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U of O Campus Walk

  • Start date: 09/20/2021

  • Start time: 12:00 AM

  • End date: 09/20/2021

  • End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

Meeting place: Steps of Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art.

We'll walk at a leisurely pace around basically a wide perimeter of campus, including the new Knight Science Campus across Franklin. Autumn is arriving; let's see how the landscape differs from the last season.

Outing should take about 2 hours.

  • Event Leader: Joanna Alexander

  • Event Leader Phone: 541-513-9624

  • Event Leader Email: joalexgypsy@gmail.com

  • Assistant Leader:

  • Event category: Trips

  • Area Type: Urban

  • Departure Location: See Trip Description

  • Rating: Easy

  • Roundtrip total drive miles:

  • Season: 2021

  • Permits Required:

  • Event Status: Passed

  • Supplies and Equipment Required: Masks must be worn on the UO campus* - even outdoors as we cannot guarantee 6' distancing. Water. Please read the updated COVID Protocols on the Obsidian website. *Aug. 23 UO updated its outdoor mask policy: Masks are mandatory where physical distancing is not possible, which might be at some points of the walk. See: coronoavirus.uoregon.edu for latest status.

  • participant prerequisites:

  • Conditions:

  • Total Distance: 2.5

  • Member Fees: 1

  • Elevation Gain:

  • Non-Member Fees: 2

  • Committee: Trips

  • Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

A dozen happy wanderers visited the U of O campus between summer session and Fall Term, stopping occasionally for talk of sustainability efforts including not only environmental, but also cultural, social and economic justice sustainability. Evelyn shared that today's (Sept. 20, 2021) issue of the New Yorker magazine has an article on Derrick Bell, "The Man behind Critical Race Theory", had been dean of the UO Jon Jaqua Law School. Crisp morning, on the eve of autumn equinox. One focus of the walk was trying to see differences between various evergreen conifers: Giant Sequoias vs. Coast Redwoods, and Incense cedars vs. Western red cedars. A visit to the landscapes of Many Nations Longhouse and eating Jorry donated chocolate vegan cookies (with a nod to custom created by Janet Jacobsen) in a serene gathering clearing among native plantings was a lovely pause. Last Monday's UO Sustainability Walk was also remembered by Lisa sharing the fact that the Native American architect, Johnpaul Jones, of the Many Nations Longhouse was also the lead design consultant for the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C.