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Vince Staples performs on the Sasquatch! main stage. Day one of Sasquatch! Music Festival kicks off on May 25, 2018. (Sarah Northrop/Emerald)

Festival-goers pose for a photo with a cutout. Many artful photo cutouts line the pathway leading to the Sasquatch! main stage. Day one of Sasquatch! Music Festival kicks off on May 25, 2018. (Sarah Northrop/Emerald)

English dream pop band Aquilo plays on the El Chupacabra stage. Day one of Sasquatch! Music Festival kicks off on May 25, 2018. (Sarah Northrop/Emerald)

Alynda Segarra of Hurray for the Riff Raff sings to the crowd at the Bigfoot Stage. Day one of Sasquatch! Music Festival kicks off on May 25, 2018. (Sarah Northrop/Emerald)

Australian indie rockers Gang of Youths’ frontman David Le’aupepe flips his hair on the Yeti Stage. Day one of Sasquatch! Music Festival kicks off on May 25, 2018. (Sarah Northrop/Emerald)

David Le’aupepe, lead singer and guitarist of Gang of Youths. Day one of Sasquatch! Music Festival kicks off on May 25, 2018. (Dana Sparks/Emerald)

Guitarist Joji Malani of Gang of Youths on the Yeti Stage. Day one of Sasquatch! Music Festival kicks off on May 25, 2018. (Dana Sparks/Emerald)

Donnie Borzestowski of Gang of Youths at Sasquatch! Music Festival. Day one of Sasquatch! Music Festival kicks off on May 25, 2018. (Dana Sparks/Emerald)

Wolf Parade gathers together on the Sasquatch! main stage to close their set. Day one of Sasquatch! Music Festival kicks off on May 25, 2018. (Sarah Northrop/Emerald)

A festival-goer holds a long pole with an owl decoy affixed to the top. Day one of Sasquatch! Music Festival kicks off on May 25, 2018. (Sarah Northrop/Emerald)

Many of the Sasquatch! concert-goers donned elaborate costumes in the spirit of embracing festival culture. Day one of Sasquatch! Music Festival kicks off on May 25, 2018. (Sarah Northrop/Emerald)

Ulrik Denizou Lund of Lemaitre sings to the crowd. Lemaitre is among many EDM groups to appear on the El Chupacabra stage. Day one of Sasquatch! Music Festival kicks off on May 25, 2018. (Sarah Northrop/Emerald)

Crowd members of Lemaitre’s set dance to a song’s hook. Day one of Sasquatch! Music Festival kicks off on May 25, 2018. (Sarah Northrop/Emerald)

Crowd members of Lemaitre’s set dance to a song’s hook. Day one of Sasquatch! Music Festival kicks off on May 25, 2018. (Sarah Northrop/Emerald)

Vince Staples opens his set with ‘Get the F*ck off my Dick’. Day one of Sasquatch! Music Festival kicks off on May 25, 2018. (Dana Sparks/Emerald)

Vince Staples appears on the Sasquatch! main stage. Day one of Sasquatch! Music Festival kicks off on May 25, 2018. (Sarah Northrop/Emerald)

Vince Staples performs as sundown casts a golden light on the Sasquatch! main stage. Day one of Sasquatch! Music Festival kicks off on May 25, 2018. (Sarah Northrop/Emerald)

A stray emoji beach ball waits to be tossed by the crowd. Day one of Sasquatch! Music Festival kicks off on May 25, 2018. (Sarah Northrop/Emerald)

Two festival-goers hang out around the Sasquatch! main stage during Vince Staples. Day one of Sasquatch! Music Festival kicks off on May 25, 2018. (Sarah Northrop/Emerald)

A festival-goer dons goggles and holds up a pineapple. Day one of Sasquatch! Music Festival kicks off on May 25, 2018. (Sarah Northrop/Emerald)

(Left to right): Thunderpussy’s vocalist Molly Sides and bassist Ruby Dunphy dominate the El Chupacabra stage. Day one of Sasquatch! Music Festival kicks off on May 25, 2018. (Sarah Northrop/Emerald)

Thunderpussy’s guitarist Whitney Petty shreds. Day one of Sasquatch! Music Festival kicks off on May 25, 2018. (Sarah Northrop/Emerald)

Molly Sides of Thunderpussy gestures at the crowd. Day one of Sasquatch! Music Festival kicks off on May 25, 2018. (Sarah Northrop/Emerald)

David Byrne looks out from the Sasquatch! main stage during a cover of Janelle Monae’s 2015 ‘Hell You Talmbout’. Day one of Sasquatch! Music Festival kicks off on May 25, 2018. (Dana Sparks/Emerald)

David Byrne performing “Burning Down the House”, a hit from the Talking Heads. Day one of Sasquatch! Music Festival kicks off on May 25, 2018. (Dana Sparks/Emerald)

Bass guitarist Stephen Lee Bruner goes by his stage name, Thundercat. Day one of Sasquatch! Music Festival kicks off on May 25, 2018. (Sarah Northrop/Emerald)

Tyler, the Creator appears on the Bigfoot Stage. Day one of Sasquatch! Music Festival kicks off on May 25, 2018. (Sarah Northrop/Emerald)

Tyler, the Creator walks on a platform out to the crowd. Day one of Sasquatch! Music Festival kicks off on May 25, 2018. (Sarah Northrop/Emerald)

Tyler, the Creator moves erratically around stage and leaps into the air. Day one of Sasquatch! Music Festival kicks off on May 25, 2018. (Sarah Northrop/Emerald)

A crowd member waves light-up hula-hoops during Tyler, the Creator’s set. Day one of Sasquatch! Music Festival kicks off on May 25, 2018. (Sarah Northrop/Emerald)

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Last Wednesday night, I was shaking. I was nervous to speak in front of the 200 students that showed up to express their support for either side of the BDS (Boycott, Divestment Sanctions) resolution which the ASUO senate voted on. I had everything I was going to say to oppose the resolution meticulously scripted out, and I was terrified that if I was interrupted or heckled I would panic and throw up in the middle of the room.

If you look at student government meetings discussing BDS from other schools, you might find a common theme. In so many of these meetings, speakers are interrupted, heckled, bullied and verbally assaulted. Recently, a video from UCLA went viral in which a group of Pro-Palestine students disrupted the meeting, chanted hateful words and intimidated other students. Going into our own discussion, I prepared for the worst.

In some ways, the worst did happen. We lost, and the BDS resolution went through with exactly a two-thirds majority. At the beginning of the debate, a member of ASUO who is affiliated with SUPER (Students United for Palestinian Equal Rights), who wrote and sponsored the resolution, had an altercation with another member of the ASUO who was supporting the pro-Israel students. That really sucked. There’s no other way to say it. Before and after the hearing, rumors were spread on social media that pro-Israel students were a “Super PAC,” that we were getting paid to speak, that specific pro-Israel senators should “shut the fuck up,” and other nonsensical accusations and assaults. Several times throughout the night, that same student spoke out of turn and targeted students on the other side of the argument. Several times, pro-Israel students were interrupted by pro-Palestine students while speaking.

However, I would like to be optimistic. Those interruptions represented only a small minority of  students at the meeting, and most of them seemed to be well intentioned. More often than not, the interruptions were seeking some form of clarification, and more often than not, those interrupting attempted to use Parliamentary Procedure to make their interruptions.

In a conflict as controversial and deeply emotional as this, it is impossible to expect anyone to be perfect. On my side of the room, I know we were doing our best to hold back our emotions, to control our facial expressions and to respect all the speakers that stepped up that night. We called each other out on making faces, we sent messages to each other to stay strong and we actively did the best we could. And I am proud of that. But everyone fails sometimes and I’m sure our emotions and reactions on our faces exposed us from time to time. On the other side of the room, it appears that they were doing the best they could as well. For the most part, everyone in that room was doing all they could to show mutual respect for every student who spoke.

It’s really frustrating that a few students interrupted speakers repeatedly. However, in comparison with other schools — in comparison to what I was prepared for — I was extremely impressed. There was no intimidation. There was no attacking people purely for existing. And there was no long-standing disruption to the meeting procedure. Given the circumstances, I think that the vast majority of those 200 students in the room last night did everything they could to show mutual respect for one another.

Judaism teaches that debate and discussion are important, especially concerning a difficult topic. It teaches that we should listen with open minds and hearts, that we should show respect and that we should be kind to one another. It teaches that a debate can be successful even if no party changes their minds. Simply understanding the point of view on the other side of the table is a success.

I felt that a minority of the students in that room upheld those Jewish values the best that they could. We proved that we, as a campus community, are capable of having this difficult discussion. And, I’m excited to see where this discussion goes in the following weeks and months. I feel lucky to be on a campus where these discussions are possible.

For me, it’s really important that I do not blame the general student population for the frustrating vote last night. I singularly blame the senators who sat in that room, listened to our speeches and still voted for the resolution to go through. They do not represent the students that elected them, as evident by our petition, which gained over 850 signatures in under four days. I hope that next year’s senate listens to their constituents and exhibits the same kind of mutual respect that we all showed last night. And I hope that the small minority of students, especially the most outspoken ones, take a moment to reflect on last night and see how much more successful the others were with having such a difficult conversation.

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When UT’s softball program began in 1996, there was one woman at the head of the charge: Connie Clark.

In her first year at Texas, Clark led the softball team as a club sport before it transitioned into an NCAA varsity program.

Clark then led the Longhorn softball team for all 22 seasons of its existence. During that time, she racked up 19 30-win seasons and collected 873 wins against 401 losses.

“This decision comes with a great deal of emotion because it was such a blessing to be able to build this program from day one and to manage it for 23 years,” Clark said. “When I think back to all of the energy we’ve poured into this program, the many highs we’ve had and the lows we’ve grown from, it’s been truly special.”

While the team enjoyed early success under Clark’s watch, progress toward a national championship grew stagnant in the last several years, and Texas never finished higher than third in the six-team Big 12 in four of the past five years.

Additionally, the team has lost 15-straight matchups to the Oklahoma Sooners, a harsh blow to the fans every year.

However, players loved to play for Clark, as she could relate to them as a former national champion college softball player. The wisdom she imparted on the pitching staff, in particular, led to impressive performances from the pitchers in UT’s history, including Olympic-medalist and Texas legend Cat Osterman.

“For me, I think a lot of doors opened at a really young age because I chose to come here and go to Texas, and a really big part of going to Texas was because of coach Clark,” Osterman said. “I had a good relationship with her from the beginning, and I still do to this day. That’s not something every college athlete can say about the coach they get to play for.”

The next head coach of the Longhorns will have the good fortune of receiving a roster filled with young and developing talent. Despite losing ace pitcher Paige von Sprecken as a leaving senior, the roster will still feature slugger junior Taylor Ellsworth and junior pitcher Brooke Bolinger.

This is a team that was able to win a game in the NCAA tournament and that has the talent to win a few more in the near future. A young infield that features Freshman of the Year candidate Janae Jefferson and a talented core of athletes should continue the proud legacy that coach Clark is leaving.

“I’m extremely proud of all we’ve accomplished,” Clark said. “To the women who helped us from that first club season until now, I’m forever grateful to you and all you’ve done for the program. You, your families, all the staff — I’m so fortunate to have made a lifetime of friendships during my time at Texas.”

Ahead of the final Prefontaine Classic at Historic Hayward Field, former Ducks Matthew Centrowitz Jr. and Phyllis Francis participated at the pre-meet press conference among many other athletes set to compete in this weekend’s Diamond League meet.

“Not just being American, but a former Duck, it’s always exciting racing at Hayward,” Centrowitz said. “Obviously being the last Pre Classic at Hayward Field in this state is obviously going to be pretty exciting for me and memorable for me.”

For the former Ducks, Centrowitz — the 2016 1,500-meter Olympic champion — and Francis — the 2017 IAAF World Champion — the feeling this weekend is bittersweet.

“I’m just a little bit sentimental but more excited because who doesn’t love something new?” Francis said. “I still feel like they will retain the historic feel to the new designs of Hayward.”

While much of the conversation was geared toward Hayward Field, some of the discussion revolved around athletes who will not be in Eugene to compete this weekend.

American sprinters Justin Gatlin and Allyson Felix both dropped out of the races this weekend. Gatlin is out with a hamstring injury, while no explanation for Felix’s absence has been announced.

Gatlin’s absence from the 100 meters is disappointing for those excited to see the much-anticipated showdown between the world champion and the world indoor 60-meter dash record holder, 22-year-old Christian Coleman.

“I have the same mindset going into the race no matter who’s in the race, who’s on the line,” Coleman said. “I just try and come out and compete for the win no matter who it is. … When you’re a professional, regardless of who’s in the race, it’s going to be a world-class field.”

In the bigger scope of track and field news, Asbel Kiprop, a Kenyan middle-distance runner and the 2008 1,500-meter Olympic gold medalist, tested positive for EPO — a banned substance. As doping continues to plague the sport of track and field, frustration for competitions grows.

“You want to think of everyone is on the same playing field,” Centrowitz said as he recalled his 2016 Olympic gold-medal race, which Kiprop finished seventh. “… Right after the race Nick [Willis] (bronze medalist) and I were walking to the medal ceremony and I remember he was like happy that [Taoufik] Makhloufi got second over Kiprop.

“When everything came out recently, that reminded me of what Nick said right after the race.”

The Prefontaine Classic begins on Friday night and carries on into Saturday for the majority of the events, which will feature more former Ducks including Devon Allen in the 110 hurdles and Raevyn Rogers in the 800.

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On April 27^th, 2018, the Inter-Korean Summit was held between North and South Korea, rekindling negotiations between the two countries in the peninsula. This also marked the first time since the end of the Korean War that a North Korean leader stepped into South Korea and vice versa. This summit led to the Panmunjom Declaration for Peace, Prosperity and Unification of the Korean Peninsula, with the two countries aiming to spark a new era of reconciliation and unity between two nations that are often deemed to have contrasting values. Historically, South Korea has been considered as more westernized and ethical compared to the North which has traditionally been considered more obsolete and unprincipled.

Yet, that idea of criminality is constructed — North Korea is not criminal. While they do have nuclear weapons, they are not corrupt. The idea of corruption and antiquity often associated with the Northern nation is primarily due to bias from American media in delineating North Korea to be such a nefarious and undeveloped country, starting with the media’s depictions of their leader: Kim Jong Un.

Kim Jong Un studied in Switzerland as a child before finishing his higher education in North Korea at the prestigious Kim-Il Sung University, mainly educated in the University’s military branch. There, he gained a familiarity with Western culture and grew to enjoy basketball, thus prompting him to invite the likes of longtime NBA star Dennis Rodman to North Korea. This same man quickly rose to power to make the minuscule nation of North Korea a powerful influencer in foreign policy and negotiations, forcing other countries to take notice despite the nation’s inconsequential status.

Yet, he is often considered erratic and immature, which was best depicted in the January 18^th, 2016 cover of the New Yorker by Anita Kun. Here, Un is illustrated as a chubby child who is playing with missiles, tanks and other various weaponry, thus indicating the primary perspective Americans had and continue to have of the North Korean leader — that of a spoiled leader lacking the intelligence to properly govern a country, let alone weapons of mass destruction. However, the idea that he lacks intelligence is simply erroneous — Un, following the abrupt death of his father, has made North Korea a nation of consequence and relevance, although such was done primarily through its nuclear weapons. Nevertheless, for a country of only 46,541 square miles to have become so relevant speaks volumes about Un’s intelligence and the means he used this to help the country better achieve prominence.

That said, the nuclear weapons that are so often targeted to denigrate North Korea seem to be becoming impertinent. North Korea is planning on dismantling its nuclear test site sometime this month, according to CNN. Should North Korea completely demolish their nuclear program? The U.S. seems amiable to negotiations about the current sanctions on the Communist nation, which would allow for better action towards the unification of the Korean Peninsula with less domination in inter-Korean politics from the U.S. This would allow the prevalent Korean dream of a unified Korea to potentially become a reality. Thus, Un, along with newly elected South Korean President Moon Jae-In, have made it so this dream seems achievable. Nonetheless, Un was cordial in peace talks, delineating his nature, which is not that of a corrupt dictator but that of a Korean citizen — one who yearns for the unification of the Korean Peninsula.

Un is simply a motivated individual who aims to do the most for his people — he is not immature, irrational or unintelligent. He is another Korean with the same dream, a Korean who has taken great action to achieve that dream. With these new steps and communication, the future for the Korean Peninsula finally seems bright after years of turmoil and conflict. This gives hope to those in Korea as well as those watching from afar. The Korean War seems to have finally come to a close.

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On May 21, Dice released a 20-second teaser video via their social media profiles of “Battlefield V” gameplay, confirming that the game takes place in WW2.

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The undergraduate student government judicial board has decided to review a petition filed by the election board chair against the Undergraduate Students Association Council.

Jack Price, the USAC election board chair, filed a petition claiming the council violated Article III Section B.2 of the USAC constitution, which states that all elected USAC officers shall be installed before the end of the academic term in which they were elected, and shall serve one year, or until their successors are elected or appointed.

The elected council members were to be sworn in May 8, but the swearing in has been delayed at the past three council meetings.

The judicial board will hold a preliminary hearing and court of hearing on the petition on Thursday, May 24, at 7 p.m. in the Buenos Aires Room in Sunset Recreation. The court hearing will be open to the public.

Julia Wellner extracts sediment cores near the Larsen ice shelf, similar to what Rachel Clark and other researchers will be doing around Thwaites Glacier in 2019 and 2020. | Courtesy of Kathleen Gavahan

The Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at UH received a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation in March to conduct and lead THwaites Offshore Research — one of the eight projects of the International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration.

Julia Wellner, an associate professor in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at UH, will lead the joint effort consisting of researchers from Britain, Rice University, University of Alabama and Columbia University, where they’ll collect sediments deposited in the ocean floor adjacent to Thwaites in the hopes of producing more accurate models of future sea level rise.

“Is it the canary in the coal mine?” Wellner said, an advanced warning phrase originating when coal miners would put canaries in the mines and would die if methane levels got too high signaling the miners to get out. “Right now Thwaites is contributing only 4 percent to sea level rise, but it has the potential of being much larger”

THwaites Offshore Research (THOR) will be the largest joint U.S., British research project since at least the 1940s, Wellner said. The reason being that 1,000 miles separate Thwaites from both the U.S. and British Antarctic bases —the closest places to the Florida-sized glacier, she said.

“Imagine trying to study the Texas, New Mexico border from a small camp in Baton Rouge,” Wellner said. “That’s the scale we’re looking at.”

Thwaites has long been considered the “weak underbelly” of the Antarctic ice sheet, Wellner said. Ocean water comes in contact with a majority of the glacier, making it vulnerable because of the ice sheet’s position below sea level and rising temperatures, she said.

If the Antarctic ocean becomes warm enough, then Thwaites Glacier will begin melting from below, and if this happens, no evidence exists that it’ll stop melting, potentially contributing one meter to sea level rise, Wellner said. The glacier’s rate of melting has already doubled since the 1990s, she said.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has a range of global sea level predictions, but most of the uncertainties come from their lack of understanding of the Antarctic ice sheet, Wellner said.

“We want to know what Thwaites was doing before the satellites were launched,” Wellner said. “If I find that it’s entering a face of retreat, then that will be incorporated into modeling efforts.”

The group of scientists begin their first field mission in Jan. 2019 and a second one in 2020. Wellner’s group consists of about 10 scientists, an average size compared to the other seven groups, Wellner said.

Wellner’s team plans on collecting sediments deposited in the ocean floor near Thwaites during their 60-day expedition. Then, they’ll bring back the samples to date them at UH.

Wellner selected Rachel Clark, a first-year geology graduate student, to go on both field missions. Clark will work 12-hour shifts on the internet-free Nathaniel Palmer, an icebreaker frequently used for Wellner’s research expeditions.

“When I was figuring out where I was going to school, (Wellner) told me this was a possibility, and she sent me on this cruise in her place,” Clark said.

She will be collecting sediment cores, describing their characteristics and dating them at UH. In preparation for the trip, Clark began compiling existing data on Thwaites to understand how the glacier works.

At Rice University Lauren Simkins, a postdoctoral research associate, will be one of the university’s faculty going to Antarctica in 2020.

“This long-term perspective is necessary to improve models that will hopefully be able to tell us with some degree of certainty how much we can expect to lose from Thwaites Glacier and its associated contribution to rising sea levels,” Simkins said.

Simkins said they’ll be analyzing the sea floor Thwaites used to be in contact with, so the glacier’s retreat in the past century can be evaluated — something necessary to improve ice sheet models predicting sea level rise.

“Hopefully, in the future, we can say here are some processes that can contribute to its stability,” Simkins said. “But we really don’t know what we’re going to find.”

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