The Beacon - April 3 - Issue 22

Vol. 115, Issue 22 April 3, 2014

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Path to the presidency: from Uganda to Portland Kate Stringer Living Editor stringer14@up.edu

For people in the United States, it’s not surprising to hear that junior John Julius Muwulya had the opportunity to attend school as a child. But for the citizens in the small southern Ugandan village where Muwulya lived the first 15 years of his life, his access to an education isn’t something that’s assumed.

Instead, Muwulya grew up watching kids whom he describes as smarter than himself miss out on education because they couldn’t afford tuition and fees.

That’s when the environmental engineering major realized he wanted to be a leader that can make a change in communities.

“My goal in life is to make a difference and change the world someday and give back to the community that has given me so much, so that my kids and grandkids, when they’re born, are going to find a world maybe better than I have found,” Muwulya said. “That’s my philosophy about life.”

This belief that he could David DiLoreto | THE BEACON change the world also inspired Junior John Julius Muwulya, ASUP president-elect, moved from the Ugandan village where he grew up to Portland to attend Grant High his decision to run for ASUP School. He plans to approach his presidency first from a practical perspective by asking administration to improve campus WiFi and get twopresident with junior Josh Cleary ply toilet paper in the bathrooms. against incumbent president Quin Growing up in a Ugandan Nalujjuna describes the Chadwick and vice president toilet paper and improved WiFi and what they want to do with village their lives, what paths they village she and her brother lived as the new presidential team’s top Elvia Gaona, also both juniors.

Muwulya grew up in Uganda in as a place where everyone want to take, how they want to Muwulya and Cleary won the priorities. with his mother, now deceased, knew everyone, where village change the world, every single “I think being able to talk election with 68.4 percent of the and sister Noela Nalujjuna, a aspect of what they want to do, is with as many (students) as I’ve vote, using their two-ply and 2008 UP grad. outstanding,” Muwulya said. talked to and hear their stories See NEW PRESIDENT, p. 3 WiFi campaign, which places

Spring peas in peril

Campus garden faces rocky future as president and adviser prepare to leave

Alcohol to be served at more campus events Lydia Laythe Staff Writer laythe16@up.edu

Olivia Alsept-Ellis Staff Writer alseptel14@up.edu Senior Clair Dinsmore said she first imagined “a place where there is a bounty of good food, and everyone is involved and having a good time” when she became the president of the Student-Led Unity Garden (SLUG). However, the club is in

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need of active leadership to fill her spot when she graduates in May, and there has been waning student involvement. While there is much work to be done in the garden this spring, the club must now juggle recruiting some last minute student leaders.

“The crux of (our situation) is that the infrastructure is so fluid and the leadership is unpredictable from year to year,”

Dinsmore said. “Instilling a plan and making it a consistent project is really challenging.”

Dinsmore herself assumed leadership in a similar situation.

She said she became president because she didn’t want to see the land turned over to other uses or forgotten.

“I fell into being the president See SLUG, p. 2

This year, alcohol is being integrated into more and more UP-run events. These events include Pilots After Dark, events hosted by Haggerty/Tyson Halls and a trivia night hosted

by Fields Hall. The integration of alcohol into these smaller, isolated events is part of a larger discussion in Student Affairs to create a safe environment where of-age students can learn about appropriate alcohol consumption.

These discussions include preliminary conversations about the possibility of creating an oncampus bar or pub sometime in the future.

Although this shift seems sudden to students, Director of

Residence Life Chris Haug said the shift is a product of thoughtful planning and recent changes in leadership. According to Haug, these changes represent an attempt to find a middle ground between overindulgence and the complete absence of alcohol.

“I think some of it has to do with the paradigm of the leadership, how we think about and how we wish to respect our students,” Haug said. “There’s a willingness and openness to explore it now at the University of Portland. It’s kind of been a philosophy in the making.”

According to Haug, these events provide a safe space to learn about appropriate and responsible alcohol use for students who are of age. For him, this learning opportunity is the See ALCOHOL, p. 5

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On Campus PILOT EXPRESS Need a ride for Easter Break?

To sign up for a ride, go to Student Activities located in St. Mary’s. Sign ups will be available from March 31 to end of day April 11.

MUSIC CLUB PRESENTS MIKE MUNSON & JAKE ILIKA Thursday, April 3, 6 p.m. in St. Mary’s.

CPB PRESENTS “THE HOBBIT: DESOLATION OF SMAUG” Friday, April 4, and Saturday, Apr. 5, at 9 p.m. in Buckley Center Auditorium.

PILOTS AFTER DARK Friday, April 4 10 – 11:30 p.m. Tony Smiley AKA The Loop Ninja 11:30 p.m. – 1 a.m. Harry Potter Night. Harry Potter themed shops, a sorting hat, treats, wand making, and a chance to win your very own Nimbus 3000, AKA a new bike.

Saturday, April 5 10 – 11:30 p.m. Shark Tank.

Email benanvente16@up.edu to sign up to pitch.

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SLUG: garden grows as club hopes for new leadership Continued from page 1

when, all of the sudden, there was no leadership,” Dinsmore said.

“Either they had graduated or studied abroad. Everybody was just gone without warning last spring.”

On top of this transition is another. The club adviser, chemistry professor Raymond Bard, will be stepping down from his position due to his already busy workload. He said chemistry professor and Raymond’s wife Ronda Bard may become the new adviser, although Raymond says he sees the largest challenge of the club generating more student, staff and faculty interest.

“It’s a student-led garden, but that doesn’t mean it’s only students,” he said. “I think we need outreach amongst ourselves to get other people involved.

Some people have some good things going here, that are staff or faculty, they just need to step up and get some interactions.”

Currently, the garden may not look bursting, green or beautiful, but post-winter beautification is not currently a SLUG priority.

Small weeds bursts through the cracks, but the sprouts insist the ground is fertile.

While spring planting demands attention, student involvement has been less than electric. Balancing the garden with a student schedule has been

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Senior Clair Dinsmore, SLUG president, works in the on-campus garden. The spring peas she is tending are beginning to sprout. a club challenge.

For Raymond, the club represents a way that the UP community can connect with the surrounding neighborhood and local gardeners.

“Some of the younger people have to step up and do something more,” Raymond said. “I just don’t want to see us isolated. But if you look around, there are a lot of people gardening. People came and dropped plants off for students.”

Dinsmore said her favorite part about the club is how it can change the urban college

student’s perspective. Freshman Jessica Busek is an example of that. She said she got involved with the club as a way to learn about seasonal gardening, something different from her home in Hawaii.

“It’s just fun to come here and mess around — get your hands dirty. It’s very different from my week, here, which is very structured and sterile,” Busek said. “But then you get to go back to nature and see living things, and bugs and creepy crawlies. It’s a nice reminder that there’s still the world out here.”

Dinsmore said, in her ideal

scenario, the SLUG team could benefit from the support of a part-time staff member in the near future.

“I feel it’s a valuable asset to the community,” Dinsmore said. “Just being out there and gardening, it’s amazing how many community members will stop by and be like ‘what are you doing?’ and it starts that dialogue between the community and the students.”

Dinsmore is hopeful for the club’s future. After all, the sugar peas seeds have just begun to sprout.

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NEW PRESIDENT: hopes to help UP feel like home for all Continued from page 1 elders could discipline a child misbehaving in public, where Muwulya developed a love of soccer (preferred position midfielder, because that’s how you score all the goals), where dinner table topics were Ugandan and community politics.

But the part of Uganda that had the biggest impact on him was his mother.

A single mom, she worked from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m. as a nurse, sometimes waking up in the middle of the night to assist a woman giving birth, tend to the victims of an accident or assist people suffering injuries from a fight.

“She basically sacrificed her life for me,” Muwulya said. “She gave me every single resource I needed for me to be very successful.”

His mother’s selfless influence has infused Muwulya with the desire to give back. He hopes to someday be chairman of the United Nations, whose programs he believes he can help improve, especially the disparities in education.

“I want to give back to the community so those people can be successful,” Muwulya said. “Maybe it’s going to be Uganda, maybe it’s going to be Haiti, maybe it’s going to be any country around the world.”

His 15 years in Uganda were interspersed with month-long visits to his father, who is a U.S. citizen. While Muwulya said both his mom and dad encouraged him to live in the United States since he was young, he wanted to stay in Uganda to learn more about that culture.

When he decided he wanted to attend high school in the U.S. to better prepare for college, Muwulya moved to Portland, where he went to Grant High School, played varsity soccer and served as senior class president.

Muwulya was accepted to every school he applied to, including Stanford. But with the most financial aid from UP and encouragement from his sister, he became the second Pilot in his family, a choice he describes as his “best decision.”

“His heart is in the right place,” his sister Nalujjuna said.

“I do believe he will handle responsibilities with grace. I am very excited to see him follow his dreams and not give up.”

It’s all about communication Next school year, Muwulya hopes to make ASUP more accessible to the students by having both senator and executive board office hours take place in visible public places like the Commons as well as have comment boxes in the Library for students to voice concerns.

Even though Cleary notes Muwulya’s friendliness toward the UP community, he said this won’t stop him from bringing student concerns to the administration.

“What I’ve seen in senate is he can disagree with someone

without being disagreeable, and I think that’s key,” Cleary said.

“He’s excited to stand up for the students and his friends really, at the end of the day.”

Muwulya agrees, adding he hopes to find middle ground between administration and students.

“I’m not trying to be friends with the administration,” he said.

“Our goal is to work with them.”

Two-ply WiFi secrets revealed The two-ply WiFi campaign grew out of a conversation Cleary had with the residents of Villa Maria Hall, who, inspired by Sociology 101, instructed them that their campaign needed to be based on two practical ideas. The idea to campaign on Internet and toilet paper transformed into twoply and WiFi when other students heard about it and realized the rhyming connection.

Muwulya and Cleary didn’t pass any resolutions to fix these problems on senate because they felt it was an executive rather than senatorial decision, according to Muwulya. At a meeting with IT during the campaign, Muwulya said they learned the bandwidth should be increased by May. If problems still persist, they hope to use Major Project Fund money to address the WiFi as well as pay for better toilet paper.

Senator and sophomore Temo Ledua said that even though the two-ply and WiFi campaign was humorous, it also showed that Muwulya and Cleary listened to what students felt were some of the biggest complaints on campus.

“When we talk, (Muwulya’s) the kind of person that actually listens and you can tell he’s very attentive,” Ledua said.

The concerns come out Despite winning the presidential election with a landslide margin, some students say Muwulya’s time as a senator was unremarkable. Former ASUP senator and junior Sarah Weedin addressed concerns about Muwulya’s lack of verbal contribution to senate.

“He didn’t really use his voice and he didn’t try and make a difference, and make an impact in senate,” Weedin said. “For someone who wanted to be the president, I feel like you should have been more vocal and been more willing to create change.”

Student Activities Director Jeromy Koffler also observed Muwulya’s lack of vocality in senate, but doesn’t think it is necessarily problematic for his term as president.

Weedin, who has served as senator for two and a half years, was chair of the ASUP awareness committee, which Muwulya was also on. Weedin forgot Muwulya was on the committee as he didn’t show up to most of the meetings or complete assigned tasks, a problem Weedin said most of the members of the committee also had.

Muwulya acknowledged his absence from these meetings, saying he “got caught up.”

Weedin has higher expectations for Muwulya’s presidency.

“I really expect them to handle it and to step up and get it done because there’s no reason why they shouldn’t if they believe they are better qualified candidates than the current ones,” Weedin said. “They need to prove to me that they are.”

Cleary, however, believes he and Muwulya can do a better job at communicating with the students than the current ASUP executive board. Especially in cases like the themed housing change, Cleary believed that ASUP could have tried harder to maintain the International House.

“The administration was making decisions and saying, ‘give us student feedback,’ but ASUP was dropping the ball on that. If we address the communication, It’s going to help a lot.” Cleary said. “We realized we need to fix this from the top down.”

Muwulya believes the biggest cultural difference between the U.S. and Uganda is the U.S.’s focus on the individual rather than community. He hopes he can bring his Ugandan experience of community to the UP campus as president.

“Every single student, no matter who they are, no matter what sexual orientation, I want to make sure that yeah, this is their place,” Muwulya said. “They can work really hard, they don’t have to be scared or afraid about anything. They can be safe.”

Photo courtesy of John Julius Muwulya

(From left) Muwulya’s father Thomas Lwebuga, Muwulya at about age nine and his step-mother Kendra Lwebuga, visit the Ugandan village where his father grew up, Kalisizo, to work with his father’s nonprofit, Harambee, which focuses on education and empowerment for young girls.

Up to 8 teams will be performing, including Curious Comedy, Sharkbite, The Dead Parrots Society, and The Bluffoons

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Seniors present Founder’s Day projects Emily Neelon Staff Writer neelon17@up.edu

Nursing political activism Rebekah Markillie Staff Writer markilli17@up.edu Out of the 3.1 million registered nurses in America, only 100,000 are members of the American Nurses Association (ANA). According to their website, the ANA is the only full-service professional organization that represents the interests of nurses all across the country. However with such a small number of ANA members, nurses are having a hard time getting the policy changes needed to advance their profession and provide better care for their patients.

“Ultimately, what we’ve learned is that the scope of nursing practice is in the hands of the politics and we don’t have many nurses in politics right now. Our voice is not strong enough to advocate for ourselves as a profession,” senior Francis Moore said.

Having nurses involved with politics allows for policy changes to be made, which leads to the upstream effect: the effects from the policy trickle down to help working nurses. As of now, Oregon has the best nursing autonomy in the country. Even still, by expanding the scope of their practice, health

At the mention of Founder’s Day, students get excited about the cancellation of classes and prospect of catching up on much-needed sleep.

But in honor of this annual celebration

care can be more accessible and affordable.

March 20 to 25, senior nursing students Moore, Mathilde Christophersen, John Adamson, Christy McCall and Jason Tuttle attended an American Association of Colleges of Nursing conference and lobbied four different requests at Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. for their senior project “Advocacy Through Political Action.” They were lobbying for increased nursing education funding, increased nursing research funding, expansion to the scope of nursing practice and workforce development. “(Lobbying) added another lens,” McCall said. “It’s not just about taking care of my patients, its about advocating for them at a bigger level, and my fellow nurses.”

With their Founder’s Day presentation the group hopes to raise awareness and emphasize the importance of political activism, not only in nursing, but in other professions. “(Policy) is sort of hidden. You don’t really see it but it affects us every single day,” Christopherson said.

They will be presenting at 10 a.m. in Buckley Center Auditorium.

(From left to right) Seniors John Adamson, Mathilde Christophersen, Jason Tuttle, Dean of the School of Nursing Joanne Warner and seniors Christie McCall and Francis Moore lobbied in Washington D.C. over nursing policy.

Photo courtesy of Joanne Warner

on Tuesday, April 8, students in disciplines from across campus will be presenting their senior projects and theses. So, instead of sleeping in extra late and wasting away the day in a lazy haze, find out what your fellow classmates have achieved.

Here are a few of the projects seniors will present.

Psychology and jails

Rebekah Markillie Staff Writer markilli17@up.edu Based on senior Chelsea Roake’s research on Clark County Jail inmates and UP undergraduate and graduate students, she discovered that UP students smoked more marijuana than inmates who were arrested for drug use. This past year Roake surveyed inmates and UP students to see the differences in their attitudes towards crime for her senior project: “Comparison of Inmates and College Students on Background, Mental Health, and Attitudes Toward Crime.” She surveyed them with questions about mental health, education levels, parental education, substance use levels and attitudes towards crime.

The most common drugs UP students used were marijuana and ecstasy while inmates most commonly used methamphetamine, heroin and crack cocaine.

“We actually had some students put barbiturates and tranquilizers and crack cocaine (on the survey) which was kind of scary,” Roake said.

Both inmates and students reported similar levels of anxiety.

Because inmates also reported more learning disabilities, Roake believes

crime is related to the amount education inmates received and stability of childhood home life.

“Because of that, my assumption was that maybe these inmates don’t have the same coping skills university students have,” Roake said.

With her research, Roake hopes to develop new rehabilitation techniques for inmates. One of her ideas, moral recognition therapy, a type of cognitive behavioral therapy, would try to get inmates to relearn societal morals towards behavior and crime. The inmates would discuss why or why not they saw different behaviors as criminal.

Since inmates generally had less stable homes growing up and many of them didn’t complete high school, they made less educated decisions about behavior.

To decrease crime in the future Roake hopes to see a more fair education system where kids from less stable homes and who have learning disabilities could still receive education without getting discouraged.

“When you have a school system that doesn’t match your style of learning it results in crime,” Roake said.

She will be presenting at 3:15 p.m. in Shiley Hall 124.

Senior Chelsea Roake stands at the entrance to the Clark County jail, where she conducted research on inmates to compare to similar research of UP students.

Photo courtesy of Chelsea Roake

The UP Public Safety Report 1

1. March 28, 11:53 p.m. - Officers responded to a party complaint on the 5200 block of N Yale St. Portland Police were called to help disperse the party. Portland Police transported one student to Hooper Detoxification Center.

2. March 29, 1:04 p.m. - Hall staff reported graffiti in a restroom in Schoenfeldt Hall. An investigation is ongoing.

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3. March 29, 1:46 p.m. - Officers responded to a fire alarm in Mehling Hall. The source was determined to be cooking related.

4. March 31, 4:01 p.m. - A student reported the theft of a personal item from the Chiles Center on March 29. A report was taken and investigation remains open.

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4. April 1, 4:49 p.m. - A student reported a break-in to their vehicle while parked behind Christie. A report was taken and individual was advised to report the incident to Portland Police.

For a complete interactive public safety report visit www.upbeacon.com and click UP Crime & Fire Log under the News tab.

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ALCOHOL: administration discusses possible bar in UP’s future Continued from page 1 most important goal of this shift in UP’s attitude towards alcohol.

“If the students’ only experience with alcohol in college is at an off-campus party with keg stands, beer pong and thirst-skies they are not going to be prepared for the world after college,” Haug said. “I, as an educator, feel like I would be doing that student a disservice if I don’t find opportunities for them to learn what it is like to drink responsibly among your peers.”

There are already some events where alcohol is served. Dance of the Decades is an event where alcohol has traditionally been served to of-age students. Rock the Bluff recently added a beer garden to their setup. And the newly reintroduced, end-of-theyear event Anchors Away will offer alcohol to of-age students this year.

“(We will) probably pilot a few other (events) over this year and into next year.

It may eventually reach a point for a bar or pub (that) serves alcohol.”

Fr. Gerry Olinger vice president of Student Affairs

Experimenting with alcohol Alcohol has recently been served at a few on-campus events, such as events through Pilots After Dark (PAD), Tyson and Haggerty Halls and Fields Hall.

Bon Appetit bartenders served beer and wine during the Pilots After Dark event at The Cove on Friday, March 21.

According to Eric Luke, late night programming coordinator, the event was popular, but the alcohol sale was not.

“In terms of sales, we have a joke: we sold the same amount on Saturday that we sold on Friday … and it was only available on Friday,” Luke said.

Beyond a lack of advertising, Luke said surprise and the age of PAD attendees were factors in the lack of alcohol sale.

“I wouldn’t even consider it really a fail because it’s so new and for some I think it just caught them off guard,” Luke said. “I think it’s a shock at first, like ‘wait I can actually drink a beer at the Cove?’”

Luke said the audience they were appealing to was another factor, as a majority of students who attend PAD events are underage. According to an assessment PAD performed last fall, only one third of over 300 PAD attendees surveyed were juniors and seniors. Serving alcohol at the Cove was one topic of the survey, and this first trial run of alcohol at a PAD event was a result of this assessment.

“It was a pretty resounding ‘yes,’ said Luke. “The kicker is though that of those that said

‘yes,’ many of them were not of age.”

Tyler Hale, Haggerty/Tyson hall director, hosted events such as tailgating before a soccer game, Oktoberfest, a “Teach a Friend to Brew Day” event, and a Christmas cocktail party where alcohol was served.

Hale said respect and trust were two important values included in this shift.

“Our goal was to treat Haggerty and Tyson students like adults,” Hale said. “If you trust students, and you expect the best of them, usually you get that or pretty close to it.”

Currently, Hale is planning an end of the year event, where he hopes to invite new, incoming Haggerty/Tyson Hall residents and serve alcohol to the students of age.

“We’ve got a good culture going,” Hale said. “People in Hag/Ty now know how to interact with alcohol. They know what it means to be appropriate around it, and they’ve demonstrated that.

So (we want) to pass that on to next year’s group.”

Fields Hall Director Sister Susan Bruno held a Trivia Night March 28 where alcohol was sold. For Bruno, the policy and permission form Student Affairs requires for events with alcohol helped her prepare in ways she hadn’t thought of herself, such as supplying clear glasses for the alcohol served.

“I found I had to do a lot more in preparation,” Bruno said.

Although the process involved lots of rules, papers and meetings, Bruno said she appreciated the thoughtfulness the administration took in approaching the event.

“If we’re going to do it, we’re going to do it right,” Bruno said.

Christie Hall Director Joe Burke is planning and has attended campus events where alcohol is served. For Burke, teaching responsible drinking for students is an important part of transitioning into adulthood.

“I would hope (these events are) received in a way where students recognize ‘Hey, this is a part of growing up and this is a part of our education,’” Burke said. “Whether it’s a work function, a social function, even going out to a baseball game; you’re moving into adulthood.

Alcohol is not the primary focus, but it is a component.”

Raising the bar?

As more on-campus events include alcohol, Vice President of Student Affairs Fr. Gerry Olinger says Student Affairs will begin to consider the possibility of creating an on-campus bar or pub. “(We will) probably pilot a few other (events) over this year and into next year,” Olinger said.

“It may eventually reach a point for a bar or pub (that) serves alcohol.”

But according to Olinger there are no definite plans or time frame for implementing any permanent institution for serving alcohol, and some ideas are no more than on-going conversations.

Photos by Kristen Garcia

(Above) Beers languish waiting for purchase by 21 and over attendees in the Terrace Room. (Below) Alumni Ben Ullmann and David Borok grab a beer at Fields Hall Trivia Night.

These discussions for a bar or pub are preliminary, and will not become definite until they can assess the success and popularity of events with alcohol, raise the funds and resources necessary and ensure that other campus needs are addressed.

“If the students’ only experience with alcohol in college is at an off-campus party with keg stands, beer pong and thirst-skies, they are not going to be prepared for the world after college.”

Chris Haug director of Residence Life

Despite the excitement an oncampus bar might provoke, junior Connor Snashall believes most upperclassmen stay off campus for reasons beyond the lack of enough alcohol on-campus.

“I think there’s kind of a stigma about coming back on campus to do stuff,” Snashall said. “So maybe it would (bring older students back to campus).

There’s potential for it if you spun it the right way.”

Broader conversations While staff in Residence Life and Student Affairs are working

to acknowledge the maturity of students, there is still some awkwardness around this change.

Olinger is confident that students will become more comfortable over time. But as these events continue, Olinger acknowledges that not every student over 21 will decide to drink alcohol.

“What we want to do is respect the choices the people who are of age are making,” Olinger said. “This is not at all saying ‘You should drink.’ I have a lot of respect for people who make the decision not to drink – for a variety of reasons. We want to make sure we respect those decisions.”

According to Olinger, these changes are representative of changes happening even further beyond the topic of alcohol.

For Olinger, the integration of alcohol is part of a larger change Student Affairs is making across the board. “(We) started to think very thoughtfully about the philosophy of student formation and development that happens through student affairs,” Olinger said. “Responsible use of alcohol is one piece of it, but it’s also about forming leaders, faith development in the halls, all sorts of pieces. This is a piece of that larger conversation.”

WANT TO PLAN AN ON-CAMPUS EVENT WITH ALCOHOL? Go to the Campus Life tab on up.edu and click on the link “University Event with Alcohol” to find the University policy on serving alcohol on campus and the permission form required to do so.

FUNDS FOR PURCHASING ALCOHOL: ASUP, campus and hall funds cannot be used to purchase alcohol.

Neither can Bon Appetit meal points.

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KDUP goes digital with E-Zine Online magazine provides place for students to contribute writing and photography Maggie Smet Staff Writer smet14@up.edu In a little cabin on The Bluff, a group of students is producing a publication as a creative outlet for students across the campus to share ideas on music and art.

Three issues of the KDUP EZine have already been posted on KDUP’s site with hopes for two more in the coming semester.

Pieces range from an interview with Aer, a reggae/indie/rock group during their recent tour stop in Portland, to an album review on Beck’s latest release, to pictures of the St. John’s bridge.

KDUP began the E-Zine this semester and have already published three issues. Editor and sophomore Jack Greenwood feels that the most recent issue is one of their best because of the diverse range of artist interviews, reviews and a music playlist.

Greenwood helped start the E-Zine to showcase and encourage the passions and interests of KDUP DJs and the larger UP community.

“We came to realize early in the semester that KDUP has a lot of talent, and that goes beyond people playing music and being really interested in music. There are a lot of ways to express that,”

Greenwood said. “We realized that if DJs were interested in really digesting and being interested in music, then we should give them an outlet to speak about that.”

Junior Ari Morris, a KDUP staffer who contributes regularly to the E-Zine, sees the E-Zine as a chance for students to publish the works that don’t fall under the umbrella of other student media, like The Beacon.

“If you’re of the more creative mindset and wanna get involved and do something on campus then this is a great opportunity,” Morris said. “It’s also a great opportunity for aspiring artists or writers to start publishing things.”

For sophomore Elena Roberts, who is apart of the KDUP street team, submitting to the E-Zine was a chance to express her love and knowledge of music, and surprise a few of her friends.

“I kind of nerd-out in the articles, and my friends didn’t know that I actually knew what I was talking about when it came to music,” Roberts said. “They were a little surprised.”

By the end of the semester, Greenwood and KDUP would like to publish a “Best of” issue in print form to distribute on campus. He hopes that this will get the word out about the zine and

encourage people to contribute even more next year.

The past issues have featured a lot of interviews and written content, but both Greenwood and Morris want to see more visual art, including photography, painting or sculpture. Morris would also like to see more creative fiction in the submissions.

Greenwood, Morris and Roberts are enthusiastic about students not associated with KDUP submitting to the E-Zine.

“This is by no means a KDUP exclusive publication,” Greenwood said. “We want this to be open to all students here on campus.”

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(Top) KDUP’s E-Zine includes artist interviews, reviews and playlists from both KDUP staff and UP students. Three issues of the E-Zine have already been published. (Directly above) Junior Ari Morris is a KDUP staff member who contributes regularly to the E-Zine.

Students create ‘Digi-Shorts’ to share experiences abroad UP begins an annual storytelling festival to spread global awareness McKena Miyashiro Staff Writer miyashir17@up.edu While in Nicaragua last summer, senior Kimberlee Turner, a secondary education and Spanish major, stayed far away from the luxurious beachfront property on the Pacific coast. Rather, Turner lived in the campo, or countryside, in a small brick house without running water. Although her host family lacked many modern luxuries, Turner was shocked to see how happy they were and took this as one of her biggest lessons from her service immersion trip.

To share the experiences of international exchanges and adventures like Turner’s, UP will host the first CISGO DIGI-SHORTS Digital Storytelling Festival on April 9 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. in Buckley Center 163.

Kate Regan, chair of the Collaborate for International Studies and Global Outreach (CISGO) and a Spanish professor at UP, hopes this festival will foster conversations about studying abroad and global awareness.

“The hope is that this is a fun way to get students engaged with

international awareness,” Regan said. “Hopefully, it’ll provide fuel for people to think about studying abroad who didn’t, and then for those going, the possibilities of sharing their story in a digital format.”

Turner submitted a Digi-Short about her experiences in Granada, Spain and her service immersion trip to Nicaragua for three weeks.

Her Digi-Short is a three-minute slideshow with pictures in these countries accompanied by her voice narration.

When traveling to Spain this past summer, Turner experienced culture shock from Spain’s leisurely sense of time and their customary paseo, or stroll, late at night. However, Turner said she was able to become fluent in Spanish by being immersed in the language.

After graduating, Turner is interested in teaching Spanish or ESL classes abroad.

“Coming back to UP and the U.S., I feel like these trips have helped me broaden my perspective,” Turner said. “I’m able to recognize the differences that students bring into the classroom and I’m more open and able to incorporate that in my lessons.”

Senior Lucy Grimm, a marketing major, submitted a DigiShort about her six weeks in Cape Town, South Africa last summer.

Grimm took child development classes in the morning and worked with Africa Jam to help children in less developed areas. In her video, she wanted to highlight how devoted the leaders were to giving kids a safe place to learn and grow.

“You watch TV sometimes of sad videos in Africa of people starving and while it is important to see, I think it is important to show the people who are overcoming it and are keeping a positive attitude and making a difference,” Grimm said.

Seniors Corey Trujillo and Jordan Lum in the Donald P. Shiley School of Engineering also submitted a Digi-Short about their experience in the Netherlands last summer. Trujillo and Lum worked for the Culture Heritage Agency of the Netherlands (RCE) in Amsterdam to apply concepts of mechanical engineering to art conservation.

“Me and Jordan really saw how unique our experiences are.

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Senior Kimberlee Turner lived in Nicaragua last summer during a service immersion trip. She will share her story in UP’s first Digital Storytelling Festival April 9. in artistic ways,” Trujillo said.

“It’s essential to innovative and innovation is tied to creativity.”

The idea of a Digital Storytelling Festival started through discussion on globalization between CISGO and the different professional schools at UP. This event is supported by CISGO, the Office of Academic Technology Services and the Teaching and

Learning Collaborative lead by Karen Eifler.

“The president and the provost have talked about digital futures and internationalization and this is one way to bring these two things together,” Regan said.

“I think that we’re linked to the world like we’ve never been before.”

Entertain Me Local Natives and Kings of Leon perform with humble energy From Section 221, Row M, Seat 1, I squinted at the stage.

Were those people walking on, or just a few lone microphone stands? I couldn’t have told you.

This is the problem with a large venue, I thought to myself. Why did I pay money to see a live show, if I can’t see the band playing? But within seconds, my regrets vanished as Local Natives made themselves known, starting Kings of Leon’s Mechanical Bull Tour off right with their soulful lyrics and silly dance moves.

I initially bought a ticket to Kings of Leon’s show at the Moda Center because Local Natives, one of my favorite bands, was opening for them. Local Natives delivered an amazing performance, devoid of needless theatrics and full of raw talent. They

played all of my favorite songs, from “Ceilings” to “Sun Hands” to “Who Knows Who Cares.”

Just when I thought the night couldn’t get any better, Kings of Leon came onto the stage. I wasn’t very familiar with the band’s music, but I didn’t have to be. Kings of Leon succeeded in making me want to sing and awkwardly sway my arms to every song they played along with the energized, middle-aged audience who’d had a bit too much “apple juice” to drink.

I’m a fan of smaller venues and sitting in the nosebleeds restricted my dancing capabilities, but I enjoyed the show nevertheless. Local Natives and Kings of Leon are both so humble and extremely thankful for their fan bases. Made up of skilled musicians who exude passion for what they do, the bands blew me away with their confidant, but not cocky stage presence and amazing, stripped sound. And to the bassist of Local Natives, I would happily be your groupie.

-Emily Neelon

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Local Natives opened for Kings of Leon’s Mechanical Bull Tour at the Moda Center last weekend.

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Best of the Northwest summer music fests

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Olivia Alsept-Ellis Staff Writer alseptel14@up.edu “Have you bought your Coachella tickets yet?”

Summer time is festival season, where the lack of homework and abundance of sun creates the perfect environment for days spent in musical ecstasy. Some students can sponsor their desire to attend any one of the major Californian or East Coast music festivals that are terribly popular. Good for them! Others may be forced to stay local this upcoming summer. But is that a bad thing?

What the Festival?!

June 19-22 White River Canyon, Ore. 2013 tickets were $200 Details about the event and names for the line-up are still up in the air, but what is certain is that last year’s WTFestival was Burning Man meets Surround Sound. A-Trak, Purity Ring, Flosstradamus, Gramatik and YACHT helped transform a pastoral scene into something more jungle. The event planners teamed up with Decibel Festival (hosted in Seattle in September, for the record) to bring a Deep House Pool Party last year, so something equally exciting should be in store. The general admission tickets are 18+, but the 21+ option includes the necessary perks for a festival like WTF: showers, beverages and hookah. Dance on, little hippies, dance on.

Ideal if you like: Weirdness, House, Trance, Electronic, Trap, Outdoors, Camping, Medium.

Paradiso

June 27-28 The Gorge, Quincy, Wash.

General Admission $207, Camping Passes $85 Paradiso, which sets up in the same location as Sasquatch, takes a radically different approach to music culture. Actual rides, like a ferris wheel and tilt-a-whirl, are placed where there once was a campsite and bonfire. While the line-up has not been released in full yet, Bassnectar, Zedd, Krewella and Above & Beyond have been confirmed.

Last year, Tiesto and Kaskade were the headliners. While the Paradiso experience also includes camping, the event draws a distinctly different crowd than Sasquatch. So break out your furry backpacks and pacifiers to get your rave on in the Gorge. Just stay safe, UP. The event experienced a flux of drug overdose related injuries and deaths last year.

Senior Katy Stevens: “Just like the venue, everyone tries to participate in the sensory experience. People will attach flashing lights to colorful get ups or dress in costume. It’s like the Vegas of music festivals.”

Ideal if you like: Rave, Dance, EDM, Dubstep, Trap, Camping, Large Venue.

The Portland and Northwest region can claim some of the best music in the nation. You don’t need Coachella, Lollapalooza or Tomorrow World to experience contemporary music. Look into your own backyard this summer and don’t just stay local - stay musically local! Here are some of the biggest and best of the Northwest fests for you to start planning your summer music season around.

PDX Pop Now!

July 18-20 Portland, Ore. Free, optional $8 CD PDX Pop Now gives the Saturday Farmer’s Market a run for its money when it comes to staying local. This free (yes, free!) summer festival presents only independent bands that are handpicked by Portlanders. The shows are all ages and located in SE Industrial area. The lineup will be released in May although fans of the event insist it will be spectacular, just like last year. Last year, The Memories, Suns of Huns, Y La Bamba and Genders were on the list. Don’t know those names?

Go this year to scout out the local scene and give yourself a truly Portland experience.

Senior Danielle Knott: “It’s a really important festival for Portland’s music scene because it’s a platform for local bands that aren’t big enough to book other festivals to get exposure. It’s the best of Portland’s DIY (do-it-yourself) scene.”

Ideal if you like: Indie, Local, Downtown, Portlandia.

8 Track Relay

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July 19-20 Portland, Ore. Full 24 hour Relay is $89 per mem-

8 Track has 27 hours of non-stop music - although your favorite band might be playing as you sprint right past. That’s because 8 Track is also a relay race, Disco Half-Marathon, a 5K and part-time music festival. Last year, Menomena, Nurses and Blitzen Trapper came to jam for the runners. At midnight, the dark is swallowed up by bonfires and fireworks. If running is not your “thing,” there is the chance to buy a ticket only to the musical portions.

Or, alternatively, if running is definitely your thing, there are options to register only for the 5K or Marathon. But either way, 8 Track is music in the fast lane.

Ideal if you like: Running, Sweating, 5K, Alternative Event.

Timber!

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Music

July 24-26 Carnation, Wash. $65, Camping is $30 per tent This folk fest promotes an obscure yet local line up yet, hosting names like

Cumulus, the Smokey Brights or Lonesome Shack. Campers can rent general or premium locations, or alternatively, yurts or RVs. The outdoorsy nature of the festival is promoted far more than the others, making this ideal for not only the folk musical connoisseur but the adventurer of the wild, wild west.

Ideal if you like: Folk, Country, Camping, Outdoor, Eco-Friendly.

Pickathon

August 1-3 Happy Valley, Ore. Full Weekend $260, Single passes are also sold Pickathon boasts about the community it builds for the three-day festival in Happy Valley, Ore. The administration promotes a “leave no footprint” philosophy and publicly thank the nearby farm that hosts the campgrounds on their website. While there is a quiet zone, there are two special “Jam Zones” for the late night musicians amongst us. This year, Pickathon is presenting Mac Demarco, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Foxygen, Blind Pilot and X among a long list of other local, awesome artists.

Ideal if you like: Indie, Alternative, Post-Rock, Folk, Camping, Sustainability, Large Venue.

Music Fest NW

August 16-17 Portland, Ore. Prices to be released soon MusicFestNW (MFNW), Portland’s own version of South by Southwest (SXSW), has made some massive changes since last year’s festival. The event was originally spread out across five days in September and throughout Portlandia’s bars and music venues.

This year, however, MFNW will be in middle-August, only a 2-day festival and collected down at the Waterfront Park. Last year, MFNW collected artists like Animal Collective, Washed Out, Young the Giant and Deerhunter.

Although there were 170 artists in total, and many of them indie and local. This year, the line-up will likely be compacted due to the space and timeline of the venue. Press releases speculate that this will make the ticket price cheaper, but how will this change the culture of MFNW? You decide, Portland.

Ideal if you like: Indie, Rock, Folk, Local, Electronic, Urban.

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Student relays her passion for fighting cancer Junior served as executive director of UP’s Relay for Life which raised $36,939.47 for the American Cancer Society

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Clare Duffy Staff Writer duffy17@up.edu Most people who participate in a Relay for Life event “relay” with a specific person in mind. Junior Katelyn Griffin relays for her mother, a cancer survivor. Griffin has been involved in Relay since she was a child, when her mother relayed for her grandmother. She started her own team in the ninth grade, bringing Relay for Life to her high school for the first time.

“I actually tried to start a team when I was in eighth grade, but they wouldn’t really let me,” Griffin said. “I didn’t give up hope, though, and it worked out the next year.”

Griffin’s involvement in the non-profit organization, which benefits the American Cancer Society, has only grown since then.

She currently acts a member of Relay for Life’s Great West Division Youth Task Force, which oversees campus and youth events, and as the executive director for UP’s annual Relay for Life, the most recent of which took place last Friday in the Chiles Center.

“Everyone who relays has an immediate connection because of

cancer. It’s neat to be connected through that and to have the same thing to fight for,” Griffin said.

Griffin’s passion for Relay for Life is visible to those she works with. Junior Margot Lewis, who relays for her dad and works on the planning committee, believes that volunteering for Relay for Life is not for everyone because it requires such a large time commitment, and that’s what makes Griffin so unique. “(Katelyn) spends a huge amount of time outside planning meetings working on relay, she’s crazy busy and she makes time for it, which shows how passionate she is,” Lewis said. “When she finds a new idea or has news to share with the (planning) group, she just beams, you can tell how excited she is about relay.”

This year’s relay at UP, which hosted 37 teams and a total of 467 participants, raised $36,939.47, which helps the ACS raise awareness about and fight to end cancer.

Over $1,500 of UP’s total earnings were raised by Griffin herself. She raises funds by selling hand-painted cups via Facebook and Instagram, a large commitment when balanced with classes, student teaching for her elementary education major and

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Overnight team event where participants walk around a track to raise money in support of the American Cancer Society • • • •

UP’s Relay

37 teams 467 participants $36,939.47 raised $1,500 raised by junior Katelyn Griffin

the actual planning of the relay.

“It can be a little hectic at times, but I think with everything I’m involved with, I’ve gotten really good at managing my time and picking and choosing what’s really important,” Griffin said.

“It’s definitely worth it.”

Both Griffin and Lewis are certain that they will continue participating in and volunteering for relay long after they leave UP. “Everyone that takes the time to help put (Relay for Life) on does so because it’s something that’s so near and dear to our hearts,” Lewis said.

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All photos by Alex Bush | THE BEACON

1. Luminarias created by students line the upper floor of the Chiles Center. 2. Katelyn Griffin speaks at the opening ceremony. 3. Students walk laps around the Chiles Center. 4. (left to right) Janelle Li and Emily Glaser. 5. (left to right) Hannah Biegel and Madeline Michaelson rack up laps. 6. (left to right) Marie Wilson, Hannah Schoen and Kenneth Tsukayama.

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FAITH & FELLOWSHIP

April 3, 2014

OPINIONS EDITORIAL If someone shouts fire in a crowded theater, what is the proper response from authorities?

Is it to forbid all use of the word fire in the future, even for the purpose of discussing how best to avoid fire-related disasters?

Until March 19, all emails sent to UP email addresses containing the words “Redefine Purple Pride” or “RPP” were blocked by an Information Services filter. IS put the filter in place last spring after students associated with the Redefine Purple Pride movement sent two mass emails to faculty and staff urging them to speak out against the University’s Nondiscrimination Policy, which did not include sexual orientation at the time.

The University’s decision to block these emails shows a lack of respect for meaningful dialogue.

Now, we must acknowledge

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RPP filter hindered vital inclusion discussions

University Policy. In sending mass emails to University faculty and staff, students involved with Redefine Purple Pride did violate the University’s mass email rules. UP has a policy forbidding any group or individual from sending emails to the entire University community or any subgroups without approval from administrators.

But to categorize the Redefine emails as spam was disrespectful to students. The University’s mass email policy is mostly directed at unsolicited commercial email, chain mail and other obnoxious, irrelevant types of spam. Treating Redefine Purple Pride’s real, valid concerns like a pesky, get-richquick email was a disrespectful, invalidating decision, even if it the decision technically followed policy.

And the email filter did much more than stop mass emails. By blocking these emails, the administration hampered mean-

ingful, constructive discourse about the Redefine Purple Pride movement.

The purpose of the filter may have been to protect the community from mass emails, but a possibly unintended result was that individuals in the community could not discuss the movement whatsoever via email. Since the email filter was not publicized, any number of conversations about inclusion at UP may have been abandoned.

Throughout the Redefine movement’s activity last spring, both students and administrators were calling for open, honest discussion. In a letter published Feb. 21, 2013, President Fr. Bill Beauchamp said that “we welcome and encourage spirited debate.” Halting all discussion of Redefine Purple Pride on UP email addresses directly contradicted Beauchamp’s call.

Suppose a student hoped to answer Beauchamp’s call for spirited debate by emailing him

personally about the Redefine Purple Pride movement. Beauchamp would never have seen the message.

Furthermore, the email filter made media coverage of the movement difficult. The email filter went in place as The Beacon was covering Redefine Purple Pride. One reporter covering the story was unable to send her drafts to the editors of The Beacon because the emails contained those blocked keywords.

Because administrators informed no one of this filter, we did not know why the emails failed to go through. The story was published on time, but the filter made our coverage of the event much more difficult. And whether it is intentional or unintentional, suppressing media coverage of controversy is unacceptable.

The administration’s neglect to remove the filter is also worrisome. When a Beacon reporter contacted IS in March to

ask about the filter, they were unaware of it. The ban was removed only after the reporter brought the issue up.

Frankly, forgetting to take the ban off was irresponsible.

Redefine Purple Pride was, according to some professors, the most significant student movement in decades. These students sparked the largest conversation about inclusion the UP community has had in years. To interfere with the discussion an entire year after Redefine’s mass emails demonstrates a lack of attention to student concerns.

Sure, the administration’s blockage of email might make some sense given UP’s mass email policy. But the decision was heavy-handed and disrespectful to students with real concerns. The filter suppressed the “spirited debate” that was so crucial to the University’s discussion of inclusion and diversity.

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Did Jesus die to save Hobby Lobby from its sins?

Maggie Hannon Staff Commentary Last week, the Supreme Court began hearing arguments for a case involving Hobby Lobby, an arts and crafts store chain whose owner claims the federal government’s requirement that corporations provide emergency contraceptives, including IUDs and Plan B, violates Hobby Lobby’s religious freedom.

Hobby Lobby thinks the requirement violates the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993.

This law requires that law “shall not substantially burden a person’s exercise of religion” unless it is the least restrictive means to further a compelling state interest. Although Hobby Lobby is willing to provide other forms of contraception, if the Court decides in favor of the company, this would allow for a for-profit business to claim an exemption on coverage of all types of contraceptives.

The thing that puzzles me, though, is that corporations believe they have the right to ex-

ercise religion when it’s obvious that they don’t.

“Arguing for religious rights for a for-profit organization is simply the owner or CEO placing his or her own beliefs on the rest of the company.”

Maggie Hannon junior

In Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission, corporations were given First Amend-

ment rights to freedom of speech, which allows for businesses to donate to political organizations.

Companies can obviously benefit from this since their political speech in the form of donations can influence the growth of a company. But I don’t understand how a company benefits from the promotion of religious belief.

Corporations may not benefit from this fight for religious freedom, but it’s obvious that the owners do. Arguing for religious rights for a for-profit organization is simply the owner or CEO placing his or her own beliefs on the rest of the company. Although legally a corporation is supposed

to be a separate entity from its owner, Hobby Lobby wants to argue that the owner’s religious belief should be placed on everyone in his company. Separate from its owners, Hobby Lobby does not have any religious value. I mean, it’s a crafts store.

Even if the Court decides companies can claim religious freedom, there is an obvious state interest for the requirement of businesses to provide free contraceptive care for women.

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April 3, 2014

Why I no longer wish to be Blair Waldorf McKena Miyashiro Staff Commentary During winter break, I allowed myself to binge-watch “Gossip Girl” with a tub of Ben & Jerry’s by my side.

While watching, I found myself awestruck at the excess in the character’s lives. Seeing these

characters go through their days partying, shopping and attending fancy charity events made me feel a bit of contempt towards my own life.

Six seasons later, I found myself wanting to be as elegant, gorgeous, and of course as wealthy as the main character, Blair Waldorf. In my sleep-deprived, binge-watching-hypnotized state, I frantically looked up a list of colleges with the highest paid graduates. On that list, I noticed my best friend’s neigh-

boring college took the number one spot: Harvey Mudd College.

My friend attends Scripps College, an all-girls college near Harvey Mudd. As my best friend, she, too, loves “Gossip Girl.”

I talked to her about my quest for wealth and my longing to be Blair Waldorf.

Her response? “Everyone at Scripps knows to get a Mudd guy.”

I found myself jealous of my gorgeous best friend and her easy access, statistically speaking, to

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wealthy men.

I thought to myself, “If I marry someone wealthy, I can be like Blair Waldorf.”

I don’t want to sound like I only care about being rich. But let’s be honest with ourselves: Who doesn’t like nice things?

Let’s fast forward to a few days ago, when I came across an article on Huffington Post discussing Susan Patton’s latest book, “Marry Smart.” Patton, known as the infamous “Princeton Mom,” has appeared on a multitude of TV news networks preaching to young women everywhere that while work will wait, fertility won’t. She urges young women to focus their energy on achieving their Mrs. degrees by finding a suitable (read: wealthy) man on campus to find happiness.

My immediate reaction? Anger. I felt angry at Patton’s narrow mindset of gender roles.

Why does she assume that women should find a man for wealth and happiness? Why does she assume that every woman wants to have children? Why does she assume that every woman is cisgendered (that is, she identifies as a woman and was born with a female body)? And why does she assume she has authority on saying what young women want for their lives?

Then it hit me. I realized I was her target audience. I started questioning myself. Why did I want to fill this stereotypical gender role? Why did I immediately think of marrying someone wealthy instead of relying on my own merit and talents? And why did I simplify happiness down to a numerical amount?

I’m taking a stand against Patton and I’m asserting my independence as a young woman. I am fighting against Patton’s stereotypical view of gender roles and her belief that marrying a (wealthy) man equates to happiness.

For those of you that have found your perfect someone in college, I am happy for you. But for the rest of us who haven’t, why shouldn’t we be happy too?

Don’t follow someone else’s timetable to find love or even feel the need to seek it out before you can love yourself for you.

Finally, my favorite quote from “Gossip Girl”: “Sometimes, you have to venture outside your world to find yourself. As for me?

I’m happy right where I am.”

Xoxo, (no longer dreaming) Gossip Girl.

McKena Miyashiro is a freshman sociology major. She can be reached at miyashir17@ up.edu.

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School of Nursing must HOBBY: CEOs should not support students better dictate religion Kimberly Cerruti Guest Commentary Students in the School of Nursing (SON) are required to complete ATI examinations towards the end of every semester.

By the middle of the last semester in nursing school, students must pass their comprehensive ATI. This test is a predictor of how students will score on their NCLEX, or licensure exam.

Students must pass their ATI on their first try with 72.7 percent (which is roughly a 95 percent passing rate on the NCLEX exam) or retake the exam. If students do not pass on their second attempt, they must pay $275 to take an online course and then retake the test. In addition, if students do not pass they will receive no higher than a B- in the class.

“Last year, the School of Nursing had one of the lowest passing rates in the state of Oregon, according to the Oregon State Board of Nursing.”

Kimberly Cerruti senior

The issue is that the SON does not prepare students adequately for this standardized test. Students must take a preparation for licensure course that meets three times per semester. In the first class, we were told we needed to study religiously for the comprehensive exam, yet we were not given tips other than we should study ATI review questions. The second preparation class was for us to understand how to apply for our license. I reached out for help and never heard back. I studied dutifully whenever I could, in addition to my graveyard clinical shifts. I am embarrassed to admit I did not pass on my first or second attempt by one or two percent.

In the past month, faculty had to open up an additional classroom for ATI retakes because the number of students failing their first attempt exceeded expectations.

Last year, the SON had one of the lowest NCLEX passing rates in the state of Oregon, according to the Oregon State Board of Nursing. Standardized testing is often a weak point for many, including myself, and I do not always know how to approach studying for ATI, let alone the NCLEX. We are studying but we need help. The SON should make the online course mandatory as part

of our tuition. The course has a higher passing rate than our own university. Why not help us succeed from the beginning?

Either have this class meet more frequently to talk about test taking tips specific to the test, or incorporate the online course in the curriculum. This is an expense I was not counting on, but perhaps if the University incorporated this fee it would not be a shock one month out from graduation.

After my second attempt at the ATI I received a letter from the SON stating, “(We) encourage you to focus your energy on being successful.” I have focused my energy on being an exceptional nurse, leader and asset to my community for the past four years. I worked diligently with my ATI studies and the outcome did not reflect my study habits.

So, SON, help me succeed from the beginning instead of trying to help me when it is too late.

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birth control as a way to prevent unplanned pregnancy, but there are diseases that are treated with contraceptives. Would “religious companies” argue that using contraceptives for the treatment against disease is a burden on their beliefs? Although contraceptives are probably not most often used for these cases, it is still an important area of health care that a lot of women need.

A ruling in favor of Hobby Lobby could also undercut the value of the Affordable Care Act. The Court already allowed exemptions for nonprofits. If they allow exemptions for for-profit companies, the law could become muddled and companies could simply pick and choose which areas they wish to follow.

Also, why should a “religious corporation” impose its belief on its employees, when it is not a nonprofit or reveal its religious nature in any way? Take Hobby

Lobby: Why would a person applying for a job at a crafts store have any reason to believe that it is a religious company? Many argue that if one does not like the values this company holds, he or she does not need to work there… because it’s so easy to get a job just anywhere these days.

The Court should decide against Hobby Lobby. A ruling in their favor has the potential to severely expand the power of for-profit corporations. While the Court hinted that this decision would not affect public corporations owned by a number of shareholders, a win for Hobby Lobby will only lead to more cases involving whether for-profit businesses need to follow the law when it goes against their socalled religious beliefs.

Maggie Hannon is a junior political science major. She can be reached at hannon15@ up.edu.

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by David DiLoreto

What’s the greatest April Fool’s prank of all time?

Kostas Urnezius sophomore mechanical engineering

“Saran Wrap on the toilet.”

Tori Gernon junior nursing

Kimberly Cerruti is a senior nursing major. She can be reached at cerruti14@up.edu.

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Championship shirts no longer playing hard to get Low turnout for intramural sports leaves previously coveted shirts up for grabs Mitchell Gilbert Staff Writer gilbert16@up.edu There are few things people will voluntarily go to Howard Hall for. Intramural sports have usually been a constant that draw people to the soon to be out of commission building. Yet, this year, student turnout has been low, the seasons short and the organization a bit off. The typical competitiveness for the coveted championship t-shirts has been lacking, and those who are avid intramural athletes are taking notice.

While intramural basketball and soccer remain popular, for many of the less popular sports such as ultimate frisbee, turnout has been low enough that teams are skipping straight to the finals or are winning a majority of their games due to forfeited matches.

Much of this low turnout can be attributed to inefficient scheduling on that part of the intramural sports organization. Many of the sports are only offered for limited times of the week, eliminating the opportunity for many students to play.

“The hardest part can be finding appropriate times every week,” junior Mike Laskowski

said. “A lot of the times if you have classes on like a Tuesday night you aren’t able to play the sport because all of that sports games are on Tuesday.”

However, the main cause of the unusually low turnout is the lack of underclassmen involved in intramurals.

“One morning I was in class and I just randomly got the email that the other team had forfeited and we had won the championship and won the t-shirts.”

Parker Kimball junior Parker Shoaff | THE BEACON

“I think that the low turnout can be attributed to the lack of new teams in various sports,” junior Parker Kimball said. “The only difference between this year and many of the other years is that we are playing the only the same teams that we have been playing over the last two years.”

The intramural sports championships are usually extremely competitive. Competitors pride themselves on how many different sports, and champion t-shirts,

Junior Parker Kimball shows off his championship shirts. Kimball has played many sports and won many championships, but sees the low turnout and lack of new teams as a huge detriment to the program. they can win. This year teams advancing straight to the finals, however, eliminates much of the competition and pride that comes from winning an intramural championship. Kimball said his volleyball season ended abruptly.

“We played the same team about three times, and some of those times didn’t even count,” Kimball said. “One morning I was in class and I just randomly

got the email that the other team had forfeited and we had won the championship and won the tshirts.”

Even in the most popular intramural sports, the number of games teams are able to play are limited. Indoor basketball, the most popular sport, has a total of 10 teams in its Division I men’s league, yet the season only consists of four regular season games

with the possibility of playing two playoff games.

“I know we have limited court space and time, but playing basketball it is something that I really look forward to doing (at UP),” sophomore Marcus Giovacchini said. “I was upset we only were able to play four games over the course of five weeks this season.”

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Pilot in the Spotlight In high school you played volleyball, basketball, swimming, water polo, tennis and rowing. How did you decide to continue rowing?

Rowing is very different from any other sport I did.

I like the family aspect of rowing. I feel like it is stronger than other sports.

How is collegiate rowing different from high school rowing?

It’s more laid back in high school. You never have to worry about your position (on the team). In college, you are always competing for a seat so you have to prove to the coach you belong in that position.

What made you decide to row for Portland?

The former coach contacted me after racing in Boston. I took the opportunity and visited the school and the coach took me on a tour around the campus. I loved it.

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Hannah Johnson Port/Starboard Sophomore Seattle, Wash.

Both your varsity and JV teams just won first place in the Daffodil Sprints, your team’s first official event of the spring. How does it feel to begin your season with across the board wins?

It feels really good. We are a growing sport so it’s good to get some recognition. It’s difficult to know with our time because we were in bad weather, but just to know we are getting faster from last year sets us up for the season.

What are some challenges you have to overcome during a windy race?

This past weekend, it was all about looking at everyone else and knowing ev-

eryone racing is in the same situation. Our coxswain does a good job of keeping our heads up and encouraging us to block it out.

How do you feel about waking up early for practice and training?

Hmm.. I wake up at 5:20 everyday. So, I don’t know. I like it. It forces you to make a routine and keep yourself in line. It’s hard sometimes, but it’s worth it. I get to see the sunrise every morning and it’s beautiful.

What do you like to do outside of rowing and school work?

I like napping. My teammates and I like to spend time together a lot. I love to go outside, one of the teammates have been taking us on hikes and stuff. Also, we eat a lot.

Do you have a favorite restaurant in Portland?

Little Big Burger, I LOVE burgers.

What’s been a highlight for your rowing career so far at UP? One time, I saw a sea lion come up to one of the other boats and it almost tipped it over!

What do you enjoy most about being a member of the Pilots rowing team?

It is cool to wake up and know you can beat your goal each day. You can do that with academics, too. But it’s different when you’re on a team reaching for a group goal.

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This week in sports Women’s Tennis The Pilots lost their last three games to drop to 5-5 on the season and 1-2 in conference play. They take on more WCC opponents this week at home playing LMU Friday at 11 a.m. and Pepperdine Saturday at 11 a.m.

Men’s Tennis The men have won five in a row. The team is 10-4 on the season and 3-0 in conference play. They travel to Pepperdine Friday at 1 p.m. and LMU Saturday at 11 a.m.

Track & Field Saturday’s Willamette Invitational brought out two newcomers, two women’s basketball players who participated in the javelin and shot put events.

Katherine Maus set a school record in the triple jump and placed first overall at the meet.

The team travels to the Stanford Invitational this weekend.

Baseball The Pilots had their first win in a while with a 6-2 victory over Seattle U. Their record is now 6-23. The team travels to play Santa Clara this weekend for three games. They play at Oregon Tuesday at 6 p.m. and then at home against Oregon at 3 p.m.

Rowing The first official race of the spring resulted in two first place finishes by both Portland eight boats, varsity and second. They travel next to the San Diego Crew Classic this weekend as well as the Lewis & Clark Invite. (courtesy portlandpilots.com, WCCsports.com)

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Getting into the swing of conference play

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(Left) Junior Katy Krauel runs down a ball during practice before the team lost their three matches against St. Mary’s, Pacific and UC Davis. (Right) Sophomore Maja Mladenovic who leads the team, has won seven of her nine singles matches and four of her 10 doubles matches this season.

Mitchell Gilbert Staff Writer gilbert16@up.edu The .500 record the women’s tennis team currently holds may not seem like something to get excited about, but considering the previous seasons and uncertainties that come with a young team, it is a strong jumping off point going into WCC play.

The Pilots began this season on a much stronger note than last year, winning four of their first five games with an overall record of 5-5 and an early 1-2 conference record. Last year, they ended the season with an 8-14 record overall and 1-8 in conference games.

This respectable start can help inspire a young team, and head coach Susie Campbell-Gross is confident the team has the ener-

gy and fighting spirit to win the WCC championship.

“It has to be from the start of our matches to the end of our matches,” Campbell-Gross said.

“It has to be in our preparation the night before, in our on-court professionalism during the day, and in our focus during matches.”

Sophomore Maja Mladenovic has been a key contributor to the Pilots’ success this season and she currently leads the team, winning seven of her nine matches. It is not only her on-court performance that helps the Pilots win matches. It is her enthusiasm and positive attitude off the court.

“Being very energetic during matches really helps me,” Mladenovic said. “I just try to do my personal best every match, and spread my positive energy to the rest of the team.”

Mental preparation and team unity are important to this team.

They spend much of their time focusing on being positive and mentally prepared during their games through their positive performance-training program. This program consists of meetings once a week where they watch YouTube videos or read articles and talk about how they value one another.

“The most important thing is that all of us show up at the same time on the same day,” Campbell-Gross said. “That is what it is going to take as we push to the end of the season. Against Idaho and Gonzaga we were all together, but last weekend we had some inconsistencies.”

The Pilots have had plenty of time to prepare for the tough road ahead of conference games,

by playing only three conference games (Saint Mary’s, Gonzaga and Pacific) during their first 10 games of the season. With all six of their final games against WCC opponents, it will be crucial to win those if they are to have a shot at the WCC championship.

The Pilots also have to deal with playing in an environment that they are not usually accustomed to: outside. The team usually practices in an indoor facility, so getting outside and playing many of these tough matches in a different environment will present a completely new and difficult challenge.

There are many different variables that attribute to this new challenge including the glare from the sun, the wind blowing across the court and the possibility of rain. Three of the team’s

last six matchups, against San Francisco, Santa Clara and San Diego, will be played on outdoor courts.

However, the challenge of playing outside has not affected Mladenovic’s confidence going into the rest of the season.

Mladenovic believes that the team has what it takes to push towards the end of the season and has goals set for herself.

“I obviously just want to stay healthy and play my best tennis,” Mladenovic said. “I want to win.

I want to be first team all-conference.”

The next home games for the women will be April 4 at 11 a.m. against Loyola Marymount followed by a game April 5 at 11 a.m. against Pepperdine.

Early mornings result in early success for rowing

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(Pictured) The women’s rowing team began the spring season with a scrimmage against Seattle U in Vancouver, Wash. The Pilots took first in all boats but the Novice 8. The first official race for the team resulted in first place finishes for the varsity and second boats. Varsity took a victory over Western Washington University and Seattle U and the second boat beat Western Washington, the University of Puget Sound, Lewis and Clark and Washington State.