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THE UNIVERSITY OF PORTLANDʼS STUDENT NEWSPAPER

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Flying High

Fr. Ron Wasowski, along with the UP science department, used a grant to purchase two helicopters and video equipment for research and sustainability use on and off of campus.

Lisa McMahan Copy Editor mcmahan11@up.edu It’s a bird!

It’s a plane!

It’s a thermal infrared video camera mounted on a helicopter.

In the coming months, students on campus may wonder what, exactly, those small aircrafts zooming around The Bluff are doing.

Fr. Ron Wasowski, C.S.C., a professor of environmental science, plans to use the custombuilt helicopters and their accompanying video cameras for research in the Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems course.

The purchase is part of a five-year grant from the Morgan Fairchild Foundation awarded to the UP science departments, which include environmental science, biology, chemistry and

physics. The 2010-2011 academic year is the fifth and final year of the grant.

The total cost of the equpiment was $52,000 and included two remotecontrolled helicopters, a base station, hand controllers and three cameras: a digital still camera, a high-definition video camera, and a thermal infrared video camera, according to Wasowski.

The cameras were built

by Draganfly Innovations, Inc. Weighing one kilogram each, the carbon fiber helicopters are light, but they are far more advanced than recreational remotecontrolled airplanes.

“These are not like model aircrafts, these are actually professionalgrade aircrafts that the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) would recognize,” Wasowski said.

“We have to jump through a lot of FAA hoops before we’re able to fly one.”

Wasowski is in the

middle of a six-month certification process to learn how to safely operate the helicopters. Part of his training involves practicing with the aircrafts in Chiles Center, the largest open space on campus that is protected from wind and other weather elements.

Although the helicopters and their data are not being used in the classroom yet, students are excited about the possibilities they will bring for students taking the course.

“I think it will be interesting to incorporate data obtained from the helicopters into the course curriculum and group projects,” senior environmental science major Nate Banet, who has already taken the course, said.

The department plans to use the cameras, which clip on to the bottom of the helicopters, for many different purposes, including monitoring streams on the west slope of Mount Hood.

“The vast

majority of these stream channels are not accessible by foot,” Wasowski said.

Before acquiring the helicopters, Wasowski rode along with a pilot in an actual helicopter, leaning out the door to take video from the moving aircraft.

“It didn’t work,” he said.

“Students looking at the video for two minutes got motion sickness.”

Students will use this low-altitude aerial photography collected from the thermal infrared video to monitor stream temperatures, which are crucial to the development of salmon eggs.

“You can fly a stretch of river with that thermal infrared scanner and get hundreds of times the data in a hundredth of the time,” environmental science professor Robert Butler said.

Wasowski also plans to use the thermal infrared cameras this winter to evaluate the buildings on campus for heat loss.

“Once it gets cold and there’s heat on campus, we plan to do a thermal

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inventory. You need a fairly strong temperature difference between outside air and the feature you’ll be looking at,” Wasowski said.

“It’s all part of the effort of the university to conserve as much as possible.”

Once the data is collected, he plans to pass the information along to UP’s administration.

The department’s overall goal in introducing the helicopters is enhancing research, but also encouraging student involvement in this research.

“God willing we get it out of doors, we hope to get students familiar with drone aircrafts,” Wasowski said.

Senior Andy Berrigan, a mathematics major, looks forward to seeing how the helicopters are operated.

“The helicopters will definitely relate to my career path because I would like to fly RPAs (remotely piloted aircraft), and so I will get a little glimpse of what that is like from watching Fr. Wasowski do it,” Berrigan said.

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• Two carbon fiber helicopters • A base station • Hand controllers • Three cameras: a digital still camera, a highdefinition video camera and a thermal infrared video camera

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WHO: The Remote Sensing and Gepgraphic Information Systems class

HOW MUCH: $52,000 WHAT

GRANT: A five-year grant from the Morgan Fairchild Foundation

PURPOSE: Monitoring streams on the west slope of Mount Hood and to evaluate the buildings on campus for heat loss

All Photos Courtesy of Fr. Ron Wasowski

Fr. Ron Wasowski, C.S.C., test flies the new helicopter for his Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems course. He must complete a six-month process to become certified to operate the aircraft.

Photo Illustration by Hannah Gray and Alissa White

WEIGHT: One kilogram each, excluding ultraminiature cameras

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September 16, 2010

On Campus Service-Learning Info Sessions Tonight at 6:30 p.m. and Monday at 7 p.m., there will be service-learning trip information sessions in the Mehling Ballroom.

Five Times August Friday, Five Times August is performing at 10 p.m. in St. Mary’s Lounge. The event is sponsored by CPB. Free food and coffee will be provided. Five Times August is a music project by Brad Skistimas, an independent singer, songwriter and guitarist from Dallas, Tex. “Robin Hood” (2010) Friday and Saturday, “Robin Hood” (2010) will play in Buckley Center Auditorium.

The movie starts at 10 p.m.

Grocery Store Bingo Saturday, in the New Commons dining area, Pilots After Dark will host its grocery store bingo. It starts at 10 p.m. and will last about an hour.

Bullwinkle Excursion Saturday, ASUP and Student Activities are sponsoring an excursion to Bullwinkle’s Family Fun Center in Wilsonville, Ore. It is free to all undergraduate UP students. Buses load at 7 p.m.. Register now at www. up.edu/activities/eventreg.

UP students sweep up Fulbrights

As six new UP alums are awarded Fulbright grants this year, the university’s German studies program is seen as a catalyst Natalie Wheeler Staff Writer wheeler12@up.edu

When senior Nick Balthrop decided to spend a year in Salzburg, he wasn’t even thinking about the possibility of a Fulbright grant.

“I had heard about (Fulbright) but I didn’t know much about it,” Balthrop said. “I really wasn’t sure if I was going to apply. My plan initially was actually to go to law school.”

The Fulbright Student Program is a grant given to students to go to one of 155 countries. Fulbright is the largest of any granting agency, with 1,500 grants given out every year. There are two types of grants: English Teaching Assistantships and Research grants.

“It’s a unique program because it’s a year abroad, but not in school,” said Dr. John Orr, assistant to the Provost for Fellowships and Grants. “You have to go to graduate school for most of the grants.”

Balthrop’s plans could be changing because he is applying for a Fulbright grant to spend a year teaching English in Germany. As a student at the University of Portland, which hosts the second highest number nationally of Fulbright scholars among master’s institutions according to the Chronicle of

‘Round UP on the Bluff Saturday is the 2 nd Annual ‘Round UP on the Bluff 5K Run and Fun Walk.

Registration begins at 8 a.m. and the race starts at 9 a.m. in the field between Shipstad Hall and Howard Hall.

Fall Cultural Fest Wednesday, Sept. 22, the Fall Cultural Fest at Espresso UP will be held outside of St. Mary’s Lounge. The event runs from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

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Higher Education, his chances are good, statistically.

Of the 28 UP students who have ever received Fulbright grants, 25 have gone to Germany.

Balthrop sees the university’s most popular study abroad program in Salzburg, Austria, as a major reason for so many UP Fulbright scholars.

“I think the Salzburg program is definitely a big part of that,” Balthrop said. “It’s not in Germany obviously but it’s a German culture and it’s a year long. Across the U.S. schools are cutting down their German programs, but that has always been a staple at UP.” Isaac Otto, a 2010 UP graduate, is now a Fulbright scholar teaching in Germany. Otto says his Salzburg experience laid the groundwork for his current work in Germany.

“Salzburg is a unique and wonderful experience in itself and offered a great foundation for experiencing Germany again as a Fulbrighter,” Otto said in an e-mail.

Orr said that the reason the Fulbright scholarship is so popular among students who have gone to Salzburg is because Germany awards the most Fulbright grants.

“Germany offers more Fulbrights than any country by a factor of about 10,” Orr said. “They offer 140 teaching

positions while most countries offer 10 to 15.”

Fr. Art Wheeler, C.S.C., director of Studies Abroad, thinks that the strength of UP’s German program encourages Fulbright scholars.

“Our German faculty do an excellent job of preparing students,” Wheeler said.

“We have a good team in both Austria and at UP.” Photo Courtesy of Isaac Otto Otto says Alumnus Isaac Otto is in Germany for a Fulbright that he is English Teaching Assistantship. grateful for have some knowledge of the UP’s support throughout his Fulbright country you are applying to,” Orr said. “You don’t necessarily need application process.

“UP, UP faculty and the UP to know the language, though. It community were essential to depends on the country.”

Senior Brianna Hodge is one of my application process and even thereafter. Both Dr. Orr and the few UP students applying for the German department were a Fulbright outside of Germany. absolutely wonderful guides to She hopes to use her possible Fulbright grant to research sex the application,” Otto said.

Orr also stressed that it is trafficking in Cambodia.

“I took a trip to Cambodia important for a student to have shown prior interest in the country after high school, and that is to which he or she wishes to go.

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NEWS

Memorial Mass for Becky Houck This Friday, there will be a Mass to mark the one-year anniversary of the death of beloved biology professor, Becky Houck.

The Mass begins at 12:05 p.m. at Chapel of Christ the Teacher.

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New program focuses on how the brain works New UP program reveals the inner workings of the brain to professional communities Gao Na Yang Staff Writer yang11@up.edu Much about the brain remains a mystery, but further scientific research is revealing more about how the brain works and how those complex inner workings affect how people learn.

A new program at UP aims to bring this kind of knowledge to professional communities: teachers, nurses, therapists, advertisers and anyone else interested in making messages resonate.

This fall, the School of Education collaborated with Oregon Health Services University researchers and faculty to bring the first post-Masters Neuroeducator Certificate Program in the Pacific Northwest.

“Educators in all disciplines must know how their students learn in order to develop effective teaching programs.”

teaching a course this semester on memory and learning to firm up students’ foundation for future courses in which they will be literally handling brains and studying brain scans.

“I really hope that people will change practices that are not brain friendly, practices that don’t work when they’re presenting information whether they’re teachers, advertisers or anybody in charge of people,” Eifler said.

One goal of the new program is to drive into the biological aspects of learning.

“This is where the neuroscience piece comes in because we continue to learn more about the biology and physiology of the brain and that information needs to be translated into educational practice,” Thomas Greene, associate provost and graduate school dean said.

The development of this program was a team effort between UP and OHSU faculty members.

“This program is the brainchild of Dr. Arwood,” Eifler said.

“She is UP’s resident expert in anything related to the brain. She really poured her heart and soul into developing this program.”

Arwood has been studying brain research in education for over 30 years.

“Educators in all disciplines must know how their students learn in order to develop effective teaching programs,” Arwood said.

UP alumnus Mike Merzenich was among influential faculty who showed his support. His work has earned him national recognition for research on brain plasticity.

As the first post-Masters Neuroeducator Certificate Program in Oregon, its implication for the University and the School of Education is tremendous, according to Eifler.

“This program represents the mission of the University, where understanding how to translate the neuroscience into fundamentals of learning and

teaching better serve not only the formation of the individual, but the development of the community,” Arwood said.

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Eifler agreed.

“It has put us on the map as offering absolute cutting edge, professional development for practicing teachers because we’re doing something that no one else

in the state is doing,” Eifler said.

She hopes that this program will help educators understand why some teaching strategies are more effective than others.

Understanding the brain can change the way

educational practices occur, according to Greene.

“This isn’t a certificate that puts a period on your understanding,” Greene said.

“It’s an opportunity to help you develop more questions about this kind of information.”

Ellyn Arwood School of Education professor

“This program is designed to translate neuroscience, which means that we actively engage with the neuroscientists in the community to understand the science and then we, as professional educators, take that knowledge and turn it into effective learning practices,” Ellyn Arwood, School of Education professor, said.

The program, which currently has nine students, encompasses four courses and an optional independent research project.

Although the program is in the School of Education, students who complete the four courses receive a certificate, not a license to teach.

Karen Eifler, an associate professor of education, is

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The UP Public Safety Report 1. Sep. 13, 5:33 p.m. - Public Safety responded to a medical call at Mehling Hall. A student had hit their head and received a small cut. The student was treated by placing pressure on the cut.

2. Sep. 14, 12:56 p.m. - Public Safety responded to a call of persons outside the Pilot House registering people to vote. They were not allowed on campus and were requested to leave.

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3. Sep. 10, 12:00 p.m. - Public Safety responded to a medical call at Mehling Hall where a student had fainted. AMR and Portland Fire also responded, but the student was not transported to the hospital.

4. . Sep. 5, 1:24 p.m. - A student reported his bike stolen from the Corrado Hall bike rack.

5. Sep. 4, 1:20 a.m. - Public Safety responded to a medical call at Mehling Hall. A student was having an allergic reaction. The student requested a taxi to go to the medical center.

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FULBRIGHT: Six UP students awarded this year Continued from page 2 when I first learned about sex trafficking,” Hodge said. “I want to work with survivors or victims looking at treatment programs, and do an evaluation of system for treatment and see how they can improve it.”

Even though Germany offers many more Fulbright grants than Cambodia, which offers five, Hodge is not worried.

“I think that it’s different for each person,” Hodge said. “My experience and what I want to do don’t work with Germany.”

Orr believes that the university’s high number of Fulbright scholars also reflects

the character of UP students.

“They want people engaging in the culture outside of the classroom,” Orr said, “and when a UP student talks about volunteering, they mean it.”

Otto couldn’t be more excited to immerse himself into German culture. “(The Fulbright Program) wants grantees to go out and live, create memories, and get to know the culture instead of working the whole time. I am still in the settling-in point right now but I will soon be able to create a life in Germany for a limited period,” Otto said.

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Garaventa Center Speaker Series.

Good listeners wanted.

Patrick Jordan Reflects on Dorothy Day September 16, 2010 7:30 p.m. in Buckley Center Auditorium Free and open to the public

Jordan is the managing editor at Commonweal Magazine. He is the editor of the book Dorothy Day: Writings from Commonweal. Jordan worked closely with Dorothy Day at St. Joseph House, a Catholic Worker community in New York.

Dorothy Day (1897-1980), a Catholic convert, is often described as one of the most influential people in American Catholicism’s history. Together with Peter Maurin, Day founded the Catholic Worker movement, which promotes Catholic social teaching and provides direct aid for the poor and homeless. The Blanchet House of Hospitality, founded by UP alumni, was modeled on Dorothy Day’s example.

The Commonweal Speakers Program is made possible thanks to a generous gift from James H. Duffy. A special thanks to University Regent, Ralph Bliquez, for his support of this lecture.

Annual Zahm Lecture presents John Allen September 23, 2010 7:30 p.m. in Chapel of Christ the Teacher Free and open to the public

Allen is an expert on the Vatican and writes a weekly column called “All Things Catholic.” He is a senior correspondent for the National Catholic Reporter and the Vatican analyst for CNN and NPR. Allen is also the author of several books including the biography The Rise of Benedict XVI: The Inside Story of How the Pope Was Elected and Where He Will Take the Catholic Church.

The University’s annual Zahm Lecture serves as the keynote address for its academic year and has a reputation for addressing important issues surrounding American Catholic education. Permanently endowed by a gift from Ray and Milann Siegfried of Oklahoma, the Zahm Lecture honors Rev. John Zahm, C.S.C., an eminent Holy Cross priest and scientist.

For more information: Please contact Jamie Powell, University of Portland Garaventa Center 503-943-7702 powell@up.edu up.edu/garaventa

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UP alumnus, Isaac Otto, is one of 28 students who have received Fulbright grants. Most have studied in Germany.

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Students peruse potential professor ratings Website allows students to comment on professors and courses from around the country Elissa Norton Staff Writer norton11@up.edu “My chili pepper is on fire!” psychology Professor Deana Julka said as she looked at her profile on RateMyProfessors.com.

“As a mom of three and just turning 40, it’s good. It’s better than the alternative.”

Deana Julka RateMyProfessors.com, a website that allows students to research reviews of professors teaching particular courses, consists of categories ranging from overall quality, helpfulness, clarity, easiness and, for better or worse, “hotness,” represented by the metaphorical chili pepper.

Julka is just one of the many UP professors with a chili pepper.

But she is one of the few with her a chili pepper “on fire.” It is no surprise to her, however.

“Every semester I get a marriage proposal on the evaluations,” Julka, who also gets high marks on the site for helpfulness and clarity, said.

Marriage proposals aside, UP students who use RateMyProfessors.com go there primarily for information on the teaching-related categories, as well as comments from the professor’s former students.

“If all the comments are sad faces, I won’t even consider the professor,” senior Melissa Ringe said.

Not that she considers everything on the site reliable.

According to both Julka and Ringe, review sites such as RateMyProfessors.com have to be taken with a grain of salt because the most vocal students are the ones who leave extreme comments, either positive or negative.

“I looked at the comments and it’s usually a personal problem the student had with the professor,” Ringe said.

While Ringe now relies more on word of mouth to learn about professors, she thinks rating websites can be useful.

“I used the site my freshman and sophomore year because I didn’t know the professors and wanted to know how nice they are, clear and easy to understand,” Ringe said.

Senior Lauren Adkins agreed that word of mouth is more reliable. She used RateMyProfessors.com to find professors who

What UP students have been saying...

RateMyProfessors.com 306 UP professors rated on RateMyProfessors.com.

Total UP professor average rating is 3.45 out of 5.

have teaching styles that match Perusing her profile and comher learning styles. ments, Julka emphasized why “The site helped to find which professors don’t use the site as professors I want to take classes avidly as students might. from and some professors have a “It’s interesting to see how the specific style of teaching that may comments change,” Julka said. not work with “After teachhow I learn, so “My chili pepper is on fire! ing 14 years, I I know not to hope it As a mom of three and just would take them,” Adwould reflect turning 40, it’s good. It’s kins said. the evolution A c c o r d i n g better than the alternative.” and growth.” to Adkins, the According Deana Julka to Julka, prooverall ratings Associate Professor of Psychology fessors place are pretty accurate, but the more imporcomments are tance on the semore important to read through. mester evaluations than websites “I always look at the com- like RateMyProfessors.com bements because the ratings don’t cause they are a better reflection necessarily give you a good idea of what the students think. of the professor,” Adkins said.

Perhaps because students can“RateMyProfessors.com and not view these evaluations, they word of mouth are pretty similar flock to sites such as RateMyProand consistent in terms of com- fessors.com, even if they’re not ments about professors.” entirely reliable.

Unlike Ringe, Adkins has “I had professors with average posted a comment on a profes- ratings that I really enjoyed and sor’s profile. learned a lot from,” Ringe said.

“I only posted a comment beAs for “hotness,” it has never cause the professor had one com- factored into deciding which proment and I completely disagreed fessor to take, according to Adwith the negative comment a kins. professor had,” Adkins said. She “If the professor is hot, it’s just posted when she was a student at an added bonus,” Adkins said.

Seattle University.

“I no longer have to fear when I am cooking pudding that I will create fusion. Also, if you want the cows to come home, integrate like a banshee. He is a hilarious guy and his class is great!!”

“She definitely has ALOT of energy!

I personally LOVED this class because she always made the very BORING subject matter of an INTRO class something worth remembering!!”

“Hot as hell, but kinda awkward...”

“If the guy wasn’t so enamored with himself, he might be a better teacher.

The material was presented in an unclear fashion.”

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New novel says “Thank you, Oregon” Portland Magazine Editor, Brian Doyle, publishes his first novel Jocelyne LaFortune Staff Writer lafortun12@up.edu Looking for a new read?

Brian Doyle, editor of the award-winning Portland Magazine and staffer in UP’s Marketing and Communications department, recently published a new novel called “Mink River.”

“The novel is in one way an attempt to say thanks to Oregon, to celebrate Oregon, to sing at length about Oregonness, to stitch rain and stories and ale and fish and timber and laughter and pain and mud all together into an Oregon story,” Doyle said.

The novel takes place in the small, fictional town of Neawanaka, located in Tillamook County near the Oregon coast. “(The novel) is made up of lots of intertwined, overlapping stories. Each one has a different voice, a different feel,” Doyle said. “Each chapter is short – maybe a page or two – but there are hundreds of them that make up the book.”

The idea for the book came to Doyle 20 years ago when he

began writing what he thought would be just a short story.

“It started out as a short story, but the characters seemed so real, I thought I just had to keep listening to what they had to say,” Doyle said.

Doyle has written nine other books, including “The Grail,” a nonfiction account of a year spent in an Oregon vineyard, and “Spirited Men,” a collection of essays about male writers and musicians.

“Mink River” is his first novel.

“It was hard sometimes because characters would do things I disapproved of.

But I felt like I had to let it happen.”

Brian Doyle Editor of Portland Magazine

According to Doyle, the writing process was exciting and full of surprises.

“Writing the novel was certainly an adventure,” Doyle said.

“I kind of just had to let it happen.

I remember thinking, ‘Whoa Nellie, I hope this works out.’ I sat down and typed just to see what would happen.”

The characters in the book came alive for Doyle as he wrote.

“It was hard sometimes because characters would do things I disapproved of. But I felt like I

had to let it happen,” Doyle said.

Doyle said his job with Portland Magazine has helped his own writing endeavors.

“There are lots and lots of brilliant people, lots of stories, lots of ideas. It’s enormously stimulating,” Doyle said. “I cannot imagine being only a writer – I’d miss the fizz and sizzle of the campus, the verb tense of life here.”

Students interested in writing should work hard at it, according to Doyle.

“Read like a maniac. Write every day – doesn’t matter what.

Get a job – eating is a great habit and you cannot make a living as a writer,” Doyle said. “Don’t write only about yourself – one of the great lessons you learn with age is that all the best stories are about other people.”

“Mink River” is currently available in the campus bookstore and can also be ordered through Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble.

Doyle hopes that one day the book will be considered a great novel of the Northwest.

“It would be a great compliment if my book was listed next to greats like ‘A River Runs Through It’ and ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,’” Doyle said.

“Maybe one day ‘Mink River’ will be on a book list at UP.”

Bio Box

Brian Doyle Author of 10 Books Editor of Portland Magazine, the best university magazine in the country, according to Newsweek and “the best spiritual magazine in the country,” according to author Annie Dillard Finalist for Oregon Book Award four times His essays have appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, Harper’s, Orion and The American Scholar Catholic Book Award winner Winner of two Pushcart Prizes Winner of 2008 Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters

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Plus, right up the street is the world famous VooDoo Doughnut shop with its uniquely inspired treats topped with cereal or bacon.

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Upper right: St. Johns farmers market.

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Bottom right: Proper Eats cafe and market offers weekly Jazz Jams every Thursday night.

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The one-of-a-kind Powell’s city of books covers an entire city block downtown on 10th and West Burnside Street. It boasts the title of largest bookstore in the world, carrying over one million books. Be careful though, it’s easy to get engulfed by the skyhigh bookshelves and labyrinthine rooms.

It’s not just books either. Comics, magazines, gifts and novelty items are there too. You can even sell back your old books for cash or a gift card. A new art exhibit is featured every month, and, with a full calendar of events, there is always something going on.

While perpetually crowded, its café, World Cup, is a great place to sit down with your potential purchases or get some homework done.

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Watch a movie - sans theater

Are you craving big screen entertainment on a tight college budget? Portland offers many options for catching films around the city. Throughout the summer, there were movies each week in various parks, often preceded by live entertainment. Best of all, the price is perfect: it’s free.

Various permanent theaters offer great cheap movies, too.

The Bagdad Theater, a hard to miss landmark on Southeast 37th Avenue and Hawthorne Boulevard, has two dollar Tuesdays.

On Belmont Street, The Avalon Theater offers daily movies for $2.50. If dinner and a movie appeal to you, the Tin Shed on Alberta Street, a fun little restaurant with a diverse menu, hosts movies Wednesday nights at 8 p.m.

Closer to home, Proper Eats café in the St. Johns neighborhood hosts a weekly Jazz Jam. The café and market, known for its vegetarian and vegan fare, opened in 2006. You can enjoy jazz music with your veggie wrap every Thursday night from 7 p.m. until 10 p.m.

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The many farmers markets around Portland are great ways to enjoy these last fleeting days of summer. Almost daily around Portland you can find a market with lots of friendly, local vendors.

While you may not be in need of fresh zucchini for your dorm room, food vendors and live entertainment make markets worthwhile excursions. Most end by 2 p.m., but there are a few evening markets too, such as the one on Northwest 23rd Avenue (nicknamed “trendy-third” for its boutique culture). Portland’s largest, PSU’s Market runs every Saturday in the University Park blocks until December. Http://portlandfarmersmarket.org has more information.

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Visit a food cart

Portland’s food carts are a more urban dining experience.

At some point, you’re sure to stumble across some random corner of carts serving everything from tacos to Thai food. If you’re brave enough you can even try the Cheesus Burger at the Grilled Cheese Grill on Northeast Alberta and 10th Avenue. It’s a hamburger wedged between two grilled cheese sandwiches for the buns. Also, just before the Adidas offices on Greeley Avenue is another cluster of carts, which offer anything from pizza to waffles to ice cream cones. Check out http://foodcartsportland.com for a more complete list and maps of the many different food cart locations, then experiment to your heart’s content.

Cheer on our teams

For sports fans, http://www. pgepark.com gives a full list of sporting events at PGE Park.

Portland is gearing up for the Timbers soccer team to officially become an MLS team in 2011.

The Rose Quarter also provides a full list of entertainment.

The Barnum and Bailey Circus, Carrie Underwood and Arcade Fire are just a few upcoming events there. Plus there are always Blazers games to get fired up about. http://Rosequarter.com has more information.

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E N TE R TA IN WATCH ... SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD It’s already hard to resist Michael Cera in his traditional awkward-boy-in-love role, but add in some BAMF and you’ve got his character in “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.” The latest gem from director Edgar Wright meshes comic book elements with a classic Nintendo game feel to create a fabulous action rom-com.

Scott Pilgrim falls in love with Ramona Flowers, played by Mary Elizabeth Winstead. Unfortunately, Pilgrim must defeat Flowers’ seven evil ex-lovers, who all have different superpowers. For example, Evil Ex No. 3, Todd Ingram, is vegan. No joke, veganism is his super power.

Luckily, being vegan also makes him telekinetic.

Although the movie attempts to create some deep meaning

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about personal baggage and the way you should treat someone with whom you are in a relationship, that message never fully develops. This is probably for the best because what the film does really well is give the audience one-dimensionally hilarious characters along with entertaining action sequences and ceaseless humor.

– Elizabeth Vogel

“In film there’s something called ‘montage,’” Professor Bowen said in Fine Arts 288.

“That’s also a restaurant here!” a student piped up.

That seemed like the hundredth time I’d heard Montage mentioned since school started two weeks ago. Everyone seems to be talking about its cool vibe and famous foil takeout creations.

Officially called Le Bistro Montage, it’s located in the old Royal Hotel building at 301 SE Morrison St., tucked away in a slightly sketchy-looking corner under the Morrison bridge. It’s open late, too – until 2 a.m. daily and 4 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays.

I knew it was going to be an experience just walking up to the

door. Montage is hardly marked, with a glowing ‘M’ on a corner sign. The bike rack outside was

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packed despite the late hour, and the people wandering out were holding the likes of huge swords and dragonflies made out of tin foil.

Inside, the atmosphere is friendly and adventurous and eclectic. As waiters yelled out random orders and addressed

me as “darling,” the candlelight flickered off champagne bottle displays. It’s casual, yet classy, and recalls images of a little southern venue.

Jambalaya, linguini, and many types of macaroni and cheese dominate the menu. But what really popped out at me was gator – fried and bite-sized on salads, pastas and rice. Of course I had to try it. It wasn’t bad either, a sort of chicken and tough fish mixture that went fine with a salad or pesto macaroni.

Everyone from sweet older couples to a gaggle of high schoolers looked comfortable there. With reasonable prices, Montage was definitely worth a visit. For a bit of an escape, some good Southern cooking and a touch of tin foil fun, put Le Bistro Montage on your list.

– Enid Spitz

Animorphs radio show remains on air

On the show, hosts read aloud books from the popular 1990s series “Animorphs” by K.A. Applegate.

“The entire plot line, summarized, would be a whole bunch of Elizabeth Vogel pre-teen kids get together to fight Staff Writer mind-controlling aliens called vogel11@up.edu Yeerks, which are slugs that The word Hawkward is de- climb into your brain and take fined on Urbandictionary.com as over your body. The kids do this “A term used to describe relation- by morphing into animals with ships, usually of a sexual or in- the help of Andelites, the good timate nature, between a human aliens,” Weeks said.

“Animorphs: the Radio Dramale, or female, and a bird of ma Uncensored” started in 2007 prey, gender unimportant.”

This would make sense if you when three friends realized a listened to KDUP show “Ani- shared past with the book series morphs: the Radio Drama Un- and agreed to bring their colleccensored” because the term was tions to Christie Hall. According to Kyle Mechling, UP alumnus coined by the show’s creators.

“This is definitely a quirky and one of the original hosts of show, at least,” current co-host “Animorphs: the Radio Drama Uncensored,” he and his fellow junior Steven Langston said.

The show has listeners tun- students began reading the series ing in from South America to out loud and creating voices for England, according to senior Ja- the different characters.

“We started to think we were son Weeks, current co-host of the actually funny and moved the loshow.

“One girl in South America cation from the dorm rooms to the can’t get a hold of the books, so dorm lobby,” Mechling said.

“Animorphs” first aired on she listens to the show,” Langston KDUP in the spring of 2007, said. with Mechling, Matthew Tongue, and C.J. Hainley as the original DJs. “After about a semester of reading amongst friends, C.J. had another horrible idea and signed us up for a radio show on KDUP,” Mechling said.

Weeks and Langston are the current co-hosts.

Weeks said he listened to the friends read aloud in Christie Hall and wanted to get involved when Mechling and Hainley graduated.

According to Mechling, Langston jumped aboard later.

“Steven was a DJ with his own show on KDUP Photo Courtesy of randombuzzers.com who happened to be availThe next book the “Animorphs: The Radio Drama Uncensored”will begin able to sub for me on a will be book 33 in the series, “The show where I totally bailed Conspiracy.” on helping Matt out,”

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Junior Steven Langston, senior Jason Weeks, senior Kyle Kearney and alumnus Kyle Mechling host “Animorphs: The Radio Drama Uncensored” at the KDUP studio. It airs every Sunday at 10 p.m.

Mechling said. “He did such a good job with Matthew that when Matt graduated, Jason teamed up with him to continue the show.”

Weeks and Langston have guests on the show to fill the third position.

Currently, the show has four rules. One, no homework in the studio. Two, try to take a tangent every five minutes. Three, always blame C.J. Four (Weeks’ personal rule), if a cell phone goes off in the studio, it has to go out the window. According to Langston, it is usually Weeks’ phone that ends up in the bushes next to KDUP. Weeks’ current tagline for the show is, “Relive your childhood through the books you love to hate.”

Langston defines it a little differently.

“It’s a four – hour period of craziness and sexual innuendo,” he said.

Each Sunday night at 10 p.m., three people read aloud from one of the 58 books of the series on air. One person does the narra-

tion, the others do voices and sound effects. It usually takes three episodes to get through one book, according to Langston.

They are nearly halfway through the series. They will begin book 33, “The Conspiracy,” in their upcoming episode.

The show is unique in that it continued even after its creators graduated.

“It is one of the only shows that has survived the graduation of a cast,” Weeks said.

What are they going to do when they’ve completed the book series?

“My hope would be that they pick up a new series,” Weeks said. “We’ve had people mention ‘Goosebumps.’”

The group has also produced special fan-pleasing shows, according to Mechling. For example, the show for book six.

“We dedicated the entire book to an elementary school class in Hillsboro that told us they liked “Animorphs” and wanted to hear our show,” Mechling said.

There is also a special every Halloween.

“We relive zombie invasions,” Weeks said.

According to Mechling, starting this show in college has had outside benefits.

“I let it slip at work that I was involved in a radio show and it actually came up in one of my reviews as a reason they decided not to fire me,” he said.

Weeks says he hopes the show will continue at least until the series is finished. That would require finding students willing to continue it when the current cast graduates.

Animorphs: the Radio Drama Uncensored

Sundays 10 p.m. to midnight on KDUP 1580 AM or online at kdup.up.edu

FAITH & FELLOWSHIP

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From agnostic to (almost) saint Enid Spitz Staff Writer spitz13@up.edu Dorothy Day was a controversial activist, progressive journalist, and possibly the first “hippie.” Now she’s also on her way to sainthood.

The Garaventa Center for Catholic Intellectual Life and American Culture begins its 2010 lecture series tonight at 7:30 in the Buckley Center Auditorium.

Patrick Jordan, Managing editor of Commonweal Magazine, will speak about his friend and coworker Dorothy Day (1897-1980), an influential Catholic convert.

So, why is her life so important to the Catholic Church and the UP community?

If you’ve ever been by the Blanchet House downtown, you have witnessed Day’s philosophy in Portland. The University’s mission statement reflects her life’s work, which exemplified faith and service.

“What she did was timeless,” Jamie Powell, director of the Garaventa Center, said.

Living in New York, Day was an active part of the pacifist and women’s suffrage movements through the 1930s. She followed in her family’s footsteps as a journalist and focused on social reform.

Day was also an acknowledged agnostic, but, almost 30

years into her life, conversion brought a whole new aspect to Day. She thought she was unable to have children until, in 1926, Day gave birth to her daughter, Tamar Teresa. This event caused her to search for a religious community, and she found the Catholic Church. A year later, in 1927, Day solidified her discovery of Catholicism by being baptized.

States today and inspired various organizations like the Blanchet House, a service organization started by two UP alumni that provides food and shelter for struggling Portlanders.

Ralph Bliquez, a member of the UP Board of Regents, introduced the Garaventa Center to the Commonweal Speakers Program, a group of intellectuals that travel around the nation, educating people about social justice.

“We’re addressing the Affiliated with: Commonweal question of Magazine what does it mean to be a Accomplishment: Founder of the Catholic UniCatholic Worker Movement versity,” Powell said. “We Awards: Pace in Terris Award, bring in difLaetare Medal ferent speakers that combine our faith 1927 - Converted to Christianity and culture.”

1983 - Proposed for Sainthood Faith and 2000 - Declared a “Servant of God” service, as in the past, are As a convert, Day became a central to UP’s newly revised prominent social justice worker. mission statement. With its She wrote for the Commonweal Moreau Center for Service and Catholic Magazine and advocat- Leadership, various retreats and ed rights for the homeless. plunges, UP prides itself on being Eventually, Day founded a service-oriented campus. the Catholic Worker Movement “We have such a high percentwhich created housing and aid age of students who do service,” for marginalized people. Her leg- Powell said. “The students, with acy remains around the United your youth and vibrancy, are so

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motivated toward social justice.”

For students, role models like Day can help provide that inspiration.

“She’s everyone’s hero in social justice,” said sophomore Janie Oliphant, the Service and Justice Coordinator for Kenna Hall. “She’s like on the cover of the textbook.”

The Garaventa Center is excited for this first lecture of the year, which Powell described as a special treat.

The Center hopes the students will take advantage of this opportunity to become inspired by Day and act for social justice.

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RateMyProfessor gets graded down Many students at this university have probably tried to find information about a professor from RateMyProfessors.com.

However, relying on anonymous ratings from people online is about as reliable as an online gossip column.

It’s important to take the ratings and comments with a grain of salt. This website is a perfect platform for students to unload any and all emotions (under the veil of Internet anonymity) on their alleged educational injustices.

Odds are the people who take the time to rate and write comments about a professor online will usually be serving a vendetta of sorts. Whether the rater received a bad grade he or she ‘didn’t deserve’ or thought that there was too much homework, the website is a place where students come to vent. Where accusations like ‘she picks favorites’ or ‘the whole class was given C’s’ are rampant, accuracy, fairness and even tact take a backseat.

It’s unfair to define a professor’s performance as a whole with a single online comment. What one student thinks of a professor could be completely different from another student’s opinion.

That is not to say that all comments and ratings are questionable, but students need to take these opinions lightly due to the site’s anonymous nature.

Here lies another problem: Students often survey their peers and peruse RateMyProfessors.com to find the easiest professors. Although it’s nice to take a class with a light workload every once in a while, students shouldn’t shy away from difficult classes or challenging professors. These kinds of classes and professors give students the opportunity to push their educational boundaries and be challenged.

It would be a shame for students to miss out on a class that could be transformative to their lives simply because anonymous people told them it was difficult. A challenge is a good thing, and students should seek challenges in college where they are shielded from the hard consequences of the real world to a certain degree.

The smarter thing to do is to ask people you know who have had the professor in question. These person-to-person accounts will be much more reliable and trustworthy. Freshmen and sophomores: ask your upperclassmen friends or acquaintances about a class or a professor.

What do

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PDA: painfully dreadful acts disgust Katie Holman Guest Commentary As of late, an unfortunate epidemic has plagued the University of Portland campus that is potentially detrimental to the health and welfare of students, faculty and staff.

I do not refer to the common cold, nor am I referencing a very contagious bout of pneumonia. Rather, I call your attention to one of the most offensive, blasphemous occurrences to ever exist – Public Displays of Affection.

I’ve felt strongly about this issue for some time, likely because I’m a proud, self-admitted cynic. However, my asser-

tions are valid as I’ve observed this phenomenon on campus time and time again.

Perhaps one of the most troubling manifestations of PDA comes in the form of one romantic partner feeding his or her counterpart, be it in The Cove, The Commons or elsewhere. Unless the recipient has lost the use of both hands, he or she has no business being fed by another human being.

“Please, in the name of all that is good, stop sitting on each other’s laps.”

Katie Holman senior

Secondly, I lament the fact that romantic couples are comfortable sharing passionate kisses while others stand idly by.

Instead, pairs should rely on handshakes or enthusiastic high-fives to express mutual

ful of students living next door or across the street can rob them of the peace and livability they had come to expect and enjoy as homeowners in the University Park Neighborhood. Without doubt these are the toughest issues I have to deal with as the UP person in the room at the time.

Please know that I am not talking about all students living in the neighborhood.

And most neighbors really do like our students and UP. But relations with our neighbors could really be improved if students living out there would just remember and practice the three R’s – respect, responsibility, respond. Respect your neighbors and the fact they are homeowners trying to maintain a safe and calm residence for

Letters to the Editor I was thrilled to see the “Party Patrol” article by Caitlin Yilek and the supporting commentary from the editors in the most recent issue of the Beacon. I urge all students living off-campus now or those who might in the future to read both pieces and seriously take the advice to heart. As the university’s liaison to the neighborhood association, and a 15 year veteran of attending their monthly meetings, I can report that unacceptable behavior by students while living off campus in the nearby neighborhood is, regrettably, an annual topic of discussion. There are few issues as deflating or emotionally draining as neighbors struggling to understand how a hand-

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affection.

Lastly, I would like to request the abolition of yet another sordid behavior commonly executed by couples in love. Please, in the name of all that is good, stop sitting on each other’s laps. This positioning of bodies essentially obliterates any smattering of dignity that one or both of you might have had left.

Naturally, I wholeheartedly support any healthy relationship that is equally beneficial to both partners. If you’re truly happy in your romantic union, I commend you with only the highest kudos.

That being said, please, I beg of you, quit the antics. Love each other in private.

Katie Holman is a senior organizational communication studies major and can be contacted at holman11@up.edu

their families. Understand you have a responsibility to be a good neighbor yourself and to act in ways that support rather than erode neighborhood livability. Respond positively and promptly if a neighbor asks your cooperation in resolving a concern or issue that is causing a problem for them.

And finally, as the article clearly demonstrates, the office of Public Safety is, and can be, a student’s best friend in the neighborhood.

Jim Kuffner Assistant Vice President for Community Relations and Special Projects UP liaison to UPNA

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Why race down the aisle? but that’s no reason to support marriage at such a young age.

Some couples can’t even leElissa gally drink at their own wedNorton dings! That leaves potential for a boring reception. And how do Staff you afford to pay for the ornate Commentary wedding details? Mommy and daddy’s wallet, of course!

Has anyone noticed lately that If you have loans, your spouse people seem to be getting mar- acquires those and you acquire ried or engaged as if the world your spouse’s. After that, getting is about to experience a diamond approved for any sort of credit shortage? card or loan is out of the quesEveryone around seems to be tion. tying the knot left and right and If you’re on your parent’s all I can think is that we’ve just health insurance, once you’re entered adulthood! This summer married, that goes away too bealone I had five high school friends cause you’re no longer considget married and my friends’ en- ered a dependent. So hopefully gagements are happening just as one of you has a job with health quickly. I sit in my classes, and insurance. on average, three girls are either Marriage is for those who married or engaged out of a class are financially independent from of 25. Although it doesn’t seem their parents and can not only like that many, when considering support themselves, but also anthe demographics at the school, it may as well be a million.

To top things off, people have started asking me when I’m getting engaged. I know being in a relationship for three years is a long time, but that doesn’t mean I’m going to run off and get married. We are young! We have a lot of life ahead of us!

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other person.

I could maybe understand the decision if one person is older and has a stable job, but when both are still undergraduate students, I don’t understand it. You don’t know what you want to do with the rest of your life, but you have the relationship.

Marriage puts constraints on where you can live and what sort of job you can take. If you get a job across the country, moving is out of the question unless your spouse can find something in the same city.

Your lives are compatible while in school, but what happens in the real world when you’re both doing different things and have different lives?

Some couples that are very religious, I suppose I can understand getting married so quickly.

How else are they going to have sex?

And others are convinced they have found their soulmate at 18. I’m happy for those people. I don’t understand how they’re so sure, but they seem positive that they’re meant to be together.

The concepts of getting out of college, being on your own and living by yourself is not something they aspire to and I respect that. I am just leery of such young marriages because when you grow up, you become a different person and how do you know you will be happy with the person your spouse becomes?

Wouldn’t it be wise to simply date and grow up, and then get married?

Elissa Norton is a senior organizational communications major and can be contacted at norton11@up.edu.

Faces on The Bluff

By Alissa White Photographer

We asked:

What is the best class you have ever taken at UP?

“Probably macro with Bill Barnes.”

Muni Sodhi, freshman, business

“Oh wait, ever? Micro because Dr. A is a great professor.”

Kayley Coogan, junior, nursing

For whom the bell tolls Due to a printing error, the end of Haley Barrick’s article in last week’s Opinions Section was cut off.

This is the conclusion of the submission.

“Probably Calc II. It was the most riveting.”

Alexandra Stroud, sophomore, engineering

Haley Barrick Guest Commentary I’d like to invite you to come to our next practice and see if handbells might be your creative outlet, reverent activity or simply a social time. Any and all ability levels are welcome to join in on our fun. I try to teach bells in the simplest way I know how with the most support that I can give each ringer. Let me assure you, if you can count to eight, you can be a handbell ringer. I hope to see you on Tuesday evenings at 7:30 p.m. in the Chapel of Christ the Teacher.

Haley Barrick is a senior and the director of the student handbell group. She can be contacted at barrick11@up.edu.

“Bib Trad. No, not really.”

James Kon, senior, sociology and social work

“Underwater basket weaving, but that’s not offered at UP.” Ona Golonka, senior, communication studies

SPORTS

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This week in sports

A day in the life of a University of Portland athlete Bruce Garlinghouse Staff Writer garlingh13@up.edu You see them every day walking around campus in their Portland Athletics gear. You see them in The Commons or The Cove eating (usually more than the average student).

You see them in your classes, sometimes striding in two minutes late, icepacks and tape around their knees or elbows their silent excuse.

You see them practicing set pieces on the practice field, or running along Willamette Boulevard.

But do you ever wonder what exactly the day of an athlete entails?

Sophomore men’s soccer defender Marc Tonkel begins his Tuesday like you and me.

He wakes up. Showers. Fixes his hair. Gets dressed. Eats breakfast. Goes to class. Eats lunch.

Pretty standard.

“We’re students first just like everybody else,” Tonkel said.

“We just have to make sure we manage our time well to make time for school after practices and everything.”

This is where his day becomes a little different. Tonkel then heads back to his dorm and gets dressed in his workout clothes consisting of a black jersey with

his number, black shorts and black Nike trainers.

Then it’s off to the athletes’ workout facility in the Chiles Center to warm up, stretch and get his workout in.

“Workouts are kind of up for grabs. There isn’t really a set time for you to do it, you just have to make sure you get it in,” Tonkel said.

After a strenuous workout, Tonkel and some other teammates head back to the locker room to get ready for practice and then it’s straight to the field for a two-hour practice.

So far, Tonkel has spent three hours dedicated to soccer — three hours you spent playing 15 games of Call of Duty.

Three hours that you spent frantically finishing that Biblical Traditions paper you put off til three hours before class.

Three hours you spent to catch up on the sleep you missed last night studying for that accounting test.

Three hours on a college campus is a treasure — a treasure that Tonkel rarely receives.

“The biggest thing an athlete can do to be successful in both athletics and school is good time management,” Director of Athletic Performance Brad Scott said.

Scott also added that good nutrition and staying fueled is essential in remaining successful in

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Sophomore Marc Tonkel (left) converses with junior Ryan Kawulok in the computer lab of the Library.

Both are members of the men’s soccer team, and must balance school work along with athletics. both areas.

“I recommend my athletes eat around five to seven times a day,” Scott said.

Along with the five to seven meals, Scott said it’s important that an athlete continues to snack and hydrate all day.

“I usually eat around five times a day,” said Tonkel. “I eat the usual breakfast, lunch and dinner, as well as after workouts and practices. And, of course, a midnight snack.”

After practice, Tonkel usually

heads to the library and then to dinner.

With training and practice every day, as well as traveling almost every other week, it’s hard to imagine how athletes balance athletics as well as a heavy course load. Tonkel said he couldn’t do it without the help of his teachers.

“They give us a lot of help on homework and reasonable times to get papers in,” Tonkel said.

Tonkel said the teachers are also very good about keeping them up on what they missed in

class while they were traveling.

What may come as a surprise is that this is a relatively relaxed day for Tonkel.

“My Monday, Wednesday, Fridays are usually a bit busier with more classes,” Tonkel said.

Game days are a bit more relaxed for Tonkel. It starts with a team breakfast provided by The Commons and then it’s time to focus and get pumped with his game day playlist consisting of, Tonkel said, “music little kids shouldn’t listen to.”

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The Pilots claimed the Nike Portland Invitational, defeating No. 24 Rutgers and Penn State.

This weekend the Pilots will get a shot at retribution against the No. 6 Texas A&M Aggies, the only team to defeat the Pilots in regular season play last year.

The game begins Friday at 7 p.m. at Merlo Field.

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Sophomore Taylor Brooke fights for the ball as the Pilots drive deep into enemy territory. The 2-1 victory over Rutgers and 4-2 win over Penn State gave the Pilots the Nike Invitational title.

Pilots look to continue undefeated start No. 3 Pilots get a scare, but answer with victories over Rutgers and Penn St. Kyle Cape-Lindelin Staff Writer capelind13@up.edu As the games go on for the Pilots women's soccer team, it is becoming more evident that this is a second half scoring team rather than last year's strike-firstand-often team.

You won't hear any complaints from Head Coach Garrett Smith as his team remains undefeated at 8-0-0 after beating No. 24 Rutgers 2-1 and Penn State 4-2 in nailbiting victories at the Nike Invitational at Merlo Field on Sept. 10 and 12.

Portland faces No. 6 Texas A&M at home this Fri., Sept. 17 at 7 p.m. Texas A&M was the only team to beat UP last year during the regular season with a 3-1 win, but senior team captain Keelin Winters isn't afraid of facing yet another tough team.

“We just can't go down a goal, we've done it in a few games this year and we were able to rebound, but knowing what Texas A&M does and brings to the table, that can't happen next week,” Winters said.

The No. 3 Pilots first squared off against Rutgers on Sept. 10 in front of a crowd of over 3,000.

Freshmen Micaela Capelle and Ellen Parker got the first starts of their careers for the Pilots with Capelle playing forward and Parker starting as a midfielder. Capelle answered the call once again offensively with the Pilots looking for goals in the first half.

Winters initiated the play, passing the ball to Capelle on the right side of the box. Capelle

took the pass before shooting it into the left goalpost at a sharp angle to take the lead in the 16th minute.

Rutgers responded in the 28th minute on a hustle play, when their forward Karla Schacher beat UP freshman goalkeeper Erin Dees to the ball after a blocked service kick, setting up only the third goal allowed by Dees this year.

The second half of the game was filled with back-and-forth action with both teams having plenty of offensive opportunities. In the 85th minute, senior defender Elli Reed sent a cross pass into the six-yard box. Capelle headed the pass toward the goal and junior Halley Kreminski headed it in the open net to finish off the Scarlett Knights 2-1.

“This is still very much a feeling out process that's meant to get everyone ready for the playoffs and show us where we're at competitively. Obviously our record shows that we're right there but we're not satisfied,” Smith said following the Pilots’ victory over Rutgers.

Facing off against Penn State on Sept. 12, the Pilots gave junior goalkeeper Hailee DeYoung her first start of the season coming off of an injury. Penn State took advantage of this and attacked DeYoung throughout the game, drawing first blood with a goal in the 40th minute when Penn State freshman Maya Hayes split two UP defenders and faked out DeYoung.

The Pilots caught a break with 35 seconds left in the first half as senior Sophie Schmidt was fouled in Penn State's box.

This set up a penalty kick by junior Danielle Foxhoven, which she easily drilled to tie the game up going into halftime 1-1. Foxhoven is now 6-6 in penalty kicks for her career.

Penn State retaliated in the 48th minute as they too were awarded a penalty kick from the officials. Penn State sophomore Christine Nairn touched in a goal past DeYoung to resume the lead 2-1.

Any momentum Penn State built up vanished when the Pilots turned up the intensity following being down for the second time. The Pilots scored three unanswered goals in the final 20 minutes while clenching down on Penn State defensively.

Freshman Michelle Cruz evened the score to 2-2 with the first goal of her career in the 53rd minute, heading in a shot from Schmidt. The assist went to Schmidt which made her only the 10th player in UP history to record 100 points in her career. The assist also allowed her to become only the seventh player in UP history to reach 30 goals and 30 assists in a career.

Capelle continued her hot offensive performance this season with another game-defining goal in the 55th minute. Capelle beat Penn State goalkeeper by using her speed one-on-one and softly finished it on the left side for her team-leading sixth goal of the season.

“Keelin and Sophie take a lot of pressure off me and the rest of the team so it creates more space and open looks,” Capelle said after the Penn State win. “They make the whole team comfort-

able and it kind of makes the offense flow easier when the opponent doubles them.”

Smith agrees that he likes the fight he sees in his team when it’s behind.

“It really shows the competitiveness these girls have and that even when they go down, they're still trying to put pressure on the opponent’s defense instead of becoming passive. This is a team that, when it's pushed, will push back harder,” he said.

Winters capped the win with a header for a goal in the 66th minute from Cruz's service pass.

It was Winters' second goal of the season and the final nail in Penn State's coffin.

“It felt awesome, just made us more comfortable as the game went on knowing that we had that cushion and we absorbed their pressure a little better,” Winters said of her goal.

The Pilots outshot both Rutgers and Penn State 37-14 combined. The four goals scored against Penn State was a gamehigh this season, while the eight wins this year is the third most in team history.

Schmidt was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Offensive Player and redshirt freshman Cloee Colohan was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Defensive Player. Capelle also was awarded the WCC Player of Week for her performances.

Men’s Soccer 1) #15 Portland (2-0-2) 2) LMU (3-1-0) 3) Saint Mary’s (2-1-1) 4) Gonzaga (2-1-0) 5) Santa Clara (2-2-0) 6) San Francisco (1-1-1) 7) San Diego (1-2-1) This past weekend the Pilots tied Denver University 3-3 and defeated the University of New Mexico 2-1 in the 2010 New Mexico Invitiational. This weekend the Pilots square off aginst the University of Washington on Saturday at 7 p.m. The game will also feature members of the of the 1990 Pilot men’s soccer team for a pregame commemoration for the 20th anniversaty of Merlo Field.

Men’s Golf The Pilots’ finished third in the Palouse Cougar Collegiate, which ended Tuesday. Sophomore Nick Chianello set a tournament and program record low score of 64. The Pilots also set a program record for 18 and 36 hole totals as a team.

Volleyball 1) Saint Mary’s (7-3) 2) Pepperdine (6-4) 3) Santa Clara (5-3) 4) #23 San Diego (5-3) 5) Portland (5-5) 6) LMU (4-5) 7) Gonzaga (2-10) 8) San Francisco (1-8)

(courtesy portlandpilots.com, WCCsports.com)

Photos: Bryan Brenize | THE BEACON

Story: PJ Marcello | THE BEACON

“First, you must concentrate on the mental side. Make sure you are playing with composure because a frantic kick leads to mistakes.”

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After aiming with your opposite foot (the plant foot), stay low and stay relaxed.

“Keep your knees slightly bent and upper body loose when approaching the ball.”

Keep your head up and hit the ball with the laces of the cleat.

“You want to keep your eyes on your target and hit the ball with your laces.”

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One of the most important things after kicking the ball is following the shot.

“Always follow the ball after a shot. That’s when a lot of opportunities occur around the net from deflections.”

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Want to know the techniques the Pilots use to score? This week, we catch up with junior Kassi McCluskie for some tips on how to kick a soccer ball.

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