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NEWS UO PHI KAPPA PSI CHAPTER TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED AFTER DEROGATORY DOCUMENT SURFACES

BY RYAN NGUYEN AND MICHAEL TOBIN

e Phi Kappa Psi house near campus. (Adam Eberhardt)

Editor’s note: is story contains offensive language. e University of Oregon Phi Kappa Psi chapter has been temporarily suspended after a defamatory document printed with the fraternity’s name and the names of many of its members surfaced. e 32-page document, which the Emerald obtained on Sunday, contains a list of the names of UO Phi Kappa Psi members followed by questions for each member. e questions contain anti-gay slurs, rape jokes, references to illegal drug use and derogatory language directed at women. e front page is labeled “Brothers of Phi Kappa Psi.” When reached Wednesday morning, UO Phi Kappa Psi chapter president Michael Wagemann said that he “highly doubts” the document was made by a fraternity member, and he added that the fraternity does not “condone or promote” the language used in the document. Wagemann then referred the Emerald to Phi Kappa Psi’s national headquarters, who announced the suspension Wednesday afternoon.

In a statement to the Emerald, the national fraternity wrote, “ is week, the Phi Kappa Psi National Headquarters became aware of a document containing derogatory messaging allegedly written about and/or by members of the Phi Kappa Psi chapter at the University of Oregon. e fraternity immediately launched a cooperative investigation with the University and placed the chapter on interim suspension during this review.”

Homophobic excerpts from the document include: • “I hear you’re a Patriots fan, Are you actually from New England or are you just a fag?”

• “Do you fuck 2s every weekend to convince yourself that you’re not gay?”

• “what’s up faggot? Who have you gotten

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• “Does a girl run your snapchat account or are you really that gay?”

• “What’s it like to lose your girl to a bisexual male cheerleader?”

• Several women outside of the fraternity are referenced in questions, such as: • “Did [redacted] actually rape you or are you too embarrassed to admit that you willingly fucked her?”

• “Do you enjoy banging 3s or are you just too blind to tell that they’re beat?”

• “How many times have you had to expand your tinder radius to find a new whore to fuck?”

• “Can I have your sisters phone number? She’s just so fucking hot. How do you think she’d look on my dorm bed?”

• “Do you get blacked out so often so the 4’s you hook up with seem hotter?”

Other excerpts include: • “How many schools have you shot up?”

• “How many copies of Mein Kampf do you own?”

• “What’s higher, your grade point average or the points of molly you take at parties?”

• “Can you go one week without doing something utterly retarded?”

• “Who’s a softer pledge master, you or [name redacted]?”

UO’s investigation will include interviews with a random sample of new and current fraternity members, said assistant Dean of Students Marcus Langford. Using that information, a third-party

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investigator and the university will determine whether the chapter violated the UO Student Conduct Code. “ is is something that, quite frankly, I’m troubled by,” Langford said about the language in the document. “As an institution, it’s something that is counter to what we believe in.”

All of the chapter’s events and fraternity operations are suspended until the investigation is completed and the fraternity’s national headquarters and the university decide on further action, according to Langford. e status of the fraternity’s pledges is “on pause” until the investigation is completed.

Langford did not give a timetable for the investigation.

UO Associate Vice President and Dean of Students, Kris Winter, added that the language used is discriminatory and may be a violation of other UO conduct codes relating to discrimination.

In 2015, UO sanctioned Phi Kappa Psi and six other fraternities for hazing, probation and disciplinary violations. e fraternity’s chapter house, located at the corner of East 11th Avenue and Hilyard Street, was featured in the 1978 movie Animal House and on College Weekly’s popular “Trending Houses” YouTube series.

Other chapters of Phi Kappa Psi have also faced recent controversy. A former Oregon State University student was found guilty of raping a woman at the OSU chapter’s fraternity house in 2015. Last year, Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska suspended its Phi Kappa Psi chapter until 2025 after reports of hazing, drug distribution and underage drinking.

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‘NOT IN OUR TOWN’: EUGENE COMMUNITY PUSHES BACK AGAINST RECENT HATE CRIME

BY EMILY GOODYKOONTZ • TWITTER @SHARKASAURUSX Vandals left messages of white power on city property on April 25. Eugene police encourage anyone who sees these symbols to report it immediately.

(Courtesy of the Community Alliance of Lane County)

When southwest Eugene residents awoke on the morning of Wednesday, April 25, they found their neighborhood vandalized with swastikas and symbols of white supremacy.

Overnight, the hateful messages were spraypainted across sidewalks, signs, trees and garbage cans. e vandalism reached the south edge of Cesar E. Chavez Elementary School, where the words “white power” were scrawled across a sidewalk. e day before, vandals also defaced signs in residents’ yards with swastikas.

On April 25, the city and the Eugene Police Department received multiple calls reporting the graffiti near West 18th Avenue and Chambers Street.

Because the vandalism was motivated by and contained messages of hate, the city considers it a hate crime.

Reports of hate incidents and crimes like the vandalism in Eugene shot up nearly 70 percent last year, according to the city’s 2017 Hate and Bias Report. at’s 139 cases in 2017 versus 82 in 2016.

But community members aren’t standing by while their neighborhoods are vandalized. Residents are hitting the streets in targeted responses to the hate crimes: the Stop Hate Campaign.

“We have to show the people that are expressing this hate that it’s not acceptable,” said Stop Hate volunteer Do Mi Staber.

Stop Hate is a community network of volunteers organized by the nonprofit Community Alliance of Lane County (CALC) that coordinates responses to local hate activity.

Staber and about 20 other volunteers spent Saturday, April 28 in a door-to-door leafleting campaign in the vandalized neighborhoods. e group asked local businesses to post bright red signs in their windows that read “Hate Free Zone” and spoke with neighborhood residents about the hate crime, providing flyers with law enforcement and city phone numbers.

“We do this to send a message to the broader community that we don’t want any hate anywhere in Lane County. e message is ‘not in our town,’” said Michael Carrigan, co-director of programs at CALC. Stop Hate coordinates with CALC’s Back to Back: Allies for Human Dignity program, which cultivates safety and respect in communities.

“We’re showing these folks that we have their backs. Together, we will take these people on,” Carrigan said.

Brittany Judson, coordinator for Back to Back, worries incidents like this could escalate, especially because the vandalism was so widespread.

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“I don’t think graffiti incidents like this should be taken lightly. It’s planned. It’s coordinated,” said Judson. “It’s a big hit to do that much graffiti on city property and to do it in the middle of the night, too.” at’s why, she says, it’s so important to make a strong community stand.

“It’s serious. It could turn into something else and we don’t want it to, so we are making people aware and we are empowering people to utilize their resources and to do something in the moment,” Judson said.

CALC works with the city and EPD to encourage reporting of hate incidents and hate crimes. EPD spokeswoman Melinda McLaughlin said the Stop Hate Campaign fosters supportive community connections and increases awareness of reporting options.

EPD hasn’t arrested anyone for the April 25 vandalism, and police don’t know if it was one person or a group, said McLaughlin. e Register-Guard reported that the vandalism occurred the day after City Council voted to rename the community center at Westmoreland City Park as the Dr. Edwin L. Coleman, Sr. Community Center.

Coleman was a tenured University of Oregon professor who taught ethnic studies, worked with the NAACP and was a leader for racial and social justice.

However, McLaughlin said the community center itself wasn’t tagged. “ ere is no evidence at this point to connect the case to the renaming,” she said.

Hate incidents hit every part of the city e surge of hate incident reports in Eugene is in line with national increases, according to Jennifer Lleras Van Der Haeghen, manager of the city’s Human Rights and Neighborhood Involvement Office.

But hate incidents are underreported, according to Van Der Haeghen. e Department of Justice estimated only one-third of cases are reported nationally.

“Every neighborhood of our community experiences some type of hate crime or hate incident,” said Van Der Haeghen.

A hate crime is any criminal activity motivated by hate; a hate incident is any non-criminal activity motivated by hate, she said. Incidents are usually protected as free speech but are discriminatory and cause fear or concern in the community, Van Der Haeghen said.

Her office tracks any hate-related incidents or crimes in a coordinated effort with EPD, Eugene Public Works and organizations like CALC and

the NAACP. Together, they are trying to paint an accurate picture about what people are experiencing in Eugene and hate graffiti trends, said Van Der Haeghen. ere are 18 active hate groups in Oregon, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Last year, EPD increased its efforts to report hate graffiti. Officers now document it whenever they find it. is could be one factor in the increase of reports, McLaughlin said.

Residents should report any hate activity or speech they experience or see — even if it’s not a crime — to the Human Rights and Neighborhood Involvement Office, said Van Der Haeghen.

“It’s really important to track the incidents that occur in our communities that are the undercurrent — or the potential undercurrent — of things that may someday bubble up to a hate crime and make room for hate crimes in our community,” Van Der Haeghen said.

In February, the Stop Hate Campaign responded to another reported hate incident in the South Eugene neighborhood near East Amazon Drive and 35th Avenue. Pairs of volunteers went door to door, handing out the flyers and warning residents that a truck was seen dragging a doll representing a person of color behind it.

“People are outraged. ey don’t like it. ey don’t want to think that could happen in Eugene.

It happens all the time. So, it’s important to get out and let the neighbors know,” said Jay Moseley, 40-year Eugene resident and longtime CALC volunteer. Moseley has participated in 10 Stop Hate Campaigns in the last few years, including the two this year.

CALC volunteers aren’t the only ones challenging hate in Eugene communities.

Van Der Haeghen said the city is working with 23 different neighborhood associations in Eugene to make the communities feel more welcoming and safe. As a part of that effort, in some areas residents are posting neighborhood welcome signs in their yards, written in multiple languages. At least two were defaced with swastikas.

“It’s just really disheartening to see that they took a proactive step and then we’re seeing graffiti pretty quickly as a result,” said Van Der Haeghen.

But the Stop Hate campaigners are countering the hate with messages of inclusiveness, respect and community.

“I think that when more people put these Stop Hate signs up and more people call and report, the message somehow gets out there,” said Moseley. “It kind of seeps into the fabric of the community.”

A NEWS CONTROVERSIAL MURAL WILL HAVE STUDENT RESPONSE THROUGH ART

BY CASEY CROWLEY • TWITTER @CASEYCROWLEY55

e Knight Library Public Art Task Force has announced it will not remove a controversial mural. e task force is instead asking for students to submit artwork in response to the mural that will be displayed in Knight Library in a new exhibit starting fall term. e exhibit will be called “Show up, Stand out, Empower!” and will be on display for five months; however, that will not be the conclusion of the library’s efforts to let people respond to the art, according to task force chairman Ed Teague. e mural that has garnered the most controversy is called “Mission of a University” and was made in 1937 by Nowland Brittin Zane, a University of Oregon art professor.

One particular part of the mural that some have taken issue with is the part of its plaque that reads: “It means conservation and betterment not merely of our national resources but also of our racial heritage and opportunity to the lowliest.” e task force was formed in January 2017 with the purpose of contextualizing the art in the library and allowing students a chance to respond to the art. Since the task force formed, it has gone through three forms and has had 16 members. “ e title of the plaques that I had the most problem with is ‘ e Mission of a University,’ therefore I think the response to this for the contest should be submitted by those who attend the university,” said freshman Francesca Smith, a member of the task force.

She joined the task force after she created a change.org petition in November 2017 to get the mural torn down. Now the petition has over 1,800 online signatures.

According to Smith, when she first saw the mural, she was “dumbfounded that that kind of language is still acceptable on this campus in the 21st century.”

Since she joined the task force, her views on what should be done with the mural have changed.

She said she talked to others with different viewpoints and learned that there would be legal issues with trying to remove the mural.

She said that she had multiple ideas on how the task force could respond to the mural and that the exhibit that the task force is going through with was her idea. e mural is not being removed for multiple reasons, one of which is legal complications. It was made during the great depression, and the people who made it were hired through the Works Project Administration. e WPA was a part of the New Deal in the 1930s that hired millions of Americans to work for the government on construction and art projects. is means that it is not clear if the university actually owns the mural, according to Teague. “ e simplest answer is that the library can’t just take them down,” said Teague.

Despite the efforts of the task force, some still want the University to do more in response to the mural.

“I understand that it is a historical landmark that has historically been used to protect racist imagery and justify it, and yes we should recognize that history, but that also goes against the idea of restorative justice,” said Kyra Solis, a member of a group of students who protested the mural on Feb. 15.

On that day, Solis and about 20 other students sat silently on the stairwell near where the mural hangs. Some of the students held signs which read “Shame on UO 4 glorifying White Supremacy” and “Hate is not heritage.”

Solis and two other students met with library leadership about her and other protesters’ concerns about the mural. Since the protest, Solis has not been able to be involved in further dialogue with library leadership because she has been busy with classes. “ at mural is inherently harmful and espouses the idea that I, as a mixed woman, as a person of color, [am] inherently lesser,” said Solis.

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS IMPROVE LANGUAGE SKILLS IN HOMESTAY PROGRAM

BY RYLEE KAHAN • TWITTER @RYLEEKAHAN e American English Institute (AEI) at the University of Oregon has provided different programs and services to international students since 1978. e institute’s homestay program has connected international students with host families since 1989. “ e homestay program is designed to give our students a helping hand in adjusting to life in America and a support system from the beginning of their stay,” said Suzie Heilman, AEI homestay and housing coordinator. ere are 15 families who have hosted students through the AEI for over 20 years. “ at speaks to the dedication of the families and the positive enrichment of the program,” Heilman said.

“We have host families that are single men or women, families with children of all ages and couples,” Heilman said. “Our host families come from all income levels, all religious or spiritual backgrounds, and we welcome diversity.”

One responsibility of the host families includes providing a friendly and supportive environment for students.

According to Heilman, each student has their own bedroom but sometimes shares a bathroom.

Host families are required to provide breakfast and dinner every weekday and three meals per day on weekends. Each host family’s house should be no more than a 45-minute bus ride from campus.

“Host families help the student understand the differences and similarities between our culture and theirs,” Heilman said. “Building a good relationship so that the student can comfortably ask questions about things that are new or different is a major benefit.”

Ying, an international student from

China, credits her improvement in English to the help she received from homestay and the AEI, according to a testimony on the institute’s website.

“My homestay family helped improve my English and taught me a lot about American culture. ey are friendly and treat me as part of the family,” Ying wrote.

One reason homestay can be helpful to international students learning English is that they consistently hear the language being used by their host family.

While students may be thousands of miles away from home, they are still able to connect with their friends and family via Skype or other media, according to Heilman.

“Many students will introduce their personal family to their American family,” he said.

International students are contracted to stay with their host families for at least one term, according to Heilman. After that, it is a term-by-term basis in order to provide flexibility for both the students’ and host families’ needs.

Heilman said that homestay is the most affordable way for an international student who is enrolled in AEI to live in Eugene, with students paying $650 per month to the host family.

If a family wants to become hosts through the AEI, they can fill out a form on its website. After filling out the form, the family will meet with Heilman at their home, and after passing a background check, they become part of the program. ere is no cost to the host family for participating.

Heilman said a majority of students remain in the homestay program until they graduate from UO. She even had one student stay with her for six-and-a-half years.

“Many students and families remain lifelong friends.”

e American English Institute located in Agate Hall. (Emerald Archives)

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AN EXPENSIVE FUTURE: STUDENT LOAN DEBT CONTINUES TO GROW

BY ERIN CAREY • TWITTER @ERINLCAREY

(Courtesy of Ron Wyden)

UNDERGRADUATE DEBT (2014-2017) While the percentage of students with debt has dropped since 2014, the amount of debt these students are borrwing has risen steadily.

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economy, and at some point, it just blows up,” Wyden said in an interview with the Emerald. “It also will really hurt our ability to compete in global markets.”

UO undergraduates’ average debt grew almost 2 percent last year, from $25,542 in 2015-16 to $26,164 in 2016-17, according to UO’s Financial Aid office.

Sixty-three percent of Oregon students graduated in 2015 with debt, which averaged $27,697, according to the Department of Justice. e averages in different states vary from just under $20,000 to over $36,000, according to e Institute for College Access and Success, with Oregon falling around the median, which is about $27,500.

Jim Brooks, the assistant vice president and director of UO’s Financial Aid office, said less than half of UO graduates borrow money. But those who do take out loans borrow more than the university is comfortable with, he added.

“It climbs a little every year, which goes along with what we’re seeing at the state and the national levels. Our debt at graduation is lower than the federal and lower than the state figures,” Brooks said.

“Would we rather they not be borrowing as much as they are? Sure. But it’s the nature of where we are right now.”

Brooks said lower- and middleincome students who are not getting large scholarships borrow more than other students. “[ ey’re] the ones whose parents don’t have the ability to just write a check and

University of Oregon alumna Madison Simmons doesn’t look at her debt total when she makes her monthly student loan payment. She says the number is depressing.

“I’m just factoring these loans in as a fixed expense for my foreseeable future,” Simmons said. e words “I’m going to graduate with no student debt” are rarely uttered by a student anymore. Instead, you hear “I want to buy a new car / buy a house / get married, but I can’t because of my student loans.” is bleak outlook has become common among college students, and the burden of signing one’s life and credit score away to get a college education is the M.O. e student loan debt crisis isn’t just harming students, it could harm the U.S. economy.

At its growing rate, it could slow economic growth, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell told CNBC in March.

Students are struggling with the weight of this responsibility, but what is being done about it at university, state or national levels?

America’s Student Loan Debt Crisis National student loan debt is currently over $1.4 trillion and growing every second. U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon, a Democrat, said student debt is becoming like the housing debt crisis that the U.S. experienced 10 years ago.

“If we continue to keep racking up all this debt, we could be talking about a bubble which will affect the American

Percentage of undergraduate students with debt

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pay their tuition or pay their expenses,” Brooks said.

And tuition consistently rises. In the last 10 years, resident undergraduate tuition increased 87.9 percent.

The University of Oregon’s Rising Price Tag e UO Board of Trustees approved another undergraduate tuition increase this year — $6 per credit hour for in-state students, $18 for out-of-state.

For an in-state student taking a full course load, that’s an overall increase of $270 annually, or 2.84 percent. Out-of-state students are looking at a price tag of $810, or 2.49 percent more annually.

Former students like Simmons are struggling to pay debt. She graduated from UO’s Law School and owes just under $100,000 in student loans and $3,500 for a private loan she took out after graduation when she was studying for the bar exam.

“I am the first lawyer in my family, and before law school, I always thought that being a lawyer was a ticket straight to riches,” Simmons said. “After I got to know more attorneys, I realized that a lot of us — especially folks on the 10-year, standard repayment plan — are paying a lot more in loans than they’re taking home.”

Simmons wants to work for the government, which would qualify her for loan forgiveness. She and her partner collectively pay $1,000 a month in student loans. e Board of Trustees sets the tuition rate each year. ASUO President Amy Schenk advocates for student affordability and her biggest concern is that marginalized and lower-income students won’t be able to come to UO if tuition continues to rise. She said some administrators don’t recognize the burden that even a small increase could put on students.

“I want them to recognize this is an increase on top of the 6 percent last year, on top of the percentage before that,” Schenk said. “For some it could mean getting priced out of the university, and for some students it could mean they can’t afford groceries.”

Oregon’s Part in Student Loans Ben Cannon is the executive director of the Higher Education Coordinating Commission, or HECC. e commission oversees 24 Oregon colleges and their tuition increases. Cannon said the HECC has seen significant increases in the cost of tuition, textbooks and other students’ expenses in recent years. “ ey’ve been rising pretty steeply for over a decade,” Cannon said. “ e long-term forecast I would expect annual increases that are going to average somewhere in the 4 to 5 percent range.”

e HECC approved a 10.6 percent tuition increase for UO last year but it was reduced to 6.56 percent after an increase in state funding. “ e most common strategy that students use to manage the tuition increase is to borrow more,” Cannon said. “ at could be their ticket to stay in school, but it also means when they complete they’ll have a larger debt to repay, and it may affect the type of career choices that they make.”

Portland State University alumna Sarah Culbertson said her $28,000 student loan debt has grown to $32,000 since she graduated in 2012.

Culbertson says seeing the total loan size increase is distressing.

“I have definitely sacrificed a lot to be able to make payments, like having the wedding I want and living in a nicer place,” Culbertson said. “My husband also has student loans, so it’s something we face trying to pay down together. It took us over two years to save for a honeymoon after getting married because we just didn’t have much to put away each paycheck.”

But Cannon says the state is taking some steps to reduce college costs.

“As a state, we’ve made significant investments in need-based financial aid,” Cannon said. “So there’s certainly a number of efforts underway.”

Senator Ron Wyden, the PROSPER Act, and an Uncertain Future In 2017, Republicans in the House of Representatives proposed a new higher education bill titled the “Promoting Real Opportunity, Success and Prosperity through Education Reform”, or the PROSPER Act, which is a renewal and reform of the 1965 Higher Education Act. Federal aid would change to a “one loan, one grant” system, eliminating subsidized loans that don’t accrue interest while students are in college. It also reduces the nine loan repayment options to just two, eliminates public service loan forgiveness and changes borrowing limits for students and their families. e PROSPER Act reduces federal aid to students by nearly $15 billion over 10 years, according to the Congressional Budget Office estimate.

Congress is divided on the act. Republicans see the bill as a step toward fixing the national student loan debt through reforming almost everything about lending.

Democrats see the bill as an attack on student aid because of its impact on former President Barack Obama’s student loan forgiveness initiative, which forgives loans after 20 to 25 years. If a student had a job in public service, their debt would be forgiven after 10 years. Under the bill, future loan

IF WE CONTINUE TO KEEP RACKING UP ALL THIS DEBT, WE COULD BE TALKING ABOUT A BUBBLE WHICH WILL AFFECT THE AMERICAN ECONOMY, AND AT SOME POINT, IT JUST BLOWS UP.” SEN. RON WYDEN borrowers wouldn’t have these options.

Wyden says he and others in the Senate have proposed multiple bills in the works that address the many facets of student loan debt.

Along with Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley, Wyden introduced the PARTNERSHIPS Act, which gives states the incentive to fund higher education. It would help to end tuition hikes with incentives from the federal government to help cover costs.

Wyden and Merkley have also introduced the AFFORD Act, which aims to make income-based repayment plans available to all students.

Along with Republican Sen. Marco Rubio, Wyden has introduced a bipartisan bill called the “Student Right to Know Before You Go” Act, which will not only protect the privacy of prospective students, but also increases competition by making university data like graduation rates and average debt readily available to them.

“Right now, schools can charge what they want because nobody ever gets any information about what anybody else is doing, so there’s no competition,” Wyden said.

Wyden attended the University of Oregon Law School in 1974, and sees a difference in the student loan environment today.

“For students, it kind of throws out the window the notion that you work hard and you play by the rules, there’s a clear path to get ahead in life,” Wyden said. “Now you work hard and play by the rules and your path to get ahead is littered with hurdles and obstacles accumulated by all of these debts.”

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OPINION Allen Hall, home of the School of Journalism and Communication.

(Emerald Archives)

AN OPEN LETTER TO

JOURNALISM STUDENTS

BY MILES TRINIDAD

Dear journalism students, Whether you are approaching graduation or you still have time left in Allen Hall, we have all dedicated our academic journey to a single, common goal: a commitment to truth.

And this commitment to truth is something we need now more than ever.

In a world that often seems so big and where we seem so small, truth is the great equalizer. Armed with truth, citizens have the information they need to make important decisions regarding what is best for their communities, their government and their lives.

And journalism empowers the powerless with truth to protect them from the powerful.

Whether you are a writer, anchor or editor, you are part of the invisible fourth branch of government that requires a sense of civic duty and devotion to truth to protect our communities from abuses of power. is is why I was so drawn to the profession in the first place and committed almost six years of school to develop my skills in it. I wanted to be the next Walter Cronkite or the next Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, not because they are the rock stars of the profession, but because their work held the feet of the powerful to the fire.

Despite my unwavering devotion to truth, this role also comes with constraints that ultimately

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pushed me away from it.

Amid a divisive 2016 election, I was constrained by the objectivity that journalism requires to maintain my credibility as an unbiased journalist. As a result, I found myself unable to speak a different kind of truth: my personal truth. Instead of speaking truth to power, I felt as if I was preaching truth to the choir.

After the election, I viewed my objectivity as complicity, as I was obligated to treat both sides as equals. I couldn’t bear the thought that my complicity somehow helped elect a White House and Congress so averse to truth.

I decided objectivity was a burden I could not personally bear, so I abandoned my dream to become a journalist so I could freely speak my truth to power.

But that doesn’t mean you should abandon yours.

We are now in an age where lies and deceit can easily be mistaken for fact and truth.

People are eager to denounce unfavorable truths as fake news, a single broadcast company preaches propaganda as truth on local TV stations across the nation and the slow demise of local journalism is removing citizens’ access to the very truth they rely on.

Although I have decided to leave journalism, I would not be able to speak my truth without the journalists who devote their lives to it.

It is completely normal to feel doubt about

whether journalism is the right profession for you.

I spent six years on the fast track to becoming a journalist only to make a U-turn with only one year left before I graduate. But it is important to know why you want to become a journalist. e purpose of journalism, at its most basic level, is to keep us informed. From the events, issues and people who influence our lives, journalism can sometimes be reduced to what people find interesting or relevant, but it is much more than that.

Journalists have a responsibility to the public to give power to the powerless and a voice to the voiceless by spreading truth.

And if you are in journalism seeking fame, fortune or glory and are willing to compromise your commitment to the truth to accomplish that, you should leave journalism behind because you are pursuing it for the wrong reasons.

I may have given up my dream of being a journalist, but that doesn’t mean that you should.

Without journalists who have a commitment to truth, we wouldn’t be able to decipher what’s fact and what’s fiction, and we’d be susceptible to those seeking to exploit that. e world doesn’t just need more journalists; it needs more journalists who are committed to truth. At this exact moment in history, we need you to provide that.

SPORTS SENIOR POWER PUSHES OREGON PAST UTAH 8-1 TO COMPLETE SERIES SWEEP

BY AUGUST HOWELL • TWITTER @ HOWELL_AUGUST Gwen Svekis watched her fly-ball hang in the air and drift toward shallow left field.

As she jogged toward first base, it landed in the exact place none of the three Utah defenders could reach it in time. at summarized how the day went for Svekis and the Ducks on Senior Day. ey capitalized on scoring from their seniors to beat and sweep Utah 8-1 for the final regular season game at Jane Sanders Stadium. Megan Kleist, the winning pitcher, went five innings with six hits and six strikeouts.

It was an emotional game for all the players, especially for senior Svekis and Lindvall, who accounted for six of the eight total Oregon runs.

“Lot’s of emotions,” head coach Mike White said. “Fortunately we were able to keep them under wraps and I thought the ladies did a good job.”

Svekis wanted to capitalize on the opportunity to play at home at least one more time. e senior had two hits, including a home run to center field in the third inning.

“It was very cool because who knows if I’ll hit another one, so it was good to do it this weekend,” Skevis said.

Early on in the second inning, the Ducks threatened to go up big after loading the bases twice. Lauren Lindvall’s scoring doubled in her first at-bat and gave Oregon a 3-0 lead. Lindvall and Haley Cruse then advanced to second and third base on a wild pitch to Jenna Lilley. When Lilley walked, Utah replaced starter Hailey

Oregon Ducks infielder Lauren Lindvall (8) throws the ball to first. (Devin Roux)

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Hilburn for Katie Donovan, who was able to limit the damage by getting April Utecht to hit into a double play. e Ducks almost run-ruled Utah in the fifth inning when they scored three runs. Shannon Rhodes, who drew three walks and scored two runs on no hits, was almost picked off at second base in a pickle situation, but scored after Lindvall doubled again for her second RBI of the game. Cruse followed that with a chopper that bounced over the second baseman, allowing Lindvall and Iakopo to score.

Kleist ran into trouble in the fourth inning when Utah had runners on first and third with one out. Ally Dickman launched a double into left field, allowing Kelly Martinez to score from third. Utah had runners on second and third with one out, but Kleist struck out the next two consecutive batters to end the inning.

Maggie Balint replaced Kleist in the sixth inning. She had one strikeout and allowed a hit, but it was Lilley’s timely defensive plays from third base that prevented more baserunners for the Utes. e sold-out crowd began chanting the senior’s name in the final inning while she hovered over third base.

“I hear them every time, they’re pretty awesome,” Lilley said. “ ey make me smile.”

With its regular season home games concluded, Oregon will head to Cal for the final three-game series of the season. With this win, Oregon and UCLA are tied for first in the Pac-12 standings.

Former Oregon Ducks forward Mallory McGwire (44) shoots for three while being defended by Notre Dame forward Jessica Shepard (23).

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BY SHAWN MEDOW • TWITTER @SHAWNMEDOW Sophomore Mallory McGwire announced on Twitter on Wednesday that she will transfer to Boise State after two seasons on the Oregon women’s basketball team.

McGwire averaged 15.6 minutes in her sophomore season while averaging 4.9 points and 3.5 rebounds per game.

McGwire struggled for playtime behind fellow sophomore Ruthy Hebard and freshman Satou Sabally.

Oregon lost seniors Lexi Bando and Justine

Hall after this past season, which saw the top-10 Ducks make a run to the Elite Eight.

Freshmen Anneli Maley and Aina Ayuso both left the program, with Maley transferring to TCU and Ayuso going pro in Spain. Sophomore Sierra Campisano has also left the program to transfer but has yet to announce a destination. e Ducks bring in freshmen Nyara Sabally and Taylor Chavez with Erin Boley coming into play after transferring from Notre Dame and sitting out this past season.

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Former Oregon hurdler Devon Allen clears the first hurdle in the 110m hurdle race. (Adam Eberhardt)

Former Oregon sprinter Raevyn Rogers comes off the Bowerman Curve during the women’s 400m race. (Adam Eberhardt)

CURRENT AND FORMER DUCKS SHINE IN FINAL HOME MEET AT HAYWARD FIELD IN OREGON TWILIGHT

BY SIERRA WEBSTER • TWITTER @WEBSTERSIERRAE

Past and present Ducks showed up and out at the Oregon Twilight.

With 17 former and 44 current Ducks, Oregon track and field athletes and alumni took first in 15 events — including men’s discus, triple jump and hammer, women’s long jump and shot put and men’s and women’s 100-meter dash, 400 meters and 1,500 meters — at the Oregon Twilight on May 4 in the last regular season meet at Hayward Field.

Oregon alumni Mike Berry and Raevyn Rogers dominated in the men’s and women’s 400 meters. Berry, who holds both the Oregon (44.75 seconds) and Twilight Meet (45.56) records for the 400, finished in 46.62 seconds, just over a second-and-a-half before secondplace finisher Chris Polk of George Fox. Rogers, a five-time NCAA champion in the 800 meters, crossed the finish in the 400 at 52.06 seconds, a personal and meet record.

Nike OTC Elite runner Francine Niyonsaba trailed Rogers, taking second and finishing in 53.48 seconds.

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meters before running his victory lap so the two former Ducks could take the lap together.

“We are alum and we love competing here,” Berry said. “We have a lot of Olympians, a lot of world champions and we just want to keep that legacy going. … A meet like this, it brings everybody back home.”

Last summer, Rogers chose not to return for her senior season at Oregon, opting to turn professional and run for Nike. Twilight was the former Duck’s first time back at Hayward since turning professional.

“I’m cherishing my moments here,” she said. “I feel like it was my professional debut in Hayward in the front of the home crowd.”

She continued, “I felt a little bit of pressure, like I had to win cause I have to do my victory lap in front of the home crowd.”

Another Oregon alumnus, Devon Allen, won the 110-meter hurdles and the 100-meter dash, finishing in 13.42 and 10.29 seconds, respectively.

In the 100, Allen was joined by current Duck freshman Myles Webb and former Duck Kyree King, who now runs for Nike. Webb

followed Allen’s 10.29 seconds in second with a 10.42-second finish of his own, and King took third, finishing in 10.48 seconds.

Webb also finished second in the 200 meters in 21.26 seconds, following Marcus Chambers, another former Duck who took first, finishing in 20.99 seconds. Webb set personal bests in both the 100 and the 200.

Webb, who was trying to record a Pac12 Championship qualifying time, didn’t anticipate beating King but started well and the pressure to earn his spot motivated him to finish hard.

“You’re not really supposed to look to the side, but it’s a habit,” Webb said. “So I saw where [King] was and I was excited so I just kept going.”

Rogers and Allen will be back at Hayward for Pre Classic on May 26. Rogers will return to the 800 meters, while Allen will race in the 110-meter hurdles. Multi-Event Pac-12 championships begin tomorrow in Stanford, California, and next weekend, Oregon will travel to Stanford for the 2018 Pac-12 Championships.

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OREGON’S CREATIVE DIRECTOR POSITION IS UNIQUE IN COLLEGIATE TRACK AND FIELD

BY AUGUST HOWELL • TWITTER @HOWELL_AUGUST

As the Oregon track and field team sat on the team bus in Albuquerque, New Mexico before a meet in early February, a hype video from the Oregon track and field Instagram started to reverberate around the bus. e upbeat music and stunning visual effects were meant to fire up the athletes before the meet even started.

Josh Phillips, the creator of the video, couldn’t help but smile to himself.

Phillips was hired in December 2017 as the creative director for the Oregon track and field team, a job unique in a track and field program. While his position is new, he has years of experience shooting photos during truly iconic moments at Hayward Field. From the women clinching the Triple Crown to Devon Allen’s victory at the Olympic Trials, Phillips has been there to capture it all.

With his new position, spearheaded by head coach Robert Johnson, Phillips continues to bring his dedicated approach to the Oregon team.

Johnson wanted Oregon to have a bigger presence online and that meant more coverage of meets away from Eugene — something not all programs do.

“I don’t know that another program has a position like this,” Phillips said. “ at was his brainchild.”

As a Eugene native, Phillips graduated from Oregon in 2012 with a degree in business administration and a minor in graphic design. Phillips’ online portfolio boasts a well-rounded display of creative work. He has worked as a graphic designer for Nike and the American Marketing Association.

“I worked at Nike for a long

time, and I had a hard time fitting in there,” Phillips said. “Because at Nike, say you have a graphic designer: you’re going to have the best in the world. And I think my specific skill set have always translated better to a smaller team where I can do a lot of different things really well.”

TrackTown USA’s smaller staff suited Phillips better. While working at the non-profit, Phillips was the Digital Communications Coordinator, which involved running the company’s social media accounts, as well as updating the website. But because the staff at TrackTown was relatively small, Phillips felt he was unable to put maximum effort into his work.

“I was able to do a lot of different things, which is a good thing, but it also spreads you kind of thin, and I felt like I was doing everything 75 percent to my capability,” Phillips said.

“Whereas when I’m here, my sole responsibility is to focus on the various social media entities that the Oregon track team possesses.”

Whether it be photo or video, Phillips has the eye for detail, and he wants to bring the same level of professionalism to Oregon’s social media. Phillips said part of his job at TrackTown was to post “the best professional looking photo on the internet.” He wants his posts to bring more than just the score or the time. His work has drawn praise from fans and Oregon athletes.

Triple jumper Drew Russert, a graphic design major, said Phillips has encouraged him to pursue his digital drawings like the ones he posts on his Instagram.

“I don’t think he could be doing a better job,” Russert said. “ e fact that he’s the first and doing it so well. … He’s done a great job.”

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Canadian artist Michael Snow’s “Solar Breath (Northern Caryatids)” installation is currently on display at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art. Snow is best known for his 1967 avant-garde film “Wavelength.” In 2006, the Audio-Visual Preservation Trust of Canada preserved the film and recognized it as culturally

significant. is Wednesday, the Schnitzer will host a screening of the landmark film followed by a Skype conversation with the director. When speaking on the film, Snow said that his goal was to “make a summation of my nervous system, religious inklings, and aesthetic ideas.” e screening will be free and open to the public.

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e Rock Collection — a jamrock supergroup made up of Melvin Seals (Jerry Garcia Band/ JGB), Greg Anton (Zero), Stu Allen (Phil Lesh & Friends), Dan “Lebo” Lebowitz (ALO), John-Paul McLean (JGB) and Stephanie Salva — improvises on stage

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with deep instrumentation and complex harmonies. eir show promises “bursts of creativity” that transform planned sets into extended jam sessions. If you’re looking to feel the music and dance the night away, e Rock Collection is the band to see.

PAULA POUNDSTONE AT THE HULT CENTER 1 EUGENE CENTER, SHOW 8 P.M., TICKETS $32 - $56, ALL AGES “Professional curmudgeon” probably sits somewhere on Paula Poundstone’s, next to “Legendary StandUp Comedian,” “Author,” and “NPR Panelist.” Poundstone -- who’s made a career bringing sharp observational humor and a loveable no-nonsense attitude to stages around the world -- is one of the premiere comedians working today. She made Comedy Central’s 100 Best Comics of All Time list, and was the first woman to perform comedy at the White House Correspondents Dinner.

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Don’t Tell Me!” Poundstone just published her second book, “ e Totally Unscientific Study Of e Search For Human Happiness,” which landed at the top of the Amazon Best Sellers List for humor.

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small mountain peaks. e UO Outdoor Barn will be taking a trip with students to enjoy Waldo Lake — commonly known by Oregonians to be the clearest lake in the state. ere will be a pre-trip meeting held in the Outdoor Barn at 5 p.m. on May 8.

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Dr. Brandon Schmandt from the University of New Mexico will present his findings on Tuesday, May 7 at the Museum of Natural and Cultural History.

(Courtesy of Brandon Schmandt)

VISITING GEOLOGIST DISCUSSES THE INNER WORKINGS OF MT. ST. HELENS

BY FRANKIE LEWIS • TWITTER @FLEWIS_1

Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano drew headlines following its recent eruption on Friday. But the Pacific Northwest is a hotbed for geologic activity, too. e Channeled Scablands of Eastern Washington, the John Day Fossil Beds of Eastern Oregon and the Columbia Gorge are emblematic of the region’s tumultuous geologic history. Mount St. Helens, however, is probably the landmark that first comes to people’s minds given its eruption in 1980. e eruption attracted droves of earth scientists to research the active volcano. Nearly 40 years later, scientists such as Dr. Brandon Schmandt, a geophysicist and seismologist at the University of New Mexico, are able to accurately map the inner workings of the volcano. Dr. Schmandt will present the findings he and his colleagues discovered about the “magmatic plumbing” beneath the volcano. e talk is on Tuesday, May 7, at 3 p.m. at the Museum of Natural and Cultural History.

“If you went around the perimeter of the Pacific [Ocean], you could find many volcanic systems that have a lot of similar attributes to [Mt.] St. Helens,” Schmandt told the Emerald. “Why it stands out and why it’s been a focus lately is simply that it’s most active volcano in the Pacific Northwest and there are a lot of people who live near it.”

Mount St. Helens and the entire Cascade

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mountain range is a product of the Cascadia Subduction Zone. is is an area off the OregonWashington coast, beneath the ocean, where the Juan de Fuca plate is sliding under the larger North America continental plate. Besides generating earthquake-producing friction, the sliding Juan de Fuca plate pulls water, sediment and various reactive minerals with it; an explosive combination for volcanoes. “ ose are things that we would see at the surface normally but [the plate movement] drags them to depths where they’re not stable,” Schmandt said. “ ose end up lowering the melting point of the mantle. en the melt that’s created by that sinking flap rises up under the overriding plate — the overriding plate being what you guys live on.”

While Schmandt said scientists cannot forecast eruptions, volcanoes will give off warning signs, such as steam venting or small lava flows. But these signs are sometimes red herrings.

“I think we would see indicators ahead of time if St. Helens were to start ramping up toward a new eruption,” he said. “We’re not seeing those indicators — at least not very strong ones right now.”

Schmandt was selected to participate in the National Science Foundation program GeoPRISMS,

which brings together earth scientists from different disciplines to examine a specific area of the world. A few years back, the Cascadia Subduction Zone was chosen as a site of interest.

Schmandt hopes his research on Mount St. Helens, combined with his colleges’ work on other areas of the subduction zone could provide a case study for examining other volcanic regions in the world.

“What we learn will be important regionally because it is a very active volcano in the Pacific Northwest,” Schmandt said. “But it’s also applicable more broadly because there are tons of volcanoes that are very similar in many respects to Mount St. Helens.”

As for the lecture, Schmandt wants to provide attendees with a modern view of Mount St. Helens and where it fits into global volcanic processes and hazards.

“We have a great depth of information,” Schmandt said. “In a way [Mount St. Helens] is a place to sort of keep doubling down and say, ‘Well, let’s zoom in more and more,’ because these are pretty complex systems.”

Dr. Schmandt’s lecture will begin at 3 p.m. in the Museum of Natural and Cultural History Galleria on Tuesday, May 7. e talk is included with regular museum admission, free for UO students.

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CHLOÉ ZHAO VISITS UO TO TEACH DIRECTING AND DISCUSS HER NEW FILM ‘THE RIDER’ AND REALIST CINEMA

BY MIA VICINO • TWITTER @MIACINO For the next two weeks, award-winning filmmaker Chloé Zhao will be in Eugene guest teaching a cinema studies course on directing. Zhao recently won the inaugural Bonnie Award, which honors a mid-career woman director, at the 2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards. A glowing introduction from filmmaker Ava Duvernay preceded Zhao’s acceptance speech.

Last Tuesday, she participated in a discussion and Q&A on campus at Gerlinger Hall, moderated by cinema studies associate department head Priscilla Peña Ovalle, that touched on topics of realist cinema, working with non-actors (both humans and horses) and her own personal history.

Born in Beijing, China, Zhao moved to London for high school, studied American political science in college and eventually earned her graduate degree in film at NYU. Her debut feature, “Songs My Brothers Taught Me,” had a microbudget, a crew of only eight people and took three years to make, but it was still met with acclaim when it premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival. Zhao’s latest film, “ e Rider,” nabbed four Spirit Award nominations and a win at Cannes Film Festival and is garnering heaps of critical acclaim, currently holding a 96 percent on Rotten Tomatoes.

During the Q&A, Zhao discussed how she comes from the “Terrence Malick school of filmmaking,” often employing realist techniques to produce documentary-like films that feel poignant and true to life. Instead of creating wholly original scripts, Zhao opts to find real people and build a story around them and their experiences. is often means working with

non-professional actors, such as “ e Rider” star Brady Jandreau, a cowboy living on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. e film explores his tragic experience after a riding accident threatens to end his rodeo career. “ ey’re giving you their real lives and their very personal struggles, but they’re hiding behind a character that has a different last name,” Zhao said.

“To see your story play out from a different character is a really powerful thing.”

Zhao also admitted that she initially harbored romanticized ideas of these Native Americans’ lives, and she had to unlearn the false labels that mainstream media had given them. In doing so, she became close with her actors — Jandreau even chose Zhao to be his daughter’s godmother.

“I was much more interested in portraying them as human beings rather than issues,” Zhao said. “ e connection with them was like, ‘ ese are my kids. ese are my friends.’ And they struggle with the same things that my friends back in China do.”

Zhao’s upcoming work includes directing and writing a biopic on Bass Reeves, the first Black U.S. marshall, and a Western historical epic centering on Native American territories of the 1800s. She has also been in talks to direct Marvel films. During the Q&A, she said that her first passion was manga comics — but the indie filmmaker is more at home when working with realism rather than spectacle. ere will be a free screening of “ e Rider” next Wednesday, May 9 at 7 p.m. in the EMU Redwood Auditorium, followed by a Q&A with Zhao. Seating is limited and first come, first served.

Brady Jandreau as Brady Blackburn. (Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics)

Writer and director Chloé Zhao. (Courtesy of Mongrel Media)

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