The Beacon - April 19 - Issue 24

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A look into UP’s future

Neighborhood residents view elements of UP’s new master plan. The public information meeting was Tuesday in the Buckley Center.

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University drafts master plan in anticipation of growth

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Kate Peifer Staff Writer peifer14@up.edu At the end of May, UP will present the City of Portland with a new master plan that forecasts what UP might look like in 20 years. The plan anticipates needs of a potential student population of 5,000, a significant increase from the current population of 3,200 undergraduate students and approximately 700 graduate students.

The proposed snapshot of the plan is the first step to solidifying the 35-acre expansion of campus, including the River Campus

below the bluff. Potential new projects include an environmental science laboratory, more student housing, additional parking, a shallow water habitat for juvenile salmon, softball fields and a track.

According to Assistant Vice President of Community Relations and Special Projects James Kuffner, the University is using the plan to gauge the future of UP’s campus.

“We recognize that you can’t predict what something will be like in 20 years but it gives you a benchmark to work with,” Kuffner said.

The master plan will allow

the University to meet the needs of the student population that has increased on average by 2.8 percent each year in recent years.

“We are able to measure the impact of a 3,800-student population and then measure an increase to 5,000 students to determine those impacts,” Kuffner said. “We can then address this increase by adding parking, mitigating traffic and so forth to the needs that arise.”

According to Kuffner, the plan was created to allow flexibility for the University’s needs without designing specific buildings or arranged lots.

“We don’t specify any

particular buildings in order to be able to meet the needs of the growing population as needed,” Kuffner said. “We can then select the project that is most needed and the University has always had the goal of residency on campus and new dormitories would be a part of any new development.”

The master plan encompasses all uses related to the University including administrative, academic, recreational, residential and commercial.

“Considering all of the forced triples they’ve had to implement, it would make sense to add more dorms if they’re going to expand,” sophomore Liz Randazzo said.

The possible need for more residences on campus concerns surrounding neighbors, about two-dozen of whom attended an informational meeting in Buckley Center Tuesday night. Neighbor Stacy Mercer is concerned about the master plan since it allows buildings within campus to be up to 75 feet tall.

“I live on Warren, where my husband’s father and grandfather built our house in 1948,” Mercer said. “It’s a family home so my concern is that I’ll be staring at a giant door across the street.”

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April 19, 2012

On On Campus Campus

‘A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM’ TICKETS Tickets are available for the final performances of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” presented by the Performing and Fine Arts Department.

The performances are today through Saturday at 7:30 p.m. in Mago Hunt. Faculty and staff can use their season passes to reserve complimentary tickets, and students can reserve free tickets for tonight’s performance.

BLUFFOONS IMPROV COMEDY TEAM Friday, the Bluffoons Improv Comedy Team will have its last performance of the year at 8 p.m. in the Mago Hunt Recital Hall. The performance is free.

GIVING THANKS Monday through Wednesday, there will be events to say thank you to Physical Plant, Public Safety and Bon Appétit workers. Monday, there will be a thank you card and poster-making session in the Mehling Hall Ballroom from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, there will be cookie and brownie baking in the Mehling Hall Ballroom. The first shift will be from 4 to 6 p.m., and the second shift will be from 9:30 to 10:30 p.m. Wednesday, all the cards, posters and baked goods will be distributed. For more information, please email guerrero13@up.edu.

PANEL DISCUSSION Wednesday, a panel discussion of the current political climate and the issues pertaining to Catholics will be at 10:30 a.m. in the Executive Board room in the Bauccio Commons. The panel includes Political Science Professor Gary Malecha, Director of Campus Ministry Fr. Gary Chamberland and Executive Director of the Garaventa Center Fr. Jim Lies.

The event is free and open to all. Tickets for the luncheon, which will follow the panel, may be purchased for $10.

Please RSVP to Jamie Powell at powell@up.edu.

CORRECTIONS In the April 12 issue, for the “Next year’s alternative study rooms finalized” article, Monica McAllister took the photos.

For the “Annual Founders Day celebration to commence on April 17th,” article the company name, Gorilla Meats, was spelled incorrectly. Also, the local client did not choose the group members – the professor did.

The Beacon regrets the errors.

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.

Six students awarded Fulbrights Students will travel to Germany, India, Spain and the UK after graduation Philip Ellefson Staff Writer ellefson15@up.edu Six UP seniors will go abroad this fall to teach, study and conduct research through grants they received from the Fulbright Commission.

Seniors Jessica Marsh, Bianca McCluskey and Jason Hortsch were awarded English teaching assistantships (ETAs) in Germany, while senior Chris Lew received an ETA in Spain.

Students with ETAs work in classrooms 12 hours per week to help students in their host country learn English. Senior Kurt Berning received a grant to travel to the UK, where he will do graduate study in education and development at the University of East Anglia. Senior Jennifer Brannan was awarded a grant to India to research water treatment.

Last year, 10 students from UP were awarded Fulbright scholarships, five of which were ETAs to Germany. According to “Washington Monthly,” more Fulbright scholars came from UP last year than any other masters university.

Although the number of Fulbright scholars has dropped this year, it is not inconsistent with UP’s normal results, according to John Orr, assistant to the Provost for Fellowships and Grants.

“Until last year, five was the most we had ever gotten,” Orr said. “So this year, we’re actually right on where we’ve been.”

Orr also said the Fulbright scholarships have become more competitive, especially the ETAs to Germany.

“It used to be that any student who made the state-side cut got the ETA to Germany,” Orr said. “But it’s getting more

competitive.

More people across the country are applying now.”

Germany accepts more Fulbright scholars than any other country, with 140 ETAs Jason Hortsch given to students Kurt Berning Jennifer Brannan Location: Germany from the U.S. Location: UK Location: India each year.

Jackie Jeffers | THE BEACON Jackie Jeffers | THE BEACON Talley Carlston | THE BEACON McCluskey, a German studies major, applied for the ETA to Germany because of her undergraduate studies abroad experience in Salzburg, Austria during Jessica Marsh Bianca McCluskey her sophomore Chris Lew year.

Location: Germany Location: Germany Location: Spain “That’s the Jackie Jeffers | THE BEACON Jackie Jeffers | THE BEACON Jackie Jeffers | THE BEACON reason I became a German major, to India or some developing because it’s a part of me,” Hortsch was because I wanted to do that yearlong country,” Brannan said. “But the said.

Lew, a Spanish and program, and this is where I am class that really inspired me was an environmental engineering biochemistry double major now,” McCluskey said. “As a who studied in Granada for a freshman, I never would have course.”

Marsh is excited to see how she semester, looks forward to the imagined it.” can develop through her teaching cultural experience of his year When Brannan got her letter, assistantship in Germany. abroad. she was excited to find out she “On a personal level, I hope “One of my favorite things would be researching clean water to gain the independence of is just immersing myself and solutions in Kanpur, India. knowing I can do it,” Marsh said. experiencing their way of life,” “It was so overwhelming, “On a professional, practical Lew said.

“I hope I can just learn I didn’t know how to react,” level, I think that being around a more about other cultures.”

Brannan said. “I felt like Berning is looking forward screaming and crying and hands-on learning environment will be really helpful to me to his year of study abroad dancing and laughing at the same career-wise.” because it will give him not only time. I spent the whole day telling Hortsch is excited to go academic experience, but also a everyone I know.” abroad not only for academic new environment to learn in.

Brannan looks forward to reasons, but also because it gives “I want to get as much applying her knowledge to him an opportunity to connect to experience out of it as I can, not research in India and hopes to his heritage. just in the classroom, although draw on her UP education.

“A large part of my heritage that’s important,” Berning said.

“Before starting college, I is German, so I want to fully wanted civil engineering to serve some bigger purpose, like going immerse myself in that culture,

Three students accept Austrian scholarships In addition to the six Fulbright awards given to UP students, three students earned awards from the Austrian-American Educational Commission.

The Austrian-American Educational Commission, which is affiliated with Fulbright program, sends 140 U.S. students to Austria each year to be English teaching assistants.

Seniors Mary Dolan O’Brien, Jocelyne LaFortune, Holly Duffy, Bianca McCluskey and Jessica Marsh won this award, although McCluskey and Marsh are accepting their Fulbright awards instead.

LaFortune, who studied in Salzburg during her sophomore year, will be teaching at two schools in Ried im Innkreis, a town about 35 miles north of Salzburg. She is excited to go back to Austria.

“I’ve wanted to go abroad ever since I stepped off the plane here two years ago, so it’s really

exciting,” LaFortune said.

LaFortune, a German studies and English double major, has also studied French, Latin, Spanish and Jocelyne LaFortune Mary Dolan O’Brien Holly Duffy Japanese.

Location: Austria Location: Austria Location: Austria She looks Jackie Jeffers | THE BEACON Hannah Gray | THE BEACON Jackie Jeffers | THE BEACON forward to the educational opportunities be teaching in St. Johann im sophomore year, will be she will have during her Pongau in the state of Salzburg. teaching in Vienna. teaching assistantship.

Duffy said her experience in “I am really excited,” Dolan “I think that for one it’ll give Salzburg solidified her plans to O’Brien said. “I could not be me time to figure out what I want go abroad after graduation. happier. This is an awesome to do,” LaFortune said. “Beyond “I was there my sophomore opportunity, and I’m happy to that, I’m really interested in year, and I liked it then,” Duffy go back to Austria. Das geht ab.” language acquisition and how said. “It’s kind of been a plan people learn languages.” since freshman year.”

- Philip Ellefson Duffy, a German studies and Dolan O’Brien, a communication double major communication and German who also studied in Salzburg studies double major, also during her sophomore year, will studied in Salzburg her

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Marketing and sustainability major discontinued The one-year-old major will be replaced with a marketing and management major Natalie Wheeler Staff Writer wheelern12@up.edu John Schouten and Diane Martin, business professors and husband-and-wife duo, wrote the book on marketing and sustainability, literally.

Their textbook, “Sustainable Marketing,” was part of the impetus to create a namesake major last year. However, the year-old marketing and sustainability major will be discontinued because Martin and Schouten are leaving UP for fulltime tenured faculty positions at the University of Aalto in Finland.

“I have great respect for John and Diane,” Robin Anderson, dean of the business school, said. “They are great experts in the field, but without them we just don’t have the capacity to continue the program.”

Instead, a marketing and management major will replace the marketing and sustainability major.

“Sustainable marketing

“The major has changed now three years in a row.

It’s concerning because you don’t know what you’re going to end up with when you graduate.”

Kyle Matosich Junior

is John and Diane’s area of expertise,” Anderson said.

“Having them here was a major qualifier for the major.”

Despite dropping the major, the Pamplin School of Business will keep the sustainable marketing class because the syllabus and textbook were already drafted by Schouten and Martin. The business school is currently looking for an adjunct faculty member to teach the course.

According to Lisa Reed, associate dean of the business school, this sustainable marketing class was the sole sustainabilitybased requirement of the major.

The rest of the courses remained focused on marketing.

Anderson said that although the class will remain available, it would be difficult to maintain the major without Schouten and Martin. He said next year’s accreditation process puts extra pressure on the school to have experts who specialize in the degrees offered.

“We just have to have everything in order,” Anderson said. “We can hire someone to teach a class, that’s quite different. If we offer a major in the field, we have to show that we have faculty who are experts.”

Both Schouten and Martin were unhappy with the decision to discontinue the major. Schouten said the major was important because it allowed graduating seniors to have a unique edge in the job search and because of the increased need for sustainable business practices.

“Sustainability should be at the heart of everything that we do,” Schouten said. “I definitely think this is a step backward.”

Junior Kyler Matosich, a

marketing and sustainability major, was taken aback by the collapse of the major, but for different reasons.

“The major has changed now three years in a row,” Matosich said. “It’s concerning because you don’t know what you’re going to end up with when you graduate.”

According to Reed, the school will not abandon sustainability in the classroom. A sustainability minor combines business and

UP to host Portland mayoral debate Debate will be on television, radio and online

Kathryn Walters Staff Writer walters14@up.edu UP is set to play a part in the Portland mayoral race April 26, when UP will host a debate for the top candidates Jefferson Smith, Eileen Brady and Charlie Hales in the Buckley Center Auditorium.

“It’ll be the first opportunity for many people to listen to the candidates in a long form,” Dennis Glasgow, program director for KPAM AM 860 and KKOV AM 1550 and an organizer for the debate, said.

“It’s a great opportunity for

people to hear candidates talk about things that are important to them.”

UP was chosen to host the debate because of its close connection to Robert B. Pamplin, Jr. He founded the Pamplin Media Group, which is sponsoring the debate, and provided funding for UP’s Pamplin School of Business Administration.

“It gives young people at UP a chance to see who their new mayor would be and participate,” Glasgow said.

The mayoral debate will be unique in that Portlanders can attend, listen to or watch the debate live through multiple

forms of media. The debate will be broadcast commercial-free on KPAM AM 860, streamed live on kpam.com as well as be a live webcast with The Portland Tribune and KOIN. “We’re hoping that students and faculty will be there, but because it’s during the day, we’re making it available on as many platforms as we can,” Glasgow said.

The debate will take the form of a panel, where Bob Miller of KPAM AM 860, president of the Portland Tribune, Mark Garber and Mike Donahue of KOIN will ask the candidates specific questions on issues pertinent to the Portland community. The

John Schouten

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panelists will decide which issues they would like to focus on.

There will be time for 10 to 15 questions, with answers and rebuttals from the candidates.

Audience members will also have the chance to ask the candidates their own questions.

Those who watch or listen to the debate on the Internet, radio or television can tweet their questions or post them to Facebook.

“This is a really unique opportunity to possibly ask questions of the candidates and maybe even meet them,” Glasgow said. “We’re looking forward to it.”

environmental science classes is currently in the works.

In hopes of finding a steady niché, the business school has also put together a task force to determine what specializations the school wants to offer.

“We do not want to withdraw from sustainability completely,” Reed said. “We just want to proceed in a very intentional, responsible way.”

Attend the debate Thursday, April 26 from 2 to 3:30 p.m. in the Buckley Center Auditorium

Jefferson Smith Photo courtesy of Jefferson Smith for Mayor

Eileen Brady

Photo courtesy of Charlie Hales for Mayor

Photo courtesy of Eileen Brady for Mayor

Charlie Hales

PLAN: UP 20 years in the future Continued from page 1 According to Kuffner, some of the existing on-campus departments, such as athletic buildings, the baseball field, the tennis center and Physical Plant, will likely be relocated to the riverfront property.

“We obviously need a new athletic facility,” sophomore Matt Brown said. “I had heard they might move the baseball fields down to the river and put a new gym where the fields are now. I think that would be ideal.”

According to Kuffner, the timeline of development is uncertain.

“I don’t know if there’s a definite answer, but the growth of the campus and development

of facilities is an ongoing process,” Kuffner said. “We have developed a strategic plan that guides how the University sees itself and what it’s offering to our students.”

UP will present its case to the city, state why they are in compliance with all of the approval criteria and what steps they would take to alleviate any possible effects to the neighborhood.

“I will meet with those homes we don’t own that are within the boundary lines to try to calm any fears or answer any questions they may have,” Kuffner said.

“And if there’s some type of accommodation to exclude them from the boundary we will try to do that.”

After the application is

submitted, UP expects it to be reviewed and accepted or denied within five months. The overall budget of drafting the master plan is approximately $250,000.

The University’s operational funding is paying for the drafting and designing of the plan, but any construction projects will rely on additional funding from donors.

The master plan will remain in effect until every initiative that is approved is completed.

“One of our main focuses is to maintain the nice, open and diverse campus we all know and love,” Kuffner said.

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Assistant Vice President of Community Relations and Special Projects James Kuffner answers questions regarding UP’s master plan at the open house.

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Mock Trial legend says ‘goodbye’ after 20 years Mock Trial Assistant Director Aaron Johnson will take over as Mock Trial director

Rose Hoonan Staff Writer hoonan15@up.edu Although he may not be the judge, Mock Trial Director and Political Science Professor Steven Taylor declares his time at UP “adjourned” as he is retiring after 20 years.

“My time here has been wonderful,” Steven said. “This is my primary way of giving back to UP, and I appreciate all of the support I’ve received from the community.”

Although he is retiring from his duties at UP, Steven plans to continue teaching.

“I’m not retiring in the formal sense,” he said. “I’m going to teach more classes at Portland Community College.”

The time Steven invested into the program is evident, and he has met friends and collected fond memories at UP. “The lifelong friendships are something I’ll never forget,”

Photo courtesy of Steven Taylor

Steven Taylor

than ever.”

In addition to Steven’s knowledge of Mock Trial are his coaching skills.

“Steven is a very ‘mother hen’ type coach,” Acuña said. “He’s always concerned with the wellbeing of every single person.”

UP alumnus and Mock Trial Assistant Director Aaron Johnson, who will take over Steven’s duties as Mock Trial director, appreciates his coaching as well.

“When I went to UP for my undergrad, Steven coached me,” Johnson said. “One of the biggest

lessons he taught me was how to maintain integrity and play fair.”

Steven sees Johnson’s appointment to Mock Trial director as a good choice.

“There is no better sign that an alumni is coming back to coach,” Steven said. “He may not have as much gray hair as me, but I am sure he will do a great job.”

With the new executive board and director in order, Mock Trial sees a bright future for the 20122013 school year.

“My hope is that we’ll get to nationals,” junior Charity Taylor, who has no relation to

Steven, said. Charity will assume Acuña’s position as president for the 2012-2013 school year. “But it’s not really a hope because I know it’s going to happen.”

Johnson agrees.

“We are going to all the way to the top,” Johnson said. “I want that big giant trophy.”

And even though Steven has resigned as Mock Trial director, Acuña predicts he will stay connected with Mock Trial at UP. “I don’t think he’ll go away forever,” Acuña said. “It’s his life.”

Steven said. “I’ve become friends with so many people I wouldn’t have met otherwise.”

Senior and Mock Trial President Kathya Acuña sees the success of the team as a product of Taylor’s coaching.

“He is really good at pushing our critical thinking skills,” Acuña said. “We’ve progressively gotten better – this year going to nationals, winning more awards

Happy retirement • • • • •

Fr. Richard Rutherford, theology, 36 years Jill Peterson Hoddick, performing and fine arts, 35 years Jack Kondrasuk, business administration, 38 years Judith Montgomery, performing and fine arts, 28 years Ed Bowen, performing and fine arts, 21 years

Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences leaves for Seattle After five years, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Fr. Stephen Rowan is leaving UP to work at the Archdiocese of Seattle, where he will be the Superintendent of Catholic Schools.

While the University searches for a new dean, Ethics Professor Michael Andrew will serve as the interim dean, when Rowan leaves Aug. 15.

“In his five years as dean, the College has grown in all areas, students, faculty, programs and increasing external recognition

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of excellence,” University President Fr. Bill Beauchamp said in an email. “His leadership and hard work have been responsible for the impressive growth of the College, and it is almost impossible to think of any development over the past five years that he has not shepherded.”

May 4, there will be a reception in honor of Rowan in Buckley Center room 163 from 3:30 to 5 p.m.

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1. April 13, 10:33 p.m. - Public Safety received a noise complaint about a house at the 5000 block of North Princeton. Officers made contact with the residents and the party was shut down.

2. April 14, 1:07 a.m. - Public Safety received a noise complaint from a neighbor about a group of individuals on North Portsmouth who appeared intoxicated and disorderly. Officers made contact with a group of students on North Syracuse and advised them to quiet down and go home.

3. April 14, 3:24 p.m. - Public Safety made contact with an individual who was harassing a tour group at Schoenfeldt Hall. The investigation remains open.

4. April 15, 12:27 a.m. - Public Safety received a party complaint about a house at the 4900 block of N. Harvard St. Officers made contact with the residents and the party was shut down.

5. April 15, 12:40 a.m. - Public Safety received a party complaint about a house at the 6700 block of N. Van Houten Ave. Officers made contact with the residents and the party was shut down.

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Student Media leaders announced Elizabeth Tertadian: Editor in chief of The Beacon Sarah Hansell Staff Writer hansell14@up.edu Next year’s editor in chief of The Beacon, junior Elizabeth Tertadian, has been part of The

Beacon since she set foot on campus – from being a reporter her freshman year, to having the position of design specialist created expressly for her, to being design editor this year.

“The Beacon has been part of

Jana Peters: KDUP General Manager

my life since the beginning, and I am really excited to finish my year out as editor in chief,” she said. “I think we have a really good staff so I think we’ll have a good year,” she said.

As a reporter, Tertadian missed being part of the design process, which she experienced as editor in chief of her high school newspaper for two years.

“I love the whole newspaper and seeing it all come together, and being the editor in chief allows me to have a finger on everything that goes on,” she said.

As for next year, Tertadian hopes to do more investigative reporting, build better

lot of the time we don’t have that in our lives.”

When it came time to apply for general manager, Peters said she just thought it was a good idea.

“I just really like working there, and I thought I could do a really good job with the station as general manager,” she said.

Next year Peters plans to continue the station’s work making KDUP a household name by publicizing the station more and have more specific shows, rather than mixes of many different styles in one show.

“I think that next year I’m going to totally try to continue with the upward trend of KDUP … and make it so people on campus want to start listening to our radio station instead of ignoring the fact that we have one,” she said.

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that, we are really influential and therefore have great presence on campus.”

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Lauren Seynhaeve: Editor in chief of The Log

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KDUP’s general manager for next year, junior Jana Peters, has been working with KDUP since her freshman year when she and junior Allie Beck started deejaying “We Will Never Be Professionals,” their very own radio show featuring Americana and folk music and hip-hop.

“I just really love music so I thought it was a good idea to have a radio show where all I wanted to do was talk about music, because that’s kind of how I live my everyday life anyway,” Peters said.

Peters has been part of KDUP ever since, getting to know the station and the styles of the rest of the KDUP team – as a DJ her freshman and sophomore years and as a program director this year.

“I think radio is an incredible way to connect with people, and I think we forget that,” she said. “A

relationships with administration and shift the focus of the sports section from only game coverage to include more sports-related news.

“Other than that, we’re doing a great job right now, so I want to continue to build on that,” she said.

Tertadian looks forward to being editor in chief of a publication that is extremely relevant and important for students, she says.

“I think The Beacon is one of the most important student groups on campus because we are the voice of the students, not just on campus but off campus,” she said. “I think because of

Photo courtesy of Brooke Williams, The Log

Next year junior Lauren Seynhaeve will return as editor in chief of The Log for fall semester. Since she is graduating a semester early, a new editor in chief will be hired for the spring semester, who has not been announced yet.

“I’m excited to be able to be a part of one more yearbook, and I hope I can prep the editor who succeeds me well,” she said.

Besides being the current

editor in chief, Seynhaeve has been involved in a variety of different media outlets. She was a reporter and design assistant for The Beacon during her freshman year and helped produce a yearbook for the Salzburg year program, which she attended her sophomore year.

“I’m excited to use everything I’ve learned with my staff, and I hope they can take that excitement and use it toward their own journalistic futures,” she said.

Next year Seynhaeve aspires to make The Log more known around campus. Her goal this year was to have half the student

body mentioned in the yearbook, which she thinks they have not met.

“I would like to really focus on getting people’s faces and names in the book next year,” she said.

However, Seynhaeve is worried that the quality of the yearbook will suffer because The Log is being moved into a smaller room that is hidden at the end of a hallway.

“I really hope that student media is a continued valued asset to the University, and I hope that we can produce a good enough book that they see our value on campus,” she said.

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Hello Asia: A glimpse into Asian culture Last Saturday, the International Club hosted its Hello Asia event.

Activities included calligraphy, Chinese checkers, fortune telling, shaved ice, bubble tea, and a chopstick competition. There was also live dance, martial arts, a musical performance and trivia.

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Preston Dang from the Summit Wushu Academy shows off his martial arts skills.

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Phillip Dang and Peter Dang of the Summit Wushu Academy perform martial arts fighting.

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Travis Dang from the Summit Wushu academy performs his martial arts skills.

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Traditional Vietnamese Dancers performed at the Hello Asia event last Saturday.

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1. Senior Nadia Peer took this photo in front of Kenna Hall in 2009. Peer’s favorite memory of UP was of her first day moving in to Kenna.

2. Seniors Amanda Horvath and Alissa White, class of 2010 Gloria Bolohan and seniors Sarah Nanbu and Liz Pomeroy pose in the Mehling Ballroom.

3. From left to right: Seniors Bree Bowman, Jessica March and Becca Otto tour Venice, Italy over winter break while studying abroad in Salzburg in 2010.

4. From left to right: Seniors Chloe’ Ruffin, Angelica Arias, Alyssa Wirthlin, Alexa Olin and Erica Jornlin won the intramural women’s indoor volleyball championship for the past four years.

5. In 2010, senior Rosemary Peters was crowned “Queen of the Beacon” and editor in chief.

6. From left to right: Senior Kyle Grotjohn, exchange student Richard Corenelius, senior Chip Wood, an unidentified man and senior Luke Hill.

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Macklemore Madness

Campus Program Board featured hip-hop act Macklemore and Ryan Lewis in the first on-campus concert since 2004

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Macklemore performed some of his best hits with songs like “And We Danced” and “Irish Drinking Song.” Macklemore was interactive with the audience, and at one point even crowd surfed on a blowup swim mat.

Will Lyons Staff Writer lyons14@up.edu Saturday night, the Chiles Center pulsed and beat, full with 2,000-plus screaming fans. When the lights went down and the glow sticks went up, students lifted their voices in a chant: “Mack-lemore! Mack-le-more!”

Rock the Bluff did not disappoint.

After months of planning, the largest event ever put on by the Campus Program Board went off without a hitch. CPB brought Northwest duo Macklemore and Ryan Lewis to the Chiles Center, with Grieves and Budo as the opening act.

Rock the Bluff was the first major musical event at the Chiles

Center since Good Charlotte came in 2004. John Drinkwater, an agent who helped CPB director and junior Sean Ducey book Macklemore, thinks the venue is perfect for live music.

“Chiles Center is a diamond in the rough,” Drinkwater said.

“A lot of artists want to play universities.”

According to Ducey, the event fulfilled a long hoped-for dream.

“Having a major musician come to campus is something that has been requested from students over and over again,” Ducey said.

“I couldn’t have been happier to bring Macklemore to campus.”

For Ducey, student happiness was the best reward.

“Through the hours you spend on a show it means everything to see students walk out the

door with smiles on their faces,” Ducey said.

There were some incidents on Saturday, including students vomiting in the bathroom and on the floor in the Chiles Center according to Director of Student Activities Jeromy Koffler.

Another issue involved students throwing the free glow sticks CPB distributed.

One student was sent to the hospital and received stitches after getting hit in the face with a glow stick.

“We’re going to have to debrief to see what went well and where we can improve,” Koffler said.

Overall, Koffler saw the event as a huge achievement.

“When CPB can provide something like this, they are

really succeeding,” Koffler said.

Post-concert, students’ couldn’t contain their excitement for Macklemore and Ryan Lewis.

“That concert was dope, Macklemore’s got the flow and energy,” senior Alistair Rokstad said. “I was super excited for Grieves as well.”

Freshman Jennifer Cacho agrees.

“It was amazing. I touched Macklemore’s butt,” Cacho said.

Sophomore Mary Fennimore enjoyed the community spirit of the show.

“It was a much better experience than some other concerts because you were with all people you knew,” Fennimore said. “You were bumping into friends instead of random strangers.”

For some students, seeing Macklemore and Ryan Lewis was a dream come true.

Four UP students, freshmen Connor Snashall and Josh Beagle, and sophomores Dalton Kuhn and Nick Mancinelli, camped out since 11 p.m. Friday night to be first in line to see Macklemore.

According to Mancinelli, they slept in sleeping bags on the sidewalk after P-Safe told them to take down their tents, and were awakened by P-Safe again at 6:30 a.m.

After finally seeing his favorite artist for the first time, words still could not adequately express Mancinelli’s joy.

“This was literally the greatest show,” Mancinelli said.

“Camping out was so worth it.”

And he gave a really, really, really good interview

Macklemore shares his thoughts on hip-hop, faith and Zumba with The Beacon before his performance at Rock the Bluff Will Lyons Staff Writer lyons14@up.edu Q: What is the major difference between Northwest hip-hop and LA and NYC? A: I try not to put our sound in a box because it’s diverse, it’s difficult to describe. But I think we’re influenced by the weather and a series of excellent musicians that have come out of Seattle. In terms of the sound I can’t put it into words, but we have definitely grown over the years.

Q: What were you like while you were in college?

A: I was very focused on music, but I didn’t have good SAT scores and I wasn’t able to get into the music program at College of Santa Fe. I couldn’t declare music as my major, which is funny now because now I have a career as a musician.

Q: If you could go back in time and talk to yourself in college, how would your past self react to your career now?

A: I think I would be open to what myself now would say. A lot of what I’ve learned I learned at a young age. I knew back then that drugs and alcohol were not going to help me in any capacity, especially on a career path. I ended up here for a reason and

the music I’ve written since being sober is about an experience with drugs and alcohol and a struggle.

Q: You say that hip-hop saved your life on a lot of your songs. What do you mean by that?

A: Hip-hop gave me a passion; it gave me a reason to just exist.

I mean, that was the thing that made me realize my full potential, it was the thing that was a direct reflection on where I was at in life. It’s my voice, I’m talking to myself so much when I rap, and I’m trying to find inherent truths about myself and the universe and figure out what this whole thing is and how to be a better person.

The way that I write is a scalpel trying to dig beneath the surface and get to that truth, and without it, I wouldn’t have a lot to live for. I mean I would, I would have family and friends and a different career, but I definitely would’ve still struggled with substances if I didn’t have music in my life.

Q: Was your struggle with drug and alcohol abuse a catalyst for your career?

A: No, but I would say it gave me a unique perspective to speak from. I think you have a lot of musicians who glorify the use of drugs and alcohol, and I was able to speak from a different point of view that a lot of people don’t

speak from or can’t speak from.

Q: What do you think about the democratization of music?

Is the fact that there’s a high volume of music a good or bad thing?

A: There were years where I thought that it was a bad thing.

There were so many rappers and they were all trying to be heard.

Now, that I’m coming from a place where I want to be in my career and making progress, I think it’s great.

Q: What do you think is the role of the musician in the 21st century? Is it about selling an image or is it still about the music?

A: I think it’s both, I think it’s always been both. At the end of the day though, if you don’t have good music and the music isn’t connecting with people on some level, you could be the most beautiful girl or handsome dude with all the best clothes and it doesn’t matter.

Q: What is the role of faith in your life?

A: Faith is everything to me.

It’s what keeps me centered, it’s what gives me my core beliefs in life. It’s my compass when I feel like I’m off track, and this is an industry where it’s extremely easy to lose sight of yourself. You get caught up in the rat race of

trying to be famous and get more fans and more money and bigger shows, but in the end if you don’t have faith and you don’t have that reference point it’s very easy to get distracted. I don’t subscribe to any religious belief myself, but I respect all religions. My religious belief comes from a lot of different religions, it’s kind of a hodge-podge of them all and it’s something that I’ve formed trial and error throughout my life. But it’s what keeps me grounded and it’s the foundation of everything.

Q: How do you feel about students making up choreography to your songs for Zumba class at UP? A: I think it’s messed up. I think that it takes away from the culture of Zumba. No, I’m just kidding. I would actually like to take a Zumba class the next time I come here if possible.

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Hip-hop artist Macklemore said faith is a key part of how he stays centered while working in the music industry.

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1.The Extinguishers of Hope were three-time Intramural Ultimate Frisbee Champions. Now all seniors, this photo was taken of the team in the fall of 2009. Left to right, back row: Kellen Batson, Peary Webster, Megan Foltz, Kurt Berning, Chris Nichols, Shawn Ell, Kaitlyn McNamara. Middle Row: Brent Groulik, Katie Link, Svetlana Hunt. Front Row: Geoff McVie. Not pictured: Molly Enger.

2. Seniors Rosemary Peters, Renata Fusso and Tina Schicchi in the first snowfall of the year in 2008.

3. Senior Nadia Peer took this photo during an outside study session.

4. Seniors Katrina Ause, Elizbeth Sykes, Olga Mosiychuk, Katie Kroger, Katie Link and Chelsea Mitchell enjoy dinner in the dorms.

5. The Shiva celebrate their second consecutive intramural co-ed football championship. From left to right: Seniors Alex Grimaldi and Katie Metzger, sophomore Kristin Hortsch, seniors Peter Hulseman, Chris O’Dell, Emma Nelson, and Jason Hortsch, junior Matt Timm and senior Lauren Freeland.

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Quotes from this year’s Beacon Feb. 9: Austin Veiga “People are willing to go without showers for weeks.” Regarding water conservation for UP’s conservation competition.

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Feb. 23: Jonathan Cruz “I had nothing to distract me. It was like being a caveman again and getting down to business.” Addressing how UP’s Internet outage caused him to work without the Internet.

Feb. 23: Geoff Hernandez, Tennis “I’ve had to do some soul searching and had a lot of long walks. Just have to get back into beast mode.

The tiger steps back before he jumps forward.” On his first lost of the year, which marred his previously undefeated season.

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March 8: Will Ferrell “I wouldn’t say I’m a huge fan. I only watch them every weekday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., so I’m not a crazy person about it.”

Answering the question of how frequently he watches “telenovas,” particularly regarding his role in “Casa de mi Padre.”

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April 12: Alex Hyde “We only have one bathroom and girls do spend a lot of time in the bathroom. At a certain point I just started to shower in Howard.” Explaining a setback of being the only male in his house.

Feb. 2: Chris Bates, Lala of the teletubbies “I have some serious shoes to fill. I’m thinking we’ll hold open tryouts to field out the talent.” Speaking about taking over for the graduating members of the basketball teletubbies.

Feb. 9: Nico Marquez “It was more enjoyable because people knew their limits or didn’t drink as much. You could actually dance with people, not dance away from them.” Commenting on the improved alcohol moderation by students at this year’s Dance of the Decades compared to last year.

Feb. 23: Doug and Mary White Mary: “She feels comfortable being herself here and I can see that.”

Doug: “Yeah, herself in a galaxy far, far away.” While visiting for junior parents weekend speaking about their daughter Hilary.

March 1: Jeffery Eugenides, author of “MiddleSex” “You’re going out with somebody in college, after a while you wonder: Why is there always a jar of cranberry juice?”

Addressing an audience member’s question on how he writes so well from the feminine perspective. He used UTIs as an example.

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Events of 2012

Jan. 25 issue Cleve Jones, a prominent gay rights activist, founder of the Memorial Aids Quilt and former Harvey Milk intern speaks at UP. Jones addressed Milk’s influence on his life as well as the direction of gay rights in the United States and at the University of Portland.

March 1 issue Former South African President and Nobel Laureate F.W. de Klerk visits UP.

Feb 2 issue A string of car break-ins on and around campus hits UP when a suspect enters the Tyson parking garage and breaks into a student’s car by smashing a window.

Following the break-in, the thief drives through the parking garage door at about 45 miles per hour.

Feb. 23 issue ASUP election results determine Brock Vasconcellos as president, Kyle Hamm as vice president, Caitlin Chu as treasurer, Sean Ducey as CPB director and Julia Balisteri as secretary for the 2012-2013 school year.

March 22 issue University of Portland loses Tami Magnett, 49, due to natural causes.

Magnett was a Health Center Program Specialist for over 15 years. Students and faculty described Magnett as big-hearted, cheery and dedicated to her job.

March 22 issue Men’s tennis is announced as the 45th ranked team in the country after a 6-0 start to the season. This is the first time UP men’s tennis has been ranked since 2007 when the team reached 75th in the nation for a short time.

Feb. 9 issue CPB successfully hosts Dance of the Decades after cancelling homecoming because of numerous alcohol infractions and hospital visits from students at last year’s dance. This year, four MIPs are handed out, two students are sent back and four students over the age of 21 are sent away because of high blood alcohol content, in comparison to last year’s dance where five students received MIP’s, three were sent to the hospital, one student was brought into detoxification and the bar was shut down due to stolen wrist bands.

Feb. 16 issue Mock trial earns a bid to the national tournament after placing third in a regional competition. Freshman Nic Barradas win the Outstanding Witness Award at regionals while senior and team captain Kathya Acuña places second in the same category.

April 5 issue Four students compete on Wheel of Fortune for the show’s “College Week.”

Danielle Bibbs, Jasmine Dudley, Ben Mesches and Caleb Pentecost were chosen to participate on the show after trying out on campus earlier in the semester. The episodes will be aired May 14-18.

April 5 issue Sophomore Aaron Meyers is upgraded to fair condition after collapsing at the Schoenfeldt and Fields basketball court two weeks prior. On March 23 Meyers’ heart stopped for about 35 minutes and he was in critical condition. A week later he was upgraded to serious condition and just before Easter break was upgraded again to fair condition. The campus came together to pray for Meyers at a candlelight vigil on March 29. Meyers has since recovered and returned to school. - PJ Marcello

Pilots Dance Club Showcase

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April 12: Justin Barrieault “Well, I was slaying the Sith one day and Yoda was helping me. As I was about to be taken down by one of the Sith lords, he saved me.

We’ve been friends ever since.” Talking about his bond with his stuffed Yoda.

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1. Freshman Marisa Peterson and sophomore Sharnelle Kamibayashi of the Pilots Dance Team demonstrate their dance prowess.

2. Freshman Monica Fadel performs a dance to the song “Sandcastles.”

3. Sophomore Lauren Ross performs as a member of the Pilots Dance Team.

4. Kamibayashi and Kristin Kumabe, a sophomore, dance in the Hawaii Club’s Tahitian number.

5. From left to right: Juniors KC Gosline and Kylee A. Green perform with sophomore Pili Burkett and Kamibayashi.

6. Sophomore Brittney Higuchi performs for the Hawaii Club.

7. Right: Andrew Lyon, a senior, and freshman Eloiza Meza-Ramirez show off their Latin dance moves with a dip.

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FAITH & FELLOWSHIP

April 19, 2012

Maureen Briare Guest Commentary Does God have selective hearing? When I was a kid, I had some persistent requests to God in my prayer.

One was for “cartoon hair,” you know, the kind that is shiny, doesn’t get mussed up very easily, and is thick and voluptuous.

I was born with the exact opposite.

Another request was for better eyesight. In my high school and college years, I endured a long “coke bottle glasses” phase, where two-inch-thick lenses made my eyes look like little beady nubblets.

Amazingly, these sort of requests don’t stop at youth. In my middle age, I’ve prayed that all of my varicose veins and stretch marks would be miraculously healed.

Okay, this is probably too much information, but it’s true.

Giving birth to six children has given my legs a blue hue that I would rather have undone.

So what’s up with “ask and you shall receive,” “seek and you shall find,” or “knock and the door will be opened?”

Admittedly, I’ve started

God is listening carefully

this reflection with seemingly “trivial” prayer requests. But what about more meaningful prayers, like for healing of family relationships, the heart to forgive someone, or for physical or mental wholeness?

These are situations that truly challenge our souls and may potentially spiral us into a state of despair. We might think God is actually hearing-impaired.

Over the past five weeks, I was privileged to have been a spiritual director during the Retreat on the Run to two amazing freshman women. One described to me how for Lent she had given up thinking negative things about herself. The words of Psalm 139: “I praise you, Lord, for I am fearfully, wonderfully made” became a life-giving mantra of accepting and loving herself.

The other began keeping a “Gratitude Journal.” Each night she would recollect what she was grateful for during that day. She mandated herself to write down at least 10 things. The first four were easy, but after that, she had to stop and reflect in a deeper way about the events and interactions of her day that would inspire thankfulness.

And that’s just it. Giving thanks. To echo the words of St. Paul: “In all things, give thanks.”

I’ve come to realize that with every prayer request of our needs and wants, we have something to be grateful for as well.

In fact, thankfulness actually shifts the focus of prayer outward: away from ourselves, counteracting our natural self-centered tendencies. By practicing gratitude, we can see more clearly how the love of God is made known to us through others.

So what kind of prayer does God hear? Pope John Paul II encouraged the faithful to “Open wide the doors of your heart” and make room for God to make a home. The more that God is allowed in the “interior,” the more God is reflected in the “exterior.”

Prayer is the primary practice that deepens our relationship with God. So when it comes to prayer, keep talking! Lift up your needs, and the needs of others, to God. Give away your anxieties to God. Hand over your fears. Pass along your insecurities. Offer up your burdens.

Be secure in the knowledge that God does have perfect hearing.

Then, to balance and round out your prayer experience, pepper it with praise, and garnish it with gratitude. Lastly, just listen.

Savor some moments of quiet, to “rest” in the presence of God,

as encouraged by Psalm 46: “Be still, and know that I am God.” So will I ever have “cartoon hair?” No. Better vision? No. Blue legs? Yep. As Archbishop Vlanzy mentioned at the Sunday night Mass, “none of us is a “mistake.”

We are part of God’s perfect plan just as we are.”

Keep asking, keep seeking and keep knocking.

Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!!

Maureen Briare is the Campus Ministry Associate Director for Music. She can be reached at briare@up.edu.

would like to thank the following for their hard work and support throughout the 2011-­2012 academic year: College of Arts and Sciences:

Senior:

Kenna Hall:

Shoenfeldt Hall:

Elections Committee:

-­Alicia Mckay

-­Kathya Acuna

-­Emily Strocher

-­Clinton Malson

-­Patrick Huynh

-­Mallory Milligan

-­Alex Risinger

-­Charlie Taylor

Tyson /Haggerty:

-­Rick Baleros

-­Emily Raszler

-­Alissa White

Shipstad Hall:

-­Stephanie Fekete

-­Charity Taylor

-­Lauren Speers

Junior:

-­Walker Ross

Off-­Campus:

-­Roseanne Jorgensen

School of Business:

-­Kyle Hamm

Christie Hall:

-­Lulu Tang

-­Mara Kouides

-­Brandon Morgan

-­Brock Vasconcellos

-­Gilbert Resendez

-­Bridget Brown

School of Nursing:

Sophomore:

Mehling Hall:

International Students:

And a HUGE THANK YOU to:

-­Patrick Huynh

-­Collin Low

-­Elvia Gaona

-­Sunny Lee

-­The Beacon

School of Engineering:

-­Tanner Haistings

-­Sarah Weedin

Financial Management Board:

-­KDUP

-­Mitchell Stricker

Freshmen:

Villa Maria Hall:

-­Adam Harnden

-­The Log

-­Peter Chamberlain

-­Quinn Chadwick

-­Derek Block

-­Melanie Pesut

-­Joe Kuffner

School of Education:

-­Jessie Robinson

Corrado Hall:

-­Morgan Pesut

-­UP Administration

-­Logan Heyerly

-­John Welland

-­Brandon Morgan

-­Office of Student Activities

Fields Hall:

-­Gilbert Resendez

-­Julia Balistreri

-­Meme Ranken

For their continued support of student government!!

We look forward to working with everyone again next year!

Congratulations to all the graduating seniors and good luck with the rest of the semester!

-­Ian Coe

What’s in our air?

Despite UP’s ‘green’ efforts, a danger lurks in the air from transportation, industry pollution

Rosemary Peters Editor-in-chief peters12@up.edu In the time it takes you to read this sentence, you will have potentially breathed in fumes of 19 different chemicals.

The amount you inhale depends on your location, time of day, weather, wind pattern and other factors, but one fact remains: You are breathing in toxic emissions.

All 19 of these toxic emissions can cause respiratory problems.

Eighteen of these toxic emissions are known or suspected carcinogens.

Sixteen are neurotoxins and can lead to neurological issues.

According to the EPA’s most recent National Air Toxic Assessment (NATA), an assessment that contains 2005 emission data for 177 pollutants, two main sources of these toxics are mobile sources and industry.

These sources affect students, staff and faculty at the University, despite UP’s best efforts to live and promote a green and sustainable lifestyle.

MOBILE SOURCES What is three miles east of I-5, a few hundred feet south of the maritime vessels in the Willamette River and surrounded by several miles of train tracks?

If you answered the University of Portland, you’re right.

Despite its picturesque setting on the bluff overlooking the Willamette River, UP’s location puts it in a hotbed of air pollution from transportation sources such as maritime vessels and trains.

And don’t forget to include the cars, motorcycles, minivans, sport-utility vehicles, trucks and buses taking the pedal to the metal on nearby streets and I-5.

In 2005, Oregon’s Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) completed the Portland Air Toxics Study (PATS), an air quality modeling study projecting air

toxic concentrations for Portland up to 2017.

“We used economic growth factors that we get from the Metro economist. Consumer products, industrial growth, transportation, shipping – anything that would affect emissions,” Sarah Armitage of the DEQ said. “From there we got estimated emissions for what’s in the air in 2017.”

DEQ’s study showed that 15 air pollutants were above the health benchmarks, with eight being more than 10 times higher than health benchmarks: benzene, 1,3 butadiene, diesel particulate matter, formaldehyde, cadmium, 15 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, naphthalene and acrolein.

These substances, excluding acrolein, are known or suspected to cause cancer. Three of these pollutants – benzene, 1,3 butadiene and diesel particulate matter – are largely coming from the transportation sector.

“If you are within 500 meters on either side (of a freeway) there are a lot higher levels of toxic air pollutions,” Armitage said. “And North Portland does have a freeway running through it.”

The EPA estimates that mobile air toxic sources, such as cars or trains, account for nearly half of all cancers attributed to outdoor sources of air toxics.

The cancer issue is a significant concern for North Portland residents, as Multnomah County’s air is the seventh most carcinogenic air out of the 3,000 counties surveyed in 2005 for the NATA report. Portland’s air, which contains 14 carcinogens including some from mobile sources, could cause 726 extra cases of cancer for residents of Multnomah County, according to the DEQ. In addition to containing carcinogens, Multnomah County’s air is the worst in the U.S. for contributing to citizens’ respiratory problems, according to the EPA. Respiratory problems from mobile sources are largely due to

Air pollution by 2017

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Using Department of Environmental Quality data, in March The Oregonian mapped the risk of air toxics by census block for the Metro area. The school icon represents the approximate location of the University of Portland. The map shows DEQ’s estimates of average pollution in each census block by 2017 compared to benchmark health goals known as “ambient benchmark concentrations.” Pollution less than 10 times the benchmarks is good; levels more than 100 times above the benchmarks raise concerns. The University is in the range of 100-150.

Courtesy of Mark Friesen of The Oregonian

Times above ambient benchmark concentration:

a person’s exposure to tiny particles called fine particulate matter. According to the EPA, diesel engines (diesel being the dominant fuel used by the commercial transportation sector) are one of the largest manmade sources of this particulate matter.

In fact, several types of diesel engines, according to the 2008 National Emissions Inventory, power the majority of commercial maritime vessels like the ones in Willamette River.

According to Armitage, diesel particulate matter was taken into account in the PATS study.

“We tracked who goes in and out of the port and the type of ship and the estimate of what they’re burning while they’re there, up and down the river,” Armitage said. “There is some influence from shipping. They’re not a huge influence on the air toxics of most concern, but the closer you get, the more impact there would

be.”

This increases health concerns for UP as its location along the Willamette River exposes students, faculty and staff to these maritime vessels’ diesel exhaust every day.

INDUSTRIAL SOURCES Cancer and respiratory risks aren’t only coming from air toxics from the transportation sector.

The DEQ says higher concentrations of air toxics are found in areas with industrial activity.

The closer an individual is to an industry, the more exposure he or she will have to those industries’ pollutants. This potentially makes the proportion of the overall air pollution he or she is experiencing from industry significantly higher than pollution from transportation sector, traditionally the larger part of an individual’s exposure to air pollution.

With industrial business stretching from Swan Island to Kelley Point, there are 15 industries in the 97217 and 97203 area codes that have the potential to contribute to the University’s air pollution problem, depending on daily factors such as weather and wind patterns, EPA documents show.

“Each industrial facility has a unique profile on what they emit and when they emit,” Armitage said. “They are unlike other types of emissions.”

There are approximately 1,400 Oregon companies that have air permits through the DEQ. These companies, including 24 near the University, are required to report to the EPA estimates of how many toxic chemicals they release as part of its Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) program.

The latest report (2010) shows that industries near the University See Emissions, page 14

Pollution from industry

Each industry that emits over a pound of any chemical must report it to the EPA. The EPA calculates how these chemicals spread over every square kilometer. The distance each plume travels depends on height of the smokestacks, weight of the chemical, local topography and velocity of the chemicals.

Most of the chemicals fall very close to the plants, but some can travel for miles. The direction of the wind can also have an affect of where the chemicals fall.

Each square mile can experience pollution from several industrial sources.

Designed by Rosemary Peters | THE BEACON Information from USA Today’s Smokestack Effect and the EPA

What are you breathing?

INDUSTRIES AND THEIR POLLUTANTS NOTE: All measurements are in pounds.

Information has been taken from the EPA’s Toxics Release Inventory for 2010.

ARCLIN SURFACES: 26,997 -4,4’-isopropylidenediphenol: 79 -formaldehyde: 749 -formic acid: 80 -methanol: 25,108 -phenol: 587 -triethylamine: 394 ASH GROVE CEMENT: 1 -lead compounds: 1 BULK TRANSPORTATION PORTLAND TERMINAL: 68 -copper compounds: 68 CAMCO: 1,223 -methanol: 1,223 CASCADE GENERAL: 83,548 -copper: 1,654 -lead: 12 -n-butyl alcohol: 45,116 -xylene (mixed isomers): 35,671 -zinc compounds: 1,095 COLUMBIA STEEL: 112,611 -chromium compounds: 8,294 -manganese compounds: 103,317 -molybdenum trioxide: 767 -nickel compounds: 233 CROWN FOOD: 17,137 -certain glycol ethers: 7,261 -ethylbenzene: 1,500 -n-butyl alcohol: 1,999 -xylene (mixed isomers): 6,377 DAIMLER TRUCKS: 58,399 -ethylene glycol: 505 -n-butyl alcohol: 57,639 -sodium nitrite: 255 EVRAZ OREGON STEEL: 884 -chromium compounds: 98 -lead compounds: 64 -manganese compounds: 664 -nickel compounds: 58 JR SIMPLOT CO RIVERGATE TERMINAL: 858 -ammonia: 858 KANTO CORP: 30 -ammonia: 10 -hydrogen fluoride: 10 -nitric acid: 10 LACAMAS LABS: 13,260 -methanol: 9,700 -methyl tert-butyl ether: 200 -n,n-dimethylformamide: 85 -toluene: 3,275 NORTHWEST PIPE: 11 -manganese: 11 RODDA PAINT: 13,675 -certain glycol ethers: 859 -ethylbenzene: 947 -ethylene glycol: 1,751 -methanol: 344 -toluene: 5,548 -xylene (mixed isomers): 4,226

HEALTH RISKS OF FREQUENTLY RELEASED POLLUTANTS IN NORTH PORTLAND NOTE: All measurements are in pounds.

Unless otherwise stated, information has been taken from the EPA’s website and EPA’s Toxics Release Inventory for 2010.

N-BUTYL ALCOHOL: 104,454 N-butyl alcohol is a colorless liquid with a strong, mildly alcoholic odor. According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), it is an eye, nose, throat and skin irritant. Certain levels of exposure to n-butyl alcohol can cause death from respiratory failure and cardiac failure. Exposure can occur through inhalation, absorption through the skin, ingestion and contact with eyes or skin.

MANGANESE: 103,963 Chronic (long-term) exposure to high levels of manganese by inhalation in humans may result in central nervous system (CNS) effects. Visual reaction time, hand steadiness and eye-hand coordination were affected in chronically-exposed workers. A syndrome named manganism may result from chronic exposure to higher levels. Manganism is characterized by feelings of weakness and lethargy, tremors, a mask-like face and psychological disturbances. Respiratory effects have also been noted in workers chronically exposed by inhalation. Impotence and loss of libido have been noted in male workers afflicted with manganism.

METHANOL: 36,375 Exposure may occur from ambient air and during the use of solvents.

Acute or chronic exposure to methanol by inhalation or ingestion may result in blurred vision, headache, dizziness and nausea. No information is available on the reproductive, developmental or carcinogenic effects of methanol. Birth defects have been observed in the offspring of rats and mice exposed to methanol by inhalation. The EPA hasn’t classified methanol as a carcinogen.

XYLENE MIXED ISOMERS: 11,698 Acute inhalation of mixed xylenes irritates the eyes, nose and throat.

There are gastrointestinal effects and neurological effects from exposure. Chronic inhalation of mixed xylenes results primarily in CNS effects such as headache, dizziness, fatigue, tremors and incoordination.

Respiratory, cardiovascular and kidney effects have also been reported.

The EPA hasn’t classified xylene mixed isomers as carcinogens.

TOLUENE: 8,823 The CNS is the primary target of toluene toxicity for acute and chronic exposures. Symptoms include fatigue, sleepiness, headaches and nausea. CNS depression has been reported in chronic abusers exposed to high levels of toluene. Chronic inhalation of toluene also causes irritation of the upper respiratory tract and eyes, sore throat, dizziness and headache. Studies report developmental effects, such as CNS dysfunction, attention deficit and minor craniofacial and limb anomalies, in the children of pregnant women exposed to toluene or mixed solvents by inhalation. Reproductive effects have also been noted.

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EMISSIONS: North Portland’s air includes toxicity from neurotoxin Continued from page 11 are expelling considerable levels of carcinogens, neurotoxins and emissions that increase a person’s risk of respiratory problems.

Over 328,000 pounds of various toxins were emitted by companies in the North Portland neighborhood in that time.

However, it should be noted that all companies in the 97203 and 97217 area codes reported to the EPA that their estimated emissions were disposed of on-site.

THE SMOKESTACK EFFECT To track locations nationwide

Rosemary Peters Editor in chief peters12@up.edu

where dangers from air pollutants appear greatest, USA Today worked with researchers from the University of MassachusettsAmherst’s Political Economy Research Institute and used an EPA mathematical model called RiskScreening Environmental Indicators (RSEI) and emissions data from 2005 to create “The Smokestack Effect,” a measure of air toxicity in relation to public and private schools across America.

“The worst ranking schools were in North Portland,” Mary Peveto, a co-founder of Neighbors for Clean Air, a nonprofit organization that fights for reducing industrial pollution, said.

Schools in North Portland

ranked in the 1st through 5th percentiles, making their air some of the most toxic in the nation.

University of Portland does not appear on USA Today’s Smokestack Effect, but the public school nearest UP, Astor Elementary School on Yale Street and Van Houten Avenue, is ranked in the 5th percentile nationally. Only 5,493 of the 127,809 schools included in the model had worse air, according to the 2005 NATA data from the EPA. According to USA Today’s model, manganese and manganese compounds, a neurotoxin, account for 85 percent of overall toxicity at Astor Elementary.

The study showed pollut-

ers most responsible for Astor Elementary’s toxicity include Columbia Steel Casting Co Inc., Oregon Steel Mills Inc., Esco Corp, Bulk Transportation Portland Terminal and Crown Food Packaging.

WHAT IS BEING DONE? The state of pollution in Portland leaves many asking what is being done about the situation.

According to Armitage, after spending a few years defining the air pollution problem and its sources, in August 2009, the DEQ convened the Portland Air Toxics

Make best practices standard practices

Solutions Advisory Committee.

The purpose of the committee is to recommend strategies for an air toxics reduction plan.

“We worked with the committee to see what would be feasible for reduction. We prioritized key categories and key recommendations for each category,” Armitage said. “We’re moving ahead in that way, but it’s very slow and we are very resource challenged.”

In May, the DEQ will start a public comment period to collect input from Oregonians about its plans, which may consist of regulatory and voluntary measures to reduce the air toxics causing the most health risk in the Portland region.

North Portland Air Quality joins Neighbors for Clean Air to fight for emission reduction

Across the Willamette River, Mary Peveto decided to take matters into her hands when she realized how much pollution was in the air her children were breathing at Chapman Elementary, in Northwest Portland.

Chapman was ranked in the second percentile in the USA Today study, with only 1,274 schools in the nation having worse air.

“Basically all of Portland schools are ranked no better than the worst 30 percent of the nation,” Peveto said. “You begin to realize this should be dealt with.”

In 2009, Peveto co-founded Neighbors for Clean Air, a nonprofit organization that fights for reducing industrial pollution.

“If you reside right next to that industry, chances are they are 95 percent of your pie,” Peveto said.

“We need to have our industrial neighbors work harder on reducing their emissions.”

After pushing hard for emission reduction from industry in the Northwest Portland area, Peveto entered into a “good neighbor agreement” in mid-March with Esco, which agreed to cut its air pollution by an estimated 20 percent. Esco, a Northwest Portland company that converts scrap steel into parts for construction, mining and logging, emitted over 21,000 pounds of air pollutants including large amounts of the neurotoxins phenol and manganese in 2010, according to the EPA’s TRI report.

Peveto sees the agreement with Esco as a step in the right direction, but she is not done yet.

According to Peveto, a big part of the air pollution problem is that old facilities have high emissions limits since their emission levels were capped at their emissions levels from the 1970’s.

“It is a systemic problem of how we regulate air pollution that was statewide. It wasn’t something unique to one neighborhood,” Peveto said. “And so, if you are going to get progress on this, you can’t ask them to change the rules for one facility. They have to have a statewide rule change to address this problem.”

A growing number of North

Portland residents agree with Peveto and are following in her footsteps.

University Park Neighborhood resident Stacey Schroeder helped found the North Portland Air Quality group. She and her neighbors are concerned about paint fumes they believe to be coming from Daimler Trucks North America, a company with a high emission cap since they are protected under a grandfather clause.

“Their PSEL (Plant Site Emissions Limits) were concocted with a baseline that was established in 1978 or 1979,” Peveto said. “That is why the neighbors are suffering so much. They could add probably two to three more (work) shifts before they come close to those limits.”

Dave Kauth of the DEQ, the permit writer for Daimler’s permit, says that Daimler is not breaking any law or emitting over its limit, but acknowledges it has a high emission limit.

“It’s time to make best practices become standard practices.

This is truly going to make us the city of the future if we can get this right.”

Quality (DEQ). Our manufacturing process emissions are well below permitted levels.”

However, concerned citizens like Schroeder are not satisfied, as she smells the paint fumes frequently during the day and night.

“It’s an overwhelming smell of paint fumes … I’ve felt high from the paint fumes,” Schroeder said.

“I don’t think my kids should be smelling it, I don’t think that anyone should be smelling it.”

Schroeder and fellow members of the North Portland Air Quality group want from Daimler a similar outcome that Peveto achieved with Esco.

“We’d like them to be good neighbors since we’re packed into this little city with growth boundaries,” Schroeder said.

According to Rook, the University has received complaints about various smells on campus for at least the eight years he has been here.

Rook said there was a concern a few years back that the smells had been coming from a leaky gas line on campus. However, after what he called a “wild goose chase,” the University concluded they were not responsible for the smells people were experiencing.

“In the last year, we have experienced a number of cases where people have experienced a strong natural gas and sulfur smell,” Rook said. “Fifteen to 20

came from spectators at a soccer game.”

Since September, Rook has received 19 official odor complaints, primarily from library staffers.

Rook has had contact with Peveto, Schroeder and other neighborhood residents to see what can be done.

“How do you make a formal complaint? You need data,” Rook said. “Compiling all of that information allows you to build a better case.”

Schroeder and Peveto agree that more data is needed.

“What you have to create first and foremost is a critical mass,” Peveto said.

According to Peveto, there are several ways for citizens to create this critical mass. She encourages people to visit the Neighbors for Clean Air website (whatsinourair. org) every time they smell something out of the ordinary. The location of the smell can then be mapped on the group’s homepage and simultaneously an official complaint will be sent to the DEQ. Additionally, Peveto and the North Portland Air Quality group

PETITION

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have a petition calling for the end of grandfather clauses and having the companies commit to pollution reduction programs. The groups plan to present the signatures to Oregon State Legislature at the end of May to rally for legislative support.

Peveto also encourages UP students to visit or volunteer at the Earth Day event on April 22 at PCC’s Cascade Campus.

“It’s time to make best practices become standard practices,” Peveto said. “This is truly going to make us the city of the future if we can get this right.”

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“They have plant site emissions limits around 470 tons,” Kauth said.

In November, Schroeder and 17 people from the neighborhood, including UP’s Environmental Safety Officer Jeff Rook, met with three DEQ agents, an Oregon Health Authority member and three Daimler representatives on Daimler’s property to discuss the issue.

According to a statement from Daimler representative Amy Sills, “Our Western Star Truck Manufacturing plant on Swan Island is in full compliance with the emissions standards established by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Oregon Department of Environmental

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In October 2011, Daimler added a second shift to its Portland truck manufacturing plant to assist in the process of making trucks like the one pictured above. This second shift will create approximately 350 new jobs at the facility by the end of 2012. About 330 of these jobs will be for shop employees.

OPINIONS

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The Beacon’s stance on five issues plaguing campus The University of Portland’s enrollment is increasing by an average 2.8 percent each year and in the upcoming years the University has plans to expand campus onto 35 acres next to the Willamette River. Though the University is trying to accomodate the growing student population through the expansion, it is important that the administration does not forget to address student needs and concerns about the current campus.

More students, more problems

Each year, the University continues to admit a record number of students. More tuition is undoubtedly an asset to the University, but when the University’s current facilities are inadequate to meet even the most basic student demands, it would seem in bad policy to admit an increasing number of students each year.

The University is bursting at the seams and the administration has shoved student needs under the carpet while it continues to collect checks.

Currently, the overload of students on campus is a detriment to the health and wellbeing of the student body as a whole, and the University seems to be unable to provide equal respect and treatment for all parties. Classes are more crowded than they have ever been, lab sections are full to the point of being dangerous, current students are unable to enroll in the core classes they need because more spots than ever are reserved for freshmen, the Health Center is unable to provide enough appointments and students are living in forced triples.

The most immediate and effective solution is to cap the sizes of incoming classes. In order to function efficiently and effectively, the University is going to have to turn away some individuals in the interest of the entire student body.

Health Center needs more funds

If the University is going to continue to expand at its current rate, it’s time the University started paying attention to the understaffed Health Center and supply it with the funds it needs and deserves.

The Health Center concerns one of the most important aspects of student life. For many students, the Health Center is their primary health care provider. However, it is struggling to fill the needs of University students. Students should not be turned away and forced to go to the hospital or another expensive clinic – which many students cannot afford – because the Health Center does not have enough staff.

If the University cannot provide sufficient funds to hire more Health Center staff, why was the Health Center not included as part of the RISE Campaign?

The current Health Center staff does an excellent job even though they are overworked and understaffed. It’s time the administration gave them a helping hand.

College of Arts and Sciences needs to better prepare students

Career Services may be the Pamplin School of Business’s best friend. Not only do business students take advantage of the services offered, they are often required to visit Career Services for resume and cover letter assistance. Business students are also required to complete an internship between their junior and senior years.

Students in the business school are prepared for the world after graduation because the school requires them to be, but many College of Arts and Science students are not offered support outside of Career Services.

It’s time the College of Arts and Sciences stepped up its game.

The College of Arts and Sciences could, for example, work more closely with Career Services to prepare interview questions geared towards specific professions. The school could also require a 1-credit class for all juniors, in which they learn how to write a resume, cover letter and learn how to answer basic interview questions, as well as receive help finding and applying to internships.

We will all end up in the real world eventually, and we will all need to be prepared.

Hall receptionist funds could be used elsewhere

With the University having to cut nearly $600,000 worth of student worker jobs, the hall receptionist positions should be some of the first to be cut.

Though hall receptionists help Holy Cross meet its mission of being hospitable, the funds paying students to essentially do their homework could be used elsewhere.

The Office of Residence Life could retain hall receptionists during the peak hours of the day, so there is still someone at the door to greet people entering the residence halls during high traffic times.

At times that are less busy, students can swipe their identification cards to get into the residence halls. This solution will save money and still allow for students and guests to be greeted when residence halls are busiest.

Bottom line: This University should be a place that not only the administration can be proud of, but a place that students are proud to call home.

Give us a student center we can be proud of

If you’ve ever seen prospective students touring the University, you’ll notice they never actually enter St. Mary’s Student Center. Probably because the University actually wants students to come here. Because the University is here to serve its students, who pay a hefty tuition, students should have a student center that is inviting and that they want to spend time in.

The walls of St. Mary’s shake as even the tiniest person walks across the building.

The windows are in desperate need of repair; the fireplace is out of commission, there is usually something wrong with the bathrooms and the ceiling leaks.

As a small university, we are a community. Having a space to make connections outside of the classroom is a very important part of this. As students continue in their desired majors, it gets less likely that they will come into contact with students in other majors.

Having a student center that all students can be proud of would unite students, increase friendships and acquaintances and foster a community that is close knit.

Why was the student center also overlooked in the RISE Campaign?

Though a library and recreational center should be the University’s priority, so too should the student center. In future years, the University should make a new or renovated student center a priority.

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OPINIONS

April 19, 2012

The Oregonian’s Metro Columnist Steve Duin’s column on the matter:

Letters to the Editor Administration’s decision ‘shows lack of foresight’ As someone who spent A LOT of time in The Beacon’s digs in St. Mary’s, I can say with some insight that the proposed office move for The Beacon is a horrible idea.

I was the editor in chief of The Beacon from 2006-2007 and the news editor in 2005-2006. The many long nights of staff meetings, editing sessions, layout brainstorming, business management and putting the paper together were made possible by lots of coffee, pizza, passion for the work – and, last but not least – a great office to work out of.

The space to spread print out after print out of pages of copy, the ability to gather as a staff and the rows of computers that were quickly occupied on Wednesday nights were something that I admittedly took for granted when I was running the show. It seems not unreasonable, one would think, to be provided an office that fits your entire staff, if you’d like to create a tight-knit, welloiled publication.

To hear that University leadership in operations, Student Life and Campus Ministry are re-routing the newspaper staff seems like a striking decision

that they are re-routing their priorities at my beloved alma mater.

The Beacon is a prize-winning publication with prize-winning staffers, and it deserves to be kept that way. The decision to smoosh The Beacon into an office that is in no way fit to handle it shows a real lack of foresight, and the forced public staff meetings would present editorial dilemmas for Beacon staff.

I hope that the readers of this letter will reconsider their decision. Future and former Beacon staff alike will applaud you for it.

AnneMarie Ashburn is a 2007 UP alumna. She can be contacted at annemarie.ashburn@ gmail.com.

It’s hard to be proud of the University As a former Beacon staff member, I was saddened to hear that the paper will soon lose its scrappy but beloved corner of St. Mary’s Student Center and be forced to move to an office that’s a fraction of its size.

After all, that wood-paneled, cobwebbed room is the place where I and so many other UP alumni now working as professional journalists pitched our first story ideas, designed our first pages and first experienced

the newsroom camaraderie that remains one of our troubled industry’s biggest charms. Many Beaconites before and after me have spent countless hours producing award-winning, professional work in that humble office, hoping to capture the attention of their peers and the respect of the university administration.

It’s always been an uphill battle.

But more than anything, this most-recent incident angers me as an alumna of the University of Portland. How could I possibly be proud to have attended an institution that makes a unilateral decision taking away a huge chunk of educational space from a large group of students without first consulting said students and at least seeking their feedback?

It’s either a terribly misguided or appallingly malicious move on the part of the University to allow this to happen. Whatever the reasoning behind the decision, I am confident The Beacon staffs of the future will continue to produce great work and fulfill the paper’s mission of service toward the UP student population.

Caitlin Moran is a 2008 UP alunma. She can be contacted at caitlin.j.moran@gmail.com.

Administration needs to be reminded it is here to serve the students I just found out that the University of Portland Administration made the decision to relocate four staff members of Campus Ministry to the St. Mary’s Student Center, thus forcing the 30-member Beacon staff out of their current space and into a much smaller space.

This seems nonsensical to me.

Most disturbingly, this was done without any consultation of The Beacon staff and students involved with these activities. The name “Student Center” would indicate to me that use of this space would take into account the students’ wishes and usage. As a parent of a UP student I find this very disturbing.

Until this is rectified, I will no longer be able to support the RISE campaign, as my wife and I have done in the past. In addition, I will be contacting others students parents and asking them to participate in this action.

The University of Portland is there for the students ... seems that someone in administration needs to be reminded of that.

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God to be able to do the thing I love: interact with people.

Through interviews and articles, staff meetings and commentaries, page designs and headlines, chances are you and I have crossed paths, though you may have never even known it.

And though it seems like my time here is ending, the events of these last few weeks have shown me it’s not.

For those of you who have been following The Beacon, our Twitter or our Facebook, you are more than aware that we are being removed from our office at

the end of the year.

What some of you may not have been privy to are the vast letters, commentaries, phone calls, blog posts, emails and texts that have rolled in over the last two weeks from past Beacon staffers who are deeply upset by the decision.

The experience has provided me with a sense of calm among this storm. It has also reminded me that even though I will be leaving The Beacon, The Beacon will not be leaving me, just as it never left any of the staff members who were a part of this

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Time to say ‘goodbye’

paper. Beyond the newspaper, I have dedicated myself to evit stands for: the rightRosemary erything ing of wrongs, the fostering of communication, the comforting Peters of the afflicted and the afflicting Staff of the comfortable.

Commentary Now that my time with The Beacon is closing, I am afraid it’s going to feel like a piece of Today is my last day working me is being forcibly removed – for The Beacon. tantamount to how an amputee It’s odd. must feel when he or she loses a Beyond odd, it’s scary and in- limb. timidating.

The one solace I have is that For four years now, I have with these last four years at The dedicated myself to this news- Beacon, I have been blessed by

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group before me.

I have learned an immeasurable amount of skills and life lessons during my time on staff. My time with this beautiful newspaper has defined me. There will always be a Beacon-sized hole in my heart, and my experience here is going to continue to define the way I live my life out in the big, bad world.

So after 96 issues with The Beacon, I think it is time for me to say goodbye. But before I do, I want to say thank you, because The Beacon and my time here would have been nothing without you, dear reader.

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Administration puts goals Beacon and Log relocation is Faces on before students best for the University Andy Matarrese Guest Commentary

That the University of Portland’s administration employed such obtuse reasoning behind booting the Log and Beacon from their offices is no surprise. I can appreciate that a chapel is not a place of labor, but Christians have found a way to pray in much worse places, and Campus Ministry is far from pulling 16-hour shifts running jackhammers in the pews.

That the school did it in such a deceitful way – without any transparency and fully aware there were only two issues of the paper left – was no surprise either. None of this surprises me, you see, because this kind of dirty pool was familiar to most students, and I still remember what that was like.

Full disclosure, I spent three years on the paper’s staff. Doing the work we did without that space is inconceivable, and while I know the ever-resourceful staff will always find a way, an eviction will hurt the product and with that, the reading community. Perhaps most importantly, the educational value of working there will lessen. I can’t speak for The Log, but I’m sure the outcomes would be similar. That experience probably colors my opinion, but it also let me feel school’s pulse.

There was widespread fear of authority at UP, among both staff and students. Not even, at least, grudging respect, but an unfounded distrust of the administration’s motives as the plots of bottom line-focused oligarchs.

Even in my time, there was an old and untrue rumor that kissing on The Bluff was a citation-worthy trespass.

We’d find that distrust in sources who’d act like they risked reprisals for talking to us, even about innocuous things. Distrust

would morph into resentment, and then apathy, and you could see it in every low-turnout school election or undergrad who’d rather retreat to a drunken house party than participate in anything extra-curricular.

Now, UP is no police state.

It’s a nice place with good people and I saw the school react responsively and effectively to community issues many times. My education was top-notch, my time there invaluable and my relationships with staff and faculty were, almost to a one, wonderful. But that this toxic attitude exists in the slightest is enough proof that enough people, enough times, have identified with it and that it continues to fester.

Cloak-and-dagger maneuvering that appears to put administrative goals before students only picks at the scab and, with the credibility gap described before, causes any good will from beforehand to disappear. The message everyone hears with this shuffle is: Student media (and student activities and interests) are a prized and valued part of UP’s community until it becomes inconvenient.

It’s like there are two Universities of Portland. At one, the first lesson is to shut up and accept your place. That I feel so little surprise over this and have little hope there will be any real compromise, that I doubt student media will win this fight, shows I am a graduate of this school.

Then there’s the school of all my happy memories, loyal friends, great teachers and good times. There’s the school where I learned to think. Hamstringing student media with these relocations would do disservice to all these good qualities I remember.

It would exacerbate the trust issues above, limit students’ educational opportunities and dampen community discourse.

Yet that I write this today, that I have any hope my long-separated comrades have a chance, shows, I think, I’m a graduate of this school as well.

Andy Matarrese is a 2010 alumnus. He can be contacted at andy.matarrese@gmail.com.

Jim Ravelli Guest Commentary Last week The Beacon reported on plans to move Campus Ministry into St. Mary’s and displace a portion of the space that The Beacon and The Log currently occupy. Over the course of this week, I have received several letters and signed petitions asking that the administration reconsider its decision. I would like to acknowledge these letters and also articulate some of the specifics that went into the decision.

I would first like to acknowledge the importance of The Beacon and The Log on this campus and assure students that we value their work. I recognize and support the mission of our student newspaper to report the news and create a healthy dialogue within our community and for the yearbook to publish an accurate chronicle of each year.

The Beacon and The Log will continue to be housed in St. Mary’s, as was always the plan.

St. Mary’s is being redesigned to accommodate the relocation of the Office of Campus Ministry.

The Beacon currently occupies over 1,100 square feet, and will be reduced by approximately half. By comparison, our largest classroom, which seats over 85 students, has 1,500 square feet.

The Log will return to a space that it had previously occupied until two years ago.

The decision to make this move was not taken lightly. I spoke to a number of people about this move and the resultant changes. This included Fr. Gerry Olinger, vice president for Student Affairs, and Jeromy Koffler, the director of Student Activities (who also serves as the St. Mary’s building manager). While I did not speak directly to Nancy Copic, the adviser to Student Media, I was informed that she participated in a discussion with Jeromy regard-

ing these changes. These are the University staff members who are charged with the responsibility to oversee and supervise our student media. Their perspectives and suggestions were strongly considered and were incorporated in the final design.

I understand that students who work in The Beacon and The Log are being impacted by this decision and have a strong affinity for the space. I empathize that this decision has presented certain challenges for the staffs affected, but have confidence that we can work together to minimize the overall impact and to meet specific needs.

Tough decisions have to be made to balance the growing and changing needs of the University community. With the changes in Library operations next year, there is a need for more study space on campus. Part of the decision to move Campus Ministry from Mehling Hall was to restore additional study rooms to campus.

Additionally, I considered the importance of placing Campus Ministry in close proximity to the Moreau Center due to their shared mission. On this campus, faith has never been disconnected from service, and as an institution, the University sees it as important that these two departments work in close proximity allowing for greater synergy in their work.

In the end, the University realizes this is a difficult decision for members of both The Beacon and The Log. I want assure everyone, however, that this decision was made after much thought and in consultation with those who would be affected by such a decision. The University continues to be committed to working with both The Beacon and The Log to ensure that they are able to continue providing their important contributions to the campus community.

Kevin Kadooka Guest Commentary Having been a photographer and photography editor on The Log staff for the better part of two years and previously a photojournalist for The Beacon for the same length of time, I feel that it is necessary to voice my opinion on their displacement from their current offices.

While it is true that at times students forget that UP even has a yearbook, The Log is one of

rather than being hidden away in a back room of St. Mary’s.

Even with a staff of just 11, work in The Log office is a crowded affair. It is no far stretch of the imagination to realize that it could not possibly contain the 30-odd staffers of The Beacon. Logistically, meeting, storage and workspace would be severely reduced, so as to make most tasks difficult, and others impossible. Considering the immense amount of work put in by students working in student media to produce quality products, it would be a shame to undermine their work by demanding an unfit change in location. Anyone visiting their office during one of

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Noelle Niedo, junior, biology

Jim Ravelli is the vice president for University Operations. He can be contacted at ravelli@ up.edu.

‘The Log should be given its fair share of recognition’ the few organizations on campus documenting student life; relegating the office to the bowels of St. Mary’s will only serve to reinforce this. In its current location, The Log is in clear view of students, who can easily stop by to pick up a copy of the book and provide valuable input and feedback, generally promoting interest in student media. Great lengths are taken by staffers to ensure that each element of student life is equally and fairly represented in the yearbook for alumni and future generations to reference. It seems only fair, then, that The Log should be given its fair share of recognition by remaining in its current location

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their meetings or on a production night can appreciate the hustle and bustle and camaraderie that their current office facilitates.

The role of student media in campus life should not be underestimated, nor should the collective effort of the The Log and The Beacon staff to create valuable publications for the university community. Their displacement by a relocation of Campus Ministry will do no favors to any party.

Kevin Kadooka is a junior mechanical engineering major. He can be contacted at kadooka13@ up.edu.

“Lack of community, unity and true compassion. Putting things before people.”

Clair Dinsmore, sophomore, biology

“Ignorance.”

Chelsea Ribao, junior, biology

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Sarah Moran

Daniel Boettcher Guest Commentary This is a time of year filled with endless questions: What are you doing after graduation? Do you have a job yet?

These questions come with a host of underlying meanings: Are you going to use your degree?

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Going out softly

Will you be making money? Will you be in some volunteer program? To put it more blatantly: Will you be successful? But we think it is important to ask, what is success?

In these last days, we (Daniel and Sarah) have been thinking about these questions. Sarah went to the Teaching Job Fair and considered moving to Alaska.

Daniel has been discerning between teaching and working with youth in some other capacity. We also recently attended and participated in Founder’s Day and gratefully went to the scholarship luncheon.

Lately, we’ve been struck by the paradigm that success is having done incredible things in college, getting a teaching job and either radically changing the world or making a fair amount of

money. For example, during the scholarship luncheon we saw a moving video about several students (some are friends of ours) and their various achievements and commitments to the University. They have done wonderful things and we hope that you don’t hear a critique of them and their actions. However, we felt uncomfortable with the narrative that the University chose to tell. We heard: “These students have been incredibly successful because of the tangible change they have produced and their dedication to the University.”

While it is certainly apparent that these students achieved much during their years on The Bluff, we would like to question the University’s emphasis on conventional and tangible measures of success. It is easy to

hear the message: Your success is measured by the grandiosity of your actions. Again this brings us back to our frustration with the common definition of success. Am I only successful if I get a teaching job (because Daniel’s not)? Or only if I teach in a prestigious school (because Sarah’s not)? Or even, am I only successful if I am a world changer in a radical sense?

We want to propose a different definition of success. We understand that in a materialistic, capitalist culture it is only logical to extend the product-oriented value system. If the market is paramount, then the product (our actions) has value. Yet this makes us uneasy. We would like to offer a humbler approach to success. Maybe success is how honestly you love the friend, the

stranger and the enemy. Maybe your compassion matters more than any award you receive. But it is impossible to quantify love and self-sacrifice.

Our institutions will always fail us in this regard. We propose that value isn’t what we produce, but how we enter into everyday living. So now we ask you, should our definition of success be rising above the average, or should it be to humble our hearts as we live into our hurts, joys, the mundane and extraordinary? But let us enter these softly.

munity of responsible graduates improving society and the environment through the workplace.

Graduating seniors have the opportunity to sign a pledge declaring their commitment to creating a better world. The Graduation Pledge of Social and Environmental Responsibility states, “I pledge to explore and take into account the social and environmental consequences of any job I consider and will try to improve these aspects of any organization for which I work.”

The Pledge allows students to determine for themselves what they consider to be socially and environmentally responsible. It serves as a reminder to students

of the applications of the knowledge and training they have received, and it promotes a socially conscious citizenry and ultimately a better world.

cation students receive and their organizations of employment.

And, it promotes concern and awareness of issues outside the bottom line.

The goal of the Graduation Pledge should speak to us Pilots because it aligns with the mission of UP. As Pilots we address questions of human concern through disciplinary and interdisciplinary studies during our time on The Bluff.

The Graduation Pledge is a statement of commitment that we will continue to address issues of human concern after we leave our community on The Bluff. Furthermore, as our mission states, we are “a diverse community

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Listen up, class of 2012

Sarah Nanbu Guest Commentary Oh hey, class of 2012! We are 17 days away from graduation!

As we prepare to leave our community on The Bluff, I wanted to let you know about an opportunity that will allow us to take what we have learned at UP and apply it to the “real” world.

The Graduation Pledge Alliance is an organization that strives to build a global com-

“Our commitment to excellence and innovation is not limited by our immediate community; it extends to the greater community.”

Sarah Nanbu senior The Graduation Pledge helps to bridge the gap between edu-

Thank you, Ray Allen PJ Marcello Staff Commentary Dear NBA players who believe that playing in the Olympics should be a paid position, thank you for proving, once again, that you are part of the most selfish professional sporting league in the country.

If you are unfamiliar with this reference, please look up Ray Allen’s latest comments on why he is no longer interested in playing for the U.S. Olympic team this summer in London. Allen believes that the time and energy of playing in the summer only a few short weeks after the season ends and the money created by jersey sales, advertisements and notoriety should constitute a paycheck.

With all due respect Mr. Allen, you are dead wrong. I hate to say that because Allen has been one of my favorite players since he came to the Seattle SuperSonics (R.I.P.), but these comments really got to me.

I understand that we live in a money-driven world and there are a lot of old white men making

a lot of money off of the games, but I like to believe the Olympics still mean something other than monetary profit. Call me a fool, but I still think that being able to participate in anything at the highest possible level on the world’s biggest stage on behalf of your country still means something more than getting a paycheck.

Right now there are millions of young basketball, track, gymnastics, swimming … you get the idea, athletes dreaming for the opportunity, the sliver of an opportunity, just to someday be considered to try out for an Olympic team. Sorry to break it to you kids, but most of you will never get this shot, but Ray Allen does. What an amazing thing it is to make it to that dream that everyone has, but nearly nobody achieves. And what an amazing thing it is to deny that dream because you believe that you should be paid to wear your country’s colors.

There are a lot of really stupid politics in sports that I could go off on, but this one really struck a chord with me. This is the message that is now being sent: “Why play for your country unless you get pay from your country?”

Something about that just seems so wrong, especially considering

that players receive money for medals won in the games.

While it is not the multi-million dollar deal that these stars are used to, it’s not bad pocket change for a couple games of basketball.

But you know what, I want to thank Allen. Thank you for being honest about your greed and speaking out about it. Thank you for giving someone who actually gives a sh*t the opportunity that you turn down so easily. And thank you for providing another example of the ignorance, arrogance and selfishness that the U.S. has come to represent around the world.

PJ Marcello is a junior organizational communication major. He can be contacted at marcello13@up.edu.

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Sarah Moran is a senior education major. She can be contacted at moran12@up.edu.

Daniel Boettcher is a senior education major. He can be contacted at boettche12@ up.edu.

Sarah Nanbu is a senior environmental ethics and policy major. She can be contacted at nanbu12@up.edu.

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Being Christian does not mean you are a good person Shellie Adams Staff Commentary I don’t consider myself to be a religious person. In fact, I have been the butt of jokes because I am so “non-religious.” I was once asked how I had any friends if I wasn’t a religious person. The person asking this ignorant question implied that those who do not openly practice religion we do not have morals or values either.

When people refer to themselves as Christians, or members of any religion, certain connotations go along with this title, having morals and deep values being only a few. When I saw a recent Oregonian article about a Portland church marquee that read “God prefers kind atheists over hateful Christians,” I was enlightened about how many people hide behind their religion and use it as a way to compensate for their not-so-religious behavior.

“It’s a problem because belonging to a religion has been stereotyped into meaning that you are a good person and have good values, which isn’t always the case.”

Shellie Adams freshman

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We all know that one person who claims to belong to a religion but really doesn’t follow through with the expectations that go along with said religion. Belonging to a religion has so many positive connotations, which leads me to believe people say they belong to a religion just to have those positive overtones reflect on them as a person.

That’s the problem.

It’s a problem because belonging to a religion has been stereotyped into meaning that you are a good person and have good values, which isn’t always the case.

This is why I found the statement on the marquee so intrigu-

ing. I really thought it was great that a pastor would put such a controversial statement on the reader board of his church. The quote is saying that God would love a nice atheist over a person who claims to be Christian but doesn’t live their life this way.

It just goes to show that with the changing views of people in today’s society the idea that all people who belong to a religion may not be as “religious” as they claim.

This statement plays on the idea that God loves everyone, but prefers someone who is kind and doesn’t believe in God over someone who believes in God but

is hateful towards others. This is a powerful statement and I hope it reminds Christians and anyone who belongs to a religion about what it means to be religious and what it means to live by your values.

Furthermore, with the changing times, people are starting to realize that you don’t have to belong to a religion to be a nice person and a beneficial member to society.

The bottom line is that while there are many religious people in the world who lead their lives based on religious beliefs and the values and morals that go along with that, there are people who

use religion as a crutch to come off as a good person, when in reality their actions say otherwise.

I applaud the pastor who put this quote on the reader board of his church, and I truly hope that it serves as a reminder of the true meaning of religion.

email read.

Not again he thought, as he sat in a Library that won’t exist next year, reading about a major that won’t either.

This is was second time the business school has changed the direction of its marketing major in the last two years.

Last year, the business school changed the marketing and management major to marketing and sustainability.

The decision made sense.

Sustainability is all the rage in the world of business.

With companies realizing that consumers want to receive a product without the guilt that it might cost the life of a cute, cuddly polar bear, many have created marketing platforms based on environmental consciousness, including University Portland, Inc. Situated in the Pacific Northwest, it would have no problem attracting bright young students eager to tap into that new and exciting side of business, which I’m sure they did.

John Schouten and Diane Martin, business professors and married duo, would spearhead it and even wrote the book that was to be used.

Mathew thought all the same things.

“I was fine settling with the

major because I’ve been here two years and I agreed sustainability would be beneficial to study,” he said.

It seemed to be the start of a one-of-a-kind major aiming to highlight the importance of sustainability in the business world.

But then something happened that nobody, not even seasoned veterans from the world of business, could have predicted.

Anderson told The Beacon that without Martin and Schouten, they don’t have the capacity to continue the program.

So why was the change made when its existence hinged upon only two professors, let alone professors who were married to each other?

Even if only one had decided to leave, the school runs the risk that the other would join, leaving them in the same situation.

That doesn’t seem like good business.

Schouten described the decision to discontinue the major as a step backward, which is funny because it was made in light of his decision to step away.

But I can’t hate. Business is business right?

Perhaps the better move was to not change the major in the first place. Not because the ability to understand sustainability’s role in marketing isn’t a growing necessity, but because the business school was clearly unequipped to provide a sustainable major. Oh, the irony.

Regardless of who is to blame, it highlights the continued hypocrisy that has become all too prevalent among the administration.

Many chose this school because its small size was supposed

to translate to an environment in which every student matters.

However, now there are many students who have forcefully had their major changed twice, adding more worry to already worried minds as they begin to enter a tumultuous job market.

“When you go into a job interview, you can say whatever you want, work experience, etc., but when they look at your resume and see marketing, marketing and management and marketing and sustainability, what is going to hold more weight?” Mathew said.

The business school isn’t doing themselves any favors either, pissing off alumni and future successful business men and women who are primed to donate to the prestigious Pamplin School of Business whom they owe for their lucrative jobs and six figure salaries.

Well, that’s just not good business.

That’s not good business

Bruce Garlinghouse Staff Commentary George Mathew knew he wanted to study business management when he came to school in America from Singapore, he just didn’t know what school he would attend.

He had it narrowed down to three schools – University of San Francisco, University of California-San Francisco and The University of Portland, eventually deciding on UP, enticed by its marketing and management major.

Now a junior, he is rethinking that decision.

With finals week looming, Mathew posted himself in a cubby at the back of the Library.

Taking a break from the books, he checked his email and saw he had an email from Robin Anderson, Dean of the Pamplin School of Business.

Click.

“We have discontinued the marketing and sustainability major and will be offering a marketing major,” the last line of the

“The business school isn’t doing themselves any favors either, pissing off alumni and future successful business men and women who are primed donate to the prestigious Pamplin School of Business to whom they owe for their lucrative jobs and six figure salaries.”

Bruce Garlinghouse junior Schouten and Martin took better jobs somewhere else. Finland, to be exact. And so went the marketing and sustainability major and another job overseas, but that’s for another time.

Shellie Adams is a freshman elementary education and music major. She can be contacted at adams15@up.edu.

Bruce Garlinghouse is a junior communication major. He can be contacted at garlingh13@ up.edu.

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The third game followed suit as it was tight going into the 10th inning with UP finally coming out on top 4-3. The Pilots showed off their offensive power early, taking a 3-0 lead before nearly losing it all late in the game.

“This game was a testament to how much this team battles and competes every game,” Sperry said. “It would’ve been very easy for us to come out after losing two straight close games and not compete, especially on the road.

We fought hard for this win and I’m proud of our guys for that.”

Freshman outfielder Caleb Whalen was the engine behind the Pilots offensive arsenal on April 15, driving in three of the Pilots’ runs, including a two-run homer. It gives Whalen a teamleading five home runs in his early college career.

After Pepperdine quickly tied the game back up in the fifth inning, the game again went to extra innings. Freshman Cody

Lenahan continued to show off a clutch offensive bat as he was able to take advantage of runners on base to line a single into outfield, driving in sophomore Turner Gill, who was the gamewinning run.

Red-shirt senior Owen Jones, who picked up a blown save in the first game of the series, redeemed himself by forcing a fly-ball out and a double play to give UP the win over conferenceleading Pepperdine. It was Jones 12th save this season, leaving him staring the all-time record of 14 in the face.

“We know that we’re as good as any team we face,” junior J.R. Bunda, a pitcher, said. “We need to show it and get over the hump of just staying close with good teams. I feel if we can stay close we always have that chance to take the win.”

UP hosted No. 21 OSU on Monday. The Pilots got out to a rough start as Burright made his first start on the mound for the season.

OSU went to work, quickly scoring a run in first inning and then ending Burright’s day with a three-run home run to go up 4-0 in the second.

“I just got to keep working and getting better, I didn’t hit my spots today,” Burright said. “I know this is something to build on, and I can take some positivity out of this. Things will start to happen as long as I put in the

country. But while track season is an unofficial training period for many of his teammates, to Bassett it is a chance to reach an Olympic goal.

Bassett is the only member of the team who competes in the steeplechase, which is a mix of endurance running, sprinting and hurdling.

This weekend at the Mount Sac Invitational in Walnut, Calif., Bassett will have an opportunity to qualify in the steeplechase for the Olympic Trials in Eugene, Ore. in June.

“With the Olympic trials in Eugene it has totally been my incentive to get as good as I can in the steeple,” he said.

Although it is one of his last opportunities to qualify, Bassett said he is making sure he doesn’t put too much pressure on himself.

schedule so we constantly have to be focused on the next goal and stay positive about where we’re at and the progress we’re making.”

UP gets ready for another trip into southern California as they prepare to face Loyola Marymount in what could be pivotal for conference standings on April 20-22. The games begin at 3 p.m., 2 p.m. and 1 p.m. respectively.

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UP’s bullpen was able to shut off the Beaver’s early start, not allowing them to score another run the rest of the game. However, OSU also demonstrated dominant pitching and never let UP string together good offensive opportunities.

“We’re taking this season day by day,” Bunda said. “We’re in the midst of a very challenging

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Men’s tennis looks for strong finish After a 0-2 trip to California, the Pilots look to finish their regular season winning at home Jason Hortsch Staff Writer hortsch12@up.edu After a rough 0-2 trip to California, the Pilot men’s tennis team is looking to finish the regular season strong at home against Santa Clara and San Francisco. The Pilots play Santa Clara at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow and San Francisco at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday.

Geoff Hernandez, one of two seniors on the team, hopes to see Pilot fans come out and support the team in its regular season finale.

“I would love to see people come out for these two matches,” Hernandez said. “They will probably be some of our most competitive matches at home, and it’s the last chance for people to come out and watch our team.”

The matches will also be crucial in helping the team shake off the memory of the two lopsided defeats suffered in California last weekend, against Pepperdine and Loyola Marymount.

“Our coaches stress short memory,” Hernandez said. “You have to learn from the matches, but then throw it away and forget about it. I think we’ll bounce back.”

He also thinks a home court advantage will help to steady the Pilots.

“Both matches will be really tough, but they’re at home, and at

home we can beat anybody,” he said.

Against Pepperdine, the Pilots fell 6-1. The lone bright spot was sophomore Michel Hu Kwo, who defeated a ranked opponent for the first time in his career.

“This is the biggest win in my college career until now, and I am really glad that I was able to beat him in his own home court,” Hu Kwo said.

The victory didn’t come easy, as Hu Kwo was pushed by Mousheg Hovhannisya, who is ranked 80th in the nation, to an 18-game third set to secure the victory. While excited for the win, Hu Kwo wants to keep everything in perspective.

“I have to understand that in the end, it is just a win and I need to continue to work hard and be prepared for the rest of the season,” Hu Kwo said.

In addition to Hu Kwo’s victory, Hernandez was pleased with the team’s overall effort, even though it ultimately resulted in a loss.

“The Pepperdine match wasn’t bad because we had people who were competing well,” Hernandez said. “Michel’s victory made it a little better too since we were all happy for him.”

The mood was decidedly different after the team’s 7-0 defeat against Loyola Marymount.

“That was a letdown,” Hernandez said, referring to the LMU match. “None of us were happy with the way we played in

that match. If we could have that match back, we would definitely change the way we approached it.”

Hu Kwo agreed with his teammates sentiments.

“To be honest, none of us are happy losing two matches in this trip,” Hu Kwo said. “We just need to accept the loss and learn from it.”

Further stacking the odds against the Pilots in the LMU match were the outdoor conditions.

“The home court advantage Monica McAllister- | THE BEACON made it a little more lopsided in Sophmore Michel Hu Kwo hefts the ball before sending it careening across the net during the their favor,” Her- Pilots’ March 18 match against Montana. Against nandez said. “We Pepperdine, Hu Kwo defeated the first ranked ophaven’t played ponenet of his collegiate career. much outdoors, and that transies, and the last time I’ll play comtion from indoors to outdoors can petitively here,” Hernandez said. be hard.”

“It’s motivating, if anything. I get As a senior, Hernandez is all several chances to end my career too aware of his limited time re- right, on my terms. We’re going maining as a Pilot and is using to compete hard.” that as his current inspiration.

“It’s my last two home match-

they had to follow the exact letter rather than the spirit of the Title IX regulations.

Women’s rowing has certainly raised eyebrows with their performance thus far, and it’s about time the Pilots actually engaged in some nautical competition worthy of our mascot. Whether you like it or not, Head Coach Bill Zack and his women are here to stay, so why not get on board while the rowing’s good?

On tough seasons, young

teams and reason to have hope: Overall, sports coverage this year has been unusually brutal.

There just isn’t really any easy way to write about teams having an off year, and this is certainly what we experienced almost entirely across the board. Everybody struggled and countless coaches and players from every sport went on record about young teams, growth and rebuilding.

A sizable crop of underclassmen athletes from every sport

COLUMN: Sports editor rambles Continued from page 24 a few issues of import. So here they are, dear reader.

On students pregaming: At any other university this sort of behavior is just accepted as part of the world of college sports. At UP, Harold gets all up in a tizzy and before you know it the OLCC is involved. I am all for enforcing the rules, but throwing the book at someone just to prove a point usually just exacerbates the situation.

This is the one time I can get away with this so listen up. Certain Pilots are going to riot, that’s just how it is. So really it’s just a question of taking responsibility for yourself and your actions. If all else fails, a wise teacher once told me, “It’s only illegal if you get caught.”

On Athletic Department cannibalism: I am talking about the elimination of the men’s and women’s golf teams and the addition of women’s rowing. I must say that the Athletic Department certainly handled the situation poorly by waiting to inform the golf teams about the possibility of being cut until the decision had already been made. My sentiments go out to all the golfers whose athletic and academic plans were derailed or otherwise rerouted because of the decision.

That being said, the University did have certain NCAA obligations to fulfill and in this case

really came into their own, and their experience this year will certainly show in years to come.

Combine that with some impressive recruits and the stage is being set for UP to become a bigger name in the WCC. If you made it this far into my article, I salute your tenacity. But this is the part where I close with a few short, cliché sentences.

Beacon sports FTW. Stay classy, UP. Sorry for partying, and go Pilots!

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The week in sports Baseball Currently 20-12 overall and 7-5 in the WCC, the Pilots are coming off a string of losses against No. 21 OSU and Oregon. They travel to Los Angeles, Calif. this weekend for three games against the Loyola Marymount Lions.

Rowing The women’s rowing team took home four first place finishes and the Team Efficiency trophy at the Covered Bridge Regatta at Dexter Lake last weekend in Eugene.

Men’s and women’s track and field The men’s and women’s track teams will be participating in either the Mount Sac Relays in Walnut, Calif. or the Oregon Relays in Eugene, Ore. this weekend.

Men’s tennis 11-7 overall and 1-4 in the WCC, the men’s tennis team returns home for their season finale tomorrow. They face No. 30 Santa Clara Broncos at 10 a.m. on Friday before playing the University of San Francisco Dons at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday. Both games will take place in the Lousiana Pacific Tennis Center.

Women’s tennis 5-14 overall and 0-6 in the WCC, the women’s tennis team is rounding out their season with a pair of away games against Santa Clara and USF. They play USF on Saturday at 11 a.m. before facing Santa Clara at the same time on Sunday.

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Opponents rain on Pilot parade Kyle Cape-Lindelin Staff Writer capelind13@up.edu In a tight series with WCC leader Pepperdine last weekend, the Pilots showed they can hang with any team in the conference, even bringing home a win in a series of three with close games decided by pitching.

UP also received a taste of the instate competition, falling to No. 21 Oregon State 5-0 at Joe Etzel Field on April 16 and Oregon 3-0 yesterday at Volcano Stadium in Salem. UP’s record now stands at 20-12 overall and 7-5 in the WCC.

“It’s been a very tough week for us in terms of competition,” Head Coach Chris Sperry said. “It’s not going to get any easier for us. I’m proud of our team for not quitting when they get down and having the strength to keep battling.”

Despite having the lead through both games of the double header with Pepperdine on April 14, the Pilots lost each by just one run.

UP took a slim 2-1 lead into the bottom of the ninth before Pepperdine showed off their offensive firepower to take the game. After holding Pepperdine to just one unearned run thanks to solid pitching from senior Kyle Kraus, UP al-

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Freshman infielder Caleb Whalen readies for an incoming pitch during Monday’s game against OSU. The Pilot offense has struggled recently, failing to score against No. 21 OSU as well as Oregon.

Parting shots This is my first and last John year as sports McCarty editor of The Beacon. While I thought I would Staff enjoy a break Commentary from writing articles, being an editor is a whole different ballgame, and I don’t use my sports metaphors lightly.

I’ve listened to countless athletes tell me about the amount of work they put in outside of games, and I feel The Beacon is the same way.

This year, I’ve spent more time in St. Mary’s than my first 3 years at UP combined. I’ve (jokingly) threatened the lives of sports reporters who turn in drafts late, verbally abused several Macs and meticulously scouted Facebook for photos of athletes.

All of it for the love of sports, or more importantly, the Sports Section. And when I say the Sports Section, I obviously mean the best section of The Beacon. My logic is this: If athletes receive preferential treatment from the University, they are better than the average student, and since the sports team covers all things sports-related, we, like the athletes, must be better than the rest of The Beacon.

While I’m only half joking, I’m sure you’re tired of my nonsense, so I’ll get right down to it. It is a Beacon Sports tradition for the editor to share their opinions and prognostications on See Column, page 23

lowed the tying run off a sacrifice bunt in the ninth to send the game into extra innings.

Pepperdine loaded the bases with only one out after a failed UP attempt to regain the lead. With UP desperate to get an out and another chance at bat, Pepperdine freshman Drew Hacker drove in the walk-off RBI on a single to give Pepperdine the opening win of the series 3-2.

“The fact that we’re staying close in games speaks volumes to our depth,” junior Jeremy Burright, a pitcher, said.

“We have 10 guys in our pitching rotation that can step in and deal. I have the utmost confidence we’ll get over the hump soon.”

The second game of the double header followed a similar pattern as the first as the Pilots were able to take the lead early, but couldn’t drive in runs when they had the opportunity. UP stranded multiple runners on base in both games which could have been the deciding factor.

Pepperdine followed the same routine in the middle innings: Get runners on base, and have hitters drive them in.

Pepperdine ended up scoring three runs after the seventh inning to take the lead for good, winning.

“We’re having success, it’s just not happening at the end of games,” Sperry said. “All these games could have gone either way. It’s a challenge but it’s one I think we can overcome.”

Freshman pitcher Travis Radke, one of the leading pitchers for ERA in the nation, took the loss after giving up three runs off eight hits, despite striking out six batters.

Following tough games against Pepperdine, Oregon State and University of Oregon, the Pilots look to bounce back in the WCC.

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Kayla Wong | THE BEACON

Pilot track continues success outdoors

Competing in his first 5,000-meter race in a year, sophomore David Perry was paying close attention to his quarter mile splits.

Six Pilots post personal bests in the timeFirst it was 67 seconds, exactly last two meets the split he was shooting for.

But then it was 70 seconds and then 68 and another 68.

“It gets to a point that you’ve been hearing enough 68s or 400 times that aren’t as fast as they need to be,” Perry said.

That’s when Perry decided he needed to “grab his stones and go.”

His 13:58 time wasn’t enough to grab a first place finish, but it was a new personal best and enough to put him in the class of 13 minute 5,000-meter guys.

“I wasn’t as fit as I am now so breaking it was easy,” he said.

“But to beat it by more than 20 seconds isn’t light and breaking that 14 minute barrier is something I have been looking forward to.”

Perry is one of six Pilots on the men and women’s track team to post personal bests in the last Photo by John Kelly courtesy portlandpilots.com two weeks.

Senior Jared Bassett launches himself over a hurdle All four personal records during the steeplechase event at the Willamette Invitational on March 31. The steeplechase combines on the men’s side came in the 5,000-meter event. Sophomore endurance, sprinting and hurdles. Bassett hopes to qualify for the steeplechase Olympic trials taking Scott Fauble finished third in his place in Eugene this June. section in 14:00.35. Senior Jared Bruce Garlinghouse Staff Writer garlingh13@up.edu

Bassett posted a 14:05.98, and junior Cody Wells and freshman William Kincaid posted times of 14:21.64 and 14:22.96 respectively.

On the women’s side, sophomore Julia Fonk’s time of 4:36.15 was the fastest in the seventh section of the 1,500-meter and freshman Laura Hottenrott-Freitag placed fourth in her section of the 5,000-meter, posting a time of 16:51.58, also a personal best.

A week later at the John Knight Twilight two Pilots posted overall top marks.

Junior Kiyah Williams edged out Oregon freshman Anetra Brown in a photo-finish. Williams crossed the line at 1:04.05 and Brown finished at 1:04.06.

Sophomore high-jumper Matter Winterer posted a jump of 1.93 m, topping the second highest jump by .05 m.

Bassett posted another personal best with a 3:50.8 in the 1,500 meter.

“I’ve been fortunate enough to PR a lot in the last couple of seasons so it would be weird not to PR,” Bassett said.

Like many on the track team, Bassett also competes in cross See Records, page 22