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Volume 108, Issue 6
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October 12, 2006
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UP to host male
nursing conference
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New restaurant opens
blocks from campus
See page 7
Sports
Megan Rapinoe out for
the season
See page 16
Pilot wireless
network gets
virus vaccine
All wireless users must now
have up-to-date anti-virus
software to access network
AME PHITWONG
SENIOR NEWS REPORTER
This month is National Cyber Security
Awareness Month and the Office of Technical
Support is putting into action the Cisco Clean
Access (CCA) system. This means users must
download the necessary virus prevention and
security software before accessing the net¬
work. Also, the wireless network on campus
has some new regulations prohibiting the use
of outside access points.
“I think it's good,” senior Mercy Beming.
a computer lab aid, said. “Sometimes random
people come on campus to try and use the
network, so it’s good for campus protection.”
Berning has not heard many complaints
from students during her work hours and says
that people seem to use it just fine.
The Cisco Clean Access network security
system is in its third and final phase, called
“Vulnerability Assessment and
Remediation." In this phase, CCA will be
configured and evaluated to make sure it is
working properly and compliant with securi-
See WIRELESS on Page 4
Guest speakers call on UP students
to intervene in African genocide
DOUG FRANZ
/
THE BEACON
COUNTRY IN CRISIS: Amon Munyaneza, a local
Rwandese pastor, discusses genocide in Darfur, a
region in the country of Sudan that has experienced con¬
tinuous political conflict since February 2003. As of April
2006, the estimated death toll in Sudan is 450,000.
AME PHITWONG
SENIOR NEWS REPORTER
Although genocide may seem
like an extinct tragedy from
World War II, its occurrence is
still very prevalent in the world,
affecting innocent lives everyday.
The University of Portland
social work club hosted two
speakers, Amon Munyaneza and
Jean D’Arc Kakusu Campbell,
Monday night in Buckley Center
for a “Genocide Intervention.”
The main purpose of inviting
Munyaneza and Campbell was to
inform the UP community about
global issues. The audience sat
silent, some with teary eyes, as
the speakers spoke about witness¬
ing brutal murders and the
devaluing of human life in Africa..
“I think it’s easy to be caught
up in the UP bubble and forget
about what’s going on outside in
the world,” senior Megan
Thivierge, the social work club
president, said. “Genocide is not
an isolated issue, it affects every¬
one globally. It’s important for
UP to know what’s happening.”
The Convention of the
Prevention and Punishment of the
Crime of Genocide (CPPCG)
defines genocide as any act com¬
mitted with the intent to destroy
in whole or part a national, eth¬
nic, racial or religious group. It
includes deliberately inflicting
physical destruction, preventing
births within the group and
forcibly transferring children of
the group to another group.
Sophomore Allison Able
attended the lecture to learn more
about the issue and hear the
words from an actual and direct
survivor of genocide.,
“I’m really into African poli¬
tics in general, so I thought it
would be interesting,” Able said.
Munyaneza, one of the speak¬
ers on Monday night, feels the
most significant impact of geno¬
cide is in Darfur, a region in
Sudan that has experienced polit¬
ical conflict since February 2003.
Munyaneza is a Rwandese pastor
in Oregon who founded a charity
that works to help orphans of
genocide and HIV/AIDS.
The clash in Sudan is mainly
See SUDAN on Page 3
Alcohol incidents at UP dances steady despite yearly presentation
CAfTLIN NUSBAUM
/
THE BEACON
SECURITY CHECK: A student is screened by Public Safety
before boarding the shuttle bus to Saturday’s homecoming dance.
The number of alcohol-related incidents at the event was compa¬
rable to that of other UP dances,
СРВ
director Blair Tyler said.
This year’s pre-homecoming
alcohol speaker less popular with
students than previous presenters
JORDAN STONE
SENIOR NEWS REPORTER
Regulation of alcohol use by college students
remains a battle that is annually fought by universi¬
ties across the nation. The University of Portland
recently brought in Wendi Fox, a professional speak¬
er and former alcoholic, to educate students on the
issues surrounding alcohol use and abuse. In an effort
to attract more students to the presentation, the
Campus Program Board
(СРВ)
offered free tickets to
Saturday’s homecoming dance to all the students in
attendance.
Many students were critical of Fox’s methods and
some said they were unaffected by her presentation.
Heather Lee. the assistant director of Student
Activities, said the
СРВ
members had mixed reac¬
tions to Fox’s presentation. Lee said Fox was
nonetheless a valuable resource, especially since she
presented the viewpoint of a previous alcohol abuser.
“As a recovering alcoholic she had personal expe¬
rience,” Lee said. “She had some valid points.”
Lee believes that some of the negative student
reactions may be due to the difference in speakers
between the last two years. David Hellstrom was the
speaker last year and was more of an educator on
alcohol issues and brought more of a factual perspec¬
tive than personal, Lee said.
Junior Daniel Northcraft was not intrigued by the
personal advice of Fox.
“I don’t think that she was that effective,”
Northcraft said. “It was kind of a repeat of what we had
heard at freshman orientation.”
Northcraft still believes it is important for the
University to get the message out about safe alcohol
use on a yearly basis, but believes this year’s presenta¬
tion was not as powerful of a force as in years past.
A few students responded positively to the presen¬
tation, however.
As Lee pointed out, after the discussion a group of
four students approached Fox in order to learn more
about the dangers of alcohol aid also to hear more
about how she has dealt with alcohol in her life experi¬
ences.
Sophomore Nicole Sandvig was also positive about
what Fox had to say because the speaker emphasized
that people need to be more respectful in their lives.
Sandvig liked the message that if we give ourselves
greater respect than we might make better choices in
important life decisions.
Despite some of the negative feedback, Lee still
feels the speaker event was an overall success.
Approximately 600 people attended the speech and
some of them did not plan on attending homecoming,
but were interested in learning about how to deal with
alcohol in everyday life.
СРВ
director Blair Tyler liked Fox because she was
realistic about the fact that students are going to drink
alcohol, but added helpful advice in order to curb and
control that drinking.
She also said the levels of alcohol-related events
that happened over the last two years at the homecom¬
ing dance were consistent.
“The incident level this year was pretty similar to
See SPEAKER on Page 4
