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Media mentions for October 12
Learn history of Bulgarian wedding music at UVa
The Daily Progress: You may now kick up your heels with the bride. Music fans can learn all about the genre of Bulgarian wedding music from one of its pioneers and leading practitioners today at the University of Virginia. Renowned Bulgarian saxophonist Yuri Yunakov will appear in a lecture-demonstration at 10 this morning with University of Oregon anthropologist Carol Silverman ... Then, Silverman will present her colloquium address, “Global Gypsy: Romani Music, Representation and Appropriation” ... Silverman, whose latest book is “Romani Routes: Cultural Politics and Balkan Music in Diaspora,” will share information about how Bulgarian wedding music made the transition from hard-to-find bootleg tapes in the 1970s, the genre’s early days, to popular world music staple.
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Late mentions for October 11
National Coming Out Day rally met with enthusiasm
The Daily Emerald: As an arch of rainbow balloons and 30-40 cheerful marchers make their way through the Street Faire, Thursday afternoon’s National Coming Out Day rally drew to a close. The rally was put together by University of Oregon’s LGBTQ&A Alliance and the LGBT Education and Support Services Program and is part of a series of events held throughout National Coming Out Week. It’s also in celebration of the 40th anniversary of LGBTQ activism on campus. “Our turnout has been huge,” said Alex Sylvester, who is both the event coordinator for the LGBTQ&A Alliance and the ASUO Gender and Sexual Diversity Advocate.
The Register-Guard: It was her first day of school and Beckie was scared. Everything was new. Would the other students accept her? Could she find her classrooms? Was she dressed right? Fortunately, Beckie Jones of Springfield had her daughter to lean on. “There’s nothing more ironic and special than having your daughter walk you to class on that first day of school,” says Jones, now 40, recalling her debut at the University of Oregon in September 2011. The only silver lining seemed to be Noelle. In an attempt to increase the number of low-income students who enroll and succeed, the UO offers a program called SAIL: Summer Academy to Inspire Learning.
USADA report draws mixed reactions from Lance Armstrong’s sponsors, foundation
The Washington Post: Defending Tour de France champion Bradley Wiggins said Thursday he was shocked by the mountain of evidence compiled against Lance Armstrong, calling it “jaw-dropping” that as many as 11 former teammates testified against the sporting icon. Paul Swangard, managing director of the University of Oregon’s Warsaw Sports Marketing Center, said he suspects Armstrong’s future marketability is “forever reduced” by the disclosures in the USADA document, which include threats against those in position to testify against him. “Brands forge partnerships with athletes for the benefit of shared equity,” Swangard said, “and Lance as a brand is probably just not worth the trouble for anyone who is not currently attached to him.”