged $100 million to build the $227 million arena, the athletic department scrambled to find funds to buy the land on which to build it, which at the time was owned by a bakery plant. So in 2009, then-athletic director Pat Kilkenny made a deal with thenPresident Dave Frohnmayer that ultimately left UO students paying roughly a quarter of the $1.8-million-a-year land debt payment. The terms of the deal were controversial. Because the athletic department would no longer be using McArthur Court, the old basketball gym, it agreed to give the land back to UO so long as UO paid for a portion of the new arena land debt equal to the ratio of the land area of McArthur Court to the land area of the new arena. McArthur Court, however, was paid for by student fees, so some were outraged that the land did not belong to athletics in the first place. In addition to land debt service, UO students also pay money to use Matthew Knight Arena. Financial records obtained by the Emerald show UO has paid athletics more than $230,000 in the past three years on expenses on 27 school events at Matthew Knight Arena, including rent, audio/video technology, janitors, ushers and changeover (changing the venue from a basketball facility to accommodate different types of events). Using Matthew Knight Arena for Ta-Nehisi Coates’ lecture in February, for example, cost UO nearly $40,000 — not including the $41,000 in donor money it paid to Coates.
Parking Garage and Parking Revenue - $625,000 Also part of the 2009 agreement, UO agreed to finance a portion of the debt service on the underground parking garage at Matthew Knight Arena and allow athletics to keep the parking revenue generated during games, as well as outside events managed by athletics, such as concerts. This amounts to $521,000 a year for debt service and between $250,000 and $270,000 in lost revenue — minus roughly $150,000 that the athletic department pays the City of Eugene for parking enforcement — during Matthew Knight Arena events. Critics of the athletic department are not advocating to get rid of the UO athletic program, but for the administration to realign its priorities. The academic side of the university is struggling, they say, while the athletic department is already rich. “We’re not saying you need to completely get rid of the other one; we’re just saying you need to rebalance your priorities,” Tublitz said. “Is it more important to make sure a student is successful academically or that our teams do better athletically?” President Schill, however, says the athletic department has financial issues of its own and that he is “happy” with the current level of institutional support. “What I like about our athletic enterprise is that we have this practice where we don’t subsidize them very much and we’re not taking money from them,” Schill said. “When (Athletic Director) Rob Mullens does his budget, he knows not to look to me fill any holes, which I’d say is better than most of the units on the academic side. I think that both sides of the house have missions that they need to achieve, and they have the same financial problems we have.”
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Steven Lewis Simpson talks about creating an authentic narrative in his film ‘Neither Wolf Nor Dog’ ➥ NIC CASTILLION
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Filmmaker Steven Lewis Simpson’s latest project, “Neither Wolf Nor Dog� offers its audience the opportunity to slow down and listen. The film is an adaptation of author Kent Nerburn’s award-winning 1994 book of the same name. The movie follows Kent Nerburn (Christopher Sweeney), who has been tasked with writing a book based on the life and experiences of a Lakota Elder named Dan (Dave Bald Eagle). Over the course of the film’s 110 minutes, it gives the audience a realistic portrayal of an important Native American narrative — the type of narrative that is often overlooked in larger-budget Hollywood pictures. “This was about intimacy,� Simpson said, speaking about the film’s lowbudget, independent style. He filmed “Neither Wolf Nor Dog� over the span of just 18 days without the benefit of a large crew. Most of the time, Simpson worked with only two people behind the camera. “[This] allowed an intimacy in the performance that would have been hard with a crew,� he said. That performance belongs to Dave Bald Eagle, a Lakota Elder who was 95 during the filming of this movie. He has since passed away. Bald Eagle carries this story and benefits from the film’s bare-bones production style. The result is an honest and emotional portrait that is often shockingly close to reality. “In some respects, he was even more the character than the character,� Simpson said. “There was nothing that Dave could have come out with that would have been inaccurate.� During the film’s climax, Dan brings Nerburn to a mass grave and memorial for the lives of those lost in the
Wounded Knee Massacre. Bald Eagle improvised his own lines. “Wounded Knee is front and center and is symbolic of so many things within Indian country,� Simpson said. “To have such a noted Elder go to that place, and for that to be documented for a long time to come, is culturally significant in itself — regardless of whether the film is good or bad.� The film has garnered a warm reception, and Simpson has been pleasantly surprised at the success of its distribution. “Neither Wolf Nor Dog� played in smaller towns until it began to open up at larger theaters in various parts of the country. “We’re almost like a virus covering the U.S.,� Simpson said. “It’s sort of slowly building from one part to another.� But most importantly, the film resonates with its viewers. “I’m consistently hearing of audiences that are still in their seats after the credits, just absorbing it all,� Simpson said. “There is a place that the audience can go with this film emotionally, where a lot of big films might leave them cold.� For those willing to be present, “Neither Wolf Nor Dog� offers an important and deeply moving experience that will be relevant for a long time to come. “For a short time in a darkened room Dave transports people somewhere,� Simpson said. “I think some people leave looking at the world in a slightly different way.� The film recently opened at the Broadway Metro in Eugene. It will play through Sept. 28. For more information and tickets, visit the Broadway Metro at 43 W. Broadway or call 541-686-2458.
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‘It’ follows a group of kids haunted by a demonic clown. (Courtesy of Vimeo)
REVIEW: ‘IT’ FINDS A BALANCE BETWEEN SCARES AND CHILDHOOD CAMARADERIE
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If you’re looking for a sign that Hollywood’s in bad shape, try this: “It� may be this summer’s biggest film. That’s not completely surprising. Stephen King — whose 1,000 page novel is the basis for Andy Muschietti’s new film — is a household name. Past King adaptations have a decent track record. But in a summer populated by superheroes and Transformers, it’s wholly unexpected that the movie industry is in the midst of a huge box office slump. You might run across a few articles projecting “It� as the savior of a terrible season for film. That label’s accurate. “It� earned over $123 million in three days and shattered box office records for an R-rated movie. The good news: it’s completely deserving of the success, with an array of likeable characters and enough jump scares to keep audiences cowering in fear. Even with a final act that slows its narrative momentum, it’s a must-watch for horror fans. Little has changed from King’s source material in terms of story. “It� follows a group of teenagers in the fictional town of Derry, Maine, as they
struggle against a malevolent evil. Each of them has vices. Bill (Jaeden Lieberher) is still coping with the death of his little brother Georgie (Jackson Robert Scott) at the hands of the horrific Pennywise the Clown (a brilliant Bill SkarsgĂĽrd) which happens in the film’s opening sequence. Beverly (Sophia Lillis) has to face her abusive father. Eddie (Jack Dylan Grazer) was raised a hypochondriac. Pennywise haunts each of them by preying on their fears. Eddie is chased by a leper and Bill sees Georgie slowly decompose in front of him. These sequences are generally well-shot and constructed, even if Muschietti—whose debut in “Mamaâ€? was standard horror fare—relies heavily on jump scares as the film progresses. The scenes between the unnerving moments are what make the film tick. The chemistry between the actors is immediately palpable, thanks to each of their abilities in front of the camera. Finn Wolfhard (“Stranger Thingsâ€?) is a highlight as Richie, the group’s motormouth. What exactly is Pennywise? “A manifestation of pure evilâ€? is an easy guess, though the film
doesn’t have a straight answer. When the film’s three screenwriters are content with withholding explanations and the film maintains its scareto-character balance, it all works quite well. Muschietti is a skilled horror director with a deft ear for clever sound design and a knack for manipulating an audience with fiendish glee. Problems arise during the aforementioned final act, when the kids are forced to confront Pennywise head-on. It’s at this point that Muschietti ditches simple uneasiness and doubles down on the jump scares. Pennywise’s lair is little more than an oversaturated haunted house, and the film’s length – nearly two-and-a-half hours – ensures that viewers are all but exhausted. It’s a marathon that makes audiences numb to even the most frightening images. Muschietti’s vision and technical prowess are hard to fault. The film is well-shot, well-casted and features a number of fine performances. If one film resurrects the corpse of the Hollywood blockbuster, let it be this one. It’s better to stomach a bad ending than an entire season of bad movies. M O N D AY, S E P T E M B E R 2 5 , 2 0 1 7
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DUCKS FALL TO UCLA 3-1 TO END SEVEN-MATCH WIN STREAK ➥ ZAK
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It was a top-11 matchup for college volleyball when the No. 8 Oregon Ducks traveled to Los Angeles, to play No. 11 UCLA Bruins Friday night. The Bruins came away with the 3-1 victory. The loss snapped a sevenmatch win streak for the Ducks, dropping their record to 8-2 and 1-1 in the Pac-12. The Ducks fought hard with their backs against the wall in the match-deciding fourth set, but came up short with a 25-21 set loss. Until UCLA took a 20-16 lead with three straight points, neither team gained an advantage of more than two points in the set. Despite the match loss, the Ducks opened with a 25-19 victory in set one boosted by a 5-0 start to the set. The Ducks closed out the set scoring 5-of-6 points to put away the Bruins. Lindsey Vander Weide led
the team with 15 kills and Willow Johnson added 11 kills, but committed a team high six errors. The Ducks hit .240 and the Bruins hit .308 in the match. Maggie Scott and August Raskie led with 22 assists each. In the second set, Oregon again raced out to an early five-point lead, 6-1, but this time UCLA bounced back to tie the set at 11. UCLA closed the set on an 8-2 run and won the set 25-18. Building on its momentum from the second set, UCLA opened set three on a 10-3 run. They had two separate scoring bursts of five straight, and four straight on the way to a 25-19 set win to take a commanding two sets to one lead in the match. Next up for the Ducks is a road matchup against the Colorado Buffaloes on September 29 at 5 p.m.
Oregon outside hitter Lindsey Vander Weide (8) reaches out to dig the ball. The No. 8 Oregon Ducks host the Oregon State Beavers for the Civil War at Matthew Knight Arena in Eugene, Ore. on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017. (Adam Eberhardt)
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⚡ SPORTS The Oregon Ducks start their season playing against the Southern Utah Thunderbirds at Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Ore. on September 2, 2017. (Phillip Quinn)
OREGON COMEBACK FALLS SHORT AS ARIZONA STATE WINS IN THE DESERT ➡ JACK The Arizona State Sun Devils (2-2) defeated the No. 24 Oregon Ducks (3-1) 37-35 Saturday night in Tempe, AZ. The Ducks closed the Arizona State 17-point lead in the second half but were unable to finish in a game that came down to the wire. It is the first Sun Devil victory over the Ducks since 2004. Oregon entered the fourth quarter trailing by three, but an Arizona State field goal increased the lead to six. Oregon took the lead with six minutes and 41 seconds left in the game thanks to a 4-yard rush by quarterback Justin Herbert. Down one, Arizona State took a 37-35 lead with a 41-yard field from Brandon Ruiz with 2:33 left. After Oregon failed to drive down the field, and after Arizona State failed to run-out the clock, Oregon had an opportunity to win the game with just under one-minute remaining. However, after one completion, Herbert threw four incomplete passes, and all Arizona State had to do was kneel the ball for the victory. Arizona State played well to start each half.
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The Sun Devils scored 17 points in the first quarter while holding the Ducks to seven points. They were able to string together scoring drives of five plays, 40 yards; 15 plays, 75 yards and seven plays, 42 yards. The Oregon defense stepped up in the second quarter to hold the Sun Devils scoreless. However, the Oregon offense remained ineffective. The Ducks were able to score a touchdown after Arizona State muffed a punt return to give Oregon field position in the redzone. The Ducks capitalized on Arizona State’s mistake with a 12-yard Royce Freeman touchdown, cutting the lead to 17-14. The touchdown was the 54th touchdown of Freeman’s career, making him Oregon’s career leader, passing LaMichael James. The Ducks, who scored 42 points in the first half in each of its first three games, were held to 14 points by an Arizona State defense that allowed 38 points per-game. Arizona State pushed its lead to 17 quickly after halftime. After a big pass play, Sun Devil
quarterback Manny Wilkins scored a 2-yard rushing touchdown to increase the lead to 24-14. Oregon got its much needed touchdown with a long drive that ended in a 20-yard touchdown reception by Johnny Johnson III. Oregon scored on its next drive with a 22-yard touchdown reception by running back Tony Brooks-James to cut the lead to 31-28. An Arizona State field goal extended the lead to 34-28. The Ducks hurt themselves throughout the game. They finished with 14 penalties for 99 yards compared to Arizona State’s six for 65 yards. Oregon also failed on third downs, converting only one of 11 attempts, and was 0-for-2 on fourth down. Most surprisingly, the usually dominant Oregon rushing attack only gained 120 yards. Justin Herbert finished the game 19-of-35 for 281 yards and three touchdowns. Oregon will face California (3-1) in Eugene next week at 7:30 p.m.
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5-STAR RECRUIT LOUIS KING COMMITS TO OREGON MORRIS, @JUSTGUSMORRIS
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Louis King pictured in his announcement video. (Courtesy of @PatLawless_)
Forward Louis King announced that he would commit to Oregon in a short video released on Twitter on Thursday afternoon. The 6-foot-6 King is a consensus five-star recruit who is also rated as the 21st best basketball player in the class of 2018 by ESPN. King averaged 13.3 points, 5.6 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game last season as a junior at Hudson
Catholic High School in Jersey City, New Jersey. He was also a member of USA Basketball’s U-19 team that won bronze at the 2017 U-19 World Cup. King chose Oregon over Kansas, North Carolina State, Syracuse, UConn, Seton Hall, Purdue and Maryland. He joins four-star recruit Miles Norris in Oregon’s 2018 recruiting class.
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