UP students break rules
(from 50 years ago)
Living, page 8-9
Thursday
October 27,
Jackie Jeffers | THE BEACON
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Higher prices
upset students
Students are
distressed over
increased prices for
on-campus food
Natalie Wheeler
Staff Writer
wheeleml2@up.edu
For off-campus students
like sophomore Lulu Tang,
grabbing a bite to eat between
classes has become a big
expense.
“Whenever 1 pull out
my debit card, it feels like
I’m paying too much out of
pocket,” Tang said. “1 don’t
drive, so I have to eat there.”
While off-campus students
find it difficult to afford Bon
Appetit’s pricing, many on-
campus students are having
the same problem, despite
having meal plans.
Junior Alec Jones has
$1,575 per semester to spend
at Bon Appetit, but must be
extra cautious in order to keep
within his budget.
“It’s hard to eat a full
meal and stay below the $7
per meal, and $7 is only for
two meals a day,” Jones said,
referring to his meal plan
budget of $14 per day.
Tang and Jones represent
many students who are upset
over the recent price changes
at Bon Appetit. At a recent
ASUP Senate meeting,
students questioned General
Manager of Bon Appetit
Kirk Mustain about the rising
expense of on-campus food.
According to Mustain,
Bon Appetit increased the
prices of 80 out of 590 items
at the University this year.
Many of the price increases
include the company’s most
popular in-house items such
as burgers and wraps. Prices
for pre-packaged items such
as chips and grab-and-go
salads have stayed the same.
Mustain said it has been
three years since Bon Appdtit
increased its pricing at the
University of Portland. This
is also the second year of
Bon Appetit’s “grab and go”
program, which replaced the
See Prices, page 4
UP community mourns loss of Steve Watson
Laura Frazier
Features Editor
fraizerl3@up.edu
Assistant Director of Public
Safety Steve Watson, beloved for
his quiet kindness and dedication
to serving the UP community,
died Tuesday afternoon in a mid¬
air plane crash near Newberg, Ore.
Around 4:20 p.m. Tuesday,
Watson was flying a single-engine
Beech Bonanza V35 when it
collided with a twin-engine Piper
PA 44-180 over Champoeg State
Park, according to Josh Cawthra,
an investigator with the National
Transporta1 ion Safety Board
(NTSB). Watson, a certified pilot,
was flying solo, investigators said.
A 31-year-old flight instructor
and 23-year-old student were in the
other plane. It landed in an adjacent
field and they were uninjured.
Watson, 58, worked for
the University’s Public Safety
Department for approximately
10 years. A 1975 UP graduate,
he began his career as an Oregon
State Police trooper. Watson was
first stationed in Astoria, Ore.,
and was promoted to commander
and moved to Tillamook, Ore.
He retired front OSP in 2002 and
began working at UP.
University President Fr. Bill
Beauchamp, C.S.C, alerted the UP
community of Watsons’ death via
email Wednesday.
“Steve served here with
distinction on The Bluff for many
years and will be missed greatly,”
Beauchamp said in his email. “Our
thoughts and prayers are with his
family at this sorrowful time.”
Director of Public Safety
Harold Burke-Sivers admired
Watson’s professionalism.
“Steve was an exceptional
human being and an absolute
joy to work with,” Burke-Sivers
said. “We were a great team. He
performed his duties of managing
day-to-day operations with
excellence and grace. ”
On Wednesday, a Mass was
offered in- honor of Watson in
the Chapel of Christ the Teacher,
which was packed with members
of the UP community.
Fr. John Donato, C.S.C. ,
celebrant of the Mass, remembered
Watson’s character.
“I knew of him as a very
diligent and great person,” Donato
said to the mourners.
See Watson, page 3
