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A glimpse of Ethos' upcoming photo story on Eugene's diverse barber shops
A Celtic Tale
"They blew up my car,” Istvan said in a thick Hungarian accent. “It’s completely destroyed.” I could hear the numb roar of the fire brigade’s sirens outside my five-story apartment in Dublin’s city center. His phone call rattled me out of a deep sleep at five in the morning. I rubbed my eyes and managed to scrape out, “What?” Istvan repeated himself then hung up, leaving me disoriented and wondering what to do next.
Picking your Poison
Afghanistan’s blooming poppy industry causes unrest on an international level.
Face the Flame
On-call wildland firefighters spend their summers eagerly awaiting the opportunity to battle the flames of forest fires in Oregon’s beautiful, unpopulated landscapes.
15 and Counting
Oregon Conservation group works to save endangered Sea turtles in Costa Rica.
The Power of Ondikuhole
Born and raised in Oregon, 20-year-old Gracie Persson serendipitously found a home away from home in Namibia with the Nghuuyepa family. She lived with them for a total of three months, with a brief trip home in between. In this family, she found a sense of daughterhood and sisterhood that had not always been present during her childhood.
En el Otro Lado (La Mezcla—The Mixture)
There, tucked into the hills below the freeway, hundreds of undocumented immigrants squat in homemade shelters. On the road above them, wealthy Americans make their daily commute to work, Starbucks coffee in hand. “It’s a perfect metaphor for our country … the beautiful million dollar houses above on the hills and down below, immigrants are staying in the slums, in the bushes and boxes.”
¡Ahora Sí! (La Mezcla—The Mixture)
Armando Morales has been running his radio show for over 20 years. He has received all kinds of feedback, both positive and negative. Some callers swear at him and demand him to stop speaking in Spanish. He has been told, “This is America where people speak English.”
Petit Pois, Guisantes, Chicharos, Arvejas, También (La Mezcla—The Mixture)
University of Oregon Spanish professor Lillian Darwin-López riffles through a textbook in search of the standard Spanish word for peas. “Ah, guisantes,” she says, shaking her head. “So here’s an example: In Spain you say guisantes, in México you say chícharos, and in several other Caribbean countries they say arvejas—oh, and in Chile también—and then we say petit pois.”
On the Path of Musical Rediscovery
“It had to cook in my mind, heart and soul before I could devote to the tabla and the practice it would take,” Scheuerell says. “It came to me in a meditative state. I couldn’t ignore the signs. It was like a hammer hitting my head. I knew it at that moment, I had to become a tabla player.”
Just Trying To Survive
Three international students came to the United States to study, and while they were away, conflict and war erupted, causing a wake of instability in their home countries. Each student’s country has a unique history and set of challenges impacting them in different ways.
Rite of Passage, or Punishment?
While FGC has strong ties as a celebratory and positive tradition for the culture, the implications behind the “control” of a woman’s sexuality still linger. In many African cultures, the clitoris is viewed as what turns women into prowling, sexual creatures, unable to control their lust.