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Demand vs. availability: why some UO students can’t get the classes they need

As spring term arrives, class registration takes a toll on many students at the University of Oregon. Enrolling in required courses can be difficult as registration priority, class sizes, the number of sections offered and course scheduling all impact whether students can secure the schedule they need.
UO has roughly 20,000 undergraduate students. The College of Arts and Sciences, the largest on campus, enrolls more than 11,000 of them.
With thousands of students competing for courses each term,...
Daily Emerald •

24-hour Allan Price Science Commons and Research Library returns for second term

ASUO is sponsoring 24-hour science library access during week 10 and finals week for a second term.
ASUO’s main goals for this year were to advocate for student services after University of Oregon’s $29.2 million in budget cuts over the summer. ASUO President Prissila Moreno and the Student Power campaign started a 24-hour library pilot program during fall, allowing all-day access to the Allan Price Science Commons and Research Library.
After meeting with library staff and receiving funding from...
Align Magazine •

Internships: The New College Acceptances — Align Magazine

As the fall term winds down and students finish finals, a familiar pressure settles in. For many, the stress doesn’t end with the last exam or class. It simply shifts. Internships move to the center of students’ minds, becoming the next piece in a long line of academic and professional milestones on the board of Life. Career platforms like Handshake, Indeed, and LinkedIn become daily scrolls, each listing another opportunity, another deadline, another chance to move towards career goals. But the...
Align Magazine •

Whispers of the Past: The Vanishing Art of Folktales — Align Magazine

Do you remember the last time you read a folktale? No, not a Disney movie, but a story with lessons? Now think of kids in the new generation. Do you think they are learning folktales? We once used folktales to teach what it meant to live, to make mistakes, and to learn. In recent years, how many of those lessons have been rewritten into happy endings? In the past century, these traditional stories have been completely transformed by mass media companies such as Disney. What were once moral lectu...

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What It Means To Witness

You truly don’t understand a conflict or what a region is going through, until you’ve seen it with your own eyes, and heard the suffering told by the inhabitants. And even so, you still won’t fully understand unless you are living in it. When I traveled to Israel in September, I did not go as a reporter or an activist, but as a witness. An outsider. The goal was to understand what life looks like and the different perspectives in a place where history, loss, and resilience coexist every day. And I saw it all.