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Oregon’s “Mandatory Sick Leave Law” went into effect Jan. 1 and requires employers to provide sick leave to all of their employees. For the University of Oregon, this grants sick leave to some for the first time.

“Previously the only group on campus who were accruing sick leave were [Service Employees International Union workers]. This extends the right to [part-time officers of administration], faculty, students and GTFs,” Brady said.

Student employees will accrue one hour of sick leave for every 30 hours worked, which is the minimum required by the new law. Although this law extends sick leave to student employees for the first time, some expressed concern that it is not enough.

Freshman Theresa Wanner works for UO Dining Services. She said that some students work longer shifts than others, some up to eight hours, and that the minimum requirement is not enough.

Student employees typically work between 10 and 20 hours per week. Under the minimum requirement, full-time employees receive eight days after working for a year.

“[The amount of sick leave students get] is nothing,” Wanner said. “If it’s just a cold, you can come in. But if it’s really bad, you need more.”

The Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation negotiated with the university in the fall and will receive greater benefits than the law requires. GTFs will accrue two days of sick leave for each term they are employed and receive an extra day for the first term they are employed.

Shawna Meechan, president of GTFF, says that the group negotiated for per-day sick leave rather than per-hour sick leave for GTFs because it makes more sense for them. Some GTFs work irregular hours and have busier schedules than others. This makes it difficult for some GTFs to find peers who can cover their shift because the added workload may exceed the maximum of 19.5 hours per week that GTFs are allowed to work.

“Prior to this, if you were sick, you had to barter with your friends or beg your supervisors to cover for you. More often than not, people would come in sick which is problematic,” Meechan said.

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both the Audience Award and the Kalb Jury Award – a first in the competition’s history.

The two began working together during their senior year at the UO when their AFP film submission Kill for Her won the Audience Award.

While the showcase is meant to select only a few films to screen, the true purpose behind it is to create a space where young filmmakers and industry pros can network with future collaborators. It also provides a venue for those who are not selected to still exhibit their work. PYFS plans to piece together a trailer for the event that features a shot from each film submission and to post other films in full on Vimeo and Facebook.

“We’re trying to build a community here in Portland,” said Cuddy. “While it’s an honor to be shown at the event itself, we’re not trying to ostracize anyone for not being able to be at the caliber of work we’re looking for.”

As of last week, they had received 25 short film submissions. The deadline to submit is Feb. 25. Those at the PYFS are unsure of whether they will be accepting films from students in cities other than

Portland (like Eugene), as they want to keep true to their name. While they are still deciding, they discussed the need for the applicants to at least be planning to work in Portland within the next year.

“The main thing right now is giving filmmakers who are young and new an outlet to show their work to a big audience,” said Feiner. “In Portland too, the best thing you can do as a filmmaker is to build networks in the city. That’s part of what we’ve put into action over the course of the last few weeks with this showcase.”

Feiner says that ideally, they would love to receive up to 75 short film submissions for this first showcase and that those wanting to submit should use this as an opportunity to get their work out there.

“If you’re a young filmmaker or have any real interest in doing real film, more than a lot of other professions, it’s important to take advantage of little opportunities and put your work out into the ether,” said Feiner. “It’s the only way you’re going to explore and get better.”

Editor’s Note: Will Cuddy is a former employee of the Emerald, before graduating from UO in 2014.

Amateur filmmakers and seasoned professionals alike will come together for a night of short film screenings at the Portland’s Young Filmmakers Showcase, an event created by two University of Oregon graduates — Will Cuddy and Zach Feiner.

The Feb. 25 showcase will include a screening of Cuddy and Feiner’s latest short film that’s been a year in the making, Linea, as well as two other short films chosen from a pool of student submissions.

“This is not only to showcase our own work,” said Cuddy. “But to give young filmmakers in Portland an opportunity they might not normally have because of lack of equipment, or simply not having the courage to submit their film to a festival that has professional filmmakers also submitting their work.”

Cuddy and Feiner, both advertising grads, have experience working as student filmmakers. They competed in the UO’s Adrenaline Film Project, an intensive 72-hour film competition in which three student groups are pressed to make a short film. Cuddy first took part in AFP during his junior year when his group’s film, Family Dinner, won

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Due to the increased excitement for PYFS, we will be accepting entries from young filmmakers throughout Oregon (i.e. UO) if they are planning to work in the Portland area in the near future. Send us your films and come join us on February 25th!! -Will Cuddy // Co-Director @ PYFS

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University of Oregon faculty gathered at a senate meeting on Jan. 13 to discuss a new strategic model designed to set the university on course for greater academic excellence. The meeting came a week after UO President Michael Schill set an initiative to realign the academic budget toward research funding.

The president’s message was addressed in a letter to the campus community and acknowledged several concerns about UO’s academic standing.

“Today, our university’s research profile is not as strong as it should be,” Schill wrote. “While there are many programs and pockets of excellence throughout the university, the overall landscape is very uneven.”

One specific worry relates to the university’s status in the Association of American Universities, an elite group that represents the best research colleges in the country. According to Schill, only 47 percent of UO faculty are on tenure track, 11 points behind UO’s AAU peers.

Provost Scott Coltrane was assigned to re-engineer the academic budget to address these issues. On Jan. 13, he unveiled a five-year strategic framework that he described as a “guiding document, meant to be aspirational.” However, it introduces some specific proposals, such as increasing tenure track faculty from 80 to 100. The 13-page draft, entitled “Excellence,” does not replace the 2009 academic plan, but rather complements it.

That same day, the UO dropped its $3.4 million contract with marketing agency 160over90 to focus more on research.

“They did a good job of capturing our creative spirit,” said Provost Coltrane. “But I think we need to turn more toward the content of the academics. They created a shell where we can tell that story and get people excited about who we are.”

According to Coltrane, creating the five-year framework initially aimed to set more specific objectives.

Coltrane says that about 50 members of faculty were involved in the process and wanted different, individual measures implemented. Coltrane hopes that a broader framework will lead to more unified goalsetting.

“I think we are a decentralized campus in that we’ve let departments make choices about [which classes to require],” Coltrane said, “Sometimes that’s good because they know what the most interesting areas are. We want those faculty to propose courses, but we have to align our curriculum so that the classes you take will satisfy graduation requirements.”

As the framework remains a draft, community and staff have until Feb. 3 to submit suggestions to further improve its content. The conversation now turns to whether this action will promote research and academic growth.

“The fact that this is a research school, and it’s not as research productive is unfortunate,” said assistant professor of marketing Aparna Sundar. “That is why I’m encouraged we’re starting to have this conversation. I think it will be successful if we change the culture of the university to celebrate research.”

Students who want to take part in research fund their projects through the Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program. Alyssa Bjorkquist, a senior who recently received a mini-grant from the UROP for marine biology, is encouraged by the steps taken to emphasize research.

“The amount of progress I’ve seen from administration towards expanding scholastic opportunities makes me optimistic for the future of research on campus,” Bjorkquist said.

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tyler dorsey: Grounded in The Game

early in December 2015, the Oregon men’s basketball team traveled to Las Vegas to face a talented University of Nevada Las Vegas team at the MGM Grand Hotel. It was the first road game of the year.

Midway through the second half, the Ducks were fighting to get back into the game.

With 9:52 left on the clock, Oregon freshman guard Tyler Dorsey leapt for a routine rebound. The result was a gruesome and awkward landing on his left knee.

Head Coach Dana Altman immediately rushed to the floor expecting the worst: a season-ending injury. Dorsey, who had played only six games with the Ducks, was understandably speechless.

In the stands were Dorsey’s parents, Jerrid and Samia Dorsey. Before they could get to the floor, Tyler was rushed to the locker room for further evaluation.

His mom was one of the first people he saw. Tyler had one question when she entered.“What is the score of the game?” Once the injury was deemed a minor knee

sprain, Tyler was back on the Oregon bench next to Altman. Before five minutes had gone off the clock, Tyler re-entered the game.

“He’s always been like that competitor-wise, teammate-wise and most people don’t know that,” Jerrid said.

Tyler is currently averaging 13.8 points on 47 percent shooting this season, making him one of the most efficient freshmen guards in the Pac-12 and the country. From beyond the three-point line, he’s shooting 45 percent, ranking him fifth-best in the conference.

On the court, Dorsey, who will have an opportunity to declare for next year’s NBA draft, is relaxed, measured, quiet and — most importantly — coachable. Mature beyond his years, he’s a fundamentally sound guard who doesn’t try to be any flashier than he needs to be, even if those most familiar with his game would like to see him be more assertive.

Look no further than his experience with the U19 Greek National team this past summer, where Dorsey managed to lead the team in points and minutes, despite coming off the bench.

“It was an eye-opening experience for him about how there’s a whole other world of basketball out there,” CBS sports college basketball analyst Doug Gotlieb said.

For a player who’s been regarded as a success at all levels of the game, it’s Dorsey’s selfless approach to the game that separates him from other top-tier, NBA-bound players.

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All of his life, Dorsey has been a winner. Ranked the nation’s top player in the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh grade, the 6-foot-5 Southern California-bred prodigy has always positioned himself for the spotlight.

A month after his 19th birthday, Dorsey, a senior transfer, led Maranatha High School to its first 2015 California Interscholastic Federation Division 4A title in his hometown of Pasadena, California.

Dorsey, who went on to win Gatorade State Player of the Year, delivered a modest 25 points — he was averaging 34.3 on the season — that historic Friday night.

If there was a time for Dorsey to pump his chest out and soak in the limelight, this was it. Instead, the high school senior embraced his team, not making the moment any bigger than it needed to be. He spent the next day playing video games with his friends.

“The new guy, big man on campus — he could have big-timed everybody, and he didn’t,” Maranatha head coach Tim Tucker said. “He had just won a state championship the year before. [But] the demeanor never changed.”

Constantly in the gym perfecting his game and searching for competition against older players – many of whom have gone on to the NBA and major Division I programs – it didn’t take long for Dorsey to surface as a top tier prospect. He was offered a scholarship from Arizona before he reached ninth grade.

NBA trainer Joe Abunassar of Impact Basketball, who has trained greats like Kevin Garnett, points out that for kids around that age, “you just never know.” But, with Dorsey, “he was always one of those guys that was a little

bit different, little bit better, more advanced and definitely had a good chance to be a very good player.”

Combining his raw talent and relentless work ethic with a rare sense of humility that stems from a supportive family, there was little doubt that Dorsey was bound for primetime basketball.

“The reason why Tyler is the way he is is because of his parents,” Abunassar said. “They have a different perspective on things, always able to keep him grounded. They didn’t get caught up in the hype.”

***Dorsey’s true test of character can be shown

through his many playing years under the Amateur Athletic Union umbrella, a non-professional national organization where aspiring players under 19 can showcase their talents.

But, sometimes, those involved succumb to being overwhelmed and manipulated by the outside distractions that exist in today’s endorsement-driven, coach-controlled sub culture.

“They begin to ‘expect’ favors especially with the nature of AAU basketball, with the commercialization of the shoe companies … constantly giving away free gear and treating elite players as if they have ‘already made it,’ ” NBA trainer Siddarth Sharma said.

It’s what’s led to recent scandals like former Kansas star and current Sacramento Kings player Ben McLemore “receiving thousands of dollars in cash” in 2013 and nationwide investigations that have attempted to unveil what a 2011 SB Nation article labeled as the “cesspool for corruption and deceit and conflicts of interest,” referring to the AAU.

Dorsey and his family managed to avoid these temptations.

“They’ve done it the right way,” Oregon Assistant Coach Tony Stubblefield said. “A lot of guys get caught up in the system. They did everything to protect him to not fall into those traps.”

***Just like when he was a senior in high school,

Dorsey is once again a newcomer on his team. This time, he’ll be aiming to help Oregon win the Pac-12 championship, and ultimately, make a deep postseason run in March. Similarly, he’ll be looking to help his team in any way, regardless of his individual accolades.

Next month, Dorsey will turn 20, about a year after he led Maranatha to its first CIF championship.

“Tyler has always been able to see the big picture,” Abunassar said. “It was always about getting better, developing and playing against the best.”

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Though it may still be wet and cold, the warmer months of music festival season are

quickly approaching, and everyone’s favorite Memorial Day Weekend fest — Sasquatch! – has recently made a lineup announcement.

Though the four-day festival, which occurs every year in the Washington Gorge, isn’t taking place for another four months, it’s never too early to start saving money for a ticket, planning a road trip with friends and, most importantly, figuring out which bands you want to see.

This year, Sasquatch is host to not only big-name artists such as The Cure, Florence and The Machine, A$AP Rocky and Sufjan Stevens, but many lesser-known acts who are worth seeing as well.

Here’s a playlist featuring a few of the bands listed in the roster’s small print that are worth listening to.

These songs are compiled in a Spotify playlist at emrld.co/1RCAEVA.

1. HIBOU - “DISSOLVE”Hibou is the solo project of Craft Spells’

drummer, Peter Michael. Hibou definitely retains some of Craft Spells’ musical styling — dreamy reverb-ridden, cheerful guitar with an inherently danceable nature that carries gliding melancholy attributes akin to bands like Real Estate and Diiv.

2. SPEEDY ORTIZ - “AMERICAN HORROR”

Speedy Ortiz has a very singular sound to say the least. Led by dissonant, noisy guitar, an apt amount of feedback and lead singer Sadie Dupuis’ demanding, yet apathetic, vocals, the Massachusetts-based band brings forth a unique and untouchable mixture of noise pop and indie rock.

3. AUTOLUX - “SUGARLESS”Los Angeles-based band Autolux is

still going strong after 15 years. The band will be releasing their third studio album, Pussy’s Dead, in April of this year — just in time for their performance at Sasquatch. The band puts forth a powerful sound with hints of shoegazers My Bloody Valentine and noise-rockers Sonic Youth, though they ultimately meld these influences into a style that is completely their own.

4. BULLY - “MILKMAN”Bully is a grunge band for the modern

ages. Led by front woman and guitarist Alicia Bognanno’s slightly raspy vocals, akin to a higher-pitched Courtney Love, the band puts forth noisy indie anthems with a feminine twist made for the big stage.

5. HOP ALONG - “WAITRESS”Hop Along lead singer Frances

Quinlan’s vocals are indescribably emotional. From gravelly whispers to full-fledged, soaring wails, Quinlan adds an extremely passionate and personal touch to the Philadelphia-based band’s alternative folk styling.

6. CHELSEA WOLFE - “FERAL LOVE”

A mixture of goth, electronic and elements of black metal, Chelsea Wolfe’s sound is without a doubt dark. Though riddled with doom and gloom, and sometimes sounding downright chilling, Wolfe’s music is undeniably enchanting, beautiful and powerful.

7. CARIBOU - “CAN’T DO WITHOUT YOU”

On the surface, Caribou, the moniker of electronic producer Dan Snaith, creates very danceable electronica. But Caribou’s music is much more than just that. Caribou also weaves emotionally evocative elements into his songs, seamlessly adding a layer of personality that can sometimes be omitted from the genre.

8. YO LA TENGO - “YOU CAN HAVE IT ALL”

Though Yo La Tengo have been making critically acclaimed music since 1984, the indie-rock band never really reached mainstream success, resulting in a small-font billing on the Sasquatch lineup. Led by Ira Kaplan and Georgia Hubley’s calming vocals, Yo La Tengo has, in my opinion, never put out anything short of a solid release.

Other smaller-font artists to look out for at Sasquatch this May: La Luz, Tacocat, Vince Staples, Titus Andronicus, Julia Holter, Shannon and the Clams.

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Sasquatch! attendees enjoying the sounds at last year’s festival. (Cole Elsasser)

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sport to prominence

Oregon wrestling was cut as a Division I sport in 2007. A new club at UO hopes to revitalize the sport on campus.

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Ron Finley coached the Oregon wrestling program to its first conference title in 1975 and its highest ever NCAA tournament finish (11) in 1980. He saw his players win 22 All-America awards and 44 conference titles while winning conference coach of the year twice.

He still shakes his head when he thinks about the day the Oregon athletic department cut its wrestling team in 2007.

“They weren’t supposed to cut programs; they were supposed to add programs,” Finley said.

It’s been eight years since Oregon competed in the sport. But this 2015-2016 school year, senior Daniel Larman successfully brought the sport back to the UO as a new club team.

“The history of the program is a big source of motivation for me with the club,” said Larman. “What I’m doing is worthwhile for the sport because it’s helping bring back something that was a great program and was lost.”

The club team’s path to recognition wasn’t easy, though. It began when Larman was a sophomore and submitted the required paperwork to create the team. According to Larman, the club office “would not look at the request for two terms.”

In the fall term of 2014 – his junior year – the team was put on a year-long “probation.”

“We couldn’t rent out practice facilities and we couldn’t compete,” Larman said. “We couldn’t even say we were a club, even though we secretly were.”

The club office did not comment on the policy for new teams.

It took a year and a half for Larman to say he’s officially an Oregon club wrestler.

When Finley thinks about the new club team, he’s met with a crossroad of joy and concern.

“I think the guys definitely deserve a right to wrestle,” Finley said. “But I think it’s hard to get it back into a varsity sport once it’s in a club sport.”

Finley is concerned about another factor of Oregon’s new team: practicing.

Larman, in his original application, requested for five practice days per week. Yet the team is allowed only two practices, a total of four hours per week.

“You can’t get good working out two days a week,” Finley said. “You got to train. Wrestling is a conditioning sport – you’ve got to train every day.”

The team is “still developing,” says Larman, with a small group of committed wrestlers. But they’re missing a leader.

“We’ve tried just about everything [to get a coach],” Larman said. “Occasionally a name will pop-up, but people have stuff in their lives, so, surprisingly, no one has been open to coach.”

Without a coach, an official roster or competitions scheduled, the club team remains in the maturation phase. But what can be said for certain about wrestling at the University of Oregon:

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#oscarssowhite is an important statement — but targets symptom, not disease

The nominations for the 88th Annual Academy Awards were

unveiled on the morning of Jan. 15. The annual celebration of cinema is coined “Hollywood’s Biggest Night,” as a time to reflect on a year of movie-going and award the latest achievements of the medium. But for the second year in a row, an uncomfortable cloud hung over the ceremony.

As John Krasinski and Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs read off the nominees for the major categories, an unfortunate trend reared its head. Not a single major nominee of the ceremony was a person of color. Social media was quick to react, revitalizing the hashtag #OscarsSoWhite to criticize the lack of diversity on display.

In the following week, the controversy reached a fever pitch. Jada Pinkett and Will Smith publicly boycotted the ceremony, as well as director Spike Lee. Instead of analyzing the merit of the best films of 2015, the conversation is one of representation on screen. In reaction to the controversy, rumors floated that the Academy may shift its nomination

rules to increase the range of recognized performances.

Vanity Fair reports that the Best Actor and Best

Actress categories will expand to 10 nominees apiece, mirroring

a similar change that occurred within the Best Picture category in 2010. The change would honor not just the top five performances as nominated by the

voting board, but also honor those who received more than a specific percentage of votes by the board. It’s suggested that such a shift would’ve seen nominations for performances like Idris Elba in Beasts of No Nation, Michael B. Jordan in Creed and Jason Mitchell in Straight Outta Compton.

It’s a change that seems increasingly inevitable for an Academy under fire. Unfortunately, it’s a patch for the visible symptom and not the underlying disease. #OscarsSoWhite is intending to expose the Academy as a biased judge of Hollywood. But the real tragedy is that the Academy might be working precisely as intended.

The #OscarsSoWhite campaign hits at an uncomfortable truth within Hollywood. Minority representation is disproportionately low, with major studios hesitant to produce films that speak to non-white communities. The logic is rooted in anglocentrism, suggesting that while a film starring white characters will speak to everyone - a film that stars minorities can only speak to a ‘niche’ audience of that particular culture.

In a recent UCLA study, minorities were underrepresented as film leads in a ratio greater than 2:1. Then there are situations like the upcoming Gods of Egypt, wherein characters of Egyptian descent are portrayed by white Hollywood actors. Studios are cautious to cast minorities at the front of major pictures, and that’s what results in lineups like this year’s list of nominations.

Of all the films of 2015, only two seemed to feature African-American talent— and have a space in the Oscar conversation. Had Creed’s Ryan Coogler gotten a Best Director

nomination, or Straight Outta Compton received enough votes to appear on the Best Picture list, would that solve the underlying anger that #OscarsSoWhite capitalizes upon? Rather than address the real problem, Hollywood seems content to patch up the most visible evidence of prejudice.

Personally, I’m in favor of the Academy expanding more categories to a 10 nominee structure. As we saw in 2010, it gave attention to fantastic movies that didn’t meet the typical Oscar mold: films like Up, District 9 and Her. Beyond the ones mentioned above, 2015 had phenomenal performances that ducked under the five-nominee limit of their category. But it’s irresponsible to insist that this is enough. It’s deeply important that this conversation is arising within Hollywood, and it could be the time to change the status quo.

The casting logic of the movie business is stuck in a rut, and one that doesn’t even stand to make economic sense. Two of 2015’s biggest films, Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Furious 7, boast leads of color. The biggest star by box office gross this year is Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, a Samoan who is hardly the classic Hollywood archetype of a leading man. Yet despite this, opportunities for actors of color are uncharacteristically low. Moments like this can be wake-up calls to an industry, but not if they are settled by symbolic gestures.

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