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ASUW: What it is and how to get involved

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By Thelonious Goerz The Daily

Welcome, new Huskies! One thing we all have in common this year: none of us know what to expect. None of us have ever experienced the UW in quite this format — socially distanced, masked up, and with a triple helping of Zoom classes. But let’s be honest, your college experience was bound to have a few curveballs. Plus, the fact that you are pursuing higher education during a global pandemic, a civil rights movement, and a recession, will be a great story to tell the grandkids (or anyone who gets on your case about your grades).

This is truly one of the defining moments of our generation. It’s also a great opportunity to “zoom” (sorry) out and reexamine our priorities as a campus, as a community.

How are we going to keep each other safe? How are we going to support each other from afar? What really matters to us?

What we are doing in our virtual classrooms is as important as ever, but the world around us is there to provide us with a healthy dose of perspective as well.

When you get tired of pondering the big questions, turn here. These pages are packed with tips to enrich your UW experience, venues for latenight shenanigans, and heartfelt well-wishes from current and past Huskies. We at The Daily are nervous but boundlessly excited to embark on this next year alongside you.

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ASUW is the foremost student decision-making body at the UW. Here, students have the opportunity to have their voices heard and make an impact on their campus community.

The Associated Students of the University of Washington (ASUW) is divided into two main decision-making entities: the student senate and the board of directors (BOD).

While I was the ASUW beat reporter, I covered every weekly BOD meeting.

At the BOD meetings, the directors — which include a president, vice president, and various officials related to different divisions of student life — pass bills that come from the student senate.

In the senate, bills are brought before the group of student senators, and they hold relevant discussions on those bills. These senators come from various backgrounds, ranging from political science majors to people who have no intention of going into the government at all.

What unites these students is a mission for change and a passion for doing work that is, frankly, slow and thankless.

Both Espen Scheuer, the 2018–2019 vice president, and Angelia Miranda, the 2018–

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An example of ASUW at work is the diversity requirement, passed in 2013, for undergraduate students, which took three years to implement and was originally incubated in the senate.

Many people who go to the UW, myself included, come here without any idea what ASUW is or that the vast amount of people involved are working tirelessly every week to advocate for students.

As I have seen while working adjacent to their cause, the people who commit their extracurricular time to the ASUW are passionate and really care. Only after I had been reporting on it did I really appreciate the level of commitment that students put into their work.

While the work is hard and goes almost unnoticed, like many extracurriculars, it is nonetheless enriching.

“ASUW has given me various opportunities to grow as a leader through my time at UW,” 2019–2020 ASUW Vice President Kevin Mendez said in an email. “My freshman year, I wasn’t too involved in senate because I was terrified

of speaking in front of a crowd; it wasn’t until I was oversight chair in senate and giving biweekly reports that I developed some public speaking skills and became more comfortable with myself.”

On top of personal growth, Mendez also sees getting involved with ASUW as a way to make the campus feel smaller. There are many opportunities, ranging from the ASUW Bike Shop to Rainy Dawg Radio, which students can get involved with if they are not interested in politics or just want an introduction to ASUW’s culture.

If you want to get involved with the BOD or other governmental aspects, the first way is usually joining the senate. Most BOD members had some involvement in the student senate prior to running in the annual ASUW elections.

Additionally, there are many volunteer groups, commissions, and other entities where students can make an impact and get relevant experience.

Or, you could get involved with The Daily and be the ASUW beat reporter — just sayin’.

Reach writer Thelonious Goerz at specials@dailyuw.com.

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Arts communities you can engage with from home From open mics to workshops

By Diana Davidson The Daily With most museums in the Seattle area closed and in-person art communities moved online, there are still a plethora of ways to engage with many forms of art from home. Here are just a few recurring events to hop into for free or for a very small fee.

Henry Art Gallery While our very own Henry Art Gallery has closed its doors to visitors, the Henry regularly updates its Instagram, Facebook and Twitter for digital content for anyone to peruse art for free. Ranging from online presentations, artist interviews, highlights of artwork on various topics, and an inside look into museum work done at the Henry, there’s something for everyone to explore.

p.m. Not only is “(Virtual) Works in Progress” a great place to share your work at any stage, you can virtually meet other word nerds and learn about what is happening in the literary community. The Zoom meetings are free and open to the public with an RSVP in advance.

Hugo House also offers a variety of workshops and classes through the summer and fall for a fee, for anyone interested in honing their fiction, non-fiction, poetry, or other writing and reading skills.

Central District Forum The Central District Forum for Arts & Ideas (CD Forum), a non-profit organization founded in 1999, was created with the purpose of uplifting Black art, artists, and ideas in the Seattle area. Every Saturday at 3 p.m.

Dani Tirrell, the curator for the CD Forum, goes live with a local Black artist to talk about their work. Get to know some local Black artists from many disciplines firsthand through

these intimate conversations.

Some previous talks can be found for free on Spotify, and new ones will go live weekly on the CD Forum’s Instagram page.

Seattle Art Museum Like the Henry, the Seattle Art Museum (SAM) has moved online during the pandemic.

The SAM has its own website to browse through its vast collection, with many articles to read, videos to watch, and art activities to engage in. The site

Hugo House For all those who have a way with words and a desire to hear others and share some of your own, look no further than Hugo House. The Hugo House, named after UW alum and renowned poet Richard Hugo, was founded in 1998 by three Seattle writers who wanted to hold a safe, communal space for readers and writers. The Hugo House holds the weekly open mic series “(Virtual) Works in Progress” over Zoom every Monday at 7

also currently hosts an hour-long video on an upcoming artist exhibition to be featured at the SAM in November: “Barbara Earl Thomas: The Geography of Innocence,” which will address topics ranging from violence against Black men and youth to the climate crisis. The SAM Talks (or Virtual Art Talks) are a great way to get into the minds of artists who will be featured at the SAM in the upcoming year.

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For those who are comic enthusiasts or illustrators and are 21+, Speakeasy! might be an event worth checking out.

Former staff illustrator at the Stranger Callan Berry will teach you how to make a cocktail, draw a comic, and have a little chat with you, all in an hour. This easy-going event happens every other Thursday online at 7 p.m.

Prices are on a sliding scale, with $1, $5, and $10 options for the same program. You can peruse options online ahead of time to find a cocktail and illustration motif you prefer.

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How to navigate your first quarter of online college

By Zoe Schenk The Daily College is not looking like any of us expected it to, but for freshmen, the transition to online school may be particularly difficult. It may seem like there will be fewer opportunities to make friends and fewer places to study, and those weed-out classes may suddenly seem a lot more daunting.

First off, online classes are going to be different than what many freshmen may have experienced at the end of high school, with classes that didn’t require attendance and a pass-or-fail system of grading. Students may have to attend live lectures and take exams via Canvas or over Zoom. The University of Washington has the resources to successfully implement the switch from in-person to online, and most professors will have gotten the hang of Zoom by now thanks to their practice in the spring.

In large lectures, it’s possible professors won’t ask students to have their cameras on, but in smaller, more participation-focused classes, like language classes, having the camera on is required to get full participation points. However, even if the camera is not required, keeping it on can help you stay focused on the lecture.

It can be hard to stay engaged during online classes, simply because there are more distractions. One second you’re attentively listening to your lecturer, and the next, you’re six BuzzFeed quizzes in.

“Register for classes that interest you,” Nathan Mitchell, a sophomore, said. “You don’t need to get all your major requirements done in the first quarter; your plans might change.”

Taking classes that are interesting and engaging will help you pay attention and make your first quarter as enjoyable as possible. In addition, taking classes about

topics you like will help you meet other students with similar interests.

Some professors will record their lectures and post them online after class for students who couldn’t make it, or for students to use as a studying tool. It can be easy to tell yourself you’re “just going to skip this one lecture” and that you’ll definitely watch it later.

“Don’t skip lectures just because you can watch the recording later,” student Stefan de Villiers said. “Try to stick to your original schedule as strictly as possible.”

This advice holds for classes that are held asynchronously, meaning the professor will upload lecture slides and reading but the class will never meet in person. It’s best to try to listen to those lectures and do the assignments at the same time you would have had class — otherwise, un-listened-to lectures will pile up and you’ll begin to feel overwhelmed.

Location is also important for taking online classes.

Since you’re not moving around from class to class, and you might not have all of your lectures synchronously, it can be tempting to stay in your room with pajamas on.

“Try not to study [or] work in bed or near it if possible,” student Renee Wang said.

Studying in bed makes it harder to focus, and easier to fall asleep when you meant to read your textbook.

If you’re taking classes from your house, work out a schedule with everyone who lives there about when and where you’ll be in class.

“Find a work space that is only for your classes,” sophomore Julia Owens said. “I found that if I did homework in one specific place I was more focused in both my homework and the Zoom class I was in.”

Also, don’t be afraid to create a study group in your classes the first few days. A lot of times, someone will

message the class and ask who wants to join a study group chat. Take them up on the offer. That way, you can compare notes and make sure you caught everything the professor said in class. Take advantage of Zoom’s messaging feature if your professor has it activated, because it’s the easiest way to communicate with other students in the class.

The UW has a lot of academic resources. Even if you can’t walk to Mary Gates Hall to talk to someone within Student Academic Services, there are still ways to take advantage of these services.

“Remember that all UW resources moved virtually,” Meghan Coletta, program manager in the First Year Programs Office, said in an email. “Staff is still here, and they’re happy to talk.”

The University of Washington had the spring and summer to practice online school, and professors used student feedback to figure out what did and didn’t work.

Online classes can be tough and sometimes isolating, but don’t be afraid to reach out to other students, professors, or advisors for help.

This isn’t going to be the first quarter of college you were expecting, but in a lot of ways, online classes give back what students put in. Work on staying focused, and take advantage of the opportunities professors offer.

The best piece of advice is to treat online classes like you would treat a normal class, whether it be a large, asynchronous lecture or a small, participation-heavy seminar.

Reach writer Zoe Schenk at specials@dailyuw.com.

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September 2020

Hey Washington,

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By Anthony Edwards The Daily If you like dreary weather, you’ve come to the right place.

If not, hopefully you’ve packed a reliable raincoat with you, because this is not southern California.

On average, Seattle receives rain 156 days a year. While that may seem like a lot, the rain is rarely heavy. In fact, Miami averages nearly twice as much precipitation as Seattle every year.

Even though the winter months are quite rainy, that’s not the only kind of weather this city experiences. Before the school year starts, it’s time for a brief introduction to Seattle’s unique climate.

Autumn The school year starts off with some beautiful fall foliage and falling leaves. Daytime temperatures hover in the mid-60s, and the weather still remains somewhat reliable for outdoor activity.

By Halloween, Seattle is well into its stormy season.

Starting in November, Seattle’s wettest month of the year, the frequent blustery winds, heavy rains, and mushy leaves on the ground make walks to class an adventure.

Game-day weather at Husky Stadium is a mixed bag. The

Dawgs could be playing under blazing sun, or suffering through a soaking rainstorm, which just goes to show how unpredictable autumn weather is in the Pacific Northwest.

Winter Although our winters aren’t cold by any means, they are quite dreary. Last January is a perfect example, breaking a record with rain on 30 of 31 days. Daylight hours also become scarce, with the sun setting as early as 5 p.m.

High temperatures on either side of 50 degrees most days between December and February are a good bet, before the weather begins to warm up during the last few weeks of the winter quarter.

Snowfall in the mountains is a guarantee, but in the city it is more of a toss-up.

There are often winters that go by without more than a flurry, but sometimes weeklong snowstorms can shut down the city, such as the “snowmageddon” in February 2018.

Last winter, there was a more typical snowfall, when the UW campus picked up a couple inches of snow in January — enough to cancel morning classes, before an afternoon warm-up.

A good pair of boots and a raincoat are necessities for walking around campus for

much of the year, but longtime Seattle dwellers might look down on you for carrying an umbrella on the days where it’s just a sprinkle.

Spring The UW is most known for its springtime blooms. The cherry blossoms are a welcoming sight for the final quarter of the school year, but after their first few days, tourists begin to flock to the Quad and students might wish they had campus all to themselves again.

Turn on the news in April, and you’re likely to hear the weather described as “showers and sunbreaks” for days on end. Practically every weather

phenomenon in the book might occur on any given day. Gusty winds, small hail, and thunderstorms are not so uncommon during this transitional period between winter and summer.

By the end of the school year, the temperatures will warm up nicely to near 70 degrees as rain becomes more of a rarity than an everyday occurrence. Before you know it, the weather is nice, and it’s time to head home for summer vacation.

Summer When imagining the ideal summer, the weather in Seattle fits the bill for many.

Union Bay glistens under

crystal-clear skies, sea planes fly overhead, and Mount Rainier serves as a perfect backdrop to the UW campus.

While the season often gets off to a slow start due to the infamous “June gloom,” July and August typically feature very pleasant weather. While most of the nation roasts in temperatures in the 90s and triple digits, Seattle’s average summer temperature of 75 degrees is hard to beat.

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What will on-campus housing look like during a pandemic?

By Ash Shah The Daily As the university prepares to partially reopen in the fall amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, new and returning students grapple with the decision to return to on-campus housing.

With aggressive sanitation, isolation spaces, socially distanced lounges, and fewer amenities, campus residence halls will look very different in the fall.

To be in line with social distancing guidelines, the UW’s Housing & Food Services (HFS)

will be de-densifying all the residence halls. Occupancy will be limited, and almost all rooms will be turned into doubles or singles depending on their size and the type of bathroom in the building.

Cleaning practices will be modified in the fall as well.

Communal bathrooms in Hansee, Haggett, and Madrona Halls will be disinfected twice a day, as will high-touch areas in all buildings.

To reduce density in housing areas with communal bathrooms, occupancy will be

limited to one student per room, according to HFS. Additionally, students with pre-existing conditions that place them at a higher risk of COVID-19 can request a single room in any dorm through Disability Resources for Students (DRS).

“Right now, our occupancy percentage is about 75%, but that is very likely to shrink a bit,” HFS spokesperson David Rey said in an email. “We asked applicants whether they intended to still live on campus even if all of their classes were online, and over

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60% of them responded they still would be interested in living in the residence halls or our apartments, so it looks like we will have a significant oncampus community this year.”

Certain buildings will be designated as isolation spaces for students waiting on a COVID-19 test or those who have tested positive.

Originally, Haggett Hall South Tower was going to be assigned as an isolation space, but according to Rey, this will no longer be necessary, and the university will move forward with its plan to close Haggett completely, relying on other buildings for isolation spaces.

HFS has a food delivery program in place for students who have to isolate and quarantine while they await results, Rey said. For the rest of the residents, the dining halls will be open for both dining and takeout, a decision that is subject to change.

Plexiglass barriers installed to protect employees and residents, in addition to 6-foot markings on the floor, will direct physical distancing in the dining halls.

“Staff are wearing masks, wiping down baskets after every use, and dining locations encourage customers to swipe their own cards to reduce handling by staff,” HFS executive director Pam Schreiber said in a video.

In an effort to stay in line

with social distancing guidelines, there will be occupancy limits on all indoor public spaces — including lounges, meeting rooms, and amenity spaces — and furniture will be reorganized to allow for social distancing.

Public spaces that cannot meet these requirements will be closed. Social distancing measures will be put in place throughout the residence halls.

HFS officials are developing “traffic pattern plans and likely will implement some entrance and foot travel guidelines.”

The number of students allowed in elevators at once will also be limited, and there will be markers on the floor to guide distancing.

The university’s regulations on masks and social distancing will apply to all HFS locations, and students must wear masks in all common areas and elevators. Guests will be prohibited until King Country reaches Phase 3.

“Even though our on-campus housing and dining program will look a little different than what many of us were expecting,” Schreiber said. “We still believe that creating a community is an invaluable part of the residential college experience, and have kept that as our focus.”

Reach News Editor Ash Shah at specials@dailyuw.com.

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College costs more than just dollars and cents

Financial aid isn’t enough to afford college

By Nicole Pasia The Daily In 2016, incoming freshman Anthony Tang faced over $34,000 in tuition fees.

That didn’t include the cost of housing, which Tang needed as an out-of-state student.

Three years later, he was able to significantly reduce his cost. The price?

Working two jobs, applying for several scholarships, and saving as much money as he could.

For many other students, paying for their college is just as difficult.

According to a report by the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), 44% of UW undergraduate students received financial aid, and 27% received federal student loans, in the 2017–2018 school year.

Even with financial aid, many students like Tang cannot afford to pay the full cost of attendance and resort to working one or more jobs, applying for scholarships, and saving money in whatever ways they can.

“I think finances limited what I chose in the first place,” Tang said.

“Coming from an Asian household, this idea of frugalness was always instilled in me. I applied to schools I felt would not put my family at such a great burden; I know my family is very supportive, I didn’t want to be in that situation where they have to decide whether to support my dream to go to this school, or to tell me ‘no’ because they simply can’t afford it.”

While Tang’s parents initially covered the cost of his tuition and housing his freshman year, he worked as both a tour guide and a tutor to

cover his meal plan and other personal expenses.

After working at a summer job, a paid internship, and a part-time job during the school year, Tang could fully afford to pay his own rent.

His parents still covered the majority of his tuition costs. A large part of reducing the remaining financial strain on his family, he said, came from applying to scholarships.

Figuring out scholarships is something Tang thinks students should have planned before even applying to schools.

But students who don’t have financial assistance from their families face an even more difficult set of circumstances.

Panda Standridge, a Green River Community College student who planned on transferring to the UW after earning her associate’s degree, has been financially independent since the age of 16. Since age 17, she’s had to work at least two jobs.

“As soon as I turned 16, my parents said, ‘You’re 16 now, you can get a job, we are not paying for anything for you anymore,’” Standridge said. “I had to pay for my own car, rent, food, utilities –– the whole nine yards. Even when I was living with them, in my room, I still had to pay them $300 a month.”

Standridge juggles work with school and being a member of the Husky Marching Band. At times, she has had to sacrifice her physical, mental, academic, and social well-being for the sake of work.

“Socially, it’s a huge strain,” Standridge said. “I do not have time,

Although Standridge has been considered financially independent for several years now, the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) does not recognize students as independents unless they fit specific criteria, such as being born before 1997, being married, or having children.

most of the time, for any type of social interaction. Leaving the house early in the morning, not coming home until late at night, barely enough time to sleep, getting up and doing it again, just to survive is not ideal, but it is what it is.”

Although Standridge has been considered financially independent for several years now, the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) does not recognize students as independents unless they fit specific criteria, such as being born before 1997, being married, or having children.

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As soon as I turned 16, my parents said, ‘You’re 16 now, you can get a job, we are not paying for anything for you anymore.’ ... I had to pay for my own car, rent, food, utilities –– the whole nine yards.

Even when I was living with them, in my room, I still had to pay them $300 a month.

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“I actually don’t qualify for subsidized student loans,” Standridge said. “If there were something in place that made getting student loans easier, I wouldn’t have to work so much. I could focus on school. But whether that happens any time soon is a whole other situation.”

Although Standridge and other students with similar financial circumstances will have to wait for

large-scale changes in the disbursement of federal financial aid, they can look to university resources for assistance.

Navigating the complex regulations around awarding financial aid to students falls under the responsibility of the Office of Student Financial Aid. There, staff and counselors work to help students manage their individual financial circumstances and guide them to the right resources.

“It’s really listening to each student that comes into our office and offering as much support and resources as we can,” director of student services Tim Wold said. “Financial aid is fairly regulated. We have federal, state, and institutional regulations and laws that we have to follow. So it’s determining and balancing all of that with the individual student and their needs.”

The university strongly advocates for improving student financial aid, according to Wold. Some tactics include putting out surveys to gain student feedback, instituting a financial aid advisory committee consisting of members from ASUW and GPSS, and lobbying in Olympia.

One advancement in 2019 was the replacement of the Washington State Need Grant with the Washington State College Grant, which will extend aid to roughly 110,000 previously ineligible students over the next two years.

If you are struggling with affording tuition and living expenses, there are resources on and off campus, as well as steps you can take to make the best out of your financial circumstances.

“Ask for help if you need help,” Standridge said. “Just make sure you’re taking care of yourself.”

For information on applying for financial aid through the UW and determining which types of financial aid fit your needs, visit the Student Financial Aid website.

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What new Title IX regulations mean for UW Despite lessened obligations and more prescriptive guidelines, UW commits to its students’ best interests

By Hannah Krieg The Daily On May 6, the U.S. Department of Education released controversial new regulations regarding Title IX, the law that serves as protection for sex-based descrimination and misconduct in schools. It stipulated that all educational institutions must be in full compliance with the 2,000 pages of the reworked law by August 2020.

In the wake of confusion, concern, and rightful outcry, the UW has assured the public that it will not allow these new regulations to hinder its commitment to properly addressing issues of sex-based discimination and sexual misconduct.

The U.S. Department of Education sought to address a perceived equity issue between accusers and the accused — complainants and respondents, respectively — by strengthening respondents’ rights to due process.

“I don’t think you’re going to find very many folks who work in this space — who work in the area of either gender equity or response to sexual misconduct, sexual violence, or civil rights investigation — who feel like these rules are achieving the goal of a higher level of equity and fairness,” UW Title IX coordinator Valery Richardson said. “I think we were already committed to that and we will remain committed to that.”

One of Richardson’s colleagues said that the new Title IX is longer than “Moby Dick,” “War and Peace,” and the Old Testament. In the week following its release, the team tackling Title IX changes at the UW met three times, and much of these meetings was devoted to simply identifying the major changes to

the lengthy law.

The first of those major changes narrows the definition of behavior deemed sexual misconduct. Harassment must either manifest as a quid pro quo by a school employee or “unwelcome conduct on the basis of sex that is so severe, pervasive, and objectively offensive that it effectively denies a person equal access to the school’s education program or activity.” The law leaves sexual assault to be defined by the Clery Act regulations.

While this is an extremely narrow definition of sexual harassment, this allows the UW the flexibility to pursue cases that do not measure up to strict criteria without the governance of federal regulations.

“If something doesn’t meet any of [the new] criteria, we dismiss it for federal purposes, but we can still address it with our local procedures,” Richardson said. “We will continue to address all of the behaviors that are described in our policy as prohibited.”

Behaviors that meet the new criteria will now be tried with the force of law by very prescriptive guidelines.

Most notably, these guidelines require evidence to be accessible by all parties throughout the investigation, as well as live hearings. The UW strives to take a trauma-informed approach to Title IX cases and plans to utilize video conferencing tools in order to make the daunting task of facing a respondent more surmountable.

Because of the narrow criteria, some cases will be tried to these guidelines, while many will not.

The second major change to Title IX limits a school’s obligation to respond to all cases.

Under the new rules, schools

are only required to respond to complaints that happen on campus or in universityaffiliated housing. If a student or employee is assaulted off campus, it is not within the school’s jurisdiction and does not have to be addressed.

Additionally, schools are only required to respond to complaints that happen in the United States. If a student or employee is assaulted while studying abroad, it is not within the school’s jurisdiction and does not have to be addressed.

Schools are only required to respond to complaints made by current students or employees.

If a former student or employee files a complaint against even a current student or employee, it is not within the school’s jurisdiction and does not have to be addressed.

The U.S. Department of Education has limited what necessitates a response, but the UW has not.

“Anyone who wants to report can report and we will find a way to respond to it,” Richardson said.

Another flexibility in the new

Title IX gives schools a choice of what standard of evidence they will use to adjudicate cases, which was not a measure granted in the initial proposal.

There are two options: Schools can choose to investigate to the “preponderance of evidence” standard, which is used to adjudicate all civil rights matters and requires a level of proof of “50% plus a feather” in either direction; or they can investigate to a higher “clear and convincing” standard that is used in criminal cases and requires a burden of proof much heavier than a feather.

“If schools — and UW won’t be one of them — go to the higher clear and convincing standard, that favors a respondent over a complainant, [whereas] the more equitable standard of preponderance starts at an equal place.” Richardson said.

While the UW has been very vocal with its concern and criticism since the proposed regulations were announced, Richardson was able to see some form of silver lining in the new Title IX’s emphasis on

the importance of providing supportive measures for plaintiffs. While the UW already strives to provide support to survivors, Richardson said, “It’s nice to see that codified in federal law.”

“Of course it’s important to investigate and adjudicate fairly and equitably, but before we even go there, let’s make sure we are doing what we can for the person who has experienced this behavior,” Richardson said.

These changes are confusing and upsetting. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit in hopes of blocking these new regulations, just over a week after they were announced.

Whether the ACLU lawsuit (or the others that are sure to follow) yields any success, the UW remains committed to a supportive, equitable approach to addressing cases of misconduct.

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1. Spend the night studying at Ode 90. Step in goose poop by Drumheller Fountain

2. Jump into Drumheller Fountain

71. Complete a Full Tilt punch card

3. Have an Instagram photo shoot with the cherry blossoms

72. Spend too much money on bubble tea

91. Go to Schultzy’s and order too many fries

73. Be told that you’re a sinner on Red Square

92. Become a Wells Wednesdays regular at Finn MacCool’s

74. Get a Hydroflask and drop it in an extremely quiet lecture hall

93. Take an 8 a.m. class in Fisheries

4. Open a noisy snack in the Suzzallo Reading Room

52. Order a “Six Fidie” shake at Beth’s

5. Eat smelly food in the Suzzallo Reading Room

53. Skip class waiting for coffee in Suzzallo Starbucks

38. Be featured on Overheard at UW

6. Sign up for too many clubs at the RSO fair 7. Go to an improv show put on by The Collective 8. Go bowling in the HUB

39. Go to Pike Place Market 40. Complain about tourists 23. Go to at least one sporting event for each UW team

9. Bike on the Burke-Gilman Trail

24. Check out the Seattle Art Museum on free first thursdays

10. Wipe out in Red Square

25. Hammock in the Quad or Denny Lawn

11. See a crazy arthouse film at the Grand Illusion Cinema

26. Have a picnic at Gasworks Park 27. Sing in the rain

12. Go to Dawg Daze 28. Boycott Starbucks 13. Take a selfie with Dubs 29. Go to Flowers (every night) 14. Find a go-to coffee shop

30. Join the #DawgPack

15. Find a go-to shawarma place on the Ave 31. Have a Rainy Dawg show and get an average of 11 listeners 16. Go to a great house show 32. Go to Lost Lakes after a concert in 17. Leave a terrible house show early Capitol Hill 18. See a new exhibit at the Henry Art Gallery

33. Attend a Bricolage open mic (bonus points if you perform)

19. Try to locate Parnassus

34. Vote in the ASUW elections

20. Eat pasta at Orin’s Place

35. Go to Spring Fling

21. Go canoozing (canoe-boozing) through the Arboretum

36. Protest something

22. Steal a brick from Red Square

37. Post on UW Memes for Boundless Teens (and get denied)

41. Buy a plant, name it, then kill it 42. Make new friends at Dawg Daze 43. Delete the majority of your Dawg Daze acquaintances from your phone 44. Rent kayaks at Agua Verde 45. Take the 372 for one stop 46. Go to a Rainy Dawg Radio show 47. Run across the Montlake Bridge 48. Become an IMA bro 49. Go on a date at Gasworks 50. Lose your Husky card 51. Go to Beth’s Cafe at 2 a.m.

54. “Fail forward” 55. Eat way too much Pagliacci 56. Get $1.36 selling your textbooks back

75. Learn to dance with Salsa Club or Swing Kids 76. Volunteer at UW Farm 77. Hike Rattlesnake Ridge

57. Go to a frat party and question your choices 78. Change your major (and then maybe change it again)

58. Have a late-night rendezvous in a study room 59. Buy a pair of Chacos

60. Have a Game of Thrones marathon with your new HBO 61. Longboard through the Quad 62. Go rock climbing at the IMA 63. Never go to a single dorm floor event

79. Minor in something you had never even considered learning about until college

83. Get texted a giant paragraph about dishes from your roommate

85. Go to the U-District Farmers Market

70. Go to a reading at Elliot Bay Book Company

97. Write for The Daily

82. Learn to live with a difficult roommate

65. Get a nose piercing

69. Buy a poetry book at Open Books

96. Apply for many internships and get accepted for one

81. Form a long-lasting friendship with a great roommate

84. Play frisbee in the Quad

68. Develop a love for your favorite bus line

95. Utilize the Career Center’s resources (bonus points for doing this during freshman year)

80. Road trip to Vancouver with your friends

64. Make awkward small talk with your RA after you miss their events

66. Go vegetarian 67. Climb Husky Rock

94. Take a great class and form a bond with the professor

86. Compete in Trivia Night at The Ram

98. Pursue academic projects that you’re passionate about 99. Take advantage of the perks you get with tuition, like the U-PASS 100. Form your own UW family with friends and mentors you met here

87. Have breakfast at Portage Bay Cafe 88. Develop a caffeine addiction 89. Develop a fear of Quad seagulls and squirrels

By the Daily Editorial Staff Illustrtions by Abigail Dahl

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1. Spend the night studying at Ode 90. Step in goose poop by Drumheller Fountain

2. Jump into Drumheller Fountain

71. Complete a Full Tilt punch card

3. Have an Instagram photo shoot with the cherry blossoms

72. Spend too much money on bubble tea

91. Go to Schultzy’s and order too many fries

73. Be told that you’re a sinner on Red Square

92. Become a Wells Wednesdays regular at Finn MacCool’s

74. Get a Hydroflask and drop it in an extremely quiet lecture hall

93. Take an 8 a.m. class in Fisheries

4. Open a noisy snack in the Suzzallo Reading Room

52. Order a “Six Fidie” shake at Beth’s

5. Eat smelly food in the Suzzallo Reading Room

53. Skip class waiting for coffee in Suzzallo Starbucks

38. Be featured on Overheard at UW

6. Sign up for too many clubs at the RSO fair 7. Go to an improv show put on by The Collective 8. Go bowling in the HUB

39. Go to Pike Place Market 40. Complain about tourists 23. Go to at least one sporting event for each UW team

9. Bike on the Burke-Gilman Trail

24. Check out the Seattle Art Museum on free first thursdays

10. Wipe out in Red Square

25. Hammock in the Quad or Denny Lawn

11. See a crazy arthouse film at the Grand Illusion Cinema

26. Have a picnic at Gasworks Park 27. Sing in the rain

12. Go to Dawg Daze 28. Boycott Starbucks 13. Take a selfie with Dubs 29. Go to Flowers (every night) 14. Find a go-to coffee shop

30. Join the #DawgPack

15. Find a go-to shawarma place on the Ave 31. Have a Rainy Dawg show and get an average of 11 listeners 16. Go to a great house show 32. Go to Lost Lakes after a concert in 17. Leave a terrible house show early Capitol Hill 18. See a new exhibit at the Henry Art Gallery

33. Attend a Bricolage open mic (bonus points if you perform)

19. Try to locate Parnassus

34. Vote in the ASUW elections

20. Eat pasta at Orin’s Place

35. Go to Spring Fling

21. Go canoozing (canoe-boozing) through the Arboretum

36. Protest something

22. Steal a brick from Red Square

37. Post on UW Memes for Boundless Teens (and get denied)

41. Buy a plant, name it, then kill it 42. Make new friends at Dawg Daze 43. Delete the majority of your Dawg Daze acquaintances from your phone 44. Rent kayaks at Agua Verde 45. Take the 372 for one stop 46. Go to a Rainy Dawg Radio show 47. Run across the Montlake Bridge 48. Become an IMA bro 49. Go on a date at Gasworks 50. Lose your Husky card 51. Go to Beth’s Cafe at 2 a.m.

54. “Fail forward” 55. Eat way too much Pagliacci 56. Get $1.36 selling your textbooks back

75. Learn to dance with Salsa Club or Swing Kids 76. Volunteer at UW Farm 77. Hike Rattlesnake Ridge

57. Go to a frat party and question your choices 78. Change your major (and then maybe change it again)

58. Have a late-night rendezvous in a study room 59. Buy a pair of Chacos

60. Have a Game of Thrones marathon with your new HBO 61. Longboard through the Quad 62. Go rock climbing at the IMA 63. Never go to a single dorm floor event

79. Minor in something you had never even considered learning about until college

83. Get texted a giant paragraph about dishes from your roommate

85. Go to the U-District Farmers Market

70. Go to a reading at Elliot Bay Book Company

97. Write for The Daily

82. Learn to live with a difficult roommate

65. Get a nose piercing

69. Buy a poetry book at Open Books

96. Apply for many internships and get accepted for one

81. Form a long-lasting friendship with a great roommate

84. Play frisbee in the Quad

68. Develop a love for your favorite bus line

95. Utilize the Career Center’s resources (bonus points for doing this during freshman year)

80. Road trip to Vancouver with your friends

64. Make awkward small talk with your RA after you miss their events

66. Go vegetarian 67. Climb Husky Rock

94. Take a great class and form a bond with the professor

86. Compete in Trivia Night at The Ram

98. Pursue academic projects that you’re passionate about 99. Take advantage of the perks you get with tuition, like the U-PASS 100. Form your own UW family with friends and mentors you met here

87. Have breakfast at Portage Bay Cafe 88. Develop a caffeine addiction 89. Develop a fear of Quad seagulls and squirrels

By the Daily Editorial Staff Illustrtions by Abigail Dahl

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Late-night noms in the U-District

By Mira Petrillo The Daily Without the parents around comes a new kind of freedom: late-night eating. And let’s be honest, in high school we all romanticized getting french fries at 1 a.m. on a school night in college. Speaking from experience, this exhilarating new freedom is something worth indulging in. These are the go-to late night food spots on the Ave.

Thaiger Room 4228 University Way NE Open for takeout until 12 a.m.

Wednesday-Saturday, 10 p.m.

Sunday-Tuesday Though the food inspector’s rating may be suspicious, the late-night Thai food here does, in fact, exceed the freeze-dried pad thai your mom sent you in an over-zealous care package. I recommend trying the phad see ew or the panang curry with rice for a late night meal. Although it’s quite unlikely that you leave there spending less than $10, it’s likely you will leave with leftovers.

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and, most appealing, outlasts all the other restaurants on the Ave. When all else fails and it is no longer a late night, but instead an early morning, Memo’s is there to take you in. Memo’s is punk rock without trying to be punk rock — which is the most punk rock thing you can do.

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You go in there and there’s a general anarchist vibe. Want the aux? It’s yours. Want to openly drink a fifth while eating salsa?

No problem. The vibe is nonjudgemental and supportive of everyone, all the time. As an article in The Stranger aptly writes about the magic of

Memo’s, “It was like discovering an aisle at QFC where everyone knows it’s okay to be naked.”

Though this joint might appear run-down during the day, after a couple drinks and the sunset, Memo’s is an epic place for latenight food, and it’s a necessity that every incoming freshman

venture on over at least once during fall quarter.

Aladdin Falafel Corner 4541 University Way NE Open until 2:00 a.m. MondayThursday, 3:30 FridaySaturday, 1:30 Sunday Aladdin’s offers scrumptious late-night gyros or, my personal favorite, Greek fries. Greek fries are fries combined with feta cheese sauce and herbs that will satisfy most late-night cravings. Although this may be another instance where the food inspector’s rating must be overlooked, the authentic vibe makes for a great place to go with friends late into the night and enjoy the environment Aladdin’s has to offer.

Earl’s on the Ave Delivery (Paul’s Italian Kitchen)

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Carne Asada Tots at Memo’s: a late night staple food

4333 University Way NE Open until 2:00 a.m.

If you have gotten to a point where you want food but would prefer not to move further than your door, don’t fret. Earl’s will deliver you french fries for only $5, including the delivery fee. For some, this great deal is the beginning and end of their search for the perfect late night meal. Not only is it cheap, it is also fast. By calling (206)

525-4493, you can have a plate full of waffle french fries in no time. With these suggestions and your own ability to Google “food open,” may all of your late night food needs be met.

Cafe on the Ave 4201 University Way Open for takeout until 10 p.m.

Cafe on the Ave: a true clusterf--- of a dining experience.

The wide assortment of edible offerings adds variety to an everchanging culinary adventure.

Only one place can offer you French toast, a vegetarian hummus plate, and fish cake noodle soup at any time of the day. While the quality isn’t blowing anyone’s mind, it satisfies any hunger pangs you might be feeling.

The true value of Cafe on the Ave is the diversity of the food, the atmosphere, and the ways in which it constantly surprises you. Cafe on the Ave truly stands out in the U-District as a staple for college students who want to get drunk at 6 a.m. with a pitcher of beer or study with popcorn shrimp at 11 p.m.

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Fall preview for UW sports A different kind of fantasy football

By Andy Yamashita The Daily At this point, it’s a big assumption that sports will happen at all this year. The Pac-12 has already canceled all athletic activities until Jan 1, 2021, and the COVID-19 pandemic continues to rage across the country. However, let’s assume sports get the go-ahead from the NCAA and the Pac-12 — here’s a brief preview of each of the varsity sports at the UW.

Baseball Key returners: OF Braiden Ward, IF Ramon Bramasco, RHP Jack Enger 2020 record: 9–6 (No conference games played) The Washington baseball team finds itself in a weird spot ahead of the 2021 season after seeing its last season canceled right before the conference opening series. The Huskies also lost ace Stevie Emanuels to the draft and reliever Leo Nierenberg, who graduated.

However, the shortened draft did bring back a few players who likely would have gone in normal circumstances. Outfielder Braiden Ward, who has led the

tournament appearance in 2018–19, expectations were high for Washington, which added two top-10 talents Isaiah Stewart and Jaden McDaniels.

However, after point guard Quade Green’s academic ineligibility, the Huskies went into a tailspin, winning just four games in conference. They were then knocked out in the first round of the Pac-12 tournament, and Stewart and McDaniels declared for the NBA draft.

The Huskies do have a veteran team now, with Green returning to run the offense with fellow starters Nahziah Carter and Hameir Wright.

Guard Marcus Tsohonis, who filled in for Green, is also back, along with three-point shooter RaeQuan Battle and bench contributor Nate Roberts.

Women’s Basketball Key Returners: G Missy Peterson, G T.T. Watkins, F Haley Van Dyke, C Darcy Rees 2019-20 record: 13–17 (5–13 Pac-12) The women’s basketball team showed some progress in Jody Wynn’s second year at the helm.

The Huskies, however, have

swept USC to start the Pac-12 season before the competition was canceled.

However, the lack of a season this past year shouldn’t stop Washington from being a title contender again under women’s head coach Yasmin Farooq and men’s head coach Michael Callahan.

Football Key Returners: DB Elijah Molden, DL Levi Onwuzurike, RB Richard Newton, WR Terrell Bynum, OL Jaxson Kirkland 2019 record: 8–5 (4–5 Pac-12) It was a strange final season for Chris Petersen on Montlake.

Washington struggled to find a groove, losing close games all season— but still beating Washington State to win a seventh consecutive Apple Cup and beating Boise State in the Las Vegas Bowl.

New head coach Jimmy Lake has quite a challenge. COVID-19 worries and a potential spring season aside, the Huskies lost a lot on offense, including quarterback Jacob Eason, leading rusher Salvon Ahmed, leading receiver Aaron Fuller, and tight end Hunter Bryant.

season for the Washington gymnastics squad. Elise RayStatz’s team, ranked No. 11 when the pandemic started, never made it to the national championships, and seniors Evanni Roberson, Maya Washington, Kristyn Hoffa, Madison Copiak, and Michaela Nelson never got their final shots at a title.

Roberson provided one of the highlights of the year with her perfect 10’s on beam, but all five of the seniors were key contributors and will be difficult to replace. Attempting to do just that will be the next generation of UW gymnastics, including Hannah Vandenkolk, Amara Cunningham, Geneva Thompson, and Meaghan Ruttan, though the all-around role remains a question.

Softball Key Returners: IF Sis Bates, C Morganne Flores, OF Kaija Gibson, IF Taryn Atlee 2020 record: 23–2 After consecutive trips to the College World Series and depleted conference rivals due to the Olympics, 2020 seemed destined to be the Huskies’ year.

Instead, Heather Tarr’s team could only watch as the season was canceled by COVID-19.

Washington made it clear that wasn’t the last time the seniors would play, and all four of them — Sis Bates, Morganne Flores, Kaija Gibson, and Taryn Atlee — have already announced they will return.

Combine them with the bats of Baylee Klingler, Sami Reynolds, Jadelyn Allchin, and SilentRain Espinoza, the pitching of Gabbie Plain and Pat Moore, and everything freshman sensation Kelley Lynch brings to the diamond, and the Huskies certainly have the ingredients to be a national championship contender again.

Men’s Soccer

Conor Courtney The Daily Nahziah Carter is introduced before Washington’s game against Gonzaga at Alaska Airlines Arena on Dec. 8, 2019.

Pac-12 in steals the past three a lot to replace heading into Offensive line stalwarts Nick seasons, is probably the most 2020–21. Amber Melgoza, Harris and Trey Adams have also important and unexpected Washington’s leading scorer moved on. returner. Shortstop Ramon for the past three seasons, has But it’s not all bad news for Bramasco is also back to provide graduated, along with Mai-Loni Lake. The defense is primed stability up the middle, as is Henson. The pair started every for a great year, especially with Christian Jones, who provides game in 2019-20, and guard Rita Elijah Molden back to lead the some power.

Pleskevich’s transfer to Florida secondary, and Levi Onwuzurike On the mound, righties Atlantic subtracted another 21 returned (despite some NFL Jack Enger and David Rhodes starts. draft hype) to partner with will help replace Emanuels, Returners Missy Peterson sacks leader Joe Tryon on the while Gabe Smith, and Davis and Darcy Rees both started defensive line.

Delorefice anchor a strong more than 20 games, and On offense, Richard Newton bullpen for head coach Lindsay T.T. Watkins, who took over will help replace Ahmed, while Meggs.

Pleskevich’s starting role near Terrell Bynum, Cade Otton, and the end of the season, is also Puka Nacua are all returning Men’s Basketball back.

Haley Van Dyke returns contributors, though questions Key Returners: G Nahziah after an effective season leading remain at quarterback.

Carter, F Hameir Wright, the bench.

G Quade Green, G Marcus Tsohonis 2019 Record: 15–17 (5–13 Pac-12) Head coach Mike Hopkins’ team returns to Hec Edmundson Pavilion after a difficult 201920 season. Following a regular season championship and NCAA

Rowing

Another team that never really got to compete in 2019– 20, the rowing team raced a few times in the fall at the Head of the Charles in Boston and the Head of the Lake on Lake Washington. The women also

Key Returners: DF Ethan Bartlow, DF Charlie Ostrem, MF Christian Soto, MF Lucas Meek 2019 record: 17–4 (8–2 Pac12) The men’s soccer team had one of its best seasons in 2019.

Led by Jamie Clark, the Huskies

captured a conference title and spent several weeks as the No. 1 team in the nation. They also made it to the third round of the College Cup, where they were knocked out by eventual champions Georgetown.

However, following the season, All-American striker Blake Bodily signed a contract with the Portland Timbers, and Washington lost key contributors Kasey French, John Magnus, and Bryce Logan.

The spine of the team remains relatively intact though.

All-American Ethan Bartlow anchors the defense and fullback Charlie Ostrem will provide width. Midfielder Christian Soto is also back, along with Gio Miglietti and Dylan Teves, who missed time last season due to injury. When they return to the field though, remains to be seen and may be pushed to spring.

Women’s Soccer Key Returners: MF Summer Yates, DF Kaylene Pang, MF Jessika Cowart, MF Olivia Van der Jagt 2019: 12–7–2 (7–4 Pac-12) After 26 years, 2019 saw the final year of Washington women’s soccer under Lesle Gallimore, and in her final Pac-12 game, the team beat Washington State for the first time in 15 years. The Huskies made the NCAA tournament too, ultimately falling in the second round.

So now, for the first time in more than two and a half decades, the Huskies will have a new women’s soccer head coach, with Nicole Van Dyke selected for the job. Hired from Pennsylvania, Van Dyke will have to settle her defense first, with starters Taylor Sekyra, Jessica Udovich, and Lisa Jensen all graduating. Van Dyke’s first season in charge will also be delayed to spring following the Pac-12’s ruling.

However, Summer Yates, who led the Huskies in goals, assists, and points, will be back for her third season, joined by defender Kaylene Pang, who played the most minutes of any player last season, as well as midfielders Jessika Cowart and Olivia Van der Jagt.

Gymnastics

Key Returners: Hannah Vandenkolk, Amara Cunningham, Geneva Thompson, Meaghan Ruttan 2019-20 High Score: 197.600 vs. Utah 2019–20 was an unfortunate

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Summer Yates dribbles upfield in the first half of Washington’s match against Seattle University in the first round of the NCAA tournament at Husky Soccer Stadium on Nov. 16, 2019.

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Tennis Key Returners: Vanessa Wong, Natsuho Arakawa, Thibault Cancel, Jack Davis 2019-20 Record: Women: 11–3 (2–0 Pac-12) Men: 9–7 (0–2 Pac-12) Perhaps the teams least impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in terms of returning seniors, both the men’s and women’s tennis teams lost just one senior to graduation.

Robin Stephenson’s squad had a great year in 2019–20. No. 1 singles player Vanessa Wong is

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back to team up with Natsuho Arakawa, who was granted an extra season due to COVID. Washington also has experienced depth in returners Nika Zupancic, Sedona Gallagher, and Zoey Weil.

The men’s team didn’t have as successful of a season, but will look to bounce back under head coach Matt Anger. Getting Thibault Cancel back for one more year will be helpful, and with lead singles player Jack Davis returning for his senior season, the Huskies have

experience at the top of the lineup. If some of the younger players like Ewen Lumsden, Brandon Wong, and Jack Pulliam can build on their seasons from last year, the Huskies will have a formidable squad.

Cross Country/Track and Field Key Returners: Katie Rainsberger, Hannah Rusnak, Tanner Anderson, Chase Smith, Mick Stanovsek Many of the track athletes

find themselves in a strange position in 2020–21. Seniors who are able to return next spring likely exhausted their cross country and winter season eligibility. However, distance stars Katie Rainsberger, Tanner Anderson, and Julius Diehr will come back to Montlake to finish their eligibility.

Even with the status of their seniors up in the air, Maurica and Andy Powell still have a lot of returning talent. In cross country, Talon Hull and Tibebu Proctor lead a young group of distance runners on the men’s side, while Allie Schadler and rising star Mel Smart anchor a deep women’s team.

In the winter and spring, Jonah Wilson and Elijah Mason are a couple of the names to watch on the throws team, while Hannah Rusnak, Ollie Thorner, and Parker Kennedy are all becoming forces in the multis events. In sprints, Evan Mafilas is among the standouts to keep track of, along with returning senior Darhian Mills, and freshman star Carley Thomas should excite in the mid-distances. Pole vault sees Chase Smith coming back for a final season, but needs to replace reigning national champion Olivia Gruver.

Last year was an extremely successful one for the volleyball team. Keegan Cook’s squad made it to the Elite Eight and beat eventual runners-up Wisconsin twice during the nonconference season.

If Washington volleyball returns in 2020, the Huskies’ biggest challenge will be replacing Kara Bajema and Shayne McPherson. A firstteam All-American, Bajema led the team in kills the past two seasons, and the libero, McPherson, has been a starter for the past two seasons.

Washington does return setter Ella May Powell, and starting middle blocker Lauren Sanders. Outside hitters Samantha Drechsel, Claire Hoffman, and Shannon Crenshaw will lead the effort to replace Bajema. The biggest hole is probably at libero, where the Huskies only have two players listed as of July 28: Emma Calle and Sianna Houghton, who played a combined 43 sets this past season.

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Tibebu Proctor competes in the Men’s 5000 meter run during the Husky Classic on Feb. 14, 2020.

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Stranger (UW) things A campus mystery tour

By Hannah Krieg The Daily If any future Husky was ever hesitant to commit to the UW, a campus tour would surely seal the deal. The campus is beautiful — and it’s not just the staff and students who believe this. In 2108, the Matador Network named our campus the third most beautiful in the country, behind University of Virginia and St. Olaf College. However beautiful the campus may be, though, it is not without its quirks and mysteries.

It is hard to go a day at the UW without passing through Red Square. It is even harder to go an entire college career without a particularly rainy day transforming the trademark red bricks into the equivalent of Mario Kart banana peels (except instead of spinning out and falling behind in the race, you are on your butt, in the rain, and you’re going to be late for class).

Red Square’s beauty is undeniable — the neatly laid plaza is home to Suzzallo Library, the Broken Obelisk, and the three brick monoliths, and from its southeastern edge you can catch a glimpse of Drumheller spouting off in front of Mount Rainier. But if you look a little closer, its peculiarities peek right through.

First of all, Red Square is not a square. Honestly, “red”

is even a bit of a stretch. Not only is the name misleading, it is also strongly associated with Moscow’s very own Red Square, a feature famous for serving as a stage for parades to showcase Soviet strength.

While “Red Square” is the name most commonly used in reference to the feature, it was not called such until student Cassandra Amesely campaigned to change it from the name “Suzzallo Quadrangle,” as an assignment for a class centered around propaganda, in the mid ‘70s.

Although it is unknown whether the intent was to connect to the other Red Square, student Grant Steppe says that “the Stalinist architecture and socialist murals make me doubt that Red Square’s name came from the color of the bricks.”

Red Square’s strangeness does not end there. The prevailing explanation as to why it’s so slippery in the rain is that Red Square was paved in brick to make assembling in protest on the slick, uneven terrain harder during the Vietnam War protests.

While this theory remains unfounded, it is a little suspicious that the area was bricked over in 1971, in the midst of the Vietnam War. For new Huskies, Padelford sits just east of the

Communications Building on Stevens Way and is host to a variety of different departments, including comparative history of ideas, American ethnic Studies, and mathematics. Each of the five stories is an awkward chain of disconnected towers and rectangles turned and connected at weird angles, complete with hallways that lead nowhere.

The irregularities of the layout have confused students for the better half a century, raising questions and conjuring conspiracy theories. It has been rumored that Padelford was modeled after a prison, although this conspiracy is noted often when the funky brutalist architecture on campus is brought up. (Haggett Hall has also speculated to have been designed by a prison architect.)

If this connection seems too intimate to be a meaningless coincidence, you might be more than a little paranoid, but you also might be interested to hear that this campus oddity is also rumored to be riot-proof to accommodate for the heated political climate in the 1960s.

It makes sense that if Walker & McGough were really called to design this building due to their background in prison architecture, then one of the main motivations would be to use the physical building to reinforce the desired power

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Dr. Jeanette Bushnell, who attended the UW in the 1970s and now lectures part-time at the university, remembers that “right after it was built, Padelford’s design was recognized as impairing collection and movement of large numbers of people such as protesting students.”

She remains unsure if this makes the building riot-proof.

The addition of administrative offices in Padelford after students occupied Gerberding, Bushnell said, “is why we surmised that it was designed the way it was.”

According to The Daily, this strange feature of our campus cannot be explained fully by its blueprints, and therefore the suspicion lives on.

There’s a lot of hype about Rainier Vista, Sylvan Grove, and The Quad’s cherry blossoms, but it is the debate inspired by the complex and sometimes sinister history of these less-prominent campus features that highlights the values and beliefs so strongly held by our student body.

Reach writer Hannah Krieg at specials@dailyuw.com.

Twitter: @Hannah_krieg

A sneak peek into what to expect from a virtual Dawg Daze this year

By Josh Lee The Daily Disclaimer: Many Dawg Daze details weren’t finalized at the time of printing.

Dawg Daze is the UW’s annual welcome week for incoming and returning students. It’s usually an event-filled ten days of engaging activities and information sessions designed to familiarize students with useful

resources and organizations.

With the majority of fall quarter online, it’s no surprise that Dawg Daze will sport a more virtual look this year. Still, the UW is working diligently to preserve traditional experiences and accommodate everyone. I spoke with First Year Programs program manager Julie Berry to learn more about what students can expect from Dawg Daze this fall.

For starters, the timing of Dawg Daze will be the same, spanning the 10 days from Sep. 23 to Oct 3.

Traditional events such as New Student Convocation and Husky Kick-off will be held virtually, and incoming students will have a chance to partake in the annual “W” photo by submitting a selfie, which will later be added to a giant picture mosaic.

Academically focused events that normally fill Kane 130, such as “CLUE Tips for Writing,” “How to Succeed in Math,” and others, will relocate to Zoom, where students can still ask questions and engage with fellow Huskies in breakout rooms.

Social events have historically been the lifeblood of Dawg Daze. Unfortunately, students will have to wait a year for fan favorites like Fun and Games at

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the IMA, Late Night Shopping at Fred Meyer, and Dance Party at Odegaard Library; but with more than 60 events hosted by campus partners, along with events planned by the UW, there will still be plenty of excitement to look forward to.

Dawg Daze classics like One Bus Away, an event where students hop on buses and explore neighboring areas around Seattle, and the annual Out-of-State mixer will be tailored for a virtual experience complete with presentations, games, and prizes. Virtual events from campus partners include the Chinese Student Association’s autumn lantern festival, performances from acapella groups, stand-up comedy shows, musical theatre pieces, Bollywood dance workshops, and more.

While there won’t be any big tents on Red Square during the first two days of classes, there will be a virtual Registered Student Organization (RSO) fair, where students can discover a wide range of clubs on campus, especially ones planning to hold online meetings and events throughout fall quarter.

Look out on their website, uwdawgdaze.com, for the official release of the full Dawg Daze schedule Aug. 24 to learn more about what events are taking place.

Reach contributing writer Josh Lee at specials@dailyuw.com.

Twitter: @Joshlee_UWdaily

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Building community without face-to-face interaction

By Andy Chia The Daily With the UW announcing a hybrid model for this upcoming autumn quarter, students may not have in-person classes, RSOs, or anything else that is typically held on campus. While not ideal, this doesn’t mean that we can’t still make connections with our professors, peers, and the UW community at large.

The easiest way to meet new

people at “Zoom University” is simply turning on your camera and microphone during class and participating in class discussions. If the class is a large lecture without much discussion or the features are otherwise disabled by professors, try turning both on in a quiz or lab section and participating there.

Sometimes you might have to be the first to do it, but others will often follow suit.

A similar principle applies to

office hours. If a question comes up in class that goes unanswered or a concept is unclear, visit your professors’ and TAs’ virtual office hours or schedule an appointment. Instructors and TAs are happy to help clear up any confusion.

Even without questions about the class or material, don’t be afraid to talk to instructors and TAs about their research interests, hobbies, or anything else. Your instructors and TAs

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are going to be there regardless of who attends their office hours.

This can help build interpersonal connections between students and instructors, and it can also lead to letters of recommendation or professional opportunities in the future.

RSOs are another great way to build or maintain connections. Since last spring, RSOs have transitioned to online meetings and activities. The virtual RSO fair at the beginning of the year is a good way to discover these communities.

In addition to classes, office hours, and RSOs, you can still interact with people outside of class.

As the quarter goes on and you get to know your classmates better, don’t be afraid to suggest forming a study group that meets outside of class. These extra meetings can not only help solidify material from a class, they can also serve as an opportunity to get to know classmates better. This could be done through a platform like Discord but is ideally done with a video-conferencing service like Zoom to maximize the “face-toface” interaction.

UW students receive free memberships to Zoom, which means that, in addition to using it for online classes, students

can set up meeting rooms for personal use. Whether these rooms are used for study groups or not, students have an unlimited amount of time within their meeting rooms that would otherwise be limited to 40 minutes without a membership.

When the restrictions on interaction have eased, don’t be afraid to suggest a sociallydistanced activity outdoors, like a walk or picnic. Indoor activities are also allowed under current social distancing practices (at the time of writing, King County is in Phase 2) but are more restrictive in the number of people allowed to congregate, so keep that in mind when transitioning from an online to in-person environment.

Regardless, remember to wear your mask, and ensure the people with you do too.

If these tips don’t work the first time, don’t worry.

Connections aren’t created through a formula, like magic, nor can you force them.

However, if you keep putting yourself out there, you will eventually get lucky and find like-minded people.

Reach writer Andy Chia at specials@uw.edu.

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The uncertain future of humanities education

How economic downturn and the UW’s STEM obsession corrode an increasingly undervalued core of education

By Natalie Rand The Daily Every year, thousands of undergraduate students compete for coveted spots in STEM-related fields such as computer science, nursing, and engineering. But where does that leave students who want to major in linguistics or classics? Or want to take an elective to bury their nose in some Foucault for a quarter or two?

According to many professors in the humanities division, a gradual dwindling of resources over the years has made this an enormous challenge.

The number of humanities majors at the UW has decreased by 45% in just the past seven years. The 12 majors in the humanities division have graduated fewer students combined than individual majors like biology and communications.

Classics, the study of Ancient Greek and Roman cultures, has been a staple of higher education since the Middle Ages, yet only 15 students graduated with a Classics degree last year.

What’s behind this drop?

The financial crisis of 2008 is largely to blame. In 2000, student tuition funded just 29% of the UW’s operating budget.

After 2008, state funding was cut and tuition rose to fund 63% of the budget in 2020. This has increased the pressure for students to pick more career-oriented majors, as opposed to humanities majors that don’t have a job title in their name.

In turn, this has created a vicious cycle where UW students opt to not take humanities classes, the humanities department receives less funding, and then fewer opportunities are available for students to take these courses that open their eyes to the possibility of majoring in the humanities.

“The university has very few ways of balancing its budget,” Paul S. Atkins, professor of Asian Languages & Literature, said. “Intellectually, there’s always spots that we need to cover … but there’s a balancing act that goes on between us and the deans about the budget and whether there’s money to pay for it.”

This vicious cycle of budget cuts and fewer humanities students was exacerbated by the consolidation of advisers in individual humanities departments to a single centralized office, which resulted in many former humanities department advisers departing their positions.

“With the cuts, what we see is that fewer people are interested,” Carrie Matthews, a lecturer in the English department, said. “If you can’t get in to talk to an adviser and there’s no support, it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.”

The increased privatization of funding, Matthews says, also means that the university has more leeway in deciding where funds go. More often than not, the humanities get ignored in the funding decision-making process.

“This institution seems to be run by UW Medicine and a STEM focus, and I just worry that the humanities are not being intellectually respected,” Matthews said.

Studying the humanities over fields like business or technology doesn’t have to be a dichotomy of picking passion over financial stability. Only 27% of college graduates have a job strictly related to their college major.

In fact, if one wants to argue for the economic practicality of a humanities education, many aspects make it an excellent career choice. The critical thinking and communication skills that a rigorous humanities education provides can also be incredibly useful to pre-graduate students — both for pre-professional training and for lifelong wisdom as highly educated professionals.

For example, according to the American Association of Medical

Colleges, humanities majors are among those who score highest on the Medical College Admissions Test (MCAT) — just third after math and physical science majors, and, ironically, higher than students who study biological or health sciences. Studies have also shown that physicians who study the humanities have higher levels of empathy, wisdom, and self-efficacy than those who do not.

“We’ve had a lot of philosophy, history, and literature students … doing really well with [the] MCAT and going into medical school,” Gordana Crnković, a Slavic Languages & Literatures professor, said. “And they were very happy that they had that philosophy, history, or literature training and they keep reading, and they’re just the physicians who really read a lot.”

Crnković emphasized that knowledge of the humanities is especially crucial to the functioning of a healthy society, and that with a shortage of humanities majors, we’re potentially facing a dark age. “[The humanities allows for] this whole chain of lifelong education that makes you into a full person able to actually try to understand what’s happening in the world,” Crnković said.

“If there’s not substantial training in literature, and in the tools of language that literature that really teaches … people might be much more susceptible and uncritical to rhetorical persuasion, say, by politicians.”’

Another concern with the cuts to humanities funding is the decline in language classes offered. Despite Vietnamese being the third most commonly spoken language in Washington state, after English and Spanish, only 22 spots were offered for the introductory class last autumn.

According to Atkins, students have had difficulties getting into Japanese and Korean language classes because there aren’t enough seats to meet the demand. Spaces in Russian classes have dropped by nearly 50% in the past 10 years — a particularly concerning statistic when language barriers were among several roots of a measles outbreak among post-Soviet immigrant communities in Clark County last year.

Thanks to efforts from passionate individuals, the situation for the humanities isn’t completely dire. Last year, Sanskrit courses were almost cut due to a lack of state funding, but were revived via private donations by concerned community members through the Friends of Sanskrit fund.

Thai courses were cut as their own department, but will now be taught under the Jackson School.

But these last-ditch efforts are Band-Aids on bullet holes. Unless more substantial, preventive change is implemented, the pattern will persist.

What’s the solution?

According to Matthews, the university needs to assuage students’ hesitancy to major in the humanities due to financial uncertainties by making a stronger effort to highlight humanities alumni accomplishments.

“I don’t think UW has done a very good job of countering the panic that’s caused by our economic inequality, that college is about job preparation,” Matthews said. “I don’t know how you make that case other [than] by enabling it to happen in students seeing other students … and I think that’s one of the reasons advisers are so important. Talking to students, finding out what they’re doing — I don’t know if we’ll have a way to get that data. I don’t think we’ll know two years from now what our English majors come out to do.”

Crnković agrees, but adds that the issue also needs to be addressed

at a broader, more systemic level in all education, not just college. It’s hard to get students interested in the humanities at a college level when they haven’t been exposed much to them before entering college.

“A lot of pre-college education has really moved away from teaching art and humanities — civics, literature, art, history — into really focusing on standardized testing that is mostly developed for STEM subjects,” Crnković said. “We … have a problem with students coming in with much less training and education just in basic history, philosophy, literature, reading, and writing.”

But if the humanities are to be saved, we don’t have to sit around and hope for society to get better. Students can continue to fight for what’s important to them.

“Students have a lot of power at this school,” Matthews said. “Faculty don’t have the same power that you do collectively.”

Reach writer Natalie Rand at specials@dailyuw.com.

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‘It’s about building identity’ New First Year Experience aims to introduce new students to humanities

By Andrew Ronstadt The Daily The breadth of the humanities and the variety of ideas it traverses can make it difficult to provide a single definition. For incoming first-year students who are interested in the humanities, it’s important for them to understand what this division of the College of Arts & Sciences entails.

To better introduce students to the humanities, divisional dean Brain Reed and classics professor Sarah Stroup set out to create a first-year experience that would provide students with an understanding of the humanities and its role in the world today.

The “Humanities First” First Year Experience is a full-year program consisting of one course per quarter team-taught by three faculty members from different departments within the humanities division. Funded by a $700,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the program will begin fall 2020.

“It’s about building identity and conveying that identity to incoming students,” Stroup said. “[It will] get the students who are really interested in humanities into campus and help them learn what the humanities are.”

There are four divisions in

the College of Arts & Sciences: the natural sciences, the social sciences, the arts, and the humanities. These different divisions all examine, in different ways, human existence. For those studying the humanities, language is used to ask questions of human systems and culture through text.

“A lot of students have these broad interests when they come in but they don’t know what they can do with it,” Stroup said. “At the UW, we’ve seen increased interest in the humanities from our incoming students, so we’re trying to get a little bit better at articulating to students all the things humanists do.”

The program will be taught by professor Chris Hamm from the department of Asian languages and literature, assistant teaching professor Lauren Poyer from the department of Scandinavian studies, and Stroup from the department of classics, providing a variety of backgrounds and perspectives to give students a sense of both the differences and commonalities within humanities research.

This coming year, the program will be centered on the concept of the journey, each faculty member providing a different perspective on the idea.

Stroup, for example, will explore the journey by reading Homer’s “The Odyssey” in tandem with

the modern text “Thank You for Your Service” by David Finkel, which follows stories of returning veterans.

Through this better understanding of what the humanities are, the program aims to also provide students with a greater understanding of the overall value of a humanities education.

“The ability to write well, and to argue well, and to research rapidly; this is never going to hurt you. Ever,” Stroup said.

“Every single field is benefited by communicating well and clearly.

And quite frankly, that’s the humanities.”

Stroup pointed out that employers and companies see a humanities education as something incredibly valuable.

She mentioned that while other degrees in STEM fields are often considered very employable, those with liberal arts degrees who can communicate clearly are often the ones who advance in the company.

The “Humanities First” program will allow students to see where the humanities fit within their community and future professional careers.

By learning about how the humanities influence public space and connecting with those in the field, students will be provided a set of tools to communicate between academic

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“With a typical or traditional model of what humanities does, we don’t have these opportunities for working in teams and getting out and doing all of these sorts of hands-on things,” Stroup said. “When humanists go out and get jobs, however, this is what they’re doing.”

Not only are the humanities an employable educational background, they also provide an education that gives us a better understanding of the world in which we live.

“Studying the humanities can give you both synchronically a broader sense of the world that you live in and where your particular specialization fits into that world,” Hamm said.

“But it also gives you a historic sense … to understand that

the ways things work, the way things fit together, the way we do things now is part of a historical evolving process.”

Hamm sees the humanities as important now as ever.

With a world that has begun to see education as a means to acquire a career, it’s important to remember these other aspects education offers.

“I think the importance of this program now … is precisely because, in some ways, our world and our education world is becoming more constricted and more utilitarian,” Hamm said. “I think that it’s especially important now as we focus on those ways to also keep a foot in, to keep grounded in this more fundamental educational mode.”

Reach writer Andrew Ronstadt at specials@dailyuw.com.

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Niche study spots

Where to find a secret place to focus on campus

By Divya Rajasekhar The Daily

the café, which boasts not only coffee but a full grab-and-go menu of food. Located in the Henry Art Gallery, you only have to walk a few steps from Odegaard to find this café and enjoy some art while you work on a paper. The café is normally open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Tuesday through Friday, and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturdays, which makes it convenient to grab a seat in between classes.

Editor’s note: Many of these options may not be open or responsible right now due to the outbreak of COVID-19. However, the pandemic won’t be around for your whole college experience, and many of these articles are here to get you excited about experiencing campus when this is all over.

The University of Washington has 16 libraries, 14 of which can be found on the Seattle Campus.

Additionally, the campus boasts numerous cafés, dining halls, and study lounges. With all these options, it can be overwhelming to decide where to set up camp to study for your demanding classes — or even to find an empty table during finals week.

If you’re looking for a new study spot to begin haunting as midterm season comes along, or if you’re just tired of studying in Odegaard, here is a list of lesserknown spots on campus.

If you love studying while drinking coffee but don’t want to brave the midday crowds at the Suzzallo Starbucks, consider taking your laptop and books to the Henry Art Gallery Café.

The Henry Art Gallery is free anytime for students, and so is

For those that spend a lot of time in south campus, the South Campus Center (SCC) offers many tables and booths with a beautiful view of Portage Bay. Big windows offer a lot of natural light, perfect for the student who has been cramming for days and wants a view of the outside while studying. As it is home to Health Science Academic Services, in this building you’ll find lots of kids studying their

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biology and chemistry notes while occasionally gazing up at the waterfront view. The SCC is normally open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. every weekday.

On the other hand, if you spend most of your time on west campus, consider studying in Gould Hall. The building dedicated to the College of Built Environments is bright and airy, making it a good contrast to the darkness of popular study areas like the Suzzallo Reading Room.

Tables on the bottom floor open up to tall ceilings not found in many other places on campus, so if studying makes you feel claustrophobic, this is the place for you. The convenient west campus location of Gould Hall makes it easy to get to and from your classes after studying.

The East Asia Library is located on the third floor of Gowen Hall and is the perfect quiet place to study alone. If being surrounded by books is helpful for your concentration, you’ll love that the tables in this library are surrounded by tall bookshelves that boast unique titles, all relating to East Asian history and culture. It is normally open 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. during the school year, and the convenient location of this library is perfect for everything

from a quick visit in between classes to a long day of studying among thousands of books.

If all you want when studying is peace and quiet, then the Gallagher Law Library is the place for you. Few places on campus can match the quiet serenity of this library, located in the William H. Gates building off of Stevens Way. The law library boasts private study cubicles for complete silence and privacy, plenty of natural light, and moving bookshelves for easy access to thousands of books.

Even if you aren’t planning a career in law, this library is normally open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and anyone can study here — just don’t fall asleep.

From quiet to loud, big to small, the study areas on campus are numerous and diverse.

There are hundreds of places to study on and around campus, so if Suzzallo and Odegaard are getting too familiar, check out one of the places on this list and discover your new favorite study spot.

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