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The rise and fall of the UW College Republicans

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Monday-Friday, November 18 - 22, 2019

Three years of UWCR

By Jake Goldstein-Street The Daily Like so many RSOs at the UW, the College Republicans chapter (UWCR) was small in 2015. So small that most of its meetings consisted of its five officers, and if they were lucky, three or four others would join.

Events were few and far between. One highlight was when the club hosted Seattle’s Michael Medved, a conservative radio host, who faced backlash in 2016 for opposing Donald Trump’s presidential candidacy.

UWCR members would offer to help staff events for local Republicans, and often found themselves underwhelmed by the small turnout.

The agreement had a caveat, though: the UWCR had to show good behavior on campus.

So it was a big deal when more than 40 people came to their meeting Nov. 9, 2016.

“The election had people come out of the woodwork and the momentum doesn’t seem to have slowed,” Jessie Gamble, then-president of the UWCR, said.

Gamble, who said about 15 to 20 people were showing up as the campaign heated up, figured her fellow Republicans on campus had resigned themselves to the idea that Democrat Hillary Clinton would probably win the election, so they were excited to

see the White House turn red after eight years out of power.

Before long, they would be making national headlines by bringing controversial speakers to campus who drew accusations of racism and large counterprotests.

Now, the club ceases to exist — at least in the eyes of administration.

In almost exactly three years, the UWCR saw a meteoric rise in attention and then a fall as they lost the backing of their state and national colleagues.

Milo: A turning point

When the UWCRs first invited provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos to campus, most students, including the organizers, were fully expecting Clinton to become the 45th president. With this in mind, the rally was meant to be an event to protect free speech.

After Trump’s surprising victory, however, the event morphed into something much different.

The protests famously ended in the near-fatal shooting of an anti-fascist protester.

In the deep-blue that is the UW’s main campus, Gamble says the group never had a good reputation, but that violent night didn’t help.

“That didn’t necessarily get worse after Milo, just amplified,” she said.

And yet in the aftermath, Gamble, who graduated a few months later, says the local party was excited to see the UWCR getting people involved and making the news after previously struggling to turn out students.

About a year later, UWCR again pushed the envelope by inviting the far-right group Patriot Prayer to campus, which resulted in five arrests.

In an April 14, 2018

Timeline

2016 UWCR sees increased membership as Trump’s candidacy invigorates conservative students

Winter 2017 Trump is inaugurated. UWCR invites Milo Yiannopoulos to campus. Protests leave one man with a near-fatal gunshot wound Winter 2018 UWCR brings the Patriot Prayer group to campus, and is met with protests that result in five arrests Spring 2018 UWCR loses their charter

Winter 2019 UWCR and the newly chartered group, College Republicans of the University of Washington, reach an agreement to allow the old RSO to continue operating on campus Spring 2019 UWCR holds their anti-affirmative action bake sale, violating their agreement to operate on campus with good behavior Fall 2019 At the request of the College Republican National Committee, the UW revokes the UWCR’s RSO status

resolution, the Washington College Republican Federation (WCRF) formally unrecognized the “existence of any College Republican Chapter at either the University of Washington or Washington State University.”

“The WCRF will immediately prioritize colonizing new chapters at UW and WSU,” the resolution goes on to read.

In revoking the UWCR’s charter in April 2018, the state-level college Republicans expressed concern over the group’s “intention to withdraw from the federation.”

In Facebook messages obtained by The Daily, UWCR members joked about seceding from the WCRF and building their own federation with the Washington State University (WSU) College Republicans.

“Long live the confederacy,” Armen Tooloee, the last UWCR president, messaged his fellow club members.

“But that makes us look soooooooo petty,” contested another member.

Jack Pickett, a UW student and then the WCRF chair, didn’t waste time. He moved to start the College Republicans of the University of Washington (CRUW), which quickly received a charter from the WCRF.

A chance for reconciliation

Despite all this, the WCRF still allowed the original UWCR to operate on campus while Pickett attempted to merge the UWCR with his new, chartered group.

According to their agreement, the groups would merge together after the 2018-2019 school year and reapply for the charter then.

The agreement had a caveat, though: the UWCR had to show good behavior on campus.

It didn’t take long for them to break this contract.

The UWCR’s anti-affirmative action bake sale was, according to Pickett, a “clear breach of this term.”

“We remind you that the UWCRs remain unrecognized by the WCRF or College Republican National Committee,” Pickett wrote in an email.

Then, earlier this month, the UWCR were forced to suddenly abdicate their resources and give up their RSO status.

In a letter to UW administration, the chair of the College Republican National Committee (CRNC) said, “We will have nothing to do with this unauthorized group as it is the policy of the CRNC that campuses be free from hurtful

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A man burns an American flag during the counter-protests surrounding the Patriot Prayer event on campus Feb. 10, 2018. or inappropriate speech and be a forum for safe, lively, and diverse opinions being expressed from every corner of America.”

Other college Republicans in Washington don’t quite agree with this move though.

“The club seems to be looking for the next big headline. That’s my perspective looking back over my shoulder, to be honest.”

“I personally feel that all conservatives should stand together,” Anthony DiMauroAyling, Spokane Community College CR chapter chair, said.

Meanwhile, the former UWCR leadership has threatened to sue, holding that the WCRF did not go through proper proceedings in revoking their charter.

Pickett, however, has a different version of the story, which hinges on the UWCR’s Facebook messages.

“We never went through a formal revocation process,” Pickett told The Daily. “They chose to give up their charter.”

The WCRF doesn’t seem worried about the possibility of a lawsuit.

“The state board and the national federation would certainly win 10 times out of 10,” Davis Halsan, a former WCRF board member, said.

The next chapter

Although Pickett wanted to join the College Republicans ever since getting to the UW, he was concerned about the group’s tone and tactics.

After losing the election for president to Chevy Swanson, he felt quickly ostracized from his fellow campus conservatives. Two and a half years later, Tooloee accused Pickett of holding a grudge against the UWCRs and for not remaining loyal to Trump.

But with the UWCRs out of the way, Pickett is taking over as the interim chair for the revamped Husky College Republicans.

Pickett hopes the new club can be open to all conservatives who want to engage in thoughtful conversation.

“There’s so much more to politics and to the Republican Party, frankly, than ‘Do you support the president or not?”

Pickett said. “I want the Husky College Republicans to be a place where you can be a Make America Great Again die-hard Trump fan and you can be someone who doesn’t like Trump at all.”

Even Gamble looks back on her time at UWCR with some misgivings and sees how her tenure laid the groundwork for the attention-seeking provocateurs that would follow her.

“I think there’s been a big emphasis on just getting attention after Milo instead of working on a grassroots level,” the former UWCR president said when Yiannopoulos was brought to campus. “The club seems to be looking for the next big headline.

That’s my perspective looking back over my shoulder, to be honest.”

Despite the strife, the former UWCR have not gone away quietly. Former head Chevy Swanson, who declined to comment for this article, was on Fox and Friends last week to bash safe spaces on college campuses.

The UWCRs have also continued to advertise regular meetings to talk about their future.

For now, the first priority Pickett lists is getting weekly meetings on the calendar. His officers and maybe a few other people will probably show up.

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

Twitter: @GoldsteinStreet

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Armen Tooloee (left) and Chevy Swanson (right) argue with protestors at the Cancel Kavanaugh rally on Oct. 4, 2018.

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Why did Washington voters reject affirmative action — again?

By Jackie Light Contributing writer Washington voters who had hoped to restore affirmative action statewide faced a narrow defeat in the Nov. 5 general election, raising concerns among supporters about diversity practice in the workplace and state colleges.

Washington is currently one of eight states who prohibit the consideration of race or ethnicity for public contracts, college admissions, and government jobs. Referendum 88 (R-88) would have repealed the 1998 affirmative action ban through the historic approval of I-200.

Since its passage, the effects of I-200 have been detrimental for minority and women-owned businesses, who have lost out on potentially $3.5 billion of state contract work in the past 20 years, as reported by King 5 News.

In a statement last summer, President Ana Mari Cauce supported R-88, saying it could “correct a competitive disadvantage faced by Washington’s public universities in our efforts to hire and enroll top talent.”

“It is clear that wealth, status and other elements of privilege do give some students a clear advantage,” Cauce wrote.

Furthermore, public opinion in America has shifted.

Since 2001, public support of affirmative action from whites has gone up from 44% to 57% in 2018 — the first time that a majority of whites have favored affirmative action policies.

With mounting evidence that these programs are effective in correcting systematic discrimination and polls suggesting a growing favorability for them, how and why did Washington vote against it again?

“We had a really short time frame,” Cherika Carter, the campaign director of the WA Fairness Coalition that worked to educate voters about the benefits of supporting R-88, said. “A typical campaign measure begins much earlier than we started. We ramped up really quick, but we fell short.”

As a result of this short window, Carter believes they weren’t able to properly educate voters on the details of the measure, creating confusion that can lead voters to skip questions entirely. In the November election, 5% of voters skipped the question on R-88. It was rejected by a mere 1% of the vote.

According to assistant professor of political science Jake Grumbach, another possible explanation for the discrepancy between public support in polls and the outcomes of the election can be explained by a

Lydia Ely The Daily On Nov. 5, 2019, Washington voted against the proposed lifting of the statewide ban on affirmative action. the notoriously low voter turnout have overwhelming effect on phenomenon known as “social of local elections. Whereas 55% federal policy. As plaintiffs in desirability bias,” a tendency of the U.S. population voted in the Harvard admissions case in survey respondents to give the 2016 presidential election, appeal to the conservative-heavy answers that make them look only 44% of voters participated Supreme Court, affirmative favorable to the surveyor. statewide in the general. Many of action could meet its end “You might say that you these Washington voters tend to altogether. support policies that would be “older and whiter,” according help people of color in the U.S.,” to Grumbach.

Reach contributing writer Grumbach said. “But when Looking forward, the subject Jackie Light you’re in a secret ballot, then you of affirmative action is likely to at news@dailyuw.com. end up not doing it.” resonate beyond the state and Twitter: @yackielight Another significant factor is

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SCIENCE + HEALTH & WELLNESS

Monday-Friday, November 18 - 22, 2019

Mind over matter: A cas

By Ash Shah

How an aid to experimental validity became a psychological phenomenon

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ong before the term “placebo effect” was even coined, doctors would prescribe drugs that did not treat a specific ailment to their patients. The patients, convinced that they were cured, would leave satisfied — and thus, the placebo effect was born.

“The placebo effect is basically caused by an expectancy that whatever treatment they’re in or whatever condition they are put into, is going to have an effect — a positive effect,” psychology professor Jacqueline Spector said.

The expectation that people are going to feel some effect from a treatment works, even if only for a short period.

Initially, doctors did not administer placebos that had no pharmacological

they’ve consumed an active ingredient.

Though the placebo does not chemically act on the brain, it has been shown to have a powerful effect.

In many cases, the sheer expectation of a positive effect of treatment is enough to see actual change in the patient. This isn’t necessarily always seen as immediately feeling better but can even change the patient’s perception of a feeling. After taking a placebo (that they believe to be the real thing), a patient may perceive a sharp pain as mere discomfort.

But, for all the strength of the placebo effect, there is an evil twin, referred to in some circles as the nocebo effect.

The nocebo effect refers to symptoms or side effects caused by a patient’s negative expectations of a treatment’s

The placebo effect is basically caused by an expectancy that whatever treatment they’re in or whatever condition they are put into, is going to have an effect — a positive effect.

Jacqueline Spector effect, which is what is done today, and instead would simply provide patient with drugs that had an effect but not on the condition that they were being treated for.

Eventually the process of giving patients active ingredients was switched out for inert substances like sugar pills.

Placebos and the placebo effect are two very different things. Subjects in studies are given placebos as to be an effective control and to meet the demands that true experiments require. The placebo effect is a change in a patient’s outcome or behavior based on the fact that they think

outcome. This can occur even without the consumption of an active treatment and can lead to a lack of faith in the health care system or treatment.

Despite this, researchers are still not entirely sure how the placebo effect works.

How can something that is essentially just in our heads lead to accelerated recovery and healing?

There are theories as to how it works, most of which agree on the fact that the placebo effect involves a neurobiological reaction. According to Harvard Health

Publishing, this reaction does not directly outcome will align in a way to meet this play on the condition being treated but expectation. increases feel-good neurotransmitters It is important to note that there are such as dopamine and endorphins. always confounds that can get in the way.

Additionally, there may be greater activity Someone who isn’t feeling too well may in the parts of the brain that are linked to take a placebo and then find themselves mood and emotions. feeling better because of a completely Another theory is that taking a placebo unrelated event and end up attributing it can trigger a release to the placebo. of endorphins from Biased patient the expectation responses and outside that something is treatments that can Another theory is going to change. conflict with the Endorphins, much placebo make this that taking a placebo like morphine, can effect hard to study. actually act as a According to can trigger a release natural painkiller.

Spector, psychology of endorphins from This idea of is seen by many as, “feeling good” “common sense.” the expectation that through things that To them, the field are not medically is a series of selfsomething is going to caused goes beyond explanatory theories the placebo effect and for that it receives change. Endorphins, too. criticism.

Spector described much like morphine, can “If you didn’t know how certain songs about [the placebo actually act as a natural effect],” she said. “You are more energizing for us and put us would never have painkiller. in a good mood. believed that a nonThis change in drug could actually mood changes our reduce people’s pain expectations for how things will go that from migraines.” day. This creates a self-fulfilling prophecy, The placebo effect is the first thing a phenomenon where one expects psychologists can point to to challenge something will happen and subsequently that it’s not really common sense after behaviors will align to fulfill this belief. all. Because yes, it is all in your head yet, This effect, while not placebo, works somehow it works. along the same lines, using the power of expectations.

Reach assistant Science Editor Ash Shah Even things that we associate with at science@dailyuw.com. self care and personal wellness, such as Twitter: @itsashshah crystals and essential oils, work using the power of expectations. If someone believes strongly that the thing they are using will do what they want it to do, their behaviors and assessments of the

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Maybe that face mask isn’t doing much for your skin — but if it makes you feel better, why not go for it anyway? blood circulation. It has since been coIf we believe strongly that the opted by the self-care industry and is now treatment or wellness technique we are a widely used technique that involves a using is going to relax us and ground us, daily body massage using — wait for it — a dry brush. This is supposed to help increase circulation, detoxify the skin, improve the appearance of cellulite, and If it works for help digestion, among other things.

Some of these claims are supported the person, I by science — namely the exfoliating and detoxifying benefits. But beyond believe in the that, many of dry brushing’s supposed power of people’s benefits have been called into question by researchers. Still, people around the world expectations to are trying this practice and swearing by its success. make it the way Hailey McLennan and Megan Dierckins founded Sage Sisters Media, they want it to be, a Seattle-based podcast where they and if it helps them, explore different self-care techniques and wellness strategies every week. go for it.

McLennan’s go-to self-care technique is an Epsom salt bath.

“The way salt baths work is the salt helps to draw out toxins and negative energy that gets backed up and stagnant in your body,” McLennan said in an email. even without an active ingredient, our “Taking a salt bath can help you feel minds find a way to align our behaviors detoxed from the inside out, and soothes and expectations to fulfill this goal. your muscles and your energy field.”

Jacqueline Spector, a part-time While empirical evidence can’t verify psychology lecturer at the UW, describes the existence of any individual’s “energy this same feeling from a different field,” chemistry has shown that Epsom perspective by comparing it to a salts can be effective at detoxification. superstition. There is an object that you Most users, like McLennan, agree that know and believe to bring you comfort; they have a relaxing, soothing effect. this in turn changes your expectations.

Crystals are another strategy used by Whether this can be reduced to the some. As opposed to relaxation, crystals placebo effect or something beyond that, are said to provide comfort and a sense of there’s no way to tell. grounding to those using them.

“As a scientist even, I’m like, who “Crystal pendulums are an awesome cares?”

Spector said. “If it works for the Abigail Dahl @abigailgracedahl tool to grow your intuition, and your person, I believe in the power of people’s expectations to make it the way they want often associate with calming and soothing relationship to your higher self,” McLennan and Dierckins said. it to be, and if it helps them, go for it.” tones and are prevalent in self-care They describe the process of Sometimes the placebo effect can cure techniques. developing a connection with your migraines and ASMR can treat chronic Face masks, like most self-care pendulum by programming it with certain pain and depression. So as far as what’s techniques, end up in a gray area. Do face questions and observing its response. backed by science and what lies in the masks make us feel less stressed because They then use these pendulums to help power of believing — who’s to say? of active ingredients in their formulas, answer questions and uncertainties. or is it simply the act itself of stopping To them, this brings them comfort and Reach assistant Health & Wellness Editor everything you’re doing for 15 minutes adds certainty to their decisions.

Ash Shah and just sitting there with a cool sheet on While many popular self-care at wellness@dailyuw.com. your face? techniques today don’t have strong Twitter: @itsashshah Don’t get me wrong, I love face masks research to back them up, that doesn’t as much as the next person, but why? I change the fact that many people stand know this face mask isn’t triggering my by them. serotonin release (patent pending), yet The placebo effect is rooted in the somehow I feel calmer and happier after power of expectations, and many self-care I do one. techniques play heavily into that.

For me, self-care begins and ends with face masks, but for many others, these are just step one.

Another increasingly popular trend is jade rolling.

Jade rollers began to be used in the 17th century by the Chinese elite, as jade was said to have healing and soothing abilities. Today, jade rollers have become another one of the latest self-care trends.

The idea is that by rolling them on your face, the jade rollers increase circulation and stimulate lymphatic drainage. Some say that jade rollers make your skin more receptive to other self-care treatments, or that jade rollers can erase wrinkles.

While some of these claims can be proven by science — a correctly done facial massage will increase circulation and stimulate lymphatic drainage — some of the others have yet to be adequately researched.

Even so, the trend has taken off and many beauty gurus do it, saying it helps decrease swelling in their faces and is an Lydia Ely The Daily integral part of their morning routines.

Jade rollers and matcha are two small luxury items that are commonly used for selfDry brushing began as a traditional care.

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hen self-care as a concept was first introduced, it was limited to exercising and eating healthier.

Following the rise of the civil rights movement, self-care became a political act. Self-care became a way for people of color and women to claim autonomy over their bodies Today, the world of commodified selfcare has never been larger, thanks in no small part to Gwyneth Paltrow.

The term has come to mean different things for different people. For some, it’s bullet journaling after a long day. For others, it’s spending $95 on GoopGenes, a superpowder that you mix with water every morning for its claims that it will help you achieve smooth skin.

I’m not here to judge.

Of all the self-care trends in the world, face masks may be the most popular.

Most popular face masks boast moisturization and rejuvenation to clear your skin. Some companies claim that their face masks clear pores and give you firmer skin. They are advertised as the perfect skin-care treatment.

Face masks have been a point of debate for a long time now. Many people are starting to question their legitimacy.

“In many cases, [face masks] are doing something ... though not as much as we wish,” Dr. Song Park, a trained dermatologist and clinical research fellow at UW Medicine, said.

She went on to say that the formulas written on packaging are questionable.

While there is usually some amount of an active ingredient in there, there is also a large number of natural elements that may not be quite as necessary.

“For example, your skin does not necessarily need to drink whole milk or kiwi juice,” she said.

These natural elements are things we

ARTS & LEISURE

Monday-Friday, November 18 - 22, 2019

The Overshadowed Arts, Pt. II: The history minors The versatile history department ensures students leave ‘dead, white men history’ behind in high school

By Theresa Li The Daily Author’s note: The Overshadowed Arts is a threepart series taking a close look at obscure, overlooked, and underappreciated humanities minors at the UW. With the recent announcement that nine departmental advising positions will be affected by July 2020, the humanities at the UW are more at risk than ever.

Although the department of history is not part of the humanities division (which comprises the classics and various language departments), history has been the butt of many jokes and is similarly threatened by students who regard it as boring, irrelevant, and too hard for its worth.

“I think sometimes students have a conception that history here in college is like history from high school: dead, white men history,” undergraduate history adviser Shannon Vacek said. “That’s not what our department’s about.”

The six history minors — each a bite-sized 30 credits — are thematic rather than regional, so students have tremendous

freedom in designing their minor around anywhere in the world, over any period of time.

The department’s course offerings are undeniably the most varied of any on campus.

From the history of astrophysics (HSTCMP 313) to J.R.R. Tolkien (HSTEU 370) to empires in ancient Iran (HSTAM 325), the department is common ground for every personality and interest.

The history department is also unique in its constant creation of new courses. Core classes that repeat annually are offered alongside faculty experimentations, such as the History of Bollywood course (HSTAS 317), new and fully enrolled for this winter.

According to the department’s Director of Academic Services Tracy Morrissey, Professor Margaret O’Mara, who teaches U.S. political and economic history, is planning a course on the history of the Silicon Valley based off her newest book “The Code.”

Both advisers and current students emphasized that the best way to know if history interests you is to take one class on it.

“When I started, I didn’t

really know much,” Ramin Farrokhi, who is finishing up his political science major and history of war and society minor, said. “Your early years in college, trying things is what they’re for.

It gets easier as you go along.”

Farrokhi didn’t decide on pursuing history until a political science course got him interested in international conflict. He realized his political science courses often used historical incidents as teaching tools rather than digging deeper.

“I don’t like scratching the surface of things,” Farrokhi said.

The minor in war and society is more than battle plans and nuclear weapons. It explores how war influences sovereignty, national identity, citizenship, race, and gender; how it empowers and fractures nations at local and national levels; and how it catalyzes advancements in technology and security.

“The minor gives you so much on the history of the world,” Farrokhi said. “Blacks and whites in the same unit in Korea, women joining the workforce for the first time in World War II and staying — you understand what pushes those developments, and war, often or not, is a big factor for societal

change.”

Senior Kathryn Karcher, who is also a political science major, decided to pursue the history of race, gender, and power minor because they felt their interests in race and gender were not properly met by the political science department.

“A lot of political Angelique Guina @angeliqueguina science students don’t know the which you don’t necessarily history they’re studying,” have to major in them to do.

Karcher said. “You can graduate History is a fantastic option for and never learn about race in expanding your knowledge base America.” and looking cool while doing it.

Karcher’s minor has (Come on, a minor in empire examined slavery, the treatment and colonialism? That’s badass.) of Indigenous people, women in “Make time for classes you the medieval period, and labor find interesting,” Farrokhi said. studies. Karcher summarizes “I’m a big believer that you’re in it as “how race, gender, and university to challenge yourself, class have been used to oppress to come in contact with things people, and how people have you otherwise would never. resisted that.”

It’s hard in the moment, but it Most students at definitely pays off when you look overwhelmingly STEM schools back.” like the UW do not recognize that one of the benefits of Reach writer Theresa Li studying the humanities in at arts@dailyuw.com. college is to become a more Twitter: @lithere_sa informed and engaged person,

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Husky ID gone mobile

Never lose your Husky ID again if HFS shells out the cost

By Anna Miller Contributing writer First, it was gift cards. Then credit and debit cards. Some states are even testing mobile driver’s licenses. Could the next few years see the death of plastic student IDs on campus?

This year, Apple announced that they’re bringing their mobile student ID program to 12 more universities across the United States, servicing over 100,000 college students via their iPhones or Apple Watches.

“Our university partners tell us that since launch, students across the country have purchased 1.25 million meals and opened more than 4 million doors across campuses by just tapping their iPhone and Apple Watch,” Apple stated in their Newsroom update Aug. 13.

Apparently, the ID cards are protected by touch ID or facial recognition, though there is an optional “express mode” which doesn’t require authentication before use.

Currently, the UW uses

approximately 20 pounds of plastic per person, per year, based on data from 2018. That’s pretty low compared to previous years but could be decreased even further with virtual cards.

Of course, even if Apple extended their program to the UW today, not every student would be able to have their card online. Although it seems to be the case that campus is all iPhones and AirPods, there are still a significant number of students who use Android or other systems.

While the concept of the program and the environmental impact is great, there are some drawbacks, including the obvious non-Android capability (if AirPods are the luxury status symbol of the moment, in a year or two it might be using your dining account wirelessly).

In addition, there is also the potentially hefty cost on HFS of needing to update every single card reader and laundry room interface to be compatible with wireless cards.

Sure, some of them are already updated, but plenty of

places on campus still swipe student IDs. At $78 for a single, new, wireless-capable card reader, that would add up pretty quick.

Also, there’s the matter of the UPass. Since ORCA card readers only accept … well, ORCA cards,

individual tickets for separate transit systems to be bought (so if you decide to buy a bus ticket and take the train, good luck).

Currently, ORCA cards don’t work on mobile.

With all of the changes necessary to implement it, is

Cassidy Pearson @cassidypearson a new system would need to be set in place, probably using the Transit GO App. The app allows you to activate your ticket before you get on and show the driver, but only allows for

having your student ID on your phone even worth it? Maybe, if only to prevent the sheer panic if, like I did one day, you reach into your pocket or wallet for your Husky Card and don’t find

it there.

Take it from me: You don’t want to lose your Husky Card.

Especially not on a Friday afternoon when you have an assignment due at 5 p.m. and you haven’t yet realized that the Husky Card Office (the only place you can get a new one, for a hefty $25 fee) is closed until 8 a.m. Monday morning. Cue panic.

Unless you particularly enjoy offering to pay strangers back in cash if they could just pay for your load of laundry on a crowded Saturday night, and spending your hard-earned personal money on food for the weekend, or convincing your roommate to do it for you with the promise of paying it back, keep a close eye on your card.

And your phone just might end up being the way to do it.

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ASUW, international students deserve to be recognized on campus

By Andre Lawes Menchavez Contributing writer Editor’s Note: Living in today’s world as a queer person of color has made it clear that spaces are dominated by and fundamentally for white folks.

In an effort to reclaim power and uplift marginalized communities, this column acts as a step to holding institutions of power like the UW accountable.

If the ASUW aims to be the representation of the student body on campus, why aren’t international students visible within it?

International students make up 17% of the student body, so it’s important that institutions like the UW work to alleviate the concerns raised by this community. The UW, and the ASUW specifically, need to be held more accountable in alleviating the issues that

the international student community brings forward.

Representation within ASUW has been an issue raised by many international students on campus, recently sparking a large debate regarding establishing an International Student Commission.

“Throughout my past involvements on campus, I have really grown to appreciate the kind of discussions we have when there is more diversity in the room,” Baljinnyam Tovuudorj, a senior involved in the newly formed Center for International Relations & Cultural Leadership Exchange (CIRCLE), said. “I think that it is ridiculous that we do not have an international student commission that represents our community within the ASUW because we need representation and advocacy within the whole UW system.”

Tovuudorj’s involvement in CIRCLE is an important step

The paper made with help from

to achieving said advocacy, as the center works to “streamline the international student experience.” However, it doesn’t change the fact that the UW and ASUW are ignoring the needs of this community.

“We need more international students to be included at the table where decisions for the student body are being made,” Roshni Sinha, a senior who works within ASUW, said. “International students are underrepresented in almost every aspect of student government; even among the JCC, which is supposed to represent different marginalized groups at UW, there is only one international student in a leadership position.”

I see the UW as a whole to be a Westernized system of power that forces communities who come from outside our country to conform. The ASUW’s various commissions lack intersectionality. When

communities who have these intersectional identities speak out, they don’t feel listened to.

“As part of the Latinx community and the international student community, it has been difficult for me to find spaces on a predominantly white campus where I can express both my identities and have my needs adequately met,” Sara Mustre-del Rio, a sophomore and mentor in the International Student Mentorship Program, said. “It is unfair not to have the funds we give to UW provide us resources in any way, whether it be a safe space or input in the decisions that directly affect us.”

Ziva Xu, junior and president of the International Student Mentorship Program, agreed.

“I believe making places like ASUW a safe space is a very crucial step towards making it truly inclusive,” Xu said.

“However, I wouldn’t say ASUW is a safe space for international students. Everyone talks about

inclusion and diversity every day, but the actual effort of trying to listen, learn, or understand is really minimal.”

The UW and ASUW don’t work with the intent to marginalize. However, their lack of action has a strong negative impact on these communities and often puts pressure on these communities to fight for visibility that they should already have.

“I find myself ‘being the first international student’ to be in many positions of leadership and I am always surprised by that,” Tovuudorj said. “UW could do more to accommodate international students and we need to be able to voice our needs to the institution in order for that to happen. That is why this commission is so important, it is an avenue in which that conversation can take place.”

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