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MICROaggressionsStuden ts o f c o l o r f ee l i s o l a t ed on c ampus

“Your English is so good.”“You must be great at

math.”“Where are really you

from?”

Asian Student Union President Jill Pham remembers a time when several students in her class assumed she spoke Chinese.

“In that moment it’s like, ‘Should I say something? I should say something,’” Pham said. “But what if it doesn’t happen the way that I want? But at the same time, if I don’t say something, who’s going to say something?”

Such comments may seem pretty unassuming, complementary even, but for students who are black, Latino, Middle Eastern, Asian, or Pacific Islander, such remarks are perceived as racial microaggressions.

What are microaggressions?Microaggressions are

simply everyday exchanges that, intentionally or not, send negative or derogatory messages to a person based on their race, gender identity, sexual orientation, ability or culture.

Spotting a microaggression is not always easy. By nature, the actions or words are so subtle, that even the person committing a microaggression may not be aware they have insulted another person.

UP Diversity Coordinator

Bethany Sills says the concept of microaggressions are difficult for people to wrap their brains around precisely because the concept is so complex and relative.

“Microaggression theory is based in concerns over what doesn’t feel like racism but it clearly feels devaluing,” Sills said. “A person might not just go out there and say something derogatory but (the offended person) might say something that’s like ‘Gosh, that hurt and I don’t know why it hurt. That’s why I’m struggling here right now. Am I overreacting?’”

While a single instance of a microaggression may be troubling, over a lifetime, the inner turmoil of how to properly react to others can take its toll.

Research has shown constant exposure to racial discrimination is linked to higher instances of mental illness, as well as contributing to stress, depression and anger. Those who faced higher levels of discrimination also experienced lower levels of happiness, life satisfaction and self-esteem.

Increasing AwarenessSenior Sharon Cortez, a

member of UP’s Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán (MEChA), had experienced microaggressions, but it wasn’t until she took a race and ethnicity class at UP that she was able to put a name to those instances.

“Now I’m more confident

responding to them. Before, when I didn’t know what it was, I felt like something was off, but I didn’t know how to respond or anything,” Cortez said “After learning about it in class and then also just talking about it with people and just doing more research about it, I feel like now I’m more comfortable being able to respond.”

While Cortez believes student-led clubs are an

important outlet for students to connect with others, she would like to see more institutional push for programs or classes to engage more of the study body.

“As a school that prides itself on learning through the mind, the heart and the spirit … all these ways we identify ourselves are very important,” Cortez said. “It would be great if we could have everyone take one cultural competency class as a core requirement.”

She added students that are not already interested in or have experienced issues due to race, usually have no motivation to get involved outside the classroom.

Sills agreed that getting students involved if they have no incentive to do so is difficult. She commended many of the Spanish professors who give extra credit to students that attend cultural events, but for

those cultural groups who have no departmental equivalent, the extra support can be harder to come by.

Faculty and

MicroaggressionsThe everyday experience

of microaggressions are not limited to students of color, but also affect professors and staff.

In the 2014-2015 academic school year, out of 339 faculty members, only 30 were members of a minority group.

Philosophy professor Alejandro Santana recounted an incident in which a pair of white male students dressed up in ponchos and sombreros and donned bushy moustaches. When he asked why they were dressed that way, they said they wanted to be conspicuous so their graduating friend could spot them more easily.

A year later, Santana addressed the hurt and anger that arose when Villa Maria Hall hosted a “Latin night,” at a men’s basketball game, which directly offended two Latina students.

“For Latino/a students, this event was emblematic of the kinds of microaggressions and microinvalidations that they often endure on campus, and this is part of why this event aroused such a strong reaction from them after it had occurred,” Santana said in an email. “For many white or non-Latino students, there seemed to be general surprise, which revealed a kind of inability to foresee how this

kind of event would have been seen as so offensive.”

Pham said non-white students can be made to feel alienated even inside the classroom, where they are taught by mainly white instructors.

“I think it’s troubling because I can’t look for someone on the faculty that looks like me, that has a similar background to me, that I can relate to,” Pham said “There are professors that I can talk to and connect to, but it’s not quite the same when they come from a different background. And they don’t fully quite understand the struggles, I guess, that I see.”

Students of color also face the possibility of a microaggression committed toward them by a person in power, like a professor, making for an uncomfortable power dynamic.

Cortez pointed out that the pressure would then be on the student to confront a professor.

“I feel like (microaggressions by professors) probably happen a lot because … there are a lot of white professors so maybe they don’t even know. They can’t even recognize it,” Cortez said.

“Then the student has to be like, ‘I felt uncomfortable,’ to the professor instead of the professor being like, ‘That’s not right.’”

Santana said apart from standard diversity training, he has not undergone any special

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In that moment it’s like, ‘Should I say something? I should say something.’

“Jill PhamSenior

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Trash Trailblazer:Mehling Hall introduces

composting systemA building on The Bluff

made UP history last week ... for its trash.

Last Sunday, Mehling Hall, UP’s oldest all-women’s residence hall, became the first dorm to start a compost system.

While composting may already seem like a staple in the UP community with students separating their food waste in The Commons and the Pilot House, all the snacks and to-go boxes filled with leftovers that get tossed into dorm trash bins add up to a hefty amount of waste.

“We realized that the term compost doesn’t make sense to people,” Mehling Sustainability Coordinator Mara Midiere said. “A lot of people are eating in their dorms and we’re trying to get them to understand that it’s just what you’re seeing in The Commons and the Pilot House but in your building.”

Midiere and other dorm sustainability coordinators have been working to install a compost system in at least one of the dorms for the past year. Their proposal to put compost bins on five of Mehling’s eight floors was finally approved at the end of last term by Jim Ravelli, vice president for University operations.

“I thought the project was innovative, well thought out and worthy of our support,”

said Ravelli. The plan was officially

implemented last Sunday. Clear bins and signs were placed on the second, fourth, sixth and eighth floors, as well as in the basement.

While the school has permitted funding for the dorm compost bins and the bags that go inside of them, Physical Plant is not yet involved with the actual disposal of the food.

The smelly job is left instead to Midiere and the sustainability coordinators for the rest of the dorms. According to Midiere, the coordinators will dispose of the compost in Mehling on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and sometimes an additional time on the weekend depending on how full the bins get.

“The first pickup was today. We had 20 pounds of compost from like a day and a half. So it’s a lot,” Midiere said. “We’re doing it in teams of two, so two people pick a day and schedule a time together and then they just go through the floors.”

The strong participation that Mehling residents have already turned out for the project could be attributed to Midiere’s pursuit of getting the word out on how to properly compost and why it’s important.

The sophomore organizational communication and environmental policy double major said the most

difficult aspect of composting for students might appear to be the most simple: food only.

“I think people get freaked out if they don’t know what (composting) is,” Midiere said. “They think it’s a lot of steps but it’s just food ... A lot of people haven’t clicked with that yet or just don’t care, which is an issue.”

When students regularly put napkins and other non-food items into the compost bin, much of what would have gone to a proper food processor actually ends up in the landfill.

Yet, the concept of a “food only” compost may be foreign to some students, especially those who grew up in cities with different systems like Seattle.

“In Seattle, you can put a lot more in the compost than you can here,” Midiere said. “The way their machines are set up is different. Portland switched because having just food makes it a lot more efficient of a system.”

UP’s sustainability coordinators are hoping the success of Mehling’s compost system might lead to composting in all dorms on campus.

Junior Gabe Ablin, the student representative appointed to the Presidential Advisory Committee on Sustainability, believes that with enough student participation, this could be a

possibility.“Not many students

realize it, but we have the power to effect change more than many other entities on campus,” Ablin said. “If people participate in the Mehling pilot, the sustainability coordinators will have conclusive data to present to the school — it’s hard to argue with that.”

However, finding a home for compost bins in other residence halls may prove to be a difficult task. Mehling has the perfect setup for a composting system, with a kitchenette on every floor. Providing an effective system could be more challenging for other dorms with only one kitchen.

Midiere explained that trying to put compost bins on floors without kitchens can result in several issues. If the compost bins are simply left in the hallway, they can produce undesirable smells, but when contained in a small trash room, the trapped moisture causes the food to decompose too quickly.

Despite the challenges, Midiere said that composting in all the dorms would have a positive role in reducing the university’s emissions.

“Getting (composting) in some form or another in all of the buildings would be great,” Midiere said. “That’s the ultimate goal because the big issue around compost is when

food waste goes into the landfill it generates a lot of methane.”

By composting in Portland, food waste that could have been turned into methane, a greenhouse gas about 30 times stronger and more harmful than carbon dioxide, becomes fertilizer used by local farmers. Portland also uses compost as a form of power through biogas.

Not only is composting in the dorms an environment-friendly project, it’s also cost-friendly.

Right now, the budget for composting in Mehling falls under $100. But based on programs at other universities, Midiere predicts that the project will eventually fund itself with money saved from trash pickups. Taking food waste out of the regular trash causes a huge reduction in garbage sent to landfills, which reduces costs.

Ravelli also noted that many of the maintenance calls to dorms are related to food waste clogging up the drains. If food was disposed of separately, this would be a non-issue and could also potentially save the University money.

“This is not an expensive program to maintain,” said Midiere. “And if UP is trying to cut down on any emissions they’re wasting, this is the best way.”

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Health Center to offer free chlamydia and gonorrhea testingTreat yourself this

Valentine’s Day with a visit to the Health Center for a quick and easy gonorrhea and chlamydia test.

Thursday Feb. 11 and Friday Feb. 12 students can drop in between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. to be tested. Scheduling an appointment is not necessary.

“The thing about this is you don’t have to have an appointment,” Health Center Director Margaret Trout said. “Usually if you wanted to do STI testing we’d do an appointment and it would take a little longer because we also test

for herpes, HIV, syphilis, but those are a blood test so they’re a little more.”

Patients who come in for testing are advised to refrain from using the bathroom for two hours prior to their visit for optimal results. Patients will be asked to provide a urine sample.

Testing for gonorrhea and chlamydia at the Health Center is normally free for students under 25, but next Thursday and Friday it will be free for all ages.

Trout said the Health Center is focusing on gonorrhea and chlamydia because those are the infections the Health Center sees most often.

“Gonorrhea and chlamydia can exist without any symptoms at all,” Trout said. “Even if you don’t have any symptoms, it’s worth checking out because you or your partner may have it and not know you have it.”

Students will receive their results a few days after the test. Those who test positive for the infection can receive antibiotics that are available at the Health Center.

All patients who come in for testing will be entered into a raffle for a $25 Target gift card that will be distributed to the winner discreetly.

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training for how to confront race in the classroom.

He also said many professors seem reluctant to broach the subject in the classroom, even though he believes students strongly want to discuss the topic.

“There’s also a sense of not knowing how to have these discussions,” Santana said in an email. “As a result, there seems to be an overall silence about it.”

Moving ForwardSills and Will Meek,

assistant director of counseling and training at the Health Center, created a one-hour training session for Residence Life staff to better address

microaggressions as they may occur.

One of the six presidential advisory committees focuses on inclusion, but Santana said these issues just get piled on already overwhelmed staff.

While he commended those staff and faculty members that go above and beyond to increase diversity awareness, he said the University needs to increase funding and staff members who can focus on the issue more explicitly and consistently.

Last month, the University launched a new website on diversity and inclusion, which can be found under the campus life tab. The site includes a section called “Speak UP,” encouraging students

to report alleged instances of discrimination or discomfort.

Sills said she hopes the site will encourage more students to talk about their experiences.

While the website is a step in the right direction, Cortez said more needs to be done so that students of all races can feel included.

Both she and Pham expressed the need for a space dedicated solely for multicultural students and activities. Multicultural clubs

often host events in St. Mary’s, but the center is also used by the larger campus community.

“You have to find a balance between supporting people who are the minority but also bringing awareness to the people who don’t know,” Cortez said. “I think the fear of having a center is that people would be secluded, and I get that, but people also need to be supported.”

While those multicultural clubs host a variety of events to develop cultural understanding, Pham said the University shouldn’t rely on them to provide support for students and education.

“At the end of the day, it’s not a person of color’s responsibility to educate a

fellow white person about privilege,” Pham said.

Sills agreed on the importance of all students becoming more culturally aware and more thoughtful of their interactions with people of other races or ethnicities.

“I think it takes students who are really well-educated and again, have some degree of competency in the area, to say, ‘You know what? Let me reflect on how I might’ve impacted you by what I said.’ And that takes courage,” Sills said. “It takes courage as a campus community to want to engage in this conversation.”


College Ecology Club aims to save energy with “Friday Night Lights”A group of students on The

Bluff is on a mission. On a mission to save energy.

This group of students meets in Franz Hall on Friday nights to go from building to building and turn off computer monitors, document cameras, lights and DVD players. This effort, called “Friday Night Lights,” was started by the College Ecology Club about a year ago and aims to save energy by turning off electronics around campus over the weekends.

Junior Anthony Ng, College

Ecology Club treasurer, estimated that the group turned off an average of 37.5 monitors, 47 lights, 10.75 document cameras and 1.5 DVD players per week throughout fall 2015.

“It just feels better because you know that you are making a difference,” Ng said. “Even though the University may not see that yet.”

Senior Brooke Holmes, an environmental science major, said she was disappointed when the club was informed by the Help Desk soon after they started that they are not allowed to completely shut down computers, because they run updates over the weekend

and faculty complained of issues turning them back on Monday mornings.

The club aims to raise awareness about the importance of saving energy, according to College Ecology Club President Abigail Maddigan.

“I wish the campus would let us turn off everything,” Maddigan said. “We’re not allowed to turn off everything, just because inconvenience is a really big thing for people and if people are inconvenienced they don’t want to do it.”

The College Ecology Club is involved in other service projects, working

together with local non-profit Friends of Trees, streaming documentaries on campus and attending an annual beach clean-up organized by Solve, another Portland non-profit.

Holmes cares about the impact humans have on the environment and said she gets really passionate about it, especially during discussions after watching documentaries like “Dirt,” a documentary about “Earth’s most valuable and underappreciated source of fertility.”

“I think that if you are not pissed off, then you’re not paying attention,” Holmes said. “And I’m definitely pissed

off.”Environmental studies

professor Ted Eckmann, who sometimes participates in Friday Night Lights, thinks that UP could easily become more sustainable by making more of an effort to turn off electronic devices.

“There are expensive things, harder changes to make that could really make us sustainable, but when we’re not even doing the easy ones, then we should start with light switches,” Eckmann said.

By Alina Rosenkranz T H E B E A C O N

Contact Alina Rosenkranz at [email protected]: @RosenkranzAlina

Empty rooms with all the lights and computer monitors on are a problem that the College Ecology Club sees regularly. Ted Eckman said both Windows and Mac monitors and computers can be set to automatically shut off after a specified period of time.

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Microaggressions: Minority students feel alienated on The Bluff

Contact Copy Editor Melissa Aguilar at [email protected].

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How to avoid microaggressions:Some common microaggressions fall under these categories...-Alien in own land: “Your English is so good,” can translate to, “You’re not

really an American.”-Denial of individual racism: “I have black friends so I can’t be racist,”

can mean, “I am immune to racism because of who I associate with.”-Color blindness: “Black lives matter? All lives matter,” can mean, “I

refuse to acknowledge your experiences as a person of color are different from my own.”

-Ascription of intelligence: “You’re Asian … help me with this math problem,” can mean, “If you’re Asian, you must be good at math.”

If you mess up...-Apologize if your words unintentionally

harmed someone.-Be willing to engage in a conversation about

what you can do better in the future.-Be more conscious of the language you use and

how that might affect others.

At the end of the day, it’s not a person of color’s responsibility to educate a fellow white person about privilege.

“Jill PhamSenior


UP professors awarded tenureNine UP professors

were awarded promotions and

grants of tenure by the provost’s office

on Jan. 29.The tenure awards

will go into effect on July 1, 2016.

Barbara Braband, Nursing Bradley Franco, History Julie Kalnin, Education“For me, this means that I can continue to explore ways to integrate research, teaching and service. I am so grateful to be a part of a university that supports faculty in making connections across these three areas of our professional work.”

Jennette Lovejoy, Communication

Tara Maginnis, Biology Charles McCoy, Mathematics Mark Pitzer, PsychologyMark Pitzer could not be reached for comment.

Gregory Pulver, Fine Arts“I am excited to be a permanent member of this esteemed faculty at UP. I feel like I have found my home with this entire community. Now that I am here at UP, I get to dig in and refine my work to continue to teach dedicated and excellent theater artists.”

David Taylor, Biology

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“Since I’ve been at UP I’ve focused (my research) on the ability of animals to lose and regenerate appendages, such as legs or tails, and the ‘Crab Lab’ has now done about half a dozen studies on this topic.”

“I see the tenure process as a confirmation of my teaching and role as a faculty member. It’s motivating to continue to integrate my research and service into my teaching...(Tenure) brings a sense of renewal and anticipation for more growth.”

“The tenure process was pretty straight forward for me. Teach like you mean it, publish regularly and use your strengths to reach out and help your broader university and professional community.”

“The last few weeks have been wonderful. I’ve been really touched by the outpouring of support from my colleagues and from my students, past and present. It’s made me feel at home, like people really want me here.”

David Taylor could not be reached for comment.

“The last six years have been a terrific experience for me. I get to work with extremely caring and intelligent people — both my colleagues and my students — every day... Tenure is the institution’s way of confirming and affirming my feelings and beliefs.”

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Public Safety office received a phone call from a student regarding the theft of her bike. Student lives off campus and has made a report with Portland Police department. The case is under investigation.

Officers responded to a party call in the area of the 7100 block of Montieth. Officers shut down the party. No other calls were received.

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Sunday, Feb. 21, at 3 p.m., in Buckley Center Auditorium. The University Singers will take the audience on a nostalgia trip with historic fight songs and alma maters from UP and Columbia Prep.

Parents Weekend Concert

Monday, Feb. 15 at 7 p.m. in Buckley Center Auditorium. Lalami’s The Moor’s Account was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2015. The book is a fictional memoir of Estevanico, the Moroccan slave who survived the Narvaez expedition and accompanied Cabeza de Vaca.

Laila Lalami

“Brothers Sing On!” concertSunday, Feb. 14 at 3 p.m. in Buckley Center Auditorium. Performers will include groups from Parkrose High School and the Vancouver School of Arts and Academics, Tsunami from the Pacific Youth Choir, the Balladeers from the Multnomah Athletic Club, the men of the University Singers and the Portland Boychoir.

Womens BasketballSaturday, Feb. 20, at 3 p.m., in the Chapel of Christ the Teacher. UP voice faculty and Portland Opera member Valery Saul will join the Wind Symphony for Luigi Zaninelli’s “American Gospel Songs,” and the two ensembles join forces for David Maslanka’s “Liberation.”

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As I entered the Roseland Theater, I couldn’t stop my knees from shaking. I sat down on the couch in the basement where so many musicians have chilled before me, probably with the same “pre-show” (or in my case pre-interview) jitters. There, trying to get comfortable on an old, brown velvet couch, I waited for East Coast rapper Hoodie Allen.

Running through a list of greetings I should open with, I completely forgot about what I wanted to ask him first. So I went with the most safe and basic question I could think of: Are you a crinkle type of guy, or fold? As in, with your toilet paper.

“Definitely fold,” Allen said. “I think fold is the way to go, the way of life. I tend to like to have some kind of structure within my day.”

As an independent artist who handles his own finances and constantly seems to be putting new music out, the fact that he appreciates a sense of routine to his day is no surprise.

Allen has been writing and recording music since high school, but refuses to let me know what his rapper name was back then due to the risk of exposing his humble beginnings. Instead, he gives

me a sneak peek into what the songs were about.

“I was like 13-years-old. There was one (song) called ‘The Return of the Undadog’ and there was one called ‘15 Minutes.’” Allen said. “That was the hit when I was 14. All of my music was super underground, backpack-y hip hop. Like, as many multi-syllabic phrases I could fit into one song.

“Also my voice was also super low like this,” he said, demonstrating his incredibly low voice. “I think I just went through reverse puberty or something.”

Since his high school days, Hoodie hasn’t stopped grinding out new tunes and 2010 is when he got the first sweet taste of recognition for his work. Fresh out of UPenn, he released a mixtape called “Pep Rally,” right after the immediate success of his single “You Are Not A Robot,” which sampled a song from Marina and the Diamonds called “I Am Not A Robot.”

“Pep Rally” itself included samples from various artists like Ellie Goulding, Two Door

Cinema Club, Death Cab for Cutie and Flight Facilities.

“With ‘Pep Rally,’ we started with the Marina and the Diamonds song,” Allen said. “With the hip-hop remix of it doing really well, I thought: ‘Well, why don’t we just keep that aesthetic and try to look at all the other stuff that we’re listening to.’”

Allen has come a long way since his first release. He has come out with new music every year since his initial mixtape, all without being represented by a record label. His new album “Happy Camper,” released last month, is classic Hoodie at his best.

Full of playful lyrics paired with a sarcastic undertone, it was so successful that it made it to the number eight spot on Billboard’s Top 10 Albums. But the album title doesn’t really reflect what he is talking about in songs like “Intro To Anxiety” and “Are U Having Any Fun?,” where he questions his lifestyle and whether or not he’s making the right choices.

“It’s meant, I guess, sarcastically to be honest,” Allen said. “‘Happy Camper’ comes from the idea that we put out there for the world, whether it’s on social media or otherwise. It came to me from looking at my Instagram, like I’m always smiling.

“I’m always posting these pictures looking really happy.

And it’s not always a full representation of who I am as a person. It just brought the idea that we always show people what they want to see, how much fun we’re having. But on the inside it’s way more complicated than just that constant idea of happiness.”

Still sitting on the same tattered couch, I was stumbling over what I wanted to ask to finish off the interview. Then I remembered Hoodie’s background: He’s Jewish and a

native New Yorker, so he must know Adam Sandler and the classic “Hanukkah Song.” So I went for it.

Would you ever consider doing a cover of Adam Sandler’s “Hanukkah Song”?

“I would 100 percent do that,” said Allen. “I don’t know how to reach out to Adam Sandler, but he lives in New York so maybe I’ll run into him!”

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I was not prepared for Hoodie’s show. You know, I honestly thought I was — but, sadly, no.

Let’s reflect.Three hours before the

show: I had prepared my outfit, run through an endless list of dance moves appropriate for a rap concert (yes, I organize my dance moves per genre) and getting hyped by listening to the openers for the show, Blackbear and Kyle.

As I walked up to the Roseland Theater, I noticed the first sign of my unpreparedness: I was not equipped with a crop top and and braided pigtails. I was ashamed, to say the least.

The next sign came

soon after: I had arrived embarrassingly late to the party. The first people in line had come at 6 a.m. that morning. Any doubts I had about Hoodie Allen’s popularity were crushed then and there.

As my friends and I entered the venue, I was itching to get dancing. I’d heard that Hoodie Allen’s concerts were one big party and he would keep you moving for the whole night. And he really did.

The first artist on stage was Blackbear, a bonafide smooth operator, his voice filled all the empty little pockets in my heart with love. Not even a technical difficulty with his guitar could stop all the women in the room

from falling over with complete infatuation.

With a light start to the night, it only made sense to turn up the tunes a little bit. By a little bit, I mean a lot.

Kyle came out on stage and started his set off with a lightsaber battle. I am not kidding when I say that I cried. As a Star Wars nerd and a collector of replica lightsabers, I was emotionally unprepared for that entrance.

Backed up by part of his Super Duper Crew, Kyle got the crowd dancing like it was a rave. From taking dance breaks on stage during his performance of “Don’t Wanna

Rapid firewith Hoodie

See Entertain me page 8

Photo courtesy of Matty Vogel

Hitch a ride with the happy camper

Entertain me: ‘The Happy Camper’ tourconcert review Natasa Kvesic • THE BEACON

A conversation with Hoodie Allen, who kicked off his 36-city tour in Portland on Feb. 4By Natasa Kvesic

T H E B E A C O N

Twitter or Instagram?

Drake, Kanye or Kendrick? East Coast or West Coast?

Last album you bought?

Favorite word?

Morning person or night owl?

Contact Staff Writer Natasa Kvesic at [email protected].

New York rapper Hoodie Allen touring his sophomore album.Photo courtesy of Matty Vogel

I’m always posting these pictures looking really happy. And it’s not always a full representation of who I am as a person.

“Hoodie Allen

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Fall In Love,” to throwing a surfboard on the crowd and quite literally crowd surfing, we were unable to take our eyes off of him.

Then came the main act of the night: Hoodie Allen.

To say that the crowd was stoked would be an understatement. As we all started chanting “Hoodie, Hoodie, Hoodie” in unison, you could feel the ground shake beneath you with the happiness of a sold out venue full of young-hearted souls filled to the brim with nothing but love.

Opening with the first track from his new album “Happy Camper,” Hoodie set the tone for the rest of the night, which was strictly an atmosphere of reckless and crazy fun.

Not only did Hoodie interact with the crowd throughout the night, it honestly looked like he was the one having more fun than anybody else. The energy that he was giving off was absorbed by the masses and thrown around like the little

ball in a pinball machine. With it being the first stop

of his “Happy Camper” tour this spring, there was a little extra packed within the four hour show. Toward the end of Hoodie’s set, DJ Fresh Direct — who was on stage the whole time mixing various beats — took the stage and carried the crowd into a full-on dance party complete with heart shaped confetti and two breakdance circles. It was epic, to say the least.

Now as you can see, I was unprepared. I usually know what to expect when coming to a show: a little dancing and maybe some off-key singing/yelling.

But Blackbear, Kyle, DJ Fresh Direct and Hoodie blew me away. I was unprepared for my pants to be drenched in sweat, my Vans to be tearing away at my skin and to be involved in full-on mosh pits and actually enjoy being thrown around.

At midnight, I left the Roseland a very happy camper.


Mercy: meaningful near and farPope

Francis has called for a year of mercy. When people hear that, they think of all of the acts of mercy,

big and small, to perform. Last year, while studying abroad in France, I experienced true mercy.

Before I left for my big adventure, I thought of all of the possibilities that a semester in Europe would hold for me. I knew that I’d learn about different cultures and gain a new perspective on life, that I’d probably meet new friends and visit new countries. I thought of the worst case scenarios that could come out, and one of them was the off chance that I would lose someone I love and never get the chance to say goodbye to them.

About two weeks into my program in France, I found out that my grandmother was being admitted into hospice

and probably wouldn’t make it much longer. I didn’t understand how this was possible — I had just spent Christmas with her and she seemed to be healthier than she had in awhile. The news crushed me and soon consumed all of my thoughts. I didn’t want it to be this way; I was supposed to be immersing myself in a new culture and instead, I was always rushing to find the nearest Wi-Fi in case my parents had called.

On the morning of Feb. 5, I woke up to a call from my mom and I knew instantaneously what was on the other end of the line. My grandmother had passed away. And although she left this world in the same graceful way that she lived, it left me feeling so alone. I was so upset that I had to be in France and couldn’t be with my family in Montana, or even with my UP family. I didn’t feel close enough with anyone in my program to share what I was experiencing. What I didn’t know would come was the outpouring of love that I received from all around the world.

As soon as my best friend found out, she immediately Skyped me to offer her love and support in that most difficult time. I received texts and calls and felt love from people near and far. Thanks to modern technology and the most caring host mother, with an endless supply of tissues, I didn’t feel so alone anymore.

During this Jubilee Year, Pope Francis has called us to be “merciful like the father.” There are so many manifestations of this call to be merciful and it is so wonderful. When I was feeling the lowest of lows almost a year ago, it was because of the mercy of so many that I was able to pick myself up and actually enjoy my time abroad. Mercy is represented in so many ways and it’s easy to overlook. As Pope Francis has asked us to latch onto this concept, I think it is so important that we recognize how impactful even the smallest acts of mercy can be.

Kealey Johnson is a senior French studies major. She can be reached at [email protected].

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Hey Madeleine Albright, Gloria Steinem and all Generation X ladies and beyond trying to guilt trip me into voting

for Hillary Clinton: Cut it out. Your crusades fighting for

young women to “seize an opportunity” by electing the first female president, your scolding of millennials for their Sanders support is useless, tiresome and downright condescending.

But ultimately, it’s not working.

These women don’t really want us to vote for Hillary Clinton. If they did, they wouldn’t belittle our knowledge and beliefs. They wouldn’t insult our “hashtags” that they were desperately using to gain our support just a couple months ago.

I’d have to assume that women who accuse me of simply “going where the boys are” or women who open their opinion pieces intended to shame me like, “Yes, Millennials, Hillary Clinton is a feminist,” aren’t actually interested in my support.

These speeches, articles and tweets aren’t aimed at young women. It’s clear from their haughty language and petty jokes about modern technology that these women are just speaking to other versions of themselves.

They’re hitting all the middle-aged moderate female democrats on the shoulder and saying “Am I right? I mean, kids these days!”

Hillary, here’s some advice on how to get young women to vote for you: Fire your marketing team. Immediately.

Our generation has been accused of perpetuating a “coddle culture,” in which we impose strict limitations on people’s expression for the sake of others’ comfort or our own. Critics have cited the use — or the request — of trigger warnings as one example of our generation’s inability to address difficult, and sometimes upsetting, topics. Even The Atlantic wrote an article about the consequences of “coddling the American mind,” and argued that college students are demanding “protection from words and ideas they don’t like.”

Other critics say political correctness and requests for trigger warnings stunt individual growth and stifle important dialogue. They also accuse these requests for trigger warnings on syllabi or before specific classroom discussions as favoring feelings above facts.

While the use of trigger warnings and the emphasis on political correctness are not inherently the same issue, they stem from the same desire: to be thoughtful of varying experiences and to be compassionate toward others.

Unlike some critics’ definitions, “political correctness” doesn’t mean

that certain topics are “off-limits” or that talking about controversial topics must always be done in a sterile, unemotional way. In fact, it’s the opposite. To be politically correct is to continue to have the really difficult conversations, but to do so with openness and compassion, with flexibility of thought and an understanding that everyone’s experiences are different. Being politically correct is listening to someone’s point of view, allowing them to express when something makes them upset/uncomfortable, understanding why it was upsetting and trying to speak and behave accordingly.

A desire to be politically correct is not a desire to censor people’s thoughts. In fact, it’s a desire to ensure that everyone’s thoughts can be expressed in the most effective way possible.

If someone is offended by the way you speak or behave, they’re less likely to listen to what you have to say. Have you ever had a professor that yells a lot? Or a classmate that complains too much? After a while, we begin to shut those voices out. We stop paying attention because that method of communicating no longer is effective.

The same is true for

political correctness: Using derogatory names or slurs is not an effective way of communicating. Your thoughts and feelings are valid, but communicating them effectively, without causing undue offense, increases your odds of being heard tremendously.

The use of trigger warnings can be applied to this same line of thinking. Requesting that a professor give his or her students warning before showing and discussing potentially upsetting class materials is not an attempt to stifle discussion or protect students from difficult conversations. Trigger warnings are, again, an attempt to create a safe space for effective communication. If students aren’t prepared to talk about upsetting material, they’ll most likely tune out and be poorer participants in classroom discussion — which could be detrimental to everyone’s educational experience.

The use of trigger warnings can actually be used as an entry point into important class discussions, because professors can discuss why it’s still important to learn about and discuss those potentially

I know depression. Born with genetic hearing-loss, I made do. Born night-blind, I’ve so often dreamed of seeing stars and con-stellations

to point to. Hearing-aids and night lights kept the fear at bay. It was the life I was given. My family taught me that bullies simply didn’t understand.

When I was 17-years-old I was sitting in a doctor’s office at OHSU, unaware why I had to do it anyway. Something about why I couldn’t see at night. When I was 17 I was getting ready for college, I had a girlfriend, and a lead role in the school play. I was happy.

I can remember the moment I was diagnosed with Usher’s Syndrome perfectly. I can remember despair, like a hole beneath me.

Four years ago, I was told I’m going blind. Four years ago, I was told my hearing would fade. Four years ago, I lost sight after the age of 35. In mere seconds moving lips and sad eyes crossed lines through dreams I’d thought I’d someday achieve. I could barely hear, watching in shock as my mom and dad melted to tears.

Every strength within me evaporated. My passions became torture, I stopped talking to people, and I barely slept. My life hung on a single word: “incurable.” I stopped eating, my grades fell, and I shut myself away from the world. My future was suddenly a silent, dark world, life without faces, without sounds, or dawns to wake to.

My depression led me to suicide.

A man I’d never met stopped and saved me. He told me that strength isn’t about beating your demons,

An open letter to white, 40+

year-old women: Stop telling me

who I should vote for

See Vote page 10

Let’s Talk:Endurance,

blow for blow

See Endure page 10

Rachel RippetoeSophomore

Micah BobiakSenior

See Editorial page 10

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We’re not coddled;

we’re compassionate

FACES ON THE BLUFFWhat’s one unique/unusual thing you’ve done for Valentine’s Day?

“I’ll get back to you on that next year.”

“I took a girl to Chipotle once.” “I celebrated Oregon’s birthday instead and went on a hike at the

beach with my friend.”

“A girl asked me out but I was too scared to talk to her and I avoided

her for two weeks. Also I was in 6th grade.”

“Last year we drove out and did a hike on Mt Hood and watched the

sun set around the mountain.”

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Anyone who’s biggest advice to gain young voters is for you to go on Ellen and do “the dab” is ripping you off. It’s time to go back to the drawing board.

In some sense, Clinton’s lack of appeal to young voters stems out of pure laziness. She and all her supporters are attempting to be relevant to an audience they know little about, and from what I can see, haven’t made much of an effort to understand.

LA Times columnist, Meghan Daum, in her pro-Clinton op-ed, belittles the idea of intersectionality to a hashtag and deems it too complicated to understand.

When your defenders are too lazy to Google-search a term that has played a pivotal role in the next generation of feminism, you might have a problem.

To assume that Bernie Sanders is leading in the polls among young people because he is a man is about as obtuse as Clinton’s hashtag obsession (which her supporters readily mock when it’s no longer of use to them).

Sanders is in the lead because his campaign team DID Google intersectionality, because he doesn’t just assume what young people are up to

these days by what’s trending on Twitter.

This isn’t even an argument on who is more qualified for the job. It’s who has made the most effort to come off as genuine to a new generation of voters.

Hillary assumed she had the democratic youth vote when she announced her run for president. That assumption has bred laziness into her campaign toward young people and it now leaves her painfully lagging behind.

Yet none of that is my fault.So listen up Albright,

Steinem and Daum. I’m sorry you’re scrambling for a demographic Bernie has been working for since he started running, but I’m not interested in being reproached for my political beliefs. I’m not interested in my feminism getting questioned because putting a woman in office isn’t my first priority.

I’m not the one who needs to “get with the program.” Unless she’s hiring me, Clinton’s marketing issues aren’t my problem.

So kindly and respectfully, step off.

Rachel Rippetoe is a reporter for The Beacon. She can be reached at [email protected].

Vote: Feminism doesn’t mean voting

any woman into officeContinued from page 9

it isn’t about giving in; it’s about bearing, accepting and fighting. So I’ve fought back. I cherish every day, sight and sound, however small they may seem. I never write off the little things: sunsets and bird calls.

It took more than effort to find surface out of depression. My future haunts me every night. But fear won’t stop me anymore. I have studied abroad three times. I’ve done good things, but I’ve broken the law too. I have heard “weird.” I have heard “asshole.” I have heard “I cheated on you.” I have heard my name dismantled, and seen laughing glances my way. I’ve watched people support me. I’ve heard “thank you,” “help,” and “I love you.” I’ve seen compassion.

I appreciate every single

sight and sound I’ve been given. Good or bad, they’re memories I am happy I made. Someday I won’t be able to. But that’s what choosing living means. It means the ups and downs, the rights and wrongs. It means swimming in foreign oceans, late talks with old friends and finding music I’ve never heard. It means crying when crying is right. It means seeing and hearing while I can. It means family. It means stumbling along with a cane someday and smiling.

The struggle with depression so often feels to be combatting inevitability. It’s true; every broken heart, every stutter, horrifying memory and incurable disease is an anchor pulling us down. It’s amazing how heavy the unbeatable becomes. But we don’t have to bow under the pressure. We

don’t have to be lonely, silent or seeking safe places in death. We can fight.

When life hits you the hardest, you never have to bear it alone. Speak out. Fight back. Ask your friends about their mental health, and give help when someone is in need. Be an active mind, and you could save a life. Yours or someone else’s. We all struggle, let’s struggle together.

Micah Bobiak is a senior economics major and can be reached at [email protected]. Micah is a member of Active Minds, a group on campus dedicated to educating our community about mental health and demonstrating that people are not alone in their mental health struggles.

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upsetting topics. Allowing people to ease into difficult conversations is not “coddling” them. It’s treating them with compassion and respect.

The request for trigger warnings, like the request for political correctness, is not some quasi-totalitarian agenda attempting to squash all forms of individual expression. It’s not an attempt to infringe on free speech. It’s an attempt to open speech, so that everyone can participate without being marginalized (or even re-traumatized) by the words and images people choose to use to make their point.

We want professors and students to consider the importance of safe spaces

for open (if sometimes controversial) dialogue and the role they play in either creating, maintaining or destroying those safe spaces with their language and behavior.

Being an effective communicator doesn’t mean unapologetically relaying the “facts,” or voicing our opinion. Being an effective communicator means approaching every conversation, every interaction, with humility and compassion and an understanding that all dialogue should be made in the pursuit of shared understanding, not in division or ostracization.

Editorial: We encourage conversation, not inhibit


11SPORTS T H E B E A C O N • F E B . 1 1 , 2 0 1 6 • U P B E A C O N . C O M

THIS WEEK IN SPORTS SCOREBOARD

The men’s basketball team comes into this week riding a two-game winning streak. The Pilots look to improve on their 8-6 record today in an 8 p.m. tipoff against Gonzaga at home .

The Pilots look to record another conference win on the road this week against Gonzaga. Portland faces the Bulldogs on Saturday at noon.

The Pilots recorded their first conference win last week against Pepperdine. Portland beat the Waves 81-79, snapping a 17-game losing streak.

The Pilots travel to Cambridge, Mass. to take on Boston College at 10 a.m. tomorrow and Harvard on Saturday at 8:30 a.m.

The men’s and women’s track and field teams will compete at the Husty Classic this weekend in Seattle.

The Pilots swept the weekend recording wins over Pepperdine and Loyola Marymount University.

Portland hosts Gonzaga on Saturday at noon in the Lousiana-Pacific Tennis Center.

The men’s tennis team recorded a 7-0 win over Idaho on Saturday.

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Gonzaga fans here,” Wintering said.

Can you blame the team for calling on its fans to show up?

The student section this season has been weak. At the game against BYU, athletics recorded 498 students in attendance, but I would guess only 20 were on their feet yelling. Only four half-full rows of students stood during a game against Santa Clara, one Portland was favored to win.

And they stood silently.Don’t pin this only on the

students, who take up only one of the five sections of seats in the Chiles Center. Everyone can do better. Clapping politely doesn’t cut it. No, there is no need to be rude and scream obscenities. But it is necessary to get up for your school.

Yes, it would be easier to support a winner. The Pilots are below .500. No NCAA title banners hang in the gym. We do not have Tent City. Portland hasn’t made an appearance in

the Big Dance since 1995.But the Pilots are still

out there fighting. When Wintering is announced as a starter, the floor should shake. The crowd should get as excited when Phillip Hartwich hammers a dunk as it does when the mascots throw out free T-shirts. Don’t make the dance team do all the work: Everyone can cheer “Let’s go Pilots.”

Imagine how discouraging it must be when home court feels nothing like home.

“It puts a chip on their shoulder,” head coach Eric Reveno said. “The reality is (that crowd support) really helps. I’m embarrassed to say that I think sometimes our guys need that help.”

The Pilots are asking for help. Will you?

Contact Sports Editor Malika Andrews at [email protected]. Twitter: @malika_andrews


Commentary: ‘Our guys need that help’

Men’s basketball fans cheer during a game. The Pilots will play against Gonzaga today at 8 p.m. Hannah Baade • THE BEACON

Award-winning Pilots

Michail Pervolarakis

Alec Wintering

MEN’S TENNIS

MEN’S BASKETBALL

WCC Singles Player of the Week

National High-Major Player of the Week

This week, two student athletes brought back awards to The Bluff. Alec Wintering was named National High-Major player of the week and National Mid-Major player of the week. He also earned WCC honors for the second time this season. Michail Pervolarakis earned WCC Singles Player of the week after his standout weekend performance.

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Pilots to fans:We need

Pilot basketball supporters have settled into mediocrity, becoming so complacent in the stands during

games that it’s more appropriate to call them “bystanders” than “fans.” As we count down to tonight’s tip-off against Gonzaga, I find myself wanting to compete — not on the court, but in the crowd.

When the Bulldogs come to town, they bring a long-standing tradition of winning. Before 2014, Portland hadn’t taken down the Bulldogs in 20 years. But Gonzaga also has a less-examined tradition of dominating in the stands, miraculously transforming the Chiles Center into an extension of Spokane’s famed Kennel. (Thursday’s game will take place in Portland but it might very well feel like a road game thanks to Gonzaga’s diehards.)

Portland faced similarly adverse circumstances when BYU came to Chiles. The box score listed a sellout, but it felt as though 75 percent of that crowd supported the Cougars. The rafters echoed with chants of “Let’s go Cougs” and the Cougar cheers were louder than any Pilot cheers heard in any game all season.

The players notice. “Their fans are louder when

they’re getting their starting lineup named and when we go it’s quieter,” junior starting point guard Alec Wintering said. “But I take it as, ‘Let’s shut them up during the game.’”

There have even been times this season when the public address announcer said, “Welcome back your Portland Pilots,” and the crowd responded with silence. No audible clapping. Nothing.

For those who have not yet been to a game against Gonzaga, Bulldog fans swarm us, blanketing the purple seats of Chiles in red and muffling Portland pride. For those unfamiliar with the Bulldog’s zombie nation tradition, Zag fans bring it to Portland. The essence of their student section, “Crazy in the Kennel,” makes the trek in from Eastern Washington, setting a loud tone and drowning out Pilot supporters.

“It would be nice to have more UP students than

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It would be nice to have more UP students than Gonzaga fans here.

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