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Campus improv group discusses bananas and the desert island game.

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DORM BABYBy Emily Neelon

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Corrado Hall Director Mike Wode comforts his son, Gregory, in the Corrado lobby. Mike and his wife Jessica, office manager in the Office of Residence Life, adopted Gregory Jan. 5, making him the only baby living on UP’s campus.

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Walking into a college dorm, a student might encounter many things: the smell of Cup-of-Noodles, the faint sound of Taylor Swift from behind closed doors, the sight of a student taking a much needed power nap on the lobby’s couch.

But if you walk into Corrado Hall, you might also see Hall Director Mike Wode cradling his newborn son in his arms.

Mike and his wife Jessica were at a holiday party on Jan. 4 when they received a call that would change their lives. The voice on the other end of the phone delivered the news that after months of patient anticipation, they would be able start the family they had dreamt of.

Their son had been born and was waiting for them in Kansas City, Missouri.

“We got the call a couple of hours after he was born asking us if we could go to Kansas City. And we were like, ‘Of course! We would love to adopt this little guy, and we’ll be there as soon as we can!’” Mike said.

After a sleepless night, the Wodes jumped on a plane the following morning to meet their new son, Gregory, who was named after Mike’s father.

“I did not sleep that whole night,” Jessica Wode, office manager of the Office of Residence Life said. “By the time we met him I wasn’t even tired. I was just running on adrenaline.”

When the couple held the child in their arms for the first time, the reality of having Gregory as their son finally

sunk in.“It just kind of hits you all

at once,” Mike said. “I didn’t have any expectations for what it was going to be like. It doesn’t become real until you’re holding him in your arms for the first time, and then it’s just like all that is good.”

Upon returning to campus, the Corrado Hall community welcomed Gregory with open arms. He’ll spend the beginning of his young life in the Wodes’ in-dorm apartment.

“It’s been so great getting to see Mike and Jess be parents, and go into that role of being Mom and Dad,” Corrado Resident Assistant Kelin Carraher said. “We’ve been waiting (for the adoption) with them, so we were all very excited.”

The Wodes worked with the Kansas-based adoption agency American Adoptions, beginning the process in 2013. They received that life-changing call six months after posting an online profile in July 2014.

“It was a really good experience for our first (adoption) because they really do walk you through every step of the process in great detail,” Jessica said.

The couple hopes to continue to grow their family through adoption, but they have yet to settle on the number of children they would like to bring into their lives.

“We’d also consider adopting older kids in the future, but we wanted our first (child) to be a newborn so we could see all those milestones,” Mike said.

The new parents have relied upon the Internet to quell the endless stream of questions that come with raising a first child.

“We’ve Googled a lot of things,” said Jessica, who will be returning to her Residence Life job in March. “The challenging thing is not knowing what he needs

It’s been so great getting to see Mike and Jess be parents and go into that role of Mom and Dad. We’ve been waiting with them, so we were all very excited.

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Dance of the Decades, which shook the Crystal Ballroom on Jan. 24, was better attended than ever. Campus Program Board sold out of tickets for the annual dance. For more photos from Dance of the Decades, see the album “Dance of the Decades 2015” on The Beacon’s Facebook page.

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Shannon O’Leary (from left to right), Mike Wode, Jen Richey and Michalah Leffler adore Gregory Wode, who moved into Corrado this month. Mike Wode says his son has become an integral part of the Corrado community since Mike and his wife Jessica adopted him.

Summit unites theology with ecologyBy Maggie Hannon

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Thomas Dempsey • THE BEACONDan Misleh, founding executive director of the Catholic Coalition for Climate Change, gives the keynote speech at the Earth Care Summit. The summit, which UP has hosted for six years, exam-ined the intersection of faith and ecology in the age of climate change.

because he can’t communicate that well.”

Corrado Hall has been another source of support for the Wodes as they take their first steps into parenthood.

“(Gregory) actually strengthens my bonds with my residents rather than hinder it,” Mike said. “Corrado is already like a family, and he’s just another addition to the family.”

Carraher agrees that Gregory’s arrival has brought the Corrado Hall community even closer.

“It really builds the community in the sense that everybody is so excited to see the baby,” Carraher said. “It’s such a different experience to have a baby in the dorm.”

As Gregory takes his first steps and speaks his first words, he will do so in the supportive environment UP provides to all members of the Pilot community.

“He’s University of Portland,” Mike said. “He’s part of that community.”

Last weekend, UP hosted the sixth annual Earth Care Summit, a dialogue for faith-based communities and a reflection on environmental ethics. Summit attendees explored different aspects of environmental studies like health, economics, agriculture and faith.

Attendees were encouraged to consider the question, “Who is under your carbon footprint?” As the slogan for the Catholic Climate Covenant, this question encouraged people to think about who suffers the most from climate change. Many scientists predict that citizens of developing nations will take the brunt of climate change problems, presenting an ethical dilemma to consumers in places like the U.S.

The summit’s keynote speaker, Dan Misleh, is the founding executive director of the Catholic Coalition on Climate Change, which is now known as the Catholic Climate Covenant. In his speech, Misleh depicted the journey that Catholics need to take back towards the biblical covenant with God and creation.

“We need today to step back and think about the journey we are on,” Misleh said. “Can we journey back to God from whom we came, but having the latest iPhone, car or clothes? Can we get back to God by burning through non-renewal energy resources? We journey back to God by embracing our

brief time on Earth by loving deeply and ignoring the costs of such love.”

Steve Kolmes, chair of the environmental studies department, says religious participation on issues of environmental justice is crucial for a more thoughtful discussion.

“In our society, there’s lots and lots of entities out there that are connected to environmental policy, or politics, or environmental science or conservation,” Kolmes said. “But if you want to find a group in our society today that is focused on ethical reflection, you pretty much have to go to faith-based organizations.”

Kolmes and theology professors Russ Butkus and Carol Dempsey have worked together on the “Theology in Dialogue” series that combine the studies of theology and ecological science. Dempsey said the moral and ecological implications for not acting on climate change are damaging for Catholics.

“It’s unconscionable and lamentable that we cannot see that this problem affects every aspect of life,” Dempsey said. “If we believe in Catholic sacramentality, and the holiness and goodness of all of creation, all the more reason we have no other choice, but to respond ethically.”

Senior environmental science major Dana Coppernoll-Houston found that although people often think there is a disconnect between religion and science,

the two fields relate well to each other.

“I guess people think that science and religion are always at opposite ends of some sort of spectrum, but in terms of environmental ethics and taking care of the earth and stewardship… they are heading for the same goal,” Coppernoll-Houston said.

Many environmental science students who attended the event provided their own perspective on the importance of paying attention to environmental problems.

“It’s an important issue and it’s our future, and we don’t want to cut ourselves shorter than we need to,” freshman Victoria Avalos said.

The two-day summit, which was sponsored by Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon, Interfaith Network for Earth Concerns, Oregon Interfaith Power and Light and the University of Portland, had a range of events Sunday afternoon. Among the sessions were a seminar on Pope Francis’ upcoming encyclical (a letter from the Pope that is sent to all of the Catholic Bishops), a resource fair, a keynote speaker and breakout sessions for different topics on environmental justice.

Misleh, Butkus and other panelist participated in a seminar about Pope Francis, speculating about the Pope’s approach to ecology in his

upcoming encyclical. Butkus predicted that Pope Francis would include footnotes from previous papal statements from Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI, while also including what he called “the zingers,” or Pope Francis’ unique and possibly controversial interpretations on climate change.

Breakout sessions from the event included topics like modernizing the Columbia River Treaty, the impacts of climate change on human health and how climate change will affect vulnerable communities.

While much of the summit

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STEM Outreach Activities and Resources Club (SOAR)

Growing up on the eastern shore village of Mangilao, Guam, senior electrical engineering major Fatima-Joyce Dominguez didn’t always envision herself pursuing a career in a STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) field.

“There’s not very many girls or ethnic diversity in STEM,” Dominguez said. “And it can be really difficult to stay involved in the STEM fields after being discouraged.”

Although Dominguez was able to discover her interest in math and science early on, the public high school she attended in Guam didn’t place a strong emphasis on STEM – a reality that she personally witnessed day to day.

“I once walked into one of the faculty telling a prospective AP calculus teacher, ‘Our students aren’t smart enough for AP calculus,’” Dominguez said. “I do not want any student to ever feel like they are limited. I do not want any student to ever have someone not believe in them.”

Driven by a desire to see more underrepresented students involved in STEM, Dominguez started the STEM Outreach Activities and Resources Club (SOAR), a service club focused on supporting and mentoring local middle and high schoolers.

“We have to recognize that we are a private university in an area where a majority of the local community isn’t as lucky as we are,” Dominguez said. “Roosevelt High School is one of the poorest high schools in Portland.

“And so what SOAR is going to be about is being there for teachers in the local community that can reach (out to) us and say, ‘Hey, I want to find mentors for my students, can you supply that?”

As president of SOAR, Dominguez and adviser Tamar More have become increasingly involved with Roosevelt High School and George Middle School as part of the initiative to expose kids to STEM early

on.“I think that kids can be

intimidated by the STEM fields, and as a result do not see [them] as an option,” Dominguez said. “I’m not saying that the only way is the STEM way, but rather that the difficulty should not deter kids from seeing that it can be fun.”

Both Roosevelt High School and George Middle School have recently received STEM Lab grants to create laboratories, and Roosevelt has also started a robotics club. The schools are excited to use the resources, but are unsure how to do so in a way that will best benefit the students.

“The teachers ask us for advice for finding tools that they can give their students,” Dominguez said. “One thing they think would be good is if people like me can tell them, ‘I came from a public school—I came from Guam, and I thought I couldn’t get to where I am, but look at me now: I’m an engineer, and I’m talking to you.’”

The Campus Lions Club

Sophomore nursing major Valerie Smith may be new to her position as the president of UP’s first Lions Club, but she’s a veteran in the world of community service.

“Service runs in my blood,”

Smith said.Her grandfather was a

member of the Lions Club’s international organization, and her mother was a member of Rotary International, another service organization.

A third-generation service devotee, Smith started her first community service club in high school and left the experience with an awareness of the skills needed to start and run a service club.

As president of the Campus Lions Club, Smith, advised by professor Aristides Petrides, Smith seeks to bring the Lions Club International motto of “We serve,” to campus.

“Our first project will be a recycling drive, followed by a food drive,” Smith said. “We’ll be placing boxes around campus, in order to hopefully collect used eyeglasses, hearing aids, and cell phones.”

The items collected will then be distributed to the Oregon Lions Sight and Hearing Foundation, and the food items collected will go toward supporting the Oregon Food Bank.

With open leadership positions and the first meeting of the year to be held on Feb. 5, the club is still in its beginning stages, but expects to find a foothold within the UP community, which already touts service and leadership as

one of its main tenants.As time progresses, the

Lions Club hopes to create committees, allowing for students with a specific type of community service project in mind to propose their idea to the club and then see it flourish.

“We’re really open to creating a dialogue with other students in regard to what their interests are,” Smith said. “The main goal is to have as many students as possible involved with service and giving back.”

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New clubs reach out to community

Senior Alvaro Garay-Romero, right, volunteers with students at an event at Astor School with Stem Outreach Activities and Resources (SOAR). SOAR is a new club at UP that aims to partner with local schools like Astor to provide services for students interested in math- and science-related fields.

Photo courtesy of Tamar More

By Karen GarciaT H E B E A C O N

Contact Staff Writer Karen Garcia at garciaka17@up.edu.

Maverick Tolentino (from left to right) , Mark Steele, Valerie Smith and Jamie Spitzer are the officers of UP’s new branch of the Lions Club. The club will engage in service projects like an upcoming recycling drive.

Photo courtesy of Valerie Smith

CRIME LOG

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ON CAMPUS

Officers responded to a report of marijuana use in Mehling Hall. Room searches were conducted and an investigation is ongoing.

Friday, Jan. 30: Doors open at 7:15 p.m. in the Mago Hunt Recital Hall. Tickets are $2 for one person or $3 for two people.

Friday, Jan. 30: From 10-11:30 p.m. at the Pilot House in the Cove. Acoustic artist and ukulele player Livi Yiu will perform, followed by a live performance at 11:30.

Saturday, Jan. 31: 2 p.m. in the Chiles Center Arena.

Officers made contact with student(s) possessing narcotics. Room searches were conducted and an investigation is ongoing.

Officers responded to a report of a bicycle theft on the 5000 block of N. Willamette Blvd. A report was taken and the individual was referred to Portland Police.

Jan. 24, 10:31 p.m. Bluffoons Improv Show

Pilots After Dark - Livi Yiu

Women’s Basketball vs. GonzagaJan. 24, 11:08 p.m.

Jan. 26, 9:45 p.m.

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Saturday, Jan. 31: 10 p.m. at the Pilot House in the Cove.

Pilots After Dark - Student Group Event

Monday, Feb. 2 at 7 p.m. in Mago Hunt Recital Hall. Hassan Abbas will give a lecture called “The Idea of Justice in Islam.” Abbas is an expert on national security and has written extensively about the resurgence of the Taliban after 9/11.

Mazzocco Lecture

Saturday, Jan. 31 at 12 p.m. in the Villa Maria Lounge. The FIFA tournament will benefit charities AC Portland and KIVA.

FIFA for Freedom

CLUB MEETING TIMES AND LOCATIONS

Campus Lions' first meeting will be on February 5 from 3-4 p.m. in Franz 038.

SOAR's first meeting will be Feb. 2 at 6 p.m. in Shiley 209.

While some students are binge-watching Netflix after class, sophomore biology major Tram Bui spends her free time in a computer lab watching videos of monkeys.

No, this isn’t a strange YouTube fascination. Bui teamed up with biology professor Elinor Sullivan this semester to research how the obesity of non-human primates affects their offspring.

“I never thought that it would be so mind-blowing,” Bui said. “We can draw conclusions from what we find in the research and help people who are experiencing similar characteristics or maybe even developing healthier lifestyles. It’s so profound to think that you are able to conduct something, and transfer that knowledge to the bigger population to help people become healthier.”

Sullivan and Bui were among the recipients of the Spring 2015 Provost’s Initiative on Undergraduate Research awards. The provost selects faculty members to mentor and collaborate with an underclassman on a co-designed research project.

Bui spends three to four hours per week in the Romanaggi Hall computer lab, working her way through a series of 32 videos. Each 45-minute video focuses on the offspring of an obese non-human primate.

The primate is alone in a cage for the first 10 minutes of the video. Then a researcher, normally Sullivan, walks into the room and sits without interacting with the primate. Eventually, Sullivan will get

up close and personal with the primate, attempting to make eye contact.

Bui observes the primates’ behavior and takes detailed notes. Bui says that she has taken note of several social similarities between humans and the non-human primates.

“We found that monkeys who are more obese or have obese parents are less likely to make eye contact because they are afraid or more drawn back,” Bui said. “And you can think about that in our society as well. There hasn’t been a specific study done, but if someone is less confident about the way they look, they are not as likely to go out and interact or make eye contact.”

Sullivan and other researchers also experimented with trying to frighten the animal. Bui said the videos sometimes show Sullivan wearing a vampire mask or a cone head to see how the primate will react.

“One behavior I found in the primate when someone is wearing a vampire mask or a cone head was lip smacking,” Bui said. “It kind of correlates with anxiety, like grinding your teeth when you get nervous about something.”

The world of undergraduate research is new to Bui. She says she is grateful to Sullivan, who was her physiology professor

last semester, for helping her gain experience.

“She cares that I’m interested in this, and she’s appreciative of my time and the effort that I’m putting in,” Bui said. “It’s just so nice to have her as a mentor.”

Sullivan has been working on this project with a team of researchers since 2008. She hopes to translate her results to human problems with obesity.

“We knew that obese mothers were more likely to have children that would grow up to be obese.” Sullivan said. “But we didn’t know if that was just genetic, or a result of a shared environment, or if something else is happening during development. That’s

why we started investigating.”The ultimate goal of Sullivan

and Bui’s research is to help pregnant women who struggle with obesity find the best way to take proper care of their pregnancy and their child’s health.

Through her experiments, Sullivan discovered that cutting out unhealthy food from primates’ diets during pregnancy can seriously impact the physical and psychological state of the offspring.

She hopes this evidence will help obese pregnant women make healthy choices during their pregnancy.

“They may not be able to give up McDonald’s and eating ice cream forever,” Sullivan said. “But perhaps,

just like you give up alcohol and smoking during pregnancy, they’d be willing to give up unhealthy food as well.”

Bui is working towards a career in dentistry and she hopes that this research will further her work.

“The choices you make correlate to your lifestyle and overall that’s something I want to do as a career,” Bui said. “I’m interested in oral health. I think this research will not only make me a better science student, but it will make me a more knowledgeable dentist in the future.”

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Using Your Digital Camera

Dates: Febuary 3, 10:00 a.m.

Febuary 4, 11:00 a.m.

Febuary 5, 1:00 p.m.

Introduction To iMovie 10.0

Dates: Febuary 17, 11:00 a.m.

Febuary 18, 1:00 p.m.

Febuary 24, 11:00 a.m.

Febuary 25, 1:00 p.m.

Digital Poster Making

Dates: Febuary 12, 11:00 a.m.

Febuary 13, 1:00 p.m.

Introduction to Photoshop

Dates: Febuary 10, 11:00 a.m.

Febuary 11, 1:00 p.m. March 3, 10:00 a.m. & 1:00 p.m.

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GarageBand for Video

Dates: Febuary 19, 11:00 a.m.

Febuary 20, 1:00 p.m.

Introduction to 3D Printing

Dates: Febuary 26, 11:00 a.m.

Febuary 27, 1:00 p.m.

Student-faculty team researches primate pregnancies

By Rachel RippetoeT H E B E A C O N

Contact Staff Writer Rachel Rippetoe at rippetoe18@up.edu.Twitter: @rachelrippz

Sophomore Tram Bui, a biology major, is working with biology professor Elinor Sullivan to investigate the health effects of obesity on pregnancy in primates. The student-faculty team was given an award from the Provost’s Initiative on Undergraduate Research.

Kristen Garcia • THE BEACON

focused on the implications for humans and future generations, theology professors Butkus and Dempsey talked about the implications of climate change for other living things.

“We have to understand climate change from a transformed consciousness, not only from the human perspective, but from the nonhuman perspective as well,” Dempsey said.

According to Butkus, many people do not consider the extinction of other species.

“Yeah, a lot of people don’t connect that dot,” Butkus said. “But climate change, if it goes the way it’s going now, can render a lot of species extinct.”

Contact Staff Writer Maggie Hannon at hannon15@up.edu.Twitter: @maggie_hannon

I never though it would be so mind-blowing ... It’s so profound to think that you are able to conduct something and transfer that knowledge to the bigger population to help people become healthier.

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Tram Buisophomore

Summit: Transforming

ecological consciousness

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Q: Three words that best describe improv?“Yes, and…” (It’s the first rule of improv.) And “fun.” Q: If you could be on any talk show, what would it be and why?Jimmy Fallon, because I love Jimmy Fallon. Q: How many Bluffoons does it take to screw in a lightbulb?Depends on how tall the ceiling is. Because we can lift each other, and we can all lift Nate if we work together, and it depends on how big the person is. But probably around 10. Q: Your opinion on bananas.I only eat them if they’re yellow. Like, no brown spots. I buy them when they’re green, because I can’t deal with brown spots. It’s nothing against the banana personally, it’s just the fresher the banana, the younger it is, the happier it is, the less exposed it is to man’s dark side. Q: If you could have any prop with you onstage, what would it be?A phone. Q: What three items would you take to a deserted island?A water filtration system. Cheetos, probably, just because most islands don’t have Cheetos on them. And then a satellite phone. I don’t know if that’s cheating, but I’d hang out on the island for a bit, and then pretend I can be a wilderness woman and call someone. Q: Favorite improv game?I really like “The Clover.” It’s not really a game, it’s more of a way to bounce ideas off of each other. It’s fun because you get to learn how each other think. Q: Type of character you like to play the best?For some reason, I always go to “enamored teenage girl.” Like, “Oh my God, you’re so cute, lol.” It’s an easy fallback. Q: Improv actor or comedian/comedienne you admire most?I really like Tina Fey. She’s very cool. She’s very quick with improv and she’s very clever. Q: During a show, would you rather be unable to speak or unable to hear?Unable to speak, because listening is the second rule of improv. Q: What do you do to keep a straight face onstage?I don’t. That’s my own personal problem. I just rip the lips physically off of my face and then I keep my face straight all the time. Q: What is something a Bluffoon should never do?We tend to say no “blue humor.” Try to keep it not completely uncomfortable for the audience. Uncomfortable to a degree, is required, I think, of all comedy. There’s a line, so don’t go over the line. Q: What do you fear most about improv?Sweating so much onstage. So sweaty. It’s good, because then we mix our sweat together, and our brains become one, so it’s part of necessary steps in improv. Q: What’s the best part of The Bluffoons?The people in it. It’s a big, goofy family. We all got the same cold all at the same time, ‘cause we love each other. It’s good. We’re all like the most beautiful people on campus, of course.

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Up-close with ‘Bluffoon’ star: Tara EganChristine Menges• THE BEACON

On Jan. 23, The Bluffoons, University of Portland’s improv comedy club, performed their first on-campus show of the semester. Here is Tara Egan, club secretary and veteran Bluffoon, on what it takes to be a great improv actor...with some improvised answers

For complete interview visit: http://upbeacon.com/2015/01/28/an-up-close-interview-with-bluffoons-star-tara-egan/

7LIVING T H E B E A C O N • J A N 2 9 , 2 0 1 5 • U P B E A C O N . C O M

There’s a journal I revisit every couple of years. It’s filled with poorly written sentences and names and angry cross-outs that happened later, when my advances were scorned.

You’ll find intricately colored doodles around every synonym for love. But turn the page, and the next day angry, black-smeared ink records my heart being shattered.

The hearts and the hate, and the frequent assertion that I felt love and loathing and confusion all in the same week, is proof I didn’t have the vocabulary for what I was feeling.

But more and more I’m realizing that while my emotional interpretation has evolved, when it comes to saying what I’m feeling, I’m still just a 13-year-old drawing hearts in a notebook.

And it isn’t just me.If you listen, you’ll notice

the people around you are still confused, bewildered and searching for the right words.

The socially saturated term ‘love’ doesn’t feel powerful enough for what we feel when it’s directed towards another person.

We love coffee in the morning, and we love cancelled 8:10s, and we love sunny afternoons in Cathedral Park, and we use the word so much that it feels weak when we use it to communicate the things that really matter.

There’s no easy way to describe the emotions behind, “We hooked up once and I kind of like them, but I’m confused and I think they are seeing other people.”

There’s no simple label for saying, “We broke up and I don’t think I want to be back together, but I can’t stop missing them.”

We lack the terminology to sum up the emotional helplessness of losing something you never really had, or feeling forgotten by the person you once whispered secrets to at 5 a.m.

Instead we talk about it for hours, speaking in circles around the complex emotions we have, when the words we are searching for may be as simple as:

“I miss them, and they forgot me.”

“I still love them, but I don’t want to.”

“They hurt me, and I don’t know how to heal.”

The problem is, these words feel insignificant and weak and overused compared to what is happening inside of us. They seem to lack the strength to encapsulate how we feel.

When language fails us, we sometimes don’t want to use it

at all. We shutter our heart, and

smother desires and passions and heartbreak, running away from something that is inside of us.

You can hide from a person. You can change your routes and the spaces you go, but despite incredible scientific advances, to my knowledge, there’s still no safe way to hide from your own heart.

We are trapped by gendered expectations of what we should be feeling or saying, and the stereotypes masculinity and femininity bring with them. There’s no room in these tight boxes for individuals to express what they feel without consequence and judgement.

We limit ourselves through our words. We limit ourselves through the stereotypes we perpetuate and we must be stopped.

I feel like the poet Jack Gilbert in “The Forgotten Dialects of the Heart,” wishing and dreaming for lost vocabularies that may express what we no longer know how to.

Our problems aren’t new. So why hasn’t our language kept up?

I keep thinking that the right words exists, but we aren’t using or finding or wanting them at all. They’re hidden in the pages of our favorite plays, or the cinematic genius of “Gone with the Wind,” or in the lyrics of the songs we listen to alone late at night.

There’s a reason these pieces of art resonate with us. They’re communicating something we are unable to, and are afraid of.

Maybe we should all start spending a little more time with ourselves, examining the reason Fred Astaire’s crooning makes us cry. Maybe instead of talking circles around our problems, we should find the right words and make them simple and strong.

Before we can talk about what is going on in our romantic culture, we need to recognize we are already limited by the ways we choose to talk about our feelings and the ways we choose to express them.

We can’t scribble angry hearts in a journal forever. At some point we all have to say: “I do,” “I will,” “I always have,” “I miss you,” “I want you,” or “I’m done with you,”’ to somebody. And make sure it matters.

with Cassie Sheridan

Heart Beatconversations about relationships

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

We lack the terminology to sum up the emotional help-lessness of losing something you never really had or feeling forgotten by the person you once whispered secrets to at 5 a.m.

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KDUP DJ profile: ‘Box o’Rain’

By Jacob FuhrerT H E B E A C O N

There’s a storm brewing at KDUP, but only on Sunday afternoons when DJ Thunder and DJ Lightning sit down to host their show “Box o’ Rain.” Below, Molly Steiner (DJ Lightning) and Jackie Ott (DJ Thunder) answer some questions about their radio hour.

Can you describe your show in three words?

Jackie and Molly: “Mellow, unpredictable and satisfying.”

What’s the best and worst thing about having a co-host?

Jackie: The best thing is that you can bounce off of each other when you’re having discussions on the show. The worst thing is sometimes Molly presses the wrong button and the song goes off.

Molly: The worst thing is if one of us doesn’t feel like doing the show, it’s really apparent. We just are both not into it. Sometimes the energy that we get from one another can be a really good thing, and also it can be a negative thing if we’re stressed out. But my co-host has a fabulous taste in music. That’s the best thing.

How would you describe your taste in music?

Molly: Eclectic. I am the type of person with music where I know a little bit about a wide variety of topics, but my taste is generally acoustic. Sometimes I like really sad music.

Jackie: I like everything. I like really good music and I like really bad music, if that makes sense.

Where do you get your taste in music?Jackie: Mine is definitely

an influence from my older brother because he would always tell me what to listen to as I was growing up. Your friends definitely influence you a lot too.

Molly: I would say my older sister. Every person in my immediate family has a very different taste in music. My dad likes classic rock, and my mom likes opera, and my

brother likes folk music. . . so just being in an explorative environment has been crucial to me. You’re just more open to new things and new genres of music.

What’s one new artist (or new to you) that you’re really into right now?

Molly: In terms of new music, Sufjan Stevens is releasing a new album. I’m really, really excited to see what’s going to be on that. He’s one my favorites. I’ve recently been into Deerhoof and I like them a lot. Their story is super goofy. You can see elements of jazz and rock and It’s very eclectic and very artistic. I’ve enjoyed discovering it.

Jackie: I’m really into Radical Face. They have this really cool couple of albums called “The Roots and The Branches.” It kinda follows the lead singer’s life and tells a story. They have a way of being sad and upbeat at the same time.

How do you choose the themes for each of your shows?

Molly: We bounce them of each other as we go along. We have a file on her laptop called “Box o’ Rain” to be considered, so if it’s a rainy day and we can’t figure out what we want to do, we glance at that.

Jackie: It’s a pretty last minute thing.

Has anything embarrassing ever happened on air?

Molly: Our friends - when we first started the show - called us DJ Giggles because we couldn’t figure out how to work anything, so we were just laughing. Literally, the first 10 minutes of our first show was just laughter, because we didn’t know what we were doing. We couldn’t figure out why the sound board wasn’t working, so I sang “The Climb” to our audience of probably six listeners.”

Where does the name “Box o’ Rain” come from?

Jackie: It’s from a Grateful Dead song, but it’s not spelled like how we spell the show. I think I was just on a Grateful

Dead kick that day.

Last week your show was based on the idea of color and sound. What color would your show be and why?

Jackie: I’m thinking of my favorite firework. The ones that burst in the air and are really sparkly. They’re white usually.

Molly: I just think it’s like a warm neutral color, because our music is mellow. I hope our listeners feel comfortable and engaged the way Christmas lights in a dorm room make you feel a warm glow.

What upcoming plans do you have for the show?

Jackie: I want to do a show kinda like a literature theme show. Songs inspired by works of literature. I also want to read the top 40 songs -- but just the lyrics -- as really emotive poems.

Molly: It’d be cool if at some point we could have somebody sing live on air. I’d love to do a show that features really really strong dissonant minor chords.

Why should people tune in and listen?

Jackie: Because someone else needs to listen besides my mom.

Molly: I think we have some good mixes. We put together some cool music and also if you want to call in and give us a suggestion. It’s not hard to be involved.

Molly Steiner and Jackie Ott goof off in the KDUP studio while planning their show ‘“Box o’ Rain.” Their show airs Sunday from 3-4 p.m.

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Box o’ RainSundays 3-4 p.m.

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With award season coming up there’s no better time to catch a nominated film and explore the unique theaters all over town

Portlandia TheatersBy Rachel Rippetoe

T H E B E A C O N

For students looking to see new movies in a cozy single-room theater close to campus, St. Johns Twin Cinema is the perfect choice. It’s right in the center of St. Johns, less than a 10 minute drive away. It’s a quick bike ride for car-deprived students, or an easy ride on the 44 bus, which stops right in front of the theater.

St. Johns Twin Cinema

Prices:Matinees (showtimes before 6 p.m.) are $5 per personGeneral Admission (showtimes after 6 p.m.) are $7 After 8 p.m., only viewers 21 and older are permitted The theater offers a selection of snacks, popcorn, locally made pizza and local brews

“I guess to me, an independent movie theater is like cilantro in a burrito, underappreciated, but totally awesome.”Elijah Ballantyne Freshman

“On top of that, you’re supporting a smaller local business. I hate giving money to big shots who don’t really give me a great experience. Like I went to see a movie at AMC and they played so many commercials-not even trailers, just commercials-and it was so annoying.”Elaina HarrFreshman

Why independent theaters?

McMenamins St. Johns Theater & Pub

Students looking for a more homey theater and dining experience that is also close to campus will love St. Johns Theater and Pub. The location offers a meal in a pub setting and a movie at the same time. Students can go during Happy Hour and order a serving of the pub’s famously delicious BBQ sweet potato fries to go with a matinee.

Showings are open to all ages and times, but vary by day.

The theater generally runs one current movie for about two weeks.

Prices:All showtimes before 6 p.m. are $5Showtimes after 6 p.m. are $7

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With award season coming up there’s no better time to catch a nominated film and explore the unique theaters all over town

Portlandia TheatersBy Rachel Rippetoe

T H E B E A C O N

“Going to a Regal Cinema is kind of like going to a Red Robin. If I’m going to pay to see a movie, I want to go somewhere and support the little guy-. Otherwise I’ll stay home and watch Netflix.”

Emma JessenSenior

“I get to watch the mov-ies I actually want to see, with like-minded people, at a fraction of the price of a popular theatre. And the seats are always more comfortable.”Chelsea OlivasSenior

“The people are nicer. It’s a weirdly communal experience with the other people you’re watching a movie with, because it’s so small you can hear ev-eryone else’s reactions.”Tatiana SpiszFreshman

Why independent theaters?

Hollywood Theater

The historic Hollywood Theater is undoubtedly one of the most well-known independent theaters in Portland. In the middle of downtown, it has a distinctly old-timey feel. This is fitting as it has been around since the 1920s, when it aired silent movies. The Theater now plays a wide selection of independent and award-winning films. It is also known to support multiple Oregon-based independent film projects.

Prices:Regular tickets are $8 Showtimes before 6 p.m. on Saturday or Sunday are $5All ages are permitted at any time

Laurelhurst Theater & Pub

The historic Laurelhurst Theater and Pub was built in the 1920s Prohibition Era and maintains its vintage feel. The theater is also about a 20 minute drive south east of UP in the Laurelhurst neighborhood. It has four screens that play the best of modern cinema, independent, art and classic film. Not to mention there are tables inside the theater so viewers can eat food from the pub while watching their movie. Laurelhurst is also excitingly cheap.

Prices:$3 for a show before 6 p.m.$4 for a regular show

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They pinky-promised: “Friends for life.”

Katy Jo Novinger would say the first part in Creole: “Nou se zanmi,” meaning “We are friends.” And Ralph, a young Haitian boy, would add in English, “For life!”

The bond Novinger forged with Ralph during her second service trip to Haiti was exactly the reason she’d felt compelled to lead 19 people to the Caribbean island over winter break.

“I think there’s power in making connections,” Novinger, a senior education major, said. “I think there’s power in that kind of experience.”

Last spring break she’d been inspired by her first service trip to Haiti, when she joined 22 UP students and two hall directors for a week of aid work in the village of Mariani.

“It captured my heart,” she said. “The first day I fell in love with the country. And the relationships I made there made me want to go back.”

And during the first week of winter break, she made that trip happen, this time to the community of Mayotte. In partnership with Forward Edge International, a Christian program that organizes international relief work, the students helped a nine-person

family add two rooms to their house, played soccer games with locals, handed out hot meals and interacted with children in their sponsorship program.

For Derek Block, a senior theology and history major, this second trip to Haiti helped him put parts of his life in perspective.

“What caught me off guard – and what I found most rewarding – was getting to know the people. Learning their stories,” Block said

After he witnessed the joy of the children he passed out Christmas gifts of soccer balls, stuffed animals and coloring books to, Block said his definition of gratitude changed. He resolved to to refrain from unnecessary purchases once back in the U.S., and to try to finish all the food on his plate.

For others, including Lauren Bene, a senior nursing major, working with Merilan Luma and Magdala Luma enlarge their house was a rewarding experince.

In the two days the students spent hauling cement and putting up the extra rooms, the Merilus family worked alongside them.

“These were people who couldn’t pay for school, had no steady income and were living in a place with no running water or electricity,” Bene said. “There was a language

barrier, but there was so much joy and friendliness, it didn’t really matter.”

Bene’s volunteer experience made her determined to sponsor a Haitian child after she graduates, and to someday return to Haiti.

Novinger, Block and other

students from the trip are already thinking of making a return journey. They realize that one-week mission trips are small windows to make a difference, but they hope their work will create a trickle-down effect of service and interest in Haiti.

“Giving money is great,” Block said, “but going there, and experiencing it in a very human-to-human way – you can’t buy that. You have to make the trip.”

A small window to make a differenceBy Nastacia Voisin

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Contact Copy Editor Nastacia Voisin at voisin@15@up.edu.Twitter: @nastaciavoisin

Over Winter Break, UP students completed volunteer work in Haiti. The group renovated a house, distributed food, and spent time with children. Photos courtesy of Katy Jo Novinger.

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Social justice and the environment

Lost by climate change?

Hands off,

TSA!Portland is full of tree-

hugging vegans, organic Whole Foods markets and dirty hippies who care about the environment.

Most of us try to do our share to help Mother Nature by putting our food scraps in the compost bins at The Commons, or by turning off the lights when we leave a room.

Some of us might even buy locally grown, organic foods to reduce our carbon footprint.

Environmental consciousness has been in the public eye for decades, but until recently the debate around climate change has been missing a key idea: That climate change is not only an environmental issue, but also a social justice issue.

With students and staff embarking on service immersion trips and volunteering in local shelters and food pantries, it’s clear the UP community cares about social justice issues.

Furthermore, UP community members met for an Earth Care Summit on campus last weekend to discuss global environmental issues.

Given our community’s overlapping interests of social justice and the environment, a fusion of the two issues should interest us.

So here’s the problem: Climate change disproportionately affects the poorest and most vulnerable populations in the world, while being caused by the wealthiest and more privileged populations.

According to NewScientist.com, the world’s richest billion people are responsible for 50 to 70 percent of greenhouse gases, while the world’s poorest billion people are experiencing the consequences.

As people who have more power, money and privilege, we need to do what we can to help protect the vulnerable

populations of the world from the harsh consequences of climate change.

The poorest people in the world aren’t driving gas-guzzling cars, they aren’t eating tons of meat and they aren’t using air conditioning, lawnmowers, pesticides, or hairspray.

All these behaviors and products contribute to the increasing problems surrounding climate change.

And yet all those behaviors are only perpetuated by a portion of the world’s population.

Every environmental issue has a winner and a loser. The winners create the problem because it benefits them (big industrial plants make money), and the losers are faced with the consequences (pollution, health problems, etc.).

Is it fair that one person benefits while harming another?

According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, several consequences of climate change include: risk to small island states in the Pacific Ocean as sea levels rise, increasing threat of drought in Africa, more severe flooding in highly populated Asian river deltas and harsher weather in hurricane zones.

All these consequences are, in a small way, perpetuated by our daily actions that we take for granted.

But all these consequences put already vulnerable populations in ever greater

danger.There are many ways to

prevent climate change and the social justice issues it implicates.

Becoming politically active and pushing for legislative change is a big way to help, but there are also simpler ways to do your part.

Here are some small ways we can try to protect the vulnerable populations of our world:

1. Set your washer and dryer to low heat. When Proctor & Gamble (creators of Tide detergent) measured their carbon output, they discovered that people were the biggest source. Washing clothes on high heat uses a lot of energy.

2. Have a salad instead of a meat-filled meal once in a while. Converting to a vegetarian diet decreases a person’s carbon footprint by 1.5 tons per year. (But for the meat-lovers, even one day a week makes a difference.)

3. Unplug your laptop when you’re done. A Cornell study found that households that left appliances plugged in (even while switched off) used, in a year, the amount of energy produced by over seven power plants.

Preventing climate change is so much more than cleaning polluted oceans or conserving dwindling natural resources – it’s about preventing polluted lungs, emaciated bodies and devastated communities.

The bitter industrial smells that contaminate the air on The Bluff, or the litter you see on the side of the road are more than just environmental issues– they’re social justice issues, they’re issues for human beings.

Everyone deserves a clean, inhabitable environment. We need to do our part to protect that right.

While UP hosted the Earth Care Summit last Sunday, President Barack Obama announced that he was going

to ask Congress to increase environmental protection for large areas of Alaska that serves as habitat for many of the state’s animals.

In response, Alaskan Senator Lisa Murkowski, chairwoman of the Senate Energy Committee, expressed concern for future generations and their economic survival.

“What’s coming is a stunning attack on our sovereignty and our ability to develop a strong economy that allows us, our children and our grandchildren to thrive,” Murkowski said.

When talking about the responsibility for humans to halt climate change, many point to the legacy our generation is handing down. While it is easy to motivate people to act on behalf of their own children or grandchildren, this is not all we should consider when understanding the devastating consequences of climate change.

One of the first groups that I think a person should consider, arguably before they consider future generations, are the impoverished today. Although those who are impoverished

When school let out for winter break, I stayed an extra two weeks in Portland because I was moving into my new

place. The delay meant I would go home Dec. 16, well before peak holiday travel season.

Thinking the lack of crowds would make traveling less stressful, I arrived at the PDX airport that morning expecting to encounter nothing more than standard security procedures and green carpet.

Was I in for a shock.The security screening

process went off without a hitch, and I went to collect my stuff on the other end of the conveyer belt.

When I got there, two female TSA officers came up to me, told me they would collect my things, and asked me to follow them to a special screening area.

I was confused, but I followed them to an area right next to the main security screeners.

There the TSA officers asked me if I had taken part in an intensive screening before. When I said I had not, they told me what they were about to do.

They would pat me down, look through all my belongings, and make sure I was not hiding anything from them. This was

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Christine MengesSenior

Preventing climate change is so much more than cleaning polluted oceans or conserving dwindling natural resources - it’s about preventing polluted lungs, emaciated bodies, and devasted communities... Everyone deserves a clean, inhabitable environment.

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Go to LOST, page 12Go to TSA, page 13

But no matter how invasive security measures become, it will never be possible to guaranteee a weapon-free airport... It’s time for TSA to back off, and leave us travel-ers in peace and dignity.

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Christine MengesSenior

We need to understand the impact that climate change will have on those who cannot support themselves after a natural disaster, or those who have no say on the destruc-tion of their home.

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Maggie HannonSenior

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LOST: The affects of

climate change affect many

contributed the least to climate change, they are likely to endure the most devastating outcomes because they do not have the resources to withstand a natural disaster.

The impoverished also have little voice in the climate change conversation.

Often we hear from scientists and scholars, but more of a voice needs to be given to the people who will have a difficult time surviving after a natural disaster.

Another group worth considering, who Murkowski seems to ignore, are those who cannot speak at all: The non-humans.

Many living organisms have already become extinct and many face extinction.

According to Endangered Species International, there are over 16,000 endangered species.

In the name of job creation and production, our species has destroyed the habitats of many other living beings, and this

needs to be at the forefront of the conversation.

While attending the Earth Care Summit, I learned that we cannot only think of ourselves with regards to this issue.

We need to understand the impact that climate change will have on those who cannot support themselves after a natural disaster, or those who have no say on the destruction of their homes.

While future generations will be impacted by climate change, there are many beings that will be affected by it much sooner than the next human generation.

My investment in the wellbeing of my future children or grandchildren should not dominate this conversation.

We need to remember to speak for those who have little or no voice.

Maggie Hannon is a senior political science major and can be reached at hannon15@up.edu.

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FACES ON THE BLUFFHow do you take your coffee?

“As strong as possible.” “With soy milk.” “Drip coffee with an extra shot.” “Black.” “With my homemade creamer.”

Mary Kate Knill Dylan Vahradian Alyssa Wicknick Felyx Tsoi Jordan ZettleSenior Civil Engineering Major Junior Philosophy/Political Science Major Junior Biology Major Senior OTM/Marketing Major Senior English Major

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Thomas Dempsey • THE BEACON

TSA: Student reflects on invasive experience

a process they did sometimes, and apparently I had been randomly selected.

They asked me to stand with my feet shoulder-width apart, arms to my sides. I complied. One of the female TSA officers proceeded to pat me down all over my body. She ran her fingertips underneath the waistband of my jeans, and used the backs of her hands to go over my chest, bottom and thighs.

They then brought me over to a table, where they went

through both my carry-on suitcase and my backpack.

They rifled through all my clothing except for my undergarments, checking through them to see if I was hiding anything. I wasn’t.

They moved on to my backpack, and as one of them struggled to unzip it, I warned her about the tricky zipper. She looked at me, and said somewhat sharply, “I noticed,” as if it were her right to be annoyed by my belongings.

They took my diary and leafed through all the pages. Nothing suspicious in there

either. They found a brochure for a journalism internship program I am applying to, and asked me questions about it. I answered them politely, but I was officially upset and annoyed by the process.

I didn’t want them asking me questions based on things they found in my backpack. I wanted them to leave me alone. I had set off no buzzers, I was a respectful airport customer and I did not deserve to be under such scrutiny.

Invasive security measures like this are unnecessary, embarrassing

and inappropriate. Nobody deserves to be treated like less of a human, especially when there is no evidence of wrongdoing.

Some may argue that measures like these catch weapons that are hard to find under regular security screening, and their existence makes flying safer.

But no matter how invasive security measures become, it will never be possible to guarantee a weapon-free airport.

I am willing to undergo reasonable security screening

when traveling. Yet subjecting travelers to a

procedure like the one I went through is not reasonable. It’s time for TSA to back off, and leave us travelers in peace and dignity.

Christine Menges is a French major and communication studies minor. You can reach her at Menges15@up.edu or on Twitter @ChristineyBird.

Nathan DeVaughn • THE BEACON

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14SPORTS T H E B E A C O N • J A N . 2 9 , 2 0 1 5 • U P B E A C O N . C O M1. University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, Arizona2. San Francisco 49ers with 55 points against the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XXIV. The 49ers won 55-10 which is also the largest margin of victory in NFL history3. The Cowboys and Steelers both have won 8 games4. Tiffany & Co.

5. Lombardi was coach of the Green Bay Packers when they won the first Super Bowl in 19676. San Francisco, California7. Tom Brady: University of Michigan, R. Wilson: NC State (2007-2010) UW-Madison (2011)8. Jerry Rice 9. The Portland Trail Blazers10. Britney Spears performed in the 2001 halftime show at 19 years old.

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THIS WEEK IN SPORTS

SCOREBOARD

The women take on Gonzaga in Chiles on Saturday Jan. 31 in the Chiles Center.

The Pilots travel to Seattle for the UW invitational on Jan 30 and Jan. 31. Time of meet TBA.

The Pilots split the weekend with a 72-69 win against Pacific on Jan. 22 and a 74-64 loss to Saint Mary’s on Saturday Jan. 24. Portland is 3-6 in WCC play.

The men travel to Spokane to take on No. 3 Gonzaga on Jan. 29 at 6 p.m.

The women lost 71-69 to Pacific (Calif.) on Jan. 22 and lost to Saint Mary’s 66-53 on Jan. 24. The Pilots are 2-7 in WCC play.

The men swept UW 7-0 in Seattle on Jan. 24 and beat No. 68 East Tennessee State 4-3 at home on Jan. 25.

The Pilots opened the 2015 dual season with a 4-3 win over UC Davis on Jan. 25.

Womens Basketball vs. Gonzaga Men’s and Women’s Track and Field

Men’s Basketball

Mens Basketball at Gonzaga

Women’s Basketball

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Pilot in the SpotlightWhy did you choose UP?[I chose the University of Portland] because

the school is so good. And they’re so good at tennis. I get a better education and better practices.

What career path do you plan

on taking after college?I’m thinking of professional tennis, but I’m

not sure really. I’m thinking of maybe being a coach after, because tennis is so expensive and you need so much money to go professional. I think being a coach would be the best thing for me.

Will you continue with tennis

either way?Yes, I’ll continue with tennis.

How long have you been playing tennis?

Twelve years.

Who’s your favorite pro player?

Justine Henin. For me, she’s the best player ever.

How do you balance college

life with being an athlete?It’s a little bit hard because you still have

to do homework and everything. You don’t have excuses. It’s really hard because you have practices, classes, really you don’t have a lot of time.

What are your other hobbies

outside of tennis?I ride bikes a lot, watch TV, play some music

and spend time with friends. You’re really well known in

Serbia, so how does that feel? Is that exciting?

[Being well-known] in Serbia is huge when you come here. Everything I have is in Serbia,

but I have a better future here. It’s harder, but it’s better to be here because you have more opportunities.

What’s your favorite tennis

memory?It was a tournament, and I made semi-final

and final doubles tennis in the same tournament, and I got WTA (Women’s Tennis Association) ranked. I was ranked 1,016 in the world. It’s so hard to get ranked.

If you could be with anyone for

a day, whom would you choose?At this moment, probably my family.

Interview by: Molly Vincent

Jelena Lazarevic • Sophomore

Parker Shoaff • THE BEACON

The UP women’s tennis team was able to successfully hold off strong opponent UC Davis in the first dual season opener on Jan. 25.

The team won 4-3 in a match against the Aggies that was ultimately decided by the strong performance of the doubles in the first half of the match.

Sophomore Lucia Butkovska, currently ranked No. 60 in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association, dominated in singles, winning both sets 6-1. Butkovska also helped bring the doubles team a victory with a 6-3 win. Junior Maja Mladenovic (ranked No. 104) and senior Sophie van den Aarssen won their match 6-0.

The Pilots struggled in the second half of the matches played in the day. Assistant head coach Filip Zivkovic, former UP tennis player, attributes this to the team’s

inability to win on no ad points. No ad points is a rule that has

been installed for the spring 2015 season, and means that one point decides the game.

“All the games [lost on Sunday] came down to no ad points,” Zivkovic said. “We allowed these points to get away from us. We need to work on getting better at converting these points. It’s a new rule and creates a little more pressure, and we need to make

sure we are sharp enough in those situations.”

Still, Zivkovic believes this is the most talented women’s tennis team UP has ever had.

“Having ranked players has helped contribute to the talent at the top,” Zivkovic said.

Having multiple ranked players is a first for the team, which has not had a ranked player since 2002. Zivkovic believes the team

has depth at the top and bottom which is something UP has never had before.

The Pilots will begin a two game home series against Montana State and Oklahoma in Eugene on Feb. 7.

Women’s tennis holds off UC DavisBy Luke Loranger

T H E B E A C O N

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

Junior Maja Mladenovic (above) plays a match against the UC Davis Aggies. Senior Sophie van den Aarssen (left) swings at the ball during a singles match. The Pilots beat the Aggies 4-3 at home.

Hannah Baade • THE BEACON

Having ranked players has helped contribute to the talent at the top.

“Filip ZivkovicAssistant head coach

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Get out the seven-layer dip

and fire up your grill:

Super Bowl Sunday is here.This year is a battle of “old

school” vs. “new school,” as Super Bowl veteran Tom Brady and the New England Patriots take on hot-handed Russell Wilson and the defending champions, the Seattle Seahawks.

Already, fans love to hate this Super Bowl.

I hate Seattle because I am a 49ers fan, and I haven’t forgiven the Seahawks for beating us in the 2013 NFC championship. Seattle is cocky. Yet with allegations flying about the Patriots deflating the balls, people hate them for being cheaters.

Why watch, then? Because I want to see the team I hate more get beaten. It’s not that I am rooting for the Pats, it’s that I am rooting against the Seahawks.

Seattle has proven to be resilient and a dominant second-half team. Down by as many as 16 against Green Bay in the 2014 NFC Championship, the Seahawks managed to rally and win 28-22 in overtime despite four interceptions thrown by Wilson.

The Patriots are coming off of a powerhouse 45-7 steamroll over the Colts. As Brady and head coach Bill Belichick search for their fourth ring in their sixth Super Bowl appearance, their biggest strength is their offense. Brady is a master of his craft.

The Seahawks cannot be underestimated, however. Why, you may ask? Two words: Marshawn Lynch. The 5’11 215 lb running back is an animal, with the potential to literally carry a team on his own, as exemplified by his 24-yard touchdown carry in the game against Green Bay.

In contrast to the Pats, Seattle will call upon their dominant defense. They have the top-rated defense in the NFL this year. Seattle has allowed an average of 282 yards per game whereas every other team has allowed an average of 350 yards. These numbers border on legendary.

As potent as the Patriot’s offense is, they will be met by Seattle’s authoritative defense. It will boil down to the Pat’s defense and their ability to stop Lynch.

It’ll be a close game, but I have a feeling this title will be landing with Seattle. As for me, I will be next to the chips in my Jerry Rice jersey, loving hating on the Seahawks, and rooting for Katy Perry.

Yes, I own two Seahawks jerseys and more Mariners shirts than days of the week. I watch Mariners Mondays and replays of Super Bowl ‘48 as often as possible. I make plans around sporting events. I’m a fanatic for Seattle sports.

Yes, a fanatic, as in, “marked by excessive enthusiasm and often intense uncritical devotion.” My passion often brings out a blind love for my teams and the players on them. I hate it when the Mariners trade or cut any player. I love it when Richard Sherman yells that he’s the best corner in the game.

Naturally, I have an eternal hatred for the Pittsburgh Steelers. And one of my greatest life moments was when Felix Hernandez called me.

No, I can’t believe the Seahawks are going to the Super Bowl two years in a row.

Yes, I think they should win every game, every year.

Yes, I think the Seahawks are going to win.

No, I don’t like Tom Brady and I believe the Patriots should be punished for cheating. Again.

The blind love I have for all Seattle teams led to 19 years as a Seattle sports fan who saw a lot of silver linings.

Last year changed that. For the past year, I have been able to say my team was the best in the world. Not just because I was delusional and simply wished that my team was the greatest in the game, but because the Seahawks finally won a Super Bowl.

The thought of them winning the Super Bowl two years in a row is unbelievable.

I know the Patriots are good. Very good. But the young, fierce and dominating Seahawks have more to prove.

The Seahawks don’t make ESPN breaking news for holding a press conference and repeating what they’d said a few days earlier. (I’m talking to you, Bill Belichick.) It took winning a Super Bowl to get the national recognition Seattle sports fanatics like me knew the Hawks have deserved for a while.

The Patriots may have number 12 leading their team, but the Seahawks have the 12th man backing theirs. I’m fully prepared for the outcome of the Super Bowl. Like any true fanatic, my response will either be, ‘We earned this. We’re the best in the world. Go Hawks!’ Or it’ll be, ‘I’ll hate the Pats forever. We’ll get it next year. Go Hawks!’

Either way: Go Hawks! Always.Contact Editor-in-Chief Katie Dunn at dunn16@up.edu. Twitter: @Katie_dunn24

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