RETIREMENT COSTS $7.1 MIL, ANNUAL COST DRIVERS AVERAGE $20.5 MIL IN INCREASES EACH YEAR, TOTAL RESIDENT TUITION AND FEES HAVE RISEN BY 87.6% IN THE LAST 10 YEARS, STATE FUNDING DROPPED BETWEEN FISCAL YEAR 2008-2012 BY $35 MIL, STUDENT DOLLARS FUND MORE THAN 80% OF THE EDUCATION AND GENERAL FUND, RETIREMENT COSTS $7.1 MIL, ANNUAL COST DRIVERS AVERAGE $20.5 MIL IN INCREASES EACH YEAR, TOTAL RESIDENT TUITION AND FEES HAVE RISEN BY 87.6% IN THE LAST 10 YEARS. IN MARCH, UO WILL VOTE ON ANOTHER TUTITION RAISE. STATE FUNDING DROPPED BETWEEN FISCAL YEAR 2008-2012 BY $35 MIL, STUDENT DOLLARS FUND MORE THAN 80% OF THE EDUCATION AND GENERAL FUND, RETIREMENT COSTS $7.1 MIL ANNUAL COSTS DRIVERS AVERAGE $20.5 MIL IN INCREASES EACH YEAR, TOTAL RESIDENT TUITION AND FEES HAVE RISEN BY 87.6% IN THE LAST 10 YEARS, STATE FUNDING DROPPED BETWEEN FISCAL YEAR 2008-2012 BY $35 MIL, STUDENT DOLLARS FUND MORE THAN 80% OF THE EDUCATION AND GENERAL FUND
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BY MICHAEL TOBIN TWITTER @TOBIN_TWEETS On Nov. 26, 2017, a man overdosing on meth pressed multiple University of Oregon “emergency call boxes” near LLC North. Help soon arrived and the man was transported to receive medical attention. For most, the call boxes’ bright multi-hued yellow posts, brick red button and bright blue light often go unnoticed when observing campus scenery. The 80 call boxes, not including those in elevators, are scattered throughout campus and cost close to $14,400 a year to maintain. They saw far and few legitimate uses during 2017, according to data provided by the University of Oregon Police Department. Oftentimes when officers arrived at the scene in response to receiving a call, no one was found to be in need of assistance. UOPD spokesperson Kelly McIver says that it’s difficult to understand the underlying cause of this trend. “I’m not sure that there’s accuracy or value in describing the mystery activations as pranks, since we really don’t know,” McIver said. Over the course of the year, emergency call boxes were activated 192 times; however officers responded to only nine incidents with individuals at the scene. Here are the situations that officers responded to that had individuals at the scene: Nov. 26, 2017 at 12:43 a.m., Living Learning Center North, male subject experiencing methamphetamine overdose, pressing multiple ephones. Responded and medical transport Oct. 11, 2017 at 12:07 a.m., North Side of Lewis Integrated Sciences, verbal dispute, ephone pushed by a party involved Oct. 8, 2017 at 12:02 a.m., North Side of Lewis Integrated Sciences, medical assistance, 35-year-old male request medics for a heart problem Aug. 5, 2017 at 9:30 a.m., Student Rec 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. VO L . 1 1 9 , I S S U E N O. 3 1
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Center Turf Field #2, medical assistance, referred caller to 9-1-1 because [UOPD] can’t transfer ephone calls July 24, 2017: at 4:52 a.m., Carson Hall ephone 62, medical assistance, custodian was injured and walked to ephone to get help June 16, 2017: at 2:24 a.m., area of 12/ Kincaid, motor vehicle accident April 16, 2017: at 1:26 a.m., Lot 53, person requests medical assistance March 21, 2017: at 6:40 a.m., Cascade Hall NE Exterior, caller reported getting hit by a truck and a verbal dispute Feb. 8, 2017: at 4:49 p.m., Millrace ephone, caller reporting a dispute with his girlfriend McIver says that despite officers’ quick response time if they are close, the smaller, newer technology of cell phones is the primary factor behind the infrequent use of emergency phones. “Response to a call box generally takes no more than a couple of minutes; less if an officer on patrol is close to the location,” McIver said. “Everyone has 911 at their fingertips. They don’t need to go to a call box and talk to a dispatcher. I think that the cell phone largely killed off the use of the call boxes.” Despite their occasional use and high cost, UOPD Police Chief Matthew Carmichael says that there is no benefit in removing the call boxes. “Some campuses across the country have chosen to remove emergency phones which I would caution is a serious mistake,” he said. “It has been my experience that emergency phones have played a vital role in getting emergency assistance to students who are in need of medical attention or to thwart potential crime. Balancing cost versus student safety, student safety wins.” Editor’s note: The dispatch data was provided to The Emerald in an email from UOPD spokesperson Kelly McIver. It has been edited for clarity. NEWS EDITORS WILLIAM CAMPBELL ERIN CAREY FRANKIE BENITEZ A&C EDITORS SARAROSA DAVIES ZACH PRICE DANA ALSTON OPINION EDITOR BILLY MANGGALA JADYN MARKS SPORTS EDITORS GUS MORRIS JACK BUTLER SHAWN MEDOW
University of Oregon Provost Jayanth Banavar has very full days. He meets with faculty, students and deans from different schools and colleges — all with the aim to solve as many issues as he can. “The job I have is really to be a champion for our students, for our staff and for our faculty,” Banavar said. “And being a champion therefore means hearing what their problems are and trying to come up with solutions.” Banavar grew up in India and at a young age wanted to go into physics. He would eventually become a professor at the University of Maryland. “I was brought up in India, and in India, people sort of begin to specialize in a
given subject at a somewhat young age,” Banavar said. “So when I was about 16 years old, I had to specialize in some subject, and I chose physics. Since then, I have been studying physics, so it started a long time ago and continues to this day.” Banavar replaced former provost Scott Coltrane in July, after he was attracted to UO’s open provost position. “I had a terrific meeting with [UO President] Michael Schill, and I really liked his values, and I had heard some lovely things about the University of Oregon, how good the people are, how promising the future is,” Banavar said. “I had also heard about this magnificent gift of the Knights to create the Knight Science Campus.
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It seemed to me that there was a real opportunity for me with a background in science, but a desire to really help others to come here and try to make a difference.� One of Banavar’s biggest projects is improving the diversity at UO, which he found strikingly different compared to his time at Maryland. “It’s very different in the sense that one of the things I have found is that Maryland, which is very close to D.C., was a lot more diverse than Eugene is, and one of things I think makes a university or an institution better is to be more diverse,� Banavar said. “I believe that diversity and inclusion are pillars of academic excellence, and so that’s one of the things that I want to do here, is to bring in people with all kinds of ideas, all kinds of backgrounds, because that makes our university and our student experience better.� One of the ways Banavar has listened to students is by staying at the recent protest at the State of University address. He felt this was important to do and wanted to understand the full scope of the protest. “When people are in anguish, or when they were trying to speak up and are trying to say something, it’s very important that as a member of the university and a representative of the students and of Michael Schill, I just felt that I should try to hear what people have to say and I should try to help in whatever way I can,� Banavar said. “I just care, and I
wanted to listen, and I wanted to communicate whatever I learned to Michael Schill, and if I got a chance, I wanted to talk to the students and hear directly about their concerns and try to help.� One of the biggest things that Banavar looks forward to is the development of the Knight Science Campus. He looks forward to working with other universities to develop a stronger scientific presence at a university that historically has been stronger in the liberal arts. “I’m most excited about it because it is something that is going to determine the future of our university,� said Banavar. “We have a magnificent $500 million gift, and it allows one to go from innovation to impact because the whole notion of the Knight Science Campus is to accelerate impact. We can work with our sister institutions in the state and elsewhere. Oregon State University has a really good engineering program, the Oregon Health and Science University has a fine medical program, and we can take innovations in the basic sciences and go all the way to impact and changing people’s lives.� For the time being, Banavar is focused deeply on improving the lives of faculty and students and has been enjoying doing so. “I feel very happy to have the job that I do,� Banavar said. “I really am trying hard to make it better for our students and every day that something good happens, I feel very grateful.�
The Student Food Pantry doubled its hours at the beginning of fall term. Before the change, students would stand in line hoping for a chance to get some groceries from the tiny one-car garage full of food. Now, Food for Lane County, a nonprofit organization, began donating more food to the pantry, and students don’t feel afraid that food will run out if they don’t come early to wait in line. “People would show up an hour in advance, and the line would extend clear down to the corner,� said Rev. Doug Hale, manager of the Student Food Pantry. “Then it would take at least an hour to get those people through,� he said. Rev. Hale said that the pantry now opens from 5 to 6 p.m. on Wednesday and 5 to 6 p.m. on Thursday, rather than just on Thursday. The Pantry now serves about 150 students per week – 50 more than when the pantry was only open on Thursdays. Plus the line is shorter and it takes less time for students to get through. Although the pantry is serving more students more efficiently, it still doesn’t have the space that it needs to grow. Oregon State University and Lane Community College both have food pantries on campus for students, but the Student Food Pantry is different. It isn’t officially associated with the University of Oregon. Instead, it is run entirely by the Episcopal Campus Ministry, and it is open to any student with a student ID from any university or college. The Pantry has been open for six years, and Rev. Hale has been managing it for five. He explained that the Pantry is very complicated to run, and it takes the majority of his time to maintain, even though the Ministry also has weekly worship services and discussions. “This is about caring for people as people, whether it’s about
food or not,� he said. Rev. Hale said he has thought about every angle of how to get food to more students; he has added more shelves for food in the pantry, found more volunteers for the extra hours, thought about trying to expand the garage or move to a bigger space and has tried to work with administration to get a space on the UO campus. “Sometime there might be space but it might not be appropriate,� he said. A space for the pantry would need to have enough electrical access for multiple fridges and freezers, access to the street for unloading food and at least some sort of counter and water access for preparing food. Rev. Hale said that for years there has been talk of moving the pantry to a larger space on campus so that it could serve more students. “This is really an important issue to [ASUO President] Amy Schenk. The ASUO is really mobilizing to get some things happening. We need a bigger space for this,� Hale said. Moving and expanding the Pantry was a major part of Schenk’s platform last year when she ran for ASUO president. Schenk remains passionate about moving the pantry on campus. She has created a task force within the ASUO focused on getting a space for the pantry. “Efforts are coming along. We’re hoping to solidify location prospects by the end of winter term or the middle of spring,� Schenk said in an interview with the Emerald. After the location is chosen, Schenk predicts that the pantry will be opened within a year. The ASUO food pantry task force meets with administration this Friday from 1 to 2 p.m. Anyone interested in attending this meeting can contact Schenk at ASUOpres@uoregon.edu.
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The Faculty Senate Meeting was held on Nov. 30, 2016 in the EMU’s Crater Lake Rooms on the University of Oregon Campus. (Samuel Marshall)
What you need to know about the UO Senate’s goals this term Fall term was busy for the university senate: it began reforms of sexist and racist course evaluations. It launched efficient transfer agreements between community colleges and universities in Oregon. And it voted to support the UO Student Collective following their protest of President Schill. This term it has even more to do. This term the senate will be voting on changing the general education requirements, welcoming accomplished faculty with the help of expedited tenure and reducing white supremacy on campus. Changes in general education requirements The senate will be voting on a new general education curriculum, or CORE education curriculum, that aims to streamline the first year of study at UO by offering major-specific tracks of study for incoming students. The senate will introduce the issue at the senate meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 17 and vote on it later in the term. It will vote on creating legislation to support the issue in the coming weeks, starting what will be a very long process of planning and organizing a successful, new system, senate president Chris Sinclair said. The university’s accreditors requested for the university to redesign their general education requirements to be more in line with the university mission. “What the accreditors want is alignment
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between what we are offering and assessing with the university mission,� Sinclair said. The CORE education program will streamline the first year of study at the university by offering major specific tracks of study. For example, if a student came to the university and wanted to major in business, they would take the business-specific track of study. There, they would take all prerequisites for business classes in conjunction with their general education requirements. If a student was undeclared, they would take a more broad track of study to expose them to more potential majors while still completing their general education requirements. Establishing expedited tenure for incoming faculty The senate will vote on the new expidited tenure process this Wednesday. Incoming faculty at the university are not guaranteed tenure. The process of granting it to new faculty is long and requires the incoming professors to commit to Oregon without the promise of tenure for six months or often longer, according to Sinclair. President Schill has the executive power to grant tenure to any faculty member; however, according to Sinclair, the university does not want to abuse or rely on this power. The new process, proposed to the senate by Boris Botvinnik, a math professor and faculty personnel committee representative, is much shorter and will guarantee tenure to new faculty much sooner.
The new process is aimed to attract acclaimed faculty to the school, according to Sinclair. Provost Banavar brought up the issue to Sinclair at the beginning of the academic year, and the senate created the task force to address the issue. Discussion and voting on the second resolution from the Student Collective The senate will discuss the second resolution from the Student Collective this Wednesday and is scheduled to vote on it later in the term. The second resolution aims to reduce the prevalence of white supremacy on campus in order to make the university more inclusive. At the last senate meeting on Nov. 29, the student collective offered their resolution to the senate, asking for support as they faced their student conduct violations and to denounce white supremacy on campus. The resolution was split into two parts following a motion by senator Keith Frazee. The first outlines the student conduct violations and the second reduces white supremacy on campus. “I perceived two very important concerns within the previous motion. Both are very important issues, but I felt they each warranted their own full and robust discussion,� Frazee said. The senate passed the first part of the resolution last November and is bringing forth a new amended part two of the resolution this Wednesday.
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BY SARAH URBAN On Jan. 7, Oprah Winfrey stood among Hollywood’s elite at the 2018 Golden Globe Awards and delivered a speech that had her audience, both in attendance and watching at home, nodding and applauding in solidarity. She communicated hope, leadership and fearless pursuit toward a brighter tomorrow for women all over the globe. Though the 75th annual
celebration of film and television took place a world away from the rainy city of Eugene, Oregon, there is as much resilience, dedication and power within the borders of this college-town as in cities like Los Angeles. Read about how Sarah Jester encourages the celebration of womanhood at dailyemerald.com
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BY MICHAEL TOBIN • TWITTER @TOBIN_TWEETS On Friday, U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden met with University of Oregon President Michael Schill to discuss the school’s handling of sexual violence and misconduct. The meeting was prompted by November’s exchange of letters between the university and Wyden in which the senior senator and UO alumnus expressed concern over the university’s handling of the Kavell Bigby-Williams
sexual assault investigation. Brenda Tracy, a sexual assault prevention activist, was also at the meeting. In a statement released on AroundtheO, President Schill called Friday’s meeting “a productive dialogue,� despite what he referred to as “tough questions.� Read the rest of Schill’s statement dailyemerald.com
For those who don’t want it, and sometimes even for those who do, fame can destroy careers and make life after those careers unbearable. Add a criminal investigation into the mix, and the chances of that scenario occurring skyrocket. The new film “I, Tonya� forces viewers to examine how mass media attention played a role in the downfall of former Olympic figure skater and Portland native Tonya Harding. Harding remains a cultural icon across the U.S., and
especially Oregon, where her unconventional and controversial skating career took off and ultimately ended wrapped in negative media attention. The film is a dark comedy, drama and documentary rolled into one high-energy sports story. It’s driven by the wrenching but comic performances of Robbie and her supporting cast. Read the rest of the review, and find out where to watch this movie at dailyemerald.com
EMERALD RECOMMENDS: THE BEST MOVIES OF 2017 BY DANA ALSTON, FRANKLIN LEWIS It was a bit of a strange year for Hollywood. Blockbusters continued to dominate the box office and frustrate critics. The industry faced months of moral reckoning via horrific sexual assault allegations. Disney casually dropped $50 billion to buy every superhero you love. Studios gave women their time to shine behind the camera (the work is far from over on that front). And Jordan
Peele terrified upper-class white people everywhere. There was one constant, though: people are still making great movies. The Emerald is on hand to break down the very best of them, from sweeping war epics to coming-of-age indie flicks. These are the best films of the year: Read about a movie starring Adam Driver at dailyemerald.com
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Remember last winter term when the University of Oregon’s Board of Trustees approved a whopping 10.6 percent tuition increase? And then, when lawmakers ponied up extra funds, it reduced UO’s total increase to 6.56 percent? Heads up, because it’s time for UO to balance its coffers again — setting next year’s tuition rate. There’s little chance that tuition will remain flat. That hasn’t happened since 2001 . Total resident tuition and fees have risen by 87.6 percent in the last ten years. At the same time, UO’s state funding dropped, hitting a low in 2012. Since then it’s increased some each year, but hasn’t fully recovered. Funding for UO is still around over $13 million less than in 2008, according to funding records. Meanwhile, university expenses have piled on each year, including personnel and retirement “cost drivers.� Next year, UO must digest an estimated $16.7 million cost increase. That’s a lot less compared to this year’s $25 million that caused the 6.5 percent tuition uptick. While cost increases fluctuate year-toyear, the increases are recurring, and the university has to plan ahead. UO administrators are expecting a $20.5 million annual cost hike in the next eight years — and that’s a conservative estimate, says UO’s Chief Financial Officer Jamie Moffitt. Moffitt said the cost drivers have gone up dramatically — last year retirement costs went up about 18 percent. An outsider might look at the university and see an institution ripe with cash. From new buildings to a brimming athletics department, UO is expanding its assets. Tuition Fee and Advisory Board member and professor Chris Murray said it’s a question that comes up often. “Everyone thinks we’re rich, and I’m running around at dinner parties saying we get nothing,� he said at Friday’s TFAB meeting.
UO’s Tuition and Fees Advisory board — made up of 16 different administrators, deans, educators and student representatives — will spend the next month discussing and hearing tuition proposals. At the beginning of February, they’ll send a recommendation to UO Provost Jayanth Banavar and President Michael Schill. About a month later, after allowing time for public comment and the provost to examine the numbers, Schill will present the Board of Trustees with his request. The board will then vote on next year’s tuition rates in March. If the rate increase exceeds 5 percent, the proposal will be sent to a state committee for review — the Higher Education Coordinating Committee. In total, the university has about a $1 billion budget to work with. “That’s a billion dollars of revenue and a billion dollars of expenses,� said Moffitt. “So even though it’s large, that doesn’t necessarily mean that there’s a lot of wiggle room.� Let’s take a look at the numbers. What’s in a budget? Students are paying for most of it. Each year the budgeting process is roughly the same. An intricate series of number-crunching cost projections and tuition simulations run through the business office and land in the laps of UO’s TFAB members. UO actually has two separate budgets. Administration says these two streams of funding and revenue are separate — and cannot be crossed. Each budget is around half of the university’s billiondollar pie. One of those budgets will have to absorb the $16 million cost increase — and that’s the half funded mostly by tuition. This separate “fund accounting� budgeting method has confused a lot of people. Some ASUO leaders, students and even faculty are asking for alternative solutions to the ever-growing budget issue, and want
to know why the streams cannot be crossed. The fund that’s covered mostly by tuition is the Education and General fund, or ENG. It covers basic university operations — school, college and administration budgets, debts and operational costs. It’s the fund TFAB is most concerned with — the half that must absorb the cost increase. The other fund includes federal grants and contracts, restricted donor gifts (like the $500 million to build the Knight Campus) and auxiliary revenue streams such as housing, athletics and the EMU. Auxiliaries like UO Athletics are supposed to be financially self-sufficient. The university charges them a small amount of overhead for using services like the human resources department, and this small amount of money makes it back into the ENG stream. This fund’s donor gifts, such as scholarships, are given out through a separate nonprofit entity, UO Foundations, which manages and invests UO’s endowments. Currently, most of its financial records are no longer available to the public. Almost all of this fund’s spending is restricted, whether it be legally or practically, said Moffitt. “Money comes in for a particular purpose and it’s spent on that purpose,� she said. Conversely, the ENG fund depends on tuition — and the tuition rate depends largely on UO’s operating and personnel costs, and how much funding the state decides to shell out each year. In 2017, tuition revenue made up over 80 percent of the total funds in this pot — student dollars are funding the majority of the educational costs. State funding was at 13.9 percent. So what, exactly, is driving up tuition costs? Cost drivers: It comes down to PERS UO’s educational cost is 80 percent people — that means classified and unclassified faculty, staff, graduate employees and everything that comes with them — salaries, retirement and health insurance.
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brought up at the recent TFAB meeting. Here’s These costs are recurring — and each year they what was discussed: increase by millions. They are what make up the $16.7 million cost increase in next year’s budget. • Expanding the campus — Moffitt says this is Retirement costs are a large chunk of this, and the most viable option. More students equals they’re the fastest growing. Every other year the more tuition dollars, and administrators are university must pay into the Public Education considering expanding campus by 3,000 Retirement System (PERS). This grows by an students over the next 8 years to help cover estimated extra $7.1 million every other year. This the PERS costs. Their projection includes cost hit last year, explaining why this year’s cost a 3 percent increase in tuition each year. increase is smaller. This cost is more volatile than This eventually requires a new dorm, new Salary building and Wages others and will likely grow beyond the estimate, Faculty and Staff teaching and($9.8M) faculty — but the and it will keep piling on for at least the next 8 university hopes to avoid these investments GE Salary and Benefits ($1M) years, said Moffitt. in the first several years. ASUO leaders To run tuition projections, Moffitt estimates that expressed reservations with this as the only Medical Costs ($1.8M) annual cost drivers will pile on an annual $20.5 solution. Retirement • Costs ($7.1M) million each year. Cutting budgets — The university has already So what can the university do? done this. It cut $4.5 from the 2018 budget — Institutional Expenses ($600K) “It’s a really hard topic because none of us meaning staff and faculty — and it may seek want to raise tuition,” said Moffitt. “I’m now goingStrategic Investments more cuts. ($2M) into my seventh year doing this, and it’s just • Lowering salaries — This was brought up by incredibly challenging.” ASUO leaders and a faculty Investments in Tenure track Faculty ($1.5M)member at the Moffitt, ASUO leaders and other members TFAB meeting. Moffitt said renegotiating of TFAB are searching for ways to avoid huge union wages is not something the university tuition increases in the face of an ever-growing, is considering. dire financial situation. Several options were • Dipping into the other fund — ASUO
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OPINION YOU SHOULD BECOME AN ACTIVIST THIS YEAR BY MELODY CHARLES
It’s 2018. You absolutely need to get off your butt and engage in some kind of activism. It is our collective apathy and complacency which enabled Donald Trump to become president. Yes, we are all, in some way, a little bit culpable. Youth between 18 and 24 have a lower voter turnout. Citizens aged 55-64 have the highest voter turnout, at 71 percent. Overall, only 15 percent of eligible voters actually vote. So we as millenials are overrepresented by roughly 24 percent of the American population. That needs to change. Many opportunities have sprouted up within the past two years for engaging in activism. I am personally a big fan of Indivisible, an organization that formed to counter Trump’s policies. For those of you who simply want to resist Trump, while not necessarily advocating any singular platform, Indivisible is the way to go. I’ve often wondered: how do we reach out to Republicans who still can’t bring themselves to the left wing, but still hate Trump’s policies? What if you are “Pro Life,” but really want to find an outlet to help immigrants and refugees? Or what if you really do want to see more women involved in politics but dislike Hillary Clinton? You’re still welcome to participate in the Women’s March on January 20. There is a relationship between conservatism and Trump, — namely his shameless pandering to the Evangelical right — but I’m not ready to point fingers at fiscal conservatives. I’m not interested in further exacerbating the
Participants in the march hold up their signs during the march. The Eugene Women’s march is held in downtown Eugene, Ore. on Saturday, January 21, 2017. (Samuel Marshall)
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tensions between those who identify as right wing and those who identify as left wing. If we can find room to include those on the fence, we ought to. Some of you may still believe the apocalyptic rhetoric is unwarranted. Perhaps you haven’t witnessed the rise in hate crimes, the language of rape culture from our politicians and certain entertainment figures or the extremely disturbing suggestion that we ought to strike North Korea first to humiliate them. Ask yourself this question: “Would I benefit in some way from unbridled racism, sexism and xenophobia?” If your answer is yes, then you need to check your privilege. As the saying goes, “When you’re accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression”. Our self-absorbed culture is partially responsible for the rise in anti-democratic thought and uncivil rhetoric. It’s wrong to believe that we’re on some progressive trajectory in which we can become complacent and ignore what our activist parents and grandparents fought for. We still need to actively preserve our institutions. Ask yourself this: What do you care about? Here are some ideas to get you started: Food for Lane County Indivisible Democratic Socialists of America Black Lives Matter UNHCR
“Our selfabsorbed culture is partially responsible for the rise in antidemocratic thought and uncivil rhetoric.”
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GRAFFITI NEAR CAMPUS IS PART OF A MUCH BIGGER ISSUE
Graffiti chalk near campus reads, “Deport them all.� It was washed off around 11:30 a.m. on Monday. (Anonymous Twitter user)
BY VERONICA FERNANDEZ-ALVARADO On the corner of East 13th Avenue and Alder Street, anti-immigrant graffiti showed up on the concrete base of the Great Blue Heron statue. “Deport them all� was written with chalk on the statue as well as proTrump messages. These anti-immigrant messages have been showing up on and around the University of Oregon since President Trump’s election. Over the past year, there have been anti-refugee stickers and white supremacist messages such as “white pride� on our campus. A 2017 report by The Oregonian/Oregonlive profiled white nationalist activity in Eugene. Our city recorded almost 60 hate crimes in 2017; vandalism and graffiti made up 20 percent of the reported hate crimes between January and October. As a student of color, it is terrifying and exhausting to see these racist messages on campuses. According to research done by the Jed Foundation and the Steve Fund, black and Hispanic students are more likely to feel overwhelmed and have mental health issues
compared to their white counterparts. Having to keep up with the course load as well as worry about whether the person sitting next to you wants to kick you out of the country is too much pressure to carry. Our administration needs to directly address these messages because they are not simply chalk and stickers, but rather the bubbling of pro-white nationalism and hate crimes against our international students and students of color. According to the University of Oregon, 26.8 percent of the student body identifies as students of color and 12 percent are international students. Though President Michael Schill said he “condemns all forms of hate speech and racism,� as the head figure of our university, he needs to openly take a stand against the white supremacist messages on campus and stand with the students of color and international students. The rise of hate crimes is not unique to the Eugene area; it has been a rising trend on campuses all over the United States. According to the Southern Poverty Law
Center, there has been a growing number of hate groups in the US, and 78 percent of recruitment is done on university campuses. The SPLC reported that the largest motivation for hate crimes post-inauguration was due to anti-immigrant ideals. If our administration can openly state that they are against white supremacists and hate crimes on our campus, then they will show our student body that this is a campus for all students. These students are asking for support and our administration is ignoring the hateful messages these students have to see. We know that the messages will not end here, and without the support from our university, it will not only encourage more hateful messages to appear, but it will also let over a quarter of our student body know that their mental health and well-being is simply not worth supporting. It shouldn’t be hard for our administration to openly denounce white supremacy, and it should be even easier for them to support such a large percentage of their student body.
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SPORTS SHARPSHOOTING DUCKS DOWN NO. 18 SUN DEVILS
Oregon Ducks forward Satou Sabally (0) shoots the ball. (Devin Roux)
BY AARON ALTER • TWITTER @AARONALTER95 After the Ducks’ abysmal 38 percent shooting performance against Arizona Friday night, head coach Kelly Graves made it clear that his team needed to improve if it hoped to compete with the No. 18 Arizona State Sun Devils. The Ducks rose to the challenge, dominating the Sun Devils for a 74-64 win. They shot an impressive 66 percent from the field. “We shot it so well tonight,” Graves said. “Arizona State is typically among the best in the conference and sometimes in the nation at field goal defense. I just thought we were getting really good opportunities.” The No. 8 (6-0 Pac-12) Ducks have now won nine straight games and sit alone at the top of the conference. The Ducks were bolstered by scoring from Satou Sabally (10 points), Maite Cazorla (15 points), Ruthy Hebard (20 points) and Sabrina Ionescu (26 points). Notably, Hebard shot a perfect 9-of-9 from the field — her second such performance of the season. Both teams came out of the gate strong, but the Ducks closed out the first quarter on a 12-4 run. They were stout on defense as well and forced an errant pass from ASU after several missed layups. It was Ionescu who put an exclamation point on the quarter when she grabbed a steal and weaved past several ASU defenders en route to a layup to give the Ducks a 22-12 lead. The Sun Devils weren’t content to roll over. Oregon struggled to contain ASU star Kianna Ibis, and her
11-point second quarter carved into the Ducks lead. For nearly four minutes, the Ducks were unable to score. By halftime, ASU had closed the gap and trailed just 38-34. “We kind of let up on the defensive end,” Ionescu said. But Oregon looked like a new team after halftime. After snagging a steal, Cazorla sent the ball to Ionescu, who promptly hit a 3-pointer. After the Ducks forced four straight turnovers, ASU took a time-out to try and regroup. The Ducks simply overwhelmed the Sun Devils en route to a 16-0 start to the quarter. When ASU finally did score, they only managed five points. When the quarter ended, the Ducks held a commanding 5939 lead. “I think we came out with a lot more energy,” Ionescu said. “We need that defensive intensity in order to win. They’re not going to beat themselves.” The Sun Devils closed the gap in the fourth quarter but never came closer than 10 points back. Even so, Graves and Ionescu both voiced a desire to finish stronger after the Ducks scored just four points in the final six minutes. Picking up a big win over a ranked opponent is always special, but doing it on your coach’s birthday? Even better. “Getting him a win for his birthday means a lot,” Hebard said. Next up for the Ducks is a road trip to Corvallis, Oregon for the first part of the Civil War series against No. 22 Oregon State on Friday.
DUCKS FIGHT BUT FALL TO WILDCATS BY AARON ALTER • TWITTER @AARONALTER95 Oregon men’s basketball dropped a close road game to the No. 17 Arizona Wildcats, 90-83, on Saturday in Tucson, Arizona. Despite double-digit points from MiKyle McIntosh (20 points), Elijah Brown (25 points) and Payton Pritchard (12), the Ducks were unable to complete a sweep of the Arizona schools. The loss also drops the team to 2-3 in Pac-12 play — their worst start since the 2014-15 season. The Wildcats jumped to a strong start in the first half, opening up leads as large as 12 points. The Ducks refused to go quietly and battled to close the gap, going into
halftime down just 41-38. The Ducks came out of the break looking much the same, and they struggled to catch Arizona until eight minutes into the half. It was Paul White who knotted things up at 55 with a pair of free throws. The team then surrendered the lead once again until Brown drained a deep 3-pointer to give the Ducks a 69-68 lead. A dunk from the Wildcats grabbed the lead back, and Oregon was unable to get it back. The Ducks look to get back on track when they take on the USC Trojans this Thursday in Eugene.
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BY AUGUST HOWELL• TWITTER @AUGUST_HOWELL The crowd at Matthew Knight Arena was on its feet after Maite Cazorla assisted and then scored on back-to-back baskets in the second quarter. Over 4,000 people were in attendance to see No. 8 Oregon beat No. 18 Arizona State, 74-64, and to witness Cazorla score 15 points on 6-of-11 shooting with five assists. “She was terrific tonight and has been the entire league season,” Oregon head coach Kelly Graves said after the game. “She is that calming influence. … She is our rock.” Cazorla showed her patience plenty of times throughout the game. In the third quarter, she demonstrated her ball control by getting an assist from a textbook pick and roll with Ruthy Hebard. The very next play, she faked the pass to Hebard for an easy, open layup all to herself. “She is the most patient player I’ve ever coached in the pick and roll. She’s so good in that,” Graves said. Cazorla’s defense was also on display tonight, as she had two steals and forced her opponent into tough shots. After Arizona State trimmed Oregon’s 38-34 lead at halftime, Cazorla and Sabrina Ionescu led the charge in the second half. The Ducks’ 16-0 run closed the door on Arizona State’s comeback attempt. Their quick tempo made for a 21-5 scoring advantage in the third quarter. With just under a minute and a half to go in the third, Oregon was leading, 57-37,
and shooting 72.7 percent from the field. “It was a good all-around game. I wish we could have finished a little better in the second and fourth quarters. But in the first and third that was as good as we’ve played all year,” Graves said. Cazorla is now averaging 10.5 points per game, after averaging a little under nine points in non-conference play. She has increased her scoring during league games. “I think we need that defensive intensity in order to win, especially against a great Arizona State team. They’re not going to beat themselves,” Ionescu said. “I think our defensive intensity led to a great offense tonight, and that was both inside and out.” While Ionescu has been putting up larger statistics per game, it’s incredibly beneficial to have a reliable veteran guard like Cazorla who plays the game at her own pace. Cazorla also made three 3-point jumpers and logged the third-most minutes this game (36), behind Ionescu and Hebard (37). Currently, Oregon is seventh in the NCAA in assists (20.4) per game, and as the starting point guard, Cazorla has a huge hand in that. On her own, Cazorla is 23rd in the NCAA with 96 assists and is 32nd in assists per game at 5.6, according to GoDucks.com. This is the ninth win in a row for Oregon, now 12-0 at home this season. Their next game is against Oregon State in Corvallis on Jan. 19.
⚡ SPORTS Ty Gentry slams the ball over the net during his doubles match. (Adam Eberhardt)
DUCKS WIN BACK-TOBACK MATCHES TO START 2018 SEASON BY COLE KUNDICH • TWITTER @CKUNDICH
Following an impressive 2017 campaign, the Oregon men’s tennis team knew they would enter the 2018 season with a target on their backs. The momentum created by last season’s team can only be taken so far. On Friday, a doubleheader was the first chance for Oregon to show that the expectations surrounding their program are warranted. So far, so good. Whether it was one of the seven returning players, or new faces Charles Roberts and Riki Oshima on the court, Oregon started its season off on the right foot, sweeping Idaho and Portland State.
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While it wasn’t close on the scoreboard in the end, Idaho gave the Ducks an early scare in doubles. Simon Stevens and Ty Gentry made quick work in their match with a 6-1 win; however, it wasn’t smooth sailing in the other pair of matches. The Ducks No. 1 pair of Thomas Laurent and Cormac Clissold have put together a historic run over the past two seasons, compiling a 52-10 record. Their third season together, though, began with a 6-3 loss to the Vandals’ Mark Kovacs and Carlos Longhi Neto. Idaho looked on its way to stealing the opening point of the match when Lucas Coutinho and Guilherme Scarpelli took a 5-2 lead against Roberts and Soemarno. But on the brink of a loss, the two rallied, winning 7-5 to clinch the doubles point for the Ducks. “Doubles this morning, we were really flat,” head coach Nils Schyllander said. “They know they’re good in doubles, and they thought it would just take care of itself. We had to squeak it out pretty unnecessarily.” Oregon flipped the switch in singles. Oshima kicked off his singles career with a convincing 6-0, 6-0 win over Bence Da Re to give Oregon a 2-0 lead. The freshman from Toyama, Japan looked far from overwhelmed in his first collegiate match and on the day. “Riki played great singles. He did not give anything
away,” said Schyllander. “He was rock solid.” Stevens defeated Carlos Longhi Neto 6-0, 6-3 to put the Ducks up 3-0 before Clissold clinched the win for the Ducks with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Lucas Coutinho. Gentry, Tanaka and No. 6 Laurent each went on to win their respective matches and complete the opening match sweep for the Ducks. Oregon 7, Idaho 0
Singles Laurent (UO) def. Kovacs (UI) 6-0, 6-4 Stevens (UO) def. Longhi Neto (UI) 6-0, 6-3 Tanaka (UO) def. Scarpelli (UI) 6-0, 6-4 Clissold (UO) def. Coutinho (UI) 6-2, 6-1 Gentry (UO) def. Shin (UI) 6-3, 6-1 Oshima (UO) def. Da Re (UI) 6-0, 6-0 Order of Finish: 6, 2, 4, 5, 3, 1
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Kovacs/Longhi Neto (UI) def. No. 17 Clissold/Laurent (UO) 6-3 Soemarno/Roberts (UO) def. Coutinho/Scarpelli (UI) 7-5 Stevens/Gentry (UO) def. Crow/Shin (UI) 6-1 Order of Finish: 3, 1, 2
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Oregon took the court again at 3 p.m. to take on POregon took the court again at 3 p.m. to take on Portland State. It was the Ducks’ second match of the day, but the result was the same. Against Portland State, though, Oregon came out with a sense of urgency in doubles. Oshima and Tanaka didn’t waste any time in a 6-1 victory over Boniel and Roberts. Roberts/Soemarno and Stevens/ Gentry weren’t far behind; each pair came away with a 6-2 win to seal the opening point of the match. Schyllander decided to take Laurent out of singles competition to rest. With the Ducks’ No. 1 player out, everyone slid up one spot, with Ethan Young Smith entering in the No. 6 spot. But it didn’t matter who was playing for the Ducks or in what position on Friday evening; they kept their
foot on the gas pedal. Tanaka gave the Ducks a 2-0 lead with a 6-0, 6-1 victory over Tommy Edwards. Oshima capped off his debut with a 6-1, 6-0 win out of the No. 4 spot, dropping only one game in his two matches on the day. With a 3-0 lead, Gentry clinched the match for the Ducks with a dominant 6-1, 6-1 victory over Majeed Bukhari. Young-Smith and Clissold followed up with straight set wins to put the Ducks up 6-0 and within one point of sweeping both ends of the doubleheader. It came down to Stevens, who was moved to the No. 1 spot following the removal of Laurent from the lineup. Nathan Boniel threw it all at Stevens; however, with all eyes on court No. 2, the senior ultimately grinded to a three-set victory to close out the match, 6-2, 6-7, 10-9. “I knew this was the type of match that can make me feel better,” said Stevens. “It was not easy physically.” Friday was just the beginning of what hopes to be a long and successful season for one of the more talented rosters in the history of the program. “They’re confident. I just hope they’re not overconfident,” Schyllander said. “We’re back at square one. Every season is its own life.” Oregon 7, Portland State 0
Singles Stevens (UO) def. Boniel (PSU) 6-2, 6-7, 10-9 Tanaka (UO) def. Edwards (PSU) 6-0, 6-1 Clissold (UO) def. West (PSU) 6-3, 6-4 Oshima (UO) def. Roberts (PSU) 6-1, 6-0 Gentry (UO) def. Bukhari (PSU) 6-1, 6-1 Young-Smith (UO) def. Souza (PSU) 6-2, 6-3 Order of Finish: 2, 4, 5, 6, 3, 1
Doubles
Roberts/Soemarno (UO) def. Edwards/West (PSU) 6-2 Oshima/Tanaka (UO) def. Boniel/Roberts (PSU) 6-1 Stevens/Gentry (UO) def. Souza/Bukhari (PSU) 6-2 Order of Finish: 2, 3, 1
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The Oregon Hillel Foundation & The UO Muslim Student Association
JEWISH MUSLIM MANZIL MIDRASH PROUDLY PRESENT
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Violence & The Impact of Terrorism
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Impact on the Environment
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friends and bandmates since playing music together in high school. After independently releasing a slew of EPs in the years following graduation, Hippo Campus released its debut album, “Landmark,� on Grand Jury Records in early 2017. Shortly after, it released the “warm glow� EP. The band brings its infectious songs and effervescent live show to the Crystal Ballroom in Portland this weekend. An eager audience likely awaits, but the show isn’t sold out yet. L.A-duo Sure Sure opens.
Indie-pop wunderkinds Hippo Campus exploded onto the national scene a few years ago crafting tight, bubbly tunes from their native Saint Paul, Minnesota. But before the band even released its debut album, its members were touring the country, playing everywhere from Lollapalooza to Conan O’Brien’s late night stage. The band comprises art school graduates Jake Luppen (lead vocals, guitar), Nathan Stocker (guitar, vocals), Zach Sutton (bass) and Whistler Allen (drums, vocals), all of whom have been
UO Presidential Speakers Series hosted by UO President Schill at The White Stag (70 NW Couch St.) in Portland
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7TH AVE.), DOORS AT 8 P.M., SHOW AT 9 P.M., TICKETS $15 IN ADVANCE, $20 DOORS, 18+ career, Krane has worked with several electronic music superstars, including Dillon Francis, Keys N Krates and Jai Wolf. But by no means has Krane been restrained by the limits of the electronic music genre. In 2015, Krane collaborated with Los Angeles rapper Anderson .Paak and producer Tokimonsta on the hit single “Put It Down.� MYRNE and DJ Evergreen will open the show for Krane.
Up-and-coming electronic music DJ Krane is bringing his Fallout tour to the intimate Hi-Fi Music Hall this Thursday. The Northern California-based DJ is currently touring in support of his 2017 full-length record, which released in October 2017. Though Krane is considered to be a smaller act in the electronic music scene, he hasn’t shied away from working with the genre’s giants. Throughout his young
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and non-believers alike — it dominated the box office and won a staggering nine Tony Awards. “Mormon� is equally crass and heartwarming, using a traditional musical framework to deliver side-splitting bits and songs. And with music co-written by “Frozen� maestro Robert Lopez, it’ll be impossible to get out of your head.
Nothing is safe from Trey Parker and Matt Stone. The masterminds behind “South Park� and “Team America� take pride in skewering everything from Tom Cruise to the Great Recession with their acidic satire. When they brought “The Book of Mormon� to Broadway seven years ago — taking aim at both religion
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Better known as “That 1 Guy,� Michael Silverman is best described as...well, strange. It’s easy to tag Silverman — who describes himself as an “experimental earthshaking future funk� instrumentalist — as a
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novelty act. But watching him play instruments of his own invention is simultaneously a head trip and a fascinating experience. If you’re looking for a unique take on funk and instrumentation, Silverman is your guy.
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UO FUNGI EXPERTS RETURN FROM ECUADOR WITH MULTIPLE NEW SPECIES An up-close look at a xylobotryum fungus. (Sarah Northrop)
Dr. Roo Vandegrift, Research Assistant Professor of fungal ecology during an interview with the Emerald. (Sarah Northrop)
BY FRANKIE LEWIS • TWITTER @FLEWIS_1 If you are looking for a mushroom expert, look no further than Roo Vandegrift. “Think of all the diversity you find in animals, everything from little shrimp to people, you find that same kind of diversity in fungi,â€? said Vandegrift, a research assistant professor of fungal ecology at the University of Oregon. “Everything from the typical cap and gill mushroom to microscopic organisms that do all kinds of wild things.â€? According to Vandegrift, 3.2 million types of fungi are estimated to exist on Earth, but only about 120,000 species have been documented. New discoveries from his trip to the Andean cloud forest — a high elevation rainforest in Ecuador — could add to that list of fungi. “There could be dozens of new species sitting here on [this laboratory] benchtop right now,â€? Vandegrift said. “Because tropical fungal diversity is so poorly described at the moment.â€? Vandegrift and his research partner, Danny Newman, a freelance mycologist (fungi specialist) and photographer, collected 350 specimens of fungi from the nature reserve, Reserva Los Cedros. Now that their crowdfunding efforts are nearly complete, the
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two are preparing for the next stage of their project: sequencing the “barcode� gene of each specimen. The barcode gene, Vandegrift explains, codes for the production of ribosomes in cells. Ribosomes are responsible for transcribing DNA into RNA, a process that is essential for life at every level. In Vandegrift and Newman’s case, they used a piece of the ribosome gene known as the “internal transcribed spacer.� “As evolution happens and species split, the sequence for that particular gene gets more and more different,� Vandegrift said. “The more different it is, the more divergent the organism.� Getting their samples was a journey itself, though. To reach Reserva Los Cedros, Vandegrift and Newman flew to Quito, the capital of Ecuador. He then boarded a 6 a.m. bus that whisked him deep into the Andean mountains. Reaching a small village in the afternoon, they hired a pickup truck driver, bundled all their research gear into the bed of the truck and trekked further into the rainforest. “You drive to where the road literally ends,� Vandegrift said. “Where you meet a mule train that’s come down from the mountain. You load
all your stuff up onto mules, and you hike or ride mules up into the mountains for three hours into this tractless wilderness before you finally get to Los Cedros.� The variety of species found at Los Cedros made it an ideal location for Vandegrift to collect samples. Its close proximity to the equator and isolation from humanity allow the site to sustain a rich variety of species not seen in other parts of the world. The reserve is known to contain numerous species of birds, mammals, plants and of course, fungi. Recently, Ecuador has opened more of the country to mining companies for resource extraction. As of June 2016, 80 percent of Los Cedros was signed over to a Canadian mining company, Cornerstone, but Vandegrift said that he hopes their work can highlight why the region should be preserved. “There are more than 100 documented redlist endangered species that occur at Reserva Los Cedros,� Vandegrift said. “The better documented the diversity at a conservation location like this, the less likely it is that the conservation status will be revoked in favor of resource extraction.�
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REVIEW: ‘THE POST’ SHOULD EARN A SPOT AMONG AWARD-WINNING MOVIES ABOUT NEWSPAPERS BY WILL CAMPBELL • TWITTER @WTCAMPBELL Movies about the watchdog element in news media are now more important than ever. And because of President Trump’s frequent bashing and undermining of the press, “The Post’sâ€? timing couldn’t be more perfect. That historical context is what makes movies like this one special. “The Post,â€? directed by Steven Spielberg, tells the true story of Katherine Graham (Meryl Streep), the strongwilled but protective owner of the Washington Post in the 1970s. Her struggle between choosing what’s best for her business and what’s best for the public — knowledge of the truth behind the Vietnam War — makes up the film’s central conflict. That truth dwelled in a topsecret leaked report called the Pentagon Papers. The New York Times was the first to report on the story, threatening President Richard Nixon’s public image and causing him to obtain a court injunction that forced the Times to keep the story out of print. But The Washington Post got its hands on a copy of the report too, and Graham had to decide whether to publish the report — risking jail time and losing her business — or submit to the will of the president. In perhaps the most powerful scene, just after Graham makes up her mind, legendary managing editor Ben Bradlee (Tom Hanks) picks up the phone and rings the pressmen waiting to run the press. “It’s Ben,â€? he says. “Run.â€? And that was the decision: to publish the Pentagon Papers on the front page of the Washington Post. The movie also pits the
New York Times against the Washington Post — two of the most powerful newspapers in the country at that time. The battle to get the scoop and be the first to publish the many mini-stories within the Pentagon Papers, makes for an on-edge tension that’s hard to shake. But the leaders of the two papers end the movie united by a common enemy — Nixon’s administration — when they are summoned to the Supreme Court. The acting alone makes the movie worth seeing. Bradlee — a hard-nosed, cursing editor seeking a fight — isn’t often a role that Hanks plays, but he plays the role with gusto and pulls it off. And Streep brings out her character’s inner struggle in some tearful and laughable moments. Many minor characters in the film are recognizable, too. “Better Call Saul’s� Bob Odenkirk and “Arrested Development’s� David Cross both play Washington Post reporters. Shots of hot metal typecast being stacked and sorted for printing the newspaper are sprinkled throughout the movie. The mechanical clattering of lead letters and ink pressed on paper is a throwback to the glory days of print journalism. Movies about the newspaper industry often win major awards: “Citizen Kane� won Best Screenplay in the 1941 Academy Awards; “All the President’s Men� won four Academy Awards in 1977, including best Best Writing Adapted Screenplay; and Spotlight won three Academy Awards, including Best Picture, in 2016. And with award’s season coming soon, “The Post� deserves a spot among them.
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