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Who’s responsible for diversity?
After diversity coordinators raise concerns, CPB is making an effort to promote diversity By Lydia Laythe THE BEACON
Tonight, the Campus Programming Board (CPB) is sponsoring a campus-wide screening of “Dear White People,” a film that highlights modern issues around race, as part of Diversity Dialogues Week (DDW). While it’s not unusual for CPB to sponsor film screenings, tonight’s is noteworthy because of the conflict leading up to it. Diversity coordinators say they contacted CPB for months, starting in November, about participating in DDW. In an email sent in February responding to the coordinators’ request, CPB Director Sarah Berger wrote, “As of right now, Diversity Dialogues does not fall under CPB’s jurisdiction.” This part of her email sparked intense concern amongst the Multicultural Programming staff about CPB’s role in addressing diversity and inclusion. These concerns turned into conversations between Multicultural Programming and CPB, but occurred behind the scenes until the issue was raised in
an ASUP Senate meeting last month. Sophomore Joseph Rojo, ASUP Diversity Committee chair, brought the issue to ASUP at the request of a diversity coordinator who wanted to know what CPB was planning for DDW. Rojo said CPB members responded quickly with reasons why they don’t address diversity without answering his question. “I was just wondering what they were trying to do and why they hadn’t responded,” Rojo said. “And all of a sudden I get this reply of: ‘CPB doesn’t deal with diversity because we don’t feel trained and able to do that.’”
Roles and responsibility Multicultural Programming staff and diversity coordinators were concerned about CPB’s lack of diversity programming given CPB’s financial power. According to the ASUP Budget, CPB was granted $117,800 for the 2014-2015 academic year. This means CPB receives almost 26 percent of the budget, while most clubs and organizations receive less
than 1 percent. CPB uses its budget for popular events such as Anchors Away, Dance of the Decades and Rock the Bluff. Tyler Zimmerman, CPB’s adviser, said it’s fair to question how CPB addresses diversity and to expect more because it is such a powerful group on campus. “(CPB is) not just a little club,” Zimmerman said. “It’s reasonable to say ‘How is this incredibly important and influential student organization handling these very important topics? What are big student organizations doing to honor diversity?’” CPB Director Sarah Berger sees this influence as a tool to bring awareness to diversity and inclusion. But Berger said CPB’s shifting role resulted in some “growing pains” around how to make their commitment to diversity visible. “We are a changing and evolving organization that has grown immensely,” Berger said. “With that comes a lot of responsibility. CPB is in a really unique place... we have a lot of influence on campus and it’s important to use that
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CPB Director Sarah Berger helped organize a screening of the film “Dear White People” for Diversity Dialogues Week. Earlier this semester, several student diversity coordinators raised questions about whether CPB was doing enough to promote diversity in their events.
influence for good, to bring to light issues that are really important to students.” But some students, especially diversity coordinators, think a commitment to diversity should always be visible. Senior Elvia Gaona, a diversity coordinator, said she
expected more discussions around diversity given that the organization has over 40 members to work on projects. “It’s a little frustrating because these people are doing this programming for all students at UP, and a huge
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Students, speakers share different perspectives By Christine Menges THE BEACON
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Melissa Lowery, who directed the film “Black Girl in Suburbia,” speaks at a screening of the film sponsored by UP’s Black Student Union Monday. The event was BSU’s contribution to Diversity Diaologues Week.
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Sophomore Maverick Tolentino, vice president of the International Cultures Club, addressed an audience seated in front of a projector screen in St. Mary’s: “Welcome aboard, ladies and gentlemen. Grab your boarding passes, because today we’re taking a trip.” The event was part of Diversity Dialogues Week, an annual event dedicated to discussing and raising awareness of diversity on the UP campus. For their event, International Cultures Club hosted a PowerPoint presentation about three island nations around the world: the Bahamas, American Samoa and Sri Lanka. But rather than host a typical presentation, the group simulated an airplane
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ride, featuring boarding passes, drinks and flight attendants who spoke about the different islands. A few group members talked about the personal significance of the event, and the ability to share their cultures with friends. “I’m the first ever Sri Lankan on campus, so it felt really good to talk about my country,” sophomore Kavindra Iddawela said. Iddawela thinks having Diversity Dialogues Week is a beneficial part of UP, because it educates students about cultures they may not have known about before. “I think just having events like this, and educating people about countries they might not really know, gives them a wealth of knowledge,” she said. For their diversity dialogues
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Senate votes to eliminate MPF By Philip Ellefson THE BEACON
ASUP Senate voted Monday to approve Resolution 15-01, which calls to eliminate the Major Project Fund (MPF) and replace it with the Campus Traditions Fund (CTF). Unlike the MPF, the CTF would always bring events to students the same year they pay their student fee. ASUP President John Julius Muwulya will meet this week with University President Fr. Mark Poorman to present the resolution. If Poorman signs off on it, the resolution will go to a vote by the student body on March 24-25. If students approve the measure, it will take effect in fall 2015. The change comes after an almost year-long debate over what to do with the MPF. At an ASUP meeting in October, University administrators advised the Senate to devote funds from student fees to activities rather than physical
improvements to campus. Most of the projects on the final list were capital improvements, so ASUP debated the administrators’ recommendations and student opinions. The money in the fall MPF was pushed into this semester’s MPF.
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ASUP Senator Samantha van den Berg, who helped write Resolution 15-01, said students made it clear that they wanted their student government fee to go to activities rather than capital improvements. “When the administration and the student body are all telling us, ‘I want events,’ and the rigidity of the MPF is that it’s this long, drawnout process, it really makes it difficult to actually put events
in place,” van den Berg said. Van den Berg said the CTF allows for more flexibility in the way it’s allocated. One option is to use it to promote large events like Riverboat and Anchors Away. Determining the best use for the MPF and other similar funds has proven tricky for the past several years. In 2011, students voted to create the MPF after the Capital Improvement Fund proved too restrictive for the types of projects students wanted. A year later, students voted to put more money into the MPF. Van den Berg said even in light of these changes, the MPF was still too rigid for the projects students wanted to see. “The MPF is inflexible in that it has such a specific structure,” she said. “By the time you could allocate it to the event, we were already a month into the semester.” ASUP senators and executive board members are still discussing what to do
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ASUP Senator Samantha van den Berg is one of the authors of Resolution 15-01, which aims to eliminate the Major Project Fund and replace it with the new Campus Traditions Fund. The change aims to bring events and activities to students during the semester they pay their student government fee. with this year’s MPF, which contains almost $90,000 of unspent funds. Van den Berg said some senators have discussed distributing it to programs like service immersions, but there are no
concrete plans for how it will be allocated. Contact News Editor Philip Edllefson at ellefson15@up.edu. Twitter: @PhilipEllefson
Alice McDermott visit culminates ReadUP
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Author Alice McDermott speaks to students, faculty, staff and community members during her reading last Thursday, Feb. 26. McDermott’s novel “Charming Billy” was the first novel to be chosen for UP’s ReadUP program, which aims to unite students, faculty and staff to read and discuss one book together before hearing from the author. “Charming Billy” won both the American Book Award and the National Book Award after its 1998 release. McDermott, who is also a professor of humanities at Johns Hopkins University, has won numerous awards and is a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist.
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Baking for books
Students launch cookie delivery service to benefit Roosevelt Writing Center By Emily Neelon THE BEACON What’s better than freshly baked cookies? Freshly baked cookies delivered to your door. During a stressful week of midterms, UP business students are supplying food for your stress-eating needs by serving up cookies to support a social cause. Juniors Helen Harder and Emily Gould, and senior Frank Phillips, all entrepreneurship majors, launched a cookie delivery service on Monday. With a tentative schedule for delivery and plans to be open for business from 7-11 p.m. two to three nights a week, the three students will be baking and delivering the cookies themselves. When the service is open, students can tweet, email, or Facebook message the team on their social media accounts and put in an order. The team will deliver the cookies to students wherever they are on campus or in the surrounding neighborhood within 30 minutes of receiving an order. The cost is $4 for two cookies and $5 for three. The team will be donating all of their proceeds to Roosevelt High School’s Writing Center through the Rider VP program. The entrepreneurship majors chose to donate their profits to Roosevelt in the hopes of supporting an institution in the North Portland community where a majority of the students live under the poverty line. “We’re focusing on trying to help other students (access) higher education because their writing center focuses on
writing for scholarships and college entrance essays, among other things,” Harder said. Gould, Harder and Philips began work on their cookie delivery service in January for their social entrepreneurship course, which aims to raise money for social causes. Taught by Professor Howard Feldman, this course examines problems through multiple lenses and gives students a different perspective than other business classes. “This is all about the idea of creating social value, solving societal problems (and) utilizing business tools and techniques,” Feldman said. The team’s first step towards launching their business was securing approval from Student Activities for baking and delivering cookies and receiving food handling permits from Multnomah County. During their first night open for business, they received and delivered 20 cookie orders. “We’ve been planning since the very first week (of the semester),” Gould said. “We formed our group and then pretty quickly came up with the idea.” The team is modeling their project off of the cookie delivery service at University of San Diego. Universities across the nation have begun offering cookie delivery services as a means of raising money for social causes. Insomnia Cookies, a chain of bakeries that delivers cookies to college campuses and raises money for organizations combating hunger, has had widespread success in the social entrepreneurship field.
Insomnia Cookies began at the University of Pennsylvania in 2003 and has spread across the country to New York, Boston, and Miami among other locations. Gould, Harder and Phillips launched a Kickstarter, a website where individuals can donate money to an entrepreneurial venture, to cover the cost of the ingredients, packaging, and advertising for the cookies. The Kickstarter exceeded its $500 goal with a total of $545 raised. The project is Gould, Harder and Phillips’ first opportunity to make their entrepreneurial aspirations into a reality. For Harder, who has a passion for baking, the cookie delivery service is an chance to combine her culinary and business interests. “The future is super unknown, but I definitely want to go into baking,” Harder said. “This is a real test to see if you can make your ideas happen,” Harder said. They plan to visit the Roosevelt Writing Center to see how their project is positively affecting students they hope to support. “At some point we’d like to go over to Roosevelt and actually volunteer in the Writing Center,” Gould said. Although the team has only planned to donate to the Writing Center thus far, they may expand their outreach if the service is successful. “Anything we can get will make a difference for them,” Harder said. Contact Faith & Fellowship Editor Emily Neelon at neelon17@up.edu. Twitter: @neelonsays
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Junior Helen Harder started baking and delivering cookies this week with a team of other students. All proceeds from the cookie delivery service will go towards Roosevelt High School’s Writing Center, which helps many low-income students apply for college.
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Giant cruise ship docks below the bluff The Beacon on your phone
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The Norwegian Star, a massive cruise ship from Norway, floated into a dry dock at Vigor Industrial just below the bluff Tuesday afternoon. The ship will be at Vigor until late March undergoing maintenance and repair work. The Norwegian Star, built in 2001, is almost 1,000 feet long and weighs 91,740 tons.
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Funds secured for Pilot House renovation By Nastacia Voisin THE BEACON
Returning students can expect to see a transformed Pilot House when they trickle back to campus in August, assuming construction work keeps to schedule. Renovation work is slated to begin in May now that the project is fully funded, according to Jim Ravelli, vice president for University Operations. Over the summer, The Cove will close as the building is gutted and refitted to include a bar, a permanent stage, more seating and a renovated kitchen. The Bookstore will stay open.
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It’s been in the works for years, being batted around as a priority, and now we have the funding, so it’s a go. It’s going to be a fun place.
Jim Ravelli vice president for University Operations
Ravelli said he’s looking forward to watching the transformation. “It’s been in the works for years,” he said. “Being batted
around as a priority, and now we have the funding, so it’s a go. It’s going to be a fun place on campus.” With its restaurant-style interior, refitted kitchen and a new bar serving alcohol to students 21 and older, Ravelli said the new Pilot House will be tailored to work with programs such as Pilots After Dark. Tyler Zimmerman, the weekend and late night program coordinator, said he hopes the updated space will be an alternative for upperclassmen looking for the downtown Portland experience. The laid-back, pub feel of the updated building might also draw bigger crowds, he said. “We don’t have a student union building,” Zimmerman said. “So there’s not a lot of space on campus for student to feel like they can have their own cultural experience.” Not only would he like to see the Pilot House become “a hub of student energy and buzz,” but having a designated, aesthetically appealing space for performers will make
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The Pilot House will undergo renovations this summer, including a new bar and restaurant-style dining. Although the University has secured the $2.2 million required to renovate the building, there is not set timeline for starting and finishing construction. booking artists easier. “Everything will be more natural,” he said. “As opposed to, ‘We had to move mountains to get this band in.’” Over the summer construction crews may claim
some parking space, but Ravelli said the plan is to wrap up renovations before the start for fall semester, as early as September. “This is an exciting project,” Ravelli said. “And I’m looking
forward watching it come together.” Contact Copy Editor Nastacia Voisin at nastacia.voisin@gamil.com. Twitter: @nastaciavoisin
DDW: students take opportunity to showcase diverse cultures Continued from page 1 event, Black Student Union showed the documentary film “Black Girl in Suburbia,” which sheds light on the experiences of black girls growing up in predominantly white communities. Not only did BSU find DDW a good opportunity to spread awareness and share experiences but they also found another benefit. Because so many students may be required to attend a DDW event for class, the group found they could grow their membership from it. “We got some of our members from Diversity Dialogues Week, when they decided to stick around afterwards,” senior Marissa Alexander said. But senior Yazmin Abubakar, co-president of BSU, feels that the biggest benefit is educating people about issues.
“I think it’ll be good to just expose people to the lives of people of color,” she said. “This shows them the struggles they don’t know about that other people are facing.” Abubakar said this is a different approach than what they’ve done in the past for Diversity Dialogues Week. Usually, the group holds panels to discuss issues, but this year the group had a chance to show the film, and took the opportunity. Bethany Sills, Multicultural Programming director, thinks that Diversity Dialogues Week offers students an important means to explore diversity. “It’s really just a special week,” she said, “where any club, any student organization, or any department can showcase something about the unique mosaic of identity.” Contact Staff Writer Christine Menges at menges15@up.edu. Twitter: @ChristineyBird
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Greg Miraglia, author of “Coming Out from Behind the Badge” speaks to students at a Diversity Dialogues Week event sponsored by the Gay-Straight Partnership. Miraglia told students about his experience as a gay police officer.
CRIME LOG Feb. 27, 10:12 p.m. Officers responded to a noise complaint in the area of Harvard and Haven. Upon arriving, officers noticed a few people walking in the area. Officers stayed in the area to make sure peace was restored. No other calls were received. Feb. 27, 11:16 p.m. Officers responded to a call of students jumping on cars and causing a disturbance in the area of the 6700 block of Van Houten. When officers arrived the students were dispersing from a home. Officers stayed in the area until it was clear. Feb. 27, 11:56 p.m. Officers responded to a complaint at the 6700 block of Van Houten. The renters were not compliant and Portland Police Bureau was called to assist with closing the party. No other calls were received.
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ON CAMPUS Black Lives Matter Panel Thursday, March 5 from 6-8 p.m. in St. Mary’s lounge. Join a community discussion about systematic discrimination against people of color. Panelist will include UP faculty and members from the Portland community.
CPB Diversity Dialogue Movie Dear White People
Thursday, March 5 at 9 p.m. in the Buckley Center Auditorium.
Bluffoons Improv Show
Friday, Mar. 6 at 7:15 p.m. in the Mago Hunt Recital Hall. Tickets are $2 for one person or $3 for two people.
Diversity & Multicultural Programs Open House
Friday, March 6 from 9-10 a.m. in St. Mary’s. Join the student diversity coordinators and the director of multicultural programs and diversity to learn more about the opportunities UP has to offer. Coffee and donuts will be provided.
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Engineers work and play through E Week
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Engineering students launch whiffle balls and water balloons outside Franz Hall on Thursday, Feb. 26. The water balloon launch was one of the more playful events in Engineering Week, which ran Feb. 23-27. Engineering Week featured events such as a soldering competition and a robotics demonstration and concluded with career fair on Friday hosted by the Society of Women Engineers.
Diversity: Students struggle with institutional problem Continued from page 1 portion of that is minority students,” Gaona said. “So the lack of programming there isn’t meeting the needs they’re supposed to be fulfilling for all students.” For Senior Jordanne Petree, another diversity coordinator, CPB’s initial response was hurtful on a personal level. “It’s a little bit like saying ‘We don’t care about you,” Petree said. “It feels representative of the University (saying), ‘Eh, we don’t really care about hearing about your queer identity, or your faith identity’ – even if it’s not intentional.”
An institutional problem According to Multicultural Programming Director Bethany Sills, this isn’t a new problem. In 2013, a similar situation arose. Multicultural Programming staff and CPB members, as well as representatives from other campus organizations, held
a meeting to discuss CPB’s role in addressing diversity after then-CPB Director Sean Ducey resisted participating in DDW. In an email to diversity coordinators, Ducey said CPB had not set aside money for DDW and he was concerned about attendance. Eventually Ducey, who
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Tyler Zimmerman CPB adivser
declined to comment for this story, decided CPB would participate in DDW. And according to Sills, CPB took great initiative in planning for DDW after the meeting in 2013. Tynishia Walker, a 2013 alum, was a diversity coordinator in 2013 and participated in those discussions. Walker said she’s
not surprised to hear the problems she faced in 2013 are resurfacing. Walker said student populations change every year in college, meaning change among individuals is possible. But if nothing changes institutionally and culturally, that change won’t last. “There’s not an institutional legacy left after (students) leave,” Walker said. “I think when I was leaving, I saw the University as a whole moving backward (in regards to) diversity… No one was left to continue that conversation.” According to Sills, the major institutional or cultural problem is a “compartmentalizing” of diversity programming, in which only a select few are deemed qualified to address diversity. Tyler Zimmerman, CPB adviser, echoed this concern. “I think there’s a temptation to view diversity work as a responsibility of a select few that elect to do it,” he said.
“I think that if you default to ‘I’m not an expert in diversity topics,’ you’re doing yourself a disservice.” But according to Sills, every student is qualified to address diversity. “When we talk about diversity, it’s an evolving conversation about identity,” Sills said. “Anyone can experience the grand mosaic of identity in some way, shape, or form.” According to Sills, this “compartmentalization” may be inhibiting CPB’s scope from accommodating diversity programming, but this initial conflict could be a turning point.
Moving forward CPB leadership is, in fact, asking questions about CPB’s role in addressing diversity. Berger and Zimmerman discussed diversity training during CPB retreats and meetings or having a CPB liaison to diversity coordinators as ways to ensure diversity
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and inclusion are more clearly woven into the structure of CPB. “If we can encourage an environment that fosters community while taking into consideration diversity concerns, we want to do that,” Berger said. “We want to make sure we make (diversity and inclusion) part of the CPB culture, so that it’s just an expectation.” But Berger knows it won’t be simple. “We definitely realize that this issue is not going to be solved by one conversation, or two movie screenings,” Berger said. “I think (our goal now) is finding ways to make it known that diversity is important to (CPB), not just during Diversity Dialogues Week, but throughout the year.” Sills understands the complexities of diversity and knows it requires time, but she hopes these discussions will create change to prevent
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Senior Andrew Herzog, political science major, is developing a software called Aprio Systems which allows users to search for news on a particular topic from a variety of sources based on their preference of the news layout. Herzog is working with UP alumni Philippe Boutros on the software, and UP student Tylor Honsinger, who is doing the coding, for his E-scholar project. They first came up with the idea because they consume a lot of news and care deeply about politics, international relations and how these topics are portrayed by the media. “Something we all care
about is the way that [stories are] being told can really shape people’s opinions and turn them away from each other,” Herzog said. “So we wanted to find a way that people can still gravitate towards things they like, but broaden their understanding. Get a little better look on what all sides are saying.” After a trip to New York last fall, the next journey will take Herzog to Bangkok, Thailand, Phnom Penh, Cambodia and Siam Reap, Cambodia, during spring break in order to network. “I was meeting with people in the news and also in the tech business,” Herzog said. “Then in Thailand I’m hoping to meet
with similar companies and individuals.” Their team consists of equally enthusiastic people, who come from different educational backgrounds and based on that they each take on varying roles in the development process. Herzog hopes that Aprao Systems could become a quality check for news in the future, including information from blogs, newspapers, Reddit and many other sources. “We wanted to come up with a way that we could display online news comprehensively from a lot of different sources, all on one page that makes sense to the reader,” Herzog said.
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Aurora Lyra
For her E-Scholars business project, Aurora Lyra, who is also working with senior Emily Crow and currently teaches yoga, created a website called corporateyogapdx.com in order to help people in the corporate world take the time to move away from their desks, reflect through exercise and create a better place for employees to work. “As a society in general, we focus so much on the output and the results, but not on the process and really investing in people and investing in things in the long term,” Lyra said. “(Taking) an hour to reflect and (taking) some time for yourself... is something that we don’t offer in general to people. And I want to create that space, especially in a setting where that gets completely overlooked.” Lyra’s business idea was
Taylor Tobin & Erin Peterson Within the current options for sustainable clothes there is a new star rising: A sustainable clothing truck which will move from place to place. Taylor Tobin, junior economics major and entrepreneurship and innovation management minor, is working with Erin Petersen, senior German studies and communication studies major, on a joint e-scholar project to fill in the gaps of fashionable sustainable clothing availability. “It’s kind of a combination between Erin and I’s projects from last semester,” Tobin said. “I did a lot of research on fashion trucks across the country. My idea was to incorporate small brands from Pacific Northwest designers, and Erin’s idea was a lot about sustainability in fashion.” Tobin believes it is all about knowing what you want to do
originally a children’s yoga class, but since there are some children’s classes in Portland already, she thought it would be better to work with the idea of the corporate culture. “I really wanted to cater to demographics that are a little bit overlooked, so looking at kids or looking at people who work sitting at a desk eight hours a day and not getting a lot of physical activity,” Lyra said. “I wanted to bridge the gap between teachers that want to access (the business) market and the companies that want to get involved in that healthy lifestyle, corporate wellness kind of thing.” By going to Thailand and Cambodia, Lyra hopes to better understand corporate wellness through different countries and cultures. “I think it’s really important to get an international lense on the picture,” Lyra said.
“(Corporate wellness) is not something people do habitually or right off the bat, so I’d be curious to see how this new trend is developing in other parts of the world. And how we can create something of value by learning from the work that’s being done in other places like Thailand and Cambodia.” Lyra sees this venture as something that can move beyond Portland to other areas of the country and internationally as well. “One of the reasons that I really like this venture is because it can be scalable,” Lyra said. “So when I say I am really excited about bringing yoga to the corporate world in Portland, I really just consider this the first step. I want people taking time to breath and stretch and reflect, to be a part of companies all around, not just here.”
and getting out of your comfort zone during the networking process. Tobin and Petersen got the opportunity to network in New York and get comfortable with this process. Over spring break, the pair will continue their networking as they travel to Milan and Venice, Italy and Slovenia. They will be meeting with two textile producers and with a ‘made in Italy’ brand for sustainable cloth and many more. “You talk about having business meetings in class, but to actually contact someone in New York and then actually go have those meetings is very different,” Petersen said. Currently they are at the stage prior to actually building the physical store. Their mobile boutique is intended to differ from the usual selection of sustainable clothing by offering a variety of more fashionable cloth. The boutique will offer brands that only use fair and sustainable cloth. “For several years I have
tried to shop sustainably for clothing,” Petersen said. “But I ran into the problem with either the brands I know are sustainable are more like the typical thing you’d think of sustainable, kind of hippydippy and (have) weird colors. But when you go to a normal store, how do you know the brand is sustainable or not?”
Mace Provost Getting a hot and sizzling piece of bacon with a 15 ounce cup of coffee would be a dream for many meat lovers. Sophomore Mace Provost hopes to make this dream a reality with the business he has been pursuing with the E-Scholars called Bacon Barn. “It’s basically a drivethru bacon house that serves bacon by the slice and coffee by the ounce,” Provost said. “Everyone loves bacon, but where can you actually go out and get a perfect slice of bacon that’s not like a fast food
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restaurant, and you don’t have to wait 30 minutes for it at a sit-down restaurant?” Provost, who has been working on this project since Fall of 2014, has transformed his vision for the business throughout his experience with E-Scholars. He added coffee to his business as he was looking for something to pair with the bacon. “At first I was thinking about bacon and how to incorporate that into something that’s already happening in the Northwest,” Provost said. “Since coffee is so integral to the culture here, I thought it would be a perfect pairing of the two.” He hopes Bacon Barn will be the “In N’ Out” of coffee shops, having a very simple menu where customers will be able to buy coffee by the ounce. Provost believes buying coffee this way will allow for a unique experience for coffee-buyers. “The idea is you bring in your travel mug and we fill it up
just with the perfect amount, so that we can get 10 ounces, 11 ounces, 13 ounces and then we will just charge you like 10 cents per ounce,” Provost said. “So right now if you go to a Starbucks and you have your travel mug, they will fill it up for you, (but) they might charge you for a 20 ounce cup, but it may only be 18.” Provost will join 11 other students on a trip to Cambodia and Thailand through the E-Scholars program. He hopes to meet with business owners in the cities of Phnom Penh, Siem Reap and Bangkok in order to better understand his own business. “There’s so many coffee shops in Bangkok that I want to learn how are they able to differentiate themselves from all their competitors directly across from them,” Provost said. “I think gaining that insight can definitely travel into my business in the future.”
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Full Circle Review: Aimless script, artistic vision By Rachel Rippetoe THE BEACON Being an avid indulger in all things 80s, I had hopes that “Full Circle” would embody the spirit of scrunchies and rebellion. And while Charles L. Mee’s long and aimless script falls short of this allure, UP’s performing and fine arts’ cast and crew did not. “Full Circle,” set in East Berlin in the 1980s, focuses on a group of people caught in a student-led revolution in Germany that eventually led to the demolition of the Berlin Wall. The plot centers on a baby of an imprisoned politician that ends up in the hands of two young women. They become determined to keep him safe. Although bits of wit shine through, the play itself, with a loose “barely-there” plotline, sinks deep into repetitive monologues. Mee grasps at so many political statements that he loses his footing and falls into absurdist territory he is not equipped for. However, what made this play refreshing rather than sleep-inducing was the artistic spirit of the production crew and the seemingly effortless acting and on-point comedic timing of the cast. Working with a set of characters that on paper may have seemed vapid and selfabsorbed, the cast brought new life and optimism to the stage. Sophomore Adele Kennedy
stole the show as Pamela. She played this delusionally spoiled character with a surprising amount of grace, spontaneity and hope. Kennedy captivated the audience (which in a play like “Full Circle” is no small feat).
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What made this play refreshing rather than sleep-inducing was the artistic spirit of the production crew and the seemingly effortless acting and on-point comedic timing of the cast..
Rachel Rippetoe freshman
Pamela’s partner in crime (literally) is Dulle Griet, a complex character littered with one too many mildly neurotic metaphors about elephants and trees, was played by another captivating actress, junior Kristen Schmidt. Schmidt, along with most of the cast, had spot-on comedic timing despite her dragging lines. Other notable performances that made the play bearable, if not intermittently enjoyable, include the hysterical German police officer duo played by senior Noel Oishi and freshman, Michael Flickner. The two bounced lines about anuses and peeing their pants off of each other seamlessly. Their comedic body language was also impeccable. Freshman Reza Taheri gave a thought-provoking
and perfectly eccentric performance as the nutty play director, Heiner Muller. His speech in prison about the importance of owning up to one’s actions, although feasibly the tenth monologue of the night, was very well executed. While the cast gave life and vibrancy to Mee’s vapid characters, it was the production crew that truly gave the show its ambiance. From the rope bridge and the deteriorating Berlin wall, to the 80s dance montages, to the strung lights and television set in Dresden, the crew deserves major props. They gave “Full Circle” the 80s spirit I was hoping for. The lighting and positioning of the actors gave the play a Wes Anderson-esque appeal. It was clear that the UP theater team had an artistic vision and worked hard to see it through. This paid off because despite “Full Circle” maybe not being the best choices, the wit, art and meaning of the play showed through its lengthy script. This performance could have easily fallen flat. Yet it is a testament to the hard work and talent in the UP theater department that after one final musical number to The Beatles’ “All You Need is Love,” everyone left the theater smiling.
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The most impossibly difficult, frustrating, confusing part of modern relationships is figuring out where you stand (or lay) and what to call that person. I’ve personally used the phrase ‘almost-relationship’ an embarrassing amount of times, and have talked in circles around my romantic status to friends who nod along because they’ve all been there too. We all seem to be caught in the middle of a weird dichotomy: Hooking-up or committing. That mystical relationship point where it’s anyones guess what is going on seems to be expanding rapidly to the point where it’s more common to hear someone is “seeing” or hooking up with someone else than to hear even a murmur of exclusivity. The pre-committal stage of relationships has taken on a new form - a multimonth beast of hooking up, hanging out and espousing your indifference about the outcome. We all seem frightened beyond measure of committing. We all seem equally frightened about having no one at all. We’ve created an unfortunate social taboo where the people in serious relationships are labeled as insane and missing out on all the fun. We’ve created an equally unfortunate social taboo where if you are not actively searching for someone, or actively hooking up, you are to be pitied and asked how your Netflix watching has been going. We have been labeled by everyone as a generation that is incapable of committing to anything in our lives: partners, jobs, etc. We listen to adults tut-tut in disapproval of the foolishness of young engagements or settling too soon, and yet we are apparently sex-crazed fluidly oriented sexual beings throwing wild orgasm parties and refusing to commit to anything or anyone. All of this seems to explain why that stage before the commitment is expanding greatly. It’s easy to be negative and uncomfortable and nod and preach that none of us can commit and boys are players and girls are loose and no one is willing to give up their freedoms at the age of 20 (or whatever) to commit to one person. All of that can be true and in some cases it’s definitely true and mostly fine. There’s no reason to worry at all about finding someone right now, and you should obviously and always do what is best for you.
But I’m sick of hearing from everyone, including those of us part of it, that no one our age values commitment. I think there’s something else going on here. Something beyond being sex-mad youngsters sprinting out the door when it’s cuddle time, talking circles around our relationship statuses and caring only for the carnal and none of the heart. We do care, perhaps we even care more. Our extension of the period before an official anything doesn’t always have to mean that we are just trying to hook up and never speak again, maybe it means that we are taking commitment more seriously than ever. In a world with divorce rates hovering around 50 percent, people screaming at us from every angle to not settle for anything, most importantly love, who isn’t terrified of committing to the wrong thing? We don’t want to fail, romantically or otherwise. We’ve seen our parents fail. We’ve seen our friends fail. We’re scared of getting too close to someone we could lose. I think in many ways commitment has never been taken more seriously than it is now. With all this fear about making the wrong choice or settling too soon or settling for less or committing to the wrong things, is it any wonder that we are staying in the precommittal stage for longer? It’s safer there. If it doesn’t work you didn’t really “break up.” (You were conveniently never really ‘‘together!’’) It’s easier to explore your desires or your compatibility (existentially, sexually or otherwise) without any of the normative labels or explanation that can make relationships so challenging. I don’t know when exactly we suddenly leave the mystical pre-commitment ‘almostrelationship’ state and genuinely choose to commit to one another, but I feel like once we do we are more sure, more invested, more passionate and more committed to making it work for longer.
Contact Living Editor Cassie Sheridan at sheridan15@up.edu.
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Looking for house or dorm decorating inspiration? Come check out some of the coolest, most swagged-out dorms and houses on UP campus! Rachel Rippetoe• THE BEACON
Casey Nguyen
Sophomore // Corrado
Who are your celebrity inspirations for the design of this dorm?
If someone gave you a $1,000 to “pimp out” your dorm what would you do?
I love Ansel Adams and his nature photography.
I’d probably buy more prints from world-renowned photographers.
If you had to describe your dorm in one word what would it be?
What kind of snacks do you keep stocked up in your crib?
Comfortable.
Why is your dorm the baddest UP Crib of them all?
You walk in there and you feel at peace.
‘Tis the season for Girl Scout Cookies. I can’t get enough of the Thin Mints right now.
Cameron Trostle, Todd Graham, Josef Bautista, Chris French, Jake Brown Juniors // The Yard Do you keep Coke or Pepsi products in your fridge?
If you had to describe your house in one word what would it be?
Frat.
Coke only. It mixes well with whiskey.
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If someone gave you a $1,000 to make some part of this house better what would you do?
Expand the back deck and resurface the basketball court out back.
Who are your celebrity inspirations for the design of this dorm?
A cross between Tucker Max and Jimmy Tatro.
Why is your house the baddest UP Crib of them all?
Cause we have a huge yard and it’s capable of hosting large bangers.
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Nick Ramsey Junior // Villa
Who are your celebrity inspirations for the design of this dorm?
Tim Tebow, MLK and Mo’ne Davis.
What kind of snacks do you keep stocked up in your crib?
Sour Patch Kids, Girl Scout Cookies and beer. If someone gave you a $1,000 to “pimp out” your dorm what would you do?
Buy an Xbox One, a bigger TV and more beer. If you had to describe your dorm in one word what would it be?
Home.
Why is your dorm the baddest UP Crib of them all?
Because I treat my dorm like a palace. And I don’t have a roommate.
Emily Bliven and Shannon Hotchkiss Seniors // Fiske House Do you keep Coke or Pepsi products in your fridge?
Neither! We don’t really drink soda.
If you had to describe your house in one word what would it be?
Artsy.
If someone gave you a $1,000 to make some part of this house
Hot tub in the back yard for sure.
Why is your house the baddest UP Crib of them all?
We have an art shed, and a reading fort and a really chill outdoor area.
Who are your celebrity inspirations for the design of this dorm?
Young Drew Barrymore/Mother Nature.
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March 5, 2015 • upbeacon.com Emily Neelon Faith & Fellowship Editor neelon17@up.edu
Over 700 souls at the University of Portland attended Mass on Feb. 18, Ash Wednesday. This is an extraordinary Anthony Paz number Guest Commentary - double the normal Sunday Mass attendance. What is it about this day that resonates so strongly with our community? Of all the Masses to attend, Ash Wednesday is perhaps the most somber and least uplifting. We leave with a smudge of ashes on our heads and most of us will spend the rest of the day explaining to wellmeaning strangers that, “Yes, I do know there’s something there.” Yet, all over the country, Ash Wednesday services are packed to the rafters. Ash Wednesday is just a part of something greater, and the ashes we wear become a rare public expression of humble vulnerability. They kick off an entire season of admitting how often we are broken, burned, smudged, morally inept, and, most importantly, in need of serious help: Lent. This is the time we are now in - 40 days (not counting
More than a smudge
Sundays) of increased reflection and religious practice in the form of prayer, fasting and almsgiving. Lent is all about recognizing that we have some things to work on and asking for God’s help to do it. Extra devotions and a little bit of selfdeprivation are ways to allow God to change our hearts. The amazing desire to receive ashes proves just how important the season of Lent is. The ashes show that we recognize the ways in which we are fragile and often miss the mark. All of us have something we’re not proud of - darkness that inhibits our ability to be the best version of ourselves. These problems may be our own doing or they might be the result of some external factor. Whatever the origin, there is always an associated wound that needs healing. Lent is the time to search for a salve for those wounds.
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The ashes we wear become a public expression of humble vulnerability.
Anthony Paz
The Christian tradition has recommended prayer, fasting and giving to the poor as ways to begin that search for centuries. Whatever the
Hannah Baade • THE BEACON
The opportunity to seek healing does not end on Ash Wednesday. Students looking to engage in prayer can find support in the UP community throughout the Lenten Season and beyond. magnitude of the darkness you face, these practices in their many forms do something to change our thinking and bring light to our spirits. But, one never does them alone. The community of believers is there with you. And of course God is present in the very invitation to improve. Just as we receive ashes with so many others on
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Ash Wednesday, we also have millennia of wisdom at our disposal for forging our own effective Lenten practices. Concretely, there are so many opportunities on campus for extra prayer, fasting, giving of ourselves and receiving support. If you’re looking for a place to start, just visit your pastoral resident, your local campus
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minister, or a student campus ministry leader, like a faith and formation ambassador or a member of the servant leadership team. Don’t let a desire for ashes begin and end on Ash Wednesday - find out what you can do with it. Contact Faith and Formation Director Anthony Paz at paz@up.edu.
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Opinion
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Lydia Laythe Opinion Editor layth16@up.edu
Stop blaming, start helping
FROM THE EDITORIAL BOARD
Defining diversity Diversity is all around us
Responding to the responses for ‘Seeking acceptance, not tolerance’ After The Beacon article ‘Seeking acceptance, not tolerance’ came out, Yik Yak exploded with people Joseph Rojo Sophomore criticizing and demeaning the entire baseball team based on the comments of one player. Now, in no way am I defending or supporting the comments of that baseball player.
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In previous editorials, The Beacon claimed the University lacked diversity. Because this critique is usually stated in the context of race, specifically about African American students or staff at UP, it may seem like we’re saying that African American people create diversity. While that may sometimes be the case, diversity isn’t only created by African Americans. Diversity is created by a lot of different people on campus – and to this effect, the University is diverse. This week is Diversity Dialogues Week, a time when we honor the diversity in our student body. It’s true: We could always be MORE diverse, but we cannot deny the diversity in every classroom – it may not be visible right away, but it’s there.
Diversity is a female student in a male-dominated classroom or major. Diversity is a female dean in a predominantly maleled field. Diversity is a student in a wheelchair in a classroom full of able-bodied people. Diversity is the African American student – but it’s also the Latina student, the Asian-American student, or the multi-racial student. Diversity is the Saudi Arabian student, the German student, the Korean student, and the Filipino student. It’s the student from Guam, the student from Texas, the student from Hawaii or the student from Pennsylvania. Diversity is the male student who has class with his boyfriend, or the female student who waits outside Buckley Center to meet her girlfriend. Diversity is the student with tattoos and
the student with a speech impediment. Diversity is the student with social anxiety and the student with autism.
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Diversity is all around us... Acknowledging the diverse identities around us is just as important as asking for more - in fact, it’s even more important.
Diversity is the atheist student, the Muslim student, or the Jewish student. Diversity is the transgender student, the student from a family of ten, or the student who can speak five languages. Diversity is all around us. Maybe we were wrong to say the University lacks diversity – maybe we just weren’t looking hard enough. Acknowledging the diverse identities around us is just
as important as asking for more - in fact, it’s even more important. How can we ask for more diversity if we’re not taking the time to celebrate the diversity we already have in our community? This week is Diversity Dialogues Week - the perfect time to broaden our definition of diversity. And when Diversity Dialogues Week ends, keep broadening. Go to a Black Student Union meeting, visit the International Student Center, or just turn to the kid that sits next to you in philosophy and find out what’s unique about them. We all have something that makes us unique - that makes this student body a mosaic of diverse identities. It’s time we acknowledged diversity in all its forms.
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We need to have genuine, empathetic dialogue that allows us to form a campus community that supports all identities.
Joseph Rojo Sophomore
However, in focusing so much attention on that specific part of the article, we miss the whole point of the article, which isn’t: “Oh, this person is homophobic and unaccepting.” Rather the point of the article is to hear and learn about the experiences of a human being who is an athlete and identifies as part of the LGBTQIA+ community, and to learn how to make a more inclusive and accepting space in athletics and in our entire community. In criticizing the baseball team, we have to stop and ask ourselves: Are we, as a UP community, that much better? It is easy for us to point
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Say sorry sincerely We’re sorry for being late, and for arriving early. For forgetting to call, for breaking things, for asking Nastacia Voisin Senior questions and for not studying for quizzes. We use that apologetic phrase - “I’m sorry” whenever we’re embarrassed, remorseful, or trying to be polite. But we also use it as a “Get out of jail free” card when we’re uncomfortable. It’s a way of sliding along without ruffling
feathers while reassuring people of our team-player spirit. And it’s also rather pathetic. Because taking up space in a public place does not warrant a “sorry.” Nor does challenging
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But we are human, not clockwork machines. And between the hammer of perpetual remorse and the anvil of life, we often beat ourselves down with a ritualized, overused phrase: “I’m sorry.”
Nastacia Voisin Senior
a friend’s perspective or asking someone to stop talking on the quiet floor of The Library. We don’t have to constantly feel
guilty for the ways our lives don’t convenience everyone around us. We’re not going to get every decision right. We will bump into people and disagree with them and not show up to their parties. We’re going to say thoughtless things to our friends, forget important deadlines and do things we hope our parents never learn about. Without question, we ought to own our actions and our mistakes. We need to make amends and mop up the messes. And when we royally screw up, we may owe someone a heartfelt expression of regret. By all means, indulge in a
sincere “I’m sorry” in those moments. But do you really have to cough up “I’m sorry” when you drop your pencil, fall out of love with your partner, or snag the last cupcake? Maybe what we really need to say is, “Oops!” and, “I truly regret that this is hurtful to you,” and, “Does anyone want this?” Or perhaps at times it would be more honest and more courageous to not explain ourselves at all. Yet between the hammer of remorse and the anvil of life, we beat ourselves down with a ritualized, overused phrase: “I’m sorry.” The redundancy of “sorry” in our society devalues the
meaning of an apology. It also diminishes us into people who are guilty, rather than responsible. Count the number of times you say that phrase every day, and take stock of how many of those were really necessary. And if “sorry” was a knee-jerk reflex, just a conversational crutch, then perhaps it’s time to try walking through life without it.
Nastacia Voisin is a senior communication studies major and can be reached at voisin15@up.edu and on Twitter @nastaciavoisin.
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W e e k March 16 – 20
University of Portland refreshments conversation
Mon 3/16
Weds 3/18
“Digital Identity & Social Media” Welcoming by Aaron Babbie address: “Disconnected: VP of Development & Business “What is the A Month Operations at SparkLoft Media Self if not in Without 4:30pm the Body?” Mago Hunt Recital Hall Computers” by Dr. Eric Anctil “To Share or not to Share” Movie and Digital Identity Discussions with Discussion 4:00pm Students, hosted by Lambda Pi Mago Hunt Eta @ Espresso UP 4pm Recital Hall 6:00pm Clark Library St. Mary’s Student Center
Tue 3/17
web: sites.up.edu/digital-identity
Fri 3/20 Thurs 3/19 Digital Identity & Ethics – Panel Discussion with Fr. Poorman, Dr. Lovejoy & Dr. Stillwell 12:00pm Bauccio Dining Hall Commons
“Negotiated Identity(ies)” by Dr. Jeff KerssenGriep followed by Thirst Friday at the Garaventa Center 3:15pm Franz Hall Holy Cross Lounge
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fingers, especially through an app that allow anonymity, and say that one specific group is the problem. However, are we that much better? Sure there are many groups and individuals who are accepting of persons who identify as part of the LGBTQIA+ community. However, as the UP community we are, debatably, tolerant of persons who
identify as part of the LGBTQIA+. But who wants to just be tolerated? Instead of focusing so much energy on criticizing a specific group of people, we should focus on our community as a whole. We should be focusing on how we can transition from a campus climate of tolerance to one of acceptance. To one in which all identities, including those who identify with the LGBTQIA+,
are celebrated, and to one in which all of the various forms of diversity are included, valued and supported. How can we do this? Well, first of all we need to stop pointing fingers and blaming people for being exclusive and unwelcoming, and first examine the ways in which the words we use, the jokes we make, or how our actions perpetuate a cycle of exclusion, belittlement and dehumanization. Then instead of just
criticizing people for their lack of understanding and awareness, we need to help them understand and be aware of the power of their words and actions.
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We should be focusing on how we can transition from a campus climate of tolerance to one of acceptancce.
Joseph Rojo Sophomore
that allows us to form a campus community that supports all identities. Through these steps, we can start creating a campus climate in which all persons are supported, valued and encouraged to express their identity. Joseph Rojo is a sophomore biology major and can be reached at rojo17@up.edu.
Finally, we need to have genuine, empathetic dialogue
FACES ON THE BLUFF What’s your favorite type of cookie?
Kristen Garcia • THE BEACON
Nikita Ivanov Sophomore Biology Major
Haley Grant Freshman English Major
Robert Morgan Junior Computer Science Major
Hudson Hugo Rhoads Junior Biology Major
Catie Cameron Freshman Education Major
“White chocolate macadamia nut.”
“I guess it’d be chocolate chip, just to be basic.”
“Uh peanut butter... with white chocolate chips, I guess.”
“White chip macadamia.”
“Uhm just the normal chocolate chip cookie.”
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SPORTS
David Carr #35 Position: Guard Hometown: Portland, Ore. High School: Central Catholic High School
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Riley Barker #14
Senior Season Stats:
Senior Season Stats:* Average points per game: 4.8 Average rebounds per game: 5.1 Assists: 8 Blocks: 15 Steals: 14
Inactive senior year
Career Stats:
Average points per game: 3.4 Average rebounds per game: 1.3 Total Assists: 120 Total Blocks: 3 Total Steals: 23
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*Played until knee injury on Jan. 8
Career Stats:
Average points per game: 3.4 Average rebounds per game: 3.2 Total Assists: 38 Total Blocks: 91 Total Steals: 42
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Jackie Jeffers • THE BEACON
I would say beating BYU in triple overtime last year, that was a pretty crazy game. Just going down nine, getting it to go to another overtime, then going up nine, then coming back and finally beating them in the third overtime was a pretty fun and exciting game.
Position: Center Hometown: Surrey, BC., Canada High School: White Rock Christian Academy
David DiLoreto • THE BEACON
Beating Gonzaga last year, which is probably everyone else’s too. Just a crazy game, I mean Chiles was packed and that was something that we don’t get for every game. And we played very good. After we won it just us felt like we could beat anyone pretty much.
Boathouse brings new possibilities
Photo Courtesy of Nathaly Munoz
The rowing team wakes up before sunrise for practice. The women believe that a new boathouse would give the team an edge as they waste time transporting to and from the current boathouse located downtown. By Luke Loranger THE BEACON
The Pilots women rowing team currently has to wake up before 6 a.m. to get ready for practice in downtown Portland. However, this could change with the possibility of a boathouse being built near campus. The women train at the Portland Boathouse, which requires them to get up before 6 a.m. to drive and set up launch for a 6:45 a.m. practice. The proposed plans includes a boathouse on the river campus. “[The creation of a boathouse] would help build the team, because it would be an incentive for recruits,” rower Nathaly Munoz-Licea said. It would also add UP to a limited number of colleges that have a boathouse within
walking distance to campus. “The University of Washington and the University of Portland would be the only two colleges on the West Coast where the athletes can walk to the boathouse,” head coach Pasha Spencer said. Currently, athletes have little time to get food or shower, because they to return for weight lifting at 8:45 a.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. The creation of a boathouse would change this schedule. “We waste so much time everyday,” rower Hannah Johnson said. “We could sleep in, and have better success in school because we could sleep one or two hours more. On Monday Wednesday and Friday we have to eat a granola bar while changing and then run to the weight room.” The team is also having a
boathouse built at Vancouver Lake, in Vancouver, Washington this summer, making it one of only six schools that have a sevenlane race course and river to practice on.
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We coud sleep in, and have better success in school because we could sleep one or two more hours.
Hannah Johnson Junior
“The advantages are tremendous - a river for mileage in the fall and a lake for accurate times of our speed in the spring,” Spencer said. With all of these big plans for the future, the team also has big goals for this season. “We want to place 3rd or higher at the WCC conference this year. We got 3rd last year because of our JV 8, but our Varsity 8 only got 4th,”
Johnson said. This season the Pilots are eager to prove they are better than they were the last three years of the program. Every year the team has gotten faster, which can open up the potential for more rowers getting time in the water. This was evident in their first race of the season, a scrimmage against Gonzaga. “The Varsity 8 always started ahead of the [Gonzaga] team, which means we have a chance at WCC, and every boat won a section of the race at some point,” Johnson said. “Last year we only brought the Varsity 8 down to the San Diego Crew Classic, which is one the largest regattas on the West Coast and includes teams from all over the country,” said Spencer. “The team finished in the top six in the grand final last year, which means we will bring a JV team
down this year as well.” The team draws some its funding from campaigning, which this year includes running summer camps for North Portland youth. This would allow the rowing team to get better equipment, which would help their overall performance. The team is currently using equipment from when the program first started four years ago. “Every year we assess how much faster we are. However, races are won and lost by a tenth of a second which can be helped by new equipment,” Spencer said. The team will race against Seattle University on Vancouver Lake in Vancouver, Washington on March 14. Contact Sports Writer Luke Loranger at loranger18@up.edu. Twitter: @Loranger18
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Pilot seniors relive favorite moments Molly McSweyn • THE BEACON
As the men’s basketball season comes to a close, the senior Pilots find themselves at a crossroads. The six seniors look back with bittersweet emotion at four years of hardwork and dedication that they have put into basketball and UP. Yet, there is also an air of excitement about the close of a season. Some of these players will potentially play at a professional level, while others will end their basketball careers in the Chiles Center. We asked what their favorite memory with the Pilots is.
Bobby Sharp #11
Kevin Bailey #00
Position: Guard Hometown: Santa Rosa, Calif. High School: Cardinal Newman HS/ Santa Rosa JC
Position: Guard Hometown: Clovis, Calif. High School: East Clovis High
Senior Season Stats:
Senior Season Stats:
Average points per game: 15 Average rebounds per game: 2.8 Assists: 44 Blocks: 12 Steals: 10
Average points per game: 5.3 Average rebounds per game: 1.2 Assists: 19 Blocks: 1 Steals: 12
Career Stats:
Career Stats:
Average points per game: 12.7 Average rebounds per game: 2.6 Total Assists: 156 Total Blocks: 64 Total Steals: 74
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Average points per game: 6.9 Average rebounds per game: 1.2 Total Assists: 57 Total Blocks: 2 Total Steals: 25
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Kristen Garcia • THE BEACON
I don’t know if I have a favorite memory. You know, its been a long four years. I’ve played high minutes since freshmen year, so I’ve had really high highs and low lows. I don’t know if I have a favorite that I could pinpoint.
Thomas van der Mars #12
Position: Center Hometown: Gouda, Netherlands High School: Erasmus Univ./Canarias Basketball Academy
Hannah Baade • THE BEACON
I would say last year against Gonzaga, beating them. For me it was my first time playing a big game against a top 25 team here so it was a big one, it was on ESPN. Just the feeling of having students rush the court was a pretty amazing feeling.
Volodymyr Gerun #52
Senior Season Stats:
Senior Season Stats:
Career Stats:
Career Stats:
Average points per game: 10.3 Average rebounds per game: 8.1 Assists: 17 Blocks: 44 Steals: 16
Average points per game: 8.5 Average rebounds per game: 6 Assists: 26 Blocks: 35 Steals: 21
Average points per game: 9.8 Average rebounds per game: 6.5 Total Assists: 97 Total Blocks: 117 Total Steals: 63
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Average points per game: 5.9 Average rebounds per game: 4.0 Total Assists: 34 Total Blocks: 45 Total Steals: 32
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Parker Shaoff • THE BEACON
Definitely beating Gonzaga and BYU last year. The Gonzaga game was kind of like our perfect game, everything just kind of came together and we just led them all the way through. The students rushing the court was special. And then to do well against BYU and beat them in a triple overtime, that’s just crazy. Personally I had one of my best games ever as a Pilot against BYU.
Parker Shaoff • THE BEACON
Beating Gonzaga last year. We were just all working together. It just felt right - it was just one of those things that is kind of hard to describe, when everything is going exactly how it should. You know how well your team can play, how well everyone can play. It’s just hard to describe.
THIS WEEK IN SPORTS Womens Basketball WCC Tournament
The Pilots travel to Las Vegas to play Santa Clara today at 2 p.m. in the first round of the WCC championships.
Baseball at Arizona State
The baseball team begins a seven-game roadtrip with a three-game series against Arizona State on Friday, March 6 at 5 p.m.
Men’s Tennis vs. Illinois State
The Pilots play Illinois State at 10 a.m at home on Saturday Mar. 7 and take on Idaho State at 10 a.m. on Sunday, March 8.
Position: Forward/Center Hometown: Unipropetrovsk, Ukraine High School: Canarias Basketball Academy/West Virginia
Men’s Basketball WCC Tournament
The WCC seeded No. 6 Pilots head to Las Vegas for the WCC tourament taking on St. Mary’s at 12 p.m. on Saturday, March 7.
Women’s Tennis vs. Washington State
The women’s tennis team travels to Washington to play Washington State today at 5 p.m. and Seattle U at 11 a.m. on Friday, March 6.
SCOREBOARD Men’s Basketball
The Pilots lost to San Diego 78-66 at home on Saturday, Feb. 28. The men finish the season on a four-game losing streak.
Women’s Basketball
The Pilots lost to San Diego in California on Saturday, Feb. 28. The Pilots finish the WCC season with a record of 2-16.
Baseball
The Pilots lost to Oregon State 14-2 at Joe Etzel Field yesterday. The Pilots fall to 4-12 overall.
Women’s Tennis
The women beat UC Davis at home on Friday, Feb. 27.
Sports
MARCH 5, 2015 • UPBEACON.COM
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Malika Andrews Sports Editor andrewsm17@up.edu
Like father, like son By Jimmy Sheldrup THE BEACON
Pilots fans are used to seeing Bryce Pressley, the shooter, but in his debut on the hardwood, Bryce was actually a dancer for a halftime show. It happened in Spain, where his father was playing basketball at the time. “Bryce put on a show, a dancing routine at one of my games.” Bryce’s father, Harold said, “He actually got a standing ovation from the crowd… Before he understood what was going on he was involved in basketball.” Since then, Bryce’s love for the game has only grown. Now, Bryce has progressed from a dancing spectacle to a sniper from the perimeter. In many ways, Harold is just like any other father. But unlike many fathers, Harold was a professional basketball player in the NBA and also in Spain. Drafted in 1986, Harold played four years with the Sacramento Kings, averaging nine points and 4 ½ rebounds a game. Harold said that getting married and raising a family in Sacramento, California had by far the biggest impact on his time in the league. “Being drafted by the Sacramento Kings is the reason Bryce and the kids are here today,” Harold said. “It’s where I met Bryce’s mom, got married and raised a family.” Harold then moved to Spain, where Bryce spent the first few years of his life. After playing there for four years, Harold returned to the U.S. with his family. So although he spent a lot of time living in Europe, Bryce grew up in Sacramento. It is often assumed that children of pro athletes are pompous and condescending due to unusual wealth. But that not the case with Bryce. He grew up in Sacramento with his father, and they lived happily, and like any other family. “It’s like the normal fatherson relationship, honestly,” Bryce said. “Except, you automatically have a better understanding of the game of basketball…It’s pretty normal, actually.” Bryce was raised under fairly normal circumstances. He has a calm demeanor, his father describes him as respectful and kind. Those who know him say Bryce has a great personality and that the stereotypes don’t apply to him. While having Harold as a father no doubt had its perks, like being able to identify even the slightest imperfection in a jump shot, there were also disadvantages. “People have very high expectations of you,” Bryce said. “Basically every game the other team’s fans chant: ‘Pressley your dad is better than you.’ Personally I don’t mind, it’s just more motivation for me.” While Harold was first and foremost a father, he always had one piece of advice for
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Bryce Pressley drives to the basket in the Pilots game against BYU on Feb. 26. Pressley is the son of former Sacramento Kings player Harold Pressley. Bryce. “You have to work, not just to where you want to go, but once you get there you have to continue to work to stay there,” Harold said. Bryce has shown off his work ethic over the years. Growing up, he was never the fastest or tallest of his peers. Because of this, he was often overlooked. Many of his friends from high school were getting scholarships for various sports. However, nobody batted an eye towards Bryce. But Bryce persevered, working hard every day with his father. Bryce also learned how to play the game for fun, because at the end of the day, he knows basketball is still a game. With his improved mindset and his work ethic, he immediately began to play better, and garner recognition from colleges. “He just played the game and had fun. Once you start playing and having fun, and just knowing that it is just a game… The more fun you have, the more success you have,” Harold said. “I was extremely proud that Bryce got that into his head. At that same time, Portland came through.” Eric Reveno, head basketball coach at UP, noticed another quality. “Bryce is tremendously coachable, he is so willing to do what is best for the team... I have to remind him to be more aggressive sometimes,” Reveno said. “Sons of players that excelled at such a high level tend to understand the value of hard work.” Even though Bryce is playing college basketball, his work ethic continues. Having a professional basketball player as a father was never his motivation to play basketball,
but rather his father was a resource. He says his drive to be the best he could be was always internal. “It was always me. He has never pushed me into doing something I didn’t want to do,” Bryce said. “Even when I was a little child, I always had a ball in my hand. When I briefly lived in Cleveland, we would pass basketball hoops, and I would always yell out of the car ‘shoot that ball!’” Now, years later he still
plays basketball with the same passion he had as the little boy in the car. Before every single game Bryce writes on his wrist “shoot that ball” as a constant reminder to always remember why he plays the game. It is not about scoring, or being the hero. It is all about the love of the game, a love passed down from father to son. Contact Sports Writer Jimmy Sheldrup at sheldrup18@up.edu.
Photo Courtesy of Bryce Pressley
Bryce Pressley (right) holds up his “Most Outstanding Player Award” next to father, Harold Pressley (left). Bryce earned award at South Point Holiday Hoops Classic in Las Vegas.
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The Pilots season was a missed opportunity. Now they just have to save face. The men’s basketball team had all the pieces: Six seasoned seniors, big men and talented freshmen. They failed to gel these pieces together. This was their year, and this is their last chance. With a roster heavy with seniors, and questionably the best recruiting class head coach Eric Reveno has had during his tenure on The Bluff, the Pilots have failed, yet again, to make a splash in conference. One has to question how badly the Pilots want to win. In a conference full of teams with a voracious appetite for first place, the Pilots’ hunger is mediocre at best. They lack the greed and drive to win that teams like Gonzaga, BYU and St. Mary’s possess. After losing to San Diego 78-66 to conclude the regular season on Feb. 28, the Pilots earned the No. 6 seed heading into the WCC tournament. Portland, Santa Clara and San Francisco all finished with a record of 7-11 in conference. But the Pilots’ 3-1 record against the Broncos and Dons will earn them a one-way ticket to the quarterfinals. This will be the first time the Pilots have had a first round bye since 2010. The Pilots will play No. 3 St. Mary’s in the quarterfinals on Saturday at noon. The Gaels beat the Pilots by 10 in Portland and by 17 in Moraga, California. St. Mary’s is a dangerous force and will undoubtedly give the Pilots all they can handle. So how will the Pilots match up to this powerhouse team? Portland started off the preseason with a promising 10-3 record and a five-game winning streak to open. The Pilots end their season on a four-game losing streak, and three consecutive losses where the Pilots were tied or ahead of their opponent at halftime. Portland is a first-half team. It is difficult to attribute this to anything other than coaching and the lack of a push at halftime. Portland doesn’t adjust and there is no energy coming into the last 20 minutes of play. Where Portland’s opponents excel after the halftime whistle blows, the Pilots are stuck in their first-half ways. They struggle to make stops against teams that statistically they should beat, and go on scoring droughts that can last five minutes or more. The Pilots are outmatched by St. Mary’s. It is tough to imagine them getting past the first round, and if they do, they are completely outmatched by Gonzaga. They will need their best basketball of the year to stand a chance. Contact Sports Editor at Malika Andrews at andrewsm17@up.edu Twitter: @malika_andrews