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Dove Medical, a faith-based crisis pregnancy center in the Eugene area, teaches abstinence-only education to local high schools. The program is invitational, meaning that teachers invite the presenters to visit their class. (Dana Sparks)

The Young Democrats of Lane County launched an online petition on March 7 to stop abstinence-only education in local schools. At the time of publication, over 1,600 people signed the petition and the topic is set to be discussed at the next 4J school district meeting on March 20. The petition reads: “Between Feb. 23 and March 5, Dove Medical has taught abstinence-only education to students at Roosevelt Middle School, Churchill High-School, North Eugene High School and South Eugene High School. It is unacceptable that students are being taught traumatizing sexual education that shames our students.” Dove Medical, a faith-based crisis pregnancy center in the Eugene area, conducted its first STOP-AND-THINK sexual education presentation in 1990 at South Eugene High School. In a press release concerning the petition, Dove Medical called the class a “skill-based, sexual risk avoidance program that focuses on teaching practical decision-making skills and is free of religious content,” and emphasized that the program meets Oregon Human Sexuality Education standards. Dove Medical has maintained that the program is not abstinence focused. A recently edited version of their donor website refers to the The Emerald is published by Emerald Media Group, Inc., the independent nonprofit media company at the University of Oregon. Formerly the Oregon Daily Emerald, the news organization was founded in 1900.

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program as “sexual risk avoidance education program” in bold lettering. As recently as September 2018, however, an earlier version of the same paragraph referred to it as “our abstinence program.” Dove Medical was invited to participate in an interview about the subject but declined to meet. Some students who have attended STOP-AND-THINK do not feel that the aims of the presentation are so practical. “[The presentation] equated waiting to have sex until marriage to being at a theme park and waiting for the best roller coaster ride,” said Ilka Sankari, a senior at South Eugene High School. According to Jane Brinkley, a student representative of the 4J school board and co-president of South Eugene’s Feminist Union, Sankari isn’t the only student who has voiced discomfort about the program. The 4J school board has fielded numerous complaints about STOP-AND-THINK, and South Eugene’s principal has also been approached by students who wish to voice their complaints about the material. “They were asked to write down things they want to be remembered for after they die, or remembered for doing in life,” Brinkley said, “and then were asked to consider how that would change should they have sex.” NEWS EDITORS EMILY GOODYKOONTZ MICHAEL TOBIN BECCA ROBBINS A&C EDITORS JORDAN MONTERO SARAH URBAN SPORTS EDITORS JACK BUTLER SHAWN MEDOW MAVERICK PALLACK OPINION EDITORS JASON BIBEAU SAMUEL ANTHONY

The presentation covers other options, not just abstinence, although abstinence is stressed, according to students familiar with the material like Brinkley and Sankari. A “Teen Sex Trivia” quiz on the website, for example, emphasizes the fact that teen moms have a lower graduation rate, that 50 percent of STDs/ STIs are spread between the ages of 15 to 24 and young women are most susceptible to contracting said diseases. Another quiz, “Waiting Trivia,” asks students to define abstinence before asking questions about celebrities who have practiced it. Country singer Carrie Underwood and football star Tim Tebow, for example, are mentioned by name. That quiz doesn’t mention contraceptive methods except in one question that asks what sexual practice is 100 percent effective at preventing pregnancy and disease. Contraceptive methods are listed as incorrect answers. “They do a lot of developmental training around choice making and informed decision making, but in doing so, there is sort of an underlying pressure to choose abstinence over other methods,” Brinkley said. Dove Medical’s program is invitational, meaning that teachers invite the presenters to visit their class. Brinkley argued, however, that PODCAST EDITOR RYAN NGUYEN SARAROSA DAVIES PHOTO EDITOR SARAH NORTHROP DESIGN EDITOR REGAN NELSON DESIGNERS MORGAN DARBY MADELEINE BEDARD VIDEO EDITOR ETHAN BRENNER

Dove Medical is deceptive about their affiliation. While Dove Medical’s quarterly newsletter attributes STOPAND-THINK’s success to “God moving behind the scenes” and looks to the future saying, “We look forward to seeing how God will use this program to reach local students in His wisdom,” the program’s website makes no mention of religion in any way. “We have heard from some teachers who are pretty unclear on their actual mission,” Brinkley said. “I don’t think it should be under question that sex education should be treated like health education,” Brinkley added. “Abstinence is so cool. It’s totally awesome if you want to practice it … but attaching values to it, and pushing an agenda with it is what should concern us,” Brinkley said. The YDLC petition does not call for the banning of faith based organizations making appearances at schools, but specifically for the cancelling of Dove Medical presentations. “What does that energy mean for someone who was born out of wedlock? For someone who was sexually assaulted in high school?” Brinkley said. The school board will vote on the issue at their next meeting. It is open to the public and will be held at the district office at 7 p.m. on March 20.

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STUDENTS GIVE INPUT FOR DESIGN OF HAMILTON, WALTON REMODEL PROJECT BY HANNAH KANIK • TWITTER @HANNAH_KANIK The proposed $200 million remodel of Hamilton and Walton residence halls reached a new phase of the design process as University of Oregon Housing invited students to walk through proposed floor plans and give feedback in the Global Scholars Hall library on March 13. This remodel, also known as the Housing Transformation Project, plans to tear down the current buildings and replace them with a new building that reaches six stories in certain areas and includes 400 additional beds for upperclassmen students, new dining options and a student recruitment visitor center. “We’ve been calling it the ‘transformation plan,’ and sometimes that sounds really grandiose, but it really is going to change this region of campus and be very appealing to students,” Michael Griffel, director for university housing, said. University Housing used virtual reality technology and 3-D models of the floorplans for students to experience what the rooms are projected to look like in order to give feedback. “[The VR technology] was definitely helpful to get a better sense of the layout of the rooms,” said Owen Jetton, a sophomore who lived in both Carson and Riley halls. The proposed room types include a studio and a four-bedroom apartment for upper division students and a reconfigured double room with a private bathroom for first-year students. “The rooms will be a little bit larger than some of the older rooms, and there will be more privacy with bathrooms,” Griffel said. “There will be good study spaces, good social spaces and the bedrooms will really feel like your own haven.” At the event Wednesday, students walked through the to-scale models of the floorplans marked by tape on the floor and filled with furniture. Griffel said the new room designs are the product of student feedback from focus groups and a similar event held last month in Walton Hall. These designs will be modified after they receive feedback from students. For example, Griffel said upperclassmen mentioned that they wanted to have a place they could live on campus with more privacy. Growing the number of beds from 1,400 to 1,800 allowed designers to allocate space for upperclassmen student housing. “We wanted to create places where upper division students felt like they’d be welcome. What we hear from students is that they want more independence as they move through their academic

cycles,” Griffel said. Maggie Thompson, a junior who lived in GSH and Barnhart Hall, said she appreciated the upperclassmen housing plans. “For me, as a junior, [upperclassmen housing] is a little bit more attractive than having a single in Barnhart that’s off campus, or a double in GSH that has a roommate, because when you get to be an upperclassman, it’s nicer to have your own space,” Thompson said. The housing transformation plan will also be allocating space for Academic Residential Communities and Living Learning spaces seen in GSH, Kalapuya and Bean Hall renovations. At the event, students were able to speak with the architects creating the floor plans and give direct feedback. Students could also vote on their preferred “vibe” of community spaces, such as more independent space versus more communal tables in dining halls, Griffel said. Funding for the project is expected to come from revenue bonds which the university will pay off

through the housing fees of future students. Steve Robinson, UO Housing assistant vice president and chief of staff, said other universities the UO competes with to recruit students have built new housing, such as University of Southern California’s Trojan Village and University of Washington’s Maple and Terry halls. “There’s lots of things that go into a college student’s decision to enroll,” Robinson said, “but making sure that we have great facilities certainly helps. We don’t want someone to come here and be wowed by all the great things about the UO but less wowed by the residence halls.” After the event, the University Housing team and architects will consolidate the feedback and start working on the final design to present to the board of trustees sometime this year. “[The new buildings] will really feel very contemporary. It’s a really nice blend of taking care of personal needs and supporting students academic needs, social needs and personal needs in a really exciting and attractive environment,” Griffel said.

University Housing used virtual reality technology and 3-D models of the floorplans for students to experience what the rooms are projected to look like in order to receive feedback. (Hannah Kanik)

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(Left to Right) Leader of Starforce (Jude Law), Ronan (Lee Pace), Korath (Djimon Hounsou), Att-Lass (Algenis Perez Soto), Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel (Brie Larson), Bron-Char (Rune Temte) and Minn-Erva (Gemma Chan). (Courtesy of Marvel Studios)

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“Captain Marvel” is Marvel’s first female superhero movie. With so much anticipation, it was impossible for the film to live up to the hype. While entertaining, the lack of emotion ultimately makes “Captain Marvel” forgettable. The film stars Brie Larson as Captain Marvel and is an origin story of how Marvel came to discover her identity. Marvel originally believes that she is a Kree warrior — an ancient alien race at war with the Skrulls. But, when she finds herself on Earth, Marvel uncovers flashbacks of a different life as a U.S. Air Force pilot named Carol Danvers. The first 40 minutes of the film are confusing, regardless of one’s comic book knowledge. The viewer is thrust directly into battle between the Krees and Skrulls without any knowledge of who the characters are or why they are fighting. While the plot is slowly revealed and eventually makes sense, the use of battle scenes without context is unsatisfying from besides the entertainment aspect. The film is directed and written by independent filmmakers Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, and their subtlety shows in the character development seen throughout the film. Marvel and a young Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) have great comedic timing. Their scenes are also compelling due to solid writing. However, the plot confusion makes it difficult for the audience to have a personal connection with what is occurring on-screen. Furthemore, for a film promoting feminism,

there is little female bonding since Marvel spends most of her time with Fury. One of the most refreshing aspects of “Captain Marvel” is the lack of a love interest or female oversexualization. While other female superhero films, such as “Wonder Woman” and “Catwoman,” dressed their leads in revealing garb, Larson is more identifiable to the viewers as an average, if extremely beautiful, woman in the same Kree outfit as the men. The casting of Larson is ideal, not only due to her acting chops, but her likeability. Larson’s Captain Marvel seems like someone you would want to be friends with, making the viewer root for her even more. While the film does a wonderful job in what it accomplishes, the flaws are glaringly obvious. “Captain Marvel” is set in the 1990s, and while this could have been a great opportunity for humorous insights and nostalgic outfits, the time period is mostly ignored in favor of fancy alien landscapes. At one point in the film, Marvel crashes through a Blockbuster store. This ironic reference received a lot of laughs in the theatre and the film needed more elements like it. The special effects are dazzling and the acting phenomenal, but “Captain Marvel” often reverts back to formula and cliche, as superhero films tend to do. Although the success of killing a bad guy is satisfying, we’ve seen everything in “Captain Marvel” before. At least we have a woman enacting justice this time.

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DAN SAVAGE’S HUMP! FILM FESTIVAL DELIVERS DESPITE LEGISLATIVE OPPOSITION BY DANA SPARKS • TWITTER @DANAMSPARKS Dan Savage’s HUMP! Film Festival — a not-so-average porn festival in its 14th year — hit the Bijou Art Cinema this past week with great success on two challenging fronts. Firstly, the festival delivered a stunning curation — that’s right, a stunning curation of pornography — with a diverse array of love and sex, making the audience laugh, cry and blush warmly with arousal in the darkness of the small Bijou theater. The collection began with a short introduction from Dan Savage; he parodied a White House press release, which provided muchneeded giggles to break the ice for public porn consumption. He then laid some ground rules for a pleasant experience, both for the viewers and the producers of the films. The 20-something clips that followed were created by people looking to be “pornstars for the weekend, not forever on the internet,” according to Savage. Each piece was one of countless submissions sent in to compete for a spot in the festival and cash prizes. The porn is curated by Savage — an internationally syndicated sex and relationships writer and host of the podcast Savage Lovecast — for inclusivity and character before being sent on a national tour.

Dan Savage’s HUMP! Film Festival hit the Bijou Art Cinema this past week. (Courtesy of HUMP! Film Festival)

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Each scene serves an important purpose: filling in the gaps of representation regarding body types, sexuality, gender, ability, kink and artistic vision. Some clips elicited hoots and hollers and laughter — specifically when googly eyes went where no googly eyes have gone before. Other clips left the audience in uncomfortable silence — perhaps signaling a public realization where the limits of sexuality may have been pushed. “HUMP! shows you what porn can be,” said a local educator who wishes to remain anonymous to avoid potential professional consequences. “People say that there is so much porn on the internet, but really there’s too much of the same. [HUMP! Film Festival] shows you vast diversity. In one night, you’ll see more different porn than you can imagine. In that way, it shows us how lacking we are in good, interesting, thoughtful and different porn.” The organization also reported successful ticket sales in Eugene (and an ever-expanding national tour), despite the organization feeling the effects of FOSTA-SESTA legislation — two bills set in place to fight sex trafficking, that, consequently, have hurt the livelihood of legitimate businesses like Dan Savage’s

HUMP! Film Festival, as well as individuals in sex work. FOSTA stands for the Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act, while SESTA stands for the Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act. These two bills were created by the U.S. House and Senate, respectively, in order to address online sex trafficking. According to Vox, these bills “have been hailed by advocates as a victory for sex trafficking victims” but contradict already existing rights that protect providers (like Facebook or Tumblr) from exactly what FOSTASESTA makes them responsible for: user-generated content. In more simple terms, it means that one guy could ruin it for the rest of us — including legitimate businesses like Dan Savage’s HUMP! “Savage Lovecast is alive and well — but I don’t think they understand we are a part of the same family. We are all legally incorporated by the same people — with one of the top podcasts right now,” said Kevin Murphy, in explaining how HUMP! is the only one of Savage’s businesses affected. Murphy is a representative traveling with the festival. In this instance, HUMP!’s requests to use Facebook and Instagram promotion services have been denied in order to minimize the platforms’ potential liability presumably because

this business handles pornography — though not the production of it. “Our Facebook is still active for now. If we were to continue to request or try to purchase ads, we could easily get deleted completely,” said Murphy. He continued, sharing that the point of HUMP! is being missed by the “new bias against sexuality and sexual expression” on the internet and one of its most monopolized parts — Facebook. Despite HUMP!’s challenges in the face of FOSTA-SESTA, the ticket sales and community feedback would indicate a desire for more thoughtful, intimate porn instead of the homogenous films created by industrial producers. Without the help of social media, more responsibility falls to the individual to seek out what they desire. Murphy said 80 people were in attendance for each of the first five showings Wednesday through Thursday night. The final four showings on Friday and Saturday were sold out and even inspired a waiting line for people to claim idle tickets that others didn’t show up to use. “This isn’t the show that you’d come to with a box of Kleenex and some lube under a big jacket,” said Murphy. “This is quite literally a window into other people’s passions and desires.”

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IMPACTS INDIVIDUAL LIVES DESPITE DIMINISHING MEDIA ATTENTION To Kelli Matthews, a University of Oregon public relations professor and sexual harassment survivor, #MeToo meant an immediate sense of community and camaraderie among women who may or may not have felt comfortable explicitly sharing their story. (Marissa Willke)

BY MORGAN DARBY help primarily Black female survivors #MeToo is more than a hashtag. of sexual assault find resources Although it isn’t as present in media and the ability to heal. In October anymore, its impact resonates 2017, following the first accusation throughout campus. of Harvey Weinstein, actress Alyssa Kelli Matthews, a University of Milano started the viral hashtag Oregon public relations professor, that brought the movement into made this quite clear as she people’s lives no matter gender, race recalled the sexual harassment that or sexual orientation. led to a lawsuit. While the tag may no longer be Over 20 years after she quit her filling people’s Twitter feeds, the job as a hostess for a hotel’s two impacts of it, and the movement restaurants in Portland, Matthews that came with it, continue to sat at her desk motioning around operate in individual lives and in the her to describe how her manager larger community. would squeeze himself behind her #MeToo had both positives and in the small area behind the hostess negatives. Although it brought station and tell her to go flirt with validation and understanding to men at the bar, so they would survivors, people were forced to spend more money. relive trauma with every story As an 18-year-old in the mid ’90s, they read online. It also meant she wasn’t sure what to do. She didn’t sexual violence was put into the know if what she was experiencing conversations was even of people who something to would have never complain about discussed it but ended up before. sharing with a One of the friend and fellow most significant co-worker, initial effects of who Matthews #MeToo was that learned people were able had been to find validation experiencing in others’ similar experiences. situations. The Even after two of them and Matthews went another woman through a legal at the restaurant process over filed a lawsuit KELLI MATTHEWS, UO public relations professor 18 months, for sexual had qualified harassment, professionals say with the that sexual harassment occurred and advising from the Equal Employment ended up with a settlement, she still Opportunities Commission questioned the legitimacy of what she This story is not unique. With the went through. To her, the movement viral #MeToo came a wave of people helped combat this mindset. identifying as survivors, victims and “Women can recognize allies, bringing sexual violence to the themselves in those experiences forefront of many people’s minds. and know that ‘I’m not the only To Matthews, an expert in social one who’s experienced that. It’s media and crisis communications, not my imagination, and it’s real,’” the hashtag meant an immediate Matthews said. sense of community and camaraderie However, Matthews noted that among women who may or may the media’s coverage of sexual not have felt comfortable explicitly harassment and assault was not sharing their story. always beneficial. Though it created “All you had to do was say hashtag a community for people who had five letters, #MeToo, and that’s it, experienced sexual violence, when and everyone immediately knew they would look at their phone, what you were talking about,” they were forced to remember said Matthews. their experiences and had to relive The ‘Me Too.’ movement was difficult traumas. founded by Tarana Burke in 2006 to

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Sophie Bange, a journalism student at UO and the former acting director for the Organization Against Sexual Assault, found validation through the #MeToo movement and in hearing Dr. Ford’s testimony during the Kavanaugh hearings. (Marissa Willke)

“There are shades of a lifetime of being a woman that are in every one of those experiences,” Matthews said. Whether or not the stories she read were something similar to what she had been through, Matthews said that it was heavy and incredibly sad to read them because of the common themes of simply being a woman in every shared story. Sophie Bange, a junior at UO and former acting director of the Organization Against Sexual Assault, found a similar validation through the movement, particularly in hearing Dr. Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony during the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Kavanaugh hearing. “To hear Dr. Ford share her story in the way she did — it was validating to my experience because in order for it to be assault, rape doesn’t have to happen necessarily,” Bange said. In her experience as a survivor, Bange told herself that not a lot happened, so it wasn’t a big deal, and she could get past it. At the time, she had gone to see her school counselor, but she didn’t want to seek further help: She said she felt being strong meant moving past it. But hearing about others’ sexual assault experiences and the validation they were receiving through media allowed her to understand her own experience and begin to deal with her emotions. “Witnessing all these things coming out, and hearing all these stories being validated by that, I have been able to recognize the impact it has had on me, and I’ve been able to let that out,” Bange said. Despite the benefits that she found by hearing and identifying with the story of Dr. Ford, the constant presence of media coverage throughout the trials was sometimes a trigger for her, too. She said that she found herself sitting in class, unable to focus on anything else. One of the most difficult aspects for her was that sexual assault was turned into a partisan issue, while Bange sees it as “a people issue.” “You would hear people, even other women, really shutting survivors down, so it was kind of hard to just navigate that emotionally,” said Bange.

Ryan Kelly, UO women’s self-defense instructor, sees the #MeToo movement as having put sexual assault and consent into the conversations of people who would have never before discussed these topics. (Marissa Willke)

She felt like the #MeToo movement had caused society to progress further. But after seeing the outcome of the Kavanaugh hearing, Bange was discouraged and angry that the people who most needed to pay attention to #MeToo had decided to turn their backs to it. Despite this, she has chosen to remain hopeful. Bange said that, between survivors and allies, the movement has helped create an environment where people can do both little and bigger things to connect with one another. Since the movement started, she has had people close to her open up about sexual harassment they have experienced, and while it is difficult to hear, she said that it means a lot that they feel they can come to her. “I have to remind myself that if I can at least tell one person that they’re not alone, if I can at least give one person a resource to reach out to … then I’ve done my job,” Bange said. While the conversations around the movement had both benefits and consequences, Ryan Kelly, a UO women’s self-defense instructor, sees some of the backlash as having an indirectly lasting positive effect. He said that even if people are criticizing the rise in accusations, they are often still joining in on the conversation of consent, even if it’s just to know how to avoid being accused. As a self-defense instructor, he has regularly heard from students who were able to either use physical self-defense or had the empowerment and deescalation training for verbal defense. Even though he hasn’t observed any specific changes from the #MeToo movement in his position as an instructor, he can observe how vital a movement such as this is for emotionally empowering people, both in difficult situations and in sharing stories of violence. When he was younger, Kelly experienced attempted assault by a male neighbor who he was close to. He thinks that the #MeToo movement didn’t affect men as significantly because they face different barriers to opening up. Even though the movement didn’t resonate for him as much in a way where he felt

he could go out and publicly tell his story, he fully welcomed it as something that was long overdue for women in society. He said, “I do think that it empowered obviously a lot of women and some men to step forward and tell their stories and made it easier for people to just discuss it in daily conversation.” Kelly sees the movement as having put sexual assault and consent into the conversations of people who would have never before discussed those topics. Through the movement, Kelly believes society has at least been able to move past questioning if sexual assault is a problem. He said, “I think culturally we’re past that, and we’re onto now ‘where do we go? What’s our response? What do we do?’ I think that’s at least a step forward.” The future of the #MeToo movement remains unclear as its presence in media has substantially declined. But this does not mean that there isn’t movement in regards to sexual assault. Matthews, the PR professor, said, “System changes take a long time, so I think we’re at an ebb in terms of out loud media attention, but I don’t think there’s any ebb in terms of the attention.” But Matthews doesn’t see it as necessarily bad that the hashtag is no longer being used all the time. She thinks it has turned into a bit of a punchline, overapplied in ways that dilute the impact of the original intent. Bange, the UO student, hopes that if she is seeing articles that simply say “sexual assault” or “harassment,” rather than “Me Too,” then the media is making it into less of a one-time wave and framing it as more of an ongoing problem. She said that while the hashtag may be dying out, it is hopefully leading to a continuing movement against sexual assault. “I sort of hope that if people aren’t saying #MeToo anymore, we are sort of looking at it in more of the greater scheme of things.” Disclaimer: Sophie Bange works for the business side of Emerald Media Group, but was interviewed before she was hired. M O N D AY, M A R C H 1 8 , 2 0 1 9

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This piece reflects the views of OSPIRG, and not those of Emerald Media Group. It has been edited by the Emerald for grammar and style. Send your columns or submissions about our content or campus issues to editor@dailyemerald.com OSPIRG Students is a student-run non-profit that has been working for social change at the UO since 1971. Most students know us for our beloved “Save the Bees” and “Wildlife Over Waste” campaigns. Bees are dying off due to neonics, a bee-killing pesticide, so OSPIRG is working to ban the pesticide statewide. Sea turtles and other marine life are also dying off due to the massive amount of single-use plastic trash going into our oceans, so OSPIRG is working to pass both a city and state ban on the worst of the worst singleuse plastic: polystyrene foam cups and takeout containers. OSPIRG runs campaigns to make social change on every level at once. We work on campus action while making citywide and statewide change and running campaigns at a national level. This variety in levels of action in unison, with our winning streak on campaigns, makes us one of the most politically successful groups on campus. We are constantly speaking with legislators and getting student and community petition signatures to pass things like the plastic bag ban in Eugene a few years ago and getting UO to become a bee-friendly campus last school year. In order to run successful social justice campaigns, we hire professional organizers to train students. They train

students on a variety of skills including: public speaking, running lobby meetings, understanding the political process of passing legislature, getting petitions from the student body, advocating to people of power, taking on leadership roles, contacting the media, etc. Hiring staff to teach student interns these skills requires funding. OSPIRG works for students on campaigns chosen by students and supported by students, so it makes sense that our funding comes from students and is voted on by them. Every two years, students get the chance to reaffirm OSPIRG’s funding of $1.75 per student per term of the student I-fee. We pool this money together statewide to hire professional staff such as lawyers, advocates and organizers. Students deserve to have the power to vote on where their money goes. Voting in the ASUO elections gives students that chance. Next quarter you’ll get a chance to vote in the OSPIRG referendum in support of a student group working to fight for zero hunger, get free open textbooks, save the bees, put wildlife over waste, and other public interest issues. Voting yes for OSPIRG means that your $1.75 per term goes to a student group working to create the better future that all students want. The ASUO elections take place on DuckWeb week two of Spring term from Monday, April 8 at 9 a.m. to Thursday, April 12 at 4 p.m. Take the opportunity to have agency over where your money goes by voting yes for OSPIRG.

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Recommends They’re here. Our 10-week term is over, and finals are upon us. Do not neglect offsetting intense study sessions with leisurely breaks: watch a movie, go check out a show, do something with your life. Keep in mind that once the tests are over, we get a whole week free of responsibility. What’s that bright, orange orb outside?

‘US’ PREMIERE After a long week of finals, take a break and enjoy another one of Jordan Peele’s horror flicks. His new movie, “Us,” will be in theaters Friday, and if you were a fan of his last film, “Get Out,” then this should be worth seeing. The film’s trailer shows a family traveling back to an old park near where the mother grew up and in a matter of a day, the family is fighting for their lives; however, they are not fighting just anyone. They are fighting themselves. If you were on social media a few months ago, you may have seen the viral trailer for this film. Peele’s flip of the Northern California hit “I Got 5 On It” by Luniz was one of the main talking points. Peele managed to take this classic rap hit revolving around a loving family to a horror song filled with fear and mystery. This is a nice stress reliever after a long week and a chance to see if Peele can live up to the success of his previous film. Jordan Peele’s newest horror flick, “Us,” will be in theaters this Friday. (Courtesy of Universal)

SCIENCE CENTER LASER LIGHT SHOWS Every Friday night, the Eugene Science Center hosts laser light shows set to a variety of classic rock artists. This Friday at 7 p.m., you can take a magical mystery tour with The Beatles, at 8 p.m. you can buy a stairway to heaven with Led Zeppelin and at 9 p.m. you can get comfortably numb with Pink Floyd (specifically the album “Dark Side of the Moon”). Sink into your chair and fully immerse yourself in the experience of a laser light show with some of rock’s most influential artists. Tickets can be purchased online for $7. This event is all ages but 10+ years suggested. Laser shows have bright, flashing lights with loud music. This event is not recommended for those who have high sensitivity to light and noise.

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SPACE JESUS On Thursday, March 21, Colorado-based electronic artist Jasha Tull — better known by his alias Space Jesus — will bring his psychedelic, bass-heavy rave music to the McDonald Theater in downtown Eugene. The music draws on eclectic influences and extraterrestrial inspiration to create a dynamic mix of “alien basslines, gangster beats and future feels.” Tull equates this musical experience with “the feeling you get when you travel through a wormhole in a fresh pair of Jordans.” With past performances at a number of electronic music festivals including Tomorrowworld, Shambhala and Mysteryland, Space Jesus has honed in on a live performance style that brings high energy without pretension. The stop in Eugene is part of his nationwide “Temple of Noom” tour. Fellow electronic artists Buku, Sayer and Huxley Anne will be joining the lineup as opening acts. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the show will begin at the same time.

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Payton Pritchard (3) led the Ducks with 20 points and seven assists in the Pac-12 Championship game. (Courtesy of Amy Bailey/The Daily Wildcat)

Oregon men’s basketball celebrates its victory in the 2019 Pac-12 Championship Game over Washington. (Courtesy of Amy Bailey/The Daily Wildcat)

OREGON MEN’S BASKETBALL WINS PAC-12 TOURNAMENT OVER UW, CLINCHES NCAA TOURNAMENT BID BY MAVERICK PALLACK • TWITTER @MAVPALLACK One night after eking out an overtime win over Arizona State in the semifinals, Oregon men’s basketball took on Washington in the Pac-12 Championship title game with an NCAA Tournament bid on the line. Oregon’s NCAA Tournament hopes looked dim following the Feb. 23 second-half collapse to UCLA. In order to make the Tournament, the Ducks would need a perfect end to their season. After wining seven games in a row, including three in the Pac-12 Tournament, the Ducks found themselves just one win away from March Madness. Oregon entered the conference tournament needing four wins in four days. Heroics from up-and-down the roster carried Oregon through the first three days. “I mean, it is March,” guard Ehab Amin said after the win over Arizona on March 2, the second win of this current eight-game streak. “Everybody came here for a reason. It’s sad that we became this close, this late, but it’s not too late.” Amin was right. It wasn’t too late. Now after four

perfect games in Las Vegas, the Ducks are dancing. Playing its best basketball in the last two seasons, and riding a seven-game win streak, the Oregon men’s basketball team dismantled the Washington Huskies 68-48 to win the Pac-12 Tournament Championship and secure a spot in the NCAA Tournament. “It feels good,” head coach Dana Altman told ESPN’s Molly McGrath postgame. “The guys really got together and did a great job. … The guys decided they weren’t living up to expectations. They wanted to change.” Oregon’s defense smothered the Huskies, holding the Pac-12 Player of the Year, Jaylen Nowell, to just eight points. Payton Pritchard’s four steals and Kenny Wooten’s four blocks helped hold Washington to 33.3 percent shooting. More importantly, Washington’s top-8 players in minutes were in the negatives in plus/minus. Oregon’s top-8 were in the positives, highlighted by Paul White at +25. Possibly the most exciting — and shocking — moment of the game was with one minute and

48 seconds left when Pritchard stole a pass and went coast to coast, slamming it home with a one-handed dunk. Oregon’s coaches, bench and fans went crazy as the exclamation point was placed on a miraculous March that will live another week. “Everybody doubted us, gave up on us,” Pritchard told McGrath postgame. “The haters kept hating and they can’t hate no more.” Oregon’s relied on the three usual sources to carry the offense. Pritchard, the lone remaining active player from the 2017 Final Four team, led the Ducks with 20 points and seven assists. “We’re just happy to be there and we’re gonna make things happen,” Pritchard said. Freshman Louis King and White combined for 29 points to complement Pritchard’s stellar game. Amin and freshman forward Miles Norris combined for 31 points in the first-round win over Washington State. On day two, the Ducks defeated Utah with 20 point efforts from both Pritchard and King. King and Pritchard also combined for another 37 in the overtime win over ASU. M O N D AY, M A R C H 1 8 , 2 0 1 9

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MEN’S BASKETBALL SELECTED AS 12 SEED, WILL FACE WISCONSIN IN SAN JOSÉ ON FRIDAY BY MAVERICK PALLACK • TWITTER @MAVPALLACK Following a great four-day run to win the Pac-12 Tournament and clinch a bid in the NCAA Tournament, the Oregon men’s basketball team gathered at Matthew Knight Arena to find out where its Tournament will begin. Projected as an 11 or 12 seed, the Ducks had the possibility of going to Tulsa, Oklahoma, Salt Lake City, Utah, Jacksonville, Florida and San José, California. Although some were maybe hoping for a better seed, Oregon was selected as the 12th seed in the South bracket, slated to play Wisconsin in San José on Friday, March 22. Being named a 12 seed was advantageous for the Ducks. Not only do they get an extra day off, playing Friday instead of Thursday, the location proves easy for travel and the large Oregon fanbase in the Bay Area. “It should be a great atmosphere,” point guard Payton Pritchard said. “Playing on Friday does give us an extra day of rest and another day to prepare for Wisconsin. We’re just looking forward to getting

down there and competing and getting the W.” Add this to the fact that 12 seeds are popular upset picks, and the Ducks make out like a bandit. There have been 47 12-5 upsets in the Tournament, good for a 34.6 win percentage. The most recent was in 2017 when Middle Tennessee defeated Minnesota 81-72. Oregon also has successful history in this category. The 12th-seeded Ducks defeated Oklahoma State 6855 in 2013. That game was also in San José. The Badgers finished fourth in the Big10 with a 14-6 conference record. The highlight of their season was ending then-ranked No. 2 Michigan’s undefeated season. Wisconsin relies on Ethan Happ heavily for offensive. The forward leads the team with 17.5 points, 10.1 rebounds and 4.6 assists per game. Happ will spend most, if not all his time in the post. The big man has only attempted five 3-pointers this season. This means a matchup against Kenny Wooten and Francis Okoro awaits him. The Badgers also have podcast-famed Brad Davidson, who leads the team with 60 blocks.

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Wisconsin’s last eight games have not been as fruitful as Oregon’s, but the 6-2 record is still very solid. Its best win in that stretch was probably the 7367 win over now-11th seeded Ohio State on March 10. “We’ll look at their last set of games, the last few conference games, their tournament games and go from there,” head coach Dana Altman said. “We’re a lot different team now then we were a month ago. I’m sure they’re gonna look at our eight games and we’ll probably look at their last seven, eight games.” Although Oregon’s fate was set Saturday night, Sunday was still an exciting time for this Oregon team that has faced a lot more downs than originally expected. The team remains focus, however, and ready for Friday’s matchup. “I think our guys, they know they’ve had a good week, and we’ve had a couple good weeks here, but I don’t think they’re satisfied,” Altman said. “We’ve underachieved this year and the only way to make that up is have a great run here. … That was a great four-day effort. The camaraderie, and the way those guys played together, it was fun to see.”

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