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contents AUGUST 21, 2025 - AUGUST 28, 2025 vote.eugeneweekly.com 2 4 7 9 12 13 14 14 15 Letters News The Naked Issue Calendar Music Arts OPINION letters From Injections of Christianity to the Flock’s Cameras It’s Insidious Savage Love Classifi eds Astrology It is scary to me that anyone on the Lane County Commission board is inject- ing Christianity into county meetings (EW, 8/14). The boundaries between “state” and religion are very important. Thank you for publishing about this insidious takeover. Debby Phillips Eugene Look at the Complexities VESNA PAVLOVIĆ, ARTIST. Photo by Susan Urmy editorial Jody Rolnick Camilla Mortensen CALENDAR EDITOR Savannah Brown COPY EDITOR Dan Buckwalter BRICKS $ MORTAR Christian Wihtol CONTRIBUTING ARTS WRITER Will Kennedy CONTRIBUTING COPY EDITOR Jane Dods ARTS EDITOR EMERITUS Bob Keefer HAPPENING PEOPLE Paul Neevel PUBLISHER 25% OFF 20% OFF VETERANS WISDOM EXPIRES: 09/21/25 ONE COUPON PER VISIT EXPIRES: 09/21/25 ONE COUPON PER VISIT 20% OFF 50% OFF OLCC INDUSTRY ONE or TWO WORKERS OUNCES FLOWER EXPIRES: 09/21/25 ONE COUPON PER VISIT EXPIRES: 09/21/25 ONE COUPON PER VISIT 2880 Elmira Road, Suite B, Eugene RareEarthDispensary.com Do not operate a vehicle or machinery under the influence of this drug. For use only by adults twenty-one years of age and older. Keep out reach of children. EDITOR CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Ester Barkai, Dan Bryant, Tom Coffi n, Ayisha Elliott, John Fischer, Rachel Foster, Henry Houston, Kim Kelly, Cynthia Laff erty, Chandra LeGue, Rick Levin, Susan Palmer, William L. Sullivan, Alby Thoumsin, Dorothy Velasco, Eve Weston, John Zerzan INTERNS Pierce Baugh V, Corin Antonio, Savannah Brown, Kat Tabor SNOWDEN INTERNSHIP REPORTER Seira Kitagawa CATALYST JOURNALISM PROJECT REPORTERS Ruby Duncan, Mirandah Davis-Powell, Emily Rogers, Samantha Sobel FIND US ON: @EugeneWeekly Your gift means care for local cats Felines Fairygodmother (541) 232-2679 Rescue 2 August 21, 2025 art department ART DIRECTOR/PRODUCTION MANAGER McKenzie Young-Roy GRAPHICS INTERNS Jade Wilkerson, Lily Baumgartner, Amy Prince TECHNOLOGY/WEBMASTER James Bateman We write in response to the article entitled “The Art of Politics,” written by Bob Keefer (EW, 7/31). We passionately believe in freedom of speech and artistic expression, and we believe that criticizing the acts of a foreign government are legit- imate political protest. As an art reporter, Keefer did a fine job of framing Cassy Steuerwald’s experience. Our concern is that so little media attention and concern has been directed toward the repeated targeting of Dean Adrian Parr Zaretsky. Jews are not a monolith, and many of us have grave concerns about the current government of Israel, particularly in regard to Gaza. We are united in our belief that targeting Jews in the diaspora and hold- ing them responsible for the actions of the Israeli government is not legitimate political protest; it is antisemitism. What Keefer’s article does not account for is that Parr Zaretsky has been targeted personally and repeatedly since the attacks on Israel Oct. 7, in ways that other Univer- sity of Oregon offi cials and administrators have not. We suggest that her Jewish identity is implicated in this. In this time when our own government uses actual, assumed and invented antisemitism as an excuse to repress academic freedom, we urge the University of Oregon to take the threats against Parr Zaretsky seriously and do everything in its power to support her. We ask Eugene Weekly and other local news organizations to expand their report- ing to include the complexities of our current political discourse and the impact that they are having on real people. Reisa Maddex, president, Temple Beth Israel; Caitlin Roberts, 1st vice president; Judy Boles, 2nd vice president; Diane Baxer, past president; trustees Elliott Farren; tova stabin; Kelly Menachemson Eugene Respect the River — it’s a Force Two drownings at the Owosso Bridge in as many weeks. Two families devastated. Two tragedies that should remind us all of something we don’t like to admit: the river doesn’t play fair. I grew up on a river. I’ve always been a strong swimmer, someone who respects both the thrill and the danger that comes with moving water. And I’ll tell you this plainly: that part of the Willamette is not safe. I wouldn’t raft it, fl oat it or boat it — and I certainly wouldn’t swim or wade in it. It’s deceptive. Water that looks calm isn’t. It takes just three inches of moving water — three inches — to knock a grown adult off their feet. And beneath that surface is a tangle of hidden hazards — metal, tree branches, debris — that can snag even a life preserver and hold someone under. And we need to teach our kids this. They don’t inherently know. They see a hot day and a cool river, and it looks like fun. What they don’t see is how quickly that moment of fun can turn fatal. This isn’t about fear. It’s about honesty. About respect. The river is a force of nature, and if we fail to acknowledge its power, it will remind us in the harshest of ways. 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