It’s the hottest time of the year, so the Emerald staff decided to blind taste test cold ice cream on a warm day. Six people tasted six ice creams readily available in the UO campus area: Talenti, Tilamook, Umpqua, Prince Puckler’s, Red Wagon and Safeway Signature Select. Find out where they guessed each one came from and their impressions of each flavor.

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It’s the hottest time of the year, so the Emerald staff decided to blind taste test cold ice cream on a warm day. Six people tasted six ice creams readily available in the UO campus area: Talenti, Tilamook, Umpqua, Prince Puckler’s, Red Wagon and Safeway Signature Select. Find out where they guessed each one came from and their impressions of each flavor.

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This post has been updated to include additional information from police.

A man died around midnight on July 22 after falling from the 8th floor at The Hub On Campus Apartment complex, according to police.

Police identified the man as a 20 year old non-UO student, but have not released his name yet. Witnesses say his fall “appears to be intentional,” according to an EPD press release.

There didn’t appear to be any foul play involved, according to EPD spokesperson Melinda McLaughlin.

According to an officer on the scene, people on the 7th floor launched bottles towards police officers while they investigated the scene and yelled antagonistic remarks, said McLaughlin. A manager at the Hub gave the people yelling 24 hour eviction notices, according to McLaughlin.

Aubrey Langenbacker was at The Hub Apartments visiting friends when she saw the man on the ground outside the window.

“Next thing you know, I was standing by the window and I looked down and I saw the blood and I knew that he wasn’t okay,” she said.

The investigation is ongoing.

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This post has been updated to include additional information from police.

A man died around midnight on July 22 after falling from the 8th floor at The Hub On Campus Apartment complex, according to police.

Police identified the man as a 20 year old non-UO student, but have not released his name yet. Witnesses say his fall “appears to be intentional,” according to an EPD press release.

There didn’t appear to be any foul play involved, according to EPD spokesperson Melinda McLaughlin.

According to an officer on the scene, people on the 7th floor launched bottles towards police officers while they investigated the scene and yelled antagonistic remarks, said McLaughlin. A manager at the Hub gave the people yelling 24 hour eviction notices, according to McLaughlin.

Aubrey Langenbacker was at The Hub Apartments visiting friends when she saw the man on the ground outside the window.

“Next thing you know, I was standing by the window and I looked down and I saw the blood and I knew that he wasn’t okay,” she said.

The investigation is ongoing.

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Before she became the bold, outgoing and light-hearted woman that is Katia Varo, she was Roberto, a small Mexican boy running every day in his home village and not knowing why.

At 14, Varo jumped over two of the tallest fences she’d ever seen. She waded through streams fully clothed and hid in silence while the thorns of bushes poked her skin. That’s when she knew why she was running.

She was building up her stamina to cross the border to the United States with her family and not get caught by border patrol.

Katia Varo has had a long journey to get to UO (Phillip Quinn/Emerald)

That was over 20 years ago. Now, Varo works at Carson Dining Hall doing everything from preparing food to scrubbing tables. Six classes of UO students have seen her behind the hall’s food counter with her perfectly tweezed eyebrows, strong build and ombre brown hair slicked back against her head. But few of them know her story.

She recalled her experience immigrating to the United States, comparing it to an action movie.

“When you’re that young, you don’t realize the magnitude of the danger or the trouble you can get into because you don’t understand you’re doing something dangerous,” Varo said.

After weeks of traveling in cars packed like sardines, Varo finally reached what her family described as having all the luxuries those in poverty would dream of.

But reality set in. She ended up in the rainy, coastal town of Newport, Oregon. Her six family members all cramped together in a two bedroom apartment eating foods like sausage McMuffins for breakfast.

“It was depressing,” she said. “It was so depressing – and we’re talking about everything.”

She missed the sunshine, fresh food and the giving culture from back home so much that at times she’d feel physical pain in her chest.

“And I couldn’t explain it,” she said. “And the reason I understand it is that I looked outside and I tear up so bad because I haven’t seen the sun in three weeks.”

But Varo said she knew going through each shock while living as an illegal immigrant, with no government benefits, was still better than living in her home village.

“If you were to live, or if you were to be in that situation, you would understand,” she said. “There’s nothing for people there. And unfortunately, we have to leave home and go to another culture for us to really try to get a better life.”

When Varo came to the United States, she was able to attend middle and high school instead of starting work as a preteen.

She could also transition to Katia, an identity that she said would limit her opportunities in Mexico.

“You have to be a prostitute or you have to be a hairdresser or you have to come from money and have your own business because they won’t hire you,” she said. “But I promised myself I was going to be Katia. No matter what. No matter how hard.”

While in the United States, Varo also discovered her passion: dancing. She learned modern ballet at age 16 and at one point her dance teacher said she’d be good enough for Juilliard.

“This is where it gets hard because you come here for a better life,” Varo said, teary eyed. “And then you taste it. And then you don’t have the documents to do it.”

Although Varo now has a work permit to stay in the United States, her green card is still pending. Her status doesn’t offer her many benefits.

“I had to give up my dream,” she said. “I choose work over it. I choose surviving.”

Varo hopes to one day achieve some of her goals, including becoming a professional dancer.

But in the meantime, she incorporates her passion into her hobbies. She cooks, crochets, and also takes dance classes whenever she can, especially salsa or Zumba.

“I haven’t accomplished a lot that I need to accomplish,” Varo said. “But I feel like I’m still breathing. We always say that in my country. If you have health, you can do whatever you set your mind to.”

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University of Oregon’s Black student population is underrepresented in the classroom, in the faculty and in administrative funding. But the annual Divine Nine Step Show provides Black students with a place to gather, dance and enjoy their culture — a culture that is struggling to find representation on a predominately white campus.

For generations, members of Black Greek organizations have practiced stepping as a way to celebrate and teach their history. Step dancing, or “stepping,” is a form of highly-choreographed dance routines that are performed in teams of four or five members. The dances feature a theme or message that the group convey to the audience. Instead of dancing to music, performers will slap, stomp and shout to create the beat of the dance using their bodies.

(Christopher Trotchie/Emerald)

This Saturday, UO’s Black Student Union is hosting the 15th annual Divine Nine Step Show. The show will conclude this year’s Black Arts Festival. The BSU organized the festival to showcase Black culture, and the step show, like many events this week, offers a space for the community to find a home.

The show is also a great opportunity for the rest of the university to experience an aspect of Black culture, explained Kendaris Hill, former BSU President and current graduate student at UO. He also clarified that the show is for Black people to celebrate their community.

“Well this is us,” Hill said. “I think we have to find space where we can just be ourselves and we can just embrace who we are without having to worry about everyone else and having to connect with everyone on some sort of level.”

This year’s event will feature six teams from colleges across the West Coast, each with its own traditions and dances. The show will begin with each team dancing onto the stage with their organization’s stroll — a form of exclusive dance that is unique to each fraternity or sorority. Students from Sheldon and South Eugene high schools will be the shows openers with a step performance of their own. The competition will begin shortly after.

Each team will have 15 minutes to perform its choreographed step routines. Judges from Greek alumni chapters will grade each performance based on creativity, costume design and staying within the 15-minute time limit. The winner will be announced at the end of the show and will be awarded a trophy and prize money.  

Each of the groups will represent some aspect of the word culture to go along with this year’s theme, “For the Culture,” according to BSU co-director Ashley Campbell.

“We wanted to keep it kind of broad so that people could be like ‘For the Black Greek culture,’ ‘For the African-American culture,’ ‘For the college culture,’” Campbell said.

In the past, the show was held at smaller venues such as the Lane Events Center and the EMU Ballroom. This year, the show will take place in Matthew Knight Arena, which is the third largest indoor sporting venue in Oregon.

“I think having it in Matthew Knight pretty much says that we’re here and we’re trying to make sure that you know we’re here,” said Hill. “Acknowledge us. See us. Can we get some kind of love over here on this side?”

(Christopher Trotchie/Emerald)

Although the BSU doesn’t plan on selling all 12,364 seats in the arena, they do hope to see 1,000 people attend this year’s events, which would be the highest turnout in the history of the step show. Campbell, BSU co-director, added that having the step show at a prominent location will help establish the show’s significance and recognize the importance of the Black community.

The event coincides with the demands set forth by the Black Student Task force in 2015 that aimed to provide a more inclusive environment for the Black community on campus. One of the demands included offering official recognition of Black Greek Life.

To accommodate the demand, FSL attempted to make it easier for Black Greek Life to come to campus by eliminating the minimum member requirement for multicultural and historically Black fraternities and sororities to become official Greek organizations.

The BSU requested permanent funds for the step show, to travel to a national conference and other expenses in 2015. Their requests have not yet been fulfilled.

“That funding was never provided, essentially,” said Director of Fraternity and Sorority Life Justin Shukas, who recently announced his resignation. He was unsure why.

This year, FSL provided funding for flyers that advertised the step show with budget surplus funds, but made no guarantee to provide these funds annually. FSL will also be donating to the philanthropy of the fraternity and sorority with the most attendees.

“There certainly could be more,” Hill said. “I think if you expect students in those organizations to thrive, there’s a certain level of support that you have to give and I don’t think that support can end at 5 o’clock.”

Campbell, who will be performing at the show with Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated, said that she feels support is growing from administration, ASUO, Greek life and other organizations on campus. Part of that support is recognizing why this event is important.

(Christopher Trotchie/Emerald)

FSL Director Shukas says the importance of the event is “to go and experience another Greek organization’s tradition and really see the community as one Greek community. There are different traditions and roles and purposes, but everyone is really connected.”

Shukas added the importance of raising awareness about historically Black fraternities and sororities.

But for Hill and other students, the step show is more than just community building or raising awareness.

“It’s a reminder of the efforts we put in to make sure our voices are heard and that our culture is continued,” Hill said. “It’s a really deeply rooted culture, and especially in a place like Oregon where you don’t find a lot of Black people; it’s a place where you kind of get to breathe in a safe space.”

The step show will begin at 7 p.m. on Saturday at Matthew Knight Arena. Tickets are available at the ticket office and at Matthew Knight Arena for $13 for the public, $11 for non-UO students/youth, $10 for UO students/children under 3 years old.

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One out of every five adults has been sexually assaulted. This is just one of the statistics visitors faced while walking through the interactive Breaking Silence Exhibit in the EMU, a series of curtained off spaces that each represent different scenarios of sexual or domestic violence.

One of many statistics on display in the rooms. (Max Thornberry)

University of Oregon’s PanHellenic Council, a group of collective sororities, helped host the free exhibit for the past three days, which mixes audio and tactile imagery to tell stories of sexual abuse and healing.

Founder of the exhibit, Allison Watt, said the exhibit had a great reception. She’s displayed it at colleges all around Colorado, where Breaking the Silence is based. UO is the first school outside of Colorado that she’s brought it to.

Two members of the PHC community, Rachael Wallace and Nicole Leisy, walked through the exhibit together linking arms.

They said they did this to be empathetic to each other, noting that even if someone didn’t experience the display’s topic, learning about others’ experiences could still be saddening and scary.

Upon entering the exhibit, visitors put on headphones with recordings of two sexual assault survivors and one perpetrator. The stories matched each room that represented three scenarios of sexual abuse.

The first few rooms represented the living space of a middle-aged woman whose partner would threaten to torture her. The audio accompanied visitors walking by a couch beside kids toys scattered on the floor and a dining room table with a knife laying on the corner. The woman explained how she and her children finally got away from him as she regained control of her life.

The next room hosted a bed covered in a child’s bedspread. A man explained how his mother forced sexual relations with him as a child. The room beside it holds another dining room table, this time with a suitcase next to it, representing the man moving out of his mother’s home as a young adult.

The next rooms showed the back of a truck covered in clothes and beer cans. A man explained how he sexually assaulted a woman while she was sleeping, and is now facing the legal and emotional consequences of his actions.

Wallace and Leisy thought it was valuable to hear the stories of both survivors and perpetrators as well as the experiences of people in different types of abusive situations.

Participants were presented with three stories. Two of survivors, one of an assaulter. (Max Thornberry)

“Sexual assaults aren’t all the same,” Leisy said. “When you’re in college, you think of someone drinking too much and being taken advantage of.”

She said that she knows these instances are prevalent on college campuses, but she’s glad the exhibit spread awareness that abusive relationships can happen to anyone.

Watt, the founder of the exhibit, emphasized that while the exhibit sheds light on negative experiences, it’s also about empowerment, hope and change.

At the end of the exhibit, visitors are asked to reflect on their experience and “break the silence” surrounding abusive relationships.

“We just hope people will start the conversation,” Watt said. “[That] after you leave the exhibit, you go forward and you talk to somebody about it and just figure out how do we change our current culture and really prevent this from being so prevalent.”

Breaking Silence is one of several programs put on at the University of Oregon during the month of April, or Sexual Assault Awareness Month. A list of the remaining events can be found at http://dos.uoregon.edu/svpe/saam.

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Starbucks’s magical Unicorn Frappuccino looks like a little kid’s science experiment: a swirl of pink and blue color stirred into a cup then topped with whipped cream. If a child showed their parents, they’d say it was beautiful while anxiously thinking of how to sneak it in the trash with minimal mess. 

Today, I tried the suspicious drink that Starbucks is calling the Unicorn Frappuccino. It’s available until April 23, but don’t get too upset it’s out for such a short time. The only good thing about this drink is it won’t be available in a matter of days.

First, be aware that the only exciting part of this drink is the surprise. If you don’t want to know how it tastes, don’t read on. But do know that this knowledge may save you a few dollars and an upset stomach. 

I watched the barista make the drink.  She poured in milk, mango and frappuccino syrups, then lots more sugar-like powders and syrups sprinkled on top. Just like the unicorn, I wondered, what of this drink is actually real? 

Even Starbucks baristas are complaining about the new drink. Watch the video below to see one barista’s thoughts on the new drink. 

I dipped the straw into the suspicious powdered pink and blue substance sprinkled across the whipped cream and took the first sip. 

It’s a bunch of sugary chemicals splashed into a cup with milk and then dubbed to be magical. I wanted to believe the magic, but after a few sips I already felt nauseous. First it tastes like mango. That’s a pretty normal flavor, right? 

No. 

It tastes like fluoride. The kind the dentist tells you to gurgle during a visit. The kind you let seep into your tongue for a whole 30 seconds as the dentist half smiles and says you can’t eat for another 30 minutes, the taste lingering awkwardly until you can finally eat again. 

The barista warned that the horrid concoction had different layers of flavor. I thought perhaps this flavor was just one bad part. Surely, there must be other layers of magical unicorn goodness yet to come. 

It tasted like extra sour sweet tarts covered in citrus, sugar and more fluoride rinse. I wondered what went through the head of whoever made this recipe. The sugary infusion of flavors made me wish I had never ingested this substance. 

I wanted to believe it tasted good like bubble gum, cotton candy and rainbows. Then the chemical aftertaste overcame my taste buds and I pushed the drink away. I stared at it melting in front of me. It looked  like something sheer bliss turned to utter sadness, like a McDonald’s birthday cake thrown up all over the floor. 

If you think the experience of trying this concoction that pays homage to the unicorn is worth it, by all means, try it. It’s kind of exciting to ask for a “magical” drink with a straight face. Just don’t be offended if you share it with your friends and they question all your life choices. 

Personally, I’ll be sticking to hot chocolate and lattes from now on. 

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University of Oregon student Haytham Abo-Adel spoke to a crowd of about 2,000 people in front of the Eugene Federal Courthouse on Jan. 29. He immigrated to Eugene five years ago.

He spoke to a passionate community rallying against President Donald Trump’s latest executive order that temporarily bars entry to the U.S. for people from seven predominantly Muslim countries, including Yemen, where Abo-Adel is from.

Similar to most UO students, Abo-Adel walks through the Fishbowl, down University Street and past the Knight library for class. What’s different for him, though, is he doesn’t know if he can ever make a trip home and come back.

Abo-Adel’s parents still live in Yemen, while his two children and wife are in Eugene. Abo-Adel wants his parents to meet their grandchildren, but with Trump’s executive order making the future of immigration unclear, he’s not sure if that will ever happen.

(Will Campbell/Emerald)

This is the case for thousands of immigrants from the countries Trump has deemed a threat to the United States, and for 39 UO students specifically.

The University of Oregon released a statement advising that these students remain in the U.S. for the time being, as their re-admittance isn’t certain.

Members of the Eugene community united against Trump’s policies on Sunday in support of the community members and students being affected. The event was planned in less than 24 hours.

“I would love to have my family here,” Abo-Adel spoke through a megaphone. “To see the love that is given by Eugenians, by Oregonians and by the American people.”

The crowd erupted with claps and cheers as Abo-Adel spoke.

“I am not here to kill you; I am here to love you,” he said. “I am not standing here because of weakness. I get the strength from you.”

Awab Al-Rawe, a graduate student from Iraq studying conflict and dispute resolution, stood among the crowd. He nodded and smiled as people chanted.

Al-Rawe lived in Baghdad for most of his life, but moved to Syria as a refugee when war broke out in 2003. He’s been studying at  UO for seven years on a student work visa.

In that time period, he hasn’t seen his dad in person, who still lives in Iraq and hasn’t been permitted a travel visa to visit. Al-Rawe still talks to his dad every weekend. Before the immigration ban, he had a little bit of hope that his dad might be able to see him receive his master’s degree in June.

Al-Rawe said that he now has no idea when he will see him again.

He said that this contributes to his mixed views about the rallies and support for him and other people in similar situations.

“I was kind of conflicted in thinking that [the rally] was amazing. [It] was very hopeful and positive, but at the same time, will that stop me from being sent away, if it comes to that point?”

As of right now, Al-Rawe can stay in the U.S. for one year after graduating as part of the Optional Practical Training program, which gives student immigrants time to find work after graduating from college.

Al-Rawe said he worries that the program may be revoked under Trump’s leadership.

(Will Campbell/Emerald)

He said he still finds comfort in the support of the Eugene community during this unpredictable time, adding that moving to Eugene was one of the best decisions he ever made.

“I feel like this is my second home, or even my primary home at this point,” he said. “[I’ve] succeeded in every way that I wanted to succeed in, and that is just setting up an example of how refugees don’t necessarily have to be a burden on society. They can contribute. They can make growth and development in their own community and that’s my goal for Eugene, Oregon.”

Trump’s executive order blocks travel from Iraq, Libya, Iran, Yemen, Somalia, Sudan and Syria for the next 90 days. In addition, the order suspends all refugees from entering the United States for 120 days and suspends Syrian refugees from entry indefinitely.

This has provoked a sense of uncertainty among members of the Eugene and UO community.

President of the Muslim Student Association Drew Williams said many of the organization’s members are directly affected, and not sure what to do next.

“A lot of people have concerns about it — what comes next, where their families are,” he said.

The statement released from The University of Oregon highlighted President Schill’s response to Trump’s orders.

“We are troubled by the decision of the new U.S. administration to begin a process of closing our borders,” the statement said from UO President Michael Schill and Provost Scott Coltrane. “Many are concerned for our fellow students, faculty members, and staff members from the targeted countries.”

UO professor Shaul Cohen hopes the university and other community members continue to show support for the people from Muslim countries.

“I have students who are seriously scared about what’s going on,” he said. “And want to figure out how to act with the best American values.”

To show his support, he joined Take Action Eugene, a group that formed recently. Members take action and seek support from elected officials to fund projects that promote inclusivity, according to the organization’s website.

Shaul said TAE organized the rally on Sunday in response to Americans protesting against the immigration ban at airports, where legal immigrants were being detained.

(Will Campbell/Emerald)

Shaul said he only expected about 150 people to come to the event. Although a small portion of people placed pictures of swastikas with text reading “Say no to immigration” prior to the event, Shaul said he didn’t notice any of those sentiments.

“I love that the rally was nothing about that energy,” he said. “It was just ignored.”

The Center for Multicultural Excellence and the Office of International Affairs will hold a town hall meeting Monday at 7:30 p.m. in the EMU ballroom. The meeting is designed to address the concerns of community members, including international students and undocumented immigrants.

Williams said that the Muslim Student Association will likely be discussing recent events in its next meeting, such as strategies that students can take for themselves and their families.

“Hope for the best,” said Williams. “Pray that nothing gets worse.”

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Hours after President Donald Trump placed his hand on two bibles and was sworn in to become the 45th President of the United States, students at the University of Oregon united to demonstrate their anguish.

At first, marches and rallies throughout the weekend reflected anger and fear in Eugene. Unity and strength followed. The city joined thousands of others around the world to engage in demonstrations of equality and respect.

Unlike several marches throughout the Northwest, all events in Eugene were peaceful. One protest at the University of Washington resulted in a man being shot, and in Portland, police used tear gas to subdue protesters, according to a report by KTVZ.

At the first of three events in Eugene, members of the Graduate Teachers Fellowship Federation rallied about 25 students in the EMU on Friday afternoon. 

Members of the GTFF and other groups on campus came together to share their visions for how to move forward after Inauguration Day. (Max Thornberry / Emerald)

“We know there are a lot of people today on this weird day in American history who don’t quite know what to do with themselves,” GTTF staff organizer Michael Marchman said after Trump’s inauguration. “Some people are feeling upset. Some are feeling really angry and ready to fight.”

Students participating sat at tables and on the ground. Some wrote slogans on posters. One student held a sign reading “Don’t mourn, organize,” on one side, with “Organize & Fight Bigotry,” scrawled on the back.

Students used the posters later in the evening when they marched from the EMU amphitheater to downtown Eugene. 

“How can we work together?” Marchman asked. “What are we going to do to resist the tremendous aggression we are going to see toward workers, women, the LGBTQ community and people of color?”

About 60 people gathered in the EMU Amphitheater on Friday night to rally against the inauguration, share speeches and march downtown to raise awareness for their discontent of the Trump’s suspected policies.

One of the marchers, UO junior Preslee Thorne, said her family is supported by the Affordable Care Act, which the president continued to oppose with the signing of an executive order that day.

“I’m really scared to see what the future of our healthcare system is like,” Thorne said.

Thorne said her main concern is for her mother, who uses Obamacare to help pay for her arthritis medication.

Leo Perez, a UO senior, also marched with the group. As an immigrant, Perez said that the president doesn’t represent him.

“It is really frightening listening to people having to be deported — being separated from their families,” he said.

University of Oregon students march in protest of the inauguration of President Donald Trump in Eugene, Ore. on Friday, January 22, 2017. (Amanda Shigeoka/Emerald)

Other members of campus and the Eugene community continued to voice their concerns about Trump and issues of social justice the next day.

An estimated 10,000 Eugenians participated in the Women’s March on Washington. The march was connected to a global effort of uniting people in many cities on behalf of women, minorities and others affected by the president’s rhetoric.

The march, from Wayne Morse U.S. Courthouse to WOW Hall, began with speeches at the courthouse. When rain began to fall, people grabbed their umbrellas and signs and marched together down W. 8th Avenue.

UO student Melania Winslow said the march was important for students because she is worried about losing some of her civil rights.

“There was a feeling of urgency [at the march],” Winslow said. “This is a necessity that needs to happen now.”

Although the march was formed by opposition, Winslow said there was a feeling of hope in the streets of Eugene.

Among the crowd, protester Sarah Fouad wore an American flag hijab around her head. She carried a sign reading, “Hug a Muslim.”

Fouad said she marched to support her community and raise her voice against the new administration.

“A lot of our community is afraid,” she said, referencing Trump’s talk of creating a registry for Muslims in the United States. “My family didn’t want to leave their house because they didn’t know what was going to happen. They didn’t want to become a target.”

Every few seconds, someone noticed Fouad’s sign and gave her a hug.

Sarah Fouad welcomes fellow marchers to hug her at the Eugene Women’s March. (Anna Lieberman/Emerald)

“Personally, I’ve needed a hug,” Fouad said. “There’s a lot of uncertainty in the future because we don’t know if [Trump] is going to stay true to his word.”

A week before the inauguration, UO students from Allen Hall Advertising launched the “Reset the Code” campaign to promote community on campus.

According to AHA co-director Cameron Kokes, students running the campaign wanted to find something that unites everyone, while also showing that people are different. They created a “95_” logo that represents the shared first two digits of every student and staff member’s ID number, a symbol of the UO community’s common goals.

They stuck banners with the logo on the windows of campus and gave “95_” t-shirts to students at a Ducks basketball game, which aired on national television.

Over 2,000 people have made a pledge on the campaign website, resetthecode.uoregon.edu.

“There’s always the goal of bringing campus a little closer,” said Kokes. “Everyone can identify with treating each other with mutual respect. I hope this campaign encourages that.”

On Monday, Jan. 23, the Climate Justice League and Cascadia Action Network are holding a walkout protesting members of the president’s cabinet who don’t believe in climate change.

The Facebook page for the event states that the walkout is meant to normalize nonviolent direct action and resistance to the new administration’s harmful policies. The walkout is planned to take place at 1 p.m. outside the EMU where campus leaders will discuss ways students can support the environment despite the president and his cabinet’s denial of climate change.

A car tries to get through the crowd as the march passes by 8th avenue. The Eugene Women’s march is held in downtown Eugene, Ore. on Saturday, January 21, 2017. (Samuel Marshall/Emerald)

Trump tweeted the day after the Women’s March that, “Peaceful protests are a hallmark of our democracy. Even if I don’t always agree, I recognize the rights of people to express their views.”

Despite his tweet, many feel ignored by the president. UO junior Frankie Benitez says that the protests over the weekend happened because Trump doesn’t represent the people.

“When millions of people are marching across the country and he ignores it and he hates them and he talks about his enemies and disrespects women and minorities and gay people and trans people, immigrants, the planet even, that’s so many people that he’s not representing,” Benitez said.

Benitez suggests students at UO take more direct action to change the circumstances they are disappointed with.

“Get involved in politics from the very start — local politics and national politics — to understand what’s going on,” she said. “One thing that’s really sad is if every person who had marched had voted, we might not even be in this position in the first place.”

Anna Lieberman, Max Thornberry, Jack Pitcher, Braedon Kwiecien, Andrew Field, Emma Henderson, Noah McGraw and Will Campbell contributed to this article.

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