The Trail, 2013-04-19

TRAIL.PUGETSOUND.EDU THE PUGET SOUND TRAIL THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND Volume 102, Issue 18 April 19, 2013 Established 1910 NO SUSPECTS, MOTIVE UNKNOWN After election ASUPS execs learn from each other By STEPH METHERALL One month aft er the original sur- prise surrounding the split-ticket results of elections for ASUPS President and Vice President, Eric Hopfenbeck and Santiago Rodriguez were sworn into their positions on Tuesday, April 16. Originally campaigning with sepa- rate running mates, (Krista Haapanen and Scott Miller, respectively), Hop- fenbeck and Rodriguez will serve as ASUPS President and Vice President for the 2013-2014 academic year. In the past month, Hopfenbeck and Rodriguez have been working together to plan for the year ahead. An imme- diate hurdle in their duties was merg- ing the ideas of both campaign platforms in order to form a cohesive plan for next year. “Santi and I have some big ideas from our respective platforms as well as some we’ve come up with together … we are hoping to use as much of each of our campaigns as possible for our year together because we feel like we almost have an advantage with having two campaign’s worth of ideas to work on to benefi t the student body,” said Hop- fenbeck. One such idea is the master calen- dar, which will compile all campus events into a simple interface for students. While the results of the election were certainly unexpected, both Hop- fenbeck and Rodriguez look forward to working together. Hopfenbeck rec- SEE EXECS PAGE 2 ALL PHOTOS COURTESY / WIKIMEDIA.ORG BHERT ‘open’ to Several killed, publishing scores wounded fi ndings By HEATHER STEPP in Boston bombing The Bias-Hate Education Re- sponse Team (BHERT)—a sub- By MATT ANDERSON dicating such an attack was to to committee of the Faculty Diversi- take place, and no groups have ty Committee that was formed to wo bombs explod- claimed responsibility for the respond to incidents of bias and ed roughly 12 sec- bombing. Th e Pakistani Taliban, hate on campus—has received onds apart killing at however, said they had no connec- suggestions from multiple stu- least three people and tion with the at- dents that the committee publish wounding over 100 at tack, according For more a report of their findings in The the Boston Marathon, April 15. At to CNN. Trail. Tpress time police hold no suspects “I received on the Top: Police and fi re- Former ASUPS Senate mem- in custody, and the FBI asserted two top secret bombings fi ghters check remain- ber Sadie Boyers recently told The jurisdiction over the investigation. briefi ngs last ing bags for additional Trail that she felt BHERT’s find- Th e FBI will investigate the week on the cur- See devices. ings should be made more public bombings as an act of terror- rent threat lev- Opinions so that BHERT can truly promote ism, Pres. Barack Obama said in a els in the United Middle: Map showing awareness and discussions on bias statement to the press early Tues- States, and there pages 3-4 the locations of the fi rst and hate. day. In a statement Monday night, was no evidence and second explosion. Other members of the ASUPS the President stressed that “any of this at all,” New York Represen- The second explosion Senate and student leaders in responsible individuals, any re- tative Peter King told the media. occurred about 12 sec- the Division of Student Affairs sponsible groups will feel the full Police immediately halted the onds after the fi rst. have also informally approached weight of justice.” marathon and directed the reman- BHERT with this suggestion, with Government offi cials hold that ing runners away from the fi nish Bottom: A man carries a the intention that the committee there was no intelligence within line, and to Boston Common and woman from the epicen- the national security agencies in- Kenmore Square. ter of the blasts. SEE BHERT PAGE 2 Effects of Boston PeopleSoft causes Logger baseball defeats Campus Films presents: bombing felt in Tacoma registration frustration Lewis and Clark Zero Dark Thirty Opinions pages 3-4 Features page 7 Sports page 9 A&E page 11 2 NEWS The Puget Sound Trail April 19, 2013 [email protected] of Students and a member of Chief Diversity Officer, Michael The Trail would be a new form EXECS BHERT, also noted a positive re- Benitez, starts in June to partici- of outreach for BHERT, the com- CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 BHERT CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 action to a new avenue for rais- pate in this conversation,” Ram- mittee currently promotes aware- ing awareness. say noted. ness in other forms. ognizes a major strength of the UPS might achieve a broader educa- “My sense is that BHERT The reports in The Trail would “The 2012 Fall BHERT Sum- student body as “bringing students tional reach on campus. members would like our commu- consist of data that Marshall de- mary report has been prepared together in many different realms, The response among BHERT nity to be more aware of the re- scribes as a collection of individ- and shared across campus in- whether it be in class, on the athlet- members to the students’ sugges- ports that we have followed, and ual experiences. cluding ASUPS Senate, the Aca- ic fields, in a club meeting, at a school tion has been largely positive. more engaged in conversation Marshall offered examples of demic Leadership Team, the Fac- event, in the concert hall, or wherever it “Overall, members of about what we can do as a com- the trends that become apparent ulty Committee on Diversity, the may be is a wonderful strength that this BHERT are open to the sug- munity to improve our track re- in the collection of a number of Diversity Advisory Council and campus has.” gestion of publishing the cord of biased actions, and ig- individual experiences. “Some- the directors within the Division Hopfenbeck’s passion for the mis- BHERT report summaries per norant, offensive behaviors and times patterns emerge—like the of Student Affairs,” Ramsay said. sion of ASUPS is apparent. “I hope that semester,” according to Czari- speech,” Marshall said. frequency of sexual misconduct “Another outlet to share this re- students with a wide variety of person- na Ramsay, the Director of Mul- Though BHERT members sup- reports this year, or the pat- port would include the Annual alities and interests also see the value of ticultural Student Services and port publishing a report of their tern of insensitive, hurtful com- Diversity & Inclusion Report and ASUPS and want to get involved … an- BHERT chair. “Making the in- findings in The Trail, these re- ments coming mostly out of so- the Fall Logger Diversity Sum- other challenge is to continue to inform formation accessible in this man- ports will not begin immediately. cial settings, rather than out of mit.” students about what ASUPS is and how ner reminds us that issues of Ramsay explained that interest in classroom settings. Sometimes While there is existing educa- ASUPS can help students with their en- bias and hate still exist and must utilizing The Trail is not the only problematic areas can be iden- tion on bias and hate across the deavors.” be addressed, helps to promote the factor that determines when the tified—like the repeated offen- campus community, publishing The new ASUPS executives, replac- objectives of this committee and reports will begin. sive writing on the desks in some reports in The Trail could ex- ing Brian Ernst and Rachel Borsini, are raises awareness on how to sub- “I don’t anticipate a disinter- classrooms in Wyatt.” pand BHERT’s reach in promot- currently in the process of hiring the mit a report.” est in making this information These patterns inform BHERT ing awareness, which would fur- rest of their team for next year. The Donn Marshall, the Director available in The Trail, but we are of the types of bias and hate that ther BHERT’s aim to respond to pair’s enthusiasm for working togeth- of Counseling, Health & Well- likely to wait until our incoming need attention. incidents of bias and hate with er drives many of their objectives. Says ness Services, an Associate Dean Dean of Diversity & Inclusion/ While publishing a report in education. Hopfenbeck, “[Santi] is a fantastic person, as well as a great student, and he is going to do a phenomenal job as Vice President next year. Our personalities and work personalities work very well Pierce County worst polluter among surveyed together.” One of the biggest challenges that By PAUL GOUDARZI-FRY needs and goals for the research- who were new to the region. How- from the aforementioned back- Hopfenbeck foresees for the 2013-2014 ers. ever, it has not been concluded that grounds always produce more year is the relatively short amount of A Seattle-based research firm Out of all the counties, Pierce the amount of time spent in one pollution —in fact, Pierce County time: “There is only so much time to has concluded that Pierce Coun- County residents were found to be area corresponds to the amount of residents shouldn’t view their po- work with to do what Santi and I want ty had the highest amount of pol- the most likely to use toxic chem- pollution produced. sition with too much concern. The to do to better the student experience.” lution out of the 12 Washington icals to treat their lawns and gar- Income was shown to be a pos- study was not made to produce Hopfenbeck is, however, optimistic.

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