Vol. 115, Issue 18 February 27, 2014
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Mock trial team prepares for national competition
Graduate student adapts and directs campus play
UP athletes break outside the campus bubble, all the way to Trinidad
News, p. 3
Living, p. 8
Sports, p. 14
Laurie Kelley appointed VP for University Relations
Students dialogue on diversity
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Maggie Smet Staff Writer smet14@up.edu Laurie Kelley has been appointed vice president for University Relations after serving in an interim capacity since October 2013. The vice president for University Relations oversees the Offices of Alumni Relations, Development, Marketing and Communications and University Events. “I am grateful to Laurie for accepting this responsibility,” President Fr. Bill Beauchamp said in an email on Feb. 25 announcing Kelley’s appointment. “She and her team have shepherded the UP brand to new heights. In addition to marketing, she has directed many of the University’s signature events since her arrival here seven years ago.” Kelley is excited to fill the position in a permanent capacity, replacing Jim Lyons after his move to Santa Clara University in October. Kelley has been at UP since 2006, as the associate
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vice president for University Relations and chief marketing officer. Before coming to The Bluff, she was a vice president at Oregon Public Broadcasting. “I was ready for a new opportunity,” Kelley said. “It’s a thrill to serve the University in this way.” In the short term, Kelley is interested in continuing and completing the work of the University Relations office with the RISE Campaign, and her work in Marketing and Communications. “I’m also excited about working with the Alumni Relations office and really moving forward on integrating our alumni in what we’re doing and reaching out to our alumni and serving them in new ways,” she said. “And also just continuing that deepening of the relationships with our alumni.” In the long term, Kelley has her sights set on the goals of capital improvement in the areas of residence halls, faculty offices, a student center and a continuing focus on student scholarships.
Olivia Alsept-Ellis Staff Writer alseptel14@up.edu
“The Black Individual”
Five University of Portland students – Kahlil Dumas, Gat Bol, Ilena Allen, Mikayla Posey and J’reyesha Brannon, sat at the front of the class, but their presentation wasn’t anything that can be explained in a textbook. The event was hosted by the the Black Student Union, entitled “The Black Individual” because it pressed this theme of focusing on the individual experience. These five students shared their personal life story, beginning with their families or early
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(Above, from left) Juniors Mikayla Posey, Ilena Allen and (below, from left) Ilena Allen, freshman Gat Bol and junior Kahlil Dumas discuss their individual experiences based on their race.
See DIVERSITY, page 4
Oregonian discontinues free copies to UP
At the end of this month, students will no longer be able to find copies of The Oregonian on campus newspaper racks. Provost Thomas Greene received a letter indicating that The Oregonian has decided to discontinue the complimentary papers they were providing to the University. According to ASUP President junior Quin Chadwick, administration is hoping to tie in subscriptions to The Oregonian with The New York Times through the University’s readership program between the Office of the Provost, Residence Life and ASUP. “It just wasn’t a cost that any of us were prepared to take on
yet,” Chadwick said. Aside from students reading The Oregonian for leisure, students also read The Oregonian as part of the curriculum in communication classes on campus. Chadwick predicts that once the complimentary subscriptions end, students will be aware of this change and raise questions to ASUP. “I think it’s a resource for students that is valuable to us,” Chadwick said. “It also informs us as students about what’s going on in our larger community outside of the UP bubble. In terms of social justice issues, it’s helpful for us to have the news. As students, we need to be educated outside of our (UP) community.” Director of Student Activities Jeromy Koffler shares the same sentiments as Chadwick. “We have one significant paper for the state and that’s The
Oregonian,” Koffler said. “I think The Oregonian is an important source of information to give the campus community a perspective of the state that we live in. Especially in times like political elections where we’re looking at different candidates and what are the issues and trying to educate ourselves on the political process.” According to Koffler, The Oregonian originally started sending complimentary papers to University of Portland in the hopes of increasing circulation and having students subscribe to the paper once they graduate. Koffler believes The Oregonian is facing budget challenges that raise questions about the profitability of The Oregonian as a newspaper. “I’m fairly certain in saying the reason that they’re cutting the free circulation is for financial
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At the end of February, the newspaper racks around campus will have no copies of The Oregonian. reasons,” said Koffler. The New York Times, however, is still available on campus through the University’s current readership program. “The New York Times is great for (a picture of) a much larger community…. It gives us an idea of the country as a whole…. But The Oregonian is Oregonfocused and that’s what we need,” Chadwick said. “It’s important
we stay educated and involved in our larger community here in Oregon as well. I think both are vital to have.” The Oregonian was founded in 1850 and is the oldest published newspaper on the West Coast. In October last year, the paper decided to focus on delivering online news, printing See PAPER, page 3
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February 27, 2014
On On Campus Campus ASUP EXECUTIVE BOARD APPLICATIONS
Email Secretary Alysse Thomas at thomasa15@ up.edu for an application for President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, and CPB Director. Applications due this Friday, Feb. 28 by 5 p.m. PILOTS AFTER DARK Friday, Feb. 28 10 p.m. – 1 a.m. Comedy Musicians Dakaboom! Dakaboom! have appeared on “The Sing Off” and “Glee.” 11:30 p.m. – 1 a.m. Team Trivia Night. Free prizes, giveaways, and trivia. Maximum six members per team. Saturday, March 1 10 – 11:30 p.m. Bluffoons Improv Show 11:30 p.m. – 1 a.m. KDUP Live DJ ROOSEVELT FREEDOM FIGHTERS EXHIBIT March 3 – 5, 8 a.m. – 10 p.m., Franz Hall lobby. Free exhibit on 16 local freedom fighters interviewed by Roosevelt High School students. DIVERSITY DIALOGUES: MIXED Friday, Feb. 28, 4 p.m. in Mago Hunt Recital Hall. Performed by Maya Lilly, MIXED provides insight into the multiracial experience. CPB PRESENTS “GRAVITY” Friday, Feb. 28, and Saturday, March 1, at 9 p.m. in Buckley Center Auditorium. MEChA PRESENTS AZTEC DANCE GROUP Thursday, Feb. 27, 5 – 7 p.m. in St. Mary’s Lounge.
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Former members of Congress discuss women in politics, seven deadly sins Maggie Smet Staff Writer smet14@up.edu Students welcomed two former congressmen this week to discuss their time in the House of Representatives and political issues with students, faculty and staff. Students in diverse fields, from political science to environmental studies to education, had a chance to meet with former Reps. Gil Gutknecht (R-Minnesota) and Martin Lancaster (D-North Carolina). On Feb. 24 in the Bauccio Commons, the UP community gathered for a Q-and-A session, focusing mainly on the current state of Congress, how it has changed and the role it plays in American life. Gutknecht compared his time in the House of Representatives to his time in the Minnesota state legislature, and spoke of the differences in debate between the two. According to him, there is a lack of debate in Congress. “Essentially, what happens in Congress is members just get up and read speeches, unfortunately very often written by their staffs, and there isn’t the give and take,” Gutknecht said. “Members are seldom persuaded by the debate on the floor of the House. In fact, members rarely even listen to the debate that’s going on in the floor of the House.” Both former congressmen spoke with dismay over the loss of collegiality and bipartisanship they see in today’s politics, and blamed the lack of opportunities for representatives across the aisle to get to know each other. “There’s very little opportunity for members of Congress to get to know each other on a personal level,” Lancaster said. “There’s less factfinding trips when members of both parties can get to know each other. There’s just a different atmosphere now.” Senior Leah Becker asked the congressmen to speak about the lack of women in government, and how it can be improved. “Find stronger women. We win with the people who show up, we need to find good candidates who will set up and run,” Gutknecht responded. “There are some good backbenchers on both sides of the political aisle today … There are some pretty strong women in politics today that you will see coming and I think will be stepping up in a few years.” After the event, Becker was still mulling over Gutknecht’s response before she and the German Culture Club met with both congressmen. “I was frustrated that their answer was to find strong women when we clearly have strong women continually running who aren’t being voted in and are harshly being depicted in the media, and I was a little
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Former congressmen Martin Lancaster (above) and Gil Gutknecht (below) attended a luncheon with students on Feb. 24 before their question-and-answer session that evening.. frustrated that that wasn’t addressed or maybe even not known by (former congressman) Gutknecht,” Becker said. Junior Josh Cleary questioned Gutknecht and Lancaster about the importance of civics education, and whether it should be emphasized in the education system from elementary school through grade school. Lancaster said he views civics education as very important, and mentioned the law in North Carolina requiring one year of civics education for students. Gutknecht mentioned his own experience of having good social studies teachers. He also highlighted the importance of morality education. He spoke of his dismay at Catholic schools not teaching his own children what he believed should be taught in terms of morality. “If I were to say anything, now I paid a lot of money in tuition to various schools for my kids. I can say I’m embarrassed to say how little they learned that I thought they needed to learn about morality,” said Gutknecht. “For example, and I asked some classes earlier today (at UP). Even in parochial schools, they don’t teach the Seven Deadly Sins anymore. They don’t teach a lot of the things that we were taught growing up. They’re Seven Deadly Sins because they
are deadly. They’re not seven kind of mistakes. I think kids need to understand that.” Political science professor Gary Malecha closed the event by asking a question he’s always wondered about, concerning the controversial relationship between the House of Representatives and the Senate. “How do the folks in the in the House of Representatives feel about the Senate?” Malecha said, meeting some laughter from the audience. “There’s always been, in my belief, (the feeling) that the enemy was not the other party, but the other body,” Lancaster said. “It’s just a natural fact of political life that the House and Senate just don’t get along. It’s been true back through my legislative career, so for the last 20-plus years, there’s been incredible tension between the House and the Senate.” Some students were glad to have the chance to discuss political issues with people who have served in political positions. “It’s so rare that university students get to talk to people who have been in government,” Cleary said. “It’s a great opportunity.”
Gil Gutknecht •Republican from Minnesota •12 years in the United States House of Representatives •Served on House Budget Committee, the House Science Committee, and the Congressional Study Group on Germany •Worked as a live auctioneer •Got his start in politics at age 10 by handing out political literature
Martin Lancaster •Democrat from North Carolina •Lawyer in both private practice and as a Navy JAG lawyer •Eight years in the House of Representatives •Focused on military affairs and was a part of the Congressional Study Group on Germany •Served as the head of North Carolina Community College system
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Mock trial ‘A’ team heads to D.C. Kathryn Walters Copy Editor walters14@up.edu UP’s mock trial “A” team will travel to Washington, D.C. in late March to compete in the American Mock Trial Association’s Opening Round Championship Series after placing third in the Pacific Northwest Regional Tournament in Corvallis, Ore. last weekend. The “A” team won seven out of eight trials over the course of the weekend-long tournament, a record for them. They also received five individual awards, including seniors Lyndsey Tsuruda, Amanda Danforth and Eileen Kannengeiser for Outstanding Witness, and Danforth and Kannengeiser again for Outstanding Attorney. The “B” team won three and lost five trials at the same tournament. Kathya Acuña, an assistant coach for the mock trial teams, is proud of the work both teams accomplished at the tournament and this season. “We’ve restructured the team to be a lot more competitive,” Acuña said. “The way it’s structured now, it gives the students more room to push themselves to be better and the team has done extremely well.” UP’s mock trial teams competed against 10 other universities, including Gonzaga,
University of Washington and Stanford. Senior Susie Sprinson, a member of the “A” team, said it was a tough competition but their hard work paid off. “We just practice a lot and it showed,” Sprinson said. “I think this was the first time we’ve had a group of people on the ‘A’ team who are very dedicated to having the same goals in the competition, and that helped to bring us together and work hard over the weekend.” The “A” team’s high placement in the Pacific Northwest Regional allowed it to advance to the Opening Round Championship Series. Different opening round series take place around the country, and the top teams from each opening round series will advance to the National Championship Tournament in Orlando, Fla. in April. The “A” team was originally supposed to attend the Opening Round Championship Series in Newport Beach, Calif., but the team requested to attend the opening round series in Washington, D.C. because it will give them more time to prepare. Otherwise, the team would only have two weeks to prepare to compete at the national level. Acuña said this preparation time is crucial because the case they’ve been studying all season changes at the national level.
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UP’s mock trial “A” team will compete in Washington, D.C. at the Opening Round Championship Series March 22-23. From left to right: junior Jennifer Perkins, sophomore London Ballard, seniors Lyndsey Tsuruda, Amanda Danforth, Eileen Kannengeiser, Susie Sprinson, Brendan Bewley, and freshman Edward Richter. This year’s case, which involved large-scale ticket fraud in an amusement park, was originally interpreted as a robbery case, but now it has changed to a murder case. “Newport is the first round of opening round championships, and Corvallis was one of the last regional competitions, so it gave us a short turnaround to prepare for the national level,” Acuña said. “We would have been at a
disadvantage.” Competing in Washington, D.C. will expose the “A” team to different teams and judges than they have previously encountered. According to Acuña, many of these teams, like Rutgers and Princeton, have different styles of coaching and argument that UP’s team will have to adjust to. “They’re very intense programs that have a very high
Celly: The newest social media on campus Clare Duffy Staff Writer duffy17@up.edu The younger generation is often criticized for being glued to their phones or paying more attention to their laptops in class than the lecture. Yet at the same time, the workforce pressures students to be savvy on social media and all the newest technologies so that they can compete with their peers. UP is implementing a new technology, however, that many believe will benefit both professors and students: Celly, a platform for mobile social networks, that allows access via the mobile app, website, texting or email. “Really (Celly) is about finding those groups of people you have something in common with and being able to have conversations,” said Director of Academic Technology Services Samuel Williams.
“I see a lot of potential for student engagement. It’s a really, really great way for people to communicate in groups.
Erika Schmidt senior, UPMG president
The Department of Information Services is hoping to incorporate Celly, a Portland
startup company, into life at UP as a tool for communication. On Feb. 19, Celly was officially introduced to staff and students at “Celly Day,” a promotional event in the Clark Library classroom. “It’s a pretty neat technology,” said senior global business major Rebecca Larrabee who attended Celly Day. “If enough people start using it, it could be pretty successful.” Ann Harris, associate director of Program Management, is taking the lead on the project. Williams is assisting her and providing inspiration for the project. The UP Marketing Group is also working to bring Celly to students’ attention. “I see a lot of potential for student engagement,” UPMG President senior Erika Schmidt said. “It’s a really, really great way for people to communicate in groups.” To use Celly, make an account on the website (cel.ly), and then join or create cells (essentially private group inboxes that members of that cell can send messages within and access the messages of other members). Information Services has created a UP administration account that will provide backend management of several cells geared towards the entire university community, including @UPEventsFreeFood, where students can learn about foodbearing events around campus. To see the full list of UP cells and for help in using Celly, visit
caliber,” she said. “It’s not necessarily something to worry about, but our students will need to devote full time to preparing.” The Opening Round Championship Series will take place in Washington, D.C. on March 22-23, hosted by the University of Virginia.
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UP has already created several cells, a few of which are pictured above. wordpress.up.edu/celly. Communication studies professor Jennette Lovejoy, who has been using Celly in several of her classes for group projects throughout the past year, sees the program as unique from other social networks. “The thing I like is that it’s a social network that can be private,” Lovejoy said. “In some ways I think it really facilitates group communication for any size group, so that’s really valuable from an academic perspective where we’re often wanting to encourage freedom of thought and expression, but not have that be public because it could affect the profile of who they are online. I also really like the idea of being able to target really specific groups of people. I
think that’s Celly’s strength.” Harris also alluded to more technological advancements coming to UP in the near future. “Informational Services is also working on bringing a mobile application to campus,” said Harris. Two sessions introducing the two possible mobile application vendors – which were open to students and faculty – were held earlier this month. These applications will be directed specifically towards higher education, and will work with programs already utilized on campus, like Moodle. IS is now working on which will be the most appropriate to implement at UP.
only four days a week. The paper also announced that “significant layoffs” were expected. A subscription to The Oregonian, which includes home delivery from Wednesday through Sunday, is available for $64.99 at $2.50 a week for the first 26 weeks. Copies of The Oregonian are still available for purchase at Lucky Mart, Lombard Market and Lombard Deli and Pizza on Lombard Street. “Why should we not have the paper on campus is the question I asked myself. There’s no reason why we shouldn’t,” Chadwick said. Koffler, however, noted the budgeting challenges of funding a subscription. “Everything has a cost. If you’re going to pay for Oregonians on campus … what are you going to give up? That’s the hard question that the student government and anyone else who wants to sponsor the paper has to ask,” Koffler said. “Is the priority high enough to outweigh something else that you’re paying for?”
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DIVERSITY: panels cover feminism, race, immigration, more Continued from page 1 childhood. “I’m often reminded that I am African-American,” junior Kahlil Dumas said. “In any class growing up, you see black, innercity youth (portrayed) as lesser. As a child, you start to think, ‘Am I lesser?’” Junior Mikayla Posey talked about the overt racism in the town she grew up in. “There was actually a billboard outside of my hometown that said, ‘If you’re black, don’t let the sun set on your back,’” Posey said. “So basically, ‘You’re not welcome to stay in our town.’”
“I’m often reminded that I am African-American. In any class growing up, you see black, innter-city youth (portrayed) as lesser. As a child, you start to think, ‘Am I lesser?’”
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For some, it was friends that helped them and for others, it was friends that hurt them. No two stories were the same – a message that the Black Student Union
tried to ingrain in the minds of the listeners. The Q-&-A session following the speakers allowed attendees to ask “How can I be a better ally?” “What can I do as a teacher in the classroom?” and many other thoughtful questions. The panel quickly turned into a dialogue, comedic and lighthearted at times, that left many in the audience wondering how they could become further involved with the club.
also neatly deconstructed other images perpetuated, such as body distortion, violence toward women or the sudden absence of women in roles of authority.
“Social media is potentially changing how activism looks. It demystifies what activism is.”
Andi Zeisler Co-founder of Bitch Media
“Talking Back”
“The story being told here is that if you buy this car or cologne, you’ll be at the epicenter of this sexual earthquake,” Andi Zeisler, co-founder of Bitch Media, said while projecting a typical fashion magazine advertisement. Bitch Media’s Zeisler was invited to campus by the Feminist Discussion Group and the Student Association of Social Workers for a Diversity Dialogue Panel themed “Talking Back.” Bitch Media is a quarterly magazine that, in Zeisler’s words, “provides and encourages and engages with thoughtful responses to pop culture.” Likewise, the theme of the panel concerned pushing back against these mainstream, often problematic representations. Media is important, she said, as a room full of attendees stared at the images of scantily clad female bodies. Zeisler
She provided these critical, feminist concepts with images, visuals and even graphs. While the focus of her discussion was talking back, the conversation eventually veered into creation or presentation of this push back. Harnessing the impact of media is the idea behind Bitch Media, after all, and Zeisler encouraged the room to do the same. “Social media is potentially changing how activism looks,” Zeisler said. “It demystifies what activism is.” Zeisler, while speaking about Bitch Media, was ultimately urging the attendees to pay attention to representation, to create or challenge something and to keep talking back.
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(above, from left) Seniors Mariah Lopez, Caroline Lai, Danielle Knott and (far right) Sophie Anderson stand with Bitch Media co-founder Andi Zeisler (above, second from right and below). Lai and Knott are part of the Feminist Discussion Group, and Anderson is part of the Student Association of Social Workers, which worked together to bring Zeisler to campus for Diversity Dialogues week.
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(above, from left) Junior Alexa Bryant-Capellas and sophomore Megan Zuege (right) led a discussion on immigration yesterday at 4:15 p.m. Their discussion covered, among other things, the history of immigration, and the experience of Nigerian immigration to the U.S. on a TED talk.
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1. Feb. 21, 11:38 p.m. - Received a complaint about a party at the 5600 block of N. Willamette. Officers made contact with the residents and the party was shut down. 2. Feb. 22, 1:56 a.m. - Received a complaint of a party at the 7500 block of N. Haven. Portland Police non-emergency was called and the party was determined to be unaffiliated with UP students.
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3. Feb. 22, 11:12 p.m. - Officers responded to a party complaint at the 4700 block of N. Willamette. The party was shut down and residents were cited with providing a place for minors to consumer alcohol and noise ordinance violation. One student was issued a citation for MIP. Students were referred to the University’s conduct process. 4. Feb. 23, 7:29 p.m. - Officers made contact with an student in a vehicle parked by Villa Maria Hall. The student was found to be in possession of marijuana and other prohibited items which were all confiscated. Their dorm room was also searched and alcohol confiscated. Investigation is ongoing.
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Water back on campus ASUP purchases two vans for student use Kelsey Thomas Editor-in-Chief thomask15@up.edu
W.C. Lawson Staff Writer lawson14@up.edu
A main water line on campus was broken around 11:10 a.m. Monday, leaving the first floor of Orrico Hall flooded and some residence halls without water for approximately five hours. Water service was restored shortly after 4 p.m. the same day. Career Services is still displaced from Orrico Hall, and is holding dropin hours in the Library in rooms 106 and 107 through Feb. 28. The broken pipe caused the need for several residence halls and other buildings to shut off water. According to an email from Vice President for University Relations Laurie Kelley, Corrado Hall, LP Tennis Center, Mago Hunt, Mehling Hall, Orrico Hall, Physical Plant and Villa Maria Hall were without water. The rest of campus also saw some effects of the break, such as brown water in toilets or sinks. The main boiler was also shut down, which affected heat to nearly all campus buildings. “You may notice for a while
With the funding from ASUP’s Major Project Fund, student clubs and organizations now have access to vans for carpooling off-campus. This semester ASUP purchased two new (2013 and 2012) Dodge Caravans with money from their Major Project Fund (MPF) for use by student clubs, halls and other school organizations. “This is an advantage for both short and long-term use,” Director of Student Activities Jeromy Koffler said. “The vans are at our convenience when we need them, and we can save money from renting vans when a group wants to travel.” ASUP President junior Quin Chadwick said that this purchase has long been on the priority list of the MPF, and ASUP had been saving to purchase these new vans. They cost a little over $33,000 total. “They were rarely used at the dealership as shuttle vans,” Koffler said. “So they have very, very low miles on them.” Even though ASUP donated the vans to the University, they still have first priority to use the vans if they need them. After ASUP, what follows is a “first come, first serve” basis for any
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Workers share a laugh as one digs around the main pipe outside Orrico Hall.
the water may initially be tinted brown,” Assistant Director of Physical Plant Fay Beeler said. “This is normal and should go away as the water is used.” Villa Maria Hall resident Joel Simard said the water outage caused problems in Villa. “I walked by one of the rooms and a guy had left his faucet on in hopes that the water would turn back on and now his room is flooded,” said Simard. “He doesn’t know yet, I just left him a message.”
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ASUP President junior Quin Chadwick shows one of the new Dodge Caravans available for student use. student club, hall retreat or other kinds of University-sanctioned events. Pilot Express will also be able to use these vans to transport students to and from the airport for breaks and for the beginning and end of the school year. If a student group is interested in checking out one of the vans, the group will need to have at least one member be a certified University driver. To achieve certification, the student must take a driving course at Public Safety. The course includes a lecture, as well as a video presentation of safe-driving techniques. All courses are scheduled on an “as-needed” basis for when students sign up
on the course list. “The student driver training takes approximately one hour, and once completed the students are certified for their remaining time here at the University,” Director of Public Safety Gerald Gregg said. “This is a great opportunity and partnership between ASUP and the University in providing these vans for our students.” The next student driving course will be Tuesday, March 4 at 5 p.m. in Buckley Center Auditorium. “We are really excited to have these vans,” Chadwick said. “We think this will make it easier for some groups to get off campus on the weekends without messy carpool situations.”
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Faculty friendships mix work and play Shared academic projects and lunch tables bring faculty together McKena Miyashiro Staff Writer miyashir17@up.edu While their friendships may not have been formed by a 12x12 dorm room or a shared mini-fridge, professors on campus have also created closely knit bonds with
Matthew Baasten, Graduate School dean, associate provost and associate professor and Robert Duff, professor
For 30 years, Robert Duff and Matthew Baasten walked around campus together after lunch. As they passed by Waldschmidt Hall, they’d point at the circular office turrets swelling out of the administration building and say that for at least one year, they’d work in one of those rooms. “He’s jealous because I now have a turret office,” Baasten facetiously accused Duff, while sitting next to him in Baasten’s Waldshmidt office. “There’s a couple rooms in here that you can see but there’s a hidden room in here that has a Jacuzzi, but he won’t show me it,” Duff replied. Baasten and Duff’s friendship began at a lunch table in 1981, when Baasten began working at UP. For 30 years they’ve gathered a collection of stories through their joint-taught ‘Marriage: Social Ethics and Dimensions’ class, traveling Europe through the University, redesigning the core curriculum and guest lecturing each other’s classes, stories they recount with a sibling-like raillery. “The standard joke that Bob (Duff) always tells is that he kept on inviting me back, but that I kept on taking good notes and not asking him back,” Baasten said of the guest lectures they used to do for each other’s classes. “He was taking notes and he
Karen Eifler, co-director of Garaventa Center and education professor and father Charles Gordon, co-director of Garaventa Center and theology professor
was giving my lecture himself. It was a blatant exploitation,” Duff responded in mock-outrage. That’s just the beginning of the stories they recount from their 30-year friendship. “My funniest bad story about Bob,” Baasten begins, turning to Duff. “Do you know which one I’m going to tell?” “This was a joke!” Duff protests, already aware of the story. Baasten and Duff were driving students to Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest in Germany during their time teaching in Salzburg. As Baasten drove, Duff and his wife Vivian, now deceased, were both attempting to navigate. “At one point, Vivian takes the map and says, ‘I’m going to direct!’ and Bob gave the famous line, ‘Yes dear,’” Baasten said. “It was a joke!” Duff said, laughing. “The students broke out laughing and Matt (Baasten) broke out laughing because we’re teaching the marriage class and talking about relationships.” Students come in large numbers to Duff and Baasten’s marriage class, about 80 students per semester. Senior Tori Pinto is in their class and testifies to the connection Duff and Baasten share in the classroom. “They’re pretty adorable,” Pinto said. “When Dr. Duff is giving his lectures, Dr. Baasten will take notes for him. Dr. Duff goes fast sometimes so sometimes Baasten will say ‘Hang on.’” Baasten believes their jointteaching works because of the Karen Eifler and Charles Gordon may be the only ones who can say that yellow goggleeyed minions and the Garaventa Center have strengthened their friendship. Eifler first met Gordon after sending him an email introducing
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Fr. Charles Gordon and Karen Eifler are co-directors of the Garaventa Center and run the “Bringing Eyes of Faith to Film” series.
Kate Stringer Living Editor stringer14@up.edu one another. Through joint-taught classes, shared lunch tables or collaborative papers, professors have found kindred spirits in their shared collegiate universe.
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Matthew Baasten (left) and Robert Duff (right) share stories in Baasten’s office. They have been friends since they met at a lunch table after Baasten’s arrival at the University in 1981. strong friendship they built decades before. Duff agrees, adding that an important part of teaching is to communicate enjoyment between teachers to the students. While their bantering tales are endless, their friendship is also composed of what Baasten calls tender moments. Duff said that Baasten is sensitive about course evaluations, so Duff reads them first to warn Baasten if there’s any negative evaluations. “If (Baasten) just catches the
evaluation) right off, it could be forever damaging,” Duff said. Baasten rolled his eyes at this. However, he recounted the winter break that one of his parents passed away, and Duff sent him an email about the evaluations, ensuring Baasten they were all fine. Baasten, who knew that Duff would always tell him when one of them got burned on an evaluation, suspected Duff was lying. “That was a tender moment for me,” Baasten said. “I just wrote him back going, ‘Come
on Bob, tell me the truth, now I know they’re really bad!’” After 42 years at UP, Duff will retire at the end of next semester, making fall 2014 the last time Baasten and Duff will teach the marriage class. They may not be able to walk around campus after lunch together, but Baasten points out that they don’t have a deficit in experiences together. “When you do things together you create memories that never go away,” he said.
herself and asking whether Gordon ever thought about the possibility of putting on a film series. Though Gordon never considered this possibility, he enjoyed the idea and both decided to give the film series a try seven years ago. Eifler and Gordon currently run a series of “Bringing Eyes of Faith to Film” that takes a look at popular culture through a Catholic theological lens. “I think we bet each other time and time again that there is no movie that we can’t do our thing with,” Eifler said. “We love Pixar movies. We want to look at popular culture and see what elements of grade and transcendence there is,” Gordon added. Eifler and Gordon enjoy watching movies together with the sort of lens that they have developed. While Eifler and Gordon both love to watch old classic movies with their favorites standing as “Casablanca,” “The Maltese Falcon,” “The Big Sleep” and “The Third Man.” For
their series of “Bringing Eyes of Faith to Film,” however, Eifler and Gordon both realized that students wouldn’t be interested in watching these types of movies. Eifler and Gordon’s friendship has also been strengthened by the Garaventa Center.
lows greatness to happen if one allows it to grow and do its work. “We don’t always agree on things but we always respect each other. And this is sometimes rare in the world, with the world so polarized,” Eifler said. “We share a lot of common core beliefs but we also have different beliefs.” Eifler and Gordon’s friendship, like most, is based on listening reflectively and respecting each other. “My motto in life would be there’s more going on than you realize. And if Dr. Eifler had a motto, it would probably have something to do with really seeing other people … being really present to other people and hearing them,” Gordon said. “I lead into the world brain first and what I appreciate most in a new person is really creative and exciting ideas that resonate with the way I think. I think that’s the way it’s been in this friendship collaboration with Dr. Eifler.”
“We don’t always agree on things but we always respect each other. And this is something rare in the world, with the world so polarized.”
Karen Eifler co-director of the Garaventa Center
“One of the first things I noticed is how much they enjoy each other and they just have a connection that allows them to complete each other’s sentences and thoughts,” said Jamie Powell, program manager of the Garaventa Center. In a nutshell, Eifler describes her friendship with Gordon as yeast: A quiet little thing that al-
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Entertain Me Portland International Film Festival It all began with a flyer I picked up in Random Order Coffeehouse while waiting for my hazelnut latte. Slate blue, with an eye gazing from the cover, the movie program challenged me to “look the world in the eye” by attending the 37th Portland International Film Festival. I was intrigued. I took a peek at the movie list, and I was hooked. That evening, I signed up for three movie screening volunteer shifts. I’m no indie film guru, but even a Washington transplant like me has heard of the PIFF. Oregon’s biggest film event showcases a cross-section of new world cinema from over 30 countries, shown in a handful of movie theaters downtown. Like most new PIFF volunteers I thought I could sprint through at least six films in the three weeks of screening – not including the features I was helping set up. The truth is, getting through a fraction of this year’s 128 films—104 features and 24 shorts— is
an impossible challenge. I feel lucky now to have attended three showings. Unlike my fellow volunteers (who could toss around the names of obscure directors and filmmaking techniques) I was expecting a cinematic circumnavigation of the world to encounter familiar tropes of international films: cycling Parisians, sinister Nazis, Dutch dairymen, conflicted dictators, broken hearts and hellish traffic jams. I was not expecting to feel the resounding impact of the scope, diversity, tragedy and beauty of the films I screened. They asked the fundamental questions we all ponder: Why am I living this life? What am I meant to do? What is worth striving – and failing – for? But the beauty of these films is that they struggle to answer these questions in the languages of the whole world. The diversity of the human experience, and its sameness, means that there are countless ways of understand how to walk through life, and all or none of them might be right. These films drag us to experience what it means to live the life of “the other” – and to plunge ourselves in the grace and the wonder, the futility and rage, of that life. To walk out of a film and hold on to the resonance of that experience, to remember how to see yourself in a stranger, is to have truly experienced PIFF by learning to “look the world in the eye.” -Nastacia Voisin Nastacia Voisin | THE BEACON
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Entertain Me Love Letter to B.J. Novak
I’ll be honest, I was nervous. Everybody, their little sister, their dog and their weird neighbor have been writing books lately and I didn’t want you, B.J. Novak, to ruin your genius by adding to the menagerie. However, I had no reason to be hesitant, you never let me down. Your collection of short fictional stories, “One More Thing,” encapsulates everything that makes your writing so distinct, an eclectic mix of hilarious and dark humor with an edge of somberness. Comic relief expertly placed in larger philosophical enquiries, the kinds of things that make your knees shake but then a well placed curse word reminds you to breathe, that the trials and tragedies of life must be examined but that’s doesn’t mean you can’t make an inappropriate joke time and again. Your stories range in length and compliment each other: an epic rematch between the tortoise and the hare, a sex robot that falls in love with her user, a literalist love poem, missed connections. They made me laugh, but also reflect in a way that most writers are not capable of doing to people. My favorite episode of “The Office,” the one I return to when I need to be reminded about brilliant writing, writing that flirts with that tender line between hilarious and offensive; you wrote it. The first time I watched “Diversity Day,” I was 14. My first instinct was that this writing was special. The scene in which Stanley’s identity notecard reads “black” is still a moment I turn back to as the perfect example of hovering right in that sweet spot of gray humor. I fell in love with your writing and then I even fell in love/hate with your character Ryan, his mistrials, his douche-ness, his horribly misguided blond tipped hair, his short-lived success and subsequent cocaine addiction. I loved/hated it all. I even loved it all when “The Office”
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started to falter, when Steve Carell left and things never quite felt the same. I believed in your comic vision and I believed in your writing. When I found out you would be coming to Portland to do a book reading at Powell’s, I prepared endlessly for all the things I wanted to say to you. I calculated perfect and well-placed office jokes, I obsessed over social commentaries I thought you’d find humorous, I wanted to make you laugh, to return the hours upon hours of laughter you’ve given me. Then, when the fateful day came and I finally got to experience being in the presence of a writing idol, I felt oddly calm despite my rather clammy hands from nerves. You read some stories, I laughed too loud, and you chose my sweaty hand to ask a question. I had prepared dozens all involving jokes and then when you picked me I couldn’t do it; I froze. I asked you about the inspiration for your book trailer instead of quoting “The Office” at you with brilliant comedic timing. Somewhere while listening to you, something changed. You were so passionate about your new collection and about the direction your writing was taking, I realized I had to let my long time crush on Ryan Howard and your “Office” writing go. I had to move on with you. So, keep pursuing fiction, making contractually obligated “that’s what she said” jokes and brilliantly satirical book trailers. I’ve read “One More Thing” three times already and am desperate for more so please quit acting with all those Oscar winners and get back to being a lonely writer. Your fans are waiting with sweaty palms. Love, Cassie
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Junior Cassie Sheridan with author and actor B.J. Novak at a Powell’s book signing last week.
FRIENDSHIP: professors teach and write together Continued from page 6 Russell Butkus, associate professor of theology and Steven Kolmes, Molter Chair in Science and professor Rarely is a classroom environment similar to that of a sitcom, but professors Butkus and Kolmes, who are described as bantering and interacting like “a married couple,” make their jointtaught courses on environmental science and theology engaging. “I think they’re both fantastic. I’ve only had them in classes together. And they’re both extremely awesome and hilarious,” senior Sarah Letendre said. “And I think what makes them so great are their interactions. People joke that they’re like a married couple, I guess? They kind of banter and throw jokes around the room and it’s hilarious and it makes class way more amusing.” Kolmes first came to the Uni-
versity of Portland 18 years ago with the understanding of administration that he would start an environmental science program. After a series of meetings with faculty over lunch, Kolmes met Butkus and invited him to oversee the B.A. track of environmental ethics and policy. Kolmes appreciates learning from the collaboration between himself and Butkus. “If you have someone who is constantly challenging you, your courses don’t get stale,” Kolmes said. “He’s (Butkus) always bugging me about the material I’m presenting and the opposite is true.” Currently, Butkus and Kolmes are working on compiling a paper on epigenetic processes for the Catholic Theology Society meeting in June 2015. Since 1995, Butkus and Kolmes have written numerous articles and books together, receiving grants and
awards from different interdisciplinary associations in the United States. Butkus and Kolmes have also worked together on writing a chapter for the American Fisheries Society and a textbook used in their Theology and Ecological Perspectives class, to name a few of their many collaborations. “Our interests overlap at points where there are environmental problems that have social and ethical issues associated with them,” Kolmes said. However, Butkus and Kolmes have different perspectives on creating change for current social issues such as climate change. “What you need to print is that he thinks the glass is always half empty and from my perspective, the glass is always half full,” Butkus said. “Climate change is going to be really bad if we don’t do anything about it, but on the other end, you need to balance that with hope and what can be done. You
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Kolmes and Butkus teach the capstone course Intergrating Seminar in Environmental Studies” together on Wednesday night. need to be able to arm your students with option for action.” Aside from teaching the capstone course for environmental studies majors, Butkus and Kolmes team-teach theology in ecological perspectives. This joint-taught course allows students to complete two core requirements: science and upper
division theology. “Team teaching is a lot more difficult than doing it by yourself. You need to choreograph everything,” Butkus said. “We don’t need to do that so much anymore and after 18 years we have a good feel for it,” Kolmes replied.
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February 27, 2014
‘Woyzeck’ descends into madness Grad student directs and adapts 1836 German play for UP stage Rebekah Markillie Staff Writer markilli17@up.edu It’s like an episode of “American Horror Story” with sadistic doctors and patients stuck in their minds while haunted by their past. University of Portland’s stage production of “Woyzeck” is the story of asylum patient Franz Woyzeck’s descent into madness. Before the show starts, an improvised pre-show allows a glimpse into the lives of the patients at an insane asylum. Patients are unwashed with frazzled hair and stained beige uniforms. Plastic blue curtains and bare mattresses give the set an institutional vibe. The asylum personnel are violent toward the patients and mock them. Strange hallucinations plague one patient while another patient, Marie, believes that a doll is actually her child, born out of sin. As Woyzeck’s mind deteriorates from institutional manipulation and abuse, his intimate relationship with Marie begins to unravel. While this relationship unwinds there are cyclical changes seen among the other patients and personnel and the play ends in a spectacle of extreme violence and a mental break down. “The doctor and the personnel inject a certain poison in Franz, the poison is a metaphor – not
physical poison, but it’s a deterioration of Franz’s well-being,” said senior Danielle Renella who plays Marie. “Woyzeck,” written by Georg Büchner in 1836, was left unfinished after his death, allowing the director a large amount of freedom with the structure of scenes, adaptation and vision for the production. To help with his adaptation and scene structure, director Jared Lee, a graduate student, traveled to Ireland to hone his vision and speak with other playwrights about it. “The version that we’re doing is a world premiere,” Lee said. “It’s an adaptation I actually wrote and I’ve been working on for a while now. This version has never been seen before, this is the first time any eyes have seen it.” Lee’s idea for the insane asylum came from a study of the play’s history. The play is based on the true story of a man named Woyzeck who committed a crime, was found to be insane but was publically decapitated. “I just thought it to be so interesting,” Lee said. “That particular case became a big turning point for how we treat the criminally insane thereafter. And I just thought that was an interesting thing. What if he wasn’t executed? What would happen if we saw him institutionalized and that story happen within the walls of an asylum?”
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“Woyzeck,” directed by graduate student Jared Lee, is an original adaptation from Georg Büchner’s unfinished 1836 version. (Left top) Senior Danielle Renella plays Marie. (Left bottom) Junior Michael Rexroat plays Franz Woyzeck and sophomore Hope Dorman plays Katey. The mentally ill characters also give the actors freedom to experiment. “It’s very fun for actors because there’s a little taste of, this character is maybe schizophrenic, for example, but you can take it however you want to take it,” Renella said. She describes Marie as a darker character. “She’s more secluded from the other patients, doesn’t really get along with others except for
Franz,” Renella said. Karl the Idiot, played by sophomore Tyler Hunt, is a character who has clearly been tampered with by the doctor. “There’s kind of this sense that he’s already been messed with and that’s why he is the way he is,” Hunt said. “Basically Karl also has the mental and emotional capacity of a child, like a 6 or 7-year-old.” Karl also has physical deformities and is portrayed as having
a microcephaly, a neurodevelopmental disorder. “The actual neurological definition of (microcephaly) didn’t really work for the character so I’m going for more like an autistic child,” said Hunt. “I really enjoy playing Karl. It’s extremely difficult to get into Karl’s mind or (to allow) myself to think like him. But at the same time he’s a very physical character and because of his simple nature, not a lot makes Karl worried.”
See Woyzeck When: Feb. 26-28 & March 1, 7:30 p.m. with a matinee March 1 at 2 p.m. Admission: $10 for adults & $5 for students Where: Mago Hunt
A note from the melody makers Emily Neelon Staff Writer neelon17@up.edu With Junior Parents Weekend came a swell of musical performances from various groups on campus. Behind the melodies and instru-
Corrine Hester, senior Wind symphony, jazz band, orchestra, chamber ensemble and pep band
A musical quintet Senior Corrine Hester is in great musical demand at UP. Hester, who plays the clarinet and alto saxophone, is a member of five musical groups on campus. Hester was involved in music throughout high school. Upon auditioning for Wind Symphony her freshman year of college, Hester was put into contact with the jazz band. The following year, she was recruited for the orchestra, chamber ensemble and pep band. Playing clarinet for the wind symphony, chamber ensemble and orchestra, and the alto sax for the jazz and pep bands, is purely for fun, said Hester. As a
ments are the people who put hours of time into learning and rehearsing the pieces they play. Here’s a look at three forces of music at UP.
biochemistry major, music is a healthy distraction for the graduating senior. “It’s my stress relief from my science classes,” Hester said. “Going to various rehearsals for a few hours a day is my way of blowing off steam.” Hester has been playing the clarinet since fifth grade and the alto sax since eighth grade. With so much experience in musical performances, she sees the value in participating in so many live shows. “There’s something about live performances that are nice,” she said. See MUSIC, page 9
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Senior Corrine Hester plays clarinet in the orchestra’s performance of “Scheherazade” last weekend.
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Women’s Chorale and University Singers performs on Sunday at Junior Parents Weekend. Senior Peter Chamberlain (left) and sophomore Dave Wanner (right) are both in University Singers. Peter Chamberlain, senior University singers, Call Our Bluff Student, composer, conductor Senior Peter Chamberlain has an impressive musical background. In addition to performing, Chamberlain has been writing his own music since high school. The seven pieces he composed have been performed by various choirs. “I actually have one piece published, ‘Magnificat,’ which is actually the first choral piece I ever wrote,” Chamberlain said. Junior Parents Weekend also marked the beginning of Chamberlain’s conducting career. A member of University Singers, Chamberlain co-conducted the group during their shared performance last weekend. “I’ve (only conducted) in church, but never in a formal setting,” Chamberlain said.
Chamberlain has been a part of University Singers for three years, taking a break from the group his sophomore year to focus on his studies. “I’ve been in choir my whole life, and I wanted to continue that in college,” Chamberlain said. “Music in college is a lot different than in high school. You have a lot more music (to learn) and more concerts.” A mechanical engineering major and music minor, Chamberlain began singing as a toddler and learned to play the piano in second grade. Along with his participation in University Singers, Chamberlain is involved in a jazz combo and UP’s acapella group “Call Our Bluff.” Chamberlain is also involved in various engineering groups on campus. Although engineering takes up much of Chamberlain’s life, he enjoys making time for music. “Music is my favorite hobby,” he said.
Dave Wanner, sophomore Wind symphony, chapel choir, university singers Can’t abandon the music For sophomore Dave Wanner, music is not just his major, it’s his passion. Wanner, who plays French horn and sings bass, participates in Wind Symphony, Chapel Choir and University Singers. Wanner began singing in a choir at age 9 and playing the French horn at age 11. Even though he enjoyed performing, Wanner began UP as a secondary education and French major. “Then I applied for a music scholarship and you could only get the scholarship if you were a music major or minor,” Wanner said. “So I said ‘screw you’ to education and became a music major.” Wanner participates in Wind Symphony as part of his major requirement, but sings in Chapel Choir for fun.
“On the weekends I enjoy singing and playing music in churches,” Wanner said. “I sang throughout high school and I missed it, so I auditioned this year.” Being a part of three different musical groups is a large time commitment, but Wanner believes it will be beneficial in preparing aspiring musicians like himself for the future. “It’s a very good segue into professional performances,” Wanner said. Outside of class and rehearsal, Wanner enjoys writing his own music, performing pieces for hall masses and acting. “Currently I’m acting as a guest in St. Mary Academy’s performance of ‘Beauty and the Beast,’” Wanner said. Wanner hopes to turn his passion for composing and performing music into a career. “I hope to work for Walt Disney Pictures and write music for their movies,” he said.
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FAITH & FELLOWSHIP
February 27, 2014
This Lenten season, engage Rather than simply going without, Lent is time for spiritual reflection
Beth Barsotti Guest Commentary What is Lent? One of the first things that comes to my mind is, What can I give up? Some of us think of Lent as a good time to lose weight by eating fewer sweets or as a time to restrict ourselves. Lent is not just about reading the story of Jesus’ death and res-
urrection. Nor is it about fasting for a nice, round number of days or about losing weight. Rather, Lent is a season where we focus anew on living the Gospel message, on living as Jesus did. Lent is a period of “purification and enlightenment” in which those preparing to be welcomed into the Catholic Church at Easter are making their final preparation for baptism. With them, the whole Christian community is preparing to renew our baptismal promises at Easter. We spend these “40 days” thinking and acting intentionally, living out our baptismal
identity as followers of Christ in a new or more focused way. We make choices that heighten our awareness and care for others and that model our lives more closely upon the love and generosity of Jesus. Pope Leo the Great (440-461) invited Christians to use the season of Lent to look within their hearts to forgive grudges, to rid themselves of pride, to stop deceiving themselves, to avoid unkind words and to let go of thoughts of revenge. But, he also recommended other Lenten observances such as sharing with
the poor, clothing the naked and reaching out to those who face hardships. The whole Christian narrative, which finds its fullness in the Easter mysteries, is summed up simply: God transforms death into life. All of the experiences of suffering in our life, all of the ways in which we are broken, all of the ways in which we want to be healed – these are not the end of our story. As we celebrate Jesus’ resurrection, we celebrate the ways that God raises us to new life. We experience this resurrection in moments in this world,
and we wait for the day when this promise will be brought to completion. After our death, we believe that God will raise us to eternal life. This is something worth preparing to celebrate! This Lent, we recommit ourselves to our faith. Make time for reflection, for silence and for service. Check out the Campus Ministry Lenten Calendar(wordpress. up.edu/lent) for ideas! Beth Barsotti is the assistant director of faith formation. She can be reached at barsotti@ up.edu.
Weekly Ministries Mondays, 8 p.m.—Praise & Fellowship (St. Mary’s Lounge) Tuesdays, 9 p.m.—Adoration (CCTT) Wednesdays, 7:30 p.m.— Coffee & Catholicism, (Upper Room CCTT) Wednesdays, 9 p.m.— FISH (Terrace Room) Liturgies Ash Wednesday, March 5: Chapel of Christ the Teacher (CCTT)—12:05 & 4:45 p.m. Hall Chapels—Evening times to be announced Sundays: 10:30 a.m. & 9 p.m. (CCTT) Weekdays: 12:05 p.m. (CCTT)
Mass of the Lord’s Supper (Holy Thursday)—April 17, 4:30 p.m. Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion (Good Friday)—April 18, 3 p.m. Easter Vigil—April 19, 8:30 p.m. Easter—April 20, 10:30 a.m.
Ways to engage in this Lenten season at UP
Prayer Visio Divina: Quiet prayer with Scripture and images from the St. John’s Bible Wednesdays of Lent— starting Wednesday, March 19, 12:45-1:15 p.m. & 7:15-8 p.m. (CCTT) FISH Prayer Journey— April 16, 12-8 p.m. (BC 163)
Morning Prayer— Thursday, April 17, 9 a.m. (CCTT) Friday, April 18, 9 a.m. (CCTT) Saturday, April 19, 9 a.m. (CCTT)
Fun Bringing Eyes of Faith to Film—“Thor: The Dark World”—Tuesday, March 25, 7:15 p.m. (Franz 006) Reconciliation Communal Reconciliation: Prayer as a community with time for individual Confession—Tuesday, April 1, 7 p.m. (CCTT) Reconciliation: Wednesdays 5-5:30 p.m. & Mondays 9:30-10:30 p.m. (Confessional CCTT) Stations of the Cross: Fridays, 4:30-5 p.m. (CCTT) Campus Wide Stations of the Cross—Tuesday, April 15, 7 p.m. (Bell Tower) Resources Lenten Calendar: wordpress.up.edu/lent Facebook: Pilot Ministry Twitter: @PilotMinistry Emily Strocher | THE BEACON
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EDITORIAL Appreciate professors while you can During the last several weeks, anxiety has filled educators in Portland and across the country. Last week, Portland’s public school teachers were prepared to walk out of school and strike. The teachers called off the strike only after a last-minute deal with the school district. At the same time, adjunct faculty members at Seattle University and Pacific Lutheran University, institutions similar to UP, have petitioned to form unions in order to increase job security. These are just two universities in a nation-wide movement to increase adjuncts’ representation in higher education. While there are multiple sides to debate on both of these issues, one thing seems clear: many educators today feel their work is undervalued and unappreciated. In the midst of this uneasiness about job security and labor in education, UP students are
about to see some of their most beloved professors leave the University. Biology professor Jeffrey Brown was recently denied tenure. Communication studies professor Brian Simmons will leave next year to teach at another university. Psychology professor Susan Baillet, English professor Herman Asarnow, philosophy professor Thom Faller, sociology professor Bob Duff and several others will retire after this semester. It saddens many of us students to see these professors go. The departure of professors saddens us because they are more than aloof educators, more than teapots of knowledge filling us up with information. Whether or not Brown’s tenure denial was the correct decision, students’ strong reactions affirm that he was not merely an effective educator but also a caring mentor and a close friend.
The departure of our professors is upsetting because they care enough about us to create classroom environments that nourish our minds and encourage us to think analytically and creatively. Simmons’ students love his classes because he turns them into what he calls a “living room,” providing a comfortable space for learning. Many of our professors inspire us because their teaching extends beyond the classroom. For them, office hours are more than an obligation in their job description. They look forward to helping us grapple with tough concepts and working alongside us to answer perplexing questions. They push us to dig deeper into our studies for greater depths of knowledge. We must be sure that our professors — the adjuncts and the associates, the tenured and the untenured — do not go unappre-
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Professors (from left) Jeffrey Brown, Brian Simmons and Herman Asarnow. For various reasons, some of UP students’ favorite professors will no longer teach at UP next year. ciated for their work in shaping us. As much as it might sound like a stale selling point for prospective students and their moneyed parents, UP’s small class sizes and focus on being a teaching university are important. We have the privilege of learning from professors who go out of their way to support us, professors who care not only about our
progress in our studies but also in our well-being. We have only a couple of months left with some of our favorite professors. And even those who aren’t leaving will only be with us until we graduate. We must be sure that we appreciate the short time we get to spend with our professors.
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Self-harm: a dangerous beast Rebekah Markillie Staff Commentary March 1 is Self-Injury Awareness Day. It’s a day where people across the globe wear orange ribbons, draw butterflies and write “love” on their arms to bring light on the issue of self-harm. I’ll start with a personal anecdote. I’ve never written about my experience with self-harm, but I figured I might as well start
now. I first self-harmed midway through my sophomore year in high school after a considerably difficult week. I continued off and on until the end of my junior year. I stayed clean from the blade and my fists until I relapsed during fall break last semester and as of right now I’ve been harm-free for about a month. There are a lot of misconceptions about what self-harm is and what it means. According to Lifesigns, an online network devoted to raising awareness about selfinjury, self-harm is a non-suicidal behavior that inflicts physical harm on your body. It can come in all kinds of forms including
hair pulling, burning, eating disorders, cutting, promiscuity and drug and alcohol abuse.
“There is a key word there: non-suicidal. Self-harm is a coping mechanism that people use to feel internal, emotional pain.” Rebekah Markillie freshman There is a key word there: non-suicidal. Self-harm is a cop-
ing mechanism that people use to feel internal, emotional pain physically. The Canadian Mental Health Association website says, “People who self-injure are not trying to kill themselves. Usually, they are not trying to end all feeling; they are trying to feel better.” I agree with that. I harmed myself because I found it was a way to relieve pressure that was building up inside of me. I wanted this intense pressure to go away so I could be normal and not have to worry about breaking down. However, self-harm is only a temporary fix that over time only
causes more problems. Self-harm is addictive. Once you relieve the pressure once, you’ll want to do it again. According to the Center for Disease Control, repetition increases about four percent after every event. Self-harm is dangerous. People are hospitalized for “cutting too deep,” needing blood transfusions and stitches, drug overdoses and alcohol poisoning. Self-harm is unhealthy. The point is to love our bodies and who we are, as trite as that See SELF, page 12
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SELF: Get help from a loved one Continued from page 11 sounds. It can also be symptomatic of larger underlying problems like borderline personality disorder and depression. But self-harm is not something to be glorified or encouraged. Self-harm is a beast. It
warps the way you think and it festers in your mind. It can ruin relationships and can hurt people who are close to you. And to students who are also facing a battle against self-harm, my heart goes out to you. My advice is that you tell someone you trust about it. That’s scary and impossible sounding, I know,
but telling someone was the best thing I could have done. Once you do that it’s really up to you to find healthy coping methods. Our campus has resources, counselors and resident priests who are available to help and listen. Your friends and family are also there to support and encourage you. Every time you stop yourself is a
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fight you’ve won. The ball is in your court. You are in control. You can keep that butterfly alive. Rebekah Markillie is a freshman nursing major. She can be reached at markilli17@up.edu.
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Me and my violin: reflections on graduation festival in high school to Portland for college. I’ve practiced scales, arpeggios and etudes until my fingertips are gray from pressing into my strings and my arms, back and brain ache. Because it’s been such a constant presence in my life, it’s easy to forget how much of an impact music has on me. I was reminded of how much I love music this past weekend at UP’s Orchestra concert, where we performed Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Scheherazade.” It was by far one of our best concerts in all my four years here, and I wish I could describe how great it feels to have a piece click within an ensemble, to have everyone performing to the best of their ability, to create powerful and tangible emotion without saying a word. I do believe in the power of words, but there’s something about music that defies language. When words fail, music speaks.
Kathryn Walters Staff Commentary Being a senior in college is weird. Amid experiencing crippling senioritis, feeling excited one moment and panicked the next and coming up with evasive yet thoughtful answers to the dreaded question, “So what are you doing after graduation” (seriously, stop asking. Once I know, you’ll know), I’ve become very reflective about the last 17 years of my life spent in the world of academia. Soon, I’ll be leaving it, at least for the foreseeable future, and the thought seriously scares me. As I walk across that stage in May to receive my diploma, I won’t just be walking away from the only life I’ve known since I was 5 years old. I’ll be walking away from one of the best friends of my life: my violin. I’ve played violin since I was 7, and other than my loving family, that delicately carved piece of wood has been the one constant in my life and has come to define me in ways I could have never imagined 15 years ago when I picked up my first quarter-sized rental. Since elementary school, I’ve been “that girl who plays violin.” I’ve played in countless orchestras and ensembles, taken hundreds of private lessons and given lessons of my own. I’ve toted my violin thousands of miles, from home in California to Washington, D.C. for a national orchestra
“You have four years to soak up as much as possible from this place, and you should live for every moment.” Kathryn Walters senior Once I graduate in May, I’m not going to have easy access to playing in an orchestra. Of course, I can continue playing on my own or join a community group, but it won’t be the same. There won’t be that same sense of community in a group of adults who get together periodically to
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play music and then go home and it’s as if nothing happened. In a school orchestra, you’re always surrounded by your immediate peers. Yes, you might rehearse only once a week, but you’re still around the same people outside orchestra, whether it’s in classes or your group of friends. There’s a real sense of camaraderie in creating beautiful music for yourself and others to enjoy. Of course, not all is sunshine and roses with me and my violin. Like most musicians, I hate practicing, and my friends can attest to the number of times I’ve complained about going to orchestra rehearsal when I’d prefer to stay home. But these complaints came from a place of privilege — until now, I’ve always taken it for granted that I have a talent for music and that I’ve always been involved with some kind of or-
chestra. It’s only now, when I’m so close to losing what I’ve had for the majority of my life, that I realize how significant the void will be. What this all boils down to is that college is a time when you should take advantage of everything available to you. You have four years to soak up as much as possible from this place, and you should live for every moment. Realizing that now, I would have complained less about going to rehearsal and appreciated the precious time that I had with my instrument. But for the rest of this semester, I’m determined —literally and figuratively — to end things on a high note.
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Freshman pushes U.S. to first in Trinidad and Tobago race Maggie Hannon Staff Writer hannon15@up.edu The Olympic Games that just ended always seem to bring a sense of national pride. Last weekend, while most of us were watching the games, one member of the UP community felt this sense of national pride by participating in a different event abroad. On Feb. 22, freshman Jeff Thies raced with the junior U.S. team in the North American Central American Caribbean Cross Country Championships 6K run and helped the team secure first place with his sixth place finish overall. The race was held in Tobago, the smaller island of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. Thies applied for the race in early December and found out from his cross country coach here that he would be racing for the U.S. abroad. He was very excited about representing the U.S. while also experiencing a new country. “It’s always been kind of a dream of mine to represent my country in athletics,” Thies said. “It’s kind of a cool thing because it shows that you’re one of the top in the nation for the age level and it’s kind of a fun trip and exciting to be accepted.” For his first race abroad, Thies was excited to beat Canada after their hockey win over the U.S. during the Olympics.
“The U.S., our team, won and then I placed sixth, so it was a great thing being able to be beat Canada in a cross country race even though we lost to them in hockey in the Olympics,” Thies said. “(The Canadian team) was bragging about it because there was only one spot that had WiFi, so we were all sitting there kind of looking at the Olympics and stuff and they were like ‘aaah we won hockey,’ and stuff. So it’s cool that we beat them.” During the day of the race, Thies and his teammates spent their time staying cool and hydrated before running. “It was at 3 in the afternoon. So all of the day was just sitting in the air conditioning, hydrating and getting ready to race,” Thies said. After racing in extreme weather conditions of over 80 degrees and over 80 percent humidity, a standard for February Trinidad and Tobago weather, two runners passed out at the end of the race. One of the runners from Jamaica was rushed to the hospital and then pronounced dead, however the details of the medical report have not yet been released. “It was much more difficult. Luckily they had water stations on the course. I didn’t drink anything, but I was pouring cold water on myself to keep me cool,” Thies said. “I definitely felt very dehydrated afterwards and I had
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Freshman Jeff Thies (23) runs with the U.S. team which placed first in the North American Central American Caribbean Cross Country Championships in Trinidad. Thies came in sixth overall in the race. been drinking bottles on bottles of water all day. It was a hilly course, plus with the heat it just drains you.” While he was in Trinidad and Tobago training for his race, Thies experienced a different running experience. “(The run) was kind of adventurous because there’s no sidewalks or bike lanes. So we were running on the side of the road and there they drive on different sides of the road, so that was weird too,” Thies said. “We ended up turning down some street and we got chased by stray dogs and that was really interesting, kind of scary.” During his five-day trip, Thies enjoyed some of the culture in Trinidad and Tobago.
“We got to go on a bass bottom boat and go snorkeling and kind of see this huge coral reef. Then we went and played on this sandbar out on the ocean,” Thies said. “Local folklore is that you’ll become 10 years younger if you bathe there.” Thies is not the only one on the cross country team to race in another country, teammate and sophomore Danny Martinez competed in the World Mountain Running Championship in Poland last September. Although they had very different conditions for each of their races, he too understood the prestige of running for the U.S. “It was exciting, I mean when you get your gear, you open the box and you’re like, wow this is
the actual U.S.A. gear,” Martinez said. “I just told (Thies) to have fun with it. I mean, how many kids get to go out and represent their own country.” This is Thies’ last year to compete at the junior level, which requires runners to be under 20 years old. At a senior level, Thies would have to compete against stiffer competition like Olympic silver medalist, Galen Rupp, to get on the U.S. team. “There’s two more chances for me to do it again as a junior, but as a senior I’ll mainly go and focus on competing here for UP,” Thies said. “Then if post collegiately I have the opportunity to be sponsored or run professionally then I’d definitely love to try and do it again.”
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How did setting the school mile record of 4:01 at Husky Classic feel? It was a good race. I set a personal record and obviously I set the school record as well. I was tantalizingly close to breaking the 4:00 barrier, so that was kind of tough. But, it is hard to walk away from a race like that disappointed. What is the difference between running cross country and running track? Cross country is definitely more of grind. You have to be very strong aerobically. Track, depending on the race, you can kind of finesse your way through. Cross country is a lot more getting out there and making it hurt for 30 minutes. But, in track things tend to be a bit more tactical. How do you like running for Rob Conner year round? He is obviously brilliant with the workout and everybody on the team is running really well. We have a good balance of keeping things light but also taking care of business when the time comes.
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What has been the highlight of your running career at UP? I think that the national cross country meet was the highlight. It was a big meet for the program. To come away with Fauble being All-
www.upbeacon.com American was exciting and being the highest placing team in Portland cross country history was obviously awesome. What has been something you had to overcome? There are always the knick and dings, and I honestly didn’t have a great three-fourths of the cross country season. It is just nice to have a good race at nationals. The regular cross country season was definitely a roller coaster ride for me though. What do you enjoy most about being a member of the Pilots track team? It is nice to have a group of guys that we have that you can spend hours a day with that you enjoy being around. Having a good group of coaches that know what they are doing. It is just an exciting group to be apart of. How does it feel to be a member of a nationally ranked cross country team? It is definitely an honor. It is not an easy thing to do. Especially coming from a school like UP that is not a Division I powerhouse in every sport. To be consistently ranked in the top 15 for the last decade is not a small feat. It is an honor to be a part of for sure. - Mitchell Gilbert
STRONGMAN: Powerlifters and scholars Continued from page 16 lift by doing varied type of lifts to work out different muscles. I usually eat only three large meals a day, primarily of protein, because I have a harder time putting on weight.”
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The two have found unique ways to merge their majors into their passion for weightlifting, finding a student-athlete balance outside of the traditional one. Hammer, who is an operations and technology management major, spends a great deal of his time on Excel figuring out how to make operations more efficient. He has directly translated these skills into his passion for strongman. “I think weightlifters get a bad rep for being meatheads, and I’m not saying those people don’t exist but I also don’t think people realize how much programming goes into our training,” Hammer said. “I have logs going back years tracking how much I have lifted at certain points and projecting what I need to be doing daily to reach new weight goals. I have food logs going back four months. It’s pretty funny how much my major has fit perfectly with my lifting career.” Schibel has balanced the pressure of engineering classes with his weightlifting through rewardbased focus. “I basically wouldn’t let myself go to the gym if I still had homework I needed to do,” Schibel said. “Then some days, I would just bring my homework to the gym with me and work on
it in-between reps.” The two are unsure of where exactly they want their lifting to take them. Hammer, more focused on strongman, realized after an injury that prevented him from even being able to tie his shoes that he needed to take it a lot more seriously. “I was pretty casual when I first started out,” said Hammer. “Then, I experienced a few herniated disks and it kind of a lit a fire underneath me. When I couldn’t lift or even tie my shoe I realized I couldn’t be so cavalier about it all. I couldn’t take these huge risks with my body if I wasn’t going to treat it right.” Right now, Hammer just wants to see how far he can take it. “I won’t be devastated if I’m not you know one of the ‘strongest men in the world’ but I definitely want to see what my body is capable of,” Hammer said. “It’s a unique challenge and something I have grown more and more passionate about.” Schibel is interested in developing more Olympic-style lifts with his basis in powerlifting and never losing sight of why he started lifting to begin with. “I do this because I really love being in the gym and I love lifting weights,” said Schibel. “I nev-
er want to get to the point where I am so competitive that I don’t look forward to training everyday. If it ever gets to that point, I know I’ll be done. For now, I just want to keep competing and develop my Olympic style lifts, see where that takes me.”
This week in sports Men’s Basketball The Pilots dropped both games last week first to San Diego 61-59 and then to BYU 89-72. They are now 15-13 on the season and 6th in the WCC. They finish out the regular season with two away games, tonight at St. Mary’s at 6 p.m. and Saturday at Pacific at 3 p.m.
Women’s Basketball The women lost to Gonzaga last week 72-61. They are currently 14-13 on the season and rank 6th in the WCC. Their final home games come this weekend, tonight against Pacific at 7 p.m. and Saturday against St. Mary’s at 2 p.m. Saturday will be Senior Day and head coach Jim Sollars’ final home game.
Baseball The Pilots dropped 3 of 4 games in the SMC tournament last weekend and fell to state rival Oregon 8-2 Tuesday. The team has a 2-6 record. They have their first of three home games tomorrow against UC Irvine at 2 p.m. They also have games Saturday at 1 p.m. and Sunday at 12 p.m. After that, they travel to Oregon State Tuesday at 5:35 p.m.
Track & Field The Pilots’ home opener brought them favorable results last weekend at the Pilot Indoor. They travel to Salem this weekend to participate in the Willamette Opener. (courtesy portlandpilots.com, WCCsports.com)
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Redshirt freshman Tansey Lystad runs the 3000 meter run at the Husky Classic where Redshirt senior Stephen Kersh runs a PR that resulted in a heat victory in the 3000 she finished second in her section. meter run at the Husky Classic. Mitchell Gilbert to break records in not only the much of their current success to others, believe has endless up- practicing if they aren’t able to go Staff Writer 400 meter dash, but also in the the addition of the new sprint- ward potential. outside.” gilbert16@up.edu 600 meter dash during her first ing and jumping coach, Chad “In the sprinting world it is This a challenge the Pilots The Pilots’ 2014 indoor track time running the race in compe- Colwell. Colwell has previously difficult for us to be able to take will have to overcome if they are and field season has begun in tition, setting the school record at coached at UP and spent his last our team to the team to the next going to compete against the bigspectacular fashion. Not only 1:35.98 and finishing first in the two seasons serving as both the level running against these big ger teams they face this season, interim head coach and assistant schools,” Dumas said. “We are such as University of Washington have the Pilots begun the season race. As a sport partly centered on sprinting coach at Saint Martin’s trying to get to the point where and University of Oregon. blowing away many of their own The Pilots’ strong suit has alpersonal records (PRs), several the individual and breaking one’s University in Lacey, Wash. He we can send some people to reon the team have gone on to break own PRs, track and field can lead has begun his second UP cam- gionals, and next year we will ways been running long distance to conflicts amongst competing paign successfully, pushing his have some people go.” races. Redshirt junior runner Julong-standing school records. However, this track and field lia Fonk believes that they have During one of the first meets athletes on the same team. How- runners to set many personal and team does face some difficul- the skill and confidence to keep of the 2014 spring season at the ever, this competition can be also school records. “He has been fantastic for us, ties. A particular challenge for succeeding through the 2014 seaHusky Invitational, redshirt ju- taken advantage of, as the Pilots nior Ryan Poland posted a school have shown they can do this sea- people are running much better the team will be learning how son. than they did last season,” Du- to compensate for not having the “We definitely have a lot of record mile time of 4:01 and son. “If you know that somebody is mas said. “He just knows every- state-of-the-art facilities that are strength with our longer distance placed second in the heat. On the same day, runners Melissa running faster than you it always thing that there is to know about given to athletes at other much runners. We just got a new girl Baller, Julia Fonk, Lorea Ibarza- pushes you to run faster,” junior sprinting, and if you tell him larger schools that they compete from Sweden and she is looking to do some big things in the 10K bal and Madison Leek broke an- sprinter Kahlil Dumas said. “The something hurts or is bothering against. “Practicing upstairs in Chiles this season,” Fonk said. “We other school record in the 4 by competition motivates you and you he can tell you exactly what can be pretty tough,” senior high have a lot of strong people in the 400-meter dash with a time of makes you work harder on your the problem is.” cardio and focuses you on watchCoach Colwell has used his jumper Matt Winterer said. “It 5K as well.” 3:58.98. The Pilots will begin their This accomplishment marked ing what you eat. All of the com- knowledge and experience to can be a huge disadvantage for the second of three school re- petition is healthy though. Every- turn the sprinting and jumping some people, it isn’t really for us 2014 outdoor season Saturday cords that Madison Leek has al- one is always positive and helpful team that was once overshad- because we have a high jumping March 1 at the Willamette Openowed by the distance program pit upstairs, but for the long and er in Salem, Ore. ready broken in the young 2014 with one another.” Many of the sprinters attribute into a program that Dumas, and triple jumpers it can be tough indoor season. Leek has managed
Cassie Sheridan Staff Writer sheridan15@up.edu So an electrical engineer and a business major walk into a gym and start doing 500-pound deadlifts, then take a break and work on some Excel spreadsheets or some calculus and then do another round, this time maybe 600 pounds. Haven’t heard that joke before? It’s actually a classic afternoon for sophomore business student Arthur Hammer and freshman electrical engineering student Parker Schibel. The pair competes in strongman and powerlifting competitions, their most recent being a strongman competition in Kennewick, Wash. “Strongman” refers to a person that competes in strength athletics, a competition that involves walking while pulling a car, deadlifting monster truck tires, carrying rocks, etc. The most notorious of these competitions is that of the World’s Strongest Man. “Powerlifting” refers to a strength sport that consists of three attempts at maximal weight
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on three lifts; squat, bench press, and deadlift. This kind of weightlifting obviously cannot be done at Howard Hall. The two have been driving to an off-campus powerlifting gym for the past year to train. Hammer and Schibel became passionate about weightlifting through different avenues. Schibel started weight lifting with his dad at a young age to increase performance in sports. “I started weight lifting when I was about 12 for football,” Schibel said. “I always loved to lift and then when I came to the University of Portland, Arthur introduced me to competitive weightlifting. I come from a powerlifting background and so those competitions are more enticing for me but my first strongman competition was definitely a really fun thing.” For Hammer, weightlifting at this level began with a desire to get in shape. “Back in high school I was just not super fit,” Hammer said. “I decided I really wanted to try out bodybuilding, so I dropped a lot of weight until I realized that
strength sports were something I was way more interested in than toning. I wanted to feel strong.” A typical strongman competition consists of five events that vary from competition to competition. Due to the varied competitions, training for these events has to be dynamic and alters for individual competitors. Schibel and Hammer not only train differently, but they also eat very differently. Hammer, who is larger weight-wise, does heavier work at high volume and eats significantly more food than the average student. “In a typical training day, I’d probably spend three hours at the gym and eat roughly 8-12 wraps at The Cove,” Hammer said. “I divide my days into certain lifts like overhead, deadlift or squats.” Schibel, who is considered small for the sport, likes working higher intensities. “I have more of a back day, leg day or arm day,” Schibel said. “I am more of a power lifter so you work indirectly on your main See STRONGMAN, page 15
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(top) Freshman Parker Schibel and (bottom) sophomore Arthur Hammer compete in various strongman events earlier this month.