The Winter Issue of The B.EAST!: A Magazine of Intellect and Imagination is coming soon to a computer near you. To complete the magazine, the editors would like everyone to take a brief survey on life at UO and in Bean East. We’ll tabulate the results, create Word Clouds, and include them in the Winter Issue.
If you did not submit anything this time around, don’t worry–we’ll have a Spring Issue in May. Contact the editors for more information.
The Global Studies Institute is offering $500 awards to undergraduates “to support global education experiences (intensive study abroad, international internships, international research opportunities, participation in international events).”
The application deadline is April 1, 2016. For further information, see the GSI’s Undergraduate Research Award webpage.
PIRG stands for the Public Interest Research Group. We take on issues where the public needs a champion—someone to stand up to powerful interests when they push the other way. We know that smart policy solutions and real change won’t just happen. You need to organize, advocate and fight for them.
Fellows
Our fellows don’t just sit behind a desk. You’ll be out in the real world—recruiting new groups to join a coalition, speaking in a church basement or town hall to win a new endorsement, organizing a news event or rally, meeting with an editorial board, or doing whatever else it takes to urge our public officials to do the right thing. This is a two-year program, expressly designed to prepare future leaders within PIRG. We look for smarts, leadership experience, top-notch written and verbal skills, and an eagerness to learn. We value experience organizing, including building campus groups.
Digital Campaigners
Our digital campaigners help us design and win campaigns on some of the most important issues affecting the public today. This position is an exciting way to organize and motivate people online. Our online campaigns reach tens of thousands of people and spread the word about making change. This is a position for professionals who are ready to turn online skills into political action. We’re looking for people with sharp writing skills, savvy strategic ability, and a talent for using social media.
The Student Government is hosting Bean East’s first Ping Pong Tournament to celebrate the acquisition of our new table. Drop by Moore Hall on Friday, January 22 at 6:00 pm and get in the game!
In this documentary, a theater troupe consisting entirely of convicted felons performs the plays of William Shakespeare for a captive audience. The troupe is already in its seventh year when the film crew joins them as they attempt to put on “The Tempest,” a play largely about the dangers of social isolation. In candid interviews, the film chronicles the project from its casting, through its rehearsals and finally to its performance at the Luther Luckett Correctional Complex in Kentucky.
Bean East has its own electronic magazine, and the Fall Preview issue is out! The editors are now actively seeking submissions for our first issue. The magazine is a forum for students to 1) showcase their academic accomplishments, 2) share their experiences in residence life, and 3) brag about their adventures in Eugene and around Oregon. See our Facebook and Twitter pages for more information.
Contributors will have the chance to win gift cards ($45.00; $20.00; $10.00) to the Duck Store, but don’t send us your stuff because you want a cash prize–do it instead for the glory that comes with attaining eternal fame (as Achilles, Odysseus, and other Greek heroes would say).
Are you particularly proud of your poetry, short story, or ceramics sculpture? How about your final project in geology or ethnic studies? Maybe you created a short film or have a video showcasing your musical talents? Whatever it is, we want to show it off to the rest of the community!
Living with a couple hundred new people is … different. Have you participated in any hall events or programs that have 1) challenged you to think differently, 2) helped you appreciate living in community, or 3) been really fun? Send us your personal anecdotes, short reflections, or images that reflect your experiences as a member of the Bean East family.
Sleep, eat, class, class, eat, class, study, class, eat, study, sleep. Rinse, repeat.
We all know that it’s easy to slide into a routine when living on campus. But intrepid students know that life exists outside this “bubble” and get out and explore. So, what’ve you been doing outside of class? Camping in the forest, surfing on the coast, urban hiking in Portland … wherever you’ve been, we want to hear about it! Send us your pictures climbing Smith Rock, watching the tide roll in, or enjoying a treat at Salt & Straw.
It’s back! Faculty Fellows flippin’ pancakes for you on December 3 (10:00 pm-12:00 am) at the Hamilton Dining Hall.
It’s back! The Sixth Annual Run With The Duck 5K is scheduled for Sunday, November 8 at 10:00 am at Riverfront Field (south side of the Autzen Footbridge). Registration is free, and you get a free t-shirt too! See the Calendar for more information. Let’s go!
James Braxton Peterson, English and Africana Studies at Lehigh University, will provide several updates and insights on the Black Lives Matter movement.
His presentation, “A Song, A Slogan, and A Service: Dispatches from the Movement for Black Lives,” will take place at the ERB Memorial Union Ballroom on October 22 (7:30 pm). See the Calender for details.
Join your fellow students for a day of service on Saturday, October 24 (9:00 am-1:00 pm). Registration is open through October 22.
1. Walama Restoration: we will be preparing and maintaining a project site within Alton Baker park focused on the rehabilitation and re-vegetation of this natural area.
2. Hendricks Park: we will be removing invasive plants, and if weather allows we will be revitalizing the area with native plants.
3. Arc of Lane County Families Connected: we will be participating in a harvest activity decorating pumpkins with children experiencing developmental and intellectual disabilities and their families.
4. FOOD for Lane County Grassroots Garden: we will be helping to plant, harvest, and cultivate in the community garden.
5. FOOD for Lane County Youth Farm: we will be helping to plant, harvest, and cultivate the Youth Farm.
6. Schoolhouse Garden: we will be winterizing the garden and contributing to the building of the outdoor classroom space.
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