The Beacon - Nov. 13 - Issue 11

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Vol. 117, Issue 11 November 13, 2014

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Women’s soccer misses playoffs for first time in 14 years Sports, p. 14

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Best bikes on The Bluff Living, p. 8

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LEGAL (sort of)

Oregonians voted to legalize marijuana for recreational use last week, but it’s still banned from The Bluff. Here’s everything you need to know.

Kelsey Thomas thomask15@up.edu

Marijuana may be legal in Oregon, but hold off on lighting that joint.

Measure 91, while allowing the personal possession and use of recreational marijuana for adults 21 and over, does not go into effect until July. Until then, current pot laws in Oregon remain in place, and UP’s administration has stressed that pot will remain banned from campus even after July.

The passage of Measure 91 on Nov. 4 makes Oregon the third state to legalize recreational marijuana after Colorado and

Washington.

Alaska and Washington, D.C. also voted Nov. 4 to legalize marijuana for recreational use.

Even after July 1, 2015, you’re not likely to see people lighting up in Cathedral Park or at the coast. Oregon’s legal pot law prohibits consuming in public, just as with alcohol. You also probably won’t see the equivalent of bars for smoking pot.

Oregon’s legal pot law also doesn’t change landlord-tenant or employment laws. Your boss or landlord can still impose drug-free policies.

Marijuana will be be available at retail stores See Marijuana, page 3

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November 13, 2014

On Campus Fall MPF pushed back to Nursing dean announces BOOK READING OnCONVERSATION Campus WITH FR. PAT HANNON

Thursday, Nov. 13 in the Pilot House bookstore, Fr. Hannon will read from his new book, “Sacraments: Personal Encounters with Memories, Wounds, Dream and Unruly Hearts” at 7:15 p.m.

MUSICAL THEATER: “THE 1940S RADIO HOUR”

BY WALTON JONES

Nov. 13-15 in the Mago Hunt Art Center at 7:30 p.m.

PILOTS AFTER DARK Friday, Nov. 14 in the Pilot House at the Cove at 10 p.m., followed by Live Entertainment at 11:30 p.m.

BLUFFOONS IMPROV SHOW Friday, Nov. 14 at the Mago Hunts Art Center Recital Hall at 10:30 p.m. $2 per person, $3 per pair, sold at the door. Doors open at 10:15 p.m.

PILOTS AFTER DARK:

STUDENT GROUP EVENT Saturday, Nov. 15 in the Pilot House at The Cove at 10:00 p.m. followed by KDUP DJ at 11:30 p.m.

PRO-LIFE RELATIONAL APOLOGETICS WITH JOSH BRAHM

Monday, Nov. 17 at 7 p.m. in the Academic Quad, Josh Brahm hosts “Pro-life Relational Apologetics: How a Pro-Life Christian Guy and an Atheist Lesbian Became Best Friends.”

CORRECTIONS In “Practicum in Ghana canceled amid Ebola fears” in the Nov. 6 issue, Provost Thomas Greene’s name was misspelled.

In “Residence Halls celebrate HALLoween” in the Nov. 6 issue, Residence Life was credited with organizing HALLoween.

CPB also helped.

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spring semester

final year on The Bluff

Philip Ellefson ellefson15@up.edu The ASUP Executive Board announced Monday that they will defer spending the Major Project Fund (MPF) from fall to spring semester. This semester’s fund, which is more than $65,000, will be added to the spring MPF and total almost $90,000.

Most of the final options for the MPF were physical campus improvements, such as renovating the Pilot House and funding a pool in the Recreation Center.

The Executive Board made decided to defer the MPF after a few top-level administrators visited an ASUP Senate meeting Oct. 27 and told Senate the MPF should be used more for student activities, while capital improvements should be undertaken by administration.

“Those are things that are well funneled to us, especially around capital,” Vice President for Student Affairs Gerry Olinger said at the meeting. “Let us know what the needs are, but I’d just love to see you all spending the money from the Student Activities fee on the student activities.”

A week later, at the Nov. 3 Senate meeting, senators debated whether ASUP should rethink the MPF in light of administrators’ feedback. While some senators favored Olinger’s suggestions, others said ASUP needs to suggest capital improvements to make sure they get carried out by administration.

According to ASUP Secretary Mariah Wildgen, the Executive

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ASUP Secretary Mariah Wildgen

Board decided to defer spending the fund in an effort to balance the needs of students and administration.

“It’s kind of a rethinking process we’re going through right now, talking to (administrators), talking to students and figuring out how we can go forward,” Wildgen said.

Though ASUP has not yet decided how to use the large reservoir of funds next semester, Wildgen said they may use the money to support club events, Pilots After Dark and other events.

Wildgen also stressed that even though the capital improvements brainstormed by students for the MPF won’t be carried out by ASUP, they will work to keep administration accountable for completing those projects.

“We’re not meaning to look adversarial to them at all,” Wildgen said, “but we’re just trying to best represent the students.”

Photo courtesy of UP Marketing

Joanne Warner, dean of the School of Nursing, will retire in July.

Warner joined UP as a faculty member and quickly moved up to administrative roles.

Jacob Fuhrer fuhrer17@up.edu When she came to UP in 2005, Joanne Warner only intended to interview for a faculty position – which she got.

But when the associate dean of the School of Nursing announced her departure during Warner’s first week, she saw an opportunity and took it. She rose quickly through the ranks and took the dean’s chair.

All that will change come July, when Warner will step aside and begin her retirement.

Nursing was Warner’s chosen career since second grade, a goal she says she maintained throughout her life – minus a brief stint when she considered drama. “[Nursing] has been such an exquisite match with what I See Warner, page 5

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Marijuana: ASUP senators seek softer penalties Continued from page 1 and regulated by the Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC). The OLCC will begin accepting license applications for retail locations beginning Jan. 4, 2016.

The OLCC still has many details to work through, such as who is eligible for a commercial license to grow and sell marijuana, how marijuanainfused edibles will be packaged and labeled and how marijuana will be produced and tested.

Marijuana at UP Fr. John Donato, the associate vice president for student development, emphasized that marijuana will remain banned from The Bluff in an email sent to students Nov. 5.

“Our drug policy is clear that the use of illegal substances and the misuse of legal substances are strictly prohibited. Additionally, marijuana is still illegal under federal law. Regardless of its status in the state of Oregon, or whether or not an individual possesses a prescription for medical use, marijuana is banned from our community. Our policies will not change with the passing of Measure 91,” Donato said.

The current policy outlined in the student handbook says that “the possession, use, sale, distribution, or manufacture of marijuana (regardless of whether the student possesses a prescription for medical use) … is strictly prohibited.”

However, ASUP Senators Anthony Montoya and Sammy van den Berg find the University’s current disciplinary policies regarding the possession and use of marijuana too harsh.

Currently, the student handbook states that students who violate the marijuana ban may face heavy consequences, “including but not limited to suspension or dismissal.”

Montoya, a junior political science major, said he and van den Berg are crafting a Senate measure that would make the University’s disciplinary system for marijuana more like UP’s alcohol violation policy, which often involves a reflection paper and pastoral conversations.

“The reason administration gives for clamping down so hard is that they want to care for students’ health,” Montoya said. “It’s a very caring campus, and they want to take a holistic approach, but I don’t think that’s consistent with removing students from the community. If we want to help students grow, we need to keep them in the community and check in with them and see if they’re doing alright.”

Donato said the University takes a strong stance against

drugs out of concern for students and the community.

“The University values the personal wellness, health, academic success, growth, and development of the individuals within our community,” Donato said in an email. “The University of Portland does not believe that marijuana or other illegal drugs promote the success of our students.”

Montoya does not believe other students would be negatively affected by having students in the community who use marijuana, but he said non-smokers might be a positive influence on a student who “administration believes is damaging their health.”

Unlike alcohol, however, marijuana remains illegal at a federal level. Even with the legalization of marijuana statewide, students could face serious drug convictions, including being precluded from receiving financial aid.

Montoya said he would not support a policy that would threaten federal funding or scholarships, but said his proposed measure, which focuses only on the disciplinary side, wouldn’t clash with federal regulations.

“It’s interesting because underage drinking is also illegal on a federal level, but the policy with that is very generous and very helpful for students,” Montoya said. “Students should have the opportunity to rectify their lifestyle and be more in line with administration’s expectations.”

Montoya and van den Berg are in the process of meeting with UP administrators and writing the measure. They plan to present it to senate after Thanksgiving Break.

“Administration is very open to discussing this topic,” Montoya said.

Other College Policies UP’s firm ban on marijuana is consistent with other universities.

Since most colleges receive federal funds, they are required to abide by federal regulations that bar the illegal use of drugs and alcohol on their campuses.

The NCAA has also taken a firm stance against marijuana use among athletes.

"The legalizing of marijuana in Colorado and Washington does not impact the NCAA drug testing rules," the college athletics governing body said in a statement.

"The NCAA banned drug and testing policies are not tied to whether a substance is legal for general population use, but rather whether the substance is considered a threat to studentathlete health and safety or the integrity of the game."

Oregon

Washington

Colorado

Home cultivation

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Plants

None

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3 mature plants

Age restriction

21 Years

21 Years

21 Years

Public consumption

Banned

Banned

1 ounce in public 8 ounces at home

Possession limit

1 ounce in public

Banned 1 ounce in public

Measure 91 • Goes into effect July 1, 2015 • No impact on current Medical Marijuana Program • Recreational marijuana users can possess up to eight ounces of marijuana and four plants per residence in Oregon. An individual can carry up to one ounce in public.

• Marijuana can’t be smoked or consumed in public.

• Marijuana is still classified as an illegal substance at the federal level.

• Marijuana cannot be taken across state lines, even to Washington.

Common School Fund 40 % Mental health, alcoholism and drug services 20 % State police 15 % Cities for enforcement of measure 10 % Counties for enforcement of measure 10 % Oregon health authority for alcohol and drug abuse prevention 5%

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Beloved chemistry professor retiring after 29 years on The Bluff Emera Riley rileyem18@up.edu Raymond Bard's office looks exactly like a chemistry professor's ought to. There are odd liquid-filled vials, huge stacks of papers and the man himself, complete with rainbow suspenders and a science-related tie.

Bard’s unusual lecture style – famous for incorporating storytelling as well as dances, nerf guns and loud exclamations – are lessons students remember.

But after 29 years at the University of Portland, this will be Bard’s last year of teaching.

Brian Carter, a senior biology major, called Bard “The beloved.”

“You can tell by the length of his beard he has years of experience,” Carter said.

Throughout his career, Bard's main passion was teaching.

According to Rhonda Bard, his wife and fellow chemistry lecturer, teaching has always driven him.

“Training undergraduates, not just in the lower-level courses but as research students, has been a huge passion of his," Rhonda said.

Bard was inspired to become a chemist by his high school teacher, Mr. Fortutci, who taught with both integrity and energy.

"He was really motivated to get people to enjoy and understand chemistry," Bard said.

And it didn’t hurt that Fortutci allowed his students to partake in dangerous experiments like making chlorine.

Rhonda describes her husband's teaching style as one that thrives best with studentteacher communication.

"Give and take, Socratic style and occasional playful stunts are three of his teaching elements," she said.

Kelly Ramzy, a senior biochemistry major, said Bard’s teaching style inspires students to become well-rounded in all things.

"He encourages us to ask questions and to actually understand," she said. “He really is encouraging growth and student understanding, outside of the field of chemistry.”

Bard said his favorite part of being at UP is "seeing the delight of students as they come up with ideas on their own and they actually work."

Photo courtesy of Kelly Ramzy

Chemistry students (from left) Kelly Ramzy, Brian Carter, Alex Erickson, Matt Baer, Rea Cochran and Ben Damewood dress up for Halloween as chemistry professor Raymond Bard, right. Bard, who is beloved for his energetic teaching style as well as his distinctive look, will retire this May. For Bard, retirement does not mean slowing down. He plans to return to his hobbies and woodworking, volunteer in the community and take up gardening.

As for his service work, some options include setting up a program to teach lower income families gardening skills.

Another idea is to help combat

Agent Orange in Vietnam, isolating bacteria that could decompose it.

Bard's final advice to students is to trust the education they’re getting here.

"Having students get out of here and see that they can do things on their own, and think on their own, and come up with the new ideas,” Bard said. “That they

don't need R. R. Bard to look over their shoulder.”

Also, he said, students should not be afraid of going after what they want. Teachers like him have given them all the skills they need to achieve their dreams.

"It's up to you to stick out that thumb, so somebody can go grab it," Bard said.

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1. Nov. 6, 9:42 p.m. - Officers made contact with a suspicious person on campus. The person was found to be a community member and no action was taken.

2. Nov. 7, 11:05 p.m. - Officers responded to a party in the 5600 block of N. Willamette Blvd. Residents were compliant and officers cleared without incident.

3. Nov. 8, 12:28 a.m. - Officers responded to a noise complaint in the area of Yale and Stanford. Officers search the area several times and could not find any disturbance.

4. Nov. 8, 4:14 p.m. - Officers made a suspicious stop with four individuals in the area of Portsmouth and McCosh. The suspects were identified as students. The officers found marijuana at the scene. A room search was done and the students were referred to the Student Conduct board.

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For a complete interactive public safety report visit www.upbeacon.com and click UP Crime & Fire Log under the News tab.

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ROTC students commemorate Veteran’s Day

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Air Force and Army ROTC cadets perform a three-volley salute at the Veteran’s Day celebration Nov. 11. In observance of Veteran’s Day, cadets stood by the Praying Hands Memorial from 11 a.m. Monday to 11 a.m. Tuesday. UP also hosted Colonel Doug Edwards, a ‘67 alum, as a speaker, and prayers for peace in many languages were read outside the Buckley Center Auditorium.

Warner: Search for new dean underway UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND GARAVENTA CENTER

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This I Believe

A Conversation about Personal Axioms

Presented by UP’s Real Analysis Students Wednesday, November 19 at 6:00pm Holy Cross Lounge – Franz Hall 3rd Floor We are all believers. That is to say, we all believe in something.

Listen to Dr. Stephanie Salomone’s students describe the things that they believe without proof as they read essays written in the format of This I Believe. We hope to generate a conversation about how our beliefs form our moral codes. We’ll hold up as a mirror the mathematical axiomatic system, the list of mathematical facts we believe without proof, and which determine the shape of the mathematical world. Though far from the typical math assignment, we will show that This I Believe has an irrefutable place in the mathematics curriculum, and perhaps in all disciplines.

Audience will not be asked to solve for X at any time.

For ADA accommodations or event information, contact Jamie Powell at powell@up.edu or (503)943-7702.

wanted to do in the world,” she said. “I love the challenge of deep science and deep knowledge.”

Emmy Rosinbum, Warner’s administrative assistant who worked with her for nearly nine years, will be sad to see her go.

“She’s had a profound influence on my life,” Rosinbum said. “She’s warm and caring and values everyone.”

Rosinbum lauded Warner’s ability to create a comfortable workplace and welcoming culture within the School of Nursing.

Warner says nursing requires a balance of cognitive abilities, knowledge and an authentic connection to people who are in need. She believes there is great power in understanding the politics behind healthcare.

“If you can influence policy, you can influence the community, the nation, the world,” she said.

Warner was the first graduate of Indiana University to receive a doctorate in health policy.

She later took her skills to the state legislature, managing four successful campaigns and two

school board campaigns.

She is pleased with what she has been able to accomplish as dean of the School of Nursing.

“My biggest point of pride is building a team of faculty and staff that is second to none,” she said.

Warner said she hopes her position is filled by someone who will continue the strong trajectory, innovation and sense of excitement that students and faculty have in the School of Nursing.

Provost Thomas Greene says UP is in the beginning stages of the hiring process for the new dean and is assembling a search committee to review candidates.

“We want the new dean to continue to foster the best in nursing education right here on The Bluff,” he said in an email.

As for Warner, she says she will miss the people at UP the most.

“UP is a very special place with a profound community,” she said.

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Q&A with The Bluffons improv group

UP’s improv group, The Bluffoons, create a safe space for silliness. This week The Beacon sat down with Bluffoon members Nathan Mattix, Peter Rodriguez and Tara Eden to learn more about improv and the club.

Maggie Hannon hannon15@up.edu

Q: Do you have any pre-performance rituals?

Nathan Mattix: We have a pregame ritu-

al for the show for sure. I don’t know if we can just share that.

Peter Rodriguez: No, that’s a secret.

Mattix: Even the people in improv who haven’t been in shows don’t know what it is.

Q: Where do you get your inspiration from?

Mattix: There’s certain groups around the

country that are professional like Upright Citizens Brigade. Or Seattle Jet City is incredible.

Rodriguez: Sometimes you just watch sketch comedy on TV. You watch Key and Peele.

Mattix: As someone who makes humor, it can kind of ruin humor for you because I’m watching Key and Peele and I’m dissecting it. Oh, why is this funny? Well done Key and Peele! It’s more of a golf clap and less of a hilarious moment.

Tara Egan: Feedback from the audience, not just comments, but you learn really quickly what’s funny when an audience laughs at it.

Mattix: We definitely draw inspiration from each other as well, and that can go in the other direction if there are two people in the group that are just not there mentally or energy-wise it can bring down the group. So, for better or worse, we’re interconnected.

Rodriguez: We’re all in it together.

Q: What has been your weirdest improv moment?

Egan: Generally when we come back from summer, or after long break, or if we’re having a really stressful week our practices, some of our games tend to go to

crazytown. And instead of building a story we’ll be on a spaceship with 3,000 different kinds of aliens on it.

Mattix: And the harpoons.

Egan: Before the thing explodes.

Mattix: We always end up with really strange inside jokes every year. Like, last year, if you could somehow involve the phrase “500 pounds of salmon” in your scene, that’s just funny. We have a rule that you don’t do blue humor. You don’t go full Daniel Tosh. You don’t go there, but it happens. One of my first shows I made a Holocaust joke, and I got sprayed with a spray bottle like a dog. It was bad.

Rodriguez: When you’re not giving a lot of forethought into what you’re saying, you go places.

Mattix: We had a scene my freshman year where there was a son trying to convince his parents to do it again. Like, he thought that their relationship was splintering and he was really worried. That was weird.

Rodriguez: I was in a scene a couple weeks ago where the suggestion was nude pets, and I was being harassed by very seductive dogs at Petco, or something like that. It ended up being really funny but at the same time like this is weird.

Egan: I think when you’re in improv, your bar for weird goes higher.

and I played Dobby in a scene, and Dobby kept taking off his pillowcase. He was a bit of a nudist, and Harry was trying to encourage him to be a little more modest.

Then I knew who the Bluffoons were, and they were like, “Who’s this guy?”

Q: What was your first experi-

show or practice?

ence with improv?

Rodriguez: My freshman year I was put

in the Valentine’s Day show, and I guess they were trying out some new forms of improv, and it was horrible. I guess everyone was a little off that day. It was my first show, so I was off more than anyone and I didn’t have great attitude coming out of that show, but I was able to work past it. When you start out there you’re like, “Wow this can get better! This can only get better!”

Mattix: It was before I had joined the club. There was an event where the Bluffoons opened for a group called Comedy Sportz that’s in the area. And Comedy Sportz needed a volunteer to play a game called Four Corners and I joined. As you may have noticed I’m quite tall. I’m 6’7

Q:

Who is your favorite Actor/ Actress/Comedian?

Mattix: In the world of funniness, I think

my favorite person and someone I’d aspire to be more like is Bill Hader who used to be of SNL. He usually plays side characters in movies he’s in, but he plays them ridiculously well. I love his character in Hot Rod, for example. And most of his characters in SNL, like Stefon, is freaking incredible. Bill Hader is really versatile and really funny. He has a gift that I want to get better at, which is when he’s in a scene he makes the other people look better. Like he plays well, and that just shows the fact that he’s rarely playing the main role. He’s really good at supporting everyone else in the cast, and I’d love to be more that way because I tend to hog the spotlight.

Egan: I love Tina Fey. I would be her best friend if I could, but she’s really busy.

Q: Favorite thing to do after a Mattix: Sleep. Our shows are really late

this year and our practices are really late.

Egan: When we go to Jet City, which is an improv company in Seattle, we go for a couple things a year, we get pretzel dogs afterwards and pie and ice cream. It’s mostly food based.

Q:

Who is currently the best Bluffoon?

Mattix: Best Bluffoon freestyle rapper

is Peter. He kicks ass. It’s ridiculous. He doesn’t know it, but now he does.

Rodriguez: Okay, I guess I’ll take it. I won’t argue for my own sake.

Mattix: Within the club we have a competition team, and each one of us brings

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strengths that the other people don’t have to that great of a degree, so we complement each other. If you look at a basketball team, and asked who is the best player, you would say the best shooter is the guard or the forward. The best person at dunking or being large is the postman. I do that. Everybody brings different strengths.

Rodriguez: Apparently mine is freestyle rapping.

Egan: Congratulations, and deep voicing.

Rodriguez: White Morgan Freeman-ing.

Q: What would you say to someone considering joining?

Egan: Do it!

Mattix: Do it!

Rodriguez: Don’t even think. Just do it.

Mattix: It’s an investment as well. Every

year we’ve had people join, and not really have their heart in it, and they end up dropping out.

Rodriguez: Then again, we have people who, they don’t show up every week, but they’re regular returners. Whenever they have time. They might not be in as many shows.

Mattix: We will teach people. It’s preferred actually if they don’t think they’re hot shit. We’ll teach them how to do improv. We won’t put them on stage before their ready.

Egan: Don’t be overwhelmed. Everyone was in your spot once.

Next Performance: 10:30 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 14th Mago Hunt Theater

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Avoiding cabin fever Nastacia Voisin voisin15@up.edu

The relentless patter of rain, the piles of textbooks and the agonies of caffeine withdrawal seem only to worsen as the semester countdown slogs on. If you find yourself becoming a snappish, listless, vaguely paranoid version of yourself after long stints indoors in the homework zone, don’t be surprised.

This is cabin fever.

To spare you from sliding into a state where you start running around with a measuring tape, frantically certain the walls are inching closer, we’ve brainstormed a list of ten creative indoor actives:

1: Learn handspinning If you need a domestic hobby to occupy your hands, this ancient craft is for you.

Soon you’ll be conquering exotic fibers, reading up on dyes and producing bags of yarn for your needle-crazy friends.

2: Learn to play the ukulele It’s a generally accepted truth that people who play the uke are happier. So beat off boredom and learn to jam with this small, cute and portable instrument.

3: Get crafty pressing leaves It’s autumn, so there’s no shortage of vivid, dramatically-hued foliage to pick from. You’ll have to run about outdoors to gather the leaves, but then you’ll have many blissful hours putting those hefty textbooks to work.

4: Pull out your coloring books The most perfect mindless, semi-productive study break of all, coloring books remind us that we are now grown-ups, and can now refuse to color inside the lines.

5: Try canning Few things are more satisfying than the sound of canning lids popping as the seal.

Preserving food will save you money, introduce you to new flavors and teach you to truly savor your condiments and jams.

6: Make an album Maybe everyone in Portland is (or knows someone) in a band, but few can claim

quad style Talbot Andrews junior|political science and psychology

How would you describe your style?

A little comfy, a little punk rock.

What are your style inspirations?

A lot from friends. I also love floral print and velvet so I build around that.

Where do you like to shop?

On Hawthorne Boulevard in vintage and thrift shops, like Red Light Exchange or House of Vintage.

to have produced anything lasting. Or if your music talents are lacking, try recording spoken word, wacky sounds or knock together a podcast.

7: Write a letter to a friend So often people grow up and grow apart, and what better way to rekindle a relationship than a handwritten letter? Make it short and sweet, or long and dramatic, and don’t forget to use some zany stamps.

8: Get active indoors If you feel stir-crazy and want to shake it out, indulge. Crank up the music and dance off your stress, or get Zen by gliding through a yoga practice.

9: Baking While it may not be the most creative idea, everyone loves someone who can bake. More importantly, everyone loves someone who brings them baked goods during a storm. Gain many best friends and some weight by making some yummy treats while trapped in the house.

10: Become a tattoo artist Relive your childhood with an adult twist. Start by getting creative with some temporary tattoos then graduate to doing henna. You’ll develop into a hit amongst your friends during Halloween or music festival season. Want to take your tattoo artistry to the next level? See if some of your friends will be live subjects for the beginnings of your future tattoo career.

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On the air: The 1940s Radio Hour

Melissa Aguilar aguilarm16@up.edu The 1940s provoke a sense of reminiscence, of a time when all Americans on the home front rallied together in the face of war.

UP’s production of the musical “The 1940s Radio Hour” transports the audience back to the nostalgic era, while offering a unique glimpse behind the scenes of a radio show.

The show begins subtly, with a few actors running around making preparations while the house lights are still on.

The audience remains a part of the live audience for the New York radio station WOV’s Dec. 21, 1942’s broadcast. Signs remind audience members the production is on air and encourage applause.

Just when you think there is enough chaos, another six actors burst on to the stage, one which is proeceded by the flash of camera bulbs and girls’ high pitched squealing.

This man is none other than Johnny Cantone, the Frank Sinatra-esque character played by senior theater and communication studies major Michael Rexroat.

Rexroat is using this production to fulfill his Theater capstone.

“Watching other people has been great. Watching the process of other people trying to take on these characters in the 40s has been really helpful to me, as an actor,” Rexroat said. “That’s a big takeaway, I always enjoy working with other people.”

In addition to all the actors, the Zoot Doubleman Orchestra performs on stage, bringing lively jazz tunes and heart-felt ballads to life.

Interspersed among all the song and dance numbers, some of the actors perform old fashioned advertisements for everything from laxatives to moon pies.

As the production takes place near Christmas, there is even a segment of “A Christmas Carol” performed. The snippet is representative of the type of serialized radio dramas also popular at the time.

Director and Costume Designer Gregory Pulver said this show can serve to remind contemporary audiences of a time when Americans had a shared sense of patriotism. He talked about how citizens supported the decision

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to go to war, and then continued to support soldiers when they returned home.

“We’ve come so far from that beautiful, sweet period in our American history,” Pulver said.

“Where we just believed in ourselves and we believed in the prosperity of people, as opposed to the disparity of people.”

Things don’t always go well. There’s war, there’s poverty, there’s a lot of social issues and political issues but there’s always hope.

Michael Rexroat Senior In one scene, Ann Collier, played by Katie May, reads letters to loved ones overseas. She wishes the best for all those Jims, Joes and Bills out there fighting on behalf of American citizens.

The show reminds us while that kind of sentiment is often forgotten today, it is no less important than it was years ago.

Rexroat added that aside from being an entertaining show, it offers an encouraging message for both the characters’ personal problems as well as for modern audiences.

“Things don’t always go well,” he said. “There’s war, there’s poverty, there’s a lot of social issues and political issues in the world.

But there’s always hope.”

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Bikes and their humans Emily Neelon neelon17@up.edu

It’s wasn’t his eyes. It wasn’t his smile. It wasn’t his laugh. It was his sweet whip.

In Portland, biking isn’t just a form of transportation: It’s a lifestyle. Akin to a cult, one is not a true Portlandian until they’ve been initiated into the biking community.

Among a sea of 10-speeds and cruisers in the overcrowded bike racks, two-wheeled diamonds in the rough can be found across UP’s campus.

Maya Smith Freshman Environmental ethics Name: “The Bianchi” Brand: Bianchi Volpe, circa 1960 Purchased from: Community Cycling Center, 1700 NE Alberta Uses bike for: Transportation: “If I’m riding it, it’s usually to get to friends in the area or to get to work downtown.”

Favorite destination: “I love biking just around downtown. It’s great to people watch.”

If you and your bike could go out on a date, where would you take it?: “I’d take it to the paint and body shop to get it all nice and pampered”.

On a scale of 1-10, how Lance Armstrong are you?: “Five”

Logan Day Freshman Business Name: “Sally” Brand: Trek Purchased from: Gift from friend Uses bike for: “I ride it to get to The Commons because I live so far away (in Schoenfeldt).

Favorite destination: “[I like to] ride my bike to St. Johns Bridge at sunrise and sunset. Portland’s a beautiful city.”

If you and your bike could go out on a date, where would you take it?: “I’d like to take it to movies.”

On a scale of 1-10, how Lance Armstrong are you?: “I’m like Lance Armstrong times 10. I could beat him in a race any day.”

Andrew Leigh Sophomore Business Name: “Diego...it’s spicy and has attitude” Brand: Gravity Purchased from: bikesdirect.com Uses bike for: Transportation, exercise and for fun Favorite destination: “I just like biking all around Portland.”

If you and your bike could go on a date, where would you take it?: Iceland On a scale of 1-10, how Lance Armstrong are you?: “I could be a 20 out of 10 because I have two testicles.”

Natalie Fulton Freshman Biology Name: “If anybody has suggestions…”

Brand: Globe Purchased from: Recycle Bicycle Shop, Ellensburg, Washington Uses bike for: For fun.

Favorite destination: “I haven’t taken it out that much yet. I just brought it back over Fall Break. I’m excited to maybe take it to Forest Park.”

If you could and your bike could go out on a date, where would you take it?: Australia On a scale of 1-10, how Lance Armstrong are you?: One. I’m not incredibly gifted at biking. Also, I don’t use steroids.”

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FAITH & FELLOWSHIP

November 13, 2014

“Statistical miracles” in our lives

John Julius Muwulya Guest Commentary A miracle is usually talked about as a surprising and welcome event that is believed to be the work of a divine agency.

Most of us usually want to see God to fully acknowledge him in our lives. For me, I believed in him, but I always took him for granted. I invited him into my life when I thought it was necessary. But I never attributed any of my success to him.

All the success I have got so far, I have attributed solely to my own doing and determination.

The failures, I would blame them on God. This all changed last weekend when I attended the National Student Leadership Forum on faith and values in Washington, D.C. It all started here in Portland when I was introduced to a man that nominated me for this opportunity.

I was introduced to this man by a mentor of mine at the company I worked for this summer. I met the mentor through an event organized by another mentor of mine. The event was a men’s retreat at Cannon Beach which I almost did not attend, but my sister,

Noela, encouraged me to.

It was my sister who introduced me to the first mentor a while back. For an ambitious guy like myself who wanted to make connections, it all seemed like mere coincidence that was m eant to be. It all came together at the National Student leadership Forum in Washington, D.C this past weekend.

It was a chain of “statistical miracles” that all finally made sense.

I realized that though I may have a great and loving family, God has always been there to get me to places where mentors could unintentionally help with my character development. And I needed help to overcome struggles that I have been engaged in for a very long time.

My greatest struggle, until this summer, used to be lying.

Another struggle was selfishness and being arrogant. Thinking it was all about me.

With all these character struggles, I was trying to please people so that they would like me. I didn’t want to be seen as not perfect enough and not good enough. In the process of this, I hid so many stories that make me who I am.

As a leader, I realized I had a problem that needed to be fixed over the summer so that my char-

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After attending the National Student Leadership Conference, Muwulya was able to discover the “statistical miracles” in his life. acter and integrity as a leader would never be in question. In this character development process, God has been there trying to seek me out but I kept on saying “No.” I allowed him to be part of my life when I wanted him too. I would ask him questions at times, and along the way as answers to them, he has provided “statistical miracles.” He brought mentors along the journey.

These and many others are some of the “statistical miracles”

I can point out, but I strongly believe that all of us have these miracles in our lives. We might not at times realize these “statistical miracles” in our lives, but they are there.

God is always extending out his hand inviting us in, but we at times keep on saying, “Wait for another time, Lord.” We may try to wait for a perfect time, which may never come.

All along we may fail to realize these special “statistical miracles.” God wants us to

know what we want to know, and the more you know it’s God, the bigger your steps will be. I wanted to share my experience in a hope that some others out there may also realize their unique “statistical miracles” too.

Muwulya is a senior civil engineering major and the ASUP president. He can be reached at muwulya15@up.edu.

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OPINIONS EDITORIAL Sometimes, between stressing about a history exam and rushing to get to class on time, we forget that everyone else has a story that everyone else is living a life that we know nothing about. We get annoyed with the know-itall in the front of the class. We roll our eyes at the slacker in the back row asking a question the professor already answered. We sigh loudly when The Commons workers are taking too long or get our orders wrong.

It’s easy to interact with others and forget that they are people living their own lives, people with their own stories.

It’s much easier to treat people as objects - to reduce every complex individual to a background character in our lives. The person walking across the Quad is a slow moving object, blocking your path as you rush to class. The barista at Starbucks is a means by which you get your daily intake of caffeine. But every person you interact with has a story, and every person’s behavior is influenced by a hundred other factors we aren’t even aware of.

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Everyone has a story

Every slow-moving student or Starbucks employee is more than a means to an end - they are a unique and complex human being.

It’s so much harder to acknowledge people as individuals.

Saying, “Hi, how are you?” to every person you interact with takes time. Without your coffee in the morning, it’s hard to muster the energy to be friendly to the barista. It’s hard to be patient with people, but acknowledge that their behavior is just one small notch on a long string of behaviors and interactions.

It’s so important that we all take the time and energy to acknowledge the humanity of the people we interact with on a daily basis. A simple, “Hello,” or a friendly smile can truly make a difference in a person’s day.

Life is not made up of the exams you took, the classes you were late to, or the breakfasts you ate. Life is made up of relationships: Important relationships that change who we are, brief relationships that come and go without a trace and seemingly-

insignificant relationships that touch us for a moment but change us forever.

You have the power to impact someone’s life, for however brief a moment. It’s up to you if your impact will be positive or negative.

It’s so important that we all take the time and energy to acknowledge the humanity of the people we interact with on a daily basis.

We have a lot of influence over the people we interact with, even if we don’t realize it. We may not be the main character in everyone’s story. We may not even be a footnote.

But maybe for one person - for someone sad or lonely or having a really bad day - we can be the one person who acknowledged their humanity, who treated them kindly and who smiled and asked, “How are you doing today?”

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Dear Americans: Stop panicking about Ebola in the States Becca Tabor Guest Commentary The U.S. news coverage of Ebola has spiraled out of control, with newspapers shifting from an honest reporting of facts when the outbreak began March of 2014, to the present, almost satirical, depiction of the imminent danger of the virus toward Americans that seems to be driven by profits rather than accuracy.

The fear of becoming infected with Ebola in the United States is

completely irrational, and takes away from the suffering and need of the people living in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea. It is the tragedy of the modern era that, through flashy headlines, the media shapes our opinions and responses to important issues before we take the opportunity to research the facts.

The reality is that as Americans, Ebola doesn’t immediately affect us and likely never will.

So what are we doing sitting on our couches, becoming more and more fearful as we watch the news coverage of the Ebola outbreak?

In part, I think we’re responding this way because we don’t

know what else to do. There’s no doubt that Ebola is a horrendous and frightening virus, and after hearing about the thousands of deaths in West Africa, we have to respond in some way.

Fear comes as the easiest response because it requires that we do nothing besides isolate ourselves from the possible danger.

If we’re hiding under the mask of fear, we don’t have to confront the most pressing, challenging questions.

Questions of who has access to vaccinations and medication.

Questions of who’s lives are worthy of maintaining. Questions of poverty, privilege and oppression.

This is not to discredit the re-

lief efforts the U.S. has contributed to in countries heavily affected

by Ebola, nor to say that the media should not cover the Ebola outbreak at all.

On the contrary, Ebola should be on the front pages of our newspapers and the breaking news alerts on our phones…so long as those articles are geared towards raising awareness of the current crisis in West Africa instead of capitalizing on irrational fears of Ebola outbreaks in the United States.

I know that at the end of the day, fear sells, and acknowledgement of privilege and oppression doesn’t. But it’s my hope I can one day live in a world that prides

itself on maintaining the dignity of every human being over the ability to make a profit from exploitation.

I think it’s time we reflect on some important questions in regards to our response to the ongoing Ebola outbreak. Why are we listening to news reporters instead of health officials? Why are we hiding behind fear instead of extending a hand to those in need? What is the reason for this emotional, rather than rational, response? Where is this fear really stemming from?

Becca Tabor is a senior social work major. She can be reached at tabor16@up.edu.

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OPINIONS

November 13, 2014

When you forget how to live

Staff Commentary There are those dark, tense, horrible, grim and hopeless moments in every semester. They can happen in your dorm room, at that Saturday night party, the subsequent hangover, or after hours in the Clark Library.

They strike you when you least expect it, and unfortunately it’s that time of year when these moments seem to spike in frequency. You’re buried in a hole of schoolwork and you’re having trouble remembering a time when you weren’t. The person you gave yourself to isn’t texting you back. The concept of eating another sandwich for lunch from The Commons is revolting.

You’re behind and frustrated and a paper on metaphysics is making you think critically not about the human condition as a whole but instead your own condition: lonely, confused and lost.

What can you do when you forget how to live? When every choice you’ve made lately makes you identify a little more closely with Lindsey Lohan or Shia LaBeouf (before the spiritual enlightenment.) You want to walk around with a paper bag

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on your head that reads: “I am a fraud.” Or “I am not what I was promised.”

The nature of people continually espousing that “It gets better’” does not make you feel better and the “PC-non-judgmental but-actually-judging-you” streak on this campus is enough to either throw you further down the path of destruction, or make you hide out in a study room feeling even more isolated and lonely than before.

Here’s the reality though: It does get better, but it also stays the same.

You WILL procrastinate on that paper or problem set despite telling yourself a million times that you wouldn’t do the Library’till-1 a.m. thing again. You WILL eat that entire Dominoes pizza… the whole thing. By yourself. You WILL go back to that guy or girl who seems like a great choice at night or whenever Public Safety shows up, even if you know they suck. You WILL gossip about others and get found out. You WILL get so swamped with schoolwork and activities and the “drama” of everyday life that you will forget important things in other people’s lives.

But here’s the important thing: WHO CARES? Life is not about perfection.

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OPINIONS

Season of giving, or season of greed?

Christine Menges Staff Commentary November has arrived, which means Thanksgiving and Christmas are around the corner. We’ll spend these holidays counting our blessings, appreciating loved ones, cherishing Kodak moments, and most of all, giving to others.

Or will we?

This time of the year, people preach about the “true meaning of Christmas” - claiming that Christmas (and holidays in general) are more about giving than receiving.

That’s a myth.

While it would be nice if everyone became more generous, when I look around me, I just don’t buy it. Whether you’re celebrating Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Ramadan, the winter solstice, or a combination of the aforementioned, let’s get clear about what this season is really about: Materialism!

The winter holidays have

lasted for centuries because they are a mega money-making occasion for corporations worldwide. While these holidays may have always featured a harmless gift-giving tradition, companies looking to make massive gains have exploited this tradition to ridiculous levels. They tap into our materialistic desires and tempt us with manipulative agendas on any spare surface they can fit an advertisement.

It’s as if we’re measuring our appreciation for someone in how much money we’re willing to spend. This isn’t generosity. It’s madeness.

Christine Menges Senior The holidays are not about giving, but indulging in shameless consumerism.

The gift-buying craze begins as soon as Thanksgiving ends.

We get up before dawn to beat the crowds so we can buy the

hottest new technological gadget as soon as it’s released...the day after we’ve professed our supposed “thankfulness” for what we already have.

Each year, there are stories about fights over waffle makers, television sets, laptop computers and countless other paraphernalia people want, but don’t need.

Even if we don’t partake in the Black Friday frenzy, we usually succumb to spending exorbitant amounts of time, money, energy and stress on finding the perfect presents for ourselves and loved ones. We spend countless hours at the mall, where advertisements assault us from every corner, demanding we “show our love” for that special someone by buying him or her a pricey gift.

It’s as if we’re measuring our appreciation for someone in how much money we’re willing to spend. This isn’t generosity. It’s madness.

And while we’re buying things we don’t need, the truly needy in the world are suffering.

Yes, we show more generosity to society’s fringe groups this time of year. Carolers sing at homes for the elderly, volunteers

flock to soup kitchens, donations increase for battered women and disadvantaged children and people show more courtesy to charity solicitors.

But this one-time generosity cannot possibly cover our neglect of those groups the rest of the year. Seasonal volunteering is actually disrespectful. The needy deserve our help more often than when we’re in the mood to give it.

If the holidays were truly more about giving than receiving, we probably wouldn’t think about presents at all. We might receive a gift or two, but most of our time and energy would be spent with family, friends and serving the community. Certainly not standing in endless lines and fighting to the death over toaster ovens.

This holiday season, I encourage you to enjoy the non-material aspects of the holiday. They might be the best gift you could give to yourself.

Christine Menges is a senior French major and communication studies minor. She can be reached at Menges15@up.edu or on Twitter @ChristineyBird.

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What class are you most excited for?

Will Deleney sophomore mechanical engineering

“Materials Lab, because I get to apply what I learned this year in materials science to real life application.”

Shannon Fracas senior nursing

LIVE: pursue progress not perfection Continued from page 12 It’s essential to remember that there’s nothing you’ve ever done that hasn’t contributed to your understanding of yourself today, even all those times you ate the whole pizza at 2 a.m.

Don’t let the miserable month of November (with Thanksgiving and Christmas too far out of reach) an endlessly gray cloudy sky and the impending doom of those research papers you haven’t started destroy you. Don’t get so wrapped up in that volatile relationship you forget all the positive ones. Don’t let the words that

Success is not a place you find, it’s a journey you take. When you are exhausted and disoriented, it’s easy to believe you will never again find your own equilibrium.

Cassie Sheridan Senior others say or think about you be your controlling rhetoric.

Here are two things to always remember: On weekdays, between the hours of midnight to six in the morning, you feel way

lonelier and less positive than you actually are. On weekends, between the hours of midnight to six in the morning, you feel way funnier and better at gymnastics than you actually are.

Don’t confuse those two states for your actual condition.

Success is not a place you find - it’s a journey you take. When you are exhausted and disoriented, it’s easy to believe you will never again find your own equilibrium. But it’s these moments of deep despair, disorientation and exhaustion when you have the beautiful, wonderful and real opportunity to rediscover yourself. Don’t let it all go to waste by

wallowing in your dorm room and hiding yourself away in season after season of Grey’s Anatomy.

You know yourself better than you think, and I have a sneaking suspicion that when it comes to the hard questions of “what do you love?” and “when are you the happiest?” you already have more than a few answers. Ensure time for those things amidst the chaos.

You’re not perfect, but you’re progressing, and that’s how you ought to live.

“Pediatrics OB.” Joe Mahan senior communication studies

Cassie Sheridan is a senior English and political science major. She can be reached at sheridan15@up.edu.

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David Deis junior secondary education and history

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The streak ends

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Students at the women’s soccer game cheer for the team in what would end up being a 2-1 loss to San Diego State. The team missed the playoffs for the first time in 14 years.

Molly McSweyn mcsweyn18@up.edu The women’s soccer team, used to winning and garnering respect in the NCAA, finished out the 2014 season with less than ideal results.

The team experienced a big drop in league standings, more lost games than usual and a broken streak of making it to the WCC playoffs.

The Pilots have garnered two national championships in the last 12 years (2002 and 2005).

Until this year, the team has made it to the WCC playoffs every year since 2000. The Pilots also had an impressive 10-game winning streak last year. The program is geared toward producing players

and teams that bring home championship titles.

Yet the team failed to find their rhythm all season long. They lost games against teams that they beat easily last year, including a 3-2 loss against UW, who they resoundingly beat 3-0 in the 2013 season. They dropped dramatically in the league’s ranks. They finished with a discouraging 6-9-3 overall record and finished sixth in the WCC. Junior Noelle La Prevotte, who got an All-WCC Honorable mention for the third consecutive year, believes there is not one issue that led to the team’s difficult year.

“Its just a bunch of little factors that have played a big role to what was going to happen, but we

knew it wasn't going to be easy from the beginning,” La Prevotte said.

Growing competitiveness in the WCC was one factor. The WCC had two teams finish the season that ranked in the top 15 nationally this year. Head Coach Garrett Smith also attributes several injuries, sickness and a lot of traveling for games to the team’s subpar performance.

“Right now we are out three, potentially four if Danica can’t play (she is nursing a recurring injury), players and that’s 40 percent of your starting lineup. And that's significant in any team,” Smith said.

The Pilots roster is also not full this year. The team lost eight seniors and three other players

last year, altogether losing 11 players, or an entire field’s worth.

The lack of experienced players made the transition into collegiate level play a harder one.

“We probably weren't as prepared going into the season as we should have been,” Smith said. “Things are more competitive throughout the country, and if you don’t show up ready right from the beginning, you can't say you're going to win a national championship.”

For seniors, even though the season was difficult, closing this chapter of soccer is bittersweet.

Emily Sipple is just one of the three seniors graduating this year and was named All-WCC Honorable Mention. She was named to the WCC All-American Team in

the 2013 season and she has continued to have an important role on the team, playing in 19 games this season.

“At the end of the day, we tried to play Portland soccer, and we cared more about performances rather than results,” Sipple said.

The team was able to end their season on a positive note, with a resounding 3-0 win over Gonzaga Nov. 8.

Regular season play is over, but the Pilots are already looking forward to spring soccer and putting this year behind them.

“They know they are representing this school and thats what this school’s about,” Smith said.

“It’s not about today, its about the future.”

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Djurdjina Milovic Setter Sophomore Lazarevac, Serbia

What made you want to come to UP? At first I wanted to come to the States to play volleyball and study—and I tried to find colleges that were the best option for me. I liked UP’s volleyball program and the academics, and I also liked campus. I asked people about Portland and they told me that it was amazing. It’s different, and I liked everything about it, even though I’d never come before.

What was it like adjusting to life in the U.S. in general?

My first ten days here are ones I’m never going to forget. It was really hard— I’d never felt like that in my entire life. I’d traveled in Europe, but I’d never moved anywhere so far away. I didn’t know anyone, I didn’t know any places, I didn’t know the language that well, and you know— everything was different.

After the 20-hour flight, I was scared, because I knew that my family and friends were so far, so there was no way for me to call them and say, “Can someone come here?” So I thought all those things: “Should I go back home? Maybe this is not for me,” you know, all that stuff.

www.upbeacon.com But then my teammates-I’m never going to forget this—they were so nice.

I was scared that they wouldn’t accept me since I was the only international student on the team, but they were awesome. They’d talk to me and we went to Target because I had to buy a bunch of things and they were there, carrying bags for me, helping me.

We would watch movies together because it was preseason. And then practice came, and volleyball was the thing that I knew I could do, and that helped me adjust.

It was really hard, but it got a lot better.

How did you get into volleyball?

I started playing volleyball when I was seven.

In Europe, you choose one sport and focus on it. People don’t really play several sports at once. I’m not even sure why I chose volleyball, and I never imagined that it would take me this far. I was playing for years, and then I thought, “If I have the opportunity to go to the States, and play and study and learn the language and meet new people, I’m going to do it.”

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This week in sports SOCCER OnMEN’S Campus

The Pilots lost to Pacific and St. Mary’s last weekend.

They travel to Gonzaga to finish their season on Saturday.

CROSS COUNTRY The cross country teams go to the NCAA West Regionals Friday at 11 a.m. for the women and 12 p.m. for the men.

VOLLEYBALL The Pilots took home their first home and WCC win last Thursday against San Francisco, beating them 3-2.

They lost to Santa Clara 0-3 on Saturday. They travel to play Pacific and St. Mary’s this weekend.

MEN’S BASKETBALL The men tipped off the preseason with a 90-81 ehxibition win over ConcordiaIrvine last Saturday. They start regular season play on Friday against Concordia in Chiles at 7 p.m.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL The women won their second exhibition game against Concordia in a 8346 blowout. They begin the regular season at an away game against Oregon State on Friday at 4 p.m. (courtesy portlandpilots.com, WCCsports.com)

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Senior guard Kevin Bailey drives around a Concordia-Irvine defender in the Pilots’ 90-81 exhibition win Saturday Nov. 8. Bailey had 10 points in the game. See more photos online at: upbeacon.com/pilothoopsreturn Malika Andrews andrewsm17@up.edu The Pilots overcame a onepoint deficit at halftime to beat Concordia-Irvine 90-81 in their first exhibition game on Nov. 8.

First game nerves, getting into foul trouble early and 13 turnovers made for a shaky first half. The Pilots improved their turnover rate, committing only four turnovers in the second half and increasing their field goal percentage from 71.4 percent in

the first half to 88.5 percent in the second half.

Head Coach Eric Reveno said improvement in the second half was a result of team trust. He said Wintering did a great job taking control, getting the ball rolling and ultimately running the show.

Sophomore point guard Alec Wintering scored 21 points and set the pace for the Pilots. 17 of Wintering’s 21 points were made from the free throw line.

“Coach Revw had talked to me about being the leader of the

guys. They play off of me, me being the head,” Wintering said.

“I do dictate how fast we run, or when we need to slow it down.”

Looking forward, the Pilots aim to improve on rebounding, taking better care of the basketball and improving defensively to avoid foul trouble.

“I think we were trying to execute well offensively,” Reveno said. “Defensively, we were trying to do what we want. We need to improve through the opportunity of playing somebody

else. We are used to playing and guarding each other. We need to adjust.”

The Pilots committed 18 personal fouls and Concordia-Irvine committed 27, resulting in a very physical game. Reveno attributes this to the Pilots’ readiness to attack the rim.

Reveno likes to see the quicker style of play where the Pilots execute late. He encourages his “big men” to run for defensive transitions to go smoothly. He believes that while the team did

a good job of that, there is still room for improvement.

“I think we are improving at a good pace and the team is really coming together,” Reveno said.

“I think we have a ways to go.

Our conference is very tough but as an exhibition game goes it is an opportunity for us to become better.”

The Pilots open their regular season at 7 p.m. on Nov. 14 against Concordia in the Chiles Center.