The Beacon - 2015 Feb. 5 - Issue 15

The Beacon THE STUDENT VOICE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND SINCE 1935 February 5, 2015 • Volume 117 • Issue 15 • upbeacon.com

Last call

Student Activities drafts recommendations after dozens of underage students face discipline for binge drinking and narcotics

By Jacob Fuhrer THE BEACON More than 1,400 Pilots turned up for the annual Dance of the Decades at the Crystal Ballroom Jan. 24.

For some, it was a night to remember. But for others, it’s a night they wish they could forget. In a college culture filled with pre-gaming and binge drinking, event organizers are left wondering what needs to be done to make the dance safer for everyone.

In all, a record-high 33 alcohol incidents were reported in which students were either too drunk to get on the bus to the venue, or not fit to enter the Ballroom.

Three others were so seriously intoxicated that Portland Police escorted them individually from the dance to the Hooper Detoxification Center in North Portland.

Public Safety also confronted one student for possession of an unnamed narcotic.

Students drinking excessively and attending the dance is not a new problem, but it’s something Jeromy Koffler, director of Student Activities, wants to address.

Koffler met with representatives from Student Activities, the Campus Program Board, Residence Life and Public Safety to discuss

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At this year’s Dance of the Decades, 33 students were written up for alcohol violations, as well as one student for possession of narcotics.

The dance had the largest number of alcohol and drug violations ever, but it also had the highest attendance ever, with more than 1,400 students at the event. ways they could have prevented some of the problems before and after the dance.

From that meeting, the team of representatives made five recommendations for future off-campus events: • Catering options in The

Cove or Buckley Center provided by CPB during the time that students are loading onto the buses, in hopes that having food in students’ stomachs will ease the effects of the alcohol.

• Additional hall staff on-site

during the loading process • An event before the dance to prepare students for the evening ahead • Tightened communication between staff at the ballroom and on campus • A ride service to take

intoxicated students to detoxification centers After some alleged complaints from Portland Police, event organizers are recommending a dedicated

See Dance, page 4

Tutoring program draws students out of UP bubble

By Rachel Rippetoe THE BEACON A colorful room sits in the far right corner of Roosevelt High School. A mural fills the walls with famous faces like Martin Luther King, Jr. and inspirational quotes from artists like Johnny Cash and Eminem.

This is the Roosevelt Writing Center, where every week a handful of UP students tutor high school students, both during and after school.

Ian Clark, a UP alum and AmeriCorps member, is the center’s coordinator. He trains tutors, helps Roosevelt students with their writing and is always available as a helping hand and a friendly face throughout the

school week.

Clark says tutoring at the writing center is not only important for Roosevelt students, but for UP students as well. As a UP undergrad, he was grateful to have his perspective on life challenged while tutoring at the lowincome high school.

“It’s important for students to get out of the UP bubble and into North Portland to really see how it works six blocks away from UP, and how different it is,” Clark said.

Clark is not the only UP student serving at Roosevelt.

Junior Benjamin Constantino serves at Roosevelt through his position with the nonprofit Neighborhood

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House Portland. The organization seeks to provide educational support for Portland’s public schools. He’s worked as a tutor at Roosevelt since his freshman year.

“I love it when I am walking to my office or to a meeting with another staff member, and students will come up to me and talk about homework, how their day is going, and what they’re up to,” Constantino said.

According to the Portland Public Schools’ 2014 enrollment summary, Roosevelt is the most ethnically diverse high school in Portland.

The student population is 21.8

See Roosevelt, page 4

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Ian Clark, a 2013 UP alum, works as Roosevelt High School’s writing center coordinator. A handful of UP students tutor Roosevelt students every week in Portland’s most diverse high school.

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Mazzocco lecture discusses justice in Islam

By Alina Rosenkranz THE BEACON Visiting author and professor Hassan Abbas inspired UP students with his insights on justice from the Islamic perspective at the annual William J. Mazzocco memorial lecture on Monday.

In his lecture “The Idea of Justice in Islam,” Abbas talked about justice being a universal value, which extremists, such as ISIS and the Taliban, exploit in order to achieve their political goals. Justice to him personally transcends any ideology and religion.

Abbas who has been a police chief in Pakistan, teaches at the National Defense University’s College of International Security Affairs in Washington, D.C. He is also the chair of the department of regional and analytical studies and senior advisor for the Asia Society.

In August, he was guest on the Daily Show to talk about his latest book “The Taliban Revival.”

Justice is a central idea worldwide, but there are different contexts, he said.

Religious and political ideologists use ideas of justice to further their own agenda.

Abbas explained that ISIS and the Taliban base their world view on dominance and strictness.

“What they did is they created these small courts, very brutal, very autocratic,” Abbas said of the Taliban. “You can’t justify or defend them under any circumstances.”

Abbas argued that since there are 1.6 billion Muslims today, looking at justice from a Muslim perspective is crucial in order to gain insight on their worldview.

“The way Muslims know their God is through the idea of being just,” Abbas said.

Noah Sawicki, freshman and Political Science major, was surprised about the personal

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Hassan Abbas, a renowned author and professor at National Defense University, talks to his audience about different conceptions of justice in Islam. His lecture was this year’s William J. Mazzocco Lecture in Distributive Justice, a series that began in 2006. insights Abbas gave.

“I wasn’t expecting there to be much personal religion affiliated with it,” Sawicki said. “It wasn’t just someone talking about it. He has actually experienced these things and being a police chief in Pakistan, I think that he has a lot of insight that many experts don’t have.”

To enhance cultural understanding between people with different religious backgrounds Abbas said it is important to have conversations between people outside of the political world as well. For example, students should talk to students,

teachers to teachers and judges to judges.

Meagan Thompson, sophomore biology and Spanish major, attended the lecture because she thinks it is a topic of special importance today.

“He made sure to address the issue of justice in Islam from a variety of perspectives, and I thought that was really interesting,” Thompson said.

In an interview with The Beacon after the lecture, Abbas commented on the January attack in Paris, where Islamic fundamentalists killed staff members from the French satirical newspaper “Charlie Hebdo.”

“I think there is no harm with satire,” Abbas said. “As long as it doesn’t disrespect others. I understand the idea of freedom of speech that responds to that. But if it’s a whole campaign, then it becomes something more problematic.”

ISIS in Iraq and Syria, Boko Haram in Nigeria and the Salafist movement didn’t just arise for religious reasons, according to Assad.

“Often, what might seem like religious issues may at the core be an issue of ethnic differences and economic issues,” Abbas said. “We can’t avoid talking about the ways

some of the distorted views of religion influences them.”

In order to raise awareness that Islam and Islamists are two very different things Abbas said education and an open mind play an important role.

“Look at Islam as one of the other great religions,” Abbas said. “Just because in the last 20 to 30 years there is so much violence associated with Muslims, should not keep non-Muslims away from understanding the Muslim tradition.“ Contact Staff Writer Alina Rosenkranz at rosenkra17@up.edu.

Twitter: @alinarosa_alina

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Hall Fellows brings staff, faculty, students together

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By Maggie Hannon THE BEACON

On most Wednesday nights, students who live on campus are usually eating dinner with their friends at The Commons. But last Wednesday, for just 25 cents, residents of Fields Hall got the chance to socialize with staff faculty over a spaghetti dinner as part of the University Hall Fellows Program, which aims to connect students with staff and faculty members.

For freshman Micaela Pearson, dining with university faculty gave her a broader sense of community.

“It definitely builds community not just within the Hall, but with people in the UP community,” Pearson said.

While students enjoyed seeing their teachers outside the classroom, Fields Hall Director Sr. Sue Bruno said professors enjoy seeing students outside of their role as well and get to see life in the residence halls.

“The professionals, the staff and the professors, they love it. It’s a great way for them to see what Hall life is like and to mingle,” Bruno said.

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I’m happy to help. And it’s a community event for the Hall and a chance to meet and visit with some of the ladies that live here in a casual and social environment. I think it’s good to have an opportunity to interact with them outside of our official roles.

Gerry Gregg Director of Public Safety

Bruno started the Hall Fellows program and the spaghetti dinner three years ago and has welcomed professors and other members of the UP faculty to join.

The mission of the group is to bring professors and staff into the halls and get to know students.

Currently there are 10

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Associate Vice President for Student Development John Donato and freshman Haley Finley help themselves at a spaghetti dinner in Fields Hall. The event is part of Residence Life’s Hall Fellows program, which aims to connect students, faculty and staff through social gatherings.

Hall Fellows, including communication studies professor Vail Fletcher, SFRC director Brenda Greiner, math professor Meike Niederhausen, Bill Reed, director of university events and Gerry Gregg, director of Public Safety.

“It’s a great endeavor, but it’s kind of like a hall event where women can enjoy one another and enjoy pasta,” Bruno said. “And I like the ability to have the professional staff and professors here to mingle with them.”

Residents let Bruno know who they would like to be involved in the Hall Fellows program. Hall Fellows are invited to all Fields Hall events and will sometimes plan events of their own. Bruno keeps the Hall Fellows updated with the

emails she sends all the Hall residents.

According to Bruno, sixseven Hall Fellows attend the hall events. Brender Greiner helped MC the trivia night, which was hosted by Fields Hall last semester, and Gregg is helping to plan an talk on safety this semester.

University faculty, as well has Fields hall staff, helped to prepare and serve food to students at the event. Gregg was excited about volunteering and found it to be important to interact with students in a more informal context.

“I’m happy to help. And it’s a community event for the Hall and a chance to meet and visit with some of the ladies that live here in a casual and social environment,” Gregg said. “I think it’s good to have

an opportunity to interact with them outside of our official roles.”

At the dinner, Pearson got the chance to talk with Gregg and was able to see how much he cared about his work.

“I just asked [Gregg] about his job, and it was cool to see he really liked his job and really liked being part of the UP community,” Pearson said.

Professor Meike Niederhausen from the math department recently joined the Hall Fellows this year.

Through the event she was able to see a different side to some of her students.

“I see it as a neat opportunity to connect with students outside the classroom,” Niederhausen said. “Usually we don’t see them [where they live], and

their personalities really come out when they’re not in the classroom.”

Bruno believes that the Hall Fellows programs gives students and teachers the chance to connect outside of the classroom.

“We love having them in the life of the hall,” Bruno said, “Especially with the professors. I love it because sometimes there’s just a disconnect between academia and [the] residential side of the house. And this is one way to bring better knowledge of what it’s like to live in a hall for the undergraduates.”

Contact Staff Writer Maggie Hannon at hannon15@up.edu.

Twitter: @maggie_hannon

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Roosevelt: UP students get lesson in diversity

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Dance: younger students causing most problems Continued from page 1

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The writing center in Roosevelt High School is painted with the faces of revoluationary leaders like Ghandi and Martin Luther King, Jr. The mural also features quotes from famous artists and thinkers to inspire students at Roosevelt, Portland’s most racially diverse high school.

Continued from page 1 percent African-American, 36.4 percent Hispanic, 27.2 percent Caucasian, 4.4 percent Asian-American, 1.3 percent Native American, 2.4 percent Pacific Islander, and 6.4 percent multiracial.

Roosevelt is also tied with two other schools as Portland’s poorest high school, with 100 percent student eligibility for free or reduced lunches.

Clark says that often times, this diversity can be inspiring.

“There are students here who have experienced things I can’t even imagine experiencing,” Clark said.

“I’ve read personal statements describing situations that I can’t imagine ever being able to survive, let alone go on, and get an education, and contemplate going on to college.”

Freshman Marissa Quinones started tutoring at Roosevelt in October, and now works with Roosevelt students eight hours per week. Just like Clark and Constantino, she enjoys talking with students and listening to their stories.

“All the kids are so sweet.

And they love seeing us and talking with us and sharing their lives,” Quinones said.

“It’s such a treat to work here.”

According to Clark, Quinones’s presence, along with the presence of many other college tutors, is important and much needed in Roosevelt.

He says that it is important for Roosevelt’s students to learn about college life and the application process, because many of them want to gåo to college, despite some of them being the first in their families to apply.

“I don’t know what I was doing when I was their age,” Clark said. “I was probably

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I’ve read personal statements that I can’t imagine ever being able to survive, let alone go on, and get an education, and contemplate going to college.

Ian Clark ‘13 alum

just drooling or something, but I was not that curious about college. Students here are so eager to talk to a college student and to ask questions.”

Quinones enjoys answering these questions and helping students with the college application process. She feels a sense of pride when students tell her they’ve received acceptance letters, knowing

she helped them.

“I help a lot of seniors out,” Quinones said. “Last semester, I was helping them a lot with college applications and this semester, scholarships.

Helping them make that next step and inspiring them to keep moving forward is really nice.”

Clark finds his work rewarding despite its lack of rewards financially. As an AmeriCorps member, Clark makes $12,000 annually, well below Oregon’s hourly minimum wage. He finds this difficult, especially since he has already received his masters degree in Ireland.

Clark says he often has only $10 in his bank account to last him an entire week. Despite this, his experiences in this job have made it all worth it.

“I am continuously amazed and humbled and forced to change the perspective I have when I’m thinking about the world around me and thinking about my own problems.”

Clark said. “Based on the experience I have with students here, I’m forced to think about what it means to be strong and resilient and to never give up.”

Contact Staff Writer Rachel Rippetoe at rippetoe18@up.edu.

Twitter: @rachelrippz

ride service to take students to detoxification centers in an effort to ease the burden on law enforcement.

“It’s not appropriate to have a quarter of Portland Police resources tied up with the dance,” Koffler said.

After an alcohol incident in 2011, student organizers suggested mandatory breathalyzer screening for all students before boarding the bus to the dance. The idea was met with resistance and ultimately never implemented.

According to the Gerry Gregg, director of Public Safety, it’s going to stay that way.

“I don’t need a breathalyzer to tell me you are drunk,” Gregg said.

Gregg also stressed that despite the rumors, next year’s dance is not cancelled.

No changes are planned, and though a number of people were confronted for alcohol use, that number represents just 2 percent of the dance attendees.

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I’ve seen underclassmen fullforce vomiting, and just in bad shape... At college you can really see that divide between people who know they can drink and those who know they can’t.

Jillian Stephens Senior

CPB Director Sarah Berger says although similar incidents several years ago led to UP being banned from the Red Lion Hotel and the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, the Crystal Ballroom is not planning any action.

“We have a good relationship with the Crystal Ballroom,” Berger said, pointing out that a vast majority of students at the dance caused no problems.

“We will be able to continue to use the space, as long as we continue to have good manners.”

Other colleges have also been cracking down on excessive alcohol use lately.

In fact, to curb excessive drinking by students and improve campus safety, Dartmouth College announced a ban on hard liquor last week. Dartmouth’s president

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Philip Hanlon says the school is taking a stand against a problem that all colleges and universities face.

Research by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism shows four out of five college students drink, implying that many are underage drinkers who may be less experienced with alcohol.

This trend seems to hold true for attendees at the dance.

“My impression is the juniors and seniors were not causing many problems that night at all,” Koffler said.

“A lot of the incidents we have are more freshmen and sophomores.”

Koffler says some incoming students have an expectation of college as a time to party and drink excessively. He says students hear stories about others being drunk and want to experience it themselves.

“You don’t hear about the story where people were super responsible,” Koffler said.

Senior Jillian Stephens has seen freshmen at parties, and while she doesn’t want to place blame squarely on underclassman, she says they can be problematic.

“I’ve seen underclassmen full-force vomiting, and just incapacitated, and not in good shape,” Stephens said.

Stephens was at the Dance of the Decades, and while she chose to drink at the dance, it’s only because she is old enough to go to the bar.

Stephens thinks the alcohol abuse is mostly an issue that comes from the drinking age that splits lower and upper classmen.

“At college you can really see that divide between people who know they can drink and those who know they can’t,” Stephens said.

To Public Safety, it’s all a matter of drinking responsibly and making smart decisions.

“You can’t take five straight shots thinking – oh that will give me a buzz that will last all night,” said Gregg. “That’s going to make you sick.”

Contact Staff Writer Jacob Fuhrer at fuhrer17@up.edu.

Twitter: @jacobfuhrer

ON CAMPUS

Jan. 26, 10:33 p.m.

Officers made contact with a student(s) in violation of University open container policy on the 5100 block of N. Harvard. The alcohol was confiscated and the student(s) were advised to go home. No further action was taken.

Bluffoons Improv Show

Pilots After Dark: Arcade game and ski-ball

Jan. 30, 1:22 a.m.

Officers responded to a report of a marijuana smell in a resident hall. After further investigation the officers referred the students to the Student Conduct board.

CPB Movie: Mockingjay

Friday, Feb. 6: 9 p.m. in the Buckley Center Auditorium.

Fr. Pat Hannon reading

Jan. 31, 10:39 p.m.

Officers made contact with a student with possession of Marijuana on the 5100 block of N. Harvard. The student was escorted back to campus and room searches were conducted.

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Friday, Feb. 6: Doors open at 7:15 p.m. in the Mago Hunt Recital Hall. Tickets are $2 for one person or $3 for two people.

Pilots After Dark: Sam Krulewitch

Friday, Feb. 6: From 10-11:30 p.m. in the Pilot House to see Portland musician Sam Krulewitch, followed by a Valentine’s night of arts and crafts.

CPB Movie: Mockingjay

Saturday, Feb. 7: 9 p.m. in the Buckley Center Auditorium.

Saturday, Feb. 7 at 10 p.m. at the Pilot House.

Play arcade games and compete for the highest ski-ball score.

Tuesday, Feb. 10 at 7:30 p.m. in The Bookstore: English professor Fr. Pat Hannon will read essays as part of the University’s Readings & Lectures series.

Edith Stein lecture

Tuesday, Feb. 10 at 7:15 p.m. in the Holy Cross Lounge: Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Michael Andrews will discuss Edith Stein, a Jewish philosopher who converted to Catholicism and was killed at Auschwitz.

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Printing goes wireless and 3-D

By Jacob Fuhrer THE BEACON

Are you a soulless person in need of a heart?

Good news: You can now print one in the Clark Library’s Digital Lab. A heart is just one example of a seemingly infinite number of plastic objects that can be produced with UP’s new $1,300 MakerBot 3-D printer.

As part of a partnership between The Library and the Shiley School of Engineering, the Digital Lab received the printer last Wednesday. The MakerBot printer takes a 3-dimensional model rendered from a computer and prints it using a special type of plastic.

It supports up to ten colors, though not at the same time.

“The practical applications would include someone in the engineering department who wants to prototype an object for a class,” Jose Velazco, The Library’s digital initiatives coordinator said. “Or someone who is just interested in making an object to see how the process works.”

It’s not the only 3-D printer on campus, but it’s the most accessible one for students. Engineering students currently have access to their own 3-D printer in Shiley.

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We want to make it accessible to everyone, so I think the pricing for that will be pretty reasonable.

Jose Velazco Library Digital Initiatives Coordinator

The Digital Lab is hosting workshops on Feb. 26 and 27 to help students learn to make their own creations. If a student isn’t skilled in design, that’s not a problem either.

Velazco says the printer can use pre-made templates in addition to custom designs.

Sophomore Nicole Stuckey experiments with a model of a human heart, which can be printed on the MakerBot, a new 3-D printer in the Library’s Digital Lab. Both 3-D printing and wireless printing are now accessible to students in the Library and across campus.

As for pricing, Valezco said they aren’t quite sure yet.

“We want to make it accessible to everyone, so I think the pricing for that will be pretty reasonable,” Valezco said.

But old-school 2-D printing has also gotten easier on campus, thanks to Information Services. Starting over a week ago, students have been able to wirelessly upload select documents for printing using Webprint, an online service for sending papers to campus printers.

It’s a small change, but allowing students to print directly from their own computers saves time by eliminating the need to log on to a campus computer.

Information Services has been working on the project since last summer. Webprint is a side benefit of a larger initiative by IS to get both students and faculty on the same print server, according to Sheila Smith, the academic computing coordinator.

“The advantage is actually having [staff] on the Papercut software system, so now we can track printing for everybody, not just students,” Smith said.

Anthony Ng, sophomore ASUP Senator for technology affairs, helped get the word out about the new service.

“I’ve heard a lot of people say that it’s really easy to use,” Ng said.

Ng says printing from

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Webprint takes less than 30 seconds from start to finish.

The service is still new, and it doesn’t work if the Internet on campus is down.

Smith also says there are limitations to what can be printed and how. For now, Microsoft Word, Excel, and PDF files are all that can be printed, and documents will print double-sided through Webprint until a software update in the future adds single-sided printing.

Contact Staff Writer Jacob Fuhrer at fuhrer17@up.edu.

Twitter: @jacobfuhrer

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Not your standard student jobs The phrase, “student jobs” usually summons to the mind an image of a barista, or an office assistant job involving a lot of time behind a desk. However, some student jobs on campus are far from typical.

From outdoor trip leaders to social media managers, learn what interesting tasks these jobs involve and what the students think about them.

By Alina Rosenkranz THE BEACON

Samantha van den Berg Social media assistant

Samantha van den Berg, a junior organizational communication studies major, works for UP’s marketing department as a social media assistant. She works behind the scenes of many of your favorite UPortland social media projects. Van den Berg’s job is in many ways the job we all have dreamed of: Getting paid to spend copious amount of time on social media.

“Basically, all we do is work on projects,” van den Berg said. “We make videos

and we go out and do those fashion shoots.”

She works in collaboration with the Associate Director for News and Content, Joe Kuffner, developing ideas to connect with students and alumni via social media. One of the projects she was involved in was coffee delivery during dead week.

Van den Berg enjoys working in the Marketing Department because it actively tries to connect the administration with the student body.

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Jake Vancampen Bike mechanic

Jake Vancampen, sophomore and biochemistry major, works in Howard Hall as a bike mechanic. A large part of his job is renting out bikes to students every day.

However, he also spends a great deal of time tinkering and fixing student and faculties bikes.

“We have a nice fleet of bicycles that people can rent for free, and they have to rent a lock and a helmet at the same time, so that it’s all good,” Vancampen said.

Vancampen always enjoyed fixing his own bikes, and now that he

works as a bike mechanic he realizes that most bike owners don’t actually know how to do that. He enjoys providing a service that everybody needs.

“When I got here I learned really quickly, because I had all the right tools to do stuff so I learned a lot more,” Vancampen said.

Vancampen thinks the most fun part of his job are the challenges, like when somebody comes in with a 30-year-old bike and there isn’t a very efficient way to fix it.

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Talbot Andrews Outdoor trip leader

You can find junior political science and psych major Talbot Andrews at Smith Rock or the Columbia Gorge on the weekends, getting paid to lead student outdoor excursions.

Andrews says her job as a coordinator for outdoor pursuits is the best job, because she gets paid for organizing trips and activities that she would do even if she wasn’t getting paid. Not only does she come up with the trips that she leads, but she also organizes other trips that are planned for the weekends or

breaks.

Andrews especially enjoys the trips over spring or fall break because she gets to know the people better.

For many years, OPP has organized a multi-day trip for rock climbing Smith Rock.

“That trip has been hands-down my favorite,” Andrews said.

On every trip Andrews said she gets to meet new people. It is just her thing, and so it is not a surprise that she worked for Outdoor Pursuits since her freshman year.

Photo courtesy of Talbot Andrews

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Karen Garcia • THE BEACON I know I’m watching something good when, after an hour of nursing my insultingly overpriced soda, I decide that for the movie’s remaining time I will try to resist any and all tempations to stand up from my seat—be they from my bladder, my buzzing cell phone, or otherwise.

I know I’m watching something excellent when my napkin transformes into a deformed stress-clump inside my hand, and I don’t know (or care) how much time has passed.

Directed by Damien Chazelle, “Whiplash” falls into that category. The film’s title is simultaneously indicative of the film’s themes and directly lifted from one of the two key pieces of music in the story.

The film follows the interactions between Andrew, a freshman jazz drummer in the country’s most prestigious music conservatory, and Fletcher, his terrifying professor (bald, loud and dressed in all-black, of course) who says things like, “Can you clean the blood off my drum kit?”

“Whiplash”

As a viewer, it was thrilling to see a representation of the relationship between jazz, all of its pleasures and intricacies included, and suffering. After all, art and suffering often go hand in hand. The depths of Vincent Van Gogh’s depression and loneliness were catalogued in his paintings, and Johnny Cash’s personal tragedies and lifelong substance abuse heavily influenced his lyrics, to name just two examples.

J.K. Simmons, known mostly for his role as Peter Parker’s mustached boss in the early 2000’s Spider-Man movies and his turn as the State Farm Insurance guy, takes command of a demanding starring role. He plays the part of Fletcher with the necessary fury and restraint to make his character intimidating, but believable. He justifies his cruelty by saying that it’s necessary to find greatness, and Andrew (Miles Teller) drives himself to the brink of insanity to achieve it.

In the most general sense, the story is about music, but its intrigue comes from exploring the dichotomy between lacking

and abusing control.

Although the film is

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The story is about music, but it’s intrigue comes from exploring the dichotomy between lacking and abusing control.

Karen Garcia Sophomore

bookended by similar scenes— Andrew drumming while being observed by Fletcher—the shift in control between the two scenes and people culminates in one of the best endings of a film I’ve seen in the past year.

“Whiplash” surprised me, frustrated me, and impressed me.

It blended purposeful cinematography, excellent acting, a startlingly simple story line, contagious music (I haven’t stopped listening to Duke Ellington’s “Caravan”), and its theme of power into a neat 107 minutes, managing to leave everything in a satisfied disarray.

In 140 characters or less:

UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND GARAVENTA CENTER

See this movie if you’re a film fanatic. Actually, see this movie if you’re a fanatic about anything, because the movie is about everything.

Edith Stein “Woman” and “Vocation” and Other Signs of Contradiction presented by

Michael F. Andrews Tuesday, February 10, 2015 7:15pm Holy Cross Lounge, Franz Hall 3rd Floor

Michael F. Andrews, Ph.D., is the University of Portland McNerney-Hanson Endowed Chair in Ethics and Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. In this lecture, Dean Andrews explores the life of Edith Stein in terms of her understanding of “woman” and “vocation.” The celebrated Jewish philosopher and author converted to Catholicism before ultimately perishing in the gas chambers at Auschwitz. She was canonized in October 1998.

For ADA accommodations or event information: Please contact Jamie Powell at powell@up.edu or (503)943-7702 Listen to our podcast series at wordpress.up.edu/garaventa Free PDUs offered to K-12 teachers for all Garaventa events.

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Here’s an excerpt from a conversation I’ve had too many times: “So anyways, we were hooking-up and...”

“Wait, hooking-up, or, ‘hooking-up, hooking-up?’”

The ultimate sexual buzzword, beautifully ambiguous and compellingly non-committal, “hook up” is the perfect phrase to describe whatever happened last night.

But maybe you’ve never really used it. Maybe you’ve never “hooked up.” Yet apparently you still have, and apparently we all have.

The best rumor about our generation is that we have destroyed dating in favor of this super-charged hook-up culture. That we are narcissistic and superficial and ditch our emotions at the bedroom door.

And, most importantly, it’s claimed that this is all we want from our relationships.

The inescapable sexy headlines scream at us that we lack emotional depth. They tell us we “bed down” too easily.

They tell us we’re living in the perfect male culture. They tell us men are silently suffering.

They tell us this is good for women because it empowers them. They tell us this is bad for women because it creates sour feelings.

It’s reiterated in mass media that marriage in one’s early 20s is insane, and then next the headlines complain that our generation is destroying the sanctity of relationships.

They tell us that college kids are a bunch of sex-crazed loons indifferent towards anyone’s pleasure, sexual or otherwise.

We are allegedly a “generation confused about how to land a boyfriend or girlfriend”.

We are allegedly a generation that is settling too soon or not at all.

We are allegedly hooking up with everyone in a giant, labelless, fluidly-sexual dance party.

Are we? Is this what we all want?

There’s a great deal of evidence circulating, some generated by our own University, saying this hook-up culture is a myth.

A short quote from the research reads, “there is no evidence of substantial changes in sexual behavior that would indicate a new or pervasive pattern of non-relational sex among contemporary college students.”

There’s survey data that says, across genders, millennials believe personality is the sexiest trait in a person.

If it is true that the majority of people aren’t having more wild trysts than previous generations, and if it’s true that we value partners as more than a means to an orgasm, what is going on here?

Maybe it’s media saturation or it’s storytelling about “tales from last night” is stuff of legend or it’s the endless onslaught of movies and TV

shows and music telling us and showing us that all our generation wants is the flesh and none of the heart.

If everything we see, hear and talk about reinforces the idea that everyone is hooking up, and not dating, and that it all lacks a basic human kindness, what expectations can we bring to any romantic or sexual encounter?

Hook-up culture, myth or not, is a place where a lot of sexual politics get hashed out. And unfortunately, it results in a lot of people getting marginalized.

Marginalizing participation, and marginalizing emotions, and somewhere in this system a great deal of us forget how to care for one another.

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Everyone should experience sexuality with compassion, and empathy for vulnerability.

It routinely shocks me how many people I talk to seem to be searching for something existentially meaningful beyond the flesh, but automatically assume the other person isn’t.

This assumption spans gender and orientation, and I just want to scream and beg and plead with everyone to have the hard-real-true conversations everybody seems so afraid of.

I’m frightened by the number of people pretending to be okay with settling for the casual whatever, when they secretly want much more.

Everyone should experience sexuality with compassion, and empathy for vulnerability.

Perhaps we need to create a new assumption, a new cultural expectation. We need to realize that the majority of us are lost and confused and wholly desirous of an entire person.

That all of us are a little afraid.

Let’s begin debunking the illusion that relationships are binary - hooking up or marriage/babies/forever only.

If we want to live in a culture where vulnerability and emotional depth are recognized- both at dinner dates and under the sheets-then we must quit marginalizing the majority living in the middle of this binary system.

Next time you’re ambiguously talking or listening to the latest hookup tale, create a culture of conversation that allows for authenticity of feeling.

It may be less sexy and more complex, but most of the time that’s exactly what we are.

Contact Living Editor Cassie Sheridan at sheridan15@up.edu.

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Price: $6

Paiku: Yummy pies Sweet and savory pies, biscuits and gravy, salad and soup served out a delightfully decorated food truck.

Featured Food A fresh omelet loaded with cheese, veggies and white beans was well worth the agonizing eight minute wait. Massive and cooked to perfection, it was accompanied by the real star - a homemade biscuit with fresh orange marmalade. The tang of fresh oranges on a crumbly biscuit brightened even the gloomy of Portland morning.

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Not being a regular vegan eater, I decided I wanted to try something a little outside my comfort zone. The flavors were distinct with varying textures. I was very impressed.

Featured food Hawthorne Bowl: This hearty bowl had a coconut curry base with garbanzo beans and a delicious assortment of veggies over jasmine rice.

I was only able to finish about half of it, it was so filling.

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Flavorful and hearty BBQ meat alternatives like field roast, soy curls and tempeh are anything but bland.

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Price: Mac-NoCheese $6, Minted Lemonade $2

Minizo: Japanese ramen It has all of the warmth and saltiness that you’ve come to expect from ramen but also has depth of flavor, spice, and fresh ingredients.

Featured food Shoyu Ramen: This is like beef-flavored instant ramen except it was somewhere around 1,000 times better. Excellent for warming up on a chilly day or treating yourself to a nicer version of a college food staple.

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Discernment: Answering the questions of life

Vincent Nguyen CSC, 22, is one of two Holy Cross Novices at UP for four weeks. He is in formation to become a priest of the Vincent Nguyen Guest Commentary Congregation of Holy Cross, a process which involves continual discernment of whether God is calling him to the priesthood. He was born in Warner Robins, GA and attended college at The University of Notre Dame, graduating with a bachelors in economics and philosophy.

“What do you want to be when you grow up?” I remember being asked that question when I was five. I shrugged it off, saying I wanted

to do something with math, like being an engineer.

As I grew older, other questions came into my life: “Where do I want to go after high school?” “What should be my major?” “Where do I want to end up in life?” And, once again, “What do I want to be when I grow up?”

Today that question has a different answer than it did when I was a child, and I think I’m a bit further along in knowing what I’d like to be, because I have discerned the answer a bit more than my 5-year-old self.

Today, when I am asked what I want to be when I grow up, I say I want to be a priest in the Congregation of Holy Cross. I’d like to say that, with such an answer, everything is done and decided, but that isn’t true.

I haven’t received a bolt of lightning, some perfect confirmation telling me that I am going to be a Holy Cross priest, and I don’t think I ever will. Right now, I am still discerning that question.

I am trying to see if God is truly calling me to be a Holy Cross priest. Discernment is always happening within my life and it is not always focused on the same question.

Questions come and go, and I know there will be more questions that pop up in my future.

Throughout the way the process of discernment has changed. At first, it was a written list of pros and cons.

I spent time using cold and calculated logic, written on paper to see what would be the best choice. That method moved me along, yet logic

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was not the best way to move through the discernment of some difficult questions.

Logic was able to answer questions about the choices which concern the concrete like what major should I be, but logic failed when it came to the question of what I want in my life.

Instead, what I had to use was “feeling.” I had to rely not on a written list born out of logic, but rather a gut feeling telling me what was right. I had to stop looking at only logic, pros, and cons. Rather, I began to look inside and see what I felt inside, what my gut was telling me about my purpose in life, where I was going to be fulfilled in life.

The gut feeling is a harder tool to use in discernment when compared to a list written on paper. Also, relying

on gut feeling requires trying something out.

That is what brought me to the seminary. I could no longer make lists and be detached from that question in my life.

I remain on this path because that is what my gut is telling me.

Walking on this path has been a journey full of high and low points, yet my gut feeling that this is the right path for me has only grown stronger because others have told me I am moving in the correct direction.

Feeling like I am in the right place and having others affirming my feelings are two signs that my discernment is moving me towards the place God wants me to be.

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An open letter to Theology 101 students

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Thirty-six out of 3,608 students on our campus are black.

Thirty-six.

African-American students make up less than 1 percent of our student body. So despite the University’s efforts to embrace diversity, the reality is that UP is not as diverse as it could be.

There are no members of the African-American community in positions of authority on the faculty or staff. In fact, the most diversity we see is among Physical Plant and custodial staff. Having no African-Americans in positions of power means there are no African-American leaders to look up to.

February is Black History Month, a national celebration of the leaders, culture and heritage of AfricanAmericans. Celebrating the accomplishments of powerful African-American heroes like Rosa Parks and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. seems ironic given the lack of powerful African American leaders on campus.

Black History Month is controversial in and of itself.

While it’s important to celebrate African-American history, many people critique Black History Month.

The critique is complex.

Critics argue that having one month dedicated to a specific race creates more segregation than integration.

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The moment we begin to address the systemic flaws around how we approach diversity is the moment we can begin to improve our system and honor the values we espouse.

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Dear classmates, We’ve all just embarked on the mystical adventure that is Theology 101 together.

We’re Carolyn Lutzenhiser Sophomore talking about Vatican I and Vatican II, and popes and saints and martyrs, and things seem to be escalating very quickly.

It’s a lot, I know.

This letter is to all of you, you beautiful youths. We’re here; we made it to the nebulous and much coveted “academia.”

We live for progress, for protests and picket lines, and scholarly articles written by the latest disillusioned atheist with bad-boy swagger.

God knows I didn’t vote for a single conservative on my last ballot, and I relish arguing with people I think have their heads in the sand.

Science and logic are so important. They tell us how the world is, so that we can know how to make the world how it

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days out of the year.

Living and learning on a predominantly white campus, it is important to be aware of these controversies and their implications - and to be aware of all sides of the debate.

UP does try to be racially inclusive. The University hosts an annual African-American Read-In with a free dinner to commemorate Black History Month. We have an active Black Student Union. And last year we elected our first black student body president.

While these attempts to be racially inclusive can be applauded, they do not equate to diversity.

Where many colleges have an entire department dedicated to multicultural affairs, there is only one staffer assigned to address diversity issues here on The Bluff. And, again,

our campus lacks AfricanAmerican role models in positions of power. These examples indicate a flaw in the recruitment and hiring practices of the University.

Bottom line: The University needs to recruit professors, administrators and regents of color.

As a predominantly white editorial board, we do not pretend to understand the struggles African-Americans face, and we do not assume all struggles are necessarily racially coded.

But being white does give people rights and opportunities simply because of their skin color. At UP a white person will never walk into a room and be the token racial minority.

A white person will never be followed by a P-Safe officer solely because of the color of

their skin.

We are not saying our campus is intentionally racist or non-inclusive, but we need to be aware of the fact that our campus is not diverse. We need to be aware that it’s not okay to exploit African-American students as token marketing tools or success stories. We need to be aware of the ways diversity, or a lack thereof, affects our community as a whole.

This is not a black and white issue - there are layers of complexity beneath every opinion.

The moment we begin to address the systemic flaws around how we approach diversity is the moment we can begin to improve our system and honor the values we espouse.

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Listen to what your professors are saying - give them some credit. They all have degrees. They’re here to teach you just like all your other professors.

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This letter is to you guys because I think you’re frustrated with theology.

You’re frustrated with this required class that feels too much like a lecture from your

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Major Project Fund: Time to revamp Samantha van den Berg Junior

Every year as a time honored tradition, The Beacon criticizes the MPF decisions.

Every year, the criticism is

justified.

It’s time to reconsider the MPF, yet again.

In 2011, the ASUP Senate expanded the Capital Improvement Fund to include events because capital improvement ideas were running out, thus creating what we now know as the MPF. The Campus Program Board had just hosted Rock the Bluff for the first time, yet did not have sustainable funding to continue the following year.

To promote funding models for more events like Rock the Bluff, senators re-purposed the CIF into the MPF to allow funding for events as well.

For the same purpose, other senators simultaneously proposed the MEF (Major Event Fund), a $15 bump in the student government fee that would go to a major event each year. When both resolutions were enacted, the MEF fully funded Rock the Bluff, making the change to the MPF irrelevant.

Additionally, in 2008, Senate wrote a resolution to take unspent funds from the budget and put them towards an endowment instead of having them carryover. In

2014, Senate wrote a resolution to take 90 percent of that carryover money, and add it to the MPF instead of putting it in the endowment, which is why this past semester’s MPF was two times the amount it had been in the past.

Prior to the CIF being changed, The Beacon was against the MPF– there were still capital improvements to be made. Now that there are no more good ideas for capital improvements, the complaints have shifted in the opposite direction, with The Beacon and many others urging ASUP to consider funding another large event, an event similar to Riverboat or Rock the Bluff.

But as another old Beacon article swiftly points out, planning events is more out of reach than people believe it to be. CPB, the studentrun event planning board, receives roughly 25 percent of the ASUP budget, and is only structurally built to support the events it already plans.

Other event planning bodies, like Pilots After Dark and Student Activities, are in the same boat with CPB – neither are built to host the large scale events that people desire.

Currently, campus events and traditions are being well attended and additionally requested more than ever before.

At this point, Senate has discussed in depth what they believe should happen with the MPF, with many agreeing that it needs to be redesigned.

Capital improvement ideas are running slim and events

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need more guidance, time and staffing than the MPF structure allows for.

Some senators are concerned that changes to the MPF will result in less student feedback and more power in the hands of the Treasurer and Financial Management Board.

Here’s what should happen with the MPF: 1. Abolish it completely.

2. Instead of putting the carryover funds into an endowment or the following year’s MPF, put them back in the budget to be spent more immediately.

3. Create a fund in the absence of the MPF called the Campus Traditions Fund.

This last fund would be likely $10 of the already existing student government fee, much like the MEF, designated specifically for Riverboat and Anchors Away.

However, instead of going to CPB only, the fund would go to the committee of CPB, Residence Life, Development, Student Activities and multiple other departments that already help plan these two bookend events.

This way, the money is specifically set aside for these events from the beginning, and not simply in the hands of a student organization.

Furthermore, putting the carryover money back

in the budget instead of the endowment or the MPF would be an increase to allow for more funding towards other needs that need to be addressed in the budget.

The MPF is like a string of Christmas lights that have gotten tangled after years of changes and turnover in Senate. There isn’t one correct way to untangle it, but ASUP is doing what they can.

Samantha van den Berg is a junior organizational communication studies major, ASUP Senator and Rock the Bluff Coordinator for CPB. She can be contacted at vandenbe16@up.edu.

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Listen: A defense of Theology 101

Just a PSA: Make sure your relationship is 50 percent you We all have that friend who’s always in a relationship - the serial monogamist who just can’t seem to exist in a world Rebekah Markillie in which Sophomore they’re not someone’s significant other.

Their identity is so inextricably linked to their title as “So-and-so’s girl/ boyfriend,” they can’t fathom being by themselves.

Whether you are a serial monogamist or a serial singleton, we are all surrounded with messages about who, when, where and how to be in a relationship.

We often get wrapped up in the idea of “giving ourselves” in the context of relationships.

It’s a message that bombards us in advice columns, those #RelatablePosts, or “Lessons to be learned before you’re X years old” listicles on Elite Daily and Thought Catalog.

We see those #WhatLoveMeansToMe statuses on Facebook that list horribly sappy and superficial explanations of love, marriage

and long-term happiness.

We’re told that, “Loving someone means putting them before yourself,” and, “If you love him, you’ll follow his dreams.”

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Relationships are a balancing act between two people.

They’re visceral, messy and stressful. They are about development as a couple, but they’re also about personal growth.

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We’re expected to provide encouragement, emotional validation, praise and that little something special that shows them we care. We’re taught to value the signs of a good relationship and make sure we express them back.

And while we don’t want to be manipulative and narcissistic bastards, eventually if we give too much, what’s going to be left?

Nothing.

We end up burnt out and exhausted. With this, “Put them first” mentality, we lose ourselves. We’re left with that feeling you have when you do the entire group project by yourself, yet everyone else gets the ‘A’ that you alone worked

for.

Relationships are a balancing act between two people.They’re visceral, messy and stressful. They are about development as a couple, but they’re also about personal growth.

And that personal growth isn’t going to happen if we focus on “who we’re with” over “who we are.” Because we can’t perform introspection on other people. We can’t evaluate our needs and expectations through our significant others.

They simply aren’t you.

Collectively, we should stop thinking about relationships as the shortcut to happiness: the good-morning texts, cuddle buddies, or “best friends.” Relationships are for us. They’re about finding ourselves, growing and changing.

Don’t put your dreams on hold because of your relationship status, use it to build and expand your dreams.

Rebekah Markillie is a sophomore communication studies major, biology minor. She can be reached at markilli17@up.edu and on Twitter @rmarkillie1

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You’re frustrated that you have to sit for three hours each week learning about a small group of men who may have been completely bonkers and who were definitely responsible for the creation of one of the most destructive institutions in human history.

“Why?” you ask. “For what?” you demand. It’s a waste of our time, and it’s silly and outdated and bigoted and ridiculous and... well, you get the point.

This letter is to you, and to those feelings.

I’m here to tell you to chill out! Every other class you attend will tell you what you want to hear. Every other class will fit into your comfortable, liberal, Western, uppermiddle-class box. Every other class will make you feel like Richard Dawkins or Neil DeGrasse Tyson.

This class won’t. And you’re gonna have to deal with that, so you might as well let your blood pressure go back to normal.

Listen to what your professors are saying— and give them some credit. They all have degrees. They’re here to teach

you just like all your other professors.

And they are teaching.

They’ll tell you about old, crazy men, sure. But they’ll tell you about old, crazy men who died for love and hope and faith.

You don’t have to drink the Kool-Aid. Listening and learning isn’t conversion, it’s wisdom. When your theology professor talks about Jesus Christ’s life, don’t tune out. Think about how there might have been a person who so loved his fellow humans that he chose to touch the untouchable.

It doesn’t matter if Jesus was real, or if God is real, or if the pope is the head of your religion. You’ll have to figure all that out for yourself every day of your lives. Right now, in this required class, all that matters is what you do with this opportunity.

This is a time to listen and think. I hope you’ll do just that.

With much love, Carolyn Lutzenhiser

Carolyn Lutzenhiser is a sophomore French studies major and can be reached at lutzenhi18@up.edu.

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What do you listen to in the shower?

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“Well I play Blink-182. I jam to that in the shower!”

“I just listen to [the] top 10 hits on Pandora.”

“Just whatever’s on the radio I guess. It’s kind of boring.”

“I usually don’t, but if I do it’s like some gangster rap.”

“P.Y.T by Michael Jackson.”

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Introducing ‘Portside with the Pilots’

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Comcast SportsNet Northwest studio host Jamie Hudson records the first episode of “Portside with the Pilots,” which is a newly created series that will air monthly.

The first episode aired on Jan. 13 and featured sophomore point guard Alec Wintering and the cross country team.

By Molly McSweyn THE BEACON UP athletics is going beyond The Bluff to reach a wider audience. “Portside with the Pilots” is a newly created TV series featuring Pilot athletes, teams, and alumni on Comcast SportsNet Northwest (CSNNW).

The series, which airs the second Tuesday of every month and is 30 minutes long, creates an opportunity for UP athletics to garner attention from all over the region.

“Portside with the Pilots” will profile student-athletes and alumni, as well as top plays and game highlights.

“I guess they are just trying to get a better understanding of the student athletes on campus, and how their lives are, and how they got to UP,” sophomore basketball player Alec Wintering said.

Scott Leykam, UP’s athletic director, started the conversation about this show with the regional

representatives for CSNNW and sent some videos over to see if they were interested in pursuing a relationship.

“We approached Comcast with the idea that we are doing all of this creative content that is high quality, and we pitched the idea to them of starting a half hour show,” Associate Athletic Director of Public Relations Jason Brough said. “They were receptive to it and they gave us some needed resources in terms of graphics, and what not to tie it all together and its been a very good partnership.”

Once UP and CSNNW began to discuss the idea of “Portside with the Pilots,”

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The show is about featuring UP athletics but also to showcase campus here at University of Portland.

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the search for a host began.

CSNNW recommended Jamie Hudson, a studio host and

reporter.

“UP TV crew asked me if I was interested in being a host, and already being a part of the West Coast Conference I was excited about it. And since I was already a part of Comcast Sportsnet, it worked out nicely,” Hudson said.

Although UP is paying for the show’s host, Jamie Hudson, the Athletic Department sees the show as a win-win for UP and CSNNW. “It’s a mutually beneficial relationship in that you know, it’s not a lot of money out of our pocket. But then it benefits Comcast because they are looking for a lot of original programming, and another benefit for them is that they don’t have to pay us necessarily to do the programming,” Brough said.

Part of the agreement between UP and CSNNW is that the University does all of the video and editing aspects of production.

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Nevarez, UP’s video streaming manager are the key people who will arrange and go through all of the tapings and editing on the University’s end before the content is sent to CSNNW. The first episode, which aired on Jan. 13, received positive feedback.

“We got feedback from the first show and all the executives at Comcast Sportsnet were very happy about it,” Hudson said.

The first episode focused on Wintering and the cross country team’s third place finish at the NCAA Championships. It will reair six times on CSNNW. Parts of the episode will also be available on the Pilots’ YouTube channel and CSNNW.com.

“They asked where I was from, when UP started recruiting me, and how I ended up getting here,” Wintering said.

Wintering was excited about being a part of this new venture

by UP athletics.

“It was pretty cool, like seeing me on TV was pretty cool. And then my mom and my brother watched it too, and they said it was pretty cool,” Wintering said.

Although the show focuses on athletics, it is also a platform for the University as a whole.

“The show is about featuring UP Athletics, but also to showcase campus here at University of Portland. I know that we really want to try and get people here at UP and hear more about it, not just athletics but the whole campus,” Hudson said.

The broader audience that CSNNW has could be highly valuable for the University.

“The distribution of Comcast throughout the Pacific Northwest and being the host station of the Portland Trail Blazers, there’s a lot of extra eyes that are on that station so that’s real value for us. It allows us to brand ourselves, not just athletics but also the University to a much wider audience,” Brough said. “To be able to showcase what we are doing and telling the story that we have to tell to a much wider audience, that’s really valuable.”

Not only will the show expand UP’s athletic audience, it could also help the Athletic Department with recruiting.

“I think they could use it as a recruiting tool. I think it would help getting the student athletes out there and getting recognized more,” Wintering said.

On Feb. 10, the second episode of “Portside with the Pilots” will air.

“In this one there will be a feature on a couple of the local men’s basketball freshmen.

That would be Jason Todd and Gabe Taylor. It will also feature the two team chaplains for the men’s and women’s basketball teams, so Fr. Jerry and Sr. Sue. We will also do the Portside Five, which is the top five plays of the month and there is various other smaller features throughout,” Brough said.

Contact Sports Writer Molly McSweyn at mcsweyn18@up.edu.

Twitter: @MollyMcSweyn

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Pilot in the Spotlight Ashley Gray • Sophomore

Why did you choose to play for UP? You know, I just really like the community around it, the academic side of everything and the coaching staff. It is just a complete package here. It was everything I really wanted in a college.

What’s your favorite part of basketball?

I just enjoy the sport in general. I guess one of the biggest things is the friendships you build. They last a lifetime.

What’s your favorite professional team?

That’s a really tough one! I’m going to go with the Miami Heat, but I like the Trailblazers too. And I like Cleveland.

How do you bond with your teammates?

We do a lot of different things. We do team activities and we see each other everyday. You’re around each other a lot.

What’s your favorite basketball memory?

That is hard. I think the biggest one I’ve had so far was playing against Gonzaga and going in the game. That was a really big thing for me. The realization that I’m playing at the Division 1 level is a big thing.

How long have you been playing?

Since I was four or five.

What are your favorite activities off the court?

I like to snowboard, wakeboard, hiking and hanging out with friends.

What’s your biggest challenge when it comes to the game?

My biggest challenge as a player is being undersized at my position.

There’s really nothing I can do about it. There are kids that are 6’ 3” or 6’ 4” [playing forward] and I am 6’1”.

Do you have any pre-game rituals?

I always listen to my pre-game music and I always have gum.

What’s your pre-game music?

It’s rap and hip-hop, so Lil Wayne, YG and Eminem.

If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would you go?

I’d probably go somewhere in Europe. [I would] go to Italy or something.

Interview by Molly Vincent

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Senior Kari Luttinen drives against a Gonzaga defender on Jan. 31. The Pilots look to improve on their 4-17 record against San Francisco on Feb. 5 and Santa Clara on Feb. 7 in the Chiles Center.

By Molly Vincent THE BEACON On the heels of their 85-63 loss to Gonzaga on Jan. 31, the Pilots face another challenging opponent against USF tonight.

The last time the Pilots and Dons met on Jan. 10, the Dons shot 56 percent and led from beginning to end. Portland shot only 38.8 percent.

With an overall record of 4-17, the Pilots have some catching up to do against the 13-9 Dons. USF have glided

past teams that the Pilots have struggled against like Santa Clara although both teams fell to 10-0 Gonzaga.

Portland is 2-8 and USF is 4-7 in conference play.

While many advantages fall in USF’s favor, height advantage goes to the Pilots.

Where the Don’s shortest player stands at 5’ 3”, the shortest Pilot stand at 5’ 8”.

Seniors Cassandra Thompson and Cassandra Brown, both measure up to over six feet

giving them an advantage on the glass. Yet, the Dons out rebounded the Pilots 40-29 the last time they met.

Following the game against USF, the Pilots will face the Santa Clara Broncos on Feb. 7 at home.

Broncos guard Nici Gilday will give Portland all they can handle shooting-wise as she is ranked second in the conference in scoring, averaging 18.7 points per game.

This is the second time the

Pilots and Broncos have met this season. On Jan. 8, the Pilots fell to the Broncos 83-68 at the Leavey Center.

With only eight games remaining, the Pilots have their work cut out for them if they want to make a splash in the WCC and be competitive in the tournament.

I have been watching the Warriors lose for 20 years.

(Okay, I was only consciously watching for the past 12 but 20 sounds so much better.)

Now being in Portland, I am exposed to more Trail Blazers games and can see similarities between Curry and Lillard. They are two great players that have helped turn their teams into winning franchises. Yet, one gets the most votes for the All-Star team and one doesn’t even make the reserves list.

While I am ecstatic for my Warriors, as an NBA fanatic, I am baffled Lillard did not make the cut.

Lillard has no clear weaknesses.

Lillard has a right to be upset; he is more than qualified to be an All-Star.

Contact Sports Editor Malika Andrews at andrewsm17@up.edu.

Twitter: @malika_andrews

Contact Sports Writer Molly Vincent at vincentm17@up.edu.

Twitter: @mollyvincent19

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Women’s Tennis

Women’s Basketball

The Pilots head to Eugene to play Montana State on Friday, Feb. 6 and Oklahoma on Saturday, Feb. 7.

Men’s Basketball

Men’s Basketball at San Francsico The men travel down to California to kick off a two game road trip against San Francisco at 6 p.m. on Feb. 5 and against Santa Clara on Saturday Feb. 7 at 5 p.m.

Women’s Basketball vs. San Francisco

The women look to improve on their 2-8 WCC record as they take on San Francisco at 7 p.m. on Feb. 5 and Santa Clara at 2 p.m. on Saturday Feb 7 in the Chiles Center.

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The Pilots (2-8) lost to Gonzaga (10-0) 85-63 at home on Saturday, Jan. 31.

The Pilots fell to Gonzaga 64-46 in Spokane on Jan. 31.

Men’s and Women’s Track and Field

Nathan DeVaughn placed 6th overall with a 6.75 meter jump, the best jump by a Pilot in 25 years. Julia Gullikson finished 22nd with a time of 17:39.09 in the 5000-meter run.

Lorea Ibarzabal placed 6th in the 800-meter run while Anne Luijten placed 19th. With a distance of 11.40 meters, Katherine Maus set the program record for the triple jump.

A time of 7.95 earned her the second fasted 60-meter dash time in school history.

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Jump-starting the season

Photo courtesy of UP Athletics

Junior Nathan DeVaughn competes in the long jump at the University of Washington Invite.

DeVaughn placed 6th overall with a 6.75 meters, 22-1.5 feet jump. This is the best jump by a Pilot in 25 years. Katherine Maus set the program record for the triple jump with a distance of 11.40 meters. Her time of 7.95 seconds earned her the second fastest 60-meter dash time in school history.

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While winter storm Linus takes over the East Coast, Hurricane Lillard is brewing in the Pacific Northwest.

The 2015 NBA All-Star starters and reserves have been announced, and Portland Trail Blazers point guard Damian Lillard did not make the cut.

Not only was he not one of the 24 players initially named, but when starter Kobe Bryant announced he would not play due to an injury, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver chose to replace him with the Kings’ DeMarcus Cousins, not Lillard.

If skill doesn’t dictate who becomes an All-Star, what does?

Popularity.

Lillard is more than qualified from a skill standpoint to be an All-Star. Not only was he the first player in league history to compete in five different events in last season’s AllStar weekend, he’s currently averaging 21.6 points, 6.3 assists, and 1.4 steals per game this season.

His team is also 33-16 and in playoff contention while the Kings are 17-30. This is not to say that DeMarcus Cousins is not deserving, but something does not match up.

No matter how much fun it is to watch, the NBA All-Star game is an extension of picking teams in high school gym class.

The skilled, popular players are picked, and Lillard is not happy with not being chosen.

In an interview with Oregonian writer (and former Beacon editor) Joe Freeman, Lillard spoke freely of his frustration with the League’s choice not to elect him.

“I am definitely going to take it personal. I said I’d be pissed off about it. And I am. I just felt disrespected,” Lillard said. “Because I play the game the right way, I play unselfishly, I play for my team to win games and I produce at a high level.

“I think what I bring to the game as a person, my makeup mentally, how I am toward my teammates, how I am toward the media, how I am towards fans; I think what an All-Star represents in this league, and what you would want people to look at as an All-Star, I think I make up all those things.”

As a Golden State Warriors fan, I could not be more thrilled to see Stephen Curry earned the leading vote of the League.

This season, Curry averages 23 points and 4.7 rebounds per game. He 30th in the league from beyond the 3-point arc, shooting 39.4 percent. He is shooting 91.5 percent from the freethrow line.

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