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TRAIL.PUGETSOUND.EDU THe PugeT Sound TRAIL THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND Volume 101, Issue 3 October 7, 2011 Established 1910 ‘...THE FEW THAT DO COMMIT IT OVER AND OVER’ Facilities . plans ......... renovations .. for S.U.B. By JOHN DERKSEN .. University Facilities Services . has drafting underway for multi- ple projects that will significantly . .. expand and renovate the Student . Union Building in the coming . years. Current underclassmen will . enjoy a servery with greater effi- . .. .. ... .. ciency and a kitchen with more . ... space for S.U.B. workers to cook . .. food and wash dishes. The servery . ... has struggled to meet the demands . of the student population during .. Combatting peak hours in recent years, and the .. violence: Green proposed changes seek to mini- . dots indicate mize lines especially during lunch areas where and dinner. Green Dot train- The projects are part of a larger . ing programs effort to update the S.U.B., whose . operate. dining area and servery were de- signed for a student population of 1,100. Bob Kief, Associate Vice President for Facilities Services, said that the renovations are “de- signed to meet the future needs of the class” and accommodate the requirements of a student popula- tion numbering around 2,500. ending violence Modernizing the Information Center over the summer was just one green dot at a time the first phase of the effort to ren- ovate the S.U.B. Facilities is cur- New Green Dot training program thrives on campus, teaches rently drawing up schematics for projects that include an addition participants to to deal with “power-based personal violence”. to Marshall Hall, which will allow more room for cooking and seat- ing, as well as expanding the serv- ery, installing a more accessible el- evator and placing restrooms in the public area. In the more distant By KRISTIE DUTRA he sees this kind of vio- bers that were reported, future, Facilities will seek to reno- lence. and then I think we would vate the second floor of the S.U.B. reen Dot, a national program that teaches bystanders Preston Van Buren, a be making a difference, be- to create a more efficient use of how to deal with power-based personal violence, is member of Sigma Alpha cause we would be able to space for the multiple departments Epsilon who also partici- show that people are having based within. thriving on the Puget Sound campus. Administrators pated in the Sept. 25 ses- those conversations.” Although many difficulties sion, had a different per- Green Dot training fo- and students alike have praised the program for its slow the progress of renovat- spective: “My gender is the cuses on the empower- ing the S.U.B., the main problem accessibility, inclusiveness and practical approach. one doing this. People are ment of the individual, stems from the fact that it can- going to be insulted, but it’s and teaches techniques not be closed during the school Green Dot was founded by Dr. Dorothy Edwards, mostly men. It’s important for overcoming the psy- year, as the building is the center whose mission is to create a cultural shift by to emphasize male violence chological inhibitions that of student life on campus. Large- toward women.” paralyze bystanders. The scale renovations must wait until reshaping the way we look at violence. Statistics are little help Green Dot website (www. the limited time during summer in trying to determine the LiveTheGreenDot.com) and winter breaks when students students are treated: “Men numbers of men and wom- cites social behavior stud- do not frequent the building. The The term “sexual vio- don’t rape. Rapists rape,” en who have experienced ies done between 1967 and Board of Trustees must also ap- lence” was replaced with Ruby Aliment said, sum- power-based personal vi- 2002. From this research prove the proposed changes, al- “power-based personal vi- ming up the message of olence (or sexual violence Dr. Edwards and her team though the Board has generally olence” in order to include Green Dot in her own alone) because these cases have drawn the conclusion been supportive of well planned a much broader range of words. often go unreported. that the main obstacles for projects that will improve the uni- harmful behavior. Direc- Another student who at- “The problem with sexu- bystanders include diffu- versity’s functionality and benefit tor of Multicultural Student tended the Sept. 25 train- al violence is that most peo- sion of responsibility, eval- students. Services Czarina Ramsay ing session, Eric Hopfen- ple don’t commit it, but the uation apprehension, plu- Currently absent from the plans Gdoes admit that sexual vi- beck, said “there are people few that do commit it over ralistic ignorance, lack of is a renovation of Club Rendez- olence tends to be stressed out there who hear the term and over and over. No one’s confidence in skills and vous, the 1,000 square-foot room over other types because power-based personal vi- saying ‘Stop, we won’t tol- a tendency to act only on adjacent to the Cellar. While both this is a college campus, but olence and immediately erate this.’ And the victim modeled behavior. These ASUPS and S.U.B. workers feel the male-on-female violence is think of a man. I think it is doesn’t say anything either. justifications for inaction space is underutilized, no ideas no longer the sole focus. In- important to emphasize the Green Dot is an effective have all been expressed have been put forth that satisfy stead, this scenario appears fact that either a man or a way to have a conversation during bystander training both groups in terms of chang- alongside many others that woman can commit an act about violence,” Director at Puget Sound. Palmquist- ing the space. Club Rendezvous were previously underrep- of power-based personal vi- of Student Activities Mar- Cady explained that during often reaches its maximum occu- resented. olence.” ta Palmquist-Cady said. “In the anonymous poll con pancy during performances by the This perspective shift Hopfenbeck denied that some ways it would be bet- improvisation group, Ubiquitous also extends to how male gender influences the way ter if we had higher num- SEE GREEN DOT PAGE 2 They, but is otherwise rarely used. Logger football loses to Racist bake sale Professor Dexter Gordon New Wilco album rival PLU stirs controversy runs for school board a triumph Sports page 9 Opinions page 4 Features page 6 A&E page 12 2 NEWS The Puget Sound Trail October 7, 2011 [email protected] Students manage not-for-profit investments 50 loans per year and has seen a 13.1 trying to send out a bunch of Wall in a place that is viewed positively, The only firm of its kind, Four percent yearly internal rate of return. Street gnomes,” Livingston said. because it has been so negative for These profits are then used to fund “We talked about starting an equity years.” Horsemen Investments donates the group’s charitable causes and re- portfolio, but I would prefer not to. It The group’s impact on campus search efforts. is not unique, you need a lot of mon- has also been significant. Aside from profits to charitable causes Research has translated into two ey, and I do not think it teaches good creating the book scholarships, in By MIKE KNAPE and is unaffiliated with the Univer- published articles so far, the most investment principles.” 2010 4HI brought three speakers sity. recent of which was presented at 4HI has strived to stay true to its to speak on campus during their y almost any standard, “4HI represents a more sustain- the International Conference on In- founding goals and principles, work- “March Madness in Finance” event. Four Horsemen Invest- able way to go about finance,” 4HI terdisciplinary Social Sciences in ing closely with a four-member advi- They plan to bring a speaker to cam- ments (4HI) is not your av- President Spencer Kadas, ’12, said. Cambridge, England between Aug. sory board that includes Livingston pus each month this year. erage investment group. “But we have also sponsored local 2 and 5, 2010. 4HI also helped send and Glassman. Personal develop- Although the application process Technically a charity with the IRS families for the holidays; we’ve paid two Puget Sound students to San ment and career opportunities are for new members is technically over, B Juan, Costa Rica in 2010 to present also a part of that goal. Glassman, 4HI is currently made up of all se- denomination of 501(c)(3), 4HI is the for part of our research costs and the only peer-to-peer student-managed costs of conferences. We’re also cre- an award-winning paper. Members who is now working as a consultant niors and will therefore be looking microfinance fund in the world to- ating a 4HI book scholarship for stu- have also traveled locally to visit with at Boeing Employee’s Credit Union, for future members. Students in- day. The group was founded in 2009 dents.” Washington businesses, including said he has been asked about 4HI in terested in using finance for charity by Puget Sound finance professor 4HI uses its approximately $3,000 participating in a VIP tour of Boe- every job interview post-graduation. should contact Livingston for more Lynda Livingston and then-student in assets to purchase loans via Pros- ing’s new 787 production facility. “It has been the best thing that has information. Tom Glassman as a way to incorpo- per, the world’s largest peer-to-peer Kadas and Livingston are currently come out of my Puget Sound experi- Livingston and Glassman stressed rate charitable goals with business lending marketplace.

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