Article: A ROCKING GOOD TIME AT UO.(Entertainment)(Administrators offer up a festival to welcome students to campus, complete with salsa moves and henna tattoos)

Byline: Lewis Taylor The Register-Guard

First-year University of Oregon student Danae Dutra held on for dear life while a mechanical bull jerked and spun and eventually flung her sideways into an inflatable crash pad.

"It reminds me of being back at home," said the 18-year-old from the rural town of Scappoose. "Trying to stay centered (on the bull) is the hardest part. As soon as you get off center you're gone."

It wasn't just freshmen who showed up on Friday at the Erb Memorial Union for InterMingle, a start-of-school festival geared toward students of all ages. Administrators hope to make the event an annual happening at the university. It's ...

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