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An organized chaos of aid volunteers, grocery carts full of food and supplies, a temporary medical area and a swarm of Red Cross workers greeted sophomore Molly McSweyn as she arrived at the Salzburg train station to begin her year of studying abroad.

Salzburg, Austria, a storybook city just south of the German border known for being the birthplace of Mozart

and the setting for “The Sound of Music,” is now receiving international attention for taking in and helping to facilitate the movement of refugees. As thousands of men, women and children pour into the city and throughout Europe, the Salzburg study abroad students have been advised against taking individual trips, but the gravity of this historic migration is not lost on them.

“Wow. It feels like, you know, a first world problem,

‘Why can’t we travel this weekend?’” McSweyn, a communications major, said. “And then it was like, no, this is a moment in history that’s very, very big and I think it was a humbling experience when you finally realized how big it was.”

As the Salzburg program began a few weeks ago, increasing numbers of refugees and migrants, mostly fleeing violence in Syria and Iraq, started to make their way from Hungary through

Austria toward Germany and the Scandinavian countries. According to Germany’s interior minister Thomas de Maizière, as many as 10,000 refugees arrive in the country each day.

UP Director of Studies Abroad Eduardo Contreras explained that he is working closely with the UP resident director in Salzburg, René Horcicka, as the situation unfolds. They have requested that Salzburg students not travel internationally for now.

“My approach to working with students abroad has always been to assess the situation with the local partners who are there,” Contreras said. “Based on what the director there said, they’re perfectly safe within Austria, they’re perfectly safe within the city of Salzburg.”

Together with 25 other UP students, McSweyn attended Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany last weekend, against

Students witness refugee crisis

Refugees wait on a bridge after police stopped them at the border between Austria and Germany in Salzburg, Austria, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2015. UP students studying in Salzburg have had the chance to witness this historic event firsthand.

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This is one of the most humbling experiences I have ever had in my life. “Molly McSweynSophomore

Background Info:In 2011, peaceful anti-government

demonstrations began in Syria, criticizing President Bashar al-Assad. The Syrian government responded by attacking citizens. The Free Syrian Army was formed to fight back against the regime. The Syrian civil war has killed over 220,000 people, according to Mercy Corps’ website, and has destroyed basic infrastructure in many big cities.

Most refugees from Syria live in Jordan, Lebanon or Turkey, but the number of refugees fleeing overseas to Europe is rising. Due to the unstable situation, it was easy for the Muslim extremist group ISIS to expand its power in Syria and Iraq. There are also refugees and migrants from Africa and the Balkans coming to Europe, but the majority of people involved in the so-called “migrant crisis” come from Syria and Iraq.

Most refugees are hoping to begin anew in

Germany or the Scandinavian countries, which means passing through Hungary and Austria on their way north, including Salzburg on the border of Germany.

European countries have reacted to the refugee crisis in a variety of ways. Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann was quoted in a CNN report saying that Austria is working to find a humane and lawful response. This is in stark contrast to Hungary, which has received widespread criticism for its behavior. Human rights activists told the BBC that migrants in Hungary are being treated like animals.

The European Union has passed quotas in order to split the large influx of migrants and refugees between its members, and also agreed to strengthen border controls. According to the BBC, 108,897 Syrian refugees applied for asylum in Germany alone.

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the recommendation to not travel internationally. She explained that they had no trouble crossing the border.

“We got to the German-Austrian border, and rolling up you could tell that (is where we were) because it’s across a river. All along both sides of the bridge were refugees sleeping on the ground and there were tents set up,” McSweyn said.

Sophomore Abby Kessi, environmental ethics and policies major, canceled her travel plans to Croatia the first weekend due to the recommendation.

The Salzburgers’ next international trip as a group will be to Paris later this month. At this point, Contreras and Horcicka have no safety concerns about that trip.

In contrast with her earlier

experience, McSweyn returned to the Salzburg train station from Innsbruck, Austria on Sept. 18 to find hundreds of refugees circled by police and military, a scene unlike the organized one she had encountered before.

“They were set rows, they were armed, they were not letting anyone through,” McSweyn said. “This is one of the most humbling experiences I have ever had in my life. We decided that because we didn’t know how to get around, we simply walked through. They did not give me a second look, they did not ask for any identification.”

McSweyn said that the hundreds of refugees who couldn’t pass didn’t complain or seem upset, but she couldn’t believe that she had no problem getting through.

Horcicka said that during this time, students should focus

on the academic program, but also encouraged volunteering for the Red Cross or Caritas, a Christian charity organization in Salzburg.

“We don’t have a student who has actually done some kind of assistance in this respect, but we had at least one student ask us where she could volunteer,” Horcicka said. “I thought this was really cool.”

This experience, Horcicka pointed out, is giving students the chance to gain insights into global political structures in a safe environment.

“It showed how interested the students are in this situation,” Horcicka said. “At every meal that we share they are asking, ‘Where do those people come from? Why do they leave their countries?’”

Thousands of refugees continue to move through Austria daily. Molly McSweyn took this photo of the Salzburg train station.

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Contact Staff Writer Alina Rosenkranz at [email protected]. Twitter: @RosenkranzAlina

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Salzburg: Students abroad get real-world learning opportunity

Holy Cross Founder Blessed Basil Moreau’s mission was to “make God known, loved and served.” Every year, nine lay collaborators of the Holy Cross are honored with the award.

To celebrate the Solemnity of Our Lady of Sorrows on Sept. 15, the provincial superior of the U.S. Province of Priests and Brothers named Karen Eifler as UP’s recipient of the Spirit of the Holy Cross Award. She splits her time between teaching an education class and beginning her third year as co-director of the Garaventa Center for Catholic Intellectual Life and American Culture.

The Holy Cross order welcomes laymen and women into their apostates in missions, schools and parishes, and relies on them to carry out its mission.

“It’s always been absolutely necessary for us to have lay people who embrace our work and enable the Holy Cross works to actually happen,” Fr. Charlie Gordon said. “It is a way that we acknowledge people who really embody the Holy Cross way of doing ministry.”

Gordon, Eifler’s co-director at the Garaventa Center, believes that she has truly carried out the mission of the Holy Cross.

Members of the Holy Cross community at UP are asked by Fr. John Donato, associate vice president of Student Development and religious superior of Holy Cross Community at UP, to nominate people for the Spirit of the Holy Cross Award. Once nominations are in, the local Council of Superiors and Special Committee of Holy Cross narrow down the nominations.

The nominations then go to the provincial superior of Holy Cross, and he and his council make the final decision.

Eifler’s hard work made her a perfect candidate. She has worked closely with priests and Holy Cross brothers and feels like a natural fit spending time with them.

“I always think of these guys as my brothers so it felt tremendously affirming to be recognized… for being your very best self,” Eifler said.

Dean of the School of Education John Watzke explained that Eifler views her positions as co-director of the Garaventa Center and professor of education not only as work, but as a vocation.

Junior education major Hannah Schoen has sat in on a few of Eifler’s lectures in the past.

“She is a very passionate speaker, and I think she shows a lot of what being an educator really is about,” Schoen said.

In addition to being a teacher and mentor, Eifler has been engaged in programs serving the community and was awarded the Judith Ramaley Faculty Award for Service-Learning in 2007.

Eifler has also co-edited several books, including “A Month of Mondays,” which aims to inspire Catholic school teachers to show the presence of Christ in their classrooms.

“She’s very good at drawing parallels and experiences of being a teacher between our experiences as learners and what it means to be a teacher,” Watzke said.

He believes that being a writer and co-director of the Garaventa Center allows her to explore new talents and areas of learning.

UP’s Provost Dr. Thomas Greene echoed this, and said that Eifler’s creativity, energy, passion and communication skills have served her well during her time at UP.

“She lives the many charisms of the Holy Cross out in her work, certainly she has been an influential person on campus,” Green said.

Eifler will be honored at the at a mass and dinner on campus in January 2016, and will receive a signed proclamation by Provincial Superior Fr. Tom O’Hara.

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Contact Staff Writer Molly Vincent at [email protected]: @mollyvincent19

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Dr. Karen Eifler works with students as a professor and through the Garaventa Center. Eifler was recognized for living out the mission of Basil Moreau.

Karen Eifler embodies ‘spirit of the Holy Cross’


New opportunities brewing for grad students

Portland’s reputation as a craft beer hub has spread to The Bluff with the creation of a graduate level certification in craft brewing this past summer. This program is the first of its kind in the country, and focuses on the business strategies for craft beer owners.

The program was created by business professors Sam Holloway and Mark Meckler, both of whom have a background in the hospitality industry. Sam Holloway has had an interest in craft brewing since getting his doctorate at the University of Oregon, where he played soccer with fellow graduate students and local residents from Eugene.

There he met the founder of Eugene’s Oakshire Brewing, who wanted to open a brewery after experimenting with homebrews.

“In my former career I was a contractor, so I started helping (the owner of Oakshire

Brewing) build a pub,” said Holloway. “I used his little business as a case study throughout my Ph.D. and after that he asked me to join his board of directors.”

Holloway originally intended to write a book about the craft brewing industry, but realized the industry was changing too fast for a traditional textbook. Instead, he approached Meckler to help tackle the food side of the brewing industry, as many traditional brewpubs in America also feature food.

Together, they created the website Crafting a Strategy in lieu of a traditional textbook. The website consists of podcasts, videos, short papers and weekly essays from professors and members of the craft brewing community. It consists of three modules: strategy, marketing intelligence and operations.

“The website is laid out so the course is a pathway through the content. Every topic starts with a suggested navigation

path, so students are not overwhelmed by what to look at first,” Academic Services Instructional Designer Maria Erb said. “(The professors) bring their guidance and mentorship to all of the material.”

After creating the website, the two professors were approached by UP about turning their content into an online graduate certification program. This program is the first of its kind for the University, which had only created hybrid online courses before this point. The program went live at the end of August and costs the same as taking a graduate class at UP. Craft brewing has also been introduced into the undergraduate business degree program as a case study for seniors’ business capstone courses.

“In the business capstone course this year, we are teaching the same fundamentals we always have. But by using Crafting

a Strategy, all of these ideas and strategic thinking are familiar to people in Portland,” Holloway said. “In Silicon Valley, Stanford focuses on technology and at University of Oregon, they focus on athletic apparel. Dean Robert Anderson saw the potential to do something that matters to the regional economy.”

The feedback on the program from students has been limited, but positive.

“I am very happy with the course so far and I feel that I have learned a lot already,” graduate student Jose Mondragon-Gomez said.

For Meckler, the importance of craft brewing is much deeper than the content of the website. Oregon laws changed in the early 1980s so that any brewery could sell beer directly to the public, as long as they have a corresponding brewpub. Meckler lauds the importance of ethics in the craft brewing industry, which helps the communities around brewpubs grow.

“Sam and I were in Seattle three years ago sitting in this new craft brew tasting room,” Meckler said. “We were talking to the owner and they told us that, in this neighborhood, you couldn’t walk down the street without someone trying to sell you crack. After two years of this tasting room opening up the whole neighborhood had changed.”

Academic Services is looking to expand their online masters program to other areas of the campus.

“My philosophy with how to explore online learning at a master’s level is to look at the strengths of the amazing facility on this campus who specialize in very specific areas,” Director of Academic Services Sam Williams said. “This (project) honors faculty who have a passion in a specific area and have devoted a lot of time to it.”

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India immersion:a unique opportunity to ‘share our gifts’

This May, 12 to 14 students will be involved in a service learning immersion trip that has never been done before at UP. The three week long excursion to India is the first of its kind in the Moreau Center, which is partnering with Carpe Diem Education to make the trip possible. The majority of the immersion will be spent serving alongside Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta.

Moreau Center Director David Houglum has spent over a year organizing the new trip.

“India is one of the countries that is really coming into its own on the global

stage, especially with social justice issues,” Houglum said. “And I thought it would be a wonderful and challenging place that could serve as a catalyst for student growth and ultimately for formation and transformation.”

Those on the trip can expect to do challenging work. Tasks range from serving orphans to working in educational capacities with children, to cooking and cleaning homes.

“We are really going to be confronted with some significant levels of poverty, and we are there to show our love and compassion, and to share our gifts with them,” Houglum said.

Students who are accepted make a commitment to the

program from October through May. They will attend four preparation seminars to learn about service and justice, diversity and community, advocacy and Roman Catholic social teaching. Those specifically on the India trip will attend team building activities, plan fundraisers, listen to speakers, read short articles and watch videos that will prepare them for the context and culture of India.

Senior business major Jean Seide is the student coordinator for the program. Seide has participated in many service trips through the Moreau Center and wants students to know the main reasons to go on these immersion trips.

“One: UP is so safe, we are

in a bubble. Doing these trips helps you know what’s going on in the world, to reach out to other social classes,” Seide said. “And two: Many of us will be in leadership positions in the world. This helps you make informed decisions, ones that are not made out of ignorance.”

Both Seide and Houglum want applicants to know that they will be pushed out of their comfort zones. The weather will be hot, and the work won’t be glamorous.

“It’s a service trip. You will go to the Taj Mahal, and we will do these touristy things, but we are going to spend most of the time working and reflecting about ourselves. Students have to be resilient, open-minded and eager to

learn about social justice,” Seide said.

The cost of the immersion after fundraising is $2,500, which includes airfare, accommodations, food and travel within India. Students are responsible for passport, visa and immunizations

Opportunities for financial aid are available for those in need. If you have questions about the trip, contact Dave Houglum at [email protected]. Applications for the India trip are due Oct. 9.

Moreau Center page: http://up.edu/moreaucenter

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Living in the age of the anti-hero, it is easy to find stories about people doing the wrong things for the right reasons. Often, new shows and movies are praised for giving depth to the villain. The movie “Black Mass,” about the infamous James “Whitey” Bulger, who goes against the grain in a way that I was not expecting.

Johnny Depp commands respect in his role as Bulger, capturing the intimidating and cold nature of the Boston gangster. With a cast that includes Depp, Benedict Cumberbatch and Kevin Bacon, there are many well-acted and well-developed roles to go around. The characters truly carried the story.

The plot definitely had a played out feel to it, as it tried to cover a large period of time which consisted mostly of scenes of visceral murder loosely tied together by moments of character development. Additionally, there is a plot following FBI agents fighting organized crime in Boston, which is periodically returned to.

Both plot lines seem to be relatively repetitive, with the FBI constantly several steps behind Bulger and his accomplices, and Bulger himself pretty much constantly killing, assaulting, or intimidating someone. Only in very key scenes do these molds really break, but that is where the disjointed feeling comes into play.

The movie serves better as a profile of Bulger than a high-quality mobster movie, which in some ways diminished the entertainment value.

As a result, it did well to draw the viewer in with suspense and genuine interest in the characters being played.

The movie’s somewhat slow plot progression is compensated for in the way that the characters are realistically depicted. In a climate of extreme violence, betrayal and paranoia (mostly swirling around Bulger as the centerpiece), everyone’s strengths and weaknesses are highlighted. This leads to big problems for the audience though, as the weaknesses of most of the characters far outweighs their strengths, making it very difficult to find a person to connect with.

The story that is told is one of brutality, depravity and human imperfections. It stayed well away from the “live fast and die young” mentality that pervades gangster movies. The idolization of people who will do anything for a dollar is not a new phenomenon, but “Black Mass” does little to glorify the horror and violence that the kingpin carried out in Boston.

The movie is definitely worth a watch, but only if you know what you’re getting into. With murder and remorseless violence at every turn, it serves its purpose in that it captures the life and times of a truly detached individual as he dominates the criminal underworld. The story of James Bulger is one that captivates and fascinates, but in this particular case, it could have been executed better in the script.

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A basketball veteran and an English world traveler: two of the Rec Center’s new staff members

The new Recreation Center has brought more additions than just a new building and equipment. In fact, there are two new staff members that contribute to the Beauchamp’s atmosphere in very different ways: Wallace Panel, a janitor, and Nathan Hingley, the new Outdoor Pursuits Program (OPP) manager.

Panel, or “Wally,” as students and staff affectionately call him, started working at the university over the summer and has quickly become known for the wide smile on his face and his willingness to start a pickup game of basketball. Although Panel was born in Portland, he grew up in Los Angeles, California, where he was a member of the highest ranked high school basketball team at the time. He later came to UP and played on the basketball team as a freshman, but later returned home to finish his degree.

“In my freshman year I got homesick and left,” Panel said. “It’s one of the biggest mistakes I’ve made. I should have stayed.”

Panel’s connection to UP can be traced back even further. His father, Wallace Panel Sr., attended the university and played on both the basketball and baseball teams — he was recently inducted into the University’s Hall of Fame. So, when Panel decided to move back to Portland to

reconnect with his roots a few years ago, he decided to look for a job on campus.

“The University pays me, but I work for the students,” Panel said, noting that his favorite part of working at the Recreation Center is the daily interactions he has with students with great attitudes and athleticism.

Much like Panel, Hingley said he’s looking forward to sharing his knowledge with students through OPP.

When Hingley isn’t honing his skills in the great outdoors, he can be found in the new OPP office, tucked in the back of the Rec Center.

Hingley’s passion for outdoor education has taken him all over the world. Originally from England, Hingley traveled to Indonesia at the age of 18, where he worked in the community and assisted on research projects with a student group. He has also followed his career path to Canada, the Caribbean and finally, Portland.

Hingley hopes to expand the kinds of trips offered by the program and eventually, be able to work with other departments on campus.

“It’s a dream job,” Hingley said. “It’s everything that I thought it would be and more.”

Contact Staff Writer Alana Laanui at [email protected].

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Meet your new As a freshman, it can be hard to find your niche on campus. For these five students, their on-campus job serves as a place they can

thrive and be themselves. As KDUP DJ’s, they get to host their own radio show and be surrounded by nothing but music during their time in the studio. We asked the newcomers a bit about the method to their music.

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Molly ChaseShow: “Wider Circles”

Genre: Folk

Jonathan WileyShow: “That’s Bassist”

Genre: Jazz

Why did you pick folk as your genre?

It’s newer folk; I try to focus on music that’s less well known and support newer art-ists. I’ve been playing quite a bit of Shawn James. He’s from Fayetteville, Arkansas and is so so good. I’ve also been playing a lot of Rising Appalachia and Alela Diane, who is a Portland local. I want to play more of less-established local artists but I need to find them first!

Why should people be interested in folk music?

Folk music has a really rich history in activism and social movements, which is why I’m so interested in it. Its simplicity has the ability to send really powerful messages, I think. It’s not stuff you’re going to party to, but it will make you stop and think. I think most young people have a desire for progress and social change because we are a group of voices that hasn’t had a chance to speak much yet. Music in general is a voice for the voiceless and folk music is just one outlet for that.

What are your plans for the show?

I want to do a live set and have a musician come in and play. I think that would be super fun, or I could just interview someone. My dream would be to have Alice Phoebe Lou. She is an artist from Berlin who started her career by busking on the streets. She is now playing festivals and touring and has turned down contract offers from major labels. She is the epitome of an independent artist to me and that’s what my show is all about! I am also a musician. I do folk music as well, so I’m going to funnel my music in, once I feel like I have done enough shows so I don’t feel like a total narcissist. I play guitar, banjo, mandolin, ukulele and autoharp and kind of mix those all up in my songs. I also sing.

What interested you in the job initially?

During orientation weekend there was a booth set up right outside of Franz, I just walked by and they were playing good music, so I picked up some literature and talked to some of the guys. They seemed like cool people and I want to hang out with cool people so I think that worked out!

How did you decide on the genre of your set?

I like a lot of music but I’ve had a long history with jazz and I play upright bass, and have played in a couple of jazz groups back home. I wanted to play in the jazz band here and meet some new people but I missed some deadlines on that, so I just needed to [experience] jazz in any capacity. So I decided to play it to listeners on Sunday nights at 10 p.m.! I needed to have some jazz in my life.

What’s the name of your show?

It’s called “That’s Bassist” and it kind of sounds like “That’s Racist”...but yeah, ‘Das Racist’ was this pretty cool hip-hop group that I listened to with some friends growing up. It was just a pun and I like puns and I like jazz, so it goes together.

What’s your favorite part about having a radio show?

I like to hear feedback on my set as well as talking with others to grow as a music listener.

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new KDUP DJ’sAs a freshman, it can be hard to find your niche on campus. For these five students, their on-campus job serves as a place they can

thrive and be themselves. As KDUP DJ’s, they get to host their own radio show and be surrounded by nothing but music during their time in the studio. We asked the newcomers a bit about the method to their music.

By Nataša Kvesic • THE BEACON

Dagan Kay & Nick MitchellShow: “No Frequency”

Genre: Electronic

Julia StevensonShow: “Whiplash”

Genre: Hip-hop /Rap

Why hip-hop and rap?

[I play] old school hip-hop. I figured I would have a better chance at getting a show because when I was looking at the current DJ’s and they had that alternative genre for their shows. I also wanted to try on a new persona. There are very different cultures for every genre, so hip-hop is one of those genres with a different culture attached to it, so I could speak a certain way and say stuff like ‘sick!’ or something like that!

What’s your favorite part about having your own radio show?

It’s really relaxing! I don’t have many classes on the day of my show, so I’m done in the afternoon and I can just chill into the weekend. I just put some headphones on and do it for my own sake. Honestly, I don’t know who is even listening to the set.

Have you played a personal favorite yet?

The first song I played was ‘No Rest For the Weary’ by Blue Scholars; they’re from Seattle and they went to the University of Washington. It’s not old-school, which is what my genre’s supposed to be, but it’s like the early 2000’s, it’s good! I think they have a way better message than some of the music I listen to, I think they actually have like good stuff to say.

Why “Whiplash?”

Because you’ll bumping your head so much, your neck will hurt.

Why did you apply for the job?

Mostly because I like music, especially over the last year. My senior year [of high school] I just started to find a whole new genre and feeling of music that I’d never really experienced before. I used to listen to a lot of alternative music and stuff like that, which is still super awesome. But I started listening to the more EDM stuff at the start of senior year and I went to a couple of raves with my friends. Now I’m settled in more of an ambient kind of chill music. But on the show, me and Nick are playing a good combination of all that kind of stuff. So, you get even some indie music with Mac Demarco and we feature a lot of music from the “Play Shelf” which is basically people who want their music sponsored. For the most part it’s like Odesza and Flume, but from there we branch out to dance music. All of it has an underlying feel of electronic.

What are your plans for the show?

We plan on doing themes for the show. We are going to do it so like every week is go-ing to have a theme. So like a spooky theme around Halloween and then dancy type of music, cinematic or sad. That way we can like hone in on one type of electronic music every week.

What’s your favorite part about having a radio show?

The exposure. Walking into the studio the first time, I was shell-shocked, almost. All of these records and tons of CDs and all these new people and everything. Every show has its own distinct feel, so I am just constantly finding brand new music and learning to appreciate things that I wouldn’t listen to otherwise.

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When I attended a service at my Greek Orthodox church this summer, I experienced a seemingly mundane event that

led me to an insightful reminder about life. As I entered the entryway of the church, I followed my traditional practice of lighting three candles before venerating an icon and attending the service. I lit my first candle easily, but the second candle refused to light. It briefly caught aflame, struggled, and stubbornly fizzled out with most of the burnt wick falling away. No matter how many times I tried to light it, it refused. My third candle, however, contained a long wick and once lit, it fiercely burned.

I entered the church service and pondered what I had just witnessed. I glanced around at the icons upon the walls

of the church until I realized that my answer was within the icon of the “Anastasis,” or Resurrection. In this icon, Christ is seen as the savior standing upon the gates of Hades with outstretched hands towards Adam and Eve to pull them out of the darkness. Both Adam and Eve also have their hands outstretched towards Christ.

This image suddenly became symbolic to me with the wicks of the candles, which could readily be lit and become emblazoned with life. The candle without a wick that refused the light, however, symbolized an unwillingness to reach back towards God and welcome his presence.

If life is approached with an unwillingness to be in communion with others and an avoidance to building relationships, an individual will remain in darkness like Adam and Eve. Although forming relationships with others can be viewed as bridge building, establishing bonds which promote personal and

community development can also be described through the idea of climbing a ladder. Each step in the ladder leads out of darkness and is defined by the relationships established with others. By forming multiple bonds with others, individuals become part of communities and gain the ability to ascend together into enlightenment.

The essential importance of forming meaningful relationships, according to Bishop Kallistos Ware in “The Human Person as an Icon of the Trinity” is that, “Either we love others, after the image of God the Trinity, or we condemn ourselves to the void.” The ladder is affixed and guided by one’s own beliefs leading to personal goals such as coming into communion with God and self-fulfillment.

At the University, we are encouraged to reflect the message of building positive relationships within our community by being involved with activities such as clubs, service projects, being part of various teams and participating

in other spiritual or social events. It is important to participate in such activities so that we may continue to build positive connections with everyone we encounter. It is necessary to create and nurture new relationships throughout life in order to allow ourselves to be pulled out of the desolate void of darkness and into the light of communion with others. We

must be receptive to creating such relationships, however, so that we may further establish communal unity and ascend our illuminated path towards God.

Contact Valerie “Vasiliki” Smith at [email protected].


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Date: October 8th, 2015Time: 4:00 – 5:30 p.m.Bldg: Orrico HallRoom: Career Services

Valerie “Vasiliki” SmithJumior, nursing major

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A student inspects their reflection while they lift a 40-pound dumbbell because

they’re self conscious of their thin arms. Someone else pulls nervously at the hem of their shorts as they leave the library because they worry that people are looking at the cellulite on the back of their thighs. Yet another student bites their nails as they recall every word they stumbled over in the presentation they just gave.

We’re all aware of how we appear to the people around us. We all think about our appearance in some way — whether it’s the physical way we present ourselves, or the intellectual or emotional way we come across.

With the amount of time we spend at the gym, in front of the mirror, at the hair salon or at clothing stores, you’d think we control our appearances enough to be satisfied with the way we look.

But apparently not, because according to “Reflections on Body Image,” a report released in 2012 by the UK’s All Party Parliamentary Group on Body Image, 60 percent of adults are ashamed of the way they look.

And according to research conducted by Dove, only four percent of women (surveyed from around the world) consider themselves “beautiful.”

This is even more important considering where we are in our lives. College is such an important time: It’s a formative four years where we learn a lot about the world around us and the world within us.

College aged men and women are in the prime time for experiencing negative body image and self esteem issues. According to the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders, “95 percent of people with eating disorders

are between the ages of 12 and 25.”

Clearly it’s normal to have insecurities about the way we come across to people. But that doesn’t mean it’s something we should passively perpetuate — and it’s certainly not something we should actively encourage.

Youtube vlogger Nicole Arbour, known for her caustic, unapologetic critiques, recently posted a video claiming that fat-shaming does not exist. Her video went viral, sparking fiery responses across many social media platforms.

Her claim that fat-shaming doesn’t exist invalidated the experiences of men and women around the world who have experienced the pain and shame of being bullied because of their size.

A recent study conducted out of Ireland’s Temple Street Children’s University Hospital found that seven out of 10 children at the child obesity clinic reported being bullied because of their size, with one-tenth reporting self-harm, depression and anxiety disorders as a result.

Shaming someone because of their size has lasting effects on a person’s life — on their mental, emotional and physical well-being. And it’s sad that some people question the validity of peoples’ painful experiences. But that just means we have to work that much harder to foster positive body image and self esteem whenever we can.

Encouraging body positivity can take many forms.

You can show your support on social media: Write a positive statement about yourself or someone you know and then use hashtags like #bodypositive, #losehatenotweight or #bodylove.

You can leave positive notes in public places. Writing “You are beautiful” or “You are

enough” on a sticky note and hanging it in your bathroom or in The Commons takes a little time, but nothing you can’t do in between buying a pumpkin spice latte and going to O Chem. Or if you’re especially outgoing, vocalize your affirmations. Instead of leaving a note, tell the guy handing you your latte that you like his smile. A little (genuine) compliment can make a person’s day.

You can even show yourself some love: List 10 things you like about yourself, or wear an outfit that accentuates your favorite feature. If you’re feeling especially ambitious, try journalling about the part of yourself you’re most self-conscious about — but write

about it as if it was your favorite part.

There are times when it’s incredibly difficult to be body positive. Our culture doesn’t make it easy to love the skin we’re in. But it’s so important that we encourage and support body positivity in ourselves and others.

We need to take care of each other. We need to take care of our own bodies.

And we need to create an environment where people can express their insecurities, but where they’re also encouraged to love themselves unconditionally.

We need to help each other love ourselves unconditionally.

Love every body, even your own Struggling

with my body image has been an issue in my life for quite some time. I think it’s natural to have thoughts of wondering if strangers

judge you for how you look. I try to tell myself that I shouldn’t be concerned with others’ thoughts about me because that is none of my business, but I acknowledge that it is difficult to ignore this fear.

I started to become obsessed with how I appeared to other people in elementary school. I felt self-conscious about how people viewed me physically and socially. The smallest comments about my image would cause me to over-analyze every aspect of my being.

I did not develop an eating disorder until college, but I definitely had the constant worry that everyone around me thought I could benefit from losing 15 pounds. Those thoughts gradually took over my life, thus causing me to have a mental illness: anorexia.

I started to avoid eating in order to lose weight during the summer before my freshman year of college. I had never done this before, but I was incredibly pleased with the results. I felt so much better when I looked in the mirror, and that satisfaction was absolutely addictive. People were complimenting me as I started to slim down. No one questioned how I did it, so I never felt guilty about not eating.

I was finally confident about my weight and body image for the first time in my entire life. So I was obviously devastated when I gained back all the weight I had lost. I felt like I had failed. Once summer came around, I decided to avoid eating again while I was back home from my first year of college. I actually planned it in

Let’s Talk: Body Image

Grace CarterSenior

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Nathan DeVaughn • THE BEACON

FACES ON THE BLUFFIf you met the pope, what would you say to him?

“You’re really cute and old.” “I like the way you roll.” “I don’t know.. I’d probably say hey what’s up pope?”

“I would say that I really appre-ciate his openness and willing-

ness to reach out to the common people.”

“I would say you’re doing one heck of a job!”

Jillian Blanchette Sean Hitchcock Andrea Loi Bella Root Noah Browning Sophomore Biology Major Sophomore Mechanical Engineering Major Sophomore Business Major Sophomore Organizational Communications Major Junior Psychology Major

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my head. I told myself I knew the strategy to lose weight, and that was to ignore food at all costs.

At the time, I had no idea what this was doing to my body. I learned at the end of that summer I indeed had an eating disorder. I decided to get some information on the effects of eating disorders and was horrified by what I read. I had no idea the damage I had been doing to myself. When I acknowledged I had anorexia, I was saving my life.

To this day I have a hard time dealing with my relationship with food. I experienced anorexia for a relatively short period of time, but unfortunately it is something I will have to deal with for a while. Along with anorexia, I have also overcome bulimia, binge eating disorder and depression.

I fight a constant battle with

my mind telling me I am not good enough each and every day. Whenever I am able to shut down the thoughts in my head telling me to stop eating, I consider it a major victory.

Through my experience with an eating disorder, I have become a major advocate when it comes to acceptance and self-love. I actively try to keep a positive attitude when it comes to my body image. Doing so can be very difficult, but I am doing much better with these issues because I am able to be open about my mental illness.

We all struggle. Let’s struggle together.

Grace Carter is a senior sociology major and can be reached at [email protected]. Grace 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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Image: Student reflects on body image

Mental health resources:UP Health and Counseling Center:

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Most African-American males grow up wanting to be either a professional athlete or a famous entertainer.

Can we really blame

them though?The appeal is there. African-

Americans have experienced enormous amounts of success in the entertainment industry, from sports to music to acting. The NFL and NBA, two of the most popular professional sports leagues in the U.S., are nearly 70 and 75 percent black,

respectively. Many of the music

industry’s most recognizable faces are African-American: Jay-Z, Chris Brown and Lil Wayne just to name a few. Even the acting business is star-studded with prominent black figures.

Will Smith, Forest Whitaker and Denzel Washington are considered to be three of the best that the industry has to offer.

Black youth in American society need to be inspired to believe that they can succeed in other areas of life. Rarely do I hear of African-American lawyers, doctors or engineers doing great things in the media.

As an African-American male, I too have fallen into the

stigma. As a child, I measured my

future success on whether or not I would make it into the NBA. Sports were one of a small handful of areas of society in which I saw African-Americans make a consistent, positive impact.

I grew up in Bellevue, Washington, an upper-middle class Seattle suburb. Both my parents are healthcare professionals: My dad is a pharmacist and my mom is a dentist.

Even with all the resources available to me because of my living situation, I still believed that only way to truly “make it” was to be a professional athlete.

By no means am I saying

that African-American boys shouldn’t pursue careers in sports or entertainment.

If the passion is there, by all means, they should go for it. Some were simply born with the gifts necessary to succeed in these areas. What I’m saying is that we need to empower our African-American youth, boys and girls, into believing that they can make it big in other careers as well.

This process can only start with better education.

We need to show our black youth that others like them have grown up to succeed in politics, business, medicine, engineering and other professional fields.

Tell them that Fortune 500 companies such as Xerox,

American Express, and Merck & Co. have black CEOs. Explain to them how there are African-American leaders not named Barack Obama and Martin Luther King Jr. who have made a huge difference in the American quality of life.

Let’s show our black youth that even if they’re not the most athletic person in the world or don’t have an amazing singing voice, they can still make it.

Ben Arthur is a sports reporter for The Beacon. He can be reached by email at [email protected] and on twitter @KingArthur_425

Let’s empower our Black youth

Ben ArthurJunior

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THIS WEEK IN SPORTS SCOREBOARD

Portland opens WCC play this weekend against San Diego today at 7 p.m. and No. 6 BYU at 7 p.m. on Saturday.

The men’s team travels across the country to play Longwood tomorrow at 3 p.m. in Virginia.

Portland split the opening weekend of WCC play defeating St. Mary’s 3-0 last Thursday before losing to Pacific 3-1.

The Pilots (1-1 in WCC) have their first away game of WCC play today against Santa Clara at 6 p.m before heading up to San Francisco to face the Dons at 1 p.m. on Saturday.

Both the men’s and women’s teams head to the UW invitational tomorrow. The women’s team also will race at Willamette on Saturday.

The Pilots tied University of Washington 0-0 in double overtime last Sunday. The Pilots are 2-4-2 in pre-season.

Women’s Soccer Men’s Soccer Volleyball

Volleyball Cross-Country Men’s soccer

Women’s soccer opens WCC play at home

The Pilots open WCC play against San Diego at 7 p.m. this evening. USD is 2-7-2 in pre-season play. Coming off a two game win-streak, Portland (4-6-0) will be put to the test again on Saturday against No. 6 BYU (8-1-1). While all teams have a clean slate in conference, the last time the Pilots met both teams, Portland suffered 3-0 losses.

At home, Portland dominates the Toreros with a record of 7-2-1. In San Diego, the Pilots also own the record

books at 8-2-1. The Pilots have a 1-2 record against BYU on Merlo and have never won in Utah.

The Pilots will welcome the Cougars with an Oktoberfest themed celebration that includes a beer garden, oompah band and wiener dog races at halftime.

Cecilia Pederson and Noelle La Prevotte lead the Pilots with three goals a piece. La Prevotte also leads in shots with 24 and 12 on goal.

In their last game against Denver, Portland had a come from behind win in overtime with Maddie Dieker scoring

in the 100th minute. Pederson started the comeback with the first goal after a surprise goal from Denver.

Allison Wetherington holds down the most playing time for the Pilots with 847 minutes. Right behind her is freshman Sarah Jones with 845. Both players have started in all 10 games this year.

The WCC preseason Coach’s poll selected the Pilots to finish fifth in conference.

By Malika AndrewsT H E B E A C O N

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


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(From left to right) Senior Noelle La Prevotte, junior Parkes Kendrick, sophomore Maddie Dieker and junior Alyssa Edenstrom hug after Portland defeated Washington State 2-0 on Sept. 20.

12O C T. 1 , 2 0 1 5 • U P B E A C O N . C O MSports Malika Andrews Sports [email protected]

Three hundred and thirteen miles north of Portland is the small town of Tsawwassen, British Columbia. The quiet community is about

a half-hour drive from the heart of downtown Vancouver. Best known as a retirement destination, Tsawwassen is home to sophomore soccer player Erik Edwardson.

As a young child, Edwardson’s first dream was to become a marine biologist. But he also has early memories of being on the soccer pitch at six years old. Since the days of nine-goal games, what was once a little itch of interest, has grown into a full fledged passion that has come to a peak in the form of playing in front of the home crowd on Merlo Field.

After scoring two goals and recording two assists this season, Edwardson has become an irreplaceable weapon on the field.

“Erik takes more pride in wearing the Portland jersey than anyone I’ve ever seen,” sophomore goalkeeper Kienan Weekes said. “He’s so proud everyday to go out to training and games to put on his purple uniform.”

As a preteen, an invite to join the prospects team for Major League Soccer’s Vancouver Whitecaps set

the stage for Edwardson’s soccer success. The offer was extended only to top-ranked players in lower British Columbia. He soon began traveling abroad as a member of the team.

At age 16, Edwardson’s soccer skills took him to Germany. A representative of Fusion FC, where Edwardson played at the club level, took a few stand-out players in the program to Germany every few summers to learn from European coaches. Edwardson and two of his friends were invited on the trip in 2012. After impressing the scout, they were asked to go overseas for a longer stint the following year. So for a six-month period in 2013, Edwardson and his buddies lived in Germany with the scout and his family.

“I missed my parents and sister so much [in Germany],” Edwardson said. “But I was doing it for a reason. Soccer is what I was focused on.”

And focus he did. Edwardson’s training included working with Bayern Munich, one of Europe’s top professional soccer clubs, twice a week.

Despite living in other countries for soccer, Edwardson maintained constant communication with his loved ones through text and Skype. His family has made it a point to catch some of his games on The Bluff.

“Living in Germany to learn and play soccer was a huge step for Erik in Grades 11 and 12,” Erik’s father, Chris Edwardson, said. “He’s made a lot of sacrifices.”

Off the field, Edwardson is shy. He walks around campus in his signature all black, self described “slim, sleek and modern” outfits. In many ways, his unique fashion sense speaks louder than his voice.

“Once you get Erik to open up, he is one of the most caring and likeable people you’ll ever meet,” Weekes said.

Edwardson has never been much of talker, but he leads by example. This makes the his presence invaluable for the Pilots.

He is committed to helping the Pilots get back to the post-season in 2015. They have struggled through eight games, but says the key to a turnaround is taking momentum from the Sept. 17 victory over No. 8 Oregon State.

Head coach Bill Irwin has noticed the growth and maturity in the sophomore striker.

“He has started to read the game better,” Irwin said. “He has worked around the fact that (opposing teams) have a scouting report on him from his first year.”

Edwardson simply wants to win.“I want to make sure I do what I can

for the team,” Edwardson said. “If that means scoring goals or even playing a more defensive role when I have to, that’s what I want to do.”

He is confident he has what it takes to play professionally.

“With the work I’m putting in, and the improvement that I’m seeing year-by-year, day-by-day, (a professional soccer career) is something I believe that I can achieve,” Edwardson said.

Professional goals for No. 3

Erik’s stats:

562 minutes played

8games played

12 shots on goal

2 goals

2 assists

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Erik takes more pride in wearing the Portland jersey than anyone I’ve ever seen. He’s so proud everday to go out to training and games to put on his purple uniform.

“Kienan WeekesSophomore

I want to make are I do what I can for the team. If that means scoring goals or even playing a more defensive role when I have to, that’s what I want to do.

“Erik EdwardsonSophomore

Sophomore Erik Edwardson hugs teammate Eddie Sanchez after scoring a goal. Edwardson has

two goals on the season.

Portland opens WCC play at home against Gonzaga on Oct. 11 at 1 p.m.


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