OregonAUTUMN 2015 QUARTERLY Message in a FACING OUR PLASTICS PROBLEM Bottle THE MAGAZINE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON Cheer in Style. is striking “O” is hand made at Skeie’s Jewelers in Eugene Oregon, the home of the Ducks! Please Call for price and availability. 10 Oakway Center Eugene, OR 97401 541-345-0354 www.skeies.com 13-1201_Skeies Ad qrtr pg.indd 1 1/27/14 1:10 PM EDITOR’S NOTE dialogue Leaving the Nest, Joining the Flock I’m what the University of Oregon Alumni Association calls an “adopted Duck.” I didn’t graduate from the UO and I’d never even been to Eugene until I flew out for my Oregon Quarterly job inter- THE MAGAZINE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON view. Yet, after three-and-a-half years on campus (nearly as long as it takes most students to earn AUTUMN 2015 • VOLUME 95 NUMBER 1 an undergraduate degree), I consider myself, more or less, a Duck. That claim will gain legitimacy in September when my daughter steps onto campus as a UO EDITOR AND PUBLISHER Ann Wiens freshman. I couldn’t be more pleased with her decision. A strong student with an adventuresome
[email protected] | 541-346-5048 spirit, she had many options. She weighed those options, and chose the UO for all the right reasons: MANAGING EDITOR Jonathan Graham
[email protected] | 541-346-5047 a wide range of academic programs to explore before she settles on a major; a beautiful, safe campus SENIOR WRITER AND EDITOR Rosemary Camozzi that’s not too big and not too small; an inclusive, welcoming, and respectful community; a good
[email protected] | 541-346-3606 selection of study-abroad programs; and, thanks to in-state tuition and a partial scholarship, the ART DIRECTOR JoDee Stringham
[email protected] | 541-346-1593 possibility of graduating with little or no debt.