The Beacon - Issue 7 - Oct. 13

By noon on Thursday, Oct. 6, Waterfront Park in downtown Portland was unrecognizable as hoards of people, including several UP students, organized into a circle – chanting, photographing and holding signs. But most importantly, occupying.

Occupy Portland is part of a national nonviolent, nonpartisan movement whose participants say they represent the bottom 99 percent of America. It protests what it calls the greed and corruption of major corporations and the failure of government to address growing disparities in wealth and opportunity between the wealthiest Americans – “the top 1 percent” – and the rest of

the citizens. “I’m here to represent the

99 percent of the country who is being ignored and to provide support with my fellow citizens to fight greed,” senior Kelsey Reavis, who attended Occupy Portland on Thursday, said.

UP students organized through social media, creating a Facebook group to relay information about the Oct. 6 Portland march and establish a carpool system. As of Wednesday night, the UP group had 27 members.

“This event has been a powerful display of people frustrated with government and corporation corruption,” Reavis said. “We’re here to be heard and we’ve been loud.”

According to the Occupy Portland website, the protest is in response to a growing national movement of people who believe their government no longer works in their best interest.

Junior Ben Cilwick attended the Oct. 6 march with other UP students.

“I’m frustrated with the system of government and the influence that corporations and banks have on it,” Cilwick said.

Occupy Portland is one of several city protests stemming from Occupy Wall Street, an on-going demonstration that began in New York City on Sept. 17.

“New York wants us to know they are standing with us,” a Portland rally organizer said Thursday.

The march, representing a wide array of demographics,

UP students voice frustration about corporations and the federal governmentKate PeiferStaff Writer

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“I went to Occupy Portland to convey the message that Americans are paying attention and to advocate the equality of resources available in regard to the educational resources for those who have special needs, regardless of income.”

Charity Taylor junior

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Occupy Portland was created with the initial goals of 1) expressing solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street movement that began in New York City on Sept. 17, 2011, and 2) working actively to reclaim government from the hands of powerful special interests.

Occupy Portland Goals

P. 6: Slime time on campusP. 7: Anthropology professor Sharon Methvin: Martial artist, marthon runner and cat lover

After allowing Occupy Portland demonstrators to camp in Chapman and Lownsdale Squares and the street adjoining them – Southwest Main Street – since Oct. 6, Mayor Sam Adams asked demonstrators to cooperate and unblock the street on Wednesday.

“We don’t want a confrontation,” Adams said, as he met with some of the protesters at the encampment. “We just want to get the street open and we will definitely work on safety.”

Protesters debated whether or not to clear the street for traffic. While the vast majority of protesters agreed to vacate

the street, rogue demonstrators refused to leave and allow traffic to go through.

Via Twitter, many protesters expressed concerns that the rogue demonstrators would tarnish the reputation of the entire movement.

At the General Assembly meeting at the encampment Wednesday night, a speaker read a message from Occupy Wall Street encouraging Occupy Portland to cooperate with the city and clear the street.

As of press time, the situation remained unresolved.

- Kate Peifer

Jackie Jeffers | THE BEACON

UP students senior Kelsey Reavis, junior Ben Cilwick and junior Jack Rayter at Occupy Portland on Oct. 6.


Photos by Jackie Jeffers | THE BEACON

Conflict erupts over street closure

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UP students Occupy Portland

On Campus

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SCHEDULED NETWORK OUTAGE

Oct. 16, there will be a scheduled network outage at 5 p.m. and all service will be offline for 8 hours.

COMPUTER SCIENCE

PRESENTATION

Oct. 29, there will an informal presentation on stereotypes that are perpetuated in computer science at 1 p.m. in Shiley 206. For further questions, please contact Wendelin Mueller at [email protected].

UP VOLUNTEER TUTORS NEEDED

Volunteer and help tutor students at Roosevelt High School on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:30 – 6:30 p.m. and Wednesdays from 1:20 – 6:30 p.m. throughout the semester or academic year. Students are welcome to help even if they cannot stay the full time. Students with experience in all academic subjects are welcome and no prior experience is necessary. If interested, please contact Andriana Alex at [email protected] or stop by the Moreau Center for Service and Leadership in St. Mary’s Student Center.

MAHARA CONTEST

Students are invited to participate in the first annual UP Mahara E-Portfolio Contest. Prizes: first place prize is $100 Barnes and Noble Gift Card, second place prizes (2) $50 Barnes and Noble Gift Card and third place prizes (5) $20 are Barnes and Noble Gift Card. For the evaluation criteria, please go to http://wordpress.up.edu/mahara/.

WIN $250

Enter to win a $250 gift card by completing a national internship survey. UP is participating in a national survey designed to help employers build effective and meaningful internship programs. Responses will be shared with thousands of companies across the country. All responses will be kept confidential. There will be other cash cards.

On Campus

The Campus Program Board’s effort to avert binge drinking problems at homecoming by replacing the dance with a carnival appears to have succeeded. According to CPB, 415 students attended the carnival Oct. 7, and there were no alcohol-related problems reported.

Director of Public Safety Harold Burke-Sivers and CPB director Sean Ducey said they were not aware of any alcohol-related issues at the event.

According to Burke-Sivers, the fact that the event was held at the field adjacent to the Office of Public Safety contributed to this.

“This one was on campus,” Burke-Sivers said. “We controlled who came in and out.”

Ducey is unsure of why there were not instances of intoxicated students at the carnival.

“It could just be different types of events,” Ducey said. “It could be that it was earlier in the day.”

The carnival featured a whirly-bird ride, inflatable play structures, henna, catered food from Bon Appétit and a dubstep disc jockey (DJ).

Some students think the event should have been after the game, as other homecoming events had been in past years.

“If it was after the game people would be psyched, whereas right

now people are just getting done with classes,” junior Chanel Gray said.

According to Ducey, the event was held before the game to encourage community.

“The idea was to get together as a group before the game and then go to the game together and cheer on the men’s soccer game,” Ducey said.

Overall Ducey was pleased with the carnival.

“I talked to some students and they all really liked the event,” Ducey said. “I had really positive feedback on what we brought, so I thought it was very successful overall.”

Many students agreed.“It was kind of slow getting

started but once it got going, now it’s cool,” sophomore Natalie Vierra said.

“I didn’t know what to expect, but its way better than I thought it’d be,” senior Cody Glaess said.

However, many students think the homecoming event should be a dance instead of a carnival.

“I think I would rather have a dance, but it has been really, really fun so far,” junior Daniel Jeppesen said.

Freshman Markus Fuchs agrees.

“There’s got to be a dance,” Fuchs said. “Like, this is fun. If you want to make it fun, it’ll be fun. But a dance is where it’s at.”

No alcohol problems reported at carnivalThe carnival replaced the homecoming dance due to alcohol problems at Dance of the Decades

Sarah HansellStaff Writer

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Ian Hilger | THE BEACON

The homecoming carnival on Oct. 7 featured a whirly-bird ride, inflatable play structures, henna and music.


Freshman Maria Sipos gets a henna tattoo at the homecoming carni-val last Friday.


Sophomore Jordan Jones deejaying at the homecoming carnival. The carnival replaced the homecoming dance due to alcohol-related prob-lems at the Dance of the Decades last semester.

“I think I would rather have a dance, but it has been really, really fun so far.”

Daniel Jeppesen junior

“I didn’t know what to expect, but its way better than I thought it’d be.”

Cody Glaess senior

Portland police received multiple calls reporting gunshots heard near UP’s Fields and Schoenfeldt Halls in the early morning hours, Oct. 6, according to Harold Burke-Sivers, director of Public Safety.

“I got the call probably around 2 a.m.,” Burke-Sivers said.

The supposed gunshots were actually the sounds of fireworks exploding, according to Burke-Sivers.

He thinks setting off fireworks on campus was probably someone idea of a joke.

“It was probably a prank,” Burke-Sivers said. “They thought it would be funny to do it that early in the morning.”

Public Safety officers did not find the party responsible for setting off the fireworks, but they are still looking into the matter.

“So far we don’t have any leads, but we’re continuing the investigation,” Burke-Sivers said.

Public Safety questioned

people in the surrounding area and in The Anchor to find out if they had seen anything suspicious, according to Burke-Sivers.

The noise woke up students in the nearby Fields and Schoenfeldt Halls.

“I think it was at like 1 a.m.,” sophomore Jessica Morales said. “I thought it was gunshots. I didn’t know what it was until I saw someone’s post about it the next morning on facebook.”

In the corner triple of Fields Hall’s third floor, sophomore Lauren Mainero and her roommates actually saw the fireworks exploding.

“It sounded like gunshots, so we all woke up and looked outside and saw sparks flying by,” Mainero said.

The fireworks seemed to be set off near the basketball court in front of the hall, according to both Mainero and Morales.

Possession and use of fireworks by UP students is outlawed under the weapons clause in the University’s Code

of Conduct. This applies to activities on or off campus, and any failure to comply with University rules could result in possible suspension or dismissal from the University

Many fireworks are also illegal under Oregon state law.

Any firework that emits fire or explodes more than 12 inches in diameter or over six feet off the ground is illegal, according to the state fire marshal. Legal fireworks have to be purchased from an official retailer and set off away from public beaches and forests.

A student found violating the University rules or Oregon law would be referred to the department for student discipline, according to Burke-Sivers.

No student has been held accountable for the disturbance, as of the last report from Burke-Sivers.

Fireworks set off near UP dormsPortland Police and Public Safety received reports of gunshots that turned out to be fireworks

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NEWS2 October 13, 2011

The last day to apply for spring 2012 graduation is Tuesday, Nov.

1. Register at the Registrar’s

office in Waldschmidt.

“The Code of Conduct sets forth University conduct expectations to students on University property, at all University sponsored activities held on or off campus, and to students’ off campus behavior that the University determine may negatively impact the institution, members of the University neighborhood, or the other people in the Portland or University community.”

• Conduct that may result in discipline, including suspension or dismissal, includes (but is not limited to):

• Failure to uphold community standards (ie. Respect for property/authority)

• Violation of federal, state of local laws.

• Failure to comply with University requirements

• Possession and/or use of firearms, fireworks or explosives. All these are considered weapons

• Disorderly conduct

UP’s code of conduct

including college students, the elderly, infants and children, the unemployed, veterans and business men and women of all races, began in downtown Portland on Southwest Ash Street. Protestors paraded up Burnside and down Broadway through the center of downtown, ending near Southwest Naito Parkway.

Portland Police barricaded the streets during the march as the crowd chanted in unison “Power to the people,” “Whose streets? Our streets” and “This is what democracy looks like.”

“I hope my voice is heard, that my generation will not be saddled with all of the debt incurred by this generation,” sophomore Molly Hildreth said. “I want to help with student loans and a universal healthcare plan, and I want a chance to have a ‘piece of the pie’ in a sense.”

During the march, the crowd huddled in Pioneer Courthouse Square, located in the shadow of local offices of banks and corporations such as Chase and Goldman Sachs.

Despite the large crowd, peace was maintained as megaphones were passed around to share opinions, personal experiences and words of encouragement.

“I’m here to support,” junior Jordan Mehl said. “I’m very upset with the U.S. system. It’s broken and needs to be fixed.”

Crowd estimates range from 5,000 to 10,000, with street bystanders joining mid-march.

“I attended because I wanted to get the attention of our government officials,” junior Charity Taylor said. “I went to Occupy Portland to convey the message that Americans are paying attention and to advocate the equality of resources available in regard to

the educational resources for those who have special needs, regardless of income. This hits close to home for me because my little sister is autistic.”

Although Occupy Portland refused to apply for a required a permit to demonstrate or inhabit the street, Portland Police and Mayor Sam Adams worked with protesters to maintain peace and order.

Police on bikes and horses were present all day Thursday to ensure safety, while the march was kept at a slow pace by Portland rally organizers to preserve a peaceful atmosphere.

“We are here to keep everyone safe,” Officer John Billard of the Portland Police Bureau said. “We hope it won’t turn violent, and we are trying to keep it open for work people to get to and from their homes and families.”

According to the mayor, the City of Portland prepared for Occupy Portland by fostering an environment that would keep the protest peaceful and cooperative.

“I support Portlanders in their right to protest and exercise free speech rights, and I encourage all who participate to do so peacefully and with respect to the rights of others,” Adams said Thursday in a press release. “Most of the people that are going to participate in Occupy Portland – as with most of the participants in cities across the country – are there to voice their legitimate concerns about national issues. A peaceful event is the most effective way for participants to deliver that message.”

After Thursday’s march, a base camp for the Occupy

Portlanders was set up at Lownsdale and Chapman Square in downtown Portland.

Junior Kevin Hershey also attended the march on Oct. 6 and plans to continue participating in the movement.

“I hope to attend some more of the events and I hope to support them through donations of food and other necessary supplies,” Hershey said.

One potential conflict with the camp was the Portland Marathon held on Oct. 9. But the problem was averted through cooperation between race organizers and protesters, who agreed not to disrupt the race. The camp was temporarily moved to the South Park blocks until the marathon was finished. The demonstration is now back at Lowndale and Chapman Squares.

“I hope to attend some more of the events and I hope to support them through donations of food and other necessary supplies.”

Kevin Hershey junior

See Plan, page 4

“I’m frustrated with the system of government and the influence that corporations and banks have on it.”

Ben Cilwick junior

Strategic Plan includes $23 million recreation center

OCCUPY: Students participate in march

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Photos by Peter Kirby | THE BEACON

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On Sept. 16, the Board of Regents approved a five-year Strategic Plan for the University. For the past year, a cross section of the university community including faculty, staff and students met to collaborate on goals to accomplish between now and 2016.

Along with 46 other tasks, the document includes a $23 million recreation, health and wellness center and $14 million renovated library.

The 26-page plan encompasses a wide range of plans, from improving the Catholic studies and social justice programs to reducing energy costs by 10 percent.

According to Fr. Bill Beauchamp, C.S.C., University president, the document is a

blueprint for the development of UP.

“If you’re going to be effective, you’re going to have to plan how to do that,” Beauchamp said. “So this is essentially the basic operational plan for the next five years.”

The most immediate goals include Buckley Center renovations, such as installing new seats, and creating a plan to establish a Center for Leadership, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, both to be completed by January 2012.

The document’s goals were drafted by three subcommittees – teaching and learning, faith and formation and service and leadership – which represent the core mission themes of the University. A steering committee co-chaired by Beauchamp and UP’s Provost, Br. Donald

Stabrowski, C.S.C., also made sure the goals were in line with University objectives.

Executive Assistant to the President Fr. Gerry Olinger, C.S.C., who facilitated the strategic planning process, said creating the document helped better define University values.

“I think one of the real strong points of this current Strategic Plan is that we had a really good process of examining who we are, and for one of the first times, writing it out,” Olinger said.

According to Olinger, the most important goal in the Strategic Plan is the Enrollment Management Plan, which will examine the University’s capacity for student enrollment.

“It’s looking at what our size should be,” Olinger said. “We’re examining what our capacities are, based on the classrooms we

have, and the beds that we have in our residence halls, and faculty, and all of that.”

In the fall, the committees drafted five broad goals – premier academic programs, mission-centered community, values-centered culture, quest for the common good and supporting the mission – as well as strategies for achieving those goals. Then in the spring, groups who had investment in the strategies – referred to as “units” within the University – were created to draft specific tasks pertaining to such strategies.

Professor of communication studies Elayne Shapiro, who co-chaired the teaching and learning committee, was proud of the variety of input within the committees.

After a year-long drafting process, UP publishes its five-year Strategic PlanNatalie Wheeler

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“I think one of the real strong points of this current Strategic Plan is that we had a really good process of examining who we are, and for one of the first times, writing it out.”

Fr. Gerry Olinger, C.S.C. Executive Assistant to the President

1. Oct. 7 11:49 a.m. - A staff member reported the theft of luggage and shoes from the Chiles Center. A report was taken and investigation continues.

2. Oct. 8, 12:05 a.m. - Public Safety responded to a party complaint at the 4500 block of N. Amherst. The residents were asked to shut down the party and were compliant.

3. Oct. 8, 10:54 p.m. - Public Safety responded to a noise complaint at the 5200 block of N. Harvard where a neighbor reporting people being loud in the street. Officers made contact with a few students and advised them to go inside.

4. Oct. 9, 12:51 p.m. - A staff member reported that a student fell out of his or her bed the previous night and hit his or her head. Officers checked the student and he or she were taken to the hospital by the staff member.

5. Oct. 9, 10:07 p.m. - A staff member reported the theft of some items from the women’s locker room in The Commons. A report was taken and investigation continues.

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NEWS4 October 13, 2011

On Sept. 28, what started as a fundraiser and networking opportunity ended in song and dance as UP senior nursing students staged a flash mob at the Oregon Center for Nursing (OCN) Fundraiser Breakfast. The fundraiser was held at the Oregon Zoo and raised more than $100,000.

Mary Rita Hurley, director of OCN, came up with the idea for UP students to perform at the breakfast and contacted Joanne Warner, dean of the School of Nursing, to see if it could be organized. Warner liked the idea and asked Maureen Briare, associate director of music in the Chapel of Christ the Teacher, to help coordinate the flash mob.

Briare, who graduated from the School of Nursing in 1992, wrote an original song for the flash mob called “Together We Can,” which expands on the theme of positivity and hope for the nursing discipline.

“It is a rally cry,” Briare said.

“I hope that they can take the text to heart.”

According to Warner, the reaction to the flash mob was overwhelmingly positive. Warner said many audience members were moved to tears and the students helped to revitalize those present.

“It was more than a song and dance,” Warner said. “It was a group of professional students coming together to lift the hearts and spirits of those who are in and who support nursing.”

The flash mob started after the keynote address by Mary Sorteberg, wife of Oregon senator Jeff Merkley. Senior Jared Bassett stood up and began the song, followed by senior Kailey Sparks. Other members of the flash mob joined in and everyone gathered on the stage to sing and dance.

“It made it more powerful that they were singing the song live,” Briare said.

The theme of the breakfast was “Every Nurse is a Leader.” According to Warner, the flash mob took this theme to heart.

“It demonstrates that we are

risk takers and are willing to step up and to do something out of the ordinary in pursuit of good goals,” Warner said.

Representatives from many health service organizations attended the breakfast and were impressed by the flash mob.

Warner said the flash mob received invitations from the Northwest Organization of Nurse Executives to perform at a meeting in March and from Providence Health and Services to perform at their Nurses Week.

Singing unexpectedly in front of many people made Bassett nervous, but he was glad that he was a part of the flash mob because he used to be in choir.

“I’ve missed my music fill,” Bassett said.

“None of us could stop smiling,” Sparks said. “It was really neat to feel so appreciated.”

To prepare for the flash mob, Briare and the students rehearsed three Sundays in a row as well as right before the breakfast. The students, accompanied by some members of the University Chapel Choir as well as instrumental accompaniment,

recorded the song in Briare’s home studio. The recording was played at the breakfast, which the students sang over live.

Recording in a studio was a new experience for many of the nursing students.

“I was a little unsure,” senior Kailey Sparks said. “It was a different side of singing than I had experienced.”

Senior Megan Drouhard initially felt apprehensive about

being in the flash mob.“I had to talk myself into it

because it was out of my comfort zone,” Drouhard said.

Briare said the flash mob made an impression that might help the students in their future careers.

“These were students that were taking a risk,” she said. “It might take a song and a dance to get you a job.”

Nursing students go viral in flash mobSenior nursing students performed flash mob at fundraiser breakfast

Kathryn WaltersStaff Writer

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The nursing flash mob video can be found at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjUtaq1-2gU

“There was a lot of participation across the board, from faculty to staff to students,” Shapiro said. “It was really a large cross section of the university who took part in it.”

Ona Golonka, who graduated last year and is currently in graduate school in Poland, was a member of the teaching and learning committee. She said that she appreciated having a voice in UP’s future.

“I did give input about what improvements could be made in student teaching and constantly brought up the subject of the necessity of more service learning trips being accredited with academic credit,” Golonka said in an email.

Although the last five-year plan had many unfulfilled goals, such as the establishment of a UP chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, Beauchamp said this plan is “not

a wish list.” Dean of the College of Arts

and Sciences, Rev. Stephen Rowan, who was part of the steering committee, said goals in the current plan are more realistic.

“Some of these (in the last plan) cost a lot of money,” Rowan said. “They were not thought through. This plan is much more thorough. We’re asking ‘How much is it going to cost?’ and ‘What areas are you building up?’”

According to Beauchamp, the committees will also produce yearly progress reports to update the University on the development of their goals. Beauchamp said other goals can be added within the five-year span, but that the Strategic Plan is the guiding document for the university through 2016.

To view the 2011-2016 Strategic Plan, go to www.up.edu and look under “Spotlights.”

PLAN: Student and faculty input in goals for University

Kevin Kadooka | THE BEACON

• Transform the Library into a “shared learning commons” that includes a learning lab, a multimedia lab, a study lab and an addition which will accommodate up to six smart classrooms, seating 40 students each.

• Offer students academic credit for service learning and community-based learning with increased faculty involvement.

• Establish a program to attract and develop exceptional student scholars ($40,000 annual scholarship per student).

• Develop a program of national excellence in men’s basketball similar to women’s soccer.

• Create a technology master plan that offers online “distance” learning.

• Appoint for-credit internship coordinators in the College of Arts and Sciences and the professional schools.

• Develop academic component and credit for international experiences.

• Provide faculty and staff salaries competitive with peer institutions.

Some tasks in the Strategic Plan

Kevin Kadooka | THE BEACON

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Biodiesel club fuels sustainable campusClub helps UP move towards a more sustainable campus through fuel conversion

The Biodiesel Club is turning rice oil into fuel to create a more sustainable future at the University of Portland.

The club uses the rice oil waste from The Commons, which the University would otherwise pay an outside company – such as Oregon Waste – to haul away, and converts it into biodiesel for various uses on campus. For example, Physical Plant would benefit from the converted oil by supplying its mowers with the biodiesel.

“Our goal is to convert the waste oil into biodiesel as fast as they create the waste oil,” vice president and senior Mia Hart said. “So essentially, they wouldn’t have to pay anyone to take the waste oil. Also, if we are giving it to Physical Plant and mixing it with their diesel, then they don’t have to buy as much.”

Patrick Manhard, a 2007 UP alumnus, Raymond Bard, a chemistry professor, and Steven Kolmes, an environmental science professor, were the first to begin work on the project in 2006.

Kolmes worked on getting the processor functioning while Manhard and Bard worked on the

transportation and conversion of the oil. They successfully completed the first batch of biodiesel fuel in 2007.

“Re-use is a major step toward environmental sustainability,” Kolmes said. “It is also a wonderful opportunity for students to see the process in real life – to be able to work with a concept hands-on.”

Since Manhard graduated, however, there has been a lack of student participation with the conversion process. Kevin Cantrell, a chemistry professor, and Bard decided to be the advisers for the club and jumpstart the program once again – establishing a club that would help students become aware of the goals for a sustainable campus as well as increase the number of participants in the process.

“We are hoping by the end of the semester we should have everything taken care of,” Bard said. “We just need to get more students involved so we can partition the time requirements.”

The Biodiesel Club’s goal is to raise awareness of the eco-friendly and money-saving qualities of biodiesel, and to demonstrate that anyone can get involved in the process, no matter his or her experience level, according to Hart.

“In the beginning, we really

had no knowledge of the process, so we started out small in the lab mastering the concepts and doing some research,” Dan Browne, fifth-year senior and club president, said. “Then we made a small batch to get the concept down but then the semester was over.”

Currently, the club has 25 active members, but they would like to gain more so they can have someone available to work on the oil conversions every week. They

would like to be able to create a consistent 20 gallons of biodiesel every week.

“The processor has been here for a while, but it has been underutilized because of lack of manpower and time,” Cantrell said. “That is why the club is such a good thing to keep it moving forward.”

According to Browne, he is concerned that a lack of familiarity with biodiesel may

prevent many students from getting involved. However, Browne says there is a role for everyone in the process.

“It’s very user friendly,” Browne said. “We would really love to have people come out and learn about it because there are so many aspects of biodiesel that you can learn by participating. It is all about what you want to get out of it and what you want to make of it.”


The biodiesel club uses a bin used for filtering in the biodiesel making process. The club converts the rice oil waste from The Commons.

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The Log

The 2010-2011 yearbook is here! Stop by The Log office in St. Mary’s any

Wednesday from 8pm-9:30pm to get your copy.

Rachel McIntoshStaff Writer

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Seniors Mia Hart, Amanda Horvath and Dan Browne demonstrate titration – a process used in creating biodiesel.

LIVING6 October 13, 2011

Meet Sharon Methvin, a mara-thon-running archeologist who is now an anthropology professor at the University of Portland.

Methvin has dabbled in a wide range of subjects. She has a degree in religious studies and history from Trinity College in Chicago as well as a master’s degree in prehistoric anthropol-ogy and archeology. Additionally, Methvin has an interdisciplinary degree in sociology, social work and psychology as well as a Ph.D. in cultural and biological anthro-pology for a total of five different degrees.

Recently, Methvin has made a few major life changes. Three

weeks ago, Methvin decided to trade in her rural life on seven acres of land for a 1,200-square-foot downtown apartment.

Methvin is also doing her best to go green.

“I’m giving up my car,” Methvin said. “Looking at the aftermath of the gulf oil spill I decided I couldn’t justify the kind of lifestyle I was leading, and so I felt like on my deathbed I re-ally wanted to be able to say that I tried to do my part to walk my talk.”

Her current interests focus mainly on cultural anthropology as she travels back and forth to China every other summer. Meth-vin lived there from 2006 to 2008 studying the changes in consump-tive practices among young peo-ple.

Living in China also sparked Methvin’s interest in animal rights.

“I got really involved with Chinese dissidents over there who are literally laying down their lives to save animals,” Methvin said. “I totally changed my re-search and changed my interests.”

Her involvement with the ani-mal rights activists contributed to her housing seven furry compan-ions.

“I’m not married, and I don’t have children, I have cats,” Meth-vin said. “I have some cats from when I did rescue work after Hur-ricane Katrina. So I have three cats from the hurricane and some four that I brought back from the meat market in China. So my family consists of animals.”

Methvin is a dedicated to

maintaining a healthy lifestyle. She has been a vegan for 25 years and is an avid runner. She runs three times a week and goes to the gym two days a week for an average of one hour of per day.

Methvin started run-ning in 1992 when a group of students she was teaching in Oklaho-ma encouraged her to run a 5k race. Even though she had never been a serious runner, Methvin committed herself to fin-ishing the race and the three ROTC students ran with her until the end.

Even the rain could not stop Kenna hall council’s Slime Time event, which raised over $300 for Holy Cross charities Tuesday.The group of about 30 students waited in the rain for the oppor-tunity to see their hall staff get slimed with the green goo remi-niscent of the kind seen at Nick-elodeon events. “We used Jell-O, flour, water, green paint and baby shampoo,” freshman hall council member Lauren Anneberg said. “It was pretty disgusting,” Ex-ecutive Assistant to the President Fr. Gerry Olinger, C.S.C., who is also the resident priest in Kenna, added. “I should have worn a shower cap.” Regardless of the wet weather, students were willing to sacrifice their dryness for the opportunity to be drawn in the raffle to slime some of their hall mates and resi-dential assistants. “I would totally do it again,” Hall Director Megan Bebb said. “This is like a dream come true, ever since I was a kid. The money raised will be do-nated to the Holy Cross given to various charities.

“It’s actually going to some-thing charitable, like Kenya or other places,” freshman hall council member William Rose-mond said. “It’s not just used for old priestly mansions.” Assistant Hall Director Corey Thomas said they were happy to make a general donation. “We wanted to raise money to support Holy Cross so they could use it as needs come up rather than to one specific char-ity,” Thomas said. “Many halls are doing this now so there is an even distribution of donations.” Different members of the Kenna community were slimed based on how much money was donated over the course of the month-long fundraiser. First were the residential assistants, then hall council members and last was Olinger. Once the total reached the goal Olinger agreed to partici-pate in the sliming; however, he was not entirely pleased with the payout.

“I think I was worth $500, not $300, but it was worth it for the charities,” Olinger said.

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With homemade slime, the fundraiser was inspired by the Nickelodeon show Slime Time Live 1. RA’s Erin Thompson and Kat Ferber, both juniors, with Laura Atwell, a senior, are slimed. 2. Assistant Hall Director Corey Thomas is drenched by sophomore Nico Marquez. 3. Sophomore Lo-gan Heyerly had the honor of sliming Fr. Gerry Olinger 4. Sophomore Keri Jackson slimes junior RA Keenan Moore and senior RA Matt Rodrigues. 5. Freshmen Hall Council members Lauren Anneberg and William Rosemond re-cover from being slimed.

A marathon-running, cat-loving super professor Sharon Methvin brings a whole new variety of experiences to UP students

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While living in China, Methvin participat-ed in the Great Wall Half Marathon. She consideres it one of her favorite memories from living there.See Methvin, page 7

All in the UP timing

She took her running passions to the other side of the world while she lived in China.

“One of my peak experiences in China is when I ran the Great Wall Half Marathon,” Methvin said. “It was so amazing to run on the Great Wall. Basically you were climbing and walking and running. It was like an adventure marathon.”

But her running experiences do not end there. Methvin also had the opportunity to carry the Olympic torch in 1996 for the At-lanta Olympics.

“I felt like I was carrying it for all of humanity,” Methvin said. “It was amazing to be able to pass that torch from me to the next person, and they were playing the music to Rocky!”

In spite of all this, the aspect of her life that always leaves her students wide-eyed and mystified is the fact that she is an ex-perienced martial art-ist. Her training started about a decade ago during her first trip to China.

“I do a couple of forms of Chinese sword which is called ‘taichi’, and I do a practice called Chikung which is a stand-ing meditation. Very powerful,” Methvin said.

Now that she has been to the other side of the world and back, Methvin’s new focus is her an-thropology students at UP.

“Dr. Methvin has a lot of infor-mation on what she teachers. It’s not that she just teaches it, she’s involved in it,” junior Shelby Lies said. “She has been to the arche-

ology sites and has experienced things first-hand so it makes the lessons more interesting.”

According to Methvin, she encourages students to be ac-tive and engaged so that they can make a difference in social justice issues.

“You just never know the seeds that you are going to plant in life and how they are going to grow,” Methvin said.

On a cold, foggy autumn night a lady dressed in her evening best headed to the theater. Once in-side, the audience conversed with one another, sipping coffee and admiring the actors’ headshots. Within minutes, the doors to the theater opened and guests were warmly greeted and escorted to their seats. You may be wonder-ing where such a fanciful experi-ence was had. Our scene: Mago Hunt Theater. Act One: The lights to the the-ater dimmed as a hush drew over the audience. Big band music played in the background and one spotlight shone down onto the stage. The show had begun! The play, “All in the Timing,” a collection of six, one-act shows is just the first of eight plays and musicals that will be performed this year at the UP Performing

Arts Center. The actors captured my attention from the beginning as I rolled in laughter, tapped my toes in time and pondered in somber silence. Costume designs were brilliantly bright and time-period appropri-ate for each of the six individual plays. The entire performance was two hours long with a 15-minute in-termission, yet whisked by due to the superb performances and live-ly response from the audience. As the last act concluded, smiles spread wide across the faces of the audience, including myself. This showed greater enjoyment toward the actors bowing on stage than the wild applause. Then a lady in her evenings best walked out of the warm, enthusing theater with growing excitement and anticipa-tion for the next play. You too can have such an ex-perience at the next play, “Arms and the Man,” November 11-13 and 17-19 at Mago Hunt Theater.

Performing Arts gets off to an entertaining start with “All in the Timing,” the first production of

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Fox’s new sitcom shows off the oddballs

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‘The New Girl’ gets a laugh

TV ReView

If you’re looking for a quirky, feel-good comedy show, you’ll want to check out “The New Girl,” Fox’s new sitcom starring Zooey Deschanel.

Deschanel plays the loveably dorky Jess whose boyfriend – who is less than charming on all fronts – cheats on her, leaving her in search of a new apartment and plenty of emotional coddling. An-swering an online ad, Jess moves in with three guys: Schmidt, Nick and Coach. What ensues is a charming – albeit awkward – dy-namic between Jess and the guys as they help each other through their daily ins and outs.

Though I was skeptical of the show as an avid Deschanel fan, “The New Girl” did not disap-

point. It was witty and charis-matic throughout the first three episodes, and I was immediately wishing I was as much of an odd-ball as Jess (Well, maybe. She does get into some pretty embar-rassing situations).

In addition to the endearing characters, the show is carried by quick jokes and one-liners that highlight Jess’ optimistic naïveté (‘I like your glasses.’ ‘Thanks, they help me see.’). The show had me laughing from the open-ing scene, in which Jess recounts her breakup, right up until the fi-nal credits.

After being the first new se-ries to be picked up for a full first season this year due to high viewership, “The New Girl” will continue to air Tuesday nights at 6 p.m. on Fox.

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Methvin is experienced in the martial arts. She particularly practices a Chinese form called“taichi.”

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This year, the medallions were found right on time. Literally. After following the three clues, first place winners Elviza Kho and Deven Ropes, juniors, and second place winners junior

Jonathan Squires and senior Beverly Scott found the medallions atop digital clocks in two different Franz Hall classrooms. The winners received Pilot gear prize packs and a cash prize of $25.

Left: First place winners, juniors Elviza Kho and Deven Ropes hold their medallion proudly. Right: junior Jonathan Squires and senior Beverly Scott found the prize their first year trying.

Kho and Ropes tried to find the medallions last year, but were unsuccessful despite an early morning start. This year they were determined to find it and succeeded. Though excited to have won, Ropes plans to leave next year’s medallions for someone else to find. “We’ll leave that to the underclassmen,” she said. “We want to go out with a bang.”

Scott and Squires waited until the last moment before looking for the medallions.

Squires said they didn’t even begin their search until 3 p.m. on Friday afternoon.

Scott said the search was all about having fun. “I don’t know if we were really trying to find it,” she said. “ We were more on the adventure.” -Laura Frazier

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There are few pleasures in life better than taking some time after a long day filled with the stress of tests, homework and essays, striding to the toilet and making yourself comfortable on the bowl to do your business.

Living on campus, I have a “home base” stall, the 1A bathroom in Villa. But between classes, visiting friends and general campus life, I’ve taken a pit stop in just about every building on campus.

The debate about which dorm or campus building has the best or worst bathroom is a war of

words that has raged since the school began in 1901. Taking into account many qualities (including modernity, comfort, amount of broken fixtures and general sketchyness) my associate Lesley Dawson and I have arrived at a ranking of the best and worst bathrooms on campus.

BEST

1. The CommonsOne of the best bathrooms is

easily The Bauccio Commons, the newest building on campus. From the new age, non-slick floors, to the artfully arranged garbage receptacles and sweet smelling urinal cakes, The Commons is the most relaxing place to use the John. The low lighting in The Commons’ bathroom (ecologically friendly) also contributes to the comfortable atmosphere.

2. Franz HallAnother place that I enjoy

is Franz Hall. Maybe it’s fond memories of wasting class time making waste that makes Franz a delightful facility or maybe it’s the marble sinks and consistently hot water for hand washing, but Franz has always been a solid bathroom to visit.

3. Christie HallIn terms of aesthetics, Christie

Hall’s bathrooms are a welcome change of pace. The blue-tiled interior gives the illusion of being undersea while most of the fixtures remain unbroken and highly functional.

WORST

1. The Pilot HouseThe most difficult call when

deciding on our top five worst bathrooms was whether or not Buckley Center or The Pilot House’s bathrooms are the worst. I stand by our decision that the Pilot House is the worst bathroom

on campus. Since it’s the only building on campus that’s open 24 hours to all students, the Pilot House most likely receives the grungiest activity.

2. Buckley CenterBuckley Center is a close

second however. A lot of the sinks have giant chunks taken out of them, like someone set off a small bottle rocket next to the soap dispenser. Some of the toilet seat lids have cracks and are only half on, and the stalls are small and cramped as well. Avoid BC for your own mental health, especially the auditorium bathrooms.

3. Kenna HallA pick that may surprise many

of you is Kenna Hall as the 3rd worst bathroom on campus. The toilets clog, the sink leaks all over the place and the stalls are cramped. In addition, the urinals look like some sort of bizarre abstract art from the 1910s (google search Marcel Duchamp if you

want a visual).4. St. Mary’s

St. Mary’s is another abysmal bathroom. Scummy would be a way to describe them and they were also wet in all the wrong places if you get my drift. Let’s just say St. Mary’s is the only place where the “safe-t-guards” always need replacing.

5. The LibraryLastly, I’d like to touch on the

Library. The tile under the urinal in the upstairs men’s room has been eroded by years of horrid aim and I’m deeply concerned about it starting to drip through the floor to the DVD collection below.

Own your habitatMy general bathroom advice in

light of these often dark restroom experiences is to truly own your home stall whether you live in Kenna, Christie or as some students seem to, St. Mary’s. We’re creatures of habit. Own your habitat.

Getting the attention of students can be a difficult task. One place students can’t help but pay attention is also the most private of settings: the bathroom. From dorm to dorm comedic and community-driven students have taken up the task of crafting bathroom periodicals for always-attentive readers.

The Bishops WeeklyVilla Maria Hall has The Bishops

Weekly, a periodical that goes up in every stall in Villa every Thursday at midnight. The staff of four writers craft a two page publication that includes weekly columns, editorials, guest articles and printed internet humor. Sophomore Kevin Conley was a staff writer last year on the Bishops and now has ascended to the role of editor-in-chief.

“The Bishops is a great device for communicating Villa events, promotes dorm pride, there’s techniques about proper pooping,

and it’s humorous too,” Conley said. “It gives you something to do at your most intimate moments.”

Villa Maria Hall Director Ben Helms is not only a supporter but also a contributor to the Bishops.

“It’s a centerpiece for the activities in Villa,” Helms said. “If something’s happening it’s in the Bishops.”

Every week The Bishops keeps score for Sunday Night at the Races (a competitive dorm event), Pilots sports news, which wing will be making beverages at Café Procrastiné, and Villa events like the “Man Auction.”

The Corrado CrapperThe Corrado Crapper, a weekly

bathroom publication, is written by Corrado’s hall council and is focused on community, according to junior Anya Bury. In addition to hall events, the paper has a “Post Secret” section, derived from the worldwide art project in which people write their secrets on post cards and send them to a single location to make a collage.

According to Bury, hall council takes quotes from each wing in Corrado, written anonymously on centrally located poster paper, and combines them in “Post Secret” every week to form a poem.

“The Post Secret serves a role in people getting to know each other,” Bury said. “It’s a conversation starter

in Corrado.”The Kenna Krapper

Sophomore Nico Marquez is editor-in-chief of the Kenna Krapper. He single handedly writes, publishes and distributes the periodical for the enjoyment of his fellow Kennadians. According to Marquez, the Krapper advertises dorm events and puts a smile on his readers’ faces by including comics like “Cyanide and Happiness.”

“It’s meant to be funny,” Marquez said. “Kenna is very diverse and like a family so I try and encapsulate that on paper.”

One of the ways in which the paper tries to create that family spirit is by accepting submissions from other Kennadians and including residents’ birthdays in one of the bi-monthly publications.

“I want people to be say, ‘This is my dorm, what would I like to see in the Krapper,’” Marquez said.

The Mehling MovementThe weekly Mehling Movement

can be found on all eight floors of Mehling and includes not only upcoming events, but also a recap of the latest episodes of “Glee” and “Jersey Shore.”

“I think it’s helpful and keeps you in the know,” freshman Katie Christensen said.

The debate wages on: Which are the best and worst bathrooms on campus?

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Dorm bathroom periodicals serve to entertain and inform

Will Lyons Staff Writer

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Villa Maria Hall’s The Bishops Weekly: weekly periodical that goes up on every stall at midnight on Thursday. The Corrado Crapper: weekly bathroom publication written by Corrado’s hall council.“Kenna Krapper”: comical periodical written by sophomore Nico Marquez.Mehling Movement: weekly publication including upcoming events and recaps of the latest episodes of “Glee” and “Jersey Shore.”Schoenfeld’s Padre Pooper: advertisers hall events and includes contemplative facts. Available at the front desk as well as the bathrooms.Christie Crapper: weekly bathroom reader promoting events and humorous commentary. Written by sophomore Jeffrey Phillips.The Shipstad TP: an inconsistant, yet still informative, periodical promoting events and activities.Peer Health Educator’s Healthy Potty Post: Includes health tips, campus events and information on the Health Center. Avaliable in all dorm bathrooms.

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As a consistent on-campus bathroom-goer, I sometimes find myself in need of some inspira-tion. For me and other students with the same needs, many dorm bathrooms on campus feature themed stalls catered to the inter-ests of their users.

To spice up the “bathroom experience,” Shipstad’s female wings feature bathroom stalls af-fectionately named the “Hottie Potty,” the “Thoughty Potty” and, my personal favorite, the “Inspi-rational Potty.”

Located in the 2A wing of Shipstad, the “Thoughty Potty” poses a new question to its users each week, like “What are you most excited about this upcom-ing school year?” Residents and non-residents can answer that question or write whatever they

want on the large piece of con-struction paper covering the side of the stall.

The walls of the “Hottie Pot-ty” are covered with pictures and magazine cutouts of such “hot-ties” as Justin Bieber, Leonardo DiCaprio, Taylor Lautner and Ryan Gosling.

The best stall in the bathroom, and in my opinion all of campus, is the “Inspirational Potty.” The stall is plastered with hundreds of inspirational quotes from fig-ures including Helen Keller, Tina Turner, George Bernard Shaw and Buddhist leader Thich Nhat Hanh.

The female bathrooms on campus are for the most part ex-tremely welcoming in both aca-demic and residential buildings. In both female and male dorms, they are very relaxing and clean. I would like to give a particular shout out to the women’s bath-room in Christie Hall. You guys

really know how to take care of your women.

Although I have thoroughly enjoyed the tour of campus bath-rooms, one stands above the rest. That’s right y’all, the Donald P. Shiley Engineering Building has the greatest bathrooms in all of campus.

With its soothing neutral wall tones and earthy rock motifs, go-ing to the bathroom in Shiley is an inspirational and enlightening experience. From the majestic ba-sin sinks to the space-age Dyson AirBlade handdryers, I would ex-

pect no less from an engineering school that focuses on the needs of their patrons.

I think all bathrooms on cam-pus should take a page out of Shi-ley’s book, creating a true experi-ence for the ladies and gentlemen of the University of Portland.

However, some bathrooms simply do not make the cut. Though The Commons bath-rooms are comparable to those in Shiley, the facilities featured in the Pilot House are similar to those of a Greyhound station. The feel of the Pilot House is just so saddening that I can hardly go in them, except in the case of an emergency.

Other than the Pilot House, bathrooms around campus are clean and inviting. The bathrooms in Shiley are simply a dream. All bathrooms on campus should hold themselves to the same stan-dard of excellence.

Lesley DawsonStaff Writer

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A female perspective on the toilet of choice

in Corrado.”The Kenna Krapper

Sophomore Nico Marquez is editor-in-chief of the Kenna Krapper. He single handedly writes, publishes and distributes the periodical for the enjoyment of his fellow Kennadians. According to Marquez, the Krapper advertises dorm events and puts a smile on his readers’ faces by including comics like “Cyanide and Happiness.”

“It’s meant to be funny,” Marquez said. “Kenna is very diverse and like a family so I try and encapsulate that on paper.”

One of the ways in which the paper tries to create that family spirit is by accepting submissions from other Kennadians and including residents’ birthdays in one of the bi-monthly publications.

“I want people to be say, ‘This is my dorm, what would I like to see in the Krapper,’” Marquez said.

The Mehling MovementThe weekly Mehling Movement

can be found on all eight floors of Mehling and includes not only upcoming events, but also a recap of the latest episodes of “Glee” and “Jersey Shore.”

“I think it’s helpful and keeps you in the know,” freshman Katie Christensen said.

On Oct. 3, the Movement recapped Jersey Shore stating: “Jionni was quite rude in this episode, good thing Snooki has Vinnie. Also, really Mike? Are you that desperate for attention that you’d pledge your love for Snooki?”

T h e M o v e m e n t does not amuse some residents.

“To be honest, I hate it,” sophomore C h e l s e a Davidson said. “I feel like its not very interesting and it supports all the stereotypes

about Mehling. I’d rather read The Bishops Weekly.”

The Padre PooperThe Padre Pooper is Schoenfeld’s

stalwart stall advertiser. Available at the front desk as well as in the bathroom, the paper’s main job is advertising events in Schoenfeld and other halls around campus. It also includes interesting facts to contemplate while on the John such as this brain buster from one of last

month’s issues: “The sink has 100,000 germs per square inch, while the toilet seat only has 100 germs per square inch.”

The paper chunks its text and event listings in an interesting way according to fellow periodical producer Nico Marquez.

“Out of all the bathroom periodicals, I like the layout

of the Padre Pooper best,” Marquez said.

The Christie CrapperSophomore Jeffrey Phillips is

the editor-in-chief of the Christie Crapper, a weekly bathroom reader, which promotes events and includes humorous commentary. Phillips writes many of the “Christie Crapper’s” articles.

“I like to focus on people complaining about campus activities and then write about them,” Phillips said.

Phillips finds that one of his primary jobs is to remind residents of bathroom etiquette.

“I like to think of myself as the bathroom representative,” Phillips said. “I make sure pee goes in the toilet and indicate where to throw up. Freshmen still miss the bowl.”

The Shipstad TPThe Shipstad TP is a little bit less

consistent than the other bathroom periodicals according to Shipstad sophomore Christian Scarcella, but

it serves the purpose of promoting events well in advance.

“It keeps Shipstad residents up to date on activities and it’s in a great location,” Scarcillia said.

T h e s l o g a n of the Shipstad TP is w o r t h noting as it sums up the p r imary purpose of all d o r m bathroom

periodicals.“The Shipstad TP, something to

look at when the going gets tough,” states the Oct. 3 edition.

While inconsistent, The Shipstad TP is in full color, indicating the level of care students in Shipstad take with their publication.

The Healthy Potty PostThe other bathroom periodical

that most students see while using the facilities is the Peer Health Educator’s Healthy Potty Post, which is written by the nine Peer Health Educators.

“Our goals are to put out information in an interesting way

and to advertise for our events,” sophomore and PHE Devin Helmgren said. “I think it’s an effective thing for PHEs. We’re going to try and make the Healthy Potty Post more

interactive.” The Healthy Potty Post

includes timely tips to stay in good health throughout the year according to Helmgren. For example, the latest issue includes ways to avoid the colds that seem to hit students around weeks five and six of school.

“Secrets to prevention (of colds and flu): Wash your hands! And for the love of all that is holy don’t touch your face!” states issue two of the Healthy Potty Post.

In addition to tips, the Healthy Potty Post, always includes the contact information for the University’s Health Center, ensuring that students have a link to medical resources if they need them quickly.

Whether readers enjoy catching up on hall events, health tips, funny commentary or printed internet humor, the location of bathroom periodicals puts everyone at an equal likelihood to pick up similar information and, according to Helms, keeps everyone on the same page.

“You may not go to hall council, but you’re going to take a crap, so people stay informed,” Helms said.

Dorm bathroom periodicals serve to entertain and inform

Shipstad’s unique bathrooms

- “Hottie Potty” - “Thoughty Potty” - 2A - “Inspirational Potty”

1. Shiley2. Bauccio Commons3. The Anchor4. Fields/Schoenfeldt5. Franz

1. Pilot House2. Buckley Center3. Kenna4. St. Mary’s5. Library

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As I walked through Old Town for the first time, I didn’t know how to interact with people. There were folks sitting on the edge of the sidewalk holding up their hands and asking for money. I took one look around me, searching for cues from other folks who looked like they knew what they were doing, and I followed suit. I intentionally brushed past the human beings sitting a few feet from where I was walking, and made sure I didn’t make eye contact with any of them.

How many of you reading this article, regardless of whether you come from a huge city or a small town, have done the exact same thing? How many of you have given $1-2 to cut conversation short, or so that you can do a good deed for the day? How many of you have walked away from that scene without a second thought? Should you have a second thought?

I recognize that I’m not in a

position to answer that question for you. As I stare at my computer screen, I realize that I can’t make you care about any of the words that I have written, or the story of any person that I have come into contact with during the two months I have worked at the Downtown Chapel.

I can’t make you care about the woman who sat on a piece of cardboard outside our red doors for the night, incontinent, waiting for us to open so that she could ask for a new pair of underwear and a clean pair of pants.

I can’t make you care about the man who needed so desperately to come inside for a warm bite to eat, but whom we couldn’t welcome into our hospitality center because he had fleas.

I can’t make you care that around 80 percent of the community we serve are men, while around 80 percent of the clothing donations that come in are women’s. I’m not in a position to make you do anything, but perhaps I can get you to think. Just a little.

When you hear the word “poverty,” what comes into your mind? Unwashed hair, holey shoes, wet socks and dirt-stained skin? Unshaven faces, missing teeth and smells of body odor and old

cigarette smoke?When you think of poverty,

you probably don’t first think of yourself. The reality is that each of us is struggling with

our own form of poverty. You may not be in a situation where you’re concerned about whether you’ll have a roof over your head tonight, or where you will get your next meal. However, I would wager that you have experienced or are currently experiencing situations of loneliness or isolation in your life. My guess is that there have been moments when things haven’t been going your way when the illusion of worldly control has dissolved. This is the face of poverty.

The Downtown Chapel is a Roman Catholic Parish situated

in the heart of Old Town Portland. The individuals we aim to serve are folks experiencing general poverty, suffering from mental illness, living without a home or grappling with addictions. The truth is that every single person who walks through our doors exists in a state of fragility, suffering from some form of poverty whether spiritual, physical, emotional or monetary. I walk through the red doors every morning as an individual seeking relationship, and arrive in the hospitality center part of a community.

What do you do when you’re approached by another human being asking for help? Whether you’re being asked for a dollar on the street, or to listen to what’s going on in your best friend’s life, the open invitation to be in community with another human being is there. The open invitation to listen a little closer, to walk a little bit more intentionally, and to be a little bit more human is there.

Keep in mind, the invitation is not just there for social workers, counselors or clergy, nor just students of those disciplines. This invitation is for anybody who works with and for human beings. I’m talking to you, engineers and mathematicians.

There is an office nestled in the corner of campus, behind The Bell Tower, called the Moreau Center. The folks who work there know a thing or two about how you can start to respond to this invitation. They are there to connect you to volunteer opportunities at the Downtown Chapel and other community partners working with folks struggling with homelessness, mental illness, and addiction. Or they can connect you to a variety of other places like Roosevelt High School (tutoring), L’arche (a community with adults with disabilities), The Rebuilding Center (deconstruction and furniture building) and Friends of Trees (planting and caring for trees).

I challenge you to respond to this invitation. Not only as an engineering alumn from the University of Portland, or a St. Andre Fellow at the Downtown Chapel, but as a student of life who recognizes that we’re all in this together.

Lindie Burgess is the evening hospitality coordinator for the Downtown Chapel and

can be reached at [email protected]

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I can’t make you care that around 80 percent of the community we serve are men, while around 80 percent of the clothing donations that come in are women’s. I’m not in a position to make you do anything, but perhaps I can get you to think. Just a little.

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To print or not to print?JenniferRillamasStaff Commentary

If I never have to see another receipt for the rest of my life, I will die a happy person.

They are everywhere. On the ground, in the trash, smashed in backpacks, shoved in pockets and most disheartening, piling up be-hind cash registers.

For a school that has entirely banned the sale of plastic water bottles, it’s a little disappointing to see how poorly paper manage-ment is done here when it comes

to receipts. The first time I toured UP

I was amazed at how sustain-able the campus was. With big measures like the construction of multiple halls built to LEED Gold Certification, in addition to the ban of plastic water bottles, I was convinced the whole school was entirely committed to being green.

Unfortunately, my bubble of green perfection suddenly burst once I started purchasing food on campus.

What put me over the edge was seeing what was being done with the receipts, especially in The Cove. Cashiers were just ripping the receipts out of the machine and then proceeding to

throw them casually behind the machine.

I wonder what the writers and reviewers of the Princeton Re-view’s Guide to 311 Green Col-leges would have to say about that.

Bottom line is, the school needs to be looking for alterna-tives.

In reality, it’s quite pointless as to why a receipt needs to be printed every time food is pur-chased.

If we truly are “starving col-lege kids,” I’m going to go ahead and say none of us are planning on returning our food later in the day, so why don’t we save some paper and just don’t print any.

Paperless options exist and

work really well. Major retailers such as Apple, Kmart and Nord-strom have started offering elec-tronic versions of receipts that are e-mailed to customers. If ma-jor corporation chains can man-age to email receipts to thousands of customers, UP could definitely manage a similar system for on campus purchases.

Granted, going completely electronic would be a huge jump for the school. But small things can be done to reduce the amount of paper used on campus. Ca-shiers could simply ask us if we want a receipt before they print it, or we could have an online ac-count where we can check our re-maining point balance at the end of the day.

Some students appreciate having a readily available means of checking their ever-diminish-ing point value. But judging by how many receipts I see on the ground walking back and forth to my dorm every day, I’d say many could care less.

We were the first school on the West Coast to discontinue the sale of disposable plastic water bottles on campus. Let’s make another name for ourselves and take even bigger measures to stop the printing of paper receipts.

Jennifer Rillamas is a freshman psychology major. She can be

contacted at [email protected].

EDITORIAL

Tell the government to listen


As Occupy Wall Street moves into its fifth week, simi-lar Occupy protests are emerg-ing across the nation. The dem-onstrations were inspired by the Arab Spring movement – a revolutionary wave of protests occurring in the Arab world – and are against economic in-equality and power delegated to corporations, because they have the power to donate millions to politicians who will benefit the corporate world.

Let us remind you of how this financial catastrophe hap-pened: banks took advantage

of deregulation, which led to ir-responsible lending. Taxpayers then bailed out the banks. How-ever, the banks repaid taxpayers by standing behind politicians who promised to keep the cor-porations’ taxes low.

Occupy protests are now developing around the world. There are Facebook calls for a global demonstration, called United for Global Change. On Oct. 15, people from Asia to Australia, from Africa to Eu-rope and America will take the streets to claim their rights and demand a true democracy. Ac-

cording to United for Global Change’s website, 662 cities from 79 countries will be par-ticipating.

It’s clear what Occupy pro-testers want: reform of govern-ment.

Now, here’s hoping the gov-ernment starts listening.

How do the Occupy protest-ers plan to get their reform when they do not have a solution to fix the problem? We have no idea.

Though The Beacon ap-plauds Occupy protesters for peacefully standing up to cor-porate bullies, they should have

realistic solutions to pair with the protests.

The Occupy protesters say they are the “other 99 percent,” referencing the fact that the wealthiest 1 percent of Ameri-cans controls 50 percent of the capital in America, indicating a great disparity between the middle and lower classes and the wealthy.

However, according to the Tax Foundation, even if you tax away 50 percent of the income of the people making between $1 million and $10 million, you only reduce the national deficit

by 1 percent. Our country’s financial prob-

lems began with the banks and they should end with our gov-ernment. The Beacon encour-ages you to continue writing to your senators and representa-tives demanding that all politi-cal parties work together in the best interests of the country as a whole, not for the benefit of their major donors.

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Students are easier targets without gun protection

It is outrageous that a Western Oregon University student was arrested while legally carrying a handgun. I am glad the court sys-tem upheld our rights.

Imagine being arrested for doing something that is legal.

This was the case at WOU, as the Oregon university system clearly overreached their bounds and blatantly infringed upon the rights of the arrested citizen. Or-egon law clearly states that the Oregon legislature is the only body that has the authority to regulate firearms.

Our director of Public Safety, Harold Burke-Sivers, suggested persons legally carrying a hand-gun in Oregon could have “ex-tremely inconsistent” training levels. However, Oregon only recognizes concealed handgun

licenses that have been issued by the state of Oregon and therefore everyone carrying a handgun in Oregon is held to the same stan-dard.

Twenty-one-year-old college students are just as capable and responsible as 21-year-old per-sons who do not go to college.Ordinary people of college age carry handguns around you ev-ery day off campus, so what is the difference between carrying guns out in the general public versus on a college campus?

Burke-Sivers expressed con-cerns with students carrying on campus by saying the most likely scenario that will happen is that intoxicated students will acci-dently discharge their weapons.Burke-Sivers also said “acci-dental discharges, suicide or at-tempted suicide and workplace or domestic violence are more likely scenarios than defending themselves against an armed gunman.” The organization Stu-dents for Concealed Carry on Campus (concealedcampus.org)

found from several studies that of all of the public schools in Utah and a few others which al-low the concealed carry of pistols on their campuses, had no gun related incidents, including gun violence, suicides, threats, acci-dents as well as gun thefts during a combined total of one hundred semesters. It seems that 21-year- old adults who carry off campus are still responsible with hand-guns even on college campuses.

We live in a world where it is impossible to prevent crimi-nals from getting guns and stop-ping them from bringing them wherever they want. We already have laws saying that criminals cannot have guns and that guns are not allowed in certain areas.It is these areas which present the easiest targets for criminals, since law abiding citizens leave their guns at home.

There is story after story of people leaving their guns at home, since it was illegal for them to carry at the time, and a criminal comes and starts shoot-

ing people. Then the only thing the law abiding gun owners can think of is “What if I had my gun?” Maybe they would not have been able to prevent the shooting from happening but it would not have hurt.

I do not expect the University of Portland to reverse its weap-ons policy even though I think we would be better off. I do think that Public Safety should take an-other look at the policy and con-sider a revision.

How many students do you think constantly violate the weapons policy (carrying pepper spray)?

I know several women (who no longer attend this university) who have carried pepper spray at all times. They only carried it for self defense and they felt a lot safer having it. It is very likely that students today are still carry-ing non-lethal devices to defend themselves.

Is having this restriction re-ally keeping the campus safer?

Is someone who wants to rob

you or do worse really going to care that the UP regulations state they cannot have pepper spray or a handgun?

University officials will prob-ably say this is what Public Safety officers are for, to keep students safe. They are here 24/7 to pro-tect us. But how long does it take for a perpetrator to incapacitate someone?

Public Safety will not always be in the right place at the right time. Should we be forced to rely on them? Students living off campus walk home, oftentimes in the dark, and criminals know that we are not supposed to have any-thing to protect ourselves with.

The UP policy is making us extremely easy targets. We should be allowed to take care of ourselves because we cannot count on someone else to be there to protect us.

Matthew Johnson is a senior electrical engineering major.

He can be contacted at [email protected].

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“Mountain View, the Bay area.”

Ben Rumptz, freshman, computer science

Faces on The Bluff

By Jackie Jeffers

Where are you going for fall break?

We asked:

“I’m staying in Portland.”

Erin Kelly, freshman, biology

“Home to the Bay area.”

Sarah Williamson, senior, nursing

“The Oregon Coast.”

Mara Kouides, junior, social work

“California and Roseburg, Ore.”

Matt Bruns, freshman, undeclared

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When used responsibly, guns help save livesDouglasChunGuest Commentary

I praise the Oregon Court of Appeals for lifting the ban on concealed carry handguns on publicly-owned university cam-puses. I feel those who take the responsibility of carrying a fire-arm legally should be allowed to do so under the established guidelines set forth by the state. Carrying a gun falls under the second amendment, the right to bear arms and to defend ourselves if necessary. There are many who oppose allowing concealed guns on campus, and I would like to shed light onto why I feel guns should be allowed on campus.

First, let’s evaluate the mean-ing of this lift. This ruling allows a person with a valid state ap-proved Concealed Carry Weap-ons Permit (CCWP)/License to Carry a Firearm (LCTF)/Con-cealed Handgun License (CHL) to carry a firearm on a publicly owned college campus.

In order for an individual to obtain this licensing in the state of Oregon, there are several re-quirements. They must be a citi-zen of the United States, 21 years of age or older, not a convicted felon, not convicted or found guilty of a misdemeanor, have no outstanding warrants for ar-rest and demonstrate competence with a handgun per ORS 166.291 (f). The individual must also pay a $65 sheriff’s fee and $15 for a background check, as well as be finger printed and photographed by the sheriff’s department. They

must then take a class given by a law enforcement officer or li-censed instructor and take a test to prove their competence using a handgun. Thus making the li-censee, in the eyes of the state, trained. Oregon will only recog-nize a CHL issued by the state of Oregon, and no other states’ CHL are recognized as legal in Oregon.

Second, concealed carry only applies to small group of people on college campuses. CHL hold-ers must be 21 or older. Therefore only juniors, seniors and faculty and staff are eligible to even at-tempt obtaining a CHL.

Another reason people fear this lift is the premise of having a large armed student population. This is absurd, only those in the above group who choose to re-sponsibly exercise that right have the option to carry a gun.

Third, many people argue it is unnecessary or even pointless to have a gun on campus. How-ever there are countless cases that show how students with a CHL acted to stop a crime, for example: on Sept. 20, 2011 a Temple stu-dent with a LCTF stopped a rob-ber attempting to break into his house. On Oct. 16, 2008 an Ari-zona student shot two intruders in self defense. On Aug. 9, 2008

a Citadel student scared off a bat wielding road rage driver. There are many cases on this manner and I would direct your attention to either http://concealedcampus.org/ or TheArmedCitizen’s You-Tube channel for further infor-mation about CHL holders who prevented a crime.

Many say their campus and others are safe as it stands now, but someone said the same thing at Virginia Tech.

We can only speculate, but what if there was a responsible CHL holder in that situation, how many lives could they have saved? How long does it take to call 911 and have the police show up, compared to pulling out a handgun and stopping someone by either showing that you are armed, or if necessary, shooting them?

Fourth, another common ar-gument is that alcohol and drugs do not mix with guns, and I agree with that statement. However, alcohol and/or drugs combined with vehicles seem to unfortu-nately kill more innocent people than guns and alcohol. Far more people are killed due to intoxicat-ed driving than intoxicated gun handling.

How many times do you hear about someone loosing their life to a DUI or texting while driving compared to a gun and alcohol incident?

People argue that guns are more dangerous than cars I say they are equal.

There are people that are not responsible enough with either a car or gun, a person could fire a gun at a party just as easily as they could get into a car and

drive somewhere while intoxicat-ed. With owning either of these items comes great responsibility, and some people have more than others. Institutions can place as many laws and rules as they like, but that will not stop some people, especially criminals. It comes down to trusting the state and those who made the guide-lines to allow people to have the respective licenses.

I feel that a person who legally obtained a CHL should have the ability to use it on campus. They are taking up a heavy burden of responsibility dealing with a fire-arm, especially while carrying concealed.

I give my respect to those who put others’ safety ahead of theirs, and carrying a gun legally shows they are willing to act to save or prevent an innocent from being harmed.

Take into account what is needed to even attempt this route of responsibility and look at the information provided.

Currently the states of Utah, Colorado, West Virginia and soon Wisconsin allow concealed carry in some capacity on cam-puses, and I have not heard of any incident where a student from those states that had a CHL acted recklessly or endangered lives with a gun.

Douglas Chun is a senior civil engineering major. He can be contacted at [email protected].

Letters to the EditorCrew was the right choice

Your staff does a lovely job connecting our campus through this weekly paper. However, many peers, including myself, are quite irritated by the “Was crew the right choice?” article. The writer, Bruce Garling-house, seemed to be extremely biased in his writing.

He was writing in favor of just the the golf team, not tak-ing the crew team into consid-eration. He wrote, “So, why was the University forced to replace

them with 29 women that simply responded to an email or wanted to try something new?”

Bruce needs to be aware that this is highly inappropriate.

The girls on the crew team are working so incredibly hard and have just as much commitment as any other Divsion 1 team has. In fact, they have to get up and be at practice by 6 a.m., which is not easy for any college student.

They did not “just respond” to an email. Tryouts were held, and many other consider-ations went into choosing who is

on the team. It does not seem like Bruce

did much research on his own top-ic. If he had, he would know that there is a lot more to the woman’s crew team than people “trying something new.”

As a matter of fact, hundreds of people try out for rowing teams across the nation that have never tried the sport before and make it on the team.

Crew demands so much time and energy out of a person and the University as a whole should be very proud of these women.

I truly do appreciate what you do at The Beacon. I just wanted to bring this up because this is our University, and I feel as though not only was the crew team was attacked, but it was degrading to the University and the decision-making of the administration who chose crew over golf. I hope that you take situations like these into consideration when editing the paper.

Thank you for all that you do.

Elizabeth Lancastersophomore, education

It’s Brawny, not Bounty

I enjoyed reading last week’s Beacon article about the Lumber-jack Ball, although I believe that you have your paper towel brands mixed up. The paper towel brand with a “big, strong, burly man” is Brawny Paper Towels, not Boun-ty as stated in the first paragraph of the article.

Ian Coefreshman, biology

“Many say their campus and others are safe as it stands now, but someone said the same thing at Virginia Tech.”

Douglas Chunsenior

14 October 13, 2011 SPORTS

There is a buzz in the Chiles Center. The ear-piercing squeak of rubber on hardwood can be heard even before entering.

College basketball is upon us. After being limited to two

hours of formal team activity per week, the Pilots will have their first practice Friday as they begin the final preparation for a tough preseason.

Visits to Kentucky and Wash-ington will be the Pilots most dif-ficult tasks. Both matchups ended in lopsided defeats last year and the Pilots have struggled on the road in recent years, finishing 7-7 last year.

“It is about staying together,” senior guard Eric Waterford said. “It’s hard for any team to play on the road. We just have to play as

a team.” Road games may prove to be

even tougher this year, as the Pilots are a very young team with only two seniors, Nemanja Mitrovic and Waterford, and one junior, point guard Derrick Rod-gers.

“I came into this season un-derstanding the responsibility,” Mitrovic said. “I not only have to do my job, but make sure the young guys are doing theirs as well.”

With the exit of a senior class that was integral in bringing the program back to relevancy, there are many voids, especially in the frontcourt, that will have to be filled by young players.

Head coach Eric Reveno said he could count on any one of the freshmen to contribute immedi-ately.

“They have been impressive across the board and they could all contribute this season,” Reve-no said.

Six-foot-eleven-inch center Thomas van der Mars brings a combination of height and touch

that adds a scoring threat at the low post that was absent last year. The soon to be 21-year-old Netherlands native trained at the Canarias Basketball Academy in Spain before landing at UP.

In the backcourt, the Pilots lost arguably the best shooter in WCC history, Jared Stohl, but with the emergence of Mitrovic as a prolific shooter, they main-tain a deep threat.

Freshman Kevin Bailey is en-tering surrounded by a lot of hype, being the first recruit ranked in ESPN’s top 100 recruits.

Six-foot-five and weighing in at 190 pounds, he is an athletic shooting guard with the ability to create plays off the dribble and difficult mismatches for opposing teams. His athletic ability also makes him a dangerous threat off the ball and he is an excellent slasher.

They have three point guards with the ability to contribute as well.

Sophomore point guard Tim Douglas provided a spark off the bench last year and showed great

poise for a freshman. Waterford started most games

last year and has tons of experi-ence. Look to him to be the start-er, but Douglas may see more minutes.

“As a coach we don’t try to emphasize who is going to start,” Reveno said. “It is a wide-open training camp.”

Rogers is not a true point guard like Waterford and Doug-las, but his strength and quickness make him a defensive threat with shutdown capabilities. Those at-tributes also allow him to get to the rim and the free throw line, an area the Pilots struggled in of-fensively in past seasons.

A tough preseason schedule could prove to be an advantage for the Pilots if they find some success. For a young team, it will prepare them for an increasingly competitive WCC.

As it has been for most of the last decade, rival Gonzaga is the conference, but the addition of BYU gives the Pilots another top 25 conference opponent.

Without Jimmer Fredette, the

Cougars are not nearly the team last year’s National Champion-ship contender was, but numer-ous appearances in the top 25 over the past decade and multiple Mountain West Conference titles prove they can make waves im-mediately.

The Pilots have not beat Gon-zaga while Mitrovic and Water-ford have attended the school on The Bluff, but they have come close.

Mitrovic said a win against the Bulldogs would be the most important win in his collegiate career, and said he and Waterford are going to do everything they can to make sure they don’t grad-uate being swept.

“It would mean a lot to beat them,” Mitrovic said. “I know me and Eric won’t let us leave with-out beating them.

The Pilots begin their season against Concordia University Oct. 29 at 7 p.m. in the Chiles Center.

Finding themselves in a bat-tle to make the playoffs, the UP women’s soccer team is looking to earn their first conference win this Friday, Oct. 14 against San Diego. The Pilots, who are cur-rently 5-6-1 after a loss to BYU last Thursday, will likely have to rely on the WCC champion’s automatic bid to make the post-season.

Despite the rocky start and setbacks they have endured, both players and coaches do not shy away from the challenge awaiting them. Senior forward Danielle Foxhoven emphasizes the need for every player to hold them-selves accountable.

“Always one of our focuses is a personal responsibility by all of us,” Foxhoven said. “If all of us individually do our personal re-sponsibility, then collectively we do our responsibility as a team. All of us have an individual re-sponsibility we are looking to do and grow upon.”

Coach Garrett Smith is as aware as any of the need for suc-cess in conference play. He em-phasized on the importance of maintaining mental focus.

“We’re not used to having a record like this,” Smith said. “We’re working on everything; it’s a mentality more than any-thing. Right now our mentality is to make the playoffs.”

Both Smith and junior outside midfielder and defender Taylor Brooke point to a lack of expe-rience at various positions as a main factor of the uncharacteris-tically slow start for the team.

“At the beginning of the year we didn’t expect to have three starting defenders with injuries,” Smith said. “It’s put a hole in our back line, and it shows.”

“Obviously it’s been a surprise to a lot of people how our perfor-mance has been,” Brooke said. “I think one of the main contribu-tors is that we lost a lot of talent last year. We have a lot of really big slots to fill. We have people in new positions, and there’s not a lot of experience on the field sometimes.”

Despite the slow start, there have been positives the team can take away from their first batch of games. Foxhoven was particular-ly proud of the development she has seen in the team.

“We’ve grown since the be-ginning of the season,” Foxhoven said. “It’s hard to lose. It’s a new task to lose. That in and of itself is something new that people are dealing with. I’m proud of the character that has been shown by everyone.”

Brooke took pride in the depth of leadership being exhibited by the team.

“I think right now we are starting to see people step up into leadership roles that were maybe not asked to step into those roles at the beginning of the season,” Brooke said.

Smith has been encouraged by the effort of his team, even if the results have not been materi-alizing.

“Even though we haven’t been getting results, I like the competitiveness our team has,” Smith said. “They’re trying to do everything they can by working hard. You can go two ways as an athlete – check out, or try and do more, like our team has.”

With conference play starting to get into full swing, the team realizes it has an opportunity to start anew, while still being under pressure to make the playoffs.

“Come conference, it’s the be-

ginning of another season,” Fox-hoven said. “We had to step back and put everything behind us be-cause those games don’t matter anymore. We have to win confer-ence to get into playoffs and we know that.”

“This year the conference

championship may be our only lifeline to the playoffs, so confer-ence play definitely has special meaning,” Smith added. “In past years we tried to get a clean slate in conference to earn a top seed in playoffs. This year we’re just trying to get to the playoffs.”

The Pilots will look to steady their season and earn their first conference win with home games at 7 p.m. this Friday against San Diego and Saint Mary’s at 1 p.m. on Sunday.

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Women’s soccer falls to BYU

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Conference newcomer BYU topples the Pilots 2-1 in overtime of WCC opener

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This week in sports

Women’s Soccer The Pilots fell last Thursday Oct. 6 to the Brigham Young University Cougars. Currently 5-6-1 overall and 0-1-0 in the WCC, the women’s team stays home over fall break to face San Diego at 7 p.m. on Oct. 14, Saint Mary’s on Oct. 16 at 1 p.m., and finally Santa Clara on Oct. 21 at 8 p.m.

Men’s SoccerFollowing losses to San Diego and Loyola Marymount the Pi-lots tied the Gonzaga Bulldogs 1-1 in Spokane, Wash. They stand at 5-6-1 overall and 0-4-1 in the WCC. The men’s team plays Saint Mary’s away at 2 p.m. on Oct. 16, before coming home to face arch-rival Gon-zaga at 7 p.m. on Oct. 26.

VolleyballThe volleyball team is 7-12 overall and 1-5 in the WCC. They play in Spokane, Wash. tonight against the Gonzaga Bulldogs before returning home on Oct. 15 to face the Brigham Young Cougars for their an-nual “Dig Pink” match to raise awareness for breast cancer.

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Senior forward Danielle Fox-hoven, who leads the team in goals and is 4th all time in that category, was nominated for the Lowe’s Senior Class Award. Fox-hoven founded and runs Equip-ment across Continents, which is an online resource to provide access to sports equipment for coaches and players around the world. Read below as she shares her thoughts about succeeding both on and off the pitch.

Q: When did you start playing soccer?

A: I can’t really remember but my guess is that I probably started soccer when I was about four.

Q: Did you play any other sports in high school? If so, why did you stick with soccer?

A: I just played soccer in high school, but prior to high school I

ran track and played basketball. Q: You are from Colorado;

skiing or snowboarding?A: Definitely skiing. I am not

cool enough for snowboarding.Q: What is your most memo-

rable soccer moment?A: My most memorable soccer

moment was probably winning my first national championship with my club soccer team when I was 18.

Q: You have made several Academic All-American teams, what is your key to balancing school and soccer?

A: The key to balancing school and soccer is to focus on one thing at a time. When I am play-ing soccer it is a nice break from studying and going to class and when I am in class or studying it is a nice break from the physical stress on my body from soccer. I just take it one thing at a time and eventually it is all taken care of.

Q: What are your plans after graduation?

A: My plan after graduation is to continue playing soccer for as long as possible. I am interested in playing in the professional league here or going overseas and playing abroad. I also would like to continue to grow the non-profit that I started this year. Q: If you were a kitchen appli-ance, what would you be?

A: If I were a kitchen appli-ance I would be a fridge because it is the most important appliance in a kitchen ... without a fridge all your fresh food would be ruined within a matter of hours, and we all know how important it is to stay fresh.

Q: What was your reaction to being a nominee for the Lowe’s Senior Class Award and what would it mean to win it?

A: That is such an amazing honor. Last year Jessica Tsao was nominated and she has and is continuing to do some amaz-ing things with her life and I feel so lucky even to be in the

running with names like that. It would mean a great deal to me if I were to win. All of the nominees have given so much back to their communities and I don’t know how there could ever be a winner, but to be nomi-nated is a great honor in itself.

UP started off the weekend on Oct. 7 against San Diego, com-ing out aggressively on offense, a change from their notoriously slow starts. At the nine-minute mark, senior forward Connor Barbaree received a pass from Ev-ans off a free kick. Despite being wide open, Barbaree's kick sailed high from eight yards away.

A minute later, Evans fired a shot from 25 yards out, missing the goal by inches. The misses were deflating for the Pilots of-fense while they caused San Di-ego to tighten up their defense.

“Those two chances in the beginning were shots we needed to bury,” Irwin said. “It was very disappointing that the game end-ed so close because we had our opportunities to take it.”

UP's defense was impen-etrable in the first half. It wasn't until the second half that the Pi-lots lapsed on defense in the 53rd minute. USD's junior forward Patrick Wallen took advantage of the lapse and headed in a timely pass from fellow Torero senior forward Stephen Posa, which ended up being the game-win-ning goal.

The Pilots took a flurry of shots in the closing minutes, but

none of them found the net and the team was sent to the locker room with another WCC loss.

“It's unfortunate there was a lot of calls that didn't go our way,

but that's the game and it's not like we didn't have our opportu-nities,” senior midfielder Michael Nielsen said. “It feels like we're getting kicked a lot lately but it's on us to step up our toughness and get the goals when we can.”

UP was in for another battle against LMU on Oct. 9, as the Pi-lots scored first on freshman mid-fielder Derek Boggs' header in the 15th minute. LMU bounced back three minutes later, tying the game with a goal of their own be-fore Barbaree took the lead back in the 42nd minute on a free kick, sending the Pilots into halftime with a 2-1 lead.

LMU came out ready and aggressive in the second half as they scored in the 57th minute to

tie the game, scoring again only seven minutes later to take the lead for good.

“We really can't make excuses for tonight,” freshman midfielder Thomas Iwasaki said. “We knew it was going to be a rough and tough game. That's life in the WCC and we better get used to it.”

The Pilots still had ample op-portunities in the final 25 min-utes, the biggest coming in the 74th minute when Barbaree an-gled a shot off the post, sending it directly into LMU goalkeeper Jack McCormack's hands.

UP remains on the road for a game against St. Mary's on Oct. 16 at 2 p.m. They return to Port-land to play at Merlo Field, with Gonzaga scheduled for Oct. 26 at 7 p.m. and St. Mary's on Oct. 28 at 7 p.m.

“Both teams present real chal-lenges to us, but are great op-portunities to get back into the conference race,” Irwin said. “They're both much improved from the last few years and have already beaten some teams we struggled against.”

Gonzaga is currently 4-6-2 for the season and 2-2-1 in WCC play, but has played in seven over-time games this year and always seem to have a chance to win. St. Mary's is currently 4-3-5 while also playing in close games, es-pecially in WCC play where they stand 2-1-1. These next three games against two tough-minded teams will be the ultimate test for the Pilots and will determine if they can right the ship to have a successful season.


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“It has to change. We are playing too good with too good of players for things not to change.”

Bill Irwin Head coach

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The men’s soccer team comes up short against WCC foes San Diego and Loyola Marymount, ties Gonzaga

Pilots still searching for first WCC win

Kyle Cape-LindelinStaff Writer

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The University of Portland men’s soccer team remains frus-trated in the WCC after tying rival Gonzaga 1-1 and falling to San Diego and Loyola Mary-mount, losing 1-0 to USD and 3-2 against LMU.

The Pilots now stand 0-4-1 in a stacked WCC conference de-spite playing strong defense and employing a more coherent of-fense.

“It has to change,” head coach Bill Irwin said. “We are playing too good with too good of players for things not to change.”

Even after two overtime rounds the Pilots couldn’t break their 1-1 deadlock with the Gon-

zaga Bulldogs this past Wednes-day afternoon. The two teams battled for 52 minutes before the Bulldogs drew the first blood. Their goal prompted the Pilots to lockdown on possession for the remainder of the game. With 15 minutes left in regulation sopho-more midfielder Steven Evans finished a penalty kick following a foul on junior forward Ricardo Carrillo to tie the game 1-1.

Junior goalkeeper Justin Baarts held down the net with four saves including a game-saver in the final minutes of the second overtime. The Pilots well-fought game against Gonzaga comes in the wake of in-conference losses to the San Diego Toreros and the Loyola Marymount Lions.

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