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WEDNESDAY, JAN. 8, 2025 CAMPUS NEWS
INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM PRODUCED BY STUDENTS, FOR STUDENTS CITY NEWS
SPORTS
Post-Election: How Women At UO Feel About Their Rights University of Oregon students and staff share their outlooks on how women’s rights may change once President-elect Donald Trump steps back into office By Riley Fox Campus News Reporter
After President-elect Donald Trump won the presidential election on Nov. 5, 2024, several University of Oregon campus organizations, students and faculty shared their thoughts on how they feel women’s rights will be affected under Trump’s campaign.
Competing with the clock: PeaceHealth Riverbend triathlete Liam Bielat finds grapples with dissatisfaction and long any time he can to train See pg 19 for story
FRATS SEE TWO-EVENT PER TERM LIMIT UNDER NEW SAFETY PLAN
Beginning Winter Term, the UO Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life will implement phase two of its new safety plan, introducing a two-event limit to both fraternities and sororities in response to rising drugging incidents
Cassidy Perkins, president of UO College Republicans, said she “supported Trump back in 2016,” and she “still supports Trump now.” “I am very satisfied that he was reelected and I am really looking forward to seeing how the next four years go,” Perkins said. Perkins said she does not believe Trump’s
By Sydney Seymour Investigative Reporter
Winter Term 2025 marks the second phase — out of three — of the University of Oregon Fraternity and Sorority Life’s new plan to address safety at social events. Among the 12 points of the new plan, one is aimed to limit chapters to two social events with alcohol per academic term, rather than an unlimited number of social events. Following several drink drugging reports during the winter of 2024, the Interfraternity Council implemented a month-long prohibition of
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CITY NEWS
Leading Eugene’s Downtown development By Stephanie Hensley City News Reporter
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INVESTIGATIONS
UO College Republicans
In a city like Eugene, business opportunities are shaped by a growing economy influenced by college students and permanent residents alike. Katie Wilgus, executive director of Downtown Eugene, Inc. since 2023, leads efforts to enhance the downtown core. In addition to her executive director role, Wilgus was hired to be the Downtown Solutions Strategist for the Eugene Chamber of Commerce in November 2024. “This is really exciting because it will allow me to broaden my focus on Downtown [Eugene] and expand my stakeholder reach with
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ARTS & CULTURE
Behind Founded Vintage and Eugene’s community of vintage shops
By Aidan Eckhardt Arts & Culture Writer Wearing vintage clothing invites a very different experience than most other clothing. By wearing something that may be older than yourself, you invite a sense of wonder that is unique and exciting. These clothes have lived full and storied lives of their own that exist completely outside of the wearer, and to wear and buy vintage further grows the story of whichever garment you choose to steward.
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fraternity social events. During this time, the plan was for chapters to: ← Create a standardized new member presentation on party safety and responsible alcohol use ← Establish a comprehensive sober monitor training program ← Implement a standardized guest list system for social events ← Use ten neon vests—distributed by the IFC—to identify sober monitors According to an IFC and Panhellenic Council training presentation, a sober monitor is a fraternity member who is chosen by a fraternity to be sober throughout a party, and gives
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