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The queer icons we lost over the summer
Tim Curry and Dolly Parton died on Aug. 25th, marking the end of two celebrities who loved and supported the queer community. By Gray Vanderpoel
Arts & Culture Writer
Aug. 25th marks the death of two iconic celebrities: Dolly Parton and Tim Curry. Born nearly three months apart in 1946, they both died at age 80 after spending their careers supporting and uplifting the LGBTQ+ community. Dolly Parton, best known for her music and iconic songs including “9 to 5,” “Jolene” and “I Will Always Love You,” left a legacy of acceptance, philanthropy and cultural gravitas. Parton loved drag, which is an entertainment and art form that uses fashion, makeup, and more to present heightened forms of gender expression. Parton actively participated in Dolly Parton Drag look-alike contests and made several songs about the LGBTQ+ community — most famously “family,” which spread the message of discouraging turning away from queer relatives. In the 1991 ballad, she croons: “When it’s family, you forgive them / For they know not what they do / When it’s family, you accept them / ‘Cause you have no choice but to … Some are preachers, some are gay, some are addicts, drunks, and strays / But not a one is turned away when it’s family.”
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Phil and Penny Knight donate $1 billion to establish UO engineering school The University of Oregon received the largest gift ever made to a public university from Nike founder and UO alumnus Phil Knight. By Corey Hoffman
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Phil and Penny Knight have committed $1 billion to the University of Oregon with the goal of establishing a college of engineering, according to an email sent by UO President Karl Scholz. According to Scholz, this donation is the largest gift ever made to a comprehensive public university. The idea for an engineering school, Scholz said, was proposed by UO faculty more than 10 years ago and will look to “scale” the current bioengineering degree program. Continue story online
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During the University of Oregon Academic and Student Affairs Committee meeting on Sept. 21, administrators in the office of the provost discussed UO’s lagging retention rates and harnessing alumni connections for career guidance. “(Administrators) need to tackle, head-on, the sobering fact that we lose almost one-quarter of our undergraduate students after their second year here, which tells us that we’re not providing the distinctive experiences or the sense of belonging that we, and our students, expect,” Provost Christopher Long said. Continue story online
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BridgeOregon club reimagines political discussion amid polarization UO’s chapter of the national organization hopes students can have thoughtful discussions on socio-polical topics. By Sasha Love
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Trillian Hawley, BridgeOregon’s co-president, grew up in a small, conservative Oregon town and, like many college students, came of age during the pandemic, racial justice protests, violence and uncertainty. “Going through COVID and then the aftermath of COVID, we experienced a lot of political division in our town — like anti-mask rallies at our schools — and it was really intense, and that outraged me at the beginning of high school, and then I flipped and was like, ‘How can I find peace without being frustrated all the time?’” Hawley said. For a while, Hawley took a step back politically, feeling rather helpless. But at the University of Oregon, she learned of a student organization that encourages casual discussion on complex sociopolitical topics. “Really what (Bridge) is, it’s students sitting down with each other in groups of anywhere from 5 to 40, just discussing their viewpoints, and using understanding, empathy, open-mindedness, just to engage with one another and show one another that even though they disagree on a topic, they can still do so in a healthy and an understanding way,” Hailie Addison, BridgeUSA chief programs officer, said. BridgeUSA is a nationwide group of 125 chapters. The nationwide organization directs and funds local chapters across the country, teaching them how to have conversations on sociopolitical issues; not necessarily for students to come to an agreement on specific policy, but rather a “shared mindset.”
(Courtesy/BridgeOregon) Bridge, a club striving for thoughful political discussion, tables outside the EMU.
“We don’t mandate, like, ‘You have to talk about this thing or that thing.’ We just mandate how (chapter leaders) moderate those conversations,” Addison said. For Hawley, becoming a part of BridgeOregon was “empowering” and felt like “a breath of fresh air” she didn’t know she needed. As the United States heads into an era of political polarization, Bridge USA encourages students to think critically about issues that matter to them and look beyond the labels and boxes. “If we can’t talk to each other about anything, then our democracy is at risk, especially if the future leaders adopt today’s politics,” Addison said. “So, our long-term goal is to have future leaders of today be able to talk to one another and not give in to the polarization that we see ruining our country at the moment.” Ione Cafaro, BridgeOregon’s vice president of marketing, encourages students to join the club even if it sounds intimidating. “I think these days we often shut down when we hear a view that differs from ours, especially in politics, because we take it very personally and we don’t put in the time to hear other people because it is too hard,” Cafaro said. “And I don’t think that is a good excuse. I think we need to do those hard things and I think that often we find that we agree on more things than we think we do; we just don’t want to hear it because we’ve separated ourselves.” Some of the club’s most valuable discussions have centered around foreign policy, the meaning of war and when the U.S. should enter into wars — if ever. Occasionally, the club will host “devil’s advocate” activities where club members are assigned a belief to support, similar to a debate, but instead of trying to “win” the other side over, club members talk about the reasoning behind their assigned beliefs to think critically about an issue. Since the club’s founding in winter 2025, BridgeOregon’s executive board said they have tried to recruit students from as many walks of life as possible. Club leaders have attended liberal clubs including UO Democrats and Young Democratic Socialists of America meetings, as well as conservative campus clubs like UO Republicans and UO’s Turning Point USA chapter, but have not recruited as many diverse perspectives as they hoped for, according to Hawley. That said, club leaders are continuing outreach to various student organizations, and also hope to turn their recruitment toward “random” students willing to have their beliefs challenged. “We’ve reached a point where we are trying to gather as many (people) as we can, just random people that we talk to in class because I think the focus on trying to get a specific group or viewpoint is not exactly attainable,” Hawley said. “So just the more faces we get, the better.” While attempting to create lively, controversial discussions, BridgeOregon has butted heads with demographics. UO is a predominantly liberal school. It is rated the seventh most liberal college in the U.S. by the college tracking website Niche. UO is also at least 60% white. Hawley said she thinks these demographics make it difficult for students to remove themselves from their individual bubbles.
“I think that is important to note, just how divided our campus is. Which is just, I think, a big reason why it has been such a slow (membership) build-up over the past oneand-a-half years or so,” Hawley said. BridgeOregon is also not yet an ASUO-recognized student organization. That designation would allow student incidental fees to be put towards the organization, and potentially increase visibility.
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Our long-term goal is to have future leaders of today be able to talk to one another and not give in to the polarization that we see ruining our country at the moment. Hailie Addison
BridgeUSA Chief Programs Officer The club has been following a semi-weekly meeting schedule, but wants to have more frequent meetings and activities soon. They are also continuing to add to their social media accounts. One thing that’s a constant at BridgeOregon meetings, Hawley said, is free food — often pizza. “We budgeted quite a bit of our funds towards food … we try to prioritize having food at every meeting. I still have like 50 bags of chips from last year, so yeah, we won’t be at a shortage,” Hawley said, with a laugh. For the upcoming midterms, the club plans to discuss key elections across the country and possibly local issues on the ballot, but the executive team is still finalizing their plans. Cafaro said BridgeOregon also hopes to host a joint watch party, along with other clubs, for the night of the election. Editor’s note: Hailie Addison was BridgeUSA’s National Program Manager at the time of this interview in spring 2025. The Daily Emerald has contacted Addison to ensure her comments are still timely. All other interviews were conducted recently.
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UO’s beach volleyball court is ready for play The women’s beach volleyball team walked onto the court after decades of planning, advocacy and construction. By Sasha Love
Associate News Editor
On Wednesday, Sept. 23, the University of Oregon women’s beach volleyball team walked through a crowd of cheering family, friends and coaches and onto glistening sand divided by freshly installed nets, to make their first serve on the new court. The court complex, about 159 feet by 94 feet, is located at the site of the demolished Hamilton Hall. As volleyballs soared into the sky over Duck Dunes, the athletes laughed and hugged each other as “Shout” by The Isley Brothers played in the background — it was a moment in the works for at least eight years.
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Having a court with this much visibility to people on campus, and with this much foot traffic, it’s gonna grow the game so much. Elsa Snipes UO Women’s Beach Volleyball Captain
UO Athletic Director Rob Mullens kicked off the ceremony thanking the volleyball team, coaches and design and construction crews. “We cannot wait to see this facility right here, Duck Dunes, alive with passionate Oregon fans,” Mullens said. Elsa Snipes, the volleyball team captain and senior, said the opening of the new courts “means the world” to the players. “There are juniors and seniors that have been here since the beginning of the program and absolutely paved the way and so it means a lot to watch those girls get the flowers they deserve and finally get a facility of their own they can call home,” Snipes said. The development of the courts has not been a straightforward path. The university first had to construct Cedar Hall — formerly known as New Residence Hall — to build more residential capacity. Then, UO demolished Hamilton Hall and construction of the courts finally began earlier this year. The university has also faced a lawsuit over allegedly investing more in men’s sports. The women’s rowing and beach volleyball teams sued the university in 2023, alleging Title IX discrimination because of lacking facilities and scholarships, and complaints of older and ill-fitting uniforms, compared to the men’s team. For several years, the team has practiced on the Amazon Park volleyball courts, where team members said the facilities were run-down, and needles were allegedly found on the courts. More recently, practice has been at the Grace Community Fellowship near Valley River Center. Although the women had a new locker room built for the team last year, they were unable to utilize it frequently because the practice fields at the church were so far, and instead the team usually stored gear in their cars, according to team members. “It’s going to be so nice and convenient, and we are so close to classes, we can just go walk to our class after practice,” Katrena Koellner, a senior who began playing as a freshman, said. “The accessibility is super nice.”
Koellner said she thinks the student advocacy for equal treatment, and the lawsuit, gave the construction project a “big push.” “I feel like there’s a lot of talk happening in the past and our previous players really helped get it moving,” Koellner said. The lawsuit was recently rejected as a class-action suit, but the ninth circuit court allowed an appeal in August.
Upcoming matches on UO’s home court UO’s women volleyball team has a spring season, but practices kick off this week. Kristian Kuld said the team will also host a scrimmage with the University of Portland on Oct. 11. UO women’s beach volleyball in-season home games will be on March 17, April 9 and April 10. Snipes is ready to have a true home court advantage. “Last season we were traveling every weekend, going to a lot of different places and we got to see what it is like playing against a home court advantage, against somebody else’s own court,” Snipes said. “And just for the growth of volleyball, having a court with this much visibility to people on campus, and with this much foot traffic, it’s gonna grow the game so much.” Most of the sand for the courts — 70% of it — is from the Oregon Coast near Florence. Jody Skyes, the volleyball sports administrator, hopes the choice to keep materials local makes the athletes and community feel more connected to the state. Shorter transport distances also encouraged the team to source local sand. “We hope that every time you dig in, you remember the beautiful sand here from the Oregon Coast,” Skyes said. The rest of the sand is from Nebraska. Kuld said the sand from Nebraska, since it is not beach sand, helps the courts drain. “That sand, there’s a little bit of science behind it, because it’s the size of the grain, and water permeability and a couple of other things too,” Kuld said.
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New parking rates could impact commuter students The city has increased parking rates for certain areas, affecting residents, students and commuters. By Nathan Trammell
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Eugene Parking Services has passed new parking rate changes throughout the city in order to keep up with maintaining quality parking options. These changes, effective Sept. 18, are part of the city’s “long-range financial planning,” and are the first to come across the board since 2019, according to the City of Eugene’s website. The changes are meant to support both local businesses and the broader community. Eugene residents with downtown parking permits can expect at least a $5 increase in their monthly fees. Residents with quarterly and yearly permits for on-street parking will see more than a $10 increase in their fees. Additional changes will come with regard to parking validations and bulk permits. Students who commute to and from campus will likely see these changes for themselves. For campus district parking, fees vary. The city is planning a $2 fee increase for daily parking, another $2 increase for event parking at city facili-
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ties and a $4 increase for event parking at non-city facilities, according to their website. The website also lists changes for metered parking. Meters in off-street facilities will face a $0.50 increase as well as a 60-minute interval for on-street parking. For a fivehour interval, $2.50 is the expected increase. The University of Oregon hasn’t planned any increases to on-campus parking, which differs from campus district parking. Rates should still remain consistent at $3 per hour, with a maximum charge of $18 per day for garage parking. “By aligning rates with today’s needs, we can continue offering the high-quality services our community and visitors rely on,” Lindsay Selser, public information officer for the Eugene Planning and Development Department, said in a statement. Those with on-campus parking passes will not see any increases, but as the 2026-27 academic year begins, students who commute to and from campus are more than likely to be affected by these citywide changes.
(Ali Watson/Emerald) Nearly all of the parking on the University of Oregon’s campus requires a permit or payment during business hours.
Leininger: We need to reassess how we choose to protect our mental health Opinion: We have grown tremendously in our ability to be open and vulnerable when discussing mental health troubles. However, when prioritizing ourselves, we often battle with feelings of guilt and selfishness shaped by deeply rooted stigma. Breaking down this stigma can begin at the individual level. By Jack Leininger
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Whether it be through social media, education reform or public advocacy, mental health discourse has taken center stage in many of our lives. A 2025 survey performed by the American Psychological Association found that 83% of United States adults say they are comfortable talking about their mental health. However, 84% of U.S. adults associate a stigma with the term “mental illness,” and 35% said they wouldn’t look at somebody the same knowing they had a mental health condition. I find this contradiction alarming, and think
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it explains a disconnect in mental health conversations. We are comfortable discussing mental health in the abstract, but struggle with the notion that our struggles are “big enough.” An imaginary severity threshold seems to exist for identifying problems that should be addressed. Kimberly Harper, assistant director for mental health access at UO’s University Health Services and a licensed clinical social worker for nearly 40 years, reflected on this dynamic. “We’ve made it a really big issue, right? Mental health has to be a crisis or some diagnosable thing. But the reality is mental health is as much a part of who we are as our physical health and our emotional well-being,” Harper said. It can be difficult to sit with ourselves and identify problems, because doing so breaks down an illusion we pressure ourselves to uphold. “There’s still an expectation for a lot of people that we present ourselves as having it all together. That creates a stigma and a discomfort, or an unwillingness to let people know that we’re struggling,” Harper said. While this is a nuanced dilemma, it doesn’t take a dramatic overhaul to shift away from this mindset. “We sometimes get the wrong idea about self care … that it has to be some elaborate production. It can be something as simple as remembering to turn on music that you like,” Harper said. UHS is an excellent resource, though it can feel intimidating as a first step. Harper pointed to a number of low-pressure ways to connect on campus, such as the outdoor program, well-being
coaches and campus clubs that act as de-stressors without requiring a counseling office visit. Megha Panikar is a fourth-year product design student at UO and vice president of the university’s Industrial Designers Society of America chapter. She shared that she struggled to make close friends at UO until she started attending IDSA meetings. “That decision alone single-handedly transformed my university experience. My proximity to numerous social outlets allowed me to rediscover my purpose and importance as an individual serving a greater community,” Panikar said. This sort of release is valuable because it gives us space to pause and realize what makes us happy. We can seek help by surrounding ourselves with a group we feel genuinely connected to. However, community alone is a starting point, not a definite solution. A deeper shift can still come from recognizing discomfort for what it is, and finding the right way to approach it. “We don’t have to tolerate distress. It’s like the princess and the pea; she was on 40 mattresses and still could not get comfortable. If you have something that’s causing you distress, or you’re not comfortable, there are likely options, strategies, resources that can help reduce that,” Harper said. This quote has stuck with me since I interviewed Harper. It captures the mindset shift that removes subconscious guilt or a creeping feeling of selfishness. It is overwhelming to look at mental health struggles as a battle. Instead, we can identify our sources of distress and find the best way to manage each one individually.
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Running on the UO Student Power slate, Quadrian Gill was elected as ASUO’s president last spring. Gill was the ASUO Speaker of the Legislature during the 2025-26 school year. The Daily Emerald sat down with Gill to ask about his goals and challenges he might face during the upcoming academic year.
The university senate endorsed the establishment of a dedicated Latinx Cultural Center. What do you think needs to happen next for that support to turn into action? Gill:
Yeah, last year the ASUO Senate put aside … I wish I had the exact dollar amount, but a substantial amount of money for first-year programming for the center, and I was part of approving that and making sure that (it) is sitting in the ASUO exec account and ready to be spent on programming, just to help build that momentum. Just showing that there’s student investment financially. So after last year, with a lot of the advocacy that happened with the Latinx Coalition and with the resolution that was passed by the faculty senate, there was a little bit of momentum that picked up and the university created a task force that involves the Latinx Coalition. So the Latinx Coalition has been meeting pretty routinely with university administrators, such as housing, the provost, vice president of student life, Angela Chong, and it seems like momentum is still going, and there’s some site visits that are planned. But my vice president, Amaya Peralta, is the one that sits in on the Latinx Coalition. Right now, they’re at the point of planning. They’re trying to figure out whether or not it’s feasible financially, and whether or not there’s space and what peer institutions’ Latinx centers look like, so that when the University of Oregon does eventually get a Latinx center, it can serve students to the best degree, because there’s proven methods of how to build community and build outcomes (where) people feel safe and at home in the center as opposed to it just being a room with a sign on it.
I know you wanted to bring back the Oregon Student Association, or create a similar organization. What would that student association look like? Gill:
That’s work we have been very involved with throughout the summer. Both Amaya and I, we’ve been meeting very regularly with all the other student body presidents throughout the state – (Portland State University, Oregon State University and the Cascades campus of OSU), and we’ve all just been talking about what a new OSA, or just a coalition, would really look like. How do we want to decide on legislative priorities? So it probably won’t look exactly the same way the OSA looked back then; there might be a different way of collecting what are called dues, and things like that. There might be a different way of deciding priorities. But right now, the coalition’s really just coming together. But the goal in the coming future is to make a nonprofit similar to OSA, and the foundation that funded OSA still exists, and so there are funds kind of sitting there. It’s more just how do we all come together to make an organization
that truly represents what we want to see out of it. Instead of coming together, creating a nonprofit with a hollow shell, we want to do the organizing, the coming together, the structure of decision making, and all these things that make coalition building really important.
This new nonprofit or new version of OSA, is that your main goal, or one of your main priorities, for this upcoming school year? Gill:
I think that fits largely into the advocacy part of what we advocated for because I think without OSA, there has been a gap at the state legislature in student voices and student initiatives being advanced, and then there is a bit of a correlation with some of our rising tuition costs and the lack of student voices in Salem. And I know whenever I go lobby in Salem, almost every single lawmaker will be like, ‘Where’s OSA? Your voice was a lot stronger when we understood that this was the collective voice of all Oregon students.’ So when all of those schools find common ground and come together, it’s powerful because it’s rare that legislatures see that amount of consensus with an issue across the entire state like that.
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The goal in the coming future is to make a nonprofit similar to (the Oregon Student Association)... We want to do the organizing, the coming together, the structure of decision making, and all these things that make coalition building really important. Quadrian Gill ASUO President
What else are you advocating for? Gill:
I think just building this relationship and knowing that student voices are back is a good win because it allows us to be ready to react when things come down the line. Last year, there was the push from a lot of advocacy groups on campus to have the ICE notifications on the UO Alerts. Since they already use them for police activity, people were saying ‘Why don’t they use them for ICE activity too?’ And the UO initially pushed back and it was about a four-month back-and-forth on whether that was even possible to do. Then there was a bill in Salem, and students went up (and) lobbied for it. The bill passed that requires every school in Oregon to have ICE notifications, and the school just instantly did it. Things that are a major cause for concern right now are definitely (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) cuts, financial aid from the federal government, and just reinforcing Oregon opportunity grants. Making sure that student fee autonomy is protected is a very big priority of mine. Since COVID-19 and since student governments got a little sleepy, there has been a bit of encroachment across the country of universities kind of wanting to reduce the amount of autonomy that student governments have over their fees because that is a large resource pool for universities. And we have seen some pretty brazen things in the state of Oregon. Last year, the (Associated Students of Oregon State University) president just got removed and fired out of nowhere, and the school didn’t say why … things like that are a huge breach on what we’re trying to do. Because of our job, of course, we have relationships (with) administrators. We have a lot of meetings with them, and we’re in the same rooms as them. But we are a check on the university’s operations.
Another policy you mentioned when you were running for president was that you were focusing on 24-hour access to the Knight Library. Where do things stand now? Gill:
That’s definitely an ongoing conversation. The Knight Library is a hard building because it’s a historical building. It’s really big and it’s got weird architecture. It’s been built on top of itself multiple times, and so there’s just weird nooks and crannies that would have to be secured if staff weren’t going to be there. So there’s just some operational things we’re trying to get figured out before we can say that we fully have that victory. But we are definitely continuing the science library 24-hour library program going into this next year, and our major goal is to work with the provost office and try to get that institutionalized as a thing that is (ongoing).
Which core value in your presidency do you think is the most difficult to accomplish? Gill:
I think we can accomplish all of them. I’ll preface by saying, (that) I do think the most complicated is the Erb Memorial Union for sure because the EMU used to be under ASUO operation. The operations were part of the university, but ASUO used to fund the EMU. So they kind of had a say on who filled what spaces and what the operation of the EMU really looked like, and that got signed away in 2021. And so I campaigned on restoring that to ASUO control right before the budget cuts happened,
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Third-year student and ASUO presidential candidate for Student Power Quadrian Gill speaks at a news conference about his goals for the 2026-27 academic year.
and so it might be a little more difficult looking at this general fund reduction now, and the reduction in the I-fee. And ASUO is at a point where it might be making cuts to its own budget in the coming years, because of the enrollment decline, because ASUO’s revenue is directly tied to tuition. So, the thought of fully taking on the EMU in the way it looks now is daunting, but it is still possible. There’s just been challenges thrown in.
If you could tell readers something about you and your campaign that maybe they still might not know after all we’ve discussed, what is something you would say? Gill:
My ultimate goal, and one thing that I just really hope I can accomplish as ASUO president, is hopefully showing students that their voice matters in an institution like this, even though it is extremely bureaucratic and it feels like your voice doesn’t matter.
The things that you do, and standing up, and making your voice heard and not being afraid to, seem a little crazy. It creates progress that allows our school to better serve our students, and I hope that by ASUO going and supporting the advocacy that groups are already doing, that we could help people feel supported in doing this type of work that feels uncomfortable at times, because it does feel uncomfortable trying to make change and make things better when it feels really hard. And so, I just hope that (readers) know ASUO can show students that their voices really matter because I think we’re at a time in our whole government where we’re always kind of being led to believe that the things that we do don’t matter, like our voice, our vote doesn’t matter and our advocacy doesn’t matter. When it really does, and they want you to feel that way, and I feel that the university is like a microcosm of that, where this is the first time you can kind of really realize that change is possible, and I think that, you know, that’s what we’re in the business of doing is making change that helps students.
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My ultimate goal (...) is hopefully showing students that their voice matters in an institution like this, even though it is extremely bureaucratic and it feels like your voice doesn’t matter. Quadrian Gill ASUO President
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DAILY EMERALD
Monday, Sept. 28, 2026
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The queer icons we lost over the summer Continued from page 1
As a Christian, along with being a country singer, Parton got a lot of pushback for continuously spreading the message of equality. “If people want to pass judgment, they’re already sinning,” Parton said in a 2014 interview with Billboard, “I try to love everybody.” “Dolly existed in the sphere when we know that sometimes can be associated with a specific politics and people who may not enjoy the queer community, to put it simply. It is very validating to know that she was not only not one of those cases, but actively gave support.” Amber Geiger, a queer student at UO, said. Tim Curry, on the other hand, became a queer icon through a different way: his acting. Best known for his pansexual, crossdressing character of Frank-n-Furter in “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” he carved a path for queer voices. Frank-n-Furter is shown on screen with high heels, fishnets, a corset and a full face of makeup while singing a song all about his queer identity — practically unheard of in 1975, when the film came out. The film’s motto “don’t dream it, be it” resonated with the LGBTQ+ community, encouraging fans to live in and embrace their identity instead of simply dreaming of acceptance. Because of Parton’s and Curry’s lasting impact on music, film, and queer fans, their back-to-back deaths were acutely felt across the world, but specifically in queer communities. “It was just so like, ‘are you kidding me right now? Like back to back. What do you mean?’” Geiger said in reaction to their deaths; she took the loss to heart after growing up listening to Parton’s music and hearing Curry in his voice
acting role in “FernGully,” a children’s animated film. “Dolly Parton was always one my mom played for me in a car as a kid,” Geiger said. “She existed in my childhood in a sense that I didn’t necessarily always know who she was, but her voice rang in my car.” After growing up and realizing her attachment and identity in the LGBTQ+ community, Geiger felt more connected to these childhood memories and idols, knowing that they supported queerness. “I can’t tell you how much it means that when you grow up with a piece of media or an artist, and you’re not entirely aware of what something means,” Geiger said. “And one day you find out that you actually feel a certain way, that you are part of a community, and you find out that people you are listening to all along supported you and appreciated people in your community. It makes you feel good.” Another UO student, Hezekiah Miller, felt connected to Dolly Parton as a queer Christian individual. Originally knowing her as the “icon from the ‘9 to 5’ song,” Miller said they heard news of Parton’s death at their church, where they started the day by reading a quote from Dolly Parton to honor her life, as her death took a toll on those who shared her faith. “It’s sad because obviously, like she is a great person and did a lot of good for people, but she’s a Christian, so she is in a better place, which is where she is right now,” Miller said. Geiger and Miller think both Curry and Parton’s work will continue to make change and positive growth long after their death. “Rocky Horror is still something that goes on,” Miller said. “At UO we have Rocky Horror shows every term that are pretty f------ awesome.”
Curry may be gone, but his reputation and character will continue to spread what he stood for even on the UO campus. Parton also ran a children’s literacy program — Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library — which gives out high-quality books to children under the age of five regardless of the family’s income. “Remember their names. Remember what they stood for. Blast their music. Blast their movies. Blast everything,” Geiger said. “And remind people that despite being a country singer, despite existing within a time, despite there being resistance against certain identities, these people stood by and challenged norms and chose to fight when they could have been a coward.”
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‘Finding Emily’: a refreshing new rom-com “Finding Emily” premiered in the U.S. on August 28, receiving positive reviews from critics and audiences alike. While it might not be headlining at the theaters, it’s worth your while. By Ava Vordermark
Arts & Culture Writer
It’s a tale of two Emily’s, a missing digit in a phone number, and a wild goose chase that somehow ends up in the discovery of love despite all hope feeling lost.
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“Finding Emily,” directed by Alicia MacDonald, follows Owen (Spike Fearn), a struggling musician, as he tries to find a girl named Emily that he met at a club. That journey is unexpectedly complicated upon realizing the phone number he got is missing a number. Along the way, a different Emily (Angourie Rice) who’s a psychology student at the local university, joins Owen’s fantastical hunt due to the fact that she does not believe in love and wants to use him as a test subject for her thesis, unbeknownst to him. If the movie sounds unfamiliar, it might be because of the film’s worldwide staggered release. The movie is set and filmed in Manchester, England, so it was released into theaters on May 22, exclusively in the United Kingdom. There was minimal marketing rollout for the U.S. release in August. The production companies mainly relied on word of mouth and ads on social media. “Finding Emily” earned an 89% on Rotten Tomatoes and an average of 3.8 out of 5 stars on Letterboxd, with reviewers citing a reliable-but-effective rom-com formula, charming leads and solid music choices as reasons for its success. The film has everything that a good rom-com should have: insane chemistry between the two main characters, witty banter that feels realistic, a soundtrack that has some great needle drops, and heartwarming acts of romance. Owen and Emily seem to have this instant connection between them and as it grows throughout the film it evolves from teasing comments to innocent touches and thoughtful acts of service that leaves viewers blushing. Perri Nemiroff, a critic with Collider, gave the film a 3.5 out of 5 stars and said, “I found this movie quite charm-
ing, largely because I think the leads in it are really great together, Spike Fearn and Angourie Rice.” Owen is a very charming and lovesick character who looks like he could be a long-lost brother of the iconic Oasis duo Liam and Noel Gallagher. Emily is equally as charming, but she is also cynical about love and is very intelligent, almost to a fault. Yet, they complement each other in a way that is rare to find in recent movies. The dialogue in this film is fresh and young, without being corny, and the comedy part of romantic comedy shines. There were many instances of clever jokes that got added in almost as an afterthought that leaves one laughing to themself. Owen is a prime example for a character that likes to make jokes during serious or awkward situations, which many people can relate to. This leads to him getting into many silly predicaments, like when he goes on a podcast to defend himself and ends up eating the host’s banana and singing a song! One review from Benedict Townsend, a user on Letterboxd, stated, “For the first time in decades, a romcom that understands that you need both Rom and Com!!!” (Townsend, 2026). There were a few times that the music shone through and elevated the experience, like when Chappell Roan’s “Femininomenon” played during a montage of social media posts, or when Spike Fearn sang an original song during the end credits called “Catch You Up.” While “Finding Emily” is not groundbreaking in the rom-com genre, it redesigns classic plot points into something new and exciting to watch.
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DAILY EMERALD
Monday, Sept. 28, 2026
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Novak: University Housing should push forward with East Campus development Opinion: University Housing has the potential to relieve the high prices of the Eugene housing market. But plans have been put on hold amid the decline in student enrollment for next year. By Shane Novak
Opinion Columnist
Shane is a second year student studying political science and planning, public policy, and management. He’s interested in local transportation, housing affordability, and shifting cities away from car dependency, and he enjoys spending time outdoors.
The new dorm building rising at East 17th Avenue and Moss Street will provide 804 beds to primarily first-year students as part of the first phase of University Housing’s Next Generation Housing Development Plan. The second phase includes another site expected to have 815 beds oriented to upper-division undergrad students. On May 11, the Eugene City Council approved the code amendment and zoning change needed to move that forward. Three days later, on May 14, the university announced a $65 million budget shortfall driven by a decline in enrollment. Since then, future development has been on hold. Michael Griffel, Director of Housing, and Michael Harwood, associate vice president for Campus Planning and Facilities Management, explained that “additional phases will be implemented based upon the needs of students and funding available,” and that “for now, we’re putting further plans on hold.” A fully planned project that just cleared its last legal hurdle is now waiting for University Housing to decide its future. This pause on university housing development matters for students already dealing with the broader Eugene housing market. Currently, according to the City of Eugene’s own rent assessment, the average studio apartment is $1,408 a month. A household would need to make $56,000 a year to afford one and not be cost-burdened, an income that’s out of the question for a college student. On-campus housing is comparable in cost, once you account for the fact that its rate includes food. The off-campus housing price is rent alone, before groceries and transportation costs to get to campus. Plus, those transportation costs could quickly skyrocket if you decide to use a car as your mode of choice, with insurance, gas, and a parking pass stretching money thin. Upper-division students currently navigating this market are the population Christina Bollo, a UO architecture professor and the director of Housing Specialization, described as needing more choices than they currently have. She characterized Eugene’s off-campus market as kind of predatory when it comes to the student population. University housing projects aimed at providing more options to returning students would be a strong move towards unburdening them. What makes University Housing’s choice to put plans on hold much harder to justify is that their budget isn’t short. According to Griffel and Harwood, the housing budget is “entirely funded by the room and board students pay.” Pausing housing development won’t free up any money to correct UO’s general fund budget deficit. Additionally, phase two is focused on providing housing options for upper-division and graduate students, so plans shouldn’t be stalled just because freshman enrollment is low. These are the kinds of projects that should be prioritized. The needs of students haven’t gone anywhere, and University Housing can see that. There are no barriers left for phase two, or the rest of the plan for that matter, other than University Housing.
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SPORTS
DAILY EMERALD
Monday, Sept. 28, 2026
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Oregon women’s basketball schedule preview Looking ahead at Oregon women’s basketball 2026 schedule. By Joe Krasnowski
Sports Editor
Year after year, there has been a level of team that Oregon women’s basketball cannot compete with. Their opponents are too tough, too physical, too big. In 2026, the number of those teams is likely to be as low as it has been since the Sabrina Ionescu days. Yes, these Ducks are much better than most teams past, and not just on the margins. Led by juniors Ehis Etute and Katie Fiso, Oregon is expected to take a major jump forward. In 2026–27, Oregon will play 18 total conference games, opening Big Ten play by hosting defending national champion UCLA on Dec. 6. Other marquee home games include the Ducks hosting University of Iowa on Jan. 24 and facing Washington on Feb. 4. Oregon will travel to the Midwest and beyond on four different trips, including facing University of Michigan and Michigan State University schools on Jan. 10 and 13, respectively. In total, UO’s conference schedule includes games against 11 teams that qualified for the NCAA Tournament, with five visiting Matthew Knight Arena. Eight Big Ten teams were ranked in the season’s final Associated Press top-25 poll.
The Ducks host Bushnell University in a scrimmage on Oct. 20 and travel to face Oregon State on Dec. 13. The Ducks’ marquee nonconference games come during the Cancun Challenge, as they take on the University of Georgia and University of Colorado in Cancun, Mexico. Oregon then closes out nonconference play by hosting the University of Montana and University of Portland on Dec. 16 and 19. Head coach Kelly Graves’s squad is certainly expected to take a major step forward in the new season. Getting Fiso and Etute — who both likely received major transfer portal consideration from other schools — to stay was the first major win of his offseason. Janiyah Williams, Sara Barhoun, Sarah Rambus, Sammie Wagner and senior guard Elisa Mevius all entered their names in the transfer portal following the conclusion of the season. Graves received commitments from Belmont University’s Hilary Fuller and University of Minnesota transfer Mallory Heyer to bolster his team in the new year. Heyer redshirted at the beginning of last season, while Fuller was one of Belmont’s best players, averaging 14 points per game. She has two seasons of college eligibility remaining. Both players are certain to help Oregon win on the margins, but Graves is expecting big steps forward from Etute and Fiso to raise his team’s ceiling in the new year.
(Roshni Ram/Emerald) The Oregon Ducks women’s basketball team hosted the Nebraska Cornhuskers at Matthew Knight Arena in Eugene, Ore. on Feb. 19, 2026, winning 80-76.
The Ducks soccer team may be at the start of a new era
A revamped team, a second year coach and one of the best starts in team history. By Rowan Shea
Senior Sports Writer
The Oregon women’s soccer program was not where it wanted to be last season. They ended the tough 2025 season at 3-10-5, and didn’t scratch across their only Big Ten win until the final game of the season against Washington at Papé Field.
It was even tougher for the newest Duck, head coach Tracy Joyner, who was in her first season with the team. In the offseason, Oregon completely revamped its roster. The Ducks entered the 2026 season with 14 newcomers to the team, while keeping big name players like Carly Cormack, Cloe Chase, Cailin Bloom and Lauren Kenny. They also brought in star goalkeeper Gray Wilson, Kylie Farmer, Shiloh Baird and Ellie Felt. The 2026 team took off. Before the first game of conference play, the team had a 6-0-1 record, topping their 2016 start where they went 5-0-2 through their first seven games. The 2026 team punched their way through nonconference play, notably beating their in-state rival, Oregon State, 6-0 at Papé Field. The first loss this squad took was against Rutgers University in their Big Ten opener, dropping the game to the Scarlet Knights 1-0. This Ducks team is defensively sound. They can clear the ball in a timely fashion when it gets too close to their goal, and when it does sneak by, they have a brick wall in the net. They just flat out don’t give up a lot of goals. But when it comes to the other side of the ball, actually getting the ball in the net sometimes proves difficult for the Ducks offense. A theme for Joyner during Big Ten play has been two words: opportunistic and anticipatory. When the offense struggles to get the ball in the back of the net, Joyner attributes it to them not being able to take advantage of the big opportunities, or struggling to anticipate what could happen next.
“We were kind of watching shots instead of following and trying to be anticipatory and opportunistic,” Joyner said after the Rutgers game. She would follow that up with a redeeming statement after the game against the University of Maryland, where it took the Ducks just over 70 minutes to put one in the back of the net. “At halftime, we talked about being more opportunistic in front of goal, especially taking advantage of the weather, running through balls, just being a little bit more athletic and anticipatory,” Joyner said. The Big Ten conference is a tough one to play in. It’s full of teams that find a way to get the job done, any way they can. In the words of Joyner: “It is a scrappy conference.” The Ducks are already tearing it up compared to last season, but if they can continue with their torching start, then a Big Ten championship is definitely in the view of this squad. (LEFT) Oregon players celebrate scoring the game winner in the 88th minute. Oregon women’s soccer played the University of Washington Huskies on Papé Field in Eugene, Ore. on Oct. 26, 2025. (Corey Hoffman/Emerald)
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