Junior Sam Bridgman refuses to let Friedreich’s Ataxia hold him back

Living, page 6

THE UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND’S STUDENT NEWSPAPERVol. 113, Issue 9 www.upbeacon.net

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Kate PeiferStaff Writer

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A federal law to go into effect next year will ease federal loan

payment policies

Student debt surpasses credit card debt

The total loan amount of students attending a college or university this year exceeded $1 trillion, making student loan debt greater than credit card debt for the first time. This is up from last year, when total loans exceeded $100 billion.

According to Janet Turner, head of financial aid at the University of Portland, the average amount of undergraduate debt for the 2010-2011 graduation class was $20,310 per student. The total parent loan debt for undergraduate students for the 2010-2011 academic year was $10,769,045.

The devastating combination of high student loan debt and job unavailability is an economic detriment for students and families across the U.S.

“There’s a lot of outcry on student debt because nationwide the economy has made finding a job difficult,” Turner said.

On Oct. 26, President Barack Obama announced his plan to enact a law to ease the burden of student loan debt starting next year. The law was originally planned to go into effect in 2014 through Congress.

See Debt, page 4

Fr. Bill sits down for Fireside ChatPresident answers questions about The Commons prices, ASUP consitutional changes and a growing student body

Natalie WheelerStaff Writer

wheelern12@up.edu

See Chat, page 5

“Where’s the fire?” joked President Fr. Bill Beauchamp, C.S.C., as he sat down, gelato in hand, for his biannual Fireside Chat with students in The Anchor on Tuesday.

Communication studies students tweeted updates during the hour-long fireside chat, which included hot topics such as campus food prices, Capital Improvement Fund changes and a growing student population.

“I was wondering when food was going to come up,” Beauchamp said when asked about prices at The Commons.

Beauchamp said he has received many complaints about rising prices and is taking the issue very seriously.

“It’s definitely caught my attention,” Beauchamp said. “I was very concerned when I saw the last Beacon,” a reference to a series of articles and student commentary on Bon Appétit prices in the Oct. 27 edition.

According to Beauchamp, the administration will take action in response to the complaints but has yet to decide what that entails. He said UP has a close relationship with Bon Appétit and does not have

Photos by Jackie Jeffers | THE BEACON

Kayla Wong | THE BEACON

President Fr. Bill Beauchamp, C.S.C., answered students’ questions at the Fireside Chat last Tuesday, Nov. 1. Beauchamp said that the prices in The Commons caught his attention and the administra-tion will respond to students’ complaints.

Rip City Classic brings NBA talent to campus

Sports, page 16

On Campus

Accuracy in The BeaconThe Beacon strives to be fair and accurate. The newspaper corrects any significant errors of fact brought to the attention of the editors. If you think an error has been made, contact us at beacon@up.edu. Corrections will be printed above.

‘COWBOYS AND ALIENS’

Friday and Saturday, “Cowboys and Aliens” will play in the Buckley Center Auditorium at 10 p.m.

CO-FOUNDER OF THE

PACIFIC GREEN PARTY SPEAKS

Monday, Nov. 7, Blair Bobier – attorney, author and co-founder of the Pacific Green Party of Oregon – will speak at 7 p.m. in the Chiles Center Hall of Fame Room about how the electoral system rules differ between Europe and the U.S. and how they affect representation of smaller parties, like the Green Party. There will be raffle for three $25 gift certificates to Fred Meyer. The talk is free and open to the public. Food and drinks will also be provided.

EAST AFRICA INTIATIVE INTERNSHIPS

The Moreau Center for Service and Leadership and Pamplin School of Business are now accepting applications for the Summer 2012 East Africa Initiative Internships. More information and the application can be found on the Moreau Center website. Applications are due to goble@up.edu by Wednesday, Nov. 30.

BIG BANG THEORY STAR, KUNAL NAYYAR

Thursday, Nov. 10, Kunal Nayyar, star of the Big Bang Theory and UP alumnus ’03, will engage in a Q&A with Performing and Fine Arts Professor Ed Bowen in the Buckely Center Auditorium from 7 to 8 p.m. Tickets are available in the Pamplin School of Business on the fourth floor of Franz Hall. Tickets are free but required for entrance. Tickets are limited to two per student.

PETER BRADLEY ADAMS

Friday, Nov. 11, the Campus Program Board will host the singer-songwriter Peter Bradley Adams. The event is in St. Mary’s and starts at 10 p.m. Free food, Italian sodas and coffee drinks will be provided. For more information about Peter Bradley Adams, check out http://peterbradleyadams.com/.

On Campus

Inspired by his three-month East Africa Internship in Kenya in 2010, fifth-year senior Taylor Bergmann has started a business to send Kenyan children to school.

“I’d been somewhere where people were suffering from poverty,” Bergmann said. “When you come back from an experience like that, you want to help.”

Together with four of his friends, PSU students Michael Calhoun and Haakon Weinstein, and Gabe Garza and Patrick Eggert, Bergmann has started a new for-profit business called Lagom, which is Swedish for “not too much and not too little,” or “just right.” They make and sell T-shirts to raise money to send Kenyan children to school as well as raise capital for those involved with Lagom to eventually travel to Kenya and make a larger impact in the communities.

“This has been a personal passion and project for me for the last three years,” Bergmann said. “We’re merging a social mission with a for-profit business and creating something that can fund itself and make a better world.”

Bergmann believes that the word “lagom” perfectly personifies the business’s true intent.

“We think it is a word that truly reflects our identity as a brand,” Bergmann said. “We believe that by buying a piece of

clothing and paying a premium price to not only get a premium garment but also putting a child in school for a year is just right.”

At this stage, the primary purpose of Lagom is to place 150 Kenyan children in school.

“We’re specifically staying small with 150 kids until we can prove our concept,” Bergmann said.

Lagom uses the “One for One” concept, popularized by the TOMS brand, which means every T-shirt sold will pay the fees and uniform required for one child to attend school for a year.

So far, Lagom has pre-sold 150 T-shirts, which cost $28 each. Eventually, Bergmann hopes to create an entire apparel line based on the Lagom brand.

“We’re trying to create a community following,” Bergmann said. “Our clothes will be a backdrop that helps to weave our world community together.”

A unique aspect of the Lagom business is that each of the 150 T-shirts sold is printed with a number from 1 to 150, corresponding to a child in Kenya that needs to go to school. Those who bought these shirts will have the option of purchasing products with the same number on them each year, ensuring each child can continue to stay in school.

Freshman Grace Powell bought the sixth T-shirt, and looks forward to helping a Kenyan child now as well in the future.

“That is my favorite part of the brand, to help the kid next year,” Powell said.

In addition to the initial 150 shirts sold that go toward the Kenyan children’s education, subsequent shirts sold will fund the next step in the business’ mission, which is to travel to Kenya to help the communities in person. In the end, Lagom’s ultimate goal is to become a completely self-sufficient, socially-responsible business.

“We’re in it because we

want to make a better world,” Bergmann said. “We want to create a business that is able to support itself and also provide a lot of impact for everyone involved in the process.”

Freshman Shashana Packus bought the seventh T-shirt.

“Everyone can buy a T-shirt,” she said. “If it was any other product, you couldn’t guarantee that everyone would buy it.”

Kathryn WaltersStaff Writer

walters14@up.edu

Talley Carlston | THE BEACON

Fifth-year senior Taylor Bergmann, above, started his own T-shirt company to send Kenyan children to school. Bergmann is wearing the T-shirt.

NEWS2 November 3, 2011

Starting this semester, the University of Portland is offering neuroscience as a minor in the College of Arts and Sciences.

“Neuroscience is an increasingly important area of study with enormous research advances,” psychology professor Susan Baillet, one of the program directors of the neuroscience minor, said. “To be responsible educators, we need to offer programs reflecting the state of science nowadays.”

According to Baillet, the College of Arts and Sciences started discussing the idea of a neuroscience minor three years ago. However, it was not until a little over a year ago when they began to fully develop the program.

“It seems like we should’ve done it five years ago,” biology professor Terry Favero, who took part in the development of the neuroscience minor program, said. “We started talking about it for such a long time and the student interest was really high.”

Thanks to additions to the College and Arts of Sciences’ faculty, the neuroscience minor

program was finally able to be put into place.

“To have a neuroscience minor, you have to have sufficient resources,” Favero said. “We always had interest in it, but after hiring in the past several years, we figured we had more than enough resources for a minor program.”

Neuroscience is an interdisciplinary area of study which seeks to understand how the brain and nervous system work, the complex behaviors of organisms and the nature of the human person, according to the minor’s description on UP’s website.

“It’s a joint offering of psychology and biology, requiring classes in both subjects as well as the class on philosophy of mind,” Baillet said.

Senior psychology major Megan Kirchgasler, who is pursuing the neuroscience minor, believes the requirements in both subjects add to a better understanding of the neuroscience discipline.

“The classes overlap, and it’s really nice to pick between so many classes,” Kirchgasler said. “It gives a more scientific aspect of psychology.”

According to Baillet, the

neuroscience minor’s emphasis on more than one area of study is key to the learning outcomes of the program.

“Students will be able to think about the mind and brain connection from all directions and will not be limited to thinking from just one,” Baillet said. “The minor provides understanding in terms of human behavior, anatomy, brain physiology and mental state and helps explain what happens when there’s a brain disorder, so it pretty much covers every level.”

Junior psychology major Rick Baleros decided to pursue the neuroscience minor because

of the interdisciplinary study.“There’s a lot of overlap

between the biology and psychology classes,” Baleros said. “It brings the biological aspect of psychology forward, and there are definitely some biology aspects in psychology classes, so having a background in both really helps.”

Kirchgasler agrees.“Neuroscience is the perfect

fit between psychology and biology,” Kirchgasler said. “There’s a lot I learn about in my psychology classes that translate into my biology classes and vice versa.”

Baillet has high hopes for the neuroscience minor program.

“I expect students will be more sophisticated in understanding how both the mind and brain works,” Baillet said. “They’ll understand that the mind is a reflection of brain activity.”

Baillet hopes to see neuroscience’s development into a major because of its growing relevance in the scientific community.

“It isn’t a standard major yet, but it will have to be in order for us to keep up with current scientific discovery,” Baillet said.

UP introduces new neuroscience minorBiology, psychology and philosophy come together in new minor

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“Neuroscience is an increasingly important area of study with enormous research advances. To be responsible educators, we need to offer programs reflecting the state of science nowadays.”

Susan Baillet Psychology Professor and program

director

UP fifth-year senior starts business to aid student in KenyaOne tee that’s ‘just right’

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The Library will be closed for the 2012-2013 academic year, from May 2012 to August 2013, for RISE campaign renovations.

President Bill Beauchamp, C.S.C., first announced plans for the Library renovation at the Opening Convocation last fall.

“The plan is to move out right after graduation in May and to move back in a year and three months after,” Dean of the Library Drew Harrington said.

Although the cost of the Library has not been completely funded, there is a large enough percentage and enough support from foundations and donors for UP to move forward with building the Library next year, according to Harrington.

“We are confident that we will make the full amount,” Harrington said.

Most of the Library’s books will be put in storage in an area still to be decided.

The Library will have a checkout system where students will pre-order the books they want, either online or in person, and Library staff will retrieve them from storage. Typically it should take a few hours between the student ordering the book and the student receiving it, according to Harrington.

“The major challenge will just be that we’re going to have to go and get the books for the students,” library student staff member and senior Kati McConn said.

In addition to the books in storage, the Library plans on having about 1,000 or fewer high-use books, such as books for Biblical Tradition and Culture classes, readily available.

According to Harrington, the new side of The Commons is a possibility for where these high-

use books as well as reference and instruction services will be available.

The Library is also in the process of deciding where alternative study spaces for students and members will be next year.

“We’ll have all of the staff, they’ll just be in different areas on campus,” Harrington said.

Because books will be more difficult to access, students may have to rely more heavily on electronic resources next year.

“I think we have really strong electronic service already,” Harrington said. “I think we probably will purchase more electronic books.”

For the past four years, the Library has been gathering information from students about what they want in the new Library through focus groups, a student blog and from ASUP constituency reports.

“We’re taking a really different approach,” Harrington said. “It used to be academic libraries were really about the stuff. Now they’re really about the user.”

The Library is being designed by Soderstrom Architects, who also designed Franz Hall, Shiley Hall, Fields and Schoenfeldt Hall and The Bell Tower. According to Harrington, UP is aiming for the new Library to be a Silver LEED certified building.

The new library entrance will face the Academic Quad.

The main floor will be called the “Learning Lab,” and will have new movable seating and computers. The Library’s hours will remain the same, but after the doors are locked, students will be able to gain access to the Learning Lab with their ID cards.

“We expect this (area) to be noisy, interactive,” Harrington said.

The books will be relocated to the basement, the new “Study Lab,” where the Media Lab is currently, into compact shelving, allowing the shelves to be pushed together and opened with the push of a button. This downstairs area will be a quiet space with new seating and a fireplace.

The upstairs floor will be the new “Media Lab,” which will include a production studio, sound room and the information literacy classroom – where students learn to find, evaluate and use information – which is currently located in the Media Lab downstairs.

There will also be 20 study rooms as well as restrooms on every floor.

“Because we’re stuck with this building, we’ve done the best we could to focus on the user. Now we really have the opportunity to make that happen in a more

comprehensive way,” Harrington said. “Now we have a chance to really make change.”

Some students are worried about limited access to the Library next year.

“It’ll be a little inconvenient,” freshman Karyna Brandariz said. “If they could make a quiet zone then it’d be fine. That’s the only reason I use the Library.”

While students are excited about the new renovation, they worry about how long the Library will be out of commission.

“It sucks that it takes (that long), but it sounds like obviously

better than it is right now,” freshman Sean O’Hollearn said.

“I mean, the Library definitely needs to be renovated,” junior Patrick Chapman said. “I just wish there was a way it could be during the summer.”

Some juniors wish they could be here to experience the new Library.

“It needs to be done,” junior Cady Anderson said. “I’m just sad I won’t be here to see the new Library. It looks so nice.”

Renovations leave students without library next yearNew library scheduled to be finished in August 2013

Sketches Courtesy of Andrew Burke

The Library will undergo renovations beginning in May 2012 and will be completed in August 2013. 1.) The “Study Lab” will be located in the basement. 2.) The “Learning Lab” will be located on the main floor.

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“We’re taking a really different approach. It used to be academic libraries were really about the stuff. Now they’re really about the user.”

Drew Harrington Dean of the Library

Physical Plant has installed a new device on toilets in Corrado Hall in an attempt to secure them to the wall and prevent tilting as a result of poor installation.

The device, called the “Big John,” has been installed at the base of each toilet to act as a stilt and prop the toilet up in order to keep the toilet level, according to William Vandervelden, Physical Plant foreman.

While the toilets in Corrado and Shipstad are intended to be bolted into a concrete wall, they were bolted into a wooden wall, which caused erosion around the bolts.

Sitting on the toilet causes the front of the toilet to move up and down, creating a teeter-totter effect which continually

loosens the bolts. The “Big John” aims to add support to the base of the toilet to prevent bolts from loosening, according to Vandervelden.

The same problem arose last year in Shipstad Hall when residents noticed toilets rocking due to the same issue.

“It got to the point where you could see them move,” senior Sarah Klemsz, Shipstad’s fourth floor RA last year, said. “You don’t even have to push down and you could see them rock from the wall … which is a little alarming. At first everyone was really concerned because it isn’t something you’re usually concerned about. It was more of a concern for what would happen in the future if the problem was left the way it was.”

According to Vandervelden the device costs $145 per toilet for both Shipstad and Corrado. However, replacing the toilets

would cost anywhere from $200 to $300 per toilet. The Big John will also prevent the need to replace the walls behind the toilets every six years as the bolts will no longer be able to hold the toilet.

“The only problem we haven’t figured out yet is how the students will react to a device underneath their toilets,” Vandervelden said. “Will they kick it? Will they take it? We don’t know yet so we are starting in Corrado to see how our students will react to a new toy to play with.”

Physical Plant is waiting to put the device in Shipstad until they can ensure its effectiveness in Corrado.

So far the device has been a success without any obvious negative implications, according to Tyler Ochsner, assistant hall director of Corrado. Ochsner was the hall director in Shipstad last year when the toilets on the

fourth floor became loose. “I think they will be more

effective,” Ochsner said. “Any way they can add more support to the toilet is helpful. If there is any feeling that the toilet is coming of the wall or being unbalanced, the perception can be that it is not necessarily secure. The more support that is added the better off it will be for all the residents in all the wings.”

Junior Corrado resident Patrick Chapman noticed a difference in the stability of the toilets after the Big John was installed.

“The situation is concerning, but the toilet didn’t move last time I sat on it, which was a relief,” Chapman said. “I haven’t seen students messing with them so I think they could last. Good toilets make life easier, so I couldn’t imagine life without them. I’m glad they’ve fixed it.”

Tilting toilets cause alarmNew devices installed in Corrado help support toilets

Rachel McIntoshStaff Writer

mcintosh14@up.edu

Talley Carlston | THE BEACON

Due to tilting issues, the toilets in Corrado Hall are supported by the “Big John,” which acts as a stilt to prop up the toilet.

Sarah HansellStaff Writer

hansell14@up.edu

1. Oct. 28, 10:28 p.m. - Public Safety received a call reporting an intoxicated individual screaming on the 5100 block of N. Harvard. Officers were not available and the call was taken by Portland Police.

2. Oct. 29, 2:00 p.m. - A student came to Public Safety to report a sexual assault that occurred on 11/1/2008. A report was taken and investigation continues.

3. Oct. 29, 2:49 p.m. - A staff member reported the smell of marijuana coming from a room in Mehling. Officers made contact with the residents and they turned over marijuana. An additional room search was conducted on an additional room but nothing was located.

4. Oct. 30, 12:51 a.m. - Public Safety received a call from Residence Life requesting an ambulance for an intoxicated student at Shipstad Hall. The student declined transportation to the hospital and was left in the care of his or her roommate.

5. Oct. 30, 11:04 a.m. - A student came to Public Safety to report the theft of a violin which occurred on 10/29/11 in Mago Hunt. A report had already been filed with Portland Police. Report was taken and the investigation continues.

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“We’re not waiting for Congress,” Obama said. “Last month, when I addressed a joint session of Congress about our jobs crisis, I said I intend to do everything in my power right now to act on behalf of the American people – with or without Congress. We can’t wait for Congress to do its job. So where they won’t act, I will.”

The law will allow students with federal loans from 2008

and on to cap monthly loan payments at 10 percent of their discretionary income, which will replace the original 15 percent. It also enables debt forgiveness in 20 years instead of 25 years.

The new rules also allow borrowers to consolidate their government – backed student loans and pay a lower interest rate.

The changes apply solely to government loans and do not include private student loans issued by banks or loans that students have defaulted on.

“Our loan default list is 1.4 percent for UP, which is way below the national average, and used to be .9 percent,” said Turner.

According to Turner, the amount of debt a student is advised to take on depends on their major – since some jobs are in greater demand or have higher pay than others – and the amount of financial support they receive from family and outside scholarships.

“It’s an individual choice,” Turner said. “We hope most families have saved for school, and debt is a family decision.”

Senior Katie Doyle predicts her accrued student loan debt to be around $80,000 to $100,000

upon graduation in May 2012. “I decided to go to a private

school and major in education, so I’m going to exit without a job and when I find a job, a teacher’s salary,” Doyle said. “One of the things that makes me sad is our generation, who is excited to join the world and make a difference, is being stifled by this debt.”

According to Turner, there has been an increase in parents borrowing money and students looking for jobs on and off campus to help pay for their education.

“I paid for all my living, food and free-time activities through

working in the summer and working consistently through school,” UP 2011 alumna Hannah Pike said. “I have $70,000 in debt, most of which is to my parents but some of it is to banks.”

Pike graduated from UP with a degree in French studies and now works for Nike as a data administrator.

UP 2011 alumna Emily Dermann incurred about $16,000 worth of debt during her four years at UP after taking out several loans and receiving the President’s Scholarship worth $54,000, a Pell Grant and a work study grant.

“Based off of what I’ve read so far, I’m grateful for Obama’s decisions regarding loan debt and am interested to see how this plan unravels without Congress’ full agreement,” Dermann said. “Loan debt and money management in general are definitely major sources of anxiety for me right now.”

Dermann graduated from UP with a degree in elementary education and is currently coaching middle school volleyball, working as a nanny and substitute teaching for Portland Public Schools.

What: The Office of Financial Aid is presenting information for current students and alumni that will help them learn about loan repaymentsWhen: Nov. 9, 2011 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.Where: Buckley Center 163

What: The Office of Financial Aid is holding an information session to assist students in filling out FAFSA forms and where to look for scholarshipsWhen: Dec. 6, 2011 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.Where: Buckley Center 163

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“I decided to go to a private school and major in education, so I’m going to exit without a job and when I find a job, a teacher’s salary. One of the things that makes me sad is our generation, who is excited to join the world and make a difference, is being stifled by this debt.”

Katie Doyle senior

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DEBT: Obama initiates plan for student debt

CHAT: President addresses students’

concern about school size After problems in the past few years with streaming and limited presence on campus, KDUP is putting itself back on the map with some improvements.

Within the next few months, KDUP’s online streaming quality will be improved due to new software, Icecast.

“KDUP is notorious for bad streaming,” KDUP General Manager and senior Sal Liotta said. “It was spotty because we were using Quicktime.”

Many students also had difficulty connecting to the online station.

“I had a hard time connecting to the actual stream,” sophomore Jesse Proctor said. “It just wouldn’t work on my computer.”

According to KDUP Web Technician and senior Steven Langston, Icecast will provide major improvements in streaming quality due to its compatibility with both Windows and Mac computers.

During the remodel of The Commons last year, KDUP’s AM radio tower was cut down and, as a result, the station had to turn to solely online-based streaming.

However, according to Liotta, going to only streaming online was a good move for the station.

“(Having to go online) is a trend many colleges are following because it’s more cost-efficient,” Liotta said.

Along with the release of Icecast streaming, KDUP will launch its new website by the end of the semester.

“We really want to achieve more with our website,” Langston said. “We’re hoping it creates a wider base of interaction between the students and the station.”

With the help of Technical Support Services, KDUP redesigned their website allowing students to have an easier access to podcasts, event calenders and the station’s Facebook and Tumblr.

Another addition to the website is the station’s “mixed

tape.”According to Music Director

and senior Kirby Wigton, every month staff members submit songs they think fit the current “mood” of the campus. After narrowing down a cohesive playlist of about 12-14 songs, they release it on KDUP’s Tumblr.

“It’s basically a condensed version of what [we] play at the station,” Liotta said.

All of these efforts reflect the “rebranding” of the station, according to Liotta.

“We’re working with the freshmen and the new staff members to create a better foundation,” Langston said. “[It’s] something to build upon.

KDUP gets revampedUP’s student-run radio station creates a new image

KDUP General Manager and senior Sal Liota

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FINAL Flu Shot Clinic

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Available to Faculty, Staff & Students (Must show UP ID)

Cost: $15.00 each CASH OR CHECK

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Tuesday, November 8th 9:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Pilot House

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Vaccination is especially important if: You are over the age of 65 You have chronic, long-term health problems (including asthma) You are a caregiver of elderly or ill persons You work with the public, attend school or college

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“I was wondering when food was going to come up. It’s definitely caught my attention. I was very concerned when I saw the last Beacon.”

Fr. Bill Beauchamp, C.S.C. President

“I don’t get why people don’t show up to these things. People always complain about stuff on campus, and here’s our chance to use our voice.”

Andriana Alexis junior

any plans to change that right now.

“Certainly, there’s enough anecdotal information that’s come to me that it’s a serious issue,” Beauchamp said. “I don’t have a solution for you yet, unfortunately.”

As for the University’s role in campus food costs, Beauchamp said that UP must give approval to Bon Appétit for all meal plan prices, but not for prices on individual items.

He also said the University fee included in all meal plans is necessary for overhead costs such as utilities and maintenance.

ASUP vice-president and senior Chloe’ Ruffin brought up the recent Senate approval to allow Capital Improvement Fund to be used for events on-campus in addition to campus improvements. Because it is a constitutional change, the decision must be approved by both the student body and by Beauchamp.

Beauchamp said if the student body approves it, he sees no reason not to pass the resolution as well.

“The decision should be up to the students,” Beauchamp said. “If the students decide they want to use the fund for events, that’s your money.”

One student also asked about the bulging student population, which raised concerns about crammed resources and forced triples.

Beauchamp said the size of last year’s freshman class of 890 students was unexpected and, with stricter admissions, this year’s freshman class has 833 students. According to Beauchamp, there are no plans to use any RISE campaign funds to increase student population.

“Last year’s freshman class was an anomaly,” Beauchamp said. “Until that class works its way through it’s going to be problematic.”

Students also questioned Beauchamp about the anti-discrimination policy at the University, which does not include sexual orientation. Beauchamp said UP does not discriminate against sexual

orientation, but did not include the words “sexual orientation” in its policy because, legally, that includes sexual practice.

“As a Catholic university, we don’t want to promote those sexual practices,” Beauchamp said. “It doesn’t matter if it is heterosexual or homosexual.”

Senior Dana Barbar was glad Beauchamp addressed the anti-discrimination policy, but felt he did not give a very clear answer.

“I was most intrigued by that question, but I felt like he just brushed it off,” Barbar said.

Another topic Beauchamp addressed included the use of hard-copy resources during the library remodel starting in May. According to Beauchamp, students will probably need to request books during this time, rather than having open stacks to peruse in.

“We’re still figuring out where everything can go, but it’s going to have to be spread more in places like Shiley Hall and The Cove” Beauchamp said. “We’re going to have to rely on the libraries from other schools.”

Beauchamp said in addition to using of other college libraries, UP will have to make more use of the internet.

“More and more of it will be online, which I think is happening anyway,” Beauchamp said.

Turning toward the controversy over the cancellation of the homecoming dance because of drinking issues, Beauchamp said he was “disappointed” there was no homecoming dance, but the decision was up to CPB.

As the session wrapped up, a student posed one last question about what it would take for the University to allow Greek life once again.

“My resignation as president,” Beauchamp quipped.

After the chat, junior Andriana Alexis said she was frustrated by the lack of attendance for this semester’s Fireside Chat. An estimated 30 people showed up to the event.

“I don’t get why people don’t show up to these things,” Alexis said. “People always complain about stuff on campus and here’s our chance to use our voice.”

LIVING6 November 3, 2011

The tattoo wraps around his wrist, the red stitches like seams on a baseball paralleling two powerful statements in deep black ink: Seek A Miracle, Impossible Is Nothing.

For junior Sam Bridgman, a miracle would be a cure for a disease that affects only 1 in 50,000 people in the United States.

In spite of this, Bridgman refuses to let Friedreich’s Ataxia, a hereditary and degenerative neuromuscular disease, define him.

Since his diagnosis at 15, this resolution has never faltered.

“I have the attitude, and I still do, that I don’t care,” he said. “I’m just going to do whatever makes me happy.”

An avid athlete, Bridgman would spend hours playing baseball with his dad until he got it right.

“Sam was really, really tenacious,” says his girlfriend of a year and a half, junior Molly Billingham. “He just wanted it so bad.”

But during the spring of his freshman year of high school, Bridgman found himself repeatedly stumbling into doors and tripping. He was overwhelmingly fatigued. Then he didn’t make the baseball team, triggering his search for an answer.

He tried acupuncture, a chiropractor and a scoliosis specialist.

It took a neurologist and blood test to finally diagnose him with Friedreich’s Ataxia, a disease that attacks the

body’s nervous system and affects its ability to move. The neurologist told him that in his 36 years of work, Bridgman was only his fourth case.

At first it didn’t affect him much. During high school and his first year of college he was still able to walk. But now in a wheelchair, Bridgman sees how the progression has hit him, regardless of his strength.

“My nerves are in a sense stupid,” he said. “They are losing everything they have. They don’t know how to use their strength.”

But when he bikes, impossible is nothing. Biking is something his body still allows him to do.

In spring of 2008, Bridgman took off from Sacramento, Calif. and kept pedaling until he hit Las Vegas, Nev. It took him two weeks. During that time, he raised $100,000 for Friedreich’s Ataxia research.

For the 560-mile trip Bridgman rode with the Ride Ataxia program, which works with the Friedreich’s Ataxia Research Alliance (F.A.R.A.) to raise money to beat the disease. Bridgman has done several rides, normally

bringing along his family and friends.

Biking gives him a way to get out and

explore. It helps him to fill the void.

“It makes

me feel like my legs and body are alive,” he said. “And that is a great feeling.”

Another thing that gives him that feeling is baseball.

Under the arc of lights at Safeco Field, Bridgman flung the pitch towards home plate.

It never hit the ground, landing squarely in the sweet leather of the catcher’s glove.

“High and outside,” he said. Thanks to the Make-A-

Wish foundation, Bridgman had spent that August day in 2008 with his heroes in the Seattle Mariner clubhouse, taking batting practice and stretching with the team. The Mariners took the field soon after, beating the Twins with a walk-off home run. Now, Bridgman interns for the company. He hands out free merchandise to the crowd.

Billingham claims you could ask him about any past World Series, and he would know the teams, the final score and the memorable moments.

J u n i o r

Kunal Madan, Bridgman’s housemate, has to beg him to turn on anything besides ESPN.

“Sometimes I just have to say ‘Come on Sam, can’t we watch something else?’’ he said. “He’s addicted to sports.”

For Bridgman, it’s simple.“Even though I can’t play

baseball I wanted to still be involved,” Bridgman said.

Though he admits it’s hard for him, facing his limits and aching every day with the pain of what he’s lost.

“With the late onset of my symptoms, I know what it feels like to do everything,” he said. “I know what it feels like to swing a bat, wrap a double down the line, slide into second and pop up and just scream at the top of

my lungs. But now when I try to do those things I can’t.”

But it’s still impossible to tear him away from the sport he loves. In high school, he devoted himself to being the team manager. He talked to the baseball

coach at every college he applied to, landing as the self-titled social media manager for the

Pilots. He also has access

to the

team weight room and trainer. Not only does working out help him to cope, but it’s also how he met Billingham.

At first she was drawn to how personable and social he was. Now she’s come to love his infectious attitude.

“I like his activism, the way he can always put a smile on. He wants so badly to be a good

person,” she said. Gwynn Klobes, UP’s

Director of Professional Development, met Bridgman his freshman year. She has since bonded with him and his family.

“He brings joy to life,” she said. “I have the deepest

respect for him and the adversity he goes through everyday in the most gracious and positive way.”

Billingham agrees. “He has such a good sprit,”

she said. “He has a great laugh. He goes out of his way to do good things for people.”

Forever visible on his skin, “impossible is nothing” is his resounding life motto. And everyone who knows Bridgman can see it too.

It’s more than a simple slogan for a kid who loves sports.

It’s what he tells himself when he is drained and exhausted, or when he remembers what it felt like have wind hit his face as he tore down a black diamond ski slope.

It’s a reflection of how Bridgman takes everyday, with a tangible determination and vibrancy.

It’s something we never forget.

‘Impossible is nothing’Junior Sam Bridgman refuses to let Friedreich’s Ataxia hold him back

Laura FrazierFeatures Editorfrazier13@up.edu

“I have the attitude, and I still do, that I don’t care. I’m just going to do whatever makes me happy.”

Sam Bridgman junior

“He has such a good sprit. He has a great laugh. He goes out of his way to do good things for people.”

Molly Billingham junior

Help fight Friedreich’s Ataxia at Sam Jam

Sports, pg. 14

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takes over UP.

Imagine a place where you can express your innermost thoughts and feelings. A place where people can give positive reinforcement for these emotions. A place where you can be uncondition-ally accepted.

No, it’s not Alcoholics Anonymous. It’s Tum-blr.com.

Tumblr has risen in popularity over the last year. This website provides a new outlet for so-cial networking and different means of social interaction. Millions of people worldwide have discovered the allure of Tumblr, and UP students are no exception.

“Anything on the Internet can be distracting,” sophomore Camden Revell, who uses Tumblr regularly, said. “It’s the curiosity that gets you.”

Essentially, Tumblr is an online blogging site where users can post text, pictures, video, links, quotes and audio to their profiles. Users are followed by other users, who can “ask” ques-tions and reblog pictures and videos they like to their own profiles. In addition to following their friends on Tumblr, users may also follow people they have never met, solely because they have similar interests.

“It’s who you follow that makes it interest-ing,” sophomore and avid Tumblr user Lauren Rapadas said.

Unlike Facebook, Tumblr allows the user to create a profile that protects their anonymity. According to freshman Karyna Brandariz, this makes Tumblr more welcoming than Facebook, where it is easy to be judged by others.

Brandariz first got a Tumblr account her ju-nior year of high school, which helped her be-come closer to her friends.

“I learned a lot about my friends through Tumblr because they were comfortable with posting their opinions and feelings,” Brandariz said.

But Revell said that although Tumblr’s ano-nymity makes it a safer place to share ideas with-out fear of judgment, there is a line between hon-esty and too much information.

“Sometimes people post way too much stuff

that I would never post,” she said.Another appealing aspect of Tumblr is its cre-

ativity. Users can personalize their accounts to their own individual styles through tools such as backgrounds, pictures, videos and quotes. The fun of personalizing your own account may ex-plain Tumblr’s upswing in popularity.

“There are more people wanting to be cre-ative,” Rapadas said. “Tumblr is a good place to start because it is so versatile.”

Revell said the reason Tumblr has become so popular is because it allows more freedom of ex-pression compared to Facebook.

“I think people like the idea of showing their personality more than just a status update,” she said.

Because people on Tumblr constantly repost and blog about their opinions, it is easy for users to become distracted. Tumblr has a feature called the Dashboard where people’s blogs that you fol-low are posted for you to review and respond to.

“It’s different every time you go on,” Rapadas said. “With Facebook, the only thing that chang-es is the news feed, and it gets boring.”

Brandariz confessed that she spends at least an hour a day on Tumblr and considers herself addicted.

“Usually you want to scroll down to where you left off last time and that can take hours,” she said.

So, is Tumblr here to stay? Or will it join the ranks of passing fancy such as LikeALittle and Chatroulette?

According to Brandariz, Tumblr will stay popular because of the unique features it offers.

“It’s so different from other social networking sites,” she said. “With MySpace and Facebook, you network through them. Tumblr is kind of a story of your life.”

Kathryn WaltersStaff Writer

walters14@up.edu

November 2, 2011: A Palindrome to remember

Photo Courtesy of Kevin Kadooka

On Wednesday Nov. 2, a one of a kind palindrome occurred. Of all of the palindrome dates in the 21st century, 38 all together, 11022011 is the only one that happens in November. It has been a hundred years since a palindrome last occurred in November, and it is even more rare because it’s an eight-digit palindrome.

It is truly wonderful to experience such a day in our lifespan!

The L.A. Times, Chicago Tribune and KATU News are among the other news organizations covered engineering professor Aziz Inan’s story on this palindrome.

Inan made sure to have his EGR 110 class point out the palindrome on this especially cool day.

- Laura Frazier

Information courtesy of Aziz Inan

After learning more about Tumblr, I decided to see what all the hype was about. I’ll be honest, I didn’t really understand the point of Tumblr when I first heard about it. I just thought it was an updated version of Facebook.

So I caved and got a Tumblr account. I found a few of my friends I knew had Tumblr and began to “follow” them. Half an hour later, I could see why Tumblr can be so addicting. For me, Tumblr became a black hole of memes, videos, pictures and opinions. You really get to know more about people through their interests and ideas they share.

However, I am not completely won over. This may sound snooty, but I don’t care very much about the innermost workings of people’s minds, especially those I don’t personally know. There’s such a thing as too much information, people. If you want to spill your guts, buy a journal. I understand that Tumblr might be a good fit for those who don’t mind sharing their thoughts with the world. But honestly, I’d rather restrict my opinions and feelings to a select circle of friends.

-Kathryn Walters

Tumblr turns out to be a little

too personal

Halloween 2011 This past Monday, UP opened its campus to the Portland community for RHA’s annual

HALLoween. Students across campus dressed up to pass out candy to children and residents of nearby neighborhoods. Each dorm decorated their lobby for the occasion. Annual dorm Halloween festivities included Shipstad’s Haunted House and Mehling’s Thriller Night.

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Love will hold us togetherCampus Ministry’s Encounter with Christ retreat brings students closer to God and opens them up to love

Encounter. To meet or come across, especially unexpectedly. This is the definition you will find in the dictionary. I think in some ways, this definition ex-plains what happens on the En-counter with Christ retreat, but really, it doesn’t delve nearly deep enough.

Yes, we encountered Christ on the retreat; that was to be ex-pected (it is, after all, the name of the retreat). But we found so much more than that. We found love. We found friendship. We found family. That maybe wasn’t quite as expected.

But on this weekend full of love and community, we didn’t just “come across” Christ. We experienced Christ, loved in Christ and lived in Christ.

As a coordinator, I was able to experience the retreat differ-ently than I have previously. This role allowed me to step back and really see the changes that took place in the group from when we gathered Friday afternoon until

Sunday evening. It was truly one of the most beautiful and inspir-ing things I have ever witnessed.

From that first meeting Fri-

day afternoon, this group had a great energy. Everyone was talking, enjoying each other’s company, but it was still that slightly uncomfortable “I-don’t-quite-know-you-but-you-see re-ally-nice” chatting. Now, I can’t tell what specifically happens in this amazing time, but almost immediately after we arrived at

our location, a change started to occur. As the weekend went on, the smiles got wider, the laugh-ter got louder and the hugs got tighter. Something was coming together, even if we didn’t com-pletely all know it at the time. Then, Saturday night, something clicked. We had become a fam-ily.

The theme of the retreat was “Love Will Hold Us Together,” and this was exactly what was found this past weekend. Love. It was in this love that we found for each other that I really saw God this weekend. When we encoun-tered that love, that sense of fam-ily, we encountered Christ.

We came from every differ-ent dorm, year and major across campus, but in the end it didn’t matter. It seemed that every-where I looked, I saw the amaz-ing presence of God touching us. When a group of students were laughing so hard together that they were doubled over. When two people just stood and hugged each other for minutes. And the most amazing part? None of these people had known each other before Friday afternoon.

As I saw the relationships this weekend start to bloom and grow, I really felt God working. The concept of love in our world is sometimes skewed to just

be romantic love, but love is so much more than that. What was found this weekend was agape: God-love. This sort of love is un-conditional, ever-present and all-encompassing. This weekend, everyone really opened them-selves up to one another.

Allowing yourself to become vulnerable can be dangerous. You can get hurt. But it was through this vulnerability that we found love. God’s love shines through all the mistakes we have made and all the troubles we have lived through. So it was with the love that we came to have for each other. It was truly incredible that in sharing all of our fears, all of our insecurities, we only came to love one another more. That complete love that we found for one another after only 24 hours could only be explained by God touching each of our hearts.

Everyone came to this week-end looking for something dif-ferent. We were called by God because we needed something. I can’t speak to if everyone found what they needed—that is some-thing within each person’s own heart. But what we did find, each one of us, was love and the knowledge that whatever is hap-pening in our lives, whatever we might be facing, love will al-ways, always hold us together.

Erin Flotte is senior second-ary education major and can be reached at flotte12@up.edu

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Chloe’ Ruffin &Zack ImfeldGuest Commentary

Capital Improvement Fund does not create memories

ASUP is jumping into bed with the Campus Program Board (CPB) and trying to reas-sure everyone that it’s OK.

On Oct. 24, the ASUP Senate voted 27 to 2 in favor of allowing its Capital Improvement Fund (CIF) – $20,000 a semester – to be used for campus events in ad-dition to capital improvements.

Resolution 11-07 would change the CIF to a Major Proj-ect Fund (MPF), which would expand its use to include fund-ing for events such as speeches and concerts. However, be-cause Resolution 11-07 violates ASUP’s constitution, which limits the CIF’s use to physical improvements only, ASUP must have the student body’s and the University president’s approval before the resolution can go into effect.

ASUP President and senior Zack Imfeld does not view this resolution as giving more mon-ey to CPB, but “giving students more opportunity to do great things with their money.”

Sorry, ASUP, we’re call-ing your bluff, and The Beacon

gives Resolution 11-07 a re-soundingly firm no.

ASUP exists to lead and gov-ern the student body, while CPB exists to entertain. Resolution 11-07 would, in effect, join two organizations that should func-tion independently.

Though the $20,000 may not be allocated directly to CPB, the program board is in charge of planning campus events. Thus, CPB would most likely be us-ing the money. It is unlikely that ASUP would plan this major event without CPB or form a new committee to do so, espe-cially because CPB already ex-ists for this purpose.

According to ASUP Treasur-er and junior Caitlin Chu, CPB received around $66,000 from ASUP funding this semester and is expected to get roughly the same amount next semester. Part of CPB Director and junior Sean Ducey’s campaign plat-form was to bring a major event to campus and CPB has already planned to host a concert in the spring – before ASUP voted to change the CIF to a MPF. If

CPB believed it had sufficient funds to a hold a concert with its current budget, why does ASUP think more money should be designated for a major event?

Resolution 11-07 would give immediate gratification to the student body. However, it is not in the best interest of the student body. Sure, a concert might be more memorable for some stu-dents, but an actual physical contribution to the campus has greater longevity and ultimately benefits more people in the long run. Past improvements, such as a water bottle refill station, TVs in Howard Hall and the cross-walk in front of the University’s main entrance may not have the same glitzy in-your-face impact as a “bomb Lupe Fiasco con-cert,” but they are dependable improvements that students use every day.

Moreover, the City of Port-land already has a steady stream of concerts that students can at-tend. UP does not need to host a concert for students to get their music fill.

Finally, the vote to change

the CIF to a MPF shows a lack of creativity on ASUP’s behalf. If ASUP is unhappy about past physical improvements made with the CIF, perhaps it should devote more time to finding improvements worth spending money on. The CIF could go toward improving St. Mary’s, which would give students the student center we deserve. The CIF could also be spent on put-ting in more bike and skateboard racks around campus.

According to KDUP Gen-eral Manager and senior Sal Li-otta, KDUP is also in desperate need of a new website. Helping KDUP attain this goal would not only add to the value of the radio station but to the Univer-sity in general.

The student body should undoubtedly vote against the change of the CIF to a MPF and reserve the funding for physical improvements. It is difficult for smaller schools like UP to re-ceive funding for small physical improvements to campus. These smaller improvements are even more overlooked when the Uni-

versity has problems like toilets falling off the walls in Corrado and Shipstad Halls. Also, stu-dents have different priorities than the administration on what would be useful capital im-provements, like the 30-minute parking in front of The Cove.

Over the next two years the fall CIFs are already designated for the RISE Campaign, specifi-cally to the new fitness center. Because of this designation the Senate has only $20,000 a year for capital improvements rather than $40,000. If the spring CIF is turned into an MPF, it would further limit the physical “foot-print” ASUP could leave on campus, and many much-need-ed capital improvements will fall to the wayside.

Just because 27 ASUP Sena-tors want a “memorable event” does not mean it’s in the best interest of the University and its students. Students should vote against ASUP and its lackluster decision on the PilotsUP portal Nov. 15-16.

Fountains. Swing sets. Gaze-bos. Hot tubs.

In past years, these were Capital Improvement Fund (CIF) ideas. After going through six CIF cycles, we have seen it all.

The CIF was an idea created by ASUP in the spring of 2005. It calls the ASUP Treasurer to reserve 10 percent of the total ASUP budget for the CIF to pro-vide physical improvements to the UP campus. The Major Proj-

ect Fund (MPF) resolution looks to give students the flexibility to not only give our campus a physi-cal improvement, but also im-prove every Pilot’s experience on The Bluff.

During Tuesday’s Fireside Chat, UP President Fr. Beau-champ was quoted saying that he hopes that the fund will be used to improve student life on The Bluff. Students can do so, if we vote ‘yes’ during the special elec-tion!

This idea does not immediate-ly move the CIF into a fund for CPB. Instead it gives the ASUP Senate and Executive Board the option to improve student life on The Bluff in a different way. Some Pilots really enjoy tangible things like laptops, shoes or X-

Boxes. But others enjoy concerts, comedians or amusement parks.

The CIF as it stands elimi-nates the possibility for Pilots who love experiences to benefit.

Some might disagree with the Senate’s decision to pass this res-olution by stating that allowing the CIF monies to go to an event because it is not a lasting change, but who is to say that an amazing concert, event or speaker would not do the same thing?

When we are old and gray, the chances of us remembering the rubber bricks by the Pilot House or the TV’s in Howard Hall are minimal, but the chances of us remembering Dance of the De-cades, Michael Polan or a major event on campus is much higher.

Some Pilots might also make

the argument that by changing the CIF to a MPF that it will not affect them, but the CIF projects from the previous two semesters are still in progress, the CIF as it is right now will directly affect Pilots today anyway.

When speaking to alumni, many of their favorite memories include amazing events on cam-pus that UP hosted such as the Harlem Gospel Choir or Good Charlotte performing. Look at the buzz surrounding the charity basketball game with LaMarcus Aldridge from the Blazers!

We want big things, we want big names and we want memo-ries.

So the ASUP Executive Board urges you to vote ‘yes’ for the MPF because it simply gives

Senators more leverage to be able to do their job better for YOU.

Chloe’ Ruffin is a senior education major. She can be

contacted at ruffin12@up.edu

Zack Imfeld is a senior theology major. He can be contacted at

imfeld12@up.edu

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It’s that time of year again. That’s right, ladies (but mostly gentlemen), No Shave Novem-beard is upon us.

“What a trivial celebration,” you say.

“Just a ridiculous display of immaturity among college and high school-age boys trying to flex what little facial-hair muscle they have,” your beardless friend adds.

Unfortunately, these are the unfair prejudices that bearded folk face on a yearly basis. But let me learn you naysayers a thing or two about what a beard means to the young men of our society and how this so-called trivial month-

long holiday transcends simple hair growth and becomes an es-sential launching point through which boys transform into men and better yet, make men into legends.

Few know the reasons behind this glorious festival of manhood. But lucky for you, I am one of the last remaining men who can be-stow upon you the blessed gift of bearded baptism. It is well docu-mented that many great men in our history, such as Jesus Christ, Brian Wilson (disambiguation: pitcher, not Beach Boy), Fred-erick Douglass, Paul Bunyan, Charlie Day and two thirds of ZZ Top had or have beards that rival anything you will see today.

However, No Shave Novem-beard extends beyond a culture of greatness.

Reason and logic might tell you that this tradition was made to keep the faces of men warm for the bitter cold of winter. Sorry Spock, your logic has failed you.

Others may claim we are growing our beards out like St. Nicholas in preparation of the birth of our Savior in December. Wrong again!

These uneducated assump-tions only complicate the sim-plicity of this month. No Shave Novembeard exists because, as we grow up, we yearn for the momentous day when we see that first hair on our chin so we can be just like Dad. Instead of pre-tending to shave with our Power Rangers razor-free shaving kit, Dad actually teaches us to put the blade to our face for the first time. It takes a few tries as we struggle to figure out that we don’t need to lather the shaving cream an inch thick over our entire face, and we nick ourselves occasionally. It’s only a matter of time before we get the hang of it.

After a few years, shaving be-comes a regular occurrence and, quite frankly, a bit of a hassle. As men we are told we have to shave

for school, or because it looks funny if we don’t, or because girls don’t like it or because our boss says so, until finally we real-ize we are being restrained from our full potential. If God didn’t want us to have beards, then why would He/She make it grow back every day?

Thus we come to No Shave Novembeard, the month where we say enough is enough and we go a full 30 days without touch-ing our razors.

This is a celebration of man-hood that creates meaningful bonds in the bearded community and sometimes extends beyond the bearded brotherhood. In my family history alone, I can cite the benefits of a beard. My grand-pa had a facial mane when he met my grandma. I thank God he did, for had he not met her I would not be here today growing my own magnificent beard.

To sum it all up for you, both good and evil men in our galaxy’s

history donned the beloved beard. More importantly, our everyday champions and unsung heroes go about their days rocking various facial hair fashions and making our lives more enjoyable. It is our job as men – or legends as the case may be – to continue this tradition and to use our ability to grow our facial hair for good, not for the purpose of evil.

So I challenge you men out there to answer the call of duty, not for me, not just for yourself but for those men who came be-fore us and sacrificed so much to create this magical time we now call Novembeard.

PJ Marcello is a junior organizational communication major. He can be contacted at

marcello13@up.edu.

MatthewAbely Guest Commentary

You’re paying for your lifestyle

There seems to be a miscon-ception among the student body, or at least the ones who wrote in last week’s Beacon. Bon Ap-pétit’s whole sustainable, local, organic, made-to-order food is not so expensive. Attempting to maintain a certain lifestyle and eat via Bon Appétit is.

We Americans spend as little of our leisure time, money and effort on food, health and fitness as possible. Instead we priori-tize spending them on unneces-sary – albeit fun – stuff like cel-

lular smart phones, computers, clothes, shoes, television, mov-ies, music, video games, comics or just sacrificing all our leisure to overwork ourselves. This lifestyle is horribly expensive. Fast, take-it-to-go, pre-prepared, pre-packaged food products like burgers and coffees or anything containing meat and dairy will always be more expensive than any sit-in-and-dine vegan chili or salad. This is just how, scientifi-cally speaking, it works.

The issue, as I see it, is that a lot of us, myself included, did not notice this truth of science until we got to University of Portland and Bon Appétit spelled it out to us in the price tags. This is be-cause in larger society most of

the costs of it are hidden from us. Instead of paying for our life-

style upfront we pay for it in far more subtle, far more damaging ways. We pay for it when our tax-es go to subsidizing fossil fuels, the wars to get them, corn, soy-beans, meat and big box stores. This is what makes the price tags of all fast food products so much lower than those of local organic foods, and part of why our gov-ernment always seems to have so little money for vital sustainable infrastructure, public education, health care and social safety nets.

We pay for it when our laws permit business people to treat farm and factory workers like slaves, as well as emit whatever toxins, pollutants and invasive

genetically modified species they want into our world.

We pay for it when food and consumer products are sold with violent sexist racist homophobic advertising, instilling further into the mind of everyone that rape culture is inherent to human nature.

Ultimately we will be paying for it big time when this lifestyle finally causes global warm-ing and mass extinction flood, scorch, plague, blight, ravage and permanently transmogrify all of nature as we know it – including human civilization.

I get that it is not easy to change from consumerism to sustainable living. I am both a huge fitness nut and geek-nerd for

all art of both high and lowbrow. This transition I am currently making to spend my leisure time, effort and money that does not go to fitness on cooking and dining sustainably over spending them all on art sucks. It is choice that I wish I did not have to make. It is a choice that I wish no one had to make, and yet we do. More power to Bon Appétit and University of Portland for making this choice as well, even if it means short-term pain for us students.

Matthew Abely is a junior environmental ethics and policy

major. He can be contacted at abely13@up.edu.

“Nine.”

Anna Zagelow, senior, nursing

Faces on The Bluff

By Talley Carlston

How many games will the men’s

basketball team win this year?

We asked:

“Seven.”

Bryant Judge, senior, business

“A baker’s dozen.”

Mark McGinnis, senior, sociology

“3/4.”

Colleen Cunningham, senior, Spanish

“Eight.”

Fiona Thornhill, junior, nursing

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Major Project Fund is a short-term decision

There is no free lunch

Letters to the Editor

Would you pay upfront for a party you would not be interested in attending?

The Capital Improvement Fund (CIF) sets aside 10 percent of each undergraduate’s student government fees to be used strict-ly for physical tangible changes on campus. Last week, the ASUP Senate approved a resolution to change the constitution to allow the CIF to be used towards hold-ing events on campus – such as concerts – called the Major Proj-ect Fund (MPF).

There will be an election in the PilotsUP Portal Nov. 15-16 to have the student body formally vote on this amendment. This de-cision is not in line with the origi-nal vision of this fund. Changing the CIF to a MPF is creating un-realistic expectations that will not be fulfilled.

Until the administration starts addressing the physical needs of the campus in a timelier manner, we should not alter the CIF. The student body holds the power to make physical improvements as we see fit using these funds. This

is especially important as we prepare for the changes that our campus is about to undergo due to the RISE Campaign.

Recently, I became aware that construction will begin on the Library next May. This means the Library will be closed all of next academic year for renova-tions. I frequently hear fellow students complain about lack of study space on campus. With the Library out of use, this issue will be magnified. The CIF could be utilized to create lasting alterna-tive study spaces.

As our campus transforms, is-sues will only continue to arise. The strategic planners cannot anticipate everything, and we should keep this money to deal with unexpected physical de-

mands. The CIF empowers stu-dents to deal with problems that are overlooked by the adminis-tration.

Changing the CIF to a MPF is not feasible. We will be setting our expectations too high, and it can only result in disappoint-ment.

The Senate has dropped big name performers like Kanye West or Lupe Fiasco. I researched the cost of other campuses hold-ing major concerts and discov-ered it initially cost Boise State University $55,000 to secure Lupe Fiasco last April. Also, there will be a multitude of other expenses we are failing to recog-nize. These include but are not limited to security, ticket sales, venue costs, travel arrangements, hotel accommodations and meals for the performer and their crew.

The CIF is only $20,000. How will we make up the difference?

Furthermore, a concert is a single short-lived event that will not benefit the entire student body, whereas a physical im-provement to our campus is avail-able and accessible to all forever. All students would be contribut-ing their fees to host this concert but not everyone would want to attend or be able to attend. Find-ing a performer with enough

widespread appeal would be nearly impossible. Most people would rather see a performer of their choosing at an established venue in Portland rather than a “D-List” artist in Chiles.

The timeline of holding a ma-jor event also poses a problem. For the next two years, ASUP has already donated the fall CIF money to the RISE Campaign. Thus, we only have the spring CIF available.

Planning, organizing and put-ting on a concert of this caliber could not be executed by the end of the year. Seniors would be at a disadvantage and essentially paying for a giant party that they would not be able to attend. Even if we were to open the event up to alumni, the majority would not be able to go or be aware of the opportunity.

At this time it is not in the student body’s best interest to change the CIF. The funds are insufficient and the logistics of holding an event like a concert are not realistic. I highly encour-age the student body to seriously consider the resolution at hand and vote in the upcoming elec-tion.

Bridget Brown is a junior accounting major. She can be

contacted at brown13@up.edu.

“A concert is a single short-lived event that will not benefit the entire student body, wheras a physical improvement to our campus is available and accesible to all forever .”

Bridget Brownjunior, ASUP Senator

To address some of the issues brought up in last week’s Bea-con I thought I would start with a phrase I have heard my whole adult life: There is no free lunch.

Yet, some on campus believe they may be entitled to just that.The “eye for an eye” mantra that was quoted last week in regards to theft leaves me speechless.

When I go to the supermarket or a restaurant and I see some-thing costs more than I think it should, I make a decision not to buy that item. Or I order some-thing less expensive on the menu. Theft costs everybody more. And why is it ok to steal here on cam-pus? Would you do the same at Fred Meyers if you thought it was too expensive?

Theft issues aside, the main issue is pricing and consumer choices. So let’s start with pric-ing. In fact, price spikes are steep-

er than the U.S. Federal Reserve would have us believe. When you hear that the core consumer price index (CPI) is up only 1.6 percent from last summer, you must re-member this: that number does not include costs for food or fuel.Prices continue to rise across

the menuEven after a minor drop in

commodities this month, seven of the eight Standard & Poor’s GSCI Agriculture Indices are higher than a year ago. As ad-verse weather continues to dam-age crops, rising demand erodes inventories and a weak dollar boosts demand for U.S. exports: Corn futures are up over 100 per-cent; wheat gained 67 percent; orange juice up 56 percent; raw sugar advanced 44 percent; rice jumped 35 percent; pork at all-time highs; liquid eggs gained 11 percent this quarter; disposables up 8 percent.

This is just the raw ingredi-ents – and yes you can buy ba-nanas at Fred Meyers for 89 cents per pound. These are called loss leaders. There is a reason they are the first thing you see when you

walk into the grocery store. The large apples are next and they run $1.98 per pound. Followed by to-matoes at $2.98 per pound. The hope is that you got such a great deal on the first that you don’t mind spending a little more on the next two. The volume at a su-permarket is 70 times what ours is and that’s at one store.

Consumer choicesBeverages are the number

one seller in our operations here. Over a five week period this fall over 33,000 drinks that I would classify as treats were purchased.Items in that category would be mochas, lattes, Gatorade, energy drinks, artisan sodas and the like.

I do think that consumers drive the menu choices here and when you go to The Cove at any time of the day you will find a line that is 10 to 12 deep for chicken wraps. In fact over the same five week period over 8,700 wraps were sold. If they were not sell-ing or there wasn’t a demand we would be rethinking that station.The wrap prices went up as the ingredients to make them went up. We look at all of the items we

sell and with the limited space and high volume we cannot af-ford to have items or stations that don’t move.

Meal plans Fifty percent of all students

have chosen the smallest meal plan available. This meal plan is meant to be seven meals a week or one a day. To think that you could eat three meals a day on this plan is not realistic.

Twenty-seven percent of stu-dents chose the next meal plan. So we have over 75 percent of campus on the two smallest meal plans.

We all have to live on budgets these days. Part of the experience is making choices and living within your means. I think about every purchase I make when I go grocery shopping for my family.

So the next time you order that double shot large white chocolate mocha for $5.25 you could have got a salad instead.

Bridget BrownGuest Commentary

Kirk Mustain is the general manager of Bon Appétit. He

can be contacted at mustain@up.edu.

KirkMustainGuest Commentary

Kevin Kadooka | THE BEACON

Get trashed in fashion

There are hints of sustainabil-ity-minded individuals all over this campus: people riding bikes, signs about “meatless Monday” on The Commons’ tables and the wide range of reusable water bottles. These are all great ways to show that you care about the environment, but why not try something new?

Last year the College Ecol-ogy Club hosted the first annual Trashin’ Fashion Show where students took the opportunity to

create outfits out of a minimum of 75 percent reused and recycled materials and strut their stuff down the runway. Outfits ranged from a dress made completely of receipts from The Commons, to a galactic warrior with a fake TV for a body and a flapper with a floppy disc dress.

This year’s Trashin’ Fashion will be held on Friday, Nov. 18 and we need students to partici-pate. Partner up with a friend, get a group together and go crazy! Give that junk around your room a second life while

promoting sustainability and having fun. I’ve seen student art around Buckley and I know we have some creative people on this campus. Put that creativity to work, support a cause, pos-sibly win a prize and look good doing it!

If you are interested in creat-ing an outfit or would like more information please contact Alis-sa White at whitea12@up.edu

Alissa White is a senior nursing major. She can be contacted at

whitea@up.edu.

14 November 3, 2011 SPORTS

Bruce Garlinghouse Staff Writer

garlingh13@up.edu

Friends and community jam for Sam

On Nov. 8, the men and wom-en’s basketball teams will face their toughest opponent yet: the Oregon Disability Sports Basket-ball Team.

Players from both the men’s and women’s basketball teams will create a coed wheelchair basketball team. One group will play the first half, and the other the second.

Called Sam Jam for junior Sam Bridgman, the game will raise money to fight Friedrich’s Ataxia, a degenerative neuro-muscular disease that affects nearly 1 in every 50,000 people and has restricted Bridgman to a wheelchair since last year.

Bridgman, who has partici-pated in several bike rides aimed to raise awareness of F.A., said this event is particularly special to him.

“It is really cool that I have the kind of friends and commu-nity that want to help me and do something that can help me and find a cure for F.A.,” Bridgman said.

F.A. occurs slowly over time, and Sam was not diagnosed until his freshman year of high school when he was cut from the base-ball team and his peers began to notice a change in his walk.

“People started telling me I looked like I was drunk because I would start to sway. I didn’t even

notice it at the time,” Bridgman said.

It also affects his speech. He slurs and sentences are drawn out, another symptom of the dis-ease that resembles intoxication.

“If I get pulled over, officers immediately think I am drunk,” Bridgman said with a laugh.

Bridgman, who now operates a car with a hand brake and ac-celerator, was able to operate a standard motor vehicle until F.A. caused an accident when he thought he had pressed the brake, but his leg didn’t respond.

His condition will get worse. Heart complications as well as di-abetes are common in later stages and muscle problems can lead to change in the spine, which may result in scoliosis or kyphosco-liosis.

Sam Jam’s inceptor, junior outfielder Sam Westendorf, said he wanted to give back to some-one that has given him and every-one else who has met Sam a fresh outlook on life.

“You never see him down and he’s always in a good mood,” Westendorf said. “You look at him and realize we may think we have it hard, but he still sees joy in life.”

The idea came from Westen-

dorf’s sister, who worked with Oregon Disability Sports in the past. Westendorf said he had al-ways been interested in service and he felt helping Bridgman was the right opportunity.

The game will be played in the Chiles Center and consist of two 20-minute halves with a run-ning clock. Entrance to the game is free, but Westendorf will be asking for donations and selling T-shirts. Bridgman will also be playing and will give a halftime speech as well.

In addition, Westendorf said they have contacted multiple businesses to sponsor and donate to the event. Bridgman has set up a website with instructions on how to donate and hopes to raise at least $3,000.

All the money raised will be donated to the Friedrich’s Ataxia Research Alliance, or F.A.R.A., a nonprofit organization dedicated to curing F.A. through research, according to its website.

Bridgman debated whether to donate the money to helping others purchase equipment such as wheelchairs, but ultimately decided F.A.R.A. was the right choice.

“A cure is the main goal,” he said.

Treatment consists of coun-seling and speech and physical therapy.

He added that he looks for-ward to seeing the campus come together for a good cause.

“It gets students involved in

service as well as gives aware-ness to a disease that is not well known,” Bridgman said.

Little is known about F.A. The gene that causes the disease was discovered only a little more than a decade ago.

Sophomore right-handed pitcher and Bridgman’s room-mate last year, J.R. Bunda said he looks forward to more peo-ple knowing and understanding who Sam is and what he goes through.

“A lot of people know who Sam is, but they don’t know what he is going through and what he has been through,” Bunda said. “Sam is our team. He loves base-ball and he makes us see that we should be thankful that we get to play the game.”

Saddling up in a wheelchair will be no easy feat for the men’s

and women’s basketball teams and Westendorf said it will be a good experience for them.

“They won’t get to use their natural athletic abilities. It will be a humbling experience and should be interesting,” he said.

Photo courtesy Blake Andrews

Top from left to right: Tom Bridgman, Amy Koepnick, Molly Billing-ham, Kate Bostwick, Taylor Cothran and Mike Gore. Bottom from left to right: Alex Dickinson, Sam Bridgman and Ian Hilger.

Sam Jam fast facts:

What: Coed wheelchair basketball game

When: Nov. 8 at 5 p.m.Why: To raise money for

Friedrich’s Ataxia cure re-search.

What is F.A.? Friedrich’s Ataxia (F.A.) is a hereditary degenerative neuromuscular disease that attacks the ner-vous system

How you can help: Attend Sam Jam and make a donation

See page 6 for a profile

on Sam

This week in sports

Women’s Soccer After going 1-1 in California last weekend, the Pilots now stand at 8-9-1 overall and 3-4-0 in conference. The women’s soc-cer team faces rival Gonzaga on Saturday, Nov. 5 at 7 p.m. The game against GU is the Pi-lots’ final home game of the reg-ular season and senior night. The six seniors will be honored in a pregame ceremony.

Men’s SoccerFollowing two home-field wins over Gonzaga and St. Mary’s, the men are 8-6-2 overall and 3-4-1 in the WCC. They travel to California this weekend to face Loyola Marymount on Fri-day, and San Diego on Sunday. The men will return to Merlo on the 11th to finish regular season play against WCC foes San Francisco and Santa Clara.

Cross Country The men’s cross country team’s WCC championship streak was stopped at 32 this past weekend at WCC conference championships in California. The men finished second over-all with four harriers in the top 10. The women’s cross country team took third overall in the WCC championships with two harriers finishing in the top 10.

Men’s BasketballAfter posting an 81-72 ex-hibition win over Concordia the men remain at home for another exhibition game, this time against Concordia-Irvine, on Friday, Nov. 4 at 7 p.m.

Women’s BasketballThe women’s basketball team won 73-61 in an exhibition game against Seattle Pacific on Nov. 2. They face Concordia in a home exhibition game on Sunday, Nov. 6 at 2 p.m.

(courtesy portlandpilots.com, WCCsports.com)

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Pilotin the

Spotlight:Wally Pilot

Bruce Garlinghouse Staff Writer

garlingh13@up.edu

This week, The Beacon checked in with our friend Wally Pilot. Wally left the mascot game in 2004, but returned in 2009 ripped and ready to lead his fel-low Pilots in insane fandom. Read further to find out his secret for gorgeous biceps and what he was doing during his five year hiatus.

You were on hiatus for 5 years and finally returned in 2009. What made you come back to the mascot game?

Well I decided that other mas-cots were starting to catch up to my ability, so I decided that I should just take some time off to explore other adventures. I went down south and worked as a riv-erboat pilot on the Mississippi River, and I ran into my good friend Puddles. I still don’t know why he was down there, but he helped me go through an intense training program. That’s how I

got the muscles I do now. Any-way, I realized that with these new guns I could once again compete against my competition at a high level, and here I am…

You have easily the best bi-ceps of any mascot in the coun-try, what is your secret?

Now you see, that workout with Puddles is only the begin-ning of my secret. I can’t actu-ally tell you the rest, that’s just something between Puddles and me; we don’t want other mascots getting a hold of it. Oh, and I can do more push-ups than him, just saying.

It is rumored that your tears can cure cancer, is this true?

It is very true, but seriously, do you think a man as tough as me would ever cry? Come on man!!

What sets you apart from the other WCC mascots?

Do you think any other mas-cot has a set of guns this sweet? I don’t think so. Plus, there isn’t another mascot in the WCC that is even close to as attractive as I

am. You know what I’m talking about ladies.

You have a nice set of chomp-ers. What toothpaste do you use?

Crest with baking soda and peroxide. I have to keep them nice and clean. You don’t see the fans getting pumped up by mascots with yellow teeth now do you?

Is it frustrating being con-fused with plane pilots?

At first it was annoying, but after awhile I find it rewarding being able to clear up the confu-sion.

Coke or pepsi?Is that even a question? Coke

all the way!!What is your approach to win-

ning at life?Well I get up super early to

work out before I start the day. Then I always dress for success. Then I set my goals and work toward accomplishing them. I al-ways have to work towards some-thing, otherwise what’s the point of living.

How do you handle all that winning?

I have a jar in my closet that I put all my excess winning in, and when I attend Pilot athletic events I give my extra winning to all the little kids that attend. I enjoy sharing my winning wealth with the community.

Wally Pilot is a fictional char-acter and these answers were created by the students who wear the costume.

The UP Women’s Crew team has much to look forward to this season. This year marks the first time the team has performed as a Division 1 program, and this weekend the team placed fourth in the first varsity eight portion of the Portland Fall Classic, their first competition as a D1 team. This is only the beginning, how-ever. Coaches and players expect many more great things to come.

Junior Jamie Opra, a star-board rower, says the team is focused on showing their school just what they can do in addition to building a solid foundation for successive years.

“I think our team really wants to make our student body and our school proud,” Opra said. “Hav-ing it being such a new team means we want to represent UP well and set the bar high for years to come. Even though it’s our first year we don’t want to use that as

an excuse.”Her sentiments were mirrored

by head coach Bill Zach, who was hired this year as head coach after previously working as an assistant coach at UCLA.

“We want to make sure we put in the right standards and ex-pectations in the first year,” Zach said. “If you don’t do it right the first year, it’s hard to change. I think we can do better than fin-ishing last in conference.”

Zach knows as well as anyone the challenges of steering a new program, having been previously involved in the process at Sacra-mento State and UCLA.

“I think the club programs at Sacramento State and UCLA had a little more infrastructure than here,” Zach said. “We’ve solved a lot of the issues we needed to solve, and the athletic depart-ment and University have really chipped in. The entire University is aware of the team and wanting to help out in any way that they can.”

Both Opra and Zach note that the transition to being a D1 sport requires more than just a change in facilities and name. Rather, it requires a whole new mindset.

“We have to make sure peo-ple have high goals,” Zach said. “What might be considered a good performance for a club team that is self-governed might not be considered good for a D1 team.”

“That will come with hard work and time,” Opra quickly chimed in.

Zach was happy for his team to finally get a chance to compete and put their hard work to use at the Fall Classic.

“If you’re going to be in a competitive sport, the ratio of training to competition is really high, but the competition portion is most enjoyable,” Zach said. “It’s the first time that we can ac-tually measure ourselves against other teams and get an idea of where we are and where we want to end up.”

Opra was also ready to see

how she and her teammates stacked up against the competi-tion.

“It’ll be exciting to actually see where we rank,” Opra said. “For a lot of us it’s our first regat-ta, and it’ll be exciting because we want to represent UP well and we will work hard to do that.”

In addition to the team plac-ing fourth in the first varsity eight competition against six other re-gional colleges in the Portland Fall Classic, the team placed also seventh in the second varsity eight and won the novice eight portion of the event.

“I thought that the entire team performed very well this week-end,” Zach said via email. “All three boats had good races, and it was great to have so many people interested in Pilots rowing and to have some early success.”

Jason HortschStaff Writer

hortsch12@up.edu

Kayla Wong | THE BEACON

Wally Pilot

Rowing gets feet wet at Portland Fall Classic

Photo courtesy of Steve Gibbons

NBA basketball is coming back to Rip City for one night, and tickets are going fast.

Tickets for Sunday’s Rip City Classic, an exhibition game or-ganized by Portland Trailblazer LaMarcus Aldridge, went on sale Tuesday at 11 a.m. Within 40 min-utes of going on sale, 2,800 of the available 4,800 tickets had been sold, according to Dave Taylor, Box Office Ticket Manager.

As of Wednesday night 3,480 of the 4,800 tickets had been sold.

Tickets are $25 for upper level end zone bleacher seats, $40 for upper level sideline seats and $50 for lower level sideline seats. Tickets in those three price rang-es were still available Wednesday

afternoon. However, courtside tickets ($100) sold out immedi-ately.

The Chiles Center event is turning out to be popular among NBA fans yearning to whet their appetites for NBA action during the prolonged lockout.

Two such fans, longtime Blaz-er season ticket holders Larry and Georgia Muller, were ecstatic for the opportunity to again see NBA level talent.

“We have to get our NBA fix,” Larry said. “I just hope the lock-out gets over.”

The game, whose proceeds will benefit charity, was first confirmed by Aldridge via his Twitter feed on Oct. 24. Tipoff is at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 6. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m., and the game will include numerous notable NBA faces such as Kevin Durant, Brandon Roy, Jamaal Crawford and Raymond Felton.

Associate Athletic Director Jason Brough is excited for the chance to show off UP’s facilities to such a diverse crowd.

“As a university it’s an excit-ing opportunity to host such an event, and we’re eager to show-case our facilities and our game presentation,” Brough said.

Joe Kuffner, Assistant Direc-tor of Media Relations, was also

quick to note that such a distinc-tive event would give sports fans that would not normally go to the Chiles Center a chance to experi-ence the venue.

“It’s a neat opportunity to get pro players and those fans in the Chiles Center,” Kuffner said. “The Blazers are the marquee team in the city, so it’ll be nice to get those fans in the Chiles Cen-ter so they can see what a great venue it is. There’s not a bad seat in the house. Plus it’s just excit-ing!”

Brough also agreed that the event would be exciting for all in-volved, even the players.

“It’s nice that they’ll be able to perform in front of a crowd, and have the benefits go to such a good cause,” Brough said.

The game’s proceeds will benefit New Avenues for Youth, Breast Cancer Awareness and Providence/St. Vincent’s Cardio Vascular Institute.

Aldridge thanked his fans over Twitter for their support.

“Just want to thank everyone that bought tickets so far to my charity game,” Aldridge posted.

Rip City Classic brings NBA talent to campusJason Hortsch

Staff Writerhortsch12@up.edu

Freshly minted WCC Player of the Week senior midfielder Mi-chael Neilsen has emerged as one of the leaders for the Pilots men’s soccer team and as the one player teammates expect to score goals. After shutting out heated rivals Gonzaga 2-0 and St. Mary’s 4-0 last week, Neilsen’s four goals in two victories personify what the team is thinking: They are tired of losing.

“It’s great seeing Mike take over like he is,” junior forward Ricardo Carrillo said. “He’s lead-ing by example and showing that we are done losing. He’s the one who’s been stepping up.”

UP has bounced back after a slow start, improving their over-all record to 8-6-2. They now sit in fourth place in the WCC at 3-4-1 as they prepare to hit the road, hoping to exact revenge on Loyola Marymount on Nov. 4 and San Diego on Nov. 6. Both teams beat UP in close games at Merlo Field and victories in Cali-

fornia will move the Pilots up in the WCC standings.

“We have a chance to turn our season around, and I think our guys are starting to believe in themselves and each other,” head coach Bill Irwin said. “Now we got to take care of business away from home and continue giving ourselves a chance.”

Neilsen and UP’s defense first flexed their muscles against Gon-zaga on Oct. 26 in a 2-0 victory with Neilsen scoring both goals. The Pilot’s defense did not allow any shots on goal in what was their best defensive performance of the year to date.

Neilsen scored in the 18th minute off junior midfielder Joe Sleven’s assist to give UP the

lead they would never relinquish. Neilsen took a small touch on the ball, freezing GU goalkeeper Ryan Caballero before shooting in the goal.

The Pilots struck again in the 79th minute to pad their lead when sophomore midfielder Ste-ven Evans sent a smooth pass through two GU defenders to Neilsen, who fired in the goal in-side the far post to give UP a 2-0 win.

“It’s been fantastic getting to knock these goals in and help my team win,” Neilsen said. “I could only wish of this when I was younger, I’ve never scored like I have this year before.”

The Pilots were able to amp up their offense another notch while keeping their defense strong as they hosted St. Mary’s on Oct. 28 and grabbed their third straight win 4-0.

UP came out fast and aggres-sive with Carrillo hitting a goal to give the Pilots the lead in the fifth minute, shooting in a shot from 18 yards out.

“I’m just glad it got past their goalkeeper,” Carrillo said. “It

was cool. I was able to score so early, it got everyone excited and ready to play defense.”

UP junior goalkeeper Justin Baarts held off three shots with some close saves to preserve the Pilots’ lead at 1-0.

Neilsen found himself in the right place at the right time in the 31st minute when junior defender Colin Anderson sent in a shot that rebounded right to Neilsen, who buried the shot.

Both rivals showed their emo-tion throughout the game with four yellow cards being handed out: two for each team, including a red card ejection for St. Mary’s Justin Grider for arguing with referees.

“It was definitely a physical, emotional game,” Neilsen said. “We just focused on trying to keep our heads and let our oppo-nent lose theirs.”

Anderson served up his sec-ond assist of the game in the 55th minute after he fed Neilsen again. Neilsen showed off his ball-handling skills and sent in a shot from 18 yards away, barely hitting inside the far post. It was

Neilsen’s team-leading sixth goal of the season and gave UP a 3-0 lead.

“Mike knows he has to score like he’s been scoring for us to be successful,” Irwin said. “That’s what we expect out of him and that’s what he expects out of him-self.”

Junior forward Ben Hemphill capped off one of the best offen-sive games of the season for UP in the 78th minute when fellow junior midfielder Colin Barich fired in a shot that ricocheted off SMU’s goalkeeper Doug Herrick. Hemphill was there to kick in the rebound untouched and give the Pilots a 4-0 victory.

“Our teams made a great turnaround. We’ve built off wins and made the most of our prac-tice time to continue to improve,” Irwin said. “I’m happy they’re getting to see results from their hard work and now we need to continue getting these winning results.”

Kyle Cape-LindelinStaff Writer

capelind13@up.edu

LaMarcus Aldridge, Kevin Durant and Brandon Roy headline the NBA stars playing in

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Neilsen scores four goals in two games to help the Pilots topple Gonzaga 2-0 and St. Mary’s 4-0

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“It was definitely a physical, emotional game. We just focused on trying to keep our heads and let our opponents lose theirs.”

Michael Neilsen senior midfielder

“As a university it’s an exciting opportunity to host such an event, and we’re eager to showcase our facilities and our game presentation.”

Jason Brough Associate Athletic Director

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LaMarcus Aldridge

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