Dozens of North Portland residents, students and University officials packed the Chiles Center’s Hall of Fame room Monday evening for the University Park Neighborhood Association’s meeting to discuss rowdy student conduct off campus, and possible solutions.

Some neighbors said a more visible presence from UP’s Public Safety officers by increasing foot or bicycle patrols might solve the problem. Other solutions discussed were contacting the Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC) about over-serving and underage drinking at local bars, and stationing a Public Safety officer outside the Twilight Room to dampen the enthusiasm of students walking back to campus.

The neighborhood association’s chair, Tom Karwaki, said more student participation in the University Park Neighborhood Association would also help.

“I think it was important that [the meeting] was on campus so students could participate, and I want to continue having them here,” Karwaki said. “I thought the students added a lot, and I hope that they got something out of it.”

In small groups, attendees voiced concerns about students

being too loud on streets late at night and disrespecting neighbors in the community.

Former University Park resident Doug Richardson is concerned with local bars over-serving to neighborhood residents and people driving under the influence.

“I think some of the taverns are over-serving, and I think the OLCC, I would like to see somebody checking for minors, and I’m sure they do, but also checking ‘are they over-serving?’” Richardson said. “Because I see too many people come out that really shouldn’t be driving.”

During the small group conversations, ASUP Vice President Josh Clearly addressed the problem of students littering in the neighborhood.

“I think part of the problem is on-campus students who don’t live in the neighborhood. It’s really easy to forget that you’re

walking through someone else’s neighborhood,” Cleary said. “So as a resident myself, I see trash a lot of times, and things like where you can find where the house party was just by following the trail of trash.”

University Park resident Mike Cole said he cannot decorate for Halloween early in the week because of vandalism in the neighborhood, although he did not give evidence that UP students were responsible for the vandalism from previous years.

“I’m one of the houses that have been doing Halloween for 14 years, but I no longer can

decorate on Halloween until Friday morning,” Cole said. “I’ll start at 6 a.m. because if I put anything out beforehand, like if I put stuff out tonight, it would be broken or gone, and that has been happening for years.”

Many of the neighbors discussed Public Safety not having enough of a presence in the neighborhood. At the meeting, Director of Public Safety Gerald Gregg answered questions about how many officers work on the weekends and where they patrol in the neighborhood. Gregg also informed neighbors that anytime Public Safety receives a noise

complaint, they write a report and students are held accountable for their actions.

“I can tell you, there have been some student conduct hearings already this year over [the] very issue [of noise] and I don’t know what the resolution is because I’m not judge, jury and executioner,” Gregg said. “But there have been to hearings ,and quite frankly I’d rather go to the courthouse and pay a hundred dollar fine then go put up with the sanctions the University imposes.”

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Neighbors and students meet to discuss off-campus behaviorStudents take issue with KOIN 6 news reports claiming rowdy students are a neighborhood nuisance

Maggie Hannonhannon15@up.edu

Many students claim that recent KOIN 6 News stories regarding raucous student behavior in the neighbor-hood blew the issue out of proportion. Partly in response to the KOIN 6 broadcast, students and adminis-trators met with neighbors Monday night to address the issue of behavior in University Park.

Measure 88 drives debate over right to the roadNastacia Voisin

voisin15@up.edu

Measure 88 – one of the most contentious initiatives of the Nov. 4 ballot – will ask Oregon voters to decide who has the right to drive. If passed, the “Oregon Alternative Driver Licenses Referendum” would grant driving privileges to Oregonians without requiring proof of their legal presence in the United States.

Proponents of the measure say it would encourage undocumented drivers to pass the driver’s test and obtain insurance, leading to safer roads. Detractors argue a yes-vote would damage Oregon’s economic health by inciting a spike in immigration.

Because undocumented UP students will feel the impact of how the vote swings, some students and professors have taken to advocating for the

measure.With immigration reform

stalled at the federal level, Measure 88 is a way for Oregonians to decide how to handle the issue as a state.

Measure 88 BackstoryIn 2005, the federal Real ID

Act mandated that states have proof of legal presence before issuing driver’s licenses. States can issue other forms of driver identification if they want, but they must look different from regular licenses. Several states, including California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland, Nevada, Utah, Vermont and Washington, D.C., have passed initiatives similar to Oregon’s Measure 88.

Last year, Governor John Kitzhaber signed a state law granting four-year licenses to Oregonians who couldn’t prove legal status in the United States.

Shortly after, the interest group Oregonians for Immigration Reform (OFER), gathered enough signatures to put the law on hold and pushed the measure onto Nov. 4 ballot.

This gives the vote to Oregon residents, asking them to accept or reject the law. If passed, the initiative would kick in Dec. 4, 2014.

To qualify for the driver's card, a person would have to present valid ID and proof of state residency. This card is intended to give driving privileges only – not to be used for air travel identification, to register to vote, buy a gun or obtain government benefits that require proof of citizenship.

Oregon’s Latino population, which is the 19th largest in the nation, is the community with the greatest stake in this vote.

See 88, page 2

Photo courtesy of Yuri Hernandez

Senior Yuri Hernandez campaigns in favor of Measure 88 with CAUSA, an immigrant rights organization she interns for. If Measure 88 passes, it will allow people to get four-year driver’s cards without proving legal residence in the state.

Neighbors, page 5

I think it was important that the meeting was on campus so students could participate ... I thought the students added a lot, and I hope that they got something out of it.Tom Karwakineighborhood association chair

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DIA DE LOS MUERTOS

Thursday, Oct. 30 in St. Mary’s from 6 to 8 p.m. The event is being put on by Multicultural Programs and will include music, arts, crafts, dancing and more.

BRIAN DOYLE READING

Thursday, Oct. 30 in the Buckley Center Auditorium at 7 p.m. Brian Doyle, the editor of Portland Magazine, will be reading as part of the Schoenfeldt Distinguished Writers Series.

LITERARY MURDER MYSTERY PARTY

Friday, Oct. 31 in the St. Mary’s Student Lounge at 4 to 6 p.m. Sponsored by the English Society.

BLUFFOONS HALLOWEEN SHOW

Friday, Oct. 31 in the Buckley Center Auditorium. Show at 7:30 p.m. Doors open at 7:15 p.m. $2 per person or $3 per pair.

PILOTS AFTER DARK

DJ AND DANCE PARTYFriday, Oct. 31 in The Cove. DJ Matt Gadbois will be playing electronic, disco and garage house music from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. There will also be cupcake decorating.

PILOTS AFTER DARKSALSA DANCING NIGHT

Saturday, Nov. 1 at 10 p.m. in The Cove. Pilots After Dark is pairing with Latin Dance Club to put on salsa dancing night.

On CampusNEWS2 October 30, 2014

88: Student canvasses in favor of measureAccording to the Pew Research Center, an estimated one-third (about 160,000) of that population are undocumented immigrants.

Other people who could benefit from driver’s cards are U.S.-born residents without birth records and veterans missing citizenship documents.

According to social work professor Alice Gates, Measure 88 is about transportation rights but also serves as a political lightning rod for other issues. Immigration policy is a key aspect, but economic, national

security, racial and human rights arguments also have a place at the table, she said.

Arguments ForProponents of the measure,

led primarily by YES on Oregon Safe Roads, say it’s a common-sense initiative that will make Oregon roads safer for everyone. They argue that necessity forces undocumented individuals to drive unlicensed and uninsured regardless of the law. If Measure 88 passes, these people could safely and legally earn a license.

They also point out that the state's economy relies on thousands of immigrant workers who need licenses to continue driving to work. And as large swaths of rural Oregon still don’t have effective public transportation networks, a no-vote would force undocumented people to choose between risking driving to work unlicensed or not holding a job.

Proponents also argue that transportation is a basic human right, as all people need to get to places such as grocery stores, hospitals and places of worship in order to live a quality life.

Arguments AgainstOpponents of Measure 88 say

a driver’s card won’t necessarily guarantee safer roads, as there are loopholes in the vehicle licensing process, and people without legal presence won’t feel compelled to

follow state laws.According to OFER, the

major opponent of the measure, a yes-vote will inflate the immigrant population in Oregon, burdening entitlement programs and adversely affecting the labor market. Allowing undocumented residents to drive legally may force citizens to compete unfairly for jobs, causing wage depression and unemployment.

Opponents are also concerned about security issues. While driver’s cards aren’t supposed to pass as a form of ID, some fear it would encourage criminal activity and might help terrorists trying to infiltrate the U.S. And while a no-vote will make day-to-day life harder for the undocumented community, opponents argue that driving privileges are a citizen’s right, and shouldn’t be given to those living unlawfully in U.S.

Community members get involved

Driving privileges and immigration issues may seem disconnected with the lives of most UP students, but for some it’s a resonant topic.

Yuri Hernandez, a social work major who is interning for CAUSA, an immigrant rights organization endorsing Measure 88, said she’s heard countless stories while canvassing of how driver’s cards would change peoples’ lives.

“We’re all humans,” she said. “We need to go to the grocery store, to work or to church. We need to drive children to school or go to the hospital. And until we address immigration on a federal level, until that happens, we have to take care of the people here.”

Hernandez said part of her investment in the issue is that she knows how the vote swings will have a big impact on her hometown of Coos Bay, which is heavily dependent on immigrant workers, many of whom are undocumented.

But closer to home is the impact the vote will have on undocumented students here on The Bluff.

According to Gates, while UP is not the place to start immigration reform, Measure 88 concerns UP in part because it would affect these students. Undocumented UP students might be restricted from participating in certain activities or excluded from events that require transportation, she said.

“It’s a small population on our campus,” Gates said, “but our values as an institution suggest that we are interested in vulnerable populations. For me, that’s the social justice part of the issue – it’s about excluding and marginalizing a population.

“We don’t want to create an underclass of students because of their legal status.”

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Not your average food fightThe Nov. 4 vote on Measure

92 has been the subject of hot debate in Oregon. If passed, this ballot measure will require food manufacturers, retailers and suppliers to label food containing genetically engineered ingredients beginning in January 2016.

Although there is no evidence that genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are dangerous to eat, proponents of the labeling law are concerned with the lack of testing that has been conducted on the agricultural innovation. With both sides facing-off in fierce debate, the food fight continues.

The LawCurrent state and federal law

does not require raw or packaged GMO products to be labeled. California rejected a similar measure requiring the labeling of genetically engineered foods in 2012, as did Washington in 2013.

Measure 92 is not Oregon’s first attempt at creating a labeling law for genetically engineered products. In 2002, the state was the first in the nation to try to pass a GMO initiative, but Measure 27 was defeated by more than a two-to-one margin. Twelve years later, Oregon is poised to fight again.

Measure 92 would enforce strict labeling on any fully

or partially GMO product at retail stores and on shipping containers. The measure defines genetically engineered food as “Food produced from organisms with genetic material changed through in vitro nucleic acid techniques and certain cell-fusing techniques”.

A recent SurveyUSA poll conducted for KATU reveals that the majority of Oregonians are in favor of Measure 92. Of those surveyed, 52% said they plan to vote yes on the ballot, 21% said no, and 26% are undecided.

ProponentsProponents of Measure

92 cite concerns about the uncertainty of GMOs’ effects on health, the economy and the environment. Biology professor David Taylor, who specializes in botany, is concerned about the lack of knowledge the scientific community has on genetically modified plants and their effects.

“We know extremely little about how those genes that have been inserted…might interact with other genes in the cell of that plant,” Taylor said.

Because of the mystery and potential unsustainability of genetically engineered products, Taylor believes it is essential that consumers be informed about whether their food contains GMOs.

Emily Neelonneelon17@up.edu

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Alexandra Bush | THE BEACON

Non-GMO foods in grocery stores now generally feature a logo explaining they have no genetically modified ingredients. If Ballot Measure 92 passes, that will reverse, requiring all GMO foods to be labeled as such.

Measure 92 in the polls

Measure 88 in the polls

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Green roof research sprouts eco-friendly possibilitiesKatie Dunn

dunn16@up.edu

David DiLoreto | THE BEACON

Environmental studies professor Ted Eckmann monitors the green roof on Shiley Hall. Eckmann is lead-ing a team of students who are looking into the temperature-regulating benefits of green roofs on resi-dence halls and other buildings at UP.

Freezing cold or boiling hot. Those are the temperatures residents tend to feel in Mehling and Christie Halls.

Now a handful of students doing environmental science research may be close to finding a solution to the extreme temperatures in those residence halls. Led by Ted Eckmann, an environmental studies professor, students are investigating how green roofs on these buildings might impact students, the University and the environment.

A green roof can vary from a thin layer of soil and small plants to gardens to deep soil with trees. The roofs being tested at UP would have a thin layer of soil with shallow-rooted native plants.

Junior environmental science major Brooke Holmes, who is spearheading the project, did research last summer with buckets of soil and plants on Christie and Mehling. Holmes was introduced to this project after taking two of Eckmann’s environmental science classes.

“I really love atmospheric science,” Holmes said. “I want to study environmental science of some sort [in grad school]. I’m really interested in water dynamics and soil dynamics.”

The students have been testing which types of soils and species of succulents would create an effective, inexpensive green roof. The research team is testing their green roofs with 15 buckets on both Christie and Mehling, together holding 60 plants, including six types of native succulents.

The trick for making a green roof in Portland is finding plants resistant to dry, wet and windy conditions.

“They just have to be tough,” Holmes said. “Which is a lot harder of a feat than one realizes, if you want to create a green roof that doesn’t have any irrigation system whatsoever.”

According to Eckmann, the key to having plants that can withstand Portland’s four months of dry and eight months of rain is picking native species that have adapted to live in the climate.

“We’re trying to figure out which native species are the best so they won’t be out-competed, which produce the biggest potential money savings on heating and cooling cost,” Eckmann said.

Shiley Hall already has a green roof, but it doesn’t meet the standards Holmes and Eckmann are looking for.

“The significant areas have been taken over by invasive species, and that is ecologically

not ideal,” Eckmann said. “It’s also not ideal for the main goal of a green roof, which is to reduce your heating and cooling cost.”

Green roofs could help make the University more energy efficient and save money with heating and cooling, especially in buildings without A/C. Eckmann said the benefits of green roofs could expand past the buildings

that lack A/C, and potentially help every campus building.

The warmth and coolness felt in Mehling and Christie can be attributed to the lack of air conditioning and the unshaded roofs, which causes heat to seep from the roofs into the buildings. Green roofs can help negate these effects because plants and soil absorb heat during the summer and keep it in during the winter.

“Have you ever felt a plant that was so hot that it felt like it was burning your skin? No, but you’ve probably tip-toed over bare asphalt because it was too hot,” Eckmann said. “Plants never get that hot, so you put a green roof on and it’s not a small temperature difference, we’re talking many, many degrees Celsius.”

Other benefits of green roofs

include controlling water runoff so sewage drains don’t overflow, and stripping nutrients out of the water. Too many nutrients can ruin an ecosystem by causing the wrong kind of plants to grow.

“We have a major issue with over nutrient-izing water, especially in the Willamette,” Holmes said. “If there are certain particles in the rain, then the plants [on a green roof] will hold in the water longer and help clean the water that way.”

The team’s research is only at the midway point since they need at least a year’s worth of data to make any scientific inferences. They hope to work with engineering students in the future to build green roofs to many campus building and help make living conditions a bit more comfortable.

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1. Oct. 27, 11:37 a.m. - Student came in to report that her vehicle was broken into. The vehicle was parked in the area of the 4900 block of Amherst. Student made a report with Portland Police. The case remains under investigation.

2. Oct. 27, 3:58 p.m. - Officers made a suspicious stop of an individual on campus. Person was part of the university community.

3. Oct. 28, 9:09 a.m. - Ten people arrived on campus for a fraudulent Project Management seminar. The advertising registration and fee collection was handled by unknown persons, possibly from L.A. Portland Police responded and is investigating.

4. Oct. 28, 10:06 p.m. - Officers responded to a noise complaint in the area of Harvard and Van Houten. Officers searched the area several times, but, was unable to locate any disturbance. No other complaints were received.

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Growing painsMelissa Aguilar

aguilarm16@up.edu

From dorm rooms housing three students instead of two to more crowded classroom spaces, the record-breaking Class of 2018 is impacting campus life. To accommodate the large influx of students, the Spring 2015 registration process has changed to keep students on track for graduation.

In an email to students Oct. 22, Provost Thomas Greene said beginning Nov. 3, “Some students will be preregistered in lower-division sequential courses or other specific professional school requirements. This preregistration process will still take into account students with priority registration and class standing.”

Associate Provost Michael Baasten said students who are taking a course that is followed in sequence by another course are guaranteed a spot in that consecutive class spring semester.

Class standings will still be taken into account, meaning seniors still register first. Students will also still register during a specific time slot according to the grouping of their last name.

As in the past, students’ advisors must sign registration forms and give students their alternate PIN, used for online registration.

“We want to make sure that it becomes easier for everybody to get their required courses,” Baasten said. “It isn’t like we’re trying to control everybody’s

registration for every course.”Freshman biology major

Analese Gonzalez said she understands the administration’s decision to pre-register students.

“It’s just general biology and general chemistry right now, so it’s not as big of a deal as choosing upper level division classes,” Gonzalez said "Basically, everybody has to take it at some point so it’s not too big of a deal, I don’t think.”

This semester, 18 classes and six labs were added to accommodate the larger student body.

For spring semester, the University created 20 additional course sections, mostly lower-division science classes, and seven labs.

To make room for these new classes, the University is adding two new 42-seat classrooms in the basement of Buckley Center, BC 17 A and 17 B. These spaces were previously occupied by Information Services, which has moved to the ground floor of Tyson Hall.

“That greatly increased our capacity,” Baasten said. “It sounds like a lot, but you count all the time spots and you add two classes, it just gives us a bigger room so people don’t feel like sardines.”

This semester, BC 163, traditionally a faculty and staff meeting room, was used as a classroom space, and will likely be used as a classroom space again next semester.

Rather than hiring more professors, the University made some adjunct instructors

lecturers, meaning they teach more classes but are not on a tenure-track.

Each department must project how many course sections are needed for the upcoming calendar year, which then determines how many teaching positions they need.

Preregistration will likely only occur for the spring of 2015 and won’t become a regular part of the registration process.

“My hope is it’s kind of a one-time thing,” Baasten said. “This was a unique situation. A lot of it depends on how many freshmen come next year.”

Parker Shoaff | THE BEACON

In order to open more classroom space for the large freshmen class and prevent overcrowding, several rooms in Buckley Center have been converted into classrooms, including rooms in the basement for next semester. In order to quell the effects of the large class, some students will be able to register early for specific classes.

New course sections, classroom spaces and registration changes are expected to ease this year’s large freshman class

Tips for avoiding registration frustration

Check Self Serve to make sure you do not have any holds on your account. Holds, which may be caused by library fines or a failure to submit high school transcripts, prevent students from registering.

Have several backup options lined up in case the classes you wanted are full.

Check in with your adviser to see which classes are available to you in preregistration.

Use the online program DegreeWorks (available through the Portal on SelfServe) to make sure you’re on track for graduation.

If you don’t get into a specific section of a course you wanted to take, check to see what other sections of the same course are offered.

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Dante’s Divine Comedy Lecture by

Bill Cook and Ron Herzman

Thursday, November 6, 7:15PM in Holy Cross Lounge, 3rd Floor Franz Hall Event is free and open to the public

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Cook and Herzman are the recipients of the Medieval Academy of America's first-ever CARA Award for Excellence in Teaching Medieval Studies.

Anyone interested in reading an article by Cook and Herzman in advance of the lecture, please see Wordpress.up.edu/garaventa for “What Dante Learned from Francis." Faculty is invited to a gathering to discuss the article on Thursday, October 30 from 4-5:30pm in Holy Cross Lounge, 3rd floor of Franz Hall. Please contact Brad Franco at franco@up.edu for further information.

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Listen to our podcast series at wordpress.up.edu/garaventa. Free PDUs are offered to K-12 teachers for Garaventa events.

“Maybe it’s safe, but maybe it’s not,” Taylor said. “Doesn’t the consumer have the right to know that there is an untested product in their food? They should have the right to know if the corn that made their food is part of a sustainable process, or if it is part of a process that very quickly creates resistance to pesticides and destruction to common good.”

Overall, Taylor believes that if the public had been given the choice to decide whether GMO products would make up the majority of food available, the issue would not exist.

“It’s not the consumers’ fault that these corporations changed the base of the good part of our agricultural system without any public forum on this,” Taylor said. “It’s the industry’s fault that they were trying to make these changes for their own economic gain. If from the very beginning they had done what was right and informed consumers that something new is taking place here, we wouldn’t be in the problem we are in today.”

OpponentsOpponents of Measure

92 cite the positive outcomes of genetically engineered

products. They can combat malnourishment by creating food for poverty-stricken populations as well as rid some foods of their natural toxins.

Dr. Steven Strauss, a professor in the Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society and Molecular and Cellular Biology Program at Oregon State University, advocates against Measure 92. He believes that opponents to genetic engineering and modified organisms are working to get rid of the innovative and lifesaving approach altogether.

“They wish [to] remove the method from agriculture and the food supply entirely,” Strauss said. “And they are doing this with a costly government program when the private sector has already given consumers GMO-free alternatives, and at a time when the USA and the world desperately needs powerful tools like GMOs to be available to produce safer and less costly foods.”

Although scientists have yet to learn about the long term effects of eating GMO’s, there is no evidence that consuming them is unsafe. Strauss points out that using this biotechnology in crop production has lead to enriched foods with higher levels of antioxidants, proteins, zinc

and iron.Strauss said there are already

many options available to consumers who wish to eat food without any trace of GMOs or who are concerned about the safety of genetically engineered products. Organic food products are readily available to shoppers and are often labeled GMO-free in grocery stores. This labeling process does not impose costs on others, unlike a GMO label would.

Overall, Strauss foresees many negative consequences if the measure passes. If labeling is enacted, the cost of food may increase, hurting the impoverished and changing consumer habits. It may also hinder future developments to biotechnology.

“Its not about right to know, its about whether the label truly informs or misleads consumers about what matters to health and environment,” Strauss said. “Its about the ethics of promoting a system that increases food costs for all, and further impedes economically beneficial and life-saving innovations – in Oregon and abroad.”

Looking Forward

Political Science professor Gary Malecha believes that if Measure 92 passes, other states

are likely to pick up similar policies.

“You will have different states with different laws, which is going to be really cumbersome so we’re going to have to have some kind of resolution of that.”

Before students head to the voting booth, Malecha says they should read the bill and investigate the issue for

themselves.“I think they need to be

aware that it is a complex issue,” Malecha said. “They need to carefully assess and evaluate it and the claims that were made before they arrive at rendering a decision when they vote. It needs to be investigated.”

Gregg also let neighbors know the scope of Public Safety’s authority when it comes to people in the neighborhood who are not affiliated with the University.

“There’s a lot of people that live in the neighborhood, there’s increasing number of people (who) live in the neighborhood who are of college age, that are not affiliated with this university” Gregg said. “We have absolutely no authority to interact with them, when their behavior is annoying, disrespectful, or disturbing.”

Before the meeting, Anthony Montoya, ASUP committee chair for neighborhood relations, said he was hesitant to believe

some claims made by neighbors in a KOIN 6 news story about rowdy, drunken behavior in the neighborhood.

“I’ve spoken to a few distinct individuals who work in the media, and they said that the two stories that KOIN 6 has ran on the University are pretty much

baseless, like there’s not a story there. I tend to agree,” Montoya said. “That being said… anytime neighbors have a dispute with the University we want to hear them. We want to hear them out. We want to be open and I think this time it is no different.”

University Park resident Darrell Grenz thinks UP students were not the main cause of neighborhood problems.

“This two-hour meeting was all about the University students causing problems, when I think there’s bigger issues in the neighborhood,” Grenz said. “I live in the neighborhood, I’m a business owner in the neighborhood, and I see it too. And I think the students are a problem, but it’s a small percentage.”

Jim Kuffner, assistant vice president for community relations & special projects and UP liaison to University Park Neighborhood Association, defended UP’s handling of neighbor complaints.

“We take every complaint seriously,” Kuffner said. “There’s no question that we want to respond. Living in this neighborhood, and working in this neighborhood like we have for over a hundred years, we’re really, very invested in the neighborhood.”

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Neighbors: community discusses student behavior

GMOs: Ballot measure may influence other statesContinued from page 2

Living in this neigh-borhood, and working in this neighborhood like we have for over a hundred years, we’re re-ally very invested in the neighborhood.

Jim Kuffnerassistant VP for community relations

Proponents:1. 64 other countries have adopted GMO labeling laws including Japan, Russia, China, Australia, Brazil and all of the European nations.

2. Labeling will not increase food prices exponentially. It is esti-mated that new labeling laws will cost consumers less than $2.30 a year per person.

3. Labeling will help farmers differentiate between genetically engineered and non-genetically engineered crops, thereby reducing contamination.

1. Many food products will require labels, even if they don’t con-tain GMOs.

2. Many foods are also exempt from the labeling laws, such as food served in restaurants, cafeterias and other fast food establish-ments. The measure also exempts meat and dairy products from animals that may have been raised with genetically engineered food or medications.

3. If passed, the measure will create two new state bureaucracies to enforce it’s laws, costing taxpayers an estimated $14 million dol-lars every budget cycle.

Opponents:

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10 classes to spice up your scheduleRebekah Markilliemarkilli17@up.edu

Lydia Laythelaythe16@up.edu

POL 391: 1960s: Turmoil and TransformationIf Forrest Gump were a class...it would be this one. This course exam-ines the Civil Rights movements, U.S. involvement in Vietnam and other important developments the U.S. made in the 1960s.(No Prerequisite)

SOC 101: Introduction to SociologyEveryone is always hating on sociology majors -- what are they even going to do with their lives? However, discussing group behavior, cul-ture and social institutions can not only expand our ways of thinking about behavior, but also provide more insights into why stereotypes and other forms of discrimination exist.(No Prerequisite)

THE 391: Interpreting the BibleThink the Bible is only applicable to old, upper class white men? Think again. This course takes a look at how ethnicity, class, gender and sexuality influence our present day interpretation of the Bible.(No Prerequisite)

PHL 331: Asian philosophyPrior to now, every philosophy class you’ve ever taken has probably been exclusively Western philosophy. This course is an opportunity to explore common metaphysical questions through an eastern philo-sophical lens. (Prerequisite: PHL 150)

PSY 370: PersonalityWhat does “He has a great personality” actually mean? What do we know when we know a person? This course analyzes cultural, biologi-cal, and cognitive personality theories through basic assumptions and major personality research and so much more.(Prerequisite: PSY 101)

SW 357: Perspectives on Gender and the BodyYour body and your gender have a huge impact on you as an individual. This course studies the biopsychosocial and cultural significance of gen-der and body image, and the changes our bodies go through.(Prerequisite: SOC 101 or permission of instructor. Also listed as SOC 357.)

HST 351: Modern JapanOur understanding of history outside of the U.S. and/or Western Civi-lization can be pretty limited. Outside of the context of war, many stu-dents don’t get a chance to talk in depth about the history of another country. This course examines political, social, intellectual, and cultural developments of Japan from 1800 into the 20th century.(Prerequisite: any 200-level history course)

THTR 325: Acting for Non-Majors To be or not to be… in Theater 325? That is the question. And here is the answer: Do it. This course allows non-theater majors, with a flare for the dramatic, to study the basic elements of acting.(No Prerequisite)

ENV 162: Introduction to OceanographyHow many tickles does it take to make an octopus laugh? Ten-tickles. This course “dives” into the ocean and its chemical, physical and geo-logical principles, as well as other fun facts about marine wildlife and habitats.(No Prerequisite)

CST 301: Media and SocietyFacebook. Youtube. Texting. Movies. Could you live without these things? Would you be the same without these things? This course studies mass media and the way it shapes people, society, and culture in general.(Prerequisite: MTH 161)

Fulfilling the course requirements for your major and the core curriculum is always a priority when planning your schedule. Too many required classes can make for a heavy course load, so

it’s nice to have some lighter, more interesting classes to balance it out. Adding a diversity to your schedule can also expose you to new and exciting ideas. But before you go straight for a dance

elective, check out some of these other unqiue classes offered this spring.

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University of Portland

vs.

Loyola Marymount

MSoc Friday ● 7:00 PM

Men’s Soccer Takes on Loyola Marymount Halloween Night!

Dress Up & Come Support Your Men’s Soccer Team for this Halloween Match-Up!!

Mckena Miyashiromiyashir17@up.edu

Maybe your days of trick-or-treating are over, but the spirit of Halloween lives on forever.

College students across America enjoy Halloween festivities, allowing them to bridge the gap between adolescence and adulthood. Regardless of whether you’ll be celebrating Halloween with a PBR in hand, or carving a pumpkin with a bowl of candy by your side, don’t be the “that person” without a cos-

tume.Not enough time, money, energy, etc., to head down to a costume shop? Save

your excuses. The Beacon has you covered with last minute Halloween cos-tumes for the biggest procrastinators on campus.

Costume hacks for the worst procastinators

q u a d s t y l e

How would you describe your style?Bright, comfortable and classic.

Style inspirations?Pinterest and Leighton Meester.

Where do you like to shop?Goodwill, thrift shops and specialty markets from the places I’ve traveled to.

Shashana Packussenior | international business

Got Fashion? Want to showcase it? Email sheridan15@up.edu

WaldoItems needed: Striped shirt, blue pants, beanie, cane, camera and a messenger bag.

Rosie the RiveterItems needed: Red headband, red lipstick, denim button-up and jeans.

Grape bunchItems needed: Purple/red/green balloons and safety pins to attach inflated balloons to clothes.

Unicorn Items needed: Cardstock paper, glitter, tape, and a headband.

GhostItems needed: White bedsheet and scissors to cut out holes

(Last minute to walking out the door.)

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Looking for a good scare this Halloween? You need go no farther than our own campus’ spookiest spots.

WARNING: The Beacon not responsible for fear-induced trauma.

St. Mary’s bathrooms Between the flickering lights, toilet that on impact sounds like they’re about to fall off the wall, and an unhealthy number of insects flying around, these are the spookiest bathrooms on campus.

The Buckley Center basement 10 out of 10 students feel that it is probably haunted.

Kenna Hall’s sauna Spookiness and spiderwebs and swimsuits. BOO!

The Lewis and Clark statues Rumour has it that when the bell tower strikes midnight during a full moon, these spooky explorers come alive.

Buckley Center’s philosophy offices Because nothing is spookier than the human condition.1.

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Get [H]appy Introducing the Beacon mobile app

App launch PartyWhere: St. Mary’s Student Center

When: 6:30-9:30 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 5

Since I’ve been editor-in-chief of The Beacon, my primary mantra has been, “Meet our readers where they’re at.” And

as attached as I am to the smell of newsprint, I know many of you are not rushing to the stands to grab a paper every Thursday.

I get it. Between class, work, clubs, polishing your resume and attempting to have a social life (not to mention keep yourself clean, fed and clothed) you’re busy. So where you’re at is probably rarely in a comfy chair by a fireplace, looking for some light reading to keep you informed on local goings-on.

The Beacon mobile app is designed to bring you news and entertainment where you actually are: In line for a bagel and coffee in the Franz basement, waiting for class to start, awkwardly standing in a corner at a party pretending to text, whatever. Wherever you and your phone are, we’ll be there with you.

The app is also bigger than The Beacon. Use it to stream KDUP live, catch up on your national news, or check the UP calendar to calculate how many days are left until Thanksgiving Break (28).

It’s also still a work in progress. Right now the KDUP streaming stops when your phone falls asleep, but we’re in the process of fixing that. If any other bugs come up, or if there’s any way you think the app could help you navigate life on The Bluff better, shoot us an email at beacon@up.edu or tweet at us @upbeacon.

We’re so excited about the launch of our new app, that we’re throwing a party to celebrate it. Come enjoy a photo booth, treats, music from KDUP DJs, coffee from Espresso UP, prizes and more. Thanks for downloading!

- Kelsey Thomas, editor-in-chief

Connect with The Beacon socially on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Instagram.

Stay on top of breaking UP news and sports as soon as they happen.

Keep informed on national news with NPR headlines and streaming.

Catch up with your favorite KDUP DJs by streaming KDUP live 24/7.

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Every year, when ASUP an-nounces its top Major Project Fund choices, we’re disappoint-ed.

And this year is no different. Except that this year the MPF is bigger than it has ever been, total-ing $64,437.

With such a large amount of money, why are our MPF ideas so small?

All the suggested projects this year were either physical improvements or programmatic funding.

MPF options included: ad-ditional lighting for Prusynski Pitch, more water bottle refilling stations, ice machines and a qua-si-endowment for sexual assault prevention programming.

None of those choices are events for current students. Here’s why that’s a problem:

In 2011, ASUP passed a reso-lution to change the “Capital Im-provement Fund” to the “Major Project Fund” so that the money they collected every semester could also be used to plan events.

Prior to the resolution, the fund money was always funneled into physical improvements.

The renaming of the fund in 2011 represented a shift in its role.

We aren’t the only ones critical of ASUP’s choices. ASUP invited several administrators to their weekly meeting Monday.

During the meeting, Vice Pres-ident of Student Affairs Fr. Gerry Olinger expressed concern about the MPF options.

“I’m really sensitive that the money that you have through the student activities fee, I really feel like [it] should be used toward student activities,” Olinger said. “We have a great need on this campus for activities.”

Olinger also said it’s important for students to be able to enjoy the results of the Major Project Fund.

“I think being fair to the stu-dents who are paying the fee, that they’re getting to see the product of that fee in the year that they’re paying for it, and that they’re benefitting from it,” Olinger said.

The University should take responsibility for needed physi-cal improvements, like electrical outlets or better lighting.

Students spend enough money in tuition fees that they should expect adequate accommodations and improvements.

Programmatic improvements for students’ physical and emo-tional well-being, like continued funding for sexual assault preven-

tion programming, should also be funded by the University.

The MPF should, as it’s title implies, be a source of fun for stu-dents. ASUP should use the MPF to make students’ college experi-ence memorable - through more events, not more ice machines.

Don’t worry - The Beacon has some suggestions.

This semester’s major project fund totals $64,437. There are 3,967 students (including gradu-ate students) who attend UP. That’s $16 per student. That can provide a nice dinner for every student at UP.

Or the combined $64,437 can bring a big-name performer to campus. Given the popularity of Rock the Bluff, it’s clear that students enjoy having on-campus musical events.

The money could also be used to have another dance, or to ex-pand a Pilots After Dark event one weekend.

ASUP could even bring back Pilot-palooza, with a rock wall, an obstacle course and other fun activities for students.

ASUP, it’s time to re-think the MPF choices.

MPF: Major Project Fail

We are free. We have freedom because we live in a democracy. This is what we hear and believe growing up. It is a privilege that not many people seem to appreci-ate anymore.

Comparing the 2008 U.S,

presidential elections to the ones in 2012, voter turnout sank from 62.3 to 57.5 percent, according to the Bipartisan Policy Center.

The U.S. is not the only coun-try that is facing a low voter turn-out.

All around the world, in coun-tries that have been democracies for centuries, voter turnout is just as low as it is in the U.S.

In contrast, are countries in which people today lose their lives in revolutions fighting for democracy. Often they are not successful.

One example is Egypt. The 2011 revolution at first seemed to be successful. The first democrat-ic presidential elections in 2012 followed, and Mohamed Morsi became president.

In the following months he granted himself more and more power, which led to new protests. In 2013, the military removed Morsi from his position.

This brought a new time of uncertainty with the military in power and new elections in 2014. Egypt’s president today is Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, but the country is

far away from peace.In Syria, protests for democ-

racy soon turned into war when President Bashar al-Assad started to fight them with his military. According to the New York Times, the death toll was as high as 191,000 people as of August.

In September, protests for more democracy began in Hong Kong. Thousands of students were blocking streets, and calling for a change, and are still pushing their cause today. The Chinese government is most likely not going to give an inch.

I follow the news and am shocked every day. It makes me sad to realize that the opportunity we have to participate in our de-mocracy we have goes to waste. I start to wonder what the reasons for that might be.

Many people I talk to don’t care too much about politics, eco-nomics and worldwide relations, or at least not enough to take a second look at these issues.

They might have heard about something on the news, but won-

We’re letting democracy go to wasteAlinaRosenkranzStaff Commentary

Lydia Laythe | THE BEACON

See Democracy, page 12

12 October 30, 2014 OPINIONS

FACESby David DiLoreto

What are you going to be for Halloween?

Joey Urnessjunior

engineering

“A pair of aces with one of my friends”

Alayna Haskinssophomore

nursing

“Guy Fieri”

“Kelly Kapowski from Saved By the Bell”

Jessica Hagelseniorbiology

Janie Higginsjunior

communications

“Poison Ivy from Batman”

on the bluff

Mental illness and gun vio-lence. At first, these two ideas ap-pear unrelated. However with the third major school shooting this year in the Pacific Northwest hap-pening this past Friday, we must examine this correlation.

Young men (and a few wom-en) believe the only resolution to their problems is to seek ven-geance on the people that they consider at fault through violent means.

Take Elliot Rodger for ex-ample. The 22-year-old man who shot into a sorority because he blamed women for not being attracted to him. Elliot wrote a 141-page manifesto on a life of rejection, anger and frustration at a world in which he felt alone.

If Elliot had visited a mental health specialist, he might have led a much different life if men-tal health issues were not stigma-tized.

The most recent shooting at Marysville-Pilchuck High School in Washington was reportedly

perpetrated by a freshman, Jaylen Fryberg, who had gone through a recent break-up. Jaylen was a homecoming prince, football player and Tulalip tribe member.

By all measures, Jaylen ap-peared to be an average high school boy. However, his Twitter account signaled otherwise. With tweets like “Your not gonna like what happens next,” it’s obvious Jaylen was dealing with intense frustration. Jaylen turned to vio-lence to cope with these raw emo-

tions, same as Elliot. While I support implement-

ing common sense gun control reform, legislation cannot be the only answer. Right now, we have generations of males who think talking about their emotions is ef-feminate.

We are socialized to believe there is something “wrong” with people who have depression. Sui-cide is equated to selfishness.

People are not seeking the help they may need from profession-als, because they don’t want to be viewed as lesser.

Even people who are seeing a therapist may shy away from letting others know, because they’re unsure how that will be perceived. There are people to this day who believe that being depressed equates to feeling “re-ally sad.”

This stigmatization must end. There are young people turning to violence because society is not prepared to deal with mental health.

I by no means am victimizing the shooters - they committed ir-redeemable acts. What I am at-tempting to do is to shed light on

a deeper-seated societal issue. Mental health issues are

viewed as “other,” but they are not “other.” Friends and family alike suffer from depression and other afflictions, whether we’re aware of it or not. We must nor-malize them by talking openly about mental health. Going to the therapist should be as normal as going to the dentist. Nobody should be ashamed of seeking help.

The phrase “Not one more,” became an anthem in the wake of recent shooting tragedies, but it must take on multiple meanings.

Not one more child should die in the halls of a school. Also, not one more person should feel so alone and misunderstood that they turn to violence.

Not one more person should be lost because of our inability to understand and empathize with mental health issues.

Mariah Wildgen is a junior political science major and ASUP Secretary. She can be reached at wildgen16@up.edu.

‘Not one more’Mariah Wildgen

Guest Commentary This stigmitization must

end. There are young people turning to vio-lence because society is not prepared to deal with mental health.Mariah WildgenJunior

der what all that has to do with them. Other things seem more urgent: exams, parties, the new iPhone or personal problems.

I get it - we have enough to do handling our own lives, and what can we do about the big issues anyway?

Additionally, people don’t trust the government much. It seems like all it does is to create new problems, instead of solving them as promised.

Some people go as far as to say it doesn’t even make a differ-ence if one votes for Democrats or Republicans.

To me, it seems odd to only have two parties to choose from. In other countries, there is more of variety of parties, and yet the two biggest always seem to be the same.

In my home country, Germa-ny, for example, the governing parties currently hold 80 percent of seats in the parliament.

This leads to less democracy, more frustrated people and fewer votes cast.

Let me be honest: I don’t have an answer to these problems. But I don’t look away.

I raise my voice.

Alina Rosenkranz is a reporter for The Beacon. She can be reached at rosenkra17@up.edu.

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Tomorrow is Halloween.When I was in college, I re-

ally wasn’t that interested in con-necting Halloween to its Catholic roots. You’re probably not very interested in that either. So, let’s skip talking about Halloween- dress up, have fun, be safe, sleep it off.

When you wake up, however, it will be Nov. 1, or All Saints’ Day, which is a very cool, fre-quently overlooked holiday on the Catholic calendar.

So often, the Catholic faith is presented to us as moralistic and full of rules. All Saints’ Day’s status as a highlight of the year tells us that there’s so much more to Catholic spirituality than that. It displays a deeply pro-human worldview. How can a celebra-tion of all the rule-following, haloed-angels-in-heaven do this? It’s simple: All Saints’ Day is an annual, mandatory celebration of imperfect, bizarre, loving humans at their best for eternity.

Perhaps some of the saints are boring. Unfortunately, a few of them have been saints for so long that we’ve forgotten their stories. But, most of them are saints be-cause they’re interesting charac-ters who lives fascinating lives.

Take St. Francis of Asissi: After selling his inheritance and

giving it to the poor, his dad took him to court. His response? Strip-ping naked in front of the judge and streaking through town to show that needed only of God’s love and not his father’s riches. Naturally, St. Francis is one of the most popular saints ever and our current Pope took his name in honor of his radical methods.

How about St. Mary MacK-illop? She was an Australian nun who founded schools for poor children, opposed a powerful priest who abused children and was excommunicated by her lo-cal bishop for defying him. She didn’t follow the rules. She fol-lowed her conscience, which was rooted in a personal relationship with God-become-man, Jesus.

Just a few years ago, Pope Benedict XVI, a man often known for making an enforcing the rules, named her a saint because of her rebellious, virtuous, human love for the people around her.

The list of such saints, all wor-thy of celebration, goes on and on. So who becomes a saint? A saint is, essentially, someone who has died and gone to heaven. Of the billions of humans who have lived, only a few thousand have been officially declared saints by the Catholic Church.

While these are the people we can confidently declare, through rigorous study of their lives and afterlives, to have come into life with God, there is every reason to believe that countless other souls have found a similar happy

fate. God’s generosity knows no bounds, as demonstrated by the gift of his very life in the sacri-fice of Jesus on the cross, so we can only assume that sainthood is bestowed upon even those who will remain unknown throughout history.

The idea that we should cel-ebrate, look toward, and pray to humans as saints is, in fact, one of the most human-affirming propo-sitions available throughout the world of religious belief.

Think about it: God is all-powerful, eternal and just gener-ally incomprehensible to us, his creations. Yet somehow he has decided, out of sheer generos-ity, to share the responsibility of caring for each other with us. We strive to be the best versions of ourselves, looking to God for guidance along the way. In re-turn, God invites us to join him for eternity. We celebrate saints because God celebrates them. In God’s becoming man as Jesus, He invites us to share in his nature, too.

That’s what sainthood is all about: Doing our best to accept God’s generosity!

So, let Nov. 1 remind you of God’s generosity and the people who have persevered to accept it. Sainthood isn’t just for pious monks and nuns, it’s for you and me, too. Join us for a celebration of the best parts of being human at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 1 in the Chapel of Christ the Teacher.

All Saints’ Day: Not just for saints

AnthonyPazGuest Commentary

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Nationally ranked team chasing excellence

With a number eight national ranking, the men’s cross country is the highest ranked team at UP. The team looks to have a strong showing at the WCC Championships this weekend, which would land them another trip to the NCAA tournament. As the team nears the end of another strong season, a

few of the runners shared their least favorite part of running and how they stay motivated.

Photo courtesy of Kim Spir

The men’s cross country team races in the Viking Classic last year. They placed seventh at Nationals last year and hope to improve upon that this year.

Karen Garcia garciaka17@up.edu

Nick Hauger Freshman What’s your least favorite

part of running?Sometimes on those long

runs, there’s not much to do be-sides just look around—it gets a little boring sometimes, and it takes a toll on your body for sure. If you take care of your-self, though, it’s not bad at all.

What keeps you motivated

when you feel like you’re hitting the wall?

It’s all just mental toughness. Your body can do a lot more than your mind believes you can, so I just remind myself that I’m not maxed out yet. It helps to remind myself that the hard work is ben-efitting my body.

Gabriel Haughey Freshman What’s your least favorite

part of running?Probably just the amount of

stress involved with it, like the stress and anxiety before a race. But I can’t really say anything too bad about it—the good al-ways outweighs the bad.

What keeps you motivated

when you feel like you’re hitting the wall?

I try to remember not only my own success and look at the situation I’m in from a big pic-ture perspective—I also have to look out for my team. The desire for all of us to do well together is the ambition that drives me.

Scott Fauble Redshirt senior What’s your least favorite

part of running?I don’t know if I could say

that there’s one thing that I dis-like more than anything else. There’s many parts of running that I enjoy very much, so there’s no one thing I can point to.

What keeps you motivated

when you feel like you’re hitting the wall?

Those moments where it gets really hard is when I enjoy it the most. I sort of remind myself that that’s when it’s the most fun, when it hurts—that’s when you learn the most about yourself as an athlete.

Robert Krebs Junior What’s your least favorite

part of running?There’s no such thing for

me. If you overcome the painful parts, it makes everything good. If you’re in good shape, it goes easy—it’s not like usual pain, it’s good pain.

What keeps you motivated

when you feel like you’re hitting the wall?

I rarely hit a wall, actually. If I get tired I have to try to re-lax my mind and just finish—if you stress out too much, or try too hard, you cramp up and then you’re just not comfortable any-more. The most important thing is to run smart.

Timo Goehler Junior What’s your least favorite

part of running?If I had to pick a least favor-

ite part of anything, it would be the core workouts we some-times have to do after training.

What keeps you motivated

when you feel like you’re hitting the wall?

The thing I love about run-ning is that it’s my time to think about stuff. It gives me the chance and time to reflect about the things going on my life... I’m grateful and happy to be able to run in the forest for a long time and do that, so I don’t really struggle with motivation.

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On CampusWOMEN’S SOCCER

The Pilots lost to No. 11 Pepperdine last Friday then beat LMU in their final home game of the season. They are 3-3 in WCC play. Next, they travel to California to play San Francisco and Santa Clara this weekend.

MEN’S SOCCER The men take on LMU Fri-day at 7 p.m. and San Diego Sunday at 1 p.m. at home this weekend. They have lost their first two conference games this season.

CROSS COUNTRY

The WCC championships take place on Saturday where both the men and women hope to do well and earn spots in the NCAA tournament.

VOLLEYBALL

The Pilots have lost nine games in a row, but look to take a win, or wins, from Pepperdine and LMU this weekend in California.

(courtesy portlandpilots.com, WCCsports.com)

This week in sports

Olivia Halverson

Pilot in the Spotlight

PortSophomore

Bellingham, Washington

Photo courtesy of Olivia Halverson

Were you a rower in high school?

No, actually, but I come from a huge sports family. Both of my parents were athletes in high school, and my brothers and I were all tri-sport athletes in high school. I started out as a ballerina and did 13 years of that. But I realized once I got to high school that I’m too tall to be a ballerina on-stage—you all have to be the same height. So I did basketball, volleyball and track.

So what was it like to

transition from those sports into rowing?

It was hard, for sure—going from a ball sport to a sport that’s very repetitious, it’s very different. Rowing is less about your technique and more about your grit: Whose body can last lon-ger, who can tolerate more pain? If your body isn’t per-forming the way it needs to, then you’re not going to win, whether you have good technique or not.

How was the transition

mentally?It’s harder, I think, as a

rower, to find your role on the team. In basketball, for example, your role is very specific because you’re a rebounder, or a guard, or something else, and in row-ing you’re doing the same thing as everyone else.

Is there a sense of com-

petition among your team-mates?

Oh, yeah, for sure. We get ranked every day. On

the rowing machine we get feedback and are evaluated by numbers after every sin-gle stroke. It’s rough when you get bad numbers, but I’d say it’s friendly competi-tion. In one aspect, you see someone’s numbers next to you and that makes you want to pull harder. In an-other, it just lets you know that you have good athletes around you. If another per-son excels, it’s going to help you, too.

Rowers have an infa-

mously grueling schedule--early practice times, sev-eral practices a day. What keeps you going?

My teammates. The fact that you have a group of girls that are willing to put in the hard work, sweat—it makes you think, “If they can do it, I can do it.” Fam-ily’s a big thing, too. Having friends that don’t row, that don’t understand how hard you work can be helpful too, because it allows you to talk about something other than rowing.

How has your season

been so far?In the fall, we race lon-

ger, 6k pieces and in the spring we race 2k pieces, so our boat’s been work-ing pretty hard. We got first place in our first race, so we kicked Seattle U’s butt. When we scrimmaged OSU, we fought hard, and although they might have taken us in a long piece, we took them a sprint piece. It’s going to be a good year.

-Karen Garcia

Alex Bush | THE BEACON

The rowing team battled the wind and rain at the Portland Fall Classic Regatta on Sunday Oct. 26. where they raced six boats. The varsity eight beat Seattle U with a time of 17:42.07 and the varsity four also beat out Seattle U with a time of 21:22.25. Right, junior Nathaly Munoz-Licea and sophomore Emily Kline, who rowed in the second eight, carry oars to the water in preperation for the regatta.

Rowing tops Seattle U at Portland Fall Classic

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Brand refresh brings new logos

Hannah Baade | THE BEACON

The women’s rowing team stands at midfield during the women’s soccer game on Friday Oct. 24. The team is wearing the shirts that were given away before the game to ‘Blackout Merlo’ which showcase the new secondary logo.

Pilot fans wore all black dur-ing Friday’s women’s soccer game to usher in the reveal of the new secondary logo. Athletes also rushed onto the field in their new black apparel, flashing the new logo, an anchor surrounded by a ship wheel, on their shorts.

Freshman soccer player Mad-eline Dieker said she was happily surprised by the new logo.

“The jerseys are sick!” Dieker said. “They told us they were re-vealing a new color to the fans, so we came into the locker room before game time, and seeing everything, we were so psyched

and pumped.”The Pilots brought back the

historic wheel for a new second-ary logo, which was designed by the NIKE Graphic Identity Group. Katina Handeland, asso-ciate athletic director for external relations, said they wanted to re-turn to the nautical roots of the Pilots.

“What we looked at was what can we change, what can we clean up with those marks and, if anything, what are we missing in our full line of marks,” Hande-land said. “What we found is we really needed that personality tertiary mark to bring back the riverboat pilots, to make it a nau-tical feel.”

This secondary logo will be

used on specialized uniforms, apparel for fans and other proj-ects according to a press release from athletics.

“The top part is the wheel, the bottom part is the anchor, and we didn't want one or the other. We wanted them to be combined and pull that story together as the University,” Handeland said. “That ties in not just athletics on its own, but athletics and the uni-versity.”

The secondary logo has got-ten mixed feedback from the stu-dents so far.

“Its a really cool logo,” said senior Villa Drum Squad leader Connor Snashall. “I love that they brought back something old, re-did it and made something new.”

However, some students, in-cluding junior basketball player Jazmyn Johnson, are less en-thused with the new logo.

“I think it's kind of too much going on,” Johnson said. “If they had just had the wheel it would have been perfect but putting the anchor in it just looks silly, to be honest.”

The Pilot ‘P,’ which has come to represent UP athletics since it was created by NIKE in 2006, re-ceived some rejuvenation as well. Black, silver and grey were add-ed as secondary colors and there was an overhaul of the brand style guide.

"On the two-color version of the ‘P’ the line on the right side was also made thinner. This ac-

centuates the center line of the P, which represents the Willamette river running between the The Bluff and the city of Portland." Handeland said.

Athletic Director Scott Leykam said athletics is excited to move forward with the brand refresh.

"We heard a lot from our long-time fans that they had an affinity for the old concept with the an-chor and the wheel," Leykam said in a press release. "We did a lot of background research dating back to the early 1900s and NIKE re-ally ran with the concept and cre-ated a great secondary logo for our use. It will complement our brand well."

Nautical symbol of direction and guidance

Symbolizes hope and steadfastness

Symbolizes City of Portland

Symbolizes the Willamette River

Symbolizes The Bluff

Molly McSweynmcsweyn18@up.edu

Nina Chamlou | THE BEACON