MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2015 DAILYEMERALD.COM #UOACCESSIBILITY ⚙ MONDAY LEVELING the field THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON MEETS LEGAL STANDARDS FOR ACCESSIBILITY. But many disabled students on campus feel that the school has a lot of improvements to make before they can navigate campus with ease. WHY FIFTY SHADES SHOULD BE NC-17 NEW SOFTBALL STADIUM IS COMING TO CAMPUS SOON WOMEN’S HOURS AT SRC ARE NECESSARY ARTS & CULTURE GLUTEN FREE PANCAKES! OPEN SINCE FIFTY SHADES IS A 1965 MISSED OPPORTUNITY ➡ CHRIS BERG, @MUSHROOMER25 The upcomingFifty Shades of aiming for an NC-17 rating, my ears Grey movie is a major personal perked up. Because for the first time disappointment. I have zero intention in decades, the right combination of of ever seeing the film. Frankly, there factors were lining up for something isn’t a monetary sum with less than unprecedented: an NC-17 film that a four digits that could convince me lot of people would actually want to to sit through two hours of softcore see. S&M porn, based on a novel that was You don’t often see NC-17 (no hastily adapted from Twilight fan- child admitted Under 17) movies, and fiction. there’s a reason for that. Most major But as a fan of the cinema industry, theater chains outright refuse to I think it’s crucial to highlight how screen them, for moral reasons and Universal Studios’ upcoming sexual the logistical challenge of enforcing drama is one of the biggest missed the rating. IDs would have to be opportunities in cinema history. checked not just at the ticket counter, Not because I think it’s going to be a but in front of the auditorium as well. tasteless sexual fantasy, but because As a result, the NC-17 rating is I doubt it will be tasteless or sexual the closest thing in the U.S. to being enough. banned from cinemas. Art house You see, the Fifty Shades of Grey theaters will still show it, but not in film is rated R by the Motion Picture wide enough numbers to recoup any Association of America for, “strong major studio budget. It’s a cultural sexual content including dialogue, blockade and an obstacle created by some unusual behavior and graphic a regulatory agency that prevents 541-343-7523 • 782 East Broadway, Eugene nudity.” While that may seem to cover “offensive” content from reaching the Corner of Alder & Franklin Blvd. what you’d expect in Fifty Shades, it’s mainstream. far more important to note what the The rules have stood in their place Walking distance from campus! R-rating prohibits the filmmakers because there’s never been a film from doing, namely: images of sexual to challenge them. Every film that penetration & erect male nudity. aims for an NC-17 rating creates a In fact, it’s unclear just how much predicament: the more restrictive actual sex that audiences will be the rating, the smaller the audience seeing on screen this Valentine’s Day. that will potentially see it. No chain In a recent Guardian interview with cinema has ever lost a significant star Jamie Dornan, who plays the sum turning down an NC-17 film. story’s young, handsome and wealthy That’s whereFifty Shades would Christian Grey, he said, “You want have come in. It could have been to appeal to as wide an audience as the one picture to test a boundary possible without grossing them out. that feels unnecessary, possibly You don’t want to make something transforming the entire cinema gratuitous, and ugly and graphic.” landscape. Would a multiplex ban on I have not read Fifty Shades. NC-17 stand with a potential smash But judging from the mark it has hit to be offered? Fifty Shades of Grey CPR and First Aid Class left on pop culture in the past few would go down in film history as years, the three adjectives I’ve most a moment that expanded creative heard connected to it would be freedom in the major studio system. “gratuitous,” “ugly” and “graphic.” Instead, Universal will be The fourth would easily be “popular.” delivering a censored film about American Heart Heartsaver Outrageously so, with more than 100 bondage to a population that will million copies sold worldwide. inevitably walk away disappointed. It’s a rare combination. Feminine But hey – guess there’s still two CPR with First Aid sexuality is so rarely represented more books in the franchise. Maybe in the mass media, and especially the success of Fifty Shades will give in such staggering numbers. When Universal the confidence to push the initial film adaptation was more envelopes with a more risqué Saturday, February 21 announced, and rumored to be follow-up. 10 A.M. - 5 P.M. Adult, child and infant CPR,AED and Basic First Aid The popular novel will fall $60 billed to Duck Web account short of fan expectation due to its Call 541-346-2770 for more information or to register R-rating. Division of Student Life University Health Center • healthcenter.uoregon.edu PAGE 2 EMERALD MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2015 PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF UNIVERSAL STUDIOS NEWS RESIDENCE HALL COST: $45 million (from board and room fees) NEW DORM, STADIUM TIMELINE: Jan. 2016 to fall 2017 PART OF UO CAPACITY: VISION 500 beds LOCATION: South Scholar Globar Halls DISTANCE FROM CAMPUS CORE: 0.58 mi SIZE: The University of Oregon will begin 145,000 square feet construction of a new softball stadium after this season. CLOSEST DINING FACILITY: Global Scholars Hall The University of Oregon Longhouse and the Vivian will be paid through room plan, a more specific study is planning to build a new Olum Child Development and board fees. about campus landscape to JANE SANDERS residence hall and softball Center. Griffel said that accommodate future growth STADIUM COST: stadium in the next few Over fall term, the site affordability is something and maintain aesthetic $10 million (from years to cope with a bump in selection for these projects UO Housing is always elements. The project started donation) student enrollment. were part of the UO Campus working to achieve, but as early summer 2014. Other The 1,500-seat Jane Framework Vision Project. expenses go up, freshmen plans for development Sanders Softball Stadium The new residence hall will pay more to live on include the addition of a new TIMELINE: will be at Howe Field, stirred up some conflict campus in the future. science building. Summer 2015 to spring between Eugene Pioneer during the site selection The Olum Child Center The campus plan will 2016 Cemetery and Hayward process — which included voiced another concern also try to tackle issues Field. taking opinions from with the residence hall. With such as traffic flow around A $10 million gift from campus advisory groups, 109 kids enrolled all year the university and work to CAPACITY: Robert Sanders, a former public interest gages, expert round, director Amy Ripley utilizing the UO-owned land 1,500 seats with locker fullback for the UO analysis and approval of the said the housing project will along the Willamette River. rooms, meeting and football team, pushed the President — due to its lack of change the neighborhood “With 25,000 students film room, satellite development into place. a dining hall. drastically, especially when on campus, UO doesn’t feel medical facility. In October, the university UO Housing Director the parking lot is taken away. like that big of a campus,” chose Portland-based Michael Griffel said the lack “Parking spaces have Farrington said. “We want architecture firm SRG to of a dining hall will not be a always been a problem,” to maintain and enhance LOCATION: design the stadium. The problem. Ripley said. “I hope they the open spaces as future Howe field construction will begin after “Global Scholars dining will replace parking spots buildings should be able to this year’s softball season. hall was built with a lot in proximity. I’d worry if my relate to those. ” According to the softball of capacity… about 900 to staff get off work when it’s In February, the Vision DISTANCE FROM field’s project planner, Phil 1,000 people,” Griffel said. dark out and have to walk Project will hold two open CAMPUS CORE: Farrington, Sanders Stadium “The pathway (from the across campus to their cars.” houses for public interest. 0.41 mi is intended to create more new residence hall) will be The university has not An online survey is also opportunity for students to designed so that students come up with a solution available on their webpage. attend and participate in UO will have easy access to for the lost parking spaces, Open house hours: ARCHITECT: softball events, Farrington campus and neighbors.” Farrington said. According Feb. 16 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at SRG firm said. The construction for to Ripley, the university has Ford Alumni Center. The housing project, which the residence hall starts kept them informed of the Feb. 17 from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. is currently a parking lot, is in January 2016 and its process. in the Gerlinger Lounge. underway in East Campus, projected date of completion The Vision Project is the next to the Many Nations is fall 2017. The development supplement to the campus BY TRAN NGUYEN, @TRANNGNGN he Emerald is published NEWSROOM OPINION EDITOR COPY CHIEFS LUKE HOOPER GET IN TOUCH by Emerald Media BAYLEY SANDY REBECCA RAMIREZ RYAN RAMIREZ EDITOR IN CHIEF NIK STRENG COLLEEN ROGERS EMERALD MEDIA GROUP SPORTS EDITORS Group, Inc., the SAMI EDGE JENNY WEATHERMAN 1222 E.