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Tuition on the rise Rosemary Peters Editor-in-Chief peters12@up.edu Undergraduate tuition at UP is going up by nearly $1,500 for the 2012-2013 academic year. The 4.4 percent increase brings annual undergraduate tuition to $35,120, according to Vice President of Financial Alan Timmins Affairs Alan Vice President Timmins. of Financial “If you look Affairs at comparable Northwest schools, the average increase is in the neighborhood of 4.8 percent,” Timmins said. “I think you get as good or better of an education here as you do at those other schools.” The tuition increase, which is slightly higher than this year’s 4.1 percent increase, will go toward continuing and expanding both academic and nonacademic programs. It will also go toward general costs of the University. “(The tuition increase) means a continuation of programs we see as successful – we can focus on making these programs better,” Timmins said. “Sharpening the pencil on them a little bit so students are where they need to be when they’re released out into the world.” Room and board will also rise next year, with a 4.9 percent increase. With varying options for room size and meal plans, this room and board increase will range from $200 to $350. Many students are unhappy about the fact that tuition is increasing again this year. “I feel like it is really stressful,” freshman Carina Chavarria said. “As it is, I have trouble paying my tuition. I would have to take out more loans, but that is a risky business.” According to Timmins, the increase in tuition and room and board will be paired with an increase in ! nancial aid. He believes this should help relieve some of the ! nancial pains that go along with the increases. “Net tuition on average actually went down last year See Tuition, page 2
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Senior Caleb Pentecost, center, was a participant in Wheel of Fortune’s College Week taping in Portland last Saturday, with the host of Wheel of Fortune Pat Sajak (far le).
Four UP students compete on television, to be aired May 14-18 Sarah Hansell Staff Writer hansell14@up.edu Last Saturday, four UP students were not only contestants on Wheel of Fortune,
solving puzzles like “Einstein’s Theory of Relativity,” but were also given the chance to win a minimum of $1,000, or more if they solved the puzzles before their competitors. Wheel of Fortune does
not allow the winners and the amount of money each contestant won to be disclosed because they want viewers to tune in when the
Air dates Dates: May 14-18 Time: 7:30 p.m. Channel: KATU
See Show, page 5
Student to return from hospital Sophomore Aaron Myers upgraded to fair condition Laura Frazier Features Editor frazier13@up.edu After collapsing at the basketball court by Fields and Schoenfeldt halls almost two weeks ago, sophomore Aaron Myers has made a remarkable recovery and plans to be back on The Bluff following Easter break. In an interview with The Beacon from his room in Emanuel Hospital, Myers said he felt great and expects to return to full health. “I’ve been feeling good for a few days now,” he said. On March 23, Myers had a seizure and was without a heartbeat for about 35 minutes, according to Portland Fire and Rescue. Public Safety responded before Portland Fire and Rescue arrived. Myers was alternately shocked and given CPR by the Emergency Medical Technicians and, after six rounds of shocks, was taken to Emanuel Hospital. Myers has no recollection of the incident. “I really don’t remember anything that happened,” Myers said. “I’ve just
heard what they told me.” Myers said it’s weird to hear what happened to him second-hand. “I heard that my heart stopped and it was kind of a shock,” Myers said. Doctors have no explanation for Myers’ seizure. He had no pre-existing medical conditions. “They don’t know why my heart stopped,” Myers said. “There’s no reason why it stopped. It’s kind of weird.” Myers was in critical condition when he arrived at the hospital. By March 26, Myers was upgraded to serious condition, and only a week later he was upgraded to fair condition. Junior Trevor Webber was on the court with Myers the day he collapsed. “When I saw it ! rst, I was worried he wouldn’t come back,” Webber said. “I was praying for him as much as I could.” Last Thursday, the UP community came together to pray for Myers at a candlelight vigil at The Chapel of Christ the Teacher. See Myers, page 5
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Sophomore Aaron Myers posed for a Pilot fan photo last semester. Myers was upgraded to fair condition and plans to come back to school aer the Easter break.
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NEWS
April 5, 2012
Discovering the Gay and Grey
On On Campus Campus
‘A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM’ Tickets are available for “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” presented by the Performing and Fine Arts Department. Performances: • Friday (April 13) and Saturday (April 14) at 7:30 p.m. • Sunday (April 15) at 2 p.m. • Thursday (April 19) – Saturday (April 21) at 7:30 p.m. Faculty and staff can use their season passes to reserve complimentary tickets. Students can reserve free tickets for the performances on Friday, April 13 or Thursday, April 19. Contact the Mago Hunt Box Of! ce (503-9437287) to reserve your seats, or visit the box of! ce in the Mago Hunt lobby from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. OUTAGE Thursday, as part of an ongoing effort to improve the computing environment and associated services, Information Services will perform maintenance on the campus network. The outage will start at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday and end at 2 a.m. Friday. All internal resources will be unavailable including, but not limited to: Pilots, Moodle, email, Banner, event resources, library resources, ! les access, virtual desktops and food services. However, internet access will remain available for all students and staff during this period. ASUP NOMINATIONS ASUP is requesting nominations for ASUP awards for those who students think deserve to be awarded for their service on The Bluff. This includes nominations for Event of the Year, Staff Member of the Year, ASUP Senator of the Year and Diversity Leader of the Year, among others. Nominations end on April 9. CLARIFICATION Regarding the “Be ! rst through the door to see Macklemore” article on March 29, the Chiles Center does hold 4,852 people. However, due to the set up of the concert, the concert will hold approximately 3,800 people. CORRECTIONS Lin! eld College is bringing Macklemore and Ryan Lewis in May. It has not previously hosted them. Also, Sean Ducey said “hospitality riders,” not hospitality writers.
Social work professor and students research Portland’s elderly LGBT community Philip Ellefson Staff Writer ellefson15@up.edu When senior Chanel Gardella heard a panel of elderly lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) men and women telling their stories last spring, it hit her hard. The panel members spoke about prejudice and discrimination they have faced throughout their lives. Some of these people have not been able to grieve in public over the loss of a loved one. Others have contemplated suicide. The panel, which Social Work Professor Anissa Rogers invites to speak to her Human Sexuality class each semester, came from Gay and Grey, which is a program within Friendly House, a Portland social service organization. Gay and Grey’s purpose is to provide resources and educate people about the elderly LGBT population. “During the panel, at least 90 percent of the class was in tears,” Gardella said. “That’s what connected me to the research at ! rst.” After seeing the panel, Gardella wrote a paper on Gay and Grey for Rogers’ class, and Rogers asked her, along with junior Mary Worlein and senior Lissy Richards, to help with a larger research project. The goal of the research
Anissa Rogers Social Work Professor was to evaluate the panel’s effectiveness in educating and training the people they speak to, from college classes to health care professionals. Starting last summer, Rogers recorded and analyzed evaluations from participants who listened to the panel speak. Rogers found that the speakers on Gay and Grey’s panel are effective in increasing awareness and empathy for the aging LGBT
TUITION: 4.4 percent increase Continued from page 1 because of the increase in tuition compared to the increase in ! nancial aid,” Timmins said. By “last year,” Timmins is referencing the 2010-2011 academic year, when net tuition decreased by 1.9 percent. The 2012-2013 ! nal ! gures for ! nancial aid, which comes from several sources including donations, the federal
government and endowment earnings, have not been ! nalized. Timmins expects the budget to be ! nalized in May. However, according to Timmins, students may be in for some good news as UP’s endowment experienced 20 percent growth last year. “2011 was a very good year for investments across the board,” Timmins said.
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“They talk about being twice-hidden. They get discriminated against because they’re older, and they are discriminated against because they’re LGBT. Listening to stories is pretty eye-opening, just realizing how much discrimination people still face.”
University of Portland: $35,120 (20122013) St. Mary’s College of California: $38,300 (2012-2013) Reed College: $42,540 (2011-2012) Lin! eld College: $32,100 (2012-2013) Gonzaga University: $33,160 (20122013) University of San Francisco $38,490 (varies with degree being sought) (20122013)
population. Gardella and Worlein presented these ! ndings at the Baccalaureate Program Directors conference over spring break. At this conference, social work professors and students presented research papers and projects such as the one Rogers and her students conducted. Rogers said the research is important because the elderly LGBT population is often marginalized due to a lack of awareness. “They talk about being twicehidden,” Rogers said. “They get discriminated against because they’re older, and they are discriminated against because they’re LGBT. Listening to stories is pretty eye-opening, just realizing how much discrimination people still face.” Worlein agrees that the older LGBT population often goes unrecognized, and she wants to bring them into the public eye. “In Portland, there’s a very strong youth LGBT community,” Worlein said. “I think it’s really awesome that now people are realizing that there are these people who have stories of living a life of oppression, and we should be bringing them to the light.” Although the research was an academic experience, Worlein said it was also emotionally moving for those working on the project. “As academics, it’s really easy
to get steeped in the literature,” Worlein said. “But to hear about who they’re serving, to see how passionate these people were was really inspiring, and it made the project that much more real.” Rogers agreed that working with the people from Gay and Grey was powerful. “It’s really heart wrenching listening to the things they’ve had to go through,” Rogers said. The students thought working with Rogers on extra-curricular research helped them develop as students and as people. “I think it’s something we most often do for a class, so it’s just an obligation,” Gardella said. “It was really nice to do something on my own time.” Worlein thinks more undergraduate students should engage in research with their professors. “All students should be doing this, doing something that can make an impact,” Worlein said. “It’s been a really great part of my time at UP.” But the research is reaching beyond UP and the LGBT community in Portland. “When we did the evaluations of the training, the director of Gay and Gray took that information to Washington, D.C. and presented it,” Rogers said. “Lots of people from other states were asking about it. So we’re making a difference.”
The Beacon advances to nationals e Beacon placed first in Editorial Writing in regional competition Hannah Gray News Editor gray12@up.edu Over the weekend, The Beacon won ! rst place for Editorial Writing in the Mark of Excellence Awards sponsored by the Society for Professional Journalists (SPJ), Region 10, which includes Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana and Alaska. The Beacon now advances to the National Mark of Excellence competition. Opinions Editor Caitlin Yilek, who writes the weekly editorials with input from the entire editorial board, said she was surprised to win. “I don’t think I’ve wrapped my head around how big this award is,” Yilek, a senior, said. “I’m going to nationals. It’s an honor because The Beacon editorials can take a lot of " ack or promote change on campus. This award proves our words
can make a difference, or at least they can win awards.” The Mark of Excellence Awards honor the best collegiate journalism in the U.S. The Beacon competed not only against other weeklies but against daily college newspapers as well. The ! rst place winners from the 12 regions will advance to the national round of judging, and the winners will be announced in late April. “I think this award is a testament to how strong the Beacon writers are and how good the editorial board is at choosing topics that directly relate to the community both on and off campus,” Editorin-Chief Rosemary Peters, a senior, said. “I’m just very proud of everyone on staff because this award is an incredible achievement.”