In April, Lead Designer for the Emerald Media Group DesignShop Abigail Raike won first place in Best Designer in the College Media Business and Advertising Managers’ annual competition — this is the first ever award for DesignShop.

Judges praised Raike’s exceptional work, including her brand designs, Emerald social media templates and the special season-ending football publication, Taking Flight.

“I was genuinely so surprised. I wasn’t expecting to win,” Raike said. “I’m just super proud of myself.”

Raike has been working at the EMG since their freshman year. Now, as a graduating senior, they are the creative genius behind multiple EMG publications including Green Eugene and Ethos, advertisements, sales fliers and much more.

To Raike, The Emerald’s first-ever special publication Taking Flight, which was a digital flipbook, is their most prideful project. 

“I was working on it over winter break and I pretty much had full creative control for everything. That was a really fun one,” Raike said. 

Throughout their time at The Emerald, Raike said their design skills have become more defined because of client relationships. Raike also gave a special thanks to Creative and Technical Director Anna Smith for helping them expand their skills. 

“Annie would catch (an edit) and they (would) be like ‘you should really change this one thing,’ and the client would love it,” Raike said.  Upon graduation, they hope to continue their design career and land their dream job at the Oregon Leaf.

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In April, Lead Designer for the Emerald Media Group DesignShop Abigail Raike won first place in Best Designer in the College Media Business and Advertising Managers’ annual competition — this is the first ever award for DesignShop.

Judges praised Raike’s exceptional work, including her brand designs, Emerald social media templates and the special season-ending football publication, Taking Flight.

“I was genuinely so surprised. I wasn’t expecting to win,” Raike said. “I’m just super proud of myself.”

Raike has been working at the EMG since their freshman year. Now, as a graduating senior, they are the creative genius behind multiple EMG publications including Green Eugene and Ethos, advertisements, sales fliers and much more.

To Raike, The Emerald’s first-ever special publication Taking Flight, which was a digital flipbook, is their most prideful project. 

“I was working on it over winter break and I pretty much had full creative control for everything. That was a really fun one,” Raike said. 

Throughout their time at The Emerald, Raike said their design skills have become more defined because of client relationships. Raike also gave a special thanks to Creative and Technical Director Anna Smith for helping them expand their skills. 

“Annie would catch (an edit) and they (would) be like ‘you should really change this one thing,’ and the client would love it,” Raike said.  Upon graduation, they hope to continue their design career and land their dream job at the Oregon Leaf.

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In April, Lead Designer for the Emerald Media Group DesignShop Abigail Raike won first place in Best Designer in the College Media Business and Advertising Managers’ annual competition — this is the first ever award for DesignShop.

Judges praised Raike’s exceptional work, including her brand designs, Emerald social media templates and the special season-ending football publication, Taking Flight.

“I was genuinely so surprised. I wasn’t expecting to win,” Raike said. “I’m just super proud of myself.”

Raike has been working at the EMG since their freshman year. Now, as a graduating senior, they are the creative genius behind multiple EMG publications including Green Eugene and Ethos, advertisements, sales fliers and much more.

To Raike, The Emerald’s first-ever special publication Taking Flight, which was a digital flipbook, is their most prideful project. 

“I was working on it over winter break and I pretty much had full creative control for everything. That was a really fun one,” Raike said. 

Throughout their time at The Emerald, Raike said their design skills have become more defined because of client relationships. Raike also gave a special thanks to Creative and Technical Director Anna Smith for helping them expand their skills. 

“Annie would catch (an edit) and they (would) be like ‘you should really change this one thing,’ and the client would love it,” Raike said.  Upon graduation, they hope to continue their design career and land their dream job at the Oregon Leaf.

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In April, Lead Designer for the Emerald Media Group DesignShop Abigail Raike won first place in Best Designer in the College Media Business and Advertising Managers’ annual competition — this is the first ever award for DesignShop.

Judges praised Raike’s exceptional work, including her brand designs, Emerald social media templates and the special season-ending football publication, Taking Flight.

“I was genuinely so surprised. I wasn’t expecting to win,” Raike said. “I’m just super proud of myself.”

Raike has been working at the EMG since their freshman year. Now, as a graduating senior, they are the creative genius behind multiple EMG publications including Green Eugene and Ethos, advertisements, sales fliers and much more.

To Raike, The Emerald’s first-ever special publication Taking Flight, which was a digital flipbook, is their most prideful project. 

“I was working on it over winter break and I pretty much had full creative control for everything. That was a really fun one,” Raike said. 

Throughout their time at The Emerald, Raike said their design skills have become more defined because of client relationships. Raike also gave a special thanks to Creative and Technical Director Anna Smith for helping them expand their skills. 

“Annie would catch (an edit) and they (would) be like ‘you should really change this one thing,’ and the client would love it,” Raike said.  Upon graduation, they hope to continue their design career and land their dream job at the Oregon Leaf.

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In April, Lead Designer for the Emerald Media Group DesignShop Abigail Raike won first place in Best Designer in the College Media Business and Advertising Managers’ annual competition — this is the first ever award for DesignShop.

Judges praised Raike’s exceptional work, including her brand designs, Emerald social media templates and the special season-ending football publication, Taking Flight.

“I was genuinely so surprised. I wasn’t expecting to win,” Raike said. “I’m just super proud of myself.”

Raike has been working at the EMG since their freshman year. Now, as a graduating senior, they are the creative genius behind multiple EMG publications including Green Eugene and Ethos, advertisements, sales fliers and much more.

To Raike, The Emerald’s first-ever special publication Taking Flight, which was a digital flipbook, is their most prideful project. 

“I was working on it over winter break and I pretty much had full creative control for everything. That was a really fun one,” Raike said. 

Throughout their time at The Emerald, Raike said their design skills have become more defined because of client relationships. Raike also gave a special thanks to Creative and Technical Director Anna Smith for helping them expand their skills. 

“Annie would catch (an edit) and they (would) be like ‘you should really change this one thing,’ and the client would love it,” Raike said.  Upon graduation, they hope to continue their design career and land their dream job at the Oregon Leaf.

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For the past two years, 24-year-old Che’ Stuart starts his shifts at the University of Oregon Erb Memorial Union at 7 a.m. He grabs his custodial cart located on the Mezzanine floor and begins his eight-hour shift.

His mornings start by cleaning the offices located past the “O” desk, bathrooms, vacuuming floors and taking out the trash from the outside bins. 

After his lunch break, Stuart continues his custodial responsibilities of wiping down tables and windows, taking out more trash and checking the bathrooms.  

“It’s a structured process,” Stuart said. “You’re not focused on the time too much as far as the set of list of things to do.” 

To Stuart, cleaning the windows and bathrooms are a few tasks that he believes may go unnoticed.

“I want to think that people notice when I clean the bathrooms,” Stuart said. “I think they do.”

Although custodial work was not Stuart’s “first choice,” Stuart took the job for its “benefits.” 

According to Stuart, some of the benefits include health care and consistent work hours. 

Stuart is part of the Service Employees International Union Local 503, which he said is a reason for the protections and benefits. 

Aside from being exposed to chemicals through the cleaning supplies, Stuart said he is “very thankful” for the custodial job because he does not have to work outdoors or lift heavy items, unlike some of his friends. 

“(It’s a) safe workplace,” Stuart said. 

Outside of work, Stuart enjoys a structured life of working out and Kung Fu. If he is not taking care of his sibling with disabilities, he volunteers at the Grassroots Gardens, plays the flute and enjoys a life of going to shows and dancing. 

Additionally, Sturart said he likes to “progress in his life.” 

“Being very poor (and) having a brother with disabilities, I really kind of have to work hard to hopefully have a better quality of life one day,” Stuart said.  

To Stuart, custodial work can be an underrepresented job because “people shy away from that work.” 

“It’s somewhat embarrassing to people when they make messes or they don’t want to acknowledge that people care about them to a certain extent,” Stuart said. “As a class worker, (a) custodial position is something that people don’t want to deal with.”

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Around 10:00 p.m. on May 5, The Daily Emerald reported that roughly 60 striking student workers from the University of Oregon Student Workers Union occupied Johnson Hall, UO’s administrative building. 

UOSW has been on strike since April 28 for a change in pay, pay periods, resident assistant roles and more. 

The occupation followed a study-in that began around 1:00 p.m. in Johnson Hall. At the same time, UOSW was in a bargaining session with UO since the beginning of the strike, according to bargaining team member Izzie Marshall. 

After several hours of occupying Johnson Hall, around 10 University of Oregon Police Department and Eugene Police Department officers arrived at 10:30 p.m. at the south entrance of the building, dressed in riot gear and wielding batons. 

Once all striking workers left the inside of the building around 10:40 p.m., police officers and cars soon left the scene without making a single arrest.

Victoria Robison, a media liaison for UOSW, told The Emerald that the striking workers weren’t expected to leave Johnson Hall after “until their demands (were) met.” The demands included a revised arbitration section for harassment and discrimination — topics that were discussed at the bargaining session. 

According to Robison, “The people inside the building (were) aware that what they’re doing is illegal and that’s a risk that they took on by doing this autonomous action.”

Following the occupation, UO spokesperson Angela Seydel sent a statement to The Emerald. 

Seydel said the “individuals inside” were notified in advance about the building’s closing hours and were asked to leave multiple times, but they “chose not to comply.” 

Seydel also said failure to follow UO’s guidelines of free speech and campus use, including unlawfully remaining in a closed facility, may lead to legal consequences or student conduct proceedings.  

Christopher Long, provost of UO, spoke of similar legal and disciplinary actions on May 2 after striking student workers had “disrupted” three university events last week. 

Emerald reporters who were on scene during the occupation witnessed no violence or intention of violence from the outside crowd and police officers. 

“It (the police presence) shows where UO’s priorities are at. I am really frustrated. I think it was out of line,” Marshall said.  

According to Seydel, UOPD entered the building to “ensure the safety of those inside and secure university facilities.”

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As of Monday, April 28, all four University of Oregon students who have had their student visas revoked have officially been reinstated, according to UO Spokesperson Eric Howald. 

On April 25, The Daily Emerald reported that three of the four students were reinstated their student status — with one student, known as Jane Doe, receiving their reinstatement via court action. 

On March 28, one UO student’s visa was revoked for “unspecified criminal charges.” On April 4, Jane Doe’s student visa was revoked. A few days later, it was announced that a total of four students had their visas revoked for the same reason. 

The Emerald was unable to verify any specific criminal charges against three of the students.

“The reinstatements are part of a broader move by the U.S. Department of Justice to reactivate visa status for international students across the country,” Howald said. “The federal government revoked the visa status of students who appeared in criminal records checks without regard to the nature of the allegations or the students’ alleged involvement.”

According to Howald, the students who were employed by the university will now also be able to resume work.

“The university appreciates that its international students and others will have the opportunity to continue their studies at UO before setting out to contribute productively to both the US and their home societies,” Howald said.

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Earlier this week, a federal judge ordered the United States government to reinstate the visa status of two international students studying in Oregon, including a 29-year-old University of Oregon student. The reinstatement by U.S. District Judge Michael McShane also granted a 14-day temporary restraining order in response to a lawsuit filed by the UO student.

The judge also temporarily blocked both students’ deportation from the country. 

What the lawsuit alleged

According to the court documents obtained by The Daily Emerald, the UO student filed under the pseudonym “Jane Doe,” due to “fear of retaliation by (the) Defendants and private persons who have physically injured her in the past.” 

“Jane Doe also fears harassment and doxxing from the public given the public and institutional animosity expressed toward people in the United States who are not citizens,” the court documents said. 

Jane Doe was born and raised in England and arrived at UO in 2022, where she is currently pursuing two master’s degrees, an M.S. in Conflict & Dispute Resolution and an M.A. in Journalism.

The court documents alleged that United States Government officials Kristi Noem, secretary of the Department of Homeland Security; U.S. Department of Homeland Security; Todd Lyons, acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement; and ICE violated the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment and the Administrative Procedure Act for terminating Jane Doe’s F-1 student status. 

For these reasons, Jane Doe sought an order that would set aside and declare unlawful “Defendants’ termination of her SEVIS status” and the restoration of her SEVIS record and status.

Specifically, Jane Doe sought a temporary restraining order that would restore her authorization to study and work and require the Defendants to set aside the evidence behind the termination of her SEVIS.

Prior to the termination of Jane Doe’s SEVIS, she worked as a teaching assistant for the university. This job was her “only source of income” at the time. As a result of her SEVIS record termination, she stopped working — leaving her without a source of income and a reason why she would have likely suffered irreparable harm if she was not granted a Temporary Restraining Order, according to the court documents. 

In addition, the documents cited the likeliness of Jane Doe succeeding on the merits of her Administrative Procedure Act and Fifth Amendment claims, and “the balance of the equities and public interest weigh(ing) heavily” in favor of the emergency relief as further reasons why the Temporary Restraining Order should have been granted. 

What led to the lawsuit

On April 5, Jane Doe received notice from UO’s Director of International Student Services Becky Crabtree that her SEVIS student status was terminated the day prior for “OTHERWISE FAILING TO MAINTAIN STATUS – Individual identified in criminal records check and/or has had their VISA revoked. SEVIS record has been terminated,” according to the court documents.

The notice also indicated that Jane Doe had 15 days to leave the country — after April 20, Jane Doe was at risk of arrest, detention and deportation, according to the documents.  

According to the court documents, Jane Doe has not received any traffic infractions or been convicted of a crime, all while staying in compliance with the terms and conditions of her student status and course studies — this was also cited as reasons why the Defendants violated the Administrative Procedure Act.

But the court documents said that Jane Doe’s only contact with law enforcement was in 2019, relating to a domestic abuse incident that led to her arrest — the charges against her were later dismissed. 

According to the court documents, the Defendants violated the Fifth Amendment because they  terminated Jane Doe’s F-1 student status under SEVIS without notice, an individualized hearing before “an impartial adjudicator, adverse evidence and an opportunity to confront and respond to “such evidence.”

How the UO community is supporting Jane Doe

As part of Jane Doe’s effort to seek reinstatement and a Temporary Restraining order, three UO professors wrote letters on her behalf, which were recorded in the court documents.

Director of the Criminology Minor and an Instructor of the Department of Sociology Stephanie Wiley wrote that she was “saddened not only for her (Jane Doe) and her education, but for my (Wiley) students and the quality of education they will receive due to this disruption.” 

Jiannbin “J” Lee Shiao, a professor and the department head of Sociology, wrote that based on comments by Jane Doe’s supervising instructors in Sociology and Shiao’s own interactions with Jane Doe, “she has been an excellent Teaching Assistant.” 

“Having served as Associate Head for many years before becoming Department Head, I can say that UO Sociology has been extremely lucky to find such a reliable external-TA in (Jane Doe),” Shiao wrote.

According to UO spokesperson Eric Howald, the university continues “to support our students and appreciate the judge’s ruling.”

“This ruling is a positive development for a student close to completing their degree and making a positive impact on society, and the UO community,” Howald said.

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The University of Oregon was named in an investigation among 44 other schools for violating  Title VI, according to the United States Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights. 

OCR said the investigation came amid allegations that UO had violated Title VI for its partnership with “The PhD Project,” an organization that provides doctoral students with opportunities and insights into obtaining a doctoral degree, and “limits eligibility based on the race of participants.”

According to UO spokesperson Angela Seydel, the complaint involves the “UO Lundquist College of Business’ affiliation” with The PhD Project.  

According to the Lundquist College of Business’ website, the college is “proud to be a participating university in The PhD Project.” 

On Feb. 14, OCR released a letter, clarifying and reaffirming “the nondiscrimination obligations of schools and other entities that receive federal financial assistance from the United States Department of Education.”

The letter established that all schools receiving federal funding must:

• “Ensure that their policies and actions comply with existing civil rights law.”
• “Cease all efforts to circumvent prohibitions on the use of race by relying on proxies or other indirect means to accomplish such ends.”
• “Cease all reliance on third-party contractors, clearinghouses, or aggregators that are being used by institutions in an effort to circumvent prohibited uses of race.” 

Because of this, OCR cited the letter as a reason why an investigation opened against UO. 

According to U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon, the Department of Education is working to “reorient” civil rights enforcement.

“Today’s announcement expands our efforts to ensure universities are not discriminating against their students based on race and race stereotypes,” McMahon said. “Students must be assessed according to merit and accomplishment, not prejudged by the color of their skin.”

Seydel said UO is taking this complaint “seriously.” 

“We (UO) have recently reviewed all of our practices and believe that the University of Oregon is in compliance with the law. We have continued to review policies and practices in light of the (Trump) Administration’s Executive Orders and look forward to working with the Office for Civil Rights to resolve this complaint,” Seydel said.

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