Pacific Islander Student Alliance (PISA) is a recently revamped unity group for Pacific Islander students, created in 2025. 

According to Co-Director of PISA Zachary Villagomez, the Pacific Islander Student Alliance is a unity group that has recently been reintroduced at the University of Oregon. 

PISA was initially founded in 2007 at Portland State University. Since then, there have been several versions of a similar unity group at UO prior to 2025, such as the Asian Pacific American Student Union and UO Hui ‘O Hawai’i. 

“(At) the University of Oregon, it’s to my understanding that over the past 20 years, there have been several iterations of a Pacific Islander club. It is only recently after (COVID-19) where these clubs kind of started to dissolve,” Villagomez said. “We don’t see ourselves as doing anything particularly different as what those clubs did, but rather we’re helping to reinstate it, get our space back for our people, which we deserve.” 

APASU is an organization founded in 1972 with the goal of serving and supporting both Asian and Pacific Islander students and allies. 

HOH Club caters to students who are from, connected to or have an interest in Hawaii and hosts events, including an annual Luau in the spring.  

“We are an identity club meant specifically for Pacific Islanders, those who generally have roots within Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia, and they are the people we intend to serve, but part of our ideology as islanders is that we accept anyone with an open heart… we love to love, (and) we love everyone who comes as they are,” PISA Co-Director Evangeline Paulo said.  

Villagomez said that PISA aims to “serve, educate and uplift” Pacific Islander students and also plans to host a variety of events centered around Pacific Islander culture.

According to Paulo, some of the possible events PISA plans to host include but are not limited to a cultural language exchange and educational panels featuring guest speakers, karaoke, folk storytelling nights and cultural food events. 

Paulo also said PISA plans to create club merchandise, including sweatshirts and tote bags.  

“I’m excited to get toward meeting and being able to share these experiences with other (Pacific Islander) students,” Paulo said.  

Villagomez said the long-term goal of PISA is to provide a space for the often “overlooked” Pacific Islander community. 

“When people think about Pacific Islanders, they really think of us as being small. They think of the smallness of our islands, but, really, they should be looking at the vastness of our ocean. You could cramp all the landmass in the world and put it in the Pacific Ocean, and there would still be more space,” Villagomez said. “I think Pacific Islanders have so much to offer.” 

According to Villagomez, PISA’s meeting times have yet to be determined, but Paulo said the club plans to meet biweekly. 

Currently, there are approximately seven members of PISA’s board, according to Villagomez. 

“(We want to) build lateral solidarity across campus. This is part of our ideology, the way that our world works as Pacific Islanders is we are very loving, we reach out and we extend our love to our neighbors… we come from the ocean, but here we are staying on other people’s land, and that’s why it’s imperative that we collaborate and we uplift the voices of our brothers and sisters, our Indigenous brothers and sisters, our black and brown and Asian brothers and sisters here at the University of Oregon,” Villagomez said. 

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*Disclaimer: All quotes and facts in this article are completely satirical and fake, in light of April Fool’s Day.*

On March 25, over 50 contestants gathered outside the Erb Memorial Union for a look-alike contest with the goal of resembling Oregon Ducks football coach Dan Lanning.

Lanning led the Ducks to a Big Ten Championship victory during the 2024 to 2025 football season and has been an extremely loved figure on campus. 

The Lanning doppelgangers all competed eagerly for the first prize win of a plastic trophy in the likeness of Lanning and a $25 HomeGoods gift card.

The title ultimately went to University of Oregon senior Bobby Mallard, who said winning the competition was a “great honor.” 

“This is probably the best thing that’s happened to me in a long time,” Mallard said. “Lanning is the GOAT (greatest of all time). I guess I’ll be making a trip to HomeGoods in the near future.” 

Many contestants dressed in headsets, khaki pants and UO polo shirts in an attempt to closely resemble Lanning.

The competition also consisted of a slew of activities, including a competition for the best impression of Lanning in front of the panel of judges. 

“It’s just a fun time,” Jeremy Webfoot, a Eugene community member who competed, said. “I’m a big Ducks fan, so coming out to things like this is always pretty neat.” 

Jim Waddles, an organizer of the event, wishes to make “look-alike” contests a UO tradition. 

“My favorite part was watching the contestants do their Lanning impressions,” Waddles said. “It would be great to make this a tradition, maybe even doing a Justin Herbert or Dillon Gabriel look-alike contest in the future, maybe with a different former Ducks quarterback every year,” Waddles said. 

Susan Beak, a spectator who passed the contest while walking her dog, said she found the event “stupid.” 

“It’s a dumb trend, in my opinion,” Beak said. “They’re all standing out in the rain, for what? A plastic trophy? What are you even going to do with that? It’s stupid.” 

Mallard says he plans on purchasing new decorative pillows with his winnings and hot gluing the trophy to the hood of his 2007 Hyundai Sonata. 

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#1.) Investigations: Eugene property management company named in multistate antitrust lawsuit by Reilly Norgren

Eugene property management company Greystar Real Estate Partners LLC was named in an antitrust lawsuit due to an alleged attempt to decrease competition in Eugene apartment pricing. 

“To me, journalism has always been about getting important information to your readers. After finding out that Greystar was named in this lawsuit, there was no question that a story had to be written,”  Reilly Norgren, campus news and investigations reporter, said. 

Norgren said the process of writing the article involved a large amount of reading. 

“The Department of Justice had a press release that led to pages and pages of documents outlining the lawsuit. I remember reading dozens of pages of legal documents in the office and trying to piece the story together,” Norgren said. 

#2.) Opinion: Morris: Dating in today’s generation has become increasingly difficult by Daria Morris 

Opinion Columnist Daria Morris explored different opinions on the difficulty of dating in the social media age. 

“When I wrote this piece, I did a deep dive on different statistics and theories that might contribute to why finding someone in our generation can be difficult,” Morris said. 

The article delved into statistics, online dating and the prevalence of hookup culture in Generation Z. 

Morris said she believed the article was widely read because many University of Oregon students may be tired of navigating the increasingly complex dating landscape. 

“There are so many Generation Z students on campus that relate. I knew they would. It relates to my friends, classmates, strangers on campus and even myself,” Morris said. “A large portion of UO students want to find their person even though it’s hard. Not everyone, but many.” 

#3.) Arts and Culture: The 10 best movies of 2024 by Sean Avery 

The list-style article presented Arts and Culture Reporter Sean Avery’s picks for the best movies of 2024. 

The article included movies like “A Complete Unknown,” “A Real Pain” and “Challengers.” 

“I’ve been the (Emerald) film (and) TV writer for two years now, so it’s kind of a tradition to make an end-of-year top 10 list. I watch a lot of films, big and small, and I love exploring my favorites with readers,” Avery said. 

Avery’s list included a top ten ranking, plus several honorable mentions, and “stragglers,” which are movies Avery has not yet seen. 

“Once I start writing about a movie, it’s hard to stop. When I have ten movies to write about, it gets out of hand. I think I ended up writing around 2,000 words,” Avery said. 

#4.) Campus News: Huge aquifer discovered underneath the Oregon Cascades by Sasha Love

On Jan. 13, University of Oregon scientists and partners published a study regarding an aquifer discovered beneath the Oregon Cascades. 

“I wanted to learn more about it and look into the agricultural implications because I know water is a big deal for farmers, especially being from a pretty rural community in California,” Sasha Love, campus news reporter, said. 

Love interviewed two UO researchers who were part of the study and an environmental science professor. 

“I was honestly surprised it was so read because a lot of outlets already had covered it, but I think agriculture and water is often overlooked even though we rely on both every day and it was good to have a story about that,” Love said.

#5.) Breaking News: Eugene School District 4J Superintendent proposes multi-million dollar budget cuts by Lucas Hellberg

On Feb. 28, a proposal was made by the Eugene School District 4J to reduce the district’s budget by $25 million in the next fiscal year. 

The proposal came after a drop in enrollment and staffing increases. 

“This was a breaking news story. Breaking news coverage is about speed, accuracy and clarity. The focus here was quickly gathering key facts,” Lucas Hellberg, city news reporter, said. 

#6.) Breaking News: One person injured by a “downed” tree outside Friendly and Fenton Hall by Corey Hoffman 

On Feb. 24, a tree fell near Fenton Hall and Friendly Hall next to an ongoing construction site due to severe wind conditions. One person was injured due to the incident. 

“I was actually sitting in class when the breaking came in and I left class right when it ended and ran over to the area. It was pouring rain but there was a lot of activity so it was important to be out there. I got there right as the ambulance was leaving and I talked with an official at the scene, which was right next to the construction site,” Corey Hoffman, campus news reporter, said. 

Hoffman said the story was widely read likely due to suddenness and the injury caused by the incident. 

“It’s not every day that someone gets hit by a tree right in the middle of campus,” Hoffman said.

#7.) City News: Lookout Eugene-Springfield plans to restore in-depth local news by Lucas Hellberg 

According to the story, after a decline in local news coverage beginning in 2018, the digital news outlet Lookout Eugene-Springfield is set to launch this spring. 

Lookout Eugene-Springfield has plans to increase local news coverage in the Eugene-Springfield area. 

“Like any story, this one involved gathering background information, speaking with key sources and making sure the reporting was thorough and accurate,” Hellberg said.

#8.) The art of living ruthlessly: How Liv Ruth took the road less traveled to reconnect with her creativity by Mark Munson-Warnken 

The story follows local artist and UO student Liv Ruth on her journey crafting with fiber arts. 

“I met Liv my freshman year and have been watching her grow as an artist,” Mark Munson-Warnken, A&C reporter, said. “What really made the story was my ability to pinpoint patterns of motifs within her work. This allowed me to ask the right questions and really understand the context of her art.” 

According to Munson-Warnken, the story didn’t take as long to write as previous stories he had written. 

“(It) took me about two hours not including the hour of interview and hour of transcription I had to do. (I) really just said all the stuff that (I) had been marinating and I think it turned out well,” Munson-Warnken said. 

#9.) Breaking News: SOJC Dean releases email following Daily Emerald records request for his travel activities by Tristin Hoffman and Tarek Anthony 

On Feb. 21, School of Journalism and Communication Dean Juan-Carlos Molleda released an email statement regarding his travel activities. The statement came following The Emerald’s record requests. 

“This story was quite unexpected. We had been requesting a few public records regarding his and a few other deans’ travel records and all of a sudden, we got word of an email from Molleda detailing both his travel and his relationships within the SOJC,” Tristin Hoffman, Emerald editor-in-chief, said. 

Hoffman said due to the story’s suddenness, both she and Investigations Editor Tarek Anthony needed to make sure the story was published in a timely manner. 

“With its unexpected nature, (Anthony) and I knew we needed to get the word out fast,” Hoffman said. 

#10.) Arts and Culture: “Sunrise on the Reaping”: everything you need to know before the book comes out by Bella Graham

This Arts and Culture story delves into the upcoming latest installment of “The Hunger Games” series by Suzanne Collins. 

“I knew with this book there was going to be a lot that we would want to remember from the initial series. I think Suzanne Collins has done a great job with these prequels of writing them so they are able to stand alone, but there are a lot of things, like already knowing how Haymitch’s Games end, that I think knowing them made reading the book better,” Bella Graham, A&C reporter, said. 

Graham said much of the writing process involved revisiting the prior installments of “The Hunger Games.” 

“Writing it was just a lot of going back to the original books and reading about Haymitch (and) things about the previous Quarter Quells or looking through press releases to see what Collins or her publisher had teased about the book. From there, it was going around campus and asking people about ‘The Hunger Games,’ which was fun to talk about,” Graham said.

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Following an 11-day voting period, the University of Oregon Student Workers Union has voted to authorize a strike, according to a social media post by UOSW. 

According to the post, the authorization passed with 94.5% of voting union members voting “yes.” 

This vote means that UOSW’s bargaining team has the ability to call for a strike if an agreement is not reached with UO administration by March 19, according to Izzie Marshall, a bargaining team member for UOSW. 

“It’s up to UO to make a fair offer. Student workers know what we deserve and will continue to fight for higher wages, improved pay period and enforcing our harassment protections,” the post said. 

According to Marshall, 2476 union members voted. 

The voting period started on March 4 and concluded on March 14.  

On March 12, UOSW declared an impasse with UO administration. Both sides now have until March 19 to submit “final offers with costing” before a 30-day cooling-off period begins.   

According to UO spokesperson Eric Howald, once the 30-day cooling-off period ends on April 19, the union could go on strike on April 29 after a ten-day notice beginning on April 19.   

According to Marshall, UOSW is willing to work with the university’s bargaining team to reach an agreement. 

“Our (UOSW) bargaining team is willing to negotiate and compromise and create a solution with a university’s bargaining team to reach a fair contract,” Marshall said. 

Marshall said they feel “hopeful” about how negotiations are going. 

“We (UOSW) know that the vote and student workers talking with their coworkers and getting ready to strike if necessary is putting pressure on the university and the university bargaining team to come into negotiations with us,” Marshall said. 

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Following an 11-day voting period, the University of Oregon Student Workers Union has voted to authorize a strike, according to a social media post by UOSW. 

According to the post, the authorization passed with 94.5% of voting union members voting “yes.” 

This vote means that UOSW’s bargaining team has the ability to call for a strike if an agreement is not reached with UO administration by March 19, according to Izzie Marshall, a bargaining team member for UOSW. 

“It’s up to UO to make a fair offer. Student workers know what we deserve and will continue to fight for higher wages, improved pay period and enforcing our harassment protections,” the post said. 

According to Marshall, 2476 union members voted. 

The voting period started on March 4 and concluded on March 14.  

On March 12, UOSW declared an impasse with UO administration. Both sides now have until March 19 to submit “final offers with costing” before a 30-day cooling-off period begins.   

According to UO spokesperson Eric Howald, once the 30-day cooling-off period ends on April 19, the union could go on strike on April 29 after a ten-day notice beginning on April 19.   

According to Marshall, UOSW is willing to work with the university’s bargaining team to reach an agreement. 

“Our (UOSW) bargaining team is willing to negotiate and compromise and create a solution with a university’s bargaining team to reach a fair contract,” Marshall said. 

Marshall said they feel “hopeful” about how negotiations are going. 

“We (UOSW) know that the vote and student workers talking with their coworkers and getting ready to strike if necessary is putting pressure on the university and the university bargaining team to come into negotiations with us,” Marshall said. 

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Following an 11-day voting period, the University of Oregon Student Workers Union has voted to authorize a strike, according to a social media post by UOSW. 

According to the post, the authorization passed with 94.5% of voting union members voting “yes.” 

This vote means that UOSW’s bargaining team has the ability to call for a strike if an agreement is not reached with UO administration by March 19, according to Izzie Marshall, a bargaining team member for UOSW. 

“It’s up to UO to make a fair offer. Student workers know what we deserve and will continue to fight for higher wages, improved pay period and enforcing our harassment protections,” the post said. 

According to Marshall, 2476 union members voted. 

The voting period started on March 4 and concluded on March 14.  

On March 12, UOSW declared an impasse with UO administration. Both sides now have until March 19 to submit “final offers with costing” before a 30-day cooling-off period begins.   

According to UO spokesperson Eric Howald, once the 30-day cooling-off period ends on April 19, the union could go on strike on April 29 after a ten-day notice beginning on April 19.   

According to Marshall, UOSW is willing to work with the university’s bargaining team to reach an agreement. 

“Our (UOSW) bargaining team is willing to negotiate and compromise and create a solution with a university’s bargaining team to reach a fair contract,” Marshall said. 

Marshall said they feel “hopeful” about how negotiations are going. 

“We (UOSW) know that the vote and student workers talking with their coworkers and getting ready to strike if necessary is putting pressure on the university and the university bargaining team to come into negotiations with us,” Marshall said. 

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On Feb. 12, University of Oregon Substance Abuse Prevention and Education produced a dispenser containing free individual doses of Narcan nasal spray which was installed by the Erb Memorial Union building manager team on the EMU ground floor. 

SAPE is a campus organization that focuses on substance misuse prevention and harm reduction as well as providing support for students who chose to abstain from substance use. 

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Narcan, also known as naloxone, is a drug that when administered can reverse the effects of an opioid overdose.

Gabriela Gutierrez, the student director of SAPE, said that the implementation of a Narcan dispenser on campus has been in discussion for “at least a few years.” 

Gutierrez said the EMU was chosen as the location for the dispenser due to its accessibility. 

“We went over quite a few locations, and ultimately we felt that the EMU would be best for our dispenser because it’s more of a public building, and it has more extensive hours compared to maybe some other buildings…it’s in a more central location as well,” Gutierrez said. 

According to Kit Wooler, another student director of SAPE, the organization funded its Duck Overdose Prevention Education through a foundation and is working toward getting grant funding. 

In addition to the dispenser, SAPE has also hosted several training sessions to teach students how to administer Narcan throughout the year. 

Wooler said the dispenser is an easier way for students to obtain doses of Narcan. 

“It’s a bit more of an effortful process to attend a 30 minute training and get that one dose, so having that dispenser makes it easier for students to get one any time they need it,” Wooler said. 

Wooler also said that the discrete nature of the dispensers was an important feature. 

“Students don’t have to document themselves in any way, and they can just go by any time to pick it up,” Wooler said. 

The dispenser is stocked on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays and is available during EMU working hours. 

According to Wooler, there were 48 doses of Narcan stocked in the dispenser in the past two weeks, and all 48 were dispensed.

Gabriel Bedrosian-Tinelle, co-director of Narcare UO, another organization that works to bring awareness to opioid misuse and harm reduction, cited “stigma” as an issue for harm reduction. 

“Stigma of use is a big barrier to college kids getting or seeking treatment and harm reduction supplies or practices. They might be shamed by friends or family, embarrassed and then not reach out, but they’re still going to use the substance,” Bedrosian-Tinelle said. 

Brooke Kirstein, another co-director of Narcare UO, said access to harm reduction resources like Narcan are important on college campuses.

“A college campus is somewhere where there’s higher concentrations of people drinking and partying and using drugs, even if it’s not specifically opioids, there’s always a possibility of getting a drug that’s laced with fentanyl, and people who are using just don’t really know,” Kirstein said.

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UO instructor Ed Madison, co-founder and executive director of Journalistic Learning Initiative, has developed a number of AI coaches, several of which are designed to assist with journalism and writing. His most recent is Sassy, a chatbot designed to help students in Oregon find potential careers. 

The tool was created in partnership with Playlab Education, Inc., a company that creates AI tools for education. 

“People ask me how long (Sassy) took to develop, and my answer is 40 years, because that’s about how long I’ve been doing career advising and mentoring,” Madison said. 

JLI is a nonprofit aimed to “benefit students and teachers through thoughtful research, dynamic programming and useful tools,” according to its website. 

Murrow, a chatbot designed to assist both student and professional journalists with news writing, was named after American journalist Edward R. Murrow. Madison said that all of the journalism-focused AI tools were named after “a diverse list of famous journalists.”

“(Sassy) is fun. It’s a Northwest icon. We had a graphic artist come up with this image that we called Sassy. And so we just basically took that name and applied it to the chatbot because we knew that it would be fun for kids,” Madison said. 

According to Madison, the tool is geared at helping Oregon students who may not live in a large city like Eugene or Portland to explore their career options. 

“(Sassy) allows a kid who might be growing up in Roseburg to explore any kind of career that they could be interested in, but the thing that’s unique about this tool that sets it apart from other AI tools, or ChatGPT, is that it’s been informed or programmed to reference Oregon resources,” Madison said. 

Sassy is accessed through a web portal called Career Connect Oregon, which JLI is a partner of. 

Damian Radcliffe, another SOJC professor, said an understanding of AI tools will be crucial for students entering the workforce. 

“Students will need to graduate with a critical understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of these tools, and when and where to use them, as employers will increasingly expect this to be part of the skillset you graduate with,” Radcliffe said. “The key point here is that these tools should be used to enhance and augment critical thinking and creative work, not to replace it.”

Juliet Wallach, a UO senior and advertising major, said it was “cool” that AI was being used as a tool, despite concerns about it. 

“We don’t know a lot about (AI), but I think professors and students should be willing to learn about it because I think it’s going to be brought up more and more in our lives and it will be super helpful in the future if we can figure out what it really does to enhance our learning and our work,” Wallach said.

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On the  afternoon of Feb. 19, approximately 300 demonstrators rallied outside the Erb Memorial Union Amphitheater in support of the immigrant community who “fear retaliation, for the families at risk, for the dignity we all deserve.”  The demonstration was organized by the University of Oregon Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán. 

The demonstration began at 2:15 p.m. Several community members spoke, including both UO students, faculty and members from several organizations, including the Black Male Alliance Club and Native American Student Union. 

“Your presence here is proof that we are not alone and that we’re not powerless and that we refuse to be silent in the face of injustice,” Maria Gaspar, president of UO’s MEChA chapter, said. 

Juan Eduardo Wolf, associate professor of ethnomusicology and advisor for the Latine Male Alliance, addressed the crowd and performed a rendition of “We Shall Not Be Moved,” a protest song, in both English and Spanish. 

“My family stayed in this country to avoid the terror of a dictatorship in (Chile), and that strategy sort of worked until maybe about this year, when we got a little worried about the dictatorship in this country,” Wolf said. 

Isabel Garrett, a first year student who attended the demonstration, said they were there to protest the unfair treatment of immigrants in the United States since President Donald Trump took office. 

“I definitely feel nervous. It’s hard to feel safe to speak out against what the government is doing and you feel powerless a lot of the time and so I really wanted to come today and I’m glad I was able to,” Garrett said. 

Giovanni Bazan is another first year student who attended the event. Bazan is an intern for the Latine Male Alliance and said he wanted to show his support as a Chicano student. 

“I’m really joyful that we have a big group who are here to stand for the people who can’t be here… I’m at a loss for words. It’s kind of emotional to see the amount of people here,” Bazan said.

After several speeches in the amphitheater, the protestors marched from the EMU to the Lillis Business Complex where the demonstrators stopped to hear a speech from retired instructor Armando Morales. 

“If you want to help our community, the best way to help is writing to your congressman and congresswoman and you need to ask for amnesty for people who have more than 25 years living in this country,” Morales said. “This is the people that have business in this country, the people that work in the fields and bring food (to your) tables… don’t forget that and that these people need our help.” 

The demonstration ended at approximately 3:45 p.m back at the EMU. 

According to UO Spokesperson Angela Seydel, UO MEChA gave UO notice about the event.

“We appreciate that the rally and march organizers reserved the EMU Amphitheater, let us know their route and proactively requested and followed safety and event guidelines,” Seydel said. 

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In late December 2024, Allen Hall Advertising — a student-led advertising agency of the School of Journalism and Communications — installed a new mural on the first floor of the Erb Memorial Union, featuring players from both the Oregon Ducks men’s and women’s basketball teams. 

According to AHA Account Manager Alex Gray, Oregon men’s and women’s basketball has been a client of AHA since 2017. Other clients include UO Hockey and the Oregon Innovation Challenge. 

“Our goal for our campaign, and for this mural in general, was to really just create awareness around Oregon basketball,” Gray said. 

According to AHA Media Planner Kay Peters, the mural took four hours to install. Peters also said the mural is made of a three-millimeter IJ40 vinyl wrap with a matte laminate finish.

The mural was put together by a team that includes Peters, Gray and several AHA copywriters and designers. 

“We pretty much had about two days of just working on this as a creative group. It was a lot of figuring out how to work with massive files because the insulation (in the EMU) is probably 70 feet,” Colby Wissmiller, AHA designer, said. 

According to Peters, there was another wrap in the EMU in 2019 to 2020 featuring women’s basketball, and another in 2021 to 2022.

“One of the big things we did this year was putting the (basketball) schedules on the pillars, and putting schedules on the wrap, which helped with allowing students to actually remember where games were so they could go,” Peters said. 

Wissmiller said the original idea for the mural was to include students on the wrap in the EMU, but the team lacked enough photos to do so. 

“We kind of were short on some student pictures, so we wanted to include pictures that were full of energy that kind of convey that feeling,” Wissmiller said. “We got feedback from Athletics (department) that said we should make it stand out more, so we ended up making the background black and using the black and yellow color scheme a bit more.”

Wissmiller also said that the files for the mural were so large that they drained the batteries of the designers’ computers quickly. 

“One of our designers ended up plugging two plugs into his computer at the same time and ended up melting his computer while we were making it,” Wissmiller said.  

Sam Austin, a third-year student, said that early February was his first time seeing the mural.

“I think it’s super sick,” Austin said. “I like that it has the lineups posted, and I think it’s just visually pleasing.” 

Austin also said his favorite basketball player featured on the mural is Jackson Shelstad.

Oregon men’s and women’s basketball schedules can be found on the GoDucks website and are listed on the mural.

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