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UP and your money: Adding Professional fees it all up A Beacon primer on where UP gets money and how UP spends it increase Caitlin Yilek Staff Writer yilek12@up.edu Every year, the increasing cost of tuition and other college expenses burns a hole in the wallets of students and their parents.

UP students should expect a 4.5 percent increase in tuition for

Other resources: 14%, see page 4

the upcoming academic year. Room and board rates are increasing by almost 7 percent.

Despite the increases, tuition and payments for room and board still do not fully cover UP’s costs, according to the administration.

So where does the rest come from?

And why does everything cost so much?

The Beacon breaks it down for you.

Where UP gets its money 2. Room & Board: 1. At 75 percent of UP’s revenue, tuition is UP’s largest source of revenue, according to data provided by Denis Ransmeier, vice president for 11%

Financial Affairs.

With the 4.5 percent increase in tuition, according to Ransmeier,

UP is expected to take in $120 million from tuition during the next

academic year. This is nearly $8.5 million more than this year.

2. Room and board is 11 percent of UP’s revenue.

A standard room in the residence halls will cost $5,660 during the upcoming academic year. The average cost of a meal plan is a little more than $4,700.

1. Tuition: 75%

For “other resources,” see Revenue, page 4

How UP spends its money Major expenses

4. Student Salaries: 2%

1. UP’s largest expense is financial aid. Thirty-four percent of UP’s income is spent on financial aid.

“This means that 34 cents of every dollar spent goes toward student scholarships and grants,” Ransmeier said.

This 34 percent does not include student loans.

2-3. The second largest UP expense is staff salaries, followed closely by faculty salaries. According to Ransmeier, UP employs 393 full-time and 60 part-time staff as well as 205 full-time and 116 part-time faculty.

4. Student salaries, such as work-study positions, make up 2 percent of UP’s expenses.

Bang for your buck UP ranks number one in Oregon for return on investment

On April 7, Bloomberg Businessweek recognized UP as the number one school in Oregon for return on investments in terms of how much bang UP students get for their buck.

Schools were ranked by how much a student spends getting a degree and how much on average a graduate from that school makes over the course of his or her career.

“This shows that the value of the UP education lasts throughout a lifetime,” Laurie Kelley, the assistant vice president of Marketing and Communications said.

Bloomberg Businessweek estimates the 30year net return on investment for UP graduates is $779,600.

Oregon State University, Linfield College and the University of Oregon were runners-up.

-Caitlin Yilek

Other expenses: 38%

3. Staff Salaries: 14%

1. Financial Aid: 34%

2. Faculty Salaries: 12%

Other expenses 9. CapitalRenewal/IT/ Library: 3% 8. Utilities: 2%

10. All other direct expenses: 9% 11. Contingency: 1%

7. Services purchased: 9% 6. Debt services: 4% 5. Fringe benefits: 10%

For 1 - 7 explanations, see Expenses, page 5

Financial aid and salaries: 62%

This year, tuition was $32, 190. With the 4.5 percent tuition increase, students enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences can expect to pay $33,640 next year – an increase of $1,450.

In addition to the 4.5 percent tuition increase, the professional tuition fee will increase from $35 to $50 per credit hour, a 43 percent increase.

According to Ransmeier, the increase of the professional fee is due to salary increases for the faculty in the professional schools.

The increase of the professional tuition fee is added to the 4.5 percent increase for students taking classes within any of the professional schools – the Pamplin School of Business Administration, the Donald P. Shiley School of Engineering, the School of Nursing and the School of Education.

“Say you are taking 15 credits each semester while enrolled in the School of Nursing,” Ransmeier said, “This year you are paying $1,050 in professional fees, while next year you will be paying $1,500.”

Because students in the professional schools have to pay $1,500 on top of the $1,450 from the general tuition’s 4.5 percent increase, they will actually pay 5.6 percent more to attend UP next year.

“This percentage will be different depending on how many credits you are taking,” Ransmeier said.

There will also be an increase in room and board. Bon Appétit is expected to raise menu prices by 1.8 percent, an increase attributed to rising food prices.

According to Ransmeier, students pay UP for room and board and then UP pays Bon Appétit for the meal plan.

Though students will see an increase in tuition, room and board and the professional tuition fee, UP has eliminated the summer registration fee, which is $50.

“Generally the University is not in favor of having fees,” Ransmeier said. “We don’t want to nickel and dime students with fees, so we dropped that one.”

There will also be no increase in the $70 ASUP student government fee charged each semester.

-Caitlin Yilek

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On On Campus Campus ONLINE COURSE EVALUATIONS

Make sure to fill out your online course evaluations. Students who fill out the evaluations could win a prize, such as a Nintendo DS or a $50 Amazon gift certificate.

‘INTO THE WOODS’ Tonight through Sunday, The Performing and Fine Arts Department presents “Into the Woods,” with music and lyrics

by Stephen Sondheim. The musical weaves familiar fairy tales together with new stories to teach about wishing and responsibility. Box offices are currently open. Performances Thursday, Friday and Saturday are at 7:30 p.m., and the Sunday performance is at 2 p.m. Students can reserve free tickets for the tonight’s show.

Contact the Mago Hunt box office to reserve seats.

THE MAN-QUISITION Tonight The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen will host its Man-quisition in the Villa Maria Lounge from 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Three men will be put on trial for failing to conform to male stereotypes: Fr. Gary Chamberland, Ben Helms and senior Ryan Alice.

A feast of grilled meat will follow the mock trial.

‘THE GREEN HORNET’ Friday and Saturday, “The Green Hornet” will play in the Buckley Center Auditorium at 10 p.m.

SLAVERY STILL EXISTS EVENTS On Monday and Tuesday, join Oregonians Against Trafficking Humans for its Slavery Still Exists events and learn about contemporary slavery.

Monday, Sex Trafficking: A Survivor’s Perspective will be at 8 p.m. in St. Mary’s Lounge.

Come meet a survivor and the parents of a survivor and hear their personal stories.

Tuesday, Labor Trafficking: A Filmmaker’s Perspective will be at 7:30 p.m. in St. Mary’s Lounge. Come learn about the reality of labor trafficking in Oregon through watching a documentary and participating in a brief discussion.

For further questions, contact Erin Flotte at flotte12@up.edu.

Accuracy in The Beacon

The Beacon strives to be fair and accurate.

The newspaper corrects any significant errors of fact brought to the attention of the editors.

If you think an error has been made, contact us at beacon@up.edu. Corrections will be printed above.

Megan Osborn Placement: Mississippi Delta

Elle Hoxworth Placement: Inner-city Chicago

Thomas Payne Placement: Phoenix Corp

UP seniors selected for Teach For America After an intense application process, seniors Megan Osborn, Elle Hoxworth and Thomas Payne will begin teaching this summer

Rachel McIntosh Staff Writer mcintosh14@up.edu Three UP seniors have been selected for Teach For America, which is reporting its most selective year ever, with an acceptance rate barely above 10 percent. Seniors Megan Osborn, Elle Hoxworth and Thomas Payne are among 4,500 chosen out of 46,000 applicants nationwide Teach For America, established in 1989, recruits college graduates from all majors to teach for two years in low-income schools in rural and urban districts.

Osborn, a sociology major, will teach in the Mississippi Delta. Hoxworth, a sociology and political science double major, will be in inner-city Chicago and Payne, elementary education major, will be a special education teacher for the Phoenix Corp.

There are three stages to the process: a written application, a phone interview and an all-day interview, where finalists teach a five-minute lesson to the board of recruits and fellow applicants.

“The whole time I’m in the interview I am meeting all these wonderful people, and I think, ‘What in the hell distinguishes me from all these people?’” Osborn said. “It’s really overwhelming.”

Applicants must demonstrate strong leadership ability and enthusiasm for educational

reform to teach for two years in low-income schools in rural or urban districts, with the goal of improving test scores and learning outcomes.

Osborn, Payne and Hoxworth have been involved in many service and leadership positions at UP. Osborn is the Opinions Editor of The Beacon, a member of the Debate team and an intern with

“For me it was more for understanding the opportunities I have and that those opportunities are not there for a majority of students in America.”

Elle Hoxworth senior

the Multnomah County District Attorney’s office. She has also been a Boys and Girls Club of America counselor and a writing assistant in the Integrated Writing Program on campus.

Hoxworth was an intern for Western Education Advocacy and Empowerment Program in Kenya, coordinator of the Rural Plunge through the Moreau Center, collegiate challenge coordinator for Habitat for Humanity and was part of the East Africa Initiative service learning program. She is also involved in the University of Portland

Strategic Planning Committee for Service and Leadership and is an Entrepreneurial Scholar.

Payne is a student teacher at Boise-Eliot Elementary school.

He has held many leadership positions on campus including Quad Retreat team leader, orientation assistant, tutor for Kateri Park Homework Club and the Boise-Eliot College Visits coordinator and leader.

“The program is very selective, so I put a great deal of effort into reflecting my passion for equity and drive to make a difference in my application materials,” Payne said. “Still, the most stressful part of the process was waiting for my decision following the final interview.”

Teach For America places an emphasis on finding teachers capable of closing the achievement gap for students in impoverished areas.

“They are looking for people who can teach, but much more than that, they are looking for leaders who can inspire,” Osborn said. “The place I’m going, less than 15 percent of the students are at grade level. How can kids be that far behind and deprived?”

For both students, the transitions into different regions and cultures will be a new experience.

“For me it was more for understanding the opportunities I have and that those opportunities are not there for a majority of

students in America,” Hoxworth said.

Although some criticize the program because of the low retention rate for recruits, 72 percent of the recruits stay in education in some form after their two years and 28 percent remain teachers.

“I’m interested in working long-term in educational policy and seeing how things work on the ground before I am able to affect change,” Hoxworth said.

Osborn is excited to start on this new adventure, but is aware of the challenges that await her.

“The whole time I’m in the interview I am meeting all these wonderful people, and I think, ‘What in the hell distinguishes me from all these people? It’s really overwhelming.”

Megan Osborn senior

“I will definitely be a fish out of water,” Osborn said. “I am starting thinking about all the things I am going to miss.

I don’t think they are going to have an organic food section, and the fried food … I am going to have to watch that. But I have a mission: to change things around and shake things up.”

Donations continue to Rachel McIntosh Staff Writer mcintosh14@up.edu The university is rising faster than it expected in light of a $4.8 million donation made on behalf of the estate of James and Marie Riopelle. The University has currently raised $113 million of its $175 million goal. This donation puts the RISE campaign ahead of its financial goal schedule and is one of the largest donations ever made to the University.

“We have been surprised about how successful the campaign has been,” Vice President of University Relations Jim Lyons said. “When you think about how bad the economy is, it is a testament for the university.

It shows how much faith people have in the university, and students and faculty should feel good about that.”

The money raised through the RISE campaign will go to campus renovations, including a new recreation center and an upgraded library.

“Once we get the money we will start building as soon as feasible, but we will go all the way through,” Lyons said. “We won’t stop if we meet our goal.”

The RISE campaign is on a timeline, which means the University will continue to raise money for the full designated 7.5 years even if the goal is reached early.

“When we announce a goal,

we expect to exceed it and this campaign has taken on a certain life of its own,” Lyons said.

Steps have already been taken in planning for the library.

The blueprints of the new library can be found on The Library’s homepage.

“We have completed the first stage of strategic design,” Dean of the Library Drew Harrington said. “It’s based on what we’ve heard from student and faculty on surveys and blogs over the last four years.”

The renovations to the library will include 20 study rooms – there are only nine now – that will have moveable furniture to make study time more comfortable.

There will be a Learning Lab on

the upper level for independent and collaborative learning where assistants will be available to aid in the research process. An expanded Multimedia Lab will be located on the third floor so students can develop and edit different types of media assignments such as transferring video recordings onto a DVD. There will also be a Study Lab (Quiet Zone) that will remain in the basement like the one The Library currently has.

“It is a major renovation so we will not be able to be in (The Library) during that time,” Harrington said. “It’s going to be hard the year that we will be out of the building, but we are going to do the best that we can.”

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Conference to address meaty topics

Photo courtesy of the Univeristy of Portland

New York Times best-selling author, Michael Pollan, to give keynote address

Will Lyons Staff Writer lyons14@up.edu Rarely does the University of Portland make national news, but today, Friday and Saturday it will. This weekend, UP will host the Food for Thought, conference on food and sustainability on campus.

The conference will begin with a presentation by UP alumnus Fidel Bauccio, founder of Bon Appétit, and will conclude with a keynote address by Michael Pollan, the New York Times bestselling author of “The Omnivore’s Dilemma,” “In Defense of Food” and “The Botany of Desire.”

The Food For Thought conference is set to be a huge success,” Associate Director of Media Relations Joe Kuffner said.

“One of the premier conferences on food nationally is happening here.”

The conference, which has been in the works since the conclusion of last year’s “Water and Justice Symposium,” according to Chief Organizer and Environmental Science Professor

Steve Kolmes, will also contain a variety of activities, presentations and food tastings. Michael Pollan’s keynote address at 7 p.m. on Saturday is sold out, but there is still a variety of ways students can be a part of the speech.

“We’re going to have a rush ticket line set up, add seats on the floor of Chiles, add seats on the Mezzanine level of Chiles so students can see him on screen and we will screen (the speech) in BC Aud,” Kolmes said. “We’re trying to have every student be able to participate.”

One of the major goals of the conference is student activism, according to Renee Heath, adviser of the Communication Department’s Teaching Our Leaders Civil Discourse and Service (TOLCS) club.

“One of the major components of TOLCS is to train students in mediation,” Heath said. “We’re raising the bar on education. It’s about engaging students in a call to action.”

Heath’s students will facilitate round table discussions relevant to food and sustainability at noon

on Saturday.

“We will host engaging conversation that will create new ideas fostered by UP,” junior and TOLCS secretary Megan Brown said.

Laura Goble, director of the Moreau Center for Service hopes the conferences will impact students.

“I’m excited for SLUG (Student Led Unity Garden), eco house, ecology club and other green club students,” Goble said.

“We’re hoping they will move forward more publicly after this conference.”

Kolmes agrees the key to the conference’s success will be student involvement and action.

“If students get involved it’s going to be incredibly exciting,” Kolmes said.

For a full schedule, please see www. pilots.up.edu/web/ foodforthought/ schedule

What to attend

With so much going on, the real question is, “What events should I attend?” Don’t miss these three opportunities at the Food For Thought Conference.

Thursday: Fidel Bauccio on non-therapeutic antibiotics in meat.

Not many people know that Fidel Bauccio, the founder of Bon Appétit, is also on the U.S. Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production, which monitors the meat industry.

Bauccio will show a documentary called “Frankensteer” at 6 p.m. and will host a meat tasting in The Bauccio Commons. While slots for the tasting are full, students can still enjoy the film as well as Bauccio’s speech and discussion.

Friday: Food Film Festival After a showing of “Fresh,” a film documenting the rapid change of the food industry in America, student films on the subject of sustainable and

local food will be aired in The Commons at 6 p.m. All students are welcome to attend and participate.

Saturday: TOLCS and Michael Pollan close Food for Thought At noon, TOLCS will host its engagement session, which will generate ideas about how to live and eat more sustainably.

Registered members of the conference will be the primary participants in the discussions, but students are welcome to watch the session. Students also can watch TOLCS’ “Live Trending” which will post updates and graphs about ideas being generated in real time.

Pollan’s speech will begin in the Chiles Center at 7 p.m.

“He’s a great mainstream tool that can inform everyone, not just in hippie Portland, but everywhere,” junior and TOLCS secretary Megan Brown said.

Photo Courtesy of Colleen Butterfield

Junior Katie Griffith, along with other students from environmental science classes, volunteered at local garden projects last week to get into the spirit of the Food for Thought conference.

Beacon wins SPJ awards

The Beacon placed second for Best All-Around Non-Daily Student Newspaper in the annual Mark of Excellence Awards sponsored by the Society of Professional Journalists, Region 10. The collegiate journalism competition featured student newspapers from colleges and universities in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Alaska.

A Nov. 19, 2010 Beacon story about Four Loko by reporter Caitlin Yilek, a junior, won third place for Breaking News Reporting.

A photo of a car fire on campus in Feb. 2010 won second place for Breaking News Photography. Erica Ellingsen, who graduated last May, was the photographer.

Winners were announced Saturday at an awards luncheon on the Richland, Wash., campus of Washington State University.

“I think it’s a true testament to all the care and dedication the staff has put into The Beacon this year,” Editor-in-Chief and junior Rosemary Peters said.

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UP applies for grant to fight sexual assault Grant would implement preventative measures in the sexual assault policy Elizabeth Vogel Staff Writer vogel11@up.edu On March 31, the University of Portland applied for a federal grant that would provide funds to implement a preventative approach in UP’s sexual assault policy.

Martin Monto, professor of behavioral and social sciences, and Kristina Houck, a counselor in the Health Center, spearheaded the move to apply for the grant from the U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women (OVW). If UP is awarded the grant, funds would go toward educating students about sexual assault and ways they can intervene in situations where they recognize a potential assault.

While sexual assault has long been an issue on campuses nationwide, UP’s grant application is especially timely: Last week, the Office of Civil Rights in the U.S. Department of Education sent an 18-page letter to UP and all other schools receiving federal funds to remind them of their obligations under Title IX to proactively combat and investigate sexual assault on and off campus and provide resources for victims.

“I’ve never been more optimistic about our ability to address this issue,” Monto said.

Monto researched what he

calls the “bystander effect” in cases of sexual assault. He said people who witness a possible sexual assault want to help, but are unsure how.

“I’ve never been more optimistic about our ability to address this issue.”

Martin Monto Behavorial and Social Sciences professor “Students are hesitant to intervene because sexual behavior is seen as private,” he said.

Many cases of sexual assault occur off campus in unsupervised settings where the only people who can intervene are other students, according to Monto.

“My research shows that students all really believe they should intervene,” he said.

The grant application, which proposes a prevention program based on bystander intervention, indicated a need to increase

reporting through training, publicity and reviewing UP’s sexual assault policy, in addition to increasing services for victims, according to Monto. UP would work with the Portland Women’s Crisis Line and the Portland Police Bureau.

“We all are potential bystanders and have the ability to notice situations that could lead to violence,” Houck said in an email. “Given the appropriate education to increase our awareness of these situations and to develop skills on ways to intervene, we have the ability to significantly reduce the incidence of violence on our campus and in our community.”

Monto said UP’s current sexual assault policy is up to standards, but the proposed changes would make UP more proactive than reactive.

“The policy is pretty consistent with OVW expectations, but there is room for improvement,” he said.

The OCR sent out an 18-page letter to UP and all other federally funded institutions clarifying what should be included in a sexual assault policy. The letter spelled out specific expectations and reminders, including the fact that an institution is responsible for investigating all reports of sexual assault involving students regardless of if they occurred on or off campus, that an alleged victim should not be forced to

face the accused and that reports in the fall or the spring,” Parish should be addressed in a timely said. manner.

Part of the grant would go According to Natalie Shank, toward raising awareness about assistant director of Residence sexual assault on campus.

Life, UP’s policy addresses all of “There would be repeating those issues. and recurring awareness on The letter also stated that campus,” Monto said. the sexual assault policy and If UP is not awarded the resources for victims should be grant, it will still go forward with readily available to everyone. the plans laid out in the grant UP has held events to raise application. awareness about sexual assault.

“We are hopeful we will Last spring, UP hosted its first win the grant; we won’t know ever Sexual Assault Awareness until next fall,” Houck said.

Week. Last fall, the Peer “Whether we win the grant Health Educators facilitated an or not, we are committed to awareness week. increasing bystander education “The Peer Health Educators on campus, believing that it plays (PHEs) facilitated a Sexual a critical role in the prevention of Assault and Harassment violence.”

Awareness week in November of this academic year in the hopes of getting a better turnout to events than was achieved last spring,” Houck • For more Information on UP’s Sexual said.

Assault Policy visit: www.up.edu/ Sophomore PHE judicial and click on the link to Carly Parish was University Policy and Community pleased with the Standards. attendance to the awareness week in November. The • For more information on OCR’s letter visit: http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/ PHEs want to put list/ocr/docs/dcl-factsheet-201104.html. on another sexual assault awareness week next year.

• For more information about the OVW “We want to make campus grant visit: www.ovw.usdoj. most of our events gov and click on the link for OVW annual, but we don’t Grant Programs. know if it will be

More Information:

REVENUE: Other resources of UP’s revenue

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3. Though student fees are only 2 percent of UP’s revenue, UP will take in over $3.5 million during the next academic year from the professional tuition fee and the ASUP student government fee.

The ASUP government fee is $70 each semester per student. The money primarily goes toward CPB events and student clubs.

Fees also include the professional tuition fee for classes in the business, nursing, engineering and education schools.

8. Other revenue: 3% 4. Off-campus programs, such as Studies Abroad, make up 4 percent of UP’s revenue.

5. UP takes in 2 percent of its revenue from contributions or annual gifts made by alumni 7. Grants & contracts: 1% and friends of the University.

6. Endowment draw: 2% 6. Another 2 percent of UP’s revenue is from an endowment draw, which is the interest made from gifts and contributions.

5. Contributions: 2% 7. Grants and contracts make up 1 percent of UP’s revenue. These grants and contracts are usually for research from foundations or government agencies, according to 4. Off-campus programs: 4% Ransmeier.

3. Student fees: 2% 8. UP takes in 3 percent of its revenue from miscellaneous sources such as parking tickets, library fees and ticket sales.

Tuition and room and board: 86%

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1. April 8, 7:57 p.m. - Public Safety officers made contact with two students behind Villa Maria Hall. Students consented to a search of their property, and a bottle of alcohol and drug paraphernalia were confiscated.

2. April 9, 12:57 a.m. - Public Safety received a medical call at Mehling Hall where a student appeared to have alcohol poisoning. AMR also responded, and the student was transported to Emanuel Hospital by ambulance.

3. April 10, 5:58 p.m. - A student came to Public Safety to report he or she had been assaulted at Tyson Hall. Portland Police also responded and took a report from the student.

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4. April 11, 6:23 p.m. - A student came to Public Safety to report a confrontation he or she had off campus with an angry driver. The student was advised to call Portland Police since the altercation occurred off campus.

5. April 11, 11:38 p.m. - Public Safety received notification from Portland Police that a party was broken up at the 5300 block of N. Syracuse and UP students were involved. Public Safety officers were not involved in shutting down the party.

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Relay for Life tries to play catch up Relay for Life gives away iPad to help fundraise Amanda Blas Staff Writer blas13@up.edu UP students coordinating this year’s Relay for Life are having problems reaching their fundraising goal of $55,000 for the American Cancer Society.

They are scrambling to increase their fundraising efforts to reach their goal by the end of the event this upcoming weekend.

The Relay for Life, which is going on its seventh year at UP, is an overnight walkathon held in the academic quad. It is the American Cancer Society’s number one fundraiser, helping fundraise for research grants to help find cures for cancer as well as for services helping those who suffer from cancer. The event will start at noon on Saturday, April 16, and will go on until 8 a.m. the following day.

According to junior Chris Vennes, co-chair of UP’s Relay for Life, the fundraising goal was set over the summer based on last year’s goal and how much money the fundraiser brought in.

But, as of Wednesday, UP was still far off from its goal, with fundraising efforts barely passing the halfway mark.

“We’ve raised roughly about $26,000 so far,” Hilary Elgin,

UP’s staff partner from the American Cancer Society, said.

According to junior Kelsey Siekkinen, co-chair of UP’s Relay for Life, the current fundraising problems can be attributed to a shift in this year’s focus from fundraising to student participation in the event.

“We focused on getting more people in on the event but not as much fundraising happened,” Siekkinen said. “More people are involved, but now we need to get more people inspired to fundraise.”

To encourage fundraising, UP’s Relay for Life has come up with an incentive for participants’ fundraising: an iPad giveaway.

“It’s worked to get people interested,” Siekkinen said. “Big incentives, such as an iPad, help motivate people to fundraise.”

According to Elgin, the iPad will be given away through a raffle that will take place on the final day of Relay for Life. To get tickets for the raffle, students must raise money for the Relay for Life. Every $150 that is raised is rewarded with one raffle ticket.

“We expect to reach our fundraising goal with this iPad challenge,” Elgin said. “Most of the people I’ve talked to seem pretty intrigued and excited about the cool incentive, especially

EXPENSES: Explanations for additional expenses Continued from page 1 5. Fringe benefits are 10 percent of UP’s expenses. These benefits include retirement, tuition remission, payroll taxes and health insurance for employees.

6. Four percent of UP’s expenses are devoted to paying back any debt the University has accumulated. “(This is) entirely for new buildings and remodels that were paid for with a combination of gifts and bonds, or borrowing,” Ransmeier said.

7. Nine percent of the budget is allocated for services such as Bon Appétit. There are also other expenses associated with Studies Abroad and off-campus printing, Ransmeier said.

8. The cost of utilities makes up 2 percent of UP’s expenses. The utilities include electricity, natural gas, water, sewer and solid waste disposal.

9. The capital-renewal/IT/library expense includes the renewal of buildings and equipment, wear and tear, the Library’s collection and technology.

10. All other direct expenses paid by UP include travel, office and custodial supplies, postage, etc.

11. The contingency expense is the University’s emergency fund.

“It’s for emergencies, unforeseen expenses or events, or if enrollment falls short of what is projected for the budget or if financial aid is over awarded,” Ransmeier said.

because it’s only for UP. The atmosphere of it all is creating a positive experience.

According to Siekkinen, the giveaway has been a success so far, with their fundraising increasing a couple thousand dollars since it started.

“I’d say there are about 173 raffle tickets that will be given out on the day of relay for the iPad challenge as of now,” Elgin said.

In addition to the money raised from the iPad giveaway, the chairs of the Relay for Life event expect to see an increase in fundraising in the upcoming week.

“You definitely see a big increase with fundraising the week before Relay,” Vennes said.

“We are college students, and most people wait until the last minute.”

Siekkinen also noted the actual Relay for Life event plays a big role in fundraising.

“A lot of money that we bring

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fundraising than a year before, but it’s coming together,” Vennes said. “I feel we’ll hit our goal.”

from the event itself,” Siekkinen said. “We make a lot of money the day of.”

Despite problems with • To donate, go to www.relayforlife. fundraising org/upor for Relay for • To be a team captain or help with Life, Vennes is the Relay for Life committee next confident in UP’s year, email uprelay@gmail.com ability to reach • Everyone is invited to the Luminaria its goal.

Ceremony, Saturday night, April “We’re a 16, at 10 p.m. to remember those little lower right lost to cancer. now in terms of

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LIVING

Professor says goodbye after 41 years

“I will finally have the time to read the books I want to read,” Masson said.

Freshman Hayley Moore, who When Louis Masson started is taking Introduction to Literateaching at UP in 1970, there was ture with Masson, is glad to be in no Pilot House, Mago Hunt The- his class. ater or Chiles Center. The cost of “I feel really fortunate to have an average house was $27,000 gotten into his class because he’s and a number of Masson’s current shed such a good light on literacolleagues weren’t even born yet. ture for me,” Moore said. “I’ve “On the one hand, the campus explored short stories in such a looks quite different,” Masson great way.” said. “On the other hand, it’s basiAccording to Moore, Mascally the same.” son addresses his students as his Masson has written books, friends and sits among them durcontributed frequently to Port- ing class. He also has a fantastic land Magazine and aided in the sense of humor. creation of the Schoenfeldt DisMoore recalls Masson talking tinguished Writers Series. about his office hours: “If you His latest accomplishment ever come to my office – no, I was achieving emeritus status as will not share my Absinthe with he will retire this May. you.”

According to Bill Reed, UP’s Events Director, Masson has always been a very friendly and social presence.

“He is famous for wandering the halls and stopping to chat with everyone,” Reed said.

“There’s no reason why the university should assign him an office because he’s never in it.”

Reed says they spend at least 10 minutes a day talking about subjects Photo courtesy of Louis Masson from world Louis Masson and student Yasutoka Okayama in the late 1970s in Howard Hall. Masson keeps in events to books touch with previous students and has also taught they are reading. different generations of families.

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Philippe Boutros Staff Writer boutros14@up.edu

Last Friday, raucous screams and indie rock raised the roof of the Chiles Center. Pilotpalooza, which was canceled last year, appeared to entice the droves of students entering the building.

This is the first time the event has occurred independently of Weekend on the Bluff – Admission’s welcoming event to potential incoming freshmen.

“Last year Admissions received feedback from prospies (prospective students) saying that Pilotpalooza was terrible, which is why they switched to doing the ‘Price is Right’ event,” CPB Director Hillary White said. “So we coordinated with Admissions on Friday to make sure that it isn’t during Weekend on the Bluff.”

Members of the student body were pleased with Pilotpalooza’s return.

“This is a really great opportunity for students to come and have fun in an alcohol-free envi-

“We’ve gotten to be pretty good friends over the years,” Reed said.

One aspect of teaching at UP Masson finds interesting is the ever revolving door of students who take his classes.

“It’s an adventure each time walking into class,” Masson said. “It’s a new batch of wonderful young people.”

After 41 years of new students, Masson appreciates talking with graduated students.

“I’ve been getting notes from old students, and it’s been really humbling to hear from them,” Masson said.

Masson has also Bryan Brenize | THE BEACON taught different genEnglish Professor Louis Masson will retire this May after 41 years at the Unierations of families. versity of Portland. Masson has achieved emeritus status in his final year and is “I’m now teaching looking forward to reading books during his retirement. the children of people I taught years ago,” Massachusetts and moved to New and many recognize him as quite Masson said. “A student will York before getting the job offer a fancy dresser. look familiar, and after class (the at the University of Portland.

“He’s a very dapper dresser, student) will say, ‘My mom says “I had never been west of Buf- he’s frankly a clothes horse,” hello.’” falo,” Masson said. “My father Reed said. “He will look like he’s Masson hasn’t just had an im- always wanted to come out west about to go fishing one day, and pact on students, but also helped – he said it was God’s country. I the next day he will look like he’s the school through financial tur- ended up beating him there.” playing croquet.” moil in the 1970s. According to Masson lives three miles from Masson will now have time to Reed, Masson and other faculty campus and has lived there for read all the books that have been members would go to the presi- around 30 years. waiting for his upcoming retiredent’s office to discuss campus “It’s been the perfect place, ment. matters. a wonderful place to raise chil“It will be the first time in 65 “He understands how the dren,” Masson said. years I haven’t gone to school in place works and when to advoLike his house, Reed joked September,” he said. cate for change,” Reed said. that Masson hasn’t switched Despite his lengthy UP ca- up his house or his wardrobe in reer, Masson was not always an awhile. According to Reed, MasOregonian. Masson grew up in son takes good care of his clothes

Return of Pilotpalooza: CPB strikes back

ronment,” Ben Thompson, ASUP Treasurer, said.

The queue to get in to the Chiles Center at 9 p.m. stretched all the way out to the main parking lot, but it didn’t seem to be an issue for some students.

“I’ve been looking forward to this all year. Honestly, the line could stretch all the way to the Pilot House, and I’d still go,” freshman Cameron Ell said.

Once inside, students had to sign a waiver assenting their awareness of the risks involved with the activities that were offered. After that, they were free to have fun.

“My favorite thing is the rock climbing, it’s nice to get really high,” freshman Elizabeth Polsin said.

Pilotpalooza featured a bouncy house, an inflatable bungee run, a rock wall, a mechanical surfboard, two henna artists and a photobooth. Although there were many activities, the long lines became an issue for some students.

“There are not enough activities for this many people to do,”

freshman Parker Mildenhall said.

“I think that I would have preferred for there to be more events that cost less instead.”

Sawtell, a student band, and Rootdown, a local band, were also contracted to play at the event, using a new sound system acquired by CPB. “When words fail, music speaks and UP screams,” Sawtell lead singer Trent Beaver said, while pausing between songs.

The live music was a welcome addition to the event, giving students waiting in line something to bob their heads to (or in some extreme cases, flat-out dance).

“The live music was pretty rad, I got a free T-shirt and I’m going to wear it every Tuesday,” sophomore Katy Danforth said.

“This is awesome!”

The total cost for the event, which hosted 483 students, was just shy of $12,000 and was paid for by last semester’s Capital Improvement Funds.

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(Right) Sophomore Megan Yamamoto running on the inflatable bungee game last Friday.

Pilotpalooza, held last Friday, featured a rock wall, an inflatable bungee run and a photobooth for students. Pilotpalooza had a turnout of 483 students.

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SUCKER PUNCH “Sucker Punch” has been getting pummeled by reviewers.

A prime example would be what Christopher Toohey of the UK’s Daily Mail wrote in his review: “It seems to have been made for 15-year-old boys by a sad middle-aged man whose only experience of life is from violent comics, shoot-’em-up video games and online pornography.”

That guy is an idiot.

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I went to go see “Sucker Punch” at the behest of a close friend of mine (“I know it’s gotten terrible reviews, but it’s good!”), and I definitely don’t regret it. In fact, I highly recommend it (except for the first few heart-wrenching minutes – I haven’t been this close to tears since Sarah Palin anointed herself as a ‘Momma Grizzly’).

“Sucker Punch” is Zack Snyder’s first experiment with writing and directing a screenplay, and it’s a resounding success.

Snyder created a movie as gritty as “Sin City” with an Inceptionesque psychological subplot, epic action typical of his previous works and an extremely compelling story.

The main character is a young girl who is placed into a mental institution by her stepfather (her younger sister’s killer).

She creates a fantasy world in order to plot an escape before she has to undergo a lobotomy that her stepfather bribed a doctor to do.

Even if you’re too dense to appreciate the plot (I’m talking to you, Toohey), you’d have to be a Quaker not to appreciate the action. The effects are more than superb – and I only saw the 2-D version. I don’t think that I would have been able to handle the 3-D Imax experience.

How could a movie with World War I Axis zombies, drag-

ons, samurai, a bordello and five highly attractive, scantily clad girls who could take on the entire cast of “300” and “Watchmen” go wrong? It can’t, and that’s my point. Haters gonna hate, but this kid loved that movie.

– Philippe Boutros READ... THE WIND-UP BIRD CHRONICLE Haruki Murakami is one of most renowned novelists of the 21st century, and he doesn’t even plan out his books before he begins them.

“The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle” was published in 1995, a few years after Murakami garnered international fame with his novel “Norwegian Wood.”

You may have also heard of “Kafka on the Shore,” “Sputnik Sweetheart” or “Dance, Dance, Dance.”

“The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle” secured Murakami’s status as a prominent literary figure and rightfully so. It’s pure magic.

The novel tells the tale of Toru Okada, a passive man in his early thirties. After his cat disappears, his wife, Kumiko, convinces him to hire a psychic to find it. She herself disappears soon after, and it is up to Toru to find her. He encounters a mystical world along the way, making friends with a death-obsessed high school dropout who works in a wig factory and making enemies with a demonic politician.

What is real and what is not start to blur together for Toru as he steps outside time and space to find Kumiko.

The beauty of “The WindUp Bird Chronicle” is that no matter how surreal and elusive it gets, somehow you always understand what Murakami is trying to convey. The language he uses transforms even the most supernatural events in the novel into complete sense. He weaves together the tales of all of the characters in a chaotic, nonlinear fashion but also in such an artful manner that the themes – the fleeting nature of romance, the unfeeling nature of politicians and the tragedy of World War II – tie together neatly and logically.

– Corey Fawcett

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ASCE Club’s canoe is a concrete achievement Photos courtesy of Jason Weeks Page Design by Andrea Jackle | THE BEACON

Corey Fawcett Staff Writer fawcett13@up.edu The hard work of UP’s American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) can be measured in about 150 pounds of concrete canoe, which ASCE members will race against other canoes this weekend.

“And the canoes float,” project manager and senior Jason Weeks said. “That’s usually everyone’s first question.”

This year, UP is hosting the concrete canoe competition for ASCE’s Pacific Northwest Regional Conference. Nine teams – all from Northwestern universities – have designed and built concrete canoes and will race them at Horseshoe Lake in Woodland, Wash., this Saturday.

“It’s been a long process. We’ve

done a lot of research,” Weeks said.

Weeks started planning the project last summer. Because UP has not been involved in the competition since 2002, he started the project from scratch with no initial materials, funding or team members.

Nevertheless, it has quickly built up speed.

“We have a surplus budget now, 15 people, materials for next year and a huge base of knowledge,” he said.

At the beginning of the school year, the project team was split into two groups: a mix-design group that concocted the concrete and a construction group that created the canoe’s mold.

The competition’s rules state that at least half of the materials used in the mixture had to be sustainable, a fraction that has increased year by year according to senior and com-

Junior Billy Gibbs measures out the spacing for the canoe cross sections. Gibbs will be the Mix Design Captain for ASCE next year.

petition organizer Nathaniel Hardy.

The mix-design group experimented with items such as corn, coffee grounds and crushed glass before settling on remolded plastic.

“The mixture at the end is ac-

“And the canoes float. That’s usually everyone’s first question.”

Jason Weeks senior

tually lighter than water,” Weeks said.

ASCE members crossed their fingers when they separated the canoe from its mold Sunday, hoping the concrete wouldn’t break – a possible outcome, according to Weeks.

“There were parts of it that

looked like weak points that almost looked like cracks,” ASCE officer and junior Jennifer Brannan said.

“We weren’t sure how thick the layer was in the middle.”

Weeks was relieved by the successful separation.

“Our whole year of work would have been done,” he said. “It made the last nine months worthwhile.”

However, the group still has work to do. Before the races on Saturday, ASCE members will perform a “swamp test” on their 20-foot long canoe to see if it can float on its own. If it does, they will participate in three-person male, female and coed sprint and long distance races. Paddlers, according to Weeks, were chosen based on how much work they’ve put into the project.

The two teams with the top canoes will go to nationals.

The wooden mold is filled with expandable construction foam, and then encased with Styrofoam plastic wrap.

According to Brannan, who will take Weeks’ position as project manager next year, the group has benn putting its final touches on the canoe this week.

“It’s going to be a relief to be done Saturday,” she said.

ASCE members are already strategizing for the next competition. They plan to use their experiences from this year to make a few changes in the construction of next year’s canoe, like using a wood mold instead of a foam one.

“This year has been more about the learning experience and preparing to have a more competitive canoe next year,” Brannan said.

All Pacific Northwest Regional Conference canoes will be on display in the Chiles Center on Friday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Each school will give a presentation on its canoe construction process.

Junior Billy Gibbs attaches the bow cross sections for the canoe. The metal threaded rods are spaced at 1-foot intervals to prevent longitudinal displacement.

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The ASCE members wait to see if their canoe holds together as they remove it from the mold. Members were worried about weak points and the thickness of the middle layer.

ASCE members inspect the cut stern cross sections before attaching them to the canoe.

Senior mix design captain Chelsea Cassell works with next years project manager, junior Jennifer Brannan and sophomore Andrew Takahashi in testing a sample of concrete in the “Saytec” machine.

Above is the first batch of concrete mix-design cubes.

The team experimented with mixes by filling them with corn, coffee grounds and Styrofoam.

The concrete mix is prepared and applied to the mold by seniors Nick Moran, Kat Lauver, Darko Simic and junior John Megrditchian.

Samples are prepared for a seven-day testing period. The weeklong wait period allows for more accurate compression results.

Senior JasonWeeks, co-project manager, kneels next to the completed wood mold.

FAITH & FELLOWSHIP

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Senior presents capstone about ordination of women Sarah Hansell Staff Writer hansell14@up.edu On Tuesday, senior Elisabeth Loren stood behind a podium and presented her Founder’s Day senior capstone project on one of the most controversial subjects in the Catholic Church – the ordination of women as priests.

Her faculty advisor, Sister Kathleen McManus, OP, announced that Loren did not want an introduction. Loren introduced herself before launching into her presentation, which explained the Church’s long-standing opposition to becoming priests.

As a theology major and social justice minor, Loren was interested in women’s roles in the church. Her passion really began to grow when she took McManus’ “The Mysticism of Resistance,” a theology class about gender roles.

“Her interests were in the role of women in the Church and justice for women in the Church,” McManus said. “She was drawn to narrow it down to women’s ordination in the Roman Catholic Church.”

Loren said she had seen other theology capstones that were just regurgitations of classes the seniors had taken. She wanted her project to be more original and to

be about something that mattered to her, which is how she landed on women’s ordination.

“It was more my own,” Loren said. “It was something I was passionate about.”

In Loren’s presentation, she went over the documents that stated the Church’s reasons for not allowing women to be ordained as priests. The reasons included keeping with the ageold tradition and the fact that Jesus was incarnated as a man and did not call any women to be one of His Twelve Apostles. These documents can be hard to understand, so it was Loren’s goal to make them clear for her audience.

“You’re pretty much decoding something in another language,” Loren said.

Loren responded to the Church’s reasons with both historical evidence and references from the Bible. She talked about how before ordination existed, women performed functions now reserved for priests. She also talked about how Jesus called both men and women to follow Him. “I thought it was interesting that she argued with the Church with its own documents,” audience member and freshman Will Cooper said.

She also talked about the inequality of denying a woman the

right to be a priest if she feels called to the priesthood.

“Prohibiting women from fulfilling their calling from God is an injustice,” Loren said in her presentation.

Some audience members were extremely supportive of Loren and the movement for women’s ordination.

“Presently it’s something I think that a lot of people in the church haven’t thought about, so I think it’s great we have people like Elisabeth,” junior Andrew Lundquist said.

Others agree and have their own views as to why women should be allowed to join the priesthood.

“I used to be against ordination of women until I heard Sister Kathleen talk about feminist theology,” sophomore Edith Guerrero said. “(Jesus) actually came to liberate women, not oppress them.”

Loren said there were many different opinions about this issue among faculty, staff and students, which gave her an opportunity for good discussion.

“With such a strong connection with Holy Cross I knew off the bat there would be some resistance from the priests,” Loren said. “(But) I never encountered somebody telling me I can’t do it.”

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Senior Elisabeth Loren presenting her senior capstone about the ordination of women as priests on Founder’s Day. Loren, a theology major and social justice minor, chose her senior capstone topic based on the theology class “The Mysticism of Resistance.”

Although women’s ordination is something Loren feels passionate about, she does not think it will happen in her lifetime, and she believes the change needs to be gradual and brought on by conversation and discussion.

“Change takes time,” Loren said in her presentation. “My opinion is that the next and continuing step is education.”

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Granting possibilities for spreading awareness Sexual assault awareness is a serious matter that should never fade from our attention. Every weekend, UP students going out on the town or to parties with their friends may encounter situations with potential for sexual assault.

This is no reason to be paranoid, but there is a good reason to be prepared. UP needs to create a culture of awareness where students feel equipped to help themselves and their friends out of potentially dangerous situations.

That’s why Sociology Profes-

sor Martin Monto and Health Center Counselor Kristina Houck should be congratulated for pursuing a campus grant from the United States Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women. The grant would fund the education of UP students about sexual assault.

Specifically, the grant concentrates on helping students understand the psychological phenomenon of the bystander effect.

This phenomenon often results in friends being reluctant to intervene in potentially dangerous sexual situations because they

don’t want to invade a friend’s privacy.

This grant would create a program to empower students to help their peers avoid sexual assault where it often occurs: in unsupervised off-campus settings, such as parties.

Students have been educated about sexual assault through presentations during sexual awareness week and freshman orientation. This grant takes awareness a step further by concentrating on specific response strategies for students.

The grant is especially rel-

evant in light of the 18-page letter from the U.S. Department of Education Office of Civil Rights recently sent to federally funded institutions. The letter clarified what should be included in sexual assault policies.

UP has a thorough sexual assault policy that adheres to federal standards, but there is always more students and administrators can do to help curb sexual assault, which is still so pervasive on college campuses across the U.S. It is encouraging that Monto and Houck are using their pro-

fessional research interests to directly help the University strengthen its sexual assault education.

College students should be armed with strategies to help their friends out of potential sexual assault situations.

We hope Monto and Houck’s efforts enable UP to receive the grant and we applaud them for their efforts to boost student and administrative awareness of sexual assault.

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Dance rules go too far

Kathleen Doyle Guest Commentary According to the April 7 issue of The Beacon, CPB and Student Activities wish to breathalyze every student who attends Dance

of the Decades in hopes of reducing the amount of alcohol-related issues at the event. Not to beat a dead horse (à la the chivalry debate), but after reading the articles concerned with anticipated policy changes, I am troubled by the intended course of action.

But even though I disagree with current plans (which seem reactionary in nature) this editorial is not meant to diminish the efforts of CPB members and Stu-

dent Activities employees. Both work hard to plan fun and safe events and undeservingly take flak from students who … let’s say … desperately want tickets to a sold-out dance.

With regard to Dance of the Decades, many have already argued that stricter rules would lead to a decrease in ticket sales – and they very well might – but I believe the implications of the proposed policy changes are

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much more disturbing than lost revenue.

Having played both the role of the occasionally unruly resident and the role of Resident Assistant, I find it appropriate (and beneficial) that policies at UP reflect a trust in students. Even the current intervisitation policy, for example, shows that UP has confidence in its students.

Currently, a student must sign in at the front desk when they visit another hall and must leave the room they visit once intervisitation hours are over.

But ask any on-campus Pilot: it’s extremely easy to circumvent these guidelines and break all the intervis you want. So, in hopes of eliminating all violation of the intervis policy, should we adopt a set of rules based on distrust? If we really wanted to eliminate intervis problems, us Fields Hall RAs would check every room (parallel: Public Safety would breathalyze every dance attendee …) at midnight for male students. Or perhaps visitors would be required to leave their ID cards at the front desk when they enter. What about sneaking them in the back doors, you say?

We’d certainly hire hall monitors for that. Nevermind the exhaus-

tive checks and balances – our residents will probably just thank us for keeping them safe. And if they hate living in Fields? Well, we might just rid ourselves of the pesky on-campus housing crisis when they move to houses and apartments.

I appreciate that CPB and Student Activities aim to protect students’ well-being, but can’t ignore that they aim to solve a problem by eliminating choice.

The three hospital visits, five MIPs, three send-homes and one detox trip are extremely disconcerting, but I instead would like to consider the other 1,700-some students who were not appallingly plastered.

Some of us do feel that drinking inhibits our dancing abilities, but as workshop leaders, RAs and alcohol speakers will all maintain, only about 20 percent of college students choose to completely abstain from drinking. Perhaps this is the same 20 percent that agreed that massbreathalyzing would solve the problem (and perhaps students who choose to spend quality time with a CPB survey are the same responsible types who aren’t celSee Dance, page 12

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DANCE: changes Continued from page 11

ebrating Thirsty Thursday … just saying). Point is, skewed results are no democratic basis for this policy change.

Course of action aside, let’s look at the core of this problem.

Students are stupidly drinking massive amounts of alcohol very quickly. Since we don’t want them getting Hepatitis C at the “drunk tank,” we decide to virtually outlaw drinking the night of our biggest dance. We forget that students end up in detox or at the hospital all the time following nights of binge drinking at offcampus house parties.

We also forget the University’s central values of teaching, faith and service. If our students are pounding eight shots in an hour, something is amiss educationally – students who end up in the hospital have not been sufficiently taught about responsible drinking.

I say keep homecoming, but still request that extra money.

Maybe it can go toward a comprehensive alcohol education rather than a D-list band (last time I checked, you couldn’t get someone rad like Ke$ha at UP for $17,000). If we decide not to teach students about safe alcohol consumption and if we decide not to have faith in their abilities to make good decisions as adults, not to worry – where there’s a will, there’s a way.

Students are already buzzing

about ways they can ingest alcohol without their BAC manifesting itself through a Breathalyzer.

Jell-O shots, apparently, can be swallowed quickly and soaked into the bloodstream more slowly. If you’re a lady not looking to pre-game, you could also – for example – place plastic bags of alcohol in your bra for later.

Now, unless P-Safe wants to invest in TSA-esque body scanners or begin strip-searching students, the threat of policing students isn’t going to keep alcohol out of our dances. And if it does, it will push our uneducated students out into the neighborhoods of North Portland where there are no CPB volunteers, Public Safety officers or Student Activities employees to watch out for them. These “solutions” are all viable if, and only if, we decide the problem is that the school has to deal with drunken students at its own events.

If CPB and Student Activities can use the “appeal to probability” and “proof by example” fallacies (for all you philosophy majors out there), I feel okay using “slippery slope” and “appeal to fear” in this editorial.

Guess what doesn’t show up on a Breathalyzer? Ecstasy. But at least nobody’s blood would be 9 percent vodka.

Kathleen Doyle is a junior secondary education and English major. She can be contacted at doyle12@up.edu.

OPINIONS Dance Disagreements The recent controversy surrounding Dance of the Decades has generated much frustration within the UP community, including myself.

Why should we all be punished for a few students’ careless mistakes? Just because a few students drank more than they should have should not be a reason to ruin the event for everyone. Dance of the Decades is meant for students to have fun and let loose.

I would not really call the 20 percent that agreed with a mandatory Breathalyzer a staggering statistic by any means.

My question is, what did the other 80 percent say? There are many other options other than a mandatory Breathalyzer test and a mandatory Breathalyzer would only deter students from attending. One option would be to hold the dance at Chiles Center as opposed to the Crystal Ballroom.

I think students feel the need to get so drunk in order to compensate for the long lines and bus rides that are required for the dance to be at the Crystal Ballroom. With the dance held

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in Chiles, students could simply walk to the dance, where there could be multiple entrances.

There are also many other benefits to holding the dance at Chiles, including decreasing drunk driving, increasing the amount of people that could come to the dance as well as reducing the ticket price.

Instead of spoiling the fun for everyone, we should fix the problems that are causing people to drink too much.

-Anna-Lise Krippaehne, junior nursing student.

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Th[dr]inking Outside the Box The possible consequences of the proposed changes to UP dances need to be better thought out.

Firstly, a sharp decrease in attendance, either out of spite for the new rule or out of the inconvenience of having to take the bus. If they’re really looking for a drinking deterrent, UP could do what my high school did: People show up to the dance through whatever transportation and have to reach into a box filled with white and blue poker chips.

If someone draws a blue poker chip, he or she is breathalyzed.

This is a much more efficient use of time and resources than the tedious process of breathalyzing every single person and trying to securely funnel everyone from bus to dance doors.

Trying to completely do away with any possibility of alcohol use increases the odds for different substance use like marijuana, ecstasy, or cocaine.

Below are some possible excerpts from articles reporting on future dances. Guess which substance was most popular based on the selected quotes!

- “People definitely had a lot of energy, they just wanted to dance all night!” Public Safety had to break up several fights and six students sought medical attention for nosebleeds.

- One student commented on the “strangely touchy” and “sensual” dancing of some.

Public Safety is investigating five separate cases of sexual harassment.

- “It was pretty mellow …

People weren’t dancing that much, but there were a lot of laughs. Unfortunately, the buffet table was out of food only an hour into the dance!” Luckily, there was no misconduct to report.

“Good clean fun” appeals mostly to parents, not to college students. Legality aside, I don’t think there’s a problem with students having a couple of drinks to perk up their weekend.

The problem is with those that don’t know their limits or have poor judgment. However, the minority shouldn’t rule the majority.

Ultimately, if a student wants to drink or be under an influence, they’ll find a way or time to do so. Scare tactics or harsh discipline will only go so far in changing behavior. Therefore, perhaps there should be greater or different efforts to influence the intrinsic motivation of students, something more than the optional alcohol speaker.

As an organizational communication major, I can think of a variety of marketing efforts to help do so, and I bet many students could offer CPB ideas as well. UP needs to work with students and not against them.

-Catherine Pickett, senior organizational communications major.

in Cambodia by partnering with existing organizations to fund sustainable and innovative education projects.

These generous donations will be put toward a fundraiser dinner April 20. Donors will buy a ticket to the dinner for $50 and 100 percent of that money will go to Global ADE. This is because the points will cover the cost of food, catering and a few auction items.

Don’t have $50 to spend on a dinner? Talk to your parents, or a faculty member you know might be interested. Send them

to up.edu, where they can find a news story about Global ADE and a link to purchase tickets.

And keep an eye out for the Global ADE website, which will be launched in the next two weeks.

Once again, students have the chance to do their part in making the dream to improve education in Cambodia a reality.

Why Cambodia? It’s a perfect mix of opportunity and need.

Only 25 percent of students make it to sixth grade in rural areas and a few dollars go a long way toward alleviating the problem.

Ten dollars can fund uniforms

for a student for a year of school, $30 can buy a bike for a student to ride to school, $2,000 would provide a quality teacher for rural students and $8,000 could build a sorely needed middle school classroom. Be part of this real movement to improve education in Cambodia and help us make this April 20 Fundraising Dinner a success.

Kurt Berning is a junior finance and operations and technology management major and can be contacted at kurt@globalade.org.

Help Cambodian students

Looking at the global picture

Megan House Guest Commentary A sunrise over the Acropolis, art at the Uffizi Gallery, a race in the original Olympic stadium and Libyan refugees scrambling to stow away under our tour bus as we waited to load onto a ferry in Greece.

Which of these events does not belong?

As we pulled into Patras, the loiterers set an uneasy air about the bus. While we were 40 students constantly on the move in our year abroad, it was even more unusual for us to consider people who weren’t going anywhere at all.

However, as soon as our bus came to a stop, they were on the move. Dozens of scruffy, unwashed men were swarming our bus. Many of them were crawling in the mere foot of space between

the bus and the ground.

Unsurprisingly, everyone, myself included, was concerned.

No one had a right to get under the bus or into any of our things.

I didn’t have much time to think about this, as all around me people were voicing their opinions: “Run them over, Roland!”

That “bad man” can’t get on our bus and “take my pretty things.”

I was astounded that such things could issue from the mouths of world travelers and university students, students of a Catholic university committed to social justice.

I didn’t know much about the specific situation, but what I did know was that these people were putting themselves at great risk and I highly doubted that they would do so without a very good reason. Personally, I wouldn’t think some college kids’ stuff qualifies such desperation.

Regardless, I was appalled by the blatant disregard for the value of human life. Even as perceived threats, these people were still human and their lives have value.

I am all for lightening a scary

situation with humor, but it was utterly inappropriate to make comments of this nature.

The irony was painful; these people felt desperate enough to risk their lives on the thread of hope that it would take them somewhere better. Their lives had already taken on a lower value in their own eyes and here we were stripping them of the dignity they had left with our judgment.

We quickly disembarked and were not further hassled, but not without many comments that made my gut wrench. Later, I watched the Greek news and learned that those swarming the ports were refugees of the quickly deteriorating situations in Libya and North Africa. Though I couldn’t understand most of what was being said, the footage alone made me nauseated.

Traveling is not about location or the miles your feet have tread.

Merely experiencing another culture does not make one more aware. It requires a personal responsibility to actively put yourself in the shoes of others.

We often travel the world like

kids in a candy store: We ogle, we eagerly sample and sometimes we might spit out something that’s not to our liking.

But to travel categorically judging other’s cultures, cities and treasures by what pleasure it gives you personally is not really traveling at all. Why not just watch the Discovery channel, a convenient distance from your very own bed and a refrigerator full of things you know you like to eat?

The true value of traveling is to delve into the culture, the lives and the reasons of the other.

Many times this is uncomfortable or awkward, but it is the way that we find unity within diversity.

The answer to “Which of these experiences does not belong?” is none of the above, because each experience provides us with critical perspective when we open our eyes to the big picture.

Megan House is a sophomore organizational communications major. She can be contacted at house13@up.edu.

Faces on The Bluff

By KEVIN KADOOKA Photographer

We asked:

What is your favorite springtime activity?

“Doing homework in the Quad.”

Emilie Carroll, freshman, nursing

“Picking tomatoes.”

Cesar Villegas, sophomore, mechanical engineering

“Going on walks in the sun.”

Stephanie Paustian, sophomore, civil engineering

“Going fishing on Sauvie Island.”

Katie Ralston, freshman, biology

“Ultimate Frisbee.”

Tai White-Toney, freshman, environmental science

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SPORTS

Intramural ban a result of alcohol John McCarty Staff Writer mccarty12@up.edu For allegedly violating the Department of Recreational Service’s policy and attending games under the influence of alcohol, a group of players known as the Colossal Squids has been barred from participating in the spring season of intramurals.

The ban came about as a result of policy violations that allegedly occurred during the last two spring seasons of intramurals and, as opposed to individual sanctions, forbids more than four members of the Colossal Squids from playing together as a group.

“We don’t deal with many discipline problems, which is a good thing,” Director of Recreational Services Brian Dezzani said.

“However, it is our responsibility to maintain a safe play environment and this decision is a result of that.”

Colossal Squids team captain and senior Cameron Keilty-Lucas think Rec. Services has based its decision on limited circumstantial evidence.

“The refs assumed we were intoxicated because we’re kind of a wild team to begin with,” KeiltyLucas said. “It’s all hearsay to be

honest. There was no beer or alcohol on the field, they just said we smelled like alcohol.”

According to Dezzani, the problem first came to his attention two years ago in the spring of 2009 when intramural officials reported their belief that members of the Colossal Squids attended a co-recreational soccer game under the influence of alcohol. The situation came to a head following the Squid’s quarterfinals game during the 2010 spring soccer season.

“We ended up being disqualified from the playoff game.

We tried to fight it as best we could, but Rec. Services is Rec. Services so they won that one.”

Cam Keilty-Lucas, Senior “I got a report from the officials that they could smell alcohol on the breath of a lot of the players,” Dezzani said. “Apparently, there was some discussion on whether to end the game or not See Squids, page 15

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Students go all out for Ultimate tourney Joanna Goodwin Staff Writer goodwin12@up.edu The sport is called Ultimate for a reason. Players have to combine skill and sportsmanship in order to make it to the top.

“To be a good Ultimate player you need athleticism and situational awareness,” junior Spencer Boland said. “Ultimate involves near constant running so good players must be able to play continuously on a high level.”

Last Saturday, Boland’s team, the Cub Clubbers, lost against their rivals, The Champions. Cocaptain Brent Groulik appreciates his team’s hard work and believes it had the factors that set them apart as winners.

“Communication on the field is key. We use our girls a lot more than most teams, all the better teams will use their girls. Strong girls are key to a strong team, and our girls are awesome,” Groulik said.

Despite their loss, the Cub Clubbers worked hard and are still proud of their successful work at the tournament.

“We got second place. Our team historically does well during its seasons,” Boland said. “We took second place three times in a row now, so I don’t mind saying we had pretty good chances,” During the game, they knew they had to focus on certain parts of the competition in order to keep up with the challenge.

“Our team works together through communication off and on the field and respect for each other’s talents,” Boland said.

They may have had a strong communication, but in order to make it to that first place spot next year, Boland knows what they need to work on.

“We need to practice our decision making. Any mistake your team makes is just a break for the other team,” Boland said.

Scott Chia | THE BEACON

Junior Kapua Chandler on team Cub Clubbers jumps to intercept the Frisbee. The Champions defeated the Cub Clubbers in the final, 10-9.

Other teams aren’t as lucky as the Cub Clubbers.

“Unfortunately my team, Por Ti Volar (the name of the song that the two brothers sing at the end of “Step Brothers”), lost in the first round of the tournament,” freshman Katie Schloesser said.

Despite losing early on, Schloesser and her team don’t have a hard time remembering that it is just a game.

“We just have fun with it. I mean, there’s a little competitiveness but if we lose then who care?

It’s just intramurals, we are here to have fun and we do,” Schloesser said.

Both Boland and Schloesser agree that fun is what Ultimate is all about.

“It’s easy to learn and a lot of fun, and it’s a great way to be play a sport competitively while in college,” Boland said.

Boland may have years of experience, but Schloesser was new to the game and still recognized the excitement Ultimate has to offer.

“I hadn’t ever played before I got to UP so it was fun to experience a new sport. I like that in Ultimate you are forced to work as a team, you can’t have one person as a one man team and hogs the disk,” Schloesser said. “You have to work together and rely on your other teammates.”

Both teams hope to someday claim the championship for their own.

“Winning would be a huge accomplishment!” Schloesser said.

But Boland had different pri-

orities.

“Winning would finally mean that we finally won one of them T-shirts,” Boland said.

The victory and T-shirts now belong to The Champions, who are proud of their accomplishments.

“Really, I just liked how we were able to back up our overly cocky name that a teammate came up with,” Groulik said.

SQUIDS: Reports of alcohol, rough play Continued from page 14 and the officials allowed them to keep playing, which is not what I would want.”

The Colossal Squids finished their quarterfinals game in the lead and, according to KeiltyLucas, were informed by the officials that they had won.

“Later I got a call from Dezzani, he said we lost the game and that we needed to talk,” Keilty-Lucas said. “We ended up being disqualified from the play-

off game. We tried to fight it as best we could but Rec. Services is Rec. Services so they won that one.”

When captains Keilty-Lucas and Riva met with Dezzani they denied the allegations.

“They told me one thing and the refs told me another,” Dezzani said. “So we accumulated the information needed to make an informed decision. When I talk to every staff member and they all tell me the same thing we have to do something.”

According to four-year member of the Colossal Squids and senior Aaron Davis, the Squids were allowed to participate in other intramurals this year including volleyball and softball.

“I definitely think the decision was sudden and a little ridiculous, I don’t really think it’s fair at all,” Davis said. “It’s sad that we can’t play our senior year. It seems like Rec. Services was out to get us and we were kind of made an example of.”

The decision to ban the Colossal Squids from playing as a team is a matter of safety and policy, according to Dezzani.

“It’s our responsibility to maintain a safe play environment, if someone is unfit to play we don’t want them playing,” Dezzani said. “We’re enforcing policy and doing something about it at the point that it needed to be done.”

According to Davis, the Colossal Squids stood out from other teams because of their spirit for the game and their uniforms, which consist of pink tank tops and blue short shorts with the Colossal Squids logo on them. According to Dezzani, the Squids had a reputation for aggressive play.

“We don’t go on the field and try to hurt people, we just want to have fun and try to win,” KeiltyLucas said. “It seems to me that (Rec. Services) is trying to make intramurals more serious than they are.”

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P. 15: UP students get Ultimate P. 14: Intramural team banned

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Non-conference woes Pilots show signs of life for the start of conference play, but a 6-4 loss to Oregon highlights a struggle against non-conference opponents

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PJ Marcello Staff Writer marcello13@up.edu On Wednesday, the Pilots fell to in-state rival University of Oregon in a 6-4 loss at Joe Etzel field.

The Pilots scored two runs in the bottom of the seventh before the Ducks responded with a two run rally in the top of the eighth to steal the game.

The non-conference schedule has been a struggle for the Pilots, who are 10-16 in non-conference games. However, the team may have found a way to turn its luck around in conference games.

In the first conference series

of the season, Pilot baseball took two of three games against Pepperdine last weekend.

The Pilots have struggled as of late but show signs of improvement in their first conference series. They found a couple ways to win which included a come-from-behind 7-6 win in the 10th, and a complete game shutout from sophomore ace Chris Johnson.

“It’s obviously nice to win again,” Johnson said. “We had a tough non-conference schedule so it was nice to settle back in at home. We consider conference games a new season so we got to start over with a clean slate.”

The Pilots can now chisel out a few wins on that slate and

they believe they can continue the trend throughout the rest of league play into the post season.

“Sometimes you have to hit rock bottom to get better like we did but now we are going to blossom,” sophomore pitcher JR Bunda said.

Coming off an 11-1 loss to No. 19 ranked Oregon State and throwing 10 walks in the game, there were a lot of questions about the pitching, hitting and fielding for the team. The team responded strongly, especially with Johnson’s eight strike out, no walk performance.

“We were up and down before so we had to figure some stuff out in practice. The pitching has improved, the fielding is better

while there was some purple, a lot of it was adorned with gold and had a canine on it.

Many of you are from Oregon and Washington and many of your family members are Ducks or Beavers or Huskies, so I understand the occasional sweatshirt or hat. But what I can’t understand is the lack of Pilots gear being worn around campus.

Aside from the athletes who probably own only Portland gear, I counted a total of two UP sweatshirts worn, and one of the people wearing one may have been a prospective student. I am not asking anyone to be a walking billboard, but seriously, only two sweatshirts?

As you’re reading this you’re probably wondering why this is a big deal. It’s just a sweatshirt or a hat. Why should you have to advertise to other UP students that you yourself are a student?

It is because wearing purple does not individualize you as a Pilot, it identifies you with something bigger than yourself.

People, this is our school. This is our campus. And while it may not be your favorite, purple is our color, and Wally is our mascot.

This lack of Pilot apparel is merely an extension of a bigger

problem. Aside from the Gonzaga and St. Mary’s games, the Chiles Center remains embarrassingly empty as many of you sit idly by waiting until Thursday for The Beacon to tell you the results. And while I appreciate your readership, get up and go watch the game! You don’t have to wait for Gonzaga or St. Mary’s to come to enjoy a basketball game, you can do it for every game.

That’s like having the option to have multiple birthdays but just settling for the one.

The other day, I went to a baseball game against Oregon State and was shocked by what I saw. Not only were there more Beavers fans present, there were more Oregon State students. They drove an hour to watch their team and you couldn’t walk across the street.

But this is not just about sports.

School pride is not limited to the Chiles Center or Merlo Field. It extends to the classrooms and The Commons, the Chapel and St. Mary’s. School pride means having pride in everything this school seeks to provide, which is defined as a “diverse community of scholars dedicated to excellence and innovation.”

It means having pride in your

and the bats came alive,” Johnson said. “We have enough talent to compete with and beat anyone in league.”

The team credits some of its improved play against Pepperdine to the fact that they can now practice in the better weather, and that they are no longer stuck on the road for long stretches.

“We’re finally able to get into a groove and get more practice time which is something the coaches have been stressing,” Bunda said. “We are able to get on our field and get on rhythm; it’s nice to be home.”

The benefits of finally getting a consistent schedule have paid off so far and the support at home is a huge contribution to

the team’s success.

“Being settled in for conference games at home helps us,” Johnson said. “We were on the road almost every week, 20 of our first 25 games were away games.

Guys were getting tired and it was tough to get into a rhythm.”

Despite the struggles of the pre-conference schedule, the Pilots have their conference games to look forward to for most of the remainder for the season.

The team will have an opportunity to get back into winning form in an upcoming WCC three-game series against San Francisco at Joe Etzel Field tomorrow at 3 p.m.

It’s more than just a sweatshirt Bruce Garlinghouse

Staff Commentary The other day, a former University of Portland athlete asked me to write story about the lack of school pride on campus. “You always see people wearing other school’s colors and gear,” she said in frustration.

So as I walked to class one day, I decided to put her conviction to the test and conducted an experiment. It was a simple experiment, one that even a lowly communications major such as myself could handle. I counted the number of people I saw wearing other school’s sweatshirt compared to those showing their purple pride.

The results are in and I have concluded that The Bluff is suffering from an alarmingly low purple cell count and is need of immediate treatment.

Walking around campus, I saw a lot of black and orange and even more green and yellow. And

Kayla Wong | THE BEACON

Freshman Sarah Benedict sports Gonzaga gear around campus. professors. The people who have dedicated their lives to furthering the mission of the school — and to make every cent you or your parents spend count. They come to school every day just like

you, except they don’t get to skip class.

Remember, you CHOSE to come here. So be proud of it.

Have some pride and go buy a damn sweatshirt.