The Beacon - 2015 April 2 - Issue 22

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A POWERFUL PAIR READY TO LEAD New president and VP bring diverse perspectives to ASUP executive board

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Grace Holmes, left, and Khalid Osman, right, will lead ASUP next semester. The two bring a wealth of diverse experiences to the offices of president and vice president.

By Luke Loranger THE BEACON When Khalid Osman and Grace Holmes take office as ASUP president and vice president next year, they’ll lead the most diverse ASUP executive board ever. Osman, who was born in Kenya, and Holmes, who has experienced homelessness, hope to bring their experiences and perspectives to the issues they fight for.

A family story ASUP President-elect Khalid Osman wouldn’t be at the University of Portland without a Gates Millennium Scholarship.

Khalid competed with more than 26,000 applicants to win one of 1,000 Millennium Scholarships, which pays for ten years of higher education and emphasizes the importance of service and leadership. To compete for the scholarship, Khalid had to write eight essays and be nominated by a teacher.

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what this opportunity is like, being here,” Osman said. “My family history pushes me to the best that I can be.”

Osman, a 5th-year civil engineering major who transferred from Portland State freshman year, comes from a family of 11 siblings and moved to the U.S. from Kenya when he was young.

“I think I was born into a leadership role. I always had to carry myself with respect, and be a role model for those who were younger than me,” Osman said. “If I ever thought about doing something that wasn’t smart, I thought about my siblings.”

Being a Gates Scholar changes how Khalid interacts with the students he helps with college applications at Roosevelt High School.

“Many kids don’t feel they will fit into college, or be able to afford it,” Osman said. “(I tell them) don’t worry about the money, worry about everything else by working hard on the scholarship essays.”

Family will always be the

most important aspect of Osman’s life. The majority of the money he earns at his internship with Hoffman Construction Company is sent home to his family or extended family overseas.

“If anything pushes me to be the best that I can be, it is my family,” said Osman. “Even in high school I was working to fill up our car.”

For Osman, a Muslim, one of the most important aspects of UP is how welcoming the community is.

“To many people, the first word that comes to their mind when they think of Muslim is ‘terrorist,” Osman said. “I try to be the best person I can be, and try and not hide the fact that I am Muslim. I never felt discriminated against at the University, and I think the administration does a great job by having a prayer room that is open 24 hours a day.”

‘Okay to be different’ Like Osman, ASUP Vice President-elect Grace Holmes has taken an unusual journey to

The Bluff.

After moving from Nebraska to Colorado during high school, Holmes and her mother found themselves homeless due to circumstances out of their control. Holmes was homeless throughout her senior year of high school.

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I think kids who visit UP should know that even if it is a Catholic school, it is okay to be different. It is important for me to be open, even if it does not always adhere to Catholic values.

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But Holmes and her mother pushed through that time due to her mother’s education and success, and Holmes moved to Portland for college.

“I would not be at college if I had not come from such a privileged background,” Holmes said. “I was lucky enough to face adversity late in life to still know that college is an option for me.”

Holmes also said her mother’s background in law

inspired her to get involved with justice issue.

“I am thankful that I have had the opportunity to work on divorce law with my mom in Nebraska (after living in Colorado),” Holmes said.

“These experiences introduced me to a new world of youth justice issues, which I am passionate about.”

Holmes views her mother as one of the most important and inspirational figures in her life.

“My mom is amazing because she went from a stayat-home mother to one of the leading experts on juvenile justice in Omaha,” said Holmes. “She took something that could have defeated her and turned it into a reason to get up every day.”

Holmes identifies as lesbian, and though she was anxious about attending a Catholic school, she came out the end of her freshman year at college.

“I feel that it is important that I am out as the vice president of ASUP. I think kids who visit UP should know that

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MEChA honors UP workers for Cesar Chavez Day

By Jacob Fuhrer THE BEACON They clean our toilets, vacuum our classrooms in the middle of the night and empty our trash. Some wash our dishes and cook for us every day. Others fix broken appliances and repair the leaks in the oldest buildings on campus.

Most of us may not pay them much attention. But this week, one group of students did.

On Monday, workers from Physical Plant and Bon Appetit received handwritten thank you notes and gifts as a show of appreciation for their work in the UP community.

Organized by the student group Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan (MEChA), the gesture of gratitude led up to Cesar Chavez Day on March 31. Chavez was known for his activism and civil rights leadership, especially among farmworkers.

“He helped vulnerable workers to give them a voice and to speak up and give them the justice they deserve,” senior sociology major Rumika Suzuki said. “Many workers (at UP) are not from the U.S.

Maybe this fact is not known to students.”

Suzuki, a member of MEChA, says busy students may not have time to think and appreciate what workers do to keep campus running.

That’s why she and about 16 others, including MEChA presidents Susana Medrano and Cecilia Cortez, both juniors, spent hours writing notes and wrapping 250 mugs containing tea, candy and granola bars to give to workers.

In the notes, volunteers and MEChA members wrote phrases like “We appreciate all the hours of work you put into this campus” and “This campus wouldn’t function without your work, thank you.”

Suzuki stressed the importance of showing appreciation for all workers, even those who students don’t often see, such as night shift workers.

As Physical Plant workers picked up their gifts on Monday, many were visibly thankful for the group’s effort and repeatedly thanked the MEChA members.

This is the second time the club has organized gifts for Physical Plant and Bon

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Rumika Suzuki, a member of MEChA, presents gifts to Physical Plant workers and custodians.

Suzuki and other members of MEChA gave gifts to University staff in honor of Cesar Chavez Day. Appetit, and MEChA president Susana Medrano says the group hopes to continue. She says MEChA is not solely for Latino students, but rather anyone interested in social justice and

empowering others.

MEChA hosts discussions and documentaries, organizes volunteer opportunities and is working to start a mentoring program aimed at encouraging

higher education in younger generations.

Contact Staff Writer Jacob Fuhrer at fuhrer17@up.edu.

Twitter: @jacobfuhrer

Six students awarded teaching Fulbrights

By Karen Garcia THE BEACON This September, six UP students will join the ranks of 53 Nobel Prize and 78 Pulitzer Prize winners as Fulbright Scholars.

Over the course of one academic year, the students will live, study and teach English in a foreign country through grants awarded to them by the Fulbright U.S. Student Program.

UP is internationally recognized for being a top producer of Fulbright recipients and is currently ranked third in the nation among master’s colleges and universities.

Seniors Megan Fitzgerald, Megan Lester, Rebecca Parks, Erin Petersen, Mikayla Posey and Michelle Wilcox were offered English Teaching Assistantships (ETAs).

Parks’ position is in Turkey, Fitzgerald’s is in Mexico and the other four are in Germany.

On top of working in an elementary or secondary school classroom for 12 hours a week, ETAs study the language and culture of their host country.

Wilcox, a German and history major, started her journey toward the Fulbright program two years ago when as a sophomore studying abroad in Salzburg, Austria.

“I originally decided to study

abroad because I love travel, and I was very shy, so I wanted to do something outside of my comfort zone,” Wilcox said.

“What I ended up experiencing was transformative.”

She came back to the U.S. enamored with German language and history and vowed to return to Germany after graduation. To Wilcox, applying for the Fulbright seemed like the natural next step on the path she started at UP, so she dove into the process nearly a year ago.

John Orr, director of the Office of Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement, said the most valuable thing the Fulbright program offers to those who apply is clarity, even if the student doesn’t ultimately receive the grant.

“There are advantages beyond simply getting to live somewhere else,” Orr said.

“You get to do some soul searching and thinking about who you are or where you want to go, and how you’re going to get there in order to have a competitive application.”

Wilcox wants to use the language and culture skills she gains after her year in Germany to become a German teacher.

Instead of waiting until the fall to move, she plans to head to Berlin in June and work during the summer.

“Once you start to travel and

you get past the homesickness and the initial hard phases, it becomes addictive,” Wilcox said.

Lester, an English and German major, studied abroad in Salzburg with Wilcox, Posey and Petersen her sophomore year. She had the unique experience of applying for and being awarded the grant along with three of her closest friends and said that her anxiety surrounding the move to Germany is lessened by the knowledge that she’ll be living in the same country as them.

As a tutor in the University’s Writing Center, Lester has enjoyed the experience of working one-on-one with students on their work. She plans to use her time abroad to explore the classroom setting and dynamic and determine whether or not she wants to teach in the future.

“I’ve fallen in love with the German language, and I obviously have a love for the English language, so getting to do both is idea,” Lester said.

“It all just makes sense.”

Orr said a majority of the Fulbright awards offered to UP students have been presented to those interested in ETAs or research opportunities in Germany, leading to the student misconception that only German-speaking students can be presented with

Megan Lester, left, and Michelle Wilcox both won Fulbright scholarships to teach English in Germany next year. In addition to Lester and Wilcox, two other students received Fulbrights to Germany.

Fulbright awards.

In addition to Germany, students have gone to India, Spain, Ireland, the United Kingdom and Cambodia. For the first time this year, Turkey and Mexico are included in the mix.

“The bottom line is that Fulbright looks for people who are ambassadorial,” Orr said. “The grant was designed to help put a good face on the United States, and recipients are expected to be good representatives and make inroads with the culture that they’re assigned to.”

Orr said that he hopes

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CORRECTIONS In the March 26 story “Innovation fellows aim to bring ideas to The Bluff,” Cole Preece and Taylor Hendricks’ grades were misreported. Preece is a freshman and Hendricks is a junior. Also, their trip was sponsored by the Franz Center for Leadership, Entrepreneurship and Innovation.

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students of varying interests will continue to branch out and see all the different experiences grants like the Fulbright can provide.

“For some people, Fulbright provides opportunities they didn’t know they could have, and opens doors they didn’t know existed,” Orr said. “For others it’s a great adventure before going to graduate or professional school. Either way, there are benefits.”

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Beloved professor to retire

By Christine Menges THE BEACON Elayne Shapiro, a communication studies professor, said she chose her field of study because she wanted to know what to say.

When she started out, she first thought she wanted to study broadcast communication in developing countries. She changed her mind when she was introduced to interpersonal relationship communication in graduate school.

“It’s so critical to every part of our lives,” she said. “It has inherent value to everything that we do.”

Shapiro’s career will come to an end this May, when she begins retirement after 30 years of teaching. She started teaching at the University of Portland in 1987. Since then, the University has seen a lot of changes.

“Back then, Franz Hall did not exist, but the dinosaurs did,” Shapiro said.

Students who have taken classes from Shapiro say she has a down-to-earth teaching style that makes the class engaging. In addition to cracking jokes, students say Shapiro has them sign up for days to bring food, something else they say makes class warm and inviting.

If there’s anything she could make her students remember from her classes, Shapiro says two important concepts come to mind.

“There are perceptual

distortions that come out of every conflict, and we are all subject to them,” Shapiro said. “I think that’s really important to understand, that our perceptions in conflict are distorted.”

Another principle she wants to leave with her students is that fights over trivial things are often not based on the objects themselves, but something deeper.

“We’re really fighting because we’re ruffled over the relationship,” Shapiro said.

“We don’t feel empowered.

We feel that power is somehow threatened.”

Some of Shapiro’s students have been able to take the lessons they’ve learned in the classroom and apply them to real life.

Becky Wauson, both a graduate student and an assistant hall director in Mehling Hall, said Shapiro’s lessons in mediation have given her practical applications in her work with mediating conflicts between residents.

“Taking the time to thank the people you’re mediating with to do the hard work of being honest and being able to see when I do that, people really feel supported,” Wauson said.

Senior Mikayla Posey works with children at a nonprofit and has been able to apply concepts she has learned in Shapiro’s classes to dealing with children.

“It’s really about feelings and validating their emotions,” Posey said, referring to times

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she has consoled children when they were upset.

“It can help them process their emotions in the future,” she said.

Shapiro’s career at UP has been marked by important accomplishments, like serving as the first Title IX coordinator.

Shapiro is often asked what she will do when she retires.

“That’s kind of like being asked what you’re going to do when you graduate,” she said.

Shapiro said she might come back and teach a class or two, but there is something else she plans on doing in the meantime.

“I plan on becoming addicted to the game World of Warcraft,” she said.

Contact Staff Writer Christine Menges at menges15@up.edu.

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even if it is a Catholic school, it is okay to be different,” she said. “It is important for me to open, even if it does not always adhere to Catholic values.”

Holmes lived in Omaha, Nebraska until she was 16, an experience she found difficult.

“I am open about my sexuality, which was hard in Nebraska,” Holmes said. “Nebraska is a very homophobic place, but coming to Portland I could come out and be myself.”

For Holmes, being ASUP vice president comes from a desire to emulate her mother and create positive change.

“I want to be like her and take my experiences and turn them into a positive for other people, so that these conversations occur,” Holmes said. “There are some things that are hard to talk about, but I want people to know where I’m coming from and I’m trying to [turn] my experiences into a positive for other people.”

Presidency goals During their campaign, Osman and Holmes said they will focus on three main issues: lowering tuition, creating a student center and making ASUP Senate more transparent.

Holmes wants to address tuition immediately by working with other Portland schools

such as Lewis and Clark, Reed and Portland State this summer in a discussion about how to face the rising cost.

Plans for a new student center are also central to Osman and Holmes’ administration.

“St Mary’s and The Library are not working [in their current state]. We have seen at other colleges that student centers were built by the students,” Osman said.

“This student center can also reinforce diversity because we can have (outlets) for multicultural clubs that will not work in St. Mary’s because it has little room for growth.”

Osman and Holmes want to make senate more interesting and appealing to everyone.

They discussed the possibility of having a free dinner in The Commons one day or abolishing senators’ office hours in favor of other methods of communication.

Osman and Holmes are also willing to incorporate other ideas into their post-election plans, including the importance of support for mental illness.

“We do care about mental health, and I have talked about this with the administration.

This is an open discussion, and we want to help those already addressing this through ASUP,” Osman said.

Contact Sports Writer Luke Loranger at loranger18@up.edu.

CRIME LOG Mar. 14, 9:39 p.m.

Officers responded to a party complaint on the 7000 block of N. Princeton. The residents were compliant when asked to clear the house. No further complaints were received.

March 28, 12:24 a.m.

Officers responded to a report of marijuana use in Shipstad Hall. Room searches were conducted. Marijuana was found and confiscated, and the students were referred to the Student Conduct Board.

ON CAMPUS “Big Hero 6” Movie Tuesday, April 7 at 7 p.m. in Franz Hall 223.

The movie “Big Hero 6” will be presented

by Dr. Karen Eifler and Fr. Charlie Gordon, CSC and sponsored by Voice For Life.

First Avenue Career & Graduate School Expo Thursday, April 9 from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. in the Chiles Center. Over 130 organizations will be at the job fair for summer jobs, internship, full-time positions and graduate school. Over 30 profesionals will share more about career opportunities in a variety of industries during Link in Live from 1-2:30 p.m.

Anita Houck lecture: “God, Humor & Humanity” Thurday, April 9 at 7:15 p.m. in the Holy Cross Lounge. In this lecture she will speak about humor’s history in exploring the mystery of the Divine.

Two winners will each get a $200 Visa gift card. One winner will get a $100 gift card. .

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Respond to the YFCY survey by April 3rd and your name will be entered in the drawing 3 times instead of just once!

“Three Sisters” Play Opening Friday, April 10 in Mago Hunt Theater. University of Portland will host a play written by Anton Chekhov called “Three Sisters” from April 10 to 20 and April 15 to 17. Performances start at 7:30 p.m. each evening, except for a Sunday matinee at 2 p.m.

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KDUP spring showcase is a hit

On Saturday evening under a clear cloudless sky, KDUP had their spring showcase.

The crowd was as perfect as the weather - not embarrassingly small and not overwhelmingly large. Everyone had ample space to spread out and view

the show.

Kris Orlowski, and his band - almost too Seattle to handle with their matching cuffed skinny jean, denim jackets, beanies, and mustaches to match - were one of the most humble and generous acts I had

ever seen live. ASUP was so impressed with the show that KDUP’s budget was extended by $1,000 for next semester.

Conversations are already in the works for making the fall semester showcase the best one yet. I give major props

to KDUP for continuing to better the campus art and music scene. Also, kudos to Kris Orlowski for being all around nice guys and a total blast to watch live. But most importantly, I want to celebrate the 350-some-odd-

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people who came out on their Saturday night to see a band they probably hadn’t heard of.

We’re continuing to make this campus better and better.

That gives me something to dance about.

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Kate Regan Film Festival

By Rachel Rippetoe THE BEACON On March 26 from 5 - 7 p.m., over 150 students, faculty and staff gathered in the Executive Boardroom of the Bauccio Commons.

The ‘Kate Regan Film Festival’ gave members of the UP community an opportunity to submit their short films with the chance of winning a cash prize and watching their film be aired.

Honoring the late and great Kate Regan Although the banners read ‘Second Annual Kate Regan Short Film Festival,’ this was the first year that the festival donned the name “Kate Regan.”

In the previous year, the event was called CISGO DIGISHORTS Digital Storytelling Festival and it was coordinated

by Regan.

The beloved professor had a vision of not only creating stronger international awareness with short films but also highlighting UP’s film resources.

When Regan passed away suddenly in July 2014, her close friends and colleagues worked

to honor her legacy and to make the Digital Storytelling Festival bigger and better than the year before.

“Several organizations banded together to move her vision forward and make it really special,” Karen Eifler, co-director of the Garaventa Center and close friend of Regan, said. “We wanted to capture the excitement that Dr. Regan brought to the first one and really extend her vision of it as well.”

The Garaventa Center and several other participants succeeded in their goal to improve on Regan’s brainchild.

Where as last year’s fest received five submissions of only international films, this year’s film fest received 33 submissions in all five categories.

“Kate and I had been collaborating on ways to use film not just for entertainment but for teaching, assessment and student learning.” Eifler said. “She brought so much energy to the first one. I really wanted to see that vision expanded.”

Best in show Gabriella Riegos won both “Best Narrative” and “Best in

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Gabriella Riegos took home the awards for ‘Best Narrative film’ as well as ‘Best in Show.’ Riegos’s film was a powerful piece about depression entitled ‘Reasoning with my Depression.’

Show” for her film “Reasoning with my Depression.”

Although Riegos was pleasantly surprised by the recognition for her work, she says that the purpose of her film, an internal conversation

between her depression and herself spelled out in golden and foam letters, was to continue her art.

“I noticed that when I would fall into a more depressive state of mind, I stopped making art,

I’d lose that part of myself,” Riegos said. “So this was making me literally sit down and make a script. I want to

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Film: Festival showcases student talent make art. I forced myself to make art.”

Riegos walked around the UP campus with her Canon 70 D in one hand and a pile of letters in the other. She put together sentences of hope and positivity in golden letters, and countering ones sprouted from her depression in different colored foam letters.

She said the process was therapeutic. As she stacked the letters in different places on campus, she was able to peacefully give her inner struggles a voice.

Riegos stumbled upon the golden letters that would lead her to hope and a $1,000 cash prize by accident.

While shopping for college supplies, she came across them in the teacher’s section and was inspired. Ever since, she knew she had to use them to make art in some way.

“Every time I opened my drawer where I keep my art stuff in my dorm I was like, ‘Ah, there are those letters again,’” Riegos said. “I knew I wanted to do something with them, something expressive with words. It was just the constant nagging of those letters.”

Expressing herself through film really did make a difference in Riegos’ mental state, so much so that she decided to make at least one film a semester.

“It got me restarted,” Riegos said. “I don’t how to describe it. It just turned me around for a little bit. Making art just makes me feel so much better.”

Although ultimately, Riegos makes her films for herself,

she found that sharing them with others can be equally rewarding.

It was a slow process getting the word out about her film.

She first showed it to her roommate, and then eventually shared it on the Facebook page of a Catholic retreat she had gone on previously.

All the feedback was positive, which gave Riegos confidence.

“I realized that people also feel this way and didn’t know that they felt this way. A lot of people reached out to me,” Riegos said. “I think that seeing people’s reactions is a part of the art too. Seeing that I can affect them.”

Once Riegos caught word of the Kate Regan Film Festival, her film felt like a perfect fit.

She submitted the film with no expectation to win “Best in Show” and $1,000 cash prize. In fact, her only current plan to spend the generous prize includes treating her roommates to Taco Bell.

“It was kind of an impulse thing,” Riegos said. “I was like why not, I have it. It’s exactly five minutes long. This is the universe telling me to do this and it worked out for me.”

The other winners Eifler was astonished at the amount of quality and talent within the festival’s 33 submissions.

Therefore, it came as no surprise that all the winners films were beautifully-shot inspiring pieces of art.

Category winners include senior Cassie Sheridan in the

documentary film category for “Life Aboard the Sea Prince,” freshman Hunter Crawford in the humor category for “Walk Through Video Games,” junior Jason Smith in the animation category for his 3D stopmotion film “Scorned by Fate,” and junior Thomas Dempsey, in the International category for his film “Nicaragua.”

Dempsey’s collection of photography from his travel abroad experience in Nicaragua last May struck a chord with the audience.

Dempsey says that ultimately story-telling was his driving force for making the film.

“We were in a small village, 50 people maybe. I just wanted to try and tell their story a little,” he said. “One thing I always tell people is I like photography so much because I’m not very good at storytelling. So having pictures always helps with that process.”

The reason Dempsey made the film initially was to find an interesting way to share his trip with friends and family, so when he heard about the film festival he was excited about the opportunity to share his work.

“I didn’t think any film festival would pop up where I could submit it,” Dempsey said. “To show it in a space like that with a bigger audience definitely was exciting for me.”

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Junior Thomas Dempsey accepts his award for ‘Best International Film’ during the Kate Regan Film Festival. Dempsey created a film about his time in Nicaragua on an immersion trip. a cash prize of $250 each while the “Best in Show” winner took home an extra $750. Each winner was presented with a giant foam check.

These significant cash rewards are a result of a generous donor who loved Kate Regan and wanted to see the festival continue. Eifler says that this marks the overall theme of the festival: Generous community members working together to make something great.

“I think this is UP at its best,” Eifler said. “People taking an idea and making it truly awesome by bringing their gifts and talents to the table and being really generous with what they have.”

People from all over UP worked to make the festival happen. Campus Program Board donated popcorn and candy, and The Library’s

Digital Lab offered workshops on how to edit films and lent out equipment.

Several Spanish professors also got involved. Lauren Gaskill, Spanish professor and Regan’s niece, put together a collection of Regan’s short films to display at the festival.

Andrea Castanette emceed the program and there was also a Spanish professor on the board of judges.

“Anytime people from all over campus come together to make something happen, I think that’s worth celebrating,” Eifler said. “A lot of the time, we feel like we’re in our little silos, our little caves, but when we come out magical stuff happens.”

Rachel Rippetoe is a reporter for The Beacon. She can be reached at rippetoe18@up.edu

To view the winning videos and other entries visit the Kate Regan Film Festival website

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Q&A with ‘Adulting’ author Kelly Brown

Relax: Being a responsible

grown-up is easier than it seems. Along with tedious adult duties like regularly dusting fridge coils, being a grown-up also involves imagining rude people are jellyfish.

At least, according to the wisdom of Portland-based reporter Kelly Williams Brown, the author of “Adulting: How to Become a Grown-up in 468 Easy(ish) Steps” it does. In this guide, which is advertised as a how-to for navigating the young adult world, Brown dishes out witty and pragmatic advice on transitioning into the real world.

For those UP seniors who are less-than-keen on venturing into the adult world and have questions, the Alumni Office has welcomed Brown to campus on April 8 to lend some help.

As a preview, The Beacon held a conversation with Brown about the process and challenges of growing up:

with Cassie Sheridan

Q: You said at one point that you wrote “Adulting” for your 22-year-old self. Could you give me a picture of what that younger version of you was like?

A: When I was 22, I had just

gotten out of college and my first job was as a general assignment reporter for the Hattiesburg American newspaper. That’s a small town in southern Mississippi. It was a really interesting experience, but I was making very little money, I had very little furniture, and what little I had dissolved in the rain (because it was made from particleboard.) I had this very tiny apartment; I was always overdrawing my bank account and bouncing checks.

Q: Why do you think it’s so hard to be a grown-up?

A: I think that when a lot of us Q: What gives you the think of what makes someone confidence to write and a grown-up, we think, ‘Okay, publish a book, knowing grown-ups never make that a lot of people mistakes.’ ‘Grown-ups are might be listening to and always super responsible with following your advice? money.’ ‘Grown-ups always A: That is something that have a clean fridge.’ So we create this thing that is really fictional – this person that never feels insecure, who is competent and expert in every situation. And that’s a hard and impossible thing to do.

caused me a lot of anxiety and fear. The things that made me feel good about writing that book is that I was really up front about the fact that I’m not a lifestyle guru. I’m not this person who knows everything.

I’m someone who has recently gone through this process myself. I’m a reporter, and that means that I can figure this out.

Q: Tell me about the piecing-together part.

How did you go through and say, ‘A, B and C are Q: What are one or two things grown-ups do?’

A: So the first step was to start things about being an my source-hunt. And the great adult which make you think, ‘I don’t want to do thing is that there were topics this, but if I don’t, I’m that everyone could weigh in on. not being a good grownSometimes it would be up?’ something that would really A: Oh my gosh, cleaning, surprise me, when someone said it, and it really shouldn’t have. And I would think, ‘Oh, if this surprises me at age 28 while writing this, it’s probably a good idea to put it.’

Q: What were some of the things that you found surprising about being an adult?

A: Well, it was really fun reporting, because with almost everything there was something useful. There was the wiping up thing, but there were also more subtle things.

Office politics for example.

Just sort of being quiet when you come into a place, and working out the details.

When you’re in college, you get a chance to try out your personality, and you want to make an impression and be memorable. Whereas at work, you want to come across as competent, not as a big razzledazzle flash.

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absolutely. Being responsible with money. I’m really lucky in that my fiancée is all about investing and saving and he definitely prods me in that direction. He’d be like, ‘Hey, why is there a big check in the fruit bowl? That’s not where big checks go.’

This interview was edited for brevity and clarity.

Event Details:

April 8 in the Bauccio Commons Board Room Networking reception from 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. with beverages and appetizers Q&A with Kelly at 6:30 p.m.

All attendees must have a government-issued ID to enter.

This event is open to graduates of the last decade and graduating seniors only.

I remember distinctly a “How I Met Your Mother” episode where Ted Mosby discusses long distance relationships with his friends as, “a lie high schoolers tell each other so they can have sex the summer before college.”

And more specifically, that it never works.

Except maybe, it would work for him and his girlfriend.

That’s the rhetoric surrounding long distance in general. “It never works, but maybe it’d work for me in my relationship.”

In a lot of ways I feel like this is the column I was destined to write. I have been involved in a long-distance heart-wrenching emotionally-challenging relationship in some way since I was a freshman. I know the trials and I know the struggle and I also know the desire and the wanting and the burning, burning, burning hope that your relationship is that exception. I know all too well about “making it work.”

College is a hard time to be “making it work.” You’re discovering yourself through finding friends and passions.

You’re engulfed in a culture of newness, a lot of which involves smelly basements and late nights and living wildly and celebrating your ability to have gone to the gym three times this week and have perfect skin. This culture does not look kindly on someone who spends their free moments having marathon skype sessions.

I get it. It’s hard to make sense of why anyone - being 20 years young, with a prime body and heightened sex drive - would be staring googly eyed at a blurry, pixelated face when they could have a partner down the hall.

But maybe that pixelated face makes them fully human in a way you could never understand. Maybe when they talk their soul sings, and their existential intellectual connection is so incredible it’s worth not getting to be naked every night.

But maybe they are kidding themselves. Maybe they are afraid of “getting back out there.” Maybe they are making a huge mistake. Maybe they are limiting themselves.

Here’s the thing though: Nobody wants to hear your critique of their relationship choices.

Everything people critique about those of us involved in long distance relationships (or any relationship for that matter) we have thought already - every day. It has

haunted us and overwhelmed us and scared us and the last thing we need is another person saying we’re wrong.

What if your self discovery leads you away from that person you long for?

What if that person holds you back like an anchor to your past, sinking you?w What if you fall for someone else?

What if they fall for someone else?

What if you break up and feel like you wasted six months, a year, four years?

You don’t know another person’s heart. Quit critiquing what they long for with a cynical slap of a reminder that long distance never works.

Because why shouldn’t someone try? Why shouldn’t they be the exception? If you meet someone that means more to you than nightly nookie, what’s wrong with believing and having faith that you’ll beat the odds?

It’s not a fantasy.

Relationships are work, whether you spend each hour together or once a month or once a semester.

We are all struggling to figure out how to fit in both individually and together, and the last thing anyone needs is the reminder they are probably doing all this work for nothing.

I once tried to be cynical and my soul sobbed endlessly for the one person I’ve never been able to shake. I believe you can make it work. I think it’s hard and difficult and you’ll spend a lot of time longing, but you can make it work. You can make it work if the relationship is real and better than one night stands at Barrel Room or regretted make outs in seedy basements.

Quit critiquing someone else’s choice to put faith in being the exception. Besides, if your hot roommate is still endlessly in love with her high school boyfriend, that means more options for you anyway.

Contact Living Editor Cassie Sheridan at sheridan15@up.edu.

The Bacon THE BEST SOURCE OF NEWS SINCE THE DAWN OF TIME Every April Fool’s

Zayn Malik replaces Young the Giant Nickelback to open at Rock the Bluff 2015

By Phil Collins THE BACON

Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Prepare yourselves for the heartbreaking spoken-word poetry, ambient soundscapes and high-tempo percussion of Zayn Malik’s new side project, No Direction.

The former One Direction member has replaced Young the Giant as the Rock the Bluff 2015 headliner after Young the Giant dropped out at the last minute. The opener, Priory, also canceled and will be replaced by Nickelback.

Campus Program Board (CPB) Director Sasha Burkhart said that while CPB was disappointed to see Young the Giant go, No Direction is an exciting replacement.

“It was a little stressful at first, having (Young the Giant) cancel just a week and a half before a show we’ve been planning all year, but we reached out to Zayn, and he was so willing and excited to come play, it’s awesome,” Burkhart said. “Plus, everyone loves Nickelback. ‘Photograph’ is our generation’s ‘Let It Be.’” Malik’s website says No Direction is a project that fuses

the free jazz, Chinese opera, baroque recorder music and trip-hop with poems inspired by the works of Sartre and Katy Perry.

Although many fans have read the name “No Direction” as a spiteful reaction to the other members of One Direction, Malik insists it is actually a fitting title for a project about existentialist themes.

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Zayn is not the hot one. Harry is the hot one.

Diane Sawyer Freshman

“I’m really trying to capture the meaninglessness of existence, right, so most of the poems I’ve been writing are about mold, decay, parasites and tapestries unraveling,” Malik said in an absolutely adorable English accent. “I’m just so stoked to share this new work and to share the stage with Nickelback. Everyone loves Nickelback.”

Malik said the harsh percussion juxtaposed against the soft synths of his new music meshes works well with

his lyrics.

“I’ve done everything I can to make sure that fans leave the show feeling horrible about themselves,” he said.

Although some students were excited about the change in artists, others were skeptical.

“Zayn is not the hot one,” freshman Diane Sawyer said.

“Harry is the hot one.”

Sawyer said her disappointment was quelled by the reassurance that Nickelback would open the show. Everyone loves Nickelback.

School administrators were also concerned about the switch.

“Honestly, this is terrible,” Director of Admissions Jackson McDaniels said. “Rock the Bluff is a crucial part of the Weekend on the Bluff recruitment strategy. I mean, have you heard Zayn’s new stuff? It’s actually horrendous.

No pre-frosh who goes to Rock the Bluff will enroll at UP.” Still, Burkhart remains optimistic about the show, because, as she pointed out, everyone loves Nickelback.

Breaking the first rule: Talking about Fight Club

Photo courtesy of Stingray

Stingray, left, and fellow Fight Club member Barracuda duke it out during a secret Fight Club meeting last weekend. The club is meant to relieve stress in a productive way.

By Roben Paulsen THE BACON Clubs have been an integral part of student life at UP ever since the University was founded. While many members of the faculty and staff encourage students to join clubs in order to make new friends and explore their interests, recent rumors surrounding an on-campus underground “fight club” has sparked worry in the administration and Public Safety.

Talk of this mysterious club has buzzed through the student obviously people, this it totally a joke...

population for months, and anonymous posts alluding to its existence started to appear on social media at the end of last year. A week ago, the leader and founder of the club agreed to speak to The Beacon in order to address these rumors.

For the purpose of anonymity, he will be referred to as “Stingray,” the name he prefers to use when dealing with club business.

“Yes, we fight. But what we do is healthy,” sophomore Stingray said. “Humans get angry. Instead of taking out that anger on an unsuspecting

person, we get together at the end of the week and fight with our friends. It’s fun.”

Stingray said the beginnings of the club can be traced back to last year, when he and his friends were watching a mixed martial arts fight and subsequently became inspired to try out some of the fighting moves they saw on each other.

Eventually, Stingray proposed the idea of weekly fights to his friends, who agreed.

The club gathers at night and fights all over campus, a favorite spot being the Chiles Center. Stingray said that he

hopes to expand locations, and is considering the Chapel of Christ the Teacher as the next location because of its acoustics.

The members use techniques from Brazilian jiu-jitsu, judo, wrestling and Krav Maga in their fights. They fight in twominute rounds.

“What we do isn’t like what you see in the movie ‘Fight Club,’” Stingray said.

“It’s real, and it has true athletic value, along with being psychologically healthy.”

Stingray said that the club has been tremendously

successful within the past few months, citing certain events as influential in students’ increasing willingness to fight.

“Tuition is going up by 4 percent next year, a lot of people have student loans and some students are finding it hard to get on-campus housing,” Stingray said.

“We’re all stressed out and we need an outlet.”

Stingray’s message to those possibly interested in joining the fight club is simple: “If you’re willing to fight, and want to fight - don’t find us, we’ll find you.”

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A letter from ya boi Je$us Aye Pilotz, Hope y’all is doin the thang. It’s chill over here in heaven. Bon Apetit been gettin me those golden waffles erry mornin real nice. Even got dat yung premium HD for the Bieber roast and my new bacon grill. I wanted to send out just my favorite tipz and tidbitz to make sure y’all is educated on bein tha best y’all can be. Cha cha!

Tip 1: Y’all. Love yo neighbor. Be nice. Like real hella nice. Give ya friends some cookies or share a vanilla root beer or somethin’. Spread a rainbow if u gotta. Share ur jellybeanz like there’s no 2moro. That be real nice n ya neva know who could use a lil’ funky bit o’ cheer.

Tip 2: Help a brotha out. Or a sista.

Ya gotta be lookin’ out. Look out for da homies. They need an extra hug or maybe just like a subtweet or something. Ya know. Maybe give a lil’ luv on that Yak. Don’t be stingy with ur Instagram likes!

Some of yall peeps love a good like!

Tip 3: Why y’all be skippin class???

Get on that grind young hunnies. Ur doctas and ur professas they be wanting you in class. You payin’ to go here! Get ya school on! So get there and look like you takin’ notes and not really makin out with that giant turkey pesto sandwhich from the cove. Also, that lonely professa who always be sitting in his office alone: Hit a homeboy up during his office hours!

Tip 4: Please help me find my friend Tupac. We be lookin and even from my lazy boy in heaven I can’t even see him. I hear he wearin some kinda Waldo getup and a sweet bucket hat. So yeah guys just keep an eye out for my brotha from another motha. Illuminatti!

Now this year be windin down real quick. Stay on the good good. Hang out with the homies and be the realest. Don’t forget to snapchat ya boi up in heaven every once in a while! Follow me on Insta! Don’t retweet them shady sistas and brothas! See yall! Keep it real!

Eggo Waffles!

Nathan DeVaughn • THE BEACON

New KDUP show ‘The Chew’ turns heads and stomachs

KDUP DJ Eli Valentine hosts his new show, ‘The Chew’, while eating a mouth full of Cove fries. The new show airs on Fridays from 11 p.m.-12 a.m. .

By Ratchet Rippletoe THE BACON If you tune into KDUP College Radio on Friday night at 11 p.m. and don’t listen close enough, you might think you’re listening to dead air. However, the only thing dead on freshman Eli Valentine’s late night show is the chicken that was slaughtered to make the delicious wings from Buffalo Wild Wings that he is currently chewing on into the mic.

Valentine refuses to be categorized with his new-wave radio show called “The Chew” airing from 11p.m.-12 a.m. on Friday nights. The up-andcoming DJ, along with special guests, doesn’t talk or play music for the entire show. He simply chews.

“I tried doing the whole ‘play music’ schtick last semester,” Valentine said.

“But I realized that playing music or talking is all anyone has ever been doing on radio

and it’s getting old. I knew that I needed to do something different.”

During the late-night hour, Valentine acquires a variety of different foods and chews them into the mic. At any time, listeners can call in and guess what kind of food he is chewing.

Valentine said that he gained inspiration for the show from various indie artists who have added a section of chewing into their music.

“My friends and I noticed that Mac Demarco often chews into the mic after songs,” Valentine said. “I see a really deep meaning in this. Artists like my boy, Mac, are trying to push listeners to the edge, make them uncomfortable.

That’s what art is, so for me, chewing into the mic is art.”

Although “The Chew” is unique to KDUP’s show schedule, it actually coincides with a musical movement around the country. More and

more musicians and DJs alike are beginning to incorporate the chewing noise into their work.

Valentine’s chew inspiration, Mac Demarco, is actually a strong proponent of the “chew movement.”

“Dude, I think chewing is a really intimate sound,” said Demarco, who has recorded multiple PSA’s for KDUP in the past. “It really coincides with a lot of older wonky synth music that to some people is just impossible to listen to, but for me it’s so interesting and weird. It’s complex in a really simple way.”

KDUP Program Director, Clay Stank, is thrilled to have some diversity and original work on the schedule this semester.

Stank sees Valentine’s anomaly of a show as a good way to draw attention to the station and its work.

“What Eli is doing is really unique and I think it’s going

to turn a lot of heads,” Stank said, “I mean, it’s definitely disgusting. Like, it’s probably the grossest thing I’ve ever heard. I gagged a little bit the first time I heard it.”

Valentine says that the best part of chewing the whole show and not talking at all is that he can have all kinds of guests on the show without anyone ever noticing.

Although listeners can’t tell, the DJ has had numerous co-hosts ranging from his friends and roommates, his mother, Fr. Mark Wealthyman and multiple well-known celebrities.

“Oh yeah I’ve had tons of famous people on the show,” Valentine said, “They’re all attracted to the show’s weirdness but more so the anonymity of it.”

Listeners have a lot to look forward to in upcoming shows. Valentine and a few special guests, maybe Demarco himself, have a very special

Photo by Pork Chop

show planned for the Friday of Easter Break.

“We’re definitely going to be chewing everything of the egg variety - robin eggs, deviled eggs, Eggs Benedict, scrambled egg, egg salad,” Valentine said. “We really just want to get people in the spirit of the season and remind them why we celebrate Easter in the first place: Eggs.”

Those who haven’t had time to listen to “The Chew” yet don’t need to stress. Valentine says that he plans to continue the show throughout all of his four years at UP and then possibly pass the show down to an underclassmen when he leaves.

“This show really makes me believe in myself,” Valentine said. “It really expresses my inner self to the greater community. I feel like I am being chewed up and spat out by the world everyday. At least on Friday nights I get to chew for myself.”

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WCC changes mascots NCAA approves mascots that are more accurate, fear of Wally sparks need for change

By Merin Andrews THE BACON

Pepperdine Beach Bums Having Malibu Beach so close to campus makes it hard for Pepperdine students to make it to class and even harder for them to make it into the gym for practice. “I don’t know bro, I just want to catch some sick waves,” student Dax Buckethat said. “Not like be waves, jah feel? This, like, embodies us.”

By Boss Lady THE BACON

Gonzaga Tent Squatters Didn’t make it to the Final Four? Doesn’t matter, students are already lining up their tents for the 2015-2016 basketball season. “I started sitting out here my freshman year,” Gonzaga junior Pevin Kangos said. “They said I could be the new mascot because I was the only one who didn’t get frostbite.”

BYU Hot Moms No caffeine? No alcohol? No worries. Our moms are hot. “We were so inspired by the University of Portland students’ signs that we decided to change our mascot to more accurately reflect our school’s greatest asset,” BYU Athletic Director Joseph Smith said.

LMU “Simbiggy” USD Spoiled Daughters The Lion First things first. She’s the realest. Iggy the Lion has a new look. After publicly announcing that Iggy Azalea’s 99th problem was a copyright conflict with LMU’s previous mascot, Iggy, Azalea decided the solution was to get in the fast lane to mascot fame. Who dat? I-G-G-Y.

Portland Willamette Waste Pollutants Welcome to the polluted place on the Bluff. “We wanted to accurately depict that the Willamette can give you a third eye,” Fr. Wealthyman said. “Maybe now every freshman will stop trying to go swimming in the Willamette River.” Wealthyman also wanted to assure the student body that they will no longer have to deal with Wally’s disturbing face or creepy high fives.

The Lacoste polos and uncomfortably tight Bermuda shorts epitomize USD’s mission to bend and snap their way into the front lines of the WCC. “My daddy’s lawyer had our mascot changed,” fashion director Kristin Cavallari said. “The Toreros are so last season.”

Pacific Pete Carrolls The school’s most notable alumni didn’t want to pass on the opportunity to touchdown with his roots in Pacific. “Running back from this opportunity would be an amateur move,” Pete Carroll said.

Santa Clara Colin Kaepernicks Levi’s Stadium has made the move from San Francisco to Santa Clara, and Colin Kaepernick’s nose has come along. Santa Clara didn’t want to miss out on the chance to intercept Kaepernick before another team did.

“I can’t wait for every opportunity to catch every Santa Clara game they throw my way,” Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman said.

St. Mary’s Virgins No one knows what a Gael is anyways. St. Mary’s thought sticking to their Catholic roots might push them past Gonzaga as the highest power of the WCC. “This is a new testament to the birth of a winning season for us,” Joseph Wiseman said.

USF Godfathers “Don Vito”

USF decided to take a new, and more cutthroat approach to the term Don. “They made us an offer we couldn’t refuse,” San Francisco’s President Johnny Fontane said.

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Students pose as Beacon reporters to find dates

By Daddy J THE BACON

By Tom Whinfri THE BACON

At least two UP students have been cited by Public Safety for posing as Beacon reporters as an excuse to talk to other students they find attractive.

Sophomore Sarah Zimmermann first knew something was wrong when she received an email requesting an interview, but the “reporter” never told her what the interview was for.

“I was a bit skeptical, but I decided to give him a call, in case it was legit,” Zimmermann said. “When I suggested to meet at the newsroom though, he asked me where that was.”

Concerned about her safety, Zimmermann shared the

emails with Public Safety, who promised to look into it.

But Zimmermann is not the only student to be approached by a so-called reporter.

Freshman Maurice Braun first got a call last Tuesday from a woman asking to meet. He agreed, and when the two met up in The Library, the conversation took an odd turn.

“He asked me: ‘Do you like board games?’” Braun said.

After many similar questions, one of which included an invitation to talk more over dinner, Braun decided to cut the interview short.

“The way she intently stared at my lips made me uncomfortable,” Braun said.

“So I checked on their website to see if her name was on there, and it wasn’t.”

After the second incident,

Public Safety began a broader investigation.

“All in all, it’s not a horrible way to meet new people,” Director of Public Safety Garry Craig said. “But students should still use common sense.”

After turning the student in to Public Safety, Zimmermann met with the “reporter” who wanted to apologize for deceiving her.

“I felt sorry for him,” she said. “He’s a pretty decent guy and he gives mind-blowing foot massages. I now call him my boyfriend.”

Zimmermann’s new boyfriend says he’s now recommending the fake interview method to all his friends.

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PDA epidemic spreads across campus

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By Emma Nelson THE BACON All across campus couples can be found canoodling in empty hallways and shadowy corners. From handholding, to kissing, to disrobing, public displays of affection (PDA) is everywhere. The epicenter of the attack: The Clark Library.

Dean of the Library Deanna Harrison has discovered that the PDA epidemic usually reaches The Library between the hours of 12 - 2 a.m. when the building begins to empty out. However, Harrington warns, the epidemic could hit

at any time of the day.

“I’ve kicked students out of study rooms who were making out on top of the tables,” Harrison said. “I’ve walked past the elevator to see two students grasping at each other’s collars behind the closing doors. I even saw a student close the curtains around the study corner on the second floor and open them only after an hour had passed.

This behavior is unacceptable.”

Junior business major Carter Andrews was finishing up a marketing midterm in The Library on Sunday night when the epidemic hit the second

NEWS BRIEFS Due to miscommunication in Admissions, it turns out there will be 4,392 incoming freshmen. All non-freshmen will need to find housing off campus.

Several students reported symptoms of the Bubonic plague after swimming in Howard Hall pool. The investigation remains open.

An intramural team has been suspended due to unlawful recruiting from Canada. The player will be deported and the team will receive 72 hours of community service.

Starting April 8, 2015, EspressoUP will begin severing only liquor and mixed drinks. ID will be required. CPB apologizes for the lack of prior advertisement.

Tuition is going up 3,000,000 percent for the 2015-16 year.

According to VP for Finance Talin Persimmons, this is to cover costs of building a new residence hall.

floor.

“I looked up from my notes and saw this couple taking off each other’s clothes in a study booth,” Carter said. “I mean, come on man, it wasn’t even 1:30 a.m.”

Biology professor Jackson Black notes that physical acts of intimacy can have positive effects on physical health.

“Kissing releases epinephrine and norepinephrine into the bloodstream, causing an adrenaline rush,” Black said. “This rush of energy is beneficial to the cardiovascular system because it makes the

heart beat faster. Students are engaging in this behavior because it simply feels good.”

President Fr. Matthew Portman was leaving Waldschmidt Hall on Tuesday night when he saw two students kissing passionately in the rain.

“This isn’t “The Notebook” for God’s sake,” Portman said. “I should be able to walk home without seeing a wannabe Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams making out in front of me.”

Director of Public Safety Greg Gables fears the epidemic will spread from UP into the

surrounding community. As a precautionary measure, Public Safety has begun patrolling the neighborhood throughout the day and has set up signs around campus warning of the repercussions associated with being caught in lip-lock.

Students caught getting it on must take a mandatory sexual education course and pay a $50 fine.

“Folks should be able to walk their dogs and fetch their newspapers without fear of seeing two hormone-crazed teenagers embracing further down the block,” Gables said.

CRIME LOG March 27, 11:22 p.m.

Officers were called to the 5700 block of Van Houten when the entire street was reported on fire. Students were compliant and explained that it was Project Mayhem.

Officers responded with respect and gave the students involved bars of soap.

March 29, 10:12 p.m.

Officers responded to the detonation of a small pipe bomb in the academic quad. No injuries were reported and the detonation has been linked to a “rowdy” bunny attempting to hide easter eggs.

March 30, 9:35 a.m.

Officers responded to the theft of seven Webkinz from Villa Maria Hall. The theft was reported as an open crime. Any student with information linked to the crime is asked to call the FBI.

March 30, 3:50 p.m.

Officers escort an undocumented Canadian living in Shipstad Hall off campus. Inquiries as to why he was on campus are being made.

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Lydia Laythe Opinion Editor layth16@up.edu

FROM THE EDITORIAL BOARD

We really do need to talk

Last week we published an opinion online titled “We need to talk” in which two students reflected on the need for more transparency about the realities of mental health, depression and suicide.

With the recent alleged suicides of UP community members, it’s become apparent that we cannot sit back and let this conversation fade away.

Given that suicide is the second leading cause of death in college-age students, and depression is present in at least 50 percent of all suicides, talking about suicide and depression should be incredibly important to UP.

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We need to be a compassionate community, unafraid of talking about depression and suicide. We really do need to talk.

As a community we need to create safe and open spaces for people to talk about depression and suicide.

We need to ask the University for institutional support. We have a lot of great support from Campus Ministry and the Health Center.

They’re doing so much, and we need to keep it up. We need campuswide programs that educate students about warning signs, how to help their friends/peers, and how to help themselves after a loss.

We need funding for these programs. We need administrators and staff

If you or someone you know is experiencing suicidal thoughts...

UP Resources

Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

University Health Center: 503-943-7134 Residence Life Staff: 503-943-7205 Campus Ministry: 503-943-7131

24-hour Resources

Campus Public Safety:

503-943-7161 (non-emergency)

503-943-4444 (emergency)

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline:

1-800-273-8255 LGBTQ Helpline (The Trevor Project):

1-866-488-7386 SAMHSA Drug & Alcohol Helpline:

1-800-662-4357 Multnomah County Crisis Line:

503-988-4888

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committed to engaging this topic in a compassionate but straightforward way.

We need to ask experts for educational support and we need to educate ourselves.

We need to work with and through these organizations to continually bring new information and insight to the

ongoing conversation about depression and suicide.

We need to ask all students for social support. We need to create a network of our peers in which someone can find safety and support during times of struggle. We need to be willing to engage with the inherently personal and extremely sensitive topic - and we need to be willing to do so in a mature, respectful, honest way.

We need to be aware of the realities of mental health. We need to be aware that there is probably someone we know who is struggling (or has struggled) with depression or suicidal thoughts.

We cannot afford to be callous to the humanity in every person we interact with.

We must be aware that our words and actions towards others have profound power, and we need to use that power for good.

We need to be a compassionate community, unafraid of talking about depression and suicide.

We really do need to talk.

Warning signs of suicide An event: usually involving loss.

Intense emotional states combined with depression - such as guilt, hopelessness, feeling abandoned, rage, revenge or anxiety.

Changes in behavior: withdrawing, isolation, making statements as if saying goodbye, joking about suicide.

Actions: giving away personal possessions, writing goodbye letters.

Problems with everyday activities: going to class, going to work, meeting socially with others, or basic self-care tasks; also increase use of alcohol/drugs or self-destructive behaviors.

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With recent events on our campus, I am so proud of the way my fellow students are opening up the Rachel Macklin Junior conversation about mental illness. I feel that it is crucially important that those of us with mental illness open up and share our experiences, and show people who are struggling silently that they are not alone. However, there is one disturbing trend that I’ve been noticing.

Check Yik Yak - a social media platform that allows you to anonymously post to others in your area - on any given day, and you’ll see someone saying that they need help with mental illness or that they’ve been thinking about killing themselves.

Although Mike Eberitzsch’s cause of death is officially listed as a car crash, you can still see his suicide note on his Facebook. Mike and I hadn’t really spoken since freshman year. But since his death, when my anxiety acts up I always wonder what would have happened if I’d stayed up just a few hours later that night. If I could have called the cops. If I could have done something.

I have the same worries about people who post that they want to kill themselves on Yik Yak. I don’t want to disparage social media, because I think as a whole, it’s awesome, but if you are thinking about hurting yourself - tell someone in person.

Posting anonymously on a social media platform can be a first step, but you need to tell a living, breathing, human being.

Go to a friend’s house or dorm room. Go to your hall director. Pick up the phone.

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We stand together

Nick MacKinnon and Jordan Schiemer Seniors

“You see what she’s wearing? She’s practically asking for it.”

“He’s a big guy, he can defend himself. I don’t get why he’s whining about his girlfriend ‘taking advantage’ of him.”

Newsflash- your assumptions aren’t always true.

You may never know the whole story and the events in the moment leading to what may or may not be a red dot certainly don’t require your hypercritical remarks or snarky jokes.

However, that doesn’t mean you can’t have a meaningful impact on the situation.

Whether you recognize it

By Will Meek and Anthony Paz T H E H E A LT H C E N T E R , C A M P U S MINISTRY AND STUDENT AFFAIRS

or not, the situation always presents an opportunity for you as a bystander to intervene.

“Why didn’t I step in to stop the fight that got him kicked out of school?”

“Why couldn’t I have been there to protect her from the guy that just wouldn’t leave her alone at the party?”

I know too many girls whose worlds were shattered because they were sexually assaulted at an off-campus party or while studying abroad.

I’ve listened to buddies share stories about being pressured into having sex because their girlfriends made them feel like they didn’t have a choice.

These occurrences, whether we like it or not, have all been reactions to hardship. And no, none of us “like” it. That feeling of being helpless, only having the power to react to the harm caused by someone or something else, is a miserable one.

If there’s one thing I’ve learned in the last four years

living on this campus, it’s that the University of Portland rallies together in the face of adversity. We always find a way to support one another. That, I believe, is the beauty of this community.

I witnessed it at the candle service below the Bell Tower the night of the Boston Marathon bombings.

I witnessed it at a Mass in the Chapel of Christ the Teacher after Katie Chale ’14 was killed in a tragic car accident. I witnessed it these last few weeks during Mass, conversations, and a Beacon article responding to the heartbreaking suicide of Michael Eberitzsch II ’16.

All of these are instances in which students sought (and continue to seek) ways to let anyone whose mind has ever contemplated the idea, know that they are loved and not alone.

It’s time for us to commit to one another – a conviction that calls us to be willing to stand up

Let’s talk

Last week, Joe Shorma and Jesse Dunn courageously asked to have a conversation about suicide with their letter entitled “We need to talk.” As University staff members, we are very encouraged by this energy. We’re here to say: “Yes, let’s talk”.

Joe and Jesse pointed out, and rightly so, that death from mental illness in the form of suicide is a preventable outcome. They call our attention to the fact that mental illness and depression are real, and that these realities affect many in our community.

The first step toward preventing suicide is to start talking. If you are having suicidal thoughts, tell someone.

If you are wondering about whether a friend or family member is thinking about this, ask them.

Some warning signs for a person that may be having a mental health issue that includes suicide are increased risk-taking and impulsive behaviors, making ominous statements about the future, giving away important possessions, making suicidal statements, becoming more socially withdrawn and increased

drug and alcohol use. When listening, be compassionate and understanding.

Sometimes, the thought of talking about suicide can be uncomfortable. We may not want anyone to know. But, ignoring, hiding or minimizing the issue, or being afraid to ask about it, makes us feel isolated and alone. When we talk about it, we can become connected, safe and hopeful.

The next step toward preventing suicide is getting help – and there are a wide range of people at UP who can help.

For treatment of a variety of mental health and life issues, including thoughts about suicide, the counseling staff members at the Health Center are here for you. Services are free and confidential, and are readily accessible. There are three hours each day dedicated to new and urgent appointments.

If you tell the Health Center that these times do not work for your schedule, counselors will work to find a way to see you as soon as possible. And, if you need urgent help and the Health Center is closed, talk to residence hall staff, call Public Safety, or call the call the Multnomah County Crisis Line at 503-988-4888.

And, there are many other resources on campus that can

help too.

Talk to campus ministers, residence hall staff (RAs, HDs, AHDs), pastoral residents, faculty, coaches and athletic trainers, academic advisors, wellness promotion staff, or staff who work in the Office for Students With Disabilities, the Freshman Resource Center, International Student Services, the Career Center, Confidential Group, or Public Safety.

There are so many at UP who are ready to be a part of this conversation.

For those preferring to seek off-campus help, staff at the Health Center can help you find counseling providers in the Portland community.

As a Catholic and Holy Cross university, we care not only for the education of the mind, but also of the heart.

In the midst of suffering, we want to talk, knowing that this burden is easier to bear when we carry it together.

And, we believe deeply in the mystery of the Cross: That our God is with us in the midst of our suffering.

Especially as we prepare to celebrate the death and resurrection of Jesus this weekend, we hope in the triumph of light over darkness, confident that the Resurrection promises our own rising, even

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for the safety and well-being of our friends and neighbors with reckless abandon.

Everyone deserves to know that someone will step up to protect them without hesitation; that their voice will be heard in their absence. We need everyone to trust that if they are not present or able to protect a friend or loved one, someone – anyone – will step in to intervene.

We’ve all witnessed this compassion in one way or another on campus, most especially through the Green Dot program. It’s student athletes committing to better prepare themselves for a number of risky situations in which they might have the power to prevent violence.

It’s Air Force and Army cadets making a pledge to do all we can to carry and spread the power of Green Dot’s message throughout a military organization which, frankly, has been plagued by an embarrassing number of

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accounts of sexual assault.

It’s the students without any formal affiliation who show up to a Green Dot training by themselves because they, too, want to be prepared to help their roommate, fellow Pilot, or even a complete stranger if given the opportunity.

Next week at the Bell Tower on Wednesday, April 8 at 8-8:30 p.m., Green Dot will be hosting Bringing Light to Darkness: The Power of the Active Bystander. It will be a chance for us, once again, to rally as a community by coming together to celebrate the power of the bystander.

We will stand in solidarity with those who have been impacted by sexual assault, stalking, or dating violence to say, “NO MORE! No longer will I allow you to be treated as less than a human being. You deserve respect, and I will give of myself to ensure you know that.”

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Anonymous: UP community needs to connect face-to-face Continued from page 12 I’m serious. If you think that in any way you might hurt yourself, have a frank, open and honest conversation with someone you can trust. If you feel like you can’t trust anyone in your life, call a counselor or a hotline. If you are in immediate and acute danger, call 911.

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I made it through, and so can you.

Rachel Macklin Junior

I know these are big scary things to do. I still (quite literally) carry the scars from when I was suicidal. But despite my best efforts at the time, I lived through it.

I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t depressed or anxious anymore, because I still am.

The important thing is that now I have learned to live with these emotions and that they no longer control my life. I

don’t feel them every second of every day. No two illnesses are the same, but the key to my recovery is that I found a support system.

I firmly believe that the most important thing you can do if you are feeling suicidal is to form a support system of your own. If your family is unsupportive, create a new one out of friends who love you. If your friends are unsupportive, make new ones.

If you have no one else, I’ll be your friend. Go to the Health Center here on campus. Go to church if that’s your thing. The important thing is that you find a community and that you cling tight to life.

I made it through, and so can you.

Rachel Macklin is a junior English major and can be reached at macklin16@up.edu.

FACES ON THE BLUFF Who busted your March Madness bracket?

Jeff Sullivan Senior Organization Technology Management Major

Emily Gast Sophomore Finance Major

UAB vs Iowa State

Villanova

Troy Attanasi Junior Organization Technology Management and Spanish Major Villanova, Iowa State, and Baylor

Amanda Van Daele Junior Organizational Communication Studies Major Baylor

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Josef Bautista Junior Organization Technology Management Major Villanova

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Talk: Keeping the conversation going Continued from page 13 when the light seems beyond us.

Those of us who work with students at UP love accompanying students on their journeys, wherever these may lead, even when uncomfortable.

We want to work with you to make this a healthy campus – and a place where everyone is safe.

Right now, this means taking time to join together as a community to keep this conversation going. At 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 16 in the basement of Fields and

Schoenfeldt Halls, all members of the University community are invited to attend an open forum to discuss mental health at UP. Here we hope to hear from you: What you need and what we can do as a community to address these needs.

Please join us. Please invite your friends to join us.

We want to keep this conversation going into the fall semester and beyond.

Together, we can continue to make UP a caring, connected, and healthy community. Together, we can believe that light will win over darkness.

Stand: Students offer solidarity Continued from page 13 This will be our chance to take a stand and proclaim the fact that the active bystander can change the world. Call me delusional, but I’ve witnessed it firsthand. Having seen so many students attend Green Dot training and take the pledge to forever live as an active bystander in response to witnessing the darkness their closest friends have endured, I know that their influence is real.

To be an active bystander is to acknowledge someone’s need for help and to act on it. It calls for listening and believing a roommate’s account of having been sexually assaulted.

For some, it’s making that sometimes-uncomfortable comment to a drunken couple stumbling away from a party, offering to walk each of them home. And for others, it’s having the courage to step in to stop a couple’s fight in the grocery store, because you know it’s not awkward – it’s

doing the right thing.

Next Wednesday will be our chance to become active bystanders. It will be an opportunity to publicly proclaim our commitment to combatting any form of violence we might encounter for the remainder of our lives.

Together, our attendance will be a demonstration of this community’s commitment to supporting one another.

Our attendance will say to the stranger next to us, “I will have your back in the future and I know you will have mine.”

Wednesday will be another step closer towards a world in which everyone is valued. Let’s stand together against violence and declare that enough is enough.

Jordan Schiemer and Nick MacKinnon are Mechanical Engineering majors and can be reached at: mackinno14@up.edu

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Women can’t have it all... yet Successful CEO or mother.

Choose - because in today’s society women are told we cannot be both, at least Malika Andrews Sophomore, Sports Editor not without sacrifices.

Women are told they cannot “have it all.”

It is important to understand what I mean by “having it all,” and most importantly, to define what is meant by “successful mother.”

The traditional view of a successful mother means the mother is the primary caregiver which includes being the soccer mom and taxi service while also attending PTA and preparing meals. This leaves little time to also build a career.

So, according to this traditional view of successful motherhood, women cannot have it all. We can pretend, and it is not totally impossible, but when a woman is able to be a successful mom as defined above and have a highly demanding career, she is the exception, not the rule.

Because I am a woman, societal standards have predetermined my failure.

If I do not become a mother, I am not fulfilling my womanly duties. If I do not have a career, I am not taking advantage of progress in women’s rights.

For years, I have told people that I do not want children.

This statement is usually met with a series of puzzled looks and statements that allude to the fact that I am a waste of a woman if I don’t get married and have children.

Fellow women have asked me if it is because I hate men or if I hate children.

No, it is not.

It is because my prime years for bearing children are the same years that I am expected to build a career.

There are far too few women in positions of power, and I intend to make my mark on this world. I am afraid that if I have children, I will either fail as a parent or not reach my full potential in the workforce.

I am discouraged from pursuing ambitious positions of leadership specifically because I am supposed to settle down and have children.

Media and popular culture reinforce these beliefs.

Female leaders are the bitchy bosses who have sacrificed having a family to be successful in their careers.

They are often portrayed as lonely and waiting for a man to come and show them that work isn’t everything.

The solution is to change gender perspective.

If the societal norm for “successful mother” becomes a mother who supports her children, influences their development and choices positively, is involved in their lives, spends time with them when they can and provide care, then maybe women can “have it all.”

And why limit this to women?

Let’s exchange the word “mother” for “father.”

Is it possible to be a successful father and have a prosperous career? Most people would say yes.

Successful fatherhood is possible because of the way in which we have defined the role of fatherhood.

A father is traditionally supposed to be the protector, the breadwinner and a strong leader, but isn’t expected to be at every school play.

Fathers who are the primary caregivers are often thought of as weak or doing “women’s work.”

If these roles switched, and society became more accepting of a stay-at-home dad and didn’t scrutinize women for leaving their kids at home and working 50 hour weeks, the choice between motherhood and career building would not be as sacrificial.

It takes a village to raise a child, and there is no wrong way to do it.

There is nothing wrong with being a single mom who hires help so she can build a career simultaneously. There is nothing wrong with the mother being the primary breadwinner and the father staying at home and making lunches. There is also nothing wrong with women choosing to stay at home to raise a family while her male counterpart works.

I am hopeful in my lifetime that I will be proven wrong. I am hopeful that I will not have to sacrifice family for work or vice versa.

It is okay to see gender, but what hinders our society is reducing someone to his or her gender roles.

Malika Andrews is the Sports Editor for The Beacon. She can be reached at andrewsm17@ Up.edu of on Twitter @malika_ andrews

Growing up When I was 11, life was easy.

My mom would drive me to volleyball practice and she would make me dinner Molly Vincent Sophomore when I came home.

I usually had an hour of homework a night. The hardest thing in my life was that I had buckteeth with braces which made me talk funny.

But overall, I was a pretty normal kid. I couldn’t drive a car, so I was chauffeured around everywhere. The only thing I had to clean was my own room and occasionally feed my dog.

Today, eight years later, life is not so easy. I have to grow up and act like an adult. I can’t mess up and expect an “I’m sorry” to fix it.

As early as senior year of high school, people were asking me what I wanted to

be when I grow up. I thought it was pretty early to start thinking about it. I was only 17, and I had no idea. But truthfully, it makes sense to start thinking about it while still a teenager. Thinking about what you want to major in at college is something that determines your future (to a certain extent) and teenagers start thinking about what they want to major in when they start applying to schools. It’s reasonable to have a plan pretty early.

The problem is that having a major doesn’t guarantee that you have a plan for the future, or that you can get a job after graduation, or even an internship during school. I don’t have a plan, but I’m one of many. In fact, it seems a lot of people I know really know what job fields they want to get into, but don’t know exactly what they want to do or what job they want to get.

“What are you doing after graduation?” is a question I constantly face by family members and family friends

when I come home. And I hate talking about it. I would rather talk about literally anything else than getting a job or an internship. I am constantly asked if I want to be a teacher.

The answer is: Preferably not.

Even though I like kids, I don’t want to handle an entire classroom of them for seven hours a day.

Though my situation is frustrating, it is not unique at all. Thinking about graduation reminds me that I am about to be a real-life adult. And although it is still two years away, I know it is coming fast.

Another fear is telling someone I want to do an ambitious job and hearing, “That’s a hard field to get into.” If I am going to share my ideas, I don’t want a lecture.

If, in two years, I don’t know what to do, that’s okay too.

Molly Vincent is a sophomore English major and can be reached at vincentm17@ up.edu.

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Pilot in the spotlight Marci Witczak • Track • Junior When did you start running?

I think probably 4th grade, or maybe 3rd grade. Elementary track meets once a year. I used to play soccer, running was on the side.

What makes you love cross country?

It is probably the “good feeling runs” I go on. Like in the forest during a workout, when you get done with (the run) it just feels really good. It’s like, ‘I just ran 90 minutes in the forest, and that’s awesome.’ Or after a hard workout and you were able to really push yourself and go beyond your expectations. Being able to experience that with teammates too makes it a collective good feeling.

Or after an awesome race in which everyone ran well, it is a very unique feeling.

What made you choose UP?

I really wanted to come to school in Oregon, I wanted to be in the rain. It came down to either Oregon State or here, and I felt that the team and the coach here were a better fit for me. I felt better vibes from here than at Oregon State.

What are your fastest times?

Last weekend I ran a 1500 meter in 4:51. I also ran a 3k recently in 10:02.

What are your goals for the future?

Well, this is my last year, and I want to stick around for a bit. I want to some trail racing, maybe in the Bend area. I am also thinking of half marathons, and the Portland marathon.

Who is your favorite sports role model?

I would say Abby Wombach and Megan Rapino from the 06’ soccer team. Watching them play, you can tell they put so much into their sport. And they care so much about it, but they are also well rounded and respectful. They are great athletes, but also great people.

What do you like to do aside from running?

I like to hike, and to camp. I also like to read, and woodburn. Not just burning wood though, I am not a pyro. I like to do art in it. I am reading “Wild” and “Pride and Prejudice” right now.

Interview by Jimmy Sheldrup

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Soccer suffers with only 12

Reveno will return to Chiles

By Malika Andrews THE BEACON

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Junior midfielder Noelle La Prevotte manuevers the ball around a Seattle Reign player. With only 12 players, the Pilots lost to the Reign 5-0.

By Molly McSweyn THE BEACON For the first time in over a decade, the Pilots failed to make it to the WCC playoffs.

Now, the team starts their spring season with a roster of only 12 players, mainly due to a loss of seniors and three other players.

The spring season is nontraditional, with the Pilots only playing college teams that are a drive away, and professional teams, such as Seattle FC Reign and the Portland Thorns.

The Pilots’ first game was against the Portland Thorns on March 21. The Pilots lost 4-0.

A week later, on March 28, the team battled against Seattle FC Reign, another professional team that boasts 6 UP alums.

Although the Pilots lost 5-0, the team felt happy with their performance.

“Obviously the pace is a lot

faster than what we are used to with college teams,” freshman Hannah Griffiths Boston said. “I mean, they have been playing professionally for a while so obviously they are way faster, but I think we held our own out there.”

During these games, the team has been faced with the challenge of playing full 90 minute games with only 12 players, when a normal roster boasts at least 18.

The team is losing two graduating seniors and three other players, while freshman Jess Kennedy and Kaycie Young will sit out the season because of injuries.

But the Pilots’ low numbers aren’t creating any problems for the women. In fact, the team seems to be reenergized after coming off of a disappointing fall season.

“For the team, I am hoping we can move past last season since it wasn't as good as we

wanted it to be,” freshman Jess Kennedy said “And I think with the group of people we have now, and how everyone's mindset is, we are pretty determined to do better than we have, especially after last fall.”

Although the scores against the Thorns and Reign did not show much, the team has a different atmosphere about it stepping onto the turf.

“Looking from last season, I have heard some of the fans say that this is a completely different team that they are watching,” junior Noelle La Prevotte said. “I think that we are finally getting the sense of Portland soccer back.”

Contact Sports Writer Molly McSweyn at mcsweyn18@up.edu.

Twitter: @MollyMcSweyn

Men’s basketball head coach Eric Reveno will return for a tenth season with the Pilots.

The decision was a vote of confidence that Reveno is a good fit for the program.

Reveno says he never doubted that he would return for the 2015-16 season.

“There is a high expectation and a high standard and I like that,” Reveno said.

“The University and the administration are grounded enough and they recognize how we operate and what we do.

I like that we are collectively trying to work to be better.”

Athletic Director Scott Leykam told Oregonian reporter, Jason Quick, that the focus now is on next season.

“He and I have had good discussion in recent days,” Leykam said. “And we are now working hard to prepare for next season.”

The Pilots finished the season with a record of 17-16.

The school record for men’s basketball wins in a season is 21. The graduation rate for scholarship athletes under Reveno is 100 percent.

For several years, Reveno has been the highest paid employee at UP. According to the IRS 990 form for 2012, Reveno’s reportable compensation was $394,808.

More recent salary information is not available.

Next season, Reveno will return second-team All-WCC point guard Alec Wintering to his line up. Additionally, Bryce Pressley, and four freshmen

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will be back for their second season.

Also, Reveno will welcome a high profile incoming recruiting class, including 6-foot-7 Chaiir Maker who is currently attending prep school in Australia. Maker scored 49 points against Rainier Beach, the No.1 ranked team in Washington.

“We are trying to be very good,” Reveno said. “We have a long ways to go between here and next season but in terms of the pieces, I really like our pieces. There is a reason to be optimistic.”

Contact Sports Editor Malika Andrews at andrewsm17@up.edu.

Twitter: @malika_andrews

THIS WEEK IN SPORTS Baseball at BYU The Pilots begin their three-game series against BYU today at 5 p.m. in Utah.

Men’s and Women’s Track and Field The men and women take a trip down to Palo Alto, California to compete in the Stanford invitational on Friday, April 3.

Men’s Tennis at Gonzaga The men take on the Bulldogs in a WCC showdown in Spokane, Washington on Saturday, April 4. Time TBA.

Women’s Tennis vs. Gonzaga

The No. 48 ITA ranked women’s tennis team takes on Gonzaga at home on Saturday April 4 at 11 p.m.

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Malika Andrews Sports Editor andrewsm17@up.edu

Nationally ranked Pilots continue to win

By Molly Vincent THE BEACON

For the first time in program history, the Pilots Women’s tennis team are ITA ranked.

They now clock in at No. 48.

Placing No. 67 last week, Portland made the second largest advance in the nation in this week’s ITA Women’s Team Rankings.

The Pilots have won their past five matches against Boise State, No. 51 USF, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and St. Mary’s.

On Sunday, the Pilots dominated Pacific 7-0. Pacific is nationally ranked for the second year in a row.

The Pilots’ reign was bolstered by unprecedented wins over UC Davis, Boise State and Oregon. The Pilots also beat USF for the first time in nearly eight years.

Head coach Susie CampbellGross and assistant coach Filip Zivkovic say heavy training and a new outlook on the game has helped the players.

“The reality is that we’ve been working with this group for the last three years to get to this point,” Zivkovic said. “They’ve become more professional as we started beating ranked teams. It seems everyone got a confidence boost.”

The coaches predict the new ranking will attract talented players to the program.

When recruiting players, the coaches look for three important qualities: results, rankings and the ability to be academically successful.

“We’ve looked to international players to come in that have had a lot of experience and success and high rankings. We’re able to get those few great players and then more players follow that,” Campbell-Gross said.

The coaches plan to build a team with international players as well “five star” and “blue chip” recruits.

Blue chips are the highest level American athletes, and tennis only sees about 20 every generation. Five-star recruits are a step down from blue chips.

Being ranked helps coaches get better players to continue the cycle of winning and improving the team’s ranking.

Sophomore Lucia Butkovska, a Bratislava, Slovakia native, is excited that the team’s hard work and dedication are paying off.

“It’s amazing. I didn’t play last year. (I) wasn’t eligible. I knew it was going to be hard. It clicked this year. The coaches are proud of us. I’m proud of my team,” Butkovska said.

“Everyone is working towards one goal to succeed as a team.

If one person loses, it doesn’t mean the team loses.”

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The women’s tennis team comes together for a huddle at the end of practice. The Pilots are No. 48 in ITA rankings. This is the first time the Pilots have been ranked in program history.

Junior Tori Troesch says the new rankings give the team the mindset to take on any team.

“It’s actually kind of insane,” Troesch said. “It’s the best that our program has ever done and it’s been fun to be a part of that. And we’re excited to see where we can go, especially after beating St. Mary’s this weekend which is ranked 33 in the nation.

That was huge for us, so we’re

excited.”

Both Troesch and Butkovska hope to make the bid to the NCAA tournament.

The coaches hope that Butkovska will get to the NCAA tournament because of her nationally ranked singles status. The top 60 ranked players advance to the tournament.

The team is ascending quickly through rankings, and Campbell-Gross believes

the players can build on their success.

“It feels rewarding but not satisfying- yet. We feel as though we can accomplish more,” said Campbell-Gross.

“There’s more to do.”

Contact Sports Writer Molly Vincent at vincentm17@up.edu.

Twitter: @mollyvincent19

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