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THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 2014 DAILYEMERALD.COM #CALEESJOURNEY WKND RISING ABOVE UNCERTAINTY IT’S BEEN A ROUGH YEAR FOR CALEE WILLIAMS. After numerous tests and hospital visits, her future is still unclear. But that’s not stopping her. PAUL SWANGARD IS THE VOICE OF HAYWARD FIELD ASUO’S SPRING TERM PROGRESS WORKING TO SOLVE THE STUDENT DEBT PROBLEM , * FALL RESERVATIONS EVENTS Summer’s Revenge We’ll find you June 6th 12:45 pm EMU Amphitheatre Free Music, Fun and Activities a new home! Chalk Art*Bananas*Track Town Pizza Live Music with Dr. Rocket no application fee! Info:[email protected] COMEDY HOUSES, close to campus Brent Weinbach DUPLEXES, June 5th 8pm $5 in advance for students WOW Hall TONIGHT Weinbach opened for Aziz Ansari about a month ago at Hult, he has & APARTMENTS! been on Conan O’Brien and Comedy Central. $500 off first studios, one, two, three, month’s rent! four and five bedrooms! INFORMATION ask for details The Cultural Forum, a department of the Erb Memorial Union, provides University of Oregon students,and their communities, exposure to and experience with the breadth and depth of human expressionthrough productions focusing on contemporary culture, film, performing arts, music, and visual art. Please visit our organization online at www.facebook.com/UOCForum 1301 Ferry St. #2 • 541-485-7776 • vonkleinrentals.com OFFICE NOW OPEN SATURDAYS 11-2 Thank You Cultural Forum for a great year of creativity and culture!... Rafael Arroyo, Chelsea Joyce,Louis Cicalese, Gina Ginsberg, Hannah Hellberg, Daniel Freeman, Christopher Graziani, Sam Arabian, Melissa Wong, Frannie Gollnick, Linnea Havener, Miles Thoming- Gale, Taylor Jones, Carolyn Auvil, Conor Joseph Guiney, William Jones, Hana Hiratsuka, Karina Shea, and Shelby Taylor PAGE 2 EMERALD THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 2014 LISTINGS In Eugene In Portland WEEKEND EVENTS JUNE 6-8 T On Campus he Complete Works of William JUNE 6 Spring Dance Shakespeare (Abridged): Loft: Don’t miss out Save hundreds of on the final dance hours by seeing this show of the year, three-person comedy which showcases that touches on all undergraduate 37 of Shakespeare’s creativity and talent. works. Post5 Theatre Dougherty Dance at Milepost 5 (850 NE Theater (third floor, 181st Ave.), $15, 7:30 Gerlinger Annex), p.m. tickets $3 for students, $5 general admission, JUNE 6 The 3rd Annual 8 p.m. Festival of Stories: Check out a night of frustrating, funny and Off Campus true stories, told by members of Portland JUNE 6 Brit Pink Storytellers’ Guild. Floyd: The World’s Hipbone Studio (1847 Greatest Pink Floyd Burnside St. #104), $12 Show- Discovery: in advance, $15 at the Unwind from week 10 door, 8 – 10:30 p.m. by immersing yourself in an epic three-hour JUNE 6 This Charming Pink Floyd tribute by Band, For the Masses, Brit Floyd, featuring Love Vigilante: Like songs from the ’60s the Smiths, Depeche through the ’90s, the Mode and New Order? classic light show and Check out a night of video animation. Silva tribute bands. Wonder Concert Hall, The Hult Ballroom (128 NE Center (7th Ave. and Russell St.), 21 and over, Willamette St.), $39-45, tickets $12, 9 p.m. 8 p.m. JUNE 7 JAG- Dance JUNE 7 Divisi End of the Performance: See the Year Show: Check out work of Body Vox UO’s female a cappella Dance Studio’s Junior group Divisi at their Artist Generators, an final show of the elite training program. year. Eugene Central Body Vox (1201 NW Presbyterian Church 17th Ave.), tickets $20, 4 (555 E 15th Ave.), free GO BLIND TASTING AT and 7 p.m. admission, 7 p.m. JUNE 8 Current Swell, JUNE 7 In My Life: Those Willows: Doug A Musical Theater EUGENE BEER WEEK Fir Lounge (830 E Tribute to the Beatles: Burnside St.), 21 and BY SOPHIA JUNE, @SKITTLEJUNE Continue the weekend over, tickets $10, 9 p.m. of tributes with this theatrical musical It’s Eugene Beer Week. Did you miss the first part of the week because of the sobering biography production, which tells the story realities of week ten? Have no fear, this weekend is when you can celebrate with beer. of the Beatles through pivotal moments in the band’s career. FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY McDonald Theater (1010 Willamette St.), Plank Town’s Beer and Dance Consumers Choice Best IPA/ Rogue BBQ: Heal your hungover tickets $25-30, 8 p.m. Party: Enjoy a dance party with Hoppy Beer in the Eugene Area body with a Rogue Ales BBQ, beer and food deals. Plank Town Blind Tasting: 10 breweries which consists of Kobe burgers JUNE 7 Corridor Car (346 Main St., Springfield), 9 submit their best beer and the with cheese and bacon, coleslaw Show & Carnival: p.m. – 12 a.m. blindfolded public taste and and house made chips. Plus, you Classic cars, carnival vote. The Tap & Growler (207 can bring your dog. Rogue Ales games and food? What Eugene Beer Love-In: Wear E 5th Ave.), all day Friday and (844 Olive St.), 3-7 p.m. better way to spend tie-dye to the Bier Stein and get Saturday. a Saturday? Check $1 off your first drought. Bier out this 5th annual Stein Bottleshop and Pub (1591 Viking Braggot’s Barrel Release event which benefits Willamette St.), all day. Party: Try the new Cherry Stout Corridor Elementary Braggot, which has been aged School. 250 Silver Lane Disc Golf Putting Competition: in a Buffalo Trace bourbon (right next to North Enjoy special taps and disc golf. barrel. Viking Braggot (520 Eugene High School), Hop Valley Tasting Room (990 Commercial St, unit F), 4-10 free admission, 9 a.m. W 1st Ave.), 5 – 7 p.m. p.m. – 3 p.m. EMERALD ARCHIVE PHOTO THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 2014 EMERALD PAGE 3 NEWS US SENATORS LOOK TO REFINANCE STUDENT LOANS Student loan debt has nearly tripled explained that nearly half of undergrads graduate Merkley agreed that students are trapped in with student debt. high-interest loans that are causing them to since 2004 and has currently risen “During the last school year we had just under accumulate debt faster than they can reasonably 11,000 students who borrowed student loans,” pay off. to $1.2 trillion, which is higher than Brooks said. “Our student loan debt at graduation One act Merkley supports is the Pay It Forward is about $24,500 for students that borrow, but only Guaranteed College Affordability Act. The act was auto loans or credit card debt in the about 49 percent of our undergraduate students passed in Oregon in July 2013. Oregon is currently graduate with debt.” the first and only state to pass the act. United States, according to Sen. Jeff ASUO President Beatriz Gutierrez believes that This act will cover some or all of students this bill is a step in the right direction. expenses in a two or four year program through Merkley’s website. “This issue is just getting bigger and we need to program funds. After graduation, students will begin to address it,” Gutierrez said. “This sounds contribute a portion of their income for a set In early May, Merkley and U.S. Sen. Elizabeth like a good first step.” amount of time back to the fund. Warren of Massachusetts proposed the Federal According to Brooks, this bill would help make “Making college affordable is essential to Student Loan Refinancing Act. This bill would college a more plausible option for the those creating a stronger middle class. We cannot let allow students to refinance older loans with high hoping to attend but struggle with finances. college become a luxury,” Merkley said in a press interest rates to a lower, fixed interest rate of 3.86 “There are a lot of students for whom student release. percent. debt is really intimidating,” Brooks said. “They look This bill will be discussed at the senate floor This interest rate was approved last summer at the numbers and it really scares them. But if this debate on college affordability later this month. under the Bipartisan Student Loan Certainty Act. opens up more doors and makes those numbers Jim Brooks, the director of financial aid more realistic, then I can certainly see it making and scholarships at the University of Oregon, college more accessible for a lot of people.” BY ANGELICA LUCHINI, @ANGIELUCHINI DUCKS DEAL OF THE WEEKMEN’S OR WOMEN’S 25% OFF WATCHES & SUNGLASSES BRING IN OR MENTION THIS AD. ENDS 6/8/14. JUSTJUST 22 MILESMILES FROMFROM CAMPUS!CAMPUS! DOWNTOWNDOWNTOWN -- 375375 W.W. 4TH4TH AVEAVE MON - SAT 11A TO 7P, SUN 12 NOON TO 5P | TACTICS.COM IN-STORE ONLY WITH VALID UO STUDENT ID. EXCLUDES SALE ITEMS & SPECIAL RELEASES. PAGE 4 EMERALD THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 2014 NEWS AUTOBody &CRAFT Paint Where quality comes first 2700 W. 11TH AVE EUGENE 342-5501 1331 MAIN SPRINGFIELD 747-1616 Lacrosse • Water Sports • Softball • Skateboards • Golf The ASUO president and vice president have made new hires for the 2014-2015 school year. ASUO HIRES MOVING? Exercise • Equipment Soccer Don’t hassle EXECUTIVE STAFF with your old sports gear: FOR NEXT YEAR SELL IT FOR CASH! Spring term has not been a lame The current senate also appointed We buy, trade and consign duck session for the ASUO. Since seven members to the ASUO new & used sports & exercise equipment! the recent elections of both a new summer senate. Summer senate senate and new executive, members meets once every other week and of the newly formed ASUO have each senator receives a $75 stipend. been hard at work. Summer senate is only allowed to 20233 The ASUO president and vice allocate $5,000 worth of surplus.