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35 31 Huskies can’t hold lead, drop third conference game in loss to Ducks By Alec Dietz The Daily For a minute, it looked like the No. 25 Washington football team would pull off the upset, with a two-touchdown lead in the early stages of the third quarter. However, that was not meant to be as No. 12 Oregon went on a 21-3 run in the final 25 minutes to win 35-31. Clinging desperately to a 31-28 lead late in the fourth, the UW offense stalled several times on offense, and the Ducks (6-1, 4-0 Pac-12) took advantage. With 8:36 on the clock, Oregon manufactured a 70-yard touchdown drive, capped off by a short pass from Justin Herbert to Jaylon Redd to take the late lead. The Huskies’ (5-3, 2-3 Pac-12) offense had five minutes to work with to try and take the lead back. After driving down to the Oregon 35-yard line, the UW failed to convert on a fourth-and-short, and the Ducks bled out the clock. Scoring 28 points through 32 minutes of game time wasn’t enough to hold on to the win, as the Huskies were held to three points in the final 28. “We hit a wall,” center Nick Harris said. “They made plays and kept themselves in the game. We just didn’t make enough plays in the fourth quarter. We played great football through three quarters, and then that fourth quarter we didn’t make enough plays.” Before the final quarter, the Huskies had arguably one of their better offensive performances of the season. Jacob Eason had thrown for over 200 yards and three touchdowns. Salvon Ahmed was well over the 100-yard mark, even without fellow tailbacks Sean McGrew and Richard Newton. The UW’s injury-riddled receiver group was producing in ways it hadn’t yet this season, with true freshman Puka Nacua and junior
Jordan Chin catching touchdowns. “It doesn’t really mean anything,” Ahmed said of his career day. “We didn’t get the win.” Now the Huskies are limping into a bye week after losing to a bitter rival and having lost two of their last three games. Two wins against the Pac-12 South’s USC and Arizona look unimportant next to an 0-3 record for the UW against the Pac-12 North’s Cal, Stanford, and Oregon. After eight straight weeks of football, Washington finally gets its rest. “We have to overanalyze everything,” Ahmed said. “We have to go back and really look back at what we’re doing on offense and see how we can be better for our team.”
Addressing Washington’s wounds A bye week is much needed for a squad who is down a couple of key contributors on the offensive end. Leading receiver and punt returner Aaron Fuller was limited Saturday afternoon for the Huskies and after the game, head coach Chris Petersen said he was “banged up.” Fuller played sparingly, only appearing for a single punt return and the opening kickoff. In his place, senior receiver Chico McClatcher handled punts but was pulled from the game after suffering what appeared to be a leg injury late. Petersen did not have an update after the game on McClatcher’s status, but the senior was seen in a walking boot on the sideline. Junior tailback Sean McGrew was another late scratch from the UW lineup, as he was seen on the sidelines in street clothes before and during the game. Petersen said that McGrew was also “banged up.” Reach Sports Editor Alec Dietz at sports@dailyuw.com. Twitter: @AlecDietz
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This story again By Josh Kirshenbaum The Daily It was so close, but the result was, once again, the same. The No. 25 Washington football team led for much of its game against No. 12 Oregon, taking a two-touchdown lead one possession into the second half. But once again, the Huskies couldn’t get over the hump, this time falling pretty much out of the race in the Pac-12 North in a 35-31 loss. “It always hurts to lose, no matter who we lose to,” senior center Nick Harris said. “But given that we were playing well and we just couldn’t finish that fourth quarter, it hurts.” Washington is still in one of its best runs in program history. The Dawgs are coming off of three 10-win seasons, and can still make it four if (and this is a big “if ”) they win out. But Saturday was another chapter in the main blot on the era: an inability to get a signature win. Think about the Peach Bowl in 2016, the Fiesta Bowl in 2017, and the Rose Bowl last year. Think about facing a top-10 Auburn in pretty much a road environment and taking on Oregon last season in an even more hostile setting. Since their playoff loss to Alabama to end 2016, the Huskies are 2-4 against teams ranked higher than them. Take out Apple Cups and that record goes to 0-4. In that span, Washington is 3-6 in games against teams ranked higher than No. 20; take out WSU and it slides to 1-6. Saturday, the Dawgs were so close. In their second straight back-and-forth matchup against the Ducks, they held a lead late.
Even when they went down, they still had a chance to come back, opening their final drive with a 22yard completion from Jacob Eason to Cade Otton and rolling into Oregon territory. Then Jacob Eason took a 12yard sack and Trey Adams got called for a false start. A UW crowd that had been rocking all day long was suddenly overcome in noise by the Oregon corner of Husky Stadium. And three kneel-downs later, Washington had once again come up short. Don’t get it twisted; Washington was punching above its weight today, against a higher-ranked team without Sean McGrew, without Richard Newton, and pretty much without Aaron Fuller. And it’s not that these games should be easy wins; it’s not even like Washington should win most of them at all. The other teams come in ranked for a reason. This year was supposed to be a bit of a step back anyway, with a defense that had to replace nine starters and an offense replacing Jake Browning and Myles Gaskin. But for two quarters, that defense held Oregon’s rushing attack to 46 yards on the ground. For three, the offense looked as good as it had been in the second half against Arizona last week, putting up points in five of its first eight drives. Once again, though, enough things just couldn’t go right. Multiple players said the Ducks were doing the same things in the second half as they were the first. See KIRSHENBAUM, Pg. 7
NEWS
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A violation of Indigenous sovereignty
UW’s connection to the massive telescope threatening Native Hawaiian land
By Claudia Yaw The Daily
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hen she was growing up in Hilo, Hawai'i, in the ‘50s, Dr. Val Kalei Kanuha could see Mauna Kea from her house. The Mauna, a mountain located on Hawai'i Island, or the Big Island, is a sacred place for Native Hawaiians across the entire archipelago. When measured from the ocean’s floor, Mauna Kea is the tallest point on Earth. According to Native Hawaiian religion, the Mauna was created when Wākea, the sky god, formed a union with Papahānaumoku, the Earth Mother. It therefore represents the piko, or umbilical cord, of Native Hawaiians. Families still leave their umbilical cords on the Mauna. Kanuha left Hawai'i to go to college, but returned home during school breaks. Upon her return, she noticed something odd: a white dot on the Mauna. “It honestly looked like a zit,” Kanuha said, noting that the Mauna had remained untouched until that point. “It looked odd to me.” Kanuha didn’t pay much mind. But the zits kept coming. One in 1970, three more in 1979, two more in the ‘80s. Dr. Kanuha quickly learned that the zits were massive telescopes, owned and operated by foreign governments, universities, and organizations. Today, there are a total of 13 telescopes on the mountain. Since the erection of the first telescope, Native Hawaiians have been fighting against the desecration of Mauna Kea. But the movement gained unprecedented support and attention after the plans of a 14th telescope, the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT), were announced about a decade ago.
Holly Dirks @h0llydirks Those who oppose the TMT think of the project as the most recent example of white colonialism in Hawai'i. Over the summer, resistance reached a tipping point and garnered international attention when the mountain’s protectors, or kia’i, began occupying the Mauna in order to block the TMT’s construction vehicles. After Hawai'i Gov. David Ige issued an emergency proclamation to clear the way, 33 protectors were arrested. The kia’i have been occupying Mauna Kea since July 14, effectively blocking on-site
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construction of the telescope, with policeprotector relations only escalating. Kanuha — now the assistant dean of diversity, equity, and inclusion at the UW School of Social Work — is not alone in her sadness and outrage regarding the TMT. For her and other faculty members, these feelings are exacerbated by the fact that the UW is involved in the project.
Voicing opposition On July 24, ten days into the kia’i’s occupation of the Mauna, 42 UW faculty members sent a letter to President Ana Mari Cauce, denouncing the university’s affiliation with the project, saying it is “complicit in supporting a project that will desecrate sacred sites, disturb and threaten ecological systems, and undermine Indigenous sovereignty.” The UW is part of the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA), which is an associate member of the TMT International Observatory’s governing board. The letter claims that the TMT is a violation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which demands that states “consult and cooperate in good faith with the Indigenous peoples concerned through their own representative institutions in order to obtain their free, prior, and informed consent before adopting and implementing legislative or administrative measures that may affect them.” Christina Kaululaniku’uwa’a Sun, a graduate student studying public health, caught wind of the drafted faculty letter. Sun, who has been the only Pacific Islander in her program for the last decade, has expressed her opposition of the TMT. She recounted sending the faculty letter off to all of her professors for them to sign. Not all of them did. “It might be because they think the benefit of being a part of the UW and being part of the consortium that benefits from the TMT outweighs the culture that I’m trying to fight for: Indigenous rights and sovereignty,” Sun said. “It’s a huge slap in the face.” The construction of the TMT is a difficult subject for Sun, whose family is from Kaua'i. She remembers watching coverage of the conflict over the summer. “You see elders being carried off the Mauna, and they’re being arrested by their own people,” Sun said. “It’s heartbreaking.”
Astronomy as colonialism
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Recent events on Mauna Kea are intense and upsetting, but the TMT is not
unlike the rest of Hawai'i’s history. The way Sun sees it, the TMT is just the most recent example of a long history of white colonialism. Sun described the violent annexation of Hawai'i, during which the federal government, motivated by business interests, imprisoned Queen Lili’uokalani in her own palace and forced her to give up power. Sun noted that to this day, many people are unaware of that history. Even before the Kingdom of Hawai'i was taken over, the islands suffered under Christian missionaries and business interests who banned many aspects of Hawaiian culture with the goal of forced assimilation and cultural genocide. Ariana Cantu, a lecturer at the School of Social Work and a signatory of the faculty letter, described her feelings toward the TMT. “I feel like we’re in a time where we should know better, yet we continue to perpetuate the same behavior over and over again to continue exercising supreme power and authority over people when we know absolutely there were Native Hawaiians on that land way before us,” Cantu said. Twelve of the 42 signatories were from the School of Social Work, which, according to Cantu, is not a coincidence, as social work lends itself to this type of activism. “We run by a code of ethics,” Cantu said, “[which includes] valuing the dignity and worth of the person, of people, and trying to elevate people’s ability to self-determine [and] selfgovern.” Cantu sees the TMT as absolutely an issue of Indigenous sovereignty. “It reminds me of the Dakota Pipeline, it reminds me of our Duwamish folks who are still fighting for federal recognition,” Cantu said. “We are essentially saying, ‘We see you, but we are going to ignore you.’”
A turning point Kanuha says that two things make the TMT different from the other 13 telescopes on the Mauna. First is the scope of the TMT. The TMT is categorized as an ELT: an extremely large telescope. If constructed, the TMT would be 18 stories tall and would disturb almost nine acres. It would be the largest visible-light telescope in the world. It would also require ground drilling to make way for three 5,000-gallon tanks which would store water, domestic waste, and chemical waste, which raises concerns about the environmental impact the TMT would have on Mauna Kea, which hosts important water aquifers for the island. Kanuha cited past audits of the
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Monday-Friday, October 21 - 25, 2019 University of Hawai'i (UH), which manages Mauna Kea and leases out the land. In 1998, the State of Hawai'i’s Office of the Auditor found that the UH’s management was “inadequate to ensure the protection of natural resources” and that the UH “neglected historic preservation, and the cultural value of Mauna Kea was largely unrecognized.” The report goes on to detail how “trash from construction was cleaned up only after concerns were raised by the public. Old testing equipment constructed in the early years of development has not been removed as required by the lease agreement.” Sun explained that long before the UH controlled the Mauna, the land was governed by the ali’i, or chiefs, and purposefully remained undeveloped. “They were all formerly governed by very strict protocols,” Sun said. “That’s not the case anymore. The university now has access to the land and they’re granting control to third parties.” Kanuha’s second point is that the TMT is the 14th telescope on the Mauna. Many of the other 13 telescopes are not currently in use. Cantu echoed this sentiment. “There are opportunities to take what exists and share the information that already exists instead of trying to one-up the technology,” Cantu said. “Why are we shying away from that opportunity and instead trying to independently build something new, something larger at the detriment of people who are saying, ‘No thank you, no more.’?” Cantu also pointed out that
the TMT has other locations they could choose. Most notably is the Canary Islands, where the Spanish government has welcomed the telescope, although there has been pushback from environmental activists. Back in August, amid resistance to the telescope, the TMT International Observatory began the permitting process in the Canary Islands. In response to widespread criticism of construction on Mauna Kea, officials from the TMT issued a statement last August which acknowledged those who oppose the project for cultural or religious reasons, but ultimately deflected responsibility. “TMT is a bystander in that larger conversation that has been going on for many years. And whether or not TMT is built in Hawai'i will not bring closure to it,” the statement reads.
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It reminds me of the Dakota Pipeline, it reminds me of our Duwamish folks who are still fighting for federal recognition. We are essentially saying, ‘We see you, but we are going to ignore you.
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The TMT International Observatory is a nonprofit and has also touted the economic impact the telescope would have on the state of Hawai'i. Its contract with the University
of Hawai'i includes an annual million dollars going toward a STEM education program. Kanuha, however, says she sees through the TMT’s facade of goodwill. “Nobody talks about astronomy as an industry, because it’s science and it’s education, but it’s absolutely an industry,” Kanuha said. “But it’s not an industry for us.” Kanuha described a tension between academic research and the “corporatization of science,” saying she has no doubt that at least some of the TMT’s motivations are monetary.
STEM culture The conflict atop the Mauna has often been characterized as a tension between science and culture. Sun explained that a Westernized culture of STEM informs this misguided interpretation. This culture only validates knowledge that is acquired through specific scientific means and often treats native epistemology as legends and myths rather than legitimate knowledge. “We have our own ways of generating knowledge,” Sun said. “Food systems for example. There’s a lot of agro-ecological knowledge and practices that were banned; they were forbidden in the last century as missionaries and business interests came onto the island.” The forced removal of elders from Mauna Kea seems to Sun as just another example of an important knowledge transfer being broken. “If we don’t have our elders, if we don’t have our knowledge, if we don’t have our culture, if we don’t
have our lands, then what do we have to pass on to future generations?” Sun asked. Regarding STEM culture, Kanuha highlighted the fact that the Mauna’s protectors are not anti-science, saying that Native Hawaiians have already “done their part” in hosting 13 telescopes on Mauna Kea. She also sees an incredible amount of irony in the TMT. Native
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Nobody talks about astronomy as an industry, because it’s science and it’s education, but it’s absolutely an industry.
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Hawaiians, she explained, are a people who are more connected to the stars than most. Native Hawaiians are one of the few cultures that can navigate the wide ocean using only the stars. “Hawaiians can look to the stars without telesco pes, and we have always been doing that,” Kanuha said. “We are one of the few cultures that can navigate without any tools, with just ourselves. And you think that you can come and teach us something?”
The UW’s response
scientific guidance,” and that it was unclear whether the AURA can have any impact on the construction of TMT. Cauce also wrote that “we do not condone the use of violence or force against the Native Hawaiian elders (Kupuna) and their supporters engaged in peaceful demonstration.” Cauce has promised to reach out to her colleagues from other universities about a “potential response.” In an email, Cauce said she will reach out to her colleagues who are members of the Association of American Universities later this month to gauge whether other university presidents are discussing the TMT. According to TMT media spokesperson Scott Ishikawa, no members of AURA have reached out to the TMT to express concern. Kanuha says she appreciates Cauce’s condemnation of arrests on the mountain, although she thinks Cauce could have said more. Regardless, she is optimistic about the future of Mauna Kea. When she visited Mauna Kea this summer, she was joined by thousands of other protectors. “It’s not going to be built,” Kanuha said. “I’m positive. I don’t know how or who is going to stop it, but it is not going to be built.” Reach News Editor Claudia Yaw at news@dailyuw.com. Twitter: @yawclaudia
After receiving the faculty letter, President Cauce issued a written response, where she stated that the AURA’s “role in the TMT is primarily one of providing
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Death cap for cutie
Toxic mushrooms found on campus pose risks to students
By Lilli Trompke Contributing writer If you have recently received an email from the UW Environmental Health & Safety department (EHS), you might have heard of the death caps, dangerous mushrooms found around campus. Scientifically known as Amanita phalloides, death caps are extremely toxic and currently populating campus in various places, notably around Drumheller Fountain. EHS warns of eating them, as they are highly toxic but can be easily confused with common edible mushrooms found in Southeast Asia. They make up 90% of all deaths related to mushroom poisonings worldwide. The death cap is a classical “toadstool,” meaning it has the commonly known
mushroom shape, with a slender stem and a wide cap. You can also identify it by the ring around its stem and the cup, or “volva,” at the bottom of the stem. Death caps can be found around the bases of trees such as the European holly oak, the edible chestnut, and the European hazelnut, which are their socalled “host trees.” “They are mycorrhizal, which means root-associated, so these mushrooms cannot grow without the host tree,” Daniel Winkler, vice president of the Puget Sound Mycological Society (PSMS), said. There are three toxins produced by death caps — amatoxins, phallotoxins, and virotoxins — and they harmful to most mammals, including humans. The toxins cause liver and kidney failure, which can lead to death. “I think Silibinin is the approved
Death cap mushrooms have been found on the UW campus.
Photos by Lydia Ely The Daily Pictured here is a group of Death Cap mushrooms that has cropped up in the rose garden next to Drumheller Fountain.
HEALTH & WELLNESS
treatment from the FDA,” Winkler said. “Since [hospitals are] using that they have much more luck pulling people through.” If you are experiencing symptoms of nausea, fatigue, dizziness, headaches, and feelings of cold, and you could have consumed a death cap mushroom within the past few days, please seek medical care immediately. Aside from that, it is also important for patients to be drinking fluids in order for the toxins to be flushed out of the kidneys and the liver. While consumption of the death cap is dangerous, it is safe to touch them and pick them. However, removing them will not get rid of them in the long run, since mycelium, the main body of the mushroom that lives
underground, won’t be destroyed. “It is like picking apples,” Winkler explained. “Picking apples will not stop the tree, it will fruit the next year when the conditions are right.” If you have seen any mushrooms that look like or even resemble the death caps, please contact UW Facilities so they can take proper care of it. Reach contributing writer Lilli Trompke at development@dailyuw.com. Twitter: @LilliTrompke
Dress to impress
Happy Halloween, slut!
By Hannah Krieg The Daily Editor’s Note: Thirst Trap is a weekly column on dating and relationships in college. Mean Girls said it best: “Halloween is the one night a year when a girl can dress like a total slut and no other girls can say anything about it.” Yep, ladies, this is it. Your one chance to wear sexy clothes and not be slut-shamed. But wait, there’s more to it than a little black dress, heels, and a cat ear headband. This is an opportunity to easily strike up a conversation and attract attention from your preferred demographic — men, because that’s who all my personal choices aim to please. We can use this whole dressing-up business to our advantage, showing our best, and really our only, asset: our bodies. To make the most of the festivities, think about whose attention you are looking for. Get
a clear image. Now, what would that person be drawn to in a Halloween costume? You should always, always dress for other people. For example, if you are into the sporty type, dress as a cheerleader. Faking a common interest is a great way to get the ball rolling with someone new. This costume is made all the more effective if you are a female dressing for male attention, as that is your job and should be your main objective when scanning through your closet at all times of year. If you want to attract a more academic type, dress as sexy Bill Nye. Sexualizing someone we watched as children is fun. Not creepy at all! In fact, let’s over-sexualize a bunch of things that were hopefully never intended to be sexualized. How about sexy Dora the Explorer, or sexy Blue’s Clues, or sexy Alice in Wonderland? How about we skip the pop culture references
and just dress as sexualized children? Clearly, this will attract attention from the right kind of people. If you seek validation from frat boys, try dressing up as a frat boy. Except do so with an oversized button-up and no pants. This makes you their equal, but their sexy equal. Like you’re their bro that they secretly objectify, but hopefully this outfit will bring that attitude to the forefront. If you want to attract a hypebeast, dress as a Supreme fanny pack — a slutty Supreme fanny pack, of course. This will literally turn you into an object, but an object that your ideal man will want. Name a more perfect outfit for a night of jungle juice and Travis Scott on loop; I’ll wait. So long as you are desirable, you have picked the right costume for him — I mean, for you. After all, Halloween comes but once a year, and it’s the only chance we have to dress like
this. The rest of the year, it’s back to turtlenecks and long sleeves or else facing the keen yet warranted sting of slut-shaming. I urge you to take this unique opportunity for liberation and use it to please men. Attracting a truly one-of-a-kind frat boy named Brad is definitely a priority this cuffing season. Whatever you do, however you dress, so long as you dress your own body for someone else, you should successfully attract the perfect boo this Halloween. Forget comfy costumes, or matching ensembles with your girls, or wearing what makes you feel most confident — this is our one chance to be slutty without judgment, remember? Halloween costumes are supposed to be fun, like when we could dress up as a bunny without the obligation of a fuzzy ball tacked to our butts. Halloween costumes designed through the male gaze are markedly less fun. If you want to wear lingerie and animal
ears, I hope you feel amazing and comfortable. I hope friendly drunk girls compliment your outfit, and I hope you get 100% engagement on whatever super cute picture makes it to your Instagram. I hope you wear that costume because you think you look hot, not because others think you look hot. And I hope no one gives you any issues with that on Halloween, or any night, for that matter. Reach columnist Hannah Krieg at wellness@dailyuw.com. Twitter: @Hannah_krieg
ARTS & LEISURE
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From cultural immersion to the chaos theory, Master of Fine Arts students tackle complex subjects in upcoming exhibit
‘Irreducible Forms’ opens this week at the Jacob Lawrence Gallery
in their second year of the Master of Fine Arts program, the exhibition displays a variety of artistic styles and mediums. Emily Zimmerman, director and curator at the Jacob Lawrence Gallery, was careful to acknowledge the individual aspects of each artist’s work. “Rather than create a curatorial framework that would be only a surface Stephanie Simek, “step-ups,” 2019. Courtesy of Stephanie read of the complexities of the work, I wanted to Simek, Area Array, and Melanie Flood Projects. honor the deep differences By Sarah Shapiro Contributing writer in subject matter and approach that each of these students are taking,” Zimmerman When something is irreducible, it means said. “There is a certain violence enacted it cannot be broken down any further. when you simplify.” It exists as is, no matter how intricate or The artwork of student Stephanie complex. Simek engages the idea of irreducibility This is the central theme of the in a counterintuitive way. Using a variety upcoming exhibition at the Jacob of different mediums, Simek breaks down Lawrence Gallery, “Irreducible Forms.” intricate concepts into their most basic The pieces in this exhibition express forms in an attempt to understand how elaborate themes and ideas, far too and why the world operates and how it complex to be broken down into simple might be re-imagined using those base forms, in an effort to resist the overpieces. simplification that is all too common in Her pieces include a wooden bench the present era. “Irreducible Forms” acts inspired by the monks who were the first in protest against the reductive nature of to produce fabric, sparking the beginning today’s society. of the mass clothing industry. Also on Featuring works of eight students display are a series of sketches of the bare
bones of various industrial systems. “It all goes back to the idea of breaking something down into its elemental components and trying to re-envision what could be made out of those pieces,” Simek said. Shuo Yin takes a different approach to irreducibility, with work that explores the meaning of being Chinese in American society. Yin moved to the United States to attend the Fine Arts Program. When studying art in China, he was taught art was about technicality, its importance lying in the mastery of skill. Exploring art in Seattle exposed Yin to a world of creativity and passion. He realized art was also a form of individual expression. “It opened up my mind that art is about the world, about human life and our civilization,” Yin said. In recent work, Yin has focused on individual portraits of Chinese citizens to explore the struggle of Chinese identity in America. In the show, he features a series of self-portraits that portray the difficulty he faces in merging his Chinese and American identities. Yin hopes his work will help Americans understand Chinese culture and the struggles Chinese citizens face in America. “We have to understand each other better,” Yin said. “My hope is to bring in some mutual understanding between
different cultures and different countries.” Todd McKinney, a master’s student specializing in painting and drawing, finds inspiration in his passion for environmentalism and scientific theories. McKinney links his work with chaos theory: the idea that every action, no matter how small, has an impact on the universe. Every brush stroke influences the outcome of a piece. Everything humankind does affects the Earth. “I think all art is political in its own right,” McKinney said. “If it’s not talking about something political, it’s going to be political in its material or conception.” McKinney wants his work to be a reminder of our humanity, a chance to pause and acknowledge the interconnectedness of nature and human life. “An artist’s job is to remind us that we’re human, that we think that we feel, that we love,” McKinney said. “We are wrapped up in our technology right now, we don’t take a moment to take things in.” “Irreducible forms” is on display at the Jacob Lawrence Gallery from Oct. 24 to Nov. 29. The opening reception is Oct. 23 at 5 p.m. The exhibition is free. Reach contributing writer Sarah Shapiro at development@dailyuw.com. Twitter: @sarahshapiro94
The Campus Sketcher
Sketching the flora and fauna on campus
Secluded spots to experience the changing seasons
Written and illustrated by Eli Pasco The Daily As the days grow darker and colder, the temptation to stay inside with a warm drink and blanket becomes ever more appealing. The idea of going outside when it is dismal, blustery, chilly, and wet may be the last thing on one’s mind. Speaking from experience, however, staying inside can have detrimental effects on its own. Despite being warm and sheltered from the weather outside, staying inside too long can give me a sort of cabin fever, an anxious restlessness where I’ll need to get outside to walk, sketch, or just be outside in the cold. From time to time, I will take illustration commissions for writers, and this past week I did some sketching for an article about the wildlife on campus. Luckily, this gave me an excuse to get out of the house and get a little sketching done. Sketching the wildlife proved to be something of a challenge. Squirrels, to no surprise, are incredibly unpredictable to follow. This makes them incredibly difficult to sketch. Thankfully, there were about a dozen or so squirrels in the area where I was sketching to use as a reference so that if one squirrel dashed off before I was finished, I could start on one of its friends close by.
The birds were even more of a challenge. The crows in flight and stationary were fairly straightforward, but the smaller birds with their dashing flight patterns and speed proved difficult. I am also happy to say that I survived sketching the geese without disturbing them, as we all know just how ruthless they can be. After finishing my sketches of the wildlife, I walked through the wooded area off Rainier Vista. The path is slightly overgrown and the vegetation is dense and thriving. Trees and plants compete for space and benches along the path are moss-covered and sunken into the ground, blending into the surrounding environment. The dense canopy of leaves and branches provided some protection from the rain as I sketched, but some water droplets from the clouds contributed a fair share to my final painting.
So while the weather may seem more and more dismal with each passing day, if you need a refreshing experience when you grow tired of your favorite book, hot drink, and cozy blanket, bundle up and take a walk through one of the UW’s many secluded spots of nature. You just might see me sketching. Until the next sketch, Reach The Campus Sketcher at arts@dailyuw.com. Instagram: @the_campus_sketcher
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2019 King County election endorsements By The Daily’s Editorial Staff The Daily’s Editorial Staff came together to endorse candidates in the 2019 King County election who it believes will do the best in providing King County, Seattle, and the UW community with effective leadership, vision, and experience. The following endorsements are signed by: Rachel Morgan, Opinion Editor; Mira Petrillo, Editor-in-Chief; Devon McBride, Development Editor; Claudia Yaw, News Editor; McKenzie Murray, Health & Wellness Editor; Josh Kirshenbaum, Managing Editor; Manisha Jha, Senior Investigations Reporter; Lydia Ely, Photo Editor; Sierra Stella, Arts & Leisure Editor; Hailey Robinson, Engagement Editor; Sophie Aanerud, Special Sections Editor; Alec Dietz, Sports Editor; Om Khandekar, Video Editor; Sam Steele, Co-Copy Chief; Thelonius Goerz, Science Editor; Jenna Shanker, Co-Design Editor; and Billie Featherson, Podcast Editor. Reach The Daily’s Editorial Staff at opinion@dailyuw.com
Seattle City Council, District 4: Alex Pedersen & Shaun Scott The Seattle Times couldn’t have said it any better: “These candidates disagree on just about everything.” District 4 candidates Alex Pedersen and Shaun Scott have little in common. Pedersen, a Ravenna resident, is well known for serving as an analyst to Tim Burgess during his term as City Council President. Throughout his campaign, Pedersen has shown support for providing more affordable housing and addressing the community’s number one issue as he observed it: homelessness. Pedersen wants to work to increase neighborhood safety, especially on the Ave, and has supported UW gun safety research. Scott is a UW alum and documentary filmmaker who left his dream job at Real Change to pursue the District 4 seat. The first candidate to announce, Scott is a Democratic Socialist who wants to hold the UW more accountable to its plans to build
more affordable housing for students. Scott is in support of introducing more bike lanes to major roads, increasing police accountability, and bringing the Green New Deal to Seattle. Both candidates are in favor of limiting upzoning on the Ave, which would help preserve the unique and historical area for students and small business owners. Pedestrianizing the Ave is something that Scott wants to see happen in the U-District sooner rather than later, while Pedersen is in favor of “not disrupting the system there.” While The Daily’s Editorial Staff does have concerns about the transition of the Ave to a more publicly accessible space, we recognize that having this space would be beneficial for students and the community. Pedersen’s extensive experience in city government gives his resume credibility, but Scott has potential to bring a new voice to the council. Many sitting council members have
experience similar to Pedersen’s, but in practice, they are proving to be unpopular among Seattle voters. In polls conducted earlier this year, 46% of respondents felt that the council is on the wrong track and 52% said that they disapprove of the council’s performance. Both Pedersen and Scott are in favor of increasing affordable housing access and helping the homeless community, however, Pedersen is in favor of homeless encampment sweeps. Scott’s plans for creating more affordable housing are more ambitious and have the potential to provide more housing than other plans, although they are unprecedented in the state. Scott is in favor of expanding safe consumption sites and building a community service officer program to help retain the safety of these locations. Pedersen’s campaign has also been backed by the Seattle Chamber of Commerce. The PAC has contributed over $800,000
to local campaigns, with $200,000 coming directly from Amazon. The Daily has concerns that Pedersen is backed by such large corporations when he has also voiced his support for small businesses, especially on the Ave. These two candidates are uniquely qualified to represent District 4, however, Scott is the right choice for the role. His ideas are innovative and address
Initiative Measure No. 976
In 1998, voters approved I-200 which prohibited affirmative action in the state. For 21 years, decisions made in public employment, public education, and public contracting have been made regardless of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin. Approving Measure 88 would make I-1000 law, which would allow affirmative action policies to remedy existing discrimination and underrepresentation in the public sphere. I-1000 defines affirmative action as “a policy that considers an individual’s race, sex, ethnicity, national origin,
Initiative 976 aims to lower motor vehicle taxes and fees. This measure would reduce annual license fees to $30 and would repeal or reduce some vehicle taxes. I-976 was introduced to the ballot by conservative political activist Tim Eyman. If approved, it is projected that total revenue loss to the state would be almost $2 billion over the next six years. In addition, local governments could lose over $2 billion in total revenue.
Vote Yes.
Voting yes on I-976 would dramatically affect our public transit system. $20 billion of funding would be diverted away from Sound Transit and more than 170,000 hours of bus service in Seattle would be cut. The Daily Editorial Staff believes that voting no on I-976 is of the utmost importance during this election to keep improving our statewide public transportation.
Vote No.
Vote Shaun Scott.
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Referendum Measure No. 88 age, sensory, mental or physical disability, or veteran or military status, when selecting qualified persons for opportunities in public education, public employment, and public contracting.” Reintroducing affirmative action to the state will improve equal opportunity for all Washington state residents, especially for women, veterans, small business owners, and seniors. Without the use of quotas, fairness in hiring, contracting, and education would be restored.
issues that The Daily’s Editorial Staff sees in our community that haven’t been addressed by policies aligning with the status quo. His campaign has been consistent and transparent, and The Daily is confident that these qualities will carry over into his position on the council.
Senate Joint Resolution No. 8200 Resolution 8200 seeks to add the words “catastrophic incident” to a part of the Washington State Constitution. Article II, Section 42, passed in 1962, gives elected representatives power to take immediate action within state and local governments in a time of emergency. Adding these words ensures that the government will continue to function in an emergency situation, especially
with “The Big One” on the horizon. Disaster is not planned, but state preparation can be. This is a step in the right direction to equip the state for any natural disaster or major disruption such as “enemy attack,” as stated by the legislation.
Vote Yes.
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Metropolitan King County, Council District No. 2: Larry Gossett & Girmay Zahilay Larry Gossett is a long-standing figure in King County and has been serving on the council for more than half of its existence. UW alum Gossett has deep roots in the UW community. He started the Black Student Union and the local chapter of the Black Panther party and participated in sit-ins that led to minority student enrollment increases. Gossett, who created the ORCA Lift program, is in support of improving access to transportation in collaboration with introducing more environmentally sustainable vehicles. He is also in support of increased affordable housing and reducing the youth detention population. Born in Sudan and the child of Ethiopian refugees, Girmay Zahilay moved to South Seattle as a toddler. The Stanford graduate holds a law degree from UPenn. During his time on the East Coast, he interned at the White House under the Obama administration and worked as a practicing attorney. Since moving back to the Emerald City, Zahilay has volunteered with middle schoolers and co-founded a nonprofit based on this work. Zahilay is in favor of creating a county bank, inclusionary zoning policies that reserve units for low-income households, and reintroducing the head tax on large employers. With more pragmatic policies and extensive council experience, Gossett is overqualified for the role, but The Daily’s Editorial Staff is looking forward to having someone new representing
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District 2. Zahilay has been more involved in the community throughout the race, which indicates accessibility to the candidate as a legislator. Zahilay has also spoken out against the building of a new youth jail in the city, which The Daily also takes a strong stance against. Gossett voted for it in 2014. Zahilay has restrained from drawing many contrasts with Gossett through the course of the campaign, offering a positive vision about himself rather than a negative campaign against his opponent. Zahilay has walked the line of running against Gossett and running to succeed his legacy, referencing Gossett without naming him when he launched his campaign, saying “we stand on the shoulders of giants.” Both candidates want Seattle to be more equitable, however, Gossett has turned a blind eye to some of these issues in the past. According to The Seattle Times, Gossett has admitted that he didn’t pay attention to gentrification in the Central District, which has seen a dramatic decrease in the black population since the 1970s. Even though he has created affordable housing plans to address this issue, The Daily Editorial Staff wants to ensure that marginalized populations are not ignored in this election. In regards to the U-District, Zahilay has spoken directly to preventing housing displacement in new light rail zones, which is especially important with new
U-District lines set to open in 2021. He is also in favor of protecting the Ave from upzoning, something that Gossett has not taken a stance on. Zahilay defeated Gossett in the August primaries, winning 58% of the county’s vote. The Daily’s Editorial Staff believes that these results indicate that Zahilay is supported by the community, and this
support will likely be replicated during the Nov. 5 election. A new, younger perspective is needed on the council, and Zahilay is the candidate to provide this for voters.
Vote Girmay Zahilay.
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Washington just couldn’t finish. “I can’t really put a finger on it,” Harris said. “They weren’t doing anything different. We were blocking the same fronts, we were doing the same things. We didn’t execute like we were the first three quarters.” After the game, head coach Chris Petersen said the difference, especially on third downs, simply came down to “willpower.” So once again, Washington fans will be left feeling much the same way as they did after the losses to Penn State and Ohio State when the UW fell behind early and just didn’t have quite enough time to complete a comeback. They’ll definitely feel like
they did last season against Auburn and Oregon when the Huskies came oh-so-close but couldn’t seal a win. “Any kind of loss sucks,” Myles Bryant said. “Not much we can do about it now, just watch the film, get better from it, and just keep working.” But this type of loss? It’s one that’ll leave a bad taste in everyone’s mouth. Not of a bad game necessarily, but of a missed opportunity. Once again. Reach Managing Editor Josh Kirshenbaum at sports@dailyuw.com. Twitter: @J_Kirshenbaum
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