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Introducing the New LogoIntroducing the New LogoIntroducing the New Logo

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The logo design was really a team effort, Steven and I came up with lots of drafts for a logo till the final version came out. Steven came

up with the idea to make the logo circular, like a globe. But it needed to also go with the theme of love. Therefore, I created a logo with two hands fitting into the negative space of the ‘S’ to represent connecting with others/love along with the circular shape representing the globe.

I think that the idea behind it really suits ISA.

-- Hillary Fower, Designer of iSA Logo


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3Issue 3 // Winter 2014 // Feburary

PhotographersEsther KimIhn Que Lee

ModelsDavid JeongCecilia Xu

Content EditorsAlejandra GuitierrezIna SongNegina Pirzad

Graphic DesignersIna SongHillary Fowler

iSA Team

Co-DirectorsTony ZhangHung Mai

Program TeamLeigh ScheffeySandra BennySteven RaoRenee ArnettDustin JungCecilia Xu

Office TeamNajod AlrasheedChristina ParkAshley Liu

Fundraising TeamLuca LinKevin NgoJess ChenAmy LiCatherine Li

Publicity TeamLily ChenDavid JeongHillary FowlerIhn Que LeeEsther KimAlejandra GutierrezIna SongNegina PirzadEthan KimMegan GarlandJoshua LeeStacey Goldberg

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33 6A Closer Look @ iSA

Learn more about iSA and it’s new interns and officers.

10The ISO Experience

Take a look at ISO from different perspectives.

CONTENT13

Lunar New YearHear the traditions of Lunar New

Year from students of UO.

16NY Around the World

Didn’t get to count down for 2014? That’s OK, here are more New Years

to celebrate.

18Humans of UO

Portraits throughout campus at the University of Oregon.

21The Love Bug

It’s the sweet romantic season again, learn more about the V-Day.

23Winter Care

Do you know how to take care of yourself in this cold winter?

24The Drummer

A Coffee Talk with the mysterious dummer at the iSA Coffee Hour.

26ISG Meeting ScheduleLooking for a UO student group to join? Check out their meeting times!

27Calendar

Be the first ones to know the popular events that are happening on/off

campus!

17Landscape of the Body

Read Alexandra’s review on the new play that’s presented by UO Theater

program!

22The B&W Affair

Are you going to the iSA Winter Formal? Read about it first!

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NEW Recruit OF iSANEW Recruit OF iSA

Jisi (Jess) Chen

Fundraising Intern

Major in Accounting, Minor in Economics / Junior

It’s my pleasure to meet a lot of awesome folks in ISA. I just can’t wait to get my feet down in the field.

Luca Lin

Fundraising Coordinator

Business Administration & Economics / Senior

I enjoy being in a family of people from all over the world. It is also a great fit with my career interest of doing social entrepreneurship around the world.

Phat (Kevin)Ngo

Fundraising Intern

Business Administration / Junior

Being a member of ISA is a great opportunity for me to learn more about differences between the cultures from all around the world.

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NEW Recruit OF iSANEW Recruit OF iSA

Najod AlrasheedOffice Manager

Eonomoics / Senior iSA is kind of my type of group that I love to join and go creative with.

Negina Pirzad

Newsletter Intern

International Studies & Journalism / Sophomore

An awesome group, a meaningful aim, and a chance to write… What else could you want?


Leigh Scheffey

Program Coordinator

Journalism: Public Relations & Minor: Italian /Senior

I joined ISA to get more involved with international life and events on campus.

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ISOInternationalStudentOrientation

From the UO International Affair:

The University of Oregon is pleased to welcome new international students for the 2013-14 academic year. This year the university expects to host approximately

2,500 international students from more than 87+ countries. You, along with all of the other international students studying at the University of Oregon, are now a part of the UO’s international community. Your presence here enriches the campus environment and adds to the diversity of the institution.International Student Orientation (ISO) is mandatory for new international students. You must attend all orientation days in person. We cover many important topics at ISO and you will have a chance to get acquainted with the campus, learn about the student services available to you, take the AEIS (Academic English for International Students) and math placement tests, meet with an Academic Adviser, register for classes, and much more. You’ll also make lots of new friends!

(From Official Website: http://international.uoregon.edu/isss/orientation)

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by Ina Song


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Joining ISO is a great way to meet people.

I remember how it was when I first came to Eugene, so I think it’s great to come here and help people out.

I remember when I first came here and

leaving my home, and I got lots of help from the ISO leader. It was overwhelming to see all the people from different countries and cultures, and it was hard to get used to a new environment. Now that I’ve been here long enough, I want to come back to where I started and help the students who just got here; because I know, it’s scary to talk to other people when you first arrived here.

I became an ISO leader because I thought that

ISO is a great chance for international students to get to know the things we’ve experienced. It’s a great opportunity for us (ISO leaders) to offer some advices to them (new students) about classes and life in Eugene. I am thrilled to help here, and also I think it’s a great chance for me to meet some new friends. All ISO leaders are people who are willing to help others.

I’ve made many friends through ISO. I was a

graduate student, and my program started in the summer. Most of my classmates are international students, but they didn’t have friends from outside the program. They were complaining about that they only know the people from their program, and I realized that I had my orientation before summer which gave me the chance of meeting many new friends. That’s why when this opportunity came up, I thought I should join the ISO leader team and help international students.

I’ve studied abroad in Japan, and I just

wanted to come back and help international student to settle in when they first come in to the U.S. Because I know how hard it can be to go to another country without knowing many people.

ISO LEADERS


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Lunar New

Year

What’s the biggest difference you see between NY and where you from?New York lifestyle is a lot faster than where I from. Where I from was actually fast too, but NY is different. Everyone in NY seems like all have their own thing, and it’s also I think it’s the most multi-national and cultural city in the world. Because there are many different people from each nationalities and everywhere of the world. I really liked it there, and it was fun being in a language school there, the school I went to was really close to NY.

What’s the biggest difference you see between Eugene and your country?Eugene… is really quite, and that’s the biggest difference from my country and NY.

What’s the biggest culture shock you’ve experienced?I actually didn’t experience any culture shock, because I’ve traveled a lot when I was a kid with my family. I’ve experienced many different cultures, languages, and people (while I was traveling), and I just got used to it.

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Jiaqi ChenHow do you like being in the U.S.?I think Americans are really friendly, and the thing that I like the most here is freedom. People have freedom for mostly everything, you can wear whatever and go on the street without others judging you. It’s very different in China, because if someone wears some strange outfits there, people will think that the person is weird; and they will gossip about you. I feel really free in this country, and I love it! Also the environment is very good, it’s really green in here with fresh air.

What’s the biggest difference you’ve found between Eugene and your country?The biggest difference I’ve found is that I don’t feel really stressed when I study. I was a high school student in China, and everything was very stressful! There were so much pressure from my parents, teachers, and the society.Teachers only value students with their grades, and getting a good grades was very important. But here in the U.S. everything is a lot more relaxing, and students can chose wether going to college or not.

Do you find ISO helpful?Yes, I made some new friends through ISO and learnt some information about the campus. Everyone (International Affairs and ISO leaders) was very helpful here!

Carmen WangStudied at UO for almost a year. She is a former AEI student, and she is about to continue her journey at UO as a freshman.

The biggest difference she found between the U.S. and her hometown, China, was people’s behaviors. She particularly mentioned the “two-face” of people from the U.S.. People from the U.S. are always seem very friendly to her, and she thought that they wanted to be friends. However, after they make plans with her, such as going out for coffee or lunch, they never follow through. But in China, when people/friends make plans together they always make it happen. Being in the U.S. for almost a year also made her feel homesick and misses her family a lot. But She really enjoyed ISO, and she said it really helped her to know more about the UO campus even after being here for a year. It also allowed her to know more cultures and able to make more new friends. With more friends that she has met here, she started to feel less lonely.

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NEW STUDENTS


Lunar New

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Reina MeguroTokyo, Japan

Do people celebrate New Year in Japan?Yes, we celebrate New Year on January 1st.

Have you heard of Lunar New Year?Yes I have. I have a boyfriend who is from China, and I’ve heard it from him.

Do you know how people celebrate Lunar New Year?I don’t remember which day it was, but I know that it (the date) depends on which part of China people are from. One of my friends is Cantonese, and my boyfriend and is Cantonese American. My boyfriend’s family celebrate Lunar New Year, but they don’t really do anything special except eating dinner together. But in other parts of China, they would make dumplings. I’ve celebrated Lunar New Year with my boyfriend and his friends, we made dumplings together and watched Chinese TV show. The dumplings were really good, but I didn’t understand the show at all because it was in Chinese.

How do people celebrate New Year in Japan?We eat soba, the Japanese noodle, during on the countdown on New Year’s Eve. Also people eat Oseghi, its a Japanese traditional food, and each food in Oseghi has a different meaning. Some people also eat Mochi. Some people also go to temple on New Year, and kids get “happy money” from elders.

Midori Cruikshank & Shoko OhkiVermont, USA / Japan

Have you heard of Lunar New Year?MC: My roommate is Chinese, and she mentioned it before. SO: I used to work in a Chinese restaurant in Japan, and a lot of people came and celebrate.

When and how do you normally celebrate New Year?MC: I celebrate on the 31st, SO: same.MC: In the past I’ve celebrate it with my family, like going to festivals. They would have music, concerts, food, and venders, and things like that (at the festivals). But this past year I just went to the bars with my friends, and we just walked around and danced with champagnes and fireworks. SO: The New Year is very big in Japan. We make a lot of food, and have big family gatherings. Kids get money from elders, and people go to temples and pray.

Have you celebrated Lunar New Year before?MC: Last year I celebrated with my roommate around this time, we made gyozas and she taught me some traditions. We put a crunchy peanut in one of the gyozas, and whoever gets that will get the luck of the year. That was one of the things I got introduced to, and it was really fun. My friend was from Shanghai. SO: I haven’t really celebrated Lunar New Year before.

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Midori Cruikshank & Shoko OhkiVermont, USA / Japan

Have you heard of Lunar New Year?MC: My roommate is Chinese, and she mentioned it before. SO: I used to work in a Chinese restaurant in Japan, and a lot of people came and celebrate.

When and how do you normally celebrate New Year?MC: I celebrate on the 31st, SO: same.MC: In the past I’ve celebrate it with my family, like going to festivals. They would have music, concerts, food, and venders, and things like that (at the festivals). But this past year I just went to the bars with my friends, and we just walked around and danced with champagnes and fireworks. SO: The New Year is very big in Japan. We make a lot of food, and have big family gatherings. Kids get money from elders, and people go to temples and pray.

Have you celebrated Lunar New Year before?MC: Last year I celebrated with my roommate around this time, we made gyozas and she taught me some traditions. We put a crunchy peanut in one of the gyozas, and whoever gets that will get the luck of the year. That was one of the things I got introduced to, and it was really fun. My friend was from Shanghai. SO: I haven’t really celebrated Lunar New Year before.

Carmen Rong & Zihan (Hannah) ZhangOregon, USA / Xian, China

Do you celebrate Lunar New Year?CR: Yes, and usually my parents cook dinner, and we would invite my aunt and uncle over in our house. We also exchange “Hong Bao”, which we put money in red envelops. My parents cook lots of traditional Chinese food, and we also pray. We would play some old Chinese traditional music in the background as well. Sometimes when we are too lazy, we would just go to a dumpling restaurant and just have dim-sums. My parents were from Gungdong, China. ZZ: My family almost do the same thing. We normally cook at home, and eat dinner with family. Before I turned 18, I used to get “Hong Bao”.

Do you celebrate New Year on January 1st?CR: Not really. Maybe sometimes I would go out with my friends, but most of the time I would just watch fireworks from my window. It’s not as special as the Lunar New Year. ZZ: I normally just watched TV at home, we don’t do a lot for the New Year.

by Ina Song


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New Year, Same Optimism

How New Years is celebrated around the world

When I think of December 31st, what comes to mind is the anticipation for the clock to strike midnight. The day fades one year out, and it excitingly brings in the next. Resolutions, dance parties, the colors silver and gold, champagne, the Time Square Ball Drop, fireworks, and the numerous countdowns that play on every other TV network are what make December 31st New

Years Eve in America.

For all cultures that follow the Gregorian calendar, and sometimes the Julian calendar, New Years Eve and New Years day fall on the same days as in the US. Many cultures celebrate through extravagant festivities in large cities with alcohol, fireworks, and citywide gatherings, like in Russia, the UK, and European countries.

Along with grand celebrations, cultures often hold on to little, old traditions that are passed down from generation to generation. In Spain, it is customary to have a hand full of twelve grapes, and once the clock strikes twelve, one grape must be eaten at each stroke that follows. If your grape eating successfully syncs with the strikes, then you are bound to have good luck in the New Year. And in Greece and Cyprus, people switch off the lights at midnight and celebrate the New Year by cutting the vassilopita, or Basil’s pie, that usually has a sort of coin baked into it. Whichever family member gets the piece of pie that contains the coin can expect good luck for the duration of the New Year.

Other cultures’ New Years differ depending on which calendar they follow. For example, Chinese New Years is celebrated on the first day of the lunar calendar, and it stretches out until the fifteenth day. The holiday usually falls between January twentieth and February twentieth. Chinese traditions for this special day include lion and dragon dances, fireworks, family gatherings, and the color red often appears in clothes, money envelopes, and other things as a sign of good luck. During this time, it is also customary for each family to cleanse their homes, sweeping away any misfortune, making way for the incoming good luck of the New Year.

Similar to this Chinese tradition of cleansing one’s home, people from Andean countries in South America often burn little doll-like figures, or muñecos, on December 31st as a way of burning any regrets from the old year before the new year begins.

As midnight arrives for each time zone around the world, people welcome the New Year in diverse ways. From a mouthful of grapes in Spain, to incorporating red in China, to doll burning in the Andes, the last days of the year are full of traditions and optimism.

by Negina Pirzad


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Landscape of the Body

Every term, the UO Theatre program holds plays that are directed by faculty members and the stars of the shows are students

from our very own campus. This season’s show is called the Landscape of the Body, by John Guare and directed by Jean Sidden. The story focuses on the life of a young woman called Betty and her new life in the great city of New York. Betty and her son go to New York to try and convince her sister Rosalie to come back with her to her hometown. After a tragic accident, Betty’s sister dies and we can see how Betty slowly starts to be absorbed into her sister’s old life. One day, Betty’s son is found dead and she is held as a suspect. As the play carries on, the mystery of the murder slowly begins to unfold, revealing who the killer is.

This play deals with time travel, corrupted innocence and with the misconception of the American Dream. The audience is able to see how the characters begin to change and lose themselves in the chaos of the big city. Whether it is due to greed, fear or simply just pressure, the main characters had become completely different people by the end.

The stars of the play had countless rehearsals

in order to successfully execute their roles and make the story appealing and convincing to the audience. Ranging from happiness, to sadness and then anger, Landscape of the Body has a good plot and storyline that will make people laugh, cringe, gasp and keep everyone on the edge of their seats. The entire cast if full of talented people that not only act, but also sing.If you enjoy murder mysteries and dark comedy, this is a play you should definitely see. It started on Thursday Jan 23, and it will be shown on these days as well:

Jan 24, 25, 30, 31, Feb 1 at 8pm, Feb 2 at 2pm. Go enjoy a great play and show your love and support for our theatre Ducks!

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Q Humansof UOA:

Esther KimSenior in International StudiesMegan GarlandJunior in International Studies & Chinese

Negina Pirzad: What inspired you to start “Humans of UO” (HOUO)?Esther Kim: I was obsessed “Humans of New York” on Facebook for a really long time, and at my first publicity meeting for ISA, we decided we wanted to start something that would get students more involved with ISA. We thought about randomly interviewing people for either a blog or a website, sort of creating profiles about them. “Humans of New York” instantly popped into my mind. I thought we could do something like that: asking people questions, getting short quotes, and posting them on a Facebook page.Megan Garland: And since Esther is a photographer and ISA provided us with a lot of resources, we were able to make it a real thing and successfully advertise it.

NP: How do you choose the people that you interview?MG: We mostly look for people that are not in conversation, aren’t doing anything we would interrupt them in. EK: We’ve done a lot of interviews during [ISA’s] Coffee Hour because there are a lot of people who go to it. That’s where we started, and then we expanded to random places on campus. We choose people that are on their own, are not too busy, who kind of seem interesting.

NP: What’s your overall goal with HOUO?MG: Well, since campus has like thirty thousand-plus students, ISA’s trying to bring together international students with domestic students, and this does that in a way. In general, the project connects students. Like if someone says, “I’m struggling with money right now,” other students can be like, “Hey, there’s someone

else on campus that has a similar struggle as me” or “ they are going through something I’ve experienced before.” It creates this new interconnectedness in our little community.EK: Yeah, and we wanted to show the diversity here, not just with race or with what countries people are from, but with what people actually go through in life and have experienced.

NP: And with the people you ask to interview, how do they usually respond to you at first?EK: People are usually OK with it. It’s sometimes hard to get the “deep” stories out of people though.MG: Yeah, people stay very surface-level with their answers because we’re just randomly asking them for an interview. But we are creating better questions and shaping how we approach people, so we can get a little deeper with them. It’s just hard in public settings.

NP: Have you had any issues with people, either for posting something they don’t like, or them not wanting their pictures taken at all?EK: For the photos, we

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give people an option of what they want me to take a picture of. If they don’t want their face on Facebook, I usually take a picture of their hands or of something else. I leave it up to them.MG: We have been completely denied a few times during Coffee Hour. Some people just aren’t comfortable in general with having their pictures posted.

NP: Do you plan to continue with HOUO after this year? What do you hope happens to the project after you graduate?MG: It would be cool if it stayed within ISA. We would just pass the administrator position on to the next group. EK: I graduate this spring, and it would be really sad if it just ends.MG: We won’t let that happen. Hopefully, we continue after this year. It depends on how big it gets. [HOUO] is not massive yet, but it has a fair amount of followers. We’re trying to expose it some more, to get more people to follow it on Facebook.

Esther K.Megan G.

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“What is something really important that you would teach your child?”

“Value. I think that’s a really big problem with our generation. There’s

a lot of people that have a very skewed sense of

value just because they’ve never really had to deal

with it directly. It’s always been their parents who

took care of them.”

“Be wise in your decision. You live with the consequences.”

“In the future, I want to work in dental

technology. It is about making artificial teeth or dentures. I like it because it is a combination of art

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Bitten By the Love Bug?

Yes. It is that time of the year again. The weather is still chilly and the Christmas colors such as green, red and white are being replaced by the colors pink and red. Instead of seeing Christmas lights, we now see heart shaped cards, stickers, boxes and candy. Your wallet my start look a little bit empty and your pants will feel

tighter during this month, but don’t worry, it is completely normal. It doesn’t matter where you go, there will be delicious chocolate and pastries all around you. If you do not buy them for yourself, teachers will hand them out in class, and a friend or loved one will certainly give you some as well.

Some people do not like February 14th because they believe that they have to have significant other in their life. Whether you have a significant other or not, you DO have friends and loved ones. Valentine’s Day is the day of both, love and friendship. Even if you show them how much you love and care for them each day, it will definitely put a smile on their faces when they know that they are someone you truly care for.

Take this opportunity to surprise them with a card, chocolates or candy. Or, if you really want to make them blush, during Valentine’s Day, here at the University of Oregon you can send them a singing vagina to one of their classes. Yes, you read that correctly. The concept is similar to a rose gram, the only difference is that this gram sings but it doesn’t include a rose.

So, show some love to your loved ones, send your parents a little postcard and buy yourself some delicious treats. Feel the love.



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During these months the weather is cold, the air is crisp, there are no colors on the trees and the sky remains cloudy most of the time. All these

factors make you want to stay inside, sit on your couch and watch good movies as you take a sip from your hot chocolate. If you want to go out for a walk, or go to bars or parties you have to take your warmest jacket and boots in order to get to your destination without freezing to death. There is not much going on during these days and if there are any events, people will show up in baggy, warm clothes. You are part of these people, but you don’t want to wear your sweatpants and hoodie all term long. You want to wear your gorgeous dress or suit that is just sitting at the back of your closet collecting dust. You have that perfect outfit but you’ve had no opportunity to use it, until now!

The Winter Formal is an event held every year and everyone who attends is wearing their clothes that make them look like stunning celebrities. Men will look like George Clooney and all the young ladies will look as stunning and beautiful as Charlize Theron. Everyone is welcome to attend. There will be photographers, good music, fancy food and drinks, and a red carpet. This year’s theme is black and white and it will be held at Gerlinger. Start practicing your dance moves and your sexy yet casual pose. Bring your friends and have a great time at this black tie event.


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WINTER CAREDidn’t Duck the Flu? Is each one of your classmates,

roommates and friends a walking, sneezing and coughing virus? Instead of walking around with 5 bottles of hand sanitizer and a facemask over your mouth and nose try

these things first.

First of all, don’t use your hand sanitizer 50 times a day. Every time you use it, you are taking away some of the protective agents that your hands have in order to fight bacteria away. Using it every once in a while is ok, just don’t over do it. After that, if you can, swing by the Health Center to get your flu shot. It will give your immune system a little boost and that might make the difference that you need to avoid a dirty tissue-covered bed.

Be sure to wear warm clothes at all times. It is always better to wear layers that you can take off instead of walking to class shivering under your one sweater. And what goes along with a warm sweater? A super cozy scarf! So bundle up and step outside to smell the fresh air and gaze at the clear, blue sky.

If you do however feel under the weather or are in fact, sick then these things might help you get well faster. Apart from wearing warm clothes, drink orange juice in order to get more Vitamin C in your system. Make sure you get enough sleep and that you are not pushing your body too hard. Don’t force your body to channel its energy into other things. Let all the efforts go to being healthy again. Furthermore, eat good, healthy food such as vegetables, fruits, protein, juices, tea and warm soups. A warm chicken or noodle soup while you are curled up in bed watching a movie always does the trick. Not only is it delicious, it is also good for the soul. If you need food that is even more comforting, then head to your nearest supermarket and buy yourself some chocolate or a warm croissant in order to make yourself smile.Stay warm and healthy everyone!


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Muhiyidin oye

The Drummer With A Big Dream

What inspired you to start getting involved in all this? (this=coming to coffee hour and just playing his drums and encouraging other people to join in)

The fact that not all of us speak the same language through our mouths. But I know that all of us speak the same language through our hearts and music. And so I have three avenues to access the heart: food, music and spirituality. So, today I felt like I had to share all three and so that was really beautiful to me. Music is the most universal. Food, its like ‘ I taste your food and you taste mine. You might not like my food you know?’ And so I was like all right, we’ll skip over the food. Spirituality sometimes is very hard to find union with that. Music is one of those simple things that you don’t have to use logic and its not relying on your taste buds or your habits, you just feel it. And that’s what the jams are, its not like, hey lets bring your music and Ill try to play your music, which is fun. I think that has its place, but for it to be so informal is what really inspires me because it’s a natural conversation that happens rather than sitting on a pedestal debating or sharing logically. My inspiration is togetherness.

What do you want to get out of your project?I don’t really much except to explore rhythms and music without having to go on the internet and just seeing people.

How did you hear about ISA or how did you end up here?I think I wondered up here. I was on campus and there was the Oregon’s students of color coalition, not too long ago and I wondered up here and it was empty. I was looking around and saw that there was a drum that was already here and I was looking at some of the videos on the walls and I realized that this room right here has the capacity to hold something and that has at its heart a desire to embrace the world. And there’s not too many places that you find and that the intention is to hold space for that kind of exchange and so that room and this organization is doing just that.

How long have you been playing the drums for?For ten or fourteen years. My grandmother owns an antique shop

and she had an old conga and so the first drum I ever laid my hands on was from either Portugal or Brazil and so I was playing that. Then, later on when I was a junior in college I found my first djembe drum and it started calling to me. Then I realized, especially being African American, that this right here is a connection to my ancestry in ways that is far beyond my conscious knowledge. It’s almost like it’s a connection at the molecular level that nobody remembers. You don’t know it, you just feel it. That’s when I really started to love it the most. I had no idea what I was doing and my hands were just doing it. This is something far beyond me. It was an interaction that was true, that was real. And I do believe that we all have, especially from where we are from, we have an interaction with what we heard when we were small you know? The rhythms that were around us, as we were growing up. They provided the soundtrack to our lives. And now we have the ability to make a symphony! With your soundtrack and my soundtrack and his soundtrack and just see what happens. In the end, we can play that music back to our little ones, from any of those cultures and then they might start to feel it. ‘This is not only new for my ears but this is encompassing something much broader than what I hear on the radio’. It’s exciting. I want it to be organic.


Coffee Talk with...

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Winter, 2014..........Club MeetingsClub Name Time Location

ASA (African Student Association) M / 6PM Willamette 112

KP (Kultura Pilipinas) T / 5PM MIC (Mills)

VSA (Vietnamese Student Association) T / 6PM MIC (Mills)

HKSA (Hong Kong Student Association) T / 7PM River Room

TWSA (Taiwan Student Association) T / 7PM EMU Skylight

IBEC (International Business and Economics Club) W / 6PM Lills 232

JSO (Japanese Student Organization) R / 6PM Pacific 16


Event Calendar..........Feb., 2014• Important Dates • Campus Events • Community Events

M T W R F S S

27 28 29 30 31 1 2iSA Winter Formal6pm /Gerlinger Hall

Last day to:• Process a complete withdrawal or reduce credits and receive a 25% tuition refund• Apply for Winter 2014 undergraduate degrees

3 4 5 6 7 8 9Stress Less2pm / EMU

French Language Conversation Group5pm / EMU

Adjusting to College Life12pm / EMU, Centruy Room A

Italian Conversation Group730pm / La Perla Pizzeria

Spanish Conversa-tion Group730pmMcMenamins East 19th Street Cafe

Ducks After Dark Double Feature: Alice in Won-derland and OZ The Great and Powerful830pm / PLC Hall

Course offerings for Spring 2014 available

iSA Coffe Hour4pm / MIC


Overcoming Pro-crastination12pm / EMU

FREE Valentine HIV Testing11pm / EMU

Ducks After Dark Movie Night: Hitch830pm / PLC Hall

FREE Valentine HIV Testing11pm / EMU

iSA V-Day Coffe Hour4pm / MIC

VITA - Free Tax Preparation Service12pm / Lilis

TWSA Taiwan Night 7-9PM / EMU Ballroom


SIS Bollywood Movie Night630pm / North LLC 125

Ducks After Dark Double Feature: Indiana Jones & The Temple of Doom and The Bourne Supremacy9pm/ PLC Hall


Last day to:• Drop a class• Change grade options• Change variable credits


Ducks After Dark Double Feature: Ghostbusters and Man of Steel830pm / PLC Hall


Valentine’s Day

• Initial registration for Spring 2014 •

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