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THE UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND’S STUDENT NEWSPAPER Vol. 114, Issue 1 www.upbeacon.net ursday September 13, 2012 BEACON The The 20 percent decrease in University funding for student employment, announced in May has caused departments to make adjustments this fall. Some departments had to cut full positions, and now all students employed on campus are allowed to work a maximum of 20 hours a week. Senior Library employee Shanay Heely has not noticed a huge change in her position this year, but acknowledges problems that could arise. Due to the new limit on hours, students who have already worked close to 20 hours will not be able to pick up additional shifts that week. “I also work the front desk at the gym and I’ve been concerned that it will be hard to find people to cover if we’re all bumping up against that 20 hour limit,” Heely said. Sophomore library employee James Oliver is also noticing the impacts of the limit. “I have to be more conscious about the number of hours I do take on during the week knowing that the school caps how much you can make,” Oliver said. For students whose hours were significantly cut, however, the 20 hour limit is the least of their worries. Mail room employee junior Derek Porter says he lost five to seven hours a week and rarely gets to work close to 20 hours. Though students are struggling with the hourly limit, departments on campus are making changes too. Among the departments most affected by the budget cuts are the athletic program, the mail room, and The Library. The athletic department cut both hours and positions from its operations. Assistant Athletic Director and Business Manager Glenn Layendecker said students working in game operations now report 45 minutes before a game instead of an hour and a half. “We could eliminate 15 to 20 percent of spending just by having students report later,” Layendecker said. Also, while some students still work at the Chiles Center ticket office, the ticket manager now runs it the majority of the time. The athletics department also no longer employs student receptionists. Instead, a staff member answers phone calls. Despite all the changes, Layendecker is satisfied with the current operations of the athletic department. “I don’t think we’ve seen a significant impact in terms of what we put on the field or what we are doing in the office,” Layendecker said. Like the athletic department, the mail room cut the hours of its student employees. Instead of arriving at work when the mail room opens at 8 a.m., students now report at 9 a.m. Director of Mail Services Mary Scroggins said she helps answer the phones in the morning, and performs other duties formerly performed by students. “There is a little bit of give and take,” Scroggins said. Scroggins said that although the mail room is running smoothly even with a limited budget, problems could arise under some unforeseen circumstances. For example, if students in the mail center had already worked their maximum hours for that week, they could not fill in if a large number of packages arrived and the mail center needed extra help for delivery, or if another student was unable to work. “If a student calls in sick, that may put us in a little of a bind,” Scroggins said. The budget cuts were an opportunity for The Library to examine their operations, something Dean of The Library Drew Harrington said they had already planned to do during this interim year. She said “yes”! Senior Max Lilly proposed to senior Katherine ompson at Merlo Field Friday. See Living pg. 7. New and improved Victory Bell unveiled anks to the ASUP Capital Improvement Fund, the iconic but cracked Victory Bell has been replaced. Wally Pilot rings the bell for every Pilot goal and victory. e tradition started in 1939. JOB CUT Hours After 20 percent of the student employment budget was cut last spring, departments and students try to adapt Kelsey omas Staff Writer [email protected]“Yes, there is definitely an impact. Yes, we have really had to rethink this. Yes, we are going to have some hour reductions. But it’s not a bad opportunity for us to stop and rethink.” Drew Harrington Dean of The Library “I think student employment is incredibly important to the University in the sense that it teaches students a lot about working in the workplace and professional demeanor. It’s important that these aspects of the University aren’t cut.” Derek Porter junior See Jobs, page 2 Pilots Cross Country ranked 7th in the nation. See Sports, pg 14. Jackie Jeffers| THE BEACON Photo courtesy of UP Marketing Ever felt left out on Facebook? You’re not alone. Read about FOMO on pg. 9.
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THE UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND’S STUDENT NEWSPAPERVol. 114, Issue 1 www.upbeacon.net
ThursdaySeptember 13,
2012BEACONThe
The 20 percent decrease in University funding for student employment, announced in May has caused departments to make adjustments this fall.
Some departments had to cut full positions, and now all students employed on campus are allowed to work a maximum of 20 hours a week.
Senior Library employee Shanay Heely has not noticed a huge change in her position this year, but acknowledges problems that could arise. Due to the new limit on hours, students who have already worked close to 20 hours will not be able to pick up additional shifts that week.
“I also work the front desk at the gym and I’ve been concerned that it will be hard to find people to cover if we’re all bumping up against that 20 hour limit,” Heely said.
Sophomore library employee James Oliver is also noticing the impacts of the limit.
“I have to be more conscious about the number of hours I do take on during the week knowing that the school caps how much you can make,” Oliver said.
For students whose hours
were significantly cut, however, the 20 hour limit is the least of their worries.
Mail room employee junior Derek Porter says he lost five to seven hours a week and rarely gets to work close to 20 hours.
Though students are struggling with the hourly limit, departments on campus are making changes too.
Among the departments most affected by the budget cuts are the athletic program, the mail room, and The Library.
The athletic department cut both hours and positions from its operations.
Assistant Athletic Director and Business Manager Glenn Layendecker said students working in game operations now report 45 minutes before a game instead of an hour and a half.
“We could eliminate 15 to 20 percent of spending just by having students report later,” Layendecker said.
Also, while some students still work at the Chiles Center ticket office, the ticket manager now runs it the majority of the time.
The athletics department also no longer employs student receptionists. Instead, a staff member answers phone calls.
Despite all the changes, Layendecker is satisfied with the current operations of the athletic department.
“I don’t think we’ve seen a significant impact in terms of what we put on the field or what we are doing in the office,” Layendecker said.
Like the athletic department, the mail room cut the hours of its student employees. Instead of arriving at work when the mail room opens at 8 a.m., students now report at 9 a.m.
Director of Mail Services Mary Scroggins said she
helps answer the phones in the morning, and performs other duties formerly performed by students.
“There is a little bit of give and take,” Scroggins said.
Scroggins said that although the mail room is running smoothly even with a limited budget, problems could arise under some unforeseen circumstances.
For example, if students in the mail center had already worked their maximum hours for that week, they could not fill in if a large number of packages arrived and the mail center needed extra help for delivery, or if another student was unable to work.
“If a student calls in sick, that may put us in a little of a bind,” Scroggins said.
The budget cuts were an opportunity for The Library to examine their operations, something Dean of The Library Drew Harrington said they had already planned to do during this interim year.
She said
“yes”!
Senior Max Lilly proposed to senior Katherine Thompson at Merlo Field Friday. See Living pg. 7.
New and improved Victory Bell unveiled
Thanks to the ASUP Capital Improvement Fund, the iconic but cracked Victory Bell has been replaced. Wally Pilot rings the bell for every Pilot goal and victory. The tradition started in 1939.
JOB
CUTHours
After 20 percent of the student employment budget was cut last spring, departments and students try to adapt
“Yes, there is definitely an impact. Yes, we have really had to rethink this. Yes, we are going to have some hour reductions. But it’s not a bad opportunity for us to stop and rethink.”
Drew Harrington Dean of The Library
“I think student employment is incredibly important to the University in the sense that it teaches students a lot about working in the workplace and professional demeanor. It’s important that these aspects of the University aren’t cut.”
Derek Porter junior
See Jobs, page 2
Pilots Cross Country ranked 7th in the nation. See Sports, pg 14.
Jackie Jeffers| THE BEACON
Photo courtesy of UP Marketing
Ever felt left out on Facebook?
You’re not alone. Read about FOMO
on pg. 9.
NEWS2 September 13, 2012
Passed by Congress in 1974, The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, or FERPA, is a federal law that prohibits all educational institutions from releasing a student’s educational records without the student’s consent. The University is required by
law to follow FERPA policy, and can lose federal funding for noncompliance. Under FERPA, all records defined as educational records must be kept confidential by the University. This confidentiality applies to all people, from parents to law enforcement.
At the beginning of every school year, each UP student signs the FERPA student information release form. Now, we will be clicking instead of signing, and filling out one form instead of several.
Until this year, students had to sign several paper forms in different departments in order to indicate what information to release. This year, Web and Administration Systems has consolidated those forms and made them available on PilotsUP.
Director of Web and Administration Systems Jenny Walsh said the different forms caused confusion.
“A student filled out a form in Financial Aid but they also have to fill one out with the academic adviser and other departments,” Walsh said.
Now, once a student fills out the student information release form, all of the information can be accessed by any department. Walsh said the new system is much more efficient.
“It’s pretty simple, and that’s our intent. We do not want complexity,” Walsh said.
But some students found the online form to be confusing. Freshman Alyssa Wicknick
thinks the form could be improved.
“It should be a lot more straightforward about what your parents will be able to see and what they won’t,” Wicknick said.
Sophomore Nicolas Boesé said there are advantages and disadvantages to switching to an online form.
“I think, on the one hand, students are interacting a lot more on the internet than on a paper form, so they might be more attentive,” Boesé said. “At the same time, going through orientation assistant training this summer, I learned that there’s a lot more to PilotsUP than I knew, and I do think the University should make an effort to make students more aware.”
Walsh said that although the conversion to an online form may be confusing, it is more efficient.
“If there’s one thing I’ve definitely seen over my eight years here, it’s that people can adjust to efficiency,” Walsh said.
The student information release form can be accessed through PilotsUP under the “Forms” tab.
Although some students see the student information release form as the only way to exercise their rights under FERPA, the implications of the law go beyond sharing information with the parents of students.
Frank Lomonte, executive director of the Student Press Law Center in Arlington, Va., said the law was initally passed to prevent law enforcement and government agencies from getting ahold of students records.
But, students have the right to share or not share any information, including email addresses and school addresses, with their parents or any other agency.
“Anything can be opted out of,” Lomonte said. “You
literally could ask that your school not release any information whatsoever.”
UP’s student information release form does not cover decisions about directory information. Unless a student notifies the registrar by the end of the first week of classes that he or she does not want to share directory information, that information is made public.
Lomonte said students should make sure they understand the implications of the policy on directory information.
“You want to look every year at what your school defines as directory information, and decide if you feel comfortable sharing that information,” Lomonte said.
What is FERPA?
Students have a say in what’s released and what’s kept private
FERPA form goes online
Understanding FERPA: What can students keep private?
What FERPA covers- Grades- Disciplinary Records- Student Accounts
What FERPA doesn’t cover - Law enforcement records- Health department records ( protected by HIPPAA law)- Directory information
“Yes, there is definitely an impact. Yes, we have really had to rethink this. Yes, we are going to have some hour reductions,” Harrington said. “But it’s not a bad opportunity for us to stop and rethink.”
Harrington also says that the impact of the budget cuts is lessened because the study space has been spread across campus this year due to the Library remodeling project.
“Students probably won’t be in The Library on a Saturday evening anyway. They will be studying elsewhere,” Harrington said.
For the mail center and athletic department especially, an effect of the budget cuts will not be a noticeable difference in the services that departments across campus offer, but students will be a less public face around the University, Scroggins and Layendecker, said.
In a visit to the mail room or the ticket office, staff and students will likely be greeted by the ticket manager or a mail room staff member instead of a student.
Layendecker said this is true of much of the athletic departments operations now.
“We as employees face the public more than we used to rather than having student employees be the first step,” Layendecker said.
Although many of the departments across campus are running efficiently despite the budget cuts, the loss of student jobs still concerns many members of the University of Portland community.
“I think student employment is incredibly important to the university in the sense that it teaches students a lot about working in the workplace and professional demeanor,” Porter said. “It’s important that these aspects of the University aren’t cut.”
JOBS: departments adapt to budget cutsContinued from page 1
Kayla Wong | THE BEACON
Students wait to be helped at the Mail Center in Buckely Center. Be-cause of the cut to the student employment budget, student workers can only work only 20 hours a week on campus.
Accuracy in The BeaconThe Beacon strives to be fair and accurate. The newspaper corrects any significant errors of fact brought to the attention of the editors. If you think an error has been made, contact us at [email protected]. Corrections will be printed above.
CPB Movie
This week the free Campus Program Board movie is Brave. The movie is playing in the Buckely Center Auditorium at 10 p.m. on Friday and Saturday.
Costa Rica Study Abroad
Info Session
Thursday between 5 and 6 p.m. an information session will be held about the Costa Rica study abroad program in Buckley Center 163.
KDUP Poster Sale
This year’s poster sale will be at the Pilot House Patio Monday and Tuesday between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Hawaii Club Welcome Back Dinner
The Hawaii Club will host its Welcome Back dinner in St. Mary’s Lounge on Saturday between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m.
The Constitution and the Election
This Vote UP event will occur in St. Mary’s Lounge on Monday from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Peace Corps Information Session
Students interested in joining the Peace Corps can learn more information about serving in Franz Hall 125 on Tuesday between 4 and 5:30 p.m.
Alcohol Education Speaker: How to Maximize
Your Buzz
Free tickets to this year’s Fall Dance will be given to students who attend this event Wednesday night between 10 and 11:59 in Chiles Center. Students will not be permitted to bring bags into the event.
CORRECTIONS
In the Sept. 6 issue, there was no byline for Kelsey Thomas, who wrote the “Professor Style Guide.” In the “UP likes to move it, move it” story, Andrew Meyer’s name was misspelled. In the “Where two or more are gathered” article, the Faith and Leadership house was misnamed.
On Campus
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9/11 tragedy a vague memory for freshmen
When current freshman Gavin Flynn woke up on Sept. 11, 2001, it seemed like any other day of the second grade, full of fun activities and games. Even after his teacher left the room to talk with all the other teachers in the hall, there was nothing special about the day. It wasn’t until Flynn’s mom called him at school did the severity of the day begin to sink in.
This year seems to mark the divide between students who remember the changes brought on by 9/11, and those who were too young to recall anything. The Department of Homeland Security, hour-long airport security checks, long-term wars, and unbridled debt are constants many have always lived with.
Members of the class of 2016– and everyone younger – have grown up in an America characterized by the changes due to the terrorist attacks of 9/11. Unlike older students who can remember the changes in attitude and mentality sweeping across America, these changes are all the freshman have ever known.
Junior Charley Newman remembers the attacks in the same way Flynn does, with the same rush of intense early morning news to process.
“It was a lot for a kid to handle,” Newman says.
However, as someone with family serving in the armed forces, Newman was well aware of the changes that the country went through. especially the beginning of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
According to history professor Mark Eifler, big events
such as the Sept. 11 attacks often bring major changes in American culture and government.
Eifler points to the creation of FBI after World War I and the CIA after World War II as examples of institutions that have become staples of society since the traumatic events that preceded them. In the same way, Eifler believes that the creation of the Department of Homeland Security will be the lasting institution of the attacks on Sept. 11.
Freshman Sandra Velasquez, recalls people being more cautious around people of Middle Eastern ethnicity, and Flynn remembers a heightened sense of xenophobia and distrust of people.
Both said they were aware that society was changing, but mostly from their parents. However, both of them clearly recall a significantly less pleasant airport experience, which they both see as something everyone has to live with.
While some freshman were too young to remember much about 9/11, Eifler also pointed to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and large-scale debt expansion as effects that everyone will likely be dealing with for years to come.
Flynn says he remembers controversy surrounding the creation of Homeland Security and the invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan, but is unsure if anyone younger than he would.
Velasquez thinks it’s hard to picture a world without Homeland Security and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
“They’ve always kinda been there, I just don’t remember a time when they weren’t there,” Velasquez said.
On the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, some UP students remember the day, but many were too young
Jenny Walsh, UP’s director of web and administrative systems, will leave the University on Sept. 14 after more than eight years on campus. Her last day on campus is tomorrow.
In her time at UP, Walsh initiated PilotsUP, brought Moodle to campus, and oversaw a full redesign of the University’s website and an expansion of UP’s web services.
“I was given the opportunity to work at the University and watch the web grow,” Walsh said.
Walsh is leaving to take a job at GigaPan Systems in Portland.
The company specializes in
gigapixel panoramic images, high resolution digital images stitched together to form 360 degree panoramic views on sports games, political rallies, or other high profile events.
Walsh will join the company as vice president of web services.
Walsh says she will miss UP and all the work she’s done here, and says working on web services during such a boom in technology has been exciting and engaging.
At the same time, Walsh is excited to start to work for GigaPan and begin a new chapter in her career.
Sophomore Nichola Plate, who has worked with Walsh since July, says that Walsh is a different sort of boss and brings
Plate says she’s learned a lot from Walsh, and that Walsh has taught her a lot about the expectations of the work place, how to organize their work environment and web services in general.
Lisel Stancil will fill in for Walsh as interim director, while Chief Information Officer Paul Disbury begins his search for Walsh’s permanent replacement.
Director of Web and Administrative Systems leaves UPAfter eight years at UP, Jenny Walsh takes job at GigaPan Systems
Members of the Air Force ROTC performed a traditional flag retirement ceremony on Tuesday. During the ceremony, the flag was raised and then retired by a color guard to symbolize how many times the flag has flown to represent its nation. At the end of the ceremony the flag was carefully folded, and will be respectfully disposed of at a later date.
Jackie Jeffers | THE BEACON
Jackie Jeffers | THE BEACON
Left: As UP’s Web and Administrative Systems Director, Jenny Walsh developed programs like Moodle and PilotsUP. Her permanent replacement has not yet been named.
1. Sept. 7, 10:40 p.m. - Received a report from neighbors of a very large and loud party on the 7300 block of N. Jordan. Officers asked the residents to end the party and they were compliant. One student referred to the judicial coordinator.
2. Sept. 8, 12:09 a.m. - Received a report from neighbors regarding loud groups of students congregating in the streets around the University. Officers contacted a group on the corner of N. Yale and N. Portsmouth. Three students were referred to the judicial coordinator for alcohol violations.
3. Sept. 10, 10:22 p.m. - A staff member reported the smell of marijuana coming from a room in Schoenfeldt Hall. A room search was conducted and no drugs were located.
4. Sept. 12, 1:46 a.m. - A student reported the theft of a mascot from Villa Maria Hall. Officers took a report and the investigation continues.
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NEWS4 Septemeber 13, 2012
There’s too much social networking going on at Harvard, and this time it’s not a Mark Zuckerberg creation.
Two weeks ago, Harvard announced that approximately 125 students in its “Intro to Congress” class are being investigated for allegedly cheating on an exam last spring.
Investigations began when similarities were noticed among half the class’s exams. However, because the test was administered as a take-home, many students argue that the rules of collaboration were unclear.
When it comes to academic integrity policies at University of Portland, students believe the rules are straight-forward.
“You’re blatantly informed about cheating rules,” junior Alex Miller said. “We’re pounded over the head with cheating syllabi.”
That isn’t to say cheating doesn’t exist at UP.
Carol Craig, associate dean for the nursing undergraduate program, sometimes has to handle issues involving academic integrity.
“Occasionally I do have a student come to me and say ‘I know there was cheating on an exam,’” Craig said. “Occasionally someone will be caught blatantly cheating on an exam and usually that person will tell me ‘I was just overwhelmed, it was a stupid thing to do. What can I do to make up for that?’”
Spotting cheating is a learned art. Education professor Eric Anctil said it’s important to take into account students’ abilities.
“In the case of one of the students I remember at community college, she just wasn’t bright enough to have written what she wrote,” Anctil said. “There’s a mismatch in product and what you feel is the student’s ability in other areas.”
The Internet is a double-edged sword when it comes to cheating. While it might provide students with resources to plagiarize, it
also provides professors with the means to catch them.
“All you do is cut and paste a signature line into Google and bam! There it is,” Anctil said. “I’m just like – you stole the whole thing from Google! What were you thinking?”
Consequences for academic integrity infringements are spelled out in UP’s bulletin. There are four levels of violation, each with consequences ranging from community service to revoking an awarded degree.
Though the code is clear, many UP students believe cheating has more to do with time management.
“I think students make that leap when they come to a deadline,” sophomore Megan
Richardson said. “Often they’re the people who procrastinate.”
In the case of the 125 Harvard students, sophomore Francis O’Halloran speculates about their motivation to risk academic integrity.
“They’ve been brought up with the pressure of getting straight A’s so they want to conform,” O’Halloran said. “They’re scared.”
While Craig understands the various factors that influence student cheating, she also points out that there are larger things at stake than a GPA when a student decides to cut corners.
“No one stands over your shoulder [after college] to know that you’ve done this correctly or lived up to those standards of integrity,” Craig said. “So we try to make it very clear to the students that academic integrity is a part of that. The standards have to be internal and not external.”
Junior Jessica Parga believes the issue of cheating is also bigger than the GPA.
“Morally, it’s wrong,” Parga said. “It’s your integrity on the line.”
Anctil points out that as technology advances, students get mixed messages regarding collaboration versus individual work.
“It used to be if you were in your house late at night and there was nothing on television you were just kind of bored. But now you can text with people, you can be on the computer, you can be part of this social network of things that are going on all the time,” Anctil said. “I think what we’re seeing is that [increase in technology] spilling out into academic expectations, too.”
However, the education system demands individualized thinking and testing.
“One thing that education might need to do is figure out ways of creating more group projects and assignments so we can teach people to be fair collaborators when they create things,” Anctil said.
For students who feel pressured to achieve academically through cheating, Craig recommends talking to professors.
“I think sometimes students don’t recognize that our goal is exactly the same as their goal, and that’s that they succeed and go out into the world as one of our graduates,” Craig said. “But we want to see them succeed in the right way.”
After 125 Ivy League students are suspected of cheating on an exam, UP weighs in on academic integrityUP responds to Harvard cheaters
“I’m just like - you stole the whole thing from Google! What were you thinking?”
Eric AnctilAssociate Professor of Education
“Morally it’s wrong. It’s your integrity on the line.”
Jessica PargaJunior
Photo Illustration | THE BEACON
After 125 Harvard University students allegedly cheated on a final exam, the subject of cheating in college is being discussed nationally. UP has a four part policy about academic integrity that ultimately could lead to the revoking of a student’s degree if caught cheating.
www.upbeacon.net 5NEWS
After being introduced as the man who claims to have lowered the dress code bar, New York Times journalist Mark Leibovich took the stage in jeans as his audience laughed and applauded. The same man who has spoken with countless politicians, including asking President Obama which position Vice President Biden would play on a hypothetical basketball court, took time out of his busy schedule to speak to the University of Portland community Tuesday night.
Leibovich, chief national correspondent for The New York Times Magazine, visited campus to share his experiences and knowledge as a political journalist. Not only did Leibovich kickoff Vote UP, sponsored by the political science department, the Moreau Center and the office of Student Activities, but he also gave the audience insight into his career and his opinion of the current political situation.
“One thing I feel very strongly about, as a political reporter for ten years now: I have become very non-partial,” Leibovich
said. “That sounds a little odd, but I think that the more you get to know politicians and the closer you get to the process, the more you realize that there are really good people on both sides and there are really bad people on both sides.”
Leibovich kept his non-partisan viewpoint in effect throughout, critiquing politics as a whole, yet never blaming a specific side.
“I have a much greater yearning right now for politics to actually be as good as the people of this country are, and as big as the problems in this country are,” Leibovich said. “The system is pretty broken, but I also think it can be redeemed by people who believe very much in what they do and have very good intentions.”
Although the past few decades have been tough on print journalism because of news accessible via the Internet, Leibovich did not show any note of discontent. His passion for his job was apparent, especially when he told an anecdote about a story he wrote on Hillary Clinton.
“One of the great serendipitous moments I had as a reporter was that I figured everyone knew everything about Hillary Clinton,” he said. “I came across a guy who was a professor and turned out to be a high school friend of Hillary Clinton’s. He went off to Princeton whereas she went off to Wellesley, but they became pen-pals.”
After calling Clinton’s college pen-pal, Leibovich immediately booked a flight to California to see and read the letters.
“The Hillary Clinton I had known for the past few years was the public figure who was scripted and very guarded and wary of the world,” Leibovich said. “Here was this 19-20 year old young woman writing far more eloquently and smartly about her life and self doubts. I was able to use these letters in
my story.”Leibovich said instances like
that, finding the story behind a story, are the roots of his love for journalism.
Leibovich covered many topics within his hour-long speech, including, yet not restricted to politics, facts about his profession, and his opinion about the upcoming election.
“I liked most how he acknowledged that the deeper he got into it, the more he became not really related to a party specifically, and how he said you become more nonpartisan the more you delve into it,” senior Andriana Alexis said. “I thought that was an interesting perspective to take and then to talk about why that is.”
Even with a day filled with events, including a visit to a US political science class and The Beacon newsroom, Leibovich referred to his UP visit as a “detox” after covering the Democratic and Republican conventions.
“The most interesting thing I found about this speech was probably how even keel he was,” senior Todd Tully said. “In a lot of his articles, he talks about being a pessimist, but in this speech there was a real air of optimism.”
When the Q and A portion of the night came around, a wall of hands shot into the air and did not thin until it was announced that time was up. The audience asked questions ranging from how one detaches from interview subjects to what should be expected in the upcoming debates.
“We’re in a time where anyone can be a part of the conversation,” Leibovich said. “Anyone can be engaged in some sort of investigative reporting where, if you see something going on, you can take a picture of it and post it on a blog and the world can change.”
Musings on journalism and politics New York Times journalist Mark Leibovich kicked off the Vote UP program by sharing his own experiences covering politics
“We’re in a time where anyone can be a part of the conversation. Anyone can be engaged in some sort of investigative reporting, where if you see something going on, you can take a picture of it and post it on a blog and the world can change.”
Mark Leibovich New York Times Magazine Chief
National Correspondent
Giovanna Solano | THE BEACON
Above: Mark Leibovich, New York Times Magazine chief national correspondent, lectured about journalism and politics Tuesday. Leibovich spoke to a packed crowd in the Bauccio Commons.
Below: Part of Leibovich’s visit on campus included a stop in The Beacon newsroom. Leibovich also popped into a political science class during his time on The Bluff.
Jackie Jeffers | THE BEACON
After a day of classes and intramural sports, everyone can appreciate a ready-to-eat meal. Thankfully, the University of Portland has the staff and chefs of Bon Appétit.
At The Commons, you are served by chefs and servers who
double as musicians and outdoor enthusiasts and love what they do.
“I enjoy working here be-cause there are lots of people I get to meet everyday and I have the ability to feed people and with great food using the best possible local ingredients,” Mike Chance, chef at the global station, said.
Several Bon Appétit employ-ees agree that UP has provided the perfect work environment.
“It’s a good work environ-ment, the people are friendly and nice,” Levi Clemens, server and
cashier, said.At The Commons, chefs and
staff aim to provide the students with the best service possible, dedicating a lot of time into plan-ning and preparing each week’s meals.
“Chef Ken comes up with the basis [for the week’s meals],” Chance said. “We come up with some recipes; it’s a team effort to come up with them.”
Not only do chefs meet weekly, but a lot of checking in and preparation is done daily.
“In a typical day, I usually say my hellos in the kitchen, get coffee, then work my way back through the kitchen, check-ing-in, tasting food, planning menus, talking to farmers, and working on the schedule for the kitchen,” Execu-tive Chef James Green said.
Green and Chance bring lots of experi-ence to their jobs.
While a large number of chefs attend culinary school before working in the kitchen, it is not unusual to find a chef doing his or her own thing and learning from experience.
“I am not classically trained, I tend to think outside the box,” Chance said. “I like to do things my own way, I don’t have a de-fault secret recipe. In the kitchen, it is important to have a good pal-ette.”
Prior to working at UP, Chance worked at a pizza restaurant in St. Helens, Ore., owned by Clemens
until it closed in 2003. In 2004, he was asked to come work at The Cove by Clemens, who was looking for a set of good hands to work in the kitchen. When he is not working at The Commons, Chance enjoys golfing, video games and spending time with his sons.
Similarly, Green is also a fam-ily man, who began working in restaurants at the age of 12. After moving from prep cook at Or-egon Health and Sciences Uni-versity to executive chef, Green began working at the University of Portland.
“In six to seven years I was able to transform my job of prep cook,” Green said. “I had a wife and kid, and I needed to better provide for my family. I was very motivated.”
Having spent 13 years at the University, Green loves working with students and the great com-munity of people who work with him. When not at UP, Green en-
joys participating in Portland In-ternational Raceway bicycle rac-es, and playing drums for his rock n’ roll cover band until he injured his thumb and shoulder in a race. In the meantime, he also enjoys golfing, spending time with his kids, and cooking with local and seasonal fruits and vegetables.
Students agree the Bon Appé-tit staff are masters when it comes
to food. “The staff at The Commons
delivers really great service and makes the environment very en-joyable,” senior Emelia Gubrud said. “They also have really good soup, chili and salad bar.”
The staff and chefs also enjoy eating at The Commons.
“Two of my favorite dishes are corn beef and cabbage, and beef stew,” Clemens said. “What can I say, I’m Irish.”
Clemens, who enjoys play-ing the guitar and reading a good book, can be found working at the commons and wishing every stu-dent a good day.
“The staff is always very wel-coming and kind,” sophomore Eleina Santos said. You get qual-ity service with a smile every time.”
They slave away at the stove and feed the mouths of hungry students: Introducing the workers of Bon Appétit
Levi Clemens works as a cashier in The Commons. Clemens enjoys the environment and his fellow work-ers.
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Mike Chance prepares a dish at the global section of The Commons.
“In a typical day, I usually say my hellos in the kitchen, get coffee, then work my way back through the kitchen, checking-in, tasting food, planning menus, talking to farmers and working on the schedule for the kitchen.”
The first thing I noticed when I walked into Ruby Jewel Scoops on Sunday evening was the most heavenly smell I’ve ever encoun-tered in the course of my life: something along the lines of va-nilla, lemon and freshly baked cookies all at the same time. I followed my nose to the counter where I was faced with the ex-tremely difficult (and possibly life-altering) decision between fourteen different flavors like Banana Cream Pie, Honey Lav-ender, Fresh Mint Flake, Cara-mel with Salted Dark Chocolate
and…Chevre with Habanero Jel-ly? (It’s surprisingly tastier than it sounds).
Ruby Jewel Scoops offers three options for ice-cream lov-ers. The store started as an ice-cream sandwich cart, and contin-ues to be famous for it’s legendary make-your-own ice cream sand-wiches, where you have your choice of cookie (chocolate chip, double chocolate, or lemon) and your choice of ice cream from any of the flavors available (which change regularly).
Of course, Ruby Jewel also has cones and cups, but for those of us who have trouble with deci-sions (like me, for instance) they also have the “flight” which is an ice cream cone-shaped tray with smaller portions of six different flavors. I elected this option and ended up with a tray of Honey
Lavender, Fresh Mint Flake, Mexican Chocolate, Pistachio Honey, Espresso and Caramel with Salted Dark Chocolate.
After the half-hour I spent in Ruby Jewel Scoops, I was con-vinced I had died and gone to heaven.
The Honey Lavender was by far my favorite of the six; it was smooth, dreamy, and sweet like a perfect summer day in Portland.
My second favorite was the Pistachio Honey, which was rich and creamy with little delight-ful pieces of real pistachio and a subtle hint of honey. The Cara-mel with Salted Dark Chocolate, Ruby Jewel’s bestseller, was silky as a cloud, with thick ribbons of salted, dark chocolate fudge. Needless to say, it was all so good that it was almost inappropriate to eat in public.
But Ruby Jewel Scoops is more than just an ice cream par-lor with interesting and delectable flavors; it’s as conscientious and forward thinking as the city it calls home, ranging from the en-vironment to food-allergies. Ruby Jewel offers “cow free” ice-cream selections as well as gluten-free cookies.
“We get all kinds of new-age diets here,” employee Brendan Quinn said.
Ruby Jewel gets its ingre-dients from local farms: dairy from Lochmead Farm in Eugene, strawberries from Sauvie Island, peaches from the Paird family…even their mint is locally-grown!
Not only is the ice cream good, but you can feel good about eating it too. Each cup supports local farmers in Oregon and Ruby Jewel Scoops recycles and repur-
poses all of it’s materials, making the store almost waste free. To top it off, they even encourage and reward employees who bike to work.
Open until 10 p.m. on week-nights and 11 p.m. on weekends, Ruby Jewel Scoops is a fun and tasty hangout for anyone looking for something to do in the North Portland area. It’s a great place to sit and spend time with friends.
The parlor sits on 3713 N Mis-sissippi Ave, which is also one of the coolest streets in the North Portland area: only four miles from University of Portland and a 20 minute bus ride on the 35 line.
This ice cream parlor is deli-cious, fun, and quintessentially Portland. My taste buds are still singing their praises and I can’t wait to get back and try new fla-vors!
You’ll scream for this ice cream
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Pizza and pasta and salad, oh my! As most of you have probably heard, Nicola’s, our be-loved beacon of Italian cuisine, has gone out of business. But never fear! The owner has bought a new shop on Lombard, right across from Taco Bell called “Louie’s Pizza & Ca-tering,” which has many Nicola’s favorites on the menu.
Your first meal choice at a new res-taurant is one of the most important because you will always associate that restaurant with your first meal there. So I ventured outside my comfort zone and ordered a small Calzone. I was rewarded for trying something new be-
cause it was probably one of the greatest Italian meals I have ever had. Not only did I have to split it into thirds just to eat it (yes it lasted for three meals), but it was also fresh, delicious, everything a calzone should be and more.
While Louie’s is now takeout only, my Calzone only took 10 minutes to cook and the staff was very friendly as they talked with me while I waited for my meal. In the quaint little shop there are also three or four tables that seat two, so you can definitely eat there as well, they just won’t wait on you.
I would highly recommend Louie’s if you are a Nicola’s fan or if you are just looking for someplace close to campus to grab something delicious. Trust me, you won’t regret it.
Pilots After Dark and KDUP joined forces on Saturday night to provide an entertaining selec-tion of Olympic games.
The Pilots After Dark event attracted a variety of people: enthusiastic, energetic students playing games; the “I can’t be-lieve my roommate made me come here” kids sitting alone at the table and the people who were just a little too excited to hear who won the dinosaur pil-low pet.
The night started with light-hearted, friendly bean bag toss-ing and trivia games. As more people arrived the games be-came more and more intense. Faux boxing and hula hoop con-tests became just slightly more competitive as people dodged and dove after each other. Other activities included bocce and a water balloon toss.
But the real intensity was seen when students began play-ing tug-of-war and having pie-eating contests. There were the
girls that were “in” the pie eating contest, but really just wanted to have a slice of the blueberry pie, but then there were the group of four or five guys working hard to win the pie eating contest — finishing in three bites.
“It was so much fun,” fresh-man Alyssa Wicknick said, “The pie was actually pretty good.”
The night ended at midnight with a raffle had been com-pleted. People won a variety of prizes, like a TV, DVDs, pillow pets (slightly more popular than the TV), and water bottles. But whether students won or lost (in the “Olympic events” or in the raffle) the overall sentiment seemed to be that people had fun.
“I was really excited,” se-nior Alexa Roy, the main co-ordinator of the event, said. “More people showed up than I expected.”
Roy admitted that the stu-dents who attended were mainly freshmen, bu she noticed some returning students as well.
Army senior proposes to his girlfriend of six years at Military Appreciation Night
Romance on Merlo Field
Saturday, September 15End of Summer Carnival
Saturday, September 22Fall Fest Saturday, September 29Sauvie Island Corn Maize
Saturday, October 6Fiesta!
Saturday, October 27Be a Kid Again
Saturday, November 3LOL@UP
Saturday, November 10RHA’s Grocery Store Bingo Commons
Saturday, November 17 Winter Mystery Bus
Saturday, December 1Wintertainment
Saturday, December 8Party Like It’s 1999
Pilots After Dark Schedule
Senior Max Lilly planned a long speech to be read on Merlo Field at the women’s soccer game Friday night in front of thousands of spectators. The most important fan was Lilly’s girlfriend of six years, senior Katherine Thomp-son, whose hand he asked in mar-riage. She said yes!
Lilly planned to be the master of ceremonies of Military Appre-ciation Night at the soccer game and tricked Thompson into being the photographer for the event. This way, they would both be on the field when he proposed.
“I had no idea,” Thompson said. “I was completely shocked.”
Looking back on that moment, Thompson said she didn’t notice all the people watching them.
“I was focusing on Max, and forgot about everyone else,” Thompson said.
This week, Lilly recounted his time stationed at advance camp in Fort Lewis, Tacoma. It’d been
a week and a half, and he told Thompson not to write him. But while he was on a bed in his bar-racks, the mail arrived.
“I was just sitting there, not ex-pecting any mail, but they called my name. I had a letter from Katherine, and it just clicked,” Lilly said. “I told her not to write me and she did, so I just knew we were ready [for marriage].”
The two discussed marriage frequently after Lilly’s epiphany after being scheduled to leave for Officer Basic next July.
“I knew it would be soon,” Thompson said. “I told him to make it special.”
The couple has tentative plans to get married in May before Lil-ly leaves for officer training. For now, Thompson is pleased with Lilly’s choice to propose to her on the soccer field.
“It was really cool to share that moment with all my closest friends,” she said. “I was really glad he did it that way.”
“It was really cool to share that moment with all of my friends. I was really glad he did it that way.”
Katherine ThompsonSenior
Senior Max Lilly and senior Katherine Thompson at the beach. Lilly and Thompson dated for six years.
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Senior Max Lilly propses to his girlfriend of six years, senior Katherine Thompson.
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Keeping the faith
Although UP is a Catholic university, less than half of UP students identify as Catholic. Amongst the various faiths on campus, a small percentage of students are Muslim.
“All in all, this university has been very accommodating and open,” engineering professor Khalid Khan said. “They would provide us big halls when we had 40 or 50 students. Now we have a common prayer room.”
Khan estimated that there might be only 20 or 30 Muslim students that he is currently aware of.
Fr. Gary Chamberland, direc-tor of Campus Ministry, says it is important to reach out to the stu-dents of different faiths.
“We support all people of good will in finding the deepest long-ing of their lives,” Chamberland said. “We know that [longing] to be called God calling them into some sort of relationship [with Him]. We believe that there are many paths to God.”
A simple way that the Univer-sity of Portland shows their sup-port of other faiths is through not only the freedom to practice, but actually creating space in which people can practice their faith. For Muslim students, the Univer-sity made a special prayer room.
Khan played a major role in the creation of the Muslim prayer room. Khan said the numbers are currently too low to warrant any organized group for Muslim stu-dents on campus, but the students don’t seem to mind.
Freshman Abdu-laziz Alafaliq and ju-nior Nawaf Alanezi said their religion, Islam, is respected by UP’s pri-vate campus and they are both content with the University’s limited in-volvement.
“We just meet every day in school. We’ll see each other in classes,” Alanezi said. “We get to-gether but not in an orga-nization.”
But physical abil-ity to practice their faith was not the problem they expressed having. Khan said that their prayers could be done in practi-cally any location in the world. Their problems lay in their emotional ability to practice- the ability, or lack thereof, to tell people they are Mus-lim.
“For me, my faith hasn’t changed from [how it was] back home,” Alanezi said. “It’s all the same. I can do my prayers at home, but here in the States I just don’t show it to everyone else.”
Alafaliq also says he feels un-comfortable telling UP students that he is Muslim.
“I won’t show [my faith] to them because some people just don’t feel comfortable about it,” Alafaliq said. “I don’t want it to affect my studies.”
Alanezi further explained the complications of having to hide something as important as faith from even his close friends.
“Last month we had Rama-dan. I was fasting but if someone asked me I’d tell them ‘no I’m not fasting,’” Alanezi admitted. “Or sometimes when I’m going to do my prayers, I don’t tell my friends that I’m going to do my prayers. I just excuse myself and
go.” Alanezi feels the most pres-
sure from the students on campus.“If I told an [adult], or a pro-
fessor, I wouldn’t have any prob-lem,” Alanezi said. “But just the kids my age, I don’t tell them. I’m
sort of afraid of showing it.”Khan believes the media has a
lot to do with the way Americans feel about Islam.
“I’ve lived two-thirds of my
life in this country, [and I’ve found that] the media here is not into objective reporting,” Khan said. “They’re more into opinion-making.”
Alanezi and Alafaliq both feel that the media portrayed Islam improperly.
“Unfortunately, a lot of Amer-icans have not traveled outside of the country,” Khan said. “If you go to Europe it’s a totally differ-
ent ball game, because they have been exposed to other cultures. In the United States there’s a lot of bias and a lot of misinforma-tion and stereotypes.”
The solution to these problems is obvious to Khan and Alanezi.
“The only way is to educate people because prejudice and racism comes from ignorance,” Khan said. “You do it one person at a time. Talk to people, or do whatever you can.”
The message that Alanezi, Alafaliq and Khan all want to get across is the inherent similarities between Christianity and Islam.
“I think there is a lot of com-monality, because when it comes to human values we are the same,” Khan said. “[We believe in] living in peace with other people. Love of neighbor, love of God.”
Despite education, Alanezi believes that the stereotypes and prejudices remain ingrained in the minds of his peers.
“They don’t believe it. They believe what they hear,” Alanezi said. “They don’t believe what they learn. I just don’t get it.”
On the other hand, Alanezi expressed admiration for students who openly expressed their faith.
“I like when I see them prac-ticing their faith. I like when I see my friends go to church,” Alanezi said. “I don’t see many students go to the church, but I like the stu-dents that go to the church, just regular students that practice their faith. I respect them.”
Mutual respect for different faiths is something that Alanezi
expressed indirectly, and some-thing that is necessary in order for there to be any progressive change regarding the stereotypes and stigma attached to the Islamic faith
“Don’t judge people by their faith,” Alafaliq said.
“Don’t judge people, because you don’t know what’s inside,” Khan added.
Professor Khalid Khan, junior Nawaf Alanezi and freshman Abdulaziz Alafaliq represent and practice their Mus-lim culture at UP.
“I think there is a lot of com-monality, because when it comes to human values we are the same. [We believe in] living in peace with other people. Love of neighbor, love of God.”
Khalid KhanProfessor
Kayla Wong | THE BEACON
This prayer rug covers the floor of the Muslim Prayer Room in the basement of Christie Hall. The room is designated solely for those students who practice their Muslim faith. People entering the room are asked to remove their shoes as a sign of respect.
“I like when I see my friends go to church. I don’t see many students go to the church, but I like the stu-dents that go to the church, just regular students that practice their faith. I respect them.”
Nawaf AlaneziJunior
“All in all, this university has been very accomodating and open. They would provide us big halls when we had 40 or 50 students. Now we have a common prayer room.”
Khalid KhanEngineering professor
Professor Khalid Khan says Muslim prayer and worship can be done anywhere. However, the difficulty for UP students lies in the inability to tell other people they are Muslim.
Muslim Prayer Room
Location: Basement of Christie Hall
The prayer room may be accessed through the Inter-national Student Services Office from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
It is open to all members of the University Community.
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Muslim students find support as well as discomfort at UP
Is FOMO fo’ real?Social media sites don’t always boost our self-esteem, but does fear of missing out keep us coming back for more?
It’s 11 o’clock on a school night, your homework is still not done and you’ve checked Face-book twice already. Heck, you’ve procrastinated this long, hitting refresh once more couldn’t do any harm. Nothing new. What are you hoping to see when you check Facebook anyway?
In recent years, ABC News, CNN and The New York Times have reported a probable cause of social media obsession: FOMO, or Fear of Missing Out.
According to their reports, FOMO makes people think that what they choose to do with their time is not good enough, and with social media, one can more clearly visualize what they could be doing instead. FOMO can also create feelings of inadequacy when people see what others are up to all the time on social net-working sites.
Education professor Karen Eifler, agrees that social media networks have the ability to make people feel lonely or as if they’re missing out, noting that if a per-son begins to worry too much about their status on Facebook or updating their Twitter, that person is in danger of losing the ability to interact well with people in face-to-face settings.
“We can write great emails and great status updates and post things on Twitter, but we can’t talk to the person in the office next door, and so that makes me kind of sad,” Eifler said.
Acknowledging that Face-book and other social media sites have the power to reform the way humans view their relationships with one another, Eifler believes that FOMO is important for stu-dents to consider.
“I definitely know that when I’m doing homework I wonder what people are doing online,” junior Keri Jackson said.
Jackson explained that over the summer, she took a six-week break from Facebook and felt completely refreshed, but now that she has reintroduced herself to social media, she can’t get enough.
“The difference is so crazy,” Jackson said.
Sophomore Kelsey Rouse also frequently checks Facebook and has found that it’s not always a confidence booster.
“Especially with Facebook, people show all the things they’re doing and they’re like ‘Oh my God, this person’s my best friend’ and you’re just reading it going, ‘I have no life,’” Rouse said.
While students were quick to admit they may have FOMO, so-ciology professor Bryan Rookey is not so convinced that FOMO is a serious problem. While he too feels the incessant urge to check social networking sites while try-ing to be productive, he believes the benefits of social networking outweigh the costs.
“If you’re looking for a job and you have 700 Facebook friends, you update your profile and say, ‘I’m looking for a job,’ you now have 700 people who can help you,” Rookey said. “In terms of social support, you have potentially 700 people wishing you happy birthday and those things make you feel good.”
Noting that social media can help people become more politi-cally engaged and informed, or more in touch with volunteering opportunities or social issues, Rookey believes that social net-works are potentially more help-ful than harmful.
However, students felt differ-ently.
“I think you start to miss out on actual human interaction and then you’re just sitting there stocking people on Facebook when you’d rather be out doing something that’ll make you feel more connected,” Rouse said.
Jackson agrees.“Most people now a days only
interact with some people online, and then they don’t know how to talk to people when they see them in person, so I feel like Facebook replaces real friendships,” Jack-son said.
Jackon’s dispositions paral-lel Eifler’s biggest worry related to social media sites — that the human race will lose the ability to interact face-to-face with one another. However she is optimis-tic about the effects social media will have on human relations, ac-knowledging the ability we now have to keep in touch with people and events from afar.
Eifler related her sentiments to those of the people who worried that the invention of the print-ing press would destroy human memory.
“It did, it did, but at the same time it gave everybody books and that’s a great thing,” Eifler said. “It could mean that social media really changed the way we relate to each other, but like any won-derful thing changing, that can be really painful.”
While some uses of social me-dia are not beneficial, Eifler be-lieves evaluating our use of social media we may use it for good.
“It is just a tool and like any tool it depends on how you use it,” Eifler said. “It’s up to the imagination and courage of the person using the tool to decide what road that’s going to take.”
“Especially with Facebook, people show all the things they’re doing and they’re like ‘Oh my God, this person’s my best friend’ and you’re just reading it going, ‘I have no life.”
Kesley RouseSophomore
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FAITH & FELLOWSHIP10 September 13, 2012
Fish are friends; and examples of faith tooProfessor Karen Eifler and Fr. Charlie Gordon find grace and faith as Marlin finds Nemo.
Fish have quite a role in faith. They have been eaten as a staple of the biblical diet and have even been the eaters as seen in Jonah and the whale. But who knew that three fish by the name of Marlin, Dory and Nemo could swim their way onto the scene of faith?
Professor Karen Eifler and Fr. Charlie Gordon knew. Their series “Bringing Eyes of Faith to Film,” gives UP has a chance to see how “Finding Nemo” and other non-religious movies are able to capture themes of grace and faith.
To most people, “Finding Nemo” seems like the typical Disney Pixar film: Nemo goes missing and his father Marlin goes on quite an adventure to get him back. You will laugh, you will cry and you will feel a whirlwind of emotions. That’s what Disney Pixar does best. But according to Gordon, it is the film’s play on emotions that tie it in so greatly to faith. It is the feel-ings we get about the movie that make it so powerful and em-phasize its themes of grace and faith.
Gordon relates “Finding Nemo” to scripture. He points out the more obvious connection between Jonah and Nemo and Dory, all of whom were swallowed by a whale. Gordon goes deeper by pointing out the connection be-tween Nemo and Mar-lin and the “Parable of the Prodigal Son”: just as the prodigal son goes missing and doubts his father, so too does Nemo. However, in the end, both are found and both gain renewed faith in their fathers.
Eifler, on the other hand, looks at smaller details of the
film. She focuses on Dory, the lone fish who suffers from short-term memory loss. According to Eifler, Dory is not just Marlin’s companion when looking for Nemo. Dory is a great example of a prophet, following in the line of
prophets such as Isaiah and Mi-cah. Dory lacks the qualification to be a prophet, as most prophets do. However, Dory finds herself able to take on the role by the
grace of God. As Eifler said, “God doesn’t call the qualified, God qualifies the called.”
In addition, many people can recall Dory’s wise words she of-ten spoke to Marlin along their
journey. Eifler hits on this as another key aspect of a prophet: prophets can speak profound truth with simple words; Think Dory’s insight on Marlin’s thoughts of not wanting anything to happen to Nemo: “You don’t actually want nothing to hap-pen to him. That’s not interesting. That’s not what life’s about.”
A Disney Pixar movie seems like an odd place to find faith and grace, but it is the combination of the emotions that audi-ences feel from the movies and the abili-ty to portray religious concepts that make it such a powerful outlet of faith. Being able to see the religious con-cepts of faith in film allows one to feel the emotions that are as-
sociated with those concepts. For many people, these emo-
tions are not simply felt by read-ing the scripture or hearing the scripture. A film makes the sto-
ries of theology real, bringing it to life in a way many people would never have considered be-fore.
Eifler and Gordon are a dy-namic duo when it comes to hitting the spiritual context of movies that most people doubt have any relation to faith at all. Their film series demonstrates how theology can be seen ev-erywhere, including in popular culture. Word of advice: check out the next film in their series or one of the podcasts they will be launching soon. Gaining eyes of faith to film can help one gain a new perspective on film in gen-eral.
“Finding Nemo” was the focus of the “Bringing Eyes of Faith to Film” discussion on Tuesday, Sept. 11, led by professor Karen Eifler and Fr. Charlie Gordon.
Fr. Charlie Gordon sees Dory in the film “Finding Nemo” as a prophet for Marlin, who is in search of his lost son.
Professor Karen Eifler believes Dory is a qualified prophet by the grace of God. She also says Dory speaks truthful and wise words.
There are plenty of activities to join on campus, but there’s one a lot of people don’t know about: The Jewish Student Group.
Junior Lauren Klafter, the leader of the Jewish Student Group on campus, started the re-ligious group as a freshman be-cause none existed.
“Before I had even decided to come to UP, I had called and asked if there were any Jewish students on campus or if there was any organization or some-thing,” Klafter said. “When I came to school people knew that I was interested in [continuing my faith] and that I wanted to start something on campus.”
Klafter was eager to continue her faith practice once on cam-pus.
“[The Jewish faculty] reached out to me and one of the English professors took me with them to the services during the high holidays and things like that,”
Klafter said.Along with help from UP fac-
ulty, Klafter has also received support from Campus Ministry.
“Campus ministry has been working with me to help me with whatever I want to create,” Klafter said.
Fr. Gary Chamberland, di-rector of Campus Ministry, said Campus Ministry wanted to do as much as they could to encourage other faiths, but that they needed the students to reach out too.
“We’ve got to help make the connection,” Chamberland said. “But how do we make it? Speak more of it. We could put more signs up, but signs can only do so much. Signs and posters help people who already know what they’re looking for. But they give [the students] the information
they need.”Klafter was one of the few
to reach out, and one of even fewer to reach out as a freshman. She was certain of her desire to pursue her faith, something that Campus Ministry admired and wanted to help her foster.
“They seemed pretty excited that I came forward,” Klafter said.
Klafter hopes for more events and more organization for the group this upcoming year. She also hopes to spread the word about the organization to the stu-dents who may not be aware of its existence.
The Jewish Student Group doesn’t have any set meeting times or location yet, but is plan-ning on having a Rosh Hashana event at 4:30 on Sept. 18 in St. Mary’s Lounge.
For more information about opportunities for Jewish students to practice their faith, contact Lauren Klafter at [email protected].
Reaching out for faithThe Jewish Student Group reaches out to those who wish to grow in their faith
Junior Lauren Klafter founded UP’s Jewish Student Group during her freshman year.
“[The Jewish faculty] reached out to me and one of the English professors took me with them to the services during the high holidays and things like that.”
Lauren KlafterJunior
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Ten percent of the world is feeling left out.
We’re tired of ink perma-nently stained into our hands. We don’t enjoy bruising our elbows every time we try and eat a meal with normal people. We’re abso-lutely sick of sobbing over un-compromising can-openers made for our non-dominant hand. The southpaws are tired of being for-gotten.
Existing as a left-handed indi-
vidual is a true miracle and that’s not just because we are products of a recessive gene. No, the real miracle is that we’ve managed to be wrong in a world that demands we be right.
The maltreatment starts in kindergarten. Lefties are never taught how to write. Walk into a kindergarten classroom and you’ll see all the right-handed children being pampered by their teacher with right-handed-pencil-holding instructions. The lefties are staring with blank ex-pressions because they have no idea what’s going on. And people wonder why so many left-hand-ers have bad handwriting. What’s your excuse?
Pens are handed out in fourth grade and the ink poisoning be-
gins. I don’t know who made the decision that the world should write from the left to right side of the page but it was an incred-ibly selfish judgment. Did anyone think to consult a left-handed person to see how they would feel about dragging their hand across freshly inked paper? It’s not ex-actly fun to come back from class and have to scrub my hand for hours in hopes of getting my skin color back.
If I thought the academic world couldn’t get any more diffi-cult for lefties, Franz Hall proved me wrong. The right-handed desks in Franz are nothing short of an instrument of torture for left-handed people. With no arm support we lefties are forced to strain our spines just to reach the
desktop and remain in said posi-tion for between fifty-five min-utes and three hours.
It’s no wonder then that The New England Journal of Medi-cine estimates left-handers have a lifespan of nine years shorter than the rest of the world. Re-search indicates left-handers are more likely to die in accidents,
especially when driving. Too bad these “accidents” arise from so-ciety’s obvious favoritism of the right-handed gene.
Perhaps the insurmountable odds piled against the left-hand-ed race have made us stronger. Or perhaps they have created psychological damage beyond repair. Either way it’s time we show the southpaws of the world some respect. Keep your elbows off the table. Stop challenging us to right-handed thumb wars. And someone please bring left-hand-ed desks to Franz 108.
Kate Stringer is a junior eng-lish and secondary education major. She can be reached at [email protected]
“Existing as a left-handed individual is a true miracle and that’s not just because we are products of a recessive gene.”
Kate StringerReporter/Junior
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The plight of not being right
We’ve been hearing about it the past two weeks at both the Republican and Democratic Na-tional Conventions: jobs, jobs, jobs. Job growth and creation are as important an issue at the University of Portland as they are for the country this political season. The University should work to restore lost student jobs as quickly as possible.
The most pressing issue is that students are already strapped for cash. Many students seek on and off campus jobs to help pay for food, vehicle repairs and other expenses. Due to the lack of on-campus jobs this year, many students are forced to look for jobs off campus, which, aside from being few and far between because of the bad economy, are not as flexible about a student’s schedule as on-campus jobs. Many students end up adjusting
their schedules and working cra-zy hours in order to hold a job off campus. This blurs the priorities of students from school to work.
What the decrease in on-campus jobs will really make the University realize this semester is how much students help to make this campus run smoothly.
Don’t be surprised if the mail center’s understaffing results in fewer and less timely package transport and delivery.
Students working in athletics take the pressure off UP’s full time staff by manning the shot clocks at basketball games, be-ing ball boys and girls at tennis matches and a variety of other tasks. When fall and winter sports start to overlap around late Oct., we may see more sweat from those working in Athletics than our student athletes.
All these inconveniences will
add up to a University that does not run as well as it has in years past.
Another component of Uni-versity life that will suffer from these cuts is community. One of the most important aspects of on-campus jobs is the sense that we’re all working together, almost like a self-sufficient com-mune of students working for and with each other. You go to The Commons and there’s your Bibtrad partner making you a sandwich. After lunch, you get some assistance from a student at the Help Desk in The Library. The army of students that make this University run is part of its charm.
Finally, students will miss out on valuable job experience. Many students entering the uni-versity get their first job right here on campus. They build
their resume at the mail center, Howard Hall, or as a front desk worker. If you don’t have any ex-perience or employers who can recommend your work, you have even less of a chance of getting a summer or post-graduate job in this tough economy.
Helping to pay the expenses of going to college with an on-campus job is one of the most rewarding ways for students to participate in their education. Going to work and school really makes a student prioritize and organize their life because of the lack of down time that those who only go to school enjoy. In the long hours sitting behind the front desk, or tossing packages in the mail center, many students know that even if the job doesn’t exactly teach them much or isn’t very rewarding, they are still making money and actively help-
ing to finance their degree. The University should not
only restore student jobs, but in-crease the number of jobs in the future. This semester without as many student workers will show the University just how impor-tant students are in keeping the Pilots running in ship shape. With many students already feel-ing financial pinch of a tough economy, student job creation is one way the University can help itself and students.
On-campus jobs are more than just a paycheck to student workers
Student jobs should be restored
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It’s a typical Tuesday after-noon in The Beacon newsroom and after a couple softball ideas for stories, someone brings up what ASUP has done at its most recent meeting. A collective groan immediately erupts from the squad of reporters and pho-tographers reminding us all that yes, ASUP does continue to ex-ist, and yet not really matter.
This year I’m expecting a stronger ASUP. For the first time in years there are actually more candidates applying to be sena-tors than there are spots. More-over, President Brock Vascon-cellos and Vice President Kyle Hamm are real students as op-posed to the patsy for Fr. Beau-champ and polarizing mess we had last year. They, more than other teams I’ve seen, will chal-lenge rather than accept the sta-tus quo and demand transparency from the administration.
Having said that, I’ve seen the dull belly of ASUP during my year and a half working for The Beacon. As a reporter, I have cov-
ered the quibbling mass known as ASUP Senate and know they face some serious challenges.
ASUP doesn’t have that much power in the grand scheme of University life. They pass tooth-less resolutions that get sent to Fr. Beauchamp as recommendations, decide how to use the $20,000 Major Project Fund, which didn’t even exist until 2006 and how to allocate our $70 student govern-ment fee to clubs. Sometimes they can’t even do that correctly.
Let me remind you of the club funding fiasco of ’11, in which, for the first time, Senate decided to strongly enforce its deadline for clubs submitting a budget to the ASUP treasurer. This re-sulted in some clubs and activi-ties not receiving the funds they needed in the 2011-2012 school year. It was the perfect example of what is wrong with the culture of ASUP. Rather than simply do-ing their job of serving students they enforced for the first time an arbitrary, self-important rule that adversely affected the student body.
ASUP struggles to get stu-dent support and input. Few, if any unelected students attend the publically open ASUP meetings Mondays at 4:30 p.m. in Shiley 301, and after having sat through a good many myself, it is easy to
understand why. The meetings are a practice session for how to be a formal political body. Very useful for those interested in a ca-reer in public office, but not nec-essarily the most engaging way to spend two hours. To succeed this year, the ASUP awareness committee should garner student interest by unselfishly promoting any successes Senate has during the year. If Beauchamp acts on any resolutions they pass, they need to make students know about it. Senate is off to a good start with the Victory Bell, which admittedly was the product of the previous administration.
ASUP has the opportunity to talk to administrators whom The Beacon is usually told are too busy to meet with reporters. They have guest speakers from all levels of the Administration come to Senate, but they never hold the higher up’s feet to the fire by asking them about impor-tant University issues. They ap-plaud Fr. Beauchamp for taking time out of his schedule to come say hi, and he responds by pat-ting them on the head for their work. “That’s a good little ASUP Senate,” he seems to say every semester.
I just came back from UP’s first study abroad trip to Santia-go, Chile this summer and their
view of student government is quite different. Camila Vallejo, is the Vice-President of the Univer-sity of Chile and with her influ-ence on the Ministry of Educa-tion there, she and her ability to organize 100,000 student march-es have made strong inroads to change in the education system in Chile. While the executive board of the University of Portland could not possibly have the same kind of power, something with a little bite to it would be nice.
I have a lot of confidence in this year’s senate. I’ve known most members of the executive board since freshman year and this group, certainly more than last year’s, gets it. They under-stand the lack of power they op-erate under and they strike me as more representative of the average student. I hope they see this as a kick in the pants from a friend to do the right thing and pilot the Pilots into a better future this academic year.
Will Lyons is the opinions editor of The Beacon, he can be reached at [email protected]
ASUP has no bark, no bite, but needs to deliver
WillLyonsStaff Commentary
ASUP Check List b The administration should give ASUP a power to enforce the resolutions they pass. Right now Vasconcel-los signs the resolutions and puts them on Beauchamp’s desk, where I assume they get filed away next to the trash.
b ASUP should demand that sexual orientation be includ-ed in the non-discrimination policy. This is in Vasconcel-los and Hamm’s platform. Hopefully they make some headway on the lack of equality for LBGTQ students.
b ASUP should ask the ad-ministration to stop enrolling beyond UP’s capacity. This year’s freshman class is the second largest in the history of UP after the junior class. Science labs are unsafe due to overcrowding. Students across majors have to jump through hoops to get the classes they need.
b The administration is in the process of hiring another mental health professional for the Health Center. ASUP should follow up on last year’s resolution. There is already a two-week wait to see a counselor.
b Senate should to pass a resolution demanding that student jobs return to their spring 2012 level or at least not let any more jobs get cut.
b Senate should pass a res-olution demanding that every location on campus become handicap accessible.
b In order to increase trans-parency, Senate should work with administrators to create a public forum where chang-es at the University are an-nounced to students before they are put into effect.
b A cultural competency component needs to be added to the core curricu-lum. Senate should pass a resolution in support of cross cultural learning in the core.
b The culture of ASUP needs to change. You won’t hear this on the Senate floor, but if you talk to senators at parties you’ll hear that many of them are doing Senate just to have one more thing on their resume for grad or law school or as an in-road to a political internship. While this is not inherently wrong, Senate needs to re-member its constituents. – Will Lyons
“I remember I went to a babysitter before school and was confused be-cause instead of the
regular morning cartoons we would always watch, there was only the news. The news was on all day and at school we had a
moment of silence.
“I was driving out of the neighborhood with my
mom on the way to third grade and my neighbor stopped us and told us
what happened.”
Alexis Smith, sopho-more, nursing
“I walked into my mom’s room and she was cry-
ing. I asked her what was wrong and she told me what had happened.”
Hunter Johnson, sophomore, nursing
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This past Wednesday, I count-ed five laptop screens shining with Pinterest during my after-noon class, and when Pinterest got boring, a new tab would open to Facebook. For those who had forgotten their laptops, myself included, phones were sitting on one knee, slyly hidden beneath the desk. Some professors ignore when this happens, while others make a scene. Obviously, I prefer the former tactic but I understand how frustrating it would be to have students more interested in e-cards than what I had to say. Professors need to realize that if students are giving into the temptations of social media sites, it’s most likely because the les-son is not enticing, but students do need to be respectful and put their electronics away when their professors are obviously putting forth effort. Neither boring lec-turers nor social media scrolling students are in the wrong; rather a compromise must be reached.
I completely understand how disrespected many professors feel when their students do not give them attention, but I hope the faculty takes a moment to put
themselves in their students’ shoes. When stu-dents stay up to date with their readings and follow the sylla-bus, many classes be-come mo-notonous and boring – if professors do not think of new ways to present the materi-als, facts are simply being reit-
erated from what the books and PowerPoint presentations posted on Moodle already taught us.
I don’t want to point any fin-gers, because I do believe that texting and pinning during a lec-ture is disrespectful, but when the professors don’t incorporate
any creativity into their lesson plans, can they really blame their students for succumbing to dis-tractions? Both sides need to put effort into solving this problem.
As for students, there are times when it is appropriate to check your phone in class – the professor steps out for a moment, you finish your reading before the majority of the class or it is taking a long time for the profes-sor to get the audio to work. Take advantage of these opportunities. When the professor is lecturing or a video with important infor-mation is playing, put your phone away. I guarantee that wall post will still be there and that text message will not just mysteri-ously disappear.
Professors, if you want your students to care about what you have to say, then care about your students and try switching it up a little bit – include partner and
group work into your sched-ules, throw in some entertaining videos or anecdotes or create a conversation with your students rather than just talking at them. Not only will you get the atten-tion you desire, but I would bet the test scores will skyrocket as well.
Like nearly anything in life, when both parties commit to simple changes, success can be easily obtained. So, students and faculty please accept this simple challenge – let your phone rest for a few hours a day and make your lessons a bit more entertain-ing.
Megan Walsh is a sopho-more biology major. She can be reached at [email protected]
Give your phone a restUse of laptops and cell phones during class for entertainment is due to mundane lectures
Megan WalshStaff Commentary
It was a great experience living on campus: the friendly dorm community, short walks to classes, and not having to worry about making meals or doing the dishes.
That said, it’s incredibly re-laxing to be living outside the bell tower’s range, off campus.
The best part is the indepen-dence, or at least the sense of in-dependence. Even if your parents are still paying for your tuition, rent, and food expenses, it is free-ing to grocery shop for meals that you can cook (or try to cook) in your own kitchen. All of a sud-den, chores like taking out the trash, cleaning the house, and un-loading the dishwasher aren’t as bad because your parents aren’t telling you to do them. The bur-den of renting a home practically vanishes when you have good roommates to bear it with you.
In a way, you have less to wor-ry about by going off campus: no
quiet hours, no visitation rules, no guidelines. In the dorms, I always felt like I was missing out on some activity or event by staying in my room and that was great for the first couple years. Yet there comes a time when you just want to be lazy, and in a house you can be content with that laziness.
There are many small perks that the dorms can’t offer: hang-ing out in the living room, eating at your dining table, and having a full-sized fridge. Even if you live across the street from campus, you don’t feel encapsulated in the University’s “bubble”, but part of
the kinda-real world. The world where you have neighbors, a backyard, and sometimes – mice. Most importantly, it’s a change of pace.
I loved my time at Christie Hall and am still amazed by our beautiful campus, but if you’ve been considering it – don’t hesi-tate to find a place off campus for next year.
Luke Riela is a junior busi-ness major. He can be reached at [email protected]
Luke RielaGuest Commentary
“Neither boring lectures nor social media scrolling students are in the wrong; rather a compromise must be reached.”
There are many elite athletes attending and competing here at the University of Portland, yet many students don’t realize that some of the best are not in a soccer, volleyball, basketball or baseball jersey. The cross coun-try team is currently one of the best in the nation and few appre-ciate or recognize the high-level success that the team has pro-duced over the last decade.
“No program can be success-ful without elite athletes,” men’s cross country head coach Rob Conner said. “We are lucky to at-tract runners with talent but who also put in the work to compete at a high level.”
The cross country team kicked off the 2012 season Sept. 1, hosting its annual Pier Park In-vitational.
Both the men’s and women’s team enjoyed a successful meet led by senior Aiden Irish, who finished fourth in the men’s 6k race and sophomore Tansey Lys-tad who finished sixth for the women’s team in the 5k race.
The men’s team also celebrat-ed top ten finishes from senior Cody Wells finishing ninth and freshman Stephen Kersh placing tenth.
“It feels great to be part of such a strong program,” Kersh said. “It is a testament to how hard we work and coach consis-tency. We are built around hard work more than raw talent; we are fueled by something inside.”
Men’s cross country has qui-
etly and arguably surpassed women’s soccer as the most suc-cessful sport at UP over the past couple of years. They are ranked seventh in the country this sea-son and are threatening to pass perennial in-state powerhouse University of Oregon as the top cross country school in the state.
The athletes and coaches both attribute the strong program to their hard work, team unity and strong coaching.
“We got to this point with hard work,” redshirt freshman Scott Fauble said. “Credit goes to coach Conner; he does a good job at managing us, recruiting and creating an environment compat-ible with success.”
Junior David Perry has seen the team progress over his years into a consistent top-ten national
program. He and the rest of the team believe they have what it takes to keep performing at an elite level.
“The program over the past years has evolved into a tight knit competitive team,” Perry said. “We know how we stack up and we expect the same this year. We are motivated by trying to catch the schools in front of us and staying ahead of the teams nip-ping at our heels.”
Although the team still ap-pears as strong as ever, coach Conner still sees the opportunity to create an even stronger future.
“We have a lot of good young guys and we are really excited about our potential,” Conner said. “We could be led by three sopho-mores this year which is excit-ing for the future. Our guys are
highly motivated and we look to have similar success or look even better over the next two years.”
The Pilot’s will compete next at the WCC Preview Saturday, at 10:45 a.m. at Fernhill Park in Portland, Ore.
“We are lucky to have these home meets,” Kersh said. “It is a rarity to have more than one in a season. We don’t get much of an opportunity to be watched, so it would be awesome if we could get some people to come and see us.”
Cross Country: the best athletes you’ve never heard of
Cross Country finishes with three top-ten finishers at the Pier Park Invitational. Currently ranked 7th in the nation, the team looks to knock off University of Oregon as top dog in the state
Senior captain Jamie Opra believes rowing is the most dis-ciplined sport she has ever done.
“Going to bed really early and making sure you keep your team-mates accountable is very impor-tant to making sure everyone is ready for practice,” Opra said. “Just being with the team and knowing that we’re all doing this together for one another makes [mornings] a lot easier.”
This year, women were encouraged to join the team via PilotsUP. The coaches were looking for individuals who are enthusiastic and athletic, allow-ing their team to continue their success from last year.
The coaches’ recruitment efforts paid off, and the team in-creased in size by 17 women.
“We have potential to be real-ly good because the new girls are strong and they are really excited about the sport,” Johnson said.
The Pilots’ first competition is at Oregon State University on
Oct. 13, followed by the Portland Fall Classic on Oct. 28. Their WCC season starts in March.
“I’m really excited for the sea-son,” Opra said. “We have high expectations for our team, high expectations for everyone who has just joined, and especially high expectations for the return-ers.”
This is just the second year that UP has had a women’s row-ing team. The team believes that there is a new kind of vibe for this year with new standards to meet.
One standard they are striving
for is having all the rowers reach a competing level.
“Eventually, we’ll start mix-ing people together, and in a few more weeks it won’t matter whether you learned to row in high school, you learn how to row here, or if you’ve been on the team before,” Zack said. “Every-body is on the team and we’ll just go from there.”
The team will continue to practice hard until winter hits, the docks become icy and the weather conditions are unfit for rowing. The team trains off the water until spring.
“You can’t really row in the winter,” Opra said. “Spring is where we dig in and get ready for the championships.”
Opra and the team hope to place well in the championships in Gold River, Calif. on May 18 next year when the Pilots have had months of training and seven competitions under their belt.
Photo courtesy of Kim Spir
UP women’s cross country begins the race at the Pier Park Invitational on Sept. 1. The Pilots faced off against fellow in-state rivals like Oregon State and University of Oregon with three UP runners finishing in the top 10.
Photo courtesy of Kim Spir
(Right) Junior Lily Schafer running during the Pier Park Invitational.
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The women’s rowing team carries their boat back to the boathouse after a successful practice row on the Willamette River.
“Rowing is probably the only sport in the NCAA where somebody cannot have done it in high school and still have a successful college career.”
Head Coach Bill Zack
This week in sports
Women’s Soccer Women’s soccer failed to beat sister school rival Notre Dame Sept. 7 at Merlo Field with the game resulting in a 1-1 tie. The Pilots travel to play USC Sept. 16 carrying a record of 4-1-1, while USC has a record of 2-3-1. Their next home game will be Sept. 21 against Seattle University at 7 p.m. at Merlo Field.
Men’s Soccer
The men’s soccer team heads farther northwest to Seattle, Wash. to compete in the Husky Fever Classic. UP faces Seattle University on Sept. 21 at 4 p.m. and Brown University on Sept. 23 at 3 p.m. The Pilots return home on Sept. 26 to battle with heated rival Gonzaga Univer-sity.
Cross Country
Both the men’s and women’s cross country teams will be competing in the WCC Preview at Fernhill Park in Portland, Ore. on Saturday, Sept. 15 at 10:45 a.m.
VolleyballThe Pilots head east to com-pete in the Penn State Tourna-ment at University Park, Penn. UP faces No. 4 Penn State on Sept. 14 at 4 p.m. They face Eastern Illinois at 10 a.m. and Duquesne at 1 p.m. both on Sept. 15.
(courtesy portlandpilots.com)
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Spotlight:Hannah Johnson
Freshman Hannah Johnson, one of UP’s three women’s row-ing recruits this year, is enthu-siastic about competing for the Pilots this year. Johnson is from Seattle, Wash. where she attend-ed Bishop Blanchet High School and competed for Green Lake Crew for four years.
What is the atmosphere of the team so far this year?
“Really fun, inviting, and
supportive. We are already like family.”
When did you first start crew?
“I started in high school as a freshman. I didn’t make the vol-leyball team, so I decided to try crew.”
How did you choose UP?
“When I was a senior I start-ed talking to coaches and I got to know head coach Bill Zack and he recruited me for the team.”
What do you like about row-ing?
“It’s different than any sport I’ve ever done because of how family oriented it is and how nice
the girls are. You get so close to them—basically those girls are your life. Rowing has just be-come a huge part of my life. I can’t even think about what it would be like to not do crew. I’m just really happy that UP has a team.”
Who do you look up to as a leader on the team?
“All of the girls really play a part in being a leader. It’s early in the year, but they’re all really fun. They all want to get to know us and take us out. They want us to be a part of their team.”
Did you feel comfortable with all the girls from the beginning?
“Oh, for sure. One of the first days on campus they took me out to meet people. They are just re-ally fun to be around.”
What is it like rowing with so many girls who are new to row-ing?
“I mean, I’m a freshman, so I’m new to the team too. It’s just such a new sport and most of the other sports have been here for a long time, so they have solid teams. We are in a growing year right now and it’s really excit-ing.”
What do you wish more peo-
ple knew about crew?
“It’s a full body workout from your toes to your shoulders and it’s constant cardio. It is so much work. I feel like people don’t even know how hard it is and they underestimate it because we’re sitting in a boat, but there is so much more to it.”
What skills do you need to be successful in rowing?
“There is so much technique involved. Balance, physics; there is so much stuff that goes along with it. It’s very mental, as well; it’s really hard to tell yourself that you have 750 more meters of excruciating pain. You can stop whenever you want to, but there’s something that makes you want to keep going as hard as you can.”
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There is not much more one could ask for from a soccer game than what happened Sept. 7 (ex-cept a winner). There were excit-ing goals, missed shots off the goal post, physical play and dou-ble overtime resulting in a 1-1 tie.
The ‘Holy Cross War’ pitted the Pilots women’s soccer team against the University of Notre Dame Fighting Irish. There was a buzz around the stadium before the game for Military Apprecia-tion Night and the student section was in full force.
“We have the best student body section in the country,” head coach Garrett Smith said. “Our fans, including the commu-nity that comes out to support us, is second to none.”
With the support of 4,932 fans, the Pilots came out in the first half ready to battle the Fight-ing Irish. It was a physical match with strong defense, making
shots hard to come by for both teams. UP benefitted from great saves by goalkeeper Erin Dees and lucky bounces off the goal posts.
After a long fight in front of Notre Dame’s goal, midfielder Rebekah Kurle scored her first goal of the season off a corner kick by midfielder Ellen Parker in the 31st minute
“It feels really good but it feels even better that I get to celebrate it with my teammates,” Kurle said about the goal.
Eight minutes later, Notre Dame answered with a goal of
their own. Fighting Irish mid-fielder Sammy Scofield scored with a header from a corner kick by forward Anna Maria Gilbert-son, in the 39th minute to end the half in a 1-1 tie.
The Pilots came out strong in the second half with more shots and put more pressure on Notre Dame. Notre Dame did not have any shots until the 65th minute of the second half.
“They knew they had to get a little tougher and just have a dif-ferent mentality,” Smith said.
and five shots on goal compared to Notre Dame’s one in the sec-ond half, the 1-1 score did not change. The goal post seemed to be one of the Pilots’ biggest allies, blocking multiple Notre Dame shots.
At the end of regulation the game was still tied 1-1. After two ten-minute overtimes, the game ended in a tie.
“We have a saying that we are 18 strong,” Kurle said. “We all believe in each other. We trust our fitness.”
The Pilots travel to play USC on Sept. 16, carrying a record of
4-1-1, while USC has a record of 2-3-1. Their next home game will be Sept. 21 against Seattle Uni-versity at 7 p.m. at Merlo Field.
‘Holy Cross War’ yields no victor
On Military Appreciation Night, the Pilots went to war with sister school rival Notre Dame.
Women’s rowing grows in size and expectationsThe women’s rowing team gains 17 new rowers hoping the fresh faces will help build for the future by growing the program.
While most students are asleep in their beds at six every morning, the women’s rowing team is not.
At 6 a.m. the team of 52
women rowers board the bus to the boathouse on the Willamette River to practice as the sun rises.
Freshman Hannah Johnson finds rowing a great way to start her morning.
“It’s actually really nice,” Johnson said. “We get the chance to be out on the pretty water,
watch the sunrise, and we get our morning started in fresh air.”
Head coach Bill Zack sees rowing as great opportunity as opposed to something that should be looked at as a tough commit-ment.
“It seems odd to me that ev-erybody talks about early morn-
ings,” Zack said. “There are great opportunities on the row-ing team. It’s not like people are forced to do it.”
Zack notes that this opportu-nity includes workouts six days a week and training led by a team of coaches and volunteers, lead-ing to a successful sports experi-
ence without having prior skills.“Rowing is probably the only
sport in the NCAA where some-body cannot have done it in high school and still have a successful college career,” Zack said.
Defender Kendall Johnson makes a sliding shot at the goal in an attempt to gain the lead. After two overtimes, neither team could secure the win and the game ended in a tie 1-1.
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See women’s rowing, page #14
“We have the best student body section in the country. Our fans, including the community that comes out to support us, is second to none.”
