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Tarek Anthony, Investigations Editor

Tarek Anthony is a sophomore studying Journalism and Political Science. Prior to serving as the Investigations Editor, Anthony was a news reporter covering Eugene crime and government.

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A demonstrator works on taking down the banner reading "Alareer Hall"—the name demonstrators gave to Johnson Hall, in honor of a Palestinian poet and writer Refaat Alareer—on May 22, 2024. After weeks of protest, the 24-day-long encampment demonstration saw its end after negotiations teams from the encampment and the University of Oregon reached an agreement to end the encampment in exchange for meeting some student demands, including "No adverse action" for "protected speech" activities, a call for a ceasefire in Gaza, and more. (Alex Hernandez/Emerald)

Campus organizations reflect on Pro-Palestine, UO agreement

Ysabella Sosa and Tarek Anthony
June 9, 2024
Members of the Board of Trustees listen to speakers during the public comments section of the meeting on March 12, 2024. People gathered outside of the Ford Alumni Center for a rally before the University of Oregon Board of Trustees meeting, where some spoke during the public comments section alongside other students and community members, with topics ranging from proposed "Boycott, Divest, Sanction" strategies, to Jewish students feeling unsafe due to protests and demonstrations on campus. (Alex Hernandez/Emerald)

Pro-Palestine students, faculty ask UO Board of Trustees to divest during public comment session

Ysabella Sosa, Tarek Anthony, and Reilly Norgren
June 4, 2024
A University of Oregon Police officer watches the gathered crowd of protestors outside of Matthew Knight Arena. Thursday, President of the University of Oregon, Karl Scholtz, attended his investiture at the Matthew Knight Arena, celebrating his formal installment as president of the university. Pro-Palestine protestors interrupted the ceremony as Scholtz accepted the Centennial Medallion with a deluge of chants. After a brief confrontation, protestors moved outside to a separate entrance where they continued their protest. (Miles Cull/Emerald)

UO considering criminal investigation after investiture disruption, vandalism

Tarek Anthony
June 2, 2024
Pro-Palestine protestors interrupted UO President John Karl Scholz’ investiture ceremony, held inside Matthew Knight Arena and later vandalized the Duck statue outside of the arena, as well as windows, with red paint. (Norgren/Emerald)

Pro-Palestine protestors interrupt investiture ceremony for UO President Scholz

Reilly Norgren, Tarek Anthony, and Ysabella Sosa
May 30, 2024
A student drops of their ballot as a demonstration of the importance of casting a vote safely. University of Oregon College Democrats host a socially distanced voting rally at the Erb Memorial Union Amphitheater in Eugene, Ore. on Nov. 2, 2020. (DL Young/ Emerald)

2024 primary election coverage: Candidates declare victory in Eugene, Lane County races

Evan Reynolds, Tarek Anthony, and Reilly Norgren
May 21, 2024
(Ballot box outside of the EMU at the University of Oregon/Photo by Caleb Barber)

2024 Oregon primary election results: City of Eugene and Lane County

Stephanie Hensley and Tarek Anthony
May 21, 2024
Protesters gathered on May 20, 2024, for a "100 Hours in Chains" rally in front of Johnson Hall—now "renamed" by protesters to "Alareer Hall," after writer and poet Refaat Alareer, who was killed in Gaza—with students who had chained themselves to the building removing their chains before marching through other buildings on campus; the rally is the most recent in a series of pro-Palestine demonstrations on the UO campus. (Colleen Bogdan/Emerald)

Five pro-Palestine protestors unchain from Johnson Hall after 100 hours, rally follows

Ysabella Sosa, Tarek Anthony, and Reilly Norgren
May 21, 2024
Eliza Kashinsky and Ethan Clevenger, pictured above, are running for Eugene's Ward 1 candidates. Ted Coopman, who is not pictured, is also running as a Ward 1 candidate. (Photo courtesy of Kashinsky and Clevenger).

The Daily Emerald’s guide to Eugene’s Ward 1 elections

Tarek Anthony
May 20, 2024
Khushi Singh, a member of the South Asian Cultural Alliance, poses for a portrait inside of the UO Mills International Center on April 30, 2024. (Alex Hernandez/Emerald)

The path to race-neutral compliance

Tarek Anthony
May 20, 2024
Photo courtesy of Matt Keating

The Daily Emerald’s guide to Eugene’s Ward 2 elections

Tarek Anthony
May 16, 2024
Mia McCall/Daily Emerald

Supreme Court to make landmark ruling on Oregon camping case

Tarek Anthony and Jess Coronado
May 13, 2024
Two protesters toss scraps of paper with phrases like "We charge UO w/ genocide!" and copies of UO's response to their demands around Johnson Hall. On May 10, 2024, hundreds of protesters marched through campus after UO officials did not appear for negotiations. (Colleen Bogdan/Emerald)

Pro-Palestine demonstrators rally inside Johnson Hall

Ysabella Sosa, Mathias Lehman-Winters, Tarek Anthony, and Reilly Norgren
May 10, 2024
Chabad Rabbi Berel Gurevitch helps one of the demonstration's attendees put on Tefillin, a set of leather straps and boxes with Hebrew scrolls inscribed with verses of the Torah inside. (Alex Hernandez/Emerald)

Chabad of Eugene reports break-in

Tarek Anthony and Evan Reynolds
May 8, 2024
Shirts with pro-Palestine messages hang from tents as people line up to receive shirts, patches and other items inside of the encampment on April 30, 2024. Students and community members are on their second day of a pro-Palestine encampment demonstration on the UO Memorial Quad; the protest is one of many across college campuses nationwide. (Alex Hernandez/Emerald)

What to know about the UO Coalition for Palestine encampment

Tarek Anthony, Reilly Norgren, and Hanna Kalan
April 30, 2024
UO students and community members held an encampment on April 29 urging the university to boycott and divest from Israel. Leading student groups include Students for Justice in Palestine, Jewish Voices for Peace, Working Committee of Grads for Palestine, and Young Democratic Socialists of America. 

Adiel Cohen speaks at an event on April 18, 2024. The UO Ducks 4 Israel event—"60 Days of Uncertainty," a presentation and Q&A by former IDF soldier, Adiel Cohen—spurred protests from the UO Students for Justice in Palestine, Jewish Voice for Peace and other community members outside of the event. (Alex Hernandez/Emerald)

Speaking event with Israeli Defense Forces soldier sees countering rally, UOPD presence

Ysabella Sosa, Jess Coronado, and Tarek Anthony
April 23, 2024
Stefan Strek poses for a portrait on April 4, 2024. (Alex Hernandez/Emerald)

Mayoral late-comer Stefan Strek looks for success in third mayoral candidacy

Tarek Anthony
April 18, 2024
Police take an individual into custody after a protest on the I-5 on April 15, 2024. Protesters gathered on the Harlow Rd. bridge and I-5 below, blocking traffic, "as part of a global economic blockage to free Palestine," according to an Instagram post by the Springfield-Eugene Anti-Imperialist Coalition (@anti.imperialist.coalition). The demonstration was organized in conjunction with other actions across the world as part of the "A15 Economic Blockades for a Free Palestine." (Alex Hernandez/Emerald)

At least three UO students arrested, held without bond after pro-Palestine blockade

Tarek Anthony and Ysabella Sosa
April 16, 2024
As the nation continues to grapple with what’s been coined as the “opiate epidemic,” an influx of opiate and prescription-related deaths beginning in the late 1990s, college campuses around the nation are responding with a growing number of resources for students struggling with substance abuse. One of the resources at …

Oregon re-criminalizes hard drug possession

Tarek Anthony
April 8, 2024
Chloé Webster, the ASUO president, listens alongside other ASUO senators as people speak in support of NASU and the Mother's Day Powwow at the senate meeting on March 13, 2024. Over 150 students and community members protested the decision made by the ASUO to schedule the spring concert on the same weekend as the 56th Annual Mother's Day Powwow, a community and cultural event planned by the Native American Student Union. (Alex Hernandez/Emerald)

A guide to the 2024 ASUO presidential election

Ysabella Sosa and Tarek Anthony
April 5, 2024
Attendees hold up signs in support of Gaza at the meeting on March 12, 2024. People gathered outside of the Ford Alumni Center for a rally before the University of Oregon Board of Trustees meeting, where some spoke during the public comments section alongside other students and community members, with topics ranging from proposed "Boycott, Divest, Sanction" strategies, to Jewish students feeling unsafe due to protests and demonstrations on campus. (Alex Hernandez/Emerald)

Students comment on Israel-Hamas war, campus safety and sustainability during Board of Trustees meeting

Ysabella Sosa, Tarek Anthony, and Gray Kamaz
March 12, 2024
People head to the upper floor of Straub Hall in search of an overflow viewing room or alternate entry for Angela Davis' speaker event on March 6, 2024. Hundreds of people gathered in Straub 156 to hear Angela Davis speak "on apartheid, prisons, and capitalism" at an event organized in collaboration with the UO's Multicultural Center and ROAR Center. The lecture hall has an official capacity of 520, which overfilled within minutes of the doors opening, leaving would-be listeners—some of whom traveled hours to attend the event—to find other ways to see and hear Davis' talk. (Alex Hernandez/Emerald)

Overcrowded Angela Davis speaking event draws UOPD presence

Ysabella Sosa, Tarek Anthony, Mathias Lehman-Winters, and Evan Reynolds
March 7, 2024
Kalapuya Ilihi hall is home to the Native American and Indigienous Studies community. Academic and residential communities allow students with common interests and identities to live and learn together. (Molly McPherson/Emerald)

Kalapuya Ilihi Residence Hall opening delayed until 2025

Tarek Anthony
March 5, 2024
SEIU president Johnny Earl delivers opening remarks at the "Rally for Respect" in the EMU amphitheater. (Colleen Bogdan/Emerald)

SEIU 503 reaches tentative agreement with university management averting statewide strike

Joseph Chiu and Tarek Anthony
February 27, 2024
Eugene mayoral candidate Douglas Barr. (Tarek Anthony/Emerald)

Eugene mayoral candidate assaulted three men in 1984 “gay bashing”

Tarek Anthony
February 23, 2024
Noa Schwartz/Daily Emerald

Students allege frequent physical altercations and racial profiling with crowd management at UO football games

Tarek Anthony
February 23, 2024
After the conclusion of several speeches, a large group of protesters began to march towards the exit of the EMU. The Walkout for Palestine protest began inside the Erb Memorial Union and expanded onto the grounds of the University of Oregon in Eugene, Ore., on Feb. 21, 2024. (Eric Becker/Emerald)

UO Students for Justice in Palestine holds walkout, die-in

Tarek Anthony and Ysabella Sosa
February 21, 2024
ASUO is the Associated Students of the University of Oregon; the group provides different types of development for its members to fulfill interests within the University of Oregon. (Molly McPherson/Emerald)

ASUO Special Election: students vote “yes” on both measures

Tarek Anthony and Mathias Lehman-Winters
February 14, 2024
Community Service Officer Bo Morris demonstrates how to properly lock up a bike on a standard rack. Active bike theft continues to increase on the University of Oregon campus in Eugene, Ore. (Kemper Flood/ Emerald)

How and where to avoid campus bike theft

Tarek Anthony and Andres Baisch
February 12, 2024
Protesters march carrying signs supporting a "boycott, divest, sanction" movement, among other anti-war sentiments. Students and community members gathered and marched in support of a ceasefire to the Israel-Hamas war on Feb. 10, 2024. (Alex Hernandez/Emerald)

UO Students for Justice in Palestine holds march, calls for UO divestment

Ysabella Sosa and Tarek Anthony
February 11, 2024
On Feb. 8, 2024, protestors gathered along Agate Street on the University of Oregon Campus to support SEIU’s bargaining for cost of living adjustments and other benefits. (Eliott Coda/E. Coda Media)

SEIU holds “practice pickets” on first day of union mediations

Tarek Anthony and Ysabella Sosa
February 8, 2024
(Photo courtesy of Kaarin Knudson)

Former UO star athlete and professor runs for mayor of Eugene

Tarek Anthony
February 5, 2024
Noa Schwartz/Daily Emerald 

From UO to Ukraine: The Power of Education is Strong

Tarek Anthony
February 4, 2024
Colorful buildings provide the makeup of the Peace Village Co-Op, one of several affordable housing projects in Eugene, Ore., on Jan. 18, 2024. (Eric Becker/Emerald)

Eugene seeks proposals for $1 million in affordable housing money

Tarek Anthony
February 1, 2024
GTFF VP of Membership Lissie Connors, GTFF Bargaining Team member Ben Mannix, GTFF President Leslie Selcer and GTFF VP of Communications Rose Inocencio-Smith pose in front of the GTFF office on Nov. 29. (Alex Hernandez/Emerald)

Tentative Agreement with UO halts GTFF strike

Tarek Anthony
January 15, 2024
EPD Chief Chris Skinner examines a map of Eugene's different districts. (Sarah Northrop/Emerald)

Lane County lifts year long hiatus from prosecuting low-level crimes

Tarek Anthony
January 9, 2024
Eugene resident Shanaè Joyce-Stringer filed for candidacy for mayor of Eugene on Dec. 5, 2023. A Florida native, Joyce-Stringer moved to Eugene three years ago, working in the Eugene 4J school district before transitioning to become a program coordinator with the Lane County Education Service District in November 2021. (Photo courtesy of Shanaè Joyce-Stringer)

Longtime educator joins Eugene mayoral race

Tarek Anthony
January 8, 2024
A phishing scam is targeting University of Oregon email accounts, and the university’s information services department services is advising that students do not click on emails that state “unable to display this message.” The emails appear to be sent by other UO students with a message that cannot be displayed …

Eugene Weekly in jeopardy after alleged embezzlement scheme

Tarek Anthony
December 28, 2023
GTFF, The Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation, gathered today in formal funeral attire to “eulogize” UO’s public promise to fair wages and treatment of graduate employees. (Lulu Devoulin/ Emerald)

UO implementing alternative course planning for looming GTFF strike

Tarek Anthony and Tyler Ortiz
December 1, 2023
Night Walk participants gather before the walk. (Tarek Anthony/Emerald)

University of Oregon hosts annual “Night Safety Walk”

Tarek Anthony
November 15, 2023
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UO Students for Justice in Palestine hold rally

Tarek Anthony and Ysabella Sosa
November 9, 2023
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Eugene Police Department to adopt new Behavioral Health Co-Response Team to handle mental health crises downtown

Tarek Anthony
November 9, 2023
(Ballot box outside of the EMU at the University of Oregon/Photo by Caleb Barber)

Eugene City Council race results: Leech leads

Tarek Anthony and Mathias Lehman-Winters
November 7, 2023
EPD Chief Chris Skinner examines a map of Eugene's different districts. (Sarah Northrop/Emerald)

EPD staffing shortages continue as Eugene implements new online policing platform

Tarek Anthony
November 1, 2023
A University of Oregon Police Department vehicle is parked on campus. (Kimberly Harris/Emerald)

Man arrested in midday Miller Theatre Complex alleged burglary

Tarek Anthony
October 24, 2023
The University District Hospital sits on Hilyard St. in Eugene, Ore. PeaceHealth announced, on Aug. 22, 2023, that the University District hospital has begun the process of shutting down. The emergency department, inpatient rehabilitation, and other medical services plan to be transferred to the RiverBend Hospital in Springfield, Ore. (Molly McPherson/Emerald)

Local healthcare closures prompt protests, relocations

Tarek Anthony
October 19, 2023
On Friday, Oct. 13, 2023, protestors gathered in opposition of the looming closure of PeaceHealth’s University District location. The group participated in a 20 minute “die-in” while community members spoke about the potential impact this closure would have on Eugene. (Lulu Devoulin/Emerald)

Oregon Nurses Association holds “Die-In” on Oct. 13

Tarek Anthony
October 14, 2023
A phishing scam is targeting University of Oregon email accounts, and the university’s information services department services is advising that students do not click on emails that state “unable to display this message.” The emails appear to be sent by other UO students with a message that cannot be displayed …

University of Oregon dropped from a nearly $900k injury lawsuit

Tarek Anthony
October 10, 2023
An entrance to the Cloran wing of Hamilton Hall, a dormitory which has abestos, a carcinogenic material, inside its walls. (Kemper Flood/ Emerald)

Dorm closures spark asbestos concerns

Tarek Anthony
October 9, 2023
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