Raphe Beck has a theory about why the Platypus Trophy has never really taken off.
“I think what’s hard about it is, we love the Duck, and they love the Beaver,” said Beck, the University of Oregon Alumni Association’s executive director, sitting at a table in the Ford Alumni Center on Wednesday, Sept. 17.
“And to make room for this other creature (that) has parts of both a duck and beaver? It could not be more perfect. And yet, am I supposed to make room in my heart for a platypus? I mean, I’m all Duck.”…