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Caffeine: more bad than good?

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College students often turn to caffeine to get through the day, but too much can be dangerous

Kate Stringer Staff Writer stringer14@up.edu When it comes to knowledge regarding caffeine, students feel pretty confident. They know that it takes a large jolt to pay attention in their 8:10 a.m. class and an even bigger dose to stay awake until 2 a.m. writing their midterm paper.

What they might not know is that in December, 14-yearold Anais Fournier of Maryland went into cardiac arrest and died after consuming two 24 ounce Monster Energy drinks in one day, with caffeine toxicity reported as contributing to her death. In mid- October her mother filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Monster Beverage Corp., claiming the company failed to warn consumers about the risks associated with its products.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is

currently investigating five deaths and a heart attack claimed to be caused by energy drinks.

Caffeine is naturally found in some plants but can be synthetically made and added to products such as energy drinks including Red Bull, Rockstar, and Monster. According to registered dietician and nursing instructor Kim Nguyen, 90 percent of the world population drinks coffee or caffeinated beverages.

“The benefit of drinking caffeine is that it stimulates your body and your mind,” Nguyen said. “It keeps you awake when you didn’t get enough sleep because you were up late studying for your exam.”

Senior Todd Tully, who occasionally drinks Rockstar Zero Carb, appreciates the sense of focus energy drinks provide.

“Energy drinks have an effect that creates a heightened sense of awareness and acute concentration on my homework

or a test,” Tully said. “It focuses me a little more and gives me a ton of energy so I don’t have to worry about dozing off.”

For some students, consuming caffeine is more about the taste of the beverage than the need to stay alert.

“I drink tantalizing coffee because it’s delicious,” said sophomore John Liedtke. “I don’t get why people drink black coffee – I drink for the sugar.”

However, for some people, the effects of caffeine are more detrimental than beneficial.

According to Nguyen, individuals sensitive to caffeine experience anxiety, nervousness, and irritability.

Even for those not sensitive to caffeine, 200 to 300 milligrams is the recommended daily limit, according to Mayo clinic. While these numbers vary depending on an individual’s size and gender, the FDA reports that 600 milligrams is considered too

much.

5-Hour Energy has the most caffeine per ounce with 207 milligrams in a two ounce bottle. Most energy drinks have a lower caffeine content, such as Monster Energy which contains 240 milligrams of caffeine in a 24 ounce can. Coffee generally has higher caffeine content per ounce; 16 ounces of Starbucks coffee has 330 milligrams of caffeine.

However, solely comparing caffeine levels doesn’t take into account the other stimulants frequently found in energy drinks including guarana, acai berry, taurine, and ginseng.

When selecting caffeinated beverages, a person needs to weigh health history. In the case of Fournier, an autopsy showed her death was caused by cardiac arrhythmia, which was further complicated by Ehlers-Danlos, a syndrome that affects the blood vessels.

Certified Family Nurse Practitioner Sue Oshiro-Zeier has had high school aged students come to her who suffered from the effects of too much caffeine.

“People’s hearts are racing and they feel panicky,” OshiroZeier said. “They drank too many energy drinks and they don’t know what’s happening. It can make people feel really anxious.”

Sophomore Derek Schumacher estimates that he drinks three 20 ounce coffees every day.

“I do believe I’m addicted,” Schumacher said. “Sometimes when I have too much caffeine I just start shaking.”

According to According to Oshiro-Zeier, people may develop headaches, anxiety, irritation or depression.

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Caffeine quantities in popular drinks Black tea Black tea (decaffeinated) Green tea Pepsi 5-Hour Energy Monster Red Bull Beverage Starbucks PikeStarbucks Place Starbucks Latte Pike Place (decaffeinated)

Size 16 oz.

Caffeine content 150 mg

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Campus OnOnCampus El Dia de los Muertos

The Mexican holiday “The Day of the Dead” will be celebrated Nov. 1 in St. Mary’s Student Lounge. The event will include authentic music by Los Flacos, arts and crafts, and snacks. The event is from 6 to 8 p.m.

CPB Movie

This week’s movie is “The Bourne Legacy.” The movie will be in Buckley Center Auditorium at 10 p.m Friday and Saturday night. Admission is free.

Dorothy Day Ice Cream Social On Nov. 8 UP’s Social Work program is hosting a ice cream party to honor Dorothy Day, a legendary activist, and give information about social work.

The party is in St. Mary’s Student Center from 6 to 7:30 p.m.

Fiction Writing Group UP’s new Fiction Writing Group is meeting on Tuesdays at 7 p.m. Whether students are currently working on their writing or want a place to share ideas, all are invited to join. Meetings are in the Murphy Room on the forth floor of Franz Hall. Location is subject to change, so contact Kari Hill at hill14@up.edu for updates or more information.

Learning Assistance Availible The Learning Resource Center in Franz Hall 120 is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. to help students with test taking skills and other study tools.

On Mondays, the center will be open from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. as well. Drop in to make an appointment for help on a specific subject or just to check it out. Contact Br. Thomas Giumenta at giumenta@up.edu for more info.

Improv Show The Bluffoons Improv group is hosting a comedy show Friday at 7:30 p.m. at Mago Hunt Recital Hall. Admission is $2 per person or $3 per pair.

Come in costume and get in free!

Theology Thursday Lecture Fr. William Harmless from Creighton University will speak about St. Bernard of Clarivaux at this week’s lecture. The lecture is tonight at 7:30 in Buckley Center room 163.

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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 beacon@up.edu. Corrections will be printed above.

The presidential election is next week, but will your vote make a difference?

Young people make up 20 percent of the vote and expected voter participation has increased Kelsey Thomas Staff Writer thomask15@up.edu With the presidential election just a week away, UP students are wondering just how much their vote will matter, and if their peers will vote.

Young people constitute 20 percent of the voting population, and have the potential to be a deciding factor in the election, according to the Center for Information on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) at Tufts University.

Expected voter participation among youth has risen to 54.6 percent, a significant increase from 2008 when 51 percent of young people voted, according to a poll released Monday by CIRCLE. The poll also revealed that if the election were held today, President Barack Obama would win the youth vote over Republican candidate Mitt Romney 52 percent to 35.1 percent.

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Percent of voting population that is made up of young people University of Portland has adamantly encouraged voter participation through the VoteUP campaign, but some students still aren’t informed about the election or don’t plan on voting. But there are UP students who plan on casting their ballot for Obama or Romney, and hope other students will do the same.

According to Moreau Center Director Laura Gobel, they trained 50 students in voter registration.

Two hundred students have registered to vote through the Moreau Center

thus far, but Gobel says more have likely registered online or through other methods.

Through the VoteUP campaign, student leaders also ran four panels on issues important to students. The panels with the most attendants were health care and immigration, with about 60 attendees each.

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Number of people who register to vote through the Moreau Center Although the VoteUP campaign was successful, many UP students remain uninformed about the impact of the coming election.

“Many students feel like [politics] are very complex and messy and hard to engage in,” Gobel said.

Senior Stephanie Fekete, a strong advocate for voting, said that a lack of interest and effort often keep young people away from politics.

“Some younger people don’t really want to take the time to really understand how politics works,” Fekete said.

Fekete along with other politically active students on campus encourage students to get informed and participate in the democratic process.

“I think it’s very important that people have their voice be heard,” Fekete said. “It is a duty we all have.”

Although sophomore Stephanie Quilici said she does find politics difficult, she agrees that it is her duty to vote.

“There are so many different aspects to politics,” Quilici said. “But it’s important to be informed.”

Quilici became informed

on what each candidate stood for and how it lined up with her own views through an online quiz called Isidewith.com. After answering a series of questions, the site provides a percentage for each candidate indicating how much the quiz-taker agrees with his or her platform.

Fekete took a more investigative approach.

“I look at what the candidates have to say by themselves,” Fekete said. “I try not to look at anything negative said about either candidate and I look at the issues rather than what they have done outside of their professional lives.”

In 2008, young Americans preferred President Obama to John McCain 2 to 1. According to a poll by CIRCLE, Obama currently has a 17 percentage point lead on Romney among voters ages 18-29. However, there are strong supporters for both the president and Mitt Romney on the UP campus.

Fekete said she is voting for Mitt Romney because he captures more ideas she agrees with and she is dissatisfied with President Obama’s performance.

“I think we need something different,” Fekete said. “Mitt

Romney is positioning himself as a fairly moderate Republican that can try to create more bipartisanship than Obama does.”

Junior Andrew Meyer said he supports President Obama because he believes Obama is most supportive of human rights. “[The most important issue] is making sure we don’t throw our own citizens to the wolves,” Meyer said. “Especially those who are in need: the poor, the sick, the elderly.”

Regardless of who students are voting for, Fekete and Quilici both agree that the most important thing is that students cast a vote at all.

54.6% Expected voter participation among youth for the 2012 election

“It makes me mad when people don’t vote,” Quilici said.

“I didn’t know hardly anything about politics but I took the time to get informed.”

Where do I take my Ballot?

Drop off your ballot at the Moreau Center in St. Mary’s Student Center on Election Day ONLY between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.

Where can I watch the election results?

There will be an election watch party in the Cove starting at 5 p.m. Nov. 6

UP students from U.S. territories, including Guam can’t vote for president Kelsey Thomas Staff Writer thomask15@up.edu Like half of all Americans ages 18-29, sophomore Michie Sasai will not cast a vote in the presidential election. However, unlike most of her continental-born peers, Sasai does not have a choice.

The 182,111 residents of Guam – a U.S. territory – are American citizens and are able to elect their own governor and legislature, but are not able to vote in any U.S. elections.

The same standard applies to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Island. The president is elected only by electors from the fifty states.

Despite this, Sasai said Guam citizens tend to be politically informed.

“We are very involved with our local election” Sasai said.

Junior Tara Benaventa says that although her family and friends are also very involved in local politics back in Guam, they pay less attention to the United States electoral elections.

“There is a mentality that whatever

happens in U.S. politics doesn’t really affect Guam because we are so far away and so disconnected,” Benaventa said.

Benaventa said that growing up, she never felt like Guamanians would reap benefits from being able to vote in the presidential election. If given the choice today, however, Benaventa says she would cast a vote.

“Because I live in Oregon now, I feel more involved and affected by the political climate in the U.S.,” Benaventa said.

Sasai said it is upsetting that half of young people in the U.S. who are able to vote do not take advantage of that opportunity.

“If you are able to have a say in something so important in our lives I would take that opportunity,” Sasai said. “People always argue that it’s a civic duty for you to vote and I believe that 100%.”

Although it is not something she grew up thinking as a possibility, Sasai says she would definitely take

advantage of the opportunity to vote in the presidential election if she could.

“I would be very happy if I could,” Sasai said. “I would be voting. I would be taking it seriously.”

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Student tackles testicular cancer with nonprofit Freshman Nick Ost started Sacks of Love to raise money for testicular cancer research Philip Ellefson Staff Writer ellefson15@up.edu Freshman Nick Ost is having a ball – or two – in his fight to support testicular cancer research.

Ost, an entrepreneurship major, is the co-founder of Sacks of Love, a nonprofit organization dedicated to awareness and research of testicular cancer.

The organization raises money by selling apparel, and donates some of the money to the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center at the University of Texas.

Although Ost had never met anyone affected by testicular cancer, he wanted to make an impact. So during his senior year of high school, he started working with Christopher Utterback, a friend from high school.

“I called him one night and said, ‘What can we do to make a difference?’” Ost said. “It sounds really cheesy, but it’s actually a true story.”

Because most people are not aware of testicular cancer, Ost and Utterback decided to do something about it. Their hope was to start a nonprofit that does for testicular cancer what the nonprofit organization I Love Boobies did for breast cancer.

But Ost and Utterback are starting small. Now that they are in college, they are using the campuses of UP and Western Washington University, where Utterback goes to school, to launch the nonprofit.

Sophomore Emma Englund, who is working with Ost as the social media manager, said college campuses are a great place for Sacks of Love to take off, since college-age men are some of the most likely to get testicular cancer.

“It’s not something you’re

trying to prevent forty, fifty years from now that you should be concerned about, but it’s something that’s happening to college kids, and friends of college kids,” Englund said.

According to the American Cancer Society, about 8,590 new cases of testicular cancer are diagnosed each year in the U.S. Of those cases, 360 men will die of the disease.

Freshman Brooke Murphy, the organization’s operations and event manager, agreed that college campuses are a good place to start organizations like Sacks of Love.

“College students are always excited, and this is something brand new,” Murphy said.

Murphy is planning to get a table set up to sell merchandise on campus, and she hopes to hold larger events like fundraisers in the future. Englund is busy managing the organization’s Facebook and Twitter pages, as well as setting up a website and blog.

Sacks of Love recently got a wave of online support after a friend posted their logo to the social news website Reddit and asked Reddit users to support the non-profit.

“It was the night of the presidential debate, and we went number one for seven consecutive hours. Over 500,000 views on it,” Ost said. “Number two was the presidential debate. It was shocking.”

Englund said the Reddit post connected them with people who wanted to help them out.

“I was surprised at how many people don’t just think it’s funny, but they genuinely want to be involved, and know what they can do now to start helping, or how they can bring it to their school,” Englund said.

But Ost said humor is an

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Freshman Nick Ost started Sacks of Love with his friend from high school. Ost launched the nonprofit at UP this year, and hopes to eventually donate all his profits to testicular cancer research. important part of Sacks of Love’s attitude toward testicular cancer.

“I’ve found that the best way to approach a situation that’s just dire is through humor,” Ost said.

Murphy said cracking jokes is a good way to get people excited about a cause.

“A sad story touches your heart, but a positive one, and a positive way to change that makes you want to get involved, drives you, creates an inspiration,” Murphy said.

Since they started the nonprofit, Ost has come met several people who have experienced testicular cancer.

He was inspired by a man he met in an airport whose son had had the disease. The man told Ost the story of when they

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raised $100,000 through a lacrosse tournament.

Ost showed him the design and the plan for his nonprofit.

“He looked at the symbol and he thought that there would be a lot of support, and he thought that this could be really big,” Ost said.

“He told me, ‘I raised a hundred thousand dollars doing this; I think you could raise a million.’

It just kind of clicked.”

Although the organization is only seven months old, Ost has big plans for Sacks of Love.

Right now, Sacks of Love is only sending a portion of their earnings to M.D. Anderson for

research, because they need enough money to establish the nonprofit. But eventually, Ost wants to be able to send all of the profits to M.D. Anderson for research. And he wants to reduce incidence of testicular cancer to zero cases per year.

“Ultimately, we’re trying to put ourselves out of business, I think,” Ost said. “That’d be great.”

Caffeine: Too much coffee can affect meal cycles Continued from page 1 Because energy drinks are dietary supplements, they are not regulated by the FDA. Therefore, the five deaths associated with Monster Energy were not made public until a formal request was made under the Freedom of Information Act. Another consequence from the lack of regulation by the FDA is that energy drink manufacturers are not legally required to provide the amount of caffeine in their products. For example, the FDA regulates the amount of caffeine in soda to a maximum of .02 percent but has no such regulations on energy drinks.

Furthermore, a Consumer Reports study found that some energy drinks that specify caffeine levels on their products tend to have 20 percent more caffeine than reported.

Oshiro-Zeier believes accurately labeling energy drinks is important for safety.

“Labels need to be clear,” Oshiro-Zeier said. “There are drinks that are heavily laden with caffeine and people don’t really know what they’re getting.”

Nguyen believes most people are not very knowledgeable about caffeine.

“Drinking too much caffeine is not good,” Nguyen said.

“Sometimes if you drink too much coffee, it can make you feel really full and then you won’t eat your meals when you should be eating your meals and then you skip meals and you feel more tired and so you drink more coffee. It’s a vicious cycle.”

Additionally, Oshiro-Zeier wants students to be aware of the risks that come from mixing alcohol with caffeine.

“People drink alcohol with caffeine with idea that it makes

them less intoxicated but that’s not true,” Oshiro-Zeier said.

“They are still incapacitated.”

For students who still feel reliant on caffeine to boost their studying and alertness, OshiroZeier recommends some natural solutions.

“Get up, walk around, do some sort of physical activity,” Oshiro-Zeier said. “Make sure that [students] eat something healthy, make sure they eat enough proteins.”

Despite the recent attention given to caffeine in the media, most people are not in danger from dying from caffeine complications.

“A cup of coffee here and there is not a bad thing,” Nguyen said. “Just like anything else moderation is really key.”

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Senior studies domestic violence among students

Katie Van Dyke focuses her senior thesis on domestic violence in hopes of promoting education and prevention Amanda Munro Staff Writer munroa15@up.edu One in four women experience domestic violence in their lifetime. Every day in the United States, three women and one man are murdered by their intimate partner. In Oregon alone, one in 10 women between the ages of 20 and 55 (more than 85,000 people) have been victims of physical or sexual assault by a current or former intimate partner in the last five years. But most domestic violence cases go unreported, making this issue even more common than estimated in statistics.

Senior sociology major Katie Van Dyke is researching these statistics, and writing her thesis paper on attitudes about domestic violence among students at University of Portland, so she can determine what needs to be done in terms of future education and prevention.

“I’m certain that every person in this university knows someone who’s been affected by domestic violence but isn’t aware of it,” Van Dyke said. “We’re trained to think relationships are private, so this sort of violence goes under the radar.”

Van Dyke is particularly interested in college students because of her work at The Raphael House, a local domestic violence shelter, where she learned that the cycle of violence starts very young.

“Someone could be in their junior year of high school in their first relationship and be seeing signs of domestic violence already,” Van Dyke said.

According to Van Dyke, someone who hasn’t been educated as to what a healthy relationship looks like can easily become stuck in a cycle of violence because they don’t know any alternatives. Often, people don’t identify verbal abuse, emotional abuse, or manipulation as violence and therefore don’t see themselves as being in an unhealthy relationship.

But the most harmful stereotype about domestic violence is the motivation behind abuse and why victims put up with it, Van Dyke said.

“Domestic violence isn’t just about an individual’s anger; it’s about power and control,” Van Dyke said. “Right now when people hear ‘domestic violence’, the first thing they say is, ‘Well why doesn’t she leave?’”

But Van Dyke said it’s a complicated issue. Victims of violence may have children with the abuser, they may feel that the abuser is the only person who’s ever loved them, or they may not have any money.

Many women Van Dyke worked with had spouses who controlled their bank account and owned all of their personal documents. These are factors that people fail to consider when they wonder why someone doesn’t simply leave an abusive relationship.

“I’m certain that every person in this University knows someone who’s been affected by domestic violence but isn’t aware of it. We’re trained to think relationships are private, so this sort of violence goes under the radar.”

Katie Van Dyke Senior “I think it’s really important that people are educated about the deeper roots of the issue so they don’t think it’s all about an individual woman who chooses to stay even though her individual partner is mean to her,” Van Dyke said. “It’s about twisted dynamics that make it impossible to leave physically and emotionally.”

Van Dyke has seen through her work and research that domestic violence is not an individual issue but a cultural one, and the only way to solve the problem is through education from a young age.

She believes we need to teach children that they are valued, loved, and that their value is not in their ability to obtain and maintain a relationship.

“Teen magazines place more

value on the status of being in a relationship than anything about the individual themselves,” Van Dyke said. “Of course young women are going to be pressured to stay in relationships that they know aren’t healthy for them, because that’s what they’re taught is most important.”

But according to her research, women are not the only victims of domestic violence. Yet because of the prevailing stereotype of women as victims and men as perpetrators, male victims often don’t receive the help they need.

Van Dyke thinks that we live in a culture of disrespect and victim blaming especially along gender lines, which allows domestic violence to occur. She insists that we need to shift our cultural attitudes to reduce domestic violence. College students can start by educating themselves about what domestic violence really is and what they can do about it.

“People need to know what violence looks like,” Van Dyke said. “[And] that it’s okay to intervene in the relationship of a friend or peer if they feel uncomfortable with it.”

Van Dyke’s advisor, sociology professor Martin Monto, also stresses the importance of bystander intervention.

“Truthfully, preventing violence requires us to take responsibility for one another,” Monto said.

Monto said people tend not to act if they aren’t sure violence is taking place, but he insists it’s important to act anyway.

“You don’t have to leap in and accuse someone of being an abuser, but you can say, ‘I’ve noticed you seem a little hesitant around Joe. Are you feeling okay about that?’” Monto said. “You can check in with the person. That’s one of the first things you can do.”

Even if they aren’t familiar with the people involved, they can still talk to that person’s friends or even their R.A. It’s also possible to talk to the suspected perpetrator.

If someone knows for sure that someone else is in an abusive relationship, they can refer the victim to UP’s counseling center or to the Portland Women’s Crisis Line, both anonymous services

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Senior Katie Van Dyke volunteered at a local domestic violence center this summer, which got her interested in studying domestic violence. Van Dyke said it’s harder for people to leave an abusive relationship than people think. for talking about these kinds of issues. But if these tactics don’t work, they can anonymously call Public Safety or Portland Police.

“If you know a person is in an abusive relationship and may not want to end it, that sort of intervention can be helpful,” Monto said.

Monto and Van Dyke both agree how vital it is that students understand the gravity of this issue and start paying attention to it.

“We have a responsibility as a community to one another,” Monto said. “If we sit silently, it reinforces the message that it’s an individual’s responsibility to deal with it, which is much more difficult than most people think.”

Van Dyke hopes to continue working on her thesis for uses of publication after she graduates.

She also wants to continue her work on this issue through education or further academic research. “[Domestic violence] is a

problem that really does affect everyone, both the people who know the individuals involved but also the community that stands by and lets this happen to such a huge percentage of people in our society,” Van Dyke said. “We’re human beings, we’re social animals, and we can’t continue to let that happen.”

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1. Oct. 26, 12:43 p.m. -Community members reported a couple people handing out fliers that some found disturbing near Buckley Center. Officers contacted the individuals and asked them to leave campus. The Individuals were compliant.

2.Oct. 26, 1:11 p.m. - A faculty member reported graffiti on the side of Swindells Hall, near Romanaggi Hall, and on the sidewalk near the Commons. Officers took a report and the graffiti was removed.

3. Oct. 27, 5:55 a.m. - Received a call from a neighborhood resident regarding a group of college-aged individuals who were causing a disturbance in the park near the caller’s house.

Caller reported attempting to make contact and asking the individuals to quiet down. The group chased the caller back to her house and then returned to the park. Portland Police Bureau was notified and addressed the issue.

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4. Oct. 28, 1:02 a.m.. - Received a complaint from a neighborhood resident of individuals walking down the street in the 5100 block of N. Harvard St. violating noise ordinance.

Officers responded and one individual attempted to flee with a stop sign. Officers were able to contact the individual and the sign was confiscated. Individual was referred to the Judicial Coordinator.

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AFROTC wins first place nationally

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After winning second place in 2010, UP’s Air Force ROTC is now the best in the nation Harry Blakeman Staff Writer blakeman15@up.edu UP’s Air Force ROTC Detachment 695 has been named the top detachment of its size in the nation, winning the Right of Line award, AFROTC’s top honor.

With 120 cadets, UP’s detachment belongs to the middle size, one of three size categories for the award. Col. Paul Huffman, Detachment 695’s commander, says the award legitimizes the respect UP’s detachment deserves as one of the nation’s best.

UP’s AFROTC detachment

ranks third nationally in number of cadets per capita of undergraduate enrollment size. About 5 percent of UP undergraduates are in the program, and Huffman believes that makes the accomplishment even more impressive.

“To be among all these huge programs and universities is a big deal,” said Huffman.

Detachment 695 also finished first nationally in 2004 and won its region in 2010. Huffman thinks UP has showed such success in the past because his detachment understands it is a team effort.

The detachment won the award after submitting its

accomplishments in the annual award cycle, first winning the region, before taking the national honor.

Huffman believes the partnership Detachment 695 has with UP is fundamental to its success.

“After 60 plus years of support – that relationship really shows itself,” said Huffman.

Senior Rob Cagan, an AFROTC cadet, is proud that Detachment 695 is beginning to be recognized for their hours of hard work.

“It’s always special when you get this kind of recognition,” said Cagan.

Cagan believes that the

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unique scholarship system at the University has played a major role in attracting new cadets to the program.

Senior Trevor Webber, an AFROTC cadet, also appreciates the University’s role.

“We couldn’t do it without the help of the University – it’s a great school if you’re planning on doing ROTC,” said Webber.

Still, Webber pointed out that one of the goals of AFROTC is to be excellent in all they do, and thinks Detachment 695 can still find ways to improve and continue to succeed.

Huffman sees the Right of Line award as a feather in the cap for the detachment, and

says the respect and clout of the detachment will increase with its recruiting. While there is no prize money for the Right of Line award, an increase in recruitment could lead to increases in scholarships.

Webber hopes this will be the case too, and believes the detachment’s successes will only push them to succeed more, and to be recognized for it.

“We put a lot of hard work into it – I definitely see it growing in the next few years,” Webber said.

New Classes for Spring 2013 Political Science • POL 462, North-South Relations • POL 423/488, Jurisprudence and Constitutional Interpretation Theological Perspectives • THEP 300, Roots of Social Communication Studies • CST 363, Online Journalism • CST 435, Advanced Visual Persuasion • CST 445, Cinema & Society • CST 491, International Development & Gender English • ENG 391, Modern Arabic Literature • ENG 491, Posthumanism: Humans, Animals, and the End of Nature • ENG 473, African-American Writers History • HST 323, African-American History Environmental Studies • ENV 293, Special Laboratory (Biodiesel Processor) • ENV 382, Air Pollution Business • BUS 491, Applied Portfolio Management.

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Top Five MPF options announced A large portion of the ASUP budget is set aside each semester for major improvements or entertainment for students. Known as the Major Project Fund or MPF, it is over $20,000 per semester. ASUP collects ideas from students on how to use the money, and selects ten proposals.

After that, the Senate chooses five, which are presented to the Executive Board, which makes the final selection. These five are presented in no particular order.

• Solar Panels • “Fix It” Bike Stations • FIE/SCH Basketball and Volleyball Court Lighting • Outdoor Seating • Major Concert

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LIVING The Big Apple means business for E-Scholars

Students in the Entrepreneur Scholars program seek business advice from professionals over fall break Hannah Kintner Staff Writer kintner13@up.edu How does a ride around New York sound? Or a walk through Central Park? Maybe you would prefer to see Jerry Seinfeld or take in a Broadway play. Students from the Entrepreneur Scholars (E-Scholars) program were able to do these things and more over fall break, but what’s more is they got to do them while setting themselves up for a better future.

For the past 13 years, the Escholars have been using Fall Break as an opportunity to experience the real world of business networking in New York City.

The E-scholars program at UP was started 15 years ago by Robin Anderson, the dean of the Pamplin School of Business, and has been developing students’ skill sets and mind-sets around entrepreneurship ever since.

This year, 20 business-minded students from all majors participate in the program. With the guidance of five business professors, they are doing all they can to learn business strategies and come up with feasible business ideas.

“This program is all about making things happen,” Peter

Rachor, director of the Center for Entrepreneurship, said.

In the first semester of the program, students explore business opportunities and learn the value of networking by attending events put on by the Oregon Entrepreneurs Network (OEN), by interacting with mentors brought in by the faculty and by setting up business meetings with professionals to help guide their business decisions.

Before Fall Break, all of the E-scholars developed their own business ideas, and set up three meetings with business professionals in New York from their desired field. Social work major Jordan Mattson’s business plan is a nonprofit, intending to lift the spirits of terminally ill children by remodeling and redecorating their bedrooms.

“It’s kind of like a mix between Extreme Home Makeover and Make-a-Wish,” Mattson said.

“I also read a study that said simple rearrangement of the room can actually improve health, so by totally revamping it, ideally it would help them heal a little bit too.”

While in New York, Mattson met with the head of the Makea-Wish foundation’s New York chapter, as well as other nonprofit

organizations to learn how a nonprofit organization is funded.

Meanwhile, other students used their time in New York to learn how factories are started and industries are built. Junior Fatima Ruiz Villatoro met with Emeric Harney, the third generation tea blender of Harney and Sons Teas, to learn how to become a fine tea distributer. Her business idea is a company distributing high quality teas to hotels and restaurants in the Northwest.

“I studied abroad in Spain last semester and one of the things I really enjoyed was having afternoon tea with my host mom, and so coming back we drink so much coffee here it’s just so different and it’s something that I really, really miss,” Villatoro said.

Students were on their own for the majority of the trip, forcing them to gain independence in the business world.

“I don’t think I saw half my group until the plane ride back,” Mattson said. “My favorite part was just experiencing real life for a little bit. You’re going to go out and see how you can improve businesses, how you can start a business that is unlike anybody else’s.”

In the spring, students will expand their networks even farther

Photo courtesy of Fatima Ruiz Villatoro

(From right to left) Senior Daniel Cebula and Abraham Barajas and junior Fatima Ruiz Villatoro pose with Cousin Anthony from Cake Boss durning their trip to New York.

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Junior Fatima Ruiz Villatoro stands in Times Square during her fall break trip to New York with the E-Scholars program. when they are sent abroad for business meetings. Students will have the opportunity to travel to Israel, Brazil or Vietnam but they will have to thoroughly explain why they wish to go to their desired country.

“We won’t take someone to a place they’ve already been.” Rachor said, “You have to go somewhere that puts you out of your comfort zone.”

The purpose of the trip abroad is to create adaptive businessmen and women. Students are expected to be able to navigate in a business world with a different tax system, different employment laws and a different payroll system.

At the end of the school year, all E-scholar students will be required to partake in the $100k

challenge. Students will give an “elevator pitch” or a two-minute synopsis of their business plan to a room full of business professionals who will judge these plans and choose two plans, one for profit and one nonprofit, to receive $100,000 to start that student’s business. “[My favorite part about EScholars] is the opportunity it opens up,” Ruiz Villatoro said.

“They really know how to structure the program, so that when they leave students have a huge network. It’s a great program.”

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Blogging: social media fad or good career move?

Rachelle Leduc Staff Writer leduc13@up.edu “We are the reckless, we are the wild youth, we are chasing the visions of our futures, one day we’ll reveal the truth,” is written in lime green across senior Rick Baleros’ blog. Many students have blogs with hopes that they may have a positive effect on their future.

Students have expanded from solely using Facebook and Twitter to the power of Tumblr, Wordpress, and Blogger, which chronicle the various aspects of their lives including hobbies, favorite pastimes, passions, campaigns and goals.

In today’s increasingly competitive job market, personal blogs have begun to serve as a portfolio of a person’s work.

“I’m a marketing major,” junior Jessica Morales said. “I think [blogging] is good for experience.”

Morales’ blog, “Just My Whereabouts,” serves as a platform for displaying the places she sees, the people she meets and the work she has accomplished at her internship.

While blogs are increasingly used to enter certain job markets, many students still use blogs as a way to record memories.

“I started blogging my freshman year of college,” Baleros said. “My friend and I started to keep a blog of our library adventures because we spent a lot of time in the library. It sounds so stupid, blogging about your time in the library.”

Regardless, blogs have continued to become a way of making and saving memories, serving the purpose of an online scrapbook.

“Every month I have a guest blogger so people can hear other people rather than me.”

Jessica Morales Junior

As blogs continue to grow in popularity, blogging continues to become a hobby for of many students.

Sophomore Erin Savoia decided to start a modern fashion blog and a fandom-based blog after looking at numerous others.

“I always wanted to start one,” Savoia said. “I used to want to be a writer.”

Despite their reasons for creating blogs, each person has tailored their blog’s look to their specifications and interests.

“I spent a lot of time this summer learning HTML,” Savoia said. “I spend more time on my Tumblr blog to make it pretty.”

Students have even found ways to bring in other voices by reaching out to their UP commu-

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nity. Morales’ first guest blogger was UP Alumna Theresa Cutter, who blogged about her postgraduate service in Peru that began in October.

“Every month I have a guest blogger so people can hear other people rather than me,” Morales said.

Students have also reached out to the community of bloggers for inspiration in their posts.

With busy schedules, students try to blog whenever they find time.

“I blog a few times a week,” Baleros said. “Sometimes I’ll reblog other people.”

While each person’s voice is different, often it is the title that catches a reader’s attention.

“I didn’t want it to be anything cheesy and wanted it to be something catchy, but not too long,” Morales said. “I went on name generator and decided on something kind of simple: Just My Whereabouts.”

While some thought about it in detail, others let their title come to them.

“It was just me hitting random keys,” Baleros said. “My blog is really random, kind of like my title.”

Regardless of the differences, we are all part of this online community that engulfs today’s society, so why not try something new and read a blog or two?

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Jump-start

Four UP students go above and beyond in their endeavors to increa

The University of Portland is over searching for work or have already sec more than four students are working ha Malson, Jessica Morales, Ross Caravat jobs and internships.

Even though searching for jobs may be intimidating, these s waiting to be taken advantage of. Do not be afraid to call comp not be directly in line with your field of study but that interests o Taking a few hours out of your day to fill out an application could paychecks.

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Junior Clinton Malson was a manager of a highway restaurant at the age of 16.

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ould you like fries with that?” is a familiar phrase for teenage workers in the restaurant business, but junior Clinton Malson was not like most other teenagers.

Malson has worked in the restaurant business since he was 12 years old, when he would stay with his grandparents during the summer and assist them in running their café, the Edgerton Café.

At the young age of 16, Malson began working at The Highway, a restaurant and bar in the small town of Manderson, Wyo. Malson was a cook and waiter for two weeks before his boss realized his capabilities and moved him into management.

“I guess I was overqualified to just be a waiter and cook anymore and the owner had just bought the business and had no idea what she was doing,” Malson said.

According the Malson, he managed a team of 15 people, ordered all of the supplies, dealt with customers, and pretty much ran the entire business.

He did this for about five years.

And even though he attended the University of Portland, which is nearly 900 miles away from his hometown, Malson continued to manage The Highway over the phone until it was sold this past year.

“I took phone calls and helped with the buying of stuff and customer service problems,” Malson said. “It was a little hard to do because of my class schedule, but we worked something out.”

Malson now works at the University of Portland Help Desk, but he will always remember his experience working in the restaurant business.

“I got to work for myself, it gave me real life experience on how to manage time and manage people and how to lead,” Malson said.

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During his trip to New York, junior Ross Caravati met Miguel, a Sony artist, who just came out with his new album Kaleidoscope Dreams.

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n all-expenses-paid trip to New York City, free concert tickets, first looks at new up-and-coming artists, a plethora of demos to listen to... For many college students, this sounds like the job that can only be dreamt about, but for junior Ross Caravati, this is reality.

Caravati, who is majoring in psychology and minoring in neuroscience, applied for Sony Music Entertainment’s open position o f a college marketing representative on a whim.

“I sat there in front of my computer for like 25 minutes deliberating whether or not I should apply for this job that I knew literally nothing about, had no prior experience to and it wasn’t even in my field of research,” Caravati said.

According to Caravati, the job description entails promoting Sony’s music artists, going to tours in the Portland area and writing up reports regarding their success, and things like putting up posters and passing out stickers to build artists’ fan base.

Not long after submitting his application, Caravati received the call that

changed his life.

“He was like, ‘you’re hired!’”

Caravati said. “And by the way, how would you like to come out to New York in a week or so for our annual New York City meetings, we fly all of our reps out. All expenses paid.”

Since this meeting occurred during Fall Break, Caravati knew he was going to have an amazing holiday. He had the opportunity to sit in on executive meetings, listen to private showings of newly signed artists, and meet various important people in the record label business.

Although Caravati is on track for a profession that does not have to do with music or marketing, and is also interning at OHSU in the physical therapy department, this new job has opened his eyes to new possibilities and he is considering taking some marketing classes.

“I have a romantic relationship with hip-hop, I absolutely love it, but I really am passionate about all types of music so I listen to everything,” Caravati said. “I am open to everything and that’s one of the reasons I applied for the job and I think it’s one of the reasons why I got the job. It’s for the love of the music.”

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ase their career skills and work in a competitive job market

rflowing with talented students who are either competitively cured impressive positions within companies. Although many ard in positions directly related to their fields of study, Clinton ti and Christian Berg all have impressive stories regarding their

stories demonstrate the great expanse of opportunities that are panies asking about open positions, to apply for a job that may of you, or to take advantage of the UP Career Services Center. d result in hours of beneficial work experience and much needed

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Sophomore Christian Berg puts his engineering studies to the test with an internship at Western Integrated Technologies.

Christian Berg

Photo courtesy of Jessica Morales

While interning at the Rose Quarter, junior Jessica Morales was able to meet Carrie Underwood.

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veryone loves a good show, but not many have experienced the hard work that goes on behind the scenes.

Since September, junior marketing and Spanish major Jessica Morales has been a marketing/group sales intern at the Rose Quarter. Her duties include basic interning responsibilities, such as making copies and putting up posters, but she also gets first-hand experience working at the extravagant concerts held in the Rose Garden.

“One thing that struck me was when I would be backstage, I would see Hunter Hayes and your inner teenage girl wants to be like ‘oh my god, he’s right there! I want an autograph’ but I had to stay cool and

professional,” Morales said.

Morales receives no monetary compensation for her work, but she is paid in experience and college credit she said.

“My supervisor is really nice and she used to be an intern at the Rose Quarter too,” Morales said.

Morales hopes her supervisor will be a good contact in the future when she is in need of recommendations and help networking.

“After being at the Rose Quarter for a while, I like the atmosphere,” said Morales. “In the future I do see myself at a concert venue, maybe not at the Rose Quarter because they might not have a job for me, but I’d love to work at the Staples Center, especially because it’s so much closer to home.”

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t is no secret that it is hard for any college student to find a job or internship these days, but what is even harder is finding a job that gives major-specific experience and pays well. Sophomore Christian Berg was lucky enough to find one of these jobs.

According to Berg, after receiving an email listing companies looking to hire UP students from Kitty Harmon, UP’s Engineering program coordinator, Berg applied for an engineering intern position at Western Integrated Technologies.

Berg got an interview and eventually secured the position in May. He assists in the design of hydraulic power units and hydraulic manifolds and solutions.

“I get to actually apply what I learn

in my classes at my job and see something go from a problem to an idea and an actual solution,” Berg said.

According to Berg, he uses computer programs to design various hydraulic power units, which are used in various aspects of industry, like controling heavy machinery such as floodgates on dams. These designs are then sent to production plants to be manufactured and used by large companies.

“It’s a fun job but can be stressful at times,” Berg said. “I am responsible for projects that cost more than my college tuition.”

Not only does Berg enjoy his job because it pays well, but he also understands the importance of strengthening his resume.

“It gives me job experience, which is one of the most important things coming out of college because it distinguishes me from my peers,” Berg said.

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FAITH & FELLOWSHIP

November 1, 2012

A closer look at All Saints’ Day and The Communion of Saints Anthony Paz Guest Commentary

Today is All Saints’ Day. Although it is often overlooked as nothing more than the day after Halloween, this is a seriously awesome Feast Day. It is the day that we intentionally remember the very best things about humanity and, in so doing, the very best things about God. One doctrine highlighted in this celebration deserves a closer look: The Communion of Saints.

The Communion of Saints is a marvelous piece of theological understanding. Having arisen naturally from early Christian devotional practice, Catholics affirm that holy men and women, whether recently deceased or long gone, still have a place in the lives of the Faithful on Earth.

Certainly, God retains all power when it comes to intervening in the Cosmos and answering prayers. However, God generously extends this power to those who have entered the next phase of being- blessed afterlife. The upshot for us? We have extra friends in heaven who will listen

to our prayers and become our advocates before Jesus.

So who becomes a Saint? A Saint is, essentially, someone who has died and gone to heaven.

Of the billions of humans who have lived, only a few thousand have been officially declared Saints by the Catholic Church.

While these are the people we can confidently declare, through rigorous study of their lives and afterlives, to have come into life with God, there is every reason to believe that countless other souls have found a similar happy fate. God’s generosity knows no bounds, as demonstrated by the gift of His very life in the sacrifice of Jesus on the Cross, so we can only assume that sainthood is bestowed upon even those who will remain unknown throughout history.

More than a nice devotional practice, however, the idea that Saints exert influence in the afterlife is one of the most humanaffirming propositions available throughout the world of religious belief. Think about it. God is allpowerful, eternal and just generally incomprehensible to us, His creations. Yet somehow he has decided, out of sheer generosity, to share the rule of human needs and desires with us. We strive to live up to the best of our natures

in our own (often insignificant) spots in time and space. In return, God invites us into the most intimate recesses of God’s being. We honor Saints because God honors them. After all, Jesus was divine and human. In God’s becoming man, He invites us to share in His nature, too. That’s what Sainthood is all about: doing our best to accept God’s generosity!

“More than a nice devotional practice, however, the idea that Saints exert influence in the afterlife is one of the most human-affirming propositions available throughout the world of religious belief.”

Anthony Paz Assistant Director for Faith Formation

Further, this plethora of Saints provides examples of how to live well no matter who you are. We find the best in ourselves by looking at the best of those who have gone before us. Who hasn’t been comforted by St. Peter’s example of sin, repentance and forgiveness? We know that if that guy, a married fisherman from a back-

water sea town, can become Jesus’ best friend, then so can any of us.

So, let November 1st remind you of God’s generosity and the people who have persevered to accept it. Sainthood isn’t just for

pious monks and nuns, it’s for you and me, too.

Anothony Paz is the Assistant Director for Faith Formation for Campus Ministry. He can be reached at paz@up.edu.

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Caffeine addiction is a vicious cycle Anais Fournier went about her weekend routine. Hit the mall, chug a 24 ounce can of Monster and shop the sales.

Her next morning can of Monster would aggravate a heart condition and end her life. Her routine took her life.

College students live in a world of vicious cycles, and caffeine addiction flies under the radar.

Calling habitual coffee or energy drink consumption an “addiction” might be strong, especially considering the nature of our work. As students we work long into the night and oftentimes have to wake up early in the morning. Adding stimulants to our diet, whether it’s a 24 ounce can of Monster or a warm cup of green tea, is a plain necessity for many. However, the Food and Drug Administration is investigating the health risks of highly caffeinated beverages .

Any college student can tell you Monster drinks and massive amounts of coffee are not healthy.

Caffeine can pump up your heart rate, give you the jitters and

might make you sweat a little bit in large doses. But on those late nights or early mornings, it sure gets the job done.

The question is, why do we all feel the need to imbibe in energy supplements? Are we overworked? Do we party too hard, or does our environment encourage it?

Maybe it’s a little of each.

For starters, we’re a more sedentary demographic. Sitting in class, followed by staring at a computer screen doing homework isn’t exactly conducive to an active lifestyle (and the rainy weather doesn’t help either). In other words, our bodies don’t produce the energy we need.

We get stressed, rushed and hassled daily and often eat things that are quick and tasty rather than restorative and healthy. If we’re not getting energy from eating and exercise, we naturally turn to caffeine, taurine, ginseng and milk thistle to get our homework done and stay awake in Bibtrad.

We don’t sleep. In the choice to finish assignments on time or get the full eight hours recom-

mended per night, school comes first and our REM cycle suffers.

More than not exercising and eating unhealthy, sleep loss contributes the most to the caffeine cycle. In our prime, we live like we’re asleep because of sleep deprivation.

Can you really blame us? The pressure to perform and do well in college has never been greater.

For many of our fields, a graduate degree is the new norm for getting a job and we’re already borrowing our futures away to attend University of Portland.

Here is our vicious cycle: We aren’t producing enough natural energy from eating well and exercising, and as a consequence rely on caffeine to maintain our high levels of performance.

No wonder Monster drink sales went up 17.8 percent last year. Theirs and similar products are a necessity to the fast-paced lifestyle college students and many Americans live.

The good thing about cycles is if you remove one link, they start to break down.

Even though the work is starting to get its hardest and time its

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most precious, now is the time to find a physical outlet for all that pent up academic angst. Getting some exercise will lead to greater focus without having to take crash causing energy drinks.

Keeping yourself fueled with real food will help you in the long haul as the cold season bares its ugly head.

The important thing is recognizing the hamster wheel many of us run on. When we structure

our day around when the next hit of caffeine will warm our lips, we are giving in to a flawed, unhealthy and unhappy way of living. By making some small changes in the routine, such as getting more sleep, you may find focus and energy without a monstrous crash.

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Boycott the Twilight Room Annex

Sarah Hansell Guest Commentary Imagine you have been going to the same bar with a group of your friends every weekend for years, enjoying drinks and each other’s company, never being rowdy or disruptive.

Then imagine the owner asks your group not to come to his or her bar anymore because of the color of your skin, your sexual orientation or your gender identity.

It sounds like a story from the 1950s.

It’s not.

It happened this July when Christopher Penner asked the T-Girls, a group of transgender women, not to return to the Twilight Room Annex – commonly known as the P Club – because he did not want his business to be perceived as a “tranny bar.”

What is the difference between this and asking a group of African-Americans or Asians, for instance, not to come back to his bar because he does not want people to think it is a “black bar” or an “Asian bar?”

No person should ever be asked to leave an establishment simply because of who they are or how they look.

However, the threat of discrimination, even of violence,

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is a daily reality for transgender people.

“No person should ever be asked to leave an establishment simply because of who they are or how they look.”

Sarah Hansell Junior A 2011 study by the Williams Institute of the UCLA School of Law found that about 0.3 percent of American adults identify as transgender, while, according to a study by the National Coalition

of Anti-Violence Programs, 13 percent of hate crimes committed in 2008 were against transgender people.

And this does not include those who suffer through dirty looks, refusal to be referred to as they wish, refusal to be allowed to use the bathroom corresponding with their gender identity and being turned away from businesses.

No person – transgender, queer, of an ethnic minority or of any minority group – should feel afraid to go to a grocery store, a restaurant, a hotel, a bar or a bathroom.

Although many schools and universities do not have specific policies in place to protect students from discrimination based

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Christopher Penner is currently being investigated for discrimination.

In the meantime, I ask UP students to imagine that it was you who was denied business based on a fundamental aspect of who you are.

Show your support for transgender people and, even more than that, your intolerance for discrimination of any kind, and do not give the Twilight Room Annex any of your business.

Sarah Hansell is a junior English and sociology major studying abroad in Rome. She can be reached at hansell14@ up.edu

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Why Romney?

Stephanie Fekete Guest Commentary Why should you, as a student vote for Mitt Romney? What does he have to offer for college students that his opponent does not? The College Republicans met to discuss some of the reasons why students should vote for Mitt Romney in the presidential election. Of course, we can’t list all of the reasons, so we chose some of the issues that we think students find important.

First, Governor Romney has an economic plan and his policy is outlined and explained through his five-point plan that will create more jobs for Americans. His opponent has not outlined such a plan, leaving Americans in the dark regarding his economic strategy. Governor Romney also has a background in business and knows what it takes to create jobs, unlike his opponent. As college students, finding a job is one of the main reasons we are getting a college education. A candidate that claims to expand student loan funding may seem appealing to college students looking for a way to fund their education, but expanding student loans will mean nothing if there are no jobs available for us when we graduate.

Governor Romney also has a plan to lower taxes for Americans, putting more money back in the hands of citizens. With more disposable income, Americans will be more likely to spend

it in the marketplace and help to turn the economy around. Critics of Governor Romney’s strategy claim that he is ignoring the poor and helping the rich and should be focusing on government programs such as welfare. We believe, however, that welfare is just a band-aid to the problem and is “giving a man a fish instead of teaching him how to fish.”

“Expanding student loans will mean nothing if there are no jobs available for us when we graduate.”

Stephanie Fekete Senior

Governor Romney also wants to focus on stronger state governments, giving the states more power to address local issues.

Many issues differ from state to state and allocating more power to states will help them to tailor laws to their specific needs. Federal laws on a national level may not always address specific issues and could even potentially create more problems, which is an idea that Governor Romney’s opponent has failed to accept.

Overall, we believe that Mitt Romney has a better plan that will give us more opportunities to find jobs after graduation. If you are dissatisfied with the lack of progress and change in the last three years, then vote for Mitt Romney.

Stephanie Fekete is a senior marketing and sustainability major. She can be reached at fekete13@up.edu

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Under my umbrella-ella-ella Taylor Tobin Staff Commentary I was walking somewhere around 6th and Burnside when it hit me. It was not the rain currently pouring from the sky, it was not the extent to which I had procrastinated writing that essay, and no, it was not even one of the seventeen bikers that had passed me within the last half-block. It was the evil glares of the hipster passersby that were telling me one thing: my umbrella is not welcome here.

Coming from the Seattle area, I would get a few scoffs or eyerolls from those who could brave the torrential downpour with just one very-broken-in rain jacket.

But I continued to skip along happily with my polka-dot umbrella, despite their annoyance.

In Portland, however, I can’t just shake off the looks I receive.

They are from everyone! Moms and dads shield their baby’s

Andrea Merrill Guest Commentary As someone who is an out and proud queer and a strong ally to the trans* community, I was shocked and upset to read the story about the T-Room Annex and transgender discrimination.

However, regardless of the details and of what truly happened, I was particularly struck by the fact that this situation is an opportunity to learn more about the complexity of sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression. I should mention now that sexual orientation and gender identity are very complicated issues and what I’m explaining next are general, overarching def-

Response to “Keep your legislation out of my body” It is a shame that Amanda opines for a “higher level of thinking” yet chose to rely on emotion to make her case instead of focusing on reason. This produces several critical mistakes in her editorial.

Firstly, science has shown with research dating back to 1975 that from the moment of conception the fertilized embryo is alive and the brain, with the ability to feel pain, developing within five weeks of conception. It logically follows that if this person is alive then it is entitled to the same right to life that Amanda and I are as human beings.

The political discussion has its share of flaws. The bill in question that Congressman Ryan co-sponsored, H.R. 3, makes the distinction between statutory

eyes as I walk by them, teenagers point and laugh. Some even look at me as if I have The Dark Mark stamped on my forearm!

And I receive all of this hate just for holding a harmless, waterrepellant bubble above my head.

Something needs to be done.

I am here to tell you that if you have an umbrella, and you are not afraid to use it, stand with me. Press that “open” button. Or, if you are more old-fashioned, attempt to pry that piece of metal into its slot. Hold your umbrella high!

Because, as all of us umbrella-sporters know, the joke is not on us. The joke is on those who will wear that rain jacket until the zipper breaks.

They easily drop $100 or more for their jackets that keep the rain off of their head and torso, while we spend less than $10 on an umbrella that shields our entire body and a friend. They will sport what I like to call hood-hair for the rest of the day, while you will look as if you just stepped out of the salon door. And you know they will suffer from the soakedjeans waddle, while we will strut

along, looking fabulous under our personal cover.

So, next time I see someone struggling to place their soaked plastic jacket in an appropriate place in a restaurant, I will not chuckle at them, but I will feel pity for them.

When I see someone painfully squinting as their face takes the wrath of the continuous showers of the Northwest, I will offer them a spot under my umbrella. Because deep down inside, all those umbrella haters know that they are miserable, and I want to help them.

What you say matters

initions. Not everything applies to everyone nor does everyone fit neatly into each definition.

In the current U.S. society, the acronym LGBT(Q) is often used towards the sexual minority community, or those who do not identity as heterosexual or with their biological sex. This societal lump of sexual orientation and gender identity is often the cause of confusion with the two concepts. While interrelated, there are some differences between the two. Sexual orientation refers to whom a person is romantically, emotionally, and physically attracted to. Gender identity, however, is how a person identifies with oneself in regards to biological sex and gender. Biological sex is exactly what it sounds like – primary and secondary sexual organs and characteristics that people are born with. Gender is different in the sense that it is constructed of societal norms and

traits, such as masculinity, femininity, and gender roles.

People can identify with their biological sex, with the other gender/biological sex, with both genders, or with neither. Someone who identifies their gender with their biological sex is labeled as cisgender. Chances are that most people reading this are cisgender, as the large majority of people identify with this label. On the other side of the spectrum, there are people who identify as the opposite sex, meaning that their gender identity is often the opposite of their biological sex, and are labeled as transgender.

People can be male to female, meaning they were born male but identify as female, or female to male, meaning they were born female but identify as male. Being transgender is different than transsexual, which refers to people who have made the transition to their preferred gender. This

Letters to the Editor

rape, a legal term, and rape. This bill aimed to redirect resources currently going towards the former in cases where they may not need them and free them up for victims of the later. Akin’s comments have been disavowed by both halves of the GOP ticket and serve no use except to smear the ticket with guilt by association.

Mourdock’s comments were presented with no context and misrepresented in the article.

Length prevents me from addressing other issues with the column, like the “You too” fallacy on attitudes towards promiscuity or the complete misrepresentation of abstinence. While the points raised in the article should be discussed, readers of the Beacon would be better served with facts backing up those points.

Nolan Brophy, senior Mechanical engineering

Reflections on Amanda Munro’s staff commentary I found Ms. Amanda Munro’s Guest Commentary in the October 25 Beacon to be both informative and provocative. Unfortunately, calling admittedly tongue-tied Pro-Life politicians “idiotic” does not contribute to rational discussion of abortion. Neither does repeating the many misleading points that Ms. Munro offers us, the standard set offered by Planned Parenthood, America’s largest abortion provider.

The heart of what Ms. Munro writes comes in a single sentence: “Abortion has been reduced to a never-ending debate about when life begins, but what it really boils down to is whether you believe a live, grown woman has more rights than an unborn

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Faces on The Bluff

By Jackie Jeffers

We asked: Who are you voting for and why?

Adam Harnden, Senior, Psychology

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I love my umbrella, and I’m holding it high.

Taylor Tobin is a freshman business major. She can be reached at tobint16@up.edu

transition means getting sexual realignment surgery and taking hormones.

Now, this is barely scratching the surface of a very complicated and wibbly wobbly world of sexual orientation and gender identity. But I wanted to take the chance to also say that what you say or do has an impact on those around you. If someone asks to be referred to in a different pronoun that may not reflect their biological sex, be respectful of that. Realize that while you don’t mean to say “That’s so gay” as a negative thing towards the LGBTQ community, it can be taken like that to others around you. Realize that being homophobic is quite different from being transphobic. Realize that not everyone is straight or cisgender.

Andrea Merrill is a junior sociology major. She can be reached at merrill14@up.edu

fetus.” Two issues are addressed.

The first concerns the beginnings of human life. Although abortion advocates would have us believe otherwise, there is no debate. For well over a century, developmental biologists have known beyond any doubt that new life begins at conception. The second concerns the value of new human life. Ms. Munro rightly demands respect for her human rights yet seems oblivious to the rights of a second, innocent, powerless human.

Things get worse, however.

In a rambling commentary, Ms. Munro all but says that the unwanted unborn are better off dead than alive. As she says in a different context, “If you’re not outraged, you’re not paying attention.”

Fr. Ron Wasowski Professor of environmental studies

“Obama because if he is elected for a second term, I feel that he will be more able to do the things he promised in his first term.”

Heather Gale-Shaffer, Freshman, Political Science

“Romney because he’s conservative and so am I, and he gives more power to the states. His economy plan would be better for the United States in the long term.”

Kristen Jakstis, Freshman, Environmental Science

“I’m not old enough to vote.”

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November 1, 2012

New revamped Chiles Center aims to please Before:

After:

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(Left) Lockers from the cross country team during the 2011-’12 season which had not been renovated since they were installed in 1984. (Right) The new cross country team lockers have been redesigned to match the state of the art men’s and women’s soccer teams. Both basketball teams received the same upgrades. The new locker rooms offer more space, SMART Boards in each locker and a flat screen TV. PJ Marcello Staff Writer marcello13@up.edu The space and technology added to the Chiles Center in a $2.5 million renovation this fall is one small step for the Chiles Center and one giant leap for University of Portland athletics.

Fans entering the building will not see most of the renovations, but they may also notice a difference when they see the athletes on the field, pitch and court.

An expanded weight room, modernized men’s basketball and cross country locker rooms and a larger, remodeled training room make a big difference in the lives of the student athletes.

The remodel was afforded through a $2 million grant from the Chiles Foundation, and the men’s basketball and cross country lockers were donated by UP alum Joe Hollman.

The addition to the weight room will be instrumental in facilitating the needs of all sports on campus, particularly when many players are working out at once.

“The increase in space to accommodate the athletes makes

it a safer environment, it will maximize their efficiency in the weight room and add the ability to handle more than one team at a time,” Director of Athletic Performance Brad Scott said.

The impact of the renovation is especially significant for the men’s basketball team both spatially and technologically.

“The increase in space to accommodate athletes makes it a safer environment, it will maximize their efficiency in the weight room and add the ability to handle more than one team at a time.”

Brad Scott Director of Athletic Performance

“Our locker room last year was smaller, less comfortable and outdated,” forward John Bailey said. “Now we have wider lockers and better features like a SMART Board so we can watch game film and scouting reports before the coaches are even in the room.”

Scott agrees that the improved

Men’s bball: 2012 Preview

technological additions are already proving to be a key resource in preparing players in the weight room.

“The technology aspect is huge as far as teaching,” Scott said. “For instance being able to hook an iPad up to the big TVs and showing an athlete doing a lift while being able to coach them through the lift.”

The upgraded facilities put Chiles’ facilities among the best in the West Coast Conference.

“BYU is a different animal because of the student population and things like the football team, but you could put our facilities up against every school in the WCC,” Associate Athletic Director of Public Relations Jason Brough said. “The lockers that Joe Hollman donated are made by the same people who did the lockers in the new Dallas Cowboys Stadium, Augusta National Golf Club and various other high-profile facilities.”

With the dramatic changes to the behind-the-scenes features of the Chiles Center, there can be an expected improvement on the field of play as well as an extra tool for continuing to recruit successful student athletes.

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Continued from page 16 understands his role on the team as a veteran and a player who similarly had to become a leader early in his Pilot career.

“My goal is to lead and play my role as a leader the best I can so we can just get after it best we can,” Nicholas said.

The team plans to focus on keeping their heads in the game and not getting down, something

they will have to practice. The team plays next on Nov. 3 at home against Concordia-Irvine at 4 p.m.

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The refurbrished medical training room offers almost double the space to accommodate more athletes, allowing multiple sports teams to use it at the same time.

Cross Country: WCC Champions

Continued from page 16

Sophomore David Carr dribbles while running the Pilot offense.

After being a spark plug off the bench last season, the Pilots will heavily depend on Carr as point guard for his ball-handling and quickness.

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The renovated weight room offers new machines, officially branded UP weights and new technological advancements to help athletes train more efficiently and safely.

percent winning record. We are rocking a sweltering 97 percent down here.

If conference championships were grades, the men’s cross country team would have to prepare a graduation speech because they are the conference valedictorian.

Giving the speech would be seniors like Lars Erik Malde (ninth), Jared Bassett (thirteenth) and Charlie McDonald (eighteeth), who have all clearly made an impact in keeping the tradition of winning alive for the team.

The really impressive thing is this team has not even touched its potential yet. In addition to the strong finishes of the veteran leaders of the team, the youth of the program has the talent to do so for years to come.

I say this because the three Pilots who finished in the top five are all underclassmen, Scott Fauble (Redshirt-Freshman

second), Woody Kincaid (Sophomore third), and David Perry (Redshirt-Freshman fifth). They also boast the award Freshman of the Year in Jacob Smith (twenieth) for finishing ahead of all other true freshman runners in the conference.

Speaking of young talent, the women’s team finished second in their WCC Championship led by freshman Laura HottenrottFreitag (fifth), sophomore Tansey Lystad (eighth), with a trio of upperclassmen, senior Lyndy Davis, senior Gina Paletta and junior Natasha Verma finishing in spots 12-14 respectively.

In a sport that is often overlooked, it is about time the cross country team gets some credit for such an incredible feat. I personally take pride in what my peers have been able to accomplish, as well as those who came before. They have built a winning tradition that is sewn into the fabric of UP cross country.

It is time that cross country starts being recognized as the school’s top sport. They have earned it by running their asses off (pretty much literally) for over three decades! If that does not get them some attention, I do not know what will.

Next time you see a cross country runner around campus, give him or her a pat on the back, or offer him or her some pieces of your Halloween candy haul.

They certainly deserve some, but don’t overdo it because they still have to represent the purple and white in the West Regionals on Nov. 9 in Seattle, Wash.

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The Pilots took a huge step in the right direction as the squad readies for the WCC playoffs with wins over No. 22 Pepperdine and LMU. UP took down Pepperdine 3-1 on Oct. 26 and shutout LMU 2-0 on Oct. 28, both on Merlo Field to improve their WCC record to 4-1-1, just one loss behind No. 4 BYU for first place. The Pilots will travel to face Santa Clara Nov. 1 at 7 p.m. before returning home to host San Francisco at 7 p.m. in the final game of the season.

Spotlight: Megan Rapinoe Taylor Tobin Staff Writer tobint16@up.edu Former UP women’s soccer player and London Olympics gold medal winner Megan Rapinoe attended the women’s soccer game against Loyola Marymount University to be honored for her performance and sign autographs for fans last Sunday. Her fraternal twin, Rachael Rapinoe, also attended the game. They recently moved back to Portland together where they live in the offseason. Megan and Rachael both played for the UP women’s soccer team from ‘04-’08, but Rachael suffered a knee injury four games into her senior year that left her on the sidelines for the rest of the season.

Is it nice being back at Merlo Field today?

Megan: I’m a little jealous, actually. The field looks beautiful. I haven’t been back many times since I graduated from here, obviously traveling a bunch. I live here now [in Portland] and it’s nice. It’s home to me. It’s newer and nicer, but this field is definitely home to me.

What was your favorite thing about UP? This field. The games we’ve had on this field. My freshman year was very special.

Obviously, we won [the NCAA Championship] that year. The crowds were awesome. It was

just something special. Getting to play with [Christine] Sinclair was unbelievable. She’s one of, if not the best, forward in the world.

What was it like playing against former teammates at the Olympics?

We [Megan and Sinclair] had quite the dual in the semi-final.

You’re on different teams, and obviously we wanted to win, but its really cool, Sophie [Schmidt] as well, to have three Pilots on the field and show what UP soccer’s all about. We kind of play the same way, and it comes from here.

How was standing on the podium at the Olympics and receiving the gold medal?

It’s like the culmination of all your childhood dreams coming true. But it’s very surreal. It’s like, what do you do when you’ve achieved your childhood dream?

You know that it’s this pinnacle moment, but it’s hard to have it all sink in and really feel it.

Surreal is the only way I can really describe it.

How has your life been since the Olympics?

It’s been awesome. We’ve had quite a few games. Me and my twin sister, [Rachael], got a place. So we’re doing like grownup furniture shopping which is a little bit stressful. Obviously we won, and that always leaves you on a high. Last year was amazing, but you know, to lose

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Men’s Soccer

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Megan Rapinoe (Right) and her fraternal twin Rachael (left) showing off their new Pilots scarfs in their return to Merlo Field on Oct. 28 to watch UP take on LMU. Megan is coming off a gold medal-winning performance for the U.S. women’s soccer team in the 2012 Olympics. Rachael played for UP from ‘04-’08. in the final [of the World Cup] is just that gut-wrenching feeling.

We’re just riding the wave. We’re taking it all in.

What do you see for the future of women’s soccer?

I envision a lot. I hope a lot for it. Our popularity right now is maybe higher than it’s ever been. Maybe higher than ’99.

It’s incredible and it’s not just one person. There are so many different personalities on the team. The team is so, so popular right now. We’ve sold out every stadium basically for the last year. But you know, a [women’s soccer] league I think is in the future. It needs to be a good league and a sustainable league and there are a lot of really smart people working on that. I see a

lot. I think it’s here. I think it’s been raised to a level that it hasn’t ever been before.

How was coming out as gay before the Olympics for you?

Everything has been super positive. I didn’t really expect it to not be positive. In a way, it was kind of a non-event. I think most people suspected I was gay. I live my life pretty openly, but there is something I think is really important about standing up and saying this is who you are. We do live part of our life in the public eye so I think people make that choice to keep it personal. But I think if we really want to break down these barriers that we have in this country, and in general in the world, it takes people standing up and saying “Yeah, this is who I am,” and it’s fine.

What was it like being gay at a Catholic university?

It’s interesting. It’s kinda like, you know, Catholic, white, sort of that vibe I guess at the school, but then you live in Portland. So there was never, ever a problem here. Everybody was super accepting.

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(Left to Right) UP alums Sophie Schmidt (‘07-’10), Megan Rapinoe (‘04-’08) and Christine Sinclair (‘01’04) brandish their Olympic medals from the 2012 Olympics in London. Rapinoe’s Team USA won gold after defeating Schmidt, Sinclair and Team Canada in the semi-finals before beating Japan. Schmidt and Sinclair earned Team Canada the bronze medal after defeating France.

The men’s soccer team was able to pull out a hard fought win at Santa Clara 2-1 in double overtime on Oct. 26 behind senior Ricardo Carrillo’s game winner. Carrillo was named WCC Player of the Week for his play. It was the second time Carrillo was has garnered this honor. The Pilots were not able back up the win after falling to St. Mary’s 3-2 on Oct. 28, despite goals from Carrillo and junior Steven Evans. The team’s WCC record now sits at 4-4 as the team prepares to face LMU on Nov. 2 at 7 p.m. and San Diego on Nov. 4 at 1 p.m. both at home.

Cross Country

The men’s cross country team won the WCC Championship with four runners finishing in the top ten. It was the Pilot’s thirtythird conference championship in the last 34 years.Redshirt freshman Scott Fauble finished second, sophomore Woody Kincaid right behind him took third and redshirt freshman David Perry took fifth.The women’s cross country team took second place in the WCC championships as well with freshman Laura HottenrottFreitag placed the highest with fifth place. Both the men’s and women’s team race again in the NCAA West Regional in Seattle, Wash. on Nov. 9.

Men’s Basketball The men’s basketball team destroyed Concordia-Portland 87-69 on Oct. 27 in the Chiles Center. They return to the court Nov. 3 to face Concordia-Irvine at 4 p.m.

Women’s Basketball

The Pilots start play on Nov. 5 against Concordia at 7 p.m. (courtesy portlandpilots.com)

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After a frustrating 2011-’12 season, head coach Eric Reveno plans on using speed and mental toughness to compete in the stacked WCC Katie Dunn Staff Writer dunn16@up.edu Youth has its advantages and the Pilots want to capitalize on them this season. They hope to use their quickness, energy and toughness to build from their 7-24 record last season. Junior forward Ryan Nicholas knows the Pilots have a lot to improve on from last year.

“Last year was a little bit of a disappointment for all of us,”

Nicolas said. “We really want to put that behind us and move on positively.”

The Pilots went 3-13 in conference play last season and ended in eighth place. The team is looking forward to moving on and starting this season strong.

“For the program our goal is to be a postseason team and win the conference,” head men’s basketball coach Eric Reveno said.

With the second longest season of all UP sports, the men’s

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Junior Ryan Nicholas readies on defense against Concordia on Oct. 27. Nicholas was the team’s leading scorer and rebounder in 20112012.

basketball team has 33 games to play, many against some of the best teams in the NCAA. The regular season opens Nov. 10 at Ohio University. The Bobcats have a strong returning team and went to the NCAA Tournament last year. The Pilots also have to travel to play the University of Kentucky Wildcats, the NCAA defending champions on Dec. 8. On Dec. 4, another fierce opponent will be hosting UNLV who also return all their starters and competed in the 2012 NCAA Tournament.

The Pilots have not been to the NCAA Tournament since 1996, but four teams in the WCC went last year. With one of the toughest schedules this season, the Pilots have to play each of those four teams twice as well as three teams ranked in the top 25. A rivalry for the Pilots is Gonzaga, ranked No. 21. This is a game everyone looks forward to, and is Nicholas’ favorite game.

“I’m a Spokane native so I always liked Gonzaga,” Nicholas said.

The Pilots are also circling Nov. 21 on their calendars. UP will be hosting rival Portland State and will bring the return

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Key Players

Junior Forward Ryan Nicolas 11.5 pts/game 7.6 rebounds/game Sophomore guard Kevin Bailey 9.5 pts/ game Sophomore Thomas van der Mars 7.7 pts/ game, 5.4 rebounds/ game

of last season’s Pilots’ starting point guard Tim Douglas, who transferred to rival Portland State in the offseason.

Something they are hoping will help them win is their youth.

Two seniors graduated last year and the team has only one this year: Derrick Rodgers. The team is an even mix of juniors, sophomores and freshman.

The four freshmen on the team are guards Bryce Pressley, David Ahern, Oskars Reinfelds and forward Jake Ehlers. They all played on Oct. 27 when the Pilots took on Concordia, beating the Bobcats in the first exhibition game 87-69. Pressley played in his first game as a Pilot, and is excited to be able to help his team.

“I just want to help however

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Key Games at Home

Portland State Nov. 21, @ 7 p.m.

UNLV Dec. 4 @ 8 p.m.

Gonzaga Jan. 17, TBA Saint Mary’s Jan. 19, TBA BYU Jan. 26, TBA

I can; mainly defense. Just play as hard as I can and cheer on my teammates,” Pressley said.

There are a few key aspects to improve from last year: a constant positive attitude, strong defense and ball control. Reveno knows his team can win if they can stick with what they’re doing.

“The energy and focus in practice is good,” Reveno said, “but we’ve got to take care of the basketball by not turning it over and be really tough minded defensively.”

Defense, communicating and rebounding are important for the Pilots to win games this year.

With such a young team, the few upperclassmen are needed to step up as leaders. Nicholas See men’s basketball, page 14

48 kilometers to glory

Men’s cross country continues dominance with a WCC Championship. The women’s team placed second with six runners from both men’s and women’s teams placing in the top 10 PJ Marcello Staff Commentary They ran 48 kilometers!

Converted into our measure of distance, that is 238.6 miles. This is the combined distance of all the men’s cross country races from the WCC Preview to capturing the men’s WCC Championship on Oct. 27 at Fernhill Park in Portland.

Did I mention that this is the men’s cross country team’s thirtythird conference championship in 34 years? While many of their

peers were recovering from nasty hangovers after those wicked Friday night Halloween parties, these men were out kicking all sorts of WCC ass around Fernhill Park, including the BYU Cougars, who ranked fifth in the country. The Pilots only loss in the WCC playoffs came last year when BYU took first place and UP ended with second.

Let’s put this into perspective.

The nationally recognized conference powerhouse in basketball, Gonzaga, has won 11 of the 26 conference championships played since 1987.

Not too shabby, Gonzaga men’s basketball, but that is a mere 42 See cross country, page 14

Photograph courtesy of Kim Spir

The 2012 men’s cross country team are WCC champions. It is the men’s cross country team’s 33rd WCC championship since 1978.