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• A University of Oregon alum, white and male, asked us why the Pioneer Mother statue was toppled and stored away along with the Pioneer Father … Continue reading
Year: 2020
Rename The Whit
Across the country people are objecting to statues and place names that are tied to slavery and racial oppression. At the University of Oregon, the … Continue reading
Addicted
A Seattle singer-songwriter faces the music three decades after Cobain
The Seattle music scene of the ’90s that gave rise to a slew of now legendary bands — Nirvana, Soundgarden and Pearl Jam, to name … Continue reading
What About All Those Other Counties?
Rename Deady Hall? Take down the pioneer statues? Where does it end? Are we going to rename 13 Oregon counties? Presidents Washington, Jefferson, Jackson and … Continue reading
Vets Against Militarization
Oregon vets organize against using military force on protesters
On the evening of June 1, Secret Service and military police violently cleared Lafayette Square in Washington, D.C., of the hundreds of demonstrators who gathered … Continue reading
Why They Had to Go
Statement on the fall of the Pioneer statues
By the faculty of the UO Native American Studies Program and the Department of Indigenous, Race and Ethnic Studies On June 13, protesters pulled down a … Continue reading
‘A Much Needed Beacon’
Ever since I moved to Eugene, I’ve been a regular reader of the alternative newspapers in this town, from the Willamette Valley Observer to What’s … Continue reading
A Rainbow During the Storm
Black Lives Matter protesters continue to take action against racism and police brutality
On the morning of Juneteenth, a group of people met in front of the Wayne Morse Federal Courthouse at 5 am and began outlining letters … Continue reading
Dismantle The Police
This is a moment of reckoning in Eugene. We must move beyond empty slogans and gestures, and towards lifting up, resourcing and supporting demands from … Continue reading
Photos of the Washburne
An exhibit winding up at New Zone captures the warmth of a historic district in Springfield
Coronavirus restrictions have made this a forgettable spring on Eugene’s art gallery circuit. But as we turn the corner into summer, things are beginning to … Continue reading