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Volume 100, Issue 23
Portland, Oregon
April 9, 1998
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I/It knew that playing
late-night Howard b-ball
could lead you on a merry
goose chase for an ID card?
One guest columnist shares
his comic tale of the trials
and tribulations of tangling
with Public Safety. Skip to
page 9.
features
The Shipstad basement
hides a wealth of memora¬
bilia. To get the inside scoop
on the University museum,
turn to page 6.
T
ports
he rugby team is back
from the third-annual Fools
Fest in Spokane. For a look
at that and how the team will
cope with three graduating
seniors, peer at page 12.
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The new senate achieves
its first quorum, and sena¬
tors hop positions. Bounce
to page 3.
Mass exodus
Resident leaders will take a hike
Sopke transferred,
will not return to
Campus Ministry
By MAIA NOLAN
Asst. News Editor
After nearly eight years at UP,
the Rev. Phil Sopke, C.S.C., will
not be returning next fall. Sopke has
been transferred to St. Clement’s
Parish in Hayward, Calif.
Sopke's transfer, which is not
related to the medical leave he took
last semester, was ordered by the
Holy Cross provincial in South
Bend, Ind. Sopke said he thinks he
was just "in the right place at the
right time" when the position at St.
Clement’s opened.
"They just look at who’s avail¬
able," Sopke said.
Sopke, director of campus min¬
istry and Mehling Hall pastoral resi¬
dent, said he has mixed feelings
about leaving UP.
"It’s both sad and happy,” he
said. "Goodbyes are always hard."
Sopke said he enjoys his posi¬
tion with campus ministry and will
miss his co-workers.
"1 think we’ve had some good
times this year," he said. "That's
been such a rich experience."
Sopke said working at his new
parish, with 2,200 families and a
grammar school, will be an inter¬
esting challenge. The parish has
been in need of a pastor since No¬
vember, when its formerpastordied.
"It’s kind of a megachurch," he
said. "I'm glad we have a school. I
Please See SOPKE
Pg.2
Photo By BRETT WARDEN
Christie Hall will no longer be John Boita's home. He is one of four hall directors who will move on next year.
Four of five dorm resident directors will bow out next year
rectors have announced their resig-
By JEREMY LEHMAN
Asst. News Editor
Wanted : Responsible mid-20s-
and-older males and females to
manage herds of college students.
Association with UP, Holy Cross a
plus, but not required. Must see self
as educator and show devotion to
university mission.
Interested '! Contact the Rev.
Mike DeLaney, C.S.C., director of
residence life, at ext. 7205.
While DeLaney has never placed
the above ad in print, he has taken
calls and even interviews in response
to it.
"When four quality staff people
arc leaving and we need to hire a
fifth anyway, there’s a real chal¬
lenge there,” DeLaney said.
Four of five residence hall di¬
nation at the end of this year. Of the
current resident directors, only Ja¬
son McDonald of Kenna will be
back for next year.
“When we hire people, we ask
them to stay for two years,”
DeLaney said. "In this case, no one’s
leaving early.”
Indeed, only Celynn Krueger,
resident director of Shipstad Hall,
will be leaving at the two year mark.
Marie Delgado, resident director of
Mehling Hall has spent three years
as an assistant and resident director,
and John Boita and Pat Ell have
served three and four years as resi¬
dent directors of Christie and Villa
Maria Halls, respectively.
Although the four are leaving at
the same time, they are all doing so
for different school-related reasons
and their timing is completely coin¬
cidental.
Christie Hall
“I’d always wanted to go to the
Northwest, and I was looking for
something to bring me out here,"
Boita said of how he got here.
The Norte Dame graduate
gained his entrance to the UP com¬
munity through his involvement in
Holy Cross Associates. While on
retreat in Portland, one of his room¬
mates was Delgado, who encour¬
aged him to apply.
Boita admitted it wasn't exactly
what he expected at first, but he got
more accustomed to UP as time
went by.
"I had a huge expectation that
Please See RESIDENT DIRECTORS
Pg. 3
Diploma time for seniors soon approaching
By MELISSA PHONG _
Editor in Chief
Tradition reigns at this year’s
commencement weekend, as in all
other University-related things.
This year's weekend is essen¬
tially the same as years past with
only minor alterations. “They are
always very similar. The thing that
makes them different is the class
size." said Bill Reed,
conclusion of Mass inside the
church, rather than outside at the
flagpole, as in past years.
But it's not all pomp and cir¬
cumstance. There are a number of
more laidback occasions, beginning
with the President’s Reception,
which marks the last chance for
students and their families to get
that sought-after glimpse of Tyson.
"He doesn’t get to meet
the University Events Office in the started years ago, because Mass was
Chiles Center. originally held before commence-
On commencement day a fam- -
ily brunch will also be held at 1 1
a.m. in The Commons. The brunch
Please See Commencement
Pg.2
4 p.m. with the Rev. David Tyson,
C.S.C., president, acting as presider
and homi I ist . Al though former Port¬
land Archbishop Francis George
performed the Mass last year, Tyson
generally handles the duties.
Graduates and faculty will enter
the church in full academic regalia.
One change in the ceremony is
that the flag will be blessed at the
giving us money," Reed said. Now
the reception is a much more infor¬
mal gathering with cocktails and
food available.
The reception is held in The
Commons and is the only event for
which tickets are required, due to
the large numberof people expected
to attend. Students are limited to 15
tickets, which can be picked up at
Pilots get stomped
Photo By RYAN SETO
One would think the friendly confines of Pilot Stadium would help the Pilots.
But judging by their last two games, apparently it isn’t. UP was smoked by
Washington and Portland State this week, losing 23-1 and 15-1 , respectively.
