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Keynote speaker at the Slow News confer- ence — no, that’s not a typo — June 25 at the University of Oregon was none other than Lo- gan Molen, former publisher at The Register- Guard, who lost his job there in last winter’s sale of the paper to GateHouse Media. Now pub- lisher of The Steamboat Pilot & Today in Colora- do, Molen confessed growing skepticism about the influence of digital media on news — and of the ability of digital advertising to support qual- ity local journalism. Print, he suggested, may continue to shrink but will remain the founda- tion of newspapers; the most successful new model might be weekly print publication with digital updates through the week. That sounds a lot like Eugene Weekly today. nation to go to the border in Texas and use social media to tell the country what was happening there. He was the only senator bold enough to endorse Bernie Sanders for president when other Democrats fell into line for Hillary Clinton. You say Oregon is not a great base? What about Arkansas, as in Bill Clinton, or Georgia, as in Jimmy Carter? Merkley’s exploring his options. • What we’re reading: Educated: A Mem- oir by Tara Westover. Published in 2018 by Random House, this is a wild ride for a mem- oir. The story of an Idaho family dominated by a father who doesn’t believe in education, it tells how Westover escapes her own pri- vate Idaho through education. She is a fine writer, and it’s hard to put her book down. • Bitcoin is big news in Oregon with Sec- retary of State Richardson interested in al- lowing it for political contributions. But it is a complicated cryptocurrency, as Maren Peas- ley demonstrated at the City Club of Eugene on June 22. Peasley, an identity specialist at a global security vendor, recently co-found- ed DC541, a local cybersecurity discussion forum that meets monthly and is open to the public. That sounds like a good way to go be- fore we take our money out of the bank and put it in Bitcoin. • Why not our Sen. Jeff Merkley as a candidate for president or maybe vice- president? He had the courage and imagi- • You probably have picked your favor- ite team in the World Cup by now, Spain, France, Germany, Brazil, but not the U.S., alas, since we didn’t even make it to the world’s greatest sporting event. EW is de- lighted to have Killian Doherty writing and photographing for us both inside and outside soccer stadiums all over Russia. A Eugene at- torney with the Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide, Doherty will be sending his ob- servations for print and online until the last match ends. SLANT INCLUDES SHORT OPINION PIECES, OBSERVATIONS AND RUMOR-CHA SING NOTES COMPILED BY THE E W EDITORIAL BOARD. HEARD ANY GOOD RUMORS LATELY? CONTAC T EDITOR@EUGENE WEEKLY.COM Eugfun Downtown in Movement for memory 26 a dance class for your brain June Tuesdays June 26 - August 14 • 11am to nooon, 1pm to 2pm • Park Blocks and Hi-Fi Music Hall Presented by DanceAbility International with support from the Downtown Program Fund. A low-intensity interactive movement lesson for all people, informed by the DanceAbility Method. Jana Meszaros, Master DanceAbility teacher, will guide the group through a series of simple activities, and Rich Glauber’s lively music will accompany the 35-minute class. Fridays at the Park Blocks: 29 electric funeral June 5pm to 8:30pm Acoustic renditions of classic heavy metal songs. Also enjoy a beverage garden and food trucks. JUly 5 Party on the Plaza: Pura Vida Orquesta 5:30pm to 10pm • Hult Center Plaza This Portland-based eight-piece Latin band plays salsa, timba, cumbia, cha cha cha, Latin jazz, merengue, bachata and Latin funk. 8 June 28, 2018 • eugeneweekly.com
