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TRAIL.PUGETSOUND.EDU THE PUGET SOUND TRAIL THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND Volume 103, Issue 15 April 4, 2014 Established 1910 Students and faculty analyze Russia’s annexation of Crimea By ASHLEY MALIN Ukraine’s critical situation and Russia’s recent annexation of Crimea has no doubt been a focal point of discussion in Internation- al Relations and Politics & Gov- ernment classes at Puget Sound. Since its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, Ukraine By PAUL GOUDARZI-FRY has struggled politically and eco- nomically as a country and cultur- aige Maney and Marc Fagaragan have offi cially been elected as President and Vice President of the Associated Student Body of ally over its diff erences between Puget Sound. its eastern and western halves. “I am very grateful to have been given the opportunity to be the next Vice President of ASUPS, and to represent a wonderful student Protests began December in Kiev body,” Fagaragan said. “Now it’s time to start implementing the goals and the vision that Paige and I have set out in our platform!” aft er Ukraine’s President Yanu- PManey and Fagaragan defeated Emma Spalding and Taylor Smith for the positions. Students voted for their candidate of choice aft er inten- kovych dropped trade union plans sive discussions and debates from both parties. with the European Union (EU) af- “Th e election process was fascinating. It was amazing to meet so many new people from all diff erent parts of campus and to hear what kind ter pressure from Russia. Aft er a of things they would like to see ASUPS do,” Maney said. “It was also strange to sell yourself and your ideas to people. I think that Marc and I three-month crackdown of violent both felt somewhat uncomfortable with that, but it was defi nitely a learning experience… It was great to be going through the process with protests, President Yanukovych was someone you trust.” forced to fl ee, leaving Ukraine’s gov- “Th e election process was hands down one of the most stressful events of my life,” Fagaragan said. “Never in a short amount of time did ernment still bankrupt and corrupt. I learn so much about myself…What really helped me through the process was having Paige by my side. I couldn’t have asked for a better 20,000 Russian troops amassed partner.” on the border of eastern Ukraine, Maney and Fagaragan are already busying themselves with examining the structure and processes of ASUPS, learning from the current as citizens weathered cuts, blocked cell phone service and Russian jets president and vice president, Eric Hopfenbeck and Santiago Rodriguez. in Ukrainian air space. “It [Rus- “Right now Marc and I are transitioning from Eric and [Santiago]’s positions and are attempting to learn the ropes from them,” Maney said. sia] is righting a historical wrong During this transition period, Maney and Fagaragan are working to hire students to fi ll positions within ASUPS. Th ese students will make in retaking Crimea, which was up the offi cers working under the executive board, maintaining various services as the new offi cials prepare for their coming term. ceded to Ukraine by Soviet au- “Our major next step is to hire an Executive team, the media board, and programmers for next year. Once we get those in place, we will be thorities in 1954,” Matthew Rosen- able to fi nish out the year and get started for planning out what kind of work we want to get done this summer,” Maney said. “We fi nally will berg wrote in Th e New York Times. have a chance to fi gure out how we are going to work together as teams to accomplish our goals for the upcoming school year.” Crimea is an autonomous parlia- “We encourage everyone and anyone to apply for the positions. We are so eager to start working with our team, and to make next year one mentary republic of Ukraine with of the best years our school has seen. But we need active leaders to help us!” Fagaragan said. a population of 58 percent ethnic Th e newly elected offi cials are looking for applicants to join the board under their leadership as they transition into offi ce. Interested stu- Russians, 24 percent ethnic Ukrai- dents are encouraged to fi ll out an application for an executive position. Forms may be found at the ASUPS offi ce in Wheelock or online at nian and 12 percent Crimean Tatars. the offi cial ASUPS website. “Th ere are both two sides: the “Besides hiring, we will continue to listen on the concerns of the student body, and hear about the things that they want to see change…so Ukrainian and Russian Crimean’s, that we can facilitate projects and initiatives that the student body feels are important,” Fagaragan said. and they have their own opinions Now that they are in offi cial ASUPS positions, Maney and Fagaragan can fulfi ll their platform initiatives and provide more fully for the and I don’t think any of them should Puget Sound student body. Th rough the support of the community, our new president and vice president will be able to seek improvement be forced out of their homes who- and growth for the University as a whole. ever claims Crimea, but I do think “Th ank you, the student body, once again for giving me the opportunity and privilege to be ASUPS VP,” Fagaragan said. “It is an honor.” it’s shaping up a lot like the Sude- tenland issue in 1938 when Hit- ler wanted to take over Czecho- PHOTO COURTESY / MATT SKLAR slovakia,” senior Alex Wyam said. “Th ere’s the level of Putin be- ing irreverent towards cartograph- ical boundaries as well as mor- al boundaries,” Erik Makhanov Puget Sound increases tuition 3.75 percent ’13 said. “If you believe what the By ROSS DOHRMANN ucation, but the rise in tuition the past three years].” In this short served compensation, some stu- United Nations stand for, a na- is refl ective of good intentions. stretch of time, the US Consum- dents have shown mixed reac- tion of people have fundamen- Tuition for the academic year is “71 percent of Puget Sound’s bud- er Price Index (CPI) has increased tions regarding the tuition increase. tal rights to choose who they want set to increase once again. Accord- get goes toward compensation of 6.8 percent, while the Seattle-Taco- “I don’t think the tuition increase is to be and how they want to identi- ing to the university’s Budget Task faculty and staff ,” Chief Finan- ma-Bremerton CPI has increased inherently bad,” junior Ryan Del Ro- fy and how they wish to live their Force (BTF) report, the administra- cial Offi cer Sherry Mondou said. 6.4 percent. To contrast, all Univer- sario said. “I mean, yeah, I am going lives. I believe that Putin’s involve- tion has decided to increase the tu- “Th e primary reason for the in- sity of Puget Sound faculty and staff to pay more money, but I think the ment notwithstanding, the people ition by 3.75 percent for the 2014- crease in tuition is the increase in increases for the same time period benefi ts—even if we don’t see them of Crimea have that right to choose.” 2015 academic year. Th e tuition for compensation for Puget Sound to was 5.4 and 5 percent, respectively, now—will make our [sic] way to us. Th e discussion over Russia’s pres- this year was set at $41,640, and be competitive in recruiting and according to the BTF. With the rise In the end, I see it as worthwhile.” ence in Crimea is divided within the increase will put it at $43,200. retaining an exceptional facul- in tuition, the university is looking While those like Del Rosario are both countries as well as internation- Th e fi gure may seem heft y upon ty and staff , which is central to the to increase faculty salary by 4.5 per- confi dent in the benefi ts of the ally. A select group of nations have fi rst glance, but this is in fact the high quality of education we off er.” cent, and staff salary by 3.5 percent. rise in tuition, sophomore Noah publically accepted and supported lowest increase in tuition that the Th e BTF addresses the issue of Despite the fact that this is Blough is slightly more skeptical. Crimea’s annexation, including Syr- university has seen in 42 years. “across-the-board” compensation the lowest tuition raise in near- “I don’t think charging the stu- ia, Afghanistan and Venezuela. In ly 50 years, and despite the fact Th ere is the old saying that which, according to the report, has SEE CRIMEA PAGE 2 one cannot put a price on ed- “not kept up with infl ation [over that faculty is receiving well-de- SEE TUITION PAGE 2 Campus reacts to Slurred words and Political journalist The Bible and pop deportations blurred lines lectures on campus culture Opinions page 3 Happy Trail page 5 Features page 6 A&E page 11 2 NEWS The Puget Sound Trail April 4, 2014 [email protected] Hive Minders Club seeks to requeen aggressive hive By JAKE KRITZER asites and dysentery. In the fall, slowly have a hive that devel- the honey produced by the bees is ops diff erent properties, diff er- Th e on-campus beekeeping club, sold at the student market and to ent characteristics,” Kolisch said.