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NEWS STUDENTS RECEIVE SCAM EMAILS THROUGH UOREGON EMAIL BY CASEY CROWLEY • TWITTER @CASEYCROWLEY55

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CONSTRUCTION ON FRANKLIN BOULEVARD MEANS A YEAR OF TRAFFIC NEAR CAMPUS BY BECCA ROBBINS • TWITTER @BROBBINSUO Construction crews are moving forward with the Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact, and with this, the University of Oregon community will continue to notice more traffic disruptions on Franklin Boulevard. e sidewalk budding up against the construction zone is blocked off with orange barriers and a fence depicting the yellow Oregon logo, as well as the construction company’s logo. Two westbound lanes of Franklin Boulevard closest to the construction site will be closed at night, between 7 p.m. and 6 a.m. through the first week of June. One left turn lane from Agate Street onto Franklin Boulevard leaving campus will be closed,

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Over the last week, at least six University of Oregon students received emails through their Uoregon accounts attempting to scam them. e emails asked for about $400 in Bitcoin and threatened to share embarrassing videos on social media if the amount was not paid within 24 hours. All of the emails featured improper grammar and came from people who said they were not native English speakers. According to UOPD spokesman Kelly McIver, these scams are clearly extortion, but it is not likely that the perpetrators can be identified. At least two of the students who got these emails received them from accounts that appear to be from another country. is can be determined by looking after the .com of the email address. Something like .br means the account is from Brazil, according to Leo Howell, the chief information officer at UO. Howell says that if anyone receives an email like this, they should not pay the scammers and that the best thing to do is seek help from university resources such as UOPD and Information Services. ere are multiple ways scammers can find email address. e least effective way is by guessing it, according to Howell. “If you look at email addresses, they are patterns. It’s either first name, last name or some combination. It’s not very difficult for hackers to actually get a student’s email address,” said Howell. ese kinds of scams are extremely common and can be sent to anybody. Scammers often

send them to a large amount of people in the hopes that a few will pay, according to Howell. Howell also said the groups that run these scams are organized like corporations, where different people have different roles in crafting the emails. McIver says that in his experience, he has frequently seen international students be the victims of email scams. In order to protect themselves from receiving scam emails like these, students should be careful about which websites they visit and be more vigilant about what they do in front of a screen, according to Howell. Many email services have spam filters which let the user block emails from international accounts, which can reduce the risk of receiving spam. e Uoregon email system has a filter that looks for obvious forms of spam, but some scammers are clever enough to get past that. “ e most effective control that is out there today is to set up two-factor authentication. … ose kinds of things reduce your chance for a breach by like 98 percent,“ said Howell. If you have received an email like this, you can report it to UOPD or UO Information services. “We like to know if it is happening and to be able to keep some track of that because then we can work with them. ... If we see a lot of those reports coming in, we can be checking with information services and saying ‘are you getting a lot of reports on this on phishing?’ We can collaborate on a message out to the community,” said McIver.

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THE MOST RISKY PLACES TO LOCK YOUR BIKE ON CAMPUS BY MICHAEL TOBIN • TWITTER @TOBIN_TWEETS If you leave your bike on campus, you’re going to want to lock it up. In the last five years, there have been 694 cases of bike theft reported to the University of Oregon Police Department. Stolen bikes are difficult to recover; UOPD closed 95 percent of bike theft cases from 20132017 without ever identifying a suspect, let alone returning a bike. Sgt. Jared Davis, who has worked with the university since 2010, said that bike theft is a blanket problem across campus; however, some areas, such as around large buildings, are particularly vulnerable to bike theft. According to the five years of UOPD crime data, Knight Library and the Student Rec Center both had 31 reported cases of bike theft and Lawrence and McKenzie halls had 24 and 18 cases, respectively. However, bikes are most frequently stolen at the residence halls. Hamilton had the most reported incidents with 53, followed by Bean with 37 and Carson with 34. Nicholas Abusaid, a freshman living in Hamilton this year, said he left his bike by the Rec Center for three days only to find that someone tried to steal its parts. “I thought I lost my bike last week,” he said. “I found it and it looks like someone tried to remove the brakes. I’m actually on my way to get it fixed.” e Emerald created a heat map of where bikes are frequently stolen on campus. But on-campus housing isn’t the only target — Spencer View Apartments, located near Amazon Park, saw 34 reported incidents of bike theft. UOPD spokesman Kelly McIver says that because Spencer View Apartments houses families, children’s

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bicycles are frequently left outside, which make them vulnerable to theft. Davis says it’s important to be aware of one’s surroundings when locking up a bike. “Be mindful with where you park your bike,” he said. “If your bike is located near a security camera we have more of a chance of identifying a suspect.” According to the Eugene Police Department, 790 bicycles were stolen last year alone in the city of Eugene; 754 were stolen in 2016 and 1,048 in 2015. Jeff Blondé, a program manager with EPD’s Crime Prevention Unit, says that bike theft is largely a crime of opportunity. “If the opportunity presents itself, bicycle thieves are going to steal,” he said. “Bicycles are portable, easy to transport and not that difficult for thieves to sell.” Blondé also said that a majority of bike theft happens in heavily populated areas, such as downtown. “It’s a place that’s full of bikes and busy, distracted people and it’s easy for thieves to use the cover of that to steal bikes” While Blondé says bike theft is a crime that is difficult to prevent, both he and Davis recommend that cyclists secure their bicycles properly with a U-lock, as bolt cutters can easily cut cable locks. Blondé also recommends registering a bicycle with the EPD and encourages students to give EPD up-todate contact information so authorities can contact them quickly if their bike is recovered. However, Blondé said that recovery of registered, stolen bicycles averages around 10 to 15 percent, and he encourages students to take the preventive measure of securing their bicycles properly.

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SENATE PASSES CONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION BY RYAN NGUYEN • TWITTER @RYANJJNGUYEN

e ASUO Senate passed a resolution May 23 in a 12-to-six vote to endorse the Palestinian-led Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement. e resolution encourages the University of Oregon to boycott companies that proponents of the resolution say support the Israeli occupation of Palestine. e student group Students United for Palestinian Equal Rights (SUPER) first proposed the resolution at an earlier senate meeting, and 30 student organizations have endorsed it. e resolution refers only to the expenditures and purchases of the ASUO and encourages the greater university to likewise boycott products. e BDS resolution encourages UO to divest from and boycott products from companies that “are complicit in Israeli settler colonialism and the Israeli occupation of Palestine,” according to the resolution. Over 200 students showed up to the May 23 Senate meeting to debate their respective sides and hear the Senate discuss the resolution. Students from groups such as the TAMID Group at Oregon, Oregon Hillel and Jewish fraternity Alpha Epsilon Pi came to the senate meeting and expressed why they thought the resolution should or should not pass. Advocates of the BDS movement say that it is an anti-racist human rights movement. In an interview after the Senate had passed the resolution, ASUO External Vice President Vickie Gimm — who wrote the resolution that SUPER introduced — said she did not doubt it would pass.

“It’s definitely an incremental change,” Gimm said. “But it’s still meaningful, and it means a lot to the people who are advocating for Palestinian sovereignty.” But not everyone is happy the resolution passed, and some see it as a blow to inclusivity on campus. University of Oregon President Michael Schill wrote in a statement ursday that the resolution is divisive and inconsistent with UO’s value of inclusion. In the statement, Schill describes the importance of not dividing the UO community “along the lines of ideology, religion or national origin.” He added that the BDS movement not only criticizes the policies of the Israeli government but also questions the right of Israel to exist. President Schill’s statement and the resolution can be found at dailyemerald.com. Several students who were against the passing of the resolution said they were worried about the possibility of a rise in the number of antisemitic crimes committed on campus. One study conducted by AMCHA Initiative, a pro-Jewish organization, found that higher rates of antisemitic offenses correlate with BDS activity on college campuses with large Jewish populations. During Wednesday’s Senate meeting, ASUO Senator Shea Northfield questioned whether or not the resolution was in accordance with ASUO’s mission of inclusion, since the resolution promotes BDS, which promotes a “cultural boycott” of events, agreements and

projects involving Israel, its lobby groups or its cultural institutions, according to the BDS Movement website. ASUO’s mission statement reads: “ e ASUO strives to provide for the social, cultural, educational and physical development of its members and for the advancement of their individual and collective interests both within the University and the community at large.” Some Senate attendees pushed back on the idea of the resolution not being in accordance with ASUO’s values during that meeting. Cressa Perloff, a SUPER member, said the university doesn’t do enough to create an inclusive environment for people of color. Perloff added that the resolution was endorsed by a diverse array of student groups and that ASUO voted in accordance with their hopes. ASUO Senator Montse Mendez Higuera, who voted to pass the resolution, said there is a possibility the ASUO Constitutional Court — ASUO’s judicial branch — could strike the resolution down in the fall because the resolution is not “viewpoint neutral,” according to several ASUO senators. Mendez Higuera added that student groups were aware of this but still wanted to continue pushing on either side of the resolution to see the Senate’s stance. She said that students “wanted to see the Senate actually take a stance on something.” Braedon Kwiecien contributed reporting to this article. SUPER Director Abdul Abusaq did not respond to a follow-up interview request.

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UO SENDS WARNING LETTER TO ANTIIMMIGRATION GROUP USING SIMILAR LOGO BY DONNY MORRISON • TWITTER @DONNYMORRISON26

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On May 7, attorney Kevin M. Hayes, on behalf of the University of Oregon’s intellectual property counsel, wrote a letter to the current leader of the Oregonians for Immigration Reform, Cynthia Kendoll, in regards to the similarities between the UO’s “O” logo and the logo being used by OFIR. OFIR, an anti-immigration organization that was labeled a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, was co-founded by Jim Ludwick and two others in 2000. Ludwick, originally from San Diego, served as president of OFIR from 2001 to 2010 before being replaced by Kendoll. Ludwick claims that the “O” logo attached to the organization looks nothing like UO’s. “We designed the logo in 2002. It actually predates the UO’s logo,” Ludwick said. “And you’ve seen the difference. Nobody would mistake our ‘O’ for the University of Oregon’s ‘O.’ It’s crazy.” e first usage of the Oregon “O,” designed by Nike, was in 2001. e letter became the schools official mark in 2003, and trademarked in 2004. OFIR is known for successfully helping to overturn a 2013 bill that granted undocumented immigrants the ability to get drivers licenses. ey’re currently collecting signatures attempting to repeal Oregon’s decades old Sanctuary City laws, which offer legal protections for undocumented immigrants. e group needs to collect 88,184 signatures to qualify for the ballot by November. Christopher Chavez, associate professor in the advertising department at UO’s School of Journalism and Communication, said that the OFIR “O” has enough in common with the UO’s to be considered problematic. “I do think that it does warrant a concern for the university. e specific color of green and the shape of the “O” are similar enough that they have the potential to cause confusion,” Chavez said. Chavez maintains that OFIR is likely aware of the similarities between logos, possibly attempting to align themselves with the nationally recognized Oregon logo. “OFIR is simply trying to present a friendly face to what many consider to be a hate group. e Oregon logo has become synonymous with the state of Oregon and generally received favorably. OFIR is likely hoping to capitalize on that

positive sentiment,” Chavez said. UO spokesperson Tobin Klinger said that it’s common for the university to send out letters asking organizations to change their logo because it’s too similar or identical. “Over the last three years, for example, nearly 20 such cease and desist letters have been sent,” Klinger said. “As have nearly 600 of what’s known as “take down requests,” which are sent to request vendors remove items for sale that use the ‘O’ without permission.” According to UO advertising professor Kim Sheehan, many people could potentially associate OFIR’s “O” without thinking about it too much. “Many people will look at a logo very quickly and then associate it with something that’s already in their memory — for this reason, I would anticipate that some people will assume the OFIR is affiliated with the UO given that the UO’s logo is most likely much more well-known than OFIR’s,” Sheehan said. “OFIR will benefit from the positive goodwill generated by the ‘O.’ UO has more to lose, perhaps, as the mission of OFIR seems to go against the mission of the UO and any connection with OFIR will harm the UO’s brand.” UO freshman Veronika Vike doesn’t believe that the logo is similar enough to garner this type of attention. “I don’t think it’s that big of a deal,” Vike said. “To me, all this press is just bringing more attention to the group in general. Bad press is still press.” OFIR founder Ludwick remains unconvinced that UO actually cares about the logo in the first place, citing political motives as the real reason for the letter. “I don’t think they actually have a problem with the logo. ey want to say they have trouble with it, just to go against us. I think it’s purely a political move by the university,” Ludwick said. UO sent the letter only five days after the University of Oregon Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán, or MEChA, a student group that provides resources for Latinx students in higher education, sent a letter to the UO’s General Counsel detailing the resemblance of the two “O’s” and asked for action to be taken against the group. Ludwick confirmed that OFIR’s attorney had sent a response back to UO before the May 11 deadline. e contents of the letter haven’t been made public, due to the pending status of the case.

SPORTS OREGON SOFTBALL EARNS TICKET TO WOMEN’S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES WITH 11-1 WIN OVER KENTUCKY BY MAVERICK PALLACK • TWITTER @MAVPALLACK

e Oregon Ducks thank the crowd after winning Super Regionals. (Benjamin Green)

Oregon Ducks pitcher Miranda Elish (40) celebrates with her teammates after striking out the last Kentucky player to clinch the win. (Adam Eberhardt)

It took Oregon four innings to get pitcher Miranda Elish the lead last night. It was a different story tonight as the Ducks scored seven runs in the second inning, highlighted by Shannon Rhodes’ leadoff home run and DJ Sanders’ grand slam. e inning’s seven runs were more than the Ducks have scored in a single game this postseason. e No. 1 Oregon Ducks defeated No. 16 Kentucky 11-1 Saturday, earning a trip to the Women’s College World Series. “We were fortunate enough to get a great performance today with the bats,” head coach Mike White said. “Another tremendous performance from Miranda Elish on the mound. ... Fortunately, we gave her some support and she did a great job.” Elish retook the circle after getting the win last night in Oregon’s first win of the best-of-three series. e ace threw a complete game, struck out seven and followed that performance with another dominant win. Saturday, the sophomore struck out seven over five innings, allowing only one earned run. Although she was given an insurmountable lead, she did not let that affect her mindset, wanting to finish the game effectively. “[Having a big lead] is really nice,” Elish said. “But you can’t let it get to your head too much because you don’t want to lose focus.” Sanders’ grand slam helped her earn her first ever trip to the College World Series after missing out in the last couple of years with Louisiana. “I guess that was really my reason for making the move,” Sanders said. “At the end of the day, I knew I wanted to get a chance to play at OKC, so I think this just validated

my decision to leave.” It was also the final home game for Oregon senior softball staples. Jenna Lilley, Lauren Lindvall and Gwen Svekis played their final game in Jane Sanders Stadium. “It’s the worst thing ever to say goodbye to the seniors,” White said. “ ey put so much heart and soul into the program. ... It’s something you don’t want to think about, and I didn’t think about it.” Lilley went 2-3 with two RBIs and a run scored, including an RBI single for the second run of the second inning. Svekis went 2-2 with two RBIs and two runs scored. She also hit her first triple since her freshman season, which scored Alexis Mack and Sanders. is game was also the last home game for the dedicated Oregon crowd. e intense fanbase was as loud as ever, garnering praise from Kentucky head coach Rachel Lawson and White. One particular moment that exemplified the fans’ love for their team was when the entire crowd sang Cruse “Happy Birthday” pregame, and then chanted it again when she doubled Svekis home. “Our fans. ... just crazy fans,” White said. “ at’s a fun atmosphere.” Oregon joins UCLA, Washington, Arizona State, Oklahoma, Georgia, Florida and the winner between Florida State and LSU as teams to punch their tickets to Oklahoma City. e Women’s College World Series will start May 31 and run through June 5 and 6 at the USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium. “Somebody pinch me,” White said with tears in his eyes. “ is is my wildest dream that we would come out and score that many runs. It’s just a tremendous achievement.”

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MEN’S GOLF FINISHES 27TH AT NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS, XIONG 11TH BY JACK BUTLER • TWITTER @BUTLER917 Oregon Ducks right hand pitcher Matt Mercer (11) throws the ball. (Kiara Green)

e Oregon men’s golf team finished 27th at the NCAA Championships in Stillwater, Oklahoma. e Ducks shot a combined +35 through three rounds, failing to advance to the final round by six strokes. Sophomore Norman Xiong was the top Duck, finishing 1-under through three rounds. Xiong started with an opening round of 4-under, but he finished

rounds two and three +2 and +1, respectively. Xiong finished tied for 11th individually, shooting even on the fourth round. Edwin Yi finished 7-over. He started with a +3, shot even on the second round and was 4-over on the third round. Ryan Gronlund, Donald Kay and Kevin Geniza shot poorly. Gronland finished 12-over. Kay and Geniza finished 19 and 27over, respectively.

Norman Xiong tied for 11th individually at the NCAA Championships. (Courtesy of Mike Walsh and GoDucks)

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DUCKS FALL TO ARIZONA ON SENIOR DAY AND SEASON FINALE BY SIERRA WEBSTER • TWITTER @WEBSTERSIERRAE In the last game of the last series of the regular season for both teams, Arizona outplayed Oregon on senior day, outscoring the Ducks 11-4 in PK Park on a sunny Saturday afternoon. After an overall disappointing season in which the Ducks went 26-28 overall and 12-17 in conference play — Oregon failed to put away the Wildcats to win their final series. e series loss was the first home series the Ducks lost this season, and to do it on senior day was especially disappointing. Oregon snagged the lead in the third inning as freshman centerfield Jonny DeLuca brought sophomore third baseman Spencer Steer home. And in the fourth, the Ducks made quick work of the Wildcats with back-to-back outs. But as Arizona followed with a quick one-two-three outs, the tone of the game shifted. While the Wildcats were able to bring three, two, one and four runners home in the fifth through eighth innings, respectively, Oregon was only able to match one RBI in the fifth. In the bottom of the eighth inning, DeLuca sent redshirt junior catcher and outfielder Jakob Goldfarb home for Oregon’s first run since the fifth to tighten the lead 11-4, but for the Ducks, it was too little too late. “It’s kinda a microcosm of the whole year — a little frustrating. As soon as we got knocked on our rear-end, we didn’t do much about it and they just kept the momentum going. ey definitely deserved to get the series,” said Oregon head coach George Horton.

After sophomore pitcher Kenyon Yovan pitched Oregon’s first complete game of the season to win the second game of the series, he was the designated hitter for the last game. Meanwhile, on the mound, the Ducks cycled through five pitchers, starting with junior Matt Mercer, who was replaced by junior Parker Kelly and finishing with senior Jesse Hobaica. Kelly brought a needed push in the fifth to finish off a threerun inning, but with a switch to sophomore pitcher Ryne Nelson in the seventh, the Wildcats capitalized with a four-run inning to show for it. Following Oregon’s win in the second game of the series, Arizona head coach Jay Johnson said the team needed to refocus in order to finish out the season well, with the hope for a tournament bid. “If this is our last game, we want to put this year, this team to bed the right way,” he said. “ ere’s gonna be people in Indianapolis watching this game, deciding whether we should or shouldn’t be in the tournament. We wanted to show them we’re one of the best 64 teams in the country.” While the Wildcats look to the postseason, the Ducks have work to do in the off season and over summer to prepare for next year. “We have a lot to get better at,” Steer said. “So just going into summer ball with that mindset hopefully some guys are on the same page.” Horton said: “We’ve been in a funk for three years now; we need to change the mindset. We need to roll up our sleeves, get tougher.”

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Former Oregon hurdler Devon Allen races in the 110m hurdle race. (Benjamin Green)

BY JACK BUTLER • TWITTER @BUTLER97 Oregon track and field qualified 30 athletes for the NCAA Championships this weekend at the NCAA West Regionals in Sacramento, California. e Oregon women qualified 19 for the upcoming championships at Hayward Field, all part of the quest to defend the 2017 title. On Saturday, the women’s 4x100-meter relay, made up of Alaysha Johnson, Lauren Rain Williams, Jasmin Reed and Ariana Washington, posted the top time of the regional at 43.32 seconds. Rain Williams, Reed and Washington also qualified in the 200 meters. Pac-12 1,500-meter champion Jessica Hull ran four minutes, 13.22 seconds to qualify for her first NCAA Championships.

e women finished a strong weekend with a good performance in the 4x400 meters. Briyahna DeRosiers, Shae Anderson, Venessa D’Arpino and Hannah Waller ran a 3:29.94, a season best and the second-best time of both regionals. 2017 Pac-12 Champion Chaquinn Cook qualified in the triple jump at 43 feet, 7.75 inches. On the men’s side, Demarcus Simpson qualified for the long jump with a mark of 26 feet, 11.75 inches. Sprinter Crayvon Gillespie qualified in both the 100 and 200 meters, with times of 10.24 and 20.61 seconds, respectively. Distance runners Sam Prakel and Mick Stanovsek both qualified in the 1,500 meters. Prakel ran a 3:42.77, while Stanovsek ran a 3:44.04.

Oregon middle distance runner Mick Stanovsek rounds the first curve in the 800m. (Adam Eberhardt)

Oregon long jumper Chaquinn Cook lands in the sand. (Sarah Northrop)

FORMER DUCKS REFLECT AFTER FINAL PREFONTAINE CLASSIC AT HISTORIC HAYWARD FIELD BY SHAWN MEDOW • TWITTER @SHAWNMEDOW Nearly one year ago, Raevyn Rogers sprinted over the finish line in the 4x400 at Hayward Field to earn Oregon women’s track and field the triple crown along with the outdoor national championship. At the 2018 Prefontaine Classic, it was just another day for her in Eugene, where she is currently living as she finishes up two degrees at the University of Oregon. “Being able to still live this day like a normal day helps me be calmer than I usually am,” Rogers said. “Once I came out here I just tell myself, ‘you can do this, you’re ready.’” Rogers and other former Ducks competed one last time at Hayward Field for the Prefontaine Classic on Saturday. With some of the biggest stars in track and field lining each event, the IAAF Diamond League meet gave the 12,667-person crowd its money’s worth. Returning to Hayward Field for former Oregon track and field athletes is always a rush. e fans roar when the names of former Ducks get announced at the start lines, and at this year’s Prefontaine Classic, it’s even more special before the stadium gets renovated. “ ey’re rooting for me no matter if there’s record holder or world champ — I get the loudest cheer so it’s pretty cool,” hurdler Devon Allen said. Allen finished third in the men’s 110-meter hurdles in 13.13 seconds, 0.12 behind the defending Olympic and world champion Omar McLeod in the top spot of the race. “He’s consistent,” Allen said of McLeod. “Really, 10 top guys in the hurdle world that we run against all the time. You always want a fast race and 13.01 is a really fast race.”

World champion and former Duck Phyllis Francis finished second behind Shaunae Miller-Uibo in the women’s 400 meters. Francis was nearly edged out by Shakima Wimbley, who came 0.04 seconds behind Francis’ 50.81 run. Francis said she didn’t realize how close behind her she was until there were 50 meters to go. “I was just focusing on my own plan,” Francis said. “Whatever happens happens.” Before the race, Francis said she was hoping to improve her start to the race, saying it’s publically known that her jump “sucks.” But in the race she got it right and said she was pleased with her start. Just like Allen and many other athletes, Francis reflected on the Hayward renovation. “Now it’s starting to hit me,” she said. “It’s so great to be out here with the fans — it just brings back memories of my college years. Out with the old and in with the new.” Rogers didn’t win her race, nor was she very close. But she did improve for a seasonal best of 1:59.36, finishing seventh in a race won by South Africa’s Caster Semenya in 1:55.92 — the fastest women’s 800 ran on U.S. soil. at doesn’t bother Rogers, who was more than happy with her result and personal performance as she gears up for the summer. “Once I saw I was really close to everyone, I was really excited because for a while I was scared to get in the mix,” Rogers said. “With this meet, I was really able to do the best that I could and actually finish close and still go two seconds faster than I did in Boston. It’s a good day for me.” T U E S D AY, M AY 2 9 , 2 0 1 8

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BUT IS IT ENOUGH? BY MAX EGENER

Adrian Sampedro Cruz stands outside of a SafeRide van. (Adam Eberhardt)

IF I CAN JUST PREVENT ONE PERSON FROM BEING HARMED THEN IT’S ALL WORTH IT.” ADRIAN SAMPEDRO CRUZ

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When University of Oregon junior Adrian Sampedro Cruz started his shift for Safe Ride one evening last fall, he thought it would be another typical ursday night. Seven nights a week, Safe Ride employees drive UO students, faculty and staff across campus and throughout the greater Eugene area to help prevent assault. Cleaning up an overly intoxicated student’s vomit in the van is usually the worst situation he has to deal with during a shift. But Sampedro Cruz’s night wasn’t typical. He was driving back toward campus on the Ferry Street Bridge near Whole Foods when he saw that a motorcyclist had crashed. He got out of the vehicle to investigate and realized that the rider had been thrown from the motorcycle and was lying unconscious in the grass on the side of the road. Sampedro Cruz called 911. A minute later another car drove up. e driver was a doctor. “He checked the guy out and was like, ‘He has no pulse,’” Sampedro Cruz said. A Eugene Police Department tweet from that night confirmed that the incident was fatal. e Office of the Dean of Students reached out to Sampedro Cruz following that night and UOPD gave him the phone numbers of counseling resources. He says his co-workers at Safe Ride were supportive. ey offered to let him take time off, but he continued to work for Safe Ride. “In situations like that, I am better off keeping myself busy,” he said. Sampedro Cruz says the tragic events of that night have only made him more passionate about working to ensure public safety with Safe Ride. Having a dedicated, efficient workforce of employees, like Sampedro Cruz, is essential for campus ride services — ridership data shows that the demand for rides is far greater than what employees can provide. Employees and volunteers with Safe Ride and UO’s two other ride services — Designated Driver Shuttle and Campus Shuttle — don’t see their jobs as a sacrifice of their weekend nights. ey feel as though they provide a vital public service. DDS offers rides on a first-come, first-serve basis to help prevent drunk

driving. e Center for Disease Control reports that 29 people in the US die daily in DUI incidents. Campus Shuttle, which was introduced last January, operates on three bus-like routes, offering students another alternative to walking home alone at night. But these ride services are operating at full capacity. Every year they are forced to turn away thousands of ride requests. Many ride service employees worry about the safety of the people they turn away late at night. In fiscal year 2017, Safe Ride gave 22,086 rides, but was forced to turn away 7,515 ride requests — that’s 25 percent of their total ride requests. Since the beginning of fiscal year 2018, which began last July, Safe Ride has already turned away 9,781 ride requests. DDS is facing a similar issue. It gave 11,834 rides in 2017, but only recently started collecting turnaway data. DDS has turned away 980 rides so far this year. In response to the turnaway issue, UOPD and the Division of Student Life used emergency funds to create the UO Campus Shuttle with four vans in January 2018. DDS co-director Josh Carpenter says, “ e UO Campus Shuttle has made both ours and Safe Ride’s lives significantly easier,” despite both services having to turn away more people this year than any year prior. But according to UOPD Director of Risk and Safety Services, Kelly McIver, funding for the Campus Shuttle will only last until the end of this year. “It’s something that was essentially one-time, scraped-together funding,” McIver said. “It’s nothing that has been programmed into regular, recurring funding year to year, so we really have no idea yet what’s going to happen with that for next year and beyond.” UOPD Safe Rides program manager Ashley McCrea says that the rapid growth in demand for campus ride services is due in part to growing awareness of the programs. A string of eight robberies that occurred near campus in early 2018 contributed to the demand for rides, according to McCrea. First-year UO student Stephanie Schofield started volunteering for Safe Ride

away for a ride. He says he hopes they don’t end up walking. “Some days when we have so many turnaways, I just see it as evidence that we need to continue growing,” Sampedro Cruz says. “Not just Safe Ride, but all the ride services.” Safe Ride and DDS have expanded in the last year, due in part to a recent change in their ASUO organization status. But this year’s ridership data

in the middle of winter term when the robberies were still happening. She wanted to give back to a service that she and her sorority sisters used frequently. During the string of robberies, she says she was impressed that Safe Ride drivers went out of their way to check on people walking on campus alone. “It was hectic,” Schofield said. “People would get in the car and be really worried, but thankful we were there. We knew that if we saw someone alone on the side of the street, we needed to roll down our window and ask them if they needed a ride. We do that already if we’re not driving someone else, but it seemed more urgent at the time.” Schofield said that concern for students outweighs any bitterness Safe Ride employees might have about working weekend shifts when their friends are out partying. It’s worth it to them to help make sure students get home safely. “During the robberies we knew that it was important to just make riders feel comfortable and safe,” Schofield said. DDS co-director Carpenter says he worries about what happens to students when he has to turn them away for a ride. “A lot of the people we drive are intoxicated,” Carpenter said. “When we turn people down, I just hope they know it’s not worth it to drive themselves instead. I wonder how many people find another ride or call a taxi. We always notify people of other options.” Carpenter says he knows many people who have gotten DUIs. Getting a DUI is the last thing someone should worry about if they choose to drive drunk, according to Carpenter. But he has witnessed the negative effect getting a DUI has on someone’s life. He says that’s what drives his commitment to working for DDS. Sampedro Cruz, the Safe Ride driver who discovered the motorcycle crash, also wonders what people do when Safe Ride turns them

SINCE JULY 2017 UO CAMPUS SHUTTLE, SAFE RIDE AND DDS HAVE TURNED AWAY* OVER

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show that the growth of campus ride services hasn’t solved the turnaway problem. Prior to last summer, Safe Ride and DDS were student-run ASUO programs. Now they are ASUO-affiliated university departments with faculty oversight from UOPD. Ashley McCrea was hired by UOPD as the manager of the ride services. She says Safe Ride and DDS were

outgrowing the ASUO-program model and needed to become ASUO-affiliated university departments with larger budgets. When they were ASUO programs, the 2016-17 budgets of Safe Ride and DDS were $158,253 and $122,990, respectively. Now that they are departments, their combined budget for 2017-18 is $454,970. at $173,727 increase allowed Safe Ride and DDS to add another van to each of their fleets this year. Safe Ride also increased its paid staff from 37 to 63 while DDS increased its paid staff from 30 to 37. Safe Ride has 49 volunteers and DDS has 20. Since UOPD hired McCrea last summer, she has been collecting ridership data to identify how the services could improve. “During the first five or six months when we were looking at the data, we realized we have an issue,” McCrea said. “We weren’t serving our students.” McIver says that UOPD is committed to doing anything it can to help ensure that students get home safely. He will continue to analyze ridership data for all three ride services to identify how UOPD can increase safety on campus. In April, the Eugene City Council lifted its ban on rideshare companies. McIver says UOPD will closely monitor how the reemergence of rideshare services like Uber and Lyft in Eugene will affect ridership numbers for campus ride services. Sampedro Cruz hopes the future ASUO and UOPD budgets for all three ride services expand. He says he’ll continue working for Safe Ride as much as he can. He acknowledges that if the services don’t expand, it will be increasingly difficult to make sure people get home safely. “I get asked a lot why I work so much,” Sampedro Cruz said. “And I always say it’s because I know that if I can just prevent one person from being harmed then it’s all worth it.”

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Oregon Ducks forward Jordan Bell (1) blocks the dunk of North Carolina Tar Heels forward Isaiah Hicks (4). (Adam Eberhardt)

LET STUDENT ATHLETES SPEAK BY MILES TRINIDAD

Last month, I attended a University of Oregon seminar centered around activism in sports, which was part of President Michael Schill’s Freedom of Expression initiative to explore the limits of freedom of expression on college campuses. e event claims that “sport has activism in its very DNA” because sport provides a stage for social progress that everyone can see. From instances such as racial integration, the right to opt-out of military service and Title IX protections for female athletes, sport has been a catalyst for change; however, activism within sport remains controversial and ignites debates on whether political discussions should have a place in it. Although this seminar celebrated activism in sport, it also highlighted one glaring contradiction at UO: the silencing of our own student athletes. It is unquestionable that student athletes trade some of their rights to freedom of expression for the ability to compete and represent their university on an athletic team. is opportunity is often accompanied with a scholarship, but this scholarship is not guaranteed for all four years. Instead, it is renewed every year at the coach’s discretion. is creates an environment where students are fearful of stepping out of line and losing access to scholarships that make higher education accessible. But despite these limits, there have been times when athletes have spoken out. In 2014, Oregon basketball players Dwayne Benjamin and Jordan Bell held their hands up during the National Anthem before a game and appeared to frisk each other as the starting lineup was announced. eir actions took place as racial tensions began to flare following the killings of two Black men, Michael Brown and Eric Garner, by police officers who were not indicted for their actions. Rather than being able to freely express their personal beliefs and explain their actions, Benjamin and Bell were not made available to comment, according to an article by e Oregonian. Head Coach Dana Altman criticized their actions while the players were unable to defend themselves. PA G E 1 2

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“I think every player has a right to express their opinion; however, I didn’t think that was the time and place for it,” Altman said. “As part of our basketball team, when you put the Oregon jersey on, it’s a little different.” But why should an Oregon jersey subject you to different rights? Time and time again, university athletics utilizes its sports information directors (SIDs) — the gatekeepers who determine media access to athletes at their own discretion — to invoke unwritten rules that limit athletes’ abilities to freely speak to the press. Although the athletic department argues that these rules protect athletes from unwanted press coverage, this policy has routinely been abused. is has happened in track and field when head coach Robert Johnson routinely denied athletes access to interviews. And this happened last year with the athletic department’s threat to revoke the Emerald’s press credentials after a reporter directly contacted an athlete about accusations of violence against former Oregon tight end Pharaoh Brown without the athletic department’s permission. Although President Schill heralded higher education as dedicated to “rational discourse, shared governance and the protection of dissent” in his op-ed in e New York Times, he has ignored the stifling of discourse within his own ranks in the athletics department, and even endorsed the athletic department’s SID practices. Although sports has activism in its DNA, the university’s policies create a glaring omission of student athletes from this activism. Student athletes are first and foremost students. Despite all the glitz and glamour of sports, they experience all of the problems that come with being a student, such as rising tuition, food and financial insecurity, sexual harassment, hate incidents and safety. And their voices on these issues should be heard. Student athletes are the most prominent students on campus because of their presence. eir faces are constantly plastered on TV screens, posters and

news publications. With only four percent of students participating in the recent ASUO election, it is more likely that students know what the basketball team is doing than the ASUO Senate. Student athletes should be able to leverage their prominence to set the standard of what is acceptable at our university. is was seen with the University of Missouri’s football players who refused to play unless the university president resigned over the school’s handling of racial tensions. Despite calls to have their scholarships revoked, the athletes held their ground and successfully changed their university to reflect the values of its students. Allowing student athletes to stand up for what they believe in will lend our university credibility to its basic ideals of protecting discourse and dissent that Schill says it does. reats of taking away scholarships or being removed from a team for voicing their beliefs amounts to a gag rule that restricts the marketplace of ideas that define higher education. e right of student speech was famously laid out in a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision that stated students do not “shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate.” And they certainly should not have to shed their constitutional rights when they step on the court. Athletes must understand that they cannot expect reform from an institution and anticipate tolerance from that same institution. is institution has a vested financial interest in preserving the status quo, and the last thing it would want is an honest conversation about the restriction of student speech. It is unlikely that the university will allow such discourse among its athletes. But athletes should be willing to make a stand. Freedom of expression is not free. It requires action, but action comes with consequences that athletes must be willing to accept. In order to make UO the bastion of freedom of expression that Schill says it is, we must allow student athletes to speak without fear and participate in the historic activism that has long been connected to sport.

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BY TED YANEZ Every Wednesday, student organizations line up to make financial requests to the ASUO Senate. Specifically, they request funds from the budget surplus to pay for an event or keynote speaker they want to invite. University of Oregon College Republicans Media/PR/Webmaster McKenna Sjoden says, “ e most frustrating organization on this campus is ASUO.” On January 31, 2018, Turning Point USA (TPUSA) President Khang Ngo approached the ASUO Senate for funding. TPUSA was requesting $3,000 to host 2016 Libertarian presidential primary candidate Austin Petersen as a keynote speaker. According to the Senate minutes, Petersen was invited to “talk about free speech, free markets, free things” and to “bring more diversity to thought to campus.” TPUSA’s request Ngo describes TPUSA as “a nonpartisan group on campus believing in free markets and free speech.” According to the national website, its mission is “to identify, educate, train, and organize students to promote the principles of fiscal responsibility, free markets, and limited government.” Due to its 501(c)3 status, the IRS’s definition of such confirms it is non-partisan. Regarding funding an event where Austin Petersen, who is now running for US Senate in Missouri, would be the keynote speaker, External ASUO Vice President Vickie Gimm said, “ASUO cannot fund political campaigns or candidates, if you look at GTN pg. 80, etc.” According to the Senate minutes, “Gimm recited the definition that cannot fund political campaigns or support that.” Gimm also excoriated Ngo’s description of the organization, claiming that TPUSA wasn’t non-partisan. Challenge and denial from ASUO Senator Alex Pear (Seat 4 - EMU Board) asked Ngo, “ e speaker is running for senate in Missouri. How will a candidate from Missouri benefit students from the UO?” Additionally, the Green Tape Notebook (GTN) goes against her claim in stating that “Fees may be used to promote appearances and discussions between several candidates for public office, in order to increase student knowledge of issues and candidates.” Pear’s question, as well as the GTN, proves that Gimm’s assertion was baseless. It is no surprise that the ASUO Senate voted unanimously to “exhaust the speakers list” as well as to “table

this request indefinitely.” Senator Pear’s reason was that TPUSA needed to fundraise from more sources. Senator Pear never stated how much TPUSA needed to raise, making it unclear why she made such an argument. e Senate minutes leave one to speculate that Pear had no rationale for it other than to prevent a Libertarian from speaking on campus. ASUO approved a left-leaning speaker When asked about the denial, TPUSA Vice President and political science major at UO, Michael Kraan, described Petersen as “a pro-LGBT conservative.” He also mentioned that LGBTQA3 was approved for $34,000 — more than 11 times the amount requested by TPUSA — to host transgender former Army private Chelsea Manning. According to the Senate minutes from November 29, 2017, Kraan’s statement was true, and the Vote Tracker confirmed that the $34,000 was unanimously approved. Manning filed to run in the Maryland Democratic Primary for US Senate on January 13, 2018, just weeks before Ngo was ridiculed by External VP Gimm for partisanship. It’s important to note that the $34,000 was returned due to an action of Manning’s that LGBTQA3 disapproved of during the same meeting that TPUSA was denied. In other words, Senator Pear’s harsh scrutiny was unmerited since it obviously wasn’t due to a lack of funding. ASUO needs to remain unbiased If the ASUO wants to truly serve the entire student body, it first needs to allow free speech to all of its student groups. It is reprehensible to think that the same people who would march and likely organize a walkout in support of free speech would deny funding to a student organization for attempting to exercise its free speech, especially because they disagree politically. A biased student government does not deserve to be in power. Conservative students at UO are already marginalized enough by the unfair enforcement of university policies by its administrators. It’s time for the university to accept and serve all students, not just those who vote the same way. Soon-to-be ASUO President Maria Gallegos also voted to deny funding for TPUSA. Gallegos should take this opportunity after taking office to extend an olive branch in espousing a mutual respect for diversity of thought. Read the full story at DailyEmerald.com

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HIGHLIGHTS FROM A BUSY SASQUATCH! DAY THREE: Shakey Graves playfully gets the crowd to sing along. (Sarah Northrop)

BY DANA SPARKS AND SARAH NORTHROP Tents are packed. e stages are likely coming down and soon, week nine of spring term will be in full swing. But that doesn’t mean you can’t relive the last day of this year’s Sasquatch! Music Festival. Softer indie-rock acts like Phoebe Bridgers and Big ief joined high-energy bands Tune-Yards and Anderson.Paak and the Free Nationals for a busy third day. Read the Emerald’s recap here: •

Phoebe Bridgers appeared on the Yeti Stage earlier than anticipated, leaving time to interact with the crowd and joke around. Her bandmates wore simple white button up t-shirts and black ties while Bridgers wore a thin, shimmery black dress, two simple necklaces and sunglasses in which the crowd could see themselves reflected back. Magenta lights streamed through her blonde hair during the first song, “Smoke Signals,” and eventually turned blue as she went into “Funeral” — both songs from her debut album “Stranger in the Alps.” ere appeared to be technical difficulties during the first few songs that drew worried looks from the guitarist toward the sound operator. Despite the issues adding shrill feedback among the otherwise sweet, melancholy sounds, Bridgers continued on, unbothered.

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Too Many Zooz played the Bigfoot Stage. e self-described “brasshouse” band got its start as a busking band in New York City and gained popularity after a video of the group went viral on YouTube. Frontman Leo Pellegrino captivated the Bigfoot audience with his footwork and dance moves, which involved sensually pelvic-thrusting his baritone saxophone.

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Alex Lahey, also on the Yeti Stage, came all the way from Melbourne, Australia, to play songs from her 2017 album “I Love You Like a Brother.” She played in the high, afternoon sun, bouncing in and out of the harsh light and into the shadowy stage as she played guitar and sang. Lahey talked about being far away from home and sharing a photo of the gorge with her mom before her set, expecting her mom to say how proud she was of Lahey only to receive mom-wisdom: don’t forget sunscreen.

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Tune-Yards, the creation of New Englander Merill Garbus, was on the main stage in an oversized, black-and-rainbow striped dress with a white, cord-like scarf. She switched between playing a ukulele and banging a drum pad with gusto for songs from “I Can Feel You Creep into My Private Life.” Switching between several instruments and vocals, she produced

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Noname was as sweet as her voice was smooth. She asked the audience to help her out by singing the “adlibs,” but the audience kept coming in a little too early, making Noname laugh. She performed songs from her album “Telefone.”

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While Japanese Breakfast is a Philadelphia band, the lead singer Michelle Zauner is from Eugene, referring to herself as a “Pacific Northwest girl.” Zauner noted that she’s been waiting for this day all year long. She covered “Dreams” by e Cranberries before ending with “Everyone Wants to Love You” from the “Psychopomp” album.

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e four-piece band Big ief pulled songs from its sophomore album “Capacity,” released last year, and another one shortly before, “Masterpiece.” Lead singer and guitarist Adrianne Lenker’s hair has grown out significantly since appearing with a shaved head in the music video for “Mythological Beauty.” e crowd swayed slowly with Big ief playing into the setting sun. Small plumes of smoke and mist rose from the audience under the droning, alt-rock sounds of Lenker’s beautiful heartache. During one of her opening guitar solos, even her bandmates closed their eyes, seemingly lending themselves to the music too.

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TOKiMONSTA’s Jennifer Lee captivated the audience with her most recent album “Lune Rouge.” e album was created amid her recovery from a life-threatening brain disease called Moyamoya disease that took away her ability to interpret and create music, as well as walk and talk. Despite the challenging health circumstances she has faced, she looked radiant and brought only good vibes to the El Chupacabra stage.

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Anderson.Paak and the Free Nationals took to the Bigfoot Stage shortly after EDM artist What So Not started at the El Chupacabra Stage nearby. Many people stayed after TOKiMONSTA to see What So Not. While the DJ drew in additional people to those remaining, it didn’t last long. Within the first few songs of his set, people sought out Anderson.Paak’s voice, leaving What So Not at the El Chupacabra Stage with seemingly half the audience he had minutes before. Anderson.Paak looked out over the crowd wearing a denim jacket and beanie, with lights twinkling behind him like the night sky and said, “I have a feeling I’m never going to forget this night.”

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DAVID BYRNE DANCES THROUGH NEW MUSIC, TALKING HEADS’ CLASSICS IN PORTLAND BY SARAROSA DAVIES • TWITTER @SROSIEDOSIE

David Byrne takes the main stage at the Sasquatch! Music Festival Friday, May 25 at the Gorge Amphitheatre. (Dana Sparks)

When I was touring colleges, my dad brought along a stack of CDs he loved during his college days. As we drove through the Midwest, he pushed “Talking Heads 77” into our gray Honda CRV’s CD player, and we talked about the bands that shaped his college experience. rough David Byrne’s eclectic vocals, I saw a glimpse of my dad’s experiences at school: drunk roommates, studying in Bologna, Italy and eventually meeting my mom. David Byrne is probably something else to the current generation of college students — not archaic but not new, either. e band’s former frontman is an icon — but arguably not one of the defining musical icons of our college generation in the way that he was for our parents. But that doesn’t mean students should skip out on seeing Byrne’s current tour in support of his first solo album in over 10 years: “American Utopia.” His music is as relevant now as it ever was. After a stop at Sasquatch! Music Festival just a few days ago, Byrne played the Keller Auditorium in Portland on Sunday, May 27. He will play the Hult Center in Eugene tonight, May 28. e show began in darkness and ended with a crescendo. British musician Benjamin Clementine opened the concert sitting at a grand piano in a dark blue shirt with elbow patches and a white cowboy hat. After playing a few songs, Clementine had trouble with one of the looping pedals on his black baby grand piano. “ at’s the 21st century for you,” he said before leaving the stage for a bit to figure out the technical difficulties. He returned to play tracks such as the eerie and spacious, “Jupiter,” and “One Awkward Fish,” walking to a tiny mannequin of a baby on stage next to a mannequin of a pregnant woman draped in an American flag. He struggled to put arms on the baby, walked across the stage and kicked the baby off at the end of the song. Clementine’s discordant piano playing, wide vocal range and odd stage habits fit perfectly with Byrne’s art-rock aesthetic. Byrne has championed Clementine’s music

during interviews in recent years and is bringing the musician along for the whole tour. As stagehands undid the gray chain curtains, audience members craned their heads to look at the bare stage. A stagehand brought out a desk and chair. e lights went out and the audience hushed. Clad in a gray suit and holding a prop brain, with gray chains rising behind him, Byrne appeared alone on stage singing “Here.” “Here is a region that continues living / even when the other sections are removed,” he sang as the lights went up on him. Members of his band, also all in gray, emerged from the curtain playing their instruments. Every instrument was wireless and the band danced as they moved throughout the setlist like the marching bands and color guards Byrne has been fascinated by for years. Byrne’s two back up vocalists danced freely across the stage with simple and jagged choreography, and occasionally Byrne would grab a guitar from off stage to join them. With such a physical and intentional presence on stage, it was hard to believe that the band was playing live, but according to Byrne, they were. e setlist ranged from Talking Heads classics like “I Zimbra” and “ is Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)” to songs from the musical about Imelda Marcos, a former first lady of the Philippines. e audience was standing for most of the show and danced in sync with the sporadic percussion in Byrne’s music. e show didn’t wind down towards the end. Instead, Byrne pulled out the Talking Heads’ classic “Burning Down the House” before two encores. He and the band came together on stage for an extended version of Janelle Monae’s “Hell You Talmbout,” a protest song naming Black people killed by police brutality. “Say his name!” the band shouted to the audience, voices hoarse and chests out. For those who doubt Byrne’s relevance or maybe skipped his set at Sasquatch wondering, “Who’s this old guy?” He’s so much more than the white hair on top of his head.

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LECTURE ON NUCLEAR ESCALATION IN SOUTH ASIA AND LONG-TERM PROSPECTS FOR PEACE GERLINGER HALL ALUMNI LOUNGE (UO CAMPUS), 12-1 P.M., FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

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Political tension has existed for decades between India and Pakistan. Development of nuclear weapons by both countries has not helped matters, to say the least. On Wednesday, Dr. A. H. Nayyar, nuclear physicist, peace activist and leading expert on India-Pakistan relations will give a lecture on the ongoing nuclear tension in

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HOLI 2018 THE FESTIVAL OF COLORS THE MEMORIAL QUAD, FREE, 6-7:30 P.M.

Holi is the Hindu springtime festival of colors that is celebrated throughout the Indian subcontinent and in countries with large Indian populations, such as the United Kingdom, United States and South Africa. e festival marks the end of winter, and it signifies the triumph of good over evil in Hindu scripture. is year, the University of Oregon Students of the Indian Subcontinent (Creative Commons)

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AUTZEN STADIUM (2727 LEO HARRIS PKWY.), EVENT STARTS AT 7 P.M., TICKETS ARE $33-$83+ Back in the early 2000s, X-Games champ Travis Pastrana formed an eccentric, balls-to-the-wall cohort whose purpose was to fly 150-feet in the air on their motocross bikes, wowing audiences. Pastrana made a handful of DVDs containing footage of the group’s reckless exploits, and after the films’ success, Nitro Circus landed its own reality television show. Fifteen years, two seasons and a 3D

movie later, Nitro Circus has become a touring, action-sports international sensation. With 14 official crew members and a plethora of athletes, Nitro Circus has been inducing sweaty palms all across the world for over a decade now. eir stunts fall under/ include BMX, skateboarding, freestyle motocross, inline skating, scooters and even wheelchairs. Catch all the excitement at Autzen on Tuesday night.

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Reimagining the Old Campus Quadrangle Exhibition at the Hayden Gallery in Lawrence Hall

the region. Dr. Nayyar will also discuss avenues for peace and nuclear de-escalation. Currently a freelance consultant, Nayyar has held a visiting research scientist position at Princeton University and has worked on the Renewable Energy and Clean Fuel Program at the Sustainable Development Policy Institute in Islamabad, Pakistan.

is hosting its annual Holi celebration. It’s a festival tradition to throw vibrant colored powders on other festival goers. ose who attend are encouraged to wear a white T-shirt or other clothing that can be painted. SIS will provide snacks and there will be a musical performance by the UO Bhangra team — a dance of the Punjab region of India.

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BROADWAY HOUSE CONCERTS (911 W BROADWAY), 7:30 P.M., $15 FOR THE PUBLIC, $10 FOR STUDENTS

Do you need a nice, subtle stress reliever? But not something that will get in the way of preparing for week 10? If so, the Broadway House Concerts in downtown Eugene is bringing you three of finest jazz performers out of Portland. You’ll have George Colligan on keyboards, Eric Gruber on bass and Micah Hummel on drums giving you a night full of sweet

jazz tones that set your mind right and make it a Smoove transition into the weekend. Come hear compositions from the jazz greats of Duke Ellington, elonious Monk, Horace Silver and Pat Metheny. Audience members are encouraged to bring food and drinks for a potluck. For seat reservations, email pbodin@uoregon.edu

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Lectures on old music in a time of political upheaval at the Collier House from 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

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1 Relatives of merengues 2 Heads off 3 Where trapeze artists connect 4 Ancient talisman with mathematical properties 5 ___ advantage 6 One bound to do work 7 Ball wear 8 Popping Prozacs, perhaps 9 Common statue setting 10 Ask 11 Legendary raptor 12 Figure skater Brasseur 13 Directed attention (on) 14 Runs over 20 Goes over 24 Source of false returns 26 Film critic Pauline 27 Magazine articles 29 E-tailing specifications 30 They can get choppy 31 “Ponyo” writer/ director Hayao ___ 32 In unison

33 Booms 34 Pickle 36 Pierce with lines 38 “West Side Story” Oscar winner 40 Like the I.B.M. PC, often 41 Light show? 42 Minute 44 Four enter them, but only two survive 47 Tennis star Novotna 48 Over there, to bards 49 Practice with gloves on 51 Once known as

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1 Aunties’ sisters 7 Gold medal 15 Fly 16 Prepare to take off, perhaps 17 Evers of civil rights 18 Quick seasonal greeting? 19 Ice cream gobbler’s woe 21 A.L. East team, on scoreboards 22 Ear-relevant 23 Old Norse work 24 Orange exterior 25 United entities before 1991: Abbr. 26 “Get Smart” enemy agency 27 2008 Israeli political biography 28 Beater of a full boat in poker 30 Naturally bright 31 Develops 34 C6H6 35 Stilted-sounding “Consider it done”

36 “The Godfather” enforcer who “sleeps with the fishes” 37 “Cheers” alternative, in a letter 38 Providers of inside looks? 39 “Minnie the Moocher” feature 43 Archer of film 44 In a day, say 45 Solving aid 46 End of a line in England 47 Hit MTV series starting in 2009 50 Double grace period? 52 Start operating, datewise 53 Vronsky’s love 54 Stoolies, often 55 Like clams during winter 56 1993 rap hit in which Snoop Doggy Dogg popularized the term “bootylicious”

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