Contents
4 Welcome letter from SAA Advisor
5 Info about SAA, member benefits
7 Membership Application
Chapter 1: Welcome to Oregon!
9 Brief History of Eugene
11 100 Things to Do in Eugene checklist
Chapter 2: We are OREGON: Traditions and School Spirit
Chapter 3: Back in the Day
38 Lost Traditions
40 History of the Duck (Tallfirs – present)
43 History of Duck Uniforms
45 History of Campus Buildings
49 Did you know these things about campus?
51 Oregon in the Seventies
57 The Diary of Lucille Saunders McDonald
59 Dorm Life (Excerpts from Past Residence Hall Rules)
17 About UO
18 UO History/Timeline 1876-present
21 Student Code of Conduct
22 List of Colleges, Libraries, Museums, etc.
23 Student Involvement
31 Athletics
Chapter 5: Seniors – Before You Fly Away
34 What it means to be a UO Duck
66 Senior Checklist
34 Cheers and Fight Song
67 Senior History
35 Code of ConDUCKt
68 Basic UOAA Info
70 Application for UOAA membership
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Chapter 4: Ducklings
62 Freshmen Checklist
64 Freshmen History
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University of Oregon Student
Alumni Association (SAA)
uoalumni.com/saa
The goal of the SAA is to facilitate interactions between students and alumni
and to enhance the student experience by providing opportunities that
strengthen their lifelong loyalty to UO.
You are about to embark on one of the most exciting journeys of your life.
Countless Ducks have left their marks at UO, and you are about to do the
same.
Take time to explore the EMU, and all it has to offer. Join a club to meet new
friends and make a difference. Study abroad and have an experience that will
change your life. Go to the Career Center and set-up an internship. Get some
friends together and play an intramural sport. Stay after class and talk to your
professor. Sit on the lawn and admire campus. Put on your Duck gear and
cheer at a football game.
Your Duck journey won’t end after four (or five or ten) years. The bleed-yellowand-green, die-hard, pride loving Duck spirit…it lasts for a lifetime.
We’re so excited to welcome you to some of the best years of your life.
Good luck and GO DUCKS!
Regan Moreland
Advisor
Student Alumni Association 2009-2010
All Students are Welcome!
The UO Alumni Association knows that students are the reason it is great to
be an Oregon Duck! By joining the SAA, students are able to take advantage of
alumni discounts nationwide and make connections that could last a lifetime.
Membership Benefits
Duck Deals: As a member of the SAA, you can enjoy exclusive benefits for
restaurants, entertainment, Duck merchandise, and much more with just the
show of your SAA member card. Check out the website for a complete list.
Regional Programs: Whether you’re interested in career networking,
socializing, leadership opportunities or more, the UOAA has regional chapters
and affinity groups to connect you with Ducks all over the world.
Duck to Duck Mentoring: Our mentor program is here to provide current
Ducks the opportunity to connect with our Duck alumni, across the world. If
you’re interested in e-mailing an alum to ask questions about what to expect
after graduation or if you’d like a “real world” experience by job shadowing
an alum, our mentor program has it. Our online database encourages Duck
to Duck contact, in whatever form you’re looking for. This exclusive service is
available only to SAA members.
SAA Membership Card
All members receive a membership card
in the mail after joining. Taking advantage
of the benefits is as easy as showing your
card!
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SAA Membership Form
Beat T-shirts
BEAT T-shirts have become a new Duck
tradition. Available only to SAA members,
BEAT T-shirts for all home football games
are given away to the first 1,500 members
the Friday before each game.
AC
Community Service
The SAA is very involved with University Day, which is a campus-wide
beautification event that takes place each spring. Hundreds of students, staff
and faculty gather together to plant flowers, spread bark dust, play games
and generally show that we care about campus. We also invite community
members to join us. The tradition dates back to 1905 as part of Junior
Weekend, a spirited event to prepare the university grounds for commencement
ceremonies. Though University Day has evolved since then, our roots still lie in
campus spirit and community service.
Leadership Opportunities
Membership Type
$70 SAA Life Member (freshmen and sophomores)
$35 SAA Life Member (transfer and 3-4 year students)
Make a one-time payment to become an SAA member for your entire college career at UO. Even better,
when you graduate you can apply the $70 towards a regular UO Alumni Association life membership.
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Please provide the e-mail address that you check most frequently. You will be subscribed to the SAA
Listserv that is used to disseminate program and event information.
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Address
SAA is considered the link between past, present and future Ducks and they
represent the university at various functions throughout the year. The SAA
office is located in Agate Hall, where members work directly with the Alumni
Association to create meaningful interaction between alumni and current
students. Being a SAA member allows you to interact with some of the most
involved student leaders while gaining valuable leadership experience and
having a lot of fun!
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A Brief History of Eugene
The Kalapuya Indians were the first people to live in the Willamette Valley.
Archeological evidence indicates that the Kalapuya occupied the area for
several centuries.
A hunting and gathering people, the Kalapuya frequently burned the grasses
of the valley to clear brush and provide a better habitat for the game and
vegetation they depended on for food. By the time the first white settlers
arrived, the valley was an open grassy prairie with isolated white oaks and
other trees.
The first cabin in what is now known as Eugene was erected in 1846 by Eugene
Franklin Skinner. It served as a general trading post and was authorized as a
post office in 1850. This was the first official recognition of the community.
Eugene City was platted and recorded in 1852 by Skinner and Judge David
Risdon. However, the site had its disadvantages. After heavy winter rains it
became a quagmire and earned the nickname “Skinner’s Mud Hole.” A revised
town plat was made on higher ground in 1853.
Settlers and industry arrived simultaneously. A millrace was dug in the channel
of an old slough and a flour mill and a woolen mill used its water for power.
Saw mills were also established along the banks of the Willamette River. By
1858, there were between 500 and 600 inhabitants in Eugene City. According
to one account, the residents were served by nine dry goods stores, two book
stores, a drug store, a bakery, a restaurant, two hotels, two saloons, two
printing offices, three doctors, four lawyers, four clergy, one newspaper and an
assortment of blacksmiths, cabinet makers, painters, and other trades people.
Eugene City was incorporated in 1862. Two years later, the community adopted
a charter and a new name - City of Eugene. The first election for a city council
was held in 1865. The council or Board of Trustees as it was called then,
consisted of a president, recorder, treasurer, street commissioner, marshal and
six trustees.
The first telegraph reached Eugene from Portland in 1864 and the city became
a stagecoach stop in 1865 when the Territorial Road reached Eugene.
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Transportation took a great leap forward in 1871. The Oregon-California
Railway (now Southern Pacific) was completed to Eugene in that year and the
whole town turned out to celebrate.
100 Must-Do’s in Eugene
www.abouteugene.com
Eugene is an absolutely beautiful city with a ton of fun things to do. Here is a
list of our 100 favorite things to do in Eugene. Try to check them all off before
you graduate!
Take a visit to Pre’s Rock – ranked number four in Sports Illustrated on
Campus’s “100 Things You Gotta Do Before You Graduate”.
Learn ballroom dancing at Gerlinger Hall on Friday nights.
Participate in the festivities at the Eugene Celebration.
Take a hike up Mount Pisgah or Spencer Butte.
Enjoy great local music, crafts, and tasty food downtown at
the Saturday Market (April – November).
Get into the swing of things at local golf courses like
Laurelwood.
Grab your beat t-shirt and other duck gear and head on over to Autzen
Stadium for a Duck football game.
Enjoy a performance at the historic McDonald Theatre.
Rock out at the WOW Hall.
Take in a show at the fabulous Hult Center.
Relax in the sunshine and see a performance at the
Cuthbert Amphitheater.
Join the Campbell Club.
Feed the ducks at Alton Baker Park.
See On the Rocks and Divisi perform every Friday at 4:00pm at the EMU
Amphitheater.
Run, walk, or bike along the Willamette River path.
Take a picnic to the gardens of Hendricks Park.
Participate in a community run such as the Butte to Butte, Truffle Shuffle,
or the Duck Dash Run.
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Raft or kayak down the Willamette or McKenzie River with gear from the
Outdoor Program’s barn.
Grab a calzone or fresh baked cookie at the Dough Co.
Enjoy authentic Thai food at a variety of restaurants around town.
Paint some pottery at Brush Fire or the Potter’s Quarter.
Watch fellow students perform in University Theatre productions on the
Robinson Theatre stage or in the Arena Theatre at Villard Hall.
See a movie for $1.50 at the Gateway Mall.
Volunteer at University Day.
Rent a hot tub at Onsen for an hour during finals week.
Shoot pool at the Break – downstairs in the basement of the EMU.
Chat with international students at the Mill International Center’s Coffee
Hour on Fridays (4pm-6pm).
Stop in for something decadent at Sweet Life Patisserie.
Order a hot fudge sundae at Prince Puckler’s Homemade Ice Cream.
Try ice skating at the Lane Ice Center at the fairgrounds.
Meet some friends for breakfast at The Glenwood.
Rally for safer communities at Take Back the Night.
Pick a pumpkin, take a hayride, and find your way through a corn maze at
Lone Pine Farms.
Try Studio One Cafe’s french toast and organic coffee.
Cheer for the track-and-field athletes at Hayward Field in the spring.
Go for a swim outdoors at the river or at Amazon
Swimming Pool.
Enjoy a carnival ride at the Lane County Fair.
See an artsy movie at the Bijou Art Cinemas.
Play a round of Frisbee golf on campus or at West Moreland Park.
Go to a poetry slam at the Buzz.
Get some official Oregon gear from the UO Duckstore.
Participate in UO Rec Sports.
Check out the EMU Craft Center workshops on campus each term.
Take a date to Beppe and Gianni’s Trattoria or Pappi Anatolia.
Go to a dinner-theater performance at Actors
Cabaret of Eugene.
See birds of prey at the Cascades Raptor Center.
People watch at the Oregon Country Fair.
Attend the Pre Classic in the spirit of Eugene’s own
Steve Prefontaine.
Visit the UO’s Museum of Natural and Culture History and the Jordan
Schnitzer Museum of Art.
Sample a soy latte from Espresso Roma.
Give blood at the Civil War Blood Drive.
Serve food to the homeless during Thanksgiving with Food for Lane County.
Find a beautiful bouquet of fresh flowers at the Fifth Street Public Market.
Walk the University of Oregon’s beautiful campus during the summer and
fall.
Climb a rock wall at the Student Rec Center, Skinner Butte, or Crux.
Buy used textbooks and books at the Smith Family Bookstore.
Join the Pit Crew at Mac Court for a basketball game.
Go to a laser show at the Lane Education Service District Planetarium.
Enjoy some tasty pizza at Sy’s, Track Town, or Pizza
Research Institute.
Enjoy a hot dog and cheer on the Ducks by attending a Duck baseball game.
Get outside and enjoy some outdoor activities with other
members of the Outdoor Program.
Get a late night snack from Burrito Boy.
Take a weekend drive to the hot springs.
Hang out and go shopping at the Oakway Center.
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Peruse through vintage clothes at local stores like Buffalo Exchange and
Nobody’s Baby.
Check out an improv show at the ComedySportz Theater Friday and Saturday
nights at 8:00pm.
Check out a great book, CD, or movie at the Eugene Public Library.
Hello? Learn about the evolution of the telephone at the Telephone Pioneer
Museum.
Go to a Eugene Ems baseball game at Civic Stadium.
Water-ski or wakeboard on Fern Ridge Reservoir.
Check out a performance by the lesbian improv group
Wymprov or lesbian chorus Soromundi.
Stop and smell over 4,500 roses at the beautiful Owen Memorial Rose
Garden.
Find organic vegetables at the Lane County Farmer’s Market.
Support our University of Oregon performers by checking
out a show at Beall Concert Hall.
Grab a slice of pizza at Roaring Rapids, and then walk across the parking
lot for some miniature golf at Camp Putt.
Pick blackberries along the Willamette River.
Purchase hard-to-find music and browse art that shows
off Eugene’s uniqueness at the Museum of Unfine Art and
Record Store.
Volunteer at the HIV Alliance or other community agencies.
Sample a scrumptious chocolate at Euphoria Chocolate Company.
Shop for great new clothes at the Valley River Center.
Take a drive or a hike up Skinner Butte and tour the
Shelton-McMurphey-Johnson House once you reach the top.
Rent a tube a float down the Willamette or McKenzie River.
Enjoy a delicious waffle from Off the Waffle.
Explore the Knight Library’s Special Collections Section and learn about the
history of Oregon, Eugene, and the U of O.
Help your dog make friends by taking him or her to one of Eugene’s many
local dog parks.
Grab some friends and slide down the rock slides.
Go cosmic bowling at Strike City or Southtown Lanes.
Create your own ice cream concoction and Cold Stone Creamery.
Pamper yourself at one of the many local spas like Bello and The Eugene
Wellness Center.
Visit the ducks at Alton Baker Park.
Rent bikes and bike the entire river trail.
Swim and picnic down by the Autzen foot
bridge.
Enjoy great food and live Jazz music and Jo Federigo’s Café and Bar.
Take the Lane Transit District Bus to McKenzie Bridge and ride your bike
back.
See the Oregon Bach Festival held late June through mid-July.
Grab a tent and a sleeping bag and camp out under the
stars at one of the local camp grounds.
Take a step outside Eugene and experience one of UO’s
culture nights.
Order tasty fish and chips from Newman’s Fish
Company.
See all the sites that make Eugene special by taking a tour with Experience
Oregon.
Listen to the oldest public radio station on the West Coast. KRVM 91.9 Real
Variety in Music.
Never eat the same thing twice at Bruno’s Chef’s Kitchen. Bruno changes
the menu weekly, featuring local & seasonal ingredients.
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Whether you’re here as a transfer student or you’re the first in your family to
attend college, the University of Oregon offers opportunities for everyone to get
involved on campus.
About the UO
The University of Oregon is a worldclass teaching and research university
located in the beautiful Willamette
Valley in Oregon. The UO offers a broad
spectrum of opportunities for learning
in the liberal arts and professional
programs in architecture, arts, business,
education, journalism, law, and music
and dance. In the classrooms and
laboratories, students are inspired by a
faculty of prominent scholars and work side by side with researchers involved
in breakthrough discoveries. At the UO, both students and faculty members
reach out to make connections that serve communities from small local groups
to large international organizations. Explore the University of Oregon. You will
like what you find!
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UO Timeline
1931: Museum of Art completed.
1876: University of Oregon opens, with
first students registering October
16.
1877: First building, later named Deady
Hall, completed.
1878: First class, with five members,
graduates.
1879: UO Alumni Association formed.
1884: School of Law established in Portland.
1886: Villard Hall completed. Music department added that would become
School of Music in 1902.
1893: First dormitory, Friendly Hall, opens.
1894: First football game held.
1895: First track team organized. First summer session held, near Seaside.
1900: Graduate School organized. First fraternity, Sigma Nu, established.
Associated Students of the University of Oregon (ASUO) is formed.
1904: First Rhodes scholar, Harvey Densmore, named. First sorority (later
Kappa Alpha Theta) organized.
1907: First library building, Fenton Hall, opens.
1910: Education school established. Oregana chosen as name for yearbook.
1913: Plan to consolidate University of Oregon and Oregon Agricultural College
in Corvallis defeated.
1914: Schools of commerce, architecture established.
1915: Law school moves to Eugene from Portland. Johnson Hall constructed.
1916: Journalism school created from department established in 1912.
1920: Gerlinger Hall completed. Hayward Field opens. Oregon Daily Emerald
replaces Oregon Emerald.
1926: First Ph.D. granted. McArthur Court finished.
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1932: Zorn-Macpherson bill to combine University of Oregon and Oregon State
College at Corvallis defeated. Upper-division science courses moved to
Corvallis.
1934: William Parry Murphy ’14 awarded Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine
for his research on pernicious anemia.
1937: Library completed. Law school moves into Fenton Hall.
1939: The University of Oregon Ducks, known as the Tall Firs, win first NCAA
national basketball championship. Chapman Hall opens.
1947: Athletic Director Leo Harris forms
an agreement with Walt Disney to
allow Oregon to use Donald Duck
as school’s mascot.
1949: Erb Memorial Union constructed.
1956: Oregon’s Jim Bailey runs first
sub-four-minute mile on U.S. soil
at the Coliseum Relays in Los
Angeles. Walter Brattain, M.A. ’26,
wins Nobel Prize in physics for his research on semiconductors.
1959: Institute of Molecular Biology created as one of the first U.S. institutes
to encourage interdisciplinary research. Honors College established.
1962: Oregon wins first of five NCAA men’s track championships. Virgil
Boekelheide, professor of chemistry, is first UO faculty member elected
to National Academy of Sciences.
1967: Autzen Stadium completed.
1969: University of Oregon elected to elite Association of American
Universities.
1970: Men’s track and field coach Bill Bowerman and former Ducks track star
Phil Knight ’59 develop the first Nike running shoe. Oregon wins its first
NCAA men’s cross-country championship. School of Music’s Oregon
Bach Festival and Chamber Music Series founded.
1972: Steve Prefontaine runs at the UO, solidifies Eugene’s status as Track
Town USA.
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1977: Deady and Villard halls designated National Historic Landmarks. Animal
House filmed on campus.
Student Conduct Code
1989: New four-building, $45.6 million science complex opens.
1992: Riverfront Research Park dedicates first building.
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1994: Dave Frohnmayer named fifteenth UO president. Renovated Knight
Library rededicated. University launches the Oregon Campaign, state’s
largest fundraising drive. The James H. Warsaw Sports Marketing Center
founded.
Mission
(1) The primary mission of the Student
Conduct Code is to set forth the
community standards and procedures
necessary to maintain and protect an
environment conducive to learning and
in keeping with the educational objectives of the University of Oregon. Founded
upon the principle of freedom of thought and expression, an environment
conducive to learning is one that preserves the freedom to learn -- where
academic standards are strictly upheld and where the rights, safety, dignity
and worth of every individual are respected.
1995: Ducks represent Pac-10 in Rose Bowl for first time in thirty-seven years.
1999: William W. Knight Law Center opens. First phase of Student Recreation
Center completed.
2001: The University of Oregon celebrates 125th anniversary with publication
of widely acclaimed, international award-winning Atlas of Oregon second
edition.
2003: Faculty members secure a record $90.2 million in research funding.
Autzen Stadium renovated and expanded. Lillis Business Complex—
most environmentally friendly business school facility in country—
opens.
2005: UO launches Campaign Oregon: Transforming Lives, most ambitious
fundraising effort in state history. Renovated and expanded art museum
reopens as Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art. Museum of Natural and
Cultural History reopens with new interactive exhibits in entirely
redesigned and reconstructed gallery spaces. Many Nations Longhouse
opens. Ground broken for $27 million Living Learning Center (LLC), first
new residence hall on campus since 1960s.
2006: LLC is open for new students.
2007: Lorry Lokey donates $74.5 million to benefit the science and other
programs, making this the largest academic gift in University of Oregon
history.
2008: Future United States President, Barack Obama, gives a speech at Mac
Court and another in the UO Quad.
2009: Richard Lariviere named UO’s sixteenth president replacing long
standing president, Dave Frohnmayer.
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(2) Learning is a process defined by the exchange of ideas and the
advancement of knowledge. As such, learning entails a community of scholars
united by their participation in, and commitment to, intellectual exchange.
The University is, first and foremost such a community. Learning also involves
reflecting on decisions and improving decision-making in the future. By
establishing the standards of this community, the Student Conduct Code
serves not just as a disciplinary system, but also as a part of the educational
system. Hence, a corollary mission of the Student Conduct Code is to teach
students to live and act responsibly in a community setting, with respect
for the rights of other students and members of that community, and for the
property, common resources, code of conduct, and laws associated with that
community, and to encourage the development of good decision-making and
personal integrity.
(3) Students are simultaneously members of the University community and the
broader community (e.g. city, state, nation, and world). The Student Conduct
Code, and the processes of its administration and enforcement, is directed
specifically toward maintaining the standards of the University community.
Within its jurisdiction the University may impose disciplinary sanctions against
students or student organizations when their conduct materially interferes with
the educational objectives of the University or university community member.
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University of Oregon’s Colleges
Architecture and Allied Arts
aaa.uoregon.edu
Journalism and Communication
jcomm.uoregon.edu
Arts and Sciences
cas.uoregon.edu
Law
law.uoregon.edu
Lundquist College of Business
lcb.uoregon.edu
Music and Dance
music1.uoregon.edu
Education
education.uoregon.edu
Clark Honors College
honors.uoregon.edu
The Arts
The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art
jsma.uoregon.edu
The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art reopened in January 2005 after
completion of a major renovation and expansion project. The new facility is
nearly twice its previous size, offering opportunities for innovative exhibitions
and programs.
Museum of Natural and Cultural History
natural-history.uoregon.edu
Experience 15,000 years of Northwest cultural history and 200 million years
of geology. Realistic environmental displays portray four geographic regions of
Oregon, each a different time in history.
Oregon Bach Festival
Student Involvement
While academics are your primary reason
for attending UO, there is much to be
learned outside the classroom. By taking
advantage of the many opportunities
for involvement on campus you will gain
valuable skills that complement your
academic education and help you develop
your identity as a well-rounded individual.
Involvement also helps you adjust to life at UO and realize your valuable role
as a student. It opens up opportunities to build relationships with students,
faculty and administrators that can lead to your college success. Taking an
active role in campus life imparts an education unavailable in the classroom.
The following lists give only a glimpse of the possibilities. Get involved and one
thing will lead to another, allowing for the full expression of your personality.
Student Government
asuo.uoregon.edu
The ASUO is known as the Associated Students of the University of Oregon and
is a non-profit organization funded by the University of Oregon. Its purpose is
to provide for the social, cultural, educational and physical development of its
members, and for the advancement of their individual and collective interests
both within and without the University. The ASUO is the student government
and is run by students for students and works on campus, city, state, and
federal-level campaigns. Membership consists of all students at the University
of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, who have paid the current term or semester
student incidental fee.
www.oregonbachfestival.com
For four decades, the masterworks of Bach have found enthusiastic and
highly committed audiences in the Pacific Northwest through the Oregon
Bach Festival. With the appointment last summer of the BBC’s John Evans
as Executive Director — to succeed honored co-founder Royce Saltzman
— the Festival looks ahead to a new and exciting episode in its long and
distinguished history, embracing the challenge of taking its destiny — and
Bach’s legacy — into the future.
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Student Organizations
asuo.uoregon.edu/studentorgs
There are so many student organizations at the UO that it would take pages
and pages to list them all. There are academic clubs, environmental clubs,
leadership groups, club sports, diversity groups, and tons more. Student
organizations are just that: students. Most groups are run by the students,
for the students. A faculty advisor is generally appointed to each group to
help deal with the logistics, but students run the show. Students are always
encouraged to join an organization and will, without a doubt, benefit a
great deal from it. Students gain a great deal of leadership and teamwork
experience, and make lasting friendships. There is a club or group for pretty
much anything you can think of, and if there isn’t, you can create it.
List of Available UO Clubs and Organizations
Access/Ability Student Union
African Student Association
Allen Hall Advertising
Alpha Kappa Alpha
Alpha Phi Omega
American Advertising Federation/ Ad
Club
American Institute of Architecture
Students
American Marketing Association
Amnesty International
Appropriate Dispute Resolution Board
Arab Student Union
Argentine Tango Club
Art History Association
Arts Administration Student Forum
Arts and Law Forum
Asian Pacific American Law Students
Association
Asian Pacific American Students
Union
Asklepiads Pre-Med Society
Assault Prevention Shuttle
Associated Students for Historical
Preservation
Association of Anthropology Graduate
Students
Association of Fundraising
Professionals
Association of School Psychology
Students
Athletic Department Finance
Committee
Black Law Students Association
Black Student Union
Black Women of Achievement
Blood Drive Association
Center for the Advancement of
Sustainable Living
Chess Club
Child and Family Law Assn
Child Care Subsidy
Chinese Student Association
Chinese Students and Scholars
Association
Circolo Italiano
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Clarks Honors College
Club Persia
Coalition Against Environmental
Racism
Colleges Against Cancer
Constitution Court
Criminal Law Association
Crisis Center
Dance Oregon
Department Finance Committee
Designated Driver Shuttle
Ecological Design Center
Environ Policy Makers and Planners
Ethos Magazine
European Student Association
Executive
Forensics
Geology Club
Global Talk
GLOSS
Graduate Evolutionary Biology and &
Ecology Students
Hawaii Club
Hong Kong Students Association
Interdisciplinary Students for the
Progressive Arts
Interfraternity Council
International Business & Econ Club
International Law Students
Association
International Students Association
Jam Squad
Japanese Students Organization
Jewish Student Union
Journal of Environmental Law and
Litigation
Korean Students Association
Kultura Pilipinas
Land Air Water
Latina/o Law Student Association
Law and Entrepreneurship Student
Association
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender
Queer Alliance
Literary Society
Malaysian Student Organization
Mathematics Club
MEChA
Men’s Center
Minority Law students Association
Multicultural Center
Muslim Student Association
National Assocation of Black
Journalists
National Broadcasting Society
National Collegiate Scholars
National Speech & Language Hearing
Society
Native American Law Students
Association
Native American Student Union
Nontraditional Student Union
On the Rocks
Oregon Ballroom Dance
Oregon Commentator
Oregon Future Lawyers Association
Oregon Innocence Network
Oregon Law Students Public Interest
Fund
Oregon Marine Students Association
Oregon Voice
OUTLAWS
Panhellenic Council
People of the Pacific Club
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UO Clubs and Organizations (cont.)
PERMIAS
Philosophy Club
Pi Sigma Alpha (Political Science)
Pit Crew
Pocket Playhouse
Portland Student Action Council
PPPM Student Advisory
Pre-Dental Club
Pre-Law Society
Pre-Pharmacy Club
Programs and Assessments (P&A)
Programs Finance Committee
Public Relations Society of America
Psi Chi
Saudi Arabian Student Assn
Service Learning Program (CIP)
Singapore Students Association
Soccer is Real Futbol
Student Advocacy & Leadership Assn
Student Affiliates of the American
Chemical Society
Student Animal Legal Defense Fund
Student Association for Women in
Architecture
Student Bar Association
Student Insurgent
Student Oregon Trial Lawyers
Association
Student Senate
Students for Choice
Students for Ethical Treatment of
Animals
Students of the Indian Subcontinent
Surplus (Incidental Fund)
Survival Center
Sustainable Advantage
Toastmasters
Unallocated Reserves - NA
UNICEF
University Film Club
Veterans & Family Assn
Vietnamese Students Association
Women’s Center
Women’s Law Forum
YWCA
Zeta Phi Beta
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Greek Life
uoregon.edu/~greek
For over a hundred years, UO fraternities
and sororities have played an active role
in the campus climate. To this day, they
continue to provide a wealth of personal
development opportunities such as
leadership experience and community
service projects.
Our Greek community at UO enjoys a
friendly approach to recruitment and sorority/fraternity life. Recruitment is a
welcoming and comfortable experience for everyone.
Fraternities and sororities offer an environment that enhances the learning
experiences available on campus. They highlight the finest qualities amongst
UO undergraduate men and women: scholarship, leadership, a responsibility to
their community and friendship.
The opportunity to become actively involved as a member of a fraternity or
sorority can be among the most rewarding collegiate experiences.
Residential Involvement
The terms “residence hall” and “dorm”
are often used interchangeably; however,
there is a difference between the two.
An important objective of residence
halls at the University of Oregon is to
provide not just a place to sleep, but
also opportunities for personal and
educational growth. Highly trained
Residence Life staff and Hall Government officers support this objective by
creating engaging activities and programs in each hall or complex. At the
University of Oregon, we are proud to say you’ll be living in a residence hall.
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Career Center
uocareer.uoregon.edu
The Career Center is the place to go with all of your job and career wants and
needs. Whether you’re looking for an on campus job, an off campus part-time
job, a full time job post graduation, or an internship, the Career Center can
help you out. Be sure to check the website for job postings, career/internship
fairs, and special workshops throughout the year. Also, don’t forget to upload
your resume and sign up for mock interviews to help prepare you for life after
UO.
Intramural Sports
uorec.uoregon.edu
Recreational Sports offers students, faculty and staff members the opportunity
to participate in a wide variety of sports and recreational activities. Superior
skill levels or previous sport experience are not prerequisites for participation;
there is a place for everyone from the novice to the advanced competitor.
Activities are offered in men’s, women’s and coed divisions. Come join us,
make new friends, and have fun!
The office supports and augments current UO leadership offerings, initiates
new programs, collaborates with the campus community to develop leadership
initiatives and offers a continuum of support to address the needs of emerging
as well as seasoned student leaders.
Study Abroad Services
studyabroad.uoregon.edu
There are so many options these days; just about anyone can fit overseas study
in their academic plans. With over 140 programs in more than 80 countries,
the UO offers something for students in any major, and you can choose
from any region in the world. With a little advance preparation, your term,
semester, or year of overseas study can be tucked neatly into your overall plan,
getting you to your degree just as quickly—and with the added benefit of an
international experience.
Center for Leadership and Service
uoleadership.uoregon.edu
The Holden Leadership Center was established in July 2005 in response to
the growing need for leadership development at the UO. It represents the
culmination of several years of dialogue and planning by various members of
the campus community.
Its mission is to serve the UO community as a clearinghouse for leadership
development opportunities, materials and experiences, and to develop,
coordinate and support leadership education and development for all students
at the UO. In fulfilling this mission, the work of the HLC bridges student affairs
and academic affairs. Its programs and services are classified into three
categories: Leadership Curriculum, Leadership Experiences and Leadership
Programming. These broad areas cover the curricular, co-curricular and extracurricular activities that compose a well-rounded, campus wide leadership
development program.
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University Publications
Campus Programs/Events
Oregon Quarterly
Etude
Inside Oregon
Flux
Inquiry
Journal of Environmental Law
and Litigation
UO Catalog
Northwest Review
Comparative Literature
Oregon Law Review
University Media
KWAX 91.1
Student Publications
Creative Publishing
Oregon Daily Emerald
Public and Media Relations
Oregon Commentator
UO Press
Oregon Voice
Knight Library Press
The Insurgent
UO InfoGraphics Lab
The Siren
Student Media
KWVA 88.1
Duck U (cable TV)
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There should never really be a dull moment at UO with all of the constant
activities that can be found around campus on any given day. Whatever a
student’s need, it can be met. If you’re ill in any way, shape, or form, or you
have health questions/concerns stop by the Health and Counseling Center
where a trained person can help you. If you need homework help you can make
an appointment or drop-in at Academic Learning Services (ALS) located in
PLC. If you need advice on scheduling classes stop by Academic Advising in
Oregon Hall, or check and see if your major’s department has a Peer Advising
group. If you’re looking for something to do in between classes wander the
campus and you’ll surely find a flyer about a fun event or you might run into
someone promoting something. Be sure to check the Oregon Daily Emerald in
print or online for the most up-to-date news on events that happen around
campus like rallies, marches, debates, guest speakers, volunteer work,
concerts, etc. In case you haven’t noticed the U of O is a fairly big school with
about 22,000 highly active and enthusiastic students, not to mention grad
students and faculty. With all of these people excited to make their time at the
University memorable, it would be almost impossible to miss all of wonderful
things to do around here.
Athletics
goducks.com
clubsports.uoregon.edu
uorec.uoregon.edu
Oregon is home to many fantastic sports teams
from football to track to ultimate Frisbee to
swimming. Although the UO has awesome varsity
teams like baseball, and basketball, we also
have amazing club sports teams like skydiving,
akido, and water polo. For those students who
enjoy sports but want something a little more low
key there are intramural sports (aka rec sports).
UO has just about every sport imaginable for the highly advanced athlete, the
beginner athlete, and every athlete in between.
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Men’s Varsity Teams
Women’s Varsity teams
Be a part of the Pit Crew!
Baseball
Basketball
Basketball
Cross Country
Cross Country
Golf
Football
Lacrosse
Golf
Soccer
Tennis
Softball
Track & Field
Tennis
Team Stunts & Gymnastics
Track & Field
Volleyball
The Oregon Pit Crew is a student run organization that is the loud part of
Oregon basketball. In addition to being hard-working and ambitious students
at the University of Oregon. The Pit Crew is made up of die hard basketball
fans that take great pride in making the basketball arena one of the most
intimidating and feared atmospheres to play at in the nation. Granted, not
all of the students have the talent to play Division 1 basketball in the Pac-10
Conference, but that shouldn’t prevent us from cheering our school to victory
and making it difficult for other schools to compete against us. With help from
sponsors the Crew is able to create unity among the students with the official
Pit Crew t-shirt. Other student sections around the country believe they are
the best; however Oregon knows the Pit Crew truly is the loudest and most
passionate student section in the nation! Each year, Oregon basketball and the
Pit Crew gain national recognition which gives the Pit Crew a great opportunity
to show everyone what the University of Oregon is all about.
Oregon Marching Band
The Oregon Marching Band (OMB) is the musical representation of University
of Oregon spirit at home and selected away football games. Combining exciting
and powerful musical arrangements and contemporary show design the OMB
presents outstanding pre-game and half-time shows and provides energy and
enthusiasm in the stands.
Even though March Madness concludes the college basketball season that
doesn’t stop the Pit Crew. Every year in the spring the Pit Crew hosts a 3 on 3
basketball tournament for students.
Student Athletic Tickets
The OMB has a professional staff that has worked within a wide variety of
both collegiate and drum corps programs. Students come from nearly every
department, school and college at the University of Oregon. Woodwind and
brass players interested in the OMB should be competent on their instruments,
but there is no formal audition process. Percussion and color guard do go
through a formal audition primarily designed to properly place members
within their sections. Placement in the OMB is secured by willingness to work
hard, have fun and attend rehearsals. The OMB is one of the largest student
groups on campus and enjoys national recognition as they perform for over
55,000 people in Autzen Stadium and before live television audiences. Recent
performances include ESPN College Game Day, which was held at Autzen
Stadium September 29, 2007.
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University of Oregon student tickets for football and men’s basketball games
are distributed via electronic ticketing. The system is structured on a “first
come, first served” basis within each group; however tickets will be distributed
in equal allotments for each class status. Every two hours, a different class
status group will open for distribution. No group has an advantage over any
other group based on its ticket request period. Students may log-in and
request tickets on the Sunday prior to a home football or men’s basketball
game. Before this system was implemented, students had to line up at the
EMU or Autzen Stadium starting at 9 am the Monday before the game. Since
tickets are so popular, many diehard fans would camp out with their chairs and
sleeping bags on Sunday night. This was a great tradition for quite some time
and students never seemed to mind hanging out all night in the cold. However,
students were so excited about tickets that they would often skip class to
ensure a good spot in line. This concerned many teachers and frustrated those
students who went to class and lost the chance to get a ticket. Thus, the new
electronic system was born.
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What It Means to Be a UO Duck
Being an Oregon Duck is more than
anything you might imagine. It’s not
just attending UO, it’s more. It’s a
feeling that grows inside you and pretty
soon, you’re living and breathing UO.
You’re bleeding green and yellow. When
you’re sitting inside Autzen stadium
with 55,000 people, feeling the whole
stadium rock as the crowd erupts and while your hands clap in beat to Mighty
Oregon or you’re attending your first rally at the EMU — that’s when you know
you’ve become an Oregon Duck!
As UO students, we are passionate about the community, motivated and
ambitious. We strive to make the world a better place each and every day by
using our talents and gifts to their fullest extent. We strive for excellence, seek
to bring the best out in all people, look for opportunities for growth and seize
all of the chances to make the world a better place. We set ourselves apart
from the crowd, not only by the vibrant green and yellow we wear, but through
our leadership, poise and excellence.
Code of ConDUCKt
The Code of ConDUCKt requests fans to refrain from disruptive behavior,
including foul language and obscene gestures; to sit only in their ticketed
seats; to comply with requests from event staff; and use of tobacco products
is only allowed in designated areas.
Spectators who refuse to abide by the behavior guidelines are subject to
removal from the stadium, as well as the revocation of season tickets and/or
the right to purchase single-game tickets to future University of Oregon events.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT
Code Of
ConDUCKt
GOOD SPORTS INITIATIVE
The UO Athletic Department is dedicated
to providing a safe and enjoyable experience
for all guests and athletes at all events. With
this goal in mind, we ask that everyone observe
the following guidelines.
Respect all attendees and refrain from disruptive behavior, including foul
language, obscene gestures or messages, and physical harm or threats.
Sit only in your ticketed seats and be prepared to show your ticket when
requested.
Comply with requests from event staff regarding stadium policies and
emergency procedures.
Use tobacco only in designated areas.
Behavior due to irresponsible consumption of alcohol can result in removal
from the premises.
The UO values the support of all DAF donors, season ticket holders, students and
guests visiting our facilities each season and thanks you in advance for being a
good egg. If you observe any violations of stadium guidelines, please immediately
contact the nearest event staff or call 346-6148. Those who do not follow this Code
of ConDUCKt may be subject to removal from the stadium as well as revocation of
season tickets and/or the right to purchase single game tickets.
Below are the most important and widely used cheers, chants and songs to
help you begin your transformation into an Oregon Duck.
Cheers and Fight Songs
Oregon Fight Song
Oregon, our Alma Mater, we will guard thee on and on.
Fellows gather ’round and cheer her; chant her glory, Oregon.
Roar the praises of her warriors, sing the story, Oregon;
On to victory urge the heroes of our Mighty Oregon.
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Lost Traditions
The current traditions at the UO are alive and very obvious. One tradition is
making an “O” with your hands and shouting “OOOOO” during football and
basketball games. This tradition is simple and really fun because it makes
Autzen Stadium and Mac Court extremely loud, which Oregon students are
nationally known for.
However, there are several traditions that have been lost, which the SAA is
bringing life to again. One lost tradition is singing the words to the Fight Song.
We all know the tune, but did you know that there are actual words to it? It’s
true! Back in the day, students sung the words to the fight song during football
and basketball games (the words can be found on page 34). How cool would
it be to bring that back to Autzen or Mac Court? Imagine how much louder we
could be! Another lost tradition was Homecoming, but over the past few years
the tradition has come alive again! There is now a parade and pep rally the
Friday before the Homecoming football game. Check out this excerpt from a
1921 Oregana (UO’s yearbook):
Homecoming 1921!
Home to meet ’em-back to beat ’em!
It was a colorful day on Hayward field despite the wind-driven rain
which made the gridiron resemble a wave-swept island. Across in the
bleachers were hundreds and hundreds of many colored umbrellas,
and lemon and yellow hued cardboard held by the rooters which
danced and scintillated into an ever changing animated “O”. And then
on the field was a team which did not beat ‘em, if we are to believe
the 0-0 score, but which upset the dope and made sport writers
crawfish.
The Oregon clan heeded the signal fire and gathered for the annual
Homecoming from all parts of the Northwest. Remember the
Homecoming rally? Vesuvius in pyrotechnic eruption could hardly
display the wim, wigger, and witality of that noise carnival. And the
bonfire! Flames which licked low-hanging clouds, speeches which
aroused the old fight-that was the spirit of Homecoming.
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The greatest number of persons that ever attended an Oregon
Homecoming were present for the big time staged on November 19,
1921. By the use of systematic methods, the campus luncheon and
the big Homecoming dance went off better than ever before. Two
dances were held, one in the Women’s Building and the other in the
new armory. Praise must be given the persons who arranged and
managed Oregon’s greatest Homecoming.
Back in the day, instead of Facebook, there
was another means for social networking:
the Pigger’s Guide. A passage in a 1955
yearbook explains:
The most widely read book on
campus last year undoubtedly was
the Piggers’ Guide. This campus’
“who’s who” was edited by Anne
Ritchey and her staff.
Between the yellow covers was all the important “date data” on likely looking
males and coeds. From the Pigger’s Guide students could find the name, phone
numbers, year, major, and home and campus addresses of fellow Oregon
students. Asterisks marked the names of those students and faculty members
who were married.
History of the Duck
Even though the uniforms have changed, no longer bearing his fighting
countenance bursting through the block “O” logo, Donald Duck remains as
one of the most recognizable and lovable mascots on the collegiate sports
landscape.
Before Donald came to Eugene, thanks to the benevolence of Walt Disney, no
duck seemed destined to represent the school as its mascot.
Then through the intervening decades, once the duck nickname had found its
rightful home, the downy mascot faced challenges from the Humane Society,
the student newspaper, a football coach who preferred that Donald bare his
teeth, and a basketball coach who refused to even utter his name.
Originally, the prevailing campus sentiment was that the University shouldn’t
degrade itself by dabbling in such nonsense as nicknames and water fowl. The
nickname game began early last century when Oregon was originally known
as “The Webfoot State.” Students took a shine to the slogan and referred to
themselves as Webfoots and their yearbook as “The Webfoot.” (When the new
motto became “The Beaver State” in 1909, Oregon students changed the
yearbook name to “The Beaver” before switching back.)
The Webfoots reference can be traced to a hearty band of Massachusetts
fishermen, who in 1776 helped save General George Washington and some
10,000 of his troops from imminent defeat at the hands of the British. When
many of the Webfoots’ ancestors migrated west of the Cascades and settled in
the Willamette Valley in the 1840s, the name stuck to their muddy shoes and
came with them.
L.H. Gregory, sports editor of The Oregonian, has been credited with coining
Webfoots as the school’s athletic nickname, even though the students had
seen themselves as such since the turn of the century. Headline writers
searching for ways to parse Webfoots into their sports pages began churning
out Ducks, which the students eventually voted as their new nickname over
Timberwolves and Lumberjacks. A second student-body election in 1932 beat
back the challenges of Trappers, Pioneers, Yellowjackets and Spearsmen, the
latter in honor of football coach C.W. Spears, who left before the ‘32 season for
a similar post at Wisconsin.
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Oregon’s first live mascot had surfaced in the 1920s when “Puddles,” a
resident of the nearby Millrace, was escorted to football and basketball games
by his fraternity-house neighbors. Puddles and his various offspring were part
of the Duck sports scene until the early 1940s when repeated complaints from
the Humane Society respectively ended this tradition.
Donald remained the lone duck mascot in any collegiate or professional
capacity until the advent of the Anaheim Mighty Ducks franchise in the
National Hockey League in 1993. Now, he looks forward to the next millennium
in yellow and green as Oregon’s enduring ambassador for the future.
However, Puddles’ memory was preserved in 1947 when Oregon’s first athletic
director, Leo Harris, struck a handshake arrangement with Walt Disney.
Donald’s likeness could serve as a mascot, as long as it was done in good
taste. The unique deal stood for 20 years, with Walt Disney Productions
providing several versions of the duck for Oregon’s use, until the cartoonist’s
death in 1966. That’s when both parties realized no formal contract existed
granting the University the right to Donald’s image.
The best evidence Harris could offer was a photograph taken two decades
earlier showing the late Mr. Disney in an Oregon letterman’s jacket with Donald
clearly visible on the front. Disney representatives agreed to negotiate the first
written contract in 1973 for the athletic department’s continued use of Donald.
However, not everyone accepted the cartoon mascot’s image at face value.
Jerry Frei, Oregon’s football coach for five seasons (1967-71), wanted Donald to
sport teeth in his bill to better portray his team’s “Fighting Ducks” image. And
Dick Harter, the men’s basketball coach for seven years (1971-78), disdained
the Duck nickname altogether and insisted that any public relations materials
refer only to his “Kamikaze Kids.”
Then Oregon’s duck endured another popularity contest in 1978 when a
cartoonist for the student newspaper pushed his Mallard Drake as a suitable
successor to Donald, prompting one local high school student to comment that
“if that sleazy Duck makes it, I’m going to OSU.” Donald was the students’
overwhelming choice by a 2-to-1 landslide in an election that saw more than
twice the typical voter turnout on campus.
Donald Duck found even more support for his 50th birthday celebration in
1984 during a visit to the Eugene City Airport that drew 3,000 to 4,000 fans
for the presentation of an academic cap and gown to Donald, who was named
an honorary alumnus of the University of Oregon. Thousands of area residents
signed a congratulatory scroll for Donald, and that document is now part of
Disney’s corporate archives.
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A Brief History of Oregon Duck’s
Football Uniforms
The University Of Oregon Duck’s have long been known as a team that pushes
the envelope when it comes to team attire. The 2009 uniforms (as seen below)
are yet another addition to a long line of flashy outfits the Ducks have donned.
Even though their uniforms are pretty eccentric, we’ve always dug the Ducks’
style. Since the team paired up with Nike in 1996 to design their outfits,
they’ve come out with some of the funkiest garbs in college football history. As
a token of their appreciation to these mighty Ducks, the University Of Oregon
Department Of Intercollegiate Athletics posted via Twitter a quick look back at
some of the team’s most notable uniforms…
Donald Duck Dickies
WORN: 1995 Rose Bowl, Oregon vs.
Penn State
One of the least visually abrasive getups ever worn by Oregon, these pre-Nike
uniforms sported Donald Duck on the
shoulder and an interlocking “U & O” on
the helmet. Perhaps some more eye-scraping fluorescent would’ve helped the
Ducks beat the Nittany Lions.
Just Do It
WORN: 1996 season
Simplicity is nice. Here’s a glimpse of
the Ducks’ “simply swoosh” jerseys
that filled the team’s locker room in the
seasons before Oregon’s uniforms really started to get hectic.
Monochromatic Madness
Electric Jersey Acid Test
WORN: August 30, 2003, Oregon vs. Miss. State
These Hi-Liter yellow jerseys elicited gasps from the
shocked crowd when the Ducks trotted onto the field
in the 2003 season opener at Mississippi State. These
jerseys, perhaps the brightest ever in the history of college
football, were worn only once. It turns out that electric
yellow bleeds in the washing machine and that was the
end of these, ahem, uniforms.
We Goin’ DIAMOND
WORN: 2006-2008
When these bad boys were rolled out in
2006, the possibilities were almost endless.
Actually, according to the University of
Oregon web site, there were literally 384
possible combos between helmets, jerseys, pants, socks, and shoes. One
notable combo was the notorious mustard-and-relish version. The number of
possibilities jumped to 512 when the Ducks introduced their fluorescent-yellow
helmets during the 2006 Las Vegas Bowl. The white jerseys would also become
a source of controversy because they were literally so bright players began to
complain about being blinded by the diamond-plated reflectors.
Wingin’ It
WORN: 2009
Here’s the newest addition to the Ducks’
wardrobe, which look strikingly similar
to the special edition “Lights Out”
uniforms the Ducks sported at home
against Arizona last season. These uniforms are more durable with a design
that is 28% lighter than their diamond-plated predecessors. Nike also provides
uniforms for other sports, including Club Sports.
WORN: 2000 Holiday Bowl
This jersey put the Ducks in all black from head-to-toe, with
a few signature dashes of green and yellow. The all-black
joints are pretty sweet, especially when seen in action.
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A Brief History of
a Few UO Buildings
Oregon Hall
Built in 1973 to house the university’s burgeoning
administrative and student service offices, Oregon
Hall is the three-story red brick building on the corner
of Franklin Boulevard and Agate Street. It is home
to the academic advising and student services,
admissions, registrar, financial aid, veterans affairs, international education,
student life, multicultural affairs, and human resources offices.
McArthur Court
Built three years before the Great Depression began,
McArthur Court — known to Oregon basketball
faithful as Mac Court or “The Pit” — is home to
men’s and women’s basketball, wrestling, and
volleyball teams. According to a 2001 poll in Sports
Illustrated, it is opposing basketball teams’ least favorite place to play in the
Pac-10 and one of the most intimidating arenas in the country. Mac Court was
built in 1926 and named after alumnus Clifton N. McArthur ’01, a studentathlete and the university’s first student body president. The facility was often
called the “Igloo” after its erection because of its shape and stark white color.
It was paid for entirely by student fees and regularly was the site of student
dances and events until the Erb Memorial Student Union was finished in 1950.
Construction has begun on Matthew Knight Arena, which will replace McArthur
court for the 2010 Pac-10 season.
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Knight Library
From 1886 to 1903, the University of Oregon library
shuffled from home to home. Among its many
locations were Villard Hall, Deady Hall, Collier
House, the men’s dormitory in Friendly Hall, and
various faculty offices. In 1907, Fenton Hall was
built to accommodate the growing collection. But within the next few decades
the collection grew as fast as the student population, so in 1937 the library
moved to a new facility designed by Ellis F. Lawrence. The extremely adaptable
building was expanded twice during the next fifty years, in 1950 and again in
1966. By the 1980s, though, seating in the library had become displaced by
books, and the building’s lighting, heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning
systems were inadequate to meet modern standards. In 1992, a joint venture
between public and private constituents of the university provided funding for
a major library expansion and modernization project. Today, the Knight Library
preserves the beauty of Lawrence’s original design while providing students
and the entire community with the latest informational tools and instructional
services utilizing state-of-the-art technology.
EMU
A grateful campus dedicated the Erb Memorial
Student Union November 3, 1950, culminating a
27-year commitment that began when the Class
of 1923 initiated a pledge drive for a student
union. Now known as the Erb Memorial Union — or the SU, the U, the Union,
the Erb, or the EMU — the building is named after Donald M. Erb, president
of the University of Oregon from 1938-1943 whose vision of a postwar campus
included a student union. Originally constructed for $2.1 million, the union
became the center of student life, and as the UO’s enrollment doubled between
1950 and the early 1970s, the EMU also grew. Additions were added in 1961
and 1974. In 1998, responding to the changing needs of an ever-changing
student body, the EMU was renovated again, this time to the tune of $4.9
million. The project included a $4.15 million renovation of the union’s dining
area into a more open, inviting space. Perhaps the most striking aspect of the
renovation is the new outdoor amphitheater, located at the northwest corner of
the building, which has become a popular student hangout.
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Deady Hall
Bookstore
Today’s students are lucky. Unlike their predecessors in
Deady Hall — the university’s first building — they aren’t
required to carry wood to the stoves in their classrooms
to heat Deady Hall. For almost a decade after it opened in
1876, Deady was where all university functions happened.
It was built entirely with private donations for the state university. Deady is
included in the National Register of Historic Places and is a National Historic
Landmark. It is named in honor of Judge Matthew Deady, a member and
president of the state board of regents from 1873-1893 and author of the
Constitution of the state of Oregon as well as the first criminal procedure code
and the Oregon Civil Code. Today Deady Hall houses classroom space for the
math department.
The UO DuckStore moved from the basement of
Chapman Hall to its current location on the corner
of 13th Avenue and Kincaid Street in 1961, when it
purchased the former College Side Inn. A popular
student hangout since 1924, the Inn had fallen into
disrepair. The bookstore purchased the building, razed it, and constructed a
new facility. Owned and operated by UO students, faculty, and staff for more
than seventy years, the bookstore today is a 36,000-square-foot retail store
with annual sales of more than $15 million. Its satellite stores include the Duck
Shop at the Ed Moshofsky Sports Center, the Duck Shop at the UO Portland
Center, and the Duck Store at Valley River Center in Eugene.
Carson Hall
Carson Hall was the first women’s dormitory to be built
since Susan Campbell Hall was constructed in 1921.
Named after Luella Clay Carson, Carson opened
its doors in 1948. Luella Carson was the UO’s first
professor of English. She became dean of women at
the turn of the century, leaving in 1909 to become president of Mills College
in California. Carson and the Erb Memorial Union were the last two buildings
Ellis F. Lawrence designed before he died in 1946; both buildings were
completed by his son Abbot. Lawrence’s concept for the dormitory reflected
what was to become a dominant style in dorms for decades — a compact
design incorporating individual rooms (one- and two-person occupancy) and
all auxiliary facilities — e.g., cafeteria, nurse’s station, etc. — contained
within the building. Instead of being built upward, as a high-rise, Carson was
designed with wings extending from a central core, like Hamilton, Walton, and
Bean complexes that followed in the 1960s.
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Deady Hall, the first building on campus, was named after Judge Matthew
Deady who donated 1,000 books to start a law school. There are two sides
to the building, one for women and one for men. This is so because it was
feared that men would be able to see the women’s ankles as they ascended
the staircase.
The art museum was designed by Ellis Lawrence, who designed many
buildings on campus. His creations were inspired by the Free Masons, and
Masonic symbols can be found on the buildings, but none as prominent as
the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art.
The EMU was originally going to be built with a hotel for guests and an
apartment for the building manager and family. Plans for this were scraped
due to lack of funding, and it was decided that the building should have as
much student space as possible.
Friendly Hall was originally a residence hall. Like Deady, it has two entrances,
one for women and one for men. Friendly was later added on to and now on
the first two floors it is impossible to get from one end of the building to
the other without leaving the building and using a separate entrance. This
is because the blocked off section housed two dorm rooms for the first two
black football players at UO. They had their own separate entrance as they
were not allowed to be with the other students.
The basement of Friendly Hall was the original home of the Clark Honors
College when it opened in 1960. Complete with study areas, student lounge,
and small library, it remained the home of the college until Fall 1978 when
operations moved to Chapman Hall. The college was renamed the Robert D.
Clark Honors College in recognition of its founder, former UO President Clark,
in 1975. The first mascot of the honors college was the Turbot, and today it is
the Platypus.
The Pioneer cemetery holds veterans from the Civil War.
There have been many unexplained paranormal phenomena in Pioneer
cemetery.
Gerlinger Hall was named after Irene Gerlinger and was intended to be a
women’s dormitory and a dance and music building.
A local spirit expert says that a female student from about 75 years ago
haunts Gerlinger.
The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art was closed to the public and UO
students for 30 years after it was built and reopened in January 2005.
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Oregon in the Seventies
Jock Hatfield ’79, feature editor and
columnist for the Oregon Daily Emerald
from 1976 to 1979, left a lasting
impression on his readers.
The author of the sometimes-weekly
satire column, “Typewriter Warmed in
Hell,” Hatfield wrote with humor, courage
and insight about life at the University
and the community that surrounds it.
After he left Eugene, Hatfield was a
free-lance and staff writer for various
California and Oregon newspapers and
eventually worked as a reporter for Jack
Anderson’s syndicated column “Washington-Merry-Go-Round” and Anderson’s
“Future File” in Washington, D.C. Sadly, Hatfield died of cancer in April 1984
after a promising start to his journalism career.
Recently, his mother, Elaine Hatfield decided to compile and publish her son’s
Emerald columns in a single volume: Oregon in the Seventies: Through the
eyes of U of O Journalist Jock Hatfield. She said she was inspired to collect
the columns because his work “provides an entertaining perspective and
sometimes poignant insight.” “What’s more,” she noted in the introduction,
“It’s fun to read even if you’ve never been to Oregon.”
Hatfield was remembered by his Emerald editor as a “discriminating observer
and an imaginative thinker.” His readers wrote scores of responses to his
column. He was called “eloquent,” “a barbarian,” and “thoughtful” in letters to
the editor.
While his writing elicited response—both positive and negative—from his
readers in the late ’70s, his themes are timeless. Oregon in the Seventies is
about finding humor and meaning in life, death and everything in between.
This section features a few excerpts from this book that provide the students
of today with a unique look back on life at UO in the seventies.
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This first article won second place for the Best Feature Story Award for the
California Intercollegiate Press Association.
Holocaust Hotel
April 18, 1978
When they finally drop the big one it may be wise to take your chances and
stay outside. The University’s bomb shelter features 30-year-old crackers and
cardboard toilets. But they do have ping pong at the Holocaust Hotel.
Back when people were getting upset about atomic bombs, the University took
action to protect its students from holocaust, Armageddon and other mishaps.
It renamed its basements fallout shelters and called for help.
Civil defense authorities sent holocaust supplies by the ton. They sent in
holocaust protein crackers. They sent in holocaust cardboard toilets. They sent
in holocaust medical kits, holocaust candy, holocaust water and holocaust
toilet paper, and stored it all in the basement beneath Walton dormitory.
The University civil defense directors were sneaky. They figured the supplies
could be distributed to all shelters through the University steam tunnels. Even
if the holocaust had a big turnout, there would be enough holocaust crackers
to go around.
But technology changed. Bombs got bigger. Nuclear missiles able to penetrate
miles underground spoiled the University’s basement plan. Bomb shelters
across the country became obsolete. “At first the government tried to ignore
this development. But several tons of soybean crackers rotting in the country’s
basements forced the issue.
Around 1973 the government gave up public protection and issued a “What the
hell” memo, which authorized city governments to feed their safety supplies
to the pigs. Cities were to give their holocaust supplies to farmers for their
“horses, pigs and cows.”
But the University found the market for holocaust supplies small.
“We didn’t want to waste it and we didn’t want to give it to random
individuals,” explains Lt. Howard Kershner of the Lane County Sheriff’s office.
In short, the University still has two tons or so of soybean crackers, cardboard
toilets, medical kits and holocaust candy sitting around in Walton basement.
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The supplies completely fill two warehouse-sized rooms. Conservative
estimates place the number of soybean cracker cases at more than 10,000.
Just after the “What the hell” memo, Kershner tried to unload some of
the supplies. He had some takers. But the University had expected a long
holocaust and had loaded up on provisions. To make matters worse, when
downtown Eugene was renovated, the University got the downtown fall-out
shelter supplies just in case it was running low. Kershner finally gave up. For
the last several years the holocaust crackers, toilets and paper have been
resting in state.
Someone goes down to the basement every once in a while to taste a cracker
and deduce the cargo’s rate of decay. Nothing tastes quite like a holocaust
cracker that’s been sitting around a bomb shelter for 30 years. They started
getting stale 28 years ago.
The supplies have suffered in other areas. The holocaust water has been
dumped, and plant workers have started eating the holocaust candy. One
physical plant worker tried using holocaust toilet paper but he says it wouldn’t
hold up under stress.
Yet the basements continue to be known as safety areas. The following
locations, for example, remain officially designated fallout shelters:
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The washer-dryer rooms at Hamilton and Walton dormitories. People who
choose these shelters will be able to wash their clothes and play ping pong
during the holocaust. These shelters have the advantage of locking windows,
which might otherwise allow radiation to blow in.
The EMU bowling alley. People who select this refuge may spend the
holocaust bowling. The actual cement bomb shelter stands close at hand,
somewhere, and may be used if things get too hot. Survivors should
remember to bring the key. Otherwise bowling alley windows may be stopped
up with lead shields, and fat friends.
The library. This bomb shelter is cleverly camouflaged. Few library personnel
know where it is. Some say it moves around. Kershner claims it’s in the
basement. Holocaust refugees here should remember to close the door when
they go in.
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If the bomb is dropped on the University, according to Kershner, students
needn’t worry about choosing a bomb shelter. A tomb is a tomb. But if the
bomb drops some distance away-say Miami, Florida-these shelters should
prove serviceable. Kershner admits the shelters are impractical as protection
against anything more than minor radiation and sunburn. But he still defends
them.
“They are basically a storage place for people,” he explains.
In a government survey of prime military target areas, according to Kershner,
Eugene ranked low. But the city was designated as a host. If Portland
explodes, Eugene must put up and care for Portland residents who blow in.
Kershner plans to stick these refugees in the University bomb shelters. He may
even serve them holocaust crackers. The shelters would serve as a kind of
holocaust hotel.
The University, however, had had enough of holocaust. An anonymous
University official recently urged Kershner to unload the crackers.
Kershner believes he may have the answer-the Mormons. Mormons are big
on holocaust. It is unofficially written somewhere in the Latter Day Saint’s
doctrine that the Mormons shall have enough supplies to last a year. It doesn’t
say why or for what. It could be for anything from Armageddon to unexpected
guests. The University holocaust supplies may fill the requirement.
The Mormons took a small portion of the supplies after the “What the hell”
memo first came out. Bill Hightower, a Eugene farmer and a Mormon, heard
about the memo from some friends in Los Angeles who had just received
several thousand holocaust crackers as a present. When he came back to
Eugene, he took a chunk of the University’s supplies for his church.
The original idea, according to Kershner, was that the merchandise be stored
for public use in case of total destruction. As it turned out, Hightower used
the water barrels for storage on his farm, and his kids are eating the candy.
He isn’t sure what the other church members did with their supplies, but
he figures it hasn’t all been eaten yet. Hightower says he’s eager for more
holocaust supplies. He could use some more barrels for storage…
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This last piece of writing is about the cult classic movie “Animal House” that
was filmed right here at the UO.
Script Writer Discusses Animal House Plot
November 8, 1977
Originally, the movie “National Lampoon: Animal House,” was going to be a
satire on Charlie Manson with a “where was he in ’63 plot line,” according to
script writer Doug Kenney.
“It was one of many possible plots and titles we went through,” says Kenney,
as he lounges about the Animal House set. But the writers eventually hit upon
the final setting and plot for the movie-a portrayal of campus life in the 1960s,
based on Kenney’s own experiences at Harvard.
Most of the movie was composed while sitting around the National Lampoon
main office, and later an office at Universal Studios. “At night we would work
up scenes,” Kenney says, “and we would meet each day to try them out on
each other.”
Even in the Manson days of the script, the writers had John Belushi in mind
for the starring role. “He’s marvelous,” says Kenney of Belushi, “a kind of Dick
Butkus sawed off at the knees.
Kenney is the founder and present editor of National Lampoon, originally a
Harvard humor magazine. As he moves around the Animal House sets, wearing
pipe-cleaner antennae on his eyeglasses, and whipping out a slide rule at
unsuspecting passersby, his odd character becomes obvious.
His philosophy on humor is not profound. “At Lampoon we accept nothing if it’s
not funny,” Kenney says. “We use it if it makes us go ‘ha, ha.’ It must stand as
humor by itself. It can’t be political-then it would become satire.”
Kenney is happy with the final form of the movie. “The campus genre is the
oldest form of humor,” he says. “Look at the classics: ‘Horse Feathers,’ Buster
Keaton, Dobie Gillis…Dobie Gillis! With Maynard G. Krebbs. Who can forget
him?
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On the set, John Belushi as the character Bluto, takes a look at a bottle of
mustard. One eyebrow goes up, then the other. He takes the bottle of mustard
and pours it on his chest. “I am the mus-tard man…,” he says. He then begins
slapping his chest, spraying mustard all over the room. “The mustard man…”
He begins wiping mustard over his body. “I have mustard in my hair. I have
mustard on my…”
“The 1960s were a time of relaxation,” says Kenney. “Students were still trying
to avoid responsibility and were not yet ready for the individualist movement.”
“Students in this film are resisting the change,” he says. “They are advocating
the philosophy ‘fun is good.’”
There are also references in the movie to the coming activist movement, buy
the film’s characters don’t think much of it. “Christ,” comments Bluto in one
of the scenes, “seven years of college down the drain. I might as well join the
f------ Peace Corps.”
The movie was written by “committee” according to Kenney, and he believes it
was the perfect method.
“When you are trying to create 30 characters, you need a group of people
constantly contributing to keep it rolling.”
Kenney’s specialty was coming up with appropriate names: Bluto, Otter,
Flounder, Marmalard.
In addition to overseeing the movie, Kenney has the role of “stork” in the film.
“It’s a Parker House role,” he explains. He may be seen stalking around in
bedsheet, leaves, or other garb.
Today the movie crew will be acting in the EMU Fishbowl. Students will be
permitted to walk through the set during the periods when the crew is not
filming. However, during filming students will have to remain quiet.
Students wearing nylon clothing are advised not to move, as the sound system
picks up the nylon rustle.
Most of the area surrounding the EMU will be curtained off to permit space for
dressing rooms and authentic 1962 cars.
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The Diary of
Lucille Saunders McDonald
Lucille came to the UO as a freshman in 1915 from
Portland, Oregon. She didn’t continue at UO after her first
year but she later donated her diary to the University. It is
composed of entries and letters to her mother and sister
back in Portland. Below are some excerpts from her diary.
I started to walk up to the college this morning in a
pouring rain and when I go out into the country without
seeing a sign of the U. I asked how to get there and was informed it was about
three miles in the other direction. So beginneth the woes of a freshie. (The
house where I was staying was at 532 Lincoln Street.)
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You should see the big fat books I have for the course. This one cost $2.10
and looks like a small edition of the Encyclopedia.
Did I tell you about all the freshie boys having to wear little, round, green
caps? They marched them all down town one day in a regular parade with
their pants pulled up to their knees and yelling a football yell and made them
buy the caps. The boys that led them carried wooden swords and wore paper
caps.
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I worked two hours today, had four classes, chased an Emerald story and
helped decorate Villard Hall for the rally, incidentally paying out 10 for paper
(the joy of being on a committee).
As a birthday gift I’d like to send a report home of honor grades, but I
fear that is beyond me. Journalism should have brought one but the exam,
although easy, was so long that I ran over it very carelessly.
I’ve been trying to write a 3,000 word short story for class and my thinker
seems a trifle rusty for anything like that.
I really do a good share of work on the Guard. There are only five of us in the
editorial room , the city editor, society editor, telegraph editor, one reporter
and now a second one, me. I am the first University girl who has ever
attempted to do this.
I know some of my studies will bring me more flunks, as I never pay much
attention to them anymore. It’s a disgrace, but I’m quite busy enough…
Well, I’ve had my first quarrel with Verna. It was over a trivial thing, but there
was a good deal more under the surface. In other words, it was the inevitable
outcome of a series of events. My roommate has been gradually getting
crosser and more supercilious than ever this weekend and the last.
The new city editor is already in the office. He is a pickle named Dill. He
doesn’t impress me much.
We took off our duds and stood around talking with the other a little and
soon Mr. Skelton appeared and walked over to me and told me his troubles.
The frat (A.T.O) boys had greased his head with Vaseline and turned him
loose with a collar and supposedly no tie. He, however, had secreted five on
his person and when they finished searching him, he still had one left.
The boy wanted me to invite him in so bad that he actually suggested it
openly. I got all the fun I could out of it but I began to get tired of seeing him
standing there, so I said goodbye in a hurry and went in.
I tried to get some of the girls by phone to go with me, but failing, I went
alone. Somehow it seems as though I must always go alone, always the
same old howl. It would require so little to content me, just a spark of human
companionship. You see, I’m still hunting with that lantern for what means to
me a real friend.
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Dorm Life
(Excerpts from Past Residence Hall Rules)
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University of Oregon co-eds are expected to dress appropriately in skirt and
sweater or blouse, or cotton dresses, for class, the Student Union, the Co-op,
and the library. You should try to look attractive and feminine at all times.
Upper-class women must be in bed by 12:30. Late permission for both
freshmen and upper-class students may be obtained from the housemother
before 7:00 and for only one night a week.
Jeans, slacks, shorts, etc., worn only in students’ rooms.
As soon as a serenade begins there should be absolute quiet and total
darkness in your rooms. Applause is permissible.
Sun bathing is allowed in the patios behind Gerlinger and John Straub Halls.
Never take your sunbaths on the fire escapes, windows, or roofs. Girls should
wear skirts or coats over sun clothes when going to and from the place.
Talking from Your Windows: Please refrain. Let your date call for you.
Freshmen and girls on probation will not receive calls during study hours,
except for long distance calls. Please keep voices at a minimum when talking
on the phones in the halls. Telephone duty will be at the discretion of the
individual dormitories.
Typing in your room is subject to regulation.
Appropriate clothes are essential in the public parts of the dorms. Don’t
forget that the lounge, living room, and dining room are public places and
remember this to avoid embarrassment for yourself and others. Girls will
dress up for exchange dinners and usually for guest nights. On campus,
shorts, jeans, slacks, bermudas, and pedal pushers may not be worn unless
they are covered by a long coat.
1) Men serenade women’s organizations; women do not serenade.
2) In season, women may go carol singing during the dinner or coke date
hours.
3) All lights must be out in the house during the serenading.
4) Only singing, and no conversation will be permitted between the two
groups.
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Welcome Freshmen to the University of Oregon! Below is your
roadmap for your first year on campus…
Join the Student Alumni Association
Membership in SAA entitles you to special discounts and offers and keeps
you in the loop on member-only events and privileges. From networking
opportunities to social events to unique giveaways, joining SAA will help
connect you with the Duck Nation!
Attend IntroDUCKtion
Every student takes part in IntroDUCKtion, an energetic two-day orientation to
the university. IntroDUCKtion includes presentations, workshops and advising
sessions all designed with vital information for a successful college career.
Attend a Freshmen Send-off in your hometown
Whether you’re from the San Diego area or Puget Sound, chances are your local
alumni chapter is hosting a Freshmen send-off in your area. These gatherings
are a great way to connect with other new Ducks as well as alumni in your
hometown.
Check out Week of Welcome (W.O.W)
Stop by the SAA table at W.O.W and attend our Freshmen ice-cream social.
Visit an academic advisor (try and get there at least once per term)
Hang out in the EMU
Participate in a Freshman Interest Group (FIG)
Look into Studying Abroad
Lay out with friends on the Humpy Lumpy Lawn on a warm Spring Day
Pump It Up!
Work out in the Student Recreation Center, this state of the art gym is open to
all UO students.
Sign-up to play on an intramural sports team
Visit the library for late night studying
Show your spirit with an SAA Beat T-shirt
Visit your professor during office hours
Cheer on the Football team before kick-off with the Player Parade
Celebrate with the community at the
UO Homecoming Parade and Pep Rally
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Take good notes in class!
Diversity shows
Civil War Blood Drive
Having trouble with a class?
Visit Academic Learning Services, they’re there to help!
Cheer on the Ducks at Autzen Stadium
Pump up the volume at Autzen Stadium during one of the Ducks home football
games. Oregon boasts one of the loudest stadiums in the country due in large
part to our loyal students!
Visit the Craft Center and make something
you may have never thought you could!
Help clean up!
Participate in University Day and help keep our campus looking beautiful.
Participate in Oregon Made Possible
An initiative to educate the campus community on the importance of private
support. Sign thank you cards to donors and learn how over 46,000 donors
help your education!
Below is a yearbook entry from the freshman class of 1912. They thought they
were a pretty cool group of students; can your freshman class live up?
Freshman History
Last September, of 1911, three hundred and twenty-six would-be college
students wended their way to the stately portals of Villard Hall, entered therein
and recorded their names beneath the numerals 1915. With this act, the
present Freshmen class was brought into existence- a class whose members,
by choice and not by accident, look to Oregon as their Alma Mater.
As a class, we believe that we have established a record which following
freshmen classes will be forced to strive to their utmost to surpass. We placed
our numerals on Skinner’s Butte and we most humbly displaced them; we sent
forth a fearless football team to do battle with the Sophomores; our quintette
of clever basketball players won second place in the interclass series; we were
trampled upon in the push ball contest; ten wearers of the green cap were
unmercifully dragged through the duck pond; our bonfire was the largest ever;
the 1915 relay team won by a big margin, and the Freshmen Glee was a grand
success.
As individuals we believe that we have made good. We have representatives on
the ‘Varsity in football and basketball. Early this season Coach Warner picked
Virgil Noland and Bill Heusner to fill important positions on the first eleven, and
Don Radar has proved himself the cleverest first year man who ever wore the
stripes for Oregon. We have the material with which Bill Hayward expects to
build his future track teams. We have been represented in debate and oratory.
The bright smiling faces of the Freshman girls have brought joy to many a
lonesome heart and awakened several of the upper-classman to the fact that
they are alive.
Now, as the first year of our college work is about to come to a close, a feeling
of joy and one of sadness comes over us; — joy that the entire year has been
such a happy and successful one, filled with incidents which shall always be
remembered with pleasure; sadness that the best days of our college career
have passed so rapidly. As Freshman we have solemnly pledged ourselves to
love, honor, and respect the name Oregon. The spirit of our Alma Mater has
grasped us, heart and soul and whatever may accomplish in this life, we hope
that it shall be for the good of Oregon — a Greater Oregon.
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Hey grads! Before you leave UO, make sure you can check off
the following:
Buy your new UOAA membership
Attend Grad Fair
Take a class with your favorite professor if you can, it might be the last time
you see them.
Participate in an internship (visit the Career Center to learn more).
Stay on top of your degree audit via DuckWeb.
Attend Senior Send-off
Register for graduation at least a term before you plan to graduate!
Have your picture taken with the Duck at graduation
Talk with your academic advisor one more time to make sure you’re all set to
graduate.
Finish checking off your 100 things to do in Eugene list
Below is an entry from a 1913 Oregon yearbook (called the Oregana) describing
the history of the class of 1912. Perhaps this was done to motivate the seniors of
1913 to be the best they can. Can your senior class outshine the class of 1912?
Senior History
According to all previous customs the class of 1912 believes and therefore
styles itself the best class ever graduated by the University of Oregon. In
numbers it is fact that proves us greatest. In wisdom, despite the harassing of
“higher standards,” new grading systems and similar “mental hobble-skirts,”
we have just claim to superiority.
Perhaps, however, our greatness may be due to the difficulties under which
we were obliged to labor. Was it not the class of ’12 that was the first and
last to suffer directly from the indulgence in hazing? Has it not had to suffer
longest the impertinences, the cockiness and the unbearable bravado of the
freshmen class? Have we not bowed our heads under the time worn and most
serious yoke of the referendum, dampering our spirits to soothe the overzealous
consciences of some grouch state taxpayers?
Under these distressing circumstances what have we done to keep alive the
University? List, kind reader, while we elaborate upon our many promulgations
for the ‘Varsity’s needs.
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In the midst of the cries from the powers above to let not our exuberant spirits
lead us to bring disastrous publicity upon our Alma Mater, and thereby prolong
our wait for our appropriation, our men of literary ability originated the famed
“Midnight Doughnut.” How did this help? Why, dear reader, that Midnight
Doughnut was the essence of “pep” and with all its funny jokes, its sarcasms
and compliments, it fostered that great necessity, “Oregon Spirit.” One of the
greatest, and most beneficial of leagues followed this publication, namely the
“Doughnut Baseball League.” It was originated by 1912 and through its efforts
the league has later included basketball, track, and tennis. These league
contests have developed Varsity material which otherwise might never have
been heard of.
In all college activities, 1912 has kept her light constantly burning, nor has it
been dimmed by comparison.
Naturally we “walloped” the class of the unlucky number in the annual struggle
for supremacy in the football realm.
And have not the starts of 1912 shone brilliantly and numerously on the Varsity
football teams? And in the track, what have we done? We ask no better proof
than our record of defeating all the classes combined and individually. In fact,
we have carried athletics on our shoulders during our entire college career.
As to Society, each and every senior is a lion in the college social life. As a
class we have proven ourselves capable of giving “the dance” of the year ever
since we decorated the old armory for our Freshman hop.
Have we lost money? No indeed. The Senior class boasts of an overflowing
treasury. We made the Oregana pay, we made the canoe carnival pay, in fact,
everything has paid that we have laid our hands to, even going to college.
Basic UOAA Info
UOAA Overview
The UO Alumni Association was founded
in 1879 and originally served five alumni.
Today it serves more than 160,000
alumni and friends, including 18,000
dues-paying members, by helping them
stay connected to the University of
Oregon through events such as pregame football parties, regional events,
special alumni gatherings in partnership
with the UO colleges and departments,
class reunions, and homecoming;
communications such as our website (uoalumni.com) and a monthly
enewsletter, and alumni services such as career services and travel programs.
The Alumni Association plays an integral role in the success and viability of
the University of Oregon. Its members fund scholarships for incoming students
and sponsor one of the largest endowed Presidential Scholarships on campus.
They also assist the University’s legislative advocacy efforts through the
Alumni Advocates, a group of alumni and friends committed to lobbying state
legislators on behalf of higher education and the University of Oregon.
But all joking aside, we are sorry to leave old Oregon, the happiest place on
earth, the spot which has dealt us so much of good and has made us what we
are, a class worthy of at least a little consideration.
And as we pack our trunks preparatory to facing the cruel world, we hope that
the classes we leave have become so saturated with our spirit that they will
follow in our worthy footsteps. And if, in later years, the University should need
aid, we will be more that glad to leave our seats in congress and out private
offices to set you again on the right way to success.
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Alumni Connections
Alumni Chapters
uoalumni.com/chapters
Oregon alumni volunteers in cities around the world organize themselves
and other Ducks into local chapters. Alumni chapters engage in a variety of
programming activities from athletic watch parties to Freshmen Send-offs to
networking events.
50th Reunion/Order of the Emerald
Each year, the University of Oregon Alumni Association encourages alumni to
return for the 50th reunion. After your 50th class reunion, you are invited to
attend future reunions as an Order of the Emerald Society member.
Homecoming
Application for
UOAA membership
Annual Membership
$55 Annual Member
$65 Joint Annual Member
$25 New Grads (within one year of graduation)
$35 Young Alumni (2-4 after graduation)
Life Membership
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$250/yr for 3 years
$25/month for 30 months
$375 Young Alumni Life Membership (1-4 years since graduation)
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Joint Life Membership
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EAST 15TH AVENUE
Knight
Library
1913 Boundary
Hamilton
Stafford
South
Douglass
UNIVERSITY STREET
Education
Annex
Cemetery
Beall
Concert
Caswell
Bean
West
Henderson
Smith
Bowerman
Family
McArthur
Court
Student
Tennis
Clinical
Services
Hayward
Field
AGATE STREET
Covered
Tennis
Courts
Knight
Law
LERC
Military
Science
Artificial
Turf Field
DeBusk
Bean
Ganoe
East Campus
Graduate Village
Bean
East
Parsons
Moore
Agate
EAST 20TH AVENUE
N
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ONYX STREET
POTTER STREET
800 Feet
Moss
Street
Children's
Center
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Outdoor
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EAST 18TH AVENUE
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Museum of
Natural and
Cultural
History
Hammer Field
Outdoor
Program
Barn
HARRIS STREET
Matthew
Knight
Arena
Many
Nations
Longhouse
Eugene Fire
Department
Howe
Field
Frohnmayer
Music
KINCAID STREET
Rainier
Thornton Willcox
Schafer
East
Grandstand
Esslinger
400
ins
Tingle Spiller
Artificial
Turf Field
Pioneer
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Sweetser
Adams
Clark
Dunn
McAlister
Walton
E
Young
Student
Recreation
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EAST 17TH AVENUE
Dept of
Public
Safety
Sheldon
LivingLearning
Center
DeCou
NU
EAST 15TH AVENUE
Gerlinger
Annex
Lokey
Education
HEDCO
Education
Straub Earl
West
Grandstand
Alder
Building
Dyment
North
Morton
Colli
Cloran
McC
MRI McClure
Hendricks
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Hawthorne
Susan
Campbell
AV
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Watson Burgess
University
Health,
Counseling,
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Erb Memorial
Union (EMU)
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ALDER STREET
Prince
Lucien
Campbell
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EAST 13TH AVENUE
JOHNSON LANE
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REE
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Academic
Learning
Center
Oregon
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Agate
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Agate
Playground
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Gilbert
C O M P L E X
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Peterson
S C I E N C E
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Eugene Police
Department
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Klamath
MOSS STREET
Chiles
Duck
Store
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LILLIS BUSINESS COMPLEX
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B OU
MOS
Allen
Computing
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COLUMBIA STREET
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Annex
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Cascade
Annex
Onyx Bridge
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Cascade
Deschutes
Lawrence
Hope
Theatre
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Theatre Villard
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McKenzie
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