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freshman survival guide OREGON DAILY EMERALD • JULY 2009 VOL. 2 EmeraldMAGAZINE ISSUE 1 first-year advice • residence hall life • exploring eugene Welcome, ducks! EM STAFF Crime and safety 7 Parents 20 (541) 346-5511 How to stay safe on and around Mom and dad, check out ALLIE GRASGREEN What’s these places before hitting Editor in Chief campus and what to do in the road. ASHLEY CHASE emergency situations. Design Editor story Allie Grasgreen story Suji Paek LESLIE MONTgomERY Photo Editor inside RoBERT D’ANDREA, RENA LEV-BASS, THomaS MARTINEZ, SUJI PAEK, EmILY PETERSON, Need-to-know 4, 7, 8 Finding a job 8 Outdoors 23 DREW PHILLIPS, BEN ScHORZmaN, ALEX TomcHAK ScoTT, Essential facts, including library hours and Want to earn some extra cash Explore Eugene’s great ALEX ZILINSKI football ticket procedures, that will get on campus? Here’s how. outdoor opportunities, Contributors you through the next four years. story Robert D’Andrea from disc golf to hiking. BUSINESS story Leslie Montgomery story Ben Schorzman MICHELE RoSS Interim General Manager KATHY caRBONE Letter from Business Manager Words of wisdom 16 MONIca CHRISTOFFELS the editor 4 Arts and Administrative Assistant Take note of these tips for surviving KEVIN ARMSTRONG Use the media at your disposal to stay and thriving in your next four years. entertainment 25 SHAWN BARNES SpENSER HEATON informed about issues that affect you. story Rena Lev-Bass and Check out these venues to RoBERT KIRKpaTRICK story Allie Grasgreen Leslie Montgomery catch your favorite band or Distribution see a play. ADVERTISING story Ashley Chase (541) 346-3712 TaRA SLoaN Interim Advertising Director Residence life 11 EVAN BAECHLER ERIN DAVIS Make the most of your living experience, whether it’s in Stadium Park Directory 31 EmILY KaHN JENNY KaNE Apartments or Hamilton Complex. story Alex Zielinski Find the club or sport ALLISON KJAR JEANNE LoNG (or maybe both) that’s STEPHANIE MCCULLEY right for you. ALEXANDRIA MICKETT LINDSAY NELSON story Alex Tomchak ANNA OSgoodBY JEFF POLLocK Scott CRYSTAL STANFORD JoSE TaNCUAN RIEHEL ZEREYHOUNE Advertising Executives Greek life 38 LacEY BECKER Ad Assistant Greek life is more than its stereotypes; it’s about CreATIve SERVICES finding your values. (541) 346-4381 story Drew Phillips MICHELE ROSS Technology & Creative Services Director BRIANNE BEIGH Creative Services Supervisor online BRIAN AEBI RogER BONG KEITH CHALOUX EM staff gems KATIE MILLER Check out the staff’s Emma SILVERmaN favorite things to do and Creative Services Designers places to go in Eugene. dailyemerald.com | Freshman Survival Guide | need-to-Know » HOURS OF OPERATION Tear this out and keep it nex t to Dear reader, your computer, in your wallet or stuck in your planner. Hello, and thanks for open- wrote of don’t count, ing the first pages of the sum- evidently). Erb Memorial Union mer 2009 edition of Emerald In short, we’re giving you Monday to Friday: 7 a.m. Magazine, a publication of the what you want, when you want to 11:30 p.m. Oregon Daily Emerald, the in- it. All you’ve got to do is read. Saturday and Sunday: 10 a.m. dependent student newspaper An informed citizenry is to 11:30 p.m. at the University. crucial to dialogue, debates We wanted to give you, in- Allie and ideas that result in the coming freshmen and parents, GrAsGreen betterment of education, the EDITOR IN CHIEF Student Recreation a resource to better acquaint environment, society and the Center you with this campus and world. (And, by the way, any Monday to Friday: 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. the city. print advertising revenue, it’s other area you can think of.) It’s Saturday: 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. But, of course, we have an making us all rethink how we no different at the University. 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Law Library (beginning Aug. 23) GO, fight, Win » all the tickets are claimed, the the Wednesday before the game Monday to Thursday: 7:30 a.m. reserving session is closed until at 5 p.m. The same procedure to midnight GAme TICKETS the next time slot opens for the applies as general reservations. Friday: 7:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. following class. If you know you To enter games students Saturday: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. The Sunday before each game can not attend the game you can only need to have their valid Sunday: 9 a.m. to midnight students can go to goducks.com return the ticket through goducks. student I.D. to reserve tickets. Students must com by logging in and following With the new ticketing system Science Library first sign up for an account, and the posted instructions. You must comes new rules regarding no Monday to Thursday can request a ticket during their return the ticket by the Wednes- shows. Remember that if a stu- day prior to the game, or it counts 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. respective distribution time, dent reserves a ticket but does which is organized by class. Fresh- as an unused ticket. Don’t bother Friday: 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. not show up to the game, he or men claim tickets from 10 a.m. to trying to pass it on to a friend; he she forfeits the opportunity to go Saturday: 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. noon, sophomores from noon or she won’t be admitted to the to the next home game as well. Sunday: 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. to 2 p.m., juniors from 2 to 4 game and your ID card will be Students who appear at every p.m., seniors from 4 to 6 p.m. and confiscated. home game will receive first prior- graduate and law students from If you didn’t get a ticket dur- ity for reserving Civil War tickets. 6 to 8 p.m. ing your class time slot there is a Note: Fewer student tickets are Each class is designated a second chance; returned or un- released for games held before specific number of tickets. 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