The University of Oregon Recycling Center kicked off the RecycleMania Civil War – a friendly competition with Oregon State University – on Jan. 20, and encourages the campus community to get involved. The two schools will compete through Feb. 2 in order to determine which university can produce the highest per capita weight for recycling and compost combined. A trophy was created out of recycled materials by a UO student for the event, but currently resides with OSU after the school won the most recent RecycleMania Civil War.

Chief Caleen Sisk, traditional and spiritual leader of the Winnemem Wintu tribe of the McCloud River watershed in Northern California, will give a keynote speech during a salmon dinner celebration at the Many Nations Longhouse on Friday, Jan. 25. She has been visiting the University of Oregon campus since Wednesday. The Friday dinner is from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. and is free for students and the community.

The University of Oregon's Association of Fundraising Professionals student chapter is aiming to raise $3,000 for Special Olympics Oregon this year, by hosting a "Pre-Plunge Party" as part of its participation in the annual Eugene Polar Plunge. The Pre-Plunge Party will be at 7 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 27, at Cozmic, 199 W. 8th. Ave., in Eugene. The suggested donation for admission is $5.

The UO Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art looks back at the art of the 1960s and 1970s with “West of Center: Art and the Counterculture Experiment in America, 1965-1977,” on display Feb. 9 through April 28. The exhibition opens with a free public reception from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 8.

University Theatre’s “Creature,” a play by Heidi Schreck, opens this weekend at the Hope Theatre, Miller Theatre Complex on the UO campus. The play, which is directed by Tricia Rodley and is suitable for ages 13+, opens
at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 24, and includes shows at the same time on Jan. 25, 26, 31, Feb. 1 and 2, and at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 3.