The BEacon
Vol. 117, Issue 4 September 18, 2014
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EDITORIAL: What happens to sexual assault survivors at UP? Opinions, p. 11
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Joe Gifford competes in world ‘s rock climbing competition Sports, p. 16
Green Dot equips students to fight sexual assault Maggie Hannon hannon15@up.edu President Barack Obama plans to announce the “It’s On Us” Friday, a campaign to encourage everyone on college campuses to prevent sexual assault, with an emphasis on recruiting male students to join the fight. The Green Dot program, which has been at UP for two years, has a similar aim. The organization teaches bystander intervention for the prevention of sexual assault and other forms of power-based violence. Senior Derek Boggs, a senior soccer player, underwent the Green Dot training with most of his team. He said the soccer teams are big advocates for the program. One of the main things he learned at the training, Boggs said, was when to step in on a situation. “You see it all the time, and it’s something that before the training I could have seen as harmless,” Boggs said. “But now that I’ve talked about the scenarios and I’ve developed more of an awareness of what the
red dots look like I can help out and outnumber the red with some green.” Green Dot was commemorated at the men’s and women’s soccer games Sept. 12, where the players wore Green Dot warm-ups before the game. Green Dot’s involvement in the fight against sexual assault at UP comes as universities and organizations nationwide try to come up with solutions. For over a year, the federal government has been investigating over 70 universities nationwide. Recently, the California Legislature passed a “Yes Means Yes” standard for all colleges that receive state funding. This standard requires colleges to follow an affirmative consent guideline, meaning that there must be affirmative, conscious and voluntary agreement from both parties before engaging in sexual activity. Green Dot held a training for students on Sept. 13. The training includes four aspects for students See Green Dot, page 4 Fotolia.com
Anti-abortion chalk messages spark anger and dialogue McKena Miyashiro miyashir17@up.edu Philip Ellefson ellefson15@up.edu
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Voice for Life, an anti-abortion club on campus, wrote chalk messages (above) around the academic quad and entrance to the Clark Library last Friday in order to spark a conversation about abortion on campus. Many students reacted negatively to the messages, including a group of pro-abortion rights students who wrote their own chalk messages (left).
Last Friday, the Voice for Life club wrote anti-abortion chalk messages on the sidewalk of the academic quad and the Clark Library entrance in an effort to start a conversation on abortion. Many students took offense to the messages. ASUP senator Joseph Rojo, a sophomore, brought the issue before the Senate meeting on Monday. He said he had received multiple complaints and overheard people reacting negatively to the messages. “They’re really guilt-shaming. Like the quote ‘Your mom chose life’ is an awful quote,” Rojo
said. “It’s really insensitive.” Others who took issue with the chalk statements used social media to voice their opposition. Freshman Ariel Haynes shared a Facebook message about the impact of Voice for Life’s messages. “The statements written in chalk all around the academic quad are accusatory, oversimplified and extremely triggering for any young women on campus who that might have either terminated a pregnancy or considered doing so in the past,” the post, which was shared 11 times, said. “This is not protest. This is not dialogue. This is obnoxious. Shame on you.” According to Julia Anderson, See Chalk, page 3
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On Campus On Campus BLUFFOONS IMPROV SHOW!
Friday, Sept. 19 at Mago Hunt Arts Center Recital Hall, starting at 7:30 p.m. The first show of the season! Tickets: $2/person or $3/pair at the door
PILOTS AFTER DARK Friday, Sept. 19 at the Pilot House in the Cove at 10 p.m followed by Live Entertainment at 11:30.
PILOTS AFTER DARK:
STUDENT GROUP EVENT Saturday, Sept. 20 at the Pilot House in the Cove at 10 p.m. followed by KDUP DJ at 11:30 p.m.
INAUGURATION EVENTS From Wednesday, Sept. 24 at 3 - 11:59 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 25 at Chiles Center Arena.
CORRECTIONS The article “Diamonds in the Bluff” in the Sept. 11 issue of The Beacon incorrectly reported that the Clark Library offers free art supplies. The Library does not have art supplies. The article “Diamonds in the Bluff” in the Sept. 11 issue of The Beacon also reported that Bauccio Commons serves beer after 9 p.m. The Comons does not serve beer. The Beacon regrets the errors.
Giving up shoes, gaining perspective Melissa Aguilar aguilarm16@up.edu As the last of the summer’s warmth begins to fade, students around campus can be seen strolling barefoot outside their dorms. But long after everyone else takes to their fleeces and rain boots, sophomore nursing student Katie May will still be forgoing shoes. Instead of giving up chocolate or Facebook during Lent last spring, May gave up something more challenging—shoes. She saw not wearing shoes as an opportunity to explore in her daily faith experience and get out of her comfort zone. “Whether it’s not wearing shoes,” May said, “or something else that pushes you past your limits, I think it’s important for people to kind of delve into that realm of what they haven’t experienced before.” 2014 alumna Tai White-Toney, who went to Costa Rica with May through FISH, a Christian group on campus, recalled a time May went for a run in the rain, leaving her feet torn up and bloody. “She didn’t really complain about it,” White-Toney said. “She does everything with a lot of grace and a lot of beauty. I think that’s a really hard thing to do.” Though some people were skeptical about her decision, her family and friends were supportive. “When there’s something she wants to do, she doesn’t really care if it’s not what everybody else is doing,” said junior Nate Mattix. “She’s just like ‘I want to do it, therefore I will.’” Part of May’s inspiration for going barefoot was her experience working with the homeless population in Spokane, Washington and orphaned youth in Haiti.
Everything I do seems spontaneous and irresponsible, but it always ends up coming around and [my friends] always end up realizing later that it turned out to be beautiful. Katie May sophomore May said she was hesitant about going to Haiti and signed up at the last minute. “God was like, ‘You’re going to go on this trip.’ And I said ‘No thanks, God. I’m good,’”
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Sophomore Katie May gave up wearing shoes after her experiences working with homeless and underprivileged people in Haiti and Spokane, Washington. Though she originally gave up shoes for Lent in February 2014, she decided to keep going barefoot after Lent ended. May said. “And finally I was like, ‘Fine, I can’t deny what you’re telling me. [So I] dropped everything and I was like ‘Ok, I’m signing up for this trip.’” During the Haiti trip May met her fiance, Manuel Garcia, who is currently in the Air Force in Phoenix, Arizona. The two plan to get married next July. After May graduates, they will travel overseas as a part of Garcia’s sixyear military commitment. Even though it may seem irrational to get married so young, May is confident in her decision. “Everything I do seems spontaneous and irresponsible, but it always ends up coming around and [my friends and family] always end up realizing
later that it turned out to be beautiful,” she said. May still wears shoes where they’re required, like restaurants, and at OHSU’s Doernbecher Children’s Hospital, where she volunteers. She works with children undergoing chemotherapy and those with neurological disorders. After Lent, May continued going barefoot because she now finds it more comfortable than wearing shoes. The experience taught her endurance and empathy for those without access to shoes. “It’s a constant journey where I’m fighting being ignorant to or blinded to the people that are around me. That are right in front of me that,” May said. “I could
be loving and I could be getting to know and I think that in a way walking barefoot strikes up conversation.” She plans to have periods of being barefoot for the rest of her life, as her circumstances allow. When not in class or volunteering, May leads song and worship for FISH and at her Hillsboro church. Her love of song led her to audition for the fall musical on a whim and she landed a leading role. “Before I really started getting out of my comfort zone, I was missing moments all the time.” May said. “You have one chance. And you’re about to miss it. And if you miss it that chance it’s gone.”
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Chalk: Voice for Life aims to continue abortion conversation Continued from page 1
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In response to Voice for Life’s anti-abortion chalk messages, students wrote pro-abortion rights messages in the academic quad. Physical Plant washed off all of the messages Tuesday afternoon.
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Voice for Life’s vice president , the goal of the chalk messages was not to shame or judge women who choose to terminate pregnancies, but to start a conversation about abortion. Because the club aims to have a bigger presence on campus this year, they decided to write the chalk messages early in the semester. “With opening the dialogue,” Anderson said, “we want to be able to have peaceful and understanding conversation with people that may not have the same viewpoint as us, to hear their side, but also to kind of break down some of the stereotypes that people have about what it means to be pro-life.” Anderson, a senior, said that while the messages offended some, the club carefully chose words and images that were peaceful and conducive to dialogue. On Sunday night, a group of students responded to the antiabortion messages with their own pro-abortion rights messages. Some of the chalk art included the phrases: “We support your choice,” “Stop shaming women,” and “Pregnant people have heartbeats of their own.” Junior Patrick Garrison, an entrepreneurship and innovation management major, led the counter-message writing. "I chose to do this because I, and a lot of my friends, were offended by these messages,” Garrison said. “What the Voice for Life group fails to understand is that these types of messages are hurtful and shame women.” Garrison, who went through Green Dot training, said he was concerned that the messages could be considered “red dots.” Some of the messages on the quad included statistics about pregnancies due to rape. Garrison believes that the stigma against abortion causes unnecessary shame for rape survivors. “The Voice for Life group put up these messages because a lot of women feel sad and guilty after after abortions. What they don’t realize is that a lot of the time, they are the cause of that,” Garrison said. “Women feel guilty and ashamed because of groups like Voice for Life.” Senior Margaret Persing, the president of Voice for Life, said
in November, they will bring two speakers to campus, one of whom identifies as both queer and atheist, but holds an anti-abortion viewpoint. “We are working to break down the stereotypes that you can’t be atheist and prolife, or queer and pro-life; the stereotype that you have to be white, Christian, republican, obnoxious,” Persing said. Like Voice for Life, Rojo said he hopes to continue discussion on the issue. "People assume that because we're a Catholic school, we're definitely pro-life,” Rojo said. “It just needs to be talked about that we don't all think that."
The Voice for Life group put up these messages because a lot of women feel sad and guilty after abortions. What they don’t realize is that a lot of the time, they are the cause of that. Patrick Garrison junior Student Activities Director Jeromy Koffler said Student Activities asks student clubs and organizations to submit a written request, usually in the form of an email to Koffler, before chalking campus. He reviews the requests to make sure the planned chalking fits within the parameters of what Student Activities allows. Koffler said student activities does not allow anonymous chalking, and that clubs are required to post their sponsorship with their chalking. Clubs are also not allowed to chalk on buildings, parking spaces, or the Bell Tower Plaza. Voice for Life, Koffler said, followed the correct procedures for chalking. “The response (to the anti-abortion chalking) was technically a violation of the policy,” Koffler said. “It’s a tough situation, obviously.” Physical Plant washed both the anti-abortion and pro-abortion rights messages off the sidewalks Tuesday afternoon. Koffler said Physical Plant generally washes chalking off the sidewalks if it doesn’t have sponsorship listed with it.
abortion facts Most abortions (88 percent) are obtained in the first trimester of pregnancy. Fewer than 2 percent occur at 21 weeks or later. In countries where abortion is illegal, it remains a leading cause of maternal death. An estimated 68,000 women worldwide die each year from unsafe abortions. 40.6, 46, and 13 percent of all women who obtained abortions had previously had zero, one to two, or three or more live births, respectively.
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Green Dot: program honored at soccer games Continued from page 1 to learn in order to change their perspective of powerbased violence, which includes sexual violence, relationship violence, stalking, harassment and other uses of force, threat or intimidation of an individual. Training teaches students to understand the responsibility and power of bystanders. The trainees also discuss when they should or shouldn’t intervene. Students who go through Green Dot training learn that there may be things that interfere with intervention, and what they can do if they are unable to act.
Before, you think you’re just a regular college student and you have no right to be intruding into someone’s life but once you go through the training, you realize how much of an impact you can have.
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The women’s soccer team wears special warm-ups in support of Green Dot at a game on Sept. 12. Green Dot, which came to UP two years ago, aims to prevent sexual assault and other forms of power-based violence through bystander intervention.
Brook Stark junior Green Dot coordinator Kristina Houck, who is also UP’s wellness education and prevention program coordinator, said these types of programs change how people view sexual assault. “Green Dot is about each of us figuring out, ‘How do I live a life in my everyday that says I’m committed to this and that we intervene if we see things happening?’” Houck said. “But more importantly, everyday we acknowledge that it’s not okay and we won’t stand for it.” After going through training, Boggs and Junior Brook Stark said they have more confidence in stepping up and being proactive in problematic situations. Stark said the training made her realize she has the power to change situations she sees unfolding. “I think that’s a pretty cool
thing, because before you think you’re just a regular college student and you have no right to be intruding in someone’s life,” Stark said. “But once you go through the training, you realize how much of an impact you can have, and usually people are pretty grateful.” From her training, Stark learned about the “Three D’s”: distract, direct and delegate. Stark said after the training, she used the Three D’s to help a friend that was in an emotionally abusive relationship. Stark said distracting is her favorite of the Three D’s because she has the confidence to jump into a situation if she thinks something may be wrong. Stark said Houck supported her in trying to help her friend. “Ultimately I think that it’s great that there’s increased conversation about the issue,” Houck said. “It just underscores that it’s really up to each of us to do something [and] that all of us have a role in making sure each of us don’t get hurt.”
Resources for Students confidential
University Health Center Counselors & Nurse Practitioners: 503-943-7134
Stop Assault For Everyone (SAFE) Advocates: 503-943-SAFE (7233)
Campus Ministers and Pastoral Residents: 503-943-7131
(Off Campus) Portland Women’s Crisis Line: 503-235-5333
(Off Campus) Sexual Assault Resource Center: 503-640-5311
Power-Based Personal Violence statistics 35.3 per 1000 is the rate of completed and attempted rapes of female college students.
19% of undergraduate
students experienced attempted or completed sexual assault since entering college.
More than 22% of women non-confidential
Office of Residence Life: 503-943-7205
Public Safety: Emergency: 503-943-4444 Non-Emergency: 503-943-7161
Title IX Coordinator: Bryn Sopko: 503-943-8987
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experience a physical assault by a current or former partner throughout their lifetime.
3.4 million people over
the age of 18 each year are impacted by stalking in the United States. and persons aged 18-24 years experience the highest overall rate of stalking
Persons aged 18-24 years experience the highest overall rate of stalking
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1. Sept. 12, 5:51 p.m. - Student reported that her vehicle’s back window was broken and some clothing items were taken. The student lived off campus in the 5200 block of Willamette. Officers took a report and the case remains under investigation. 2. Sept. 14, 10:36 a.m. - Officers responded to a report that a vehicle had been broken into. Officers arrived at the 4900 block of N Willamette. Student had some prescription medications and some clothes stolen. Student was referred to Portland Police to make a report. This case is under investigation. 3. Sept. 15, 5:25 - A student noticed a vehicle with a broken window on the 5100 block of N Willamette Blvd. Public Safety contacted the owner of the vehicle and took a report. A purse was stolen but had nothing of value in it. The student was referred to Portland Police to make a report. This case is still under investigation. 4. Sept. 16, 4:05 p.m. - Public Safety received report of a suspicious individual near N McKenna & N Warren (Slug Garden). Officers made contact with the individual and identified him as someone who had been previously trespassed. Portland Police was called and arrested the individual for Criminal Trespassing.
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Parking shortage prompts new River Campus lot Alina Rosenkranz rosenkra17@up.edu With a growing student population and the removal of 82 parking spots, on-campus parking has become hard to find for some students, staff, faculty and visitors. The University will build a new parking lot on the River Campus this fall to accommodate for the shortage. Andrew Bosomworth, ASUP Senator and oversight special committee chair, stressed the urgency of new parking options.
We have this gigantic incoming freshmen class, we already don’t have enough parking spots and now we lost parking spots Bosomworth Senior “We have this gigantic incoming freshmen class, we already don’t have enough parking spots and now we lost parking spots,” Bosomworth said. “The incoming freshmen class, once they are sophomores, they are allowed to have cars and a lot of them do bring cars. Now we are going to have 200-300 more cars than we used to. What do we do?” The University plans to build 120-150 new parking spots down
on the River Campus, according to Jim Ravelli, vice president for university operations. Aside from Riverboat, a Student Activities event held last month, this will be the first time the River Campus is open to students. The exact start and end dates for construction are not set because the University is still waiting for the City of Portland to approve the infrastructural and landscaping details for the parking lot. But Ravelli expects the construction to start late fall. “The construction on campus, with the Rec Center, with the taking of the parking that is along Holy Cross Court, while it’s temporary, it has been inconvenient for folks,” Ravelli said. “It has been tougher for folks to find parking. We absolutely recognize that.” UP students have mixed opinions of the current campus parking situation. Anthony Nguyen, a junior biology major, commutes and doesn’t have too much trouble finding parking. “The parking situation is okay, it just depends on what time you get here. If you get here after 9 a.m. then it’s pretty bad,” he said. But Shashana Packus, a senior global business major, also commutes, and said it’s become more difficult to find parking since her freshman year. “UP is growing in the number
of students, but the parking hasn’t, and so there is not enough of it,” Packus said. “And so you circle around trying to find a spot and it takes 20 minutes.” Once the Wellness Center is built, the University wants to reclaim 20 parking spots and add 20 parking spots on the bluff behind Corrado, bringing the University to a net gain of about 100 spots. Because the River Campus is far from the center of campus, Ravelli said the University will also provide a shuttle service to and from River Campus to access the extra parking spots once they are built.
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In late fall, the University will begin constructing a parking lot on River Campus. The lot, which will have 120-150 parking spots, will compensate for the loss of parking spots where the Beauchamp Recreation and Wellness Center is being built.
ASUP Senate Election ASUP Senate elections drew 28.53 percent of the student body’s vote Wednesday night. It was the third largest voter turnout in recent years. Three Senate positions – international student senator, Fields Hall senator and non-traditional student senator – have yet to be filled.
Freshman class:
Alana Laanui Justin Low Jefferson Lee
Sophomore class:
Krizchelle Magtoto Anthony Ng
Christie Hall:
Gavin Enos
Corrado Hall:
Katherine Miller
Kenna Hall:
Alex Onslow
Junior class:
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Brooke Murphy London Ballard Andrew Bosomworth Khalid Osman Samantha Delucchi Rick Adams Tsikata Apenyo Anthony Montoya
School of Business:
Jennifer Chipman Bryan Chipman
School of Education: Emily Jones
School of Engineering:
Angelique Silvestre Jacob Bryant
School of Nursing:
Chelsea Richards Emma Keuhl
Sarah Bones Vy Le Sara Ghyselinck Joseph Rojo Henry Nguyen
Haggerty and Tyson Halls: Logan Crabtree
Schoenfeldt Hall:
Brandon Rivera
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Late-night bites Emily Neelon neelon17@up.edu
We’ve all been there. It’s 11:30 p.m. on Thursday and you’ve just finished up the most painful study group of your college career. You’re looking for some sustenance to erase the memories of the past five hours, but the grill at The Commons is the only place open on campus. Unfortunately, you are running low on meal points. Even worse, the employees at Taco Bell and Domino’s know you by name. You’ve sworn off Top Raman. Life is looking down and you are only getting hungrier. Never fear, The Beacon has come to your rescue. Read on for our favorite Portland late-night bites.
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Known for their unique vegetarian, vegan and glutenfree options, Sizzle Pie is a must after a downtown adventure. With a quirky atmosphere and creative menu, this pizzeria features slices like “Good Luck in Jail” and “Pig Destroyer,” as well as a wide selection of beer. Too tired to leave your bed? Sizzle Pie now delivers.
Did someone say macaroni and cheese? Located in what was once The Royal Hotel, Le Bistro Montage’s Cajun-inspired cuisine and famous mac ‘n’ cheese have been given rave reviews by Yelp users. Too full to finish your meal? The waiter will wrap your leftovers into a surprise foil creation.
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Devil’s Dill Sandwich Shop is every college student’s dream come true: Reasonably priced and freshly made sandwiches at 2 a.m., delivered straight to your door. With nine mouth-watering options as well as a selection of sides and drinks, Devil’s beats the sandwich station in The Commons any day.
Looking for cheap, authentic burrito bowl-less Mexican food? Take a trip down to Santeria in southwest Portland and try their vegan and vegetarian-friendly options. Don’t let appearances deceive you. Although the restaurant is a small space, Santeria’s friendly wait staff serves up big portions.
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Bon Appetit cultivates farmer’s market
Last Friday afternoon Bon Appetit hosted their first farmer’s market on campus. The market was an effort to showcase the farmer’s that Bon Appetit purchases from on a daily basis. Students were able to utilize meal points or money to purchase direct from farmers. Go online to check out more photos from this event at upbeacon.com. All photos by Alexandra Bush | THE BEACON
Learn to love the Core: English 112
Megan Lester Guest Commentary If you’re struggling with your English class, never fear! People didn’t think Albert Einstein was smart, and then it turned out he was. Maybe your English class is
actually easy, or you’re actually Einstein. If neither of those things prove true, here is some basic English advice to help mediate your woeful situation:
Acceptance.
The first step is admitting you’re in an English class. Things are going to get weird, and you’ve got to be okay with that. Poems about plums are not going to be poems about plums.
Read.
You might wonder if you can get away with just reading as-
signed books online. Heads up - you probably can. But if you don’t read the book (which you are paying money to read), you won’t be as invested in the class (which you are paying to attend), and this will probably be reflected in your papers (which you are paying to write). Trust me, as a former fool of a Took who has deprived themselves of reading some of the greats, it’s best to do the reading. Just read the book!
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Office hours are where blessed professors explain “enjambment,” because you were too afraid to ask in class. They’ll read your essays, and shepard your thesis in a better direction. Freshmen year, my grades were directly related to how many hours I spent in my professors’ respective offices. Going to office hours will probably make you like your professor more, too. People are always cooler when they’re not outnumbered.
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In Franz 120 you can find a writing assistant to help you FOR FREE everyday of the week (except Saturday, the original day of rest). These nerds check your essays for content, grammar, formatting, etc. They can also help you with brainstorming, outlining and writer’s block. I heartily suggest you creepeth and peepeth over to the Writing Center, and have another pair of eyes creepeth and peepeth over your writing.
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This is part two of a two-part series in which students share their study abro
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Emily Groh Guest Commentary As of the start of my senior year at UP, I had spent 50 percent of my college career on The Bluff, and 50 percent in the great People’s Republic of China. I love UP and Portland just as much as the next Pilot, but I wouldn’t trade my experiences in China for the world, and I encourage everyone to take the opportunity to study in Asia. As a sophomore, I studied in Beijing with IES Abroad for one semester, completing a Mandarin language-intensive program. Not wanting the experience to end, I applied for and received a Boren Scholarship to spend my junior year studying in Nanjing. Having lived in China for Britta Geisler Guest Commentary
Paris
Australia or England. That’s what I told Fr. Art. I thought they were my only options. You see, I wanted to study abroad, but didn’t think that my (very) rusty French would get me through a semester in the Nantes, France, program. Well, friends, there is this wonderful thing called IES Study Abroad, an organization that conClara Leeways Guest Commentary
Granada
¿Te gusta la playa? ¿Las montañas? Buena comida y vino. ¿Tapas gratis? ¿Te gustan una tranquila tetaría, pero, al mismo tiempo tener la tentación de bailar toda la noche? ¿Podría usted sumergirse por completo en una vibrante vida cultural? A continuación, Granada es para ti. Do you like the beach? The mountains? Good food and wine? Carissa Young Guest Commentary
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I wasn’t sure what to expect during my study abroad in Dublin, Ireland. I didn’t know anyone in my program or much about the country. But it took less than the cab ride from the Dublin airport for me to fall in love. Kelli Roddy Guest Commentary
I had the wonderful opportunity to study abroad this past summer in Toledo, Spain. Toledo is a small city about 45 minutes outside of Madrid. Over the course of six weeks I stayed in Toledo, traveled and studied Spanish. Andrew Herzog Guest Commentary
The city of London, England imbues you with a dangerous concoction of culture and history, fame and architecture, speed and innovation. It steals a piece of you - and you won’t recover it until you return, hurtling at high
about four years (my family lived in Shenzhen when I was in high school), I have come to understand that the average North American university student doesn’t put China at the top of their priority list… and I would argue that that is a big mistake. Everyone knows that China’s economy is quickly taking center stage, and the benefit of witnessing the country in action is invaluable as we go out into the global workforce. But more than that, China is fun. Many of my friends do not fully understand why I enjoyed China so much. Why did I love living in a country that is dirty, polluted, loud, frustrating and so, so foreign? But the truth is, China has so much more to offer than awesome fried dumplings and cheap
Ray-Ban shades (though those are great too). The travel? Trains can take you from the looming mountains where Avatar was filmed, to beaches full of wild Russian tourists, to world-class hotels in Shanghai, to cheap hostels in a mountain village. Not to mention being right next door to Bali, Bangkok and every other incredible Southeast Asian country. The food? Few of my meals were over $1.50, and it is easily the best food I’ve ever eaten. The language? Yes, it is hard, but you don’t need to speak Mandarin. People are wonderful and love to help. There will be more than a few “lost in translation” moments, but there will be some great stories to come out of them. Safety? I have never felt as
safe as I did in China. Nightlife? I’ve been to Europe. I’ve been to South America. I know. But Beijing has some of the craziest clubs in world. Shanghai has rooftop bars with beautiful people from across the globe, Nanjing has a great holein-the-wall bar run by a Czech guy who loves Rogue’s Dead Guy Ale. A Friday night in China can rival any night at a London pub, for a quarter of the price! So please study in China. It will change your view of the world, open so many doors for unique opportunities, and if you’re anything like me, you will fall in love with the country and keep looking for ways to go back.
nects students with countries all over the world. The best part is that UP partners with IES, and there are a plethora of Englishspeaking study abroad opportunities to choose from. I chose an English-speaking program in Paris, France. IES has a business and international relations program there with all the classes taught in English. The program consists of about 100 students from universities across
the U.S. There, I found some of my closest friends, both American and French. I lived in an apartment just three miles from the Eiffel Tower, a 20-minute walk from the Paris Catacombs and of course there was a boulangerie on every corner- so those were never far! The IES Study Abroad program also connects students with opportunities to travel. For example, in my luxury brand man-
agement class we made a trip to Champagne where we visited a couple champagne houses to learn about the industry and the marketing of champagne- well, and to taste, of course! I hope that others will reach out and speak with Father Art. There may be more options than you initially knew were available! Maybe you too will be sipping un café crème outside of Monmartre very soon!
Free tapas? Do you crave the bliss of a quiet tea shop, but simultaneously have the urge to dance the night away? Could you fully immerse yourself into a vibrant cultural lifestyle? Then Granada is meant for you. Granada is a flourishing and historical city in Spain abounding in culture and charm. Here you can immerse yourself in a location with a vibrant and enticing history, which can be admired
throughout the city. From the magnificent Alhambra and towering Cathedral, to the caves in the Albyzine, Granada is incredibly authentic. However, Granada is also a very youthful city, full of students and boasting an unforgettable nightlife. Studying abroad in Granada was a life-changing experience. My Spanish fluency improved because UP students were required to live in homestays and took
classes instructed in Spanish. My host family was so welcoming and hospitable, and Carme, my host mom, was an excellent cook. Granada sits in an ideal location, close to the Sierra Nevada Mountains, but only a short drive from the Mediterranean Sea. From Granada you can explore all of Spain, taking excursions to Madrid, Barcelona and Sevilla. But in the end, Granada will steal your heart.
Dublin is an awesome city to explore! It’s the perfect mix of old and new with rural and urban, and it’s the friendliest place you’ll ever visit. You can ask a stranger for directions, and an Irish person will not only tell you how to get there, they’ll point you to the nearest pub and even help you walk safely to your destination.
I learned amazing things about Irish culture and the Northern Irish “Troubles” in my classes, but I also learned a lot from conversations with friendly people. Everyone is willing to share a pint and talk with you! I learned how to distinguish different regional accents, understand rugby, write an Irish short story and even how to herd sheep!
I was also able to travel around Ireland’s countryside, which is breathtaking. I definitely recommend standing at the Cliffs of Moher, or biking around the Aran Islands. Ireland is a beautiful and goofy place. If you love music, literature, history or Guinness, Ireland is the place for you!
I loved Toledo because it was a city so different from any that I’d seen before. The people were very kind, and the culture was beautiful. During my time in Spain, I was also able to travel each weekend to different cities around the country. Although I was a little nervous going into the program because I didn’t know anyone, I
quickly made friends and traveled each weekend with them. My favorite city to visit was Valencia, where most of my study abroad group explored together. A bunch of us rented bikes to ride to the largest aquarium in Europe, and then went swimming in the ocean. I definitely encourage others
to study abroad, because it was hands-down one of the greatest life experiences I have had. You will become so close to the people you travel with, enhance your knowledge of the world and experience things you will never forget.
speeds many meters beneath the busy city [on the Tube.] Or maybe you’ll be screaming with nutty newfound loyalty inside lush football stadiums, or marveling at critically acclaimed theater, or stepping into the world’s classroom in Parliament, for example, or the BBC, National Theater, St. Paul’s, Big
Ben, Holyrood, Watford, Pinner, Stratford, Westminster Abbey, Oxford, Edinburgh, Portsmouth and Kings Cross Station. You should jump off The Bluff and land in the Thames. The AHA program is rich with theater – we saw 17 plays – politically relevant – will Scotland declare independence? – and drenched in
art and history. Sharp British professors lead small classes heavy in dialogue. You won’t mind the shortened workweeks, nor the extent to which “class” is a trip to an art museum or a nearby city. Take advantage of low airfares from London to the rest of Europe, and then return to your new favorite city.
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oad experiences and why others should consider the same opportunties. Left: Carissa Young on the Cliffs of Moher. The cliffs are a short distance from where Young lived in Dublin, Ireland. Right: Britta Geisler poses in front of the iconic Eiffel Tower. Geisler studied abroad in Paris, France.
Left: Clara Leeways adored the valleys of Granada, Spain. Leeways studied abroad her first semester of Sophomore year. Right: Andrew Herzog keeps it London casual aboard the London Underground. Herzog studied abroad his sophomore year.
Left: Emily Groh and her friend Amanda Graveson at the Great Wall of China. Groh has spent half of her undergraduate career in China. Right: Kelli Roddy in Segovia, Spain. Roddy spent six weeks this past summer living in Toledo.
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September 18, 2014
Campus Ministry provides students with program to expereince the Sacraments
Anthony Paz Guest Commentary If you haven’t been fully initiated into the Catholic Church, I’m inviting you to consider it. Three Sacraments mark entrance into the Church and they are truly beautiful: Baptism, Eucharist and Confirmation. Water, oil, candles, robes, bread, wine, family and friends. The experience of initiation into the Church is sensual in the best sense of the word. Catholics don’t simply profess their belief in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior; we feel it in our bones. We consent to being taken into something ancient and mysterious, and we do so with the help of others at every step of the way. We mold and shape our minds, bodies and hearts all at once. Along with all this, as adults, we thoroughly prepare for the life-altering experiences of the Sacraments. For non-Catholics, we offer an amazing year-long process
known as the Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA). Whether you’re unbaptized or have been part of another Christian tradition, you can have a group of students and staff accompany you on a journey to receive the Sacraments at Easter. Through a combination of doctrine and spiritual experience, the RCIA consistently transforms people into women and men on fire for God. Over the course of the year, members of the RCIA will dive into Scripture at Mass, learn about central Catholic doctrines from theologians and students, and find themselves being directly mentored by a community of faithful men and women. RCIA will meet each Sunday afternoon and culminate with a Mass of epic proportions on the night before Easter. For those who are already Catholic, but have not completed their initiation with the Sacrament of Confirmation, we offer a program just for you. Over the course of the school year, you will meet a handful of times together. The Adult Confirmation program is designed to refresh and strengthen a faith that is already
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UP students interested in converting to Catholism or confirming their Catholic faith can take part in the Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA) and the Adult Confirmation Program. Both programs prepare students to recieve the Sacraments: Baptism, Eucharist and Confirmation. present. You will find that, as an unconfirmed Catholic, you are not alone, and that God calls you closer to Him at this place and time. You will join a community to walk with you. You will learn what it means to call yourself a Christian man or woman in a difficult world. In turn, it will empower you to participate in Church ministries in a new way. Confirmation will be celebrated in its fullness by the Archbish-
op in April. Through Sacramental Prep at UP, learning to be a Christian is not just a matter of intellectual assent. Instead, it is a process of becoming the person God created you to be. This process involves participation of the whole person in concert with the whole community. If you are at all interested in receiving any Sacrament in the future please get in touch with
us as soon as possible – no final commitment necessary to ask. It’s not too late to join either group this year! If you are interested in either option or just want to find out more, email me at paz@up.edu or drop by the Campus Ministry office in the Pilot House any time. Anthony Paz is the Director of Campus Ministry . He can be reached at paz@up.edu or in his office in the Pilot House.
OPINIONS
EDITORIAL In a painfully ironic technological glitch, when you search “sexual assault” from the up.edu homepage, the first link listed brings the viewer to a blank page labeled “Sexual Assault.” A blank white page – an emptiness similar to the silence sexual assault survivors on campus endure. But what about when sexual assault does happen? The Health Center provides support for students through the SAFE (Stop Assault for Everyone) Advocate Network. Our university has also made significant strides combatting interpersonal violence through the Green Dot program. “Prevention” and “intervention” are words plastered on every pamphlet handed out and bulletin posted about sexual assault. But what about when sexual assault does happen? According to its website, UP is “committed to supporting those affected by all forms of interpersonal violence.” The topic of responding to violence is given several pages in “Life on the Bluff.” With all the publicity Green Dot brings to prevention, it’s unfortunate that the University is not also raising awareness of resources for survivors of sexual assault. Green Dot does a lot of great training. Stopping sexual assault by teaching students how to intervene is crucial to decreasing interpersonal violence. Green Dot has, no doubt, prevented many instances of interpersonal violence across campus. But what about when sexual assault does happen? No matter how many trainings we have on campus, there will still be a Red Dot happening somewhere: behind a closed door, in a dorm room, at the end of the hall. It’s happening.
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UP isn’t the only university where students are asking questions about administrative responses to sexual assault. Students hauling mattresses across Columbia University campus are asking similar questions: What if it happens? What if it happens here? To me? What if it already did? Sexual assault is happening. We need to talk about it. According to the White House’s “1 is 2 Many” website, 1 in 5 young women will become a victim of sexual assault while in college. Anonymous surveys conducted on campus in 2009 revealed that UP is no exception to national statistics. After a night of partying – and the admitted over-consumption of alcohol – UP student Laura*, woke up with few memories of the previous night. Her friends later informed her that she had left the party for a while with another UP student she met that evening. “As the day went on, I remembered everything that had happened,” Laura said. “It was so traumatizing, horrifying. I was crying all weekend about it. It was so scary.” When Laura received a text from the perpetrator, a few days later, she was scared. “All of a sudden I got a huge stomach ache, freaking out like ‘Oh God, he won’t leave me alone,’” Laura said. After receiving several harassing and intimidating texts attempting to make her feel guilty, Laura reported the harassment to Public Safety. The case took nearly an entire semester to process. The investigators concluded there was insufficient evidence to determine if Laura had been incapacitated, and that the number of text mes-
sages the perpetrator sent didn’t qualify as harassment. Laura and the perpetrator were advised not to contact each other and to avoid each other on campus. “I saw him (on campus) the other night,” Laura said. “I should not have to go into a room and feel like I don’t want to be in the room because he’s there.” After the case was closed, Laura was encouraged to discuss the details of her case with University-approved professionals. But, for the confidentiality of the perpetrator, Laura was informed if she revealed his identity to anyone other than her closest friends and some approved people, she would face a student conduct hearing. So after reporting the incident and spending a semester feeling trapped, Laura was unable to speak freely about her experience, about her pain, about something that she said would affect her for the rest of her life. We understand the University is in a difficult legal situation when it comes to dealing with sexual assault. We understand the students accused in these reports also deserve due process. Yet, it’s clear there are major flaws in the system. The investigators of Laura’s case didn’t have ability to change all these flaws. But the University has power to change some of them. We believe that the administration has the ability to lead the discussion about the sexual assaults and rapes happening on our campus. The first step is creating a safe space for survivors to talk, like a student support group. The second step is more intentionally guiding students beyond the reporting process, by checking in with students after the cases are closed. Our biggest concern is the si-
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lence. Green Dot encourages speaking up against interpersonal violence, of breaking the silence before violence happens. So why are we so quiet after this violence occurs? Quieting the voices of survivors doesn’t stop the acts of violence themselves – if anything it enables them to continue. When we’re quiet, we let misinformation and ignorance remain. A man who thinks it’s okay to press up against a hesitant, drunk woman continues to think so. A woman who thinks it’s her fault she had to endure unwanted advances
continues to think so. Someone who thinks they’re alone continues to think so. It’s time we started talking. It’s time we started addressing the sexual assaults happening on campus. It’s time we had a campus with less violence, less fear and less pain. Sexual assaults are happening – there’s no “what if.” It’s time we started talking. *Laura’s name has been changed to protect her identity
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September 18, 2014
The only thing I dislike about Portland Maggie Hannon Staff Commentary Last Sunday at around noon I was driving back from southwest Portland on 26 East when suddenly I screeched to a full stop. “Was there an accident?” I wondered irritably. As I continued to drive through stop-and-go traffic with no wreck in sight, I was reminded of why I absolutely despise driving in Portland. Let me rewind and say that I love Portland and I would never say anything negative about this amazing city - except for when I am sitting in traffic for no apparent reason. I’m from California and I probably epitomize the stereotype of the “California driver.” I like to go fast on the freeway and drive at least 5 miles over the speed limit. I am pretty aggressive and I don’t like to slow down for other drivers. I tailgate people if I think they’re driving too slow, and I have a hidden road rage that is only displayed when I am alone in my vehicle. When I drove across the country this past summer on freeways with speed limits of 80 mph, I would still go at least 85. So driving in Portland where freeway speed limits can be as low as 50 mph is a huge struggle for me, especially when drivers like to slow down in the fast lane. According to Allstate’s America’s Best Drivers Report, drivers in San Francisco, Oakland and Los Angeles are all worse than
Portland drivers. But Portland still ranked high on the list at 154 out of 194 cities. Also, Portland was ranked number 9 on TomTom Americas Traffic Index as one of the cities with the worst traffic in the nation. San Jose (the city closest to my California home) beat them for the number 5 spot, and Los Angeles and San Francisco ranked 1 and 2. Although this data may suggest that Portland is a better place to drive than California, I disagree. Yes, there is obviously traffic in both states, but in California traffic jams happen at obvious times of the day. If I drive out to San Jose at 4:30 p.m., I am going to hit traffic. I can accept it and feel very little frustration. Portland is susceptible to traffic at random times of the day and the city does not appear to be doing anything to stop it. The Portland Bureau of Transportation’s main focus seems to be promoting biking and public transit. While these are good additions for city residents, they are obviously not as convenient a travel option as driving. The City of Portland should address this issue by adding freeway lanes or increasing speed limits. Even if driving in Portland is shown to be better than California’s major cities, it isn’t by much. So while I may be a crazy “California driver,” I am one who loves this city and want it to be a safer, more enjoyable place to live… and drive. Maggie Hannon is a senior political science major. She can be reached at hannon15@ up.edu.
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HAPPENING: Sexual What’s up with Ferguson? assaults on campus Breaking the silence on The Bluff:
Laura isn’t the only UP student who survived sexual assault. Another anonymous student wrote:
My story probably begins just like all the others. I was out at a party with friends. The girl I was walking home with left with another guy, and a guy I have known for almost a year offered to walk me home. I figured this was safer, but I was wrong. We got to my dorm and he followed me to my room and proceeded to sexually assault me. I figured it was my fault for not screaming, but in the moment I couldn’t even find my voice. Because it wasn’t sex, I reasoned there was no way to report and I should just get over it. In the days following, I blocked his number, Facebook, and figured it would all go away. It seemed after that night he was everywhere, in The Commons, the Library, and at parties that I went to. I wasn’t even sure if I could report it because it wasn’t sex. It’s not talked about on this campus, and so I didn’t talk about it either.
Reporting Violence: Given Laura’s experience, it’s clear that the reporting process is flawed. But it’s the only process we have, and it’s the only way we can make a difference at this point. While Laura’s case didn’t yield the results she’d hoped for, another report of assault committed by the same student could result in more serious repercussions for him. Reporting may not change the entire campus culture, but it makes small ripples. And those ripples can create greater change. Reporting to Public Safety does not obligate a student to pursue a Student Conduct case through the university system. A reporting student may engage the Student Conduct process at any time. The University itself may initiate the Conduct process or take other actions if a threat to the student or community is determined. A student may request confidentiality or that the complaint not be pursued. In such cases, the University will take all reasonable steps to investigate while protecting the safety of the complainant and the campus community. Reports will be referred to the University’s Title IX Coordinator for appropriate follow-up and administrative investigation. Reporting to the University does not prevent reporting to police, immediately or in the future. A student may report to the police at any time.
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Katherine Miller Guest Commentary
Since returning to Portland after my summer in the Midwest, I have been asked, “What’s up with Ferguson?” at least five times. I went to high school in a wealthy St. Louis suburb called Clayton, Missouri. Like Ferguson, Clayton is a part of St. Louis County. Unlike Ferguson, Clayton’s median income is $87,756 and is comprised of nearly 78 percent white people like myself. The rest of St. Louis, however, is 43.9 percent white and 49.2 percent black. The charter for the neighborhood my family used to live in still has a clause about not allowing “Negroes” to live there. Clauses like these are no longer enforced, but still technically exist throughout the St. Louis area. St. Louis has a clear and present race problem. For these reasons, the high school I attended has a desegregation program. You read that correctly: A desegregation program. In this program, black students from the city were bussed to my high school every single day. But my awareness of the race problem began much earlier. At the age of 10 I became accustomed to being called “ma’am” by anyone who wasn’t white, and my elementary school was considered “unique” due to its focus on diversity. In St. Louis County it is extremely difficult to not be aware of the racial divisions and blatant racism that occur there every single day. I wasn’t surprised when the events in Ferguson occurred as they did. I’m not sure they surprised any St. Louis native. St. Louis is home to many great things: Cardinals baseball, toasted ravioli and Midwestern hospitality. But it is also home to the Delmar divide, de-facto segregation and now the legacy of the Ferguson shooting and Mike Brown’s death. While I wish that change could have happened in St. Louis without the death of an innocent person, something had
to happen there to let the world know that cities in the United States are still suffering from the same issues with race that the Civil Rights era supposedly corrected. I was in St. Louis on the day that the shooting occurred. I was just one suburb away in Berkeley, Missouri, and the people that I know in Ferguson posted statuses about the QuikTrip gas station being burnt down. One of my high school teachers sent live updates at the protests he attended. West Florissant Avenue, where many protests took place, is the road that leads to the cemetery where my sister is buried. My cousins live in the Ferguson School District. But on Aug. 9 I was getting on a plane to fly back to the Pacific Northwest where my parents moved after my high school graduation. The Pacific Northwest, including Portland, appears to be a place where there aren’t the same racism problems. But that is only because the same kind of racial composition does not exist in this region. In Portland, 76.1 percent percent of the residents are white, while only 6.3 percent of the residents are black. Before we as students at the University of Portland try and understand the situation, or hold discussions about the “Ferguson problem,” we need to address why there isn’t diversity at our own school. At UP the racial breakdown is 64.04 percent white and 0.008 percent black. So when someone asks me, “What’s up with Ferguson?” I don’t dare answer. I don’t have the right to. The only people qualified to find answers to that question are the people who are bussed to my old high school every day, who suffer from constant oppression, and from those who felt pressure to call me “ma’am” when I was 10. I don’t want to hear opinions from privileged Portland students sitting in classrooms looking down on St. Louis, so let’s focus on seeking solutions from those who are suffering there now. Katherine Miller is a junior political science major. She can be reached at millekat17@ up.edu.
FACES
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What’s your favorite late night snack? Nick Havarn sophomore undeclared
“Tasty grill fixins’ from The Commons.”
Victoria Ericksen freshman mechanical engineering
“Pop Tarts”
Matthew Yuen freshman computer science
“Cup of Noodles”
Ben Fuller freshman chemistry
“Dried banana rolled around honey sesame cashews with peanut butter and hemp hearts, rolled like a burrito.”
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SPORTS
Wally’s 3v3 tournament
Villa Maria Hall hosted a 3v3 soccer tournament on Saturday. The men’s soccer team stepped in to play with the eight teams that entered. The winners were awarded shirts, scarves and lanyards.
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Students compete in Wally’s 3v3 Tournament hosted by Villa Maria Hall in the Shipstad Quad. (Bottom right) The winners (from left to right) Austin Frank, Michaela Snashall, and Dani Garcia show off their winnings after beating out seven other teams for the top spot in the tournament.
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years, and I might do five years because the team is great. I have great people to run with, I have a great area to run in, I can get a good degree. I have everything I want here. Was coming to Portland a bit of an adjustment? I think the Northwest is more similar to Europe than any other place, or any other area in America. If I had gone to the south, I probably would have gotten culture shock. But here, it’s not that different from the Netherlands. I had to get used to the idea of people asking me how I am all the time. Like when you walk around UP it’s like 10,000 people asking “How are you?” “How are you?” and that’s not something we do in the Netherlands. We just say, “Hi,” and when someone asks, “How are you,” you expect that person to actually have a long story that’s going to take half an hour instead of “Fine.”
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Cross country Junior Rijswijk, Netherlands How did you hear about UP since you came all the way from the Netherlands? Well there were two other Dutch girls on the team, Marit Tegelaar and Merel van Steenbergen. In the Netherlands it’s really hard to both run and study because at universities you don’t have track teams. So it’s either running or studying; you can’t do both. So I started looking at universities in America, and I had heard from Marit and Merel who both live pretty close to me, that they
were running at the University of Portland and they liked everything here. So I emailed them “What do you not like, what do you like?” And in the end I contacted Ian and I was like “Hey, can I come next year?” and I came. Have you enjoyed your time here? Yeah, I like it a lot. In the beginning, I didn’t know if I would go here for just one year or for four years. But now I definitely want to do four
What are some other major differences between the cultures? In sports, it’s the fact that we have track clubs outside of school. We don’t have the idea of sports teams. We have certain days that we celebrate that you don’t have, and you have days that you celebrate that we don’t have. With Christmas, you have your Santa Claus, and we have around December 5th we have a different figure, also an old man with a beard... So it’s similar to your tradition, but it’s different, and it’s earlier in the year. That’s a big thing that I miss. The food is different here. We have certain things that I got all my teammates to eat that you just don’t have here. What’s your favorite Dutch food? Stroopwafels, that’s what I give my teammates. My teammates could tell you that they love them. It’s like a cookie with syrup or caramel in between. There’s nothing here
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www.upbeacon.com that’s close to it. What are you majoring in and what do you want to do with that after graduation? Sociology. I have no idea… I really like sociology so I’m sure I’ll find a job in it basically. Maybe work for the European union or maybe journalism. Which event is your favorite? I like the 5K most, 5000 meters and then everything between the 1500 and 5000 is good. Why do you like those events? Well in The Netherlands I ran 1500 and 3000 the most. I guess because I like training I like to do endurance stuff. And I’m relatively better in the longer distances. Then I came here and he [Head Coach Ian Solof] let me do the 5K. I don’t think I’ll ever do the 10K, luckily Ian hasn’t started talking about it. I would like to do it on the road, like a road race, because then you’re running everywhere, but 25 laps on the track – no. So how do you get yourself through a long track race? With the 5K, I just tell myself the first 3K are going to be easy, that I have to save as much energy as I can, and then the last 2K that’s when it matters, that’s when it counts. So I just kind of forget about the first 3K, you’re always going to do fine in the first 3K, and then in the last 2K it’s going to be a question of are you going to make the pace, are you going to be able to get to it? What are some goals you’ve set personally for this season? Personally, I want to end in the top ten at conference. If I end in the top ten and my teammates are around me too, we can achieve the team goal of winning the conference. -Amanda Stowe
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This week in sports Women’s Soccer The Pilots split last weekend’s series with a 2-1 victory over Miami and a 2-1 loss to San Diego State. They are 3-4 going into their Friday game against in-state rival Oregon State in Corvallis.
Men’s Soccer The men’s team took another game into double overtime in a 1-1 tie with Duquesne. They went down to the NIke Head Quarters and lost 2-1 to Siena. They are now 1-2-3 on the season. The men also head down to Corvallis tonight to play the Beavers. Next, they travel to Denver to play on Sunday.
Cross Country The men’s cross country team runs in the Willamette Oak Knoll Loop Run on Saturday. The women run in the PSU Invite on Saturday.
Volleyball The Pilots finished 1-2 at the Idaho Tournament last weekend. They are even on the season at 4-4. Their next games are at the Utah Valley Tournament this weekend where they will play UC Riverside, Idaho State and Utah Valley. (courtesy portlandpilots.com, WCCsports.com)
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September 18, 2014
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Climbing to Worlds
Photos courtesy of Joe Gifford
Sophomore Joe Gifford trains for the World Games which took place in Spain earlier this month. Gifford placed 45th out of 75 contestants. In 2012 Gifford placed first in the Pan-American Championship in the junior age group, gaining himself a spot on the United States National Team. Malika Andrews andrewsm17@up.edu He’s 30 feet up in the air, browline covered in sweat and powdery chalk coats his calloused hands. For sophomore Joe Gifford, this is a typical afternoon at the Circuit Bouldering Gym. He began rock climbing at age seven and never looked back. On Sept. 8, Gifford traveled from Portland to Gijon, Spain to compete in the 2014 World Games where he placed 45th out of 75 in speed climbing while representing Team USA. To qualify for World, Gifford had to qualify for the U.S. Na-
tional team. To achieve this, he had to score well at nationals or the Pan-American Championship, the competition between Canada, the United States and South America. In 2012, Gifford placed first in the Pan-American championship in the junior age group (ages 18 and 19), earning his spot on the United States National team. “There is a lot of really stout competition here,” Gifford said. “The guys I am competing against are really good and are paid to climb. This is something I do more for fun. I do it because it is awesome. They just have a little more motivation because they are getting paid and I am
self-motivated.” The goal of speed climbing is to climb a set route as fast as possible and obtain as many holds as possible, holds being the grips attached to climbing walls. Every hold is worth a point and each climb consists of 30 or 40 holds. The higher one climbs, the more points one earns. In addition to speed, there is a focus on strength and endurance. “I did alright,” Gifford said. “I wish I could’ve done better. It was challenging, a lot of endurance-based climbing. You have to be super fit just to stay on the wall. It is intimidating. “I just try to stay confident and try my best.”
The 2014 Games are not Gifford’s first world-level competition. He has also competed at the World games in Austria, Colombia, Italy, and multiple games in France. Gifford is sponsored by Fiveten and Climbtech, which mostly provide him with climbing gear and gadgets. His parents are his primary financial supporters. “My parents have been invested in my rock climbing since I was young,” Gifford said. “My one love in life is rock climbing and so they are very supportive. They want me to have a good time and want to see me do well.” While in Portland, Gifford works out in Howard Hall and
bikes the 14-mile round trip to the Circuit five or six times a week. “Really, the best way to get good at rock climbing, is to rock climb,”he said. Gifford also works as a mentor and instructor to children at the Circuit. “Coaching is super fun, it’s really awesome to teach kids to climb and see their progression in the sport,” said Gifford, “I am blessed to be able to travel all over the world and meet awesome people. It’s awesome to share that with the kids at the gym.”
Top play brings Pilots’ third draw of season
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(Left) The team celebrates junior defender Hugo Rhoads’ goal in the 42nd minute of the game which came off a corner kick from senior midfielder Michael Escobar. The goal landed in the upper shelf of the goal and landed Rhoads in the 3rd spot in SportsCenter’s Top 10 Plays. (Right) Escobar dribbles around a defending Duquesne Duke. The game resulted in the Pilots’ third draw of the season.