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Pedersen, Scott spar in District 4 debate

Jordan Pickett The Daily Alex Pedersen looks on as fellow city council candidate Shaun Scott answers a question at the District 4 debate Oct. 4, 2019. policy” and instead stressed the homelessness response and

By Jake Goldstein-Street the need for more supportive called for statewide progressive The Daily housing and safe consumption tax revenues. sites for drug users.

“We’re seeing spending go up, Experienced moderate Alex Pedersen, on the other hand, but we’re not seeing the results Pedersen and the young argued that “it’s not helping we should, so audits should just Democratic Socialist Shaun anybody to let people live like be a part of fiscal responsibility,” Scott, both District 4 Seattle that outside,” voicing support Pedersen, who has built his City Council candidates, faced for the city’s team in charge of campaign around the need for off Saturday in a debate on the sweeps and opposed safe accountability at the council, issues ranging from housing consumption sites. said. and transportation to the Pedersen, a former legislative 34-year-old Scott, who has environment and the future of aide to then-councilmember previously said he would bring the Ave. and Budget Committee Chair back the failed head tax on big At the Saturday afternoon Tim Burgess, said the city has business to fund homelessness forum at University Lutheran to “get its fiscal house in order” services, argued that the city has Church, Scott called sweeps of by auditing departments for the power to enact a plethora of homeless encampments a “failed money that could be used for progressive taxes, including a tax

on mansion sales and real estate speculation tax.

On the environment, Scott argued that the time for climate panic is now and said Seattle can help, for example, by building more housing that cuts down on long car commutes. Pedersen, whose urgency on climate change was questioned by his competitor, ran down a list of policy priorities that included converting city vehicle fleets to lower emission vehicles sooner and phasing out gas-powered leaf blowers.

Both candidates called for greater bike infrastructure in District 4, which includes the U-District, Roosevelt, Wallingford, and northeast Seattle, and called out the dangers of 35th Ave, which runs from University Village past Northgate.

“We have to get real about putting bike lanes on major arterial roads because lives are really at stake as a result of this issue,” Scott said.

Both candidates said they want more affordable housing in the university’s 10-year, 6 million square foot master plan, which includes 450 units. Scott noted the need for accommodations for child care facilities and Pedersen argued that the university needed to provide more transportation options to get people to the light rail.

Both Scott and Pedersen said they opposed upzoning on the Ave, but diverged on the future of the cultural hub. The Democratic Socialist took it one step further with his call for commercial rent control with the aim of protecting small

businesses on the Ave, which his competitor does not support.

Inspired by Pioneer Square’s Occidental Avenue, Scott hopes to pedestrianize the street, saying “in general, we want to get to a point where I think the Ave and other streets and major arterials throughout the city are only explored outside of cars.”

Pedersen wants to keep it safe, affordable, and vibrant.

“We need to do that by not disrupting the system there,” Pedersen said.

In general, Pedersen tried to appeal to voters at the Seattle City Club-hosted debate with his experience, while Scott tried to prove his progressive mettle.

While Pedersen played up his time in politics, citing his work in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development during the Clinton administration three times in the hourlong debate, Scott repeatedly name-dropped the endorsements he’s received in his run for the council, including the 43rd Legislative District Democrats, the Transit Riders Union, and activist and 2017 mayoral candidate Cary Moon Ballots for the general election will be mailed out Oct. 16 and drop boxes will open the next day. They won’t close until the evening of Nov. 5. Voters will have a chance to listen to the candidates in several more forums before the race is decided.

Reach reporter Jake Goldstein-Street at news@dailyuw.com.

Twitter: @GoldsteinStreet

One in five students self-reported food insecurity across UW campuses in Evans School study Report examines students facing food, housing insecurity

By Andy Chia The Daily “How many students are currently dealing with housing insecurity? How many are dealing with food insecurity?”

Rachel Fyall, an assistant professor in the Evans School of Public Policy and Governance, posed these questions to community organizers of fundraisers and homeless interventions trying to end student homelessness. Everyone there had gathered at the University Congregational Church for their monthly forum, with Fyall lending an academic perspective.

Fyall has been one of the first academics to pioneer a study looking at student housing and food insecurity, as well as the effects interventions supported by the members of the audience had on students facing these insecurities.

According to the study, 0.3% of all UW students were living in places considered not intended for habitation during winter quarter of 2018. The response for the last 12 months suggested that 3.3% of all respondents, or an estimated 1,527 to 2,046 students, had experienced this form of housing insecurity.

Furthermore, 8.8% of respondents, or an estimated 4,361 to 5,204 students, had lived on someone else’s couch or floor within this same period of time.

Fyall has been collaborating with fellow UW academics like associate professor Christine Stevens, Nursing and Healthcare at the UW Tacoma, and professor Lynne Manzo, College of Built Environments at the UW Seattle, to survey and understand student home and food insecurity on all three UW campuses.

“We had heard snippets from students

and colleagues about these issues, but we had no idea the scope of this problem,” Fyall said. “We wanted to figure out how many students at the University of Washington were facing this challenge, and we also began to incorporate the idea of food insecurity because these are really joint basic needs issues.”

When Fyall and her colleagues began their study in November 2017, their primary goal was to visualize the issues they were tackling and use data to estimate the number of students potentially facing these insecurities.

Fyall found that 21% of students were dealing with fears of going hungry because they could not afford to buy food. Likewise, 18% of respondents to the survey said they had skipped or cut the size of their meals due to concerns about cost and 15% were hungry but could not afford to eat.

“Prior to us, other academics had focused on understanding student home and food insecurity at community colleges, which has left an opportunity for us,” Fyall said. “Even at a university, where people may expect this matter to be minimized due to greater school support, these problems persist.”

Through their study, the group focused on providing students with the opportunity to answer survey questions based on their housing and food situation.

These surveys were sent through emails collected from UW databases to help keep respondee information confidential.

“Part of why we were motivated to pursue this project was because we often hear about college students as ‘gentrifiers’ driving folks out, and making things worse for everyone else,” Fyall said.

“However, the issue is more complicated than that.”

File Photo A photo of tent city at its previous location at the University Congregational United Church of Christ, where the conversation on homelessness in the U-District was held.

Fyall also believes that this problem is not being exacerbated by the UW, as the services offered by the university, such as the Food Pantry and the Emergency Aid Fund, have likely served as stabilizing forces for students that would have otherwise experienced home and food insecurity.

“While research into housing and food insecurity has only recently begun, the inclusion of first-generation students and students of less elite backgrounds may be the reason why we are seeing a rise in both of these problems in our community,” Fyall said. “Even with our current analysis, the support and involvement of the administration has proven to be a boon for our community.”

Through Fyall’s initiative, UW Tacoma has now begun offering students experiencing homelessness apartment

buildings subsidized by the Tacoma Housing Authority. While Fyall believes the U-District is unlikely to have the same subsidization effort, she remains hopeful that the university is able to continue providing support for students who may be in need of it while also providing more widespread education on the matter through community involvement.

“If the community continues to destigmatize the issue of homelessness and food insecurity, I believe that our actions will produce effect,” Fyall said.

Reach reporter Andy Chia at news@dailyuw.com.

Twitter: @GreatBaconBaron

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Planning, rallying, and getting arrested: The life of student activists

Lydia Ely The Daily Ava Sharifi speaks to the crowd about her personal experiences with sexism and xenophobia at the reproductive justice rally in Westlake Park on Oct. 3, 2019.

By Emma Scher The Daily The idea for the studentorganized nonviolent protest at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office in downtown Seattle on Aug. 1 was conceived in a car on the way to buy a couch from Goodwill.

Nikita Minkin, a fifth-year sociology and honors political science double-major at the UW, was mulling over an assignment from his supervisors at Northwest Passage (NWP) Consulting, a political consulting firm that has represented prominent Washington politicians like Gov. Jay Inslee and U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell.

When NWP asked their current group of interns to work on a summer project of their choosing, Minkin — while on a treasure hunt for household furniture — decided to use the assignment as an opportunity to take action on an issue that had been bothering him for a while: the mistreatment of detainees on the southern border.

“My parents were refugees and undocumented immigrants at one point,” Minkin said. “They got papers but they had to apply for asylum ... Asylum-seekers are who are being criminalized at the border. I decided the biggest thing in my power to do would be to plan a rally or protest outside the ICE office to get it shut down, at least for the day.”

But what began as a collective effort quickly turned into a passion project for Minkin and fellow NWP intern and honors political science student, Ava Sharifi. Sharifi’s parents immigrated to the United States after the Iranian revolution, and the treatment of detainees both on the southern border and in Tacoma’s Northwest Detention Center (NWDC) was something that she also felt passionate about.

The two took clear initiative on what was supposed to be an intern-wide project, spending dozens of hours organizing and planning.

“Both of our parents have understood the trials and tribulations of what it means to be an immigrant,” Sharifi said.

Free those kids

Though both were new to organizing, they were able to coordinate with more than 20 sponsors and line up a dynamic group of speakers ranging from preachers to Seattle City Council candidates.

While Sharifi focused on her relationships with individual activists on campus, Minkin used his prior connections with organizations in the greater Seattle area for their endorsements and promotion of the event. Sharifi also did what Minkin called “ego management” with sponsors to keep various approaches and interests focused on a single, cohesive message.

“When you’re working with 30 different groups it can get kind of contentious, so she did a lot of handling people’s wants and needs,” Minkin said.

“Everybody wants something different and it’s hard sometimes to keep people on message.”

The event was primarily planned and publicized via Facebook, and although almost 1,000 had expressed a virtual interest in attending, the duo was aware that Facebook numbers rarely are indicative

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But one of the biggest tangible consequences of the rally was that normal operations of the downtown ICE office were suspended for the day, which organizers viewed as a victory.

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of the actual amount of people who attend. Clicking that you’re “interested” requires much less effort than trekking downtown and physically showing up for the rally.

“We were worried that people weren’t going to feel passionate enough to show up to our event,” Sharifi said. “Not that because they aren’t passionate about the issue but because people are really burnt out nowadays.”

A significant amount of effort was dedicated to personally

reaching out to friends and acquaintances one by one and asking for their support in attending. They went as far as creating excel sheets of their Facebook friends, categorizing them based on their likelihood to attend.

The rally gained enough steam for NWP to eventually ask that the pair to keep it disaffiliated from their internships at the political consulting firm.

“The rest of it was just like calling each other for like 20-second conversations once every hour and sometimes physically crying about stress or something and then being like, ‘Okay, love you bye,’ and then hanging up the phone,” Sharifi said. “If we weren’t on the phone, he was over at my house and if we weren’t at my house, we were at work together.”

But the hours of work paid off Aug. 1. A headcount estimated that 400 people crowded the Second Avenue sidewalks in front of the building containing the U.S. Immigration Review Court, and both Sharifi and Minkin delivered passionate speeches that gained significant circulation on social media, pleading with the government to “free those kids.”

The event maintained nonviolence despite the presence of armed counter-protestors from the far-right organization the Proud Boys. But one of the biggest tangible consequences of the rally was that normal operations of the downtown ICE office were suspended for the day, which organizers viewed as a victory.

“All you can really ask of university students is to shut down operations of a federal agency in the city for a day given the type of work that we do,” Minkin said. “I think that’s important.”

A means to an end

The rally didn’t achieve everything they intended. Its primary demand was of the Washington State Legislature to ban private immigration detention centers like the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, which has since

received criticism for human while studying European rights abuses after a report immigration law on a political conducted by the UW Human science and law, societies, and Rights Center. justice program in Rome, Italy.

But after the protest, their Just last week, Sharifi demands went unanswered, delivered another gripping leaving many wondering what speech at a reproductive health would happen next. rights rally in downtown Seattle, “I always ask myself why on the anniversary of the death are people so cynical when it of Rosie Jimenez, the first comes to protests,” Minkin said. woman known to have died due “Protests have become an end to an illegal abortion after the rather than a means to an end …

Hyde Amendment was passed going forward rather than saying in 1976.

I’m just going to hold a rally, I’m “I thought it was so going to say that I’m going to impressive how her and Nikita try and build a social movement thought to take action,” Helen to get change done, and as an Gilbert, national organizer for aspect of that, we’re going to Radical Women, said. “It was hold rallies.” just the right thing at the right Drawing on momentum from moment, it was perfect, so when Illinois, the first state to ban we started planning they were private immigration detention fresh in our mind.” centers, Sharifi reached out to Both Minkin and Sharifi progressive state congressmen plan to graduate this spring and senators asking them to and continue working around sponsor a proposition calling for the political sphere. Minkin has the ban of NWDC. She said that been offered an internship at a though some were willing to cowealth management firm but sponsor a bill, none were willing is still tossing around the idea to introduce it on the floor as a of law school. Sharifi ultimately prime sponsor. hopes to run for public office “The fight isn’t just at the and is considering working on a border, but it’s even in our own presidential campaign until the state,” Sharifi said. “I was having election next November. this conversation two years ago and I’m not gonna give it up.”

Reach reporter Emma Scher Sharifi still plans to remain at news@dailyuw.com. active in this issue, hoping Twitter: @emma_scherr to get the initiative on the legislative agenda for the Legislature’s 2021 session, and in the meantime, the two have continued organization efforts in various issues.

Minkin planned a sit-in to draw attention to the immigration issue at the office of Sen. Cantwell where he was ultimately arrested for failing to comply with orders to leave the office after it closed at 5 p.m.

Radical Women, an activist organization for women who self-define as female, approached the duo after their protest against ICE. Courtesy of Nikita Minkin Both Minkin and Sharifi attended organizational Nikita Minkin gives a speech at the Rally meetings, and Sharifi Against ICE that Sharifi and he helped to designed graphics from organize Aug. 1, 2019. nine time zones away

SPORTS

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Gallimore and Griffin reflect after being honored in the Bay

By Andy Yamashita The Daily PALO ALTO, Calif. — Before head coach Lesle Gallimore got a chance to speak with the media following the Washington women’s soccer team’s 4-0 dismantling by No. 2 Stanford, she was interrupted by Cardinal head coach Paul Ratcliffe, who gifted the 26-year-old coach a bottle of wine.

“For me, it’s obviously humbling,” Gallimore said. “It’s a bit overwhelming at times, to be honest, to have people say and do the things for me that they have been.”

Before the game, Gallimore, who is in her final year at the helm of the UW program, was brought onto the field, given a bouquet of flowers in honor of her impact on collegiate women’s soccer, and praised by the crowd with loud applause.

And Stanford isn’t the only school that’s honored her either.

Before Washington’s upset of No. 20 California, the Golden Bears introduced a trophy called the Gallimore-Griffin Cup in honor of the two women who have had such a major influence on both

Courtesy of UW Athletics Head coach Lesle Gallimore and assistant Amy Griffin are honored before Washington’s match against California on Oct. 3, 2019. programs. Gallimore played for Cal from 1982-85 and began her coaching career there as an assistant in 1986.

The second name on the trophy is named for associate head coach and goalkeeping coach Amy Griffin, who has been Gallimore’s assistant for 24 years. The pair met when they were involved with the U.S. Women’s National Team setup and have been best friends ever since.

“I’ve always just shown up every day to just coach and be

the best coach we can be for our players,” Griffin said. “I’ve never really realized that maybe we’ve been good at our job for a long enough time that other people have noticed. It’s the best compliment you could be given.

It’s really touching.”

Two penalties sink Huskies against No. 2 Stanford Despite the pregame festivities, both Gallimore and Griffin wanted to keep the focus on the team, which suffered its first loss in the Pac-12 this season. They’ve still never beaten

the Cardinal (10-1, 3-0 Pac-12) at Cagan Field, but the Dawgs sit on six points which keeps them in the hunt for the conference title.

Stanford took the lead almost immediately after kickoff when a switch by the Cardinal in the eighth minute found winger Carly Malatskey wide open against Washington goalkeeper Siena Ruelas. The Huskies’ netminder saved the first attempt, but the ball bounced right back to Malatskey who fired home on an essentially open goal from just outside the six-yard box.

Twenty-one seconds later, Stanford sophomore Sophia Smith broke through the Husky defense to find herself one-onone with Ruelas. The striker missed, but Ruelas brought her down in the box, earning a yellow card and a penalty. Smith slotted home from the spot, just under the Washington goalie, who guessed the right way, to give Stanford a commanding 2-0 lead.

“I thought we started the game extremely passive,” Gallimore said. “When you do

that against a team like Stanford, they’re going to come after you and try to finish the game early.

And it feels like that when you go two down in eight minutes.”

And if that didn’t seal the game, another penalty conceded 20 seconds before halftime did. Cardinal striker Catarina Macario, the second-leading goalscorer in the nation, sent Ruelas the wrong way, and the Cardinal went into the break up 3-0, effectively wrapping up the game.

The Cardinal tacked on one more out of the break when freshman Maya Domsvolleyed home from the top of the box.

Washington only managed three shots all game.

Washington will hope to regain its good form back in Seattle when they welcome the Arizona schools to Husky Soccer Field next week.

Reach Bay Area Correspondent Andy Yamashita at sports@dailyuw.com.

Twitter: @ANYamashita

Gameday plus 2: Passing performance looks worse upon review

By Alec Dietz The Daily The Washington football team has fallen out of the rankings for the first time this season after a 23-13 loss to Stanford Saturday night. Before we turn the page from this past weekend’s loss, let’s get out a few more notes from the devastating defeat.

Lots to blame for passing woes

Fans will point to the drops or the scheming by offensive coordinator Bush Hamdan, but the blame can be passed along to pretty much everyone on the UW offense. Jacob Eason faced more pressure than he did all season against the Cardinal front, with the pressure directly causing several mistakes.

As a result of the pressure, Eason was forced to zero in on one target for most of the game. That target turned out to be Aaron Fuller, who totaled over half of Eason’s targets to receivers. On second review, I found that most of those targets were unsuccessful, especially the ones that were for longer gains down the field.

On Eason’s passes that were thrown down the field, roughly more than 10 yards, he was just 4-for-14. Twelve of those attempts were targeted to Fuller, who hauled in four of them for long gains. The other two targets went to Andre Baccellia, who really had no chance to make a play on either ball.

For an offense that has said that it wants to take more shots, Washington, to its credit, has taken more shots but to little success. The other side of that number may look even worse, as Eason was just 12-of22 on throws shorter than 10 yards, which

is a dismal 54% including throwaways.

Other numbers look even worse for the Huskies. Fuller accounted for over 80% of Eason’s yards, and because the quarterback spent much of the second half on his back, Eason zeroed in on Fuller in rocky situations.

The interception Eason threw was as he was being hit on a 50-50 ball that Fuller slipped on in one-on-one coverage.

The Huskies talented, but unproven, young receivers — like Austin Osborne, Marquis Spiker, and Puka Nacua — saw the field on Saturday but none saw targets go their way. Nacua has only been targeted once this season, and he scored a touchdown, while Spiker has yet to see a target and Osborne has one catch.

Petersen has stuck by his older, more experienced receivers so far this season, but as more and more clamoring for younger guys arises, it will be hard to keep the young playmakers off the field.

Ugly trend continues for UW run defense

Stanford attempted just two passes in the fourth quarter Saturday night, mostly because of how proficient the Cardinal run game was. When backup quarterback Davis Mills went out of the game with an apparent leg injury, the threat of the pass was effectively wiped out with 10 minutes to go.

It didn’t matter.

By my count, Stanford tailback Cameron Scarlett had at least 80 yards after initial contact on the game, and on the Cardinal’s final drive that effectively iced the game, the fatigue on the UW defense began to show.

Scarlett consistently ran over defenders en route to 151 yards on the ground, in what has now become a troubling trend for the Husky defense, which allowed over 200 yards rushing to USC last week. While that could almost be excused because the Trojans air raid employs a run game that takes you off your guard, UW went into this week knowing that Stanford was going to pound the rock.

Next week presents an even stiffer test for the run defense as they take on one of the top ranked rushing offenses in the country in Arizona, which averages over 250 yards on the ground per game.

Other notes Conor Courtney The Daily Stanford’s Paulson Adebo reaches over Andre Baccellia to try to deflect a pass in the first half of Washington’s game against Stanford at Stanford Stadium on Oct. 5, 2019. Baccellia had one catch for one yard in the 23-13 loss

Richard Newton was on a tear Saturday before sustaining what looked like a serious leg injury in the third quarter. The redshirt freshman ran for 64 yards on just 10 carries, and it seemed like only a matter of time before he took over as the feature back this season. With his status for the rest of the season unclear, the Huskies will

have to continue to rely on Salvon Ahmed and Sean McGrew.

In one positive note from yesterday’s game, the Huskies are still outscoring opponents by a wide margin in the first quarter, and after a 7-3 start against Stanford, they are outpacing opponents 84-6 in the opening frame.

Reach Sports Editor Alec Dietz at sports@dailyuw.com.

Twitter: @AlecDietz

SCIENCE

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Dr. Magdalena Balazinska brings a new light to the Allen School

By Soraya Marashi The Daily To say that Dr. Magdalena Balazinska, incoming director of the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering, is a busy woman is an understatement.

Previously, Balazinska had more than just a few titles to her name in the data science world at the UW — including associate vice provost for data science, director of the UW eScience Institute, director of the UW advanced data science option in the graduate program, and associate professor at the Allen School.

She earned a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was named a Microsoft Research New Faculty Fellow in 2007, and received the inaugural VLDB Women in Database Research Award in 2016, though her career wasn’t so focused from the beginning.

“Honestly, when I was in high school, I had no idea what I wanted to do,” Balazinska said.

“I knew I preferred math and applied sciences as opposed to reading and writing, which was less of a strength for me. But I had no idea what I wanted to do.”

Balazinska’s passion and drive for her field of study is

clear. Upon her acceptance of the position, she will step down from her role in her previous appointments.

Born in Poland at the end of the 1970s, Balazinska and her family moved to Algeria for work opportunities, where she attended both Polish and French school.

After five years in Algeria, they immigrated to Quebec, where Balazinska spent her college years and where her family currently remains.

While attending Polytechnique Montreal to pursue her undergraduate degree in computer engineering, she received several scholarships from her university and from the Canadian government.

“I loved it because when I came to college, I didn’t have to write essays,” Balazinska said.

“It’s great because once you major in computer science, you have all these technical classes, so if you like building things and solving puzzles, your whole day is just that.”

After her graduate work, she did a broad job search, applying to universities and research labs across the country, and after hearing back from the UW, she found it an offer impossible to resist.

“When I came to UW, I was trying to find who I can work with that has exciting

data management problems,” Balazinska said. “We have these great scientists, we have so many strong departments and schools, whether it’s astronomy, oceanography, or biology, and so many great potential collaborators.”

As well as pioneering several initiatives for more efficient data management, Balazinska also serves as an important figure for women in STEM in general.

With only 18% of computer science degrees obtained by women in the United States, one of Balazinska’s many goals in her new position is to encourage a culture of inclusivity and diverse participation within the Allen School.

This year, faculty at the Allen School created a new position called the associate director for diversity and inclusion.

“Think about the world, think about climate, think about the environment,” Balazinska said.

“What we can do in computer science is make it easy and make it faster for people, or come up with new techniques to do it more effectively, then people can really move forward the science in those domains with the tools we can provide.”

Furthermore, Balazinska asserts that she plans to address the diversity issue at all levels, making efforts to encourage all kinds of people to apply,

Courtesy of Magdalena Balazinska Magdalena Balazinska, the incoming Director of the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science, will head the department after the 13-year tenure of Hank Levy concludes. especially by reaching out at the K-12 level.

“We want people to know about computer science, to get excited about it, to know about us, and realize that this is a field for everyone, especially because it’s a field applicable to so many different domains, so we really need everyone in this field,” Balazinska said.

With so many prospective students facing an incredibly daunting future in the Allen School, she wants to encourage students not to be discouraged by failure and to remember that

they belong there.

“The main thing we want to convey is that this field is for everyone,” Balazinska said.

“Everyone is imperfect here; from other people we only hear success stories like, ‘I won this award’ or ‘I got this job.’”

Reach reporter Soraya Marashi at science@dailyuw.com.

Twitter: @sorayamarashi

Penn State Professor visits to give talk for Clean Energy Institute Updates on solar voltaic energy conversion systems

By Serena Baserman The Daily Last Thursday, Pennsylvania State University professor Tom Mallouk visited the UW to discuss a technical niche in the larger body of solar energy research: attempting to mimic

biological processes in order to optimize the efficiency of solar energy conversion systems.

Speaking on a paper, “Managing Electrons and Protons in the Bio-Inspired Production of Fuel from Sunlight,” Mallouk began his talk by providing some

historical background on the specific method of solar energy conversion he researches and grounding his research in the broader context of solar energy.

Mallouk first introduced a pivotal 1972 paper published by Akira Fujishima and Kenichi Honda, which detailed their

Lydia Ely The Daily The Nanoengineering & Sciences Building where the Clean Energy Institute lecture was held.

discovery of water photolysis, the decomposition of a water compound by light irradiation.

This research provided the baseline photolysis process that has allowed subsequent solar technologies to exist, like the Artificial Leaf, which Mallouk started 10 years ago.

The technology struggles with efficiency in the solar conversion process. At its best, the cell hovers around 4% power conversion efficiency.

According to Mallouk, optimizing efficiency matters so much in clean energy research as our ability to slow the effects of climate change depends on our ability to scale our solar energy technologies, which can provide further evidence for profitable clean energy.

As it stands, we rely on fossil fuels for 63% of our national electricity generation, nuclear for 20% of our electricity, and renewables for 17% of our electricity according to the EIA based on 2018 statistics.

While it is now cheaper to generate electricity from solar energy, there are still several barriers to scaling the technology to the point where it could power cities, let alone our country.

Mallouk documented the stability of the cell, referring to the fact that in high-energy extremes, the materials in a solar cell have the potential to break down and decompose, and scientists have to track and prevent this process.

According to Wylie Kau, a research assistant at the Washington Clean Energy Testbeds, for any technology that

relies on photons or particles that carry light energy, scientists want them to be stable: in heat, light, and in the Earth’s atmosphere.

Mallouk focused on the broader process of producing hydrogen in order to store energy in the form of fuel cells, which could reduce the need for batteries.

Converting hydrogen to liquid fuel is still an unsolved process, and represents a frontier in noncarbon energy solutions.

Part of a series of talks, Thursday’s event drew an audience including both active researchers in the Clean Energy Institute (CEI) as well as community members.

The institute also conducts research on other important issues in energy efficiency in addition to solar research, including grid integration and battery storage. The CEI’s electrical engineers are working to optimize the addition of renewables to the grid using smart grid technology.

The CEI will host similar events Oct. 31 and Nov. 7; researchers will be addressing virtual energy storage and other topics in clean energy research.

Reach reporter Serena Baserman at science@dailyuw.com.

Twitter: @serenabaserman

HEALTH & WELLNESS

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The climate crisis, your health, and the imperative for a socially-just response

By Niki Seligman The Daily “We held together like a clump of stinging nettles that would never be separated, and we stood together like an ancient forest of giant cedar trees that could never be pushed over by human beings, and our prayers bounced off the sky, our ancestors lifted us up,” Paul Che oke ten Wagner, a member of the Vancouver Island Saanich Tribe, said.

Wagner is an activist and musician. On the day of the National Youth Climate Strike, he, along with other activists, walked along the Salish Sea from Tacoma to the state capitol in Olympia. The group was protesting a fracked gas facility, the controversial LNG plant, in Puyallup on unceded territory.

The Indigenous Protectors of the Salish Sea, of which Wagner is a part, were also calling on Gov. Jay Inslee to declare a climate emergency, to halt future expansion in the fossil fuel industry in Washington by executive order, and to convene special legislation in the 2020 period about climate change.

“We [had] become one heart, one mind, one prayer, one house,” Wagner said of the activists that day in Olympia.

Wagner described the event as a win; they were able to emotionally move some of the police dressed in riot gear who had been sent to break up the protest.

“Someday you will make a choice,” Wagner said. “They know this world is collapsing and dying, and they’re standing on the wrong side of history, so we won that night, we opened some hearts and we did it in a prayerful way and a peaceful way but with the most unbelievable strengths.”

I am sitting at a park, a few days before my conversation with Wagner. A family sits nearby on a blanket laid carefully over the grass. A runner is pulled by their pup along a path. A child flies a kite and a student doodles in the edges of her novel. The water is blue all around, dotted by sailboats and paddle boarders and geese.

I heard a rumor that in the days following the Fourth of July, a holiday that draws tens of thousands to the park I am occupying, toxic chemicals leak up through the soil that is loosened from too many footsteps. And while journalists shouldn’t be in the business of rumor-milling, this story is powerful because of the history it points to.

Gas Works Park is, in my view, a sort of emblem to our climate crisis. It’s a public space, with water and greenery, in which people can play and sit and think — the kind of space that is few and far between in many of our neighborhoods, often in a way that is exasperated along lines of race and class.

But the park is also home to industrial structures — rusted and aged. A relic of Seattle’s past energy source. There is a sign by the water warning of toxic contaminants. You can enjoy the view, but not without remembering how much we have f----- up this earth, how we have taken views for granted, how we will only learn to practice gratitude to the sun and the earth as we slip away from it.

Gas Works Park used to be home to an energy plant — and we aren’t talking renewables. The practice relied on carbon-intensive resources, including coal and petroleum. When the effort was abandoned following a search for alternative energy sources, the park remained scarred, toxins buried under the soil and within the water along the park’s border.

Reports say the toxins under the soil are nothing to be worried about, absent chronic exposure. But this is a reminder that our decisions, the way we orient and run our communities, have consequences for future generations. We are living that now — we are that future generation.

Last month, The Seattle Times reported about the health impacts of climate change on people in the Pacific Northwest. The article cites a study published by the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC), a fund which tracks climate health impacts.

The study looked at deaths in Washington state caused by wildfire smoke inhalation and the associated cost of these deaths (both of which will only increase in the coming years, as climate change worsens). The Seattle Times article goes on to discuss a wide range of possible health outcomes, from heatstroke to increased risk of developing cancer.

Moreover, the UW’s Climate Impacts Group published a brief this year that applied the IPCC’s Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 C to Washington state.

Here are some particularly alarming conclusions of the report: As Washington experiences warmer days, there will be more wildfires in the Cascades, as well as threats to agriculture.

Washington’s coastal areas will be impacted most

Anna Schnell The Daily by changing water levels and temperatures, cutting off resources to Northwest tribes and other coastal communities.

The report reads, “Those on the front lines of climate change — tribes, economically disadvantaged communities and those dependent on natural resource economies — are expected to experience impacts first and most severely.”

“Under-resourced communities and those who are physiologically more vulnerable (e.g. elderly) are disproportionately affected by climate change,” Tania Busch Isaksen, a senior lecturer in the department of environmental and occupational health sciences, said.

Busch Isaksen went on to describe vulnerable groups she has studied through her research, including the elderly, people with pre-existing health conditions, and folks who are more frequently exposed to high-heat work environments.

“There is no doubt that climate change will not affect all the same way,” Busch Isaksen said.

Kristie Ebi, a professor in global health and environmental and occupational health sciences, coauthored a Science Advances report in September 2019 which looks at potential mortality rates related to heat in Washington.

She, along with a handful of other researchers at the Center for Health and the Global Environment, put together a guide for Washington’s climate health impacts.

Their guide highlights four changes to our environment that are already occurring — extreme weather, rising temperatures, increasing carbon dioxide levels, and rising sea levels. These patterns have the potential to negatively impact our water and food supply, to increase air pollution, and increase in new viruses, to name a few. The researchers highlight that there are determinants between the four climate patterns and impacts we will feel — housing and infrastructure in place, education level of folks, discimination, and more.

Take increased allergens as a specific example. The climate impacts we have already set in — like increased temperatures — have increased allergens in the air. For folks with limited access to care, this may lead to or worsen allergies and asthma.

In fact, due to climate change, the pollen season is two to four weeks longer than it was in the mid-1990s, according to one study.

“Other risks that could be affected by climate change include diseases carried by mosquitoes, such as dengue fever; respiratory diseases from air pollution (e.g. traffic and allergies); and health risks associated with migration,” Ebi said.

It’s a bleak picture, but there are things we can do (and frankly, what’s the alternative?).

Busch Isaksen says that we have a consumer responsibility and that our individual choices matter.

However, she has no illusions about where the power really lies.

“Vote for policymakers that value, and have solutions toward achieving carbon neutrality,” Busch Isaksen said. “It’s not enough to change out your light bulbs, to carpool, or to go vegan — we need big infrastructure and economic changes that only policy can achieve.”

And that brings us back to Paul Che oke ten Wagner, who is engaging in this critical work of holding truth to power.

“We need to work together today — support the Indigenous people, stand behind them, because we’ve been working to protect the circle of life and our children’s future since time immemorial here,” Wagner says.

On an individual level, it’s critically important to understand some of the health impacts predicted to increase with climate change. See the EPA and CDC for

recommendations and next steps.

“Individuals can increase their awareness of the health risks of weather, climate variability, and climate change, including how those risks could affect them and their families and friends,” Ebi said.

But she, too, does not mistake our daily actions and taking preventive steps for the bigger picture.

“Reducing longer-term risks requires reducing greenhouse gas emissions,” Ebi said.

Climate change is often presented as a package of complex “sciencey” problems with equally technical solutions, tied up with a pretty bow of terms like “carbon sequestration” and “solar radiation management.” Ignore that. Instead, hear this: We know how it feels to love a place so much we’ll run to it, to sit and practice being as the wind slaps our faces, to stare out as the sun reflects off the water and as children somersault across the grass.

So, for God’s sake, vote. Stay involved. Support Indigenous groups and youth of color. Educate one another. Read student newspapers and protest big government. We are the future generation that has been screwed. Let’s not pass that torch on to the next.

The Protectors of the Salish Sea continue to offer sunrise, noon, and evening prayer circles and events at the capitol building in Olympia for those looking to celebrate with them and support their activism.

Reach writer Niki Seligman at wellness@dailyuw.com.

Twitter: @NikiSeligman

Courtesy of Seattle Municipal Archives A view of Leschi Park in the 1940s.

ARTS & LEISURE

Monday-Friday, October 7-11, 2019

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An escape from academia at the UW Center for Urban Horticulture Embracing my inner botanical artist

Written and Illustrated by Eli Pasco The Daily I only have one class on Fridays, so I decided to spend my morning making a field trip to the UW Center for Urban Horticulture (UWCUH). It’s probably the easternmost part of campus, sitting on a plot of land just off of Union Bay. The main buildings — a few research greenhouses, a library, an herbarium, event space, and a few classrooms — welcome the visitor into a world of nature and plant life. I walked into the visitor center and was immediately welcomed by a passionate rundown of all the goings-on at the UWCUH. The library is open to the general public, serving not only the university community but also the greater neighborhood.

The library houses special collections, including rare botanical manuscripts with botanical illustrations from the 1600s and 1700s, some of which are on display in glass cases.

The intricate line work and painting are simply beautiful — I find this kind of detailed, incredibly realistic artwork fascinating as an artist. In my sketches, my lines are quick and rough, so the patience required for the realistically accurate illustrations in the antique books is inspiring.

I spent most of that Friday walking around the UW Farm. That day, staff and volunteers were picking green tomatoes, beans, winter squash, and potatoes. Duke Clinch, one of the student staff members, showed me around the various plots and told me what working on the farm was like. Clinch is an environmental studies major and fell in love with farm work after taking an urban farming class. His passion and excitement were quite evident.

“It’s just really fun to work here,” Clinch said.

I also spoke with Reily Savenetti, a student staff member, and Lindsey Hand, a student volunteer, both of whom talked about the strong sense of community and the value of learning about growing food.

The various gardens around the center are meticulously curated and well-kept. The plants are

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thriving and complement each other harmoniously.

There is something calming about being surrounded by plants; it is an almost meditative experience perusing aimlessly through a garden.

Walking along the boardwalk trail of Yesler Swamp, I immediately forgot that I was in an urban setting. Nature was around me on all sides, and it was incredibly refreshing to get away from the bricks and concrete that make up what many of us envision as the UW campus.

I went back the following day to explore the Union Bay Natural Area. My inner botanist was in heaven, and I took at least several minutes to look at every plant that I found at all interesting. I took some photographs, did some sketching, and had a peaceful Saturday wandering through a pocket of nature so close to campus.

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School of Drama adds three new minors for theater-inclined students

By Aaron Kerschner The Daily Editor’s note: Writer Aaron Kerschner studies drama at the UW. While most might associate “actors” and “drama” with the glitz and glamour of a Hollywood blockbuster, even the most acclaimed performers start out by studying the fundamentals of theater. The three minors now being offered by the School of Drama presents students an opportunity to get involved in the theatrical process without committing to the major.

As of summer 2019, undergraduates are able to pursue either acting, design for performance, or theatre studies minor. Each is comprised of 25 credits, all of which are VLPA credits, besides DRAMA 499.

In preparation, the School of Drama has expanded its course offerings.

When asked about the purpose of their introduction, department academic counselor Eloise Boyle explained that the School of Drama wanted to provide students who have a tight schedule an opportunity to study theater arts.

“We know that many students who are passionate about theater can’t fit a double major into their time here at UW,” Boyle said.

“Our minors offer additional areas of specialization — or a way to explore something new — to those students.”

Each minor focuses on engaging students in specific aspects of theater. The acting minor allows an individual to acquire or refine the skills of an actor. Design for performance develops proficiency in set,

lighting, or costume design.

Theatre studies focuses on theater history, criticism, and practice.

Although the practical applications of a minor can seem questionable at times, especially when its contents don’t necessarily seem complementary to, say, a biology degree, Boyle believes the experience gained can prove invaluable when submitting a competitive resume.

“Employers seek candidates who match the specific qualifications of a job,” Boyle said. “So what can make you stand out from the rest of the applicants? The additional skills gained through the pursuit of a minor can help in that.”

The validity of studying drama, like most liberal arts fields, often comes under scrutiny when compared to

programs like STEM and business, but drama students do far more than prepare for a hopelessly small opportunity at fame. Theater arts training aids students in learning skills such as oral and written communication, critical thinking, the ability to work on a team, and adaptability, some of which might seem familiar to anyone who has ever looked at the desired characteristics section of a job application.

Erika Vetter, a second-year graduate student in the UW’s Professional Actor Training Program and undergraduate instructor, agrees that there’s more to acting than just acting.

“It goes beyond a stage and a performance,” Vetter says. “It involves a further understanding of humanity, presence, connection, creativity, and thinking outside the box.”

She also said that acting jobs are required outside the theater as well, such as during crisis intervention training drills.

Apart from looking at purely occupational and academic reasons to pick up a drama minor, there’s also a chance that one might just find it fulfilling, and, dare I say, enjoy the process.

“Much of theater is hard work, but it’s also fun and can bring you great joy in your time here at UW,” Boyle said. “In addition, when you study in the School of Drama you are part of a community that cares for you and about you and that is dedicated to helping you become your best self, personally and professionally.”

Reach writer Aaron Kerschner at arts@dailyuw.com.

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What The Daily Editorial Staff is doing MONDAY

7 TUESDAY

»»“Katja Petrowskaja: A Family Story Between Memory and Forgetting,” hosted by Slavic Languages & Literatures, 6 p.m. »»Tinariwen at Benaroya Hall as part of the Earshot Jazz Festival, 7:30 p.m.

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8 WEDNESDAY

»»“Reuse, repurpose, or recycle” at UW Surplus Store between 12 and 6 p.m.

9 THURSDAY

»»Go to the Scarecrow Video screening and discussion of “Suddenly Last Summer” at 7 p.m., free

10 FRIDAY

»»Seattle Queer Film Festival’s opening night gala featuring the film “Sid & Judy” at 6:30 p.m.

11 SATURDAY

»»Shea Serrano talking about his new book “Movies (and Other Things)” at Third Place Books, Seward Park in at 7 p.m. »»Free PhinneyWood art walk at 6 p.m., featuring our very own Campus Sketcher

12 SUNDAY

»»Explore the UW Farm featured in writer Estey Chen’s column Chow Down, open 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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»»Spend the afternoon at the exhibition “Carrie Yamaoka: recto/verso” at The Henry Art Museum, free for students

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‘No’ is enough

Overexplaining isn’t necessary

By Rachel Morgan The Daily Over the summer, I was on the hunt for a bike. Nothing too fancy, but something that could make my commute to campus a bit easier. Considering my relatively low budget, I set my sights on finding a low-cost option on America’s favorite second-hand retailer: Craigslist.

Within moments, I found two suitable options. I decided to text a seller about an older, blue hybrid model. The man responded immediately and requested I call him. We agreed to meet the following day so that I could test out the bike.

Hours before we were supposed to meet, I decided to skip out on my previously scheduled bike test and purchase a different bike. I was then faced with having to tell someone “no.”

I spent an inappropriate amount of time trying to figure out how to tell some random guy from the internet I’d never met before that I didn’t want to buy his bike. I typed a message out and deleted it. And then I typed another. I even texted my boyfriend asking him what I should say. I wrote excuse after excuse until I was convinced by my boyfriend that I didn’t owe this guy anything.

And my boyfriend was right.

Five minutes on the phone doesn’t mean I owe someone a carefully crafted story. I could have just said “no, thank you,” and move on. For some reason, that just didn’t feel right to leave it at that. I was more willing to provide a wordy explanation

Anna Schnell The Daily than say a simple two-letter word.

Something that has taken me years to figure out is that I owe people the simple truth, not excuses designed to make myself feel better. My overexplaining can actually have more negative implications than positive.

With potential trouble on the horizon, lying is a common response for many people. A 2010 study asked adults to report how many lies they told in a 24 hour period, and many participants reported not telling any lies. The exception was that many people would turn

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to lying when the truth had the possibility of causing trouble.

Telltale signs of lying are common across humans and can be easy to pick up on. Speeches generally sound rehearsed but also rushed due to stress. People who are asked to repeat their story are often not able to tell the lie in the same way. Within these lies, too much detailed information is provided than is necessary or wanted.

When I feel compelled to overexplain, I am not trying to tell a lie, but instead, an extended version of the truth.

Regardless, I go through the

same steps as a liar would. I prepare a story to try and avoid conflict, and I can’t repeat the same unnecessary details without changing anything.

That means that the more I try to make myself feel better by providing more than the whole story, the more likely I am to seem untruthful.

I want to try and be respectful of other people’s time, money, and patience. And that’s the reason why I probably started overexplaining in the first place. In my mind, telling them everything they need to know is somehow more considerate.

That being said, including the whole story actually has the opposite effect. Using more words is not clear. My story preparation wastes my time, and a long-winded tale wastes everyone else’s. And truthfully, it doesn’t me feel better. I need to stop doing it, and so does everyone else.

And I’ll leave it at that: “no” is enough. I don’t need to overexplain myself.

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