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With the help of a raincoat and other obvious camping gear, these items will help you to weather the weather in the rainy Pacific Northwest.

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Calling Oregon’s weather bipolar would be an understatement. Often in the course of one day, the Pacific Northwest brings almost every type of climate imaginable. Grabbing both a raincoat and sunglasses on the way out of the house is not unheard of. In fact, it is advised.

We Oregonians rest assured that there is always a chance of rain but cling to the hope that the sun will still make an appearance.

This constant forecast of uncertainty has taught us to be prepared in the face of constantly changing weather, especially rain. There are some things that can’t be solved with just a raincoat.

Camping in the Pacific Northwest is all fun and games until you wake up to a puddle in your tent and find out that all your stuff is soaked – nothing says “bummer” like cold, wet clothing. But this shouldn’t mean that summer is the only season to camp in our beautiful, temperate rainforests.

If you are feeling inclined to face the rain and set up camp, here are some tips to staying dry and enjoying the unpredictable Oregon weather:

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BRING A LARGE TARP (OR TWO) – Although most tents come with a “waterproof” fly, they can be somewhat unreliable in an unexpected downpour. There are tents that are basically built to withstand a blizzard, but if you are trying to stay within a budget, a large blue tarp is a great alternative and serves many functions.

Tarps are most effective as water-proofers. Laying one on the ground inside your tent will be more effective than underneath the tent itself.

Also, suspending a tarp on a string to form a “tent above the tent” will create a larger and more secure dry space.

If necessary, a tarp is also great as a makeshift water catchment system.

PLASTIC BAGS – These aren’t just for snacks. Keeping electronics and other miscellaneous items dry is imperative to a successful camping trip. Zip-lock your phones, iPods, socks, lighters or anything relatively small that is sensitive to water damage.

SOCKS – Happy feet means a happy camper. Therefore, socks can be the worst item to get wet on a camping trip. Because the weather won’t exactly be conducive to air-drying any clothing, make sure to have one or two extra pairs of socks on deck to keep your feet toasty and your spirits high.

JETBOIL: FLASH LITE COOKING SYSTEM – Cooking food over a fire in the woods is the quintessential image of a classic camping trip. Unfortunately, a fire is extremely difficult to create with nothing but wet wood surrounding you. The JETBOIL Flash Lite Cooking System is a lightweight and stress-reducing cooking system that requires absolutely no dry wood – not even matches. It lights with the press of a button, boils water within minutes, and doubles as a bowl. If you are an avid camper, this is a great investment.

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Friday 4/1Umbrella Festival of Circus and Com-

edy, all weekend, 3000 NE Alberta St., $80 weekend pass or $25 per show

The fifth Annual Portland Umbrella Festival will appeal to all fans of circus, comedy, burlesque, drag, dance and music. On Friday, the Caravan of Glam presents a “queer cabaret” and what they claim is the “biggest, baddest drag circus this town has ever seen.” Some shows are 21+, but most can be attended by all ages.

Saturday 4/2‘80s Video Dance Attack, 9 p.m., 1332 W

Burnside St., $6, 21+

Guests are encouraged to wear 80’s-themed clothing like neon mesh shirts and striped leg warmers, and ladies should crimp their hair to “travel back to the 1980s.” Classic music videos will be projected, along with a light show and thumping sound system.

Sunday 4/3Ellie Goulding at the Moda Center, 7

p.m., 1 North Center Court Street, $35-60

Grammy award nominee and Billboard chart topper Ellie Goulding has come to the U.S. for her Delirium World Tour, and Portland is on her itinerary this weekend. The Delirium album debuted at number three on the UK Albums Chart and the US Billboard 200. It earned Goulding a Grammy nomination for “Love Me Like You Do.”

Friday 4/1Rockabilly Ukulele Workshop, 7 p.m.,

791 W. 8th Ave., $30

Ukulele master Stuart Fuchs is returning to Eugene to teach a ukulele workshop in rock ‘n’ roll style. Afterwards, Fuchs will play a short set of his own music and then host an informal meet-and-greet. All ukulele skill levels are welcome.

Saturday 4/2Underwear Party at the Wayward

Lamb, 10 p.m., 150 West Broadway, $5, 21+

Under a blacklight, body-positive people can dance together at the Wayward Lamb this weekend. Glowing body paint will be provided and Space-themed underwear is encouraged. The night of fun will continue until 2:30 a.m.

Sunday 4/3The Price is Right Live Filming, 7

p.m., 7th Avenue and Willamette Street, $45-60

The Price is Right is filming live at the Hult Center, and you (yes you, broke college student) can win big. Contestants on The Price is Right Live are selected entirely at random among those in the audience. Registration takes place at the Hult Center on the day of the show starting at 4 p.m.

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The UO Stand Up Society is hosting a three-night comedy event benefiting Alzheimer’s re-search. The event began on Thurs-day, March 31. Friday’s show will feature improvisation comedy, and Saturday’s show will feature stand up comedy sets from university students and Eugene comics.

“It’s a good opportunity to showcase the talent of the comedi-ans on this campus and in Eugene, with the proceeds going to charity,” said Charlie Craft, member of the UO Stand Up Society.

Hilarity for Charity was cre-ated by comedian Seth Rogen as a way to raise funds for Alzheimer’s research, and has now expanded

into Hilarity For Charity U, a nationwide fundraiser at univer-sities across the country. This is the third year the event has taken place at UO. The school that raises the most money will receive an in-person visit from Rogen himself.

“Going around promoting the event, I’ve been surprised by how many times people shared stories about how Alzheimer’s has affected their lives,” Craft said. “It’s opening my eyes to how widespread the disease is.”

Tickets cost $5 at the door for each show, but a $12 pass will al-low entry to all three nights. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. each night with the show beginning at 8 p.m.

UO Stand Up Society presents: Hilarity for Charity UHilarity for Charity comedy show at Villard Hall’s Pocket Playhouse, Friday, April 1 and Saturday, April 2 at 8 p.m., 102 Villard Hall, $5-12

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AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR TV

Television changes with every year, every presidency and every major world event. Looking back at the ‘80s and ‘90s, the landscape of television was entirely different; we couldn’t simply tune in any time online. Waiting for one’s favorite television show was a ritual in itself. Even the content behind shows’ stories have changed with the times: no longer are sitcom characters prohibited in their actions or decisions by the lack of a cell phone or Google.

In the classic Seinfeld episode “The Chinese Restaurant,” George Costanza waits at the aforementioned Chinese restaurant for a call from his date. The majority of the episode centers around George having to use the restaurant’s phone, which people keep taking before he can get to it. In a modern day Seinfeld episode, George would most likely have a cell phone and his date would just call him from there. This plot couldn’t exist today because the episode’s central problem could be immediately solved.

Shows such as Master of None, Love, and You’re The Worst have all used their characters’ smartphones as a major plot device. In Master of None, half an episode is dedicated to Dev (Aziz Ansari) waiting on a text from a woman he wants to take on a date as his friends give advice about what he

should do if she bails. In Love, multiple episodes use smartphones to further the story. In one episode, Gus (Paul Rust) sends a risky text to his love interest Mickey (Gillian Jacobs) and waits all day for her to respond – like “The Chinese Restaurant,” but with no limitation of place.

Just as Seinfeld’s lack of smartphones has rendered some of the humor dated, the usage of smartphones in the plotlines of Master Of None and Love makes the future watchability of these shows questionable. Will their dependence on modern-day conversations and technologies dated?

Seinfeld is still a great show, but we now might see some of its situations and conflicts as silly because we in the modern age can deal with them with a simple Google search.

Will tomorrow’s audiences also find our current shows silly because they know they can solve their conflicts with some unknown future technology?

In the meantime, all we have to worry about is when we’re gonna find the time to binge-watch all those episodes sitting in our DVR.

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Braedon Kwiecien is the Sex and Relationships columnist at the Emerald. He writes to help University of Oregon students in all walks of life. Follow him on Twitter @Braedonjames

FEELIN’ LOVE SICKYou know what a fever is, and you

know which season spring is, but when the Emerald’s Sex and Relationships columnist warns you about “spring fever,” you know it’s not the same one your grandma is talking about.

When winter is here in Eugene, and the sun only peeks out once or twice a month because it confused us for California, melatonin rises and serotonin decreases in our bodies.

These are two chemicals that deal with our emotions and can be affected by our exposure to the sun. In the sunnier months, serotonin levels rise and melatonin levels fall. So what does this mean for University of Oregon students?

Studies connecting the many health benefits of sunshine to a boost in serotonin and vitamin D have proven that as the sun comes out and heat rises, our libidos (aka sex drives) rise too. We are hardwired to get a little more than excited when winter turns and spring comes around the corner. It could be that a little more skin is getting exposed or you just shaved for the first time in a month, but it’s also no coincidence that a rise in serotonin, also known as “the happy hormone,” coincides with a rise in sexual activity.

This idea conflicts with other data showing that more couples conceive in the late summer and early fall. Perhaps the sun is getting us frisky, but we aren’t ready to blossom like the tulips all around campus until later in the year.

Although all this seems fine and dandy, this change in hormonal balances seems to have different effects for others. If you feel slightly more agitated or restless and don’t think it’s because blood is rushing from your brain to your genitals, you may be feeling some of the negative effects of spring fever.

This can lead to sporadic days of irritability or sadness mixed with days when you’re over it and love the sun.

This uncertainty about being happy or irritable, being ready for the spring or not, wanting to spend time outside or coop up with a book will make it even harder to feel comfortable with your feelings.

For individuals with Seasonal Affective Disorder, this is a big deal. When you are feeling down in the winter and begging for the spring, your sunshine savior may seem a little disappointing. Not to worry, this is your hormones figuring out what the new status quo is and you’ll be feeling bright and shiny fairly soon.

Finally, the spring is a time of change and some couples fear this change more than others. In the winter months, we hibernate with our significant others, but more frequently than in any other season, couples tend to break up at the beginning of spring throughout March and April.

One study conducted by London based data-journalist David McCandless found that couples are three times as likely to break up at the start of spring than at an annual low near the end of summer.

Good listening skills and communication will help if you want to avoid this phenomenon. Also, not making offensive April fools jokes helps too!

So watch out for the spring folks. Whether you’re making out, breaking up or just don’t know what’s up, let’s all just blame it on spring fever — and if you’re feeling too feverish, you may just have to skip class and enjoy some of that marvelous sunshine.

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With the rapid addition of food vendors in the Erb Memorial Union, readily compostable products have had a slow start.

Student Mike Schwentner, a member of the Zero Waste Program, a group dedicated to creating sustainable choices around campus, says that EMU vendors are producing too much waste and students need to be more aware.

“I just wanted to put all the vendors in [the EMU] on blast and put awareness out for students,” Schwentner said. “That awareness can put pressure on the vendors to become more green.”

Schwentner says his biggest issue is with Starbucks.

“The reason I want to pick on Starbucks a little more is because [its] primary product is a drink, so [it] produces a lot of these drink cups and they’re not compostable,” Schwentner said.

Tom Driscoll, Associate Director for Housing and Food Services, says there have been many conversations with Starbucks to combat this issue.

“We’ve talked to Starbucks about the idea of compostable cups. I think [Starbucks is] looking into it. There is a cost issue there and [Starbucks has] other ways to handle that like the 10 cent discount for reusable cups,” Driscoll said. “In some ways, the customer can participate in the solution because reusable is a better solution than compostable.”

On the other hand, Schwentner says that Joe’s Burgers has done a better job of integrating green products.

“One of the most green places here, I feel, is Joe’s because everything is compostable including [its] drink

cups,” Schwentner said.Driscoll says vendors have been

proactive in making changes to be more compliant with the Zero Waste Program.

Vendors are encouraged to mimic campus dining procedures, but can run into roadblocks because they are independent businesses and have their own costs to control, Driscoll said.

“You know it was a mad dash to get each one of them open and operating, and now we’re working with them to help them take advantage of the opportunity to compost on campus. That may not necessarily be a part of their normal operation elsewhere, so we’re learning about that and they’re getting up to speed,” Schwentner said.

The Zero Waste Program Manager Karyn Kaplan says she hopes that new vendors will pay more attention to the waste they are producing before they open their doors and that preexisting vendors will make changes.

Kaplan says that when the old EMU was open, Panda Express went to [its] national company and was able to change [its] styrofoam to-go boxes to a material that can be composted.

“People have the opportunity to reduce consumption and do things with care like knowing what goes where,” Kaplan said. “You have an impact by doing the right thing. It affects a much bigger part than just you.”

Mike Schwentner’s views do not reflect those of the Zero Waste Program as a whole.

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Spring term is known for being the

fun term: a lot of seniors will soon

be graduating, freshmen are finally

feeling settled in, everyone has

eyes set on the summer and even faculty are a

little jazzed.

Whether you want to be in nature, explore

Eugene or hang out with friends, a bike

and a good trail make it all the better. And

even better news? Lane County has plenty

of bike trails, paths and roads to choose

from. Whether you want to coast along with

the wind in your helmet or mountain bike

through forests and around waterfalls, Eugene

alone has over 100 miles of biking paths and

shared roadways and is frequently ranked as

one of the most bike friendly cities in America.

For affordable bike rentals or free

maintenance, make sure to check out the UO

Bike Program at the corner of 18th Avenue

and University Street. The group will also

be hosting a bike appreciation day on April

6 in front of Lillis Business Complex for free

minor adjustments and maintenance that

your bike will need before riding around these

wonderful trails.

Fern Ridge TrailDistance: ~7 miles one waySkill Level: EasyType of bike: AnyClosest Starting Point: W. 15th Avenue and

Jefferson Street

The Fern Ridge Trail officially starts about a mile off campus, right around Jefferson Park. The path follows the Amazon Creek to the west. This trail might be close to campus, but it makes you feel like school and stress are a world away. Known for passing through some of the best plant and wildlife viewing areas in Eugene, this bike path also includes several pedestrian bridge crossings over Amazon Creek and enters the West Eugene Wetlands. This will offer a refreshing escape on a spring day. For committed road bikers, this seven mile path can easily become a 21 mile jaunt to Richardson Park on the far side of Fern Ridge Lake.

Riverbank Path SystemDistance: ~7 miles one waySkill level: EasyType of bike: AnyClosest Starting Point: The corner of Franklin

Street and Agate Street

Extending east to Island Park and northwest to Owosso Bike Bridge, the riverbank path system follows both banks of the Willamette River through some of Eugene’s largest parks such as Alton Baker and Skinner Butte. As you ride, you will pedal through diverse scenery from local vistas to the downtown heart of Eugene and even to nearby historical monuments. These paths are paved and have broad curves to coast around as well as restrooms and fountains nearly every mile. The path system includes five pedestrian bridges crossing the Willamette River and many different views on either side. This will be great for a quick, relaxing escape from campus or a fun ride with friends.

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Spring cycling is good for the body and the brain. (Courtesy of Ryan Lund)


Alder BikewayDistance: ~3 miles one waySkill Level: EasyType of bike: AnyClosest Starting Point: Anywhere on Alder

Street.

If you are looking to cruise through the ‘burbs, this is the one for you: Alder Bikeway is the longest shared roadway running south from the university, which means it is bike friendly with typically low traffic and perfect for getting you somewhere for lunch on a sunny afternoon. From Broadway Avenue to Kincaid Park, Alder Street passes by our ever-busy campus and leads to the Amazon Parkway bike path: an even safer path to ride through the city. If you’re a commuter, want to get to a friend’s place in Eugene with few automotive hazards or would like to bike to any of the numerous vendors on Alder Street, Alder Bikeway is your best bet.

McKenzie River TrailDistance: ~26 miles one waySkill Level: ModerateType of bike: Mountain bikeClosest Starting Point: 1 mile east of McKenzie

Bridge on Highway 126

Considered America’s number one trail by Bike Magazine, the McKenzie River Trail passes waterfalls, wood bridges, old-growth forest, crystal blue pools and follows alongside the beautiful McKenzie. This is 26 miles of gorgeous, single track biking. Most people drive to the bottom of the trail, take a shuttle to the top with their bikes, then ride the downhill path back to the car. The shuttle costs $30 per person, so you might want to take two cars and leave one at the bottom to avoid the fee. You will also have to drive 50 miles outside of Eugene for this trail, but it will be sure to satisfy your wanderlust. If you want to make a weekend out of it, the surrounding area offers great camping, rafting and nearby hot springs, just in case the best biking trail in the United States isn’t enough for you.

Ridgeline TrailDistance: ~4 miles one waySkill Level: ModerateType of bike: Mountain bikeClosest Starting Point: 4699 Spring Blvd.

The Ridgeline Trail is perfect if you are looking to escape the city but don't want to go too far. Starting at the Spring Boulevard Trailhead in southeast Eugene, this trail will take you through about a mile of Mount Baldy’s pine forest with an elevation gain of 300 feet. You will then coast down Dillard Road for almost half a mile until you find the Dillard West Trailhead, which will lead you to Amazon Headwaters Park after two and half miles of downhill forest cruising. Between Dillard Road and Amazon Headwaters Park, these trails connect to paths leading to Spencer Butte. There you can ditch the bike for a little while and enjoy a hike to one of Eugene’s most panoramic view points. The Ridgeline Trail succeeds in providing access to nearby adventure any day of the week.

McKenzie River Trail provides a length excursion for those looking to bike outside Eugene. (Connor Henzel)

According to Bike Magazine, McKenzie River Trail is the best

bike trail in the country.(Connor Henzel)

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One (1) Faculty-at-Large position for a two (2) year term

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One month and one regular season tournament separate the Oregon men’s golf team from the beginning of championship season.

It hasn’t been the season head coach Casey Martin envisioned. Compared to last season’s breakthrough, in which the Ducks won five regular season tournaments, they’ve finished first in just one tournament this year. The Western Intercollegiate, taking place from April 11-13 in Santa Cruz, California, will be Oregon’s last chance to measure itself before the championship season begins.

“It’s not for lack of effort–we’re trying super hard and the guys are doing a great job,” Martin said. “We just haven’t quite found our flow yet.”

The past two tournaments suggest the Ducks are headed in the right direction. Oregon placed second at the Northwest Classic in Canby, Oregon on March 22. Redshirt junior Sulman Raza’s finished in the individual competition as well. Redshirt junior Nigel Lett and sophomore Aaron Wise finished second and third, respectively.

Four days later, the Ducks finished fifth out of 25 teams at The Goodwin in Stanford, California.

“Everyone else kind of feels the pressure that they want to join [Sulman and Aaron],” Martin said. “They’re doing everything they can, it’s just a matter of relaxing, getting out of our way and letting it happen.”

Behind Raza and Wise, Oregon’s lineup has been inconsistent. Seniors Zach Foushee and Brandon McIver most recently finished 59th and 50th at The Goodwin. Junior Thomas Lim, who played in three of Oregon’s fall tournaments, hasn’t appeared in a lineup since early November.

When asked about Lim’s status after Wednesday’s practice, Martin said,

“I’m going to kind of let that go. I’d prefer not to chat about that.”

In Lim’s absence, freshman Edwin Yi and Lett have rotated in and out of the lineup. Martin knows each golfer is capable of playing well in stretches, but neither has distanced himself from the other when playing in the team’s lineup.

“They’ve played well as individuals but when they’ve played on the team they haven’t had their best, which is pretty common, there’s a little more pressure,” Martin said.

Martin has seen one through six in his lineup play high-level golf this season. That’s why at this point in the season, he’s focused more on the mental approach to tournaments. The pressure will increase as the championship season begins, particularly with the NCAA Championships taking place at Eugene Country Club.

“I don’t think it’s anything result-wise, it’s just getting better in our process, getting better at what we’re working on,” Wise said. “We’re trying to get out of the technical side of the game and more into playing with a free mind and really clearing things up.”

Raza echoed Wise’s stance.“I think it’s, for us mentally, to not

get so hard on ourselves because we do from time to time,” he said. “Mentally it’s just going out and getting lost in our process, kind of trusting where our team is at and bringing that same mentality into the postseason.”

After the Ducks finish their regular season, they will play in the Pac-12 Championship, which begins April 29 in Salt Lake City.

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MEN’S GOLF: A SHIFT IN PROCESS

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Men’s golf is hoping to improve during the

second half of its season. (Adam Eberhardt)


It was a moment that will live with her forever.As she walks towards the pitcher’s circle during

the christening of Jane Sanders stadium, Oregon softball player Sammie Puentes isn’t focused on the 1,600 people watching her.

Singing the national anthem is going to be the greatest moment of her life. All she has to do is take the mic, trust her practice and let her pipes take over.

“That was the most nervous I’ve ever felt in my entire life — I was so afraid of forgetting the lyrics that I was panicking beforehand and didn’t know if I’d be able to actually do it,” Puentes said.

As long as she can remember, Puentes has loved to sing. Besides the shampoo and conditioner in her shower, Puentes’ only audience was her mom.

“My mom had a beautiful voice and she used to sing a lot, but then she stopped for a long time and her [singing] voice never came back,” Sammie said. “She would still sing to my sister and me, but

now it’s me with the singing voice and I owe that to her.”

Sammie and her mother Sara Puentes would sing together whenever they were in the car: mainly Alicia Keys’ “If I Ain’t Got You” and the Dixie Chicks.

Although Puentes appears confident in everything she does, she considers live performances one of her biggest fears — that’s why you’ll only find her singing in videos she posts to her 10,500 followers on Instagram.

“It’s totally different singing online because I can record myself first and listen to it and decide if it’s good enough to post,” Sammie said. “I’ve never had one negative comment but I’m just not ready for it and don’t know how I’ll react.”

While all of the comments she receives both online and by friends who watch the videos are nothing but positive, her own fear is something that limits her potential for a singing career after her time wearing green and yellow is over.

“I’m moving to LA for sure and I know I want to do something with music,” Sammie said. “I really hope to sing, so that’s why that moment was so big to me, but I just know I’ll be working in the music industry.”

After Sammie grabs the mic from Oregon Associate Athletic Director Lisa Peterson and the background music starts to play, her natural instincts take over. What comes out is a beautiful rendition of “The Star Spangled Banner” that has everybody in the crowd transfixed.

Not only does that moment mark the christening of Jane Sanders Stadium, it is also foundational for the rest of Sammie Puentes’ life.

“Singing is definitely my passion — I’ve always wanted to become a singer but obviously my confidence is holding me back,” Sammie said. “That was a stepping stone by singing in front of everybody and I’m so happy I did that — I’ll remember it forever.”

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Oregon softball’s Sammie Puentes conquers her fears on the diamond with a mic in her hand.

Sammie Puentes sings the national anthem before a softball game at Jane Sanders Stadium. (Kaylee Domzalski)


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This week, my sister decided to move back in with our parents after living away from our childhood home for three years. The timespan was long enough for my mom to redo her room into what she calls “the peacock room.” She kept my sister’s bed, threw out her other worn-down furniture, and decorated everything with peacocks.

At least she didn’t turn it into a home gym.After my sister graduated college, she started

working while she waited to hear back from the graduate programs she had applied for. She didn’t get in, and when she broke up with her long-term boyfriend, whom she lived with, she decided she didn’t have enough money to live on her own.

Needless to say, she wasn’t thrilled to move back in with our parents after living away from them for several years. She was used to being independent. This is a huge setback that happens to college graduates all across the country.

According to a study by the Pew Research Center in 2012, a record number of 36 percent of college graduates were living at home. This is an increase from the 32 percent that were living at home during the 2008 recession. This statistic is obviously from four years ago, therefore the number may have slightly changed.

What is interesting is that in 2012, the economy was improving from the recession in 2008. If the

economy was improving, why were more students moving back home in 2012 than in 2007 when the economy was worse?

The main reason college graduates are moving back home is the cost of living and the increase of student debts, not the economy or the unemployment rate. Everything is too damn expensive, and college graduates are so far in debt that they have issues paying for everything.

In 2015, CNBC created a list of the top 10 best cities for college graduates. In order to make it, the writer considered statistics such as the millennial population, unemployment rate, median rent cost and nightlife of various cities. The problem with the list is that four of the cities mentioned are also included on CBS News’ list of top 10 most expensive U.S. cities: San Francisco, Seattle, Washington D.C and Boston.

Even though these cities are popular with college graduates, the cost of rent is too high for graduates to live comfortably. Even though the unemployment rate may be down, it doesn’t make it easier for a college graduate to pay expensive rent with the new job they may have obtained.

In a Slate article, Jordan Weissmann said, “When it comes to 20- and 30-somethings living with Mom and Dad, it’s possible we’re looking at something close to a new normal.”

This may be due in part to the fact that college

loans are becoming increasingly high. Here at the University of Oregon, the tuition for in-state students is around $10,900 per year. For out of state students, it is about $34,000. That is not including the cost of living.

In a study conducted by two Federal Reserve Board economists, Lisa Dettling and Joanne Hsu, it was found that, “The rise of student debt and delinquencies could potentially explain about 30 percent of the increased frequency with which 20-somethings moved back in with their parents.”

So while the economy has been blamed for the reason college graduates are being forced to move back home, this may not be the real cause.

For graduates, such as my sister, it is not their fault that they must move back home after graduation. It can be hard to work enough to both pay off loans and pay for expensive rent. College graduates should stop blaming themselves for not making enough money to live. And parents of these college graduates should stop guilt-tripping them.

Just because our parents were able to move out of the house at 18, doesn’t mean we can. We are living in a different world, full of loans and expensive rent. There’s nothing we can do about it, so let’s just accept that we may have to move back to our childhood bedroom.

The struggle new graduates are facing

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The movie National Lampoon’s Animal House debuted in the summer of 1978 — the same year people fell in love with Sandy and Danny in Grease, the two notes, “duh-nuh,” caused nightmares with Jaws 2 and Robert De Niro was the all-out macho man, Michael, in the premier of The Deer Hunter.

Since all these movies are a little off my radar — because they came out 15 years before I was born — I like to compare Animal House to movies of my time, such as Superbad, the American Pies and Old School. But the thing that sets the 1978 hit apart from these other slapstick college movies is its connection to the city it was filmed in: Eugene. Not only does the film’s location add to the movie, in my opinion, but Animal House did a lot for our city as well.

The University of Oregon and Eugene are never explicitly mentioned in the movie, but I think anyone familiar with the area can recognize Johnson Hall, the EMU fishbowl, Hayward Field, Autzen Stadium, the Phi Kappa Psi house on 11th and Hilyard and even a few campus lecture halls. There are also shots of the surrounding area, such as the drive-ins at Skinner’s Butte, the drive out toward Dexter Lake and the parade that was filmed in nearby Cottage Grove.

For a lot of movies, the city it takes place in isn’t really that important when it has nothing to do with the plot line. In Animal House, Eugene isn’t necessarily a part of the story either, but as a Eugenian myself, I think the city fits well with the film’s overall vibe. Aspects of Eugene’s culture, both positive and negative, make their way into

the movie, adding to the overall Animal House appeal.

The hippy culture in Eugene was a perfect match for Animal House’s retro bits. Think: the boring literature professor who turned out to be a good teacher, not in academia, but in smoking weed. The way Professor Jennings lives in the movie, his quirky mannerisms and knowledge of marijuana, encompasses a popular type of Eugenian.

There is also the aspect of majority-whiteness in the movie, which is yet another tie to Eugene. The city’s unfortunate history with white supremacy, and the glaring reality that has lasted through time, is that there is still an obvious disparity in Eugene and the UO with ethnic diversity. Now, I think we’ve moved away from a lot of the outright racism that is found in the movie — like referring to Black people as “negros” and using a confederate flag as décor – but again, Eugene is, sadly, the perfect place for a movie with Animal House’s particular ensemble.

Overall, I think the setting of UO is relevant to the movie that stars a once-SNL favorite, John Belushi, a young-Kevin Bacon and a non-villainous Donald Sutherland. Our campus provides a traditional collegiate environment for Animal House, and one that brings a unique Pacific Northwest tinge.

Like any good pairing, the relationship between Animal House and Eugene is not one-sided.

It has been said that for three decades following the film’s release, “the University of Oregon tried, unsuccessfully, to hide its participation in Animal

House,” according to Jim Scheppke of Oregon Encyclopedia. I mean, it’s understandable that the university didn’t want to be associated with a film that capitalizes on sexual assault in college, unnecessary animal cruelty, gun violence and an excessive amount of cliché characters, but by justifying the time period when the movie took place, the university, Eugene and surrounding areas have welcomed Animal House into the local culture in a big way.

We sing “Shout” at our sporting events — the infamous toga party rendition by Otis Day and the Knights. We saw Nike’s homage to the song and movie last year in a video featuring some star-studded Oregon alumni. Incoming Ducks hear about famous filming locations from the movie on campus tours. And in 2012, an Original Animal House Saloon, yet to open for business, was even built to pay tribute.

There is no doubt that Animal House has contributed to the Hollywood film culture, as well as our local culture, which, I believe, is mirrored by how much our campus and city gave to the movie.

Negina Pirzad is an opinion columnist at the Emerald. The Weekly Ponder is her column discussing the latest trends and news in pop culture. Follow Negina on twitter @Neginapepina.

University of Animal HouseThe cult classic had an undeniable effect on campus

culture at UO. But the campus may have made just as much of an impact on the film.

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