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Vol. 129, Issue 1

September 2020

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Pac-12 welcomes back football

Season begins Nov. 6

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By Anthony Edwards The Daily Forty-four days after the Pac-12 announced fall sports would be delayed until January 2021, the conference reversed course Thursday, Sept. 24. Following a unanimous vote, the Pac-12 CEO Group officially decided to move football back to fall, with a shortened season beginning Nov. 6. “I’m extremely excited for our student-athletes, coaches, staff, and Husky Nation,” UW director of athletics Jen Cohen said. “We couldn’t be more pleased with today’s decision by the Pac-12 CEO Group and would like to thank the Pac-12 Medical Advisory Committee for everything they’ve done to get us to this point.” Teams will play a seven-game season, culminating in the Pac-12 Championship Game on Dec. 18. Five games will be played against divisional opponents, along with a sixth inter-division crossover which will count toward the final standings. The seventh week will feature the championship game, as well as matchups between seeded opponents from each division. For the Washington football team, that means games against fellow Pac-12 North rivals Oregon, Oregon State, California, Stanford, and Washington State, and at least one game versus a Pac-12 South opponent.

Washington originally scheduled to host Oregon State and Stanford and travel to California, Oregon, and Washington State. The Pac-12 said it would like to keep as close to a normal schedule as possible, so the UW will likely keep its locations versus other North schools and need another home game to balance its schedule out. Arizona and Colorado were the Pac-12 South schools scheduled to visit Seattle this fall. A more detailed schedule will be announced next week, Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott confirmed in a Sept. 24 press conference. When the conference announced the postponement of fall sports back in early August, Scott noted increased COVID-19 cases, a lack of testing, and local government restrictions as the main factors in the decision. “From the beginning of this crisis, our focus has been on following the science, data and counsel of our public health and infectious disease experts,” Scott said at the time. Now, three weeks after the return of football in other parts of the country, the Pac-12 has been able to watch other conferences — successful and unsuccessful — and learn how to do things right. In early August, Seattle was averaging more than 30 new COVID-19 cases every day; it is now averaging 21 new infections per day as of Sept. 27.

While community spread hasn’t decreased in many other areas of the West Coast since the Pac-12 first decided to postpone the season, it did make great strides in testing. However, the Pac-12 announced a partnership with Quidel for rapid-results testing Sept. 3, which has a turnaround time of 15 minutes and determines whether a test subject is infected with COVID-19. The instant results will potentially decrease, or completely eliminate, disease spread on the field and reduce the chance of an outbreak within a given team. “Our agreement with Quidel to provide daily rapid-results testing has been a game-changer in enabling us to move forward with confidence that we can create a safe environment for our student-athletes while giving them the opportunity to pursue their dreams,” Scott said. “At the same time, we will continue to monitor health conditions and data and be ready to adjust as required in the name of the health of all.” The final hurdle the Pac12 had to overcome was the local government restrictions preventing teams from practicing in full. California and Oregon officials recently granted clearance to their given schools to return to the football field in large groups, given the testing system in place. However, a new challenge

has since appeared in Boulder, Colorado, as the city has placed a prohibition on gatherings of college-aged individuals between the ages of 18 and 22 for the next two weeks. This mandate includes college athletics, and prevents the Buffaloes from full practices until two weeks before the first game of the season. Meanwhile, the Huskies and other Pac-12 teams are planning on beginning padded practices as soon as next Monday. Former UW head coach Chris Petersen was on board with the idea of playing a fall football season, as long as doctors approved the idea as well. “It always goes to the doctors,” Petersen said. “If the doctors are feeling comfortable that we can do this with the new testing protocols, and the doctors feel good about everything else, let’s play.”

Basketball to begin Nov. 25

Men’s and women’s basketball will begin on the official NCAA start date of Nov. 25, the Pac-12 also announced on Thursday. “This is incredible news for college basketball,” men’s basketball head coach Mike Hopkins said. “Our medical team, Dr. [Jon] Drezner and Pat Jenkins, along with many others, have not only kept us healthy, but have done a great job teaching us how to practice and prepare

carefully during this time.” The Washington men are looking to bounce back from a disappointing year in which they featured two top-10 freshmen, yet finished at the bottom of the Pac-12 standings. Washington’s nonconference schedule was headlined with a home game versus Auburn on Nov. 19, but that meeting will need to be rescheduled or canceled. However, the men aren’t the only team happy to get back on the court. “We couldn’t be more excited with today’s news,” women’s basketball head coach Jody Wynn said. “Our players have been so patient and resilient as we’ve navigated the last few months and we are thrilled about having the opportunity to move forward. I’m grateful to our administration and medical team for all of their work to make this happen. We can’t wait to get started.” Wynn is hoping to continue an improving trend in her fourth year as head coach. The Huskies have won seven, 11, and 13 games in each of Wynn’s first three years, respectively. Washington will have to overcome the loss of its leading scorer in Amber Melgoza, but key pieces Missy Peterson and Haley Van Dyke return for the upcoming season. Reach reporter Anthony Edwards at sports@dailyuw.com. Twitter: @edwardsanthonyb

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September 2020

UW Pen Pals to save USPS and your sanity

Student-organized letter exchange draws over 1,000 participants By Hannah Krieg The Daily The idea for UW Pen Pals came to junior Reneé Diaz the way most good ideas come to us: scrolling through TikTok at 1 a.m. With no regard for her sleep schedule, Diaz started laying the groundwork for a universitywide letter exchange to keep students connected and to support the United States Postal Service (USPS). The USPS, which is designed as a government service rather than a profit-maximizing business, has seen financial troubles for years, but a pandemic-induced economic crisis has only made matters worse. Despite a $10 billion emergency relief loan in late July, mail-slowing and priceraising policy changes by newly appointed Postmaster General Louis DeJoy drew concern over whether the USPS would be equipped to handle an unprecedented number of mail-in ballots in the November presidential election. Though these changes have been temporarily blocked by a federal judge in Eastern Washington, advocates encourage supporting the USPS by buying stamps. In a two-birds-in-one-stone effort to find grassroots solutions to the struggling USPS and the collective loneliness of this

moment, UW Pen Pals launched on Instagram on Sept. 2. “I think especially during this time everyone is looking for something new, and that something new can be something we’ve had for a while,” Diaz said. UW Pen Pal’s first post was a simple pastel purple logo and a swipe-through that directed participants to a Google Form to help Diaz and her small team assign matches. “Your tiny idea could be huge in an instant,” Diaz said. “Your actions may be small in the present, but they can make a

domino effect.” Soon enough, the post amassed nearly 800 likes from the continued sharing across Instagram stories. Initially, the Google Form was open for one week and was designed to help Diaz’s team match participants. This deadline was extended to Sept. 20 to accommodate the overwhelming interest. The questionnaire asked students for basic information, their hobbies and interests, their Hogwarts house, and what element they would bend — all of which is critical information

for pen pal matchmaking. Diaz planned to use this information to mix and match individuals for interesting pairings, but with 700 responses in just five days and over 1,000 by Sept. 15, the small team took special requests into account but otherwise randomized the pairings. The form allowed participants to make specific requests for their pen pal. While one participant used this as an opportunity to express their aversion to corn, Diaz says many queer students requested to be matched with other queer

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students, which UW Pen Pals plans to accomadate to the best of its abilities. Corn-related requests will not be considered in the matchmaking process. “There was one person that submitted their form and said ‘USPS is dead’ and ‘Just email them,’” Guiomar Basualdo, a senior and a matchmaker for UW Pen Pals, said. “I think that person missed the point.” Not only did Diaz receive tremendous support from the UW community, the day after she posted on Instagram, students at the University of California, Davis took inspiration and created their own pen pal program. If everyone who signed up for UW Pen Pals had just one backand-forth exchange of letters, the organization would easily bring a thousand dollars’ worth of stamps into circulation. If everyone who signed up bought a new $11 stamp booklet, the organization would be giving the USPS 10 times that much. “While this project won’t give USPS all the funding they need, I do think it’s a way to remind ourselves and our community that the postal service is there and works and it is vital for us,” Basualdo said. Reach Engagement Editor Hannah Krieg at news@dailyuw.com. Twitter: @Hannahkrieg

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September 2020

‘Protect Your Pack’: A guide to on-campus coronavirus testing By Martina Povolo The Daily The UW released its plans for how the university will look to control the spread of COVID-19 during the school year, with enrollment in its Husky Coronavirus Testing program now open. The tests, powered by the Seattle Flu Study team as part of a research study, will be offered in person, by appointment only, in two locations: the UW Club and the ground floor of Odegaard Undergraduate Library. Students, faculty, and staff members are all encouraged to get tested, especially those who might be on campus weekly. Testing is self-administered through a nasal swab at no cost. Insurance will not be required, and results will take approximately 24 to 48 hours to process. The program is set to run for the remainder of the academic year, ending in June 2021. Although producing a negative COVID-19 test is not mandatory before arriving on or near campus, it is highly recommended. The Seattle Flu Study will select a variety of participants to test each week, with an emphasis on essential workers and students in communal living, like dormitories and the Greek Community. This will target cases without symptoms, which

are easily spreadable. Each week, a different selection of roughly 1,000 students, faculty, and staff members enrolled in the study will be chosen to test.

272 people were tested, and none of them tested positive. Despite the fact that only a subset of participants will be tested each week, everyone in the program will be receiving daily text messages and emails asking to fill out a short questionnaire about their symptoms. Those who respond that they have symptoms, or have been around people who do, will be given priority testing that week. In the first three days of the program, 272 people were tested and none of them tested positive across the UW’s three campuses, according to the university’s testing dashboard. This study is powered by the Seattle Flu Study team, which was the first team to report on COVID-19 cases in the United States. The data will be processed by the Brotman Baty Institute, a research center

co-founded by UW Medicine, the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, and Seattle Children’s Hospital. Brotman Baty is the same research institute used for Greek Community testing that was available through the Greater Seattle Coronavirus Assessment Network study this summer. To address privacy concerns, the UW clarified that the purpose of collecting data is to “inform the development of new systems to help prevent the spread of pathogens on college campuses and other educational facilities.” If a student tests positive, they may be asked to quarantine in the UW’s isolation dorms, located at Poplar Hall and Oak Hall. The temporary residents will be housed in single dorms and will have meals delivered to them. They will also receive a “wellness kit” with a thermometer, a mask, gloves, and sanitizer. Less than 1% of the UW’s isolation and quarantine capacity is currently occupied, according to the university’s environmental health and safety (EHS) department. In an interview with the Brotman Baty Institute, Dr. Geoffrey Gottlieb, an infectious disease expert at UW Medicine, predicted a few hundred cases to be uncovered in the initial testing phase of the program,

among 10,000 people tested. Gottlieb, who chairs the UW’s Advisory Committee on Communicable Diseases, placed emphasis on the critical need of getting those infected into self isolation to effectively limit the coronavirus’ spread once students return again. The only people who will view the test results will be the research team, EHS, and local public health departments. No data will be accessible to the public. If a student wants to get tested without joining the study, UW urges them to use Seattle’s

numerous free testing sites that are scattered throughout the city. According to the Seattle Flu Study team, an in-person testing site at South Lake Union is set to open in the future. “Protect Your Pack by participating in testing and by following the 3 W’s,” UW President Ana Mari Cauce said in a recent email to students: “Wash your hands. Wear a mask. Watch your distance.” Reach reporter Martina Povolo at news@dailyuw.com. Twitter: @martinapovolo

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Students line up outside McMahon Hall, one of the on-campus COVID-19 testing sites, on Sept. 25, 2020.

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Remembering Bill Gates Sr., law alum who made UW education a force for social good By Anh Nguyen The Daily Bill Gates Sr. was always looking for ways to make the UW an outstanding university. When he served on the Board of Regents (BOR) in 1997, he led numerous campaigns, scholarships, and programs to advocate for equitable education. He was also a proud Husky who cheered the football team from Row K, Seat 32, according to University of Washington Magazine. He knew every word to the fight song, singing on Game Days and fundraising events. Gates died Sept. 14, at the age of 94. “Bill [Gates Sr.] was one of the strongest advocates for the University of Washington that I can possibly think of,” UW President Ana Mari Cauce said. Born in Bremerton , Gates was the son of furniture store owner William H. Gates and Lillian (Rice) Gates. He joined the U.S. Army during World War II after completing a year at the UW. When the war ended, he finished his bachelor’s degree in 1949, earned a law degree in 1950, and met his first wife, Mary Maxwell, also a UW alum and three-term regent. Today, an endowment and UW building carry her name: Mary Gates. Gates had a successful career as the co-founder of the law firm

Preston Gates & Ellis and served for multiple organizations, including Planned Parenthood and the King County United Way. Near his retirement, he returned to the UW to serve on the BOR for 15 years; was a recipient of the UW School of Law Distinguished Alumnus in 1991; chaired Campaign UW: Creating Futures, which raised over $2.5 billion for students and faculty in 2008; and earned UW Alumni Association’s Alumnus Summa Laude Dignatus Award in 2013. A “big believer” in civic engagement, Gates founded scholarships supporting students who aspire to work in public service: the William H. Gates Public Service Law Program, the Achievement Scholars Endowed Fund, and the Mary Gates Endowment which has awarded over 5,000 scholarships totaling over $20 million. At least 25% of those were gifted to firstgeneration students according to Cauce. “He cared deeply about the fact that we have so many firstgeneration students,” Cauce said. “When a student goes to college and they’re the first in their family, it changes the trajectory of the whole student’s life.” Those who knew Gates are touched by his integrity and humor. Computer science professor Ed Lazowska recounted a time

when he was in a meeting with Gates and the team at Technology Alliance. When they were asked to move to a smaller conference room that couldn’t fit everyone around the table, Gates noticed that all the men took the table seats, leaving the women to the back benches. Gates said, “Before we get started, can I ask all the women to move back to the seats at the edge of the room so all the men could have the seats at the table?” It was all humor, of course, but it was his way of bringing attention to something that some people would not consciously think of, according to Lazowska. “He did it in a way that was not accusatory at all,” Lazowska said. “It just caused each of us quietly to look around and thought, ‘Oh my God, look at what I’ve done!’” Cauce described Gates as funny, encouraging, and passionate about the things he cared about. On the morning she testified before a legislative committee in 2005, she saw Gates, who advocated on behalf of the university for funding, leaving the Capitol as she arrived. “He had already gotten there even earlier,” Cauce said. “That’s the type of commitment that he had.” Gates fought for the UW until his last term on the BOR

in 2012, the same year he was awarded regent emeritus. His Husky spirit, however, lived until his final days. “Even in the later stages of Alzheimer’s, Bill could sing the lyrics to ‘Bow Down to

Washington,’” his son Bill Gates wrote. Reach reporter Anh Nguyen at news@dailyuw.com. Twitter: @thedailyanh

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September 2020

New Greek Row outbreak infects 11 students with coronavirus By Jake Goldstein-Street and Ash Shah The Daily After an outbreak that saw more than 150 fraternity residents test positive for the novel coronavirus in June, another spate of cases has struck Greek Row, with 11 students testing positive as of Saturday, Sept. 26. After further investigation from county health officials following the original publication of this article, the number of cases was updated to 11, down from 13. The other two cases are not related to this outbreak.

fraternities this summer, it spread quickly, racing from 38 cases June 30 to 151 across 15 houses just one week later. This outbreak appears to be spreading slower, as the first two cases were first announced Sept. 11. When the June outbreak sprouted, the university moved quickly to get all of the 1,100 or so fraternity residents across 25 houses tested for coronavirus, setting up a pop-up testing site at Madrona Hall, a dorm on the UW’s North Campus. The site administered almost 1,300 tests in just days.

Greek Community members are being urged to get tested. Interfraternity Council President Erik Johnson said these cases are considered to be isolated because all of these cases are within one chapter between the fraternity house and live-out facilities. As students begin moving back on campus this week, the university is recommending that all on-campus residents and those living in Greek housing get tested within 72 hours before coming back to campus. When COVID-19 hit

Greek Community members are being urged to get tested at the UW Club, where students can insert the swab themselves into each of their nostrils. Results are supposed to come in 24-48 hours. The university last week launched its Husky Coronavirus Testing program, through which students will be able to get tested regularly. Residents of the Greek Community are being encouraged to enroll. Testing will also be available on campus

File Photo at Hall Health. As of Saturday, there have been 340 cases of COVID-19 in the UW community dating back to early June, according to the university’s environmental health & safety department. More than half of those cases now have been seen in fraternity and sorority residents, and the

vast majority are students on the Seattle campus. On the Bothell campus, there have been six cases; in Tacoma, 12. In Seattle, there have been 322 cases, with 260 students, 53 staff members, and nine faculty and other academic personnel testing positive for coronavirus.

Reporter Martina Povolo contributed to this report. Reach News Editors Jake Goldstein-Street and Ash Shah at news@dailyuw.com. Twitter: @GoldsteinStreet @ itsashshah

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OPINION

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‘Racism is not a Black people issue’

BSU calls for allyship from the student body By Deborah Kwon The Daily As we engage with the Black Lives Matter movement at a citywide and national level, we also need to start thinking about how to engage on campus, especially as fall quarter approaches and some of us choose to live on or near campus. Namely, it is important that we acknowledge and engage with the work that the UW’s Black Student Union (BSU) is doing. This summer, BSU is hard at work pushing its seven demands to make the UW more equitable and supportive for BIPOC communities. BSU members have spent their time speaking with university administration, garnering support from allies, and educating as many people as they can. In its demands, BSU calls for the UW to break ties with the Seattle Police Department (SPD), disarm and divest from the UW Police Department (UWPD), allocate funds to Black RSOs and the American ethnic studies department, hire more Black faculty, increase the diversity credit requirement and make African studies a major, remove statues of racist figures like George Washington, and expand mental health resources for UW students.

The demand to remove the George Washington statue has garnered much attention as of late, as this is one of the more noticeable statues on campus and has a strong history attached to it. “We’re told to revere and hold dear some of the people we put in statues, and we put on these pedestals, especially one as large as the George Washington statue,” BSU vice president of campus affairs Navon Morgan said. “But for Black students … we see that as evidence and proof of white supremacy, historical degradation, and enslavement. That’s how I see it, and that’s how I will always see it until it’s brought down.” The George Washington statue is a reminder of white supremacist history and is a detriment to more than just the UW’s Black community, as this is just one of many statues and monuments on a campus residing on stolen Duwamish land. “[George Washington] stole land and killed thousands of people who were here already … so to celebrate him is kind of laughable and a ridiculous excuse to me, personally,” BSU vice president of community affairs Kiana Reynolds said. BSU is also pushing for the funding of Black RSOs and

mental health resources for UW students. “If somebody isn’t donating money to BSU, we won’t be able to provide food, or small things for our members, or we have to fundraise those funds,” BSU vice president of communications Ruth Mulugeta said. “Oftentimes, it feels like we’re working for money. We’re not getting enough to do all the things that we as an RSO want to do.”

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[George Washington] stole land and killed thousands of people who were here already … so to celebrate him is kind of laughable,

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Mental health resources on campus are critical for all, but especially for Black students, making access to mental health care an issue of racial justice. “They say [mental health resources are] there for us, but I shouldn’t have to wait possibly two, three weeks for an appointment,” Mulugeta said. BSU is also working to increase the three-credit diversity requirement, which

has been subject to scrutiny especially since most classes at the UW are five credits. The UW prides itself on diversity, yet the required diversity credit hours are strangely low. “The natural world credit [requirement] is 20 credits, VLPA is 20 credits, I&S is 20 credits,” Reynolds said. “You could easily take away five credits from each of those and give it to diversity if it’s a credit issue, evening it out. Diversity is applicable to every major because you’re gonna deal with diversity in every field of work that you go into.” And the diversity credit isn’t just about learning more Black history — it’s about the intersections in the experiences of people on the margins, from the LGBTQIA+ community to Indigenous history. That’s what BSU is working for in regard to the diversity requirement: a show of honest care and value for diversity from the UW administration. In general, as summer quarter comes to an end and we begin a new, socially distanced school year, BSU asks that as students continue the fight for racial justice on campus. What they are looking for is allyship. “It’s not sustainable for just the [BSU] board to keep up this activism by ourselves, because

it’s tiring, and the work of activism has always been put on Black people to fight for Black people,” Reynolds said. “But racism is not a Black people issue, because it’s not like Black people are being racist to Black people, and it’s not like we can change a racist institution by ourselves, because we didn’t create it.” Today, tomorrow, and a decade from now, BSU is fighting for sustained, longterm investments in the UW’s Black community, rather than just short-term changes like the criticized Black Opportunity Fund. “If there’s a mental health resource problem for Black students, there’s a problem for all students. If there’s a problem of fear of policing, that is very unique to us, but it also reflects itself in how many Black faculty are coming in,” Morgan said. “Faculty, students, all these things, they’re intertwined. They need to start investing into our community as much as possible. Not just short-term things and donors, but the university itself … we need long-term investments from the university.” Reach writer Deborah Kwon at opinion@dailyuw.com. Twitter: @debskwo

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Making UW Greek life inclusive By Deborah Kwon The Daily Over the last few months, Greek life is one of many American systems being put under scrutiny, as anti-racist, justice-driven conversations grow in the mainstream. UW Greek life has received increased criticism recently due to a video that surfaced on Reddit in August of a party on Greek Row. Protests throughout the country erupted as a result of the murder of George Floyd in May, igniting conversations on racial justice. This led many UW Greek Instagram pages to begin posting in solidarity with Black Lives Matter. Some chapters directly called out the history of institutionalized racism in the Greek Community and pledged to increase diversity and inclusion. The lack of diversity is one of the key reasons cited in why Greek life needs to be reformed and/or abolished. The Greek Community offers hefty social capital, and part of this comes from the allure of the exclusivity of the social organization. “Admittedly, I also felt the allure of the Greek System[,] as it stands as more or less a subculture of the rest of the university,” an anonymous sorority member in the UW Greek Community stated in an email. “There was a piece of me that craved the seeming perfection, ease, and oftentimes unrealistic beauty standards that I saw on social media and from the few friends that I had in the Greek system.” Through much of the media I’ve personally been exposed to as I grew up in the United States, Greek life has often been portrayed as a very glamorous social organization,

something that increases social standing, and something to aspire for. However, the allure comes with its issues, such as it being a predominantly white and not-so-inclusive system. “Questions ranging from ‘[D]o I fit in?’ to ‘[W]hat can I buy, post, and do to make myself fit in more?’ have been present and continuous in my mind,” the anonymous member stated in an email. “Even very dedicated people I know in Greek life, at UW and beyond, who love their organizations have told me how cruel the process of rushing was — how it brought out feelings of insecurity, self-judgment, and frustration.” The question now is what to do: How can we reform an organization that seems so broken and problematic to many people? The written mission of Greek communities is admirable — one of building

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for it. “Regular diversity and inclusion workshops, as well as having uncomfortable conversations, are incredibly important to the progress and development of Greek Life at UW,” current UW sorority member Tamar Pekker said in an email. “There are no explicit rules or expectations regarding the exclusion of people of color, or low-income individuals. In fact, there are strong efforts against racism and classism, as they often happen as a result of unconscious and implicit bias.” According to Pekker, her sorority has been having

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The lack of diversity is one of the key reasons cited in why Greek life needs to be reformed and/or abolished.

The racism, prejudices, implicit biases — the result of institutionalized racism & exclusion of the “other” — is rampant throughout the Greek Community, but it is also felt on campus and beyond the UW.

community and doing good. The issue is that despite this intent, that impact isn’t what’s being seen; the diversity of the UW isn’t reflected in this community. However, the call for some reform isn’t anything new for the UW Greek Community; in fact, many are actively calling

are taking the issues to heart. However, how effective will this be in improving the way sororities and fraternities start

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regular diversity, inclusion, and equity (DEI) workshops to have conversations about racism, discrimination, and other issues. These lessons especially impact their recruitment process, and she states that most members are very receptive to the contents of these workshops and truly

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to foster their communities right now and in the future? It’s hard to measure whether it’ll be performative on a long-term scale, or if we’ll really see changes in future recruitment. One of the big criticisms of DEI workshops and trainings is that they won’t work unless everyone truly wants and is eager for change: sweeping reforms throughout the country. “On a national level, I think fraternal organizations need to restructure their policies to intentionally promote values of diversity and inclusion while acknowledging their previous shortcomings,” the anonymous member said in an email. “On a UW-specific scale, I think organizations should start by collectively developing a thought-out plan for actions they will take and hold one another accountable to regarding the range of issues that have been brought up against the Greek [S]ystem.” This is a hard task, and the Greek Community is so big that it would need to experience a systematic

overhaul of how it operates. The racism, prejudices, implicit biases — the result of institutionalized racism & exclusion of the “other” — is rampant throughout the Greek Community, but it is also felt on campus and beyond the UW. If there’s going to be change, members need to want it. Otherwise, DEI is just going to be something that people engage in because they feel like they have to. The divide between those who believe in reform and those who seek abolition is the question of how effective reformist measures will be. It is great that many are wanting to reform the system, but it’s hard to put all of our faith into this when reforms haven’t worked over the course of the last 150 years of the establishment of the Greek system. In the efforts to diversify the UW Greek Community, only time will tell how much change will genuinely occur. Reforms are important and could possibly enact changes, but it’s also very possible that things may just cycle back to the system staying the same — a return to the status quo — and abolition may be necessary.

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After days of unhealthy, smoky air in Seattle and a rapid, furious spread of wildfires across the west coast, we are seeing the implications of a worsening global climate play out just months before the upcoming 2020 presidential election. Due to unsustainable burning of fossil fuels for energy, increasing levels of greenhouse gases are building up in the Earth’s atmosphere and absorbing heat while increasing the average global temperature. As a result of this warming, Earth’s climate changes, leading to sea level rises, melting of large glacial reservoirs and ice sheets, warmer global temperatures year-round, ocean acidification, and more intense fire seasons. “So, what’s happening is it’s getting warmer and drier, but it’s getting warmer and drier for longer periods of time, so the fire season is being extended, and you’re seeing that most dramatically in California,” Becky Alexander, a professor of atmospheric sciences and director of the UW Program on Climate Change, said. While often not prioritized over other political issues, climate change and other environmental policies hold more weight this November than ever before. There is a grim reality that the next four years will greatly determine the United States’ role in this

combat against climate change. Our current president, Donald Trump, and his administration have spent the past four years dismissing climate change and environmentalists. Whether it’s proposing new oil leases, expanding off-shore drilling, or pulling the United States out of the Paris Climate Agreement, it’s suffice it to say that Trump and his administration fully support an economy completely reliant on the fossil fuel industry. In terms of international climate relations and cooperation, Trump has isolated the United States and lifted restrictions on methane and carbon emissions. Another four years with Trump would solidify the climate change crisis, if not accelerate it. On the other hand, the Democratic presidential nominee, Joe Biden, at least recognizes climate change as a political, economic, and social issue. Biden’s campaign policies around climate change mainly revolve around undoing the Trump administration’s actions over the past four years. He plans to recommit the United States to the Paris Climate Agreement, enact the Clean Air Act, reintegrate climate change into foreign relations, roll back on Trump’s regressive tax incentives for large corporations, renew methane and carbon emission restrictions, and more.

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His campaign does also include investing in climateready infrastructure and ensuring the United States achieves a 100% clean energy economy by 2050. He also incorporates racial environmental justice into his plan, addressing how communities of color are disproportionately affected by pollution and climate change. For all these reasons, Biden may help the United States progress forward in the fight

president. His push for a 100% green economy remains vague, especially in terms of thoughtful consideration of what energy sources or combination should be considered and incentivized. Neither does his plan consider the lack of accessibility towards more green options, which must be resolved or reconfigured in order to enable any real work towards an economy completely reliant on green energy. “Why don’t we all have solar panels on our rooftops? Well, because that’s expensive,” Alexander said. “How can we incentivize that for individuals? It has to be an investment that is made.” Biden also doesn’t support other important progressive environmental policies such as a ban on all fracking, one of the most environmentally destructive practices in the fossil fuel industry. In the eyes of more progressive voters, such as myself, Biden may get the United States back on track. However, his campaign’s take on climate change still feels underbaked in terms of enacting real, necessary forward motion beyond undoing Trump’s climatedetrimental actions. Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins advocates for much more progressive ecosocialist environmental policies, including an

There is a grim reality that the next four years will greatly determine the United States’ role in this combat against climate change. for environmental justice and a green economy. “First and foremost, we need to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels, which is a combination of personal adaptation, but even more importantly, a societal, structural adaptation on where we get our energy from,” Alexander said. However, Biden’s environmental policies are not without flaws. He may endorse the Green New Deal but refuses to commit to passing it if he becomes

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intersectional green economy reconstruction program and progressive ecological taxes. He explicitly ties environmental justice to his economic bill of rights, which focuses on providing basic human rights such as free education and universal health care. Even though the Green Party and Hawkins stand as an environmental justice-driven and science-based political party, over 170 environmental leaders recently spoke out against voting for the Green Party this November. These environmentalists argue that voting Green and risking Biden losing this election is worse than voting for Biden, even though he is certainly not the strongest candidate in terms of climate change policy. For progressive voters this upcoming election, while they may feel a lack of representation by the Democratic Party and its presidential nominee, great consideration and thought is needed when choosing to vote for a Green candidate rather than between the conventional two. Environmentally speaking, a lot is at stake this November, making Biden a little bit better than a consolation prize when compared to the other options for progressive voters. Reach writer Tatum Lindquist at opinion@dailyuw.com. Twitter: @TatumLindquist

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HEALTH & WELLNESS

September 2020

Making the most of fall wellness resources The IMA is bringing students access to in-person and virtual offerings amid pandemic restrictions. By McKenna Zacher The Daily As fall quarter starts and the beginning of shutdowns becomes further away, you may start to feel stuck. Chloe Ting and TikTok workouts are a distant memory, but physical and mental exercise are still ways to get active as the school year begins. UW Recreation has many options for students looking to stay active this fall amid restrictions. The IMA is open this quarter to students only. After reserving a time slot on the UW Recreation website, students can check in at the front desk at their specified time. While a mask is required at all times, there is no time limit on how long students can stay after checking in. Workout spaces have been modified to allow for proper social distancing, meaning some machines and weights are unavailable. Other spaces, such as locker rooms and the pool, are closed completely. Personal training is another option for students, available this quarter virtually or in person for an additional fee. However, this fee is less than in previous years, something UW Recreation fitness manager Jeff Palmer prioritized when joining the UW in January.

“We really brought the rate down significantly for students,” Palmer said. “We do have to charge for something so specialized as a 60-minute workout session with a trainer, but I thought it was very important for us to bring the rates down dramatically.” Students can choose the number of sessions with a trainer they want, each for a different cost. Costs range from single sessions that are $25 to 12 sessions for $210. UW Recreation has also reintroduced intramural sports for the fall quarter. Socially distant sports, such as bowling and badminton, are available to join, in addition to several virtual challenges. These include a self-directed duathlon and a 300-minute movement challenge . Students looking to target mental health are able to participate in numerous mindfulness practices this quarter. UW Recreation is hosting several virtual workshops to practice mindfulness. These workshops include yoga for healing, nutrition building blocks, and meditation for stress. If these seem too daunting, the UW Counseling Center has a curated list of different websites and apps that can

guide you through meditations and mindfulness training at any time. You can check out the UW’s many mindfulness and fitness classes offered this quarter if you enjoy guided workouts. UW Recreation’s class system has changed since the beginning of the pandemic. Previously, students could pay a quarterly fee for a single class. According to Palmer, this system limited the types of classes students could experience. Students now have the opportunity to register for a class pass. The pass allows students

access to all in-person and virtual fitness and mindfulness classes, and is included as part of the Student Activities Fee. “I’ve always been a big fan of the idea of a class pass,” Palmer said. “That’s just a one-time purchase; you purchase that class pass and then you have access to all of our classes. You can go to whichever ones you want.” Students with a Rec Class pass are able to reserve slots for in-person classes. These classes will consist of a maximum of five people in the room. Online classes will be

synchronous with in-person classes, allowing students to participate from home. Participants will need to register for a Rec Class Pass to access the Zoom links to the classes. During such a hard and challenging time, it is more important than ever to find ways to practice self-care, and practicing mindfulness and staying active is one way to do that. Reach writer McKenna Zacher at wellness@dailyuw.com Twitter: @mckennazacher

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Dating by major

How their studies might affect a relationship

By Hannah Krieg The Daily Editor’s note: Thirst Trap is a weekly column on dating and relationships in college. I came to this university in part because of our world-renowned computer science program. Not because I have a passion for programming, but because I have a passion for marrying rich. I would be lying if I said I had never opted to study in Reboot Cafe over Parnassus. I’m pretty sure the coffee is the same, but you’re more likely to find a budding billionaire in the former. I’m kidding. I am far more inclined to eat the rich than to romance them, and I don’t think you should limit your dating pool to people who will one day work for Amazon or Microsoft

or some equally dreadful corporation. I also don’t think majors or departments are a monolith. Not all business majors wear 5.5-inch inseam shorts (unfortunately) and do body shots off of girls in pre-nursing (fortunately). Not all gender, women & sexuality studies majors have blue hair and wear socks with their Birkenstocks. Not all communication majors are too dumb for other majors — that’s just me. That being said, a person’s major should be considered in the pursuit of romantic or sexual relationships. Someone’s major can give insight to their schedule, values, and future path. (If you think I’m wrong and your major is extremely date-able: prove it. My Twitter is linked at the end of this article.)

Relationships are, by nature, a commitment of time and energy, which not everyone’s schedule allows. For example, if someone is pre-science: run. She does not have time for you. She is applying for computer science, then informatics, then computer engineering, and if all else fails, she’s transferring. This isn’t to say STEM is more stressful or timeconsuming than other majors. Unless you’re cool cuddling your English major boyfriend while his face is wrongfully buried in a book, you may want to reconsider, even if he writes you somewhat pretentious love poems. However, I am a firm believer that you can always make time for the things that matter to you. In most cases, people who care will find a way to prioritize you, even if they have an inperson lab three nights a week. (Side note: never trust a Foster boy who can’t fit you into his schedule — they don’t have class on Fridays.) Someone’s major can also be indicative of their values. It’s not as simple as an environmental sciences major having moral superiority over a chemical engineering major.

For example, I once matched with someone who studies chemical engineering, and he had no interest in becoming a petroleum engineer. Protecting the environment was his top priority — definitely a higher priority than me, since he only ever hit me up when he was drunk. It’s important to know why someone chose the major they chose. Are they a theater major because they’re an attention seeker, or do they want to use performance to make the world a better place? Are they public health because they want to be rich or because they want to be part of reimagining healthcare in the United States? Are they studying business because their dad told them to or because they want to exploit the working class? I may have a bit of bias. But just because you wouldn’t date them doesn’t mean you couldn’t hook up with them, necessarily. Do I want to date someone in law, societies & justice (LSJ)? Absolutely not. They want to be paid to argue, and I’m a Libra. But if an LSJ hottie made a good case, I wouldn’t object to a short recess. If you are looking for something long term, you can look at someone’s major as a

preview for their future plans. If she’s pre-med, she’s got quite a bit of school ahead of her. If he’s studying journalism, he will not be buying you designer bags for your birthday. If they are studying a language or culture, they may have plans to travel. I don’t think it is always necessary or even wise to think too far ahead in relationships, but if you are nearing graduation, it may not be worth the trouble to get serious with someone whose future is incompatible with yours. Regardless of who you choose to date — whether you are sleeping your way through the comparative literature department or find a geography major who becomes your whole world — you should be more concerned with your own studies. Pick a field of study that you feel passionate about and use the privilege that is going to college to make the world a better place. You are not in college to get your “Mrs.” That’s not a degree, and it will not get you a job (says the communication major). Reach Engagement Editor Hannah Krieg at wellness@dailyuw.com. Twitter: @Hannahkrieg

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‘The Geography of Innocence’ Barbara Earl Thomas’ upcoming show at SAM calls for reinterpretation of our underlying assumptions By Fiona Ye The Daily Just as this global pandemic has brought our campus life to a temporary halt, it has also paused the art world. For Seattle-based artist Barbara Earl Thomas, however, the pandemic has only made her works richer. In her upcoming artist-curated show, “The Geography of Innocence,” at the Seattle Art Museum (SAM) from Nov. 20, 2020, to Nov. 14, 2021, Thomas responds to our “new normal” with powerful works that bring together different media, from prints to paper sculpture. Through her art, she narrates the stories of individuals and communities that confront human interaction and responsibility, especially

in times of chaos and grief. For Thomas, the term “geography” is not just a physical construct, but a mental one as well: It’s an emotional landscape that we traverse when we read other people’s faces and determine who they are in relation to us. The artist then asks an important question with her works: “How do we allow people to move through the geography from the mythology that has been passed down to us about what these landmarks mean, that may be incorrect assessment[s] about what they see?” One way to engage the audience with this question is to invite them to feel present within the artwork. Thomas immerses the audience in a space of

illumination by lighting up the wall behind the colorful prints and displaying the 12-foot tall, backlit Tyvek installation “Man Down,” which viewers are able to interact with and enter. Counter to a peaceful presentation, a heartbreaking

as Thomas mentioned in the interview, it has allowed her to slow down in a “world of velocity” and to be introspective as she’s moving through her own geography. Thomas’ creative experiment with light derives from her examination of

The term “geography” is not just a physical construct, but a mental one as well: It’s an emotional landscape that we traverse when we read other people’s faces and determine who they are in relation to us. narrative of gun violence unfolds as the audience immerses itself in the beauty of light and shadow — what Thomas would call “beauty at rest.” A sense of interdependency is shown through Thomas’ active engagement of her community in both subject matter and creative process. Most of the figures in her papercut pieces are depictions of children from her personal life. She also invited people in her community to participate in the cutting process of large installations like “Man Down.” In such collaboration, Thomas is able to channel inspiration and creative energy with a layer of intimacy. Though the pandemic has posed a challenge to that continued collaboration,

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There’s a possibility for reinterpretation, so that the thing that might have happened doesn’t happen because you have taken a pause. What you give to the other is that moment of grace, which gives you a chance for a different outcome. The story can change.

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the culturally embedded meanings of lightness and darkness. We imbue light with angelic qualities like innocence, benevolence, and purity; in contrast, darkness is often associated with demonic qualities such as sin, nefariousness, and violence. The invitation of “Man Down,” and thus the exhibition at large, is not to ask the audience to step back to an alienated distance; rather, it is to disarm us so that we feel safe enough to make mistakes. Its intent is to bring us into contact with the destabilizing forces of our perceptions and biases that disrupt our innocence. It is to make us conscious of our interdependency and marvel at how individual actions can lead to changes that are transformative or disruptive. It is to situate us in a moment of grace. “Grace is that moment when you have a thought, and then you pause,” Thomas said. “There’s a possibility for re-interpretation, so that the thing that might have happened doesn’t happen because you have taken a pause. What you give to the other is that moment of grace, which gives you a chance for a different outcome. The story can change.” “The Geography of Innocence” will be on display in the third floor gallery at the SAM, which is currently operating with limited capacity and timed tickets. Reach writer Fiona Ye at arts@dailyuw.com. Twitter: @Campfiion

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Once upon a picture: Henry Art Gallery takes on storytelling By Rachael Sage Payne The Daily The construction of stories varies across cultures, but it tends to have one fundamental thing in common: the use of words. But what about a story that is shown, rather than told? How do we enter into a story with no written beginning, or follow it when there are no phrases to guide us? The challenge of representing a narrative with an image has been compelling artists since the earliest cave drawings depicted the thrill of the hunt. How artists approach this conundrum and how we, as viewers, interpret their attempts was the theme of the Henry’s latest Re/Frame program, Tell Me a Tale/Show Me a Story, which took place virtually Sept. 17. Attendees of the discussionbased program were invited to consider examples of how visual artists use their craft to communicate a story or to inspire the creation of one. Ann Poulson, the associate curator of collections for the Henry, said the theme was partly inspired by a memory she had from the fifth grade when a teacher gave the class an image as a writing prompt. “I’d never really thought of an image that way,” Poulson said. “That it didn’t necessarily come with a fixed interpretation ... I think that kind of blew my little 10-year-old mind.” The realization that an image may give its observer the

Courtesy of Aneta Grzeszykowska freedom to decide for themselves what its meaning might be, or that there could be something to discover or decipher about its intended meaning, helped guide Poulson’s curation of this event. From tapestries to sketches, the collection allowed viewers to zoom in and out of how much of a story’s scope an artist might choose to tackle. The included works also allowed for participants to question how narrative elements might translate within an image and how images might upend traditional ideas of how and why stories are told. David Levinthal’s “Untitled (from the Hitler Moves East series),” which features a slightly blurred band of toy soldiers

crouching behind an out-offocus hill, seemingly preparing to move into some critical position, is part of a series the artist created as an attempt to recreate history on a model scale. The image creates a feeling of anticipation, an element often used in the opening or climax of a story, but its sparse, monochromatic setting erases any sense of time, challenging the notion of a timeline altogether. Interestingly, the image that stands out as the most evocative of traditional ideas of narrative wasn’t necessarily trying to tell any story at all. Aneta Grzeszykowska’s “Untitled Film Still #84,” from her series “Untitled Film Stills, 2006,” was

created as a response to a nearly identical series of images made by artist Cindy Sherman in the 1970s. In the image, a woman stands in a kitchen, looking just out of the frame while standing half-bent over a torn bag of groceries on the floor. Following the lead of Sherman’s “Untitled Film Stills,” Grzeszykowska crafts specific looks through her wardrobe, hair, and makeup, before posing in similar settings for the photographs. While the composition of the photos is exacting in its execution, Grzeszykowska’s versions boast full color, whereas Sherman’s are in black and white. The artist also stylized the photos to feature, rather than conceal, objects and scenes from her home country of Poland. The urge to “figure out” what was happening in the narrative around the image seemed almost universal, as Re/Frame attendees discussed who or what might be just outside of the frame. But Grzeszykowska’s playful recreation also doubles down on Sherman’s peculiar notion that we can become intrigued by a story that never existed in the first place. As for how we approach the translation of narrative elements in a static picture, Poulson said she is not a fan of the term “reading an image.” “When you say that you ‘read an image,’ that’s treating it like a text, which, first of all, it’s not, and second, that’s suggesting that it has one meaning and that you are supposed to read it

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The College Inn Pub: 46 years down, many more to go Thanks to its new stewards, this quintessential U-District pub might just survive the pandemic By Estey Chen The Daily On July 23, the College Inn Pub’s Facebook account shared news of its ostensibly permanent closure, immediately prompting hundreds of comments from UW alumni young and old, long-time local regulars, and

Nicole Pasia The Daily The College Inn Pub has been a popular U-District hub since its opening in the early 1970s. others whom the establishment touched throughout its 46-year run. The suffocating sense of loss and helplessness triggered by the start of the pandemic made this closure feel like a punch in the gut — the pub was a central location in many people’s first tastes of independence and connection with a rapidly changing Seattle. “I think the U-District got a little bit dimmer when that news came out,” Ian Paredes, one such commenter, said. Leonisa Ardizzone waited tables at the pub from 1991 to 1992, nearly two decades before Paredes began visiting, but echoed the same sentiment of the pub’s singularity. “The ‘90s scene in Seattle was incomparable ... and a really cool time to be in Seattle,” Ardizzone said. “The pub was part of that. It was so multigenerational and vibrant that ... the idea of it closing was kind of heartbreaking.” However, thanks to the new ownership team of Seattle restaurant and bar industry veteran Seth Howard, former non-profit director Jen Gonyer-Donohue, and attorney Al Donohue, longtime devotees and future UW students can expect to create many more memories at the College Inn Pub.

uxtaposed with the sharp edges of neighboring Alder Hall and the new Hans Rosling Center for Population Health, the College Inn Pub reflects Seattle’s contradictions. Descending below the pub’s street-level entrance down a flight of dark stairs, unsuspecting students could find themselves greeted by a time machine in pub form. From the wooden booths with backs worn dull over decades of patrons communing over shared drinks, to the pool tables softly glowing under the dim lamp light, to the warmth of the open fire, the pub exuded the energy of a classic English pub: inviting and unpretentious. In a sense, the College Inn Pub’s longevity is fitting given the company it shares. The College Inn Pub’s neighbor, The College Inn, and the building that houses them both have stood at the same spot since 1909, the year Seattle hosted the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition World’s Fair. It’s no wonder, then, that within hours of former owners Shea Wilson and Anders Lorenson posting on Facebook, loyal patrons began eulogizing the pub across social media platforms. News spread rapidly across the tight-knit network of UW alumni and Seattle residents, while the Stranger melodramatically declared that “The College Inn Pub Didn’t Survive the Pandemic.” Eater Seattle and The Seattle Times followed with mentions of the “iconic,” “venerable” College Inn Pub in their reports of restaurant closures. Eventually, the Facebook post amassed over 400 shares and 300 comments. Some mourned the loss to the U-District community and honored the pub’s memory by sharing personal stories, while a few feebly suggested crowdfunding to save it. But that wasn’t enough for Gonyer-Donohue and Donohue, who began frequenting the pub as a couple in 1993 after Donohue discovered it with friend and roommate Seth Howard in 1989. As Gonyer-Donohue and Donohue sat on their back patio, reflecting on memories created in that very basement, it struck them that an alternative path forward existed. “We thought, ‘This is awful,’ and almost at the same time we said, ‘Well, maybe we should buy it,’” Donohue recalled. “But not without Seth,” GonyerDonohue said. Prior to beginning their respective professional careers, GonyerDonohue and Donohue spent long stretches working in the food

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f anything is for certain in the U-District, it’s uncertainty. The district is a microcosm of greater Seattle, a region that has always been at the forefront of national change, both welcome and unwelcome. Impermanence is a given in a college neighborhood because of the revolving door of students, but change in the U-District seems exacerbated by the tech

industry’s expansion and evolving student body demographics. Today, rows of Asian restaurants line the Ave, though even many of those enjoy short lifespans. The Daily itself quipped in 2005, “Perhaps one of the most surprising new comers has been the Light Gourmet on 45th and University Way, which boasts a menu surprisingly void of anything Teriyaki or Thai.” What was once a destination for teriyaki and Thai restaurants has since transformed into a hotspot for boba and regional Chinese, perhaps thanks to the influx of international students and the increased willingness of white Americans to embrace cuisines unfamiliar to them. Despite the unpredictability of life on the Ave and short lifespans of many businesses, since opening its doors in 1974, the College Inn Pub has managed to buck the trend. Through its commitment to tradition and warm service, the pub has remained a fixture in multiple generations of Seattleites’ memories and UW students’ college experiences. With its (as described by beer distributor Larry Rock) “great food and cutting edge beer selection,” the pub satisfied the minimum prerequisites to become a favorite neighborhood hangout. Former doctoral students like Steven Schultz still swoon, two decades after leaving Seattle, at the thought of the crisp tortilla chips in the nachos: mildly tangy, melted colby jack; nutty black olives; slow-simmered black bean chili; sliced jalapenos; chopped tomatoes; and a dollop of cooling sour cream.

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“I can’t tell you how many classes I skipped on a Monday for the half-priced nachos,” Donohue said, laughing at the memory. More importantly, the College Inn Pub fostered a sense of camaraderie and community — which many have likened to the 1980s bar-sitcom “Cheers” — something not often encountered on the Ave. Between memories of afterhours games of darts and pool, former server Ardizzone recalled moments that felt pulled from the sitcom. “So many bars are places where people get in your face or get nasty drunk, but the College Inn Pub just felt like you were in your living room,” Ardizzone said. What made the College Inn Pub especially unique, however, was its intensely intellectual, creative atmosphere. Professors often graded papers, and students, including GonyerDonohue, wrote portions of their dissertations while seated at booths. The staff were no exception.

“Every single [staff member] is an artist in some capacity,” Shanna Washer, a bartender at the College Inn Pub from 2011 to 2020, said. Washer is one of three poets on staff who have written manuscripts and gotten books published with work created in part or entirely at the pub. It’s a credit to the leadership of the College Inn Pub. According to Washer, former owners Wilson and Lorenson made it the most humanizing place she had ever worked. “[Wilson and Lorenson let us] be ourselves and really use those things that are unique about us to connect to our patrons,” Washer said. “Folks got weirded out if you were perky all the time, [so] we got to have the full range of human emotions and make a lot of good friends out of our regulars.”

hen came 2020. In the beer world, everyone — pub owners, brewers, distributors, and bartenders — suffered.

All of which begs the question: why make this laborintensive financial commitment when the odds seem stacked against you? The freedom of owning a restaurant sounds fun, but in practice, entails more work than most anticipate. To the three new owners, the College Inn Pub was personal. The thought of another buyer unfamiliar with its rich history destroying its defining qualities raised the stakes for Howard, Gonyer-Donohue, and Donohue. Thus, they proposed to preserve its community-centric ambiance with slight 21st century tweaks, distinguishing them from the 50 to 60 other buyer proposals. “While we’re excited to do this, I think we all would’ve been happy if Shea [Wilson] and Anders [Lorenson] could’ve continued,” Donohue said. “We just didn’t want someone turning this into something else. “The pub is bigger than us,” Gonyer-Donohue added. “It’s an honor [to be the next stewards].” When the pub reopens during phase three of the statewide reopening plan (whenever that

Nicole Pasia The Daily New co-owner Seth Howard prepares a drink at the bar of College Inn Pub. happens), patrons can expect outdoor seating, a more open bar, improved paint and wood work, new lighting, a new audio and video system, and “gentle updates” to the beer and food offerings, all while keeping the look and feel the same. “We want everyone to wear their masks, wash their hands, and stop going to parties so we

can gather again safely,” GonyerDonohue said. “We’re not going to rush this to open.” But fear not, nacho devotees — those are here to stay. Reach Pacific Wave Assistant Editor Estey Chen at arts@dailyuw.com. Twitter: @esteychen

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