Conveyor-Belt Sushi Is All the Rage, and Without the Big Price Tag. Restaurants Like 541 Sushi in Eugene Cater Raw Fish to Those
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2015 DAILYEMERALD.COM #STINGYSUSHI FOOD THE BELT BEHIND SUSHI DOESN’T HAVE TO BE EXPENSIVE. Conveyor-belt sushi is all the rage, and without the big price tag. Restaurants like 541 Sushi in Eugene cater raw fish to those whose wallets are as empty as their stomachs. ALPINE SKI TEAM HOPES FOR SNOW CAMPUS BARS PERSONIFIED ANTI-SEMITIC REMARKS TARGETED AT UO FRATERNITY CALLING ALL EXTROVERTS! Emerald Media Group is hiring students to join our Street Team fall term. Get paid to have fun TEXTBOOK handing out papers to fellow students. Apply in person at Suite 300 BUYBACK or email [email protected] FLAGSHIP DUCK STORE on 13th & kincaid A simple way for December 2 – 12, 2015 UO STUDENTS Regular store hours *Buyback closes at 5 p.m. on December 12 to search for DucksHousing.com HAMILTON DINING COMMONS HOUSING December 7 – 11, 2015 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. UO ID Required 895 E 13th Ave • 541.346.4331 • Check prices online at UODuckStore.com/Buyback PAGE 2 EMERALD THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2015 WKND CALENDAR CALENDAR EUGENE ENTERTAINMENT PORTLAND PASTIMES ➡ ALEX RUBY, @ARUBYRUBRUB Take a study break and get into some holiday festivities this weekend in both Portland and Eugene. Eugene Portland Friday 12/04 Friday 12/04 Collie Buddz at McDonald Theatre(1010 Willamette St.; Doors Christmas Ship Parade at the North Portland Harbor (7 p.m.) open at 8 p.m., show will start at 9 p.m. $20; all ages.) Take part in a Portland Christmas tradition and see the beautiful A full night of reggae is coming to the McDonald Theatre. ships sailing down the Willamette and Columbia rivers. With more Straight outta New Orleans-via-Bermuda, reggae artist Collie than 60 ships from all over the area in the combined fleet, it’s sure to Buddz stops in Eugene during his tour in support of his newest be a colorful and festive night. EP Blue Dreamz. Reggae-pop artist Hirie opens. Saturday 12/05 Saturday 12/05 Ciderfest at The EastBurn(1800 E Burnside St. 4-10 p.m. $10.) Santa Visits The Fifth Street Public Market!(296 E 5th Ave.; 1-4 Taste the amazing ciders of the Northwest all for a good cause. p.m. Free.) $10 will get you five tasting tokens, and if you bring an unwrapped Make your parents happy and get a picture with Santa that you child’s toy, you’ll get five extra tokens. You’ll also receive an EastBurn can bring home with you. Visits are always free, but you do have Ciderfest glass! There’ll be live music and a DJ too. All proceeds go to to pay for the photo. He’ll be there every Saturday at the same Toys For Tots. time until Dec. 19. Sunday 12/06 Sunday 12/06 Doug Loves Movies recording at Helium Comedy Club. (1510 SE Oregon’s Ugliest Sweater Run at Alton Baker Park. (100 Day 9th Ave. 8 p.m. $20. 21+ or 18+ with parent.) Island Rd. 11 a.m. $40 to register; all ages.) If you love Doug Benson (the perpetually squinting comic, podcast Bring out your favorite ugly holiday sweater and sweat it out at host and marijuana connoisseur), or have heard his podcast “Doug this 5k run and walk, which starts at Alton Baker Park and ends Loves Movies,” then head to Helium this Sunday for a live taping of at Fifth Street Public Market. It’s not timed, so everyone can enjoy the show. The podcast features comedians and celebrity guests who it — even your pets! A post-race at the market will include an compete in several rounds of movie trivia games, including “Build-A- eggnog chugging contest, a fruitcake eating contest, ugly sweater Title,” “Now Buscemi, Now You Don’t” and the ever-popular “Leonard contest (both for people and for dogs), photos with Santa and Maltin Game.” Regular guests include Pete Holmes, Werner Herzog photos with Rudolph. and Mark Wahlberg impersonators, Kumail Nanjiani, Jon Hamm and Leonard Maltin himself. The Emerald is NEWSROOM BUSINESS ON THE COVER published by Emerald EDITOR IN CHIEF DESIGNERS A&C EDITORS PUBLISHER, PRESIDENT & CEO The cover image was photographed Media Group, Inc., the DAHLIA BAZZAZ X325 RAQUEL ORTEGA EMERSON MALONE CHARLIE WEAVER X317 by Cole Elsasser. independent nonprofit JARRED GRAHAM CRAIG WRIGHT PRINT MANAGING EDITOR VP OPERATIONS media company at the GINA MILLS DANIEL BROMFIELD Illustrations by Stacy Yurishcheva. COOPER GREEN KATHY CARBONE X302 University of Oregon. OPINION EDITOR PHOTO EDITOR Formerly the Oregon DIGITAL MANAGING EDITOR TANNER OWENS VP OF SALES AND MARKETING JACK HEFFERNAN COLE ELSASSER ROB REILLY X303 Daily Emerald, the news organization SPORTS EDITORS GET IN TOUCH MULTIMEDIA EDITOR HIRING AND TRAINING DIRECTOR JUSTIN WISE ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES was founded in 1900. STACY YURISHCHEVA EMERALD MEDIA GROUP KAYLEE TORNAY HAYDEN KIM NICOLE ADKISSON 1222 E. 13TH AVE., #300 MANAGING PRODUCER KENNY JACOBY PODCAST EDITOR NICK CATANIA EUGENE, OR 97403 SCOTT GREENSTONE ALEXANDRA WALLACHY BEN GILBERTS 541.346.5511 NEWS EDITORS TYLER HORST COPY CHIEF AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT DIRECTOR JENNIFER FLECK ESTUARDO PEREZ VOL. 117, ISSUE NO. 38 MELISSA RHOADS KIRA HOFFELMEYER FRANCESCA FONTANA TAYLOR BRADBURY LAUREN GARETTO TEDDY LACK SALLY CASEBEER CAITLIN MONAHAN THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2015 EMERALD PAGE 3 ⚡ SPORTS UO ALPINE SKI TEAM HOPES FOR STORMY WEATHER ➡ WILL DENNER, @WILL_DENNER The University of Oregon Alpine Ski Team poses before practice. (Samuel Marshall) Few sports are more reliant on weather than alpine continue racing at the same time,” captain Megan Ganim ski racing. said. “Having this outlet in college, even now in my senior Every winter, the amount of snowfall directly correlates year, is really beneficial.” with how many days skiers have to train for and compete Railton, a Utah native, competed for the Park City Ski in races. Team in high school. Racing against some of the best The Pacific Northwest is expected to experience “El skiers in the country, Railton invested countless hours in Nino” conditions this winter, characterized by warmer trying to get better, but eventually got burnt out. temperatures in the Pacific. Though El Nino creates “In high school, it was really all I cared about,” Railton varying weather patterns around the continental United said. “I was a head case, taking it very seriously. I wasn’t States, the Pacific Northwest most commonly experiences getting the results I wanted, and that made me not want drier winters in El Nino years, according to a Weather to ski for an NCAA school.” Channel study conducted in November. Instead, Railton came to Oregon and tried out for the This could mean another dry year for the University alpine ski team. of Oregon club alpine ski team, already coming off “I came here, and it was just perfect for me,” Railton two consecutive seasons with below-average snowfall. said. “It became the thing I love about it, which is ski The team normally trains at Hoodoo Ski Area, 80 miles racing itself.” northeast of Eugene, but has been unable to in the last Ganim and Railton have seen firsthand the effects of two seasons due to low snowfall. sub-par snowfall. “We set gates, get hill space and teach fundamentals to “Coming to a race and not having training is pretty these kids,” co-captain Jake Railton said. “It’s hard to just frustrating,” Ganim said. “It would be awesome to get jump in ... there’s things that get thrown at you in a race more snow this year.” where you’re expecting everyone to train, and most teams There is still optimism among the team that this year’s have. We’re usually one of the only teams that hasn’t.” snowfall will be better than years past. The El Nino While snowfall, or lack thereof, could deter the Oregon doesn’t automatically guarantee less snowfall, and in alpine ski team from training, it won’t make or break a some years, can actually mean the opposite. successful season. Being underprepared for competitions “You really don’t know until you’re actually in the has obvious disadvantages, though the team has dealt season,” senior Stephan Splitstoser said. “I’m really with it before. Instead, they embrace being able to travel hoping that we get a lot of snow, and can go up and do as around the region, bond with each other and compete much training as possible.” against fellow collegiate skiers. Weather is out of their control, but the alpine ski team “The UO ski team offered an opportunity for me to join will make the necessary adjustments come racing season. people who also like to ski, enjoy the snow, travel and “The show goes on,” Ganim said. PAGE 4 EMERALD THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2015 Emerald MOBILE 201 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 COLLEGE THE FRESHMAN “What’s a voodoo?” Check out the Wknd tab at Dailyemerald.com YOUR ESSENTIALS. YOUR EMERALD. AirportConnector, public transit service to Eugene Airport. All it takes is valid LTD bus fare and 25 minutes from downtown Eugene to reach your flight! Plan your trip today. Call 541-687-5555 or visit our website. LTD.org/air THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2015 EMERALD PAGE 5 COVER EY VVO MEAKYE OOR NNHOW T A NOTORR -- OO IOUS BB CC LY P EE RICE LL R O M F I E L D , @ B Y T I E L B R O M T N F 3 F ➡ D A OO I D AFSF USH ORDABLE et’s go get sushi and not pay!” all plates for $2, every day. Sushi Station in This is one of the most memorable the Market District serves individual plates “Llines from the 1984 comedy Repo between $1.50 and $3.50.