The Beacon RUN HIDE FIGHT THE STUDENT VOICE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND SINCE 1935 October 8, 2015 • Volume 118 • Issue 6 • upbeacon.com By Katie Dunn THE BEACON
Students reminded of UP’s active shooter policy following tragedy at UCC.
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University of Portland Weapons Policy:
It’s been a week since a lone gunman opened fire on Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon killing 10, including himself, and injuring another seven. Planning for statistically unlikely events like this has become a part of life for campus security forces across the country, including at UP. “We think this happens in other places in the world, and here it is in Oregon,” Director of Public Safety Gerry Gregg said. “It’s terrible.” Gregg said students should be aware that there is a recommended procedure that the UP community would be advised to follow in this kind of situation. There are three recommended options depending on the situation: Run – Hide – Fight. Gregg specifically asked The Beacon to publish the link to a video that students should watch, “Shots Fired on Campus.” Students can access the video by signing into their Pilots accounts. Fr. Mark Poorman sent out an email regarding the University’s procedures after the event noting the
seriousness of the safety of the University. He also said plans are being reviewed so “that we are as prepared as we can possibly be.” In the case of an active shooter on campus, Poorman pointed out that procedures in place can be found on the Public Safety web page, the Offices of Public Safety and Residence Life are regularly receiving training on how to respond to this type of incident and that the University is planning a larger training exercise, the date and other details of which haven’t yet been released. The Public Safety website recommends this protocol in this type of situation:
Student from Roseburg shares his story
IN AN ACTIVE SHOOTER EMERGENCY
Make a decision, trust your instincts, and take action to protect yourself to survive the situation. You generally will have three options: Run – Hide – Fight
RUN FOR SAFETY:
• Have an escape route and plan in mind. • If you can, and you deem
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firearm or dangerous weapon (e.g., paintball guns, air-soft guns, archery sets, BB guns, Weapons do not have a place in the University pellet guns). of Portland community. The following actions Use of any object to threaten the safety of another individual or self, or to cause injury or are prohibited: harm to another individual or self. Possession or use of firearms, explosives, Note: These policies do not apply to those fireworks, or chemical agents such as involved in sanctioned ROTC training or Oleoresin Capsicum or Mace. Possession or use of a Taser or similar device. weapons worn as issued equipment by Public Possession or use of a pocket knife or non- Safety personnel. However, a weapons permit or other government-issued license does cooking utensil with a total blade length of not exempt individuals from the prohibitions 2.75 inches or greater. Possession of instruments or game equipment described above. The weapons policy can be found on page 41 of that look like or can be confused with a Life on the Bluff.
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By Clare Duffy THE BEACON
Roseburg, Oregon is a community about 175 miles south of Portland with a population of only 22,000 — less than four percent of Portland’s. Last week, Roseburg was thrust into the national eye after a shooter opened fire at Umpqua Community College. As is often the case, the tragedy has sparked national conversation. But beneath the ensuing political debates, rumors and social media consolations, is a community still working to recover. UP Junior Kai Seely calls Roseburg home, along with 10 other students on campus. He emphasized the importance of remembering that there are real people behind the media coverage. He shared his experience this past week with The Beacon: How did you find out about the shootings? My mom actually texted me (Thursday) morning. She saw it on the news and she texted me, so then I checked news outlets on the Internet to figure out more about it. Did you know anyone who was involved? I didn’t know any of the victims directly. Well, I played basketball with one of the kids once or twice. But, it’s such a small town that you know somebody who knows somebody. One of the victims was the sister of one of the kids I graduated high school with. You’re all connected somehow in such a small community. What did you hear from friends and family who live there? How are they doing? At first, it’s really hard for everybody to deal with. My family is a little bit removed because none of my family
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The Beacon to go all-digital next year Thomas Dempsey • THE BEACON
Continued from page 1 it safe, get out and get to a safe place. • Leave belongings behind, but take your cell phone if it is handy. • Help others escape, if possible. • Prevent others from entering an area where the active shooter may be. • Call 911 when you are safe. • Keep hands visible around Law Enforcement.
HIDING IN A SAFE PLACE:
• Find a hidden location, or area, out of the shooter’s view. • Lock the door or block the entry to your hiding place. • Remain quiet, silence cell phones, and spread out away from other individuals. FIGHT: • Make a plan with others in the room about what you will do if the shooter enters. • Make a total commitment to action and act as a team with others. • Attempt to incapacitate the shooter. • Do whatever is necessary to survive the situation. • If possible, and safe to do so, report the location of the assailant.
HOW TO INTERACT WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT WHEN THEY ARRIVE:
• Do not scream, yell, point, or wave your hands; be quiet and compliant. • Follow instructions. • Provide the following information to 911 or Law Enforcement: Location of the active shooter(s). Number of shooters. Physical description of shooter and possible vehicle involved. Number and type of weapons in the possession of shooters. Number of potential victims at the location. The priority of the first responders will be to locate and stop the shooter. Once you have reached a safe location, you will likely be held in that area by law enforcement until the situation is under control and all witnesses have been identified and questioned. Do not leave the area until law enforcement authorities have instructed you to do so. Contact Editor-in-Chief Katie Dunn at dunn16@up.edu. Twitter: @Katie_dunn24
The Beacon is in the process of transitioning to producing digital-first content. Jeromy Koffler announced next year’s change to Beacon staff last week. By Melissa Aguilar THE BEACON
The Beacon is going to go where few student news media have gone before — all content will be available exclusively online and the print edition will be eliminated starting in the 2016-2017 academic year. Jeromy Koffler, director of student activities, made the decision in an effort to continue to meet readers where they’re at — online and on mobile. He sees the change as an evolution of what The Beacon, as a media organization, has already been doing over the past few years. “What I see though, with this newspaper, is that our community is already engaged more electronically,” Koffler said. “And I see a lot of positive kind of hope towards a creative new way in which we can envision The Beacon in the future.” Last fall, The Beacon launched a mobile app, and the newly redesigned website racked up more than 215,000 pageviews between Oct.1 2014 and Oct. 3 of this year,
according to Google Analytics. In contrast, The Beacon distributes 1,750 printed copies on campus and to homedelivery subscribers each week. This semester, the weekly print edition reduced its page count from 16 to 12 to further focus on digital coverage. There were also financial considerations. The Beacon spends approximately $22,000 annually on printing costs for the weekly issue. Under the all-digital plan, some of those funds will be reallocated for digital equipment and professional development for the students. The cost savings mean The Beacon will no longer have to rely on advertising revenue to break even. Many larger schools, such as the University of Oregon, have reduced their print editions from daily to once or twice a week to focus more on digital content. Most universities of UP’s size continue to produce a weekly print newspaper. “We’re kind of trailblazing this situation,” Editor-in-Chief Katie Dunn said. “So we want
to set a good example for other student media that will want to work off of what we do.” Even though the change is not set to happen for roughly another year, Dunn wanted time to work through questions as they arise during the transition. Dunn being a senior, The Beacon will hire a new editorin-chief in mid-to-late January so that the new hire can work more closely with Dunn and the staff on the transition. Applications for other staff positions will also be available around that time. Some staff positions will be eliminated while others will be added to meet The Beacon’s changing needs. To produce the print edition, the editorial board spends roughly 40 hours a week working on layout and design. By being exclusively online, Beacon staff will have more time to focus on content creation. Nancy Copic, assistant director of student media and adviser to The Beacon, said that though many former
Beacon staff members have happy memories of working late nights on production of the paper, this new shift will be a positive experience for incoming students. “From an adviser’s point of view, this is an exciting change,” Copic said. “It will give the students who work at The Beacon more time and resources to focus on the kinds of digital skills and the mindset that will help launch them into careers after they graduate, whether it’s in journalism or marketing or technology or law or fields that don’t even exist yet.” One thing that’s not changing is the importance of content. “Regardless of the platform – print or digital – striving to produce meaningful, engaging content, and telling stories important to UP students has been and will continue to be the foundation of The Beacon,” Copic said. Contact Copy Editor Melissa Aguilar at aguilarm16@up.edu.
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more to do with changing our model of how much we’re able to be present to students in person,” Hermanny said. Hermanny said hall directors are now on duty every evening in every dorm, a change from years past when just one person was responsible for monitoring students in all residence halls. The referral numbers also include last year’s Dance of the Decades, which saw a recordhigh 33 alcohol incidents and prompted changes to future UP events. Drugs Hermanny says UP is fortunate not to have a significant problem with hard drug use on campus. “Drug usage at the University of Portland is typically marijuana-based,” Hermanny said. Hermanny noted that despite the legalization of marijuana in Oregon, use of the drug has not seen a large uptick. He said there are occasional instances of drugs like ecstasy, cocaine and hallucinogens. “Thankfully it’s not
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Last week UP released the 2014 Crime and Fire Report, an annual document required by federal law that details crimes on campus, such as murder, sexual assault, drug and alcohol violations and burglary that are reported to Public Safety and Portland Police. Also known as the Clery Report, the document resulted from the murder of Jeanne Clery, a 19-year-old freshman at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania. Clery was raped and murdered on campus by another student in 1986. All colleges and universities that receive federal aid are required to complete the report after her parents pushed for a law making universities’ crime statistics available to the public. Sexual Assault While the report indicates three instances of sexual assault, all of which occurred in residence halls, Director of Public Safety Gerry Gregg said that number doesn’t reflect all of them. “Are there more than three that occurred? Absolutely. Do
we know about them? Yes,” Gregg said. Gregg said Public Safety is aware of six additional reports, but because the locations of the incidents were either unknown or off-campus, they are not counted in the report. However, due to limitations in the Clery Act, only incidents that happen on or near campus are reported. This includes any satellite campuses and University-owned housing, as well as property temporarily used for school functions. The incident last February when a UP student was sexually assaulted in what she thought was a taxi cab is not included in the report because it occurred off campus, according to Gregg. Alcohol Liquor law disciplinary referrals more than doubled in 2014 to a total of 161 on campus. Alex Hermanny, associate director for community standards, attributes the uptick in reports to a change in approach by Residence Life. “I think that has less to do with more drinking and...
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a common occurrence,” Hermanny said. Public Safety did confirm one arrest on campus in which an unidentified person was found with ecstasy. The person was not a member of the UP community. Burglary and Theft The report indicates four instances of car theft, but Gregg says Public Safety was only immediately aware of a couple of those reports. The rest were reported directly to Portland Police, who Public Safety queries for information before compiling the annual report. Though not a required part of the Clery report, bike theft falls under a category Gregg calls “property crimes,” which he said is down about 50 percent since around 2012. “I think members of this community are more proactive about calling Public Safety,” Gregg said. Public Safety has also made an effort to engage other groups on campus. “The Residence Life staff… will hear me hounding the hell out of them the week before fall
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break because I want the bikes off the rack,” Gregg said. “The bike thieves know when our breaks are and they come on Friday or Saturday of fall break to try to steal bikes.” Stalking In all, five instances of stalking were reported, up from zero on campus last year. Stalking is defined broadly through Clery as anything directed at a specific person that would cause “fear for his/her safety or the safety of others” and cause the person to suffer “substantial emotional distress.” The category includes cyberstalking. “I think awareness through the Green Dot Program has helped increase with reporting,” Michael McNerney, communication and technology coordinator for Public Safety said. The Clery Act also requires the University to keep a public daily log of any crimes and fires on campus. That report is available on the UP website under the Public Safety section.
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By Cheyenne Schoen THE BEACON
UP alumna Margaret Trout has found her way back to The Bluff, and is excited to be returning. Trout was recently appointed director of the UP Health Center. She spent the last 10 years in an identical position at Willamette University, where she oversaw health, counseling and disability services. Prior to that, she was a nurse manager and assistant director at Portland State University’s health center for five years. UP has nearly 1,500 more students than Willamette, and Trout looks forward to working with this larger student population. Trout’s immediate goal is to get the Health Center fully staffed. Three positions, including a nurse practitioner, receptionist and an educator, are currently vacant. “My first goal is to get those positions filled so that we can be open more hours to meet the needs of more students,”
Trout said. “We’re not understaffed by the school’s resources; the school values the Health Center, we just don’t have people in those positions working. We need to get the word out.” Last year, ASUP executive board candidate, senior Mariah Wildgen, paid particular attention to the health services as part of her campaign. One of the main issues Wildgen sees with the Health Center is how underutilized its services are. “It’s tough because I don’t feel like a lot of students know about the Health Center,” Wildgen said. “You’re only told your freshman year that there is one, but we’re not really reminded of it. It’s not centrally located, so you could easily go all four years without having ever gone there.” After getting adequately staffed, Trout looks forward to increasing the Health Center’s outreach into the student community. She said that her goal is to be a “cheerleader” for the Health Center, making
it more well known and accessible to students. Trout took part in many initiatives related to student health at Willamette. Beginning Jan. 1, Willamette will be smoke-free, an accomplishment Trout is proud of spearheading. Trout served as the adviser to Willamette Emergency Medical Services (WEMS), a student group that encourages and facilitates training such as CPR and First Aid to those expressing interests in emergency medical services. Additionally, Trout served as a founding adviser for the Sexual Assault Response Allies (SARAs), a student-led support group that advocates for those who have been impacted by sexual violence. Willamette psychology major Madison Rotter, a SARA student coordinator, worked with Trout and attested to her many contributions to the program. “She’s a huge reason that Willamette can pride itself as
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Margaret Trout is replacing Paul Myers as Health Center director. She has worked in the same position at Willamette University for 10 years. one of the few institutions with a peer network to respond to such traumatic incidences,” Rotter said. “Much of her legacy remains in the fact that our community has developed into a survivor-focused campus and her work and support in helping the SARAs become a
confidential resource.” Rotter said that Trout will be greatly missed at Willamette, but she trusts that Trout will have an equally meaningful impact on the UP community. Contact Staff Writer Cheyenne Schoen at schoen17@up.edu.
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went to UCC, but my brother goes to the high school and they were in lockdown all day, so there was some scariness with that. Mostly with friends what I heard initially was just kind of checking in with people, saying that they’re ok. Kind of later on, I texted a lot of people, it’s probably more contact than I’ve been in with many of those people for the last two years. Are there any specific or especially meaningful ways that you know of that people are coming together? I think the biggest one is that there was a huge candlelight vigil at a park in Roseburg, and I heard that several thousand people came out and participated in that. In a town of about 20,000, that’s a pretty big number. That’s
probably the single biggest way that I’ve noticed, but there’s been a lot of small things like t-shirt printings, kind of showing solidarity with the victims and the people affected by it. What would you like the UP community to know about the situation? Or is there anything the UP community could do to help? I think the UP community has been really supportive. I’ve received a lot of supporting messages from fellow students, from faculty and staff. The candlelight vigil that was held in the chapel was really nice and really helpful. I know I really appreciated that. President Obama is going to Roseburg on Friday to meet with victims’ families, and I understand there are reports saying that he’s not welcome
because of his stance on stricter gun control. Do you have any advice for President Obama on how to approach the situation? Or anything to say about people who have said he’s not welcome? I would say don’t listen to the people who say he’s not welcome. He’s the president of the U.S. He’s going to go and honor the victims of this tragedy by visiting with their families, and he should be able to do that. It’s not a political issue; it’s a personal issue. He’s extending his personal sorrow and grief toward the families that are directly involved. And to the people who say he’s not welcome because he is just going to further his liberal agenda, that’s not it at all, it’s a personal issue. So I think maybe to answer
your previous question about what I would like people to know about Roseburg as a whole, is that there are people on both sides of the discussion. Even though basically all you hear in the news is that people in Roseburg are not looking at gun control and not appreciating President Obama’s support, there are just as many people on the other side, you just don’t hear about it. And I think that it’s just good to point out that Roseburg is really tight and very supportive, and I think that you can see how tight the community is in some of the events that have gone on. Is there anything else you would like The Beacon to know, or anything you’d like to emphasize? I think an emphasis on kind of the interconnectedness of
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such a small town like that. I’ve had a lot of people ask me, “Did you know anybody who was killed?” And that’s not the whole issue. Pretty much everyone at my high school either went to UCC for a little while or took classes there during high school or certainly their best friend goes, or something like that. And the same goes for the community. If a community member isn’t directly affected by it, a lot of them went to UCC or know someone who goes to UCC or has a friend’s child who goes to UCC. UCC is a major part of the community, and the community is so small that you know somebody. You know somebody who knows somebody. Contact News Editor Clare Duffy at duffy17@up.edu. Twitter: @claresduff
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CRIME LOG
ON CAMPUS Theater program presents “The Clean House”
Chorale Concert
Oct. 2, 1:54 p.m. Officers took a report of a bike theft from the Fields and Schoenfeldt bicycle racks. The bike was locked, but unregistered with the Department of Publc Safety.
Wednesday, Oct. 7-11 at 7:30 p.m. in Mago Hunt Center Theater. The show focuses on the character of Matilde the housekeeper who is in search of the funniest joke in the world.
Saturday, Oct. 10 at 3 p.m. in Buckley Center Auditorium. The concert will feature the University Singers’ preview works to be perfomed on their upcoming January tour. The concert is free and open to the public.
Oct. 2, 10:45 p.m. Officers responded to a noise complaint on the 7000 block of N. Wall. The residents were compliant in quieting down. No other complaints were received.
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Fall Dance 2015 Friday, Oct. 9 at 9 p.m. at Leftbank Annex. Buses will start loading at 8:30 pm in front of Buckley Center.
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Students conquer marathon The Portland Marathon, which has been ranked as a top marathon in the U.S. for the past 10 years by Runner’s World Magazine, attracted many UP students on Sunday.
Runners pass through the portion of the marathon that went by campus. Several UP students completed the 26.2 miles. Marie Wilson // Junior Wilson was inspired to run the Portland Marathon by her love of running and by her aunt, who trains runners. “It seemed fitting, and it was convenient since I could run parts of the course before the race,” she said. Wilson trained for three months prior to the race by doing a 20-mile run once a week. Three weeks before the marathon, she slowed down her running schedule. Though she felt especially exhausted during the last six miles, Wilson still completed the race in under three and a half hours. Post-marathon snack: veggie burger and tater tots.
Brooke Murphy // Senior
Murphy completed her second full marathon this past Sunday. She trained for five months, six times a week, with longer runs on the weekends. Murphy described “hitting the wall” at mile 20, when she felt a sudden loss of energy. “It’s hard to think about keeping yourself on pace,” Murphy said However, she received a phone call from her parents at mile 23 and they surprised her at the finish line. Post-marathon snack: burger.
Jenna Warner // Senior
Warner, who has run six halfmarathons, said that the support she received was crucial to her marathon experience. She ran with friends down Greeley Street and with her mom in the industrial area. “After that is when [I realized], ‘It’s only me from here on out,’” Warner said. Warner began training at the end of last semester. Despite an injury over the summer, she did her heaviest mileage during that time in order to prepare. Post-marathon snack: grapes.
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Brett Wadsack // Sophomore
Wadsack completed his second marathon this weekend, after running his first half-marathon sophomore year of high school. His first week of training began with running 20 miles a week, and he slowly increased that mileage until he reached 40 miles a week. Like Murphy, he also did his longer runs at the end of the week. “I like long distance running; it’s therapeutic,” Wadsack said. Post-marathon snack: Naked juice, coconut water, orange juice, bagels, Greek yogurt, and chocolate milk.
Todd Graham // Senior
After running the Portland Marathon his sophomore year, Graham decided to do it again in his last year at UP. Despite training less than he had two years prior, Graham said he was still prepared for the race, and found a special surprise waiting for him when he passed by campus. “My favorite part was running right by UP. My whole house came out and ran with me for twenty yards or so,” Graham said. He then celebrated by going to Tilt, Prost! and Mississippi Pizza Pub. Post-marathon snack: burgers and pizza.
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Portland is unique, different — if not straight-up weird, and North Portland is no different. Find out where in Portland you can buy a human skull, eat and shop simultaneously or buy a turtle doughnut inspired by a playground. Alina Rosenkranz • THE BEACON
PATTIE’S HOME PLATE CAFE One of North Portland’s strangest places can be found right in the center of St. John’s, which might not surprise you. Pattie’s Home Plate Cafe offers both the typical diner options and a unique shopping experience. Half of the place is filled with everything you can think of. From postcards and perfume to old games and mugs, everything is slightly dusty. As it turns out, the food is surprisingly good and they are known for their milkshakes, at least among insiders. It’s worth checking it out for the unique experience of eating between dolls. Warning: You might not be able to stop laughing.
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HARPER’S PLAYGROUND Honestly, Harper’s Playground itself is not weird at all. It is an inclusive playground in Arbor Lodge Park. In 2009 Cody Goldberg decided to build a playground for kids with all abilities. His daughter Harper was diagnosed with Emanuel Syndrome, which causes most who have it to be unable to talk or walk. Due to many donations, including money the UP women’s soccer team raised, Harper’s Playground was able to open in 2012. Voodoo Doughnuts even dedicated a turtle shaped doughnut to it, which they sold in August 2015. Voodoo supported the playground by donating the profits of the turtle doughnut sales, priced at $3 apiece. Portland is different and this unique project shows how a successful business supports its community, Portland style.
PAXTON GATE If you are easy to scare you might want to avoid this place. At Paxton Gate, you can explore the world of taxidermy and more. They sell everything from suckers with scorpions in them, framed and mounted insects, to human skulls priced at $1,750. Despite all the unusual products they sell, Paxton Gate is a store with a friendly and open atmosphere and helpful staff. This place couldn’t be more typically Portland. Taxidermy — a weird hobby for a weird city.
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Oh, the places you’ll go (with Uber and Lyft) By Nataša Kvesic THE BEACON For years, the only way to get around town if you didn’t have a car was to take public transportation or call a cab. These options aren’t always convenient or affordable, however, and now there are two companies taking Portland by storm that give students an alternative to making their way around. We got an inside look on what makes these drives with Uber and Lyft so special and which one is the better choice. Uber and Lyft have only been allowed to operate in Portland since April, but since then they’ve quickly taken half of traditional cab companies’ business. Students have even started to approach this market as a way to make extra dough.
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As soon as senior Austin Smith got a car this year, he heard about the opportunity to make money by driving people around the city and immediately applied to work for Lyft as well as Uber. “I started working for Lyft first, just strictly because one of my friends told me there was an offer that if you give 50 rides in a one-month period you end up getting a $500 bonus,” Smith said. “So I was like: ‘OK, let’s try it out.’” After working for Lyft for two and half months, Smith
Senior Austin Smith and the car he uses for work.
has had some memorable experiences. He’s worked weekends during crazy shifts like 10 p.m. to 2 a.m., worked weekdays driving businessmen to work in the morning and has met a variety of people from all over the world. Not only is he driving people around, but he has become somewhat of a tour guide to people that have never been to Portland before. “I’ve actually met a lot of cool people from out of the country. My first week I ended up driving a couple of people from London, (who) were in Portland just kind of experiencing it,” Smith said. “They heard that Portland was really beautiful, so that was a cool experience. I got to give them recommendations.” But here’s the dilemma, which one is better, Uber or Lyft? According to Smith, Lyft is the better option. Smith said that he thinks Lyft is trying to establish themselves as a friendlier, more relatable company, whereas Uber is more of a professional chauffeur service. “(Uber) expects you to look really clean-cut, they want you to be really well-kept. Obviously when I drive I’m not going to be in basketball shorts, but I just feel like the people that you pick up with Uber are definitely the more ‘businessy’ type,” Smith said. “I don’t really get those same connections with Uber that I do with Lyft...I think Lyft really prides themselves on that.” Contact Staff Writer Natasa Kvesic at kvesic19@up.edu.
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(From left) Sophomore Shaleesa Moreno, senior Tori Dunlap and senior Josie Benedetti take the stage in “The Clean House,” the theater department’s latest play. Written by Sarah Ruhl, the story centers on three very different women: Elaine, her new housekeeper Matilde, and Elaine’s sister Virginia. Antics ensue when Matilde, who abhors cleaning, joins forces with Virgina — a well known clean-freak — in this eccentric comedy. Tickets are available through the Mago Hunt Center Box Office, at $10 for adults, $5 for students and seniors and $3 per person for groups of 10 or more. Performances will take place from October 7 - 11, at 7:30 p.m. all nights but Sunday, when there’s a matinee at 2 p.m.
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faith & fellowship Lessons from Pope Francis
I can easily relate to Pope Francis. I feel that this is true for many people on campus. We’re in a Catherine Jacobs place that Sophomore, music major values an open mind and an open heart: college. College is a place to hear different opinions, to reflect and to find out who you truly are and what you believe in. I find that Pope Francis is someone who has that open mind and heart and welcomes different opinions and thoughts, even though he may not agree with everyone. He’s always willing to listen to anyone, and is open to learning. I think that’s a lesson for every college student. Don’t block out someone who is conservative or liberal, Catholic or atheist just because you aren’t. Listen to everyone’s views, even if you don’t agree. And like Pope Francis, you can disagree with grace and continue to love that person. I think that’s a powerful lesson for all of us. It’s extremely meaningful to me that Pope Francis not only visited the United States two weeks ago, but visited for six days! He celebrated Mass
with the people of America, blessed our babies, prayed with our religious leaders and hit us with messages that we needed to hear. When he spoke to our leaders in Congress, he celebrated what’s best about America — opportunity, dreams, diversity, a desire for equality. This was the basis for his calls for change in our society. “If you want security,” he told them (and all of us), “Give security… if you want opportunity, give opportunity!” Whether it comes to immigration, taking care of the planet, or social justice, one thing’s clear: We need to love one another and support each other. He wants us to never forget that the person in front of us, no matter how different, is another person, with a story, with needs and with dignity. In short, while disagreement will be inevitable in our diverse country, we must always love people first. With love, we can fix the problems we have in today’s society here in the U.S. Pope Francis reminded us of our duty to be there for each other as brothers and sisters, and I think that’s a basic and clear message that we needed to hear. Catherine Jacobs can be reached at jacobs18@up.edu.
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Lydia Laythe Opinion Editor layth16@up.edu
FROM THE EDITORIAL BOARD
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n the aftermath of a tragedy, we are always left with unanswered questions. With 10 people dead and seven injured after last week’s shooting at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon (just 174 miles south of Portland), we’re left asking: Why? Why did this happen? Why did he do it? But we’re also left asking: How? How did he get inside? How did he obtain the weapons? How did we, as a society, actively or passively let this happen? Many people are grappling with that last one: How did we let this happen? There are no perfect answers to these questions. For some, the answer quickly becomes political. And while the tragic shooting is so much more than a political issue — it does raise important discussions around gun control. Whether or not you think the political debate around gun control should be happening right now, the reality is: It’s happening. And we need to be a part of it. Regardless of political affiliation, we can agree on the importance of protecting innocent lives. Despite many politicians’ attempts to pit Democrats and Republicans against each other, we all need to get on board for stricter gun control — because in the end, stricter gun control saves lives. As a community, we need to be informed. We need to have an opinion. And we need to engage in this debate in a thoughtful and constructive way — because those were our peers who were killed last Thursday. They were people our age; they could have been us. Our opinion: We need stricter gun control. First of all, let us begin by saying: The Second Amendment is not applicable in this debate about gun control. The writers of the Second Amendment did not intend to protect the rights of an individual to personally own the kind of mass arsenal of weapons that some people, including the shooter at Umpqua, now have. There’s
no need for it. So when we advocate for stricter gun control, we are targeting the kind of gun ownership the Founding Fathers never could’ve imagined. The Second Amendment was written when Americans needed to be able to form a militia at the drop of a hat. People needed the right to have a gun in case the British, the Spanish or the French attacked. People needed guns to protect their homes because there weren’t Public Safety officers patrolling their neighborhoods. People needed guns because the threat of a bear attack was far more likely on the frontier than it is now in North Portland. People needed guns to hunt for food, because there wasn’t a Fred Meyer down the block. Some people may say, “Guns don’t kill people, people kill people.” To that, we say: Sure, but a person without a gun kills a lot fewer people than a person with a gun. And if we can place better controls (and fewer loopholes) on the types of people who have guns, the types of access people have to guns and the types of guns people have access to — gun violence would be reduced immensely. Look at the facts. According to a 2007 report by the Arms Survey (based in Switzerland), the United States has about five percent of the world’s population, but we have 35-50 percent of the world’s civilian-owned guns. So it’s no surprise that the United States ranks number one in firearms per capita. And among the world’s most developed nations, the United States has the highest homicide-by-firearm rate. In contrast, Japan has much stricter gun regulation — which many people cite as the reason why their homicideby-firearm rate is the lowest in the world (one in 10 million). Under their firearm and sword law, only shotguns, air guns or guns used for research/ competition/industrial purposes are permitted. And even to obtain this short list of permitted weapons, an individual has to pass a series of mental, written and drug tests in addition to a background
Whose rights are we protecting?
Nathan DeVaughn • THE BEACON
check. Furthermore, for those who say that now is not the time to act: In other countries, the aftermath of a tragedy is exactly what motivated the greatest change. In Australia, a mass shooting in 1996 in which 35 people died and 23 were injured, prompted immediate action. Less than two weeks after the tragedy, the national government passed major changes to their gun control legislation to prohibit automatic and semiautomatic assault rifles, regulate licensing and ownership. They even implemented a buyback
program that took about 650,000 assault weapons out of public circulation. And Australia immediately saw a decrease in firearm homicide and suicide rates. Like Australia did in 1996, it’s time we take a proactive stance against gun violence. It’s time we ask the government to implement more and better gun control legislation. President Barack Obama made a statement addressing gun violence (for the 15th time) in the aftermath of a shooting. “Somehow this has become routine,” Obama pointed out. “The reporting is routine. My
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response here at this podium ends up being routine… We’ve become numb to this.” Now is not the time to be numb, or to silence discussion about gun control. The time after tragedy may be painful. The time after tragedy may be full of questions. But the time after tragedy is the time to act — to act with fervor ignited by the injustice of so many lives lost to senseless violence. The time to act is now. Like Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz said: “This is happening because we let it.”
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OPINION
“You don’t belong here,” I said silently to myself. I was sitting in a small evangelical church in Granada, Ezequiel DelgadoSpain a few Cervantes weeks ago Senior when this thought popped in my head. I was nervous because it was my first time attending a church service entirely in Spanish, in a city I just arrived in and with people I’d never met before. It surprised me. Not because I felt unwelcome (on the contrary, the people were more than courteous) nor because the thought itself appeared (I’ve said this to myself many times before), but because of how I responded. Instead of panicking, sweating profusely and feeling my heart race at a million miles per hour, I felt fine. I knew I was experiencing culture shock and that I was going through a learning experience, and it wasn’t that the church or the people rejected me but my personal fears of not belonging, of not being accepted, that tried to hijack my emotions.
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Let’s Talk: Belonging
Thankfully that didn’t happen. I believe that having a sense of belonging in their community has a huge impact on a person’s mental health and I want to share my story in how I’ve dealt with that issue. Let me tell you where I’m coming from. Growing up I was awkward, plain and simple. I was that weird kid who said the bizarre things in class, who was picked last for gym teams, who didn’t have many friends, who wore the same clothes all the time and who was the teacher’s pet. My family was the exact opposite of a happy, white picket fence, middle-class family. We relied on government assistance to scrape by. My parents were divorced, individually dealing with alcoholism, being undocumented, and under the pressure to raise four children in their early 20s by relying on unstable minimum wage and under-the-table jobs. I could go on, but my point isn’t to just share the rather unpleasant experiences I’ve had to live through. I’m saying I know what it feels like to be on the outside, to feel like a loner, to feel like nobody wants you, to feel like there’s not much to look forward to in life.
I’ve made mistakes when trying to deal with these feelings of rejection, isolation and inadequacy by indulging in unhealthy behaviors such as binge-drinking, stress-eating and impulsive spending, which affected my relationships with friends and family. None of them filled the void and depression I often felt on a daily basis, and they usually made things worse. I still struggle with feeling isolated and rejected even here at UP. Sometimes I wish I could have had a different childhood or just be a completely different person altogether. It’s hard to be gay and Christian and still be unsure of how to reconcile those different worlds. It’s hard to be paying my way through college, to be a first-generation student, to be a minority on a mostly white campus and to deal with each of those unique challenges. However, I have come a long
way and I’m so thankful for all the support and mentorship I’ve received these last three years. Last spring semester I met with a counselor from the Health Center on a regular basis to come to terms with a lot of the issues I’ve ignored and buried over the years. I also started to open up more to my friends when things were difficult and be honest with how I was feeling. I’ve learned how to be a patient, empathetic person through these ordeals. I’ve accepted that they’ve happened and that’s made me a stronger person. I’m not trying to say that I’m perfect and that I have the five-step-planto-feeling-better for you. I’m here to tell you that you are not alone. I know it can feel hard to feel trapped and to feel that you don’t belong here, whether because you don’t feel think your friends like you, or classes are too difficult, or your family
is experiencing personal problems or any other trouble you can think of. But I’m here to tell you that you aren’t alone in your struggles. If you’re feeling alone or overwhelmed or that you don’t belong, reach out to your friends, family and the great resources we have on campus. Likewise, if you know of a friend who is going through a tough time reach out to them and let them know you care. I know it made a difference for me. We all struggle. Let’s struggle together.
Ezequiel Delgado-Cervantes is a senior communications major and can be reached at delgado16@up.edu. Ezequiel is a member of Active Minds, a group on campus dedicated to educating our community about mental health and demonstrating that people are not alone in their mental health struggles.
Mental health resources: UP Health and Counseling Center: 503-943-7134 Multnomah Mental Health Crisis Line: 503-988-4888 Active Minds: activemindsup@gmail.com or facebook.com/activemindsatup
The myth of authentic living The Instagram account @SocialityBarbie is taking the Internet by storm. After Sociality Barbie was featured in a story from Rebekah Markillie Wired, other Junior popular news sites such as HelloGiggles, BuzzFeed, Elite Daily all scrambled to jump on the bandwagon and @SocialityBarbie skyrocketed to 1.3 million
followers. Sociality Barbie is a satirical Instagram account documenting the authentic living of a plastic Barbie. The irony is perfect. “I was getting tired of seeing people taking the same pictures, in the same places, and using the same captions all while hash-tagging ‘Live Authentic,’” The creator of the account told BuzzFeed. “I’ve sat in coffee shops and watched people set their coffee on the floor while they stand on a chair just to make their morning cup of coffee appear more interesting than it really
is.” And that’s exactly it – people are using social media to fabricate a more real and interesting life behind the guise of “authentic living.” What does authentic living even mean? That you buy marked up clothes from Free People, spend lots of money on a fancy camera, go on hikes and take classes at expensive yoga studios? How is that any more authentic than the regular cup of coffee I make at home? We’re calling out magazines for photoshopping models to
appear healthier and thinner – we want them to portray “real women” with their stretch marks and skin rolls. But at the same time we’re going to great lengths to make sure the blueberries we picked on our hike the other day are posed, photographed and filtered to hide flaws and create the perfect “authentic” aesthetic. It seems that our effort for effortless perfection has become so pervasive we’re starting to believe our own Internet facades and the pseudoscience our gurus tell us about spirituality and
enlightenment. In our quest for authenticity we’ve turned to hypocrisy and lies – that’s about as far away from “real” as it is possible to be. So check yourself, what are you trying convey when you purchase a new filter pack from Vasco Cam? What does it mean to be “real?”
Rebekah Markillie is the Design Editor for The Beacon and can be reached at markilli17@ up.edu or on Twitter @r_markillie
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Junior Hannah Mattson prepares to drive against a Gonzaga defender last year. This year, Mattson has been named team captain alongside senior Kaylee Van Loo. The Pilots had their first official practice this week.
Basketball is back By Jimmy Sheldrup THE BEACON
The Portland women’s basketball team looks to reload this season with six new players, marking the beginning of a new era of Pilot basketball. The challenge this year will be replacing scorers. Five players graduated last year, including three who each scored more than 1,000 career points. Last year, the team struggled with a new coach and new system. Tainted by a team-wide inability to adjust to a new system, Portland suffered losses in games where the team played as five individuals, and not a unit. Now that the team is loaded with new players, recruited into the current system, Pilots fans should look for more team oriented play. “We are a better team, because we play more together,” sophomore center Sara Zaragoza said. “We are not as individualized, so we will be a better team.” Losing core scorers like Kari Luttinen, Jasmine Wooten and Cassandra Brown is never easy to recover from. But that is not to say that this team is lacking in talent. In addition to three freshmen players, the team is receiving an influx of talented juniors. Holly Blades, Corissa Turley and Rachelle Owens all played collegiate basketball the past two years. Their presence will help alleviate the learning curve, and also add a level of maturity and experience. Owens and Blades were teammates at the College of Southern Idaho. Blades, a guard, averaged 12.3 points per game at CSI while Owens scored 4.8 points in 18 minutes as a point guard. While no definitive starting lineup has been announced, it is likely Owens will back up senior Kaylee Van Loo. There will no doubt be a couple of players who will carry more of a scoring burden, namely captains Hannah Mattson and Kaylee Van Loo, who will likely play active roles on offense. They are both returners, and have had weekly meetings over the past year to prepare themselves for their role as leaders. “I’m a captain this year, and we have a lot of new
people, so really pulling everybody together and making sure everybody knows what’s going on and is on the same page,” Van Loo said. Van Loo is a great facilitator, while Mattson is a skilled shooter. But the program is young, and it is hard to tell who will come out as the leading scorer this early in the year. Head coach Cheryl Sorenson said that both Mattson and Van Loo have been “doing a great job organizing all the new faces.” They are playing a vital role in making the Pilots’ transition go smoothly. “We will see as the year goes along some emerging scorers, who can take the pressure shots, who can draw plays for when we need a three,” Sorenson said. “But at this point, we have a good group of talent, and it is going to be up to who steps up.” The team’s lone senior is forward Sara Ines Hernandez. Featuring three freshmen, and three more sophomores, this team is bound to have its ups and downs. But as the youngest players learn and grow, expect the team to develop and improve. The season may start off rocky, but this is a talented group of hardworking players. Van Loo spent the offseason training here in Portland, and Zaragoza played with the U-20 Spanish national team. This is unquestionably a skilled team, and a team primed to take a leap forward after a disappointing season last year. The question becomes: Will they be able to play as a team, or as a group of individuals? Should the girls be able to buy in, Portland may have just started a bright new chapter in Pilots history. Contact Sports Writer Jimmy Sheldrup at sheldrup18@up.edu.
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Malika Andrews Sports Editor andrewsm17@up.edu
First time in 10 years
Attendance record in jeopardy
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Junior midfielder Parkes Kendrick dribbles the ball down the sidelines against San Diego State University. The Pilots have led the NCAA in attendance for the last 10 years. This year, that title is in jeopardy. By Malika Andrews THE BEACON It’s 2:15 p.m. Practice doesn’t start for another 15 minutes but the women’s soccer team is out on the field practicing, passing and taking shots on goal. Effort is not the problem, but their record 4-80 record says otherwise. After being defeated by No. 6 BYU 1-0 on Merlo, the Pilots are 0-2 in conference play. Six wins. 540 minutes of winning play. That is what the Pilots women’s soccer team will need in order to make the NCAA playoffs this year. With seven games left, they must go 6-1 to not find themselves where they were last season: out of the Big Dance for the first time since 1992.
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It’s more disappointing than anything. Now we feel like not only are we not having a winning season, but we’re losing everything our program has built up over the years.
Devlyn Jeter Redshirt junior
Going 6-1 on the rest of the season is improbable but not impossible. Portland’s had the second lowest record in the conference, but with only two games played, that is almost meaningless. The Pilots’ win percentage of .333 is tied with Gonzaga.
Junior Ellie Boon said that the team has adopted the mentality of “one weekend at a time” and says it is reasonable to think they could walk away with wins against St. Mary’s and Pacific this weekend. “They are two teams that have been feisty in the past but we generally have better quality of play than them,” Boon said. While it is true that the Pilots’ ability to produce high quality play still shines through, it hasn’t been enough. It wasn’t enough last game where Portland dominated BYU in possession 19-1 and still left Merlo with a loss. Not only that, but for the past 10 years, Portland has led the NCAA in attendance. After this year, they will have to hand that crown over to BYU who is averaging 4,192 fans per game. “It’s more disappointing than anything,” redshirt junior Devlyn Jeter said. “Now we feel like not only are we not having a winning season, but we’re losing everything that our program has built up over the years.” It would be easy to attribute this to the Pilots’ poor record, but that’s not the only factor. Traditionally, the opening game over freshmen orientation weekend is a women’s game. This year, 4,596 fans filled the stands at Merlo to watch the men play Michigan State while the women began their season with four games on the road.
Still, fans would show up if the team were winning. And this year, the players have been tested and supplemented, and “anemia” isn’t the problem. But health is playing a major factor. Five starters are returning from injury. In August, head coach Garrett Smith told Oregonian columnist Nick Daschal that he would be surprised if Hannah Armendariz didn’t score 8-10 goals during the season. Armendariz has only played 196 minutes after being sidelined with an ACL injury. She will not return this season. Additionally, the team has had three players leave the team for various reasons since the end of last season. “I can go fill the spot (on the roster), we can fill it with a body,” Garret said. “But I don’t think it’s a body that anybody is going to want to see playing on Merlo Field... Because we have players that have left, we have a diminished squad.” Currently, Portland is playing with 19 players. Smith says ideally he would have 21 on the roster. Winning six games seems daunting, but for a program that has gone to the playoffs 21 of the last 22 seasons, it is improbable but not impossible. Contact Sports Editor Malika Andrews at andrewsm17@up.edu. Twitter: @malika_andrews
2006
Rank: #6 Avg. Attendance: 3,408 Record: 17-4-3
2005
Rank: #1 Avg. Attendance: 3,403 Record: 23-0-2 Won National Championship
2007 Rank: #5 Avg. Attendance: 3,772 Record: 18-4-0 Highest attendance record
2009 Rank: #5 Avg. Attendance: 3,472 Record: 21-2-0
2010 Rank:
#8
Avg. Attendance: 3,549 Record: 19-1-2 Only season loss against Stanford
2013
Rank: #7 Avg. Attendance: 2,937 Record: 17-3-1
2008 Rank: #5 Avg. Attendance: 3,622 Record: 20-2-0
2011 Rank: Not ranked Avg. Attendance: 3,110 Record: 9-10-2
2012 Rank: #23 Avg. Attendance: 3,313 Record: 11-5-5
2014 2015 Rank: Not ranked Avg. Attendance: 1,964 Record: 4-8-0
Rank: Not ranked Avg. Attendance: 2,971 Record: 7-9-3 Fails to qualify for NCAA tournament for the first time since 1992