Sarah-Mae McCullough
Dedicated, community focused journalist with three years of experience reporting and editing hard news, features and reviews.
After the Fires
About a month after losing her house in the Holiday Farm Fire, Patricia Hathaway woke up at 4:30 am. She dragged her husband out of bed, ushered him and their dogs into the car and drove from Eugene to the McKenzie River, parking near the site of her lost house to watch the sun rise over the water.
But when she got out of the car, all Hathaway heard was equipment running as people in heavy machines cut down trees on the other side of the river.
“I freaked out,” Hathaway says. “Most of these tr
But when she got out of the car, all Hathaway heard was equipment running as people in heavy machines cut down trees on the other side of the river.
“I freaked out,” Hathaway says. “Most of these tr
Therapy from Home: getting through the pandemic with virtual support
Once a week, Ilse Stacklie-Vogt, a sophomore at UO, sits on her bed, opens her laptop or phone and talks to her therapist through the screen. Sometimes the video freezes or background noise gets in the way, but Stacklie-Vogt enjoys the casual feeling of chatting from her own room. “I feel so much more like I can say whatever,” she said. “It’s more like I’m calling a friend.”
Teletherapy has surged in popularity during the pandemic and brings its own mix of benefits and challenges. The virtual n
Teletherapy has surged in popularity during the pandemic and brings its own mix of benefits and challenges. The virtual n
Back on the Rails
A train engine hums in the background, behind Eugene’s Amtrak station, as Rep. Peter DeFazio and Amtrak President Stephen Gardner announce at a May 24 press conference that the company’s long distance routes in Oregon have returned to pre-pandemic schedules.
DeFazio championed the increased federal funding that allowed Amtrak to fully restore the routes and is now advocating for a large-scale transportation bill to fight climate change with transit and electric vehicles. The bill is in the work
DeFazio championed the increased federal funding that allowed Amtrak to fully restore the routes and is now advocating for a large-scale transportation bill to fight climate change with transit and electric vehicles. The bill is in the work
‘A Life of Chaos’: Young and houseless during COVID-19
When she was 14, Makayla Elliot ran away from home. This time 一 the fourth time 一 marked the beginning of about five years of homelessness, spent sleeping in friends’ houses or camping on the bike path off Franklin Boulevard.
Her mom, dealing with mental health crises and drug use, “was just really unstable,” and the two fought a lot, Elliot said. “I just didn’t feel like it was my home, so I went to go find my own home.”
In the summertime, she enjoyed the freedom of camping, but in the winter
Her mom, dealing with mental health crises and drug use, “was just really unstable,” and the two fought a lot, Elliot said. “I just didn’t feel like it was my home, so I went to go find my own home.”
In the summertime, she enjoyed the freedom of camping, but in the winter
Page 3 Poetry: a hidden community of writers
Every Tuesday night, the EarthPeace room at Rooted Space 一 a fitness studio by day 一 transforms into a makeshift auditorium. The lights are dimmed and rows of chairs face the small wooden stage. Around 7 p.m., local writers filter in and can begin signing up for the Page 3 Poetry open mic, jotting down their names in what regulars call “the tome,” a hefty, worn-out journal held together by string and tape. When the show begins at 7:30 p.m., there are just three rules: no hate speech, respect the
Pride Marches On
Bill Sullivan attended his first Eugene Pride festival around 2000. At the time, it featured a small stage, one or two food trucks and about 15 awnings under Washington-Jefferson Street Bridge, he says. Now the president of the annual Eugene-Springfield Pride in the Park, he’s watched the event grow. “Now we have the entire park — it’s incredible,” he says of the location in Alton Baker Park.
After the biggest Pride yet in 2019 — with about 130 vendors and $7,500 raised for Pride’s LGBQT youth
After the biggest Pride yet in 2019 — with about 130 vendors and $7,500 raised for Pride’s LGBQT youth
‘Protecting Mother Earth’
The 1,200 mile-long, underground Dakota Access Pipeline skirts the northern edge of the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation, carrying crude oil beneath the Missouri River with plans to expand beneath Lake Oahe. On April 9, the Biden administration announced it will not block the pipeline 一 which lacks a key federal permit and threatens tribal drinking water 一 while an environmental review is underway.
The decision to not halt the project is a paradigm of the federal government’s relationship with N
The decision to not halt the project is a paradigm of the federal government’s relationship with N
