editor-in-chief NOAH DEWITT publisher MARGARET APPEL art director TAYLOR JOHNSTON managing editor LUCY OHLSEN layout director COURTNEY HENDRICKS multimedia director NOAH PORTER advertising director LISA INOUE associate editors BEN STONE JOSEPH DE SOSA TROY BRYNELSON cover art JULIAN WATTS contributors IMOGEN BANKS, CHELSEY BOEHNKE, TRACE CABOT, JORDAN CHESNUT, CLAIRE SCHECHTMAN, SCHUYLER DURHAM, JULIAN EARNEST, BENJAMIN FICKLIN, ALLISON FONDER, SAIGE KOLPACK, JOSH LARSEN, ZACH MCKINNEY, MARY-KATE MORONEY, LISA HARRIS, ALLISON FONDER, PARKER MULLINS, WILL PAUGH, BRETT SISUN, WILL STEVENS, JACK WASHER, JULIAN WATTS, MITCHELL RIVET, ALEX FALLENSTEDT, SREANG HOK, MEGHAN LARKIN, MARGOT DENMAN, SHININGGRASS, ANDREW HARDT, AIDAN MCLEAN, AZUL DAHLSTROM-ECKMAN, THE WOLF board of directors STEPHEN PERSON, SCOT BRASWELL, SARA BRICKNER, KOREY SCHULTZ, SCOTT E. CARVER, HALEY A. LOVETT, JENNIFER HILL, RYAN BORNHEIMER, RAECHEL M. SIMS, BRIAN A. BOONE, SARAH AICHINGER-MANGERSON, ROBERT K. ELDER, AUTUMN MADRANO, SAM PARKS, MIKE RUSSELL, CLIFF PFENNING
EDITOR’S NOTE I usually tell people I love all of the Oregon Voice’s brainchildren equally, but between you and me, this one’s definitely my favorite. The Life/Death Issue is two separate magazines — one dark and reflective, the other shining and optimistic — bound together at the centerfold like conjoined twins. But it hasn’t been an easy one to squeeze out. This baby’s heavy. Physically speaking, it is 16 pages heavier than our standard 32-page issues. But it’s also got more philosophical heft than we at the Voice are used to dealing with. With a theme like Life and Death, I feel like this Editor’s Note is supposed to answer the existential question: What’s the purpose of life? But just because the topic we’re exploring is weighty and grave doesn’t mean we’re not going to try to make you laugh. That’s kind of our thing. In our eyes, the OV’s role on campus is not just to inform you about about art, music, and issues that affect students, but to do so in a silly, non-depressing way. When faced with the choice between having fun and not having fun, for us it’s a no-brainer. So if dead week’s got you feeling dead, just remember there’s a flip side. We don’t expect you to spend your academic crunch time giggling over these pages. But if you make it through finals, grab a copy and have a good laugh with us as we ponder life and death. Dead inside,
P.S. The purpose of life is to not pull a triple all-nighter. Ever.
OFFICIAL STUFF OREGON VOICE is published as many times as we want per academic year. Correspondence and advertising business can be directed to 1228 Erb Memorial Union, Suite 4, Eugene OR 97403 or to ovoice@uoregon. edu. Copyright 2012, all rights reserved by OREGON VOICE. Reproduction without permission is prohibited. OREGON VOICE is a general interest magazine that expresses issues and ideas that affect the quality of life at the University and in the University community. The program, founded in 1989 and re-established in 2001, provides an opportunity for students to gain valuable experience in all phases of magazine publishing. Administration of the program is handled entirely by students.
mailing address Oregon Voice Magazine 1228 Erb Memorial Union Suite 4, Eugene OR 97403
contact ovoice@uoregon.edu www.oregonvoice.com (541) 346-4769