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interview process, and it was a little
different than she remembered — or
at least Eugene was.
"During my whole interview I
couldn't find anything I didn't love
about this place," Larsen said. "And
it got to a point where 1 was walking
around like, 'All right, there has got
to be something.' And I really left
wanting and just dreaming about
getting this job."
That dream came true last week
for 29-year-old Larsen, who de
scribes herself as energetic, passion
ate and fun.
"Our search and our pool of can
didates was unbelievable," Athletic
Director Bill Moos said July 29 in a
press conference. "The one that we
selected rose above (the others) quite
dramatically in my opinion. We are
very thrilled that Jen Larsen has
agreed to be an Oregon Duck."
And thus the journey began in
starting a team from scratch. Larsen
will look to her mentor in North Car
olina, women's head coach Jenny
Slingluff Levy, who also started her
program from the ground up.
Larsen's first tasks will come in
recruiting and preparing to host a
summer clinic camp on Aug. 16.
The camp will allow high school
athletes from across the state to im
prove their skills, meet Larsen and
play along side some U.S. national
team players.
Larsen's hope in the future is to
have as many Oregon athletes on her
roster as possible.
"I know that there are some real
ly fine athletes in this state and
they're starting to fall in love with
lacrosse as a lot of people have on
the East Coast,” she said. "I want
kids to dream about playing lacrosse
at Oregon."
The most recent addition to the
new staff is assistant coach Robert
Bray. Bray is a former 4-year
lacrosse coach at St. Mary's College
of Maryland and was one of the
other candidates who applied for
Larsen's position.
For Larsen, adjusting to this new
lifestyle has not been easy. The majori
ty of her furniture and belongings re
main on the East Coast as she contin
ues the moving process. And in her
spare time she is looking to do some
white water rafting and kayaking.
"1 love nature, 1 love being out
side, " said Larsen, who has only been
in Eugene since July 27." I'm just tak
ing it a day at a time at this point. It's
a whole new life out here."
But thus far, Eugene has seemed
the perfect fit for the 1993 lacrosse
national champion. And the over
whelming feeling that is Oregon ath
letics has not scared Larsen a bit.
"I've just been surrounded by
big-time athletics my whole life,"
she said. "I'm an athlete down to
the very last part of me. I feel excit
ed and honored to be part of it be
cause it is such a big-time athletic
department. You just pull up into
this facility and almost get chills,
it's so cool."
Larsen's team will take to Pape
Field and begin competition at the
start of next school year. She hopes to
have some athletes signed to the ros
ter by November in her ever-contin
uing crazy schedule.
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to dates of reaching mountain peaks,
the walls and ceiling were filled top
to-bottom with unforgettable
experiences.
1 hoped my trip could be worthy of
toilet literature by the end of the day.
As 1 waited at McKenzie River's
rocky beach, listening to safety pre
cautions about how to tuck one's self
I
in a fetal position when getting stuck
in a hole underwater, I tried to re
member the fine print of the liability
form I signed a half hour before.
But the sun began to peak
through, and we pushed off into the
clear water, ready to begin our six
mile trek. Kat asked me to be on the
front-left of the boat and set the pad
dle pace since 1 had minimal white
water experience.
As Alan, the paddle captain, famil
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back left, back right and dig, * we ap
proached our first rapid, known as
the Screamer.
Having never rafted the McKenzie,
I was only left to imagine what it
could entail. As we approached the
Screamer — only a class two-plus
rapid — it was definitely our first
wake up call. I took a few good
splashes in the face that helped me
forget my mere three and a half hours
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of sleep the night before.
Our raft played sweeper through
the afternoon, allowing the two other
rafts and four inflatable kayaks to stay
in front. I persisted in setting a pace
that Olga, Adeena and Alan could all
feel comfortable with.
As we continued through the
slow current, we were easily over
taken by the osprey soaring above
and the overwhelming greenery
that soared high into the sky from
the river's bank.
Through the passing journey, the
river offered soothing sounds before
we approached Clover, another class
two rapid. After more water in the
boat and a few big rocks to clear, we
were soon safe on our way.
Just before lunch break, we ap
proached the Eagle Rock Rapids,
which would not treat us as fairly.
Prior to the class two, we had ma
neuvered into shallow water and
became stuck on a rock that was by
no means forgiving.
Even through vicious paddling, the
rock refused to let go as we seemingly
pivoted in a circle on it going
nowhere fast. As frustration mount
ed, we jumped out of the raft and
walked it into deeper water and were
back on our way.
After a lunch of vegetables and
homemade oatmeal raisin cookies
we anticipated our approach to
Brown's Hole. This was one of the
class three rapids on our run and one
that we wouldn't soon forget.
Our boat was the last one to head
into the rapid on the left side of the
river. Brown's Hole is a decent drop
through some rough waves that
you barely see until they're right in
front of you.
And at this point, all of us were
nearly swimming. As we were in the
rapid approaching the drop, Alan
and I couldn't paddle strong enough
to straighten us out and we dropped
in sideways pushing ourselves against
another boulder. We soon jumped
high side on the raft before nearly
capsizing and, luckily, escaped with
out being submerged.
Yet we did much better through
Martin's Rapids, a class three that
concluded our journey. By that time
my arms were screaming for mercy,
but we caught the wave train and
rode through comfortably.
As we approached the take-out
point, we enjoyed our last minutes
on the water by engaging in water
fights with the kayakers. I was nearly
able to push Kat in the water, as is
custom for first-trip initiators, but she
wouldn't budge.
Our trip lasted for nearly six and a
half hours, and the peaceful journey
won't soon be forgotten. The out
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everyone, and it isn't difficult to take
part in — you just have to sign up.
Although I didn't end up making
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plan to enjoy more outdoor experi
ences through the program, and even
tually become a toilet author myself.
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something that maybe is overlooked
in all of the white noise that (sur
rounds) this."
The University has yet to announce
the site for the new arena, but it is ex
pecting an evaluation regarding the
seven prospective sites from the Inter
national Facilities Group this month.
Frohnmayer commented that he
wants to make a decision as soon as
possible after that.
"This is a delicate but very seriously
undertaken balancing process in bal
ancing opportunities against the
downside," Frohnmayer said.
According to the feasibility report
issued by a consultant in April, the
arena could generate up to $6.6 mil
lion in additional revenue for Ore
gon athletics. The project itself is
slated for a $90 million to $130
million bill and will be funded by
private donors. Construction could
begin next summer.
"There will be a select group of
donors, some of whom have been
identified but haven't chosen to be
publicly identified yet," Frohnmayer
said. "This won't be a broad-based
fund raising effort as Autzen was.
This will be much more targeted
and focused."
Among those identified are Nike,
Inc. CEO, Chairman and President
Phil Knight and Pat Kilkenny, chair
man of The Arrowhead Group.
From the nearly completed Lillis
Business Complex to the Museum of
Art renovation, the new arena is part
of a much larger scheme involved in
transforming the University.
'This is part of a comprehensive re
building and facilities upgrading set
of projects that hopefully are em
blematic of what a campus of this
kind should be doing," Frohnmayer
said. "Our hope is to replicate the
sound, feel, intensity and intimacy of
Mac Court with a facility that's wor
thy of a 21st century campus."
The arena could open as early as
the fall 2006.
"It will hopefully be the largest and
most modem facility of its kind be
tween Portland and the Bay area,"
Frohnmayer said. "And that itself is a
statement not only about the University
but about Eugene It should be an excit
ing project, and the fact that it's not only
driven by— but completely funded by
— private dollars means we're not tak
ing away from academic priorities, and
in fact we're making the Athletic De
partment more likely to be able to be
self-sufficient in revenue raising."
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